>>> WELCOME TO THE COLLECT
BUDGET MEET.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA.
IT'S SEPTEMBER, 29, 2021.
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
>> GONZALES.
>> HERE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> MORALES?
HERE.
>> STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> AND CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE FULL
COMMITTEE AS WE CRAFT THE 2022
BUDGET.
COLLEAGUES, TODAY, WE HAVE A
FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES.
I EXPECT THE MORNING SESSION
MAY BE LIGHTER AND THE
AFTERNOON MAY BE HEAVIER.
ALL DAY TODAY WE HAVE A PACKED
AGENDA AS WELL AS FRIDAY.
ANY BUDGETS PRESENTATIONS NOT
IN DURING ALLOCATED TIME, WE
HAVE TIME ON FRIDAY TO WRAP UP
WHAT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.
TODAY WE BEGIN WITH THE
PRESENTATION FROM OUR ESSENTIAL
STAFF DIRECTOR ESTHER HANDY AND
ALSO ALY PENNUCCI OUR LEAD
STAFF FROM CENTRAL STAFF WHO
WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS AND AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE BUDGET THAT
THE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED AS A
PROPOSAL FROM THE MAYOR.
WE WILL START WITH THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE WELCOMING BEN
NOBLE AND HIS TEAM.
RECESS AT 1:00 P.M., AND WE
WILL RETURN FOR THE SECOND
SESSION.
IN THE SECOND SESSION THIS
AFTERNOON, THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE OFFICE
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
WILL BE PRESENT WITH US TO GO
THROUGH THE PROPOSED BUDGETS
FOR THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO
TODAY'S AGENDA, IT WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA FOR TODAY INCLUDING
SESSION ONE AND SESSION TWO IS
ADOPTED.
CALLERS, I WANT IT LET YOU KNOW
WHAT IS NOTABLE THIS YEAR, WE
HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC
HEARING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE
EVENING, AND WE HAVE ADDED A
PUBLIC HEARING IN THE MORNING
AS WELL.
THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS
BUDGET SESSION.
THAT MEANS THIS YEAR FOR THE
REGULAR BUDGET SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEES, WE WILL START WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT, AS USUAL, BUT
WE WILL HAVE A HARD STOP AT
10:00 A.M.
ON EACH DAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO GET THROUGH
EVERYONE WHO IS PRESENT ON THE
LIST TODAY, BUT IF THERE ARE
FOLKS WHO ARE PRESENT AND NOT
ABLE TO COMMENT BEFORE 10:00
A.M., THEN THEY WILL NEED TO
CALL IN FOR THE NEXT BUDGET
MEETING.
IT WILL BE OUR PRACTICE TO MAKE
SURE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT IS
AVAILABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF
EVERY MEETING, AND OF COURSE,
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE ABLE TO CALL
IN AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT,
WE WILL PROVIDE THE PUBLIC
HEARING OPPORTUNITIES, AND YOU
CAN ALWAYS REACH US AT
COUNCIL.SEATTLE.GOV.
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE DO HAVE 13 PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE FOLKS THE
FULL TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WE WILL END AT 10:00 A.M.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS
MEETING WILL BEGIN WITH THE
FIRST THREE SPEAKERS ON THE
LIST.
I WILL CALL IN THE ORDER
REGISTERED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP BUT
WOULD LIKE TO
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME, THE
STAFF WILL UNMUTE YOU, AND YOU
WILL HEAR ON YOUR LINE YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT'S YOUR CUE TO HIT STAR
SIX.
STAR SIX UNMUTES YOUR LINE, AND
THAT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING YOUR
NAME.
PLEASE NOTE THE ITEM YOU'RE
CALLING TO COMMENT ON ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
SINCE THIS IS THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE, I THINK EVERYTHING
FITS INTO THE CATEGORY.
WE WELCOME YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU WILL HEAR A TEN-SECOND
CHIME AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
WE DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF,
BUT WE WILL PROVIDE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT
SPEAKER TO BEGIN SPEAKING IF
YOU DON'T WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT
RELATIVELY QUICKLY AFTER YOUR
TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
ONCE YOU ARE DONE SPEAKING,
PLEASE DISCONNECT AND FOLLOW
THE MEET THE ON THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR THE LISTEN-IN
OPTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
BEING HERE.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU HEAR YOU ARE
UNMUTED, HIT STAR SIX.
JESS IS THE FIRST SPEAKER
PRESENT.
GOOD MORNING, JESS.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.
I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH DREAM 50
SEATTLE.
I'M HERE WITH SEVERAL OTHER
SOLIDARITY BUDGET SUPPORTERS.
BRIEFINGS THIS WEEK ON THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL GOT
BRIEFED ON THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE
WORK THAT STAFF HAS DONE
LEADING UP TO TODAY.
THEY HAVE SPENT MONTHS PUTTING
TOGETHER THE BUDGET PROPOSAL
WITH A LOT OF ATTENTION TO
DETAIL AND HARD WORK.
I CAN IMAGINE THIS BECAUSE WE
HAVE BEEN DOING THE SAME.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET COALITION
HAS BEEN ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE DONE ONE-ON-ONE LEAD
LEADER MEETINGS, AND WE ARE LED
BY COMMUNITY RESEARCH LIKE GOT
DREAMS AND THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
PRIORITIES YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
TODAY IN COMMENT REFLECT
CAREFUL AND CARING COMMUNITY
BASED APPROACH.
TODAY'S AGENDA INCLUDES
BUDGETS, AND WE HAVE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN
SEATTLE.
TO ENVISIONING SEATTLE OFF
FOSSIL FUELS, BUILDING A CLEAN
ECONOMY WILL TAKE MANY YEARS.
IT CERTAINLY CANNOT BE
ACCOMPLISHED IN ONE BUDGET
CYCLE.
IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO LAND
THE GROUND WORK FOR EQUITABLE
TRANSITION, WHILE BUILDING
CLIMATE RESILIENCE, INDIGENOUS
PRESERVATION, AND PATHWAYS TO
GOOD LIVING WAGE JOBS FOR ALL.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUES TO SHARE MORE ABOUT
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE
PUBLIC COMMENT KICKED OFF,
JESS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU DIALING IN.
THE NEXT IS VANESSA.
GOOD MORNING, VANESSA.
>> SORRY, VANESSA, I SAW YOU GO
BACK ON MUTE.
THERE WE ARE.
>> HEY, THANK YOU.
>> HI.
>> I'M VANESSA MAROCHI.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS, AND
HELLO COMMUNITY.
I AM HERE ALSO TO SPEAK ON THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
WE KNOW THAT THE 2022 BUDGET IS
BEING PREPARED IN A TIME OF
CLIMATE CRISIS, ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN, AND OVERWHELMING AND
OVERDUE DEMAND FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE.
THIS OFFERS CONCRETE PATHWAYS
TO SOLVE THE INTERRELATED AND
COMPLEX PROBLEMS.
TODAY I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT
CLEAN ENERGY WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
I'M SPEAKING AS A PARENT, A
TEACHER, AND A COMMUNITY
MEMBER.
MY SON GRADUATED FROM FRANKLIN
IN 2020, SAYING HE HAD NONE OF
THE SKILLS HE WOULD NEED FOR
THE FUTURE, AND HE DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT THE SKILLS ARE.
HE'S NOT ALONE.
THAT'S NOT AN ISOLATED
INCIDENT.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE FACING
DISMAL FUTURES AS THEY READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE CLIMATE CRISIS
WE ARE FACING, AND THEY SEE HOW
OUR LACK OF COMMUNITY COHESION
HAS LED TO CONTINUED PROBLEMS,
STEMMING IN PART FROM THE COVID
PANDEMIC.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET OFFERS
HOPE TO PEOPLE IN MY SON'S
GENERATION, AND AS WELL AS
OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE NO LONGER
SUSTAINABLE AS WE COLLECTIVELY
BEGIN TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
BY EXPANDING INITIATIVES AND
JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CLEAN
ENERGY SECTOR, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE CANNOT ONLY MAKE
OURSELVES A CLEAN AND ELECTRIC
CITY THAT IS DOING OUR PART TO
AVOID THE MOST CATASTROPHIC
CLIMATE COLLAPSE, BUT ALSO
PROVIDE LIVING HAD WAGE JOBS,
AND JOBS FOR THE PEOPLE
GRADUATING TODAY.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET ALSO
CALLS FOR THE CITY TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITY-SCALE ENERGY PROJECTS
WHICH CAN INCREASE DEMAND FOR
THE CLEAN ENERGY JOBS OF THE
FUTURE.
THE 2021 FOSSIL FUEL STUDY
SHOWS THE CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR
IS GROWING TWICE AS FAST AS THE
FOSSIL FUEL SECTOR, AND IT --
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH VANESSA.
PLEASE SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS.
YOLANDA MATTHEWS, LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
NEXT THREE ARE LEAH, ALICE, AND
DERRICKE.
>> GOOD MORNING, LEAH.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS LEAH SLARNO.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE
AND ALSO LIVING WITH MULTIPLE
DISABILITIES.
I'M JOINING OTHERS IN CALLING
TO URGE COUNCIL TO ADJUST THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET TO ALIGN WITH
THE NEEDS THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE IDENTIFIED
AND LAID OUT IN THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET TO TRANSITION SEATTLE'S
HOME OFF FOSSIL FUELS.
THE BUDGET CALLS FOR A MUCH
MORE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT IN
TRANSITIONING HOMES AND
BUILDINGS TO CLEAN ENERGY, AND
IT'S CRUCIAL TO TACKLING
CLIMATE POLLUTION.
THE UNHEALTHY IMPACT OF FOSSIL
FUELS IS FELT MOST SEVERELY BY
THE MOST MARGINALIZED AND
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY HERE,
AND COUNCIL MUST ALSO HEED THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET CALLS FOR
COMMUNITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE
HUBS SO EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO
COOLING CENTERS.
I URGE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO THE
URGENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES
BY ALIGNING THE BUDGET WITH THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR DIALING IN.
GOOD MORNING, ALICE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, COUNCIL.
I AM ALICE LOCKHART FOR 350
SEATTLE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, AND IN
RESPECT TO THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
UNLIKE THE CLIMATE SECTION
BUDGET YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
TODAY AND ANY MAYORAL BUDGET
EVER, THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
ADDRESSES AN ASPECT OF THE
CLIMATE EMISSIONS AT THE SCALE
OF THE CRISIS.
IT GIVES ME SHIVERS JUST
SAYING THAT.
IT ACCELERATES THE TRANSITION
OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS OFF
FOSSIL FUELS.
IT WILL PAY FOR ALL LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS IN SEATTLE TO ENERGY
THAT IS HEALTHY FOR THE PLANET.
-- BETWEEN 2016 AND 2018, AND
THIS EFFECTIVELY NEGATED ANY
PROGRESS MADE AT REDUCING
CLIMATE POLLUTIONS.
WE ARE ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY.
THIS NEEDS TO STOP NOW.
TRANSITIONING TO CLEAN ENERGY
IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO TACKLE
SEATTLE'S CLIMATE POLLUTIONS,
IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND CREATE GOOD
LIVING WAGE JOBS.
AND ALSO RETROFITTING HOMES
WITH HEAT PUMPS MAKES COOLING
THROUGH AIR-CONDITIONING
POSSIBLE, WHICH IS INCREASINGLY
IMPORTANT AND LIFE SAVING AS
OUR REGION IS FACING MORE AND
MORE FREQUENT AND INTENSE HEAT
WAVES, AS WE SAW LAST YEAR, AND
HEAT DOMES, ET CETERA.
WE CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET NOW,
PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALICE.
THE NEXT PERSON IS DERRICKE.
GOOD MORNING, DERRICKE.
>> HI, MY NAME IS DERRICKE, AND
I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT SIX.
I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO ASK THE
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE
SOLIDARITY COMMISSION'S BUDGET
PROPOSAL.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET
FOR $100,000 FOR ROAD MAPPING
AND BUILDING RESILIENT HUBS IN
SEATTLE.
THEY ARE CRUCIAL.
WE HAVE SEEN CLIMATE CHANGE IS
ALREADY HERE.
AS A CITY, WE ARE NOT DOING
ENOUGH RIGHT NOW.
THIS JUNE DURING THE HEAT WAVE
WHEN MY APARTMENT WAS STILL 90
DEGREES AT 6:00 A.M.
AFTER A NIGHT OF RUNNING FANS
IN EVERY WINDOW, THERE WAS NOT
A SINGLE CITY-RUN AIR-
CONDITIONED SPACE AVAILABLE
ANYWHERE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T THINK MY SITUATION WAS
UNIQUE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PLACES IN THE
CITY WERE MUCH HOTTER EVEN.
PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY WERE
KILLED BY THE HEAT, AND THIS IS
NOT JUST HEAT, AND IT'S NOT
JUST THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, MANY IN
THE CITY HAD NO SAFE PLACES TO
ESCAPE THE TOXIC SMOKE FROM
WILD FIRES.
AS FAR BACK AS 2016 THE
COMMUNITY RESEARCH BY GOT GREEN
FOUND THE WILD SMOKE TO BE THE
TOP CLIMATE CONCERNS OF MOST
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES, AND I
THINK GIVEN ALL OF THIS, WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SAFE SPACES TO
BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN
THE FACE OF INCREASING THREATS
LIKE HEAT AND SMOKE IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND GOOD MORNING, JULIA.
JULIA BUCK FOLLOWED BY DAKOTA
AND MARIA.
GOOD MORNING, JULIA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
THE NAME IS JULIA BUCK.
I'M A HOMEOWNER IN THE SIXTH
DISTRICT OF SEATTLE.
I AM CALLING IN IN SUPPORT OF
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
PRIORITIES, AND AS A SUPPORTER
OF PUGET SOUND, ONE OF THE
THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT TO COUNCIL IS
ALLOCATING FUNDING TO CLOSE THE
GAP BETWEEN THE LOW-INCOME
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WE
HAVE, AND THEIR UTILIZATION BY
PEOPLE WHO ARE QUALIFIED.
PUGET SOUND SAGE WAS FOUNDED,
UNFORTUNATELY WITH WONDERFUL
PROGRAMS THROUGH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHTS THAT WILL HELP WITH
ENERGY UPGRADES, THE REDUCED
CARBON FOOTPRINT AND REDUCING
THEIR BILLS BY DECREASING THE
ENERGY NEEDED TO HEAT OR COOL
THEIR HOME, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE QUALIFIED FOR THAT PROGRAM,
THEY ARE NOT AWARE IT EXISTS,
AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO
APPLY OR HOW TO GET THE RELIEF
THAT THEY ARE -- THAT HAS BEEN
MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.
I AM ENCOURAGING COUNCIL TO
PLEASE, THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM,
SO WE ASK HAVE BETTER COMMUNITY
OUTREACH SO PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY
FOR THE LOW-INCOME ENERGY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS KNOW THEY
ARE THERE, AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERS ARE AS
LOW AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN HELP
AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AS
WELL.
THE NEXT PERSON IS DAKOTA.
GOOD MORNING, DAKOTA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION ON THIS LOVELY GRAY
MORNING.
MY NAME IS DAKOTA.
I WANT TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET
RECOMMENDATION.
THE SUPPORT FOR THE INDIGENOUS
CULTURAL PRESERVATION.
THE BUDGET PROPOSAL AIMS TO
CREATE A CITY WHERE UNIVERSAL
NEEDS ARE MET, AND THE
ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS
SUPPORTED.
INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP AND
CULTURAL PRESERVATION ARE KEY
TO ACHIEVING THE GOAL.
THAT'S WHY THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET CALLS FOR ALLOCATING
28,000 FOR INDIGENOUS-LED CLEAN
ENERGY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND
CULTURAL DEPOSITS.
ANY SERIOUS EFFORT TO ADDRESS
THE THREAT THAT IS THE CLIMATE
CRISIS MUST INCLUDE THESE
ALLOCATIONS.
WE ARE SEEING THE IMPACTS NOW
IN THE HEAT STRESS TO OUR
ICONIC EVERGREENS AND FAILING
SALMON RUNS.
WE MUST INCLUDE THE ACTIVE
PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION
AND CONSENSUS OF THE LOCAL
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO
RESTORE OUR ENVIRONMENT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
CAMPAIGN.
WORKING WITH THOSE WHOSE
TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO
LIVE WITH THE LANDS, WATERS,
AND OVERALL ECOSYSTEMS WILL
GREATLY ENHANCE ANY REAL EFFORT
TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN,
AND MARIO, GOOD MORNING, MARIO.
AS WE WAIT FOR MARIO, THE LAST
THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE JOANNE,
BJ, AND KAREN.
IS MARIO ON THE LINE?
MARIO, I SEE YOU ON OUR SCREEN
HERE.
JUST HIT STAR SIX ONE MORE
TIME.
THERE WE ARE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL.
IT'S MY HONOR TO TALK ABOUT THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
I RECOGNIZE FAMILIAR FACES
HERE.
I HAVE INTERVIEWED MANY OF YOU
IN THE PAST, AND I AM IMPRESSED
WITH THE WORK YOU DO.
IT'S TIME TO STEP IT UP FOR
CLIMATE CHANGE.
I'M A FRESHMAN AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, AND
AS A YOUNG PERSON, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT OUR FUTURE, AND
MY FUTURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE.
INSTEAD OF TAKING ACTION,
YOU'RE PUTTING MY FUTURE AT
RISK.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HARDER ON
LOWER-INCOME COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE OFTEN TIMES MORE
ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE
CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE OF THEIR
CIRCUMSTANCES.
IN A CRUEL IRONY IN THE WAY IN
WHICH WE WORK TO CHANGE THE
OFTEN TIMES OUT OF REACH FOR
THOSE WHO ARE LOWER INCOME.
SOMETHING LIKE SOLAR POWER OR
ELECTRIC CARS MAY BE GREAT, BUT
THEY ARE OUT OF REACH FOR LOWER-
INCOME FAMILIES.
LET'S BE FRANK, THIS PROBLEM
WAS NOT CAUSED BY POOR PEOPLE.
IT WAS CAUSED BY THE RICH AND
POWERFUL.
THEBURDENS SHOULD NOT FALL ON
THE BACKS OF POOR PEOPLE AND
SHOULD NOT FACE THE SCRUTINY OF
NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY FOR THE
EXPENSIVE SOLUTION.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET ADDRESSES
THE ISSUE DIRECTLY AND PUTS
MONEY TOWARDS MAKING IT
EQUITABLE FOR ALL.
FOR THIS REASON AND SO MANY
MORE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THE ONLY BUDGET FOR THE PEOPLE,
BY THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND JOANNE, YOU ARE UP NEXT.
GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL.
I APOLOGIZE.
I THINK I MAY HAVE PUT IN THE
WRONG NAME.
>> DO YOU MIND REPEATING YOUR
NAME?
>> MICHAEL MULANEY.
>> WELCOME, MICHAEL.
I'M CALLING TO URGE THE COUNCIL
TO ADJUST THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
FOR THE NEEDS THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE LAID OUT TO
TRANSITION SEATTLE OFF FOSSIL
FUELS TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
GOOD MORNING, BJ.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS BJ LAST.
I'M A RESIDENT AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND GREEN NEW DEAL
PRIORITY.
IT SHOULD BE THE STARTING POINT
FOR THE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS
THIS YEAR.
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET WILL
CLOSE THE GAP FROM LOW-INCOME
ENERGY ASSISTANCE NEEDS AND THE
CURRENT USE OF THE PROGRAM IS
AN IMPORTANT ITEM THAT AFFECTS
MULTIPLE HOMES.
THE STUDY BY PUGET SOUND SAGE
THAT ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
ARE NOT BEING ACCESSED BY
HOUSEHOLDS THAT QUALIFY.
THEY ARE NOT AWARE THE PROGRAM
EXISTS OR DO NOT BELIEVE THEY
QUALIFY.
THIS HURTS THE LOW-INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS FORCING THEM TO PAY
MORE THAN THEY SHOULD, AND IT
BLOCKS SEATTLE FROM REDUCING
ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE FINANCIAL
RELIEF FOR THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT
NEED THE MOST AND REDUE THE
CITY'S CARBON FOOTPRINT.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KAREN, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M KAREN GILLAN.
I'M A SENIOR LIVING DOWNTOWN,
AND I ALSO HAVE A GARDEN AT THE
INNER BAY PEA PATCH.
I MOVED DOWNTOWN TO WALK AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR MY HEALTH
AND TO REDUCE MY CARBON
FOOTPRINT.
I HAVE BEEN RECYCLING AND DOING
EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT MY LIFE
TO HELP WITH THE CLIMATE CHANGE
PROBLEMS.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS LIFESTYLE
IS IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE SEATTLE
AND PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN HAVE
BECOME MUCH LESS SAFE FOR LIKE
ME.
THE DECISIONS YOU HAVE MADE THE
LAST FEW YEARS HAVE MADE
SEATTLE LESS SAFE.
I ASK YOU RESPECTFULLY TO
INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET ADEQUATE
PUBLIC SAFETY DOLLARS BECAUSE
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO LIVE
DOWNTOWN SUCCESSFULLY IF WE ARE
NOT SAFE ON THE STREETS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
KAREN?
I APPRECIATE YOU DIALING IN.
THE LAST PERSON IS DAVID HEINZ.
DAVID, JUST STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
DAVID, I CAN SEE YOU ON THE
LINE.
STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO LET YOU
KNOW, THAT DOES REACH THE END
OF THE LIST.
I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR
DAVID TO COME OFF MUTE HERE,
AND OH, HELLO, DAVID.
>> HI, THANK YOU.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUDGET
BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A
HOMELESS CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR YEARS, AND THE
MAYOR SEEMED TO USE THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONEY, AND
I'M WONDERING DID SHE STILL
APPLY THE CITY BUDGET'S
ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS IN
ADDITION TO OR DID SHE PULL
BACK ON THE CITY'S ALLOCATIONS
AND JUST SUBSTITUTE THE
FEDERAL?
THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
SUFFERING FROM HOMELESS PEOPLE
SUBJECTED TO A LOT OF PREDATORY
CRIMINALS IN PIONEER SQUARE
BETWEEN YESLER AND CHERRY
STREET AND FIRST AVENUE WHERE I
LIVE.
EVERY SINGLE NIGHT I HAVE LIVED
HERE, FOR FOUR MONTHS, THERE'S
AN UNCIVIL WAR BEING CONDUCTED
BY THE EVIL CRIMINALS.
THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS
PEOPLE SUFFERING, AND THERE'S
ALL THESE WOMEN THAT HAVE BEEN
RAPED, AND THEY ARE WALKING
AROUND WITH NO SHOES BECAUSE
THE DUDES KEEP STEALING ALL THE
CLOTHES THEY POSSIBLY CAN, AND
ALL OF THESE HORRIBLE SCREAMS,
AND I HAVE CALLED THE COPS OVER
50 TIMES, AND THEY REFUSE TO
COME DOWN HERE.
THERE'S A 7-ELEVEN ACROSS THE
STREET THAT SELLS TO ALL OF
THESE MESSED UP PEOPLE WHO CAN
BARELY STAGGER IN, AND THEY
COME OUT WITH MORE LIQUOR.
WE NEED A BETTER, HOLISTIC
INVESTMENT IN UNDERSTANDING WHO
DESERVES TO BE INVESTED IN AND
WHO DESERVES TO STILL GO TO
JAIL.
THERE'S ALL OF THESE HOMELESS
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE.
THERE'S NO OUTREACH DOWN HERE.
I SEE REACH COME DOWN HERE, AND
THEY THROW A FIVE-MINUTE GUITAR
PARTY WITH PIZZA, HAND OUT A
SMALL BOTTLE OF WATER, READ
FROM THE BIBLE, AND THEY
DISAPPEAR ON THE REMODELING OF
THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY TO BUY
A NEW VEHICLE, BUT THEY ARE
CLAIMING FRIENDS IN THE
ENCAMPMENTS ARE SUFFERING
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR NAME.
IT SEEMS LIKE, NO OFFENSE, CITY
COUNCIL IS USING THE HOMELESS
CRISIS TO PAY OFF THE
ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZERS, AND THEY
ARE NOT KEEPING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.
WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID.
I DO SEE YOLANDA WAS STILL
LISTED TO SPEAK, BUT YOLANDA,
WE DID NOT SEE YOU DIAL BACK
IN.
I HOPE YOU SEND US YOUR
COMMENTS TO
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO
DIALED IN, AND IT IS TWO
MINUTES BEFORE 10:00 A.M.
A REMINDER, WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HEAR FROM
AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE
BEFORE 10:00 A.M., AND THEN
SESSION ONE AND SESSION TWO.
THAT DOES PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY IN
THE MORNING.
WE WILL BE PUBLISHING THREE
PUBLIC HEARINGS COMING UP, AND
I WILL NOTICE THEM THROUGHOUT
THE PRESENTATIONS TO COME.
WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA
TODAY IS THE CHAIR'S REPORT.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE A FEW
COMMENTS, AND WELCOME
EVERYBODY.
THIS IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
FOR US.
THE BEGINNING OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'S
OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THE 2022
BUDGET IN FRONT OF US, AND
PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND COUNCILMEMBERS TO
REALLY HAVE A BUDGET AT THE END
OF THE NEXT TWO MONTHS THAT
REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY'S
VALUES, INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY, COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND
INCREASING MORE ECONOMIC
RESILIENT SEATTLE THIS IS THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'S
OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH'S PROPOSAL,
AND IT'S OUR JOB AS AS THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO FINALIZE
AND SUBMIT IT TO THE CITY THAT
INVESTS IN THE MOST VULNERABLE,
AND IN THIS MOMENT, THAT
RESPONDS TO THE CRISIS, NOT
CAUSED BY COVID NECESSARILY,
BUT WORSENED BY COVID AND THE
PANDEMIC.
WE ARE BUILDING ON THE
FOUNDATION, COLLEAGUES THAT WE
HAVE ALREADY LAID OVER THE LAST
18 MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT A MORE
EQUITABLE SEATTLE.
IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, WHILE
WE MAY NOT AGREE ON THE
SUBSTANCE OF POLICIES OR BUDGET
DECISIONS AND THE PROPOSED
BUDGET TRANSMITTED THIS WEEK,
WE DO KNOW SO MUCH WORK WENT
INTO CRAFTING THE BUDGET WE ARE
RECEIVING.
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, HER
TEAM AND THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE TO
PROVIDE THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN
FRONT OF US.
AS I REFLECT ON THE LAST TWO
YEARS OF BEING THE BUDGET
CHAIR, I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH
HAS CHANGED, THE UNPRECEDENTED
TIMES WE ARE IN, AND HOW MUCH
WORK WE HAVE DONE TO RESPOND
WITH URGENCY AND COMPASSION.
I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH ABOUT
ALSO REMAINED THE SAME.
THE CRISES, THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISES WE FACED AS A COMMUNITY
REMAIN HERE TODAY, AND OUR
CHALLENGE IS TO ADDRESS THOSE
WITH URGENCY AND COMPASSION AS
WELL.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WE
FOCUS ON TODAY IS COVID.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES
PRESENT BEFORE COVID WERE THE
LACK OF HOUSING, THE CONCERNS
AROUND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
POLICING, AND RACISM.
THAT IS STILL PREVALENT
THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
THESE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES
WE HAVE TRIED TO RESPOND TO
WITH URGENCY OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS, AND I THINK WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO BEGIN THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE 2022
BUDGET ADDRESSES THE PREVIOUS
ISSUES AND THE COMPOUNDING
ISSUES FROM COVID SO WE ARE A
TRULY MORE EQUITABLE AND
RESILIENT SEATTLE IN THE
OUTCOME.
A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE LAST
TWO YEARS.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
EMPLOYEES.
I WANT TO THANK THOSE ON THE
FRONT LINES AND WHO HAVE BEEN
IN THE OFFICES, RESPONDED TO
OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN THE UNPRECEDENTED
TIMES.
OUR CITY AS PUBLIC WORKERS HAVE
PIVOTED, JUMPED IN, SHOWN
FLEXIBILITY, SHOWN RESILIENCE,
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU,
EVERYONE FROM FIREFIGHTERS TO
OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES, STAFF WHO
PROVIDED TESTING AT SITES, AND
OUR AGENCY EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE
BEEN PROVIDING CARE FOR THE
MOST VULNERABLE.
OUR PARKS EMPLOYEES AND
COMMUNITY CENTER STAFF WHO
RESPONDED TO THE TREMENDOUS
NEEDS OF HOMELESSNESS AND
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE, AND TO EVERYONE WHO
HAS WORKED AT THE CITY IN THE
LAST 18 MONTHS, YOU HAVE
STEPPED UP.
YOU HAVE SHOWN WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE A STRONG SEATTLE AND
CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE HELPED TO PROVIDE
GREATER HEALTH, STRENGTH, AND
WELL BEING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE FOREVER THANKFUL FOR
YOUR SERVICE, ESPECIALLY IN THE
LAST TWO YEARS.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AS A
COUNCIL EMERGENCY LEGISLATION
TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE
WORK FORCE, AND MEMBERS WE HAVE
INVESTED IN THEIR HEALTH AND
SAFETY THROUGH HAZARD PAY AND
SICK LEAVE.
WE HAVE ALLOCATED EMERGENCY
FUNDING TO WORKERS ON THE FRONT
LINES, AND ESPECIALLY THE CHILD
CARY CARE WORKERS.
WE MADE SURE PEOPLE WERE ABLE
TO WORK REMOTELY AND MADE WHOLE
FOR UTILITIES.
YOU HAVE KEPT OUR CITY RUNNING
HELPING FOLKS TO SUSTAIN AND
SURVIVE THE CRISIS.
IT WAS MY GOAL AS THE BUDGET
CARE COMING IN TWO YEARS AGO TO
REALLY LEAD WITH TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR
PROCESS, TO ENSURE THAT THE
COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE
BUDGET PROPOSALS WERE, NOT ONLY
THE PROPOSAL RECEIVED FROM THE
MAYOR, BUT THEY WERE ENGAGED IN
THE PROCESS OVER THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'S EFFORTS TO
TRY TO CREATE A PROPOSED BUDGET
THAT REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY
VALUES.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
DEPARTMENTS KNEW THEY HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SUSTAINED
FUNDING FOR NOT ONLY THE
CALENDAR YEAR IN FRONT OF US,
BUT MOVING FORWARD AS WELL IN A
STANDARD BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE
PASSED THE 2021 BUDGET AND HAVE
AN ENDORSED BUDGET FOR 2022,
BUT DUE TO COVID, WE FOCUSED ON
THE 2021 EFFORTS IN FRONT OF
US.
TODAY WE LOOK AT 2022 WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS,
JUMP START FUNDING THAT YOU ALL
PASSED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN UNANIMOUSLY, AND TO BE
ABLE TO INVEST THE CRITICAL
RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY IN
THE 2022 CALENDAR YEAR BUDGET
IN FRONT OF US WITH A BLANK
SLATE.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
THANK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND YOUR TEAM AND TO
BEN NOBLE AND TEAM AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE HAVE BUILT A TRANSPARENT AND
MORE ACCOUNTABLE PROCESS IN THE
FUTURE AS WE LOOK TO WORK TO
STAND UP THE REVENUE FOR THE
COUNCIL THAT WILL BE
FORTHCOMING IN THE FUTURE YEARS
IT WILL BE A HUGE ASSET TO THE
CITY TO HAVE THE PROCESS BAKED
INTO THE CITY BUDGETING PRIOR
TO RECEIVING THE PROPOSED
BUDGETS, AND TO HAVE
ACCOUNTABLE PROCESS FOR THE
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK OUR
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
DEANNA, STEPHANIE, AND JOSEPH.
WE HAVE A UNIFIED COMMUNICATION
STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE EACH
COUNCILMEMBER HAS THE ABILITY
TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW HOW TO
ENGAGE.
I HAVE SEEN COUNCILMEMBER
HAVE IT ON THEIR NEWSLETTERS
AND SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS
WE CRAFT THE BUDGET.
WHAT HAS REMAINED CONSTANT
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC IS OUR
FOCUS AND COMMITMENT ON SOLVING
THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS IN OUR
CITY, ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS,
PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HOUSING,
SUPPORTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE
WORKERS AND SMALLEST
BUSINESSES.
THAT'S THE TASK IN FRONT OF US
TODAY AS WE BEGIN OUR PROCESS
OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AND
CRAFTING OUR COUNCIL'S PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD ON PAST
INVESTMENTS.
WE WILL BUILD ON THE DOCUMENTS
STARTED LAST SPRING, AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THE
FOUNDATION THAT YOU BEGAN
LAYING WITH THE PASSAGE OF JUMP
START LAST SPRING.
LAST SPRING OVER 100
ORGANIZATIONS, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO
HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE FOR YEARS
CAME TOGETHER AROUND A PROPOSAL
TO INVEST IN HOUSING TO MAKE
SURE THAT HOMELESS SERVICES
WERE TRULY FUNDED.
WE INCLUDED IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS, HOUSING
ADVOCATES, LABOR UNIONS, BIG
AND SMALL BUSINESS, EQUITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ORGANIZATIONS TO PASS
JUMPSTART, AND YOU ALL DID
THAT.
THE POLICY THAT WE PASSED IS
NOW GENERATING WITH THE RENEWED
ESTIMATES OVER $230 MILLION A
YEAR.
WE NEED THIS FUNDING, AS WE
KNEW BACK IN THE SPRING LAST
YEAR, WE NEED THE FUNDING NOW
MORE THAN EVER TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE INVESTING IN CLOSING THE
GAPS FOR INVESTMENTS IN GREEN
NEW DEAL PRIORITIES, ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE, AND MOST NOTABLE
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AT LEAST $135 MILLION A YEAR
WAS EXPECTED TO GO INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE KNOW THIS
IS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE
FACING OUR CITY, AND I'M
INCREDIBLY PROUD WE PASSED
THAT, AND NOW WE GET THE CHANCE
TO BUILD ON THAT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT JUMPSTART HAS
BEEN SEEN ACROSS CITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POINT TO
THE RELIANCE ON THAT FUNDING TO
AVOID AUSTERITY BUDGETING.
THIS IS SOMETHING ACROSS THE
NATION PEOPLE HAVE CONTINUED TO
LOOK AT SEATTLE AS THE WAY TO
AVOID THE WORST-TYPE OF
BUDGETING DURING AN ECONOMIC
CRISIS, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF
THE WORK YOU ALL DID, AND I'M
PROUD WE HAD THE CHANCE TO PASS
THAT AS A TEAM IN JUST THE LAST
TWO YEARS.
I ALSO SEE THE MAYOR EVEN HAS
ASSUMED JUMPSTART SPENDING,
EVEN AFTER VETOING THE BILL.
EXCITED TO SEE THEY ARE
CELEBRATING THE INVESTMENT OF
WHAT JUMPSTART IS MAKING
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
INVESTMENTS OUR CITY
DESPERATELY NEEDS WITH PRESS
RELEASES AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK.
THAT FUNDING IS MAKING CHANGES
POSSIBLE NOW, AND WE WILL BUILD
ON THE FUNDING HEADED INTO
2022.
BUDGET THAT INVESTED IN PUBLIC
SAFETY.
WE RESPONDED IN THE MOMENT OF
CRISIS AND A MOMENT FOR A CALL
FOR RACIAL RECKONING, BY
BEGINNING TO SCALE UP
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-LED
SAFETY PROGRAMS, AND BEGINNING
TO TRULY INVEST IN PUBLIC
SAFETY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN CALLING ON FOR YEARS, AND
WE HAVE THE ROAD MAP IN FRONT
OF US AS WE CONTINUE TO RIGHT
SIDE OUR INVESTMENTS.
LAST FALL, COLLEAGUES, WE
PASSED THE BUDGET THAT, AGAIN,
RESTORED THE BUDGETARY LAYOFFS,
INVESTED IN HOMELESS PROGRAMS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND WE
MADE SURE WE FOUGHT TO THE
FUTURE BY INCLUDING STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION OF HOTELS,
APARTMENTS, BUILDINGS, TO
CREATE NOT ONLY SHELTER, BUT
LONG-TERM HOUSING FOR THE
COMMUNITY MOST IN NEED.
AS YOU HEARD FROM PUBLIC
TESTIMONY TODAY, WE INVESTED IN
ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GREEN NEW
DEAL PRIORITIES, FOOD SECURITY,
SUPPORTING FIRST RESPONDERS
LIKE FIREFIGHTERS AND THEIR
HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH.
ALL OF YOUR FINGERPRINTS AREN
THE BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR, AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH YOU AS WE BUILD THE
BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT CENTERS
OUR CONVERSATIONS ON THE PAST
INVESTMENTS, AND OUR
TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
HERE WE ARE.
2021, BEGINNING THE 2022
PROCESS IN THE SAME MONTH WE
JUST PASSED THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET THIS
SEPTEMBER, AND THE AMERICAN
RESCUE ACT DOLLARS PASSED THE
MONTH PRIOR ARE OUR ABILITY TO
BUILD ON THE FOUNDATION WE
STARTED LAST YEAR, LAYERING IN
$128 MILLION IN DEEP
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS,
COMMUNITY AND SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORTS AND COMMUNITY WELL
BEING WITH THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN DOLLARS, AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
INVESTING IN OUR ECONOMIC
RESILIENCY OF THIS CITY.
THIS NOVEMBER WE ARE GOING TO
AS WELL GET AN ECONOMIC REVENUE
FORECAST.
I WANT FOLKS TO RECOGNIZE AS WE
BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION WITH
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN FRONT OF
US, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THE
TENUOUS NATURE OF COVID AND THE
UNKNOWNS STILL PRESENT AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL AS IT RELATES TO
THE IMPACTS ON OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WAY WE
HAVE STOOD UP IN OUR RESILIENCY
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
IN A COUNTRY, WE KNOW IN
SEATTLE WE ARE FACING MANY OF
THE CHALLENGES THE LARGE CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING.
IF WE DON'T ACT WITH URGENCY
AND COMPASSION AND LEAD WITH
OUR VALUES AROUND PROTECTING
THE MOST VULNERABLE, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE SOME OF THE
WORST EFFECTS OF COVID
MANIFESTING IN THE STREETS WITH
MORE FOLKS CALLING INTO
HOMELESSNESS, AND INSTABILITY,
AND MORE SMALL BUSINESSES
CLOSE.
WE CAN TRY TO CORRECT THAT
SHIFT, AND WE HAVE GREAT
PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
AND STATE LEVEL WHO HAVE BEEN
STEPPING UP TO HELP SUPPORT US.
WHAT SEATTLE IS FACING IS NOT
UNIQUE, BUT I THINK WHAT IS
UNIQUE IS THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKED AT TO COME TOGETHER.
WE HAVE COME TOGETHER IN THESE
TRYING TIMES, AND SEATTLE IS
UNIQUE IN HOW WE HAVE BUILT
INTO OUR BUDGET THE COMMUNITY
VALUES, AND SEATTLE IS UNIQUE
IN HOW WE ARE CENTERING THE
BUDGETS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS,
ESPCIALLY ON ADDRESSING THE
MOST VULNERABLE AND MAKING SURE
THOSE WORKERS, THOSE SMALLEST
BUSINESSES, AND OUR MOST
VULNERABLE ARE RECEIVING DIRECT
ASSISTANCE.
WE ARE REJECTED TRICKLE DOWN
ECONOMICS AND TRULY INVESTED IN
GROWING THE SEEDS OF GREATER
PROSPERITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON
THAT, STARTING RIGHT NOW.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ESTHER
HANDY.
GOOD MORNING, ESTHER AS THE
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I WANT TO
WELCOME ALY PENNUCCI BACK TO
THE TABLE.
HER AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN
TREMENDOUS TO WORK WITH.
YOU MAKE THE PROCESS
NAVIGATABLE FOR THE PUBLIC AND
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND IT'S HEROIC
WORK YOUR STAFF DOES.
MADAME CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM ONE, INTRODUCTION AND
BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> REMEMBER, THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW
THIS MORNING, AND EACH
DEPARTMENT WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THIS AFTERNOON, ALL DAY
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A LONG
DAY, AND FRIDAY AS WELL.
IT SETS THE FOUNDATION FOR HOW
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN
TRANSMITTED TO US AND
APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP AND
DEDICATION OF OUR CENTRAL STAFF
TEAM HERE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU AND OUR
COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY AND
THE CITY BUDGET'S OFFICE AS WE
CREATE THE 2022 BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
MOSQUEDA.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER.
I'M ESTHER HANDY, THE NEW
CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR AND
REALLY PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU
AS THE COUNCIL BEGINS ITS
REVIEW OF THE MAYOR'S 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET.
AS NOTED, WE ENTER THE
DISCUSSION AT A TIME WHEN THERE
CONTINUES TO BE UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND
THEN THE RELATED TAX REVENUE IN
OUR CITY.
WE ARE 18 MONTHS INTO THE COVID
PANDEMIC, AND HEADED INTO
COLDER WINTER MONTHS, AND
TYPICAL COLD AND FLU SEASON,
AND REALLY WATCHING TO SEE HOW
THE PANDEMIC WILL EVOLVE.
WE ARE LUCKY TO SAY
UNEMPLOYMENT HAS DROPPED BACK
DOWN TO 5% IN OUR REGION, BUT
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICE
SECTOR AND HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRIES CONTINUE TO LEAD THE
CITY, AND MANY HAVE EXITED THE
LABOR MARKET TO TAKE CARE OF
FAMILY DURING THIS TIME.
IT'S THE CONTEXT THAT WILL
FRAME MANY OF YOUR DECISIONS
MOVING FORWARD IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
I WILL KICK US OFF BY REMINDING
YOU OF THE PROCESS.
IT'S THE MAYOR'S JOB TO PREPARE
AND SUBMIT A PROPOSED ANNUAL
BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT PROPOSED BUDGET MUST BE IN
BALANCE AS A STARTING PLACE FOR
THE DISCUSSION.
THE MAYOR TRANSMITTED THE
MATERIALS TO THE COUNCIL AND
SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC ON
MONDAY.
I WILL REMIND YOU THEY ARE JUST
THAT, THE PROPOSAL.
TODAY BEGINS THE COUNCIL'S ROLE
IN THE PROCESS.
IT'S YOUR JOB TO REVIEW AND
ADOPT A FINALIZED BUDGET, IT
MUST BE DONE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO
THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
YOUR STAFF TEAM IS MADE UP OF
18 ANALYSTS WHO STARTED REVIEW
OF THE BUDGET ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND WILL SUPPORT THE
COUNCIL THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE WILL BE BEHIND THE SCENES
READING THE DOCUMENTS AND RIGHT
HERE AT THE COMMUNITY TABLE
WITH YOU THROUGHOUT
DELIBERATIONS.
WE ARE, AS I LIKE TO SAY, ALL
IN FOR THE NEXT 40 BUSINESS
DAYS.
A FEW THINGS TO NOTE AS YOU
BEGIN LISTENING TO THE
EXECUTIVES' PRESENTATIONS
SHORTLY, THE MAYOR HAS A $7
BILLION BUDGET THAT COVERS ALL
LINES OF CITY BUSINESS.
IN THIS COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE
HAVING SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND WHICH
REPRESENTS 20% OF THAT BUDGET.
IT'S OFTEN CALLED THE HEART OF
THE CITY BUDGET WHERE MANY OF
THE PUBLIC-FACING SERVICES ARE
FUNDED INCLUDING HUMAN
SERVICES, POLICING, AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY, LIBRARIES,
AND MORE.
LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL APPROVED
THE JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX THAT
PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN
ADDRESSING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
A SIGNIFICANT REVENUE SHORTFALL
IN 2021, AND IT WILL PLAY A
MAJOR PART IN THE PHASE IN
2022.
FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN REST
DUE PLAN WILL MITIGATE THE
EFFECT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
ON OTHER LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES,
AND IT CONTINUES TO FUND THE
RESPONSE TO COVID.
OUR TEAM WILL BE DOING AN IN-
DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECTED
RESOURCE ANALYSIS, INCLUDING
HOW THEY ARE MEETING THE
IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND
WHAT IT MEANS FOR
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE LONG-
TERM.
TO SHARE A FEW MORE DETAILS ON
THE PROCESS, I WILL HAND IT TO
ALY PENNUCCI, WHO WILL BE THE
CENTRAL BUDGET STAFF MANAGER.
SHE HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB
OF BUILDING THE PROCESS FOR THE
DELIBERATION THAT PROVIDES TIME
FOR RIGOROUS STAFF ANALYSIS AS
YOU ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET
DECISIONS.
OUR TEAM LOOKS FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU, AND AS
COUNCIL MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY
AND A COLLECTIVE BODY TO
UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL, DEVELOP AMENDMENTS
AND ULTIMATELY ADOPT THE 2022
CITY BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE
COMMUNITIES OF OUR PRIORITIES
AND THIS COUNCIL.
ALY, I WILL HAND IT TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR,
COUNCILMEMBER, I'M ALY PENNUCCI
FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF AS THE
CHAIR AND DIRECTOR DESCRIBED, I
WILL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE EIGHT-
WEEK PROCESS IF WE COULD MOVE
TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT REALLY KICKS OFF TODAY, AND
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM AND CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND HER TEAM FOR
HELPING TO PUT TOGETHER AN
ORDERLY AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS
FOR THE DELIBERATIONS.
THIS BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR
LIKE LAST YEAR HAS SIX MAIN
STEPS AND THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS
AS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE BUDGET
TIMELINE PRESENTED ON THIS
SLIDE.
IT'S DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TIME
TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND
ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION AND DEBATE
ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSALS, AND ULTIMATELY THE
BALANCING PACKAGE PRIOR TO
ADOPTING THE BUDGET.
WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
SO THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, I
WILL BE KICKING OFF EACH STEP
IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, JUST TO
HIGHLIGHT WHAT STEP WE ARE ON,
AND WE WILL BE COMING UP IN
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK, AND THEN
HIGHLIGHTING WHAT IS COMING UP
FOR THE NEXT STEPS SO WE ARE
ALL TRACKING WHERE WE ARE AND
WHAT IS NEXT UNTIL WE GET TO
THE FINISH LINE ON NOVEMBER
22nd.
SO OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
THE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE CITY'S
BUDGET OFFICE AND EXECUTIVE
STAFF AND ASK QUESTIONS AND
START TO PROBE THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS WILL COMPLETE STEP ONE OF
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
SCHEDULE FOR THOSE
PRESENTATIONS IS ON THE SCREEN,
HOWEVER, WE HAVE, DUE TO
SCHEDULING CONFLICTS, THERE'S
ONE CHANGE.
TOMORROW MORNING'S SCHEDULE,
THE CITYWIDE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE WILL HAPPEN BEFORE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
DISCUSSIONS.
SAME TOPICS IN THE MORNING
SESSION, JUST REVERSING THE
ORDER FOR THE LAST TWO ITEMS
FOR THE MORNING SESSION.
AFTER HEARING FROM EXECUTIVE
STAFF, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT TWO
WEEKS FOR THE COMMITTEE AND
STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO
CONTINUE TO DIGEST, RESEARCH,
AND ANALYZE THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE THE NEXT
STEP IN THE PROCESS.
THE COMMITTEE -- THANK YOU.
-- THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO HOLD
THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC
HEARINGS ON OCTOBER 12th AT
5:30 IN THE MORNING.
NOT 5:30 IN THE MORNING.
EXCUSE ME.
5:30 IN THE EVENING.
I WILL BE UP, BUT THE REST OF
YOU CAN WAIT FOR 5:30.
>> I MOST DEFINITELY WILL NOT
BE UP.
WE HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO SLEEPS
IN, AND I LOVE IT.
>> THESE ALLOW US TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE ISSUES WE IDENTIFY.
IT'S THE ONGOING POLICY WORK
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ENGAGING
IN OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND IN
PREVIOUS YEARS, AND QUESTIONS
BEING ASKED OF STAFF AND OTHER
PRIORITIES WE ARE AWARE OF FOR
THE COUNCIL, AND REALLY AS
DIRECTOR HANDY HIGHLIGHTED, THE
USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS AND HOW TO
BALANCE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN
THIS AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK
THROUGH THE IMPACTS OF THE
PANDEMIC.
AND SO THAT IS THE NEXT TWO
STEPS IN THE PROCESS, AND WE
ALL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH -- ALL OF CENTRAL STAFF
LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS, AND AS I SAID, GETTING
US TO THE FINISH LINE ON
NOVEMBER 22nd.
UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT
PROCESS, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE
PREPARED FOR THIS MORNING'S
INTRODUCTION.
>> OKAY, EXCELLENT, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
DIRECTOR HANDY, IT'S WONDERFUL
TO HAVE YOU PRESENT WITH US,
AND BUDGET LEAD ALY PENNUCCI,
AM I GETTING YOUR TITLE RIGHT
THERE, ALY?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, DO WANT TO TAKE A
QUICK SECOND IF YOU COULD KEEP
THAT SLIDE UP.
I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO SEE
IF ANY COLLEAGUES HAVE
QUESTIONS OR FOR MEMBERS OF THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, I WANT YOU TO
SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH
IN AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAD IDENTIFIED ON THE
SLIDE WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS
ARE, AND YOU WILL SEE ONE AT
5:30 P.M.
OCTOBER 12th.
A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:30
P.M.
ON NOVEMBER 10th, AND A THIRD
PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 18th
, AND THAT IS IN THE MORNING AT
9:30 A.M.
ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE GIVING A
RESOUNDING APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF
THE WORK TO COME AND ALL OF THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
I SAW DIRECTOR NOBLE POP ON THE
SCREEN.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE
WITH US.
I DO THINK THAT IN ALMOST EVERY
MEETING WE HAVE HAD IN THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
MEETING WITH HAVE HAD, YOU HAVE
BEEN PRESENT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AS A
PRESENT FORCE WITH US AS WE
TAKE ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN ACT DOLLARS, THE
úSUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, AND
LEADING INTO THIS YEAR'S 2022
BUDGET WITH THE REVENUE
FORECAST PRESENTATIONS, PLURAL,
THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE ARE
FOLLOWING PROTOCOL.
MADAME CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
NUMBER TWO?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO, CITY BUDGET
OFFICE PROPOSED BUDGET OVERVIEW
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL, DIRECTOR NOBLE, I
WANTED TO WELCOME YOU
OFFICIALLY AND ANY MEMBERS OF
YOUR TEAM THAT ARE WITH US,
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE
WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE
DONE TO BUILD THE BUDGET
PROPOSAL, AND WE KNOW IT TOOK A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION
TO THE CITY AND FOR COMING HERE
TODAY, AGAIN, TO WALK US
THROUGH THE PROPOSAL.
I KNOW IT WILL BE THE BULK OF
THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.
WE ARE RUNNING AHEAD OF TIME.
FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES, AS WE GO, AND MAKE
SURE TO USE THE RAISE HAND
FUNCTION, AND I WILL TRY TO
WATCH FOR THAT.
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AT ANY
MOMENT, AND DIRECTOR NOBLE,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
AND THE PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE
DESCRIBED OVER THE COURSE OF
THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR AS
WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
STAFF MOVING FORWARD THROUGH
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
MY GOAL TODAY IS TO GIVE YOU A
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE
BUDGET, AND THE FOCUS IS REALLY
ON THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS.
I THINK WE HAVE WORKED WELL
WITH CENTRAL STAFF IN
SCHEDULING THE BRIEFINGS THAT
WILL FOLLOW.
VIRTUALLY EVERY ONE OF MY
SLIDES IS THE TOPIC OF THE
FUTURE BRIEFING.
THE GOAL IS THE OVERVIEW AS YOU
ENTER THE MORE DETAIL THE
DISCUSSIONS TO HAVE A SENSE OF
HOW EACH INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT
FITS INTO THE OVERALL BUDGET
PICTURE.
BEFORE I DIVE IN, I WILL START
WITH THE COMMENTS ABOUT
RESOURCES AND REVENUES BEING
USED TO SUPPORT THE
EXPENDITURES I WILL PROVIDE
MORE INFORMATION ON.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS THIS BRIEFING
INCLUDED A DETAILED REVENUE
BRIEFING, BUT CONSISTENT WITH
THE NEW APPROACH, WE PROVIDED
THE DETAILED REVENUE BRIEFING
IN AUGUST, AND JUST ABOUT TEN
DAYS AGO DID A QUICK UPDATE TO
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE,
ESSENTIALLY AFFIRMING THE
AUGUST FORECAST, AND WE HAVE
VOTED THAT SOME OF THE RISK TO
THE FORECAST, LARGELY DRIVEN BY
THE DELTA VARIANT HAVE
INCREASED.
ONE THING I CAN REPORT BEFORE
DIVING IN, WE JUST GOT ANOTHER
MONTH WORTH OF SALES TAX DATA,
AND IT WAS PLEASANTLY SLIGHTLY
AHEAD OF THE FORECAST.
WE STILL REMAIN CONFIDENT IN
THAT FORECAST.
AGAIN THAT UNDERLINES THE
BUDGET.
I WILL DIVE IN WITH QUICK
HIGHLIGHTS AROUND SPECIFIC
INVESTMENT AREAS, AND THE LAST
COUPLE OF SLIDES TALKING ABOUT
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDING
SOURCES THAT ARE SUPPORTING
SOME OF THE PROPOSED
EXPENDITURES.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR NOBLE.
A QUICK REMINDER FOR US, WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE
FORECAST, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR
THE POSITIVE NEWS AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, CAN YOU REMIND US HOW
MUCH THE NATIONAL TRENDS FACTOR
IN TO OUR ABILITY TO FORECAST
LOCAL TRENDS GIVEN SORT OF THE
UNKNOWN OR POTENTIAL RISK THAT
REMAINS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
BECAUSE OF COVID?
>> THE NATIONAL ECONOMY IS A
KEY DRIVER, OBVIOUSLY.
OUR LOCAL ECONOMY IS NOT AN
ISLAND.
IN OUR MODELING, WE HAVE A
REGIONAL ECONOMIC MODEL WE
UNDERSTAND HISTORICALLY THE
CORRELATIONS WITH LOCAL
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND CITY
REVENUE.
THAT'S THE PIECE.
WE RUN THE LOCAL MODELING FROM
THAT, AND WE ARE ABLE TO
FORECAST REVENUE.
ONE OF THE KEY INPUTS TO THAT
LOCAL ECONOMIC MODEL, THE
NATIONAL FORECAST.
THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WHAT ARE
FORECASTERS PREDICTING WITH
INCOME AND THE LIKE?
WE ARE TRACKING CLOSELY WITH
WHAT THE FORECASTED TRENDS ARE
AND WHERE THEY ARE MOVING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WE
HIGHLIGHTED TEN DAYS AGO.
NOT DRAMATIC, BUT SOME
INCREASING CONCERN AROUND THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS AT THE
NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEVEL.
WITH THAT, I WILL DIVE IN.
THE FIRST SLIDE.
I WANT TO TALK FIRST, JUST SOME
COMMENTS EARLY ON, FOCUSING
LARGELY ON THE GENERAL FUND AND
GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE UTILITIES AND CBI.
THEY ARE NOT THE FOCUS OF THE
PRESENTATION.
A HIGH LEVEL.
THINKING OF THE RESOURCES FOR
2022, THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, WE
CAN SEE OUR REVENUES ARE
RECOVERING, AND WE HAVE
ACTUALLY HAD A NOMINAL LEVEL IN
SIMPLE DOLLAR TERMS, ALMOST
BACK TO OUR REVENUE BASE FROM
2019.
THAT SAID, WE ARE NOT QUITE
THERE, AND IMPORTANTLY WE HAVE
HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF INFLATION
IN BETWEEN.
THE EFFECT OF THE PURCHASING
POWER OF THE 2022 REVENUES ARE
LESS THAN 2019.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE THAT
REVENUE HAS RECOVERED WELL AT
THIS STAGE.
THE PAYROLL TAX IS OBVIOUSLY
COMPARED TO PRECOVID TIMES, NOT
A RESOURCE WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.
THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT NEW
SHARE FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SPENDING, IN PARTICULAR THE
FORECAST FOR 2022 WITH
APPROXIMATELY $235 MILLION.
I WOULD NOTE, AND IT IS
MENTIONED HERE, WE HAVE YET TO
COLLECT A PENNY OF THE TAX.
THE FIRST YEAR, PAYMENTS ARE
NOT DONE UNTIL THE END OF THE
FOURTH QUARTER, EFFECTIVELY
MEANING EARLY NEXT YEAR, AND
IT'S PROBABLY IN FEBRUARY,
EARLY MARCH TIMEFRAME, WE WILL
KNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME HOW
MUCH
REVENUE WAS GENERATED BY THE
PAYROLL TAX.
GOING FORWARD 2022 AND BEYOND,
IT'S A QUARTERLY PAYMENT SCHEME
JUST LIKE THE BUSINESS AND
OCCUPATION TAX IS.
GOING FORWARD, WE WILL NOT HAVE
THE SAME ISSUE WAITING FOR YEAR
END.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY UNCERTAINTY
HERE.
WE HAVE TRIED TO BE
CONSERVATIVE IN THE FORECAST,
BUT WE WILL KNOW MORE NEXT
FEBRUARY.
THE OTHER OBVIOUS RESOURCE AT
PLAY HERE IS THE THE FEDERAL
RELIEF.
YOU WILL HEAR THE PHRASE
CLIFFER.
IT'S SHORTHAND FOR CORONAVIRUS
LOCAL RELIEF.
THAT'S LFR FOR THE CLIFFER.
WE HAVE $16 MILLION FOR 2022,
THE SECOND HALF OF THE 230 PLUS
MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATION FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
YOU WILL SEE ALSO SOME OF THE
RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED PREVIOUSLY HAVE NOT
BEEN FULLY SPENT.
THAT'S PER PLAN IN MOST CASES,
AND THAT WILL PROVIDE THE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR 2022
TO DIRECT TO THE KEY RECOVERY.
FEMA IS ALSO A PIECE OF THE
OVERALL SPENDING HERE, AND PART
OF THE BUDGET, AND THINKING
ABOUT CONTINUING WORKS ON
VACCINATIONS.
SUPPORTING NEXT YEAR AS WE MOVE
INTO BOTH BOOSTERS FOR SUBSETS
OF THE POPULATION, AND THEN
ALSO ADDITIONAL VACCINATIONS
FOR INITIALLY 5 TO 11 AND THEN
IDEALLY FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER
THAN FIVE AS WELL.
THAT'S THE ARRAY OF RESOURCES
AT HAND.
THE OTHER POINT WORTH
MENTIONING, GIVEN THE REVENUE
FORECAST UPDATE, THERE'S
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM THIS
YEAR FOR 2021 WE WILL CARRY
INTO 2022 TO SUPPORT SOME OF
THE SPENDING IN THE BUDGET AS
WELL.
THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL ON THE
RESOURCE SIDE.
IN TERMS OF FUNDING PRIORITIES,
THE BULK HERE EFFECTIVELY
PROVIDING AN OUTLINE FOR WHAT I
WILL BE DESCRIBING TODAY.
YOU WILL SEE A DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE RESTORING OF BASE BUDGETS,
AND RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS,
AND EXCITING NEWS IN TERMS OF
SIGNIFICANT NEW INVESTMENTS AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND
RESPONDING TO THE GREEN NEW
DEAL AND COUNCIL'S FUNDING
TARGETS AROUND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL, AND THEN I WANT TO SPEND
TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS OF THE BLACK
INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR,
THAT'S THE SHORTHAND THERE.
SPECIFICALLY $100 MILLION
ALLOCATED FOR LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET TO UPDATE WHAT IS
INCLUDED IN 2022, AND ALSO TAKE
TIME TO NOTE THESE ARE NOT THE
ONLY INVEST.
INVESTMENTS FOCUSED ON THE
COMMUNITY.
A QUICK SLIDE ON THE OVERALL
APPROACH ON FUNDING OF THE CLFR
DOLLARS AND OTHER RESOURCES WE
HAVE AVAILABLE STILL THAT WE
WILL GET A TARGET WITH A FULL
BRIEFING FOR YOU, AND THEN
COMMENTS AROUND THE PRIORITIES
AND PAYROLL TAX AND OTHER FUNDS
TO MEET THE JUMP START TARGETS
AS WE EMBRACE THE POLICY
PRIORITIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> I JUST SAW THIS SLIDE REALLY
QUICK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PAUSE IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON
RESOURCES OR REVENUE.
I THINK IT'S NOTABLE THE SECOND
BULLET HERE THAT THE JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX IS
BRINGING IN OVER 235 MILLION
ANTICIPATE.
WE STILL HAVE FINAL NUMBERS TO
COME, BUT THAT IS GOOD NEWS TO
SEE THAT AMOUNT HAS SHIFTED TO
235 MILLION.
I ALSO THINK IT'S A GOOD SIGN
OF CONTINUED GROWTH AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL.
WE HAVE SEEN VIA HEADLINES MORE
STARTUPS STARTING IN SEATTLE
THAN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY
ANTICIPATED.
WE ARE RIVALLING OTHER CITIES
WITH THE NUMBER OF STARTUPS
THAT ARE BEGINNING TO PUT THEIR
ROOTS DOWN HERE IN SEATTLE.
ALL OF THOSE ARE SENSIBLY IN
THE CATEGORY OF PAYERS AS WELL.
WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE ECONOMICS
IN THE PAST, A SMALL ASSESSMENT
REINVESTED IS GOOD FOR THE
ECONOMY.
WE CAN WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES
AND ASSESS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE
HAVE A PLACE TO GO AND LIVE AND
ARE WELL CARED FOR, AND WE HAVE
INVESTMENTS IN THE PRIORITIES.
I HOPE THE HEADLINE CONTINUES
TO BE RECOGNIZED THAT WE SAW
FROM OTHERS ABOUT THE WAY IN
WHICH
OUR LOCAL ECONOMY IS CONTINUING
DURING COVID.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT
SHARED.
THAT'S WHAT JUMPSTART SEATTLE
WAS ALL ABOUT.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING US GO
FOR A SECOND TIME YOU WANTED
QUESTIONS AS WE WENT.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MAKING
THE TIME AND SPACE FOR THAT.
AS RELATES TO YOUR POINT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE $235
MILLION FROM PAYROLL TAXES
I THINK ABOUT 16% OF THE
GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTIONS.
THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
THE QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THE
MENTION ABOUT FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT, CAN YOU GIVE US
AN ESTIMATE HOW MUCH IS ASSUMED
IN THE BUDGET FROM REPORTING
OUT WHAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A GOOD
BASIS UPON WHICH TO MAKE
ASSUMPTIONS, BUT I WOULD JUST
LIKE MORE DETAIL ON THE FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT ASSUMPTIONS.
>> GOOD QUESTION, AND GOOD
ENOUGH QUESTION, I THINK WE
HAVE AN ENTIRE SLIDE ON IT FOR
THIS PART OF THE FEDERAL
FUNDING PRESENTATION.
I WILL DO IT A COUPLE OF TIMES,
MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES
TODAY.
I THINK RATHER THAN THE PARTIAL
ANSWER FROM ME, IT'S A KEY
ISSUE.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN FURTHER, THE
REFERENCE HERE WAS NOT THE
ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE
PROCESS, BUT THE ELIGIBILITY
THEY EXPECT.
IT'S NOT BEEN FORMALLY EXTENDED
INTO 2022, GIVEN THE
PRESIDEN'S COMMITMENT AROUND
BOOSTERS AND VACCINATIONS, IT
SEEMS FAIR TO ASSUME.
YOU WILL SEE, AGAIN, WE HAVE
BUILT IN SOME RESERVES TO DEAL
WITH SOME OF THE UNCERTAINTY
AROUND FEMA AND REIMBURSEMENT
AND FURTHER EXPENSES FOR
VACCINATIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC
HEALTH RESPONSE.
>> SUPER HELPFUL CLARIFICATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I SEE NO ADDITIONAL HANDS,
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> WE ENVOKED COLLECTIVELY A
NUMBER OF STRATEGIES TO AVOID
THE AUSTERITY BUDGETING AND
IMPACTS OF WHAT WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE BEEN AUSTERITY
BUDGETING THAT CHAIR MOSQUEDA
HIGHLIGHTED, AND WE WERE ALL
SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO AVOID.
IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THE
STRATEGIES WE EMPLOYED WAS TO
REPURPOSE THE VOTER-APPROVED
RESOURCES, EITHER FROM LEVIES
OR THE PARK DISTRICT.
APPROVED BY THE VOTERS TO BE
ABOVE SPENDING SUPPORTED BY THE
GENERAL FUND.
GIVEN THE SHRINKING RESOURCES,
WE SHIFTED THOSE INTO THE BASIC
OPERATION FOR CHILDCARE FOR
CENTERS AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND
WE WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN CITY
EMPLOYEES AND AVOID THE
POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE MORE
DRASTIC AUSTERITY APPROACH.
REVENUES ARE COMING BACK, AND
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, IF YOU
WILL, RESTORE FAITH TO THE
VOTERS ABOUT WHAT WAS INTENDED
ORIGINALLY WITH THE LEVIES FOR
THE PARK DISTRICT.
FUNDING IS PUT BACK AND
RESTORED TO THE DEPARTMENTS
ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE LEVY
RESOURCES OR PARK RESOURCES FOR
THE ORIGINAL
INTENTIONS.
FOR LIBRARIES IT WAS CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS AND ADDITIONAL
HOURS AND INCREASED SERVICES.
THOSE RESTORATIONS ARE PART OF
THE BUDGET.
THE OTHER STRATEGY WE DEPLOYED
TO SUSTAIN THE CITY OPERATIONS
WAS DRAW ON THE FISCAL RESERVE.
WE STARTED PRECOVID, STARTED
THE CRISIS WITH THE RESERVE OF %
$125 MILLION OVER 2020, 2021,
WE HAVE SPENT THOSE DOWN TO
APPROXIMATELY $40 MILLION, AND
FOR THE 2022 BUDGET, WE WILL NO
LONGER DRAW ON THE RESERVES.
WE CAN RELY ON, IF YOU WILL,
CASH FLOW, RATHER THAN LEANING
ON REVERSES.
MORE THAN THAT, WE WILL START
THE PROCESS OF RESTORING
RESERVES.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO JUST
THAT, CONTRIBUTING $25 MILLION
TO RESERVES, INCREASING TO A
TOTAL OF 65.
WE SENT A RESOLUTION TO
ESTABLISH THE POLICY FOR
REFILLING FOR THE LONGER RUN.
PREVIOUSLY THE POLICIES HAD A
SMALL DRAWDOWN, NOT THE
CONSIDERABLE ONE WE HAD
APPROPRIATELY RESPONDING TO THE
CRISIS.
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND ARE
EXPERIENCING.
IT CALLS FOR US TO RESTORE
FUNDING UP TO THE TARGET LEVELS
FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL YEARS, A
TOTAL OF FIVE.
YOU WILL SEE THE DETAILS OF
THAT OVER FIVE YEARS FROM NOW,
HITTING THE TARGET LEVEL OVER
125.
THE CONTRIBUTION GOALS ARE
INDEX FOR INFLATION AND REVENUE
GROWTH, AND THEY CAN ADDRESS
THE NEEDS WE WILL POTENTIALLY
HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
WE DON'T FEEL IT'S TOO SOON TO
START TO REBUILD THE RESERVES.
THAT'S THE KEY COMPONENT THERE.
WE THOUGHT THESE WERE THINGS WE
NEEDED TO DO BEFORE WE STARTED
TO THINK ABOUT ADDITIONAL
SPENDING, AND I SHOULD SAY IN
GENERAL, YOU KNOW, AS WE
STARTED TO BUILD THE BUDGET
LAST MARCH AND LAST APRIL,
APPROACHING THE DEPARTMENTS,
AND WHEN WE DID, OUR BASIC
MESSAGE WAS THAT OUR GOAL WAS
TO SUSTAIN IN LARGE PART, THE
CURRENT CITY ACTIVITY.
WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE THE
RESOURCES BEYOND THE ONE-TIME
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
AND WHAT WE KNEW FROM THE
PAYROLL TAX TO MEANINGFULLY
INCREASE THE CITY AND INCREASE
IN THE EXPANSE OF THE SERVICES.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO SEE, NOW A NUMBER OF
PROPOSED ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS, AND THERE'S OTHER
SMALLER ONES THAT EXISTED IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL,
BUT OVERALL, IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY
A RESOURCE CONSTRAINED
PROPOSAL.
WE ARE COMING OUT OF THE
RECESSION.
WE ARE NOT FULLY OUT OF IT.
OBVIOUSLY THE DEMAND FOR
SERVICES HAVE CHANGED AND GROWN
LARGER AS A RESULT OF COVID AND
ITS IMPACT AS WELL.
I SEE THERE'S QUESTIONS.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS
DIRECTOR NOBLE, BUT I MISSED
IT.
HOW DOES THE 25 MILLION FOR
REBUILDING THE FINANCIAL
RESERVES COMPARED TO WHAT IS
REQUIRED FOR POLICY OR LAW?
THE REQUIRES CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
LESS THAN HALF OF THAT.
AGAIN, WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, BUT,
AGAIN, THOSE REQUIREMENTS I
THINK ARE MORE IN TUNE WITH A
GRADUAL OR SMALLER WITHDRAWAL.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
CONSIDER THE LARGER
CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL.
>> THIS IS WHAT WOULD BE
LEGALLY REQUIRED?
>> CORRECT.
>> GOT IT, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I CAN START TO -- OH, THERE IS
ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
JUST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT FOR THE RESERVES SO I
UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, IF WE HAD
NOT DIPPED INTO THE RESERVES AT
ALL, WHAT WOULD THE AMOUNT BE
TODAY?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW, BLUE
THE TARGETS WOULD HAVE BEEN
CLOSER TO 135 MILLION OR MAYBE
LARGER THAN THAT.
AGAIN, THE TARGETS WERE INDEXED
FOR INFLATION, ON ONE SIDE AND
REVENUE GROWTH WITH THE OTHER.
GROWING 3% OR 4% FOR THE YEAR,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD HAVE
-- 125 IS WHAT WE STARTED 2020.
>> OKAY, SO ANOTHER WAY OF
LOOKING AT IT, IF WE HAD NOT
DIPPED INTO IT, WE WOULD BE AT,
YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY 60 OR 70
MILLION SHORT IN A WAY.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHY, AGAIN,
-- OKAY, WE CAN REVIEW DETAILS
WITH CENTRAL STAFF, BUT WE ARE
IMAGINING $25 MILLION A YEAR
FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO GET
US BACK, AND THAT WOULD ADD UP
TO
125, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GIVING
OUR EXISTING BASE, PUSHING US
TO 160.
THE TARGETS WILL BE GROWING
BEHIND US WITH THE
CONTRIBUTIONS.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE MOVING
TARGET.
MOVES FOR A GOOD REASON.
THE INFLATION INDEX, IT IS A
WAY TO BE SURE THE PURCHASING
POWER, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO
WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO WE ARE
SERVES.
I WOULD NOTE, THEY HAVE SERVED
US WELL.
WE MAY HAVE WISHED TO HAVE
MORE, BUT BETWEEN THOSE AND
FEDERAL DOLLARS AND STRATEGIES,
AND SOME OF WHICH ARE
HIGHLIGHTED HERE, WE WERE ABLE
TO SUSTAIN THE CITY BUDGET
WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS
IN SERVICES.
I'M NOT SAYING NONE.
THEY WERE VERY VALUABLE, AND
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO START TO
REBUILD AS SOON AS WE CAN.
>> APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, THERE'S
TWO THINGS I WANT TO DOUBLE
CHECK ON IN THE SLIDE
QUESTIONING.
NUMBER ONE, LET'S REMEMBER THAT
THE RAINY DAY RESERVES ARE FOR
MOMENTS JUST LIKE THIS, OF THE
CRISIS AND UNPRECEDENTED
SOMETIMES.
I'M PROUD OUR CITY HAD BUILT AN
EMERGENCY RESERVE IN EMERGENCY
FUNDS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO
UTILIZE THOSE AS THE NATIONAL
DATA SHOWS TO INVEST IN PUBLIC
SERVICES AND MOST VULNERABLE TO
GET OUT OF THE CRISIS FASTER.
THAT'S WHAT THE NATIONAL DATA
SAYS.
WHEN WE AVOID THE DOLLARS TO
AVOID CUTS, WE CAN REBOUND
FASTER.
I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.
MY MEMORY IS THAT THE COUNCIL
PROPOSED RESTORING THOSE FUNDS
AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
ALY, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE
INITIAL PROPOSALS WERE LAST
YEAR AND HOW FAST THE COUNCIL
SUGGESTED TO REBUILD IT?
>> SURE.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS
IN PROJECT OF ME.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET RELIED ON USE OF THE
EMERGENCY FISCAL RESERVES, AND
WILL JUST AS A REMINDER, I
THINK DIRECTOR NOBLE MENTIONED
THIS, BUT THERE'S TWO RESERVES,
THE EMERGENCY FUND AND THE
STABILIZATION FUND.
DRAWING DOWN BOTH OF THOSE,
DRAWING DOWN BOTH OF THOSE
FUNDS, I THINK THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WOULD HAVE REDUCED
BALANCES TO $6 MILLION, AND THE
OVERALL COUNCIL BALANCING
PACKAGE AND BUDGET ADDED BACK
ABOUT 28 MILLION, SO CLOSE TO
$30 MILLION.
>> I THINK THAT'S MY
RECOLLECTION AS WELL FROM THE
REVENUE UPDATE IN NOVEMBER, AND
I WAS HEARTENED THAT COUNCIL
TOOK A LARGE SHARE AND PUT IT
HERE.
AGAIN, WE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS
COMING, AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT
NEVERMORE.
IT WAS PRUDENT AND AN
INVESTMENT IN THE CITY CALL
HEALTH FOR THE LONG RUN.
>> APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS
AND THE LINE OF QUESTIONS AS
WELL.
I SEE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ON
THE SCREEN.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> OKAY, THE NEXT SLIDE, AND
AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
OBVIOUS LY THIS HAS BEEN AN
AREA OF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST.
THE BUDGET REFLECTS TO
INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVE
MODELS, PARTICULARLY THOSE
DRIVEN THAT ARE COMMUNITY
BASED.
A HIGH LEVEL, AND I THINK YOU
HAVE HEARD OF THE VARIOUS FORMS
AS WELL ALREADY.
TRIAGE ONE, ADDITIONAL FUNDING
PROPOSED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL
FUNDING WE APPROVED.
IT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
THREE TWO-PERSON TEAMS, AND
HOUSED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
DISPATCH TO BE COORDINATED
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
DEPARTMENT, AND SO THE IDEA
HERE, ANOTHER LEVEL OF
RESPONSE, AND WE HAVE FUND
MEMBERRAL FIRE AND SPD
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO HEALTH
CRISES OR DANGEROUS SITUATIONS,
AND WE HAVE NEW SERVICES THAT
HAVE COME ON HEALTH ONE, AND
AGAIN FOCUSED REALLY ON MEDICAL
SITUATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY
WHERE IT'S THE MOST URGENT, BUT
THE MEDICAL RESPONSE THAT IS
MOST APPROPRIATE.
IN SITUATIONS THERE'S ALSO
WHERE SOME ASSISTANCE IN TERMS
OF PROVIDING SERVICES IS ALSO
POSSIBLE PROVIDING FOLKS TO
ADDITIONAL SERVICES, AND THINK
ABOUT THINGS LIKE WELFARE
CHECKS OR PEOPLE IN NEED, BUT
NOT IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS.
THAT WOULD BE A NEW INVESTMENT.
I NOTICE THERE'S A QUESTION.
I CAN GO ON THROUGH THE SECTION
OR DEFER TO THE CHAIR HERE.
>> WHY DON'T WE FINISH THE
SLIDE, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, I WILL CALL ON YOU
FIRST.
THANK YOU.
>> PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
EXPANDING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS, AND PROPOSED AN
OFFICER IN THE NAME, BUT THEY
ARE CIVILIAN.
IT WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THE
CURRENT FORCE OF CSOs FROM 18
TO 24.
AS YOU KNOW, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT
FOR THE AUDIENCE AS WELL, THE
ASSISTANT NONEMERGENCY RESPONSE
ENGAGES THE COMMUNITIES AND
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY HAVE
BEEN PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN
THE PROGRAMMING THAT SPD HAS
AROUND AT-RISK YOUTH.
CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE
PROGRAM AND EXPANDING IT.
A NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS RELATED
TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
A NEW PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS
DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, AND NOT
HIGHLIGHTED HERE, AND ALSO
SIGNIFICANT EXISTING
INVESTMENTS IN DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IN TERMS OF VICTIM
ASSISTANCE, AND SHIFTING THE
FUNDING SOURCE, AND PREVIOUSLY
RELIED ON THESE AND SHIFTING TO
BE DEPENDENT ON THE GENERAL
FUND MORE EXPLICITLY, AND THEN
ALSO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
GETTING UNDER THE NEW PROGRAM
FOR THE TREATMENT, AND THE NEW
PROGRAM THAT APPEARS TO BE
SUCCESSFUL OR SHOWING SIGNS OF
SUCCESS ON THE FRONT, AND IN
DOLLAR TERMS, THE LARGEST
INVESTMENT HERE UNDER
ALTERNATIVES IS FUNDING TO
SUSTAIN THE INVESTMENTS THAT
WERE JUST AWARDED BY RFP, FROM
HSD OR A SERIES OF COMMUNITY-
BASED SAFETY PROGRAMS, AND
TARGETING YOUTH AND OTHERS, AND
SO RECOGNIZING THOSE -- THE
FUNDING WAS PROVIDED WITH THE
INTENT OF THOSE BEING ONGOING,
AND WE WANTED TO BUILD INTO THE
BASE BUDGET FOR THOSE TYPES
PROGRAMS, AND THEN LASTLY, IN
TERMS OF SPD ITSELF.
THE BUDGET FOR 2021 IS LARGELY
UNCHANGED, HOWEVER, THERE IS
SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO SUPPORT
THE MODEST EXPANSION OF
UNIFORMED OFFICERS, AND THAT
WOULD BE A NET ADDITION OF OR
EXCUSE ME, AN ADDITION OF WHERE
WE EXPECT TO END THIS YEAR, AND
THE ROUGH MATH THERE, A TARGET
OF HIRING 125 OFFICERS, AND
THEN THE EXPECTATION THAT 90
WILL SEPARATE, RETIRE, OR
RESIGN.
THAT'S THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF
SEPARATION.
IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE SEEN
MORE THAN THAT.
IT'S A GUESS, BUT AGAIN, THE
GOAL HERE WAS TO PROVIDE THE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCE TO START TO
REBUILD THE FORCE.
CONSISTENT WITH THAT GOAL,
THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR $1
MILLION, ROUGHLY, IN HIRING
INCENTIVES FOR NEW RECRUITS AND
LATERAL TRANSFERS, AND
EVERYTHING TO
ACHIEVE THE 125.
THAT'S AN AGGRESSIVE HIRING
GOAL.
GIVEN HOW COMPETITIVE THE
MARKET IS FOR NEW OFFICERS, I
EXPECT THAT WILL BE NECESSARY
TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT
GOAL.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS
OF THE BUDGET IN THIS COMMUNITY
SAFETY BASE, IF YOU WILL, AND
WE HAVE A BRIEFING COMING UP
THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS
WELL.
NOT THAT I'M NOT READY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT JUST KNOW
THAT THERE'S MORE INFORMATION
COMING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO HAVE A
SEPARATE PRESENTATION THAT DIGS
INTO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO
GET SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ON THE
TABLE NOW, EVEN RECOGNIZING
THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE
ANSWERED.
IN THE JULY 27th PRESENTATION
FROM THE EXECUTIVE TO THE
PUBLIC AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE, WE LEARNED THAT
THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT FROM
BOTH THE NICK JR. REPORT AND
SPD ANALYSIS THAT 12% OF
CURRENT CALLS FOR SERVICE COULD
BE DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE IN THE NEAR TERM.
THAT'S A QUOTE FROM SPD, AND
IT'S INCLUDED IN 28 CALL TYPES
THAT SPD AGREED MAY NOT NEED
SPD RESPONSE.
TRIAGE ONE IS TWO CALL TYPES,
PERSON DOWN AND WELFARE CHECKS.
THAT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE
20% OF CALLS, AND THAT
REPRESENTS, I THINK 23,000
SERVICE HOURS, AND FOR THE
TRIAGE ONE PROGRAM, BUT THE 12%
OF CALLS REPRESENTS ALMOST
142,000 SERVICE OFFICERS, AND
WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE VERY
NEAR TERM AN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE PROGRAM THAT CAN
HANDLE -- OR IS GOING TO
ADDRESS ABOUT A SIXTH OF THE
SERVICE OFFICERS HOURS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE IS AGREEING SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE IN THE NEAR TERM, SO I
AM JUST -- I AM CONCERNED THAT,
YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY HOPING
TO SEE IN THIS BUDGET A
PROPOSAL OF HOW TO ADDRESS THAT
12% OF CALLS, AND THOSE CALL
TYPES THAT SPD AGREES, THE
WHOLE OTHER ARGUMENT THAT THE
EXECUTIVE HIRED ANOTHER
CONSULTANT TO CRITIQUE ITS OWN
REPORT WHERE THERE'S NOT
AGREEMENT ABOUT THE CALL TYPES
THAT NICK JR. RECOMMENDS FOR
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, BUT
THERE'S NO DISAGREEMENT ABOUT
THE 28 CALL TYPES.
I'M GOING TO FLAG THAT I'M
JUST, UM, FRUSTRATED THAT THE
TRIAGE ONE PROGRAM IS BEING
STOOD UP IN THE VERY NEAR TERM,
BUT THERE'S NO PROPOSAL FOR
WHAT WE ALL GROW SHOULD BE DONE
IN THE NEAR TERM, AND AGAIN,
I'M PUTTING AIR QUOTES AROUND
THE TERM NEAR TERM BECAUSE
THAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY USED IN
THE PRESENTATION.
FLAGGING THAT.
ANOTHER THING, MAYBE YOU CAN
HELP WITH, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
THE PRESS REPORTING ON THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AS IT
RELATES TO STAFFING, AND IT
READS AS IF THERE'S A PROPOSAL
FOR AN SPD BUDGET ADD FOR
OFFICERS, RECOGNIZING THE
INCREASE IN THE OVERALL BUDGET,
BUT AS I UNDERSTAND THE
COUNCIL'S '21, FULLY-FUNDED
STAFFING PLAN, THAT WAS BASED
ON THE PROJECTION THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WOULD FILL 1,037
FT1s, BUT THE BUDGET IS BASED
ON THE PROJECTION THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WILL FILL NO MORE
THAN 1,230 FTEs IN 2022.
SO TO ME IN THAT AREA OF
FUNDING FOR STAFFING, THAT
SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A REDUCTION,
AND IT'S A REDUCTION BASED ON,
I THINK THE REALISTIC
PROJECTION, BUT IT'S BEEN
REPORTED AS IF IT'S AN INCREASE
IN FUNDING FOR OFFICER
SALARIES, AND I'M NOT SEEING
THAT, BUT I'M ALSO RECOGNIZING
THAT I'M ALSO SEEING EVIDENCE
THAT THERE'S A LOT LESS
TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET FOR SPD THAN WE -- OR I
RECALL SEEING LAST YEAR,
RECOGNIZING WE WERE LAST YEAR
DOING INQUESTS ON THE SPD
BUDGET, BUT I'M STRUGGLING WITH
THE QUESTIONS THERE.
>> IF I COULD RESPOND, YOU'RE
EXACTLY RIGHT TO THE LAST
POINT.
THE INITIAL BUDGET FOR 2021
ASSUMED THAT THE AVERAGE LEVEL
OF OFFICERS, IMPORTANT TO NOTE
IT FLUCTUATES OVER THE COURSE
OF THE YEAR.
1,357 IS THE NUMBER I RECALL AS
WELL.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2022,
TARGETING AN AVERAGE LEVEL OF
OFFICERS OF 1,230.
THAT IS INCLUDING THE 35 HIRES,
AND AGAIN, THAT'S AN AVERAGE.
THE NUMBER OF TARGETED BY THE
END OF THE YEAR WOULD LIKELY BE
HIGHER, IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY 10 0
FEWER OFFICERS FUNDED IN THE
BUDGET.
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
SEPARATIONS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED
BOTH IN 2020 AND 2021.
THE BUDGET BEGINS TO TRY TO
REVERSE THAT AND BEGINS WITH
THE SUFFICIENT FUNDING, AND
AGAIN THE HIRING INCENTIVES TO
TRY TO NET 35.
IT WILL TAKE US -- THE GOAL IS
TO RESTORE BACK TO WHERE THE
2021 BASE WAS, AND IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL YEARS TO DO THAT.
THAT'S BEEN THE HISTORY WITH
THE DEPARTMENT.
IT CAN'T -- IT'S VERY HARD TO
GROW THE FORCE VERY QUICKLY
GIVEN THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
AND THE RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES,
AND IN TERMS OF THE LATTER
POINT OF ALTERNATIVES, I THINK
I WILL
DEFER TO THE PRESENTATION
COMING.
TRIAGE ONE TOOK TIME TO
DEVELOP.
IT'S NOT A SIMPLE THING TO
DEVELOP, AND FRAMING WHAT THE
ALTERNATIVES WILL LOOK LIKE AND
THE RESPONSE THAT WILL BE
EFFECTIVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
I THINK AGAIN, IT MAY COME OUT
IN THE NEAR TERM AGAIN, AND
ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THE -- I
DID NOT INTEND IT AS AN EXCUSE,
BUT THE DESCRIPTION OF REALITY.
COVID CRISIS HAS MADE THINGS
LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
POLICY INITIATIVES CHALLENGING,
AND AS HAVE THE STAFFING
LEVELS.
THEY ARE TAXED TO JUST RESPOND
MOMENT TO MOMENT, AND IT'S
HARDER TO TAKE A LONGER
STRATEGIC LOOK GIVEN WHERE THEY
ARE.
SO THERE WILL BE MORE ON THAT
WITH THE UPCOMING PRESENTATION.
>> APPRECIATE THAT, AND YES,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AS THE
CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR
TEEING UP THOSE QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE OF
THE QUESTIONS TOMORROW
AFTERNOON AS WE GET INTO THE
COMPONENTS OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC
SAFETY INVESTMENTS AS WELL.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, I
SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JUST QUICKLY, JUST A QUICK
QUESTION ABOUT ASSUMPTIONS IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET RELATED TO
THE PROPOSED HIRING PLAN.
AND, YOU KNOW, BUDGET DIRECTOR
NOBLE, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU OVER THE
LAST SIX YEARS TO REALLY DIG
INTO SPD'S HIRING PLAN AND HOW
THEY ESTIMATE WHAT THE STAFFING
LEVELS THEY NEED AND HAVE, SORT
OF APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH MY
OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
ESTIMATES IN THIS AREA, AND I
WANTED TO JUST, YOU KNOW, GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER
THE ASSUMPTION UNDERLINES THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE
SPD HIRING PLAN INCLUDES ANY
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT ANTICIPATED
DEPARTURES, RELATED TO
UNIFORMED OFFICERS REFUSING TO
COMPLY WITH THE MAYOR'S VACCINE
MANDATE.
>> WE DEVELOPED THE OVERALL
BUDGET BEFORE THE VACCINE
MANDATE POLICY WAS DEVELOPED
AND IMPLEMENTED.
AT SOME LEVEL, NO.
I WOULD MODIFY THAT FURTHER TO
SAY THAT, AGAIN, THE NET
ADDITION OF 35 OFFICERS,
REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET
ANTICIPATING 125 HIRES AND 90
SEPARATIONS, AND I WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE BEEN HERE TELLING YOU
THERE WAS SOME BELIEF THAT THE
90 WAS AN OVERFORECAST IN THAT
WE HAVE EXPERIENCED HISTORIC
LEVELS OF SEPARATION OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND 90 IS
MORE OF AN AVERAGE YEAR, AND
JUST -- AT SOME POINT, THE OPEN
QUESTION, AS MANY AS 90
OFFICERS WERE LEFT TO LEAVE, IF
YOU WILL.
MY THINKING, THERE WAS SOME
REASON, GOOD REASON TO THINK
THE FORECAST FOR SEPARATIONS
MAY BE LOW, AND WE MAY HAVE TO
CONSIDER OVERALL STAFFING
LEVELS ON THE POSITIVE SENSE UP
HIGHER, BUT OVER THE COURSE OF
THE NEXT YEAR, THE COVID
VACCINE MANDATE DOES HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO LEAVE SOME
ADDITIONAL SEPARATIONS THIS
YEAR, GIVEN THE TIMING OF THE
MANDATE, AND I THINK WE WILL
NOTE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN TERMS OF
OVERALL STAFFING LEVELS, AND
THE MANDATE FORMERLY TAKING
EFFECT ON OCTOBER 18th.
THE PROCESS FOR SEEKING
EXEMPTIONS AND COMING INTO
COMPLIANCE
>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL
LEARN ABOUT OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE MONTHS.
>> IN ANY EVENT HOWEVER, WE
WILL HAVE MORE CONCRETE DATA
ABOUT POTENTIAL SEPARATIONS
RELATED TO COVID 19 MANDATE BY
THE MAYOR BEFORE THE COUNCIL
TAKES FINAL ACTION ON THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE
CHARACTERIZATION?
>> I WOULD ADD WE DEVELOP THE
BUDGET AND BASED IT ON THE
STAFFING FORECAST WE KNEW IN
AUGUST.
WE WILL ALL KNOW MORE ABOUT THE
OVERALL FORECAST AND YEAR-END
STAFFING IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
>> WE ARE BEING ASKED TO
CONSIDER THE PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR 2022.
SOME OF THE POTENTIAL VACCINE
MANDATE AND DO SEPARATIONS
AMONGST UNIFORM STAFF AT SPD
COULD OCCUR IN 2021.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW WE THREAD THE NEEDLE IN
TERMS OF THE IMPACT OF THIS
POTENTIAL SEPARATIONS IN 2021
VERSUS 2022? IF THE QUESTION IS
ABOUT FINANCIAL IMPACTS, I
WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE ANY
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SAVINGS
AS INDIVIDUAL SEPARATE FROM THE
CITY.
THEY CASH OUT OF LEAVE AND THE
LIKE.
THERE IS SOME EXPENSE
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
MY GUESS IS THERE IS NOT A
SIGNIFICANT NET FINANCIAL IMPACT
AS WE WERE DISCUSSING.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT A
DIFFERENT STAFFING LEVEL.
AS WE ENTER 2022, THERE IS
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS BUT ALSO
OPERATIONAL.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS A
BUDGET PRESENTATION BUT
SIGNIFICANT STAFFING LOSSES IN
SPD OR SFD, THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, COULD CREATE
OPERATIONAL IMPACT. THAT IS AN
ISSUE BEING ANALYZED AND PLAN
FOR AS WE SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT ON THE
RECORD AND LIFT THAT PARTICULAR
VARIABLE UP AS IT RELATES TO --
I KNOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPD
BUT YOU HIGHLIGHTED IT COULD BE
AN ISSUE AND SFD AS WELL AND
SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS FRANKLY.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF IS WORKING
CLOSELY WITH YOU AND YOUR
OFFICE.
AND RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING THAT
DATA IN THE MOST TIMELY FASHION
, SO WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF THAT INFORMATION AND
CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THE
2022 PROPOSED BUDGET.
ONE LAST SORT OF GENERAL
QUESTION, DOCTOR NOBLE, WHETHER
THERE ARE ANY OTHER VARIABLES
THAT ARE KNOWN TO THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE OR THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THAT COULD IMPACT THE
2022 BUDGET SPECIFICALLY AS IT
RELATES TO INVESTMENTS IN THE
AREA OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
PUBLIC SAFETY?
>> NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF
SITTING HERE. BUT THERE IS A
MORE DETAILE BRIEFING TO COME.
WHICH IS MORE ENGAGED IN THIS
AREA.
I AM NOT THINKING EXPLICITLY
ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
THIS IS WHAT THIS FORUM IS FOR.
TO GET A BASELEVEL UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT SOME CRITICAL QUESTIONS
BEFORE GETTING INTO THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION SO WE
HAVE A FOUNDATION TO BUILD UPON
AS FAR AS QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND THEN I
WILL TURN IT OVER.
ON THE LAST BULLET YOU NOTICE
THE SUSTAIN NEW COMMUNITY-BASED
SAFETY PROGRAMS. THESE ARE THE
HSD INVESTMENTS WE JUST SENT
OUT THE DOOR RELATED TO LAST
YEAR'S 2021 BUDGET.
ALL THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE JUST
BEEN FINALIZED AND $10 MILLION
WENT OUT THE DOOR, WE DID JUST
ADD 3 MILLION TO THE HSD SAFETY
GRANTS.
TO BRING THE TOTAL OF THOSE
GRANTS FROM 18 MONTHS TO A FULL
TWO YEARS.
PART OF THAT WAS INFORMED BY
FIRST RESPONDERS INCLUDING
MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
WHO SAID THERE NEEDS TO BE A
LANDING ZONE FOR PEOPLE TO GO
IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A
TRIAGE ONE OR TRIAGE PROGRAM.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO WORK IN COMMUNITY
SAFETY HOUSING RESOURCES.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE
RECEIVING THESE INDIVIDUALS
VERSUS SPD OR SFD BEING CALLED
AT THE END OF THE TRIAGE
ENCOUNTER.
AND PART OF THE RATIONALE WAS
TO MAKE SURE WE WERE STANDING
UP AND PROVIDING SUSTAINABILITY
FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR TWO
YEARS.
IS THE $3 MILLION, IS THAT $3
MILLION ALREADY BEING ASSUMED
SO THERE IS $13 MILLION GOING
OUT TO THE EXISTING CONTRACTS
FOR THE FULL TWO YEARS?
AND DOES THAT ALSO MEAN THAT
THE $10 MILLION HERE IS ACTUALLY
$7 MILLION ADDITIONAL FOR NEXT
YEAR?
>> WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE
BUDGET AND TAKING FINAL ACTION
YOU HAD YET TO VOTE ON THE
SUPPLEMENTAL.
WE WERE LEFT TO ANTICIPATE OR
NOT.
WE DID NOT COUNT ON THE $3
MILLION YOU ADDED.
THIS $10 MILLION, THE $3
MILLION IS ADDED TO THIS.
DEPENDING ON YOUR INTENT, IN
SOME WAYS IT IS MADE REDUNDANT
BY THE 10 MAN DOLLARS.
THIS $10 MILLION WILL BE
SUFFICIENT TO EXTEND THE
CONTRACTS IN THE WAY YOU HAD
ANTICIPATED AND POTENTIALLY
BEYOND.
OUR GOAL WAS TO BUILD THE
BUDGET SO THIS FUNDING WOULD
REPRESENT AN ONGOING PORTION OF
THE CITY BUDGET.
SO WE DO NOT FIND HERSELF
ENTERING 2023 OR 2024 HAVING TO
SCRAMBLE TO FIND THE RESOURCE
NEEDED TO SUSTAIN THESE
PROGRAMS.
ON COMMITMENT FROM THE
EXECUTIVE, THESE ARE INTENDED
TO BE ONGOING, THEY NEED TO BE
PART OF THE BASE BUDGET FOR
2022 AND BEYOND THAT.
THAT $3 MILLION THAT YOU
ALLOCATED IS NOT NEEDED TO
EXTEND THIS FAMILY AND DOLLARS
WILL DO THAT AND THEN SOME.
WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO WITH THE
$10 MILLION IS SOMETHING YOU
WERE DETERMINED AS PART OF THE
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE ALLIE ON THE LINE.
THE ME REPHRASE WHAT I HEARD.
THE $10 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR
THIS YEAR, THE COUNCIL BECAUSE
OF UNDER SPEND HAS ADDED $3
MILLION TO THE EXISTING $10
MILLION.
WE HAVE $13 MILLION INTENDED
FOR THE EXISTING CONTRACTS TO
GO FOR TWO YEARS.
IF WE ASSUME THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FOR THIS
CATEGORY OF SPENDING, WE COULD
ACTUALLY SEE ADDITIONAL
CONTRACTS BE ADDED FOR THE 18
MONTHS OR SO, FOR CONTRACT SAID
THEY GET APPROVED THE FIRST
TIME AROUND.
THERE WAS AT LEAST $40 MILLION
WORTH OF REQUESTS FOR THAT FUND
SOURCE.
IN THEORY ONE OF THE OPTIONS IN
FRONT OF US IS TO CONTINUE AS
PLANNED TO HAVE OUR EXISTING
HSD CONTRACTS FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY BE EXTENDED FOR TWO
YEARS AND BE ADDITIVE TO THAT
BY COUPLING THE EXISTING $13
MILLION WITH THE $10 MILLION
AND EXPAND. AND MY
UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE
OPTIONS CORRECTLY?
>> I THINK THERE WILL BE A
CHOICE AND WE WILL PUT THIS
OPTION BEFORE YOU ABOUT THE $3
MILLION IF IT WAS INTENDED TO
ENSURE THE EXISTING CONTRACTS
ARE EXTENDED, WHAT DIRECTOR
NOBLE IS POINTING OUT THAT THIS
ONGOING FUNDING WOULD ENSURE
THE EXISTING CONTRACTS COULD
CONTINUE.
THERE WILL BE A CHOICE FOR THE
COUNCIL WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE
AN ACTION TO ADD $3 MILLION TO
EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
CONTRACTED OR ADDRESS THE
ONGOING NEED AS THE BASE BUDGET
IS ONLY ASSUMING $10 MILLION
ANIMAL NEED FOR THE CONTRACTS
OR ABOUT $3 MILLION COULD BE
REPURPOSED FOR OTHER PRIORITIES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
THROUGH THOSE OPTIONS WITH ALL
OF YOU.
THERE WILL BE SOME CHOICES.
>> BUDGET TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
SIGNIFICANT ONE-TIME RESOURCES.
SUSTAINABILITY IS A REAL
CHALLENGE. AND CANDIDLY,
FORECAST BASIS FOR 2023 THERE
ARE NOT SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO
SUSTAIN WHAT IS IN THIS
PROPOSAL.
WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE.
BUT THAT WILL BE A REAL
CHALLENGE GOING FORWARD.
MY CONCERN WOULD BE ABOUT
EXPANDING THAT CHALLENGE. IT IS
ALREADY GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.
BUT I THINK YOU HAVE FRAMED
SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
DESCRIBED IT WELL.
>> IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE
THING.
IN THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
QUESTION THAT WILL BE A
QUESTION FOR THE $10 MILLION IN
THE PROPOSED AS WELL AS THE $3
MILLION. WE NEED TO SORT OUT
EXACTLY HOW MUCH OF SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED
LAST YEAR ARE INCLUDED AS
ONGOING AND HOW MUCH WOULD BE
DEPENDENT ON GREATER
FLEXIBILITY AND USE OF THE
PAYROLL TAX REVENUE MOVING
FORWARD.
THAT IS ALL CONVERSATIONS TO
COME. WHEN WE MOVE INTO ISSUING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> FIRST ON THAT TOPIC OF THE
ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION FOR
COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY
PROGRAMS, I THINK THE LANGUAGE
IN THE COUNCIL ACTION WAS
INCLUSIVE OF THE IDEA OF BEING
ABLE TO EXPAND CONTRACTS THAT
WERE CONCEIVED AS BEING, I
BELIEVE A YEAR AND A HALF LONG
CONTRACT.
IT WAS INCLUSIVE OF EXPANDING
THOSE CONTRACTS FOR MORE TIME
AND CREATING A POT. OR IT WAS
INCLUSIVE OF FUNDING PROPOSALS
THAT WERE RECEIVED BY HSD BUT
NOT CHOSEN.
IT WAS NOT LIMITED TO THAT
EITHER.
IF FOLKS AT HSD ARE LISTENING,
I AM HOPING THAT FOLKS WHO ARE
ENGAGED IN THIS WORK ARE
CONSIDERING BRINGING 2021
PROPOSALS TO HSD FOR FUNDING
THIS $3 MILLION.
WE WERE COPIED ON SOME
CORRESPONDENCE FROM A COALITION
OF ABOUT 20 DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT IDENTIFIED
THE FACT THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE
IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF
OPTIONS AND RESOURCES FOR
CREATION OF ADDITIONAL NON-LAW-
ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTIONS TO
SEND TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CRISIS EVENTS.
TEY SAY IT REMAINS BROAD
AGREEMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOULD BE THE DEFAULT RESPONSE
TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS IS,
ALTERNATIVES EXIST BUT NOT A
FULL-SCALE.
AND NOT IN A MANNER TO FULLY
REPLACE THE ROLE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE.
THE VOID MAY BE BIGGER THAN YOU
REALIZE IN THE IMMEDIATE RISKS
ARE HIGH.
ESTABLISHING MORE ALTERNATIVES
IS URGENTLY NEEDED.
I HAVE REALLY ENCOURAGED
EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THE
SPACE TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL
AVAILABILITY OF $3 MILLION IN
THE 21 NOW.
CONSIDERING WHAT THE OPTIONS
ARE AS A COUNCIL, WE SHOULD BE
LISTENING TO SEE WHETHER SUCH A
PROPOSAL IS MADE TO HSD AND IF
IT IS MADE TO HSD FOR 2021
SPENDING, WE WILL NOT HAVE IT
TO ALLOCATE FOR 2022.
THAT IS MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
I DO SEE THERE IS A GREAT
URGENCY RIGHT NOW.
AND I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL
NEXT YEAR.
IF THERE ARE PROPOSALS READY TO
GO.
THAT IS ON THAT.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, I IDENTIFIED MY
CONCERN THAT WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THIS $10 MILLION IN
COMMUNTY-BASED SAFETY PROGRAMS
CONTRACTED BY HSD, I DID NOT
KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH THE OTHER $4 MILLION THAT
THE COUNCIL INCLUDED IN THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET FOR THE 2021
BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY,
GEOGRAPHIC HUBS, COMMUNITY
SAFETY HUBS.
THAT WAS ANOTHER $4 MILLION
INVESTMENT.
I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
THAT IS INCLUDED. AND IF I
COULD GET MY QUESTIONS ALSO I
DON'T FORGET THEM.
IF THAT IS OKAY.
WE ARE ALREADY BEING LOBBIED
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICER PROGRAM AND WHETHER OR
NOT HE CAN BE MOVED OUT OF SPD
AND INTO THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
COMMUNICATION CENTER.
I REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
LAST YEAR.
WE HAD HEARD FROM THE UNION
THAT REPRESENTS THEM THAT THEY
WERE NOT INTERESTED IN MOVING.
I AM WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THAT IN THE INTERVENING
YEAR.
AND FINALLY AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE DV IP
PROGRAM AND THE PILOT PROJECT,
IN MY COMMITTEE LAST FRIDAY HAD
A PRESENTATION AND IT IS MORE
ME SIGNALING FOR CENTRAL STAFF
PURPOSES ON HOW WE SHOULD -- I
AM DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS PROGRAM.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME
PRINCIPLES WE HAVE HEARD FROM
THE TASK FORCE ABOUT SOME
PRINCIPLES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN
THE FUNDING.
FUNDING IS REALLOCATED FROM
EXISTING FUNDING -- LOSS OF
CONSTITUTIONAL TRIAL RIGHTS.
IT OCCURS IN PREFILING STAGES
AND ROOTED IN COMMUNITY AND NOT
EXPANSION.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THOSE
PRINCIPLES FOR FUTURE
DISCUSSION RELATES TO
INVESTMENT.
>> IF I MIGHT RESPOND. I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
INTERVENTION PROGRAM.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT
SHORTLY.
ON THE CSO, THE EXECUTIVES
PERSPECTIVE IS IT IS IMPORTANT
TO REMAIN IN SPD TO MAXIMIZE
THE VALUE.
AS AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE FORM.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT
AS WELL.
THE $4 MILLION, MY UNDERSTANDING
[ INDISCERNIBLE --LOW VOLUME ]
ON THE 3 MILLION AND THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER WE WOULD
EXPAND THE NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS
VERSUS SPEND A PERIOD OF TIME,
WE ARE ON HOLD ON THAT BECAUSE
THIS ISSUE FEELS LIKE YOU NEED
TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU HAVE
IN MIND THE MONEY FOR EXTENSION
OR EXPANSION.
AND WHAT THE STRATEGY IS.
I AM AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY.
IT IS NOT A LINE BUDGET ISSUE.
WE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL
WE GET MORE CLARITY.
IN A RELATED POINT TO THAT AND
CONNECTING TO YOUR EARLIER
COMMENTS ABOUT ALTERNATIVES, A
NATIONAL LEVEL ANALYSIS, I
THINK WE KNOW ABOUT THE $10
MILLION AWARDED OUT OF HSD.
THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FOR
THINGS THAT ARE IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE.
AS THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, WE
MIGHT DO WELL TO HOLD BACK. WE
DON'T HAVE FUNDING IN THE
BUDGET TO COVER WHAT THOSE
THINGS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
IF THEY WERE TO BE DEVELOPED
NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING
MECHANISM FOR THEM.
THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN THIS
SPACE.
I THINK THERE COULD BE SOME
BENEFIT AND OPPORTUNITY TO SET
ASIDE SOME FUNDING IF WE
DEVELOPED A DIFFERENT THING
THAN TRIAGE ONE, THAT THERE
WOULD BE A SOURCE TO FIND THEM.
THOSE SPECIFIC RESPONSE SHORT-
TERM IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
PROPOSALS ARE NOT WHAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND THAT MAY WELL BE BECAUSE IT
IS ON THE CITY TO IDENTIFY THAT
FORMAL STRUCTURE.
THAT IS A CHALLENGE.
WE WILL NEED TO FUND THEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I AM NOT
SURE THAT I HEARD A RESPONSE.
THE $4 MILLION THAT WAS
INCLUDED LAST YEAR AND I THINK
IT WAS AUTHORIZED IN THE 2020
BUDGET REVISION BUT THE
CONTRACTS WENT THROUGH 2021.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
WE DID CONFIRM WITH THE
DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY TO MAKE
SURE TO SEE IN THE BUDGET THE
FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HUB WORK
IS ONGOING AND INCLUDED IN THE
BUDGET.
>> WE WERE BALANCING THE
RESOURCES AND THAT IS AN
EXAMPLE OF THINGS TO BE FUNDED
LAST YEAR.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
HOMELESSNESS.
FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
POLICIES AND CHANGES IN TALK
ABOUT FUNDING AS WELL.
THE MOST OBVIOUS, YOU ARE AWARE
BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THE
BIGGEST NEWS IN HOMELESSNESS IS
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY WILL TAKE
THE LEAD ON THE RESPONSE
STRATEGIES AS OF 2022 AND 90%
PLUS OF THE CITY'S FUNDING FOR
HOMELESSNESS AND RELATED
SERVICES WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY. AND THEN WE
WILL WORK WITH THEM. IT IS
GOVERNING BODIES AND WE WILL
WORK WITH THEM.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A
MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT. A
CONTRACT THAT WILL GOVERN THIS
ALLOCATION OF CITY FUNDS TO THE
REGIONAL AGENCY.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE WE WORK
WITH THE AGENCY IN DEVELOPING
THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
SOME OF THE SPECIFIC FUNDING
STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES WAS
INFORMED BY OUR WORK WITH THEM,
THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY MIGHT
NOT WANT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE.
WE ARE BALANCING NEEDS ACROSS
NOT JUST HOMELESSNESS BUT
ACROSS A VARIETY OF CITY
SERVICES AND WE NEED TO KEEP
THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
THAT IS A VERY BIG MOVE.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
IN TERMS OF SHELTER AND RELATED
SERVICES, THE BUDGET LARGELY
SUSTAINS -- I WILL HIGHLIGHT
EXPANSIONS.
SUSTAINS THE SHELTER FACILITIES
WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING AND
OPERATING IN A MODIFIED WAY IN
RESPONSE TO COVID.
JUST CALLING OUT SOME
INDIVIDUAL SPECIFICS. THERE IS
FUNDING IN TERM OF EXPANSION,
OPERATIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT
GOING FORWARD.
FUNDING FOR THE SALVATION ARMY
FACILITY.
THAT IS A LARGER FACILITY THAT
HAS BEEN STOOD UP.
WE FURTHER EXPANSION FOR
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THREE TINY
HOME VILLAGES.
AND THERE IS FUNDING TO SUSTAIN
OR SUPPORT EXISTING PROVIDERS
AND ADDITIONAL COST FOR
OPERATING IN THE WORLD OF COVID.
MUCH OF THIS FUNDING, FEDERAL
FUNDING DETAIL IS FUNDED FROM
FEDERAL RESOURCE AND NOT
NECESSARILY EXCLUSIVELY.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT -- YOU
WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS --
IMPLEMENTING A NEW STRATEGY.
YOU TAKE CITY RESOURCES THAT
COULD BE PAYROLL TAX IN THE
CONTEXT OF SERVICE IN THE
SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
CITY RESOURCES THAT WOULD FUND
SERVICES THAT WOULD BE PAIRED
WITH FEDERALLY FUNDED HOUSING
GRANTS TO HELP FOLKS WHO ARE IN
THE CURRENT SHELTER SYSTEM THAT
ARE NOT READY TO TAKE ON
HOUSING BUT MAYBE IF THERE IS
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED.
I THINK THAT IS AN EFFECTIVE
WAY TO LEVERAGE THE FEDERAL
RESOURCE PLAN TO INCREASE
THROUGHPUT TO THE SHELTER
SYSTEM.
THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
SHELTER TO FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING
ON THE STREET OR ELSEWHERE.
THOSE ARE ULTIMATELY AVAILABLE
WHEN WE CAN PLACE PEOPLE INTO
úLONG-TERM HOUSING.
AND THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE
SYSTEM.
THIS IS A STEP TOWARD EXPANDING
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ARE
ALONG THOSE LINES.
IN ADDITION I TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT
, ONGOING FUNDING FOR
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING THAT HAS
MULTIPLE BEDROOMS. IN ORDER TO
SUPPORT LARGER FAMILIES.
THAT IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY A
CHARACTERISTIC BUT SOMETHING WE
DO SEE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE APPROPRIATE FACILITIES
. THAT WAS ADDED LAST YEAR AND
SUSTAINED THIS.
MUCH MORE DETAILED BRIEFING
COMING ON OVERALL SHELTER AND I
AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO KNOW A
GOOD DEAL MORE ABOUT THIS THAN
I. AND ALSO THE CLEAN CITY
PROGRAM.
THIS IS ADDRESSING ISSUES WITH
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS AND
FOLKS BEING FORCED TO LIVE ON
THE STREET OR IN PARKS OR
ELSEWHERE.
THE TRANCHE ONE ALLOCATION OF
CLFR DOLLARS INCLUDES
APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION FOR
CLEAN CITY.
WHICH INVOLVES TARGETED
GARBAGE COLLECTION TO KNOWN
ENCAMPMENTS, NEEDLE COLLECTION,
A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO
ADDRESS NEEDS.
AND THE PROPOSAL WOULD SUSTAIN
THAT FUNDING LEVEL. THE IDEA WAS
THIS HAS BEEN CONCEIVED AS A
RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT CRISIS.
AND THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING OUTSIDE
THE PARK BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO
úBE SENSITIVE TO PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH COVID.
WHETHER OR NOT THE TIMELINE WE
HAVE IMAGINED IS REALISTIC, IN
JULY AS WE WERE BUILDING THE
BUDGET WE THOUGHT WE WERE SEEING
THAT WE CRESTED THE WORST OF
COVID. WHETHER THAT IS THE CASE
OR NOT ANY LONGER IS REALLY
UNCLEAR.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
WHAT WE WERE THINKING AS WE
DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL.
ADDITIONALLY THERE IS RESOURCE
GENERAL FUND RESOURCE TO EXPAND
OUTREACH AND SERVICES TO FOLKS
WHO ARE LIVING IN RECREATIONAL
VEHICLES THAT INCLUDES HYGIENE
SERVICES.
POP OUTS, SANITATION FACILITIES
AND RUBBISH COLLECTION.
AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCE
PROVIDED TO PARKS ON A COUPLE
OF FRIENDS.
ONE IS ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT WE
WILL USE REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX.
THE ELIGIBLE USE FOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARKS.
THE IDEA IS NOT SEE MUCH
IMPROVEMENT BUT RESTORATION.
DAMAGE TO PARK PROPERTIES,
PLANTINGS TO FACILITIES AND THE
LIKE, THEY HAVE SEEN THAT.
AND ALLOCATION OF $2 MILLION.
ALSO ONGOING OPERATIONAL
FUNDING AND STAFFING ARE PARKS
TO TAKE A MORE DIRECT ROLE IN
ADDRESSING IMPACTS OF
ENCAMPMENTS. THAT WOULD INCLUDE
OUTREACH AND WORK TO FIND
ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS
FOR FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE PARK
AND RIGHT AWAY'S AS WELL.
CONSISTENT WITH THE PROTOCOLS.
GIVEN THE PARK DEPARTMENT THE
RESOURCES IT NEEDS TO ACTIVELY
AND PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THE
LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE
LIVING IN THE PARK NOW,
UNSHELTERED.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH
COVID, TRYING TO FIND THEM
PERMANENT LOCATIONS AND TO
RESTORE PARKS FOR MORE GENERAL
USE.
THE BRIEFING COMING UP TOMORROW
ON THE OVERALL STRATEGY, WE CAN
DESCRIBE THIS FURTHER.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY
INITIAL QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE A HANDFUL
OF QUESTIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT
TOMORROW AND I APPRECIATE OUT
THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS A
HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS.
WHEN WE GO THROUGH EACH
DEPARTMENT WE WILL TURN TO THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO HAVE THE
DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE
COMMITTEE'S PURVIEW TO HAVE THE
FIRST LINE OF QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND I BOTH
SIT ON THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE
FOR THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY AND WE
REPRESENT, WE ARE TWO OF THREE
REPRESENTATIVES.
AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET
THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY THE
MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO GET,
MAKE REALLY CLEAR FOR THE
RECORD THAT WHAT KINDS OF
SHELTER AND SERVICES THEY ARE
UNDERTAKING.
WE WILL DO A DEEP DIVE TOMORROW.
BUT DIRECTOR NOBLE, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
FUNCTIONS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER
TERM, WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE
CITY'S JURISDICTION? IN OTHER
WORDS, WHAT ARE WE ESSENTIALLY
FUNDING THROUGH THIS PROPOSED
2022 BUDGET, BASED ON THE
PRESUMPTION THAT THIS IS SORT
OF WHAT WILL BE LEFT TO THE
CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO
ADDRESS IN TERMS OF
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES?
>> I WILL DEFER IN PART TO WHAT
IS COMING.
THE NEXT SLIDE.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS
-- HOUSING WILL TAKE THE LEAD
ON LONG-TERM PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST
CRITICAL COMPONEN.
IN TERMS OF SHELTER SERVICES
AND THE LIKE, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THAT IS TRANSFERRED TO THE
KING COUNTY AUTHORITY.
SOME OF THE CLEAN CITY TYPE
ACTIVITIES ARE DEALING WITH
ISSUES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
IN PARKS IN TERMS OF IMPACT AND
AS AND WHEN APPROPRIATE CLEAN UP
AND THAT WOULD REMAIN TO THE
CITY.
MOST OUTREACH AS I UNDERSTAND
WOULD BE THE ORIGINAL
AUTHORITY.
I AM NOT THE EXPERT ON THIS.
THERE ARE MANY MORE WHO ARE AND
APPROPRIATELY WE COULD SCHEDULE
TO DIG DEEP INTO THIS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I DID NOT NEED TO MAKE YOU ASK
QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY.
WHAT I WANTED TO GET AT IS THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES FUNDING FOR ADDRESSING
IMPACTS RELATED TO UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS. AND FOLKS WHO ARE
SURVIVING OUTSIDE.
BASED ON THE AGREEMENT THAT
THAT FUNCTION WILL REMAIN WITH
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT
FOR TOMORROW'S DISCUSSION.
I APPRECIATE THAT BEING FLAGGED
TODAY.
ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
? OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I DON'T HAVE MANY QUESTIONS.
AS THE EXCHANGE WITH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR NOBLE
DEMONSTRATED.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT
IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTIVE
POLICY.
THEY ARE BEST FOR LATER IN THE
WEEK.
I WANT TO FLAG MY APPRECIATION
FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THE
COUNCILS FULL FUNDING OF THESE
THREE ADDITIONAL TINY HOME
VILLAGES FOR 2021 AND MAKE SURE
THAT IS A SUSTAINED 2022
INVESTMENT AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN AND
IMPLEMENTATION STICKING POINT
AND I AM GLAD TO SEE WE HAVE
ALIGNMENT ON THAT AND IT IS
BAKED INTO THE INITIAL
PROPOSAL.
THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WOULD
MAKE, IT IS FORESHADOWING A
POLICY DISCUSSION THAT WILL BE
INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT THE
BROADER BUDGET PROCESS WILL BE
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
INTERSECTIONS OF OUTREACH AND
ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK IT IS MORE OF A POLICY
THAN A BUDGET QUESTION.
I THINK THIS COUNSEL
CONSISTENTLY AND I THINK IT IS
THE CORRECT POSITION HAS WANTED
TO SEEK A STRATEGY THAT
BIFURCATED'S OUTREACH
ENFORCEMENT INSTEAD OF MERGING
THEM TOGETHER AND TO ONE THING.
WHICH HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC AND
IN SOME CASES MADE IT DIFFICULT
TO DO BUSINESS WITH PROVIDERS
WHO DO NOT WANT TO BE INVOLVED
IN THE SYSTEM THAT MERGES
OUTREACH WITH ENFORCEMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REALLY CLEARLY PLACE OUTRAGE
UNDER THE AUTHORITY THAT WILL
BE OUTREACH WITHOUT COERCION
AND PERSON CENTERED.
AND HAVE THINGS THAT ARE
ENFORCEMENT FOCUSED, STAY
WITHIN THE CITY FAMILY AND HAVE
A CLEAR DELINEATION. SO WE ARE
NOT CO-MINGLING AND WE ARE NOT
CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE TRUST
ISSUES WITH OUR NEIGHBORS,
SURVIVING OUTSIDE AND WITH THE
PROVIDER COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT WILL BE AN
INTERESTING POLICY DISCUSSION.
STARTING IN EARNEST ON THURSDAY
BUT PROBABLY GOING THROUGHOUT
THE'S BUDGET DISCUSSION.
AND THE WAY TO DO SOME SYSTEM
REALIGNMENT TO WORK ON SOME OF
THE BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING THROUGH OUR STATE
OF EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS
THAT HAS RESULTED IN A LOT OF
HURDLES AND NOT REALIZING AS
MUCH SUCCESS AS WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE.
I WILL LEAVE IT THERE BUT I
APPRECIATE THESE INITIAL
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BAKED INTO
THE BUDGET AT THE FRONT.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ON
THURSDAY ABOUT HOW WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD ON THAT IN THE END OF
THIS YEAR AND GOING INTO 2022.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE
FRAMING FROM THE BUDGET
DIRECTORS PERSPECTIVE.
IT IS MUCH MORE OF A POLICY
DISCUSSION AROUND THE PROPOSALS
FOR PARKS INCREASED INVOLVEMENT.
I WILL NOT TELL YOU THAT $1
MILLION IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY
IN THE OVERALL CONTEXT IT IS
NOT THE BIGGEST ALLOCATION.
BUT THERE IS A POLICY ISSUE
HERE AND THE PROPOSALS ARE IN
RESPONSE IN PART TO THE FACT
THAT THE CURRENT STRATEGIES
THOSE SEEM TO BE ENTIRELY
SUCCESSFUL.
BUT THERE IS EVERY ROOM FOR A
POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT
APPROACHES WE SHOULD BE
INVESTING IN AND WHAT THOSE
WILL LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE FRIEND THAT WELL.
I WILL BRING YOU FOLKS ON
THURSDAY THAT WILL BE INFORMED.
>> I WILL TAKE THAT COMPLEMENT
AND QUIT WHILE I'M AHEAD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AS THE REPRESENTATIVES ON
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
AND FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
BRIDGING BOTH THE CREATION OF
THE RHA AND IMPORTANTLY MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO RESPONDING
AS A CITY TO THE PRESSING NEEDS
AS THE NEW DEPARTMENTGET STOOD
UP.
WE ARE ALL INTERESTED IN MAKING
SURE THE CITY'S RESPONSE DOES
NOT GRIND TO A HALT AS WE STAND
AT THE OTHER STRATEGIES ON THE
HORIZON.
I AM HAPPY TO SEE THIS AS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS NOTED.
I DO THINK THAT THE CALLING OUT
OF THE $2.4 MILLION IS AN
IMPORTANT ITEM.
IT HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME AMOUNT
THAT WE HAD INCLUDED FOR THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET ALLOCATION.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE
CONFUSED.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, WE
HAVE ALLOCATED IN THIS YEAR'S
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, $2 MILLION
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL BUDGET
THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS
AUTHORIZED FOR US.
WE COUPLED THAT WITH ABOUT $.4
MILLION FROM THE FUNDS TO BEGIN
TO STAND UP THESE THREE
ADDITIONAL TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
WHAT I THINK IS BULLET
REPRESENTS IS AN ADDITIONAL
$2.4 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR
THE OPERATION FUNDING.
SO WE CAN CONTINUE INTO NEXT
YEAR AS WE STAND UP THE BIGGER,
BETTER, BOULDER STRATEGIES
UNDER THE RHA.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT.
IT IS PARTIAL YEAR FUNDING FOR
THIS YEAR.
BUT IT IS SUSTAINED FOR ALL OF
2022.
AND BUILDING A BASE BUDGET FOR
BEYOND.
WITH THE LONGER-TERM STRATEGIES
BECOME PART.
>> WONDERFUL.
AS WE GET INTO THE BUDGET
DETAILS I THINK THAT IS
IMPORTANT.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR
LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS WHO HAD
WORKED HARD ON A $2 MILLION IN
CAPITAL FUNDS.
I APPRECIATE THERE IS AN EFFORT
AS ANNOUNCED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS THAT THERE IS MOVEMENT
FORWARD ON GETTING THOSE SITES
STOOD UP AND ALSO OUR PARTNERS
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WHO HAVE CLARIFIED IF THEY ARE
CREATED ON CITY-OWNED LAND THAT
SATISFIES THE CONTROL
REQUIREMENT.
GLAD TO HEAR THERE IS POTENTIAL
MOVEMENT.
THE BIGGEST QUESTION ON ALL OF
THESE PIECES INCLUDING THE
UPCOMING SLIDES WILL BE THE
COLOR OF MONEY AND WHERE THE
MONEY IS COMING FROM TO FIND
THESE THINGS VERSUS WHERE IT
WAS INITIALLY ENVISIONED. AS WE
GET INTO THE DETAILS TOMORROW I
WILL ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE
THESE FUND SOURCES COME FROM.
I AM GLAD TO HEAR THERE IS
IMPLEMENTATION MOVEMENT ON
THOSE PIECES.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FOR MY AND THIS IS THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT POLICY MOVE
HAPPENING IN THE SPACE, IF YOU
WILL.
AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE FIRST
BULLET.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
HISTORIC LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE BUDGET IS ALMOST $20 MILLION
AND AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN
$100 MILLION OVER 2021.
THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING, I WILL
TALK ABOUT SOURCES, THE USE IS
THE LARGEST TO USE IN HOUSING
CAPITAL.
STANDING UP AND BUILDING NEW
FACILITIES OR AS RECENTLY
ACQUIRING FACILITIES, HOUSING
APARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT.
IN TERMS OF TOTALS THAT
INCLUDES MORE THAN $50 MILLION
OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN
ELIGIBLE USE.
THE IDEA OF USING THAT RESOURCE
TO MAKE A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT
SEEMS PARTICULARLY WISE. A
SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF TAX RULE
MONEY. ALSO DIRECTED -- SHOW
INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL.
WITH THE PANDEMIC THE REVENUES
HAVE BEEN LESS THAN EXPECTED.
THERE IS AN ALLOCATION OF THOSE
RESOURCES.
THE MHA PROGRAM WITH INCREASING
DEVELOPMENT HAS PROVEN TO BE A
ROBUST REVENUE SOURCE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
INVESTING IN LONG-TERM CAPITAL
AS WELL.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS ALSO ABOUT
HOUSING CAPITAL BUT I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IT IS SPECIFICALLY
TARGETING ISSUES OF DISPLACEMENT
AND IDEALLY COMMUNITIES FACING
PRESSURES OF GENTRIFICATION. I
WILL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE GOING
FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSAL.
BEING RESPONSIVE TO COUNSEL'S
APPROPRIATE EMPHASIS ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A PRIORITY
. TO TAKE WHAT THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND AND RESTRUCTURE
IT SLIGHTLY AND WE ARE A LITTLE
BIT MORE GOES TO THIS
PARTICULAR HOUSING ELEMENT.
THAT HELPS US ACHIEVE AN
OVERALL INCREASED LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT IN THE CAPITAL
NEEDED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT ALSO RESPONSIVE TO CONCERNS
ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND THE
IMPACTS THAT GENTRIFICATION ARE
HAVING ON THE CITY'S COMMUNITY
OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR.
ALSO IN THIS SPACE IS FUNDING
FOR ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE EQUITABLE TASK FORCE.
THAT TASK FORCE OF RECOMMENDED
$6 MILLION TO BE INVESTED IN
HOMEOWNERSHIP. PARTICULARLY
TARGETING COMMUNITIES WHERE
HOMEOWNERSHIP IS LAGGING BECAUSE
OF OVERT AND LONG-STANDING
HISTORIC RACIST POLICIES AROUND
HOUSING.
I WILL TALK LATER ABOUT THE
OVERALL FUNDING SOURCES BUT
HIGHLIGHTING THE PROPOSAL TO
FUND THIS WITH PAYROLL TAX
REVENUES.
ONE OF THE SPECIFIC PRIORITIES
IDENTIFIED IN THE JUMPSTART
RESOLUTION WAS HOMEOWNERSHIP
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE INTERESTS
ARE ALIGNED.
MOST DRAMATIC POLICY SHIFT OR
POLICY INVESTMENT REPRESENTED
IN THE BUDGET IS AROUND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS A GOOD SUMMARY AND I
WILL DO EVERYTHING SHORTLY FROM
DIRECTOR ALVARADO TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL DETAIL.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> THAT YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL HOLD MY QUESTIONS ON THE
FUNDING SOURCE FOR YOUR LAST
SLIDE.
AS YOU CIRCLE BACK.
AND I ASKED HIM A QUESTION
ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE RELATED
TO THE CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE.
FOR ME I THINK THE INVESTMENTS
IN HEALTH AND HYGIENE IS REALLY
PARAMOUNT IN ADDITION TO
HOUSING IN THE UPCOMING YEAR'S
BUDGET.
I WANT TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
WE DO SEE FROM THE CLEAN CITIES
INITIATIVE THROUGH PARKS AND
UTILITIES AND ASK.THERE IS AN
INVESTMENT FOR MORE INVESTMENTS
GOING INTO THE CLEAN CITIES
INITIATIVE.
BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING
UNTIL AUGUST 2022.
CAN YOU ANSWER FROM THE BUDGET,
CBO PERSPECTIVE, WHILE USING
THE ONE-TIME RESOURCES LIKE THE
FEDERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT THIS
WORK THAT IS TIME-LIMITED WHEN
WE CAN BE CERTAIN WE KNOW WE
WILL DO THIS GOING FORWARD?
EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONE-TIME
WORK, WHY ARE WE ASSUMING IT
WILL END IN AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR
VERSUS AT LEAST CARRY IT
THROUGH THE FULL BUDGET?
>> THEY GOOD QUESTION.
THE INITIAL INVESTMENT OF THE
FEDERAL RESOURCE, THE
EXPECTATION WAS IN FACT THIS
WOULD BE A RESPONSE TO THE
GROWING CHALLENGES OF FOLKS
LIVING UNSHELTERED IN THE RIGHT
OF WAYS AND PARKS AND
ELSEWHERE.
THERE IS NOT THE EXPECTATION
THAT IT WOULD BE AN ONGOING
LEVEL OF SUSTAINED ACTIVITY.
I THINK THAT IS AMONG THE
QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE BEFORE
YOU.
THIS IS A QUESTION, THERE ARE
TWOFOLD REASONS WHY THERE WAS
NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED.
THE CONSTRAINTS OF HOW MUCH
TOTAL RESOURCE THERE IS. AND
THE OTHER IS WAS ORIGINALLY
TRAINED AS A SHORT-TERM COVERED
RESPONSE, SHORT-TERM BEING MORE
THAN A YEAR.
AS WE DEBATED THIS INTERNALLY,
I WAS AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL
FOR THIS TO BECOME AN ISSUE.
MIDYEAR NEXT YEAR ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT WE HAD SUFFICIEN
RESOURCE ALLOCATED WHETHER OR
NOT WE WOULD WANT TO TRY TO
REDIRECT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS
TOMORROW.
GIVEN THE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE FUNDED
FOR THE FULL YEAR AND NOT JUST
A HALF.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
MADAM CHAIR.
I THINK THIS IS LESS OF A
QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTOR AND
MORE OF AN ISSUE AREA FLAGGING
AS WE GO THROUGH THE CLEAN CITY
INVESTMENTS.
I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
HOW WE CAN EXPAND HYGIENE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG, GOING
BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE
PANDEMIC.
PARTICULARLY I WANT TO MENTION
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
LEADERSHIP . ONE THING I WANT
TO FLY, I AM AWARE OF CERTAIN
HYGIENE PRODUCTS OUT THERE FOR
ACQUISITION THAT WOULD PROBABLY
BE CHEAPER THAN THE ONES WE ARE
CURRENTLY RENTING AND LEASING.
THERE IS PROBABLY AN ABILITY TO
USE THOSE ASSETS GOING INTO THE
FUTURE THAT WE ACQUIRED, EVEN
BEYOND THE EMERGENCY, BE IT IN
A SHELTERING CAPACITY OR
SOMETHING ELSE.
THE PALLET IN PARTICULAR MAKES
A PARTICULAR GOOD HYGIENE UNIT.
IT IS SHOWERS, SINKS, READILY
DEPLOYABLE.
BERRIES 30 THAT RUNS 30-$60,000
TO BUY IT.
RATHER, IT IS AND SEVERAL
THOUSANDS A MONTH TO LEASE SOME
HYGIENE THINGS.
I WANT TO FLY BACK.
IF WE MIGHT LOOK TOWARD A
POLICY OF ACQUISITION AND
SIDING RESOURCES LIKE THIS IN A
BIG AND BROADWAY.
I THINK THE MOST EFFECTIVE
POLICY RESPONSE TO THE
COMPLAINTS ARE RECEIVED
FREQUENTLY FROM BUSINESSES OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING
UNSHELTERED AND ARE RELIEVING
THEMSELVES IN PUBLIC WOULD BE
TO PROVIDE RESTROOMS.
IN A MORE SKILLED UP AND
READILY AVAILABLE WAY THEN WE
HAVE BEEN.
I THINK PART OF HIS HAS BEEN
COST LIMITED AND HOW WE ARE
PROCURING THEM AND THEIR OTHER
HYGIENE PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET
THAT WE COULD ACQUIRE THAT
WOULD ALLOW MORE SCALABILITY.
I WANT TO FLAG OF THAT. IT
ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE I AM SCOPING
FOR A POTENTIAL AUDIT.
I DO THINK GOING INTO THE NEXT
BUDGET CYCLE THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING I WOULD BE INTERESTED
IN.
IF THERE IS WAYS WE CAN GET
MORE VALUE OUT OF THAT THROUGH
ACQUISITION THE MAYBE BEING
MORE NIMBLE.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I KNOW
SOME OF THE INITIAL PROCUREMENT
, LED US TO LEASING EQUIPMENT.
THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT TOWARD
PURCHASING.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE SOMEONE
KNOWS MORE THAN I. OTHER THING
I WOULD COMMENT IS IT IS A REAL
ISSUE AS COST.
THE CITY KNOWS THAT STEPS HAVE
BEEN TAKEN. RECOGNIZING IT HAS
BEEN AN ISSUE AND IT HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED IN THE PAST.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK A GOOD FLAG FOR OUR
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.
NOT JUST TOMORROW BUT
THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET. HEALTH
AND HYGIENE ARE SOME OF MY TOP
PRIORITIES ALONG WITH HOUSING
FOR THE BUDGET.
I THINK THAT IS HOW OUR COUNSEL
PROPOSED BUDGET CENTERS ON
HEALTH, SAFETY AND HOUSING.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS.
GOOD RECOGNITION OF THE WORK OF
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES PAST
WORK.
ALLEY DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE?>> I WAS JUST NODDING.
STAFF WAS TAKING NOTES ON THE
DIRECTION.
>> AS ALWAYS.
I THINK WE ARE ON TO THE SLIDE
AFTER HOUSING.
>> THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
I WAS HIGHLIGHTING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AS TERMS OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT POLICY MOVE IN THE
BUDGET BUT BOTH OF THESE ARE
SIGNIFICANT AS WELL AND
IMPORTANT.
REALLY GRATIFYING TO INCLUDE
THESE.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES 14+ --
$14.3 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
FUNDING LEVEL CALLED OUT IN THE
JUMPSTART RESOLUTION AN
ORDINANCE.
IN TERMS OF SPECIFICS, $6.5
MILLION, NOT QUITE HALF IS
UNALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET.
WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL ADVISORY BOARD
WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE THOSE
RESOURCES.
RECOGNIZING IT WOULD TAKE TIME
TO DO THAT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS
APPROPRIATE TO HAVE IMPORTANT
POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR SOME
SHARE OF THE REMAINING FUNDS.
BUT THE IDEA IS THE ADVISORY
BOARD WOULD RECOMMEND $6.5
MILLION THAT REMAINS
UNALLOCATED FOR 2022 AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 2023 AND
BEYOND AS WELL.
IF THEY ARE JUST GETTING STOOD
UP, WE ARE LOOKING TO GET
RECOMMENDATIONS ON 2023 FUNDING
BY MIDYEAR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE
INTO OUR BUDGET PROCESS. THEY
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ALLOCATE MONEY FOR 2021.
THAT IS THE FIRST CHUNK OF THE
MONEY.
$1 MILLION DIRECTED INTO THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY PROGRAM.
AND OVERALL FUNDING INITIATIVE.
SUBSIDIZING CONVERSIONS FROM
OIL FUELED FURNACES TO HEAT
PUMPS.
THIS IS A ONE TIME $1.7 MILLION
APPROPRIATION. THE BASIC IDEA IS
THE ORIGINAL POLICY INTENSE OF
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL HAD BEEN
O FIND AND SUBSIDIZE TH
CONVERSIONS WITH MODEST TAX TO
BE IMPOSED ON HOME HEATING OIL.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE ECONOMIC AND
FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF COVID A
POLICY DECISION HAS BEEN MADE
TO DELAY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE TAX.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO DELAY THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CONVERSION PROGRAM.
EVEN IF THE REVENUES ARE GOING
TO BE FORTHCOMING, THIS COULD
BE USED ON A ONE-TIME BASIS TO
PLUG IN AND CONTINUE ON A
SCHEDULE WE ANTICIPATED AS IF
THE TAX HAD BEEN IMPOSED ON THE
ORIGINAL SCHEDULE.
THAT IS THE IDEA.
OSD IS COMING FORWARD TO GIVE
THEIR DEPARTMENTAL UPDATE AND
OVERVIEW AND I CAN TELL YOU
MORE ABOUT THE CLEAN ENERGY
PROGRAM.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
POLICY GOALS CALLED OUT IN THE
JUMPSTART LEGISLATION.
AND WITH THE NOTION THAT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL HOLDS REAL
PROMISE FOR EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW FIELDS AND
NEW AREAS.
INVESTING FOR THE LONGER RUN BY
DEVELOPING JOB SKILLS NEEDED TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE IS AN EXPANSION OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND.
THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF
THE EQUITABLE CITY TASK FORCE
AS WELL.
ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
SOME ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
AROUND CLEAN BUILDING
ACCELERATOR PROGRAM SO WE CAN
RING OUR BUILDINGS UP TO
STANDARD.
THERE IS ALSO SOME INVESTMENTS
IN CITY LIGHT, NOT WITH A
SOURCE OF FUNDING BUT TO MENTION
ON ELECTRIFICATION OVERALL,
VEHICLES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT
RECENTLY, D.O.T.
HAS IN ANALYTIC TOOL SO THEY
CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE
POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED
FROM VEHICLES AND
TRANSPORTATION FOR CLIMATE
CHANGE.
AND OVERALL PACKAGE.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS
FUNDING IS FROM THE PAYROLL TAX
. CONSISTENT WITH THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
FLEXIBILITY IN THE FEDERAL
MONEY TO SUPPORT A PORTION OF
THIS THAT IS JOB DEVELOPMENT.
THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL.
THERE ARE QUESTION SO I MAY
WAIT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN MOVE ON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES .
>> CAN YOU REMIND ME FOR THE
HOME HEATING OIL TAX, WHAT THE
ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM THAT
WOULD BE?
I DON'T HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF
ME.
I WILL GET BACK TO YOU. A
NUMBER CALLING FOR MILLION
DOLLARS OR $5 MILLION.
>> I AM INTERESTING IN FIGURING
OUT WHAT THE REVENUE WOULD BE
AND FOR HOW LONG.
MY RECOLLECTION IS THERE ARE
ABOUT 16,000 HOMES IN THE CITY
WILL POTENTIALLY PARTICIPATE IN
THIS CONVERSION PROGRAM.
INTERESTED OVER TIME HOW MUCH
REVENUE WOULD WE COLLECT AND
WHEN THOSE 16,000 FOLKS HAVE
CONVERTED, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO
FUND FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES OR
SUBSIDIZE OR PAY FOR THEIR
CONVERSION? I AM ALSO
INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THE LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, WE
IDENTIFIED ABOUT 1000 WHO ARE
LOW INCOME WHO HAVE HOME
HEATING OIL AND WOULD NEED TO
CONVERT, IF THEY ALSO PAY THE
TAX OR ARE THEY EXEMPT FROM THE
TAX?
IF YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
IF NOT, I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.>> I
DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON HAND
BUT THIS AFTERNOON, I WILL GET
SOME RESEARCH.
BETTER TO WAIT AND BRING YOU
THE FOLKS WHO ARE THE PROGRAM
SPECIALISTS IN THE AREA.
TIMELINE OVER THE CONVERSION IS
ONE OF THE SPECIFIC REASON THE
MAYOR PROPOSED THIS ONE-TIME
FUNDING.
WE HAD A PATH AND A SCHEDULE
ABOUT THE CONVERSION AND
ALTHOUGH WE ARE DELAYING
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAX WE
DID NOT WANT TO DELAY THE
ACTUAL CONVERSIONS OF THE
FURNACES SO WE CAN ACHIEVE THE
CLIMATE IMPACT CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL.
IN THE OVERALL STRATEGY.
>> I HAD PART OF THE
INFORMATION.
BUT RELYING ON THE PREVIOUS
MEMO.
I BELIEVE YOU SPONSORED TO
DELAY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
TAX.
THE ESTIMATE WAS ABOUT $7.8
MILLION THAT WOULD BE GENERATED
FROM THE TAX BETWEEN 2021 UNTIL
2029 WITH THE DELAY ABOUT
$890,000 REDUCTION.
THE ESTIMATE IS CLOSER TO $7
MILLION FOR THAT TAX PERIOD.
$1.7 MILLION MAKES UP FOR MORE
THAN WHAT THE DELAY COST.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY PROGRAM.
OSD PRESENTED TO YOU AND
FAILED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
THIS IS AN EXCITING INITIATIVE
AND FUNDING PROPOSAL.
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THE CITY
HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH DIFFERENT
AGENCIES AND COMMUNITIES ON
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC
THE MOMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION, IDENTIFYING WITH
THE COMMUNITY THOSE PRIORITIES.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PUTTING
OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS
AND MOVING TOWARD LIMITATION.
I SHARE THIS FUNDING COMES FROM
THE GREEN NEW DEAL PORTION OF
THE RESOURCES ALLOCATED UNDER
THE PAYROLL TAX. THAT IS BECAUSE
THIS IS THE GREEN NEW DEAL IN
ACTION IN MY VIEW IN NO SMALL
PART.
NOT ALL OF THIS FUNDING COMES
FROM [ INDISCERNIBLE ] KINDS OF
INVESTMENTS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A
FEW OF THEM.
MORE DETAIL TO CALM.
EXPANDING THE DUWAMISH VALLEY
YOUTH CORPS WHICH PROVIDES
OPPORTUNITIES . TRAINING,
EDUCATION AND A LIGHT.
FOR A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL
DESIGNED TO TARGET AIR
POLLUTION IN THE AREA,
INCENTIVES FOR HEAVY-DUTY
VEHICLES SO THEY CAN BE
CONVERTED TO ELECTRIC POWER. TO
AVOID THE PARTICULATES AND AIR
POLLUTION ASSOCIATED WITH
DIESEL AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT.
CAPITAL PROJECT TO IMPROVE
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ALONG EIGHTH
AVENUE.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE
RIVER ITSELF.
SOME RESOURCE TARGETED FOR THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY BUSINESSES IN
PARTICULAR.
THEY HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY
IMPACTED BY COVID BUT ALSO
INDIRECTLY OR DIRECTLY FOR
WORK ON THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
IN THE REDIRECTION OF TRAFFIC
ON VARIOUS ROUTES.
ANOTHER INTERESTING IDEA,
OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THINGS TO
DEFINE AND SHIELD RESIDENTIAL
AREAS FROM INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES
SO RELATIVE PROXIMITY IS A
REALITY AND TO MAKE IT WORK
BETTER FOR THE RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES.
COMMITMENT TO ONGOING STAFF SO
THIS WORK CAN BE SUPPORTED
GOING FORWARD AND WE WILL HAVE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCE TO DO THAT.
AND SOME INVESTMENTS COMING OUT
OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE
SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY CENTER AND
THE PARK AND THE COMMUNITY
CENTER OVERALL.
SOME RESOURCE IS ONGOING AND
SOME IS ONE TIME BUT THE
OVERALL EFFECT IS IT IS
ESIGNED TO ADVANCE OUR
INVESTMENTS IN THE DUWAMISH
VALLEY VALLEY OVERALL .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE FOCUS ON
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY AND THE
WORK OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
ADVISORY BOARD AND ALSO IN
ADDITION TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS
COMING OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE BUT
ALSO THE COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON
NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN THIS
AREA.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT
A COUPLE OF THESE LINE ITEMS.
FIRST THE EXPANSION OF THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY YOUTH CORPS
ITEM.
I AM FINDING THIS QUITE
CONFUSING.
I WAS NOTIFIED EARLIER THIS
YEAR THAT THE DUWAMISH VALLEY
YOUTH CORPS FUNDING THAT
NORMALLY THEY GET THEIR HSD
THEY DID NOT GET THAT.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $112,000.
THEY WERE DIRECTED TO APPLY TO
OSD FOR GRANTS THAT WE WERE TOLD
WOULD PROVIDE MAXIMUM FUNDING
OF $75,000.
I AM CONFUSED WHY THEY WERE
DIRECTED TO APPLY TO A GRAND
SOURCE THAT WOULD NOT GIVE THEM
FULL FUNDING AT THE ONE OF THE
$12,000 LEVEL THAT THEY
PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AT HSD.
IF THERE IS FUNDING IN HIS
BUDGET, WHY DID THEY HAVE TO GO
AND APPLY FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM?
AM ALSO CONCERNED THIS SUGGESTS
THAT THE DUWAMISH VALLEY YOUTH
CORPS IS GETTING $500,000.
ON THIS SLIDE MY STAFF HAS
CHECKED THE BUDGET DESCRIPTION
AND ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND
TEXTED ME INFORMATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE $500,000 IS
MUCH BROADER THAN SIMPLY THE
FUNDING THAT THE YOUTH CORPS IS
RECEIVING VERY INTERESTED IN
KNOWING HOW MUCH FUNDING THE
YOUTH CORPS IS RECEIVING
PLANNED JUST THE QUESTION OF
WHY DID THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THIS SO THE BUREAUCRACY OF THE
APPLYING FOR A GRANT THAT WOULD
NOT MAKE THEM -- WOULD NOT FUND
THEM WHOLLY TO WHAT THE 2021
LEVELS WERE, IF THERE WAS A PLAN
TO FUND THEM IN THE BUDGET.
THERE IS HEAVY TRUCKS GOING
THROUGH RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS AND WORKING TO
INCENTIVIZE THE USE OF ELECTRIC
VEHICLES.
I AM WONDERING HOW THE CITY
WILL VERIFY THIS PROGRAM FOR
THE VEHICLE REBATE PROGRAM THAT
THE BARRETT VEHICLE OPERATORS
RECEIVING THE REBATE ARE
OPERATING WITHIN THE AREA TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE INTENT
OF THE REBATE IS TO PROVIDE AN
INCENTIVE TO DO THE CONVERSION
OF TRUCKS TO ELECTRIC AND AS A
WAY TO MINIMIZE THE USE OF
CARBON EMITTING TRUCKS OR
EXHAUST EMITTING TRUCKS IN A
RESIDENTIAL AREA, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WAY OF
VERIFYING THOSE ARE THE ONES
GETTING THE REBATE.
AND FINALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE
$3 MILLION, THE COUNCIL HAS
VOTED ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
INVESTMENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
I THINK WE VOTED ON SOME
INVESTMENTS THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING WAS LEADING ON FOR
SOUTH PARK HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT.
THEN THERE WAS PARKS FUNDING
PIECE FOR ACQUISITION OF
PROPERTY THAT WE VOTED ON.
I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE,
ARE THESE ADDITIVE ONTO THE
THINGS WE RECENTLY VOTED ON OR
ARE THESE JUST CALLING OUT THE
DOLLARS THAT HAVE MOVED FROM
THE ACTIONS THE COUNCIL TOOK BUT
MOVING THEM INTO THE 2022
BUDGET?
>> THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BECOME
FROM INJURY.
YOU WILL GET MORE DETAIL THIS
AFTERNOON.
ON MORE OF THE PROJECT
SPECIFICS.
VEHICLE INCENTIVE, I ASKED THAT
QUESTION.
THE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM
FORMULATION ARE UNDERWAY. THEY
WERE DECISIONS MADE IN THE LAST
COUPLE MONTHS.
WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO FLUSH OUT THE INCENTIVES BUT
THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
THERE ARE SOME VEHICLES THAT
SPEND TIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT WE NEED TO TARGET THOSE
VEHICLES. IN TERMS OF DUWAMISH
VALLEY YOUTH CORPS IN THE
FUNDING, I HAVE TO SEE THE
TIMING.
PART OF THAT IS INITIAL
GUIDANCE WAS PROVIDED OR
SUGGESTED, WE WERE STILL IN THE
BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND DID NOT
KNOW THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE
CASE.
IT WAS A SHIFT IN APPROACH.
WE ARE RECOGNIZING THIS IS AN
AREA THAT NEED SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT TO ADDRESS WHAT HAD
BEEN LONG-STANDING ISSUES.
THIS IS A SHIFT AND A DIFFERENT
APPROACH.
AND DEPENDING ON TIMING THAT
MAY BE REFLECTIVE.
>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
I THINK SOME OF MY SOUTH PARK
CONSTITUENTS WHO EITHER
VOLUNTEER FOR OUR WORK FOR THE
YOUTH CORPS MAYBE WATCHING.
I DON'T THINK IT IS ACCURATE TO
SUGGEST THAT THE YOUTH CORPS IS
GETTING A FIVEFOLD INCREASE.
>> I WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
CLARITY THIS AFTERNOON.
I AM A FEW INCHES DEEP AND MANY
TOUSAND MILES WIDE.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS
PROVIDE BAD INFORMATION.
IF THERE IS A CORRECTION, IT
WILL BE DONE THIS AFTERNOON.
I APPRECIATE YOU CALLING THAT
OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM NOT SING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GETTING NEAR THE END. WE
HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES LEFT.
THERE SHOULD BE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS AT THE END.
WE WILL KEEP GOING UNLESS THERE
IS SOMETHING ELSE ON THE SLIDE.
>> NO.
I AM GOOD TO GO.
I WILL SHIFT TALKING ABOUT
INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS OF FUNDING
AND GIVE YOU A SENSE OF FUNDING
SOURCES AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED.
SOME OF WHAT I WILL DESCRIBE
WILL REFER TO THINGS I TALKED
ABOUT IN SOME IS NEW.
WE HAVE A WHOLE BRIEFING FOR
YOU COMING UP ON FEDERAL
FUNDING.
NOT JUST ON THE SECOND TRANCHE
OF THE CORONAVIRUS LOCAL RELIEF
RECOVERY FUNDS BUT ALSO ON THE
FIRST TRANCHE OF THE PREVIOUS
DOLLARS AS WELL AS FEMA WORK
AND THE WORK DONE FOR
REIMBURSEMENT.
BUT HIGH LEVEL SO YOU KNOW WHAT
IS IN THE PROPOSED TRANCHE,
SECOND DRONES. THIS IS JUST
OVER $116 MILLION.
AS PREVIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED, 50+
MILLION DOLLARS IS FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS REPRESENTS A PIECE OF WHAT
I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A SHIFT AND
A PURPOSEFUL ONE.
THE FIRST TRANCHE OF FEDERAL
MONEY WAS LARGELY FOCUSED ON
IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
SECOND TRANCHE WE ARE CONTINUING
TO MAKE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS
UT THINKING MORE ABOUT THE
LONGER RUN AND THE REAL
OPPORTUNITY THAT ONE-TIME
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES. I
EMPHASIZE ONE TIME BECAUSE IT
PROVIDES A CHALLENGE OF USING
THESE RESOURCES FOR PROGRAMS
THAT MAY WANT TO BE ONGOING AND
I RECOGNIZE THAT COULD BE A
FUNDING CLIFF HAS RESOURCES
FALL OFF.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A ONE-
TIME USE SEEMS LIKE AN IDEAL
OPPORTUNITY. THE CITY HAS AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. HAS
A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
AND USING THESE RESOURCES, $50
MILLION IN HOUSING, THAT COULD
LAST FOR 30+ YEARS.
ON TOP OF THAT TRANSFORMATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY THERE IS A STIMULUS
OPPORTUNITY.
THE ACTUAL BUILDING OF HOUSING
AND HIRE PEOPLE AND PAY THEM.
THERE IS THAT ELEMENT AS WELL.
FOR ALL THOSE REASONS IT MAKES
A LOT OF SENSE.
THAT SAID, WE ARE LOOKING FOR
LONG-TERM IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND
THAT IS AN ISSUE.
THERE IS $25 MILLION FOR
SHELTER AND FOOD ASSISTANCE.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT SUPPORTS
THE THINGS ABOVE AND THE
CONTINUATION OF THE COVID
RELATED FACILITIES THAT WE HAD
STOOD UP.
THAT IS A PIECE.
WE HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFUL.
THE BULK OF THE MONEY GETS
SPENT IN 2022.
BUT THE SHARE OF IT CONSISTENT
WITH THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS
úTHE ANTICIPATION IS IT GETS
SPENT IN 2023 AND EVEN A SMALL
PORTION IN 2024.
IT IS SUPPORTING A SET OF
SHELTER ACTIVITIES AND SHELTERS
SLOTS THAT WE ARE UNSURE WHETHER
WE WANT THAT IN THE LONG RUN OR
NOT.
BUT WE DON'T WANT A SIGNIFICANT
OR DRAMATIC FUNDING CLIFF AT
THE END OF ANY GIVEN YEAR.
THE END OF 2022 WE WOULD NEED
ADDITIONALCITY MONEY TO
SUSTAIN WHAT IS FUNDED HERE.
WE ARE CARING SOME AMOUNT OF
MONEY INTO 2023 AND THE SAME IN
2024.
A STEP DOWN STRATEGY AND
WORKING WITH THE REGIONAL
AGENCY TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE
RIGHT APPROACH AS WE REACH
THOSE MILESTONES.
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION FOR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
THAT INCLUDES AN INCREASING
EMPHASIS ON JOB TRAINING AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT LONGER-
TERM AND INVESTING FOR THE
LONGER-TERM.
WITH TRAINING AND JOB
OPPORTUNITIES ARE WHAT IS
NEEDED TO TRANSFORM THE ECONOMY.
POTENTIALLY SOME ROLES THAT
WILL NOT BE IN PLACE DUE TO THE
ECONOMY SHIFT.
BUT INVESTING IN PEOPLE FOR THE
LONG RUN AS WELL.
$7.5 MILLION IS FOR BUSINESS
ASSISTANCE. BUT PARTICULARLY
MORE TARGETED.
MORE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FOR
FEWER BUSINESSES. THE MATH
WORKS THAT WAY.
MORE FUNDING OF YOUR
BENEFICIARIES FOR TRYING TO
MAKE MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGES.
SUPPORT THAT WOULD HELP
BUSINESSES ACHIEVE OWNERSHIP
POTENTIALLY OF THE FACILITIES
THEY OPERATE FROM OR MAKE
SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENT
THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND
THEIR OPERATION.
ALSO IN THE SHORT TERM
ADDITIONAL CASH SUPPORT FOR THE
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS. WE WILL
NOT GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND
NOT GET PEOPLE BACK TO THE
OFFICE WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVELY
OPERATING CHILDCARE NETWORK.
THAT NETWORK HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANTLY STRESSED BY COVID.
REDUCED STAFFING CONSTRAINTS
ASSOCIATED WITH -- I KNOW THIS
WELL FOR MY OWN PERSONAL
CIRCUMSTANCE. TEACHERS NOT
BEING ABLE TO WORK ACROSS
CLASSROOMS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS
ARE COST DRIVERS.
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
WE ARE FACING ADDITIONAL CITY
COSTS ON A MORE ONGOING BASIS.
THE RESOURCES ALLOCATED
PARTICULARLY ON THE IT SIDE.
SOME OF THAT IS HARDWARE. WHEN
COMPUTERS REACH THE END OF
THEIR LIVES WE ARE REPLACING
THEM WITH LAPTOPS OTHER THAN
DESKTOPS TO FACILITATE HYBRID
WORK ARRANGEMENTS GOING FORWARD.
THERE IS AN INCREMENTAL COST OF
THAT AND IT HAS BEEN BUILT INTO
THE RATES WE COLLECT FROM
DEPARTMENTS.
THIS WAS NOT FULLY ANTICIPATED.
IT IS NOT JUST HARDWARE IT IS
ALSO PEOPLE. THERE ARE MORE
CALLS TO THE HELP DESK AND
CONCERN ABOUT CYBER SECURITY.
THOSE ARE REAL AND TANGIBLE
COSTS.
WE ALSO SEE PROPOSALS FOR SOME
ADDITIONAL STAFFING BOTH AT THE
BUDGET OFFICE AND FAS AND IN
THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
TO PROPERLY KEEP TRACK OF $400
MILLION OF FEDERAL MONEY.
IT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
STAFF.
THE FUNDING IS ENOUGH TO
SUSTAIN THAT STAFF INTO 2024
BECAUSE THAT WILL BE THE
REPORTING PERIOD AROUND THE
FEDERAL MONEY.
WE ARE TAKING A LEADERSHIP ROLE
AT A NATIONAL LEVEL IN TERMS OF
BEING ABLE TO GET DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR.
I WANT TO MATCH THAT AND
ACCOUNT FOR THESE RESOURCES AND
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALSO TO
BE TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC
ABOUT HOW WE USE THAT MONEY.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR
SEATTLE PROMISE WAS PART OF THE
OVERALL PLAN AROUND TRANCHE ONE.
AFFORDABILITY PORTAL. WAS
PARTIALLY FUNDED WITH THE FIRST
TRANCHE.
THE IDEA IS TO BUILD
EFFECTIVELY A WEBSITE BUT A
PORTAL WHERE RESIDENTS CAN APPLY
FOR THE CITIES IN CALM QUALITY
PROGRAMS WITH ONE FORM. THAT AS
LONG BEEN A DREAM.
USING RESOURCES TO MAKE ONE-
TIME INVESTMENTS THAT WILL HAVE
LONG-TERM IMPACT. AND SETTING
ASIDE SOME RESOURCES FOR IMPACT
EVALUATIONS.
WE ARE SETTING UP PROGRAMS
USING THIS MONEY THAT COULD
BECOME ONGOING AND WE NEED TO
KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES
NOT.
AND FUNDING FOR THE CLEAN CITY
PROGRAM.
WE WILL GIVE YOU A MORE
DETAILED ACCOUNTING OF THIS
TRANCHE AND THE OVERALL FEDERAL
PICTURES BUT I WANT YOU TO GET
A SENSE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
FUNDING ITEMS ALL FIT TOGETHER
AS A PACKAGE FOR THIS FEDERAL
RESOURCE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE
QUESTION THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ASKED EARLIER ABOUT
FEMA AND THE USE OF THE
FEDERAL FUNDS.
DID YOU QUESTION GET ANSWERED
OR IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION?
>> I WAS REMINDED THAT I
BELIEVE YOU SAID MY QUESTIONS
ABOUT FEMA ASSUMPTIONS WILL BE
ANSWERED ON THIS SLIDE.
>> NOT THIS SLIDE.
THE ADDITIONAL BRIEFING THAT WE
WILL GO INTO DEEPER DEPTH ON
THIS SLIDE.
>> GOT IT. MY APOLOGIES.
>> THE WHOLE PRESENTATION ON
FEDERAL FUNDING IS A
COMPREHENSIVE PITCHER.
WE HAVE MADE A CALENDAR WHEN WE
SUBMIT FEMA REIMBURSEMENT AND
BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
PAST HISTORY AND THEIR
EXPECTATIONS, A CALENDAR FOR
WHEN THE REIMBURSEMENTS WOULD
COME. DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY
ARE IN THE STAGE OF THE PROCESS,
WE ASSIGNED A DIFFERENT
PROBABILITY ABOUT THE
REIMBURSEMENT.
THERE IS A CASH FLOW MODEL
ABOUT THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
AND WE CAN SHOW YOU ALL THAT.
I KNEW THE LEVEL OF DETAIL --
THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY AND IT
IS IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW IT FITS
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> THE NEXT SLIDE IS MY LAST.
THAT IS IT.
I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT
JUMPSTART.
IF YOU TAKE THE ORDINANCE
PASSED IN JULY AND SET UP A
FORMULA FOR THE ALLOCATION OF
JUMPSTART PAYROLL RESOURCES AND
IN PARTICULAR BASED ON THE
REVENUE FORECAST OF GENERAL
FUND WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF FUNDING DIRECTED TO
THE GENERAL FUND AND THE
REMAINDER ALLOCATED ACROSS
THESE FOUR BROAD CATEGORIES
THAT WERE CALLED OUT.
OVERALL THE BUDGET ON THE
OVERALL BASIS FULLY INFORMED BY
THE POLICY DIRECTION REACHES
THOSE FUNDING TARGETS.
AS I HIGHLIGHTED THERE IS
ALMOST $100 MILLION FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT THAT IS
FOR HOMELESSNESS. WE EXPAND
THAT DEFINITION SLIGHTLY.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, $24 MILLION.
YOU CAN READ THE OTHERS.
WE DID NOT, IN REACHING THOSE
TARGETS THEY ARE NOT
EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED FROM THE
PAYROLL TAX.
AS WE WERE BALANCING THE
FUNDING AND POLICY PRIORITIES,
INCLUDING THOSE IDENTIFIED IN
THE JUMPSTART ORDINANCE, THOSE
COUNSEL ACTIONS AROUND
EXPANDING HOMELESS SERVICES,
ENDORSEMENT OF THE ECI TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDATION.
YOUR INTEREST -- I AM REALIZING
THERE IS A SLIDE MISSING.
CAN WE GO ONE MORE SLIDE? TO
SEE IF I GOT THEM OUT OF ORDER.
IS THAT THE LAST SLIDE?
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST
SLIDE.
>> CAN YOU GO UP ONE MORE?
THIS IS A BIT UNUSUAL.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IN MY
MATERIALS AND GRAB THE SCREEN
TO PUT UP ANOTHER SLIDE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE BIPOC
INVESTMENTS.
I THINK I HAVE SOME INFORMATION
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
LET ME SEE WHETHER I CAN FIND
THAT FILE REALLY QUICK . SORRY
FOR THE DELAY.
>> WE CAN ALSO START WITH THAT
SLIDE IN THE SECOND SESSION.
>> GIVE ME JUST ONE MOMENT.
>> I AM HAPPY TO FILIBUSTER
WITH A QUESTION IN THE MEANTIME.
>> PLEASE DO.
>> LONG AGO I WORKED IN RADIO.
AND I KNOW WHAT DEAD AIR IS
LIKE.
ON THE SLIDE ABOUT THE FEDERAL
RELIEF PRIORITIES, HOW WE CHECK
TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE
PRIORITIES ON THIS SLIDE MAP TO
THE PRIORITIES OF THE COUNCIL
AND RESOLUTION 31999?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
HAVE NOT DONE THAT CROSSWALK
WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
WHAT I HAVE DONE IS CHECKED --
THE COUNCL PROVIDED ADDITIONAL
DIRECTION IN THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN THAT APPROPRIATED FUNDS
THAT WAS INFORMED BY THAT
RESOLUTION, AS YOU WILL RECALL.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC
THINGS THAT WERE ASKED FOR AND
INCLUDED AT LEAST $60 MILLION IN
TOTAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
BETWEEN THE TWO TRANCHES. THIS
IS $50 MILLION PLUS $30 MILLION
. THE COMBINED PROPOSAL EXCEEDS
THE DIRECTION, THE MINIMUM THAT
WAS SET BY THE COUNCIL.
TERE IS ALSO DIRECTION ON
PROVIDING SOME FUNDING FOR THE
KEEP MOVING STREETS WORK THAT
WAS DISCUSSED.
I HAVE NOT TALKED YET WITH THE
CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST WHO ASKED
TO SEE IF THERE IS OTHER
FUNDING FOR THAT USE AND THERE
WAS SOME DIRECTION ABOUT THE
OLDER AMERICANS ACT FUNDING. WE
WILL TAKE THAT UP IN THE
DISCUSSION WITH HSD.
IN GENERAL, ASIDE FROM THE KEEP
MOVING STREETS DIRECTION, IT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THAT AND WE
WILL DO A CROSSWALK WITH THE
RESOLUTION.
MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE FIRST
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN, WHICH WAS
MOSTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE
RESOLUTION WITH A COUPLE OF
EXCEPTIONS.
SEATTLE PROMISE BEING ONE OF
THEM.
>> LET'S GO TO THE LAST SIDE.
REAL QUICK ON THE BIPOC
INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ON
THIS . YOU WILL HEAR MORE OF
THIS.
THERE WAS $100 MILLION
IDENTIFIED IN THE MAYOR'S LAST
PROPOSED BUDGET.
COUNSEL MODIFIED SOME OF THAT.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON THOSE ISSUES
BRIEFLY.
ON PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES AN
ADDITIONAL $30 MILLION OF 2022
MONEY FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE
2021 RESOURCE.
AMONG THE REASONS WE THOUGHT IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT WAS TO
ESTABLISH THAT FUNDING AGAIN AS
AN ONGOING PART OF THE BASE
BUDGET. THE EXPECTATION IS THAT
THE MAJORITY AND THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME
FORWARD FROM THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS WILL BE FOR
SOME FORM OF ONGOING
PROGRAMMING.
THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE BUT WE
WANTED TO BUILD THAT IN.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, THAT $30
MILLION NEEDS TO BE AN ONGOING
PART OF THE BASE BUDGET.
THAT EFFECTIVELY MEANS THAT THE
2021 RESOURCE WHICH IS ABOUT
$27 MILLION REMAINS UNSPENT
BECOMES A ONE TIME RESOURCE TO
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET IN
PROCESS.
IT WOULD BE FOR COUNSEL TO
DETERMINE.
IT CAN BE USED TO PAY FOR THE
ACTUAL PROCESS ITSELF.
THE OUTRAGE TO THE COMMUNITY,
STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
THAT EXPENSE WOULD NO LONGER BE
DEDUCTED FROM THE AMOUNT THAT
CAN BE AWARDED THROUGH THE
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. IT
ALSO PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY
TO USE SOME SHARE OF THE 2021
MONEY OR A ONE-TIME FUNDING
PROPOSAL THAT COMES THROUGH THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.
THERE COULD BE FUNDING FOR
ONGOING PROGRAMS AND FUNDING
FOR ONE-TIME CAPITAL.
THE ROBUST OPPORTUNITY FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IS
FUNDED.
THE EQUITABLE CITY TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COUNCIL
ENDORSED, RELEASING A PROVISO
FOR $30 MILLION OF ONGOING
ACTIVITIES. THOSE ARE ALSO
SUPPORTED ON AN ONGOING BASIS
IN THE BUDGET.
WE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THOSE
ALREADY.
THOSE ARE FUNDED.
THE $10 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY INVESTMENTS WE TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER WAS A PORTION OF
THOSE RESOURCES AND IS
CONTINUED ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
AND THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
FUND HAD BEEN $30 MILLION
ALLOCATION IN 2021,
RESTRUCTURED SLIGHTLY BUT
DESIGNED TO CONTINUE. THAT IS
WHAT MADE ME THINK OF THIS AND
I REGRET NOT HAVING A SLIDE.
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, $14 MILLION SHOWN
ON THE SLIDE IS FUNDED AS A
PORTION OF THE RESTRUCTURED
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND.
THAT WAS TARGETING MANY OF THE
SAME COMMUNITIES AND TYPES OF
PROJECTS THAT THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE HAS AND
WE THOUGHT IT MADE MORE SENSE
AND COUNSEL IDENTIFIED ONGOING
FUNDING FOR EDI AS A JUMPSTART
PRIORITY.
WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
THEM INTO ALIGNMENT RATHER THAN
RUNNING TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS
AND IT MADE MORE SENSE TO HAVE
A SINGLE INITIATIVE MORE
ROBUSTLY FUNDED.
THE $14 MILLION PLUS $5 MILLION
OF ONGOING FUNDING FROM THE
SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX MEANS
THERE IS ALMOST $20 MILLION AND
THAT CAN SUPPORT MORE THAN 20
MILLION ANNUALLY TO BE INVESTED
IN THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE.
THE REMAINING PORTION OF WHAT
HAD BEEN THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND IS GOING TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR THE
DISPLACEMENT ISSUE.
THE STRATEGY WAS INFORMED BY
THE JUMPSTART PRIORITIES.
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS AN
ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THOSE
PRIORITIES AND MANY OF THE
UNDERLYING POLICY GOALS OF THE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND.
RETURNING TO THIS ISSUE, THESE
FUNDING AMOUNTS IN THE BUDGET
FOR EACH OF THESE PRIORITIES,
THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY A MIX OF
THE FEDERAL RESOURCES AND THE
PAYROLL TAX.
THE RELATIVE MIX DEPENDS IN NO
SMALL PART ON THE ELIGIBILITY
OF THE FEDERAL RESOURCES.
THEY WORK WELL FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND THEY DON'T WORK AS
WELL FOR EDI AND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
THE OVERALL ISSUE WAS WE ARE
ALIGNING RESOURCES AVAILABLE
WITH RELATIVE TO STREETS ON HIS
RESOURCES OR CONSTRAINTS ON THE
FEDERAL SIDE, FEWER OUTSIDE
CONSTRAINTS ON THE PAYROLL TAX
TO TRY TO FIND AND TO
SUCCESSFULLY FUND THE PRIORITIES
THAT WERE CALLED OUT IN
JUMPSTART AND THE ROAD IS
IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE BIPOC
WORK AND INCREASED EMPHASIS ON
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THOSE
LIVING UNSHELTERED AND A NUMBER
OF OTHER AREAS LIKE THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY INVESTMENTS.
THERE WERE PRIORITIES THAT
EXPENDED BEYOND JUMPSTART THAT
WE THOUGHT NEEDED ATTENTION AS
WELL.
WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS CREATIVE
AS POSSIBLE WITH THE RESOURCES
THAT EXISTED TO MEET THOSE
NEEDS.
I MADE THIS POINT EARLIER AND I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT NOW, THIS
WORKS WELL FOR 2022.
WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE
FUNDING LEVELS AND ABLE TO
ACHIEVE THE COMMITMENT ON THE
BIPOC STRATEGIES.
THE 2023 AND BEYOND IT DOES NOT
WORK WITHOUT SOME REAL
THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF
WHAT ARE THE SUSTAINABLE
PRIORITIES AND WHERE SHOULD
RESOURCES BE DIRECTED.
OUR BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDES
LEGISLATION TO MODIFY THE
JUMPSTART ALLOCATIONS FOR 2022.
WE NEED THAT IN ORDER TO BE BOLD
BALANCED.
PROPOSAL DOESN'T ALLOCATE
RESOURCES FOR 2023 AND BEYOND
BECAUSE WE THINK IT IS TOO SOON
TO DO THAT.
THE NEXT MAYOR NEEDS TO WORK
WITH COUNSEL TO DETERMINE WHAT
ARE THE COLLECTIVE PRIORITIES
AND HOW CAN RESOURCES BE
ALLOCATED AND POTENTIALLY NEW
RESOURCES TO BRING TO THE MIX.
I AM HIGHLIGHTING AND BEING
CREATIVE ABOUT TRYING TO MEET
THE PRIORITIES.
WITH THAT I WILL BE HAPPY TO
TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
THESE ARE NOT DIRECTED TO
DIRECTOR NOBLE THEY ARE
COMMENTS FOR COLLEAGUES.
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AND DEVELOPING OUR
ANALYSIS OF HOW THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ALIGNS WITH THE COUNCIL
AND COMMUNITY GOALS AND VALUES,
I KNOW COLLEAGUES, IT WILL
MATTER AS TO THE COLOR OF MONEY.
IT MATTERS WHERE THE DOLLARS
COME FROM AND HOW THEY ARE
BEING ALLOCATED TO ACCOMPLISH
THE GOALS LISTED ON THE FUNDING
TARGETS.
THESE WERE CODIFIED IN STATUTE.
IN TERMS OF THE JUMPSTART
FUNDING, I THINK THE INTENT WAS
TO BE ADDITIVE TO EXISTING
GENERAL FUND.
>> WHILE THERE MAY BE
ALIGNMENTS, I THINK THE COUNCIL
HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY
DIVE IN TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS OF
SEEING GROWTH IN THOSE AREAS
FOR EXISTING PRIORITIES.
FOR CHECKS THAT CASH BEFORE,
THESE NEED TO BE INVESTMENTS
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES,
SPECIFICALLY IN HOUSING.
THE TOTAL GOAL FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ESTIMATES WAS ESTIMATED
TO BE ABOUT 95 DIRECT
INVESTMENTS TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, 3 MILLION AS NOTED IN
THE SLIDE, I THINK WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR HOUSING LATER,
I WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS.
INFORMATION PROVIDED TODAY, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ALLOCATES 45
MILLION, INSTEAD OF 98 MILLION
FOR THEIR PROPOSED TAX.
OF THE PAYROLL TAX, THE 6
MILLION TO COVER THE COST OF
SERVICES, AND CARE, WITH
HOUSING DOLLARS, BUT 45 MILLION
IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE
ANTICIPATED IN THIS SECTION.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
FURTHER ANALYSIS TO DO TO SEE
WHERE WE CAN BE ADDITIVE TO
ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT WERE
ENVISIONED IN THIS COMMUNITY,
IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE
THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING INTO
AREAS TO REBUILD AND INVEST A
MORE EQUITABLE SEATTLE, I
ACTUALLY AGREE THERE IS GOING
TO BE SHARED ALIGNMENT, I THINK
OUR NEXT EMPHASIS REALLY
IDENTIFIES THE MONEY HAS COME
FROM, TO TRULY BE MORE ROBUST
AND COUNTING BOXES.
COUNCILMEMBER MAR ELLIS?
>> THANK YOU, I WAS GOING TO
ADDRESS ALL OF THAT WHAT YOU
JUST DID, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT
I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
ABOUT MAINTAINING THE PRACTICE
AS AN ONGOING PART OF OUR BASE
BUDGET PLANNING, LOTS OF
CONVERSATION LAST YEAR TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD,
TO SHARE IT DECISION-MAKING
WITH COMMUNITY AND HOW WE GET
TO THE 30 MILLION TO BE
INVOLVED IN AND INTERESTED TO
MOVE FORWARD, IMPORTANT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WE DO BUDGETING
HERE ON OUT.
I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY INTENT
TO KEEP THAT FRONT AND CENTER
AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE
MAKE COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS AND
WHO GETS TO BE PART OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
>> I KNOW YOU HAD ANOTHER
SLIDE, MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE
IT INTO A PRESENTATION IF WE
FIND IT BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW TODAY.
MORE DETAIL BEHIND THE SLIDES
AND THAT'S THE INTENT OF OUR
AFTERNOON SESSION ALL DAY
TOMORROW AND ALL DAY FRIDAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CLOSE
US OUT WITH OR ANYTHING ELSE HE
WANTED TO SAY?
>> MY DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE
100 MILLION IS CONTINUED IN
VARIOUS FORMS, THERE IS A
DETAILED BRIEFING COMING UP
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENT, I WILL SHOW YOU
THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DO
WAS TO ECHO SOME OF YOUR
COLLEAGUES COMMENTS, WHAT I
PRESENTED TODAY IS JUST MY
WORK, IT'S THE WORK OF MANY IN
THE BUDGET OFFICE, MANY ACROSS
THE CITY.
IT REFLECTS WORK WE HAVE DONE
IN CONSULTATION WITH CENTRAL
STAFF.
SO, JUST WANT TO EXPRESS
APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THAT
WORK AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS
MARKS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
THAT WE IN THE BUDGET OFFICE
HAVE BALANCED THE BUDGET IN A
REMOTE ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE AND A
STRESS, WE HAVE HELP NOT ONLY
BALANCE THOSE TWO BUDGETS BUT
THE CRISIS CREATED BY COVID-19.
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
WORK OF THE TEAM HERE AND
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS WELL.
AGAIN, WELCOMING THE
PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU AND MORE TO COME.
>> THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL,
AGAIN, I KNOW THERE IS A WHOLE
TEAM BEHIND YOUR EFFORTS HERE
IN THE SLIDES TODAY, SO WE
HONOR THE APPRECIATION, THIS
WILL BE ONGOING AS WE SEEK TO
UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSED BUDGET
IN FRONT OF US AND REDRAFT OF
THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
ALLIE, ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM
YOU?
OKAY, I WILL JUST SAY FOR ALL
OF THOSE WATCHING ONLINE WHO
MAY BE GET THE SENSE THIS FEELS
LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL,
WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS.
BRIAN TAGGART, THAT WAS FOR YOU,
RECESS WILL AND AT 1:00 P.M.
SO, PLEASE COME BACK, WE WILL
HAVE TO GO OVER THE DEVELOPMENT
, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
COUNCILMEMBERS, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
WE WILL SEE YOU AT 1:00 P.M.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS IN
RECESS.
>> 2:00 P.M.?
>>