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The AUGUST 25th, 2026 Committee

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on. Thank you. Colleagues, for

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joining us on today

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s agenda.

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We

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ll have discussion about

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possible action and appointment

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to the Landmarks Commission. We

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will then have an initial

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briefing on the King County

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2026 2029 Equal Employment

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Opportunity Affirmative Action

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Plan, but we

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re going to defer

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action until a future meeting.

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ll explain a little bit about

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why. And then finally, we

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have a briefing from staff from

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the executive

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s office and from

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the King County Regional

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Homelessness Authority on the

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case here. Contract transition

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plan and the Corrective Action

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Plan, and will consider taking

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action on a motion accepting

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the executive report with that

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introduction. Clerk, will you

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please call the roll?

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Thank you. Chair. Councilmember

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Balducci. Councilmember

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Dembowski. Councilmember Dunn.

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Councilmember Fain.

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Councilmember Lewis. Here.

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Councilmember. Mosqueda. Here.

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Councilmember. Perry.

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Councilmember von Reichbauer.

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Chair.

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Button here. And we do have a

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quorum of the committee. Thank

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you. Uh, vice chair. Well,

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Council vice chair Dunson is

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our vice chair of the

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committee. Is not here. MAY I

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have a motion for approval of

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the minutes of the JUNE 23rd,

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2026 meeting? Move. Approval.

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Thank you. Any questions?

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Concerns? Comments regarding

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the minutes? All right. All

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those in favor of approving the

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minutes, please say aye. Aye

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aye. Any opposed? Say nay. The

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meeting minutes are approved.

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We will now turn to public

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comment. If anyone has joined

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us on zoom and would like to

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provide public comment, please

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use the raise Hand function or

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press star nine. If you have

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joined by phone. I do believe

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we have some folks in public

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provided public comments, so

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ll read the the rules on

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that. Uh, public comment must

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be related to items on today

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meeting agenda and not be used

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for the purpose of assisting a

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campaign for election of any

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person to any office, or for

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the promotion of our opposition

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to any ballot proposition. It

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must also not include obscene

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speech. If a speaker fails to

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abide by these restrictions, I

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will rule the speaker out of

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order and have the speaker

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removed from the meeting. You

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will have two minutes to speak

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and you will hear a timer go

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off. You can finish your

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thought, but please wrap up

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your comments. If you go much

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past two minutes you MAY be

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muted. We will begin by calling

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on the people who have signed

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up to speak in person. If

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re providing comment

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remotely, please listen to the

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meeting on the zoom call until

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you hear your name called.

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Clerk will you please call on

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those who are with us in

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Thank you. Chair. Yes. Kevin.

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Altamira, please.

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Welcome. Chair. Kevin Alzheimer

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here to speak on affirmative

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action, which is a very

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significant thing in our

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society, especially in the

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communities of people of color.

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Uh, as you know, in your audit

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of last year, there was a real

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affirmative action issue. You

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had an auditor who went outside

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of the scope, and you guys know

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better. And then you also had a

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situation where on APRIL the

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15th, uh, uh, Rod Dembowski met

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with, uh, uh, what

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s her name?

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Lula Ramadan. Seattle Times.

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And she said, hey, uh, rod, it

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looks like, uh, Yolanda McGhee

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did have an approval in a, in a

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in, uh, Thomas Burlington did

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not rule against her for

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ethics. So then what does he

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do? He sends her follow up

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emails and says, look, I

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been trying to get the the

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inspector general

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since 2023. So I got his email.

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m just fair phrasing. So

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this is how affirmative action

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works. So you have people like

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him who does what he does. Then

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you have people like Kelly

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Rider, a woman who was kicked

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out of here because she said

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there was no money missing in

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dhhs. And she also said that

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the family did not commit any

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ethics violation. You know,

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that ethics violation thing

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goes two ways. It says the

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county has a responsibility. So

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on APRIL 9th, when Jennifer

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Tanaka found out that the

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actually in 2023, she found out

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that the family dynamic was

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there, she checked with Thomas

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Burlington. He said there

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t. Then what happened? It

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went to Megan. Those guys took

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it to the state auditor. State

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auditor to throw it away. Do

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you know, last week, a judge

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ruled against King County in

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her unemployment case and said

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that King County should never

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put her on paid leave or

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violated her rights by bringing

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in an unsolicited document and

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claiming that it was truth. So

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what we have in this audit at

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King County Oversight found

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substack.Com, everybody

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s act.

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I don

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t bring opinions. I show

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you exactly what you did.

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Thank you. Thank you. Clerks,

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do we have anybody else signed

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Not in person, not in person.

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All right. Let

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s go to online.

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Next week, I, Nicole Fillmore.

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Welcome.

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Hello. My name is Nicole

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Fillmore, and I am I work for

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coordinated entry for Csra

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members of the council. I

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speaking today on behalf of the

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represented workers at King

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County Regional Homelessness

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Authority. We

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re appearing

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before you with the clear,

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urgent message. The regional

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approach to ending homelessness

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in King County is worth saving,

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and the front line workforce

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doing this daily work is fully

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committed to making it succeed.

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When regionalism was

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established, it was in response

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to the fundamental truth that

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our unhoused neighbors and

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service networks do not stop at

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municipal borders. Overcoming

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this crisis requires regional

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alignment, driven by commitment

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and powered by experience.

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While headline coverage focuses

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on political friction. Behind

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that noise, our small,

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dedicated staff continue to

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build and maintain the

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essential operational machinery

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of this response system. Our

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Continuum of Care team secures

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millions in federal funding by

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managing the complex annual no

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full competition and oversight

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of the clc funding contracts.

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Our our Severe Weather response

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coordination protects lives

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during extreme weather events.

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Our independent Ombuds office

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ensures consumer dignity,

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accountability and grievance

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resolution. Our Coordinated

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Entry team manages the direct

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front door to the system,

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ensuring equitable access

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across all jurisdictions. Our

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research and data team manages

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this uses regionally unified

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open data to produce real time

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by name lists and provides

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critical data governance for

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the entire system. Our programs

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division provides day to day

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contract monitoring. Um

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partnering to ensure contract

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compliance and quality by

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providing technical assistance,

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support and training to

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contracted providers. Our

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compliance contracts and

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finance teams manage millions

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in funding, develops and

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executes contracts, ensures

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adherence to funder guidelines,

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leaves lease comprehensive

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monitoring processes and

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reviews invoices in due

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diligence documentation. We

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live and breathe this work

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every single day. We

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political maneuvers. We are

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civil servants.

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Thank you. Nicole. On the next

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Next, we have Haley Willis.

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Welcome.

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Good morning, Council members.

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My name is Haley Willis with

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the Seattle King County

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Coalition on Homelessness,

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commenting on the transition

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plan for locally funded

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homelessness contracts on

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behalf of more than 50 member

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organizations who house shelter

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and care for people

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experiencing homelessness all

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over King County. We appreciate

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the executive

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s and the

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Council

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s careful attention to

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maintaining the stability of

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our homelessness response

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system. It

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s incredibly

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important that nobody loses or

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experiences a gap in the

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housing, shelter or essential

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services they rely on every

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day, especially in light of

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ongoing uncertainty with

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federal Continuum of Care

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funding. Our community has led

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the way in adopting evidence

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based approaches that recognize

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that people need a safe place

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to live as a foundation to heal

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and thrive. Thanks to these

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evidence based practices, our

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community successfully helps

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thousands of people get a

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stable home and leave

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homelessness every year. As

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King County and Seattle resume

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management of locally funded

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contracts, we urge you to

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continue to keep best practices

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and regional collaboration at

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the center of your efforts to

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bring more people home. Thank

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you.

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Thank you, thank you. Next is

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Ryan Collin.

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Welcome, Ryan. Go ahead.

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Okay. Thank you. My name is

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Ryan Talon. I

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m a registered

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nurse and I live in district

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eight. I do not work for Kcra.

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I

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m here as a taxpayer. The

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Kcra ceo, Kelly Kennison,

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received $300,000 in public

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funds. Even though the agency

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has millions of dollars

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unaccounted for. To put that

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number in perspective, $300,000

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of the cost of 2 to 3 nurses. I

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regularly discharge patients in

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a situation where they have no

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support, and the money that is

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meant to address that is going

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toward a salary of a ceo whose

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own governing board

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investigated her and found that

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she retaliated against her

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staff. A forensic audit found

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that the agency under her

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leadership, cannot account for

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millions of dollars. As I

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followed this story in the

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news, I

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ve been wondering when

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will someone be held

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accountable? The ceo retaliated

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against staff who reported

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fiscal concerns, and based on

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reports, she has also skipped

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council briefings about the

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audit. I want to ask, is this

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what my taxpayer dollars pay

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for a ceo who appears unable to

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account for significant public

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funds, and who remains in this

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position? Despite these

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concerns, King County asks

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voters to approve levies for

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exactly this kind of work. I

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vote yes every time, but each

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story like this one gives the

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next voter a reason to say no.

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And the people who ultimately

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pay for that are my patients,

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not those in leadership, city

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and county leaders watching

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this MAY conclude that major

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failures will not carry real

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consequences. Staff MAY also

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learn to stay silent when a

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workforce is taught not to

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speak up. The next $13 million

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could go missing. With no one

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left willing to raise the

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alarm. Council members sit on a

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governing board. There is no

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one else to wait for. I ask

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that you hold leadership

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accountable and remove her from

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this position.

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Thank you. Next. Ben Mathewson.

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Hello, my name is Ben Matheson,

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and I am an analyst with Kcra.

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I

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d like to build on what?

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We lost Matthew. Maybe we can

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go to the next speaker if there

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is another commenter. Or if we

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can get Matthew back.

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The next person.

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The next person is Ryan.

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Welcome.

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Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.

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We have a bad, uh, echo. So if

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you could mute that whatever

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other device you have. Now,

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we

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ve lost. Sorry. I also. All

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right, we have you back.

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Hi. My name is Saori Aguilar.

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I

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m with the coordinated entry

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team here at Kcra. And building

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on what my colleague Nicole

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said. Um, we know that public

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confidence in our agency has

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been severely tested by

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executive transitions, audit

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findings, and budget deficits.

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Recently, critics inside and

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now have labeled us as a failed

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experiment. But a staff doing

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the daily work. We ask that you

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look closely at where the

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perception comes from. Partner

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confidence and in our ability

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to deliver results is higher

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today than ever. When people

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read the headline critiques

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about agency mismanagement,

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they don

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t see the staff who

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stay late during severe weather

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activation to ensure shelter

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beds are open, or the program

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managers who have fought

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through housing instability

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themselves to earn graduate

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degrees and return to serve

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their community. Turbulence at

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leadership level MAY conceal or

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distract from our best

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accomplishments, but it cannot

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conceal the competence,

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integrity and dedication of the

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people performing the work. As

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King County navigates severe

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budget constraints, we want the

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Council and the public to

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understand that our workforce

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embodies deep reservoirs of

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institutional knowledge, a

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diverse collection of technical

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and professional skills, and an

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unwavering commitment to our

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unhoused neighbors. Conflating

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top level administrative

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turbulence with frontline

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operational capability is a

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threat to the very expertise

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that our regional response

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infrastructure depends on

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cutting the front line workers

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who manage system access,

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secure federal grants and

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maintain data integrity will

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not solve our regional

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homelessness crisis. It would

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only destroy the institutional

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memory and the operational

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capacity that keeps our

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regional homelessness response

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afloat. Thank you.

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Thank you again, Ryan Talon,

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please can you unmute yourself?

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I think we heard from Ryan. I

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think it was William that we

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skipped.

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Oh, sorry.

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What

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s that? Oh, Ben. Sorry.

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Ben. Ben. Ben, can you unmute

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yourself, please?

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Yes, yes. Hello? Are you able

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to hear me?

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Yes.

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We can. Yes, Ben. We have a

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little bit of an echo, so if

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you have another device, make

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sure you turn that down. But go

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ahead.

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My name is Ben Matthewson. I

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work as an analyst at the kcrw.

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I

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m members of the council. You

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hold a vital role in ensuring

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and shaping the future of

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regionalism in King County. As

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workforce adjustments and

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restructuring decisions occur,

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the central priority must be

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preserving the institutional

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knowledge, lived experience and

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operational capacity that keeps

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this system running. Budget

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reductions are inevitable, but

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protecting frontline

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capabilities, including severe

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weather response coordination,

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data governance and management,

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federal grant administration,

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contract monitoring and

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compliance, system navigation

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and ombuds function is the only

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way to ensure our region

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maintains and continues to

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improve its homelessness

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response. A shrewd, fiscally

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responsible approach to budget

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contractions is one that

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prioritizes direct operational

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value, demonstrating to the

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public that King County values

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frontline competence over

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administrative overhead,

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restores faith in our public

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institutions. Reform is never

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about blindly trimming from the

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bottom up. It is about having

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the courage and the discipline

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to occasionally trim from the

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top down, accountability from

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leadership is essential in

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order to protect our

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experienced, data driven

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workforce, and demonstrates to

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the public that King County

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values operational competence

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and fiscal efficiency over

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executive overhead. The workers

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at Kcra remain fully committed

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to the vision of a unified,

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equitable, and effective

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regional homelessness response,

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and we asked the Committee of

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the whole to recognize the

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value of the people behind the

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products to protect the

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frontline infrastructure of

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regionalism, and to help us

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ensure that every public dollar

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continues to serve the members

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of our communities who rely on

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us. Thank you.

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That

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s the last person I have

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that has raised her hand.

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Thank you. I

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ll do one more

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check. If you

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re trying to

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provide public comment and you

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haven

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t had an opportunity to

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do so, please use the raise

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hand function and zoom. All

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right. We

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re not seeing any

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further requests for public

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comments. So we will close

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public comment and start with

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our agenda. Uh, colleagues,

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we

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re going to start out with

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our first item, which would

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confirm an appointment to the

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King County Landmarks

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Commission. King County

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established Landmarks

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Commission to ensure

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preservation of the region

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s

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historic places, material

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culture and traditions for

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future generations. We will be

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briefed on this item by Brandy

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Perello, who

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s on behalf of

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Leah, who is not here today.

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Then I will ask for any input

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from Sarah Stein from the King

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County Historic Preservation

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Program. And then we

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ll hear

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from the from our appointee,

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Brandi. Go ahead.

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Good morning, chair Baron and

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council members. For the

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record, my name is Brandi

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Parabola with Council central

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staff. The staff report for

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this item begins on page eight

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of your packets. And materials

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for the appointee were sent out

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simultaneously with your

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packets on Friday. As brief

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background on this item.

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Landmark Commission

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commissioners are responsible

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for the designation and

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regulation of landmark

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properties. Representation of

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suburban cities with interlocal

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agreements with King County,

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and advice to the executive and

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the Council on King County

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Landmarks. Issues. Funding for

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the landmark program is

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available from the Cultural

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Development Fund. Membership

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consists of nine members and is

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comprised of volunteers with

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expertise in areas such as

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architecture, art, land use,

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historic preservation,

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archaeology, education, and

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history. No more than four

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members MAY reside in any one

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municipal jurisdiction, and

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commissioners are appointed to

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three year terms. Colin Carter

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is our appointee today, and

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he

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s an associate planner for

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the city of Kirkland, who

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serves as the city

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s primary

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contact for historic

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preservation. He

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s also a

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member of the Kirkland Heritage

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Society. Staff have not

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identified any issues with the

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proposed appointment, and it

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appears to be consistent with

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the requirements of King County

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Code. That concludes my

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remarks. I

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d be happy to try to

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answer any questions.

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Thank you. Thank you Brandi.

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Any questions for staff? All

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right. Seeing none, I

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m going

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to call on Sarah Stein from our

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King County Historic

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Preservation Program. Sarah,

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anything you

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d like to add?

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Thank you. Councilmember. Um, I

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just want to say that we

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re

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excited to have Colin on board.

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We

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ve been working with him

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since he was actually at uw. He

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did the the bathhouse

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nomination as as a school

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project in Kirkland, which is a

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working class house. It

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s one

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of the few left in that

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neighborhood. And he did an

658
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excellent job with that. So

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we

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ve been working with him

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regularly both before he was a

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planner and as a planner, and

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we

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re really excited to have

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him, uh, joining us on the

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commission.

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Thank you very much. Uh, well,

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now it

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s time to hear from the

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appointee. So I

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m going to ask

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MR. Carter to come join us at

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the table here for a quick, uh,

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yes. Thank you very much.

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Welcome. And thank you for your

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interest in serving. We will be

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gentle here. So, uh, thank you,

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MR. Carter. Uh, appreciate your

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interest in serving. And can

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you share a little bit with the

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committee about, uh, your

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interest in serving this role?

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Yes, absolutely. Good morning.

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Uh, chair. And the remainder of

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the committee and council, I

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guess, uh, I

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m honored to have

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this opportunity to serve on

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the Landmarks Commission. Uh,

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now, more than ever, it

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s

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important that we preserve not

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only the places, but the

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stories that these places,

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structures and objects possess

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throughout King County. Uh, as

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Sarah Stein had mentioned, I

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ve

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had the opportunity to, uh,

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collaborate with King County

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staff to actually, uh, nominate

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and successfully designate, uh,

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the last structure, uh, within

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the city of Kirkland to

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designated status, uh,

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preserving not only the working

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class history, uh, also that,

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you know, associated

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agricultural and railroad

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history. Um, and so that

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s kind

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of the story of how I actually

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got into it was what started as

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a simple school project. Um,

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like many others in the

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historic preservation realm,

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you sort of just fall into it

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rather than a dedicated track

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from childhood. I would say.

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Um, but, uh, throughout the

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years of now serving as the

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city of Kirkland contact for

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homeowners, developers and

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others that are interested in

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the historic preservation

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programs, not only the city,

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but the county, the county. Um,

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you know, I

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ve seen the the

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challenges that potential

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historic preservation poses.

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The, uh, conversations maybe on

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how it limits development and

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how the demand for housing, um,

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and so kind of taking all of

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that, I think I have a very

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pragmatic and, um, I would say

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well-rounded understanding of

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historic preservation within

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the county. So I guess the long

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winded answer, but I

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m, you

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know, I could keep talking,

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very excited about all the

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facets of it.

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Thank you very much, MR.

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Carter. Appreciate it.

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Colleagues, do we have any

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00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:24,429
questions for the appointee?

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Seeing none, I

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m going to ask

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Councilmember Dembowski, as the

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council member from district

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one, to put this item before

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us. It

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s proposed motion 2026

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0185.

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Move adoption with a do pass

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recommendation.

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Thank you very much. That

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motion is before us. Any final

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comments before we take a vote?

763
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Appreciate your willingness to

764
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:43,714
serve.

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Thank you. And I will ask the

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clerk to please call the roll.

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Thank you. Chair Councilmember

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Balducci. Councilmember

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Dembowski I, Council Dunn I

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Council member Fain I.

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Councilmember Lewis I.

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Councilmember Mosqueda.

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I.

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Councilmember Perry.

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Councilmember von Reichbauer a

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chair Baron I have seven a

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s

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zero no

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s and no one asks.

780
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Pardon me. Councilmember

781
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Balducci and Perry. Ah.

782
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Thank you very much. By our

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vote we have approved proposed

784
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motion 2026 0185. Uh, unless

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there are any objections, we

786
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will send these this motion

787
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with a do pass recommendation

788
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for the consent agenda on the

789
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regular course. Thank you very

790
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much. Congratulations, Colin.

791
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Again, thank you for your

792
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willingness to serve you. This

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will be on the agenda for the

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full council, but you do not

795
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need to appear. Of course, you

796
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can always come if you want to,

797
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but no need for you to appear.

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And thank you again for your

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for your willingness to serve.

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Wonderful colleagues. We

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ll

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00:21:39,971 --> 00:21:43,408
move to the next item, which is

803
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item six. This would approve

804
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the 2026 2029 Equal Employment

805
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Opportunity Affirmative Action

806
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Plan, which is a four year

807
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plan. The county uses as an

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informational resource to

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provide an overview of the

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county

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s key efforts relating

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to equal employment

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opportunity. We will be briefed

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on this item by Eric Newman,

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and I will note that we

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re not

817
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going to take action on this

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item, because there are still

819
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some legal issues, but I

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thought it was important as a

821
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significant multiyear plan to

822
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have at least an initial touch

823
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on this item. So, Erica, I will

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turn it over to you.

825
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Thank you, MR. Chair. Erica

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Newman, Council central Staff

827
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the items for Proposed

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Ordinance 2026 0147 begin on

829
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page 14 of your packet. The

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proposed ordinance would adopt

831
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the 2026 2029 Equal Employment

832
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Opportunity and Affirmative

833
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Action Plan. The plan is covers

834
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the executive departments as

835
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well as Department of

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Assessments, Department of

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Elections and the Prosecuting

838
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Attorney

839
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s Office. Under code,

840
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the executive is to submit um,

841
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the new plan by JUNE 1st of

842
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every fourth year, which began

843
00:22:56,470 --> 00:22:59,470
in 2018. Um, and then the

844
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council has uh, until or before

845
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JANUARY 1st should either, uh,

846
00:23:03,555 --> 00:23:06,555
approve, modify or reject it,

847
00:23:06,991 --> 00:23:09,293
uh, via ordinance. The first,

848
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uh plan was adopted by council

849
00:23:13,431 --> 00:23:15,800
in 1995. The current plan, um,

850
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was adopted in DECEMBER of

851
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2022, and the under. I

852
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m sorry.

853
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Um, in the eeo, uh, the the

854
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plan outlines goals and

855
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objectives and objectives to

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attract and retain a diverse

857
00:23:32,483 --> 00:23:34,883
workforce that reflects, uh,

858
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the community. And so, um, the

859
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proposed plan, um, includes

860
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information related to county

861
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workforce statistics,

862
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implementation plans for

863
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departments and a summary of

864
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the um, prior equal employment

865
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opportunity, um, plan. But if

866
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you want to go into the the

867
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parts where we can get into

868
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more detail, uh, beginning on

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page 48 of your packet, um, it

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starts to talk about placement

871
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goals for the plan period for

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2026, 2029, as well as the

873
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implementation plans. And, um,

874
00:24:15,626 --> 00:24:19,226
the on page 48, it does state

875
00:24:20,665 --> 00:24:22,299
that, um. The implementation

876
00:24:22,299 --> 00:24:24,699
plan included job categories

877
00:24:24,769 --> 00:24:26,370
for persons of color and women,

878
00:24:26,370 --> 00:24:27,438
and the goals were based on

879
00:24:27,438 --> 00:24:29,438
King County workforce

880
00:24:29,941 --> 00:24:31,941
availability from the 2020

881
00:24:32,443 --> 00:24:35,450
population. Um, and there were

882
00:24:35,450 --> 00:24:37,450
underrepresentation found in,

883
00:24:37,315 --> 00:24:38,716
um, the King County workforce.

884
00:24:38,716 --> 00:24:39,883
Departments are planning to

885
00:24:39,883 --> 00:24:42,186
make good faith efforts to

886
00:24:42,186 --> 00:24:45,186
address these areas during the

887
00:24:46,858 --> 00:24:48,858
2026, 2029, uh, plan. The

888
00:24:50,461 --> 00:24:50,761
implementation, uh, the the

889
00:24:50,761 --> 00:24:52,596
department

890
00:24:52,596 --> 00:24:54,596
s plan for

891
00:24:55,866 --> 00:24:57,335
implementing the plan is, uh,

892
00:24:57,335 --> 00:24:58,703
creating a new plan and

893
00:24:58,703 --> 00:25:01,103
analyzing results from the

894
00:25:01,272 --> 00:25:04,272
prior plan and beginning on

895
00:25:05,577 --> 00:25:07,712
page 38 of your packet of the

896
00:25:07,712 --> 00:25:10,712
plan. But page 60 of the

897
00:25:11,715 --> 00:25:14,715
packet, our goals, um, goals

898
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,720
and highlights from the 2022

899
00:25:20,624 --> 00:25:23,240
2025 plan. It showed that 800

900
00:25:23,193 --> 00:25:25,593
840 defined goal areas, which

901
00:25:26,970 --> 00:25:27,265
is about 86%, had a workforce

902
00:25:27,265 --> 00:25:28,832
that was consistent with the

903
00:25:28,832 --> 00:25:30,734
availability of people of color

904
00:25:30,734 --> 00:25:33,303
or women with requisite job

905
00:25:33,303 --> 00:25:36,303
skills. And, um, King County,

906
00:25:37,208 --> 00:25:38,275
the remaining 14%, um, where

907
00:25:38,275 --> 00:25:39,243
the percentage of people of

908
00:25:39,243 --> 00:25:41,146
color and women were

909
00:25:41,146 --> 00:25:42,880
underrepresented when compared

910
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,280
with those qualified and

911
00:25:45,950 --> 00:25:48,786
available in the workforce. Um,

912
00:25:48,786 --> 00:25:50,554
moving on to page 61 includes

913
00:25:50,554 --> 00:25:51,856
achievements, um executive

914
00:25:51,856 --> 00:25:53,190
departments did acknowledge

915
00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:54,625
that they faced a variety of

916
00:25:54,625 --> 00:25:56,494
ongoing recruitment challenges

917
00:25:56,494 --> 00:25:58,129
during the prior plan period.

918
00:25:58,129 --> 00:26:00,297
Um, and placement goals were

919
00:26:00,297 --> 00:26:02,660
for um. For the most part, they

920
00:26:02,660 --> 00:26:04,466
were achieved across all

921
00:26:06,771 --> 00:26:08,572
departments. Um, the highlights

922
00:26:08,572 --> 00:26:11,508
are those are the highlights.

923
00:26:11,508 --> 00:26:13,410
And the executive remains that

924
00:26:13,410 --> 00:26:13,911
they are going to reiterate and

925
00:26:13,911 --> 00:26:14,578
advance the county

926
00:26:14,578 --> 00:26:15,780
s commitment

927
00:26:15,780 --> 00:26:17,780
to equal employment

928
00:26:17,815 --> 00:26:19,815
opportunity, diversity, equity,

929
00:26:20,284 --> 00:26:21,920
inclusion and belonging. Um,

930
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,788
the proposed ordinance was

931
00:26:23,788 --> 00:26:25,189
transmitted on time. There are

932
00:26:25,189 --> 00:26:26,824
no direct fiscal impacts on

933
00:26:26,824 --> 00:26:28,759
county expenditures or revenues

934
00:26:28,759 --> 00:26:30,761
and federal regulations related

935
00:26:30,761 --> 00:26:32,697
to this item have very recently

936
00:26:32,697 --> 00:26:34,865
changed. And therefore legal

937
00:26:34,865 --> 00:26:37,101
analysis of those impacts are

938
00:26:37,101 --> 00:26:39,169
ongoing. We do have Gloria

939
00:26:39,169 --> 00:26:40,938
Ingersoll, uh, the King County

940
00:26:40,938 --> 00:26:42,373
Workforce equity manager from

941
00:26:42,373 --> 00:26:43,507
department and Human Resources

942
00:26:43,507 --> 00:26:45,576
available to answer any

943
00:26:45,576 --> 00:26:46,577
additional questions. MISTER

944
00:26:46,577 --> 00:26:47,778
Chair, that concludes my

945
00:26:47,778 --> 00:26:49,778
remarks.

946
00:26:49,947 --> 00:26:51,749
Thank you very much. Uh,

947
00:26:51,749 --> 00:26:54,149
colleagues, any questions on

948
00:26:54,618 --> 00:26:55,219
this item? Uh, Councilmember

949
00:26:55,219 --> 00:26:56,787
Lewis.

950
00:26:56,787 --> 00:26:58,590
Thank you. Chair. Um, thank

951
00:26:58,590 --> 00:27:00,792
you, Erica, for that staff

952
00:27:00,792 --> 00:27:02,927
report. I have a couple of

953
00:27:02,927 --> 00:27:05,829
questions, and they MAY be

954
00:27:05,829 --> 00:27:08,229
questions for executive staff.

955
00:27:09,199 --> 00:27:11,202
Um, the first question is, how

956
00:27:11,202 --> 00:27:12,636
were the eib managers, the

957
00:27:12,636 --> 00:27:15,360
equity, inclusion and belonging

958
00:27:15,539 --> 00:27:17,708
managers involved in the

959
00:27:17,708 --> 00:27:20,108
creation, updating of this

960
00:27:21,312 --> 00:27:21,476
report? And the other question,

961
00:27:21,476 --> 00:27:23,147
I

962
00:27:23,147 --> 00:27:25,215
ll ask it now, maybe answer

963
00:27:25,215 --> 00:27:26,717
it later. But as I read the

964
00:27:26,717 --> 00:27:28,853
report, there was a lot in the

965
00:27:28,853 --> 00:27:30,120
report about recruitment and

966
00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:31,355
retention. And I

967
00:27:31,355 --> 00:27:33,355
m interested

968
00:27:34,258 --> 00:27:37,258
in where the report addresses

969
00:27:37,294 --> 00:27:38,362
advancement for, uh, people of

970
00:27:38,362 --> 00:27:41,980
color, women and people of

971
00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:43,667
color, and also how it

972
00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:44,602
addresses the recommendations

973
00:27:44,602 --> 00:27:45,680
of the black women

974
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,680
s

975
00:27:47,572 --> 00:27:49,373
experience. Um, study that the

976
00:27:49,373 --> 00:27:52,973
county invested quite a bit of

977
00:27:59,750 --> 00:28:02,750
resource in having that done.

978
00:28:02,820 --> 00:28:04,820
So go ahead.

979
00:28:07,758 --> 00:28:08,426
This is Gloria. Can you hear

980
00:28:08,426 --> 00:28:10,426
me?

981
00:28:10,628 --> 00:28:12,897
We can not hear you very

982
00:28:12,897 --> 00:28:14,231
clearly. We can just barely

983
00:28:14,231 --> 00:28:15,132
hear you.

984
00:28:15,132 --> 00:28:16,367
Yeah, okay. I

985
00:28:16,367 --> 00:28:17,869
m having some

986
00:28:17,869 --> 00:28:19,303
technical difficulty.

987
00:28:19,303 --> 00:28:20,637
No, no, no, no, we can hear you

988
00:28:20,637 --> 00:28:24,237
better. I think we upped the

989
00:28:24,242 --> 00:28:24,408
volume here. Go ahead.

990
00:28:24,408 --> 00:28:26,408
Let

991
00:28:26,511 --> 00:28:28,279
s do the thing there. Um.

992
00:28:28,279 --> 00:28:31,279
Thank you, thank you. Thank

993
00:28:32,917 --> 00:28:34,385
you. Councilmember. Um, one for

994
00:28:34,385 --> 00:28:36,921
the first question as it

995
00:28:36,921 --> 00:28:39,523
relates to, uh, engaging eib

996
00:28:39,523 --> 00:28:42,590
managers. Um, um, we did not

997
00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:43,894
engage the eib managers. And,

998
00:28:43,894 --> 00:28:45,796
uh, since we started, if this

999
00:28:45,796 --> 00:28:47,598
is meeting being forthcoming,

1000
00:28:47,598 --> 00:28:49,533
uh, since we started the plan,

1001
00:28:49,533 --> 00:28:52,436
uh, the eib classification is a

1002
00:28:52,436 --> 00:28:53,971
new classification. Uh, in

1003
00:28:53,971 --> 00:28:55,740
crafting the plan, we did not

1004
00:28:55,740 --> 00:28:58,142
engage the eib manager, but in

1005
00:28:58,142 --> 00:29:00,744
ongoing efforts to continue to

1006
00:29:00,744 --> 00:29:03,144
diversify our workforce. Um,

1007
00:29:03,181 --> 00:29:05,581
through, uh, our advisory

1008
00:29:05,882 --> 00:29:07,851
committee, uh, the eeo advisory

1009
00:29:07,851 --> 00:29:09,653
Committee, there are ongoing

1010
00:29:09,653 --> 00:29:11,653
conversations that includes

1011
00:29:11,722 --> 00:29:14,122
conversations with the hr

1012
00:29:14,158 --> 00:29:16,260
managers and eib managers in

1013
00:29:16,260 --> 00:29:18,620
terms of implementation and

1014
00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:19,797
making sure that not only are

1015
00:29:19,797 --> 00:29:21,866
we meeting our hiring retention

1016
00:29:21,866 --> 00:29:24,268
goals, but we are also looking

1017
00:29:24,268 --> 00:29:25,536
into data that is, uh, ongoing

1018
00:29:25,536 --> 00:29:27,572
because we pull that data on a

1019
00:29:27,572 --> 00:29:29,106
quarterly basis. And so

1020
00:29:29,106 --> 00:29:30,374
advisory committee members,

1021
00:29:30,374 --> 00:29:31,775
they do have those regular

1022
00:29:31,775 --> 00:29:33,144
meetings to continue to make

1023
00:29:33,144 --> 00:29:35,680
sure that department is being

1024
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,748
held accountable to the efforts

1025
00:29:37,748 --> 00:29:40,451
that we put forth in this plan

1026
00:29:40,451 --> 00:29:42,353
and that both hr manager are

1027
00:29:42,353 --> 00:29:44,521
involved in the eib managers

1028
00:29:44,521 --> 00:29:46,190
are also informed, uh,

1029
00:29:46,190 --> 00:29:48,190
informing those implementation

1030
00:29:48,225 --> 00:29:50,995
efforts. Um, I can say that

1031
00:29:50,995 --> 00:29:52,597
moving forward, as we continue

1032
00:29:52,597 --> 00:29:54,465
to make improvements, we will

1033
00:29:54,465 --> 00:29:56,433
definitely make sure that we

1034
00:29:56,433 --> 00:29:58,603
are engaging eib managers,

1035
00:29:58,603 --> 00:29:59,737
although, um, I would say that

1036
00:29:59,737 --> 00:30:02,720
for the most part, really

1037
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:03,974
looking at hiring, retention

1038
00:30:03,974 --> 00:30:05,643
and promotions that work since

1039
00:30:05,643 --> 00:30:07,678
it leaves and sits within the

1040
00:30:07,678 --> 00:30:09,513
hr managers, uh, they tend to

1041
00:30:09,513 --> 00:30:11,582
be the ones that we engage the

1042
00:30:11,582 --> 00:30:13,830
most with.

1043
00:30:13,830 --> 00:30:14,352
Thank you very much for that.

1044
00:30:14,352 --> 00:30:15,185
Would you mind identifying

1045
00:30:15,185 --> 00:30:15,485
yourself for the record?

1046
00:30:15,485 --> 00:30:17,387
Because we

1047
00:30:17,387 --> 00:30:19,787
re seeing you as

1048
00:30:20,224 --> 00:30:21,659
Megan Peterson. So go ahead.

1049
00:30:21,659 --> 00:30:23,695
Uh, my name is Gloria and

1050
00:30:23,695 --> 00:30:24,796
Gonzalez, last name. And I am

1051
00:30:24,796 --> 00:30:25,996
the King County Workforce

1052
00:30:25,996 --> 00:30:27,864
equity manager in the

1053
00:30:27,864 --> 00:30:29,934
Department of Human Resources.

1054
00:30:29,934 --> 00:30:31,735
Thank you very much,

1055
00:30:31,735 --> 00:30:33,735
colleagues. Any additional

1056
00:30:34,172 --> 00:30:34,338
questions? Um, as I noted,

1057
00:30:34,338 --> 00:30:35,873
we

1058
00:30:35,873 --> 00:30:36,907
re not going to take action

1059
00:30:36,907 --> 00:30:38,943
on this item. The one thing

1060
00:30:38,943 --> 00:30:40,577
that I did note from the, uh,

1061
00:30:40,577 --> 00:30:42,546
report that I wanted to make

1062
00:30:42,546 --> 00:30:44,982
sure that we, you know,

1063
00:30:44,982 --> 00:30:46,784
recognize is that one of the

1064
00:30:46,784 --> 00:30:48,552
areas that we have, I would

1065
00:30:48,552 --> 00:30:50,200
say, backtracked as a county

1066
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:51,389
workforce in the past few years

1067
00:30:51,389 --> 00:30:53,230
has been the issue of gender

1068
00:30:53,230 --> 00:30:55,526
and our the percentage of our

1069
00:30:55,526 --> 00:30:58,950
workforce, uh, who identify as

1070
00:30:58,950 --> 00:31:00,765
women is going, I would say, in

1071
00:31:00,765 --> 00:31:01,332
the wrong direction. Um, so,

1072
00:31:01,332 --> 00:31:01,598
you know, I think that

1073
00:31:01,598 --> 00:31:01,806
s that

1074
00:31:01,806 --> 00:31:02,833
s

1075
00:31:02,833 --> 00:31:03,100
what the data shows. There

1076
00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:04,435
s no

1077
00:31:04,435 --> 00:31:05,669
kind of controversy about that.

1078
00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:07,204
But I just wanted to highlight

1079
00:31:07,204 --> 00:31:08,272
that. And I urge, you know, the

1080
00:31:08,272 --> 00:31:09,374
executive branch and something

1081
00:31:09,374 --> 00:31:11,341
that I think we want to monitor

1082
00:31:11,341 --> 00:31:13,770
closely, and perhaps when we

1083
00:31:13,770 --> 00:31:15,246
take action, I would love to

1084
00:31:15,246 --> 00:31:17,148
hear from, uh, from the, our

1085
00:31:17,148 --> 00:31:18,282
executive branch specifically

1086
00:31:18,282 --> 00:31:18,456
on that issue, on what steps

1087
00:31:18,456 --> 00:31:20,456
we

1088
00:31:20,551 --> 00:31:22,319
re taking, uh, to reverse

1089
00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:22,686
that trend. Um, there

1090
00:31:22,686 --> 00:31:23,821
s some,

1091
00:31:23,821 --> 00:31:24,855
some, some of that in the

1092
00:31:24,855 --> 00:31:25,823
report, but I think it would be

1093
00:31:25,823 --> 00:31:28,392
great to hear a little bit more

1094
00:31:28,392 --> 00:31:29,360
on that. Uh, next, next month

1095
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,895
when we take action on this

1096
00:31:30,895 --> 00:31:32,630
item. Uh Councilmember

1097
00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:33,664
Mosqueda. I see your hand up as

1098
00:31:33,664 --> 00:31:35,133
well.

1099
00:31:35,133 --> 00:31:36,433
Thanks so much. Sorry. It was a

1100
00:31:36,433 --> 00:31:38,368
little bit choppy. Did you say

1101
00:31:38,368 --> 00:31:41,368
that the equity, inclusion and

1102
00:31:43,341 --> 00:31:44,800
belonging was not consulting?

1103
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:45,509
Uh, not.

1104
00:31:45,509 --> 00:31:46,977
In the crafting of the plan,

1105
00:31:46,977 --> 00:31:47,812
but in the ongoing

1106
00:31:47,812 --> 00:31:49,380
implementation?

1107
00:31:49,380 --> 00:31:51,282
Yes. We are. Consulting with

1108
00:31:51,282 --> 00:31:53,384
them on a regular basis.

1109
00:31:53,384 --> 00:31:54,552
Okay. And Councilmember Lewis

1110
00:31:54,552 --> 00:31:56,353
had asked the question. I was

1111
00:31:56,353 --> 00:31:57,287
wondering about regarding the,

1112
00:31:57,287 --> 00:31:58,488
um, black women

1113
00:31:58,488 --> 00:32:00,424
s experience at

1114
00:32:00,424 --> 00:32:01,191
King County. Um, and

1115
00:32:01,191 --> 00:32:02,393
colleagues, if you haven

1116
00:32:02,393 --> 00:32:03,894
t seen

1117
00:32:03,894 --> 00:32:05,696
that report recently or read

1118
00:32:05,696 --> 00:32:09,600
it, I think it would behoove us

1119
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,100
all to see how this submission

1120
00:32:11,100 --> 00:32:12,937
correlates with the report that

1121
00:32:12,937 --> 00:32:15,337
Councilmember Lewis noted prior

1122
00:32:15,473 --> 00:32:16,807
to considering this in the next

1123
00:32:16,807 --> 00:32:19,807
meeting, happy to bring down

1124
00:32:20,444 --> 00:32:22,450
copies momentarily.

1125
00:32:22,450 --> 00:32:23,381
Thank you Councilmember

1126
00:32:23,381 --> 00:32:25,316
Mosqueda. And again, this item

1127
00:32:25,316 --> 00:32:26,617
will come back to us so we have

1128
00:32:26,617 --> 00:32:27,984
further opportunities to ask

1129
00:32:27,984 --> 00:32:30,384
questions. In the meantime,

1130
00:32:31,388 --> 00:32:31,555
before we sign off on it. Uh, I

1131
00:32:31,555 --> 00:32:33,491
don

1132
00:32:33,491 --> 00:32:33,957
t see I think Councilmember

1133
00:32:33,957 --> 00:32:34,825
Mosqueda that

1134
00:32:34,825 --> 00:32:36,460
s your old hand,

1135
00:32:36,460 --> 00:32:38,796
I believe. Uh, unless you have

1136
00:32:38,796 --> 00:32:39,797
an additional question. Old

1137
00:32:39,797 --> 00:32:42,660
man. Hold hand. All right.

1138
00:32:42,660 --> 00:32:43,133
Thank you very much. Uh, thank

1139
00:32:43,133 --> 00:32:44,668
you. Colleagues. So, as I

1140
00:32:44,668 --> 00:32:46,203
mentioned, uh, legal review of

1141
00:32:46,203 --> 00:32:46,370
this item is still in process.

1142
00:32:46,370 --> 00:32:47,204
We

1143
00:32:47,204 --> 00:32:48,720
re going to defer action

1144
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,641
until the next meeting of the

1145
00:32:50,641 --> 00:32:52,376
committee on SEPTEMBER 22nd.

1146
00:32:52,376 --> 00:32:54,311
With that, we will move on on

1147
00:32:54,311 --> 00:32:55,846
our agenda. Thank you. Uh, our

1148
00:32:55,846 --> 00:32:56,813
next two items are related to

1149
00:32:56,813 --> 00:32:58,549
the King County Regional

1150
00:32:58,549 --> 00:33:00,510
Homelessness Authority. First,

1151
00:33:00,510 --> 00:33:01,953
we have a briefing from

1152
00:33:01,953 --> 00:33:03,821
executive staff and then

1153
00:33:03,821 --> 00:33:06,424
followed by a briefing from the

1154
00:33:06,424 --> 00:33:07,558
case staff on the casework

1155
00:33:07,558 --> 00:33:09,427
contract transition plan and

1156
00:33:09,427 --> 00:33:11,595
then the overview of the

1157
00:33:11,595 --> 00:33:11,762
corrective action plan. Uh,

1158
00:33:11,762 --> 00:33:13,630
we

1159
00:33:13,630 --> 00:33:15,899
re going to be hearing

1160
00:33:15,899 --> 00:33:17,201
initially from chief operating

1161
00:33:17,201 --> 00:33:18,535
officer of the Executive

1162
00:33:18,535 --> 00:33:18,700
Office, Jelani Jackson, who

1163
00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:19,503
s

1164
00:33:19,503 --> 00:33:20,304
the acting director of the

1165
00:33:20,304 --> 00:33:22,304
Housing and Community

1166
00:33:23,274 --> 00:33:25,800
Development division at dhs,

1167
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:25,843
and Aaron Robert, the chief

1168
00:33:25,843 --> 00:33:26,977
budget officer for the

1169
00:33:26,977 --> 00:33:28,212
Executive office. And then I

1170
00:33:28,212 --> 00:33:30,514
will introduce our case here,

1171
00:33:30,514 --> 00:33:32,482
staff. Uh, uh, when we get to

1172
00:33:32,482 --> 00:33:35,252
that panel, uh, I do want to

1173
00:33:35,252 --> 00:33:37,388
just remind us how, uh, what

1174
00:33:37,388 --> 00:33:38,956
this briefing, uh, stems from.

1175
00:33:38,956 --> 00:33:42,556
This briefing is the result of

1176
00:33:42,826 --> 00:33:43,828
motion 16970, which I sponsored

1177
00:33:43,828 --> 00:33:45,195
with Councilmember Fain and

1178
00:33:45,195 --> 00:33:46,764
Dembowski, and which the

1179
00:33:46,764 --> 00:33:48,332
council adopted unanimously on

1180
00:33:48,332 --> 00:33:49,733
MAY 5th after a forensic

1181
00:33:49,733 --> 00:33:51,235
evaluation led by Clark

1182
00:33:51,235 --> 00:33:53,700
Newberry and released in APRIL,

1183
00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:54,438
exposed serious weaknesses in

1184
00:33:54,438 --> 00:33:56,540
cases this, uh, financial

1185
00:33:56,540 --> 00:33:57,775
management internal controls.

1186
00:33:57,775 --> 00:33:58,942
That motion asked the executive

1187
00:33:58,942 --> 00:34:00,210
to provide a report on the

1188
00:34:00,210 --> 00:34:01,412
future of the authority and the

1189
00:34:01,412 --> 00:34:02,580
steps being taken to address

1190
00:34:02,580 --> 00:34:04,715
the findings of the forensic

1191
00:34:04,715 --> 00:34:05,650
evaluation. By AUGUST 1st. And

1192
00:34:05,650 --> 00:34:07,852
I appreciate that the

1193
00:34:07,852 --> 00:34:09,553
executive, uh, complied with

1194
00:34:09,553 --> 00:34:10,321
that request. In the months

1195
00:34:10,321 --> 00:34:11,455
since, there have been

1196
00:34:11,455 --> 00:34:12,789
additional developments. On

1197
00:34:12,789 --> 00:34:13,991
JULY 1st, the executive of the

1198
00:34:13,991 --> 00:34:15,559
mayor of Seattle announced a

1199
00:34:15,559 --> 00:34:17,127
plan to stabilize right size

1200
00:34:17,127 --> 00:34:18,629
and reset cases, including the

1201
00:34:18,629 --> 00:34:19,797
transition of most locally

1202
00:34:19,797 --> 00:34:20,697
funded contracts back to the

1203
00:34:20,697 --> 00:34:21,899
city and the county,

1204
00:34:21,899 --> 00:34:22,499
respectively. And we

1205
00:34:22,499 --> 00:34:23,501
ll hear

1206
00:34:23,501 --> 00:34:25,135
more details on that in a

1207
00:34:25,135 --> 00:34:26,336
second. Uh, as I noted, the

1208
00:34:26,336 --> 00:34:27,538
executive delivered the report

1209
00:34:27,538 --> 00:34:30,507
we requested actually a day in

1210
00:34:30,507 --> 00:34:31,675
advance on the 31st JULY 31st,

1211
00:34:31,675 --> 00:34:33,477
probably because AUGUST 1st was

1212
00:34:33,477 --> 00:34:34,278
society. Uh, today gives us the

1213
00:34:34,278 --> 00:34:34,544
chance to hear about the

1214
00:34:34,544 --> 00:34:35,546
executive

1215
00:34:35,546 --> 00:34:36,580
s recommended steps

1216
00:34:36,580 --> 00:34:37,514
regarding the authority, the

1217
00:34:37,514 --> 00:34:39,183
status of the contract

1218
00:34:39,183 --> 00:34:40,150
transition plan, and the status

1219
00:34:40,150 --> 00:34:41,585
of the correct corrective

1220
00:34:41,585 --> 00:34:42,987
action plan that Kasahara is

1221
00:34:42,987 --> 00:34:44,388
implementing. After hearing

1222
00:34:44,388 --> 00:34:46,256
from the executive team, uh, we

1223
00:34:46,256 --> 00:34:48,559
will hear from Kcra leadership

1224
00:34:48,559 --> 00:34:48,728
directly. Um, thank you. And

1225
00:34:48,728 --> 00:34:50,294
I

1226
00:34:50,294 --> 00:34:53,970
m going to turn it over to,

1227
00:34:53,970 --> 00:34:54,565
uh, ceo Kim.

1228
00:34:54,565 --> 00:34:56,660
Thank you so much. For the

1229
00:34:56,660 --> 00:34:57,768
record, my name is Heyo Kim,

1230
00:34:57,768 --> 00:35:00,370
chief operating officer for

1231
00:35:00,370 --> 00:35:01,500
Executive Zahilay chair Baron.

1232
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:02,706
Members of the committee, thank

1233
00:35:02,706 --> 00:35:05,709
you so much for having us here.

1234
00:35:05,709 --> 00:35:08,412
Um, as you mentioned, the

1235
00:35:08,412 --> 00:35:11,115
executive delivered a report to

1236
00:35:11,115 --> 00:35:12,749
you all, um, the, uh, the

1237
00:35:12,749 --> 00:35:15,586
report is fairly extensive, I

1238
00:35:15,586 --> 00:35:17,287
think, in the details. And so,

1239
00:35:17,287 --> 00:35:19,756
uh, Aaron, Jelani and myself

1240
00:35:19,756 --> 00:35:21,324
are here to provide an overview

1241
00:35:21,324 --> 00:35:23,994
of what was, uh, contained in

1242
00:35:23,994 --> 00:35:26,496
that report and to be able to

1243
00:35:26,496 --> 00:35:29,100
answer any questions. Um, as

1244
00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:30,901
you, uh, I think, um, chair,

1245
00:35:30,901 --> 00:35:34,505
you you kind of took my top

1246
00:35:34,505 --> 00:35:36,173
line, um, in JULY, the

1247
00:35:36,173 --> 00:35:38,108
executive and mayor, uh,

1248
00:35:38,108 --> 00:35:40,410
announced next steps to

1249
00:35:40,410 --> 00:35:42,790
stabilize right size and reset

1250
00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:43,747
our King County Regional

1251
00:35:43,747 --> 00:35:45,649
Homelessness Authority. The

1252
00:35:45,649 --> 00:35:47,318
joint plan focused on

1253
00:35:47,318 --> 00:35:49,718
stabilizing, right sizing and

1254
00:35:49,887 --> 00:35:51,488
resetting Kcra chase future. So

1255
00:35:51,488 --> 00:35:53,257
today we will be speaking

1256
00:35:53,257 --> 00:35:55,920
mostly about the stabilizing

1257
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,492
and rightsizing approach, the

1258
00:35:57,895 --> 00:36:00,563
work to reset the future of

1259
00:36:00,563 --> 00:36:02,600
Kcra is going to be ongoing for

1260
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,868
the next several months. Um,

1261
00:36:04,868 --> 00:36:07,271
and we are committed to working

1262
00:36:07,271 --> 00:36:09,206
with this body as well as the

1263
00:36:09,206 --> 00:36:11,475
legislative body over at the

1264
00:36:11,475 --> 00:36:13,510
city and the k Sara Jay

1265
00:36:13,510 --> 00:36:15,910
governing board, in conjunction

1266
00:36:15,946 --> 00:36:18,148
with ceo Kennison and her team

1267
00:36:18,148 --> 00:36:20,548
to ensure an extensive

1268
00:36:20,684 --> 00:36:22,352
stakeholder process. Um, but

1269
00:36:22,352 --> 00:36:24,288
that has not yet been launched

1270
00:36:24,288 --> 00:36:26,691
quite yet. Uh, the county and

1271
00:36:26,691 --> 00:36:29,691
the city remain committed to,

1272
00:36:30,294 --> 00:36:32,829
um, sorry, just lost my cheat

1273
00:36:32,829 --> 00:36:34,264
sheet. Uh, a regional response

1274
00:36:34,264 --> 00:36:36,333
to homelessness and to

1275
00:36:36,333 --> 00:36:37,835
strengthening Kcra so that it

1276
00:36:37,835 --> 00:36:39,570
can fulfill its

1277
00:36:39,570 --> 00:36:41,970
responsibilities. Some of the

1278
00:36:42,139 --> 00:36:44,141
guiding principles, um, really

1279
00:36:44,141 --> 00:36:46,343
defining and informing this

1280
00:36:46,343 --> 00:36:48,612
work is that providing high

1281
00:36:48,612 --> 00:36:49,579
quality shelter services and

1282
00:36:49,579 --> 00:36:50,114
housing to our region

1283
00:36:50,114 --> 00:36:52,114
s most

1284
00:36:52,316 --> 00:36:54,284
vulnerable community members

1285
00:36:54,284 --> 00:36:55,920
should not be disrupted. Uh,

1286
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,550
that creating clear pathways

1287
00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:00,190
for individuals to exit from

1288
00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:02,259
homelessness to shelter and

1289
00:37:02,259 --> 00:37:04,862
services and to long term

1290
00:37:04,862 --> 00:37:06,463
housing, uh, is our North Star

1291
00:37:06,463 --> 00:37:07,731
and should be our North Star.

1292
00:37:07,731 --> 00:37:09,333
And that understanding

1293
00:37:09,333 --> 00:37:11,100
homelessness as a regional

1294
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:12,469
issue that requires

1295
00:37:12,469 --> 00:37:14,337
coordination and collaboration

1296
00:37:14,337 --> 00:37:16,474
with government partners across

1297
00:37:16,474 --> 00:37:17,674
King County should be bedrock

1298
00:37:17,674 --> 00:37:20,878
to how we think about the

1299
00:37:20,878 --> 00:37:22,613
future of the work. And so, as

1300
00:37:22,613 --> 00:37:25,349
you will hear from Jelani and

1301
00:37:25,349 --> 00:37:27,818
from Aaron, uh, some of the key

1302
00:37:27,818 --> 00:37:29,286
considerations that, uh, both

1303
00:37:29,286 --> 00:37:32,286
the executive and the mayor

1304
00:37:32,289 --> 00:37:35,289
embarked upon, um, in making

1305
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:37,227
the decision to, uh, transition

1306
00:37:37,227 --> 00:37:38,128
the contracts, the county

1307
00:37:38,128 --> 00:37:39,796
contracts and the city

1308
00:37:39,796 --> 00:37:41,932
contracts, some of the key

1309
00:37:41,932 --> 00:37:43,500
considerations that they had

1310
00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:45,168
were that, uh, protecting

1311
00:37:45,168 --> 00:37:47,237
federal funding for this region

1312
00:37:47,237 --> 00:37:49,539
was absolutely critical. As you

1313
00:37:49,539 --> 00:37:53,770
all know. Um, this year, we are

1314
00:37:53,770 --> 00:37:55,579
looking at about $67 million in

1315
00:37:55,579 --> 00:37:57,848
federal funds that that funnel

1316
00:37:57,848 --> 00:37:59,983
through our continuum of care

1317
00:37:59,983 --> 00:38:01,952
to serve, um, the most

1318
00:38:01,952 --> 00:38:04,352
vulnerable residents in our

1319
00:38:05,255 --> 00:38:07,358
community. Um, that is $67

1320
00:38:07,358 --> 00:38:09,760
million. That cannot be easily

1321
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,760
replaced by either the county

1322
00:38:12,830 --> 00:38:14,798
or the city or state partners.

1323
00:38:14,798 --> 00:38:16,300
Um, another key consideration

1324
00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:18,368
for us was that minimizing

1325
00:38:18,368 --> 00:38:20,704
service disruption for clients

1326
00:38:20,704 --> 00:38:22,740
and providers was absolutely

1327
00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:23,974
critical. Uh, we know that this

1328
00:38:23,974 --> 00:38:24,143
is not a transition that

1329
00:38:24,143 --> 00:38:26,142
s

1330
00:38:26,142 --> 00:38:28,440
going to be easy, but we

1331
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,280
really, really wanted to ensure

1332
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:33,750
that we were taking pains to

1333
00:38:33,750 --> 00:38:36,319
listen to our service providers

1334
00:38:36,319 --> 00:38:38,255
to understand how to ensure a

1335
00:38:38,255 --> 00:38:39,456
smooth transition. And you will

1336
00:38:39,456 --> 00:38:41,425
hear Jelani speak to that a

1337
00:38:41,425 --> 00:38:43,193
little bit. And then again, the

1338
00:38:43,193 --> 00:38:44,594
regional reset conversations,

1339
00:38:44,594 --> 00:38:46,994
although not quite yet

1340
00:38:47,497 --> 00:38:51,680
launched, are going to be, um,

1341
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:52,836
are um, approach to

1342
00:38:52,836 --> 00:38:54,104
understanding and to hearing

1343
00:38:54,104 --> 00:38:56,540
from a diverse set of

1344
00:38:56,540 --> 00:38:58,309
stakeholders to so that we

1345
00:38:58,309 --> 00:38:59,910
maintain a regional approach to

1346
00:38:59,910 --> 00:39:01,812
homelessness. And I think that

1347
00:39:01,812 --> 00:39:04,314
is critical that it is both the

1348
00:39:04,314 --> 00:39:06,817
King County and the mayor who

1349
00:39:06,817 --> 00:39:09,217
have expressed that commitment

1350
00:39:09,219 --> 00:39:11,454
at their JULY press conference.

1351
00:39:11,454 --> 00:39:12,922
Uh, that commitment has, uh, we

1352
00:39:12,922 --> 00:39:14,258
have reiterated that commitment

1353
00:39:14,258 --> 00:39:16,260
in the report, the written

1354
00:39:16,260 --> 00:39:19,163
report that was handed to the

1355
00:39:19,163 --> 00:39:20,964
council. And we are here to

1356
00:39:20,964 --> 00:39:21,832
again, emphasize that the

1357
00:39:21,832 --> 00:39:23,567
regional approach to

1358
00:39:23,567 --> 00:39:24,601
homelessness is one that the

1359
00:39:24,601 --> 00:39:26,770
executive and the mayor are

1360
00:39:26,770 --> 00:39:28,572
committed to. And, um, that the

1361
00:39:28,572 --> 00:39:30,572
regional reset conversations

1362
00:39:31,410 --> 00:39:32,776
will help inform the

1363
00:39:32,776 --> 00:39:33,610
recommendations that come from

1364
00:39:33,610 --> 00:39:33,877
that. So with that, I

1365
00:39:33,877 --> 00:39:35,877
m going

1366
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:36,747
to turn it over to Aaron, all

1367
00:39:36,747 --> 00:39:37,949
right.

1368
00:39:37,949 --> 00:39:39,316
Thank you for the record.

1369
00:39:39,316 --> 00:39:40,417
Aaron Robert, chief budget

1370
00:39:40,417 --> 00:39:41,852
officer in King County

1371
00:39:41,852 --> 00:39:42,860
Executive Office. So I

1372
00:39:42,860 --> 00:39:42,919
m going

1373
00:39:42,919 --> 00:39:44,788
to talk a little bit about

1374
00:39:44,788 --> 00:39:46,557
stabilizing Kcra, really with a

1375
00:39:46,557 --> 00:39:47,491
focus on financial processes

1376
00:39:47,491 --> 00:39:47,658
and the financial work that

1377
00:39:47,658 --> 00:39:49,393
s

1378
00:39:49,393 --> 00:39:51,829
been going on. One of the key

1379
00:39:51,829 --> 00:39:53,797
efforts to stabilize Kcra is

1380
00:39:53,797 --> 00:39:55,365
really embedding a external

1381
00:39:55,365 --> 00:39:55,598
financial consultant. That

1382
00:39:55,598 --> 00:39:57,598
s

1383
00:39:57,668 --> 00:39:59,469
turning point strategic plans

1384
00:39:59,469 --> 00:39:59,670
to strategic partners. Um,

1385
00:39:59,670 --> 00:40:00,637
they

1386
00:40:00,637 --> 00:40:01,638
re under contract until

1387
00:40:01,638 --> 00:40:01,843
the end of the year. They

1388
00:40:01,843 --> 00:40:03,340
re

1389
00:40:03,340 --> 00:40:04,475
looking at a few specific

1390
00:40:04,475 --> 00:40:06,943
things in their scope of work.

1391
00:40:06,943 --> 00:40:08,478
So an assessment of the cra

1392
00:40:08,478 --> 00:40:10,130
financial operations, by being

1393
00:40:10,130 --> 00:40:11,314
embedded, working closely with

1394
00:40:11,314 --> 00:40:11,815
the organization, they

1395
00:40:11,815 --> 00:40:12,683
re

1396
00:40:12,683 --> 00:40:14,952
working through that issue

1397
00:40:14,952 --> 00:40:16,320
right now. Um, financial

1398
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,255
stabilization and oversight and

1399
00:40:18,255 --> 00:40:20,230
providing that. So as

1400
00:40:20,230 --> 00:40:21,525
additional financial

1401
00:40:21,525 --> 00:40:22,793
transactions come in, starting

1402
00:40:22,793 --> 00:40:25,950
to review those kind of over

1403
00:40:25,950 --> 00:40:25,962
the shoulder look for Kcra,

1404
00:40:25,962 --> 00:40:27,531
understanding what the

1405
00:40:27,531 --> 00:40:28,320
financial transactions are,

1406
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:28,265
making sure they

1407
00:40:28,265 --> 00:40:29,633
re

1408
00:40:29,633 --> 00:40:30,133
appropriate, appropriate and

1409
00:40:30,133 --> 00:40:30,901
making sure they

1410
00:40:30,901 --> 00:40:32,570
re following

1411
00:40:32,570 --> 00:40:33,637
internal controls and

1412
00:40:33,637 --> 00:40:36,370
procedures that have been

1413
00:40:36,173 --> 00:40:37,741
documented. Um, a county

1414
00:40:37,741 --> 00:40:39,109
reconciliation and financial

1415
00:40:39,109 --> 00:40:41,110
remediation, the accounting

1416
00:40:41,110 --> 00:40:42,145
reconciliation is complex.

1417
00:40:42,145 --> 00:40:43,447
There are thousands of

1418
00:40:43,447 --> 00:40:44,515
transactions that that have

1419
00:40:44,515 --> 00:40:44,949
happened over the last five

1420
00:40:44,949 --> 00:40:46,160
years. There

1421
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:47,184
s multiple systems

1422
00:40:47,184 --> 00:40:48,285
that have been involved. So

1423
00:40:48,285 --> 00:40:49,720
they are going through that at

1424
00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:50,987
a very detailed level and

1425
00:40:50,987 --> 00:40:52,155
starting to figure out exactly

1426
00:40:52,155 --> 00:40:53,524
what has happened in the past

1427
00:40:53,524 --> 00:40:54,892
and will eventually be able to

1428
00:40:54,892 --> 00:40:55,925
provide to the county

1429
00:40:55,925 --> 00:40:58,195
executive, to the county

1430
00:40:58,195 --> 00:41:00,597
Council, and to Katara. An

1431
00:41:00,597 --> 00:41:02,433
assessment of where the dollars

1432
00:41:02,433 --> 00:41:04,935
have been spent. What is

1433
00:41:04,935 --> 00:41:05,802
Unreconciled unreconciled and

1434
00:41:05,802 --> 00:41:08,139
what we need to do moving

1435
00:41:08,139 --> 00:41:10,941
forward. So that is a complex

1436
00:41:10,941 --> 00:41:11,975
and time consuming effort, but

1437
00:41:11,975 --> 00:41:13,610
they are doing that now and

1438
00:41:13,610 --> 00:41:15,846
making good progress. In my

1439
00:41:15,846 --> 00:41:17,846
opinion. Um, contract

1440
00:41:17,981 --> 00:41:19,216
administration support. So as

1441
00:41:19,216 --> 00:41:20,717
new contracts come in, how do

1442
00:41:20,717 --> 00:41:22,520
we administer them? How do we

1443
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:22,214
document our practices? They

1444
00:41:22,214 --> 00:41:23,720
re

1445
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:26,230
working through that as well.

1446
00:41:26,230 --> 00:41:27,124
Also advising on stabilization

1447
00:41:27,124 --> 00:41:27,625
moving forward. We

1448
00:41:27,625 --> 00:41:28,659
ve asked

1449
00:41:28,659 --> 00:41:31,895
them as part of their scope of

1450
00:41:31,895 --> 00:41:33,363
work to help develop proposals

1451
00:41:33,363 --> 00:41:35,132
on the size of the organization

1452
00:41:35,132 --> 00:41:36,500
moving forward and financial

1453
00:41:36,500 --> 00:41:37,534
processes and procedures that

1454
00:41:37,534 --> 00:41:39,269
should be embedded moving

1455
00:41:39,269 --> 00:41:40,604
forward. So turning Point

1456
00:41:40,604 --> 00:41:42,940
strategic partners are working

1457
00:41:42,940 --> 00:41:44,574
through all of that. We have

1458
00:41:44,574 --> 00:41:45,976
weekly meetings with them, with

1459
00:41:45,976 --> 00:41:46,944
their finance teams. They also

1460
00:41:46,944 --> 00:41:48,745
are reporting out to the

1461
00:41:48,745 --> 00:41:50,414
finance committee periodically

1462
00:41:50,414 --> 00:41:51,515
and to the executive sponsors

1463
00:41:51,515 --> 00:41:52,482
group. So I

1464
00:41:52,482 --> 00:41:54,151
m feeling pretty

1465
00:41:54,151 --> 00:41:54,451
confident in where they are and

1466
00:41:54,451 --> 00:41:55,719
where they

1467
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:57,521
re going. But there

1468
00:41:57,521 --> 00:41:59,824
is still a lot more work to do

1469
00:41:59,824 --> 00:42:00,124
with the strategic partners.

1470
00:42:00,124 --> 00:42:01,570
Um, they

1471
00:42:01,570 --> 00:42:01,458
ve been embedded since

1472
00:42:01,458 --> 00:42:02,158
JULY. They

1473
00:42:02,158 --> 00:42:03,760
re going to be there

1474
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:03,927
until the end of the year, and

1475
00:42:03,927 --> 00:42:05,228
we

1476
00:42:05,228 --> 00:42:06,696
ll have to assess the next

1477
00:42:06,696 --> 00:42:07,831
steps from there. Um, and I

1478
00:42:07,831 --> 00:42:08,298
just want to say that some of

1479
00:42:08,298 --> 00:42:08,699
the things that I

1480
00:42:08,699 --> 00:42:10,000
m really

1481
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,935
looking for from them, and I

1482
00:42:11,935 --> 00:42:13,703
want to be really clear, is,

1483
00:42:13,703 --> 00:42:15,439
um, reconciliation of the

1484
00:42:15,439 --> 00:42:16,740
accounts. We need to understand

1485
00:42:16,740 --> 00:42:16,940
the details of those accounts.

1486
00:42:16,940 --> 00:42:17,975
They

1487
00:42:17,975 --> 00:42:19,243
re working towards, that.

1488
00:42:19,243 --> 00:42:20,577
We need to start seeing

1489
00:42:20,577 --> 00:42:22,179
improvement in the negative

1490
00:42:22,179 --> 00:42:23,981
cash balance at the investment

1491
00:42:23,981 --> 00:42:25,348
pool, and we need to start

1492
00:42:25,348 --> 00:42:26,950
seeing cycle times for this

1493
00:42:26,950 --> 00:42:28,819
invoicing process to go down.

1494
00:42:28,819 --> 00:42:30,220
That lag time is really driving

1495
00:42:30,220 --> 00:42:30,954
some of our issues. So those

1496
00:42:30,954 --> 00:42:31,121
are some of the things that I

1497
00:42:31,121 --> 00:42:32,656
m

1498
00:42:32,656 --> 00:42:35,656
really looking for from Turning

1499
00:42:35,693 --> 00:42:36,660
Point and from Kcra.

1500
00:42:36,660 --> 00:42:38,362
Thank you. And I

1501
00:42:38,362 --> 00:42:40,970
ll apologize

1502
00:42:40,970 --> 00:42:40,864
for not naming you. And calling

1503
00:42:40,864 --> 00:42:41,898
people out there. So I

1504
00:42:41,898 --> 00:42:44,668
apologize I missed that on my

1505
00:42:44,668 --> 00:42:46,503
notes. Thank you. Jelani.

1506
00:42:46,503 --> 00:42:47,604
Jelani Jackson, acting director

1507
00:42:47,604 --> 00:42:50,604
of the Housing and Community

1508
00:42:51,174 --> 00:42:53,574
Development Division of dhs.

1509
00:42:53,711 --> 00:42:56,413
All right, Kcra will retain its

1510
00:42:56,413 --> 00:42:57,280
core regional responsibilities.

1511
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:58,115
These functions are the

1512
00:42:58,115 --> 00:42:58,348
backbone of our region

1513
00:42:58,348 --> 00:43:00,170
s

1514
00:43:00,170 --> 00:43:01,618
homelessness services system.

1515
00:43:01,618 --> 00:43:02,819
As contracts transition back to

1516
00:43:02,819 --> 00:43:05,122
the city of Seattle and King

1517
00:43:05,122 --> 00:43:06,556
County, Kcra can focus its

1518
00:43:06,556 --> 00:43:08,192
efforts on its key functions

1519
00:43:08,192 --> 00:43:09,559
like the point in time count,

1520
00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:11,528
our region, severe weather

1521
00:43:11,528 --> 00:43:12,896
response, coordinated entry,

1522
00:43:12,896 --> 00:43:14,999
and most importantly, being the

1523
00:43:14,999 --> 00:43:16,299
lead agency for all continuum

1524
00:43:16,299 --> 00:43:18,635
of care activities for King

1525
00:43:18,635 --> 00:43:20,103
County. The Housing and

1526
00:43:20,103 --> 00:43:21,772
Community Development Division

1527
00:43:21,772 --> 00:43:23,574
of dhs will be ready to

1528
00:43:23,574 --> 00:43:25,974
administer up to 100 contracts

1529
00:43:28,979 --> 00:43:30,714
starting in JANUARY 2027.

1530
00:43:30,714 --> 00:43:31,948
Extending existing contracts

1531
00:43:31,948 --> 00:43:33,350
will provide consistency for

1532
00:43:33,350 --> 00:43:35,219
providers through the

1533
00:43:35,219 --> 00:43:36,419
transition. In this way, they

1534
00:43:36,419 --> 00:43:38,555
can focus on delivering the

1535
00:43:38,555 --> 00:43:40,858
services our region needs. Hcd

1536
00:43:40,858 --> 00:43:42,226
staff will anticipate that a

1537
00:43:42,226 --> 00:43:44,228
small portion of contracts will

1538
00:43:44,228 --> 00:43:45,529
likely stay with Kcra work to

1539
00:43:45,529 --> 00:43:46,596
determine the exact number of

1540
00:43:46,596 --> 00:43:48,596
contracts, and the

1541
00:43:50,234 --> 00:43:52,302
corresponding cost is ongoing.

1542
00:43:52,302 --> 00:43:53,636
From the contract transition

1543
00:43:53,636 --> 00:43:55,439
timeline, you can see this is a

1544
00:43:55,439 --> 00:43:56,840
month by month, uh, sort of

1545
00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:57,274
macro overview. It

1546
00:43:57,274 --> 00:43:58,608
s a very

1547
00:43:58,608 --> 00:44:00,978
high level overview of the work

1548
00:44:00,978 --> 00:44:02,813
that dhs and hsd will conduct

1549
00:44:02,813 --> 00:44:07,130
from now until the end of the

1550
00:44:08,351 --> 00:44:10,486
year. Preparations are underway

1551
00:44:10,486 --> 00:44:12,323
to ensure dhs is ready to take

1552
00:44:12,323 --> 00:44:14,910
on this body of work. As noted

1553
00:44:14,910 --> 00:44:15,993
in table two of the Kcra

1554
00:44:15,993 --> 00:44:17,360
Contract Transition Plan, we

1555
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:18,728
are adding ten Career Service

1556
00:44:18,728 --> 00:44:21,431
fte who will be tasked with

1557
00:44:21,431 --> 00:44:23,100
monitoring contracts, fiscal or

1558
00:44:23,100 --> 00:44:24,868
compliance related work to

1559
00:44:24,868 --> 00:44:26,403
ensure dhs will meet its hiring

1560
00:44:26,403 --> 00:44:27,871
timeline. We onboarded one

1561
00:44:27,871 --> 00:44:29,873
temporary term limited human

1562
00:44:29,873 --> 00:44:30,908
resource analyst in JULY.

1563
00:44:30,908 --> 00:44:32,843
Through the end of the year,

1564
00:44:32,843 --> 00:44:34,110
dhs will be focused on hiring,

1565
00:44:34,110 --> 00:44:35,578
training, and preparing our

1566
00:44:35,578 --> 00:44:36,847
staff for the successful

1567
00:44:36,847 --> 00:44:38,816
transfer of contract starting

1568
00:44:38,816 --> 00:44:39,490
in JANUARY, the City of

1569
00:44:39,490 --> 00:44:40,250
Seattle

1570
00:44:40,250 --> 00:44:42,152
s Human Services

1571
00:44:42,152 --> 00:44:43,220
Department and dhs have hosted

1572
00:44:43,220 --> 00:44:44,954
two meetings with providers

1573
00:44:44,954 --> 00:44:46,456
from across the county. Our

1574
00:44:46,456 --> 00:44:47,825
growing invite list includes

1575
00:44:47,825 --> 00:44:50,225
more than 50 providers and

1576
00:44:50,293 --> 00:44:52,462
represents the full spectrum of

1577
00:44:52,462 --> 00:44:53,697
homeless services. During these

1578
00:44:53,697 --> 00:44:54,898
meetings, King County staff

1579
00:44:54,898 --> 00:44:56,467
have shared timely updates with

1580
00:44:56,467 --> 00:44:58,201
the community and answered

1581
00:44:58,201 --> 00:44:59,236
questions. These joint meetings

1582
00:44:59,236 --> 00:45:01,338
will continue through the end

1583
00:45:01,338 --> 00:45:02,539
of the year. The county and the

1584
00:45:02,539 --> 00:45:03,673
city are committed to ensuring

1585
00:45:03,673 --> 00:45:06,176
there is no interruption to

1586
00:45:06,176 --> 00:45:07,945
services or provider payments.

1587
00:45:07,945 --> 00:45:09,413
Finally, work to reduce the

1588
00:45:09,413 --> 00:45:11,749
burden on our contractors has

1589
00:45:11,749 --> 00:45:13,160
begun. Hsd and dhs will

1590
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,416
continue this work through

1591
00:45:15,585 --> 00:45:17,287
2027. Dhs has decades of

1592
00:45:17,287 --> 00:45:18,488
experience managing complex

1593
00:45:18,488 --> 00:45:20,190
homelessness and housing

1594
00:45:20,190 --> 00:45:21,910
investments, including many of

1595
00:45:21,910 --> 00:45:22,759
the contracts that will

1596
00:45:22,759 --> 00:45:25,262
transition from Kcra back to

1597
00:45:25,262 --> 00:45:27,431
dhs. Prior to the creation of

1598
00:45:27,431 --> 00:45:28,932
Kcra, the Housing and Community

1599
00:45:28,932 --> 00:45:30,300
Development Division of dhs

1600
00:45:30,300 --> 00:45:31,801
successfully administered many

1601
00:45:31,801 --> 00:45:32,802
federally and locally funded

1602
00:45:32,802 --> 00:45:34,802
contracts with providers

1603
00:45:36,406 --> 00:45:38,406
throughout King County.

1604
00:45:38,875 --> 00:45:41,511
Great. Um, and so then that

1605
00:45:41,511 --> 00:45:44,715
takes us to the future of Kcra.

1606
00:45:44,715 --> 00:45:46,917
And as the executive and the

1607
00:45:46,917 --> 00:45:49,652
mayor. Um, indicated at their

1608
00:45:49,652 --> 00:45:52,220
JULY press conference, um, and

1609
00:45:52,220 --> 00:45:54,291
that was as indicated in the

1610
00:45:54,291 --> 00:45:56,627
written report that we provided

1611
00:45:56,627 --> 00:45:59,620
we do plan to embark on a

1612
00:45:59,620 --> 00:46:01,462
series of extensive stakeholder

1613
00:46:02,299 --> 00:46:03,667
conversations. Um, the the list

1614
00:46:03,667 --> 00:46:04,668
of council, I

1615
00:46:04,668 --> 00:46:06,360
m sorry, the list

1616
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,360
of stakeholders and kind of

1617
00:46:09,105 --> 00:46:11,505
interests are identified on

1618
00:46:11,942 --> 00:46:13,677
this. Um, just for I think just

1619
00:46:13,677 --> 00:46:14,544
to illustrate the breadth of

1620
00:46:14,544 --> 00:46:14,711
stakeholders. But it

1621
00:46:14,711 --> 00:46:16,120
s

1622
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,150
certainly not an exhaustive

1623
00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:20,117
list. Um, and really, we are

1624
00:46:20,117 --> 00:46:21,518
looking at this, these regional

1625
00:46:21,518 --> 00:46:24,540
reset conversations in sort of

1626
00:46:24,540 --> 00:46:26,122
three phases. We have an, um,

1627
00:46:26,122 --> 00:46:29,259
we are going to identify an

1628
00:46:29,259 --> 00:46:30,794
initial group of individuals to

1629
00:46:30,794 --> 00:46:32,794
have pre engagement

1630
00:46:33,664 --> 00:46:35,465
conversations with um, and um,

1631
00:46:35,465 --> 00:46:37,465
those pre engagement

1632
00:46:38,401 --> 00:46:40,737
conversations will help inform

1633
00:46:40,737 --> 00:46:42,673
um the engagements. The more

1634
00:46:42,673 --> 00:46:44,340
extensive engagements that we

1635
00:46:44,340 --> 00:46:45,875
plan to take and the questions

1636
00:46:45,875 --> 00:46:48,780
that we are really posing are

1637
00:46:48,780 --> 00:46:50,680
really, I think fundamental to

1638
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,830
what prompted Kcra to begin

1639
00:46:53,830 --> 00:46:56,419
with. Um, what were some of the

1640
00:46:56,419 --> 00:46:59,419
gaps in our regional services

1641
00:46:59,556 --> 00:47:02,258
that Kcra was meant to address?

1642
00:47:02,258 --> 00:47:03,760
Um, and why, you know, were

1643
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,563
some of those promises or were

1644
00:47:06,563 --> 00:47:09,320
some of those solutions ever,

1645
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:10,967
um, did they ever materialize?

1646
00:47:10,967 --> 00:47:13,169
You know, why or why not? Um, I

1647
00:47:13,169 --> 00:47:14,771
think the what we wanted to do

1648
00:47:14,771 --> 00:47:17,307
was not get into the weeds of

1649
00:47:17,307 --> 00:47:19,760
the tactical sort of what, the

1650
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,344
structure, but really ask more

1651
00:47:21,344 --> 00:47:23,344
fundamental strategic questions

1652
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:25,548
around how how should a

1653
00:47:25,548 --> 00:47:26,817
regional homelessness, um,

1654
00:47:26,817 --> 00:47:28,285
system and what does that

1655
00:47:28,285 --> 00:47:29,386
regional coordination, what

1656
00:47:29,386 --> 00:47:29,559
should it look like? And what

1657
00:47:29,559 --> 00:47:31,559
s

1658
00:47:31,621 --> 00:47:34,491
missing, uh, even in its

1659
00:47:34,491 --> 00:47:36,260
current state today, um, the

1660
00:47:36,260 --> 00:47:38,280
synthesizing of information

1661
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,163
will then take place. And

1662
00:47:40,163 --> 00:47:42,298
finally recommendations will be

1663
00:47:42,298 --> 00:47:43,533
delivered. Um, the all of this

1664
00:47:43,533 --> 00:47:45,269
work is expected to be

1665
00:47:45,269 --> 00:47:47,570
completed by the end of the

1666
00:47:47,570 --> 00:47:49,272
first quarter of next year. Um,

1667
00:47:49,272 --> 00:47:51,741
and again, as I mentioned

1668
00:47:51,741 --> 00:47:54,310
earlier, we plan to and have

1669
00:47:54,310 --> 00:47:56,480
already spoken to some of the

1670
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:58,715
governing board members. Uh,

1671
00:47:58,715 --> 00:48:00,750
certainly ceo Kinnison and her

1672
00:48:00,750 --> 00:48:02,252
team, to ensure that these are

1673
00:48:02,252 --> 00:48:04,652
conversations that we hold

1674
00:48:04,722 --> 00:48:07,324
together with Kcra. At the same

1675
00:48:07,324 --> 00:48:09,920
time, uh, and stakeholder work

1676
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:11,928
will include people who have

1677
00:48:11,928 --> 00:48:13,430
been critics. We need to listen

1678
00:48:13,430 --> 00:48:15,332
to what those critics have

1679
00:48:15,332 --> 00:48:16,866
said. We need to understand

1680
00:48:16,866 --> 00:48:19,736
what the gaps are and what the

1681
00:48:19,736 --> 00:48:22,105
problems are in order to inform

1682
00:48:22,105 --> 00:48:24,341
the future of k star. So with

1683
00:48:24,341 --> 00:48:26,410
that, we are happy to answer

1684
00:48:26,410 --> 00:48:26,876
any questions that you MAY

1685
00:48:26,876 --> 00:48:27,977
have.

1686
00:48:27,977 --> 00:48:28,144
Thank you very much. I know

1687
00:48:28,144 --> 00:48:28,745
you

1688
00:48:28,745 --> 00:48:30,460
re going to have a lot of

1689
00:48:30,460 --> 00:48:31,347
questions coming your way. Let

1690
00:48:31,347 --> 00:48:32,549
me let me just start off with

1691
00:48:32,549 --> 00:48:33,817
one, because this was kind of

1692
00:48:33,817 --> 00:48:35,385
one of the central things in

1693
00:48:35,385 --> 00:48:36,619
the motion that we sent over to

1694
00:48:36,619 --> 00:48:37,887
the executive. And I just

1695
00:48:37,887 --> 00:48:38,870
answered on the report, but we

1696
00:48:38,870 --> 00:48:39,255
didn

1697
00:48:39,255 --> 00:48:41,240
t really tackle it

1698
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:42,893
verbally. And one of the

1699
00:48:42,893 --> 00:48:43,994
questions that we asked was our

1700
00:48:43,994 --> 00:48:45,429
recommendation from the

1701
00:48:45,429 --> 00:48:48,429
executive on whether to take

1702
00:48:48,665 --> 00:48:51,201
action at this point to, uh, to

1703
00:48:51,201 --> 00:48:53,337
solve cases. Che. Could you

1704
00:48:53,337 --> 00:48:55,400
elaborate a little bit on the

1705
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:56,720
recommendation that the

1706
00:48:56,720 --> 00:48:56,740
executive center and the

1707
00:48:56,740 --> 00:48:58,641
report?

1708
00:48:58,641 --> 00:49:00,770
Sure. I do believe that in our

1709
00:49:00,770 --> 00:49:01,711
cover note, the executive

1710
00:49:01,711 --> 00:49:04,111
respectfully requested at this

1711
00:49:04,147 --> 00:49:07,147
time that any motion to

1712
00:49:07,350 --> 00:49:09,919
dissolve Kcra che be paused and

1713
00:49:09,919 --> 00:49:11,988
held in abeyance until we have

1714
00:49:11,988 --> 00:49:14,624
we, the executive and the mayor

1715
00:49:14,624 --> 00:49:16,259
are have the time to go through

1716
00:49:16,259 --> 00:49:17,527
these regional reset

1717
00:49:17,527 --> 00:49:19,563
conversations. And I think, you

1718
00:49:19,563 --> 00:49:19,830
know, fundamentally, the

1719
00:49:19,830 --> 00:49:21,364
executive

1720
00:49:21,364 --> 00:49:23,233
s position is that

1721
00:49:23,233 --> 00:49:25,268
before we have a clear answer

1722
00:49:25,268 --> 00:49:26,203
for how we are going to answer

1723
00:49:26,203 --> 00:49:27,671
the question of what

1724
00:49:27,671 --> 00:49:29,671
s next,

1725
00:49:30,441 --> 00:49:33,441
that we should not initiate

1726
00:49:33,442 --> 00:49:34,944
dissolution. Um, efforts,

1727
00:49:34,944 --> 00:49:38,348
because I think that is going

1728
00:49:38,348 --> 00:49:40,748
to be fundamentally disruptive

1729
00:49:41,451 --> 00:49:42,386
to the existing staff. Um, the

1730
00:49:42,386 --> 00:49:44,288
I think the executive, the

1731
00:49:44,288 --> 00:49:46,423
mayor, felt that fundamentally,

1732
00:49:46,423 --> 00:49:48,570
the transition of the contracts

1733
00:49:48,570 --> 00:49:49,626
were in and of themselves, a

1734
00:49:49,626 --> 00:49:52,260
significant lift, and they

1735
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:55,628
really wanted to focus on that.

1736
00:49:55,965 --> 00:50:00,165
Um, as the, uh, in this stage

1737
00:50:00,737 --> 00:50:01,904
and the I think the motion to

1738
00:50:01,904 --> 00:50:04,304
dissolve our efforts to

1739
00:50:04,842 --> 00:50:07,100
dissolve kcc until we have a

1740
00:50:07,100 --> 00:50:09,680
clearer answer on what the what

1741
00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:12,810
the what. Next question is, um,

1742
00:50:12,810 --> 00:50:13,883
could be also demoralizing to

1743
00:50:13,883 --> 00:50:16,883
the existing staff that still

1744
00:50:16,953 --> 00:50:19,189
will remain with Kcra. Um, and

1745
00:50:19,189 --> 00:50:21,589
that are fundamentally needed

1746
00:50:21,591 --> 00:50:23,930
to continue to implement our

1747
00:50:23,930 --> 00:50:24,940
continuum of care dollars, as

1748
00:50:24,940 --> 00:50:25,829
well as some of the other

1749
00:50:25,829 --> 00:50:27,631
regional services that will

1750
00:50:27,631 --> 00:50:30,310
remain in Sierra Che.

1751
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:32,969
Thank you very much. Uh,

1752
00:50:32,969 --> 00:50:34,837
colleagues, questions, comments

1753
00:50:34,837 --> 00:50:35,906
and a reminder that we are

1754
00:50:35,906 --> 00:50:37,700
going to have a follow up

1755
00:50:37,700 --> 00:50:38,675
presentation regarding the

1756
00:50:38,675 --> 00:50:40,610
corrective action plan from kkk

1757
00:50:40,610 --> 00:50:40,764
leadership. But I think, uh,

1758
00:50:40,764 --> 00:50:42,450
I

1759
00:50:42,450 --> 00:50:43,112
ll open up for questions.

1760
00:50:43,112 --> 00:50:44,381
Councilmember Dunn.

1761
00:50:44,381 --> 00:50:45,916
Thanks. Thanks for being here.

1762
00:50:45,916 --> 00:50:47,451
I appreciate your work on this.

1763
00:50:47,451 --> 00:50:48,818
Um, obviously an important

1764
00:50:48,818 --> 00:50:51,200
issue. I personally believe

1765
00:50:51,200 --> 00:50:53,222
that this issue of homelessness

1766
00:50:53,222 --> 00:50:54,891
generally is the premier local

1767
00:50:54,891 --> 00:50:55,158
issue of our generation. I

1768
00:50:55,158 --> 00:50:56,426
think it

1769
00:50:56,426 --> 00:50:58,962
s a really tough nut

1770
00:50:58,962 --> 00:51:00,296
to crack, and a 600 word

1771
00:51:00,296 --> 00:51:00,514
editorial in the Seattle Times

1772
00:51:00,514 --> 00:51:01,564
doesn

1773
00:51:01,564 --> 00:51:03,133
t really necessarily give

1774
00:51:03,133 --> 00:51:04,834
it justice. As I wrote the

1775
00:51:04,834 --> 00:51:06,136
other day. And and anyone who

1776
00:51:06,136 --> 00:51:07,637
writes an editorial knows that

1777
00:51:07,637 --> 00:51:08,972
the Seattle Times continues to

1778
00:51:08,972 --> 00:51:10,600
own the headline. They will

1779
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:10,773
write the headline however they

1780
00:51:10,773 --> 00:51:11,207
want to write it. Right. It

1781
00:51:11,207 --> 00:51:13,207
s

1782
00:51:13,310 --> 00:51:14,510
catchy. So they said we should

1783
00:51:14,510 --> 00:51:15,845
something to the effect of turn

1784
00:51:15,845 --> 00:51:17,681
our back on housing first. Now,

1785
00:51:17,681 --> 00:51:18,915
I would not have written that

1786
00:51:18,915 --> 00:51:21,585
that way. I would have written

1787
00:51:21,585 --> 00:51:23,860
it differently. Um, and I want

1788
00:51:23,860 --> 00:51:26,823
to talk about it for a second.

1789
00:51:26,823 --> 00:51:27,230
But if we look at this issue,

1790
00:51:27,230 --> 00:51:28,992
there

1791
00:51:28,992 --> 00:51:30,993
s about half a dozen ways

1792
00:51:30,993 --> 00:51:32,729
we can responsibly structure

1793
00:51:32,729 --> 00:51:35,650
our homelessness response in

1794
00:51:35,650 --> 00:51:36,733
King County. One way is to put

1795
00:51:36,733 --> 00:51:38,234
a regional organization

1796
00:51:38,234 --> 00:51:39,669
together, like we did at the

1797
00:51:39,669 --> 00:51:41,700
council. Rod and I were

1798
00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:41,271
involved in some of that.

1799
00:51:41,271 --> 00:51:42,204
There

1800
00:51:42,204 --> 00:51:42,906
s others. We can bring it

1801
00:51:42,906 --> 00:51:43,974
in-house into the

1802
00:51:43,974 --> 00:51:45,442
jurisdictions, we can do

1803
00:51:45,442 --> 00:51:46,142
partnerships, we can do private

1804
00:51:46,142 --> 00:51:46,476
sector work. There

1805
00:51:46,476 --> 00:51:47,544
s a lot of

1806
00:51:47,544 --> 00:51:49,412
different models across the

1807
00:51:49,412 --> 00:51:49,611
country. And I think, you know,

1808
00:51:49,611 --> 00:51:50,480
I

1809
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:52,449
ve been a tough critic for

1810
00:51:52,449 --> 00:51:54,170
Kcra, but it is a result of

1811
00:51:54,170 --> 00:51:56,190
action of this council.

1812
00:51:56,190 --> 00:51:56,219
Interestingly. So we found that

1813
00:51:56,219 --> 00:51:57,287
there

1814
00:51:57,287 --> 00:51:57,521
s some challenges there

1815
00:51:57,521 --> 00:51:58,522
and we

1816
00:51:58,522 --> 00:51:59,289
re retooling it, I

1817
00:51:59,289 --> 00:51:59,822
commend that. I think that

1818
00:51:59,822 --> 00:52:01,357
s

1819
00:52:01,357 --> 00:52:03,600
great. I think the executive

1820
00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:06,600
shows leadership in coming in

1821
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:06,496
and in changing its focus a

1822
00:52:06,496 --> 00:52:07,970
little bit. That

1823
00:52:07,970 --> 00:52:07,315
s I think

1824
00:52:07,315 --> 00:52:09,315
that

1825
00:52:10,467 --> 00:52:12,235
s good. I still think, as

1826
00:52:12,235 --> 00:52:14,537
they say, the system is

1827
00:52:14,537 --> 00:52:16,372
perfectly designed right now to

1828
00:52:16,372 --> 00:52:19,409
get the results it is currently

1829
00:52:19,409 --> 00:52:19,742
achieving. Um, and that

1830
00:52:19,742 --> 00:52:21,110
ll be

1831
00:52:21,110 --> 00:52:23,780
the same if we just move the

1832
00:52:23,780 --> 00:52:25,749
deck chairs around, um, without

1833
00:52:25,749 --> 00:52:28,749
a substantial shift in the

1834
00:52:28,752 --> 00:52:29,152
policy focus that underlies

1835
00:52:29,152 --> 00:52:29,853
what we

1836
00:52:29,853 --> 00:52:31,421
re trying to do to

1837
00:52:31,421 --> 00:52:32,121
reduce homelessness. And so,

1838
00:52:32,121 --> 00:52:34,121
you know, there

1839
00:52:34,724 --> 00:52:36,125
s this crazy

1840
00:52:36,125 --> 00:52:36,312
political dynamic out there.

1841
00:52:36,312 --> 00:52:37,828
It

1842
00:52:37,828 --> 00:52:38,200
s all housing first or it

1843
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:38,561
s

1844
00:52:38,561 --> 00:52:40,196
all.

1845
00:52:40,196 --> 00:52:41,431
You know, mental health and

1846
00:52:41,431 --> 00:52:43,400
behavioral health and substance

1847
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:44,834
use recovery. The truth, I

1848
00:52:44,834 --> 00:52:46,169
think, and you guys have all

1849
00:52:46,169 --> 00:52:46,870
toured plenty of homeless camps

1850
00:52:46,870 --> 00:52:47,380
and have a lot of friends

1851
00:52:47,380 --> 00:52:48,400
who

1852
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:49,106
ve been homeless and know

1853
00:52:49,106 --> 00:52:50,574
people and work with it. The

1854
00:52:50,574 --> 00:52:52,375
truth is, there multiple

1855
00:52:52,375 --> 00:52:53,843
pathways to get people off the

1856
00:52:53,843 --> 00:52:55,244
streets. We need all those

1857
00:52:55,244 --> 00:52:56,513
strategies in the toolbox,

1858
00:52:56,513 --> 00:52:57,314
right? I think we need all of

1859
00:52:57,314 --> 00:52:58,115
them. I don

1860
00:52:58,115 --> 00:52:59,583
t think we should

1861
00:52:59,583 --> 00:53:00,817
get rid of housing first

1862
00:53:00,817 --> 00:53:01,718
completely. What I think we

1863
00:53:01,718 --> 00:53:03,687
should do is think about a

1864
00:53:03,687 --> 00:53:04,153
bunch of levers, policy levers.

1865
00:53:04,153 --> 00:53:05,255
Right. Let

1866
00:53:05,255 --> 00:53:07,323
s dial down some of

1867
00:53:07,323 --> 00:53:09,159
the the resources going to go

1868
00:53:09,159 --> 00:53:11,559
to that traditional housing

1869
00:53:11,661 --> 00:53:12,896
first model and reallocate that

1870
00:53:12,896 --> 00:53:15,310
into drug and alcohol

1871
00:53:15,310 --> 00:53:16,800
addiction, mental health, job

1872
00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:16,968
training. Um, I think that

1873
00:53:16,968 --> 00:53:18,968
s

1874
00:53:19,350 --> 00:53:20,803
where we should we should be

1875
00:53:20,803 --> 00:53:23,730
going. We got a brand new

1876
00:53:23,730 --> 00:53:23,974
executive. Right. Great.

1877
00:53:23,974 --> 00:53:24,975
Executive is out in my

1878
00:53:24,975 --> 00:53:25,942
district. Last night we were

1879
00:53:25,942 --> 00:53:27,711
speaking together, having a

1880
00:53:27,711 --> 00:53:27,978
good time. And one of the

1881
00:53:27,978 --> 00:53:28,645
things he

1882
00:53:28,645 --> 00:53:31,645
s going to be judged

1883
00:53:31,681 --> 00:53:32,715
on in four years is what has

1884
00:53:32,715 --> 00:53:33,483
happened with homelessness,

1885
00:53:33,483 --> 00:53:34,510
with the trajectory of

1886
00:53:34,510 --> 00:53:35,185
homelessness. It

1887
00:53:35,185 --> 00:53:35,819
s an empirical

1888
00:53:35,819 --> 00:53:36,519
data point. He

1889
00:53:36,519 --> 00:53:39,256
s going to get a

1890
00:53:39,256 --> 00:53:41,858
grade on it, a plus c minus

1891
00:53:41,858 --> 00:53:42,400
whatever it is. I just don

1892
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:44,400
t

1893
00:53:44,940 --> 00:53:45,262
see how you can get a different

1894
00:53:45,262 --> 00:53:46,562
achieve a different result

1895
00:53:46,562 --> 00:53:47,831
simply by altering the

1896
00:53:47,831 --> 00:53:48,698
management structure. It

1897
00:53:48,698 --> 00:53:49,999
s got

1898
00:53:49,999 --> 00:53:51,935
to address the underlying

1899
00:53:51,935 --> 00:53:53,636
policies. And so that is my

1900
00:53:53,636 --> 00:53:55,471
question to you. To what extent

1901
00:53:55,471 --> 00:53:57,841
are you willing to think about

1902
00:53:57,841 --> 00:53:59,509
changing the underlying

1903
00:53:59,509 --> 00:54:02,450
policies we are using to attack

1904
00:54:02,450 --> 00:54:03,279
homelessness moving forward? Is

1905
00:54:03,279 --> 00:54:05,115
that a part of this

1906
00:54:05,115 --> 00:54:07,115
conversation?

1907
00:54:07,250 --> 00:54:08,618
I think certainly those

1908
00:54:08,618 --> 00:54:09,786
conversations will be had

1909
00:54:09,786 --> 00:54:12,186
during the regional reset

1910
00:54:12,288 --> 00:54:14,124
conversations. I will also say

1911
00:54:14,124 --> 00:54:15,925
Councilmember Dunn, um, the

1912
00:54:15,925 --> 00:54:16,125
executive has three years. He

1913
00:54:16,125 --> 00:54:17,293
doesn

1914
00:54:17,293 --> 00:54:20,129
t have four years. Um,

1915
00:54:20,129 --> 00:54:21,431
and so the sense of urgency,

1916
00:54:21,431 --> 00:54:23,199
um, his re-election is in three

1917
00:54:23,199 --> 00:54:25,235
years, not four. Um, the sense

1918
00:54:25,235 --> 00:54:27,604
of urgency that he has on this

1919
00:54:27,604 --> 00:54:29,639
problem is absolutely matches

1920
00:54:29,639 --> 00:54:30,874
your passion for this. Um, I

1921
00:54:30,874 --> 00:54:33,543
will say this. I think the

1922
00:54:33,543 --> 00:54:36,790
executive has, um, the kind of

1923
00:54:36,790 --> 00:54:37,547
all, um, utilizing all the

1924
00:54:37,547 --> 00:54:40,547
tools that you just mentioned

1925
00:54:40,550 --> 00:54:41,985
are, um, is an approach that he

1926
00:54:41,985 --> 00:54:43,985
empirically, empirically has

1927
00:54:44,587 --> 00:54:46,256
also embarked upon. Um, he was

1928
00:54:46,256 --> 00:54:48,291
the leader when the council

1929
00:54:48,291 --> 00:54:50,427
passed your, you know, sort of

1930
00:54:50,427 --> 00:54:51,594
unprecedented crisis care levy.

1931
00:54:51,594 --> 00:54:51,928
Um, that is a, you know, it

1932
00:54:51,928 --> 00:54:53,928
s a

1933
00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:57,000
new tool in the toolbox to

1934
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,400
address substance use disorder

1935
00:54:59,435 --> 00:55:01,238
in so many communities. Um, the

1936
00:55:01,238 --> 00:55:02,839
fact that among the first

1937
00:55:02,839 --> 00:55:04,874
things that the executive

1938
00:55:04,874 --> 00:55:07,377
prioritized when he came into

1939
00:55:07,377 --> 00:55:09,312
office was 500 units in 500

1940
00:55:09,312 --> 00:55:12,480
days. Those units we are

1941
00:55:12,480 --> 00:55:14,184
looking at a full range of

1942
00:55:14,184 --> 00:55:15,985
housing type, uh, and really

1943
00:55:15,985 --> 00:55:17,985
emphasizing shelter. The

1944
00:55:18,321 --> 00:55:20,220
executive has also launched his

1945
00:55:20,220 --> 00:55:21,758
Breaking the Cycle work group

1946
00:55:21,758 --> 00:55:23,126
that is asking the urgent

1947
00:55:23,126 --> 00:55:25,610
question, even though the

1948
00:55:25,610 --> 00:55:27,697
population is not, you know,

1949
00:55:27,697 --> 00:55:28,731
the the as as expansive as our

1950
00:55:28,731 --> 00:55:29,933
broader homelessness

1951
00:55:29,933 --> 00:55:32,333
population, the Breaking the

1952
00:55:32,336 --> 00:55:35,370
Cycle workgroup is looking at

1953
00:55:35,370 --> 00:55:37,437
the population of individuals

1954
00:55:37,673 --> 00:55:39,810
that have, um, uh, that show up

1955
00:55:39,810 --> 00:55:42,245
in multiple systems and for

1956
00:55:42,245 --> 00:55:43,613
whom all of those systems have

1957
00:55:43,613 --> 00:55:45,181
not addressed their needs.

1958
00:55:45,181 --> 00:55:47,317
Right. These are the criminal

1959
00:55:47,317 --> 00:55:48,819
justice systems. This is the

1960
00:55:48,819 --> 00:55:49,886
substance abuse, you know,

1961
00:55:49,886 --> 00:55:51,888
dealing with substance abuse

1962
00:55:51,888 --> 00:55:52,789
disorders. Individuals who are,

1963
00:55:52,789 --> 00:55:54,724
you know, have been in and out

1964
00:55:54,724 --> 00:55:57,590
of shelters. And right now, I

1965
00:55:57,590 --> 00:55:59,162
think the executive, by

1966
00:55:59,162 --> 00:56:00,963
acknowledging that, you know,

1967
00:56:00,963 --> 00:56:02,198
our systems are not working for

1968
00:56:02,198 --> 00:56:03,499
everyone. The Breaking the

1969
00:56:03,499 --> 00:56:05,268
Cycle workgroup, we are

1970
00:56:05,268 --> 00:56:08,268
confident, will come up with

1971
00:56:08,805 --> 00:56:10,606
some, um, recommendations that

1972
00:56:10,606 --> 00:56:12,275
really zero in on those

1973
00:56:12,275 --> 00:56:12,441
strategic questions of why

1974
00:56:12,441 --> 00:56:13,943
isn

1975
00:56:13,943 --> 00:56:15,811
t the system that, you

1976
00:56:15,811 --> 00:56:18,315
know, all of us have had a hand

1977
00:56:18,315 --> 00:56:20,160
in designing, working for these

1978
00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:20,217
individuals. Um, so I think

1979
00:56:20,217 --> 00:56:22,217
there

1980
00:56:22,218 --> 00:56:24,321
s a multitude of

1981
00:56:24,321 --> 00:56:26,622
strategies that the executive

1982
00:56:26,622 --> 00:56:29,226
is looking at and the future of

1983
00:56:29,226 --> 00:56:30,590
this area is just one of those.

1984
00:56:30,590 --> 00:56:31,227
So I don

1985
00:56:31,227 --> 00:56:32,229
t know that, you know,

1986
00:56:32,229 --> 00:56:32,729
we, um, I don

1987
00:56:32,729 --> 00:56:34,497
t know that we

1988
00:56:34,497 --> 00:56:36,666
would, you know, like you said,

1989
00:56:36,666 --> 00:56:38,435
agree with the headline, but

1990
00:56:38,435 --> 00:56:39,602
certainly the executive is not

1991
00:56:39,602 --> 00:56:40,570
taking a, uh, let

1992
00:56:40,570 --> 00:56:40,804
s just do

1993
00:56:40,804 --> 00:56:42,380
what we

1994
00:56:42,380 --> 00:56:44,380
ve always done

1995
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,377
approach. He is asking all of

1996
00:56:47,377 --> 00:56:47,710
us to challenge our assumptions

1997
00:56:47,710 --> 00:56:49,279
about what

1998
00:56:49,279 --> 00:56:50,814
s worked before, and

1999
00:56:50,814 --> 00:56:52,114
to work with a great sense of

2000
00:56:52,114 --> 00:56:52,682
urgency on the issue of

2001
00:56:52,682 --> 00:56:52,882
homelessness.

2002
00:56:52,882 --> 00:56:53,349
That

2003
00:56:53,349 --> 00:56:53,582
s great. And that

2004
00:56:53,582 --> 00:56:53,739
s that

2005
00:56:53,739 --> 00:56:54,684
s

2006
00:56:54,684 --> 00:56:54,951
a good place to start. I mean,

2007
00:56:54,951 --> 00:56:55,851
I can

2008
00:56:55,851 --> 00:56:56,652
t disagree at all with

2009
00:56:56,652 --> 00:56:56,838
that. In fact, the fact we

2010
00:56:56,838 --> 00:56:57,820
re

2011
00:56:57,820 --> 00:56:58,722
having this conversation is a

2012
00:56:58,722 --> 00:56:58,955
great place to start. He

2013
00:56:58,955 --> 00:56:59,989
s

2014
00:56:59,989 --> 00:57:01,291
looking at the structure, which

2015
00:57:01,291 --> 00:57:02,258
is the first thing you got to

2016
00:57:02,258 --> 00:57:06,196
do, and then you got to get to

2017
00:57:06,196 --> 00:57:08,865
the policies. I just I know I

2018
00:57:08,865 --> 00:57:11,865
everybody at Kcra and everybody

2019
00:57:11,902 --> 00:57:14,300
in the housing, industrial, uh,

2020
00:57:14,300 --> 00:57:15,371
nonprofit sector that we have

2021
00:57:15,371 --> 00:57:16,600
working very hard are doing

2022
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:16,472
good work and they

2023
00:57:16,472 --> 00:57:17,774
re trying

2024
00:57:17,774 --> 00:57:18,674
very hard. Like, I don

2025
00:57:18,674 --> 00:57:18,841
t I

2026
00:57:18,841 --> 00:57:20,841
don

2027
00:57:21,100 --> 00:57:21,711
t question their

2028
00:57:21,711 --> 00:57:22,445
intentions. Everybody

2029
00:57:22,445 --> 00:57:23,980
s trying.

2030
00:57:23,980 --> 00:57:25,215
I just see the results of the

2031
00:57:25,215 --> 00:57:26,249
number of unhoused on our

2032
00:57:26,249 --> 00:57:29,249
streets getting worse and worse

2033
00:57:29,252 --> 00:57:29,719
and worse. So I think that it

2034
00:57:29,719 --> 00:57:31,719
s

2035
00:57:32,756 --> 00:57:33,790
not unreasonable to question

2036
00:57:33,790 --> 00:57:35,558
not only the structure, but

2037
00:57:35,558 --> 00:57:37,360
also the policies. And I really

2038
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:38,527
encourage I know we all have

2039
00:57:38,527 --> 00:57:38,829
that talking point in our head.

2040
00:57:38,829 --> 00:57:40,463
Well, it

2041
00:57:40,463 --> 00:57:42,165
s empirically proven

2042
00:57:42,165 --> 00:57:42,866
that Housing First reduces

2043
00:57:42,866 --> 00:57:43,399
homelessness. Well, it

2044
00:57:43,399 --> 00:57:45,301
s not

2045
00:57:45,301 --> 00:57:46,236
out here. Not at all. In fact,

2046
00:57:46,236 --> 00:57:47,603
last year we were the worst in

2047
00:57:47,603 --> 00:57:49,105
the country. And the aggregate

2048
00:57:49,105 --> 00:57:50,139
number of homelessness in the

2049
00:57:50,139 --> 00:57:50,707
state and most of us in King

2050
00:57:50,707 --> 00:57:51,307
County can

2051
00:57:51,307 --> 00:57:53,707
t argue with that.

2052
00:57:54,770 --> 00:57:56,279
Worst, worst out of 50. Um, and

2053
00:57:56,279 --> 00:57:57,647
so some of these nonprofits and

2054
00:57:57,647 --> 00:57:59,815
other groups might be

2055
00:57:59,815 --> 00:58:01,985
disappointed that we change

2056
00:58:01,985 --> 00:58:04,487
priorities over the next months

2057
00:58:04,487 --> 00:58:05,355
and years. Um, to emphasize

2058
00:58:05,355 --> 00:58:05,689
other areas. It doesn

2059
00:58:05,689 --> 00:58:05,888
t mean

2060
00:58:05,888 --> 00:58:06,423
they

2061
00:58:06,423 --> 00:58:06,722
re not profit won

2062
00:58:06,722 --> 00:58:08,240
t be

2063
00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:08,191
involved in the work that we

2064
00:58:08,191 --> 00:58:09,325
ll

2065
00:58:09,325 --> 00:58:11,327
be doing for that. I just want

2066
00:58:11,327 --> 00:58:14,463
to be clear about that. I hope

2067
00:58:14,463 --> 00:58:16,166
that you consider policy

2068
00:58:16,166 --> 00:58:17,634
shifts. I think you will find

2069
00:58:17,634 --> 00:58:18,835
if you do and you model them

2070
00:58:18,835 --> 00:58:19,970
after best practices that are

2071
00:58:19,970 --> 00:58:21,738
proven to work across the

2072
00:58:21,738 --> 00:58:23,600
country, that we will start to

2073
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:23,239
have positive results. That

2074
00:58:23,239 --> 00:58:25,239
s

2075
00:58:25,241 --> 00:58:26,409
all. And I will support you in

2076
00:58:26,409 --> 00:58:28,612
those efforts. If you choose to

2077
00:58:28,612 --> 00:58:30,612
go there.

2078
00:58:31,181 --> 00:58:33,282
Thank you. Councilmember Dunn.

2079
00:58:33,282 --> 00:58:34,617
Uh Councilmember Dembowski.

2080
00:58:34,617 --> 00:58:36,285
Thank you. I just wanted to

2081
00:58:36,285 --> 00:58:37,420
engage a little bit here along

2082
00:58:37,420 --> 00:58:37,620
the lines of Councilmember

2083
00:58:37,620 --> 00:58:39,620
Dunn

2084
00:58:40,490 --> 00:58:41,757
s, uh, uh, statement and

2085
00:58:41,757 --> 00:58:45,161
just put a little detail on it.

2086
00:58:45,161 --> 00:58:47,697
If I might. Regan. Um, with

2087
00:58:47,697 --> 00:58:49,231
respect to the the results, I

2088
00:58:49,231 --> 00:58:51,301
mean, this is from the most

2089
00:58:51,301 --> 00:58:54,901
recent point in time count from

2090
00:58:55,671 --> 00:58:56,973
Kcra from 2022 to 2026, total

2091
00:58:56,973 --> 00:58:59,973
homelessness in King County is

2092
00:59:00,811 --> 00:59:03,145
up 37% from 13,300 folks to

2093
00:59:03,145 --> 00:59:05,145
18,300. Unsheltered

2094
00:59:05,748 --> 00:59:08,748
homelessness is up from 2022 to

2095
00:59:10,753 --> 00:59:12,753
2026. 54% from 7600 folks to

2096
00:59:17,227 --> 00:59:19,227
11,800 folks. Okay. Our

2097
00:59:19,762 --> 00:59:22,762
emergency shelter beds are down

2098
00:59:24,133 --> 00:59:26,200
from 2025 to 2026 by 689.

2099
00:59:26,200 --> 00:59:28,200
Unsheltered family homelessness

2100
00:59:33,310 --> 00:59:35,411
is up 78% from 1253 to 2200

2101
00:59:35,411 --> 00:59:35,612
families. So Councilmember

2102
00:59:35,612 --> 00:59:36,479
Dunn

2103
00:59:36,479 --> 00:59:36,680
s point about what we

2104
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:37,130
re

2105
00:59:37,130 --> 00:59:39,130
doing isn

2106
00:59:39,148 --> 00:59:41,840
t working is correct.

2107
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:43,860
He has suggested in his op ed

2108
00:59:43,860 --> 00:59:43,286
and elsewhere that when things

2109
00:59:43,286 --> 00:59:44,320
aren

2110
00:59:44,320 --> 00:59:45,188
t working with our current

2111
00:59:45,188 --> 00:59:47,157
policy, we might want to

2112
00:59:47,157 --> 00:59:47,591
reflect on the policy and quit

2113
00:59:47,591 --> 00:59:48,992
saying that it

2114
00:59:48,992 --> 00:59:49,359
s evidence based

2115
00:59:49,359 --> 00:59:50,930
and that it

2116
00:59:50,930 --> 00:59:52,930
s delivering the

2117
00:59:52,128 --> 00:59:52,662
results, because I agree with

2118
00:59:52,662 --> 00:59:54,662
you, Reagan. It

2119
00:59:54,698 --> 00:59:54,897
s not. So

2120
00:59:54,897 --> 00:59:56,897
there

2121
00:59:56,933 --> 00:59:59,435
s work to do there. This

2122
00:59:59,435 --> 01:00:00,770
discussion is around how we do

2123
01:00:00,770 --> 01:00:01,271
it. Councilmember Dunn has

2124
01:00:01,271 --> 01:00:02,271
ideas. I

2125
01:00:02,271 --> 01:00:03,573
ve got ideas. Council

2126
01:00:03,573 --> 01:00:04,741
member Fain has asked every

2127
01:00:04,741 --> 01:00:06,543
member on the dais, and the

2128
01:00:06,543 --> 01:00:06,742
executive has policy ideas, and

2129
01:00:06,742 --> 01:00:07,510
that

2130
01:00:07,510 --> 01:00:10,413
s what we were sent here

2131
01:00:10,413 --> 01:00:11,714
to do. And the problem with the

2132
01:00:11,714 --> 01:00:14,114
King County Regional Homeless

2133
01:00:15,619 --> 01:00:17,487
Authority is it takes seven

2134
01:00:17,487 --> 01:00:20,189
policymakers on this dais out

2135
01:00:20,189 --> 01:00:22,592
of the game. We send two over,

2136
01:00:22,592 --> 01:00:24,127
and the executive, the city of

2137
01:00:24,127 --> 01:00:25,962
Seattle sends two over. And the

2138
01:00:25,962 --> 01:00:28,131
mayor and our suburban city

2139
01:00:28,131 --> 01:00:29,899
partners sent some

2140
01:00:29,899 --> 01:00:31,368
representatives. This

2141
01:00:31,368 --> 01:00:32,902
government, following the work

2142
01:00:32,902 --> 01:00:34,937
of Jim Ellis in the 50s and

2143
01:00:34,937 --> 01:00:37,540
60s, was built to be the

2144
01:00:37,540 --> 01:00:39,509
regional government

2145
01:00:39,509 --> 01:00:41,277
As the region boomed, as it

2146
01:00:41,277 --> 01:00:42,612
grew, he saw that there were

2147
01:00:42,612 --> 01:00:44,800
going to be pressing regional

2148
01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:45,748
problems that needed

2149
01:00:45,748 --> 01:00:47,617
cooperation across municipal

2150
01:00:47,617 --> 01:00:50,170
boundaries. Your point, ceo

2151
01:00:50,119 --> 01:00:53,119
Kim, about a regional response

2152
01:00:53,155 --> 01:00:53,326
to homelessness is is correct.

2153
01:00:53,326 --> 01:00:54,491
We

2154
01:00:54,491 --> 01:00:56,993
ve got to cooperate around

2155
01:00:56,993 --> 01:00:59,128
the region. But would say after

2156
01:00:59,128 --> 01:01:01,665
trying this for seven years now

2157
01:01:01,665 --> 01:01:02,598
at the Kcra, where the vision

2158
01:01:02,598 --> 01:01:04,680
seemed to be, we were going to

2159
01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:06,369
have kind of one answer with

2160
01:01:06,369 --> 01:01:07,304
maybe some subregional plans.

2161
01:01:07,304 --> 01:01:08,171
It that hasn

2162
01:01:08,171 --> 01:01:09,172
t worked. What

2163
01:01:09,172 --> 01:01:10,540
what the South County

2164
01:01:10,540 --> 01:01:11,674
leadership wants to do is

2165
01:01:11,674 --> 01:01:13,943
different than what folks want

2166
01:01:13,943 --> 01:01:15,145
to do in the city of Seattle.

2167
01:01:15,145 --> 01:01:15,778
We cannot I don

2168
01:01:15,778 --> 01:01:17,747
t believe

2169
01:01:17,747 --> 01:01:19,649
politically have a one size

2170
01:01:19,649 --> 01:01:20,984
policy response to this

2171
01:01:20,984 --> 01:01:22,218
challenge around the region.

2172
01:01:22,218 --> 01:01:23,519
And if we allow some

2173
01:01:23,519 --> 01:01:25,154
experimentation in different

2174
01:01:25,154 --> 01:01:28,910
things, we might see, you know,

2175
01:01:28,910 --> 01:01:30,159
what works. But the the point I

2176
01:01:30,159 --> 01:01:30,860
want to deliver here is we

2177
01:01:30,860 --> 01:01:32,860
ve

2178
01:01:32,895 --> 01:01:33,262
got a structure that doesn

2179
01:01:33,262 --> 01:01:35,164
t

2180
01:01:35,164 --> 01:01:37,767
allow us to work on this

2181
01:01:37,767 --> 01:01:38,534
effectively through the Kcra,

2182
01:01:38,534 --> 01:01:39,902
and I don

2183
01:01:39,902 --> 01:01:41,237
t see, particularly

2184
01:01:41,237 --> 01:01:42,372
after you bring the contracts

2185
01:01:42,372 --> 01:01:44,373
back or direct service

2186
01:01:44,373 --> 01:01:46,109
provision, what the value

2187
01:01:46,109 --> 01:01:48,509
proposition is, what the

2188
01:01:49,780 --> 01:01:51,314
business case is to have an

2189
01:01:51,314 --> 01:01:53,314
entirely separate standalone

2190
01:01:53,449 --> 01:01:55,449
government with with

2191
01:01:55,985 --> 01:01:57,200
confederated leadership to run

2192
01:01:57,200 --> 01:01:59,355
just a little piece of this.

2193
01:01:59,355 --> 01:02:01,657
The Mis, the coordinated entry,

2194
01:02:01,657 --> 01:02:03,960
the emergency response and the

2195
01:02:03,960 --> 01:02:06,529
continuum of care. Those are

2196
01:02:06,529 --> 01:02:06,929
regional functions. And I don

2197
01:02:06,929 --> 01:02:08,929
t

2198
01:02:09,232 --> 01:02:09,932
understand why this regional

2199
01:02:09,932 --> 01:02:11,400
government shouldn

2200
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:13,400
t be charged

2201
01:02:13,903 --> 01:02:15,571
with carrying them out. We did

2202
01:02:15,571 --> 01:02:15,972
much of them, you know, before.

2203
01:02:15,972 --> 01:02:17,972
I don

2204
01:02:18,708 --> 01:02:21,611
t know why we would pay

2205
01:02:21,611 --> 01:02:23,611
executives, accountants,

2206
01:02:23,913 --> 01:02:26,382
auditors, lawyers for a whole

2207
01:02:26,382 --> 01:02:27,717
separate government to do that.

2208
01:02:27,717 --> 01:02:29,118
Maybe in the course of these

2209
01:02:29,118 --> 01:02:30,519
regional conversations, the

2210
01:02:30,519 --> 01:02:32,519
value proposition will

2211
01:02:33,757 --> 01:02:33,990
magically appear. But I don

2212
01:02:33,990 --> 01:02:35,825
t

2213
01:02:35,825 --> 01:02:37,893
see it. And I think we ought to

2214
01:02:37,893 --> 01:02:39,128
send a clear signal that there

2215
01:02:39,128 --> 01:02:39,896
we can have the discussions

2216
01:02:39,896 --> 01:02:40,329
there, but we don

2217
01:02:40,329 --> 01:02:41,497
t need a

2218
01:02:41,497 --> 01:02:43,232
separate government to do it.

2219
01:02:43,232 --> 01:02:45,335
And I need to say there is some

2220
01:02:45,335 --> 01:02:46,402
urgency to this. The audit that

2221
01:02:46,402 --> 01:02:48,238
triggered this current

2222
01:02:48,238 --> 01:02:49,872
conversation concluded with a

2223
01:02:49,872 --> 01:02:51,474
review of a time period, I

2224
01:02:51,474 --> 01:02:54,474
think, through last JULY. So

2225
01:02:55,411 --> 01:02:56,913
more than a year ago, and we

2226
01:02:56,913 --> 01:02:57,790
still, as we sit here today,

2227
01:02:57,790 --> 01:02:59,790
don

2228
01:03:00,850 --> 01:03:03,850
t have clarity and answers.

2229
01:03:04,788 --> 01:03:06,388
In AUGUST of 2026 about the

2230
01:03:06,388 --> 01:03:08,788
financial condition with the

2231
01:03:09,725 --> 01:03:13,325
books are at the Kaikoura. Why

2232
01:03:15,231 --> 01:03:18,100
does that matter to the county?

2233
01:03:18,100 --> 01:03:20,136
Were there banker? I chair the

2234
01:03:20,136 --> 01:03:22,536
Executive Finance Committee. I

2235
01:03:24,641 --> 01:03:24,907
am extremely nervous. The we

2236
01:03:24,907 --> 01:03:26,800
re

2237
01:03:26,800 --> 01:03:27,210
like to run the checking

2238
01:03:27,210 --> 01:03:29,178
account to put it in plain

2239
01:03:29,178 --> 01:03:30,713
English. Right. The last

2240
01:03:30,713 --> 01:03:32,515
meeting we had a few weeks ago,

2241
01:03:32,515 --> 01:03:35,515
just before late JULY, they

2242
01:03:37,486 --> 01:03:39,486
were $65 million overdrawn, $65

2243
01:03:39,889 --> 01:03:42,225
million. Our policies allow for

2244
01:03:42,225 --> 01:03:43,926
an occasional inadvertent

2245
01:03:43,926 --> 01:03:46,428
deficit, but this has gone on

2246
01:03:46,428 --> 01:03:48,731
and on and on for years now.

2247
01:03:48,731 --> 01:03:49,765
Part of it is, I think, some

2248
01:03:49,765 --> 01:03:50,165
mismanagement. It

2249
01:03:50,165 --> 01:03:50,333
s part of

2250
01:03:50,333 --> 01:03:51,434
it

2251
01:03:51,434 --> 01:03:51,641
s overspending, but part of

2252
01:03:51,641 --> 01:03:53,641
it

2253
01:03:53,770 --> 01:03:53,936
s also the structure. They

2254
01:03:53,936 --> 01:03:55,936
don

2255
01:03:55,938 --> 01:03:58,774
t they never set up at the

2256
01:03:58,774 --> 01:04:00,376
cash and operating capital

2257
01:04:00,376 --> 01:04:02,178
system for, in other words, to

2258
01:04:02,178 --> 01:04:04,800
have the float to address the

2259
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:05,281
difference between time money

2260
01:04:05,281 --> 01:04:06,615
was received and time going

2261
01:04:06,615 --> 01:04:06,916
out. So we charge interest on

2262
01:04:06,916 --> 01:04:08,916
that. That

2263
01:04:09,985 --> 01:04:12,880
s added some costs.

2264
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:14,523
Why we would continue that

2265
01:04:14,523 --> 01:04:16,425
structure to send money out to

2266
01:04:16,425 --> 01:04:18,610
a third party entity from a

2267
01:04:18,610 --> 01:04:18,227
financial sense perspective, I

2268
01:04:18,227 --> 01:04:19,996
don

2269
01:04:19,996 --> 01:04:21,964
t know. But I will just say

2270
01:04:21,964 --> 01:04:23,132
the longer this goes on and I

2271
01:04:23,132 --> 01:04:25,340
understand from MR. Robert,

2272
01:04:25,340 --> 01:04:27,303
maybe this is ticked down to 50

2273
01:04:27,303 --> 01:04:27,517
million or so now, but I

2274
01:04:27,517 --> 01:04:28,471
m

2275
01:04:28,471 --> 01:04:29,472
going to send a letter as

2276
01:04:29,472 --> 01:04:31,174
CHAIRMAN Of the Executive

2277
01:04:31,174 --> 01:04:32,776
Finance Committee to the case.

2278
01:04:32,776 --> 01:04:34,810
Haha. We have a meeting, I

2279
01:04:34,810 --> 01:04:34,978
think, Thursday, because I said

2280
01:04:34,978 --> 01:04:35,844
don

2281
01:04:35,844 --> 01:04:38,915
t cancel it. We need an

2282
01:04:38,915 --> 01:04:40,550
update on this. Asking for what

2283
01:04:40,550 --> 01:04:42,585
the status is of the accounts

2284
01:04:42,585 --> 01:04:45,187
receivable and what the plan is

2285
01:04:45,187 --> 01:04:47,220
to make this pool whole. To get

2286
01:04:47,220 --> 01:04:48,910
back to zero. And I think we

2287
01:04:48,910 --> 01:04:50,326
need to have answers in a

2288
01:04:50,326 --> 01:04:51,193
couple of weeks. It

2289
01:04:51,193 --> 01:04:53,193
s gone on

2290
01:04:53,796 --> 01:04:54,230
for too long and I don

2291
01:04:54,230 --> 01:04:56,230
t

2292
01:04:57,100 --> 01:04:58,535
believe that we can, in good

2293
01:04:58,535 --> 01:05:01,538
conscience, allow it to go on

2294
01:05:01,538 --> 01:05:03,205
for another year or another six

2295
01:05:03,205 --> 01:05:05,174
months. While regional

2296
01:05:05,174 --> 01:05:06,743
conversations occur. This is

2297
01:05:06,743 --> 01:05:06,976
very, very, very serious. We

2298
01:05:06,976 --> 01:05:07,977
re

2299
01:05:07,977 --> 01:05:09,512
out of compliance with our

2300
01:05:09,512 --> 01:05:09,979
audit standards. We

2301
01:05:09,979 --> 01:05:11,979
re out of

2302
01:05:12,248 --> 01:05:14,648
compliance with our policies.

2303
01:05:15,918 --> 01:05:17,820
And I do not support loaning

2304
01:05:17,820 --> 01:05:18,860
the cra money because I

2305
01:05:18,860 --> 01:05:19,455
m not

2306
01:05:19,455 --> 01:05:22,358
sure how they would pay it

2307
01:05:22,358 --> 01:05:23,526
back. So, uh, I wanted to

2308
01:05:23,526 --> 01:05:23,747
follow up on Councilmember

2309
01:05:23,747 --> 01:05:24,927
Dunn

2310
01:05:24,927 --> 01:05:27,327
s, I think, correct

2311
01:05:27,630 --> 01:05:29,165
remarks about policy, but also

2312
01:05:29,165 --> 01:05:31,134
how you make change in the

2313
01:05:31,134 --> 01:05:33,269
policy is driven in large part

2314
01:05:33,269 --> 01:05:35,238
by the ability to do it. This

2315
01:05:35,238 --> 01:05:36,339
dais has the regional policy

2316
01:05:36,339 --> 01:05:37,673
committee has elected

2317
01:05:37,673 --> 01:05:38,841
representatives from all over

2318
01:05:38,841 --> 01:05:40,909
the county at the rpc.

2319
01:05:40,909 --> 01:05:42,345
Remember, county members. City

2320
01:05:42,345 --> 01:05:43,646
of Seattle. Members, suburban

2321
01:05:43,646 --> 01:05:45,615
city members. We come together.

2322
01:05:45,615 --> 01:05:46,783
We have structures here. This

2323
01:05:46,783 --> 01:05:48,450
work can be done and it is

2324
01:05:48,450 --> 01:05:48,951
important work. But I

2325
01:05:48,951 --> 01:05:50,453
ve

2326
01:05:50,453 --> 01:05:51,220
concluded I don

2327
01:05:51,220 --> 01:05:52,521
t think that

2328
01:05:52,521 --> 01:05:54,230
the executive in his report,

2329
01:05:54,230 --> 01:05:54,190
the stabilized is fine. I

2330
01:05:54,190 --> 01:05:55,792
d

2331
01:05:55,792 --> 01:05:58,192
call it an accounting

2332
01:05:58,260 --> 01:06:00,290
transition is what I replace

2333
01:06:00,290 --> 01:06:01,998
right size with. And then

2334
01:06:01,998 --> 01:06:04,434
terminate, not reset. I think

2335
01:06:04,434 --> 01:06:07,603
you got three wrong words. Uh,

2336
01:06:07,603 --> 01:06:08,637
and, um, with that, I do think

2337
01:06:08,637 --> 01:06:10,239
the exac and the mayor have

2338
01:06:10,239 --> 01:06:11,240
done a good job in making a big

2339
01:06:11,240 --> 01:06:12,275
first step at bringing these

2340
01:06:12,275 --> 01:06:14,410
contracts back, because that

2341
01:06:14,410 --> 01:06:16,646
will help mitigate some of the

2342
01:06:16,646 --> 01:06:18,481
ongoing problems. But final

2343
01:06:18,481 --> 01:06:18,747
question in the motion, or

2344
01:06:18,747 --> 01:06:19,481
maybe it

2345
01:06:19,481 --> 01:06:21,450
s the first question I

2346
01:06:21,450 --> 01:06:22,685
have the statement we asked for

2347
01:06:22,685 --> 01:06:22,985
an assessment of the risk to

2348
01:06:22,985 --> 01:06:24,487
the county

2349
01:06:24,487 --> 01:06:26,487
s investment pool

2350
01:06:26,789 --> 01:06:27,957
and identification of completed

2351
01:06:27,957 --> 01:06:30,357
or recommended actions to

2352
01:06:30,493 --> 01:06:32,395
mitigate this is on page 259 of

2353
01:06:32,395 --> 01:06:35,395
the materials page. I think

2354
01:06:37,533 --> 01:06:39,335
four of your appendix. This is

2355
01:06:39,335 --> 01:06:41,303
inadequate in terms of a

2356
01:06:41,303 --> 01:06:41,529
response to this risk that

2357
01:06:41,529 --> 01:06:43,529
we

2358
01:06:44,407 --> 01:06:44,606
re looking at here. It says

2359
01:06:44,606 --> 01:06:46,410
kcrw

2360
01:06:46,410 --> 01:06:47,242
s negative cash balance

2361
01:06:47,242 --> 01:06:48,144
presents several risks to the

2362
01:06:48,144 --> 01:06:49,545
county investment pool,

2363
01:06:49,545 --> 01:06:49,879
including negative findings by

2364
01:06:49,879 --> 01:06:50,646
the auditor

2365
01:06:50,646 --> 01:06:51,881
s office and

2366
01:06:51,881 --> 01:06:52,982
repayment uncertainty. And then

2367
01:06:52,982 --> 01:06:53,215
the final sentence is something

2368
01:06:53,215 --> 01:06:54,117
I don

2369
01:06:54,117 --> 01:06:56,117
t understand a

2370
01:06:56,252 --> 01:06:58,652
recommended action to mitigate

2371
01:06:59,221 --> 01:06:59,456
risks is analysis of the

2372
01:06:59,456 --> 01:07:01,456
county

2373
01:07:02,591 --> 01:07:02,958
s repayment obligations.

2374
01:07:02,958 --> 01:07:03,392
I don

2375
01:07:03,392 --> 01:07:03,926
t know what you

2376
01:07:03,926 --> 01:07:05,926
re saying

2377
01:07:06,620 --> 01:07:07,930
there. Maybe you can enlighten

2378
01:07:07,930 --> 01:07:09,799
me a little bit, but this area

2379
01:07:09,799 --> 01:07:13,399
of the report and actually this

2380
01:07:14,937 --> 01:07:16,205
body of work needs attention.

2381
01:07:16,205 --> 01:07:17,807
Thank you. Councilmember

2382
01:07:17,807 --> 01:07:19,775
Dembowski. And first of all, I

2383
01:07:19,775 --> 01:07:21,544
would agree that the negative

2384
01:07:21,544 --> 01:07:22,578
cash balances is a risk,

2385
01:07:22,578 --> 01:07:24,380
something that I am also

2386
01:07:24,380 --> 01:07:25,915
worried about. Um, there is a

2387
01:07:25,915 --> 01:07:26,882
risk to the investment pool.

2388
01:07:26,882 --> 01:07:27,830
There is a risk to the county

2389
01:07:27,830 --> 01:07:28,317
s

2390
01:07:28,317 --> 01:07:30,190
general fund and we have to

2391
01:07:30,190 --> 01:07:31,420
mitigate that. So I would be

2392
01:07:31,420 --> 01:07:33,489
definitely supportive of in our

2393
01:07:33,489 --> 01:07:34,490
discussion on Thursday, going

2394
01:07:34,490 --> 01:07:37,292
through and figuring out what

2395
01:07:37,292 --> 01:07:39,729
exactly to request from Kcra.

2396
01:07:39,729 --> 01:07:41,230
So the analysis that that needs

2397
01:07:41,230 --> 01:07:43,766
to happen and that is happening

2398
01:07:43,766 --> 01:07:46,569
is reviewing all of those

2399
01:07:46,569 --> 01:07:47,737
unreconciled receivables and

2400
01:07:47,737 --> 01:07:50,105
figuring out where they came

2401
01:07:50,105 --> 01:07:51,407
from and who ultimately should

2402
01:07:51,407 --> 01:07:52,708
be paying for them. To the

2403
01:07:52,708 --> 01:07:54,643
degree that we get to a point

2404
01:07:54,643 --> 01:07:54,844
where there are receivables or

2405
01:07:54,844 --> 01:07:55,979
there

2406
01:07:55,979 --> 01:07:58,581
s cash that has been

2407
01:07:58,581 --> 01:08:00,249
spent that we cannot recover,

2408
01:08:00,249 --> 01:08:02,184
we will have to do some sort of

2409
01:08:02,184 --> 01:08:04,253
repayment plan in conjunction

2410
01:08:04,253 --> 01:08:05,288
with the city and the county to

2411
01:08:05,288 --> 01:08:05,588
fill that gap. And that

2412
01:08:05,588 --> 01:08:05,788
s

2413
01:08:05,788 --> 01:08:06,689
that

2414
01:08:06,689 --> 01:08:06,889
s the analysis that

2415
01:08:06,889 --> 01:08:08,424
s

2416
01:08:08,424 --> 01:08:10,626
referring to. We have to figure

2417
01:08:10,626 --> 01:08:12,950
out what exactly the gap is and

2418
01:08:12,950 --> 01:08:13,529
then work with the city to

2419
01:08:13,529 --> 01:08:15,164
figure out when and how to pay

2420
01:08:15,164 --> 01:08:16,598
that gap. So that is that is

2421
01:08:16,598 --> 01:08:18,670
the next steps. Turning point

2422
01:08:18,670 --> 01:08:20,136
has done a good job. And in

2423
01:08:20,136 --> 01:08:23,539
starting to go deep into those

2424
01:08:23,539 --> 01:08:24,741
accounting transactions, and we

2425
01:08:24,741 --> 01:08:25,841
need to see the results of that

2426
01:08:25,841 --> 01:08:27,430
to really get there. So that

2427
01:08:27,430 --> 01:08:27,442
that is what that is referring

2428
01:08:27,442 --> 01:08:28,977
to.

2429
01:08:28,977 --> 01:08:30,460
Thank you very much, Aaron. I

2430
01:08:30,460 --> 01:08:31,380
agree, I think in plain

2431
01:08:31,380 --> 01:08:34,117
English, once we figure out

2432
01:08:34,117 --> 01:08:35,284
what the deficit is, in other

2433
01:08:35,284 --> 01:08:36,686
words, we receive all the

2434
01:08:36,686 --> 01:08:38,521
receivables that are to be

2435
01:08:38,521 --> 01:08:39,255
received. Call it. Well, it

2436
01:08:39,255 --> 01:08:40,456
s

2437
01:08:40,456 --> 01:08:40,623
65 million there, but maybe

2438
01:08:40,623 --> 01:08:42,623
it

2439
01:08:42,825 --> 01:08:43,920
s 50 million today. Yeah.

2440
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:44,827
Whatever

2441
01:08:44,827 --> 01:08:45,940
s left and it

2442
01:08:45,940 --> 01:08:47,290
s going

2443
01:08:47,290 --> 01:08:48,864
to be eight, ten, 12, $15

2444
01:08:48,864 --> 01:08:49,832
million. Who knows what it is.

2445
01:08:49,832 --> 01:08:51,660
The city and the county are

2446
01:08:51,660 --> 01:08:51,267
going to have to write a check.

2447
01:08:51,267 --> 01:08:52,368
That

2448
01:08:52,368 --> 01:08:54,670
s correct. I would just

2449
01:08:54,670 --> 01:08:55,404
like to stop the bleeding. I

2450
01:08:55,404 --> 01:08:56,939
would just like to stop

2451
01:08:56,939 --> 01:08:59,876
reading. And the the thrust of

2452
01:08:59,876 --> 01:09:01,377
the of this report seems to

2453
01:09:01,377 --> 01:09:02,979
indicate that there is a

2454
01:09:02,979 --> 01:09:05,379
possibility that this entity

2455
01:09:06,810 --> 01:09:06,381
would continue on, and I don

2456
01:09:06,381 --> 01:09:07,817
t

2457
01:09:07,817 --> 01:09:10,286
see the value proposition from

2458
01:09:10,286 --> 01:09:12,488
a policy perspective or a

2459
01:09:12,488 --> 01:09:12,755
financial perspective. I just I

2460
01:09:12,755 --> 01:09:13,222
just don

2461
01:09:13,222 --> 01:09:13,756
t I don

2462
01:09:13,756 --> 01:09:14,190
t I don

2463
01:09:14,190 --> 01:09:16,190
t see

2464
01:09:16,659 --> 01:09:18,127
it.

2465
01:09:18,127 --> 01:09:20,127
Councilmember Fain.

2466
01:09:20,229 --> 01:09:21,430
Thank you. And thank you for

2467
01:09:21,430 --> 01:09:22,865
all of your work on this. I

2468
01:09:22,865 --> 01:09:23,866
know many of you weren

2469
01:09:23,866 --> 01:09:25,768
t

2470
01:09:25,768 --> 01:09:25,935
present until recently, but

2471
01:09:25,935 --> 01:09:26,702
you

2472
01:09:26,702 --> 01:09:28,237
re diving in and I

2473
01:09:28,237 --> 01:09:30,237
appreciate your thoughtfulness.

2474
01:09:31,407 --> 01:09:31,580
And, um, in your approach. Uh,

2475
01:09:31,580 --> 01:09:33,580
I

2476
01:09:34,944 --> 01:09:36,445
d like to tag on to what my

2477
01:09:36,445 --> 01:09:39,445
colleagues have said so far

2478
01:09:40,783 --> 01:09:43,886
about, um, the lack of truly

2479
01:09:43,886 --> 01:09:46,286
regional approach in allowing

2480
01:09:46,989 --> 01:09:49,759
the entire county a voice and a

2481
01:09:49,759 --> 01:09:53,359
say in how dollars are spent

2482
01:09:54,730 --> 01:09:57,433
or, um, contracts are selected.

2483
01:09:57,433 --> 01:10:01,330
Um, and so beyond whether or

2484
01:10:01,700 --> 01:10:02,872
not Kcra exists, which it will

2485
01:10:02,872 --> 01:10:04,573
largely need to do for Coc

2486
01:10:04,573 --> 01:10:07,343
funding. And in that piece, I

2487
01:10:07,343 --> 01:10:09,579
understand. Um, but beyond

2488
01:10:09,579 --> 01:10:12,715
that, the county is going to be

2489
01:10:12,715 --> 01:10:15,250
taking on 100 of these, um,

2490
01:10:15,250 --> 01:10:17,650
provider contracts in JANUARY.

2491
01:10:17,787 --> 01:10:19,540
And so I understand that the

2492
01:10:19,540 --> 01:10:22,558
county and the city are working

2493
01:10:22,558 --> 01:10:26,758
towards a no for, um, in the

2494
01:10:27,130 --> 01:10:29,320
later part of 2027. So I have

2495
01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:31,432
two questions. Slash concerns

2496
01:10:31,433 --> 01:10:33,769
relating to that. One is will

2497
01:10:33,769 --> 01:10:37,307
all of the contracts be, um,

2498
01:10:37,307 --> 01:10:39,842
part of the nova, meaning that

2499
01:10:39,842 --> 01:10:43,442
the county and the city will

2500
01:10:47,490 --> 01:10:50,186
align on, um, funding and, um,

2501
01:10:50,186 --> 01:10:52,221
providers? The idea is really

2502
01:10:52,221 --> 01:10:54,357
to address the previous

2503
01:10:54,357 --> 01:10:55,691
structure, which was everybody

2504
01:10:55,691 --> 01:10:57,192
was contracting with different

2505
01:10:57,192 --> 01:10:58,895
providers and nobody knew what

2506
01:10:58,895 --> 01:11:01,464
anyone else was doing. So I

2507
01:11:01,464 --> 01:11:03,766
understand the need to

2508
01:11:03,766 --> 01:11:04,133
collaborate and understand that

2509
01:11:04,133 --> 01:11:06,133
we shouldn

2510
01:11:08,237 --> 01:11:10,237
t, um, essentially

2511
01:11:10,706 --> 01:11:11,741
have providers potentially

2512
01:11:11,741 --> 01:11:13,476
receiving the same amount of

2513
01:11:13,476 --> 01:11:15,110
funding to do the same work for

2514
01:11:15,110 --> 01:11:17,313
the county and the city. That

2515
01:11:17,313 --> 01:11:18,748
being said, I worry if all of

2516
01:11:18,748 --> 01:11:19,448
the contracts are going to be

2517
01:11:19,448 --> 01:11:19,754
under the Nova, we

2518
01:11:19,754 --> 01:11:21,840
re going to

2519
01:11:21,840 --> 01:11:24,684
run into the same issue, which

2520
01:11:25,540 --> 01:11:28,654
is, um, that the entire county

2521
01:11:29,158 --> 01:11:31,394
might not have a voice in how

2522
01:11:31,394 --> 01:11:32,761
services are provided in

2523
01:11:32,761 --> 01:11:33,729
different cities and different

2524
01:11:33,729 --> 01:11:34,830
regions. So that

2525
01:11:34,830 --> 01:11:36,830
s one around

2526
01:11:37,467 --> 01:11:39,602
the nova and then the other,

2527
01:11:39,602 --> 01:11:39,771
uh, question I have and I

2528
01:11:39,771 --> 01:11:41,771
d

2529
01:11:41,804 --> 01:11:46,400
like to hear a little bit more

2530
01:11:46,410 --> 01:11:49,641
about is how will the council

2531
01:11:51,113 --> 01:11:54,350
be a part of, um, oversight

2532
01:11:54,350 --> 01:11:56,852
input into the contracts after

2533
01:11:56,852 --> 01:11:58,540
JANUARY? Um, currently there

2534
01:11:58,540 --> 01:12:01,540
are two representatives on the

2535
01:12:01,990 --> 01:12:03,693
cra that receive updates on the

2536
01:12:03,693 --> 01:12:06,228
status of the contracts, the

2537
01:12:06,228 --> 01:12:09,265
outcomes, um, and all of that.

2538
01:12:09,265 --> 01:12:12,265
But once the hundred contracts

2539
01:12:13,350 --> 01:12:14,803
go over to dcs, will we get I

2540
01:12:14,803 --> 01:12:16,472
mean, ideally we would not just

2541
01:12:16,472 --> 01:12:17,607
get an annual report that

2542
01:12:17,607 --> 01:12:19,750
council would be able to

2543
01:12:19,750 --> 01:12:20,642
provide some input in some

2544
01:12:20,642 --> 01:12:22,845
manner, as suggested by my

2545
01:12:22,845 --> 01:12:25,245
colleagues, in how those

2546
01:12:26,950 --> 01:12:28,418
dollars should be. Um, spent.

2547
01:12:28,418 --> 01:12:28,818
So those are kind of the two

2548
01:12:28,818 --> 01:12:29,519
areas I

2549
01:12:29,519 --> 01:12:30,320
d love to hear more

2550
01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:31,754
about.

2551
01:12:31,754 --> 01:12:32,688
Do you want me to start?

2552
01:12:32,688 --> 01:12:33,589
Yeah, I can start.

2553
01:12:33,589 --> 01:12:35,357
You going to turn on your

2554
01:12:35,357 --> 01:12:37,600
thing, Jelani?

2555
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:38,600
Stone there. Uh, I can start

2556
01:12:38,600 --> 01:12:40,430
with the first question and

2557
01:12:40,430 --> 01:12:42,598
partial answer. Um, so, look,

2558
01:12:42,598 --> 01:12:43,866
every crisis offers plenty of

2559
01:12:43,866 --> 01:12:45,901
opportunity to look at the way

2560
01:12:45,901 --> 01:12:47,636
we do business and to strive

2561
01:12:47,636 --> 01:12:49,104
for efficiencies and to, more

2562
01:12:49,104 --> 01:12:51,373
importantly, do things better.

2563
01:12:51,373 --> 01:12:52,474
So, uh, the main effort here

2564
01:12:52,474 --> 01:12:54,443
between the county and the city

2565
01:12:54,443 --> 01:12:56,278
is to really look at the way we

2566
01:12:56,278 --> 01:12:58,447
contract. Can we harmonize

2567
01:12:58,447 --> 01:13:00,182
language? Can we synchronize on

2568
01:13:00,182 --> 01:13:01,317
outcomes that we want to see,

2569
01:13:01,317 --> 01:13:02,385
you know, settle on some

2570
01:13:02,385 --> 01:13:03,886
boilerplate text for our

2571
01:13:03,886 --> 01:13:06,286
contracts and just generally

2572
01:13:06,655 --> 01:13:07,957
simplify the process. Um, and

2573
01:13:07,957 --> 01:13:09,792
the second part to that too is

2574
01:13:09,792 --> 01:13:11,600
also look at who pays for what.

2575
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:12,929
So, you know, King County

2576
01:13:12,929 --> 01:13:14,831
Seattle and King County, does

2577
01:13:14,831 --> 01:13:16,310
King County pay for a contract

2578
01:13:16,310 --> 01:13:17,165
for services that are delivered

2579
01:13:17,165 --> 01:13:18,467
in Seattle or to Seattle? Take

2580
01:13:18,467 --> 01:13:18,667
that on and in return, if

2581
01:13:18,667 --> 01:13:19,669
there

2582
01:13:19,669 --> 01:13:21,336
s going to be some fun

2583
01:13:21,336 --> 01:13:23,390
swapping, how do we look at

2584
01:13:23,390 --> 01:13:24,273
that as a region? And so those

2585
01:13:24,273 --> 01:13:24,440
are some of those efforts that

2586
01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:25,308
we

2587
01:13:25,308 --> 01:13:26,542
re trying to do to simplify

2588
01:13:26,542 --> 01:13:27,543
the process and also make

2589
01:13:27,543 --> 01:13:29,543
things better.

2590
01:13:32,615 --> 01:13:34,183
I would say also, um, the, the,

2591
01:13:34,183 --> 01:13:36,585
the, the whole point of Anova

2592
01:13:36,585 --> 01:13:38,721
process is to ensure

2593
01:13:38,721 --> 01:13:40,721
competitive processes in

2594
01:13:41,657 --> 01:13:44,526
contracting that has not, I

2595
01:13:44,526 --> 01:13:47,526
believe that when Kcra Chase

2596
01:13:47,596 --> 01:13:49,498
started, there was an intent to

2597
01:13:49,498 --> 01:13:51,300
put both the city and county

2598
01:13:51,300 --> 01:13:53,369
contracts out for procurement

2599
01:13:53,369 --> 01:13:55,737
and that never happened. And so

2600
01:13:55,737 --> 01:13:57,973
part of what, um, what we

2601
01:13:57,973 --> 01:13:59,808
wanted to do was the initial

2602
01:13:59,808 --> 01:14:02,144
step in rolling the contracts

2603
01:14:02,144 --> 01:14:04,544
back, uh, minimise disruption.

2604
01:14:05,214 --> 01:14:07,820
But, um, the conversations, I

2605
01:14:07,820 --> 01:14:08,851
think, uh Councilmember Fain.

2606
01:14:08,851 --> 01:14:10,452
To your point, we do need to

2607
01:14:10,452 --> 01:14:12,852
have a strategic conversation

2608
01:14:14,724 --> 01:14:16,325
about how we are planning to re

2609
01:14:16,325 --> 01:14:18,427
procure those contracts. Are

2610
01:14:18,427 --> 01:14:20,129
these the right strategies? Do

2611
01:14:20,129 --> 01:14:22,264
we have the right mix of

2612
01:14:22,264 --> 01:14:24,499
strategies employed and how we

2613
01:14:24,499 --> 01:14:27,103
are thinking about these funds?

2614
01:14:27,103 --> 01:14:29,104
I think those are not questions

2615
01:14:29,104 --> 01:14:31,239
that we have answers to today.

2616
01:14:31,239 --> 01:14:32,441
But, uh, when the contracts

2617
01:14:32,441 --> 01:14:33,642
come back, we will be working

2618
01:14:33,642 --> 01:14:35,311
closely with our provider

2619
01:14:35,311 --> 01:14:36,111
community and addressing, you

2620
01:14:36,111 --> 01:14:38,180
know, some of the policy

2621
01:14:38,180 --> 01:14:39,948
questions, quite frankly, that

2622
01:14:39,948 --> 01:14:42,830
some of your colleagues raised.

2623
01:14:42,830 --> 01:14:43,920
Um, I think the other piece of

2624
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:44,987
this, uh, the contracts, when

2625
01:14:44,987 --> 01:14:47,356
they do come back to the

2626
01:14:47,356 --> 01:14:50,250
county, uh, they will be they

2627
01:14:50,250 --> 01:14:50,259
will be put forward through the

2628
01:14:50,259 --> 01:14:52,259
county

2629
01:14:52,661 --> 01:14:54,697
s budgeting process. So

2630
01:14:54,697 --> 01:14:56,498
you will have a recommendation

2631
01:14:56,498 --> 01:14:59,301
from the executive in his

2632
01:14:59,301 --> 01:15:00,903
second omnibus for the amount

2633
01:15:00,903 --> 01:15:02,838
of county contracts. Again, we

2634
01:15:02,838 --> 01:15:03,500
are hoping that, um, you don

2635
01:15:03,500 --> 01:15:04,373
t

2636
01:15:04,373 --> 01:15:06,475
do much to change them because

2637
01:15:06,475 --> 01:15:08,276
we want to maintain continuity

2638
01:15:08,276 --> 01:15:09,845
for this next year. But once

2639
01:15:09,845 --> 01:15:11,447
the contracts come back, once

2640
01:15:11,447 --> 01:15:12,781
that, you know, sort of, um,

2641
01:15:12,781 --> 01:15:14,850
bucket of funds come back to

2642
01:15:14,850 --> 01:15:17,520
the county, we will, as with

2643
01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:18,820
every other budget, uh, that

2644
01:15:18,820 --> 01:15:20,456
goes through the budget

2645
01:15:20,456 --> 01:15:21,523
process, the executive branch

2646
01:15:21,523 --> 01:15:23,659
will be working and

2647
01:15:23,659 --> 01:15:25,260
collaborating closely with the

2648
01:15:25,260 --> 01:15:26,562
Council on the right

2649
01:15:26,562 --> 01:15:29,562
strategies, the right mix, the

2650
01:15:30,333 --> 01:15:32,568
right dosage for those funds.

2651
01:15:32,568 --> 01:15:33,869
Thank you. Uh Councilmember

2652
01:15:33,869 --> 01:15:37,469
Mosqueda. Did you want to jump

2653
01:15:37,906 --> 01:15:39,308
in now? Go ahead.

2654
01:15:39,308 --> 01:15:43,120
Um, well, first I want to say

2655
01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:44,547
thank you so much for, as the

2656
01:15:44,547 --> 01:15:45,514
chair said, um, providing the

2657
01:15:45,514 --> 01:15:45,681
report, we know that there

2658
01:15:45,681 --> 01:15:47,383
s a

2659
01:15:47,383 --> 01:15:49,752
lot of moving parts here. So

2660
01:15:49,752 --> 01:15:51,453
thank you for sending this over

2661
01:15:51,453 --> 01:15:53,890
and working in partnership with

2662
01:15:53,890 --> 01:15:54,857
the council on the timeline

2663
01:15:54,857 --> 01:15:55,691
that had been suggested.

2664
01:15:55,691 --> 01:15:57,593
Obviously, there was a lot of

2665
01:15:57,593 --> 01:15:58,961
work that went into this with,

2666
01:15:58,961 --> 01:16:00,295
um, the announcement made with

2667
01:16:00,295 --> 01:16:01,297
the city of Seattle as well. So

2668
01:16:01,297 --> 01:16:02,731
we appreciate you were both

2669
01:16:02,731 --> 01:16:04,566
responding to the report

2670
01:16:04,566 --> 01:16:05,600
request, um, acting in real

2671
01:16:05,600 --> 01:16:07,836
time to figure out how to

2672
01:16:07,836 --> 01:16:08,904
stabilize and trying to figure

2673
01:16:08,904 --> 01:16:10,773
out both how to do that in a

2674
01:16:10,773 --> 01:16:12,141
way that minimized impact on

2675
01:16:12,141 --> 01:16:14,141
those experiencing homelessness.

2676
01:16:14,343 --> 01:16:15,677
Are contracted providers, and

2677
01:16:15,677 --> 01:16:16,879
really making sure that we are

2678
01:16:16,879 --> 01:16:18,647
sending a message to all in

2679
01:16:18,647 --> 01:16:20,649
this region that here in King

2680
01:16:20,649 --> 01:16:21,884
County, we can govern as

2681
01:16:21,884 --> 01:16:23,419
opposed to what we see in the

2682
01:16:23,419 --> 01:16:24,620
other Washington. We are going

2683
01:16:24,620 --> 01:16:25,487
to offer stability to folks.

2684
01:16:25,487 --> 01:16:25,645
And I still think that that

2685
01:16:25,645 --> 01:16:27,389
s

2686
01:16:27,389 --> 01:16:28,457
an important message for us as

2687
01:16:28,457 --> 01:16:29,825
a collective body, to be

2688
01:16:29,825 --> 01:16:31,930
sending in this moment with so

2689
01:16:31,930 --> 01:16:32,160
much uncertainty, especially

2690
01:16:32,160 --> 01:16:33,529
around some of the dollars that

2691
01:16:33,529 --> 01:16:35,998
have been talked about, that we

2692
01:16:35,998 --> 01:16:37,399
will continue to strive for as

2693
01:16:37,399 --> 01:16:38,734
much stability and certainty as

2694
01:16:38,734 --> 01:16:41,300
we can, not only for the

2695
01:16:41,300 --> 01:16:42,838
contracted providers, but by

2696
01:16:42,838 --> 01:16:43,973
doing so, providing stability

2697
01:16:43,973 --> 01:16:45,700
to those who are experiencing

2698
01:16:45,700 --> 01:16:46,175
homelessness or the folks that

2699
01:16:46,175 --> 01:16:48,110
will fall into homelessness. So

2700
01:16:48,110 --> 01:16:50,145
thank you for submitting this

2701
01:16:50,145 --> 01:16:50,445
report. And that said, I know

2702
01:16:50,445 --> 01:16:51,514
that there

2703
01:16:51,514 --> 01:16:52,748
s a lot that is

2704
01:16:52,748 --> 01:16:52,948
still in the works. I think

2705
01:16:52,948 --> 01:16:54,948
there

2706
01:16:55,117 --> 01:16:57,517
s some conversations in

2707
01:16:57,920 --> 01:16:59,888
this, uh, well, some language

2708
01:16:59,888 --> 01:17:02,900
in this report that really is

2709
01:17:02,900 --> 01:17:03,992
more of a to be fleshed out.

2710
01:17:03,992 --> 01:17:06,610
Right, and along the lines of

2711
01:17:06,610 --> 01:17:07,930
what Councilmember Fain noted,

2712
01:17:07,930 --> 01:17:09,632
I do want to make sure that the

2713
01:17:09,632 --> 01:17:11,133
council and not only the

2714
01:17:11,133 --> 01:17:12,534
members who are sitting on the

2715
01:17:12,534 --> 01:17:14,436
board, but the members of the

2716
01:17:14,436 --> 01:17:15,537
council have an active role in

2717
01:17:15,537 --> 01:17:17,707
figuring out what those next

2718
01:17:17,707 --> 01:17:19,475
steps look like. Because, um,

2719
01:17:19,475 --> 01:17:20,909
this is an area that is clearly

2720
01:17:20,909 --> 01:17:22,644
of interest to members of the

2721
01:17:22,644 --> 01:17:24,179
media as has been described,

2722
01:17:24,179 --> 01:17:25,181
but most importantly to members

2723
01:17:25,181 --> 01:17:26,448
who are providing direct

2724
01:17:26,448 --> 01:17:29,840
services and wanting to see

2725
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:31,653
that certainty. Um, I do have a

2726
01:17:31,653 --> 01:17:32,754
question about how contracts

2727
01:17:32,754 --> 01:17:33,722
are being moved over, and then

2728
01:17:33,722 --> 01:17:33,889
I have some comments, if you

2729
01:17:33,889 --> 01:17:35,591
don

2730
01:17:35,591 --> 01:17:37,826
t mind, MISTER Chair. Um, I

2731
01:17:37,826 --> 01:17:39,361
know that dhs is trying to

2732
01:17:39,361 --> 01:17:41,330
ensure continuity of services

2733
01:17:41,330 --> 01:17:43,330
with 100 plus contracts

2734
01:17:44,333 --> 01:17:46,635
transferring over. Uh, JANUARY

2735
01:17:46,635 --> 01:17:48,237
2027. And in order to do so, we

2736
01:17:48,237 --> 01:17:48,570
need staff. And you

2737
01:17:48,570 --> 01:17:49,905
ve talked

2738
01:17:49,905 --> 01:17:50,705
about that a little bit, but I

2739
01:17:50,705 --> 01:17:50,873
just want to make sure that

2740
01:17:50,873 --> 01:17:52,873
we

2741
01:17:53,275 --> 01:17:54,943
re not biasing our hiring

2742
01:17:54,943 --> 01:17:56,279
and recruitment of the staff

2743
01:17:56,279 --> 01:17:58,747
that could potentially come in

2744
01:17:58,747 --> 01:18:01,183
and be ready to ensure

2745
01:18:01,183 --> 01:18:02,585
continuity and know best the

2746
01:18:02,585 --> 01:18:04,585
relationships with the

2747
01:18:05,200 --> 01:18:06,555
community organizations who are

2748
01:18:06,555 --> 01:18:08,690
trying to provide care, not

2749
01:18:08,690 --> 01:18:10,225
biasing those individual staff

2750
01:18:10,225 --> 01:18:11,930
members because they worked at

2751
01:18:11,930 --> 01:18:12,194
Kcra. We

2752
01:18:12,194 --> 01:18:15,194
ve talked a lot about

2753
01:18:15,464 --> 01:18:17,199
the concern the entity has, and

2754
01:18:17,199 --> 01:18:18,800
we even heard concern today in

2755
01:18:18,800 --> 01:18:21,200
public testimony about the

2756
01:18:21,237 --> 01:18:22,404
executive director. I just want

2757
01:18:22,404 --> 01:18:23,572
to make sure that the folks who

2758
01:18:23,572 --> 01:18:23,906
are on the front line, many of

2759
01:18:23,906 --> 01:18:24,974
whom we

2760
01:18:24,974 --> 01:18:25,674
ve heard from today in

2761
01:18:25,674 --> 01:18:25,830
public comment and we

2762
01:18:25,830 --> 01:18:27,750
ve

2763
01:18:27,750 --> 01:18:28,811
received a letter, are not

2764
01:18:28,811 --> 01:18:30,112
being biased in some way. If

2765
01:18:30,112 --> 01:18:32,515
they are also applying for

2766
01:18:32,515 --> 01:18:34,350
positions within dhs. So can

2767
01:18:34,350 --> 01:18:36,510
you confirm for us or assure

2768
01:18:36,510 --> 01:18:37,820
for us that that is not

2769
01:18:37,820 --> 01:18:39,588
filtering in to the analysis of

2770
01:18:39,588 --> 01:18:41,190
who gets a first round of

2771
01:18:41,190 --> 01:18:43,258
interviews? And for us to be

2772
01:18:43,258 --> 01:18:44,659
sure that that continuity is

2773
01:18:44,659 --> 01:18:44,827
preserved? I think that

2774
01:18:44,827 --> 01:18:46,128
s a

2775
01:18:46,128 --> 01:18:47,763
really critical piece for the

2776
01:18:47,763 --> 01:18:50,232
community to know that we are

2777
01:18:50,232 --> 01:18:51,634
trying to maintain a network,

2778
01:18:51,634 --> 01:18:52,935
even if it is not within the

2779
01:18:52,935 --> 01:18:54,935
existing system.

2780
01:18:55,203 --> 01:18:56,972
In the most simplest terms,

2781
01:18:56,972 --> 01:18:59,141
yes, we are going to make sure

2782
01:18:59,141 --> 01:19:00,776
that folks are not biased at

2783
01:19:00,776 --> 01:19:02,577
all. We recognize that the

2784
01:19:02,577 --> 01:19:04,513
staff at Kcra do hard work

2785
01:19:04,513 --> 01:19:05,680
every day. Many of them were

2786
01:19:05,680 --> 01:19:06,815
colleagues of mine when I was a

2787
01:19:06,815 --> 01:19:08,216
case manager in the field,

2788
01:19:08,216 --> 01:19:10,352
housing individuals in this

2789
01:19:10,352 --> 01:19:10,519
county myself. We are going to

2790
01:19:10,519 --> 01:19:11,253
we

2791
01:19:11,253 --> 01:19:12,588
re going to hold a

2792
01:19:12,588 --> 01:19:12,788
competitive hiring process

2793
01:19:12,788 --> 01:19:13,756
that

2794
01:19:13,756 --> 01:19:16,625
s in alignment with our

2795
01:19:16,625 --> 01:19:18,827
agreement with Pro Tech 17. We

2796
01:19:18,827 --> 01:19:19,861
also expect current cra

2797
01:19:19,861 --> 01:19:20,962
employees who are interested in

2798
01:19:20,962 --> 01:19:22,464
King County employment or

2799
01:19:22,464 --> 01:19:23,866
frankly, for employment at the

2800
01:19:23,866 --> 01:19:25,000
city of Seattle to be very

2801
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:26,135
competitive because, frankly,

2802
01:19:26,135 --> 01:19:26,635
they have experience doing the

2803
01:19:26,635 --> 01:19:27,169
very work that we

2804
01:19:27,169 --> 01:19:27,669
re seeking to

2805
01:19:27,669 --> 01:19:29,669
do.

2806
01:19:30,500 --> 01:19:32,708
Okay. Thank you. Um, and then

2807
01:19:32,708 --> 01:19:35,510
as we know as well, um, dhs and

2808
01:19:35,510 --> 01:19:38,347
Kcra, both entities have been,

2809
01:19:38,347 --> 01:19:40,150
um, found to have had slow

2810
01:19:40,150 --> 01:19:40,882
execution of contracts or

2811
01:19:40,882 --> 01:19:41,380
making payments. Right. That

2812
01:19:41,380 --> 01:19:42,284
s

2813
01:19:42,284 --> 01:19:42,585
not unique to Kcra. It

2814
01:19:42,585 --> 01:19:43,619
s an

2815
01:19:43,619 --> 01:19:44,920
issue that I know this new

2816
01:19:44,920 --> 01:19:47,320
executive is actively working

2817
01:19:47,889 --> 01:19:48,623
on at dhs, but I

2818
01:19:48,623 --> 01:19:50,623
m concerned

2819
01:19:50,826 --> 01:19:52,661
about additional capacity, um,

2820
01:19:52,661 --> 01:19:54,630
being taken on before those

2821
01:19:54,630 --> 01:19:57,630
staff members are trained up.

2822
01:19:57,990 --> 01:19:58,867
So can you remind us what is

2823
01:19:58,867 --> 01:20:00,870
actively happening right now to

2824
01:20:00,870 --> 01:20:03,270
remediate the existing issues

2825
01:20:03,638 --> 01:20:05,907
at dhs? And in regards to

2826
01:20:05,907 --> 01:20:08,760
payment of contracts on time?

2827
01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:10,112
Um, because we do get a lot of

2828
01:20:10,112 --> 01:20:11,647
emails lately, I think coming

2829
01:20:11,647 --> 01:20:13,649
from a place of wanting to make

2830
01:20:13,649 --> 01:20:15,851
sure that every t is crossed,

2831
01:20:15,851 --> 01:20:17,986
every eye is dotted, but

2832
01:20:17,986 --> 01:20:20,386
sometimes that triple checking

2833
01:20:20,589 --> 01:20:22,591
almost, um, more than that, I

2834
01:20:22,591 --> 01:20:24,192
heard one from one contractor

2835
01:20:24,192 --> 01:20:25,127
last month that there was six

2836
01:20:25,127 --> 01:20:26,762
different reports that they

2837
01:20:26,762 --> 01:20:28,597
were asked to fulfill in one

2838
01:20:28,597 --> 01:20:28,931
time, one month time frame, and

2839
01:20:28,931 --> 01:20:29,498
all of that

2840
01:20:29,498 --> 01:20:30,999
s leading to

2841
01:20:30,999 --> 01:20:32,330
delayed payments for existing

2842
01:20:32,330 --> 01:20:34,403
contractors. So can you talk

2843
01:20:34,403 --> 01:20:35,371
about building capacity as you

2844
01:20:35,371 --> 01:20:36,705
try to onboard additional

2845
01:20:36,705 --> 01:20:37,406
people and take on additional

2846
01:20:37,406 --> 01:20:39,406
work?

2847
01:20:39,941 --> 01:20:41,310
Yeah, I can start. So, yes, um,

2848
01:20:41,310 --> 01:20:43,512
part of our effort is to bring

2849
01:20:43,512 --> 01:20:44,446
in this capacity early of I

2850
01:20:44,446 --> 01:20:45,810
noted earlier, we

2851
01:20:45,810 --> 01:20:46,248
ve hired an

2852
01:20:46,248 --> 01:20:47,482
hr specialist who can just

2853
01:20:47,482 --> 01:20:48,850
focus on hiring and bringing

2854
01:20:48,850 --> 01:20:50,352
staff on board. This will

2855
01:20:50,352 --> 01:20:52,621
provide critical time for folks

2856
01:20:52,621 --> 01:20:53,755
to be trained properly, receive

2857
01:20:53,755 --> 01:20:55,357
updated fraud prevention

2858
01:20:55,357 --> 01:20:57,225
training to ensure that staff

2859
01:20:57,225 --> 01:20:58,928
are ready to go. Not into

2860
01:20:58,928 --> 01:21:00,896
JANUARY or to summer, but much

2861
01:21:00,896 --> 01:21:03,232
earlier than that. Second, the

2862
01:21:03,232 --> 01:21:05,501
team that this work is going to

2863
01:21:05,501 --> 01:21:07,602
is very experienced with this

2864
01:21:07,602 --> 01:21:09,805
work. Many of them worked for

2865
01:21:09,805 --> 01:21:12,700
King County and work with these

2866
01:21:12,700 --> 01:21:12,220
contractors. Uh, the contracts

2867
01:21:12,220 --> 01:21:14,143
we

2868
01:21:14,143 --> 01:21:14,342
re talking about prior to.

2869
01:21:14,342 --> 01:21:15,911
Kcrw

2870
01:21:15,911 --> 01:21:17,146
s, uh, you know,

2871
01:21:17,146 --> 01:21:17,813
formation. So we

2872
01:21:17,813 --> 01:21:18,547
re working

2873
01:21:18,547 --> 01:21:18,813
hard to make sure that it

2874
01:21:18,813 --> 01:21:20,616
s a

2875
01:21:20,616 --> 01:21:20,782
smooth process as possible.

2876
01:21:20,782 --> 01:21:22,351
We

2877
01:21:22,351 --> 01:21:22,518
re starting this work early.

2878
01:21:22,518 --> 01:21:23,252
We

2879
01:21:23,252 --> 01:21:24,452
re engaging in a lot of

2880
01:21:24,452 --> 01:21:26,540
conversations with the folks

2881
01:21:26,540 --> 01:21:27,256
that we will ultimately have

2882
01:21:27,256 --> 01:21:27,956
contracts with. I

2883
01:21:27,956 --> 01:21:29,124
m also happy

2884
01:21:29,124 --> 01:21:29,825
to say that we

2885
01:21:29,825 --> 01:21:31,293
ve looked at

2886
01:21:31,293 --> 01:21:31,458
every individual contract. It

2887
01:21:31,458 --> 01:21:33,228
s

2888
01:21:33,228 --> 01:21:35,263
really only about 10% of the

2889
01:21:35,263 --> 01:21:35,531
contracts and totals about ten

2890
01:21:35,531 --> 01:21:36,531
we don

2891
01:21:36,531 --> 01:21:38,100
t have an existing

2892
01:21:38,100 --> 01:21:38,275
business relationship with. So

2893
01:21:38,275 --> 01:21:39,301
we

2894
01:21:39,301 --> 01:21:40,201
re in conducting some early

2895
01:21:40,201 --> 01:21:41,103
outreach to make sure that

2896
01:21:41,103 --> 01:21:41,937
those folks are ready to

2897
01:21:41,937 --> 01:21:42,905
conduct business with the

2898
01:21:42,905 --> 01:21:43,372
county.

2899
01:21:43,372 --> 01:21:44,773
Great.

2900
01:21:44,773 --> 01:21:46,608
And maybe just the last

2901
01:21:46,608 --> 01:21:48,310
comment, if I MAY, and thank

2902
01:21:48,310 --> 01:21:51,310
you. I was, um, listening

2903
01:21:51,880 --> 01:21:53,682
intently on the zoom as I was

2904
01:21:53,682 --> 01:21:56,685
on the way here, but I wanted

2905
01:21:56,685 --> 01:21:57,719
to just underscore for maybe

2906
01:21:57,719 --> 01:21:59,210
members of the public that are

2907
01:21:59,210 --> 01:21:59,220
listening. Um, I think there

2908
01:21:59,220 --> 01:22:00,722
s

2909
01:22:00,722 --> 01:22:01,824
shared frustration between the

2910
01:22:01,824 --> 01:22:03,580
executive branch and the

2911
01:22:03,580 --> 01:22:04,626
legislative branch, shared

2912
01:22:04,626 --> 01:22:06,394
frustration amongst colleagues

2913
01:22:06,394 --> 01:22:06,562
here on the council with where

2914
01:22:06,562 --> 01:22:08,300
we

2915
01:22:08,300 --> 01:22:09,231
re at right now with Kcra.

2916
01:22:09,231 --> 01:22:09,414
But I do want to make sure that

2917
01:22:09,414 --> 01:22:11,660
we

2918
01:22:11,660 --> 01:22:12,434
re not conflating the

2919
01:22:12,434 --> 01:22:13,235
agency. The King County

2920
01:22:13,235 --> 01:22:15,360
Regional Homelessness

2921
01:22:15,360 --> 01:22:16,405
Authority, specifically with

2922
01:22:16,405 --> 01:22:18,207
the decades long proven

2923
01:22:18,207 --> 01:22:20,409
practices of Housing First

2924
01:22:20,409 --> 01:22:22,477
policies, housing first is a

2925
01:22:22,477 --> 01:22:24,613
national standard, and it is a

2926
01:22:24,613 --> 01:22:25,748
proven, evidence based policy,

2927
01:22:25,748 --> 01:22:27,950
contrary to what the federal

2928
01:22:27,950 --> 01:22:30,350
administration is trying to

2929
01:22:30,819 --> 01:22:32,254
assume or impugn through their

2930
01:22:32,254 --> 01:22:33,489
continuum of care contracts and

2931
01:22:33,489 --> 01:22:35,240
their nova process and the

2932
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:36,225
language that they use. Housing

2933
01:22:36,225 --> 01:22:38,360
first is an approach in our

2934
01:22:38,360 --> 01:22:39,761
region that has been something,

2935
01:22:39,761 --> 01:22:41,697
a point of pride for a very

2936
01:22:41,697 --> 01:22:42,798
long time. And this is true

2937
01:22:42,798 --> 01:22:44,330
even before the King County

2938
01:22:44,330 --> 01:22:46,330
Regional Homelessness Authority

2939
01:22:46,134 --> 01:22:47,369
was created. I give you some

2940
01:22:47,369 --> 01:22:48,837
examples of evidence of the

2941
01:22:48,837 --> 01:22:50,505
Housing First policy showing

2942
01:22:50,505 --> 01:22:51,840
higher retention rates. Studies

2943
01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:52,975
cited by the National Alliance

2944
01:22:52,975 --> 01:22:55,760
to End Homelessness showed that

2945
01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:56,878
over 80% of individuals with

2946
01:22:56,878 --> 01:22:58,480
complex needs remained housed

2947
01:22:58,480 --> 01:22:59,948
after a year. This is much

2948
01:22:59,948 --> 01:23:02,348
higher than other intervention

2949
01:23:02,951 --> 01:23:04,687
strategies. 88% of reduction.

2950
01:23:04,687 --> 01:23:06,880
There was an 88% reduction in

2951
01:23:06,880 --> 01:23:07,522
homelessness among individuals

2952
01:23:07,522 --> 01:23:09,257
experiencing homelessness,

2953
01:23:09,257 --> 01:23:10,459
according to a comprehensive

2954
01:23:10,459 --> 01:23:11,994
United States Department of

2955
01:23:11,994 --> 01:23:13,762
Housing and Urban Development

2956
01:23:13,762 --> 01:23:14,896
analysis that reviewed 26

2957
01:23:14,896 --> 01:23:16,532
separate studies. And they

2958
01:23:16,532 --> 01:23:18,134
found that utilizing Housing

2959
01:23:18,134 --> 01:23:19,334
First approach decreased

2960
01:23:19,334 --> 01:23:21,370
overall time spent in

2961
01:23:21,370 --> 01:23:22,670
homelessness by 88% and

2962
01:23:22,670 --> 01:23:25,700
increased general housing by

2963
01:23:25,174 --> 01:23:26,975
41%. That is unparalleled in

2964
01:23:26,975 --> 01:23:28,810
other strategies. Stability,

2965
01:23:28,810 --> 01:23:31,210
Foundation. They provide a

2966
01:23:31,379 --> 01:23:33,181
stability for getting into

2967
01:23:33,181 --> 01:23:34,216
homelessness. According to us,

2968
01:23:34,216 --> 01:23:35,317
out of homelessness. According

2969
01:23:35,317 --> 01:23:36,485
to the National Low Income

2970
01:23:36,485 --> 01:23:38,485
Housing Coalition, which

2971
01:23:38,486 --> 01:23:39,888
confirmed that stable housing

2972
01:23:39,888 --> 01:23:41,657
through Housing First provides

2973
01:23:41,657 --> 01:23:44,570
a necessary foundation for

2974
01:23:44,226 --> 01:23:46,940
personal recovery and accessing

2975
01:23:46,940 --> 01:23:47,796
health services. I think that

2976
01:23:47,796 --> 01:23:49,631
there is a really important

2977
01:23:49,631 --> 01:23:51,967
data point around veterans. We

2978
01:23:51,967 --> 01:23:54,967
saw a 55% drop in veteran

2979
01:23:57,539 --> 01:23:59,275
homelessness between 2009 and

2980
01:23:59,275 --> 01:24:01,430
2022. The federal government

2981
01:24:01,430 --> 01:24:01,643
paired Housing First principles

2982
01:24:01,643 --> 01:24:03,379
with the hud

2983
01:24:03,379 --> 01:24:05,379
s Vash voucher

2984
01:24:05,447 --> 01:24:06,449
program, resulting in a 55%

2985
01:24:06,449 --> 01:24:08,449
reduction in veteran

2986
01:24:08,617 --> 01:24:10,352
homelessness. The list goes on.

2987
01:24:10,352 --> 01:24:10,518
I will spare you in the moment.

2988
01:24:10,518 --> 01:24:12,287
I

2989
01:24:12,287 --> 01:24:13,355
m happy to provide this to

2990
01:24:13,355 --> 01:24:14,356
members of the public and my

2991
01:24:14,356 --> 01:24:15,857
colleagues and the executive

2992
01:24:15,857 --> 01:24:16,725
branch as well, but I want to

2993
01:24:16,725 --> 01:24:17,759
make sure that we don

2994
01:24:17,759 --> 01:24:19,759
t, in the

2995
01:24:20,229 --> 01:24:22,431
analysis of how we transition

2996
01:24:22,431 --> 01:24:24,767
away from Kcra in its current

2997
01:24:24,767 --> 01:24:27,135
form to bringing more contracts

2998
01:24:27,135 --> 01:24:28,470
into the King County family and

2999
01:24:28,470 --> 01:24:30,470
shared responsibility with

3000
01:24:30,472 --> 01:24:31,673
other city jurisdictions, not

3001
01:24:31,673 --> 01:24:33,108
just Seattle, but with other

3002
01:24:33,108 --> 01:24:33,542
city jurisdictions. I want to

3003
01:24:33,542 --> 01:24:33,842
make sure that we

3004
01:24:33,842 --> 01:24:35,780
re not

3005
01:24:35,780 --> 01:24:36,679
conflating the rise in

3006
01:24:36,679 --> 01:24:39,140
homelessness with the failure

3007
01:24:39,140 --> 01:24:40,215
of, um, a policy that has

3008
01:24:40,215 --> 01:24:42,160
actually been proven. Housing

3009
01:24:42,160 --> 01:24:43,285
first is absolutely an

3010
01:24:43,285 --> 01:24:45,187
appropriate policy that has

3011
01:24:45,187 --> 01:24:47,550
decades long data behind it,

3012
01:24:47,550 --> 01:24:48,590
and our region needs to, I

3013
01:24:48,590 --> 01:24:50,194
think, look at every evidence

3014
01:24:50,194 --> 01:24:50,392
based strategy, especially when

3015
01:24:50,392 --> 01:24:52,160
there

3016
01:24:52,160 --> 01:24:54,160
s compounding tragedies

3017
01:24:54,196 --> 01:24:55,130
of the opioid crisis, rising

3018
01:24:55,130 --> 01:24:57,980
costs for housing in our

3019
01:24:57,980 --> 01:24:58,767
region, and the need for us to

3020
01:24:58,767 --> 01:24:59,670
provide that stability compared

3021
01:24:59,670 --> 01:24:59,734
to what we

3022
01:24:59,734 --> 01:25:02,300
re seeing at the

3023
01:25:02,300 --> 01:25:03,339
federal level. I thank you for

3024
01:25:03,339 --> 01:25:04,773
hearing those statistics,

3025
01:25:04,773 --> 01:25:05,440
because I think that there

3026
01:25:05,440 --> 01:25:07,440
s

3027
01:25:07,609 --> 01:25:09,344
shared and understandable

3028
01:25:09,344 --> 01:25:12,344
frustration with Kcra. And as

3029
01:25:12,747 --> 01:25:14,983
we seek to try to mitigate for

3030
01:25:14,983 --> 01:25:17,585
the problems that we see at

3031
01:25:17,585 --> 01:25:19,288
Kcra, we do need to remain

3032
01:25:19,288 --> 01:25:21,890
focused on what has worked. And

3033
01:25:21,890 --> 01:25:22,624
for me and for the statistics

3034
01:25:22,624 --> 01:25:25,360
that our team has looked at and

3035
01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:26,361
for the nation, including in

3036
01:25:26,361 --> 01:25:28,300
the previous administration,

3037
01:25:28,300 --> 01:25:29,331
previous administrations

3038
01:25:29,331 --> 01:25:31,433
through hud, they point to

3039
01:25:31,433 --> 01:25:32,868
Housing First as a proven

3040
01:25:32,868 --> 01:25:34,200
strategy to get folks out of

3041
01:25:34,200 --> 01:25:35,203
homelessness. So much more to

3042
01:25:35,203 --> 01:25:36,471
do in terms of investment in

3043
01:25:36,471 --> 01:25:36,838
that area, but just want to

3044
01:25:36,838 --> 01:25:37,639
make sure that

3045
01:25:37,639 --> 01:25:39,639
s not being

3046
01:25:39,808 --> 01:25:41,443
conflated.

3047
01:25:41,443 --> 01:25:43,443
Thank you. Councilmember

3048
01:25:44,512 --> 01:25:46,515
Mosqueda. Um, let me close out

3049
01:25:46,515 --> 01:25:47,816
this section and before I call,

3050
01:25:47,816 --> 01:25:48,951
uh, case leadership, since we

3051
01:25:48,951 --> 01:25:50,486
had questions about the

3052
01:25:50,486 --> 01:25:51,386
financial situation, I want to

3053
01:25:51,386 --> 01:25:52,321
give them an opportunity to

3054
01:25:52,321 --> 01:25:53,355
provide an update on the

3055
01:25:53,355 --> 01:25:55,390
corrective action plan. But

3056
01:25:55,390 --> 01:25:56,391
just as we close this section,

3057
01:25:56,391 --> 01:25:58,193
uh, first of all, I want to

3058
01:25:58,193 --> 01:26:01,193
thank the executive for, uh,

3059
01:26:01,463 --> 01:26:03,310
for their work on the report. I

3060
01:26:03,310 --> 01:26:04,433
understand that part of it is

3061
01:26:04,433 --> 01:26:05,434
incomplete in a sense, because

3062
01:26:05,434 --> 01:26:07,100
I think some of the questions

3063
01:26:07,100 --> 01:26:08,437
that we asked, I think your

3064
01:26:08,437 --> 01:26:10,239
response is we need more time

3065
01:26:10,239 --> 01:26:11,340
and engagement to be able to

3066
01:26:11,340 --> 01:26:12,707
tackle them. And I appreciate

3067
01:26:12,707 --> 01:26:13,909
that. And I, I, I think

3068
01:26:13,909 --> 01:26:14,676
ultimately I agree with that.

3069
01:26:14,676 --> 01:26:16,770
And I think one of the things

3070
01:26:16,770 --> 01:26:18,800
that I would highlight is I saw

3071
01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:20,549
a pretty, you know, what I

3072
01:26:20,549 --> 01:26:22,884
would consider deliberate, uh,

3073
01:26:22,884 --> 01:26:24,887
but tight timeline through

3074
01:26:24,887 --> 01:26:25,921
first quarter of 2027 to be

3075
01:26:25,921 --> 01:26:26,288
able to make those decisions.

3076
01:26:26,288 --> 01:26:27,322
So I don

3077
01:26:27,322 --> 01:26:29,900
t see this as an

3078
01:26:29,900 --> 01:26:30,526
indefinite, um, trying to

3079
01:26:30,526 --> 01:26:32,160
balance the engagement that you

3080
01:26:32,160 --> 01:26:33,662
want to have. I also think that

3081
01:26:33,662 --> 01:26:34,129
we need to be very careful with

3082
01:26:34,129 --> 01:26:34,463
the fact that we

3083
01:26:34,463 --> 01:26:35,697
re in the

3084
01:26:35,697 --> 01:26:36,865
middle of a federal application

3085
01:26:36,865 --> 01:26:38,900
process with the continuum of

3086
01:26:38,900 --> 01:26:39,601
care. And I think, I think one

3087
01:26:39,601 --> 01:26:42,104
of the, you know, one of the

3088
01:26:42,104 --> 01:26:43,405
guiding principles, I would

3089
01:26:43,405 --> 01:26:44,380
describe it as do no harm,

3090
01:26:44,380 --> 01:26:45,607
which means don

3091
01:26:45,607 --> 01:26:47,408
t make the

3092
01:26:47,408 --> 01:26:48,610
situation worse. And I think

3093
01:26:48,610 --> 01:26:49,511
the loss of federal funding

3094
01:26:49,511 --> 01:26:50,612
would be something that would

3095
01:26:50,612 --> 01:26:51,613
certainly make the situation

3096
01:26:51,613 --> 01:26:53,148
worse. And so I think we need

3097
01:26:53,148 --> 01:26:54,249
to be careful about taking

3098
01:26:54,249 --> 01:26:55,383
actions that might undermine

3099
01:26:55,383 --> 01:26:56,484
our ability to be able to be

3100
01:26:56,484 --> 01:26:58,190
competitive for that federal

3101
01:26:58,190 --> 01:26:59,187
funding. And I think the steps,

3102
01:26:59,187 --> 01:27:01,190
you know, if our federal

3103
01:27:01,190 --> 01:27:02,157
partners are listening, we are,

3104
01:27:02,157 --> 01:27:02,324
you know, taking, you know,

3105
01:27:02,324 --> 01:27:03,692
we

3106
01:27:03,692 --> 01:27:05,930
re not taking status quo. We

3107
01:27:05,930 --> 01:27:06,161
are taking steps to be able to

3108
01:27:06,161 --> 01:27:09,970
address the issues that have

3109
01:27:09,970 --> 01:27:11,833
been found. Uh, but we are

3110
01:27:11,833 --> 01:27:14,233
continuing to have considered

3111
01:27:14,269 --> 01:27:16,380
to be the applicant for the

3112
01:27:16,380 --> 01:27:17,439
cycle until we make decisions

3113
01:27:17,439 --> 01:27:18,473
as to whether we, as a region,

3114
01:27:18,473 --> 01:27:19,942
want to take a different

3115
01:27:19,942 --> 01:27:22,411
approach. At least, you know,

3116
01:27:22,411 --> 01:27:25,613
at this moment. Uh, so I, I

3117
01:27:25,613 --> 01:27:26,649
support that that approach. And

3118
01:27:26,649 --> 01:27:27,449
I think, you know, I don

3119
01:27:27,449 --> 01:27:28,830
t want

3120
01:27:28,830 --> 01:27:28,683
to like I think there

3121
01:27:28,683 --> 01:27:29,918
s going

3122
01:27:29,918 --> 01:27:31,453
to be further conversations

3123
01:27:31,453 --> 01:27:32,588
into the policy debate that we

3124
01:27:32,588 --> 01:27:33,255
sit here. But I just wanted to

3125
01:27:33,255 --> 01:27:36,124
sort of state my own

3126
01:27:36,124 --> 01:27:37,292
perspective on, on this. Um, I,

3127
01:27:37,292 --> 01:27:38,393
I think there

3128
01:27:38,393 --> 01:27:39,361
s broad agreement

3129
01:27:39,361 --> 01:27:40,295
here, I think, from both

3130
01:27:40,295 --> 01:27:41,396
executive and legislative

3131
01:27:41,396 --> 01:27:43,132
branches, that the current

3132
01:27:43,132 --> 01:27:45,100
status quo is not acceptable.

3133
01:27:45,100 --> 01:27:46,167
Right. I think the numbers that

3134
01:27:46,167 --> 01:27:48,167
Councilmember Dembowski

3135
01:27:48,370 --> 01:27:50,105
highlighted are not are not

3136
01:27:50,105 --> 01:27:51,139
good. Uh, I think we owe to

3137
01:27:51,139 --> 01:27:53,108
people who are unhoused in our

3138
01:27:53,108 --> 01:27:55,577
region to, to, you know, work

3139
01:27:55,577 --> 01:27:56,778
to identify the best structure

3140
01:27:56,778 --> 01:27:58,880
and the best policy that we

3141
01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:00,448
can. And we should be open to,

3142
01:28:00,448 --> 01:28:00,716
you know, thinking about this

3143
01:28:00,716 --> 01:28:02,170
and what

3144
01:28:02,170 --> 01:28:03,840
s working my own

3145
01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:04,152
perspective. I agree with

3146
01:28:04,152 --> 01:28:05,620
Councilmember Mosqueda that I

3147
01:28:05,620 --> 01:28:07,423
think Housing First is and is a

3148
01:28:07,423 --> 01:28:09,424
model that has been shown to be

3149
01:28:09,424 --> 01:28:10,659
effective. The problem is that

3150
01:28:10,659 --> 01:28:12,160
the, you know, as the model

3151
01:28:12,160 --> 01:28:12,961
suggests, that housing is the

3152
01:28:12,961 --> 01:28:13,395
key part, and that

3153
01:28:13,395 --> 01:28:13,628
s the part

3154
01:28:13,628 --> 01:28:14,596
that we

3155
01:28:14,596 --> 01:28:16,996
re missing in our

3156
01:28:17,499 --> 01:28:18,300
community. And I think

3157
01:28:18,300 --> 01:28:19,100
appreciate, you know,

3158
01:28:19,100 --> 01:28:20,368
Councilmember Dunn your

3159
01:28:20,368 --> 01:28:21,436
perspective about potentially

3160
01:28:21,436 --> 01:28:22,504
trying different approaches. I

3161
01:28:22,504 --> 01:28:22,871
think the challenge we

3162
01:28:22,871 --> 01:28:23,604
ve been

3163
01:28:23,604 --> 01:28:25,730
dealing with this, with the

3164
01:28:25,730 --> 01:28:26,141
with the federal funding is

3165
01:28:26,141 --> 01:28:27,442
that, you know, there are

3166
01:28:27,442 --> 01:28:29,244
people who are housed with our

3167
01:28:29,244 --> 01:28:31,279
current set of resources. And

3168
01:28:31,279 --> 01:28:33,480
so if we shift resources, as

3169
01:28:33,480 --> 01:28:36,251
the feds are wanting to do in

3170
01:28:36,251 --> 01:28:37,686
other areas without, that

3171
01:28:37,686 --> 01:28:37,919
creates a gap in housing. And

3172
01:28:37,919 --> 01:28:38,920
so that

3173
01:28:38,920 --> 01:28:40,622
s my concern about

3174
01:28:40,622 --> 01:28:41,757
being, you know, sudden in

3175
01:28:41,757 --> 01:28:43,570
terms of pulling resources

3176
01:28:43,570 --> 01:28:44,292
away. If we had a whole

3177
01:28:44,292 --> 01:28:45,126
additional set of resources, we

3178
01:28:45,126 --> 01:28:46,494
could have the conversation to

3179
01:28:46,494 --> 01:28:47,528
have. As it gets allocated, we

3180
01:28:47,528 --> 01:28:48,597
MAY need to have a conversation

3181
01:28:48,597 --> 01:28:49,331
as to how the current set of

3182
01:28:49,331 --> 01:28:50,231
resources needs to be

3183
01:28:50,231 --> 01:28:51,934
allocated, but we just need to

3184
01:28:51,934 --> 01:28:52,101
be very careful, because what I

3185
01:28:52,101 --> 01:28:53,435
don

3186
01:28:53,435 --> 01:28:54,702
t want to do is to lead to

3187
01:28:54,702 --> 01:28:55,870
a situation where those numbers

3188
01:28:55,870 --> 01:28:56,720
actually skyrocket, because

3189
01:28:56,720 --> 01:28:57,380
we

3190
01:28:57,380 --> 01:28:58,139
re losing, uh, we

3191
01:28:58,139 --> 01:29:00,108
re losing,

3192
01:29:00,108 --> 01:29:02,508
uh, current, uh, services

3193
01:29:03,178 --> 01:29:04,579
capacity locally. Um, so, uh, I

3194
01:29:04,579 --> 01:29:06,810
appreciate the work. I think I

3195
01:29:06,810 --> 01:29:08,250
consider this to be a, you

3196
01:29:08,250 --> 01:29:10,180
know, uh, not an end of a

3197
01:29:10,180 --> 01:29:11,486
conversation. But, uh, as the

3198
01:29:11,486 --> 01:29:13,540
executive noted, and engagement

3199
01:29:13,540 --> 01:29:15,623
over the next few months to

3200
01:29:15,623 --> 01:29:16,458
find a final answer, at least

3201
01:29:16,458 --> 01:29:16,614
from my perspective, I don

3202
01:29:16,614 --> 01:29:16,858
t

3203
01:29:16,858 --> 01:29:17,359
think I

3204
01:29:17,359 --> 01:29:17,926
m speaking for the

3205
01:29:17,926 --> 01:29:18,326
whole council. I

3206
01:29:18,326 --> 01:29:19,127
m just saying

3207
01:29:19,127 --> 01:29:19,461
from my perspective, that

3208
01:29:19,461 --> 01:29:21,461
s how

3209
01:29:22,631 --> 01:29:22,831
I heard the report. Uh, I think

3210
01:29:22,831 --> 01:29:24,666
there

3211
01:29:24,666 --> 01:29:26,268
s clearly some questions.

3212
01:29:26,268 --> 01:29:27,736
And so there was a motion that

3213
01:29:27,736 --> 01:29:29,700
the executive sent over with

3214
01:29:29,700 --> 01:29:29,243
this to accept the report, and

3215
01:29:29,243 --> 01:29:30,305
i

3216
01:29:30,305 --> 01:29:32,173
m going to put that on hold

3217
01:29:32,173 --> 01:29:33,308
unless I hear strong commitment

3218
01:29:33,308 --> 01:29:34,375
to that, just because I feel

3219
01:29:34,375 --> 01:29:35,443
like there are some questions

3220
01:29:35,443 --> 01:29:37,780
that people still have about

3221
01:29:37,780 --> 01:29:38,414
the financial picture and, and

3222
01:29:38,414 --> 01:29:38,602
some of the policy issues. So

3223
01:29:38,602 --> 01:29:39,347
we

3224
01:29:39,347 --> 01:29:41,383
re not going to take action

3225
01:29:41,383 --> 01:29:42,717
on that item. But I do want to

3226
01:29:42,717 --> 01:29:44,119
acknowledge the work that was

3227
01:29:44,119 --> 01:29:45,888
done by the executive. And in

3228
01:29:45,888 --> 01:29:46,821
completing that report,

3229
01:29:46,821 --> 01:29:47,822
colleagues and, Lois, we have

3230
01:29:47,822 --> 01:29:48,323
any questions for executive

3231
01:29:48,323 --> 01:29:48,623
staff right now? I

3232
01:29:48,623 --> 01:29:49,891
m going to

3233
01:29:49,891 --> 01:29:50,825
invite Kcra leadership to

3234
01:29:50,825 --> 01:29:53,261
provide an update on the

3235
01:29:53,261 --> 01:29:54,696
corrective action plan. Um, and

3236
01:29:54,696 --> 01:29:55,764
I see some notes on that

3237
01:29:55,764 --> 01:29:58,666
direction. So thank you very

3238
01:29:58,666 --> 01:30:00,836
much to our executive team. Uh,

3239
01:30:00,836 --> 01:30:00,995
for the work on this. And I

3240
01:30:00,995 --> 01:30:02,638
m

3241
01:30:02,638 --> 01:30:03,204
going to invite Doctor Kelly

3242
01:30:03,204 --> 01:30:04,339
Kinnison, who

3243
01:30:04,339 --> 01:30:05,807
s the ceo of

3244
01:30:05,807 --> 01:30:06,441
cascara chair, as well as

3245
01:30:06,441 --> 01:30:06,908
William Todd, who

3246
01:30:06,908 --> 01:30:08,908
s the

3247
01:30:09,577 --> 01:30:10,611
associate deputy for strategy

3248
01:30:10,611 --> 01:30:10,772
of Sierra Che. And they

3249
01:30:10,772 --> 01:30:11,913
re

3250
01:30:11,913 --> 01:30:14,549
going to be providing an update

3251
01:30:14,549 --> 01:30:15,717
on the corrective action plan,

3252
01:30:15,717 --> 01:30:16,185
uh, as well as any other

3253
01:30:16,185 --> 01:30:16,485
updates that you

3254
01:30:16,485 --> 01:30:18,485
d like to

3255
01:30:21,323 --> 01:30:23,323
provide. Thank you.

3256
01:30:23,458 --> 01:30:25,858
I thought I turned.

3257
01:30:25,994 --> 01:30:27,462
Thank you, Chair Barone, for

3258
01:30:27,462 --> 01:30:29,264
inviting us to give this

3259
01:30:29,264 --> 01:30:31,232
update. Um. Thank you. Members

3260
01:30:31,232 --> 01:30:33,301
of council, um, and the public

3261
01:30:33,301 --> 01:30:35,203
who are listening, uh, just

3262
01:30:35,203 --> 01:30:37,603
brief background. As folks

3263
01:30:37,906 --> 01:30:40,542
know, I arrived in AUGUST of

3264
01:30:40,542 --> 01:30:42,477
2024 to a greatly imperiled

3265
01:30:42,477 --> 01:30:44,450
agency that had been without

3266
01:30:44,450 --> 01:30:45,813
permanent leadership in many of

3267
01:30:45,813 --> 01:30:46,314
our departments for a year or

3268
01:30:46,314 --> 01:30:47,115
more. I

3269
01:30:47,115 --> 01:30:48,816
ve worked closely with

3270
01:30:48,816 --> 01:30:50,586
the governing board and city

3271
01:30:50,586 --> 01:30:53,586
and county partners to address

3272
01:30:53,654 --> 01:30:55,858
many aspects of kcr operations.

3273
01:30:55,858 --> 01:30:57,259
And thanks to our very talented

3274
01:30:57,259 --> 01:30:57,760
staff at Kcra, we

3275
01:30:57,760 --> 01:30:59,940
ve made a

3276
01:30:59,940 --> 01:31:01,529
number of improvements in the

3277
01:31:01,529 --> 01:31:03,732
system. Uh, for example, you

3278
01:31:03,732 --> 01:31:05,133
all saw in our 2026 pit count

3279
01:31:05,133 --> 01:31:06,902
that we saw for the first time

3280
01:31:06,902 --> 01:31:08,604
in many years, the rate of

3281
01:31:08,604 --> 01:31:11,500
growth of homelessness begin to

3282
01:31:11,500 --> 01:31:12,908
slow. Um, despite sort of

3283
01:31:12,908 --> 01:31:14,977
unabated key drivers of

3284
01:31:14,977 --> 01:31:17,377
homelessness in our region.

3285
01:31:17,412 --> 01:31:19,280
However, it became very clear,

3286
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:21,616
uh, early in my tenure, that

3287
01:31:21,616 --> 01:31:23,318
deep expertise was needed to

3288
01:31:23,318 --> 01:31:26,880
untangle what was going on in

3289
01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:29,880
our finances after, uh, 3 to 4

3290
01:31:29,491 --> 01:31:31,593
years of operations, a series

3291
01:31:31,593 --> 01:31:32,861
of operational missteps, um,

3292
01:31:32,861 --> 01:31:34,562
and the need to address our

3293
01:31:34,562 --> 01:31:36,562
underlying cost reimbursement

3294
01:31:36,898 --> 01:31:38,467
financial model. I worked with

3295
01:31:38,467 --> 01:31:40,535
the city and county to request

3296
01:31:40,535 --> 01:31:42,337
a forensic evaluation to bring

3297
01:31:42,337 --> 01:31:44,506
transparency to our financial

3298
01:31:44,506 --> 01:31:46,440
situation and create a path

3299
01:31:46,440 --> 01:31:48,109
forward for Kcra and our

3300
01:31:48,109 --> 01:31:49,878
regional homeless response

3301
01:31:49,878 --> 01:31:52,180
system. Since receiving the

3302
01:31:52,180 --> 01:31:54,482
forensic evaluation in APRIL,

3303
01:31:54,482 --> 01:31:56,351
Casey has worked with urgency

3304
01:31:56,351 --> 01:31:58,860
to address issues. Surfaces

3305
01:31:58,860 --> 01:31:59,688
surfaced by the evaluation as

3306
01:31:59,688 --> 01:32:01,823
well as the longer term

3307
01:32:01,823 --> 01:32:04,223
structural issues within the

3308
01:32:04,626 --> 01:32:06,228
operations of Kcra. We also

3309
01:32:06,228 --> 01:32:08,229
recognize we did not have the

3310
01:32:08,229 --> 01:32:09,731
capacity or capability in our

3311
01:32:09,731 --> 01:32:11,633
finance department to do this

3312
01:32:11,633 --> 01:32:12,266
work, and requested embedded

3313
01:32:12,266 --> 01:32:13,702
support. We

3314
01:32:13,702 --> 01:32:15,137
re super grateful

3315
01:32:15,137 --> 01:32:16,438
to our city and county partners

3316
01:32:16,438 --> 01:32:17,972
for providing this support

3317
01:32:17,972 --> 01:32:19,274
through Turning Point Strategic

3318
01:32:19,274 --> 01:32:19,841
Advisors. Um, I

3319
01:32:19,841 --> 01:32:21,276
m going to turn

3320
01:32:21,276 --> 01:32:22,611
it over to William Towey to

3321
01:32:22,611 --> 01:32:24,580
provide you with an update on

3322
01:32:24,580 --> 01:32:26,581
our 90 day corrective action

3323
01:32:26,581 --> 01:32:28,950
plan and our work with Turning

3324
01:32:28,950 --> 01:32:29,851
Point Strategic Advisors, and

3325
01:32:29,851 --> 01:32:32,851
be happy to answer any

3326
01:32:34,856 --> 01:32:36,856
questions you have.

3327
01:32:37,459 --> 01:32:39,494
Thank you, Doctor Kennison,

3328
01:32:39,494 --> 01:32:40,695
chair, Council members. Good to

3329
01:32:40,695 --> 01:32:41,763
be back with you. I

3330
01:32:41,763 --> 01:32:43,763
m grateful

3331
01:32:43,765 --> 01:32:44,832
for the opportunity to be here

3332
01:32:44,832 --> 01:32:47,232
and share what we

3333
01:32:53,975 --> 01:32:55,743
re up to. I

3334
01:32:55,743 --> 01:32:58,743
wanted to provide a brief

3335
01:32:58,746 --> 01:33:01,820
update on where we are at with

3336
01:33:01,820 --> 01:33:02,584
the 90 day point. Here in the

3337
01:33:02,584 --> 01:33:04,984
case corrective action plan,

3338
01:33:05,153 --> 01:33:07,321
and particularly how that work

3339
01:33:07,321 --> 01:33:09,721
is now transitioning into

3340
01:33:10,250 --> 01:33:11,660
financial stabilization and

3341
01:33:11,660 --> 01:33:13,628
implementation work being led

3342
01:33:13,628 --> 01:33:16,164
by and with Turning Point

3343
01:33:16,164 --> 01:33:18,800
strategic partners at a high

3344
01:33:18,800 --> 01:33:21,169
level, the controls and

3345
01:33:21,169 --> 01:33:23,138
processes that strengthened

3346
01:33:23,138 --> 01:33:24,939
during the Cap period remain in

3347
01:33:24,939 --> 01:33:26,407
operation, and a number of the

3348
01:33:26,407 --> 01:33:28,407
original corrective action

3349
01:33:28,477 --> 01:33:31,113
items have now moved from

3350
01:33:31,113 --> 01:33:33,113
development into recurring

3351
01:33:33,248 --> 01:33:34,883
practice. The 90 day report

3352
01:33:34,883 --> 01:33:37,283
largely completes the initial

3353
01:33:40,489 --> 01:33:41,489
reporting cycle. Associated

3354
01:33:41,489 --> 01:33:42,924
with the corrective Action

3355
01:33:42,924 --> 01:33:45,930
Plan, but it does not represent

3356
01:33:45,930 --> 01:33:46,694
the end of the work. Turning

3357
01:33:46,694 --> 01:33:48,296
point has now completed its

3358
01:33:48,296 --> 01:33:50,331
initial assessment and is

3359
01:33:50,331 --> 01:33:52,000
embedded with our finance team

3360
01:33:52,000 --> 01:33:54,000
working directly on

3361
01:33:54,502 --> 01:33:56,710
Reconciliation monthly. Close

3362
01:33:56,710 --> 01:33:58,710
financial reporting, internal

3363
01:33:58,673 --> 01:33:59,975
controls and implementation. So

3364
01:33:59,975 --> 01:34:02,210
increasingly, the work that

3365
01:34:02,210 --> 01:34:04,112
began through the Cap is moving

3366
01:34:04,112 --> 01:34:06,112
into sustained implementation

3367
01:34:06,414 --> 01:34:07,915
and independent validation

3368
01:34:07,915 --> 01:34:09,784
through Turning Point. The

3369
01:34:09,784 --> 01:34:11,719
important distinction is that

3370
01:34:11,719 --> 01:34:13,722
while the formal 90 day cap

3371
01:34:13,722 --> 01:34:14,990
reporting cycle is concluding

3372
01:34:14,990 --> 01:34:16,990
the underlying financial

3373
01:34:17,759 --> 01:34:20,610
improvement work is continuing

3374
01:34:20,610 --> 01:34:21,896
and is increasingly being

3375
01:34:21,896 --> 01:34:22,697
incorporated into kcrw

3376
01:34:22,697 --> 01:34:24,697
s

3377
01:34:33,374 --> 01:34:35,374
ongoing financial operations.

3378
01:34:35,577 --> 01:34:37,345
One area where that work has

3379
01:34:37,345 --> 01:34:39,314
already materially improved our

3380
01:34:39,314 --> 01:34:41,314
understanding is the

3381
01:34:41,682 --> 01:34:43,184
approximately $8 million in

3382
01:34:43,184 --> 01:34:44,685
receivables identified in the

3383
01:34:44,685 --> 01:34:46,487
forensic evaluation is not

3384
01:34:46,487 --> 01:34:48,723
reconcilable. From the records

3385
01:34:48,723 --> 01:34:50,859
available at that time. Turning

3386
01:34:50,859 --> 01:34:51,927
Point has substantially

3387
01:34:51,927 --> 01:34:53,862
advanced the balance sheet

3388
01:34:53,862 --> 01:34:55,496
reconciliation and identified

3389
01:34:55,496 --> 01:34:57,310
historical accounting entries

3390
01:34:57,310 --> 01:34:59,134
and reporting differences that

3391
01:34:59,134 --> 01:35:00,869
help explain that balance. The

3392
01:35:00,869 --> 01:35:02,471
work is being validated against

3393
01:35:02,471 --> 01:35:04,839
funder records as the county

3394
01:35:04,839 --> 01:35:05,200
and city records, so I don

3395
01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:05,807
t

3396
01:35:05,807 --> 01:35:07,208
want to characterize the

3397
01:35:07,208 --> 01:35:08,977
original finding is completely

3398
01:35:08,977 --> 01:35:09,945
resolved, but our understanding

3399
01:35:09,945 --> 01:35:11,579
of that 8 million is

3400
01:35:11,579 --> 01:35:13,414
considerably better today than

3401
01:35:13,414 --> 01:35:15,717
it was when the forensic report

3402
01:35:15,717 --> 01:35:17,520
was issued. And at the time of

3403
01:35:17,520 --> 01:35:19,187
our last report to the

3404
01:35:19,187 --> 01:35:20,888
Committee of the whole, I also

3405
01:35:20,888 --> 01:35:23,910
want to be careful not to

3406
01:35:23,910 --> 01:35:24,759
override that result. The

3407
01:35:24,759 --> 01:35:26,361
original 8 million represented

3408
01:35:26,361 --> 01:35:28,330
a particular population

3409
01:35:28,330 --> 01:35:30,465
identified through the forensic

3410
01:35:30,465 --> 01:35:32,465
review, resolving accounting

3411
01:35:32,801 --> 01:35:34,936
issues with that population

3412
01:35:34,936 --> 01:35:36,872
does not, by itself resolve the

3413
01:35:36,872 --> 01:35:38,872
broader historical and

3414
01:35:39,240 --> 01:35:40,408
receivables reconciliation.

3415
01:35:40,408 --> 01:35:41,420
Turning point. In case you

3416
01:35:41,420 --> 01:35:42,511
re

3417
01:35:42,511 --> 01:35:44,511
continuing to reconcile

3418
01:35:45,113 --> 01:35:47,113
receivables, invoices, advances

3419
01:35:49,170 --> 01:35:50,419
and funder records, the broader

3420
01:35:50,419 --> 01:35:52,487
work MAY also identify

3421
01:35:52,487 --> 01:35:54,555
expenditures paid by kcrw that

3422
01:35:54,555 --> 01:35:56,424
were not fully reflected in

3423
01:35:56,424 --> 01:35:58,326
historical billings to the city

3424
01:35:58,326 --> 01:35:59,928
or county. The broader

3425
01:35:59,928 --> 01:36:00,962
reconciliation MAY identify

3426
01:36:00,962 --> 01:36:02,430
adjustments in either

3427
01:36:02,430 --> 01:36:02,597
direction. That is why we

3428
01:36:02,597 --> 01:36:04,320
re

3429
01:36:04,320 --> 01:36:05,833
continuing the transaction

3430
01:36:05,833 --> 01:36:08,350
level work, rather than drawing

3431
01:36:08,350 --> 01:36:10,939
a conclusion from any single

3432
01:36:10,939 --> 01:36:12,140
population or balance the

3433
01:36:12,140 --> 01:36:13,775
administrative overspend

3434
01:36:13,775 --> 01:36:15,977
identified in the forensic

3435
01:36:15,977 --> 01:36:17,445
evaluation is also still under

3436
01:36:17,445 --> 01:36:17,713
validation. We aren

3437
01:36:17,713 --> 01:36:19,548
t

3438
01:36:19,548 --> 01:36:20,982
presenting a revised historical

3439
01:36:20,982 --> 01:36:22,350
number today because the

3440
01:36:22,350 --> 01:36:24,520
balance sheet and receivables

3441
01:36:24,520 --> 01:36:27,520
work needs to be sufficiently

3442
01:36:27,288 --> 01:36:29,688
complete before that exposure

3443
01:36:29,991 --> 01:36:31,659
can be reliably stated in

3444
01:36:31,659 --> 01:36:34,590
parallel. Turning point is

3445
01:36:34,362 --> 01:36:36,664
developing a 2026 budget and

3446
01:36:36,664 --> 01:36:36,853
cash requirements plan so that

3447
01:36:36,853 --> 01:36:38,133
we

3448
01:36:38,133 --> 01:36:40,533
re addressing both the

3449
01:36:40,535 --> 01:36:42,300
historical reconciliation and

3450
01:36:42,300 --> 01:36:44,172
the forward looking management

3451
01:36:44,172 --> 01:36:45,440
of administrative spending. So

3452
01:36:45,440 --> 01:36:46,575
at this stage, we have a

3453
01:36:46,575 --> 01:36:48,242
greater confidence in

3454
01:36:48,242 --> 01:36:49,444
explaining the original $8

3455
01:36:49,444 --> 01:36:49,744
million finding, but we

3456
01:36:49,744 --> 01:36:51,179
re not

3457
01:36:51,179 --> 01:36:53,810
yet prepared to state a final

3458
01:36:53,810 --> 01:36:54,882
net historical receivables or

3459
01:36:54,882 --> 01:36:56,284
administrative overspend number

3460
01:36:56,284 --> 01:36:58,284
until that broader

3461
01:37:04,526 --> 01:37:06,361
reconciliation is complete.

3462
01:37:06,361 --> 01:37:07,362
William, can I pass you here?

3463
01:37:07,362 --> 01:37:08,296
Councilmember Mosqueda, I had a

3464
01:37:08,296 --> 01:37:09,664
question for you.

3465
01:37:09,664 --> 01:37:10,998
Sorry. Thank you. On the last

3466
01:37:10,998 --> 01:37:12,166
slide, please.

3467
01:37:12,166 --> 01:37:14,102
Yeah. Let me go back.

3468
01:37:14,102 --> 01:37:15,503
Um, on first bullet. Regarding

3469
01:37:15,503 --> 01:37:16,638
the 8 million, I mean, I think

3470
01:37:16,638 --> 01:37:18,139
that that was the biggest

3471
01:37:18,139 --> 01:37:19,340
takeaway from your presentation

3472
01:37:19,340 --> 01:37:21,676
the last time around, right? It

3473
01:37:21,676 --> 01:37:22,910
got quite a bit of, um, media

3474
01:37:22,910 --> 01:37:24,646
coverage. It definitely sparked

3475
01:37:24,646 --> 01:37:26,781
a conversation here. So what

3476
01:37:26,781 --> 01:37:26,956
exactly are you saying? That

3477
01:37:26,956 --> 01:37:28,650
you

3478
01:37:28,650 --> 01:37:29,918
re not sure that it was 8

3479
01:37:29,918 --> 01:37:31,586
million? Can you just clarify

3480
01:37:31,586 --> 01:37:33,722
for me what the takeaway.

3481
01:37:33,722 --> 01:37:36,124
Yeah. At the last time we were

3482
01:37:36,124 --> 01:37:38,426
presenting, we delved into the

3483
01:37:38,426 --> 01:37:40,462
topic of the Unreconciled

3484
01:37:40,462 --> 01:37:41,996
receivables. The Clark Newberg

3485
01:37:41,996 --> 01:37:43,996
forensic evaluation clearly

3486
01:37:45,366 --> 01:37:47,766
identified an $8 million number

3487
01:37:48,503 --> 01:37:51,500
in that regard. And as Aaron

3488
01:37:51,500 --> 01:37:52,907
pointed out earlier today, and

3489
01:37:52,907 --> 01:37:55,343
as I was sharing the last time

3490
01:37:55,343 --> 01:37:57,845
I was here as well, we

3491
01:37:57,845 --> 01:37:59,580
recognized that there MAY be

3492
01:37:59,580 --> 01:38:01,549
unreconciled receivables that

3493
01:38:01,549 --> 01:38:02,350
need to be clarified. And the

3494
01:38:02,350 --> 01:38:03,585
process that we

3495
01:38:03,585 --> 01:38:05,585
re close to

3496
01:38:05,653 --> 01:38:07,555
concluding with Turning Point

3497
01:38:07,555 --> 01:38:09,157
will give us final

3498
01:38:09,157 --> 01:38:11,393
understanding of what those

3499
01:38:11,393 --> 01:38:13,728
numbers are. So to be very

3500
01:38:13,728 --> 01:38:15,864
direct to your question, um,

3501
01:38:15,864 --> 01:38:18,864
the question is, were there

3502
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:21,169
funds that Kcra expended to

3503
01:38:21,169 --> 01:38:23,304
providers for services that

3504
01:38:23,304 --> 01:38:25,106
were not built back to the

3505
01:38:25,106 --> 01:38:25,307
county or the city? And that

3506
01:38:25,307 --> 01:38:27,307
s

3507
01:38:27,375 --> 01:38:29,811
an example of what might be an

3508
01:38:29,811 --> 01:38:30,912
unreconciled receivable. In

3509
01:38:30,912 --> 01:38:32,814
this particular case. The

3510
01:38:32,814 --> 01:38:34,949
update today is that the work

3511
01:38:34,949 --> 01:38:36,518
so far with Turning Point has

3512
01:38:36,518 --> 01:38:38,918
gained deeper understanding of

3513
01:38:38,987 --> 01:38:40,121
that particular $8 million

3514
01:38:40,121 --> 01:38:42,121
population that they

3515
01:38:42,591 --> 01:38:43,758
discovered. But there there

3516
01:38:43,758 --> 01:38:45,160
could be others in the

3517
01:38:45,160 --> 01:38:46,528
different types. And and so

3518
01:38:46,528 --> 01:38:48,960
until we get the final

3519
01:38:48,960 --> 01:38:48,797
determination, we won

3520
01:38:48,797 --> 01:38:50,797
t have

3521
01:38:51,966 --> 01:38:53,335
the exact number in terms of

3522
01:38:53,335 --> 01:38:55,735
what is or isn

3523
01:38:55,770 --> 01:38:57,770
t unreconciled

3524
01:38:57,939 --> 01:38:59,874
and what MAY or MAY not be due

3525
01:38:59,874 --> 01:39:00,750
one direction or the other yet.

3526
01:39:00,750 --> 01:39:01,176
So it

3527
01:39:01,176 --> 01:39:02,476
s still pending.

3528
01:39:02,476 --> 01:39:02,644
Is it fair to say that you

3529
01:39:02,644 --> 01:39:03,812
re

3530
01:39:03,812 --> 01:39:05,280
flagging it might be higher

3531
01:39:05,280 --> 01:39:06,180
than $8 million?

3532
01:39:06,180 --> 01:39:06,714
Then I wouldn

3533
01:39:06,714 --> 01:39:08,714
t make an

3534
01:39:10,185 --> 01:39:11,519
estimation at this point. Yeah.

3535
01:39:11,519 --> 01:39:13,200
William, can I follow up on

3536
01:39:13,200 --> 01:39:14,289
that and just say, because I

3537
01:39:14,289 --> 01:39:15,824
agree with customer Mosqueda,

3538
01:39:15,824 --> 01:39:17,759
this was an area of focus for a

3539
01:39:17,759 --> 01:39:20,159
number of community members.

3540
01:39:20,662 --> 01:39:22,264
Understandably. Um, and I think

3541
01:39:22,264 --> 01:39:23,631
when when we had the

3542
01:39:23,631 --> 01:39:25,266
presentation in JULY, I think

3543
01:39:25,266 --> 01:39:26,901
the aim was to be able to like,

3544
01:39:26,901 --> 01:39:27,568
figure that out by the 90 day

3545
01:39:27,568 --> 01:39:28,269
review. So we

3546
01:39:28,269 --> 01:39:30,269
re not quite

3547
01:39:30,305 --> 01:39:31,940
there yet. But do you have an

3548
01:39:31,940 --> 01:39:33,410
estimate of how much longer it

3549
01:39:33,410 --> 01:39:34,308
might take for us to get a

3550
01:39:34,308 --> 01:39:36,708
final answer on that?

3551
01:39:36,911 --> 01:39:38,120
I do, and in fact, the notes

3552
01:39:38,120 --> 01:39:39,514
and comments from the next

3553
01:39:39,514 --> 01:39:39,781
slide lean into that a little

3554
01:39:39,781 --> 01:39:39,999
bit.

3555
01:39:39,999 --> 01:39:40,849
Don

3556
01:39:40,849 --> 01:39:41,583
t let me interrupt you.

3557
01:39:41,583 --> 01:39:42,384
Then perhaps I

3558
01:39:42,384 --> 01:39:44,384
ll proceed. Go

3559
01:39:44,452 --> 01:39:48,520
ahead. Yeah, yeah. Let me just

3560
01:39:48,356 --> 01:39:50,158
do that. Because they tie

3561
01:39:50,158 --> 01:39:53,158
together to the negative cash

3562
01:39:53,394 --> 01:39:55,394
balance conversation. Obviously.

3563
01:39:56,298 --> 01:39:57,732
And so, um, finally, I want to

3564
01:39:57,732 --> 01:39:59,267
distinguish the negative

3565
01:39:59,267 --> 01:40:01,703
balance in the King County

3566
01:40:01,703 --> 01:40:03,638
investment pool from an

3567
01:40:03,638 --> 01:40:04,739
established financial loss.

3568
01:40:04,739 --> 01:40:07,809
Those are not the same things

3569
01:40:07,809 --> 01:40:09,877
at all. The negative balance is

3570
01:40:09,877 --> 01:40:11,712
significant. And as

3571
01:40:11,712 --> 01:40:13,281
Councilmember Dembowski noted,

3572
01:40:13,281 --> 01:40:14,883
with this, you know,

3573
01:40:14,883 --> 01:40:16,184
conversation on this around it

3574
01:40:16,184 --> 01:40:18,486
being like a checking account

3575
01:40:18,486 --> 01:40:21,856
or a credit account of some

3576
01:40:21,856 --> 01:40:23,858
sort, it is, at its most basic

3577
01:40:23,858 --> 01:40:26,294
level, it means cash outflows

3578
01:40:26,294 --> 01:40:28,694
have exceeded reimbursed cash

3579
01:40:28,864 --> 01:40:29,300
and advances over time. And so

3580
01:40:29,300 --> 01:40:30,365
we

3581
01:40:30,365 --> 01:40:30,531
ve expanded more funds than

3582
01:40:30,531 --> 01:40:32,531
we

3583
01:40:32,767 --> 01:40:34,369
ve received back in. And the

3584
01:40:34,369 --> 01:40:36,604
cash balance by itself, though,

3585
01:40:36,604 --> 01:40:39,241
does not tell us what portion

3586
01:40:39,241 --> 01:40:41,241
represents an actual

3587
01:40:41,543 --> 01:40:43,177
unrecoverable deficit, which

3588
01:40:43,177 --> 01:40:44,112
is, as you noted, one of the

3589
01:40:44,112 --> 01:40:45,813
key things we

3590
01:40:45,813 --> 01:40:48,149
re all eager to

3591
01:40:48,149 --> 01:40:49,350
land on. The balance reflects

3592
01:40:49,350 --> 01:40:51,350
several things operating

3593
01:40:51,553 --> 01:40:53,188
together, paying providers

3594
01:40:53,188 --> 01:40:55,188
before reimbursement is

3595
01:40:55,357 --> 01:40:57,357
received, outstanding and

3596
01:40:57,525 --> 01:40:59,525
unbilled receivables fund

3597
01:41:00,228 --> 01:41:02,163
advances, reimbursement timing,

3598
01:41:02,163 --> 01:41:04,163
historical invoicing and

3599
01:41:04,332 --> 01:41:06,332
reconciliation differences,

3600
01:41:06,568 --> 01:41:08,170
accounting adjustments, and the

3601
01:41:08,170 --> 01:41:10,138
reconciliation will ultimately

3602
01:41:10,138 --> 01:41:12,173
determine whether any portion

3603
01:41:12,173 --> 01:41:14,173
represents expenditures that

3604
01:41:14,742 --> 01:41:17,142
are not recoverable. Now,

3605
01:41:17,645 --> 01:41:20,450
Turning Point has substantially

3606
01:41:20,915 --> 01:41:22,170
reconciled. Kcra cash position.

3607
01:41:22,170 --> 01:41:23,318
At this point, they have been

3608
01:41:23,318 --> 01:41:23,518
doing amazing work since

3609
01:41:23,518 --> 01:41:24,152
they

3610
01:41:24,152 --> 01:41:24,552
ve arrived, and it

3611
01:41:24,552 --> 01:41:26,354
s just

3612
01:41:26,354 --> 01:41:26,721
been really great to have them

3613
01:41:26,721 --> 01:41:27,489
in. But they

3614
01:41:27,489 --> 01:41:29,124
ve been in less

3615
01:41:29,124 --> 01:41:29,991
than a month with us, so things

3616
01:41:29,991 --> 01:41:30,558
have been moving really

3617
01:41:30,558 --> 01:41:31,192
quickly. But it

3618
01:41:31,192 --> 01:41:33,260
s been a short

3619
01:41:33,260 --> 01:41:36,260
window so far. The remaining

3620
01:41:36,364 --> 01:41:37,765
work is necessary to

3621
01:41:37,765 --> 01:41:39,767
distinguish, you know, the

3622
01:41:39,767 --> 01:41:41,470
timing differences and

3623
01:41:41,470 --> 01:41:43,470
recoverable receivables from

3624
01:41:44,405 --> 01:41:45,730
any actual unresolved deficit.

3625
01:41:45,730 --> 01:41:46,107
And so that

3626
01:41:46,107 --> 01:41:46,874
s why at this

3627
01:41:46,874 --> 01:41:47,776
point, it

3628
01:41:47,776 --> 01:41:48,275
s we don

3629
01:41:48,275 --> 01:41:50,275
t have an

3630
01:41:50,412 --> 01:41:52,812
accurate number to characterize

3631
01:41:54,182 --> 01:41:56,384
today. Um, but we are very,

3632
01:41:56,384 --> 01:41:56,684
very close on that. And so I

3633
01:41:56,684 --> 01:41:58,586
ll

3634
01:41:58,586 --> 01:42:01,220
just move on then to the next

3635
01:42:01,220 --> 01:42:04,622
phase, which kind of ties this

3636
01:42:06,260 --> 01:42:08,630
up. Turning point has

3637
01:42:08,630 --> 01:42:10,630
substantially completed the

3638
01:42:11,320 --> 01:42:13,432
reconciliation work using Cras

3639
01:42:13,501 --> 01:42:15,170
records and is now awaiting

3640
01:42:15,170 --> 01:42:17,170
complete transaction level

3641
01:42:17,538 --> 01:42:19,641
detail from the county and the

3642
01:42:19,641 --> 01:42:22,430
city to validate that work

3643
01:42:22,430 --> 01:42:23,544
against those records. Once

3644
01:42:23,544 --> 01:42:24,645
those records are received from

3645
01:42:24,645 --> 01:42:25,847
the county and the city, our

3646
01:42:25,847 --> 01:42:27,482
understanding is a turning

3647
01:42:27,482 --> 01:42:30,217
point. Expects to complete that

3648
01:42:30,217 --> 01:42:31,987
validation and reconciliation

3649
01:42:31,987 --> 01:42:33,154
quite quickly after that, like

3650
01:42:33,154 --> 01:42:33,421
a matter of weeks, they

3651
01:42:33,421 --> 01:42:35,220
ll need

3652
01:42:35,220 --> 01:42:35,423
a few weeks to process that.

3653
01:42:35,423 --> 01:42:36,958
And that

3654
01:42:36,958 --> 01:42:37,692
s the acid test

3655
01:42:37,692 --> 01:42:39,360
against what we

3656
01:42:39,360 --> 01:42:40,628
ve done

3657
01:42:40,628 --> 01:42:42,300
internally for full

3658
01:42:42,300 --> 01:42:42,997
reconciliation. We need to

3659
01:42:42,997 --> 01:42:43,159
check that against y

3660
01:42:43,159 --> 01:42:43,332
all

3661
01:42:43,332 --> 01:42:45,233
s

3662
01:42:45,233 --> 01:42:46,434
records and make sure that we

3663
01:42:46,434 --> 01:42:47,302
really understand it. And then

3664
01:42:47,302 --> 01:42:47,635
at that point, we

3665
01:42:47,635 --> 01:42:48,803
re going to

3666
01:42:48,803 --> 01:42:50,238
have the answers to all of

3667
01:42:50,238 --> 01:42:51,720
these core underlying

3668
01:42:51,720 --> 01:42:51,228
questions, because they

3669
01:42:51,228 --> 01:42:53,400
re

3670
01:42:53,400 --> 01:42:55,710
driven from the same underlying

3671
01:42:55,710 --> 01:42:57,312
issue. So that work allows us

3672
01:42:57,312 --> 01:42:59,180
to complete the validation of

3673
01:42:59,180 --> 01:43:01,180
the historical administrative

3674
01:43:01,416 --> 01:43:02,951
overspend and more reliably

3675
01:43:02,951 --> 01:43:04,819
distinguish outstanding

3676
01:43:04,819 --> 01:43:06,819
receivables and timing

3677
01:43:07,880 --> 01:43:09,488
differences from any actual

3678
01:43:09,824 --> 01:43:11,725
unresolved financial deficit.

3679
01:43:11,725 --> 01:43:13,560
So I would characterize the 90

3680
01:43:13,560 --> 01:43:14,729
day point as a transition, not

3681
01:43:14,729 --> 01:43:16,697
an end point. We know

3682
01:43:16,697 --> 01:43:17,666
considerably more today than we

3683
01:43:17,666 --> 01:43:19,868
did when the forensic

3684
01:43:19,868 --> 01:43:21,469
evaluation was completed. Some

3685
01:43:21,469 --> 01:43:24,500
of the original findings are

3686
01:43:24,500 --> 01:43:25,807
being material, materially

3687
01:43:25,807 --> 01:43:26,874
clarified, while other

3688
01:43:26,874 --> 01:43:28,874
questions remain under

3689
01:43:28,909 --> 01:43:30,440
validation. Our focus now is

3690
01:43:30,440 --> 01:43:31,279
completing the work and

3691
01:43:31,279 --> 01:43:32,790
continuing to strengthen kcrw

3692
01:43:32,790 --> 01:43:33,715
s

3693
01:43:33,715 --> 01:43:35,715
recurring reconciliation

3694
01:43:35,850 --> 01:43:38,153
monthly. Close and financial

3695
01:43:38,153 --> 01:43:39,554
reporting practices. Turning

3696
01:43:39,554 --> 01:43:41,623
point will remain directly

3697
01:43:41,623 --> 01:43:43,157
engaged through the next phase,

3698
01:43:43,157 --> 01:43:45,557
including ongoing review and

3699
01:43:46,327 --> 01:43:46,694
validation of those processes.

3700
01:43:46,694 --> 01:43:47,328
Thank you. I

3701
01:43:47,328 --> 01:43:48,963
m happy to answer

3702
01:43:48,963 --> 01:43:50,963
any questions.

3703
01:43:50,998 --> 01:43:53,334
Thank you. Uh, Willie, let me

3704
01:43:53,334 --> 01:43:54,602
let me ask you to comment. And

3705
01:43:54,602 --> 01:43:55,837
or, you know, one of the

3706
01:43:55,837 --> 01:43:57,605
questions I was raised in our

3707
01:43:57,605 --> 01:43:59,807
earlier conversation is, I

3708
01:43:59,807 --> 01:44:01,807
think Councilmember Dembowski

3709
01:44:02,900 --> 01:44:02,162
said, stemmed the bleeding, and

3710
01:44:02,162 --> 01:44:03,645
I

3711
01:44:03,645 --> 01:44:06,147
m just trying to figure out,

3712
01:44:06,147 --> 01:44:07,181
uh, post JANUARY. So the

3713
01:44:07,181 --> 01:44:09,581
executive, of course, is

3714
01:44:11,553 --> 01:44:14,255
planning to, um, to, uh, take

3715
01:44:14,255 --> 01:44:15,523
over the most, I guess I would

3716
01:44:15,523 --> 01:44:17,958
say of the of the locally

3717
01:44:17,958 --> 01:44:19,590
funded contracts. But under

3718
01:44:19,590 --> 01:44:21,362
that plan, because you will

3719
01:44:21,362 --> 01:44:24,362
remain responsible for the cost

3720
01:44:24,532 --> 01:44:26,340
money and for a state funded

3721
01:44:26,340 --> 01:44:28,434
contracts as well as

3722
01:44:28,569 --> 01:44:30,969
potentially some locally funded

3723
01:44:32,340 --> 01:44:34,275
contracts. It my question is,

3724
01:44:34,275 --> 01:44:36,377
how do we. Is there anything

3725
01:44:36,377 --> 01:44:37,845
that we can do to avoid the

3726
01:44:37,845 --> 01:44:39,130
same problem that we

3727
01:44:39,130 --> 01:44:40,281
ve had in

3728
01:44:40,281 --> 01:44:41,549
the past years? Because I think

3729
01:44:41,549 --> 01:44:42,951
those contracts are also kind

3730
01:44:42,951 --> 01:44:44,419
of on this reimbursable

3731
01:44:44,419 --> 01:44:46,187
situation. So you still be

3732
01:44:46,187 --> 01:44:46,354
paying. Is it fair to say that

3733
01:44:46,354 --> 01:44:47,154
you

3734
01:44:47,154 --> 01:44:49,554
ll still be paying

3735
01:44:49,857 --> 01:44:51,258
providers in advance, not in

3736
01:44:51,258 --> 01:44:52,560
advance of their work, but

3737
01:44:52,560 --> 01:44:54,361
earlier than you get

3738
01:44:54,361 --> 01:44:54,547
reimbursements? So what I

3739
01:44:54,547 --> 01:44:56,970
m

3740
01:44:56,970 --> 01:44:57,165
trying to get at is like, do we

3741
01:44:57,165 --> 01:44:58,499
still have the concern that we

3742
01:44:58,499 --> 01:44:58,766
will still be in a situation

3743
01:44:58,766 --> 01:44:59,500
where we

3744
01:44:59,500 --> 01:45:00,735
ll be accruing, or

3745
01:45:00,735 --> 01:45:02,704
Casey or Che will be accruing

3746
01:45:02,704 --> 01:45:03,838
interest because of that

3747
01:45:03,838 --> 01:45:04,272
structural issue that we

3748
01:45:04,272 --> 01:45:04,472
ve

3749
01:45:04,472 --> 01:45:06,700
haven

3750
01:45:06,700 --> 01:45:06,741
t been able to to, to get

3751
01:45:06,741 --> 01:45:07,208
around.

3752
01:45:07,208 --> 01:45:08,410
I think that

3753
01:45:08,410 --> 01:45:09,643
s a really

3754
01:45:09,643 --> 01:45:12,430
important question. And the

3755
01:45:15,983 --> 01:45:17,419
answer is no. Virtually 100% of

3756
01:45:17,419 --> 01:45:17,661
the challenges and difficulties

3757
01:45:17,661 --> 01:45:19,387
that we

3758
01:45:19,387 --> 01:45:20,821
re untangling today are

3759
01:45:20,821 --> 01:45:22,190
directly related to the local

3760
01:45:22,190 --> 01:45:23,691
contracts with King County and

3761
01:45:23,691 --> 01:45:25,493
City of Seattle. Our hud

3762
01:45:25,493 --> 01:45:27,829
portfolio and our commerce

3763
01:45:27,829 --> 01:45:28,596
portfolio is entirely clean and

3764
01:45:28,596 --> 01:45:29,960
straight.

3765
01:45:29,960 --> 01:45:29,664
Okay, so we don

3766
01:45:29,664 --> 01:45:29,820
t have we don

3767
01:45:29,820 --> 01:45:30,798
t

3768
01:45:30,798 --> 01:45:32,300
have concerns about that

3769
01:45:32,300 --> 01:45:33,101
problem recurring with the with

3770
01:45:33,101 --> 01:45:35,101
the federal grade.

3771
01:45:35,836 --> 01:45:39,700
No, no, the the the local

3772
01:45:39,700 --> 01:45:41,609
contracts are complex and the

3773
01:45:41,609 --> 01:45:43,744
never tried before efforts to

3774
01:45:43,744 --> 01:45:46,144
co-locate them from the

3775
01:45:46,380 --> 01:45:48,282
originating agencies with city

3776
01:45:48,282 --> 01:45:50,952
and the county to Kcra and have

3777
01:45:50,952 --> 01:45:54,550
an entity take over to other

3778
01:45:54,550 --> 01:45:54,322
entities operations. Clearly

3779
01:45:54,322 --> 01:45:55,923
that didn

3780
01:45:55,923 --> 01:45:57,291
t go very well. So

3781
01:45:57,291 --> 01:45:58,893
the return of the contracts

3782
01:45:58,893 --> 01:46:01,280
back to their origin source, I

3783
01:46:01,280 --> 01:46:04,628
think, is a prudent move given

3784
01:46:04,866 --> 01:46:06,401
the experience that has taken

3785
01:46:06,401 --> 01:46:08,636
place over the past few years.

3786
01:46:08,636 --> 01:46:11,360
Thank you colleagues. Any

3787
01:46:12,907 --> 01:46:13,441
questions for Kcra staff Member

3788
01:46:13,441 --> 01:46:15,441
Desk?

3789
01:46:16,144 --> 01:46:17,545
Thanks very much, William. Um,

3790
01:46:17,545 --> 01:46:17,912
it sounds like we

3791
01:46:17,912 --> 01:46:19,912
re going to

3792
01:46:20,548 --> 01:46:21,749
have this reconciliation on the

3793
01:46:21,749 --> 01:46:24,285
kind of the call it the net

3794
01:46:24,285 --> 01:46:25,487
deficit. In simple terms, soon.

3795
01:46:25,487 --> 01:46:27,487
How soon?

3796
01:46:28,423 --> 01:46:30,250
Um, turning point. Are working

3797
01:46:30,250 --> 01:46:30,197
really closely with us, and

3798
01:46:30,197 --> 01:46:31,426
we

3799
01:46:31,426 --> 01:46:31,992
re again, I can

3800
01:46:31,992 --> 01:46:33,992
t say enough

3801
01:46:33,995 --> 01:46:36,831
about the gratitude we have for

3802
01:46:36,831 --> 01:46:38,332
the decision to embed a

3803
01:46:38,332 --> 01:46:39,600
resource with us. We simply did

3804
01:46:39,600 --> 01:46:41,100
not have the capacity and

3805
01:46:41,100 --> 01:46:41,603
capability internally to do

3806
01:46:41,603 --> 01:46:42,337
this. They

3807
01:46:42,337 --> 01:46:43,337
ve been moving

3808
01:46:43,337 --> 01:46:44,606
really quickly. They have

3809
01:46:44,606 --> 01:46:46,400
completed the full

3810
01:46:46,400 --> 01:46:47,875
reconciliation of all of our

3811
01:46:47,875 --> 01:46:48,743
internal records. So we have a

3812
01:46:48,743 --> 01:46:49,878
good sense of what

3813
01:46:49,878 --> 01:46:51,646
s going on

3814
01:46:51,646 --> 01:46:51,812
historically over the past. And

3815
01:46:51,812 --> 01:46:53,347
it

3816
01:46:53,347 --> 01:46:55,747
s really four years, 22, 23,

3817
01:46:56,784 --> 01:46:58,486
24, 25. And now into 2026. Uh,

3818
01:46:58,486 --> 01:47:01,522
most of the issues are stemming

3819
01:47:01,522 --> 01:47:01,722
in the sort of 2324 range.

3820
01:47:01,722 --> 01:47:01,956
That

3821
01:47:01,956 --> 01:47:03,424
s that

3822
01:47:03,424 --> 01:47:05,824
s when things went

3823
01:47:06,160 --> 01:47:07,528
off track. And right now we

3824
01:47:07,528 --> 01:47:10,164
just were hoping that we will

3825
01:47:10,164 --> 01:47:13,680
get the records from the county

3826
01:47:13,680 --> 01:47:14,469
and the city from their sides

3827
01:47:14,469 --> 01:47:16,503
of those four years of

3828
01:47:16,503 --> 01:47:18,339
transactions. So that turning

3829
01:47:18,339 --> 01:47:19,741
point can do the full

3830
01:47:19,741 --> 01:47:21,475
reconciliation against the

3831
01:47:21,475 --> 01:47:22,744
funder records. Otherwise, we

3832
01:47:22,744 --> 01:47:24,612
would just be providing a

3833
01:47:24,612 --> 01:47:26,414
self-referential understanding

3834
01:47:26,414 --> 01:47:27,815
of our own records, which we

3835
01:47:27,815 --> 01:47:29,250
are at. But we need that

3836
01:47:29,250 --> 01:47:31,650
validated. We need to

3837
01:47:32,186 --> 01:47:34,186
understand your understanding

3838
01:47:34,922 --> 01:47:35,356
of what was paid and received,

3839
01:47:35,356 --> 01:47:36,557
and the city

3840
01:47:36,557 --> 01:47:37,925
s understanding of

3841
01:47:37,925 --> 01:47:40,762
what was paid and received in

3842
01:47:40,762 --> 01:47:42,563
order to fully account and

3843
01:47:42,563 --> 01:47:44,320
reconcile all of that. All of

3844
01:47:44,320 --> 01:47:45,800
those transactions.

3845
01:47:45,800 --> 01:47:48,690
Sorry, I heard all that, but my

3846
01:47:48,690 --> 01:47:48,803
question was how soon? William.

3847
01:47:48,803 --> 01:47:49,603
Pardon me. So that

3848
01:47:49,603 --> 01:47:51,603
s that. That

3849
01:47:51,940 --> 01:47:53,507
calls for a date or weeks or.

3850
01:47:53,507 --> 01:47:54,876
No, I understand, thank you.

3851
01:47:54,876 --> 01:47:56,210
Yeah. For, for, uh,

3852
01:47:56,210 --> 01:47:57,912
highlighting my lack of

3853
01:47:57,912 --> 01:47:58,913
response there. Turning point

3854
01:47:58,913 --> 01:47:59,848
are expecting to have this done

3855
01:47:59,848 --> 01:48:01,415
within and I hate to put them

3856
01:48:01,415 --> 01:48:02,116
on the spot, but like 2 or 3

3857
01:48:02,116 --> 01:48:02,273
weeks is what they

3858
01:48:02,273 --> 01:48:03,184
re.

3859
01:48:03,184 --> 01:48:04,518
Saying from today.

3860
01:48:04,518 --> 01:48:05,453
Yeah. From when they get the

3861
01:48:05,453 --> 01:48:06,955
materials.

3862
01:48:06,955 --> 01:48:07,322
And is there any holdup at the

3863
01:48:07,322 --> 01:48:08,889
county? We

3864
01:48:08,889 --> 01:48:09,123
ve got the request.

3865
01:48:09,123 --> 01:48:09,990
I don

3866
01:48:09,990 --> 01:48:10,291
t think so. They they

3867
01:48:10,291 --> 01:48:10,465
feel like.

3868
01:48:10,465 --> 01:48:11,726
It

3869
01:48:11,726 --> 01:48:13,600
s you have a number

3870
01:48:13,600 --> 01:48:13,261
internally. You know what

3871
01:48:13,261 --> 01:48:14,629
they

3872
01:48:14,629 --> 01:48:15,429
ve preliminarily

3873
01:48:15,429 --> 01:48:15,996
determined?

3874
01:48:15,996 --> 01:48:16,597
No.

3875
01:48:16,597 --> 01:48:17,865
Oh you don

3876
01:48:17,865 --> 01:48:19,133
t I thought you said

3877
01:48:19,133 --> 01:48:20,568
that they based on the case

3878
01:48:20,568 --> 01:48:21,836
Harry j records they determined

3879
01:48:21,836 --> 01:48:23,103
a number and now was just going

3880
01:48:23,103 --> 01:48:23,404
to check it against Seattle in

3881
01:48:23,404 --> 01:48:25,139
the county

3882
01:48:25,139 --> 01:48:27,139
s records.

3883
01:48:29,711 --> 01:48:32,179
We have a we want to say it. We

3884
01:48:32,179 --> 01:48:34,282
have confidence in our ability

3885
01:48:34,282 --> 01:48:36,216
to determine the number. Once

3886
01:48:36,216 --> 01:48:36,950
we get that information back

3887
01:48:36,950 --> 01:48:37,418
from the county in.

3888
01:48:37,418 --> 01:48:37,718
The city. So it

3889
01:48:37,718 --> 01:48:39,870
s not

3890
01:48:39,870 --> 01:48:39,787
constructible by your own

3891
01:48:39,787 --> 01:48:41,289
records.

3892
01:48:41,289 --> 01:48:41,922
Yeah, exactly. We want to

3893
01:48:41,922 --> 01:48:42,690
confirm that.

3894
01:48:42,690 --> 01:48:43,230
I heard something I

3895
01:48:43,230 --> 01:48:44,191
ll just

3896
01:48:44,191 --> 01:48:46,360
tell you entirely differently.

3897
01:48:46,360 --> 01:48:48,463
I heard in your presentation

3898
01:48:48,463 --> 01:48:49,697
your slides that you that the

3899
01:48:49,697 --> 01:48:50,965
turning points based on your

3900
01:48:50,965 --> 01:48:52,600
own records in your

3901
01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:54,134
presentation had developed a

3902
01:48:54,134 --> 01:48:55,636
number. And now you just wanted

3903
01:48:55,636 --> 01:48:56,938
to validate it against the

3904
01:48:56,938 --> 01:48:57,905
outside funders, the county and

3905
01:48:57,905 --> 01:48:58,672
the city. But now I

3906
01:48:58,672 --> 01:48:59,140
m hearing

3907
01:48:59,140 --> 01:49:00,207
that you can

3908
01:49:00,207 --> 01:49:01,776
t do it based on

3909
01:49:01,776 --> 01:49:02,760
your records. And if it

3910
01:49:02,760 --> 01:49:03,378
s going

3911
01:49:03,378 --> 01:49:06,800
to require the county and the

3912
01:49:06,800 --> 01:49:06,947
city records to get to the net

3913
01:49:06,947 --> 01:49:08,947
deficit.

3914
01:49:09,516 --> 01:49:11,510
To validate what we think we

3915
01:49:11,510 --> 01:49:12,687
have internally is how I should

3916
01:49:12,687 --> 01:49:15,560
have said that more accurately.

3917
01:49:15,560 --> 01:49:17,491
To determine or to validate.

3918
01:49:17,491 --> 01:49:17,659
To both. I think I think it

3919
01:49:17,659 --> 01:49:19,659
s

3920
01:49:21,595 --> 01:49:25,795
fair to say that the degree of,

3921
01:49:26,467 --> 01:49:28,690
um, um, work and the long

3922
01:49:28,690 --> 01:49:31,669
history of this, this is, this

3923
01:49:32,600 --> 01:49:32,807
is a complex historical

3924
01:49:32,807 --> 01:49:33,741
undertaking.

3925
01:49:33,741 --> 01:49:34,375
All of that, sir.

3926
01:49:34,375 --> 01:49:34,545
Yeah, yeah.

3927
01:49:34,545 --> 01:49:36,310
I

3928
01:49:36,310 --> 01:49:39,213
m just speaking as the budget

3929
01:49:39,213 --> 01:49:42,160
chair of this government and

3930
01:49:42,160 --> 01:49:43,151
with a serious concern about

3931
01:49:43,151 --> 01:49:43,351
where we stand and how we

3932
01:49:43,351 --> 01:49:44,840
ve

3933
01:49:44,840 --> 01:49:44,351
gotten here and how we

3934
01:49:44,351 --> 01:49:45,186
re going

3935
01:49:45,186 --> 01:49:48,556
to get out of it, and how we

3936
01:49:48,556 --> 01:49:50,290
not do any further harm. And

3937
01:49:50,290 --> 01:49:52,226
month after month after month

3938
01:49:52,226 --> 01:49:52,396
is going by. And I understand

3939
01:49:52,396 --> 01:49:53,461
it

3940
01:49:53,461 --> 01:49:55,396
s very complicated. And you

3941
01:49:55,396 --> 01:49:58,320
all are new to the scene,

3942
01:49:58,320 --> 01:49:58,532
relatively. But, um, there

3943
01:49:58,532 --> 01:50:00,670
s a

3944
01:50:00,670 --> 01:50:02,971
lot of words on the slides, but

3945
01:50:02,971 --> 01:50:05,607
no numbers, you know, no firm

3946
01:50:05,607 --> 01:50:09,207
numbers. And so the time for

3947
01:50:10,511 --> 01:50:12,680
kind of. My dad told a story.

3948
01:50:12,680 --> 01:50:15,820
He had an office and with MR.

3949
01:50:15,820 --> 01:50:16,550
Harter in the 1950s, and MR.

3950
01:50:16,550 --> 01:50:17,885
Harter son would go down to

3951
01:50:17,885 --> 01:50:18,786
have lunch and he

3952
01:50:18,786 --> 01:50:20,388
d take a long

3953
01:50:20,388 --> 01:50:22,556
lunch and someone would call

3954
01:50:22,556 --> 01:50:23,825
for Sylvester the son. And MR.

3955
01:50:23,825 --> 01:50:27,610
Harter. His dad would say, I

3956
01:50:27,610 --> 01:50:29,196
can almost see him coming now.

3957
01:50:29,196 --> 01:50:31,365
I can almost see him coming

3958
01:50:31,365 --> 01:50:32,100
now. This kind of feels like

3959
01:50:32,100 --> 01:50:32,333
that.

3960
01:50:32,333 --> 01:50:33,601
Yeah.

3961
01:50:33,601 --> 01:50:34,670
We gotta get we we

3962
01:50:34,670 --> 01:50:36,670
ve got to

3963
01:50:36,271 --> 01:50:39,373
run this to ground. Not almost,

3964
01:50:39,373 --> 01:50:40,541
but. But not not not not next

3965
01:50:40,541 --> 01:50:41,575
month. Not in two months. But

3966
01:50:41,575 --> 01:50:42,810
we got to get this. We got to

3967
01:50:42,810 --> 01:50:43,644
get this done because it

3968
01:50:43,644 --> 01:50:44,412
s very

3969
01:50:44,412 --> 01:50:46,412
serious.

3970
01:50:46,413 --> 01:50:47,948
Yeah. Yeah I appreciate that.

3971
01:50:47,948 --> 01:50:48,115
All right. And I can assure you

3972
01:50:48,115 --> 01:50:50,115
we

3973
01:50:50,217 --> 01:50:52,987
re equally eager to get to

3974
01:50:52,987 --> 01:50:55,122
that number. But some of that

3975
01:50:55,122 --> 01:50:56,957
validation with the county city

3976
01:50:56,957 --> 01:50:58,359
records is going to have

3977
01:50:58,359 --> 01:50:59,293
tremendous impact on what those

3978
01:50:59,293 --> 01:50:59,660
numbers could be. So it

3979
01:50:59,660 --> 01:51:00,661
s just

3980
01:51:00,661 --> 01:51:00,861
too early to state at this

3981
01:51:00,861 --> 01:51:01,470
point.

3982
01:51:01,470 --> 01:51:01,996
We

3983
01:51:01,996 --> 01:51:02,997
re ready to go to work to

3984
01:51:02,997 --> 01:51:03,431
solve it. I think we

3985
01:51:03,431 --> 01:51:04,232
re

3986
01:51:04,232 --> 01:51:04,632
prepared that there

3987
01:51:04,632 --> 01:51:05,599
s going to

3988
01:51:05,599 --> 01:51:05,804
be a check to be written. We

3989
01:51:05,804 --> 01:51:07,000
ll

3990
01:51:07,000 --> 01:51:07,201
figure it out with the city.

3991
01:51:07,201 --> 01:51:09,201
That

3992
01:51:09,703 --> 01:51:10,905
s all. Understood. And

3993
01:51:10,905 --> 01:51:12,373
then we can get on to figuring

3994
01:51:12,373 --> 01:51:13,440
out kind of what the future

3995
01:51:13,440 --> 01:51:14,475
holds. But I

3996
01:51:14,475 --> 01:51:16,143
m interested in

3997
01:51:16,143 --> 01:51:18,213
kind of stopping stopping the

3998
01:51:18,213 --> 01:51:20,448
bleeding, getting it squared

3999
01:51:20,448 --> 01:51:22,516
away, chewing it up, and then

4000
01:51:22,516 --> 01:51:23,250
and then putting this chapter

4001
01:51:23,250 --> 01:51:24,180
of I didn

4002
01:51:24,180 --> 01:51:27,180
t even put them up

4003
01:51:28,956 --> 01:51:31,559
here. Thousands of headlines of

4004
01:51:31,559 --> 01:51:33,360
bad news, you know, behind us

4005
01:51:33,360 --> 01:51:33,961
because it

4006
01:51:33,961 --> 01:51:34,228
s we

4007
01:51:34,228 --> 01:51:34,562
re talking

4008
01:51:34,562 --> 01:51:36,630
about people

4009
01:51:36,630 --> 01:51:37,265
s lives. Hundreds

4010
01:51:37,265 --> 01:51:38,733
of folks a year in this county

4011
01:51:38,733 --> 01:51:39,434
are dying on the street.

4012
01:51:39,434 --> 01:51:40,501
You know, I

4013
01:51:40,501 --> 01:51:40,835
m a.

4014
01:51:40,835 --> 01:51:41,869
And I

4015
01:51:41,869 --> 01:51:44,380
ve worked great with you.

4016
01:51:44,380 --> 01:51:44,305
You ran. Yeah. Oaks. And you

4017
01:51:44,305 --> 01:51:46,305
re

4018
01:51:48,810 --> 01:51:49,190
a tremendous leader. Um, but

4019
01:51:49,190 --> 01:51:50,278
we

4020
01:51:50,278 --> 01:51:50,454
ve set up a system here that

4021
01:51:50,454 --> 01:51:50,978
isn

4022
01:51:50,978 --> 01:51:51,312
t working, and it

4023
01:51:51,312 --> 01:51:53,312
s

4024
01:51:53,781 --> 01:51:55,583
incumbent upon us to fix it and

4025
01:51:55,583 --> 01:51:56,830
fix it as soon as we can.

4026
01:51:56,830 --> 01:51:57,485
You know, I

4027
01:51:57,485 --> 01:51:58,685
m 100% aligned with

4028
01:51:58,685 --> 01:52:01,220
you there. And I can assure

4029
01:52:01,220 --> 01:52:02,890
you, the bleeding has stopped.

4030
01:52:02,890 --> 01:52:02,624
So, you know, I

4031
01:52:02,624 --> 01:52:04,324
ve not been

4032
01:52:04,324 --> 01:52:05,492
there long. But we are. We are

4033
01:52:05,492 --> 01:52:06,427
a tight ship today. There

4034
01:52:06,427 --> 01:52:08,427
s no

4035
01:52:10,300 --> 01:52:11,832
no deficit. Uh, out of control

4036
01:52:11,832 --> 01:52:14,368
organization at the moment. We

4037
01:52:14,368 --> 01:52:15,970
are diligently pursuing

4038
01:52:15,970 --> 01:52:17,404
reconciliation of these past

4039
01:52:17,404 --> 01:52:19,407
issues, and we will get them

4040
01:52:19,407 --> 01:52:21,208
nailed down.

4041
01:52:21,208 --> 01:52:22,577
Councilmember Mosqueda.

4042
01:52:22,577 --> 01:52:23,777
Thanks for your presentation.

4043
01:52:23,777 --> 01:52:25,612
And this MAY be more of a

4044
01:52:25,612 --> 01:52:26,881
question for the actual agency.

4045
01:52:26,881 --> 01:52:27,510
Good to see you again. I

4046
01:52:27,510 --> 01:52:28,950
m

4047
01:52:28,950 --> 01:52:29,617
worried about a bleeding of a

4048
01:52:29,617 --> 01:52:29,984
different sort. I

4049
01:52:29,984 --> 01:52:31,652
m worried

4050
01:52:31,652 --> 01:52:33,120
about people leaving the

4051
01:52:33,120 --> 01:52:33,821
agency. Um, given the

4052
01:52:33,821 --> 01:52:34,221
uncertainty of what

4053
01:52:34,221 --> 01:52:35,990
s going to

4054
01:52:35,990 --> 01:52:37,425
happen to their position. Um,

4055
01:52:37,425 --> 01:52:40,610
and this is something that we

4056
01:52:40,610 --> 01:52:41,328
have flagged for our partners

4057
01:52:41,328 --> 01:52:44,328
as well. The concern that

4058
01:52:44,364 --> 01:52:46,266
people will leave Kcra and not

4059
01:52:46,266 --> 01:52:48,636
have the actual institution and

4060
01:52:48,636 --> 01:52:49,904
the capacity to provide direct

4061
01:52:49,904 --> 01:52:52,239
services. Can you speak to how

4062
01:52:52,239 --> 01:52:54,740
many people have left Kcra?

4063
01:52:54,740 --> 01:52:55,609
What the vacancy rate is? Do

4064
01:52:55,609 --> 01:52:57,278
you have statistics on turnover

4065
01:52:57,278 --> 01:53:00,181
rates currently at kcr? Hey,

4066
01:53:00,181 --> 01:53:03,781
maybe today relative to a year

4067
01:53:08,689 --> 01:53:11,225
ago or six months ago.

4068
01:53:11,225 --> 01:53:11,392
Thanks for that question. Um,

4069
01:53:11,392 --> 01:53:13,260
we

4070
01:53:13,260 --> 01:53:15,196
ve spent a lot of time as an

4071
01:53:15,196 --> 01:53:16,831
executive team, uh, talking

4072
01:53:16,831 --> 01:53:19,166
about, um, the health and

4073
01:53:19,166 --> 01:53:21,100
well-being of our staff and the

4074
01:53:21,100 --> 01:53:22,403
ability to continue with our,

4075
01:53:22,403 --> 01:53:25,730
our work and the mission of

4076
01:53:25,730 --> 01:53:25,506
Kcra. Um, and I have to say,

4077
01:53:25,506 --> 01:53:26,373
uh, the mayor

4078
01:53:26,373 --> 01:53:26,640
s office and the

4079
01:53:26,640 --> 01:53:27,975
executive

4080
01:53:27,975 --> 01:53:29,944
s office in

4081
01:53:29,944 --> 01:53:32,279
announcing the local contract

4082
01:53:32,279 --> 01:53:33,514
transition surfaced early that

4083
01:53:33,514 --> 01:53:35,282
this would be, you know,

4084
01:53:35,282 --> 01:53:37,251
difficult for Kcra staff,

4085
01:53:37,251 --> 01:53:38,920
particularly those whose work

4086
01:53:38,920 --> 01:53:40,221
is moving back to the city and

4087
01:53:40,221 --> 01:53:40,854
county. Um, and so we

4088
01:53:40,854 --> 01:53:42,854
ve been

4089
01:53:43,290 --> 01:53:45,392
working with our labor partners

4090
01:53:45,392 --> 01:53:48,992
to make sure there are clear,

4091
01:53:49,960 --> 01:53:51,199
um, principles for us to follow.

4092
01:53:51,199 --> 01:53:54,680
K Sarah j is sharing every

4093
01:53:54,680 --> 01:53:56,471
announcement from the city and

4094
01:53:56,471 --> 01:53:58,871
county and providing support

4095
01:53:59,107 --> 01:54:00,774
for our teams who MAY want to

4096
01:54:00,774 --> 01:54:01,642
follow the work. Um, we

4097
01:54:01,642 --> 01:54:03,642
ve had

4098
01:54:05,120 --> 01:54:07,470
one resignation. Um, this year

4099
01:54:07,470 --> 01:54:08,982
I can happily share with the

4100
01:54:08,982 --> 01:54:10,685
council, uh, the statistics

4101
01:54:10,685 --> 01:54:11,853
that you requested. Um,

4102
01:54:11,853 --> 01:54:12,150
Councilmember Mosqueda. I don

4103
01:54:12,150 --> 01:54:14,150
t

4104
01:54:14,221 --> 01:54:17,492
have those at hand. Um, but I

4105
01:54:17,492 --> 01:54:19,260
think, uh, folks are, you know,

4106
01:54:19,260 --> 01:54:19,193
waiting to see what happens.

4107
01:54:19,193 --> 01:54:20,728
We

4108
01:54:20,728 --> 01:54:23,197
re waiting to see what

4109
01:54:23,197 --> 01:54:24,432
happens. Um, my leadership in

4110
01:54:24,432 --> 01:54:25,799
this moment is just to be as

4111
01:54:25,799 --> 01:54:27,535
transparent as I can be with

4112
01:54:27,535 --> 01:54:27,768
those staff. Encourage them to

4113
01:54:27,768 --> 01:54:29,337
do what

4114
01:54:29,337 --> 01:54:30,171
s best for them. Um,

4115
01:54:30,171 --> 01:54:30,671
but obviously i

4116
01:54:30,671 --> 01:54:32,273
m not in a

4117
01:54:32,273 --> 01:54:35,273
position to guarantee anyone a

4118
01:54:37,645 --> 01:54:38,780
job. Um, and, uh, we are, um,

4119
01:54:38,780 --> 01:54:41,582
working hard to keep them

4120
01:54:41,582 --> 01:54:44,117
informed, give them outlets to

4121
01:54:44,117 --> 01:54:46,860
provide, um, input, ask

4122
01:54:46,860 --> 01:54:47,210
questions. Um, but we have, you

4123
01:54:47,210 --> 01:54:48,622
know, this is a business

4124
01:54:48,622 --> 01:54:48,823
decision. And and as we

4125
01:54:48,823 --> 01:54:49,857
ve

4126
01:54:49,857 --> 01:54:50,991
heard, uh, it

4127
01:54:50,991 --> 01:54:53,391
s very dire and

4128
01:54:53,527 --> 01:54:57,127
urgent. And the only lever I

4129
01:54:58,866 --> 01:55:01,680
control is really is payroll.

4130
01:55:01,680 --> 01:55:01,335
Thank you. Colleagues, I don

4131
01:55:01,335 --> 01:55:03,300
t

4132
01:55:03,300 --> 01:55:04,171
see further questions about I

4133
01:55:04,171 --> 01:55:05,239
just on that point, I do want

4134
01:55:05,239 --> 01:55:06,240
to sort of acknowledge because

4135
01:55:06,240 --> 01:55:08,242
we, you know, began the meeting

4136
01:55:08,242 --> 01:55:10,711
with, with some, uh, public

4137
01:55:10,711 --> 01:55:12,546
comment from staff. And I do

4138
01:55:12,546 --> 01:55:13,747
want to acknowledge that and

4139
01:55:13,747 --> 01:55:15,116
reiterate, I think the point

4140
01:55:15,116 --> 01:55:16,383
that you made, Doctor Kinnison,

4141
01:55:16,383 --> 01:55:17,384
about the fact that there are

4142
01:55:17,384 --> 01:55:18,386
some changes that are going to

4143
01:55:18,386 --> 01:55:19,386
impact people who have been

4144
01:55:19,386 --> 01:55:21,322
providing services to the

4145
01:55:21,322 --> 01:55:22,423
community, and we want to

4146
01:55:22,423 --> 01:55:22,857
acknowledge that. I don

4147
01:55:22,857 --> 01:55:23,958
t think

4148
01:55:23,958 --> 01:55:24,958
we want to sugarcoat the fact

4149
01:55:24,958 --> 01:55:26,126
that, like, these changes are

4150
01:55:26,126 --> 01:55:26,694
going to have a disruptive

4151
01:55:26,694 --> 01:55:27,462
impact on people

4152
01:55:27,462 --> 01:55:28,496
s lives who

4153
01:55:28,496 --> 01:55:29,830
have been providing services

4154
01:55:29,830 --> 01:55:32,320
for our region, and we

4155
01:55:32,320 --> 01:55:34,680
appreciate their work. And, uh,

4156
01:55:34,680 --> 01:55:35,336
you know, sometimes in

4157
01:55:35,336 --> 01:55:36,404
government, we have to make,

4158
01:55:36,404 --> 01:55:38,606
you know, difficult decisions.

4159
01:55:38,606 --> 01:55:40,174
And I think the agency is

4160
01:55:40,174 --> 01:55:41,509
responding in some ways to some

4161
01:55:41,509 --> 01:55:42,810
of the issues that were part of

4162
01:55:42,810 --> 01:55:45,179
the first evaluation in terms

4163
01:55:45,179 --> 01:55:46,480
of our administrative, uh,

4164
01:55:46,480 --> 01:55:46,682
budget and making sure that

4165
01:55:46,682 --> 01:55:47,581
we

4166
01:55:47,581 --> 01:55:49,160
re complying with that. And,

4167
01:55:49,160 --> 01:55:50,117
of course, the the changeover

4168
01:55:50,117 --> 01:55:51,451
of the contracts is going to

4169
01:55:51,451 --> 01:55:53,588
have a disruptive effect for

4170
01:55:53,588 --> 01:55:54,521
sure. Staff, I agree with

4171
01:55:54,521 --> 01:55:56,230
Councilmember Mosqueda that I

4172
01:55:56,230 --> 01:55:57,558
think we we should try to

4173
01:55:57,558 --> 01:55:58,692
figure out as a local region

4174
01:55:58,692 --> 01:55:59,894
with the city and the county to

4175
01:55:59,894 --> 01:56:01,194
figure out if there are, you

4176
01:56:01,194 --> 01:56:03,664
know, people who have skills,

4177
01:56:03,664 --> 01:56:05,666
who can come over to, to do the

4178
01:56:05,666 --> 01:56:07,101
work. Uh, locally. I think that

4179
01:56:07,101 --> 01:56:08,502
that would make sense and try

4180
01:56:08,502 --> 01:56:08,769
to mitigate the impacts. But we

4181
01:56:08,769 --> 01:56:10,571
also don

4182
01:56:10,571 --> 01:56:10,971
t want to overpromise.

4183
01:56:10,971 --> 01:56:12,373
What what

4184
01:56:12,373 --> 01:56:14,141
s possible, given the

4185
01:56:14,141 --> 01:56:16,440
limited resources that we have

4186
01:56:16,440 --> 01:56:17,144
to do the work. So thank you

4187
01:56:17,144 --> 01:56:19,380
for that. And I appreciate all

4188
01:56:19,380 --> 01:56:20,948
the folks from from Kcra staff

4189
01:56:20,948 --> 01:56:22,316
who provided public comment

4190
01:56:22,316 --> 01:56:22,783
today. Um, and we

4191
01:56:22,783 --> 01:56:23,851
ll continue

4192
01:56:23,851 --> 01:56:25,386
to be engaged in that

4193
01:56:25,386 --> 01:56:26,987
conversation. Colleagues, as I

4194
01:56:26,987 --> 01:56:28,856
mentioned, I sensed that we

4195
01:56:28,856 --> 01:56:29,120
still had questions on this. So

4196
01:56:29,120 --> 01:56:29,890
I

4197
01:56:29,890 --> 01:56:30,900
m not going to take I

4198
01:56:30,900 --> 01:56:31,692
m not

4199
01:56:31,692 --> 01:56:33,961
going to put the motion

4200
01:56:33,961 --> 01:56:35,396
accepting the report on, uh,

4201
01:56:35,396 --> 01:56:36,363
for a vote today. But I

4202
01:56:36,363 --> 01:56:37,765
appreciated the work that

4203
01:56:37,765 --> 01:56:39,900
everybody has done to get us

4204
01:56:39,900 --> 01:56:41,635
better informed. Um, I will

4205
01:56:41,635 --> 01:56:43,136
second the Councilmember

4206
01:56:43,136 --> 01:56:44,472
Dembowski comment earlier about

4207
01:56:44,472 --> 01:56:45,673
the need for kind of more

4208
01:56:45,673 --> 01:56:45,940
clarity on the numbers. And I

4209
01:56:45,940 --> 01:56:46,907
know you

4210
01:56:46,907 --> 01:56:47,975
re working hard, but I

4211
01:56:47,975 --> 01:56:49,410
think that is going to be very

4212
01:56:49,410 --> 01:56:51,545
important as we try to make

4213
01:56:51,545 --> 01:56:53,881
decisions in the coming months.

4214
01:56:53,881 --> 01:56:54,982
And, uh, and look forward to

4215
01:56:54,982 --> 01:56:56,817
continuing engagement in this

4216
01:56:56,817 --> 01:56:58,510
topic as, as needed. Uh, does

4217
01:56:58,510 --> 01:57:00,754
anybody have any other final

4218
01:57:00,754 --> 01:57:02,356
comments? Uh Councilmember

4219
01:57:02,356 --> 01:57:04,225
Lewis.

4220
01:57:04,225 --> 01:57:05,959
Yes. Thank you. Chair. Um,

4221
01:57:05,959 --> 01:57:06,794
earlier in the meeting, I

4222
01:57:06,794 --> 01:57:06,994
mentioned the Black Women

4223
01:57:06,994 --> 01:57:08,896
s

4224
01:57:08,896 --> 01:57:10,430
Experience study, and I just

4225
01:57:10,430 --> 01:57:11,598
want my colleagues to know that

4226
01:57:11,598 --> 01:57:12,533
for those of you who would like

4227
01:57:12,533 --> 01:57:12,867
to review it while you

4228
01:57:12,867 --> 01:57:14,867
re in

4229
01:57:15,636 --> 01:57:17,304
transit or otherwise being

4230
01:57:17,304 --> 01:57:20,304
ferried about, we do have

4231
01:57:20,608 --> 01:57:21,408
printed copies of those for you.

4232
01:57:21,408 --> 01:57:22,409
Thank you very much,

4233
01:57:22,409 --> 01:57:24,409
Councilmember Lewis, for

4234
01:57:26,480 --> 01:57:27,247
educating us. All right. Um,

4235
01:57:27,247 --> 01:57:28,215
Councilmember Mosqueda.

4236
01:57:28,215 --> 01:57:29,583
So sorry. And I just want to

4237
01:57:29,583 --> 01:57:30,585
thank Councilmember Lewis again

4238
01:57:30,585 --> 01:57:32,453
for your comments during the

4239
01:57:32,453 --> 01:57:33,554
earlier presentation. Um,

4240
01:57:33,554 --> 01:57:34,955
Councilmember Lewis has also

4241
01:57:34,955 --> 01:57:36,723
sent out an email to the whole

4242
01:57:36,723 --> 01:57:37,758
floor with the hard copy. I

4243
01:57:37,758 --> 01:57:39,626
would say, though, that that

4244
01:57:39,626 --> 01:57:40,794
report used to live online, and

4245
01:57:40,794 --> 01:57:42,290
our team was having a hard time

4246
01:57:42,290 --> 01:57:43,564
finding it online. So just a

4247
01:57:43,564 --> 01:57:45,566
request to the King County

4248
01:57:45,566 --> 01:57:47,100
family to try to get that

4249
01:57:47,100 --> 01:57:48,402
report back up in the

4250
01:57:48,402 --> 01:57:49,503
appropriate place, because it

4251
01:57:49,503 --> 01:57:50,738
does appear that that link has

4252
01:57:50,738 --> 01:57:52,540
been taken down. So thank you

4253
01:57:52,540 --> 01:57:53,640
to Councilmember Lewis for

4254
01:57:53,640 --> 01:57:55,420
again mentioning that sending

4255
01:57:55,420 --> 01:57:56,577
the email around and for our

4256
01:57:56,577 --> 01:57:57,644
team for printing that out and

4257
01:57:57,644 --> 01:57:59,580
helping to make sure everybody

4258
01:57:59,580 --> 01:58:01,381
had a copy in hand.

4259
01:58:01,381 --> 01:58:02,750
Thank you very much.

4260
01:58:02,750 --> 01:58:04,384
Councilmember Mosqueda Clark,

4261
01:58:04,384 --> 01:58:05,953
did we have any council members

4262
01:58:05,953 --> 01:58:06,821
besides Councilmember Balducci

4263
01:58:06,821 --> 01:58:08,889
or Councilmember Perry who

4264
01:58:08,889 --> 01:58:10,491
missed votes.

4265
01:58:10,491 --> 01:58:12,192
Other than Councilmember

4266
01:58:12,192 --> 01:58:12,760
Balducci and Perry? No. All

4267
01:58:12,760 --> 01:58:14,760
right.

4268
01:58:15,429 --> 01:58:15,929
Thank you. Um. Thank you,

4269
01:58:15,929 --> 01:58:17,365
colleagues, we

4270
01:58:17,365 --> 01:58:17,931
re going to end

4271
01:58:17,931 --> 01:58:18,198
the meeting. If there

4272
01:58:18,198 --> 01:58:19,233
s no

4273
01:58:19,233 --> 01:58:21,000
further business to come before