Drafter
Clerk 01/27/2015
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AN ORDINANCE making an emergency appropriation of $59,000 from the general fund to the community services operating fund, and $111,000 from the general fund to the facilities management internal services fund to provide additional funds for operating the King County Men's Homeless Winter Shelter; and amending the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, Sections 42, 43, 86 and 121, as amended, and declaring an emergency.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. Homelessness is recognized as a significant problem in King County and elsewhere in the nation. Every day large numbers of individuals and families in our community go unsheltered. At this time our community simply does not have the capacity to meet the need.
B. King County finds it unacceptable that people are dying on the streets of our communities because there are insufficient safe locations for habitation by homeless persons.
C. On January 24, 2014, more than three thousand one hundred twenty-three individuals were living outside and another six thousand one hundred seventy-one individuals were in shelters or transitional housing in King County, according to the One Night Count conducted by the Seattle/King County Coalition for the Homeless.
D. Formed in 2005, the Committee to End Homelessness is dedicated to making homelessness rare, brief and one-time in King County. The Committee to End Homelessness - King County 2013 Annual Report states that thirty-six thousand people have moved from homelessness to permanent housing since 2005.
E. The Committee to End Homelessness adopted a final plan and recommendations in 2005 titled King County Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. The plan found that emergency shelters are not ideal but found that there is a need for emergency shelter until more permanent housing is available across King County.
F. King County has recognized a particular need for emergency shelter during the winter months and has provided winter shelter for more than twenty years.
G. King County currently provides funding for a winter shelter for single adult men operated by the Salvation Army at the King County administration building ("the King County Men's Homeless Winter Shelter"). The shelter is open outside of normal business hours. For winter 2015, the 2015-2016 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 17941, provides funding sufficient to provide shelter for fifty men between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. each night from January 1, 2015, through April 15, 2015.
H. During their consideration of the King County executive's proposed budget for 2015-2016, county councilmembers expressed a desire to expand both the capacity and the operating hours of the winter shelter. However, because work on the city of Seattle emergency task force on unsheltered homelessness was underway during the budget deliberations and had not concluded when the budget ordinance was adopted, the county council agreed to fund the winter shelter at the level proposed by the executive.
I. On January 6, 2015, the King County executive announced that the city of Seattle, as part of the recommendations of the emergency task force on unsheltered homelessness, had agreed to provide $117,000 to expand the King County winter shelter capacity from fifty to one hundred beds.
J. The King County council wishes to accept this funding from the city of Seattle to expand the capacity of the winter shelter and anticipates the development of an agreement between King County and the city of Seattle for the use of this funding.
K. The King County council also wishes to extend the operating hours of the winter shelter to be open between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day from February 1, 2015, through April 15, 2015.
L. The estimated additional management, utilities and security cost to expand the size and hours of the winter shelter for the period from February 1, 2015, through April 15, 2015, is $170,000.
M. The council finds as a fact and declares that an emergency exists and that the enactment of this ordinance as an emergency ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety or for the support of county government and its existing public institutions.
N. The council has authority to enact an emergency appropriation ordinance as set forth in Section 470.20 of the King County Charter.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 17941, Section 42, as amended is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting therein the following:
HUMAN SERVICES GF TRANSFERS - from the general fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Human services GF transfers: $127,000
SECTION 3. Ordinance 17941, Section 43, as amended is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting therein the following:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT GF TRANSFERS - from the general fund there is hereby appropriated to:
General government GF transfers: $43,000
SECTION 4. Ordinance 17941, Section 86, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting therein the following:
COMMUNITY SERVICES OPERATING - From the community services operating fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Community services operating $59,000
ER1 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, in 2015, (($3,119,727)) $3,178,727 shall be expended solely to contract with the following:
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services $82,608
API Chaya $45,665
Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership $5,000
Atlantic Street Center $10,000
Auburn/Federal Way Boys and Girls Club $2,500
Auburn Youth Resources $2,500
Ballard Senior Center $20,000
Black Diamond Senior Center $16,236
City of Burien - Highline Senior Center $10,655
City of Enumclaw - County Fair $10,000
City of Enumclaw - Senior Services $12,685
City of Shoreline - Veterans Memorial $10,000
Consejo Counseling and Referral Service $97,213
District 2 Community Service Organizations $18,000
District 3 Community Service Organizations $20,000
District 6 Community Service Organizations $40,000
District 7 Community Service Organizations $15,000
District 8 Community Service Organizations $18,750
District 9 Community Service Organizations $15,000
Domestic Abuse Women's Network (DAWN) $286,974
DOVE Project $25,295
ELAP/DAWN - South County Attorney Services $55,812
Eastside Baby Corner $1,000
Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP) $66,975
Fall City Community Association $2,000
FUSION $15,000
Got Green $5,000
GSBA $5,000
Harborview Medical Center - Center for Sexual Assault & Traumatic Stress $129,065
Highline Historical Society $10,000
Hopelink $10,000
Hunger Intervention Program $5,000
ICHS Foundation $5,000
Issaquah Senior Center $2,000
Kent HOPE $5,000
King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCCADV) $25,877
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center $503,729
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center - Project 360 $67,000
Korean Community Services Center $5,000
LifeWire (formerly Eastside Domestic Violence Program) $203,289
Maple Valley Creative Arts Council $5,000
Maple Valley Community Center $24,862
Mary's Place $5,000
Mount Si Senior Center $24,862
New Beginnings $14,940
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project $25,369
Northwest Network $56,186
Project Mister $10,000
REACH Center of Hope $5,000
Reachout $2,500
Refugee Women's Alliance $56,186
Roots $5,000
Salvation Army $14,940
Salvation Army - Men's Homeless Winter Shelter (($89,381)) $148,381
Seattle Community Law Center $20,295
Seattle Indian Health Board $56,186
Seattle Sports Commission $5,000
Seattle Theater Group - Fortune's Bones $5,000
Senior Services - Volunteer Transportation (Unincorporated King County) $3,349
Snoqualmie Valley Senior Center $29,862
Solid Ground - Broadview Shelter $26,732
Solid Ground - Connect Up $25,000
Solid Ground - Family Assistance $50,729
Southwest Youth & Family Services - New Futures $5,000
Team Child $273,989
Tenants Union $40,800
Thomas Jefferson Raiders Parents Movement $2,500
Unemployment Law Project $28,414
Vashon Maury Senior Center $24,862
Vashon PDA $1,250
Westside Baby $5,000
YWCA $225,444
YWCA Downtown - Women's Homeless Winter Shelter $65,261
ER2 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, in 2016, $2,828,115 shall be expended solely to contract with the following:
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services $84,325
API Chaya $46,614
Ballard Senior Center $20,000
Black Diamond Senior Center $16,574
City of Burien - Highline Senior Center $10,877
City of Enumclaw - Senior Services $12,948
Consejo Counseling and Referral Service $99,234
District 5 Community Service Organizations $20,000
Domestic Abuse Women's Network (DAWN) $292,941
DOVE Project $20,717
Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP) $68,368
ELAP/DAWN - South County Attorney Services $56,973
Harborview Medical Center - Center for Sexual Assault & Traumatic Stress $131,748
King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCCADV) $26,415
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center $514,203
LifeWire (formerly Eastside Domestic Violence Program) $207,516
Maple Valley Community Center $25,379
Mount Si Senior Center $25,379
New Beginnings $15,251
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project $25,897
Northwest Network $57,354
Project Mister $3,000
Refugee Women's Alliance $57,354
Salvation Army $15,251
Salvation Army - Men's Homeless Winter Shelter $91,240
Seattle Com Law Center $20,717
Seattle Indian Health Board $57,354
Senior Services - Volunteer Transportation (Unincorporated King County) $3,418
Snoqualmie Valley Senior Center $25,379
Solid Ground - Broadview Shelter $27,288
Solid Ground - Connect Up $25,000
Solid Ground - Family Assistance $51,784
Team Child $279,685
Tenants Union $40,800
Unemployment Law Project $29,004
Vashon Maury Senior Center $25,379
YWCA $230,131
YWCA Downtown - Women's Homeless Winter Shelter $66,618
ER3 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, $59,000 shall be spent solely to expand the capacity and increase the operating hours of the Salvation Army - Men's Homeless Winter Shelter in order to provide one hundred beds and eleven shelter hours per night, from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., from February 1, 2015, through April 15, 2015.
P1 PROVIDED THAT:
Of this appropriation, $50,000 shall not be expended or encumbered until the executive transmits a report on the King County men's winter shelter and a motion that approves the report and the motion is passed by the council. The motion shall reference the subject matter, the proviso's ordinance, ordinance section and proviso number in both the title and body of the motion.
The report shall provide an update on the status of the King County men's winter shelter and plans for winter 2015-2016. The report shall include, but not be limited to:
A. A summary of usage of the King County men's winter shelter for winter 2014-2015, with the average number of those accommodated and turned away by week;
B. An analysis of potential alternative locations for a men's winter shelter that could accommodate between fifty and one hundred single adult men who are experiencing homelessness. The analysis should compare the winter shelter's current location in the King County administration building with other potential locations in or near the downtown Seattle area. The analysis of potential locations should include for each potential location:
1. Bed capacity;
2. Location for men to queue while awaiting the shelter's opening each night, noting potential locations that could offer a covered waiting area;
3. Hours of availability each night;
4. Months of availability each winter;
5. Ability to store mats, bedding and other shelter supplies;
6. Ability to launder bedding and shelter supplies; and
7. Estimated cost for rent, security, utilities and other site-related expenses based on an analysis of fifty beds and one hundred beds for:
a.(1) eight hours per night;
(2) nine and one-half hours per night; and
(3) eleven hours per night; and
b.(1) six and one-half months of service, for October 15 through April 30;
(2) seven and one-half months of service, for October 15 through May 31;
(3) nine months of service, for October 1 through June 30; and
(4) a full year of service; and
C. A description of potential opportunities for coordination with the city of Seattle to secure a new shelter location, to expand an existing shelter location or to provide services that would replace the need for emergency shelter.
The executive must file the report and motion required by this proviso by June 30, 2015, in the form of a paper original and an electronic copy with the clerk of the council, who shall retain the original and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff, the policy staff director and the lead staff for the law, justice, health and human services committee, or its successor.
SECTION 5. Ordinance 17941, Section 121, as amended, is hereby amended by adding thereto and inserting therein the following:
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT INTERNAL SERVICE - From the facilities management - internal service fund there is hereby appropriated to:
Facilities management internal service $111,000
ER1 EXPENDITURE RESTRICTION:
Of this appropriation, $111,000 shall be spent solely to expand the capacity and increase the operating hours of the Salvation Army - Men's Homeless Winter Shelter in order to provide one hundred beds and eleven shelter hours per night, from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., from February 1, 2015, through April 15, 2015.
SECTION 6. The council finds as a fact and declares that an emergency exists and that the enactment of this ordinance as an emergency ordinance is necessary for the
immediate preservation of public peace, health or safety or for the support of county government and its existing public institutions.