>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING, I AM CHAIR OF THIS
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE TODAY
IS NOVEMBER 10th 2020 THE TIME
IS 9:31 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORAELS
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HERE
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HERE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ HERE
. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD YOU
ARE STILL ON MUTE.
>> HI AND I HAD MY SOUND TURNED
DOWN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
PRESIDENT AND CHAIR?
>> PRESENT.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION THAT THE
PROCLAMATION 2028 HAS BEEN
EXTENDED BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE LEADERSHIP FOR
ANOTHER MONTH, EXPIRED
YESTERDAY AND THE EXTENSION IS
STILL DECEMBER 720 20 AND WE
ARE WAITING THE GOVERNOR TO
OFFICIALLY ISSUE THE EXTENDED
PROCLAMATION.
TODAY WE WILL HAVE A MOTION TO
SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW FOR
TODAY'S MEETING TO OCCUR
REMOTELY ALLOWING US TO DO THE
WORK WE NEED TO DO WITH THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S OFFICE TO
EXTEND THIS PROCLAMATION.
AS REMINDER THE RULES ARE SILENT
ON REMOTE MEETINGS AND
PARTICIPATION OF SELECT
COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO ALLOW FOR
THE MEETING TO BE CONDUCTED
REMOTELY TODAY, THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL NEED TO
SUSPEND COUNCIL RULES.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW THE MEETING TO BE HELD
REMOTELY.
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILL CONTINUE TO MEET REMOTELY
TO THE EXTENSION OF THE
PROCLAMATION.
AGAIN WE THANK STATE
LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS AND THE
GOVERNOR FOR CONTINUED
COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE
EVERYONE IS ABLE TO STAY HOME
IN ORDER TO STAY HEALTHY AND WE
APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION
HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
COLLEAGUES, I WILL NOTE AFTER
THE CHAIR REMARKS WE WILL HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT, I HAVE
COMMITTED TO AT LEAST ONE HOUR
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO WE WILL
DO ONE HOUR OF PUBLIC COMMENT
THIS MORNING AND THE NEXT TWO
MEETINGS, TODAY IN THE NEXT TWO
MEETINGS WILL INCLUDE ONE UNIT
EACH TO HEAR FROM AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THE AGENDA TODAY WILL BE
ADOPTED.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, TODAY IS
THE DAY WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR
FOR QUITE A WHILE AT SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL, TODAY IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE
COMMUNITY AND FOLKS WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE REVISED
BUDGET.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THE BUDGET DAY AND NIGHT, ON
THE WEEKENDS, SO QUICK THANK
YOUSE.
I WANT TO THANK FIRST AND
FOREMOST CENTRAL STAFF LED BY
THE BUDGET TEAM LEADER AND
OTHERS. THIS HAS BEEN A
TREMENDOUS UNDERTAKING ON TOP
OF THE WORK YOU HAVE ALREADY
DONE OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS
AS WE WORKED ON THE SUMMER
BUDGET PROCESS AND ROLLED RIGHT
INTO THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
SUMMER BUDGET AFTER THE
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX
DISCUSSION.
CENTRAL STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH YOU TO CRAFT YOUR
AMENDMENTS WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING TODAY.
IN DEEP CONVERSATION WITH EACH
OF YOU ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE A
VISION FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS
COMES TO FRUITION AND HAVE BEEN
VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE USE
OF LIMITED RESOURCES EVEN AS WE
RECEIVED POSITIVE REVENUE
FORECASTS THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
TO GO AROUND AND HAVE BEEN VERY
HELPFUL IN THINKING THROUGH
STRATEGY SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO
CENTRAL STAFF WHO WILL BE
WALKING US THROUGH THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU TO THE INCREDIBLE
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A TON OF
FEEDBACK ON HOW TRANSPARENT THE
PROCESS IS, THE VISUALS
CREATED, THE ABILITY TO HAVE
THE GRAPHICS TO GO ALONG WITH
REMOTE MEETINGS HAS BEEN
ESSENTIAL SO THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE.
I WANT TO THANK THE ITN CLERK'S
OFFICE, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN
SKILLFULLY WORKING TO PROVIDE
ONLINE ACCESS TO THESE MEETINGS
TO MEET ONLINE DEMANDS AND TO
HAVE EVERYTHING ACCESSIBLE AND
VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SPEAKING OF VISIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC, WE WANT TO THANK
SEATTLE CHANNEL FOR CONTINUED
STREAMING OF THIS MEETING AND
ALL THE ACTIVITIES HERE AT
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
WE KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE WORKING
BEHIND THE SCENES AT CITY HALL
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
YOU DO.
THE CENTRAL BUDGET OFFICE UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DIRECTOR
AND THE MAYOR FOR CONTINUED
WORK PUT INTO THE INITIAL BUDGET
AS WE WORK TO AMEND THE BUDGET
WE KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO
THE INITIAL DRAFT AND LASTLY
THE FOLKS AT THE TEAM, THANK
YOU TO EVERYBODY IN THE OFFICE
LED BY THE CHIEF OF STAFF,
POLICY MANAGER, OUR LEGISLATIVE
TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
MAKE SURE ALL COUNCILMEMBER
ISSUES GET ADDRESSED AS WELL AS
THE DEEP ENGAGEMENT IN
CONVERSATIONS WITH
STAKEHOLDERS.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND THE
TREMENDOUS WORK YOU HAVE PUT
INTO CRAFTING THIS COUNCIL
BUDGET.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST COLLEAGUES,
THANK YOU.
IT HAS BEEN NO EASY TASK TO
TACKLE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY
DURING THE COVERT CRISIS AND
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, A CIVIL-
RIGHTS RECKONING THAT HAS
DEMANDED MUCH FROM ALL OF US
AND MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN
PUTTING IN DAY AND NIGHT HOURS
WORKING REMOTELY PUTTING ALL
YOUR EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE
CITY HAS THE FUN THINGS THAT IT
NEEDS THROUGH YOUR SUPPORT
PASSAGE OF THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL TAX AND THE SPEND PLAN,
THROUGH SUMMER DELIBERATIONS,
MAKING SURE THERE WAS EMERGENCY
DOLLARS AND WE BEGAN STEPS TO
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
YOU HAVE DELIVERED ON SO MUCH
AND THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK SO FAR.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF
SHARED PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET
AND WE CANNOT COMPLETELY SOLVE
FOR THE MAJOR ISSUES FACING THE
CITY IN ONE BUDGET SEASON BUT
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR
SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING.
MAKE SURE THERE IS MORE SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT AND WE CREATE
COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO
PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
THIS BUDGET PROCESS IS JUST
THREE WEEKS, 2 1/2 WEEKS AWAY
FROM ITS CONCLUSION, WE WILL
HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS
OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AS WE
WORK TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL
BUDGET REFLECTS SHARED VALUES
AND WE MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND
INVESTMENTS WHERE WE NEED TO
AND CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH TO
TRUE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE.
THE CITY DOES NOT WANT TO SEE
CITY COUNCIL FIGHTING WITH THE
MAYOR AND THIS IS NOT A
POLITICAL GAME.
WE HAVE IMPORTANT POLICIES WE
HAVE ENGAGED IN, IN A PUBLIC
WAY.
WE ARE WORKING TO KEEP PARKS
OPEN, TO HOUSE HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS, A PEOPLE HAVE A
PLACE TO LIVE AND WE ARE
ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ON
BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO COME TOGETHER ON
AND TRY TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES
TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS.
LET'S REMEMBER WHERE WE STARTED
WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE
BUDGET.
TRYING TO SOLVE SOME OF THE
MOST TOUGH ISSUES IN THE CITY
WE BEGAN WITH A $13 MILLION HOLE
WE NEEDED TO FIX.
THIS WAS DUE TO TIMING, WHEN
THE BUDGET WAS SET DOWN AND THE
TRANSMITTED BUDGET PACKAGE DID
NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE $3 MILLION
THAT THE COUNCIL COMMITTED TO
INVESTMENTS DUE TO THAT TIMING.
FROM THE GET-GO WE HAD A HOLE
TO FILL.
HAD A $3 MILLION INVESTMENT TO
BACK INTO.
WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
ADDRESSING THE REVENUE
SHORTFALL WHICH REALLY ONLY HAD
ABOUT $3 MILLION INCLUDED IN
THE REVENUE EMERGENCY FUNDS AND
IT WAS CRITICAL FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS THE GAP
IN THE BUDGET BUT TO ADDRESS
BACKFILLING THOSE DOLLARS AND
EMERGENCY RESERVES.
SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT
FRAMEWORK AS I TALK ABOUT THE
CONTEXT FOR THE BUDGET IN FRONT
OF US.
THE FRAMEWORK THAT I BROUGHT TO
THE CONVERSATIONS IN PUBLIC AND
AS WE DELIBERATED WHICH
AMENDMENTS SHOULD BE INCLUDED
WITH THE FIRST BACK RESERVES,
SECOND, ADDRESS AND PREVENT
AUSTERITY BUDGETING AND THIRD
MAKE SURE WE CREATE AN
EQUITABLE ECONOMY BY INVESTING
IN HOUSING, MAKE SURE WE ARE
HEALTHY AND SAFE.
AS WE LOOK AT BUILDING BACK
RESERVES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THIS BUDGET REFLECTED THE
AMOUNT AT LEAST OF THE GREAT
RECESSION EMERGENCY RESERVE
HAD, WE WANTED TO REPLENISH
EMERGENCY RESERVES TO AT LEAST
THE AMOUNT THAT THE JUMPSTART
SPEND PLAN ENVISIONED, AROUND
$40 MILLION THAT WERE
ENVISIONED IN THE JUMPSTART
SPEND PLAN AND THE AMOUNT IN
THE EMERGENCY RESERVES INTO THE
LAST GREAT RECESSION.
COLLEAGUES WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE HAVE ABOUT $30 MILLION IN
EMERGENCY RESERVES, JUST SHORT
OF THE GOAL OF HAVING $40
MILLION AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
IT IS LOW-WAGE WORKERS, SENIORS,
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF
COLOR IN THOSE HARDEST HIT BY
COVID AND THE WORSENING ECONOMIC
COLLAPSE IN THE CITY THAT WE
MUST BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT,
INVESTING IN RESERVES AS AN
INVESTMENT IN VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES WHO IN THE WORST-
CASE SCENARIO NEXT YEAR OR IN
THE COMING YEARS WILL FACE EVEN
GREATER HARDSHIP IF WE ONLY
HAVE $3 MILLION IN RESERVE.
EVEN WHEN THERE ARE TENS OF
MILLIONS MORE IN THE REVISED
REVENUE PACKAGE IT WAS CRITICAL
TO PUT A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT
IDEALLY AROUND $40 MILLION BACK
INTO RESERVES ESPECIALLY AS WE
SEE SKYROCKETING RATES OF COVID
AND WE KNOW THAT COMES WITH
UNCERTAIN AND WORSENING
PHYSICAL FUTURES.
WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTING
AUSTERITY THIS BUDGET PROTECTS
THE CUTS TO CORE GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS AND
SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO MAKE
SURE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES HAVE
SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
WE HAVE PROTECTED AGAINST STEEP
CUTS TO THE PERSONNEL IN NATURE
THE BUDGETARY LAYOFFS THAT WERE
PLANNED IN THE BUDGET HAVE BEEN
REPLENISHED TO ENSURE THE
CONTINUITY OF SERVICES
ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOST
VULNERABLE.
NOW AND TO MAKE SURE THOSE
SERVICES ARE THERE AS WE WORK
TO RECOVER.
EVERY DATA POINT SHOWS WE
CANNOT CUT OUR WAY OUT OF A
RECESSION, WHEN CUTS ARE MADE
IT PROLONGS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
AND HURTS THE PRIVATE SECTOR
BUSINESSES AS WELL AS THOSE WHO
RELY ON PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICES.
WE SEE THE DATA, IT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED AND REPEATED BY LOCAL
AND NATIONAL EXPERTS WHO LOOKED
AT THE LAST RECESSION, SO THIS
BUDGET TAKES AN ANTI-AUSTERITY
APPROACH, BUILDING BACK BUDGET
CUTS TO PERSONNEL CHANGES AND
EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CITY CORE SERVICES LIKE
CHILDCARE, LIBRARIES,
TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE HAVE THE PEOPLE
THEY NEED TO CARRY OUT SERVICES
AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
AS WE WORK ON RECOVERY IN A
MORE EQUITABLE SEATTLE.
THE PILLARS OF THIS BUDGET TO
GET TO THAT RECOVERY FOCUSED ON
HOUSING HEALTH AND SAFETY.
VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
A FEW OF THE COMPONENTS YOU
HAVE PUT IN AS WE THINK ABOUT
POLICY AND FUNDING.
THESE HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AND
THAT'S WHY I REFER TO THIS AS
THE DRAFT BUDGET BECAUSE
NOTHING IN THIS BUDGET WAS
INCLUDED THAT YOU HAVE NOT
DISCUSSED PUBLICLY IN THE
COMMITTEE SETTINGS.
IN HOUSING, STAYING HOME TO
STAY HEALTHY IS THE PUBLIC
HEALTH MANDATE, THE DIRECTIVE
EVERY DAY BUT THAT REQUIRES A
PLACE TO CALL HOME.
WE ARE IN OUR FIFTH YEAR OF A
HOUSING EMERGENCY AND THIS
BUDGET PRIORITIZES HOUSING
SUPPORT AND HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF
UNSAFE CONGRESS SHELTERS, OFF
THE STREETS AND INTO SAFE NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER AND HOUSING
OPTIONS.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH
ACQUISITION AND PREDEVELOPMENT
DOLLARS SOMEWHERE HOUSING GETS
DEVELOPED NOW TO CREATE
AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING PARTNERS.
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
JUMPSTART DOLLARS THAT WILL BE
AVAILABLE TO FUND THESE EFFORTS
IN 2022.
WE HAVE TO BUILD THE PIPELINE
NOW AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BUDGET
STRIVES TO DO.
THIS BUDGET HAS FULLY FUNDED THE
AFRICA TOWN IN THE SOUTH END,
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM
FORWARD.
NOT ONLY DOES IT ASSURE THE
HOUSING OF HOUSING ENSURES
AFRICA TOWN CAN GET A FULL
AMOUNT BUT HAS THE
PREDEVELOPMENT COST SO THERE'S
NO QUESTION OF CITY SUPPORT IN
THIS EFFORT.
WE HAVE FUNDED THE HOME FOR
GOOD PROGRAM, DIRECTED THE
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION FOR
FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL-AGED
CHILDREN.
THANK YOU, WE HAVE INCLUDED
TENANT OUTREACH, EDUCATION,
EVICTION DEFENSE WITH
ORGANIZING AND COUNSELING
THANKS TO OUR COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS MAKES INVESTMENTS
INHUMANE, EFFECTIVE AND
IMMEDIATELY HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE EFFORTS, THANK YOU FOR
THE HOPE PROGRAM THE
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH AND
PROVIDER ECOSYSTEM ALONG WITH
THE 24 HOUR OPERATION AND BASIC
SHELTER SERVICES.
ALONG WITH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
SUPPORTING TINY HOME VILLAGES
WE NOW HAVE THE EQUIVALENT
AMOUNT OF THREE NEW TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THIS
BUDGET.
WE ARE ADDING OVER $1 MILLION
TO HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH
EFFORTS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENT
HER EFFORTS TO THE HOPE PROGRAM
WITH GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC IRONIES
THANK YOU TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS
INVOLVED.
WE ARE INVESTING IN A MYRIAD OF
PUBLIC SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PRIMARILY
SERVE THE BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR MEMBERS, THANK
YOU.
IN THE HEALTH COMPONENTS, OUR
HEALTH PRIORITIES ARE CENTER TO
THIS BUDGET WE CANNOT BE
HEALTHY IF WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO CLEAN WATER, TO WASH HANDS,
REGULAR MEALS TO HELP FAMILIES
STAY HEALTHY, ACCESS TO MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE COUNSELING AND A PLACE TO
SAY THEY ARE SAFELY HOUSED.
THIS BUDGET HAS SCALED UP
INVESTMENT IN ALL OF THESE
AREAS.
WE INCREASE ACCESS TO HYGIENE
AND SANITATION AND HANDWASHING
CENTERS AS WELL AS EXPANDING
TRASH CLEANUP AT ENCAMPMENTS TO
13 ADDITIONAL SITES.
WE ARE EXPANDING THE BOX
PROGRAM, AND SENIOR CONGREGANT
PROGRAMS AND WE ARE IDENTIFYING
FOOD BANK SITE, THANK YOU.
WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH, THIS
BUDGET IS BASED ON SCIENCE.
HERE IN SEATTLE WE LOOK AT
SCIENCE AND DATA IN PUBLIC
HEALTH BEST PRACTICE TO HELP
TREAT ADDICTION IN THE HEALTH
CRISIS, WE ARE INVESTING IN
HARM REDUCTION AND PREVENTION
STRATEGIES, COUNSELING AND
SERVICES, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE DOUBLED DOWN ON
FIREFIGHTER SUPPORT SO THOSE
WHO ARE ON THE SCENE FIRST TO
PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING SUPPORT AND
IMPROVE HEALTH AND CONNECT WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY HAVE
WHAT THEY NEED SO THANK YOU TO
ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON
THE HEALTH ONE EXPANSION.
YOU HAVE THREE HEALTH ONE TEAMS
IN THE BUDGET.
WE ARE ADDING A CRISIS
COUNSELOR FOR TRAUMA INFORMED
CARE AND PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING
EQUIPMENT AND SO MUCH MORE.
IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE
THERE'S TRAINING AND SUPPORT WE
ARE ADDING A CONSULTING NURSE
TO THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
911 RESPONSE CENTER, SO THANK
YOU.
WE KNOW THAT HEALTH CANNOT BE
POSSIBLE IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND WE HAVE
INVESTED IN GREEN NEW DEAL
PRIORITIES, WE HAVE INVESTED IN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE THE
FABRIC OF OUR CITY HAS UPDATES
AND STRATEGIES THAT HE NEEDS TO
ENSURE PEOPLE CANNOT USE A CAR,
THEY CAN BE HEALTHY AND WALK
AROUND, WE HAVE INVESTED IN
SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, SAFE
ROUTES, THIS BUDGET INCLUDES
ALL THE PRIORITIES, WE ARE
INVESTING IN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
REPORT IN SOUTHPARK,
GEORGETOWN, ROUTE 44, SIDEWALKS
AND THE BIKE MASTER PLAN, THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE LIFTING UP THE
PRIORITIES OF THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVY AND KEEPING THOSE
COMMITMENTS.
THE CALL FOR INVESTMENT MUST
RECOGNIZE THE DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS HAVING
ON LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND
THIS BUDGET ADDRESSES THAT.
WE FULLY FUNDED THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ADVISOR, WE ARE BUILDING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS AND
NOT DEALING.
WE HAVE FULLY FUNDED THE
CLIMATE POLICY POSITION SO WE
DO NOT MISS A BEAT SETTING UP
THE GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS
THAT ARE COMING IN 2022.
EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS IN SAFE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FREQUENT
TRENDS AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE
ACROSS THE CITY MEANS PEOPLE
CAN GET AROUND WITHOUT HAVING
TO USE A CAR AND A MEANS WE
NEED TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, AN OPPORTUNITY RICH
NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOGETHER THE
EFFORTS HELP PROVIDE SAFE
ALTERNATIVES TO DRIVING LONG
DISTANCES, ALTERNATIVES TO
BEING DISPLACED AND IMPROVE THE
ENVIRONMENT AND POPULATION
HEALTH.
INVESTMENTS IN SUPPORTS LIKE
THIS, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS
AND VOTERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN
THE PACKAGE THAT WAS RECENTLY
APPROVED, WE HAVE REFLECTED
THAT PRIORITY AND THOSE
INVESTMENTS AND WE KNOW THOSE
WHO DISPROPORTIONATELY RELY ON
TRANSIT OR MORE LIKELY TO BE
BLACK OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN
COLORS OF COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, IN SAFETY.
AS WE SCALE UP OUR WORK TO
STRENGTHEN POLICE IN THE
COMMUNITY AND SKILL OF THE
ALTERNATIVES TO COMMUNITY-BASED
SOLUTINS THAT HAVE LONG
EXISTED,WE ARE INVESTING IN
THE NEEDED CAPACITY THAT OUR
COMMUNITY NEEDS.
MANY MAY BE FRUSTRATED BY WHAT
WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN
ONE YEAR BUT THERE WERE
MULTIPLE BARRIERS AND WE
UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION.
THE RIGHTSIZING OF POLICE AND
SCOPING OF THE WORK THAT IS DONE
, THE SCOPING OF THE CALLS THAT
ARE RESPONDED TO BY ARMED
OFFICERS CONTINUE.
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE TAKING IMPORTANT STEPS TO
UNDO CENTURIES OF THE STATUS
QUO, INHERENT STRUCTURAL RACISM
GIVEN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR WE
ARE ON THE PATH STILL.
WE ARE NOT AT A TURNING POINT
YET, THAT WOULD INDICATE
TREMENDOUS CHANGE ALREADY
HAPPENED AND THAT COMMUNITY
WOULD HAVE RECEIVED SUFFICIENT
SUPPORT ALREADY AND WE ARE NOT
THERE YET.
WE ARE ON THE PATH IN THE SAME
DIRECT STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE REIMAGINING COMMUNITY SAFETY
BUT WE HAVE FACED ROADBLOCKS,
WE HAVE FACED TREMENDOUS
BARRIERS AND WE ARE WORKING
STILL ON IMPLEMENTATION THE
SUMMER BUDGET EFFORTS THAT
BEGAN TO INVEST DEEPLY IN
COMMUNITY AND MAKE STRUCTURAL
CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO POLICE
AS THAT APPROACHES BUT WE MUST
BARGAIN'S VARIOUS CHANGES AND
WE MUST OVERHAUL THE USE OF
OVERTIME AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE THAT HAS NOT
BEEN INITIATED.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE COMING
THIS BUDGET TO INVEST IN THE
STRATEGIES WE AUTHORIZE AND
INTO COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO SCALE
UP ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE
RESPONSES.
WE ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY AND
STRUCTURAL CHANGES
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR COUNCIL
DID NOT VOTE TO EXPAND THE
POLICE BUDGET, IN FACT IT TOOK
STEPS TO DIVEST AND IMPORTANTLY
INVEST IN COMMUNITIES AND TO DO
SO SO THAT WE ARE SCALING
RESPONSIBLY AT THE SAME TIME.
I COMMITTED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS PROCESS TO BEING
TRANSPARENT WITH ALL OF YOU ON
THE PUBLIC SO IN THIS BUDGET,
IN THE DRAFT WHAT YOU SEE IS
ONLY ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED
DURING THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
IF YOU PUT FORWARD A FORM, AN
AMENDMENT TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INCLUDED
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THAT
HAS TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, LET'S
SUMMARIZE WHAT INCLUDED.
WE REITERATED DEMAND FOR
BARGAINING OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS.
WE CAPTURED FUNDING FROM VACANT
PRECISIONS AND WE CAN'T FROM
VACANT POSITIONS, WE CUT
FUNDING FROM THE OVERTIME
BUDGET.
WE IMPOSED AND PROVIDED MORE
THAN ANTICIPATED ATTRITION AND
WE CREATED A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT.
WE CUT SUPPLIES AND TRAVEL
COSTS AND WE PULLED OUT
ESSENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THEY
COULD CONTINUE TO BE PROVIDED.
THIS IS JUST ONE SIDE OF THE
PATH WE ARE FIRMLY STILL
WALKING, THIS BUDGET MAKES
MASSIVE INVESTMENT IN BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES.
BY REDUCING IN THE EFFORT TO
REDUCE THE NEED FOR 911
EMERGENCY RESPONSES BY UNARMED
PERSON.
IT REDUCES THE CHANCES
COMMUNITIES MAY ENCOUNTER POLICE
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND
INVEST IN RESOURCES IF HARM
OCCURS, THIS INCLUDES THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES TO
ADDRESSING HARM CREATED THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PILOT
PROGRAMS, PROGRAMMING FOR BLACK
GIRLS AND YOUTH AND WOMEN AND
YOUTH FROM THE COUNCILMEMBER,
INCLUDING PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS MAINTAINING
COMMITMENTS TO FUND THE EFFORT
ALONG WITH 30 MILLION IN THE
INVESTMENT IN THE MIRROR TASK
FORCE WITH THE HOPE AND
INVITATION THAT THE TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PART OF THE
BROADER PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS AND MAINTAINS THE
JUMPSTART RELIEF BECAUSE THIS
RELIEF IN A COVERT CRISIS AND
ECONOMIC CRISIS WILL CONTINUE
TO HIT BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES THE HARDEST.
EVEN AMONG THOSE ITEMS I LISTED
THAT'S WAY MORE THAN $100
MILLION, JUST THOSE ITEMS ALONE
TOTAL UP OVER $130 MILLION
WORTH OF INVESTMENT BUT IN
PUBLIC, LET'S REMEMBER WHAT WE
HEARD, ONE EXAMPLE SAYING
PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY BUT PUBLIC SAFETY
IS NOT MORE POLICE.
WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ROOT
CAUSE ENCODING POVERTY, INCOME
INEQUALITY, THE LACK OF SUPPORT
AND RESOURCES.
WE NEED TO STOP TREATING
POVERTY AS IF IT WERE A CRIME.
COLLEAGUES I BELIEVE THIS BUDGET
BEGINS TO MAKE THOSE IMPORTANT
EFFORTS TO REFLECT THIS BUDGET
IS MAKING CHANGES TO POLICIES
AND INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING
CALLED FOR ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
SCALING UP COMMUNITY
ALTERNATIVES, ADDRESSING THE
INTERSECTIONAL HARMS OF A LACK
OF ACCESS TO HOUSING SIDEWALK
SAFE STREETS GOOD JOBS ON THE
IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
THAT WE HAVE SEEN ONLY WORSEN
AS THE WAGE GAP GROWS.
IN CONCLUSION THIS BUDGET
RESPONSE BY PRIORITIZING
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING,
SHELTER, FOOD ASSISTANCE
ENSURES THAT A RESPONSE TO
COVID IS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE PROTECTING LIVING WAGE
JOBS IN THE CITY PROVIDING KEY
SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL MINIMUM
WAGE EARNERS.
WE ARE MAINTAINING AND
EXPANDING ACCESS TO SMALL
BUSINESS TO HAVE ACCESS TO
CAPITAL FUNDING AND TO ADAPT IN
COVID TO BE ABLE TO OPEN AGAIN
WHEN SAFE.
WE ARE TAKING KEY STEPS TO
RECTIFY THE HARM OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ARE
BUILDING ON INVESTMENTS FROM
THE SUMMER.
WE ARE NOT THERE YET BUT WE ARE
WORKING TO BUILD BACK SUPPORT
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND LOCAL
ECONOMY.
TO MAKE IT SO THE ECONOMY
DOESN'T JUST RECOVER BUT IT
RECOVERS IN A EQUITABLE WAY.
FOR ALL THAT WORK I AM PROUD OF
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
I KNOW THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PUBLIC
COMMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH
YOUR IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS AND
AMENDMENTS AS WE DISCUSSED THE
DRAFT BUDGET BEFORE US BEFORE
IT IS FINALIZED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THE
ROBUST INPUT FROM THE
COMMUNITY, AT THIS TIME WE WILL
MOVE TO HEARING MORE OF THAT
ROBUST INPUT.
WE WILL OPEN UP THE REMOTE
PUBLIC MEETING.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL
BE EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER 40
MINUTES BECAUSE I COMMITTED TO
ONE HOUR.
WE WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE ONE
MINUTE FOR EACH PERSON SO WE
GET THROUGH AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
EXTENDED FOR ONE HOUR SO WE
WILL HEAR FROM AS MANY PEOPLE
AS POSSIBLE.
OKAY NO OBJECTION.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL
BE OPEN, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE
GIVEN ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.
I CAN CALL ON THREE SPEAKERS AT
A TIME MAKING SURE EACH PERSON
HAS THE CHANCE TO READ THEIR
NAME INTO THE RECORD, YOU WILL
HEAR TIME AT 10 SECONDS AND
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, THAT IS
YOUR INDICATION TO WRAP IT UP
HERE YOU WILL HEAR YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED THAT IS YOUR CUE
TO PRESS STAR SIX, AFTER YOU
SPEAK HANG UP AND CALL BACK IN
OR WATCH ON SEATTLE CHANNEL AND
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IF WE CANNOT TO GET TO ALL YOUR
COMMENTS THERE ARE OTHER CHANCES
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
WE WILL BE MEETING ON THE 18th
AND 19th, NEXT WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
AGAIN IN THE MORNING.
PLEASE EMAIL THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS BECAUSE HEARING FROM
YOU IS CRITICAL.
I BELIEVE WE WILL GET THROUGH
EVERYONE AND WE WILL START
RIGHT NOW.
[ READING NAMES ]
>> HELLO I AM ORGANIZER AND A
RENTER IN DISTRICT FOUR, THANK
YOU TO THE BUDGET CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING
THE BUDGETARY AMENDMENT OF THE
$5000 FOR TENANT ADVOCACY AND
ORGANIZING.
B SEATTLE IS A PROUD ENDORSER
OF THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC SEATTLE
WAS EXPERIENCING A HOMELESSNESS
AND GENTRIFICATION CRISIS IN
THE CITY WITH BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS FOLKS BEING AFFECTED
DISPROPORTIONATELY.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT
TAKE ACTION THERE WILL BE
GREATER DISPLACEMENT, WITHOUT
EDUCATION, ORGANIZING AND
ADVOCACY MANY RENTERS WILL
EVICT, I HAVE SEEN LANDLORDS
USE INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT
TO TRY TO GET AROUND THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM, THIS
AMENDMENT IS IMPERATIVE TO
FIGHT THIS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT $500,000 FOR TENANT
ORGANIZING, EDUCATION AND
ADVOCACY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE I WILL ADD
30 SECONDS BECAUSE I THINK WE
CAN GET EVERYBODY IN WITHIN ONE
HOUR.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO SAY YOU CAN
CONTINUE.
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY.
AGAIN WE HAVE KATE, GOOD MORNING
.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE AND RENTER OF DISTRICT
2, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
CHAIRMAN FOR THE AMENDMENT OF
$500,000 FOR OUTREACH,
EDUCATION AND ORGANIZING. WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR
STANDING UP FOR TENANTS.
AS ENDORSES OF THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET WE RECOGNIZE THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN HOUSING AND
RACIAL JUSTICE.
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
COLOR WERE ALREADY
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
HOMELESSNESS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN AND RENTERS ARE
STRUGGLING.
WE ANTICIPATE A TSUNAMI OF
EVICTIONS AT THE END OF THE
MORATORIUM.
WITHOUT KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS
MANY RENTERS WILL SIMPLY SELF
EVICT TO AVOID THE HASSLE OF
THE FORMAL PROCESS AND GOING TO
COURT.
IF CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE
ACTION TO ENSURE THERE IS
SUFFICIENT FUNDING WE CAN
EXPECT GREATER DISPLACEENT, WE
NEED CITY FUNDING TO FIGHT FOR
OUR NEIGHBORS DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND BEYOND, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING
HOWARD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SEATTLE TIMES REPORTED YESTERDAY
THAT THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET
WOULD CUT POLICE FUNDING BY 17%,
THIS FIGURE IS MISLEADING SINCE
71% COMES FROM SIMPLY
TRANSFERRING FUNDS OUT OF THE
SPD IF ANYONE BELIEVES
TRANSFERRING PARKING
ENFORCEMENT AND 911 SERVICE OUT
OF SPD WOULD CHANGE THE OUTCOME
FOR ANY OF THE OTHER 26 PEOPLE
KILLED BY SPD?
DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE THESE
CHANGES WILL PREVENT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN
SUFFERED FOR THE LAST FIVE
MONTHS?
WILL THESE CHANGES PREVENT
POLICE FROM PUTTING IN THE
HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION
JUST LAST WEDNESDAY?
I GET IT THIS IS MORNING AFTER
REGRET, IN JUNE YOUR ACTS WERE
OVERPROMISING THINGS THAT YOU
COULD NOT OR WILL NOT DELIVER,
CHANGING POLICE POLICY WILL NOT
WORK ANYMORE, CHANGING POLICE
TRAINING WILL NOT WORK BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED SO AT
THE VERY LEAST PLEASE COULD YOU
GIVE US TRUE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AS OTHER CITIES
HAVE BASED ON REAL COMMUNITY
OVERSIGHT AND A BODY CAPABLE OF
INVESTIGATING THE POLICE,
REARRANGING THE CHAIRS IS NOT
-- YOU WILL NOT BE CUTTING THE
BUDGET BY 50% PLEASE AT LEAST
GIVE US ACCOUNTABILITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU HOWARD.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS, [
READING NAMES ] I WANT TO NOTE
YOU ARE LISTED AS NOT PRESENT
SO PLEASE CALL IN.
LOGAN, GOOD MORNING.
>> I AM A JOURNEYMAN IRONWORKER
AND MEMBER OF ALTERNATIVE,
CORPORATIONS LIKE AMAZON,
STARBUCKS THEIR RECORDING RECORD
PROFITS AND IT'S UNBELIEVABLE
THAT THE MAYOR WANTS TO PUT THE
BURDEN OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
AND THE PANDEMIC ON ORDINARY
PEOPLE FLUSHING $200 MILLION
FROM LIBRARY, TRANSPORTATION
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE QUESTION TO THE CITY
COUNCIL IS WILL YOU MAKE A
BUSINESS PAY FOR THE CRISIS
WHERE WE PUT THE BURDEN ON
WORKING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR?
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE
PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE AMAZON
TAX TO STOP THE BUDGET CUTS.
WE GATHERED 30,000 SIGNATURES
FOR A VIABLE INITIATIVE NOT
FORCING BUSINESSES TO RECEIVE
THE TAX FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE MOVEMENT
THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL
$240 MILLION CUT FROM ESSENTIAL
PROGRAMS NOW WE HAVE HUNDREDS
OF ACTIVISTS AND WE HAVE BEEN
DEMANDING THE BLOATED POLICE
BUDGET BE DEFUNDED BY 50% SO WE
CAN FUND COMMUNITY LED
PROGRAMS.
UNFORTUNATELY AS OF NOW THERE
IS ONLY ONE ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVE WHO KEPT HER
PROMISE, STOOD WITH A BUDGET
SOLIDARITY AND BROUGHT THE
PROPOSAL FORWARD.
THE ONLY ONE WHO BROUGHT FORTH
A PROPOSAL TO TAKE URGENT STEPS
FOR CREATING AN ELECTED
COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR
THE POLICE AND SOMEONE WHO
MARCHED WITH THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTEST I WILL WATCH TO
SEE WHAT OTHER OFFICIALS DO.
YOUR ACTIONS MATTER NOT YOUR
WORDS AND PROMISES.
WE WELCOME IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL THANKS TO THE
ACTIVISM OF THE BUDGET AND THE
COUNCILMEMBER'S OFFICE.
>> THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS,
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI I AM HERE SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND COALITION
CALLING TO PASS THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS INVESTING IN BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES IN HEALTH AND
SAFETY INSTEAD OF CRIMINALIZING
POVERTY WE NEED TO INVEST
OVERCOME AND UNDO THE ROOT
CAUSES OF POVERTY.
WE ARE ALSO URGING YOU TO
INCLUDE AND VOTE FOR ADDITIONAL
RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILY
RAPID REHOUSING, ITEM 85.
AT THE PUBLIC HEARING OCTOBER
28th YOU HEARD TESTIMONY FROM
FAMILIES IN HOUSING, WITH THE
EFFECT THESE PROGRAMS HAVE HAD
ON THEIR LIVES, COVID HAS
IMPACTED THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL
RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS FOR
FAMILIES WHO CANNOT ACCESS
OTHER SOURCES.
TO RICHER FAMILIES CAN MAINTAIN
THEIR HOUSING STABILITY AND NOT
RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
ON THIS.
I URGE YOU TO MAINTAIN HST
FUNDING TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
GROUPS AND ANTI-POVERTY
ORGANIZING, CITY OF THE KEY
PARTNERSHIPS HAVE ACHIEVED REAL
BENEFITS FOR SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19
ANTIPOVERTY IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER.
THE BUDGET REPRESENTS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AN
EQUITABLE FUTURE, THANK YOU FOR
MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES.
>> THANK YOU.
DEREK WE SEE YOU LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
NEXT THREE, [ READING NAMES ]
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A MEMBER OF DISTRICT SIX
AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF
KINGS COUNTY.
I AM HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER ACADEMY
WHICH WAS LEFT OUT OF THE
PROPOSED COUNCIL BUDGET
PACKAGE.
THE ACADEMY IS A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN LOCAL AREA NONPROFIT
HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND SEATTLE CENTRAL
COLLEGE.
THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE RACIAL
EQUITY AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION
FOR PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE OF
POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS.
DURING EARLIER BUDGET HEARINGS
YOU HEARD FROM STUDENTS IN THE
PROGRAM WHO COME AFTER
STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS
AND ADDICTION NEVER IMAGINED
THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
STUDENTS WHO UNDERSTAND FROM
THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING SOCIAL
SERVICES REFLECT THE RACIAL
DIVERSITY THAT THEIR COMMUNITY
AND PEOPLE ARE SEEKING IN
SERVICES.
ON THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
IMPLEMENTING HOME FOR GOOD AND
AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE AURORA
COMMON WHICH ARE BOTH IN THE
BUDGET AND I APPRECIATE THE
INVESTMENTS THE COUNCIL IS
MAKING IN FUNDING SERVICES FOR
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS BUT I'M HERE TO
TELL YOU WE MUST ALSO INVEST IN
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE
FRONTLINE STAFF IN ORDER TO
DIVERSIFY SOCIAL SERVICE
LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE.
IS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS
WE WORK TO SHIFT THE COMMUNITY
RESPONSE FROM A LAW-ENFORCEMENT
MODEL TO A SERVICE ORIENTED
APPROACH.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE
BUDGET REQUEST AND I URGE YOU
TO CONSIDER ADDING THE MONEY IN
YOUR FINAL EFFORTS TO PASS THE
BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THE NEXT PERSON
IS MELISSA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
FILM TASK FORCE REPRESENTING
LABOR UNION BUSINESS AGENTS OF
LOCAL 48.
I REPRESENT THE CREWS THAT MAKE
FILMS, WEB CONTENT, TELEVISION,
ETC.
THESE ARE NOT EASY TIMES.
THERE IS MUCH WORK TO BE DONE
ON DOING SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR DIFFICULT DECISIONS
TO BE MADE BUT I'M HERE TO ASK
YOU TO FIND A BUDGET OF $50,000
FOR THE FUTURE FILM COMMISSION,
MANY ARE STRUGGLING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO FOR SOME TIME, THE
FILM INDUSTRY IS FORTUNATE WE
ARE WORKING OR ALLOWED TO WORK
WITH EXPLICIT COVERT SAFETY
PROTOCOLS, THE FILM TASK FORCE
SPENT THE LAST NINE MONTHS
MAKING CERTAIN THE TASK FORCE
IS FULLY REPRESENTED.
WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT
WHITE PRIVILEGE AND HOW WE CAN
UNDO INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
WITHIN THE INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE CREATED A STRUCTURE FOR
A NEW FILM COMMISSION SETTING
PRIORITIES FOR OFM AND CITY
NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THE
INDUSTRIES SUCCEED AND THRIVE.
THE INDUSTRY WILL BE INVOLVED
IN REGIONAL AND MAXIMAL
ECONOMIC RECOVERY TRANSLATING
INFORMATION TO THE MASSES
THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT OF ALL
KINDS. THE FILM INDUSTRY IS
ABOUT TELLING A STORY AND IT'S
HOW WE MAKE A LIVING.
THE INDUSTRY REACHES MULTIPLE
SECTORS AND RETELL OF ALL
KINDS, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS,
TOURISM AND CONVENTION WORK.
THE FUTURE FILM COMMISSION
NEEDS A BUDGET OF $50,000 TO
JUMPSTART THIS WORK IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
I ASK THAT YOU ADD AND FIND
$50,000 FOR THE BUDGET
COMMISSION, THE TASK FORCE IS
AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DENISE.
GOOD MORNING.
ONE SECOND FOLKS.
LOOKING FOR DENISE.
GOOD MORNING, DENISE.
OKAY.
I AM NOT SEEING HER.
>> SORRY.
I THOUGHT I WAS TALKING.
OKAY, GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR INCLUDING FUNDING
FOR THE SOUTH PARK PUBLIC
SAFETY COORDINATE A POSITION IN
THE BALANCED BUDGET AND I WANT
TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
MOVING THE PROPOSAL FORWARD
AND CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR COSPONSORSHIP.
THE SOUTH PARK RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES ARE AMAZING, THEY
HAVE STEPPED UP DURING THESE
TOUGH TIMES AND THEY ALSO
STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT THE
CONTINUATION OF FUNDING FOR
THIS POSITION AND WE ARE
GRATEFUL.
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY DIALOGUE
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS LIKE
THE YOUTH WRITING CIRCLE, CLEAN
STREETS WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT
WILL CONTINUE IF COUNCIL
APPROVES THE PROPOSAL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, THE NEXT THREE
PEOPLE, [ READING NAMES ] GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, THIS IS FROM
DISTRICT 4. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
HARD WORK TO GET SEATTLE MOVING
IN THE DIRECTION OF JUSTICE
MAKING ME HOPEFUL TO HEAR YOU
TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZING SHELTER
AND HOUSING OPTIONS, THE HOPE
PROGRAM, AFRICA TOWN, TINY HOME
VILLAGES, HARM REDUCTION AND
COUNSELING IS VERY IMPORTANT
FOR INCREASING HEALTHY AND SAFE
OPTIONS FOR ALL NEIGHBORS.
I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED YOU ARE
NOT DIVESTING MEANINGFULLY FROM
SPD, BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES HAVE SUFFERED IN
SEATTLE WITH THE MURDERS OF [
READING NAMES ] MANY OTHERS
AND LAST WEEK THE BRUTALIZATION,
PLEASE KEEP SEARCHING FOR WAYS
TO DEFUND SPD AND REACH THE
GOAL OF 50%.
I KNOW THIS IS HARD WORK, I
IMPLORE YOU TO BE BRAVE AND
BOLD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HARD
WORK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AMY, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM A LIFELONG
SEATTLE RESIDENT.
A CURRENT RENTER IN DISTRICT 4
AND A TENANT ORGANIZER WITH THE
TENANT UNION OF WASHINGTON
STATE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR PUTTING IN THE
$500,000 FOR TENANT SERVICES
OUTREACH EDUCATION AND
ORGANIZING INTO THE BUDGET AND
THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
PROPOSING AND COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR COSPONSORING.
THIS IS CRUCIAL FUNDING THAT WE
NEED FOR NEXT YEAR AS THE
MORATORIUM IS SCHEDULED TO END
DECEMBER 31st, AS TENANT
ORGANIZERS AND ADVOCATES WE
CONNECT A LOT OF RENTERS TO
THEIR RIGHTS, EITHER THROUGH
THE HOUSING JUSTICE PROJECT OR
JUST GENERALLY HOW TO ADVOCATE
FOR THEMSELVES.
WE KNOW OF COURSE WE ARE
ENDORSING THE SOLIDITY BUDGET.
WE IMPLORE ALSO THAT THE
COUNCIL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO
DEFUND THE POLICE BY 50% AT
LEAST.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL
THE AMAZING COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS AND MEMBERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE
SEATTLE MORE EQUITABLE. PLEASE,
IF YOU CAN FIND SOME ROOM TO
FUND LEGAL SERVICES, THE LAWYERS
AT THE HOUSING JUSTICE PROJECT
ARCHE, ABSOLUTELY KEY TO
PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS AND
KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THE
NEXT PERSON IS KATHRYN.
AS WE LOOK FOR CATHERINE I WILL
NOTE THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS.
[ READING NAMES ] KATHRYN.
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING KATHRYN WE WILL
COME BACK TO YOU IF YOU ARE
STILL AVAILABLE.
GOING ON TO VIOLET. JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE MY SCREEN
DELIVERIES, GREAT.
HI VIOLET.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR PIECE THIS MORNING
SHARING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND
RACIAL EQUITY.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU GUYS ARE
DOING TO MAKE SURE THIS IS AN
EQUITABLE BUDGET. YOU KNOW, MY
NAME IS VIOLET I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIT
AT WASHINGTON AND WE TAKE CALLS
AND WE CANNOT TAKE CLINIC WALK-
INS RIGHT NOW BUT ON OUR
HOTLINE WE HAVE SEEN AN UPSWING
IN TRIPLE NUMBERS OF TENANTS
REACHING OUT TO US.
WE ARE AT A CRITICAL POINT NO
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE
PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
WE ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL,
YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T TAKE
ACTION, SEATTLE WILL SEE A
GREATER NUMBER OF DISPLACEMENT
OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
WE ARE ASKING IN THIS BUDGET TO
EXTEND AND UPLIFT SOME OF THE
BUDGET THAT WE NEED TO HELP MORE
TENANTS.
EVERY DAY WE ARE BEING CREATIVE
, THESE TENANTS SO THEY DO NOT
GET EVICTED AND I ALWAYS SHARE
THIS WITH EVERYBODY.
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF EVICTIONS,
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF
EVICTIONS IN BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES AND I URGE THE CITY
COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION TO FUND
TENANT SERVICES MORE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN
COUNCILMEMBER.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD HEARING
THAT, WHAT YOU SHARED THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT'S
REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS DISTRICT
HERE TODAY TOOK HER TO THE
COUNCIL TO REINSTATE THE ADR
RESOLUTION DIRECTOR POSITION IN
THE CITY 2021 BUDGET.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE STEERING
COMMITTEE FOR RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THE REASON GIVEN FOR LIMITING
HIS POSITION IS THAT IT IS
DUPLICATIVE WITH OTHER CITY
PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE OF EMPLOYEE
INVESTMENT BUT THIS PROGRAM IS
NOT DUPLICATIVE, THE UNIQUE
SERVICES INCLUDE THE USE OF
EXTERNAL MEDIATORS NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH OR PAID BY THE
CITY.
THEY ARE TRULY NEUTRAL, WITH
ISSUES OF DISCRIMINATION,
HARASSMENT AND ALLEGED RACISM,
MEDIATORS USE A TRAUMA INFORMED
SOCIAL JUSTICE MODEL OF
MEDIATION SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED
TO HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS.
NO OTHER CITY PROGRAM HAS THE
CAPABILITY TO UTILIZE THIS
MODEL.
THIS IS NO TIME TO LOSE A
PROGRAM WITH THESE SERVICES.
CUTTING THIS PROGRAM AT THIS
TIME MAKES NO SENSE IN THIS
TIME OF INCREASED RACIAL
CONFLICT AND INCREASING NUMBERS
OF EMPLOYEES STEPPING FORWARD
TO US FOR HELP WITH RACE
ISSUES, DISCRIMINATION AND
HARASSMENT AND MISCONDUCT, THE
SERVICES PROVIDED SHOULD BE
INCREASED NOT DECREASED.
I URGE YOU TO REINSTATE THE
DIRECTOR OF THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
>> IN Q4 FLAGGING THAT, I WILL
LOOK INTO THAT FOR SURE.
TIFFANY FOLLOWED BY [ READING
NAMES ] GOOD MORNING, TIFFANY.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
TIFFANY McCOY.
THE LEAD ORGANIZER FOR REAL
CHANGE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR INCLUDING MONEY FOR
BOOSTING UP HANDWASHING STATIONS
AND EVEN INCREASING OVER WHAT
WE WANTED ORIGINALLY HOWEVER I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE
LANGUAGE HAS MORPHED AND I
WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT.
FIRST, THIS READS SPU WILL BE
IN CHARGE OF DEVELOPING HYGIENE
STATIONS FOR HANDWASHING AND
THE CLEAN HANDS COLLECTIVE
ALREADY HAS A PROTOTYPE, TWO.
ONE OF WHICH IS ADA COMPLIANT
AND THAT IS WHAT WE BASE ALL
THE NUMBERS ON FOR THIS
STRENGTHENING PROJECT TO BE PUT
IN ACROSS THE CITY SO I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING BOGGED
DOWN IN THE PROCESS AND LOOKING
AT OTHER PROTOTYPES AND NOT
IMMEDIATELY PUTTING SINKS ON
THE GROUND RIGHT NOW THAT CAN
SERVE HOUSE AND ON HOUSED
NEIGHBORS.
FURTHERMORE THIS MONEY IS
úINTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT 15
STATIONS THE CITY HAS DEPLOYED,
THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE SAID THE
PROJECT WOULD GO TOWARD
PROPPING UP TO NINE SINKS IN
EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND I'M
REALLY WORRIED ABOUT MOVING
AWAY FROM THAT MANDATE OF
BOOSTING THIS UP CITYWIDE
BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED.
I KNOW THE INTENT IS IN THE
RIGHT PLACE BUT I'M CONCERNED
BECAUSE OF THE MONEY WE WON
LAST YEAR FOR THE MOBILE
PITSTOP PROGRAM, THAT WAS
REPURPOSED TO DIFFERENT HYGIENE
MODELS AND DID NOT SERVE THE
ORIGINAL MODEL WE WANTED SO I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS
DIFFERENT, SO THE MONEY GOES TO
THE DEEP HANDS COLLECTIVE.
>> IQ VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THAT TESTIMONY.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING INPUT.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE
THE INTENT IS MATCHING THE
LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT IS INTENDED
TO BECOME A MENTOR TO THE CITY
EFFORTS TO FULLY FUND THE
HYGIENE STATIONS BY ENSURING
THERE IS WORK WE DID WITH THE
COMMUNITY PARTNER.
I CAN SEE THE SPONSOR OF THE
COMING ON BOARD SO WE WILL
FOLLOW UP AS WE NOW HAVE THIS
ON THE RADAR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON
THAT SPECIFIC ITEM.
DANIEL, YOU ARE NEXT.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI, LAST TIME I DESCRIBED A
SITUATION WHERE WHITE
SUPREMACIST AND SPD TARGET ME
WITH VIOLENCE AND CITY COUNCIL
SAID THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP AND I
HOPE THAT HAPPEN.
I WANTED TO SEE IF THE COUNCIL
STAYED TRUE AND DIVESTED 50% OR
MORE, AFTER THE INCIDENT THE
SAME NIGHT I WAS TARGETED AGAIN
TAKING COVER AND HEARING A
FRIENDLY SHOOTER ON MY SITE,
LAST SATURDAY I WAS ASSAULTED
BY A SECURITY GUARD FOR FILMING
EVERYDAY INTERJECTED THEMSELVES
IN THE CELEBRATION.
IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS KILLER
AND PUTTING HIS HANDS ON MY
THROAT.
I HAVE VIDEO AND A MARK ON MY
NECK, EVERY DOLLAR TO SPD IS A
DOLLAR TO ORGANIZED CRIME,
POLICE ARE SEEN CELEBRITY AFTER
KILLING BLACK PEOPLE IN LOS
ANGELES.
I BELIEVE IN ABOLISHING ALL
BODY CAM FOOTAGE NEEDS TO BE
AVAILABLE NOW.
A NEW CHIEF FROM OUTSIDE THE
CITY IS NEEDED.
ACT SWIFTLY OR MORE PROTESTERS
WILL BE KILLED.
PICK YOUR SIDE OF MORALITY.
BLACK LIVES MATTER, THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> TAKE YOU FOR SHARING AND WE
WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT DRAMATIC
EXPERIENCE, THE REPEATED
EXPERIENCES.
>> HELLO, I AM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND I AM A
RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 5. I AM
CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE SOUTH
PARK SAFETY COORDINATOR
POSITION.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP
GRATITUDE FOR INCLUDING THIS
PROPOSAL IN THE 2021 BUDGET AND
I WANTED TO GIVE A HUGE THANK
YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND HER
AMAZING TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS
PROPOSAL FORWARD AND A SPECIAL
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR COSPONSORING THIS
PROPOSAL.
I WANT TO THANK THE SOUTH PARK
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES FOR
SPEAKING OUT IN SUPPORT FOR
THIS POSITION.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF
COMMUNITIES VOICING THEIR NEEDS
AND GOVERNMENT RESPONDING
ACCORDINGLY.
THANK YOU, I KILLED MY TIME.
>> THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS.
[ READING NAMES ] GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WORK AT WELLSPRING FAMILY
SERVICES IN RAPID REHOUSING FOR
FAMILIES.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING
ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE
FOR FAMILY RAPID REHOUSING
PROGRAMS IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE.
YOU HEARD FROM FAMILIES
PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROGRAMS
ON OCTOBER 20th, RAPID REHOUSING
HELPS FAMILIES MOVE FROM
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS INTO
STABLE HOUSING, THE PROGRAM
PROVIDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND OTHER
SERVICES TO HELP FAMILIES FIND
STABILITY AND PERMANENT HOUSING.
UNFORTUNATELY COVID HAS HAD A
DEVASTATING EFFECT ON THE
EMPLOYMENT MARKET, IN
PARTICULAR FOR FAMILIES IN
RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS BASED ON
INCOME SUBSIDY SO IT HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO FIND
EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILIES ARE
STAYING IN THE PROGRAM FOR
LONGER AND FAMILIES ARE PAYING
LARGER AMOUNTS.
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES HAS BEEN
HELPFUL COLLABORATORS IN DOING
WHAT THEY CAN TO KEEP US AFLOAT
THROUGH 2020 BUT THE FIXES DO
NOT SOLVE THE CRITICAL FUNDING
GAP WE ANTICIPATE.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE
FUNDS FOR FAMILY RAPID REHOUSING
TO ENSURE THAT FAMILIES CAN
MAINTAIN HARD-EARNED HOUSING
STABILITY.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON
THIS AND THE SUPPORT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [ READING NAMES ] , IF
YOU'RE STILL ON THE LINE
KATHRYN WE WILL GO BACK TO YOU
TO SEE IF WE CAN GET YOU OFF
MUTE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
LET'S RESTART YOUR TIME, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7 AND I'M
URGING YOU GUYS, THE CITY
COUNCIL TO DEFUND SPD AT LEAST
80% AND POSSIBLY ABOLISHMENT.
SO YES PROTESTS ARE GOING ON IN
THE CITY DEMANDS HAVE NOT BEEN
MET YET, WEDNESDAY I WITNESSED
A PROTESTER WHO WAS BEAT UP BY
POLICE.
NOT ONLY WAS HE LAYING DOWN ON
THE STREET FOR 50 MINUTES WITH
NO POLICE TRYING TO HELP, ALSO,
ALSO THE POLICE RESPONDED WITH
NO STRICTURE, IT WAS A PIECE OF
WHITE CLOTH AND WE THOUGHT THE
PROTESTER WAS DEAD.
AND AFTER THAT SPD HAS THE GUTS
TO SAY THAT PERSON HAD A
PREMEDITATED SEIZURE WHEN THE
BYSTANDERS SAW THE POLICE SMASH
HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE.
SO THIS IS BRUTALITY, POLICE
BRUTALITY EVERY DAY AND
YESTERDAY I ALSO SAW POLICE
WITH A APPREHENDED A LADY, THEY
PULLED OVER A LADY, FOUR POLICE
OFFICERS POINTED A GUN AT HER
AND HER HANDS WERE SHAKING.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A CALL FROM HER
BOYFRIEND AND THE POLICE DID
NOT KNOW HOW TO REACT AND
RESPOND.
THEREFORE VERY POORLY TRAINED
AND THIS IS POLICE TOTALITY
EVERY DAY.
SO I HEARD YOU GUYS TO FIND
SOME SOLUTIONS.
WE LOCATE THE MONEY TO NEEDED
SERVICES SUCH AS EDUCATION,
SERVICES FOR THE BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
REBECCA SMITH GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING ARE YOU ABLE TO
HEAR ME?
>> YES WE ARE.
>> WONDERFUL.
WITH REGARDS TO DEFUNDING
SEATTLE POLICE I WOULD LIKE TO
DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MICRO
COMMUNITY POLICING PLANS WHICH
WERE IMPLEMENTED IN 2015.
WITH THE IDEA OF COMBINING
POLICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
FOR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN
SEATTLE, TO INCREASE POLICE
EFFECTIVENESS AND I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT WHO MAKES THESE
SURVEYS AND WHO RESPONDS.
THE SURVEYS ARE WRITTEN BY
STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
SEATTLE.
WHICH HAS A STUDENT BODY OF
52.6% WHITE STUDENTS, 26%
ASIAN, 11% INTERNATIONAL
LEAVING 5.1% BLACK, 2% NATIVE
AND THE REST PACIFIC ISLAND ARE.
YET, THOSE WHO ARE RESPONDING
TO THESE SURVEYS WHICH ARE
SUPPOSED TO SHED LIGHT ON
COMMUNITY INPUT INTO WHERE
NEEDS LIKE WITH REGARDS TO THE
POLICE, SO THOSE WHO RESPOND TO
THE SURVEY ARE 79.5% WHITE.
10.5% ASIAN WITH 3.8% BEING
BLACK.
6.2% HISPANIC AND OF THESE
RESPONDENTS 77% ARE COLLEGE
EDUCATED SO I WOULD LIKE TO
POINT OUT WE'RE NOT REALLY
GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THOSE WHO
ARE MOST AFFECTED AND THOSE WHO
ARE INTERACTING MOST FREQUENTLY
WITH SPD.
SO, YOUR CITY COUNCIL OFFICE IS
ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OF
THE SURVEY I WOULD REQUEST YOU
WITHDRAW FROM YOUR SUPPORT FROM
THIS PLAN.
>> REBECCA THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL ASK IF YOU MAY BE ABLE
TO SEND US THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP
ON THE MICRO POLICING CONCERNS.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT ON
OUR RADAR.
GOING BACK TO CATHERINE AND
THEN [ READING NAMES ] KATHRYN
ARE YOU AVAILABLE?
>> YES CAN YOU DO NOW?
>> EXCELLENT SORRY FOR THE
DELAY.
>> NO WORRIES.
THANK YOU FOR RETURNING.
I WANT, I AM A SEATTLE RESIDENT
IN THE CODE 98109.
I AM CALLING TO ECHO THE CALL
TO DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST 50%
AND TO ALLOCATE SUFFICIENT
BUDGETING FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING, PARTICULARLY
ALLOCATED TO THESE COMMUNITIES.
I BELIEVE THAT ORGANIZATIONS
ARE CALLING FOR AT LEAST $100
MILLION TO GO TOWARD THAT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
ALTHOUGH THAT SEEMS LIKE THE
LEAST THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PRIORITIES OF THE BUDGETING ARE
FUNDED BY COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED
PRIORITIES.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT REBECCA WAS
JUST SHARING ABOUT MOVING AWAY
FROM MICRO POLICING AND BEING
INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE
WE ARE DOING OUTREACH TO
COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
POLICE VIOLENCE WHEN MAKING ANY
AND ALL DECISIONS.
AND, AS A CONSTITUENT I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT THE RECENT
POLLING THAT SUGGESTS A LACK OF
SUPPORT FOR CITY COUNCIL IS NOT
REFLECTIVE OF MY EXPERIENCE.
I AM APPRECIATIVE OF CITY
COUNCIL EFFORTS TO DEFUND SPD
ALTHOUGH I ALSO BELIEVE WE NEED
TO PUSH HARDER AND DO MORE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN
FOR WAITING.
GOOD MORNING, KAREN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS
WELL.
GOOD MORNING KAREN.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU I AM
A DISTRICT 7 RESIDENT.
WINTER WEATHER IS APPROACHING
AND WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE
LIVING ON SHELTERED ON THE
STREETS.
IT IS INHUMANE NOT TO PROVIDE
FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES WHICH COMBINED
WITH THE ELEMENTS WILL BE
DISASTROUS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY
INVEST MORE IN SHELTERS SUCH AS
THE NEW KING COUNTY CONGREGANTS
SHELTER, THE SHELTER WAS
IMPLEMENTED AND PROVIDES FOR
ISSUES THAT KEEP THE
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ACCEPTING
OFFERS OF EXISTING SHELTER,
EACH PERSON IS GIVING A POD
WITH SERVICES INCLUDING CASE
MANAGERS, HOUSING NAVIGATORS
AND MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST.
PLACING MORE PEOPLE IN SHELTERS
WILL MEAN FEWER 911 CALLS AND
COULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO
ROTATION IN AND OUT OF JAIL'S
FROM LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT
DEFUNDING THE POLICE BY 50% IS
NOT REASONABLE WHEN WE ARE
EXPERIENCING 40% RISE IN
VIOLENT CRIMES IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, I STILL SEE JIM
IS NOT PRESENT, NAOMI AND THEN
KATIE.
GOOD MORNING, NAOMI.
>> HELLO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
OKAY.
MY NAME IS NAOMI FROM THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE AND I
LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE
COUNCIL FOR THEIR DEDICATION
AND INCREDIBLE SPIRIT AND LOVE
PROVIDING FOR THE ON HOUSE
COMMUNITY WE APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE
FROM LAST WEEK AT THE PARK
WHERE WE CONDUCTED OUTREACH AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH REACH, THERE
WERE NO POLICE, JUST COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS, WE WERE CALLED TO
RESPOND TO CONCERNS ABOUT TENTS
IN THE PARK AND REBUILDING
STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THOSE IN ENCAMPMENTS TO
IDENTIFY THE BEST CLIENTS TO BE
REFERRED TO THE VILLAGES.
WE WORKED TO SHOW RESIDENCE
WITH A TINY HOUSE VILLAGES LOOK
LIKE AND TO DISCERN WHICH
VILLAGE WAS THE BEST FOR
RESIDENT NEEDS AND IN THE END
WE PEACEFULLY AND SUCCESSFULLY
TRANSITIONED 10 INDIVIDUALS AND
COUPLES INTO SHELTER AND WERE
ABLE TO REMOVE TENTS FROM THE
PARK.
IN MANY CASES THE ENCAMPMENT
RESIDENCE WOULD ONLY ACCEPT
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, WITHOUT
THE OPTION OF THESE VILLAGES
MANY WOULD'VE REMAINED IN THE
PARK CREATING THE INCREASINGLY
CONTENTIOUS SITUATION BETWEEN
THEM AND NEIGHBORS AND WITHOUT
THE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS THAT
WE DILIGENTLY DEVELOPED WE WHEN
I MOVED PEOPLE INTO THE BEST
PLACE FOR THEIR NEEDS.
THIS SUCCESS PROVES COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE BETTER EQUIPPED
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF UN-HOUSED
NEIGHBORS AND SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT PROVES THE FUNDAMENTAL
COMPONENT OF SUCCESSFUL
OUTREACH IS THE AVAILABILITY OF
DIGNIFIED STATE.
THANK YOU.
>> KATIE, GOOD AFTERNOON.
OR MORNING, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES WE CAN.
>> GOOD MORNING I AM A DISTRICT
TWO RESIDENT.
SPY WE WILL START YOUR TIME
OVER PEERS SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> MY NAME IS KATIE I AM A
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN SEATTLE
AND A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT AS
WELL AS A BLACK WOMAN LIVING IN
SEATTLE.
I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT
REBECCA WAS SAYING ABOUT THE
REPRESENTATION IN POLLING WHICH
GOES TO FURTHER EXPLAIN
REPRESENTATION IN OTHER AREAS
AND AREAS YOU MAY NOT BE
HEARING FROM US ON. FOR EXAMPLE
IN PUBLIC COMMENT THERE'S
PROBABLY NOT A LOT OF BLACK
PEOPLE.
BECAUSE HAVING ACCESS TO
HEARING ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS CAN BE HARD FOR MANY
REASONS.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST REITERATE
THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE IN
THE BUDGET AND IN CONTRACTS
WITH CITIES AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE WRITING DOWN BLACK
COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES NOT JUST EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT IS A
TRENDY WORD NOW BUT EQUITY DOES
NOT NECESSARILY MEAN EQUITY FOR
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SO
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVEN WHEN
PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT CAN OFTEN
LEAVE OUT BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THE WRITING IN THE BUDGET SAYS
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS YOUTH ARE
VERY CRUCIAL IN THIS MOVEMENT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY TOWARD
THEM BECAUSE JUST LIKE OUR
HOUSE OF COMMUNITY NO THERE
WERE KIDS ONCE AND IF WE DON'T
GET IN THE RESOURCES AND SKILLS
IN ORDER TO BE A RESIDENT HERE
THAN THEY WILL END UP IN THE
SAME WAY SO WE HAVE TO INVEST
IN YOUTH TO INVEST IN THE
FUTURE THAT WE ALL DESIRE.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO
HAS CALLED.
WE HAVE JIM AND BOB LISTED AS
NOT PRESENT AND DEREK FROM
BEFORE, OTHER THAN THAT WE HAVE
NOW HEARD FROM EVERYBODY WHO
HAS SIGNED IN AND IS PRESENT.
FOLKS, THAT WILL END THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AND WE WILL MOVE
INTO ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON THE
AGENDA.
AS WE MOVE INTO ITEM 1 I KNOW
ALL OF THESE WILL SORT OF RUN
TOGETHER.
I DEFER TO YOU TO LET ME KNOW
IF IT IS NEEDED OR POSSIBLE TO
READ IN THE'S AND THE ITEMS SO
WE DON'T HAVE TO PAUSE IF WE
MOVE PAST IT.
IF THAT IS DESIRED WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND DO THE LARGER
HEADINGS.
>> YES, I CAN DO THAT.
AGENDA ITEM 1 INTRODUCTION AND
PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE
OVERVIEW.
I ECONOMIC RECOVERY, II, HEALTH
AND SAFETY, III, HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES I STARTED WITH A
HUGE THANK YOU TO THE
INCREDIBLE TEAM, WE HAVE NEARLY
A TREMENDOUS LEVEL OF
APPRECIATION AND RESPECT AND WE
ARE IN ALL FOR THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE CENTRAL STAFF WALK
US THROUGH THE AGENDA AND I
WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THERE ARE
OVER, WELL ALMOST 150 ACTIONS
THAT THIS BUDGET ENCOMPASSES
AND WE WILL WALK THROUGH EACH
ONE OF THOSE.
ASKING FOLKS TO KEEP COMMENTS
RELATIVELY SHORT BECAUSE
CENTRAL STAFF DOES HAVE A
PRESENTATION AND THEY WILL GIVE
AN OVERVIEW OF EACH ITEM.
I AM GOING TO PROVIDE SOME NEWS
AS WELL, AS WE GET TOWARD THE
END OF CENTRAL STAFF OPENING
PRESENTATIONS TO GIVE YOU
CONTEXT LOOKING AT THE
ESSENTIAL AMENDMENTS SO GO
AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR US.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING.
I AM YOUR COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
TODAY WE ARE ON STEP FOUR IN
THE BUDGET PROCESS AND I WILL
PROVIDE OVERVIEW DISCUSSION
INITIALLY AND THEN WE WILL WALK
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND
THE AGENDA BY CATEGORY.
WE ARE NOT INTENDING TO PRESENT
EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY GIVEN
THE NUMBERS THAT WERE JUST
DESCRIBED BY EACH ITEM IS
LISTED IN THE SLIDES.
I WILL SUMMARIZE EACH CATEGORY
AND THEN PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS OR
IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC ITEMS
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO DISCUSS OR HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT AND I HAVE THE MAJORITY
OF ESSENTIAL STAFF TEAM ON THE
ZOOM CALL AND THEY ARE
AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION OR DESCRIPTIONS OF
ANY ITEMS AT REQUEST.
SO AS I MENTIONED WE ARE ON
STEP FOUR IN THE PROJECT
PROCESS WHERE WE DISCUSS THE
BALANCING PACKAGE, STEP FOUR OF
SIX WITH TWO SHORT WEEKS UNTIL
WE ADOPT THE BALANCED-BUDGET.
AS I NOTED I WILL SUMMARIZE,
PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
BALLOT AND PACKAGE DO MY BEST
TO SLICE TOGETHER RELATED ITEMS
AS I WALK THROUGH THESE
CATEGORIES.
AND THEN AS I NOTED I WILL
PAUSE BETWEEN EACH OF THE
INVESTMENT AREAS FOR QUESTIONS
AND COMMENTS.
THE MAJORITY AND AS I NOTED THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM IS ON THE
LINE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION TODAY
ON THE PROPOSED BALANCING
PACKAGE THE NEXT STEP IN THE
PROCESS WILL BE VOTING ON THE
PACKAGE INCLUDING PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO THE PACKAGE.
AS A REMINDER COUNCILMEMBERS
WISHING TO AMEND MUST SUBMIT
REQUEST TO CENTRAL STAFF BY
5:00 P.M.
ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12th, ANY
PROPOSALS THAT INCREASE
SPENDING MUST INCLUDE
OFFSETTING CUTS.
IF ANY OF YOUR PROPOSALS WOULD
REQUIRE NEW LEGISLATION THAT
NEEDS TO BE INTRODUCED AND
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE BY
MONDAY NOVEMBER 16th.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY
NOTIFIED CENTRAL STAFF OF ANY
LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT BE
DRAFTED PLEASE DO SO AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE NEXT STEP WE WILL
MOVE ON.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
SO, THIS SLIDE IS TO PROVIDE A
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE
BALANCING PACKAGE AND SOME OF
THIS IS COVERED BY THE CHAIR IN
HER OPENING REMARKS THIS
MORNING.
AS YOU RECALL THE FIRST ACTION
THAT THE CHAIR AND THE
COMMITTEE NEEDED TO ADDRESS WAS
RESOLVING THE STARVING BALANCE
SHORTFALL.
AFTER WORKING WITH THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND RECONCILING
WHAT WAS TRANSMITTED IN THE
BUDGET AND THE ACTIONS INCLUDED
IN THE BUDGET REVISION
ORDINANCE, WE NEEDED TO RESOLVE
A STARTING SHORTFALL OF $8.8
MILLION.
THAT IS SORT OF STEP ONE IN THE
PROCESS, THE PACKAGE OVERALL
INCREASES USE OF GENERAL FUND
BY $68.2 MILLION.
THIS INCLUDES $26 MILLION OF
NET NEW GENERAL FUND
INVESTMENTS JUST OVER $20
MILLION TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE
REVENUE SHORTFALLS IDENTIFIED
IN THE NOVEMBER 2020 REVENUE
FORECAST IN THE SHORT TERM
RENTAL FUND COMMERCIAL PARKING
TAX FUND AND SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA
FUND AND REPLENISHING $32
MILLION TO THE CITY EMERGENCY
FUND.
IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS, THE THIRD QUARTER
TO REPLENISH THE CITY EMERGENCY
FUND, THE THIRD-QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ORDINANCE,
IN AMENDMENT TO THAT BILL WILL
SWAP OUT THE USE OF $3 MILLION
FROM THE REVENUE STABILIZATION
FUND WITH GENERAL FUND
RESULTING IN A TOTAL INCREASE
TO THE RESERVE FUNDS BY ABOUT
$35 MILLION IN THIS BALANCING
PACKAGE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK
ABOUT THE CITY FISCAL RESERVES,
THIS CHART ILLUSTRATES THE
ENDING BALANCE IN THE CITY
RESERVES SINCE 2006, YOU CAN
SEE EVEN WITH THE PROPOSAL AND
THE BALANCING PACKAGE TO
REPLENISH THE $2 MILLION TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND AND $3 MILLION
TO REVENUE STABILIZATION, THE
BALANCE IN THE CITY FISCAL
RESERVES ARE BELOW WHERE THE
CITY WAS DURING THE LAST
RECESSION.
THIS WILL LEAVE ABOUT 2.4% OF
THE CITY TOTAL GENERAL FUND
REVENUES IN THE RESERVES.
I WILL NOTE THAT TAKING THIS
ACTION TO REPLENISH THE RESERVE
THE EMERGENCY RESERVES IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE SPENDING
PLAN FOR THE PAYROLL TAX THAT
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED.
REPLENISHING THE MAJORITY OF
FUNDS USED TO SUPPORT THE JOINT
COVID RELIEF EFFORTS.
>> DID YOU REITERATE THAT POINT?
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THE FRAMEWORK AND FOR THE
BUDGET, BOTH WITH THE JUMPSTART
SPEND PLAN ORIGINALLY INTENDED
TO DO AND THEN WHERE WE ARE AT
CURRENTLY.
>> SURE.
A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO THE
PAYROLL TAX WAS ADOPTED AND THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX AS WELL
AS THE SPENDING PLAN ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT TAX.
IN ADDITION THE COUNCIL HAS
TAKEN ACTIONS TO FUND EMERGENCY
COVID RELIEF WITH DIRECT
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
COMMUNITY USING THE CITY
EMERGENCY FUNDS.
AFTER WORKING WITH THE MAYOR,
THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL
AGREED TO SPEND $45 MILLION IN
2020 AND 2021 FROM EMERGENCY
FUNDS.
THE PAYROLL TAX SPENDING PLAN
INCLUDED SPECIFIC ALLOCATION IN
2021 TO REPLENISH EMERGENCY
FUNDS USED TO SUPPORT COVID
RELIEF EFFORTS.
SO THIS PROPOSAL TO REPLENISH
THE EMERGENCY RESERVES IS
CONSISTENT WITH THAT ITEM IN
THE SPENDING PLAN.
>> YOU SO MUCH.
I DO NOT SEE ANY QUESTIONS ON
THAT.
>> MOVING ON TO WHAT'S IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE.
THE AGENDA IS ORGANIZED THE
FOLLOWING MAIN INVESTMENT AREAS
THAT ARE BROKEN DOWN INTO
SUBCATEGORIES, ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, HEALTH AND SAFETY AND
HOUSING.
THE NUMBERS ON THIS TABLE SHOW
THE INVESTMENTS PROPOSED BY
CATEGORY THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY
A MIX OF FUNDING SOURCES
INCLUDING USE OF THE GENERAL
FUND REVENUE THAT WE LEARNED OF
IN THE 2020 FORECAST REVENUE
UPDATE AS WELL AS THE SPD D
REVENUE TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS
INCLUDING REPROGRAMMING
SPENDING PROPOSED FOR THE 2021
BUDGET TO BE REPROGRAMMED TO
RESTORE FUNDING FOR PREVIOUS
COMMITMENTS AS WELL AS
SUPPORTING OTHER COUNCILMEMBER
PRIORITIES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THERE IS A LOT
OF CROSSOVER.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
CENTRAL STAFF HAS DONE TO TRY
TO IDENTIFY FOR THE PUBLIC
INSTEAD OF DEPARTMENTAL
INVESTMENTS, WHERE WE ARE
INVESTING IN STRATEGIES TO KEEP
FOLKS HEALTHY, IN HOUSING AND
TO ENSURE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
AND TO BUILD BACK THE ECONOMY
IN A MORE EQUITABLE WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THERE IS
CROSSOVER THE HOUSING SECTION
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $30
MILLION THAT WE ARE BUILDING
BACK TO THE BUDGET.
I THINK THAT WAS MORE
CATEGORIES IN THE EQUITABLE
ECONOMY RECOVERY SECTION.
30 MILLION FROM THE SALE TO
INVEST IN THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE
HISTORICALLY AT RISK FOR
DISPLACEMENT AND AFFORDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND YOU WILL SEE OTHER AREAS
WHERE THEY COULD BE CATEGORIZED
DIFFERENTLY BUT WE WANTED TO
PROVIDE YOU THE OVERALL
CONTEXT.
I THINK YOU CAN MOVE ON AND I
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE NOTE AS
WE GO INTO THE DISCUSSION.
AS FISSURES HAVE DONE IN THE
PAST WE HAVE SET ASIDE A SMALL
AMOUNT TO MAKE SURE THAT
DOLLARS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN
THIS BUDGET.
MY INTENT IS TO SET ASIDE AT
LEAST $1.9 MILLION AVAILABLE AS
A STARTING PLACE IF
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ADDITIONAL
PRIORITIES, BECAUSE WE ARE
EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
NEED TO PROTECT THE EMERGENCY
RESERVES, COULD YOU GO BACK TWO
SLIDES?
THIS EMERGENCY RESERVE LEVEL.
THERE WE GO.
THE CHART HERE SHOWS WHAT WE
HAVE HAD IN THE $3.1 MILLION
LEFT IN THE RESERVE AND REHAB
AND THOUGHTFUL AND I HOPE YOU
WILL AGREE THEY HAVE BEEN
PROACTIVE IN CONSERVING ALMOST
$40 MILLION SO $35 MILLION IN
THE EMERGENCY RESERVE SECTION.
MY HOPE IS AS YOU LOOK FOR
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS OR
STRATEGIES THAT WE DO NOT DIP
INTO THIS EMERGENCY RESERVE AND
WE THINK OF THE SET ASIDE 1.9
MILLION AND OTHER STRATEGIES
YOU MAY WANT TO SEE CHANGING IN
TERMS OF THE LEVELS OF
INVESTMENTS TO REALLY HELP
PROTECT AGAINST DIPPING INTO
THE RESERVE ANY FURTHER.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOTAL
AMOUNT, WE ARE JUST ON PAR WITH
WHAT THE 2008 AND 2007 ACTUAL
EMERGENCY FUNDS WERE, THE TOTAL
GOING INTO THE RECESSION.
IN ORDER FOR US TO BE PRUDENT
ABOUT THE UNKNOWN FOR NEXT YEAR
LIKE TO TRY TO STAY AS CLOSE TO
40 MILLION AS POSSIBLE.
THAT IS MY HOPE AND ASK AND THE
NEWS I WANTED TO SHARE.
OBVIOUSLY NOT ENOUGH FOR THE
PRIORITIES BUT IT IS A HEALTHY
STARTING PLACE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
IF YOU CAN JUMP AHEAD ONE MORE.
OKAY STARTING WITH WALKING
THROUGH THE PROPOSALS AND
ECONOMIC RECOVERY INVESTMENT,
ITEMS TWO THROUGH 16 ARE
RELATED TO EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
SERVICES INCLUDING ACTIONS LIKE
RESTORING FUNDING FOR POSITIONS
FOR BUDGETARY LAYOFFS, LOOKING
AT THE INDEPENDENT FORECAST
OFFICE, REQUESTING A REPORT ON
CITY RETIREMENT, REQUESTING
CURBSIDE PICKUP AND RETURNS AT
ALL LIBRARY BRANCHES.
IN TOTAL THIS WILL RESULT IN
$46.9 MILLION OF SPENDING ADDED
TO OR MODIFIED IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND THIS EXCLUDES THE
$32 MILLION PROPOSED TO
REPLENISH THE EMERGENCY FUND IN
2021.
IT ALSO INCLUDES REQUEST TO FUND
THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE
STUDY WITH REQUEST FOR REPORTS
IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS ON
STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THE
IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION,
ACTIVITY ON SMALL BUSINESSES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AS WELL AS RECOGNIZING THE
REVENUE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT FUNDS,
IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE VOTER
APPROVED PROPOSITION ONE
RESTORING FUNDING OR
BACKFILLING THE REVENUE
SHORTFALL FOR THE COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX AND THE SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERA FUND AS WELL AS FUNDING
A NEW RECRUIT CLASS AND TESTING
IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL PAUSE, THAT'S A BRIEF
SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE ACTIONS
INCLUDED IN THE EFFECTIVE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND PROVIDE
TIME FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO ASK
QUESTIONS OR HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC
PROPOSALS.
>> YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH EACH OF THE BULLETS YOU
JUST SAW, THERE IS THE BACKUP
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS AND
STATEMENTS OF INTENT THE ONE
PAGERS THAT GO WITH THESE
ACTIONS.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK
QUESTIONS OR FEATURE ANY OF THE
PIECES YOU SPONSORED OR
COSPONSORED WE ARE HAPPY TO
HAVE TIME IN TODAY'S AGENDA TO
MAKE SURE THOSE ITEMS ARE
LIFTED UP.
IF THERE IS CLARIFICATION YOU
WOULD LIKE WE ARE HAPPY TO SEEK
THAT, THIS IS THE TIME TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND DIGGING IN SO AS
PEOPLE THINK ABOUT POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS BEFORE THURSDAY'S
DEADLINE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES.
I WILL ASK IF YOU COULD DO A
QUICK VERIFICATION PIECE.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN SAID THERE
WAS $57 MILLION IN NEW NET
REVENUE AND I'M WONDERING IF
YOU CAN HELP US BREAK DOWN THAT
NUMBER ABOUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE?
IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN 57
MILLION IN NEW NET REVENUE?
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
I THINK YOU HAVE ALL SEEN
VARIOUS REFERENCES TO $57
MILLION.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER THAT
INCLUDES ABOUT $68 MILLION OF
NEW GENERAL FUND PROVIDED IN
THE FORECAST OR REVENUE UPDATE
PROVIDED IN NOVEMBER.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO SUBTRACT
OUT THE SHORTFALLS AND THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL BOND, THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX AND THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA FUND
RESULTING IN $41 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND AVAILABILITY AFTER
ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE SHORTFALLS
AND THEN THERE'S $15 MILLION OF
NEW REVENUE WHICH IS SUPPORTING
INVESTMENTS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> SO THE PARAMETERS AROUND HOW
THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE USED.
>> THAT IS CORRECT AND YOU WILL
SEE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION
THAT THE PROPOSED USE OF THAT
REVENUE IS HELPING ADDRESS SOME
OF THE SHORTFALLS AND IS
SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSALS FOR INVESTMENTS IN
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> THAT'S GREAT, I THOUGHT THE
CONTEXT WAS HELPFUL AS WE HEAR
FROM STAKEHOLDERS WONDERING IF
YOU HAVE 57 MILLION WHY ARE
THESE ITEMS LEFT OUT?
THERE ARE STILL IMPORTANT TRADE-
OFFS WE WERE CONSIDERING AS WE
BUILD BACK THE EMERGENCY
RESERVES AND ALSO THERE ARE
SOME RESTRICTIONS ON HOW THOSE
DOLLARS CAN BE USED.
THERE WERE SOME DEEP GAPS WHEN
THE REVENUE FORECAST CAME OUT
SPECIFIC TO SOME TRANSPORTATION
CONNECTED ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED
TO ACCOUNT FOR.
SO, APPRECIATE THAT FORMULA.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THIS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO
CENTRAL STAFF FOR PULLING THIS
TOGETHER.
AMAZING TO SEE THE AGENDA
PUBLISHED WITH ALL THE ITEMS
AND TO THINK ABOUT THE WORK
THAT WENT INTO THOSE.
FROM THE BUDGET CHAIR STAFF AND
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
DEPARTMENT SO THANK YOU FOR THE
HARD WORK.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
MOVING PIECES WITH DIFFERENT
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SOURCES,
JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC
AND THEN ASK THE QUESTION, AND
MAYBE SET UP A POTENTIAL FORM C.
THE 24.8 MILLION OF ST BD FUNDS
THAT IS TO IMPLEMENT THE NEWLY
APPROVED PROPOSITION ONE JUST
APPROVED OVERWHELMINGLY BY
VOTERS LAST WEEK.
I BELIEVE, THE AMOUNT THAT WILL
GENERATE IS IN EXCESS OF $30
MILLION.
I THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING IS
THAT THE PROPOSAL FROM S D.O.T.
SPENDING PLANS HAVE MOVED AROUND
BUT THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS
I THINK HAS $8 MILLION JUST
SITTING IDLE IN RESERVES.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE, WE ARE ALLOCATING THOSE
FUNDS TO THE APPROPRIATE
BUCKETS.
NOT SPECIFIC PROJECTS
NECESSARILY, BUT TO THE BUCKETS
THAT VOTERS APPROVE AND THEN
LOOKING AT OPENING UP THE
DOCUMENT, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE
IS A PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN
THAT SEEMS TO ZERO OUT
INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND INSTEAD
HAS MONEY SITTING IN RESERVES.
SO SINCE VOTERS APPROVED UP TO
9 MILLION FOR MAINTENANCE AND
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE SEATTLE
TIMES PUBLISHED THE ORIGINAL
SPENT PLAN INCLUDING 5 MILLION
FOR THE RESEARCHER MAINTENANCE
AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, I
THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO BALANCE
THAT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE
ARE SHOWING TO THE VOTERS AFTER
THEY JUST APPROVED IT WE ARE
NOT TRYING TO ZERO OUT ANYTHING
FROM THOSE VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
SO I WILL CONFER WITH CENTRAL
STAFF ON THE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEEP DIVE
INTO THAT.
WE WILL TURN TO CENTRAL STAFF
FOR COMMENTS OR REACTION.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHARE
WITH COUNCIL WHAT
>> WE ARE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE AS COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON SIGNALED IN IF THERE
IS CLARIFICATION NEEDED ON THE
SPEND PLAN AND WE GET A CHANCE
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I THINK NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO
GET CLARIFICATION ON THE
QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE FOR
YOU THAT THERE IS AN AWARENESS
THAT THE EFFORT THAT THE CHAIR
AND CENTRAL STAFF ADOPTED WHAT
S DOT SPEND PLAN WAS THIS WHOLE
AND NO CHANGES WERE MADE.
CALVIN, DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS OR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR US
TO SHARE?
>> JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE
TRANSPORTATION CHAIR IS
CORRECT, THAT THE PROPOSED FROM
S DOT DOES COVER TRANSIT
INVESTMENTS AS WELL AS PASSES
AND FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE
WEST SEATTLE RELATED WORK
APPROVED BY VOTERS.
THERE IS FUNDING HELD IN
RESERVES.
I THINK PART OF IT IS IN THE
CONTEXT OF ALL THE OTHER MOVE
SEATTLE AND OTHER
TRANSPORTATION PIECES.
I THINK THEY WERE HOLDING ONTO
SOME OF THE RESERVES TO COME
BACK AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION.
CERTAINLY COUNCIL CAN TAKE
ACTION AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE
FOR THE BUDGET ACTION AS WELL.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> QUICKLY, THESE CATEGORIES
ARE NOT PROJECT SPECIFIC FOR
THIS PARTICULAR SPEND PLAN WE
RECEIVED FROM S DOT BUT I THINK
IT WOULD BE NICE TO RESTORE ALL
LINE ITEMS VOTERS APPROVED SO
THEY SEE FUNDING FOR EACH LINE
ITEM.
IN DISTRICT 4, WE HAVE BRIDGE
OVER PASS ON 45th STREET THAT
WE WANT TO BE SURE GETS FUNDED.
SO THERE ARE CAPITOL PROJECTS
LIKE THAT THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SIGNAL
THAT WE WANT TO INVEST IN THOSE
AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> YES.
>> HELLO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ALLEY I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
>> I AM SWIMMING IN PAPER AND
SCREENS BUT I WILL PUT OUT A
FEW BASIC COMMENTS.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR THE
BALANCING PACKAGE.
I LOVE HOW YOU BROKE IT DOWN
INTO THE SECTIONS SO WE CAN
UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE
CATEGORY BUT THE PRICE TAG
ATTACHED TO IT FOR THE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, THE 55 MILLION,
HEALTH AND SAFETY, HOUSED 11,
HOW IT BREAKS DOWN INTO THE
BUDGET.
I KNOW AT SOME POINT, I WANT TO
CLARIFY SOMETHING HERE.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
HAD SENT ON NOVEMBER 2 AND
MADAM CHAIR, YOU AND I HAD
FRANK DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT
OUR CONCERNS, OUR PROPOSALS,
AND OF THE SEVEN THAT THE MAYOR
SENT DOWN, FOUR WERE RESTORE
TIM.
I SEE SOME HAD BEEN ABSORBED IN
WHAT YOU SHARED YESTERDAY WHEN
YOU BREAK DOWN YOUR BUDGET
DIRECTION AND WHERE YOU'RE
POINTED TO ON THE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY HEALTH AND SAFETY
HOUSED AND THE MAYOR SENT
SOMETHING ON NOVEMBER 2 ABOUT
CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE,
RESTORING STRATEGIC INVESTMENT.
I SEE THAT'S THERE TO THE TUNE
OF 30 MILLION.
THAT'S GREAT.
EXPANDING SHEETER CAPACITY, I
SEE A LOT OF THIS IN THE 14
MILLION RESTORED.
I HAVE SEE A LOT OF THE
INITIATIVES THAT WERE PROPOSED
BY THE INITIATIVE THAT CAME
LATER BECAUSE SOME CAME LATER
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD
HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS CROSS
REFERENCING.
I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH YOU,
MADAM CHAIR.
I SEE WE HAVE REALLY STRONG
ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROPOSALS
SENT DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT
THAT LAST WEEK ABOUT WHERE THEY
OVERLAP AND WHERE WE HAVE WINS.
I AM OF THE OPINION THAT WERE
THESE BUDGET TRIBUTARIES COME
FROM OR REVENUE STREAMS COME
FROM, IF I CAN KEEP WITH THE
ANALOGY, AS LONG AS THEY LEAD
TO THE GREAT SEA OF THE PUBLIC
GOOD, I DON'T CARE IF IT IS
LABELED LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OR
EXECUTIVE BRANCH AS LONG AS THE
MONEY GETS TO WHERE IT HAS TO
GO.
SO I WILL MAKE CLEAR NOW THAT I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT REVISITING
AND POSSIBLY PROVIDING ANOTHER
FORM, ANOTHER FORM TO SEE ON
THE CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE.
I NEAR IT IS TO THE TUNE OF
5.6, AND I KNOW A LOT OF WHAT
YOU SHARED IS ABSORBED INTO THE
THREE AREAS YOU HAVE OUTLINED
AND THE STAFF HAVE THIS
MORNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE
KEEP AN OPEN MIND ABOUT THAT.
WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT
PARTICULARLY US DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVES, THAT IS NUMBER
ONE ISSUE WE ARE DEALING WITH,
PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR THE
UNSHELTERED FOLKS.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THE NEW
NAVIGATORS IN THE SOUTH PARK
AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
READY TO GO TO BE DEPLOYED TO
PROVIDE SERVICES AND ALL THE
THINGS THAT WE NEED ON THE
GROUND.
WE ALSO NEED DESPERATELY THE
CLEANING OF THE PARKS, NEEDLES,
THE GARBAGE, ALL THOSE ISSUES.
AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE, IT'S
GREAT TO HAVE HAND WASHING
STATIONS, GREAT TO HAVE PORT O
POTTIES, GREAT THAT THEY'RE
DOING OVER TIME PICKING UP
GARBAGE, BUT WE NEED MORE.
I HOPE WE CAN KEEP AN OPEN
MIND.
I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID IN THE
BEGINNING, MADAM CHAIR, THAT WE
ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO GET THIS DONE,
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME --
NOBODY HAS TAME FOR POLITICAL
POSTURING.
WE JUST DON'T.
WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO KEEP
AN OPEN MIND.
BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT
THE CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE IS
STILL IMPORTANT TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TO THE
TUNE OF 5.6.
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
LOOK.
I AM TRYING ON MY OWN WITH MY
STAFF WHERE WE HAVE CROSS
REFERENCING WHERE YOU HAVE
ABSORBED SOME OF THE ISSUES
BROUGHT UP BY THE EXECUTIVE
THAT WERE ALREADY ABSORBED OR
OVERLAPPED INTO YOUR GENERAL
BUDGET.
I AM GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
PATTY, DO YOU MIND GOING BACK
TO SLIDE 3 FOR US REALLY
QUICKLY HERE?
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU MENTIONED
COUNCILOR JUAREZ.
I KNOW WE ARE ALL SWIMMING IN A
SEA OF PAPER.
PATTY, ONE MORE BACK SO WE CAN
LOOK.
TO AVOID SWIMMING IN A SEA OF
PAPER, A QUICK REMINDER THAT WE
ARE GOING TO DO FOLLOWING
CATEGORIES.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, HEALTH AND
SAFETY, HOUSED, RESOURCES,
BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT GOES
WITH IT.
I APPRECIATE THE EARLY
SIGNALING.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN JUAREZ.
COUNCILMAN PEDERSEN, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE ROBUST
CONVERSATION ABOUT STRATEGIES
TO SERVE THOSE LIVING HOUSE
LSS, TO BE SURE WE ARE
INVESTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HEALTH SUPPORTS AND I WANTED TO
ORIENT FOLKS TO THE SUMMARY OF
THE INFORMATION.
I THINK ALLEY AND I WERE
THINKING IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AS
WE GO THROUGH EACH, WE'LL SLOW
DOWN AND GO THROUGH EACH BULLET
SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR WHAT'S
INCORPORATED IN THE BUDGET AND
TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAVE THE
INFORMATION AT OUR FINGER TIPS,
WE WILL NOTE THE SPONSOR.
AFTER WE SUMMARIZE THE CATEGORY
IN THE FIVE AREAS, YOU WILL GET
A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THEM.
I WANT TO BE SURE FOLKS KNOW IN
THE AREA RELATED TO HEALTH AND
SAFETY, THERE ARE A FEW SUB
COMPONENTS.
WE'LL GO THROUGH A, B, C, D.
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THE SERVICE SERVICES
WE ARE PROVIDING TO THOSE
LIVING HOUSE LESS AND TO THOSE
IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
WHEN THERE IS GARBAGE AND FOLKS
DON'T HAVE ABILITY OF GARBAGE
PICK UP LIKE EVERYBODY WHO IS
HOUSED, IT DOES AFFECT THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
THERE IS OVERLAP IN WHAT THE
MAYOR SET DOWN MID WEEK LAST
WEEK.
MUCH OF THE BUDGET PROPOSAS
HAD BEEN SUBMITTED AND MUCH OF
THE BUDGET WAS DRAFTED BY THEN.
I THINK THE NICE PART IS YOU
SEE SYNERGY IN TERMS OF WHAT
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH ARE INTERESTED IN
ADVANCING.
CENTRAL STAFF IS DOING A DEEP
DIVE INTO THE REQUEST THAT WAS
MADE FOR THE 5.6, NOTING THAT
4.4 IS ABOUT WHAT THEY ASKED
FOR FOR 2021.
REALLY TRYING TO CROSS WALK THE
NUMBERS WITH INVESTMENTS WE
MADE BEFORE TO BE SURE THEY ARE
ABLE TO BE SCALED UP AND
WHETHER OR NOT A SIX MONTHS
TIME FRAME IS ENOUGH.
I THINK THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE
ASKED ABOUT DOES THIS PENCIL
OUT AND HOW DOES THIS OVERLAP
WITH EXISTING INVESTMENTS ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU FOR THE EARLY HEADS
UP.
WE WILL GET A CHANCE TO GET
INTO THAT SPECIFIC TOPIC IN
JUST A BIT.
DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, ALLEY,
IF WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS
THAT WAY AND MAYBE READ EACH OF
THE BULLETS.
>> YES.
TO CLARIFY, I WILL PROVIDE A
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE CATEGORY
AND READ IN EACH ITEM WITHIN
THE CATEGORY.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO NAME THE
SPONSOR FROM MEMORY AND THEN I
AM WORKING NOW TO GET A
DIFFERENT LIST OF THE SPONSORS
IN THE RIGHT ORDER.
IF I MAKE A MISTAKE, APOLOGIES
IN ADVANCE.
>> NO WORRIES.
I CAN CHIME IN AND TRY TO HELP
AS WELL.
I AM HOPING WE LIFT UP ALL THE
GOOD WORK COUNCILMEMBERS DID.
I TRIED IN MY OPENING REMARKS.
MY APOLOGIES AS WELL BECAUSE SO
MUCH WAS DONE THAT WE DIDN'T
NOTE AT THE OPENING.
IF I GOT ANYTHING WRONG, THIS
IS OUR CHANCE TO CORRECT IT
NOW.
THAT WORKS.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT CATEGORY
AGAIN ON SLIDE 7? WHY DON'T WE
START WITH SEVEN, SUMMARIZE
THEM A BIT FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
>> THIS IS EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
SERVICES CATEGORY.
TO CLARIFY CHAIR MOSQUEDA, I
CAN READ IN THE ITEMS IN THE
CATEGORY.
AS I NOTED, THERE ARE ABOUT
$46.9 MILLION PROPOSED SPENDING
IN THE AREA.
THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER TWO
ON THE AGENDA, WOULD ADD $2.18
MILLION OF GENERAL FUND TO
RESTORE POSITIONS PROPOSED FOR
BUDGETARY LAYOFFS IN HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND IMPOSES
PROVISO.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
>> I WILL LOOK FOR HANDS OF
ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO
CHIME IN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
REAL QUICKLY, I APPRECIATE THE
CHAIR INCLUDING IN THE BUDGET
PACKAGE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
HIGHEST RATED PRIORITY,
RESTORING CUT FROM THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL TO KEEP PACE WITH
HIRING FOR FIREFIGHTERS WHICH
ARE ANTICIPATED TO FACE A WAVE
OF RETIREMENT IN THE COMING
YEARS.
THEN AGAIN REALLY APPRECIATE,
THIS WAS A PRIORITY OF COUNCIL
LAST YEAR.
AND I KNOW IT IS FOR THIS YEAR
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ALLEY, THANK YOU.
>> SORRY.
I WAS MUTED.
ITEM 3 WOULD REQUEST FSA
PROVIDE A REPORT ON THE SMALL
BUSINESS -- FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES RELATED TO BUSINESS
AND OCCUPATION TAX FOR RELIEF
OPTIONS AND THIS IS COUNCILLED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ITEM 4 WOULD ADD $150,000
GENERAL FUND TO FINANCE GENERAL
TO CREATE INDEPENDENT ECONOMIC
AND FORECASTING OFFICE AND
IMPOSES TO PROVISO SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL COUNCILMENT GONZALEZ.
FIVE WOULD CUT $10.4 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND ADD ADD $32
MILLION TO EMERGENCY FUND.
THIS IS THE ACTION ITEM
SPONSORED BY THE CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE TO REPLENISH THE
FUNDS.
I WILL NOTE HERE THAT THIS IS
REALLY A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT
BUT IT JUST REFLECTS AFTER ALL
THE PROPOSALS, THE REMAINING
GENERAL FUND TO REPLENISH
RESERVES CONSISTENT WITH THE
PAYROLL TAX SPENDING PLAN.
THE TRANSACTIONS ARE REALLY OF
A TECHNICAL NATURE.
ITEM SIX WOULD ADD $60,000
GENERAL FUND TO THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT TO SUPPLEMENT COUNTY
SURVEY ON COUNTY WIDE HUMAN
SERVICE WAGE INEQUITIES
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
SEVEN ADDS $150,000 TO THE LEG
DEPARTMENT TO FUND
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT STUDY.
ITEM 8 IS -- THAT WAS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ITEM 8 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQEST THAT THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOP A
CONSTRUCTION IMPACT MITIGATION
PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ITEM 9 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT THE RETIREMENT GROUP
PROVIDE A REPORT ON SOURCES AND
USES OF CITY RETIREMENT FUNDS
AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PLAN
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ITEM 10 REQUESTS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROVIDE MONTHLY REPORTING ON
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE PROGRAM CONSISTENT
WITH JULY 16, 2020, MAIL
PROCLAMATION OF CIVIL
EMERGENCY.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ITEM 11 WOULD ADD $24.8 MILLION
OF THE FUNDS TO S DOT TO
IMPLEMENT VOTER APPROVED
PROPOSITION ONE.
ITEM 12 ADDS $9 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION FOR DEBT
SERVICES TO BACK FILL REDUCED
2021 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX
REVENUE FORECAST.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER -- BY BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR AS WELL
AS ITEM 13 THAT TRANSFERS $9
MILLION OF GENERAL FUND TO
SCHOOL SAFETY TRAFFIC AND
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT FUND TO
BACK FILL THE 2021 SCHOOL ZONE
CAMERA REVENUE FORECAST.
>> I WILL NOTE I AM STILL
FRUSTRATED THAT THERE ARE MANY
FOLKS WHO ARE STILL ACCESSING
OUR SCHOOLS.
I WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS NOT HIGH TRAFFIC OR
HIGH SPEEDS AROUND THOSE
SCHOOLS EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL IS
NOT TECHNICALLY BEING DONE AT
THE SCHOOL AS WE TRADITIONALLY
KNOW SCHOOLING.
THERE IS STILL SCHOOL
PROGRAMMING.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT I AM STILL
LOOKING INTO.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO FIGURE OUT
WAYS TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE
DRIVING SAFELY AROUND THE
SCHOOL AREAS.
EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS STILL SOME SCHOOL
PROGRAMMING OCCURRING, WE KNOW
FAMILIES ARE ACCESSING THOSE
PLAYGROUNDS AND OPEN SPACES.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I AM
STILL LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE
BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT TO BOTH SLOW TRAFFIC
AND IF THERE IS REVENUE THERE,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
ITEM 14 WOULD ADD $1.6 MILLION
OF GENERAL FUND TO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO RESTORE RECRUIT
CLASS AND TESTING CUTS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ITEM 15 WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY'S OPEN CURB SIDE
PICK UP AND RETURNS AT ALL
BRANCHES SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ITEM 16 IS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
PREPARES A REPORT TO ANALYZE
WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS,
POTENTIAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
CHANGES SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM WONDERING IF WE READ IN
ITEM NUMBER 3 AND 4. I COULD
HAVE JUST MISSED IT.
>> I BELIEVE SO BUT I AM HAPPY
TO READ THEM AGAIN.
>> DO YOU MIND?
I AM SO SORRY.
I AM WONDERING IF I MISSED IT.
ITEM 3 WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROVIDE
A REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS,
BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX
RELIEF OPTIONS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ITEM 4 WOULD ADD $150,000 TO
FINANCE GENERAL AND TO CREATE
INDEPENDENT ECONOMICS AND
FORECASTING OFFICE AND IMPOSES
TWO PROVISOS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
WORK AS WELL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THAT BRINGS US TO PAGE NUMBER
SIX IN THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE FIRST
16 ITEMS.
BEFORE WE GO ONTO ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT FROM THE TWO SLIDES
THAT SHOWED A SUMMARY OF THOSE
ITEMS?
SLIDES 7 AND 8. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
CATEGORY.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT CATEGORY RELATES TO
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
IT RELATES TO ITEMS 17-22 ON
THE AGENDA.
THAT INCLUDES ABOUT $8.2
MILLION OF INVESTMENTS TO
SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS.
SO I WILL START WITH ITEM 17 ON
THE AGENDA THAT WOULD ADD
$777,000 TO SUPPORT THOMAS
STREET REDESIGN PROJECT
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
>> THAT IS FULL FUNDING FOR
FOLKS TRACKING THIS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
THAT IS THE FULL AMOUNT THAT
WAS REQUESTED BY THE
COUNCILMEMBER.
ITEM 18 WOULD ADD $500,000 FOR
THE ROUTE 44 TRANSIT PLUS MULTI
CORRIDOR PROJECT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
ITEM 19 ON THE AGENDA -- EXCUSE
ME.
THAT WAS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
APOLOGIES.
ITEM 19 WOULD ADD $5.2 MILLION
TO FUND GEORGETOWN SOUTH PARK
TRAIL.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THIS
IS AN INCREASE FROM THE AMOUNT
ORIGINALLY REQUESTED TO FULLY
FUND THAT PROJECT.
>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO
PAUSE THAT QUICK.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CENTRAL STAFF HERE.
IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE ITEM
WAS BEING DISCUSSED THAT THE
FULL AMOUNT WAS MORE THAN THE
ANTICIPATED AMOUNT.
THERE WAS A PLACE HOLDER.
WHEN WE GOT FULL AMOUNT REQUEST
I ASKED IF IT WAS SCALE ABLE,
COULD WE DO THE PORTION TO MEET
WHAT THE COUNCILMEMBER
REQUESTED?
THE ANSWER WAS NO.
YOU EITHER DO ALL OF IT OR IT
IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
LET'S JUST DO ALL OF IT SO
THESE PROJECTS DO NOT CONTINUE
TO BE PUT ON THE BACK BURNER.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> I THANK THE CHAIR AND
CENTRAL STAFF FOR HELPING US
FIGURE THAT OUT.
THERE WERE DIFFERENT LAYERS WE
WERE TRYING TO ASSESS AS WE
WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I AM GRATEFUL AND THE
COMMUNITIES ARE GRATEFUL TO SEE
THIS FULLY FUNDED.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT, AND
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU.
ITEM 20 WOULD ADD $943,000 TO
FUND ROUTE 7 TRANSIT PLUS MULTI
MODAL PROJECT AND THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ADD TO THE GENERAL FUND OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR THE BIKE
PROJECT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
ITEM 22 WOULD ADD $4 MILLION TO
S DOT FOR BRIDGE LOAD RATING
CIP PROJECT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID
YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS?
BRIDGE FUNDING, A BIG NOT BEING
MET BY 4 MILLION.
DOUBLE THE AMOUNT WE TALKED
ABOUT BUT STILL A LOT OF WORK
TO DO HERE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
YES.
THE CITY AUDITOR WHO DID A
REPORT ON ALL CITY BRIDGES
AFTER THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
CLOSED SUDDENLY REPORTED TO US
THAT BRIDGE MAINTENANCE SHOULD
BE FUNDED BETWEEN 34 MILLION
AND 100 PLUS MILLION.
THE ADMINISTRATION THANKFULLY
KEPT BRIDGE MAINTENANCE FUNDING
LEVEL DESPITE MASSIVE CUTS FROM
S DOT TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $60
MILLION.
HOWEVER, THAT WOULD MEAN
ANOTHER 24 MILLION WAS NEEDED
TO REACH THE BARE MINIMUM OF 34
MILLION.
I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR
WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO FIND
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THIS.
I THINK THAT WE STILL NEED MORE
MONEY FOR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
SO I AM GOING TO BE TRYING TO
GET CREATIVE HERE AS WE HEAD
INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE
BUDGET TO SEE IF WE CAN GET
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE
WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO ADD A
LITTLE BIT HERE.
THOUGH THE 24 MILLION WAS THE
BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT THE CITY
AUDITOR TOLD US WHAT WAS
NEEDED.
I NEED TO STRIVE TO FIND MORE
DOLLARS HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ON THAT.
WE ALSO WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE SURE IF
ANY FUNDING WAS SENT THEIR WAY
THAT THEY CAN USE IT AND
OBVIOUSLY THE ANSWER WAS YES.
IF YOU SEND US 2 MILLION, WE'LL
USE IT.
IF YOU SEND US 4 MILLION, WE'LL
USE IT.
I AM GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO
DOUBLE THE INITIAL AMOUNT AND
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS STILL AN
UNDER FUND OF WHAT IS OVER ALL
NEEDED.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU.
AND ALSO ON SOME OF THE REVENUE
PROPOSALS THAT YOU HAVE ALSO
DISCUSSED AS POSSIBLE WAYS TO
ENSURE SUSTAINED FUNDING.
LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN WITH MY
APPRECIATION, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
FOR YOUR INCLUSION OF THE
FUNDING IN THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE.
THE CONTEXT I THINK FOR SOME OF
MY ENTHUSIASM ABOUT INCREASED
FUNDING FOR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
IS OUT OF AN UNDERSTANDING THAT
ONE OF THE LARGE REASONS S DOT
IS CONSIDERING A REPLACEMENT OF
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE INSTEAD OF
A REPAIR OF A BRIDGE THAT OUR
TECHNICAL EXPERTS FEEL HAS ONLY
A 5% CHANCE OF NOT HAVING
REMAINDER OF ITS 48 LIFE EXTEND
WITH REPAIR IS BECAUSE OF S
DOT'S CONCERN.
OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS ARE
FOCUSED ON WILL THE REPAIR
WORK?
WILL IT STICK?
S DOT HAS TO CONSIDER THAT BUT
THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER
THEIR ROLE AS ASSET MANAGER.
AS ASSET MANAGER, THEY HAVE TO
BELIEVE THAT THE RESOURCES
EXIST TO MAINTAIN THE BRIDGE.
THEY ESTIMATE THAT THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE, THE ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE COSTS, ARE ABOUT
$500,000 A YEAR AS OPPOSED TO
ABOUT $250,000 A YEAR.
I HOPE THE COUNCIL THINKS HARD
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO PURSUE
A NEARLY $400 MILLION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT INSTEAD
OF, YOU KNOW, A $70 MILLION --
I AM SORRY.
I AM GETTING MY NUMBERS MIXED
UP.
A MUCH LESS COSTLY REPAIR
SIMPLY BECAUSE S DOT DOESN'T
HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN
MAINTAIN THE REPAIRED BRIDGE AT
A HIGHER RATE.
GIVEN THAT I REALLY RESPECT S
DOT'S ROLE AS ASSET MANAGER, I
THINK WE AS POLICY MAKERS HAVE
AN OBLIGATION TO ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE AS IT RELATES TO ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE FUNDING AND TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ACT ON THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY
AUDITOR.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ADDING
THIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WALKING
US THROUGH ITEMS ON SLIDE 9.
THAT BRINGS US TO PAGE 7 OF THE
AGENDA, END TO THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY CATEGORY.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THERE IS SORT
OF A CROSS OVER.
IF YOU LOOK AT AGENDA ITEMS 1B
AND 2A.
THAT'S ITEMS 17 THROUGH 27 ON
OUR AGENDA WHICH INCLUDES THE
NEXT SLIDE THAT'S IN FRONT OF
US ON INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS.
I SEE THE COMBINATION OF THESE
DOZEN PLUS ITEMS AS OUR
INVESTMENTS IN GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT'S BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS AND IT IS ALSO
PLANNING INVESTMENT.
IT IS ITEMS AT THE BEGINNING,
GREEN BUILDINGS PROGRAM BY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE COMBINATION OF 17
ON INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
THROUGH 27 ON HEALTH AND SAFETY
IN THE CLIMATE AREA, THAT'S
WHERE I SEE THE COMBINATION
COMING INTO REALLY INVEST IN
GREEN NEW DEAL PRIORITY.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE
WALK THROUGH, I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK.
WE ARE ON ITEMS 1B -- SORRY.
WE WENT THROUGH ITEMS 1B.
WE ARE NOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK WE ARE ON ITEMS 2A.
THESE ARE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
CLIMATE INVESTMENTS.
ITEMS 23 THROUGH 27 ON THE
AGENDA THAT INCLUDE ABOUT
$400,000 OF INVESTMENTS TO
SUPPORT THE CITY'S WORK TO
REDUCE CLIMATE IMPACTS.
THE FIRST ITEM IN THE SUB
CATEGORY IS ITEM 23 THAT WOULD
REQUEST A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT THE EXECUTIVE RECOMMEND
STRATEGIES FOR CONSOLIDATING
URBAN FORESTRY FUNCTION
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ITEM 24 WOULD ADD $132,000 TO
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ADVISER POSITION,
RESTORING FUNDING FOR THE
POSITION SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
ITEM 25 WOULD ADD $150,000 AND
POSITION TO OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FOR ENERGY BENCHMARKING AND
BUILDING ...
PROGRAM SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
ITEM 26 WOULD ADD $140,000 TO
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT FOR CLIMATE
POLICY ADVISER POSITION
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ITEM 27 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
EXPLORE EXPANSION OF THE TREE
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM ALSO
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS IN
THIS SUB CATEGORY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS,
ADDITIONAL THINGS YOU WOULD
LIKE TO FLAG FOR COUNCIL?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS AT
THIS POINT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> THE NEXT SUB CATEGORY IS
FOOD ACCESS.
THAT INCLUDES ITEMS 28 THROUGH
31 ON THE AGENDA TO SUPPORT
EFFORTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FOOD.
THIS INCLUDES A TOTAL OF $1.8
MILLION.
THE FIRST ITEM IN THE CATEGORY
IS REQUESTING THAT FAS REPORT
ON POTENTIAL SPACES FOR FOOD
BANK SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWI.
THAT'S ITEM 28.
ITEM 29 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT CARRY FORWARD
UNSPENT FUNDING FOR SENIOR
CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAMS TO
2021.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SEWANT.
ITEM 30 IS LEGISLATIVE INTENT
REQUESTING OED DEVELOP
STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT FARMERS
MARKETS AND THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD AND ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO SIGNED ON IN
SUPPORT.
WE THINK OF THIS AS ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FRESH FOOD WHICH IS
CRITICAL FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I ALSO SEE THIS AS A STRONG
SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT ELEMENT
AS WELL.
YOU HIGHLIGHTED THAT IN
COMMENTS.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE ITEMS AND
THINK ABOUT WAYS WE ARE
CREATING A MORE RESILIENT
SEATTLE, YES, IT IS SUPPORTING
ESSENTIAL, LOW WAGE WORKERS AND
MAKING SURE SMALLEST BUSINESSES
úHAVE SUPPORT.
I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THIS
AND BRINGING IT FORWARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MADAM CHAIR.
>> YES PLEASE.
>> I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I AM NOT INTO THANKING
EVERYBODY FOR EVERYTHING BUT
FOR NUMBER 28 ON POTENTIAL
SPACE FOR A FOOD BANK IN BELL
TOWN.
TAKE IT FROM D5 WHEN YOU HAVE A
GOOD ROBUST CARING ON THE
GROUND FOOD BANK THAT DOES MORE
THAN HAND OUT FOOD, THEY HAVE
BABY FOOD AND DIAPERS, GET
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR INSURANCE,
DO EVICTION PREVENTION.
YOU NAME IT, THESE PEOPLE ARE
MORE THAN A FOOD BANK.
SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
GREAT POINT.
HAVING VISITED ONE OF THE FOOD
BANKS IN YOUR DISTRICT WITH
COUNCILMENT TWO YEARS AGO NOW,
WE SAW THE HEALTH DISTRICT AS
WELL.
>> THAT'S HOW WE ROLL IN THE
NORTH.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
ACROSS THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT
ITEM?
LET'S KEEP GOING HERE.
>> SORRY.
I FORGOT TO UNMUTE MYSELF.
ADD 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS TO OSE
FOR THE FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU CENTRAL STAFF FOR
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE IT
LOOKS LIKE PATTY MAY HAVE MOVED
FORWARD ONE SLIDE.
PATTY, IF YOU CAN MOVE BACK.
THERE WE ARE.
$500,000 OF THIS ITEM IS COMING
FROM THE SWEET AND BEVERAGE
TAX.
SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD, IT SEEMS WE MAY NEED TO
FIND A DIFFERENT SOURCE FOR THE
$500,000.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT FRESH
BUCKS IS DIRECT FOOD ACCESS FOR
SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.
THIS BUDGET ITEM WOULD CLEAR
THE WAIT LIST AND ADDRESS FOLKS
THAT HAVE NEWLY BECOME ELIGIBLE
SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS
BEGUN.
THIS IS MY TOP PRIORITY AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT $500,000 MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO COME FROM THE
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX, I AM
STILL INTERESTED IN FINDING
WHERE THAT $500,000 CAN COME
FROM.
I WILL BE WORKING TO IDENTIFY
THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ADDING ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AS I
HAVE COMMUNICATED TO FOLKS IN
THE COMMUNITY AND AT THE SWEET
AND BEVERAGE TASK COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD, THIS IS VERY
MUCH A STRATEGY THAT I AND OUR
TEAM REALLY THOUGHT WAS A WAY
TO ENSURE THE SAME TYPE OF
SERVICES WERE BEING OFFERED
THROUGH THE FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM
GIVEN THAT FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM
IS ALREADY UP AND READY TO GO.
I WANT TO BE SURE I PUBLICLY
SAY THIS WAS NOT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS' EFFORT TO TRY AND
REDUCE FUNDING.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
MYSELF ALONG WITH SO MANY
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ON COUNCIL
HAVE BEEN STAUNCH SUPPORTERS OF
MAKING SURE THAT THE CAB
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FULLY
ADHERED TO.
I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT
HAVING EARLIER CONVERSATIONS TO
BETTER EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS IN
ALIGNMENT.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT THE SUGAR
SWEET BEVERAGE TAX FUNDING
WOULD BE GOING TO AS IT RELATES
TO HEALTHY FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
IF THE 500,000 IS
OBJECTIONABLE, I THINK WE STILL
HAVE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD.
BUT I SUPPORT EFFORTS AS WELL
TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL 500K.
WHAT DO WE HAVE?
OVER 3,000 PEOPLE ON THE WAIT
LIST NOW FOR FRESH BUCKS?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK IT'S 3,358.
>> WITH A PROGRAM READY TO GO,
ALREADY STOOD UP, THERE IS NO
QUESTION THAT THIS SHOULD BE
FULLY FUNDED.
WE WILL DO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
ON THE EFFORT AS WELL BUT WANT
TO BE SURE THAT I WAS ON THE
RECORD EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR
THIS ITEM AND EXPLAINING THE
FUND SOURCE HERE ALONG WITH OUR
ON GOING SUPPORT FOR THE
STRATEGIES THAT THE CAB HAVE
CONTINUED TO BRING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS IN THIS CATEGORY.
I THINK WE ARE ON 2C HEALTH AND
SAFETY IN THE HEALTH SERVICES
SECTION.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
ITEMS 32 THROUGH 37 ON THE
AGENDA REFLECT ABOUT $2.1
MILLION OF INVESTMENTS TO
EXPAND HEALTH SERVICES.
THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM 32, WOULD
ADD $80,000 TO HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FOR COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SERVICES
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
33 WOULD ADD FOR DRUG USER
HEALTH SERVICES AND IMPOSES
PROVISO SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
HERE AS WELL AS LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION THIS AND THE
PREVIOUS ITEM AND ITEM 34 ON
THE AGENDA IS SUPPORTED BY
FUNDS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ADOPTIONS FOR A
COMMUNITY HEALTH SAFE INJECTION
SITE.
ITEM 34 IS THE THIRD ITEM THAT
IS FUNDED USING THOSE PREVIOUS
RESOURCES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
SPENT, WOULD ADD $200,000 TO
HSD TO INCREASE HARM REDUCTION
PROGRAMS AND IMPOSES PROVISO,
ALSO SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ITEM 35 WOULD ADD $383,000 TO
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FUND
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATORS, LUCAS DEVICES,
BALLISTIC SETS, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ITEM 36 WOULD ADD $141,000 AND
POSITION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO FUND A PILOT PROGRAM ADDING
A CONSULTING NURSE SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ITEM 37 WOULD ADD $150,000 AND
A POSITION TO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO FUND A CRISIS
COUNSELOR.
>> THIS IS AN ENTIRE CATEGORY
THAT I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT AND
I THINK IS REALLY REFLECTIVE OF
THE COUNCIL'S OVERALL SUPPORT
FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EVIDENCE
BASED SOLUTIONS TO BE
IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR BUDGET AS
WE TRAY TO CARE FOR HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF FOLKS DURING A
PANDEMIC, WE RECOGNIZE THEIR
HEALTH HAS TO BE STABLE TO
BEGIN WITH.
MUCH OF THE INVESTMENTS I SEE
GOING INTO CREATING HEALTHIER
COMMUNITIES YEAR ROUND AND ALSO
ON GOING.
ARE THERE COMMENTS FOLKS WOULD
LIKE TO LIFT UP IN THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY HEALTH SERVICES
>> THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD
LIKE TO MAKE MADAM CHAIR IS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SO MUCH,
ALL MY COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A
LONG TIME COMING.
THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THE INVESTMENTS AND REALLY LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS
PLAYS OUT AND WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD TO THE EFFORTS.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
WE ARE ON ITEM 2D FOR FOLKS
FOLLOWING WITH THE AGENDA.
THAT'S PAGE 10.
PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ON THE
POWERPOINT, WE ARE ON PAGE 13,
ITEM 38 ON OUR AGENDA.
>> 38 THROUGH 48 ARE IN THE
ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
SUB CATEGORY WITH ABOUT 2.8
PHAZE THE DOLLARS OF PROPOSED
NEW INVESTMENTS.
38 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
NEW INTERNET FOR ALL SECTION IN
THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET BOOK
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ITEM 38 WOULD ADD $550,000 TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING FOR A STUDY AND
ONE TIME FUNDING FOR BLACK
GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN AND BLACK
QUEER AND TRANS YOUTH SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
ITEM 40 WOULD ADD A PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST AND
$130,000 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO STAFF AND
SUPPORT A NEW INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ITEM 41 WOULD ADD $1.7 MILLION
IN FUNDING TO HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE SERVICES
AT AGENCIES SPECIALIZING IN
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
NATIVE POPULATIONS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ITEM 42 WOULD ADD $60,000 TO
HSD FOR AGE FRIENDLY SEATTLE
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ITEM 43 WOULD ADD ALMOST
$47,000 TO HSD TO PROVIDE SAFE
SERVICES AT CULTURAL CENTERS
SERVING NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ITEM 44 WOULD ADD $100,000
SPLIT BETWEEN HSD AND DEAL FOR
PROGRAM SUPPORTING NATIVE AND
INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
ITEM 45 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT THE EXECUTIVE PARTICIPATE
IN A WORKGROUP REGARDING
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2019
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT REPORT
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ITEM 46 WOULD RESTORE $190,000
TO OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS FOR LEGAL
DEFENSE NETWORK SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
ITEM 47 WOULD ADD $100,000 TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION FOR PUBLIC LIFE
STUDY OF CAPITOL HILL SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
THE FINAL ONE IN THIS CATEGORY
IS A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT REQUESTING THAT PARKS
DESIGNED AND PLACE SIGNAGE AT
LIP TON SPRINGS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE REALLY SURPRISED IF
FOLKS DON'T HAVE PIECES TO LIFT
IN THE CATEGORY.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE
COMMENTS, FLAG ANY CONCERNS, OR
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I WOULD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I HAD TO FIND THE MUTE
BUTTON.
I WILL BE VERY BRIEF AND AGAIN
THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND CHAIR.
THIS IS HISTORIC FOR THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TO FINALLY HAVE
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL AND
ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF ASSIGNED TO
IT WITH A COMMISERATE SALARY TO
DO THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.
I SEE WE NOW HAVE STAFF
POSITIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
ISSUES AND THE INITIATIVE.
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE NEED
INPUT NOT ONLY FROM OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NATIVE
ORGANIZATIONS BUT FROM TRIBAL
FOLK.
TRIBES, OTHER INSTITUTIONS,
HAVING A BODY OF PEOPLE FROM
COMMUNITY ON A COMMITTEE THAT
WORK WITH DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE A STAFF
THAT CAN CLARIFY WORK PLAN AND
BRING BUDGET CONCERNS INSTEAD
OF ALL OF US, MAINLY ME, KIND
OF JUST GETTING OUT THERE AND
DOING THIS KIND OF AD HOC ISSUE
SPOTTING ALL THE TIME.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM DOING IT
BUT THIS IS MUCH MORE
STREAMLINE AND IT CERTAINLY
GIVES RESPECT TO OUR INDIGENOUS
FOLKS THAT WE NEED PARTICULARLY
NOW GOING INTO THIS NEW
ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT KIND OF
MONEY AND WHAT RESOURCES WE CAN
GET FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I THINK YOU
MAY EXPLODE ON CAMERA IF YOU
DIDN'T GET ONE OF THE ITEMS.
VERY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO GET THE SUPPORT FOR
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT CATEGORY UNDER HEALTH
AND SAFETY IS COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS 49 THROUGH 53 ON THE
AGENDA.
THE BALANCING PACKAGE INCLUDES
ABOUT 59.1 MILLION IN COMMUNITY
LED INVESTMENTS THAT ARE IN
THIS CATEGORY.
THIS TOTAL AMOUNT IS IN
ADDITION TO $20 MILLION FUNDING
THAT IS LISTED IN THE NEXT
CATEGORY.
I WILL TURN TO POLICING FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND 30
MILLION REFLECTED HERE AS A
PROVISO FOR EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE.
I WILL START WITH ITEM 49 ON
THE AGENDA THAT WOULD CUT $30
MILLION FROM THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE AND ADD
$30 MILLION TO RESTORE FUNDING
FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND
TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT AND
PROVISO BY SEWANT.
50 WOULD PROPOSE A PROVISO,
SUPPORT WORK OF THE MAYOR'S
TASK FORCE.
ITEM 51 WOULD PROVIDE $18
MILLION GENERAL FUND CUT FROM
EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS AND IMPOSES
PROVISO SPONSORED BY
CONCILMEMBER MORALES.
THIS INCLUDES FUNDING TO
SUPPORT A PROPOSAL COMING FROM
THE COMMUNITY FROM AN APP FOR
ALTERNATIVES TO 911 RESPONSES
AS WELL AS FUNDING TO SUPPORT
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
ITEM 52 WOULD RESTORE $10
MILLION OF FUNDING TO HSD FOR
COMMUNITY LED PUBLIC SAFETY
INVESTMENTS AND IMPOSES A
PROVISO.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ITEM 53 RESTORES FUNDING TO
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS FOR
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDING ALTERNATIVES OR
ADDRESSING HARM REDUCTION BY
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DID
YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
>> THANK YOU.
AS IT RELATES TO THE $10
MILLION FOR HSD TO FUND ANY LED
PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENTS, I
WANT TO UP LIFT THE FACT THAT
THIS IS FUNDING THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS VOTED TWICE TO
PROVIDE.
WITH THIS BUDGET IT WILL BE THE
THIRD TIME.
FIRST IN APPROVING 119825
DURING OUR 2020 REBALANCING
PROCESS AND THEN IN OVERTURNING
THE MAYOR'S VETO OF IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ITS
INCLUSION IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE.
IT WAS A HIGH PRIORITY AND KEY
REQUEST OF THE DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW COALITIONS DURING
REBALANCING PROCESS THIS SUMMER
AND A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME NOW.
DURING CENTRAL STAFF'S ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENT IN
THE 2021 PROAS POSED BUDGET
THEY INTRODUCED INTERCEPT MODEL
WHICH IS A WAY OF UNDERSTANDING
THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
THIS CAN BE ANALYZED TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WORK
TOGETHER TO BUILD COMMUNITY
SAFETY BY INTERVENING AT
MULTIPLE POINTS IN STATUS QUO
LEGAL SYSTEM.
IT CAN ALSO HELP IDENTIFY WHERE
THERE MAY BE GAPS IN THE SYSTEM
THAT LEAD TO DECREASED
COMMUNITY SAFETY OR TO SPOT
DUPLICATIONS.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
CONSIDERING HSD'S PROPOSAL FOR
AWARDING THE FUNDS IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SHARED BY INTEREST IN
INCORPORATING INTERCEPT MODEL
INTO THE PROCESS AND DIRECTOR
JOHNSON SAYS IT IS WELL ALIGNED
WITH THE PROCESS THEY ARE
PROPOSING.
I AM WORKING WITH CENTRAL STAFF
TO INCORPORATE THE USE AS A
PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL INTO THE
$10 MILLION INVESTMENT AS A
TOOL FOR DECISION MAKERS AND
COMMUNITY TO USE DURING THEIR
DISCUSSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE RFP TO HELP IDENTIFY
PERSON CENTERED OUTCOMES FROM
SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS AND AS A
WAY OF PRESENTING THEIR
RECOMMENDED SPENDING PLAN TO
THE COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT TO UP LIFT THAT
SOME OF THIS DIRECTION MAY BE
COMING TO US IN THE FORM OF
FORM C. I AM JUST WAITING FOR
CENTRAL STAFF GUIDANCE ON
WHETHER OR NOT A FORM C WILL BE
NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THIS
ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE TO HSD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THE PIECES.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR
HER EARLIER REMARKS ABOUT
HISTORIC NATURE OF WHAT THE
COUNCIL IS DOING TODAY, NOT
EXPANDING POLICE BUDGET, AS WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
THERE IS A STRATEGY HERE NOT
JUST IN REALLOCATING RESOURCES
FROM SPD BUT IN INVESTING THOSE
DOLLARS INTO COMMUNITY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S
TRUE THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS FOR
500 YEARS ESTABLISHED
INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM INTO
EVERY SYSTEM OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
AND IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN ONE
BUDGET CYCLE TO MAKE A DENT IN
FIXING THAT.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE ALL HERE
EXPRESSED OUR SUPPORT FOR
BEGINNING THAT WORK AT THE CITY
AND EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE KNOW THERE IS WORK WE CAN DO
TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES.
I ALSO DO WANT TO SAY THAT
ACHIEVING RACIAL EQUITY,
ADDRESSING RACISM, ELIMINATING
ANTIBLACKNESS, THAT'S THE WORK
OF WHITE PEOPLE, WORK OF THIS
CITY COUNCIL TO DISMANTLE
SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW THAT RACISM
TO PERSIST.
I AM EXCITED THAT THIS COUNCIL
HAS BEGUN OUR WORK WITH THIS
BUDGET PROCESS TO INCLUDE
THINGS LIKE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING AND COMMITTING TO
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
I AM EXCITED THAT WE HAVE MADE
THOSE COMMITMENTS THROUGH THIS
PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE
THAT THERE IS A REALLOCATION IN
A WAY THAT IS MORE JUST AND
THAT REALLY CENTERS OUR
NEIGHBORS AND CAN ENSURE SAFETY
FOR EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF
FOR HELPING US MAKE THOSE
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THIS, IT
WAS INDICATED ABOUT $1 MILLION
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE.
THIS ACKNOWLEDGES SOME OF THE
OTHER THINGS WE'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT SO WE HAVE ABOUT $18
MILLION IN PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO
START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE
WOULD STRUCTURE THIS AND HOW WE
CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS
RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THIS COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENT?
OKAY.
I WILL ALSO NOTE JUST TO REPEAT
SOME OF THE COMMENTS AT THE
BEGINNING VERY BRIEFLY, THE
CONSTANT OF MAKING SURE THERE
IS SUFFICIENT INVESTMENTS IN
OUR BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR LIKE COMMUNITIES SO
OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
HAVE ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS SO
FOLKS HAVE FEWER INTERACTIONS
WITH POLICE IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM, THIS IS A HUGE
PRIORITY EVEN IN A FEW ITEMS
THAT I MENTIONED THIS MORNING.
WE KNOW THAT THE INVESTMENT
NEEDED IS MUCH MORE THAN $100
MILLION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF
WHAT THE BUDGET IS INVESTING,
IT IS FAR GREATER WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO
DIRECTLY BE IMPACTED BY THE
INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE LOOKED THROUGH RACIAL
JUSTICE LENS AND ANY OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
INTO AND IF WE WERE TO TALLY
ANY THAT HAVE AN INVESTMENT, IT
WOULD BE MUCH BIGGER THAN 100
MILLION.
IF WE THINK ABOUT HOW COUNCIL
IS USING THAT $100 MILLION
BUCKET I THINK FOLKS CAN
CONCEPTUALLY THINK OF MAKING
SURE WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE 30
MILLION FOR THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND WHICH WAS A
COMPONENT OF THE SALE WHICH WAS
THE SWEETENER TO THE DEAL FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE C█ONCERNED THAT
PUBLIC LAND WAS BEING SOLD AND
THEY WANTED THERE TO BE A
PUBLIC BENEFIT BACK AND MAKING
SURE THAT THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
EQUALED HOUSING AND INVESTMENTS
IN HISTORICALLY DISPLACED
COMMUNITIES, BLACK INDIGENOUS
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
COMMUNITIES, WE WANTED TO BE
SURE THE 30 MILLION WAS
MAINTAINED FOR ITS ORIGINAL
PURPOSE.
IN ADDITION THE $10 MILLION THE
CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED IN THE
SUMMER'S PROCESS TO BE SURE WE
ARE SCALING UP COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS SO THERE IS AN
ALTERNATIVE MODEL THAT HAS
SUFFICIENT CAPACITY, THAT GROWS
CAPACITY, BASICALLY SEE DOLLARS
FOR THE NEW VISION.
WE WANTED TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
ALL THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD SET
ASIDE AND MAKE SURE THERE WAS A
FUNDING SOURCE THAT WASN'T
GOING TO BE IN QUESTION.
THAT'S PART OF IT.
THAT'S 40 MILLION.
LOOK AT THE TWO BUCKETS
REMAINING.
THE TWO ARE $30 MILLION FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND 30
MILLION FOR THE TASK FORCE.
THIS IS ROUND NUMBERS TO HELP
US BETTER UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR
NOT THAT $100 MILLION THRESHOLD
HAS BEEN MET AND SO MUCH MORE.
THAT'S I THINK AN IMPORTANT
TAKE AWAY.
EVEN THOUGH WE SHOULD MAKE SURE
WE ARE NOT PIGEON HOLING
OURSELVES INTO JUST $100
MILLION AMOUNT.
WE SHOULD ACTUALLY ASK WHAT HAS
COMMUNITY BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A
VERY LONG TIME?
THAT'S HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPTIONS, EVICTION PREVENTION,
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MAKING SURE
FOLKS HAVE HEALTHY FOODS, JOB
TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
AND SECURITY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
BE OUT OF CYCLES OF
GENERATIONAL POVERTY.
THAT ON THE MACRO LEVEL IS WHAT
WE HAVE DONE AND IT IS MUCH
MORE THAN 100 MILLION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING
ME WALK THROUGH THOSE CORE
ELEMENTS.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT CATEGORY, ITEMS 54
THROUGH 75 ARE ACTIONS TO
SUPPORT EFFORTS TO FUND
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING.
THIS INCLUDES A TOTAL OF $13.4
MILLION OF INVESTMENTS.
THE FIRST WOULD ADD $550,000 TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
EARLY LEARNING FOR RESTORE
TOUCH JUSTICE PILOT PROGRAM
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ITEM 55 WOULD ADD $75,000 TO
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
SOUTH PARK SAFETY COORDINATOR
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ITEM 56 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT PROVIDE REPORT ON
DEMAND AND COST FOR CITY WIDE
DIVERSION PROGRAMS BY APRIL 2,
2021 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
57 WOULD ADD $65,000 TO OIG FOR
SENTINEL EVENT REVAUGN
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
ITEM 58 WOULD ADD $254,000 TO
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
$223,000 AND PERSONNEL TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR
HEALTH 1 EXPANSION AND EXEMPT
FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE
PLANNED FEET REDUCTION
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
59 IS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT AS ARE THE NEXT FOUR OR
FIVE REQUESTING THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT PROVIDE THE REPORTS
REQUESTED IN ORDINANCE 126148
AND RESOLUTION 31962 ADOPTED BY
COUNCIL THIS SUMMER AND FALL
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
60 WOULD REQUEST REPORT FROM
SPD TO PROVIDE REPORTS ON OVER
TIME USE SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
61 IS REQUESTING SPD PROVIDE
MONTHLY REPORTS ON POLICE
STAFFING SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
62 IS REQUESTING A REPORT FROM
SPD ON TRAFFIC STOPS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ITEM 63 WOULD REQUEST REPORT
FROM SPD ON COST EFFECTIVENESS
OF USING PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS,
CONTRACTED SPORTING EVENTS,
FLAGGING SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ITEM 64 IS REQUESTING A REPORT
FROM SPD TO REPORT ON 911 CALL
RESPONSE TIMES SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ITEM 65 WOULD IMPOSE A PROVISO
ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
REQUEST OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS OF
35 POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THIS IS A PROVIDE OH ON $2.5
MILLION AND IF THE SAVINGS WERE
ACHIEVED WOULD BE PART OF THE
FUNDING TO SUPPORT
PARTICIPATORY FUNDING.
ITEM 66 WOULD CUT $6.1 MILLION
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM
VACANCY SAVINGS AND ADD THAT
FUNDING TO FINANCE GENERAL AND
IMPOSES PROVISO FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS, SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
ITEM 67 WOULD CUT $3.7 MILLION
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
OVER TIME SAVINGS AND ADDS THAT
TO FINANCE GENERAL AND IMPOSES
PROVISO ALSO TO SUPPORT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WORK.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ITEM 68 WOULD IMPOSE PROVISO ON
$5 MILLION IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FROM
POTENTIAL SALARY SAVINGS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
THESE SAVINGS IF ACHIEVED WOULD
ALSO BE USED TO SUPPORT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING WORK.
ITEM 69 WOULD AGGREGATE 93
POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
THIS INCLUDES THE 50 POSITIONS
THAT WERE IN THE MAYOR'S --
UNFUNDED IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS 43
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WHERE THE
FUNDING IS CUT IN ITEM 66 ON
THE AGENDA.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
ITEM 70 WOULD CUT $175,000 FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
TRAVEL AND TRAINING AND IMPOSES
TWO PROVISOS.
IT ADDS MONEY TO FINANCE
GENERAL FOR THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ITEM 71 CUTS $300,000 FROM SPD
FOR DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES AND
ADDS THAT FUNDING TO FINANCE
GENERAL FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST ITEM
THAT ADDS FUNDING FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING MAKING
A TOTAL OF $30 MILLION IN
FINANCE GENERAL FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AS WELL
AS ABOUT $7.5 MILLION UNDER
PROVISO THAT COULD BE ADDED TO
THAT FUNDING.
ITEM 72 ON THE AGENDA WOULD CUT
$450,000 FROM SPD FOR
CONTRACTED MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS, ADDS FUNDING TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
ADDS ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION TO
HSD FOR 11 ADDITIONAL MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS AND IMPOSES
PROVISO SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ITEM 73 WOULD IMPOSE PROVISO ON
SPD REGARDING HARBOR PATROL
FUNCTIONS SPONSORED BY STRAUSS.
ITEM 74 IS ACTION THAT WOULD
ADOPT LEGISLATION TO CREATE A
NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER THAT
WOULD HOUSE 911 OPERATIONS AS
WELL AS PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THE FINAL ITEM IN THE CATEGORY
IS ITEM 75 A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ABOUT THE
911 CALL CENTER SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ITEMS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU HAVE
A NUMBER OF THEM.
I SEE YOUR HAND FIRST.
WE'LL NOTE ON ITEM 74 THIS DOES
INCLUDE ABOUT A HALF DOZEN
ITEMS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAD DAYLIGHTED FOR US
IN THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING
THAT WERE ALL CONNECTED AND
THANKS TO WORK OF CENTRAL STAFF
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REFLECT
THOSE IN ONE ITEM HERE.
JUST AGAIN FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU
SEE HERE LISTED IN THIS
CATEGORY STARTING BACK AT ITEM
NUMBER 54, FINDING ALTERNATIVES
TO POLICING THROUGH ITEM NUMBER
75 HERE, ALL OF THESE ITEMS
WERE DISCUSSED DURING OUR
COMMITTEE MEETING WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF ONE PROPOSAL THAT
WE ARE WAITING FOR FEEDBACK ON,
ALL THE ITEMS WERE INCORPORATED
FROM THE SPD PROPOSALS INTO
THIS BUDGET.
AGAIN, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES,
FOR YOUR IDEAS AND I AM HAPPY
TO SEE THESE REFLECTED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THERE
ARE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SPONSORING
ITEMS IN THIS PACKAGE AS WELL.
I HOPE THEY WILL SPEAK TO THOSE
ACTIONS AS WELL.
I REALLY FEEL THAT THE
COUNCIL'S ACTIONS IN THE AREA
AFFIRM A COMMITMENT TO FINDING
BEST PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSES
FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH 56% OF
911 CALLS TO SPD BEING
NONCRIMINAL, WE KNOW THAT NOT
ALL 911 CALLS NEED AN ARMED
OFFICER TO RESPOND.
ACTIONS IN THE BUDGET KEEP
FAITH WITH COMMITMENTS MADE
DURING LAST SUMMER'S
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS TO
REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE FORCE
THROUGH OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS
SETTING OVER TIME FUNDING AT
THE REVISED 2020 LEVEL AND
ADJUSTING TRAVEL AND TRAINING
IN DISCRETIONARY FUNDING IN
LINE WITH LOWER STAFFING AND
COVID LIMITATIONS.
SAVINGS ARE DEDICATED TO
FUNDING THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS AND THANK YOU
TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
FOR PROPOSING A BUDGET ACTION
RELATED TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO HELP APPRECIATE
THIS.
ANOTHER ACTION FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ADDS
FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, FOR CRISIS
RESPONSE, AND AS WE KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
ACTION.
THE COUNCIL HAS ALSO WITH THE
PROPOSALS RENEWED COMMITMENT
MADE DURING THE SUMMER TO BE
FULLY INFORMED REQUESTING
INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL
AND ACCESS PAY REPORTING,
REPORTS ON METHODS FOR
INCENTIVES FOR EARLY
RETIREMENT, POTENTIAL
CIVILIANIZATION OF SWORN
FUNCTIONS, ANY IMPACT ON
POLICING FROM REDUCTIONS.
ALSO REQUESTING MONTHLY REPORTS
ON USE OF OVER TIME AND
STAFFING, REPORTING ON
DEMOGRAPHICS ON TRAFFIC STOPS
CONSISTENT WITH BIASED FREE
POLICING ORDINANCE COSPONSORED
BY COUNCIL GONZALEZ SEVERAL
YEARS AGO.
FUNDING FOR SOUTH PARK SAFETY
COORDINATOR INITIATED A FEW
YEARS AGO ALONG WITH THE
DECISION TO REINITIATIVE CSO
PROGRAM BEGAN IMPORTANT
COMMITMENT TO FIND ALTERNATIVES
TO POLICING THAT DO NOT RELY ON
SWORN OFFICERS.
I AM REALLY GLAD THAT THE
CHAIR'S BUDGET CONTINUES AND
EXPANDS THIS COMMITMENT.
WHEN IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE CREATION OF THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER, I WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN
LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING
OVER 100 PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS CAME FORWARD WITH A
VISION AS PART OF THIS
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TO TAKE
ON MORE WORK OF SPD, I BELIEVED
THEN THIS WAS A WORKFORCED
DRIVEN VISION THAT COULD HELP
PROVIDE CRITICAL MOMENTUM TO
DRIVE CHANGES TO SHIFT MORE OF
SPD'S WORK OUT OF SPD.
THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS GUILD WAS CONCERNED
THAT S DOT'S PROPOSED PLAN FOR
MOVING PARKING ENFORCEMENT
WOULD MAINTAIN STATUS QUO
AROUND PARKING ENFORCEMENT
DUTIES.
THEY TESTIFIED THAT THE STATUS
QUO DOES NOT REFLECT A GROWING
NATIONWIDE DEMAND FOR
CIVILIANIZATION OF CERTAIN
POLICE FUNCTIONS.
THEY TESTIFIED OUR COMMUNITY IS
NO LONGER SATISFIED WITH SAME
OL', SAME OL'.
THEY DEMAND SOMETHING BETTER,
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WE HEAR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR
CHANGE AND WE WANT TO BE PART
OF THE SOLUTION.
THEY ALSO WROTE TO US TO
EXPLAIN THAT MOVING THE P.E.O.
FUNCTION TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT
WOULD ALLOW TO ENGAGE FAR MORE
DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC IN
ROLES OTHER THAN SIMPLY ISSUING
PARKING CITATIONS.
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY AND
THE MULTI LINGUAL OFFICERS
WOULD BE ABLE TO BE EASILY
BUILD TRUST WITH COMMUNITY
ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
AGAIN I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTAT VISION.
I AM SO GRATIFIED THAT PART OF
OUR WORKFORCE IS HELPING US TO
DRIVE THAT VISION AND I THINK
IT WILL BE CRITICAL IN WORKING
THROUGH THE MANY ISSUES
ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING
THAT VISION.
IN TOTAL, THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE
INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AND IN
PARTICULAR, THE CREATION OF
THIS NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TOGETHER
WITH THE TRANSFER OF THE PEOs
THERE.
MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN THIS
SECTION?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
FIRST, A BIG THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND ALL
THE HARD WORK SHE'S DONE.
I SAID THIS AND IT
UNFORTUNATELY BECAME A TAG LINE
AND I DIDN'T INTEND IT TO BE.
WE ARE MARKING TOWARDS A PLAN
NOT A PERCENTAGE.
I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THAT
WORK.
WHEN I LOOKED AT WHAT I
SPONSORED AND COSPONSORED ON
THE COSON ARING THERE IS A
BUNCH BUT ONE THAT STOOD OUT
WAS 62 ON THE REPORT OF TRAFFIC
STOPS, 69 AGGREGATING 93 POLICE
OFFICER POSITIONS, NUMBER 74,
CREATING IN TUUKKA COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE THING
THAT'S KIND OF THE ELEPHANT IN
THE ROOM.
NUMBER 65 IS A REQUEST FOR OUT
OF ORDER LAYOFFS FOR 35 POLICE
OFFICERS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY
THAT IT IS A REQUEST AND WE
NEED TO BARGAIN THE CHANGES.
THE BARGAINING IS COMING.
I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY IN
NOVEMBER AS OPPOSED TO IN JULY
THAT WE UNDERSTAND, WE KNOW,
AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
FORWARD THAT WE WILL REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS.
MORE POLICE OFFICERS DOESN'T
MEAN MORE PROTECTION.
FOR SOME COMMUNITIES IT CAN
POSSIBLY MEAN DEATH.
WITH THE RECKONING, WITH THE
RECOGNITION, WITH THE PLAN
MOVING FORWARD, I AM HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THESE POSITIONS IN THE
BUDGET PACKAGE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
CHIEF DIEZ, EXECUTIVE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO
CHAIRS PUBLIC SAFETY AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, FORMER
CHAIR, AND THE FIVE MEMBERS
MAKING UP THE LABOR RELATIONS
BOARD FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND
SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE
GOING TO COME ABOUT WITH HAVING
SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OUR
PARTNERS AT THE CPC, OIG, WHAT
WE CALL OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS AT THE TABLE WHEN WE
ACTUALLY LOOK AT HOW WE
REFASHION, REBALANCE OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO FIT COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
SO THANK YOU.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
THESE ITEMS AND MORE.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO
JUST SHARE A FEW REFLECTIONS
HERE.
I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT
BECAUSE WE HAD ROBUST
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EACH OF
THESE ITEMS IN PRIOR BUDGET
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
I JUST WANT TO AGAIN EXPRESS
GRATITUDE TO THE CHAIR MOSQUEDA
FOR INCLUDING MANY OF THE ITEMS
I PUT FORWARD IN THIS SECTION
AND I APPRECIATE BOTH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S COMMENTS
ALREADY.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
BUDGET ACTION REQUEST AROUND 35
OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS AND REALLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE IN THE
LABOR RELATIONS POLICY
COMMITTEE CONTEXT HAVE BEEN
WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AROUND ACCOMPLISHING
THE INTENT AROUND PURSUING HOW
TO ACCOMPLISH OUT OF ORDER
LAYOFFS.
I DO THINK THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ON THE CONCEPT AND
CONSTRUCT OF OUT OF ORDER
LAYOFFS THAT ARE PROPOSED HERE.
THIS WILL BE OF COURSE FOR
2021.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN OUR
LABOR RELATIONS CONTEXT TO DIG
INTO THAT WORK AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO
EFFECTUATE COUNCIL'S INTENT AS
IT RELATES TO THAT PROPOSAL
BROUGHT FORWARD BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I AM
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT ACTION.
THEN I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY
MENTION ON SOME OF MY
PROPOSALS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE
RELATED TO CAPTURING SAVINGS
FROM VACANCIES AT SPD AND
CAPTURING FUTURE POTENTIAL
SAVINGS, I THINK THIS IS AGAIN
A REMINDER FOR COLLEAGUES AND
FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT
THESE ARE ORDINARY THINGS THAT
WE NORMALLY DO DURING OUR
BUDGET PROCESS.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
FORECASTING IN TERMS OF WHAT
THEY THINK THEY MIGHT BE ABLE
TO HIRE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET OF COURSE, IT
WAS A POINT IN TIME CALCULATION
THAT WE RECEIVED AFTER DIGGING
INTO THE BUDGET FURTHER, WE
REALIZED WE COULD CAPTURE
ADDITIONAL SAVINGS AND WE ARE
DOING THAT HERE.
SO WHILE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH
THAT EXERCISE IN THE PAST, IT
IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT NOW AND
I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT BOTH THE $6.1
MILLION REDUCTION TO SPD TO
CAPTURE VACANCY SAVINGS AND
REALLOCATE TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESSES AS WELL AS
$5 MILLION PROVISO AND FUTURE
POTENTIAL SALARY SAVINGS AS A
RESULT OF UNEXPECTED AND
UNANTICIPATED ATTRITION ARE
IMPORTANT TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING
COUNCIL'S GOAL OF NOT FURTHER
EXPANDING SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY IN
ADVANCE OF THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE
BODY OF WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY
OCCURRING UNDER THE MAYOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT IS REALLY
UNDER TAKING A LOT OF THE NITTY
GRITTY FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
RELATED TO WHAT IS TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT DIVISIONS
ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THE
NEED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICES.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THESE BUDGET
ACTIONS INCLUDED.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THE SAVINGS WILL BE DEDICATED
TO THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY LED
SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT IN THE FEW SLIDES BEFORE
THESE.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES WHO COSPONSORED
THESE BUDGET ACTIONS AND
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BUDGET
CHAIR FOR INCLUDING THEM IN HER
INITIAL PACKAGE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
I AM SORRY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, YOU WERE IN THE CUE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM ALSO EAGER TO REDEPLOY
SUBSTANTIAL DOLLARS TO IMPROVE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
WELLNESS.
IDEALLY WE WOULD FIRST HAVE
MORE RESULTS AND THE PUBLIC
SAFETY PLAN FROM THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
AND MAYOR'S TASK FORCE BEFORE
WE CUT SO MUCH TODAY.
SEATTLE TIMES RECENTLY REPORTED
ON THE RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER OF
OFFICERS SEATTLE HAS WHEN
COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
THE ATTRITION, NEW INFORMATION
SINCE SUMMER IS THAT THE
ATTRITION AND LOSS OF TRAINED
OFFICERS IS MUCH HIGHER THAN
EXPECTED.
SOME OF THE KEY REFORMS FROM
THE CONSENT DECREE REQUIRE
FUNDING AND PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT
THOSE REFORMS.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE
RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY
ONE, EMERGENCY 911 CALLS ARE
FAST, APPROPRIATELY FAST FOR
PRIORITY ONE CALLS.
POLICE UNION CONTRACT OF COURSE
NEEDS TO BE REVAMPED TO
INCREASE FLEXIBILITY AND SAVE
MORE FUNDS FOR ALTERNATIVE
INVESTMENTS.
I WILL BE ASKING CENTRAL STAFF
FOR DETAILS ON THE NET IMPACT
OF ALL THE CUTS AS WE HOPE TO
SCALE UP ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ,
REACTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU.
I FAILED TO MENTION IN MY
POINTS THAT MY OVERARCHING
APPROACH AT THIS POINT, I
BELIEVE, ALIGNS WITH EVERYTHING
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN JUST
SAID.
WE TOOK ACTIONS OVER THE SUMMER
BUDGETING PROCESS THAT, HAD
THEY BEEN IMPLEMENTED, WOULD
HAVE RESULTED IN 1,322 POLICE
OFFICERS.
THESE ACTIONS, A COMBINATION OF
THE ACTIONS, DOES NOT GET US TO
FUNDED POSITIONS BELOW THE
1,322 OFFICERS PRECISELY
BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE
FURTHER STEPS TO REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT,
BEYOND WHAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO
OVER SUMMER, WITHOUT FIRST
WORKING TO TAKE THESE NEXT
STEPS AROUND FUNDING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADDITIONAL
NONPOLICE CRISIS RESPONSE.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I ALSO FEEL THE NEED TO RESPOND
TO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
COMMENTS.
THE FIRST COMMENT RELATED TO
SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE, I WANT
TO CAUTION US AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR
PIECE.
OF COURSE WHEN WE HAD SPD
PRESENT DURING OUR BUDGET
COMMITTEE PROCESS, I SPENT A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME
QUESTIONING BOTH DR. FISHER AND
CHIEF DIEZ ABOUT HOW WE
EVALUATE, ANALYZE, AND LOOK AT
WHAT OUR STAFFING NEEDS ARE AT
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS CHIEF DIEZ
SAID THAT IS COMPLETELY OMITTED
AND NOT REFERENCED IN THE
ARTICLE IS THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IN PARTICULAR DOES NOT USE A
PER CAPITA MEASURE FOR
DETERMINING WHAT STAFFING
LEVELS SHOULD BE OVER SWORN
PERSONNEL IN OUR CITY.
WE USE A COMBINATION OF
DIFFERENT FACTORS.
BUT WE DO NOT USE A STRAIGHT
PER CAPITA FORMULA.
IN OTHER WORDS, PER X NUMBER OF
PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
WE SHOULD HAVE X NUMBER OF
SWORN OFFICERS.
THAT IS NOT THE FORMULA THAT
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
USES IN ORDER TO PROJECT WHAT
ITS STAFFING SHOULD BE IN ORDER
TO MEET THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS
OF THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
I WANT TO CAUTION US ABOUT THAT
PARTICULAR ARTICLE AND SORT OF
THE UNDERLYING ANALYTICAL
ASSUMPTION THAT IT RELIED ON IN
ORDER TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT SPD IS "UNDER STAFFED."
SECONDLY, AS IT RELATES TO
PROPOSALS I HAVE PUT FORWARD
WHICH SEEM TO BE THE SUBJECT OF
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
COMMENTS, I HAVE PROPOSED TO
AGGREGATE 93 POLICE OFFICER
POSITIONS IN THE BUDGET.
I HAVE ALSO PROPOSED TO REDUCE
THE APPROPRIATION FOR STAFFING
AT SPD BY $6.1 MILLION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, SHOULD
THERE BE UNEXPECTED,
UNFORECASTED ATTRITION IN 2021,
I HAVE SIGNALED TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THROUGH MY $5
MILLION PROVISO THAT IT WAS
COUNCIL'S INTENT TO CAPTURE $5
MILLION OF THE POTENTIAL SALARY
SAVINGS THROUGH UNEXPECTED
ATTRITION IN ORDER TO CAPTURE
DOLLARS FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS THAT WILL
LEAD TO COMMUNITY-LED SAFETY
PROGRAMMING AND INVESTMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN OUR
CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF, I WANT TO READ
THE INFORMATION I RECENTLY GOT
RELATED TO THE PARTICULAR
NUMBERS.
GREG DOSS WROTE TO ME RECENTLY
MONDAY AT 11:50 A.M., FOLLOWING
ANALYSIS RELATING TO THE
NUMBERS.
HE WRITES SPD INCURRED
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF UNPLANNED
SEPARATIONS AFTER MAYOR TRANS
MID HER PROPOSED BUDGET.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CHANGE SPD
DEVELOPED UPDATED STAFFING PLAN
THAT ASSUMES 25 NET NEW HIRES.
THAT'S 114 HIRES LESS THAN 89
PROJECTED SEPARATIONS.
ACCORDING TO THE STAFFING PLAN,
AGAIN STAFFING PLAN CREATED BY
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
ACCORDING TO THE STAFFING PLAN,
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL
HAVE AT THE END OF 2021 A TOTAL
OF 1,311 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS
AND 1,247 OFFICERS IN SERVICE.
THE LATTER ACCOUNTING FOR
PROJECTION OF OFFICERS THAT
WILL BE OUT ON DISABILITY,
MILITARY SERVICE, OR
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR A
TOTAL OF 64 SWORN OFFICERS IN
THE CATEGORY.
BALANCING PACKAGE WOULD NOT
AFFECT SPD HIRING PLAN AND
WOULD RESULT IN THE SAME
STAFFING LEVELS.
IN RESPONSE TO THE UNPLANNED
ATTRITION, THE BALANCING
PACKAGE MAKES A $6.1 MILLION
ADJUSTMENT REDUCTION IN FUNDING
FOR 43 ANNUAL AVERAGE FTEs.
THIS ADJUSTMENT IS MADE BECAUSE
SPD HAS INDICATED THAT ITS
UPDATED HIRING PLAN CAN ONLY
ACHIEVE AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF
1,357 FTEs.
I BELIEVE THAT THE BALANCING
PACKAGE AS WE ARE DISCUSSING IT
IS A REASONABLE RESPONSIBLE
RESPONSE TO THE DATA THAT WE
HAVE RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM THE
DEPARTMENT AND ANALYZED BY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF THAT HAS
LED TO AN OBVIOUS OPPORTUNITY
TO CAPTURE THESE ADDITIONAL
SALARY SAVINGS RESULTING FROM
THE VACANCIES THAT WE COULD
DEDICATE TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESSES THAT WILL
PRIORITIZE COUNCIL'S INTEREST
IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-LED
SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR THE FUTURE.
LASTLY, I WILL SAY AS IT
RELATES TO THE AGGREGATION,
THOSE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY VACANT AND UNFUNDED.
MY GOAL WITH PROPOSING THAT
AGGREGATION WAS TO MAKE SURE
THAT, AGAIN, WE WEREN'T GROWING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU
KNOW, OR ALLOWING FOR
OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER EXPAND
THE FOOTPRINT OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN ADVANCE OF THE
CONCLUSION OF THE WORK THAT IS
CURRENTLY HAPPENING AS IT
RELATES TO FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
BEING DONE BY MAYOR'S IDT
WHICH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS A
SEAT AT THE TABLE AND IS
PARTICIPATING IN THE ROBUST
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT HAND I SAW WAS
COUNCILMEMBER SEWANT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT MY
OFFICE OF COURSE NEED LESS TO
SAY SUPPORTS ALL OF THESE
REDUCTIONS IN THE BLOATED
POLICE BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE THESE ITEMS BEING
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED
BALANCING PACKAGE BUT ALSO AS I
HAVE CONTINUED TO PROMISE, MY
OFFICE WILL BE BRINGING BUDGET
AMENDMENT FOR FINAL VOTES TO
DEFUND POLICE BY 50% AS
DEMANDED BY HUNDREDS ORGANIZING
WITH PEOPLE'S BUDGET AND
SOLIDARITY BUDGET WHICH AS WE
KNOW INCLUDES COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS BUT ALSO A LARGE
NUMBER OF UNION MEMBERS AND
SOCIALISTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER SEWANT.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ITEMS
HERE.
AS WE MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING, THIS IS A COMPLETE
PACKAGE OF ALL BUT ONE ITEM IN
THE SPD AREA BECAUSE WE ARE
SEEKING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
ADDITIONAL INPUT ON THAT.
OVERALL, EVERY ITEM PUT FORWARD
WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU
ALL HAVE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE BOTH TAKING STEPS
FORWARD TO REDUCING THE
PRESENCE AND WAYS IN WHICH
TRADITIONAL POLICING IS DONE IN
SEATTLE AS WE ALSO SCALE UP,
MOSTLY IMPORTANT, SCALE UP,
INVESTMENTS IN UNDER INVEST THE
COMMUNITY SO THERE ARE
PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES LIKE
HOUSING, EDUCATION, VIOLENCE
REDUCTION, PREVENTION
STRATEGIES IN PLACE AND WE ARE
ALSO SCALING UP INTERVENTIONS.
IF FOLKS HAVE A NEED FOR HARM
REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING WE
HAVE CREATED THOSE ALTERNATIVES
THROUGH COMMUNITY-LED
STRATEGIES AND COMMUNITY LED
STRATEGIES THAT ARE BLACK AND
BROWN LED.
VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS WE ARE MAKING AND
RECOGNIZE MUCH MORE WILL BE
COMING WHEN WE GET FEEDBACK
FROM THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS THAT HAS A
PLACE HOLDER NOW OF $30
MILLION, THE VAST MAJORITY
COMING FROM REDUCTIONS TO SPD.
I WANT TO FLAG FOR FOLKS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN ACCURATE IN
REFLECTION OF HOW MUCH IS
AVAILABLE IN 2021 BEING $30
MILLION IMMEDIATELY AND THEN IF
SOME OF THE PROVISOS DO
MATERIALIZE THEN THERE WOULD BE
ADDITIONAL THERE.
WE WANTED TO BE ACCURATELY
REFLECTING WHAT WAS AVAILABLE
BEGINNING IN OUR JANUARY 2021
TIME FRAME SO THAT THE CALENDAR
YEAR WAS REFLECTIVE OF THE
DOLLARS.
AGAIN, DID I MENTION THIS AT
THE BEGINNING?
WANT TO MENTION AGAIN AS OTHERS
HAVE, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT
EXPANDING SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, AND THAT'S
IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE RACIAL
RECKONING THAT'S HAPPENING,
CIVIL RIGHTS UP RISING, AND THE
ON GOING CALL FOR ACTION THAT'S
OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING I COMMENTED
ON AT THE BEGINNING.
IF THERE IS FRUSTRATION THAT
THIS IS NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH,
WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE ARE ALSO FRUSTRATED ABOUT
SOME OF THE ROAD BLOCKS BUT ARE
WORKING ACTIVELY AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT
ACTIVELY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE
ROAD BLOCKS AND WE WILL KEEP
WORKING WITH YOU AS WE WORK
TOWARDS A MORE JUST EQUITABLE
PUBLIC SAFETY MODEL IN THE CITY
AND IN DOING SO IN COORDINATION
WITH OTHER CITIES AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE
FEEDBACK ON THIS SECTION.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE
NEXT SECTION.
>> WE ARE MOVING INTO THE
HOUSED CATEGORY.
THIS FIRST SUB CATEGORY IS
OUTREACH.
ITEMS 76 THROUGH 81 ON THE
AGENDA THAT REFLECT COMBINED
TOTAL OF 5.6 MILLION OF
INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND OUTREACH
SERVICES, INCREASE FUNDING FOR
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
THE FIRST ITEM WOULD ADD ABOUT
$1.1 MILLION TO HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH SERVICES
AND IMPOSES FOR PROVISOS.
I WILL NOTE HERE THAT THIS
ACTION COMBINES FOUR SEPARATE
PROPOSALS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY
TO PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES
SPECIFICALLY IN NORTHWEST
SEATTLE, LAKE CITY, WEST
SEATTLE, SOUTH PARK, ADDS
ADDITIONAL $450,000 TO INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR
OUTREACH SERVICES AND OTHER
FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THIS ACTION IS BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS BUT OTHER ACTIONS
MERGED WERE ALSO SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS HERBOLD, JUAREZ,
AND MORALES.
ITEM 77 ON THE AGENDA ...
THIS REPLACES UNSHELTERED
OUTREACH AND RESPONSE TEAM
INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS PROGRAM WOULD OVERSEE AND
SUPPORT COMMUNITY BASED
AGENCIES CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE
HOMELESS OUTREACH AND CITY
STAFF WOULD COORDINATE LITTER
PICKUPS, TRASH REMOVAL, HYGIENE
SERVICES, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE
RELOCATION OR REMOVAL OF
PROPERTY.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
ITEM 78 WOULD ADD $1 MILLION TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR MOBILE
CRISIS TEAM SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ITEM 79 WOULD ADD ABOUT 110
THINK DOLLARS AND IN HSD FOR
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
ADMINISTRATION AND IMPOSES
PROVISO.
80 WOULD ADD $286,000 TO ...
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ITEM 81 WOULD ADD $100,000 TO
SPU FOR PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
SINK PROGRAM SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
I THINK I FAILED TO SAY 79
WOULD ADD A POSITION IN HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WAS LOOKING AT ITEM 79
THINKING NOW WHAT IS THAT
DOING?
JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, THE
CONTRACT POSITIONS HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY OVERWHELMED WITH THE
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS ON THEM.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR 17
MEMBERS, CITY STAFF WHO HAVE
MORE THAN ANTICIPATED WORK
LOADS AND NOT ENOUGH STAFF TO
DO IT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTS
OUT FOR SUPPORTING KEY HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS IN ADDITION
TO THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TO
GETTING CONTRACTS OUT THE DOOR
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS WE
SUPPORTED THIS SUMMER AND SO
MUCH MORE REGULAR WORK.
THIS IS FTE TO HELP SUPPORT THE
WORK THAT WILL SUPPORT
COMMUNITY EFFORTS, HELP
STREAMLINE GETTING DOLLARS WE
HAVE PROVIDED OUT THE DOOR IN A
MORE QUICK FASHION AND REALLY
WANTED TO BE SURE YOU
UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT WAS
BECAUSE EVEN FOR ME, IT RAISED
A QUESTION MARK.
THAT IS WHAT THAT ALPHABET SOUP
THERE MEANS.
OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO HIGHLIGHT?
I WILL DO TWO NOTES.
ITEM 76, WHICH IS THE FIRST
BULLET HERE FOR INCREASED
OUTREACH AND ITEM 77, OUR
SECOND BULLET RELATED TO HOPE,
I HOPE THAT IT IS ACCURATE TO
SAY THESE ARE PLACE HOLDERS TO
INDICATE COUNCIL'S STRONG
INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT
THE ITEMS DO GET FINESSED AND
FINALIZED OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS A HOPE PROGRAM AS
ARTICULATED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND OTHERS THAT IS OUR
NONPOLICE LED STRATEGY TO
ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WAS
ARTICULATE IN HIS DISCUSSION
ABOUT EARLIER PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AS WELL, SIMILAR
FRAMEWORK AS WE HAVE A PLACE
HOLDER FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS
AS THEY CONTINUE AS WELL AS THE
OVER $1 MILLION THAT REFLECTS
ALL FOUR OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS'
INTERESTS IN HAVING ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH IN OUR AREAS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
EACH OFFICE AND PROVIDERS A THE
LARGE TO BE SURE THAT THE
LANGUAGE IS COMPLIMENTARY TO
THE HOPE EFFORTS AND I KNOW
THERE ARE MANY CONVERSATIONS
HAPPENING NOW INCLUDING WITH
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE, DEPUTY
MAYOR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
HEAR MORE ABOUT THOSE.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO CONTINUE TO SIGNAL SUPPORT
FOR THE HOPE PROGRAM AND THE
DIRECTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND OTHERS HAVE
ARTICULATED AND DESIRE FOR MANY
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE SURE
THERE WAS GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC
SUPPORT FOR AREAS ACROSS THE
CITY.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO ALSO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT WORK
AS STATED TO SHIFT TO A NEW
MORE SUCCESSFUL APPROACH AWAY
FROM THE NAVIGATION TEAM, A
TEAM THAT WHEN WE ARE NOT IN A
COVID EMERGENCY IS VERY FOCUSED
ON REMOVALS.
WE REALLY WANT REMOVALS TO BE
OPTION OF LAST RESORT.
WE KNOW OUTREACH IS NO
REPLACEMENT FOR SUFFICIENT
NONCONGREGATE SHELTER SPACE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET CONTINUES
TO INVEST IN SCALING UP
RESOURCES AS WELL.
FOLKS THAT LIVE UNSHELTERED CAN
HAVE HEALTHY SAFE ALTERNATIVE
TO THEIR TENT.
BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUFFICIENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND HEALTHY SHELTER SPACE
IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, OUTREACH
CAN HELP CONNECT TO OTHER
NEEDED SERVICES SUCH AS
PROGRAMS LIKE LEAD OR
HEALTHCARE, IDENTIFY NEED FOR
CITY SERVICES SUCH AS GARBAGE
REMOVAL, HELP ENCAMPMENT
RESIDENTS MAKE CHANGES TO
ADDRESS SAFETY OR HAZARD
CONCERNS, TO MINIMIZE
LIKELIHOOD THAT ...
BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE
OR WORK NEAR ENCAMPMENTS AND
HELP BROKER POSITIVE
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG NEIGHBORS.
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
CENTRAL STAFF, WORK TO PULL
TOGETHER MULTIPLE OUTREACH
PROPOSALS IN MY COLLEAGUES FOR
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
WHO ARE ...
WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
WE ARE MOVING MORE TOWARD THE
APPROACH.
IT IS MORE HUMANE AND WILL BE
MORE PRODUCTIVE AS WE HAVE
HEARD THROUGH OUTREACH WORKERS.
THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO HAVE
THE TIME TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS
WITH FOLKS IS CRITICAL TO THE
SUCCESS OF MOVING INTO MORE
STABLE SITUATIONS.
I DO WANT TO SAY MY STAFF HAS
DONE QUICK ANALYSIS OF THE
CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY OVERLAP IN
SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THERE AND
I AM HAPPY TO TALK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AND WORK WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY BUDGET
NEUTRAL ITEMS THERE.
WE KNOW THAT THE MAINTENANCE
JAMBOREES, IN ADDITION TO
SOUNDING LIKE A LOT OF FUN,
PROVIDES REALLY IMPORTANT
SERVICE IN OUR PARKS AND OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTED IN
LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THESE CROSS DEPARTMENTAL
PROGRAMS.
IT IS A BIG BUDGET ASK.
I AM ALSO WONDERING ABOUT
POTENTIAL FOR ACTUALLY
EMPLOYING SOME OF OUR HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS TO DO SOME OF THE
WORK SINCE THEY HAVE THE LIVED
EXPERIENCE THAT CAN BE REALLY
CRITICAL TO MAKING SOME OF THIS
WORK SUCCESSFUL.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
JUST TO CLARIFY, REPURPOSE FOR
NEW HOMELESS OUTREACH AND
PROVIDER ECOSYSTEM, WAS THAT
THE ACCORD THAT WAS REACHED
WITH DEPUTY MAYOR SIX KELLER
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
I AM TRYING TO BE SURE IT'S THE
SAME THING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
OR IS IT DIFFERENT?
>> I SEE JEFF SIMS ALSO ON THE
LINE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IF YOU
WANTED TO START WITH CONTEXT,
THAT WOULD BE FINE.
>> SURE.
AS YOU RECALL THE LAST TIME WE
HAD THIS CONVERSATION -- I HAVE
LOST TRACK OF TIME --
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
ACKNOWLEDGED OR EXPRESSED
INTEREST.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH
HSD.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
I THINK PART OF THE COMPROMISE
WAS MOVING FROM FIVE FTEs WHICH
WAS OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL TO
THE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE
RESTRUCTURE SO THAT THE
POSITIONS ARE STILL THERE.
WE'RE WORKING TO BE SURE THAT
THE POSITIONS DON'T DO THE
OUTREACH PER SE BUT ARE REALLY
SUPPORTING KIND OF THE BACK
OFFICE PIECE OF THE WORK THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPE THERE.
JEFF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT
TO ADD ANYTHING.
>> I DON'T HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL
MORE TO ADD.
>> I CAN ADD FOLLOW UP.
JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THANKS.
>> DOES THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDE
ANY SORT OF PERFORMANCE
MEASURES OR TRACKING WHERE WE
ARE TRACKING THE RESULTS?
IS IT HSD TRACKING RESULTS?
SINCE WE ARE TRYING SOMETHING
NEW I WANT TO BE SURE WE ARE
TRACKING OUTCOMES.
I AM ASSUMING HSD WOULD BE
DOING THAT AS WELL.
>> I WILL TAKE A STAB AT IT.
TO BE CLEAR THIS ISN'T ANYTHING
THAT IS NEW.
WE ALREADY CONTRACT WITH THE
OUTREACH PROVIDERS.
THE WORK THAT HSD STAFF WOULD
BE DOING IS THE CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT WORKING ON THE
DELIVERABLES, COORDINATING
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT, SPU, PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THE WORK WOULD BE SOME OF
THE -- THIS IS ALL OBVIOUSLY
STILL PART OF THE ONGOING
DISCUSSION.
THE FRAMEWORK AND ORIGINAL
POSITION DESCRIPTIONS THAT WE
HAD ARE STILL BEING DISCUSSED.
BUT IN GENERAL THE IDEA IS THAT
THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING DOING
DATA ANALYSIS, COLLECTING THE
INFORMATION YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, AND ALSO POSITIONS WOULD
INCLUDE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO ARE
THE FOLKS WHO KNOW HOW TO DO
THIS WORK BEST.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID
THAT ANSWER?
SOUNDS LIKE A YES.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THEN WE HAVE ALLEY WITH
CLARIFICATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO ADD I BELIEVE THE
BUDGET ACTION ITSELF STATES
THAT THE TEAM WOULD ACT WITHIN
THE PERIMETERS OF A FRAMEWORK
DEVELOPED BY MAYOR COUNCIL
RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE, THOSE
LIVING OUTSIDE THE FRAMEWORK AS
E-MAILED TO COUNCIL OFFICES ON
OCTOBER 26, 2020.
>> THANK YOU.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
THANK YOU, JUST TO JUMP IN REAL
QUICK AND TO SPEAK TO SOME OF
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
CONCERNS, I THINK WE ARE
GETTING TOWARDS A PRETTY GOOD
PLACE AND SPECIFIC PER VISAS
THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO KIND
OF IMPLEMENTING THE BOUNDS THAT
WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE
FRAMEWORK ARE GOING TO GET US
TO A PRETTY GOOD PLACE ON THE
NEW OUTREACH STRATEGY.
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IS VERY ENGAGED AND
THAT IS INFORMING THE PROCESS
AS SHAPING THE NEXT STEP IN
DEVELOPING THIS NEW FRAMEWORK
BASED AND COLLABORATIVE
OUTREACH STRATEGY. I
WOULD FURTHER SAY PROVIDERS
CONTRACT THROUGH HSD AND MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THE CONTRACTS
ARE ATTACHED TO CERTAIN
PERFORMANCE AND REVIEW METRICS.
I THINK THERE IS ALREADY AN
ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL THAT IS IN
PLACE THAT THIS WILL BE
BUILDING ON TOP OF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE TALKS
ABOUT PUTTING SOMETHING MORE
SUPPLEMENTARY.
I WOULD ADD THAT THE FRAMEWORK
E-MAILED DOES IDENTIFY CERTAIN
AREAS WHERE THERE ARE PROVIDER
RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROVIDER
EXPECTATIONS AS PART OF THE
DIVISION OF LABOR OUTLINED.
WE AREN'T QUITE FINISHED
YESTERDAY WITH EXACTLY WHAT
THIS WILL ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE
BUT IT IS GOING IN A GOOD
DIRECTION FOR A COLLABORATIVE
RESULT.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
ALLEY, ANY ADDITIONAL
CLARIFICATION OR ITEMS?
>> I WANTED TO KNOW SOMETHING
RELATED TO CLEAN CITIES
PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN
REFERENCED MULTIPLE TIMES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH
COUNCIL MEMBERS IF YOU ARE
PROPOSING CHANGES.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE ON THE
PROPOSAL IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE
DONE INITIAL LOOKING INTO IT.
IT APPEARS TO BE A BIT OF A
CONCEPT AT THIS POINT FOR HOW
MUCH FUNDING WOULD BE NEEDED TO
PURSUE INITIATIVES.
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS EXECUTIVE
HAS NOT CREATED ALL THE
IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS FOR HOW
THIS WOULD BE DEPLOYED AND ARE
CREATING INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM
TO DISCUSS.
WE'VE ASKED QUESTIONS TO GET
DETAILS AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHILE WHAT WAS DELIVERED TO THE
COUNCIL WAS DETAILED, THERE IS
STILL A LOT TO WORK OUT AND WE
HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON
HOW COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY WANT TO
PROPOSE THIS.
I WANTED TO FLAG THAT WHILE IT
APPEARED DETAILED, THERE IS
MORE WORK TO DO TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE COSTS AND HOW
RESOURCES WOULD BE DEPLOYED.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND THANKS ALLEY.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU ARE READING MY MIND.
I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT
WITHOUT BEING A DEAD HORSE ON
THE CLEAN CITIES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES RAISED A
GOOD POINT ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT
FACTOR FOR OUTREACH FOR ITEMS
76 AND 77 AND WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SHARED
ABOUT GETTING AWAY FROM A
NONPOLICE LED STRATEGY TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
FOR ME BOTH SIDES OF THE
EQUATION ARE EMPLOYEES TO DO
OUTREACH WITH OUR UNSHELTERED
FOLKS TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND TO
GET THEM TO SERVICES.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION
IS EMPLOYEES WITHIN PARKS AND
OUTSIDE OF PARKS, HOPEFULLY NEW
EMPLOYEES, THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED
IN A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM TO
ACTUALLY GET ON THE GROUND AND
CLEAR UP AND CLEAN UP THRASH
PICK UPCLEANING UP IN THE PARKS
AND OPEN SPACES, TO HELP
BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY SMALL
BUSINESSES WHICH WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING IN DISTRICTS MANAGE
ISSUES OF TRASH ACCUMULATION,
PICKING UP NEEDLES, ALL TOES
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
WE HAVE TWO THINGS.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO THE
OUTREACH AND WE NEED PEOPLE
INSIDE PARKS, OUTSIDE OF PARKS,
HOPEFULLY NEW POSITIONS TO COME
IN AND GET OUT THERE TO DO
LITTER ABATEMENT AND TO STAND
UP A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM.
I THINK THE LAST THING I WANTED
TO ADD, BECAUSE I AM CHAIR OF
PARKS, IS I TALKED TO THE
EXECUTIVE.
I BELIEVE I SHARED THIS WITH
MADAM CHAIR.
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
LOOKING AT KEY IMPROVEMENTS IN
PARK OVERALL CLEANLINESS.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE REALLY
HURTING.
THIS SUMMERSO MANY PEOPLE WERE
ANGRY AND CALLING PARKS AND
CALLING PARKS SAYING THIS ISN'T
GETTING CLEANED, THIS ISN'T
BEING MOWED, THIS ISN'T BEING
PICKED UP.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR RESOURCES WERE
GOING OTHER PLACES.
THAT'S WHY I THINK CLEAN
CITIES, WHERE IT OVERLAPS,
GREAT, IN THE BUDGET THAT MADAM
CHAIR IS PROPOSING BUT I AM
LOOKING WHERE IT OVERLAPS AND
THE PIECES WE DIDN'T HIT.
WHAT I AM SEEING IN THE PIECES
WE DIDN'T GET IS THE RAPID
RESPONSE PIECE OF ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY GOING OUT AND
CLEANING UP THE SPOTS.
NOT REMOVING PEOPLE BUT
CLEANING UP THE OPEN SPACES IN
THE PARKS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
WE ARE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM RESIDENTS.
THIS IS ALSO WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM UNSHELTERED AND
CERTAINLY FROM OUR SMALL
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> JEFF, DID YOU HAVE
CLARIFICATION?
THEN I SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I DO HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION
TO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
QUESTION.
IS IT CORRECT THAT CONTRACTED
PROVIDERS ARE HELD TO CERTAIN
METRICS, PRIMARILY THE PORTION
OF CLIENTS THAT INTERACT WITH
REFERRED TO SHELTER.
TO BE SURE A NUANCE TO YOUR
QUESTION WASN'T MISUNDERSTOOD,
THE HOPE TEAM ITSELF, FRAMEWORK
GUIDELINES OF EXPECTATIONS AND
IN YOU STRATEGY HOPE WOULD
PURSUE BUT ARE NOT SPECIFIC
PERFORMANCE METRICS DISCUSSED
EITHER IN THE FRAMEWORK OR
DIRECTLY ELUDED TO, THOSE WOULD
NEED TO BE DEVELOPED AT THIS
POINT LIKELY OUTSIDE OF CVA
SINCE THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO
THAT.
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, I
SEE YOU ARE UP NEXT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, IN LOOKING
AT THE DOCUMENT THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR ON THE
CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE
PROPOSAL, I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE IS THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE
RECEIVED THE PROPOSAL VERY LATE
IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
SO I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT IS
LIKELY THE PRIMARY REASON WHY
IT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THE
CHAIR'S REBALANCING PACKAGE.
IT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO
INCLUDE OR CONSIDER THE
PROPOSALS WHEN THEY COME IN
RATHER LATE.
SECONDLY, IN MY REVIEW OF THE
PROPOSAL, AND I HAVEN'T SPENT
AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF TIME
WITH IT, IT IS ABOUT FOUR PAGES
LONG, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
OCCURRED TO ME IS WE HAVEN'T
HAD THE BENEFIT OF HAVING
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF'S
ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSAL AND
HAVEN'T REALLY HAD THE ORDINARY
BACK AND FORTH WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AROUND WHAT THIS
PROPOSAL IS OR ISN'T.
SO TO THAT END, I SUPPOSE
TAGGING ONTO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ ALREADY SAID, I HOPE
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH
THIS BUDGET PROCESS NOW TO
FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS A WAY TO
USE FORM C TO SIGNAL COUNCIL'S
INTEREST IN EVALUATING THE
PROPOSAL AND IN IDENTIFYING HOW
THIS REBALANCE PACKAGE MEETS
SOME OF THE FUNCTIONAL NEEDS
IDENTIFIED IN THE CLEAN CITIES
INITIATIVE PROPOSAL AND FOR
THOSE THAT MAY NOT ALREADY BE
INCORPORATED IN REBALANCE
PACKAGE, WHAT THE PATH FORWARD
IS FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR
THOSE FUNCTIONS.
I THINK I WILL SPEAK FOR
MYSELF.
I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT THERE IS
AN ONGOING NEED FOR INCREASED
CLEANING ON PUBLICLY OWNED
PROPERTIES AND LANDS ACROSS
SEATTLE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN A NEED
SINCE I RAN FOR THIS POSITION
IN THE FIRST PLACE SINCE 2015.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
ALIGNMENT IN TERMS OF
OVERARCHING INTENT AND GOALS
HERE.
I THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY THE
TRICKY PART IS IN THIS SORTED
OF BUDGETING PROCESS, HOW DO WE
FIND A WAY TO MOVE THIS BODY OF
WORK FORWARD ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
WE ARE LITERALLY A COUPLE WEEKS
AWAY FROM VOTING ON THE FINAL
BUDGET AND WE JUST RECEIVED
THIS LATE LAST WEEK.
SO IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND WITH OTHERS AND WITH
YOU CHAIR ON IDENTIFYING HOW WE
CAN PAR SOME OF THIS OUT AND
HOW WE CAN EFFECTIVELY
ESTABLISH A WORK PLAN TO
CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THIS
BODY OF WORK FOR THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL OUR
RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, I WOULD
CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IN
PURSUING THAT KIND OF AN
OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
AS A REMINDER TO FOLKS,
INCLUDING FOLKS IN THE
EXECUTIVES OFFICE, THE PROCESS
WE HAD COMMITTED TO EARLY ON
WAS TO BE SURE THERE WERE NO
ITEMS THAT HADN'T BEEN
DISCUSSED PUBLICLY AT THE
COMMITTEE AND ALSO WHEN WE
RECEIVED THE LETTER HAVING THE
BUDGET PRETTY WELL BAKED AT
THAT POINT, THERE WAS A LOT OF
OVERLAP, A LOT OF CROSS OVER.
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN
TO TODAY.
I THINK OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS
ARE HOW MUCH HAVE WE INVESTED
IN THE AREAS?
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL AREAS TO
BE INVESTED?
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS ONGOING NEED
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN
TO.
AS ALLEY ARTICULATED, GETTING A
BETTER SENSE OF WHETHER OR NOT
THE UNIVERSE OF DOLLARS
REQUESTED IS A FULLY BAKED
CONCEPT AND IF THOSE ARE
SUFFICIENT FOR THE ITEMS
IDENTIFIED.
I LIKE THE IDEA COUNCIL
PRESIDENT THAT YOU PUT OUT
ABOUT SORT OF PUTTING A PLACE
HOLDER AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE
CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS
STRATEGIES ONCE WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED FULL UNIVERSE OF
AREAS WHERE WE MAY WANT TO
SUPPLEMENT WHAT THIS BUDGET HAS
ALREADY PUT FORWARD.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
WHAT WE SHARED THIS MORNING WAS
SOME OF WHAT YOU JUST SHARED ON
DOING A FORM C. I THINK IT IS
WONDERFUL THAT YOU POINTED IT
OUT.
WE HAD READ IT IN DETAIL, NOT
JUST THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL THAT
CAME DOWN ON NOVEMBER 2 BUT
DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE, CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR, HIS MEMO AS WELL.
WHAT I DID WAS CROSS REFERENCED
THOSE TRACKING WARMER WEATHER
AND WHY WE HAD A NEW FORECAST
THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN AUGUST
WHICH OF COURSE BROUGHT US TO
THE FACT THAT WE HAD AN
INCREASE, ADDITIONAL MONEY, AND
THEN CROSS REFERENCING THAT
WITH CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S BUDGET
THAT CAME OUT YESTERDAY.
I AGREE.
I THINK WE HAVE SHARED THIS
AGAIN.
THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP OF
THE FIVE ITEMS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS PUT
FORWARD AND THE SEVEN POINTS.
THE SEVEN POINTS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE PROPOSED WHICH SHOULD
PROBABLY END UP IN FORM C, A
LOT OF THAT IS ABSORBED IN WHAT
MADAM CHAIR HAS PRESENTED.
I HAVE BEEN KEEPING A RUNNING
TAB.
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO SEE
MY CHICKEN SCRATCH.
OH TAKE THAT OFF.
OH THAT GOT THERE.
SOUTH PARK.
GREAT, THAT WAS IN THERE.
GOOD JOB.
YOU DON'T NEED ME TO TELL YOU
THAT MADAM CHAIR.
BUT A LOT OF THAT LOOKS GREAT.
THERE IS STUFF ON THE CLEAN
CITIES STUFF THAT I THINK WE
NEED TO ADDRESS.
I SUPPORT WHAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ JUST SHARED
WITH US.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS
ITEM OR ANY ITEM ON THIS
CATEGORY?
OKAY.
I AM SEEING NONE.
SHOULD WE TAKE A PAUSE HERE AND
TAKE A BREAK BEFORE GOING ON TO
THE OTHER ITEMS?
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
>> WONDERFUL.
COLLEAGUES.
IT IS 12:50 P.M.
NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FROM THE
OUTREACH SECTION WHICH IS 3A TO
THE HOUSED AND SHELTER
PREVENTION SECTION WHICH IS 3B
WHEN WE RECONVENE AFTER A MUCH
NEEDED LUNCH BREAK.
AND THAT WILL BE AT 2:00 P.M.
THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE
CONVERSATION AS THIS WILL BE
CONTINUATION OF OUR AGENDA FOR
THIS MORNING.
PUBLIC COMMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN
CARE OF THIS MORNING SO PLEASE
BE READY AT 2:00 P.M.
WE THANK EVERYBODY FOR
PARTICIPATION AND DISCUSSION
TODAY ESPECIALLY CENTRAL STAFF
WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND
HELPING TO COMPILE THESE ITEMS
AND AVAILABLE FOR US ON EACH OF
THE SECTIONS.
IF WE DIDN'T GET CHANCE TO HEAR
FROM YOU, WE KNEW YOU WERE
THERE IF WE NEEDED YOU AND WE
APPRECIATED YOU POPPING IN.
THANKS.
WE'LL SEE YOU AT 2:00 P.M.
TODAY'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED
UNTIL 2:00 P.M.
NOT ADJOURNED.
PAUSE.
WE ARE ON RECESS UNTIL 2:00
P.M.
I HOPE THAT GOT CAPTURED FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC'S
CLARIFICATION.
JUST RECESSED.
SEE YOU AT 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU.