>> I'VE GOT MY SCRIPT.
TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE READY.
>> WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
>> WE'LL DO A CALL TO ORDER
HERE.
THIS IS THE SEPTEMBER 23
MEETING OF THE SEATTLE BOARD.
THIS IS 6:10, I BELIEVE -- OH,
5:10.
I'M COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ,
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> BOARD MEMBER MORALES?
BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> BOARD MEMBER PEDDER SEAN.
>> BOARD MEMBER SAWANT.
HEAR?
BOARD MEMBER STRAWS.
>> PRESENT.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> GREAT.
LET'S MOVE ON.
APPROVAL THE AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
LET'S GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES, THESE ARE THE MINUTES
FROM THE NOVEMBER 25, 20189
MEETING AND THE OCTOBER 19,
2020 MINUTES.
THOSE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
THOSE WILL BE SIGNED.
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU AFFIX MY
SIGNIFICANT 2345 TOUR?
>> PUBLIC COMMENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT. WILL OPEN THE
THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END OR
ELIMINATE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD AT ANY TIME IF WE
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS BEING
ABUSED.
THE CLERK WILL MODERATE THE
GENERAL PUBLIC PERIOD IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO
TWO MINUTES AND EACH LUST WILL
BE RESTAURANT LIMITED TO TWO
MINUTES.
AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK, DO
WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER.
>> HOW DO I OFFICIALLY CLOSE
THAT OUT.
>> WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AND MOVE ON TO
ITEM OF BUSINESS.
>> OKAY.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
AS WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED
UP.
I HAVE A QUICK OVERVIEW FOR
Y'ALL.
WE HAVE SIX ITEMS.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A
PRESENTATION AND OOH A
POWERPOINT BY OUR FABULOUS
SUPERINTENDENT, AGUIRRE.
ITEM NUMBER 2 IS RESOLUTION
NUMBER 35 REGARDING
REALLOCATING OF THE
METROPOLITAN PARK PUBLIC FUNDS.
ITEM NUMBER 3 IS RESOLUTION
NUMBER 38 WHICH IS A RESOLUTION
ADOPTING THE 2021 METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT BUDGET.
ITEM NUMBER 4 IS RESOLUTION 39,
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE
LEVY OF PROPERTY TAXES BY THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DIRECT FOR
COLLECTION IN 2021.
ITEM NUMBER 5 IS RESOLUTION
NUMBER 40 AND THAT IS RELATING
TO THE LEVY OF PROPERTY TAXES
THAT IS FIXING THE RATES.
AND THE LAST ITEM 6 IS
RESOLUTION 41, AND THAT JUST
SETS WHEN OUR NEXT TWO MEETINGS
WILL BE IN JUNE OF 2021.
AND FOR A QUICK CHEAT SHEET, IF
YOU LOOK AT THE POWERPOINT, I
BELIEVE ON PAGE 7 AND 8, IT
LAYS OUT THE RESOLUTION QUITE
NICELY.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAVE THE
CLERK PLEASE READ THE FIRST
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> SEE THE PARK DISTRICT
PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET CHANGES
AND PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> GREAT.
FOLKS CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES,
WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE
POWERPOINT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBER, JAG, SUPERINTENDENT,
PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> MICHELE FINNEGAN, POLICY
DIRECTOR, SEATLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
>> AMY WILLIAMS --
>> WE ARE NOT HEARING SOMEBODY
THERE.
>> THIS IS AMY WILLIAMS WITH
PARKS FINANCE.
>> AND TRACI RATZLIFF, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> GREAT.
WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD, JESUS
AND KICK US OFF.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE TONIGHT, THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU.
I WAS WAITING FOR MICHELE TO
PULL UP THE PRESENTATION.
AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, WE
PROVIDED A DETAILED UPDATE TO
OUR 2020 PARK DISTRICT CHANGES
AS WELLS THE PROPOSED 2021
BUDGET A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SO MY INTENT WAS NOT TO GO INTO
DETAILS BUT HIGHLIGHT SOME OF
THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU WILL BE
LOOKING INTO AS PART OF THE
RESOLUTION MENTIONED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO TALK ABOUT.
AND THAT IS TALK ABOUT THE
PARKS AND RECREATIONS.
ONE THING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED
TO PROVIDE TO YOU IS THE
ACTIVITY FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
LIKE MANY THINGS, THIS ONE WAS
DELAYED.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE IT
BY JUNE BUT WE ARE NOW ABLE --
WE HAVE COMPLETED IT AND YOU
AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS CAN HAVE
ACCESS IT AT THE LINK ON THE
PRESENTATION.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
THINGS, YOU MAY RECALL IN 2018,
WE OPENED TWO SIDES, IN THE
GREENWOODED INTO AND THE URBAN
TRIANGLE PARK IN THE SUFFOKL
UNIONED INTO.
WE INCREASED ALLOCATIONS
INCLUDING SUPPLEMENT -- USING
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS THROUGH THE
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX REVENUES
AND WE CONTINUE WITH ALL OF OUR
MAJOR MAINTENANCE THROUGH 2019.
YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTO THERE.
THERE IS A PICTURE THE MEDGAR
EVERS POOL.
WE WERE SLATED TO OPEN THAT
POOL UP AS A PILOT THIS WEEK
BUT WE HAD TO PULL BACK, GIVEN
THE REVISED HEALTH GUIDELINES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S
GOING TO GOING ON, CONTINUING
IN 2019 AND CONTINUING THIS
YEAR BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF THE KEY PIECES THERE
THAT YOU WILL FIND MUCH MORE IN
THE REPORT.
>> NOW TO THE REALITY OF 2020.
SO THIS SLIDE REALLY JUST
CAPTURES THE CHANGES THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING
AS PART OF YOUR RESOLUTION 35.
THIS REPRESENTS SORT OF THE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND
REALIGNMENTS THAT WE MADE TO
ADDRESS THE GENERAL FUND GAP AS
WELL AS THE PARK FUND GAP IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION.
THE 10 MILLION-DOLLAR PARK
DISTRICT AND GENERAL FUND SWAP
IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ACTED
ON THIS SUMMER AS PART OF OUR
REVISED 2020.
AND THEN $5.3 MILLION PARK
DISTRICT AND PARK FUND SWAP IS
PART OF THE REALIGNMENT FOR THE
PARK FUND WHICH WAS ACTED ON
TODAY AS PART OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALSO INCLUDES
THE RESOLUTION 35, $700,000.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON
2020, WE CAN CONTINUE TO 2021.
[ PAUSE ].
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS.
COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
LET'S KEEP GOING, JESUS.
>> THANK YOU.
IN TERMS OF 2021 AND CONSISTENT
WITH ACTIONS THAT YOU ALL TOOK
IN OCTOBER GIVING US THE
AUTHORITY TO PUT A ONE-YEAR
PAUSE ON THE PARK DISTRICT
PLANNING CYCLE, WE DEVELOPED A
ONE-YEAR 2021 BUDGET, AN
INTERIM SPENDING PLAN FOR THE
PARK DISTRICT.
SO, ALSO, AS DISCUSSED IN
OCTOBER, THIS ONE-YEAR BUDGET
DOES KEEP THE PROPERTY TAX
REVENUE INCREASES AT THE
STANDARD 2.5 ANNUAL RATE THAT
WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING AND
THIS GOES FROM 20.8 CENTS IN
21.3 CENTS IN 2021 WHICH IS
JUST ABOUT A $6 TAX RATE BURDEN
ON THE MEDIAN HOMEOWNER HERE IN
THE CITY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE UTILIZED
INTEREST EARNINGS GENERATED BY
THE PARKS REVENUES TO COVER
SOME OF THE WAGE INFLATION,
EXCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT STAFF.
WE UTILIZED THAT TO CONTINUE
THE BALLOT COMMONS ACTIVATION
PROGRAMMING AND SOME PORTION OF
OUR UTILITIES COST.
WE USED THE -- ALSO INCLUDED IN
THE ONE-YEAR PAUSE A PAUSE ON
INTERFUND LOAN PAYBACK WHICH
ALLOWED US TO ALSO SUPPORT OUR
UTILITIES.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE BIGGER
CHANGES TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS
UNPRECEDENTED REVENUE CHALLENGE
FOR 2021, SPENDING PLAN
INCLUDED ONGOING FUNDING
REALIGNMENT TO COVER GENERAL
FUND GAPS OF $9 MILLION AND
THEN ONE-TIME REALIGNMENTS TO
COVER OUR PARK FUND GAPS OF $4
MILLION.
JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE PARK
FUND IS THE ROVE KNEW THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM PROGRAM FEES,
RENTALS, ET CETERA.
ANY QUESTIONS ON 2021?
>> NOT SEEING ANY.
NO.
YOU CAN KEEP GOING.
>> JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAILS
ON THE TWO SIGNIFICANT ITEMS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL BE
LOOKING AT IN RESOLUTION 38.
BUT WE HAD A ONE-TIME
REALIGNMENT, $4.1 MILLION WHICH
INCLUDED SOME CENTRAL BACK FILL
TO MAINTENANCE SAVING AND
PROGRAMMATIC SAVINGS THAT GOT
TO US $4.1 MILLION ON THE
ONGOING SIDE.
WE REDUCED SEVERAL OF OUR
PROGRAMMATIC INITIATIVES.
DIDN'T ZERO THEM OUT SO THERE
IS STILL SOME WORK THAT COULD
HAPPEN IN 2021 DEPENDING UPON
THE PUBLIC GUIDANCE AND WHAT WE
CAN DO.
BECAUSE WE PUT ON THE CAPITAL
SIDE LAND BANK SIDES ON HOLD,
WE RECOUPED THE OPERATING
DOLLARS.
WE REDUCED THE LAND ACQUISITION
POT OF MONEY.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE ARE
RETAINING FUNDING THERE TO BE
ABLE TO ACCESS ACQUISITIONS
FOCUSING ON GREEN BELTS, ET
CETERA AND KEEPING OUR STAFF
ONBOARD AND DOING THE
OPPORTUNISTIC ACQUISITIONS AS
THIS WORK HAPPENS.
WE PUT A HOLD ON THE MAJOR
PROJECTS CHALLENGE IT FUND AS
WELL AS SIGNIFICANT HOLDS ON
THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE BACK LOG.
THAT GOT US TO THE $8.9 MILLION
NUMBER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
>> GOOD.
ACTUALLY-- SO, THAT IS THE GIST
OF WHAT WE WANT TO GET THROUGH
TODAY.
ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS, COUNCIL
MEMBERS OR CHAIR JUAREZ?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO --
YOU WENT THROUGH THE POWERPOINT
AND I THINK AS WE GO THROUGH
EACH ONE, SOME OF OUR
COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS.
BUT I THINK WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD.
>> OKAY.
IS THAT OKAY?
>> YES.
>> EVERYBODY OKAY?
I'VE GOT TO DO SOME -- I HAVE
TO HAVE IT RED INTO THE RECORD.
>> CAN I DO JUST A QUICK NOTE
BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE
RESOLUTIONS?
I DID WANTTO THANK TRACI WHO
IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE
FOR YOU.
FOR HER WORK PUTTING TOGETHER
THE BUDGET.
WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT
TRACI RATZLIFF AND HER COUNCIL
STAFF.
>> THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF
AND THE OFFICE BUDGET STAFF.
THIS WAS A MONUMENTAL EFFORT
CHANGES.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR
FORBEARANCE FOR GIVING ME ALL
THE GORY DETAILS THAT I ASKED
FOR.
>> I WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
I THOUGHT THAT YOU GOT TO THE
END.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GOT
THERE SO QUICK.
YES, THE FOUR RESOLUTION, 35,
38, 39 AND 40 HAVE BEEN A WORK
IN PROGRESS FOR AT LEAST FOUR
OR FIVE MONTHS.
SO, THANK YOU, TRACI AND FOR
THE TECHNICAL CHANGES AND ALL
THE STUFF YOU DID TO KEEP US TO
DATE.
THIS HAS JUST BEEN A REVOLVING,
CHANGING AS WE ARE ADAPTING TO
AND DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE DONE WITH THAT PART?
OKAY.
SO, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
AGENDA ITEMS 2 TO 5. THESE WILL
APPROVE THE BUDGET CHANGES JUST
DESCRIBED BY THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
ITEM 6 WILL ESTABLISH THE 2021
AS A SHARED MEETING DATE FOR
THE PARK DISTRICT.
TRACI RATZLIFF OF CENTRAL STAFF
AND SUPERINTENDENT AGUIRRE ARE
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS AS WE
READ THEM SEPARATELY.
MADAM CLERK, YOU CAN READ
RESOLUTION NUMBER 35?
>> A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE
2020 SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT
REVISED BUDGET BY REALLOCATING
APPROPRIATIONS.
>> GREAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT ITEM 2?
HEARING NONE, I MOVE THAT BOARD
ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 5.
THERE IS A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, CLERK, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT HAD TO
LEAVE.
>> STRAWS.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR.
>> TOUCH.
THE MOTION PASSES.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE RESOLUTION ON
MY BEHALF?
WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3?
>> ITEM 3, RESOLUTION 38.
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2021
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BUDGET.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, AFTER THIS
RESOLUTION IS MOVED AND
SECONDED, I HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN
TO SUBSTITUTE VERSION 2 WITH
VERSION 3 TO REFLECT THE
ADDITION OF A TECHNICAL
REFERENCE TO ASSOCIATED COUNCIL
BILL.
THAT'S CORRECT, RIGHT, TRACI IN
THE DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM?
RESOLUTION NUMBER 38.
>> OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I MOVE THE BOARD
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 38.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> I MOVE TO SUBSTITUTE
RESOLUTION 38, VERSION 2, FOR
VERSION 3. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE
VERSION 2 WITH 3 HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE SUBSTITUTES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> STRAWS.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THE THANK YOU.
THE MOTION PASSES.
AND THE SEE THE PARK DISTRICT
ADOPTS THE SUBSTITUTION.
I NOW MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF
THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED.
>> SECOND.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> YES.
>> THE MOTION PASSES, SEVEN FOR
AND NONE OPPOSE.
>> WILL THE CLERK AFFIX THE
SIGNATURE TO THE RESOLUTION ON
MY BEHALF.
THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 4. AGENDA ITEM 4,
RESOLUTION 39, A RESOLUTION
THURSDAYING THE LEVY OF REGULAR
PROPERTY TAXES BY THE SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT FOR COLLECTION IN
2021, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE
ABOVE THE REGULAR PROPERTY
TAXES LEVIED FOR COLLECTION IN
2020.
>> THANK YOU.
WE MAY HAVE -- THERE IS ANY
DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER?
THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT
GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO
INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX.
ANY DISCUSSION THERE?
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZE.
>> THE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
THE COUNCIL STAFF.
WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE TAXES
LATELY.
LAST YEAR, WHEN I WAS GOING
DOOR TO DOOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
WERE WORRIED ABOUT PROPERTY
TAXES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE
ON FIXED INCOMES.
I WANTED TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCALE OF
THIS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IN HAS
NOT BEEN DONE FOR THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS.
I WANT TO GET MORE CONTEXT FOR
THIS INCREASE.
>> SURE.
AS SUPERINTENDENT AGUIRRE
MENTIONED, LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE
WAS ABOUT 20 CENTS PER THOUSAND
DOLLARS OF ASSESSED VALUE.
THIS YEAR, THE RATE IS
ESTIMATED TO BE 21 CENTS.
SO IT REPRESENTS JUST A LITTLE
OVER A HALF A CENT INCREASE IN
THE TAX RATE PER THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
AS HE INDICATED FOR THE MEDIAN
HOME PRICE OF ABOUT $699,000,
IT REPRESENTS A $6 INCREASE PER
YEAR.
SO, THE WAY THAT THE EXECUTIVE
CAME UP WITH THE AMOUNT THAT
WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT THIS
YEAR, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE
AUTHORIZED AND DRIVE OUR
DECISIONS ABOUT WAS BASED ON
WHAT WE HAD DONE FOR EACH OF
THE PRIOR SIX YEARS OF THE SIX-
YEAR SPENDING PLAN WHICH WAS TO
INCREASE EVERY YEAR THE AMOUNT
THAT WE COLLECTED OF THE TOTAL
PROPERTY TAX BY 2.49% TO
ACCOUNT ESSENTIALLY FOR
INFLATION.
KNOWING THAT, AS YOU WOULD GO
THROUGH THE YEARS, YOU WOULD,
IN FACT, HAVE INFLATION THAT
IMPACTED THE COST OF PROVIDING
THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEEDED
TO COUNT FOR.
WHAT THEY DID WAS TOOK THE 2020
AMOUNT AND INCREASED THE 2020
AMOUNT THAT WE WILL COLLECTED
BY THE 2.49% AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY CAME UP WITH AS THE AMOUNT
TO COLLECT.
YOU ARE CORRECT IN THAT, FOR
EVERY YEAR -- AND I WENT BACK
AND LOOKED AT THIS -- EXCEPT
FOR THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A
REDUCTION FROM WHERE WE STARTED
IN 2016 WHICH WAS 30 CENTS FOR
THOUSAND DOLLARS OF ASSESSED
VALUE TO 27 CENTS IN 2017 TO 24
CENTS IN 2018 TO 22 CENTS IN
2019 AND 2020 AT 20 CENTS.
AND THEN LOOKING AT ESTIMATING
AT 2021 AT 21 CENTS.
WHY IS THAT?
THAT'S BECAUSE OUR ASSESSED
VALUE IN THE CITIES -- WENT UP
FROM 2016 UNTIL ACTUALLY 2019.
AS YOUR ASSESSED VALUE GOES UP,
YOU CAN DROP THE RATE BECAUSE
THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT YOU NEED
TO CORRECT, OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS
A BROADER BASE.
THIS YEAR, WE LOST ASSESSED
VALUE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S WHY THE RATE HAS GONE UP
JUST AGAIN.
JUST A LITTLE OVER HALF A
PENNY.
AND THE RATIONALE FOR WHY THEY
CHOSE TO COLLECT THE AMOUNT
THAT THEY DID WAS TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE INFLATIONARY COST
IMPACTING THOSE PROGRAMS.
>> TRACI, THAT'S THE PROCESS
THAT WAS SET UP IN THE 2014
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT TO
ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION AND, IN
FACT, WE WENT DOWN, CORRECT?
>> FOR THE FIRST -- YES, FOR
THE FIRST SIX-YEAR SPENDING
PLAN, YOU WILL HAVE A DECISION
FOR THE NEXT SIX-YEAR SPENDING
PLAN THAT COMES BEFORE YOU
WHETHER YOU THINK EVERY YEAR WE
WANT TO COLLECT AN ADDITIONAL
2.5% MORE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR
OR WE WANT TO HAVE THAT BE
ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT YOU
DECIDE EVERY BUDGET YEAR,
BECAUSE AS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED,
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME YEARS
WHERE THE INFLATION RATE HAS
BEEN HIGHER THAN 2.49%.
THIS YEAR, WHIT IS GOING TO BE
LOWER, PROBABLY.
SO IT WILL BE A DECISION THAT
WE MAKE THAT'S BASED ON THAT
SPENDIN PLAN AND HOW MUCH WE
DECIDE EVERY YEAR WE WANT TO
COLLECT IN THE WAY OF THOSE
TAXES.
AND WE WILL HAVE THE DECISION
TO MAKE FOR THAT NEXT SIX-YEAR
SPENDING PLAN JUST LIKE WE DID
FOR THAT VERY FIRST ONE IN
2014.
>> COUNCILMAN PEDERSEN, ANY
FOLLOWUP OR ANYTHING ELSE?
>> THANK YOU, NO.
I'M FINE.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> NOT HEARING ANYTHING ELSE
FROM MY COLLEAGUES, I MOVE THE
BOARD TO ADOPT RESOLUTION
NUMBER 39.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> 7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION PASSES.
AND THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICTS
BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION 39.
WILL THE CLERK POLICE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE ON THE RESOLUTION ON
MY BEE A LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
NUMBER 5. RESOLUTION 40.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THAT
INTO THE RECORD?
>> RESOLUTION 40, A RESOLUTION
RELATING TO THE LEVY OF
PROPERTY TAXES, FIXING THE
RATES AND/OR AMOUNTS OF TAXES
TO BE LEVIED AND LEVYING THE
SAME UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY,
BOTH RAFAEL AND PERSONAL, IN
THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT, TO
FANS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE
DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING
JANUARY 1, 2021?
>> ANY QUESTION ON RESOLUTION
NUMBER 40?
THIS WAS COVERED IN THE
PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE, I MOVE THE BOARD
--LET'S SEE.
DID I GET THIS RIGHT?
I MOVE THE BOARD ADOPT
RESOLUTION 40 AND IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
SEATTLE PARKS DISTRICT BOARD
ADOPTS RESOLUTION 40.
WILL THE CLERK AGAIN AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE RESOLUTION ON
MY BEHALF.
LET'S GO TO THE LAST ITEM,
NUMBER 6, WHICH IS RESOLUTION
41.
CLERK-- MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU
READ THIS INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 6, PRESIDENT POLLUTION
41.
A RESOLUTION SETTING THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD
REGULAR MEETING DATES FOR 2021.
>> SO, OUR DATES ARE -- DID YOU
JUST SAY THE DATES?
OH, TRACI IS GOING TO SAY THEM.
>> SURE.
WE TYPICALLY MEET THREE TIMES A
YEAR MID-YEAR, JUNE 21st WILL
BE THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE
WOULD HAVE TO GET A MID-YEAR
REPORT ON THE PARKS LEVY.
WE'LL MEET IN A PUBLIC HEARING
ON A BUDGET FOR OCTOBER 18th
AND JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING
TODAY, WE'LL MEET 22nd OF
NOVEMBER TO ADOPT THE 2022
BUDGET.
>> SO THE FIRST DATE IS JUNE 21
AND THEN THE SECOND IS THE 22nd
OF NOVEMBER.
>> AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING
ON OCTOBER 18.
>> OH, SORRY.
YES.
PUBLIC HEARING ON OBJECT 18.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ALL RIGHT.
I MOVE THE BOARD ADOPT
RESOLUTION 41.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> WILL THE CLEARING PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS, YES.
>> PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> 7 IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY.
THE MOTION PASSES.
THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD
ADOPTS RESOLUTION NUMBER 41.
WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE RESOLUTION?
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE -- DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THAT'S PRESIDENT.
>> OH, SORRY.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> WITH THAT, WITH NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, WE STAND ADJOURNED.