>>> WE HAVE BEEN IN RECESS FOR
THE LAST HOUR AND I WANT TO
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE WHO IS
JOINING US.
I WANT TO NOTE WE'LL HAVE THE
NEXT THREE HOURS HERE FOR
PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET AS IT
WAS TRANSMITTED EARLIER THIS
WEEK ON TUESDAY.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUN STILL MEMBER SHA WA.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBAL.
HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> AND CHAIR.
>> PRESENT.
>>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
I WILL MAKE SURE TO NOTE WHEN
COUNCIL MEMBER JUCEZ HAS JOIN
THE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT
MORALES FOR THE RECORD AS WELL.
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE INTO ITEM TWO ON THE
AGENDA.
PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO THE
RECORD.
>> COME MOINE TY SAFETY FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU MOOD DAM CLERK.
WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS
HERE TO JOIN US.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE HAVE
THREE SLIDES LEFT OVER FROM
THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR CARRYING OVER
THESE THREE SLIDES AS THEY LEAD
INTO THIS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
TODAY'S ITEM INCLUDES A
PRESENTATION FROM A HANDFUL OF
DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE UMBRELLA
OF COMMUNITY SAFETY.
I WANT TO WELCOME SENIOR DEPUTY
MAYOR FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
JASON JOHNSON AND FROM HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND
DIRECTOR NOBLE FROM THE CITY
BUDGETS OFFICE.
WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF OTHER
PARTICIPANTS FROM DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS AND THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTIVE TEAM AS WELL.
AS WE GET TO VARIOUS
PRESENTATIONS, IF I DID NOT
CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE DO LET
US KNOW YOU'RE HERE AND
INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE
RECORD.
>> SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR, I THINK
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU
FIRST AND THEN WE WILL TURN IT
BACK TO THE SLIDE SHOW
PRESENTATION.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
AND GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE TO SHARE SOME
THOUGHTS ON THREADING TOGETHER
OUR EFFORTS ON COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LISTEN TO MOST OF YOUR
DISCUSSION THIS MORNING ON SPD
I WANTED TO MENTION THAT I
ACTUALLY FEEL THAT THERE IS A
FAIR AMOUNT OF ALIGNMENT ON THE
NUMBER OF MAJOR AREAS OF FOCUS.
WHILE WE MAY HAVE SOME POLICY
DIFFERENCES AND SOME
OPERATIONAL AND
IMPLEMENTTATIONS INTO THE
BUDGET PROCESS, OVERALL, I
THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
SAME FRAMEWORK WITH ELEMENTS
THAT ARE REALLY IN X TRICK BLY
LINKINGED TO EACH OTHER AND
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO WALK
THROUGH SOME OF THAT IN DETAIL
IN OUR PRESENTATION, BUT JUST A
PREVIEW THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE
ORDER FROM THIS MORNING IS A
CONTINUATION REALLY OF SOME
FOUNDATIONAL WORK WE ALREADY
INITIATED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS.
I FOCUSED IN ON THE EFFORTS
FROM THE DEEP DIVE INTO S P.D.
YOU ALL HAD SOME HEALTHY
DIALOGUE WITH CHIEF DIAZ AND
HIS TEAM THIS MORNING.
AND IN TERMS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL
REFORM ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT WITH REGARD TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I WANT TO
ECHO WHAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ TALKED ABOUT
EXTENSIVELY THIS MORNING WHICH
IS THE FUNDAMENTALLY WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE BODIES OF
WORK AND FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN CORE AND TO WHAT EXTENT
THAT WE'RE OPEN TO SHIFTING
THOSE BODIES OF WORK OUTSIDE
THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE
INITIAL PROPOSALS FROM THE
MAYOR, MANY OF WHICH WERE
CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF YOUR
EARLIER DIALOGUE THIS SUMMER,
THIS ADDITIONAL $60 MILLION
EFFORT OF REDUCTION AND
FUNCTIONS BEING TRANS FIRMED
OT OF THE DEPARTMENT IS THAT.
THEY LOOK AT SHIFTING AND
RESHAPING SOME OF THE CORE
FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE SPD.
WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT THOSE FUNCTIONS IN A
LITTLE MORE DETAIL HERE IN A
MOMENT.
YOU HAVE SOME OF THAT PREVIEW
THIS MORNING WHEN WE WALKED
THROUGH SOME OF THE BUDGET
TRANSFER COMPONENTS.
THE SECOND PIECE OF PUZZLE THAT
WE ALL HAVE TALKED EXTENSIVELY
ABOUT AND HAVE MULTIPLE EFFORTS
INITIATED IS AROUND CENTERING
OUR EFFORTS AROUND COMMUNITY
AND ENGAGING COMMUNITY AND
LETTING COMMUNITY LEAD AROUND
TRANS DEM MICK TRANSFORMATION
AND AT THE PRGRAMATIC LEVEL.
OUR HOPE IS THAT THE ECOSYSTEM
THAT WE BUILT AROUND THIS WORK
GOING FORWARD WILL HAVE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CENTERED
IN THAT PROCESS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU AROUND THE PARTIES
PA TOREY BUDGET YOU IDENTIFIED
AND TIA WILL TALK ABOUT OUR
THINKING AROUND ENGAGEMENT AND
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING US FURTHER INTO ALIGNMENT
IN THAT CONVERSATION.
THE THIRD PRONG I THINK OF ALL
OF THIS IN THESE THREE CONSEC
TRICK CIRCLE IS IS INVESTMENT.
INVESTMENT ALLOCATION OF
RESOURCES.
I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE JUST
FINANCIAL IN NATURE.
THEY INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONNAL,
STAFFING, OTHER CITY ASPECTS
AND YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE ABOUT
SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THROUGH
DIRECTOR JOHNSTON HSD
FRAMEWORK.
OF COURSE SEPARATELY WE HAVE
ALL FOR SOME TIME HAVE HAD
PARALLEL AND CONCURRENT EFFORTS
RELATED TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM
REFORM, WHETHER AROUND THE
JAIL, YOUTH RETENTION,
ALTERNATIVES INCARCERATION, ALL
OF THOSE ARE MOVING IN PARALLEL
IN CONCERT TO THE SYSTEM WE
BUILT AROUND THESE CORE AREAS
OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND SPD
DEEP DIVE.
SO I HOPE THAT THE DISCUSSION
THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH IS STILL
AN EVOLVING ONE, AS WE BUILDOUT
THE CLEAR ELEMENTS THAT WE WANT
TO BE FOCUSED IN ON, HOW THEY
CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, AND WE
WELCOME THE COUNCIL'S
ENGAGEMENT IN THAT PROCESS AS
WELL.
JUST THIS MORNING, I REINFORCED
OUR INVITATION TO THE COUNCIL
AND COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO
PARTICIPATE WITH US IN THE
WORKING GROUP AND I DT PROCESS.
WE HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN
THOSE KINDS OF COLLABORATIVE
MODELS BEFORE AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO LOOKING WITH THEM
GOING FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS
AS WELL.
>>> ONE THING I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE IS THAT TO BE CLEAR
AND I THINK IS IS ENTIRELY
CONSISTENT WITH MUCH OF WHAT
THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT AS
WELL.
I THINK THE MAYOR BELIEVES
WHILE WE GO THROUGH THIS
PROCESS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE NOT COMPROMISING OUR
EXISTING RESPONSE, NOT TO 911
CALLS AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY
IN
IN GENERAL.
THAT IS CON CITIES CONSISTENT
WITH THE $14 MILLION SAFETY. IT
IS A RECOGNITION THERE IS THE
NEED TO BUILD CAPACITY IN ORDER
TO MOVE TOWARDS TRANSITION.
I THINK THAT FOUNDATIONAL WORK
WILL TAKE TIME AND WE'RE
PREPARED TO DO THAT BUT WE HOPE
WE CAN HAVE A MEANINGFUL
DISCUSSION AROUND THE PROCESS
AND THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE
FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE GET TO THAT
FUTURE STATE.
WITH THAT WE'LL WALK THROUGH
SEVERAL COMPONENTS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TURN IT OVER TO
OUR POWER POINT HERE.
I THINK SOME OF THE INITIAL
SLIDES AND I MISSED THE LAST
PART OF THE DISCUSSION THIS
MORNING, SO I KNOW THERE WAS A
LITTLE CARRY FORWARD BUT I
THINK JULIE KLEIN WAS GOING TO
KICK US OFF ON A FEW OF THE
ELEMENTS RELATED TO THE
FUNCTIONS THAT WERE
TRANSITIONING FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND SPEAK TO THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE LAUNCH
INTO THE E0 AND THE OTHER
COMPONENTS OF COMMUNITY SAFETY
WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
WILL YOU BE WITH IS?
>> I'LL BE HERE.
BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THOSE THREE
SLIDES AND JULIE THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIS
OPENING REMARKS?
>> I'M SEEING NONE.
I HAVE SOME, BUT I WILL HOLD
THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
RELATED TO YOUR REMARKS AS WELL
REGARDING THE $14 MILLION UNTIL
WE GET THROUGH THE FIRST FEW
SLIDES.
THANK YOU, JULIE FOR WAITING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
JULIE KLEIN, MAYOR'S PUBLIC
SAFETY ADVISOR FROM THE
EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE.
AND LET'S SEE.
BRIAN, IF YOU WANT TO ADVISE
ONE.
THERE WE GO.
THE FUNCTIONAL TRANSFERS, THIS
IS ESSENTIALLY A RECAP OF WHAT
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SEEMED WELL
VERSED IN THE FUNCTIONAL
TRANSFERS THAT WERE MADE.
I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY
DECISIONS BEHIND THESE
TRANSFERS.
JUST TO NAME -- I WON'T GO INTO
THE DETAILS AGAIN ADD NAUS SEE
YUM BUT TO RECAP THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR THE
2021 BUDGET MOVED OVER TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT THAT WAS FUNCTIONING
ALSO MOVED OUT FROM UNDER THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN ACTING AS A
CABINET LEVEL POSITION FOR SOME
TIME NOW, FOR THE LAST TWO
ADMINISTRATIONS OR THREE
POTENTIALLY.
THE 911 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER,
WE MOVED THAT OUT FROM UNDER
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AS WELL CREATING AN INDEPENDENT
EN TE TY CALLED THE SEATTLE
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
WE HOPE THIS IS A FIRST STEP TO
CIVILLION NIZE 911 RESPONSES
AND DIVERSIFY THE 911
RESPONSES.
POTENTIALLY, DEPENDING ON WHERE
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TAKES
US AND CONSENSUS TAKES US, WE
CAN EXPLORE THE IDEA OF
CITYWIDE COMMUNICATION CENTER
AS WELL THAT INCLUDES BOTH
EMERGENCY AND NOON EMERGENCY.
WE FELT THAT WAS A STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
THEN FINALLY THE VICTIM
ADVOCACY TEAM THAT WAS DONE IP
AFFECT BY THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET
MOVES AND THE 2021 MAYOR'S
BUDGET MAKES PERMANENT THAT
TRANSFER OF THE ADVOCACY TEAM
TO THE DIVISION NEWLY ARRANGED
IN HSD.
I'LL LET DIRECTOR JOHNSON FILL
EVERYONE IN A LITTLE MORE ON
THAT.
SO WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF
REGARDING ANY OF THESE BUDGET
TRANSFERS THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO
ANSWER THIS MORNING OR THAT MAY
HAVE COME UP THIS MORNING THAT
WE HAVEN'T ANSWERED THOSE?
>> THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE, AGAIN,
RECAPS THE MONETARY CHANGES IN
THE ACTUAL BUDGET NUMBERS AND
FTE'S THAT HAVE BEEN
TRANSFERRED OUT MOVING TO
CIVILIZATION OF RESPONSES, SO
--
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU HAVE
A QUESTION?
>> YOU'RE SO GOOD.
YOU SEE WHEN I TAKE MY MIC.
OFF MUTE.
I APPRECIATE IT.
JUST -- I SEE SOME INDICATION
ABOUT SOME CHANGES RELATED TO
OVERTIME BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A
PICTURE OF HOW MUCH IN TOTAL
OVER TIME IS BUDGETED FOR SPD
IN THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
>> THAT WOULD BE A BETTER
QUESTION FOR EITHER CARA MEAN
HESTER WHO I DON'T BELIEVE IS
ON OR ANGELA SOCHI WHO ES KNOW
IT ON.
WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO ALSO FLAG THE FACT
THERE ARE SEVERAL PENDING
QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE RELATED
TO OVERTIME POLICIES, AND I
THINK SOME OF THEM DOVETAIL
INTO SPECIAL EVENTS, AS WELL
AND THESE ARE CONTAINED IN A
LETTER I SENT TO CHIEF DIAZ ON
SEPTEMBER 17th.
AND I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A
RESPONSE TO THOSE INQUIRIES
AROUND OVER TIME POLICIES AND
THE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS THAT I
HAVE ABOUT THE LACK OF OVER
TIME CONTROLS AS WELL AS THE
LACK OF PROGRESS ON NOT JUST
IMPLEMENTING THE REP.
READ DAYS FROM THE AUDITOR'S
REPORT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
EVEN THOUGH THOSE ISSUES ARE
FRAMED AS IF THEY ARE WHOLLY
ISSUES THAT CAN BE RESOLVED
WITH TECHNOLOGY, THERE ARE SOME
MANUAL THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE
TO IMPROVE OVER TIME CONTROLS
IN THE INTERIM THAT I CERTAINLY
HOPE THE POLICE DEARTMENT HAS
BEEN DOING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY HAVE.
THEN THERE IS OF COURSE THE
ISSUE OF NOT JUST OVER TIME
CONTROLS BUT OFF DUTY TIME AND
THE LACK OF -- I CAN'T SAY THAT
THERE HAS NOT BEEN PROGRESS BUT
I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY PROGRESS
TO THE MAYOR BURGESS' EXECUTIVE
ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 13th, 2017
RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO OFF
DUTY WORK AND THEN FINALLY,
CHIEF DIAZ SAID THAT BY
REDEPLOYING OFFICERS 100
OFFICERS FROM SPECIALTY UNITS
TO PATROL WILL REDUCE OVER TIME
AND IN THIS LETTER FROM THE
17th I REQUESTED AN EFFORT OF
THE OVER TIME REDUCTION THAT
WILL RESULT FROM THIS
REDEPLOYMENT OR EVEN JUST A
PROJECTION.
IF SOMEBODY ELSE I SHOULD SEND
THIS LETTER TO, I AM HAPPY TO
DO SO, BUT I THINK THESE ARE
REALLY PRESSING ISSUES, NOT
JUST AS IT RELATES TO INSURING
THAT TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE BEING
SPENT IN A WAY THAT ARE, YOU
KNOW, CONSISTENT WITH OVERTIME
PRACTICES AND LIMITATIONS ON
THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT
OFFICERS SHOULD BE WORKING,
THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF PEOPLE
GETTING PAID FOR MORE THAN 24
HOURS IN A DAY IS ONE THAT I
THINK IS REALLY BE FUDD LING
AND TROUBLING TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE SO THANK YOU.
>> YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBAL, I DON'T
KNOW IF MARK BARRETT IS ON THE
LINE.
I'M HOPEFUL HE MAY BE ABLE TO
EXPOUND ON THAT BUT THE
STAFFING CHANGES WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT ON OVER TIME.
THERE IS A NEW COMPUTER PROGRAM
ALSO.
WST.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT
STANDS FOR THAT IS GOING TO BE
HELPING TO BETTER TRACK OVER
TAME AS WELL, SO I KNOW THOSE
TWO THINGS ARE IN PLAY.
I KNOW THIS WAS A VERY SPECIFIC
FROM THE MAYOR AND WE REALLY
DRILLED DOWN AND EXAMINED THAT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS A SHARED
INTEREST BETWEEN YOU AND THE
MAYOR AND SOMETHING THAT IS
CERTAINLY ON OUR AGENDA.
>> YES.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE
TECHNOLOGY IS STILL A LONG WAYS
AWAY.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE
OF OVER TIME THAT NEED TO BE
ANSWERED NOW AND THERE ARE
THINGS THAT SPD COULD DO
MANUALLY TO GET SOME OF THESE
ANSWERS.
THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR OUR I.T.
TEAM CAN YOU PLEASE MUTE THE
CLERK'S LINE.
THERE IS A LITTLE BACKGROUND
NOISE THERE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THE SLIDE?
>>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> DID YOU WANT TO GIVE A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE E0 OR DO YOU
WANT ME TO JUMP INTO THE KNITS
AND BOLTS OF IT?
>> JULIE, WHY DON'T EYE GO INTO
THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND I'LL
OVERLAY AS WE GO AND WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE TEAM
THAT CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE
SPECIFICS AS WELL, BUT I THINK
THIS DISCUSSION STARRED IN
EARNEST THIS MORNING AND JULIE
CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE
TEXTURE TO SOME OF THE THINGS
WE CONTEMPLATED IN THE WHAT IS
EFFECTIVELY AMOUNTING TO TWO
WORK GROUPS, COMMUNITY SAFETY
WORK GROUP AND FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS FOCUSED IN ON SPD.
WHY DON'T YOU WALK US THROUGH
IT'S JULYLY.
>> I APOLOGIZE IF WE DIDN'T GET
TO IT THIS MORNING, BUT
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER DOES IS DESIGNED TO HELP
REIMAGINE POLICING AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY IN SEATTLE A
IT CREATES AN OUTLINES A
TIMELINE, AN ACCOUNTABLE
TIMELINE TO EXPECT ANALYSIS ON
SPD911 DISPATCH, CALL VOLUME,
EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THOSE
FUNCTIONS, STAFFING MODELS
DISCUSSING AND ANALYZING NEW
WAYS OF STAFFING AND PERSONNEL
DEPLOYMENT.
AND OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF THIS ANALYSIS AND
ALL OF THIS DATA IS MADE
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT
OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
PROCESSES GOING ON AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS
ACCESS TO THIS DATA AND
ANALYSIS THAT WE INTEND TO DO
IN REGARDS TO SPD STAFFING.
AND AS IT RELATES BACK TO THEIR
FUNCTIONS.
WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO DO IS
TO REVIEW AND IDENTIFY SPD
FUNCTIONS THAT COULD BE
TRANSFERRED, ELIMINATED,
REDUCED, CIVIL NIZED OR
POTENTIALLY IN SOME CASES
EXPANDED, WHAT IMMEDIATELY
COMES TO MIND IS CSOs AND TO
DEVELOP OR IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE
UNARMED CIVIL YEN RESPONSES
REPLACE THOSE POLICE FUNCTIONS.
THE I D T, THE FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS I.D.
T IS THE LABORING OR IN
ANALYZING THE DATA, MAKING IT
AVAILABLE TONIGHT WORK GROUP
WHICH WILL BE HEADED UP BY THE
HSD DIRECTOR JASON JOHNSON,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
DIRECTOR, ANDRES "MADEA" AND
O.C.
R, DIRECTOR MARCO LOCKHART, AND
ALSO THE INTERIM CHIEF DIAZ
WILL BE INVOLVED IN THAT AS
WELL.
AND THAT WILL BE SORT OF MORE
OF A COALESCING POLICY BODY
THAT WILL HELP TO SORT OF MAKE
DECISIONS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS
AND DATA COLLECTED AND MADE
PUBLIC BY THE FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS I.D.
T. ONE OF THE OTHER PRIMARY
THINGS WE'RE HOPING THE
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS WILL DO IS
HELP US GET COMMUNITY CONSENSUS
AND SEE WHAT THE FUNCTIONAL
PRIORITIES ARE OF THE
COMMUNITY.
WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT TO
SEE SPD STILL DOING AND IN
ESSENCE A BIT OF A RANKING SO
YOU CAN OPERATIONALIZE THAT
THROUGH VARIOUS POLICING MODELS
AND STAFFING DECISIONS, AIR GO
BUDGET DECISIONS.
ONCE THAT OCCURS AND WE'RE
HOPING IT IS AN INTERRATIVE
PROCESS BASED ON OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUESTS
FOR INFORMATION ANALYSIS MAYBE
COMING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES,
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
WORK GROUP AND COUNCIL AND
PUTTING THAT TOGETHER TO HELP
INFORM POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND A
STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE
MORE.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE SLIDE ON
THAT.
THE MAYOR HAS ADDITIONAL IDEAS
WHAT THE STATE POLICY AGENDA OR
WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA SHOULD BE, BUT IT IS NO
MEANS TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
>>> AT THAT POINT, I THINK ONCE
THERE IS THE IDEA YATION PHASE
HAS FINISHED WE NEED TO START
BUILDING CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY
BASED RESPONSES TO SUBSTITUTE
IN FOR THOSE SPD FENCES AND
IMPLEMENT THOSE NEW MODELS OF
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THAT WE'LL
HAVE TO HAVE IN SOME CASES IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ADVOCATING
FOR THE STATE LAW CHANGE.
WHILE THIS IS SORT OF DISPLAYED
IN A CIRCLE IN THIS SORT OF
ORDER THAT WE THINK THESE
CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN, WE DO
ENVISION THIS BEING AN
INTERRATIVE PROCESS AND NOT A
ONE-WAY CIRCLE.
THOSE ARE THE HIGH POINTS.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD DEPUTY
MAYOR FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE
E0?
>> YES.
NO.
THANKS JULIE.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING
SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS.
THE ONLY THING I MIGHT
EMPHASIZE AND YOU TOUCHED ON
THIS ALREADY, WHILE THIS VISUAL
SUGGESTS SOME LEVEL OF
SEQUENTIAL MOVEMENT FLEW THESE
COMPO THES A LOT OF THESE
PIECES ARE GOING TO BE IN
FLIGHT CONCURRENTLY.
FOR INSTANCE, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT WILL FLOW THROUGHOUT
THIS PROCESS, BUT ALSO
COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING AS
I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, GIVEN
SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION
AND WHAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM
JOHNSON LATER, WILL GET
INITIATED SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER SO WHILE WE SHOW THIS AS
ALMOST ASIEH WHEN SHUL MOVE
AROUND THE HORN IF YOU WILL
HERE A LOT OF THESE ACTIONS
WILL BE MOVING IN PARALLEL.
IS THAT FAIR JULIE?
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FAIR.
THE INVESTMENT WILL CONTINUE AS
WE SHIFT FUNCTIONS AWAY FROM
POLICE ALTERNATIVES.
THOSE WILL HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT
SPEEDS DEPENDING WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS
DISCUSS LATER ON ABOUT THE 100
MILLION IN INVESTMENTS AND I
THINK THE PRIMARY REASON FOR
THAT IS THAT THE MAYOR NEW THAT
INVESTMENTS COULDN'T WAIT FOR
DIVESTMENT TO HAPPEN AND SO
ACTUAL DIVESTMENT WE THINK WILL
BE HAPPENING TO SOME EXTENT IN
THE VERBAL LANSING THE 20201
VERBAL LANSING DEPENDING ON THE
RESULTS OF OUR ANALYSIS AND
ENGAGEMENT AND PROBABLY FURTHER
REFLECTED AND MORE FULLY
REFLECTED IN IT IN THE 2022
BUDGET.
WE HAVE A TIMELINE SLIDE COMING
UP TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT
THAT SORT OF TIMELINE.
HERE IT IS.
THE MILESTONES SLAG HERE.
SO THIS DEMONSTRATES NICELY,
VISUALLY THE SORT OF WHERE WE
ARE IN THE PROCESS AND WHEN
WE'RE HOPE TO GET THINGS STOOD
UP AND MOVING, SO WE'RE
CURRENTLY IN THE 20201 CITY
COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS AS OF
THIS WEEK.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE CONCEPT
OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO GET ALL THESE THINGS MOVING.
WE NEED TO DO COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AROUND SP FUNCTIONAL
CHANGES AND 911 TRANSFORMATION.
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY WORK GROUP
AND THE SPD FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
I.D.
T, NEED TO SET THEIR WORK PLANS
AND THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS ARE
THEY'RE GOING TO NECESSARILY
HAVE TO BE SOME CHANGES THERE
FOR US TO DO SOME OF THE WORK
WE ARE ENVISIONING.
WE ARE TRYING HARD NOT TO GET
AHEAD IN MAKING POLICY
DECISIONS OR MAJOR CHANGES
WITHOUT FIRST UNDERSTANDING
WHAT COMMUNITY IS PRIORITIZING
FUNCTIONALLY SPEAKING IN SPD
BEFORE WE START.
AND THEN LETTING OUR BUDGET
DECISIONS FLOW FROM THAT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS
CONTEMPLATES SUPPLEMENTAL 2021
BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE FULLY
ANTICIPATE. WE MAY BE READY TO
MAKE SOME BUDGET CHANGES TO SPD
BASED ON FUNCTIONAL CHANGES.
BUT AS WE INDICATED, THE FULL
EXTENT OF THOSE MAY NOT BE
READY TO BE STOOD UP AND FOR
THOSE FUNCTIONS TO BE REMOVED
FROM SPD UNTIL WE ARE AT THIS
TIME NEXT YEAR.
BUT SINCE THOSE ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN IN DIFFERENT SPEEDS WE
DIDN'T WANT TO TIE OURSELVES
NECESSARILY TO WAITING UNTIL
EVERYTHING WAS READY TO EFFECT
THE CHANGES WE'RE LOOKING AT.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THERE ARE NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE IN THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , AND I
BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IF YOU HAD A QUESTION I DIDN'T
WANT TO MISS YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ON
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AS WELL AS
THE SLIDE FOR EACH STAGE THE
TOP BULLET IS COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, AND VERY UNCLEAR,
THOUGH, ON HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT IS IN THE MECHANISM
FOR THAT ENGAGEMENT FOR EACH OF
THESE STEPS.
I OF COURSE APPRECIATE RECEIVING
SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR MICHAEL
FONG'S INVITATION TO THE IDT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS AN
EXTERNAL BODY AND UNLESS I AM
MISTAKEN, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
THAT BODY IS INTENDING TO
REPRT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT MAYBE IT IS.
I WOULD LOVE A LITTLE MORE
UNDERSTANDING.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR SUGGESTING
THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ELEMENT HERE IS -- IS
CONSTITUTED BY THE MAYORS TASK
FORCE OF 40 INDIVIDUALS.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THAT.
I'M GOING TO JUST SAY, I'M
CONCERNED THIS PROCESS AS IT
HAS BEEN SCOPED IS LIKELY TO
DELAY CHANGE EVEN FURTHER.
COUNCIL PAST IT'S REBALANCED
BUDGET EIGHT WEEKS AGO AND IN
THAT REBALANCED BUDGET WE DID A
911 CALL ANALYSIS I'M NOT GOING
TO SUGGEST IT WAS ROBUST BUT IT
WAS THOROUGH ENOUGH, THANK YOU
DOCTOR FISHER, TO LET US KNOW
WHAT OUR NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS
SHOULD BE FROM THE ANALYSIS WE
DID.
WE ALSO REQUESTED, THIS IS MY
THIRD TIME MENTIONING IT, SORRY
FOR BEATING A DEAD HORSE, WE
REQUESTED BY DECEMBER 30 AN
ANALYSIS OF WHAT FUNCTIONS AND
SPD COULD BE CIVILIAN EYES.
I WOULD EXPECT IT, RATHER THAN
SPENDING TIME GOING BACK AND
FORTH ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN OR
OVERRIDE THE VETO.
SOME OF THIS WORK WOULD'VE BEEN
DONE BECAUSE IT WAS WORK THAT
WE AGREED, THE EXECUTIVE AND
THE COUNCIL , IT'S WORK WE BOTH
WANT ON.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO BE
FURTHER ALONG IN THIS SORT OF
REIMAGINING PROCESS SO WE CAN
BEGIN TO STAND UP SOME OF THE
OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
AND, AGAIN, JUST BACK TO THE
QUESTION, THE QUESTION IS GOING
BACK, ABOUT WHAT IS THE
MECHANISM FOR COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOR
EACH OF THE STEPS?
I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS EFFORT
TO BE SHIFTING ATTENTION AWAY
FROM PROCESSES THAT ARE
UNDERWAY TO GENERATE PLANS FOR
SAFETY.
THAT BEING A SEPARATE PROCESS
AND CONVERSATION.
IT TOO IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW ANDRES MANTILLA AND
DIRECTOR JOHNSON WILL BE
ADDRESSING THIS LATER ON.
SUFFICE IT TO SAY THERE IS
GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT REPORT AVAILABLE AT
THE END OF OCTOBER.
AND TO ANSWER ONE OF YOUR OTHER
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE IDT, WE
ANTICIPATE MAKING , WE
ANTICIPATE IT TO BE REPORTING A
PUBLICLY REGULARLY ON ITS
ANALYSIS AND GATHER DATA.
AND UNDERSTANDING FUNCTIONAL
PRIORITIES.
SO, I BEG YOUR PARDON FOR JUST
A LITTLE BIT, I THINK QUESTIONS
REGARDING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CAN
BE BEST ANSWERED BY JASON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES DID
YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I DO.
GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE, ALTHOUGH I GUESS IT
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, I AM
INTERESTED IN, YOU EXPLAINED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WILL BE ON
THESE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES,
SO IT'S DEPARTMENT HEADS ON THE
WORKGROUP, AND I AM ASSUMING
APARTMENT STAFF ON IDT.
I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW
THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE AND
HOW THESE FOLKS OR THIS WORK
WILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN A
RACIALLY EQUITABLE WAY.
WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM
COMMUNITY IS THAT ALL OF THIS
WORK SHOULD BE COMMUNITY LED
WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE ARE
IDENTIFYING AS PRIORITIES.
HAVING A TOP-DOWN APPROACH TO
THAT ISSUE IDENTIFICATION IS
SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC, THAT IS
MY FIRST QUESTION.
HOW WILL THAT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN.
MY SECOND QUESTION IN TERMS OF
HOW THESE GROUPS WERE FORMED,
WHAT RACIAL EQUITY PRINCIPLES
WERE USED TO CREATE THESE TWO
WORKGROUPS?
AND WERE THE CO-LEADS INVOLVED
IN HELPING THINK THROUGH HOW TO
CREATE THESE?
>> TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND
QUESTION FIRST.
I THINK ULTIMATELY THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY BOARD GROUP IS
COMPRISED OF THE DIRECTORS WHO,
SOME OF THIS WORK WILL END
WITH, AND SOME OF THIS WORK, IN
SPECIFIC SOME OF THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT, NEEDS TO KIND OF
RELY ON THEIR ADVICE AND
COUNCIL.
THAT WOULD BE THE SEATTLE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IS GOING
TO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THAT.
AND THAT WAS HOW THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY WORKGROUP WAS BORN.
YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THE IDT,
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS IDT IS A
SMALLER GROUP OF WORKING STAFF
THAT ARE THERE TO BE SORT OF
TECHNICAL ADVISORS AND GATHER
INFORMATION AND DATA FROM
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO
ANSWER SOME OF THE BIGGER
POLICY QUESTIONS THAT THE
WORKGROUP IS GOING TO ENCOUNTER
THROUGH THEIR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
WORK. I THINK ONE OF THE
GUIDING PRINCIPLES WE ARE
REALLY FOCUSED ON HERE IS, WE
HAVE GENERAL AREAS IDEAS AND
PLACES WHERE THERE COULD BE
FUNCTIONAL CHANGE OR SHIFTS.
BUT, WE ARE TRYING NOT TO
PREORDAINED ANY RESULTS BEFORE
THERE IS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
>> I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING IN AN
ANSWER ABOUT HOW THE ACTUAL
ENGAGEMENT WILL WORK.
HOW THE IDT WILL ENGAGE WITH
COMMUNITY TO GET THE
INFORMATION, THE FORM AND
FUNCTIONAL DECISION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
DIRECTOR ANDRES MANTILLA AND
DIRECTOR JOHNSON WILL GO OVER
THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LATER IN
THE PRESENTATION.
>> OKAY.
IF YOU CAN ADDRESS THEN WHETHER
RACIAL EQUITY PRINCIPLES WERE
CREATED, USED IN CREATING THESE
TWO GROUPS.
>> COUNCIL NUMBER, I WILL
INTERJECT FOR A QUICK SECOND.
AND AGAIN, DIRECTOR ANDRES
MANTILLA CAN GO INTO THIS IN
MORE DETAIL.
OUR ENGAGEMENT AROUND THIS BODY
OF WORK ISN'T SOMETHING WE ARE
INITIATING AS PART OF THIS IDT
PROCESS.
IN FACT, WE HAVE DONE A ROUND
OF ENGAGEMENTS WITH ALL OF THE
OFFICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMISSIONS PRIOR TO SHAPING
THIS EO.
THAT EFFORT HAS HELPED INFORM
AND WE BROUGHT THE FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS DISCUSSION, 911
ELEMENTS TO THE TABLE THAT HOUSE
HELPED INFORM OUR THINKING AS
FAR AS HOW WE ESTABLISHED THESE
TWO WORKING GROUPS INTERNALLY.
AS JULIE HAS MENTIONED, CLEARLY
AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEING A
KEY PIECE OF THIS BODY OF WORK,
OUR INTENTION IS CLEARLY TO
HAVE THAT BE DRIVING BOTH WHAT
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND THE
CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK AS FAR AS
HOW PRIORITIZATION FLOWS.
BOTH DIRECTORS, DIRECTOR
JOHNSON AND DIRECTOR MANTILLA
COULD TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC
STRATEGIES WE'VE OUTLINED FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS AN
AREA WE WELCOME CONTINUED
DIALOGUE FROM.
WE KNOW YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES
HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN THAT
BUDGETING PROCESS AND WE WANT
TO ALSO HEAR FROM YOU HOW YOU
SEE THAT RESEARCH TO BE
INTEGRATED IN THIS
CONVERSATION.
BY NO MEANS DO WE FEEL LIKE WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED THE ENTIRETY OF
HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION HERE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WELCOME
YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS
YOUR COLLEAGUES PERSPECTIVE AS
WE CONTINUE TO SHAPE THIS.
THIS IS PRECISELY WHY WE HAVE
ANTICIPATED ONGOING ENGAGEMENT
WITH COUNCIL STAFF AS PART OF
THIS EFFORT.
SO, I KNOW FOLKS ARE EAGER TO
MOVE TO THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PIECE.
I THINK IT'S A COUPLE OF SLIDES
FROM HERE.
IF YOU'LL INDULGE US TO GET
THROUGH THIS WE WILL CERTAINLY
ADDRESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
>> I STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER
TO THE QUESTION ABOUT RACIAL
EQUITY PRINCIPLES.
I HEAR YOU THAT THE COMMISSIONS
MIGHT'VE BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT
THIS, SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED
TO HEAR WHAT FEEDBACK THEY
HAVE.
BUT, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE
QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER RSJI
TEAMS WERE INVOLVED OR WHAT
TOOLS WERE USED TO FORM THESE
GROUPS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
>> I THINK WE JUST TRIED TO BE
-- SINCE THESE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THE
DECISION-MAKERS, I THINK WE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE
RIGHT DEPARTMENT HEADS.
THAT IS HOW THE WORKGROUP WAS
FORMED.
I THINK THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
ASPECT OF IT IS WHERE THE RSJI ,
I'M SORRY, THE REAL NEED FOR THE
RSJI ANALYSIS AND INCLUSION IS
GOING TO BE IN THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT ANALYSIS OF THIS.
THE WORKGROUP IS THERE TO
ESSENTIALLY TAKE THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT GUIDANCE AND TURN IT
INTO POLICY AND IMPLEMENTED.
ONCE WE ARE HEARING CLEARLY
WHAT FUNCTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE
TO SEE REPLACED AND WHAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM REPLACED
WITH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
I THINK THEY ARE PRUDENT AT
THIS POINT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
MADE A NOTE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT DID NOT GET ANSWERED FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ , NEXT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK WHAT I AM HEARING IN
TERMS OF THE RESPONSE IS THAT IN
RSJI, WAS NOT COMPLETED OR DONE
AS IT RELATES TO THE CONCEPTS
OF WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY WORKGROUP AND THE IDT
SHOULD EXIST.
THE RSJI TOOLKIT WASN'T USED
TO DRIVE THE CREATION OF THE
CONCEPT OF THE WORKGROUP FOR
THE IDT, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THAT IS ACCURATE.
>> WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WHAT
I AM HEARING , THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY NOW AND MOVING
FORWARD TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THOSE
KINDS OF BODIES OF WORK THAT WE
WANT TO SEE INCORPORATED IN THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP AND
THE IDT NOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS
ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
DECLARING HER INTENT TO HEAD IN
THAT DIRECTION.
THAT IS THE INVITATION I AM
HEARING.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE
CHARACTERIZATION OF THAT
INVITATION?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> GREAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE SPIRIT
OF HEARING THAT INVITATION AND
WANTING TO ACCEPT IT.
AND HELP TO POTENTIALLY SHAPE
THIS INTO SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
, THAT WILL HAVE GREAT UTILITY,
NOT JUST TO US IS A C MAKERS
úBUT WILL BE LEGITIMATE AND
IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL TO
PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES.
AND SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
ONE IS, YOU ALL MIGHT BE AWARE
OF SOME OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM REALIGNMENT WORK THAT
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING OVER
THE LAST TWO YEARS.
MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AT THIS
POINT.
THAT PROCESS DOES INCLUDE A
BROAD SET OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT
ARE LOOKING AT A HOST OF
RECOMMENDATIONS AND BODIES OF
WORK THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ACROSS
THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM.
THAT JUST KICKED OFF LAST WEEK.
CARLOS FROM OUR COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF HAS BEEN LEADING
THAT WORK ALONG WITH OTHERS. I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS
PARTICULARLY IN THE SPACE.
I THINK YOU HEAR A LOT FROM
STAKEHOLDERS THAT THEY GET
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXHAUSTION.
OF BEING ENGAGED REPEATEDLY ON
THE SAME ISSUES OR SIMILAR
ISSUES AND THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR US TO TRY, AS THE OWNERS OF
BUREAUCRACY TO STRIKE AND
STREAMLINE THOSE PROCESSES TO
THE GREATEST EXTENT AS POSSIBLE
TO NOT CREATE FATIGUE WITHIN
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS ONE POINT.
THE SECOND POINT IS, AS WE ARE
LOOKING AT STRUCTURING THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
APPLY THE RACIAL SOCIAL JUSTICE
TOOLKIT AS IT'S BEING DESCRIBED
TO MAKE SURE THAT STRUCTURALLY
WE ARE NOT CREATING ANY
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IN
TERMS OF EXCLUDING THOSE VOICES
WE NEED TO BE AT THE CENTER OF
THE CONVERSATION WHICH AGAIN,
ARE THE VOICES OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
THOSE ARE JUST TWO PIECES I
LIKE TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON.
AND FROM THE 30,000 FOOT LEVEL,
I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS
INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THIS
COUNCIL WHO ARE SKEPTICAL OF
THIS BODY OF WORK.
PART OF OUR WORK IS AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS IS TO APPLY SCRUTINY
AND TO TAKE OUR FUNCTION AS
OVERSIGHT REALLY SERIOUSLY.
AND I THINK WE ALL ARE DOING
THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM THE
30,000 FOOT LEVEL THAT IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ALL
AROUND NEGOTIATING A POTENTIAL
SUBSTITUTE BILL, IF, DEPENDING
ON HOW THE OVERRIDE ON THE
MAYOR'S VETOES WHEN, WE TALKED
A LOT ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF HOW
IMPORTANT IT WAS TO BRING A
DIVERSE SET OF VOICES TO THE
TABLE TO HELP GUIDE THESE
CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
SO, I AM GOING TO, UNTIL I SEE
OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO BELIEVE
THIS PROPOSAL IS BEING SET
FORWARD IN THAT SPIRIT.
AND I'M HEARTENED TO HEAR THERE
IS STILL AN INVITATION FOR
COUNCIL AND COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
IDT PROCESS AND BE ENGAGED IN
THE COMMUNITY WORKGROUP
PROCESS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO HAVE A VOICE IN THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT
EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
COME TOGETHER AND TO SORT OUT
OUR DIFFERENCES.
AND AGAIN, WE MAY NOT AGREE ON
THE OUTCOME, HERE, BUT I DO
THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT EFFORT
TO UNDERGO TOGETHER AND SEE IF
WE CAN FIND SOME ALIGNMENT HERE
AND IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO
MAKE SURE THE BOTH THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP AND
THE IDT IS GOING TO BE
REPRESENTATIVE OF COUNCILS
PRIORITIES AND OF THE
CONSTITUENCIES WE REPRESENT.
THANK YOU.
>> I KNOW CHAIR MOSQUEDA, IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME I WANT TO
KEEP MOVING.
THE ONLY COMMENT I WILL MAKE IS
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND
I CONCUR THAT THROUGHOUT OUR
CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE
NEGOTIATIONS RELATED TO
COMPROMISE WE TALKED ABOUT
LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN WORK
TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK CENTERING
AROUND COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE
TO PROCEED TOGETHER BETWEEN
LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE
BRANCHES.
THAT COMMITMENT STILL STANDS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AND COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
AT THE SAME TIME I JUST WANT TO
ALSO MENTION PART OF THE
INTEREST IN ENSURING THAT WE
ARE TRUE TO RSJI COMMITMENT
AND VALUES IS PARTLY WHY THE
COCHAIRS OF THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY WORKGROUP INVOLVE
DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT ARE
BEYOND JUST THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS A REASON WHY THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, DOM, ARE
PART OF THE CORONATION OF THIS
WORK.
AND AGAIN, I WILL DEFER SOME OF
THIS DISCUSSION COMPONENT TO
DIRECTOR MANTILLA BECAUSE I
THINK HE CAN SPEAK MUCH MORE IN
DEPTH ABOUT SOME OF THE
COUNCILS INTEREST WITH REGARD
TO ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY.
SO, I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA IF THERE ARE
OTHER QUESTIONS WE WILL TAKE
THEM BEFORE WE KEEP MOVING ON.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEPUTY
MAYOR.
I WILL ECHO WITH THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SAID AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR
THAT YOU WANT TO IMPROVE THE
COUNCIL AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL
TASK FORCE, I AGREE WITH WHAT
THEY SAID AS WELL THAT IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACCEPT
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK GIVEN THAT'S
AN INSULAR BODY AND WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT THAT.
I HEARD THE INVITATION THERE
AND I HEAR THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ECHOING THE
IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD
THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE HONEST
CONVERSATIONS AMONGST OURSELVES
AND IN THE PRESS, THERE WAS A
QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THE THIRD
BULLET HERE REGARDING BUILDING
COMMUNITY CAPACITY OR BUILDING
CAPACITY AS WE THINK ABOUT
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY TO
REDUCE FUNDING IN SPD.
IT'S GOT TO BE THE RIGHT TEETER
TOTTER.
JULIE, I THINK YOU ARE ELUDING
TO THAT, I'M SORRY JULIE, IT
WASN'T YOU, IT WAS WE CAN
FOLLOW UP WITH HER.
THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT THE
BUDGET IS ASSUMED INCLUDED THE
STATUS QUO MAINTENANCE OF
EXISTING FTES BECAUSE THERE WAS
I GUESS A QUESTION MARK ON HOW
QUICKLY THOSE DOLLARS COULD GET
OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE
QUESTION I HAD FOR THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM IS REGARDING THE
PRESS RELEASE THAT WENT OUT
YESTERDAY.
THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE PRESS
RELEASE REGARDING THE $14
MILLION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, IT SAYS FROM THE
MAYOR'S MEMO, HOWEVER, MY
CONCERN CENTERS AROUND COUNCIL
SEEKING TO BORROW MONEY WITH NO
IDENTIFIED SOURCE.
IS IT YOUR HOPE WE CAN IDENTIFY
A WAY TO ADDRESS THE $14 MILLION
AS PART OF THE 21 PROCESS?
PRETTY MAYOR, YOU ALSO
MENTIONED OR COMMENTED ON THE
$14 MILLION AS YOU BEGAN THE
CALL THIS MORNING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
CLARIFY, WE HAVE CHATTED ABOUT
THIS THIS MORNING, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE COUNCIL
DID HAVE IDENTIFIED SOURCE.
IN SECTION 3 OF COUNCIL BILL
119683 WHICH WAS VETO AND
OVERRIDDEN, IT PROVIDES TWO
APPROACHES FOR PAYING $13.1
MILLION THROUGH AND INTERFUND
LOAN.
WHILE THE MAYOR MAY NOT HAVE
LIKED THAT, EVEN THOUGH I DID
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER
AND SHE SAID, THIS WAS LAST
TUESDAY, SHE DID NOT HAVE A
CONCERN WITH USING INTERFUND
LOAN AT THAT POINT, EVEN IF
THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE
APPROACH, IT'S A FAR CRY FROM
ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO HAVE
IDENTIFIED A SOURCE.
IN SECTION 3 IT CLEARLY
IDENTIFIES USING INTERFUND LOAN
OR IF THE INTERFUND LOAN
SAVINGS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE
REALIZED, THEN WE WOULD USE
SAVINGS FROM SPD, I'M SORRY IF
THE SPD SAVINGS ARE NOT ABLE TO
BE REALIZED WE WOULD USE
FUNDING FROM JUMPSTART IF
NECESSARY.
WE CLEARLY HAD IDENTIFIED
SOURCE FOR THE INTERFUND LOAN.
CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT ON
WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
MISUNDERSTANDING OR THERE ARE
FOLKS FROM CENTRAL STAFF WHO
MIGHT WANT TO CHIME IN, THERE
IS CLEARLY A $13.1 MILLION POOL
WE PLANNED TO PAY BACK. I AM
CONFUSED WHY THE THING WHICH IS
CAN INCLUDED IN THE PRESS
RELEASE YESTERDAY.
>> I THINK I CAN CLARIFY.
THE ISSUE IS THAT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO YOU
DOESN'T ASSUME FURTHER
REDUCTIONS IN SPD THAT COULD BE
USED TO REPAY THAT $14 MILLION.
IN THE IN OUR
-- THAT IS A STATEMENT OF FACT,
NOT ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT.
IF ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE $14 MILLION OUR BUDGET
DOESN'T HAVE IT, YOU GUYS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.
YOU SEEM QUITE PREPARED TO DO
THAT.
JUST FINE WHICH IS WHY WE ARE
READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR?
>> I THINK BEN HAS ARTICULATED
THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THIS.
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I THINK
WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR
AS INTENT AND INTEREST.
COUNCIL HAS MADE IT CLEAR WE
WANT TO PUSH THESE RESOURCES
OUT THE DOOR . DIRECTOR JOHNSON
CAN ELABORATE LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION AS FAR AS SOME OF
HIS PLANNING AND APPROACH TO
THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS OF
WORK TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.
I THINK THE BUDGET MECHANICS
ARE LARGELY ASSOCIATED WITH
WHEN THOSE DOLLARS NEED TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR CONTRACTS AND AT
THE END OF THE DAY THE 21
BUDGET NEEDS TO REFLECT THE
IDENTIFICATION OF THAT $14
MILLION.
OTHERWISE, I THINK WE ARE ON
THE SAME PAGE AND WE HAVE EVERY
INTENTION OF MOVING FORWARD AS
QUICKLY AS WE CAN WITH THE ONE
PIECE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING
WHICH WAS THE COUNCIL ACTION I
BELIEVE DID REQUIRE US TO COME
BACK WITH AN ORDINANCE TO
ACTUALLY ARTICULATE OUR GAME
PLAN FOR RELEASE OF THOSE FUNDS.
AND WE WANT TO HAVE SOME
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT LEVEL
OF DETAIL YOU ARE EXPECTING FOR
US TO BILL TO GET THAT LIFTED
FOR THE RESOURCES TO GO OUT.
BUT AGAIN, CONCEPTUALLY, WE ARE
ON THE SAME PAGE.
I DON'T THINK INTENT IS LOST ON
THE EXECUTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT
YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, DEPUTY MAYOR AND
DIRECTOR NOBLE.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD?
>> NOTHING, I WOULDN'T DISAGREE
WITH ANYTHING THAT DIRECTOR
NOBLE OR SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR
FONG SAID, A BE JUST A FINER
POINT ON WHERE THERE MAY BE
DISAGREEMENT HERE IN JUST
POINTING OUT THE COUNCIL
PROVIDED POLICY DIRECTION ABOUT
HOW THEY INTENDED, HOW YOU ALL
INTENDED TO FUND THOSE $14
MILLION OF INVESTMENTS.
THE MAYOR TRANSMITTED A BUDGET
THAT DIDN'T FULFILL THAT POLICY
DIRECTION WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN
EITHER REDUCING THE SPD BUDGET
BY AN ADDITIONAL $14 MILLION OR
$13.1 MILLION TO BACK THAT
INTERFUND LOAN, TO PAY BACK THE
INTERFUND LOAN.
OR TO DEDICATE $13.1 MILLION OF
JUMPSTART MONEY WHICH IS PART
OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS IN THE
BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED.
SO NOW THE COUNCIL IS FACED
WITH LOOKING AT MAKING THOSE
REDUCTIONS IN SPD OR
REPROGRAMMING OTHER GENERAL
FUND SPENDING IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE PUT A
FINER POINT ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK TO THIS.
I THINK THAT UNDERSCORES THE
POINT I AM MAKING.
WE ARE NOW IN A POSITION OF
EITHER HAVING TO TAKE UP
FUNDING FROM JUMPSTART WHICH WE
HAD ALREADY ANTICIPATED FOR
SOMETHING ELSE VERSUS HAVING IT
COME FROM THE SPD BUDGET.
SO IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF THE
POLICY CHOICES VERSUS WHAT I
THINK WAS IN THE PRESS RELEASE
YESTERDAY, FAILED TO ARTICULATE,
WE HAD A PLAN, WE HAVE A PLAN.
AND SPECIFICALLY STATE THERE IS
COMMITMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
GETTING THOSE DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR.
IT'S REALLY JUST A MATTER OF US
NOT HAVING TO MAKE THESE POLICY
CHOICES THAT UNDERMINED OUR
INITIAL PLAN.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW WE ALL WANT TO MOVE ON
FROM THIS TOPIC.
BUT, I REALLY APPRECIATE
DIRECTOR NOBLE, YOU EXPLAINING
WHAT THE STEPS ARE MOVING
FORWARD.
BUT, I DID NOT HEAR AN ANSWER TO
CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S QUESTION, WHY
DID THE PRESS RELEASE GO OUT
SAYING THE MAYOR'S CONCERN
CENTERED AROUND NO IDENTIFIED
FUNDING SOURCE.
WHY ARE THOSE WORDS IN A PRESS
RELEASE WHEN THEY ARE
COMPLETELY UNTRUE?
>> I'M NOT SURE I SEE THE
DIFFERENCE, WE ARE MOVING WITH
THE $14 MILLION EXPENDITURE
THAT HAS BEEN REQUIRED OF US
THAT IS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THAT'S ALL WE ARE SAYING.
BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD
BECAUSE COUNCIL IS CLEAR ABOUT
ITS INTENT.
>> WE WERE CLEAR ABOUT OUR
INTENT.
IDENTIFIED A FUNDING SOURCE TO
PAY OFF THE BORROWED MONEY.
>> AGAIN, THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WE HAD DELIVERED TO YOU DOESN'T
SAY $14 MILLION IN 2021 TO
REPAY THIS.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> AGAIN, IF ANYONE'S FAULT
IT'S MINE.
WE WERE PREPARING THE BUDGET IN
THE SPACE WHERE THE MAYOR HAD
VETOED, THERE WAS NO SET LINE
THAT SPACE.
SO WE MADE A SET OF ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT IT.
IN ANY CASE YOU HAVE THE FINAL
WORD AND WE ARE DOING IS
REQUESTED.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
$14 MILLION.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S
GOING TO NEED SOME OFFSETTING
FUNDING TO GET THERE.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED A
COUPLE OF WAYS TO DO IT.
AND CONVERSATIONS TODAY HAVE
INDICATED THAT
>> I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD
TAKE THE BLAME.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT HOW THE
BUDGET WAS PREPARED.
YOU MADE A CHOICE WHICH YOU CAN
DO TO NOT, IN PREPARING THE
BUDGET, TO NOT HAVE USED
CERTAIN DOLLARS AS A FUND
SOURCE TO REPAY THIS LOAN.
THE ISSUE THAT CHAIR MOSQUEDA
IS RAISING, IS THAT IN MOVING
FORWARD AND BUILDING TRUST
BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
COUNCIL , WE NEED TO KNOW THERE
ARE ACCURATE STATEMENTS BEING
SAID IN THE PRESS ABOUT OUR
ACTIONS.
AND THIS STATEMENT SAYS WE DID
NOT IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE.
AND WE DID.
YOU CHOSE NOT TO USE IT, THAT
IS YOUR PREROGATIE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . I WILL ALSO ADD , I
BELIEVE, DIRECTOR NOBLE, YOU
PROBABLY DIDN'T OFFER THE PRESS
RELEASE YOURSELF.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE
AND I'M HOPING YOU CAN TAKE
BACK AS WELL AS WE TALK ABOUT
VOTING TRUST AND FIGURE OUT A
WAY BOTH EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH CAN MOVE
FORWARD, I THINK IT'S AN
IMPORTANT NOTE WE HAVE HONEST
CONVERSATIONS AMONGST OURSELVES
HERE AND ALSO VIA THE PRESS
THAT THIS IS A TOOL THAT HAS
BEEN OFTEN USED TO GET MESSAGES
OUT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, THAT IS
THE MESSAGE I'M HOPING YOU CAN
BRING BACK BECAUSE THE PRESS
RELEASE WAS JUST RELEASED
YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE
HAVE ALREADY, THROUGH VARIOUS
OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND MESSAGES WE HAVE
GOTTEN CLEARLY FROM COMMUNITY
AND OUR PARTNERS IN THIS AREA,
A NUMBER OF PLACES WE HAVE
ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT WE WILL
NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES IN
STATE LAW, WE CAN'T JUST
EFFECTUATE CHANGE HOW WE WOULD
LIKE AT THE CITY LEVEL OR EVEN
AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN
EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES WE SHOULD BE SEEKING IN
THIS ARENA.
THIS IS A STARTING POINT WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED BASED ON, LIKE
I SAID, PRIOR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
I CAN TICK DOWN THESE QUICKLY
BUT IT GOES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
CERTIFICATION, STATEWIDE
SYSTEM, CHANGES TO THE STATEWIDE
DECERTIFICATION SYSTEM THAT CAN
TAKE YEARS.
SO WE ARE NOT RECYCLING POLICE
OFFICERS WERE PENDING THE
CERTIFICATION INTO OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
STATEWIDE REFORM OF POLICE
LABOR LAWS.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THOSE
PREVIOUSLY.
THE LIMITATIONS WE FACE IN
NEGOTIATING WITH SP MA.
AND STATEWIDE STANDARD POLICIES
AND TRAINING ON USE OF FORCE,
BODY CAMERAS, CROWD MANAGEMENT.
CREATE AN INDEPENDENT STATEWIDE
ENTITY OF SOME SORT TO
INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE
POLICE OFFICERS.
AND I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART
OF THAT IS FAIRNESS AND THE
APPEARANCE OF FAIRNESS, TAKING
THAT INVESTIGATION AND
DETERMINATION OUT OF THE HANDS
OF WHAT ARE ESSENTIALLY LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO THE
POLICE AGENCIES, THAT THAT
MEMBER MAY BE A PART OF.
AND THEN INCREASING SUBPOENA
POWER FOR POLICE MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS FOR CIVILIAN
OVERSIGHT ENTITIES.
AND A STATEWIDE STANDARD
INQUEST PROCEDURE REFLECTS THE
REFORMS THAT WERE ATTEMPTED TO
BE EMBODIED IN THE KING COUNTY
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS JUST
OVERTURNED THAT REFLECTS THE
TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY
AND SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES OF
THE DECEASED THAT NEED TO BE
THERE.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A
STARTING POINT, A JUMPING OFF
POINT FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES FOR THE NEXT SESSION IN
JANUARY.
THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE
FULLY EXPECT THIS LIST TO GROW.
>> I'M SINGLE QUESTIONS.
EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> I APPRECIATE THIS, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD TO GET THIS OUT EARLY.
ON THE SECOND POINT THAT TALKS
ABOUT STATEWIDE REFORM OF
POLICE LABOR LAWS, THAT IS
PRETTY GENERIC.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE INTENT
IS THERE?
>> IT WOULD DEFER TO OUR LABOR
POLICY EXPERTS IN THIS ARENA ON
WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED GOING
FORWARD.
I THINK WE ARE STILL
IDENTIFYING AREAS THAT ARE IN
THE EARLY STAGES OF PLANNING
FOR NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE NEXT
CONTRACT.
AM NOT QUALIFIED TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS.
WE CAN GET YOU THOSE ANSWERS.
THE SPECIFIC AREAS WE HAVE
ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO ANY ISSUES RELATED
TO LABOR LAWS, THAT THOSE BE --
MY REQUEST WOULD BE AS THE
CHAIR OF THE SELECT LABOR
COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL
AND IS A MEMBER OF THE LABOR
RELATIONS POLICY COMMITTEE,
THAT THERE WOULD BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION
ABOUT THAT BODY OF WORK IN
TERMS OF LOBBYING EFFORTS.
THAT THAT CONVERSATION BE
QUEUED UP IN THE LABOR
RELATIONS POLICY COMMITTEE
AGAIN TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS
OPPORTUNITY FOR MAXIMUM
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN WHAT THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
SEE PRIORITIZED IN THIS
LOBBYING AGENDA AND WHAT THE
MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO SEE
PRIORITIZED THERE.
THE EARLIER AND THE SOONER WE
DO THAT LESS LIKELY WE ARE
GOING TO RUN INTO ISSUES ONCE
OUR LOBBYISTS ARE DONE IN
OLYMPIA DOING THE HARD WORK WE
KNOW THEY DO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I KNOW THE MAYOR PREVIOUSLY
SENT THE MAYOR TO THE GOVERNOR
HAS SLIGHTLY MORE DETAILS THAN
I WAS ABLE TO GIVE YOU OFF-THE-
CUFF.
WE WILL GET MORE DETAILS TO YOU
ALL.
>> AND I WILL JUST SORT OF, FOR
THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY,
DAYLIGHT THE FACT THAT FOR ME
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
ADDRESS ISSUES OF DISCIPLINE,
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
ARBITRATION, THAT IS AN AREA
WHERE EVEN WHEN OFFICERS ARE
DISCIPLINED OR TERMINATED,
THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
TO OVERTURN THOSE DECISIONS IN
THOSE BINDING ARBITRATION
PROCESSES AND I THINK THERE IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE A
SECOND LOOK AT THE EQUITY
ISSUES RELATED TO THE
ARBITRATION SYSTEM, BINDING
ARBITRATION SYSTEM AS A RELATES
TO POLICE UNIONS.
>> I KNOW FOR A FACT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THAT THAT IS ON THE
MAYOR'S LIST.
TOP-OF-THE-LINE, PROBABLY FOR
THE SAME REASONS IT'S ON YOUR
LIST.
ABSOLUTELY THAT IS INCLUDED ON
THE LIST.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT I
AM AWARE THAT BOTH THE
COMMISSION AND OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL ARE BOTH ALSO
PREPARING STATE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDAS.
SO IN YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND PERHAPS THROUGH OUR SELECT
LABOR COMMITTEE WE CAN HAVE
THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM AS
WELL.
>> GREAT.
OKAY.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL AND INTERPLAY BETWEEN
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP
WHICH IS SORT OF, RECEIVER OF
THE IDEATION, AND THE WORKHORSE
WHICH IS SORT OF THE FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS IDT.
TOGETHER THEY WILL BE
FACILITATING OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATE WITH
ACCOUNTABILITY STAKEHOLDERS,
SPECIFICALLY OPA, OIG.
AND OTHER SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS FOR SOME TOPICS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE THE
COMMISSIONS, AS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES MENTIONED EARLIER.
FOR SOME ISSUES THAT IS GOING
TO BE LABOR EXPERTS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
DRYING ON AS MUCH RESOURCE AS
WE CAN.
WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SPD
FISCAL ANALYSIS, I DETAILED
THIS A LITTLE EARLIER.
HOW THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE TIED
TO THE FUNCTIONAL PRIORITIES
THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE.
THE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS, SO
CURRENT FUNCTIONS LOOKING AT
SPECIALTY UNITS,
RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN OF WHAT
SHOULD BE LIMITED, REDUCED,
CIVILIAN EYES OR EXPANDED.
AND THE 911 CALL ANALYSIS, A
DEEPER DIVE THAN THE COUNCIL
ASKED FOR EARLIER.
AND A LITTLE MORE OF AN
ANALYSIS VERSUS SORT OF A DATA
DUMP ON YOU ALL.
AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE
FUNCTIONAL PRIORITIES WE ARE
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY AND WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR STAFF.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THE NEXT
STEP ESSENTIALLY IN THAT
ANALYSIS.
AND THAT IS THE LAST BULLET,
HOW ALL OF THE ABOVE FIGURES
INTO PERSONNEL AND STAFFING AND
WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO
WITH THE MINIMUM STAFFING NEEDS
ARE AND REASSESSING ATTRITION
TRENDS, RECRUITMENT NEEDS,
SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THE
EO HOW WE CAN ELIMINATE OR
SIGNIFICANT REDUCE THAT BY
PROPER STAFFING.
A LOT OF OTHER THINGS I HAVE
HEARD BEING MENTIONED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLY
RETIREMENT INCENTIVE OPTIONS.
ALL OF THAT IS ON THE TABLE
FIGURING OUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE
WORKABLE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
BUDGET WISE.
WHAT IS GOING TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE STAFFING WISE AND
ROUTING IT IN THE FUNCTIONAL
PRIORITIES WE ARE HEARING FROM
THE COMMUNITY.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR MANTILLA.
I DON'T KNOW IF DIRECTOR
JOHNSON IS WEIGHING IN ON THIS
ONE AS WELL?
>> THANK YOU, JULIE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THAT COME UP THROUGH
THE PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THOSE FIRST AND THEN GO THROUGH
THE SLIDES.
AND THEN I THINK DIRECTOR
JOHNSON WILL WEIGH IN ON A
DIFFERENT SLIDE WITH HIS INPUT
AS WELL.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THINK
THROUGH HOW THE CONCEPT AROUND
COMMUNITY SAFETY IN THE
WORKGROUP CAME TO BE.
THAT WORKGROUP, AND THE ISSUE
OF COMMUNITY SAFETY IS BASED ON
NOW WEEKS AND MONTHS OF WORK
WITH DIFFERENT DIRECTORS AND
DIFFERENT STAFF. MINI FRONTLINE
STAFF AND THOSE INVOLVED IN A
LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
CENTERING IN IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES, BIPOC.
TO BUILD ON A COMMENT,
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE
HEARD DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FOR
NOT JUST WEEKS, MONTHS BUT
YEARS IN TERMS OF WHAT
COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.
IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS
DRIVEN, THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SPECIFICALLY
THE GROUPS AND DEPARTMENTS
WORKING ON THIS.
BUT THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE
REALLY IDENTIFIED, AND THIS
GETS TO THE QUESTION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES TALKED
ABOUT, A SET OF GUIDING
PRINCIPLES.
AND A SET OF NORTH STAR'S IF
YOU WILL.
REALLY AROUND CENTERING RACE
AND CENTERING MOST IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES IN THE DECISION-
MAKING AND POLICYMAKING OF
THESE EFFORTS.
ALLOWING FOR KIND OF EMPOWERING
COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS AND FORGE THEIR OWN
SOLUTIONS.
AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAD THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.
THE COMMUNITY CAPACITY QUESTION
THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP
BEFORE, THOSE GROUNDING
PRINCIPLES, NEED TO BE
TRANSLATED INTO THE WORKGROUP
AND THE WORKGROUP ITSELF AS A
WHOLE, AS WE HAVE TALKED NOW
ABOUT THE IDT, THE INVESTMENT
TASK FORCE, AND I THINK THE
NEXT STEP OF WHAT WE NEED TO
DO, AND THANK YOU FOR OFFERING
THAT PARTNERSHIP, IS REALLY
CENTER AND GROUND OURSELVES IN
THE COMMON PRINCIPLES AS WELL
AS INVITE IT IN A MORE FORMAL
WAY TO COME IN AND BE PART OF
THE CONVERSATION.
WHAT IS CLEAR TO ME AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS, AND SEVERAL OF
YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE
CONVERSATION, THERE NEEDS TO BE
CLEAR ALIGNMENT ACROSS ALL OF
THE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
HAPPENING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE UNDERSTANDING THE OVERLAP
AND CONVERSATIONS.
WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THEIR
CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING ON
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIMELINES.
SOME THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE
VESTMENT.
SOME FOCUSED ON INVESTMENT AND
UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS COMMUNITY.
WANT TO MAKE SURE RILEY
CITYWIDE ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES
PERSPECTIVES THAT REFLECT ON
RACIAL AND CULTURAL REALITIES
HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO
LOOK AT A MENU OF OPTIONS.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN
CONVERSATIONS AROUND BUDGETING,
WE UNDERSTAND, AS YOU ALL KNOW,
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING,
NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH YOUR
VOICE, YOUR CHOICE PROGRAM.
WE LOVE TO CONTINUE AND PARTNER
WITH COMMUNITY ON THAT TO
UNDERSTAND THEIR ROADMAP AND
UNDERSTAND HOW WE COULD PROVIDE
SOME ASSISTANCE AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO THAT.
WE UNDERSTAND THE BROADER
ENGAGEMENT HAS TO HAPPEN AND BE
ALIGNED WITH THE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLAR TASK FORCE WE
WILL GO INTO A LITTLE LATER.
WHAT IS CRUCIAL ABOUT THIS
THOUGH, REGARDLESS AS WE DO
ONLINE ENGAGEMENT,
PRIORITIZATION TOOL, TO
UNDERSTAND THE POLICY
FUNCTIONAL SHIFTS, TOO OFTEN
THE ENGAGEMENT STAYS IS JUST
ENGAGEMENT.
WE NEED TO INTENTIONALLY TIE TO
POLICY DECISIONS.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE SEEN THE
CYCLE OF ENGAGEMENT ONGOING,
EVEN AS YOU HAVE SEEN THE
REPORT IS DUE IN OCTOBER, HE
NEEDS TO BE AN ONGOING CYCLE OF
ENGAGEMENT SO WE ARE NOT ONLY
BRINGING IN THE FEEDBACK FROM
ALL OF THESE ALTERNATIVE WAYS
WE ARE TALKING INTO POLICY
DECISIONS, BUT ALSO REFLECTED
BACK OUT TO COMMUNITY SO FOLKS
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE FEEDBACK
IS INFLUENCING AND AFFECTING
THE DECISIONS MADE.
THAT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS
ITERATIVE ROADMAP FOR COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK.
THE PURPOSE OF THE ENGAGEMENT
IS NOT TO SHIFT AWAY ATTENTION
FROM ANYTHING GOING ON.
TRUE ENGAGEMENT HAS TO BRING
ALL VOICES TO THE TABLE.
HAVE HEARD CLEAR FROM COMMUNITY
SOME PRIORITIES.
WE WANT TO HONOR THOSE
PRIORITIES AND WE WANT TO
INCORPORATE THEM IN THE
ENGAGEMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT I WANT TO JUST ECHO AND
THANK YOU FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP
OFFER AND WE WOULD LOVE TO
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION WITH
YOURSELVES OR YOUR STAFF IN
THIS PROCESS AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE NO QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, GO
AHEAD.
I WAS DELAYED ON SEEING THE
HAND.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
I WAS STILL KIND OF FORMING THE
QUESTION IN MY HEAD.
I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS,
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR FUNDING
THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? AS
YOU KNOW COUNSEL, IF WE ARE
PLANNING TO USE RSJI FRONTS
BOWLS THE BUDGET FOR THIS WORK
WOULD INCLUDE FUNDING,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THEIR
PARTICIPATION, TRANSLATION
SERVICES, CHILD CARE IF
NECESSARY, ALL THAT.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR FUNDING
THAT WORK?
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS,
HOW WILL THE IDT AND WORKGROUP
, WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS AND
THIS EQUITABLE INVESTMENT TASK
FORCE?
>> YEAH, SO WE HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING, AND WE
BELIEVE STRONGLY IN
PARTICIPATION AS YOU KNOW AND
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD
TOGETHER, WE BELIEVE PAID
PARTICIPATION IS PART OF THE
EQUITABLE TASK FORCE AND IS
ESSENTIAL IN HONORING AND
RESPECTING TIME OF COMMUNITY.
WE PLAN ON BUILDING IN A BUDGET
AND ESTIMATE RESOURCES FOR
INTERPRETATION, FOR PAID
PARTICIPATION AS WELL.
I THINK WHAT IS KEY IN HEARING
AND THINKING ABOUT YOUR
QUESTION IS INTERNAL
COORDINATION OF HOW WE ARE
RECEIVING AND PROCESSING THIS
FEEDBACK AND BRINGING IT BACK
TO COMMUNITY, THERE OBVIOUSLY
HAS TO BE ALIGNED.
PART OF THE WORKGROUP, THIS IS
WHY SOME OF THE FUNCTIONAL
ANALYSIS AND ELEMENT FOR
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE
NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN INTERNAL
ALIGNMENT CLOSER TOGETHER SO WE
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OVERLAPS
IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK. WE HAVE
BEEN DOING, SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR
FONG SPOKE ABOUT, THIS IS THE
START OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING ENGAGEMENT
WITH PARTNERS OCR, SPD, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL,
PRIOR.
AND IT'S CLEAR WHAT WE HEAR
FROM COMMUNITY AS THEY TALK
ABOUT THE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
SPD, NOT JUST THE INVESTMENT
BUT ALSO THE UPSTREAM AS WELL,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
COORDINATED IN TERMS OF THAT
FEEDBACK.
>> I'M SORRY, WAS THERE A
FOLLOW-UP COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
LET'S CONTINUE.
ALL RIGHT, MARK, WHERE ARE YOU?
THERE YOU ARE, MARK.
>> I AM MARK WITH SPD.
IN TERMS OF REIMAGINING
COMMUNITY SAFETY, REALLY IS
PART OF THE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS JUST
DISCUSSED, FACILITATED THROUGH
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY IDT, IT
WILL INVOLVE LOOKING AT NEW
MODELS OF POLICING AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AND ROUGHLY ORGANIZED INTO
ABOUT FOUR CATEGORIES.
MOST OF THE TOPICS AND IDEAS
HAVE COME OUT BETWEEN THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON
ALREADY.
I WILL GO THROUGH THEM EASILY.
THE PATROL AND COMMUNITY BASED
WILL NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT
DIFFERENT A NEW WAYS OF PUTTING
TOGETHER PATROL MODELS, PERHAPS
WITH MY ORGANIZATION WITH
NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOKING AT
POLICE STAFFING DIFFERENTLY IN
ORDER TO BETTER MEET THE
COMMUNITIES EXPECTATION.
BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS THE RACIAL
DISPARITIES THAT NOT ONLY WERE
A COMPONENT OF THE CONSENT
DECREE BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN
THE DISPARITY REPORT IN 2018.
THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS
TRANSFORMING 911, HERE IS
REALLY WHERE THE WORK RELATED TO
PUTTING TOGETHER COMMUNITY-BASED
OR CIVILIAN RESPONSES WHERE
CURRENTLY WE HAVE POLICE
RESPONSE.
AND WORKING TO COORDINATE A
BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN
POLICE RESPONSE AND SOME OF
THESE THINGS THAT WILL BE
CREATED.
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS OF THAT
IS PUTTING TOGETHER A NEW
DEPARTMENT FOR THE 911 CENTER.
AND THEN TAKING A LOOK AT HOW
THE ORDINATION OF CALLS THAT
COME IN CAN BE TRIAGED IN A WAY
WHERE THERE IS A UNIFIED
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION ELEMENT
WHERE A CALL COMES IN FOR
SERVICE, IT IS DISPATCHED TO
THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY AND
THERE IS ALSO A FLOW OF
INFORMATION THAT GOES BACK TO
THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY AS WELL.
THE NEXT ONE IS REFORMING
OVERTIME POLICIES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TALKED
ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
IN 2016 THE AUDITOR DID AN
AUDIT LOOKING SPD OVERTIME.
AS PART OF THAT AUDIT THERE
WERE A HOST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
I BELIEVE THERE WERE 30 IN
TOTAL.
A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE,
SPD HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUT INTO
PRACTICE AND THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF THEM LEFT, MANY OF THEM TIED
TO SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT I THINK
WAS REFERENCED EARLIER.
WE MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT, IT ALSO STRESSED THE
IMPORTANCE OF SPD GRIEVANCE
TAKEOVER OVERTIME BUDGET.
PART OF THESE IDEAS OF TAKING A
LOOK AT HOW PATROL DEPLOYMENTS
ARE GOING TO GO, RIGHT SIZE OF
THE AGENCY, WHAT TYPES OF CALLS
ARE GOING TO BE HANDLED.
THE NEXT LOOK AT THAT WILL BE
WHAT TYPE OF OVERTIME RESOURCES
ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE
DEPARTMENT.
LASTLY, AS TECHNOLOGY AND DATA
ANALYSIS, SPD NEEDS TO CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR
TECHNOLOGY AND DATA AND MAKING
IT AVAILABLE.
MAKING A HOST OF INFORMATION
AVAILABLE TO OUR DASHBOARDS AND
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
HOW WE CAN PUT INFORMATION OUT
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TRANSPARENT
AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THE WORK
WE'RE DOING.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
ALL RIGHT.
>> JASON JOHNSON WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU THIS
AFTERNOON.
IF I MIGHT, JUST BEFORE DIVING
INTO THE SLIDE, TODAY, OCTOBER
1, AGAINST A MONTH-LONG
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO END
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS HELPED
PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO
OVER 10,000 HOUSEHOLDS EXPENSING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL
ASSAULT.
EVERY THURSDAY THIS MONTH WILL
BE PURPLE THURSDAY.
TODAY I AM WEARING PURPLE.
TO BRING GREATER AWARENESS TO
THE IMPACTS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
I INVITE EACH OF YOU AND THE
PUBLIC TO JOIN THE AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN BY WEARING PURPLE
EVERY THURSDAY THROUGHOUT
OCTOBER.
WE CANNOT HAVE SAFE COMMUNITIES
WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT SAFE IN
THEIR OWN HOMES.
IT SEEMED APPROPRIATE TO
MENTION HERE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE
SHORT MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.
>> THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE RARE DAYS
I'M NOT WEARING PURPLE.
I HAVE MY PURPLE PEN AND I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS HER
PURPLE PEN AS WELL.
>> WE WILL BE USING THESE
PURPLE PENS TO MAKE SURE WE DO
SOME HIGHLIGHTING IN THE
BUDGETS FOR ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES THAT HELP PREVENT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING THAT
AND WALKING US THROUGH THE
EXISTING INVESTMENTS IN THE
2021 BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
BACK TO THE SLIDES.
THIS FIRST SLIDE IS AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT MANY
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY
INVEST IN COMMUNITY SAFETY.
BELOW ARE EXAMPLES FROM PARKS,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE
ATTORNEYS OFFICE.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
HAS MOST OF THE COMMUNITY
FUNDING, ROUGHLY $21 MILLION.
IT IS THAT FUNDING THAT GOES TO
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO CONDUCT THIS WORK.
NEXT FLIGHT.
IN THE MOVEMENT TO REIMAGINE
SAFETY AS PART OF COMMUNITY
DRIVEN MODEL, IT MADE SENSE FOR
US IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITY DIVISION.
TO ELEVATE AND CONSOLIDATE THE
DEPARTMENTS INVESTMENT.
THE WORK ACROSS THE ENTIRE
DEPARTMENT IS EITHER RELATED TO
SAFETY, OR INTERTWINED WITH IT.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CAUSES
OF VIOLENCE, IT GOES BACK TO
THINGS LIKE RACISM, POVERTY,
ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND
HEALTHCARE, AND FAMILY AND
NEIGHBORHOOD DYNAMICS.
HST INVESTS IN ORGANIZATIONS
AND PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THESE
ROOT CAUSES AND WE KNOW THAT
PEOPLE USUALLY NEED TO ACCESS A
RANGE OF HUMAN SERVICES.
NOT JUST ONE AT A TIME.
WELL WE CONSOLIDATE AND ELEVATE
SAFETY AS A DIVISION, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP
COMMUNITY SAFETY FIRMLY EMBEDDED
IN THE CONTINUUM OF HUMAN
SERVICES.
SO THAT WE CAN USE A WHOLE
PERSON APPROACH.
NEXT FLIGHT.
THIS IS HOW THE DIVISIO WOULD
BE ORGANIZED.
WE TOOK A MINIMALIST APPROACH
HERE.
THAT MEANS WE USE EXISTING
RESOURCES TO CREATE A VERY
BASIC SKELETON OF A DIVISION.
WE PULLED EXISTING FUNDING FOR
COMMUNITY SAFETY FROM OUR YOUTH
AND FAMILY APARTMENT DIVISION
INTO THIS NEW DIVISION.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IS THE
INVESTMENTS TEAM. AS YOU RECALL
WE FUNDED 19 ORGANIZATIONS LAST
YEAR TO PROVIDE TRAUMA INFORMED
CARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED
IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
WE REFER TO THESE AS OUR HSD
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS.
THOSE WILL BE PULLED FROM INTO
THE NEW SAFE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITIES DIVISION.
WE ALSO PULLED THE DEPARTMENT OF
SAFETY AND SEXUAL ASSAULT INTO
THAT DIVISION.
SAFETY CANNOT BE ACHIEVED UNTIL
ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.
THIS IS A HOLDING SPOT, IT MAY
NEED TO BE BRANDED.
WE MAY NEED TO KEEP THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL
ASSAULT BRANDING FOR THIS TEAM.
BUT THAT IS TBD AT THIS POINT.
WE WELCOME THE CRIME SURVIVOR
SERVICES FROM SPD WHO
TIRELESSLY ADVOCATE ON BEHALF
OF CRIME SURVIVOR'S SO THEY CAN
NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND
WEB OF HUMAN SERVICES.
A MINIMAL APPROACH ALSO MEANS
WE KEPT TO A SIMPLE STRUCTURE.
THAT CAN MAINTAIN BASIC
FUNCTIONS.
A PLACE WERE COMMUNITY WOULD
HAVE A CENTRAL POINT OF
CONTACT, THAT WOULD BE THE
DIVISION DIRECTOR AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
AN ENTITY THAT COULD HELP
ORGANIZE A COMMUNITY
COLLECTIVE.
YOU WILL SEE THE COMMUNITY
LIAISON.
AND THE PLACE WERE FUNDING
COULD LAND IN ORDER TO BE
DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE YOU WILL SEE THE POLICY
AND SYSTEM COORDINATION.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE
COMMUNITY WILL DETERMINE HOW TO
BEST FURTHER BUILD OUT AND
STEER THIS DIVISION.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT'S
INVESTMENTS.
AND, IF FIRST ORDER OF
ENGAGEMENT WILL BE TO GET
COMMUNITY HELP IN HIRING THESE
NEW ROLES, DEFINING WHAT THESE,
FURTHER DEFINING WHAT THESE
RULES ARE, AND THESE DIVISIONS.
NEXT FLIGHT.
SO, UNDER STRATEGIES,
CATEGORIZED HUMAN SERVICES WORK
INTO THREE BUCKETS.
PREVENTION, INTERVENTION.
PREVENTION IS MAKING SURE
PEOPLE NEVER EXPERIENCE IT TO
BEGIN WITH.
ANTIPOVERTY, ANTIRACISM.
IT CAN ALSO MEAN OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION SO PEOPLE MAKE BETTER
CHOICES, WHEN THEY ARE
CONFRONTED WITH A POTENTIALLY
VIOLENT SITUATION.
INTERVENTION IS FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED
VIOLENCE AND REQUIRE TRAUMA
INFORMED CARE TO HEAL FROM THAT
VIOLENCE.
AND FINALLY SYSTEM COURT
NATION, THAT IS BUILT AROUND A
WHOLE PERSON APPROACH.
WE WANT TO WRAP SERVICES AROUND
AN INDIVIDUAL AND BUILD A SYSTEM
THAT IS EASY TO NAVIGATE.
THESE ARE BROAD STRATEGIES THAT
HELP ORGANIZE THE WORK.
AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY AND OUR
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO
DEVELOP A PLAN TO INVEST IN
PROGRAMMING ACROSS THE
CONTINUUM.
MY NEXT SLIDES ARE THE BUDGET
SPECIFIC -- I JUST WONDER IF
THIS IS A GOOD MOMENT TO PAUSE
AND SEE IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE INTENT OF THIS NEW
DIVISION.
OR MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE ME TO GO INTO THE BUDGET
DETAIL AND TAKE QUESTIONS AT
THE END?
>> THANK YOU.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST INTERESTED ABOUT THE LONG-
TERM VISION FOR THE SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES DIVISION.
IN THE RESOLUTION I REFERRED TO
THROUGHOUT THE DAY THE
RESOLUTION THE CONSTITUTES THE
COUNCIL'S PLAN FOR REIMAGINING
, THE RESOLUTION ITSELF CALLS
OUT THE INTEREST IN CREATING A
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY LED
VIOLENCE PERMISSION FOURTH
QUARTER 2021.
IS THERE WORK CONTEMPLATED IN
THESE COMMUNITY SAFETY PLANS
RELATED TO THIS POSSIBLE NEW
DEPARTMENT?
THAT THIS DIVISION MIGHT BECOME
THIS NEW DEPARTMENT, AND THEN
úBECOME HOME FOR THE CENTRALIZE
HOME FOR OTHER COMMUNITY SAFETY
FUNCTIONS THAT WE MIGHT USE
OUTSIDE OF SPD, IT IS
ANTICIPATED THE WORK ITSELF
MICRO?
>> SO, I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO
BE DETERMINED.
THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL
WITHIN THIS DIVISION.
AS I MENTIONED, IN MY COMMENTS,
I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
COMMUNITY SAFETY, ESPECIALLY
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS
ALONG THE HUMAN SERVICES
CONTINUUM REALLY BELONG IN
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THERE IS A GOOD
CONTINUED PLACEMENT OF OUR
CURRENT INVESTMENTS AND I THINK
THIS DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE
CREATES A GOOD LANDING SPACE
FOR FUTURE INVESTMENTS THAT
COULD COME THROUGH CONTINUED
COMMUNITY DIALOGUE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS JUST
A REALLY BARE-BONES BASIC
STRUCTURE THAT IS INTENDED TO
BE NIMBLE.
SO IF THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS
OF COMMUNITY SAFETY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HOLDS WE WOULD SEE
THEM AS PART OF THIS DIVISION
AND THIS DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE.
ESPECIALLY THE FUNCTIONAL
ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
ITEMS LIKE 911, EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT, AND THOSE KINDS OF
THINGS, I THINK THAT THERE ARE,
AS THOSE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE,
I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO
CONTINUE CHECKING IN AND SEEING
IF THERE IS ALIGNMENT OF
POSSIBILITY FOR THOSE TO BE
HUMAN SERVICES EFFORTS.
WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT ANALYSIS
TO DATE.
AGAIN, WE WANTED TO REALLY
STAND UP A VERY SIMPLE STRUCTURE
OF ORGANIZING AROUND COMMUNITY
SAFETY THAT WE THOUGHT MADE
SENSE AT THIS MOMENT.
I WILL SAY THAT EVEN IF NO
OTHER INVESTMENTS COME TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, I
THINK THIS STRUCTURE OF
ORGANIZING AROUND COMMUNITY
SAFETY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
HAVING OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INVESTMENT, HAVING OUR
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENT,
THESE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT WORK
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM AND SPACE.
HAVING THEM ORGANIZED TOGETHER
REALLY SETS US UP WELL TO
ACHIEVE OUR ULTIMATE RESULT
WHICH IS CREATING SAFE
COMMUNITIES.
>> WILL THAT IS ONE THING WE
DID IN THE 2020 BUDGETING, THE
PACKAGE THAT YOU GUYS LIKE,
THAT'S GREAT.
>> I THINK DIRECTOR JOHNSON HAS
ELOQUENTLY ARTICULATED SOME OF
OUR THINKING AT THIS MOMENT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF, AS WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT, A NUMBER OF
TRANSFERS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
STRUCTURALLY, THE ORGANIZATION
ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE THAT
MAKES SENSE.
BUT CLEARLY, THERE IS A LONGER-
TERM CONVERSATION DESCRIBED IN
GREAT DETAIL HERE.
AND THE FUTURE STAGE OF WHERE
THIS WORK LIVES IS AN OPEN
QUESTION THAT WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT.
FOR NOW, AS YOU AND I BOTH
KNOW, HST HAS LONG HAD SOME OF
THESE CORE FOUNDATIONAL
ELEMENTS WITHIN ITS RESIDUAL
STRUCTURE.
AT THIS TIME, THIS REALLY FOR
US, WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS
MAKES THE MOST SENSE WHERE THIS
WORK SHOULD LIVE AND WE HAVE
INCREDIBLE CONFIDENCE IN
DIRECTOR JOHNSON AND HIS
RESEARCH.
>> I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE.
>> I WILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, BACK TO THE PROGRAM BUDGETS
LIGHT.
ONCE WE CONSOLIDATED OUR SAFETY
INVESTMENTS AND PUT POSITIONS
IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE NEW
DIVISION, WE DETERMINED THE
DIVISION WOULD STAND UP WITH
THE BASELINE BUDGET. THE
CONSOLIDATED BUDGETS REPRESENT
FUNDING WE CONTRACTED OUT
THROUGHOUT HER FAMILY
EMPOWERMENT DIVISION IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE MYSTIC
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
CAPTURED HERE. OSE INVESTMENTS
NEXT FLIGHT.
SO ON TRANSFERS TO THE SAFE
COMMUNITIES DIVISION, HSD HAS
AN INTERESTING SAFE COMMUNITIES
BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL, THAT IS
TRADITIONALLY HOUSING GENDER-
BASED VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT.
WE WILL NOW CONSOLIDATE ALL OF
OUR SAFETY INVESTMENTS UNDER
THIS AND THE BSL WILL REPRESENT
THE NEW SAFE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITY'S DIVISION.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, WE WILL
EXECUTE THREE TRANSFERS.
WE WILL MOVE CRIME SURVIVOR
SUPPORT TEAM LISTED IN THE ORG
STRUCTURE IS THE VICTIM
ADVOCATE TEAM.
FROM SPD TO HUMAN SERVICES.
WE WILL BE MOVING BUDGET AND
POCKETS FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM
, FOUR POSITIONS, AND FROM THE
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FAMILY
DIVISION TO THE SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITY DIVISION.
THOSE WILL MAKE UP SOME OF THE
NEW ROLES AND FUNCTIONS THAT
EXIST INCLUDING DIVISION DIRECT
, STRATEGIC ADVISORS THAT WILL
FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN THIRD, WE ARE MOVING
SAFETY INVESTMENTS FROM OUR
PREPARING YOU FOR SUCCESS BSL
INTO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AND JUST THREE TRANSFERS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THIS IS MORE OF A LOGISTICAL
QUESTION RATHER THAN HIGHLIGHT
A POLITY DISPUTE.
HOW DO YOU TRANSFER SIX FTES
FROM A NAVIGATION TEAM THAT HAS
ZERO FTES?
WE HAVE ZEROED OUT THE
NAVIGATION TEAM FTES, THE
INTENTION WAS THAT THE MONEY
FROM THOSE POSITIONS WERE TO BE
SPENT ON OUTREACH AND NAVIGATION
, HOUSING NAVIGATION SERVICES
AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED.
WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE
CORRESPONDENCE WE RECEIVED FROM
THE MAYOR THAT THOSE POSITIONS
HAVE BEEN ENDED FROM THE
CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE MAYOR
YESTERDAY.
DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INDICATION
THAT THE MAYOR INTENDS TO SPEND
THE MONEY REALIZED FROM THOSE
POSITIONS IN A WAY THAT THE
COUNCIL REQUIRED IN THE 2020
REBALANCING.
SO AGAIN, I AM DESPITE MY
STATEMENT, HIGHLIGHTING POLICY
DISAGREEMENT.
I THINK IT IS HARMFUL TO
COMMUNITIES TO NOT SPEND THOSE
DOLLARS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUTSIDE. AND I AM VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO
PEOPLE LIVING OUTSIDE NOT STILL
RECEIVING OUTREACH SERVICES.
THAT ASIDE, LOGISTICALLY,
FUNCTIONALLY, HOW DO YOU
TRANSFER FTES FROM A FUNCTION
WHERE THERE ARE NO FTES?
>> WE ARE GOING TO DIVE MUCH
DEEPER INTO THIS DISCUSSION
TOMORROW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
THE 2021 BUDGET HAS A OUTREACH
TEAM IN THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
EIGHT FTE THE MAKE UP THAT TEAM.
AND MOVES FOUR POSITIONS AND
THEIR FUNDING THAT WERE
FORMALLY WITH THE NAVIGATION
TEAM INTO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
DIVISION.
TWO OF THE SIX POSITIONS YOU
MENTIONED WILL BE COMING FROM
THAT YOUTH FAMILY EMPOWERMENT.
>> IT'S REALLY A TECHNICAL
QUESTION.
I'M SORRY.
>> IT ACTUALLY RELATES TO THE
CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.
THE BUDGETARY ACTIONS THE
COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THIS YEAR
PROVIDES FUNDING THAT THEY DO
NOT ELIMINATE AUTHORIZED
POSITIONS.
UNFUNDED POSITIONS CAN BE
TRANSFERRED.
>> SO THE POSITIONS ARE WHAT'S
BEING TRANSFERRED EVEN THOUGH
IT SAYS TRANSFER OF BUDGET AND
FTES?
>> WE PROPOSED THE 21 BUDGET TO
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THESE
POSITIONS.
THE BUDGET DOESN'T INCLUDE
REQUEST TO CREATE THE POSITIONS
BECAUSE A POSITION IS AN
AUTHORIZED LEGAL THING, IF YOU
WILL, AS A NUMBER, POSITION
NUMBERS.
PURELY TECHNICAL ANSWER, JUST A
TECHNICAL QUESTION.
>> RIGHT.
>> I WANT TO PAUSE REAL QUICK.
OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM
LOOKING AT, THE CRUX OF THE
ISSUE IS THAT THE 2021 MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET PROPOSES
BRINGING BACK THE NAVIGATION
TEAM THROUGH FUNDING THE SIX
FTE POSITIONS AND HOUSING THEM
IN THE SAFE COMMUNITIES
DIVISION ADMINISTRATION ?
>> THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
>> HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
>> SO THE SIX POSITIONS HERE
THAT ARE TRANSFERS FROM
NAVIGATION TEAM AND WHY EFFIE
ARE THE FOUR POCKETS THAT WERE
THIS YEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE
NAVIGATION TOO.
ARE GOING TO BE KEPT, THEY WILL
NOT BE AGGREGATED IN THOSE
POCKETS ARE GOING TO MOVE OVER
TO THE SAFETY DIVISION.
AND IN THE MAYOR'S 2021
PROPOSED BUDGET, THOSE POCKETS
IN THE SAFETY DIVISION ARE
FUNDED.
THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS NOT A
PART OF THIS DIVISION. THIS
DIVISION WOULD NOT HOUSE
HOMELESS OUTREACH OR HAVE ANY
HOMELESSNESS RELATED
INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS TO CAPTURE A CHANGE IN
WHERE FTES, WHERE POCKETS WILL
BE IN THE BUDGET AND FOUR OF
THOSE POCKETS WILL BE COMING
FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM, TWO
BE COMING FROM YOUTH AND FAMILY.
>> THE 900 TO -- $902,000, THAT
IS GOING TO BE JUST FOR FUNDING
THE SIX FTES OR THE PROGRAMS?
AND SERVICES FUNDED WITHOUT A
MONEY?
>> THAT IS JUST THE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE
FTES IN THE SAFE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITIES DIVISION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY SAY A
FEW THINGS ABOUT THE OFFICE OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT PREVENTION.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, I'VE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU IN
THE PAST ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS I THINK FOR US TO ELEVATE
THE WORK, THEY ARE A SMALL AND
MIGHTY DIVISION WITHIN THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
THEY DO REALLY IMPORTANT AND
INNOVATIVE WORK.
IS MODELED ON A PUBLIC HEALTH
HARM REDUCTION APPROACH.
THEY BEEN DOING A LOT OF
IMPORTANT WORK AROUND THINKING
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND REALLY GETTING AT
THE ROOT CAUSE TO A PUNISHMENT
MODEL WHICH IS WHAT IS
GENERALLY USED.
EVEN THIS MORNING WE HEARD SOME
RHETORIC FROM CHIEF DIAZ ABOUT
HOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AROUND TO ADDRESS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IN REALITY WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS
HAVING INVESTMENTS IN DIVISIONS
LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT OFFICE THAT IS
REALLY LOOKING AT HOW TO
FURTHER UPSTREAM TO INTERRUPT
THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
TO EDUCATE BATTERERS ABOUT HOW
TO CONTROL THEIR OWN BEHAVIORS
AND ALSO EMPOWERING SURVIVORS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABOUT HOW
TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT
HOW TO ENTER INTO A SAFER
ENVIRONMENT FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT
THAT IS GOING TO BE
MEMORIALIZED IN THE SAFE
COMMUNITIES CONCEPTS AND I WANT
TO SIGNAL MY EARLY SUPPORT FOR
THAT AND MY HOPE THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO FOCUS A LOT OF
ATTENTION ON WAYS TO ADDRESS
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE WHICH
RIGHT NOW ARE PRIMARILY
ADDRESSED THROUGH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND I THINK THAT'S
A MISTAKE TO USE THAT WANT TOOL
AS A SOLUTION FOR THESE ISSUES.
DSA IS CERTAINLY CREATIVE IN
OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS THOSE
ISSUES THAT DON'T REQUIRE LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE ONLY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
ELEVATING THE INCREDIBLE WORK
OF HER TEAM.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I SEE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY IN
THIS RESTRUCTURE FOR THAT TEAM
TO CONTINUE TO INNOVATE, TO
CONTINUE TO LOOK UPSTREAM.
AND PARTNER WITH SOME
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE
STRATEGIC ADVISORS TO CONNECT
THE COMMUNITY, WHO CAN BE
THINKING UPSTREAM AND REALLY
MAKE THE MOST WHICH AT THIS
POINT IS ENOUGH UNDERINVESTMENT
IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPACE.
I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE
AND THINK YOU FOR HONORING.
>> OKAY, I THINK I AM AT MY
LAST SLIDE.
>> ON THAT SLIDE, JUST A QUICK
CLARIFICATION, YOU MAY HAVE
MENTIONED THIS, 11 FTES FOR THE
TRANSFER VICTIM ADVOCATE TEAM,
SO YOU ARE MAINTAINING THE
TEAM, YOU'RE JUST TRANSFERRING,
RIGHT?
WE ARE NOT ELIMINATING FTES?
>> THIS IS JUST RECOGNIZING WE
ARE RECEIVING THOSE STAFF AT
THE SAME LEVEL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ASKING A TECHNICAL QUESTION AND
GIVING A TECHNICAL ANSWER.
I APPRECIATE LEARNING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THESE
BUDGET TRANSFERS THAT ARE
HAPPENING.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
SIX FTES.
I UNDERSTAND THE TRANSFER IS
COMING FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM.
IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR TO ME,
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, WITH THE SIX
FTES WILL BE DOING?
WHAT IS THE ROLE WITHIN THIS
DIVISION?
>> SO WE CAN GO BACK MAYBE TO
THE ORG CHART?
YOU WILL SEE HERE, I TRY TO
HIGHLIGHT WHERE THERE IS SOME
EXISTING POCKETS AND DID THAT
IN A WAY TO SHOW AND NOT
HIGHLIGHTING ANY NEW POCKET.
IT IS NOT SHOWING UP IN THE
MAYOR'S 2021 BUDGET -- AND SO
THOSE POCKETS WILL BE USED TO
BRING ON BOARD AND EDUCATION
DIRECTOR, TO BRING ON BOARD AND
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT.
AND THESE TWO STRATEGIC ADVISOR
POSITIONS, ONE COMMUNITY
LIAISON AND ONE POLICY AND
SYSTEM COORDINATION.
SPECIALIST.
THE EXISTING POCKETS FROM YFE
WILL BE IN THE INVESTMENT SPACE
AND DIRECT SERVICES.
THAT ACCOUNTS FOR SIX.
>> OKAY.
ARE THEY NECESSARILY A LATERAL
TRANSFER THEN?
>> NO, THESE --
>> LESS VACATION?
>> THERE MIGHT BE SOME
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR SOME
LEVEL OF TRANSFER.
BUT, AS A DEPARTMENT WE TRY TO
HAVE OPEN AND COMPETITIVE
PROCESSES FOR ALL POSITIONS.
ESPECIALLY NEW ROLES.
I DO EXPECT THAT ESPECIALLY THE
DIVISION DIRECTOR, THE
COMMUNITY LIAISON, POLICY AND
SYSTEM COORDINATOR, THOSE WILL
BE OPEN, COMPETITIVE
RECRUITMENTS.
AND SO, THERE IS GREAT
EXPERTISE, A TALENT IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SO
INDIVIDUALS CURRENTLY WITH HST
MAY WIND UP SERVING IN THOSE
ROLES.
BUT IT COULD BE THAT WE HIRE
OUTSIDE FOLKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON I BELIEVE YOU
HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.
>> THIS IS ABS, REDUCTIONS AND
COST SAVINGS.
>> THE NEW DIVISIONS WILL
RECEIVE ADDITIONAL ADS.
THERE IS $2 MILLION IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET TO EMBARK ON
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
WITH COMMUNITY THAT WILL
DETERMINE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
TO POLICING RESPONSE.
THERE IS ALSO $420,000 FOR
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS TO
CONTINUE THEIR TO INCIDENT
RESPONSE PROGRAM.
AND THEN, THERE IS THE STANDARD
1.9% INFLATIONARY RATE THAT ALL
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACT RATES
RECEIVE PER YOUR ORDINANCE.
AND CONTINUATION OF SEVERAL
COUNCIL ONE TIME ADS FOR
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SERVICES.
I WANTED TO JUST CALL OUT THAT
THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS
. I THINK YOU WILL SEE IN THIS
BSL, AND I WANTED TO CALL THOSE
OUT SPECIFICALLY.
FINALLY, THIS WAS DISCUSSED
EARLIER, AND IT'S NOT ON THE
SLIDE, BUT THE $14 MILLION
BUILDING FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY, --
>> YOU JUST CAN'T GET PAST IT.
I'M GLAD YOU UNPACKED YOU'RE
GOING BACK TO IT.
>> THAT WILL BE MANAGED
INITIALLY. BUT TRANSITION TO
THIS NEW SAFE AND THRIVING
COMMUNITY'S DIVISION, THAT WORK
IS BEING DEVELOPED NOW TO
IMMEDIATELY GET $4 MILLION OUT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL BE BACK IN VACATION WAS
CITY COUNCIL WITH A PLAN ON HOW
TO GET THE REMAINING $10
MILLION IN COMMUNITY PROGRAM
CONTRACT.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I HEARD
YOU.
I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET THE
IMPORTANT NOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD, THERE IS A
STRONG INTEREST IN WANTING TO
HEAR MORE ABOUT GETTING THOSE
DOLLARS OUT IN 2020.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST
PRIORITY.
I THINK THAT WILL HELP US
UNDERSTAND BETTER WHERE THE
SCALING UP AND SCALING DOWN
COULD POTENTIALLY OCCUR IN 2021.
JUST BEFORE, I HAVE A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS, I WANT TO NOTE FOR
OUR FRIENDS AT IP, I WANTED TO
FLAG THAT IN CASE YOU WANTED TO
MUTE YOURSELF OR IF YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THE IMPORTANCE
OF YOU INDICATING THAT THERE
WILL BE A 1.9% CONTRACT
INFLATION ALLOCATION PER THE
ORDINANCE WE PASSED.
WAS THAT IN 2018?
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.
I THINK IT WAS 2018 AND NOT
2019.
DIRECTOR JOHNSON, DO YOU
REMEMBER?
>> IT WAS FOR 2019, WELL,
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK IT WAS 2019.
>> IT HAS BEEN A LONG FEW YEARS.
I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THAT.
I KNOW DIRECTOR NOBLE FIELDED
THAT QUESTION FOR ME YESTERDAY
AND HE DID INDICATE IT WAS PART
OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET SO I
THINK THAT WAS A HUGE RELIEF TO
SOME IN THE COMMUNITY HAD
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO ASK ONE MORE
CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THAT
PIECE.
IS THE INFLATIONRY ADJUSTMENT
ALSO BEING ASSUMED FOR THE
CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW HOMELESS
RESPONSE ENTITY?
>> THEY WILL.
OUR PLAN AT THIS POINT IS THAT
THE MONEY THAT WILL GO TO THE
REGIONAL AUTHORITY WILL COME
THROUGH THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL ENTER INTO A SINGLE
CONTRACT WITH THE REGIONAL
AUTHORITY AND THAT CONTRACT
WILL HAVE THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT.
THAT IS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH
WE CAN MAKE SURE CITY HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACT CONTINUES TO
GET THE INFLATIONARY RATE.
>> I KNOW THAT WILL BE A RELIEF
FOR MANY TO HEAR.
FOLKS WHO WERE NOT PRESENT, IT
WAS A LONG CONVERSATION THAT
PREDATES ME, WHAT WE WERE ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH ULTIMATELY WAS
APPLYING THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT ALMOST AFTER A 10
YEAR PERIOD OF NOT HAVING THOSE
TWO VARIOUS CONTRACTS.
REALLY DO APPRECIATE DIRECTOR
JOHNSON, YOUR WORK TO GET THOSE
DOLLARS ALLOCATED OUT AFTER THE
PASSAGE OF THAT BILL AND SEEING
A HERE REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET
AND IN DIRECTOR NOBLE'S WORDS
YESTERDAY, I THINK IT'S VERY
REASSURING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS? I THINK
WE ARE AT THE PRESENTATION.
ARE HAPPY TO GO BACK TO ANY OF
THE SLIDES YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ON.
WILL NOTE THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
OUR FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE HAD
THEM ON STANDBY IN CASE WE HAVE
EXTRA TIME.
BUT WE WILL LET THEM KNOW WE
WILL USE THIS LAST HOUR FOR THE
OTHER PRESENTATION.
WE WILL NOT HAVE THEM COME BACK
TODAY, WE DO APPRECIATE THE
TIME AND WE WILL FIELD ANY
QUESTIONS THEY HAVE AND CHANNEL
THE BACKEND DURING THE
PRESENTATIONS TOMORROW WE WILL
DO SO.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW
AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT A HALF
HOUR AGO THEY WERE FREE TO NOT
BE ON STANDBY ANYMORE.
WE APPRECIATE THE GENEROUS
OFFER.
BEFORE WE DO COUNCILMEMBER
COMMENTS, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE
QUESTIONS?
>> NOT REALLY.
I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE BY SAYING
WE HAVE HAD, BETWEEN THIS
MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON, FOR
FIVE HOURS OF SPIRITED
DISCUSSION AROUND COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND SPD.
I THINK YOU HAVE GIVEN US A
NUMBER OF THINGS TO THINK
ABOUT.
I HOPE THAT WHILE ENORMOUSLY
COMPLEX AND THE NUMBER OF
ELEMENTS TO THE PROCESS GOING
FORWARD, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN
FIND THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK TOGETHER IN THIS ENTIRE
POLICY SPACE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF MORE IN
THE BUDGET PROCESS AS IS HELPS
LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR THE
EFFORT GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE WORDS
TODAY.
TO GIVE VERY MUCH, DEPUTY
MAYOR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> W MAYOR, I THINK THIS MIGHT
BE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
THE LAST SLIDE, DIRECTOR
JOHNSON TALKED ABOUT ANOTHER
DISTORTED BUDGET PROCESS
BUDGETED AT ABOUT $2 MILLION IF
THE ENTIRE LINE ITEM WAS FOR
THIS BUT TORI BUDGETING, SO I
WANT TO ASK ABOUT THAT AND I
WANT TO GO BACK TO THE QUESTION
I ASKED DIRECTOR MANTILLA ABOUT
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OR
INTERACTION BETWEEN THE IDT
AND COMMUNITY SAFETY WORKGROUP
AND THIS EQUITABLE INVESTMENT
TASK FORCE? HOW WILL ALL OF
THOSE WORK TOGETHER, TO WHAT
END?
AND NOW SEEING THIS LINE ITEM
ABOUT THE SEPARATE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS, I
WANT TO SEE HOW THESE ALL FIT
TOGETHER AND WITH THE VISION IS
FOR SOME OUTCOME.
>> CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE
AS WELL.
>> I MAY CALL IN DIRECTOR NOBLE
ON THIS.
I APOLOGIZE I MAY HAVE MISSED
THIS WHEN DIRECTOR JOHNSON
REFERENCE THE $2 MILLION, I
DON'T BELIEVE THIS HAS BEEN
EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
CLEARLY THE COUNCIL IS
IDENTIFIED $3 MILLION OF
RESOURCE FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, CLARIFY FOR ME
WHAT IT SAYS IN THE BUDGET, I
WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
THIS $2 MILLIN HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED FOR ACTUAL COMMUNITY
SAFETY INVESTMENTS PENDING SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT
OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
WORKGROUP.
NOW THAT COULD BE IN VERY SHORT
ORDER, THAT COULD BE LONGER-TERM
SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, WE
HAVEN'T ACTUALLY PINNED THAT
DOWN YET SO TO SPEAK.
I BELIEVE $2 MILLION WAS SET
ASIDE WITH THE IDEA OF
INVESTING IN SERVICES AND
PROGRAMS, NOT NECESSARILY FOR A
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.
NOW, HAVING SAID THAT,
DEPENDING ON COUNCILS
CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT COMES
OUT OF THE RESEARCH WORK IN THE
$3 MILLION BODY OF WORK, THESE
DOLLARS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR
POTENTIAL INVESTMENT IN
SPECIFIC SERVICES OR PROGRAMS.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE
INTENDING THESE TO BE USED ON
TOP OF THE $3 MILLION YOU
ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I LOOK BACK AT DIRECTOR
JOHNSON.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
MAYBE I'M BEING A LITTLE TOO
LOOSE WITH TERMINOLOGY.
MY APOLOGIES IF I CAUSED
CONFUSION.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT IS $2 MILLION THAT CAN BE
ALLOCATED, PUT FORWARD, COMES
FROM COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS
WORKGROUP, I THINK OF THAT IS
VERY PARTICIPATORY, WE ARE
ENGAGED, HEARING FROM COMMUNITY
AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
FUNDED IMMEDIATELY.
DIDN'T MEAN TO CAUSE CONFUSION.
MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING A LITTLE
TOO LOOSE WITH THAT
TERMINOLOGY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, TO YOUR OTHER
QUESTION, I MAY ALSO BRING IN,
THE BEAUTY MAYOR IS WITH US ON
THIS CALL AS WELL, BUT I WILL
EMPHASIZE THAT THE COUNCIL
IDENTIFIED PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS RESEARCH EFFORT IN THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT
DIRECTOR MANTILLA IDENTIFIED
EARLIER IN THE DISCUSSION IS
SOMETHING WE STILL WANT TO
ENGAGE WITH WITH YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES AND LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH ON HOW THOSE TWO PIECES,
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK INTO THIS
PRODUCT PROCESS ARE GOING TO
WORK TOGETHER.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU
FOR THAT.
IN PART BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE
STILL BUILDING THIS OURSELVES.
AND AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COUNCILS
SCOPING OF THAT PROCESS.
I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT WHICH
IS MY WAY OF SAYING THERE IS
STILL WORK TO BE DONE TO MAKE
SURE THE INFORMATION WILL FEED
INTO THE IDT WE HAVE CREATED
WITH INTERNET INTENTIONALITY
TO CENTER AROUND FEEDBACK.
POLICY DECISIONS FOR YOU AND
THE MAYOR TO CONSIDER.
AS FAR AS THE EQUITABLE
INITIATIVE TASK FORCE, I'M
GOING TO DEFER A LITTLE TO
DEPUTY MAYOR ON THIS, GIVEN THE
ALSO EMPHASIZED COMMUNITY LED
NATURE OF THAT PROCESS, I AM
RELUCTANT TO PRESUPPOSE WHAT
RECOMMENDATIONS OR POLICY SPACE
OR STRATEGIES THAT PROCESS MAY
YIELD.
IT COULD VERY WELL LEAD TO
SPECIFIC INTERESTS OR
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE SAME
SPACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IN WHICH CASE PRESUMABLY THERE
WOULD BE A QUESTION ABOUT
POTENTIAL RESOURCES IN THE $100
MILLION ALLOCATION THAT MAY BE
APPROPRIATE IN THIS SPACE.
AS THAT WORKED ASH AGAIN I
MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS WORK IS
ALL KIND OF HAPPENING
CONCURRENTLY IF YOU WILL.
OUR HOPE WOULD BE THERE IS
ACTUALLY A PRETTY TIGHT THREAD,
CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN STAFF
FOREX MIGHT BE HAPPENING TO THE
EXTENT THAT THAT INFORMATION
CAN HELP INFORM COMMUNITY
CONVERSATIONS AT VARIOUS TABLES.
BUT THEN, THAT TWO-WAY
COMMUNICATION WHICH IS NOT
INTENDED TO BE ENTIRELY
SEPARATE BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PROCESS
OR CONVERSATION MAY GO ONCE
THEY START MEETING?
I MAY HAVE MORE TO ADD TO THAT
BUT IT CERTAINLY, IT VERY WELL
COULD BE A COMPONENT OF THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
INVESTMENT THINKING IN THIS
SPACE.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>> I CAN SORT OF ROUND THAT OUT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IN
TERMS OF -- I AGREE WITH
EVERYTHING, SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR
FONG HAS SAID RELATING TO THE
MEETING CONNECTIVITY AND
THREAD AMONGST THE PIECES OF
WORK, THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE, $100 MILLION
INVESTMENT, HAS A BROADER SCOPE
THAN JUST COMMUNITY SAFETY.
NO DOUBT THAT IS GOING TO BE AN
IMPORTANT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION
AS A COMMUNITY DOES THEIR WORK
TO MAKE BOTH FOCUS ON
PRIORITIES AS WELL AS
RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND
INVESTMENTS.
THE INTENTION HERE IS TO ALSO
HAVE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE
CABINET.
DIRECTORS JOHNSON, AND SEVERAL
OTHERS WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT
WORK IN THAT WAY THERE IS A WAY
TO FEEDBACK INFORMATION THAT WE
ARE GETTING FROM THAT, FROM THE
COMMUNITY TASK FORCE BACK TO
THE STAFF WORKING WITH THE TEAM
SO THERE IS A CONTINUOUS CYCLE
OF FEEDBACK.
AND AS SENIOR DEPUTY MAYOR FONG
SAID, THERE MAY VERY WELL BE
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT EMERGE
FROM THAT.
THAT ARE PART OF THAT $100
MILLION INVESTMENT.
SO OUR GOAL HERE IS TO KEEP
THOSE CONVERSATIONS VERY
TIGHTLY ALIGNED.
THE FINAL PIECE I WILL ADD IS,
AS I SAID YESTERDAY, THERE IS A
HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY LED
RESEARCH THAT IS HAPPENING THIS
FALL WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BODIES
OF WORK IN A WAY THAT SORT OF
ELEVATES THOSE PRIORITIES THAT
WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY AND ALSO
THE SOLUTIONS WE ARE HEARING
FROM COMMUNITY.
THAT IS ONE WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE
TO BE ABLE TO LIFT UP THAT
COMMUNITY VOICE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THE QUESTION I HAD WAS
ANSWERED.
BUT, THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION,
I DO WANT TO JUST RESPOND TO
SOMETHING THAT THE DEPUTY MAYOR
JUST SAID.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMMUNITY
RESEARCH PROCESS IS, MUCH
BROADER THAN THE TRADITIONAL
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AND I THINK, I THINK THERE IS A
LOT MORE ALIGNMENT ABOUT
POSSIBLE INVESTMENTS WITH THE
MAYOR'S $100 MILLION THAN YOU
MIGHT IMAGINE.
THEY ARE REALLY FOCUSED, NOT
JUST ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
PROGRAMS, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENTS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
KINDS OF UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS,
IF MADE IN THESE COMMUNITIES
WHICH HISTORICALLY HAVEN'T BEEN
MADE IN THESE COMMUNITIES,
WHICH ARE THEMSELVES, CREATING
ALTERNATIVE TO THE SCHOOL TO
JAIL PIPELINE.
I'M TRYING NOT TO BRISTLE EVERY
TIME I HEAR SOMEONE SAY THAT
THE SCOPE OR THE BREADTH OF THE
MAYOR'S EQUITABLE INVESTMENT
TASK FORCE IS MUCH BROADER THAN
WHAT THE COMMUNITY RESEARCH
PROJECT IS.
I DON'T THINK IT IS.
SO MAYBE THAT IS A PLACE WHERE
WE CAN START.
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BREADTH
OF INVESTMENTS THAT THE
COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT IS
LOOKING AT.
SO THAT ON THE MAYOR'S SIDE OF
THINGS YOU CAN HAVE SORT OF A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE
THERE MIGHT BE POSSIBLE
FUNDING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I SHOULD BE
CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD, I
NEVER SAID -- IN FACT YESTERDAY
I DID SAY I THOUGHT THERE WAS
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COMMUNITY RESEARCH WORK TO
INFORM THE BROADER WORK OF THE
TASK FORCE BECAUSE OF THAT
ALIGNMENT.
WHAT I WAS REFERENCING HERE IS
A SPECIFIC QUESTION AROUND
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HOW THAT
WILL BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF
THE TASK FORCE WORKED.
AND I WAS ONLY MEANT TO RESPOND
TO THAT WHICH IS THE TASK FORCE
IS GOING TO BE BROADER THAN
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS.
I THINK BOTH THE COMMUNITY
RESEARCH WORK HAPPENING THIS
FALL AS WELL AS THE WORK
HAPPENING THROUGH THE TASK
FORCE ARE COMPLEMENTARY AND CAN
INFORM EACH OTHER.
>> OKAY.
BUT THE COMMUNITY RESEARCH
PROJECT IS NOT FOCUSED ONLY ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY BROADER
THAN COMMUNITY SAFETY, WHAT I
THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING WAS
BROADER THAN THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY TYPE PROJECTS THAT THE
COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT.
I HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE FROM
OTHER PEOPLE.
SO IF I ASSUMED THAT WAS WHAT
YOU WERE SAYING AS WELL, I
APOLOGIZE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , I
DON'T THINK THERE IS A NEED TO
APOLOGIZE.
I HEARD THE SAME THING.
DEPUTY MAYOR, I THINK THAT WAS
HELPFUL CLARIFICATION.
I GUESS THE QUESTION THAT
REMAINS IN MY MIND IS, WHY DO
WE NOT THEN HAVE A SYSTEM THAT
IS WAITING FOR THE RESULTS OF
THE COMMUNITY LED RESEARCH
PROJECT?
THAT IS GOING TO BE UNDERWAY
VERY SOON, TO HAVE THAT
INFORMATION TO FEED INTO WHAT
EXECUTIVE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY THE
FACT WE WANT TO BE EFFICIENT IN
ALL OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES
AT THE CITY, BUT THE FACT THAT
WE ARE ASKING SO MUCH OF
COMMUNITY WHO HAVE OTHER JOBS
AND OBLIGATIONS, WE WANT TO BE
CONSCIOUS AND RESPECTFUL OF THE
TIME.
WHY NOT WAIT UNTIL THAT
COMMUNITY LED RESEARCH PROJECT
COMES UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THEN BEGIN THE PROCESS THE
MAYOR HAS ENVISIONED?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
YESTERDAY HIGH-LEVEL TIMELINE,
THE WORK OF THE TASK FORCE, AND
AGAIN, THEY WILL DETERMINE
THEIR OWN PRIORITIES, BASED ON
HOW THEY ORGANIZE THEMSELVES
AND TIMELINES, BUT IF THE
ANTICIPATED TIMELINE WERE TO
COME UP WITH INITIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND FOCUS
AREAS, SO NOT INVESTMENTS
THEMSELVES, BUT FOCUS AREAS,
WAS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE
AROUND THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT I AM PRESUMING, BASED ON
WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED PUBLICLY,
ALLIANCE WITH THE WORK THAT IS
ANTICIPATED TO HAPPEN THIS FALL.
RELATED TO COMMUNITY RESEARCH.
THE COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT.
SO I DON'T THINK THOSE
TIMELINES ARE IN OPPOSITION TO
EACH OTHER.
THERE IS WORK THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN, BOTH IN TERMS OF WORK
THAT WE WILL NEED TO SUPPORT
THIS TASK FORCE, JUST IN TERMS
OF GROUNDING THEM ON CITY
PROGRAMS AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL
WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT
ALSO THEY WILL BE DOING -- THEY
WILL BE DOING THEIR OWN
ENGAGEMENT IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES, RIGHT?
SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT THEY ARE
COMPLEMENTARY.
AND MINDFUL OF THE TIMELINES
AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
TASK FORCE WILL CONSIDER AS
PART OF THEIR WORK OF HOW IT
ALIGNS WITH THE COMMUNITY
RESEARCH WORK THAT IS ALREADY
UNDERWAY.
AND HOPEFULLY THERE IS SOME
GOOD SYNERGY THERE THAT WILL
EVENTUALLY INFORM
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WON'T
HAPPEN UNTIL SPRING OF NEXT
YEAR.
I THINK THIS COULD BE ALIGNED.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.
>> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE
RAISING HER HAND.
I HAVE A FEW FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS.
MAYBE ONE OR TWO MORE MINUTES
AND THEN WE WILL TURN OVER TO
SMC.
IN TERMS OF THE IDT, I AM
WONDERING, WE HAVE RECEIVED
NOTIFICATION THAT THE RSJI SENT
A LETTER WITH CONCERNS FROM
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
I AM WONDERING HOW THOSE
CONCERNS FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION HAVE BEEN FACTORED
INTO THE DECISION TO MOVE
FORWARD ON THIS?
AND ALSO, I AM LESS FAMILIAR
WITH THIS RULE THAT THE COUNCIL
INSTITUTED A PROCESS FOR THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM ALIGNMENT
IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR,
SORRY, IN THE FALL LAST YEAR,
TO AVOID REPETITIVE OR
OVERBURDENING TASK FORCE.
HOW WILL THAT WORK OF THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM ALIGN WITH
THE BUILT INTO THE CONCEPT OF
BUILDING THIS IDT?
COULD YOU ANSWER BOTH THE RSJI
AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT
OVERLAPPING STRATEGIES WITHIN
THE CITY?
>> MADAM CHAIR, I WILL DEFER TO
MY TEAM.
I AM NOT ACTUALLY, I HAVE NOT
ACTUALLY SEEN THAT LETTER AS OF
YET THAT YOU ARE REFERENCING.
WAS THAT SPECIFICALLY TO THE
FORMATION OF THE EO THAT WE
DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY?
OR IS IT REFERENCING SOMETHING
ELSE?
>> I DON'T THINK IT WAS FROM
THE EO, I WILL DOUBLE CHECK.
>> I AM NOT SURE WHAT THAT
REFERENCES, I WILL ASK MY TEAM
RIGHT NOW THAT IS HERE, IF
ANYONE HAS ANY SPECIFIC
RESPONSE TO THAT, IF NOT THEN
WE WILL CIRCLE BACK.
>> THIS IS JULIE, I THINK I CAN
KIND OF ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
SAW AN EARLY DRAFT OF THE EO IT
DIDN'T CONTAIN THE FULL CONTEXT
OF THE IDT WORKING IN CONCERT
WITH THE WORKGROUP.
AND I THINK THEIR BIG CONCERN
WAS THAT OCR WASN'T ON THE IDT.
WE REWORKED THE EO TO PROVIDE
FULL CONTEXT OF HOW THE IDT
REALLY FITS IN WITH THE
WORKGROUP WHICH IS COCHAIRED
BY THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR
PRIMARY CONCERNS.
THEY DID HAVE MORE BUT THAT WAS
ONE OF OUR RESPONSES TO ONE OF
THEIR CONCERNS.
THE OTHER THING WE DID WAS MAKE
SURE TO SPECIFICALLY CALLOUT
CONSULTATION WITH THE DIFFERENT
COMMISSIONS AS SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS.
SO WE DID ADJUST THE EO IN
THOSE TWO WAYS IN RESPONSE TO
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE CIVIL
RIGHTS COMMISSION.
>> OKAY, THAT IS HELPFUL.
>> GREAT, ON YOUR OTHER POINT,
MADAM CHAIR, CERTAINLY AGAIN,
WITH DIRECTOR LOCKHART'S
ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF COCHAIRS
OF THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
WORKGROUP, AND MY COMMENT AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE
PRESENTATION WHICH IS WE FULLY
RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE CREATED
A BODY OF WORK HERE
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE SPD
REFORMS, POTENTIAL INVESTMENT,
FUTURE INVESTMENT, ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS.
BUT THAT BY NO MEANS FINISHES
THE VARIOUS TABLES THAT HAVE
BEEN SET.
SPECIFICALLY THE LEGAL SYSTEM
REFORM THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
FOR SOME TIME.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
MENTIONED THE SAME BODY OF WORK
EARLIER.
WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF
CONTINUING TO ENGAGE ON
MULTIPLE TRACKS.
IN SOME WAYS IT ILLUSTRATES
JUST HOW WE HAVE BOTH VERY
SPECIFIC ELEMENTS RELATED TO
SPD AND THEN THE CONCENTRIC
CIRCLES OUT FROM THERE THAT TIE
IN A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER ISSUES
THAT INCLUDE JAIL REFORM, MANY
OTHER CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
EFFORTS UNDERWAY.
AS FAR AS, I CAN GIVE YOU THE
PRECISE DETAILS OF HOW THAT
INTEGRATION WILL HAPPEN, BUT I
ASSURE YOU, THOSE ISSUES ARE ON
THE RADAR AND WILL BE PART OF
THE CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY LAST QUESTION GETTING BACK
TO THE NUMBERS, I AM SURE
DIRECTOR NOBLE HIGHLIGHTED THIS
YESTERDAY, BUT CAN YOU REMIND
US WHAT THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT
IS FOR THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR
MANAGING THE TASK FORCE AND
DOES THIS INCLUDE COMPENSATION
FOR THE PARTICIPANTS?
>> SO I THINK THE QUESTION
EARLIER CAME UP IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE U.N. RESOURCE ALLOCATION
FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS.
BUT AS FAR AS -- I'M SORRY.
ARE YOU REFERENCING THE EQUITY
EQUABLE INITIATIVE TASK FORCE?
I WILL DEFER BACK TO DIRECTOR
MANTILLA AND DEPUTY
RANGANATHAN.
>> A QUESTION ABOUT THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE WORK , AND THE
FEEDBACK FROM THE COHORT.
THAT WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE
COMMUNITY WORKER.
CONFIRMING WITH DIRECTOR
LOCKHART ABOUT THAT TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS A GOOD
COORDINATION OF THAT OUTREACH
AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT IS
INFORMING THE BROADER PROCESS.
IN TERMS OF YOUR OTHER
QUESTION, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF PUTTING OUT REQUESTS FOR
QUALIFICATIONS FOR A FACILITATOR
FOR THE TASK FORCE ITSELF.
PART OF THE BUDGET AS WELL IS
THE ANTICIPATION THERE WILL BE
PAID PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE RESOURCES WE ARE READY
TO ALLOCATE TOWARDS THAT.
WE LOGISTICALLY HAVE TO FIGURE
OUT HOW WE WOULD DO THAT,
ORGANIZATIONS VERSUS
INDIVIDUALS.
OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS PARTICIPATION.
>> SO THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC
LINE ITEM, IT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN
YOUR DEPARTMENT OVERALL BUDGET,
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YEAH, THERE WAS ABOUT
$500,000 ALLOCATED IN THE 2020
BUDGET WHERE WE WILL BE DRAWING
BOTH THE FACILITATION CONTRACT
AND ALSO FOR THE PAID
PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS OTHER
INTERPRETATION NEEDS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, TO WRAP US UP?
>> ABOUT $500,000 IS PRETTY
RESOURCES TRANSFERRED TO DEAL
IN.
I THINK THE TECHNICAL TRANSFER
IS PROPOSED IN THE THIRD-
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL ALONG WITH
THE BUDGET.
I CAN CONFIRM THAT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOLKS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG
PRESENTATION, WE HAVE 45
MINUTES FOR SMC.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE
DEPUTY MAYORS IN THE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS, THE TEAM AND
EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I'M SURE THIS IS THE FIRST OF
MANY CONVERSATIONS TO COME ON
THIS TOPIC.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
TIME AND I ANTICIPATE MORE
DISCUSSION TO COME.
THANK YOU.
MADAME CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE
READ INTO THE RECORD THE NEXT
ITEM OF BUSINESS?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAD A TICKLE IN MY THROAT I
HAD TO CLEAR.
I APPRECIATE YOU HANGING ON THE
LINE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR MORE
FROM THE JUDGES AND THE TEAM
ABOUT WHAT IS CURRENTLY
UNDERWAY AT SMC.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES BRIEFLY AND THEN I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS THIS
WITHIN YOUR COMMITTEE?
I WILL TURN OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COURT
ADMINISTRATOR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, PROBATION
MANAGER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.
I APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROUS
TIME.
I'M EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THE INITIAL CONVERSATION WE HAD
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
GREAT NEWS TO SHARE I THINK ON
YOUR END, I'M SURE WE HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS TODAY,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME OPENING
COMMENTS THAT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL.
>> I AM NOT SEEING
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> I AM HERE.
BRIEFLY, MY OPENING COMMENTS
ARE, MOSTLY IN A WAY THANKS.
I HAVE BEEN UPLIFTING THE
RECENT WORK COMING OUT OF
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT OVER
THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THE INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE
RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT IN
JULY, THIS REPORT WAS
COMMISSIONED BY THE COURT
EVALUATING THE COURTS SERVICES.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO IN EARLY
SEPTEMBER IN RESPONSE TO THE
REPORT RECOMMENDATION PRESIDING
JUDGE GREGORY ISSUED A NEW TO
REQUIRE PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
RELEASE FOR NEARLY ALL NON-DUI
DEFENDANTS.
THE BAIL REFORM CAN GROUP FROM
2018 REVIEWED NEW STRATEGIES
AND HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATION
FOR THESE NEW POLICIES.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WORK
FROM THE ONLY DAYS.
AND, ALSO THE WORK OF THE BAIL
REFORM GROUP MET AN IMPASSE, I
THINK THE FACT THAT THE COURT
COMMISSIONED THIS REPORT STUDY
REALLY HELPED TO BREAK THAT
IMPASSE.
AND POINT THE DIRECTION OF
WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT DETAINING PEOPLE WHO WE
DO NOT NEED TO BE DETAINING
BECAUSE THEY ARE NEITHER A
FLIGHT RISK NOR A RISK TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHER PEOPLE.
>> RELATED TO THIS, THE COURT
HAS ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THEY
WILL BE DECREASING THEIR 2021
PROBATION BUDGET BY 25%.
RATHER THAN RELYING ON
PROBATION SERVICES FOR CASES
THAT DON'T REQUIRE IT.
THEY WILL INSTEAD COLLABORATE
WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO BE FILLED
COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION
WHERE JUDGES CAN REFER
INDIVIDUALS TO OBTAIN LOCAL
SUPPORT AND SERVICES.
AGAIN, THIS IS A CHANGE THAT
HAS BEEN CALLED ON BY COMMUNITY
FOR YEARS.
NOTABLY, THE BUDGET FOR JUSTICE
IN 2018 AND AGAIN IN 2019.
AND SO, THEY WERE, COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WERE AGAIN ON THE
CUTTING EDGE OF CALLING FOR
THESE CHANGES IN PROBATION
POLICIES AS WELL AS FUNDING FOR
PROBATION SERVICES TO OVERLY
MONITOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD DO
BETTER IF THEY WERE WORKING
WITH SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS IN
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.
UNDER STATE LAW, DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND DUI CASES WILL
STILL REQUIRE PROBATION
INTERVENTION.
FOR THAT REASON THE FUNDING,
THERE IS STILL FUNDING IN THE
COURT BUDGET FOR SOME PROBATION
SUPERVISION.
I WANT TO ALSO UPLIFT THE
SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
AND THEIR REPORT.
ON AN ANALYSIS OF COURT
PROPOSED MONETARY SANCTIONS AND
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT.
IT DETAILS THE DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS OF LEGAL FINANCIAL
OBLIGATIONS ON PEOPLE OF COLOR
IN SEATTLE.
I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE VERY MANY COMMITTEE THINGS
THIS YEAR BUT I MADE SURE THAT
ONE OF THE FEW COMMITTEE
MEETINGS I HAD THIS YEAR, I WAS
ABLE TO HEAR THE REPORT.
IT WAS PRESENTED BY ALEXIS
HARRIS AND FRANK EDWARDS.
REALLY, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHO
WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE REPORTS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS, OR JUST
HAPPY SERENDIPITY, BUT LAST
WEEK, SUPPORT JUDGES ANNOUNCED
THEY WOULD LAMINATE ALL
DISCRETIONARY FINES AND FEES
IMPOSED IN CASES REPRESENTING
ANOTHER COURT WIDE COMMITMENT
TO LESSEN BARRIERS AND INCREASE
EQUITY IN THE SYSTEM.
WE KNOW THAT PROBATION RECORDS,
CHECK FEES CAN BE $600 AND
HIGHER FOR JUST ONE PERSON.
WE KNOW THAT MORE THAT, 1000
INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR ARE
EXPECTED TO BE HELP BY THESE
CHANGES.
AND COMMUNITY COURT IS STARTING
UP AGAIN.
WE HAD IT MANY YEARS AGO THAT
WAS BEGUN UNDER THE FORMER CITY
ATTORNEY, IT WAS SUSPENDED IN
PART BECAUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM ADVOCATES ARE VERY
CRITICAL OF THE MODEL THAT
SEATTLE WAS USING AT THE TIME.
WHERE PARTICIPANTS HAD TO WAIVE
THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO A
TRIAL TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT THIS NEW COMMUNITY COURT
PROVIDES FREE TRIAL JUSTICE FOR
PARTICIPATING INDIVIDUALS TO BE
MERELY RELEASED INTO CUSTODY
WHILE MAINTAINING THE
CONSTITUTIONAL TRIAL RIGHTS.
WE THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY
SUCH MODEL IN THE NATION.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
TRIAL RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATE IN
COMMUNITY COURT AND CRIMINAL
HISTORY IS ALSO NOT A BARRIER
TO PROGRAM ENTRY.
THESE ARE TREMENDOUS STEPS
FORWARD IN MUNICIPAL COURT
REFORM AND I REALLY WANT TO
THANK THE JUDGES FOR THEIR
ACTION, THEIR COMMITMENT TO
REEVALUATING OUR SYSTEMS.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK FOLKS
HAVE BEEN IN THE TRENCHES
OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM FOR YEARS
WISHING US TO MAKE CHANGES LIKE
THE ONES WE ARE MAKING NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , WE
APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE WORK
TO DO.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT.
I HAVE SOME OPENING REMARKS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US HERE.
TO TALK ABOUT THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT BUDGET FOR
2021.
AS PRESIDING JUDGE I HAVE
CHALLENGED THE JUDGES AND STAFF
TO TRANSFORM THEMSELVES INTO AN
EQUABLE COURT.
WHERE INDIVIDUALS LEAVE BETTER
THAN WHEN THEY ENTER A COURT AND
EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH
DIGNITY AND FEELS THAT THEY
WERE HEARD.
THE DRIVERS ARE PROLONGED
CHANGE, AND RE-GUIDING
PRINCIPLES.
NUMBER ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO GUIDE
OUR COURT PROGRAMS.
NUMBER TWO, WE WILL ELIMINATE
THIS PROPORTIONAL IMPACTS UPON
BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
AND NUMBER THREE, COLLABORATE
WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO
TRANSFORM THE SYSTEM AND
IMPROVE OUTCOMES.
AT SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR ROLE IN
INEQUITY AND THE ONGOING
STRUGGLES PEOPLE OF COLOR FACE
IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.
WE COMMIT TO AUTHENTIC
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOCUSED ON
COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS.
ALL OF THAT, WE ALSO, AS WAS
STATED EARLIER, MADE ALL
WARRANTS ISSUED ON COMMUNITY
COURT ELIGIBLE CHARGES, NON-DV
AND NON-DUI WILL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
RELEASE.
PEOPLE WILL NOT SIT IN JAIL FOR
LOW-LEVEL MISDEMEANOR WARRANTS.
ELIMINATED ALL DISCRETION WILL
CRIMINAL FEES INCLUDING
PROBATION FEES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, AND
SYSTEM STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS
OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO
CREATE A NEW JUST HIM SYSTEM
JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR ALL.
OUR PROPOSED BUDGET WILL
FURTHER OUR COMMITMENT FOR
LEGAL SYSTEM REFORMS IN SEVERAL
WAYS.
NUMBER ONE, WE WILL TRANSFORM
PROBATION SERVICES, DECREASE
BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL BY 25%.
THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
INSTITUTE.
WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ARE
SMALLER STRUCTURED PROBATION ON
CASE MANAGEMENT FOR STATUTORILY
MANDATED MYSTIC VIOLENCE AND
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
CASES.
AND CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH
COURT CLIENTS.
FOR ALL OTHER CHARGE TYPES,
REFORM PRETRIAL JUSTICE
BEGINNING WITH SEATTLE
COMMUNITY COURT, WHICH THE
COURT IS VERY PROUD OF.
THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH THAT INCLUDES THE CITY
ATTORNEY, PUBLIC DEFENSE, TO
REDUCE SYSTEM BASED ON.
AND NUMBER FOUR WE WILL
COLLABORATE WITH ORGANIZATIONS
TO BUILD A FUTURE COMMUNITY-
BASED INTERVENTION SYSTEM WHERE
JUDGES CAN REFER INDIVIDUALS TO
OBTAIN CRITICAL SUPPORT
SERVICES.
AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK OUR
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO GO
THROUGH OUR BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MADAM
VICE CHAIR AND MADAME PRESIDENT
AS WELL AS THE FULL COUNCIL.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
NUMBERS.
THE COURTS 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET
IS APPROXIMATELY $38.4 MILLION.
IS JUDGE GREGORY SHARED WE ARE
MAKING SEVERAL CHANGES.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEM IN
CONTEXT OF THE BUDGET IN THE
NEXT FEW SLIDES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE FIRST IS A REDUCTION,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
ALREADY STOLE MY THUNDER ON
THIS, BUT, THIS REDUCTION OF
PROBATION SERVICES FOR THE
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DIVISION
IS A $1.4 MILLION REDUCTION, OR
A MEANINGFUL 25% REDUCTION OF
THE PROBATION BUDGET.
AS HAS ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT
, IN 2019 WE INDEPENDENTLY
SOUGHT AN EVALUATION FROM THE
VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, A
NATIONAL LEADING CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION OUT OF NEW YORK,
AND AS JUDGE GREGORY
HIGHLIGHTED, AS WELL AS VICE
CHAIR HER BOLD, THE REDUCTION
RESPONDS TO THE VERA INSTITUTE.
WE ARE RESERVING PROBATION FOR
DV, DUI AND MENTAL HEALTH COURT
CLIENTS.
AND THEREFORE WE ARE LIKELY TO
HAVE A SMALLER PORTION OF
PEOPLE CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANORS
IN OUR CITY ON PROBATION.
WE ARE COLLABORATING AND
ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
IDENTIFY INTERVENTIONS THAT
SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF JUSTICE
INVOLVED PERSONS.
THIS INCLUDES RESTORATIVE
HEALING CIRCLES.
WE COMPLETED A COURT USER
SURVEY, WE HAD FOCUS GROUPS,
AND THEN STAKEHOLDER LISTENING
SESSIONS.
WE HAVE ALSO ENGAGED WITH OCR
IN RECENT COMMUNITYENGAGEMENT
AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
PARTICIPATING IN THE WORK WITH
CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE REALIGNING OUR PRETRIAL
STAFFING AND SERVICES TO ALLOW
FOR THE EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY
COURT.
AND THEN WE ARE PHASING OUT OUR
DATA REPORTING PROGRAM BY THE
END OF THIS YEAR.
JUST SO COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE
HAVE SUSPENDED THE OPERATIONS
OF DATE REPORTING SINCE MARCH
BECAUSE OF THE COVID SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.'S NEXT SLIDE
IS AN AD THAT CAME OUT OF
CONVERSATIONS RECENTLY WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IT IS TO CONNECT COMMUNITY COURT
CLIENTS WITH AGENCIES.
IT IS A ONE-TIME PILOT FUNDING
OF $100,000.
THE FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT THE
RELAUNCHED COMMUNITY COURT VIA
A SOCIAL WORKER, A CONTRACT
SOCIAL WORKER, WHO WOULD BE
EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY
RESOURCE CENTER. AND
SPECIFICALLY I WOULD NOTE, WE
WILL WORK WITH A NONPROFIT TO
PROVIDE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND
MAKE REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY
BASED AGENCIES TO SUPPORT THE
CLIENT WITH THE GOAL OF SELF-
SUFFICIENCY OUTSIDE THE COURT,
OUTSIDE THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TWO REDUCTIONS I WILL BRIEFLY
MENTION.
WE ARE ALSO THIS YEAR PROPOSING
TO ELIMINATE A VACANT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POSITION.
WE HAVE THE CASE MANAGEMENT
REPLACEMENT PROCESS, THE 2.0
PROJECT.
WE KNOW OUR TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
WILL LOOK DIFFERENT ONCE THE
PROJECT IS LIVE.
WE BELIEVE WE CAN START MAKING
THE COURT TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
LOOK DIFFERENT BY AGGREGATING
THIS POSITION.
AND THE WORK CAN BE ABSORBED BY
EXISTING STAFF AND THE CURRENT
PROJECT TEAM.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO WANTING TO
REDUCE OUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
LINE ITEM FOR $260,000.
THAT WOULD BE REDUCING
PURCHASES FROM GENERAL FUND.
WE WOULD TEMPORARILY USE TRIAL
COURT IMPROVEMENT FUNDING FOR
REPLACING THAT EQUIPMENT.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE HERE THAT WE
WOULD NEED COUNCIL SUPPORT TO
APPROVE USING THE FUNDS IN THIS
MANNER THROUGH THE THIRD OR
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
PROCESS.
>> NEXT FLIGHT.
SO THE REST OF THE BUDGET
CHANGES ARE THOSE TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS, $3.1 MILLION RATE
ADJUSTMENTS FOR FAS, SEATTLE
I.T., SEATTLE HR, INSURANCE.
$652,000 FOR AWI.
AND THEN A REDUCTION OF $27,000
FOR THE CENTRAL COST.
I WILL NOW TURN THE FLOOR OVER
TO CAROL BELL OUR SENIOR
PROBATION MANAGER TO SPEAK ON
THE SLIDES RELATED TO RACIAL
EQUITY.
CAROL?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BETH.
I WANT TO SAY, HOW EXCITED WE
ARE ABOUT THOSE CHANGES THAT
WERE MADE.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD STOLE
YOUR THUNDER, IT'S REALLY
EXCITING TO HAVE THIRD-PARTY
VALIDATORS FOR THE IMPORTANT
WORK YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THOSE
PIECES AND THEN TO HAVE YOU
WALK US THROUGH THE RACIAL
EQUITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I WAS
THINKING THE SAME THING.
SHE STOLE MY THUNDER.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, I GUESS IT'S
EXCITING FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE
ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
WEIGHT WE ARE SEEING THINGS IN
THE DIRECTION WE ARE MOVING IN.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
COURT AND MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT YOU
KNOW THAT WE ARE BEING VERY
INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR USE OF
THE REMAINING RESOURCES THAT WE
HAVE IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE
USING A RACIAL EQUITY PLAN HAS
MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AS WE STATE TO REIMAGINE WHAT
OUR GOAL IS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE VERY EVALUATION OF
PROBATION SERVICES IDENTIFIED
SOME DESPERATE IMPACTS ON BLACK
AND FEMALE PROBATION CLIENTS.
IT IDENTIFIED WAYS TO PROVIDE
MARKETABLE CASE MANAGEMENT AND
REDUCE OVERALL SYSTEM
INVOLVEMENT.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE
REALIZED IN A FEW DIFFERENT
WAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO START BITE
SHIFTING TO A GOAL-BASED
SUPERVISION APPROACH, FOCUSING
ON SHORT-TERM SYSTEM ENGAGEMENT
AND REALLY ALIGNING CLIENTS
WITH TREATMENT NEEDS AND
COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES.
WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE
MAKE MEANINGFUL CLIENT
ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION AND
THAT WE USE INCENTIVES FOR
EARLY RELEASE FROM PROBATION.
FOR THOSE PLACED ON PROBATION,
THE JUDGES HAVE COMMITTED TO
INVOKE CONDITIONS THAT RESPOND
TO THE RISK AND ENCOURAGE
SOCIAL BEHAVIORS.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGING
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE IN OTHER IDENTIFIED
STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE WE
REDUCE ANY RACE OR GENDER
INEQUITY IN OUR MODEL.
NOW, JUST REALLY LOOKING AT
WHERE WE ARE WITH PEOPLE OF
COLOR, WE SAW THAT
DISPROPORTIONALITY IN THE
CHARGES WITH LOW-LEVEL
MISDEMEANORS. WITH THE NEW
COMMUNITY COURT MODEL, WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO SEE OR WERE HOPING
TO SEE A REDUCED LEVEL OF
SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT AS IT REALLY
SPEAKS TO ADDRESS RACIAL
DISPROPORTIONALITY AND ALLOWS
THE INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW-LEVEL
MISDEMEANORS TO BE RELEASED
FROM JAIL RIGHT AWAY AND WE'RE
LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS THAT
HAVE HAD CRIMINAL HISTORY NOT
HAVE THAT INTERFERE WITH ANY OF
THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS
PROGRAM.
WHEN WE KIND OF LOOK AT THE
NUMBERS, FOR COMMUNITY COURT
ELIGIBLE CASES IN JULY 2020, 26%
ADULT INDIVIDUALS WERE
IDENTIFIED AS BLACK.
THE DIVERSION PROGRAM OF
COMMUNITY COURT IS TO SUPPORT
THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND
INSTEAD CONNECT INDIVIDUALS TO
CRITICAL SERVICES.
TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THIS MODEL WE WILL BE
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
AGENCIES ALLUDED TO EARLIER TO
PROVIDE A SOCIAL WORKER THAT IS
CULTURALLY COMPETENT TO ENSURE
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE
PROPER LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT LONG
AFTER THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH
THE COURT.
ANOTHER THING WE ARE LOOKING AT
IS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DAY
REPORTING PROGRAM.
AS IS BEEN SHARED IN PRIOR
CONVERSATIONS, WE ARE PHASING
OUT THE DAY REPORTING PROGRAM
AS IT IS CURRENTLY DESIGNED.
WE SIGNED SOME MORE RESEARCH
THAT REALLY THIS WAS
INEQUITABLY IMPACTING PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
AND SOME OF OUR DATA FROM 2018
WE SAW THAT 34% OF THOSE
REPORTING WERE BLACK, 7% HIGHER
THAN THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF
BLACK INDIVIDUALS CHARGED AT
SEATTLE MISSES MUNICIPAL COURT.
THIS PROGRAM IS TYPICALLY
SERVED LOW INCOME HIGH NEED
INDIVIDUALS AND FREQUENT IN
PERSON REPORTING AND HAVE HIGH
BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS HAVING BARRIERS
TO SUCCESS.
COMPLETION RATE OVERALL FOR
DATE REPORTING WE FOUND TO BE
PRETTY LOW.
ONLY 22%.
WITH THIS IN MIND, WE DECIDED
IT WAS TIME TO REDESIGN THE
PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING,
OR WE STARTED DOING EARLIER
THIS YEAR IS REALLY PHASING OUT
THE TRADITIONAL DAY REPORTING
MODEL OR INDIVIDUALS HAD TO
COME IN ON A DAILY BASIS AND
STARTED INSTITUTING THINGS LIKE
TEXT REMINDERS, PHONE REPORTING
AND OTHER MODIFIED REPORTING
MODELS.
BY YEARS END, THE DAY REPORTING
PROGRAM WILL BE PHASED OUT AND
FULLY REPLACED . WE ARE ALREADY
TARTING TO SEE SOME OF THES
INDIVIDUALS BEING SUPPORTED BY
OUR NEW SUPPORT PROGRAM.
BEGINNING THIS FALL WE WILL
ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF
GOVERNMENT TO LOOK AT NATIONAL
RAIL REFORM AND WE'RE GOING TO
BE PARTICIPATING IN A PROJECT
TO FURTHER REDUCE
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT IN THE
BAIL DECISION-MAKING. JUDGE
GREGORY CAN SHARE MORE WITH YOU
ABOUT THAT.
>> JUDGE GREGORY, WE ALSO HAVE
A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD . WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
WE HAD COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
'S QUESTION AND MAYBE YOU CAN
ADDRESS THAT IN YOUR COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE
CONVERSATION WE BEGAN A FEW
DAYS AGO.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
DAY REPORTING.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE
POPULATION THAT DAY REPORTING
SERVES, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT
WAS MADE LIKE IT'S BEEN MADE
TODAY IS THAT YOU ARE SHIFTING
TO OTHER WAYS OF SERVING THIS
PARTICULAR POPULATION.
AND YOU NAMED TEXT REMINDERS AS
ONE OF THOSE NEW STRATEGIES BUT
WE'VE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IS
NOT EFFECTIVE FOR MANY OF THE
FOLKS THAT USE DAY REPORTING
BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS
DON'T HAVE PHONES, IT'S A HIGH
HOMELESS POPULATION.
AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS PHONES OR
PHONES THAT RECEIVE TEXTS.
I'M JUST WONDERING, GIVEN THAT
THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS INTENDED
GIVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO INCREASE
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE FOLKS
FULFILL THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS,
AND GIVEN THIS
DISPROPORTIONALITY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PROGRAM, WAS THERE
CONSIDERATION TO ELIMINATING
THE SANCTION?
STILL OFFERING THE SERVICE AND
STILL OFFERING THE HELP, BUT
REMOVING THE SANCTION?
OTHERS IN FTA IF YOU DON'T SHOW
UP TO DAY REPORTING, --
>> YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU ARE ON
THE RIGHT TRACK OF WHERE WE ARE
GOING.
LIKE WE SAID, WE ARE DOING IS
REALLY REIMAGINING THE PROGRAM
REMAINING IN REMOVING THE
COMPONENT OF HAVING THEM COME
IN EVERY DAY.
LOOKING AT WAYS OF ENGAGING
THEM.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED BRINGING THEM OVER
AND INTRODUCING THEM TO THE
COURTS RESOURCE CENTER.
MAKING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR
THEM TO CHECK IN WITH US.
BUT NOT REQUIRING THEM.
AND THEN ALLOWING THEM TO SIGN
UP FOR THE TEXT REMINDER PROGRAM
IF THEY DO HAVE A CELL PHONE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO SIGN UP WITH CELL PHONES
THAT WERE ISSUED THROUGH THE
FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM.
AND SOME OF THOSE CELL PHONES,
THEY WOULD HAVE MINUTES FOR
THEM TO MAKE PHONE CALLS BUT
THEY CONTINUE TO REEF TEST
RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGES.
EVEN DURING THE TIME OF COVID,
FIND A WAY TO KEEP SOME OF THE
DOORS OF THE COURT OPEN FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS
AND WERE NOT ABLE TO BE REACHED
VIA PHONE OR TEXT AND STILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM
TO COME IN MAYBE ONCE A WEEK.
WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO
CHECK IN SO IT'S NOT A BURDEN
ON PEOPLE.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE LOW
INCOME AND STILL WORKING.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE POPULATIONS
WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO PULL PEOPLE
AWAY FROM EMPLOYMENT HAVING TO
COME IN AND CHECKING IN PERSON.
IF WE CAN DO TEXT REMINDER AND
SUPPORT THEM IN THAT WAY,
OVERALL DAY REPORTING
STRUCTURE, WE ARE ELIMINATING
THAT AND BRINGING THESE
OPPORTUNITIES UNDER OUR
PRETRIAL SERVICES UMBRELLA AND
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF
CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE TO MEET
THEM AND THEIR NEEDS.
>> ANOTHER THING WE LOOKED AT
TOO, THE MAJOR REASON WAS SO
PEOPLE COULD SHOW UP TO COURT,
WE FIND OUT THE PEOPLE NOT
SHOWING UP FOR DAY REPORTING
SHOWING UP FOR COURT.
THE ITEMS CAROL IS TALKING
ABOUT, TRYING TO CREATE THOSE
ITEMS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE
PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR COURT AND
HAVE THE CASES HANDLED AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
ITEMS DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE CAN SHOP FOR COURT
AND NOT GET WARRANTS AND THAT
SANCTION.
I GUESS THE ANSWER IS, WE HAVE
LOOKED AT THAT BUT WE HAVE
OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE
SURE PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR COURT
AND DON'T GET WARRANTS PLACED
ON THEM.
>> ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS WE
HAVE WITH OUR DAY REPORTING
PROGRAM IS WE HAD IT WITH THE
COURT RESOURCE CENTER AND WE
NOTICED SOMETIMES INDIVIDUALS
WOULD COME IN FOR THE RESOURCES
AND WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HAVE
THEM ENGAGED IN THAT WAY.
ONE THING WE WILL CONTINUE TO
DO IS HAVE PRETRIAL SERVICES
PAIRED WITH THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER AND GETTING INDIVIDUALS
IN HERE AND GETTING INDIVIDUALS
RESOURCES THAT WAY.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
HARVARD UNIVERSITY STUDY.
THAT IS A THREE-YEAR PROJECT,
THAT IS WORKING WITH COURTS
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND
IT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY
INTERVENTIONS -- EXCUSE ME,
PRETRIAL.
OR AT THE RELEASE DECISION
POINT.
ALL SEATTLE COURT JUDGES AND
MAGISTRATES HAVE AGREED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
MORE OF THAT.
ONE THING I'M VERY PLEASED
ABOUT, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS, I
WANT TO ADDRESS IT AGAIN, THE
COURT HAS ELIMINATED ALL
DISCRETION WILL FEES IN KERNEL
CASES THAT INCLUDES SUPERVISION
FEES, RECORD CHECK FEES, OR
CREW AND COMMUNITY SERVICE SET
UP FEE, AND AS HAS BEEN STATED,
PROBATION AND RECORD CHECK FEES
CAN UP TO $640.
WE EXPECT THIS TO BENEFIT ABOUT
1000 PEOPLE PER YEAR.
A NICE REDUCTION FOR PEOPLE.
AND, IT'S GOING TO BE A
REDUCTION OF $268,000, THAT IS
GOING TO GO TO THE CITY GENERAL
FUND.
I LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT OUR
DIVERSE WORKPLACE.
DESIGNATE FUNDING FOR RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE, TRAINING TRIAL
COURT STAFF.
JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES HAVE
ATTENDED TRAINING.
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
CHANGE TEAM, REVISING JOB
QUALIFICATION EDUCATIONAL
HIRING THRESHOLDS, RECRUITMENT,
INTERVIEW AND HIRING PROCESSES.
ALSO REVIEWING OUR RECRUITMENT
GUIDELINES THROUGH EIGHT RSJI
LENTZ.
WE ALL KNOW A DIVERSE WORKFORCE
IS MUCH BETTER, ESPECIALLY FOR
ANYONE YOU DEAL WITH IN SEATTLE
OR ANY OTHER CITY.
I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF, BY
THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU, A QUICK PAUSE.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU JUDGE GREGORY.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE
ON THE COURT FEES.
FIRST OFF, BASED ON MY PRIOR
WORK, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS
FROM THE COURT.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE IN THIS IS BEEN IN
PRACTICE BEFORE SO IT'S GOOD TO
START MAKING IT AN OVERALL
POLICY.
MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW THERE
ARE OTHER FEES THAT ARE
ESTABLISHED IN STATE LAW IN THE
REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON THAT
THE COURT WILL LIKELY NEED TO
ASSESS AND ARE MANDATORY.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE ALSO FEES,
AS I RECOLLECT, THAT ARE SET IN
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
I'M JUST FLAGGING, WE DON'T
HAVE TO GO INTO THAT NOW, HERE,
BECAUSE I'M NOT AWARE OF THE
WHOLE UNIVERSE OF WHAT THOSE
FEES ARE, BUT I KNOW THERE ARE
SOME TO TAKE DISCRETION AWAY
FROM THE COURT OR AT LEAST VERY
MUCH LIMIT THE DISCRETION OF
THE COURT.
I WANT TO FLAG NOW THAT I WOULD
BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM YOU
AND YOUR TEAM AND ANALYSIS OF
THOSE MANDATED FEES THAT ARE
SET IN THE SEATTLE WILL COURT
AND WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE SOME
SCOPE TO EXPAND ON THIS AND
POTENTIALLY IS A COUNCIL, AMEND
SOME OF THOSE FEES THAT REMOVE
DISCRETION FROM THE COURT TO
POSSIBLY BUILD ON THIS WORK.
I WANTED TO FLAG THAT.
I THINK THAT COULD BE A GREAT
AREA OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
COURT AND THE COUNCIL.
>> WE DO HAVE A TEAM LOOKING AT
THE FEES.
BUT IT WOULD TAKE LEGISLATIVE
CHANGE.
TO DO THAT.
>> I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY
THE SAME THING, WE ARE TAKING A
LOOK AT THAT BUT WE CAN TAKE A
FURTHER LOOK AT THAT AND GET
BACK TO YOU ALL.
>> IF THAT GETS AGGREGATED,
JUDGE GREGORY, INTO A REPORT OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OF FEES
THAT WOULD REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES THAT WE AS A CITY
COUNCIL COULD DO, I'M VERY MUCH
INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AT
THAT AND WORKING FOR
LEGISLATIVE FIXES WITH THE
BOARD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THAT
INFORMATION IS IN THE STUDY
FROM DOCTOR HARRIS, I CAN SEND
IT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING
OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT
WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
IMPLEMENTING SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT
, A CONFERENCE PROGRAM FOR ALL
COURT EMPLOYEES.
PILOTING A NEW APPROACH TO
ANTIHARASSMENT,
ANTIDISCRIMINATION TRAINING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SD HR CALLED
RESPONSIVE WORKPLACE CULTURE.
THE NEW TRAINING WILL MOVE FROM
AVOIDING LIABILITY TO BUILDING
TRUST.
IT HELPS EMPLOYEES LEARN TO
IDENTIFY THEIR OWN BIASES AND
LEARN SKILLS TO CREATE AN
INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR
EVERYONE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE VERY
SERIOUS ABOUT DIVERSITY AND WE
ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING
SURE WHEN A PERSON COMES INTO
THAT COURT THEY FEEL RESPECTE
AND THEY FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN
HEARD.
FINALLY, AND THIS IS A
PLACEHOLDER FOR ANY ADDITIONAL
FUNDING, FURTHER REDUCE RACIAL
INEQUITY IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM
HAVING DEDICATED HOUSING OR
RESOURCES TO ADDRESS COURT
CLIENTS IMMEDIATE NEEDS,
PARTICULARLY IN THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY COURT.
WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE
COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND ANY
STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE THAT FOR
OUR CLIENTS.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF
US AT THIS TIME?
>> I LOVE THAT LAST SLIDE.
THANK YOU FOR SLIPPING THAT IN.
I HAD NOT SEEN THAT PREVIOUSLY.
THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT FOR
US.
WE GET TO TAKE ON FINANCE AND
HOUSING IN MY OTHER COMMITTEE
SO THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY
HEART.
THANK YOU FOR SLIPPING THAT IN.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
JUST A STATEMENT OF IMMENSE
GRATITUDE FOR YOUR WORK.
AND THE DIRECTION YOU ARE
TAKING IN LIGHT OF THE BUREAU
REPORT.
WHEN WE MET LAST SOME OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS HAD NOT BEEN
MADE PUBLIC YET.
AND YOU HAD NOT IDENTIFIED TO ME
THESE METHODS OF MOVING FORWARD
. I AM IMPRESSED AND HUMBLED BY
YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU, JUDGE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER. ARE THERE OTHER
COMMENTS?
I WILL NOTE THAT FOR MANY OF US
WHO WERE ON COUNCIL BEFORE
INCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WHO WAS IN THE SECOND
FLOOR WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
FAMILY, THIS IS A VERY
DIFFERENT CONVERSATION THAN WE
HAD THE LAST TIME YOU WENT
THROUGH THE BUDGET.
I THINK THAT FROM THE
CONVERSATIONS I REMEMBER AT
THAT POINT WE WERE SORT OF
ARGUING THE MERITS OF DAY
REPORTING AND THE PAROLE
SYSTEM AND LOOKING AT VARIOUS
REPORTS ABOUT IN MANY CASES THE
HARM DONE TO INDIVIDUALS BY
REQUIRING THEM TO COME IN DAY
AFTER DAY.
THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION AND I THINK WE ARE
ALL VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
POSITIVE DIRECTION AND THE
BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THOSE
VALUES.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION
AND IT'S SORT OF ABOUT HOW
THESE EFFORTS INTERACT WITH THE
COURT RESOURCE CENTER.
AND SOME RESOURCES IN CONTROL
OF THE COURT.
ONE THING I HAVE HEARD IN THE
PAST FOR MY FRIENDS WHO ARE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS, FROM COMMENTS
THEIR CLIENTS HAVE MADE, THIS
IS ANECDOTAL, THIS ISN'T
SCIENTIFIC, I THINK SOME WAS
BORN OUT IN AN AUDIT AT THE
RESOURCE CENTER, IT'S THAT SOME
PEOPLE FEEL, DON'T FEEL LIKE
THE COURT IS A WELCOMING PLACE
TO RECEIVE. SO I WONDER, I KNOW
THERE ARE SOME MODELS IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS, WHERE RESOURCES
LIKE A COURT RESOURCE CENTER
ARE OFF-CAMPUS SO IT COULD BE
UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COURT.
THAT SORT OF IN A STOREFRONT OR
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL
THE STIGMA OF THE ENVIRONMENT
OF THE COURT.
WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF RESOURCES.
THAT DOESN'T FACTOR INTO A
POTENTIAL RELUCTANCE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THEM.
I AM CURIOUS AND LOOKING FORWARD
GIVEN THE MODEL OF COMMUNITY
COURT AND GIVEN THE FEE INCREASE
OF AN OUTCOME AND SERVICES
BASED APPROACH, IF THERE IS
SOME SCOPE TO DELIVER SOME OF
THOSE, TO DO SOME THAT INTAKE
OR PROCESS OFF-CAMPUS OR IF
THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED BY THE COURT, OR
WITH THAT SORT OF JUST BE BAKED
IN BY THE SERVICE PROVIDERS
THEMSELVES, NOT BE BASED IN THE
COURT AND JUST DOING, BY THE
VERY ACT OF THE DIVERSION YOUR
SORT OF ACCOMPLISHING A SIMILAR
GOAL.
I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW THAT
OUT THERE IN TERMS OF HOW OFTEN
-- I DO SUSPECT THAT OFTEN TIMES
A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE
RELUCTANT TO ENGAGE IN DAY
REPORTING WERE DOING SO BECAUSE
THERE IS A STIGMA ASSOCIATED
WITH THE COURT AND POTENTIALLY
BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY,
GIVEN SOME NEW DELIVERY
METHODS, TO ABDICATE THE
FEELINGS PEOPLE HAVE TOO TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING THE
HELP OUT THERE FOR FOLKS WHO
REALLY NEED IT.
>> YOU KNOW, --
>> ON BEHALF OF THE COURT, WANT
TO LET YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF
THE COURT, THIS IS ONE THING,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE
DISCUSSED THIS WITH SOME
COUNCILMEMBERS.
REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY
SEEING WHAT'S BEST.
ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WOULD
BE BEST IS TO HAVE SOMETHING
LIKE A COMMUNITY COURT RESOURCE
CENTER IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT.
I KNOW CAROL'S GOING TO TOUCH
ON THAT LITTLE BIT MORE BUT
THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
GO AHEAD, CAROL.
>> JUDGE GREGORY IS RIGHT ON.
JUST IN TERMS OF SOME OF HIS
VISION FOR WHAT THE COURT WILL
LOOK LIKE, IN THE MONTHS AND
YEARS TO COME.
IT IS QUITE INTERESTING AS WE
WERE KIND OF DIGGING INTO THE
AREA OF COVID AND HOW WE WILL
SURVIVE THAT AND THE LONG-TERM
GOAL, THAT HE SHARED WITH US
AND WE HOPE TO PARTNER IN IS
FOR ONE, WE STARTED WITH
COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT WHICH
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE
OF.
THAT REALLY STARTED WITH THE
VISION OF GETTING OUTSIDE THE
CORE BUILDING AND BRINGING
SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE STARTED OUT JUST GOING TO
OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO
TAKE CARE OF WARRANTS AND THEN
WE BROUGHT SOME OF OUR MORE
DETAILED SERVICES INTO THE
COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN
START TAKING CARE OF SOME OF
THEIR CITATIONS AND OTHER
THINGS.
AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT WAS
THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER AND
HAD WE BUILD OUT SOME OF THOSE
SERVICES AND BRINGING THEM INTO
THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING ON OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY AND PROVIDING SOME
RESOURCES WE PROVIDE THROUGH
THE RESOURCE CENTER IN SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY STARTING WITH
THE DOWNTOWN BRANCH.
WE HAVE BEEN BASED IN THE COURT
RESOURCE CENTER AND WE STARTED
OVER THE LAST YEAR PROVIDING
SOME RESOURCES IN THAT DOWNTOWN
BRANCH AND LOOKING AT OTHER
WAYS WE CAN BUILD THAT OUT AS
WELL.
ONE OF JUDGE GREGORY'S VISIONS
IS LOOKING AT HOW THE
MAGISTRATES ARE SUPPORTING US
AND IF WE CAN GO OUTSIDE FOUR
WALLS AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, NOT
ONLY WITH THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER WITH OUR PROGRAMS AND
SERVICE DIVISION.
HOW CAN WE MEET THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHERE WE ARE?
OVER THE NEXT YEAR WERE GOING
TO ENGAGE THE DIFFERENT
STAKEHOLDERS AND JUSTICE SYSTEM
PARTNERS TO SEE HOW THEY LIKE
THAT REALIZED AND COME UP WITH
A PLAN TO KIND OF EXECUTE THAT
GETTING US OUTSIDE THE FOUR
WALLS IN MAKING IT, LIKE YOU
SAID, A MORE USER-FRIENDLY
SITUATION.
ONE THING YOU MIGHT BE
INTERESTED TO KNOW IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE ACTUALLY WERE COMING IN
TO THE COURT RESOURCE CENTER
BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING
ENGAGED WITH SERVICES AND THEY
WOULD COME ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL
THE COURT DATE BECAUSE THEY
LOVED ENGAGING WITH THE PEOPLE
AND THEY WEREN'T AFRAID TO COME
IN BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO GET
SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE HAD,
JUST GETTING THEM OVER THE HUMP
OF THE COURT DATE.
WE DO REALIZE THE COMING IN CAN
BE A BARRIER FOR INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO STEP OUT
THERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BE
MORE INNOVATIVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I
WASN'T TRYING TO IMPLY THAT
UNDER THE CURRENT MODEL NO ONE
WAS GOING TO THE COURT RESOURCE
CENTER.
JUST THAT AS YOU ACKNOWLEDGED,
THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSET OF FOLKS
WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD BAD
CONNOTATIONS WITH THE COURT AND
HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT.
I THINK BEING COGNIZANT OF THAT,
ALL THOSE INTERVENTIONS AND
INITIATIVES SOUND REWARDING AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU GUYS ON THAT.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR HOW
PROACTIVE THE COURT IS BEING AND
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
>> I WILL ALSO NOTE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE PREVIOUS
SLIDES RELATED TO THE FEES AND
CHARGES AS WE HAVE TALKED TO
MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT THE
PREVIOUS MODEL WAS REALLY
FUNDING THE COURT ON THE BACKS
OF THOSE WERE MOSTLY LACK AND
BROWN AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
HARMED BY VARIOUS SYSTEMS IN
THE PAST.
I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS
TO TAKE SOME IMPORTANT STEPS TO
TRY TO RECTIFY THAT AND I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ELUDED TO AND
LOOKING AT DIFFERENT FEES AND
WAYS TO CREATE A MORE EQUABLE
FUNDING STRUCTURE.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT IN ORDER
FOR US TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
PEOPLE CONSTANTLY CYCLING INTO
THE COURT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS
MANY OF THE ROOT CAUSES AND
THAT GETS BACK TO CREATING
STABLE HOUSING SYSTEM AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
FOR FOLKS.
IT REALLY COMES BACK TO THE
CITY AND OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.
I APPRECIATE THE LAST SLIDE YOU
INCLUDED BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
ANOTHER WAY TO LESSEN THE
BURDEN ON THE COURT AND ALSO
HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE SIZE OF
THE NEED THAT CONTINUES TO COME
TOWARD YOUR COURTROOM.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK FOLKS WHO
WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY,
ORGANIZERS, AND ACTIVISTS WITH
THE BUDGET FOR JUSTICE WHO SET
THE STAGE FOR THESE REFORMS TO
HAPPEN.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE
MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD NOTED
IN HER OPENING COMMENTS COME TO
FRUITIO.
ALSO TAKES LEADERSHIP FROM
WITHIN, JUDGE, YOU AND YOUR
TEAM HAVE ALSO ACTED WITH
URGENCY, ONCE MANY OF THESE
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
BEING RECEIVED BY PEOPLE WHO
KNEW REFORM WAS NEEDED, YOU DID
ACT WITH URGENCY.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM
IN THE MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS
WHO HAVE CALLED FOR THIS.
THANK YOU.
IT IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN
A REALLY TOUGH TIME.
>> I LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
MY STAFF IS BEEN VERY BUSY
DOING THEIR NUMBER ONE JOB OF
MAKING SURE WE CHANGE THE COURT
TO A PLACE AGAIN WHERE PEOPLE
FEEL RESPECTED AND FEEL LIKE
THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR
BUSINESS IN A RESPECTFUL
MANNER.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT OTHER
WAYS HOW TO MAKE THE COURT
BETTER FOR PEOPLE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I AM
SEEING THEM.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WE ARE
GOING TO, WE PLAN TO COME BACK
TO YOU WITH EVEN MORE ACTION
ITEMS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ENCOURAGEMENT YOU HAVE GIVEN US
HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO
HAVE A COUNCIL WHO IS PROUD OF
THEIR MUNICIPAL COURT.
I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TOGETHER
ALONG THIS ROAD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HELPING US AND
ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
WITH THAT, AND I AM SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL HANDS, I WANT TO
THANK OUR COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE
BEEN IN THIS MARATHON MEETING
WITH US.
I SEE YOU AND I APPRECIATE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE ZOOM
WITH US ALL DAY.
TO OUR FRIENDS AT SOC, WE KNOW
YOU'RE WAITING ON THE LINE 1st
WRAP UP THE PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
WE ARE GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH YOUR SLIDES AND HAD
AMPLE TIME FOR ROBUST QUESTIONS
AND PARTICIPATION.
AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU
FOR THIS.
START TOMORROW AT 9:30 AM.
PUBLIC COMMENTS START AT 7:30
AM, YOU CAN SIGN UP AT 7:30 AM.
UNLESS THERE IS NOTHING ELSE
WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION
TOMORROW FROM OUR FOLKS AT HST,
OFFICE OF HOUSING,
PRESENTATIONS FOCUSED ON
HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING AND
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND PARKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
WE WILL ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING
AND WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT
9:30 AM.