>>> THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER.
WHILE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A FULL ATTENDANCE TODAY
FOR THE FIRST MEETING OF THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THE
2021 BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU IN
ADVANCE AT ALL THE TEAMS FOR
YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK AND A
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE STAFF AND
THE WORK THAT THE BUDGET TEAM
IS DOING FOR US LED BY ALLIE
MINUTE SHE INCLUDING DAN AND
TOM AND LISA AND PATTY AND SO
MANY OTHERS WORKING DILIGENTLY
TO HELP US INFORMATION WE NEED
IN REAL TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND
AMEND THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT
HAS BEEN FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
JUST A HUGE AMOUNT OF
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR TIME AND
FOR THE WORK AHEAD OF US.
I WILL OPEN WITH A FEW COMMENTS
AND THEN WE WILL SEE IF THERE
IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WANT TO NOTE FOR THOSE THAT
ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING
PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THERE IS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A FEW
PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT IN THEIR
EMAIL ADDRESS IN ALL CAPS AND
IT WAS REJECTED SO PLEASE GO
BACK ONLINE AND TRY TO USE THE
LOWER CAPS AND THAT I WILL SEE
IF PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP AT THAT
TIME.
I WANTED TO START BY
REFERENCING A LETTER I SENT OUT
THIS MORNING AND IT IS AN OPEN
LETTER TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
REGARDING THE UPCOMING
DELIBERATIONS IN FRONT OF US.
THIS IS A RECOGNITION THAT WE
HAVE A COMPOUNDING CRISIS AND
INCREDIBLE RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS IS A RECOGNITION THAT THE
YEAR OF 2020 IS NOT EXACTLY
WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR IN OUR
RESPONSIBILITY AS ELECTED
OFFICIALS WERE GREAT BEFORE THE
CORONAVIRUS AND CONTINUE TO BE
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NOW AS WE
TRY TO ADDRESS COMPOUNDING
CRISES THAT ARE NOT ONLY
PRESENT IN OUR COUNTRY BUT
RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY.
THE OPEN LETTER TO THE
RESIDENTS ON THE BUDGET PROCESS
TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE IN
FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A
LETTER THAT SHAPES WHAT I HOPE
TO BE THE PROCESS FOR OUR 2021
DELIBERATIONS AND AN
EXPECTATION ABOUT THE WAYS IN
WHICH WE HOPE TO ENGAGE THE
PUBLIC.
2020 HAS NOT SAVED UP THE WAY
MANY WAS ANTICIPATED.
WHEN I STEPPED UP, I HAD GREAT
PLANS OF THE PROCESS WITH
PUBLIC FORUMS THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR THAT ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT STARTING IN THE
SPRING OF THIS YEAR THAT WOULD
ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE A TRANSFER
COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE
SPACE TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO BRING
PEOPLE TO THE TABLE THAT HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY LEFT OUT OF
POLICYMAKING AND TO DO SO WITH
SUFFICIENT TIME TO DIGEST HARD
QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF US AND
WORK ISSUES OUT AND COME
TOGETHER AROUND THE BUDGET FOR
THE NEXT YEAR.
IT WAS BECAUSE WE ENVISIONED A
PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE WE WOULD
BE DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS
COLLECTIVELY AND THIS WOULD NOT
BE A BUDGET WHERE WE WORKED
AROUND THE EDGES OR RECEIVED A
BUDGET BUT IT WOULD BE A
PROCESS WHERE WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY DIG INTO
THE DETAILS BUT BECAUSE OF THE
ISSUES THAT PRESENTED ITSELF IN
2020 IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER,
WE ARE NOW IN A PROCESS THAT WE
NEED TO BEGIN ENGAGING IN
ROBUST DISCUSSION OVER THE NEXT
TWO MONTHS FOR THE 21 BUDGET.
I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO ADAPT AND BE CREATIVE
AS WE COME TOGETHER TO REFLECT
OUR CITIES VALUES FOR THE
BUDGET.
VALUES OF AN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY AND VALUE SUPPORTING
HEALTH AND HOUSE SAFETY.
ROUTE THE NEXT TWO MONTHS,
DELIBERATIONS WILL BE DRIVEN BY
A PROCESS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAN
ANTICIPATED AND NOT ONLY
BALANCING THE CITY'S BUDGET FOR
THE FOLLOWING YEAR BUT ALSO
UNDERSCORING OUR COMMITMENT TO
MAKING SURE WE INVEST IN
POLICIES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR
SHARED VALUES.
AS THE BUDGET YEAR, IT IS A
PRIVILEGE AND INCREDIBLE
RESPONSIBILITY TO STEWARD THIS
PROCESS AND IS A CITY COUNCIL,
WE WANT TO CONSIDER THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AND LISTEN TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
WE ELEVATE THOSE ISSUES AND
PROPOSE CHANGES THAT ARE
DELIBERATED BY THE ENTIRE
COUNSEL AFTER ROBUST
ENGAGEMENT.
THIS PROCESS WILL BE DIFFERENT
IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE THIS
MOMENT DEMANDS THAT WE STEP UP
AND ADDRESS THE MULTITUDE OF
OVERLAPPING CRISES.
THERE ARE FIVE CRISES THAT ARE
IN FRONT OF US.
THAT INCLUDES MAKING SURE WE
ARE DRESSING THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS PRESENTING ITSELF DUE TO
THE CREDIT VIRUS AND THE CRISIS
OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
DEMANDS THAT WE STEP UP AND
SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO ARE
EXPECTING EXPOSURE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS AND HIGHER RATES.
WE ALSO MUST MAKE SURE WE ARE
STEPPING UP AND RECOGNIZING
THAT THE LOCAL ECONOMY HAS HAD
INCREDIBLE DOWNTURN CAUSED BY
THE PANDEMIC BUT NOT ONLY BY
THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAD INCREDIBLE
DISPROPORTIONATE WAGE EARNINGS
PRIOR AND WE KNOW THE PANDEMIC
HAS ONLY EXASPERATED THE
SITUATION FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
AND LOWER WAGE WORKERS AND
THOSE THAT NEED CHILDCARE THAT
IS INCREASINGLY DISAPPEARING
ACROSS THE CITY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
WE WANT TO STEP UP AND THINK
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
REIMAGINE WHAT THE ECONOMY
SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW TO
MAKE IT STRONGER FOR ALL
SEATTLEITES.
AFTER CENTURIES OF INEQUITY AND
FIGHTING FOR REFORM, THE
MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER
ALONG WITH BLACK AMERICANS AND
ORGANIZERS AND ALLIES, THEY ARE
DEMANDING THAT WE INVEST IN
SYSTEMS THAT DON'T HURT
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BUT HELP
THEM AND INVEST IN TRUE
COMMUNITY SAFETY ALONG WITH
SYSTEMIC CHANGE.
LET'S ALSO REALIZE THAT WE ARE
DOING THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF
OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD BEING
ON FIRE.
WEEKS OF THE SKIES FILLED WITH
SMOKE AND HER INABILITY TO
BREATHE IS A REMINDER THAT WE
MUST ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND
WE CAN ACT LOCALLY AND IF THERE
ARE THINGS WE CAN DO, WE MUST
DO THEM WITH URGENCY TO CREATE
A GREENER ECONOMY FOR EVERYONE
SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE SITUATION
CONTINUING TO GET WORSE BUT WE
ACT WITH URGENCY.
WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDST OF A
FIVE YEAR LONG AFFORDABLE
HOUSING CRISIS THAT PLAYS OUT
ON OUR STREET EVERYDAY.
DURING THIS CRISIS AS WE HAVE
SEEN FOLKS SLEEP OUTSIDE WITH
SMOKE SKIES AND HAS WINTER SETS
IN AND THE RAIN COMES, WE MUST
DO BETTER BY OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS THE BUDGET SEASON IN
OUR CHANCE FOR THE COUNCIL TO
MAKE NEW AND DIFFERENT AND
MEANINGFUL INVESTMENTS TO
ADDRESS THESE FIVE PRESSING
CRISES THE SAME TIME AND
REGARDLESS OF THE COMPCARE
CHAPTER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
COUNTRY, THE COUNCIL MUST
ENSURE THAT THE SHARED VALUES
ARE REFLECTED IN THE 2021
BUDGET WHICH WILL INCLUDE
WORKING TOWARDS TRUE EQUITY IN
CITIES POLICIES AND INVESTING
IN COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
CREATING AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY
PLAN THAT CONSIDERS ALL
FAMILIES INCLUDING SMALL
BUSINESSES AND LOW INCOME
WORKERS.
WE MUST EXPAND ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
CHILDCARE.
AS A BUDGET CHAIR, WE WANT TO
ENSURE EVERY SEATTLE RESIDENT
CAN BE HEALTHY, HOUSED IN SAFE
AND WE CREATE A PROCESS THAT IS
TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE AS WE
DEVELOP THE BUDGET.
WE KNOW TO BE HEALTHY, WE MUST
HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY
AND THOSE ARE PARAMOUNT IN ALL
OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.
THIS MEANS EQUITABLE
INVESTMENTS IN MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES AND THE FACT THAT
CENTERING OUR DISCUSSIONS ON
THE FACT OF BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES HAVE ADDITIONAL
PARTIALLY AFFECTED MY TRUE
INVESTMENTS, LARGELY MADE
POSSIBLE BY THE JUMPSTART
SEATTLE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
PROPOSAL, WE CAN INVEST IN
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES TO MAKE
SURE FOLKS NOT ONLY HAVE ACCESS
TO TESTS BUT HAVE THE TRUE
SUPPORTS THEY NEED TO BE
HEALTHY AND INCLUDES HOUSING
AND CHILD CARE AND LIVING WAGE
JOBS IN THE ABILITY TO SPEAK UP
WHEN SOMETHING IS HAPPENING IN
THE WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY AND
KNOW HE WILL BE SAFE.
SEATTLE NEEDS TO INVEST IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STABLE
RESOURCES TO KEEP OUR FAMILY
AND COMMUNITY SAFELY HOUSE
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
INVESTMENTS MEAN CRATING MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
PIPELINE.
WE WILL WORK TO ENSURE WE ARE
BUILDING HOUSING AND SUPPORTING
THOSE THAT PROVIDE THE CORE
SERVICES AS WELL.
THIS MEANS PERMANENT SUPPORT OF
HOUSING AN PAYING ENOUGH SO
THAT SERVICE WORKERS ARE NOT
ENDING UP QUALIFYING FOR THE
SAME SERVICES THEY ARE HELPING.
WE PRIORITIZE INVESTMENTS IN
COMMUNITIES AND WE ALSO MUST
INVEST IN SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE THEM
FOCUS ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE
WHETHER FROM OUR BRIDGES TO OUR
PARKS OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE MUST
ENSURE THAT THE FABRIC OF OUR
COMMUNITY INCLUDING SIDEWALKS
ARE SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
GET AROUND WHETHER YOU ARE WITH
A STROLLER OR USING A WALKER OR
IN A WHEELCHAIR OR WALKING IN
THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE.
THIS IS A VISION NOT JUST FOR
THE SHORT-TERM BUT THE LONG-
TERM PROJECTS THAT CAN IMPROVE
THE ENVIRONMENT AND WORK WITH A
BROAD COALITION OF LABOR UNIONS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND
RESIDENTS AS WELL AS OTHER
ENTITIES TO CREATE THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HAVE OUR
CITY PLANNERS DECIDE THE BEST
AND MOST INCLUSIVE SEATTLE FOR
EVERYONE.
I'M COMMITTED TO A PROCESS THAT
ENGAGES ALL RESIDENTS AND TO
START, MY STAFF HAS WORKED
ALONGSIDE OF THE PRESENT OFFICE
IN CENTRAL STAFF TO ENSURE
MATERIALS ARE OUT IN TIME WELL
BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS.
TODAY IS DAY ONE OF THE FALL
BUDGET PROCESS WHICH WE KNOW IS
BEEN KICKED OFF BY A
PRESENTATION FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON THE PROPOSED 2021
BUDGET.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL
OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
IN YOUR INQUIRIES HELP US GUIDE
THE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS
DROPPED THE NEXT TWO MONTHS SO
I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO
EACH PERSON HAVING A CHANCE TO
ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE WILL
BE SURE TO GO TO THE ROLL CALL
TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS
AT THE PRESENTATION TO THE NEXT
THREE DAYS.
WE KNOW THIS IS OFTEN A
CUMBERSOME PROCESS TO GET TO
THE BINDERS AND MATERIALS THAT
ARE PRESENTED TO US AND WE WILL
ENDEAVOR TO MAKE SURE THIS
PROCESS IS STREAMLINED FOR
FOLKS THAT ARE FOLLOWING ALONG
ELECTRONICALLY AS WE SCROLL
THROUGH THE ONLINE VERSIONS OF
THE MATERIALS WE ALL RECEIVED.
WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING WAYS
FOR US TO ENGAGE IN EACH PUBLIC
COMMENT PROCESS AND THEY WILL
BE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE
BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING WITH
30 MINUTES AT LEAST AND THEN WE
WILL HAVE A ROBUST PUBLIC
HEARING ON OCTOBER 6 IN TWO
WEEKS AFTER THAT ON OCTOBER 27
AND AS WE ARE HOLDING TOWN
HALLS PERMITTING THE REGISTER,
WE WILL ALSO BE LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK AND
KNOWING HOW TO GET THAT
INFORMATION YOU ARE COLLECTING
IN THE DISTRICT IS PLUGGED INTO
THE PROCESS.
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS
I'VE HAD WITH EACH ONE OF YOU
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG LIST
OF PRIORITIES THAT WE ALL WANT
TO SEE AND NOW THAT WE ARE
FACING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WE
KNOW THOSE PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES ARE EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE HEAR FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A 2021
BUDGET THAT REFLECTS ALL OF OUR
VALUES.
I HOPE THAT GAVE FOLKS TIME TO
SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND
IF YOU HADN'T YET SIGNED UP, WE
VERY MUCH WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
AND LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING
WITH YOU EACH MORNING AT 9:30
WITH PUBLIC TESTIMONY BEING
TAKEN FOR SIGN-UP STARTING AT
7:30 A.M.
PEOPLE MAYBE WAITING FOR THE
5:30 PM SIGN-UP ON TUESDAY NEXT
WEEK.
AT THIS POINT, I'M OPENING UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WANT
TO CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE NO
FOLKS SIGNED UP THIS MORNING
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> AFFIRMATIVE.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD WITH OUR AGENDA AND THE
AGENDA FOR TODAY WILL BE
ADOPTED IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION.
HERE NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO INTO
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
NUMBER ONE?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1 INTRODUCTION
IN BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND THE PRESENTERS WE HAVE IN
FRONT OF US I BELIEVE DAN
EDER, ALY PENNUCCI AND CENTRAL
STAFF.
LET ME FIRST SAY HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE YOU, ALLIE AND DAN
FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND IT
SEEMS LIKE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO
THAT WE WERE WORKING ON THE
BUDGET WITH YOU BECAUSE WE WERE
AND YOU HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY
BUSY THIS ENTIRE YEAR PRIOR TO
DECEMBER 2020 REBOUNDING
EFFORT, YOU ARE ALSO HEAVILY
ENGAGED IN WORKING WITH ALL OF
OUR OFFICES ON THE PROPOSAL SO
A QUICK NOTE OF APPRECIATION
FOR THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND WITH
THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU FOR THE STAFF MENTATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH , CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
I AM DAN EDER AND THE MAYOR
TRANSMITTED HER 21 PROPOSED
BUDGET YESTERDAY.
AS THE BUDGET YEAR NOTED IN HER
OPENING REMARKS, THERE IS MORE
UNCERTAINTY THAN USUAL ABOUT
HOW EVENTS WILL UNFOLD IN THE
COMING YEAR.
NONETHELESS, AS REQUIRED BY
STATE LAW, ALL SPENDING IS
BALANCED BY THE CITY'S CURRENT
PROJECTIONS OF NEXT YEAR'S
REVENUES.
THE COUNCILS FINAL ADOPTED
BUDGET WILL ALSO NEED TO BE
SIMILARLY BALANCED.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
SERVES AS ALWAYS AS A STARTING
PLACE FOR COUNCILS
DELIBERATIONS.
THEY MAY ADOPT THE CITY BUDGET
THAT IS SIMILAR TO OR THE SAME
AS THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED BUT
THE CITY CHARTER INVEST POWER
IN THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT AN
ANNUAL BUDGET THAT MAY HAVE A
RANGE OF DIFFERENT SPENDING
PRIORITIES.
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND IS THE
HEART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET.
BROADLY SPEAKING, THE GENERAL
FUND IS HOW THEY PAY FOR
SALARIES OF STAFF THAT IN TURN
PROVIDE PUBLIC FACING SERVICES
SUCH AS COMMUNITY CENTERS AND
PARKS IN HUMAN SERVICES AND
PUBLIC SAFETY IN LIBRARIES AND
TRANSPORTATION AND A LOT MORE.
AS THE BUDGET CHAIR NOTED, THE
COUNCIL'S DECISION EARLIER THIS
YEAR TO IMPOSE A NEW JUMPSTART
PAYROLL TAX WAS A GAME CHANGER
FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
GIVEN THE ACTUAL ANTICIPATED
ONGOING EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC
ON OTHER CITY TAX REVENUES, THE
NEW TAX REVENUES MEAN WE CAN
EXPECT THE GENERAL FUND TO BE
IN SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER SHAPE
DURING 21 THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE
HAVE BEEN THE CASE.
ALY PENNUCCI, I'M VERY HAPPY TO
INTRODUCE WILL SERVE AS THIS
YEAR'S CENTRAL STAFF BUDGET
MANAGER AND WILL BE THE PUBLIC
FACING SUPPORT LEADING THE
STAFF TEAM.
AS SHE WILL DESCRIBE
MOMENTARILY, THE TEAM HAS
WORKED UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
BOTH BUDGET CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ FOR THE
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
WE STAND READY TO SUPPORT EACH
COUNCIL MEMBER IN UNDERSTANDING
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AND
ULTIMATELY ADOPT A FINAL CITY
BUDGET.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO ALY PENNUCCI THAT WILL GIVE
YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ADOPTION
PROCESS.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM ALY PENNUCCI OF CENTRAL
STAFF.
TODAY, I WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE
THE EIGHT WEEK PROCESS THAT
BEGINS TODAY.
THE BUDGET PROCESS IS
PREDICATED ON STATE LAW THAT
ESTABLISHES THE RULES FOR THE
MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL IN
ADOPTING AN ANNUAL BUDGET IN
THE MAYOR AND EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS HAVE NINE MONTHS TO
PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED BUDGET
THAT MUST BE TRAINED DID 90
DAYS PRIOR TO THE NEXT FISCAL
YEAR AND AS DIRECTOR DAN EDER
DESCRIBE, THIS BECOMES A
STARTING POINT FOR THE
DELIBERATIONS.
THE COUNCIL HAS EIGHT WEEKS TO
HAVE COMMITTEE DONATIONS AND
TAKE FINAL ACTION TO ADOPT A
BALANCE BUDGET NOT LATER THAN
30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE END OF THE
YEAR.
THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR IS
COMPRISED OF SIX MAIN STEPS IN
TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AS
HIGHLIGHTED ON THE BUDGET
TIMELINE PRESENTED ON THIS
SLIDE IN THE PROCESS IS
DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH
CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO HEAR FROM THE
PUBLIC AND TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL
PROPOSALS AND THE BOUNCING
PACKAGE.
OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS, THE
COMMITTEE WILL HEAR
PRESENTATIONS FROM THAT CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND ASK QUESTIONS
OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET
SUBMITTED FOR THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION.
THIS WILL COMPLETE STEP ONE OF
THE BUDGET PROCESS AND AFTER
HEARING FROM STAFF, WE HAVE TWO
WEEKS FOR THE STAFF TO DIGEST
IN RESEARCH AND ANALYZE
PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE MOVING
ON IN THE PROCESS AND THE
COMMITTEE WILL HOLD THE FIRST
OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON
OCTOBER 5. THE COMMITTEE
FOLLOWING STEP ONE WILL HAVE
ISSUED IN VACATION ON OCTOBER
15 AND 16th IN THE 20th AND
21st.
THESE SESSIONS PROVIDE
COUNCILMEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REVIEW KEY CHANGES IN THE
BUDGET AND ISSUES IDENTIFIED
THROUGH THE BALANCES AS WELL AS
PRUNER BUDGET PROPOSALS
SUBMITTED BY COUNCILMEMBERS.
COUNCILMEMBERS WISH AND HAVE
PROPOSALS INCLUDED IN THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMOS MUST SUBMIT
BY 5 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE SUPPORT
IN MEETING THOSE THE LINE SO WE
CAN MEET THE GOAL OF HAVING
MATERIALS OUT TO ALL OF YOU IN
THE PUBLIC.
NEXT LINE, PLEASE.
AS DESCRIBED, THE CITY IS
FACING HISTORIC LEVELS OF
UNCERTAINTY IN THE ONE YEAR
BUDGET CANNOT SOLVE ALL OF THAT
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AND
COMPLETING STEP SIX OF THIS
PROCESS WHEN YOU ALL ADOPT A
BALANCE CITY BUDGET.
THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALY
PENNUCCI AND DAN EDER.
YOU ARE WORKING ON NOT JUST THE
BUDGET IN FRONT OF US BUT WITH
EACH OFFICE TO INCLUDE FEEDBACK
ON HOW THE PROCESS CAN BE
STREAMLINED SO IT IS MORE
TRANSPARENT AND THAT PEOPLE
HAVE THE TIME TO GET THE
INFORMATION IN FOR THEM SO
THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AS WELL UNDERSCORE
THE IMPORTANCE OF STICKING WITH
THOSE TIMELINES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR
CENTRAL STAFF?
OKAY, I AM NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL
IF WE COULD HAVE OUR OFFICE
ALONG WITH ANY OTHER OFFICES
CONTINUING TO PUSH OUT THOSE
SLIDES FOR THE FALL TIMELINE ON
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND
NEWSLETTERS IF FOLKS ARE
INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, THAT
WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL AS
WE TRY TO DECONSTRUCT THE
PROCESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC TO FOLLOW ALONG.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH
YOU AND THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT
THE MEDICATIONS OFFICE IN THE
TEAM, DANA, STEPHANIE AND
JOSEPH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK TO
HELP PROVIDE HELPFUL TOOLS TO
GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL BE SENDING AROUND WITH
THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CLAIRE, COULD YOU PLEASE READ
INTO THE RECORD ITEM NUMBER TWO?
MADAM CLERK, YOU MAY BE ON MUTE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, CITY BUDGET
OFFICE PROPOSED BUDGET
OVERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER TWO AND I
WANT TO WELCOME TO THE TABLE,
OUR VIRTUAL TABLE HERE,
DIRECTOR OF THE CBO, BEN NOBLE,
DAVID HENNES AND JOE RUSSELL.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE DEPUTY
MAYOR SHEFALI RANGANTHAN WITH
US AS WELL.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN BURNING
THE MIDNIGHT OIL AS THEY SAY TO
GET US A DOCUMENT TODAY AND I
JUST WANT TO NOTE OUR
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR WORK AND
YOUR TEAMS WORK AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN THE
DEPUTY MAYOR WILL BE JOINING US
SHORTLY . YOU ARE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE AND THAT IS NEVER A
BAD THING BUT I WILL LET THEM
KNOW WE ARE GETTING STARTED
EARLY.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT HAS
TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS AS HAS
BEEN DESCRIBED THIS MORNING IN
THE CITY'S BUDGET IS BALANCED
TO A REVENUE FORECAST SO WE
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
START WITH AN UPDATE ON THE
REVENUE FORECAST AND THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED
WITH DATA AND THE TEAM WILL
PRESENT THAT TO YOU AND THEN I
WILL SPEND SOME TIME TALKING
ABOUT A HIGH LEVEL FOR THE
EXPENDITURE AND THE RESOURCES
THAT ARE IN THAT FORECAST.
THE FORECAST FOCUSES CYNICALLY
ON THE GENERAL FUND BUT NOT
EXCLUSIVELY.
IT HAS A RANGE OF RESOURCES AND
AS YOU SAW ON THE SCHEDULE THAT
WE SHOWED EARLIER, THIS IS THE
SUBJECT MATTER PRESENTATION
FROM THE EXECUTIVE STAFF THAT
WILL FOLLOW OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO TRY
AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT I
MAY DIFFER AND SUGGEST THAT YOU
HOLD THOSE FOR THE DETAILED
BRIEFINGS THAT WILL FOLLOW WITH
THE EXPERTS IN THOSE AREAS.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO DAVID HENNES TO GIVE YOU A
SUMMARY OF THE REVENUE
FORECAST.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD
MORNING EVERYBODY.
I AM DAVID HENNES AND THE
LEADER OF THE REVENUE TEAM
WITHIN CBO AND I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
OF MY COLLEAGUES.
THEY ARE HELPING TO DEVELOP THE
FORECAST AND THE PRESENTATION
AND DURING THE PRESENTATION
TODAY, THEY WILL BE ONLINE AND
ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BASED
ON THEIR AREA IF WE HAVE
QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE FIRST
LIE, THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE
SET DOWN THIS FORECAST VIA MEMO
ON AUGUST 10 SO IF THE NUMBERS
LOOK FAMILIAR, THAT'S A GOOD
THING AND WE RESENTED THEM
EARLIER TO YOU.
I THINK WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS
THAT THIS IS THE BASIS FOR THE
2021 PROPOSED BUDGET AS THE
MAYOR HAS PRESENTED.
IT IS A BIT OF A TIME ARTIFACT
IN THIS WAS BASED ON WORK WE
DID IN JULY AND EARLY AUGUST
BASED ON JULY INFORMATION.
WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN
UPDATE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND
LOOK AT THE NATIONAL FORECAST
AND ORIGINAL FORECAST IN
EXISTING DATA AS WE KNOW IT AND
CAN SEE IT AND THAT SHOULD
PROVIDE SOME CHANGES IN THIS
WAS THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> JUST REAL QUICK ON THE
REVENUE FORECAST UPDATE, THAT
IS THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2,
CORRECT?
>> I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC
DATE BUT I BELIEVE WE WERE
LOOKING AT THE THIRD WEEK OF
OCTOBER TO PROVIDE SOMETHING.
>> WE WILL START DEVELOPING IN
THAT TIMEFRAME SO IT IS READY
NOVEMBER OR WHENEVER IS
CONVENIENT AND HELPFUL FOR YOU.
IN GENERAL, THERE IS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION WE RECEIVED BUT WE
KNOW YOU NEED IT CERTAINLY BY
NOVEMBER TO COMPLETE
DELIBERATIONS.
>> WONDERFUL, THE EARLIER THE
BETTER AND IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO
HAVE A KNOWN DATE EACH YEAR
WHEN WE RECEIVE THAT REVENUE
FORECAST IN ANOTHER STATE
LEGISLATOR HAS CERTAIN DATES
AND TO THE EXTENT WE CAN WORK
TOWARDS CERTAIN DATES, THAT
WOULD BE IDEAL BUT THANK YOU
FOR THE OFFER TO POTENTIALLY
GIVEN EARLIER THAN NOVEMBER 2.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
EXCUSE ME FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
>> WITH THAT, THIS IS A CHART
THAT SHOWS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH
ALMOST 11 YEARS OF NICE REVENUE
GROWTH BUT THAT CAME TO AN END
WITH THE PANDEMIC.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE REDLINE AND
WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS CHART ARE
THE JOB LOSSES BASED IN
PREVIOUS RECESSIONS.
THIS IS THE GREAT RECESSION AND
THEN THE RED IS THE 2020
RECESSION.
ACROSS THE TOP, YOU HAVE YEARS
OF RECOVERY TO PRERECESSION
LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT.
DOWN THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU
HAVE CHANGED NUMBERS OF HOW
MUCH EMPLOYMENT RELATIVE TO THE
PEAK AND PRIOR TO THE RECESSION.
IF I CAN GET THIS THING OUT OF
THE WAY, SORRY.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE IF YOU LOOK AT
THE REDLINE, YOU CAN SEE THE
DROP OFF IN THIS IS
UNPRECEDENTED AND IT SHOWS HIS
ARE NOT THE UNAPPOINTED RATES
BUT CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT AND AT
THIS TIME, THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE DROPPED AND WAS AT 3% AND
INCREASED 16.2% IN APRIL THIS
YEAR FOR THE STATISTICAL AREA
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY SEATTLE
AND TACOMA AND BELLEVUE SO
PUGET SOUND AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE REDLINE THEN
INCREASE BACK TO MINUS IS A %
DROP IN YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH
THIS DIFFERS FROM PREVIOUS
RECESSIONS.
THE BLUE LINE YOU SEE IS QUITE
SHALLOW AND RAPID IN TERMS OF
RECOVERY BACK TO PRERECESSION
LEVELS IN 2001 WHICH WAS A MUCH
STRONGER RECESSION IN THE
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN AREA AND
IT TOOK FOUR AND HALF YEARS AS
YOU SEE THAT LINE REACH BACK TO
THE 0% LEVEL BEFORE WE GOT BACK
TO PRERECESSION LEVELS OF
EMPLOYMENT AND THE GREAT
RECESSION IS FIVE AND HALF
YEARS.
THE BIG QUESTION WE ARE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT IS WHAT HAPPENS
TO THE REDLINE AS WE GO
FORWARD?
WILL IT BE GRADUAL OR STEEPER?
THE FORECAST WHICH IS WHAT WE
USE AS A NATIONAL FORECAST IN
DEVELOPING OUR FORECAST, THE
PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO SUGGEST
THAT THIS COULD TAKE ALMOST 4
YEARS FOR THIS RECESSION TO GET
BACK TO PRERECESSION LEVELS.
CONTINUING WITH THE LABOR
MARKET, WE ARE SHOWING IN THIS
SLIDE THAT THE CHANGE IN
EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE PANDEMIC
HAS AFFECTED DIFFERENT
INDUSTRIES DIFFERENTLY IN THIS
CHART IS ATTEMPTING TO SHOW
SOME OF THAT.
THE TOP BAR IS TOTAL NONFARM
EMPLOYMENT IN THE HAS DROPPED
ABOUT 9%.
THAT IS ALL EMPLOYMENT IN THE
STATISTICAL AREA AND BELOW
THAT, YOU CAN SEE A VARIETY OF
CATEGORIES AND SECTORS AND
MANUFACTURING RETAIL TRADE
INFORMATION AND YOU GET TO THE
BIG ONE WHICH IS LEISURE AND
HOSPITALITY WHICH IS OVER A 30%
DROP IN EMPLOYMENT LEVELS FROM
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN A
VARIETY OF SERVICES LIKE THAT.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS PERHAPS
THAT LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY
AND CONSTRUCTION SECTORS
COMBINED MAKE UP FOR ABOUT 16%
OF ALL JOBS AND 40% LOST.
WITH EACH OF THESE, IT WAS AN
ASSESSMENT OF HOW BIG OF A
SHARE OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE AREA
THE SECTORS HOLD AND WHAT THE
EFFECT IS ON THE OVERALL
EMPLOYMENT IN THE AREA.
I THINK SIGNIFICANTLY, WE STILL
HAVE A STRONG TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
AND WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE
ECONOMY WHICH IS A BLESSING SO
HOPEFULLY AS WE MOVE THROUGH
INTO RECOVERY MORE AND MORE,
THOUGH SECTORS HELP TO LIFT
EVERYONE ELSE UP AND
PARTICULARLY CONSTRUCTION IN
THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BUT
THAT IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON
THE PATH OF THE VIRUS.
NEXT LINE, LOOKING AT
CONSTRUCTION, THIS CHART IS
SHOWING THE VALUE OF BUILDING
PERMITS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
INSPECTIONS AND WHAT WE HAVE IS
MONTHLY BARS OR COLUMNS AND YOU
CAN SEE HOW VOLATILE THOSE ARE
UP AND DOWN AND ACROSS IN THE
LIGHT GRAY BARS ARE TO IN THE
DARK GRAY ARE ON THE RIGHT-HAND
SIDE WHICH ARE THIS YEAR,
2020.
YOU CAN SEE IT A BIT CLEARLY
BASED ON THE BLUE LINE RUNNING
úACROSS WHICH IS A SIX MONTH
MOVING AVERAGE AND 3 TO 19, WE
HAVE 370 OR $80 MILLION A MONTH
OF BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND
THAT NUMBER IS DROPPING
PRECIPITOUSLY DOWN TO ABOUT 200
MILLION AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE
BIT BELOW.
THAT IS FOR 2020.
THESE CONSTRUCTION REVENUES ARE
HUGELY IMPORTANT IN COUNT FOR
27% OF SALES TAX REVENUE AND
11% OF THE ANNUAL INCREASE IN
PROPERTY TAX REVENUES AS WE
COUNT NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE
INTO THE LEVY AMOUNT.
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES
DRIVES A LOT OF EXPENDITURES
WITH NEW FURNITURE AND
PURCHASING SERVICES AND WHAT
HAVE YOU.
AS CONSTRUCTION GOES, WE WANT
TO WATCH THIS VERY CAREFULLY.
NEXT SLIDE.
MOVING TO THE ORIGINAL FORECAST
THAT WE PRODUCED IN JULY FOR
THE AUGUST FORECAST, THIS IS
BASED ON THE MARKETS AND THAT
IS THE FORECAST AND I THINK
WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE IS THE
SHAPE OF THIS REDLINE IN TERMS
OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ON THE
TOP AND PERSONAL OUTLAYS PER
CAPITA.
WITH EARLY DISCUSSIONS, WE
THOUGHT PERHAPS WE WOULD
RECOVER QUITE QUICKLY AND WHAT
PEOPLE REFER TO AS A V SHAPED
RECOVERY AND THAT HAS NOT
HAPPENED THOUGH WE HAVE SEEN A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT
AND WE ARE SEEING OTHER
INDICATORS THAT ARE SHOWING
THAT THIS WILL NOT BOUNCE BACK
SUPER QUICKLY AND HERE WE ARE
IN SEPTEMBER AND ARE STILL
MOVING SIDEWAYS AND UPWARD.
NOT AS DRAMATICALLY AS ONE
MIGHT HAVE HOPED IN THE YEAR.
WE ARE NOT IN A U SHAPED
RECOVERY EITHER BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT BOUNCING AROUND THE BOTTOM
OF THE U BEFORE IT GOES UP
AGAIN.
SO, WHAT MOST PEOPLE ARE
BELIEVING WE ARE IN IS REFERRED
TO AS A SWEDISH AND IT DROPS
QUICKLY AND WE WILL CLIMB BACK
GRADUALLY.
THE NAME OF THE GAME IS HOW
QUICKLY WE CAN RECOVER AND AT
WHAT RATE.
WHAT THIS CHART SHOWS IS A
DRAMATIC DROP OFF IN THIS IS
SHOWING BY QUARTERS.
THAT RUNS OUT 2020 AND 21
SHOWING QUARTERLY GROWTH CHANGE
IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
OUR REGION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS EXTENDED
AND WE DON'T REACH TO THE
PRERECESSION LEVELS BUT ARE
JUST REACHING WITH THE
EMPLOYMENT RATE GETS BACK TO
WHERE IT WAS PRIOR TO THE
RECESSION AND THE PERSONAL
OUTLAYS ON THE BOTTOM CHART PER
CAPITA IS INTERESTING IN THAT
THIS IS SHOWING NOT PER CAPITA
INCOME WHICH IS INCREASING BUT
THE OUTLAYS THAT PEOPLE MAKE AS
THEY EXPAND IN THE ECONOMY.
WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A MORE
RELEVANT DISPLAY DESCRIBING
THAT NOT EVERYONE IS AFFECTED
THE SAME WAY.
I THINK CHAIR MOSQUEDA, YOU ARE
MAKING THIS POINT THAT THERE
IS A GREAT DIVIDE AND THOSE
THAT HAVE KEPT THEIR JOBS AND
INCOME ARE LIVING IN ONE SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES AND THOSE THAT
HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS ARE
WORKING IN ANOTHER SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES.
PERSONAL OUTLAYS ATTEMPTS TO
CAPTURE THAT BECAUSE IT
CAPTURES THE SAVINGS RATE AND
THOSE WITH INCOME AND HIGHER
INCOME PARTICULAR ARE SAVING
NOW MORE THAN EVER AND SO
PERSONAL OUTLAYS AS YOU CAN SEE
DROPS DOWN IN 2020 ABOUT A HALF
% LOWER THAN PRE-COVID-19
FORECAST AND IT CLIMBS
GRADUALLY.
ACCORDING TO THE FORECAST, IT
DOESN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR THE
LEVELS BECAUSE THE NOTION IS
THAT THE VIRUS IS KEEPING
PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT AND
DOING THE NORMAL ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY OR PRERECESSION
ACTIVITIES AND PRE-COVID-19
ACTIVITY SO IT WILL TAKE TIME
FOR THE TRUST TO COME BACK IN
THE SAFETY TO RETURN IN PEOPLE
TO START HAVING INCOME AGAIN
BECAUSE OF LEISURE AND
HOSPITALITY JOBS ETC.
RETURNING.
THAT IS WHAT THIS PICTURE IS
ATTEMPTING TO SHOW.
NEXT SLIDE.
JUMPING TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF
SLIDES, ONE IS FOR SALES TAX
AND THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO
HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE
SALES TAX ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
OF THE BULLETS BUT THE REAL
INTENT IS TO SHOW THAT WE ARE
NOT BOUNCING BACK TO PRE-LEVELS
OR PRE-TRAN16 LEVELS IN THIS
FORECAST.
AS YOU SEE BY THE NUMBERS IN
THE RED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
AFFECTING SALES TAX REVENUES
WHICH I THINK I WILL ADDRESS A
LITTLE BIT LATER IS THAT THERE
IS A BIT OF A DELAY BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE DEFERRING PAYMENTS
AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO
KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL POSITION
IS BUT THIS IS THE FORECAST.
>> REMINDED US AS WELL WHERE
ON THE PREVIOUS LINE WE WOULD
HAVE SEEN THE ONLINE SALES TAX
CAPTURED.
WOULD WE SEE IT HERE?
>> YES, THAT IS CAPTURED HERE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> IT IS A VERY SIMILAR PICTURE
IN LARGER TAX BUT AGAIN, WE
ARE NOT GETTING BACK TO
PRERECESSION LEVELS OF 2019 AND
AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE BULLETS
WITH TAX REVENUES, IT IS
EXPECTED TO DECLINE WITH 19.5%
DROP IN SO FAR, WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IS THAT TAX REVENUE
RECEIPTS PROVIDE ALMOST 13%
LOWER FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE CHART AND IT IS
MODIFIED A LITTLE BIT BUT BASED
ON THE CHART WE SENT TO YOU IN
EARLY AUGUST, IT SHOWING 2020
ADOPTED IN THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN
IN THE REVISE WHICH IS AUGUST
FORECAST AND THE CHANGE BETWEEN
THAT REVISED AND ADOPTED
FORECAST IN THE NEXT COLUMN AND
THEN WE ARE SHOWING THE
PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE ADOPTED
BUDGET.
>> THAT LETTER IS THE BEST WAY
TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF
COVID-19 OF WHAT OTHERWISE
WOULD'VE BEEN WE HAD NOT
DEVELOPED THAT FORECAST SO WE
DON'T HAVE A SIMPLE PRE-TRAN16
POST COVID-19 COMPARISON BUT BY
COMPARING THE ADOPTED
FORECAST, IT WAS A PRE-COVID-19
FORECAST SO THAT IS INTENDED TO
GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THE
REVENUES IN 21 RELATIVE TO WHAT
THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITHOUT
COVID-19 AS BEST WE CAN.
>> YES.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE THAT WE
HAVE THESE FIGURES BEFORE WITH
SIGNIFICANT DROPS IN SALES AND
UTILITY TAXES AND PARKING IN
PROPERTY TAXES WHICH ARE
RELATIVELY SMALLER REDUCTION IN
LESS ECONOMICALLY DEPENDENT
WITH THE PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS
WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER WITH
PREVIOUS RECESSIONS BUT THE NET
IS $200 MILLION REDUCTION IN
THE GENERAL FUND RESOURCES
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS
PRESENTED BEFORE AND WE
CONCLUDED THE EMISSIONS TAX AND
IT IS TECHNICALLY A PART OF THE
GENERAL FUND BUT OVERALL
REDUCTION MIGHT BE THE SAME.
FOUR 2021, YOU WILL SEE GROWTH
IN THE PROPERTY TAX THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW THAT
ALLOWS US TO REFLECT 1% MORE
úAND THERE ARE SOME OTHER
CHANGES WITH THE PHOTO AND THIS
IS LARGELY THE 1% WITH THE
SALES AND UTILITY TAXES, YOU
CAN SEE MODEST GROWTH IN
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT DAVE HAS
DESCRIBED IN MODEST RECOVERY.
SIMILARLY, THERE ARE PARKING
METERS AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING
INCREASES PER POLICY TO TRY TO
ENSURE TURNOVER BUT THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF BIG DIFFERENCES THAT
DRIVE THE NET EFFECT AND ONE IS
THE PAYROLL TAX.
IT IS INTRODUCTION OF 214
MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS SO
THAT HELPS OFFSET THE 210
MILLION THAT WE ARE SEEING IN
2020 SO THAT IS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
GENERAL FUND AND THERE IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATE WITH THAT
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY
EXPERIENCE COLLECTING IT SO WE
DON'T KNOW THE TAX BASE WELL OR
THE OTHER REVENUES WE HAD
COLLECTED FOR DECADES TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND AND KNOW HOW THEY
REACT TO CHANGES IN THE
ECONOMY.
IN ADDITION, THE NATURE OF THE
EMPLOYMENT IS VERY DIFFERENT AS
A SPEECH YOU FOR MY HOME AND AS
MANY AS HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME.
THE PAYMENT IS RELATED TO WHERE
THE WORK OCCURS IN AND
DETERMINES HOW MUCH REVENUE IS
ATTRIBUTED TO SEATTLE AND WHERE
EMPLOYEES ARE LOCATED.
THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE REVENUE
STREAM AND WE HAVE TRIED TO BE
CONSERVATIVE IN THOSE FORECAST
BUT THERE IS MORE UNCERTAINTY
IN WHAT YOU SEE IN 2021 OVERALL
IS THAT THANKS IN NO SMART TO
THE PAYROLL TAX, WE HAVE THE
TOTAL REVENUE OF 1.4 BILLION
WHICH IS QUITE COMPARABLE TO
WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED IN 2020
BEFORE COVID-19 HIT.
THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF
WHAT IS IN THIS BUDGET AND WHAT
IS NOT AND WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD
TO MAKE DEEPER CUTS.
WITH THAT SAID, --
>> I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE
HAVE A QUESTION FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND PERHAPS
I CAN DOUBLE CHECK WITH YOU.
DO YOU WANT TO SUMMARIZE THESE
NEXT TWO SIDES BECAUSE I ASSUME
THEY GO TOGETHER OR DO YOU WANT
TO PAUSE FOR A QUESTION?
>> I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A QUESTION
NOW.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE
TAX IN THIS LINE HERE.
DO WE KNOW THE ANTICIPATED
RECOVERY OF THE TAX IN THAT
SITUATION STABILIZING A LITTLE
BIT?
WITH THE CATEGORY OF BUSINESSES
THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE MICRO
BUSINESS DEFINITION FOR THE
SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND THE
$10,000 GRANTS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN GIVING AS PART OF OUR
COVID-19 RELIEF AND WHAT
PORTION OF TAX RECEIPTS TO
BUSINESSES OF THAT SIZE
CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY?
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT GETTING
THAT GRANDCHILDREN ARE FOR
SMALL BUSINESSES AND IF THE
COUNCIL WERE TO THINK ABOUT AND
CONSIDER SOME KIND OF TAX
RELIEF POTENTIALLY RELATED TO
COVID-19, I KNOW THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE
A BROADER IMPACT ON THE
RECOVERY OF THOSE REVENUES IF
THOSE BUSINESSES ARE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS TO
THAT LINE ITEM OR IF WE ARE
MOSTLY SEEKING A RECOVERY FROM
SOME OF THE BIGGER BUSINESSES.
>> I BELIEVE DAVE TO COMMENT
ON THAT.
WE HAVE DONE SOME WORK ON THAT
IN THE PAST.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT
STATISTIC BUT I THINK WE WOULD
HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP.
IN GENERAL, THE SMALLER
BUSINESSES DON'T GENERATE
SIGNIFICANT SHARES OF THE
TOTAL.
IT'S NOT ZERO BY ANY STRETCH SO
IS THERE ANY ACTUAL DATA THAT
WOULD HELP INTO THIS QUESTION?
>> NOT ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WE
WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AND
LOVE TO SEE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE A SENSE
OF THE MAGNITUDE RELIEF AND
I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCOURAGE
THE APPROACH BUT IF YOUR GOAL
IS THE ASSISTANCE OF
BUSINESSES, THIS MAY NOT BE THE
BEST APPROACH.
THIS IS RELATIVELY SMALL WITH
INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES AND THERE
IS A REVENUE STREAM TO THE
CITY.
MOVING ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT
HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT --
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, I HAD A
QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
MIGHT BE WATCHING, I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT WAS REFERRED TO
THE PAYROLL TAX ON THE SLIDE IS
THE AMAZON TAX AND I WANTED TO
RECOGNIZE AND BEN NOBLE TALKED
ABOUT THIS BUT IN TERMS OF HOW
WORKING PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE
AFFECTED, I WANTED TO ORGANIZE
HOW TERRIBLE THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND HOW MUCH MORE
TERRIBLE IT WOULD'VE BEEN IF
THE TEXT IN IS ON MOVEMENT HAD
NOT BEEN TO THE OPPOSITION TO
THE TAX WHICH SHE IS NOW
RELYING ON BECAUSE IT GENERATES
THINGS THAT DID NOT EXIST
BEFORE AND WITHOUT THAT AMAZON
TAX, THEY WERE NOT BE AN
ADDITIONAL TWO TO $49 IN BUDGET
CUTS.
I HAVE A QUESTION AS TO HOW YOU
HAVE COME UP WITH THE ESTIMATE
OF $215 MILLION AND DOESN'T
INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE
BUSINESS IS LARGER THAN $1
BILLION?
MY RECOLLECTION IS ON THE CITY
COUNCIL AND STAFF WERE MAKING
THOSE ESTIMATES THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE DID NOT RELEASE
THAT INFORMATION TO THEM SO IF
YOU COULD JUST GO OVER THAT
QUICKLY, THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THIS NUMBER IS THE SIMPLE TAX
NUMBERS AND YOU ARE CORRECT
THAT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE A
SPECIFIC ESTIMATE OF THE IMPACT
AT THE HIGHEST TIER BUT THAT IS
NOT BECAUSE OF INFORMATION WE
DID NOT PROVIDE BUT BECAUSE OF
THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION AND
ALL THAT COMES FROM THE
DEPARTMENT WITH THE STATE AND
THE PAYROLL INFORMATION THAT WE
HAD COLLECTIVELY AS A PROJECT
WITH STAFF IN THE BUDGET OFFICE
RELYING UPON AND THEY DON'T
PROVIDE THAT DATA BECAUSE IT
WOULD BE TOO EASY TO IDENTIFY
WHICH SPECIFIC EMPLOYER IS
CONSIDERED PROPRIETARY.
IT'S ONE OF THE KEY REASONS AND
THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC
QUESTION BUT WE THINK IT IS
STILL A POTENTIALLY
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE GIVEN HOW
MUCH HAS BEEN CHANGING IN THE
ECONOMY AND PARTICULARLY WHERE
THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING.
THAT HAS CREATED A GREAT DEAL
WITH THE SECURITY DATA RELATING
TO THE HISTORIC DATA AND THIS
RELATES TO THE PEOPLE WORKING
IN THE CITY IN BORDERS
PHYSICALLY AND THAT IS A
DIFFERENT NUMBER NOW.
IT IS IN THREE DIFFERENT IN
BOTH WAYS.
PEOPLE THAT USED TO WORK OUT OF
THE CITY ARE NOW WORKING AT
HOME AND VICE VERSA.
OUR ABILITY TO CAPTURE TAXES ON
FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING FOR
BUSINESSES OUTSIDE THE CITY
WHILE THEY ARE AT HOME IS
QUESTIONABLE EVEN IF THEY ARE
TECHNICALLY DUE TO US.
THE BOTTOM LINE TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION IS THAT IS ONE OF THE
REASONS I AM MORE COMFORTABLE
ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE NATURE
OF THE TAX ITSELF BUT THESE ARE
ESTIMATES THAT WERE DEVELOPED
BY CENTRAL STAFF AND THEY WERE
REVIEWED AND THE METHODOLOGY
ISN'T PARTICULARLY DIFFERENT
THAN WHAT WE WOULD TAKE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE
SOMETHING THAT THE FORECAST IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE METHODOLOGY
THAT CENTRAL STAFF DEVELOPED
FOR THE COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS
DELIBERATING AND CONSIDERING
PASSING THE PAYROLL TAX WHICH
IT ULTIMATELY DID PASS.
I GUESS I WANT TO ALSO POINT
OUT THAT THE CITY'S REVENUE
FORECASTING IS A MORE ROBUST
AND EXPERT RESOURCE FOR THE
CITY AND I THINK AT THIS POINT,
THEY ARE OWNING THE REVENUE
FORECAST AND REALLY CONFIRMING
THAT THEY AGREE WITH THE
METHODOLOGY THAT CENTRAL STAFF
PROPOSES.
THE CITY NEEDS TO BALANCE AS
YOUR CHERNOBYL POINTED OUT TO
THE REVENUE FORECAST OVERALL
AND THIS IS PART OF THE GENERAL
FUNDS MIX OF REVENUES AND AT
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE BELIEVES
THAT IT IS A REASONABLE
FORECAST, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT
BUT THIS IS THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE IS FORECAST AT THIS
POINT IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET IS BALANCED TO THAT
FORECAST.
>> ALL THIS IS EMPHASIZED THE
POINT THAT I MADE WHEN WE
STARTED THIS.
WE AS A CITY ARE NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THIS TAX BASE AND WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR PRE-
COVID-19 AND THAT HASN'T
CHANGED BUT THE LEVEL OF
UNCERTAINTY HAS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
BECAUSE I WILL LATER TALK ABOUT
THE RESERVES THAT WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS POTENTIAL ERRORS IN THE
REVENUE FORECAST AND THOSE ARE
NOT AS STRONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN
AND IN ADDITION TO THE
UNCERTAINTY, WE DON'T ALSO HAVE
THE RESOURCES THAT WE IDEALLY
WOULD TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL
DIFFERENCES IN REALITY VERSUS
FORECAST IF YOU WILL.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS AND
THE REMINDER THAT THIS WAS
GENERATED BY CENTRAL STAFF.
ALSO, I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO GO
BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE NAME
OF THE PAYROLL TAX.
IT WAS CALLED THE JUMPSTART
WITH A LARGE COALITION AS THE
PRIME SPONSOR OF THAT BILL, I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
REMEMBER THAT THIS IS BUILT ON
YEARS OF ADVOCACY AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, I
APPRECIATE WE'VE HAD THE
CONVERSATION THAT THIS WAS THE
ON YEARS OF ACCURACY INCLUDING
FOLKS WORKING ON THE TAX AMAZON
PROPOSAL BUT FOR THE RECORD, IT
IS THE JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX
AND A LARGE COALITION THAT
BROUGHT IT TOGETHER WITH A
DIFFERENT MODEL IN TERMS OF HOW
THE TAX IS APPLIED AND SCALED
UP BASED ON DIFFERENT SIZES OF
SIX-FIGURE SALARIES AND
REGARDLESS, THE POINT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO BRING UP AND WHAT
WAS SENT BY DIRECTOR NOBLE AND
REITERATED IN THE PRESENTATION
IS THAT IT IS IS PAYROLL TAX
THAT WE ARE SEEING REVENUES
COME IN AND I BELIEVE DIRECTOR
NOBLE YOU SAID ABOUT THE SAME
AMOUNT WE ANTICIPATED PRIOR TO
COVID-19.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
THING FOR US TO ELEVATE
BECAUSE PEOPLE DID ASK
THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS
WHY WOULD WE DO THIS.
WE DID THIS TO BE PREPARED AND
REALISTIC WITH THE INVESTMENTS
NEEDED AND WHEN WE HAVE A TAX
SYSTEM THAT IS ON FOR LARGE
CORPORATIONS NOT PAY INTO THE
VERY FABRIC OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS WE
NEED TO HAVE HEALTHY FAMILIES
IN A ROBUST FUNCTIONING
ECONOMY.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE DID AND
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK WE
DID TOGETHER INCLUDING
APPRECIATING THE YEARS OF
ADVOCACY THAT IT TOOK TO GET TO
THE PASSAGE OF THIS.
I'M NOT GETTING THAT BUT I DO
WANT TO WRITE DENIES THE HARD
WORK IT TOOK TO PASS THIS ON
PREVIOUS PROPOSALS BUT THIS IS
IMPORTANT THAT THE PARENTS
COUNCIL HAS PASSED THIS AND
THAT WE KNOW ARE THOSE DOLLARS
ARE GOING FOR FUTURE SLIDES.
>> THE NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS
OF THE GENERAL FUND IS NOT THE
ONLY PLACE WE HAVE SUFFERED
REVENUE DECLINES.
THIS IS NOT ALL THE OTHER
REVENUE STREAMS AND DOES NOT
INCLUDE UTILITY REVENUES.
WHAT IS HI-LITE IS A SET OF
STREAMS THAT SUPPORT MANY OF
THE SAME ACTIVITIES AS THE
GENERAL FUND SUCH AS THE CORE
GENERAL FUNCTIONS IN THE FORMAT
IS THE SAME SO THE 2020
REVISED: IN THE CHANGE IS
COMMITTED BEFORE RELATIVE TO
THE ORIGINAL BUDGET IN THE
FORECAST OF THE CHANGES WE ARE
SEEING.
BOTH SEATTLE CENTER AND PARKS
AND RECREATION ARE NOT
COLLECTING THE FEES AND CHARGES
THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE
CUSTOMERS THAT THEY NORMALLY
DID WITH THE REAL ESTATE TAX
AND TRANSACTIONS AND YOU CAN
READ THE LIST BUT THEY ALL HAVE
SEEN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER
REVENUES.
FOR 2021, THERE IS A RECOVERY
IN MANY OF THOSE AND I WON'T GO
THROUGH THE DETAILS BUT YOU CAN
SEE THE FIGURES IN THE RIGHT-
HAND COLUMN IS DESIGNED TO
CAPTURE THE DIFFERENCE RELATIVE
TO WHAT WE MIGHT OTHERWISE
REASONABLY FORECAST PRE-TRAN16.
YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUNDS
WHICH WERE EVEN TO WHAT WE
MIGHT HAVE OTHERWISE EXPECTED
AND HERE WE ARE DOWN
SUFFICIENTLY AND WE DON'T HAVE
THE MEANS TO OFFSET THESE
REVENUES.
THAT WILL BE DRIVING SOME OF
THE CUTS IN PRIORITY SHIFTING
THAT I WILL DESCRIBE LATER.
WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS ASPECT BECAUSE
THIS IS AN ELEMENT OF THAT
CHALLENGE W ARE FACING.
>> WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
FORECAST RISKS AND IN THIS
CASE, THIS IS ALL RELATIVE TO
THE AUGUST FORECAST.
THERE ARE SOME UPSIDE RISKS AND
SOME OF THE INDICATORS ARE
PERFORMING BETTER THAN THE JULY
BASED FORECAST AND I THINK
PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, IN JULY WE
WERE LOOKING AT A 10.2%
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOW IT IS
8.5%.
WE WILL BE FACTORING THAT INTO
THE UPDATE THAT WE BRING YOU IN
ABOUT THREE WEEKS.
THEN, THERE IS A BIG QUESTION
ABOUT ADDITIONAL STIMULUS FROM
THE U. S. GOVERNMENT AND THAT
COULD DEFINITELY HAVE A
POSITIVE IMPACT BUT WE ARE
WAITING TO SEE IF THAT
MATERIALIZES.
THE PREVIOUS STIMULUS HAD A
STRONG AFFECT AND YOU CAN SEE
THE EFFECT IN THE DATA OF
PEOPLE GETTING NO STIMULUS
CHECKS.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING.
ON THE DOWNSIDE, IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE VIRUS AND HOW WE HANDLE IT
AND HOW IT HANDLES US.
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT
UNCERTAINTY TALKING ABOUT THE
LEISURE TOURISM CONVENTIONS AND
HOSPITALITY WITH THAT WHOLE
INDUSTRY CATEGORY AND IT IS
ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE
FEELING SAFE TO TRAVEL AND
ATTEND CONVENTIONS, ETC.
SO WE ARE WORRIED ON HOW THAT
WILL GO.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN, THERE IS
A REPORT THAT BOEING WILL BE
CONSOLIDATED AND THAT IS
PRODUCTION OF THE 787 IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
BOEING IS SAYING NO COMMENT AT
THE MOMENT BUT THAT IS WHAT
THEY ARE REPORTING AND WE WILL
FACTOR THAT IN.
AGAIN, THAT IS NOT JUST FOR THE
LINE WORKERS BUT THE SUPPLIERS
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THE CHAIN OF SUPPLY AND SO
FORTH.
OF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING
AND THE DEMAND IS DOWN BUT
CONSTRUCTION, I THINK BEN NOBLE
TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT
AND THEY WILL BE RETHINKING
OFFICE SPACE AND INTO THE
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION BASED ON
COVID-19 AND THE EMPLOYER'S
RESPONSE.
WHETHER WE GO BACK TO THE
OFFICES ARE NOT.
THAT COULD TAKE SOME PRESSURE
OFF AS PEOPLE MOVE FURTHER AWAY
AND IF THEY ARE NOT COMMUTING,
MAYBE THAT WORKS.
AS MENTIONED, THE LOCATION OF
WORK IS ADDING NEW UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE NEW PAYROLL TAX.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE
AND WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN
ABOUT THREE WEEKS TIME WITH AN
UPDATE THAT WILL FACTOR IN THE
LATEST DATA AND WE BELIEVE
THERE WILL BE POSITIVE CHANGES
BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH.
I THINK AS SOME OF YOU SAW, THE
STATE FORECAST HAS SOME LARGE
CHANGES AND I DON'T WANT TO GET
INTO IT TOO MUCH BUT I WOULD
EXPECT THAT THE INCREASES WOULD
MATCH THE MAGNITUDES OF THE
STATES JUST TO CREATE A SAFE
EXPECTATION.
>> CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT?
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS
THIS PRESENTATION HAS A
SEPTEMBER 30 DATE FOR TODAY'S
PRESENTATION BUT I WAS ASSUMING
THAT YOU PUT THIS PRESENTATION
TOGETHER QUITE A WHILE AGO AND
I WONDERED HAVE THE DECREASE IN
REVENUE IS NOT AS BAD AS
ANTICIPATED AND HAS AFFECTED
YOUR CALCULATIONS HERE.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT
YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY YOU DON'T
THINK IT WILL HAVE AS MUCH OF A
POSITIVE IMPACT OR LESS
NEGATIVE IMPACT IS WHAT WE ARE
SEEING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
>> SURE.
I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES
IS TIMING.
THIS IS MADE THE CHANGE
INTERVALS DIFFERENT FROM THE
STATE FORECAST.
THEY ALSO USE THE MARKET AND
ADD IN A BLUE-CHIP FORECAST FOR
THE CONSENSUS AND THERE WILL BE
SOME DIFFERENCES THERE.
I CAN'T REALLY DESCRIBE
NECESSARILY THE BASE FOR WHICH
THE STATE WAS WORKING IN TERMS
OF HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE
BASE WE ARE STARTING FROM.
WHEN THE STATE IS TALKING ABOUT
A CHANGED MEASURE, WE CAN'T
NECESSARILY COMPARE APPLES TO
APPLES AND THAT ARE CHANGED TO
MATCH THEIRS.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT REVENUE
STREAMS IN TERMS OF THE
PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL
REVENUES THAT MAKES UP AND
THERE'S ALSO A TIMING
DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF WHAT
THEY ARE MEASURING CHANGE FROM
WITH THAT SEPTEMBER FORECAST.
>> MAYBE DAVE IS BEING A
LITTLE HUMBLE BUT I THINK IN
THE END, WE WERE NOT AS
PESSIMISTIC IN OUR INITIAL
FORECASTING AS THE STATE WAS
AND THAT MAYBE FOR GOOD
REASONS.
ARE NOT TRYING TO SUGGEST ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER BUT THERE IS
AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE INITIAL
FORECAST AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS
FOR ALL.
IT IS A POSITIVE CORRECTION
WITH SIGNIFICANT MAGNITUDE BUT
IN RELATIVE TERMS TO WHERE THEY
STAND, THEY HAD FORECASTED A
DEEPER SCENARIO POTENTIALLY SO
WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND
GENERALLY MONITOR THE DATA AS
IT COMES IN A MONTHLY BASIS FOR
SOME REVENUE STREAMS AND THIS
YEAR WE ARE DOING THAT EVERMORE
DILIGENTLY BECAUSE OF THE
UNCERTAINTY THAT IS SO HIGH.
>> OKAY, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER
SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION
THAT DR. NOBLE WILL WALK US
THROUGH WE HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF LEFT IN THIS
MORNING'S TIMEFRAME SO BEFORE
WE GET TO THAT IN BEFORE WE LET
DAVE GO, CAN WE PLEASE TAKE A
FEW MORE QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU HAVE
THE FLOOR AND PLEASE LET US
KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE
POWERPOINT TO BE SCROLLED BACK
TO ANY SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I HAVE BEEN TAKING THE PRACTICE
OF HOLDING MY QUESTIONS TO THE
END AS I KNOW A LOT OF THE
QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE ANSWERED
IN FIGHTS THAT COME AFTER SO MY
QUESTION IS ON SLIDE 6 TODAY.
I ALSO WANT TO CONFIRM THAT IS
THE PRACTICE YOU WOULD PREFER
RATHER THAN TAKING QUESTIONS
THE OTHER WAY.
>> WE ARE HAPPY TO DO BOTH.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING PRESSING,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RAISE YOUR
HAND.
YOUR QUESTIONS MAY TRIGGER
OTHER PEOPLE TASK OTHER
QUESTIONS AS WELL SO AT THE END
OF EACH PRESENTATION, I WILL
ASK FOR ANYONE TO ASK
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BUT PLEASE
FOR FREE TO RAISE YOUR HAND
DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE
PRESENTATION AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING,
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
MY QUESTION WITH THE SLIDE AS
WELL AS ONE PREVIOUS WHERE YOU
DEMONSTRATE -- EXACTLY, HOW
MANY JOB OR HOW EACH SECTOR
HAS BEEN IMPACTED SEPARATELY
AND NOTING HERE CONSTRUCTION IN
LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY.
DID YOU SAY THIS MAKES UP 30%
OF JOBS?
THESE TWO SECTORS OR CAN YOU
GIVE ME THE NUMBER ONE TIME?
>> 16% OF ALL JOBS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> 40% OF THE JOBS LOST.
>> THANK YOU.
LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION
LINE AND NOTES ABOUT -9% AND
THAT FLOWS INTO THE SLIDE WHERE
WE ARE BASING THIS INFORMATION
OFF OF BUILDING PERMITS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> IS THERE A WAY TO INCLUDE
DATA INTO THIS PROJECTION THAT
INCLUDES APPLICATIONS?
>> SURE.
YOU ARE REFERRING TO WHAT WE
CALL INTAKE AND INTAKE HAS BEEN
INTERESTING THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE REAL CHANGES THAT WE
ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE AN EFFECT
IN NOVEMBER OR PERHAPS EARLIER
THAN THAT.
THAT WAS LEADING TO AN INCREASE
IN APPLICATIONS.
THAT THE MIND WAS MOVED BACK TO
FEBRUARY OR MARCH, I BELIEVE.
MAY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A
HIGH LEVEL OF INTAKE AND NOT
JUST A HIGH NUMBER OF PERMITS
BUT ALSO HIGH DOLLAR VOLUME OF
PERMITS.
THERE IS BEGINNING TO BE A
DISCONNECT BECAUSE THE BUILDERS
ARE TRYING TO GET THOSE PERMITS
IN UNDER THE EXISTING RULES
RATHER THAN FUTURE RULES SO WE
CAN DEFTLY PROVIDE A CHART WITH
INTAKE AS WELL AS ISSUES TO SEE
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THESE PATTERNS ARE WHAT WE
ARE SEEING THAT ARE NOT UNUSUAL
AND WHEN THERE IS ACE SYSTEMIC
CHANGE IN THE BUILDING
REGULATIONS, THEY ARE TRYING TO
GRANDFATHER THE PREVIOUS AND
IMPOSING ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS
WHICH ARE GENERALLY LESS
FLEXIBLE.
IT DOES MAKE IT TRICKY TO
FORECAST THAT DATA BUT ALWAYS
HAPPY TO PROVIDE ALL THAT.
>> ALL PERMITS TAKEN DO NOT
LEAD TO PERMITS ISSUED.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> THAT IS A STANDARD THING WE
SEE IN PERMITS ISSUED ARE NOT
EASILY PROJECTS BUILT ALTHOUGH
THE CORRELATION GETS TIGHTER AS
YOU MOVE THROUGH THE PERMITTING
PROCESS BUT OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS
IS THE PROJECTS ARE BEING
DEVELOPED ON PAPER AND DON'T
COME TO FRUITION AND THERE IS A
PATTERN WHERE FOLKS ARE
FINISHING AT WORK THAT THEY
STARTED PRE-COVID-19 AND IF
THERE ISN'T A DEMAND , FOLKS
HAVE BEEN DIZZY IN THEIR
OFFICES AND OTHERWISE
COMPLETING THE APPLICATION
PROCESS BUT WHETHER THEY MOVE
FORWARD OR NOT WILL DEPEND ON
THE DEMAND SO IS THERE A DEMAND
FOR OFFICE SPACE OR RESIDENTIAL
SPACE?
THAT IS ULTIMATELY -- IT
BECOMES A LEVEL OF SPENDING BUT
IT IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE
FUNDAMENTALS IN THE ECONOMY.
>> THANK YOU, THAT IS HELPFUL
INFORMATION.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
AFFORDABILITY WAS PUT INTO
PLACE, WE DID SEE A SPIKE IN
THE APPLICATIONS AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT TIME IS A
LIMITED RESOURCE AND ONLY SO
MANY PROJECTS CAN BE BILLED AT
ONE TIME WITH FURTHER
INFORMATION BEING HELPFUL AND
WE CAN FOLLOW-UP OFF-LINE IF
THAT IS EASIER FOR YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> I SEE A FEW MORE COUNCIL
MEMBERS THAT MAY HAVE
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, BEFORE
WE MOVE OFF THIS POINT, THIS IS
PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT THE
MORE WE CAN INVEST IN HOUSING,
THE MORE POTENTIAL REVENUE WE
CAN RECEIVE IF WE ARE
EXPEDITING AND ALLOWING FUNDING
THESE HOUSING EFFORTS.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT IS WELL
TAKEN AND THE POINT THAT I WAS
MAKING IS THAT WHILE THESE ARE
BUILDING PERMITS I HAVE BEEN
ISSUED AT THIS TIME AND
UNDERSTANDING THE INTAKE IS A
METRIC AND WHILE LEISURE MAY BE
DOWN AND THEY MAY START TO PICK
UP AGAIN.
>> EXCELLENT POINT, THANK YOU.
ARE THERE OTHER FOLKS THAT HAVE
QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE 11 IN THE
RE-TAX IS TAKING A HIT AND I
WONDER IF YOU CAN EXTEND THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE OR CAN YOU
IMPACT THAT A LITTLE BIT?
>> ALMOST ALL THE REDUCTION OF
WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED, THAT IS
DUE TO THE EXPECTATION OF
REDUCED COMMERCIAL SALES AND WE
HAVE SEEN SOME LARGE APARTMENT
BUILDINGS TRANSACT THIS SUMMER
WHICH WERE OVER AND ABOVE WHAT
WE HAD EXPECTED AND THAT IS
REPRESENTED IN THIS FORECAST
AND GOING FORWARD, WE WILL SEE
INCREASED GROWTH FROM
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY BUT WE
DON'T EXPECT TO GET BACK TO
2019 RATE LEVELS UNTIL 2023 OR
24.
>> THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION IF
YOU HAVE A PROJECTION FOR HOW
LONG THIS MIGHT BE THE CASE
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW IT
WOULD AFFECT OFFICE HOUSING.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WANTED TO THANK THE DIRECTOR
AND HUMANIZATION AND ALL THE
FOLKS THAT HAVE WORKED HARD
PUTTING TOGETHER THIS BUDGET
FOR US TO JUMP INTO AS WE HAVE
LIMITED TIME TO REVIEW IT.
WE ARE JUMPING RIGHT INTO OUR
QUESTIONS WHICH WE SHOULD AND I
DID JUST WANT TO PAUSE AND
THINK OF THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
WORKED TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW ON THE LAST PAGE, THERE
IS A FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION
AND AS THE CHAIR, I WILL WAIT
TO AS MY TRANSPORTATION
QUESTIONS UNTIL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON WHEN WE HAVE A MORE
FULL DISCUSSION FROM THE WHOLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
I WILL JUST LISTEN INTENTLY IN
THE MEANTIME.
THANK YOU.
>> UNDERSTOOD, THANK YOU.
I'M SURE DIRECTOR NOBLE
APPRECIATES THAT AS WELL.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE FROM YOU AS WELL AND JUST
AS A REMINDER, WHEN WE GET TO
THE PORTION OF PRESENTATIONS
WHERE WE HAVE IS APARTMENT
COMING FORWARD, I WILL BE
LOOKING TO THE CHAIR IN THOSE
DEPARTMENTS TO EITHER PROVIDE
OPENING COMMENTS THEY WOULD
LIKE TO OR TO FRAME ISSUES OR
COMMENTS THEY HAVE AND I WILL
TURN TO YOU FIRST IN THE LINE
UP OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
OKAY, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
FOR DAVE OR HIS TEAM BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET PRESENTATION?
OKAY, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU
AND I KNOW IT AND GET A CHANCE
TO HEAR FROM OTHERS BUT I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR THIS WALK-
THROUGH OF THE PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE
WORKING ON THE WAY OCTOBER
REVENUE FORECASTS AND THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO GET THAT PRIOR TO
NOVEMBER, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED SO THANK YOU FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION AND ALL OF YOUR
WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE, LET'S BRING
IT BACK TO YOU WITH THE
PROPOSED BUDGET OVERVIEW WITH
THE MAYOR AND HER RELEASING
YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT IS A
PLEASURE TO DO.
I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS
AGAIN AT A HIGH LEVEL FOCUSING
ON THE GENERAL PRIORITIES THAT
ARE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET AND
THE STRATEGIES WE TOOK TO
BALANCE AND TALKING ABOUT HOW
THE PRIORITIES WERE FULFILLED
IN A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL BY A
COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS BUT I AM
GOING TO HOLD INFORMATION TO
THE INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING
SCHEDULE AND I THINK THAT IS A
BETTER FORUM AND YOU CAN LEARN
MORE FROM THE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTOR ABOUT THE IMPACTS IN
THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL
APPROACHES.
WITH THAT, I WILL MOVE FORWARD.
THE MAYOR APPROACHED THE 2012
BUDGET WITH A SERIES OF
PRIORITIES AND WE WILL TRY TO
SUMMARIZE THOSE HERE.
ONE OF WHICH WAS CONSISTENT
WITH THE DISCUSSION WE HAD TODAY
WITH THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS
GOING FORWARD BUT WE ARE NOT
ANTICIPATING THE SAME LEVEL OF
FEDERAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE
WE RECEIVED IN 2020 AND WE HOPE
THAT MIGHT CHANGE BUT WE
RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO FUND
RESOURCES TO THE RELIEF AND
INTERVENTION EFFORTS THAT WE
HAVE UNDERTAKEN.
AS DESCRIBED IN A NUMBER OF
FORMS BY THE MAYOR AND THE
DEPUTY MAYOR, THERE HAS BEEN
SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND THIS
INCLUDES A $100 BUDGET AND
CALLS FOR AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS
TO DETERMINE HOW TO ALLOCATE
THOSE RESOURCES SO THEY ARE SET
ASIDE AND PURPOSELY UNALLOCATED
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BUT I DO
WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS
ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
MR. AND SIMILAR INVESTMENTS AS
AN EXAMPLE IN THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS ALL ABOUT
CITY SUPPORT FOR BUILDING
NONCOMMUNITY WEALTH AND THE
LEVELS FOR THAT ARE MAINTAINED
AND THAT IS REQUIRING A
RESOURCE BECAUSE THE TAX WHICH
HAD BEEN ASSIGNED AND DEDICATED
AS THE REVENUE SOURCE TO
SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES IS NOT
AS ROBUST AS WE HAD HOPED.
IN TERMS OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY,
THE BUDGET TAKES A NUMBER OF
STEPS HANNAH HEAVISIDE
HIGHLIGHTING THESE WITH
SHIFTING RESOURCES AND REUSING
RESOURCES TO SPD AND SHIFTING
FUNCTIONS AND RESOURCES OUT OF
SPD AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE
MAYOR WAS CALLING FOR
ESTABLISHING A TEAM OR BRANCH
TEAM TO TAKE A DEEP ANALYTIC
WORK AT THE FUNCTIONS AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY MORE BROADLY
TO SET ASIDE RESOURCES THE
BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT POTENTIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT WORK.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF
THE COUNCIL IN THE JUMPSTART
PROPOSAL USING AVAILABLE
RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN OUR
EXISTING INVESTMENTS THAT
SUPPORT THOSE IN GREATEST NEED.
THAT INCLUDES THOSE THAT ARE
EXPECTING HOMELESSNESS AND WHO
ARE BURDENED BUT REALLY ALL OF
HST AND OTHER DEPARTMENT
EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO
MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN SERVICE.
WE TRY TO DO ALL THAT WHILE
MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF THE
CITY'S WORKFORCE WITH TWO
POINTS ON THAT.
THE EXECUTIVE HAS THAT WAGE
RAISE FOR THE NONREPRESENTATIVE
STRATEGIC ADVISORS AND MANAGERS
AND EXECUTIVES.
THE OVERALL BUDGET DOES INCLUDE
LAYOFFS AND WE PROVIDED NOTICE
TO 33 EMPLOYEES WITH THEM BEING
AT RISK AND THAT IS WITH THE
LIBRARIES AND WE DON'T HAVE
THAT FINAL IMPACT ESTIMATES AT
OF THAT 33, 13 REPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES, 15 IS ALMOST HALF
WITH THE MANAGERS AND
EXECUTIVES SO TO GIVE A SENSE
THAT A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER
OF INDIVIDUALS FOR EACH OF THEM
ARE STATICALLY IMPACTED WITH
LESS THAN HALF ARE PRESENTED
EMPLOYEES IN THE STRATEGIC
ADVISOR EXECUTIVE LEVEL AND THE
DIRECTOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT
HEAD RESOURCES CAN ADD
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
THIS GOING FORWARD BUT THE CITY
WILL SET UP A PROGRAM DESIGNED
TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES TO PLACE
THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO OTHER
ROLES OF THE CITY AND WE DO
HAVE A HIRING FREEZE BUT WE ARE
STILL HIRING WITH THE WAIVER
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS STILL
CONTINUE IN THE CITY AND THERE
ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO
LAND IN OTHER ROLES.
>> OKAY, DIRECTOR NOBLE, DOES
THAT INCLUDE THIS PAGE?
>> FOR THE SPACE, YES.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I DO
HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS IN
TERMS OF WHAT YOU JUST LAID OUT
A NUMBER OF CONCERNS AND I WANT
TO NOTE AGAIN MY APPRECIATION
FOR YOU, SPECIFICALLY IN FOR
YOUR CBO TEAM.
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK AS I MENTIONED IN THE
BEGINNING AND YOU HAVE MADE
SOME MAGIC HAPPEN HERE WITH
PROMISES THAT WERE MADE BY
EXECUTIVES SO I APPRECIATE THAT
YOUR TEAM WAS IN A TOUGH
POSITION AND WHEN I ASK
QUESTIONS, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU
PERSONALLY ON THE SPOT OR YOUR
TEAM BUT I MUST ASK THESE
QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD AND
FOR US TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE
OF THE BUDGET WE ARE LOOKING
AT.
YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT AS RECENTLY AS
YESTERDAY, THE MAYOR HAS
CRITICIZED THE COUNCIL SEVERAL
TIMES IN SPECIFICALLY
CRITICIZING OUR WORK AROUND
JUMPSTART AND SOMETHING THAT
BEGAN EARLY IN THE SPRING AND I
WOULD LIKE TO WALK THROUGH
SEVERAL OF THESE CRITICISMS AS
THEY ADDRESSED TO THE $100
EQUITY INITIATIVE LAID OUT IN
FRONT OF US.
I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED TIME AND
A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES
PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS AS WELL
SO FEEL FREE TO SAY YES OR NO
OR IF YOU NEED TO FOLLOW-UP
WITH US, THAT IS FINE.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A TON OF
ELABORATION SO YES OR NO OR A
SIMPLE NUMBER IS SUFFICIENT.
CITING THE QUOTE FROM THE
MAYOR'S VIDEO YESTERDAY IN
ESSENCE, SHE SAID THE SPD CUTS
HAVE TO BE FOUNDED IN "FACTS IN
REAL PLAN."
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
EMPHASIZE THAT THE COUNCIL
BELIEVES IN THAT AND THAT IS
WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN
WORKING ON FOR A NUMBER OF
MONTHS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE
$100 MILLION INVESTMENT WITH
WART SORT OF FACTS DROVE THE
TOTAL AMOUNT FOR 100 MILLION
AND WERE THERE ANY BACKGROUND
DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WERE
PROVIDED TO INDICATE WHAT 100
MILLION WOULD POTENTIALLY GO
INTO AND WHAT FACTS LED TO THAT
DOLLAR AMOUT THAT WAS GIVEN TO
THE CBO OFFICE?
>> I THINK THIS REPRESENTS
FROM THE MAYOR'S PERSPECTIVE
THE MOST WE THOUGHT WE COULD
AFFORD TO DO BUT NOT
NECESSARILY IN CERTAIN ENOUGH
TO ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING
ISSUES SO THE DOCUMENTATION WAS
100 IF YOU WILL BUT RATHER A
SENSE OF WHAT COULD BE POSSIBLE
AND AS PART OF THE TASK FORCE,
THERE ARE DIRECT
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL
REVENUE SOURCES THAT CAN
SUSTAIN FUNDING GOING FORWARD
AND NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BE
SUFFICIENT TO BE CLEAR BUT
GIVEN THE OVERALL GOALS WITH
DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED A
CERTIFICATE IN ONGOING BASIS.
>> MY OTHER QUESTION RELATES
TO THE FACT THAT THE MAYOR HAS
CRITICIZED THE COUNCIL FOR
WRITING A CHECK WE COULD NOT
CASH AND IT APPEARS CLEAR THAT
THIS COMMITMENT IS A CHECK THAT
SHE COULD NOT CASH IT LOOKS TO
THE JUMPSTART REVENUE TO FIND
THIS PROMISE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CLEAR THAT IT IS NO SECRET THAT
THE $109 INVESTMENT WHILE IT
COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND IS
DIRECTLY COMING FROM THE
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT THE
INVESTMENT WAS ALLOCATING TO
THE GENERAL FUND AND IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHERE
THESE DOLLARS GO AND THAT THE
MAYOR DID NOT VETO, WE HAVE THE
JUMPSTART PLAN GOING INTO
EFFECT IN THAT FUNDING FROM
JUMPSTART WAS TO GO TO THINGS
LIKE FEEDING HUNGRY FAMILIES OR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN KEEPING
PEOPLE HOUSED IN OFF THE STREET
WITH CASH ASSISTANCE WITH
UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS IN OUR CITY
THAT ARE RECEIVING FEDERAL AND
STATE EMPLOYMENT ASSURANCE OR
RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND
IMPORTANTLY, CHILDCARE AS THE
HEADLINES CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT IF WE DON'T HAVE
INVESTMENTS, WE KNOW OUR
ECONOMY CANNOT COME BACK OR
STAY ALIVE.
THESE ARE CRITICAL SERVICES
THAT WERE MENTIONED IN JUST A
WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT
THE CHOICES MADE, THESE ARE THE
TYPES OF CHOICES THAT WERE MADE
WITH A COMMITMENT FOR $109 WAS
TAKEN FROM THE JUMPSTART
REVENUE.
IT IS FROM FUNDING FOR FOOD IN
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
THAT RELY ON CHILDCARE AND
SMALL BUSINESS REPORT AND
LIBRARIES AND COMMITTEE CENTERS
AND TO GET TO MY QUESTION, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
MINIMIZING THAT THIS WAS A
CHOICE AND WE ARE SUPPLANTING
THE USE OF THESE DOLLARS I
WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO SERVING
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES FOR
THESE KEY SERVICES.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, YOU
MENTIONED MINIMIZING THE
IMPACTS OF THE LAYOFF STILL
COULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET CONTEMPLATES WITH THE
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE BEING LAID OFF
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET?
>> I INDICATED A TOTAL OF 33
AND THAT NUMBER WILL BE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER ONCE WE HEAR
FROM THE LIBRARIES WITH THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK AND
MITIGATE ON THAT SIDE AS WELL.
THEY HAVE THOSE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS AND WITH THOSE
REPRESENTED AND THE PROJECT
TIRES IN THE SYSTEM THAT HR
SETS UP IN THE LAYOFF MODE AND
THE OPPORTUNITY BUT I DON'T
WANT TO MINIMIZE AND I WOULD
SAY THAT FOR 2020 AS I
UNDERSTOOD IT, THIS IS
SUSTAINING THE CITY SERVICES
AND I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE A
COMPLETELY WITH THE
CONVERSATION OF LAOS BUT
SUBSTANTIALLY SO IN THE CITY
HAS MORE THAN 11,000 EMPLOYEES
OVERALL IN THE OTHER CONTINUITY
OF SERVICE WAS AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT IN THE OTHER WAS COVID-
19 RELIEF AND WE ARE PROVIDING
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN COVID-
19 RELIEF IN RECOGNIZING THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE
THERE AND IT IS TRUE THAT THE
$100 MILLION OF THE RESOURCE
CAN BE INVESTED IN NUMEROUS
DIFFERENT WAYS TO PROVIDE
BENEFITS AND SERVICES TO A
VARIETY OF SEATTLE RESIDENCES
OR BUSINESSES AND THIS IS IN
CONSIDERING THE BUDGET.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR, I SEE YOU ARE
ALSO OFF MUTE SO I WILL COME
BACK TO JUST A FEW MINUTES WITH
A FEW FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
HE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
BUDGET ASSUMES IN TERMS OF COST
SAVINGS FOR THESE 33 FTES, CAN
YOU REMIND ME OF WHAT THE TOTAL
DOLLAR AMOUNT IS?
IS LESS THAN 100 MILLION?
>> IT IS A OPTIMALLY $5
MILLION.
>> 59 DOLLARS COULD POTENTIALLY
PREVENT AGAINST CITY EMPLOYEES
FROM BEING LAID OFF FROM THIS
CRITICAL SERVICES?
>> I WOULD NOTE THAT A NUMBER
OF THE LAYOFFS ARE
PROBLEMATICALLY DRIVEN RATHER
THAN FINANCIALLY DRIVEN SO THAT
IS NOT A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
COMPARISON BUT THE MUNICIPAL
COURT HAS LOOKED AT THE
PROBATION FUNCTION SHIFTING TO
THE COURT MODEL AND THEY WILL
PRESENT BUT I RECALL SEVEN
LAYOUTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
AND THOSE ARE ONES THEY USED TO
MEET THE TARGETS BUT THEY ARE
POLICY DRIVEN AND THAT HIS
POLICY RATHER THAN BUDGETARY
GERMAN.
THE UNDERLYING POINT IS STILL
THERE AND NOT ARGUING BUT NOT
ALL THESE ARE DRIVEN DECISIONS.
>> YOU MENTION SPECIFIC TO
OTHER FUTURE LAYOFFS THAT THERE
MAY BE MORE FTES BEING ADDED TO
THE AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT NEED TO
BE LAID OFF OR 2021 AND
SPECIFICALLY LIBRARIES.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS OR
TIMEFRAME THAT THE COUNCIL WILL
BE MADE AWARE WITH ANY
ADDITIONAL PROPOSED LAYOFFS AND
CAN YOU DISTINGUISH THAT
TIMELINE FOR US TODAY?
ALSO, WHAT IS THE DISTINCTION
BETWEEN PROBLEMATIC LAYOFFS AND
FINANCIAL LAYOFFS?
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
THAT?
>> THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE
WORKING THROUGH THE BUDGETARY
AND PERSONAL DECISIONS AND NEED
TO CONSULT WITH THE LIBRARY
BOARD AND THE LIBRARY IS
GOVERNED BY THE BOARD MORE
DIRECTLY THAN THE CITY COUNCIL
ORTHE MAYOR AND THIS IS
ACCOMMODATED ARRANGEMENT AND I
AM NOT DOING IT JUSTICE BUT
THAT IS A SENTENCE TO WHICH
THEY ARE SOMEWHAT INDEPENDENT
AND WITH RESPECT TO PROBLEMATIC
VERSUS BUDGETARY, THE COURT HAS
MADE A DECISION ABOUT THE
PROBATION FUNCTIONS THAT ARE
NOT NECESSARY DRIVEN BY THE
FINANCIAL SITUATION BUT THE OWN
PERCEPTION AND THIS IS FOR THEM
TO DESCRIBE TO YOU RATHER THAN
I. THEIR PERCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT
IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY AND IF
YOU WILL TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE
IF YOU WILL BUT THAT PRODUCES
FINANCIAL SAVINGS AND WE ARE
SHIFTING AWAY FROM THE CURRENT
MODEL OF PROBATION AS A POLICY
MATTER RATHER THAN A BUDGETARY
MATTER.
I THINK WE WOULD'VE SEEN THE
PROPOSAL TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE
PRESSURES WE ARE SEEING
CURRENTLY.
>> IS I THINK FAIR TO SAY THAT
WE ARE SUPPLANTING WHAT
WOULD'VE BEEN OTHERWISE
INVESTMENTS IN JUMPSTART SO I
THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION IN
FRONT OF US IS ARE WE MEETING
THE NEEDS OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS
IN TERMS OF FOOD AND HOUSING
AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT,
YES OR NO WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHEN
COUNCIL APPROVED THE JUMPSTART
SPENDING PLAN WITH THE VISION
BEING USED IN 2021, IT INCLUDED
COVID-19 SPENDING AND AS YOU
KNOW, WITH THE AGREEMENT, WE
WILL BE CONTINUING THAT
SPENDING INTO 2021 INCLUDING
GROCERY VOUCHERS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPED WITH RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND SMALL BUSINESS
ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS THE OTHER
THINGS HIGHLIGHTED AND THAT WAS
IN AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR JOINED RELATED TO
THE SPENDING ON THAT.
THE SECOND COMPONENT WAS
RELATED TO SUSTAINING EXISTING
CITY INVESTMENTS AS THE
DIRECTOR HAS REITERATED EARLIER
AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN INTO
THE FOCUS OF PROTECTING THE
SAFETY NET AND ENSURING THAT
SERVICES THAT ARE IMPACTING AND
BENEFITING THE MOST FORMAL
RESIDENTS CONTINUE WITH THE
MOST BASIC SERVICES CONTINUING
IN THE FINAL COMPONENT WAS
RELATED TO THE RESTORING OF THE
RAINY DAY FUND AND THE
EMERGENCY FUND TO ENSURE THE
OVERALL BALANCING OF THE 2021
BUDGET AND I THINK WHAT YOU ARE
SEEING IN THIS OVERALL SPEND
PLAN AND BUDGET FOR 21 IS THAT
NOT ONLY HAVE WE ACHIEVED THOSE
GOALS BUT IN ADDITION AND I
THINK YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THE
RESPONSE TO THE URGENT CALL
FROM BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO
MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS, I DON'T
LEAVE THOSE INVESTMENTS HIT ONE
AGAINST THE OTHER AND THE MAYOR
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT
STARTING IN 2022 WHERE THE
JUMPSTART PLAN CONTEMPLATES
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS THAT
THERE IS AN INTENTION TO SEEK
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AND
CONTINUE THE ONGOING FUNDING OF
THE $100 MILLION AND I WILL END
WITH WHAT WE ARE SEEING AND
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD CLEARLY AS A
CALL FROM THE BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHAPE
THOSE INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE
HISTORY OF SALES BUDGET THAT
THIS REVENUE AND 100 LEGAL
ALLOCATION IS COMPLETE THE
UNOBLIGATED IN A COMMUNITY LED
PROCESS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE
PRIORITIES FOR THOSE
INVESTMENTS WHETHER IT IS
COMMUNITY WELLNESS OR WHATEVER
ELSE THE COMMUNITY SEES AS
PRIORITIES TO MAKE NOW AND INTO
THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS YOU
MADE AND I ALSO WANT TO OFFER
SOME CLARIFICATION THAT THERE
WAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ON THE COVID-19
RELIEF FUNDING FOR THE YEAR
2020 RECOGNIZING THAT THE
AGREEMENT WE REACHED SPAIN INTO
2021 WITH 45 MILLION OVER THE
TWO YEARS WHICH WOULD IDEALLY
BE SPENT IN 2020.
HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR
WAS ADDED DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION IN THE 2021
CONVERSATION ENVISIONED 80% OF
THE FUNDS GOING TO SHORE UP
EXISTING CORE GOVERNMENT
SERVICES SO THERE WOULD NOT BE
AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY IN
TERMS OF REDUCTION FOR
LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND CHILDCARE AND THAT WE WOULD
HAVE TO LAY FOLKS OFF IF WE
CANNOT KEEP PEOPLE ON.
THE REST OF THE 20% WAS
SUPPOSED TO GO TO ONGOING
SHEFALI RANGANTHAN SUPPORT SO
THAT IS A DISTINCTION OF WHAT
WAS AGREED UPON FOR THE 2020
SPEND VERSUS THE 2021 SPENT.
I LAST QUESTION FOR YOU OR NOT
MY LAST QUESTION BUT ONE LAST
QUESTION AND THEN I WILL TURN
OVER TO SEE IF OTHERS HAVE
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IS
REGARDING THE $100 MILLION
INVESTMENT.
FROM THE EXECUTIVE SIDE, COULD
YOU GIVE US AN INDICATION OF
HOW EARLY THE CBO'S OFFICE WAS
GIVEN A HEADS UP ABOUT THE
NEED TO ALLOCATE 100 MILLION
FROM EXISTING FUNDS AND HOW AND
WHEN TO THAT DECISION GET MADE
WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN THE
TIMEFRAME ON HOW TO WORK THAT
OUT.
>> I HAVE TO GO BACK AND REVIEW
AND THE AWARENESS GOING, IT'S
NOT ANYTHING NEW AND IDENTIFIED
THE NEED TO ADDRESS AND THAT IS
A VERSION OF THE GET PRIORITY
AND AT THE SAME TIME, COVID-19
WAS ROLLING AND SOME OF THIS
IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BLUR BUT
IT WAS CLEAR IN THAT CONTEXT
THAT IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE
WITH A FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY
SENSE.
>> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING AND
I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHETHER DECISION
COMES FROM.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I SEE
YOUR HAND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I STILL NEED A LITTLE BIT OF
CLARITY ABOUT HOW WE GOT IN
WITH THE SPEND PLAN TO WHERE WE
ARE NOW.
LOOKING AT THE SPEND PLAN THAT
THE COUNCIL PASSED FOR OUR
ASPIRATIONS AND SPENDING AND IT
INCLUDED ABOUT HALF OF THE
FUNDS GOING TO PAY BACK IN THE
EMERGENCY FUNDS.
THAT IS AROUND $100 MILLION
GOING RIGHT THERE IN THE OTHER
HALF WORKS OUT TO BE 80 MILLION
GOING FOR CONTINUITY OF
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND THESE
ARE THE TRADITIONAL CORE
SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES
WITH STAFFING AND $80 MILLION
TO AVOID HAVING TO MAKE CUTS IN
THOSE AREAS.
IT ALSO GOES ON TO INCLUDE 42%
OR ABOUT 11 MILLION FOR
EMERGENCY HOUSING AND SUPPORT.
ABOUT 5.5 MILLION FOR
IMMIGRANTS SUPPORT AND 4.2
MILLION FOR FOOD SUPPORT IN
ABOUT 4.7 MILLION FOR SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT.
THIS IS CONTINUING THE PROGRAMS
THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR
WORKS TOGETHER TO RESPOND TO
COVID-19.
I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND, IS
THAT RESOLUTION PUT ASIDE
ALTOGETHER BY THE MAYOR AND NOT
BEING CONSIDERED AT ALL OR IS
IT TRUE THAT HALF OF THE FUNDS
HAD NOT BEEN USED TO REPLENISH
THE EMERGENCY FUNDS AND THE
OTHER HALF IS 75% FOR
CONTINUATION WITH SERVICES AND
WHAT IS REMAINING FOR THE
EVICTION PREVENTION AND
INTERNET SUPPORT IN WITH HER
THAT RESOLUTION AWAY ALTOGETHER
, IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THE $86 MILLION RESOLUTION
AND FOR INSTANCE, THE REPAYMENT
WOULD BE IN THE RESOURCES WOULD
BE ALL BUT FULLY DRAINED IN
2020.
IN THOSE BRIEFINGS, IT WASN'T
GOING TO WORK OUT THE TIME FROM
THE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND WE
WOULD RELY ON THE RAINY DAY
FUND VERY SIGNIFICANTLY TO
BALANCE AND WE WERE ONLY GOING
TO USE ABOUT 30% OF THE RAINY
DAY FUNDS IN 2020 TO SAY $100
MILLION AND IN THE COUNCILS
PERSPECTIVE AS WE NEED TO SPEND
MONEY NOW AND AND I APPRECIATE
THE RESPONSE AND MAYOR DIRECTOR
AND NOBLE, WE ARE CONTROLLED
DURING THE RAINY DAY FUND IN
2020 TO FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAVE A
PLAN TO REFILL IT IN 2021 SO
THAT WE CAN THEN DRAIN IT TO
BALANCE.
CONSISTENT WITH THAT OVERALL
ARC, I WILL SHOW YOU SHORTLY
THAT WE HAVE LONGTIME RESOURCES
AND WE COULD REFILL IT AND WE
ARE USING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT
HAD BEEN PLANNED AND THERE ARE
RESOURCES NEEDED IN THE
JUMPSTART PLAN WOULD NOT HAVE
LEFT US WITH SIGNIFICANT
UNBALANCED RESERVES IN THE
EMERGENCY FUND AND THE PROPOSED
BUDGET IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WITH THE
INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION.
>> I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO
INTERRUPT . DO YOU WANT TO
FINISH YOUR THOUGHT?
>> I'M JUST GOING TO FOR
SUPPORT SPENDING.
>> CAN WE HOLD ON THAT JUST
FOR A SECOND?
USE THE TURN COMPLETELY DRAIN
OUT IN 2021 AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
ACTUALLY WAS PASSED ON THE
COUNCIL.
THERE WILL BE A REMINDER OF
WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE
JUMPSTART PUZZLE.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE
OF THINGS AND WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT JUMPSTARTING PLANS AND
THERE WAS THE RELIEF PLAN THAT
DEPENDED ON USE OF RESERVES TO
GET COVID-19 RELIEF OUT THE
DOOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
AND SEPARATELY THERE IS A
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN ADOPTED
THROUGH THE RESOLUTION FOR THE
PAYROLL TAX IN THE 2020 PLAN
WAS TO SPEND 86 NINE DOLLARS
FROM THE RESERVES TO PROVIDE
TRANSITION RELIEF.
AND THAT WAS REDUCED WITH THE
HALF REDUCTION AND THEY WERE
SPENDING LESS OF THE RESERVES
AND I THINK THE PLAN WILL PUT
BACK THE $86 MILLION IN
UNDERSTANDING AGGER CHERNOBYL
WAS EXPLAINING THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG THAT THEY
WILL NEED TO DEPEND ON THOSE
RESERVES TO BALANCE IN 2021 AND
WE HAVE THAT RESERVE IN THE
PAYROLL TAX IN ANY SPENDING
WITH THE RESERVES FOR THE
RELIEF BUT IN ADDITION TO
PAYING BACK THE 2020 SPENDING,
THE PLAN INCLUDES 26 NINE
DOLLARS FOR EXTENDING OR
EXPANDING THE RELIEF PROGRAMS
IN 2021 AND 96 NINE DOLLARS FOR
CONTINUITY OF SERVICES.
THEORETICALLY, THEY WOULD BE 96
MILLION+86 MILLION FOR
CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AND $26
MILLION FOR COVID-19 RELIEF.
WHAT WE ARE HEARING IS AFTER
THE SPENDING IN 2020 THAT IT IS
JUST DEPENDING WERE WE ARE --
IT IS PRIMARILY DEPENDING ON
THE SPENDING THAT WAS IN THE
2020 JUMPSTART PLAN AND ADDING
SIGNIFICANTLY TO THAT.
THE 96 NINE DOLLARS FOR
CONTINUITY AND SERVICES AND 86
NINE DOLLARS THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO REPLENISH THE FUNDS IS BEING
USED TO BALANCE 2021 INCLUDING
NEEDED TO BALANCE THE PROPOSED
$100 MILLION OF NEW INVESTMENTS
IN THE COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE TURN IT BACK OVER TO
DIRECTOR NORMAL FOR A FOLLOW-UP
ON THE QUESTION, DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> NO, I JUST APPRECIATED
TRENTO GETTING ON AND
CONFIRMING THE NUMBERS.
I WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF ABOUT
THE $10 MILLION BUT THE
QUESTION I THINK STILL STANDS
ABOUT THE COUNCILS INTENT FOR
21 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS THE POINT I WAS MAKING
BETWEEN THE DECISION OF THE
2020 RELIEF IN THE 2021
SPENDING PLAN.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, I'M SORRY I
INTERVIEW BUT I THOUGHT THAT
CLEAR VOCATION WAS IMPORTANT
REGARDING WHAT WAS BEING
PROPOSED AND REPLENISHING THE
FUNDS SO DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO SAY BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER?
>> THE ONLY THING IS THE
FUNDING FOR THE COVID-19 RELIEF
IS NOT LIMITED TO THE $22
MILLION THAT WAS PART OF THE
AGREEMENT WITH THE MAYOR.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND TO
SUPPORT A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES
AND I DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR
AMOUNT BUT I DID HAVE A SLIDE
THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTING MANY OF
THOSE EFFORTS WITH HERE TWO OF
THE $40 MILLION RELIEF
COMPROMISE IF YOU WILL WITH THE
MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THAT.
>> THANK YOU, IT DIRECTOR
NOBLE.
I THINK THE PUBLIC IS FOLLOWING
ALONG WITH US CLOSELY AND FULLY
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO KNOW
WHERE THE $96 MILLION FOR
CONTINUITY OF SERVICES IS.
HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE 100
MILLION BEING PROPOSED SO I AM
SURE FOLKS ARE FOLLOWING ALONG
CLOSELY WITH US AND COMPREHEND
IN THIS CONVERSATION.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU ARE
UP NEXT AND IF THERE ARE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE LET ME
KNOW.
>> I PRESUME THIS QUESTION IS
MORE FOR THE DEPUTY MAYOR
RATHER THAN MR. NOBLE BUT I
WILL WELCOME RESPONSES FROM
BOTH.
YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE A
COMMUNITYWIDE PROCESS FOR
DECIDING HOW TO INVEST $109 AND
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GO
INTO WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD
ACTUALLY BE.
THANK YOU.
>> YES, I BELIEVE I WILL TALK
ABOUT THIS BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO
INTO THAT NOW IF THAT IS THE
PREFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL.
>> THAT IS TOTALLY FINE.
>> OKAY, YOUR INSIDE 18, IS
THAT CORRECT?
>> I BELIEVE SO.
>> WE WILL MAKE SURE TO HAVE
THAT QUESTION BUT THANK YOU FOR
NOTING THIS IS FORTHCOMING.
OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE OVERVIEW
BEFORE THE NEXT TIME.
>> AT A HIGH-LEVEL, THE
BALANCING OF THE GENERAL FUND
DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY CLEARLY
AND RESOURCES WE ARE PROPOSING
IN THE GENERAL FUND WITH THE
OVERALL GENERAL FUND REVENUES
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TABLES
ABOVE JUST SHORT OF 1.5 BILLION
AND HAS STARTING FUND BALANCES
AND WE HAD SOME RESERVES SET
ASIDE WITH THE NEGOTIATED LABOR
AND WITH THE SERVICES AND THE
FINANCIAL SITUATION.
WE ARE CALLING UPON $79 OF THE
RAINY DAY EMERGENCY FUNDS TO
LEAVE US A TOTAL OF 1.5 BILLION
IN AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE
SECOND PART OF THE TABLE OR
LOWER PART DESCRIBES A HIGH-
LEVEL OF HOW IT IS EXPENDED AND
THEN THERE ARE SOME NOTES THAT
ARE IMPORTANT WITH THE
QUESTIONS BUT THE BASE BUDGET
IS 1.46 BILLION SO THIS IS IF
WE HAD TAKEN THE ACTIVITIES AND
WE PLAN TO DO AND IF WE HAD
THOSE EXPENDITURES, THAT IS
WHAT THE BASE BUDGET WOULD'VE
BEEN AND WE HAVE MADE A NUMBER
OF REDUCTIONS IN ROUGHLY $65
MILLION RUNNING UP SHORTLY AND
I'VE CALLED UP THE TRANSITION
RELIEF PASSAGE SO THIS IS THE
AGREEMENT EXPLAINED AS I
MENTIONED IN THAT IS NOT
EXCLUSIVELY THE MONEY THAT IS
BEING SPENT BUT I THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SHOW YOU
SPECIFICALLY THAT THOSE
RESOURCES ARE PART OF THE
BALANCING APPROACH.
THERE IS A RANGE OF ADDITIONAL
HUMAN SERVICES SPENDING AND
SPECIFICALLY COVID-19 RELIEF
AND THE GENERAL FUND IS
CONTINUING WITH HYGIENE AND THE
FACILITIES WE ARE OPERATING NOW
GIVEN EXECUTIONS OF FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR TO
IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AND THEIR OTHER DEMANDS ON THE
RESOURCES THAT ARE NEW AND
THERE ARE $4 MILLION PROPOSED
TO ENHANCE AND THIS ACTUALLY
STARTED THIS YEAR WITH THE A
CAR IN WEST SEATTLE AND THERE
IS REDUCED ABILITY TO PROVIDE
BACKUP WITH THE SEATTLE BRIDGE
AND THERE ARE NUMBER OF
STRUCTURES WITH THREE STORIES
AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT AND
NECESSARY ADDITION AND I WAS
PREPARED TO SAY THIS BEFORE BUT
IT WAS ABOUT $3 MILLION
ALLOCATED TO BEGIN COLLECTION
ITSELF.
THAT LEADING TO THE TOTAL OF
ABOUT 1.556 AND I GIVES A SENSE
OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT WAS
BALANCED BUT THE NEXT SLIDE,
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS SO
WE CAN MOVE ON, THANK YOU.
THAT IS ONLY THE GENERAL FUND
AND THE CITY HAS MULTIPLE
FUNDS.
THE BUDGET IS MADE UP OF A
ACCUMULATION OF ALL THOSE FUNDS
AND AS SCOTT MAINTAINS ITS
BALANCING FUND WITH THE SEATTLE
CENTER, THE REDUCTIONS I SHOWED
YOU ARE RELATED TO THE GENERAL
FUND BUT THAT IS NOT REFLECTING
EVERYTHING IN THE BUDGET IN
ADDITION THE GENERAL FUND IS
NOT THE WHOLE STORY IN THE
RESOURCES WE ARE APPLYING TO
PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE
DISCUSSED IN OUR CENTERING WITH
THE MAYOR.
AS EXAMPLE, ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT
EXPECTING THEM TO DISCUSS NEW
RESOURCES BUT THERE ARE SOME ON
THE TABLE THAT ARE EXPENDED SO
THERE IS $26 MILLION IN
EMERGENCY SERVICE GRANTS WHICH
IS FUNDING THAT CAN BE USED FOR
HOMELESSNESS AND IN THE CONTEXT
OF COVID-19 AND THE HOUSING
ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE
APPROPRIATE ARE VERY DIFFERENT
SO THERE IS $26 MILLION THAT WE
HAD PROPOSED AND SO WILL
PROPOSE $3 MILLION TO BE
EXPENDED IN 2020 SO WE CAN MOVE
IMMEDIATELY FOR SHELTER
OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDITION WITH
THE 23 MILLION.
THERE IS A PRESENTATION OF
COMING AROUND HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING AND I THINK THAT WOULD
BE A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, I PREPARED THIS BEFORE
THE DISCUSSION THIS MORNING IN
OUR EFFORTS ARE NOT LIMITED TO
THAT 22 MILLION CITED ABOVE.
WE ARE NOT ASSUMING THE
REIMBURSEMENTS GOING INTO THE
APPROACH AND AS OF MID-
SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE GONE
ADDITIONAL GIANTS FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS
BEGINNING TO RESTRICT AND WE
HAVE ALSO AND WE ARE SHIFTING
WHAT HAVING FEMA COST TOWARDS
OTHER FEDERALFUNDING AND SOME
OTHER MONEY AND WE ARE BEING
THOUGHTFUL AND THAT AND THIS IS
LIKELY TO WEIGH IN AGAIN AND IF
NOT, THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
EXPAND OR EXTEND THE OVERALL
EFFORTS.
AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE RAINY
DAY FUND AND THE THIRD-QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL INCLUDES THE
REQUEST FOR SOME ADDITIONAL
EMERGENCY FUNDS TO BALANCE OUT
THE RAINY DAY AND THE REMAINDER
OF 2020 AS WE INDICATED WHEN WE
UPDATED THE FORECAST IN AUGUST
AND THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL
REVENUE OF ROUGHLY $25 MILLION
FOR 2020 AND WE WORKED TO
BALANCE ALL THAT WHICH REQUIRES
ADDITIONAL RESERVES.
THAT IS TO LEAVE WITH 5
MILLION.
THE GOOD NEWS IS IF THERE IS
ANY AND THERE IS NOT MUCH BUT
WE CAN SUSTAIN GOING FORWARD
AND WE HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
EXPOSURE THAT IS REPRESENTED
AND THAT IS OVER TIME.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN GROW
OUT OF IT OVER TIME AND WE ARE
SHIFTING IS AN ADVOCATE
RESOURCES TO OPERATING AND WE
DO FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES THE
MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO COME
BACK TO THOSE PROJECTS WITH THE
INCREASE IN COST.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIS MEANS
THERE IS 100 MILLION AND THAT
INCLUDES $109 IN 2022 THAT
POTENTIALLY IS AVAILABLE FOR
OTHER PURPOSES AND IT IS NOT
SEEN AS APPROPRIATE OR
NECESSARY BECAUSE IT IS AN
ALTERNATIVE SOURCE TO CONTINUE
THAT WITH INVESTMENTS.
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE APPROACH ON THE GENERAL
FUND OR THE SUMMARY OF
RESOURCES AND USES.
WE HAVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT
IS IN THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE
FOR PUZZLE.
>> IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME
OF THE HOMELESS ADVOCATES AND
FOLKS PICKING UP AND SERVING
THE UNCIAL BLURRED POPULATION,
THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT
THE $26.59 IN NEW C.A.R.E.S.
ACT'S FUNDING AND I'M CONCERNED
THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE
FEEDBACK FOR INCLUSION OF THOSE
TO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES AND
HOW THE DOLLARS ARE BEING
ADVOCATED SO YOU OR CAN YOU
IDENTIFY IF THAT 26.5 IS
REFLECTED IN THE SECOND BULLET
AND HOW COMMUNITY AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE BE INCLUDED IN
THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS?
YOU MAY HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON
THAT OR COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS
WELL AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESS
SERVICES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU
COULD ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC
REPAIR
>> AT THE RISK OF FRUSTRATING
YOU, I WILL DEFER THAT AS JUST
THAT IT IS BEST COVERED IN THE
HOMELESSNESS BRIEFINGS.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE
MISINFORMATION AND WE WILL COME
PREPARED TO DELIVER THAT.
ARE NOT TRYING TO DODGE
ANYTHING BUT I WANT BETTER WAYS
TO DO IT.
IT'S OF NO PROBLEM.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT
SHORTLY.
I'M SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY, I WILL MOVE ON, THEN.
NEXT LIGHT TALKS ABOUT
SUSTAINING COVID-19 RESPONSE.
AGAIN, DETAILING THE PARTICULAR
ELEMENTS OF THE REMAINING AND
SPENDING $45 OVER TWO YEARS,
THESE ARE SPECIFIC RESOURCES
THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR
EXPENDITURE IN 2021 AND YOU CAN
READ THIS AS WELL AS I WITH THE
RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SHELTER
PROVIDERS, ETC.
INCLUDING $5 MILLION FOR
SUSTAINING THE TESTING SITES
AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT
IDEALLY WOULD NOT BE A CITY
EXPENDITURE BUT WE DO THINK IT
IS APPROPRIATELY CAUTIOUS AND
THOUGHTFUL TO SET ASIDE A
RESOURCE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT IS
A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF MANAGING
THAT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL CONTINUE
THE RESOURCES TO OPERATE THE
SYSTEM INCLUDING THE FOOD
PROGRAMS WITH APPROPRIATE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MANAGING
THOSE RISKS AND AS I MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY, THERE IS ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO SUSTAIN THOSE
FACILITIES IN THE NEXT FIVE
QUANTIFIES IN CONTINUING TO
OPERATE COMMUNITY CENTERS UNDER
A NEW MODEL WITH SUPPORTS TO
CHILDCARE AND PROVIDING
RESOURCES FOR OLDER CHILDREN.
I BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT AS WELL.
SOME OF THAT IS WITH THE
PRIMARY PROVIDER AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE AND WE TALKED A
LOT ABOUT THE UTILITIES BUT IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF COVID-19 IN
PROVIDING FINANCIAL RELIEF TO
INDIVIDUALS BY THE OPPORTUNITY
A DEFERMENT OF PAYMENTS AND
GETTING FOLKS INCOME DROP WHICH
DOES HAVE MANY QUALIFICATIONS
AND THEN THERE IS A GREAT DEAL
OF WORK WITH D.O.T.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THIS WITH THE
STREETS THAT ARE NOW DEDICATED
MORE TOWARDS RICK RATION AND I
WALK AND RUN A FAIR AMOUNT AND
ALSO WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL
COURSE WITH THE OUTDOOR EATING
AND ENTERTAINMENT TO HELP
PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF TO
ALL OF US AND ALSO TO THE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO
SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AND
EMPLOYEES OF THIS IS NOT A
COMPREHENSIVE LIST BUT IT WILL
GIVE YOU A SENSE AT ALL THAT IS
REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET AND AS
INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS COME
FORWARD, THAT IS INFORMATION
YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN AND
THEY WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY
ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS MAY BE FOR UPCOMING
CONVERSATIONS BUT I THINK IT
WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL AT THIS
POINT SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE
SUPPORT THAT WE ARE OFFERING TO
SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH
PARTNERSHIP WITH D.O.T.
AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE
TO SUPPORT THE RESTAURANT
ABILITY TO HAVE OUTDOOR DINING
ON SIDEWALKS AND PARKING SPOTS
AND ALLEYWAYS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN VERY MUCH
APPRECIATED AND I KNOW THERE IS
SOME CONCERN THAT IT CAME LATE
IN THE YEAR BUT NEVERTHELESS,
THERE IS SUPPORT AND EXCITEMENT
THAT THOSE OPTIONS HAVE BEEN
GIVEN TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND
WITH COLLABORATION, THAT IS THE
ONLY WAY WE WILL SEE OUR WAY
OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT
SHEFALI RANGANTHAN IS MAKING
WORSE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ANY
ANTICIPATED PLANS THAT FOLKS
HAVE FOR THE WINTER AND FALL
AND HOW THAT MAY IMPACT THE
BUDGET?
ARE WE ALLOCATING CERTAIN
DOLLARS TO PROVIDE COVERS OR
AWNINGS WORKING SPACE OR ANY
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO PROTECT
PATRONS FROM NEARBY TRAFFIC AND
I'M JUST WHEN AND HOW THAT
AFFECTS THE BUDGET AND IF WE
ARE PREPLANNING FOR WHAT IS
NEEDED FOR THE FALL AND WINTER
TO ALLOW FOR THESE RESTAURANTS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO
CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN THE
OUTDOOR SETTING.
>> I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE
IN HAVING THE DEPUTY MAYOR
WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE
ISSUES AND I THINK BECAUSE OF
FUNDING RESTRICTIONS, OUR
ABILITY TO DIRECTLY ASSIST
BUSINESSES CAN BE LIMITED AND
THERE IS A GREAT DEAL TO DO ON
THE REGULATORY SIDE AND THERE
ARE NUMBER OF STEPS UNDERWAYTO
EXPAND AND HAVE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES ORGANIZING THE AS
THE WEATHER CHANGES THAT THE
FORMAT FOR OUTDOOR DINING WOULD
NEED TO CHANGE.
DEPUTY MAYOR, AND YOU HAVE
MORE?
>> YES, THIS HAS BEEN TOP OF
MIND FOR THE PLANTS WITH
WINTER DINING.
WE ARE WORKING ON SEVERAL
PIECES THAT DIRECTORS ARE ABLE
TO TALK ABOUT BUT RELATED TO
COVERINGS AND ELEMENTS AND
STANDARDIZING SOME OF THESE
THINGS FOR BUSINESS OWNERS SO
THAT THEY ARE EASILY ABLE TO
ADOPT THEM IN EXTENDING THE
PERMITS AND WORKING CLOSELY
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH ON MANY OF
THESE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AS
WE LOOK AT OUTDOOR COVERING AND
HEATING AND HOW PUBLIC HEALTH
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT INPUT
OUT FRONT AS WE DESIGNED THIS
PROGRAM SO THEY ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE GUIDELINES AND ARE
ABLE TO EVOLVE AS OUR SITUATION
CONTINUES TO CHANGE OVER THE
FALL AND WINTER THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
PRESENTATION AS WELL TO SEE
THOSE LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM A COUPLE
THINGS THAT THESE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS IDENTIFY HERE AS
SUSTAINING THE COVID-19
RESPONSE AND THESE ARE
ALLOCATIONS ABOVE WHAT A NON-
COVID-19 BASELINE WOULD BE.
FOR INSTANCE, 8 MILLION PER
CONTINUED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND
IF THAT 8 MILLION ABOVE WHAT WE
BUDGETED FOR IN 2020 PRIOR OR
IN 2019 FOR 2020, IN ORDER TO
CALL THIS COVID-19 RESPONSE, IT
NEEDS TO BE A HIGHER ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS THEN I THINK WHAT WE
CONSIDER THE BASELINE AND I'M
ASKING THAT QUESTION NOT ONLY
FOR THE MEDIA HOUSING AND
SUPPORT ELEMENTS IN THE FOOD
SUPPORT ELEMENTS AND I'M ALSO
WONDERING WITH THE COUNCILS
ELEMENTS FOR THE RESPONSES THAT
RELATE TO JUMPSTART AND THAT IS
IMMIGRANT SUPPORT AND I DON'T
SEE THAT HERE AND IT MIGHT BE
ANOTHER PAGE TAKING A CUE FROM
TRENTON AND BITE YOUR TONGUE
UNTIL YOU SEE THE REST OF THE
PRESENTATION BUT WE ARE WITH
THE EXECUTIVE SUPPORT WORKING
TOGETHER USING JUMPSTART FUNDS
OR INTENDING TO USE JUMPSTART
FUNDS WITH A NEW IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT IS
PART OF OUR RESPONSE.
>> I WANT TO CONFIRM BEFORE I
RESPOND BUT CERTAINLY WITH
RESPECT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS
AND TESTING SITES, NONE OF THAT
WAS ANTICIPATED OTHERWISE.
I NATURE I MYSELF ABOUT RENTAL
ASSISTANCE IN THE PROGRAMS WE
HAD WITH OUR LEVELS OF FUNDING.
WITH THE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEES, THERE IS NOT
ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION IN 2021
AS PART OF THE ARRANGEMENT
AROUND THE 45 MILLION IN THE
FUNDING FOCUSED IN 2020.
WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN TO GET
THOSE RESOURCES OUT THE DOOR
AND ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY THE
BEST WAYS TO COORDINATE WITH
TH STATE FUNDING THAT IS
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE SAME
COMMUNITIES AND THOSE RESOURCES
HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THE
TIME THAT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL
WAS DEVELOPED BUT WE CAN GET
ALL THE DETAILS ON WHERE WE
STAND WITH THE USE OF THOSE
RESOURCES AND THAT IS A REALLY
GOOD QUESTION AND WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE ALLOCATION
OF DEPLOYMENT WITH THOSE
RESOURCES AND IN PARTICULAR TO
RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE JUMPSTART
2021 PLAN WITH IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE SUPPORT, THAT IS
IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE
PROGRAMS WITH THE COVID-19
RESPONSE PROGRAMS AT THE
COUNCIL ANTICIPATED WE WOULD
CONTINUE FUNDING INTO 2021 WITH
THE JUMPSTART REVENUE.
THANKS.
>> THAT IS ACCURATE, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THAT POINT
. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON SLIDE
17.
SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE ON TO
THE ANTICIPATED SIDE.
>> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
DEPUTY MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU.
EXPOUNDING A LITTLE BIT ON THE
PROCESS THAT IS ANTICIPATED
BEHIND THE ALLOCATION OF THE
$100 MILLION, THIS IS CURRENTLY
IN THE BUDGET AS UNOBLIGATED.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL
BE A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT WILL
CONVENE IN ANTICIPATION OF
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
WOULD GO INTO EARLY 2021 AND I
WOULD SAY PROBABLY MARCH 2021
ON WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS
SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.
THIS COMMUNITY GROUP IS
BASICALLY A GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN 30 OR 40
INDIVIDUALS OF THE GROUP IS
COMPLETELY REPRESENTING A
VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL AND
LIVED EXPERIENCES AS IT RELATES
TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
PRIORITY HIGHER AND COMMUNITY
WEALTH BUILDING HOUSING AND
RELATED SERVICES AS WELL AS
COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND CLIMATE
JUSTICE.
THIS GROUP, WE HAVE DRAWN FROM
MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT
REPRESENT A VARIETY OF
COMMISSIONS AND PARTICIPATE IN
THESE INCLUDING THE INITIATIVE
BOARD AND THE COMMITTEE IN THE
HIGHER COMMITTEE AND THE
ADVISORY COUNCIL TO NAME A FEW.
THE GOAL BEING THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO HAVE THESE GROUPS TO
DETERMINE HOW THESE DOLLARS
WILL BE PRIORITIZING INVESTMENT
AREAS AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDED
INVESTMENTS.
THIS GROUP ALONG WILL NOT MAKE
A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION TO
FUND SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
BECAUSE MANY OF THEM DO
REPRESENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AND
CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARTER AND
HOW THEY DETERMINED APPROPRIATE
RESOURCES.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS
PROCESS WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER
AND WILL GO TO THE END OF THE
YEAR WAS CONTINUOUS COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT IN THE PEOPLE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE
SUPPORTED IN SUPPORT WITH THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN ANY
DATA THEY NEED FROM A VARIETY
OF CITY DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEY WILL DETERMINE THE
PRIORITY AREAS AND HOW THEY
WILL MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS
ON THE TIMELINE FOR THOSE IN IT
IS ANTICIPATED AND IT WILL GO
EARLY NEXT YEAR AND IT WILL BE
SUBMITTED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET AND BEN NOBLE CAN SPEAK
TO THE TIMING OF THAT BUT THAT
WOULD BE A SUPPLEMENT BUDGET
WITH THE RELATED REQUEST FOR
THE PROPOSAL THAT THE
DEPARTMENTS CAN DEVELOP AND GET
THOSE DOLLARS AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
YEAR.
THE FINAL PIECE I WANT TO ADD
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THE 2021
INVESTMENT IN THE MAYOR WILL BE
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
HOPEFULLY WITH COUNCIL AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DETERMINE
A SUSTAINABLE AND PROGRESSIVE
ONGOING FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE
$100 MILLION.
>> CHAIR, QUESTION?
>> YES, VERY BRIEFLY IF I
MIGHT BEFORE YOU ASK YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
YOU HAD ASKED A QUESTION
PREVIOUS TO THIS LIGHT SO
COULD YOU REITERATE YOUR
QUESTION SO WE CAN HAVE THAT
FOR THE RECORD AS WELL?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
I WAS ASKING WHAT THE PROCESS
WILL BE AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY
PART OF THAT WITH WHO WILL BE
IN THE COMMUNITY AND I'M NOT
SURE WHAT TERMINOLOGY BUT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I KNOW
THE DEPUTY MAYOR SAID A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THAT BUT I WILL BE
HONEST AND OBVIOUSLY I WOULD
WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS
QUESTION IN GENERAL BUT THEY
ARE ALSO ASKING THIS QUESTION
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS
IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED
WITH THAT ARE NOT LARGE
SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES
EXCEPT US SPEAKING FOR THEM AND
I KNOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
AWARE OF THAT.
IN THAT CONTEXT, WHAT EFFORT IS
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE GOING TO
MAKE TO HAVE THIS AS MUCH OF
THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE AND I
REALLY CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE
AND THERE ARE CLEAR BROAD
STROKES OF WILL BE REPRESENTED
AND WHEN YOU SAY PRIORITY
HIGHER, DO YOU ALSO MEAN THAT
THE GROUP WILL INCLUDE THE
LABOR MOVEMENT WHICH I WOULD
WELCOME.
>> LET ME SPEAK MORE BROADLY
TO HOW THIS WOULD BE FORMED AND
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
GOAL IS TO DRAW FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE A
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE
ORGANIZATION AND IN TERMS OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN
MANY OF OUR CITY CONVENED
COMMITTEES.
AND WE ARE WORKING AROUND CITY
PROGRAMS AND ALSO WE WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
THEY WOULD HAVE FURTHER
REPRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE IT
IS INCLUSIVE AND THEY WILL BE
MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIVES BOTH
IN TERMS OF WITH THE EYE
TOWARDS GREEN JOBS AND CLEAN
JOBS AND ALSO WITH MAKING SURE
THAT MANY OF THE LABORERS ARE
SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PROVIDING
SERVICES TO COMMITTEES THAT ARE
INCREDIBLY VULNERABLE AND
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE
PERSPECTIVES ARE BROUGHT TO THE
TABLE.
FINALLY, THIS GROUP IS MEANT TO
BE LARGELY INDEPENDENT IN TERMS
OF HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE
DECISIONS AND OPERATE AND HOW
THEY SET OUT THEIR OWN
PRIORITIES AND SCOPE AND THAT
INCLUDES THE EXPANSION OF THE
COMMUNITY GROUP WITH THE
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS AND THEY
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.
WE WELCOME COUNCIL
PARTICIPATION AND FINALLY LIKE
I SAID, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE
FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT NO GROUP
OF 40 PEOPLE CAN FULLY
REPRESENT THE BROADER COMMUNITY
AND IT IS VERY MUCH THE HOPE OF
THE MAYOR THAT THIS CAN BE
COMPLEMENTARY TO OTHER
PROCESSES THAT WE KNOW THE
COUNCIL WITH THE BRILLIANCE
PROJECT RELATED TO THE RESEARCH
THAT IS HAPPENING THIS FALL AND
IDEALLY CAN HELP INFORM THE
PRIORITY AREA OF INVESTMENTS
FOR THIS WORK.
AND THIS IS FOR THE GROUP TO
WORK WITH THE BRITISH PRE-
BUDGET AND TO IDENTIFY THE
BUDGETARY PROCESS.
>> AND I WOULD BE EAGER TO HEAR
AND THE APPOINTEES YOU SAID
THAT THE MAYOR WILL BE
ANNOUNCING THAT SOMETIME SOON.
YOU SAID OCTOBER BUT I'M
ASSUMING IT WILL BE EARLIER IN
OCTOBER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEY WILL BE REOPENED TO
THE PUBLIC AND WILL THE MAYOR
HAVE SOLD APPOINTING POWERS.
AND YOU WILL HAVE THAT HAPPEN
AND JUST IN GENERAL, YOU SAY
THE GROUP TO BE INDEPENDENT BUT
HOW WILL THAT BE ACCOMPLISHED
IF IT IS MAYOR APPOINTED?
THOSE ARE GENERAL THOUGHTS I
HAVE.
>> IN TERMS OF THE FIRST
QUESTION AROUND TRANSPARENCY,
IT IS HOPEFUL THAT WE MAKE THIS
PROCESS AND THERE IS A HIGH
DEGREE OF INFORMATION SHARING
SO THAT THE BROADER COMMUNITY
HAS AWARENESS OF HOW THAT IS
HAPPENING.
WE ARE BASICALLY DEFERRING THE
COMMUNITY ON WHAT THAT COULD
LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
WANT TO SET THIS WORK UP AND
HOW THERE IS TRANSPARENCY AND
THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THE PUBLIC INTO THAT WORK AND
WE ARE DEFERRING TO THE GROUP
OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON HOW
BEST TO DO THAT.
YOUR SECOND QUESTION AROUND
APPOINTMENTS AND IT IS
ANTICIPATED THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
CAN SERVE IN ROLES AS PART OF
THE WORK IN THIS -- THE MAYOR
INTENDS FOR THIS GROUP OF
INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO
FUNCTION QUITE INDEPENDENTLY
WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL AND TO BE ABLE TO DO
THE WORK IN THE CHARTS THEY
HAVE BEEN PLACED WITH IN TERMS
OF PRIORITIZING AREAS OF
INVESTMENT BASED ON COMMUNITY
INPUT AND MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THOSE
PRIORITIES.
THAT AGAIN, THE GROUP WILL HAVE
BROAD LATITUDE ON HOW BEST TO
DO THAT.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE
COMMUNITY GROUP WILL HAVE THE
LATITUDE TO BUY ADDITIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES TO JOIN THE
COMMITTEE AND MAKE SURE IT IS
HOLISTIC AND INCLUSIVE.
>> ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
OKAY, I AM SEEING NONE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THAT AND GOOD MORNING.
I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE
MORE CLEARLY AROUND HOW THIS
WILL WORK.
OF COURSE, THE DEPUTY MAYOR IN
MY OFFICE HAVE BEEN HAVING
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS OVER THE
LAST FOUR WEEKS OVER WHAT THIS
$100 MILLION INVESTMENT
STRATEGY COULD LOOK LIKE IN
TERMS OF THE PROCESS AND WE
DIDN'T REALLY SETTLE ON
ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR BUT I DO
WANT TO GET A CLEARER SENSE OF
THE MAYOR'S INTENT HERE.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE A $3 MILLION
INVESTMENT IN A PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS THAT WILL BE
GOING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT AND I JUST WANT TO
HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM YOU
ABOUT HOW YOU ENVISION THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
COUNCILS PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS THAT IS COMMUNITY LED
IN THE $100 MILLION INVESTMENT
EFFORT.
>> I AM SO HAPPY TO ANSWER
THAT.
FIRST, I THINK AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, THE INITIAL WORK THAT IS
PLANNED FOR THE $3 MILLION
INVESTMENT THAT WILL GO OUT FOR
THE RFP IS RELATED TO COMMITTEE-
BASED RESEARCH AND THAT IS
ACTUALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
WORK THIS GROUP WILL DO IN THE
FALL.
LIKE I SAID, THE FIRST PRIORITY
IS TO DETERMINE THE HIGH-LEVEL
AREAS OF INVESTMENT AND IT IS
OUR HOPE THAT THIS COMMUNIT
RESEARCH WORK CAN INFORM THAT.
BOTH IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF
INVESTMENTS AND ALSO AREAS OF
INVESTMENTS SO THAT IS ONE STEP
WHERE I SEE THAT THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STRONG
INTERSECTIONS AND IT IS OUR
HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME
REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN
PROPONENTS OF THE PURCHASE OF
TORY BUDGET APPROACH TO
PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORK SO
THERE IS CLOSE COORDINATION AND
SO FAR THAT HASN'T MATERIALIZED
BUT WE HAVE EXTENDED
INVITATIONS TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND THAT IS AN OPEN
INVITATION AND WE HOPE WE CAN
WORK PARTICULARLY NOW WITH
SEATTLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO
FORWARD IN A WAY THAT IS
COMPLEMENT TREE AND HOLISTIC
AND NOT MEANT TO BE COMPETING
TO EACH OTHER.
ULTIMATELY FROM THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROPONENTS
AND FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERTS IN
THIS AREA, A PURCHASER TORY
BUDGET TIMELINE IS LIKELY TO
EXTEND INTO MOST OF NEXT YEAR.
AS INDICATED EARLIER TO THE
COUNCIL THAT THE GOAL TO GET
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME
BACK IN TERMS OF A SUBSEQUENT
APPROPRIATION WOULD BE EARLIER
NEXT YEAR AND IT IS QUITE
POSSIBLE THAT THIS PROCESS MAY
RESULT IN SOME TYPE OF
ALLOCATION OF RESOURCE TOWARDS
A PURCHASER TORY BUDGETING
PROCESS THAT WILL ALLOW THE
COMPLETION IN THE TIME
ANTICIPATED BY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS BUT I THINK THERE ARE
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND THE
GOAL IS TO BE COMPLEMENTARY AND
HELP BUILD UPON THE VARIOUS
ELEMENTS WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL
HAS FUNDED AND TO REALLY RESULT
IN A ROBUST PROCESS THAT
RESULTS IN MEANINGFUL
INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL
DETAIL AND UNFORTUNATELY, I'M
NOT SEEING WHERE THE ALIGNMENT
CURRENTLY EXISTS AND I THINK
THAT PART OF THE WORK FOR THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND REQUEST I'M MAKING ON THE
RECORD IS THAT WE COME UP WITH
THE ALIGNMENT THAT YOU STATE
THAT THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO
WITH THE TIMING OF THE WORK AS
IT RELATES TO HOW THE COUNCILS
THE MILLION DOLLAR WITH THE
BUDGET AND TO INFLUENCE AND
INFORM HAS YOU MENTIONED WITH
THE DECISIONS THAT MIGHT BE MADE
WITH THIS TASK FORCE.
I'M NOT SEEING -- I'M HEARING A
LOT OF INTENT LANGUAGE ABOUT
WANTING TO ALIGN BUT ARE NOT
SEEING A LOT OF DETAILS WERE
ANY DETAILS WITH HOW THAT WILL
HAPPEN AND THE TIMELINE SEEM TO
BE COMPLETELY AND I AM
CONCERNED THAT WE ARE HEADED
TOWARDS THE PROCESSES THAT WILL
CREATE DIVISION AMONGST MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNIY THAT ARE ALL
INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW DOLLARS
WILL BE SPENT IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES AND IT IS IMPORTANT
TO FIND THAT ALIGNMENT AND
MEMORIALIZE THAT ALIGNMENT AND
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
PERPETUATING DIVISION AMONGST
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL
ROLE IN THE DECISION-MAKING
PROCESS AROUND HOW INVESTMENTS
WILL BE MADE IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
SENTIMENT . YOU KNOW, I AM
HAPPY TO GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL
AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE CLARITY
IN THIS IS PARTLY BASED ON WHAT
I HAD SEEN IN TERMS OF THE
OUTLINED TIMELINE FOR THIS
INITIAL COMMUNITY RESEARCH WORK
THAT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AND
I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A
LITTLE MORE CLARITY.
I AGREE MORE BROADLY AROUND
WHAT THE TIMELINE OVERALL IS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF TORY BUDGET
AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS, I WAS
LEFT UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER
TO DO IT WELL THAT YOU NEED 9
TO 12 MONTHS TO GET BACK.
THE SECOND COMPONENT THAT HAS
SHIFTED OVER TIME IS THAT THE
WORK HAS BEEN FOCUSED AS IT
RELATES TO THE SPD BUDGET AND
THAT HAS BECOME A MORE BROAD
SCOPE NOW.
WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS ALIGNMENT IN THOSE PIECES
AND THEN I THINK FINALLY, MY
HOPE IS THAT WE CAN DO BOTH OF
THOSE THINGS.
AS WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR ALL
STARTING TO LEARN WITH MORE
DETAIL FROM THE PURCHASE FOR
BUDGETING, THERE ARE MANY
MODELS THAT HAVE WORKED
SUCCESSFULLY AND I THINK THERE
ARE WAYS TO ACHIEVE BOTH THE
ALIGNMENT THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT
BUT ALSO CLARITY ON HOW THESE
THINGS ARE SEQUENCED SO THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE WHAT I
THINK IS A SHARED GOAL TO GET
THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT OUT
INTO THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO TO HONOR A
DESIRE THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
THE COMMUNITY TO LEAD THOSE
PROCESSES AND BE A PART OF IT
AND TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE
THOSE OUTCOMES.
I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU IN
YOUR OFFICE WITH THOSE TWO
THINGS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL ,
DEPUTY MAYOR AROUND THE BIGGEST
GOAL HERE WHICH IS TO CREATE
CLEAR ALIGNMENT AND SEQUENCING
AND I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY
IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY THAT ARE WORKING ON
THE DEPARTMENT AND IN THE SAME
BREATH, WORKING ON INVESTMENT
AND I WORRY THAT THE PROPOSAL
WE ARE SEEING FOR THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WITH THE INVESTMENT
ISSUES AND THESE INVESTMENTS
ARE IMPORTANT.
I SUPPORT THE GOAL TO
EFFECTIVELY EARMARK $100
MILLION WITH THE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTED
IN FOR CENTURIES.
I SUPPORT THAT EFFORT IN
PRINCIPLE AND WE DON'T
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ONGOING
INVESTMENT WITH LAW-ENFORCEMENT
SYSTEMS AND THE PACE THAT WE
HAD SEEN AND IF WE DON'T TAKE
SERIOUSLY THE SPACE, WE WILL
NEGATE MUCH OF THE INVESTMENT
WORK WE ARE COMMITTING TO
THROUGH THIS $100 MILLION AND
THEIR OTHER EFFORTS AS WE HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSING AND THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THESE ARE SYSTEMS AND THEY HAVE
CREATED HARM AND TRAUMA AND WE
HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSL THE CALL
TO DEEPLY AND STRATEGICALLY
ANALYZE THOSE SYSTEMS AND TO
REDUCE OUR INVESTMENT IN THOSE
AREAS IN ORDER TO REALLY ALLOW
FOR THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS
OF $100 MILLION OR MORE TO
ACTUALLY HAVE A MEANINGFUL
IMPACT IN CHANGING THE LIVES OF
MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNIY.
I AM JUST EXPRESSING SOME WORRY
ABOUT THAT PUBLICLY HERE AND I
HAVE EXPRESSED THAT WORRY TO
YOU IN THE MAYOR DIRECT THE AND
IT WILL BE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS
THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS
TO FOCUS ON AS WE DIG INTO OUR
EVALUATION OF BOTH THE
ASSUMPTIONS WITH THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES PROPOSAL AND AS IT
RELATES TO WHEN WE WOULD BE
WILLING TO EXERCISE THE BUDGET
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY THAT
WOULD ALLOW THE MAYOR TO DEPLOY
THE $100 MILLION.
I THINK WE WILL ALL BE BETTER
SERVED IF WE COME UP WITH A
PLAN THAT IS SHARED AND WE HAVE
ALIGNMENT IN BOTH SEQUENCING
AND THE SCOPE OF WORK AND I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO
THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN
ORDER TO AVOID WHAT COULD BE A
VERY HEATED PUBLIC DEBATE.
I WOULD LIKE TO VERY MUCH AVOID
THAT AND JUST ROLL UP OUR
SLEEVES AND COME UP WITH A
MUTUAL AGREEMENT ON HOW WE ARE
GOING TO INVEST IN COMMITTEES
IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S
PRIORITIES AND IN A WAY THAT
FEELS LIKE IT IS COMMUNITY
DRIVEN SO I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE IN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND
DIRECTLY WITH THE MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ HIT THE NAIL ON THE
HEAD ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT
ISSUE.
AS BEING PRACTICAL AND ON THE
GROUND AND HOW THIS GETS DONE
AND HOW TO REALIGN SO WE DON'T
HAVE THIS NARRATIVE OUT THERE
THAT COMMUNITIES WILL BE PITTED
AGAINST EACH OTHER.
I THINK WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ SAID ABOUT THE
INVESTMENT DECISION, SHE IS
CORRECT THAT THEY CANNOT BE
MADE IN A VACUUM AND WE NEED
THAT TRANSPARENCY.
ALSO, THE POINT BEING MADE IS
THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT
REDUCING INVESTMENTS IN OTHER
AREAS SUCH AS THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN MY OTHER POINT
THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN DO BOTH
IS LITTLE MORE PHILOSOPHICAL
BEFORE I GET A LITTLE WONKY AND
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO
TALKING TO THE EXECUTIVE TO
FIND ABOUT WHAT THIS COMMITTEE
WOULD LOOK LIKE AND PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN ASKING AND WHAT IT
WOULD DO OR WHAT DOES 100
MILLION DO, I THINK FOR ME FROM
A HIGHER LEVEL OF HOW I WANT TO
PLAY THE LONG GAME HERE, IS
$120 OVER 10 YEARS TO EQUAL $1
BILLION, IT'S NOT ABOUT FUNDING
SOCIAL SERVICES BUT ABOUT
BUILDING EQUITY IN COMMUNITIES
TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL WEALTH.
AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT BUILDING
EQUITY IN COMMUNITIES TO CREATE
SUSTAINABLE AND ECONOMIC AND
SOCIAL WEALTH.
SO, WE ARE DOING MORE THAN JUST
DIVESTING FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN PUTTING MONEY
UPSTREAM.
WE ARE ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST
TIME, WE WILL BE A CITY THAT
SAYS THIS MONEY BELONGS IN THE
COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN INVEST IT
IN CLOSED THAT GAP.
SO, ANOTHER POINT THAT I GOVERN
FROM IS THAT BY DOING THIS, WE
ARE SAYING HOWEVER WE DO IT
WHETHER IT IS 30 PEOPLE OR 40
PEOPLE OR EVERYONE THAT WANTS
TO JOIN IN TO MAKE THIS RIGHT
AND YOU WRITE AND FIX THESE
WRONGS, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS ABOUT FULLY DEVELOPING
THE HUMAN POTENTIAL IN ORDER TO
DEVELOP THAT HUMAN POTENTIAL
QUITE FRANKLY AND CANDIDLY, YOU
HAVE TO CREATE IT AND BUILD IT
AND YOU HAVE TO FUND IT.
YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE IS RACISM ACROSS EVERY
SPECTRUM AND PARTICULARLY IN
THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR BUT YOU
WILL WANT THOSE PEOPLE NOT ONLY
WITH A LIVED EXPERIENCE BUT
ALSO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
THAT HAVE DONE THINGS AND BUILD
THINGS AND MANAGED PEOPLE AND
CAN MAKE THIS TYPE OF
INVESTMENT SUSTAINABLE.
OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING YOKED
AROUND HER NECK TO A CITY
BUDGET OR STATE BUDGET CYCLE OR
FEDERAL BUDGET CYCLE AND THAT
IS WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IN
MY OTHER PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.
SO, I WANT TO GET BACK TO SOME
COMMENTS BECAUSE I HEARD FROM
SOME OTHER PEOPLE OVER THE WEEK
ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS AND I
WANT TO LOOK AT THE NOTION THAT
$100 MILLION ISN'T A GIFT TO A
CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE BASED
ON RACE.
THIS IS A PAYMENT OF OTHER
PEOPLE'S TAX DOLLARS.
THIS MONEY BELONGS IN THE
COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS THEIR
MONEY AND JUST LIKE WHEN WE
GIVE MONEY TO OTHER GROUPS AND
ORGANIZATIONS TO DO GOOD THINGS
WHETHER IT IS PRE-K OR THE
RENTERS COMMISSION OR ANY GROUP
YOU CAN THINK OF THAT WE HAVE
GIVEN MONEY TO WHERE THERE HAS
BEEN A COMMUNITY PROCESS AND
THEY HAVE COME TO CITY COUNCIL,
WE CREATED A COMMISSION AND
PROVIDED TECH SUPPORT AND GIVE
THEM MONEY AND THEY TELL US
WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
I AM SEEING THAT SAME MODEL
THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ON A
GRANDER AND MORE BOLD AND
PASSIONATE AND HUMANLY DRIVEN
THAT THERE IS ONE THING WE CAN
DO RIGHT NOW AS A CITY TO COME
TOGETHER.
I AM GLAD THAT COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ SAID WE DON'T WANT TO
LOOK AT THIS INTERNAL FIGHTING
OR NARRATIVE THAT PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO BE TRYING TO TAKE EACH
OTHER OUT FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF MONEY.
I MAY BE STEPPING OUT ON A LIMB
HERE BUT I THINK WE MAY BE THE
FIRST CITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
I ALSO JUST WANT TO CORRECT
SOMETHING ABOUT THE COMMENT I
MADE ABOUT WRITING A CHECK YOU
CAN'T CASH.
THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH
SOMETHING ELSE AND HE DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO WITH THE $100
MILLION OVER 10 YEARS.
THIS IS A CHECK WE CAN CASH AND
WE ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE
ARE FINDING THE RIGHT THING
THAT A LOT OF US TALKED ABOUT
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY
AND TO BE ELECTED FOR.
TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND
GIVEN THE RESOURCES AND TELL
THEM AND LET US TELL THEM WHAT
NEEDS TO AND THEY TELL US HOW
IT NEEDS TO GET DONE AND THAT
IT IS SUSTAINABLE.
I DON'T LIKE TO SPEND A LOT OF
TIME TALKING ABOUT THE PAST BUT
I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
HUMANITY IN THE GIFT AND THE
INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY IN THE
HUMAN CAPACITY THAT IS ALREADY
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT KNOWS HOW
TO GET THIS DONE.
SO, I FOR ONE PHILOSOPHICALLY
AND PRAGMATICALLY WANT TO SEE
THIS HAPPEN AND I DON'T CARE
WHO IS ON IT BUT THAT IT GETS
DONE AND ALL OF THOSE GROUPS
THAT HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE
STREET HAVE SACRIFICED
THEMSELVES FOR THEIR OWN
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HARM
AND HAVE GOTTEN HURT INCLUDING
MY CALLINGS THAT WERE OUT
THERE.
WITH THA, I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO FINDING OUT HOW THE
EXECUTIVES CAN WORK BETTER AND
MORE POSITIVELY FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL TO PULL THIS TOGETHER
AND FUNDING IT IN PUTTING THIS
GROUP TOGETHER AND GETTING THE
MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
SO, I STAND WITH MY COLLEAGUES
HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND I
WILL TAKE A PLEDGE TO COMMIT TO
WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVES IN
THIS COMMUNITY GROUP TO GET
THIS DONE SO MAYBE ONE YEAR OR
TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THE TRINITY
COMMUNITY CAN LOOK AT THINGS
AND SAY I BUILT THAT AND I
EMPLOYED 50 PEOPLE HERE.
I GOT THINGS TO INVEST CAPITAL
HERE.
I BROKE DOWN BARRIERS SO MY
PEOPLE COULD BUY A HOME AND
TRANSFER HEALTH AND PAY MY
MORTGAGE AND PUT MY KIDS
THROUGH SCHOOL.
THAT IS WHAT HURTS OUR PEOPLE,
NOT HAVING ACCESS FOR A SYSTEM
THAT WASN'T BUILT FOR US.
NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND
NOT TO THE INCLUSION OF OTHER
PEOPLE BUT THAT IS WHERE I AM
PROUD OF THE BIPOC COMMUNITY
AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE . I WILL
LEAVE IT AT THAT, THANK YOU.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ PRETTY MUCH SAID WHAT
I WANTED TO SAY SO I WILL BE
BRIEF.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS
AND I DO THINK AND I APPRECIATE
THE COMMENT ABOUT WANTING TO
MAKE SURE THESE PROCESSES ALIGN
AND I WILL SAY ATTEMPTING WHAT
THAT ALIGNMENT MIGHT BE FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS NOW SO WE CAN GET
MORE CLARITY AND WITH THE TASK
FORCE IS AND IT IS A TIME-
LIMITED GROUP THAT YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT OR WHAT IS THE
VISION FOR HOW LONG THIS IS IN
PLACE AND I REALLY THINK AS
FOLKS HAVE SAID ALL ALREADY, IT
APPEARS THAT THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING AND
OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
AND THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
STEP TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN YEARS OF
DIVESTMENT AND THERE IS A NEED
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
CLOSING THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP.
TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S
POINT, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
NOT BE PITTED AGAINST EACH
OTHER AND I THINK THERE IS A
STRONG UNIT AVOID VOICE COMING
AND PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A
SOLITARY BUDGET AND THEY HAVE
FOUR OR 500 YEARS OF INVESTMENT
DUE TO LACK ADVANTAGES NEIGHBORS
AND SPEAKING PERSONALLY, WE
WILL KNOW THAT WE ARE ON THE
RIGHT TRACK AND MAKING THAT
DEEP STRUCTURAL SYSTEM CHANGES
THAT WE NEED TO MAKE.
WHEN THE INCOME IS IN 25 OR 30
OR $40,000 IN WHAT IS $100,000
LIKE WHITE FAMILIES IN SEATTLE,
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE
WE GET THERE AND WE NEED TO
INVEST IN BLACK BANKERS AND
EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN MISSING
OUT ON THE WELFARE OF THE
PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
OF EARNING AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT AND WE OWE OUR
COMMUNITIES AND I AM HOPEFUL WE
CAN REACH ALIGNMENT THAT WE
WILL NOT BE WORKING AT CROSS
PURPOSES AND WE AVOID ANY
PERCEPTION OF AN ATTEMPT TO
DIVIDE OUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT IS NOT HOW WE GET THIS
DONE SO WE WILL HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
SERVING THE COMMUNITY BEST IN
BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR
BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORS FOR A
DETERMINATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DON'T SEE ADDITIONAL HANDS UP
. I WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE A
HANDFUL OF SLIDES STILL.
WE DID TALK ABOUT YESTERDAY
HAVING A HARD STOP AT 1 AND I
DO WANT US TO GET TO THE SLIDES
WITH THE CONVERSATION TO COME
IN SO IT WON'T BE AS ROBUST, I
UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS IS A
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW AND THANK
YOU DIRECTOR NOBLES FOR STAYING
WITH US.
I WOULD JUST REITERATE AN OFFER
AS WELL ANY CONCLUDING COMMENTS
FOR THE PREMIER AND I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU ARE STAYING BUT WE
KNOW YOU'RE HERE TO PRESENT ON
THE SIDE SO THANK YOU FOR THE
TIME THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN TO
WALK US THROUGH THIS.
YOU MENTIONED IF YOU THINK THE
OTHER COUNSELORS HAVE LIFTED UP
ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE NOT EITHER DOING
SIDELOAD EFFORTS OR PITTING
POPULATIONS AGAINST EACH OTHER
AND I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO LIFT THAT
POINT UP AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
DONE SEPARATE PROCESSES AT THE
END OF THE DAY AND IT REALLY
DOES HARM THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE
HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE STEPPING UP
AND PROVIDING TIME AND OFFERING
THEIR EXPERTISE TO ASK THEM TO
DO THIS OVER AND OVER IN THE
REPUTED PROCESSES AND IT REALLY
DOES ASK MORE THAN WE SHOULD BE
ASKING OF COMMUNITIES AND IT IS
OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO STEP AWAY
FROM THE PROCESSES THAT PIT THE
POPULATIONS AGAINST EACH OTHER
OR PROCESSES THAT ARE
OVERLAPPING BECAUSE WE WANT TO
RESPECT THE TIME AND EXPERTISE
OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORDS YOU
MENTIONED ABOUT THAT AND AS IT
RELATES TO THE $3 MILLION, I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION
THAT WE ARE HAVING HERE AND I
THINK SOME OF THE WORDS WE USE
WAS NOT THE $3 MILLION
INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY
RESEARCH WILL INFORM PRIORITY
AREAS FOR THE TASK FORCE AND
RESEARCH AND THAT THIS IS IN
STRONG ALIGNMENT AND I THINK
THAT MESSAGE IS IMPORTANT TO
CORRECT THE NARRATIVE THAT WAS
OUT THERE A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH
THE $3 MILLION AND THAT IS PART
OF THE RATIONALE THAT THEY ARE
BETWEEN THE $3 MILLION BECAUSE
IT WAS A 17% INCREASE AT THE
BUDGET AND THIS IS MONEY THAT
GOES DIRECTLY INTO COMMITTEE
PARTNERS HANDS TO HELP DO THE
IMPORTANT RESEARCH AND HAS WE
TALKED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND
GETTING AWAY FROM THE DIVISION
CREATED OR CONTRADICTORY
MESSAGES, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE TRUE
IMPORTANCE AND AGAIN THIS IS
NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR
NOT THE $109 CHECKS SHOULD BE
CAST.
IT SHOULD BE IN THE QUESTION
OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS IS THE
CHOICE OF WHICH SOURCES IT
COMES FROM.
AS NOTED BY MY OTHER
COLLEAGUES, THE QUESTION ABOUT
HOW WE CAN COUPLE THAT
INVESTMENT CONVERSATION WITH
THE INVESTMENT CONVERSATION.
MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ALLUDED TO
THIS WELL AND SPOKE TO THIS
ELOQUENTLY AND STATED MR. GOOD
EQUATING THE NEED FOR US TO
HAVE DIVESTMENT AND INVESTMENT
JUST AS WE WOULD WITH REDUCTION
STRATEGIES THAT AIM TO REDUCE
CANCER CAUSING PATHOGENS AS WE
INVEST IN A CANCER CURE
STRATEGY.
WE CANNOT DISSECT THESE
CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL WANT TO
CASH THIS CHECK BUT IT IS A
MATTER OF THE CHOICES WE ARE
PUTTING IN FRONT AND THAT IS
WHAT WE WILL GET INTO MORE INTO
THE BUDGET.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, DEPUTY MAYOR,
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND
IF YOU HAVE MORE, I'M HAPPY TO
HAVE YOU ON AND THANK YOU FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THAT SLIDE.
AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY OTHER
ITEMS AS WELL.
DEPUTY MAYOR AND DIRECTOR
NOBLE, PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE IN FOR THE DISCUSSION.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE
THAT SEPARATE BRIEFING COMING
UP ON THE BUDGET AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY BUT I DID WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET OVERALL.
IN RESPECT TO SPD'S BUDGET AND
THE NUMBER OF CHANGES WITH $60
MILLION WORTH, THE REDUCTION IN
SWORN OFFICERS WITH CIVILIAN
ROLLS OVER TIME AND FOR THE
CUMULATIVE REDUCTION JUST OVER
$22 MILLION, I THINK I
MENTIONED EARLIER WITH THE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FUNCTION TO
D.O.T.
AND ALMOST $15 MILLION, THE 911
CALL CENTER WOULD BE IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AS INDEPENDENT
MEDICATION CENTER WITH MORE
THAN $89 AND A CERTIFICATE
NUMBER OF STAFF WITH EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT WHICH IS LOCATED
WITHIN SPD AND PHYSICALLY IN A
SEPARATE BUILDING, IT WOULD
BECOME AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE
AND REFLECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT
THERE ARE FOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES
ACROSS ALL ELEMENTS AND SO
REGULARLY IT IS A SMALL OFFICE
BUT IT IS IN TERMS OF THE
COORDINATION THAT IT DESERVES
AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE
CONTEXT OF SNOW AND SMOKE AND I
MOVED TO TRANSFER THE FUNCTIONS
TO HST SO THE BUDGET CONTINUES
AND THOSE ARE ALL CHANGES THAT
ARE IN THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN
DELIVERED.
IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY, THE MAYOR IS
SETTING UP AND HAS THE TEAM AND
LOOKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE
INVOLVEMENT IF THERE IS A
WILLINGNESS THAT THE WORK OF
THAT TEAM IS TO HAVE A DETAILED
ANALYSIS OF 911 CALLS AND A LOT
OF INTEREST IN DIFFERENT
RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF
EMERGENCIES IN THE STAFFING
APPROACH BUT ALSO MORE
GENERALLY SPD'S OTHER FUNCTIONS
AND SEEING THAT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP AN
OVERALL PLAN AND AS IMPORTANTLY
TO THE CITY'S OVERALL APPROACH
TO COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE
NOTION OF LOOKING TO NONUNIFORM
PERSONNEL TO HELP ADDRESS A
VARIETY OF EMERGENT SITUATIONS.
IS $2 MILLION PROVIDED IN THE
BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT THE
POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE IDT?
THAT MONEY IS APPROPRIATE BUT
NOT ALLOCATED FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES AWAITING THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT THE
MISCIBLE COURT HAS A PROPOSAL
TO RESTRUCTURE SERVICES AND TO
ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE AND I
DEFER TO THEM TO PRESENT THIS
TO YOU.
WITH THE ENHANCED AND COMMUNITY
COURT MODEL, THEY DO INCLUDE
$100,000 TO HELP SUPPORT
IMPLANTATION OF THAT COURT
MODEL WITH CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES THAT THE COURT SOUGHT
IN A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS WE
ARE DOING IN THIS SPACE IF YOU
WILL ARE THE CONTINUING EFFORTS
THAT WERE ESTABLISHED THIS YEAR
IN THE CONNECTION SERVICE
PROVIDES FIRST RESPONDERS A
SINGLE PLACE TO CALL TO TRY TO
IDENTIFY RESOURCES TO HELP
INDIVIDUALS IN SOME LEVEL OF
DISTRESS SO THAT IS PROVEN
SUCCESSFUL IN SOMETHING THAT
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE
APPRECIATED SO THAT CONTINUES.
>> IF I MIGHT JUST INTERRUPT
REALLY QUICK, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS A QUICK QUESTION.
>> YES?
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSFER
OF CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS, I REALLY
JUST WANT TO FIRST OFF THANK
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE MAYOR IN
TAKING TO HEART SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
COUNCIL MADE IN THE 2020 SUMMER
REBALANCING PACKAGE AND THE
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING ELEMENTS
OF OUR PLAN AND WE HEARD THEN
THAT THE MAYOR AGREED ON MANY
OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
I WOULD SAY IN SOME CASES THAT
IT COULD BE SAID THAT THERE WAS
MORE AGREEMENT THAN
DISAGREEMENT BUT ONE POINT I
WANT TO ASK ABOUT RELATES TO A
REQUEST THAT WAS CONTAINED IN
THE BIG BILL THAT WAS VETOED BY
THE COUNCIL RELATED
SPECIFICALLY TO THE QUESTION
AROUND CIVILIANIZATION AND
THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT THE
COUNCIL RECEIVED BY I BELIEVE
IT WAS SEPTEMBER 30 A REPORT
FROM THE EXECUTIVE TO IDENTIFY
WHICH FUNCTIONS THAT SPD COULD
BE FULLY CIVILIAN ICED WERE
REMOVED FROM SPD INCLUDING BUT
NOT LIMITED TO AN ANALYSIS OF
STAFFING AND FUNDING NEEDS TO
SUPPORT THOSE FUNCTIONS FOR
2020 AND 2021 AND THIS REQUEST
WAS DESIGNED TO ALIGN WITH
CONSIDERATION OF THE 2021
BUDGET BEGINNING TODAY SO I
WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WE WILL
STILL RECEIVE THAT REPORT OR
MAYBE WE ALREADY HAVE AND I
HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT CHAIR, IF I
COULD GET AN ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION FIRST AND THAT I HAVE
A SEPARATE QUESTION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
IS THIS TEAM WILL ENGAGE IN
NETWORK AND THAT WILL BE A
PIECE OF THIS.
DON'T THINK OF IT AS REALISTIC
IN THAT TIMEFRAME THAT WAS SET
OUT.
THERE IS AN INTEREST IN THE
UNDERLYING ISSUE AND
UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING WHAT
IS THE BEST APPROACH TO THE
CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS IN SPD AND
OUTSIDE OF IT.
RECOGNITIONS TO BE IDENTIFIED
IN THE FIRST SET OF BULLETS TO
BE INAPPROPRIATE WAY TO BE
SHIPPED OUT IMMEDIATELY BUT
THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE
IN IDENTIFYING THE MODEL MOVING
FORWARD.
IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE
DISAGREEMENT BUT RATHER
AGREEMENT AND LOOKING FOR A
PARTNERSHIP IN DOING THAT WORK
AND GOOD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
CENTRAL STAFF AND CBO STAFF IN
WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUES TO
DATE IN VARIOUS PIECES SO THAT
IS THE INTENT HERE AND NOT
TRYING TO FILIBUSTER BUT RATHER
TO ENGAGE IN THE IMPORTANT WORK
OF SORTING THROUGH ALL OF THIS
BOTH FROM A BUDGETARY SENSE.
>> SO, THIS LEGISLATION WAS
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OVER THE
SUMMER AND WAS VETOED IN THE
COUNCIL OVERRODE IT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PERHAPS BY
THE TIME THE COUNCIL VOTED TO
OVERRIDE THAT DATE, IT WAS A
DATE THAT WAS A HARD MARK TO
HIT.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE DATE
WHERE THE COUNCIL ORIGINALLY
PASSED LEGISLATION HAD AN AREA
AND THERE IS A LOT OF AGREEMENT
AND THE EXECUTIVE STARTED
WORKING ON THIS AND PERHAPS WE
COULD BE IN A DIFFERENT
POSITION AND HAVE MORE
INFORMATION.
WE WILL BE IN BUDGET
LIBERATIONS TO THE END OF
NOVEMBER AND ARE YOU SAYING WE
PUT THIS QUESTION TO SHAREPOINT
AND WE ARE GETTING QUESTION
ANSWERED BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE
TO GET A REPORT ON WHAT COULD
BE CIVILIAN ICED AND REMOVED
INCLUDING STAFFING AND FUNDING
NEEDS TO SUPPORT THE POSITIONS
AND THAT WE WILL NOT AND THERE
IS NO WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO
GET THAT QUESTION ANSWERED.
IN TIME TO COMPLETE THE
DELIBERATIONS ON THE 21 BUDGET.
>> I DON'T TAKE IT IS REALISTIC
AND I APPRECIATE THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT WITH THE STEP WE
HAD TAKEN AND WITH THE AMOUNT
OF WORK ALREADY GOING IN, I
KNOW WE ARE PAST EXHAUSTION AND
I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE THE
REQUEST AND I WILL GET BACK TO
CONFIRM WHAT IS A REALISTIC
TIMELINE AND THE INVITATION IS
VERY REAL TO ENGAGE IN WE
RECOGNIZE THAT NOTHING WILL BE
IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT THAT ROLE
AND THAT IS A REAL DESIRE.
WE HAVE THE STAFF LEVEL AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT GOING
FORWARD.
>> MY OTHER QUESTION ON THAT
SIDE IS I DON'T SEE REFERENCE
IN THAT CURSORY REVIEW THUS FAR
AND IN THE BUDGET BUT, EVERY
REFERENCE IN WITH THE
REBALANCING PACKAGE AND WITH THE
PACKAGE, WE EXPRESS OUR INTENT
THAT WE EXPECT THE EXECUTIVE TO
WORK WITH US TO BEGIN THAT
PROCESS TO NEGOTIATE THOSE
REDUCTIONS AND I DON'T SEE THAT
REFLECTED ANYWHERE IN THE 2021
BUDGET.
CAN YOU HELP ME OUT HERE?
>> THIS BUDGET IS BUILT ON THE
FUNDED OFFICERS AND I'M SORRY,
MY PHONE IS BUZZING AT ME BUT I
WILL PUT IT AWAY.
THERE IS INDICATION WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE BUT THE DESIRE
TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROCESS
TO ESTABLISH OTHER THAT COULD
BE LAYOFFS TO ACHIEVE SOME
REDUCTION BUT REFERENCING THE
MAYOR'S PERSPECTIVE IS THAT
THEY WANT TO COMPLETE THIS
ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT IS
AN APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVEL
WITH UNIFORMS AND CIVILIANS AND
MAKING AND WILL BE BUILT THE
BUDGET, WE HAD AN UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE CHANGES AND WE WERE IN
LIMBO AT THAT POINT AND WERE
FORCED TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS
ABOUT WHAT MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT
HAPPEN.
IN ANY CASE, THE FUNDING
REFLECTS THAT.
>> MY RECOLLECTION OF THE
NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND WHILE
WE VOTED ON THE REBALANCING
PACKAGE, IT WASN'T THAT MUCH
DIFFERENT THAN 1400 AND WE WERE
STILL RECOMMENDING A REDUCTION
OF ANOTHER 100.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A LITTLE
BIT OF LACK OF ALIGNMENT BUT
THIS IS A NEW BUDGET IN A NEW
YEAR SO I EXPECT TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AGAIN.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT IN
THE BUDGET IS REFLECTING
PRIORITIES AND YOU ARE SEEING
THOSE WITH THE MAYOR AND THIS
IS JUST EXPENDING WHY WE
REBUILT IT BUT YES, THIS IS THE
DELIBERATION MOVING FORWARD AND
CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS IN
TERMS OF CURRENT STAFFING
LEVELS AT SPD AND CONTINUING TO
UPDATE ON THOSE AS WELL AND
THOSE CAN BE INFORMATIVE IN THE
SPACE OVERALL IN TERMS OF
APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS IN
THE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES TO
ACHIEVE THAT, IF YOU WILL.
>> I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS
A NEW PROPOSED BUDGET FOR A NEW
YEAR AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY
SURPRISE THAT I DON'T SEE THE
SAME THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL
IDENTIFIED AND I DO WANT TO SAY
FOR THE DECISIONS, I AM STILL
COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH
EXECUTIVES TO REALIZE THE
REDUCTIONS AND BEGIN THAT
PROCESS AND BEGIN IT IN 2020
BECAUSE WE DID VOTE FOR THAT
REBALANCED BUDGET.
FOR THOSE REDUCTIONS.
I FULLY EXPECT THAT THE
EXECUTIVE WILL WORK TOWARDS
MAKING THE BUDGET THAT THE
COUNCIL PASSED ACTUALIZED AND
BEGIN THAT WORK REGARDLESS OF
WHAT WE VOTE FOR IN THE 21
BUDGET.
THIS IS JUST A PLUG FOR ME OR
FROM ME TO BEGIN THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS.
TO DO SO PROMPTLY AND FOR THE
EXECUTIVE RECOGNIZING THAT THEY
CONTROL THAT PROCESS.
I REALLY DON'T WANT IT TO BE
SLOW ROLLED UNTIL WE GET INTO
NEXT YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
JUST WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR
COMMENTS HERE AS THE CHAIR OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND I APPRECIATE
YOU BRING THAT MESSAGE FORWARD
STRONGLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY.
I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
WAS PART OF WHAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED TO MAKE THAT REQUEST FOR
NEGOTIATIONS TO BEGIN AND WITH
THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS INCLUDED
TO PURSUE OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS
AND TO OFFER IN THE
NEGOTIATIONS RETIREMENT AND
HEALTHCARE INCENTIVES AS WELL
FOR SOME OF THE PERSONNEL THAT
MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT
OPTION.
I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING THAT
HAPPEN I THINK WHAT I WOULD
LOVE TO DO IS FOLLOW YOUR
LEADERSHIP IF YOU COULD BE THE
LIAISON BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON
HOW THE CONVERSATION IS GOING
IN THERE ARE MEMBERS HERE IN
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE KNOW
THIS IS A MUCH BROADER
CONVERSATION BUT I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT LOSE
SIGHT OF THAT REQUEST THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE
COUNCIL PASSED AND IS STILL A
LIVING DOCUMENT AS PART OF A
PACKAGE THAT WE PASSED SO THANK
YOU FOR PULLING THAT UP AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO THE FOLLOW-UP
CONVERSATIONS ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING?
OKAY, WONDERFUL.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A QUICK QUESTION,
HOPEFULLY.
AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
IDT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
WHO IS ON IT AND IF THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED AND
HOW DOES IDENTITY RELATE TO THE
COMMUNITY TASK FORCE IF AT ALL?
I AM JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
AND IT FEELS LIKE NOW THERE IS
A THIRD SOMETHING BEGINNING AND
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THESE CONNECTS.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DO JUSTICE WITH THE IDT AND
I HAVE TO SAY WITH SPD IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT THEY
BELIEVE POTENTIALLY AND I
DEFINITELY OWE YOU A BETTER
ANSWER BUT IN TERMS OF
MUNICATION, THE EQUITATION IS
THAT IDT WOULD BE MORE OF A
TECHNICAL GROUP AND WORKING TO
GATHER INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY
AS WELL AND I THINK THE
STRUCTURE OF THAT IS AMONG THE
THINGS THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR
COULD PROBABLY HELP ANSWER WITH
WHAT IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AS
WELL.
>> I JUST THINK IT ILLUSTRATES
THE CONFUSION THAT IS CAUSED
WHEN YOU DECOUPLE THE
INVESTMENT AND IF THERE ARE
MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPENING AND
IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW THEY ARE
CONNECTED IN THIS IS PART OF
THE STRUGGLE THAT WE ARE HAVING
TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING AND ARE
HAVING AND GETTING QUESTIONS
FROM COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THESE
THINGS ARE AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY GET
CLARITY AROUND WHAT THESE
ENTITIES WILL BE DOING.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> I ALSO T█HOUGHT THAT TO THE
POINT MADE, WITH THE POINT TO
COUPLE THAT, IT IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE
COMPLETELY SEPARATE AT THIS
TIME.
>> MORE OF A TECHNICAL GROUP
THAT CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT TO
COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS BUT WE
CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO ADD ON TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ WAS
MENTIONING IN THE IDEA OF
DECOUPLING THINGS AND WHAT I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHAT HAS
BEEN DECOUPLED FROM THIS
CONVERSATION TOO MUCH IS THE
POLICE UNION CONTRACT OF THE
100 PAGE POLICE UNION THAT
EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR
AND IT WAS SOME GOOD THINGS
ABOUT THE CONTRACT PUT IN PLACE
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND NOW
THAT IT IS EXPIRING, IT HAS
BECOME THIS NEW PARADIGM AND IT
HAS BEEN OBVIOUS THAT IT IS A
MAJOR REPETITIVENESS TO MAJOR
CHANGES IN BUDGET FLEXIBILITY.
IN A SENSE, I THINK THE POLICE
CONTRACT HAS BECOME INFLEXIBLE
AND EXTENSIVE AND UNJUST IN
TERMS OF THE DISCIPLINARY
SYSTEM THAT WE ARE ALL AWARE OF
WITH THE PROBLEMS AND IT IS
ALSO CREATING PROBLEMS AND WE
TRY TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE
POLICE CONTRACT BLOCKS IT AND
SUPERSEDES OUR AUTHORITY IN A
LOT OF CASES.
ALSO, WE SEE EXCESSIVE OVERTIME
COST AND WE SEE THE REPORTS
ABOUT A SMALL GROUP OF OFFICERS
GETTING PAID IN EXCESSIVE
AMOUNTS AND WE LOOK BACK AT IT
IS THE CONTRACT WITH THE SOURCE
AND ALL ROADS SEEM TO LEAD BACK
TO THAT CONTRACT.
I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND I AM NOT
ON THE LABOR RELATIONS POLICY
COMMITTEE BUT TO THE EXTENT
THAT I CAN BE HELPFUL IN
PUSHING FOR AN EVEN BETTER AND
MORE FLEXIBLE CONTRACT GOING
FORWARD, I'M HAPPY TO STAND IN
SUPPORT.
>> EXCELLENT POINT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, AND HE
ADDITIONAL RESPONSES TO THAT?
>> I THINK PROBABLY MORE
APPROPRIATE FOR LPC BUT THE
IMPORTANT RESTRICTIONS AND THE
OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT WILL BE
IMPORTANT IN THE TOPIC THAT IS
IMPACTFUL ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE
LEVELS WITH THE OPTIONS THAT
THERE ARE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID
YOU HAVE A FOLLOW-UP ? OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
SLIDE?
>> JUST TO QUICKLY WRAP IT UP,
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RESPONDER
PROGRAM AND THIS WAS FUNDED
EARLIER THIS YEAR AND IT IS
WORKING AND I KNOW THIS IS AN
AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIFIC
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE PROPOSAL
WOULD ADD A SECOND VEHICLE THAT
WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE PILOT
AND WE WOULD EXPAND THAT TO THE
SECOND VEHICLE IN THIS IS THE
PROGRAM THAT PAIRS WITH
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND SOCIAL
WORKERS AND I MAY NOT GET ALL
THE DETAILS RIGHT BUT THE
ALTERNATIVE TO THE NUMBER ONE
RESPONSE OR SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE MORE TARGETED WITH THE
NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN
SOMETHING OTHER THAN PURELY A
MEDICAL SITUATION OR CRISIS.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE, ON THAT
BULLET POINT BEFORE YOU MOVE
ON, I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THE WORK I WAS ABLE TO DO WITH
COUNCILMEMBER BACK SHOT BEFORE
SHE LEFT COUNCIL AND THE
SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL
ON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE . I THINK
THE DATA CONTINUES TO ROLL IN
AND THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH
ESPECIALLY FOR HELPING THOSE
THAT HAVE MEDICAL RELATED
ISSUES INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH NEEDS INSTEAD OF HAVING
AN INDIVIDUAL SHOW UP WITH A
GUN AND HAVING A MEDICAL TEAM
SHOW UP.
TO MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT A
ROTATING DOOR AND THAT PEOPLE
WERE GETTING INTO THE SERVICE
THEY NEED.
THIS IS A CRITICAL SERVICE AND
I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT THERE
WAS TWO VANS BEING ADDED AND
THIS WAS A LONG STATED NEED AND
INSTEAD OF JUST ONE INCLUDED
HERE.
>> THEY'RE NOT THREE.
>> I KNOW THIS IS AN AREA AND
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
SCENARIO ENGAGE IN AS WELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID
YOU
HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT?
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS IT.
Perfect.
The budget makes the effort to
sustain services.
So, as I mentioned, HST and
ongoing funding for programs
are maintained that there is
streamlining of staff, there
are's vacancies that we would
hold.
There is the funding the
Council has previously directed
to provide inflationary
increases to HST contracted
providers.
I wanted to emphasize that point
.
>> The point being the
inflation adjustments will be
applied?
>> Yes, I was highlighting
funding was there.
>> I know there was, is there
any assumption the adjustments
will be applied to any of the
services being transferred to
the regional body?
>> I believe the answer is yes
but for 2021, for 2021, it is a
transfer in 2021.
>> Thank you for that
clarification.
>> To emphasize the Council
meeting number of ads in the
human services around
homelessness but not
exclusively around homelessness.
The budget provides more detail
. Although we are facing limited
resources, we wanted to let you
know we had funding for a
number of those ads recognizing
they addressed real needs on
the ground on the debate sense
that there is additional funding
to support ongoing funding for
expanding shelter.
We are working now to expand
shelter offerings this fall
about 125 units that will
require ongoing funding to
support.
That is included and I mentioned
emergency service grant money,
we are moving forward and
úimplementing the regional
homelessness authority and this
is a particular add I wanted to
highlight.
The tax advisory committee has
suggested the investment of
1,000,000 1/2 dollars to
implement a 3-year-old grant
program that would get dollars
to community-based
organizations to help improve
health and welfare of the
cohort of youth respecting the
role of the advisory board and
recommendation, the budget
identifies funding to implement
that program.
>> Thank you.
Councilman Herbold, did you
have a question?
>> Thank you.
I just have a couple of
specific questions but I first
want to ask a broad question
about this presentation. I see
the things that are supported
in the budget and maybe this is
not the place to talk about it.
Maybe when we get into the
details but I would expect a
high level overview of the
reductions.
I don't see any mentions.
>> I was getting there.
>> I went forward in the
PowerPoint and-
>> There is not a tremendous
amount of detail but let me
give you a sense of that.
The overall strategies that we
have used for balancing
reductions are the same we did
this year.
Neighborhood of 65 and $70
million of over reductions.
$20 million reduction in SPD.
There is approximately $10
reduction to both parks.
Those reductions. Those are
reduction mitigated by capital
dollars from other sources to
maintain some of the operations.
With supporting million dollars
in total right there in terms
of the overall reductions that
were highlighted. The other
reductions become more diffuse
after that.
held and we have implemented es
what we have described
basically.
As you get into the apartment
presentations, you will hear
more about those specific
reductions and how we approach
the departments, this is earlier
from 5-10%-not all took the
same percentage reductions by
any means so we can assess. I
have a reference hereto
streamlines.
I don't know if that might help
the overall reduction but there
are some there in terms of the
support staff which is not
ideal and I think IT CAN BE
DONE BY HOLDING VACANCIES.
MORE DETAIL ON THAT IS PROVIDED
IN THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT
FOR THINGS TO COME.
>> THANK YOU.
MY TWO QUESTIONS ARE RELATING
TO THE IDENTIFIED NARRATIVE
WHERE THERE IS A PROPOSED 125
SHELTER UNITS PLANNED.
THAT IS OPENING IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER OF 2020.
IN THE SPEECH YESTERDAY, THERE
WAS A REFERENCE TO 300 AND
SHELTER UNITS.
IS THAT A DISTINCTION BETWEEN
WHAT IS NARRATIVE SAYS ABOUT
2020 AND WITH THE MAYOR IS
DESCRIBING IN THE 2021 BUDGET?
I'M NOT SEEING WHERE THAT IS IN
THE BIG-BUDGET BOOK ABOUT LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING ABOUT THAT.
AND DURING THE EFFORT TO
NEGOTIATE A COMPROMISE TO
JUMPSTART, I HAD CONVERSATIONS
WITH DIRECTOR JOHNSON, I HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH DEPUTY MAYOR
SKIP TAYLOR ABOUT THE EXECUTIVES
DIVISION FOR OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT WITH UNFILTERED
HOMELESS PEOPLE, SOMETHING
WHERE THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS
LESS AT NAVIGATION TEAM AND MORE
OF A ENTITY THAT WORKS TO
COORDINATE EXTERNAL PARTNERS,
IS THAT VISION REPRESENTED IN
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET?
>> I BELIEVE IT IS.
CONCERNING THE EXPERTISE I CAN
BRING VERSUS OTHERS AND WHAT I
CAN EXPLAIN IS PROPOSALS THAT
HAVE A SMALLER NUMBER OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM THAT WOULD PLAY
A CRITICAL ROLE IN IMPORTING
THE OUTREACH AND PLACEMENT AND
THE LIGHT OF FOLKS LIVING
WITHOUT SHELTER AND WHO ENGAGE
IN PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY OR
OTHERS.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, I
THINK DETAILS FRIDAY IS PART OF
THE OVERALL ON THE HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD.
I HAVE A SUGGESTION, WE ARE ON
SLIDE 20, LOOKS LIKE 20 AND 21
GO TOGETHER.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU CAN
CONCLUDE SLIDE 20 AND 21.
IF WE CAN PICK UP ON SLIDE 22
WHEN WE RECONVENED AT 2:00 P.M.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST THREE
SLIDES ON THE PHILOSOPHY, THE
STRATEGIES THAT YOU APPLY TO
THE BUDGET REDUCTION, THAT
COULD BE A HELPFUL FRAMING
NARRATIVE AS WE LAUNCH INTO
SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS.
CAN WE DO THAT?
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I
INTENDED.
I THINK THAT CAN WORK AND THE
LATER SLIDES BECOME MORE
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE ONCE I
PRESENT THEM.
I WILL HOLD QUESTIONS AND DIG
IN DEEPER.
SOME OTHER ELEMENTS I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT, THE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK OR FAIR SHARE PROGRAM,
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS INTENDED
TO DO.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES TWO NEW
POSITIONS AND FUNDING FOR
OUTREACH.
I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR THE
BUDGET HAS THE RESOURCES TO DO
THE TMC PROGRAM.
THE FINAL VERSION WAS YESTERDAY
OR THE DAY BEFORE.
YESTERDAY RATHER, WE HAD THE
HOLIDAY, THERE MIGHT BE SOME
TWEAKS TO THE IS APPROPRIATE BUT
WE DID NOT THE FULL SCOPE AT
THE TIME WE DEVELOPED IT.
OUR REVENUE FORECAST IS QUITE
MODEST FOR 2021.
WE ARE SEEING $500 IN REVENUE
THAT PROVIDES SUFFICIENT
RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH THE
PROGRAM AND FUND SAS AND
INITIATE, I FORGET THE NAME OF
THE WORKER PROGRAM, BUT THAT
MIGHT BE 1,000,00 1/2 DOLLARS.
WE WOULD TARGET TO S.GIVEN THE
CHALLENGES THEY FACE.
IN TERMS OF TRANSIT, I WILL GET
SOME POINTS ABOUT WHAT IS AND
IS NOT IN THE BUDGET.
THE DISTRICT RENEWAL IS ON THE
BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE NOT ASSUMED THE PASSAGE
BUT WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING
AMENDMENTS AS QUICKLY AS YOU
DESIRE SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT
THOSE, ASSUMING IT WOULD PASS.
WE DID NOT INCLUDE THE VOTER
APPROVED VLF REVENUES.
THEY ARE CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT
OF A CASE AT THE STATE SUPREME
COURT.
THOSE ARE THE RESOURCES
DEDICATED TO SDOT.
THE BUDGET REFLECTS A LARGE
NUMBER OF REDUCTIONS.
WE HAVE PROPOSALS IF YOU WILL
IF THIS FUNDING WERE TO BECOME
AVAILABLE OVER THE COURSE OF
THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WHICH
IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND THE COURT IS
COMPLETING DELIBERATIONS.
WE HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT CRITICAL
FUNDING THAT COULD BE RESTORED
AND WE CAN BRING THOSE TO YOUR
STAFF AS WELL AND SEE HOW THAT
GOES.
WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE WILL BE EIGHT DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION FULL BRIEFING
TO COME SOON.
DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR WALKING
US THROUGH THIS FIRST PART.
I AM GOING TO CONCLUDE SESSION
1 FOR TODAY.
WE WILL PICK UP ON SLIDE 23
WHEN WE RECONVENE AND GO INTO
THE APARTMENT PRESENTATIONS.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COMMITTEE WILL RECESS UNTIL
2:00 P.M.
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
HAVE A GOOD LUNCH BREAK.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN A HOUR AT
2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DIRECTOR
NOBLE.
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