>>Test one, two.
I sound like very white.
Thank you for being here for
what is likely are last
governance equity and
technology committee.
Let's introduce the table
first.
>> Tom Mike cell central staff
and Samuel who needs no
introduction.
If there is no objection we
will approve today's agenda.
No objection the agenda is
approved.
Public comment, no one has
signed a. I just checked to
make sure I am not depriving
someone of an opportunity to
speak.
>> We have one sign up and we
would love to hear from John
karate.
Please come forward.
Thank you for being here.
>>Thank you.
>> I am the directo at the
King County international
airports and I am here to
address the easement change.
The airport is thankful for
this being brought forward.
It will accomplish a couple of
items, first of all it will
bring the legal easement into
alignment with reality as to
where the power lines are and
where the underground easement
is not being used.
That will facilitate the
airport being able to build
snow removal equipment
building.
We view this as a win-win.
>>Thank you for letting us know
that and thank you for being
here to testify.
>>I think that will conclude
the public comments section.
Let's move into the first
agenda item
>> Counsel Bill 119 076.
Ordinance hitting donation to
the city illuminating the gift
catalog account and create a
specific departmental donation
funds.
>> Jeff, are you all coming to
the table to discuss this?
That would be appropriate.
And because this sort of came
from the recommendations of the
law department, I know there is
a fine line between you
rendering legal device advice
and our attorneys and
assistance in the legislation
so we are going to thread that
needle.
Let's do introductions first.
>> I am Jeff Slayton assistant
city attorney.
>>Brandon Isleib co-advisor.
>> We are in public session.
Tom, introduce the legislation
and thank you for writing what
I thought was a very good memo
on the issue.
Walk us through what we have.
>> Thank you.
Counsel Bill 119706 makes
changes to one mechanism by
which the city Council provides
for accepting gifts and
donations from third parties.
ONE OF THE CURRENT WAYS IS
THROUGH A PROCESS CALLED THE
GIFT CATALOG ACCOUNT.
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985
AND IT SET UP A VERY STRUCTURED
MECHANISM BY WHICH THIRD
PARTIES TO THE CITY COULD
DONAT GIFTS OR FINANCIAL GIFTS
OR OTHER TYPES OF DONATIONS TO
SPECIFIC CITY PROJECTS THAT ARE
SPECIFIED IN THIS GIFT CATALOG.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY A LISTING OF
PROJECTS AND CITY PROGRAMS.
VERY SPECIFIC WITH CITY DOLLAR
AMOUNTS THAT COULD BE DONATED
AND IT IS VERY STRUCTURED.
THE ONE THING THAT I BELIEVE
LEADS TO THIS BILL BEING
PROPOSED IS THAT IT WAS NOT
KEPT UP TO DATE.
THE MOST RECENT UPDATE WAS IN
1988.
THERE WERE MORE RECENT
LEGISLATION NOTED ON THE MEMO
ON PAGE TWO WHERE THERE WERE
OTHER USES THAT WERE ADDED.
AS I UNDERSTAND, I WILL DEFER
TO MR. SLAYTON TO GET A MORE
THOROUGH DESCRIPTION ON THE
BILL IT WAS GIVEN THAT THIS WAS
NOT UPDATED CONSISTENTLY OVER
THE YEARS AND HERE WE ARE 30,
40 YEARS LATER THIS IS A
PROPOSED REMEDY.
I DO HAVE OTHER ITEMS OF
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I FOUND
IN MY ANALYSIS AND PROPOSED
REMEDIES.
CAN ADD THOSE LATER.
>>THE WAY I LIKE TO DO IT, I
READ IT AND I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS ALSO
READ IT . I ASSUME THAT BRANDON
AND JEFF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE THE MEMO WRITTEN, IS THERE
ANYTHING ABOUT THE DESCRIPTION
AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO OR
CONCERNS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY AT THIS TIME OR SHOULD WE
JUST WING A CONVERSATION?
I WILL DEFER TO YOU SINCE THIS
IS COMING THROUGH BRANDON'S
WORK.
>> I THINK I ONLY HAVE TWO
COMMENTS, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE MIGHT SEE IN THE FUTURE
FROM THE CODE REVISOR UNDER A
NUMBER OF ORDINANCES.
THERE ARE A NUMBER THAT BRANDON
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO CALL CLEAN UP OF
THE CODE THAT REQUIRE POLICY
DECISIONS TO BE MADE BY THE
COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT THE
OFFICE HAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO
THE COUNCIL.
WE ARE NOT WEIGHING IN ON THE
POLICY DECISIONS IDENTIFIED BY
COUNSEL STAFF.
I THINK THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE
THING FOR COUNSEL STAFF TO DO
AND TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE.
WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
VEHICLE TO KIND OF FIX
SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY
BROKEN.
HAVING SAID THAT, JUST A LITTLE
BACKGROUND, THE ORIGINAL GIFT
CATALOG, I HAVE ONE WITH
PICTURES OF PUPPIES AND BENCHES
AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY
IT WAS DONE BY WHO WAS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AT THE TIME.
IT IS QUITE OLD.
AS COUNSEL STAFF POINTED OUT,
IT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN KEPT UP
TO DATE.
ONE OF THE OPTIONS FOR A POLICY
DECISION WAS TO JUST REVISE THE
GIFT CATALOG MORE FREQUENTLY.
I WOULD SAY FROM A PRACTICAL 10
POINT, IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE FOR
30 SOME YEARS AND I DO NOT
THINK -- I KNOW THAT IS A
POLICY DECISION BUT I WOULD
THINK THAT IS IN NOT AN IDEAL
OPTION.
THE OTHER OPTIONS SEEM FINE.
>> DESCRIBE THE SCENARIO FOR
THE VIEWING AUDIENCE WHO HAS
NOT READ THE BACKGROUND.
THIS IS THE WAY I LOOK AT THE
PROPOSAL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A GIFT
CATALOG, IF I AM A DONOR AND I
JUST WANT TO DONATE MONEY TO
THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY I
COULD DONATE BY USING THE GIFT
CATALOG AND I CAN CHOOSE A ITEM
IN THE GIFT CATALOG THAT SAYS I
WANT MY MONEY TO GO TO THAT.
>>CORRECT.
>> A BENCH WOULD BE A GOOD
EXAMPLE.
THE GIFT CATALOG HAS SEVERAL
CATEGORIES.
AGAIN, IT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED
FOR A LONG TIME AND IT IS HARD
TO GET -- MOST MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC PROBABLY DO NOT KNOW
ABOUT THE GIFT CATALOG AND IT
IS TOUGH TO NAVIGATE TO SEE
WHAT IT IS.
THROUGH BRANDON'S WORK, ONE OF
THE IDEAS IS TO ALLOW
DEPARTMENT TO SEE, I WILL SAY A
GENERAL LINE ITEM ON THE
BUDGET, MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC.
IN THIS CASE HSD OR EDUCATION
OR ANY DEPARTMENT CAN HAVE A
LINE ITEM ON THEIR BUDGET AND
NOW A DONOR CAN GIVE IT TO THAT
DEPARTMENT. THE DEPARTMENT THEN
HAS DISCRETION ON HOW TO USE IT
OBVIOUSLY FOR A CITY PURPOSE,
BUT THEY HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY
AND THE THOUGHT IS THAT THEY
HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN GIVING
THE DONOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN
HOW HE OR SHE, OR THE
ORGANIZATION, WANTS TO HAVE
EASIER ACCESS AND MORE
FLEXIBILITY.
>>YES.
PART OF THE CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK TO MAKE IT EASIER TO
UNDERSTAND WAS TYING THE
THRESHOLD BELOW WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT SINCE GIFTS.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS ALREADY TRUSTED
THESE DEPARTMENTS WITH IN IN
ANOTHER SPHERE.
IT WOULD ADJUST FOR INFLATION
THE SAME WAY.
THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT AS
COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION IT IS
TIED TO THAT SO WE DO NOT HALF
TO EVERY FEW ODD YEARS COME
BACK AND ADJUST THAT AMOUNT
UPWARD AND IN SOME WAYS RUN
INTO THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT LED
TO THE GIFT CATALOG LACK OF
UPDATES IN THE SAME WAY.
THAT CONCEPT IS NOT NECESSARY
FOR THIS LEGISLATION TO WORK,
IT WAS JUST THE EASIEST WAY, IN
MY INTERPRETATION OF THE
ISSUES, TO FRAME THIS AS WHAT
IS THE LEVEL OF TRUST GIVEN TO
THESE DEPARTMENTS IN VARIOUS
PROJECTS.
>> VERY GOOD.
AT THE OUTSET, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE AND
WHAT I DO LIKE ABOUT IT IS NOT
ONLY IS IT PROACTIVE, WE ARE
LOOKING AT AN AREA THAT WE HAVE
A CATALOG THAT WE ARE NOT
OPTIMIZING OUR USE ON, AND
NUMBER TWO, IT LOOKS AT THE
DOOR OF OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC TO HELP US WITH
MANY ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING.
THOSE ARE THE PRO SIDE OF THE
EQUATION.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
EQUATION, I JUST WANT TO VOICE
MY CONCERNS, BECAUSE MY
CONCERNS ARE SOMEWHAT
SIGNIFICANT, MY RECOMMENDATION
IS NOT TO VOTE ANYTHING OUT OF
COMMITTEE AND PROBABLY KICK IT
DOWN NEXT YEAR FOR ANOTHER
LOOK.
I'M JUST GOING TO CUT TO THE
CHASE, REWIND THE TAPE.
PART OF MY CONCERN IS NUMBER
ONE IS, THE ARE SGI
IMPLICATIONS MIRROR SOMEWHAT
ARE SIGNIFICANT.
IT COULD POSSIBLY INADVERTENTLY
ALLOW EITHER ORGANIZATION,
GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS TO DOUBLE
DOWN OR TRIPLED DOWN IN A
PARTICULAR AREA AND EARMARK AND
WORK WITH THAT DEPARTMENT THE
WAY THE MONEY WILL GO.
THERE IS LESS OR NO COUNCIL
OVERSIGHT IT GOES RIGHT TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE SEE THE
PET PROJECTS OR UNIQUE PROJECTS
IN CERTAIN AREAS AND NOT IN
OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY DO NOT
HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL OR THE
PHILANTHROPIC NEED FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO CAN DONATE THE
MONEY.
WE KIND OF HAVE A LOPSIDED
APPROACH OF AN INVESTMENT
STRATEGY.
I WOULD THINK THE SPIRIT OF
IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULD BE VERY
APPROPRIATE TO SEE THE SUCCESS
OF THE PROGRAM.
THAT IS MY FIRST CONCERN.
MY SECOND CONCERN IS, I WOULD
THINK WE WOULD WANT SOME KIND
OF STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.
WE WOULD WANT TO TALK TO THE
DONOR COMMUNITY, JUST TO SEE
SOME HISTORY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH
MONEY HAS BEEN DONATED IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHAT
KIND OF PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DONE
OR PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF
PHILANTHROPIC OR PRIVATE
DONATIONS.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE CONTEXT
AND LEARNED SOME KIND OF
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT
APPROACH AS TO OPPOSED TO
UPDATING THE GIFT CATALOG.
I THINK MY THIRD CONCERN WAS,
THE POINT THAT I JUST TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER IS THE LACK OF
CITY COUNCIL OVERSIGHT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT ANY
CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO PEEK OVER
THE SHOULDER OF EVERY
DEPARTMENT TO SEE HOW THEY ARE
SPENDING LOWER AMOUNTS OF
MONEY, THIS COULD BE FIVE OR
10,000 DOLLARS, THAT WOULD BE A
WASTE OF RESOURCES, BUT IT
COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS COME IN TWO DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A $52,000
LIMIT BUT SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS
COULD AGGREGATE THE FUNDS AND
COULD DO SOME GOOD THINGS.
AGAIN, AT THAT POINT THERE
COULD BE THE SUBSIDY ISSUE, I
DON'T WANT TO SAY BAIT AND
SWITCH, A SITUATION WHERE THE
DEPARTMENT IS NOT USING FUNDS
THAT WE EARMARKED BECAUSE THEY
HAVE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS IN,
PARTICULAR IN EDUCATION, WHERE
WE WOULD WANT SOME OVERSIGHT
AND SOME REPORTING SO THAT WE
KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
I AM NOT SUGGESTING REMOTELY
THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE
WORKING WITH NEGATIVE INTENT,
NOT AT ALL, THEY ARE JUST
MAKING BUDGETARY DECISIONS AND
IT COULD BE A LITTLE
INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE
COUNCIL THOUGHT.
HOW WE GAIN OVERSIGHT WITHOUT
MICHAEL MANAGING.
WHEN I LOOKED AT THE FOUR
OPTIONS, I THOUGHT ABOUT
BASICALLY HAVING A REPORT PACK
PERIOD TO THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE, EVALUATIONS AND
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT QUITE
CANDIDLY, THAT SEEMED A LITTLE
MUCH ON THE LAST MEETING TRYING
TO DO THIS BETWEEN NOW AND THE
16th.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ I WAS
LOOKING AT HER POINT IT WAS
BRINGING AND OIR AND I STRONGLY
SUPPORT HER EFFORTS ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD I WILL
STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT EFFORT
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
I THINK IF I GIVE SOME MARCHING
ORDERS I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THIS REVISITED
PERHAPS BY THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE MIGHT BE A LOGICAL
PLACE EARLY THIS YEAR AND A
WORK THAT CAN BE DONE, ONE OF
THE OPTIONS AND CURRENT
LEGISLATION WOULD BE ADOPTED.
>>I THINK THAT CHAIR GONZALEZ
-- GONZALEZ GOOD JOB OUTLINING
ISSUES RELATED TO OVERSIGHT
AND EQUITY.
THESE ARE POLICY ISSUES THAT I
WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT THE CODE REVISOR'S
IDENTIFICATION OF THIS POLICY
AS NECESSARY FOR ADJUSTMENT,
BEYOND THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT WE
HAVE NOT UPDATED THE GIFT
CATALOG IN 30 YEARS, IS THAT
THE PRIMARY REASON?
IS IT MORE SORT OF
BUREAUCRATIC, THIS IS WHY IT IS
BEING DONE AS IN ORDINANCE IS
NOT EFFECTIVE OR THERE IS A
MENTION IN TOM'S MEMO THAT
THERE ARE ANECDOTAL INSTANCES
OF GIFTS NOT RECEIVED, MORE
INFORMATION LIKE THAT WOULD BE
USEFUL AS WELL, SOMETHING THAT
REALLY SPEAKS TO NOT JUST
BUREAUCRATIC NEED TO ADJUST
THIS ORDINANCE, BUT SOME POLICY
IMPLICATIONS OF NOT DOING IT
THAT WE COULD USE TO WEIGH THE
OPTIONS BEFORE US.
AND WE DON'T NEED THAT NOW.
>>WE WILL WORK ON THAT.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, ONE ITEM ON
THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ AMENDMENT WOULD ADD
OIR A TO THE LEGISLATION.
OIR IS PART OF THE LEGISLATION,
A SLIGHT ACRONYM CONFUSION.
>>THANK YOU FOR PICKING THAT
UP.
YOU ARE THE RIGHT MAN FOR YOUR
JOB.
OIRA IS DIFFERENT FROM OIR.
THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS I WAS
PLEASED AND EXCITED WHEN I GOT
THIS.
I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE
GIFT CATALOG.
YOU HAVE ALMOST 30 YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE HERE AND I SAID GIFT
CATALOG?
HOW IS THAT USED, YOU ARE
RAISING AN ISSUE THAT I THINK
WILL BE AN EXCITING CONCEPT TO
PURSUE NEXT YEAR.
I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN MY STAFF
AND I REVIEWED IT THE FIRST
THING WE ASKED IS WHO PUSHES
THIS?
WHO WANTS THIS?
THERE WAS SOME SUSPICION WITH
THE DONOR COMMUNITY.
ARE THEY GOING TO WANT TO
DOUBLE DOWN IN ONE AREA?
I THINK YOU SAID MAY BE LOOKING
TO LOAD UP ON THE NAVIGATION
TEAM AND EXPECT A CERTAIN
OUTCOMEFROM THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
I WAS THINKING MORE LIKE PARK
BENCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT
ALL OF THE WHAT IF'S.
I THINK AS THE GIFT CATALOG HAS
DONE APPROPRIATELY OR THIS
POLICY THAT BRANDON HAS DONE
CAN BE A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE
CITY.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO THINK
ABOUT IT MORE THOROUGHLY.
I THINK THAT THIS LEGISLATION
CAN START.
LET ME RECAP WHAT I AM ASKING.
I'M ASKING THAT PERHAPS NEXT
YEAR YOU CAN TEE UP THE ISSUE
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK AT
THEIR WORK PLAN.
THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD PART OF
THE WORK PLAN, FIND OUT HISTORY
ON WHEN THE GIFT CATALOG WAS IN
ITS HEYDAY, WHAT KINDS OF
THINGS WERE DONE, MAYBE THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE OR THE FAS,
THEY HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE,
PERHAPS THEY CAN TELL US WHAT
IMPLICATIONS COULD BE RAISED BY
THIS AND THEN LOOK AT WHAT
MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF TRYING
TO BRING IN INVESTMENTS AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PARITY
IN THE CITY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO
HELP THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL
CAN WEIGH IN ON HOW MUCH
OVERSIGHT THEY WANT WASTE ON
THAT DATA THAT COMES IN, THAT
COULD BE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST.
>> IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO
EVERYONE?
>> OKAY.
>>JUST TO CLARIFY THIS MOVING
FORWARD, UNDER CHAPTER 103 WITH
THE CODE REVISOR ORDINANCE, THE
IDEA OF SUBMITTING THE CODE IS
BAKED INTO THAT [ INDISCERNIBLE
]. LEGISLATION LIKE THIS THERE
ARE SEVERAL KNOBS TO TURN,
HOWEVER IT GOES, IT IS GOING TO
BE BETTER THAN IT IS NOW.
ANYTHING YOU DECIDE, I HAVE NO
STRONG OPINIONS ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER AND I AM HAPPY TO WORK
WITH WHOMEVER REQUIRING A
TOOLKIT PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE OF
DONATIONS IT COULD BE AN EASY
THING TO WRITE IN AND INTEGRATE
INTO THE PROCESS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT
THIS CAN GO
>> ALONG THOSE LINES IF WE
COULD TALK ABOUT ONE ISSUE I
WILL BRING UP PUBLICLY THESE
PARK BENCHES, I DID HAVE A
REQUEST FROM JEFFERSON GOLF
COURSE ABOUT A DECEASED AFRICAN-
AMERICAN GOLFER, NOT A GOLFER,
HE HIT A BUCKET OF BALLS, THAT
DOES NOT MAKE ME A GOLFER.
THAT THEY WANTED TO RAISE THE
MONEY, THEY HAD THE MONEY TO
COMMEMORATE A PARTICULAR
PERSON.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT
THE GIFT CATALOG THEN, I SAID I
WOULD LOOK INTO THAT.
MAYBE WE CAN TALK OFF-LINE
ABOUT THAT.
I AM GETTING THIS LAST-MINUTE
REQUEST CAN WE DO THIS.
I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE GIFT
CATALOG AT THE TIME AND WE CAN
TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT THAT.
>> YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE 1988
ORDINANCE EXISTS.
IF YOU GOOGLE SEATTLE GIFT
CATALOG NO ONE CAN FIND IT.
I TRIED IT.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE WE
CAN ADDRESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
>> LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> RESOLUTION 31919, RESOLUTION
LEADING TO THE TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING FUND PROGRAM
REQUESTING CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER TO SET THE PROGRAMS
GUIDELINES, GOALS, PROJECT,
ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION
CRITERIA AND GRANT AWARDS TO
EXECUTE CONTRACTS IN SUPPORT OF
THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S DO INTRODUCTIONS FIRST.
>> IS THIS WORKING?
>> YES.
>> I AM TRACYE CANTRELL
EXECUTIVE ADVISOR FOR SEATTLE
IT AND HERE TO INTRODUCE A NEW
RESOLUTION.
SITTING BEHIND BESIDE ME IS
DELIA BURKE THE PROGRAM
MANAGER FOR THE TECH MATCHING
FUND.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL GOT MY
JOKE.
I HAVE BEEN BRIEFED BY THE
DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO DO AND WHY AND I WILL
JUST SORT OF DESCRIBE IT AS
THIS AND I WILL LET YOU BETTER
DESCRIBE IT.
THAT IS, WE HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS ON TECHNOLOGY MATCHING
FUND PROGRAM ON HOW WE HAVE
FUNDED IT AND IMPLEMENTED IT
AND HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN THE
MONEY OUT THE DOOR AND GREAT
ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN
BY THE COMMUNITY AND BY THE
DEPARTMENT ON THE TIME IT TAKES
FROM WHEN WE ARE MARKET IN THE
BUDGET TO WIN RECEIVING THE
ENTITIES THEMSELVES.
THERE IS A LONG LAPSE AND HOW
THEY CAN ACCELERATE THAT AND
NOT LOSE AT ALL.
THE PARITY OF INVESTMENT AND
THE DEPTH OF THE INVESTMENT
INTO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HAVE
IN MIND.
>> THAT IS TRUE.
OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE A WELL
VETTED PROGRAM AND ACCELERATE
THE GRANT DISTRIBUTION PROCESS.
THIS WOULD ENABLE THE CTO TO
DISTRIBUTE THOSE GRANTS RATHER
THAN COMING TO COUNSEL FOR AN
ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO RECEIVE
THE MONEY MUCH SOONER AND
CREATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE
AWARDED A GRANT TO USE THE
FUNDS MORE EXPEDIENTLY.
DELIA BURKE HAS WORKED
FIRSTHAND WITH THESE
ORGANIZATIONS AND WE BELIEVE
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT
TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
>> I WORK DIRECTLY WITH TRINITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
LACK OF SKILLS AND ACCESS TO
TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN A HUGE
BARRIER FOR OLDER ADULTS AND
LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND OTHER
PEOPLE.
BEING ABLE TO APPLY FOR
TECHNOLOGY MATCHING FUNDS TO DO
THINGS LIKE GET ONLINE TO
REGISTER FOR THE CENSUS OR GAIN
JOB SKILLS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO
APPLY FOR FUNDING IN THE FIRST
QUARTER AND THEN BE ABLE TO GET
THE MONEY IN BY THE SECOND
QUARTER IS WHAT WE ARE AIMING
FOR AND THAT WOULD BE A BIG
BENEFIT.
OUR PROGRAM REACHES SOME OF THE
UNDERREPRESENTED AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND WE
SEE BIG NEEDS FOR GAINING
ACCESS TO TECH.
>> DID YOU NEED TO ADD ANYTHING
TOM?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU
IDENTIFY, AS I READ THE
ORDINANCE IT SAYS GO FORTH,
WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS WORK ON
BARRIERS TO GET THE MONEY OUT
EXPEDIENTLY.
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU IDENTIFY
A SOLUTION.
TELL ME IF I HEARD YOU WRONG
AND THAT IS TO NOT HAVE THE
DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUNDING BE
REQUIRED WITH THE COUNCIL
ORDINANCE.
IT SEEMS TO ME WHAT THIS
RESOLUTION IS A DOING -- YOUR
RATIFICATION OF A SOLUTION SORT
OF GETTING THE CART BEFORE THE
HORSE.
>> PREDETERMINED.
>>THANK YOU.
>> OUR GOAL IS TO ALIGN THIS TO
OTHER GRANT DISTRIBUTION
PROCESSES IN THE CITY AND TO
FOLLOW SUIT WITH NEIGHBORHOODS
AND THE ART DEPARTMENT.
IT IS TO MODEL AND AS YOU SAID
PREDETERMINED THIS IS A MODEL
THAT WE WANT TO FOLLOW.
>> LET ME SAY IT HOW I
UNDERSTAND IT.
SOME OF THESE GRANTS ARE
$10,000, $12,000 AND THE CITY
AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE A
MUCH MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS TO
GET OUT THE SMALLER GRANTS.
THIS ONE, PROBABLY BECAUSE WE
LOVE TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE ARE
DOING, WE DO MORE OF A
STRINGENT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
FOR THESE SMALL, I THINK SOME
OF THEM ARE 5000, $10,000.
WHAT YOU'RE WANTING IS TO COME
UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH
MIGHT INVOLVE LESS COUNCIL
OVERSIGHT.
WHAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL DO IS
YOU WILL DESCRIBE THAT AND YOU
WILL SAY WHAT THESE ARE AND
SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACCELERATE THE
PROGRAM.
>> IF IT IS GOING TO BE TOTALLY
TRANSPARENT THERE IS LIKELY
LESS COUNCIL OVERSIGHT BECAUSE
OF THE SIZE OF THE GRANT.
>> CORRECT.
>> THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION, I
WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
SOME OF THESE GRANTS WERE
LARGER.
>> THEY ARE ALL LESS THAN
50,000.
>>OKAY.
I THINK YOUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL
AS MANY OTHERS KNOW THAT ONE OF
THE HIGHER VALUES IS NOT
BECAUSE THE COUNCIL WANTS TO
MICROMANAGE DEPARTMENTS IT IS
BECAUSE WHEN THINGS GO
SIDEWAYS, GUESS WHO GETS THE
BLAME?
THE COUNCIL, THEIR JOB IS
OVERSIGHT FOR HOW FUNDS ARE
SPENT.
I KNOW THIS DEPARTMENT AND I
KNOW THIS PLACE WILL MAKE SURE
WE ARE DOING WORK SO I SUPPORT
THIS RESOLUTION AND HOPEFULLY I
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND THE
BOTTOM LINE IS TO GET THE MONEY
OUT TO THE RIGHT ORGANIZATIONS
AND YOU INVOLVE ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> JUST ONE QUESTION.
CORRECTLY IF I AM WRONG, THERE
IS NOT A TIMELINE FOR A REPORT
X DO YOU HAVE IT IN THE
RESOLUTION X IS THERE A
BALLPARK OF WHAT YOU EXPECT?
>> I WOULD SAY DURING A QUARTER
BASIS WE COULD REPORT BACK ON
THE DISTRIBUTION OR THE AWARDS.
>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME
BACK TO US WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION YOU WILL CHANGE
IT.
>> CAN WE SAY, TOM, AROUND
MARCH OR SO I DON'T HAVE TO
CHANGE LEGISLATION AND GO
THROUGH THAT, CAN THERE BE A
DOCUMENT GENERATED FOR THE NEW
COUNCIL IN MARCH?
CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT WHAT
THESE RESOLUTIONS LOOK LIKE ARE
SHARED WITH COUNSEL BEFORE
MARCH?
>> WE CAN CHECK IN.
>> IS THAT DOABLE?
>> YES.
>> WHEN IS THE NEXT
DISBURSEMENT?
WHEN IT IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR?
WHEN IS THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT
OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY?
>> WE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN
THIS QUARTER FOR RECIPIENTS WHO
WANT TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT.
I THINK THE DISBURSEMENT OR THE
SELECTION WOULD HAPPEN IN THE
FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF
2020.
>> SO JUST SHARE WITH THE
COUNCIL WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS
LIKE SO THAT THEY CAN KNOW IT
AND BLESS IT AND LIFE GOES ON.
>> IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU IT
WOULD BE GREAT BEFORE MONDAY,
NOT TODAY, BUT BEFORE MONDAY
MAYBE WE COULD COME UP WITH
LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REFLECT
THAT.
>> YOU DON'T TRUST THESE FOLKS?
WE CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN PUT THAT IN RIGHT NOW.
>> PUT IN A SHORT SENTENCE OF
THAT AND SHARE THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND POLICIES BY
MARCH.
>> SO WE CAN ADD A SECTION?
>> YES.
>> THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO
PROPOSE THE SECTION ON PAGE 2.
>>ON PAGE 2 AT SECTION 4 TO
STATE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM SATELLITE WILL BE
PRESENTED PRIOR TO MARCH 2020.
>>RIGHT.
>> I WAS TRYING TO GET THIS
VOTE OUT ON THE 16th BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, ON THE
16th.
BUT THE NEXT MONDAY, THAT'S
OKAY,
>> THAT LANGUAGE WILL JUST
INCLUDE IT AT THAT POINT.
>> YES.
>> THAT WILL GIVE ME THE CHANCE
TO GET LOG REVIEW AND ALL THAT
GOOD STUFF.
>>OKAY.
LET ME VOTE IT OUT FIRST.
I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
31919 WITH THE CAVEAT THAT
THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL
STATEMENT REQUIRING A SPECIFIC
DATE COMING BACK WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> SECOND.
>>THE EYES HAVE IT.
TAKE YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> LET'S MOVE TO THE CITY
LIGHT CHANNEL.
>>> COUNSEL BILL 119707 AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CITY
LIGHT DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING
THE GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO ENTER INTO
AN EASEMENT AREA AMENDMENT
AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY, TO
REVISE THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF
AN EXISTING EASEMENT FOR AN
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND
DISTRIBUTION LINE THROUGH KING
COUNTY AIRPORT PROPERTY.
>> LET'S TWO INTRODUCTIONS.
>> LAURA BERGER.
>> TIM CROLL WITH LICENSING A
BUSINESS UNIT FROM SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
TAKING THIS UP BEFORE THE END
OF THE YEAR.
AND ALSO TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP FOR THE UTILITY AND
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR VISION TO
CREATE THIS PLANNING PROCESS IN
THE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY YEARS
OF LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT AND I
WILL LET TIM TALK ABOUT THE
EASEMENT AND RELATION TO
EXCITING WORK HAPPENING AT KING
COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
>>THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> IT'S NICE SUMMITRY HERE.
>> IT CAME FULL CIRCLE.
>> ABOUT 60 YEARS AGO CITY
LIGHTS HAS BEEN OBTAINING FOR
DISTRIBUTION LINE IN THE NORTH
BOEING FIELD AREA IN
GEORGETOWN.
SINCE THAT TIME THE UTILITY
LINES HAVE SORT HAVE GONE
ASTRAY.
THEY HAVE BEEN BUILT OUTSIDE
THE EASEMENT AREA.
WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHEN THAT HAPPENED
AND IT IS NOT AN EASY ANSWER.
SO I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER ON
HOW THIS HAPPENS.
IT HAS BECOME RELEVANT BECAUSE
KING COUNTY IS TRYING TO BUILD
AN APARTMENT BUILDING FOR THEIR
AIRPORT AND THEY NEED TO BUILD
IT WHERE THE OLD EASEMENT WAS
AND THEY NEED TO EXTINGUISH
THAT SO THAT THEY HAVE CLEAR
TITLE TO DEVELOP.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE
RELINQUISHES PART OF THE OLD
EASEMENT THAT IS NOT BEING
USED.
IT REVISES PART OF THE EASEMENT
TO REFLECT THE PRESENT LOCATION
OF THE DISTRIBUTION LINES AND
THERE IS NO COST TO EITHER
PARTY.
THAT PICTURE SUMMARIZES THE RED
IS WHERE THERE IS EASEMENT BUT
NO LINE.
THE GREEN IS WHERE THERE IS
PRESENTLY NO EASEMENT BUT THERE
ARE LINES AND WE ARE CHANGING
THE EASEMENT FROM THE RED TO
THE GREEN.
>> REASONS TO AMEND IT, WE
SHOULD BE ALL SQUARED AWAY.
LEGAL RIGHTS SHOULD CONFORM
WITH THE LEGAL STRUCTURE AND
CLEAR THE WAY FOR PROJECT AND
ACCOMMODATE AN IMPORTANT
CUSTOMER AND PARTNER AND
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
A LITTLE BIT OF A WIDER CONTEXT
THAT LAURA ELUDED TO,
DEVELOPING THE GEORGETOWN STEAM
PLANT AS A COMMUNITY ASSET AND
MUSEUM AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK.
WE SEE LIGHT AND KING COUNTY
NATIONAL AIRPORT ARE
COOPERATING IN DEVELOPING AN
APPROVED ACCESS TO PLAN A NEW
DRIVEWAY AND WE EXPECT OF
LEGISLATION TO THE COUNCIL
FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR
ABOUT THAT.
AND THIS ORDINANCE IS
CONSISTENT WITH THAT AND
SUPPORTS THE WIDER EFFORT.
>> VERY GOOD.
I THINK IT IS STRAIGHT FORWARD.
I READ THE MATERIAL PRIOR TO
THE MEETING I DID NOT HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
I APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY THAT
WE HAVE.
COUNSEL MEMBER HERBOLD ?
>> NO QUESTIONS.
IT IS ALL GOOD.
>> WITHOUT, I WILL MOVE TO
ADOPT COUNSEL BILL 119707.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I. THE I'S
HABITS.
WE WILL PRESENT THIS ON MONDAY.
I'M SURE IT WILL BE APPROVED.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> ON THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.
>> CONGRATULATIONS COMPLETING
YOUR LAST MEETING.
>> JENNIFER, YOU HAVE DONE
AMAZING WORK HERE AND ABLY
ASSISTED COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
COUNSEL MEMBER AND FOR A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME MAYOR HARRELL .
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE FOR ME
TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOU.
>> I FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU HAVE
BEEN IN OUTSTANDING VICE CHAIR
AND OUTSTANDING COUNCILMEMBER.
I LOOK FORWARD WATCHING YOU TO
SHINE IN 2020.
THANK YOU.