>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE TODAY.
I AM CHAIR BAGSHAW AND WITH ME
IS COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
WE HAVE A VERY LONG AGENDA
TODAY, UNUSUAL FOR THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
NO OBJECTIONS SO THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
THE FIVE ITEMS WE HAVE ON
TODAY'S AGENDA INCLUDE FIRST A
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE FOR AN ORDINANCE
LAND MARKING ASPECTS OF WHAT
WAS THE OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY
ON ELLIOTT AVENUE.
WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR FRIENDS
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY
PANEL ON THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE
TAX AND HOW THAT CAN IMPACT
COMMUNITIES.
WE WILL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A
DISCUSSION THAT WILL BE LED BY
OUR CENTRAL STAFF
REPRESENTATIVE YOLANDA WHETHER
TO CREATE A DEDICATED FUND COST
ABOUT THE OPTIONS ARE YES, NO,
AND AFTER THE 2020 BUDGET.
WE WILL HEALER HERE MORE OF
THAT.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PANEL AND
CONVERSATION ON THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE ALSO
DEALING WITH A BALANCED BUDGET
AND HOW WE WILL APPROACH THIS IN
2020 AND THEREAFTER.
WE WILL ALSO THEN HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM OUR
PARKS DEPARTMENT FRIENDS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT ONE OF OUR
FAVORITE PROJECTS.
WE PUT THE MONEY IN LAST YEAR
BUT UNTIL WE COULD SEE A BUDGET
ON HOW THE MONEY WOULD BE SPENT
WE HAD BEEN MEETING WITH PARKS
AND OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE
STREET IN KING COUNTY SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
TODAY I AM HOPEFUL WE WILL LIFT
THE PROVISO AND APPROVE THE
PARKS TO SPEND THE MONEY
ACCORDING TO THE PLAN.
FINALLY WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE
APPOINTMENT OF BOBBY HUMES.
FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO SINK BOBBY HUMES FOR
ALL OF HIS WORK.
WE ASKED HIM A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS ON OUR LAST HEARING
AND HE SUPPLIED HIS RESUME
ANSWERING THE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
I AM EXCITED AND HOPEFUL WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS BOAT THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME NOW
ON ITEMS THAT APPEAR ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
WE HAD EIGHT PEOPLE.
I WILL ASK YOU AND CALL YOUR
NAMES AND ASK YOU TO STEP UP TO
THE MICROPHONES AND BE READY AT
PREPARED TO COMMENT SO WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD.
WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES EACH.
KATHLEEN, IT LOOKS LIKE JULIA,
MAREN, I'M SORRY IF I
SLAUGHTERED YOUR NAMES.
IF IT IS JULIA WILL YOU KINDLY
GO OVER TO THE OTHER SECOND
MICROPHONE NOW SO WE ARE READY
TO GO?
MAREN, AND YOU WILL MOVE TO THE
FRONT ROW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
>> I AM KATHLEEN AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOMESTEAD
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
I AM HERE TO STRONGLY ENDORSE
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S PROPOSAL
TO HAVE A DEDICATED FUND FOR
EDI.
IT IS AN EMBODIMENT OF THE
INTENT THAT BROUGHT HOMESTEAD
INTO BEING AND COMPELS US IN
OUR WORK TODAY.
HOMESTEAD WAS FOUNDED MORE THAN
25 YEARS AGO BY CITIZEN
ACTIVISTS TO ADDRESS THE RAPID
DISPLACEMENT OCCURRING EVEN
THEN IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
OUR CURRENT PRIORITY IS ENTERED
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY,
AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THE
EVERYDAY HEROES THAT CONTRIBUTE
TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY MAKE
GREAT.
ONE OF OUR PURPOSES IS TO SHARE
OUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THOSE
ENTERED BY THE EDI FUND IN LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES TO ENABLE,
ENCOURAGE, AND SUPPORT
IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING AND LAND
IN WAYS THAT LIFT UP THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
SO ALTHOUGH EDI FUNDS DO NOT
SUPPORT HOMESTEADS WORK WE
SUPPORT EDI'S'S OF FOCUS ON
GRANTS.
WITH A GREAT DEAL OF RESPECT
THAT MAKE DIFFICULT BUDGET
CHOICES BETWEEN COMPETING
PRIORITIES, I MAINTAIN THAT
INVESTMENTS IN NEW PROJECTS AND
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MUST NOT ONLY
BE PROTECTED BUT BE
STRENGTHENED.
THE NEED FOR NEW PROJECTS IS
URGENT.
WE MUST ACCELERATE THE GROWTH
OF COMMUNITY INITIATED PROJECT
FOCUSED ON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
AND EQUITABLE ACCESS SO THAT
ALL MIGHT AND IF IT FROM OUR
CITIES TREMENDOUS GROWTH AND
PROSPERITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THINK YOU FOR COMING DOWN
TODAY.
JULIA, MAREN, THEN LINDSAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JULIA AND I AM A
POLICY ANALYST AT PUGET SOUND
STAGE AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
RACE AND SOCIAL EQUITY TASK
FORCE WHO HELPED CREATE THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE AND SIT ON THE
ADVISORY BOARD.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE
SEEN DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES
GROW SIGNIFICANTLY IN OUR
CITIES FAMILIES, CULTURAL AND
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND
BUSINESSES ARE GETTING PUSHED
OUT OF OUR CITY AT A RAPID
PACE.
THE EDI IS THE ONLY FUND THAT
ADDRESSES A CONFERENCE OF ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY USING A
RACIAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORK AND WE
NEED TO GROW AND PROTECT THIS
IMPORTANT FUND.
THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE FUND
WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER $30
MILLION OF ELIGIBLE ASKS FOR
COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
THAT ROOTS PEOPLE IN
INSTITUTIONS IN PLACE.
THIS YEAR WE ARE SEEING LESS
MONEY THAN WAS ALLOCATED IN THE
SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX
REGULATION.
WE NEED TO SECURE THE $5
MILLION FROM THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL TAX FOR EDI GRANTS FOR
2020 AND BEYOND BEFORE THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE.
WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
PROGRAM BY PUTTING
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
LEGISLATION TO A VOTE LATER
THIS MONTH.
WE ALSO ASK FOR THE SAME FOR THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS -- AND I
AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER.
I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RACE
AND SOCIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE.
DISPLAYS BUT IS OCCURRING AT A
RAPID PACE AND
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME
FOLKS.
CIVILIZATION THROUGH COMMUNITY
DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT IS THE ONLY
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO HELP
DISPLACEMENT AND THE GROWTH
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE IS THE
ONLY TOOL THE CITY HAS TO
ADDRESS MULTIPLE EQUITY DRIVERS
THAT PREVENT DISPLACEMENT.
AS A GRANTEE OF THE FUND
LEADING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
PROJECT, HOMESITE WILL BE UP TO
LEVERAGE THE $1.5 MILLION
INVESTMENT FROM EDI TENFOLD FOR
THEIR PROJECTS.
WE URGE YOU TO SCHEDULE A VOTE
FOR COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE A
DEDICATED FUND FOR THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX BY THE
END OF THIS MONTH.
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE AND THE THEN VIOLET
THEN SIMONE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM LINDSAY.
>> CAN I ASK VIOLET TO COME UP
PLEASE?
THANK YOU.
>> I AM LINDSAY WITH THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND
THE SEATTLE HEALTHY KIDS
COALITION.
I SHARED AT THE LAST MEETING,
WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE
PASSAGE OF THE INITIAL
ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THE
26 AND WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO CREATE A
DEDICATED FUND FOR SBT REVENUE.
THIS WILL INCREASE TRANSPARENCY
AND MAKE SURE IT IS CONSISTENT.
TO GROW AND EXPAND STUDENT
ACCESS AND EARLY LEARNING
PROGRAMS.
THE TAX IS OFF TO A PROMISING
START.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE
HEALTH BY RAISING THE PRICE OF
A SUGARY DRINKS TO DETER
CONCEPTIONS AND RAISE REVENUE
TO BE REINVESTED INTO COMMUNITY
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
WE HAVE SEEN DECLINES IN SALES
FROM SIMILAR TAXES IN
PHILADELPHIA, BERKELEY, AND
MEXICO.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
EVALUATION OF THE SEATTLE TAX
IS UNDERWAY AND DO THIS FALL.
IMPORTANTLY, THE FIRST
COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE ARE
ALREADY BENEFITED FROM
MEANINGFUL INVESTMENTS. THOUGH
ACTUAL REVENUE HAPPENED TO BE
HIGHER THAN PROJECTIONS, WHICH
WERE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS SINCE
THERE WAS NO HISTORICAL BASIS,
LET'S NOT DIVERT FUNDING FROM
THE SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL
ORDINANCE AND THE COMMITMENT
MADE TO COMMUNITY.
PLEASE ENSURE ALL FINANCE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE SIX
REVENUE IS USED TO EXPAND FOOD
ACCESS AND EARLY LEARNING
PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITIES THAT
NEED IT MOST.
THE PASSAGE OF THIS PROPOSED
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> THIS ONE WOULD BE BETTER.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS VIOLET.
I AM WITH A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS
THAT I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE
TENANTS UNION OF WASHINGTON.
I AM ALSO ON THE BOARD OF GET
GREEN.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THE EDI
AND THE SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX.
WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT THE
DISPLACEMENT OF THE TENANTS OF
CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IS AT A RAPID PACE.
WE WANT TO PROTECT THESE
FINDINGS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO
HELP PEOPLE IN DISPLACEMENT.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ALSO
THE SUGARY TAX BEVERAGE AND
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS WE
COME TO YOU, TO URGE YOU TO
SCHEDULE A VOTE FOR
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
LEGISLATION TO CREATE A
DEDICATED FUND FOR BOTH THE EDI
AND THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
I ACTUALLY JUST GOT MY VOUCHERS
FOR THE SUGARY FRESH BUCKS AND
I AM HAPPY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
IT HELPS ME TO BUY FRESH FRUITS
AND BY CARROTS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT BECAUSE I AM QUALIFIED TO
GET FRESH BUCKS.
THESE IMPORTANT FUNDING DOES GO
TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. PEOPLE
THAT LOOK LIKE US AND LOW
INCOME.
WITHASK AND URGE YOU, SALLY
BAXA, -- CHAIR BAGSHAW, TO
SCHEDULE A VOTE FOR
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
DECISION FOR BOTH THE EDI AND
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX BY
MID-JULY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>>
>> PLEASE COME UP.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS SIMONE AND
I AND THE ORGANIZING DIRECTOR
FOR LOCAL JUSTICE AND WE ARE
THE MEMBER OF THE COALITION TO
CLOSE THE FOOD SECURITY GAP.
I AM SPEAKING TO STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE TO CREATE
A FUND FOR THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX TO ENSURE THAT THE
REVENUE FOR THIS TAX IS BEING
USED AS INTENDED ESPECIALLY TO
BE ACCOUNTABLE TO COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR AND OTHER COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED BY THE TAX AND IN LINE
WITH WHAT THE TAX WAS INTENDED
TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
TO EXPAND COMMUNITY DRIVEN FOOD
ACCESS PROGRAMS.
AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND
PEOPLE WORKING ON THE GROUND
AND EDUCATING ABOUT THE
BENEFITS OF THIS TEXT THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT IS
HAPPENED TO GET PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THE TAX
AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THE
REVENUE FOLLOWS THROUGH ON
THOSE COMMITMENTS IS IMPORTANT
BOTH AS COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS BUT ALSO FOR THE
CITY TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND
TENSE PARENT AND HOW IT'S USING
THE FUNDS.
SO WE REALLY PUSH FOR THE
ORDINANCE TO BE CREATED TO MAKE
SURE THAT HAPPENS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS PATIENCE.
I AM THE POLICY MANAGER AT THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THERE IS
A DEDICATED FUND FOR THE EDI
AND I ECHO A LOT OF THE VOICES
WHO HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT
HOW HE THIS TOOL IS AND GETTING
US TO A PLACE WHERE WE ARE
ACHIEVING OUR GOALS AS A CITY.
THE GAP BETWEEN THE 30 MILLION
APPLICATIONS AND THE 5 MILLION
IN ACTUAL DEDICATED FUNDS IS
TELLING OF THE DEEP NEED FOR A
DEDICATED FUND SOURCE. I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE
FORWARD IN ENSURING THAT THE
PORTION WAS ALLOCATED IN THE
SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE IS
ACTUALLY BEING PLACED IN THAT
DEDICATED FUND FOR THE EDI.
IN THE FUTURE WE LOOK FORWARD
TO TALKING ABOUT HOW THE SOURCES
ARE EXTENDING THE FUND BECAUSE
THE NEED CONTINUES TO BE VERY
VISIBLE WITH MANY COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE REALLY BEING AFFECTED
BY DISPLACEMENT IN THE MOST
DISPROPORTIONATE MANNER.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF
PROGRESS TO GET US TO THIS
PLACE AND I THINK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS QUINN AND I AM
FROM A FRIEND OF SAIGON.
I AM HERE TO URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THE DEDICATED FUND FOR
THE EDI AND THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON LITTLE
SAIGON AND OUR PRESSURES AND
CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING
RIGHT NOW. EARLIER THIS MONTH
WE LOST ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS,
SEATTLE DELI TO A PRIVATE
DEVELOPER.
THEY HAD TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS
AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS OF BEING
THERE.
THERE FAMILY ONLY OWNED THE
DELI AND ALSO THE PROPERTY THEY
WERE ON.
THEY OPENED THE DOOR TO OTHER
SMALL BUSINESSES.
NOW WE HAVE LOST THAT PROPERTY.
WITHOUT THIS FUND WE WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
FOR RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY
CAN REMAIN IN PLACE AND OWN AND
CONTROL OUR OWN PROPERTIES.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FUTURE
BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES THAT
ARE OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE
COMMUNITY LOST AGAIN BECAUSE OF
ALL THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES
HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE EDI ALSO SUPPORTS THE
FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON AND
OUR VENTURES TO DEVELOP
SOMETHING WEEK CAN ALSO PROVIDE
TO THE COMMUNITY TO ANCHOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WITHOUT THIS DEDICATED SOURCE
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I DO URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THAT CAR TO PUSH FOR
THE $5 MILLION TO BE DEDICATED
TO EDI.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT ENDS OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD AND I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
ONTO THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS
WHICH IS OUR LANDMARK PROJECT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME UP
SARAH AND IF YOU COULD READ
THIS IN.
>> ITEM NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL
BILL 119540 .AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO HISTORIC
PRESERVATION; IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON THE AINSWORTH & DUNN
WAREHOUSE, A LANDMARK
DESIGNATED BY THE LANDMARKS
PRESERVATION BOARD UNDER
CHAPTER 25.12 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADDING IT
TO THE TABLE OF HISTORICAL
LANDMARKS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER
25.32 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
>> WE WILL START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> I AM JOEL ASLANIAN .
>> I AM JESSICA CLAWSON.
>> SARAH SODT, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS .
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN
IF YOU FEEL RUSHED TODAY I
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
WE HAD A LENGTHY AGENDA SO WE
MAY BE MOVING ON QUICKLY.
>> I AM HERE FOR THE WAREHOUSE
BUILDING AT 2815 ELLIOTT AVENUE
NORTH.
IT WAS DESIGNATED ON AUGUST 20,
2014 UNDER A STANDARD SEE, THE
AND F. I WON'T GO OVER WHAT
THOSE ARE TODAY.
THE CONTROLLED FEATURES ARE THE
EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING AND
SOME OF THE EXPOSED INTERIOR
HEAVY TIMBER SYSTEM ON THE
FIRST FLOOR.
A PORTION OF THE SITE ADJACENT
TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE
BUILDING.
THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1902
AND THE ARCHITECT WAS STEPHEN
AUSTIN JENNINGS.
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1902 BY
THE SALMON PACKING FIRM
AINSWORTH & DUNN FOR USE AS A
WAREHOUSE.
THE THING I FIND REALLY
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS BUILDING
IS THAT IT WAS BUILT IN TANDEM
WITH A PEER THAT WAS BUILT
ACROSS ALASKA WAY.
THERE ARE STILL SOME OTHER
BUILDINGS ALONG THE WATERFRONT
THAT ARE OWNED BY THE ORIGINAL
OWNER THAT ALSO OWN THE PEER.
IT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING
PATTERN THAT HAS OCCURRED.
>> WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT
THIS IS THE OLD SPAGHETTI
FACTORY.
SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS WHERE IT IS
OUR WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT YOU
WANTED TO MAKE?
>> I AM SPEAKING FOR THE OWNER
AND THE OWNER CAN ALSO SPEAK
FOR HIMSELF BUT WE ARE EXCITED
TO BE HERE.
WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
DESIGNATION AND INTERESTINGLY
WE ARE CLOSE TO AFTER THIS
ORDINANCE HAS PASSED WE
BEFORE THE LANDMARKS FOR TO GET
A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT
RIGHTS CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD
TO SELL OFF THE REMAINING
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FROM THE
LANDMARK BUILDING.
IS ONE OF THE ONLY INCENTIVES
THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THAT MARK
BILLINGS TO I GUESS MAKE SOME
DOLLARS OFF OF THE PROPERTY
THAT IS LANDMARKED AND WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED TO DO THAT.
>> HOW MANY STORIES DO YOU GET
CREDIT FOR?
>> WE ARE GETTING 70,000 SQUARE
FEET SO YOU CAN TELL ME HOW
MANY STORIES THAT IS.
>> IT IS AS IF, I GUESS THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE
BY PRESERVING THE BUILDING IS
BUILDING A NEW SIX STORY
BUILDING.
>> THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMING
ALONG.
I THOUGHT THE NEW WINDOWS GOING
IN RECENTLY AND IT LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE THE NEW OLD WITH US.
THEY WERE ALL REHABBED AND PUT
BACK IN PLACE.
SPEC ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD ABOUT THIS?
>> NO, ONLY THAT THE TDR
PROGRAM THAT SHE REFERRED TO IS
IMPORTANT TO HELP FUND WHAT IS
AN INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE
ENDEAVOR TO RESTORE THESE
HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
>> THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR ADDS
SO MUCH CHARACTER TO THAT AREA
SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES?
IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER PASSING
COUNCIL BILL 119540 . ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, LET'S VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE MOTION
PASSES.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AS
QUICK AS IT HAS BEEN.
ALLISON IF YOU WOULD KINDLY
READ IN OUR SECOND ITEM WHICH
IS ONE OF THE REASONS MY
COUNSEL COLLEAGUES, I HAVE TO
SAY THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN , COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL, COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
FOR JOINING US.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119551 ,AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO CREATING A
FUND FOR SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
REVENUES; ADDING A NEW SECTION
5.53.055 TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE; AND PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR
EXPENDING PROCEEDS.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
PLEASE COME TO THE TABLE.
YOLANDA I WILL ASK YOU TO START
OFF WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND AS
WE GO DOWN THE LINE IF YOU WILL
STATE YOUR NAME AND WITH WHOM
YOU ARE WORKING.
>> YOLANDA COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF . KELLY BROWN, NORTH
HELPLINE . LEIKA SUZUMURA ,
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD .
TANIKA THOMPSON, GOT GREEN.
>> I THINK WE WILL TALK WITH A
COMMUNITY PANEL TO SEE HOW THIS
WILL IMPACT THEM DIRECTLY.
>> WHO WOULD LIKE TO START?
>> I CAN START.
I DO HAVE SOME GENERAL
REVIEWING THE BUDGET
REGULATIONS THAT WE MADE AS
WELL AS THE FUND ITSELF.
DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE WHERE
I START?
>> KNOW I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 20
MINUTES OR SO FOR THIS ITEM SO
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
ABOUT WHAT YOUR INVOLVEMENT HAS
BEEN AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO
YOU GOING FORWARD.
>> I WILL START WITH OUR BUDGET
REGULATIONS FOR 20/20 BECAUSE
WE JUST SUBMITTED THOSE EARLIER
THIS WEEK TO GIVE CONTEXT AND
THAT HE WILL SPEAK ABOUT THE
SEPARATE FUND.
THIS YEAR WE MADE OUR 20/20
BUDGET REGULATIONS FOR THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THIS
WAS AFTER A PROCESS OF
GATHERING COMMUNITY INPUT.
WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS FOR THE
COMMUNITY WHERE OVER 60
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED AND
THAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF
MAY.
FROM THOSE CAUGHT THE
INFORMATION WE GATHER, WE THEN
DEVELOPED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
INCLUSIVE OF THE COMMUNITY
VOICE.
SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I
WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT FOR
2020, WE FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE
UNALLOCATED FUNDS AS WELL AS THE
ONE-TIME FUNDS.
THIS WAS VERY INTENTIONAL IN
ORDER TO MAINTAIN ANY OF THE
CURRENT PROGRAMMING THAT WAS
HAPPENING.
WE DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY
FUNDS OUT OF CURRENT
PROGRAMMING BECAUSE WE
RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS
FOR OUR PROGRAMS TO REALLY
ESTABLISH AND BE EFFECTIVE.
SO AMONG THE FUNDS THAT WERE
UNALLOCATED, WE WANTED TO
REALLY MAKE THE FOCUS OF THE
INVESTMENTS GO INTO COMMUNITY
LED ACTIVITIES SO SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE SAW WITH THE INNOVATION
FUND WITH THE FOOD ACCESS THAT
WENT OUT THROUGH AN RF P
PRACTICE.
THAT IS A COMPONENT OF THE TAX
AS WELL AS EXPANDING THAT FOR
THE FOOD ACCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WE ALLOTTED
MORE FUNDS FOR FRESH BUCKS
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A
HUGELY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AND
THERE IS MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT CAN BE REACHED IF THAT IS
EXPANDED.
WE ALSO WERE PROPOSED FROM THE
BUDGET OFFICE THAT THERE WAS
INTEREST IN HAVING MONEY GO
TOWARDS FOOD BANK RENOVATIONS
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND SO WE
ALSO UNANIMOUSLY VOTED ON
APPROVING THAT AS WELL.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD WIN FOR
EVERYONE.
THERE ARE ALSO FUNDS BE
EXPENDED FOR EVALUATION BECAUSE
ONE THING WE CONSISTENTLY HEARD
FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT
PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO KNOW IF
THIS IS WORKING.
THEY WANT TO KNOW, ARE PEOPLE
GETTING MORE ACCESS TO FOOD?
WHO IS BEING REACHED THROUGH THE
TAX FUNDS AND WHO IS PROVIDING
THOSE SERVICES?
WE RECOGNIZE THAT EVALUATION IS
A HUGE ENDEAVOR TO BE ABLE TO
DO AND IT REALLY REQUIRES
ESTABLISHING WHAT IS BEING
DETERMINED AS SUCCESS FOR THE
PROGRAMS AND THEN MAKING THE
SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO GATHER
THAT INFORMATION.
WE PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO
EVALUATION ON TOP OF WHAT WAS
ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR 2019.
THERE IS ALSO THE FUNDS THAT
WERE FOR THE CANTOR MARKETING
THAT WENT IN FOR THIS YEAR AND
RECOGNIZING THAT IN ORDER TO DO
THAT WELL AND EFFECTIVELY WE
WANT TO PUT MORE FUNDS INTO
THAT.
LASTLY WITH THE ONE-TIME
INVESTMENTS, THERE ARE FUNDS
THAT WILL BE GOING TOWARDS AN
ASSESSMENT FOR THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS NUTRITION
SERVICES.
AS YOU MAY KNOW THERE IS A NEW
NUTRITION DIRECTOR WHO IS VERY
INTERESTED AND SKILLED ON
TRANSFERRING A SYSTEM INTO
SCRATCH COOKING.
SO BEFORE WE JUMPED INTO
PUTTING MONEY INTO
INFRASTRUCTURE WE WANT TO DO AN
ASSESSMENT TO FULLY SEE WHAT
WAS NEEDED TO DO THAT
EFFECTIVELY WITH A LONG-TERM
VISION FOR THAT TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS THAT IN ORDER TO DO
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
EXISTING LIKE THE FRESH BUCKS
PROGRAM DISTURBING SCHOOLS TO
PRESCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS AS WELL AS THE
AFTERSCHOOL AND COMMUNITY MEAL
PROGRAMS, THEY NEED MORE THINGS
LIKE REFRIGERATION, LARGE
EQUIPMENT TO PROCESS FOODS SO
WE PUT MONEY INTO THAT AS WELL.
THAT IS IN A NUTSHELL OUR
DONATIONS AND JUST MOVING INTO
THE SEPARATE ALLOCATED FUND
THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS OR THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD
MEMBERS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
FOR THE MAIN REASON BEING
TRANSPARENCY WITH THE USE OF
FUNDS AND HOLDING
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE ORIGINAL
INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE
EXPANDING AND GROWING THE
EXISTING PROGRAMS AND NOT
HAVING IT BE DISPLACED TO OTHER
PROGRAMS. SO IN ORDER TO
PROTECT THAT AND HAVE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY
IN THE COMMUNITY WE ARE ALL IN
SUPPORT OF HAVING THAT SEPARATE
FUND FOR THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE
TAX REVENUE.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR
TIME.
KELLY BROWN, PLEASE.
>> I AM KELLY BROWN FROM NORTH
HELPLINE.
WE OPERATE TO FOOD BANKS AND I
AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AN
EXPANSION OF FUNDS WOULD LOOK AT
NORTH HELPLINE AS SUPPOSED
OPPOSED TO THE SUPPLANTING OF
FUNDS WHICH HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
THROUGH THE FUNDS WE HAD A
WONDERFUL STUDY THAT WAS
PRESENTED TO COUNSEL EXAMINING
THE NEEDS OF FOOD BANKS AND
FOOD ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
THEY ARE FINDINGS WERE THAT WE
REPORT FUNDING DIFFICULTIES AT
FOOD BANKS TO BE ABLE TO MEET
THE NEEDS THAT WE ARE SEEING IN
OUR PANTRIES AND FOOD BANKS.
THE NEEDS FOR FUNDING ARE FOR
STAFFING, VEHICLES, FOOD, SPACE
, AND GENERAL FUNDING.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE STAFF TO BE
ABLE TO DELIVER OUR SERVICES.
AT NORTH HELPLINE WE HAVE
COMMUNITY GROUPS APPROACH AS
FREQUENTLY LOOKING TO ADD A POP-
UP SITE AT A SCHOOL OR AT A
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE
STAFFING TO MEET THAT NEED
RIGHT NOW.
WITHIN OUR CURRENT STAFFING
STRUCTURE, THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
EXPANSION OF FUNDS IS EXPANDING
THAT'S HAPPENED TO BE ABLE TO
DO THAT AS WELL AS PURCHASING
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND
HEALTHY FOOD TO DELIVER FOOD TO
FOLKS.
IS THE BEST WAY IS TO BE UP TO
PURCHASE THINGS.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL PARTNERS TO
GIVE LOTS OF DONATIONS OF FOOD
AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT REALLY
HAVING THAT PURCHASING POWER TO
SUPPLEMENT AND BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE FULL GOVERNMENT OF
NUTRITION TO THE COMMUNITIES WE
ARE SERVING IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
EXTENSION OF FUNDS WOULD
PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE
LEGISLATION.
>> CAN I GO BACK TO SOMETHING
JUNE 12, 2019 RAISED?
THE BOARD REQUESTED ADDITIONAL
FUNDS FOR FOOD BANKS THIS YEAR?
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME
DISCUSSION LAST YEAR, I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU SAID.
>> CRY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS
SPECIFICALLY FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> INFRASTRUCTURE BEING WHAT
KELLY IS TALKING ABOUT?
OR MORE FOOD ITSELF?
>> I THINK IT WAS FOR CAPITAL.
FOR REBUILDING OR DOING
IMPROVEMENT TO THE SPACE OR
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT
WHICH ARE NEEDED ACROSS THE
CITY AS WELL.
SO DIFFERENT CAPITAL PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT RECOMMENDATION, IS
THE INTENT TO PURSUE MORE OF
THE FOOD PANTRY GROCERY STORE
MODEL THAT I KNOW THAT MANY
FOOD BANKS AND FOOD PANTRIES
ARE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> THAT IS A PIECE OF IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE
WAS A NEED FOR THE BALLARD FOOD
BANK AND THE NORTHWEST HARVEST
ALSO NEED SOME INFRASTRUCTRE
SUPPORT AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT
HALF OF THE FUNDS THAT THEY
ALLOCATED AND THE OTHER HALF
WOULD BE GOING OUT TO AN RFP
PROCESS SO OTHER FOOD BANKS
COULD APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS.
>> I HAVE HEARD AND I AM NOT
THE EXPERT ON THIS AND MAYBE
YOU CAN HELP BUT SOME OF THE
WAY THAT FOOD IS FLOWING
THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO FOLKS AT
BIGGS THERE IS A NEED FOR
REFRIGERATION, MORE
REFRIGERATION ON SITE BECAUSE I
BELIEVE IF I HEAR CORRECTLY
THERE WAS PROTEIN SHOWING UP IN
A WAY THAT IS GREAT AND YET
WHEN IT COMES IN BIG WAVES YOU
CAN'T JUST SIT IT ON A SHELF.
IT NEEDS REFRIGERATION.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEEDS I
HEARD IDENTIFIED.
>> DEFINITELY.
COLD STORAGE IS GOLDEN AND JUST
BEING ABLE TO HAVE A
REFRIGERATION TO PUT FOOD IN IS
IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY GARDENS AND
BEING ABLE TO STORE THEM SAFELY
AND GET THEM OUT TO THE FOLKS
WHO NEED THEM AS WELL AS IF THE
MEAT DONATION COMES IN, BEING
ABLE TO PUT THAT IN THE FREEZER
SO THE SUPPLY IS SOMETHING THAT
CAN BE RELIED UPON BY THE PEOPLE
WE ARE SERVING RATHER THAN HAVE
A BUNCH AT ONE TIME OR THINK
THIS ONE DAY WE GET A BUDGET
BUT HE GETS IT AND BEING ABLE
TO ACCEPT MORE OF THOSE TWO
DAYS AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO
SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> THAT IS PART OF THE ONE-TIME
INVESTMENTS WE PUT IN SPECIFIC
FOR THINGS LIKE REFRIGERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS TANIKA THOMPSON,
THE FOOD ACCESS ORGANIZER AT
GOT GREEN.
GOING TO A FOOD BANK IS A
LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE WORK
THAT I DO.
WE AIM TO REACH FAMILIES WHO
ARE IN THE FOOD SECURITY GAP
AND THOSE FAMILIES ARE FAMILIES
THAT ARE WORKING AND THEY MAKE
WHAT IS CONSIDERED A LIVING
WAGE YET THEY ARE, BECAUSE OF
THE COST OF RENT IN SEATTLE
THESE DAYS, THEY ARE UNABLE TO
PROVIDE HEALTHY FOOD FOR THEIR
FAMILIES.
THEY WILL NOT GO TO FOOD BANKS.
SO THE FRESH BUCKS AND FRESH
BUCKS EXPANSION PROGRAMS ARE
VERY IMPORTANT FOR THESE
FAMILIES.
THEY WON'T GO TO FOOD BANKS
BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT FOOD
BANKS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT WORKING OR ARE LOW INCOME
AND THEY DON'T SEE HIMSELF IN
THAT CATEGORY. THEY SAY, LET'S
SAY THAT FOOD FOR SOMEONE ELSE
WHO NEEDS IT MORE THAN I DO.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO REACH 2000 FAMILIES. WE
BROUGHT 2000 FAMILIES INTO THE
PROGRAM BUT I JUST REALIZED WE
CAN DO SO MUCH MORE.
THE WAITING LIST IS SO LONG.
IF WE HAD THE REVENUE, ALL OF
THE REVENUE IN THE TEXT FROM
LAST YEAR WE COULD HAVE REACHED
SO MANY MORE FAMILIES.
>> DO YOU HAVE NUMBERS ON THAT?
>> I ONLY HAVE NUMBERS, THERE
IS A TOTAL OF 2000 FAMILIES
ENROLLED.
BETWEEN EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS, WE
ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENROLL 150 INDIVIDUALS APPEASE
AND THERE WAS A PUBLIC SITE
THAT ENROLLED 1000 PEOPLE.
SO GOT GREEN WAS ABLE TO REACH
THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE 60 OR OLDER, 53 WERE 60 OR
OLDER AND SENIORS ARE HAVING A
HARD TIME HAVING ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO REACH A LOT
OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS
AND LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THE
PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO WERE ENROLLED WERE
FAMILIES IN THE FOOD SECURITY
GAP.
THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
BENEFITS LIKE EBT AND SNAPS SO
WE DIDN'T WANT TO REACH OUT TO
TOO MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE ACCESS TO
THE PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE
HAVE MORE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO
GO TOWARDS FRESH BUCKS
EXPANSION PROGRAM BECAUSE THERE
IS SUCH A GREAT NEED.
THE WAITING LIST SHOWS THAT NEED
.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS OR ANYBODY WANT TO
RESPOND?
THAT BRINGS IT UP TO YOU,
YOLANDA YOU HAVE WRITTEN AN
EXCELLENT MEMO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO YOU
A LETTER THAT OUR BUDGET
DIRECTOR SENT DOWN ABOUT 45
MINUTES BEFORE THIS MEETING
STARTED SO I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE ALL YOU HAD A COPY OF
THAT.
>> AS WE PROVIDED SOME
BACKGROUND A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX , AND I
RUN THROUGH A QUICK SUMMARY IN
MY MEMO ABOUT THINGS THAT THE
REVENUES CAN BE SPENT ON AND
BASED ON SOME OF THE
CONVERSATION HERE WE MIGHT WANT
TO THINK ABOUT AMENDING THAT TO
ALLOW FOR CAPITAL PROJECT
INVESTMENT FOR FOOD BANKS.
RIGHT NOW THAT IS NOT IN THE
LIST.
RIGHT NOW IT IS ONLY SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT.
JUST REVIEWING WHAT HAD
HAPPENED DURING BUDGET LAST
YEAR, WHICH IMPACTED OUR 2019
ADOPTED BUDGET IN REGARDS TO
THE USE OF, UNANTICIPATED USE OF
GOT GREEN REVENUES TO SUPPLANT
GENERAL FUND, SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
, I ALSO PLAY OUT AND EDIFY THE
PROGRAMS IN WHICH THAT
OCCURRED.
PRIMARILY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SPECIFICALLY THINGS LIKE FOOD
BANKS, PARENT-CHILD HOME PROGRAM
, CHILDCARE VOUCHERS, AND NURSE
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.
THEN ALSO LAST YEAR DURING
BUDGET THERE WAS A GREEN SHEET
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
WAR AS AND COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN . SO THAT LEADS US TO
THE LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN , COUNCIL
BILL 119551 , WHICH WE BRIEFLY
DISCUSSED AT THE LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING THAT MADE A COUPLE
CHANGES THAT I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT.
SO AGAIN WE ARE CREATING A
DEDICATED FUND TO TRACK
EXPENDITURES BY CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO
ESTABLISHING FINANCIAL POLICIES
WITH REGARDS TO THE SBT REVENUE
. ONE THING IS TO CODIFY THE
POLICIES SO THEY CAN SEE THEM
EASILY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO
TRACK DOWN THE ORDINANCE SO WE
WOULD BE ADDING A NEW SECTION
TO THE VISIBLE CODE IN CHAPTER
5 AND INCREASE THE FLEXIBILITY
FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR
ONE-TIME OR LIMITED TERM
EXPENDITURES.
INSTEAD OF DEDICATING 10%
SPECIFICALLY OF THE SBT
PROCEEDS TO THESE USES, WE CAN
ALLOW UP TO 10%.
JUST FRIDAY LITTLE MORE
STABILITY.
LAST YEAR WE AMENDED THE
ORIGINAL POLICY WHICH HAD BEEN
INITIALLY 20% TO 10% GIVEN THE
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED
REJECTION.
WE COULD COVER THE ALLEGATIONS
THAT WERE OUTLINED UNDER THOSE
CAUGHT IN THAT CATEGORY, I
THINK MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN
HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED.
SPECIFICALLY THE ENDOWMENT FOR
THE SEATTLE COLLEGES, THE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND THE
$1.5 MILLION FOR JOB RETRAINING
AND PLACEMENT PROGRAMS FOR
WORKERS WHO MAY BE ADVERSELY
IMPACTED BY THE TAX.
>> SO THE DISCRETIONARY
FLEXIBILITY FROM 20 TWO 10,
DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE
CAN PLAY AROUND WITH ALL THE
OTHER REVENUE STREAMS, BUT FOR
THIS PARTICULAR FUND, WE COULD
ONLY MODIFY THAT 10% AS OPPOSED
TO A HIGHER AMOUNT.
>> INITIALLY IN THE ORIGINAL
ORDINANCE, THERE WAS 20%
ALLOCATED TO THESE ONE-TIME OR
LIMITED TERM EXPENDITURES AND
THEN 8% TO THE ONGOING
PROGRAMS.
SO THAT HAD BEEN BASED UPON THE
CONSERVATIVE PROJECTIONS OF
MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN COVER
THE BY MILLION DOLLAR ENDOWMENT
FOR THE SEATTLE COLLEGES, THE
SCHOLARSHIP AND THE $1.5
MILLION FOR JOB RETRAINING AS
WELL AS THE ONE-TIME COST FOR
ADMINISTERING A TAX.
SO THERE WAS THAT ALLOCATION.
BECAUSE THE MONEY WAS MORE THAN
ANTICIPATED, THE REVENUE WAS
GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED THEY
COULD LOWER THAT 10%.
>> OKAY.
THE PORTION THAT WENT TO THE
COMMUNITY-BASED FUND, I CAN'T
REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE GROUP.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GROUP
THAT HAD SOME DISCRETIONARY
FUNDS?
THE CAB.
THE CAB MEMBERS.
HOW DOES THIS 10% POZO AFFECT
THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO THE
CAB?
>> THAT WAS --
>> MORE OR LESS?
>> WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE TAX
WENT INTO EFFECT AND WE BEGAN
COLLECTING REVENUES BUT THERE
WAS ALSO THE IDEA OF CREATING
THE CAB TO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAD
NOT BEEN APPOINTED YET.
THE MEMBERS TO THE CAB SO THE
THOUGHT WAS THERE IS AN INITIAL
TAKE OF, WE HAVE THIS CAUGHT
THE PROJECTIONS, WE WILL
ALLOCATE A CERTAIN WAY THAT WE
WILL HOLD 2.7 MILLION FOR THIS
BODY TO ALLOCATE AS THEY SEE FIT
ONCE THEY ARE FULLY UP AND
RUNNING.
SO THAT WAS THEN WHAT THEY DID.
SO THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WAS
THAT $2.7 MILLION WAS
DISTRIBUTED AS THE CAB HAD
RECOMMENDED BUT THE IDEA WAS
THAT ONGOING, THE CAB WOULD
PROVIDE, WE HEARD, EVERY YEAR
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THAT
REVENUE WOULD BE ALLOCATED.
THE IDEA WAS THEY WOULD PROVIDE
RECOGNITION TO THE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR ON HOW ALL OF THE
REVENUE SHALL BE ALLOCATED OVER
TIME.
SO THERE IS NOT A RESERVE EVERY
YEAR FOR THE CAB.
IS MORE LIKE THEY ARE
RECOMMENDING.
IN THIS CASE THEY HAVE MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE
UNALLOCATED REVENUES AND SO
YEAH.
>> THE 2.7 WE SET UP FOR THEM
TO HAVE SOME DISCRETIONARY USE
MOVING FORWARD.
THEY WILL HAVE AN ADVISORY ROLE
ON THE FULL FUND BUT THREE
YEARS FROM NOW THEY'RE NOT
GETTING A 2.7, 2.8 THAT THEY
GET TO ADVISE SO WE ARE NOT
EARMARKING A SUB FUND FOR THEM.
>> CORRECT.
>> I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
I THOUGHT WE HAD SET THIS UP
THAT IN PERPETUITY THEY WOULD
ALWAYS HAVE THEIR DISCRETIONARY
FUND OUTSIDE OF THAT. BUT THAT
WAS SHORT-LIVED.
>> YES IT WAS JUST ONE TYPE.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE
NEVER HAD ANY POWER OVER THE
FUNDS SO WE RECOMMENDED 2.7 AND
NOW WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR ALL
OF THE FUNDS.
>> I HAD A MISUNDERSTANDING.
I THOUGHT THE WAY WE HAD SET
THAT UP WAS THAT 2.7 WAS FOR
THE COMMUNITY TO DECIDE AND WE
WILL PLAY AROUND WITH THE OTHER
. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS
JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
I THOUGHT IT GAVE US MORE POWER
ON THAT.
>> MY TAKE ON ALL OF THIS IS
THAT WE WERE GOING TO START
COLLECTING REVENUE WITHIN THAT
FIRST YEAR WHILE WE WERE STILL
ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO NOT MAKE
INVESTMENTS WHILE THAT BOARD
WAS BEING FORMED AND WORKING
TOGETHER.
SO BASED ON THE GUIDELINES WE
HAD SET FOR THE CAB IN THE
STATION, WE THOUGHT THESE ARE
SOME THINGS WE WANT TO DO AND
WE WILL LEAVE SOME APPROVAL
MONEY LIKELY TO BE FOR THE
LATTER HALF OF THE YEAR FOR THE
CAB TO RECOMMEND THAT IN FUTURE
YEARS, THE CAB WOULD BE ABLE TO
GIVE ADVICE ON THE ENTIRE
BUDGET BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE
BEEN INFORMED AT THAT POINT.
THAT IS WHAT YOU SPOKE TO TODAY
WAS NOT JUST A CHECK OF IT BUT
HERE ARE A SET OF INVESTMENTS
WE THINK YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IN
TIME FOR THE MAYOR TO CONSIDER
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET AND FOR US
TO CONSIDER.
I IMAGINE WE WILL SEE YOU AND
MEMBERS OF THE THROUGHOUT THE
BUDGET PROCESS TALKING ABOUT
WHAT YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> I REALLY WANTED TO CLARIFY
ON PAGES 2-3 OF YOUR MEMO YOU
LAY OUT THE SBT REVENUES THAT
SUPPLANTED GENERAL FUNDS AND
LISTED OUT THE PROGRAMS. THE
PROGRAM I AM OPENING FOCUSING
IN OUR THE PARENT CHILD AND
CHILD CARE PROGRAMS AND THE
NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.
THOSE ARE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR
ME AND I THINK FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL IN GENERAL.
I GUESS WHAT I DON'T SEE IN THE
MEMO AND WHAT I AM NOT TRACKING
VERY CLEARLY IS IF
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD
ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR THESE
THREE PROGRAMS IF YOU INCLUDE
THIS.
>> I THINK THE INTENTION IS THAT
, THERE ARE OPTIONS OBVIOUSLY
THAT CAN BE TAKEN BUT THE
INTENTION IS THAT THEY WOULD
POTENTIALLY HAVE OTHER FUNDING
FOR THESE PROGRAMS. WHERE THE
SUPPLICATION HAD OCCURRED SO
THAT IS $5.7 MILLION THAT
HAPPENED LAST YEAR SO THAT
WOULD OF COURSE REQUIRE FINDING
ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES OR
CUTS.
BUT IT WOULD NOT BE ABOUT, I
THINK THAT, WE ARE JUST
IDENTIFYING WHERE THE
SUPPLICATION HAD OCCURRED.
BUT IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY
CUT IT.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE INTENT AND WHAT THE BILL
ACTUALLY DOES AND YOU DRAFTED
THE BILL SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
DOES THE BILL DO.
>> THE BILL WOULD NOT CUT THE
FUNDING AT THIS POINT.
I THINK IT ACCEPTS WHAT HAS
HAPPENED TO DATE.
SO SAY THERE IS A SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET THAT COMES IN FOR THIS
YEAR THAT HAS THE PLANTATION
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE
ORDINANCE.
THAT WOULD BE COUNTER TO THE
SPENDING POLICY OF NO
SUPPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL
FUND.
BUT IT DOES NOT UNDO WHAT HAS
BEEN, IT IS NOT RETROACTIVE.
>> I KNOW IT IS NOT RETRACTED
BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY SPENT
THE MONEY.
UNLESS WE ARE PLANNING ON
BILLING PEOPLE I DON'T SEE THAT
AS AN OPTION.
BUT I SUPPOSE MY RECOLLECTION,
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND
READ THE ENABLING ORDERS BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE
PROGRAMS WERE WITHIN THE
SPENDING INTENT TO BEGIN WITH SO
I AM NOT TRACKING WHY THEY
WOULD BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OR
THE THEORY THAT THEY SOMEHOW ARE
OUTSIDE OF THE CONTOURS OF WHAT
IS ACCEPTABLE EXPENDITURES.
>> NONE OF THESE PROGRAMS WORK
OUTSIDE OF THE ACCEPTABLE
EXPENDITURES.
THE ISSUE WAS NOT THAT.
IT WAS THE ISSUE THAT SOME OF
THESE WERE SUPPORTED BY GENERAL
FUND UP UNTIL, THEN THAT SBT WAS
USED TO FREE UP THAT GENERAL
FUND FOR OTHER PRIORITIES.
>> BECAUSE WE CREATED THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX TO FUND
STABLY THESE PROGRAMS.
IN PART THESE PROGRAMS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> MY INTENT ON CREATING THE
GOT GREEN WAS TO AUGMENT THESE
PROGRAMS.
SO THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT
ALREADY EXIST THAT ARE DOING
WORK AROUND HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS
AND EARLY EDUCATION AND 13 YEAR
PROMISE TOO.
AND WE WANT TO DO MORE OF THAT.
THAT WILL SUPPORT THESE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.
WE GO AND COLLECT A BUNCH OF
MONEY AND MY INTENT, I THINK
IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IN THE
LEGISLATION, THE ORIGINAL
LEGISLATION, WAS THAT THIS
WOULD BE ADDITIVE.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS WAS THEY SAID WE
WILL SPEND THIS MONEY ON THESE
THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED.
THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS.
ATTEND WE WILL TAKE THE GENERAL
FUND MONEY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY
úUSED TO FUND IT AND SPEND IT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS SPENT
EXACTLY BUT THAT IS THE PROBLEM
I HAVE IS THAT WE SAID TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YES, CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES, THE PEOPLE YOU
WERE TALKING TO A ON THE DOORS
IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YES, TO THE
EXTENT YOU ARE CONSUMING
SWEETENED BEVERAGES YOU WILL PAY
MORE OF THOSE BECAUSE OF THE
SEX ARE IN THE MENDING.
BUT THE PROGRAMS YOU'RE GETTING
ACCESS TO WHETHER IT IS FRESH
BOX OR A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM,
THERE'LL BE MORE SPOTS BECAUSE
WE ARE ADDING TO THAT.
THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY TOOK THAT AND SAID WE WILL
TAKE ONE OF SOME OF THAT MONEY
AND USE IT IN OTHER PROGRAMS.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
PROGRAMS THEY WERE CAUGHT MAYBE
HOMELESSNESS, WE CAN'T
>>> THE COLOR OF MONEY ONCE IT
LEAVES THE DOOR.
BUT THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.
WE COLLECTED OVER $20 MILLION
DISPROPORTIONATELY FROM CERTAIN
COMMITTEES BUT WE DID NOT
INCREASE SPENDING FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
>> IF I APPLY THAT INTENT, ONE
IS, I APPRECIATE THAT
CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THAT WAS
NOT CLEAR TO ME FROM THE TEXT
OF THIS MEMO.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT WHAT WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS EITHER
MAINTAINING THIS MINIMAL
FUNDING OR UTILIZING OTHER
FUNDS BESIDES SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX TO CONTINUE TO
FUND THESE PROGRAMS WHICH
WOULD BE A MAJOR CONCERN OF
MINE.
THE TO APPLY YOUR THEORY, IN
OTHER WORDS, IF WE LOOK AT THE
PARENT CHILD HOME PROGRAM WHICH
IS WITHIN THE CONTOURS OF
ACCEPTABLE EXPENDITURES FOR THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
REVENUE, WE SPENT 1.13 MILLION
DOLLARS ON THAT, CORRECT?
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH
MORE SHOULD WE HAVE SPENT ON
THAT BUT FOR THE FACT THAT
THERE WAS THIS GENERAL FUND
SUPPLEMENTATION GIMMICK THAT
WAS USED. AND DO WE KNOW
SITTING HERE TODAY WHAT THAT
NUMBER SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUT FOR
THAT BUDGET GIMMICK?
>> IT IS OKAY TO SAY NO.
>> I THINK THE CAB HAD SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE
ALLOCATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN
LAST YEAR AND INCLUDING THE
PROGRAMS THAT HAD BEEN
SUPPLANTED, IT WAS KIND OF
ROUGHLY, IF I RECALL, YOU ALL
HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVING THEM
MATCHED UP WITH THE ACTUAL
BUDGET.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS TO THE
DETAIL OF THE EXACT PROGRAMS
BUT THERE WAS A GENERAL
DISTRIBUTION THAT HAD BEEN
HOPED FOR WITH THE FULL AMOUNT
NOT EXPECTING SUPPLEMENTATION.
>> I THOUGHT I WOULD JUMP IN
HERE.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS OF
THE NUMBERS WITH ME BUT I THINK
IN THE SIMPLEST FORM, ADD THE
SUPPLICATION NOT HAPPENED THAT
$1.13 MILLION OF SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX THAT WAS USED TO
SUPPLANT COULD HAVE BEEN USED
TO EXPEND.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK ALL THAT
AS THE MONEY THAT WAS USED TO
SUPPLANT THE GENERAL FUND
FUNDING COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO
GROW THOSE PROGRAMS, THAT IS
ONE WAY OF THINKING ABOUT IT.
THE CHALLENGES THAT THE OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
NEEDED TO BE CUT IN ORDER TO
ACHIEVE THAT BECAUSE WE WERE
STILL TRYING TO FILL A FUNDING
GAP FROM OTHER PROGRAMS.
>> CAN YOU DESCRIBE ABOUT WHAT
THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS WORK?
I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I THINK IT WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET INTO
THE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THIS BILL
WOULD DO AND PARTICULARLY WHEN
WE HAVE AN ENDORSED BUDGET LAST
YEAR.
I KNOW ALL OF US WANT, WE HAVE
HE SAME VALUES HERE.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT THESE
PROGRAMS AND MY CONCERN AT THIS
MOMENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE GOT ALL OF THE DETAIL ON
WHERE THE MONEY WENT LAST YEAR
AND WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS MIGHT
HAVE TO EITHER BE CUT BACK OR
ELIMINATED IF WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> I THINK OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD, I CAN'T IDENTIFY SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS
LOOK AT PROGRAMS THAT WERE
FUNDED IN 2018 AND 2019 AND
HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS POTENTIAL
AREAS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE
ELIMINATED BECAUSE IN SOME
CASES, COUNSEL IS IN A
DIFFICULT SITUATION DURING
BUDGET OF WANTING TO FUND A
VARIETY OF PROGRAMS.
WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO IDENTIFY
ONE-TIME CUTS OR ONE-TIME
REVENUE SOURCE SO FAR THAT YEAR
THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED TO FUND A
PROGRAM THAT REALLY WILL NEED
ONGOING RESOURCES WITH ONE-TIME
FUNDS.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS
CONVERSATION FOR THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX, CORRECT ME IF I
AM WRONG, THE THINKING IS TO
NOT GO BACK AND UNWIND
EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE IN
2019 BUT MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED WITH
OTHER RESOURCES ARE, THE GOT
GREEN ARE NOT USED TO FUND
THOSE PROGRAMS AND ARE ONLY
USED TO EXPAND RAMS THAT ARE
ALREADY FUNDED BY SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX OR BY NEW PROGRAMS
THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
POLICIES OUTLINED IN THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX FUND
ORDINANCE.
>> ACEQUIA.
THANK YOU.
IT IS HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I
HAVE NOT HEARD OR TURNED ON MY
BUDGET BRAIN YET.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ROOT
OF MY CONCERN BECAUSE WE HAVE
TOUCHED ON SOME OF THAT STUFF.
IT IS HARD TO TELL BECAUSE ONCE
IT BECOMES GENERAL FUND MONEY
GOES INTO A POOL AND NOBODY
SAYS WHAT THIS MONEY CAME FROM.
BUT WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE MAYOR AND WE HAVE
CHALLENGES TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
WE CAN USE PERMANENT SUPPORT
HOUSING FOR AN EXAMPLE, I DON'T
KNOW IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
TO SAY BUT THOSE ARE PROGRAMS
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY
ONE TERM FUNDING BEFORE AND 90
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.
THAT IS THE BUDGET CHALLENGE WE
WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IS
THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
WE MAY NEED TO CUT PROGRAMS. MY
PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED
LAST YEAR IS WE CHOSE TO RAISE
ADDITIONAL REVENUES AND WE
RAISE THOSE REVENUES BY USING
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
WHICH WE KNEW WAS A
DISPROPORTIONATE TAX ON LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THAT IS THE HEARTBURN THAT I
HAVE.
IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL REVENUES
TO PAY FOR THESE GOT THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE CONSUMING MORE COKE
BECAUSE THEY ARE MARKETED TO
ARE LIVING IN NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES, SHOULD
NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOLVING
THE HOMELESS CRISIS.
LET'S FIND A TAX SOURCE THAT IS
MORE EQUITABLE THAN THIS.
THE ONLY REASON I SUPPORTED THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX IS
BECAUSE WE WOULD BE INVESTING
IT BACK INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES
UNDER THE GUIDELINES WE HAVE
OUTLINED HERE.
WHEN THE SUPPLICATION HAPPENED
LAST YEAR, I FELT AND LARGELY
BECAUSE I HEARD FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO FELT, THIS IS NOT
WHAT WE SOLD TO OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHEN WE SAID YOU SHOULD
SUPPORT THIS TAX ON YOU.
BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE IT'S A
TAX ON YOU BUT YOU WILL GET
MORE BENEFITS BACK THROUGH
FRESH BUCKS, FOOD BANKS,
WHATEVER THAT SET OF
INVESTMENTS IS AND THAT IS NOT
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
SO THE INTENT OF THIS
LEGISLATION IS TO GO BACK AND
HONOR THAT.
THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT
TALKS ABOUT SUPPLEMENTATION.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY ON
HOW WE DO THAT BUT I THINK THE
LANGUAGE IN THERE IS AS STRONG
AS IT CAN BE.
THAT LEAVES OTHER BUDGETARY
CHALLENGES.
HOW DO WE FIND IT UP GENERAL
FUND BUDGETS TO FUND ALL THE
PROGRAMS WE HAD INCLUDING THE
BASE AMOUNT FOR SOME OF THE
THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE
MAYOR TO DO TODAY IS AS YOU ARE
FORMING YOUR BUDGET FOR 2020,
DON'T TAKE FROM THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX.
FIGURE OUT OTHER SOURCES.
IF YOU NEED TO MAKE CUTS, WE
WILL CONSIDER THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER
ADDITIONAL REVENUES SOMEWHERE
ELSE WE WILL ALSO CONSIDER
THAT.
I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF
THOSE REVENUES ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY FALLING ON
LOW INCOME PEOPLE TO FUND BROAD
KAW CITY WHAT INITIATIVES I AM
UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT THAT.
BUT THAT IS WHAT THE MAYOR'S
JOB IS BETWEEN NOW AND
SEPTEMBER 25 AND THEN WE TAKE
OVER THAT JOB FOR THE FOLLOWING
SIX WEEKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT FOR ME,
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THE EXPENDITURES, WE ARE
ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMMITMENTS
WE MADE WHEN WE ALL VOTED IN
FAVOR OF THIS, THAT WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS A
REGRESSIVE TAX THAT WAS
DISPROPORTIONATELY GOING TO
AFFECT LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES
AND TRINITIES OF COLOR
THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT, AND
THAT AS A RESULT OF
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
DISPROPORTIONALITY, WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO REINVEST THE
DOLLARS BACK INTO THOSE
COMMUNITY. I SHARE THE CONCERNS
THAT COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN HAS
EXPRESSED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A DIVERSION FROM THAT
COMMITMENT AND THAT INTENT THAT
WAS ORIGINALLY LAID OUT WHEN WE
FIRST LEGISLATED THIS PARTICULAR
TAX. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PATH
FOR US TO GET BACK ON THE RIGHT
TRACK IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE
GOING TO FULFILL THAT
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHEN WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
SUPPLICATION ISSUES, I THINK IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT
OF THIS BILL AS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN WILL
HAVE ON SOME OF THE POLYS
POLICIES THAT I SEE CLEARLY
WITHIN THE RUBRIC. IT IS VERY
CLEAR THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WHO
GREATLY BENEFIT FROM PROGRAMS
LIKE THE NURSE FAMILY
PARTNERSHIP GRAHAM, THE
CHILDCARE ASSISTANT PROGRAM,
ARE THE SAME EXACT POPULATIONS
THAT ARE BEING
DISPROPORTIONATELY TAXED IN
THIS AREA.
I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE REALLY CLEAR
THAT WE ARE NOT BACKING AWAY
FROM THOSE INVESTMENTS.
IN FACT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
WANTING TO PROTECT THOSE
INVESTMENTS AS SORT OF ONE OF
THE PRIORITY INVESTMENT AREAS
THAT WE CONSIDERED AND DEBATED
AND MADE POLICY CHOICES ABOUT
DURING THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX . I WAS
A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN WE
STARTED THIS CONVERSATION THAT
THERE WAS SOME MOVING AWAY FROM
THOSE PROGRAMS AND IT CREATED
ANXIETY FOR ME.
SO HAVING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRUE
INTENT HERE IS REALLY HELPFUL.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE
BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT WE WERE
ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND
UNDERSTOOD THAT.
I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT BEING ABLE
TO REACH 2000 FAMILIES WHEN
THERE IS ACTUALLY 122,000
FAMILIES WHO NEED THAT
ASSISTANCE.
AND TAKING AWAY FROM THAT
REVENUE REALLY DID NOT HELP
WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
>> I WILL SIMPLY SAY I DIDN'T
HEAR ANYTHING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN SAID THAT
I DISAGREED WITH.
I FULLY AGREED WITH EVERYTHING
HE SAID.
>> MY INTEREST GOING FORWARD IS
GOING TO BE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND
, ACKNOWLEDGING THE COMMITMENTS
WE MADE IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET,
WHAT PROGRAMS MIGHT BE CUT OR
WHAT WILL WE HAVE TO BACKTRACK
ON THAT WE COMMITTED TO LAST
YEAR?
I DON'T KNOW THAT AT THIS
POINT.
IF IT TURNS OUT WE HAVE A LOT
MORE MONEY THAN WE ANTICIPATED
AND WE CAN FULFILL ALL OF THE
COMMITMENTS WE MADE LAST YEAR I
WILL FEEL GOOD ABOUT MOVING
FORWARD WITH THAT.
AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE
WHICH PROGRAMS WERE SUPPORTED
BY THE MONEY THAT WAS ACTUALLY
SUPPLANTED.
WHAT ARE THOSE PROGRAMS WITH
SPECIFICITY? IF WE DON'T KNOW
WE NEED TO ASK THE BUDGET
OFFICE FOR THAT SO WE HAVE A
REAL CLEAR COMMITMENT.
>> I THINK I WOULD NOTE THAT IT
WAS ANYTHING FUNDED WITH THE
GENERAL FUND FRANKIE.
THE CHOICES IN TERMS OF WHAT IS
NOT FUNDED OR FINDING A NEW
REVENUE SOURCE WOULD REALLY BE
ANYTHING THAT WAS FUNDED WITH
GENERAL GENERAL FUNDS.
I WILL CALL IT THAT BECAUSE THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX IS ALSO
IN THE GENERAL FUND.
THEREIN LIES THE CHALLENGE IS.
WE CAN IDENTIFY PROGRAMS THAT
WERE FUNDED WITH ONE-TIME ADS
OR CUTS AND THAT MIGHT HELP
NARROW THE UNIVERSE OF PROGRAMS
BUT I THINK THE GOOD AND THE
BAD IS THAT IT WAS ANYTHING
THAT WAS FUNDED WITH THE
GENERAL FUND.
>> SEEMS TO ME THE IRONY IS
THAT THE QUESTION POSED BY
ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER WE CANNOT
ANSWER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A
DEDICATED FUND THAT ALLOWS US
TO DO THAT KIND OF ACCOUNTING
AND TRACKING.
TO MEET THAT IS THE IRONY OF
THE SITUATION AND THE
CONVERSATION AND I THINK THE
REALITY IS WE HAVE TO MAKE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND BUDGETS
ALL OF THE TIME.
IN THIS CONTEXT WE MADE THOSE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS WHEN WE
CONSIDERED THE CREATION OF THE
SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX AND DEFINE
CLEARLY WHAT THE INVESTMENT
PRIORITIES WOULD BE.
SO ANYTHING THAT WAS FUNDED
OUTSIDE OF THOSE SPENDING
PRIORITIES AS ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL, ARE THE THINGS
THAT WERE LIKELY
INAPPROPRIATELY FUNDED. THAT
WERE INAPPROPRIATE LEAVE FUNDED
IN THE SENSE THAT IT FELT
OUTSIDE OF THE RUBRIC OF WHAT
WE SAID THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE
TAX COULD BE USED FOR.
I THINK IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU
HAVE TO INVERT IT AND SAY WHAT
ARE THE THINGS WE DID FUND
BASED ON THE REVENUE?
WERE THEY FUNDED AT THE
APPROPRIATE LEVEL BUT FOR
SUPPLICATION?
THE ANSWER IS NO BUT FOR THE
SUPPLICATION, IT ALMOST DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT OTHER THINGS WERE
FUNDED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE
THINGS WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO
FUND DID NOT GET FUNDED.
>> CHAIR BAGSHAW, THE QUESTION
YOU ASK IS A VERY APPROPRIATE
QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THERE IS A REAL
ANSWER FOR THAT OR IF WE WILL
EVER GET ONE.
MY SENSE IS THE ANSWER IS, THAT
IS THE BUDGET PROCESS.
IT IS THE ENTIRE BUDGET
DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS ALL THE
MAKES OF THE THINGS WE SPENT ON.
THE MAYOR COULD COME FORWARD
AND SAY NO, THOSE SUCCESSIVE
SPECIFIC DOLLARS WENT TO THIS
PROGRAM BUT SOMEWHERE IN THE
BUDGET AND WE DON'T KNOW, IT
ALL GOT MIXED TOGETHER.
BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT WE
MADE A COMMITMENT OR I MADE A
COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAX THEM
BUT THAT TAX WOULD BE DEDICATED
TO ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN
THEIR COMMUNITY AND WE DID NOT
DO THAT.
AGAIN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR. THE
MAYOR DID NOT GO BUY A NEW CAR
WITH THIS MONEY.
SHE IS INVESTING IN OTHER
THINGS THAT WE REALLY CARE
ABOUT.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO
TAX THESE PARTICULARLY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE THOSE
INVESTMENTS.
WE CAN SIT AND TALK ABOUT THIS
FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS BUT I
DON'T THINK WE WILL GET ANY
MORE CLARITY.
THE QUESTION I AM ASKING MY
COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER IS, IF
YOU AGREE THAT THIS POPULATION
IS THIS PROPORTIONATELY TAXED
BY THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX,
SHOULD NOT BE FUNDING THE
BROADER FUNDING LET'S PUT THAT
IN A BUCKET AND RESERVE FOR THE
GENERAL BUDGET, WE WILL HAVE
PLENTY OF HARD DISCUSSIONS
DURING THE BUDGET AS WELL THE
MAYOR AS SHE OPPOSES THE
BUDGET.
BUT LET'S TAKE THIS POOL OF
MONEY OFF LIMITS FOR THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE TODAY AND A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
ENGAGEMENT FOR THE MONTHS
BEFORE.
I REALLY WANT TO DO WHATEVER I
CAN TO LET THESE PEOPLE GET
BACK TO DOING THEIR WORK AND
NOT KEEP DRAGGING THEM BACK
HERE.
THE QUESTION BEFORE THEY ARE
ASKING ME IS, AND THE NEXT
PANEL TOO, THIS MONEY WAS
INTENDED FOR US, WE DON'T HAVE
TO KEEP DEFENDING IT.
WE WILL BLOCKED THIS OFF.
WE WILL HAVE A BIG BUDGET FIGHT
FOR WHATEVER ELSE WE WANT TO
FUND IN A COUPLE MONTHS BUT
LESS BLOCK THIS OFF TODAY AND
WE WILL WORK THROUGH THE OTHER
THINGS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE
BUDGET.
>> I WILL END THIS BECAUSE WE
HAVE OTHER ITEMS AND WE WILL
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION.
>> IT IS JUST GETTING FUN.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO COMPLETELY RESPECT
AND SAY I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE
HEART THAT I HEAR FROM YOU AND
HAVE HEARD FROM YOU ALL ALONG,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
YOU'RE COMMITTED TO LIVING UP
TO YOUR PROMISE.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I
APPRECIATE THAT.
WHERE I AM COMING FROM IS, NOT
INCONSISTENT WITH THAT, BUT I
FEEL WE MADE SOME COMMITMENT TO
OUR BUDGET LAST YEAR.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
IF IT IS IN PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THE NURSE
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, IF ANY OF
THAT IS GOING TO BE LOCATED, I
WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR BUDGET
OFFICE BUT WE CAN DO THAT AFTER
TODAY.
SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL DO
YOU WANT TO PUT IN ANY MORE
WORDS?
>> I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
I THINK WE ALL FELT THAT WHEN
WE ARTICULATED THAT.
I HAD HEARTBURN TO EVEN SUPPORT
THE TAX BUT THEN BECAUSE OF
WHAT YOU SAID, THAT'S WHY WE
PASSED THE 13th YEAR PROGRAM.
IT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME
BECAUSE QUITE CANDIDLY OF BLACK
AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE AND IF
IT'S OF THAT SO THOSE ARE REAL
DOLLARS, ONLY FOR FIVE YEARS BY
THE WAY BUT IF WE CAN GET THE
PROGRAM UP RUNNING WEEKEND FIND
OTHER WAYS TO DO IT.
I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF, THAT IS
SACRED MONEY THAT WE WILL TRY TO
PUMPED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME
ARGUMENTS ABOUT, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ MENTIONED DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS, SOME THINGS PEOPLE
ARE JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT IN A
GOOD WAY.
BUT I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF
KEEPING THIS IN THE COMMUNITY
CANDIDLY.
I THINK WE ARE ALL PARTICULAR
TO THAT.
>> MAKE SURE THE MONEY GOES
WHERE THE MONEY IS SUPPOSED TO
GO.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET A SENSE
ON TIMING ON THIS BECAUSE I AM
READY TO VOTE ON THIS AND AT
LEAST LOCKDOWN WHERE THE MONEY
THAT IS COLLECTED FROM THE GOT
GREEN GOES.
WHETHER THAT MONEY IS BEING
USED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING OR MORE PUBLIC SAFETY
OR EXPANDED COMMUNITY CENTER
HOURS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU
PUT ON THAT LIST, I WILL SAY NO
WE SHOULD NOT GO FOR IT IF IT'S
NOT ON THE LIST.
>> WE ARE COMMITTED TO BRINGING
THIS FORWARD ON JULY 10 FOR A
VOTE.
>> OKAY.
>> I HAVE SIGNALED MULTIPLE
TIMES HERE WE WILL CONTINUE TO
LOOK AT WHAT WOULD NOT BE SPENT
OR FOUGHT PROGRAMS WOULD BE
REFUNDED OR REDUCED IF WE MOVE
FORWARD IN 2020. IF YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE IN
PLACE IN 2021 AND THEREAFTER,
WE STILL NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE TWO WEEKS
>> WE WILL VOTE IN COMMITTEE ON
JULY 10.
I APPRECIATE THAT COMMITMENT.
WE CAN ESTIMATE WHAT SHE WILL
DEFINE.
I THINK WE WILL HEAR THAT ON
SEPTEMBER 25.
>> AGREED.
BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE
SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT
WITHIN TWO WEEKS SO WE ARE NOT
JUST LEFT WITH SOMEBODY SAYING
YOU HAD A BY MILLION-DOLLAR
HOLE IN OCTOBER.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT
THIS AS WE ARE GOING FORWARD.
WE WILL HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO HAVE
MORE CLARITY FROM THE BUDGET
OFFICE ABOUT WHAT THE
INVOCATIONS ARE PICKS, AND WHAT
HAPPENS IF THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE DOES NOT PROVIDE US A
SATISFACTORY ANSWER.
>> WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE OUR DECISION THEN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
I REALLY RESPECT ALL OF THE
WORK YOU ARE DOING AND AGAIN I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN YOU ARE
PUSHING THIS FOR ALL THE RIGHT
REASONS.
>> CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION TO
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF?
THE EDI MONEY, I REMEMBER WE
HAD SOME ONE TIME -- I THOUGHT
PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL WAS SOME
OF IT WOULD GO TOWARDS THAT BUT
DURING THE FIRST ROUND, WE CAME
UP WITH THAT MONEY FROM ONE-
TIME SALES.
IT WAS LIKE $13 MILLION OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> I HAVE TWO SEPARATE
ORDINANCES.
THE NEXT ONE WE WILL DISCUSS
ABOUT EDI .
>> OKAY.
THAT WAS CONFUSING ME.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AND IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IN THE
NEXT ITEM WHICH IS EDI WE WILL
úASK THE NEXT PANEL TO COME UP
>> COUNSEL BILL 119402 ,AN
ORDINANCE RELATED TO FUNDING
FOR THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING; CREATING A FUND FOR
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX REVENUE.
>> WELCOME.
>> SHE GOT THROUGH SECURITY.
>> WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
>> I AM ALY PENNUCCI, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF . COLLEEN
ECHOHAWK, CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB .
NOURAH YONOUS , AFRICAN WOMEN
BUSINESS ALLIANCE .
>> DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
THIS OR SHOULD WE START WITH
COLLEEN AND TALK ABOUT THE
INDICATIONS FOR YOU AND WHAT
YOU PLAN TO DO WITH THE MONEY?
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FOR THE
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND THE
OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE
PARTNERS WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
I AM REALLY HONORED TO BE AT
THIS TABLE AGAIN TO TELL YOU
ABOUT OUR PROJECT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW THE EDI
FUND HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO
US.
JUST SOME SETTING OF THE
CONTEXT AS YOU ALL KNOW AMERICAN
IDIOT AND ALASKAN NATIVE PEOPLE
HAVE THE -- 10% OF THE
POPULATION WITHIN OUR HOMELESS
PUBLISHING THAT WE MAKE UP LESS
THAN 1% OF OUR TOTAL
POPULATION.
THAT RACE DISPARITY IS HIGHLY
INCREDIBLE.
I BELIEVE IT IS DISHEARTENING
AND SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY
SHOULD DO BETTER AT.
I AM HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE
EDI FUNDS AND HOW THAT HAS
CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO REALLY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR
OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY THAT IS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THE EDI FUNDING CAME TO US AND
IT WAS A SURPRISE.
IT WAS SOMETHING WE DID NOT
KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT.
I WANTED TO HONOR THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE INITIATED THIS WAY
BEFORE I WAS EVER INVOLVED.
THEY HAD THE FORESIGHT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT'S PLACEMENT WAS
HAPPENING AND HAPPENING QUICKLY
AND THEY SET UP A BEAUTIFUL
FUND FOR US.
OF COURSE IT IS WAY LIMITED
BECAUSE IT IS NOT, THE DOLLARS
ARE NOT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD
LIKE THEM TO BE.
BUT FOR OUR PROJECT, A SMALL
ORGANIZATION LIKE THE CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB WHICH DID NOT HAVE
HUGE AMOUNTS OF ASSETS IT WAS
INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR US TO
GET GOING.
WE RECEIVED $750,000 OF THAT
FUNDING.
THAT WENT ALL TO
PREDEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS SO ESSENTIAL FOR US
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE
EXPERIENCE.
WE HAD THE GUTS ENIS AND THE
PASSION TO MOVE FORWARD BUT
THOSE DOLLARS WERE JUST
IMPERATIVE.
WE WANTED TO SAY A HUGE THANKS
TO THOSE WHO WORKED WITH US TO
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET US
THE DOLLARS.
THAT WAS HARD BECAUSE WE HAD
NOT DONE THIS KIND OF WORK
BEFORE.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SAY THAT
WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION IN
NOVEMBER.
SO WE WILL BE CREATING THIS
BEAUTIFUL THING WITH ANY 80
UNITS OF HOUSING.
IT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST
BUILDINGS THAT IS NAMED A
NATIVE NAME WHICH MEANS HOME.
WE HOPE EVERYBODY THINKS AND
TALKS ABOUT THAT NAME BECAUSE
THAT IS PART OF CHANGING WHAT
HAS BEEN THE NORM IN SEATTLE
FOR THE PAST MANY YEARS AND
ENGLISH HAS BEEN THE DOMINANT
LANGUAGE BUT PART OF EQUITY IN
OUR CITY IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WE ARE IN THEIR TERRITORY.
I COULD TALK TO YOU FOREVER
ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I WILL BE IN ONE OF YOUR
OFFICES SOON SO YOU WILL HEAR
MORE FROM ME ON FRIDAY BUT I
WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY ON
THE TABLE AND ESPECIALLY PIER
FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND
LOVE FOR THE PROJECT.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
YOUR PROJECT.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE
MAKING.
THE EDI MONEY GETS PAIRED WITH
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND OTHER
RESOURCESTO BUILD THIS WHOLE
PROJECT BUT THAT MANY, WHAT
PEACE, IT'S TYPICALLY NOT GOING
TO HOUSING ITSELF THAT WHAT
PART OF THE PROJECT IS IT
FUNDING?
>> FOR US IT WAS FUNDING THE
EARLY ARCHITECTURE ISSUES WE
HAD.
WE HAD TO UNDERSTAND THE SITE.
WE DID GEO SURVEYS, WATER
SURVEYS.
WE WANT TO BUILD A BASEMENT.
WE USED THOSE DOLLARS TO
REALIZE THAT WAS A BAD IDEA.
WE WILL NOT DO A BASEMENT IN
PIONEER SQUARE.
SO WE USED THOSE DOLLARS TO GET
ALL OF THE PREDEVELOPMENT WORK
DONE AND IT HAS BEEN HUGE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TOO
IS IT HELPED US WITH CAPACITY.
OUR ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN SO
MUCH OF IT WAS LET'S GET STAFF
APPROPRIATELY TO DO THIS
PROJECT.
IT IS A BIG UNDERTAKING.
I THINK WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT
THIS FUNDING TOO IS THAT PEOPLE
OF COLOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO BY
GOVERNMENT TO BUILD HOUSING,
THIS IS REMARKABLE BECAUSE WE
ARE DOING IT AND I HAD A FRIEND
WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF
DEVELOPMENT AND THEY SAID THIS
IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. I HEAR
THAT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
WE HAVE THE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE
TO KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST CANNOT KEEP ENOUGH
PRAISE ON YOU AND YOUR BOARD
FOR THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW
MUCH SUPPORT YOU HAVE GOTTEN
FROM PIONEER SQUARE, FROM YOUR
NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE WHO ARE
THERE.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO A
STOP.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN WILLING TO LOOK AT
THIS AND THE WHOLE APPROACH
BECAUSE ONE THING YOU TOLD
EARLY ON WAS THAT YOU WANTED
PEOPLE TO USE THE COMMUNITY OUT
FRONT AS A WELCOMING SPACE AND
ALSO AS ESSENTIALLY A JOB-
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAD
THE CAFC, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO
SELL NATIVE JEWELRY ON-SITE.
IT IS THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WELL DONE.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HOW THINGS
ARE GOING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED?
>> I AM HONORED TO BE HERE AS
WELL.
I AM COMING FROM AFRICAN
WOMEN'S ALLIANCE.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE PEOPLE
GROWING SKILL THROUGH A
HOLISTIC APPROACH MODEL THAT
FOCUSES ON TRAINING, ONE-ON-ONE
COACHING.
I PERSONALLY AS A FOUNDER AND
DIRECTOR OF YOLANDA I WAS ON
THE VERGE OF GIVING UP WHEN
THIS FUNDING CAME TO US.
JUST LIKE YOU, SURPRISE.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING IT.
IT WAS MAINLY SELF FUNDED AND I
STARTED IT BECAUSE I SAW A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL
IN MY COMMUNITY.
NOT JUST THE SOMALI COMMUNITY
BUT AFRICAN BLACK WOMEN WHO
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS
IN THE CITY THAT THEY STAY
STAGNANT.
FOR ME, FROM AN EQUITABLE LENS
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE WE
LIVE IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL,
PROGRESSIVE CITY OF SEATTLE.
BUT TALKING ABOUT EQUITABLE
FUNDING, WHAT IT DID SO FAR, IT
GAVE US TWO THINGS.
THE STABILITY TO REMAIN ON THE
COURSE, PUSH FORWARD, AND
REALLY RELY ON THE RESILIENCE
AND STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY
AND USE THAT TO MOVE US
FORWARD.
ANOTHER THING HE DID WAS TO
REALLY INSTILL THE FAITH THAT I
HAVE AND WE HAVE WITH THE BOARD
AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THEMSELVES THAT FOR US TO CLOSE
BOTH GENDER AND RACIAL GAP, WE
HAVE TO WORK AUTHENTICALLY WITH
OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, WITH
INSTITUTIONS CURRENTLY IN
PROGRESS.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND THE
FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE
CITY DOES GIVE US THE FAITH
THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT IS SMALL
BECAUSE IT HAS DONE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BENEFIT TO
US.
WE GOT FUNDED BY THE CAPACITY
BUILDING SO WE RECEIVED $75,000
PER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUSLIM
WOMEN BUSINESS NETWORK, THAT IS
CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS.
WE HAD OUR OWN MARKET PLACE AND
THEY ARE BASED ON THE NORTH END
AS WELL.
HOWARD DEMOGRAPHICS SO FAR, IT
IS A BIT DIVERSE SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THEY GET THE STRENGTH
THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THE
MARKET PLACE AND WE WANT TO GET
THE STRENGTH WE NEED TO DO
THAT.
BUT SO FAR, THE FUNDING HAS
BENEFITED US IN HIRING A
PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE FIRST
TIME, BEING ABLE TO FUND MY
SELLER AS WELL BECAUSE I WORK
FOR FREE FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS.
OUR COMMERCIAL SPACE IN EXCEL
AND THAT IS IN PROGRESS AND WE
ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THAT AT SOME POINT.
I AM SO SORRY.
CAN I ADD SOMETHING?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
CURRENTLY DOING SO FAR RIGHT
NOW, I AM TALKING ABOUT CLOSING
BOTH RACIAL AND GENDER GAP IS
SHARING BUSINESS.
WE CAN USE TECHNICAL SUPPORT
AND WE DO FOCUS ON HIRING
PEOPLE BUT HONESTLY FROM DOING
THIS WORK AND FOR MY OWN
EXPERIENCE AS A BLACK AFRICAN
WOMAN OR IMMIGRANT AT A MEDICAL
PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF THE
VALUE, WOMEN ARE BRINGING TO
THE TABLE.
THANKFULLY WE GOT $10,000 FROM
THE FUNDING TO DEVELOP A
BEAUTIFUL SHORT FILM THAT WE
WILL SHOW IN OCTOBER SOMETIME
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DIEGO LYNCH
WHO IS A GREAT FILMMAKER AND I
WANT TO SELL THESE TELL THESE
STORIES AND TALK ABOUT GENDER
FURCATION BECAUSE THE MAJORITY
OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
GENTRIFIED.
IT HAS BEEN SO SAD.
SOMETIMES I FIND MYSELF CRYING
DEALING WITH THESE WOMEN.
I HAVE DEALT WITH THEM FOR FIVE
MONTHS AND YOU VISIT THEM AND
THEY ARE GONE.
THE PROBLEM IS RAPIDLY
INCREASING AND WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH CAPACITY OR RESOURCES TO
ADDRESS THINGS BUT COLLECTIVELY
I DO HAVE THE HOPE THAT SOMEHOW
WE CAN COME TO SOME EQUITABLE
CONCLUSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> IF I CAN JUMP IN, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE TWO OF YOU BEING
HERE TODAY AND TALKING ABOUT
HOW YOU HAVE ACCESSED THE
INITIATIVE FUNDING.
THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, I ALSO
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EDI CAME
AT A TIME THAT IT WAS LIKE,
THIS IS AN AMAZING RESOURCE AND
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND
THESE RESOURCES FOR YOUR SPEC
THAT IS SOME AMAZING WORK TO
HELP FORM THE COUNCIL GETTING
BEHIND THIS.
THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK
TAKES SO MANY FORMS IN OUR CITY
AND I THINK IT'S VERY EASY FOR
ME TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT THAT
ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE.
PORTABLE HOUSING IS A HUGE
PIECE OF THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW
PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LIVE HERE.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF TOOLS WITH
THAT, NOT ENOUGH.
WE NEED MORE.
BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON OR
THE ONLY TOOL WE NEED TO HAVE.
THE WAY YOU HAVE BOTH DESCRIBED
HERE TODAY, AS IS FLEXIBLE POOL
OF FUNDING THAT CAN SUPPORT
HOUSING LIKE IT DID IN CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB, BUT YOU CAN ALSO
SUPPORT OTHER INITIATIVES THAT
ARE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
INITIATIVES.
IT'S REALLY JUST GREAT TO HEAR
AND GREAT FOR ME TO INTERNALIZE
TOO.
>> DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE FINANCIAL ISSUES?
>> I WILL DESCRIBE COUNSEL BILL
119402 THAT WOULD ESTABLISH
POLICIES AND DESCRIBE SOME
POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR THE
COMMITTEES CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS A LITTLE MORE
STRAIGHTFORWARD THAN THE
PREVIOUS REVENUE SOURCE.
AS WAS DISCUSSED AT COMMITTEE
ON JUNE 12, THE ORIGINAL INTENT
FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX
WAS TO GENERATE ONGOING FUNDING
FOR THE EDITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE.
THE GOAL WAS TO GENERATE AT
LEAST $5 MILLION THAT WOULD BE
AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS.
AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL
MENTIONED, INITIALLY THE
INITIATIVE GRANT FUNDING WAS
PROVIDED WITH ONE-TIME PENDING
WITH THE INTER-FUND LOAN BASED
ON THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY
ACROSS THE STREET.
FOLLOWING THAT THERE WAS A
COMMITMENT THAT THE COUNCIL
WOULD IDENTIFY AN ONGOING
REVENUE SOURCE AND THAT LED TO
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL TAX.
THE INITIAL INTENT WAS TO
SUPPORT EQUABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE PROJECT GRANTS AND
AS A SECONDARY GOAL TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES GENERALLY
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO
PROVIDE A RESOURCE TO PAY THE
DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS THAT
WERE ISSUED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE SPENDING PLAN IN THE 2019
AND 2020 BUDGET SUPPORTED
SEVERAL COUNSEL PRIORITIES
BROADLY SPEAKING RELATED TO EDI
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOWEVER
THE PROPOSED BUDGET SWAPPED
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX PROCEEDS
FOR GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO
FUND OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFFING
AND CONSULTANT SERVICES THAT
WERE PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BY
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS WITH SOME
EXPANSION AND TO DIRECT MONEY
TO SUPPORT PERMANETLY
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS.
THESE SWAPS WERE CONSISTENT
WITH GENERAL COUNTERPARTIES
THAT WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH
THE ORIGINAL INTENT FOR THIS
REVENUE SOURCE.
IN RESPONSE TO THE MAYORS
PROPOSED BUDGET, COUNSEL BILL
119402 WAS INTRODUCED DURING
THE BUDGET DELIBERATION TO
CREATE THE FUND AND ADOPT THE
POLICIES THAT WOULD RESTRICTED
USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
HOWEVER BECAUSE THE COUNSEL WAS
UNABLE TO FIND THE ONGOING
RESOURCES TO FULLY ALIGN THE
PLAN WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT
AND THAT ROUTE THE REQUEST OF
THE CENTRAL BUDGET OFFICE, THE
COUNCIL DID NOT ACT ON THE BILL
AT THAT TIME AND INSTEAD,
ADOPTED STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT
PROVIDED LEGISLATION AND
PROPOSE FINANCIAL POLICIES BY
MARCH.
WHEN THAT WAS DUE INSTEAD OF
TRANSMITTING THE DEFLATION THEY
SUBMITTED A LETTER SUGGESTING
THAT THEY AGREE THAT THE FUND
SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BUT THEY
WOULD PROPOSE LEGISLATION WHEN
THEY TRANSMIT THE BUDGET IN THE
FALL OF 2019.
BECAUSE THAT LEGISLATION WASN'T
TRANSMITTED, CAN ASKED THAT
STAFF WORK TO RECTIFY ANY
UNNECESSARY CHANGES TO COUNSEL
BILL CHAPTER 7 TWO ALLOW THEM
TO ACT ON THAT BEFORE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS AND ESTABLISH
POLICIES BEGINNING IN 2020 AND
BEYOND.
SO WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE MEMO
IS OUTLINED THREE POTENTIAL
OPTIONS THAT COUNSEL COULD
CONSIDER IN MODIFICATION TO
COUNSEL BILL 119402.
THEY WOULD ALL ASSOCIATED FUND
FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX
REVENUES SO WE CAN BE CLEAR
ABOUT WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE
GOING AND IT WOULD AMEND THE
BILL AS INTRODUCED TO PUT IN
PLACE IN JANUARY OF 2020
INSTEAD OF JANUARY 2012 --
JANUARY 2019.
IT WOULD ESTABLISH FINANCIAL
POLICIES THAT DIRECTS SPENDING
OF TAX REVENUES EXACTLY THE WAY
IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED WHEN
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED THE LOCAL
TAX.
HOWEVER, IF ADOPTED, IT WOULD
BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE 20/20
ENDORSED BUDGET AND IT WOULD
REQUIRE ACKLEY CUTTING
RESOURCES FOR THE PERMIT LEASE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR FINDING
ADDITIONAL CUTS AND REVENUES TO
SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE ABOUT $3.2
MILLION DEDICATED FOR THAT AS
WELL AS IDENTIFY ABOUT $1.1
MILLION TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
THE STAFF AND CONSULTANT
SERVICES. OPTION 2 WHICH IS ON
PAGES 9-13 OF THE MEMO, WOULD
ESTABLISH FINANCIAL POLICIES
FOR 20/20 THAT ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET.
IT WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT $4
MILLION FOR EDI GRANTS.
IT WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT $1
MILLION TO SUPPORT STAFFING AND
CONSULTANT SERVICES.
IT WOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW
SPENDING ON PERMIT LEASE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND TO PAY
THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE BONDS
ISSUE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BEGINNING IN 2021, IT WOULD GO
BACK TO THE POLICIES THAT WERE
IN THE ORIGINAL, THAT WAS THE
COUNCIL'S ORIGINAL INTENT.
THAT WOULD AGAIN REQUIRE,
BECAUSE THE FUNDING FOR
PERMANENTLY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
IS AN ONGOING NEED, IT WOULD
REQUIRE LIKELY FINDING OTHER
RESOURCES AT THAT TIME SO IT
WOULD ESSENTIALLY PUSH THE
CHALLENGE DOWN THE ROAD AND
POTENTIALLY PROVIDE MORE TIME
TO IDENTIFY NEW REVENUE SOURCES.
OPTIONS 3 WOULD BE SIMILAR TO
OPTION 2 420 20 WITH
ESTABLISHED POLICIES THAT ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE 2020
ENDORSED BUDGET FOR 2020 AND A
2021 AND BEYOND THE FINANCIAL
POLICIES WOULD FIRST PRIORITIZE
PAYING THE DEBT SERVICE AND
BONDS PAID FOR FOR THE HOUSING
CONTRACT $6.1 MILLION TO EDI
WHICH WOULD INCLUDE $5 MILLION
FOR GRANTS MADE TO COMMUNITY
AND $1.1 MILLION FOR STAFFING
AND CONSULTANT SERVICES.
THAN FOR ANYTHING ABOVE THAT IT
WOULD PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBLE USE
OF ANY EXCESS REVENUES THAT
COULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
RUNNING FOR EDI GRANTS
INCLUDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMPONENTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS
OR TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN GENERAL AND THAT
COULD INCLUDE PAYMENTS FOR
ONGOING RESOURCES FOR
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THESE COULD BE MIXED AND
MATCHED OR ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
COULD BE INCLUDED OR I WANT TO
LAY OUT SOME ALTERNATIVE
APPROACHES FOR THE COMMITTEES
CONSIDERATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN DO YOU
WANT TO DIVE IN?
>> THIS IS LESS COMPLEX THAN
THE OTHER ONE.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD.
I THINK THAT THESE SETS OF
INVESTMENTS, I CAN'T REMEMBER
THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I THINK
THERE ARE OVER 20 APPLICANTS
FOR THE POOL OF MONEY LAST YEAR
AND WE FUNDED A FRACTION OF
THEM.
WE KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR, AS
MORE AND MORE ORGANIZATIONS GET
MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, I
EXPECT TO SEE MORE AND MORE
APPLICATIONS.
SO I IMAGINE THIS IS A POOL WE
WANT TO GROW, NOT TO SHRINK.
I AM LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FOR MY
COLLEAGUES AND HAPPY TO HAVE
DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN NOW AND 10
JULY ON HOW WE CAN GET AS MUCH
MONEY FUNDED INTO THIS.
ONE OF THE TRICKY PARTS FOR ME
RIGHT NOW IS WE REALLY DON'T
KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE WILL
RECEIVE FROM THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL.
WE ARE RECEIVING THE MONEY BUT
MAYBE WE CAN HEAR A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE STATUS OF IT.
THE DATA IS COMPLETED AND IT
HAS NOT BEEN DIGESTED IT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE ON
TARGET OR NOT.
>> THE STATE BEGAN COLLECTING
REVENUES AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS YEAR AND IT IS A
CONVENTION CENTER TAX SO IT
GOES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER
AND ANY REVENUE GENERATED IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE COMES TO
THE CITY SO THERE IS A DELAY IN
US KNOWING WHAT THE REVENUES
LOOK LIKE.
TO DATE, I THINK INITIALLY, THE
BUDGET OFFICE HAD THOUGHT WE
MIGHT BE LOOKING AT LESS
REVENUE THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY
PROJECTED.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE THINK WE ARE
ON TRACK TO STAY CLOSE TO THE
$10.5 MILLIONTHAT WAS PROPOSED
IN THE ADOPTED 2019-2020
ENDORSED BUDGET BUT WE REALLY
WON'T KNOW UNTIL EARLY NEXT
YEAR HOW MUCH REVENUE IS
GENERATED AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL
ALL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AND
THERE WILL BE EXCESS REVENUES
AND THAT COULD HELP SOME OF
THESE PROBLEMS BUT GOING INTO
DISCUSSIONS OF THE 2020 BUDGET
WE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO REALLY KNOW IF
THERE WILL BE EXCESS REVENUE.
>> WHAT MY HOPE IN THAT
SIUATION WOULD BE TO CALL IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT CAME FROM
THE MAYOR ONLY INCLUDED $4
MILLION FOR GRANTS.
THAT $1 MILLION FOR STAFFING.
WE WERE ABLE TO BOOST UP THAT
$4 MILLION TO THE $5 MILLION IN
GRANTS AS COMMITTED WITHOUT
CUTTING ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE WE
FOUND OTHER GRANT MONEY WHICH
IS SOMEWHAT STRICT AND NOT
GREAT BUT IT GOT US THROUGH
2019 BUDGET.
THERE IS A MIX OF PROPOSAL IN
HERE BETWEEN YOUR OPTIONS AND I
WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN
FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE
SURE 420 20 WE CAN ALSO GET $5
MILLION IN GRANTS AND SO THAT
IS A CONVERSATION THAT I WOULD
LOVE TO PUT SOME PARAMETERS
AROUND WITH THIS LEGISLATION
RECOGNIZING WE MAY HAVE TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT IN THE
BUDGET.
PERHAPS SOME VERSION THAT
TALKED ABOUT A CHUNK GOING TO
THE BONDING, A CHUNK GOING TO
WHAT WAS IN THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET, IS IN FACT THE REVENUES
ARE COMING IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER
THAN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE
BUDGETED FOR, THAT WOULD GO
TOWARDS THE EDI GRANTS.
ANY SURPLUS, TO GO TO THAT TOO.
THAT IS AN OPEN QUESTION.
IF IT TURNS OUT BECAUSE THIS IS
A RELATIVELY NEW REVENUE SOURCE
THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR HANDS
AROUND, I WOULD LOVE TO PUT
SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT
REALLY STRONGLY PUSHES ANY
MONEY ABOUT THE FIVE, THE 1.2
OR 1.2 OR WHATEVER THAT ADDS UP
TO, 8.3 MAYBE? 7.3?
IF WE GET MONEY ABOUT THAT, TO
TRY TO DEDICATE AS MUCH OF THAT
AS POSSIBLE TO EDI BECAUSE AT
LEAST FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, I
THINK THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT
PLACE TO INVEST.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE AGENDA
ITEMS TO DO TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR TAKING YOUR
TIME TO COME AND JOIN WITH US.
I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH ALL
THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
VERY GOOD.
>> I HAVE HIT MY WORD COUNT FOR
THE DAY SO I WILL EXCUSE
MYSELF.
>> THAT WAS A LOT FOR YOU.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IN
THE NEXT ITEM?
>> ITEM NUMBER 4, COUNSEL BILL
119552 ,AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO
YESLER CRESCENT IMPROVEMENTS;
AMENDING ORDINANCE 125724,
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019 BUDGET
INCLUDING THE 2019-2024 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP);
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
HELP.
>> MY NAME IS TRACI RATZLIFF
FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
IN THE DISCUSSIONS YOU ADDED
$470,000 OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO
THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS
FUNDED BY $500,000 BY THE 2019
BUDGET.
YOU WANTING TO UNDERSTAND
PERHAPS HOW THAT HUNDRED
$70,000 OF TOTAL FUNDING MIGHT
BE SPENT PUT A PROVISO ON THAT
MONEY AND ASKED FOR THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT, EXECUTIVE WORKING
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENT AS WELL
TO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED
SPENDING PLAN SO WHAT YOU HAVE
IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE
ORDINANCE THAT RELEASES THE
MONEY AND ALSO ATTACHED TO THE
FISCAL NOTE IS A DESCRIPTION OF
HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE SPENT.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SUMMARIES
EVER AND CHRISTOPHER I WILL
PASS IT TO YOU BUT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY A HUGE
THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
YOU ARE ALWAYS SO GRACIOUS AND
HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED AND I
ALSO WANT TO SAY FOR HOGS, THIS
IS NOT JUST ABOUT PARKS.
THIS IS THE KING COUNTY
BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM.
SOUND TRANSIT ACROSS THE
STREET, A BIG FOCUS ON THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUT WHAT
YOU ARE DOING IN CITY HALL PARK
IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND
SAY THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE PROPOSING A SET OF
INTENTIONAL PEOPLE CENTERED
STRATEGIES TO MAKE THIS WORK
BETTER.
THE STRATEGIES BUILT ON THE
SUCCESS OF THE PRIOR YEAR.
PEOPLE CENTERED STRATEGIES
FOCUS ON PEOPLE VERSUS OUR
TRADITIONAL FOCUS ON BUILT
ENVIRONMENT.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO USE THE PARK.
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE VIBRANCY
IN THE PARK, INCREASE PUBLIC
USE WHILE INCREASING THE PUBLIC
PERCEPTION OF SAFETY.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PEOPLE
REPORT FEELING SAFE IN PARKS
WHEN THERE'S LOTS OF ACTIVITY
AND ACTIVATION GOING ON.
'S A PART OF THESE EXPENDITURES
ARE DIVIDED INTO CAPITAL AND
OPERATING.
WE WILL SPEND OF THE NEXT TWO
YEARS ROUGHLY $306,000 TO
INVEST IN OPERATIONS.
THAT IS ACTIVATION AND A WHOLE
SERIES OF THINGS I WILL GO
THROUGH LATER.
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE WILL
SEND MY $664,000 IN CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS IN THE PARK.
SO THE FIRST $50,000 WILL GO TO
ENHANCE ACTIVATION AT THE PARK
INCLUDING MUSIC, FOOD TRUCKS,
THE REPLACEMENT OF CONCRETE
BENCHES AND CHAIRS, THESE
FEATURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN
IMPROVED BY THE PIONEER SQUARE
PREDATORS RATION PRESERVATION
BOARD.
THIS INCLUDES ACTIVATION, THE
ACTIVATION OF BILLINGS WAY.
WE WILL FEATURE EIGHT LUNCHTIME
CONCERTS IN THE MONTHS OF JULY
AND AUGUST OF THE I HAVE A 10
WEEKS OF ACTIVATION WE WILL BE
USING TWO WELL-WORN TOOLS TO
GET THE PUBLIC OUT AND THAT
INCLUDES ACTIVATION AS WE LOOK
AT KIND OF THE HIERARCHY OF
WHAT IS EFFECTIVE. SAFETY
ENHANCE ACTIVATION, WE NOTE
ACTIVATION AND BRINGING THE
PUBLIC OUT WORKS THE BEST.
WE WILL LEVERAGE THOSE TOOLS
AGAINST CREATING A BETTER
PUBLIC EXPERIENCE IN CITY HALL
PARK.
THE SECOND THING WE WILL SPEND
MONEY IS $50,000 ON ENHANCE
SITE MAINTENANCE INCLUDING
CLEANING UP THE CLUBS, ADDING
ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, TREE
PRUNING, AND ALL OF THE ENHANCE
MAINTENANCE FEATURES WHICH IS
ANOTHER PART OF THAT THREE-
LEGGED STOOL.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES REVAMPING
THE LIGHTING IN THE JEFFERSON
ALLEY.
THIS IS THE LIGHTING, OR RATHER
THIS IS THE ALLEY SPACE BETWEEN
THE PARK AND THE COURTHOUSE.
WE ALREADY HAVE A STYLE
LIGHTING.
THE GOAL IS TO GET MORE THAT
LIGHTING PERHAPS ACROSS THE
STREET TO THE SOUND TRANSIT
STATION.
I AM TOLD WE COULD HAVE THAT IN
PLACE AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK OR
THE WEEK AFTER.
>> THAT IS SO GREAT.
I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
VICTORIA TOO.
SHE HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AT
RESPONDING TO BUSES.
YOUR WHOLE TEAM CHRISTOPHER HAS
BEEN GREAT.
LAST SUMMER WHEN IT FIRST CAME
UP THAT WE NEEDED TO BE DOING
SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY, YOU
HAD THE TREES PRUNED AND THE
GLOBES CLEANED AND KING COUNTY
COLLEAGUES THERE WITH CAROLYN
AND OUR TEAM OF JUDGES THAT
WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY,
YOU HAVE ALL REALLY STEPPED UP.
>> A GREAT CAN DO ATTITUDE BY
LISA AND A BUNCH OF FOLKS AT
PARKS.
SO THE NEXT STRETCH OF FUNDING
WILL BE $75,000 OF THE KING
COUNTY LEVY MONEY TO TRANSFER
MONEY FROM KING COUNTY LEVY TO
THE ON SO THE ON CAN WORK WITH
THE PIONEER SQUARE ALLIANCE TO
DEVELOP OTHER CHANGES.
ANY CHANGES WOULD NEED TO GO
THROUGH THE PIONEER SQUARE
PRESERVATION BOARD.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY OR MAYBE
ANOTHER CATEGORY OR BUCKET OF
MONEY WILL BE USED WITH OUR
FRIENDS ON THE PIONEER SQUARE
ALLIANCE?
I KNOW THEY ARE PUTTING IN
$100,000 THAT THEY IDENTIFIED
TO A GRANT SOURCE.
HOW DOES THIS WORK TOGETHER SO
WE ARE NOT TO BE KIDDING?
>> THAT IS ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.
WE WILL WORK WITH IN
COORDINATION WITH THE PIONEER
SQUARE ALLIANCE TO EXPLORE OUR
RIGIDITIES FOR WORKING
TOGETHER.
THIS INCLUDES HIRING A
CONSULTANT TO WORK WITH THE
PRESERVATION BOARD.
THIS FUNDING WILL SUPPORT KIND
OF A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT
OPTIONS FOR PRE-FUNDING FOUNTAIN
WITH A FOCUS ON CONNECTIVITY.
I LIKEN IT TO AN EXAMPLE OF
MOVING FURNITURE AROUND IN YOUR
LIVING ROOM TO SEE HOW YOU
CREATE THE BEST FIT FOR PEOPLE.
THE IDEA IS THAT WHAT COMES OUT
OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL
BE FUNDED AS HARD CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS IN 2020.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
WE WILL TRANSFER $75,000 FROM
THE SPR OPERATING BUDGET TO THE
PIONEER SQUARE, I'M SORRY, TO
DON TO MAP OUT THE DESIGN
GUIDELINES SO THEY CAN CONNECT
WITH ANY PHYSICAL CHANGES WE
WANT TO MAKE DOWN THE ROAD.
WE ARE ALSO PLANNING TO ASSIST
IN THE PUBLIC LIFE STUDY.
THIS IS ANOTHER EFFORT BEING LED
BY SDOT.
IT COULD BE FUNDED WITH THE
MANY NEXT YEAR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
LENA IN MY OFFICE WHO IS
WORKING WITH SDOT AND YOURSELF.
THEY GOT 43 VOLUNTEERS TO COME
OUT LAST MONTH AND DO THOSE
PUBLIC LIFE COUNTS AND IT IS
REALLY HELPING BECAUSE WE HAVE
FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME DATA TO
KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND WHAT
IS GOING ON.
>> WONDERFUL.
SO WE WILL WORK WITH SDOT TO
CREATE THE STUDY.
WE ARE TRANSFERRING MONEY TO
THEM TO PLEAD THAT WORK.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT FORTS IN
HE SQUARE PLANNING AND
THIS IS FOR SDOT AND OFFICE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE TO PROPOSE
SOLUTIONS FOR THE SQUARE.
>> ONE MORE THING, COLLEEN AND
HER DESIGN TEAM HAVE BEEN
FABULOUS.
WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THEM.
>> I HAD MENTIONED THAT
$364,000 WHICH WILL BE DEFERRED
TO 2020 TO IMPLEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE
PUBLIC LIFE STUDY.
>> THANK YOU.
SO ANYTHING ELSE?
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
COLLEAGUES? THIS HAS BEEN REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ME PERSONALLY AND
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE PASS
COUNSEL BILL 119552.
ALL IN FAVOR?
NOBODY IS OPPOSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
OUR VINYL ITEM TODAY, BOBBY
HUMES IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME
UP . THANKS FOR BEING HERE
AGAIN.
DEPUTY MAYOR? DEBORAH SMITH DO
YOU WANT TO JOIN? YOU ARE
WELCOME TO.
I SUSPECT DEPUTY MAYOR WE WILL
START WITH YOU AND BOTH OF YOU
WILL GIVE US YOUR NAMES FOR THE
RECORD.
I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
BOBBY, YOU ANSWERED SIMPLE
METAL QUESTIONS FROM OUR LAST.
I ALSO APPRECIATED YOUR
ADDITIONAL RESUME INFORMATION
BECAUSE IT IS SO RICH WITH
THINGS WE ALL WANTED TO KNOW.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> I AM THE DEPUTY MAYOR.
IT'S NICE TO BE BACK WITH YOU
AGAIN.
WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION AT
THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AND
I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE BACK
BEFORE YOU AGAIN TODAY TO HAVE
BOBBY HUMES PROVIDE THE
SUPPLEMENTAL ANSWERS THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE.
WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT 4:00 SO
I MAY NEED TO PASS OUT, NOT
PASS OUT.
>> I KNOW YOU WANT.
WE WILL EXCUSE YOU IN 70
MINUTES.
>> I ALSO HAVE A HARD STOP AT
4:00.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
FOR VOTING PURPOSES.
>> THIS MAY BE THE SHORTEST
MEETING IN A LONG TIME WHERE WE
HAVE TALKED WITH THE DIRECTOR
TO BE.
WILL YOU PLEASE READ THAT
INFORMATION?
>> ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
APPOINTMENT 01370 ,APPOINTMENT
OF ROBERT HUMES AS DIRECTOR,
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES, FOR A TERM TO JUNE
1, 2023.
>> WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEETING A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE WE
GRILLED YOU QUITE EXTENSIVELY
ON YOUR BACKGROUND AND THERE
WERE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
AND I THINK THAT THESE HAVE ALL
BEEN GIVEN TO MY COLLEAGUES SO
I THINK WHERE WE LAST LEFT IT,
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUERIES
MADE ABOUT YOUR, THE TIME
BETWEEN JOBS THAT YOU HAVE HAD.
MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON
PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED TO IS THEY
SAY YES, IT'S TRUE, HE CHANGES
JOBS EVERY TWO YEARS BECAUSE HE
HAS BEEN SO GOOD.
HE HAS BEEN TAPPED TO MOVE INTO
OTHER JOBS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE TWO OF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT
FURTHER BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE
A GOOD STARTING POINT.
>> I THINK THE SENTIMENTS OF
THE BLESSING I HAVE HAD TO BE
UP TO COME INTO ROLES AND MAKE
CRITICAL IMPACTS IN TIMELY
FASHION, CRITICAL IMPACTS THAT
STILL CREATE VALUE IN THE
PLACES WHERE I HAVE WORKED, TO
BE ABLE TO BE SELECTED TO
COMPETE FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
HAS BEEN CONSISTENT.
YOU WILL NOTE THAT THEY ARE
INSISTENT SO I AM MOVING WITHIN
A SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY WITH THE
ARMY AND THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON.
THAT EVEN IN MY LAST ROLE IN
ANOTHER SYSTEM IN THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU WERE WORKING
AS HR DIRECTOR IN OUR PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND WERE TAPPED BY
THE MAYOR TO COME AND TAKE OVER
AS HE INTERIM DIRECTOR.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE
HAS BEEN IN THIS INTERIM ROLE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
MY EXPERIENCE IN THE INTERIM
ROLE HAS BEEN SHAPED BY THE
OPPORTUNITY THAT I SEE WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT TO LEVERAGE KEY
SKILL SETS THAT ARE ALREADY
THERE.
WE HAD A GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE
VALUE DRIVEN APPROACH TO HOW WE
DO WORK AND I THINK THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE MORE
INCLUSIVE ACTION BRINGING MORE
FOLKS TO THE TABLE AS WE MAKE
DECISIONS TO CREATE THAT.
THAT HAS BEEN MY FOCAL POINT
ALSO IS TO FOCUS EXTERNALLY AND
HOW WE ARE PUTTING PARTNERSHIPS
ACROSS THE CITY TO DO THE WORK
WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THROUGH
THE LENS OF RACIAL SOCIAL
JUSTICE FIRST AND THEN TO PUT
OUR VALUE IN PRODUCT DRIVEN,
RESULTS-BASED WORK.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL
WOULD YOU LIKE TO PURSUE ANY
LINE OF QUESTIONING FOR THE
LAST TIME?
>> I WILL JUST MAKE A COMMENT.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
MEETING WITH BOBBY HUMES
SEPARATELY FROM THE MEETING
AND I AM READY TO VOTE
AFFIRMATIVELY. I
EXPECT FROM THIS POSITION AND
HIM PERSONALLY TO BE A LEADER
AND INCLUSIONARY THINKING AND
DIVERSITY, THAT PART OF THE
VISION FOR OUR WORKFORCE AND I
THINK TAPPING THE POTENTIAL OF
THAT OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN
PROBABLY UNDERUTIIZED
CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE HAD OUR DISCUSSION SO I
AM CERTAINLY READY TO SUPPORT
ROBERT HUMES.
>> DADO.
>> IN HONOR OF THE FACT IT HAS
BEEN THREE MINUTES SINCE YOU
SAT DOWN, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO
LEAVE IN 14 MINUTES, IF THERE
IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE
APPOINTMENT OF MR. BOBBY HUMES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
NONE OPPOSED? WE HAVE NO
ABSTENTION SO CONGRATULATIONS.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN SO WE
ARE GOING TO SEND THIS TO THE
FULL COUNCIL ON JULY 15.
IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT WITH
EVERYBODY.
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING,
YES.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN THREE
MINUTES.
IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO WORK
WITH YOU ON OUR CITY EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT BOARD ON THE THINGS
YOU AND I HAVE DISCUSSED AND
LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD TO
BENEFIT EMPLOYEES WITH OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK.
>> I AM GRATEFUL.
THANKFUL FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR SITTING
THROUGH OUR FIRST FOUR ITEMS.
VERY GOOD.
THIS MOTION PASSES.
THE COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED THIS
RECOMMENDATION.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE WILL BE JULY 10.
I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED
QUESTIONS TO THE BUDGET OFFICE
SAYING WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT
IF ANYTHING WILL BE IMPACTED SO
WE CAN COME BACK TO THE TABLE
WITH THE FULL INFORMATION WE
WANT.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
>> [MEETING ADJOURNED]