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>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
MEETING OF SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL.
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY DECEMBER
9th.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THIS IS OUR REGULAR FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE.
NOT THE SELECT BUDGET BUT A
SPECIAL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU FOR
JOINING.
THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS NOW 1:03 P.M.
THE WILL THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL?
>> VICE CHAIR.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS.
>> PRESIDENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRA US.
>> PRESENT.
THERE.
ARE SIX PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I BELIEVE JUST WANT TO DOUBLE
CHECK IS THERE FIVE OF US
PRESENT?
MORALES AS AN ALTERNATE?
>> YES.
I'M SORRY.
FIVE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK.
I KNOW ITS BEEN A LONG YEAR.
LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
THROUGH THEA AGAIN A. IF THERE
IS THE COUNCIL RULES SILENT ON
ALLOWING REMOTE MEETINGS AND
ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION AT
CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW FOR THIS
COMMITTEE TO BE CONDUCTED
REMOTELY THE COUNCIL RULES WILL
NEED TO BE SUSPENDED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED TO
ALLOW FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING
TO MEET REMOTELY.
THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH TODAY'S
MEETING REMOTELY.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AGENDA
IT'S A LONG MEETING.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR
CONSIDERATION TODAY.
THE 2021 DRAFT ACTION PLAN
WHICH HAS A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
BILL AND THE LOAN THAT WE ARE
GOING TO AUTHORIZE FOR THE
COMMUNITY ROUTES HOUSING.
I HAVE ASKED FOR OUR AGENDA TO
BE SLIGHTLY TWEAKED SO THERE IS
A REORDER, NOT ANYTHING NEW BUT
JUST A REORDER TO PUT ALL FOUR
BILLS REGARDING THE QUARTER 4
SUPPLE MENTAL AT THE END.
I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED A NOTICE
FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF BUT THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS BE REFLECTED,
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN
THE FOLLOWING ORDER.
ITEM NUMBER ONE WHICH IS THE
DRAFT 2021 ACTION PLAN AND
PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM 2 WILL THE ITEM NUMBER 5
WHICH IS THE RESTAURANT BAR AND
WORKER RELIEF BILL.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LISTED AS
SIXON THE AGENDA WHICH IS THE
COMMUNITY ROUTES HOUSING AND
THAT STARTS OUR QUARTER 4 LINE
UP.
THE NEXT BILL WOULD BE
CURRENTLY LISTED AS ITEM NUMBER
2 WHICH WOULD BE THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE, COUNCIL BILL 11971
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER THREE
WHICH IS COUNCIL BILL 11970.
AND THEN WE WOULD END WITH
119972 REGARDING SPD.
THE ORDER IS DRAFT ACTION PLAN,
RESTAURANT AND BAR AND WORKER
RELIEF BILL AND THEN GOING IN
TO THE BUDGET ITEMS, COMMUNITY
ROUTES HOUSING WHICH WE HAVE A
LONG LIST OF PRESENT EARS SO
THAT'S PART OF WHY WE WANT TO
GET THEM IN FIRST AND THEN THE
GRANT ACCEPTANCE.
WE HAVE ASKED OUR CBO AND SPD
PARTNERS TO BE WITH US IN THE
LAST HALF OF THE MEETING SO
THEY HAVEPLENTY OF TIME TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS A DON'TED.
LET'S GO HEAD AND GET STARTED
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE 19 PEOPLE SIGNED UP.
I WILL GIVE ONE MINUTE FOR EACH
PERSON TO ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE
20 MINUTES OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
WE WILL GO UNTIL 1:30 AT THE
LATEST JUST TO ACCOMMODATE FOR
ADDITIONAL CALLING OF NAMES.
FOLKS YOU ARE ALL PROBABLY
PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS
PROCESS SO LET'S GET STARTED
FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR YOUR
PATIENCE AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTS
AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A LIST OF 19 PEOPLE
TODAY.
LY CALL FOLKS IN THE ORDER IN
WHICH THEY APPEAR ON THE LIST.
YOU WILL BE GIVEN ONE MINUTE TO
SPEAK WITH A TEN SECOND CHIME.
AT THE END OF YOUR ALLOTTED
TIME THAT'S YOUR CLUE TO GO
HEAD AND WRAP UP.
IF YOU DO NOT GET A CHANCE TO
SAY ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS NOTE
THAT YOU CAN E-MAIL US OR CALL
US AND YOU CAN ALSO E-MAIL
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV AND WE
WILL DISTRIBUTE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
YOU WILL HEAR YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMITED BEFORE YOU START
SPEAKING.
THAT IS YOUR CLUE TO PUSH STAR
6 ON YOUR END SO THAT YOU CAN
UNMUTE YOUR OWN LINE.
ONCE YOU HEAR YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED PUSH STAR 6 AND START
SPEAKING BY INTRODUCING
YOURSELF AND THE ITEM ARE YOU
SPEAKING TO.
IF YOU GET DONE SPEAKING
REMEMBER TO GO HEAD AND HANG UP
AND LISTEN IN ON ALL OF THE
LISTEN IN OPTIONS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE FIRST THREE WE HAVE ARE
SOFA, ISABEL AND PEDRO.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
JUST PUSH.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS SO CAPACITY.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2 AND I'M
THE AMP LIFY PROGRAM MANAGER.
I'M CALLING TO ASK THAT COUNCIL
HOLD THE LINE AGAINST THE MAYOR
AND THE CITY'S ATTEMPT TO PUSH
THROUGH THE EXTRA 5.4 MILLION
FOR SPD'S 2020 BUDGET.
WE SUPPORTED THE EARLIER
RESOLUTION GIVING THAT COUNCIL
WOULD NO LONGER BACK FILL THE
OVERTIME SPENDING AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO HONOR YOUR WORD.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME IS
DUE TO VIOLENT POLICE RESPONSE
AT BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS
THIS SUMMER.
DON'T REWARD THEM FOR THE
SILENT WASTE OF RESOURCES.
COUNCIL MUST SAY NO TO THE
MAYOR'S REQUEST TO SAY YES TO A
CITY WHERE BLACK AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR, WORKERS, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES CAN THVIVE.
CITY MUST DIVEST FROM SPD.
WE MUST INVEST IN MAKING SURE
THAT EVERYBODY IN SEATTLE HAS
ACCESS TO HOUSING, HEALTH CARE,
HEALTHY FOOD, TRANSIT AND
CULTURAL SERVICES.
PLEASE HONOR YOUR WORD AND END
THE ERA OF SPD SPENDING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON IS JESSE.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HI.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
MY NAME IS JESSE.
I'M A SEATTLE VOTER CALLING TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE
DEMANDS OF THE PEOPLE IN AND
DISMANSLAUGHTERRED THE SEE THE
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO ADDRESS
COUNCILPERSON GONZALEZ.
IN 2010 YOU REPRESENTED AN
INNOCENT YOUNG MAN RACIALLY
PROFILED AND BEATEN BY SEATTLE
POLICE.
I WANTED TO LET YOU NO HE THAT
DESPITE HAVING EXTENSIVE
RECORDS BEFORE AS WELL AS AFTER
THIS INCIDENT, ALL OF THE
OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE STILL
EMPLOYED BY SPD AND MAKING VERY
HIGH WAGES.
IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYING A
NUMBER OF KNOWN VIOLENT RAPISTS
I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM COUNCIL
ABOUT HOW POLICE RESOURCES
BEING USED.
YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE
MORNING MARCH WITH ABOUT 25
NONVIOLENT ACTIVISTS.
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO END OUR
MARCH WE WERE SURROUNDED BY
POLICE.
20 SQUAD CARS, SEVERAL
MOTORCYCLES, BIKE COPS AND AN
ARREST VAN SHOWED UP TO HARASS
US BECAUSE WE WERE IN OUR
RIGHTS POLICE WERE ONLY ABLE TO
ISSUE A SINGLE TICKET TO A
DRIVER FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY
WITH A STOPSIGN.
THE POLICE ESCALATION CAUSED
FOR MORE TRAFFIC BLOCK THAN OUR
MARCH AND A NUMBER OF THE
OFFICERS REFUSED TO WEAR MASKS
OR SOCIALLY DISTANCE DESPITE
BEING ASKED TO DO SO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS SOME OF THE HIGHEST
PAY PUBLIC.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU COULD E-MAIL THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTS IN THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
WE DO WANT TO HEAR THE REST OF
THAT TESTIMONY.
ISABELLA, GOOD AFTERNOON.
YOU ARE UP NEXT FOLLOWED BY
WALKER, THOMAS, RILEY W AND
KELSEY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ISABELLA.
>> MY NAME IS ISABELLA.
I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND
VOTER IN DISTRICT 2 AND I'M
CALMING TO URGE YOU TO PLEASE
HOLD YOUR WORD ABOUT YOUR
COMMITMENT TO BLACK LIVES AND
TO DENY THE STUPID REQUEST OF
ADDING 5.4 MILLION TO SPD
BUDGET.
THEY ARE HERE TO PROTECT AND
SERVE THIS DO NOTHING TO
PROTECT OR SERVE.
THEY HARM DAY AFTER DAY.
THEY HARM BLACK AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR ACROSS THE CITY.
THEY CONTINUE TO TERRORIZE
PROTEST EARS INCLUDING PUTTING
THEM INTO CRITICAL CONDITION.
WHY IS THIS ALLOWED WHY IS THE
CITY COUNCIL EVEN CONSIDERING
THIS?
PLEASE SAY NO.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE WAS
A PROTEST IN SPD ARRESTED EVERY
PERSON WHILE A RAPE CALL WAS
CALLED IN AND THEY WERE TOLD
THAT THEY COULDN'T GO.
SPD CAN'T EVEN DO THEIR JOBS.
THEY DON'T NEED MORE MONEY.
IF BLACK LIVES MATTER PROVE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT PERSON IS WALKER.
GOOD AFTERNOON WALKER.
>>
.
>> HELLO.
HELLO.
MY NAME IS WALKER, THOMAS.
I AM A SEATTLE AND I'M CALLING
INTO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HOLD
THE LINE AND KNOCK DOWN THIS
CB11972 THING ABOUT PAYING FOR
OVERTIME.
I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT A
FEDERAL JUDGE APPOINTED WHICH
GEORGE BUSH FOUND THE SEATTLE
POLICE IN CONTEMPT THIS WEEK
BECAUSE THEY WERE THROWING
BOMBS AT PEOPLE THEY HAD NO
REASON NO.
THEY DIDN'T LIKE WHAT THEY WERE
SAYING.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
OUTRAGEOUS, THUG LIKE BEHAVIOR
AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE PAID
EXTRA TO DO IT.
I WORK IN A HOMELESS SHELTER.
WE WERE STRETCHED SO THIN.
PEOPLE WERE QUITTING RIGHT AND
LEFT.
WE HAD NO OVERTIME MONEY.
PEOPLE WERE GETTING SICK,
PEOPLE ARE DYING.
WE HAD NO MONEY FOR THIS.
IT'S REALLY BAD AND THE IDEA
THAT YOU WOULD GIVE EXTRA MONEY
TO THE SEATTLE POLICE FORCE FOR
THROWING GLASS BOMBS AT US AND
BOSS US AND HURTING US AND PUT
THEM IN HOSPITAL AND IN
CRITICAL CONDITION IS TOTALLY
OUTRAGEOUS.
YOU NEED TO PROVE THAT WE ARE
SERIOUS ABOUT GETTING THESE
RACIST, VIOLENT THUGS OUT OF
HERE.
WE NEED A REAL PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM.
THE SPD IS NOT IT.
DO NOT PAY THEM TO HURT US.
HOLD THE LINE.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RILEY
W.
.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS RILEY.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. THIS
SUMMER YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION
STATE THAT YOU WILL NOT SUPPORT
ANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO
INCREASE THE SPD BUDGET TO OFF
SET OVERTIME EXPENSES ABOVE THE
FUNDS BUDGETED IN TO 20.
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE AND DO NOT
GIVE THERE TO THE MAYOR'S
REQUEST TO GRANT THE SPD
ANOTHER $5.4 MILLION OVER THE
AMOUNT THE COUNCIL BUDGETED FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
SPD DOESN'T NEED THE MONEY AND
SHOULDN'T BE REWARDED FOR
HARASSINGA BE TAKING PROTEST '.
YESTERDAY SPD CONTINUED THEIR
HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT ON A
SMALL GROUP OF PROTESTORS IN
DEFENSE OF BLACK LIVES SENDING
20 UNITS AFTER THEM INCLUDING A
VAN THAT WAS USED IN MASS
ARRESTS.
THEY TRIED TO FORCE PROTESTORS
TO MOVE THE CARS THAT THEY WERE
PROTESTING THEM.
WHILE THE SAME TIME SPD HAS
KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMEONE CALLED
IN SAY ME WERE GOING TO RAM
THROUGH PROTESTORS.
THIS BEHAVIOR SPD SHOULDN'T WE
FURTHER FUNDED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL.
DON'T GIVE SPD ANY ADDITIONAL
MONEY THAT YOU HAVE BUDGETED
FOR.
THEY HAVE ONLY USED THEIR
OVERTIME TO FURTHER INFLICT
VIOLENCE AGAINST PROTESTORS IN
DEFENSE OF BLACK LIVES.
THIS ERA OF SPD SPENDING IS
OVER.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
>> THE NEXT PERSON IS KELSEY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HI.
I'M KELSEY AND I'M A RENTER IN
DISTRICT 3. I'M ALSO ASKING YOU
THAT HOLD THE LINE AGAINST THE
MAYOR AND SPD'S ATTEMPTS TO
PUSH THROUGH THE EXTRA$5.4
MILLION FOR THE SPD BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE THE RESOLUTION
STATE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD NO
LONGER BE BACK FILLING THE SPD
OVERTIME SPENDING.
I'M ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE TO
HONOR YOUR WORD AND HOLD THE
LINE AGAINST THE MAYOR AND
STD'S SPENDING.
INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY ON
OVERTIME FOR POLICE OFFICER
THAT ARE UP HOLDING WHITE
SUPREMACY AND TERRORIZING THE
COMMUNITY THE CITY SHOULD SPEND
MONEY ON HOUSING FOR ALL BEFORE
MORE OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
ARE KILLED FROM THE CITY'S COLD
DISREGARD FOR THEIR LIVES.
THIS MONEY MUST NOT GO TO SPD.
THE OVERTIME WAS USED TO
BRUTALIZE PROTEST EARS.
THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT BE
REWARRED FOR TERRORIZING
PEOPLE.
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE TO DEFUND
SPD.
.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
KILEN.
STEVIE AND CATHRYN.
CAYLA.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> MY NAME IS KAYLA.
TODAY I'M TESTIFYING ON BEHALF
OF YOUTH CARE ABOUT A CRITICAL
GAP IN SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND
ADULTS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
WHEN CORONAVIRUS HIT THE AGREE
CENTER WAS CONVERTED TO A MODEL
USING A SUPPLE MENTAL
CORONAVIRUS FUNDING.
PREVIOUSLY THE THREE WERE ONLY
OPEN FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE
DAY OR EVENING.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR
CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR 2021 THEY
REFLECTED PRECORONAVIRUS
AMOUNTS AND NO CONTRACTS TO
PROVIDE ENHANCED FUNDING.
CLOSING THE CENTERS DURING THE
DAY AND REOPENING AT NIGHT PUTS
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE STAFF AT
HIGHER RISK OF EXPOSURE.
WE WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR SPONSORING THIS
IMPORTANT AMENDMENT.
BEAUTY YC AND THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT CAN REMAIN OPEN FOR
YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS
IMPORTANT AMENDMENT AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
AND -- STEVIE.
I SEE IT STILL SAYS YOU AREN'T
PRESENT.
CATHRYN.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>>
HEY CATHRYN.
IF YOU COULD HIT STAR 6 ONE
MORE TIME.
LOOKS LIKE ARE YOU STILL MUTED
ON MY END.
OKAY AND THEN AFTER CATHRYN,
JUST SAYS CATHRYN STAR 6 ONE
MORE TIME IF YOU CAN.
IT STILL SHOWS YOU MUTED.
AFTER THAT WILL BE SUMMER,
MICHAEL AND KWAN.
I WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
LOOKS LIKE ARE YOU STILL MUTED
HERE.
JUST STAR 67 YOUR END IF YOU
CAN HEAR ME.
LET'S GO TO SUMMER CATHRYN WE
WILL COME TO YOU.
I SEE YOU STILL ON THE SYSTEM
BUT STILL MUTED.
FOLK WHEN IS YOU HEAR YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED JUST HIT STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
SUMMER, HIT STAR 6 AS WELL.
>> HI THERE.
HEY SUMMER.
HEAR THEY?
YOU ARE NO LONGER MUTED BUT
YOUR PHONE ITSELF MAY BE MUTED.
JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
HI.
WELCOME.
THIS IS SUMMER.
HI.
I'M COMMENTING ON HOW SPD
BUDGET IS BE INCREASED TO MY
UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE --
THERE HAVE BEEN BUDGET
PRESSURES BECAUSE POLICE ARE
NEEDING TO RESPOND TO PROTESTS
WHICH TO ME DOESN'T MAKE ANY
SENSE BECAUSE WHAT
DEMONSTRATORS ARE ASKING IS FOR
MONEY TO BE INVESTED IN TO THE
COMMUNITY.
TO SPEND THAT MONEY ON MORE
POLICING IS COMPLETELY COUNTER
PRODUCTIVE AND IT'S SILLY THAT
THIS EVEN NEEDS TO BE SAID.
I FEEL IF WE LOOK AT HOW
RESOURCES ARE BEING USED ITS
CLEAR WHO ARE BEING SERVED BY
OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW RANDOM WEEPS
OF CAMPS ARE SERVING THE
COMMUNITIES AND WHY AREN'T WE
USING THE RESOURCES TO GET
PEOPLE THE SERVICES THEY NEED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
LET'S GO BACK TO SEE IF WE CAN
UNMUTE CATHRYN AGAIN.
CATHRYN.
JUST STAR 6 ONE MORE TIME TO
UNMUTE.
OKAY.
CATHRYN, SORRY WE ARE HAVING
TROUBLE HERE.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AT THE
END.
THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT TEN MORE
FOLKS TO CALL.
LET'S GO ONTO MICHAEL.
MICHAEL, GOOD AFTERNOON.
.
>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL.
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT 3. I'M
ALSO CALLING FOR THE $5.4
MILLION REQUESTED BY THE MAYOR
FOR OVERTIME.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE JUST
REFERENCED OUR CITY FACES MAJOR
BUDGET SHORT FALLS IN MANY
IMPORTANT AREAS DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND SPD SHOULDN'T BE
REWARDED FOR THEIR RESPONSE TO
THE PROTESTS CALLING FOR
REDUCING THEIR FUND THIS
SUMMER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS KWAN,
DENNIS AND KATIE.
IT SHOWS ARE YOU LISTED AS NOT
. LET'S GO TO DENNIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
.
>> HELLO.
THIS IS DENNIS.
I AM CALLING REGARDING COUNCIL
BILL 119973.
I URGE A NO VOTE ON THAT BILL
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU
SHOULD REWARD AN ORGANIZATION
LIKE COMMUNITY ROUTE HOUSING OF
WHO I HAVE BEEN A TENANT SINCE
FEBRUARY OF 2009 FOR PURE
STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND
PLOT.
I SENT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND THE ALTERNATE AN
E-MAIL AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL
LOOK AT THAT FOR MORE DETAIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL TAKE A LOOK FOR YOUR E-
MAIL.
APPRECIATE IT.
THE NEXT PERSON LISTED IS
KATIE.
IT SAYS YOU ARE LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT AS WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO GO HEAD AND GO
TO JESSICA.
JESSICA AND THEN JUSTIN YOUNG.
RAMSEY COMPOST AND CLAIRE CR
ISP.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.
I'M JESSICA.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
RESTAURANTS UNITED AND FOUNDER
OF SEE THE EMERGENCY FUND.
I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR SETTING ASIDE $5 MILLION
FOR OUR INDUSTRY.
EATING AND DRINKING
ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN HIT
HARD BY THE CLOSURES AND THE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE CITY OF
THIS IS HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR BY
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR
RELIEF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AS WE MOVE
FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
JUMP START PROGRAM.
WE ARE HORRIFIED TO FIND THAT
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS
COME FORWARD WITH A LAWSUIT AND
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORK THERE.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT HE
WITH CAN DO TO SUPPORT,
CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM WE WOULD
BE SO HAPPY.
THANK YOU.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU JESSICA FOR ALL OF
YOUR WORK.
JUSTIN, GOOD AFTERNOON.
JUST STAR 6 ON YOUR END.
ONE MORE TIME.
WONDERFUL.
>> MY NAME IS JUSTIN YOUNG.
I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I OWN A COUPLE GYMS IN SEATTLE
AND I -- THAT COMMENT ABOUT THE
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS GRANT.
I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND WHY
I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IS IN NEED
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
CUSTOMER FACING INDUSTRY THAT
ARE IN NEED AND ACTUALLY HAVE
BEEN HURT FURTHER THAN THE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY.
RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN DEEMED
ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AND HAVE
BEEN ALLOWED TO DO TAKE OUT AND
DELIVERY.
BUSINESSES LIKE OURSELVES HAVE
BEEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY WITH
NO ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE.
WE ASK THAT YOU EXPAND THAT
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO OTHER
INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN HURT
AS MUCH AS RESTAURANTS OR IF
NOT MORE SUCH AS CONSIDER LIKE
GYMS OR MOVIE THEATERS,
ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, KID'S
ACTIVITIES AND DANCE STUDIOS
AND SUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME JUSTIN.
WE WILL CONTINUE THIS EFFORT IN
VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, APPRECIATE
YOU FLAGGING THAT.
RAMSEY.
YOU ARE THE LAST PERSON LISTED
ASPRESENT.
CLAIRE, STILL SHOWS YOU AS NOT
PRESENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
RAMSEY.
> HELLO.
I'M HOLDING THE -- FROM THE
DIVESTMENT FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE SPD TORMENTS COMMUNITIES
FOR NO REASON.
WE DON'T NEED POLICE.
THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO TAKE
CARE OF EACH OTHER AND WE SHOW
THAT TIME AND TIME EVEN.
NO LEGISLATION OR POLICY HAS
BEEN INTRODUCED TO SUPPORT TO.
DO NOT SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE
POLICE BUDGET.
THEY WOULDN'T NEED MORE
RESOURCE ITSELF WE INVESTED
THEIR BUDGET IN TO THE
COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE THE
NECESSARY RESOURCES TO TAKE
CARE OF EACH OTHER.
HOLD THE LINE, STOP THE POLICE
AND START MAKING POLICY TO
BEGIN POLICE ABOLISHMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DO SEE CATHRYN IS PRESENT.
HELLO CATHRYN.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING BACK IN.
>> HI.
SORRY.
I HAD TECH ISSUES.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> MY NAME IS CATHRYN DAWSON.
DISTRICT 3 RENTER.
I'M CALLING TO ASK THAT YOU
REJECT THE ATTEMPTS TO GET THE
$5.4 MILLION FOR LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET.
SUPPORT OF THE EARLIER
RESOLUTION THAT STATED THE
COUNCIL WOULD NO LONGER BACK
THE OVERTIME SPENDING.
COPS SHOULDN'T GET A BLANK
CHECK TO CONTINUE STATE
VIOLENCE.
IT'S ONE OF THE FEW TIPS WE
HAVE TO RESTRICT POLICE
VIOLENCE.
THANK YOU SO THE EARLIER
SPEAKERS.
JUST TO ADD TON TO THEIR
TESTIMONY.
WE HAVE SEEN A LARGE NUMBER OF
COPS SPEND THE LAST DAY CYCLING
CALENDARS FOR HOURS, LIKELY
WITH HUGE OVER TIME PAY WITH
THE GOAL OF SWEEPING UNHOUSED
NEIGHBORS AND DESTROYING THEIR
BELONGINGS.
I THINK THAT'S AN BAD USE OF
THE CITY'S MONEY.
INSTEAD WE COULD SPEND THATTA
.4 MILLION ON AFFORDABLE SOCIAL
HOUSE, CORONAVIRUS RELIEF.
TRANSFORMING JUSTICE PROGRAMS,
EDUCATION, EVERYTHING IN YOUR
POWER TO REDUCE THE POLICE
BUDGET, PAST, PRESENT AND
FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
FOLKS THAT DOES CONCLUDE
EVERYBODY WHO IS PRESENT.
WE STILL HAVE OTHERS LISTED AS
NOT PRESENT.
ALWAYS HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR
TESTIMONY BY WRITING, E-MAIL OR
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US A
CALL AND WE WILL CIRCULATE THE
MESSAGES TO THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
AT THIS POINT THAT CONCLUDES
OUR OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR OUR MEETING.
WE WILL GO INTO ITEM NUMBER 1
ON THE AGENDA.
CLERK, COULD YOU READ ITEM 1 IN
THEA AGAIN A.
>> ITEM ONE, 2021 DRAFT PLAN
FOR PUBLIC HEARING, BRIEFING
DISCUSSION.
I SEE AMY GOR FOR EXAMPLE
CENTRAL STAFF.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE DAN BURTON
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO AMY
FIRST TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT
WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US
REGARDING THE ACTION PLAN
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING OUR BAN DEVELOPMENT AND
THEN WE CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS.
WE WILL TEN HEAR FROM DAN AND
GET A CHANCE TO HAVE OFFICIAL
PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS AMY GOR FOR EXAMPLE
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AS THE
CHAIR MENTIONED TODAY WE ARE
HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR
THE ACTION PLAN.
IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT EACH YEAR
TO OUTLINE HOW THE CITY WILL
SPEND THE GRANTS GIVEN BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
THE PLAN BEFORE SURRENDER A
DRAFT BASED ON ESTIMATED GRANT
FUNDING FOR 2021 AND REFLECTS
THE BUDGET THAT WAS JUST PASSED
BY COUNCIL.
AFTER CONGRESS MAKES THE 2021
APPROPRIATATIONS THE PLAN WILL
BE FINALIZED TO REFLECT THE
GRANT AMOUNTS AND WILL BE
BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR
APPROVAL.
HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE BROADCAST PLAN FILLS THE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
REQUIREMENT FROM HUDD THAT WILL
ALLOW THE CITY TO DO PREAWARD
SPENDING WHICH MEANS THEY CAN
START FUNDING PROGRAMS IN
JANUARY.
THAT IS A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW
BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DAN
BURTON WHO IS THE FEDERAL
GRANTS MANAGER AT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO HELP
DISCUSS THE PLAN FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU TOUCHED ON MOST OF THE
POINTS I WAS GOING TO.
IT'S THE 4st THE YEAR OF OUR
FIVE YEAR CONSAINT LUIS DATED
PLAN.
WE ARE FUNDING PROGRAMS IN
CONSISTENT WAYS WE HAVE BEEN
BEFORE COVERING HOMELESS
SERVICES, RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, EQUAL
DEVELOPMENT, PARKS, ADA
UPGRADES, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
THIS IS THROUGH FOUR MAJOR
GRANTS DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT,
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.
AID'S GRANT AND THE HOME
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.
BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE
MOVED ONE MILLION DOLLARS THIS
YEAR TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SMALL
BUSINESS PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION TO OTHER FUNDS, NOW
ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT
OUT.
THESE PROGRAMS HAVE RECEIVED A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CARES ACT
FUNDING.
THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS
2021 ACTION PLAN THIS IS A -- A
REGULAR PLAN FOR OUR REGULAR
ALLOCATION.
THE CARES ACT FUNDS WE RECEIVED
ARE BEING DEALT WITH THROUGH --
I BELIEVE COUNCIL APPROVED A
PLAN AMENDMENT EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE
COMING UP EARLY NEXT YEAR TO
TAKE CARE OF THOSE FUNDS.
THIS IS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
REGULAR ALLOCATION NEXT YEAR.
>> OKAY.
WAS SHORT AND SWEET.
APPRECIATE IT AND ALL THAT YOU
DO AT HUDS AND ALL THAT YOU
HAVE DONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS PLAN LAYS OUT THE
PRIORITIES WHICH PROVIDES
SUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESS
NEIGHBORS, IMMIGRANT -- HELPS
PROVIDE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO FILL OUR
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.
I'M REALLY EXCITED WE ARE ABLE
TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR
COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES TO ASK
REQUEST QUESTIONS AND THEN THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021
DRAFT ACTION PLAN.
DO ANY OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON THE ACTION PLAN?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER, OKAY.
DAN BEFORE I OPEN IT UP, MR.
BURTON.
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE WORK YOU DO AT HUDD AND I
DON'T THINK IT'S OVERLY
POLITICAL TO SAY WE ARE VERY
EAGER TO CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT
WHERE THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS PROVIDED SO CITIES LIKE
SEATTLE AND OTHER LARGE CITIES
WHO ARE FIGHTING WITH THE
HOUSING CRISIS AND HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS GIVE WIN VERY TWO
DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY ON
THAT AND WE HAVE SEEN LAST YEAR
WAS THE 40 YEAR HISTORIC LOW
FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS TO BE
INVESTED INTO HOUSING FROM OUR
FEDERAL PARTNERS AND I KNOW
THAT REQUIRES ACTION IN
CONGRESS.
I JUST WANT TO REPEAT OUR
PARTICIPATION WITH YOU OR OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU IS
APPRECIATED AND WE WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND
OTHERS AS WE SEEK MORE
PARTNERSHIP AND FUNDING FROM
THE FEDS FOR HOUSING.
EXCELLENT.
SEEING NO EXTRA QUESTIONS
REQUEST HE WILL OPEN UP THE
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2021
PLAN.
EACH SPEAK LETTER HAVE ONE
MINUTE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS AND
PUSH STAR 6 BEFORE SPEAKING.
WE HAVE A SIGN UP LIST AND I
DON'T SEE ANYONE CURRENTLY
THERE.
I WANT TO DO WHAT OUR GOOD
CHAIR DID AND HAVE THE ITT TEAM
THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT
SHEET DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR THE
PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 1 ON THE PLAN?
.
>> TWO SIGNED UP BUT THEY
AREN'T PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I MAY BE LOOKING AT THE WRONG
SHEET.
DO YOU MIND READING THEIR NAMES
IN TO THE RECORD?
>> KATIE AND RANDY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE THAT NOW.
WE DID HAVE THEM LISTED ON THE
PREVIOUS LIST AND THEY WERE
ALSO NOT PRESENT THERE.
APPRECIATE YOU READING THE
NAMES AT THIS POINT.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SEND US COMMENTS AGAIN, IF
YOU CAN SEND IT TO COUNCIL AT
SEATTLE.GOV.
FEEL FREE TO SEND IT AND WE
WILL CIRCULATE TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
1?
>> NOPE.
I THINK -- ONCE HUDD COMES BACK
TO DAN AT HSD WITH THE FINAL
ALLOCATIONS WE WILL GET THE
PLAN FINALIZED AND BRING IT
BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL
WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE NEXT
SPRING.
>> WONDERFUL.
AND WILL BURTON, ANYTHING ELSE
FROM YOU BEFORE WE GO ONTO THE
NEXT ITEM?
>> NO.
THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
VERY SHORT AND SWEET.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AND IF WE DON'T
SEE YOU UNTIL NEXT YEAR THANK
YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
COULD YOU READ ITEM FIVE INTO
THE RECORD.
>> ITEM NUMBER FIVE COUNCIL
BILL 11977 ORDINANCE AMENDING
126000 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2020
BUDGET MAKING APPROPRIATATIONS
FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DURING THE
CORONAVIRUS CIVIC EMERGENCY FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE OUR PRESENT EARS WITH
US.
AMY FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND AMY,
SORRY.
I SAID AMY.
ALLIE.
I STILL SEE AMY UP THERE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A
SUMMARY I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
THE PRIME SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THIS BILL
AUTHORIZES FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
OF SPENDING IN 2020 AND WOULD
CARRY FORWARD INTO 2021 PROVIDE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
RESTAURANT AND BAR WORKERS.
THE BILL ITSELF IS A RELATIVELY
STRAIGHT FORWARD
APPROPRIATATION BILL IT.
AUTHORIZES $2.5 MILLION OF
APPROPRIATATIONS TO THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC SLEEPMENT TO
SUPPORT SEATTLE RESTAURANTS AND
BARS AND THE REMAINING TWO
MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE
DIRECTED TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND THAT WILL BE
USED TO CONTRACT WITH A LOCAL
ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
TO WORKING INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES WITH THE FOCUS ON
SUPPORTING WORKERS IN THE
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
THE FUNDING WILL BE DISTRIBUT
CONTRIBUTED THROUGH THE
APPLICATION PROCESS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THEY
WILL BE USING THE APPLICANT
POOL THROUGH THE MOST RECENT
ROUND THROUGH THEIR SMALL
BUSINESS GRANTS THAT CLOSED ON
NOVEMBER 30th AND MORE THAN A
QUARTER OF THE APPLICANTS
REPRESENT OWNERNS OF BARS AND
RESTAURANTS AND THEN THE
FUNDING THROUGH THE -- TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT LIKE
A MENTIONED WILL BE THROUGH OUR
CONTRACT WITH THE LOCAL
ORGANIZATION.
THERE IS ONE AMENDMENT FOR THE
COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION TODAY
BUT BEFORE I DESCRIBE THAT
AMENDMENT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS OR TURN IT OVER TO
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> LET'S GET THE BILL IN FRONT
OF US OFFICIALLY.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSING OF COUNCIL BILL 119977.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND PASSING OF THE
BILL.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ IS
SPONSOR OF THE BILL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT?
>> SURE.
COLLEAGUES.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING
THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL.
I WITH LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS NOT A
COMMITTEE BUT IS A SPONSOR OF
THE RELIEF BILL TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO WORKERS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE
CITY AND OF COURSE THIS CAME
ABOUT IN LARGE PART IN RESPONSE
TO THE GOVERNOR'S RECENT
RENEWAL OF ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTION THAT HAD A DIRECT
IMPACT ON RESTAURANTS, BARS,
AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN
GENERAL.
WE KNOW THIS INVESTMENT IS NOT
GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MEET THE
AMOUNT OF GREAT NEED THAT HAS
GROWN THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC
AS CLOSURES AND RESTRICTIONS
ARE ANNOUNCED.
ALL AS A MEASURE TO CURB THE
ONGOING SPREAD OF THE OR H1N1
INFECTION AND THE PROBLEM OF A
RATES AND SURGES OF CORONAVIRUS
THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE.
SO AGAIN THE WHOLE GOAL HERE IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS RELIEF
PACKAGE IS FOCUSED ON A
PARTICULAR INDUSTRY THAT WE
KNOW IS EXPERIENCING A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AS A RESULT
OF RESTRICTIONS THAT PREVENT
RESTAURANTS AND BARS WHO ONLY
HAVE INDOOR SPACE FROM
CONTINUING TO FUNCTION.
NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS LIKE
APARTMENT GUIDE HAVE REPORTED
THAT SEATTLE IS NUMBER FIVE OF
BEST CITIES FOR FOODIES OUT OF
MORE THAN 300 CITIES AND TOWNS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY RANK SEATTLE HIGH FOR OUR
PER CAPITA OF 28 RESTAURANTS
PER SQUARE MILE IN CITIES OVER
A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THIS TOTAL IS OVER 2,040.
THIS KIND OF URBAN DENSITY IS
GOOD FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY
BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT THE RESTAURANT AND BAR
INDUSTRY IN GENERAL EMPLOYS
WHETHER IT'S IN A DIRECT
RESTAURANT OR BAR SERVICE
SETTING OR IF YOU ARE ONE OF
THE VENDORS, FARMERS, SUPPLIER
THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
OPERATIONS FOR OUR RESTAURANTS
AND BARS.
REALLY WHAT OUR RESTAURANTS AND
BARS IN THE INDUSTRY DO IS BOTH
CREATE THAT MAIN STREAM ECONOMY
BUT ALSO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO COME
AND RECREATN THE CITY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE POISED
WELL TO CONTINUE THAT ECONOMY
INTO 2021.
ACCORDING TO THE 2017, 2018
DATA FROM THE CONSUMER SURVEY
BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATS,
CONSUMERS IN SEATTLE SPEND AN
AVERAGE OF $2,174 ON FOOD
OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME.
THIS IS RANKED HIGHEST AMONG
MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.
WHEN THE DATA TELL US THAT THE
RESTAURANT AND BAR INDUSTRY IN
SEATTLE IS V IB RANT BUT IN
SEATTLE WE LOVE TO DINE OUT AS
THE NUMBERS SHOW AND IT'S A
GOOD LIVING WAGE JOB BECAUSE OF
PROWORKER POLICIESA.
DOD BY THIS CITY COUNCIL.
PAID SICK AND SAFE TIME AND
MANY OTHER LABOR STANDARDS AND
THAT PEOPLE IN THIS CITY LOVE
TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL
RESTAURANTS AND BARS, OUR LOCAL
AND SMALL RESTAURANTS AND BARS.
SEATTLE'S FOOD AND HOSPITALITY
SCENE DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT
IT.
SEEMS THAT EVERY NO WE ARE
READING ABOUT DOZENS OF
PERMANENT CLOSURES IN THIS
PERIOD OF CORONAVIRUS.
I HAVE BEEN HEARING MANY OF YOU
FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVICE
INDUSTRY WORKER WHO HAVE YET TO
EARN A PAYCHECK IN NINE MONTHS.
THE RESTRICTIONS OF INDOOR
DINING MEAN THAT STAFFING NEED
WILLS CONTINUETO KEEP MANY OUT
OF WORK OR SEE A SEVERE
REDUCTION IN THEIR INCOME.
YESTERDAY THE SEATTLE TIMES
REPORTED THAT 624 CLOSURES HAVE
HAPPENED IN SEATTLE SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS IS A CORD DOING A SURVEY
COMPLETED BY THE WASHINGTON
STATE HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION
THIS REPRESENTS MORE THAN HALF
OF THE CLOSURES IN KING COUNTY
AND MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THEM
STATEWIDE.
IN THE WEEK AFTER THE
GOVERNOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON
NOVEMBER 15th RESTRICTING
INDOOR DINING, THE STATE'S
UNEMPLOY -- THE STATE'S
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
SAW 8,824 INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT
úCLAIMS FILED BY PEOPLE FROM TH
ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE
INDUSTRY.
IN THIS SAME WEEK BEGINNING
NOVEMBER 15th THE OVERALL
NUMBER OF CLAIMS WAS 30,274.
THIS IS NEARLY 30% OF CLAIMS IN
THE LARGEST INDUSTRY CLUSTER.
THE CHANGES OF THE RESTAURANT
AND BAR INDUSTRY HAVE HAD TO
MAKE TO HELP CURB INFECTIONS
HAVE MET A LOT OF WORKERS HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR JOBS
OR HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
REDUCTION IN THE HOURS THAT
THEY ARE ABLE TO WORK AND ARE
OFFERED TO WORK AND THEN OF
COURSE RESULTS IN THE
SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF INCOME IF
NOT IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF
INCOME.
WHILE RESTAURANTS AND BARS
HOPE, RESTAURANTS AND BARS OF
COURSE WE KNOW OPERATE ON THIN
MARGINS IN GOOD TIMES.
RIGHT NOW IN THESE ROUGH TIME
ITSELF MEANS THAT THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT EXPENSE BY
RESTAURANTS AND BARS IS THEIR
PEOPLE AND THAT MEANS THAT
PEOPLE ARE BEING LEFT OUT OF
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO
WORK.
I ACKNOWLEDGE AS WE HEARD
DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY THERE
THAT ARE OTHER INDUSTRIES IN
THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE
STATE THAT HAVE BEEN SEVERELY
IMPACTED BY RESTRICTIONS FROM
THE STATE IN ORDER TO CURB THE
SPREAD OF THIS INFECTION.
AS WE KNOW ALL THESE BUSINESS
MODELS VARY.
RESTAURANTS AND BARS ON LIKE
OTHER INDUSTRIES DON'T USE
STAFFING MODELS WHERE PEOPLE
ARE EMPLOYED AS INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS OR AS BUSINESS
OPERATOR NOR CAN THEY GO
VIRTUAL AND SELL THEIR PRODUCT
ONLINE.
SO, THIS INDUSTRY OF SERVICE
AND ACCOMMODATION INHERENTLY
RELIES ON IN PERSON STAFF AND
THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO THE
OPERATIONS AND SUCCESS OF
RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND LIKE
WISE RESTAURANTS AND BARS ARE
ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO THE ABILITY
FOR SERVICE WORKERS TO CONTINUE
TO HAVE A PLACE TO WORK IN OUR
CITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
I BELIEVE THESE ARE THE REASONS
I REALLY BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS.
THESE FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ON
THE RESTAURANT, BAR AND
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN ORDER
TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES
CONTINUE TO SURVIVE BUT ALSO TO
PROVIDE SHORT TERM RELIEF TO
WORKER WHO ARE BEING NEGATIVELY
IMPACTED AS A RESULT OF THESE
RECENT RESTRICTIONS.
I NOW WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT
OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
RESTAURANTS AND BARS IN
PARTICULAR.
OUR LANGUAGE IN HERE DOES
INCLUDE THE INDUSTRY IN
GENERAL.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
NUMBERS RELATED TO THE IMPACT
PARTICULARLY ON THE WORKER SIDE
FOR HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
WORKERS ACCORDING TO NUMBERS
COLLECTED BY VISIT SEATTLE
REVENUES IN DOWNTOWN HAVE
PLUNGED BY MORE THAN 95%.
THAT'S 95.6%.
A REPORT BY THE AMERICAN HOTEL
AND LODGING ASSOCIATION FOUND
THAT MORE THAN 23% OF HOTEL
RELATED JOBS IN WASHINGTON
STATE HAVE BEEN LOST SINCE THE
START OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
SPECIFICALLY THE REPORT FOUND
THAT 44,021 JOBS OF THE 190,566
HOTEL RELATED JOBS IN
WASHINGTON STATE HAVE BEEN LOST
DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
SO, I SHARE THOSE DATA POINTS
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
COUNCILMEMBER IS BRINGING
FORWARD ANA AMENDMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WORKER
SIDE.
THE $2.5 MILLION OF THE FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS SIN TENDED TO
BY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO
APPLY, WHO MAY BE WORKING IN
THE INDUSTRY AND NOT
NECESSARILY JUST SPECIFICALLY
IN THE RESTAURANT AND BAR
INDUSTRY.
SO I THINK THAT IT'S -- IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT THERE AND THAT THE TWO
INDUSTRIES ARE HIGHLY CO DEPEND
ENTITY ON EACH OTHER AND
RELATED IN THE NUMBER THAT I
JUST SITE TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS
OF THIS COMMITTEE, BEAR THAT
OUT AND ESSENTIAL WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
NUMBERS AROUND THE UNEMPLOYMENT
FILINGS, INDUSTRY WORKERS TEND
TO BE COLUMN MANIED IN TO THE
SAME INDUSTRY CATEGORY IN TERMS
OF THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYMENT
CLAIMS BEING FILED AT THE
STATE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS BILL.
THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US
TO DO IT NOW AND OBVIOUSLY WE
KNOW THIS DOESN'T MEET THE FULL
SCALE OF THE NEED.
WE NEED THE HELP OF THE FEDERAL
AND STATE PART TO REALLY CREATE
LONGER TERM BENEFITS FOR ALL
WORKERS INCLUDING THESE AND
LOOK FORWARD TO CONVERSATION
HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
SUPPORT AND DO CONSIDER THE
AMENDMENTS TO THE UNDERLYING
BILL TO BE [INAUDIBLE]
AND ONE THAT BUILD ON THE
ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING
THE BILL?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE I DO HAVE A FEW
COMMENTS MYSELF AND THEN WE
WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO REPEAT MY
APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ FOR YOUR SPONSOR SHIP
ON THIS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION IT.
ALLOWS FOR US TO ALLOW DIRECT
ASSISTANCE TO THOSE HARDEST HIT
BY THIS NEXT WAVE OF
CORONAVIRUS.
RECOGNIZING THAT IF WE DON'T
ACT NOW FOR BOTH SHORT AND LONG
TERM SUPPORT THEN WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT A RECOVERY THAT
DOESN'T INCLUDE MANY OF OUR
LOWEST WAGE WORKERS, OUR
WORKERS HIT HARDEST BY
CORONAVIRUS AND OUR SMALLEST
BUSINESSES.
I'M REMEMBERING THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD THIS
SUMMER ABOUT HOW IF WE REALLY
WANT TO SPUR LOCAL ACTIVITY.
WE WANT TO JUMP START THE
ECONOMY WE NEED TO BE INVESTING
IN SMALL BUSINESSES, AND TO
PROVIDE DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE
TO WORKERS BECAUSE ALL THE DATA
SHOWED FROM THE LAST RECESSION
THAT IS HOW YOU PREVENT THE
RECESSION FROM BEING PROLONGED
AND THIS IS VERY MUCH IN LINE
WITH WHAT THE DATA SHOWS.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT THE
RESTAURANT UNITED MEMBERS
SEATTLE RESTAURANT UNITED
MEMBERS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND
LABOR MEMBERS HAVE WEIGHED IN
OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND
MONTHS, HAVE TO HELP PROVIDE A
GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
UNIQUE NEEDS THAT THEY ARE
SEEING IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS,
ESPECIALLY AS THEY FACE
CLOSURES AND THAT THOSE
CLOSURES ARE HARDEST HIT BY OUR
LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY ARE NOT BOOING HIT AS HARD
AS THE NATIONAL FAST FOOD
CHAINS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEY GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED
AND THEIR WORKERS AS WELL.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WHAT
THIS LEGISLATION HAS DONE
ALREADY IS TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS
THAN WE NEED SUPPORT FOR THE
SMALLEST BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
AROUND TEN OR ACTUALLY -- WE
LISTED THAT CAP BUT THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
COME IN THAT NEED ASSISTANCE
ARE OUR SMALLEST BUSINESS WAS
TEN FT'S OR LESS.
THE DATA HAS SHOWN AND THAT AND
THERE'S A LOT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES BEING SUPPORTED BY
THIS I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS A
WAY TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR
DIVERSE ECONOMY AND AGAIN FOR
US TO BE THINKING ABOUT NOT
ONLY HOW WE SURVIVE THIS
RECESSION AND DOWN TURN DUE TO
CORONAVIRUS BUT HOW WE MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN
WAY THAT ARE MORE EQUAL SO WHEN
WE CONTINUE WE HAVE A MORE
EQUAL ECONOMY THAT LIFTS UP OUR
SMALLEST BUSINESSES AND OUR
WORKERS.
WITH THAT IF THERE IS NO OTHER
QUESTIONS OUR COMMENTS, PLEASE
GO HEAD.
>> JUST THANKING EVERYBODY FOR
THEIR GREAT WORK THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ANSWERED MY
QUESTION WHICH IS -- IS YOUR
AMENDMENT SPEAKING TO TEN
EMPLOYEES OR TEN TF HE?
>> I WILL LET ALLIE SPEAK TO
THAT.
I BELIEVE THE FTE'S IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THRESHOLD.
>> IN CONVERSATION WE HAVEN'T
BEEN TOO SPECIFIC.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO CREATE TOO
FIRM OF SIDE BOARDS BUT WE KNOW
THE DATA BEARS OUT THAT AS
ALLIE IS PUTTING UP THERE, OVER
85% OF THE BUSINESSES HAD TEN
OR FEWER EMPLOYEES AND I THINK
THE CURRENT CATEGORY OF LOOKING
AT WHO IS ELIGIBLE.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS SO WHY NOT TURN IT OVER
TO YOU FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS
AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE SET UP
THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 1 IT THE BILL
SPONSORED BY THE CHAIR WOULD
ADD A NUMBER OF RECITALS TO THE
BILL THAT IS JUST ADDING -- A
BIT MORE SPECIFICITY TO SOME OF
THE INTENT AND THEN THE FIRST
ONE THAT I JUST ZOOMED IN ON,
THE SCREEN IS REPRESENTING SOME
INITIAL ANALYSIS FROM THE MOST
RECENT ROUND OF APPLICANTS
REPRESENTING THE WORK THAT THE
OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING TO REALLY
FOCUS ON SMALLER BUSINESSES,
BUSINESSES OWNED BY THE
COMMUNITY AND IN VARIOUS
LOCATION AROUND THE CITY.
AS THE CHAIR NOTED AND THE
COUNCILMEMBER REFERRED TO THE
GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR
THIS MOST RECENT ROUND AS THAT
BUSINESS WAS UP TO 25FTE'S
COULD APPLY.
THE DATA I -- I ARE IS BASED ON
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, NOT FDA
E'S SO THAT IS WHAT IS
DESCRIBED HERE.
AS WELL AS THEY ALSO --
BUSINESSES THAT APPLY COULDN'T
HAVE A YEARLY NET REVENUE
GREATER THAN 2 MILLION DOLLARS
AND COULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED A
GRANT FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS
FUND IN PREVIOUS A APPLICATION
ROUNDS.
IT'S FOCUSING ON AND THOSE
BUSINESSES THAT HAVEN'T
RECEIVED THE SPORT IT.
AS A RECITAL FOCUSING THAT
SMALLER RESTAURANTS AND BARS
SHOULD BE PRIORITIES FOR
RECEIVING FUNDING THROUGH THIS
$2.5 MILLION.
AND -- I THINK I HAVE THE WRONG
VERSION OF THE BILL UP HERE.
LET ME GET THE CORRECT VERSION
UP.
APOLOGIES.
IT SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON
WORKNESS THE HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY AND THAT THE
SUPPORTING LOW INCOME WORKER
THAT HAS BENEFITS AND ALLOW
WORKERS TO MEET THEIR IMMEDIATE
NEEDS.
IT IS JUST ADDING HE RECITALS I
WILL NOTE THIS HAS THE RECITAL
RELATED TO NEED THAT WAS STRUCK
AND I WILL BE DISBALLING THE
REVISED VERSION IN JUST A
MOMENT.
.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE ABLE
TO STRIKE THAT LAST PIECE AND
SEND THAT AROUND.
THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO HONOR THAT WORK.
LET'S GO HEAD AND GET THIS
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US FOR
THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS.
I WILL MOVE TO AMEND COUNCIL
WILL 119977 AS PRESENTED ON
VERSION -- CAN I SAY VERSION 3?
AS -- PRESENTED AND DESCRIBED
IN VERSION 3 TO AMENDMENT 1
WHICH IS BEING DISTRIBUTED AS
WE SPEAK.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SENDS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
VERSION 3 OF AMENDMENT 1?
COUNCIL AND -- MEMBER PLEASE GO
HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER CLARIFYING THE
INTENT IN THIS AMENDMENT
SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE BROADNESS OFO YOU
DEFINITION RELATED TO THE
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AS WE KNOW
FROM DATA CITED IN RCITALS IN
THIS DISCUSSION AND FROM THE
BUDGET OFFICE DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
THE INDUSTRY IS GENERALLY
SUFFERING WITH SIGNIFICANT
DECLINES IN REVENUE, IMPACTING
WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRY.
THE UPDATED AMENDMENT --
BROADENS SUPPORT FOR WORK TERSE
THE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL AND
JUST FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
UNITE HERE, LOCAL 8 THEY
CLARIFIED AS WELL THAT THE
INDUSTRY WHICH RESTAURANT BARS
A SUBCATEGORY IS THE HARDEST
SECTOR AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER
THE INDUSTRY BROADLY.
AS A CITY OF FOODIES WHO LOVE
TO GO TO RESTAURANTS BECAUSE WE
DO THAT, I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE
REMEMBERING THAT THE HOTEL
WORKERS THAT WE MAY HAVE LESS
INTERACTIONS WITH IN OUR DAY
TODAY FUNCTIONS AND DAY TODAY
BASIS THAT THEY ARE PART OF
THAT LARGER, VERY DEVASTATED
INDUSTRY.
I WANT TO JUST MENTION I DO
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO RESULT TODAY.
I'M IN SEPARATE CONVERSATION
WAS THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL BE
WORKING TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS
TO AN AGENCY WITH EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES BUT I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT HERE.
I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WORKERS MUST BE
EMPLOYED BY SMALL BUSINESSES TO
APPLY, AGAIN AFTER WORKING WITH
UNITE HERE.
LOCAL EIGHT IN SPEAKING THEM
LAST NIGHT THEY QUESTIONED WHY
IT IS A WORKER WHO FOR
INASSISTANTS WORKS AT A
RESTAURANT SUCH AS THE
EDGEWATER AND HAS BEEN CLOSED
FOR NINE MONTHS SHOULD NOT BE
ALLOWED TO APPLY TO THIS FUND.
I UNDERSTAND FROM THE
EXPLANATION THAT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ EXPLAINED ON
MONDAY THAT IT IS TRUE THAT AS
A BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESSES
ARE MORE IMPACTED BECAUSE OF
THE DIFFICULTIES EITHER WITH
THE SMALL FOOT PRINT OR NOT
HAVING OUTDOOR SPACE.
AS THE -- THE WORKERS OF
RESTAURANTS, I THINK ARE
IMPACTED WHETHER OR NOT THEY
ARE AT SMALL RESTAURANTS OR
LARGE RESTAURANTS IF THOSE
RESTAURANTS ARE ACTUALLY CLOSED
AND NOT FUNCTIONING.
THAT IS JUST -- JUST PUTTING A
PIN IN THAT FOR ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING IS THAT WE
ARE DEALING IN THE LEGISLATION
AS IT RELATES TO THE WORKER
RELIEF.
APPRECIATE THAT THE FUNDING FOR
THE BUSINESS OWNERS IS FOCUSED
ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND
COMPLETELY SUPPORT THAT AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> I JUST -- I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT IN GOING -- AND
THINKING ABOUT THE EXCHANGE
THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER AND I
HAD DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING ON
THAT PARTICULAR POINT.
I WENT BACK AND TOOK A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE OF THE
BILL.
THIS IS NOT BEING AMENDED
TODAY.
THERE ARE SOME -- THE RECITALS
ARE OBVIOUSLY JUSTIN TENT
LANGUAGE THAT ARE NONBINDING.
IT'S NOT THE LAW.
IT IS JUST SORT OF INDICATING
FACTS AND OTHER THINGS TO
CONSIDER AS PART OF WHY WE ARE
MOTIVATED TO PASS THIS
PARTICULAR RELIEF BILL.
I DID GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE
-- LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT THE
LANGUAGE RELATED TO HOW THE
FUNDING WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE WE
WERE ON THE SAME PAGE AS
RELEASE TO WHAT IT SAYS.
IF WE ARE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE
ABOUT IT, THEN WE HAVE TIME TO
SORT OF WORK ON SOME LANGUAGE
BETWEEN NOW AND MONDAY TO SORT
OF MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE
IS WHAT WE INTEND IT TO BE AS
IT RELATES TO WORKER RELIEF IN
WHO -- FOR WORKERS WHO ARE
BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AS A
RESULT OF WORKING IN THE
INDUSTRY OR THE RESTAURANT --
FOR ME THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN
THE BILL IS BROAD ENOUGH TO
COVER ALL WORKERS REGARDLESS OF
THEIR EMPLOYER SIZE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH
THAT.
UNDERSTANDING AND IF WE THINK
THERE IS VAGUE NEWS I THINK
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CORRECT THAT BETWEEN NOW AND
MONDAY.
úSPECIFICALLY THE LANGUAGE
SAYING THAT FUNDING SHOULD BE
DISTRIBUTED AFTER THE
APPLICATION PROCESS.
IT MUST INCLUDE ELIGIBILITY
GUIDELINES AND IT'S
SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION 2 FOR
WORKER WHO HAVE LOST OR
EXPERIENCED REDUCTIONS IN
INCOME DUE TO EMPLOYMENT
CHANGES AND BUSINESS CLOSURES
OR REDUCTIONS, STEMMING FROM
THE CRISIS.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUALIFYING
LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES TO THE
WORK IRRELIEF PART.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS AND
AND BETWEEN THE FIRST ASK
SECTION AND THE SECOND SECTION
AND MAYBE WE JUST -- MAYBE THIS
IS AS SIMPLE AS CHANGE THAT AND
TO AN OR IF THERE IS AN
ASSUMPTION THAT THE TWO MUST BE
AVAILABLE.
THE OTHER THAT IS LISTED FOR
ELIGIBILITY IS ONE FOR
RESTAURANTS AND BAR WHO HAVE
HAD -- HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS AND FOR
WHOM SUCH ASSISTANCE WILL
PROVIDE ECONOMIC PAYMENTS OR
CREATING JOBS MODERATING --
CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF SMALL
BUSINESSES AND ENSURING THE
BUSINESSES CAN MODIFY
OPERATIONS AS NECESSARY TO
COMPLY WITH NECESSARY HEALTH
GUIDANCE FORK WORER WHO HAVE
LOST OR EXPERIENCED REDUCTIONS
IN INCOME DUE TO EMPLOYMENT
CHANGES AND BUSINESS CLOSURES
OR REDUCTIONS STEMMING THE
CRISIS WHEN I READ THAT, I READ
IT BROADLY THAT THERE IS NO
EMPLOYER SIZE RESTRICTION FOR
THE WORKER RELIEF ASPECT.
THERE IS ONLY A SIZE
RESTRICTION AS IT RELATES TO
THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF
PORTION.
I WILL LEAVE IT TO ALLIE TO
HELP ME RE CREDIT,O, IN, CILE
IF THE LANGUAGE MEETS THE
INTENT OF NOT IMPOSING A SIZE
EMPLOYER, SIZE RESTRICTION ON
THE WORKER RELIEF SIZE.
>> YOU ARE READING THAT
CORRECTLY.
THAT IT IS NOT RESTRICTING --
MAY NOT BE THE MOST ELEGANT
SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WROTE IT.
I DO THINK IT IS BROAD ENOUGH
AND THERE IS NOTHING BINDING
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
FROM REQUIRING A BUSINESS SIZE
IN THE CONTRACT, THE ADDITIONAL
CRITERIA COULD BE INCLUDED IN A
CONTRACT THAT THIS LEGISLATION
IS NOT DICTATING THAT IT CAN
ONLY SUPPORT WORKERS FROM A
CERTAIN SIZE OF BUSINESS.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I DO -- I AGREE WITH UNITE
HERE'S PERSPECTIVE AS SAID BY
COUNCILMEMBER AND COMMUNICATED
TO MY OFFICE AS WELL.
THAT -- THAT -- THAT WE SHOULD
-- WE SHOULDN'T RESTRICT ACCESS
TO DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO
WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN
NEGATIVELY IMPACTED WHO ARE --
WHO ARE IN THE HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY, IN RESTAURANTS AND
BARS AND WHO HAPPEN TO JUST
WORK FOR A BIGGER SHOP.
WE SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHING THEM
IF THEY ARE
STILL HAVING NEGATIVE IMPACTS
TO THEIR INCOME AS A RESULT OF
BUSINESS CLOSURES OR REDUCTION
IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND SO,
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
LANGUAGE DOES ACTUALLY ALLOW
FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN
TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE MEETING INDUSTRY WORKERS
NEEDS REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF
THE PLACE THAT THEY ARE WORKING
FOR.
>> ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THAT,?
QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS ABOUT --
THE SUGGESTION FOR ADDITIONAL
CLARITY NEEDED?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WANT TO
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR
YOUR COMMENTS AND LIFTING UP
THE WORD FROM UNITE HERE.
APPRECIATE THAT THEY HAVE ALSO
REACHED OUT AND PROVIDED
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR THE
POTENTIAL AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF
US.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TWO
THINGS.
ONE IS LIFTING UP THE WAYS IN
WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE
FLEXIBILITY CASH ASSISTANCE.
WE HAVE TALK ABOUT QUITE A BIT
AND THEN RECOGNIZING THAT THERE
IS LANGUAGE IN HERE LOOKING AT
OPTIONS FOR OUTDOOR DINING THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH
LOUD AND CLEAR WHEN WE HAD SOME
OF THE STAKE HOLDER CALLS.
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND
I KNOW -- THE CUSTOMER HAS BEEN
WELCOMING THE E-MAILS REGARDING
HOW WE CAN PROVICE ASSISTANCE
FOR HEAT, OPTIONS, OUTSIDE AND
GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY CODES
REGARDING GAS, GASLAMPS AND
WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
CAN HAVE PATRONS OUTSIDE AND
ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY THAT THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS --
ESPECIALLY THE CHIEF, HE
REACHED OUT AND UP THERE
WORKING TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW
WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE.
IN THEY ARE TRYING TO HOPE TO
MAKE SURE ALL THE BUSINESSES
AND SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE
THE HELP THEY KNEAD TO APPLY
WITH EXISTING CODES AND WILL
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH THEM.
THE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.
IT'S NOT JUST SIT DOWN, DINING
BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME
OF THE SMALLER LOCAL
ESTABLISHMENTS WHO NEED HELP,
GRAB AND GO TYPE LOCAL BUSINESS
PEOPLE ARE ALSO BEING SUPPORTED
BY THIS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT
WITH THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
BILL FROM LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN OUR
BUDGET THAT WE PASSED JUST A
FEW WEEKS AGO NOW.
FEELS LIKE MONTHS ALREADY.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP
ESPECIALLY AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NOTED IN LIGHT OF THE
LATEST ROUND OF CORONAVIRUS
RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE MUCH
NEEDED DUE TO THE CONTINUED
SPIKE IN CORONAVIRUS CASES IN
OUR AREA.
WITH THAT I MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 119977 AS
PRESENTED ON VERSION -- IN
VERSION THREE OF AMENDMENT ONE.
WE ALREADY DID THIS.
MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF VERSION 3 OF AMENDMENT ONE
AND THANK YOU FOR CIRCULATING
THAT SO QUICKLY.
>> VICE CHAIR,.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE AMENDMENT IS A DON'TED.
THE BILL AS AMENDES IS NOW
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
SEEING NONE, AGAIN THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER.
ESPECIALLY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
LET'S GO HEAD AND DO FINAL
PASSING OF THE BILL.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL?
>> VICE CHAIR.
>
>> YES.
SORRY.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR.
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NOUN
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MITCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED
WILL BE SENT TO THE
DECEMBER14th SEATTLE COMMITTEE
MEETING FOR FINAL VOTE.
OKAY.
IT'S 2:00.
WITH REMOVING IN TO OUR LIST OF
QUARTER 4 BUDGET ITEMS.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH OUR
HOUSING PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE ITEM NUMBER 6 IN
FRONT OF US TO GET US STARTED
HERE.
I SEE SOME OF OUR PRESENT EARS
ARER ALREADY POPPING IN TO THE
SCREEN.
WE HAVE MADAM CLERK IF YOU
COULD READ ITEM NUMBER 6 THAT
IS ON THE AGENDA RELATED TO
ROUTES HOUSING IN TO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM SIX.
COUNCIL BILL 119973, AN
ORDINANCE RELAYS TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AUTHORIZING A LOAN OF
UP TO A MILLION IN GENERAL
FUNDS TO COMMUNITY ROOTS
HOUSING A WASHINGTON PUBLIC
CORPORATION TO MITIGATE THE
FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF
CORONAVIRUS FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE PRESENT EARS ON MY
SCREEN.
LET ME THEY.
WE KRISTI BEATTI.
>>ANNOUNCER: EATTIE, BEN NOBLE
AND TRACI RATZLIFF.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRACY
FOR OPENING COMMENTS ABOUT THE
BILL.
THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR
PRESENTERS ADD IN.
HI.
>> HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
TRACY, YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU
COUNCIL BILL 119973 WHICH
AUTHORIZES THE DIRECTOR OF THE
HOUSING TO PROVIDE A LOAN OF UP
TO A MILLION DOLLARS FOR
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING TO
ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS
OF THAT ORGANIZATION OF THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
I WILL LET THE EXECUTIVE GET IN
TO THE DETAILS ABOUT THAT LOAN.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK
AND WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WORK
THEY HAVE DONE REVIEWING THE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR COMMUNITY
ROOTS HOUSING TO -- THEIR NEED
FOR THIS AND THEY HAVE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE OTHER
OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING.
HOPEFULLY TEMPORARY FINANCIAL
SITUATION BUT I WILL LET THEM
GET INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT
THAT AND THE ANTICIPATED LOAN
úTERMS FOR THIS UP TO A MILLION
DOLLARS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO
PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND AND THEN TURN IT
OVER TO THE TEAM OF HOUSING TO
GIVE YOU AN FAS -- GIVE YOU
MORE DETAILS ON THE LOAN
ITSELF.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT
IS THAT WE CAN OFFER A LOAN OF
THIS FORM AS YOU KNOW THERE'S
RESTRICTIONSO UNTHE CITY'S
ABILITY TO LEND CREDIT UNDER
THE STATE'S CONSTITUTION.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN THE HOW FIRST
AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY THE
WHY AND WHY I THINK IT'S
APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIMEN.
TERMS OF THE HOW IT'S IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMMUNITY
ROOTS HOUSING PREVIOUSLY CALLS
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING JUST FOR
CONTEXT IS A CITY CHARTERED
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
IT'S AN ARM OF THE CITY.
OTHER PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITIES WE HAVE CHARTERED
INCLUDE SKIP THE SEATTLE CHINA
TOWN PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
PDA.
AND -- ART MUSEUM HAS A PDA
THAT'S CONNECTED TO IT AS WELL.
IN GENERAL THE GROUPS STAND AS
SEPARATE FINANCIAL GROUPS AND
SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
THE FINANCIAL INVOLVEMENT
NORMALLY INVOLVES HELPING THEM
BORROW MONEY IN ORDER TO PUT IN
CAPITOL PROJECTS.
SOMETIMES WE BORROW MONEY FOR
THEM AND OTHER TIMES WE UNDER
WRITE THE BORROW IND TO HAVE A
BETTER CREDIT RATING BORROW AT
LOWER COAST.
NORMALLY THE LOANS FOR CAPITOL
PURPOSES THIS ONE IS FOR
OPERATING I WILL TALK A MINUTE
ABOUT WHY THAT IS THE CASE AND
WHY WE ARE PROPOSING IT.
JUST AS A -- QUICK BIT OF
BACKGROUND.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION
WITH -- THE OTHER PDA'S THAT
THE CITY HAS CART HEARTED
COMMUNITY ROUTES.
SEVER HAVE FACES FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED
CORONAVIRUS AND WE ARE TAKING
STEPS.
SOME OF THEM ADMINISTRATIVE TO
HELP PROVIDE RELIEF.
EXAMPLE OF LIVE DID THE RESAVES
TO HELP MAKE BOND PAYMENTS.
WE DETERMINED THE NEEDS WERE
MORE SIGNIFICANT AND WE ARE
VERY INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF
COMMUNITY ROOTS.
THEY MAKE -- OH WILL GIVE YOU
MORE DETAILS.
A LARGE POLT IF, OLIO.
THEY FACED SIGNIFICANT
FINANCIAL PRESSURES.
THEY HAVE A PORTFOLIO THAT'S
LARGE IRTHAN MANY OF THE OTHER
PROVIDERS.
THEY ARE FACING RENT INCREASES
AND IN ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL
PROBLEMS.
THE FACT THEY ARE UNDER
FINANCIAL PRESSURE IS NOT A
SURPRISE BUT A REALITY.
A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE FOR THIS
ORGANIZATION IS THAT BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A PDA THEY WERE NOT
-- AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR
THE FEDERAL RELIEF PROGRAM.
THE PPE PAYCHECK PROTECTION
PROGRAM, OTHER NONPROFIT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.
AS A PDA, THEY ARE -- COMMUNITY
ROOT IS ELIGIBLE.
THEY FACE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES
BEYOND THAT.
WE CAN TELL YOU MORE WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH OUR OTHER --
HOUSING PROVIDERS TO HELP THEM
IN THE WAYS WE CAN.
COMMUNITY ROOTS WE DETERMINED
WHAT WAS NEEDED AT THIS POINT
WAS A LOAN.
KEEP THEM -- WITH SUFFICIENT
MONEY.
ONE REASON WE ARE COMFORTABLE
DOING THIS.
THEY HAVE A COMMERCIAL POR TFL
IO THEY WILL HAVE RENTAL
STREAMS TO BE CONFIDENT TO PAY
THE LOAN OVERTIME.
THAT'S THE HOW WE CAN DO THIS
AND A BIT OF THE WHY.
I WILL TURN DETAILS TO -- THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS.
GOOD AFTER.
A FEW THINGS TO POINT OUT.
AGAIN, WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGENCY THAT
ARE STRUGGLING RIGHTS NOW AS
THEY HAVE FEWER, LESS REVENUE
AND MORE EXPENSES.
THIS IS NOT A SINGLING OUT
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING AS A
SPECIAL HOUSING PROVIDER.
IT'S ABOUT SINGLING THEM OUT
BECAUSE THEY ARE A PDA AND WERE
NOT ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER KINDS OF
FEDERAL BENEFIT THAT OTHER
HOUSING PROVIDERS WERE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE.
I THINK BASED ON THE ROUGH MATH
THAT WAS DONE THEY REFLY GIVEN
THE SIZE OF THEIR PAYROLL WOULD
HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR
APPROXIMATELY A $1.37 MILLION
PAYROLL PROTECTION LOAN AND
THAT PROGRAM AS YOU RECALL,
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT LOAN
FORGIVEN IN THIS CASE THIS IS A
LOAN THAT HAS REPAYMENT.
THAT SAID, COMMUNITY ROOTS
HOUSING DOES HAVE A SPECIAL
PLACE IN THE ECO SYSTEM OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE JUST TO GIVE A SENSE
OF SCALE OF WHAT THEY DO.
THEY HAVE 40 REGULATED
BUILDINGS, THAT'S THE MOST IN
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
1,332 REGULATED UNITS OF WHICH
MOST ARE AT 30, 50 AND 60% OF
AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
A LOT AT 50 AND 640 WHICH ISE.
♪ BECAUSE THAT MEANS THIS
RESUPPORTED BY TENANT PAID
RENT.
MANY OF THE SAME WORKER WHO YOU
TALKED ABOUT BEING STRUGGLING
EARLIER IN TODAY'S CONVERSATION
ARE PAYING RENT.
THERE'S NOT A TENANT BASED
SUBSIDES ON THE UNITS.
THEY WERE FIRST FUNDED IN 1986.
THIS IS A LONG TERM
RELATIONSHIP WE HAD WITH THE
AGENCY.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT
PIPELINE PROJECT OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT WE WANT THEM TO BE
FINANCIALLY SECURE TO BE ABLE
TO CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE THAT
INCLUDES AFRICA TOWN PLAZA,
YESSLER FAMILY, A PARTNERSHIP,
THE LGBTQ SENIOR PROJECT.
UNLIKE MANY OF THE PARTNERS HAS
BEEN MENTIONED THIS IS AN
AGENCY WITH A -- A SIGNIFICANT
COMMERC IAL RENT PROBLEM
BECAUSE OF HOW MANY COMMERCIAL
TENANTS THEY HAVE AND ACTUALLY
IT'S THAT 700,000-DOLLAR GAP
THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW WHICH IS
THE PRIMARY UNDERSTANDING FOR
THE SIZING OF THIS LOAN AT THIS
POINT.
JUST WANT TO CALL THOUGHT BE A
ARE WORKING HARD IN PART
BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT TO MAKE
SURE THAT ALL FORD HACK HOUSING
PROVIDERS HAVE STABILITY AND
SUPPORT FROM OUR OFFICE.
WE IMMEDIATELY PUT IN PLACE
SOME REGULATORY RELIEF
INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PROVIDERS TO DEFER LOAN
PAYMENTS AND WE WORKED TO PUT
THAT RELIEF IN PLACE AS WELL.
WE ARE ALLOWING AGENCIES TO --
WE ARE EXPANDING APPROVAL FOR
THEM TO TAP THEIR OPERATING
RESERVES.
MODEST THINGS BUT WE ARE TRYING
TO SUPPORT THEM.
THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT
BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT, THERE
WAS A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
CREATED IN THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FIRST WITH $1.4
MILLION, OF WHICH THAT HAS BEEN
DISTRIBUTED TO 11 AGENCIES AND
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING
RECEIVED 82,000.
THEN THE FOUR MILLION IN
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS WHICH
AS AN UPDATE WE HAVE ALREADY
COMMITTED OR DISTRIBUTED $3.2
MILLION TO 18 AGENCIES OF WHICH
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSE HOUSING
WAS THE GREATEST RECEIVER OF
$1.3 MILLION SERVING 800 LOW
INCOME RENT PAYING TENANTS WHO
WERE IMPACTED BY CORONAVIRUS.
WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR
RENT PROBLEMS ON THE HOUSING
SIDE THAT THESE OTHER
CHALLENGES -- REMAIN IN VACANCY
LOSS AND -- WHICH HELPS TO
JUSTIFY THE MILLION DOLLARS AND
AT THAT POINT I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO CHRISTY TO TALK ABOUT
THE TERMS.
LAST THING ON THE RENT
ASSISTANCE FOR YOUR
INFORMATION.
AT THIS POINT WE ARE REALLY
PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO SATISFY REQUESTS
FOR THE RENT ASSISTANCE ACROSS
THE AFFORDABLE PORTFOLIO.
ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN TAKEN
CARE OF AND WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH PARTNERS ON THAT.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
I WILL TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO
TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THE LEN
TERMS IN A TERM SHEET.
AS DESCRIBED, THE AMOUNT OF THE
LOAN IS UP TO A MILLION
DOLLARS.
THIS IS SOURCED FROM GENERAL
FUND AND IS -- WILL ALSO BE
REPAID TO THE GENERAL FUND.
ONCE A LOAN AGREEMENT IS
DIRECTED TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING COMMUNITY ROOTS IT
WOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW ON THE
FUNDS BY PROVIDING A WRITTEN
REQUEST IN 2021 FOR THE FUNDS.
ALLOWABLE USES FOR THE FUNDS AS
DESCRIBED WOULD BE TO -- THIS
COULD INCLUDE RENT, PAYROLL
COSTS, UTILITIES INSURANCE,
TAXES, THAT TYPE OF EXPENSE.
AND THEY WOULD NEED TO BE
EXPENSES THAT CAN'T BE MET
THROUGH OTHER REVENUE SOURCES
AVAILABLE TO THE ORGANIZATION.
THE TERM OF THE LOAN IS SET UP
RIGHT NOW AT FIVE YEARS.
THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR DRAWS TO
OCCUR ON THE ONE MILLION
DOLLARS IN 2021.
THEN PROVIDE A YEAR WHERE
REPAYMENT IS NOT REQUIRED IN
2022 AND THEN THREE YEARS OF
REPAYMENT IN EVEN PAYMENTS
DURING 23 THROUGH 2025.
AND THAT SCHEDULE IS INCLUDED
IN YOUR TERM SHEET THERE.
THEN IN TERM OF THE INTEREST.
THE LOAN WILL BEAR INTEREST BUT
THE INTEREST WILL BE BORN BY
THE CITY AND THAT WILL BE AT
THE CITY'S INTERNAL RATE OF
BORROWS.
THEN WHICH WILL INCLUDE IN THE
FINAL LOAN DEW POINTS MANY
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN WHICH
WE WILL REPORT TO THE CITY ON
HOW THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED.
THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR
THAT PRESENTATION.
I WILL GO HEAD AND MOVE TO PUT
THE ITEM IN FRONT OF US FOR
FURTHER DISCUSSION AND MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASSING OF
COUNCIL BILL 119973.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDS.
ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR PANELISTS.
>> I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW IF
-- MORE GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
AREN'T ELIGIBLE.
HOW THE CITY CAN HELPING OTHER
PDA'S THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED
OPERATIONAL REVENUE SHORT FALLS
ASSOCIATED WITH CORONAVIRUS 19
IN PARTICULAR I'M INTERESTED IN
THOSE PROPERTIES, THOSE PUBLIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THAT HAVE
PROPERTY THAT ARE OCCUPIED BY
RESIDENTIAL TENANTS THOUGH I
RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SOME VERY
NOTABLE ONE THAT ARE ALSO
OCCUPIED BY COMMERCIAL TENANTS.
>> COULD YOU -- SOME OF THAT
BACKGROUND YOU THAT HAVE BEEN
DIRECTLY INVOLVED.
>> SURE.
WE WERE CONTACTED BY A NUMBER
OF PDA'S BACK IN THE SPRING AND
THAT ESSENTIALLY STARTED OUR
WORK IN THIS AREA DUE TO
CORONAVIRUS.
ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WE ARE
HELPING, IS THE PLACE MARKET.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE DEBT
SECTION OF THAT BUDGET IS
AUTHORIZATION FOR BONDS TO BE
ISSUED IN 20 # 1. UP TO $6
MILLION THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE
CAPITOL NEEDS OF THE MARKET.
THAT WOULD SUPPORT BOTH THE
HOUSING SIDE, COMMERCIAL SIDE
AND THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO
THE MARKET EITHER AS ONE
ISSUANCE IN 2021 OR THROUGH A
SERIES OF ISSUANCES AS THEY
HAVE NEEDS CONSISTENT WITH THE
DEBT POLICIES.
THEN ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT
WE ARE HELPING AND WORKING WITH
RIGHT NOW IS STIPTA.
WE ARE WORKING TO LOOK AT HOW
WE CAN ADJUST SOME OF THE
RESERVE THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR
THE DEBT THAT IS OUTSTANDING
FOR BONDS THAT WERE ISSUED BY
THE CITY.
SO NAH WOULD LET THEM ACCESS
SOME FUNDS.
THOSE BONDS ARE IN THE FINAL
YEARS OF REPAYMENT.
I BELIEVE THERE'S -- JUST ABOUT
FOUR OR SIX YEARS LEFT ON THE
BONDS.
IT'S A TIME IN WHICH THE CITY
CAN TAKE ACTION TO HELP THEM.
THEN WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION
WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PDA'S IN
THE CASE THAT THEY NEED FUTURE
SUPPORT.
WE HAVE INDICATED SOME OF THE
THINGS LIKE LENDING WOULD BE
AVAILABLE TO THEM FOR CAPITOL
PURCHASES IF NEEDED.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO PLAY FAVORITES
AMONG OUR PDA'S BUT YOU
MENTIONED THE TWO THAT WERE
FOREMOST IN MY MIND SO
APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER -- GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
WE SHARE THE INTEREST AND
CONCERN AROUND THE HOUSING BUT
NOT EXCLUSIVELY.
WAYS TO HELP THEM.
HAS OBVIOUSLY OUR OWN ISSUES
BUT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE LOW
COST DEBT IS A WAY THAT'S BEEN
USEFUL ON THE CASE OF SKIPTA.
WE HAVE THE VESTED INTEREST IN
THOSE BUT THIS SEEMS TO MAKE
SENSE.
THE RISK WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE
AS AN EXAMPLE.
>> HISTORIC SEATTLE AND SKIPKA
SAID THEY RECEIVED IN TERMS OF
RENTAL SUCCESS TRANS.
WE WERE ABLE TO SATISFY RENT
PROBLEMS ON THAT SIDE.
OBVIOUSLY A MUCH SMALLER
PORTFOLIO.
FOR THE PURPOSES THEY HAVE A
LOT MORTEN ISN'T BASED
úOPERATING SUBSIDES TO HELP
CONTINUE TO COVER THE RENT OF
THE LOW INCOME UNITS.
I WILL MENTION THAT COMMUNITY
ROOTS, HOUSING ACCESS.
THE FINANCIAL GUARANTEE.
HAVING COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING
FINANCIAL STABILITY, HELPS THEM
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY.
MY I-PAD IS FROZEN SO I'M
HAVING A HARD TIME PULLING THE
ACTION BILL UP ON MY I-PAD.
I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS QUESTION
IS ANSWERED IN THE BILL.
MAYBE FOR THE BENEFITst PUBLIC
AND US AS COUNCILMEMBERS IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR YOU
ALL TALK JUST FROM A FISCAL
POLICY PERSPECTIVE.
HOW YOU LOOK AT RISK WITH THIS
KIND OF A LOAN SORT OF WHAT ARE
THE THINGS YOU CONSIDER, WHAT
ARE -- THE FACTORS AND CRITERIA
AND THE PROCESS THAT YOU ALL
UNDERTAKE IN YOUR ANALYSIS TO
DETERMINE THAT THIS IS AS --
DIRECTOR JUST MENTIONED A LOW
RISK DEBT PROPOSITION.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THAT JUST A
LITTLE BIT.
IN FAS OUR CITY FINANCE
DIVISION OVER THE YEARS,
MANAGES ISSUES AS THEY COME UP
THAT ARE FINANCIALLY RELATED
FOR PDA.
WE ARE KIND OF ON POINT WORKING
WITH THE OFFICE OF RELATIONS
WORKING WITH PDA'S AND ONE
THING THAT WE DO IS WE JUST
WATCH EACH YEAR HOW THE
FINANCIALS MAY CHANGE OR BE
AFFECTED CERTAINLY CORONAVIRUS
HAS BEEN IN EXTREME SITUATION
OF THAT.
GOING INTO THIS WE HAD A SENSE
OF THE FINANCIALS FOR EACH OF
THE PDA'S AND I THINK THAT WAS
HELPFUL.
THEN WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT
WHAT RESEVENS THEY THEY HAVE IN
PLACE AND THE ONGOING SET OF
SERVICES ARE AS MENTIONED
COMMERCIAL IS STRONG FOR
COMMUNITY ROOTS AS IS HOUSING.
COMMERCE COMMERCIAL HAS BEEN
AFFECTED BUT WE EXPECT THAT TO
COME BACK IN THE FUTURE.
THEN ADDITIONAL, THE RATE OF
RETURN RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY
AS WE KNOW INTEREST RATES QUITE
LW AND SO, WHILE IT'S HELPFUL
TO COMMUNITY ROOTS, THE COST OF
THE CITY IS FAIRLY SMALL IN
TERMS OF COVERING THAT INTEREST
RATE IN THE COMING YEARS.
WE FELT THAT WAS SUPERVISING
THAT THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE
ABLE TO MANAGE.
IN AGAIN IT'S A REPAID LOAN.
IT'S NOT BEING STRUCTURED AS A
GRANT BUT AS A REPAID LOAN
AMOUNT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE
JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
DIRECTOR, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS
THAT ROOTS HOUSING BEING A PDA
MEANT THEY WEREN'T ELIGIBLE TO
APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS AID TO -- AND/OR
QUALIFY FOR LOANS THROUGH THE
PAYCHECK PROGRAM.
I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> NO.
THAT IS CRICK.
WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO -- WHAT
I DID IS I QUOTED A NUMBER OF
WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
ELIGIBLE FOR WOULD THEY HAVE
BEEN ELIGIBLE WHICH WAS ABHIJIT
1.37 MILLION.
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
THAT LEADS IN TO MY COMMENTS.
BECAUSE -- OF THE RESTRICTIONS
ON THE PDA.
AND THEIR INABILITY TO ACCESS
THE PPP LOAN PROGRAM OR
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL SUPPORT.
THE EXPECTED SHORT FALL OF
CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS THAT
HE HAVE.
THE WAY IN WHICH THE CRISIS HAS
IMPAIRED THEIR ABILITY TO
COLLECT REVENUES BOTH FROM
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL
TENANTS.
IT'S EXPECTED TO BE MORE, IT'S
ABOUT 3.2 MILLION.
OUR ABILITY TO GTHEM THE
DOLLARS GIVES THEM THE ABILITY
TO PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES IF
NOT HOPEFULLY LEVERAGE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE AND
GIVEN THAT THEY PARTNER AND
PROVIDE OVER 1300 RENT AND
INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING UNITS
ACROSS -- WHAT DID YOU SAY?
OVER 40 PROPERTIES, 41
PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CITY, I
JUST THINK THIS IS A HUGE WAY
FOR US TO CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY
SUSTAIN -- MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
CAN SUSTAIN BUT THAT WE ARE
PROVIDING THEM THE VITAL
SERVICE THEY NEED TO ORDER TO
STAY HEALTHY AND THAT'S A PLACE
TO CALL HOME.
I AM HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
OFFER THIS NO INTEREST LOAN.
SUPPORT COMMUNITY ROOTS, AND
SUPPORT THEIR TENANTS WHICH
FURTHER SUPPORT ITS OUR CITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE HELP
FOLKS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET
AND LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THE ROLLING CORONAVIRUS WAVES
AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO
EXTEND MORE SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY
AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS IT?
$63MILLION IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DOLLARS COMING IN 2022
AS A RESULT FROM JUMP START.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY ON THE HORIZON
HERE.
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT
FORWARD TO US.
YOU FLAGGED IT EARLY.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT INTO THE
END OF THE YEAR.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.
THE BILL IS HERE.
THERE IS NO AMENDMENT.
WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF BILL 119973.
>> VICE CHAIR, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT TO
THE DECEMBER 14th SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL FOR FINAL VOTE AND
CONSIDERATION.
LET'S MOVE ON.
WE ARE MOVING ONTO OUR SECOND
AND THIRD ITEMS ON THEIR
AGENDAA PUBLISHED.
MADAM CLERK WILL YOU READ THE
TWO ITEMS IN TO THE RECORD.
THAT WILL I THINK ALLOW FOR OUR
CENTRAL STAFF AND POTENTIAL
PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THESE TOGETHER.
SO AGAIN, ITEMS 2 AND 3 ON OUR
PUBLISHED AGENDA.
>> NUMBER 2, 119971, AN HARD
NONAUTHORIZING IN 2020
ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING NONCITY
SOURCES AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
OR MAYOR'S TO ACCEPT GRANTS.
ITEM NUMBER 3, 119970.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
1 # 600 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2020
BUDGET INCLUDING THE 2020, 2025
CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTERS
WITH US.
I BELIEVE THE FIRST IS GOING TO
BE LISA FOLLOWED BY THOM.
WE ALSO HAVE WITH US THE BUDGET
DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE AND WE HAVE
SOME PARTNERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE
FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS
SPECIFICALLY SPD IS NEEDED.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GO HEAD AND
FURNISH OVER TO LISA TO WALK US
THROUGH ITEM NUMBER 2 ON THE
PUBLISHEDDA AGAIN WHICH IS THE
CRITICAL GRANT ACCEPTANCE AND
THEN TOM WE WILL TURN IT OVER
TO YOU TO WALK US THROUGH
COUNCIL BILL 119770 THE SUPPLE
MENTAL BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO LISA.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> HI MADAM CHAIR.
LONG TIME, NO SEE.
>> THE BUDGET SEASON.
I'M LISA WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
WE WILL BE TAG TEAMING THE --
THE BUDGET ORDINANCES.
WITH YOUR PERMISSION WE WILL
BOTH GIVE INTRODUCTION LINES AT
THIS TIME.
THE 4th QUARTER GRANT
ACCEPTANCE WILL ACCEPT 40
GRANTS.
80% OF THEM WILL GO TO THREE
AGENCY WAS THE SALE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, RECEIVING 18 GRANTS
TOTALING ABOUT $7.3 MILLION.
POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD RECEIVE
NINE GRANTS TOTALING ABOUT $5
MILLION AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WOULD RECEIVE THREE GRANTS
TOTALING ABOUT $4 MILLION.
IN ADDITION OTHER GRANTS ARE
DIVIDED UP WITH TWO EACH TO THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
SEATTLE CENTER.
CITY ATTORNEY.
PUBLIC LIBRARY WOULD EACH HAVE
ONE GRANT.
18 OF THE 0 GRANTS $100,000 OR
LESS AND SIX ARE GREATER THAN A
MILLION DOLLARS.
YOU WILL SEE THE DESCRIPTIONS
OF ALL THE GRANTS ON THE
ATTACHMENT ADD TO THE NOTE.
AFTER IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO
ACCEPT THE GRANTS THROUGH
APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL BILL,
COUNCIL WOULD THEN APPROPRIATE
THE GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE 4th
QUARTER SUPPLE MENTAL AND
THAT'S WHERE I WILL TURN THIS
OVER TO TOM TO TALK ABOUT THEM.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
TOM WITH YOUR COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
BUILDING OFF LISA'S INTRO
COUNCIL BILL 119977O IS THE 4th
QUARTER SUPPLE MENTAL
COORDINATE THROUGH A NUMBER OF
CHANGES UP AND DOWN TO
APPROPRIATATIONS.
THE INDEPENDENT RESULT IS THIS
BILL REDUCES 2020 PRESENTATIONS
BY APPROXIMATELY $83 MILLION.
A NET RESULT OF A $232 MILLION
DECREASE IN CAPITOL
APPROPRIATATION THAT OFF SETS
$149.6 MILLION INCREASE IN
OPERATING BUDGET.
I'M WITH IN -- THOSE HIGH LEVEL
NUMBERS.
THERE IS ABOUT $84.5 MILLION
THAT'S BACKED BY NEW REVENUE.
14.5 IS IN THE GENERAL FUND
WHICH IS A PARTICULAR SCRUTINY.
WITH IN THAT AMOUNT $19 MILLION
IS IN THE GRANT ACCEPTING OR
GRAD ACCEPTANCE THAT LISA
DESCRIBED.
12MILLION OF THAT IS GENERAL
FUND.
THE REMAINDER IS FROM A NUMBER
OF OTHER NONGRANT REVENUES LIKE
REIMBURSE MEMBERS AND THE LIKE.
THE STAFF MEMO -- GOES SECTION
BY SECTION.
EXPLAINING THE UPS AND DOWNS IN
THE DIFFERENT APPROPRIATATIONS.
THERE IS A GREAT LEVEL OF
DETAIL IN THAT ATTACHMENT THAT
I WON'T GO INTO UNLESS THERE IS
A PARTICULAR ITEM OF -- THAT
THE COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED
BASED ON THEIR REVIEW.
WITH THAT SAID THERE -- STAFF
IS A WARE THAT -- THERE ARE
QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
SOME OF THE OTHERRIST OTHERS
WHICH IS WHY WE ARE JOINED
TODAY BY OUR EXECUTIVE
PARTNERS.
SO AT THIS POINT I WILL PAUSE
AND SEE IF WILL ARE ANY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY
NONSPD ITEMS THAT I CAN ADDRESS
AND THEN IF THERE IS SPD
RELATED ONES THEN -- TURN THAT
OVER TO DR. NOBLE AND SPD
REPRESENTATIVES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH TOM.
THANK YOU.
GOOD SUGGESTION.
COLLEGE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
ON THE NONSPD RELATED ITEMS.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER -- PLEASE
GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A REQUEST MOVING
FORWARD.
RELATED TO SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT I THINK SOME OF
MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE AROUND
SOME OF THESE ITEMS BECAUSE
POUNDER BOUND UP IN SOME OF
THESE GRANTS ARE THINGS THAT
SOME OF US MAY SUPPORT AND
OTHER THINGS THAT SOME OF US
MAY NOT SUPPORT.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TEASE
THESE THINGS OUT WHEN SINGLE
GRANTS, SOMETIMES PAY FOR
MULTIPLE THINGS.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS THIS
AFTER THE FACT BECAUSE AGAIN,
IN SOME INSTANCS THE -- WE ARE
ACCEPTING THE FUNDS FOR
PURCHASES THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN MADE.
I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT WE
COULD MOVING FORWARD, NEXT
YEAR, HAVE SOME COUNCIL
OVERSIGHT FOR IN ADVANCE OF
APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE
MORE OF A -- TRANSPARENT AND
ENGAGED CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
FUNDS THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SEEKS IN ADVANCE OF
APPLYING FOR THEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I'M HAPPY TO
WORK WITH DIRECTOR NOBLE.
I KNOW WE HAVE A SHARED
INTEREST IN THINKING MORE ABOUT
THE SUPPLE MENTAL BUDGET
PROCESSES GENERALLY AND WE CAN
BUILD IN THOUGH THAT DISCUSSION
ON THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE OF HOW
THAT ALL WORKS IN THE
SOMETIMING OF WHEN DECISIONS IS
MADE SO THAT WE CAN -- I'M
HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE DIRECTOR
AND YOU HAVE THOUGHTS NOW AND.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT MY QUESTION, I
APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER.
I DO THINK MY QUESTION IS MORE
DIRECTED AT DIRECTOR NOBLE TO
FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE
IS A WILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF
THE EXECUTIVE IN THE BUDGET
OFFICE TO DO THAT MOVING
FORWARD.
>> JUST BEFORE YOU ANSWER, I
WANT TO UNDER SCORE A PART OF
THE REQUEST.
IT'S FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE ADVANCE NOTICE BEFORE THE
GRANTS ARE ACCEPTED AND I THINK
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> NOT BEFORE THEY ARE
ACCEPTED.
BEFORE WE APPLY.
>> BEFORE WE APPLY.
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
>> I THINK THAT WE FIND
OURSELVES IS THAT -- WE HAVE
APPLIED FOR GRANTS AND.
IN SOME CASES WE HAVE GONE AND
BOUGHT THE THING THAT THE GRANT
WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR AND NOW
WE ARE ACCEPTING THE GRANTS.
YOU KNOW I JUST DON'T -- I
DON'T WANT -- THE CITY TO BE IN
THE POSITION OF HAVING A HOLE
IN THE BUDGET FOR THINGS THAT
WE HAVE ALREADY -- WE HAVE
ALREADY DONE BASED ON THE
ASSUMPTION TO ACCEPT GRANTS.
>> IF I MAY -- ABSOLUTELY OPEN
TO DISCUSSION, AND -- FAMILIAR
-- ITS BEEN AN ONGOING TENSION
OVERTIME.
I WOULD NOTE THAT AS A MATTER
OF GENERAL PRACTICE WE DON'T --
WE TALK TO DEPARTMENTS NOT TO
PURCHASE AHEAD OF GRANT
ACCEPTANCE.
NOT GOING TO DENY THERE ARE
SITUATIONS WHERE NEED AND
CRITICAL SERVICE OR WHATEVER IT
MAY BE, WE CHOOSE THE LANGUAGE
WE USE TO TALK ABILITY SPENDING
AT RISK BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A
COMFORTABLE POSITION FOR ANY OF
US TO BE IN.
JUST A SIDE NOTE.
IN TERMS OF A PREREVIEW.
BETTER LANGUAGE.
THE CHALLENGE IS WITH THE
GRANTS.
LISA SAID THAT -- I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY OF THE GRANTS, UNDER
100,000.
YOU CAN APPRECIATE THERE'S SOME
STUFF THAT'S -- TOO TIME
CONSUMING.
WE CAN WORK WITH ALLI TO
IDENTITY THOSE THAT ARE THE
HIGHEST PRIORITY AND WORK
THROUGH THAT.
ANOTHER POINT -- THAT -- JUST A
DIE ANYMORE NICK THIS.
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT'S A
PROBLEM.
ON THE SPD SIDE SOME OF WHAT WE
ARE DOING IS ACCEPTING FEDERAL
GRANT DOLLARS FOR THE REGION.
WE ARE -- THE REGIONAL
COORDINATOR OF THE FEDERAL
GRANTS AND SETTING ASIDE SOME
OF THE REGIONAL PARTNERS.
NEXT -- THAT CREATES THE ISSUES
BECAUSE THE POLICY PRIORITIES.
THE CITY VERSES OTHERS MAY NOT
BE THE SAME.
THE SAME TIME THERE IS
ADVANTAGE TO BEING THE -- THE
LOANS.
IN THE GRANTS.
ONLY TO SAY IT'S COMPLICATED.
IT'LL REQUIRE THIS
COORDINATION.
WILLING TO ENGAGE AND -- TO
WORK WITH EVERYTHING.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU RAISE
THAT.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBER THAT WILL WANT TO
ASK QUESTIONS TO SPD GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ISSUES.
THANK YOU FOR SETTING THAT UP.
I WANT TO UNDER SCORE THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THE
DAYLIGHT BEFORE THE A
INDICATION HAS GONE FORWARD SO
WE CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE A
BETTER SAY ON HOW THIS ALIGN
WAS THE COUNCILS VALUES AND THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES PRIORITIES
AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET
BEFORE TRANSACTIONS HAPPEN.
THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO
AUTHORIZE IN THE AFTERMATH.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS RELATED
TO NONSPD ITEMS BEFORE WE GET
THERE TO SPD OVERVIEW THIS THAT
TOM IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH
SOME SPD RELATED ISSUES AND
THEN WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
DIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO SPD
ITEM.
OKAY.
TOM I AM NOT SEEING IN
ADDITIONAL HANDS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WALK US
THROUGH SOME OF THE SPD RELATED
ITEMS WHICH I KNOW ARE OF
CONCERN TO THIS COMMITTEE AND
AS YOU HEARD FROM THE -- THE
HALLS THIS MORNING.
OR THIS AFTERNOON.
FOLKS VERY INTERESTED IN
CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ITEMS AS
WELL.
>> CHAIR, I DO NOT ACTUALLY
HAVE A LIST OF A PREPARED LIST.
I DO HAVE THE AMENDMENTS SET UP
THAT SOME OF WHICH HAVE WITHIN
RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE ISSUES.
IN TERMS OF -- THE RUNNING LIST
OF QUESTIONS I DO NOT HAVE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW IS WE
HAVE ITEMS 3 AND 4 READ IN TO
THE RECORD.
DIRECTOR, I'M GOING TO -- ALLOW
FOR YOU OR ASK FOR YOU TO DO
ANY OVERVIEW AND THEN THANKFUL
WE CONSIDER ANY AMENDMENTS WE
WILL THEN TEE UP THE BILL'S
OFFICIALLY.
IN TERMS OF A BROAD OVERVIEW IF
YOU HAD ANYTHING THAT YOU
WANTED TO PROVIDE FOR CONTEXT
ON THESE ITEMS BEFORE WE GO
FORWARD THAT WOULD BE WELCOME
AT THAT POINT.
>> NOT SURE THE LEVEL OF
DETAIL YOU WANT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SPD,
ANGELA IN PARTICULAR AND THE
CHIEF AND HAVE BEEN OVER THE
COURSE OF THE YEAR.
PARTICULARLY IN THE PAST TWO TO
THREE MONTHS AS WE LOOKED
TOWARD THE YEAR IN DETERMINES
WHAT RESOURCES WOULD BE NEEDED.
BEEN A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF
FINANCIAL PRESSURES AND SOME
FINANCIAL RELIEF IF YOU WILL
THAT IS PD IS EXPERIENCING ON
THE PRESSURE SIDE, ONGOING
PROTESTS HAVE REQUIRED STAFFING
BEYOND NORMAL LEVELS AS AN
EXAMPLE.
TO BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
SEPARATION SO RETIREMENTS AND
RESIGNATIONS HAVE REDUCED
PAYROLL TO AN EXTENT.
AT THE SAME TIME REQUIRED
SIGNIFICANT EXPENSIONS.
WHEN EMPLOYEES LEAVE THEY ARE
ENTITLED TO A PAY OUT OF THEIR
SICK TIME.
WE MANAGE REQUESTS RELATED TO
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE THAT WE
FILL AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
SPD BEING ONE OF THEM.
SIMILAR AND FOR THE 4th QUARTER
INCLUDES A PAY PARENTAL
DISTRIBUTION OF LEAVE OF BACK
FILLERS THAT WE CALL IT AT THE
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
SPD INCLUDED, SIMILARLY, WE
HAVE BEEN DEALING AT YOUR END
WITH INCREASING DEPARTMENTS
BUDGET AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH
EXPENSES RELATED TO
CORONAVIRUS, THAT WE
ANTICIPATE.
THERE ARE REQUESTS FOR
AUTHORITY, FOR FEMA RELATED
EXPENSIONS.
SPD IS AMONG THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
THAT'S -- SOME OF THE SPECIFIC
FINANCIAL ASKS.
THERE'S A SPECIFIC ASK FOR
APPROXIMATELY 1.6 MILLION TO
DEAL WITH THE UNANTICIPATED
SEPARATION PAY AND THEN
ADDITIONAL BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR
BACK FILL FOR PAID PARENTAL
LEAVE AND ADDITIONAL BUDGET
AUTHORITY FOR CORONAVIRUS --
FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
EACH MUCH THOSE 1.9 BILLION,
THOSE ARE THE -- THE KEY ONES
IN TERMS OF SPD'S DIRECT
EXPENSES.
THEN A SET OF GRANT
ACCEPTANCES, OF IF ED RALPH
DOLLARS AGAIN AS I JUST -- A
VARIETY OF PURPOSES.
SOME MUCH THAT MONEY TO SPD.
SOME OF IT TO FIRE AND AS I
SAID EARLIER SOME OF IT TO
AGENCIES SURROUNDING PUBLIC
SAFETY AGENCIES IN OTHER AREAS
AS WE COORDINATE THOSE GRANTS.
WE HAVE LEGISLATION -- BUT
THOSE ARE THE FOE KISS.
THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR
SPD AS CALLED OUT IN THE 4th
QUARTER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU MENTIONED GRANT ACCEPTANCE
AND I SAW THE COUNCILMEMBER
HAVE HIS HAND UP EARLIER
REGARDING THAT TOPIC AS WELL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DIRECT ALREADY NOBLE
FOR OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.
I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN I
BELIEVE TO BE ANSWERED IN THE
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT IS
BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR
SINCE THIS IS OUR ONLY
COMMITTEE AND OUR LAST MEETING
IS NEXT WEEK.
I'M JUST LETTING THE RECORD
REFLECT SOME OF MY FRUSTRATION
AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE
HAD TO PROCESS AND DIGEST THE
AMOUNT OF INFORMATION COMING
IN.
SO, I HAVE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRANT
FUNDING FROM JA G,.
FUNDING FOR SPD AND OTHER
NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS.
SUPPORTING CRIME PREVENTION
COORDINATORS.
THAT IS THE ENTIRE INFORMATION
HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO ME.
CAN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
APPRECIATE IT.
I SEE GREG DAW SECONDS F
CENTRAL STAFF.
ARE YOU OFF MUTE.
DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO CHIME IN ON?
>> THE SHORT ANSWER IS A
QUESTION IS THAT THIS IS THE
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT AND
THAT IT SUPPORTS A FEW OF OUR
CRIME PREVENTION COORDINATORS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SPD TO NOD IF
I'M RIGHT ABOUT THAT AND THEN A
PORTION OF IT'LL BE TRANSFERRED
OVER TO KING COUNTY.
ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO
NOTE THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
INFORMATION ON THAT.
THEN AS -- PURSUANT TO THE
QUESTIONS HAVE YOU ASKED ME
ABOUT BOTH THE ITEM AND THE
STATE LAND -- STATE HOMELAND
SECURITY ITEM.
THOSE -- THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
PURCHASES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
THAT -- WE HAVE RECEIVED
INFORMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE
ARM BUT -- YOU KNOW THERE'S A
SORT OF ANOTHER LAYER THAT
WOULD REQUIRE MORE RESEARCH BY
CENTRAL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO
ANSWER THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS I
KNOW THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
ASKING.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF ANGELA CAN
PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE
-- THE GRANT IN PARTICULAR THAT
COULD BE HELPFUL.
>> OR THE -- HOMELAND SECURITY
IN JUST A MINUTE.
>> YEAH.
>> FOR THE JAG ITEM THAT --
THAT GRANT FUNDING SUPPORT
THREE CRIME PREVENTION
COORDINATORS WHO WORK OUT OF
THREE OF THE PRECINCTS IN THE
CITY.
IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE
CRIME PREVENTION COORDINATORS,
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE WHO ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING
WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES,
COMMUNITY GROUPS, TO ADDRESS
VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES.
AND DO PROBLEM SOLVING, IT IS
MEANT TO BE A LIASION BETWEEN
SPD AND DIFFERENT GROUPS TO DO
MORE OF THAT FOCUS, PROBLEM
SOLVING AND STRATEGY IRK WORK.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS FIVE
POSSESSIONS TOTAL ALONG WITH
THE -- THE ASIAN LIASION AND
POSITION WITH IN THE SAME GROUP
BUT A DIFFERENT CLASS THAT DOES
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE OUTREACH
BUT SERVES A SIMILAR ROLE FROM
A CRIME PREVENTION STANDPOINT.
I CAN -- SPEAK GENERALLY TO THE
-- ITEM AND SHSP ITEM IF YOU
WOULD LIKE.
IF YOU HAVE SPECK QUESTIONS
MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT
THOSE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT MY
HOMELAND SECURITY QUESTIONS I
-- I HAVE MORE OF AN
UNDERSTANDING.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS WITH
IN THE GRANT.
I DON'T FEEL I'M ABLE TO DO MY
JOB AS ANNIE ELECTRICITIED
OFFICIAL, MAKING GOOD
DECISIONS.
SO, THIS WILL DETERMINE BY
ABILITY TO VOTE ON THE MEASURES
TODAY.
>> I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO WALK THROUGH THE ITEM THAT
ARE FUNDED UNDER THE GRANT IS
-- THAT DIRECTOR NOBLE POINTED
OUT THIS IS A REGIONAL GRANT SO
THERE ARE ITEMS IN HERE THAT
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS.
KING COUNTY AND TACOMA COUNTY.
I WILL RUN THROUGH THE LIST IN
FRONT OF ME.
JUST FROM A BREAK OUT AND
THERE'S ABOUT $260,000 BUILT IN
FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION,
SUSTAINMENT.
ABOUT $67,000 SET ASIDE FOR THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
FOR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS WITH
THE SPECIAL FORECUSS ON
INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED
ENGLISH ABILITY.
THERE'S A REGIONAL PLANNER.
THIS WORK IN CONCERT WITH ALL
OF THE PARTNERS.
YOU HAVE A PLANNING
PROFESSIONAL.
SORRY, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.
THIS POSITION WORKS IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
HELP COORDINATE MASK CARE
PLANS.
WE HAVE TEN BOMB SUIT US AT
$243,000 WHICH WILL BE SHARED
ACROSS ALL OF THE REGIONAL BOMB
TEAMS.
THERE ARE -- LET'S SEE.
THERE'S $35,000 SET ASIDE FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING.
THE TRAINING HAS YET TO WE
IDENTIFIED BUT THERE'S $35,000.
THERE'S -- 27,000 FOR
EQUIPMENT, ALSO TO BE SHARED
WITH THE REGIONAL BOMB TEAMS.
THESE ARE -- WHAT WE CALL MICRO
ROBOTS.
THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE AND HAVE
BEEN INCLUDED IN THE ORDER
NATURAL IMPACT REPORT.
IN ADDITION THERE'S ALSO LET'S
SEE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE -- ENTIRE
-- 450,000 FOR CONTRACT
ANALYSTS AND THEN I BELIEVE MY
LIST HERE IS STARTING TO CREEP
INTO THE SHSP ITEM AS WELL
POTENTIALLY.
THERE'S A FIRST RESPONDER --
LET'S SEE.
FIRST RESPONDER APPLICATION
THAT WILL BE INSTALLED ON CELL
PHONES THAT ALLOW US TO TRACK
FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE EVENT
OF AN EVENT OF SOME SORT.
WHETHER IT -- NATURAL OR MAN
MADE DISASTER.
3D PRINTER FOR THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.
VIDEO DOWN LINK SYSTEM.
LET'S SEE.
WHICH IS -- FOR THE --
SORRY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN UPGRADE OF
AN EXISTING SYSTEM FOR THE
SEATTLE MAPLE LEAF -- THERE'S A
NUMBER OF ITEMS ON HERE
MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION, I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS
LIST.
I THINK IT'LL BE SENT TO
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> IF YOU COULD SEND IT AND
MAYBE GREG IF YOU COULD SEND
IT.
WITH THE SHORT DURATION I TIME
I HAD ABLE TO FOCUS ON THIS
BODY OF WORK BETWEEN MY MEETING
YESTERDAY AND TODAY I FOCUSED
ON THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT
AND SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR
UPDATE HERE IF YOU COULD SEND
OVER THAT INFORMATION, THAT
WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR YOU, FOR
ME TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THESE
ITEMS.
>> I THANK YOU FOR RAISING
THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE MY CONCERN.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL MORE AT
EASE THAT THIS IS A GRANT THAT
WE ACT AS A PASTOR ORGANIZATION
FOR.
ESPECIALLY AS RELATES TO ISSUES
LIKE TRAINING FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT I DO APPRECIATE
THAT THERE IS MONEY FOR
EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS AND AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I AGREE THAT HAVING ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE GRANTS
AND -- ADDITIONAL HEADS UP
PRIOR TO POTENTIALAL GRANT
ACCEPTANCE.
IT'S ISSUE THAT CAME UP
BEFORE..
>> AS LONG AS WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE GRANT I WANT TO ADD A
COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I DEPTH
HEAR MENTIONED BUT THAT I SEE
FROM ATTACHMENT A. SO, PLEASE
-- THERE IS ALSO FIRE
DEPARTMENT PORTION THAT HAVE
GRANT TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO
ENHANCE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO
INCREASE AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR
STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE AND RESCUE
RESPONSE AND ALSO FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE --
CHEMICAL, NUCLEAR AND HIGH
YIELD EXPLOSIVE HAZMAT SUITS
FOR NOT JUST OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT BUT REGIONAL PARTNER
WHO ARE ALSO IN THIS LINE OF
WORK.
>> THAT IS CORRECT
COUNCILMEMBER.
AND JUST IN GENERAL WE HAVE --
WE PROVIDED A GOOD DEAL OF
INFORMATION AND DETAIL FOR THE
ESSENTIAL STAFF THAT WE TRY TO
BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT AND
COMMUNICATE ABOUT THESE GRANTS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CONCERN
ON THEIR -- IMPORTANT POLICY
MATTERS, ESSENTIALLY BEING
FUNDED HERE.
HAVE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION
AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
DETAIL AS REQUIRED EITHER TODAY
OR -- OVER THE COMING COUPLE
DAYS.
JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
>> OKAY.
FOLKS I'M NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS SO I HAVE A SERIES OF
QUESTION THAT I WILL ASK.
THEN WE WILL OPEN IT BACK UP
AGAIN.
I'M LOOK ITS AT RCW,
35.32A.090.
BUDGET MANDATORY.
OTHER EXPENSES -- PENALTIES AND
SUBONE SAYS THERE WILL BE NO
ORDERS, AUTHORIZATIONS,
ALLOWANCES, CONTRACTS OR
PAYMENTS MADE OR ATTEMPTED TO
BE MADE IN EXCESS OF THE
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES AUTHORIZED
IN THE FINAL BUDGET OR MODIFIED
AS PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER.
ANY SUCH ATTEMPT HAVE -- WILL
BE VOID AND WILL NEVER BE THE
FOUNDATION FOR A CLAIM AGAINST
THE CITY.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE AGAIN WE ARE
BEING ASKED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
TO BACK FILL FUNDING FOR
AUTHORIZED OR ALLOWED EXPENSES
ABOVE WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL PER THE
ORDINANCES THAT WE PASSED.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW
THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
THE COUNCIL WAS CLEAR AND OUR
BUDGET ORDINANCE THAT SPD HAD A
CERTAIN AMOUNT TO SPEND.
NEITHER THE COUNCIL UNDER NOR
COUNCILMEMBERS LIABLE FOR OVER
SPEND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
AUTHORIZE OR ALLOW THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
SPENT, MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT ON
SEVERAL THINGS AND NOW THE
REQUEST SPECIFICALLY IS FOR
THINGS LIKE SEPARATION PAY,
LEAVE PAY, AND ADDITIONAL MONEY
SO WE HAVE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
WHICH ARE THINGS THAT ALL OF US
WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
MY BIGGEST QUESTIONS ARE, THESE
ITEMS SHOULD PROSECUTE HAVE
BEEN PAID FIRST BEFORE THINGS
LIKE OVERTIME WERE PAID.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHO AUTHORIZES
OR ALLOWS FOR THE SPENDING TO
-- AND THE SEQUENCE THAT IT --
FOR EXAMPLE WHY WASN'T THE
FUNDING SET ASIDE FOR
SEPARATION PAY, LEAVE PAY AND
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
>> POINT OF ORDER QUESTION.
>> I'M SORRY.
ARE WE DONE WITH THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE LEGISLATION NOW?
>> NO.
WE HAVE READ THEM IN THE TO
RECORD.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK
QUESTIONS ON GRANT ACCEPTANCE
WE CAN STILL DO THAT AS WELL.
WOULD MADAM -- MADAM VICE
CHAIR.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE
CONSIDERED FIRST AND THEN WE
CAN DEBATE IT.
.
>>> THIS IS THE GRANT AND
PRIVATE FUNDING.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVERRED SECONDED.
IS THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
AND COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM FOR
OFFICIAL CONSIDERATION,
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR
AMENDMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER, STRAUSS.
>> I'M HAPPY -- I WILL JUST
SPEAK DIRECTLY ABOUT HOMELAND
SECURITY.
>> SURE.
I WILL -- SPEAK ABOUT SOME
ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POLICE
DEPARTMENT RELATED.
I WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT -- I BELIEVE TO -- MY
PEOPLE AND THE CITY WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE $600,000 FROM THE
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
FOR THE PROGRAM.
THEN ALSO -- UPWARDS OF
$300,000 FROM THE STATE TO HSD
TO IMPROVE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
FOR AGING ADULTS AND -- AN
ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN REALLY
FOCUSED ON WITH HSD AND THEN
FINALLY FUNDING FROM WASHINGTON
STATE LIBRARY FOR MORE WIFI HOT
SPOT DISTRIBUTION, SUPER
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IN DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN
TO ADD TO THE NUMBER OF HOT
SPOTS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS
ANSWERED THE LONG LIST OF
QUESTION THAT I HAVE HAD
REGARDING THE HOMELAND SECURITY
GRANT.
IN SHORT ORDER I -- I CAN'T
SUPPORT ACCEPTING THIS GRANT.
I MEAN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
HOW WE HAVE WANTED TO
DEMILITARIZE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
AT THE OUTSET OF THE PROTESTS I
WAS -- I WAS AT A PLACE OF
WELL, AS LONG AS WE DEMILITA
RIZE THAT'S FINE.
I WAS REMINDED IT'S NOT MEETING
A MILITARY POLICE OFFICER BUT
-- AND THAT'S THEIR BIGGEST
FEAR.
I THINK THAT IT'S ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT LOW HANGING
FRUIT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE
HAVE.
I GUESS I'M SURPRISED TO SEE US
LOOKING TO ACCEPT A GRANT FROM
HOMELAND SECURITY, THE LIST
THAT I HAVE RECEIVED IS FOR A
BREACHING TOOL, POWER SONICS;
NIGHT VISION, CANISTERS AND
MARKS, BALLISTIC PROTECTION AND
APPLICATION THAT TRACK SPD
PEOPLE FOR SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS.
THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT I CAN'T
SUPPORT.
I DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO
STRIKE THE HOMELAND SECURITY --
OR TO STRIKE OUR ACCEPTANCE OF
THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF ITEMS WITH IN THE GRANT, THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, I
HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
THAT TRAINING IS.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS.
THOSE ARE THINGS I CAN SUPPORT.
ITS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING FROM
CENTRALSTAFF THAT BECAUSE OF
THE SHORT ORDER THAT HE WITH
HAVE RECEIVERRED THIS
INFORMATION AND THEN HAD TO
CREATE THE AMENDMENTS THAT A
WAY TO DO A LINE BY LINE ITEM
CUT WOULD REQUIRE A NEW BILL
AND A PROVISO.
THAT IS NOT ABLE TO BE CREATED
IN THIS SHORT TIME FRAME WHICH
IS WHY MY AMENDMENT IS A BLUNT
TOOL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T MADE A
FORMAL MOTION.
I WILL SUPPORT THAT IF YOU DO.
I HAVE -- HAVE A QUESTION INTO
SPD.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT FROM
THE COUNCILMEMBER WHICH IS WHAT
KICKS OFF SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.
I DID REVIEW THE MATERIAL AND
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME
OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY
CENTRAL STAFF AND WANT TO
INQUIRE ABOUT SOME OF THE
EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT BASED
ON COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
DESCRIPTION.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
CANISTERS ARE -- LIKE THE
OXYGEN CANISTERS FOR THE -- I
JUST WANTED TO CHECK AND SEE IF
THAT'S THE CASE AND NOT
CANISTERS OF AMMUNITION THAT I
AGREE -- I -- I AM NOT KEEN TO
ACCEPT THAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT.
IF IT'S -- IF IT'S CANISTERS OF
OXYGEN -- TO WORK FOR OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS THAT -- I WOULDN'T
CONSIDER THAT NECESSARILY
MILITARY EQUIPMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
BREACHING TOOL -- I MEAN
FIREFIGHTERS USE BREACHING
TOOLS ALL THE TIME IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE TO GET INTO A
RESIDENCE IF THERE IS A HEART
ATTACK OR EXAMPLE AND THE DOOR
IS LOCKED OR AN EMERGENCY AND
WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE NATURE FOR THAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
BREACHING TOOL IS NOT BEING
REQUESTED FOR A MILITARY USE.
IF I COULD MAYBE JUST GET A
LITTLE MOVER CLARITY AFTER
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S
REPRESENTATIONS TO MAKE SURE MY
UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT.
SIMILARLY TO THE SENTIMENTS HE
EXPRESSED I'M NOT KEEN ON
ACCEPTING ADDED MILITARY
EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD FURTHER
MILITIRIZE THE CIVILIAN POLICE
FORCE BUT I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF
IT IS MORE BENIGN THAN THAT AND
HAS MORE -- DOESN'T HAVE THOSE
IMPLICATIONS.
I WANT TO CLAIRE THAT.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M --
THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT
UNDERSTANDING.
>> THANK YOU AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE I COMBINE BOTH THE
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I THINK
YOU HAD A QUESTION AND.
>> IF THAT'S OKAY JUST BECAUSE
I THINK THAT -- SPD COULD
PROBABLY ADDRESS THEM ALL
TOGETHER.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER CLARITY ABOUT
ONE OF ITEMS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAAUSS EXPLOSIONS ON THE
LIST.
9 LOUD HALER I WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION THAT WAS A SPEAKER
SYSTEM, NOT A MUNITION IN ANY
WAY.
THEN THE BALLISTIC PROTECTION I
BELIEVE ARE -- I DID ASK THE
QUESTION.
I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING BACK
BUT I BELIEVE THEY ARE -- THEY
ARE BULLET PROOF VESTS.
ALSO, THE ATAC APPLICATION IS A
CIVILIAN VERSION.
IT'S NOT A MILITARY VERSION.
THANK YOU.
.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, DID YOU WANT
TO REPEAT YOUR QUESTION AS WELL
BEFORE WE TURN IT OVER?
>> THANK YOU.
I MEAN -- I THINK -- HEARING
FROM COLLEAGUES THERE -- TAKES
ALL OF US IN A SPORT PERIOD OF
TIME TO UNDERSTAND THESE
THINGS.
HEARING DR. FISHER AND ANGELA
ABOUT -- YOU KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANISTERS
AND MARKS, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN OXYGEN MASK FOR GOING
INTO A BUILDING ON FIRE AND A
GAS MASK IS AN IMPORTANT
DIFFERENCE.
.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO AND JUST
CONFIRM THAT THE CANISTERS AND
MARKS ARE MEANT TO -- IT'S
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
FOR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE
EVENT OF A DISASTER.
THE SAME GOES FOR
AS FOR THE TRAINING, IN MY NOTES
>> THERE IS A AMOUNT OF MONEY,
IN THIS CASE $35,000 SET ASIDE,
I BELIEVE THE TASK FORCE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTING
THAT OR APPROVING ITS USE.
. IT SAID THE TRAINING IS
UNSPECIFIED AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION AT
THIS TIME.
>> IS THIS THE ELROD DEVICE
THAT HAS CONCERN IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
RESPOND.
I DO KNOW THIS IS A SPEAKER
SYSTEM INTENDED FOR USE. CHRIS,
DO YOU HAVE MORE DETAIL.
>> LIGHTLY ANGLED DOWN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE
SPEAKER SYSTEM WE HAVE HAD
SINCE WE RESPONDED TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE THE
INDIVIDUALS COULD HEAR ORDERS
TO DISPERSE COMMANDS AND LARGE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION, I
THINK COUNCILMAN HERBOLD ASKED
AND ALSO COUNCILMAN STRAUSS ,
THAT IS THE RIGHTFUL PLACE.
WE SEE HIGH-CALIBER AND HIGH
COUNTS OF ROUNDS WHEN WE HAVE
THEM AROUND THE CITY.
AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO
ENSURE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ON
THE LINES THEY HAVE FOR ANY
SCENES OF VIOLENCE, WE HAVE TO
REPLACE THOSE.
THEY HAVE EXPIRATION DATES.
IT WAS NEWS TO ME BUT BASED ON
THE MANUFACTURER AND WE WOULD
HAVE CLAIM VULNERABILITY IF WE
DID NOT KEEP THINGS UP TO DATE
IN TERMS OF BEING WITHIN THE
SPECIFIED PERIOD OF HOW LONG
THEY ARE VIEWED AS FULLY
FUNCTIONAL.
>> I'M DOUBLE CHECKING, I
THOUGHT THIS WAS THE ELROD
DEVICE.
>> WE ALREADY HAVE IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS NONE OF
THESE HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE PAYING
FOR THAT OR IF THERE WAS INTENT
TO BUY A NEW ONE.
I'M NOT SURE, I DON'T MAKE THE
PURCHASE DECISIONS. MY
UNDERSTANDING WAS THIS WAS THAT
TECHNOLOGY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PAYING
FOR THE ONE WE HAVE OR FOR US
OR PART OF THE REGION. I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS IS A BACK PAIN
WERE PROPOSED THING.
>> WE HAVE NOT EXPENDED ANY OF
THE GRANT FUNDS TO DATE. THESE
ARE THE FUNDS UNSPENT.
ANYTHING WOULD BE FORTHCOMING
EXPENDITURE.
>> COUNCILMAN STRAUSS, I'M
SORRY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALES-
>> I GUESS I AM A LITTLE
CONFUSED BY YOUR ANSWER, DR.
FISHER AND I'M TRYING TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
I UNDERSTAND FROM ANGELA THAT
THESE ARE FOR 2021 EXPENDITURES.
JUST TO VERIFY THE $415,000
REPRESENTED BY THE STATE GRANT
ITEMS, THE ITEMS LISTED THERE
HAVE NOT BEEN PURCHASED YET BY
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IS
NOT CORRECT?
>> RIGHT.
THE GRANT JUST BECAME ACTIVE
-THE FISCAL YEAR STARTS IN
OCTOBER.
WE WERE AWARDED THE GRANT IN
OCTOBER ONE, THAT RUNS FOR THE
NEXT THREE YEARS.
>> OKAY.
THESE ARE FOR POTENTIAL
PURCHASES WITH THOSE GRANT
DOLLARS IN 2021.
>> I GUESS POTENTIALLY 2022.
SOMETIME GRANT PURCHASING, THAT
IS WHY THEY GIVE YOU A MULTI-
YEAR. ANGELA KEEPS TRACK OF THE
BOOKS.
IF THAT IS UP ONE TIME 415 OR
SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
>> I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO
GET AT IS I THINK THERE IS
CONFUSION IN MY HEAD AND OTHERS
AROUND WHETHER THESE 2021 GRANT
DOLLARS ARE INTENDED TO
REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THINGS
OR PROGRAMS WE ALREADY HAVE IN
PLACE IN 2020.
>> THESE WOULD BE IN ADDITION
TO HER SUPPLEMENT TO THE SPD
BUDGET FOR THE 415 DOES EXTEND
OVER THE PERIOD, WITH ANY
GRANTS, THERE IS A CARRYFORWARD
PROVISION BUILT INTO THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE AND APPROPRIATION
ORDINANCE.
THE REMAINING FUNDS THAT GO
UNSPENT IN 21 WOULD
CARRYFORWARD INTO FUTURE YEARS.
>> THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT PART
OF THE AUTHORITY.-THAT WERE
DEFUNDED.
THAT HAVE HAPPENED BUT THAT,
DEPARTMENTS ARE TOLD TO HOLD
WHILE WE PROCESS THEM AND BRING
THEM FORWARD TO BE CLEAR.
>> BASICALLY THAT MEANS EXCEPT
THE GRANT AND YOU MIGHT HAVE
GRANT MONEY PARKED BUT YOU HAVE
NOT SPENT IT ON THE THING YOU
ARE SAYING.
>> BUT LEGALLY ACCEPTED A GRANT
UNTIL YOU ACT JUST TO BE CLEAR.
>> I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT
CLARIFICATION BECAUSE IT WAS
GETTING MUDDLED IN TERMS OF
WHAT THE GRANTS ARE PAYING FOR
AND WHEN.
THAT PROVIDES ME CLARITY IN
TERMS OF THAT ISSUE.
JUST TO GO BACK TO THE LIST OF
HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT ITEMS,
WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
TOTAL IS ABOUT $415,000.
THERE IS A MIXTURE OF STUFF
HERE.
SOME OF IT, I UNDERSTAND IS
DESIGNED FOR EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS EFFECTIVELY.
IF THERE IS A DISASTER OR IF
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT EVENT
THAT REQUIRES THIS EQUIPMENT,
THIS WOULD ALLOW THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO
THOSE ISSUES.
THE THING I NEED MORE HELP
UNDERSTANDING IS THIS POWER
SONIC ALLOWED TAILORS, IT IS
$25,000 OF THE $415,000 AND
WHAT I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING
JUST FROM A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH
IS WHETHER A POWER SONIC
ALLOWED TAILORS, WHICH GRANT
FROM-PUT THAT IN PARENTHESES, I
DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS COPY OR
PASTE OR PUT THAT IN THERE BUT
IS THAT IS THE SAME THING AS A
LONG-RANGE ACOUSTIC DEVICE OR A
ELROD AS COUNCILMAN MOSQUEDA
WAS REFERRING TO AND MORE KNOWN
AS SOUND CANYONS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHETHER WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME
DEVICE OR WHETHER IT IS A
DIFFERENT DEVICE.
IN THE LIST, IT LISTS IT AS
LOUD TAILORS PLURAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS MORE
THAN ONE OR JUST A SLIP OF THE
KEYBOARD.
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY THE LIST I
FORWARDED YOU, THE STAY-AT-HOME
SECURITY LIST AND
COUNCILMEMBERS ALONG WITH THE
URC LIST, THAT CAME FROM THE
DEPARTMENT. THE DESCRIPTION
GIVING ABOUT LOUDSPEAKERS, I
FORWARDED THE INFORMATION FROM
THEM.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
I DID NOT MEAN TO EDITORIALIZE.
I RECOGNIZE AS I WAS SPEAKING
THAT THAT WAS A COPY AND PASTE
THING FROM YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM CHRIS
AND ANGELA AND WHETHER IS THERE
A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LONG-
RANGE ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND THIS
POWER SONIC LOUD HALER'S ?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I AM NOT
A EQUIPMENT EXPERT.
>> NOR AM I WHICH IS WHY I WAS
ASKING.
>> FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THEY
ARE THE SAME AREA OF
TECHNOLOGY.
THEY ARE AMPLIFICATION FOR
SOUND.
THESE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT BRAND
NAMES OF A LOUD SPEAKER.
WE WILL GET COUNCIL BACK WHAT
THIS IS AND WHY IT WAS BEING
PURCHASED.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS NOT A SOUND CANON.
ELROD IS A SPEAKER SYSTEM THAT
HAS COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT WAS
TURNED UP TOO LOUD.
OPA IS MONITORING THE USE.
THE ELROD IS NOT A SOUND CANON.
A SOUND CANON IS A RECORD.
I GET THESE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT
BRANDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS BUT
THE TWO THINGS WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, THE ELROD AND THIS GRANT
WOULD PAY FOR OUR SPEAKER
SYSTEMS TO COMMUNICATE WITH
CROWDS, NOT TO ASSAULT THEM
WITH SOUND.
>> IT IS USED TO ALERT PEOPLE
OF A DISPERSAL ORDER, I THINK
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, IF THERE
IS A SPEAKER SYSTEM ACQUIRED BY
THE SPEAKER DEPARTMENT FOR
PROTESTS AND CROWD MANAGEMENT
PURPOSES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE WHO ARE AT PROTESTS ARE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY HEAR DISPERSAL
ORDERS AND COMPLY, I THINK THAT
IS APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT
PURCHASE.
IT WOULD BE IN FACT ALIGNED WITH
THE INTENT EXPRESSED BY I THINK
ALL THREE OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ENTITIES WHICH HAVE SAID ONE OF
THE ISSUES IS IT'S UNCLEAR
WHETHER PEOPLE IN THE BACK CAN
HEAR DISPERSAL ORDERS GIVING
THEM AMPLE OPPORTUNITY AND
REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMPLY WITH THOSE ORDERS BEFORE
BEING ESCALATING LEVELS OF
FORCE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
REALLY CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT
THIS THING IS.
LRAD I RECOGNIZE IS A BRAND OF
AMMUNITION. I'M ASSUMING IT'S
DIFFERENT THAN THE POWER SONIX
THING LISTED HERE ONLY $25,000.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE ARE
SEEING THIS MONEY WILL BE USED
FOR. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
NOT ALLOWING ACCEPTANCE OF
GRANTS FOR AMMUNITIONS OR
ADDITIONAL WEAPONS THAT COULD GO
INTO CONTRADICTION FOR THE
STATE OF INTENT THAT THIS
COUNSEL HAS MADE PRETTY CLEAR
THROUGH OUR LEGISLATION IN THE
PAST.
>> IF THIS IS HELPFUL, THE
LEGISLATIVE ACTION BY YEAR END,
I AM HAPPY TO GENERATE TO
MITIGATE YOU THAT WE WOULD NOT
MOVE ON USING THESE DOLLARS FOR
THE CONSULTATION WITH YOU ABOUT
A ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS.
JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR THAT IS
NOT THE INTENT AND I AM MORE
THAN HAPPY TO PUT THAT INTO
WRITING TO FORMALIZE THAT AND
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS AND IF WE CANNOT
ANSWER THEM BY MONDAY, WE CAN
HAVE A SOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES
YOUR NEEDS AND OFFER THOSE.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE
SOMETHING.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY I WANT TO
CONFIRM WHETHER IT'S CRITICAL
THIS GRANT IS ACCEPTED IN 2020
BECAUSE GIVEN THE QUESTIONS, IF
YOU COULD GO WITH DIRECTOR
NOBLE SUGGESTION OF HAVING IN
WRITING, YOU CANNOT REMOVE THE
ASSOCIATED APPROPRIATIONS IN
THE FOURTH QUARTER BILL AND
TAKE THIS UP IN EARLY 2021.
YOU HAVE TO COME BACK BUT
GETTING MORE CLARITY AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT LIMITATIONS OR
RESTRICTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY
WANT TO IMPOSE OR YOU COULD
JUST WAIT UNTIL A DAY AND
DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO REMOVE IT
ON MONDAY OR NOT.
I THINK GIVEN THE MONEY HAS NOT
YET BEEN SPENT, IT'S NOT NEEDED
TO BE SPENT IN 2020 AND THIS
COULD BE DELAYED.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A AMENDMENT
PREPARED FOR THE GRANT AND MAKE
THE ASSOCIATED FOR THE
ASSOCIATED APPROPRIATIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK HEARING ALY'S
SUGGESTION IS THE PATH I WOULD
BE COMFORTABLE WITH, DIRECTOR
NOBLE, I APPRECIATE YOUR
INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT COULD TIME UP
NICELY FOR A CONVERSATION.
I BELIEVE IN JANUARY.
I THINK THERE IS A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS IN THE CATEGORY THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR TODAY, I
RECOGNIZE WE ARE OVER 3:00 P.M.
AND WE HAVE MORE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA AND I'M SURE MORE
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMAN STRAUSS, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR TEEING UP THESE
QUESTIONS AND COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZCEZ AND YOUR AREA OF
EXPERTISE WHEN COVERING THIS IN
THE PAST AND COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS
REAFFIRMING THE-MOVING AWAY AS
YOU AND COUNCILMAN STRAUSS SAID
FROM MILITARIZED EQUIPMENT
GOES FROM OUR INTENT THAT WOULD
HAVE PASSED IN THE BUDGET AND
WILL AND WOULD BE MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH IS COMING OUT
WITH THE RECLAMATION THAT WE
CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AND
CONSIDER IN JANUARY.
COUNCILMAN STRAUSS, DID YOU
WANT TO MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT?
>> I WANTED TO CHECK IN WITH
DIRECTOR FISHER AND DIRECTOR
NOBLE.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, I APPRECIATE
YOU CLARIFYING THAT GRANTS
DOLLARS ARE NOT USED WITHOUT
ORDINANCE.
THAT'S THE SECOND LINE IN THE
CITY CHARTER.
GAS OR POLICE EQUIPMENT SHOULD
BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY WITHOUT
APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE.
I APPRECIATE YOU STICKING FROM
TO THAT.
KEEPS US IN GOOD GRACES.
SINCE THIS IS FOR 2021, THESE
DOLLARS HAVE NOT BEEN USED.
WE HAVE MANY QUESTIONS
OUTSTANDING.
CAN WE MOVE THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE TO NEXT MONTH OR
DOES THAT THROW LARGE STICKS IN
YOUR STOKES?
>> THE GREATEST CHALLENGE WILL
BE TO OUR REGIONAL COLLEAGUES
WHO ARE COUNTING ON THESE
RESOURCES AND PROCESSED THESE
ON THEIR OWN.
I DON'T HAVE THE DETAIL.
THAT WOULD BE MY BIGGEST CONCERN
, BOTH THE DUTY BUT
RESPONSIBILITY TO BE THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE LOAN,
EXCUSE ME, OF THE GRANT BUT I
DON'T THINK FOR OUR OWN
OPERATIONS, DR. FISHER FOR THAT
INPUT. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY
CONCERN I HAVE.
I HAVE DIFFICULTY EVALUATING.
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE
WE SPEAKING TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY ITEMS OR
ARE WE CONTEMPLATING POSTPONING
THE ENTIRE GRANT PACKAGE? IF
THERE ARE THOSE.
>> IT IS NOT THE LATTER, IT IS
THE FAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR SENDING OVER
THIS USA I PROJECT. THERE IS
GREAT INFORMATION.
MUCH LIKE MANY FOLKS HAVE SAID,
THERE ARE GOOD ASPECTS OF
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS THAT WE
DON'T WANT TO LIMIT AND THERE
ARE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE A
DEEPER MORE INTENSIVE QUESTIONS
THAT HAVE YET TO BE ANSWERED.
FOR ME AT THIS TIME, I AM NOT
COMFORTABLE, I WILL BE STANDING
FROM THIS VOTE TODAY.
I THINK MAKING A BLUNT CUT OF
MOVING THE HOMELAND SECURITY
AND I THINK IT MEANS TO BE DONE
LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM WHICH IS
A SEPARATE BILL.
IS THAT CORRECT, ALY?
>> COUNCILMAN STRAUSS, I MIGHT
HAVE LISETTE JUMP IN BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS YOU CAN ACCEPT
THE GRANT OR NOT AND PROVIDE
THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY.
IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE
RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THOSE
DOLLARS CAN BE USED FOR, THAT
WOULD REQUIRE INTRODUCTION OF A
NEW BILL BECAUSE THE CURRENT
BILL FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL DOES NOT
CONTEMPLATE ON THE AND PROVISOS
, SO RESTRICTIONS ON THE
SPENDING.
TO REITERATE, IF THERE WAS ONE
GRANT YOU HAD CONCERNS WITH,
YOU CANNOT ACCEPT THAT AND
REMOVE THE ASSOCIATED
APPROPRIATIONS OR ACCEPT THE
GRANT BUT NOT GIVE THE
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY AND
HOLD ONTO THAT AND POST THOSE
LIMITATIONS AT A LATER DATE.
DID I GET THAT RIGHT, LISA?
>> YES.
IT IS HELPFUL AS THE DISCUSSION
CONTINUES TO MAKE SURE FOR THE
SECURITY GRANT OR INFLICTING
THE YOU WALK THE GRANT, THE
USAI GRANT -STRIKING THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
GRANT.
>> I WILL DEFER TO THE CHAIR
YOUR DIRECTION, I CAN HOLD MY
AMENDMENTS AND BRING THEM TO
THE COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
IF YOU NEED ME TO SUPPORT THIS
AND GET THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE
AT FULL COUNSEL, I AM HAPPY TO
DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMAN STRAUSS.
ALY, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE
AENDMENT TO BE SHARED ON THE
SCREEN.
I THINK WE HAVE HEARD THIS IS
THREE MORE WEEKS LEFT IN
DECEMBER IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET
THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN THE
FORMALITY OF GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS IN JANUARY SEEMS LIKE A
LEGITIMATE TIMEFRAME TO ASSUME
THERE ARE FOLKS THAT WILL BE ON
LEAVE HERE WANTING TO GET A
BETTER SENSE FOR OUR PARTNERS,
I'M SORRY, FROM OUR DEPARTMENT
PARTNERS ON ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TYPE OF
DEVICES AND TRAINING.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG QUESTIONS
WITHOUT HOLDING EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE GOOD PIECE COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD SPOKE TO, I WOULD WANT
TO SEE THAT AMENDMENT POSTED
AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US AND
RECOGNIZE WE WILL WORK WITH THE
CBO, I THINK WE HAVE DONE THIS
IN THE PAST TO GET OUR
QUESTIONS ANSWERED SPECIFIC TO
HAUL OF CONCERNS THAT HAVE TAKEN
PLACE IN THE PAST.
WE WANT TO BE PRUDENT.
IF YOU COULD ZOOM IN SLIGHTLY
THERE.
COUNCILMAN STRAUSS , I THINK MY
PREFERENCE WOULD BE WE MOVE
FORWARD ON THIS AMENDMENT. IF
YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE THIS, I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
SORRY, COUNCILMAN STRAUSS .
>> JUST HEARING ABOUT THE GOOD
THINGS AND HEARING ABOUT
THINGS, FOR ME, I WOULD WANT TO
TAKE THIS AT FULL COUNSEL.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD, FEEL FREE TO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALY, I CANNOT SEE THIS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ITEM
1.33 AND TABLE SECTION NUMBER
ONE AND AMEND THE TOTAL IN THE
LAST LINE OF THE TABLE TO READ
AS FOLLOWS IN THE AMENDMENT
PRESENTED HERE.
THE EXISTING LINES IN SECTION 1
AS APPROPRIATE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF IT WOULD NOT
BE OUT OF ORDER, COULD I ASK A
CLARIFYING QUESTION?
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> BASED ON THE CONVERSATION WE
HAD TO CLARIFY, LOOKS LIKE THE
ONLY OUTSTANDING QUESTION IS
THE NATURE OF THE SOUND
SPEAKERS.
IS THAT CORRECT OR THE MAIN ONE?
>> I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TYPE OF TRAINING.
>> I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK THAT.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
EXCUSE ME, THERE IS ADDITIONAL
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
>> WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
WE ARE STRIKING 415,000 DOLLARS
FROM THE GRANT ORDINANCE BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING AFTER THE DEBATE
AND DISCUSSION IS THE CONCERNS
ARE RELATED TO $30,000 WORTH OF
GRANT DOLLARS OF THE 415,000.
IS $10,000 FOR THE ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING AND $25,000 FOR THE
POWER SONIX'S LOUD HAILER'S.
SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE
DOES NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION FROM
THE COMMITTEE.
IS THAT A ACCURATE SUMMARY?
>> I THINK THAT IS ACCURATE,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ?
>> WE ARE STRIKING $415,000
OVER $35,000 WHEN THIS PROBABLY
SHOULD READ A $35,000.
>> RIGHT, TO BUILD ON THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF
TIMELINE, IF WE NARROWED THESE
DOWN TO OUR QUESTIONS, IS IT
UNREASONABLE TIMELINE TO GET
CLARIFICATION ON TIME FOR
MONDAY OR DO WE THINK IT WILL
TAKE LONGER SO WE WOULD RATHER
PUNT THIS THING TO JANUARY?
SPOT GOOD QUESTION.
>> THE INFORMATION, I AM SAYING
THE CULINARY INFORMATION I
HEARD SEEMS TO IMPLY THE
OUTSTANDING AMOUNT WILL
PROBABLY HAVE A BENIGN ANSWER
BUT I WOULD LIKE A ANSWER
BEFORE FINAL PASSAGE.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF WE
WILL NOT GET BACK UNTIL MONDAY,
SURE, WE SHOULD DELAY
ACCEPTANCE UNTIL JANUARY BUT IF
THE DEPARTMENT AND BUDGET OFFICE
THINK WE CAN GET THAT BY MONDAY
->> I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY NOT
.
>> I AM THROWING THAT OUT
THERE.
IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS WRONG,
THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY PROCEED
WITH THIS.
I WOULD SUPPORT PROCEEDING WITH
THIS AMENDMENT.
I WANT TO CHECK IN ON THAT.
>> OKAY GREAT, DIRECTOR NOBLE.
>> WE ARE WELL MOTIVATED IN
TERMS OF THE TIMELINE.
MORE THAN A REASONABLE REQUEST.
-WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT AND
GET YOU THIS ANSWER ASAP.
WE WILL ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS
FOR THESE. HAPPY TO DO, YOU KNOW
TIME CONSTRAINTS BUT UPLOADING
THIS INFORMATION.
>> I THINK THAT SATISFIES THE
QUESTIONS AND THE CONCERNS.
GREG, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING
ELSE?
>> AS COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
PUTTING TOGETHER ANY QUESTIONS
THEY MIGHT HAVE ON THE STATE
HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT, THEY
MIGHT USE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY
TO FORWARD QUESTIONS ON THE
USAI GRANT , THAT IS THE FIRST
GROUP OF PROJECTS THAT ANGELA
RAN OFF AND IT IS REPRESENTED
IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU
RECEIVED.
THAT WAY, HOPEFULLY FOR
EFFICIENCY SAKE, EVERYTHING CAN
BE HANDLED AT ONE TIME RATHER
THAN STUFF COMING ON MONDAY
RIGHT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO VOTE.
>> EXCELLENT, I AM SEEING NODS,
EVERYONE WOULD SEE THAT
HAPPENING AS WELL.
I CAN SEE YOU.
I WILL CHANGE MY MOTION.
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I WAS GOING TO MOVE FOR THE
FINAL CONSIDERATION OF THE
BILL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS LOOKING AT THE
TIMEFRAME?
WITH THE RECOGNITION WE WILL
GET ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
ANSWERED BY MONDAY SPECIFIC TO
THESE ITEMS WE HAVE COUNSEL
11971 IN FRONT OF US.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
OKAY.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE PASSAGE
WITH COUNSEL BUT 11971.
I'M SORRY, IT IS IN FRONT OF US.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE
ROLL ON COUNSEL BILL 11971.
>> SECOND .
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THIS WILL BE IN FRONT OF
FULL COUNSEL MONDAY THE 14th
ALONG WITH ANSWERS TO THE
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
WE ALREADY HAD A PRESENTATION
FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON ITEM
NUMBER THREE ON OUR AGENDA
WHICH IS COUNSEL BILL 11970.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBERS
STICKING WITH US.
I KNOW WE ARE OVERTIME AND
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, I KNOW YOU
HAVE A CONFLICTING MEETING.
I WILL TURN IT TO YOU FOR
QUESTIONS GIVEN THAT STAFF HAVE
ALREADY DONE A PRESENTATION.
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, I WILL TURN
THIS TO YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY, HAVE WE DONE THE
PRESENTATION?
I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING A HARD
TIME FOLLOWING.
HAVE WE DONE THE PRESENTATION
ON THE FOR?
SUPPLEMENTAL YET?
>> WE HAVE WITH TOM WHO
FOLLOWED LISA EARLIER.
WE HAD THAT FOR THE REQUEST AND
DID A SHORT PRESENTATION BUT
WOULD YOU LIKE A QUICK OVERVIEW
SINCE WE SPENT TIME ON THE GRID
EXCEPT?
>> IT HAPPENED IN THE 2:00 HOUR
.
>> TOTALLY FAIR.
REMEMBER OUR DAYLONG MEETINGS
NOT SO LONG AGO.
THIS FEELS LIKE ONE ALREADY.
WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO BE
SUMMARIZED?
>> NO, I THINK OUR AMENDMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AND MINE
IS NOT THE FIRST.
I APPRECIATE YOU DIFFERENT TO
ME BACK THERE IS ANOTHER
AMENDMENT FROM A COUNCILMEMBER
THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE.
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT OF
PASSAGE NUMBER ONE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
CHAIR.
I MOVED AMENDMENT ONE A TO
COUNSEL BILL 11970 .
>> I WILL SECOND IT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK?
>> THANK YOU.
I BROUGHT THIS AMENDMENT AFTER
TALKING TO OUR FRIENDS AT YOUTH
CARE WHO RUN THE YOUNG ADULT
SHELTER THAT FOLKS MAY BE
FAMILIAR WITH.
ROOTS IS A CRITICAL PROVIDER IN
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT SERVING
PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
RECENTLY, RUTH HAS EXPANDED.
THEIR SHELTER CAPACITY AND THEY
ARE GOOD PARTNER AND NEAR GREEK
ROAD AND THEY WANT TO EXPAND TO
HAVE 24 SEVEN ACCESS TO THE
SHELTER WHICH, AS WE KNOW, IS
ESSENTIAL TO GUARANTEE
EFFICIENT ACCESS AND EFFECTIVE
DELIVERY OF SERVICE. LIKE A LOT
OF OUR PROVIDERS, YOUTH CARE IS
SUFFERING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER
ON MAINTAINING THAT LEVEL OF
SERVICE. MISAPPROPRIATION WE
ARE PROPOSING WILL ALLOW THEM
TO MAINTAIN A 24 SEVEN INTAKE
AND SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. I
JUST WANT TO COMMENT BRIEFLY ON
THE SOURCE OF THE REVENUE OR OF
THIS APPROPRIATION, IT IS THE
UNDER SPENT FROM THE NONCOLLEGE
GET SHELTER INVESTMENTS THAT WE
MADE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
IN THE BACKGROUND, THIS IS
ESSENTIALLY THE MONEY ACCRUING
EVERYDAY THAT HSD HAD NOT
SUCCESSFULLY CONTRACTED FOR
NONCOLLEGE SHELTER OPTIONS.
THAT MONEY WAS ACCUMULATING AS
UNDERSTAND.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TAKING THIS
FROM NOW.
I KNOW THERE IS POTENTIALLY
SOME CONCERN BECAUSE THAT MONEY
COULD ROLL OVER AND BE PART OF
OUR HOTEL RESOURCES GOING INTO
2021.
CENTRAL STAFF CAN SPEAK WITH
THIS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE
COULD BE IN A POSITION AS
REVENUE COVERS TO BACKFILL THE
HOTEL COMMITMENT ON THE OTHER
END OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
NEXT YEAR TO MAKE UP FOR THE
DIFFERENCE AND THIS
APPROPRIATION TO GIVE YOUTH CARE
THE SUPPORT THEY NEED NOW.
IT IS NOT LIKELY TO HAVE A
PROGRAMMATIC DIFFERENCE.
THE HOTEL INVESTMENTS WE HAVE
MADE AS A COUNSEL, MY
UNDERSTANDING WILL NOT BE
IMPACTED BY US.
THIS IS THE LIQUID MONEY WE
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST YOUTH
CARE TO MAINTAIN THIS 24 SEVEN
SERVICE.
THEY ARE IMPORTANT PROVIDERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET
THIS ASSISTANCE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER OTHER
QUESTIONS WITH MORE TECHNICAL
NATURE AND HAPPY TO BRING THIS
FORWARD.
>> ALY HAS HER HAND UP AND
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, IF YOU HAVE
SOMETHING.
I SEE YOU UNMUTE.
CENTRAL STAFF GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA .
I THINK IT REFERRED TO AMENDMENT
ONE A BUT I WANTED TO-COUNT,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS THAT YOU
ARE MOVING UNDER $800,000 TO
BE REUSED FOR THIS YOUTH
HOMELESSNESS.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
FOR SOME REASON, MY SCRIPT SAYS
ONE A.
>> NO PROBLEM, I THINK IT IS
AMENDMENT ONE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THIS IS THE AMENDMENT YOU
INTEND TO ADMIT.
>> SUSPENDERS ON THIS, IF I
NEED TO FORMALLY MOVE AMENDMENT
ONE AND REQUEST A SECOND, I'M
HAPPY TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME
SO WE ARE PROCEDURALLY SAFE.
>> LET'S DO IT, LET'S DO THAT.
>> I SECOND AMENDMENT ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
DESCRIPTION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT ONE?
SEEING NONE.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE
ROLL ON ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
ONE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>>
FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIED AND
AMENDMENT ONE IS ADOPTED.
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, I WILL TURN
THIS OVER TO YOU TO A MOVEMENT
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO .
>> I MOVED 1199 70 AS PRESENTED
ON AMENDMENT TWO WHICH WAS
RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED BY MYSELF
IN CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD.
I WILL TURN THAT TO YOU TO
DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT.
>> THIS EXPRESSES A INTENT TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2021
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY BY AT
LEAST $5.4 MILLION.
AS BACKGROUND, THE REASON WHY
WE ARE AMENDING THIS BILL TO
EXPRESS A INTENT ABOUT THAT 2021
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY FOR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN
RECOGNITION OF ACTIONS WE HAVE
TAKEN AS A COUNSEL OVER THE LAST
SIX MONTHS.
RESOLUTION 31962 ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 10th
DURING OUR SUMMER REBALANCING
PACKAGE STATED UNDER SECTION 7,
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT
SUPPORT ANY BUDGET AMENDMENTS
TO INCREASE THE SBB BUDGET TO
OFFSET OVERTIME EXPENDITURES
ABOVE THE FUNDS BUDGETED IN
2020 OR 2021.
WE ALSO EXPRESSED INTENT TO
REDUCE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET IN PHASES.
IN DOING SO, INCREASE FUNDING
FOR THE RESEARCH FOR BUDGETING.
THE THREE APPROPRIATION
INCREASES TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENTS
BUDGET INCREASE TOTAL $5.4
MILLION, 1.6 MILLION OF THIS IS
FOR SEPARATION PAY FOR OFFICERS
LEAVING, 1.9 MILLION IS FOR
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, FOR
REIMBURSEMENT WE ANTICIPATE
RECEIVING FROM FEMA IN THE
FUTURE AND 1.9 MILLION IS FOR
PARENTAL LEAVE.
AS I UNDERSTAND FROM
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUDGET
OFFICE AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, EACH OF THESE IS
CONNECTED TO THE USE, THE
ADDITIONAL USE OF OVERTIME AND
BACKFILLING WORK, USE OF
OVERTIME ABOVE WHAT WAS BUDGETED
OF 2020 BUDGET.
ON A BROADER LEVEL, JUST LIKE I
DID WITH THE GRANTS ISSUE, I
THINK I WANT TO PULL BACK AND
TALK ABOUT WHAT THE BIGGER
PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE WORKING
TO GATHER, COLLABORATING WITH
THE EXECUTIVES AND POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN ADDRESSING OF THE
COUNCIL HAS NOT RECEIVED
REGULAR ONGOING UPDATES ABOUT
POLICE DEPARTMENT SPENDING,
THAT IS WHY WE END UP IN THIS
END-OF-THE-YEAR SPENDING BILL
SITUATION.
IN ORDER TO BRIDGE THIS GAP
MOVING FORWARD, THE COUNCIL
INCLUDED TWO ACTIONS WITH
ADOPTING THE 2021 PROJECT.
ONE IS REQUESTED MONTHLY
REPORTING ON OVERTIME USE.
I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH
KEITH DIAZ, HE IS TRACKING IT
DAILY.
I APPRECIATE HIS ATTENTION TO
THAT.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE
COUNCIL TO START GETTING
MONTHLY REPORTS ON OVERTIME USE.
WE DO KNOW THAT THE BUDGET
DIRECTOR, DR. NOBLE DOES
RECEIVE THESE MONTHLY OVERTIME
REPORTS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE ARE, AND ADDITION TO THE
CHIEFS REVIEW, THERE ARE FOLKS
IN, IN THE COMMAND STAFF THAT
RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION
REGULARLY.
WE KNOW SPECIFICALLY OVERTIME
AND MANAGEMENT REPORTS ARE SENT
TO US ONE COMMANDERS AND
CIVILIAN MANAGERS EVERY MONTH.
THESE CONTAIN DETAILED
INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYEES WHO
WORKED OVERTIME IN THE PRIOR
MONTH.
THE BUDGET DIRECTOR RECEIVES
MONTHLY REPORTS.
I THINK MY EXPECTATION FOR THE
REMAINDER OF 2020 IS EVERYBODY,
TOGETHER, WOULD BE WORKING
COOPERATIVELY TO DO MORE TO
MANAGE OVERTIME AND THERE IS A
LOT OF USE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
RESOURCES THAT I WISH I COULD
ON FEE BUT I CANNOT SEE.
BACK ON OCTOBER 31st, KEITH
DIAZ ANNOUNCED SPD WAS CHANGING
THEIR APPROACH TO
ADMINISTRATIONS.
I QUOTE, RECOGNIZING THE
PRESENCE AND APPEARANCE OF
OFFICERS AT DEMONSTRATION CAN
IMPACT INTERACTIONS WITH THE
CROWD AND REDUCING THE
DEPARTMENTS PRESENCE WHEN SAFE
AND FEASIBLE BUT ONLY FIVE DAYS
LATER ON NOVEMBER 4th, ON
CAPITOL HILL, THERE APPEARED TO
BE ALMOST 100 OFFICERS PRESENT
AT THE DEMONSTRATION OF ABOUT
20-30 PEOPLE.
WE HEARD AND PUBLIC COMMENT
THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF OFFICERS
ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW UP TO
PROTESTS OF SMALL GROUPS JUST
THIS WEEK.
I AM NOT A PERSON WHO IS RIGID,
EVEN IN SAYING THAT IN AUGUST,
I WOULD NOT SUPPORT ANYMORE
OVERTIME, I WOULD PROBABLY BE
INCLINED TO RECONSIDER THAT
COMMITMENT IF IT WAS NOT FOR
WHAT I AM SEEING ON HOW
OVERTIME IS BEING USED. FOR THAT
REASON, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO
BE A CONSEQUENCE FOR THE
CONTINUED LARGE EXPENDITURE OF
OVERTIME RESOURCES AND WE DON'T
WANT TO CUT THESE FUNDS FROM
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET BECAUSE WE
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE LIABILITY
IMPLICATIONS OF DOING SO. THE
BEST WAY I CAN THINK OF OF
ENSURING THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE
FOR THE NEED TO REDUCE OVERTIME
FUNDING IS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT
TODAY IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE
WILL TAKE THIS UP IN THE NEXT
COUPLE WEEKS.
I THINK WE WILL GET A BILL WE
WILL REFER TO THE COMMITTEE OR
IT WILL BE ON THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR FOR 2021
TO REDUCE THAT BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, I
APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL
CONTEXT YOU GAVE TO THE
RATIONALE BEHIND THIS AMENDMENT.
THIS IS HOW WE HOLD THE LINE AS
DESCRIBED BY COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THERE IS A
REDUCTION, A PROPORTIONAL
REDUCTION IN 21.
I APPRECIATE THIS AMENDMENT
RECOGNIZES THERE ARE LEGAL
RESTRAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN NO
OPPOSED WITH CERTAIN FUNDS NOT
PAID FOR BUT THERE HAS TO BE A
RECKONING IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
I KNOW CENTRAL STAFF IS ON THE
LINE TO TALK ABOUT QUESTIONS OF
PROCESS.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN ANTICIPATE
SEEING THE REFERRAL OR HAVE
THAT BILL ON FRIDAY FOR
INTRODUCTION MONDAY TO
CORRESPOND WITH THIS AMENDMENT
TODAY, JUST SEEING CENTRAL
STAFF POT IN.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND COUNCILMAN HERBOLD.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO HAVE
THE ABILITY TO GET PUBLISHED TO
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR AND HOPE TO MEET THE
EXPECTATION BUT I WANT TO FLAG
THAT WE HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH
AMENDMENTS.
IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE
DEADLINES, IT MAY NEED TO BE
WORKED ON AND WE WILL DO OUR
BEST WITH THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.
>> COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD, YOU
HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE
CLOCK FOR A MONTH AND DECEMBER.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, DID YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
COUNCILMAN STRAUSS, I SEE YOU
ARE ON AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE THE COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD'S
EXPLANATION.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
>> [ ROLL CALL ].
>>
FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIED AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM FOR THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN FRONT OF
US?
DIRECTOR NOBLE, I HAD
QUESTIONS.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD DO IS SEND
YOU A LETTER REGARDING THOSE
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
I KNOW WE ARE OVERTIME HERE BUT
MUCH OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND
CONCERNS DO GO TO THE
HISTORICAL CONCERNS AND
QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD ALLUDED TO.
I AM APPRECIATIVE OF HER
LEADERSHIP OF CARE PUBLIC
SAFETY.
WE WILL SEND THAT TO OUR
COLLEAGUES ON THIS COMMITTEE
AND DIRECTOR NOBLE AND MORE
APPROPRIATE TO SPD FOR THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT APPROPRIATION,
AUTHORIZATION AND EXPENDITURE.
I WILL NOTE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
ANSWER TO THOSE QUESTIONS ON
HOW AND WHEN THOSE DECISIONS
GET MADE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS FOR
THE PROCESS FOR 2021 AS
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD ALLUDED TO .
WE WILL ENSURE WE HAVE MONTHLY
REPORTING AND A BETTER SENSE IN
REAL TIME OF WHEN THESE
EXPENDITURES ARE HAPPENING AND
WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF
DAYLIGHTING THESE CONCERN
EARLY BEFORE IT COMES TO A
FLOOR TO FOR DISCUSSION.
>> IF I COULD SAY, I THINK THAT
IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
BUDGETING AND FINANCES ARE
DYNAMIC THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR.
I THINK YOUR ABILITY TO SEE
WHAT WE SEE IN REAL TIME AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND
WHAT LIFE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR
YOUR OVERSIGHT AND I THINK THAT
IS APPROPRIATE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO RESPONDING TO
YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ ?
>> I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE, AS THE FORMER
PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR FOR FOUR
YEARS, THIS ISSUE AROUND
OVERTIME WAS ONE OF THE THINGS
I DUG INTO, IN LARGE PART, IN
RESPONSE TO THE RESULTS OF THAT
CITY HONORS WORK IDENTIFYING
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES RELATED TO
INTERNAL CONTROLS, RELATED TO
OVERTIME AND WE ALL KNOW THAT
THOSE ISSUES CONTINUES FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
MANAGEMENT OF OVERTIME
EXPENDITURES.
I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN
THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD
RESOLUTIONS IN PLACE THAT
REQUIRED FREQUENT, REGULAR
REPORTING OF OVERTIME
EXPENDITURES TO THE CITY COUNCIL
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WITH
US, SOMETHING HAPPENED WHERE
THAT ELAPSED AND WE STOPPED
GETTING REPORTS.
I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO GET
BACK INTO THE PROCESS OF
RECEIVING REPORTS REGULARLY FOR
THE OVERSIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY REASONS WE HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSING.
I WANT TO THANK DR. NOBLE
PUBLICLY, AS I HAVE PRIVATELY.
HE AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER
CLOSELY ON THIS ISSUE AROUND
OVERTIME EXPENDITURES.
I KNOW HE, AS THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICER/DIRECTOR, RELEASERS THE
CONCERNS AROUND MAKING SURE WE
HAVE GOOD FISCAL POLICIES HERE
AND GOOD OVERSIGHT AS IT
RELATES TO OVERTIME EXPENDITURES
. I HAVE ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH DR. NOBLE AROUND
MAKING SOME CORRECTIONS OVER
THE YEARS AROUND THE OVERTIME
EXPENDITURE BUDGET AS A WHOLE
AND DOING GOOD WORK THERE.
THANKS TO CBO AND SPD FOR
CONTINUING TO PROVIDE US THAT
INFORMATION AND DR. NOBLE,
THANKS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP ON
THAT FRONT.
I KNOW IT IS A SHARED GOAL OF
HOURS TO GET THE OVERTIME
BUDGET UNDER CONTROL AND TO
HAVE GREATER OVERSIGHT OF THOSE
EXPENDITURES BECAUSE THOSE ARE
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND THOSE
ARE OUR MOST FLEXIBLE RESOURCES
FOR CITY PRIORITIES.
WE ARE ALL BEST SERVED MAKING
SURE WE ARE WORKING AND MOVING
IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
THINKS TO TO YOU AND OUR CURRENT
PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD, FOR CONTINUING THE
GOOD WORK.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO BUT WE
ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION I THINK.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US?
OKAY.
I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES ON
REPORTS THAT DATED BACK TO
2015, 2016 AND 2017.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT
IS WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY BEEN HEARING
ABOUT THIS CONCERN BUT WE HAVE
DATA TRACKING THE MINISTERIAL
ASPECTS OF HOW OVERTIME HAS
BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
I THINK WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT HOW THAT CAN BE BROUGHT
IN, BUT WHETHER WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT HOW OVERTIME GETS
ALLOCATED FOR OUR
RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF
MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE
THIS IS NOT HAPPENING YEAR
AFTER YEAR.
AS IT COMES TO THE BUDGET
MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT
BACKFILLING DOLLARS THAT HAVE
BEEN SPENT, IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT.
WE WILL HAVE THESE ISSUES
REVIEWED MONTHLY AND I THINK WE
HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR HOW WE
CAN PUT SOME POTENTIAL BETTER
CONTROLS ON THAT BSL LEVELS IN
THE BUDGET WITH FUTURE
ITERATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE
UNDERSTAND WITHIN THOSE BSL'S,
HOW POTENTIAL SPENDING IS
IDEALLY DIRECTED, RECOGNIZING
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH DOES NOT
HAVE FULL CONTROL OF HOW
DOLLARS ARE SPENT, WHICH IS WHY
WE ARE IN THE SITUATION.
I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
FROM THIS COUNSEL AND CLOSING
COMMENTS BEFORE I MOVE ON, IS
NOT ONLY HAVE WE INCREASED THE
SP THE OVERALL BUDGET BUT WE
ARE NOT ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL
OVERTIME TO BE PAID FOR.
WE ARE ENSURING THERE IS A
PROPORTIONAL PRODUCTION IN THE
2021 PRODUCTION WHICH WAS
FORTHCOMING.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE FINAL
PASSAGE OF THE BILL OF THE
AMENDMENT.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>>
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CLERK.
THE MOTION CARRIES THE BILL
AMENDED HIS PAST.
THIS WILL BE SENT TO THE FULL
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR
CONSIDERATION AND FINAL VOTE ON
DECEMBER 14th.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE A OUR
ALMOST OVER.
MY RECOMMENDATION OF THE
COMMITTEE DOES NOT TAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE ARE
THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM THE END
OF DECEMBER.
I KNOW THERE ARE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ADDITIONAL
DATA THAT WE RECEIVE ON
UNDERSTAND.
MIGHT INTEREST IS MAKING SURE
WE ALLOW FOR THAT UNDERSTAND TO
PLAY OUT AND WE HAVE A BETTER
SENSE OF WHAT THE UNIVERSAL
DOLLARS ARE.
MY SUGGESTION IS WE DON'T TAKE
ACTION ON THIS AND THAT WE STAY
IN TOUCH EARLY NEXT YEAR.
I KNOW DAN FROM CENTRAL STAFF,
ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WONDERING IN TERMS OF PROCESS,
IF WE ALLOW FOR THIS I CAN TO
NOT BE TAKEN UP TODAY, I THINK
WE COULD SEE A NEED FOR THE
BUDGET AND I THINK WE ARE
COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE IT IS
NEEDED BUT THE CLEANUP COULD BE
MORE INFORMED AND BETTER
INFORMED IF WE HAVE A BETTER
UNIVERSE OF UNDER SPEND BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR IS
THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES, I AGREE WITH THAT
ASSESSMENT, CHAIR MOSQUEDA , AS
YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES KNOW,
THERE IS AN ANNUAL EXCEPTIONS
ORDINANCE THAT IS TYPICALLY
TAKEN UP IN THE MONTHS
FOLLOWING THE CLOSING OF THE
BOOKS OF ANY GIVEN YEAR IN THE
EVENT THAT YOUR PROJECTION AND
EXPECTATION THAT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE
PROJECTING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT
RESOURCES AND DO NOT NEED TO
LIFT THE PROVISOS BECAUSE OF
THE SAVINGS THAT MAY OCCUR IN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER,
POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED SEPARATIONS OR
OTHER CHANGES THAT MAY HAPPEN
IN THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR.
IN THE EVENT THAT PROJECTION IS
MISTAKEN OR INCORRECT, THE
FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CLEANUP, IF YOU
WILL, TO ENSURE THE CITY'S
BUDGET FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS IN LINE WITH THE
ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
THAT CAN TAKE PLACE IN THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE EXPECTED
TO BE TAKEN UP SOMETIME IN
2021.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREG, I SEE YOUR HAND.
>> WANTED TO ADD ONE POINT TO
DAN'S COMMENTS FOR
CLARIFICATION.
THAT IS THE VALUE OF THE PROVISO
LEFT LEGISLATION IS
APPROXIMATELY 2.9 MILLION.
THAT IN THE VALUE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WOULD HALF TO
ACHIEVE ENOUGH SAVINGS TO COVER
BY YEAR END. WHEN DAN MENTIONED
THAT, I WANTED TO PUT THE
DOLLAR NUMBER TO THE
DESCRIPTION HE WAS GIVING.
>> IF I MIGHT.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> YOU AND THE COLLEGE
UNDERSTAND OUR BEST
PROJECTIONS, AT THIS POINT,
THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL NEED
TO USE THE ALMOST $3 MILLION OF
RESOURCE IN ORDER TO MEET ITS
OBLIGATIONS AND PERSONNEL
PAYMENTS AND THE LIKE. IT WOULD
BE UNUSUAL FOR US TO PROCEED
WITH ESSENTIALLY EXPECTATION OF
A EXCEPTION BUT IF THAT IS THE
COUNCILS JUDGMENT, IT'S
UNDERSTOOD.
OUR STRONG PREDICTION IS WE WILL
DO THAT IN THE EARLY NEW YEAR
ARE EXCEPTIONAL WITH THE
RETROACTIVE GRANT BUDGET
AUTHORITY.
THE PROVISO MEANS THE RESOURCES
WILL BE THERE AND THE
DEPARTMENT WILL LAPSE IN THE
GENERAL FUND.
IF WE WOULD BRING THAT FORWARD,
WE KNOW WHERE THE RESOURCES
WOULD BE OR WHERE THEY WOULD
COME FROM.
OUR PERSPECTIVE AGAIN, A HIGH
DEGREE OF CERTAINTY THAT WE
WILL BE BACK BUT I UNDERSTAND
WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> JUST TO CLARIFY WHERE WE ARE
BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT TODAY, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS WITH THE
AMENDMENT WHICH IS PASSED FROM
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, OUR
EXPECTATION IS THAT WE ARE
GOING TO CUT THIS AMOUNT OF
MONEY SUPPLEMENTARY IN THE NEXT
YEAR WHICH MAKES SENSE.
I AM SUPPORT AND THAT WITH
PURSUING THAT.
MADAM CHAIR, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
COMPLETELY BUT WHAT IS THE
REASON THAT WE WOULD NOT MOVE
THIS FORWARD TODAY IF THAT IS
OUR EXPECTATION OF HOW WE ARE
GOING TO ULTIMATELY SQUARE THIS
OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE, AS A
COUNSEL, TO MAKE SURE THE
BUDGET IS BALANCED.
WE ARE JUST DEFERRING THE
QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE
NEW INFORMATION AS THE DIRECTOR
AND EVADED.
IF IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PLAN IS
TO DO THESE PROVISIONS AND MAKE
CUTS EQUIVALENT TO THAT EARLY
NEXT YEAR TO BACKFILL IT AND
HOLD THE DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THAT WITH SPENDING IN
VIOLATION OF THOSE PRIVIES IS.
I WANT TO CLARIFY WHY WE WOULD
WAIT TO TAKE ACTION IF THAT IS
THE CASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I SEE DAN IS OFTEN MUTE.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THE
PREVIOUS ACTION YOU TOOK ON THE
FOURTH QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
ADDED $5.4 MILLION TO SPD'S
BUDGET AMONG OTHER ACTIONS.
IT INCLUDED, IN COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S
AMENDMENT, A STATEMENT OF
INTENT TO CUT $5.4 MILLION OUT
OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
THIS ACTION BEFORE YOU RIGHT
NOW ON THE AGENDA IS A PROPOSAL
TO LIFT SPENDING RESTRICTIONS
ON THE 2020 BUDGET. THAT ACTION
IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CHAIR
MOSQUEDA IS PROPOSING TO TAKE
NO VOTE ON IN THE MEETING AND
ESSENTIALLY ALLOW THE PROVISOS
TO REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE END
OF THE YEAR ON THE EXPECTATION
THAT DIRECTOR NOBLES
ANTICIPATION THAT THE SPENDING
WILL BE NEEDED, NOTWITHSTANDING
THE NO VOTE THAT CHAIR MOSQUEDA
IS PROPOSING, THAT THERE WILL,
INDEED, BE ENOUGH MONEY THAT
THOSE PROVISOS WILL NOT IMPACT
THE ANTICIPATED SPENDING IN
2020.
WHAT I WAS SAYING THAT IN THE
EVENT THAT THE EXPECTATION IS
NEEDED, THE TRUE UP COULD
HAPPEN IN THE ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE THAT THE COUNCIL
WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TAKE UP
SOMETIME IN 2021.
I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES THE
SITUATION BUT I CAN ANSWER
FURTHER QUESTIONS.
>> IT IS FAIR TO SAY WE HAVE
NOVEMBERS POTENTIAL UNDER SPEND
AND DECEMBERS POTENTIAL UNDER
SPEND TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
I KNOW IT DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUAL
UNDER SPEND, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO
PAY FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AS
PEOPLE HAVE SEPARATION PAY.
HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THE FULL UNIVERSAL PICTURE IN
FRONT OF US BEFORE ACTING TO
LIFT ANY OF THE PROVISOS GIVEN
THERE IS POTENTIAL ABILITYFOR
A UNDER SPEND FOR THE REST OF
THE YEAR.
>> I THINK I UNDERSTAND AND I
APPRECIATE THIS CLARIFICATION.
WE WILL KEEP THE SIDEBOARDS IN
PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
KNOWING THE DEPARTMENT WILL
LIKELY EXCEED THOSE TIME BOARDS
HERE, SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE
CARE OF TYING UP THE LOOSE ENDS
WITH THE SQUARING UP ORDINANCE
LATER, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I
AM HEARING.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEN AND
MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR
THE LAW DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT
SQUARES UP OUR OBLIGATIONS TO
CREATE A PLAN FOR A BALANCED
BUDGET.
>> YES, I BELIEVE THAT THE
PROPOSAL TO LEAVE THE PROVISOS
IN PLACE AND IF NECESSARY,
ADDRESS ANY FURTHER CHANGES IN
THE EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE DOES
SQUARE WITH THE COUNCILS
OBLIGATIONS TO MAINTAIN THE
BALANCED-BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD QUESTIONS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMAN GONZCEZ.
>> I WANT TO BE SURE I KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2021.
IN 2021, WE WILL CONSIDER
LIFTING THESE PROVISOS IN AN
EXCEPTION ORDINANCE.
THE QUESTION WILL BE WHAT THE
AMOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE WILL
BE.
>> IT AMOUNTS TO A YES BUT BY
THE TIME YOU TAKE UP THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE, YOU WILL
NO LONGER BE LIFTING PROVISOS,
YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE
APPROPRIATE FUNDS THAT-I THINK
THAT IS RIGHT.
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT
EVENTUALLY, WE WILL BE IN A
SITUATION, IN 2021, WHETHER
IT'S LIFTING PROVISOS OR A
SEPARATE BUDGET BILL, WE WILL
BE ADDING DOLLARS TO SPD'S
BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE DOLLARS
WE HAVE ENCUMBERED IN 2020.
>> ALLEN?
>> I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO CUTE
WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH
PLANTING THIS TO 2021 TO STEAL
A PHRASE FROM COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD .
>> I THINK, TECHNICALLY, WHAT
HAPPENS IS THE PROVISOS AND
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY, FOR
2020, EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE
YEAR.
IF YOU DO NOTHING, THE PROVISOS
ARE NO LONGER IN PLAY AND THE
MONEY RESTRICTED GOES BACK INTO
THE GENERAL PART OF THE GENERAL
FUND.
I THINK WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD
BE SUGGESTING IF YOU DON'T TAKE
ACTION IS YOU THINK SPD HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PROVISOS AND
NOT SEND THAT MONEY.
WHAT DIRECTOR NOBLE IS SAYING
THEY EXPECT TO DO THAT MONEY
AND THEREFORE, THEY WILL COME
BACK WITH A EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE
, BASICALLY A RETROACTIVE
AUTHORITY FOR THE SAME AMOUNT
OF MONEY IN 2021.
IT IS A DIFFERENT ASK BUT NOT A
LIFTING OF THE PROVISO, IT IS
RESTORING APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY FOR THAT SAME AMOUNT.
WE WILL BE BACK IN A MONTH OR
TWO TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE
NUMBERS LAND.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS TRYING
TO BE CUTE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH
INFORMATION ON THE UNDER SPEND.
MY INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING-ANY
GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED OR ANY
OTHER POTENTIAL WAYS IN WHICH
WE SEE ADDITIONAL COST SAVINGS
THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER.
I UNDERSTAND FROM DIRECTOR
NOBLE THIS MORNING, WE HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT GREATER THAN
ANTICIPATED NUTRITION IN
NOVEMBER.
THE QUESTION FOR ME IS WHETHER
OR NOT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS THAT COULD BE USED FROM
THE POTENTIAL UNDER SPEND AND
HOW IT COULD BE APPLIED TO THE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS NEEDED.
MY HOPE IS WE GET THROUGH THE
END OF THE YEAR, KEEP THESE
PROVISOS IN PLACE, BOTH FOR THE
IMPORTANCE THAT THEY REPRESENT
WHEN WE PASS THEM BUT ALSO
RECOGNIZING WE DON'T HAVE THE
FULL UNIVERSE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT DOLLARS MIGHT BE
AVAILABLE, AND THAT WE DO HAVE
A CONVERSATION IN 21 TWO
THROUGHOUT AREAS WHERE THERE
MIGHT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP IN
THE EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE.
>> I GUESS I AM JUST, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE REALLY CLEAR
HERE THOUGH.
THE PROVISOS EXPIRE AT THE END
OF THE YEAR.
THESE PROVISOS DON'T ROLLOVER,
WE DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION IN
OUR FALL BUDGET TO ROLL THESE
PROVISOS OVER.
THESE PROVISOS, WHICH REPRESENT
APPROXIMATELY $1.29 MILLION
THAT WE HAVE RESTRICTED SPD
FROM SPENDING, ARE, IN MANY
WAYS, RIGHT NOW, JUST
ARTIFICIAL BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY
WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE
YEAR.
TAKE NO ACTION APPROACH IN
EFFECT WOULD HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT OF US VOTING TO LIFT THE
PROVISOS.
>> NOT EXACTLY, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THERE ARE $2.9 MILLION
CURRENTLY IN SPD'S ACCOUNT FOR
LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT
THEY CANNOT SPEND UNLESS YOU
LIFT THE PROVISOS.
IF THEY HAVE $2.9 MILLION OF
EXPENSES, RIGHT, THEY WILL NEED
UNDER SPEND OF OTHER DOLLARS,
WHATEVER 2.9C IS 5.8, I SAID
NOT TO METH ON CAMERA, BUT IN
ORDER TO PAY $2.1 MILLION, THEY
HAVE THE MONEY IN THE BANK,
THEY CANNOT SPEND THAT IN 2020
AS LONG AS THE PROVISOS ARE IN
PLACE.
>> THEY CAN SPEND IT IN 2021.
THE $2.9 MILLION IS OVER OR
NOT?
>> THE APPROPRIATION FOR SPD
GOES AWAY.
THE $2.9 MILLION STAYS IN THE
CITY'S FUND BUT SBA WOULD NOT
HAVE TO SPEND THAT AND THAT IS
WHY THEY WOULD BE COMING BACK
IN 2021 TO BASICALLY ASK FOR
AUTHORITY.
>> THE THEORY IS WE THINK THE
UNDER SPEND WILL BE GREATER
THAN $2.1 MILLION AND SPD WILL
NOT HAVE ANY NEEDS SO IT WASHES
OUT.
WHAT I AM HEARING IS BEEN SAY IS
HE THINKS THAT WILL NOT BE THE
CASE.
>> FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR
. WHEN WE PUT IT TOGETHER A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THIS IS NOT
LAST BUT IT IS THE OPERATION, SO
IT IS A FORECAST OF EXPENDITURE
AND THE FORECAST OF EXPENDITURE.
MOST OF THOSE ARE PAYROLL.
WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
WE DON'T THINK THE DEPARTMENT
CAN UNDERSTAND BY THE PROVISOS
WHICH IS WHY I EXPECT TO BE
BACK WITH YOU NEXT YEAR. ALY
DESCRIBED THIS IS A RETROACTIVE
GRANTING OF BUDGETS.
ANY UNUSUAL THING.
WE GENERALLY DO IT WHERE WE
MAKE A MISTAKE OR THINGS THAT
HAPPENED ON CHRISTMAS EVE THAT
WE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE NOT
FORECASTED.
THERE IS A MECHANISM AND WE CAN
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BEST
COUNCILS TOYS.
SOMETIMES THE SPD BUDGET IS
RIGHT BUT THEY ARE GOOD AFTER
THE FACT.
>> THE QUESTION IS WHAT THE
AMOUNT IS.
THE EXERCISE IS WAIT UNTIL YOU
CLOSE OUT THE YEAR SO WE
UNDERSTAND WHAT DELTA IS BUT I
THINK WHERE I AM HAVING A
DISCONNECT, I AM HAVING A
ARGUMENT THAT WE DON'T THINK
THERE WILL BE A DELTA.
I THINK THERE WILL BE A DELTA,
I GUESS I NEED CLARIFICATION.
>> TO BE CLEAR FOR MYSELF AND
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, I DON'T
MEAN TO INTERRUPT, AS I HAVE
SAID BEFORE, WE DON'T HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
DELTA. IF THERE IS A DELTA, I
THINK WE HAVE SAID THERE MIGHT
BE NECESSARY ACTION TO CLEAN IT
UP WITH A EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE.
I THINK THERE IS RECOGNITION.
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE
SPOKEN ON THIS ITEM YET, I DO
NOT THINK I HAVE.
BUT, FOR ME, IT IS NOT AT ALL IN
ANTICIPATION THAT IT WILL BE A
WASH.
WHAT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO
ALLOCATE MORE THAN WHAT THE
RIGHT NUMBER IS GIVEN THE
SCRUTINY WE HAVE HAD OVER THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AND
OUR DESIRE TO MAINTAIN THAT
SCRUTINY.
>> COUNCILMAN STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS FOR DIRECTOR NOBLE OR
ANGELA.
THINK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENT
WORK ON THIS.
IF I CAN MAYBE PUT IN TERMS
WHAT I AM HEARING FROM YOU IS
THAT THERE IS A $2.9 MILLION
DELTA AT THIS POINT FROM YOUR
FORECAST, IS THAT THE CORRECT
UNDERSTANDING?
>> YES.
WE THINK WE WOULD NEED THIS BUT
THEY WILL NEED TO USE THE
EXISTING AUTHORITY IN STRAIN BY
THE PROVISOS TO MEET THEIR
OBLIGATIONS FOR THE EVENT.
>> WHAT WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW
IS WHAT THE UNDER SPEND FROM
YOUR ALREADY ALLOCATED
AUTHORITY IS FOR THE MONTHS OF
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, IS THAT
CORRECT UNDERSTANDING?
>> AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE
NOVEMBER IN THE CAN, IF YOU
WILL BUT THAT'S THE QUESTION.
WE ARE FORECASTING BURNOUTS AT
THE END OF THE YEAR AND SEE WE
WILL NEED STUFF TO ACCESS THESE
DOLLARS, BUT IT IS A FORECAST.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A
DELTA?
DOES THE CITY OF SEATTLE OBTAIN
THE CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE WE
ARE EXPERIENCING TODAY?
>> SO, YES.
OUR INTENT WILL BE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONSISTENT WITH UP
TO THAT 2.9 MILLION INCREMENT.
WE HAVE LIMITED TOOLS TO REDUCE
SPENDING THIS YEAR.
>> WHAT I AM HEARING IS A
CONFIRMATION THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE THE POLICE
SERVICE FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> AND PART WITH THIS
CONVERSATION WHERE I AM HEARING
CLEARLY THAT IF WE NEED THE
DOLLARS WHAT YOU DESCRIBED WITH
THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO PROVIDE
AS RETROACTIVE BUT GIVEN THE
NATURE OF THIS CONVERSATION,
THAT SEEMS WHAT THE GOAL IS.
THAT IS IN FACT WHAT WE WILL
DO, YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
AND WE KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING
TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS ON THE
NUMBERS IN NOVEMBER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT THAT SOON.
WE CAN ANTICIPATE HAVING A
BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THE TRUE
SPEND OR UNDER SPEND IS FOR
2020 WHEN WE COMMUTE AGAIN IN
JANUARY.
I AM SEEING NODS FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ, GO
AHEAD .
>> I'M SORRY-I WANT TO MAKE SURE
I AM CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
DOING AND WHAT THE EFFECT IS.
FOUR 2021, I'M SORRY I KEEP
BRINGING THIS UP.
I THINK I AM HEARING COUNCILMAN
HERBOLD SAY IS THAT WE, IN
2021, IN A EXCEPTIONS
ORDINANCE, MIGHT NEED TO RESTORE
LESS THAN THE $2.1 MILLION, SO
WE WANT TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
KNOWING IT IS LESS THAN THE
$2.9 MILLION.
I THINK WHAT I AM FLAGGING IS,
WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THIS
CONVERSATION, SPECIFICALLY FROM
DIRECTOR NOBLE AND MAYBE I AM
HEARING IT WRONG, IS THAT THERE
IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY
MIGHT END UP NEEDING THE 2.9
MILLION+ MORE. I AM HAVING A
HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY WE
THINK IT WOULD BE LESS THAN
$2.9 MILLION BASED ON THE
FORECASTING INFORMATION THAT
DR. NOBLE HAS.
I KNOW THERE ARE VARIABLES.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M
EXPRESSING THAT I AM CONCERNED
THAT WE MIGHT END UP IN A
SITUATION, IN 2021, WHERE WE
WILL NOT ONLY HAVE TO DO THE
2.9 MILLION, BUT ALSO SORT OF A
COMPOUNDING AMOUNT ON THAT.
MAYBE I HEARD DR. NOBLE
INCORRECTLY WITH HIS
INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT BUT
I DON'T WANT TO BE, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD IT
ACCURATELY THAT THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD BE
THE $2.9 MILLION PLUS MORE.
>> I THOUGHT ABOUT SAYING THAT
BUT I SPECIFICALLY DID NOT.
WE THINK WE CAN MANAGE AND
FORECAST THE REASON AS WE THINK
WE CAN MANAGE THE 2.9, I
THOUGHT ABOUT SAYING THERE IS
THE ABSTRACT POSSIBILITY, IF
THERE WAS A EVENT ON CHRISTMAS
EVE AND I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT
IT WOULD BE BACK THERE IS THAT
POSSIBILITY BUT OUR EXPECTATION
IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL
SPEND AS MUCH AS THE 2.9 AND
NOT MORE BUT WE EXPECT TO SPEND
ALL OF IT BUT FOSS PRECISION,
IT'S HARD TO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY. I
DON'T EXPECT MORE THAN 2.9.
THE ABSTRACT POSSIBILITY EXISTS
, SO I SENT IT BUT THAT'S NOT
WHAT WE ANTICIPATE.
>> OKAY.
>> AS I INDICATED EARLIER, ON A
EXPECTED BASIS, THERE WILL BE A
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE IN 2021 TWO
TRUE UP THE 2020 BUDGET.
THERE WAS 20 FOR 19, THERE WAS
19 FOR 18, THERE WAS 19 FOR 17,
THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH
DEPARTMENTS AND FUNDS WILL BE
EFFECTIVE BUT THERE IS,
GENERALLY, A NEED FOR A TRUE UP
ORDINANCE.
THAT POINTS OUT THERE IS
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE NUMBERS
BOTH ON IT COULD BE LOWER OR
HIGHER OR EXACTLY ON POINT, WE
WILL FIND OUT, AS ALY
MENTIONED, IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REITERATE WE WOULD NOT BE
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IF
SOME OF THE PROVISOS, I KNOW
NOT ALL BECAUSE SOME HAVE BEEN
HELD UP DUE TO THE TIMING OF
THE VETO AND THEY OVERRIDE, BUT
THE PROVISOS TO ADHERE TO OR A
AMOUNT WE HAD ASKED FOR FOR
SPENDING WITH SPD HAVE BEEN
STUCK TO INSTEAD OF AUTHORIZING
ACCESS PAYMENTS BEYOND WHAT THE
CITY WOULD NOT BE HERE.
THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE
HAD ALL YEAR LONG ABOUT HAVING
THE SPD BUDGET, BETTER
UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLS OVER
STANDING AND TO BASICALLY
INSERT OURSELVES OR ANGELA
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
WE WILL INTERRUPT BUSINESS AS
USUAL MONTHLY NEXT YEAR.
RECOGNIZING THAT DOES NOT CHANGE
THE 2020 SPEND MONTH THIS IS A
GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED
MORE INFORMATION DAYLIGHTING
THE SPENDING HAPPENING MONTHLY
SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLS OVER
HOW SPENDING IS OCCURRING.
WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS
CONVERSATION IF THERE WAS THAT
THE COUNCIL HAD SET AND MORE OF
A WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO MEET
SOME OF THOSE PROVISOS, EVEN
THE ONES THAT COULD NOT BE
ACCOMPLISHED IN THAT SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE VETO
OVERRIDE, WE NEED A PARTNER
WORKING WITH US TO PUT THOSE IN
PLACE AND THAT MAKES IT SO THAT
WE ARE NOT IN THIS SITUATION AT
THE END OF DECEMBER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES MONTHLY AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE
TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THESE
ROBUST CONVERSATIONS SO WE ARE
NOT IN THIS POSITION AGAIN AND
WE HAVE GREATER ADHERENCE SET
OUT AND IDEALLY, ANY FUTURE
PROVISOS PUT IN PLACE.
WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR
AGENDA.
THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.
WE ARE ALMOST AT 4:30.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO NOT HAVE ANY
MORE MEETINGS IN 2020, AS YOU
HAVE HEARD.
WE WILL RECONVENE IN JANUARY, I
BELIEVE JANUARY 5th IS THE
FIRST MEETING AND THE 19th.
TWO MEETINGS IN JANUARY.
A HUGE THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG MEETING.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, I WANT TO SAY
TO YOUR TEAM AND YOU, WE
APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN PRESENT
THROUGHOUT THE LAST 10 OR 11 OR
12 MONTHS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
WILLINGNESS TO GET INTO THESE
DETAILS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU HEAR OUR APPRECIATION
ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMMITTEE
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OF THE
TEAM.
I AM THE VOICE IF YOU WILL, A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE DOING A LOT OF
WORK.
I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP
EXPECT IF YOU WILL JOIN ME IN
THANKING OUR CENTRAL STAFF.
THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF THE
YEAR.
THE WINDOW A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THEIR
WORK.
ALEX, AND EITHER, TOM, LISA K,
GREG-WE HAVE ASKED SO MUCH OF
YOUR TIME THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
AND WE SEE YOU ARE ON THE ZOOM.
AND HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR AND I
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME AND
ENGAGEMENT ON THE CONVERSATION
AND MUCH MORE TO COME AS WE
PREVIEWED AND 2021.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR
EVENING, WE WILL SEE YOU ON
MONDAY, THE 14th TO TALK ABOUT
THE BILLS JUST PAST TODAY.
>> GOODBYE.