>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, FOR IT BEING HERE.
I AM SALLY BAGSHAW.
THIS IS OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE
AND THIS IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
30, 2019.
OUR MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:35 AM AND I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU, TO TRAN 20 AND
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THANK YOU, FOR BEING HERE.
I KNOW MY OTHER COLLEAGUES,
WHEN THEY DO COME IN, I AM
GOING TO HAVE TO EXERT THE SAME
THING.
WE WILL HAVE ROUGHLY ONE MINUTE
FOR CENTRAL STAFF TO INTRODUCE
THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE
HEARING TODAY AND THEN WE WILL
BE TALKING VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US AND
THEN MOVE ON BECAUSE WE HAVE
OVER 160 ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT TODAY.
SO, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
TODAY.
THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN AS GREEN
SHEETS.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
INCREASE OR DECREASE FUNDING
FOR A DEPARTMENT OR PROGRAM AND
THAT WOULD COME IN THE FORM OF
PROVISOS TO REVISE A CAPITAL
PROJECT PLANNED TO CREATE OR
ELIMINATE CITY EMPLOYMENT
POSITIONS.
THAT IS NEVER A GOOD THING OR
ONE THAT ANYBODY TAKES LIGHTLY.
WE CAN ALSO ESTABLISH
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT REQUEST A SPECIFIC REPORT
OR OTHER BUDGET RELATED
ORDINANCES.
MANY OF YOU WILL BE CIRCLING
BACK AND TALKING WITH EACH
COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN ABOUT
PRIORITIES FOR BUDGET.
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, OUR FIRST
BALANCING PACKAGE WILL BE
PRESENTED BACK TO YOU AND THAT
MEANS I AM WORKING ALL WEEKEND
WITH COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF AND
COLLEAGUES, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON AT
THIS POINT, FROM WHAT I AM
HEARING FROM YOU IS A REAL
INTEREST IN FUNDING ISSUES THAT
WILL HELP US RESOLVE
HOMELESSNESS TO PROVIDE MORE
HOUSING AND BETTER HYGIENE
FACILITIES.
SO I AM THINKING OF THAT AS AN
OVERARCHING UMBRELLA.
TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY
WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE.
AND OTHER ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE
TO YOU WITHIN THAT UMBRELLA.
AND THEN IF THERE IS SOMETHING
OUTSIDE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THIS
IS REALLY CRITICAL TO HELP
PROMOTE THE WORK WE ARE DOING,
FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO
ARTICULATE WHAT THAT IS.
WE ARE GOING TO LOUVRE MOVE
FORWARD AND AFTER EACH ITEM IS
ADDRESSED OR INTRODUCED BY
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF I WILL
BEG YOU TO PLEASE TRY TO KEEP
IT TO ABOUT 30 SECONDS OR ONE
MINUTE AS TO WHY WE NEED TO KEEP
SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
SO, COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF,
LISA, WILL YOU BE PLANNING?
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO
THE ISSUE OF SPONSORSHIP?
>> PLEASE DO.
>> LAST YEAR, AFTER EACH EACH
COUNCIL MEMBER -- YOU WOULD ASK
COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY WANTED
TO COSPONSOR.
>> WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS
THAT WE RECOGNIZE, THAT I AM
TRYING TO DO IS GET A SENSE OF
SUPPORT FOR AN ITEM.
AND AS I SAID, WE KNOW THAT
THERE IS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM
AROUND FUNDING LEAD AND OTHER
ALTERNATIVES TO THE JAIL AND AT
THE SAME TIME, MAKING SURE THAT
WE HAVE THE EXTRA HOUSING THAT
WE NEED AND FUNDING OPTIONS FOR
PEOPLE THAT HAVE HOUSING NOW
AND MAYBE STRUGGLING. SO, IF
YOU RAISE HER HAND, FOR EVERY
SINGLE ITEM, IT IS NOT GOING TO
HELP ME PRIORITIZE.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE
ABLE TO DO IS SAY THAT THIS IS
IMPORTANT AND RAISE YOUR HAND
OR, THIS MIGHT BE OF TIER 2 AND
PARENTS.
SO, IF WE CAN DO THAT, AND I
WILL ASK FOR A TIER 1 AND A
TIER 2 IF IT GETS TO BECOME
PROBLEMATIC.
SO WHAT ARE YOU MAKING A FACE
AT ME FOR?
JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S NOT
GOING TO WORK?
>> I WAS MAKING A FACE AT HER.
>> OKAY.
I UNDERSTAND.
>> IT'S ALL MY FAULT.
>> OKAY.
SO, THAT KIND OF CHANGES THINGS
UP.
SO, SINCE I AM FIRST, --
>> EVERYBODY LOVES COYOTE
CENTRAL.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE GREAT.
SO ELSEWHERE, AT THE TABLE, DO
YOU WANT TO GET STARTED LISA?
HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
>> OKAY.
>> AASHA IS GOING TO START US
OFF.
>> THE COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
CBA ARTS-1-A-1 WOULD ADD
$50,000 IN FUNDING FOR THE
EXPANSION OF COYOTE CENTRAL TO
THE LAKE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THIS IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, FOR LETTING ME
GO FIRST.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN FIRST, EVER.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND KEEPING WITH THE REQUEST OF
THE CHAIR, WHAT I WANT TO SHARE
ABOUT THIS IS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH COYOTE CENTRAL FOR
TWO YEARS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO
SAY THEY ARE MOVING NORTH.
THEY PURCHASED A BUILDING IN
LAKE CITY.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING
SUCCESSFULLY IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND
WE PLAN TO REPLICATE THAT WITH
THEM.
I HAVE ALSO HANDED OUT A LETTER
TO YOU ON THE ORCHID COLORED
PIECE OF PAPER.
I KNOW I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
TIME BUT WE ARE SO ECSTATIC
THAT COYOTE CENTRAL HAS COME UP
TO THE NORTH AND THEY HAVE SOME
OF THE BEST HIGH-QUALITY
PROGRAMS AND CAN SERVE 1300
YOUTH IN THE NORTH AND ALONE.
EQUITY IS A CORE VALUE AND IT
IS JUST SO EVIDENT IN THEIR
MATERIAL AND THEIR PROGRAMS AND
IN THEIR SUCCESS BETWEEN 42-61%
OF THE PARTICIPANTS AT ANY
GIVEN PROGRAM IDENTIFY IS USE
OF COLOR.
WHAT I AM REALLY IMPRESSED
WITH, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH THEIR BOARD IS THEIR
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, INCLUSION
AND RESPECT.
SO FAR, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM
TO MOVE NORTH AND PURCHASE THE
BUILDING IS $2.4 MILLION.
THEY HAVE RAISED $687,000
TOWARDS THEIR CAPITAL
PROGRAMMING GOALS.
THIS IS A ONE-TIME ASK OF
$50,000.
AND LET ME JUST AND WITH THIS.
COYOTE CENTRAL IS MOVING TO
COYOTE NORTH AND WHAT I LOVE
MOST ABOUT THEM AND THEIR
PROGRAMMING IS THAT IT IS
LITTLE OR NO COST FOR THEIR
FAMILIES AND MONEY IS NEVER A
BARRIER.
>> I WILL SUPPORT THIS.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH ASKING FOR RAISES
AND ALL THAT?
>> EITHER I CAN OR YOU ARE
WELCOME TO, OBVIOUSLY.
AS MEMBERS IF THEY WOULD LIKE
TO RAISE THEIR HAND AND HOLD
THEIR HEAD UP FOR JUST A MINUTE
IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO
COSPONSOR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR
HELP ON THIS BECAUSE YOU CAN
SEE AS.
BUT I WILL START OFF BY, AND
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, THANK
YOU, FOR JOINING US.
THE FOLKS AT THE TABLE ARE
GOING TO TRY TO GIVE US A
FRAMEWORK ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUE
IS.
THEN I AM GOING TO ASK THE
SPONSORING MEMBER APPEARED TO
TRY TO KEEP IT 30 SECONDS ABOUT
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND, THEN WE WILL ASK FOR A
SHOW OF HANDS IF YOU WANT TO
SUPPORT IT.
BUT I AM REALLY TRYING TO SAY,
ET'S TO A 'T' OR ONE OR EIGHT
TIERED 2. BABY IF YOU THINK IT
IS A GOOD IDEA BENETTI TIER 1,
TIER 1, ITEM NUMBER ONE,
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, ALL OF
THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN
AS A COSPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I SHOULD GET POINTS FOR
BEING FAST.
YES, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL,
PUT YOUR HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
PLEASE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2.
>> THIS IS CBA ARTS-3-A-1 AND
IT WOULD ADD $25,000 OF
ADMISSIONS TAX TO ARTS FOR
ACCESS TO ONLINE HISTORICAL
RESOURCES AND THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL.
>> PUT THE CLOCK ON ME AND I
WILL SHOW YOU WHAT 30 SECONDS
LOOKS LIKE. WE DID THIS LAST
YEAR AND IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL.
I AM ASKING THAT WE MAKE A
MODEST INVESTMENT TO THE
STEERING COMMITMENT AND ACTION
PARTICULARLY FOR THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THOSE
DEALING WITH DISPLACEMENT.
WE DID THIS LAST YEAR AND LAST
YEAR WE PARTNERED WITH THE
MARTIN LUTHER KING ORGANIZING
COMMITTEE AND WE HAD AN
INCREDIBLE CELEBRATION FOR THE
MLK EVENTS.
THEY HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM
THAT IS CALLED TURNING
COMMITMENT INTO ACTION.
IT IS THE ISSUE OF DISPLACEMENT
AND JUSTIFICATION ISSUES IN
THAT DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, WELL DONE.
ALL THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO
SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT.
>> HOW ARE WE DOING SO FAR,
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JUST A BIT LONGER.
>> OKAY.
>> I AM 2 FOR 2 RIGHT NOW.
>> WHERE IS THE REQUEST FOR
HISTORY LINK?
WHY DID WE WHERE DO WE PUT IT?
IT IS ALSO UNDER ARTS?
>> IT IS THE NEXT ONE COMING
UP.
>> OKAY.
THAT WOULD BE ME, WHAT NICK?
>> YES.
SO, WE ARE LOOKING AT CBA ARTS-
3-A-1 AND THEY ARE REQUESTING
$25,000 OF ADMISSIONS TAX TO
ARTS FOR ACCESS TO ONLINE
HISTORICAL RESOURCES . THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW.
>> THIS IS FOR SUSTAINABLE
WORK THAT IS BEING DONE.
THEY DID A BOOK FOR 150 YEARS
IN SEATTLE.
THEY DO SIMILAR PROJECTS YEAR
ROUND.
AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY ARE
UNIQUE AND NOBODY DOES WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.
>> ALL THOSE THAT WANT TO JOIN
ME, $25,000 FOR HISTORY LINK,
PLEASE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
>> WE WILL MOVE INTO THE OFFICE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
THIS IS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS
OCR-1-A-1. $25,000 TO THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY
FOUNDATION AND IT IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> AASHA, WILL YOU DESCRIBE IT.
>> EVERY YEAR, THE CITY PUTS ON
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.
OCR IS ASKING OTHER PEOPLE TO
GET FUNDING.
THEY SPEND TIME TRYING TO GET
FUNDING TOGETHER SO THAT THEY
CAN DO THE CELEBRATION ON A
YEARLY BASIS.
THIS FUNDING WOULD ALLOW THEM
TO FORGO ALL OF THAT EXTRA
EFFORT TO GET TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS AND TO SCRAPE
TOGETHER FUNDING AND GIVE THEM
ONGOING FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO
FUND THOSE CELEBRATIONS.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE
SIMILAR.
THOSE ARE, $16,000 FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS DAY AT $16,000.
AND OCR TO FUND THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING UNITY DAY?
ARE THOSE SCALABLE?
CAN THOSE ALL THE 16,000?
OR CAN YOU TELL ME WHY DO THOSE
NUMBERS DIFFER?
>> MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT THEY
WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE SCALABLE.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE
AMOUNT THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
REQUESTED SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW MUCH OF
EACH OF THOSE WOULD BE
APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR BALANCING
PACKAGE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THESE THREE EVENTS HAVE BEEN
CITYWIDE EVENTS GOING ON FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
I AM AT A LOSS AS TO WHY THE
DEPARTMENTS NEED TO COME TO US
EVERY BUDGET YEAR TO GET
FUNDING TO PUT ON WHAT OUR
CITYWIDE EVENTS.
WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN WRAPPED
INTO THE CITY BUDGET?
IN RECOGNITION THAT THESE ARE
EVENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
THE ENTIRE CITY AND WE ALL
SUPPORT THEM?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANSWERS?
>> I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS HAS
NOT BEEN WRAPPED INTO EXISTING
BUDGETS.
THE INFORMATION I DO HAVE IS
THAT THEY ARE TASKED TO TO THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE
OFFICE COMES TO COUNCILMEMBERS
AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS EVERY
YEAR TO GET TOGETHER THE
FUNDING FOR THIS.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR,
THE ADS, BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY
ONE TIME FUNDING, THAT IS ALL
THEY HAD.
IF THESE WERE ONGOING FUNDING
THEN THEY WOULD HAVE DEDICATED
RESOURCES.
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF THEY WOULD
NEED TO ASK FURTHER.
BUT THIS WOULD GIVE THEM AT
LEAST A ANIMAL LEVEL OF
DEDICATED FUNDING.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO
THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY NOT
BE AS TRANSPARENT ON MANY OF
THESE EVENTS, PARTICULARLY THE
ONES COMING UP, PARTICULARLY,
INDIGENOUS DAYS, WHAT I HAVE
HAD TO DO OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS IS CALLED DEPARTMENT
HEADS, WORK WITH THE BUDGET
OFFICE AND GET MONEY
TRANSFERRED OVER AND ASKING
THEM EVERY TIME.
IT IS A LOT OF WORK AND
RESOURCES TO PIECEMEAL THIS
TOGETHER.
THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING
AND I THINK THAT OCR IS REALLY
TAXING THEIR STAFF TO, BEG,
BORROW AND SKIP TO PUT THESE
EVENTS TOGETHER.
>> I WAS GOING TO MAKE A
SIMILAR COMMENT THAT, I AM SURE
THAT THIS IS TRUE IN GENERAL,
UNFORTUNATELY.
I CAN TELL YOU, JUST FROM
HAVING INTERACTED IN THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STAY
QUESTION, FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING IT HAS BEEN A
STRUGGLE TO HAVE IT FUNDED.
EVERY YEAR, NOT ONLY THE STAFF
BUT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEY
HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE EVERY
YEAR AND EVERY YEAR WE MOUNT
THE SAME ARGUMENT ABOUT FUNDING
IT AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THIS
PROBLEM.
AND THAT IS WHY, WE WANT THIS
TO BE A DEDICATED FUNDING AND
THE PROVISO BASICALLY SAYS THAT,
THIS GOES ALONG WITH WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
THE CITY AGREES THAT THESE ARE
CITYWIDE CELEBRATIONS AND THEY
ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT EVERY
YEAR WE HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND
IT IS A REAL STRUGGLE TO GET IT
THROUGH.
IT IS ALWAYS NICKEL AND DIME.
LIKE, IS THIS SALMON DINNER
GOING TO BE FUNDED OR NOT?
IT IS LITTLE THINGS.
IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS WAY.
IT SHOULD JUST BE FUNDED IT IS
NOT A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY.
>> CAN WE VOTE ON ALL THREE OF
THESE SIMULTANEOUSLY?
>> IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOUR
STUFF IF YOU COULD DO ONE AT A
TIME.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASY ON
YOU.
NUMBER 4 IS $25,000 TO OCR TO
FUND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY
CELEBRATIONS.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT, RAISE
YOUR HAND PLEASE.
GREAT.
DO YOU HAVE EVERYBODY?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
AND THE NEXT, NUMBER 5 IS
$16,000 GF TO OCR FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS DAY.
THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THE THIRD IS $25,000 GF
TO OCR TO FUND THE CITY'S MLK
UNITY DAY .
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
NUMBER 7 IS $252,876 GF TO OCR
FOR 2.0 FTE POSITIONS TO
ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES TO
ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES.
>> THIS IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SO , THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS HAS A BACKLOG OF 61
CASES AND IS ANTICIPATING
INCREASED COMPLAINTS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS IMPLEMENTED
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO
RESPOND TO THE BACKLOG
INCLUDING TERMINATING A HUD
CONTRACT TO DE-PRIORITIZE CASES
THAT WERE FILED WITH THE CITY
AND WE HAVE PROPOSED A PLAN TO
REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
IMPACT.
WITH THE PASSAGE OF NEW LAWS,
AND CLOSE CAPTIONING ORDINANCES,
OCR ANTICIPATES A 10% INCREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND
THESE DEPOSITIONS ARE INTENDED
TO MITIGATE THAT THROUGH
EDUCATION AND CREATING ADDED
CAPACITY BY IMPLEMENTING THE
RESTORATIVE RESOLUTION MODEL IS
A NEW TOOL TO RESOLVE CASES SO
ALL CASES DON'T NEED TO BE
TREATED AS INVESTIGATIONS AND
LITIGATIONS.
THE RESTORATIVE RESOLUTION MODEL
IS A MEDIATION MODEL TO RESOLVE
CIVIL RIGHTS CASES.
PER, A RECENT INQUIRY FROM MY
OFFICE, AND INCOMING
CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO MAKE
THESE FULL-TIME POSITIONS, THE
INCREASED INCREASED
APPROPRIATION TO DO SO.
AND THAT WOULD BE AS STATED
HERE.
ABOUT $237,000.
PARTIALLY FOR THE RESTORATIVE
RESOLUTIONS MODEL MEDIATOR AND
THE OTHER FOR THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH POSITION.
THE REASON WHY THIS IS LINKED
TO TWO INVESTIGATIONS IS THAT,
CURRENTLY, BECAUSE SOC ARE HAS
NO DEDICATED STAFF, THEY DO
POLICY WORK AND OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION.
THIS LEADS TO THE BACKLOG THAT
I MENTIONED EARLIER.
LAST YEAR THIS COUNSEL REQUESTED
THAT THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
DO A RACE AND EQUITY TOOLKIT
REGARDING THE STRUCTURE OF THE
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND TO
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US
ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND ONE
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
CAME OUT OF THAT TO BEGIN TO
FUND EDUCATION FOR THIS OFFICE
LIKE WE DO FOR LABOR STANDARDS.
WE ROBUSTLY FUND THESE BUT WE
NEED TO DO THAT FOR THE OFFICE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AS PART OF THE
FOCUS GROUPS.
WHAT THEY LEARNED IN FOCUSED
GROUPS IS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN
THIS CITY, PARTICULARLY THOSE
IN COLOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ARE ARE UNAWARE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
LAWS.
THE ADDED FUNDING TO DO MORE
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WILL
HELP ADDRESS THAT.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
SO, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO
ADD?
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
NUMBER SEVEN, $252,876 GF TO
OCR FOR 2.0 FTE POSITIONS TO
ADDRESS CAPACITY ISSUES ,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
BUT YOUR CALL.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS WHY I THINK
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AUDIENCE
TODAY.
THIS IS OUR LAW DEPARTMENT AND
THERE ARE TWO REQUEST MONTHS
FOR PARALEGALS.
CAN YOU READ THESE IN AASHA.
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS LAW-1-
A-1 WOULD ADD $113,077 GF AND
1.0 FULL TIME EQUIVELANT
PARALEGAL POSITION TO LAW FOR A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TECHNOLOGY
EXPERT . AND THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
>> THIS REQUEST CAME FROM ANY
DISCUSSIONS WITH ORGANIZATIONS
AND APARTMENTS THAT WORK WITH
VICTIMS.
IT WOULD RESPOND TO THE
INCREASED USE OF TECHNOLOGY BY
ABUSERS TO HARASS AND IT ABUSE
SURVIVORS.
THE DV UNIT RECEIVES FUNDING
EVERY YEAR, BUT THEY DO NOT
HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO
DEAL WITH TECHNOLOGY-BASED
ABUSE.
DEDICATING A POSITION TO
PROVIDING THIS EXPERTISE AND
WORKING WITH SURVIVORS WOULD
INCREASE CAPACITY AND TAKE A
STEP TOWARDS MODERNIZING CITY
PROCESSES.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS?
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IS THE $113,000, IS THAT THE
COST OF A PARALEGAL AND THEN
INSURANCE, VACATION AND
EVERYTHING ELSE?
>> THAT DOES INCLUDE THE
ONGOING COST FOR THE POSITION.
IT IS ABOUT $110,000 IN
ADDITION TO $3000 FOR EQUIPMENT
AND TRAINING.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> OKAY.
>> WE ARE LOOKING NOW AT CBA
LAW-2-A-1 AND THAT IS TO ADD
$113,077 GF TO LAW FOR 1.0 FTE
PARALEGAL POSITION TO BE
ATRAUMA INFORMED ADVOCATE FOR
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FIREARM
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> THIS UNIT HAD SUCCESS
MOVING HUNDREDS OF FIREARMS
LAST YEAR FROM DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN
PARTICULAR, INCLUDIN THOSE
THAT WERE MAKING THREATS OF
SUICIDE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SITUATIONS AND OR, POTENTIAL
DOMESTIC TERRORIST SITUATIONS.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I SHARED
A NEW STORY WITH YOU ALL ABOUT
HOW THE UNIT WAS INTEGRAL IN
REMOVING SEVERAL MILLIS
MILITARY STYLE RIFLES FROM A
NEO-NAZI.
I AM REALLY PROUD THAT THIS
UNIT IS DOING THIS WORK.
IT IS INNOVATIVE, REGIONAL AND
IS LITERALLY SAVING LIVES IN
THE CITY AND ACROSS THE REGION.
I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE PUSHING
THIS FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED
EXPANSION TO THIS UNIT, WHICH
THIS PARALEGAL POSITION WOULD
BE DEDICATED TO AND, I AM DOING
SO WITH THE SUPPORT AND
EXPANSION OF FRIENDS IN THE
COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE
ALLIANCE FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY
AND I HOPE THAT FOLKS WILL
SUPPORT THIS POTENTIAL ACT.
>> I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRIS
ANDERSON.
HE WORKED ON THIS WITH ME THREE
YEARS AGO AND I KNOW YOU HAVE
GOTTEN NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR
THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM IS
DOING.
ALL THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF
SUPPORTING RECOMMENDATIONS BY
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ ON
NUMBER NINE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU,
>> AND NOW, OFFICE OF HEARING
EXAMINER, ADD $23,000 FOR
OFFICE OF HEARING EXAMINER
IMPROVEMENTS . WHO IS TAKING
THIS ONE?
>> WE HAVE ONE COUNSEL BUDGET
ACTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO.
IT IS TO ADD $23,000 FOR OFFICE
OF HEARING EXAMINER
IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT IS FOR
PORTABLE RECORDING EQUIPMENT
AND $15,000 OF IT IS ONGOING
GENERAL FUNDING TO PAY FOR THE
PARTICIPATION OF A PLANNER IN
THE MEDIATION PROCESS.
>> VERY GOOD.
SLIS.
>> THIS WAS REQUESTED IN
LETTER TO THE COUNCIL EARLIER
THIS MONTH.
IT WOULD MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND
15,000 OF ONGOING FUNDING WOULD
RESTORE A PILOT PROGRAM THAT
ALLOWS CITY PLANNERS TO
PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION
PROCEEDINGS WITHOUT BEARING
THOSE COSTS.
IT WOULD MAKE MEDIATION MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
IT WOULD ALLOW CASES TO BE
DEALT WITH OUTSIDE OF THE
CASES.
IT WILL PROVIDE HEARING
EQUIPMENT IT WOULD ALLOW THEM
TO SET UP EQUIPMENT SO THEY CAN
HOLD HEARINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS AN EXAMPLE, FOR MY
UNDERSTANDING, THE LAW AND
APPEAL PROCESS AND HEARINGS,
COULD NOT COULD HAVE BEEN MOVED
FORWARD MONTHS SOONER RATHER
THAN HAVING TO WAIT MONTHS FOR
HEARINGS TO CONCLUDE.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> ALL THOSE WANTING TO SUPPORT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
OFFICE OF HEARING EXAMINER,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NOW, NEXT ITEM IS FROM THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS.
>> AND WE HAVE THREE COUNSEL
BUDGET ACTIONS FOR THIS.
THE FIRST IS, AN AD OF $750,000
TO THE ONE-TIME GENERAL FUND
FOR A RAPID RESPONSE FUND.
THAT IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU. THIS, I HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT
THIS IN THE PAST.
I THINK WE WERE ALL LISTENING
WITH A KEEN AND COMPASSIONATE
EAR WHEN THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
WAS GIVING THEIR BUDGET
OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF THEIR
BUDGET.
THIS PARTICULAR AD WOULD BE A
ONE TIME ADD TO ESTABLISH WHAT
WE ARE REFERRING TO AS A
RESILIENT FUND.
IT WOULD BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS AND WOULD EFFECTIVELY
REESTABLISH A RAPID RESPONSE
FUNDING STREAM THAT WOULD ALLOW
PEOPLE TO, OR COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO TAP
INTO THESE DOLLARS TO BE ABLE
TO DO REALLY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
IN THE FACE OF THE ONSLAUGHT OF
POLICY CHANGES WE ARE SEEING
AHEAD OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT
DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY IMPACT
THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
POPULATION.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OIRA
AND THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE
NEED FOR THESE DOLLARS.
WE FEEL THIS IS A CRITICAL USE
OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THE RESILIENCY OF
OUR IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
THE $750,000 ADD, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT COUNSEL BUDGET
ACTION IS OIRA-1-A-1 FOR AN
ADD $116,291 FOR 1.0 FULL TIME
EQUIVELANT STRATEGIC ADVISOR 1
AS THEY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE
FEDERAL POLICY CHANGES THAT
ARE OCCURRING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I THINK MISS GORE DID A
GOOD JOB OF DESCRIBING THE
TECHNICAL PIECES OF THIS.
AS WE HEARD OIRA MAKE A
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET, WE ALL
WALKED AWAY WITH THE SENSE THAT
THEY ARE DOING MIGHTY WORK ON A
SHOESTRING BUDGET AND I THINK
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM
TO CAPRICE INCREASE THEIR
CAPACITY IN A REASONABLE BUT
MODEST WAY TO ALLOW THEM TO
HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FTE TO BE
ABLE TO DIG INTO AN FOCUS ON
SUPPORTIG THE WORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY ENVISIONS WOULD BE
DONE THROUGH THE RAPID RESPONSE
RESILIENCE FUND THAT I JUST
SPOKE ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
>> THANK YOU.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
>> GREAT.
SO, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 13.
>> OUR FINAL COUNSEL BUDGET
ACTION IS AN ADD $50,000
GENERAL FUND FOR DEFERRED
ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS
AND TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS
APPLICATION SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING
. IT IS BASED ON A PROGRAM THAT
EXISTED IN 2018.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THIS ONE IS NOT MIND.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER JACOB.
>> AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE
SUPREME COURT RULING ON DACA, I
BELIEVE THAT WE AS A CITY NEED
TO BE TAKING PROACTIVE ACTION
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PROTECTING UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE
AS BEST AS WE CAN.
I THINK THAT, WE CAN PROVIDE
GRANTS TO DACA APPLICANTS THAT
WERE CHALLENGED BY THE
APPLICATION FEE.
THERE WAS NO FUNDING IN 2019 TO
CONTINUE THIS WORK.
THIS APPLICATION FEE CAN BE THE
BIGGEST BARRIER TO RENEWING THE
APPLICATION.
99.2% OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN
APPROVED BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN
AFFORD THE APPLICATION FEE.
NEXT YEAR ALONE, 150,000
APPLICANTS WILL NEED TO RESTORE
THEIR STATUS BY JUNE.
WE HAVE A PROXIMALLY 7300 DACA
RECIPIENTS.
THIS WOULD AT A $50,000 ONE-
TIME FUNDING FOR OIRA TO INVEST
IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
I HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT MULTIPLE
PEOPLE MAY BE INTERESTED IN
SUPPORTING WHATEVER THIS
PROVIDES.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM
NUMBER 13, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
IS THAT YOU?
OKAY.
>> THE FIRST ONE IS OPCD-1-A-1.
IT IS A PROVISO OF $150,000
THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT IN OPCD.
AND THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A
LEGISLATIVE MEASURE PRIOR TO
THE EXECUTIVE STARTING TO
PRESENT THOSE FUNDS.
AND WE WILL HEAR FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA SPEAK AND FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> LET'S HEAR FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN ACTUALLY.
>> DON'T MESS THAT UP COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> SO THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTED
THAT OPCD AND THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE SEATTLE
STRATEGY FOR ACCOMMODATING
GROWTH IS PART OF PREPLANNING
WORK IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
UPCOMING MAJOR WORK TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS
REQUESTED $150,000 IN THE 2020
BUDGET TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT. THIS PROVISO TO
ENSURE ROBUST DASHED TO DEAL
WITH THE HISTORICAL INEQUITIES
THAT ARE DASHWOOD PROVISO THE
$150,000 PENDING A PRESENTATION
REGARDING THE SPENDING PLAN
FROM THE DEPARTMENTS.
>> WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.
>> THAT WAS GOOD.
FAIRLY GOOD.
IT WAS ADEQUATE.
CAN WE, MAY I ADD SOMETHING TO
IT.
AS I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CITY HAS
DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK AROUND
RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS AS
RELEASED IN THE STRATEGY FOR
ACCOMMODATING ADDITIONAL
GROWTH.
THIS IS BEEN PART OF THE
PREPLANNING WORK IN ANTICIPATION
OF THE NEXT MAJOR UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
BEING VERY INTENTIONAL AND
DIRECTIVE AS WE DO A RACIAL
EQUITY ANALYSIS AS A RESULT
RELATES TO HOW WE ENVISION OUR
CITY BEING ABLE TO GROW AND TO
BE ABLE TO GROW IN A WAY WHERE
WE CAN LITERALLY CREATE SPACE
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED FROM
CERTAIN AREAS IN OUR CITY,
INCLUDING SINGLE-FAMILY HOME
ZONES FROM BEING ABLE TO RESIDE
THERE AND PROSPER IN THOSE
SPACES.
SO, THIS REALLY COMES FROM A
PLACE OF TRYING TO DIG INTO AND
CREATE AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THE PAST DISCRIMINATORY
POLICIES THAT HAVE DRIVEN MANY
OF THE SEGREGATION PATTERNS
WHEN WE ARE IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE HAVE 75% OF LAND
DOMINATED BY EXCLUSIONARY LAND
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
BUDGET CHAIR AND COLLEAGUES AS
YOU'D DELIBERATE WHETHER OR NOT
YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND
THIS MORNING BUT IT IS A
REVENUE NEUTRAL PROPOSAL.
IT IS A PROVISO OF $150,000 OF
THE OPCD BUDGET.
SO IT IS NOT ADDITIONAL.
IT IS USING OUR BUDGET
AUTHORITY AS A CITY TO RESERVE
$150,000 OF THE EXISTING OPCD
BUDGET, WHO IS AN ATTORNEY TO
DO A LOT OF OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PLANNING.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
THIS REVENUE NEUTRAL PROPOSAL,
ITEM NUMBER 14, RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> OKAY.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
$500,000 OPTION.
>> THIS IS RELATED BUT DISTINCT.
IT'S IS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
OPCD-3-A-1. THIS WOULD BE A
PROVISO $500,000 IN OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
IT WOULD NOT STOP THE
DEPARTMENT FROM SPENDING MONEY
BUT IT WOULD INSTEAD REQUIRE
THAT THEY INCLUDE A COUPLE OF
DIFERENT ALTERNATIVES IN THEIR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
INCLUDING ONE THAT CONSIDERS
ZONING CHANGES IN SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES ACROSS THE CITY AND
ANOTHER THAT LOOKS AT
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
RACIAL EQUITY AND DISPLACEMENT
EFFECTS OF GROWTH.
>> GREAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>>I AM JUST GOING TO TACK ON
TO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ ON THE LAST ONE
BECAUSE I THINK IT OVERLAPS.
AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE ARE
REVENUE NEUTRAL BUT IT IS JUST
TRYING TO INSERT THE COUNCIL
INTO THAT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE GETTING OPTIONS
THAT WE WENT TO SEE.
I WILL JUST READ HERE, THIS
WOULD REQUIRE THAT THERE IS AN
ALTERNATIVE ADDRESSING OF
ADDITIONAL HOUSING INCLUDING
ROW HOUSES IN AREAS OF THE CITY
CURRENTLY ZONED FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMES.
SO, THIS MAKE SURE THAT AS WE
MOVE FORWARD ON THAT PLAN THAT
THERE WILL BE ACTIONS THAT
INCLUDE TRYING TO LOOK AT AS ONE
OPTION, TO EXPAND THE OPTIONS
AND UNDO THE DISPROPORTIONAL
BURDEN OF ADDITIONAL HOUSING
THAT CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY
HAVE PROVIDED COMPARED TO
OTHER.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET ACTION
DESCRIPTION SAYS ANALYSIS OF
GROWTH ALTERNATIVE ADDRESSING
HOUSING CAPACITY INCLUDING
DUPLEXES, TRIPLEX IS AND ROW
HOUSES.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION OR IF
IT IS ALREADY INCLUDED, WILL
TOWNHOUSES BE INCLUDED IN THAT?
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE
MASTER BUILDER FOLKS AND THEY
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT TOWNHOUSES
AND THE ZONING AND I UNDERSTAND,
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN, YOU MAY
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE ABOUT
THIS.
>> I CANNOT SPEAK FOR COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA, BUT FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, ABSOLUTELY.
THEY ARE DISTINCT TYPOLOGIES,
WE USE THEM INTERCHANGEABLY,
BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL WHICH IS
WHICH.
I THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
>> I THINK THE GOAL IS REALLY
TO ADDRESS THE NEED TO GET THAT
MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AND SO,
MY SENSE IS THAT THIS IS NOT A
COMPLETE LIST OF THE
POTENTIALS.
THEY ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF THE
TYPE OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING
THAT SHOULD HAVE AT A MINIMUM
BE CONSIDERED.
>> OKAY.
>> I AGREE WITH YOUR
INTERPRETATION OF THAT.
OKAY, THIS IS ITEM 15, IT WOULD
APPROVE A PROVISO $500,000 IN
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
. THOSE IN SUPPORT, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM IS TO
ADD $35,000 GENERAL FUND TO
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR A
NATURAL CAPITAL VALUATION STUDY
. IS THAT YOURS?
>> THAT IS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND IT IS RELATED.
IT IS SEEKING TO INSERT ISSUES
RELATED TO NATURAL CAPITAL AND
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO
THINKING REGARDING THE NEXT
PLAN UPDATE.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS BUDGET ACTION DERIVES FROM
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT RESPONSE FROM FAS FROM A
PREVIOUS BUDGET CYCLE.
AT THE LAST MEETING I CIRCULATED
A LETTER OF SUPPORT SIGNED BY A
NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS.
HEAD IS LOOKING AT -- THE
ENVIRONMENTAL INTENTIONS
INCLUDING INCREASING THE TREE
CANOPY.
EARTH ECONOMICS, ONE GROUP THAT
COULD DO THIS WORK HAS
SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL AND WORK
DESCRIPTION.
WHAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU IS
A COPY OF THAT PROPOSAL AND
WORK DESCRIPTION.
OF THE TWO APPROACHES MENTIONED
ON THE GREEN SHEET, THEY
BELIEVE THAT THE SECOND WOULD
BE MOST PRODUCTIVE AND THAT IS
TO EMBED THE CONCEPTS OF
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO THE
SCOPE OF THE MAJOR UPDATE OF
THE PLAN NEXT YEAR.
THE EIS SCOPING BEGINS NEXT
YEAR SO THIS WOULD BE TIMELY.
AND, LET ME SEE IF THERE IS
ANYTHING MORE TO ADD, I
MENTIONED THE LETTER THE LAST
TIME THAT WE MET AND CIRCULATED
A COPY OF THAT WITH THE COUPLE
OF DOZEN ORGANIZATIONS
INCLUDING THE SEATTLE AUDUBON,
PCC, OPEN SPACE ADVOCATES AND A
LOT OF FOLKS SIGNED A LETTER
ASKING FOR US TO DO THIS WORK
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
NUMBER 16, ADD $35,000 GENERAL
FUND TO OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR A
NATURAL CAPITAL VALUATION STUDY
, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT, ITEM 17 PLEASE.
>> THIS ADDS ADD $1,075,000
GENERAL FUND TO OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT CENTRAL
AREA COMMUNITY . THAT WOULD BE
ADED TO THE LIST OF EQUITABLE
FILAMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST, QUICKLY DESCRIBE THIS.
THIS IDEA CAME FROM A NUMBER OF
SENIOR PASTORS OF BLACK
CHURCHES IN THE CENTRAL DISC IT
DISTRICT.
THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING
CONVERSATIONS AT THE INSTITUTE
FOR A YOUR ARE TWO NOW.
THE FACT IS THAT MANY OF THE
HISTORIC BLACK CHURCHES IN THE
AREA ARE FACING DISPLACEMENT
AND ARE FINDING IT HARD TO
MAINTAIN A FOOTHOLD IN THE
DISTRICT THAT HAS SEEN SUCH
INCREDIBLE GENTRIFICATION.
THEY WOULD LOCK LIKE TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THEIR
PROPERTY.
MANY OF THEM HAVE PARKING LOTS
AND OTHER LOTS THAT COULD BE
THAT LEHIGH IS INTERESTED IN
PARTNERING WITH MANY ARE EAGER
TO SEE THESE GET OFF THE
GROUND.
THEY ARE PART OF A TASK FORCE
THAT HAS OTHER PASTORS AND
COMMUNITY LEADERS AS WELL.
AND WHAT THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED
IS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO
ACTUALLY PROVIDE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR BLACK FAMILIES TO
COME BACK TO THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
ALLOW THE CHURCHES THEMSELVES
TO SURVIVE FROM THE REVENUE
THAT THEY MIGHT EARN FROM THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER AS A
COALITION TO HELP FUND THIS.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS
THAT THIS MAY NOT BE PUTS
THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AS THE
OTHER APPLICANTS AND I
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO PUT THIS FOR
BECAUSE SUCH PROJECTS TO BE
FUNDED FULLY AND I DON'T THINK
IT IS RIGHT FOR US TO CONTINUE
TO TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO
COMPETE FOR THIS MINIMAL FUND
AND FOR SPECIFICALLY, WHY WE
BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, ALTHOUGH
IT IS PART OF THE EDI, THIS IS
THE DISTRICT WHERE THE BLACK
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SO
GENTRIFIED.
IT IS JUST STUNNING.
IT FEELS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A
PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US AND I
DEFINITELY THINK THAT ANY OF
YOU WILL AGREE, WHETHER IT IS
FUNDED OR NOT, THEY SHOULD BE.
I THINK IT IS IN PORTON TO
RECOGNIZE THAT.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF $1,075,000
GENERAL FUND TO OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT CENTRAL
AREA COMMUNITY IS RAISE YOUR
HAND.
>> JUST A SECOND.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO RAISE MY
HAND ON THIS AND I FEEL, I FEEL
THAT I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE
, AND I THINK WE WE GET TO
OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET WE
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO
ADD FUNDING TO THE INITIATIVE
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PROJECTS
THAN THERE HAS BEEN FUNDING
AVAILABLE FOR.
OR TO USE A SIMILAR PROCESS FOR
SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDING THAT
IS COMING THROUGH.
BUT, I REALLY WANT TO HONOR THE
COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS ON HOW
THEY HAVE COME TOGETHER ON
PRIORITIZING.
I AM LOOKING AT THE AWARDEES
LAST YEAR.
JUST OVER $1 MILLION FOR AFRICA
TIME.
ALMOST 1 MILLION FOR THE
SEATTLE CLUB.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UNITED
INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES, THOSE
ARE PROJECTS THAT JUST, READING
REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THEM, THEY
ARE AMAZING.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT SOUND
AMAZING.
I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO PICK
RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THERE IS AN OUTSTANDING
PROCESS THAT IT DOES THAT
PRIORITIZING AND NOT JUST WHICH
ONES SHOULD GET FUNDED THIS
YEAR.
THERE ARE A LOT OF AMAZING
PROJECTS OUT THERE.
I AGREE THAT $5 MILLION IS NOT
ENOUGH TO MEET THE DEMAND AND
WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN
THERE.
BUT EARMARKING IT FOR A
SPECIFIC PROJECT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT I WILL RAISE MY
HAND FOR.
>> I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
I REMEMBER WHEN THIS PROJECT
STARTED 20 YEARS AGO.
IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME AND I APPRECIATE THAT IN
THE HISTORY.
BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN SHARED.
I CANNOT RAISE MY HAND TO THIS,
AT LEAST NOT TO THE TUNE OF $1
MILLION.
I DO WANT TO RESPECT AND
CONTINUALLY SUPPORT THE
COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS THAT
WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR THE EDI
FUNDING.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN THE SALE
HAPPENED, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY
GROUPS THAT WE MET WITH AND
WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH OPCD
WITHOUT THEY WERE SCORING
PROJECTS IN WHY SOME GOT MONEY
AND SOME DID NOT, A LOT OF IT
WAS THAT THEY ALL HAD THEY WERE
ALL GREAT PROJECTS BUT THEY HAD
TO MAKE CHOICES.
THIS IS WHAT WE LOOKED AT AND
THIS IS WHAT THE OVERSIGHT WAS.
THAT IS WHERE A COMPOUND TO
ACCOUNTABILITY IS SO I CANNOT
RAISE MY HAND TO THIS.
>> I WILL SUGGEST THAT WE DO
THIS IN TWO-TIER.
ONE IS THAT THIS IS HIGH
PRIORITY AND MANY OF US WANT
MONEY TO GO INTO EDI SO YOU CAN
SAY THAT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT
THE GENERAL PROCESS.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN WAS SAYING.
THOSE THAT THINK THIS IS A TIER
1.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THOSE THAT FEEL IT IS A
TIER 2 PRIORITY.
>> SO WE DON'T WANT TO EARMARK
THE FUNDING FOR THAT BUT WE DO
WANT MORE MONEY FOR EDI?
>> YES.
JUST TO CLARIFY
>> I'VE GOT IT.
>> THE NEXT, THAT IS, COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT 5-A-1 . AND THAT IS
55.
>> THIS IS A PROPOSAL FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
IT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR CONSULTANT SUPPORT
TO THE EDI PROGRAM TO CONTRACT
WITH AN ORGANIZATION WITH A
DEEP HISTORY IN THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE CENTRAL
AREA TO PROVIDE REAL ESTATE
ASSESSMENTS.
>> LET ME DISTINGUISH THIS FROM
A SMALLER AMOUNT.
THE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT
ARE BASICALLY REAL ESTATE,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN OWNED REAL
ESTATE ENTITIES THAT SPECIALIZE
IN THE AREA OF LAND TRUST IN
COMING OUT WITH THE SMART TOOLS
TO DEAL WITH GENTRIFICATION AND
DISPLACEMENT AND AFFORDABILITY.
THE CONCEPT HERE IS TO FUND
THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK
WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THIS.
I HAVE REPRESENTED MT. ZION,
FIRST GME AND MANY MORE.
I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN
WORKING WITH THE CHURCH
COMMUNITY BUT THE COMPETENCY IS
NOT REALISTIC.
SO, AS THEIR ATTORNEY, I
REMEMBER IT WAS NICE TO BRING
IN THESE KINDS OF GROUPS.
THIS IS A MODEST INVESTMENT
FROM THE EDI THAT CAN BRING UP
WAYS FOR US TO DEAL WITH
DISPLACEMENT.
> THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE WE VOTE, I WANT ALL
OF MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT I
HAD ASKED CENTRAL STUFF THIS
MORNING TO HELP GET A LIST
TOGETHER OF ALL OF THE
REQUESTING THAT WE HAVE MADE
FOR CAPACITY BUILDING SO WE
JUST HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MUCH
EACH MONEY WE HAVE REQUESTED IN
ALL OF THESE AREAS.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, DID
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ?
>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME, BASED ON
REMARKS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND THE WRITTEN
LANGUAGE FORM B WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED.
IS THE PROPOSAL TO ADD $100,000
FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE
EQUITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
OR TO CARVE OUT $100,000 FROM
THE EXISTING EDI FUND FOR THE
PURPOSES OF DOING THIS WORK?
>> IT IS THE FIRST.
>> OKAY.
I WAS TRYING TO RECONCILE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ONE AND
THE REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT AND THE REQUEST FOR $1
MILLION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE BEING CONSISTENT.
>> THANK YOU, FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
IT IS AN ADD TO THE EDI FOR
THIS VERY FOCUSED APPROACH.
I AM GLAD WE ARE DOING THIS.
IT IS GREAT WORK.
BUT WITHIN THAT EDI UMBRELLA, I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CONSULTANT
IN THEIR TO HELP THEM WITH SOME
OF THE TOOLS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE.
IT IS IN ADDITION.
>> WOULD THAT BE AN INDEPENDENT
CONSULTANT?
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
NUMBER 18 FOR $100,000 GENERAL
FUND ONE-TIME TO OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> OKAY.
>> SHOULD BE GOING TO NUMBER 19.
>> JUST AS A REMINDER, OPCD IS
1-A-1 IS TO EXTEND FUNDING.
>> I BELIEVE BECAUSE THE
PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET AT
HAS STILL NOT SOLD, THE LOAN
CAN BE PAID OFF.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
THE EXTENSION?
BY A VOTE?
>> WE WILL AT THE END OF THE
PROCESS.
>> WE ARE ON TO D.O.N..
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT 5-A-1 -- COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS 1-A-1 IS TO ADD
$75,000 GENERAL FUND TO
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO
SUPPORT THE SEATTLE REP'S
PUBLIC WORKS SEATTLE PROGRAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> KNOWING THAT THERE WERE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS
PROPOSAL AFFECTS PEOPLE FROM
SEATTLE ALL OVER THE CITY,
WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO WHAT
WAS PROVIDED AT THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING.
AS WE ALL ARE AWARE, PUBLIC
WORKS, THROUGH THE SEATTLE REP
SERVES SEATTLEITES OF PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT INCLUDES RECENT IMMIGRANTS
AND WOMEN EXPERIENCING POVERTY
AND THOSE RECOVERING FROM
HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION AND
MORE.
WE ARE TRYING TO SERVE
NEIGHBORS IN NEED ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY.
HERE IS A BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT
THE GEOGRAPHIC IMPACTS OF THIS.
I THINK WE ALL CARE ABOUT THESE
HERE BOTH AS DISTRICT
COUNCILMEMBERS AND CITYWIDE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THE
CENTRAL DISC IT DISTRICT AND
OTHER RESIDENTS THAT ARE
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET BY
WORKING WITH THE CLIENTS AT
BURGER BAR PLACE.
THEY HAVE WORKED WITH WOMEN
EXPERIENCING POVERTY RECOVERING
FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE AND
HOMELESSNESS OF THE JUBILEE
WOMEN'S CENTER ON CAPITOL HILL.
AS WELL AS WITH RESIDENTS AT
SOJOURNER PLACE.
THOSE ARE FROM DISTRICT 3 AND
FOUR.
AND ON CAPITOL HILL AT THE
SEATTLE COLLEGE.
IN DISTRICTS FIVE AND SIX THEY
HAVE WORKED WITH THE BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB WORKING WITH THEM TO
ENGAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH.
AND ALSO AT THE ROBERT EAGLE
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND ALSO IN DISTRICT 6, WORKING
WITH OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS
WITH DISABILITIES AT THE BALLAD
NORTHWEST SENIOR CENTER. AND
THEN, IN DISTRICT 7, WORKING
WITH PEOPLE RECOVERING FROM
HOMELESS ADDICTION AND OTHER
TRAUMA FROM THE PAST WITH ART
HEADQUARTERS WHILE BRINGING
PARTICIPANTS IN FROM ALL OVER
THE CITY.
THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THE
COMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE AS
WELL AS VETERANS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
AND DRAWING PARTICIPANTS FROM
ALL ACROSS COMPASS HOUSING
ALLIANCE AND THEIR NINE
LOCATIONS.
AND THEN, THE WOMEN'S REFUGEE
ALLIANCE.
THIS FALL, THE PUBLIC WORKS IS
PLANNING TO WORK WITH TEENAGE
WOMEN AT THE ALLIANCE IN
DISTRICT 2 AND THEN EARLIER
THIS SPRING, THEY WORKED WITH
EARLY LEARNERS AT THE REFUGEE
WOMEN'S ALLIANCE IN LAKE CITY
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER IN
DISTRICT 5.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL OF THOSE IN SUPPORTING THE
$75,000, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND THE NEXT ITEM FOR THE PARK
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR.
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION DON-2-
A-1 ADS $75,000 GENERAL FUND
TO DON TO SUPPORT A SOUTH PARK
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR .
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> DISCONTINUES A POSITION THAT
IS A HIGH PRIORITY TO THE
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHPARK.
IT IS SIMILAR TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COORDINATION THAT THIS
COUNSEL HAS PROVIDED FUNDING
FOR NUMEROUS YEARS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT BUT THIS
IS SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO
SOUTH PARK.
IT IS A TOP RECOMMENDATION OF
THE TASK FORCE
>> IN 2017.
THIS POSITION IS A BILINGUAL
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR.
THEY HAVE CONTINUE TO MEET AND
CORNET THE WORK OF THE
COMMUNITY TO DRIVE TOWARDS
BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES
AND AGAIN, THE TASK FORCE ITSELF
WAS COUNSEL GENERATED AND IT IS
ALLOWING THE CONTINUED FUNDING
OF THIS POSITION WILL ALLOW THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDTIONS ON A
NUMBER OF OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY
AND SEPTIC PRIORITIES.
AT THE INITIAL MEETING I THE
PAST AROUND THE BUDGET AND A
REPORT THAT LISTS THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR WORKS WITH AND
LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
úPOSITION FROM THE CLEANUP
COALITION AND CONCORDE
INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
ITEM NUMBER 21 -- I'M SORRY.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
>> ARE THERE OTHER AREAS IN
SEATTLE THAT HAVE A PUBLIC
SAFETY COORDINATOR?
>> THE CHINA INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT DOES.
>> UNDER THESE COORDINATOR SAID
PAID FOR OUT OF CITY FUNDING OR
PRIVATE DOLLARS?
>> THIS IS A CITY FUNDED
POSITION.
THE CITY FUNDS THE SEATTLE GROUP
AND WE WORK WITH THE SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP.
>> HOW DO WE MEASURE WHETHER OR
NOT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL?
>> SO, WE HAVE BASICALLY AN
OUTCOMES REPORT THAT I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO PROVIDE FOR YOU.
THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT TO
THE CITY TO THE CITY TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE
FULFILLED THE OBJECTIVES IN THE
ORIGINAL GRANT PROPOSAL.
>> DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN SERVED BY THIS
FUNDING?
>> I DO NOT HAVE THE GRANT
FUNDING OUTCOMES REPORT AT MY
FINGERTIPS BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO PROVIDE THAT.
>> NOW JUST SO I KNOW, COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD, YOU HAVE
BROUGHT THIS UP MANY TIMES AND
INDICATED THERE WAS TREMENDOUS
COMMUNITY SUPORT FOR IT , IS
THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AS THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE OF RECOGNIZE
THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENT.
WE HAVE, I THINK, FOR THE THIRD
AND MAYBE EVEN THE FOURTH YEAR,
WE WILL BE FUNDING THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR IN THE SAME FASHION.
THEY ARE A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD
BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD A FEW
ADDITIONAL YEARS TO ESTABLISH
THAT PROGRAM.
BUT I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM
RESIDENTS WITHIN SOUTH PARK
THAT IT IS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD SAID, IT IS A LIFELINE
TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICES.
WHEN WE CONSIDERED EXTENDING THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
COMMUNITY PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR, SOME THOUGHT NOT
TO FUND IT.
BUT IF IT IS A GOOD STRATEGY
AND IT IS ADDRESSING PUBLIC
SAFETY STRATEGIES IN A WAY THAT
DOES NOT TYPICALLY HAVE THAT
CONNECTOR, I THINK THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE
THESE MODEST INVESTMENTS TO
ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO, SOUTH PARK AND CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT ARE
UNIQUE POPULATIONS IN THE SENSE
THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIS.
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES WHO USE ENGLISH AS
A SECOND LANGUAGE AND TO HAVE
REALLY SIGNIFICANT ONGOING
PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND THIS
WAS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTION
TO THAT.
I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL
IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS
WORKING IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING
THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS OF THESE
. I THINK WE HAVE SEEN
UNPRECEDENTED ENGAGEMENT WITHIN
THE CID AND THE SOUTH PARK
COMMUNITY AS IT RELATES TO
ONGOING CONNECTION BETWEEN
THOSE COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC
SAFETY SERVICES.
>> CAN I RESPOND?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WAR IS, I
HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER -- COUNCIL
MEMBER HARRELL IN THE Q.
>> I AM NOT WHAT I AM GETTING
AT.
WHAT I AM GETTING AT IS, AND
AGAIN, IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS, LAKE CITY
IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE IN
THE CITY.
25% OF LAKE CITY IS MADE UP OF
IMMIGRANTS AND 30% OF LAKE CITY
IMMIGRANTS LIVE IN POVERTY.
SO WHEN I WAS ASKING THESE
QUESTIONS, I THINK IT WOULD BE
GREAT IF EVERYONE COULD HAVE A
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR.
I AM NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING
THAT JUST BECAUSE ONE CITY OR
ONE DISTRICT THAT EVERYONE GETS
ONE.
I GUESS MY POINT WAS, I JUST
WANT TO WANTED TO KNOW, I AM
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BUT, MY
POINT WAS THAT THIS IS THE
REASON WHY WE WENT TO A
DISTRICT SYSTEM SO THAT THOSE
OF US THAT REPRESENT DISTRICTS
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD FROM
ON PARTICULAR ISSUES, THAT WE
CAN DISPEL SOME NOTIONS THAT WE
HAVE THE SAME ISSUES IN THE
NORTH END ON THE SOUTH END.
I AM TRYING TO RAISE THE
QUESTION AND THE DIALOGUE TO
LET START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF
THESE POSITIONS IN OTHER AREAS
OF THE CITY AS WELL.
>> I AM HEARING FROM ALL THREE
OF YOU, THAT THIS SHOULD BE
BAKED INTO THE BUDGET AND NOT
COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR TO
ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD .
>> I AM SUPPORTING THIS AND I
LIKE IT.
I THINK THAT THE COORDINATION,
THE COORDINATION OF THESE
POSITIONS AND THE CSO STRATEGY,
DIFFERENT JOBS IN DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES, I THINK IN FUTURE
YEARS WE CAN LOOK AT HOW THOSE
POSITIONS COORDINATE WITH ONE
ANOTHER AND TRY TO GET TO THE
SAME PLACE AND THAT IS GOOD
SAFE COMMUNITY SETTINGS.
>> AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS?
>> YES.
WE HAVE A CSO STRATEGY NOW.
THESE PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS
ARE AWESOME.
I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
WE ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING
AND I SUPPORT THIS ONE.
IT'S THAT GREAT.
CAN WE MOVE ON?
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD TWO
POINTS.
ONE IS, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL.
AND, I DO THINK THAT THERE
NEEDS TO BE SOME INTENTIONAL
CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE
COORDINATORS.
THERE IS ONLY TWO OF THEM IN
THE CITY.
TO CORRELATE WITH THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS.
AND, I THINK THAT THIS IS A
SITUATION THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR CZAR PEOPLE FROM
THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE
COMMUNITY THAT REALLY HAVE
STRONG CONNECTIONS TO BOTH
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS WHO
MAY OR MAY NOT LIVE ANYWHERE
NEAR THE AREA THAT THEY ARE
SERVING.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THESE COORDINATOR POSITIONS IS
THAT THEY REALLY ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE EMBEDDED.
A LOT OF TIMES THE LIVE AND WORK
UNDER LEGACY RESIDENTS OF THAT
SPACE AND HAVE MEANINGFUL
CONNECTIONS WITH THAT AREA.
>> WHO CHOOSES THEM?
>> IT IS A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION.
IN CHINATOWN IT IS HOUSED BY
ONE PLACE AND THEN IN SOUTH
PARK IT IS HOUSED BY ANOTHER
GROUP.
I THINK IT IS VERY
COMPLIMENTARY TO ONE ANOTHER
AND GIVES US THAT FULL NETWORK
OF THE BASIS WE NEED TO REALLY
GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL OR
AT THAT MICROLEVEL PUBLIC
SAFETY CONCERNS ARE.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO
SAY REALLY QUICKLY IS, THESE
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR
POSITIONS FLOW DIRECTLY OUT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCES THAT
WERE DRIVEN BY THE MAYOR AT THE
TIME AND BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO, I HOPE THAT IS A MODEL
THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE
FUTURE TO REALLY DIG INTO AT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL WHAT
SOME OF THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY
CONCERNS ARE THAT COULD LEAD TO
THE CREATION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR IF THAT IS WHAT THE
TASK FORCE, FOR SPECIFIC PARTS
OF THE CITY WISHES TO SEE AS AN
OUTCOME.
>> GREAT.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM
NUMBER 21, $75,000 GENERAL FUND
TO DON TO SUPPORT A SOUTH PARK
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
I THINK WE ARE MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> NEXT IS ITEM 22.
THAT IS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
DON-3-A-1 . $34,000 GENERAL
FUND ONE-TIME TO DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR HUB IN A BOX .
>> I CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION IF NECESSARY.
BUT COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ HAS
THIS.
>> PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
YOU ARE ON.
>> SO, HUB IN A BOX PLACES
APPLIES IN AREAS THAT ARE
TYPICALLY NOT ENGAGED IN THE
CITY.
PRIORITY OF THESE DOLLARS THAT
HAVE LOWER RATES OF HOUSEHOLD
CAPACITY FOR HOUSEHOLD
PREPAREDNESS AND I AM HAPPY TO
BRING THIS FORWARD AND ONCE
AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS THE
FOURTH YEAR THAT I HAVE ASKED
FOR, THE THIRD YEAR THAT CINDY
IS REMINDING ME, THIS IS THE
THIRD TIME I HAVE ASKED FOR
THESE FUNDS TO BE ADDED.
BUT REALLY, IT DOES FUND THIS
VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT IS
WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE
GRASSROOTS LEVEL AND IT ALLOWS
NEIGHBORHOODS TO INVEST IN
THEIR OWN RESILIENCY IN THE
FACE OF A DISASTER.
SO I SEE THIS IS A CRITICAL
PART OF OUR ONGOING CITYWIDE
PREPAREDNESS PLAN.
THERE ARE HUBS, AND CINDY CAN
LET ME KNOW, THERE ARE HUBS
ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THIS IS A CITYWIDE PROGRAM
FOR THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
MEMBERS SO YOU CAN HAVE
CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR ARE HUB
IN A BOX PROGRAMS IN YOUR
DISTRICTS.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF
SUPPORTING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ AND
THAT IS $34,000 GENERAL FUND
ONE-TIME TO DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR HUB IN A BOX,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS AN SLI.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT IS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
SLI DON-4-A-1. IT IS A REQUEST
THAT DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS REPORT ON LONG-
TERM FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO
PRESERVE AND ENHANCE P-PATCHES .
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> COLLEAGUES, I WILL SPEAK,
JUST BRIEFLY TO THIS P-PATCH
PROGRAM.
THERE ARE SO MANY ASPECTS OF
THIS THAT ARE JUST AMAZING.
IT IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT AND
ACROSS SEATTLE.
IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, THE
PROPOSAL FROM THE MAYOR PUTS
ABOUT $3 MILLION OF THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX INTO P-
PATCH INVESTMENTS.
WE WILL EVENTUALLY GET TO SOME
PROPOSALS TO SHIFT THAT IN
RESPONSE TO CONCERNS I HAVE
HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
AND SPECIFICALLY, THE CONCERN
IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE
WORK WE DID AROUND THAT FUND.
AND THAT IS ABOUT FUNDING
COMING FROM THAT TAX SOURCE
WHICH IS DISPROPORTIONATELY
GOING TO CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE, IT SHOULD
BE DEDICATED BACK TO
COMMUNITIES TO HELP AND
SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE BEEN
DEDICATED FOR FOOD. I
AM WORKING TO REFINED FUNDING
FOR THE P-PATCH AND THAT IS A
PART OF WHAT THE P-PATCH
PROGRAM DOES BUT NOT ENTIRELY.
THE P-PATCH PROGRAM DOES NEED
ONGOING REVENUE BEYOND WHAT IS
IN THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT BUT
I DON'T THINK THAT THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX IS AN
APPROPRIATE PLACE.
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE A
PROPERTY TAX IS A MORE
APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THAT TO
BE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT AS THE
COUNCIL PREPARES TO UPDATE
SPENDING FROM THE PARKS
DISTRICT NEXT YEAR THAT THEY
LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO USE
THAT FUNDING TOOL FOR AN
ONGOING SUPPORT OF P-PATCH
NEEDS BEYOND THE FOOD ACCESS
THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT LATER
ON.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER ROSS.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
BUDGET NEUTRAL.
THIS IS WHAT MY CONCERN IS AS
THE CHAIR OF THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT.
LAST YEAR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS ATTEMPTED TO
MOVE THE P-PATCHES INTO MY
COMMITTEE FOR PARKS AND THE
LANGUAGE OF LOOKING AT FUNDING
FOR P-PATCHES VIA THE
METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT.
THIS IS MY CONCERN.
I THINK WE NEED TO REMAIN TRUE
TO THE INTENT OF THE
METROPOLITAN PARKS DEPARTMENT
AND WHAT WAS ASKED FOR WHEN WE
PASSED THAT LAW AND WE CREATED
THE MPD AND OUR FOCUS ON
LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND WHAT THAT WAS SET ASIDE
FOR.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN IS SAYING AND I
SUPPORT AND COMMEND HIM FOR
THAT BUT, AS SOME OF YOU KNOW,
MY CONCERN IS THAT I DO NOT
WANT TO GO DOWN THIS SLIPPERY
SLOPE WHERE ALL OF THE SUDDEN,
WE ARE LOOKING AT MPD FUNDING
THIS DISTRICT AND PICKING UP
THE TAB FOR P-PATCHES WHEN
THEY BELONG IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT IS THE CONCERN THAT I
HAVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT SUPPORT
THIS SLI.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE
LANGUAGE IN THIS ASKS, AND I
OVERSTATED SO I WILL CORRECT
MYSELF.
IT ASKS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS WORK WITH THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES EITHER
THROUGH THE PARKS DISTRICT OR
OTHER ONGOING SOURCES OF
FUNDING.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS JUST A
SLI SO IT WOULD BE RESEARCH
AND A PROPOSAL BACK TO THE
COUNCIL NEXT YEAR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> IS A READ THE SLIDE, THE
REASON THAT MPD IS OPPOSED TO
THIS, IT IS NOT A DEPARTURE TO
LOOK AT THIS SOURCE OF FUNDING.
AND IT IS ALSO, THIS, SLI, IT
IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THE
METROPOLITAN PARKS DEPARTMENT
ALONE ARE EXQUISITE TO IT.
>> SO, I THINK WE HAVE MORE TO
UNRAVEL HERE.
BUT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR
THE VOTE TO SEE WHO WANTS TO BE
ADDED AS A SPONSOR ON THIS.
THESE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
CLEARLY, THERE IS SOME CONFUSION
ABOUT THIS AND THE DIRECTION IT
IS HEADED.
SO BETWEEN NOW AND THE WEEKEND,
WE CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION.
SO THE NEXT IS ITEM 24.
THAT IS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
DON-5-A-1. IT IS TO ADD
$250,000 GENERAL FUND TO
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
A COMMUNITY-LED PLACE-BASED
VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE.
>> THIS IS FOCUSED IN THE WEST
WOULD NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT
WOULD BE MODELED ON THE
BEAUTIFUL SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH
IN BRAINERD WHICH IS A PROGRAM
THAT HAS BEEN RAN OUT OF THERE
FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THIS SUPPORTS THE WORK THAT
IS BEING DONE WITH THE
SUBCABINET IN THE OFFICE OF THE
MAYOR.
IT IS A REPLY TO A QUESTION AS
TO THE COUNCIL BUDGET OFFICE
RECENTLY NOTES THAT THIS
SUBCABINET HAS EXPRESSED STRONG
INTEREST IN APPLYING THIS IN
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
AT THE NOVEMBER 19th MEETING,
THE SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP
AND OTHER MEMBERS TEAM WILL SHOW
, SHARE A BUDGET PROPOSAL AND
OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE
APPROACH AND THE $250,000
PROPOSAL WAS CREATED IN
COORDINATION WITH THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY RECOMMENDED AN --.
THEY ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT FROM
RESIDENTS AGES 5-18.
AND THE RFP FOR USE FOCUSES ON
YOUNG ADULTS, 18-24.
AND SO, THIS EFFORT IS FOCUSING
ON DIVERSION FROM THE IMPACTS
OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
FOR THE YOUNGER GROUP OF FOLKS.
THE MODEL USES EVIDENCE-BASED
INFORMED STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS
THE PLACE BASED CAUSES OF CRIME
AT FIVE FOCUS LOCATIONS KNOWN
AS HOTSPOTS THROUGH NON-ARREST
INTERVENTIONS.
THESE INCLUDE BUSINESS
ENGAGEMENT, CAMPUS SAFETY,
POSITIVE INTERVENTIONS AND SAFE
PASSAGE ACTIVITIES.
AND YOUTH AND NEIGHBORHOOD
ENGAGEMENT.
I HAVE MET WITH THE PRINCIPLES
OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND SOUTH
HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT PUTTING
FORWARD THIS APPROACH.
AND, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
CHIEF IS CONSIDERING PLACEMENT
OF, I FORGET WHAT IT IS CALLED.
THE OBSERVATION TOWER THAT IS
MOVABLE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO
NEIGHBORHOOD.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, DRAM
OR WHAT THAT IS CALLED?
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
ABOUT THAT.
IT IS AN OBSERVATION TOWER TO
DO ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT IN
AREAS THAT ARE CONSIDERED CRIME
HOTSPOTS.
THEY ARE LOOKING AT MOVING IT
FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION TO
THE WESTWOOD VILLAGE SHOPPING
CENTER.
SHOPLIFTING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS A KEY CHALLENGE IN THE
WESTWOOD SHOPPING CENTER.
AND DENNY AND SAUL SCHOOLS ARE
RIGHT UP THE HILL FROM
SOUTHWOOD.
I AM CONCERNED THAT OUR YOUTH
ARE GOING TO BE CAUGHT UP IN
THIS ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT AND
THAT IS WHY I FEEL THAT IT IS
REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE LOOK AT
DESIGNING A PROGRAM THAT GETS
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO OTHER
MORE PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES AND
USING THESE PLAYSPACE
STRATEGIES WILL HELP WITH THAT.
>> THOSE --
>> IT IS CALLED THE SKY WATCH
BY THE WAY.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 24,
$250,000 GENERAL FUND TO
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
A COMMUNITY-LED PLACE-BASED
VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE
IN WEST SEATTLE, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
AND THIS IS SPONSORSHIP, BY THE
WAY.
WE ARE JUST ADDING SPONSORS.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
WE ARE ON TO SPU.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM BRIAN GOOD NIGHT FROM
CENTRAL COUNCIL STAFF.
THE FIRST ITEM NUMBER IS AGENDA
ITEM 25 AND IT IS COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION SPU-1-A-1. THIS
ACTION WOULD ADD $30,000 IN
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO
IMPROVE SHUT-OFF NOTIFICATIONS
TO MULTIFAMILY BUILDING
RESIDENTS; AND CUT $30,000 IN
AN SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
RESERVE ACCOUNT IN THE
WATERFRONT.
THE CURRENT PROCESS FOR MULTI
FAMILY BUILDINGS SHUT OFFS IS TO
GIVE A 30 DAY NOTICE.
THE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIES THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS 10
DAYS BEFORE THE SHUT OFF IS
SCHEDULED TO OCCUR.
THEFUNDING IN THIS ACTION
WOULD ENABLE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AN ACT OTHER
ACTIONS.
ONE WOULD BE TO TAPE AT 24 HOUR
NOTICE TO THE ENTRANCES AND
EXITS.
AND IF THEY HAVE FEWER THAN 15
UNITS, THEY WOULD HANG NOTICES
ON DOORS.
AND THEY WOULD BE IDENTIFYING A
POINT PERSON TO HANDER HANDLE
CALLS RELATED TO THAT ACTION.
THIS PROPOSAL COMES FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THAT WAS A VERY COMPLETE
EXPLANATION.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES FOR
HELPING US TO IMPROVE THE SHOT
OFF NOTIFICATION POLICY.
IT WOULD COME FROM THE WATER
RESERVE ACCOUNT.
SO IT IS NOT A GENERAL FUND
DRAIN.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES AFTER
A CONSTITUENT BROUGHT THE ISSUE
TO ME ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOTIFIED
AND NOT THE TENANT.
THERE IS ALSO A 59 UNIT
BUILDING IN MAGNOLIA AND
TENANTS HAD TO BEAR THE COST
WHEN THE BUILDING OWNER DOES
NOT PAY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES BILL AND THE TENANTS
ARE UNAWARE OF THE PENDING
BILL.
BRIAN DID A GREAT JOB OF
EXPLAINING WHAT THE CURRENT
PRACTICE IS AND WHAT THE
INTENDED NEW PRACTICE IS.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR SUPPORT
TO HELP FUND THE NEW PRACTICE.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING
YOUR NAME.
>> I JUST HAVE A COMMENT IF I
MAY.
>> I THINK IT MAKES GOOD POLICY
SENSE BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME
THAT IN SUCH A HUGE BUDGET THAT
SPU HAS THAT THEY CAN FIND IT.
>> THEY ARE FUNDING IT.
IT WILL COME FROM THE WATER
RESERVE ACCOUNT.
IT IS NOT A GENERAL FUND DROP.
>> SO, IS IT AN AD?
>> IT IS AN ALLOCATION FROM AN
EXISTING FUND.
>> IT IS AN AD IN ONE AREA BUT
TAKEN FROM ANOTHER PLACE.
IT IS BUDGET NEUTRAL.
>> I SEE.
VERY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU, FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING
ITEM NUMBER 25, TO IMPROVE SHUT
OFF NOTIFICATIONS AND WANT TO
OTHER NAMES AS SPONSORS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND JUST AS A QUICK NOTE TO
ALL, IT IS 10:55 AM SO WE HAVE
BEEN CLOSE TO 1.5 HOURS HERE.
WE HAVE 60 REQUEST TO GET
THROUGH.
AND, AS THAT MORNING AND
AFTERNOON?
>> YES.
WE ONLY HAVE FOUR MORE OR FIVE
MORE THIS MORNING.
>> THERE ARE ONLY FIVE MORE FOR
THIS MORNING.
>> BUT IS THAT THE PLAN?
MY NOTES HAD SAID THAT WE ARE
GOING UNTIL NOON TO KEEP GOING
AS MANY AS WE CAN? SO THAT WE
CAN HAVE A LONGER TIME THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> I THINK IF WE COULD TAKE A
10 MINUTE BREAK WE COULD
CONTINUE GOING.
>> HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL?
WOULD YOU PREFER?
WOULD YOU PREFER TO HAVE MORE
TIME THIS MORNING OR MORE TIME
THIS AFTERNOON AND WE KEEP
GOING?
>> OKAY.
>> I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT.
I AM AGNOSTIC ABOUT THAT.
AS LONG AS YOU DECIDE TO GO
UNTIL NOON BUT I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD TRY TO FILL UP EXTRA
TIME.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS
THINKING.
>> WE CAN CHECK A FEW MORE OFF
THIS MORNING I THINK.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BUT ONLY IN
THE AFTERNOON.
>> I THINK THIS HAS SOMETHING
TO DO WITH, ONE MINUTE.
>> OKAY.
>> SO, I AM GOING TO ASK
EVERYBODY TO TRY TO, WE ARE NOT
ARGUING PROS OR CONS.
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE WANT
TO SPONSOR THIS THIS MORNING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> YES.
>> MY RATIONALE IS ASKING FOR A
10 MINUTE BREAK IS THAT BRIAN
IS SPONSORING THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.
HE JUST NEEDS A FEW MINUTES TO
PULL HIS MATERIALS TOGETHER TO
COME BACK.
>> OKAY.
RIGHT.
WE WILL DO THAT.
WE WILL FINISH THROUGH SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT. WE WILL TAKE A FIVE-
MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE EVERYBODY
WILL TAKE 10 ANYWAY.
SO, OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 26.
THIS IS A SLI.
>> THIS IS SLI SPU-2-A-1. IT
IS A REQUEST THAT SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES REPORT ON THE
FEASIBILITY OF USING THE CITY'S
WATER PIPE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A
MUNICIPAL BROADBAND NETWORK .
FIBER-OPTIC CABLE HAS BEEN
DEPLOYED WITHIN THE WATER
LINES.
THIS IS INTENDED TO SAVE COST
AND RESULT IN LESS DISRUPTION.
IT WOULD REQUEST THAT IF YOU
THINGS ARE EVALUATED.
THE FIRST WOULD BE THE COST FOR
INSTALLING THOSE AND HOW IT
COMPARES TO THE COST OF
TRADITIONAL DEPLOYMENT
TECHNIQUES AND THE THIRD WOULD
BE ANY SECONDARY BENEFITS THAT
COULD ACCRUE TO THE CITY FOR
INSTALLING THINGS IN THIS
MATTER.
>> VERY GOOD.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH
THIS?
>> THIS COMES FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
IT
>> I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD
OTHER THAN THE FEASIBILITY OF
A USEFUL BROADBAND NETWORK HAS
BEEN VERY LIMITED BY THE CITY
ANALYSIS OF THE COST AND THIS
CONCEIVABLY IS AN APPROACH THAT
WOULD APPROACH THE COST.
>> I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS SLI.
THE CITY HAS INVESTED PROBABLY
OVER $1 MILLION IN LOOKING AT
THE FEASIBILITY OF NINA SIMPLE
BROADBAND.
THIS IS EXCELLENT WORK LOOKING
AT BOTH THE RATES OF THIS NEED
FOR CONSUMERS TO PAY IT BACK
AND CITIES THAT HAVE TRIED IT
AND FAILED BUT THERE ARE SO
MANY OF US TO HAVING MUNICIPAL
BROADBAND THAT THERE IS QUESTION
AS TO IF THE CITY IS CAPABLE OF
COMPETING WITH THE PRIVATE
MARKET.
I AM SEEING NOW THAT, IN TERMS
OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE
WATERPROOFING IF YOU WILL, OF
THE FIBER AND SOME OF THE OTHER
TECHNOLOGY USED, THIS SHOWS A
LOT OF PROMISE.
I THINK WE'RE VERY WISE TO LOOK
AT THIS AS A POSSIBILITY.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR AS ADDING
YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO
NUMBER 26 ON THE FEASIBILITY
OF THE WATER PIPE
INFRASTRUCTURE, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT WHEN IS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION SLI SPU-3-A-1. IT IS A
REQUEST THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES NEGOTIATE THE
PROVISION OF EVERY-OTHER-WEEK
GARBAGE COLLECTION WITH THE
CITY'S SOLID WASTE CONTRACTORS.
THE IDEA IS TO REDUCE TRUCK
EMISSIONS.
IN 2012, THE CITY CONDUCTED AN
EVERY OTHER WORK EVERY OTHER
WEEK GARBAGE COLLECTON PILOT
IN FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AT THE TIME, SPU ESTIMATED
THAT IF IT WAS FULLY
IMPLEMENTED THERE WOULD BE A
35% REDUCTION IN ADMISSION OF
POLLUTION FROM THAT FLEET.
IF YOU INCLUDED THE VEHICLES
THAT COLLECT YARD WASTE.
THE OMISSION REDUCTION WOULD BE
--.
THESE ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 2029.
THEY DO NOT CONTAIN A PROVISION
TO MOVE TO THE EVERY OTHER WEEK
COLLECTION.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE PROVIDED
WITH REPORTS EVERY FEW MONTHS.
>> SUGGESTED CLARIFICATION.
THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE NOW
ARE UP IN 2029.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WE WOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT
ANY KIND OF REOPEN ON THE
LINES?
>> THAT IS WHAT THIS IS
REQUEST.
TO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTORS.
>> THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
AND THE SECOND THING IS,
>> JUST LET ME FINISH PLEASE.
>> MY SECOND POINT IS, IF WE
WERE TO DO THAT AND WE PICKED
UP GARBAGE, I UNDERSTAND THE
REDUCTION IN ADMISSIONS AND IF
WE PICK IT UP EVERY OTHER WEEK
INSTEAD OF EVERY WEEK, DOES
THAT RESULTS IN REDUCED COST TO
THE CUSTOMER?
>> I BELIEVE IT WOULD.
THE COST WOULD NOT BE
PROPORTIONAL.
THEY ESTIMATED A 10 OR 15%
REDUCTION TO THE BILLS.
>> SO WE DO NOT KNOW THEN, YOU
ARE GUESSING AT 10-15% REDUCTION
IF GARBAGE IS BEING PICKED UP
EVERY WEEK?
>> I AM GUESSING THAT IS WHAT
WAS CITED BEFORE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT OUR
PROVIDERS ARE OPEN TO THE IDEA
OF REOPENING THE CONTRACTS
PRIOR TO 2029.
I HAVE MET WITH THEM AND THEY
RECOGNIZE THAT OTHER
JURISDICTIONS HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND IN SOME CASES, THESE
CONTRACTORS THEMSELVES HAVE
BEEN PROVIDING THESE SERVICES.
RENTON, TACOMA AND PORTLAND ALL
HAVE EVERY OTHER WEEK GARBAGE.
IN THE CASE OF RENTON THEY HAVE
BEEN DOING IT FOR MORE THAN A
DECADE.
>> JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
THIS INTRIGUES ME.
THIS IS A SLI AND I AM GOING TO
SUPPORT IT.
BUT, THE OWNERS, THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PEOPLE
THAT EXPERIENCE THIS, HOW DO
THEY DECIDE IF THEY WANTED OR
IF THIS IS SOMETHING THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN.
DO THEY JUST GO?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE PART
OF THE PROCESS.
IT WOULD BE A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO BEGIN
THAT WORK, THAT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PIECE UNTIL WE HAVE
MORE MORE OF A FORMAL AND
OFFICIAL CONVERSATION WITH
CONTRACTORS AROUND WHAT THE
COST SAVINGS WOULD BE SO THAT
WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE
COMMUNITIES AND TALK ABOUT THE
IMPACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO
SO WITH SOME ACTUAL DATA BASED
ON THE CONVERSATIONS.
>> I JUST WANT TO GO TO THE
POINT BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
WILL SEE SOME SAVINGS.
>> AND TO BE, COMPLETELY
TRANSPARENT, WHEN WE DO DID
THIS PILOT IN THREE
NEIGHBORHOODS IN 2014, OR FOUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ACTUALLY
SURVEYED RESIDENTS AFTER THE
PILOT AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE WERE DISAPPOINTED
IN IS THAT THEY ANTICIPATED THAT
THE BILL WOULD BE CUT IN HALF
AND THAT IS LOGICAL.
YOU HAVE HALF AS MUCH SERVICE.
BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY
SAVINGS.
I THINK PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS WITH THE PUBLIC PRIOR
TO DOING THIS IS TO REALLY GET
FOLKS TO WRAP THEIR ARMS AROUND
WHAT THE SAVINGS ARE ABOVE AND
BEYOND THE SAVINGS IN THEIR
BILL.
I THINK THE CITY FEELINGS
AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE AND THAT
OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CITY
IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS
IN 2014 AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE
ARE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE
BENEFITS ARE JUST BESIDES THAT.
BUT THAT IS A CONVERSATION I
WANT TO HAVE AND THIS SLI WOULD
ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
>> IS IT 2012 OR 2014?
YOU WERE SAYING 2012 AND
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD SAID
2014.
>> IT WAS CONDUCTED IN 2012.
>> THAT MAKES MY POINT EVEN
MORE SO.
THE OPINIONS AROUND CLIMATE
CHANGE HAVE INCREASED GREATLY
SINCE THEN.
>> I CAN CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE
INCREASED.
>> I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
AND I AGREE WITH YOU HOWEVER,
MY SUPPORT ASSUMES THERE WILL
BE A MONETARY SAVINGS TO THE
CONSUMER AND NOT JUST DOING IT
FOR IT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY REASONS.
>> THERE WILL BE BUT IT WILL
NOT BEHALF.
>> ONE THIRD?
I'M JUST KIDDING.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING
THEIR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO THIS
SLI FOR SPU, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS FOR SOLID
WASTE RATES.
>> THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
IT IS STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT SCL-1-A-1. IT IS
REQUESTING THE PASS CB 119672
SPU 2020-2022 SOLID WASTE RATES
FROM APRIL 1, 2020 THROUGH
APRIL 1, 2023.
RATES WOULD INCREASE 3% AND BY
2.9% IN 2021 AND IN 2022.
FOR A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL
CUSTOMER THIS IS ABOUT $1.50
INCREASE IN 2020 AND 2021 AND
ABOUT A $1.60 INCREASE IN 2022.
THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN THE
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.
>> GOOD NEWS.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE
HEADLINE.
THE RATES ARE LESS THEN WHAT
WERE PROPOSED IN THE STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN TWO YEARS AGO AND
I WANT TO THANK SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES FOR WORKING ON A LOT
OF THE ITEMS WITHIN THE
STRATEGIC IS THIS PLAN THAT
MYSELF THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS
ELEMENTS THAT CAN REDUCE RATES.
WE DON'T OFTEN SEE THE ACTUAL
RATE ORDINANCE COMING IN AT A
LWER RATE THAN ANTICIPATED.
>> THOSEIN FAVOR OF ADDING
YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO NUMBER
28, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> RIGHT NOW IS IT IT IS A
PIECE OF BUDGET LEGISLATION
THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
>> IF WE DON'T NEED TO BE
ADDING OUR NAMES AS SPONSORS,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
>> DOES THIS REQUIRE A
COMMITTEE VOTE?
>> THIS IS JUST AN ITEM OF
INTEREST?
>> IT IS BUDGET LEGISLATION SO
WE DO NEED TO VOTE ON IT
EVENTUALLY.
>> BUT NOT TODAY?
>> IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS
WITH THE RATE, SPEAK UP.
>> OKAY.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ERIC McCONNAUGHHAY FROM
CENTRAL STAFF.
THE FIRST THING WE ARE LOOKING
AT STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT SCL-1-A-1. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN.
THIS IS A REQUEST SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT TO REPORT ON
ELECTRIFICATION OF ALL
TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDINGS .
I CAN SAY A FEW MORE THINGS
ABOUT IT OR I CAN LET YOU TAKE
IT FROM HERE.
>> I WILL TAKE IT.
THANK YOU.
SO, COLLEAGUES, THIS SLI IS A
WORK IN PROGRESS.
IT FOLLOWS UP ON THE COMMITTEE
THE COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE
WHEN WE PASS THE GREEN NEW DEAL
FOR RESOLUTION BACK IN AUGUST.
IT ACTUALLY DOES TWO THINGS AND
I BELIEVE AFTER CONVERSATION
WITH THE DEPARTMENT THIS
MORNING, I WILL BE PROPOSING TO
SPLIT THAT IN TWO DIFFERENT
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
WHICH THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF
RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT WILL BE COMING TO THE
COUNCIL IN THE SPRING.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE STRATEGIC
PLAN UPDATE FOR 2021 THROUGH
2026.
AND THAT WILL LIKELY BE WE WILL
LIKELY BE ASKING FOR THE
COUNCIL TO IMPROVE THAT.
AND WE ASK THAT THE RATE DESIGN
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE
INCLUDING MAKING IT FREE OF
POLLUTANTS ADVANCE AND EQUABLE
TRANSITION FROM AN ECONOMY BASED
ON EXPORTATION TO ONE BASED ON
REGENERATION AND COOPERATION.
ALSO IT WOULD CREATE STABLE
GOOD PAYING JOBS.
THIS WOULD ENSURE HIGH QUALITY
WORK AND FAIR TREATMENT OF
WORKERS.
I WILL LIKELY BE ASKING FOR A
SECOND SLI AND AT THE REQUEST
OF THE DEPARTMENT I WOULD MAKE
THIS A SLI THAT IS DIRECTED AT
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
IS AN ANDROGEN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM THAT MET
THIS WEEK TALKING ABOUT THESE
TYPES OF THINGS AND HOW THE
DEPARTMENTS CAN COME TOGETHER
TO WORK ON A NEW DEAL.
SO WE WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY
ASKING IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
FULLY ELECTRIFYING OUR
TRANSPORTATION AND OUR BUSINESS
SECTOR BY THE YEAR 2030.
AND THAT IS I BELIEVE THE
LOGICAL SOLUTION TO ELIMINATING
POLLUTION.
AND WE WOULD HAVE A -- THIS IS
A LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION
LINES AND THE DISTRIBUTION
LINES.
IT WILL CERTAINLY REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS AND SOME
OF THOSE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO HAPPEN.
ESSENTIALLY THIS IS LAYING OUT
A ROADMAP OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY
CAN DO THAT WORK BUT THEY WOULD
BE JUST A BIT BEHIND THE
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
COUNCIL WOULD LIKELY SEE IN
JULY.
I WOULD SUGGEST BUT I WILL
DEFER TO YOU CHAIRMAN, I WILL
BE ASKING FOR SUPPORT ON THIS
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT . FOCUS ON LINE 2 OF
THAT PLAN. AND A LEADER IN THE
PROCESS WE WILL BRING BACK
ANOTHER SLI WHAT IS CURRENTLY
LISTED AS LINE 1, WITH MORE
DETAIL.
>> IT CERTAINLY MAKES
APPROPRIATE SENSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AS IT RELATES TO
TRANSITIONING TO AN AUTOMATED
SYSTEM CAR YOU INCLUDING
CONSIDERATION OF MARITIME
TRANSPORTATION AS IT RELATES TO
PORT ACTIVITIES?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS, I
AM NOT SURE WHAT THE PROPER
LANGUAGEIS BUT NOT AIR TRAVEL
OR MARINE TRAVEL.
IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT
CONTROL OVER BUT MORE CONTROL
OVER.
IT WOULD BE THE PRIVATE
AUTOMOBILE AND LIGHT DUTY
VEHICLES.
IT WOULD INCLUDE THE PUBLIC
TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT IS LARGELY
ELECTRIC.
WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT
ANALYSIS BECAUSE, AS WE CONVERT
THOSE BUSES TO ELECTRIC BUSES,
THAT WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON THE
GRID AS WELL.
>> SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON YOUR
QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, I KNOW THE PORT OF
SEATTLE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF
WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT CRUISE
SHIPS COMING IN CAN PLUG IN
RATHER THAN RUNNING DIESEL THE
WHOLE TIME THEY ARE HERE.
ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?
OUR RECORD MEETING WITH THEM?
>> I KNOW THAT THERE IS ONGOING
WORK WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT TO
ELECTRIFY THE ON DOCK EQUIPMENT
AND FREIGHT YARD EQUIPMENT.
AND SO, IF FOLKS WOULD LIKE,
AND I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE
SENSE, TO INCORPORATE THE
LANGUAGE AROUND THAT BECAUSE
AGAIN, THAT IS ANOTHER MAJOR
PLACE THAT COULD HAVE LOAD AND
INVESTMENT FOR SEATTLE CITY
LIGHTS THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO AVOID, AND I
THINK YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE
ALONG THESE LINES, WOULD BE THAT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WITH THAT
THEY CAN MEET THE
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE
SYSTEM BUT WE COULD NOT DO THE
PORTS.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
>> VERY GOOD.
SO THOSE OF US WHO WOULD LIKE
TO ADD OUR NAME TO THIS SLI AS
A SPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> OKAY.
>> WAS THAT YOUR FIVE-MINUTE
BREAK BRIAN?
>> NEXT, IT IS AN ITEM THAT WE
DO NOT TO VOTE ON BECAUSE IT IS
A COUNSEL BILL THAT WE WILL
DEAL WITH LATER.
DO YOU JUST WANT TO ADDRESS IT
BRIEFLY?
ú>> YES.
AS YOU SAID, THIS IS BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
THIS WOULD PASS COUNCIL BUDGET
119674 AUTHORIZING SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT TO ISSUE UP TO $250
MILLION IN REVENUE BONDS TO
SUPPORT ITS CAPITAL PROGRAM .
THAT WOULD OCCUR, IT WOULD BE
ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR IN OCTOBER
2020.
THE PROPOSAL RELIES, THE
PROPOSED CAPITAL BUDGET FOR
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT RELIES ON
THIS BILL.
>> OKAY.
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON
THIS, LET'S MOVE ON.
WE DO NOT NEED TO TAKE THAT 10
MINUTE BREAK DOWN.
>> SO, I AM BRIAN GOOD NIGHT FOR
COUNCIL STAFF.
WE ARE MOVING ONTO DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
OR ALSO KNOWN AS DEEL.
THE FIRST ONE IS AGENDA ITEM
31.
AND THAT IS A STATEMENT OF
INTENT.
IT IS A REQUEST THAT DEEL
CONDUCT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
AND REPORT ON INCLUDING LABOR
HARMONY LANGUAGE IN CHILD CARE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CONTRACTS .
REQUIRING THAT DEEL LOOK AT
LABOR HARMONY IN TERMS OF
APPROVING APPROVALS.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR A FAMILY
CHOCO CENTERS, DIRECTORS AND
TEACHERS, AND LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THAT THE MEETINGS BE USED
TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL
OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING
HARMONY.
AND WE WOULD PROVIDE A REPORT
BY AUGUST.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
OF THIS SLI ON BEHALF OF OF
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
SHE WANTS ME TO SHARE THE
FOLLOWING POINTS.
SHE SAYS, "IT HAS LONG BEEN A
VALUE OF THE CITY THAT WE
SUPPORT JOBS.
WE HAVE SUPPORTED WORKFORCE
AGREEMENTS OF $5 MILLION OR
MORE RESULTING IN PREVAILING
WAGES, UNION RECOGNITION AND
APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION.
WE HAVE ALSO IS ASKED THAT THAT
BE CONSIDERED IN WATERFRONT IN
THE LETTER THAT WAS PASSED LAST
YEAR.
THAT WOULD ALLOW DEEL TO
INCLUDE LANGUAGE SUPPORTING
DIRECTORS, TEACHERS AND LABOR
UNIONS WORKING ON HARMONY
PROVISIONS AND HOW TO BEST
PROVIDE AN ARRESTED
UNINTERRUPTED CARE THROUGH
HARMONY.
THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE WORK DONE
BY THE FIRST OF 2020 IN
ANTICIPATION OF CHANGES TO
AGREEMENTS IN LATE 2020.
I SUPPORT THIS.
I THINK THE ORIGINAL APPROACH
WAS JUST GOING TO REQUIRE LABOR
HARMONY AND I THINK, THROUGH
ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE
HEARD THAT THIS WOULD BE BEST
TO TAKE AN APPROACH WHERE WE
STUDY, LEARN, ENGAGE AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS.
IT IS A GOOD REASONABLE APPROACH
AND WE REQUEST THAT OTHER FOLKS
SUPPORT IT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I AM ALSO SUPPORTING THIS.
LABOR HARMONY AND HARMONY HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO BE A WIN FOR
EVERYONE.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
APPROACH.
I HOPE WITH THE CONSTRUCTIVE
DIALOGUE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NEXT YEAR
TO INCORPORATE LABOR HARD ME
HARMONY AGREEMENTS NEXT YEAR.
>> THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO THIS,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO CBA DEEL-2-A-1
, ADDING $3.88 MILLION GENERAL
FUND TO DEEL TO EXPAND
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CHILD.
>> VISIT BUDGET ACTION IS
LABELED CBA DEEL-2-A-1. IT
WOULD ADD $3.88 MILLION GENERAL
FUND TO DEEL TO EXPAND
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CHILD CARE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
THEY WANT TO EXPAND MULTIPLE
AREAS.
THE FIRST IS TO IMPROVE AREAS
WHERE PROVIDER SHORTAGES EXIST.
TO STOP THIS EXPANSION, THE
BUDGET WOULD PROVIDE DEEL WITH
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS.
AS A QUICK REMINDER, THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES $6.1
MILLION FOR CCAP.
THIS WOULD SERVE 1400 CHILDREN
PER YEAR.
THIS COMES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A
QUESTION.
HE SAID IT WOULD ADD 10
POSITIONS.
WHAT ARE THE JOB DUTIES OF THIS
10 POSITIONS?
>> THERE IS A VARIETY OF THEM.
LET ME GET THE LIST.
ULTIMATELY, IN ORDER TO HAVE
MORE CHILDREN IN THE PROGRAM
YOU NEED INTAKE REPRESENTATIVES
AND A NEW MANAGER FOR THE
POSITION.
SO THERE IS ONE MINIATURE,
THREE EARLY EDUCATION
SPECIALISTS, FOR INTAKE
SPECIALISTS AND AN ACCOUNT
ADMISSION.
THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS.
>> SO HOW MUCH MONEY AFTER WE
PAY FOR THE POSITIONS, HOW MUCH
IS LEFT OVER TO EXPAND THE
ACTUAL CHILDCARE FACILITIES?
OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT CAPITAL
REQUEST.
>> IN THE COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION, $3 MILLION IS FOR
ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS.
>> THANK YOU, FOR THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THIS IS A BUDGET THAT I AM
ADVOCATING FOR.
I HAVE SPOKEN A LOT AND WE HAVE
SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT
COLLECTIVELY, THE REALITIES
AROUND THE FACT THAT SEATTLE
CONTINUES TO BE A CHILDCARE
DESERT.
CCAP ISONE OF THE TOOLS THAT
WE USE TO SUBSIDIZED CHILDCARE
IN OUR CITY.
I THINK IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT
THAT THE MAYOR HAS, IN HER
ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET,
INCLUDED AN EXPANSION OF CCAP
BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO DIVE
INTO THE DETAILS WITH REGARDING
THAT BUDGET, WE LEARNED OF SOME
PRETTY ASTONISHING NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
NUMBER OF CHILDREN SERVED BY
EACH CATEGORY AND PROVIDER TYPE
IN THE SPACE.
IT BECAME VERY SURPRISING TO US
THAT IN THE INFANT CATEGORY WE
ARE ONLY SERVING 12 CHILDREN
PER MONTH IN THE CITY WITH OUR
CCAP PROGRAM.
PRESCHOOL IS AT ABOUT 170
CHILDREN.
SO THOSE ARE 3-YEAR-OLD'S AND
FIVE-YEAR-OLDS.
AND FOR KIDS THAT ARE AGES 5-12
YEARS OLD, WE SEE ABOUT 234
CHILDREN BEING SERVED.
SO, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE
HAVE THE CONCEPT IN THEIR MIND
THAT CCAP IS BEING HEAVILY
ACCESSED BY PEOPLE SEEKING
INFANT CARE OR TODDLER CARE BUT
THE REALITY IS, THE WAY THAT
THE MODEL IS STRUCTURED RIGHT
NOW, WE ARE REALLY SKEWED
TOWARDS ELEMENTARY AGE CHILDREN.
AND CHILDREN WHO ARE CURRENTLY
PARTICIPATING IN THE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO COMPLETE THE SPECTRUM OF
INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING
IN THIS SPACE.
WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME,
AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THAT
TIME, TO EXPAND AND BUILD A
QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND
IT ONLY SERVES THREE AND FOUR-
YEAR-OLDS THOUGH.
WE ARE MISSING MANY OF THE
BIRDS THROUGH THREE-YEAR-OLD
CHILDREN AND THIS IS A WAY FOR
US TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT AND PROVIDE DEEL
WITH WHAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF
THE STAFF THAT THEY NEED TO BE
ABLE TO DO A FOCUS ON BOTH
PRESCHOOL AND ADDRESSING THE
CHILDCARE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
THIS IS A BIG ASK AND I
RECOGNIZE THAT.
IT IS A BOLD MOVE THAT WE CAN
MAKE IN THE BUDGET TO
MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS
OF THE LOCK OF AFFORDABLE
CHILDCARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WHEN I HEAR STORIES ABOUT
PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING AT A
$2500 BILL EVERY MONTH JUST TO
ACCESS INFANT CARE, WHEN THEY
COULD POTENTIALLY BE QUALIFYING
FOR THIS PROGRAM IF THEY KNEW
ABOUT IT AND IF THEY QUALIFIED
FOR IT, WE COULD BE HELPING A
LOT OF WORKING FAMILIES
STABILIZE.
AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THESE
KIDS IN THE 0-3 AGE SHOW UP
READY TO LEARN AND THRIVE IN
THESE PROGRAMS WHICH ARE ALSO
SLATED TO EXPAND SIGNIFICANTLY
IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
I HOPE I CAN GARNER THE SUPPORT
TO ADVANCE THIS.
I AM READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO
WORK WITH MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY AN
A WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> THOSE IN SUPPORT OF $3.88
MILLION GENERAL FUND TO DEEL TO
EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR THE
CHILD THESE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
33.
>> THIS IS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION AND IT IS A PROVISO ON
A PORTION OF DEEL CHILD CARE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM EXPANSION
FUNDS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
INFANT CARE.
ADDITIONALLY THE DEPARTMENT HAS
ASKED TO DETERMINE IF THE
NUMBERS CAN BE INCREASED.
THE PROVISO EXPRESSES THAT THEY
MUST RELEASE THE FUNDS IN THE
BUDGET ACTION REQUESTS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIO AND
EARLY LEARNING ISSUES A REPORT
BY THE END OF MARCH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES,
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW THESE
INTERCONNECT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I APPRECIATE THE QUEUE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE I WAS
GOING THEE.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
AND THE SUBJECT SUCKS THAT I
JUST STATISTICS THAT I JUST
LAID OUT THAT THERE IS NOT A
LOT OF ACCESS IN THE 0-3 SPACE,
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US,
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT MY
PRIOR PROPOSAL IS INCLUDED IN A
BALANCING PACKAGE, THIS WOULD
REQUIRE THAT ALL DOLLARS
PROPOSED FOR EXPANSION OF CCAP
BE PROVISO HOW UNTIL WE HAVE A
PLAN FOR A DEAL THAT SHOWS US
THE ROADMAP ON HOW THEY ARE
GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EXISTING
DOLLARS FOR TUITION SUBSIDY OR
DDRESSING THE NEEDS OF INFANT
CARE IN PARTICULAR.
I SEE THESE AS COMPLEMENTARY.
THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO GET A
WORK PLAN FROM DEEL TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING IN
AN APPROPRIATE AND BALANCED
WAYS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE THAT
NEED THESE BENEFITS.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH FOR DOING
THAT.
>> THOSE THAT WANT TO ADD YOUR
NAME TO THIS PROVISO, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND.
THIS IS NUMBER 33.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS $375,000
GENERAL FUND TO DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING TO
EXPAND THE CITY'S ROLE IN
CONNECTING FAMILIES WITH CHILD
CARE.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS, WE WILL
SEE HOW THESE INTERSECT.
>> SO THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER
HARRELL.
IT WOULD ADD $375,000 GENERAL
FUND TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING TO EXPAND
THE CITY'S ROLE IN CONNECTING
FAMILIES WITH CHILD CARE.
THERE IS A LACK OF ACCESS AND
INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE THAT
NEED TO SELECT CHILDCARE FOR
THEIR SITUATION.
WITH THIS FUNDING, DEEL COULD
EVALUATE THE ROLE THAT THE CITY
COULD PLAY IN CONNECTING PEOPLE
WITH CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.
THIS ITEM COMES FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THIS PROPOSAL IS REALLY
EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE IT WOULD
ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO
TAKE THAT 3000 FOOT LEVEL VIEW
OF WHAT TOOLS AND RESOURCES ARE
NEEDED TO PROVIDE OUR WORKING
FAMILIES WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES
CONNECT MEANINGFULLY WITH
CHILDCARE THAT IS SUITABLE FOR
THEM.
IT CAN BE MARKET RATE CHILDCARE
OR HOME-BASED CHILDCARE.
WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE FAMILY
NEEDS COULD BE ADDRESSED THEIR
STRATEGIES DEVELOPED BY DEEL IN
THIS SPACE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE TAKING MEANINGFUL AND
DEMONSTRABLE ACTION TO SUPPORT
FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WHO CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO
FIND CHILDCARE THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
SO THIS IS, UNLIKE THE PRIOR
BUDGET ITEMS THAT I AM
ADVOCATING FOR, WHICH ARE
SPECIFIC TOWARDS PROVIDING
SUBSIDIZED TUITION DOLLARS FOR
CHILDCARE, THIS ONE IS REALLY
ABOUT PROVIDING DEEL DIRECTION
AND FUNDING TO COME UP WITH A
STRATEGIC PLAN AND AN ACTION
PLAN WITH WHAT ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO ADD TO
SUBSIDIES TO ALLOW FAMILIES TO
HAVE THEIR CHILDCARE NEEDS MET.
THERE ARE LOTS OF JURISDICTIONS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE
LOOKING AT THIS INCLUDING NEW
YORK CITY.
THEY RECENTLY SET UP A
CHILDCARE RESOURCE CENTER THAT
PROVIDES CASE MANAGERS OR
COUNSELORS AT THE CENTER.
AND THEY CONNECT FAMILIES WITH
WHATEVER CHILDCARE RESOURCES
ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
IT HELPS THEM NAVIGATE THE
BUREAUCRACY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO
APPLY FOR CHILDCARE. AT THE
CITY THE IT COULD BE SUBSIDIZED
OR JUST CONNECTING WITH OTHER
TYPES OF CHILDCARE MODELS THAT
COULD BE SUITABLE FOR THAT
FAMILY.
THERE ARE OTHER JURISTS
DICTIONS THAT WE COULD LEARN
FROM AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GIVE DEEL THE RESOURCES THAT
THEY NEED TO EVALUATE AND LOOK
AT THOSE MODELS AND COME BACK
TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH
MEANINGFUL PROPOSALS FOR
IMPLEMENATION IN THE NEXT
BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
>> I FULLY SUPPORT THIS FOR
MULTIPLE REASONS.
FIRST, I WAS READING AN ARTICLE
THIS MORNING ABOUT HOW FAMILIES
LIVE IN CHILDCARE DESERTS.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
SECONDLY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
IN MY DISTRICT, WHEN I THINK
ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR
STAGE OF LIFE, MYSELF INCLUDED,
AND WHERE THEIR NEXT STAGE IN
LIFE MIGHT BE, THEY THINK ABOUT
NOT JUST THE WORLD THAT THERE
CHILDREN WILL INHERIT BECAUSE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ALSO, HOW
DO WE SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN OUR
FAMILIES.
AND SO, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
IDEA.
I APPLAUD COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR THAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW, ONE
MORE THING.
>> SURE.
>> THE STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATURE IS LOOKING AT
EXPANDING CHILDCARE IN THIS
SPACE AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE
READY FOR THAT POTENTIAL
REVENUE SOURCE IN EITHER BEING
ABLE TO DIRECTLY RECEIVE
FUNDING OR BEING ABLE TO
LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS THAT MIGHT
BE COMING FROM ADDITIONAL
REVENUE SOURCES AT THE STATE.
MORE TO COME ON THAT.
I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION
IN SEATTLE AND EVEN MEMBERS
OUTSIDE OF THE DELEGATION THAT
ARE LEADING AT THE STATE LEVEL
ON EARLY LEARNING AND EDUCATION
AND WHAT THEY ARE FEELING ABOUT
THIS NEXT SESSION.
I SEE THIS AS A REALLY IMPORTANT
PRELIMINARY WORK FOR THE CITY
TO BE READY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL
REVENUE DOLLARS IN THIS SPACE.
I HOPE THIS CAN GO HAND IN HAND.
>> THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME --
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> SURE.
>> THIS MIGHT BE A BIT OF A
STRETCH.
THIS FIRST ROUND, WHEN THIS
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
WAS PROPOSED, WE TALKED ABOUT
DOING FOLLOW-UP LANGUAGE IN
THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT BUT WE MAY HAVE LOST
THAT IN THE TRANSITION OF STAFF.
I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW IF
DIAPER ACCESS MIGHT BE A
BARRIER TO FAMILIES IN ADDITION
TO NOT HAVING ACCESS TO
SUFFICIENT FUNDING THROUGH THE
VOUCHER PROGRAM.
WHETHER OR NOT HAVING DIAPER
ACCESS IS AN ADDITIONAL BARRIER
TO FAMILIES SEEKING TO ACCESS
CHILDCARE.
SO PEOPLE MIGHT BE KEEPING
THEIR CHILDREN HOME RATHER THAN
SENDING THEM TO A PLACE THAT IS
EXPECTING THEM TO HAVE THEIR
KIDS COME WITH DIAPERS.
AND SO, I AM WONDERING WHETHER
OR NOT THIS COULD BE EXPANDED
TO LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT,
USING OUR CHILDCARE FACILITIES
AS A DISTRIBUTION CENTER FOR
FREE DIAPERS.
IF THAT MIGHT HELP ADDRESS
THOSE BARRIERS.
AGAIN, IF IT IS A STRETCH, IT
IS A QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO LOOK AT THIS SEEMS LIKE A
GOOD HOME.
>> SO THIS IS NOT A SLI?
>> THIS IS A PROVISO.
>> I AM JUST I JUST TOTALLY
LOST MY WAY.
>> THIS IS ITEM 34.
>> IF I MAY SHARE, I THINK
THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY
AS PART OF THIS $375,000 ADD
THAT THEY LOOK AT THE OVERALL
STRATEGIES AROUND COMING UP WITH
A CITYWIDE STRATEGY AND ACCESS
TO CHILDCARE.
IT COULD ALSO EVALUATE, AND I
IMAGINE WOULD EVALUATE EXISTING
BARRIERS TO EXISTING CHILDCARE
AND CERTAINLY DIAPER ACCESS
COULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS IN ITS SEED PROCESS TO ADD
LANGUAGE THAT ENUMERATES THAT
CONCERN AND THERE IS ALSO AN
OPPORTUNITY IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE PROVISO TO ASK, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE THE PROVIDES ARE FUNDS
ARE SPECIFIC TO LOOKING AT HOW
TO INCREASE ACCESS TO INFANT
CARE.
THAT COULD BE AN EASY PLACE TO
ADD CONCERNS AROUND DIAPER
ACCESS.
AND MAKING SURE THEY
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THAT.
>> I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS AT THE TIME. BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT HAS BEEN
INCORPORATED IN ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I HAVE HAD A TRANSITION OF
STAFF AND I THINK IT GOT LOST IN
THE SHUFFLE.
>> WE INTENDED TO CONNECT ON
THIS BUT I SEE THIS IS A
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT.
BRIAN, IF YOU COULD HELP US
KEEP TRACK OF THAT, THAT WOULD
BE APPRECIATED.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON THIS?
THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 34 ,
$375,000 TO DEEL.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THE NEXT ITEM IS TO ADD
$125,000 IN ONE-TIME GENERAL
FUND TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING FOR AN
ACCESS RAMP AT CONCORD
INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
I KNOW THAT BRIAN IS DOING THIS
AND THEN WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING-7-A-1. AND IT
WOULD ADD $125,000 IN ONE-TIME
GENERAL FUND TO DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
FOR AN ACCESS RAMP AT CONCORD
INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
IT WOULD BE ADDING A RAMP THAT
IS A SECOND PART OF A PHASE FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE WORK.
IT WILL ADDRESS UNSAFE ACCESS
TO THE SCHOOL GROUNDS.
THE PROJECT INTENDS TO REPLACE
A DIRT PATH WITH A WELL LIT
PATH THAT IS ADA COMPLIANT.
THE PROJECT COST IS ESTIMATED
TO BE $355,000.
THE GROUP HAS RAISED $55,000.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I DO NOT KNOW THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING IS THE MOST
APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS
BUDGET ASKED.
THIS IS CLEARLY A CAPITAL
REQUEST OF FUNDING . BUT, IT
REALLY IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR
MY DISTRICT AND THE PTA HAS
RAISED $270,000 TO IMPROVE THE
SCHOOL GROUNDS AND ADDRESS
SAFETY AT THE SOUTHWEST
ENTRANCE.
THERE IS A STEEP PATH GOING TO
THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT THAT IS
HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CHILDREN.
AND AS BRIAN MENTIONED IT IS A
THREE-PART PROJECT.
THE OTHER TWO PORTIONS OF THE
PROJECT HAVE BEEN FULLY FUNDED.
I DISTRIBUTED, AT THE PREVIOUS
MEETING, A SUPPORT LETTER
SIGNED BY SACHER BAILEY AND
OTHER ADVOCATES FROM SOUTH PARK.
THE RAMP IS ESTIMATED TO COST
$354,000.
$50,000 HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR.
I HAVE ASKED THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO PARTNER IN THIS AS
WELL.
86% OF STUDENTS AT THIS SCHOOL
ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MANY ARE
ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEANERS.
50% ARE BELOW THE FEDERAL
POVERTY LINE WITH 73% OF
STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR FREE
AND REDUCED LUNCH.
THIS IS PART OF AN OVERALL
PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE CAMPUS
IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BESET
WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS SO
MUCH SO THAT IT IS VERY NEARBY A
-- SITE.
I THINK THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH
OUR WORK TO IMPROVE THE
RESILIENCY OF THE COMMUNITY
THERE.
AND IN THIS CASE, OUR NON-
LEARNERS.
>> ANY COMMENTS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
THEN COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
>> ARE THEY APPLYING FOR OTHER
GRANTS OR AVAILABLE FUNDS AS
WELL?
>> THE PTA HAS RAISED $270,000
TO DO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE
PROGRAM AND ANOTHER 50,000 FOR
THIS ELEMENT.
AGAIN, IN THE INFORMATION THAT
I PASSED OUT, LAST TIME AND I
DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF ME
THIS TIME, THE BUDGET THAT WAS
SUBMITTED SHOWS THE OTHER
SOURCES OF FUNDING.
I AM HAPPY TO SHOW SHARE THAT
AGAIN.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOING OUT TO A
VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES BUT
I DO NOT KNOW IF THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS IS ONE OF
THEM.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
>> HOW ARE THESE PROJECTS
SELECTED WHAT IS THE PROCESS
THAT THEY GO THROUGH?
>> AS FAR AS I KNOW THE CITY
HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE
PROJECTS BEFORE SO I DO NOT
HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
>> IT IS UNUSUAL.
>> IT IS.
>> JUST A POINT OF
CLARIFICATION FOR COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> IS CONCORDE A PUBLIC SCHOOL?
>> IT IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONCERNS
LAST YEAR ABOUT SELECTING ONE
PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT WE WERE
ADDING MONEY TO BUT COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD MADE A
PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT THAT THEY
NEED ASSISTANCE.
>> AGAIN, SO THE GROUP IS THE
PTSA THAT WOULD BE FUNDED?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
LISTENING TO THE CONSTITUENTS
AND TRYING TO ADDRESS A NEED.
I DO THINK IT IS A LITTLE, I AM
A LITTLE LEERY OF GETTING INTO
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS FOR PTSA
HAVING BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER
FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I AM JUST NOT SURE THAT IS THE
SPACE OR THIS IS THE RIGHT
METHOD TO DO THAT.
ANYWAY, BE THAT AS IT MAY, I
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO
OUR ATTENTION.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
ONE?
>> THOSE THAT WANT TO ADD YOUR
NAMES TO THE ADDITION OF
$125,000 IN ONE-TIME GENERAL
FUND TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING FOR AN
ACCESS RAMP AT CONCORD
INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO REQUEST
THAT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING DEVELOP AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE OPPORTUNITY
SCHOLARSHIP AND REPORT ON
PROGRESS.
>> THIS ITEM IT IS NUMBER
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING 8-A-1. AND IT IS
A REQUEST THAT DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
DEELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP AND
REPORT ON PROGRESS.
IT WOULD COMPLEMENT THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM.
THEY PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO
LOW AND MIDDLE CAN INCOME
STUDENTS TO THOSE SEEKING
CERTIFICATES. IN THE 2019 STATE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THE PROGRAM
WAS MODIFIED TO ALLOW
MUNICIPALITIES TO CONTRIBUTE
FUNDING TO THE PROGRAM, WHICH
IS ALONG WITH STATE MATCHING
FUNDS WOULD BE AWARDED TO
STUDENTS.
SEATTLE WOULD BE THE FIRST
MUNICIPALITY TO PARTNER WITH
WSOS.
YOU WOULD RECEIVE A REPORT BY
MARCH 31 DETAILING THE WORK.
A RECOMMENDED FOCUS FOR THIS IS
TO BE OFFERED AND THAT WOULD
INCLUDE RECOMMENDED ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA AND RECOMMENDED
FUNDING LEVELS INCLUDING
FUNDING SOURCES AND THE
POTENTIAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS
THAT COULD BE SERVED AND THIS
COMES FROM SLI.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO.
>> COLLEAGUES, THE WASHINGTON
STATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THOSE
PURSUING A PROFESSION IN THE
S.T.E.M.
FIELDS.
I THINK WE SHOULD LEVERAGE OUR
OWN INVESTMENTS WITH STATE
DOLLARS AND THIS IS AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAVE WORKED
IN THE PAST.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR
INTEREST IN THIS MATCHING
PROGRAM
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT?
>> IS THIS PROGRAM EXCLUSIVE TO
S.T.E.M.
PROGRAMS?
>> NO.
THEY HAVE EXPANDED IN THE LAST
TWO OR THREE YEARS.
IT INCLUDES APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS, CAREER, TECHNICAL AND
EDUCATION PROGRAMS AS WELL AS
HEALTHCARE DEGREES.
AND THOSE ARE THE HIGHEST NEEDS
IN THE STATE.
>> OKAY.
SO, THE NONPROFIT SOCIAL
SERVICE SECTOR IS WORKING TO
FIGURE OUT WAYS TO BETTER
PROVIDE KEY EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT
HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS
AND POVERTY WHO ARE DRIVEN TO
MISSION DRIVEN WORK.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
ASSET PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE THAT
HAVE WORKED WITH THE HOMELESS
AND THAT INCLUDES INCREASING
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SIMILAR TO THAT PROGRAM, CCS,
SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE AND
OTHERS ARE PARTNERING TO PILOT
A SIMILAR MODEL THAT WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR A COHORT OF 24
EMPLOYEES AND ENTRY-LEVEL
POSITIONS WITHOUT HIGH SCHOOL
OR POST SECONDARY DEGREES AND
THE IDEA WOULD BE TO FACILITATE
ENROLLMENT AND THE COMPLETION
-- THAT WOULD COUNT AS A TWO-
YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR DEGREE.
I AM ORDERING AGAIN, THIS MIGHT
BE A REACH, AND TELL ME IF IT
IS, I AM WONDERING IF WE CAN
FOLD IN SOME OF THIS WORK WITH
THIS TUITION PROGRAM.
>> I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS PART
OF THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT
SHOULD DEEL WOULD NEED TO
UNDERGO.
IN THE SENSE THAT, WHEN THEY
DEVELOPED THE PLAN THAT
INTEGRATES TO THE SEATTLE
PROMISE AND PARTNERING, I WOULD
SAY I WILL NEED TO DEFER THAT
TO THE DIRECTOR.
>> SO, I SHOULD ASK DIRECTOR
CHAPELLE, AND IF THIS IS AN
APPROPRIATE MATCH WE CAN TALK
MORE?
>> AND SINCE THIS IS A SLI,
THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE
REALLY IMPORTANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> BECAUSE THIS SLI IS
CONNECTED TO SEATTLE PROMISE,
THE POPULATIONS THAT YOU ARE
REFERRING TO WOULD HAVE TO BE,
FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SEATTLE
PROMISE THROUGH THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CREATE
THAT CONNECTION THAT PERHAPS
YOU ARE SEEKING.
BUT I SEE THE REMARKS THAT YOU
JUST MADE, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
THAT OF THEIR PROGRAM TO BE
ADDRESSING MORE OF AN ADULT
POPULATION.
AND THE PROPOSAL THAT I AM
SEEING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO IS SPECIFIC TO YOUTH
WHO WOULD QUALIFY TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM AND REALLY
MAKING SURE THAT IS THERE IS
INTENTIONALITY AROUND CREATING
ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO
SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS TO SUPPORT
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO BE
ABLE TO PURSUE THE CAREER THAT
THEY WANT THROUGH THE
SCHOLARSHIPS.
I AM NOT SURE THAT IT IS, THAT
I AM SEEING THAT SYNC UP.
>> I THINK YOU ARE PROBABLY
RIGHT.
IF THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR --
IF IT WOULD ONLY BE CONCEIVABLY
FOR FOLKS THAT QUALIFY FOR
SEATTLE PROMISE AND CANDIDATES
ARE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, THIS
WOULD NOT SYNC UP.
THESE ARE OLDER FOLKS AND IN
MANY INSTANCES ARE NOT HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES.
THE COHORT IS 24 EMPLOYEES IN
ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS WITHOUT
POST SECONDARY DEGREES.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE
DESCRIBED WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH AND IT MAY NOT FIT
IN HERE BUT THANK YOU, FOR
BRINGING THAT UP.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER COMMENTS,
THIS IS ITEM 36.
AND IT IS FOR THE WASHINGTON
STATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP.
IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A
SPONSOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND.
THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON TO 37.
AND I AM GOING TO PROPOSE THAT
WE GET THROUGH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THEN
CALL IT A MORNING.
>> ITEM 37 IS THE LAST ITEM
FROM DEEL.
IT IS STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING 10-A-1. AND
IT IS A REQUEST THAT DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION,
DISAGGREGATION, AND USAGE AS
PART OF THE LEVY AND LIMITATION
PLAN, DEEL HAS COMMITTED TO
DISAGGREGATING DATA TO CREATE
EQUITY IN EDUCATION
INVESTMENTS.
WE CREATED A DATA WORKGROUP
WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING --
FOR PRESENTING THEM A GRAPHIC
DATA FOR PROVIDERS BEING
SERVED.
THE RESULTS OF THIS DATA
WORKGROUP SHOULD INFORM MUCH OF
THE WORK REGARDING THE SLIDE.
THIS DETAILS WHO DEEL PARTNERS
WITH, HOW GROUPS ARE
DESEGREGATED, THE DATA SOURCES
AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR
DETERMINING TARGET POPULATIONS
AND OPPORTUNITY GAPS PRESENT IN
AREAS WHERE THE CITY INVEST.
THE CITY WOULD ALSO APPLY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO
SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING THE LARGEST
OPPORTUNITY APPS.
THIS COMES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO,
THANK YOU.
IF YOU WILL AND LIGHTNESS ON
YOUR EXPECTATIONS ONCE WE HAVE
THIS DATA AND WHAT WE WILL BE
DOING WITH IT.
>> MY BACKGROUND BEFORE BEING
HERE, I WAS WITH THE OFFICE OF
MINORITY AFFAIRS AT U-DUB.
WE LOOKED AT RESOURCE GROUPS
THAT IMPACT THE BLACK AND BROWN
USE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE LEVY IS
FOCUSED ON --.
THERE IS A DATA WORKGROUP
WORKING TO REPORT THE
DESEGREGATED DATA.
THAT SLIDE WOULD BRING THIS TO
A COUNCIL COMMITTEE. WE WOULD
ALSO LOOK AT HOW DEEL MAKE
SURE THAT THE LARGEST
OPPORTUNITY GAPS ARE SERVED.
ON A PERSONAL BASIS, MANY OF
THE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
AFFORDED TO ME HAVE ALLOWED ME
TO GET TO WHERE I AM TODAY.
SO MY PARTICULAR INTEREST HAS
BEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES AND
THAT WE ARE TRACKING AND
MEASURING WHAT IS GETTING DONE
AND WE ARE ELEVATING THAT TO
DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL
TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THE
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR KIDS
OF COLOR.
BUT THANK YOU, FOR THE COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> MY COMMENTS ARE ON 36 AND
37 VERY BRIEFLY.
I APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO HAS DONE ON 36
AND TALK ABOUT THE CITY IN THE
STATE WORKING TOGETHER.
I 37 MY COMMENTS ARE THIS.
I AM GLAD WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING
WITH SINCE I CAME TO OFFICE.
AND THAT IS THE DISCONNECT
BETWEEN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND DEEL.
WHAT ARE WE DOING AND WHAT ARE
THEY DOING?
ONE OF THE ISSUES HERE FOR ME
IS THAT, HAVING THIS DATA, THIS
IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
ASKING FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE
BEEN IN OFFICE AND CERTAINLY
BEFORE THAT.
WE ARE COLLECTING DATA AND
USING THE DATA ON THESE GROUPS
TO ACHIEVE AND CLOSE THE GAP.
THEY ARE ALWAYS THE SAME GROUPS.
IT IS THE NATIVE AMERICANS,
REFUGEE, AND SO ON.
I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
BECAUSE I AM HOPING WITH SLI
NUMBER 36 AND 37, I HOPE THAT
WE LOOK BETTER AT WORKING WITH
DEEL ON DATA COLLECTION AND HOW
WE START TARGETING TO MAKE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN THOSE
PARTICULAR GROUPS SO THAT WE
SEE THESE YOUNG FOLKS, THESE
CHILDREN GRADUATE AT HIGHER
RATES THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
WITNESSIN FOR THE LAST TWO
DECADES.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT AS WE HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION THAT DEEL IS NOT
CURRENTLY DOING THIS WORK.
YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT
THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE
REALLY CLEAR AND WE HAVE
COMMUNICATED THIS TO THE OFFICE
OF COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO THAT
DEEL AND THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS
WORK AS PART OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER
TO EVALUATE THE METRICS AND
DELIVERABLES FOR THAT LEVY.
I THINK THAT THE DIFFERENCE
HERE IS THAT SLI FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO IS ASKING IT TO
BE DELIVERED TO CITY COUNCIL.
MY COMMITTEE, AT THIS MOMENT,
FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND AND
DAYLIGHTING.
BUT I DO WANT TO JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT DEEL
HAS BEEN DOING IN THE SPACE
AROUND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS
TRACKING DATA APPROPRIATELY TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE LASER FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING
THE OPPORTUNITY GAP FOR THE
POPULATIONS THAT WE KNOW
EXPERIENCE DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS OF OUR EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM.
>> EXCELLENT. COUNCIL MEMBER
HARRELL.
>> I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
I AM SUPPORTING THIS.
THE WORK IS BEING DONE BUT IT
HAS BEEN MY OPINION, AT LEAST
WHEN I WAS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE, THAT WE ARE TRACKING
THE DATA BUT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEMS TO BE
DOUBLING DOWN ON THIS AREA OF
UNDER TREATMENT.
PARTICULARLY ON PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND UNDERACHIEVEMENT. THEY SEEM
TO BE DOUBLING DOWN ON THE
EFFORTS FROM THE RHETORIC THAT
I AM READING.
THE CITY UNDERSTANDS THAT AND
THEY ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD
PARTNERS.
I HAVE NOT BEEN EVEN REMOTELY
SATISFIED THAT THE DEPARTMENT
IS REALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE DOING WITH SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS.
TRACKING DATA IS FINE IF WE ARE
DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
BUT, I JUST HAVE ATTENDED SO
MANY MEETINGS WHERE I WAS NOT
HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOMES AND
OUTPUTS THAT I DID NOT SEE WHAT
WE WERE DOING WITH IT.
I DID EVERYTHING THAT I THOUGHT
I COULD TO AT LEAST
ENCOURAGEMENT.
I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT NOT
FUNDING THEM AND NOT SUPPORTING
THEM.
I JUST CONTINUED TO WORRY ABOUT
OUR EFFECTIVENESS AND WHAT WE
ARE DOING IN OUR DEPARTMENT TO
PARTNER WITH OR LEAD TO SOME OF
THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE
DISTRICT.
IT IS BRINGING ATTENTION TO
WHAT I THINK IS NOT THE
STRONGEST WORK BEING DONE BY
THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT
BETTER.
>> OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY.
THOSE THAT WANT TO ADD THEIR
NAME TO SLI 37, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON TO SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THIS IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
THAT I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT.
>> IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON GREG?
>> I AM AT GREG DOS HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
THE FIRST PROPOSAL, WE ARE
FIRST LOOKING AT COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
1-A-1 AND THAT WOULD ADD $1.2
MILLION GENERAL FUND ONGOING IN
2020 TO SFD FOR A THIRD SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT RECRUIT CLASS .
THE 2020 PROPOSED AND ENDORSED
BUDGETS HAVE A BASE LEVEL OF
FUNDING FOR FIREFIGHTING
CLASSES.
THERE ARE TWO.
EACH ONE HAS 30 RECRUITS IN IT.
THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD ADD A
THIRD CLASS THAT WOULD HAVE 20
RECRUITS IN IT.
IF THIS MOVES FORWARD THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED THAT IT
WOULD BE MODIFIED INSTEAD OF
HAVING A THIRD CLASS.
THEY INSTEAD WOULD ADD 20 TWO
EACH OF THE CLASSES THAT ARE
ALREADY RUNNING.
AND THIS IS BROUGHT BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
WHEN ASKED IF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION EARLIER
THIS MONTH, THE CHIEF SAID THEY
ARE ASKING FOR THREE CLASSES
BUT THEY ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT
THEY'VE GOT.
BUT HE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE
REALITY THAT 25% OF THE
DEPARTMENT IS 53 YEARS OF AGE
AND ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT.
38% IS AT 50 YEARS OF AGE AND
ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT.
THE CHIEF DID SAY THAT THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THE NEW
RECRUITS.
215 FIREFIGHTERS NEED TO BE ON
DUTY EVERY DAY.
CURRENTLY, BECAUSE OF THE NEED,
THEY ARE MEETING THAT
REQUIREMENT WITH OVERTIME.
FOR THE LAST SIX RECRUIT CLASSES
, THERE WERE 187 RECRUITS AND
147 HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
THE CLASS.
THAT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT 23-
24 RECRUITS OUT OF EACH CLASS
OF 30.
IF WE CAN REALIZE EFFICIENCIES
BY INCREASING THE CLASS SIZE I
THINK THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE
MOVE FORWARD.
THIS AD FOR ME WAS INSPIRED BY
THE FACT THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
WE INCREASED THE BUSINESS
LICENSE TAX FEE IN ORDER TO FUND
ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS
BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A
BIT OF A RECRUITMENT CRISIS ON
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SIDE OF THINGS.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE MAKING
PROGRESS.
I FEEL THAT WE STILL SHOULD BE
ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS
A PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSE.
AND, WE DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
SORT OF RECRUITMENT CRISIS WITH
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
THAT WE HAVE AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SIDE OF THINGS SO I
THINK THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
BE IN KEEPING WITH OUR
COMMITMENT WHEN PASSING THE
INCREASE BUSINESS LICENSE FEE.
OUR COMMITMENT TO USE THOSE
DOLLARS TOWARDS A PUBLIC SAFETY
OBJECTIVE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS?
OR FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME TO THE ADDITION OF
$1.2 MILLION GENERAL FUND
ONGOING IN 2020 TO SFD FOR A
THIRD SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
RECRUIT CLASS.
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL 1-A-1. IT IS
$150,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2020
ONGOING TO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL TO ALLOW FOR
CONTRACTING WITH OUTSIDE LEGAL
COUNSEL AND IMPOSE A PROVISO.
IT WOULD ALLOW $150,000 TO BE
SET ASIDE FOR THE TIME.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
THERE ARE SIMILAR PROPOSALS IN
THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE POLICE
COMMISSION.
THIS MONEY WOULD BE SET ASIDE
AND RESTRICTED BY PROVISO SUCH
THAT THERE WAS AN INSTANT WHERE
ONE OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY GROUPS
COULD HIRE AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY
WHEN THERE IS A CONFLICT.
THAT DID HAPPEN ONCE WITH THE
CONSENT DECREE.
THE PROVISO WOULD SAY THAT OF
THE MONEY APPROPRIATED IN THE
BUDGET, 150,000 IS APPROPRIATED
FOR THE RETENTION OF OUTSIDE
LEGAL COUNSEL AND THERE MUST BE
AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
THERE.
AND, THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
AND THAT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, DO
YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.
>> THAT IS AN ADEQUATE
DESCRIPTION.
WE ARE STILL OUT OF COMPLIANCE
WITH THE CONSENT DECREE WHERE
IT PROVIDES OR RELATES TO THE
PROVISIONS THAT WERE PASSED BY
THIS COUNSEL IN MAY 2017.
I ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE UNDER
SUPERVISION OF THE FEDERAL
COURT AS IT RELATES TO THOSE
COMPONENTS FOR THE NEXT 2-3
YEARS AND SO, THERE CAN BE A
REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT
ADDITIONAL LEGAL BRIEFINGS AND
MEMORANDUM AND REPRESENTATION
IN COURT WILL BE NECESSARY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR, WE
HAVE SEEN A SITUATION WHERE
THESE AGENCIES HAVE HAD A
DIFFERING POSITION.
BOTH LEGALLY AND OTHERWISE FROM
THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE. --
THAT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST
ARISES.
THIS IS CONTEMPLATED BY THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
--
IT IS A PROVISO OF $150,000 IF
THEY DON'T USE ANY OF IT IT
WILL GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL
FUND.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS AND
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ
THE PROPOSAL FOR OUTSIDE
COUNSEL.
SHE AGREED TO PUT ME ON THE
COMMITTEE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.
MY POINT IS THIS INDEPENDENT
LEGAL ANALYSIS IS CRITICAL.
IT CREATES TRUST, CONSISTENCY
AND TRANSPARENCY.
WE DO HAVE THE CONFLICT OF
INTEREST.
PEOPLE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.
I THINK HAVING AN INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
IT IS CRUCIAL I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS.
I AM ALSO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF
THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ HAS DONE ON THIS. I
AM WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
THIS COULD ALSO CONCEIVABLY
SUPPORT THE COMMISSION REQUEST
FOR THE L RPC TO HAVE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS ADVISING THE
COUNCILMEMBERS GIVEN THAT YOU
ARE ANTICIPATING THE ATTORNEY-
CLIENT PRIVILEGE RELATIONSHIP
HERE AND THAT THAT WOULD CREATE
A CONSISTENCY WITH THE
EXPECTATIONS THAT THE
NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
I AM WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO ADDRESS
THAT CONCERN PRIOR TO GOING INTO
NEGOTIATIONS.
>> I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.
I SEE THAT AS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
. SO THE LABOR RELATIONS POLICY
COMMITTEE IS A CREATURE OF CITY
ORDINANCE.
IT INCLUDES MAYORAL
REPRESENTATIVES AND CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK IF THERE IS AN
INTEREST, AND I THINK THERE IS,
OF HAVING SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE TO FACILITATE THE
CITY COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS ON
THE LRPC AND OUR INDEPENDENT
ANALYSIS OF THAT BODY OF WORK,
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
APPROPRIATELY CONSIDERED WITHIN
THE BUDGET OF THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT, TO PROVIDE US THOSE
RESOURCES.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT THESE PROPOSALS FOR THE
OIG AND CPC, THEY CAN USE THEM
IN OTHER WAYS AS LONG AS THERE
IS AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
THERE.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A
DIFFERENT PLACE FOR US TO
ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC NEED.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL.
>> I NEED TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AND
PRESENT SOMETHING . I SUPPORT
THE CONCEPT OF AND THE IDEA AND
I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD
METHOD TO GET INDEPENENT ADVICE
ESPECIALLY WHEN NEEDED.
I AM JUST WONDERING FROM A
BUDGETARY STANDPOINT IS THERE
ANOTHER WAY TO GET THERE?
CONSIDERING THIS IS AN AD OR A
PROVISO, MORE TIMES THAN NOT,
THERE MAY NOT BE A CONFLICT.
WE COULD HAVE THE LAW
DEPARTMENT RENDER LEGAL ADVICE.
IF THIS IDEA HAD NOT COME
FORWARD, THE LAW DEPARTMENT
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE PARTY.
SINCE WE ARE RELIEVING THEM OF
WORK HE WOULD ORDINARILY DO,
THEY WOULD JUST PROVISO $150,000
TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY NEED
OUTSIDE LEGAL ADVICE.
WE ARE NOT ADDING ANYTHING.
IT IS JUST A PROVISO TO THE
BUDGET.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OKAY.
THOSE THAT WANT TO OTHER NAME
AS A SPONSOR.
THIS IS NUMBER 39.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND THAT INCLUDES COUNCIL
MEMBER HARRELL.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE ITEM FOR
THIS MORNING.
AND THAT IS THE ADD 1.0 FULL
TIME EQUIVELANT TO OIG TO
CREATE AN OPERATIONS MANAGER
POSITION . THIS IS ONE THAT WE
HEARD FROM AMY ON.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO
FINANCIAL AFTER.
IT IS A JUST AN FTE ASKED.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
THIS IS JUST A REQUEST FOR AN
ADD 1.0 FULL TIME EQUIVELANT TO
OIG TO CREATE AN OPERATIONS
MANAGER POSITION.
IT WAS CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF
THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
-- THE OFFICE HAS INDICATED
THAT THEY WILL HAVE SALARY
SAVINGS SUFFICIENT TO PAY FOR
THIS POSITION NEXT YEAR.
AND SO, THE ONLY THING THEY ASK
OF THE COUNSEL AT THIS TIME IS
THE ONE FTE.
>> I THINK GREG COVERED IT
REALLY WELL.
THIS IS REVENUE NEUTRAL AND IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO
GET THAT EXTRA BODY IN THERE
AND MAINTAIN THEIR ONGOING
INDEPENDENCE.
>> THOSE THAT WANT TO ADD THEIR
NAME AS A SPONSOR TO THIS,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, FOR THAT.
WE ARE NOW IN RECESS.
WE WILL COME BACK AT 2:00.
I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN TWO
THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH.
WELL DONE.
WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT
2:00.