>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME.
IT IS 9:39 A.M.ENED IT IS
DECEMBER 10, 2019.
THIS IS THE CIVIL RIGHTS,
UTILITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND ARTS COMMIT INJURE.
I AM LIGSA HERBOLD, ITS CHAIR
AND REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE,
WEST SEATTLE AND SOUTH PARK.
JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF TODAY'S
AGENDA.
WE WILL START WITH A WORDS
WORTH PRESENTATION, FOLLOWED BY
PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE INTO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS
WHICH INCLUDE A NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS FROM VARIOUS
DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS WITHIN
THE BALLY WICK OF THERE
COMMITTEE.
AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO --
FROM THE COMMITMENT -- THE
APPOINTMENTS TO A COUPLE OF
EASEMENTS FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS, ALSO
FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES,
ONE RISK AND RECERTAINLY YEN
SIGH ASSESSMENT, ANOTHER,
ACCOUNTEDDABILITY AND
AFFORDABILITY STRATEGIC PLAN
BRIEFING, AND FINALLY WE WILL
CONCLUDE TODAY'S MEETING WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
ENTRANCE AUDIT PLAN, SOMETHING
WE DO EVERY YEAR, BOTH AT THE
START AND AT THE END OF THE
ANNUAL AUDIT.
SO IF -- WITH NO COMMENTS ON
THE AGENDA, I WILL MOVE TO
APPROVE THE AGENDA, AND WE'LL
HAND IT OVER TO OUR CIVIC POET,
JORDAN AMANI KEITH.
I AM SO PLEASED THAT YOU'RE
ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY, ANDIVE
YOU COULD INTRODUCE OUR POET
TODAY, BUT IF YOU COULD START
WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN
OVERVIEW OF THE CIVIC POET
PROGRAM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE
REALLY, REALLY GREAT FOR OUR
VIEWING AIDE YENS.
>> WONDERFUL AND THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US.
>> CERTAINLY.
>> SO THE OVERVIEW OF THE CIVIC
POET PROGRAM IS MOST
IMPORTANTLY CONNECTED TO THE
ROLE OF THE ARTS AND SOCIAL
CHANGE.
IT IS AN ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF
LITERATURE AND AN EXTENSION OF
THE U NECESSARY CO-SITE, WHICH
MEANS THAT OVERALL, NOT JUST
SEATTLE, OTHER CITIES WHO ARE
PART OF THIS ARE INVESTED IN
USING THE ARTS OR SOCIAL CHANGE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND MY ROLE
AS A CIVIC MOTE WILL BE TWO
YEARS.
IT IS A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM.
SO ENGAGING PEOPLE IN
COMMUNITIES, WANTING TO KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE SAY IN USING POETRY
TO BRING THAT OUT.
>> GREAT.
>> AND SO I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE
CITY'S THIRD CIVIC POET?
>> I AM.
>> AND YOU WERE CHOSEN BY YOUR
PEERS, AM I CORRECT IN THAT?
AND WITH THE PROCESS?
SO IT IS QUITE AN HONOR.
IT IS DIFFERENT THAN A LITTLE
BIT OF THE DIFFERENT PROCESS
THAN THE CLASSIC POET LAWYER
YET THAT WE SEE IN OTHER
PLACES.
I THINK IT IS DESIGNED TO BE
MORE OF A GRASS ROOTS AND FROM
THE COMMUNITY RECOGNITION OF
YOUR SKILLS AND TALENTS AND
CAPABILITIES.
>> IT IS THAT.
IT IS A PANEL AND IT TAKES
QUITE A BIT TO BE ABLE TO BE
SELECTED, AND I FEEL DOUBLY
HONORED BECAUSE IT IS THE
SECOND TIME IN 13 YEARS THAT I
HAVE HAD THE GIFT OF
REPRESENTING THE CITY.
I WAS THE CITY'S POET POPULOUS
WHICH MEANT THAT EVERYONE VOTED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN AN
ELECTION TO HAVE ME BE A POET
REPRESENTING THE CITY FOR A
YEERKS AND TO HAVE THE HONOR
AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE I WETTER DO
ABEVEN BETTER JOB.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO
INTRODUCE TODAY'S POET JAEEUN
KIM IS SOMEONE I HAVE HAD THE
BLESSING IN WORKING WITH
BEFORE, SO DOUBLY DELIGHTED TO
INTRODUCE THEM TODAY.
THEY GRADUATED WITH A B.A.
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, DOUBLE MAJORING IN
COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF IDEAS
AND GENDER WOMEN AND SEXUALITY
STUDIES.
THEY HAVE WORKED AT NON-
PROFITS, POWERFUL VOICES AND
YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED AS A
PROGRAM FACILITATOR, TEACHING
ARTIST AND MENTOR WITHIN THE
ARTS.
AND THEY CREATE WITHIN VARIOUS
MEDIUMS, SPECULATIVE FICTION,
POETRY, URBAN MYTHOLOGY
PERFORMANCE, VISITTAL AND FIBER
ARTS, AND I'LL LET YOU
INTRODUCE THE TITLE OF YOUR
POEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME THIS MORNING.
YEAH, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS JAEEUN KIM AND MY
POEM'S NAME IS CALLED WHATEVER
YOU WANT ME TO BE, I CAN LEARN.
ALL OF THE SMALL MOMENTS OF
DIVERTING ATTENTION JUST LOOK
SOME OTHER DIRECTION, I SIDE
STEP AND HERE COMES THE
TATTOOED ON EYEBROWS AND ALWAYS
THE BLUNT QUESTIONS I SIDE STEP
AND SHE SAYS SLIGHTLY YELLING,
SLIGHTLY JUST BEING A LOUD
KOREAN AUNTIE, WHAT ARE YOU, A
BOY OR A GIRL?
AND HERE GOES THE SIDE STEP
GAME, A TACTICAL DIVERSION, THE
SPECTACLE, IT COMES THROUGH MY
BODY REAL SLOW, MAYBE IF I
SMILE BIG, SINCERE FROM MY
HEART, HONEST, I CAN AVOID
ANSWERING HER QUESTION, WHAT
ARE YOU, A BUY OR A GIRL?
BUT THERE IT IS REALLY HER
CURIOUS, A TOO BIG TO BE MAD.
I SAY WITH A SIDE STEP AND A
SLOW KEEP BOY LAUGH THAT MAKES
ME EVEN SOMEWHAT CURIOUS, DAM,
ARE YOU?
A BOY OR A GIRL?
I SAY WITH A SIDE STEP WITH THE
TATTOOED EYEBROWS CHECK IN WITH
THE BODY FEELS WARM, BUT, OKAY.
SHE IS SLIGHTLY YELLING,
SLIGHTLY BEING A LOUD KOREAN
AUNTIE, BUT ARE YOU A BOY OR A
GIRL?
I REPLY I AM WHATEVER YOU WANT
ME TO BE.
IT IS A SIDE STEP LIKE, DAM,
THIS QUESTION GETS SO
EXHAUSTING, BUT AUNTIE'S SMILE
IS TOO BIG TO FEEL SO BADLY, SO
I TRY TO SIDE STEP AND LOOK@HER
STEADY AND HONEST, WHAT ARE
YOU, A BOY OR A GIRL?
I AM WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO
BE, SOMEWHAT BEMEWSED BUT FULLY
SATISFIED FOR THE MOMENT, SHE
STARTS CRACKING UP AND PATS ME
ON MY SHOULDER.
I THINK MY JEDI MIND TRICK
WORKED.
MOMENTS LIKE THERE,
UNDERSTANDERRINGS DIFFICULTY TO
HEAR IF YOUR MIND IS TOO LOUD.
SOMETIMES MY MIND GETS SO LOUD
WITH THINGS THAT ARE NOT MINE,
THE DISCOMFORT FLUSH IN MY
CHEEKS ATTACHED TO A WHOLE LOT
OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS SINGLE
QUESTION FROM HER WITH THE
TATTOOED ON EYEBROWS DID STEP
BEING PEOPLE WITH UNSMILING
FACES AGAIN AND AGAIN IN DAILY
LIFE WHO WANT NOTHING OTHER
THAN TO HARM ME WITH WHAT ARE
YOU, A BOY OR A GIRL!
MY MIND GETS SO LOUD WITH
THINGS THAT ARE NOT MINE.
LIKE I GUESS I CAN UNDERSTAND
WHY LOOKING AT ME IS SORT OF
CONFUSING FOR YOU.
SOMETIMES I THINK IT IS
CONFUSING FOR ME ONLY BECAUSE
YOU ALL KEEP LOOKING SO
CONFUSED AT ME IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
BUT I DO THINK THERE IS
SOMETHING EVEN DEEPER THAT IS
HAPPENING HERE, NOT TO SAY THIS
WORLD SHOULDN'T BE BETTER OR
NOTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THIS
THING LIKE, OH, WHY?
HOW COME IT FEELS THE SAME
SENSATION ECHOS ME ON EDGE
MAKING ME KNEE JERK, SIDE STEP
WITH SMILING FACES DO COME WITH
THEIR QUESTIONS.
THE SENSATION OF I FEEL IN THE
BODY BECOMES HARDER TO
DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE,
SOMATIC, REACTION PATTERN, URGE
TO SIDE STEP THE QUESTIONS,
WHAT ARE YOU, A BOY OR A GIRL?
MY MIND SPACE TURNS STUFFY,
GETS SO LOUD WITH THINGS THAT
ARE NOT MINE, A SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, CALM, MINDFULNESS OF
THE FAKE, CALM MINDFULNESS OF
THE DESIRE TO SQUASH OUT THE
LIGHT OF THE LESSON BECAUSE THE
WHICH YOU SHALLING IN MY
STOMACH IS UNCOMFORTABLE, THE
CLARITY WHEN ALL OF MY MIND
BECOMES QUIET.
THINGS NOT MINE EVAPORATE INTO
EMPTY SPACE, NO SELFNO SIDE
STEP.
IT IS A GENTLE UNDERSTANDING
BECOMING THAT IS DIFFICULT TO
HEAR IF YOUR MIND IS TOO LOUD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> LOVELY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU, JORDAN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THESE
APPOINTMENTS IN SOME LOGICAL
ORDER HERE.
OH, FIRST WE HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THAT IS RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME
WHERE E HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC.
>> AND NEWEL WILL BE KEEPING
TIME AND YOUR TIME IS -- TWO
MINUTES.
>> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT,
OKAY.
I MAY HAVE A DISABILITY, BUT I
KNOW HOW TO SEE THAT CLOCK.
>> YOU DON'T NEED TO REMIND ME
OF NOTHING.
GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.
WE'RE HAVING A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
THIS IS HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH AND
I A A HUMAN, AND IF YOU SAY I
DON'T HAVE NO RIGHT, THEN WE
NEED TO HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION
RIGHT NOW, HUH?
BECAUSE I'M A PEACE KEEPER.
I'M A PEACEMAKER.
AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE DESTROYED
THE BLACK COMMUNITY'S PEACE
DOWN HERE!
AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS
THAT THERE WAS A BEATING OF A
YOUNG BLACK FEMALE, 24 YEARS
OLD.
I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE
INFORMATION, BUT I KNOW THE
WOMAN'S AUNT.
HER GREAT AUNT, GAVE ME A PHOBE
CALL AND TOLD ME THAT IT
HAPPENED.
IT WASN'T ONE COP THAT BEAT
HER.
I HEARD IT WAS SEVEN OF THEN.
AND SHE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE SHAY
LYNN THE WAY I WOULD HAVE KNOWN
HER AND MET HER FOR THE FIST
TIME, NO.
AND SO WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT
AGAIN LIKE HAPPY NEW YEAR!
WHAT IS HAPPY ABOUT IT?
I HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE
FOR A LONG TIME MAKING
DISCUSSIONS JUST LIKE ANYBODY
WITH A RATIONALE MIND WOULD DO.
AND YOU'RE OVER CIVIL RIGHTS
HAD REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING NOT DIED WHEN HE DIED
WHERE WOULD WE BE RIGHT NOW?
I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE HE IS
DEAD SO HE LEFT IT FOR US TO BE
CHANGE ACTS AND AGENTS OF
CHANGE, WHICH I AM.
AND I AM GETTING SICK AND TIRED
OF BEING SICK AND TIRED OF WHAT
FOOLISHNESS AND FOLK GOT
COLLEGE DEGREES.
THEY CAN GO GET AN EDUCATION
AND WHAT NOT, BUT YOU DON'T
KNOW HOW TO TALK TO ME LIKE A
CIVIL LIZED INDIVIDUAL, BUT YOU
CAN ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU,
PUT YOU IN OFFICE, AND THEN YOU
DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER BEHIND
THE ANSWER.
I'LL BE BACK.
>> THANK YOU, MRS. RICHMOND.
>>> SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS THIS MORNING TO A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES
AND COMMISSIONS.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM IN
SOMEWHAT OF A GROUPING.
WE'LL START WITH ITEM ONE.
APPOINTMENT 01391, APPOINTMENT
OF ROBERT K. CAP HAS BEEN AS
MEMBER, MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
A TERM TO JULY 31, 2022.
>> THANK YOU.
JOIN US AT THE TABLE.
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S START WITH A QUICK ROUND
OF INTRODUCTIONS.
>> HANNA SMITH, OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
AND DOUG RAFF, CHAIR, MUSEUM.
>> AND I'M BOB KAPLAN.
>> DO YOU WANT TO KICK THIS OFF
WITH MAYBE A QUICK DESCRIPTION
OF WHOA THE P.D.
A. DOES AND THEN WE CAN MOVE
INTO THE APPOINT [
>> THE MY ZOOM DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY IS ONE OF THE EIGHT
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
CHARTERED IN 1985.
IT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF
DOWNTOWN MUSEUM, THE OLYMPIC
SKULL INCLUDE BARK AND IS
HOUSED WITHIN THE ART MUSEUM.
IT IS GOVERNED BY A NINE-MEMBER
COUNCIL WITH THREE APPOINTED BY
THE MAYOR, THREE BY THE COUNCIL
ITSELF AND THREE BY THE
GOVERNING COUNSEL SILING.
>> THANK YOU X YOU JUST GIVE US
A LITTLE BIT MORE TEXTURE OR
MAYBE DOUG YOU CAN DO THAT
ABOUT WHAT THE FUNCTION IS OF
THE P.D.
A. AND HOW IT SERVES THE ARTS
IN SALET.
>> WE TECHNICALLY OWN SOP OF
THE MUSEUM'S PROPERTIES, AND WE
LEASE THEM TO THE MUSEUM ON
LONG-TERM LEASES AND WE ALSO
HAVE ISSUED SOME OF THE BONDS
THAT SUPPORT THE MUSEUM, SO THE
MY ZOOM PAYS -- MUSEUM PAYS
THOSE BONDS THAT IS WHY WE'RE
CONTROLLED A THIRD BY THE
MAYOR, THE BOARD AND THE
CITIZENS.
>> AS AN ONGOING ROLE IN THE
CITY, WHAT IS THE ONGOING ROLE
OF THE P.D.
A.?
>> THEY EXIST AS LONG AS THOSE
BONDS ARE PAID.
>> SO THE FUNCTION IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON FULFILLING THE
OBLIGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
BOND?
>> AND SUPPORT OF THE MUSEUM
FOR THE BUILDINGS.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
>> AND YOU WANT TO --
>> I'M VERY PLEASED TO HAVE BOB
APPOINTED.
WE HAVE HAD A SAY CAN SKI FOR
ALMOST A -- VACANCY FOR ALMOST
A YEAR.
>> THIS IS COMMISSION
APPOINTMENT?
>> MUSEUM APPOINTMENT.
>> THE MDA APPOINT -- P.D.
A. APPOINTMENT.
IT IS THE P.D.
A. THAT IS BRINGING BOB FORWARD
SO THAT IS GREAT.
>> I AM A TRUSTEE OF THE MUSEUM
AND CONCERNED ABOUT THE
MUSEUM'S WELFARE AND THE -- OR
THE MDA IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
THE OPERATIONS OF THE MUSEUM AS
LANDLORD AND PARTNER IN
DEVELOPING ASSETS FOR THE
MUSEUM.
>> AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A NEW
APPOINTMENT FOR A WHILE.
>> IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO COME FORWARD
WITH YOUR WEALTH OF INFORMATION
AND HISTORY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND KNOWLEDGE.
>> AND YOUR WORK SERVING AS A
TRUSTEE OF THE MY ZOOM SO I A--
MUSEUM, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THIS NEW
ROLE.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
SERVICE.
WITH THAT I WILL MOVE
APPOINTMENT 01391.
I WILL SECOND APPOINTMENT 01391
AND I WILL VOTE AYE IN NAY VERY
OF APPOINTMENT OF 01391.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THIS WILL MOVE ON TO MONDAY.
>>> NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE
INTO APPOINTMENTS TWO THROUGH
10.
THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF THE
ART COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS AND
THE SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION
APPOINTMENT.
>> IT ALSO INCLUDES NUMBER 11.
>> CORRECT.
>> TWO THROUGH 10 AND 11.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND NUMBER TWO APPOINTMENT
151521, APPOINTMENT OF KAYLA
DEMONTE AS A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION FOR A
DETERMINE OF DECEMBER 31, 2021,
AND APPOINTMENT 01519, JAMES
MILES AS A MEMBER, AND ITEM
FOUR IS APPOINTMENT 1520,
APPOINTMENT OF MIKHAEL MEI
WILLIAMS TO A TERM OF DECEMBER
31, 2020.
AND FIVE IS APPOINTMENT 14 # #,
REAPPOINTMENT OF JESCELLE MAJOR
THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020.
AND SIX IS REAPPOINTMENT OF
SARAH WILKE, AND ITEM SEVEN IS
1490, REAPPOINTMENT OF KASI
CHIN AS A MEMBER FOR A TERM
THROUGH DECEMBER31, 2021.
EIGHT, 01491, REAPPOINTMENT OF
DAWN M. CHIRWA.
AND NINE IS 1492, REAPOINT
PRESIDENT OF CHICO PHILLIPS FOR
A TERM THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
202110 IS APPOINTMENT OF
YEGIZAW MICHAEL THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 11 IS
REAPPOINTMENT OF DANIEL DAMIAN
PAK FOR A TERM THROUGH AUGUST
31, 2022.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL DO A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS AND WE'LL PASS IT
OVER TO THE DIRECTOR ENGSTROM
WHO WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE ARTS AND MUSIC
COMMISSIONS.
>> MY NAME IS YESSINGY MICHAEL.
>> GREETINGS.
JAMES MILES.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MIKHAEL MEI WILLIAMS.
>> AND I'M RANDY ENGSTROM.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
>> LET'S KICK IT OFF A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF BOTH
OF THE COMMISSIONS.
>> SURE.
THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION
THAT WAS CHARTERED IN 1971 AND
IT HAS EXISTED TO SUPPORT THE
ARTS AND CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF
THE CITY.
IT DOES ITS WORK IN THE THREE
COMMITTEES, ONE IS THE SPA
SILTS AND EBILITIESABLE GUILTY
COMMITTEE WHICH FOCUSES ON
ISSUES OF SPACE AND
AFFORDABILITY THAT IS THE
COMMITTEE THAT OVERSAW THE
REPORT, IT IS EXPLORING THE
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
AND IS REALLY WRESTLING WITH
ISSUES OF GENT CASE AND
DISPLACEMENT.
THE SECOND GROUP IS THE
ADVISORY COMMIT BRING, AND 1%
ART IN THE COUNTRY CHARTERED IN
1973 AND IT STEWARDS ALL OF THE
CITY'S PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY
AND PORTABLE WORKS COLLECTIONS.
THE THIRD COMMITTEE IS THE
CULTURAL INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE.
SINCE 1971 THE OFFICE HAS
INVESTED $50 MILLION,
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, LARGE
CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND THERE
IS A COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES
THE INVESTMENT IT MAKES THROUGH
ITS NINE FUNDING PROGRAMS.
THE SEATTLE COMMISSION WAS
CHARTERED 10 YEARS AGO OUT OF
THE INITIATIVE WHICH IS FOCUSED
ON A CITY OF MUSIC BUSINESS AND
A CITY OF MUSICIANS.
IT DOES ITS WORK IN TWO
COMMITTEES.
I SHOULDN'T BE EXPLAINING THIS.
I SHOULD LET MIKHAEL MEI
WILLIAMS EXPLAIN THIS.
SHE ACTUALLY USED TO RUN THE
COMMISSION.
IT ALSO WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE ARTS COMMISSION ON ENSURING
THAT OUR PATHWAYS FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE INTO CAREERS IN THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY AND IN THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES MORE
BROADLY, AND THERE IS AN
ADVOCACY AND ECONOMIC DOCUMENT
WHICH IS FOCUSING ON HOW WE ARE
PAYING IN SUPPORT OF OUR
CREATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
SPECIFICALLY OUR MUSIC
INDUSTRY.
THIS LAST YEAR I'VE HAD THE
PRIVILEGE OF STEWARDING BOTH
BODIES AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOW
THEY ARE BOTH ABLE TO
COLLABORATE AND WORK DISTINCTLY
ON THE AREAS FOR WHICH THEY
WERE CHARTERED.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED --
WORKING WITH THE COMMISSIONS
PROBABLY THE BEST PART OF MY
JOB JUST BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE
PERSON TO A PERSON IS AN
INCREDIBLE LEADER IN THEIR
COMMUNITY, AND THEY ALL BRING
SO MUCH TO THE TABLE AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO SIN THAT
SIZE THAT IN OUR CREATIVE
COMMUNITIES A REAL PRIVILEGE.
SO I APPRECIATE IT.
MOST OF THESE ARE REAL -- I
COULD TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE
PERSON IF YOU WANT ME TO.
>> I AGREE.
I THINK YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON THE
FOCUS WE HAVE HERE.
>> EVERYBODY ELSE HAS HAD THEIR
MOMENT IN THE SUN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
WE HAVE -- WE WILL INTRODUCE 11
DIFFERENT, MAYBE 10
INDIVIDUALS, FOUR OF THEM ARE
NEW APPOINTMENTING AND ALL FOUR
OF THEM ARE -- APPOINTMENTS AND
ALL FOUR OF THEM ARE HERE.
AS A MATTER OF PRACTICE WE
DON'T REQUIRE THE APPOINTMENTS
TO COME AND PRESENT, AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT
THE NEW APPOINTMENTS HAVE TAKEN
TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY DAY TO
COME AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THEMSELVES AND WHY
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?
>> YEAH.
I AM RIGHT NOW I AM -- I DO
PUBLIC ART AND I HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS
AND I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND IN THE CITY, AND
I ALSO WORK FOR AN ORGANIZATION
THAT DEALS WITH ART, AND I AM
THE ART PROGRAM THERE, SO I'M
ALWAYS DEALING.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> WE LOVE --
>> THE INDIAN NATURE CONSORTIUM
IS VERY GOOD WITH SEATTLE
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT I
WORK AROUND THE COMMUNITY,
PROMOTING ART AND TEACH YOUNG
YOUTH, ENVIRONMENTAL LESSON
THROUGH THE ART, SO I AM
LEADING THAT PROGRAM.
SO I AM INTERESTED BECAUSE I AM
ALSO ACTIVE IN THE PUBLIC ART
IN SEATTLE, SO MY INTEREST IS
HOW TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE -- ESPECIALLY FOR THE
UNDER SERVED COMMUNITY AND
MINORITY IN THE CITY AND GET
MORE RESOURCE AND ALSO BRING
MORE PUBLIC OR ARTISTS IN OUR
CITY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION,
THE COMMISSION HAS DIFFERENT
APPOINTMENT AUTHORITIES,
YESSINGY IS A COUNCIL
APPOINTMENT.
THE OTHER THREE FOLKS WHO WE'RE
GOING TO HEAR FROM NEXT ARE ALL
MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS.
JAMES, DO YOU WANT TO KICK US
OFF.
>> YES.
I AM THE CONNECTVE DIRECT O.
OF FREE ARTS PROGRAMMING IN
SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL TO OVER
3,000 YOUTH IN SOUTH SALET AND
SOUTH KING COUNTY.
ARTS HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART
OF MY LIFE.
BEFORE I RAN ARTS COOER I WAS
AN ACTOR IN TV AND BROADWAY,
ABOUT 20 YEARS IN NEW YORK AND
BEFORE THAT I WAS A TEACHER.
SO ARTS AND ARTS EDUCATION IS
KEY TO THE EXISTENCE AND
THRIVING ABILITIES OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THIS CITY, AND THAT
IS IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SO MY NAME IS MIKHAEL MEI
WILLIAMS, AND AS RANDY POINTED
OUT, I WAS THE -- I BELIEVE THE
FIRST CREATE INDUSTRY'S
ADVOCATE IN THE OFFICE OF FILM
AND MUSIC AND WAS IN THAT
POSITION FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS AND WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS EQUATION MANY TIMES
PUTTING UP COMMISSIONERS FOR
APPOINTMENTS.
IT IS THERE THRILLING TO BE
HERE.
CURRENTLY I'M IN CHARGE OF
MARKETING AND I VENTS FOR A
COMPANY CALLED INTERCOM WHICH
IS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
PRIOR TO THAT I'VE HAD A LONG
HISTORY OF WORKING IN BOTH THE
ARTING AND MUSIC, MULTIPLE KILL
CHIRAL ORGANIZATIONS, ART
MUSEUMS, SUNDANCE FILM
FESTIVAL, THE MARYLAND
INSTITUTE OF COLLEGE OF ART AND
THEN IT IS WHAT BROUGHT ME BACK
TO SEATTLE, WHICH IS MY
HOMETOWN.
AND THROUGH MY WORK IN THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC I WAS
ABLE TO WORK NOT ONLY WITH THE
MUSIC COMMISSION BUT ALSO
THROUGH THAT, I MADE SOME IN
ROADS AND CONNECTIONS TO THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND
THE ARTS COMMISSION REALLY
FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN
COLLABORATIVELY LOOK AT
CREATING EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES, A CAREER
PIPELINE, AND THEN GROWING THE
ECONOMY, SO I'M THRILLED TO BE
IN THIS SEAT POTENTIALLY DOING
THAT WORK ON THE COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND REALLY I APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO GO FROM WORKING
FOR THE CITY TO VOLUNTEERING
FOR THE CITY.
THAT IS A REAL TESTAMENT TO
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK.
>> AND MY NAME IS KAYLA
DEMONTE.
I'M CURRENTLY THE MANAGING
DIRECTOR IN AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED CITIZEN UNIVERSITY.
WE WORK TO BUILD A CULTURE OF
POWERFUL, RESPONSIBLE
CITIZENSHIP THROUGH PERHAPS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I MOVED TO SEATTLE ABOUT 10
YEARS AGO TO WORK IN THE
FESTIVAL COMMUNITY.
I HAVE DONE SOME WORK WITH FOLK
LIFE AND OTHERS AND HAVE ALSO
DONE SOME VOLUNTEER WORK WITH
THE PRONG FOR CULTURE, AND
SEVENNED ON A COMMITTEE OF THE
COMMISSION, THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH
COMMITTEE AND THAT WAS PART OF
THE WORK AND HAVE SUPPORTED THE
MAYOR'S RATTERS AWARDS FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I AM IN
PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO SIT ON
THIS COMMISSION TO BOTH SERVE
AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE TO
SPREAD THE GOOD WORK OF THE
ARTS COMMUNITY IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
>> FRAN TASS TICK.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE ARTS
COMMISSION, WE'RE LOOKING
PRETTY GOOD AS FAR AS
VACANCIES.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE
ANY, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> WE ARE FULL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE WORK
TO DO OBJECT THE MUSIC
COMMISSION SIDE, BUT WE'RE
PLUGGING ALONG?
>> YES.
>> WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS THAT
WE'RE HOPING TO COB FIRM ANY
DAY.
WE HAVE TWO MORE ON THE ARTS
COMMISSION WE'RE STILL TRYING
TO COB IF I WERE.
WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL AND ONE
MAYORAL APPOINTMENT THAT THE
PAPER WORK.
WE DID GET THESE FOUR, AND
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF WORK TO DO.
WE HAVE ABOUT SIX FOLKS WE WANT
TO PUT FORWARD AND WE'RE HOPING
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS
FOR THE MUSIC COMMISSION.
THIS IS A YEAR WHERE A NUMBER
OF .500S WRAPPED UP, SO IN
ADDITION TO THE BACK FILL THAT
WE HAD, WE HAVE A COUP OF OTHER
POSITIONS THAT WE WILL NEED TO
GET STILLED AS WELL.
>> FANTASTIC.
WELL, WE'RE OBJECT OUR WAY.
>> NOT A LOT OF GROWING
HAPPENING TODAY GIVEN THAT
WE'RE A COMMITTEE OF ONE, AND
SO I AM JUST GOING TO GET RIGHT
TO IT AND START DOING THE
STRANGE AND AWKWARD MOTIONING
AND SECONDING AND VOTING.
>> AND SO WE WILL START WITH
APPOINTMENT NUMBER TWO.
01521, I WILL MOVE, SECOND,
VOTE AYE, AND APPOINTMENT WILL
MOVE ON TO FULL COUNCIL.
APPOINTMENT 01519, I WILL MOVE.
I WILL SECOND IT AND I WILL
VOTE AYE IN FAVOR OF APPOINT
1519.
NONE OPPOSING.
THE APPOINTMENT WILL MOVE ON TO
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY OFF
POINTMENT 05520, I WILL MOVE,
SECOND AND VOTE ICE.
NONE ABSTAINING, NONE OPPOSE
AND LIT MOVE ON TO FULLING
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
APPOINTMENT 114 # #,LY MOVE,
SECOND, AND VOTE AYE.
NONE OPPOSED AND IT WILL MOVE
ON TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
APPOINTMENT 01489 I WILL MOVE,
SECOND, VOTE IN FAVOR OF
APPOINTMENT 01489, NONE
OPPOSING, AND IT WILL MOVE ON
TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
AND APPOINTMENT 01490, I WILL
MOVE IN FAVOR.
I WILL SECOND.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED, NONE ABSTAINING.
APPOINTMENT 01490 WILL MOVE ON
TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
APPOINTMENT 01491 I WILL MOVE
IN FAVOR.
I WILL SECOND.
I WILL VOTE AYE.
AND NONE OPPOSING, NONE
ABSTAINING.
APPOINTMENT 01491 WILL MOVE ON
TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
WE'RE ALMOST DONE!
APPOINTMENT 01492 I WILL MOVE
IN FAVOR.
I WILL SECOND.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR, AND NONE
OPPOSED, NONE ABSTAINING,
APPOINTMENT 01492 H MOVE ON TO
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
APPOINTMENT 01530 I WILL MOVE
IN FAVOR.
I WILL SECOND.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR, AND NONE
OPPOSED, NONE ON STAINING,
APPOINTMENT 01530 WILL MO ON TO
FULL COUNCIL.
THE LASTLY FOR THIS BUNCH,
APPOINTMENT 01526, I WILL MOVE
IN FAVOR ST I WILL SECOND.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED, NONE ABSTAINING,
APPOINTMENT 01526 WILL MOVE ON
TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVANTED
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO NEXT WE'VE GOT GROUP -- [
APPLAUSE ]
>> THE NEXT GROUP, WHICH ITEM
12 WHICH IS THE DISABILITIES
COMMISSION AND ITEMS 13 THROUGH
16, WHICH IS THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION, CAN YOU READ THOSE
ITEMS INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE
SEATTLE LGBTQ FOR A TERM TO
OCTOBER 31, 2021, AND IS THAT
ONE SHOULD BE A REAPPOINTMENT.
>> WHAT NUMBER IS THAT?
>> 13.
>> ITEM 14 IS APPOINTMENT 1509,
APPOINT PRESIDENT OF JUAN
RODRIGUEZ, AND 15 IS
REAPAINTMENT OF CARY HE RUM TO
A TERM OF OCTOBER 31, 2021 AND
ITEM 16 IS APPOINTMENT 1510,
APOINTMENT OF VICTOR LOO FOR A
TERM TO OCTOBER 31, 2021.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO THIS, JUST TO ORIENT MYSELF
HERE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO, THIS
--THESE ARE ITEMS --
>> 12 THROUGH 16.
>> GREAT.
>> LET'S DO A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN COME
BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE
COMMISSION AND TALK ABOUT THE
APPOINTMENTS.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JANET
STAFFORD.
I'M WITH THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS.
>> AND GOOD MORNING.
I AM JAYSON MORRIS, I AM HERE
FOR BEING A COMMISSIONER FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
>> AND MY NAME IS JUAN CARLOS
RODRIGUEZ, AND I AM HERE FOR
THE SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION
APPOINTMENT.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
COMMISSION.
>> OR COMMISSIONS, I SHOULD
SAY.
THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.
>> IT SOUNDS GREAT.
THE SEATTLE COMMISSION FOR
DISABILITIES RECOMMEND MATTERS
FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
PART OF THEIR WORK PLANS TO
INCLUDE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND
BRIDGING IN THE AREAS OF
HOUSING EDUCATION AND
TRANSPORTATION.
ONE OF NAIR BIGGEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS IS YEAR HAS
LED TO THE CLOSED CAPTIONING
ORDINANCE WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND MOST RECENTLY THEY HAVE
ALSO CELEBRATED THEIR THIRD
ANNUAL INCLUSION JUBILEE
PROVIDING RECOGNITION TO FOLKS
IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND AS FOR THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION, THEY VOICE MATTERS
AFFECTING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY
WITH THE GOAL TO LEAD THEIR
WORK WITH TRANCE JUSTICE AND
EQUITY LENS.
PART OF THEIR WORK HAS INCLUDED
ADVOCATING FOR HOUSING,
ACCESSIBILITY, SERVICES, PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUES AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ADVOCACY.
ONE OF THEIR MOST RECENT
PARTNERSHIP OFFICES HAVE
INCLUDED ADVOCACY SUPPORT TO
THE ROLLER DERBY LEAGUE LEADING
TO ACCESSING SPACE IN THE
SEATTLE RECREATION CENTERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE THREE
FOLKS HERE, TWO OF THEM ARE NEW
APPOINTMENTS, SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR MAKING TIME TO
GET HERE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
YOU FORWARD.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER,
REAPPOINTMENTS ARE NOT REQUIRED
TO ATTEND, JAYSON, THANK YOU
FOR ATTENDING NONETHELESS.
AND I BELIEVE THE TWO NEW
APPOINTMENTS ARE -- THEY ARE --
ONE IS A MAYORAL APPOINTMENT --
I'M SOARE.
ONE IS A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT,
AND THE OTHER IS A COMMISSION
APPOINTMENT.
JUAN IS A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT
AND VICTOR IS A COMMISSION
APPOINTMENT, IS THAT CORRECT?
ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S JUST DO A QUICK GO
AROUND, MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOURSELF, AND WHY YOU'RE
EXCITED ABOUT SERVING ON THIS
COMMISSION.
>> SURE.
>> SO MY NAME IS VICTOR.
CURRENTLY I AM THE DIRECTOR OF
AN ORGANIZATION, AND THE WORK I
HAVE BEEN DOING HAS ALWAYS BEEN
FRONT AND CENTER ON EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND SOMEONE
THAT IS NONGENDER CONFIRMING,
AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE
ON THE LGBTQ COMMISSION BECAUSE
I THINK THAT I WILL BE ABLE,
ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION, TO
SHARE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, AND
RE-- IT REEXCUSES PARITIES AND
INCREASES SUCCESS FOR THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>>
>> MY NAME IS JAYSON MORRIS.
I AN AN VOW KIT FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, AND I FIT BOTH
THE FEDERAL AND STATE LAW FOR
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
WHAT I DO IS PROMOTE AND
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY
AND ACTIVELY SUPPORT THEIR FULL
INCLUSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THE
DISABILITY COMMISSION
ENDEAVORS.
IT PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT PART
IN BEING MINDFUL OF THIS, AN
HISTORIC DEFRANCHISED GROUP
TAKE PLAY AS VITAL ROLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND DEPARTMENTS IN
OUR CITY, AND I'M ALWAYS
AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY
LEADERS IN PUTTING A SPOTLIGHT
ON OUR EFFORTS IN SUPPORTING
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITHIN
OUR GREAT CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND JUAN?
>> OKAY.
I THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JUAN CARLOS
RODRIGUEZ.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
I LIVED IN NEW YORK AND HAVE
BEEN LIVING HERE IN SEATTLE FOR
THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I FINALLY GOT USED TO IT.
I LOVE IT.
COMING FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND
BEING IN SEATTLE, QUITE
DIFFERENT, BUT I AM AN
ACTIVIST.
I HAVE BEEN DOING ACTIVISM FOR
THE LAST 15 YEARS, OPENLY GAY,
AND ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH
RELIGIOUS, LGBTQ COMMUNITIES
THAT STRUGGLE AND THERE IS THE
SUICIDE RATE IS HIGH IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SO THIS IS
WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
I WAS THE CONNECTIVE DIRECTOR
FORMORMONS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
SO BASICALLY IN THE MORMON
CHURCH, WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE
LIVES LITERALLY, ESPECIALLY
LGBTQ.
AND HERE IN SEATTLE I HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED WITH LATIN X. AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBTQ
ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AND
EMPOWERING THEM AND CONNECTING
THEM TO SERVICES AND I AM VERY
HAPPY TO BE HERE AND BE
APPOINTED?
THE SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION TO
JOIN THIS TEAM AND I THINK DO A
LOT OF WORK THAT IS NEEDED HERE
FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE IS THE ROLE THESE
COMMISSIONS PLAY IN HELPING TO
DRIVE PUBLIC POLICY IN THE
CITY.
WE HOPED THAT YOU EMBRACE THIS
ROLE AS A ROLE OF HOLDING FOLKS
IN MY POSITION, INCLUDING
MYSELF, ACCOUNTABLE, AND IN
DOING SO, I THINK WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD REALLY
IMPORTANT PUBLIC POLICY IN THE
CITY.
I MENTIONED EARLIER THE CLOSED
CAPTIONING ORDINANCE THAT
REQUIRES ALL PLACES OF PUBLIC
ACCOMMODATION TO HAVE
TELEVISIONS IN THEM, TO HAVE
THEIR CLOSED CAPTIONINGS TURN
-- CAPTIONINGS TURNED ON SO
THAT -- CAPTIONING TURNED ON SO
THAT PEOPLE DON'T REQUEST IT
WHEN THEY NEED THAT
ACCOMMODATION.
THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ONE OF THE
ITEMS THAT THE LGBTQ COMMISSION
HAS ADVOCATED FOR IN THE PAST.
IT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.
I'M JUST LOOK FOR THE NAME OF
THE PROJECT.
IT IS ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW.
BUT THE ELDRIDGE ON CAPITOL
HILL, IT WAS JUST AWARDED
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING THROUGH OUR
HOUSING LEVY TO FUND THE CITY'S
FIRST LGBTQ SENIOR HOUSING.
THIS IS SEATTLE -- SEATTLE IS
ONE OF THE FEW MAJOR CITIES
THAT DOES NOT HAVE SENIOR
HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
COMMISSION AS WELL AS MYSELF
HAVE ADVOCATED STRONGLY FOR FOR
YEARS, AND IT IS THROUGH ADDING
YOUR VOICE TO THIS DISCUSSION
ALONG WITH LGBTQ ADVOCATES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HAS
ALLOWED THIS TO BECOME A
REALITY.
SO REALLY I HOPE YOU TYKE ON
THIS ROLE -- TAKE ON THIS ROLE
WITH AN APPRECIATION OF THE
POWER THAT YOU HOLD TO ADVOCATE
FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WITH THAT I AM JUST GOING
TO GO THROUGHDO THE MESSY WORK
THAT WE DID POINT.
SO I'LL START WITH NUMBER 12,
APPOINTMENT 01525.
I WILL MOVE.
I WILL SECOND, AND I WILL VOTE
IN FAVOR OF APPOINTMENT 01525.
AND NONE OPPOSED, NONE
ABSTAINING.
APPOINTMENT 01525 WILL MO OP TO
FULL COUNCIL.
LY FIRST MOVE TO AMEND
APOINTMENT 01511 TO REFLECT
THAT THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT OF
DEEPA, AS MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
WELCOME BACK WELCOME BACK
COMMISSION TO A TERM OF OCTOBER
31st, 2021.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT.
I WILL -- SORRY.
I WILL SECOND THE AMENDMENT.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT.
AND THEN I WILL MOVE
APPOINTMENT 01511.
SECOND APPOINTMENT 01511 AND
VOTE IN FAVOR OF APPOINTMENT
01511 AS AMENDED.
NONE ABSTAINING, NONE OPPOSING,
AND IT WILL MOVE ON TO FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
AND ITEM NUMBER IS APPOINTMENT
01509.
I WILL MOVE IN FAVOR.
I WILL SECOND, AND I WILL VOTE
IN FAVOR OF APPOINTMENT 01509.
NONE OPPOSED.
NONE ABSTAINING.
LIT MOVE ON TO FOUL COUNCIL.
LY MOVE APPOINTMENT 01512.
I WILL SECOND IT ANDLY VOTE IN
FAVOR OF APPOINTMENT 01512.
NONE OPPOSED.
ANYONE ABSTAINING.
IT WILL MOVE ON TO FILL COUNCIL
ON MONDAY.
AND THEN APPOINTMENT, NUMBER
16, 01510.
I WILL MOVE THAT, AND I WILL
SECOND IT.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF
APPOINTMENT 01510.
NONE OPPOSED, NONE ABSTAINING
AND IT WILL MOVE ON TO FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> NEXT, NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE TOWARD ITEMS 1 THROUGH 19,
WHICH ARE THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS, AND AS
0 AS WELL, WHICH IS THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION APPOINTMENTMENTS.
>> NUMBER, APPOINTMENT OF LIZ
HARDING AS MEMBER, SEATTLE
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A
TERM TO JULY 22, 2021.
AND 1 IS APOINTMENT 1523,
APOINTMENT OF WENDY B. SIS NAIR
ROSS, MEMBER OF SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO
JANUARY 22, 2021.
AND ITEM 19 IS APPOINTMENT
1522, APPOINTMENT AS MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO JULY
22, 2020, AND ITEM NUMBER 20 IS
APPOINTMENT OF WHITNEY
NAKAMURA, SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO JULY
1, 2020.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> LET'S JUST GO DOWN THE LINE
AND DO QUICK INTRODUCTIONS.
>> AND MARTA IDOBUT, SEATTLE
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
>> AND LIZ HARDING.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALL NEW
APPOINTMENTS NO REAPPOINTMENTS
HERE WITH US TODAY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING ANOTHER.
OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
WE'VE GOT TWO OF THEM ARE
COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS, AND ONE
IS A COMMISSION APPOINTMENT.
AND FROM THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION, WE HAVE ONE PERSON
HO IS A COMMISSION APPOINTMENT
AND THAT IS WHITNEY.
SO MARTA, LET'S KICK US OFF X
YOU DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT
THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION DOES AND
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
DOES?
>> YES.
AIM GOING TO CAMPAIGN THEM
BECAUSE THEY ARE BASICALLY BOTH
ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.
THEY ARE ADVISING THE MAYOR,
CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES THAT
AFFECT THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
AND SHIES THAT AFFECT HUMAN
RIGHTS AND JUST HUMAN RIGHTS
FOR PEOPLE IN GENERAL RAM ON
ALL AREAS.
THEIR RANGE IS VERY WIDE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO
THE SAY IS WHAT WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS YEAR
IS THAT WE HAVE THE
COMMISSIONS, ALL OUR
COMMISSIONS IN THE SEATTLE
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS GET R.
S.J.
I. TRAINING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
ARE AWARE OF ALL OF THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY
AND THAT THEY ENGAGE THAT WORK
WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR
COMMISSION WORK SO SOME OF THE
THINGS WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE
GOT THEM SCHEDULED AND WE
SCHEDULE THEM SEVERAL MONTHS
AGO WITH RACE, THE POWER AND
ILLUSION.
IT WAS ALL DAY TRAINING AND ALL
OF THE COMMISSIONS PARTICIPATED
AND IT WENT VERY WELL.
WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE RECOGNIZED SOME OF THE
WORK OF THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION.
THEY'RE DOING A NUMBER OF
THINGS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE A HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION, HIERTS DAY,
DECEMBER--HUMAN RIGHTS DAY,
DECEMBER 12, WHICH IS A COUPLE
OF DAYS FROM NOW, WHICH IS
AMPLIFYING MURDERED AND MISSING
WOMEN IN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND
AMPLIFYING THEIR VOICES AND IT
WILL BE AN EVENT AT TOWN HALL
THIS COMING THURSDAY AND IT
STARTS AT 6:00.
SO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THE
COMMISSIONS DO IS HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION WILL DO RESOLUTIONS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY LOOK AT THE WORK OF WHAT
OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, PEOPLE
COME OFTEN TO THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION ASKING, YOU KNOW,
FOR THEM TO SIGN ON LETTERS,
SUPPORT THEM AND KIND OF HELP
THEM IN THEIR WORK AND SO THAT
IS KIND OF A LOT OF THE THINGS
THAT THEY DO.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT THE
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS
DONE, BACK IN 2012, THEY HAVE
MADE THE -- DID A RESOLUTION TO
MAKE THE CITY OF SEATTLE A
HUMAN RIGHTS CITY, AND WITH
THAT THEY ARE NOW NEXT YEAR
GOING TO BE HAVING A HUMAN
RIGHTS CONFERENCE HERE IN
SEATTLE AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MUSEUM, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE
MARCH 13 AND 14.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF AMPLIFY
SYSTEM OF THE WORK.
>> THAT IS FANTASTIC.
THAT IS A GREAT OVERVIEW.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
>> SO THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO
SAY BECAUSE I WANT THEM HAVE
HAVE THEIR VOICES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF WE CAN JUST GO SOME
INTRODUCTIONS AND TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND
WHY IT IS THAT YOU'RE EXCITED
TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
>> AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT
OF SEATTLE FOR TWO YEARS.
I JUST MOVED FROM GEORGIA, AND
I WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN
THE WORK, NOT ONLY JUST BEYOND
MY DAY THOUGH-DAY WORK, ISSUES
AFFECTING SEATTLE, HOME MSNESS
AND POVERTY AND -- HOMELESSNESS
AND POVERTY AND THIS WOULD BE A
GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.
I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
SINCE JULY.
AND I ATTENDED MEETINGS AND
TRAININGS AND I LEARNED A LOT
ABOUT HOW AS A BODY WE IMPACT
THE WORK WE DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY
BASIS.
IT HAS BEEN AN OPEN DOOR FOR
THE RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE TO
COME IN AND SHARE, AND IT IS
IMPORTANT WORK.
WE HAD A DELEGATION FROM
PAKISTAN ATTEND ONE OF THE
COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SO DOING AND PLAYING THAT
IMPORTANT ROLE OF NOT ONLY JUST
LISTENING, BUT BRINGING CHANGE
BY ADVISING THE MAYOR, AND THE
CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER ADVISORY
BOARD, EVEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH OTHER AGENCIES, BUT ALSO
OTHER COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN
LEARNING AND A WELCOMING
EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND THAT IS
SOMETHING I WANT TO CONTINUE
DOING.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND MY
COMMISSION AND EXPERIENCE MORE
WORK.
AND I AM ALSO WORKING THE HUMAN
RIGHTS DAY WHICH IS IN TWO DAYS
AND MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS
AND IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE IT
IS SOMETHING WE DO WITH THE
COMMISSION.
>> AND YOU'RE WITH THE KING
COUNTY DEPARTMENT?
>> YES A LITIGATION SPECIALIST
THERE.
>> OF COURSE.
>> BUT THAT EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE
DOING THAT WORK.
>> YES.
>> I THINK IS VERY USEFUL IN
THE COMMISSION'S WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS WHITNEY.
I HAVE BEEN IN SEATTLE FOR 14
YEARS.
I'M FROM EL SALVADOR.
10 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IN THE
MEDICAL FIELD AS A MEDICAL
ASSISTANT AND PATIENT CARE
COORDINATOR AND PROPER HEALTH
CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
SO THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR ME TO
PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN ANY CITY
AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE A
VOICE WHEN IT COPS TO HEALTH
CARE -- COMES TO HEALTH CARE
ISSUES.
WE ALL KNOW THAT FOR HOMELESS
FOLKS, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
RESOURCES FOR PROPER HEALTH
CARE, SO I KIND OF WANT TO BE
THEIR VOICE TO HELP OUT.
I AM CURRENTLY WORKING AT
THERAPEUTIC HEALTH SERVICES,
AND IT IS A NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION.
THE FOCUS IS PATIENTS WITH
ADDICTION AND HOMELESS
PATIENTS, SO I AM VERY EXCITED
THAT IS PART OF IT.
AND I AM EXCITED OF ALL OF THE
WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
DOING.
>> HI, I'M WHITNEY AGAIN.
AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
SEATTLE.
I FEEL DEEPLY INVESTED IN
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITIES
THAT I AM A PART OF.
I AM THRILLED ABOUT THIS --
THRILLED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO CONTINUE THAT WORK AND
ENGAGING WITH THE ISSUES THAT
IMPACT MY LIFE, IMPACT MY
COMMUNITY.
SO I AM COMING AS A WOMAN.
I AM HERE AS A MOTHER.
AS A M WOO OF COLOR.
-- AS A M BOP OF COLOR.
CERTAINLY -- AS A WOMAN OF
COLOR.
>> CERTAINLY IN MY PROFESSIONAL
COMMITMENTS IN WORKING WITH
LOCAL NON-PROFITS AND AS A
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER AND EVEN AS
A COMMUNITY MEMBER TO KIND OF
GROW AND CONTINUE THAT
ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE ISSUES.
SO, YEAH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AND HI.
I'M LIZ.
I AM AUSTRALIAN AND I HAVE BEEN
IN SEATTLE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS
NOW, AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND
ADVOCACY IN SEATTLE FOR ABOUT
FOUR YEARS SINCE I MOVED HERE
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AND NOW I
WORK FOR A KNOB-PROFIT CALLED
-- NON-PROFIT WHERE WORKING
WITH FOUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS
WASHINGTON STATE TO END YOUTH
AND YOUNG ADULT HOMELESSNESS
WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON
ELIMINATING DISPROPORTIONS
ALITY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME LGBTQ
YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I AM INTERESTED IN WHAT IS
GOING OBJECT TO END
HOMELESSNESS HERE AND EXCHANGE
INFORMATION ACROSS EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT I'M DOING AS WELL.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
WORK.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU ALL.
DITTO FOR WHAT I SAID EARLIER
ABOUT THE DISABILITIES
COMMISSION AND THE LGBTQ
COMMISSION GOES FOR THE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION AS WELL AS
THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
HOLD THE POLICY MAKERS IN MY
ROLE AND INCLUDING MYSELF
ACCOUNTABLE, REPRESENT YOUR
COMMUNITY'S VOICES AND DEVELOP
OLICY AGENDAS THAT REPRESENT
THEIR INTERESTS, AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE PROMOTE THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS
CHANGING THE LAW WHEN NECESSARY
OR PROVIDING FUNDING.
I AM -- AND THINK ABOUT WAYS IN
WHICH YOU CAN PARTNER WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I -- ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL
THINGS I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO
DO AS A COUNCILMEMBER WAS TO
PARTNER WITH THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION IN HELPING
>> AND IT WAS THE EVICTIONS
REPORT OF A YEAR'S WORTH OF
EVICTIONS IN SEATTLE.
DEMONSTRATING THE LARGE PORTION
OF FOLKS SURVEYED, WHO MOVED
FROM EVICTION INTO
HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT REPORT SERVED AS A
BASIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
HAS MADE TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE
IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION
WHERE WE'VE GONE FROM A SYSTEM,
WHERE TENANTS USED TO ONLY GET
TWO DAYS OF NOTICE.
A JUDGE COULD NOT CONSIDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT HAVE
LED THE PERSON TO NOT PAY RENT.
NOW, THE LAW IS 14 DAYS'
NOTICE.
AND JUDGES WILL CONSIDER
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER
ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
REPORT THAT WE MADE CHANGES TO
ADHERE ON THE CITY LEVEL.
SO THAT REPORT LED TO CHANGES
AT THE STATE LEVEL.
BUT ALSO LED TO SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT CHANGES AT THE CITY
LEVEL IT'S A REALLY EXCITING
EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN PARTNER
WITH A MEMBER WHO IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT AN ISSUE, TO TAKE IT FROM
A POSITION OF STUDYING AN
ISSUE, GATHERING DATA, AND
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND IT'S A GOOD FRAMEWORK FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF YOU PARTNER WITH THAT
COUNCILMEMBER ON THE FRONT END,
YOU DEVELOP A STUDY THAT COMES
TO COME CONCLUSIONS THAT IT'S
PRETTY EASY TO HOLD MY FEET TO
THE FIRE OR ANOTHER
COUNCILMEMBER TO THE FIRE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR
STEPPING FORWARD.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE
VOTING.
LET'S SEE.
SO STARTING WITH ITEM 17.
IE MOVE APPOINTMENT.
01524.
I MOVE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED, NONE ABSTAINING,
MOVES ON TO FULL COUNCIL
MONDAY.
I SECOND APPOINTMENT 01523.
I VOTE IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED, NONE ABSTAINING
IN APPOINTMENT 01523 WILL MOVE
ON TO FULL COUNCIL MONDAY.
ITEM 7 IS APPOINTMENT 01490.
I MOVE IN FAVOR.
I SECOND IT.
OH.
WAIT.
I'M MOVING BACKWARDS IN TIME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.
NUMBER 1901522.
I MOVE IN FAVOR.
I SECOND IT.
I VOTE IN FAVOR OF APPOINTMENT
01522.
NONE OPPOSED, NONE ABSTAINING,
APPOINTMENT 01522 WILL MOVE ON
TO FULL COUNCIL.
AND FINALLY, APPOINTMENT 01516.
I MOVE IN FAVOR.
I SECOND IT.
I VOTE IN FAVOR OF APPOINTMENT
01516.
THIS WILL MOVE ON TO FULL
COUNCIL MONDAY.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU
ALL FOR SERVING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NO MORE OF THAT.
IT'S THE LAST APPOINTMENT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 21.
>> ITEM NUMBER 21 IS COUNCIL
BIL 119709.
DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTY
RIGHTS WITH SEWER AND DRAIN
RIGHTS TO CITY UTILITY NEEDS.
AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL MANAGER
CEO OF SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
TO RELINQUISH SUCHEASEMENT
RIGHTS.
AND TO ACCEPT NEW EASEMENTS,
PLACING THE REAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS AND INTERESTS CONVEYED
BY THE EASEMENTS UNDER THE
JURISDICTION OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
I'LL BE PLACING THIS.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANKS, NOEL.
LET'S DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS.
>> BRIAN GOODNIGHT.
>> CAROLYN JOHNSON, CL PUBLIC
UAT THIS POINTS, REAL PROPERTY
SERVICES, SENIOR AGENT.
>> I'M JUDITH CROSS.
>> FANTASTIC, AS NOLE
MENTIONED, THIS ITEMED WHICHS A
PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE
PRESENTATION FIRST.
WE'LL TAKE A PAUSE FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
AND AFTER OPENING AND CLOSING
THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL HAVE
A DISCUSSION AND A VOTE.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO START OFF?
BRIAN?
>> SURE.
FROM TIME TO TIME IN ORDER TO
PROPERLY INSTALL AND MAINTAIN
ITS FACILITIES, SPU COMING
BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THE
RELINQUISHING OF SUCH
EASEMENTS.
THIS DOES JUST THAT.
FIRST RELATES TO THE DRAINAGE
AND WATER SYSTEM.
AND SECOND RELATES TO THE WATER
SYSTEM.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS HAS
A PUBLIC HEARING.
>> AND THE RELINQUISHMENT.
THE EASEMENT RELINQUISHMENT
REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING THAT
ITEM 22 DOES NOT.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, GOOD.
>> DID YOU WANT FURTHER
EXPLANATION OF THIS SLIDE?
HE'S JUST READ THIS.
>> LET'S SEE.
I THINK HE'S PRETTY MUCH
COVERED T. LET'S MOVE ON.
>> RIGHT.
>> IS THIS -- THERE WE GO.
OKAY.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THERE ARE
THESE ARE OUR BENEFITS FOR
DOING THIS WORK.
FOR BEING ABLE TO COME BEFORE
YOU TODAY.
AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.
UH-HUH.
>> DID YOU WANT TO REVIEW
THOSE?
>> WELL, RELINQUISHMENTS AND
ACCEPTANCE.
PERMANENT PROPERTY RIGHTS.
I THINK WE HAVE THREE THAT
WE'RE DOING.
RELINQUISHMENTS MEANS THAT WE
HAVE HAD PRIOR EASEMENTS.
AND NOW, IT'S NECESSARY FOR
THEM TO BE RELEASED DUE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPING ON
THE AREA AND MAYBE MOVING THE
PIPE TO A NEW LOCATION.
AND THEN WE, AT THE SAME TIME,
MIGHT HAVE AN EASEMENT IN THAT
SAME PROJECT.
THAT WOULD BE A NEW EASEMENT.
A NEW LOCATION OF A NEW
FACILITY.
SO TODAY, WE ARE RELINQUISHING
AND ACCEPTING NEW RIGHTS.
AND RELEASING RIGHTS.
AS IT STATES HERE, THIS IS NO
COST TO RATEPAYERS.
AND TODAY, WE HAVE BATCHED -- I
THINK IT'S 4 -- 3 OR 4, THAT
WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY.
THAT WE'RE RELINQUISHING AND
ACCEPTING IN OUR DRAINAGE AND
WASTE WATER LINE OF BUSINESS.
AND
PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY FOR
YOUR APPROVAL.
>> THAT MEANS MULTIPLE
RELINQUISHMENTS?
>> YEAH.
>> IN A SIMILAR AREA OR ALL
OVER THE CITY?
>> ALL OVER THE CITY.
YEAH.
UH-HUH.
AND THESE ARE LOCATIONS.
THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT
PROJECTS.
PRESENTED TO OUR REAL PROPERTY
SERVICES SECTION.
AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO GET
YOUR APPROVAL ON RELEASING THEM
OR ACCEPTING THEM.
>> GREAT.
AND THE, WE VIOLATE AUTHORITY
TO BATCH THEM AS A WAY OF
SAVING TIME?
>> YES.
>> FOR SPU, FOR THE COUNCIL?
>> YEAH.
>> HOW DOES THE PUBLIC, SINCE
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
EASEMENTS, HOW DOES THE PUBLIC
NOTICE OCCUR WHEN YOU HAVE
BATCHED RELINQUISHMENTS.
>> YEAH.
SO WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY
PREPARING OUR STREAM-LINED
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE.
WE DO INFORM THE PARTIES WHO
ARE -- HAVE OWNERSHIP AS A
DEVELOPER.
THEY ARE INFORMED THAT THEY CAN
PARTICIPATE AND SHARE AND ANY
COMMENTS THEY MAY HAVE WITH
RELINQUISHMENT.
>> AND IS THIS A TRADE OF
PROPERTY RIGHTS?
OR WILL --
>> THIS IS A GRANTING AND
RELEASING.
GRANTING, MEANING A PRIVATE
PROPERTY OWNER IS GRANTING US
THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE AN
EASEMENT ON THEIR PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
>> ARE WE RECEIVING ANY REVENUE
FOR THE RELINQUISHMENT?
>> NO.
>> JUST FOR THE LEGISLATION.
>> NOR ARE WE GRANTING ANY
REVENUE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
SO AS CAROLYN MENTIONED, WE DO
HAVE A FEE TO ACTUALLY PREPARE
LEGISLATION.
BUT THERE IS NO REVENUE BEING
GENERATED BY US ACCEPTING THESE
EASEMENTS AND NO TRANSFER OF
FUNDS FOR THESRELINQUISHMENTS.
>> AND THE FEE IS NECESSARY FOR
THE TRANSACTION.
>> IT'S A STANDARD FEE.
IT'S A STANDARD POLICY FEE THAT
WE CHARGE IN ORDER TO YOU KNOW,
FACILITATE THIS PROCESS.
AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT
BEFORE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH THAT --
>> AND THESE ARE OUR LOCATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BRIAN, ANYTHING ELSE TO
CONSIDER?
>> NO.
>> WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE
PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 21,
COUNCIL BILL 9709.
NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL THEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING FOR 119709.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO JUST MOVE RIGHT INTO
VOTING TO APPROVE COUNCIL BILL
1109.
I MOVE IN FAVOR, I SECOND.
AND I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF
COUNCIL BILL 119709, WITH NONE
OPPOSED AND NONE ABSTAINING.
THIS WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT
ONE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 22.
IS CONCIL BILL 119 SEVEN 10.
RELATED TO SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, ACCEPTING EASEMENTS
GRANTED TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE
FOR INSTALLATION, OPERATION,
MAINTENANCE OF HYDRANTS, WATER
MAINS, DOMESTIC METER VAULTS,
FIRE SERVICE METERS, AND
APUR10ANCES.
AND INTEREST, CONVEYED BITE
EASEMENTS IN RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> SO WHEREAS THE EARLIER
ACTION WAS RELINQUISHING
EASEMENT RIGHTS AND ACCEPTING
NEW EASEMENTS, THIS IS ONLY
GOING TO BE ACCEPTING
ASSESSMENTS.
>> YES.
YES.
AND THIS IS FROM PRIVATE
DEVELOPERS THAT NEED TO PUT
MAIN WATER LINES ON PRIVATE
PROPERTY TO FACILITATE THE
ABILITY TO RECEIVE WATER FROM
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> OKAY.
>> AND WE HAVE SEVEN LOCATIONS
THAT WE'RE PRESENTING.
>> AGAIN BATCHING.
>> YES.
>> AND THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR
OF DOING THAT, WHICH IS A
STREAMLINED PROCESS OF YOU GUYS
FOR DOING THAT FOR US.
AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT.
>> AND FOR THE DEVELOPER, TOO.
>> YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> THESE ARE OUR LOCATIONS.
THESE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL SITES.
ALL DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS
APPROACHING SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES THROUGH OUR
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICE.
>> AND AGAIN, THERE IS NO COST
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EASEMENTS
TO THE DEVELOPER NOR TO THE
RATEPAYER.
ASIDE FROM THE FEE?
>> ASIDE FROM THE -- RIGHT.
ASIDE FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE
FEE TO PREPARE.
>> AND JUST SO I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ACTUAL COST TO THE CITY TO SORT
OF PROCESS?
IT'S NOT -- IT'S NOT A FEE
ASSOCIATED WITH SORT OF THE
VALUE OF THE PROPERTY?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHY THAT IS, IF WE
ARE GRANTING THE RIGHT TO USE
THE PROPERTY?
WHY WE WOULD NOT HAVE A LARGER
FEE BEYOND THE ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH?
>> SO ACTUALLY, THE EASEMENT
THAT WE'LL BE GRANTED IS FOR
THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE
DEVELOPER IS INSTALLING FOR THE
UTILITY'S BENEFIT.
SO THAT WE ARE RECEIVING
PROPERTY RIGHTS TO GO BACK FOR
ACCESS PURPOSES, OPERATE,
úMAINTAIN AND INSPECT,
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO
BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SO WE ACTUALLY OWN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE EASEMENT ITSELF IS GRANTED
TO US.
AND THE DEVELOPER DOES THAT.
IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO
DEVELOP THE PROPERTY FOR
INSTALLATION OF WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN THEIR FEE THAT THEY
PAY IS FOR THE COST OF THE
ACTUAL EASEMENT PREPARATION,
AND THE LEGISLATION
PREPARATION.
AND THAT'S PART OF OUR
DIRECTOR'S RULE FOR SEPARATE
CHARGES.
>> GREAT.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GIVING THE
CITY THE ACCESS TO MAINTAIN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS
NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
>> CORRECT.
AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE GAINING THAT PROPERTY
RIGHT TO ENTER PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
>> I WAS THINKING.
>> AND THEY ARE BEING CHARGED
IN A LOT OF OTHER AREAS.
NOT AFFILIATED WITH US.
BUT YEAH.
>> GREAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS GREAT.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BILL.
AND SO I WILL MOVE COUNCIL BILL
119710.
I WILL SECOND THE BILL.
AND I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF
COUNCIL BILL 119710.
AND NONE OPPOSED, NONE
ABSTAINING.
IT WILL MOVE ON TO FULL COUNCIL
MONDAY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AGENDA ITEM 23 IS A SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES RISK AND
RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT
FRAMEWORK.
>> THANK YOU, NOEL.
>> GREETINGS.
>> HELLO.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING
US.
WE'LL DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS
PLEASE.
>> I'M MAMI HARRA, DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> I'M MICHAEL GODFRIED,
SEATTLE PUBLIC UITS.
>> CHAD CHANNER.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH
MICHAEL.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
PRESENTING THIS REPORT.
AND ALSO, THE FOLLOWING ONE.
I KNOW THESE REPORTS RESULTED
FROM SOME STRATEGIC BUSINESS
PLAN WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER
LAST YEAR AND YOU HAD SENT THEM
TO US EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FIND SOME TIME TO HEAR
THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK.
BRIAN, YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF?
>> SURE.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH IN ADDITION
THO WHAT YOU SAID.
SO THIS STEMS FROM THE
RESOLUTION 31760, FROM LATE
2017.
WHICH DID ADOPT THE STRATEGIC
PLAN FOR SPU.
>> THANKS.
>> AND IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF
FACTORS THAT SPU HAS DESCRIBED.
AND OTHER ONES AS WELL.
AND THE INTENT IS THAT IT WILL
INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
NEXT STRATEGICBUSINESS PLAN
UPDATE, WHICH WILL BE COMING
NEXT YEAR TO COUNCIL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HAND OFF.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS OUR RISK
AND RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK.
AND LATER, OUR AFFORDABILITY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
WORK.
AND MICHAEL WILL GIVE YOU A LOT
MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE RISK
RESILIENCY PLAN.
AND LATER, JONATHAN SWIFT WILL
GIVEN YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE
AFFORDABILITY PLAN.
BUT FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
FOR YOUR TEAM'S WORK AND
COUNCIL'S WORK.
IN HELPING TO SHAPE OUR LAST
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.
AND FOR REQUESTING THESE PLANS
FROM US.
THAT THEN SUPPORT THE FURTHER
STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY INFLUENTIAL
IN OUR WORK ALREADY.
IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AT THE
DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOPMENT.
WE DECIDED TO NOT USE A
CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THEM.
BUT TO USE A HOME GROWN
APPROACH.
WHICH WOULD THEN EMBED THESE
EFFORTS INTO OUR CULTURE.
SO IT'S BEEN A VERY WIDESPREAD
EFFORT, AMONG ABOUT 150 FOLKS
AND MORE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE
DIFFERENT PLANS.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME OF
THE RESULTS OF BENEFITED R-
RATEPAYERS.
YOU'RE SEEN THROUGH A SAVINGS
ON OUR INTEREST RATE, SOME OF
OUR INTEREST RATES ON LOANS.
AND ALSO RENEGOTIATION OF OUR
SOLID WASTE CONTRACT.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING THE
RATE -- THE ANTICIPATED RATE
PATH FROM THE LAST STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN DOWN FROM 5.2 TO
5.0, WHICH HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANT.
BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY.
THESE HAVE STARTED TO INFLUENCE
OUR CULTURE.
ASK TO EMBED THE FOCUS ON
AFFORDABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY,
AND RISK AND RESILIENCY.
TO WHAT WE DO IN OUR PRACTICES.
AND POLICIES.
AND SO WE'VE JUST STARTED TO
WORK ON THE THIRD COMPONENT,
WHICH IS EQUITY AND
EMPOWERMENT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT ALONG WITH
THIS ARE GOING TO BE
FOUNDATIONAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF OUR STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN
IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO WE WILL THEN HOPE TO
COME TO YOU WITH THE THIRD
COMPONENT AT SOME POINT, WHEN
WE'RE DONE BEFORE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUSINESS
PLAN.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO MICHAEL TO GO OVER THE
PLAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI.
I'M MICHAEL GODFRIED.
AND I'M WORKING AS A RESILIENCY
PLANNER AT SPU.
BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THESE
ISSUES.
NEXT?
IN 2017, CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED
THAT SPU PREPARE RISK AND
RESILIENCY MANAGEMENT
ASSESSMENT.
AND WE DELIVERED THAT
ASSESSMENT THIS SUMMER.
I HAD IDENTIFIED THE BIGGEST
RISKS THAT SPU FACES.
IT TRACK WOULD OUR PROGRESS TO
DATE ON THOSE.
AND IT LOOKED AT NEXT STEPS IN
A PLANNING FRAMEWORK.
FOR SBU, RESILIENCY IS THE
CAPACITY TO PLAN, RESPOND AND
ADAPT DISRUPTIONS, CHANGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S ABOUT REDUCING LONG-TERM
RISKS AND IMPROVING
CAPABILITIES AND AT THE END OF
THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT SUSTAINING
VITAL PUBLIC SERVICES THROUGH
STRESSES AND SHOCKS.
AS MAMI HAS JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THERE ARE THREE MAJOR
INITIATIVES AT THE UTILITY, AND
THEY'RE ALL INTERLINKED AND
WOVEN.
RESILIENCY AND EQUITY, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
SERVICE EQUITY TEAM TO ADVANCE
BOTH OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
AND WE HAVE COMPLETED AN EQUITY
SPU TOOLKIT THIS YEAR.
AND THAT HAS INVOLVED
STAKEHOLDERS FROM ACROSS THE
UTILITY.
SO IT'S VERY INTEGRATED IN OUR
WORK.
AND CURRENTLY, WE'RE MEETING
WITH BRANCH EQUITY TEAMS AND
SHARING OUR FINDINGS.
AND LINKING THESE TWO EFFORTS
TOGETHER.
NEXT?
>> RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABILITY
IS ALSO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK SOMETHING REALLY
EXCITING ABOUT RESILIENCY IS
OFTEN WHAT IS CALLED THE
RESILIENCY DIVIDEND.
WHICH IS THAT A DOLLAR WE SPEND
NOW IS WORTH $6 LATER.
IF WE GET AHEAD OF THINGS,
THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS IN
TERMS OF REDUCING RISKS AND
SAVING LIVINGS AND CREATING
JOBS.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THE WILDFIRES
DOWN IN CALIFORNIA.
AND THE HURRICANES THAT HAVE
BUFFETED THE EAST COAST.
AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, WE SEE
THAT WHEN WE GET AHEAD OF THESE
THINGS, THERE'S HUGE BENEFITS
FOR THE PUBLIC.
>> CAN YOU -- BACK ON THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHEN YOU SAY
THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
SERVICE EQUITY TEAM TO ADVANCE
BOTH RESILIENCY AND EQUITY
TOGETHER.
YOU'RE TALKING AS A PLANNING
PRINCIPLE AT THIS POINT, RIGHT?
IS THAT ACCURATE?
OR DO YOU HAVE A CONCRETE
EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT
INITIATIVE OF THAT INITIATIVE
BEING UNDERTAKEN THAT ADVANCES
BOTH OF THOSE GOALS?
OR IS THIS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR
THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT?
>> I BELIEVE THAT THAT WORK IS
ALWAYS ONGOING.
YES.
IT'S A PLANNING PRINCIPLE.
BUT YES.
EVEN THE WORK THAT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND WE AND COUNCIL HAVE
BEEN DOING.
THAT IS VERY MUCH AROUND EQUITY
AND ALSO MAKING SURE WHAT THAT
OUR COMMUNITY IS RESILIENT.
AND THAT WE'RE NOT EXACERBATING
DISPLACEMENT.
AND THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND
INVESTMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S JUST ONE ASPECT OF THAT
WORK.
BUT IT'S VERY CENTRAL TO WHAT
WE DO.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>>> NEXT.
SOY THE REPORT TO COUNCIL IS IN
A BROAD AREA.
THOSE ARE A LESS OF THE
CHAPTERS.
THIS IS A RISK TABLE THAT WILL
GET INTO THE IMPACT OF
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
THAT THE UTILITY FACES.
SO FOR THE FIRST ONE, POTENTIAL
ISLANDING OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE NEXT ONE, FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE.
DROUGHT, EXTREME DOWNPOUR, SEA
LEVEL RISE.
WILDFIRES AND OTHER IMPACTS.
AND THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE,
CYBER ATTACKS HAVE BEEN IN THE
NEWS.
A LOT THIS PAST YEAR.
AND WE REALIZE THERE IS A LOSS
OF I.T.
SERVICES AND STOLEN
INFORMATION.
AND THEN UNDER EXTREME WEATHER.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST RESPONSE
TO FLOODING THAT USUALLY OCCURS
EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN THERE'S VOLCANIC
ERUPTION.
DAM FAILURE AND TERRORISM ARE
OTHER THINGS COVERED IN THE
REPORT.
THEN UNDER THE FINANCIAL
CATEGORY FOR INVESTMENT
PRIORITIES, AGING AND
SUBSTANDARD INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN THE PROCESS
OF ADDRESSING THAT.
AND UPDATING SYSTEMS.
THERE'S REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS, LIKE THE SHIP
CANAL TUNNEL THAT WE'RE
RESPONDING TO.
AND THERE'S PROJECTS BY OTHER
AGENCIES, LIKE S.-DOT THAT
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH AS
WELL.
THEN UNDER ECONOMY AND MARKETS.
AFFORDABILITY, OF COURSE, IS A
HUGE ISSUE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.
AND THERE'S A LOT TO THAT.
WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH
POPULATION GROWTH AND CITING
FACILITIES AND DENSIFYING CITY.
RECYCLING MARKETS.
AND THEN UNDER OPERATIONS, WE
TALK ABOUT IN THE REPORT HOW IN
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AROUND 50%
OF OUR STAFF IS
ELIGIBILITYIGIBLE FOR
RETIREMENT -- ELIGIBLE FOR
RETIREMENT.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG
CHANGE.
AND THEN UNDER TECHNOLOGY.
THERE IS EMERGING AND NEW
SYSTEMS, DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS,
UPDATING I.T.
SYSTEMS.
THERE'S BOTH OPPORTUNITY AND
RISK IN THAT.
AND WITH ALL THIS WORK, WE'RE
LOOKING AT IT THROUGH AN EQUITY
AND EMPOWERMENT LENS.
.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE RISKS ASSOCIATED
UNDER ECONOMY MARKETS, DEBT AND
REVENUE LOSS?
>> SURE.
I THINK WITH ALL THE PROJECTS
WE'RE TAKING ON AS A UTILITY
AND DEALING WITH, FOR EXAMPLE,
UPGRADING THE SYSTEM FOR
SEISMIC, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO
BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC
FUNDS.
AND DURING ECONOMIC CYCLES, WE
HAVE UPS AND DOWNS.
PEOPLE MIGHT USE LESS SERVICES.
SO THAT PRESENTS DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES FOR US.
SO I THINK THERE IS -- THAT'S
KIND OF A MIX OF CHALLENGES.
>> UNDER TECHNOLOGY.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU
IDENTIFY NEW TREATMENT AS A
RISK?
>> WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE
IDENTIFYING, OR SCIENCE IS
IDENTIFYING NEW CONTAMINANTS IN
THE SYSTEM.
THERE'S GLOBAL WARMING ALSO.
HEATING, WATER SUPPLY.
SO THOSE THINGS CAN REQUIRE NEW
FORMS OF TREATMENT.
AND THAT CAN BE AN EXPENSE AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO JUST TO FOCUS ON TWO
EXAMPLES FROM THE TABLE.
EARTHQUAKES, OF COURSE, GET A
LOT OF ATTENTION.
WASHINGTON STATE IS ONLY SECOND
IN THE NATION TO CALIFORNIA.
IN TERMS OF EARTHQUAKE RISK.
AND THERE'S A PHOTO FROM THE
2001 EARTHQUAKE WITH GOVERNOR
LOCKE.
AND THEN SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT
S.P.U.
HAS DONE IN THIS AREA.
SINCE 2018.
WE DID A WATER SYSTEM SEISMIC
STUDY.
AND THAT IDENTIFIED A WHOLE
VARIETY OF INVESTMENTS THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING OVER
THE COMING DECADES.
THERE WAS A 1990 STUDY.
AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE
INVESTED ABOUT 100 MILLION IN
THE WATER SYSTEM.
AND CURRENTLY, WE'VE GOT A
PROJECT UNDER WAY WHERE WE'RE
IDENTIFYING SITES NEXT TO THE
WATER DISTRIBUTION PIPELINES,
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STOCK
REPLACEMENT PIPES ON THE CASE
OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
THAT MATERIAL IS READILY
AVAILABLE.
AND WE CAN RESTORE SERVICE AS
FAST AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING
AND EXERCISE PROGRAM THAT CHAD
IS IN CHARGE OF.
AND WE EXERCISE ON A VARIETY OF
SCENARIOS.
AND WE'RE ONE OF ONLY TWO
MUNICIPALITIES IN WASHINGTON
STATE TO HAVE A FEMA-APPROVED
DEBRIS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
>> IN WHAT BENEFIT DOES THAT
GIVE US?
>> WELL, IN THE CASE OF AN
EARTHQUAKE, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF
DEBRIS.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN OF
WHERE TO STORE THAT.
WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
THE FACT THAT IT'S FEMA
APPROVED, MEANS THAT IT MEETS A
HIGH LEVEL.
AND IT ALSO WOULD PROBABLY
ALLOW US TO GET FEDERAL
FUNDING.
>> AND THEN CLIMATE CHANGE
WORK.
THE UTILITY HAS BEEN DOING
GREAT WORK IN THIS AREA FOR A
WHILE.
AND RELATING TO YOUR QUESTION
ON EQUITY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER
PARTNERS IN THE SOUTH PARK
COMMUNITY.
TO LOOK AT IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL
RISE.
AND WHAT KIND OF ACTIONS WE CAN
TAKE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEN WE'RE WORKING ON WATER
MANAGEMENT ADAPTATION FURTHER
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER LINE OF
BUSINESS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DROUGHT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EXTREME
DOWNPOURS AND THE EFFECT THAT
HAS ON THE SYSTEM.
THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT IS AN
IMAGE OF THE CEDAR RIVER
WATERSHED DURING DROUGHT.
AND THEN OUR SOLID WASTELINE OF
BUSINESS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ISSUE WITH
PLASTICS.
AND WASTE PREVENTION.
AND IN TERMS OF OUR OPERATIONAL
FOOTPRINT, WE'RE REDUCING OUR
CARBON FOOTPRINT FOR BOTH OUR
FLEETS AND OUR BUILDINGS.
AND WITHIN THE UTILITY, WE HAVE
A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THAT IS
REALLY EXCITING, WHERE WE MEET
QUARTERLY, ACROSS THE LINES OF
BUSINESS.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT EVERYBODY IS
DOING.
AND WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AN
ACTION PLAN TO ALIGN EVERYBODY
ON THOSE ACTIONS AND LOOK AT
HOW TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE GOING
FORWARD.
AND THEN PEOPLE DISCUSS THEIR
EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS.
PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH ON THE
OUTSIDE, AT CONFERENCES.
SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE REALM WORKING WITH THE
LATEST SCIENCE AND THE BEST
PRACTICES.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE WASTE POLLUTION
MITIGATION ITEM, AS IT RELATES
TO PLASTICS?
AND WHAT YOU FOUND AND WHAT --
HOW THE UTILITIES WORKS ARE
GOING TO ALIGN WITH THOSE
FINDINGS?
>> WAIT.
MICHAEL CAN PICK UP FOR ME.
YOU KNOW, OUR WASTE POLLUTION
MITIGATION IS NOT JUST AROUND
PLASTICS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO AROUND
TRYING TO REDUCE FOOD WASTE AND
OTHER ASPECTS OF WASTE.
THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
ENERGY.
AND RESOURCES THAT ARE
INHERENT.
AND ANY KIND OF MATERIAL GOODS
AND FOOD.
AND THE FIRST, MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS WE'RE TRYING TO
MESSAGE OUT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
REALLY REDUCE WHAT THEY
PURCHASE.
AND EXPEND.
AND ABSOLUTELY WASTE AS LITTLE
AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IN TERMS OF PLASTICS.
YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US IN
TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE
WORK THAT WE'RE ALSO DOING
AROUND CONSUMER RESPONSIBILITY,
YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST.
PRODUCE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PRODUCERS
ARE PROVIDING LESS PLASTICS AND
PACKAGING.
AND YOU KNOW, THINKING REALLY
HARD ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE
DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE FOR
THE PRODUCTS THAT THEY PRODUCE.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON WE HAVE
RECENTLY PUT OUT THE FIRST
LARGE CITY STRAW BAN.
YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS TO MORE
THAN ANYTHING PROMOTE THE
AWARENESS OF MANAGING PLASTICS
POLLUTION.
AND WE ARE ALSO DOING A LOT OF
WORK WITH INNOVATORS IN THIS
AREA TO TRY TO HELP TO PROMOTE
AND ASSESS THE POTENTIAL MARKET
FOR INNOVATIONS THAT HELP US TO
BOTH MANAGE THE IMPACTS OF
POLLUTION.
BUT ALSO REDUCE THE NEED FOR
POLLUTION.
OR PLASTICS.
>> AND I KNOW THAT LEGISLATIVE
REFORM, IN THIS AREA, IS
PREVERABLE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
BUT IF THERE ISN'T STATE
LEGISLATION, RELATED TO
EXPANDING RESTRICTIONS ON
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS, CAN WE
EXPECT TO SEE SOMETHING COMING
FORWARD?
>> YES.
AND IT MAY BE IN SOME CASES
THAT STATE LEGISLATION IS
PREFERABLE.
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT
PREFERABLE IN ALL CASES.
THERE IS WORK BEING DONE BY
FOLKS WHO PROMOTE PLASTICS, YOU
KNOW, IN ORDER TO CREATE STATE
LIG LEGISLATION, THAT PREEMPTS
THE EFFECTIVENESS OR THE
ABILITY OF CITIES TO MAKE THEIR
OWN LEGISLATION TO MANAGE
PLASTICS.
>> THOSE ARE NOT GOOD.
SO I JUST WANT TO RAISE SOME
PUBLIC AWARENESS, YOU KNOW,
ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
AND THAT WE ALL HAVE TO LOOK
VERY HARD AT THE NET RESULT.
YOU KNOW, OF ANY KIND OF
PROPOSED LEGISLATION AT A BROAD
STATE.
YOU KNOW, LEVEL.
HERE IN SEATTLE, WE HAVE SOME
PENDING LEGISLATIVE WORK TO
REQUIRE A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO
PLASTICS.
YOU KNOW, INCLUDING ELIMINATING
THE USE OF FINE MILL PLASTICS.
WHICH ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO
REUSE AND REQUIRING, YOU KNOW,
HEAVIER MILL PLASTICS, FOR
BAGS, CHANGING THE PASSTHROUGH
FEE, FROM 5 CENTS TO 10 CENTS.
YOU KNOW, FOR BAGS.
FOR ENCOURAGING THE USE OF
COMPOSTABLE BAGS.
WHEN PLASTIC BAGS ARE CALLED
FOR.
BECAUSE THAT HAS ANOTHER LIFE,
AS WELL AS PAPER BAGS OVER
PLASTIC.
>> SURE.
>> SHOULD WE EXPECT ANYTHING AS
IT RELATES TO -- I JUST
REMEMBER FROM A PREVIOUS
BRIEFING, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT
OTHER PLASTICS SUCH AS
DISPOSABLE FLATWARE.
AND -- I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER
WHAT OTHER ITEMS.
>> SURE.
>> HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
BUT I THINK THERE WERE SOME
OTHERS.
>> WELL, WITH DISPOSABLE
FLATWARE, AT LEAST FOR
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, WE
INCLUDED ANY KIND OF SINGLE-USE
PLASTICS IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE
DISPOSABLE FLATWARE IN STRAWS.
WE WERE NICKNAMED THE STRAW
BAN.
THAT ONLY APPLIES TO COMMERCIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS.
THERE IS A GROWING CONVERSATION
IN THE WORLD OF PLASTICS AND
ENVIRONMENTALISM AROUND PLASTIC
WATER BOTTLES.
AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, PLASTIC
CONTAINERS.
BUT WE, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, DO
NOT HAVE ANYTHING YET THAT IS
READY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF
RESILIENCY IS, OF COURSE,
RELATIONSHIPS.
AND IT'S ALSO HOW WE INTEGRATE
THIS WORK INTO OUR PLANS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH A VARIETY
OF PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE EPA,
AND OUR SISTER
DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND WE'VE MADE PRESENTATIONS TO
THE CITY.
AND WE ARE MAKING PRESENTATIONS
AND GOING TO MAKE ONE TO THE
CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL.
AND IN TERMS OF THE SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE INTEGRATED RESILIENCY
INTO THAT PLAN, WHICH IS
FINISHING UP NOW.
SO IT'S REALLY BAKED IN.
>> AND AS A CONCLUDING SLIDE,
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE
WORK UNDER WAY.
BUT THERE'S EVEN OTHER ACTIONS
WE CAN DISCUSS AS WELL.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH
THE E.P.A.
IS REQUIRING AMERICA'S WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, WHICH
REQUIRES AN ASSESSMENT OF WATER
UTILITIES OF A CERTAIN SIZE,
ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR
NATURAL HAZARDS AND TERRORISM.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
WORKING ON THAT.
AND IT WILL BE COMPLETED IN
MARCH OF THIS COMING YEAR.
AND CERTIFIED.
WE TALK BRIEFLY BEFORE ABOUT
THE CLIMATE ACTION AGENDA,
WHICH JUST INCLUDES SO MANY
EFFORTS BY PEOPLE WITHIN S.P.U.
AND DIFFERENT LINES OF
BUSINESS, DOING GREAT WORK.
AND ALIGNING THAT WORK AND
MOVING FORWARD WITH EVEN MORE
FOCUS.
AND THEN DRAINAGE AND
WASTEWATER IS WORKING ON THEIR
INTEGRATED SYSTEM PLAN.
AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPRESSIVE
PLAN THAT IS LOOKING FOR
COMPREHENSIVELY AT ALL KINDS OF
CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM.
INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THE INCREASED PRESSURE THAT
PUTS ON THE SYSTEM, SEISMIC AND
AFFORDABILITY ISSUES.
AND EQUITY ISSUES AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ALL BEING BROUGHT
TOGETHER SO THAT FUTURE
INVESTMENTS IN THE SYSTEM ARE
REALLY COMPREHENSIVE.
AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS COMING YEAR, WE'RE HOLDING
A LEADERSHIP FORUM ON DRIVERS
AND INNOVATIONS, SO THAT WE CAN
REALLY POSITION THE UTILITY,
LOOKING 10, 20, 50 YEARS INTO
THE FUTURE.
AND THE BEST POSITION TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND
TO REALLY SET OURSELVES UP TO
DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE'RE FACING.
AND CURRENTLY, UNDER
DEVELOPMENT IS A RISK
MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK THAT IS
GOING TO PROVIDE A KIND OF
COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR ALL THE
LINES OF BUSINESS AND HOW THEY
ASSESS RISK.
SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND AS MENTIONED, THE STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN IS UNDER
DEVELOPMENT NOW.
AND RISK AND RESILIENCY ASK ONE
OF THE TOP 3. AND IT'S GOING TO
BE REALLY INTEGRATED INTO THAT.
SO IT REALLY AFFECTS EVERYTHING
WE DO GOING FORWARD.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A
RESILIENCY PLANNING MANUAL THAT
WILL REALLY GUIDE OUR PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT FOR DIFFERENT LINES
OF BUSINESS.
AND WORK UNITS.
>> RIGHT.
CAN WE JUST GO BACK TO THE LAST
SIDE.
I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO
GO THROUGH THIS.
AND HAVE YOU EXPLAIN, WHAT'S
THE STORY THAT THIS SLIDE IS
TELLING.
YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF CIRCLES
GOING OUT FROM THE THEME OF
RESILIENCY IN EACH THERE IS A
GROUPING OF SORT OF COMMON
FACTORS OR COMMON INDIVIDUALS,
AS I BELIEVE THESE ARE --
THEY'RE NOT -- THEY'RE ALL
FEEDING INTO THE CONCEPT OF
RESILIENCY.
DO YOU MIND WALKING US THROUGH
THAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> SURE.
SO THE FIRST YELLOW RING IS OUR
POLICIES AND PLANS.
AND I THINK FOR RESILIENCY TO
BE REALLY REAL, IT HAS TO BE
INTEGRATED INTO ALL OF THESE
DOCUMENTS AND DESCRIBE WHAT OUR
NEXT STEPS ARE.
AND HOW THAT LOOKS IN TERMS OF
THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT WE GET
DONE.
AND THEN, IN TERMS OF CITY AND
COUNTY PLANS AND POLICIES,
WHICH IS THE GREEN CIRCLE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR SISTER
DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT
SOMETHING LIKE SEISMIC WORK,
YOU KNOW, OUR EMERGENCY WE'RE
DOING A LOT OF COORDINATION
WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
AND S-DOT.
BECAUSE I THINK THE RISKS WE
ALL FACE TOGETHER RESILIENCY IS
REALLY A CITY WIDE THING.
AND THEN IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
SHARE WITH PEOPLE.
OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
MAKING SURE WE ARE REFLECTING
WHAT THEY SEE AS RISKS.
AND IF WE'RE SEEING SOMETHING
THAT IS A GREATER RISK,
EXPLAINING WHY WE THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT, THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT RISKS AND CHALLENGES,
AS YOU KNOW.
AND I THINK HAVING THOSE
DISCUSSIONS CREATES SUPPORT.
AND IT ALERTS US TO BLIND SPOTS
WE MIGHT HAVE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET OUT TO
THE FEDERAL LEVEL, LIKE THE
-- AMERICA'S [INAUDIBLE]
AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THEM.
AND WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT
IN A SENSE, WIRE -- THEY'RE
LOOKING AT ASSESSING THE RISK.
AND WE'RE LOOKING EVEN MORE
BROADLY AS A UTILITY.
BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING
WITH THOSE DIFFERENT PARTNERS.
SO I THINK THERE'S JUST A LOT
OF LAYERING.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
MORE WITH THIS.
FOR TWO REASONS.
1, I HAVE FOCUSED MY THINKING
ON HOW THE RISK AND RESILIENCY
PLAN INFLUENCES THE STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GOAL IS
APPROPRIATE TO INFLUENCE A LOT
OF OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN
THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE.
AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, WOULD
LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW THE CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL
HAS ENGAGED IN THIS WORK.
>> I'LL SPEAK TO THAT.
FIRST, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT
THIS DIAGRAM IS VERY
CONCEPTUAL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF INFLUENCERS
AND DRIVERS, LIKE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT ARE NOT
ON THIS DIAGRAM.
AND THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THERE ARE A WHOLE NUMBER OF
PLANS THAT ARE BEING INFLUENCED
THAT ARE NOT LISTED HERE.
AND THIS IS JUST TO SAY IT'S
CONCEPTUAL.
THE CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- AN
INTERESTING QUESTION.
BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THEIR WORK,
EVEN BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THIS PLAN, HAS BEEN FROM THEIR
PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE ATTENDING TO THE WIDE
RANGE OF RISKS AND INVESTING
APPROPRIATELY AROUND THOSE
RISKS.
AND SO THEY -- WE HAVE
PRESENTED THIS FRAMEWORK TO
THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, THE OVERALL
PICTURE THAT THE FRAMEWORK FITS
WITHIN, I THINK THAT THEY ARE
GLAD TO SEE A FORMAL APPROACH
THAT HELPS TO ARTICULATE AND
KIND OF HELP -- WILL EVENTUALLY
HELP US TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE
SHOULD BE INVESTING IN, WHICH
IS THE NEXT STEP OF WORK THAT
WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO THEM IN
JANUARY.
I BELIEVE.
AS A FRAMEWORK FOR HELPING TO
CATEGORIZE RISKS.
AND THEN TO ALIGN THE
PRIORITIZATION WITH HOW WE
INVEST.
>>> SO.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF NEXT STEPS
OF VULNERABILITY MATRIX,
DETAILING SIGNIFICANT RISKS FOR
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES, THE
INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF
EXISTING WORK FOR HIGH-PRIORITY
RISK AREAS.
IDENTIFICATION OF CRITICAL
INTERDEPENDENCIES AND AGENCIES
WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IDENTIFICATION OF DISPARATE
COMMUNITY IMPACTS TO TAKE
EQUITABLE AND CORRECTIVE
ACTIONS.
IS THERE -- HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED
ANY SORT OF A TIME LINE FOR
THESE ITEMS?
OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO KIND
OF TAKE IT AS IT COMES?
AND MOVE FORWARD?
IS THERE ANY DIRECTION OR INPUT
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FROM THE
COUNCIL, IN HELPING YOU TO
CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS WORK?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
OFFERING.
MAY I GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT
QUESTION?
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR TEAM
HAS BEEN MAKING SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS ON ALL OF THESE
FRONTS.
AND I'D FIRST LIKE TO GIVE YOU
A STATUS UPDATE.
SO THAT YOU CAN THEN ASSESS
WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED AND WHAT
TIME FRAME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SOUNDS GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOURS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ITEM 24.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24, THE
AFFORDANT AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
>> THANK YOU, NOEL.
ANY OPENING REMARKS?
>> THANK YOU.
I'LL JUST SAY THE REQUEST FOR
THE REPORT COMES FROM THE SAME
RESOLUTION [INAUDIBLE]
SECTION 15 OF THE RESOLUTION
THAT REQUESTED IT.
AND I WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
>> FANTASTIC.
WE HAVE A NEW PRESENTER.
>> HI.
I'M JONATHAN SWIFT.
I WORK FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
>> GREAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME AND ASKING FOR
PRESENTATION ON THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND AFFORD AT
PLAN.
THIS WAS A BIG BODY OF WORK
THAT MAMI MENTIONED.
WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE AWAY
FROM IT IS GOOD EXAMPLES THAT
MIGHT RESONATE WITH YOU.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO HIT ON IS
JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN.
I'LL HIT HIGHLIGHTS.
I'M GOING TO TALK BRIEFLY.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED
TWICE.
OF HOW THIS WORK INTEGRATES OR
WILL INTEGRATE.
AND I'LL GO BRIEFLY INTO
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXT STEPS.
THIS IS WHERE THE PLAN
GENERATES FROM.
THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
BUT THERE'S A WHY BEHIND IT,
TOO, RIGHT?
AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE UTILITY
FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE TO ME
WITH THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH
DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, THEY KNOW
THIS.
THEY'RE CHALLENGED BY THE ISSUE
OF AFFORDABILITY.
THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
BUT THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW.
HOW?
WE KNOW THAT OUR RATES ARE
UNAFFORDABLE FOR MANY
CUSTOMERS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE INCREASING
NEEDS AND COSTS, FROM AGING
INFRASTRUCTURE TO JUST SOME OF
THE REGULATORY ISSUES.
AND OF COURSE, THE VALUE IS NOT
ALWAYS CLEAR TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
IT'S INTERESTING WORKING HERE
FOR A YEAR.
YOU KNOW, TALKING WITH MY WIFE,
WHO IS A VERY, YOU KNOW, ACTIVE
PUBLIC SECTOR PERSON.
SHE DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD OUR
OWN WATERSHED.
JUST THESE BASIC THINGS THAT
PEOPLE ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING
THE VALUE OF THE QUALITY OF
SERVICES THAT THEY GET.
BELOW THIS IS JUST REALLY THE
TIME LINE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
WE'VE GONE FROM DELIVERING THIS
PLAN TO THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE NOW IN IMPLEMENTING
ACTIONS.
AND I'LL BRIEFLY MENTION THIS
AGAIN.
WE'RE ACTING ACTION ON 25 OF 47
ACTIONS.
WE ANTICIPATE BEING FINISHED
WITH 45 OF THEM BY THE END OF
2020.
AND OF COURSE, INCORPORATING
THIS FRAMEWORK.
WE'RE STARTING TO DO THAT WORK
AS OUR CUSTOMER REVIEW PANEL.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW THESE
INNER-LINKING RINGS.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT EACH ONE OF
THESE PRACTICE AREAS THAT WE
FOCUSED ON.
AND SOWE SELECTED SIX AREAS OF
HOW WE DO OUR WORK.
IT'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT THE
UTILITY DOES.
BUT THERE WAS SOME
PRIORITIZATION THAT OCCURS
HERE.
WE DECIDED TO REFINE AND FOCUS
ON THESE DIFFERENT PRACTICE
AREAS HERE.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE REASON
YES WE DID THAT.
OF COURSE THE REGULATORY
ALIGNMENT.
PARTNERSHIPS.
CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE.
BUDGET INVESTMENT AND CAPITAL.
ALL OF THOSE ARE INTERLINKED
WITH EACH OTHER.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF EMBEDDED
AREAS AROUND IMPROVEMENT,
EFFICIENCY WITHIN THESE AREAS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT
THAT THE ORGANIZATION DECIDED,
THIS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
IMPROVE FIRST.
IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE END.
BUT IT'S THE BEGINNING OF -- OR
THE ITERATION OF HOW WE'REGOING
TO DO THIS.
SO THE WORK AS MAMI BRIEFLY
MENTIONED, WAS QUITE EXPANSIVE.
IT CUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
ORGANIZATION.
AND THIS WAS INTENTIONAL.
A LOT OF TIMES, WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THIS TYPE OF EFFICIENCY,
AFFORDABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY
WORK, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL
IT, IT'S DONE BY AN OUTSIDE
CONSULTANT.
IT DIED ON THE VINE.
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
OWN IT.
WE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT WORK.
SO THAT PEOPLE FELT NOT JUST A
PART OF IT.
BUT HEARD.
>> WAS THIS -- YOU HAD
MENTIONED THAT THE RISK AND
RESILIENCY WORK WAS NOT DONE BY
AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT?
IT WAS DONE IN-HOUSE?
>> BOTH THE PLANS WERE
DEVELOPED IN HOUSE BY STAFF
WITH GOOD EXPERT IN-HOUSE
LEADERS.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU SHOULD CONSIDER SHARING
YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
ON SORT OF THE BENEFITS OF THAT
APPROACH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF VERY
LIVELY DISCUSSIONS.
A LOT OF GOOD CONSTRUCTIVE
ARGUMENTS.
AND SOME VERY ENGAGED WORK WITH
OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM AS WELL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
STARTED WITH.
AND THIS IS REALLY JUST A
PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH, IN
TERMS OF STRATEGY IS BUILD ON
WHERE YOU'RE AT AND IDENTIFY
GAPS GOING FORWARD, RIGHT?
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH
YOU ARE SOME EXAMPLES ARE,
THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK
THAT IS OCCURRING WITHIN THE
UTILITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF POCKETS OF
LANGUAGES.
BUT HOW CAN WE DO THIS BETTER
AS AN ENTERPRISE?
SPU HAS A FOUNDATION.
BUT WE STARTED BY ASKING THIS
QUESTION.
WHAT EXISTS NOW?
AND WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH
THAT?
BUT ALSO, WHAT ARE SOME GREAT
THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW?
AND HOW MIGHT WE EXTEND THOSE.
SO, OF COURSE, I MENTIONED,
THERE'S A BIAS TOWARDS ACTION.
WE HAVE 47 ACTIONS THAT MIGHT
BE A MISTAKE.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO
ACTUALLY JUST SAY THIS, ANDMAMI
MIGHT KICK ME UNDER THE TABLE.
RIGHT?
WE HAVE 47 ACTIONS.
WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM WILL
LEARN THAT THEY'RE NOT DOABLE,
RIGHT?
SO THE INTENTION WASN'T TO SAY
THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO
SPECIFICALLY ALL OF THESE
FRENCH THINGS.
WE'RE GOING TO -- FRENCH
THINGS.
I GUESS WE'RE ASKING, DON'T
HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERY
SINGLE ITEM WITHIN THIS.
BUT OUR INTENTION IS GOOD.
>> I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE A STORY
TO TELL ABOUT WHY SOME THING
IT'S --
>> RIGHT.
RIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO START WITH
CAPITAL PLANNING DELIVERY.
VERY IMPORTANT PIECE HERE.
YOU GO WHERE THE MONEY IS.
SO OUR SIX-YEAR CAPITAL PLAN IS
$2 BILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS A PLACE WHEREABOUTS
WHEREWE START.
AND WE IDENTIFIED LOTS OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE THE
CAPITAL DELIVERY PROCESS.
I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.
PROBABLY NO SURPRISE TO YOU.
BUT CAPITAL PROJECTS CAN TAKE A
VERY LONG TIME.
AND WHAT WE DISCOVERED IS THAT
ON AVERAGE, WHEN WE DO THE BOOK
ENDS OF CAPITAL PROJECT
DELIVERY, FROM INCEPTION TO
TURNING OVER TO OPERATIONS,
TAKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN ABOUT 4
YEARS TO 30 YEARS.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR
GROWTH, RIGHT?
SO ONE OF THE LARGER AREAS THAT
WE FOCUSED ON WITH CAPITAL
DELIVERY ITSELF, HOW CAN WE
DELIVER THE THROUGHPUT?
HOW CAN WE DELIVER THINGS
FASTER?
AND HOW CAN WE REDUCE SOME
ITERATIONS?
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 12 ITEMS THAT
WE IDENTIFIED TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND THEN NINE OF THOSE ACTIONS
WERE OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE AN ACTIVE INNER LINE OF
BUSINESS TEAM THAT COMES
TOGETHER EVERY TWO WEEKS TO SEE
HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THAT WORK.
>> AND OF COURSE.
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT.
FOCUSING ON THIS AREA.
IT'S SUCH A BIG PART OF THE
BUDGET.
WHEN PROJECTS GO BEYOND THEIR
TIME LINE, THERE'S A
SIGNIFICANT COST AROUND THAT.
SO REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON
PROJECT DELIVERY ON TIME.
AND ON BUDGET.
SAVINGS NOT JUST UTILITY BUT
THE RATEPAYERS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SPOT ON.
>> SO ANOTHER IMPORTANT
PRACTICE AREA IS CUSTOMER
ASSISTANCE.
AND CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE IS A
GROUP OF ACTUAL TOOLS THAT WE
HAVE IN PLACE.
AND WE REALLY ASKED THIS
QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS?
ARE WE USING THEM WELL?
WHY IS THIS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT
AREA?
IT'S SUCH A KEY TO
AFFORDABILITY.
WE HAVE 77,000 PEOPLE, LIVING
IN A CITY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
OUR UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
ONLY ABOUT 26,000 PEOPLE ACCESS
THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY ASKING WHY.
WHY IS THAT?
ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN DO
BETTER?
>> ON THAT.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT NUMBERS.
I THINK -- YOU JUST SAID 26.
I THINK THE REPORT SAYS 24,000,
IN 2018.
BUT WE RECENTLY RECEIVED
ANOTHER REPORT THAT SAID IT WAS
34,000?
WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THAT 10,000
NEW CUSTOMERS WERE ADDED IN
2019.
SO JUST --
>> YEAH.
SKIP THE NUMBERS?
>> LOVE TO FIGURE OUT --
>> I WILL COME BACK TO THAT.
>> FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE
COUNTING.
AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY IS BECAUSE
WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY, MANY,
MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM THAN ARE
SIGNED UP.
SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS.
AND SO YEAH.
HAVING A BETTER SENSE OF THAT
WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
SO WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THIS
PARTICULAR PRACTICE AREA?
>> WELL, THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
ROOM FOR GROWTH.
AND SO JUST REALLY BASIC
THINGS, IN TERMS OF HOW WE
NOTIFY PEOPLE, HOW WE INTERACT.
WE, EVEN WITH SOME OF THE BASIC
TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US, WE DON'T
USE THEM IN WAYS THAT PEOPLE
WOULD EXPECT US TO.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PILOTS THAT
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
SOME OF THEM REVOLVE AROUND
SHUTOFFS.
SOME REVOLVE AROUND EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE.
ASKING THIS REALLY BASIC
QUESTION, RATHER THAN SAYING,
HEY, WE'VE GOT A PROGRAM, TAKE
IT.
WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED?
HOW COULD YOU ACCESS THIS IN
EITHER A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
WAY OR IN A WAY THAT IS GOING
TO BE USEFUL TO YOU.
>> A LOT OF THE APPROACHES THAT
WE ARE PILOTING RIGHT NOW ARE
COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT IT
IS DIFFICULT AND TIME-CONSUMING
FOR FOLKS TO APPLY FOR
ASSISTANCE OR TO REQUEST HELP.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO USE
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AND, YOU
KNOW, OTHER LOW, SUPER LOW
BARRIER APPROACHES THAT ALLOW
PEOPLE TO ACCESS OUR
ASSISTANCE.
>> PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS WITH
THE -- GOAL OF IDENTIFIES FOLKS
WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE?
>> FOR EXAMPLE.
WITH CUSTOMER SHUTOFFS.
WE WOULD AIM TO HAVE ZERO.
>> RIGHT.
>> FOLKS WHO ARE ON UDP, THAT
WE SHUT OFF THEIR SERVICES FOR.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO USE
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS WHO
UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE SOME
INDICATORS.
SO THAT WE CAN PROACTIVELY
OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THOSE
FOLKS, IN CASE THEY MAY BE
FACING SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP THAT WOULD MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO PAY THEIR
BILLS.
>> AND HOW WILL YOU MEASURE
SUCCESS IN THIS AREA?
>> THE WAY THAT WE WOULD
MEASURE SUCCESS IN TERMS OF
SHUTOFFS OF CUSTOMERS IS THAT
WE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF ANY UDP
CUSTOMER SERVICES.
>> YEAH.
I THINK, I MEAN, JUST TO BE
REALISTIC.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER A
STAGED SET OF GOALS.
>> OF COURSE.
BUT IF YOUR ASPIRATION IS NONE,
RIGHT?
IT'S TO REDUCE FROM WHERE YOU
ARE.
INCREMENTALLY AND I TEST THE
BENEFIT --
>> AND I OFFER THAT SERIOUSLY
--
>> THANK YOU.
>> BECAUSE IF YOUR GOAL IS 0,
AND YOU HAD 238 CUTOFFS IN
2018, IN 2019, YOU'RE GOING TO
FAIL.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> NO, NO.
THAT IS UNDERSTOOD.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE A PLAN.
A PHASED PLAN THAT ALLOWS US --
>> A PHASED PLAN.
YES TO GET TO THOSE PHASED
OUTCOMES, I THINK WOULD BE
REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL, RATHER
THAN SETTING THE GOAL SO HIGH.
AND ALSO NOT HAVING A CLEAR
PATHWAY FOR HOW TO GET THERE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE
ANSWERS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING
PILOTS.
AND WE EXPECT TO USE AN
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT APPROACH,
WHERE WE CORRECT, YOU KNOW, AS
WE LEARN INFORMATION.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT
HAVE -- WE DON'T HAVE A MAP
THAT TELLS US EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY.
BUT WE HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT
WE'RE TRYING TO TEST RIGHT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED -- AND
TELL ME IF I'M ALL WET.
IF THIS ISN'T THE WAY TO GO.
>> A GOAL REDUCTION FOR 2020.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE --
>> IT'S REASONABLE.
>> THAT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD
WAY TO GO.
AND ONE WHERE WE CAN SEE
PROGRESS AND BUILD FROM THAT
PROGRESS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO EFFICIENCY AND
IMPROVEMENT.
THIS IS BUILT INTO THE ENTIRE
PLAN ACROSS THE ENTIRE PLAN.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT.
THIS GENERATES A LOT OF GOOD
CONVERSATION.
WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO TALK
ABOUT THIS PLAN TO CHECK-
ADJUST.
AND MAMI MENTIONED THIS SORT OF
ADAPTIVE APPROACH THAT YOU TRY,
SOME YOU LEARN.
YOU HAVE A HYPOTHESIS.
AN EXPERIMENT.
SO WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT
THIS IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
EXAMPLES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
TRIED TO DO THINGS LIKE, WITHIN
THE UTILITY, LEAN.
LOTS OF ACRESS.
AND THEY'VE -- ACCESS.
BUT THEY HAVE HAD SUCCESS.
AND HAVEN'T SUSTAINED
IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME.
>> THAT REALLY BECAME THE THEME
THAT WE STARTED TO SETTLE ON.
HOW DO WE BUILD A SUSTAINED
PROCESS OF IMPROVEMENT, BUILD
THAT LEARNING INTO THE
ORGANIZATION?
SO ONE OF THE KEY THINGS OUT OF
THE GATE THAT WE HAVE BEGUN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A THIRD
SESSION THIS FRIDAY.
IS WE HAVE A COHORT OF LEAN
LEADERS WHO ARE LEARNING LEAN
PROBLEM SOLVING.
AND THEY'RE APPLYING IT TO
THEIR WORK RIGHT AWAY.
AND WE HAVE THEM PARTNERING AND
PAIRED WITH THEIR PEERS AS WELL
AS WITH COACHES.
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME UPS AND
DOWNS WITH SOME OF THE WORK.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
GREATLEARNING THAT IS
OCCURRING.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT INTO
HOPEOPLE ARE DOING THEIR WORK,
IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN IT.
>>> REGULATORY ALIGNMENT.
>> WE SPEND HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS, EITHER COMPLYING WITH
REGULATION.
WE ARE NOT JUST REGULATED.
WE ARE A REGULATOR.
WE HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHETHER
THIS ECONOMY IS VIBRANT OR NOT.
AND SO THIS BECAME A VERY
SIGNIFICANT ISSUE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA
WHERE THE UTILITY HAS REALLY
PROFOUND EXAMPLES OF GREAT WORK
THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THINKING
AND MOVING UPSTREAM.
AND SO WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS
WOO
WE DON'T JUST ALWAYS ACCEPT
SOME SORT OF COMPLIANCE MODEL,
YOU WILL DO 17 COMPLIANCES BY
THE E.P.A., AND NEXT YEAR, YOU
WILL DO 17.5.
WE TRY TO UPSTREAM AS IT'S
BECOMING LAW.
OR WHEN IT MIGHT BE
RECONSIDERED.
REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE.
WITH OUR DRAINAGE AND
WASTEWATER DIVISION.
DID SOME REALLY GREAT WORK
AROUND OUR NATIONAL POLLUTANT
DISCHARGE ELIMINATION PERMIT.
WHERE WE WERE DOING COMPLIANCE
MONITORING AT CERTAIN SITES.
ON A FREQUENCY THAT DIDN'T
IMPROVE ANY OUTCOME.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT
WITH DATA.
AND WE ACTUALLY USED A LEAN
EVENT TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO REDEPLOY
PEOPLE, AS WELL AS MAKE THAT
PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT AND MAKE
SURE EVERYBODY IS STILL
COMPLYING.
AND THEY'RE OPEN TO THAT.
BECAUSE OF THE REALLY GOOD WAY
WE DID THAT WORK AND READ THE
ANALYSIS.
>> YOU DID THAT TO ADDRESS
THIS.
>> MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
EXAMPLES ARE BOTH SPECIFIC AND
GENERAL.
HOW DO WE EMBED THAT ACROSS
ORGANIZATION INTO THE CULTURE
OF INFLUENCING, IMPACTING EARLY
AND OFTEN.
HOW DO WE USE DATA.
AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH
REGULARS AS PARTNERS.
AND HOW DO WE BE PARTNERS IN
ORDER TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES?
>> BUT -- AND THAT IS THE MORE
INCREMENTAL WORK AROUND THAT
AREA OF EFFORT.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, FROM OUR
DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ISSUE.
OUR INTEGRATED PLAN IS ALSO
PART A LARGER STRATEGY TO
REALLY TRY TO GET THE MOST
BENEFIT AT A LOWER COST FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> IMPORTANT WORK AND
APPRECIATE THE -- AGAIN, THE
LOOKING UPSTREAM.
AND USING SEATTLE'S EXPERIENCES
TO INFLUENCE THAT REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT, WHICH MAY NOT BE
BEST SUITED RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT
WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> SO PRACTICE AREA
PARTNERSHIPS.
I AM GOING TO SOUND LIKE A
BROKEN RECORD WITH THIS.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT
PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING.
AND I FOUND THAT VERY QUICKLY.
SOME VERY EXCITING THINGS THAT
PEOPLE ARE DOING.
POCKETS OF EXCELLENCE, WITHIN
THE ORGANIZATION.
MAMI BRIEFLY MENTIONED, AND
I'LL USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE.
WHEN I SAY "PARTNERSHIPS," I
MEAN REALLY MUNDANE THINGS AS
WELL AS EXCITING THINGS.
PARTNERSHIPS ARE SOLID WASTE
CONTRACTS.
THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP.
THERE ARE EXCITING THINGS, IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST IN
EXCHANGE FOR MONEY IN DOING A
SERVICE FOR US.
BUT ALSO THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME
ASSETS WHERE -- AND THEY MAY
BRING SOME SKILLS OR ABILITIES,
THAT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR THE
CITY.
SO MAMI HAD MENTIONED THE STRAW
BAN.
THAT WAS AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP
THAT TOOK A LOT OF BACK AND
FORTH AND WHAT THEY FOUND
VALUABLE IS THE PERSONA THAT
SEATTLE HAS AS A GREEN CITY.
THIS COULD BE LAUNCHED AS A
PLATFORM FOR SOMETHING
NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
SOMETHING WE NEVER WOULD HAVE
CONCEIVED OF.
AND WE BROUGHT RESOURCES.
OR REALLY HAVE EVEN DREAMED OF.
AND THAT'S AMAZING.
SO MOVING FORWARD, HOW DO WE
GROW THAT?
THAT'S REALLY THE KEY QUESTION
HERE.
AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT
PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE IN
ACTION.
THERE ARE SOME NASIENT AND
DEVELOPING PILOTS.
ONE EXAMPLE THAT MAMI ALSO
MENTIONED AND YOU MAY KNOW MORE
ABOUT IS WITH FOOD RECOVERY.
BASICALLY, ONE-THIRD OF FOOD
WASTE IS TIM
ACTUALLY EDIBLE.
IT'S USABLE.
WHILE WE DO COMPOST A LOT OF
IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THAT
WAY.
THAT'S THE WORST POSSIBLE USE
FOR IT.
WHAT ARE BETTER USES FOR IT.
WHAT ARE SOME KEY CUSTOMERS?
WHAT ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS?
WE HAVE RESTAURANTEURS WHO ARE
PARTNERING WITH US TO MAKE
BETTER USE OF SOMETHING THAT IS
REALLY SEEN AS VALUELESS NOW.
BUT IT HAS VALUE.
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY WITHIN THE
CITY.
THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT EXAMPLES.
WE ARE TRYING TO PRACTICE THIS
WORK.
AND ALSO BUILD IT BY ENTERPRISE
WHILE WE'RE LEARNING FROM EACH
OTHER.
>> AND THAT FOOD WASTE
REDUCTION INITIATIVE.
I THINK SOME OF NAWORK
-- OF THAT WORK IS COMING DOWN
FROM US -- TO US FROM STATE
LEGISLATION.
THAT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY,
GOVERNOR INSLEE CHAMPIONED LAST
YEAR, MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY
INFLUENCING US.
BUT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT
INITIATIVE TO REALLY FOCUS ON
THAT WORK ON THE STATE LEVEL.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW ALIGNED OUR
EFFORTS ARE OR HOW MUCH OUR
EFFORTS DERIVE FROM THAT WORK.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT -- A
NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS
RECOGNIZE IS AN AREA FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
>> TRUE.
>> AND WE'RE A MEMBER OF THE
PACIFIC COAST COLLABORATIVE,
WHICH IS A LARGE REGIONAL
EFFORT TO WORK ON FOOD WASTE
AND FOOD RECOVERY.
>> SO ONE OF THE DRIEST SUBJECT
MATTERS WITHIN THE WORK WAS
AROUND BUDGET AND FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT.
THIS ALSO ENGENDERED THE MOST
HEATED DISCUSSIONS.
>> WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
>> YEAH.
THIS GENERATED A LOT OF PENT-UP
DEMAND.
USING A LOT OF AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT
OF THIS WORK WAS, HOW CAN WE
BETTER DEMOCRATIZE THE DATA WE
HAVE, MAKE IT USEFUL,
ACTIONABLE, AND REALLY
INFLUENCE MANAGERS TO REALLY
PAY DEEP AND CLOSE ATTENTION TO
THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION OR
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
PROVIDING THAT.
>> WHAT KIND OF DATA ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT?
>> REALLY BASIC STUFF.
IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF LINEOUT
BUDGETS.
PROJECTIONS.
MAKING SURE THAT DATA IS
TIMELY, THAT THE PROCESS IS NOT
GETTING IN THE WAY SOMETIMES
THIS NOTION OF PRECISION IS
SACRIFICED.
IT GETS IN THE WAY OF
TIMELINESS.
>> UH-HUH.
>> SO THAT'S WHAT WE FIND.
AND THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS
PERFECT FINANCIAL DATA.
BUT IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR SIX
MONTHS BEFORE YOU KNOW WHAT
YOUR ACTUAL SPENDING PLAN IS,
THERE'S SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO
BE DONE.
>> ARE YOU LOOKING AT CREATING
MORE INTERNAL DASH WARS?
OR WHAT'S BEING DONE?
>> WE'VE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD
PROGRESS IN TERMS OF DASHBOARDS
AND A ROLLUP TO THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICE.
AND IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY
HELPFUL.
AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFL,
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FROM THE
FOLKS IN FINANCE AND IN OUR
PLANNING GROUP AND I'VE REALLY
APPRECIATED THAT NEW
TRANPARENCY.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO THAT'S -- I'LL JUST GO
BACK TO THIS.
WE OPENED WITH THIS.
MAMI OPENED WITH THIS.
BUT WE'LL END WITH IT AS WELL.
THIS IS TO BE PART OF AN
INTEGRATED STRATEGIC BUSINESS
PLAN.
AND TO CONTINUE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
AND SIMILARLY, THE CUSTOMER
REVIEW PANEL WAS BRIEFED ON
THIS AS WELL?
>> YES.
THEY WERE BRIEFED SEVERAL
TIMES.
>> YOU BRIEF THEM.
>> BEFORE IT WAS FINISHED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> ANY LIGHTS
-- ANY HIGHLIGHTS YOU CARE TO
SHARE?
>> REALLY, IT WAS FUNNY.
BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS I WAS
SURPRISED B. WE INITIALLY ROTE
THE REPORT AS TOO NEGATIVE.
THAT WE DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT ENOUGH
THE GOOD THINGS WE WERE DOING
AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF
EXAMPLES ARE THE CASE STUDIES.
THAT WAS THE INFLUENCE THAT I
HAD.
>> FANTASTIC.
SIMILAR QUESTION AS FOR THE
RISK AND RESILIENCY REPORT?
AS FAR AS YOU'VE GOT 25 ACTIONS
IN PROGRESS, NOT HOLDING YOU TO
ALL 49 --
>> 47.
MAYBE 49 NOW.
>> BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT WE CAN DO ON THE COUNCIL
SIDE TO ELEVATE THAT WORK, AND
HELP YOU GET TO, IF NOT A
FINISH LINE.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE
REALLY EVER AT THE FINISH LINE
WITH THIS KIND OF WORK.
BUT MOVING IT FORWARD.
I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.
I'M JUST THINKING, LIKE,
WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD ADOPT
A RESOLUTION THAT IDENTIFIES
SORT OF WHAT THE MAJOR
PRIORITIES ARE.
AND TIME LINES ARE, WOULD BE
WILLING TO DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE ANSWER IS ALSO SIMILAR.
WE'D LOVE TO GET BACK TO YOU
WITH MUCH MORE DETAILS, SO WE
CAN IDENTIFY THE BEST THINGS TO
MOVE FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
ITEM 25.
>> SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES,
ENTRANCE AUDIT PLAN.
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR JOIN US.
>> MY NAME IS TYLER AND I'M
TODD RYLAND WITH MOSS ADAMS.
>> THIS IS THE FRONT END
PRESENTATION.
YOU COME VISIT US TWICE A YEAR.
WANT TO TAKE IT AWAY?
>> YEP.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THIS IS OUR AUDIT PLANNING
COMMUNICATION WITH
THE COUNCIL.
WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT AND
AUDIT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OF 2019 FOR THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES' THREE FUNDS.
THE DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER
FUND, THE SOLID WASTEWATER FUND
AND THE WATER FUND.
>> I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF THINGS AROUND THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
MANAGEMENT.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITY
MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
KIND OF THE PREPARATION AND THE
ACTUAL REPORTING OF THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY
ACCEPTED.
AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IS
EASING WHETHER THOSE ARE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY
ACCEPTED AND GOVERNMENT AUDIT
STANDARDS.
AT THE END OF OUR ENGAGEMENT,
OUR REPORTS WILL BE -- WE'LL
HAVE THREE REPORTS, THREE
AUTOREPORTS OVER EACH OF THE
FUND'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL ISSUE
ANOTHER REPORT ON KIND OF THE
INTERNAL CONTROLS.
REPORTING OF. AND FINALLY, IF
NECESSARY, WE WILL HAVE A
LETTER OFRECOMMENDATION FROM
ANYPRESERVE
OBSERVING AS THAT COME ABOUT
THROUGH ANY AUDIT PROCEDURES.
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
THIS IS A LONG PROCESS.
IT'S ABOUT A NINE-MONTH
PROCESS, WE COME IN AND DO OUR
RISK ASSESSMENT.
IN SENATE, WE DO SOME INTERNAL
CONTROL TESTING AT THE SPU
OFFICES.
AS WELL AS NOVEMBER, WE HAVE
OUR I.T.
SPECIFIC AUDITORS ALSO COME IN
AND LOOK AT I.T.
RELATED CONTROLS.
HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER.
AND WE COME BACK OUT IN MARCH,
APRIL TIME FRAME FOR THE
MAJORITY OF OUR TESTING.
AND THEN WE'LL PRESENT, ISSUE
THAT KIND OF TIME FRAME.
AND PRESENT BACK TO THE
COUNCIL.
AND IN MAY, JUNE TIME FRAME,
WHENEVER THAT MEET SUGGEST
SCHEDULED.
>> AND HOW DO YOU USE THE
RESULT OF THE TEST OF THE
INTERNAL CONTROLS TO DEVELOP
THE AUDIT?
>> YES.
SO EVERY YEAR.
FIRST, WE KIND GO THROUGH.
WE LOOK AT A CLEAN SLATE, IF
YOU WILL.
AND WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT
RISKS, SPECIFIC TO THAT YEAR.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A
CHANGE IN AN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM,
THERE'S INHERENTLY, A
HEIGHTENED RISK OF KIND OF THAT
DATA TRANSFER WITHIN THAT YEAR.
FROM A CONTROL STANDPOINT, EVEN
THOUGH WE DO OUR PLANNING IN
THE FALL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING
THAT COMES UP WHEN WE'RE DOING
OUR TESTING DURING THE FALL,
THAT COULD CHANGE OUR APPROACH
TO THAT MARCH-APRIL TIME FRAME.
IT'S KIND OF A CONTINUAL --
NOTHING IS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
IT'S KIND OF A FREE-FLOWING.
>> WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
AS PART OF OUR RISK ASSESSMENT,
THERE IS A SENSE OF
MATERIALITY.
ESSENTIALLY, MEANING THAT WE
CAN'T TEST EVERY ACTION.
SO WE ASSIGN A DOLLAR THRESHOLD
THAT WE THEN APPLY TO DIFFERENT
ACCOUNTS AS IT RELATES TO THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF EACH OF
THE THREE FUNDS.
THEY ARE QUANTITATIVE AND
QUALITATIVE, SOME OF OUR
FACTORS AS WE LOOK AT THIS.
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
HIGHER RISK AREAS, WHICH WE'LL
GET INTO A LITTLE LATER, THERE
IS A DOLLAR THRESHOLD THAT WE
ARE TESTING TOO.
>> THE RISK ASSESSMENT PHASE
THAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT,
AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY
AUDIT.
AND REALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT
KIND OF THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST
IMPORTANT TO THE END USERS OF A
FINANCIAL STATEMENT, WHETHER
THAT BE THE RECOGNITION OF
REVENUE, RELATED TO THE THREE
FUNDS.
ANY REGULATORY CHARGES.
ANY PLANT WORK, SO CAPITAL
ASSETS, DIFFERENT CAPITAL
PROJECTS THAT WERE MINGSZED
PREVIOUSLY.
AND ANYTHING'S THAT IS MORE
SUBJECTIVE TO MANAGEMENT.
SOAN ESTIMATE AND ALLOWANCE.
SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AS
CONCRETE.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE LOOK FOR
CONSISTENCY, THINGS THAT ARE
RECORDED YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND ALSO LOOK AT TRENDS AND
HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
WE WILL THEN, FOR OUR FINAL
AUDIT, WHEN WE COME BACK OUT
HEE IN MARCH, APRIL.
WE LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THE
INTERNAL CONTROLS TESTING TO
APPLY TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO
APPROACH THAT TESTING IN THAT
TIME FRAME.
>> I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
AS PART OF OUR RISK ASSESSMENT
THAT WE DO, WE DO IDENTIFY
FRAUD RISKS RELATED TO MATERIAL
MISAT THE SAME TIMES WITHIN THE
STATEMENTS.
PART OF THAT OUR AUDIT IS NOT
DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY FRAUD.
SO IT IS A COMPONENT THAT THERE
IS NOTICE ASSURANCE THAT THERE
IS FRAUD OR NOT FINANCIAL
FRAUD.
>> SO JUST YOU'RE BASICALLY
SAYING THE AUDIT DOES NOT
RESULT IN ANY GUARANTEES.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT FOCUSED ON
IDENTIFYING FRAUD.
ALTHOUGH YOU DO CONSIDER THE
POSSIBILITY OF FRAUD BEING A
FACTOR?
>> CORRECT.
YEAH.
SO OUR PROCEDURES.
WE HAVE SPECIFIC PROCEDURES
DESIGNED TOWARDS THOSE FRAUD
RISKS, IF THEY WERE IDENTIFIED.
BUT GIVEN OUR CONCEPT OF
MATERIALITY, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE
THAT WE'LL FIND FRAUD IF IT'S
THERE.
>> RIGHT.
OKAY.
>>> SO THEN THIS SLIDE JUST
KIND OF GOES OVER OUR
SIGNIFICANT AUDIT AREAS.
WE TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF THESE
WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE
RISK ASSESSMENT.
A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.
THE INVESTMENTS FOR THAT
SECTION.
WE TAKE RELIANCE ON THE STATE
OFFICE.
AND THE WORK THEY PERFORM AT
úTHE CITY LEVEL.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF SCALE
BACK OUR PROCEDURES IN THAT
SECTION A LITTLE BIT.
WE ALSO FOCUS HEAVILY ON
ACCOUNTINGS RECEIVE -- ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE AND OTHER
RECEIVABLES.
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT MORE OF
THE MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF
WHETHER RECEIVABLES ARE
COLLECTIBLE AND AT WHAT AMOUNT.
BOND-RELATED ACCOUNTS, JUST
MAKING SURE THAT THE COMPLIANCE
IS ALL AS IT SHOULD BE.
THE CALCULATIONS ARE BEING
PERFORMED PROPERLY.
ALL THE DISCLOSURES AND EYE
I'S THAT NEED TO BE TO THE
DOTTED, T'S THAT NEED TO BE
CROSSED.
IN RELATION TO THE DEBT FUNDING
AS WELL.
ALSO WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
REMEDIATION LIABILITY, IT'S
ANOTHER AREA WITH SOME
SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES, SINCE IT
IS A FUTURE EVENT THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED YET.
AND THEN LASTLY ALSO, THE NOTE
DISCLOSURES IN THE FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS THEMSELVES.
WE WORK WITH MANAGEMENT ON
THOSE, MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE
DISCLOSURES MEET WITH THE U.S.
GAP REQUIREMENTS IS THERE AS
WELL.
>> AND ARE THESE AUDIT AREAS
THAT YOU FOCUS ON THE SAME FROM
YEAR TO YEAR?
OR DO THEY CHANGE?
>> IN GENERAL, THEY'RE THE
SAME, YEAR TO YEAR, BASED OFF
OF THE NATURE OF THE FUNDS THAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THE BIGGEST ONE IS GOING TO
BE UTILITY PLANT.
JUST BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG
SECTION OF THE BALANCE SHEET.
BUT WE WILL SORT OF SHIFT OUR
FOCUS AND ADD EMPHASIS IN
DIFFERENT AREAS BASED ON KNOWN
AREAS THAT ARE GOING ON.
IF THERE'S A LOT MORE DEBT
BEING ISSUED IN THE CURRENT
YEAR, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY FOCUS
MORE EFFORT ON THAT SECTION.
>> AND WE ALSO KIND OF MEET
WITH MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR TO SEE WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED
THROUGH THE YEAR TO HELP US
ASSESS WHERE THAT RISK IS FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR.
>> AND JUST LASTLY, WANTED TO
BRIEFLY TOUCH ON SOME OF THE
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
THAT GASBY HAS PUT OUT,
EFFECTIVE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF THEM.
NOT GOING TO TOUCH ON ALL OF
THESE.
BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE NOT
APPLICABLE TO THE UTILITIES.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE WOULD
BE GASBY 87, RELATED TO LEASES.
SO IT'S CHANGING UP THE WAY
THAT LEASES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR,
AND THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ACCOUNTED FOR, FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS.
THAT STANDARD IS NOT APPLICABLE
UNTIL FISCAL YEAR 2020.
BUT MANAGEMENT HAS ALREADY
STARTED WORKING ON ASSESSING
THE IMPACT OF THAT STANDARD.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON
THAT AS WELL.
THE ONLY OTHER ONE -- OR THE
ONLY ONE EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR
THAT WOULD IMPACT THE UTILITY
IS GASB88, REGARDINGDISCLOSURE
ON DEBT.
AND THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE
ACTUAL COULDING.
BUT THERE WILL BE --
ACCOUNTING.
BUT THERE WILL BE SLIGHT
DISCLOSURES.
>> HELP ME UNDERSTAND THERE.
I SEE THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE
OTHERS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS
EFFECTIVE IN 2019.
WHY WOULDN'T VITHAT IMPACT?
>> FOR THOSE ONES.
LIKE THE GASB CERTAIN
OPERATIONS.
THAT WOULD RELATE TO ASSETS
THAT HAVE A FUTURE.
THE CASE OF THE UTILITIES, THEY
DON'T HOLD ANY OF THOSE ASSETS.
SO THAT STATEMENT IS NOT GOING
TO HAVE ANY IMPACT.
SIMILARLY FOR GAS B84, THE FOR
ACTIVITIES -- FIDUCIARY,
ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED
BY THAT IS ACTUALLYHELD AT THE
CITY LEVEL, SO IT HAS NO IMPACT
ON THE UTILITY OR THE AGENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER
ONES THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN
THE COMING YEARS OR THIS YEAR,
AGAIN, THESE ONES HAVE NO
APPLICABLITY TO THE UTILITIES.
SO NO NEED TO GO INTO THOSE IN
DETAIL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO BASICALLY, THE REGULATIONS
CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, SOME
OF THOSE AFFECT YOUR WORK AND
SOME OF THEM DO NOT.
>> UH-HUH.
>> EXACTLY.
>> OKAY.
AND SO YOU WILL NOW BEGIN THE
NEXT STAGE OF YOUR WORK, AND
YOU COME BACK TO COUNCIL AGAIN
WHEN?
>> GENERALLY, IT'S KIND OF THAT
MAY-JUNE TIME FRAME.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
AND I JUST.
TO THANK YOU FOR BEING STEADY,
CONSISTENT, AND PRODUCTIVE
FORCE FOR THE UTILITY.
AND YOUR COLLABORATIVE WORK
WITH THE UTILITY.
I KNOW IT'S -- YOU APPRECIATE
THEIR COLLABORATION WITH WHY
ALL, AND THEY DO WITH YOU AS
WELL.
AND YOU'RE HELPING US -- THE
STRONG UTILITY BENEFITS THE
RATEPAYERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT.
IT IS 11:51.
AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS UTILITY,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ARTS
COMMITTEE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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