>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE,
THANKS FOR BEING BACK HERE, IT
IS OCTOBER 30, IT IS NOW 205 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR BUDGET
SESSION.
THIS IS TODAY, WE ARE GOING
THROUGH AND LOOKING AT WHAT OUR
COLLEAGUES AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN
AS FORUM BEES, WHICH IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US ONCE AGAIN
TO SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I
HAVE POSED FOR ADS OR
MODIFICATIONS TO THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET, AND WE ARE GOING
THROUGH SEEING WHO WANTS TO BE
COSPONSORS AND TO SEE IF WE CAN
BEGIN TO IDENTIFY SOME
PRIORITIES.
THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING BACK.
WE ARE STARTING ON PAGE 9 OF
THE AGENDA.
ITEM NUMBER 13, THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
WE GOT THROUGH 40 ITEMS THIS
MORNING AND WE HAVE 26 MORE TO
GO.
THANK YOU COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
FOR BEING SO GOOD ABOUT
UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THESE
ISSUES.
WE WILL ONCE AGAIN ASK THAT YOU
DO A FRAME UP THEN OUR COUNSEL
COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE UP TO A
MINUTE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
AND THEN EVERYBODY BLOWS
THROUGH THE MINUTE AND LAUGHS
AT ME.
THEN AS WE ARE RAISING OUR
HANDS IF WE WANT TO BE
COSPONSORS, THAT OUR FRIENDS AT
THE TABLE HAVE SAID SOMETIMES
WE MOVE TOO QUICKLY, SO I'M
GOING TO ASK WE HOLD OUR HANDS
UP HIGH AND THEN YOU GIVE ME
THE NOD WHEN YOU'VE DONE THE
COUNT, OKAY?
THEN IF WE STILL MOVE TOO FAST,
TONE, COLOR, OKAY?
SO WHO IS GOING TO DO COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION?
>> GREG DOSS, CENTRAL COUNCIL
STAFF.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
START OUT WITH 41 WHICH IS THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
BUDGET ACTION 1A1.
THIS WITHOUT 150,000 GENERAL
FUND IN 2022 THE CPC TO ALLOW
FOR THE AGENCY TO CONSULT WITH
OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL.
THIS IS AN AD SIMILAR TO THE
ONE THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS
MORNING, YOU WILL ALSO SEE IN
THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY A LITTLE BIT
LATER.
THIS IS A RESERVING BY PROVISO
HUNDRED AND 50,000 IN THE CPC
BUDGET SO THAT THEY MAY ACCESS
THAT FOR A LEGAL ATTORNEY
CLIENT RELATIONSHIP, SHOULD
THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN
CONFLICT WITH THE SEATTLE CITY
ATTORNEY.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES'S ITEM.>> I THINK IT
IS.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES?
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME AS
MY REMARKS THAT I MADE WITH
REGARD TO THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR DANIEL.
AGAIN, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PRESERVING THE INDEPENDENCE OF
THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION, AND PART AND PARCEL
OF THAT INCLUDES PROVIDING THEM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE
TO HIRE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL
IN INSTANCES IN WHICH THERE
APPEARS TO BE A CONFLICT OF
INTEREST OR IS AN ACTUAL
CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE
CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE
PRISONS THEY ARE TAKING
PRESENTING THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONSENT
TO CREATE AND OTHER MATTERS.
SO SAME RATIONALE AS BEFORE AND
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS WIDE
SUPPORT TO ADD IT FOR THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE SAME
RATIONALE AND ARGUMENTS APPLY
IN THIS CONTEXT AS WELL.>>
GREAT, AND I THINK YOU HAVE
POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE NOT
HIRING AN ADDITIONAL ATTORNEY
BUT IT IS FUNDS THAT WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL
ASSISTANCE SHOULD THEY NEED
IT.>> CORRECT.
OKAY, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON
THIS?
I'M GOING TO ASK ALL WHO WOULD
LIKE TO JOIN ON AS A COSPONSOR
FOR ITEM NUMBER 41, THIS IS
$150,000 ADD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND AND KEEP THEM THERE UNTIL
TOM CAN MAKE IT COUNT.
OKAY, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.>>
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM 32
MADAM CHAIR, IS THE $200,000
ADD IN GENERAL FUND, ONE TIME,
IN ONE-TIME FUNDS TO THE CPC TO
FUND WORKPLAN ITEMS.
THE CPC HAS PUT IN A REQUEST
FOR THIS FUNDING AS THEY HAVE
THREE ONE-TIME ITEMS.
ONE IS A NATIONAL SEARCH
PROCESS FOR THEIR NEST
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
ANOTHER IS A PLANNING PROCESS
AND HELP WITH THE PRODUCTION OF
THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THIRD IS TO RETAIN A
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO HELP
THEM NAVIGATE THE COMPLAINT
APPEAL PROCESS FOR SPD.
IS FUNDS ARE SET ASIDE FOR THAT
PURPOSE, AND THERE IS NO
PROVISO HERE.
AND IT IS COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ'S AD.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU.
OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE
CPC HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS
CRITICAL ROLE IN MAINTAINING
BALANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITH
THE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT SYSTEM.
AS THEY CHART A NEW COURSE INTO
THE FUTURE, ONE WITH THE
RAPIDLY EXPANDING AND EVOLVING
BODY OF WORK, AND I WILL REMIND
US ALL THAT SOME OF THEIR WORK
IS NOT JUST DRIVEN BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, AND WHAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WANT THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION TO DO, THERE
HAVE BEEN INSTANCES IN WHICH WE
HAS A CITY COUNCIL HAVE ASKED
THE CPC TO ALSO DO ADDITIONAL
WORK.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY NEED AND
DESERVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN
THE SHORT-TERM FOR THE 2020
BUDGET IN ORDER TO HELP THEM
MAINTAIN THEIR STRONG FOOTING
AND THEIR ONGOING NEED TO
FULFILL BOTH THEIR MANDATE
UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE, AND
THEN SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL
WORK THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR IN
ORDER TO FACILITATE STABILITY
OVER ETHNIC COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
SO THIS IS ONE TIME FUNDING TO
ASSIST THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION AND STABILIZING THE
BUDGET AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE
ABLE TO CARRY OUT SOME OF THE
UNEXPECTED PRODUCTS IN 2020,
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE
BEST POSITION POSSIBLE TO
CONTINUE TO FULFILL THE
MANDATES THAT THEY HAVE UNDER
THE CONSENT DECREE, FOR SO
LONG, AS WE ARE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THAT CONSENT
DECREE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU, ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A SPONSOR 242,
NUMBER 42 FOR $200,000, RAISE
YOUR HAND PLEASE?
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT ONTO OPA, OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
GREG ARE YOU CONTINUING?>> IS
IS MY LAST ONE, APO A1, WHICH
IS ITEM NUMBER 43 AND AGAIN
WHAT I DO HUNDRED AND 50,000
GENERAL FUND IN 2020, TO ALLOW
FOR OUTSIDE CONTRACTING WITH
LEGAL COUNCIL , AND ATTORNEY-
CLIENT RELATIONSHIP IF THERE IS
A CONFLICT WITH THE SEATTLE
CITY ATTORNEY, AND THERE IS A
PROVISO.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> NOTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD,
SAME RATIONALE AS THE PREVIOUS
TWO ITEMS ON THE SAME SUBJECT
FOR THE OPA AND IJ.
SO THIS WOULD BALANCE OUT AND
PROVIDE HUNDRED AND $50,000 TO
EACH OF THE THREE
ACCOUNTABILITY CIVILIAN LED
ACCOUNTABILITY ENTITIES TO
CONTRACT OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL
IF AND WHEN NEEDED.
>> GREG.
FURTHER COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO THIS
ONE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SORRY, YEAH.
>> VERY GOOD, ALL RIGHT, SO THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT OSC.
YOLANDA THINK YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK FOR
US ON THIS SUBJECT, THANK
YOU.>> YOU CAN'T LET COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT,
ALL OF WHICH ARE SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
SO, OSC ONE A1 WOULD ADD
STAFFING AND RESOURCES TO THE
OFFICE ENVIRONMENT, AND ONGOING
GENERAL FUND, TO PROVIDE
SUPPORT FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND CLIMATE
ACTION INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
THE COUNCIL HAD ESTABLISHED
THIS BOARD IN SEPTEMBER, AND AS
WELL AS THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TEAM WITH THE PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE 125926.
AND THE LEGISLATION HAD
ANTICIPATED THAT OS HE WOULD
STAFF BOTH THE BOARD AND THE
IDT.
HOWEVER THE STAFFING IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET, NOR IS THE COMPENSATION
FOR BOARD MEMBERS FOR WHOM
PARTICIPATING ON THE BOARD
PRESENTS A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
TO THAT END THERE WON'T BE
116,000 FOR A STRATEGIC ADVISOR
ONE.
THIS ASSUMES IN APRIL 1 HIRE,
AND TO SUPPORT THE BOARD AND
IDT AND $40,000 FOR BOARD
MEMBER COMPENSATION ASSUMING
ALL 19 BOARD MEMBERS ARE
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THAT.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU.
YOLANDA YOU SAID IT VERY WELL,
I DON'T HAVE A TON TO ADD OTHER
THAN JUST TO REINFORCE MY
COLLEAGUES THAT THIS IS, THIS
AND ONE OTHER SIMILAR SIZED
INVESTMENT WE WILL GET TO IN A
MOMENT, I SEE THEM AS CRITICAL
PIECES FOR US BEING ABLE TO
IMPLEMENT THE GREEN NEW DEAL AS
ENVISIONED IN THE RESOLUTION A
COUPLE MONTHS AGO.>> FOR THE
COMMENTS?
>> ALL RIGHT THOSE WHO WANT TO
ADD YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO
NUMBER 44, HUNDRED AND 56, 41
STRATEGIC ADVISOR, RAISE YOUR
HAND.
THANK YOU.>> JUST A QUESTION ON
THIS.
AND I SUPPORTED IT SO OBVIOUSLY
I AM NOT IN OPPOSITION.
THE COMPENSATION OF THE BOARD
MEMBERS WHO ARE, IT PRESENTS A
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP I FULLY
SUPPORT THAT, I MEAN I'VE
ALWAYS EXAMINED THAT ISSUE FOR
CERTAIN VOLUNTEERS.
IS THERE SOME DEPARTMENT, WITH
THE DEPARTMENT SORT OF
DETERMINE THE CRITERIA AND WORK
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PIECE, OR
DO WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT
NOW?
MAYBE YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT.>> SORRY IS THE
QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE WOULD
ASCERTAIN -->> YEAH, WHO IS
ELIGIBLE, WHAT THE AMOUNTS ARE,
BECAUSE 49,000 CAN ONLY GO FOR
SO, THERE MIGHT BE FIVE OR SIX
PEOPLE, AND IS IT A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OR DO THEY JUST SPLIT
THE 40?
THERE'S GOING TO BE THESE
DISCUSSIONS ARE COMING UP SO WE
PUT IT IN THERE WE MAY WANT TO
GIVE THE DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY
SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT OUR
THINKING IS.>> YEAH SO THIS
TESTAMENT WAS BASED ON THERE IS
A TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK
GROUP AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE I BELIEVE.
THEY ALSO ARE PROVIDED WITH
ESSENTIALLY A STIPEND, SO, THE
ESTIMATE WAS ABOUT $2000 PER
YEAR, FOR THOSE WHOM YOU KNOW,
IS THERE WORK YOU KNOW, THEY
HAVE TO TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK
AND THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION
CHALLENGES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE DID NOT IN THE LEGISLATION
PROVIDE ANY CRITERIA
NECESSARILY, SO IT IS UP TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE IDEA WAS YOU
KNOW THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS
WOULD, IT WAS CONTEMPLATED TO
CREATE SOME GUIDELINES BUT I
THINK WE WANTED TO KIND OF
ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY, AND
MAY BE DETERMINED IF THAT
NEEDED TO BE DONE.>> SO, THAT'S
GOOD.
SO MY CONCERN IS, WE'VE DONE
THIS AT LEAST FOR ONE OTHER
COMMISSION THAT I KNOW OF,
PERHAPS MORE.
SO WE PROBABLY WANT SOME
UNIFORMITY IN HOW WE TREAT THAT
WHETHER IT'S JUST A CERTAIN
AMOUNT, OR THERE IS ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS FOR SOMETHING.
I WOULD HATE FOR US TO START
PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT
COMMISSIONS WE ARE INVESTING IN
MORE THAN OTHERS.>> YEAH, I
THINK YOU RAISE A REALLY GOOD
QUESTION FOR SOME OF OUR
COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT IN
THE FUTURE.
I'M STILL TRYING TO GET SOME
THOUGHTS OUT NOW.
>> I BELIEVE WHAT, I BELIEVE AT
LEAST IN THE FORMULATION OF THE
AMOUNT, THERE IS AN ASSUMED
HOURLY AMOUNT, AND SO I THINK
IT WOULDN'T BE JUST A THOUGHT
SOMETHING WOULD BE BASED ON HOW
MANY HOURS YOU WORK ON THE
COMMISSION.
AND THEN THE OTHER, TO THE
QUALIFICATION I BELIEVE THAT WE
LEAVE IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL
TO ESSENTIALLY SELF CERTIFY AND
SAY I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW THIS IS
A HARDSHIP FOR ME I NEED IT.
BUT THERE IS NOT LIKE YOU NEED
TO BE BELOW 30% OF INCOME.
>> I LIKE TO SEE CONSISTENCY
BECAUSE THIS MAY COME UP TIME
AND TIME AGAIN AND IT SHOULD
BECAUSE WE WANT TO PULL FROM
COMMUNIIES, NOT ALL
COMMUNITIES ARE THE SAME IN
TERMS OF RESOURCES, AND WE WANT
SOME PARITY.
SO THAT IS FINE.
>> I BELIEVE WE ARE TRYING TO
BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER
COMMISSIONS THAT DO THIS BUT
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE BUNCHES OF
COMMISSIONS THAT AREN'T THERE,
AND I THINK FOR CONSIDERING IF
WE WANT TO DO THIS CONSISTENTLY
ACROSS ALL OR CERTAIN TYPES
THIS INFORMATION WOULD BE
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THE
FUTURE.>> THANK YOU.
>> REALLY QUICKLY ON THIS, SO I
KNOW ONE OF THE COMMISSIONS
THAT IS ASSIGNED TO MY
COMMITTEE AS A COMMUNITY POLICE
POSITION, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
STIPEND IS ON AND HARDSHIP
BASIS PROVIDED TO THEIR
COMMISSIONERS WHO REQUEST IT
AND I DO THINK THAT THEY HAVE
SET PARAMETERS ON HOW THAT IS
ACCOMPLISHED.
I THINK COUNCIL PRESENT HARRELL
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
APPROVING THAT, AND I SEEM TO
RECALL THAT THERE WAS ACTUAL A
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND
CONSIDER PARTICULAR PARAMETERS.
I THINK THE CONCERN WOULD BE
GETTING INTO A PICKLE AROUND
THE GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR
EXAMPLE.
SITUATION.
SO I THINK THAT IS AN
APPROPRIATE CAUTION AND FLAG TO
MAKE, AND PERHAPS WE CAN
CONSIDER HAVING SOME
ACCOMPANYING LEGISLATION WITH
THIS PARTICULAR FORM B, IF IT
IS INCLUDED IN THE BALANCING,
TO SORT OF ADDRESS THOSE
ISSUES.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL
FLAG THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE A
WAY THAT THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
WORKS I THINK IT WOULD BE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT JUST
SUBSUMED INTO THE OSC BUDGET
AND THE STIPEND IS EXCUSED,
THAT I WAS EVEN BELIEVES THEY
CAN USE THE MONEY TO SUBSIDIZE
OTHER OSE WORK THAT ISN'T
RELATED TO THE STIPEND.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
CPC FOR EXAMPLE ON MAKING SURE
THAT THERE IS AN INDEPENDENT
BUDGET CONTROL LINE WITHIN
THEIR BUDGET THAT IS
SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO JUST
THIS USE SO THAT IT DOES NOT
GET WASHED INTO THE GENERAL
BUDGET.
SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO CAUTIONS
MAYBE THESE ARE THINGS THAT
COULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH SOME
ACCOMPANYING BUDGET LEGISLATION
IF APPROPRIATE.>> RIGHT OR EVEN
A PROVISO ON THE 40,000 THAT
SAYS IT CAN ONLY BE SENT FOR
THIS, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO
úCOME BACK TO US TO REALLOCATE
IT IF WE SO CHOOSE.>> SURE.
>> I MEAN IT'S NOT A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY BUT
I STILL THINK FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES IT IS
IMPORTANT.>> THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT UP.
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD, WE
ALREADY DID THAT.
>> ARE WE DONE WITH THIS ONE?
OKAY SORRY.
HOW ABOUT WE STEP TWO NUMBER
45?>> OKAY SO WE ARE AT OSE 2-
A-1 . AND THIS IS A RATHER,
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON IN THIS
ONE, SO BEAR WITH ME.
SO, THE PROPOSAL IS TO CUT FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, 2.5 MILLION FROM
THE PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET THAT
WOULD GO TO CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE PEA PATCH
PROGRAM AND TO REDIRECT THIS
MONEY TO A VARIETY OF OTHER
RECEIPT AND BEVERAGE TAX
PRIORITY.
I DON'T THINK I SAID THAT.
THE 2.5 MILLION IS SWEET AND
BEVERAGE TAX REVENUES.
AND SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO
REDIRECT THIS TO A VARIETY OF
DEPARTMENTS.
AND I WILL QUICKLY WALK THROUGH
THAT.
SO THE 2.5 MILLION WOULD LEAVE,
WOULD LEAVE 500,000 IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
BUDGET FOR THE PEA PATCH
PROGRAM.
JUST NOTING THAT THE PEA PATCH
PROGRAM DOES RECEIVE RECEIVES
$200,000 A YEAR OF PARKS
DISTRICT FUNDING, ANNUALLY FOR
MAINTENANCE, BUT HAS OTHERWISE
NOT BEEN PROVIDED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT FUNDING SINCE 2008.
SO THE PRIORITY IS THAT THIS
FUNDING WOULD GO TO, AND THIS
IS, OR ACTUALLY, THIS MAY BE A
LITTLE BIT IN FLUX JUST TO LET
YOU ALL KNOW, WORKING WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE THESE DOLLARS MAY BEST BE
SPENT BECAUSE THEY ARE ONE
TIME, 75,000 WOULD GO TO THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT FOR A SCRATCH
CONSULTANT FOR THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO HELP THEM,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ASSESS WHAT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CHANGES THEY
MIGHT NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO
COOK MEALS FROM SCRATCH TO GIVE
STUDENTS MORE OPTIONS AND
POSSIBLY BETTER FOOD IN THE
CAFETERIAS.
WOULD ALSO FUND, DIRECT 260,000
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX REVENUES
TO SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
FOR WATTLE BOTTLE FILLING
STATIONS AND 140,000 TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE SAME
PURPOSE, TO INSTALL WATER
BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS.
PRIORITIZING THOSE LOCATED IN
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE YOU
KNOW, KIND OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH
THE SPEED AND BEVERAGE TAX
INTENT.
AND 500,000 WOULD GO TO THE
UNIT HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
TO PROVIDE MICRO-GRANTS TO FOOD
BANKS, PROGRAM SITES, AND HOME
CHILDCARE PROGRAMS FOR KITCHEN
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES LIKE
REFRIGERATORS, OVENS, COOKWARE,
AND OTHER ITEMS TO HELP PROVIDE
FRESH FOOD OPTIONS. 225,000 TO
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT FOR CONSULTANT
SERVICES TO DEVELOP A
COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION PLAN
FOR ALL SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX
FUNDED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
AND ESTABLISHED SHARED
MEASUREMENT PROTOCOLS TO
COLLECT COMMON MEASURES.
325,000 TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO FAMILY RESOURCES
CENTERS WITH A PRIORITY FOR
ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH
CHILDREN BIRTH TO AGE 3. THIS
WOULD BRING THAT TOTAL
INVESTMENT TO 1.1 BILLION.
BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY
FUNDING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR THAT.
500,000 WOULD GO TO THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR AN
ADDITIONAL THOUSAND FRESH BUCKS
VOUCHERS ADDING ONTO THE
ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION IN ONGOING
FUNDING IN THE 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN A FUNDING
OF A TOTAL OF 7000 VOUCHERS IN
2024 RESIDENTS TO BOTH, SO
RESIDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR
BENEFITS MAY APPLY FOR THE
VOUCHERS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO
ARE IN THE FEUD SECURITY GAP,
MEANING THOSE WHO ARE FOOD
INSECURE BUT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR
ANY BENEFITS.
$375,000 WOULD GO TO DEAL.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING TO EVALUATE HOW
FAMILIES CONNECTED TO CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS AND TO DEVELOP
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE
DISCONNECTION.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION DEAL FOR A1.
WHICH YOU DISCUSSED EARLIER
TODAY BUT THIS IS ONLY ONE TIME
FUNDING VIA THE SWEET AND
BEVERAGE TAX, SO THIS COULD
POSSIBLY JUST BE SETTING A
FOUNDATION FOR SOME OF THE WORK
THAT WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER
TODAY IN TERMS OF CONNECTING
FAMILIES TO CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS.
THE DEPARTMENT MAY NEED TO
IDENTIFY ONGOING RESOURCES FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
AND THEN, THE LAST ITEM WOULD
BE 100,000 TO THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FOR CONSULTANT SUPPORT FOR THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD,
DEVELOPING AND TRANSLATING SOME
OF THEIR MATERIALS AND
ANALYZING KEY ISSUE AREAS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> TO BE CLEAR, THIS EXISTS AS
A REVENUE NEUTRAL, AGAIN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET.
THERE WAS 3 MILLION OF PRE-
BEVERAGE TAX MONEY DEDICATED
TO, TO PEA PATCHES.
AND BASED ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, THIS
SHIFT IS REALLOCATING THAT TO
OTHER PRIORITIES.
WE ARE HAVING, MY OFFICE IS
HAVING ONGOING COMMUNICATION
WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD TO UNDERSTAND AND INFORM
THEM ON THE RANGE OF OPTIONS
THERE.
VARIOUS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
AND CENTRAL STAFF HAVE BEEN
REALLY HELPFUL AND KIND OF
HELPING UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF
THE INVESTMENTS WOULD BE MADE.
SO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM
OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
AND IF ANY OF YOU ALL WOULD
LIKE TO BE PART OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD I
CERTAINLY INVITE PARTICIPATION
IN THERE.
AND THE IDEA OF BEING IN NEXT
WEEK, WE WOULD HAVE SOME
CLARITY ON A VERY SPECIFIC SET
OF INVESTMENTS THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SEE, AND WE WOULD KNOW
THAT.>> I DON'T GET WHAT YOU'RE
MEANING.
WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AND DEVICE
REPORT.
>> NOT MEETING SET UP SO WE ARE
JUST VIA EMAIL SETTING THIS UP
BACK AND FORTH AND IF SOMEONE
WANTS TO BE LOOPED IN ON THOSE
CONVERSATIONS I'M MORE THAN
HAPPY TO LIVE YOU IN.
I SEE TWO SETS OF HANDS BEING
RAISED SO I WILL MAKE SURE WE
DO THAT.
GREAT.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, WE ARE ON
45.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> YEAH CAUSE A GIVEN THAT WE
VERY RECENTLY NOW, SET UP THE
SUGARY BEVERAGE FUND.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE CALL
IT, ARE WE SAYING THAT, THE
INTENT OF THAT LEGISLATION IS
NOT, HAS NOT BEEN HONORED WITH
THE MARRIAGE PROPOSED BUDGET, OR
, I GUESS THE QUESTION REALLY I
GUESS IS, IS PEA PATCH FUNDING
INCONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF
OUR SUGARY BEVERAGE REVENUE
PRIORITIES?>> I WOULD, IT'S
DEFINITELY CLEAR THAT NO ONE
HAD ANTICIPATED PEA PATCH
FUNDING COMING OUT OF THAT
POOL, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD.
AND, THAT I THINK, I WILL LEAVE
THE EXECUTIVE MAKING THE
PROPOSAL WAS INTENDING TO FILL
SOME GAPS AND TRYING TO HONOR
THE INTENT SO I DON'T WANT TO
BE QUESTIONING THE JUDGMENT.
AND SO THAT, BUT THE ADVISORY
BOARD CLEARLY SAW DIFFERENTLY
SO THAT IS THE MOMENT WE ARE
AT.
YOU KNOW, THE BIG BUG THAT ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE IN AT THE
HIGHEST LEVER ARE AROUND FOOD
SECURITY AND EARLY EDUCATION
AND ONE COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT
ABOUT FOOD SECURITY AND PEA
PATCH AS AN OVERLAP AND I THINK
WHAT I AM HEARING THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD SAY IS, WHEN WE
ARE FOCUSED ON FOOD SECURITY WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS GOING
TO THE FOLKS WITH THE GREATEST
NEED.
AND THEY ARE LIKE YEAH, WE GET
THAT PEA PATCHES DO SOME OF
THAT, BUT DEPENDING ON THE
PROGRAM WITHIN PEA PATCH YOU
ARE INVESTING IN, THEY HAVE, WE
HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES.
SUCH AS THE FRESH LUNCH
PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS I THINK THE
DISTINCTION.
AND WE OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THERE
IS A RANGE OF THINGS THAT WE
CAN DO THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT
WITH THE HIGH-LEVEL OUTLINES OF
THE LEGISLATION.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, I AM SHOWING
A LOT OF DEFERENCE TO THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD JUST
BECAUSE OF WHO IS IMPACTED BY
THE TAX IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT
ALSO WANT TO NAVIGATE SOMETHING
THAT WORKS FOR PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.>>
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO
ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER BRIAN'S ANALYSIS
THERE.
I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IT
IS AN OPEN POLICY QUESTION AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT FUNDING PEA
PATCHES UNDER THEIR EXISTING
STRUCTURE, AND RUBRIC, DOES OR
DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR FUNDING
UNDER THE SWEET AND BEVERAGE
TAX.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH
THERE ARE SOME FOOD BANKS AS
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN JUST
MENTIONED, THAT DO VOLUNTARILY
CONTRIBUTE FOOD FROM THEIR PEA
PATCHES TO FOOD BANKS, THAT'S
NOT A REQUIREMENT.
IT'S ENCOURAGED, BUT IS NOT A
REQUIREMENT, THERE IS NO
MINIMUM, MINIMAL CRITERIA SET
THERE.
SO, WHILE THERE ARE SOME PLACES
THAT DO, I THINK, MEET SOME OF
THE TARGETED POPULATIONS THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO REACH WITH
THESE INVESTMENTS, I THINK I
CONTINUE TO HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW GEOGRAPHIC TO THE
EQUITABLE THOSE NUMBERS REALLY
ARE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE CITYWIDE NUMBERS AROUND THE
PEA PATCH PROGRAM, THE REALLY
GOOD, BUT I'VE ASKED, I HAVE
ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO GIVE NAME A
GEOGRAPHIC MAP THAT LETS ME
UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE SEEING
SOME OF THE GOOD NUMBERS AROUND
PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME ACCESSING
PEA PATCHES FOR PURPOSES OF THE
FOOD SECURITY AND ACCESS.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT
INFORMATION FROM THEM YET, AND
AM EAGER TO RECEIVE IT.
BUT I SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR
FORM B AND REALLY WANT TO
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN'S A STAFF OUR WORK
WORKING WITH MY STAFF AROUND
MOVING THE DIALS ON MANY OF
THESE INVESTMENTS IN A WAY THAT
I THINK IS MORE EQUITABLE,
STILL SORT OF RECOGNIZES THAT
PEA PATCHES HAVE SOME FOOD
ACCESS CONNECTIONS, BUT DOES IT
IN A MORE I THINK, REASONABLE
WAY.>> MADAM CHAIR?
MIKE YES, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BRAND JUST FOR
OAK CLARIFICATION TOMORROW
MAYBE I SHOULD DIRECT THIS AT
CENTRAL STAFF.
SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
ATTACHMENT WITH THE 1 TO 10
ITEMS, THE TAB, THE 1 TO 10
PROGRAMS, RIGHT?
SO FROM NUMBER ONE, JUST AGAIN
I MAY BE ASKING A DUMB QUESTION
BUT PLEASE CORRECT ME.
SO ON THAT FIRST ONE IT SAYS
INCREASE SWEET AND BEVERAGE
TECH SUPPORT TO CONNECT
FAMILIES TO CHILDCARE
PERSPECTIVE AS COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES REQUESTS THIS MORNING,
SO THAT IS NOT INCLUDED, THAT
IS NOT PART OF THIS NUMBER IN
HERE.>> THIS IS THE REVENUE
SOURCE FOR THAT REQUEST.
>> GOT IT.>> SAID TAKING THAT
ONE ASIDE AND GOING DOWN FROM 2
TO 10, I'LL JUST BE, YOU KNOW I
WILL JUST BE CANDID WHAT MY
CONCERNS ARE COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE
HAD OUR DIFFERENCES ABOUT THIS
BUT I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY KIND AND
OPEN ABOUT DISCUSSING OUR
DIFFERENCES.
I COULDN'T SUPPORT AND
INCREASED SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD CONSULTANT
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING WITH
THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD IS
THAT IS A PROFESSIONAL OR
EXPERTISE BOARD.
IT IS NOT YOUR REGULAR
COMMUNITY BOARD.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE THERE
WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE
ON THE BOARD.
I COULDN'T GO ALONG WITH, I
MEAN, LOOKING AT NUMBER EIGHT,
INCREASED SUPPORT FOR SCRATCH
COOKING AT SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT NINE AND
10.
NUMBER NINE BEING THE HUNDRED
AND $40,000 TO INCREASE SUPPORT
FOR WATER FILLING STATIONS AT
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
$260,000 TO INCREASE SUPPORT
FOR WATER BOTTLE FILLING
STATIONS AT COMMUNITY CENTERS.
I GUESS I, I THINK WE ARE GOING
TO NEED SOME WORK HERE SO I
WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
AND I HAVE SOME OF THE ISSUES
ALONG THE SAME LINES AS
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES ABOUT
OBVIOUSLY PEA PATCHES ARE
IMPORTANT, BUT AGAIN I WANT TO
SEE MORE, NOT JUST EQUITY,
WELL, EQUITY OF COURSE, BUT HOW
WE ARE LOOKING AT IT CITYWIDE.
HOW ARE THESE GROUPS, ARE
ACTUALLY MAINTAINING THAT
COMMUNITY TO USE A PEA PATCH
AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.
SO, FOR ME, AGAIN, ONE REASON I
SUPPORTED THIS TAX AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT IS
BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR
LINE ITEM FUNDING FOR OUR FOOD
BANKS.
THANK YOU.>> COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO, ARE YOU WAVING AT ME?
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY
QUICKLY KIND OF ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS, I
KNOW THIS IS WHERE WE HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF ALL OF US QUICKLY
THEY HAD A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE
OVER THE SUMMER.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO FLAG FOR
AWARENESS, THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION CURRENTLY IS
MAKING STRICTER REQUIREMENTS,
AND THIS IS WHAT I HAVE HEARD
DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY
ADVOCATES AS WELL, IN TERMS OF
SNAP METHODS, AND SO, WHEN I
HAVE ALSO HEARD IS JUST THE
GREATER NEED FOR FOOD BANKS
THEMSELVES, SO I THINK, I
APPRECIATE THE MOVEMENT IN THIS
AND I THINK WE ARE GOING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
ANYWAY I CAN BE HELPFUL OR
SUPPORTIVE IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AS
WELL.
I WILL MAKE SURE TO BE ENGAGED
WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD AS WELL.
THANK YOU.>> YEAH.
I THINK MY CONCERNS ARE A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES INTEREST IN GETTING
MORE GEOGRAPHICALLY RELEVANT
INFORMATION ABOUT PEA PATCHES,
AND THE USEFULNESS OF THAT IN
DETERMINING WHO PETE PEA
PATCHES ARE SERVING.
I REALLY AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS A
PERSISTENT NARRATIVE AROUND PEA
PATCHES.
AND ABOUT WHO THEY SERVE.
I MEAN THE REALITY IS, 45% OF
THE GARDENERS ARE RENTERS.
40% OF THEM ARE LOW INCOME
PEOPLE WITH HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
OF UNDER $60,000.
THOSE ARE THE CITYWIDE NUMBERS
SO I THINK ONCE YOU DIG INTO
SOME OF THOSE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS,
IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH, MUCH
LARGER NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE RENTERS AND LOW INCOME
FOLKS.
THE SURVEYS THAT THEY'VE DONE
OF GARDENERS, SHOW SIGNIFICANT
PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE,
WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE.
AND HAVE BEEN WORRIED OR
STRESSED ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH
FUNDING MONEY FOR, TO PAY FOR
FOOD.
AND THEN FURTHER, THE RACIAL
TOOLKIT, ANALYSIS THAT THEY DID
IN 2018, SHOWED THAT PEA PATCH
GARDENERS OF COLOR WERE MORE
LIKELY TO GROW FOOD TO REDUCE
GROCERY COSTS AND ADDRESS FOOD
INSECURITY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND SOME
SORT OF A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN
TAKING ALL OF THE FUNDS FOR PEA
PATCH NEEDS, ESPECIALLY
CONSDERING THEY HAVEN'T
RECEIVED ANY FUNDING FOR
CAPITAL NEEDS SINCE 2008 AND
THEN FIGHTING A WAY OF
TARGETING SOME OF THE FUNDS
TOWARDS PEA PATCHES IN THE CITY
THAT ARE SERVING THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED
IT MOST.
I JUST, I SEE THE INCREDIBLE
VALUE OF PEA PATCHES AND LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT AND
APPRECIATE BOTH OF THE FACT
THAT THERE ARE LONG WAITING
LISTS, AND LOTS OF FOLKS WHO
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT THEY
ARE ALSO SOME PHYSICAL NEEDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PEA PATCHES
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
UP.
AND I JUST WANT TO PILE ON JUST
FOR A SECOND AND THAT IS THAT
SOME OF THE PEA PATCHES HAVE
BEEN AUTHORIZED AND THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE
GROWING TO SELL, AND TO SELL
WHAT THEY ARE DOING BACK TO
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS IN HOLLY
PARK.
AND I DO THINK WE HAVE THIS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD KEEP OUR
EYE ON, MAKE SURE THAT THAT
CONTINUES TO BE AN EQUITABLE.>>
JUST TO ADD, I WAS GOING TO
MAKE SOME MORE COMMENTS TO
COUNCILMEMBER MUSSO I
APPRECIATE JUST CLARIFYING THAT
A LOT OF THE PEA PATCH GROWERS
ARE RENTERS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEA
PATCH GROWERS ON CAPITOL HILL
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, THEY
ARE ALSO, ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF
THEM IS NOT ONLY THAT THEY ARE
RENTERS BUT THEY ARE DENSITY
ADVOCATES WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR
OWN YARD TO CULTIVATE IN AND
THEY LIKE THE EXPERIENCE OF
SHARING SORT OF WIDER SPACE
WITH OTHER NEIGHBORS.
AND THEY ARE ALSO OFTEN, THEIR
AUSTIN APARTMENT DWELLERS.
AND IT IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE
PRO-DENSITY SORT OF ATTITUDE.
BUT THEY ARE ALSO DISABLED
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE
STARTING TO USE P-PATCH SPACES
AND IT REALLY GIVES THEM A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE LIFE
THAT THEY DON'T OTHERWISE HAVE.
AND I JUST, I JUST QUICKLY READ
AN EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM
DISTRICT 3, WHO, NOT SO MUCH
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT
SO MUCH BUT AS A LARGER ISSUE,
YOU KNOW, WHAT INDICATION DOES
THE CITY COUNCIL GIVE ON P-
PATCH.
IF WE SHOW THAT WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT IT, THAT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE IN THE COURTS AS
WELL.
AS A CONSTITUENT RIGHT IN THE
INSTANCE OF THE MATTER T, P-
PATCH, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED,
THE MAD PEA, P-PATCH.
IN ORDER TO AID AND ABET
CORPORATE DEVELOPER WILL NEAR
AS DCI DECLARED, THESE ARE THE
WORDS OF THE CONSTITUENT, MAYBE
THAT WAS NOT THE INTENTION.
BUT THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
DECLARED THAT HALF OF THE P-
PATCH DID NOT EXIST BECAUSE
THEY DID NOT SEE IT ON A MAP
THAT THEY USE, THE LAND USE MAP
THAT THEY USE FOR THE HEARING
EXAMINER REJECTED THE ARGUMENT
IN THE CONSTITUENT FURTHER
SAYS, I CAN SEE THAT IF COUNCIL
DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THEY
SUBMIT ART COMMUNITY GARDENS
IN A THOROUGH WAY THAN THAT
WILL MAKE IT ONLY EASIER FOR ME
AND THE DEPARTMENTS TO SORT OF
NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE THE GENERAL
POINT THAT I THINK THAT WE
SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT P-PATCH
ARE NOT A LUXURY, IT'S ALWAYS
BEING USED BY A LOT OF WORKING-
CLASS AND MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NO OTHER SPACE AND
THEN OF COURSE THE CONNECTION
OF FOOD BANKS AND
AFFORDABILITY.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT.
SO IF WE TOOK A SNAPSHOT RIGHT
NOW, FORGET ABOUT THE ADDITION
FOR RIGHT NOW.
IF WE TOOK A SNAPSHOT OF LAST
YEAR, THIS IS ALL SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX MONEY.
WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE, NOT
THE 3 MILLION BUT WHAT WERE WE
PUTTING INTO THE P-PATCH CANAL?
I KNOW THERE IS 200,000 COMING
FROM PARKS FOR MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE NOT DONE MUCH OTHER
THAN THAT.
BUT IS THE 3 MILLION FOR THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET A NEW 3 MILLION?
BRAND-NEW?
SO FOR PRIOR TO THAT THERE WAS
JUST THE 200,000.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
YEAH, SO THE 3 MILLION IS FOR
THE PROPOSED 20/20 BUDGET, THAT
IS BRAND-NEW FUNDING.>> YEAH.
AND THE MONEY, THEORETICALLY,
ARE THOSE TO REFURBISH THE
EXISTING ONES, OR IS THIS AN
ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF P-PATCH'S
THROUGHOUT THE CITY ?
>> I THINK IT'S NOT ENTIRELY,
THEY HAVE NOT DECIDED, THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAS
NOT DECIDED EXACTLY, WILL
OBVIOUSLY KNOWING THAT IT IS IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET, IT IS A
NEW EDITION, SO THEY HAVE NOT
FORMULATED CRITERIA NECESSARILY
BUT I THINK THE INTENTION THERE
IS AT LEAST SOME ATTENTION TO
REFURBISH EXISTING PEA PATCHES.
THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MANY OF
THEM CAN USE WALKWAY REPAIRS,
PLANTER REPAIRS.>> I LIKE TO
HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER SWAN
AND COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD IN
TERMS OF EDUCATING US MORE
ABOUT THE P-PATCH.
I THINK THAT IS GOOD STUFF.
THE MAYOR IS SORT OF ASKING US
TO GO ALL IN ON P-PATCH'S, OR
DOUBLE DOWN, NOT EVEN DOUBLE
DOWN, GO PRETTY DEEP ON THIS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN IS TRYING
TO REDIRECT IT, THAT'S ALL
REALLY GOOD STUFF, TOO.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE GET
OURSELVES OUT WHEN WE ARE
DOUBLING DOWN ON SOMETHING THAT
WE ALL ARE SAYING IS REALLY
REALLY GOOD STUFF BUT HE IS
TRYING TO REDIRECT.
AND I GUESS STATUS QUO WAS JUST
$200,000 PRIOR TO THIS SO WE GO
FROM 200 TO 3 MILLION.>> THIS
IS PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
>> SO ANYWAY, OKAY.
>> SO MAYBE I'LL MAKE SOME
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE MOVE
FORWARD.
THIS MONEY, AGAIN, THE
BACKGROUND, MY UNDERSTANDING OF
THE MONEY IS, THERE IS A 3
MILLION IN EXCESS REVENUE.
I BELIEVE IT IS ACTUALLY FROM
2019.
THEY EXPECT TO BE COLLECTED
THIS YEAR THAT HAS NOT BEEN
PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED.
SO THEY ARE VIEWING THIS AS ONE
TIME MONEY.
SO I BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL IN
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS, LET'S
NOT COMMIT TO ONGOING PROGRAMS,
BUT USE THIS ONE TIME MONEY FOR
SOME ONE TIME IT NEEDS.
BUT WE ARE ALL, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT MONEY THAT IS IN THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX FUND, SO
THIS IS NOT, REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER WE LEAVE IT ALONE OR MY
PROPOSAL OR A SERIES OF OTHER
PROPOSALS, WE ARE NOT TALKING
ABOUT, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY
IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
SO FOR THE BUDGETING WORK,
CHAIR, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
YOU DOING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
TO PULL EVERYTHING TOGETHER,
HOPING THAT THERE MAY BE SOME
TIME TO HAVE A LITTLE
FLEXIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WORKS OUT.
NOW THIS DOES HAVE SOME IMPACT
IN THAT THERE THIS IS A FUNDING
SOURCE FOR COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ'S FORM B THAT IS
ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET.
WITHOUT THIS MAY BE SOME
GENERAL FUNDS.
THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP WE WILL
WANT TO WORK ON.
BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD IS, THEY ARE ALL FOLKS
THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING ON THIS.
I'M TRYING TO GO BACK AND FORTH
ON THIS AS POSSIBLE.
THERE IS SO MUCH INTEREST HERE.
I WILL TRY TO LOOP EVERYONE IN
ON WHAT THEY SEE AS THEIR
PRIORITIES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE SOME OF THE
COMMENTS THAT FOLKS HAVE MADE
ABOUT 10/8.
I GENERALLY THINK P-PATCH'S DO
A BUNCH OF OUTSTANDING THINGS
AND I THINK WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE MOST
FOOD INSECURE, THERE IS A ROLE
THAT P-PATCH'S PLAY IN THOSE
INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD LIVES THAT
HELP.
AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE
FOLKS ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT
INFORMATION.
AND I'LL SAY THAT THINGS LIKE
WATER FILLING STATIONS, WHAT
THE EXPERTS ON THE CAB HAVE
SAID IS YOU KNOW, THOSE,
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND SCHOOLS
ARE ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TARGETED WITH
SOFT DRINKS.
OFTEN TIMES THE ALTERNATIVE OF
DRINKING FRESH WATER IS NOT
AVAILABLE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT
OF TRYING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS
WITH THIS TAX MONEY TO DIVERT
PEOPLE FROM SPENDING MONEY ON
POP, WATER FILLING STATIONS ARE
SOMETHING THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THAT VISION.
RANKINGS THINGS I THINK IS A
POLICY DECISION WE WILL HAVE TO
MAKE SO WHAT I ANTICIPATED
SOMETIME IN THE NEXT WEEK OR
SO, WE WILL HAVE A RANGE OF
OPTIONS.
AND CHAIR BANKS, YOU CAN HELP
LINE US UP OR MAKE A PROPOSAL
ON HOW TO BALANCE THAT.
>> WE MIGHT HAVE THEM BY
TUESDAY.
>> WEDNESDAY.
I HAVE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING
BACK TO ALL OF YOU THAT
INCORPORATES AS MANY OF THESE
GOOD IDEAS AS POSSIBLE.
COUNCILMEMBER SWAN?>> JUST VERY
QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR AGAIN THAT I DON'T THINK
THIS IS IN OPPOSITION, I THINK
WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE FROM
THIS.
WE DO NOT WANT TO PICK GOOD
PROGRAMS AGAINST GOOD PROGRAMS.
SO THE COMMENTS HERE SHOULD BE
CONTRIBUTED ON THE BASIS THAT
WE THINK BOTH ARE PRETTY GOOD
PROGRAMS AND IN FACT PERHAPS
AND IN MANY CASES SOME OF THE
SAME COMMUNITIES WITH SIMILAR
NEEDS.
AND WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY
OF MAKING SURE THAT NO PROGRAM
IS UNDERCUT IN ANY WAY.
UNINTENTIONALLY.>> THANK YOU,
NO MORE COMMENTS?
THEN I WILL PULL THE QUESTION
ON ITEM NUMBER 45 WITH ADDING
THE ONE POINT 1 MILLION $40,000
OF THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
AND THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAMES AS SPONSORS.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
>> WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THIS REGARDLESS.>> I APPRECIATE
THAT.
I AM HEARING, WE ARE ALL TRYING
TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT PUBLIC
PUBLIC MEETING CONVERSATIONS.
>> I DID NOT GET THAT.>> OH
SORRY, RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN
PLEASE ON THIS LAST ONE.>> I
THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T RAISING
YOUR THINGS HANDS ON STUFF?
>> KNOW I'M RAISING MY HAND ON
EVERYTHING BECAUSE I LOVE THEM
ALL.
VERY GOOD THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ONE IS ITEM
46, REQUESTING THAT OSE
ESTABLISH HIGHROAD CONTRACTING
STANDARDS FOR ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS AND I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.>> KNOW
THIS IS ALSO COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN
REQUESTING THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
ESTABLISH HIGH CONTRACTING
STANDARDS FOR ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS.
JUST AS A WAY OF BACKGROUND.
BETWEEN 2010 AND 2014, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT ADMINISTERED THE
COMMUNITY POWER WORKS PROGRAM
WHICH WAS FUNDED THROUGH A
FEDERAL GRANT THAT OFFERED
LOANS AND REBATES FOR ELIGIBLE
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
TO HOMES.
AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPED A
COMMUNITY HIGHROAD AGREEMENT, A
WORKFORCE AGREEMENT THAT
FOCUSED ON PROVIDING GOOD JOBS
WITH LIVING WAGES AND BENEFITS,
EQUITABLE ACCESS, PRIORITIZING
UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND
ENSURING QUALITY WORK.
AND SO THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL
PASSED ORDINANCE 129 534
ESTABLISHING THE HEATING OIL
TAX WITH THE PROCEEDS TO GO
TOWARDS CONVERTING ELIGIBLE LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS FROM OIL
HEATING SYSTEMS TO ELECTRIC
SYSTEMS.
AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THE
OUTFITS OF HOUSING WILL BE
ADMINISTERING THESE CONVERSIONS
AND THE INTENT OF THE SLIDE IS
THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
BASED ON ITS PREVIOUS WORK ON
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGHROAD
AGREEMENT WOULD ASSIST THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING WITH
DEVELOPING CONDITIONS FOR A
HIGHROAD AGREEMENT WITH THE
ELECTRIC HEAT INSTALLERS WILL
BE CONTRACTED FOR THESE
CONVERSIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ALSO
REQUESTS THAT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
DETERMINE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO
CREATE A LIST OF ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS WHO ARE WILLING TO
AGREE TO A HIGHROAD AGREEMENT
AND IF THE CITY CAN PRIORITIZE
THESE CONTRACTORS FOR A CITY
FUNDED PROJECT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> YOLANDA, GREAT JOB IN
DESCRIBING THAT.
I WILL JUST, AGAIN, THE BIG
GOAL IS, IF WE ARE GOING TO USE
CITY DOLLARS, TAXPAYER DOLLARS,
OR REPAIR DOLLARS, WHATEVER THE
CASE MAY BE, TO SUBSIDIZE WORK,
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE NOT ONLY GOING
INTO THE WORK TO PROTECT OUR
ENVIRONMENT, THEY ARE ALSO
SUPPORTING GOOD FAMILY WAGE
JOBS.
AND SO, THIS IS SIMPLY ASKING
THEM TO USE THEIR PAST
EXPERTISE TO HELP US BUILD
PROGRAMS OUT.
I SUSPECT THAT THE WORK WE DID
AROUND HEATING OIL IS NOT THE
LAST TIME WE WILL BE MAKING
INVESTMENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE
TO GET PEOPLE CONVERTING TO OUR
CLEAN ELECTRIC SYSTEM FROM
FOSSIL FUELS, AND SO A PROGRAM
THAT IS READY TO SUPPORT WILL
BE REALLY OFFICIAL.
>> ALL THIS IS THE SLIDE, DOES
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING TO IT?
ALL THOSE WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR ON YOUR HAND?
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT THE NEXT ITEM I
BELIEVE, WE ARE MOVING INTO LCC
I?
>> KIEL FREEMAN, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF, WE ARE MOVING
INTO STC EYE.
THERE ARE EIGHT POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS.
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBERS AND
AN ANNUAL ACTION TO ADJUST FEES
CHARGED BY STC EYE FOR ITS
REGULATORY SERVICES.
SO THE FIRST ACTION UNDER STC
EYE, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 47 ON
YOUR AGENDA, WHAT ADD A TERM
LIMITED PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST AND APPROXIMATELY
HUNDRED AND $25,000 FROM THE
GENERAL FUND TO SDCI FOR SEPAL
RULEMAKING AND OUTREACH.
THIS ONE TIME RESOURCE ADD
WOULD BE TO PERFORM RULEMAKING
AND OUTREACH THAT IS CONTACTED
BY CONSTABLE 111-9600 WHICH THE
COUNCIL PASSED EARLIER THIS
MONTH.
AS YOU WILL RECALL THAT COUNCIL
BILL AMENDED THE CITY'S STATE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, SEPA
ORDINANCE TO MODIFY THRESHOLD
ABOVE WHICH SEPA REVIEW WAS
REQUIRED.
AND TO MAKE EITHER AMENDMENTS
CONSISTENT WITH RECENT CHANGES
TO STATE LAW.
THAT BILL CONTEMPLATES THAT
SDCI WOULD DEVELOP RULES WITH
OUTREACH TO STAKEHOLDERS
INCLUDING THOSE OF EXPERTISE
IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE
CONSISTENCY AND UNIVERSITY
UNIFORMITY OF SEPA REVIEW.
THIS IS THE RECESS ADDED TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO IS THE
SPONSOR.
>> RAY GOOD, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SEEKS
PAST COUNCIL BILL 11960 WHICH
UPDATED OUR SEPA LAWS.
PART OF THE ORDINANCE THE
GRANTS SDCI THE . HOPING LITTLE
BIT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS.
A HANDBOOK LIKE THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES
INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY USED TO
EFFECTIVELY CREATE MORE
UNIFORMITY AND CLARITY OF
EXPECTATIONS FOR THOSE COMPLEX
DOCUMENTS.
THE CEMENT AND WOULD ADD
$125,477 IN ONE-TIME FUNDING TO
A TERMINATED POSITION TO
DEVELOP THIS HANDBOOK.
OKAY.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS, I
KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF WORK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
THAT YOU ARE DOING AROUND 10
FIVE RECENTLY, IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
OKAY.
SO, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 47, THE
TERM LIMITED PLANNING AND
DEVELOPING SPECIALIST FOR THOSE
WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR
NAMES AS COSPONSORS, RAISE YOUR
HAND.
SPEC OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM
NUMBER 40 DATE ON THE AGENDA,
THIS IS ANOTHER ACTION
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE A $63,000 IN
SDCI FOR UPDATES TO GREEN
BUILDING STANDARDS THAT ARE
ADMINISTERED BY SDCI.
THE CITY ADMINISTERS SEVERAL
DIFFERENT GREEN BUILDING
STANDARDS AND PROGRAMS , THEY
WERE ADOPTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES
AND FOR SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT
PURPOSES.
THE PROVIDER REQUIRES A
RECOMMENDATION FROM SDCI ON
UPDATES TO THOSE STANDARDS TO
HELP THE COUNCILMEMBERS
UNDERSTAND HOW THE STANDARDS
CAN HELP ACHIEVE THIS OVERALL
CLIMATE PROTECTION OBJECTIVES,
THE PROVISO CONTEMPLATES THAT
SDCI WILL INCLUDE IN ITS
RECOMMENDATION ON INCENTIVE TO
USE CROSS DOMINATED TIMBER AS A
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND THE
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.
>> THINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO
IT?
>> OUR VARIOUS GREEN BUILDING
STANDARDS AND GREEN BUILDING
CENTER PROGRAMS HAVE LONG BEEN
IN NEED OF CONFERENCE REVIEW
AND UPDATE.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD PROVISO
HALF OF AN FTE FROM S DCI'S
DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO PROCURE
OUTWORK AND REVIEW AND HIS
PROGRAMS AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT ALSO REQUESTED A SPECIFIC
PIECE OF THAT REVIEW.
TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW
THESE PROGRAMS CAN INCENTIVIZE
THE USE OF CROSS LAMINATED
TIMBER, NEW CONSTRUCTION IN AN
AREA THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN
FAR BEHIND ON, AND CAFFEINATED
TIMBER HAS BEEN CHAMPIONED BY
OUR OWN GOVERNOR DAY ANSLEY AND
WASHINGTON SAINT LANDS
COMMISSIONER HILLARY
REFINANCE.>> RAY GOOD, THANK
YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS,
IT'S A PROVISO.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION DOWN
THERE?
OKAY.
I COULDN'T TELL WHETHER YOU ARE
STRETCHING OR RAISING YOUR
HAND.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THIS IS ITEM 48?
AND THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR
NAMES TO THE PROVISO, FOR
UPDATES TO GREEN BUILDING
STANDARDS, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU TOM.
THE NEXT ONE I THINK IS
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S AND I
ASSUME THAT THEY SHOULD
>> MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 49.
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
REQUEST THAT THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND S DCI PREPARE
FOR PROPOSAL TO LIMIT FOSSIL
FUEL PRODUCTION AND STORAGE
FACILITIES.
THIS SLIDE ORIGINATES IN THE
COUNCILS PLAN DOCKET SETTING
RESOLUTION AND THAT HIS
RESOLUTION 31896, WHICH THE
COUNCIL PASSED BACK IN AUGUST.
THAT DOCKET SETTING RESOLUTION
CONTEMPLATES THAT THE COUNCIL
BE CONSIDERING AMENDMENTS TO
THE COMPANY PLAN TO THE
POLICIES LIMITING SETTING UP
OFF OF FUEL STORAGE AND
PRODUCTION FACILITIES.
SO THIS WOULD BE A SLIDE
DIRECTING SDCI TO IMPLEMENT, TO
DEVELOP IMPLEMENTING
REGULATIONS FOR THOSE POLICIES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
I WOULD CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A
BIT OF A BELT AND SUSPENDERS
APPROACH.
WE HAVE INDICATED THIS IS WHAT
WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN IN THE
PROCESS AND WE ARE ONCE AGAIN
SAYING THAT WE HOPE THAT WE CAN
DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO DO
THAT WORK AND BRING THE
INFORMATION AS TO GET TO THE
COMP PLAN UPDATES FOR NEXT
YEAR.
IF I MISCHARACTERIZED THAT AT
ALL, PLEASE CORRECT ME.>>
WHAT'S THE TIMING, WHAT'S THE
REQUEST, THE RETURN DATE ON
THIS?
>> SO INTIMATING RELATIONS
PROPOSAL, I PROPOSAL AND IN
PERMITTING RELATIONS WOULD BE
SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL NO
LATER THAN JUNE 30.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND
CERTIFICATE WILL BE CONSIDERED
BY THE COUNCIL IN MARCH.
THIS WILL BE ABOUT A THREE
MONTH, THIS WOULD FOLLOW THE
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE
POLICIES BY ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
>> ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT
TIMING?>> VERY GOOD.
SO THIS IS A SLIDE, AND THOSE
WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME AS A
COSPONSOR ON THIS, IT IS ITEM
NUMBER FIVE 49, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 50.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 50, THIS
IS AN AD SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I WOULD ADD ONE FTE ELECTRICAL
INSPECTOR AND HUNDRED AND 6000
AND DOLLARS IN GENERAL FUND TO
ENFORCE WASHINGTON STATE
REGULATIONS RELATED TO
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR LICENSING.
SPECIFICALLY THE AD WOULD
ENFORCE STATE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS THAT ARE INTENDED
TO COMBAT UNDERGROUND
UNLICENSED ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS AND ELECTRICIANS IN
THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WERE
GIVEN AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE
THESE STATE LAWS THROUGH A
HOUSE WELL, ES HP 1952, IN 2018.
ENFORCEMENT IS CURRENTLY
PERFORMED STATEWIDE BY 11
INSPECTORS WITH THE WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRIES THE CORE TEAM.
KING COUNTY HAS ONE ASSIGNED
INSPECTOR.
AFTER THE BUDGET ACTION WAS
FINALIZED AND PUT ON THE
AGENDA, WE HEARD SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM S
DCI IN ADDITION TO, THEY WANT
TO INSPECTOR, STC I ANTICIPATES
THAT IF COUNCIL WERE TO ADD
THIS POSITION, SDCI WOULD NEED
AN ADDITIONAL VEHICLE FOR THE
INSPECTOR, THAT WOULD BE
$35,000.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S AD?
>> DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST?
>> NOW THAT'S FINE.
>> I ALSO SUPPORT THIS STRONGLY.
I THINK THAT 11 INSPECTORS
STATEWIDE FOR THE AMOUNT OF
CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, OR ONE
INSPECTOR IN KING COUNTY IS
QUITE A GAP OF FOLKS WHO WANT
TO DISREGARD THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS AND SNEAK THROUGH.
WE HEAR ANECDOTAL STORIES WHERE
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT,'S
PROJECTS WHERE THERE IS
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE NOT MEETING THIS
REQUIREMENT.
SO THERE IS A COUPLE WAYS THIS
COULD PLAY OUT.
ONE IS THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
REMAIN OUT OF COMPLIANCE.
AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FINES
FROM THEMWHICH WOULD MAKE THIS
LIKELY A SELF FUNDING POSITION.
WHAT I WOULD PREFER IS THAT BY
HAVING THE INSPECTORS AND
ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE HE BRING
ALL THE PROJECTS IN TOWN INTO
COMPLIANCE SO THAT THE WORK
THAT'S BEING PROVIDED ON ALL
THE CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE CITY
IS GOING TOWARDS FOLKS THAT,
FOLKS THAT WILL, THAT ARE
GETTING A PRAYED APPROPRIATE
WAGES AND HAVE THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF SUPERVISION AND THE RIGHT
LICENSING SO THAT WE ARE ALL
PLAYING BY THE SAME RULES AND
WE ARE NOT UNDERCUTTING EACH
OTHER.
AND IF WE NEED ANOTHER VEHICLE
I WILL ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE
35,000 TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
VEHICLE FOR THIS PERSON.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
ONE?
ALL RIGHT THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR, RAISE
YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT.
SO ITEM 51 I BELIEVE WE PASS IT
OFF TO COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
>> SO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 51, AT
APPROXIMATELY $236,000 AND TWO
POSITIONS: FTE HOUSING AND
ZONING POSITION AND ONE FTE
CODE COMPLIANCE ANALYST TO SDCI
TO PERTAIN TO OUTREACH AND TO
INCREASE STAFFING BY THE
PROPERTY OWNER AND TENANT
ASSISTANCE GROUP.
THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING IS
NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT A COUPLE
OF GENERAL COUNCIL GENERATED
BILLS, AND ALSO TO DEAL WITH
EXISTING INCREASED VOLUME AND
CALLS AND COMPLAINTS.
THE ACTION WOULD ALSO ADD
APPROXIMATELY $15,000 TO UPDATE
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
MATERIALS THAT THEY USE AS A
RESOURCE FOR TENANTS AND
LANDLORDS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD.
>> THANK YOU, SO SINCE 2018,
CUSTOMER SERVICE CALLS BY
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TO THE
SDCI COMPLAINT CENTER HAVE
INCREASED BY 29%.
THE LENGTH OF TIME TO RESOLVE
ENFORCEMENT ACTION RELATED TO
VIOLATIONS HAS DOUBLED FROM 29
DAYS TO 58 DAYS.
THIS WOULD HELP ADDRESS THAT
BACKLOG, BUT AGAIN AS QUITO
EXPLAINED, WE HAVE ALSO PASSED
SOME ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION
RECENTLY THAT IS GOING TO
CONCEIVABLY, IF WE DON'T
SUPPORT THIS BUDGET ACTION,
CREATE AN EVEN LARGER BACKLOG.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT
WE HAVE ASKED SDCI TO KEEP THE
LEAD ON IS TO DEVELOP A
COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR THAT
LANDLORDS CAN ACCESS WHEN THE
TENANTS UNIT IS DAMAGED IN A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION, SO
THAT WE DO NOT HOLD THE
SURVIVOR OF THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CULPABLE FOR THE
DAMAGES DONE TO THE UNIT, AND
SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE WORKING TO DEVELOP THE,
BASICALLY THE APPLICATION
PROGRAM AND MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO US LATER ON
THIS YEAR ON HOW MUCH THAT
PROGRAM SHOULD COST AND SO
THAT'S ANOTHER BODY OF WORK
THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR
SOMEBODY IN THIS UNIT TO DO.
THE OTHER BILLS THAT WE PASS IN
SEPTEMBER THAT CREATE NEW
TENANT PROTECTIONS AND GLUED
LIMITING THE ABILITY OF A
LANDLORD TO RESTRICT THE NUMBER
OF TENANTS WHO RESIDE IN THE
UNIT.
I'M SORRY, LIMITING THE ABILITY
OF A LANDLORD TO RESTRICT THE
NUMBER OF TENANTS WHO LIVE IN A
UNIT.
AND THEN ALSO, BILLS THAT
REQUIRE NOTICES TO TERMINATE,
ENTER, AND INCREASE HOUSING
COST, THAT THOSE NOTICES GIVEN
TO LANDLORDS ALSO INCLUDE
TENANTS, INCLUDE INFORMATION
INTO TENANTS ON WHAT THEIR
RIGHTS ARE IN THOSE INSTANCES
WHEN HER ALUMNI TO TERMINATE
TENDENCY IN A UNIT OR GET A
RENT INCREASE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE NOTICES
TO DO THAT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE NOTICES ALSO
INCLUDE LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT A
TENANTS RIGHTS ARE IN THOSE
INSTANCES AND ALSO REFERRED
TENANTS TO CITY RESOURCES TO
ADDRESS THOSE INSTANCES WHEN
THERE IS PROBLEMS EITHER WITH A
TERMINATION OR A RENT INCREASE.
AND THEN, THE OTHER, THERE ARE
TWO MORE BILLS.
ONE REQUIRES THAT LANDLORDS
ACCEPT NON-ELECTRONIC PAYMENT
OPTIONS TO TENANTS.
AND THERE IS SOME ANTICIPATION
THAT THERE WILL BE CALLS THAT
SDCI WILL HAVE TO TAKE ABOUT
THAT CHANGE.
AND THEN FINALLY, A REQUIREMENT
THAT LANDLORDS MUST COMPLY WITH
THE RENTAL REGISTRATION
INSPECTION ORDINANCE BEFORE
NOTICES CAN BE ISSUED TO
TERMINATE A TENDENCY.>> ALL
RIGHT.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADD TO
THAT?>> OKAY.
THIS IS WHAT, ITEM 51?
AM I RIGHT ON THIS?
YES.
ADD 235,684 FROM THE GENERAL
FUND FOR ONE FTE HOUSING AND
ZONING TECHNICIAN AND ONE FTE
CODE COMPLIANT ANALYST.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING YOUR
NAME AS A SPONSOR, RAISE YOUR
HAND.
OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 52,
THIS COUNCILMEMBER SALONS AND
ARE YOU BRINGING THIS?
>> SURE, I WILL JUST INTRODUCE
IT HERE.
ITEM NUMBER 52 WOULD ADD
$607,000 ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO
SDCI FOR RENT ORGANIZING AND
OUTREACH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS A
RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW THE
MONEY WOULD BE EXPANDED,
EXTENDING THAT THEIR
PROCREATION WENT FORWARD.
FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT,
THE ENDORSED AND PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES $616,000 OR
TENANT SERVICES, GRANTS AND
CONTRACTS.
THOSE FUNDS WILL BE RE-
COMPLETED IN 2020, BUT THIS
REFLECTS A SHIFT IN SOME WAYS
THAT BEGAN LAST YEAR FROM A
BODY OF WORK THAT HST WAS
ADMINISTERING TO SDCI.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR
THAT INTRODUCTION.
AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS A
BODY OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN
MOVING TO THE DEPARTMENT AS
THERE IS CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS.
THEIR PREVIOUS YEARS WE HAVE
WON SOME FUNDS FOR THIS KIND OF
WORK BUT THIS IS FOR TENANT
OUTREACH AND ORGANIZING AND WE
HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS FEEDBACK
FROM A LOT OF THE GLAD
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
IT IS ACTUALLY HAVING AN IMPACT
SO IS THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
ADDS TO THOSE FUNDS.
THIS SPECIFIC AREA HAS A WORK
THAT WE ARE HOPING WILL BE
FUNDED AS FOLLOWS.
ONE IS THE KIND OF KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS BOOT CAMPS THAT THE
SEATTLE WHICH IS A NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE CITY
HAS BEEN DOING.
INITIALLY THEY STARTED VERY
VERY SMALL.
OR JUST ON CAPITOL HILL.
BUT NOW, WITH HELP FROM MY
OFFICE, ANOTHER RESOLUTION THEY
HAVE HAD GOOD CAMS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, AND IT'S CLEARLY,
IT'S BECOMING A VERY GOOD TOOL.
I PERSONALLY ATTENDED MANY OF
THESE BOOT CAMPS AND IT REALLY
DRAWS INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE
DISTRICT TO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE
TO GO THAT DO NOT KNOW THAT
THERE ARE RESOURCES THAT CAN
HELP THEM.
THE BOOT CAMPS ALSO GIVE THEM
EVEN BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT THE, WHAT ARE THE CITY
LAWS, YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE PHONE
NUMBER YOU CAN CALL IT SDCI IF
YOU'RE FACING A PROBLEM, ALL OF
THAT.
THE OTHER KIND, SO YOU KNOW,
THIS PART OF THIS BUDGET I
WOULD RECOMMEND WOULD FUND
THOSE BOOT CAMPS IN 2020, THE
OTHER ASPECT OF TENANT
ORGANIZING AND TENANTS RIGHTS
IS THROUGH THE TENANTS UNION,
WHERE THEY OPERATE A CALL LINE
FOR RENTERS, WHICH AS MANY OF
YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DON'T,
JUST TALKING TO THE TENANTS
UNION IT WILL BE VERY CLEAR
THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS
SUPPORT FOR RENTERS, JUST
HAVING A CALL LINE WITH SOME
PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE
ABOUT WHAT RENTERS RIGHTS ARE.
AND OFTEN, ESPECIALLY BIG
LANDLORDS, CORPORATE LANDLORDS,
AND UP ABUSING TENANTS BECAUSE
THE TENANTS DO NOT KNOW THEIR
RIGHTS.
AND SO THIS, I THINK PART OF
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE
TUNE OF 200,000 COULD FIND THAT
ONGOING WORK.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS FOR
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WHAT
WASHINGTON CAN AND LIKE LGBT Q
ALLY SHIP.
FOR EXAMPLE THEY ARE SUPPORTING
LGBT Q SENIORS WHO ARE RENTERS
AND WHO ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO
HOUSING INSTABILITY AND
HOMELESSNESS, FOR THEM TO GET
ORGANIZED AND THEIR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, RENTAL HOUSING OR IN
MARKET RENTAL HOUSING.
AS THE CASE MAY BE.
AND WITH WASHINGTON CAN WE KNOW
THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
ADVOCATED FOR ADDICTION REFORM,
THROUGH ORGANIZING RENTERS
THROUGH DOORKNOCKING AND GET IN
THERE JUST MANY EXAMPLES, THESE
ARE VERY RECENT EXAMPLES I WILL
MENTION ENCLOSING.
WHERE TENANTS ORGANIZING AND
HAVING THESE ORGANIZATIONS
FUNDED MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE
WAS, PREVENTING ADDICTIONS IN
THE FIRST PLACE MYSELF THE
CONTENT APARTMENT ON NORTH
CAPITOL HILL.
THE SHADOW BUILDING, THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT, AND RIGHT
NOW, THE TENANTS AT THE
BRIGHTON APARTMENTS ON BEACON
HILL ARE GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHERE
THIS IS ACTUALLY COMING TO
FRUITION.
AND HOUSING STABILITY IS
MAINTAINED.>> OKAY, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS ON THIS?>> I HAVE A
QUESTION.>> YES PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> SO IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME
FROM THE DESCRIPTION, OR MAYBE
I AM JUST MISSING IT, IS THERE
ANY FUNDING IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET FOR
OUTREACH, AND ORGANIZING?>>
THERE IS.
THERE IS, BOTH IN THE ENDORSED
AND PROPOSED THERE THE
PROXIMATELY $615,000 FOR THAT
PURPOSE.>> SO THAT IS FOR, OKAY
GOT IT.
OUTREACH, EDUCATION ORGANIZING.
THERE IS 615,000 IN THE CURRENT
BUDGET.
>> CORRECT.>> ALL RIGHT.>>
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT
A THAT IS FOR ORGANIZING TO
SAY, THERE IS AN ONGOING
CORPORATION THAT IS FOR TENANT
OUTREACH AND THE KIND OF
SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN
CONTRACTED FOR WITH THE TENANTS
UNION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
>> I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT TO TRY TO DIG IN A
LITTLE BIT ON.
I KNOW THAT TWO YEARS AGO, THE
COUNCIL PROPOSED FUNDING
SPECIFICALLY FOR ORGANIZING.
IT WASN'T SPENT THAT WAY.
AND THEN IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
WE SAID HEY, WE REALLY MEANT
THAT.
WE WANT YOU TO FUND ORGANIZING,
AND I BELIEVE THEY DID.
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A
HANDLE ON, OF THE 619,000 OR
WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, IN THE
PROPOSED, THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
2020.
HOW MUCH IS FOCUSED ON
ORGANIZING WORK?>> I CAN GET
THAT INFORMATION.
>> UNIT I WANT TO PROPOSE THAT
WE DO A ONE TIER TO TIER ON
THIS ONE LIKE WE DID EARLIER.>>
I DON'T KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS A SUGGESTING THIS
BUT YOU'RE BRINGING UP AN
IMPORTANT POINT ABOUT THE
PREVIOUS FUNDS THAT THE COUNCIL
PUSHED FOR.
IT HAS ACTUALLYNOT BEEN FULLY
ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE OUR
INTENT WAS TO FUND ORGANIZING,
AND TENANTS ADVOCACY, BUT NOT
ALL THOSE ASPECTS ARE FUNDED.
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU'RE
BRINGING UP, WE HAD INTENDED A
BOOT CAMP AMONG OTHER THINGS TO
BE FUNDED, BUT BE SEATTLE
INFORMS US THAT THE BOOT CAMPS
WERE FUNDED FOR THE FIRST TIME
STARTING ONLY IN SEPTEMBER.
SO WE SHOULD ASK FOR ANSWERS
BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT
EITHER/OR.
MY AMENDMENT IS ADDING TO THE
EXISTING FUND BUT THAT IS
SEPARATE FROM DEMANDING THAT
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SHOW US
WHERE THE MONIES WERE FUNDED.>>
I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WAS
GOING WITH THIS.
TIER 1 WOULD BE SUPPORT.
AND TIER 2 WOULD BE COMING BACK
TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WAS TALKING ABOUT, HAVING
THERIAULT WHAT WE PUT IN THE
BUDGET.
HALF THE MONEY PUT IN THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS SPENT
HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
GOING FORWARD ABOUT HOW WE CAN
PUT A CORRAL AROUND ALL OF
THIS.
SO I'M GOING TO CALL FIRST FOR
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD THEIR NAME
TO, THIS IS NUMBER 52, 600, AND
$7000 TO STC A FOR RENT,
ORGANIZING AND OUTREACH.
IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
ARE SUPPORTING TIER 1 ON THIS.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WAS
PROPOSING.
>> OKAY.
AND TIER 2 IS BASICALLY, WHAT I
WAS TRYING TO ARTICULATE IS
FIND OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING.
HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT THIS
YEAR.
AND HOW MUCH MONEY WAS
CURRENTLY IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH
SUPPORTING RENTERS IN TERMS OF
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR RIGHTS
ARE.>> OKAY.>> GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM
53 AND COUNCILMEMBER 10 NINE,
AND QUITO, ARE YOU RAISING THIS
ONE AS WELL?
>> SURE I CAN INTRODUCE IT.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 53,
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SO
WANDA WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY
$535,000 ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO
SDCI OF ACTION, LEGAL DEFENSE,
AS A WAY OF REMINDER LAST YEAR
THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATE ABOUT
$96,000 TO CONTRACTS FOR CIVIL
LEGAL AID SERVICES.
DEFENSE THAT FUNDED ONE
ATTORNEY POSITION AT THE
HOUSING JUSTICE PROGRAM.
THAT WAS A ONE-TIME THAT IS NOT
CONTINUED IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR.
THIS APPROPRIATION, THE
PROPOSED APPROPRIATION IS
ESTIMATED TO FUND APPROXIMATELY
SIX ATTORNEYS FOR AN
ORGANIZATION LIKE THE HOUSING
JUSTICE PROJECT OR A SIMILAR
ORGANIZATION.>> GREAT, THANK
YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
I THINK YOU SHOP.
WE HAD MENTIONED, WE HAD FUNDED
THIS INITIATIVE TO THE TUNE OF
ONE CITY FUNDED DONOR FOR
ADDICTION AND LEGAL DEFENSE.
LAST YEAR, BUT THERE WAS A ONE
TIME FUNDING.
AND SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD, I
MEAN THE INTENT WOULD BE AT THE
VERY LEAST CONTINUED THAT AS ON
úAN ONGOING BASIS, BUT THE DATA
ALSO MAKES A COMPELLING
ARGUMENT FOR AUGMENTING IT THIS
YEAR.
BECAUSE OF THE DATA THAT WE ARE
SEEING FROM THE HOUSING JUSTICE
PROJECT WHICH IS THE
ORGANIZATION THAT USES THESE
FUNDS BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE
ATTORNEYS AND LEGAL
CONSULTATION FOR TENANTS FACING
EVICTION.
AND WHAT THEY ARE REPORTING IS
QUITE ASTOUNDING.
IN A GOOD WAY.
THE COMBINATION OF REFORMS TO
EVICTION LAW THAT WERE PASSED
BY THE LEGISLATURE IN OLYMPIA
THAT WENT INTO EFFECT THIS
SUMMER, WHAT THE FUNDING FOR AN
ATTORNEY HAS MEANT FOR THE
HOUSING JUSTICE PROJECT REPORT
HAS MEANT OVER A 400% INCREASE
IN PRESERVATION MEANING, THAT
IS HOW MUCH THE EVICTIONS WERE
PREVENTED.
AND COUNCILMEMBER YOU AND I
WERE DISCUSSING THIS THIS
MORNING.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD MORE
INFORMATION, MORE NUMBERS, SO
IT HAS BEEN 431% INCREASE IN
EVICTION PROTECTION OR
PRESERVATION.
AND IN NUMBERS IT HAS MEANT
THEN AT LEAST 500 HOUSEHOLDS
WERE HELPED IN AVOIDING
ADDICTION, MEANING THAT IT
REALLY MADE A LIFE-AND-DEATH
DIFFERENCE FOR THEM.
YOU DID NOT GET AN EVICTION ON
YOUR RENTAL RED CARD WHICH IS A
HUGE THING AND THAT HAS MEANT
3000 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS OVERALL
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE
HOUSEHOLDS.
CLEARLY THIS HAS BEEN
DRAMATICALLY EFFECTIVE.
AND I WOULD URGE THAT WE NOT
ONLY CONTINUE THE FUNDING THAT
úWE AUGMENT THE FUNDING.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?
I'M GOING TO JUST PUT A STAKE
IN THE GROUND SAYING I THINK
THAT WHAT YOU HAVE ARTICULATED,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT LEGAL
COUNCIL.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN
EXPAND IT FIVE TIMES, IN THIS
BUDGET, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I WILL BE
SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE
SO. RNEY GOING FORWARD.
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR, WE
WILL ARGUE ABOUT THE LEVEL
LASER, RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> HISTORY ABOUT LANDLORDS
EVICTION, EVICTION HISTORY.
BY WAY OF CONTEXT THE COUNCIL
HAS APPROPRIATED, MADE
APPROPRIATIONS TO SDCI BEFORE ,
FOR MORE WEB-BASED PORTALS.
RENTING IN SEATTLE WAS CREATED
IN PART THROUGH A COUNCIL
APPROPRIATION OF $150,000 IN
2019.
>> SO THIS WILL DO JUST MORE
OF THE SAME OR ADD ON WHAT'S
THE INTENTION?>> SEPARATE
FUNCTION.
I WAS JUST ANALOGIZING TO
ANOTHER APPROPRIATION FOR A WEB-
BASED RESOURCE.
OKAY.
IS A MEMBER SAWANT.
>> CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND
UNDERSTANDING, BUT THE SDCI HAS
, HAS WEB-BASED PORTALS FOR
TENANTS, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING
YOUR RIGHTS AND WE WENT OVER
THIS IN THE COMMITTEE SOME
MONTHS AGO, THIS IS A SPECIFIC
THING WHICH IS NOT, IT IS
SEPARATE FROM WHAT SDCI IS
PROVIDING RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS A WEB APPLICATION
THAT WAS CREATED BY BE SEATTLE.
THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT IS
ON THE GROUND WORKING WITH
RENTERS.
THE WHOLE POINT IS TO LEVEL THE
SITUATION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE
THERE IS SUCH AN IMBALANCE OF
POWER BETWEEN YOU KNOW
ESPECIALLY BIG LANDLORDS AND
TENANTS AND LOTS OF LANDLORDS
YOU KNOW, ON LOTS OF BUILDINGS
TOGETHER IN THE SAME LANDLORD
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, CARL HAGLUND,
ON THE LOT OF BUILDINGS IN THE
CITY.
BUT THE THING IS THE LANDLORD
WILL OFTEN DO BACKGROUND CHECKS
FOR THEIR RENTERS.
HISTORY.
AND THE MORE LOW INCOME YOU
ARE, IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF
COLOR, IF YOU HAVE OTHER
VULNERABLE ASPECTS IN YOUR
BACKGROUND, THEN YOU ARE MORE
LIABLE TO HAVE A BACKGROUND
CHECK DONE.
BUT THERE IS REALLY ANY
OPPORTUNITY FOR RENTERS TO DO
ANY SIMILAR CHECKING, WHO IS
THE OWNER OF THIS BUILDING AND
SO ON.
THIS APP, IF MY STAFF IS NOT
ALREADY SENT YOU A LINK I WILL
MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS BUT IT IS
A VERY SIMPLE APP.
IT HAS TO BE POPULATED OF
COURSE.
THE WHOLE POINT IS TO HAVE THE
DATA POPULATED IN THE
APPLICATION FOR ALL THE RENTAL
UNITS AND BUILDINGS.
AND YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THEM
AND IT TELLS YOU WHO THE OWNER
IS AND HOW MANY, IF THERE HAVE
BEEN ANY EVICTIONS EVER FROM
THAT RENTAL PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, OTHER VARIABLES SO
YOU CAN ALSO HAVE A SENSE OF
WHO THE LANDLORDS ARE, AND IF
IT'S ONE OF THE MORE NOTORIOUS
LANDLORDS, IF THERE HAS BEEN A
SPATE OF EVICTIONS AND SO ON.
YOU CAN TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS
OF THE RENTAL HOUSING YOU ARE
CONSIDERING, AND IT WILL TELL
YOU SOME OTHER THINGS.
ALSO TELL YOU HOUSING CODE
VIOLATION HISTORY.
ALL OF THIS REQUIRES SOME
RESOURCES BECAUSE THE APP IS
ONLY AS GOOD AS THE DATA THAT
IT IS POPULATED WITH.
SO JUST ASK, AS A SORT OF A
PROJECT SO TO SAY, WHAT WE DID
THROUGH MY OFFICE IS, WE SPENT
OUR OWN COUNCIL RESOURCES TO
HAVE THE BE SEATTLE CREATE
THAT APPLICATION JUST FOR
DISTRICT 3 RENTALS.
AND WHAT THEY HAVE USED IS YOU
KNOW, STANDARD SOURCES OF DATA.
THEY KING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
SEARCH, TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S VERY
USEFUL IF YOU WANTED TO EXPAND
IT TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE
CITY.
THEN WE WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT
OF ONE-TIME FUNDS.>> WITH THE
HISTORY OF CITATIONS OR
VIOLATIONS PERTAINING TO THE
HEALTHY BUILDING OR A PROBLEM
WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD
BE INCLUDED IN THIS?
>> YES.
AND IN FACT, WHAT WE INCLUDE AN
AUNT, COULD ENCOMPASS ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT'S LEGALLY
AVAILABLE TO US.
I JUST WHETHER WE HAVE SOMEONE
TO ACTUALLY DO THAT WORK.
>> AND KEEP IT UP.
BECAUSE AS SOON AS IT IS NOT
CURRENT.>> GO AHEAD
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION PERHAPS
COUNCIL NEVER SAWANT CAN HELP
ME.
SO COUNCILMEMBER, SAWANT, YOU
DID THIS IN DISTRICT 3, AND I
SEE HOW YOU TWO 84,000, YOU
JUST DID 14C.
CORRECT?
SO I'M GUESSING YOU WOULD NOT
NEED THE SAME STARTUP COSTS IN
EACH DISTRICT, WOULDN'T IT BE
LESS?
PROBABLY NOT, BUT I AM OPEN TO
DISCUSSING THE AND YOU CAN
INVITE BE SEATTLE FOLKS ALSO
FOR A DISCUSSION IN OUR OFFICES
TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
HOWEVER I WILL SAY ONE THING.
THIS, YES MY OFFICE HELPED TO
FUND THIS BUT IT HAS BEEN A
LABOR OF LOVE FOR BE SEATTLE
WITH A LOT OF ENDLESS VOLUNTEER
HOURS.
SO IF YOU WANT THEM TO EXPAND
IT TO THE ENTIRE CITY THAT I
THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A
LITTLE BIT MORE VIABLE.
FOR THEM.>> ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT, THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO ADD THEIR NAMES AS A
COSPONSOR ON THIS RAISE YOUR
HAND.
LET'S SAY WE HAVE SOME OF US
DOWN HERE AND NOT SO MANY DOWN
THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD.
YOU GOT EVERYBODY?
ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT ONE IS A DO PASS ON
COUNCIL BILL 119669 AND THE
ANNUAL FEE ORDINANCE.
>> RIGHT, AND THIS WOULD BE AN
ACTION SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE SUITE
OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
IMPLEMENT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET, AND INCLUDES
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS AND
SOME OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO SDC
EYES FEE ORDINANCE.
THE COUNCIL SEASON ORDINANCE
PRETTY MUCH ANNUALLY FROM SDCI
TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS.
THE ADJUSTMENTS ASSUMING THAT
THE COUNCIL PASSES THIS BILL
WOULD INCREASE SDCI'S
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION FUNDS
BY ABOUT 1.2 MILLION IN 2019
WHICH IS LESS THAN A 1%
INCREASE IN SDCI'S OPERATING
BUDGET.
>> OKAY THANK YOU.
NEXT WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE 10 MORE TO GO,
COLLEAGUES, AND THEN FOR THOSE
OF YOU WHO ARE WAITING
PATIENTLY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
OKAY.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE PITCHED TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD AND
WHO IS GOING TO LEAD US
THROUGH?
I WILL, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
I HAVE GOT THREE ITEMS THAT I
WILL COVER FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT ADDS.
ITEM 56 IS LEDGE TO DECIMATE US
ONE.
IT IS FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HERBOLD.
THIS WHAT APPROPRIATE $20,770
IN GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO
INCREASE THE COMMUNICATION
DIVISION PROGRAM BUDGET IN
SUPPORT OF TWO RECLASSIFIED
PHYSICIANS.
THE TWO POSITIONS ARE
RECLASSIFIED LAST MAY FROM
PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST
SENIOR TO STRATEGIC ADVISOR
LEGISLATIVE.
THE POSITIONS ADVISE CONSUMERS
AND STAFF ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS
OPTIONS TO DISSEMINATE MESSAGES
TO THEIR INTENDED AUDIENCES.
SMACKING FOR THE WORK ON THIS.
THIS IS PART OF A PROCESS.
WE WENT THROUGH A
RECLASSIFICATION OF THE
POSITIONS IN THE COMMONS, THE
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
THESE PARTICULAR POSITIONS WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THEY WERE
RECLASSIFIED IN MAY 2019 LIKE
LISA TALKED ABOUT.
THE SHORT OF IT IS THIS.
IS THAT NOW THAT WE ARE BY
DISTRICTS, NOW THAT MANY OF THE
ISSUES IN OUR CITY ARE ALMOST
UNPRECEDENTED, THESE JOBS ARE
24 SEVEN.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE USE,
THE DEMANDS ON THIS GROUP ARE
JUST OVERWHELMING AND THEY
HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN EXAMINED
SINCE 1991.
SO I ASKED THE DIRECTOR OF THAT
GROUP TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT,
AND AFTER THINK THEM FOR THEIR
PATIENCE, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT
WHAT THESE POSITIONS ARE DOING,
AND WORK WITH OUR CENTRAL HUMAN
RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF
THERE IS A RECLASSIFICATION AND
THEY DID ALL OF THAT, AND MADE
A VERY VERY STRONG AND
COMPELLING CASE THAT WE NEED TO
EXPAND THESE CLASSIFICATIONS
AND RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE
ACTUALLY, I THINK, WORKING OUT
OF CLASS AND THIS IS AN
ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN
THE YEARS TO COME, THEY WILL BE
PROPERLY TREATED.
THAT IS THE NET OF IT.
>> ANYBODY ELSE?
>> SHE HAS A QUESTION.>> THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN RE-EXAMINED SINCE
1991, THOSE POSITIONS HAVE BEEN
THE SAME BASICALLY POSITIONS.
AND I WOULD, JUST TO SAY IN
CLOSING, THIS IS MY CLOSING
STATEMENT.
I WOULD ASK IF ANY OF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, DAN IS
AVAILABLE TO TALK TO YOU, BUT
SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO BE A STRONG
ADVOCATE.
I HOPE IT DID JUSTICE BUT I
STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS AND WOULD
ASK THOSE WORKING NEXT YEAR
THAT I THINK THIS WOULD BE
REALLY GOOD AND EFFECTIVE FOR
THE COUNCIL.
IT DOESN'T GO TO DINNER?
THAT DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT.
>> BUT I'M SAYING SHE WILL MAKE
HERSELF AVAILABLE TO BRIEF HER
ON THIS IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL
BREATHING.
LET'S SEE HOW MANY HANDS GO
UP.>> WE ARE NOW ADDING OUR
NAMES AS COSPONSORS.
OVERWHELMING ME.
THANK YOU.>>> THE NEXT ITEM IS
A PERENNIAL ITEM THAT COMES IN
FRONT OF US.
TO CUT $430,000 FROM
LEGISLATIVE SALARIES, THAT IS
COUNCILMEMBER SALARIES AND TO
REDUCE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
SALARIES.
AND I JUST, WITHOUT BEING IN
THE LEAST BIT SNARKY, I WOULD
SUGGEST THE COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO, PRESIDENT HERBOLD,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND I'M
NOT MAKE ANY JOKES ABOUT THIS
SINCE WE ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
HOW NICE WOULD THAT BE?
OKAY, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, DOES ANYONE WANT TO
SPEAK TO THIS?
>> OH YEAH SHE LEFT.
>> GALLEYS UP IT'S NOT JUST
GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION IF
YOU WOULD LIKE IT ITEM 57 IS
LEDGE OF THREE STATUS ONE
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL NEVER
SALON.
THIS ACTION WOULD REDUCE THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL SALARIES TO
100% OF THE AREA MEDIAN FAMILY
INCOME FOR A ONE-PERSON FAMILY
WHICH IS ABOUT $76,000 FOR THE
CHANGE WOULD BE STAGGERED WITH
THE TERMS OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS
AND THE MAYOR.
ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS?>>
SAID WE COULD NOT EVEN JOKE
ABOUT IT.
>> NOT YOU, NOT ME.
ALL RIGHT.
SO ANYONE LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR ON THIS?
SEEING ON LET'S MOVE ON.
THE NEXT ITEM IS 58.
IT IS LEDGE FOR THAT STATUS
ONCE COUNSELED BY COUNCIL
PRESENT RELEVANT.
THIS ACTION WOULD REPURPOSE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST
POSITION IN THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT TO A NEW DEPUTY
DIRECTOR TO THE CITY CLERK.
THE DEPUTY WILL PROVIDE
MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT OVER TWO
OF THE FIVE CITYWIDE AND
DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS MANAGED BY
THE CITY CLICK THE DEPUTY WILL
SERVE AS THE CITY CLICK
REPRESENTATIVE ON SPECIFIC CITY
INITIATIVES.
INCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO
CITYWIDE INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
AND OPERATION COORDINATION AND
WILL BE ACTING DIRECTOR IN THE
CLERK'S ABSENCE.
>>THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU ALL
FOR SUPPORTING THE COMP
DIVISION WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO THERE.
SIMILARLY WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING
FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLERK'S
OFFICE, AND THE LEVEL, THE
INCREASE OF WORK AND THE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
THIS BASICALLY CREATES A DEPUTY
DIRECTOR POSITION OR THE
ORGANIZATION.
I HAVE TO SAY IN FULL
DISCLOSURE THAT THE $71,000 IS
LIKELY TO CHANGE.
AND I ACTUALLY THINK IT MAY
COME DOWN SOME, BECAUSE THERE
IS AN ELIMINATION OF AN
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN THE
OFFICE BECAUSE WHAT I'VE ASKED
THE CITY CLERK TO DO, IS TO
HELP US OUT A LITTLE BIT HERE
AND SEE IF THERE IS SOME
EFFICIENCY WE CAN GAIN.
SO WHAT ALLIE AND LISA WILL DO,
IS FINE-TUNE THIS A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE
LAST LEDGE DEPARTMENT, I DON'T
WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE
MIGHT BE MORE IS THE LAST ONE I
KNOW THAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT
NOW BUT I STRONGLY SUPPORTED
AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
CLERK MONICA FOR REALLY AGAIN,
GOING THROUGH THE PROPER
CHANNELS, MAKING THE CASE,
SHOWING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE,
WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE
AND MAKING A STRONG ARGUMENT.
AGAIN MONICA WILL BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU IN
GREATER DETAIL THE INCREASED
WORKLOAD IN THIS OFFICE AND
RETHINK A DEPUTY CLERK, A
DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION MAKES
ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS FOR SOME TIME.
BUT AGAIN I WANT TO CHANGE, THE
NUMBER ACTUALLY MAY COME DOWN.
A LITTLE BIT.
BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
POSITION THAT IS TRYING TO GET
LIMITED.
UNLIMITED.
SO WE HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING
FEVERISHLY ON TRYING TO MAKE
THE NUMBERS RIGHT AND WE WILL
GET THERE.>> ANY OTHER ADS IN
THE COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO THIS
$71,000 ADDED TO THE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET?>> FOR NEXT
YEAR TO HAVE A MORE EFFECTIVE
OPERATION, MAKE THINGS GO
SMOOTHLY.>> NICE.>> YOU'VE
STILL GOT TWO MONTHS.
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
>>> THE NEXT IS A SLIDE AND IS
THIS YOURS, DAN?
AND IT WILL BE PITCHED TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> DANITA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
CENTRAL STAFF.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL
ITEMS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE
CITY OFFICE BUDGET OFFICE.
IT IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT, ITEM CBO TO
A1.
IN 2017 THE CITY CREATED A
MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX FOR HIGH
EARNING SEATTLE RESIDENCE VIA
ORDINANCE 125339.
THE LAW WAS INTENDED TO APPLY
TO INCOME EARNED BEGINNING IN
2018.
BUT THE TEXT HAS NOT BEEN
COLLECTED DUE TO ONGOING
LITIGATION.
IN ANTICIPATION OF A POTENTIAL
RESOLUTION OF THE LAWSUITS,
THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT IS ASKING FOR A REPORT
PROVIDING PROPOSED
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE AND
IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING NEEDS
FOR THE CITY TO BEGIN
COLLECTING THE TAX ON HIGH
INCOME RESIDENTS AS EARLY AS
PRACTICABLE.
THE REQUESTED REPORT WOULD BE
DUE BY MARCH 31, 2020.
>> GREAT, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
DOING TO SPEAK TO IT?
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE MORE
THING AND THIS CAME UP A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO BEFORE WE WERE
SUED ON THE ISSUE OF THE INCOME
TAX AND THAT WAS THE QUESTION
OF RE-EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITY
OF AN UNEARNED INCOME TAX WHICH
WE KNOW IS CONSTITUTIONAL IF IT
STARTS AT ZERO DOLLARS.
WE CONSIDER THIS FAR MORE
PROGRESSIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT
ARE NOT MAKING MUCH MONEY ARE
PROBABLY NOT STRUGGLING WITH
UNEARNED INCOME LIKE STOCK
DIVIDENDS OR INTEREST THAT
MIGHT BE SITTING IN A BANK
SOMEWHERE.
I WOULD AT SOME POINT EVEN
THOUGH I WILL NOT BE HERE, I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS
QUESTION REVISITED AT THE
APPROPRIATE TIME.>> OKAY.
ALL THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR ON THIS
SLI RAISE YOUR HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, THIS IS
THE SLI ABOUT THE CBO TO
REPORT ON INCOME.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD, THANK
YOU.>>> THE NEXT ONE HAS TO DO
WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR THE
COMPENSATION FOR BOARDS AND
COMMISSION VOLUNTEERS, IS THAT
BACK TO YOU LISA?>> THAT WOULD
BE ME AGAIN.
AND I WILL BE SPEAKING TO IT ON
BEHALF OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
└> IS IS ITEM 60, CBO AND EIGHT
S1.
IT IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO REQUEST THAT CBO
WORK WITH THE FARMING OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS TO DEVELOP A
PROPOSAL TO PAY VOLUNTEERS
SERVING ON THE CITY'S BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS.
IF THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE NOT
PAYING THEM TO DO SO.
THE PAYMENT COULD BE THROUGH
SCHOLARSHIPS, STIPENDS, OR
OTHER BENEFITS SUCH AS TRANSIT
PASSES.
THE REPORT IS TO INCLUDE A BEST
PRACTICES REVIEW OF OTHER
CITIES THAT PROVIDE SUCH
COMPENSATION AND ALSO IDENTIFY
THE FUNDING NEEDED TO SUPPORT
ANY RECOMMENDED APPROACH.
THE REPORT IS DUE BY JUNE 1,
2020.
>> THANK YOU.
NOT MUCH TO ADD TO THAT OTHER
THAN WE ALL KNOW THE LACK OF
FINANCIAL SUPPORT COULD REALLY
RESTRICT SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO
JOIN ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE OVER 60.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT WE
CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN AT THE TABLE
WHOSE VOICES WANT TO BE AT THE
TABLE AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO
APPROACH IT.
IT IS A SLI THAT COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN IS GOING TO SPEAK TO AS
WELL.
>> IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION
WE HAD EARLIER ABOUT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL, I THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
APPROPRIATE AND FULLY SUPPORT.
>> VERY GOOD.
ALL THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE
ADDED AS A COSPONSOR ON THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM REACHED HER
HAND.
OKAY GOOD THANK YOU.
I'M STRUGGLING HERE.
MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH
IS ANOTHER SLI.
FROM CBO ABOUT USING AN
CONTRASTING COST OF BED THAT
KING COUNTY JAIL.>> THIS IS
ITEM 61.
IT IS CBO FOR DASH EIGHT S1.
REQUESTS THE REPORT FROM THE
CBO ON THE USE AND CONTRACTED
COST OF BED THAT THE KING
COUNTY JAILBIRD AND AUSTIN'S
FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICES
INSIDE THE KING COUNTY,
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> VERY GOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ RESPECT THANK YOU
CHAIR BACK SAW.
THIS SLI IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH
ENRON GOING BACK TO TAKE A
CLOSER LOOK AT HOW AND WHERE
THE CITY IS INVESTING IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IN THE INCREASED NUMBER OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
PRIORITIZATION OF THOSE FUNDING
SOLICITORS, IN CONDUCTION WITH
THE CITY AND COUNTY'S RECENT
SOLUTION INCLUDING RENOVATIONS
AND THE LEFT WING OF THE KING
COUNTY JAIL.
I AM ADVANCING THIS SLI BECAUSE
I THINK IT IS PRUDENT TO NOT
ONLY TAKE STOCK OF WHAT
RESOURCES WE HAVE ALREADY PUT
INTO THIS SPACE, AND SUNK INTO
PURCHASING SERVICES THAT AREN'T
PROVIDING RESOLUTIONS, BUT TO
FURTHER EXPLORE HOW TO
REDISTRIBUTE THOSE RESOURCES
INTO MORE MEANINGFUL OPTIONS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF
RECIDIVISM.
THE COUNTY STATED IN RESPONSE
TO A SLI WE PASSED LAST YEAR
THAT WAS , OR EXCUSE ME, A SLI
THAT WAS PASSED IN, OH YEAH,
LAST YEAR.
12, 7082, THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE
"A FISCAL INCENTIVE" TO RE-
EXAMINE OUR CURRENT JAIL
CONTRACT WITH THEM, SO
HOPEFULLY WITH A RENEWED
COMMITMENT TO MEANINGFUL
SOLUTIONS THROUGH THIS SECOND
SLI IN THE SAME SPACE YOU CAN
TAKE A LOOK AT NOT NECESSARILY
POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE TOTAL
VALUE OF THE CONTRACT BUT HOW
TO BETTER DEPLOY RESOURCES
WITHIN OUR CURRENT OBLIGATION.
IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO SORT OF
REEVALUATE WHAT WE ARE
CURRENTLY SPENDING IN THAT
SYSTEM.
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO
CONTINUE TO DO SO.
>> OKAY VERY GOOD.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING
ABOUT WEST WING?>> I'M JUST
SAYING THAT THAT IS JUST PART
OF, I THINK AS THE CITY MOVES
TOWARDS MORE HOLISTIC
APPROACHES LIKE THE WEST WING I
THINK IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE
CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH KING
COUNTY FOR PURPOSES OF BUYING
JAIL BEDS, MANY OF WHICH WE ARE
NOT USING.
AND SO WE ARE EFFECTIVELY
SUBSIDIZING KING COUNTY DEALS
SYSTEM.
AND WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO
RENEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT WITH
THEM TO WRITE SAYS THAT
CONTRACTOR SO WE ARE ONLY
PAYING FOR WHAT WE NEED AND
RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM THEM
THAT IT IS NOT FINANCIALLY,
THAT THE DO NOT HAVE A
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO MODIFY
THE CONTRACT, WHICH I THINK IF
I RECALL CORRECTLY WAS SIGNED
BY FORMER MAYOR McGANN AND IT
IS A 30 YEAR CONTRACT.
WE ARE PAYING FOR AN INCREDIBLE
AMOUNT OF JAIL BEDS THAT WE
DON'T NEED.
IT HAS BEEN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
FOR US TO GET THE COUNTY TO
REOPEN THAT CONTRACT AND IT HAS
BEEN COMMUNICATED TO US THAT IT
IS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE.
I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
DIRECT IN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE.
HERE.
BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE
COULD BE SIGNIFICANT COST
SAVINGS THAT WE COULD THEN
REDIRECT TO THINGS LIKE ANOTHER
WEST WING, ENHANCED SHELTER, OR
OTHER UPSTREAM SERVICES LIKE
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR REENTRY
SERVICES THAT THESE DOLLARS
WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY
USED FOR.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT I SUPPORT
YOU HIGHLY.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES, ANY OF YOU
WHO'VE NOT GONE TO VISIT THE
WEST WING I REALLY WANT TO URGE
YOU TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT IS
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT I
HAVE SEEN THAT IS EFFECTING A
POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE FORMERLY
HOMELESS.
AND DSC IS OPERATING IT.
THE THINGS THAT I LIKE THE BEST
ABOUT IT WAS FORMER SPACE,
UNUSED BUT NOW IS BEING USED
FOR PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO SLEEP,
TO GET FOOD, TO WASH THEIR
CLOTHES, TO HAVE TOILETS AND
SHOWERS AND HAVE DIGNIFIED
PLACE FOR OPERATIONS SACK
LUNCHES BRINGING THEM BACK
BREAKFAST AND DINNER AND THERE
IS FOOD DURING THE DAY.
I ESPECIALLY LIKE IS THAT THEY
WERE TELLING ME LAST WEEK WHEN
I WENT FOR A COUPLE OF VISITS
THERE THAT THEY HAVE ONLY HAD
TO 911 CALLS IN THE SIX MONTHS
THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN.
CONTRAST THAT ASSUMING THAT
THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE,
WITH WHAT WE SEE DOWN IN
DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES
CENTER WHERE 911 CALLS COME
VERY FREQUENTLY.
OKAY THANK YOU.
ANYMORE COMMENTS?
>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
THINK, I SUPPORT COUNCIL NUMBER
GONZALEZ'S STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE ALL BEEN
WORKING ON THIS WITH LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS WERE LOOKING FOR
ALL POSSIBLE RESOURCES AND
SHELTER TO HOUSE THOSE ARE WHO
ARE HOMELESS AND OFTEN THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT MAKES SENSE TO GET UP-TO-
DATE ACCRATE INFORMATION ON
FACILITIES BEING USED FOR SUCH
PURPOSES INCLUDING BEDS IN KING
COUNTY JAIL.
I WAS REALLY INTRIGUED BY AND
WANTED TO RESPOND TO AND
SUPPORT WHAT COUNCIL NUMBER
GONZALEZ HAS SHARED AS WELL AS
YOU TWO.
MADAM CHAIR.
WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A
REGIONAL RESPONSE TO REGIONAL
PROBLEMS IN THIS CITY AND
COUNTY AND THIS FURTHERS THE
CONVERSATION IN HOW WE LOOK AT
THESE REGIONAL RESPONSES TO
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES, PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES, PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUES, AND RIGHT NOW OF COURSE
OUR MOST GLARING ONE IS HOW WE
SHELTER THE UN-SHELTERED AND
WHAT KIND OF SERVICES WE
PROVIDE.
SO WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT
LEAVE THE KING COUNTY JAIL THEY
ARE NOT CYCLING IN AND OUT, WE
ACTUALLY PROVIDE A ROOF OVER
THEIR HEAD.
VOLUNTARILY WITH SERVICES,
FOOD, COMEDY THING THOSE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE JOBS, ACCOMMODATING
THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY DO NOT
HAVE TO CHECK IN AT EIGHT AT
NIGHT AND KICKED OUT AT SIX IN
THE MORNING.
SO I APPLAUD THIS EFFORT, THANK
YOU.>>> ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS ON THIS END?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A SPONSOR OF THIS
SLI, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT IS ITEM 61.
OKAY VERY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT SO WE CAN MOVE ON,
THE NEXT ONE IS PAST COUNCIL
BILL 119681 A LOT ARE YOU HERE
TO SPEAK TO THAT?
>> OF IDAHO COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
THIS IS A ITEM OF BUDGET
LEGISLATION SO COUNCIL BILL
119681 WOULD AMEND THE STREET
AND BEVERAGE TAX FUND POLICIES
THAT WERE AMENDED EARLIER THIS
YEAR, AND SO THIS WOULD ADD AN
EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITION
AGAINST USING SWEET AND
BEVERAGE TAX REVENUES TO
REPLACE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES,
IN THE CASE OF EXISTING PROGRAM
EXPENDITURES THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BY NON-
CITY REVENUES SUCH AS GRANTS
GIFTS AND LOANS.
IT ALSO WOULD ADD OPTIONAL USE
OF REVENUES THAT WOULD BE HELD
IN FUND BALANCE UP TO $2
MILLION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF
SUPPORTING EXISTING PROGRAM
EXPENDITURES WHEN THE REVENUES
DEFINED BELOW BASED PROGRAM
EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY.
THE INTENT OF THESE CHANGES ARE
TO PROTECT AGAINST FUTURE
REVENUE DECLINES AND TO
ENCOURAGE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
SEEK NON-CITY FUNDING SUCH AS
GRANTS, TO EXPAND EXISTING
PROGRAMS OR CREATE NEW PROGRAMS
THAT ALIGN WITH SWEET AND
BEVERAGE TAX FINANCIAL
POLICIES.>> THINK ANYONE WANT
TO SPEAK TO THIS?
>> I APPRECIATE THIS
LEGISLATION AND THE DISCUSSION
THIS PAST SUMMER IN DIVIDING,
THE PLAN WAS TO PREVENT
SUPPLEMENTATION.
AND I THINK WE CONSIDERED THAT
REALLY INTERNAL
SUPPLEMENTATION, WE CONSIDERED
A PROGRAM LIKE FRESH BUCKS THAT
HAS RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING IN
THE PAST.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO
EXPAND THAT AND FOR SOME REASON
THAT FEDERAL FUNDING WENT DOWN,
THAT COULD BE INTERPRETED THAT
EXPENDING THAT IS JUST
SUPPLANTING OTHER MONEY AND
THAT IS NOT, WE DO NOT WANT TO
PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
FRY?
NO FURTHER COMMENTS WE CAN
CONTINUE TO THE NEXT ITEM.>>>
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR.>>
THIS IS ITEM 63.
I'M SORRY, WAS THERE AN
INDICATION OF SUPPORT?>> IT'S
NOT NECESSARY.
>> OKAY VERY GOOD.
APOLOGIES.
ITEM 63 FOR THE OFFICE OF THE
CITY AUDITOR, THIS IS A
PROPOSAL SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHOP.
WE WOULD ADD ABOUT $69,156
TOTAL TO FUND A 5% SALARY
INCREASE FOR THE DIRECTOR AND
AUDITORS IN OFFICE.
ALL BUT ONE OF THE AUDITORS ARE
FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL
FUND.
FUNDING FOR THE INCREASE FOR
THE UTILITIES AUDITOR IN THE
OFFICE WOULD COME FROM CITY
LIGHT AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.>> THANK YOU.
BRIEFLY AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED
BEFORE, THE CITY AUDITOR IS
DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
WORK FOR THIS COUNCIL AT OUR
REQUEST AND WE LEARNED THAT HE
HAS HAD NO BASE SALARY INCREASE
FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS, I BELIEVE.
SO THIS WOULD BRING HIS SALARY
UP AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME
ADDITIONAL FUNDING, ABOUT 5%
FOR STRATEGIC ADVISORY
POSITIONS IN THE OFFICE AS WELL.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD SO THAT
FOLKS KNEW THEY GET A:
ADJUSTMENT, BUT I AM ABSOLUTELY
SUPPORTIVE OF THIS WE RELY SO
úHEAVILY ON THE AUDITORS OFFICE
DOING THEIR WORK AND WITHOUT
THEM DOING GREAT WORK WE CAN'T
DO GREAT WORK HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY, THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE THEIR NAMES ADDED AS A
COSPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I THINK WE HAVE THE LAST
TWO ITEMS ARE, CAN I SAY
SOMETHING REAL QUICK?>> YEAH
SURE.
I WANT TO THANK, I BELIEVE THIS
STARTED OUT AS THE BUDGET
CHAIRS OUT AS IT RELATES TO
SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE
POSITIONS AND HIS INCREASED TO
ADD SOME OTHERS, BUT I WANT TO
THANK YOU IN PARTICULAR FOR
ADDING LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES
TO PERFORMANCE OF THE PEOPLE IN
THAT POSITION.
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE CITY AUDITOR.
THAT IS AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE,
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET AND
INCLUDING RAISES FOR THAT
INDEPENDENT OFFICE THAT WE BE
VERY CLEAR THAT IT IS BASED ON
THEIR PERFORMANCE.
>> NICE, THANK YOU FOR THAT
LANGUAGE AND I WANT TO TIP MY
HAT BECAUSE THAT WAS YOUR IDEA,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
OKAY, WE ARE GOOD AND WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD TO 64 AND 65 AND
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT TWO OF YOU
WILL SPEAK TO AND WE WON'T BE
VOTING ON.
I THINK YOU MET INTERPRET,
MYSELF, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE UNIQUE
ON THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA,
BECAUSE THESE, WELL, THE PRIOR
ITEMS ALL IMPACTED THE 2020
BUDGET.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY IMPACTING
THE 2019, SO THE CURRENT
BUDGET.
SO FIRST, BLG ONE A1, IS THE
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119667 WHICH IS THE THIRD-
QUARTER GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE.
SO WHAT THIS DOES, IS, IT
PROVIDES THE PERSPECTIVE
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS THE
ABILITY TO, GIVE THEM THE
AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT UP TO $7
MILLION IN GRANTS FOR A NUMBER
OF SOURCES.
I WILL JUST COVER A FEW OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THAT $7
MILLION TOTAL.
THERE IS $4 MILLION FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE REAL
MOBILITY GRANT PROGRAM WHICH
GOES TO THE TRANSPORTATION FUND
TO TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MARKET
FULLY FITS MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR
PROJECT.
THERE IS $700,000 FROM THE
2020, 220 22 STATE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION LOCAL PROGRAM
TO THE TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR
THE THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM PLAN.
APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION IN
THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY.
AS FOR THE BILE WATCH PROGRAM
AND THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT
IS SUPPORTING THE CONTINUATION
OF THE CURRENT BILE WATCH THEIR
QUALITY MONITORING ACTIVITY AND
STRENGTHENING THE AREA'S
CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO
BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM.
AND FINALLY THERE IS $254,000
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES TO
THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT
NATURALIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR
STATE BENEFIT RECIPIENTS IN THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND
REFUGEE'S AFFAIRS.
NEW CITIZEN PROGRAM.
>> SO JUST TO UNDERSCORE, THESE
ARE GRANTS COMING OUR WAY IF WE
SAY YES.
THAT IS CORRECT MADAM CHAIR.
I WOULD ADD THAT THIS IS NOT
THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY.
THE SPENDING AUTHORITY WILL BE
IN THE NEXT ITEM ON THE
AGENDA.>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THE, THE FORM B THAT I AM
LOOKING AT SAYS THAT THERE IS A
FULL LIST SOMEWHERE ELSE?
BUT I DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THAT,
SO WHERE IS THAT, CAN I GET A
COPY OF THAT FULL LIST?
>> YES, GONZALEZ.
THE FULL LIST WOULD BE THE
ATTACHMENT A TO THE
LEGISLATION.
SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.>>
GREAT, THANK YOU.
>>> MOVE ON TO THE
EXPENDITURES?
>> MOVING ON, SO THE NEXT ITEM,
úITEM 65 ON THE AGENDA, IS BLG
TO A1.
WHICH IS THE THIRD, THIRD
QUARTERLY SUPPLEMENTAL.
ADJUSTMENT FOR 2019.
SO THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE
SUPPLEMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS THAT
WILL BE BEFORE COUNCIL THIS
YEAR.
WITH THE FOURTH AND FOURTH
QUARTER ONE COMING IN DECEMBER.
THIS BUDGET ACTION RECOMMENDS
THAT THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 119668.
WHICH REVISES THE 2019 BUDGET
BY WAY OF INCLUDING ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY.
PROVIDING THE AUTHORITY TO
SPEND THE GRANTS THAT WERE
AUTHORIZED IN THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE ON ITEM
64.
SO I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH AGAIN,
SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
ONE IS GENERAL FUND INCREASE,
OR DECREASE, I APOLOGIZE, OF
$7.4 MILLION IN THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS FOR THE RETRO
ADJUSTMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED IN
THE BUDGET.
HOWEVER I AM NOT ALL THAT
AUTHORITIES NEEDED, SO THIS IS
REDUCES FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT IT
HAS BEEN AN AUTHORITY.
THERE IS A $5 MILLION
ADJUSTMENT, A DECREASE IN THE
GENERAL FUND FOR SALARY SAVINGS
IN THE SPD BUDGET.
AND THERE IS A $5 MILLION
GENERAL FUND INCREASE WHICH IS
A TRANSFER TO THE CLAIMS FIND
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR SEVERAL LARGE AND
ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND
INCREASED USE OF OUTSIDE
COUNCIL.
>> CHIEF COUNCILMEMBER HERBALS.
>> I JUST WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT
THIS IS THE BUCKET THAT I THINK
OF WHEN I REFER TO MY BELIEF
THAT THAT $5 MILLION DECREASE
BECAUSE OF SPD'S RECRUITMENT
CRISIS SHOULD INSTEAD, A
PORTION OF IT SHOULD BE,
INSTEAD OF ALL OF THAT GOING TO
THE FUND, SOME OF IT SHOULD BE
HELD SACRED FOR THE PUBLIC
SAFETY PURPOSE THAT THOSE
DOLLARS WERE ORIGINALLY
IDENTIFIED FOR ON A GO FOR
SEATTLE FIRE RECRUITMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PERIOD
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> YEAH I JUST WANT TO FLAG
THAT I STILL HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL
AROUND THE JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS
FUND.
SO, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SIGNED
ON TO SORT OF A STRATEGY IN
TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE WANT TO
FILL IT, BY WHEN.
I THINK I NEED MORE DETAILS
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT IN TERMS
OF OUR PACE TO FULFILL THAT AM
SORT OF, JUST A REFRESHER IN MY
MIND ABOUT THE TIMELINE
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THINGS.
I JUST HAVE, IT JUST GIVEN THE
AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT PRIORITIZING IN THIS
BUDGET I THINK THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER IT
MAKES SENSE TO AT THIS
JUNCTURE, ALLOCATE THE $5
MILLION TO THE JUDGMENT AND
CLAIMS FUND WHEN WE ARE ABOUT
TO GO INTO A BUDGET.
SO I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO ME INSTEAD OF JUST
SORT OF ACCEPTING THIS AS TRUTH
AND THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN TO GET MORE GRANULAR
DETAIL AROUND WHAT IS THE PACE
SO FAR UNDER THE PRIOR FISCAL
POLICIES SWEEP PAST, ARE WE ON
PACE, DOES THIS ADVANCE US IN
THAT STRATEGY OR ARE WE STILL
RATHER QUITE BEHIND IN TERMS OF
THE RESERVES THAT WE WANTED TO
PROVIDE THE JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS
FUND BUT>> COULD YOU GET THAT
INFORMATION BACK TO ALL OF
US?>> YES, SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE
INFORMATION YOU MIGHT WANT OFF-
LINE.
SOME OF IT WOULD BE IF YOU GOT
IT AS A GROUP WOULD BE IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION I THINK.
THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU ARE
MEETING THE REVISED FINANCIAL
POLICIES.
WE ARE IN YEAR TWO OF THAT
RAMPING UP BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY
TALK TO YOU ONE-ON-ONE AND GET
YOU MORE INFORMATION AND SHARE
IT WITH THE REST OF THE
COUNCIL.>> I'M NOT ASKING FOR
SPECIFICS AROUND PARTICULAR
CLAIMS.
WHY DON'T, I'M NOT ASKING FOR
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
BUT I THINK THAT MY QUESTION IS
MORE FROM THE FISCAL POLICY
PERSPECTIVE IF WE TOOK SOME
ACTION THROUGH THE FINANCE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AROUND
THIS ISSUE AND SORT OF MAKING
THE COMMITMENT TO BUILDING
RESERVES WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR
FUND FOR FUTURE LITIGATION.
SO I JUST NEED A REFRESHER ON
WHAT EXACTLY DID HE COMMIT TO.
AND IS THIS PROPOSAL FALLING IN
LINE WITH THOSE FISCAL POLICIES
THAT WE EFFECTIVELY
GREENLIGHTED?
IS IT, YOU KNOW, BEING MORE
CAUTIOUS THAN THOSE POLICIES?
IS IT LESS CAUTIOUS?
I THINK THAT GIVES US A BETTER
SENSE OF HOW MUCH WE CAN PLAY
WITH THIS $5 MILLION
APPROPRIATION.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULD FIND IT
HELPFUL TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
MY SENSE IS, IS THAT THIS MIGHT
BE A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE, BUT IN
TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL OF THE
ENTIRE $5 MILLION BUT I ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGE WE WANT TO BE
PRUDENT IN THIS SPACE WE DON'T
WANT TO BE PUT IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE ARE DEFICIENT IN TERMS
OF THOSE RESERVES, IF THERE IS
A REASONABLE BELIEF THAT THEY
ARE NEEDED.>> AND I DID HAVE A
MEETING JUST LAST WEEK WITH THE
LEGAL FOLKS IN THE FINANCE
PEOPLE TO GO OVER THESE
NUMBERS, AND THE RESERVES
TARGET THAT YOU HAVE IS ABOUT
$13 MILLION, AND WE ARE, WE ARE
SEVERAL YEARS AWAY FROM MEETING
THAT.
SO THEY ARE, I WOULD SAY THAT
THEY ARE NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE
BUT I WILL GET YOU THE DATA SO
THAT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU AGREE
WITH THAT.>> MY LAST REALLY
WEIRD OBSESSIVE THING, JUDGMENT
IS THE MOST MISSPELLED WORD.
IN THE COUNTRY.
IT DOES NOT HAVE A E.>> DID WE
TOSS IT IN HERE?
>> THROW A E AND FOR GOOD
MEASURE.
>> JUST TO BE RUDE.
IT'S A WEIRD PET PEEVE OF
MINE.>> ALL RIGHT ANYTHING
ELSE?
>> JUST TO ADD THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROGRAM
ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THIS
LEGISLATION.
THERE IS A LARGE ONE WHICH IS
$131 MILLION IN THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES SO THAT IS A
LARGE REDUCTION BUT THAT IS,
THAT IS A TECHNICAL ITEM THAT
JUST ABANDONS A CARRYFORWARD
FROM PRIOR YEARS, SO.>> YOU ARE
TELLING ME I CANNOT HAVE THAT
HUNDRED AND $31 MILLION TO
SPEND ON THIS BUDGET?
SMACK UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS A
STATISTIC THAT CANNOT
CARRYFORWARD SO THERE IS NO
CASH.>> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE?>> THAT IS IT,
THINKING THAT I'M CHAIR.>> I
SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
BEING SO PATIENT.
I KNOW HOW MUCH FUN IT IS TO
WATCH US UP HERE.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT, IT LOOKS
TO ME LIKE WE HAVE ALMOST 30
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, SO THOSE OF YOU WHO
CAN STAY TILL 5:00 OTHERWISE, I
WILL BE HERE.
SO, I'M GOING TO CALL THREE,
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE
GET UP TO THE MICROPHONE SO IT
CAN MOVE US FORWARD.
IS IT RECENT HONEY?
OKAY, RARE, THANK YOU.
ROBERT DR YOU BB WHY MAYBE?
ROBERT?
AND PATIENT'S MALABO.
OKAY YOU ARE THE FIRST THREE.
I DO NOT SEE PATIENTS HERE, BUT
SHE WAS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI MY NAME IS RIOS AND TANI
FROM INTERIM COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
INTERIM CDA SUPPORTS THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ACTION TO
CONDUCT EIS TO EXPAND AND
EXPLORE MORE DIVERSE HOUSING
OPTIONS AND SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES.
AS WELL AS TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS
RACHEL INCOME DISPARITIES,
CREATE MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO
ALL SEATTLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS.
AS CIS PROCESS MOVES FORWARD WE
URGE THE CITY TO TAKE A PEOPLE
CENTERED APPROACH.
TO FOCUS ON PREVENTING THE
DISPLACEMENT OF THE PEOPLE.
AND NOT FULLY RELY ON THE
NUMBER OF UNITS THAT IS
PRODUCED AT VARIOUS
AFFORDABILITY LEVELS.
TO IN THE AVOID UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
WE ALSO URGE THE CITY TO PURSUE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS.
THAT CENTERS THE VOICES OF
THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY
DISPLACEMENT.
LOW INCOME (IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.>> THINK YOU VERY
MUCH.
ROBERT PATIENTS, DO I NOT SEE,
ALL PATIENTS YOU ARE GOOD, COME
ON UP.
MALLORY VAN, MALLORY THEN
SOMEBODY?
AND THEN CALVIN JONES?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON BUDGETARY AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG
DAY SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS
VERY SHORT.
I MY NAME IS PATIENCE AND I AM
WITH THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
CONSORTIUM.
I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO
APPROVE THE AMENDMENT WAS
PROPOSED BY CONSUL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA THAT MANY OF YOU ALSO
COSPONSORED WHICH REQUIRES THE
FUNDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN UPDATE EIS TO INCLUDE A
GROWTH ALTERNATIVE LOOKING INTO
ALLOWING MORE HOUSING CHOICES
IN SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES AND ALSO
LOOKING INTO MORE ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.
YOU ALL KNOW TOO WELL THAT THE
UPDATE IN 2023 WILL BE GUIDING
US FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND
THAT IS UNTIL 2043.
THE BIGGEST GOAL THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE IS TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE
GENERATIONS DO NOT HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT
WE ARE FACING TODAY.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT ZONING
REFORM IS NOT GOING TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSING CRISIS.
BUT IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL
TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO ADDRESS
THE HOUSING AND CLIMATE CRISIS
THAT WE HAVE AND ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE A PATH TO A TRULY
EQUITABLE CITY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE HOUSING
CRISIS THAT WE ARE FACING TODAY
IS REALLY DEEP-SEATED AND
POLICIES OF OVER YEARS OF
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
AND THOSE POLICIES HAVE GRANTED
THE HISTORY OF THOSE POLICIES
AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PROTECTING THOSE MOST
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
THESE NEW POLICIES.
WHILE SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE
THE POLICY IT IS A CRITICAL
STEP IN CREATING MORE POLICY
TOOLS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES
THAT ARE RAISED.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
>> THINK YOU PATIENTS.
MALLORY, CALVIN JONES, AND
DORIS GARCIA.
SPECK GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
LIKE PATIENCE I'M GOING TO BE
AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
MY NAME IS NOT EVEN ABOUT AND I
SERVE AS A POLICY AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR FOR THE HOUSING
CONSORTIUM.
WE ARE HERE TO URGE THE COUNCIL
SUPPORT FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S BUDGET AX INTO
ALLOCATE $500,000 FOR AN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY
REQUESTED BY THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AS A COMPONENT OF
SEATTLE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY , TIED
BY EQUALLY STUNNING NATURAL
BOUNDARIES IT IS ESSENTIAL TO
UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF
RETAINING 75% OF RESIDENTIAL
AREAS AS SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE
ZONES WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE
EXCLUSIONARY AND WE NEED BOLD
LEADERSHIP DRIVEN BY STRONG
ANALYSIS TO MOVE OUR CITY
CLOSER TO HOUSE AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL PEOPLE.
REVERSING AND PREVENTING THE
EXTREMELY HARMFUL TIDE OF
DISPLACEMENT, EXPANDING RENTAL
AND OWNERSHIP OPTIONS THROUGH
DEEPER DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSE
HOUSING TYPES AND ENHANCING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS
TO BE SECURELY HOUSED IN A HOME
THAT SUITS THEIR NEEDS ARE ALL
OUTCOMES THAT CAN STEM FROM
THIS STUDY WOULD EMBEDDED IN
COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH PLANNING.
APPROVING THIS FUNDING WILL
CREATE A LONG-TERM VISION FOR
SEATTLE WHERE COMMUNITIES CAN
STAY OR DEVELOP ROOTS AND
CONTINUE TO DRIVE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF
THIS ACTION AND WE WELCOME
OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE
AND SEE IT THROUGH.
CALVIN JONES, DORIS GARCIA, AND
JOSH.
DO WE HAVE CALVIN?
OKAY, DORIS GARCIA?
AFTER DORIS, JOSH AND LINDA
SPIN.
WILL TAKE THIS ONE.
>> HI, DORIS GARCIA, I AM WITH
FIREWORKS CENTER AND WORK IN
WASHINGTON.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS BUT ALSO AND THE
WORKERS.
WE MOVE ON TO SUPPORT FUNDING
EXTRA FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS.
THEY ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB
BY FUNDING A LOT OF PROGRAMS
LIKE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE ON
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK
TOGETHER AS A PART OF THE GRANT
SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM THEM.
ALSO I WANT TO MENTION THAT
THANKS TO THE FUNDING THAT OLS
HAS, I WAS ABLE TO BRING WORKER
AND A TIMELY ISSUE AND A TIMELY
MANY OTHER ISSUE THAT SHE WAS
EXPERIENCED, AND THE
INVESTIGATORS WERE AMAZINGLY
HELPFUL FOR HER.
AND IF THEY DID NOT HAVE THIS
FUNDING, THIS WORKER PROBABLY
WOULD NOT HAVE THAT HELP.
I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WE
WORK WITH OVER 60 COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALSO NEED
YOUR HELP AND YOUR FUNDING, AND
YOU THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT ALSO YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE
COMMITTED TO BUILDING WORKER
POWER AND AGENCY ABOUT THE
RIGHTS CONNECTING WORKERS LEGAL
CLINIC THAT WE HAVE AND
CONNECTING WORKERS WITH OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE
DON'T HAVE.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU
KEEP UP SUPPORTING OLS AND
THEIR BUDGET.
AND WE HAVE LIKE A SIM OVER 60
PARTNERS, AND WE HELP WORKERS
TO HELP HELP THEM GROW AND
BECOME LEADERS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
SO THEY CAN ALSO TEACH IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE, WE HAD OVER 500 LEGAL
CONSULTATIONS AND ALSO, WE GIVE
BACK $1 MILLION TO WORKERS, SO
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE THIS FUNDING FROM THE OLS
SO THAT MORE WORKERS ARE BEING
HELPED.>> THINK YOU GEORGE.
JOSH, LINDA SPAIN CAESAR, AND
THEN ELIANA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANKS FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE
COUNCILMEMBERS BUT IN ADDITION
TO SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH FUNDING FOR OLS WANT
TO SPEAK TO A FEW ISSUES.
A FEW OF THE PROBE WORKER
BUDGET ITEMS.
WE SUPPORT THEM HIGHROAD
APPRENTICESHIP COORDINATOR
POSITION.
WHICH YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
TOMORROW, WEEDY DASHBOARD IS A
TEST ONE.
WE JUST THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WHENEVER THE CITY IS
INVESTING IN JOB TRAINING AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS,
THAT WE ARE CONNECTING THOSE
FOLKS WITH JOBS THAT ARE LIVING
WAGE, HAVE GOOD BENEFITS, AND
THE ABILITY FOR WORKERS TO HAVE
A VOICE ON THE JOB.
WE THINK PUBLIC DOLLARS NEED TO
SUPPORT THIS EXCELLENT JOBS.
WE ALSO SUPPORT YOU'RE GOING TO
HEAR, THERE IS A NUMBER OF TAX
PROPOSALS RELATED TO THE CITY'S
FAIR SHARE PROPOSAL THAT WE
SUPPORT AND GENERALLY SUPPORT
THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO RAISE
STANDARDS FOR GIG WORKERS
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT IN THE
FUTURE.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T
ABLE TO WATCH YESTERDAY'S
COMMITTING MEETINGS I'M SORRY
TO SAY.
I'M SURE THEY WERE AMAZING BUT,
SO I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THINGS
STAND ON COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
TO BOLSTER EDUCATION AND
ENFORCEMENT IN THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS BUT I JUST WANTED
TO SAY THAT WE STRONGLY SUPPORT
BOLSTERING THE ENFORCEMENT
CAPACITY IN THE OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION CAPACITY OF THAT
AGENCY.
WE ALWAYS SAY OUR LABOR
STANDARDS, OUR EMPLOYMENT
STANDARDS ARE ALWAYS AS STRONG
AS OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE THEM.
THAT HOLDS TRUE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS PROTECTIONS AND LAWS, SO
YOU KNOW IF THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS MOVING THIS YEAR WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT IT.
IF IT'S NOT WE LOVE TO BE A
PART OF THAT CONVERSATION IN
THE FUTURE.
FINALLY I JUST WANT TO TAKE OFF
MY ORGANIZATIONAL HAT AND PUT
ON MY PARENT OF YOUNG CHILD HAT
AND SAY THAT I STRONGLY SUPPORT
THE CITY BUILDING CENTER HERE
IN CITY HALL OR IN THE CIVIC
CENTER.
THE CITY CAN LEAD BY EXAMPLE
HERE WE HAVE A CHILDCARE
CRISIS, YOU KNOW, I PAY TWICE
AS MUCH AS WHAT IT WOULD COST
TO SEND MY CHILD TO YOU DEAD,
SO THAT SEEMS OUT OF WHACK.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU ARE
TEASING ABOUT YESTERDAY.
ALTHOUGH YIELD MEETINGS WE HAVE
CANCELED YESTERDAY, SO YOU
MISSED NOTHING, LITERALLY
NOTHING.>> THANK YOU.
GLENDA,, CAESAR AND ELIANA.
SMACK GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME HERE AND
LISTENING TO WHAT I HAVE TO
SAY.
I HAVE AM REQUESTING YOUR
SUPPORT FOR TWO PROPOSALS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING NUMBER ITEM
21 WHICH IS THE SOUTH PARK
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING AS A
MEMBER OF THE SOUTH PARK TASK
FORCE THAT WAS HEAVILY
RECOMMENDED.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING IT FOR
THE FIRST YEAR AND WE ARE
ACTUALLY IN OUR 15th MONTH OF
THIS.
IT WAS MEANT TO COORDINATE THE
COMMUNITY, TO GET RESOURCES OUT
THERE, TO GET INFORMATION OUT
THERE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
MAKE SOME DECISIONS FOR
THEMSELVES.
THIS IS A VERY PROUD COMMUNITY
AND THEY FEEL GEOGRAPHICALLY
DISENFRANCHISED FROM THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
FOR THIS TO BE SUPPORTED AGAIN
FOR ANOTHER YEAR WOULD BE
TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS
COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR YOUR
SUPPORT ON THIS, IT IS VITAL TO
THE COMMUNITY.
AT THE OTHER ONE IS FOR ITEM
24.
WHICH HAS TO DO WITH VIOLENCE
PREVENTION INITIATIVE.
AND I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THAT BEACH OF
SCHEMATA WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE
USING AS A MODEL, ALTHOUGH IT
WILL BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES
OBVIOUSLY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
COMMUNITY THAT HAS A
SUBSTANTIAL STUDENT POPULATION
WHICH IS IN THE SOUTH HIGH
SCHOOL, AND THAT DANNY
INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
WHICH IS ALMOST NEARLY 2000
STUDENTS.
WE DEAL PRIMARILY AS A
COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVE.
IT IS PLACE BASED AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT INTERVENTIONS THAT
ARE NOT ARREST INTERVENTIONS.
IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS
COMMUNITY AND THIS MODEL WORKS
AND I THINK OF YOU HEARD OF HOW
IT DOES AND IT HAS BEEN WELL
EVALUATED AND DOCUMENTED IN THE
RAINIER BEACH AREA ALTHOUGH AS
I SAID IT IS AND TO BE DEAF
AND.
THE PRINCIPLES AND THE GOALS
ARE THE SAME SO I HOPE THAT YOU
WILL SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE
INITIATIVES, THANK YOU.>> THANK
YOU LINDA.
CAESAR HERE.
OKAY, AFTER CAESAR AND ELIANA
WE HAVE DENISE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT
ELIANA HAS HER HAND.
>> HI CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS
CESAR ROMANO I AM HERE TO
ADVOCATE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR
POSITION, THAT IS ITEM NUMBER
21 IN THE BUDGET FOR SOUTH
PARK.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A LOT OF
WORK FOR SOUTH PARK WHETHER IT
IS ENVIRONMENTAL, HOUSING,
PARKS, BOTH COMMUNITY LED AND
LED BY THE CITY.
THERE IS A LOT BEGINNING WITH
ALL THIS AND IT ALL INTERSECTS
WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THIS PUBLIC SAFETY CORNER
POSITION FUNDED FOR THE NEXT
YEAR IN THE FUTURE.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY
THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF
INTEREST FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS
TO BE HERE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE
POSITION BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY
WERE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AFTER ELIANA WE HAVE DENISE,
MEGAN MURPHY, AND NANCY HELM.>>
HI MY NAME IS ELIANA COST ON
HIS.
I AM CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE
OTHELLO TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
LAST TUESDAY WAS THE FINAL DAY
OF THE JEWISH FILE HOLIDAY
SEASON.
AND WE GATHERED IN OUR
SYNAGOGUES TO COMPLETE OUR
ANIMAL TORAH READING, CYCLE AND
START OVER AGAIN.
DANCING AND SINGING WITH THE
TORAH AND RENEWING OUR
COMMITMENT TO LIVING LOVING AND
LEARNING IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR
DEEPEST VALUES.
I WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE
BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY, BUT HE
READ CITY COUNCIL THERE WAS
ALSO AN ANNUAL RITUAL OF
COMMUNITY AND LOVE AND ALIGNING
OUR ACTIONS WITH OUR VALUES.
IN THESE CYCLICAL OBSERVATIONS
WE HOPE TO BE SPIDERING
UPWARDS, TO THE CONTINUALLY
ELEVATING OUR ACTIONS AND OUR
COMMUNITY.
SADLY THIS YEAR, FOLKS WHO ARE
COMING WITH MANY OF THE SAME
HEARTFELT CRIES.
OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS ARE
DYING ON THE STREETS.
OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE
BEING HARMED BY OUR SO-CALLED
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IS
INCREASING AND IMPORTANT
COMMUNITY PROJECT ONCE AGAIN
DESPERATELY NEED FUNDING.
YOU ARE IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
THAT A BUDGET IS A STATEMENT OF
OUR VALUES AND AGAIN ASKED TO
ALIGN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WITH
OUR SHARED VALUES.
WE HEARD ALL THIS DURING
HEARTFELT STORIES ABOUT WHY
THESE ARE URGENT ISSUES.
AND AGAIN IT HAS BEEN SAID
WITHOUT BOLD ACTION MORE PEOPLE
WILL DIE.
AND MORE HARM WILL BE CAUSED
AND IT IS REALLY SAD THAT YOU
ALL HAVE AMAZING INTENTIONS AND
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE BUT A LOT OF
THAT BOLD ACTION HAS NOT YET
HAPPENED.
SO WE DO STUDIES AND WE GATHER
DATA AND WE MAKE LITTLE
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND
WILL HONOR TO YOU AND ALL OF
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO FIGHT
FOR THOSE INCREMENTAL PROGRESS.
WHEN ON SO MANY ISSUES WE ARE
OUT OF TIME FOR FIDDLING AROUND
THE MARGINS.
WHILE PEOPLE DIE, AND THE
PLANET IMPLODES.
WE DON'T NEED MORE STUDIES TO
KNOW WHY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
ARE SAYING DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE.
WE DON'T NEED MORE STUDIES TO
KNOW THAT THE NAPA TEAM IS NOT
NAVIGATING PEOPLE ANYWHERE.
WE DON'T NEED MORE STUDIES TO
KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE
INVESTING IN THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
WE NEED TO BE EXPANDING OUR
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, WE NEED TO
BE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES
IN DEEPLY MEANINGFUL WAY THINK
YOU ELIANA.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY ROSES
HERE.
HOUSING FOR ALL ORGANIZATION
COLLISION CAME HERE AND CUT OUT
THE NAME OF THE DEBTS AND WE
GIVE YOU ROSES THAN FOR
REMEMBRANCE.
I BROUGHT A ROSE FOR
REMEMBRANCE FOR EACH OF YOU
HERE.
IN HONOR OF THE 94 PEOPLE HAVE
DIED THIS YEAR OUTSIDE OF BY
VIOLENCE AMONGST OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS.
PLEASE, WE SAID THEN PASS THE
HOMES TAX AND STOP THE SWEEPS.
WE DON'T HAVE A HOME LIKE
STACKS THIS TIME AROUND.
>> THANK YOU ELIANA.>>
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
INVEST IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL
AND STOP THE SWEEPS.>> THANK
YOU ELIANA.
DENISE, MEGAN MURPHY?
NANCY HELM, AND CHARLIE.
IS IT LATHAM?
I LATHAM?
OH, LET THEM.
OKAY.
SO DENISE, MEGAN, NANCY,
CHARLIE LEFT HIM.>> GOOD
AFTERNOON BUDGET CHAIR AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS BUT MY NAME IS
DENISE PEREZ LALLY.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF EL CENTRO
ROSSA.
WE ARE IN THE SUPPORT OF A
REQUIREMENT OF DEAL TO PROVIDE
A WRITTEN REPORT THAT DESCRIBES
ITS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION
AND ANALYSIS PROCESS, BECAUSE
DESPITE FEELS COMMITMENT TO
DESEGREGATE DATA BY AGE, RACE,
ETHNICITY, LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN,
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER
ABILITY, AND INCOME TO THE
EXTENT POSSIBLE, TO PROMOTE
EQUITY IN OUR INVESTMENTS, TOO
OFTEN THE DATA AND ANALYSIS IS
MISSING.
WHEN?
NUMBER ONE, WHAT STUDENTS ARE
MOST IMPACTED BY AN EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM, IMPACTED BY RACIAL AND
ETHNIC DISPARITIES.
2, WHAT POLICIES PROGRAMS ARE
NEEDED TO ELIMINATE DISPARITIES
FOR A PARTICULAR IMPACTED
POPULATION.
THREE, HOW RESOURCES WILL BE
ALLOCATED TO DELIVER UPGRADABLE
RESULTS FOR ALL STUDENTS,
INCLUDING STUDENTS OF COLOR.
EL CENTRO DE LA ROSA IS DEEPLY
CONCERNED THAT THIS DATA
COLLECTION ANALYSIS AND
REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT
OCCURRING AS STATED.
FOR EXAMPLE, EL CENTRO IS
CONSISTENTLY STRUGGLING TO COME
SECURE DATA RELATED TO LATINX
SCHOOL TO POOR PERFORMANCE.
AS RESULT OF DEVELOPING
APPROPRIATE PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES IS NOT UNDERTAKEN.
WITHOUT A MORE EQUITABLE
APPROACH, LATINX STUDENTS WILL
CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM RACIAL,
ETHNIC HURDLES THAT PERPETUATE
POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
LOWER THAN AVERAGE GRADUATION
RATES, AND BLEAK POST SECONDARY
OPTIONS.
THANK YOU.
I SEE I STILL HAVE 18 MINUTES
LEFT ON THE CLOCK.>> 18 MINUTES
THAT'S MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE
GET.>> WE ARE ALSO IN SUPPORT
OF THE DECK A ONE TIME FUNDING
TO A LYRA.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.
MEGAN MURPHY?
NANCY HELM, AND CHARLIE.>> HI,
I GUESS I WOULD BEGIN BY SAYING
THAT I AM STANDING ON DUWAMISH
LAND, AND IF WE GO FURTHER
SOUTH, THERE IS NO BORDER
EXCEPT THE ONE WE
CONCEPTUALIZE, SO THEN WE WOULD
BE STANDING ON AZTEC LAND.
SO, WHICH I AM SO GRATEFUL TO
BE IN SEATTLE, BECAUSE A LOT OF
PLACES I GO, I AM REMINDED WE
ARE STANDING ON DUWAMISH LAND.
WHICH WAS TAKEN EXCELLENT CARE
OF INCREASED, LEFT PRISTINE FOR
US, TO COLLABORATE WITH, WHICH
WE DECLINED TO DO.
ANYWAYS, I WANTED TO SAY, THE
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE BEING
REEVALUATED IS REALLY AWESOME
BECAUSE THERE IS A BOOK BY
SAMUEL STEIN WHERE I LED THE
ALL WHOLE CONCEPT OF PEOPLE
NEEDING TO OWN A HOUSE AND A
CAR WAS A PLOY TO GET MORE
PEOPLE TO BUY THINGS, AND SO
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO
REEVALUATE THAT WHOLE STATE OF
MIND OF OWNERSHIP OF A HOUSE
AND A CAR PER PERSON, ONE FOR
EACH FAMILY UNIT AND HOW THAT
IMPACTS ENVIRONMENT.
SECOND, I STUDIED A SPECIAL ED
AND SO, USUALLY IF YOU HAVE
STUDENTS, YOU GET YOU TO HAVE A
TEST AND SEE WHERE THEIR NEEDS
ARE, SO WHEN I WALK PAST THE
EFC AND I SEE PEOPLE IN FRONT,
I AM THINKING THAT THEY STILL
NEED SPECIAL ED SERVICES, AND
THEY NEED MORE SUPPORT, AND I'M
SURE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
AGREED, WHICH IS WHY I THINK
THE WEST WING IS REALLY
AWESOME.
INSTEAD OF REAL ESTATE BECOMING
THE NEXT YOU KNOW, HOT.
MARKET, WHY NOT HUMAN SERVICES?
WHY NOT USE OUR MINDS TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE
AND COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF BEING WORRIED ABOUT
BIOTERRORISM?
AND I THINK THE PEA PATCH IS
REALLY AWESOME.
WHEN I LIVED IN LA, THEY WERE
OUTLINING IT FOR COMPTON.
AND I THINK IT IS REALLY A
POLITICAL STATEMENT TO SAY WE
SHOULD ALL HAVE ACCESS TO A PEA
PATCH WHICH IS WHY I'M GLAD
IT'S A LOT HERE IN SEATTLE.
I FEEL LIKE IT MUST BE PRETTY
SAFE HERE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NANCY, CHARLIE, IS IT IN THIS,
NICE MY?
THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD PLEASE.>> GOOD
AFTERNOON I AM NANCY HELM, FROM
350 SEATTLE.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
BUDGET ACTION REQUIRING THE
CITY TO PRODUCE AN EIS STUDYING
úLINE IN SEATTLE.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE
ADDITIONAL HOUSING CAPACITY AND
DIVERSITY IN AREAS CURRENTLY
ZONED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY HOUSES.
SEATTLE IS LONG PAST THE TIME
WHEN WE CAN AFFORD TO RESERVE
75% OF OUR RESIDENTIAL LAND OR
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES.
OUR CITY FACES AN UNPRECEDENTED
POPULATION GROWTH AND
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND OUR
PLANET FACES AN EXISTENTIAL
CLIMATE CRISIS.
WE HAVE NO HOPE OF SOLVING
THESE PROBLEMS UNLESS WE GET
SERIOUS ABOUT INCREASING
HOUSING CAPACITY AND DIVERSITY
THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
WE NEED A CITY WHERE PEOPLE OF
ALL AGES AND ABILITIES CAN MOVE
AROUND USING EXCELLENT TRANSIT,
BICYCLES, THEIR FEET, AND OTHER
NON-MOTOR VEHICLE OPTIONS.
AND WE NEED A CITY WHERE
PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF INCOME,
CAN ACCESS EXCELLENT PARKS,
SCHOOLS, AND PUBLIC AMENITIES.
ZONING REFORM ALONE WON'T
ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, BUT IT IS
AN ESSENTIAL STEP TOWARD
CREATING AN EQUITABLE AND
CLIMATE RESILIENT CITY.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE NANCY.
CHARLIE, ME SMILE, AND THEN
KEITH WEIR.
>> HI, THIS ONE, THIS ONE?
OH, OKAY.
HI MY NAME IS CHARLIE LEFT
THEM, I AM WITH KING COUNTY
LABOR COUNCIL.
AND 150 UNIONS THAT WE
REPRESENT.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE
BUDGET ITEM THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS PUT FORWARD THAT
WAS STUDIED LOOKING AT PUTTING
MORE WAYS THAT WE COULD PUT
MORE HOUSING OPTIONS ALL ACROSS
SEATTLE.
THE REASON THAT THIS MATTERS TO
UNIONS IS BECAUSE UNIONS ARE
REALLY REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE
FUTURE.
ABOUT THEIR MEMBERS OF THE
FUTURE BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN
AND NEAR WHERE THEY WORK.
AND YOU KNOW LIKE SO MANY HAVE
SAID THIS IS A CRISIS.
IT IS A CRISIS WE NEED TO TAKE
BOLD STEPS TO, TO SOLVE.
LOOKING AT SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING
IS THE BOLD STEP THAT WE NEED
TO TAKE TO MAKE THIS CITY MORE
AFFORDABLE FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
AND SO WE ARE STRONGLY IN
SUPPORT OF THIS, STRONGLY IN
SUPPORT OF LOOKING AT HOW WE
CAN MAKE SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE
HAVE ACCESS TO LIVING IN THIS
CITY.
NEAR TRANSIT, NEAR WHERE THEY
WORK, THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.
NICE SMART, KEITH, AND THEN
HEPPNER, IT LOOKS LIKE MATTHEW
HEPPNER.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY
NAME IS NESS MIKE OF OB AND I
AM A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT
FLIGHTLINE INSTITUTE.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S BUDGET
PROVISO TO ALLOCATE FUNDING
FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STUDY ON THE ADDITION OF MENTAL
HOUSING OPTICIANS IN SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONES AND EXPLORING ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES TO
ENSURE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS CAN
STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, THREE
QUARTERS OF RESIDENTIAL LAND IN
SEATTLE IS RESERVED FOR
EXPENSIVE SINGLE DETACHED
HOUSES, THAT ARE FINANCIALLY
OUT OF REACH FOR MANY FAMILIES.
THIS IS A PRODUCT OF ZONING
LAWS, ORIGINALLY ENACTED TO
SEGREGATE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BY
CLASS AND RACE.
AND TODAY WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDO THIS LEGACY
BY RE-LEGALIZING THE HOUSING
TYPES LIKE DUPLEXES, TRY
PLEXUS, AND TOWNHOMES IN OUR
MOST EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS WOULD OPEN UP SINGLE-
FAMILY ENCLAVES TO MORE DIVERSE
HOUSING OPTIONS, ALLOWING OUR
RESIDENTS TO LIVE NEAR OUR
PARKS AND SCHOOLS.
AS WE TRY TO CORRECT PAST
HISTORICAL HARMS, IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE ASSURE THAT
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE ARE NOT
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY OUR
ACTIONS TODAY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ALSO SUPPORT
EXPLORING ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGIES AS PART OF THE EIS
GOING FURTHER.
WE ALSO URGE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO EXPLORE HOW LOW
INCOME RESIDENTS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR CAN
ACTUALLY BENEFIT FROM THESE
CHANGES AS WELL.
SO WE ASK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET
ACTION FOR THE EIS TO ALLOW
MORE HOUSING OPTIONS IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS, THANK YOU.>>
THANK YOU NEEDS MET.
KEITH, MATT, AND THEN SARAH.
SPEAKING ABOUT THE SOMALI
COMMUNITY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND MADAM CHAIR.
KEITH WEIR, HERE REPRESENTING
NOT ONLY IDW 46 ELECTRICIANS
BUT ALSO THE NEW AND PASTE THE
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING
PROGRAMS.
AS I CAME INTO COMMENT ON
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S AD,
THE OTHER PIECES IN HERE
OBVIOUSLY AS WELL,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, 46 WITH
OSC AND THE HYBRID STANDARD
AGREEMENT SPENT MANY MANY MANY
HOURS OF MY LIFE IN THE
BASEMENT HELPING CRAFT THAT
HIGHROAD AGREEMENT.
AND WHATEVER WE COULD DO TO
IMPLEMENT STANDARDS IN PLACE TO
ENSURE BETTER OUTCOMES AND
HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
PROJECTS THAT THE CITY IS
INVOLVED IN.
OBVIOUSLY ALSO CHILDCARE, I'M
JUMPING IN ON A PIECE, TOO.
OF THE CONSTRUCTION MEMBER I
HAVE MY NUMBERS AT 6 AM, WE
HAVE TO GET KIDS TO CHILDCARE
SO ANYTIME WE ARE HELPING FOLKS
CAN ACCESS THAT IS A GREAT
THING.
SPEAKING MAINLY IN SUPPORT
TODAY FOR THE, THE SDC I HAD
AND I'M GOING TO BE LAZY AND
JUST READ.
LICENSING IS A CRITICAL IS
CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING A SAFE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN A FOR-
PROFIT MULTI STORY TOWERS, AS
WELL AS LOW AND AFFORDABLE
INCOME SINGLE AND MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING ARE ALL RESPONSE WILL
NEED TO HAVE RESPONSIBLE
CONTRACTORS, LICENSED
CONTRACTORS.
IT WAS NOTED EARLIER, THE LACK
OF INSPECTORS FOR THE STATE,
FOR THE CORE TEAM, WE HAVE ONE
FOR ALL OF KING COUNTY.
ALL OF KING COUNTY, MET ANOTHER
CONSTRUCTION IN SEATTLE AS WAS
MENTIONED.
WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THESE
FOLKS.
ONE INSTANCE THAT I HAVE
ITERATED TO COUNCIL AND YOUR
STAFF RESULTED IN HUNDRED AND
$71,000 IN FINES.
THIS WAS FROM A CONTRACTOR NOT
COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW.
AND STATE APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING RATIOS, IT MAKES IT
VERY EASY A PERSON CAN GO OUT
AND SEE A GREEN LICENSE, MEANS
YOU ARE A JOURNEYMAN.
THE TECH MEANS YOU'RE AN
APPRENTICE AND IF YOU HAVE 30
WORKERS, IDEALLY IT SHOULD BE
15 GREEN TAGS, 15 RED TAGS, NOT
THREE GREEN TEXT AND 17 1819
RED TAXPAYER NOT ONLY IS THAT
NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
TRAINING STANDARD BUT THE WAY I
VIEW IT IS, I KNOW WE HAVE THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS AND
WE HAVE WAGE THEFT THAT WE HAVE
ON THE BOOKS, I VIEW THIS AS
CARRIER THEFT, IN ESSENCE
BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS MAY BE
MISCLASSIFIED IF THEY ARE NOT A
STATE REGISTERED APPRENTICE.
THOSE HOURS THERE WORKING UNDER
THAT CONTRACT ARE NOT COUNTING
TOWARDS THE ABILITY TO GAIN A
STATE LICENSE AND EXAM.
IN 2023, WASHINGTON STATE WILL
BECOME AN APPRENTICESHIP ONLY
STATE, MEANING YOU CAN ONLY SIT
THE STATE EXAM IF YOU HAVE
COMPLETED AN APPRENTICESHIP.
SOME OF THESE FOLKS HAVE LOST
YEARS OF OPPORTUNITY IF THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED FAIRLY.
SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE.>> THANK YOU FOR COMING
KEITH.
MATT, AND SARAH, AND I'M SORRY
I CANNOT READ THE FIRST NAME,
MIGHT BE SAM.
STEVE GROUP STILL APPEARED AND
THEN THATCHER BAILEY.
>> HI THANK YOU COUNCIL.
úMY NAME IS MATTHEW HEPPNER AND
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CERTIFIED ELECTRICAL WORKERS OF
WASHINGTON I REPRESENT 15,000
WORKERS STATEWIDE.
TODAY I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF
ITEM 46, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN
O'BRIEN FOR BRINGING THAT
FORWARD.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
POLICY.
AND ALSO, COUNCILWOMAN
MOSQUEDA'S ITEM 50.
THE DRIVING SOURCE BEHIND ITEM
50 AND HOUSE BILL 1952, WITH
EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE
APPRENTICESHIP MODEL.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 1-1. ONE
JOURNEY PERSON TO ONE
APPRENTICE.
THIS WAS 15 AND 14 APPRENTICES
TO ONE JOURNEY PERSON.
THAT'S NOT, IT WAS A DAY AFTER
DAY ISSUE.
IT IS A PREDATORY BUSINESS
PRACTICE THAT WE ARE REALLY
TRYING TO KEEP IN CHECK.
BESIDES ALL OF THE SAFETY
ISSUES THAT THAT BRINGS UP, YOU
KNOW ALSO WORKERS, CUSTOMERS
AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, THOSE
APPRENTICES THAT WORK ON THOSE
JOBS, THEY LOSE ALL THEIR
HOURS.
THEY DON'T GET TO TAKE THAT
STATE TEST.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE $8000 AND THIS
IS BASICALLY EITHER WORKING AND
NOT EVER ABLE TO GET TO THAT
JOURNEYMAN PHYSICIAN.
BECAUSE THEY ARE LOSING ALL
THOSE HOURS BECAUSE THEY ARE
NOT WITHIN RATIO.
SO THAT IS WHY THIS IS SUCH A,
ON SO MANY LEVELS, IT CUT, THE
CITY, IT CUTS THE WORKERS AND
THINK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT ON THIS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MATTHEW.
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP,
STEVE, AND THEN THATCHER
BAILEY.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY
NAME IS NOW FAR, I AM OF
SEATTLE BUT TODAY I AM HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE FERRELL CENTER,
WHO INTENDS TO WORK TOGETHER
AND TODAY WE ARE HERE FOR LSL,
CORD OR OPPORTUNITY.
AND AS THE SOMALI COMMUNITY,
THIS ARE KIND OF SECOND TIME
THAT WE KIND OF DOING THIS
PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKERS AND THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER
OPPORTUNITY, THEY ARE ALWAYS
FACING DISCRIMINATION, THEY
ALWAYS FACE THING.
BUT AT THIS TIME WE GET AN
OPPORTUNITY THAT THE
ORGANIZATION, A GRASSROOT
ORGANIZATION WORKING TOGETHER,
AND EDUCATED THOSE PEOPLE WHO
DID NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OR
FACING A LOTTA DISCRIMINATION
OR LOSING THEIR JOBS.
SO WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE
BUDGET AND I HOPE YOU CAN HELP
THE LEFT TO EDUCATE AND HELP
THIS COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN
LEFT BEHIND, AND AS THE SOMALI
COMMUNITY MOST OF THE TIME WE
NEVER GET ANY BUDGET, BUT YOU
ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR THE
COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THOSE
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR
HIMSELF.
AND TO SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE TO
EDUCATE AND KNOW THEY'RE RIGHT.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE
NOBODY IS THERE FOR THEM.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT
WORKFORCE CENTER AND JOSH AND
MS. GARCIA WAS HERE FROM BEFORE
ME SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT
THAT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.>>
THANK YOU.
STEVE THATCHER AND THEN WE GO
TO KIMBER CONNORS.
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S ABOUT
TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE SOLUTIONS WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
WE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS WITH
HOUSING.
HOW, AND MHA WE DON'T REQUIRE 1-
1 REPLACEMENT OF UNDER MARKET
COST HOUSING?
HOW CAN WE KEEP TEARING IT DOWN
AND GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS
BECAUSE, TO THE SHOCK AND
SURPRISE OF THE LAND-USE
COMMITTEE, MANY COMMUNITIES
WANT TO HAVE AT LEAST 141
REPLACEMENT OF LOWER-COST
HOUSING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY DON'T WANT THAT THE SIMPLY
ALL THE SAME.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
YOU ARE GENTRIFYING SEATTLE,
GENTRIFYING MANY NEIGHBORHOODS,
IF YOU HAD ONE FOR ONE ON THE
HOUSING THAT WOULD HELP.
THE OTHER THING IS, THE GOAL IS
50%, TAKING THE BUYOUT AND 50%
PUTTING THE LOWER-COST HOUSING
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO.
LET'S RAISE THOSE COSTS, THAT
WILL BE MORE MONEY FOR
SUBSIDIZED LOW MARKET HOUSING,
AND LET'S DO SOMETHING BUT
LET'S JUST NOT KEEP SAYING, HOW
MUCH YOU SUPPORT KEEPING
SEATTLE DIVERSE, WHILE EVERY
ACTION YOU TAKE GOES THE OTHER
WAY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR OIL
TAX.
NOW MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT PUTTING
IN OIL FURNACES I HATE TO TELL
YOU THIS.
IT'S KIND OF ECONOMIC.
AND WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
THEM LEFT?
GENERALLY, ORDER PEOPLE, WERE
NOT ON A 50 YEAR PLAN.
WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY SELL THE
HOUSE, GUESS WHAT?
NORMALLY IT'S GOING TO BE
PULLED OUT AND YOU'RE GOING TO
PUT SOMETHING MORE EFFICIENT IN
ANY WAY.
SO JUST LIKE TO SUGAR TAX,
YOU'RE GOING AFTER THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE PROBABLY LEAST ABLE TO
AFFORD IT.
AND ON CHILD CARE SINCE I ONLY
HAVE TWO MINUTES, LET'S TAKE A
LOOK AT HOW ABOUT MAKING IT
AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE
CITY WHO MAKE THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF MONEY INSTEAD OF TO THOSE
WHO DO THE MOST POWERFUL AND TO
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY.
LET'S MAKE CHILDCARE FROM
BOTTOM UP, NOT TOP-DOWN.>>
THATCHER?
KIMBER?
MAGDALENA, AND THEN THIS PULPIT
HI.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRPERSON BACK
SHOP FOR LEADING THIS BUDGET
PROCESS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING SO
ATTENTIVE AND THOUGHTFUL TO
WHAT CAN OFTEN FEEL LIKE A
GRUELING PROCESS BUT I HOPE
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST FUN THINGS
YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
BECAUSE IT IS A GREAT SERVICE
TO LISTEN SO ATTENTIVELY AND
THOUGHTFULLY.
I AM HERE PARTICULARLY TO THINK
IS A MEMBER 11 FOR HER SUPPORT
OF $125,000 TO HELP BUILD A
LITTLE ACCESS RAMP INTO THE
CONCRETE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
SOUTHPARK.
NOT A VERY SEXY PROJECT BUT
PART OF A LARGER ENDEAVOR THAT,
I AM THATCHER BAILEY WITH
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PTA TO
KIND OF ENHANCE ON MANY ASPECTS
OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REUSE A LOT
OF PRIVATE MONEY TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
BUT OF COURSE AN ACCESS RAMP,
REPLACING A SEPARATELY MODERATE
SLOPE THAT GETS YOU INTO THE
SCHOOL IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
THE PRIVATE SECTOR FEELS IS
PRIORITY FOR THEM TO SUPPORT.
AND IT SEEMS FANTASTIC THAT THE
PUBLIC SECTOR IS STEPPING UP TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, TO
YOU AND TO YOUR EXTRAORDINARY
STAFF, FOR GETTING THIS ON THE
BUDGET.
I HOPE YOU WILL RAISE YOUR HAND
WHEN SHE BROUGHT UP THE ITEM.
THANK YOU, GOOD LUCK.
THANKS A LOT THATCHER.
KIMBER, MAGDALENA, JODY, DO WE
HAVE ANOTHER SIX SHEET THERE?>>
HI.
GOD AFTERNOON CHAIR BACK SHOP
AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I AM KIMBER CONNORS, AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
WASHINGTON STATE OPPORTUNITY
SCHOLARSHIP HERE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ENCOURAGING
THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
MUNICIPAL MATCHING PROGRAM FOR
W SLS.
SINCE 2012, WS LS HAS PROVIDED
SCHOLARSHIPS TO LOW AND MIDDLE
INCOME STUDENTS PURSUING
DEGREES, CERTIFICATES, AND
APPRENTICESHIPS IN HIGH DEMAND
TRADE, HEALTHCARE, AND STEM
FIELDS.
OUR UNIQUE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
COUPLES FINANCIAL AID WITH
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES SO WE
CAN CONNECT OUR STATE'S LEADING
INDUSTRIES WITH TOP WASHINGTON
TALENTS.
WE REDUCE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION
AND TRAINING AND WANTS SCHOLARS
INTO THE INDUSTRY OUR ECONOMY
NEEDS.
IN THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY
REGION, 95% OF ENTRY-LEVEL JOB
OPENINGS PAYING A FAMILY WAGE
REQUIRES SOME TYPE OF
CREDENTIAL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
ACROSS THE STATE, AN ESTIMATED
76% OF FAMILY WAGE JOBS WILL
REQUIRE SOME KIND OF CREDENTIAL
IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
JUST 20% OF STUDENTS FROM
HISTORICALLY REPRESENT
POPULATIONS ARE ON TRACK TO
EARN THE CREDENTIAL.
WS LS HAS A PROVEN ABILITY TO
BREAK THE CYCLE OF
INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY AND
CLOSE OPPORTUNITY GAPS.
MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF OUR
SCHOLARS ARE WOMEN, FIRST-
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS,
AND STUDENTS OF COLOR.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT STATE
AUDIT, W SLS ALUMNI GRADUATE
WITH LESS DEBT, ARE EMPLOYED AT
HIGHER RATES, AND EARN MORE
THAN THEIR PEERS.
IN 2019, THE LEGISLATOR, THE
LEGISLATURE EXPANDED OUR
INNOVATIVE SCHOLARSHIP MODEL.
NOW, CITIES CAN INVEST IN W SLS
AND RECEIVE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
STATE MATCHING FUNDS WHICH WILL
BE USED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS
SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY OF THE CITY.
SEATTLE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BE THE FIRST MUSIC POLITY TO
PARTNER WITH W SLS.
AS PARTNERS WE CAN FURTHER
SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT TO
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND
TRAINING AND HELP YOUR STUDENTS
GET THROUGH COLLEGE AND LAUNCH
A FAMILY WAGE CAREER.
SEATTLE CAN BE A ROLE MODEL FOR
OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE TO SEE
HOW STRONG PARTNERSHIP CAN
SUPPORT BOTH STUDENT SUCCESS
AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING, CAN
MAKE THE LIMIT, THIS COMMAND WE
HAVE ONE MARTIN WESTERMAN ON
THE FOURTH PAGE PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO'S ITEM
13, FUNDING FOR DOCTOR AND TPS
APPLICATION SCHOLARSHIP.
MY NAME IS MANDA LEICA FONSECA
AND I'M THE DIRECTOR AND
COFOUNDER, DIRECTOR OF THE
FAMILY ELLIOTT CULTURAL CENTER
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
AND COFOUNDER FOUR THE FIRST
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT PROGRAM
OUR LEADERSHIP WITHOUT BORDERS
IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
THIS FUNDING IS CRUCIAL FOR THE
SUCCESS OF OUR DACA RECIPIENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES AND AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF LEADERSHIP
WITHOUT BORDERS, I HAVE HAD
THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH
FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS.
AND FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS, AND
IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY.
AS TIME HAS PASSED AND LAWS
HAVE CHANGED, NOTHING HAS MADE
MORE OF AN IMPACT ON OUR
DOCUMENTED COMMUNITY AS THE
ABILITY TO WORK.
MANY TIMES WE ONLY HEAR ABOUT
THE HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS,
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO SIMPLY
WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR
THEIR FAMILIES?
IN MY DAY TO DAY WORK, I SEE
FIRSTHAND THE MULTIPLE BARRIERS
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FACE.
FROM NAVIGATING A HOSTILE
CAMPUS CLIMATE, TO STEERING
THEIR PARENTS WILL NOT BE THERE
WHEN THEY COME HOME, AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THE GAP TO
PAY FOR COLLEGE.
THIS FALL I HAVE ALREADY SEEN
THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THOSE
STUDENTS ATTENDING THEIR DREAM
SCHOOL ONLY TO KNOW THAT
WITHOUT DACA, THEY MAY HAVE TO
LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE PLACE TO
WORK.
THOSE OF DACA CAN ONLY HOPE
THAT IT WILL STILL EXIST WHEN
THEY GRADUATE.
IT IS IMPERATIVE WE AS
EDUCATORS, PROFESSIONALS, AND
THOSE WITH PRIVILEGE AND POWER
TO DO OUR PART TO SUPPORT IN
ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, AND US
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY AND INVESTING IN
OUR COMMUNITIES INCLUDING THE
UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY.
I URGE YOU TO INVEST IN THEIR
FUTURE AND THAT OF THEIR
FAMILY, FOR OUR COLLECTIVE AND
OUR COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY.
WITH THIS FUNDING YOU ARE
MAKING A COMMITMENT TO CHANGING
THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND
TELLING THOSE WITH DACA THAT
YOU ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR WELL-
BEING AND THAT OF THEIR
FAMILIES AND THEIR ARE
CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME.
THANK YOU.>> THIS, PAUL?
A VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
AND THEN REPORT MARTIN
WESTERMAN.
DO I SEE A MARTIN WESTERMAN?
OKAY, THANKS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
MAKE GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS.
FIRST OFF THANK YOU FOR THE
TIME AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE.
MY NAME IS DOCTOR BISHOP HALL.
I AM THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR
WASHINGTON STEM AND WE ARE HERE
TO SUPPORT THE W SLS
MUNICIPALITY MATCHED PROGRAM.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.
WASHINGTON STEM IS A STATEWIDE
NONPROFIT THAT ADVANCES
EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION AND
EQUITY, AND SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND
MATH EDUCATION FOR ALL
WASHINGTON STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY.
WE ARE HERE TO URGE THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE W SLS MONEY IS A POLITY
MATCH PROGRAM AND HELP STUDENTS
GAIN ACCESS TO FINANCIAL AID.
WE USUALLY TAKE POSITIONS ON
STATEWIDE MATTERS BUT WE FELT
THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND
THIS IS A CHANCE FOR THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TO LEAD THE STATE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME AT CITY
HALL, I USUALLY AM DOWN IN
OLYMPIA BUT WE THOUGHT THAT
THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT
NEEDED OUR SUPPORT.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT US, AS
A STATE ORGANIZATION WE WORK IN
THREE WAYS.
ONE, WE PARTNER WITH REGIONAL
STEM NETWORKS ACROSS THE STATE.
TWO, WE PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT
THROUGH DATA AND MEASUREMENT,
AND THREE, WE ADVOCATE FOR
EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE
ADVOCATING FOR SOMETHING THAT
WE BELIEVE IS AN EQUITABLE
SOLUTION.
THE W SOS MUNICIPALITY MATCHED
PROGRAM.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD BEFORE
THROUGH OUR WORK ON DATA AND
MEASUREMENT WE FOUND THAT
CURRENTLY IN TURN 12, AND THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY REGION 95%
OF THE ANNUAL ANCILLARY LEVEL
JOB OPENINGS THAT PAID FAMILY
WAGE REQUIRES SOME KIND OF
CREDENTIAL.
I CANNOT NUMBER IS 95%.
HENCE IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
THAT WE HELP STUDENTS FIND A
WAY TO OBTAIN THESE
CREDENTIALS.
THE WASHINGTON STATE
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
IS ONE PATHWAY THAT CAN HELP
THESE STUDENTS FURTHEST FROM
OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN THESE
CREDENTIALS.
AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
AND SERVICE AND HOPE YOU CAN
SUPPORT THIS.>> THANK YOU
DOCTOR PAUL FOR COMING AND YOU
ARE WELCOME IN CITY HALL
ANYTIME.
DRIVE UP FROM OLYMPIA AND JOIN
US.
MARK WESTERMAN?
--
>> OKAY THINK OF FOR THAT BUT
IF IT WAS UNDER THAT CHAIR,
THAT IS WHERE THATCHER WAS, I
CAN TAKE IT.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
HONORARY CHAIR SINCE HE IS
STILL WITH US.>> THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR CONDUCTING
THESE HEARINGS AND LISTENING TO
THE PUBLIC.
CAN YOU STAND IN FRONT OF THE
MICROPHONE?>> I AM HERE IN
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S REQUEST FOR $35,000
FOR NATURAL CAPITAL ASSESSMENT.
I BEGIN BY SAYING THAT PROBABLY
10,000 OR MORE OF YOUR
CONSTITUENTS WANT THIS.
THEY WANT, THEY ARE REPRESENTED
BY MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTERPRISES
ACROSS THE CITY.
THOSE ENTERPRISES INCLUDE REI,
PCT NATURAL MARKET, SUSTAINABLE
SEATTLE, THE FAITH ACTION
NETWORK, HEALTH ALLIANCE AND
PRETTY MUCH TWO DOZEN MORE
ORGANIZATIONS.
ALL THOSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ESTIMATE THAT WELL ACTUALLY THE
SEATTLE GREEN SPACE COALITION
FOR WHO, CODIRECTOR, ESTIMATES
IN THE WATER AND GREEN SPACE
AREAS WITHIN SEATTLE'S 84 MI.B2
THEY DELIVER MORE THAN $3
BILLION WORTH OF BENEFITS AND
SAVINGS A YEAR.
WE WANT YOU TO ACCOUNT FOR
THAT, WE WANT THE CITY TO TREAT
THAT AS AN ASSET, STEWARD IT,
PROTECT IT, AND GROW IT.
THE WAY TO START DOING THAT IS
TO THE CONSULTANT WHO WILL WORK
WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND
INTERVIEW THEM, DO WORKSHOPS
WITH THEM AND TEACH THEM HOW TO
INCORPORATE NATURAL CAPITAL
INTO THEIR PORTFOLIOS AND
POLICYMAKING DECISIONS AND
THEIR REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING.
AND INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECTS TO THAT BUT THEY
PROPOSE.
SO I STRONGLY, AND HER TWO
DOZEN COSIGNERS STRONGLY, AND
THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THEY
REPRESENT STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
YOU TO SIGN ON, SUPPORT THIS,
PROVIDE THE $35,000 AND GET
THIS NATURAL CAPITAL SHOW ON
THE ROAD.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MISTER
WESTERMAN.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR LIST,
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, AND
PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AND I THINK OF THE PRESIDENT
HERBOLD YOU HAVE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
TO OUR COLLEAGUES THAT MONDAY
ARE COUNCIL HEARING WILL BE
CANCELED.
WE HAVE NO AGENDA ITEMS.
OTHER THAN PAYMENT OF BILLS
THAT WE CAN DEFER.
WE ONLY HAD SIX COUNCILMEMBERS
SHOWING ANYWAY BECAUSE OF SOME
EXCUSED ABSENCES AND WE DID NOT
HAVE ANY SPECIAL ITEMS ON OUR
COUNCIL BRIEFING, SO BOTH THE
BRIEFING AND THE HEARING WILL
BE CANCELED.>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH RESPECT
I ONLY HAVE SEVEN COUNCIL
MEANINGS LEFT AND YOU JUST TOOK
ONE OF THEM AWAY.
[ LAUGH ]>> I'M FEELING KINDA,
NO, I'M FEELING BAD FOR
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
ATTENTION, THANK YOU FOR
STAYING TO THE BITTER END
TODAY, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
COMMENTS, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY
HELPFUL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GO
IN AND JUST HEAR HOW WE ARE
GOING TO COME UP WITH OUR FIRST
PACKAGE THAT YOU WILL ALL SEE
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
AND YOU WILL GO AT IT AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
TOM, THANK YOU.