>>> WELCOME BACK TO THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THE TIME IS 2:01 P.M.
AND THE DATE IS SEPTEMBER 29,
2021.
SESSION TWO OF OUR SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW
IN ORDER.
MA'AM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> PRESENT.
>> DO YOU MIND READING ITEM
NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECORD.
>> GIVE ME ONE SECOND, SORRY.
>> NO PROBLEM.
I WANT TO WELCOME AMANDA ALICE
AND BEN NOBODY FROM THE CITY'S
BUDGET OFFICE.
WELCOME BACK DIRECTOR NOBLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE, OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU MA'AM
CLERK.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE
WITH US.
EXCITED TO HAVE OUR FIRST
PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU'RE HELPING US KICK OFF OUR
2022 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AS WE
BEGIN TO CRAFT THE CALENDAR
YEAR BUDGET IN FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REALLY
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID
AND THE PANDEMIC HITTING OUR
SEATTLE REGION FIRST IN THE
COUNTRY YOU HAVE ALL ACTED WITH
URGENCY, YOU'VE HELPED TO
DEPLOY FUNDING TO SOME OF OUR
MOST IMPACTED SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND YOU HAD A LASER FOCUS ON
HOW TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES,
OUR BLACK AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
SMALL BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE
THOSE BUSINESSES STAY AFLOAT.
EVERY WEEK MY OFFICE CONTINUES
TO GET E-MAILS AND CALLS FROM
SMALL BUSINESSES REQUESTING
ASSISTANCE.
YOU MADE SURE THAT THAT
INFORMATION IS AT OUR
FINGERTIPS TO WE CAN GIVE OUT
THE FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE TO US.
AND CURRENTLY THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC RECOVERY
FUND RFP AVAILABLE.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN DO ANOTHER
PLUG FOR THAT AS WE BEGIN
TODAY'S CONVERSATIONS.
AND COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC THESE FUNDS ARE
REALLY MEANT TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY LED STRATEGIES SUCH
AS PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL SPACE
ACTIVATION, DIGITAL EQUITY,
OUTREACH AND OTHER ECONOMIC
RECOVERY PROJECTS TO RESPOND TO
THE SPECIFIC ECONOMIC NEEDS OF
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS SEATTLE
AND THAT PROPOSAL, EXCUSE ME
THAT RFP HAS A FOCUS ON RACIAL
EQUITY.
AS A REMINDER OCTOBER 7 IS
THEDUE DATE DO GET THOSE
PROPOSALS IN.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THE
DISCUSSION GOING ON HEALTHY
COMMUNITY AS WE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR COVID HOSPITALIZATIONS
IN OUR AREA.
WITH THAT CAN'T CAN'T MISS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TELL PEOPLE GET
VACCINATED ALREADY SO WE CAN
RETURN OUR ECONOMY TO A SAFER
PLACE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES I WILL
TURN TO YOU TO THE LEAD OF THIS
DEPARTMENT AFTER THE REMARKS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT FIRST SO
YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE
SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
FIRST THEN WE'LL GO TO OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE
COMMENTS AS
WELL.
WITH THAT I WILL ASK YOU TO
HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL THE
END OF THE PRESENTATION.
HOLD YOUR COMMENT COLLEAGUES
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALS THEN WE WILL GO
TO OTHER MEMBERS.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL
THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND
CONTINUE TO DO.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO PRESENT OUR 2022 BUDGET TO
YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET SHOWS HOW OFD
IPIVOTING.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS TO SUPPORT
SUSTAINABILITY BY PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
IN 2022 WE FOCUSED ON DELIVERY
PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH
THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
OUR EFFORTS FOCUS ON ENSURING
BROADLY SHARED PROSPERITY AND
BUILDING INNER GENERATIONAL
WEALTH FOR BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOPING
CAREER PATH WAYS AND FAMILY
WAGE JOBS.
SLIDE TWO.
PATTY.
IN OUR 2021 BUDGET, OEDs BUDGET
RECEIVED TWO MAJOR FUNDING
INCREASES.
ONE WE RECEIVED 20.3 MILLION IN
A ONE TIME RECOVERY INVESTMENT
THROUGH CLIFFORD FUNDING THAT
SUPPORTING DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD RECOVERY, SMALL
BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND SMALL BUSINESS FINANCING.
WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY.
THE SECOND FUND SOURCE 9.7
MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO
SUPPORT THE ECI TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATION ADDITIONS.
THESE CHANGES REPRESENTED A
205% INCREASE IN OED EAST 2021
BUDGET.
OEDs 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET TOTALS
29.4 MILLION INCLUDING ALL FUND
SOURCES.
OUR 2022 CLIFFORD FUNDING OF
8.1 MILLION EXPANDS COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY AND WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT FUNDING.
ADDITIONALLY ECI FUNDING WILL
BE MAINTAINED AT $9.7 MILLION,
NEXT SLIDE.
A SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE PER THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE ECI TASK
FORCE THIS ITEM ADDS $2.5
MILLION TO FUND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE INTENDED FOR THE
BLACK AND BROWN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE
PROVIDED UNDER THREE
MAINCATEGORIES THAT INCLUDE
BUSINESS FINANCIAL HEALTH,
SMALL BUSINESS NAVIGATION, AND
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FUND,
THIS CHANGE AT 7.6 MILLION TO
CREATE A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERSHIP FUND FOR BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
BUSINESS IN HIGH DISPLACEMENT
AREAS TO HIGHLIGHT ACQUISITION
OF SPACE.
THE INVESTMENT WILL
PROVIDOPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES TO WHICH WILL
SUPPORT BUSINESSES DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
THE YOUTH HEALTH CARE
EXPIRATION AND HEALTH CARE
INVESTMENT PROGRAMS ARE ECI
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENHANCE
HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES FOR BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES IN PART
BY INCREASING THE
RECOMMENDATION TO THIS FIELD.
NEXT SLIDE.
WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR YOUNG
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE TO
EXPLORE HEALTH CARE CAREERS
THROUGH ACTUAL ACTIVITIES SUCH
AS INTERNSHIPS.
THE HEALTH CARE CAREER PIPELINE
FOR 1.7 MILLION WILL PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS TASKED TO
DEVELOP VIABLE PATH WAYS FOR
INDIVIDUALS IN HEALTH CARE
CAREERS.
THIS WORK WILL BE DONE IN
COMBINATION WITH THE ECI'S
MULTISECTOR GROUP THAT INCLUDES
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD
COALITION, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
HEALTH BOARD THE HEALTH CARE
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP TABLE AND
OTHER HEALTH CARE AND WORK
FORCE STAKE HOLDERS.
OUR MANUFACTURING AND MARITIME
HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
THIS GENERAL FUND INVESTMNT OF
500,000 IS PART OF THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN 4.4 MILLION WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING
PACKAGE.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS RECEIVING
WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT
ALLOCATIONSINCLUDES ARTS, THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING, THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABLE AND ENVIRONMENT.
OEC WILL EXPAND DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS WHICH IS A KEY
INDUSTRY WHERE SEATTLE HOLDS A
VERY COMPETITIVE EDGE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
PERMIT FEE REFORM EQUITY TOOL
KIT.
OEC WILL START LOOKING INTO
PERMIT REVIEW BOARD STAFF TO BE
BACKED BY PERMIT FEES IN 2023.
WITH STAFF CHARGING FOR THEIR
TIME SOME PERMIT FEES COULD SEE
SIGNIFICANT FEE INCREASES.
THIS ONE TIME INVESTMENT OF
$50,000 WILL BE USED TO ENGAGE
COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDERS IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF A
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT FOR
PERMIT REVIEW COSTS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
OEDs MISSION IS TO CREATE AN
INCLUSIVE ECONOMY EVERYONE CAN
THRIVE.
GIVING THE IMPACTS OF THE
PANDEMIC WE ADVANCE OUR MISSION
BY PRIORITIZING THOSE MOST
EFFECTED.
PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO
BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
FOR EXAMPLES OF HOW EQUITY
SHOWS UP IN OUR WORK INCLUDES
INVESTMENT IN COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABLE STRATEGIES AS
INVESTING IN OUR TENANT
IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.
OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
LEADERSHIP FUND AND TECHNICAL
PROGRAM.
SECONDLY CONNECTING BLACK AND
BROWN WORKERS TO RESILIENT
CAREERS THROUGH OUR WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, THIRD
CREATING EQUITABLE POLICIES
LIKE OUR EQUITY TOOL KIT, AND
LASTLY, SUPPORTING THE PREMIUM
LANGUAGE FOR STAFF AND
EXPANDING OUR OES TRAININGS.
AFFORDABILITY IN SEATTLE IS A
HUGE CONCERN AND ONE OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES TO
SEATTLE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
SMALL BUSINESSES FACE
DIFFICULTIES AFFORDING
COMMERCIAL SPACE DUE TO
DEPLETEDSAVINGS AND REVENUE
LOSSS FROM THE PANDEMIC.
THIS REALITY PAIR WITH THE FACT
THAT BUSINESS OWNERS OF COLOR
AS WELL AS WOMEN OWNED
BUSINESSES ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED
AND ARE NOT ABLE TO ASSESS THE
SAME FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT
WHITE BUSINESS OWNERS OBTAIN
REGULARLY.
OED IS EXPANDING
COMMERCIALAFFORDABILITY PROGRAM
TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
TO YOUR RIGHT YOU CAN SEE
PHOTOS O OF FOUR OF OUR PAST
TENANT IMPROVEMENT RECIPIENTS.
WE HAVE TERRELL JACKSON FROM
CAPISH CORNER LOCATED IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE MELISSA MIRANDA BEACON
HILL.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DON
DARLENE AND DIANE LEE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT WHO OWN
THE NAN PAN NOODLE HOUSE.
IN 2022 WE WILL BE EXPANDING
THIS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT 20
BUSINESSES AND IMPLEMENTING A
NEW SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
FUND THAT WILL SUPPORT TEN TO
15 SMALL BUSINESSES AND NOW
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO OPEN IT
UP FOR QUESTIONS FROM YOU
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES PLEASE START US OFF.
>> SURE, THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU DIRECTOR BANKS,
I DO HAVE SOME OPENING REMARKS
THEN I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO START
BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE INCREDIBLE
WORK THAT OED STAFF HAS DONE IN
THE LAST YEAR.
YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR'S
ESPECIALLY THE ENTIRE STAFF
PIVOTED TOWARD WRITING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL
BUSINESSES FOR GRANTS AND
LOANS.
ADMINISTERS THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS IN ADMINISTRATION FUNDS
AND I KNOW THE STAFF REALLY
ABSORBED A LOT OF THE TRAUMA
THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM SMALL
BUSINESS AS THEY WERE HAVING TO
LAY OFF WORKERS AND HAVING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY WERE GOING
TO SURVIVE.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND TO THANK
THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR DOING THAT
VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
I THINK THE REASON THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE AS A CITY
AND I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF, THE
STAR IS REALLY AROUND REDUCING
THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP IN THE
CITY SIX-. I THINK EACH
DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE
STRATEGIC ABOUT ADVANCING THOSE
GOALS AND ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING
TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS TOWARD
THOSE OUTCOMES.
SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEPARTMENT OED
HAS EXPERIENCED A LOT OF
TRANSITION, INTERIM DIRECTOR
BANKS HAS BEEN WITH US OVER THE
LAST YEAR.
WE DID LOSE SEVERAL WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
BUT I THINK EVEN BEFORE THAT
TRANSITION IT HASN'T BEEN CLEAR
TO ME THAT THERE IS KIND OF AN
OVER ALL CITY STRATEGY FOR WHAT
OEDs SHOULD BE DOING.
THERE'S NOT LIKE AN OVER ALL
VISION FOR HOW TO BE MOVING
FORWARD IN THAT WORK.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL
BEFORE I GET TO MY QUESTIONS,
BUT FOR ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH
DEPARTMENTS DURING THIS CYCLE,
I'M GOING TO BE ASKING ABOUT
WHAT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS
SPECIFICALLY ARE DOING TO
ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WANTING IN TERMS
OF REDUCING RACIAL IM
DISPARITIES.
SO IN TERMS OF MY QUESTIONS,
FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
IT APPEARS THAT THE OFFICE IS
GOING TO BE ABSORBED ENTIRELY
INTO OED.
IT'S NOT GOING TO EXIST
SEPARATELY.
I'M SURE THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE
SOME DISMAY AMONGST STAKE
HOLDERS WHO ARE ALREADY
FRUSTRATED THAT THERE HASN'T
BEEN SUPPORT TO ESTABLISH FILM
COMMISSION.
YOU SORT OF REFERENCED THIS
DIRECTOR BANKS, ANOTHER CHANGE
I LOOKS LIKE SDOT WILL NOT
ABSORB THE COST.
SO THE CITY IS LIKELY GOING TO
HAVE TO RAISE PERMIT FEES.
RIGHT NOW THE ONLY REAL
INCENTIVE THAT THE CITY OFFERS
TO FOLKS WHO WANT TO FILM
COMMERCIAL OR VIDEOS IS WE
CHARGE $25 A DAY FOR FILM
PERMITS FOR FOLKS WHO NEED
ACCESS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO IF OED PROPOSED TO COVER
THOSE COSTS IN 2022 MAY HAVE
BOUGHT US SOME TIME.
THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT INCLUDE.
SO IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH US
WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS WILL BE
WITH THE NEW FEES AND WHAT THE
IMPACT WILL BE ON THE INDUSTRY
THAT IS TRYING TO TRYING TO
FIND SOME SUPPORT IN THE CITY.
>> DOCTOR
BANKS IF YOU'RE SPEAKING YOU
ARE MUTED.
>> I WAS.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF
FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.
TO BE CLEAR, THE OFFICE OF
MUSIC AND FILM IS NOT A
SEPARATE OFFICE.
THAT LED TO A LOT OF CONFUSION
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS A LOT
OF REASONS WHY WE'RE REALLY,
TRULY INTEGRATING IT IN SAYING
THAT IT IS OED IS PART OF OED.
ADDING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES INTO
THAT IS ANOTHER THING WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON.
THAT'S ANOTHER WORK IN PROGRESS
FOR US.
IT WAS NEVER A SEPARATE OFFICE.
IT CAME OFF AS THAT, WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON A REBRANDING EFFORT
OR INTEGRATION OF THAT ON THE
FILM AND PERMIT SIDE YOU ARE
CORRECT.
WE IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN I WILL
SAY EATING THE COST FOR THE
RIGHT OF WAY FILM PERMITS AND
THEY ARE VERY COSTLY BECAUSE OF
THE COVID THEY WERE FORCED TO
LOOK AT WAYS TO RECOVER SOME OF
THOSE COSTS.
WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING ON A
PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS USING
THAT MONEY TO DO IT IN AN
EQUITABLE WAY.
THERE'S BEEN SOME SUGGESTIONS
THAT WE HAVE A FUND FOR SAY
NONPROFITS OR COMMUNITY BASED
PERMITS WHERE THEY CAN GET
REDUCED COSTS BUT REALLY
CHARGING THE FILM INDUSTRY THE
TRUE COST OF WHAT IT TAKES TO
CLOSE DOWN CITY RIGHT OF WAY.
ONE THING THAT I DID LEARN IN
THAT PROCESS AND THAT CAME FROM
SPEAKING TO THE PRODUCER OF THE
LAST MAJOR FILM THAT WAS HERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH FOR THE
CITY TO BE CONSIDERED A FILM
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TAX
BILL THAT AT HRAPB TA PROVIDES
THE FILM INDUSTRY AND THAT'S
ATLANTA HAS ON THE FILM
INDUSTRY.
BUT TAX BREAKS THAT BRINGS FILM
PROJECTS HERE.
I AM GOING TO WORK TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE PERMIT COSTS ARE
COVERED AND THAT WE'RE NOT BE
INEQUITABLE TO NONPROFITS OR
LOCAL FILM PRODUCERS THAT NEED
ACCESS TO THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY
IN THAT RESPECT.
>> DIRECTOR BANKS IF I CAN JUST
ADD A LITTLE BIT TO HELP ADD.
A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, SDOT
WILL BE CONTINUING TO BARE THE
COST OF HANDLING THE REVIEWS IN
222.
IT WILL BE DURING 2022 THAT WE
REVIEW WITH THEM AND WITH THE
COMMUNITY HOW TO COME UP WITH A
MORE EQUITABLE PERMIT REVIEW
SOLUTION SO IT WON'T BE AN
IMMEDIATE CHANGE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING
TO BE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR AND
WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE
COUNCIL WITH A PERMIT REFORM.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU TO SEE NOT JUST ABOUT
THIS PARTICULAR INCENTIVE AS
IT'S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW BUT HOW WE CAN ACTIVELY
SUPPORT THE FILM INDUSTRY WE DO
HAVE HERE.
SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THOSE
CREATIVE, THAT CREATIVE SECTOR,
THOSE PRACTITIONER AND
TECHNICALLY. IT WOULD BE VERY
HELPFUL IF YOU COULD HELP US
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VISION IS
FOR THAT GROUP AND HOW THEY'LL
WORKINTERDEPARTMENTALLY GIVEN
THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL
DEPARTMENTS THAT DO
DEVELOPMENTAL WORK ALREADY.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO US WHAT THIS
GROUP IS INTENDED TO DO.
>> IF IT CAN TAKE DOWN THE
SLIDE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE
SLIDE PROJECTOR.
IF A COUNCIL MEMBER DOES HAVE A
QUESTION RELATED TO THE SLIDE
WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT THAT BACK
UP.
BUT FOR THE DISCUSSION PURPOSES
WE CAN TAKE THAT DOWN.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD I SEE
YOU WITH YOUR HAND UP.
I SEE YOU IN THE CUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES.
SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER BANKS.
>> NO, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED WE
ARE ABOUT THIS COMMERCIAL
EXCITABILITY.
AS A WAY TO CREATE ANOTHER WAY
FOR GENERATINAL WEALTH.
THIS AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM IS
ONE THAT MAJOR MURRAY PUT OUT,
A REPORT IN 2016 THAT I HAPPEN
TO FIND IN THIS OFFICE THAT I
WAS LIKE WHOA THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO.
WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT TAKING
THIS COMMUNITY, THE COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY TEAM AND THEY
WILL BE LOOKING AT ENSURING
THAT WHEN A BUSINESS IS GETTING
READY TO OPEN OR THAT THEY'RE
IN A SPACE REALLY TRYING TO
DRAW THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
DRAW BY THE ACTUAL BUILDING OR
THE LAND UNDER IT SO THAT IT'LL
BE GENERATIONAL.
SO WE'RE DOING A DEEP DIVE AND
WE HAVE CONNECTED WITH THE CDFI
THAT WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING SO WHILE WE CAN GRANT
OR DO LOANS WE CAN YOU OUR
MONEY TO BUY DOWN THE COST OF A
LOAN FOR A PROPERTY OR A
BUSINESS OWNER TO ACTUALLY BUY
THEIR PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS REALLY, REALLY
EXCITING.
I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT
OUT TO KIM YANAKASHI BECAUSE WE
WERE ABLE TO OPEN SOME BLACK
OWNED BUSINESSES DURING THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF THIS
PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU DRIVE DOWN YOU WILL
SEE SMALL AFRICAN-AMERICAN
OWNED BUSINESSES.
YOU SAW A COUPLE OF THEM IN THE
SLIDE PRESENTATION.
IT'S ABOUT WHERE OUR OTHER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
IS FOCUSING JUST ON TENANT
IMPROVEMENTS.
ARE THEY FOCUSING ON BEING ABLE
TO DO FACADE IMPROVEMENTS
THINGS LIKE THIS.
THIS COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
BUSINESSOWNER BEING ABLE TO
FOCUS THE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY
FOR A LONG TERM CREATION OF
GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR THEIR
FAMILIES.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
>> SO OKAY SO THAT'S HELPFUL TO
KNOW AND I THINK THERE'S
SEVERAL THINGS THAT SEEM NEW.
SO LET ME GO THROUGH A COUPLE
OF THESE BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO
SEE HOW THESE ARE
INTERCONNECTED AND WHAT THE
CITY IS DOING THROUGH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
THE SMALL OWNERSHIP FUND IS A
NEW THING HERE AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE REGULARLY
HEAR FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESS
DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS IS THE
NEED FOR A REDUCTION AND THE
BURDEN PLACED BY THEM BY CITY
DEPARTMENTS OR FEE PROCESSES,
OR MULTIPLE FEE PROCESSES
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S FROM A
SMALL POT THAT THEY HAVE TO
APPLY FOR OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I'M WORRIED THAT THIS IS
CREATING A BURDEN A NEW PROCESS
FOR ONE.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
EXACTLY IS THE TARGET HERE.
CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE GOAL
IS HERE?
>> I THINK WHAT MAKES THIS
UNIQUE IS WE'RE PARTNERING WITH
CDEFIs THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT UNDERSTAND
THAT BUSINESS AREA CORRECT.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
SO WE'RE NOT CREATING ANYTHING
NEW.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CREATING
ACCESS TO CAPITAL THAT BEFORE
OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES
DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO.
HAVING PROPERTY WHERE BY THEY
CAN TAKE DOWN IF COST OF THE
LOAN.
IT CAN BE IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT
OR IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE
RIGHT.
THAT'S THE REAL BIG DIFFERENCE.
THERE'S NOBODY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD DOING THIS.
FOCUSING ON THE BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR
AREA.
THIS RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM
THE EQUITABLE TASK FORCE THAT
DID A LOT OF MEETINGS AND
RESOURCE AND AGAIN WAS REALLY A
WAY FOR THEM TO SAY HEY, THIS
IS NOT JUST A HOME.
OWNERSHIP IS DEFINITELY A PATH
FOR GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP IS THAT AS
WELL.
>> HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM
THE STRATEGIES WITH EDI AND
SHIFT FOR EXAMPLE.
THAT'S WHEN I SAY I FEEL THAT
WE'RE CREATING ONE OR TWO OR
THREE THINGS DOING THE SAME
THING SO I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND.
AFTER THIS, MA'AM I JUST HAVE
ONE MORE QUESTION THEN I WILL
WRAP UP.
>> AMANDA WILL YOU TAKE THAT
QUESTION PLEASE.
>> SURE, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
YOU'RE REFERRING TO SIFT
SEATTLE INVESTMENT FUND.
OKAY.
HOW IT'S DIFFERENT THAN EDI IS
THAT FOCUS IS REALLY WORKING ON
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WHERE OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE
WORKING ON, WORKING WITH SMALL
BUSINESSES.
AND SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING IN ON
BLACK AND BROWN SMALL
BUSINESSES.
THE SEATTLE INVESTMENT FUND
UNFORTUNATELY IS WINDING DOWN
ITS EXISTANCE.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY
LEFT YET TO SPEND BUT NOT THAT
MUCH.
IN FACT, OUR BUDGET INCLUDES
$90,000 REDUCTION IN THE
CONTRIBUTION FUND BECAUSE THOSE
PROJECTS ARE WRAPPING UP AND
ANTICIPATING TO BE WRAPPING UP
AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT A
SOURCE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO
TURN TO IN A THE SUCCESSFUL
WAY.
>> OKAY, ONE LAST QUESTION.
I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD
AROUND OUR WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AS A CITY.
I THINK FIVE OR SIX OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT FUNDING AND SEVEN
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
IT DOESN'T SEEM WE HAVE A
COHERENT STRATEGY GIVEN ALL
THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES.
CAN YOU TELL US IF THERE IS AN
OVERARCHING STRATEGY AS IT
RELATES TO WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND HOW, WHAT
YOU'RE DOING AT OED CONNECTS TO
WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ALL THE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
>> SO THIS IS A CLUSTER TRAGEDY
APPROACH IN THAT WE WOULD CALL
FOR WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OTHER
DEPARTMENT LOOKING TAT KEY
INDUSTRIES PIECE OF IT.
SO WHAT KEY INDUSTRIES ARE
PROVIDING JOBS AND WHERE WE FIT
IN. I
AM REALLY KNOWING THAT THE CITY
AS A WHOLE I WOULD LOVE AND
WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TOWARD
THIS ON HAVING OED LEADS REALLY
WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT.
BECAUSE WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING IS A TRUE
MEANING AND SENSE OF WORK
FORCE.
SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN 2022
IS DEFINITELY ESTABLISHING A
CLEAR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR
SEATTLE KING COUNTY WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE
STRATEGIES AND SOME OF WHAT
I'VE LEARNED IS COMING OUT OF A
DOWNTOWN WORKING GROUP FROM
COVID RECOVERY.
SO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW I HAD
A PLANNING SESSION YESTERDAY
WITH SOME KEY STAKE HOLDERS
THAT WORK IN WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND I'M VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF
US REALLY BLOWING UP WORK FORCE
AND REALLY EVERYBODY
UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE MEANING
OF WHAT WORK FORCE IS AND WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT INSIDE THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WITH THE CLUSTER STRATEGY AND
KEY INDUSTRY I DO BELIEVE THE
CITY SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN
THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE A WORK FORCE IN PLANNING
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN
THOSE KEY INDUSTRIES TO KEY IN
ON THOSE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WE'RE KEYING IN ON WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENTS.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
THE STRATEGIC ADVISOR POSITION
IS GONE AND I'M SURE THAT'S
TIED TO SOME OF THE OTHER
CONVERSATIONS OF OED.
BUT CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT
WILL AFFECT THE WORK THAT HAS
BEEN DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE ARTS DEPARTMENT.
>> IT'S NOT GONE IT'S BEEN
RECLASSED.
SO WE ARE STILL GOING TO HIRE A
CREATIVE ART/CORE MANAGER AND
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AGAIN THAT PERSON, WE HAVE A
CONSULTANT WE'RE WORKING FOR
RYAN DONAHUGH RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE WAITING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN THAT POSITION IS REPOSTED,
WE HAVE WHAT SKILLS THAT PERSON
REALLY NEEDS.
WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT POSITION
POSTED AT THE END OF THE YEAR
TO LEAD THAT WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE
OF WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO
DURING THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
THOSE CHAIRS TO LEAD OFF WITH
SOME QUESTIONS.
DEFINITELY HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK
MORE QUESTIONS AT THE END BUT
THANK YOU FOR INITIATING THE
LINE OF QUESTIONING TODAY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD I
SEE YOU UP NEXT.
OTHERS ON THE CUE I WILL MAKE
SURE TO GIVE YOU A CALL JUST
RAISE YOUR HAND ON THE HAND
FUNCTION.
>> I'M GLAD WE CAN BE THE
GUINEA PIGS THAT THIS IS
WORKING.
THANKS.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED ONE OF MY
QUESTIONS THERE AT THE END.
AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE CREATIVE
ECONOMY STUDY FOUND THAT HERE
IN SEATTLE THE CREATIVE SECTOR
DRIVES A FULL 18% OF OUR CITY'S
DP.
THAT'S FOUR TIMES THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE.
YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE A FILM
INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
IT IS NOT AS BIG AS THAT IN
OTHER STATES BUT WE DO HAVE AN
INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
SO I'M REALLY SO HAPPY TO SEE
THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT
FROM OED RECOGNIZES THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES THAT AMONG
THE INDUSTRY THAT OED LEADS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE OED WEB
PAGE.
IT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES LISTED.
AND THAT WAS, THAT'S NEW IN THE
PAST UNDER THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES WAS CALLED OUT AS A
PRIME ECONOMIC SECTOR ON THE
OEDs WEB PAGE.
SO PLAN TO FLAG THAT BECAUSE I
THINK IT SENDS AN INCONSISTENT
MESSAGE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE UPLIFTING THIS
PARTICULAR FACTOR.
WHAT I THINK I HEARD, THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DIRECTOR IS
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD I
WANT TO SAY THIS, THAT THE
CREATIVE ENERGY STRATEGY WORK
IT BUILDS OFF OUR POSTRESEARCH
THAT WAS DONE WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
WEBSITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
I'M GOING TO, TELL YOU A LITTLE
PERSONAL, OUR COMPS DIRECTOR
HAD MAJOR SURGERY SO WE'RE A
LITTLE BEHIND BUT BUT SHE
PROMISES TO BE CAUGHT UP BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
>> EXCELLENT.
UNDERSTANDING THAT AND AS
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES SAID IT
ON HER OPENING REMARK.
I KNOW FOLKS AT OED HAVE BEEN
DOING A LOT OF COVID RELATED
RELIEF WORK AND REALLY, REALLY
APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT
EVERYBODY IS DOING IN THE MIDST
OF HAVING AS YOU SAY THEIR OWN
CRY CEASE TO DEAL WITH AS WELL.
SO TOTALLY UNDERSTAND,
APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT, THAT THAT WEBSITE AS IT
IS NOW DOES NOT REALLY REFLECT
THE TOTALITY OF THE BUSINESS
SECTORS THAT WE WANT TO LIFT
UP.
TWO REAL QUICK QUESTIONS, ONE
RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO OED
SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF.
PRIOR TO COVID WAS A SMALL
BUSINESS STABILIZATION FUND BUT
IT WAS VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING
IT POSSIBLE FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR FUNDING
TO ADDRESS UNANTICIPATED
SITUATIONS WHETHER OR NOT IT
WAS NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF A
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT WAS
MAKING IT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO
IMPACT THEIR BUSINESS.
THE STABILIZATION FUND WOULD
SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES WITH
GRANTS TO HELP THEM STAY OPEN
DURING THE PERIOD OF
CONSTRUCTION.
SIMILARLY, SMALL BUSINESSES
THAT WERE ELIGIBLE THEY WERE
THE VICTIM OF A CRIME.
SOMEBODY THREW A ROCK THROUGH
THEIR STORE FRONT WINDOW.
COULD IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE THEY
COULD APPLY FOR FUNDING TO
ADDRESS THOSE UNANTICIPATED
EXPENSES.
I'M WONDERING DO WE EXPECT TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE THE BUSINESS
STABILITYIZATION FUNDS TO PIVOT
BACK TO THOSE NEEDS.
>> NOT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON
RECOVERY.
WHAT I CAN SAY THROUGH THE
DIRECT ALLOCATIONS.
THAT THEY CAN USE THE MONEY TO
DO THOSE SORT OF THINGS.
THE GRAFFITI AND LIGHTING.
I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON SOME
FURTHER DETAILS TO ANSWER SOME
QUESTIONS.
THE FOCUS IS ON THE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY AND USING THE MONEY
THAT WE HAVE DONE DIRECT
ALLOCATIONS TO THOUGH BUSINESS
DISTRICTS TO HAVE FUNDING
AROUND IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW A
MAJOR GRAFFITI OR DO IT THROUGH
WHAT THEY CALL CLEAN CITIES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT TO ENSURE THE
BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE
BUSINESSES HELD IN THOSE
DISTRICTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT
KIND OF FUNDING FOR REPAIR AND
CLEAN UP, SO.
>> AMANDA.
>> I'M SO SORRY.
>> AMANDA CAN ADD TO THAT.
>> IN THE, IN THE 2021 BUDGET
WE DO HAVE AN ALLOCATION FOR
SMALL BUSINESS STABILIZATION
FUND.
AND THAT, AND THAT FUND WILL,
WOULD BE USED.
WE'RE OPENING AN APPLICATION
PERIOD I THINK EARLY IN
OCTOBER, MID-OCTOBER, AND THAT
FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR
CAPITAL.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE
REFERENCING AS BROKEN WINDOWS
AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.
AS THE STABILIZATION FUND HAD
BEEN DEVELOPED FOR.
WE DEFINITELY BECAUSE OF COVID
AND BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS WE'RE
SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE
OPENED IT UP A BIT WIDER AND
ALLOWING PEOPLE TO USE IT
OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE DEALING
WITH THOSE EXTREME
CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNFORTUNATE
CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE YOU'RE
MENTIONING THEY CAN USE THEIR
GRANT AWARD FOR THAT.
AND IT'S REALLY INTENDED FOR
OPERATING CAPITAL.
AND HOPEFULLY I WAS ABLE TO
RESPOND TO YOU.
>> YOU MAY RECALL THAT THIS
FUND WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED
BACK WHEN THEY'RE SORT OF
PHASED PROJECTS AND ONE-HALF OF
THE STREET WAS CLOSED FOR A
REALLY LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
THE OTHER PART OF STREET WAS
CLOSED FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF
TIME AND PEOPLE THERE WERE
SUFFERING BECAUSE PEOPLE
WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR
BUSINESSES.
THAT'S SORT OF HOW IT ALL
STARTED AND IT EXPANDED TO
UNPLANNED EVENTS LIKE DEFENSIVE
CRIME AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS
AND NOW COVID HAPPENED.
AND APPRECIATE HAVING THAT
ADDITIONAL DETAIL.
I WANTED TO SHOW A QUESTION IF
I MAY.
>> TO TOUCH ON THAT PREVIOUS
POINT.
ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE 23rd.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
FOCUSED IS FEDERAL MONEY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO DO IS TARGET THE
FEDERAL DOLLARS.
NOT ACKNOWLEDGES THIS ISN'T AN
AREA OF INTEREST AND ONE THAT I
BELIEVE CAN BE FRUSTRATING.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT POINT, THANK YOU.
>> I THINK IT'S, IS IT, IT WAS
A GOOD USE OF THOSE CBDG
DOLLARS IT DID CREATE SOME
FRUSTRATIONS THOUGH BECAUSE IT
CREATED A NEED FOR BUSINESSES
TO BE INCOME ELIGIBLE TO ACCESS
THEM.
SO THAT MEANT A LOT OF
BUSINESSES WHO HAD IMPACTS
WEREN'T ELIGIBLE TO.
BUT IT WAS STILL BETTER THAN
NOTHING.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS THAT IT
WORKED IN THE 23rd EXAMPLE IS
THAT WAS AN AREA THAT IT WAS
ELIGIBLE GEOGRAPHICAL.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS A BIT OF A ONE
OFF RECOGNIZING, IT WAS THERE
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PRESENT
WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD BE HARD
TO MANAGE BUT ONE THAT WAS ALSO
NECESSARY.
>> AND THEN, MA'AM CHAIRMAN MAY
I ASK A QUESTION.
THANKS.
SHIFTING OVER TO THE FITS AND
STARTS EFFORTS AROUND LEGACY
BUSINESSES WE WERE ON THE VERGE
OF LAUNCHING A LEGACY PROGRAM
WHEN COVID HIT.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PREDECESSOR LEE.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S $60,000 ON
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS SET
ASIDE.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A NOTE THAT
FUNDING CAN BE PUT AMONG THE
ALTERNATIVES TO SEE WHEN THIS
DECISION WILL BE AND WILL BE
PLACED UNDER CAN CONSIDERATION.
>> AMANDA WILL TAKE THAT.
SHE'S THERE BEFORE ME.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE'RE
LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE NEW
INVESTMENTS IS REALLY LOOKING
AT WHAT THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND RESPONDING TO THOSE WHO ARE
MOST IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC
AND SO, I THINK AT THIS MOMENT
THE INTENTION IS GIVEN ALL THE
OTHER INVESTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LEGACY
BUSINESS PROGRAM.
AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO FALSELY
PROMISE ANYTHING TO THE COUNCIL
WANTING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND
SOME TIME TO REALLY LOOK AT THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND
HOW WE CAN GET THAT OUT THE
DOOR AND SERVE THOUGH MOST
IMPACTED.
SO, THERE'S NOT A FORMAL PAST
TO BE ADMINISTERS TO SAY THAT
IF WE MEET THIS THRESHOLD WE'LL
DEFINITELY MOVE FORWARD WITH
LEGACY BUSINESS.
WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE TIME
TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE
THOSE MOST IMPACTED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SMALL QUESTION FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TRYING
TOPLUG ALONG.
I THINK FOLKS KNOW SINCE DAY
ONE OF MY FIRST TERM, IN LEGACY
THIS ISN'T JUST BUSINESSES FOR
OUR PURPOSE.
BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR
A LONG TIME.
THE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN
WORKING AND DEVELOPING ARE
SPECIFICALLY LEGACY BUSINESSES
THAT ARE CONSIDERED CULTURAL
ANCHORS.
THEY ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO
VALUE BECAUSE OF THEIR CULTURAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BUSINESS,
THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG
TIME.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
ALIGNMENT EVEN IN COVID
RECOVERY AROUND WANTING TO HAVE
SOME FOCUS ON THESE TYPES OF
BUSINESSES AND HONESTLY WE'RE
THERE NOW.
>> TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CREATIVE
INDUSTRY POSITIONS AND I JUST
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE ALL
ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO OED IN 2021 HAD A CREATIVE
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR AND
ASTRATEGIC ADVISOR THREE AND A
CREATIVE ADVISOR TWO.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH THE
2022 WORK TERM IS WE WILL TAKE
THAT CREATIVE INDUSTRY TWO
ADVISOR POSITION AND REALLOCATE
IT WITH THAT GOAL.
WE'RE REALLOCATING THE CREATIVE
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR AS OUR NEW
DIVISION DIRECTOR.
AND THAT DIVISION DIRECTOR
POSITION IS ONE THAT WE REALLY
FEEL STRONGLY WE'RE GOING TO
NEED PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE
LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT OED IS
SEEING CURRENTLY AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE INTO NEXT YEAR
WHERE WE HAVE 100% INCREASE
FROM THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR.
200% FOR NEXT YEAR AND SEEING
OVER SIGHT OVER THAT WORK THAT
WE'RE DELIVERING ON.
HOPE THAT'S HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ YOU'RE UP NEXT.
>> OKAY SHIFTING GEARS A LITTLE
BIT.
I WANTED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE WORK FORCE WORK
DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF THE 2022
DEVELOPMENT.
SPECIFICALLY I WAS WONDERING IF
ANY OF THE INVESTMENTS IN THAT
AREA SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO
CAREER EXPLORATION ARE BEING
CONNECTED TO OUR SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM AND IF SO HOW.
>> AND IF NOT CAN WE DO THAT.
SO I, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING,
OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO FIND
THE PLACEMENT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PAID
INTERNSHIPS, WORKS WITH
STUDENTS AND HAC IS MANAGING
THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON SEATTLE KIDS
NOT JUST SEATTLE KID BUT A LOT
OF OTHER KIDS AND WE'RE DOING
THAT FOR THE GREAT
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM WORKING
TOGETHER.
I USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE THAT
WE'RE INTERCONNECTED.
OUR DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT
WORK FORCE INTERNSHIPS THROUGH
THIS MRA WE'RE CREATING FOR
2022.
>> OKAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF ALPHABET SOUP
THERE.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> IT'S OKAY I'LL BE
TRANSLATING.
YOU'RE WORKING WITH OUR HUMAN
RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF
FIGURE OUT THE CONNECTIVE
BETWEEN THIS BODY OF WORK AND
SYNERGY.
>> IN OED WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THEM AND WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT THE GROWTH INDUSTRY
TO PLACE THOSE STUDENTS IN AS A
FULL CIRCLE.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
AND THEN, AND THEN DO YOU I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS.
IF YOU DON'T THAT'S FINE.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOUR
CONVERSATIONS TO DATE YOU ALL
ARE INTENDING TO FOCUS ON A
PARTICULAR AGE GROUP OR IF
YOU'RE, SORT OF WHERE THE POINT
OF CONTACT IS AT THIS POINT.
SO LOOKING FOR A LITTLE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT BOTH THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE POPULATIONS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIKELY
SERVED AS WELL AS SORT OF HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO, HOW YOU'RE
THINKING ABOUT REACHING THOSE
POPULATIONS.
>> RIGHT.
SO THAT IS ACTUALLY THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THAT'S A BIG PIECE AND THAT'S
THEIR PIECE.
>> OKAY GREAT I WILL MAKE SURE
TO ASK THEM THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU MA'AM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH I
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING OUT
IFALPHABET SOUP.
I KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO
TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
DISTILLING THE PROCESS HERE SO
THAT EVERYONE CAN ENGAGE IN
THAT.
IT HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HOUSING.
I APPRECIATE THAT NOTE.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
I'M GOING TO JUST PAUSE REAL
QUICK AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS
ANY QUESTIONS AND IF NOT WE
WILL LET YOU ALL, ADD ANY FINAL
COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, DR. BANKS ANYTHING
ELSE FROM YOU?
>> I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO LEADING THE DEPARTMENT IN
2022 AS WE FOCUS ON ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY GREAT
STAFF HERE AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU'VE GIVEN TODAY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE BEEN WORKING 24/7 TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE FIRST
RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THAT
OUT AND NOW ENSURING WHERE THE
MONEY GOES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS GOING TO ADDRESS
INEQUALITY AND IMPACT
GENERATIONAL WEALTH FOR OUR
BLACK AND BROWN AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU IN 2022.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND
YOUR ENTIRE TEAM AT OED.
AND ALL THAT ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DOES WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY AND THE OFFICE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IN OUR AGENDA.
CAN YOU PLEASE READ IN ITEM
NUMBER FOUR.
>> OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT OSE.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> AND THIS IS WHERE WE WELCOME
IN MICHELLE WELCOME MICHELLE
CAULFIELD WE ALSO HAVE JEANIE
BOAWM AND ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ.
AND JULIE IF FOLKS HAVE
QUESTIONS SHE IS ALSO ON THE
LINE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO TALK ABOUT EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE IN A WAY
THAT THE CITY IS RESPONDING.
AND HOPEFULLY BEING PROACTIVE
AS WE RESPOND TO THE CHANGE OF
CLIMATE THAT HAS BEEN
MANIFESTING AND IN A VERY
VISIBLE WAY IN OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST YEAR.
THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY
JUMP START SEATTLE ALLOCATED 9%
YEARLY TOWARD ADDRESSING GREEN
NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS STARTING
IN THE YEAR 2022.
THESE INVESTMENTS WERE INTENDED
TO BE ADDED TO THE CITY'S
CLIMATE INVESTMENTS AS WE GO
THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION I
KNOW IT'LL BE HELPFUL TO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND
MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL.
TO DESCRIBE HOW THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ALIGN AND NUMBER TWO, HOW
THEY ARE ADDED TO EXISTING
PROGRAMS AND INVESTMENTS.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD
YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL THE END OF
THE PRESENTATION FROM OES AND I
WILL TURN FIRST TO COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT WHO HAS OSE UNDER
THE PREVIEW OF PER VIEW.
SO HOLD THOSE COMMENTS AND
WELCOME.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
I'M PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
MAYOR'S 2022 BUDGET.
I WILL SAY OSE FOR THAT BUT I
WILL TRY NOT TO USE ANY
ALPHABEABBREVIATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE OSE
TEAM.
THEY'VE REALLY DONE
EXTRAORDINARY WORK OVER THE
LAST YEAR AND ACTUALLY MORE
THAN THE LAST YEAR IN A VERY
CHALLENGING TIME FOR ALL OF US.
WE'RE A SMALL 31% BUT MIGHTY
TEAM.
AND I'M JUST TO BE HERE AND
WORKALONGSIDE SUCH TEAM.
YOU HELPED IDENTIFY SOME KEY
COMPLIANCE AND STILL HOVERING
FOR 98% COMPLIANCE RATES.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A
LOT OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT DURING
THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
AS YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA JUST
KICKING OFF IN IN ERNEST A
GREEN NEW GREEN DEAL.
WE CAN GO DO THE NEXT SLIDE
WHICH IS AN OVERVIEW OF OSEs
THE CHANGES BETWEEN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET AND OUR 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET.
THERE'S OVER ALL A NET ADDITION
OF $3.3 MILLION FROM THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET.
OUR BUDGET INCLUDES
APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE SWEET
AND BEVERAGE TAX AND NEW ADDS
FROM THE PAYROLL TAX WHICH
WE'LL WALK THROUGH IN A BIT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WE'VE ALL
BEEN ADJUSTING AND ADAPTING AND
DOING DIFFERENT THINGS DURING
THIS COVID CRISISSOME OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN THAT
HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND REVISED.
SOME OF THE RED IS SOME BACKING
OUT OF COVID RELATED ENERGY
FEEDING WITH EMERGENCY VOUCHING
PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE SCHOOLS
WITH HEALTHY FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES FOR SEATTLE FAMILIES
IN SCHOOLS.
AND WE HAVE OSE WITH NEW
INVESTMENTS TO DELIVER TO
CLIMATE INVESTMENTS.
WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS
OF SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS.
AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO REALLY
GRAPPLE WITH COVID-19 IN
RESPONDING TO A LOT OF COMPLEX
COMMUNITY CHALLENGES, COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA POINTED OUT WE
ARE SEEING THE HARMFUL IMPACTS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND WE ARE EXCITED THAT THE
GOVERNOR IS INTRODUCING NEW
MEASURES TO SPUR CLEAN ENERGY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE HARM
FIRST AND WORSE BY THE PANDEMIC
AS WELL AS THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
SO IN PARTICULAR, KEY -L
ADDITIONS ARE FOCUSED IN TWO
CLIMATE JUSTICE AREAS.
THE FIRST IS THE SWAMI PROJECT.
JUST OVER $8 MILLION TO REALLY
DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF THE
DWAMISH THE PROJECT.
AND THIS IS TO GET THE WORK OFF
THE GROUND AND UP AND RUNNING
AFTER A LONG TIME.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY CALL FOR
ACTION, IMMEDIATE ACTION TO
TRANSITION SEATTLE AWAY FROM
FOSSIL FUELS TOWARD RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND TO DO SO BY
INVESTING IN IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES AND CLEAN ENERGY
JOBS.
AND SO OSEs BUDGET INCLUDES AN
ADDITION OF $3.6 MILLION AS
PART OF A 14 PLUS MILLION
DOLLARS PLUS GREEN INVESTMENT.
I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THIS IS
NOT IN OSE'S BUDGET BUT PART OF
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET OVER SIGHT
BOARD WHICH IS A 19 BOARD AND
THAT BOARD IS UP AND RUNNING SO
THAT MONEY WILL BE READY FOR
RECOMMENDATION WHEN THEY'RE
READY FOR THAT.
I WANT TO NOTE HERE AT THE END
BRIEFLY.
THE OSE BUDGET CONTINUES TO
SUPPORT SOME OF THE CORE
PROGRAMS WE RUN.
SOME OF THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED
HERE BELOW.
WE WANTED TO CALL OUT SOME
EXCITING NEWS THAT WE'RE ABOUT
TO LAUNCH OF NEW FRESH BUCKS
INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
THAT'STHAT'S GOING TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO GO TO RETAILERS AND
USE THEIR FRESH BUCKS. A LITTLE
FRAMING HERE, THE FIRST FIVE
ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO WALK
THROUGH ARE PART OF THE
DEVELOPMENT.
TO REALLY EXPAND YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT IN THE VALLEY WITH
A FOCUS ON THE CAREER.
THEY'RE THE YOUTH CORE AND THE
SKWRORPBL
YOUTH COUNCIL.
THIS PROGRAM IS CHANGING LIVES
I'VE BEEN OUT ON THE FIELD WITH
SOME OF THEM AND JUST BEEN
TOTALLY INSPIRED THEY'RE ON THE
GROUND TRAINING AND WORK TO
GROW FOOD, AND TO ADVANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE
RESILIENCE IS REALLY INSPIRING.
THE SECOND INVESTMENT I JUST
WITHIN THE TO HIGHLIGHT WE SAW
IT WITH THE LAST ORGANIZATION.
OSE HAS BEEN PROVIDING COVID
RELIEF AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE IN
GEORGETOWN TO BUSINESSES THERE.
AND THAT'S REALLY BUILT ON A
LOT OF THE PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE
ESTABLISHED.
THE SECOND INVESTMENT OF
$275,000 WILL REALLY BUILD ON
THESE PARTNERSHIP AND HELP
BUSINESSES OVERCOME SOME OF THE
CURRENT CHALLENGES THEY'RE
STILL FACING IN THIS NEW
NORMAL.
TRYING TO OPERATE IN A KIND OF
CRAZY WORLD THAT SEEMS TO
ALWAYS BE CHANGING AND
DEFINITELY HOW BUSINESSES ARE
INTERACTING WITH CUSTOMERS
CHANGING AT WELL.
WE WILL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING
TO COORDINATE THIS WORK WITH
THE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AS
WELL.
I WANTED TO NOTE THIS
INVESTMENT IS PART OF A
STRATEGY TO FACILITATE SOME
LOCAL PROCUREMENT AND LOCAL
CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT DOES
PROCUREMENT AND TO REALLY LOOK
AT WAYS THAT AS NEW INVESTMENTS
ARE COMING INTO THE VALLEY,
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE
COMING INTO THIS COMMUNITY LIKE
HOW DO WE CONNECT THOSE LOCAL
BUSINESSES TO THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES AND SPUR GREATER
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE THIRD ITEM WILL TARGET
NATURE.
WE KNOW THAT TREES AND NATURE
BRING A LOT OF BENEFITS STORM
WATER MANAGEMENT AND WE ALSO
KNOW THESE AREAS IN OUR CITY
TEND TO HAVE LOWER TREE CANOPY
COVER AND HOTTER TEMPERATURES
DURING EXTREME HEAT WAVES AS
WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO
SUMMERS.
SO THIS INVESTMENT REALLY
BUILDS ON ONGOING COMMUNITY
ACTION TO GREEN COMMUNITIES AND
RESPONSE TO KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
IN THE INDUSTRIAL AMERITIME
STRATEGY AS WELL AS URBAN
FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
WE CAN TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO GETTING ON THE WORSE FORCE
CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO THE NEXT PROPOSED
INVESTMENT OF $275,000 IS
REALLY LOOKING TO ACTION THINGS
THAT WE HAVE HEARD AS KEY
RECOMMENDATIONS IN RECENT WORK
FORCE REPORTS.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FOSSIL FUEL TRANSITIONS STUDY
AND THERE'S TWO SEATTLE JOBS
INITIATIVES THAT HAVE COME OUT
REALLY FOCUSED ON CLEAN ENERGY
WORK FORCE.
SO OSE IS WORKING TO WORK
INPARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH
FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES THAT DO A LOT OF
APPRENTICESHIP WORK WITH
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WHO IS
LOOKING TO BRING ON NEW STAFF
AS PART OF ELECTRIFY KAEUGS
ELECTRIFICATION HOW WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD AROUND PRIORITY HIRE
WITH AN INITIAL FOCUS.
THERE'S A LOT OF POWERFUL
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE
ALREADY CREATED THROUGH THIS
WORK AND WE THINK THERE'S
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ON THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS AND GET THIS MONEY
MOVING QUICKLY.
THE LAST INVESTMENT RELATED TO
THE GREEN NEW DEAL IS A
PROPOSED INVESTMENT OF A
MILLION DOLLARS TO PILOT
INVESTMENTS TO STUDY DIESEL
EMISSIONS AND POLLUTION.
THIS IS REALLY A FOCUS ON
ENGAGING SMALL AND INDEPENDENT
OPERATORS THAT MAY
NEEDADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO
CONVERT TO GREEN ENERGY.
THIS IS PART OF WORK WE'RE
DOING RIGHT NOW AND
CONVERSATIONS
THAT SEATTLE HAS HAD WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
IT'S REALLY A KEY GOAL OF
SEATTLE'S ELECTRIFY
ELECTRIFICATION AND TRY TO
REDUCE THOSE HEALTH IMPACTS.
AND I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO OUR FRIENDS AT
SEATTLE LIGHT FOR THEIR
LEADERSHIP.
THEY REALLY STEPPED IN ON HOW
WE CONNECT E ELECTRIFICATION
AND THEY'RE KEY PARTNERS FOR US
IN THIS AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR SOME
STAFF CAPACITY.
IT'S A BUDGET NEUTRAL ITEM BUT
WE'RE SHARING THE POSITION TO
HELP BRING SOME OF THIS WORK
TOGETHER.
OKAY.
SO MOVING ON I'M TURNING AWAY
FROM THE INVESTMENTS AND
TURNING TOWARD THE GREEN NEW
DEAL INVESTMENTS THIS FINANCIAL
BUDGET I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT
ARE PART OF THE MAYORS $3.3
MILLION INVESTMENT PACKAGE TO
ADVANCE THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT INCLUDES 6.2 MILLION THAT IS
NOT IN BUDGET.
AND REALLY LEVERAGE
OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT THESE
INVESTMENTS TO WORK IMMEDIATELY
AS PART OF THIS EQUITABLE
TRANSITION.
SO THE FIRST INVESTMENT IS
PROPOSED ADDITION OF $320,000.
AND THAT WILL HELP UNDER
RESOURCED BUSINESSES AND
BUILDING OWNERS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF SOME SPECIAL INCENTIVES THAT
ARE JUST AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
CLEAN BUILDINGS ACT TO
ESTABLISH BUILDING STANDARDS
FOR LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
ACROSS THE STATE.
OSE THROUGH THE BENCHMARKING
WORK AND TUNE UPS WORK WE'VE
BEEN DOING.
THERE'S ABOUT A THOUSAND
BUILDINGS IN OUR CITY THAT WILL
NEED TO MAKE ENERGY
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDER TO COMPLY
WITH THIS LAW IN THE COMING
YEARS.
KEEN ON WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
ENGAGE SOME OF THESE UNDER
RESOURCED BUSINESSES.
SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
SOME OF THEM PROVIDING CRITICAL
COMMUNITY SERVICES IN
DISADVANTAGES COMMUNITYS TO
REALLY LEVERAGE THESE EARLY
INCENTIVES AVAILABLE BEFORE THE
REGULATION KICKS IN AND HELP
THEM ONE COMPLY EARLY AND TWO
EVEN GO BEYOND COMPLIANCE
TOWARD ELECTRIFICATION.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
SO INVESTMENT NUMBER SEVEN,
THIS IS A PROPOSED INVESTMENT
OF $200,000 AND THIS WILL FUND
HEAT OIL CONVERSE REBATES AND
PROVIDEINVESTMENT IN BLACK
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR
COMMUNITIES AND UNDER SERVED
COMMUNITIES.
1.5 GOING TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR THIS CONVERGENCE.
THIS ONE TIME FUNDING IS REALLY
DESIGNED TO REALLY KEEP US THE
CITY AND OUR PROGRAM ON ALL OF
US ON TRACK WITH PROVIDING
FUNDING ESSENTIAL FUNDING TO
HELP RESIDENTS CONVERT FROM
DIRTY OIL TO ELECTRIC HEAT
PUMPS THEREFOR REDUCING CARBON
POLLUTION AND PROVIDING COMFORT
AND COOLING AND IT'S REALLY
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GAP FUNDING
AS WE HAVE DELAYED THE OIL
HEATING TAX DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
INVESTMENT NUMBER EIGHT, THIS
IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
FUND.
SOME OF OUR CLIMATE JUSTICE
WORK IS IMPACTING COMMUNITYS TO
LEAD ON SOLUTIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD IN
PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS PROPOSED ADD OF $550,000
WILL SUSTAIN A 2021 THIS YEAR
TRIPLING OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE FUND.
THIS WAS A REALLY EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND THAT WAS
A RECOMMENDATION OF THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
TASK FORCE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THE DEMAND
FOR FUNDS LIKE THIS IS VERY
HIGH.
OSE JUST CLOSED THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT JUST
CLOSED THE 2021 GRANT ROUND AND
RECEIVED 45 PROPOSALS
REQUESTING WELL OVER $2 MILLION
FOR THE $750,000 THAT'S
AVAILABLE TO DISBURSE.
AND THE LAST REALLY LEVERAGED
$1 MILLION OF COVID RELIEF FUND
FOR CLEAN ENERGY TRAINING
SCHOLARSHIPS.
WE KNOW THAT BLACK INDIGENOUS
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES
ARE IMPACTED BY THE COVID
CRISIS AND GREEN ENERGY.
THAT BROUGHT THE NEED TO TRAIN
WORKERS IN GREEN PROJECTS AND
IN ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION.
AND SO THIS FUNDING WILL
PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
TRAINING AND CAREER PREP.
AND OSE WILL DEFINITELY WORK
CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS,
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AS I
MENTIONED.
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND A NUMBER OF
WORK FORCE PARTNERS TO PUT
THESE RESOURCES IN THE HANDS OF
PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST
IMMEDIATELY.
TURNING TO OUR FINAL SLIDE.
JUST WANTED TO CLOSE BY UNDER
SCORING THAT OSEs ONGOING
COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY YOU
KNOW OUR WORK IS GUIDED LIKE
EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THIS CITY
BY THE CITY'S RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
WE ALSO LOOK TO OUR EQUITY
ANDENVIRONMENT AGENDA TO THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AS WELL AS TO
THE PRIORITIES OF THE MANY
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE WORK
WITH.
APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE BUDGET
ADDS THAT I JUST WALKED YOU
THROUGH WILL IMPACT COMMUNITY
IN REDUCING FOSSIL FUELS AND
ACCESSING CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AS
WELL AS MAKING STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS IN THE VALLEY.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED FROM
CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CLIMATE
CRISIS.
WE'RE REALLY DEEPENING OUR
COMMERCIAL WORK.
LIVED EXPERIENCE, CONNECTION TO
IMPACTED COMMUNITYS TO REALLY
BRINGING THOSE VOICES INTO OUR
OFFICE IN OUR HIRING PRACTICES
AND ON OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
OSC HAS A RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE CHANGE TEAM AS MANY
DEPARTMENTS DO IN THIS CITY.
AND THAT IS A GROUP OF STAFF
COMMITTED TO INTERNAL RACIAL
EQUITY WORK.
AND THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN OUR
HIRING PRACTICES IN ALL OF OUR
HIRING IN THE PAST YEAR.
AS WELL AS IN OUR 2021 OR 2022
BUDGETING AS AND FACILITATING A
LEARNING CULTURE WITHIN OUR
OFFICE.
A RACIAL EQUITY WORKING.
I WANT TO NOTE OUR PROPOSED
BUDGET HAS SOME CUTS TO OUR
BUDGET TO ADD TRAINING.
WE WILL CONTINUE TEAM BUILDING.
THAT IS THE END OF THE FORMAL
PRESENTATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A
CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THERE'S A FEW QUESTIONS,
I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT AS CHAIR OF THE
ECONOMY THAT DEALS WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO YOU FIRST AND
THEN WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS
FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MICHELLE AND ALL THE
STAFF AT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
I FIRST JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT
IS BEING DONE BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL
ORGANIZATION TO ACCOMPLISH IF
NEW GREEN DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT TASKS THAT THE
RENTERS COMMITTEE TOOK UP THIS
YEAR.
I THINK THAT THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS A
GROUP, AS A BOARD TOGETHER I
THINK THEY ARE VERY SERIOUS IN
THEIR COMMITMENT TO HELP
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND SO I THINK, I'M HOPING THE
ROLE THEY WILL PLAY WILL BE
AKIN IF NOT EVERYONE MORE
IMPORTANT TO AKIN TO THE ROLE
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE RENTERS
COMMISSION WHO PLAYED A
TREMENDOUS ROLE IN HELPING TO
PUSH FORWARD RENTERS RIGHTS.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE WORK FROM THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M
HOPING THE OVER SIGHT BOARD
WILL BRING MORE AND MORE
IMPORTANT IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN
REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED
UNLESS THE LABOR MOVEMENT IS
HELPING TO LEAD ON IT AND
BRINGING IN THE QUESTION OF
TRANSITION FRONT AND CENTER AND
NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT BUT
ACTUALLY YOU KNOW BRING IN
IDEAS FOR HOW SEATTLE CAN DO
THAT FOR EXAMPLE AS A STARTING
POINT.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN
THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND ALSO
MY OWN STAFF MEMBERS WHO DID A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN
ORDER TO HELP ESTABLISH THAT
BOARD, WE'RE REALLY GLAD IT IS
FINALLY STAFFED NOW AFTER SOME
OBSTACLES.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, MY
QUESTIONS ARE ALL, AND ALSO TO
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IN
FACT, THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD CAN HAVE.
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HEARD
FROM MY COMMENTS, AT MONDAY
MORNING BRIEFINGS ONE OF THE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT MY
OFFICE HAS ON THE BOARD
ALONGSIDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMUNITY AND ALSO SOME
OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OFFICE BOARD ITSELF ARE
DIVESTING FROM INSURANCE
CORPORATIONS INVOLVED
INPROJECTS.
THAT ALONE IS NOT GOING TO GO
FAR ENOUGH BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
AND AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT MORE
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
INFORMATION ON THE FUNDING OF
VARIOUS PROGRAMS IN YOUR
PRESENTATION IN EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND MY OFFICE WILL HAVE MORE
QUESTIONS ON THE SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS AND FUNDING OF
SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AS THE DAYS
GO BY.
AS WE LOOK MORE INTO IT BUT
RIGHT NOW MY QUESTION IS MORE
ABOUT HOW WELL SEATTLE IS DOING
IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE
EXISTING THREAT TO LIFE ON OUR
PLANET.
IT WOULDN'T BE CORRECT TO SAY
WE'RE INCREASING THE BUDGET
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR THAT'S
IMPORTANT BUT THE CRUCIAL
QUESTION CRISIS WE'RE FACING IS
WHAT IS THE FUNDING GOING TO
LOOK LIKE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL WE
FRAME IT THAT WAY.
AND THEN ONE, I THINK THAT ALL
OF THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
IN MY VIEW SHOULD BE FRAMED
FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
WHAT IS THE SCALE THAT'S
NECESSARY AND WHERE WE ARE.
AND I'M REALLY PUTTING A FINE
POINT ON IT REALLY BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY AS GREEN
INTERNATIONALLY WE'RE NOWHERE
ON TRACK RIGHT NOW IN FACT,
THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE ON
SOME MEASURES BUT ALSO WITH
SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SEATTLE
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
STAFF REMEMBER IN THE 2018
GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY REPORT
WHICH IS I BELIEVE THE MOST
RECENT REPORT WE HAVE.
AND OF COURSE IF WE HAVE AN
UPDATED REPORT WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT THAT.
WE LOOKED AT THAT REPORT FROM
IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU ALL
DID.
I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN
COMMITTEE AND THIS WILL BE A
RECAP OF THAT.
WE HAD A LITTLE DISCUSSION ON
THIS BUT ESPECIALLY POIGNANT TO
ME AND I WILL NEVER FORGET IS
THE GRAPH WE LOOKED AT WHERE
THE CITY STARTED WITH GAS
REDUCTIONS.
WE LOOKED AT THE TARGET FOR
GREENHOUSE REDUCTIONS AND WHAT
IS HAPPENING WITH OUR REGION.
I THINK YOU HAD ALREADY TAKEN
CHARGE THEN SO YOU WERE CALLED
TO THE FOUNDATION AND IT LOOKED
LIKE A CLIFF.
THE LINE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IS BASICALLY FLAT.
IF WE ARE TO MEET THE TARGETS
OF 2030 THEN WHAT WE NEED TO
ACHIEVE GOES DEEPER AND DEEPER.
IN FACT, IN ORDER TO CATCH UP
FROM WHERE WE HAVEN'T GONE
ACTUALLY WE WILL NEED TO DO
MUCH MUCH BETTER AND IN FACT,
ON SOME OF THE METRICS ACTUALLY
THINGS SLID BACK WHICH IS
EXTREMELY WORRISOME.
SO YOU KNOW THAT'S MY REFERENCE
POINT FOR ALL OF THIS.
AND THEN, SO MOST OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT MY OFFICE WILL
HAVE FOR THE REST OF THE BUDGET
PROCESS AS FAR AS THE
ASSISTANCE IS CONCERNED.
SORT OF FROM THAT STANDPOINT
AND SPECIFICALLY ON THE
BUILDINGWEATHERIZATION FUNDS I
KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT MOST OF
THE, THE BUILDING FUNDS FROM
THE BIG BUSINESS STAFF THAT WAS
APPROVED LAST YEAR.
BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU
COULD, IF NOW OR LATER GIVEN
ALL OF YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE
GREEN DEAL PROGRAM.
AND HOW THE SCALE OF THE
EXISTING PROGRAMS AND FUNDING
HOW ALL OF THAT COMPARES WITH
WHERE SEATTLE NEEDS TO BE TO BE
ON TRACK TO HAVE THE
WEATHERIZATION COMPONENT TO
MAKE THE CITY CARBON NEUTRAL.
THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK
AND MEET WITH THE GREEN DEAL
OVER SIGHT BOARD AND BRING A
PACKAGE.
WHEN THE MAYOR'S 2022 PROJECT
WAS ANNOUNCED WE SENT A TABLE
TO THE GREEN OVERSIGHT BOARD TO
LET THEM KNOW ALL OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WERE PART OF
THE PAYROLL JUMP START FUNDS.
SO THEY HAD IT ALL IN ONE
PLACE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT YES THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS THE OIL
HEAT CONVERSIONS IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR
WEATHERIZATION AS A WHOLE.
BUT THE FUNDING THAT OEH WILL
BE GETTING IS THE FUNDING UNTIL
THE OIL HEAT TAX COMES INTO
PLAY AND WHEN THE TAX COMES
INTO PLAY THERE'S ESSENTIALLY
PROJECTED BUDGET TO TRY TO
COVER THE CONVERSIONS OF THE
THOUSAND OR SO HOMES THAT WE
BELIEVE FALL WITHIN THE LOW
INCOME RANGE THAT MAY HAVE ALL
THE HEAT.
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF
THE SPECIFIC DATA THAT'S FROM
THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM
DATA.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOUR COMMENTS.
THAT WAS MY FIRST WEEK ON THE
JOB WHEN I CAME TO PRESENT ON
THE COMMITTEE.
I REMEMBER THE TABLES AS WELL.
IT WAS 17 TIMES FASTER THAN THE
CURRENT RATE OF REDUCTION OR 23
TIMES FASTER THAN THE CURRENT
SPEED OF REDUCTION.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S WHY I
THINK THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING
TIME.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT TO THANK ALL
OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN
WORKING LONG AND HARD FOR THIS
AND FOR COUNCIL AND FOR OUR
TEAM AT OSE AND FOR OUR MAYOR
TO BE PRIORITIZING THIS I THINK
WE'RE REALLY READY TO TAKE SOME
BOLD ACTION TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
>> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD AT THIS
POINT.
>> NOT AT THIS POINT, THANK
YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR GETTING US
STARTED.
>> I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS LATER AS WELL.
>> WONDERFUL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, MAYBE ASKING THE SAME THING
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT ASKED,
FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
AM ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT
HAVING THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD COMING ONLINE.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A
REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY
FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
START TO WEIGH IN AND HELP SOME
OF THE DECISION MAKING ABOUT
WHAT STRATEGIES WE NEED TO BE
INVESTING IN.
SO EXCITED TO BE SUPPORTING
THAT WORK.
I DO HAVE, I HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HOME
HEATING OIL PROGRAM AND MAYBE
SOME OF THIS WE SHOULD JUST
TALK ABOUT OFFLINE.
AND I DO JUST WANT TO SIGNAL A
LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION ABOUT
THE INTENT MAYBE.
SO, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOU
KNOW ABOUT 1,000 LOW INCOME
FOLKS WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THE ASSISTANCE IN MAKING THE
CONVERSION, IF THEY QUALIFY FOR
THE EDP.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THE GREATEST BURDEN IS LIKELY
TO BE ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE A
FIXED INCOME.
I.E.
SENIORS WHO MAY NOT BE LOW
INCOME.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE GOAL
OF TRYING TO ASSIST FOLKS WHO
ARE ON A FIXED INCOME OR WHO
ARE LOW INCOME IN MAKING THAT
CONVERSION.
IT'S THE TAX ITSELF THAT'S
BURDENSOME AND REGRESSIVE AND
SO, SO THEN I START TO ASK,
OKAY WHY ARE WE DOING THIS TAX.
IF IT'S TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE
TO MAKE THE CONVERSION OR THEY
WILL HAVE TO PAY A TAX, THE
DATA AS I UNDERSTAND IT
INDICATE THAT LAST YEAR EVEN
WITH THE PANDEMIC WE HAD ALMOST
1,300 HOMES WHO DECOMMISSIONED
THEIR RATE.
THE RATE OF CONVERSION HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
HOW THIS IS WORKING AND WHAT
THE GOAL IS HERE.
ASSUMING THAT THE TAXES ARE
BURDENSOME FOR LOW INCOME
FOLKS.
AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT FOLKS
ARE CONVERTING AT A PRETTY
DECENT RATE.
I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A
DIFFERENT WAY FOR US TO PROVIDE
THE SUPPORT TO LOW INCOME
FAMILIES TO MAKE THE CONVERSION
WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A
REGRESSIVE GOAL TO MAKE THOUGH
FRONTS.
I'M ASKING IF THE RATE OF
CONVERSION HAS BEEN HIGHLY
STEADY WILL THAT PROCOLLUDE US
FROM PROCLUDE US FROM MAKING A
SYSTEM.
I DO WANT TO SORT OF DIVE INTO
KIND OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF
WHETHER THIS IS ACHIEVING THE
GOALS WE THINK WE COULD ACHIEVE
EVEN GIVEN THE FACT WE'VE
EXTENDED A DELAY AT THE STATE
LEVEL, YOU KNOW WHAT HAD BEEN
HOPED TO BE A GRANT PROGRAM TO
PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE HAS NOW
IN FACT, BECOME A LOAN PROJECT
AND CREATES YET ANOTHER
BARRIER.
SO, IF YOU HAVE SOME SHORT
ANSWERS TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL THAT
I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED IN
LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THIS.
>> AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE SOME
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AFTER
THIS PRESENTATION AND I
CANENGAGE CHRISTINE.
THE TAX AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $120 A
YEAR.
AND I BELIEVE AS PART OF THE
LEGISLATION, THAT COUNCIL
PASSED THERE'S A REBATE FOR LOW
INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
THERE'S A REBATE THAT COMES FOR
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS TO DO THE
CONVERSION FOR LOW INCOME
HOMES.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
RETROFITS IN OUR CITY THAT IS
DIRTY, THAT IS EMITTING
EMISSIONS, THAT IS HARMING
PEOPLE AND FINDING CREATIVE
WAYS TO DO THAT AND TO RAISE
THE REVENUE.
PART OF THIS TAX IS PAYING FOR
THAT AND SIGNALING THATS THAT
SOMETHING THIS CITY IS HOPING
TO ELIMINATE BY 2030.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW
WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING OTHER
FUNDING AS WELL TO TRY TO DO,
WE KNOW AS YOU MENTIONED AS YOU
START AS YOU RELY ON THE THING
ITSELF TO PROVIDE THE REVENUE
AT SOME POINT YOU WILL NOT HAVE
THE REVENUE.
AS PART OF OUR INCENTIVE
APPROACH WITH REBATE AS WELL,
MAKING SURE WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T
SWITCHING OFF OIL AND HEAT
MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO NATURAL GAS.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO
PRIORITIZE THEM GOING TO CLEAN
ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS WHICH
PROVIDE A LOT OF ENERGY.
OUR INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE
OFFERING TO MIDDLE AND HIGHER
INCOME FAMILIES IS ALSO HELPING
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THE CLIMATE
GOALS WE HAVE.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT TO TALK
ABOUT.
I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY, I
THINK WE SHOULD NOT IN THIS
HEARING RIGHT NOW TALK ABOUT
LIKE THE TAX ITSELF AND MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE TAX AND ANSWER
SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS THERE.
IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO
INCENTIVIZE ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS
TO PAY FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES
THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD
TO PAY THE FULL CONVERSION EVEN
TO NATURAL GAS.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD GO
AHEAD.
>> I'M GOING TO RETURN TO, A
LINE OF QUESTIONING THAT I HAD
THIS MORNING THAT DIRECTOR
NOBLE MAY HAVE MENTIONED.
ONE OF HIS SLIDES MADE THE
IMPRESSION THAT THE GROUP WAS
GETTING THE FULL $500,000.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE
CASE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
I KNOW THEY WERE RECRUITING
$112,000 FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY WERE DIRECTED TO APPLY
FOR SOME FUNDING IN YOUR
DEPARTMENT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET BOTTOM
LINE NOW THAT THEY ASKED ME TO
APPLY FOR THAT GRANT BECAUSE
IT'S GOING TO BE DIRECT FUNDING
FROM OSE TO THE YOUTH CORE.
HOWEVER WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR
THEM IN 2022.
SEEPING TO GIVE THAT
INFORMATION IN THAT SLIDE IN
DR. NOBLE'S PRESENTATION.
I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE HOPES,
CONFUSION RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE CONFUSED.
>> THAT'S THE WORD.
>> AND I WILL, I'LL ANSWER, I
DON'T WANT TO, ARE YOU FINISHED
WITH THAT LINE OF YOUR
QUESTIONS.
SO I WANT TO AND I'M SURE
ALBERTO WILL HAVE MORE
SPECIFICS THAT HE CAN SHARE BUT
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS YOU'RE
CORRECT THAT THIS FUNDING THIS
$500,000 IS AMAZING.
IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF
FUNDING IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
YOUTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
COLLECTIVELY IN THE DAWAMISH
VALLEY.
ALBERTO JUST LET ME KNOW
THERE'S A NEW COALITION THAT WE
WANT TO LOOK AT THE TOO.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE HS HUMAN
SERVICES DIVISION FUNDING THAT
YOU REFERENCED TO BEFORE.
BUT I CAN SAY THAT OSE IS ALSO
PART OF OUR STANDARD OPERATING
BUDGET.
WE HAVE ALWAYS FUNDED THE YOUTH
CORE.
WE'VE DONE REALLY EXCITING
PROJECTS WITH THEM.
WE'VE HAD THEM CORRECT WITH OUR
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION.
WE'VE HAD THEM LEARN FROM OUR
URBAN FOREST OR FROM SDOT OR
DILLY FROM OUR SEATTLE TREES
PROGRAM.
TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE
TREES CAN GO.
TO CARE FOR TREES SO THEY'VE
BEEN VERY ENGAGED IN LOTS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE WORK
WE'VE BEEN DOING.
AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS FUNDED
THEM.
AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.
I CAN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THEY WERE DIRECTED TO APPLY FOR
FUNDING TO OSE.
I THINK ALBERTO CAN TALK TO
THAT.
BUT AT SOME POINT THERE WAS A
SITUATION AND THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT FUNDING.
AND OUR STAFF IDENTIFIED, HERE
ARE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE
THAT YOU COULD APPLY TO THAT
CAN KIND OF SUPPORT THE WORK
YOU DO.
I WILL SAY RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T ON MY MIND HAVE A
SPECIFIC AMOUNT THAT GOES TO
EACH ORGANIZATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO
WORK ON LOOK AT THE
ORGANIZATIONS AND WHAT'S THEIR
CURRENT CAPACITY AND PLAN.
HOW TO WE LOOK AT SUPPORTING
YOUTH LEADERSHIP ENVIRONMENT IN
A COMPREHENSIVE WAY.
IN THE VALLEY.
>> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE
IS THEY LOST $112,000 IN
FUNDING.
>> GOT IT.
>> AND IF THAT WERE TURNING
AWAY FROM HSD TO OSE I JUST
WANT TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MUCH
THEY CAN EXPECT TO BE FUNDED IN
2022 TO MAKE UP FOR THAT HUGE
LOSS FROM THE HSD FUNDING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU UNDERSTAND.
ALBERTO IS THERE ANYTHING MORE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO MY
RESPONSE ?
>> THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF
FINE POINT AND THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
THE WAY MICHELLE MENTIONED I'M
JUST GOING TO ECHO THAT.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE A SPECIFIC
NUMBER.
THERE'S A VERY NEW NEWS AND THE
BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY
COUNCIL YET SO I WILL ADD THE
FINAL NUMBER TO THAT REPORT.
BUT OUR MISSION IS TO MEET THE
NEEDS THAT IN THAT FUNDING GAP
THEY'VE HAD SINCE THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BE FUNDED BY HSP.
IF THEY'RE STILL IN NEED OF
THAT AMOUNT THEY CAN CERTAINLY
MEET IT.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET IS COMMITTED
TO FILL THAT GAP COMPLETELY AND
ACTUALLY THE VISION IS TO
EXPAND IF THERE'S AN INTEREST
AND IF THERE'S CAPACITY IN
TERMS OF NUMBER OF YOUTH.
YOU KNOW THIS, THAT EVEN THOUGH
THEY HAVE MAYBE LIKE 40 SPOTS
FOR COHERT.
SIXTY, 70 KIDS SHOW UP.
THEY WANT US TO ENGAGE BECAUSE
EVERYONE IF THEY DON'T GET
PAID.
YOU KNOW THE VISION THAT WE
HAVE, HOPEFULLY YOU KNOW
COUNCIL WILL APPROVE THE BUDGET
IS TO MEET THE NEED.
TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY
IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER BUT SOME
INDICATIONS THAT THEY HAD IN
TERMS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR SECOND
YEAR YOUTH.
THAT'S ONE OF THE
CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND ALSO, IF THEY CAN EXPAND
AND IF THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO EXPAND BY NUMBER WHAT IS THE
NEED THEY HAVE TO EXPAND THEIR
STAFF CAPACITY.
SO THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT
WE WILL BE, THIS IS THE
PROPOSAL AND THE DETAILS THAT
WE WILL BE CODEVELOPING WITH
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER SUCH AS
THE DEVELOPMENT YOUTH CORE.
IF AND WHEN THE BUDGET IS
APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
AND JUST LIKE MICHELLE
MENTIONED THERE ARE OTHER
GROUPS EFFORTS IN THE GEORGE
GEORGETOWN SIDE OF THINGS.
ANDTHE OTHER THING WE'RE TRYING
TO EXPAND IS THAT TIED TO
WHAT'S NEXT AFTER THESE KIDS
CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF
THESE YOUTH PROGRAMS.
THAT TYPE OF YOUTH FORCE TO
CAREER.
CAN WE HELP THEM CONNECT THEM
TO CAREER SUPPORT.
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, FOR OTHER
KINDS OF JOBS.
BLUE COLLAR JOBS.
WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE AND OUR
SHORT ANSWER IS WE'RE HOPING TO
MEET THE NEED.
GROW THAT POT OF FUNDING AND
SUPPORT OTHER EFFORTS THAT WILL
ACTUALLY MAKE THIS MORE, A
COMPREHENSIVE SWEEP OF BENEFITS
TO OUR YOUTH.
>> ANOTHER REALLY QUICK
QUESTION.
IN THE TABLE I'M JUST CURIOUS
AS TO WHY, THINGS LIKE ITEM
TWO, THIS RELIEF.
ITEM FOUR THE WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND ITEM NINE WHICH
ANOTHER WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT
ITEM.
WHY WE'RE SEEING THESE IN OSE
AND NOT IN, OFFICE CITY
DEVELOPMENT.
THESE SEEM TO BE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT RELATED.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD ASKED
EARLIER THIS MORNING, WOULD
JUST LOVE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S NOT DEVELOPED YESTERDAY
BECAUSE IT'S A CONCEPT WITHOUT
IMPLEMENTATION YET.
KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
HOW THE REBATES FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLES WORK.
HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO VEHICLES
TRAVELING THROUGH
NEIGHBORHOODS, GAS DIESEL
VEHICLES ARE HAVING HUGE
IMPACTS ON RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> THOSE ARE GREAT GREAT
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THEM.
YEAH, I WAS LISTENING TO THE
CONVERSATION.
IT WAS NICE TO FOLLOW UP THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
UP AND RUNNING WITH THE KIND OF
WORK FORCE AND LABOR EXPERTISE
THAT'S ON THIS BOARD.
WE KNOW THE GREEN NEW DEAL
ITSELF IS KIND OF A WORK FORCE
AND LABOR TRANSITION
INITIATIVE.
AND SO WHERE WE SEE OSE
CONNECTING WITH OED AND OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS IS HOW ARE WE
MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS TO
HAVE FOCUSED WORK FORCE AND JOB
TRAINING AND CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CLEAN
ENERGY SECTOR.
SO IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC SECTOR
FOCUSED ON THE KINDS OF JOBS
THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THE
FUTURE.
AND I THINK SOME OF WHY YOU'RE
SEEING THIS IN THE OSE BUDGET
RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE VERY
STRONG PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN DOING.
ONE THROUGH THE GREEN NEW
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND ALL OF THE
STAKE HOLDERS TWO THROUGH THE
WORK THAT ALBERTO AND OTHER
COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN DOING IN
THE VALLEY WHICH ARE CONNECTED
TO THE INDUSTRIAL AND
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO
JUMP START SOME OF THIS WORK TO
GET THIS GOING ON WHAT SOME OF
THESE GREEN CAREERS.
I DON'T THINK OSE IS GOING TO
BECOME THE WORK FORCE, THE
GREEN WORK FORCE ORGANIZATION
FOR SEATTLE.
WE WANT A PARTNER AND WE REALLY
WANT TO THINK ABOUT AS WE LOOK
AHEAD TO THE OVER ALL STRATEGY
THAT WE HEARD CONGRESS
MEMBERMORALES HAD.
HOW DOES THE GREEN NEW DEAL FIT
INTO THE BROADER TRAGEDY OF
WORK FORCE.
WE SEE OURSELFS IN THAT PIECE
AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT, WITH
THE GREEN NEW DEAL CITY TEAM
THAT WE HAVE UP AND RUNNING
NOW, THERE WILL BE A WORK FORCE
SUB COMMITTEE THAT BRINGS
TOGETHER ALL THE KEY
DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE THINKING
ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
SOS THAT GOING TO BE LIKE THE
FIRST PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO GO, SO THAT IS GOING TO BE
THE FIRST PLACE WHERE WE GO FOR
THE INITIATIVE.
AND LOOK AT THE LONG TERM
STRUCTURE FOR HOW WE REALLY
MOVE THIS WORK.
I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT WE
HAVE THROUGH OUR WORK, THROUGH
LIKE THE BUILDINGS WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THROUGH
THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY INITIATIVE
WORK THAT WE WORK WITH CAPITAL
APARTMENTS ON.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SEATTLE
COLLEGE AND THEY HAVE A
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
WE HAVE FOR THE LAST THREE
YEARS STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF
THAT PROGRAM WHO ARE ACTUALLY
GOING OUT AND DOING ASSESSMENTS
IN BUILDINGS WHO ARE ACTUALLY
LEARNING HOW DO OUR MANDATES
WORK AND HOW DO WE ACTUALLY
WORK WITH THESE BUSINESSES IN
ACHIEVING THE BOARD.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT JOB TRAINING
AND PREPARING FOR THESE JOBS
WE'RE SEEING ARE ONLY GOING TO
GROW WHEN WE SEE MORE AND MORE
STANDARDS.
MORE AND MORE MANDATES FOR
RETROFITTING FOSSIL FUELS,
NATURAL GAS AND OFFICIAL
BUILDINGS GREEN BUILDINGS.
THAT IS THE CONNECTION THAT OSE
HAS.
I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS OF
WHERE WE'LL BE THREE YEARS FROM
THAT BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED
TO GET GOING ON THESE EFFORTS.
THE OTHER QUESTION, WHAT WAS IF
OTHER QUESTION, THE INCENTIVE
PROGRAM.
I WILL SAY IT'S NOT FIGURED OUT
YET AT ALL.
AND I JUST ATTENDED THIS
MORNING I'M DOWN IN THE OFFICE
LIKE FOR THE THIRD TIME IN TWO
YEARS.
I JUST ATTENDED A MEETING WITH
CLEAN TRANSPORTATION AND WHO,
ALBERTO WAS ON THIS MEETING AS
WELL.
THEY'RE ATTENDING SOME WORK
WE'RE DOING AND I TALKED TO YOU
ABOUT A ZERO EMISSION ZONE IN
THE VALLEY AND LOOKING AT THESE
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES TO BE A
LIGHTHOUSE IN THIS AREA AND BE
KIND OF LIKE AN INSPIRATION TO
OTHER CITIES AND OTHER PLACES
TO REALLY LOOK AT WITH THE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES COMING WITH THESE
HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES MAKING SURE
THAT NOT JUST THE BIGGEST
FLEETS LIKE THE AMAZONS AND YOU
KNOW THE BIG FLEETS ARE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AND
BUYING IT UP BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THE RESOURCES.
OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THOSE
SMALL AND INDEPENDENT OPERATORS
THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE.
IT'S AKIN TO PEOPLE IN THEIR
HOMES WHO DON'T HAVE THE MONEY
TO CHANGE OUT THEIR OIL-HEATING
SYSTEM.
HOW ARE WE HELPING PEOPLE
STRUGGLING TO BE PART OF THE
TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY.
I WANT TO SAY THAT AS PART OF
THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN
TRANSPORTATION WE'RE ACTUALLY
DOING SURVEYS OF TRUCK
OPERATORS AND UNDERSTANDING
WHERE DO YOU LIVE.
WHERE DO YOU COME FROM.
WHERE DO YOU PARK.
ARE YOU, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY
GOING TO HAVE VERY GOOD
INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE
OPERATORS AND BE ABLE TO TARGET
THOSE OPERATORS THAT ONE MIGHT
BE PARKING.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE
PARKING ISSUES RIGHT.
AND OUR DRIVING IN AND THROUGH
THAT COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY CONNECTING IT
TO THE DIESEL RELATED.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE
GREEN PROJECT IN THE VALLEY
ZONE.
>> I WALKED OUT OF THAT
MEETING, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I HAD BEEN IN A MEETING WITH
FIVE PEOPLE IN ONE ROOM.
WE HAD MASKS ON BUT IT WAS
REALLY EXCITING.
THE WORK IS EXCITING BUT BEING
WITH PEOPLE IS EXCITING TOO.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS SO I'M GOING TO ASK A FEW
QUICK QUESTIONS TO ROUND THIS
OUT UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER HAND
THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO WAIT COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSON I SEE YOUR HAND
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA
AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR
CAULFIELD TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM
ESPECIALLY FOR THE WORK YOU'VE
DONE DURING THE PANDEMIC TO
EXPANDING THE GREEN BUCKS
PROGRAM AND ALL THE THINGS WE
ALL HAD TO DO.
ONE OF THE THINGS, WANT TO
PIGGY BACK ON WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT HAD.
JUST WANTED TO KNOW, THIS IS
SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT
LATER AND I KNOW CITY BUDGET
OFFICE IS SORT OF A LEAD ON
THAT BUT AT THE SAME TIME I
DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU, WE'RE
GETTING QUESTIONS FROM
DEPARTMENTS.
HOW IS THAT GOING OVER ALL WITH
DEPARTMENTS ANSWERING THOSE TWO
QUESTIONS EMISSIONS AND
ADAPTATION.
REGARDING ADAPTATION, I KNOW
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD
QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTROLLING
EMISSIONS.
I KNOW THERE WAS A 2017 REPORT
ON CLIMATE ADAPTATION,
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
THAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE
ADAPTED.
I AM LOOKING AT IT WITH A LENS
OF WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HAS TO DO
BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY IN IT.
JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE
THAT THERE ARE SOME GROUPS WHO
ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN
PHASING OUT GAS POWERED LEAF
BLOWERS AND I KNOW THAT, THAT'S
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHICH DEPARTMENT
WOULD WORK ON SOMETHING LIKE
THAT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT
I MIGHT ASK THE EXECUTIVE TO
LOOK AT IS HOW CAN WE DO THAT
IN AN EQUITABLE WAY TO PHASE
THINGS OUT OVER TIME.
BOTH WITH THE CITY GOVERNMENT
AND EVERYONE EXTERNALLY IN THE
PRIVATE MARKET.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE DEALING
WITH IS COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
LEADERSHIP IS TRYING TO WORK TO
GET A TREE PROTECTION ORDNANCE
SO THEIR DIFFERENT, THERE WAS A
SLIDE OR STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTEND APPROVED BY
THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR TO SEE IF
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO
MANAGE TREE, TREE CANOPY IN THE
CITY BECAUSE THERE WERE TEN
DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE ADVOCATING FOR TREES ARE
INTERESTED IN INCREASING THE
ROLE OF YOUR OFFICE BECAUSE OF
YOUR FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO JUST SIGNALING THAT THERE
WILL BE SOMETHING.
WE DID GET A RESPONSE ABOUT
THAT.
IT WAS REALLY JUST SAYING WE
THE EXECUTIVE NEED MORE
INFORMATION BEFORE WE CAN
ANSWER A QUESTION.
SO IT WASN'T, I WAS NOT, I WAS
NOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT
RESPONSE.
SO I THINK MIGHT WANT TO LOOK
IN THIS BUDGET ABOUT DOING
SOMETHING MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT
TREES MAYBE I HEARD OF AN IDEA
OF A POSITION OF CHIEF ARBORIST
OR SOMEBODY WHO HAS TO SIGN OFF
ON REMOVAL OF EXCEPTIONAL TREES
FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT CIRCLING BACK TO ADAPTATION
AND THE, THE DEPARTMENTS HAVING
TO SPEAK TO WHETHER LEGISLATION
IS REDUCING EMISSIONS OR ENACT
TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
IS THERE ANYTHING, OR THIS IS
SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE WAITING
FOR THE GREEN CLIMATE DEAL
ECONOMY TO PROPOSE.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS.
I HOPE I CAN ANSWER.
I THINK I HEARD THREE OF FOUR
OF THEM.
I HAD A CLIMATE NOTE.
YES I DID CHECK IN WHEN I FIRST
STARTED MY POSITION AS THE
INTERIM JUST FOR THIS YEAR.
I CHECKED IN WITH CDO.
WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS SEE CLIMATE
CHANGE AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION
AS PART OF THEIR NORMAL
BUSINESS.
LIKE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT OUR
SERVICE DELIVERY.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD
INFORMATION ON CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS.
I THINK I WILL SAY WE'VE BEEN
WORKING ON THE ADAPTATION MORE
GENERALLY.
FOR EXAMPLE THE HEAT ISLAND
RESEARCH WE DID IN 2020.
WE REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND
ACROSS THE CITY WHAT ARE THE
AREAS ACROSS THE CITY THAT'S
EXPERIENCING MORE EXTREME HEAT.
AND HOW DO WE WANT TO HELP
COMMUNITIES BEFORE MORE
ADAPTIVE AND RESILIENT TO THAT.
IT ISN'T A BODY OF WORK THAT
THE CITY IS WORKING ON
ADAPTATION BUT IT'S SOMETHING
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT.
AND I GUESS I WILL JUST GIVE
YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, JUST LET
YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ACTIVE
GROUP THAT MEETS PHOáPBTSLY
CALLED THE ADAPTATION GROUP AND
IT'S EIGHT DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS THAT COME TOGETHER
THAT COLLECTIVELY GOING AFTER
FUNDING TO HELP US BE MORE
RESILIENT AND TO ADAPT TO
CLIMATE CHANGES.
I THINK MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP
WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE
INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE
ARE PREPARING AND I WANT TO
SHINE A SPOTLIGHT ON ALBERTO
FOR A MOMENT TOO BECAUSE HE'S
BEEN DOING SOME REALLY EXCITING
WORK IN THE DWAMISH VALLEY.
AND SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES AND
AREAS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE
TO FLOODING AND HEAT.
AND SO, WE GOT A GRANT FROM THE
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
LAST YEAR.
IT'S A $650,000 GRANT TO
CREATING A DISTRICT FOR THE
VALLEY.
THAT'S A RESILIENT FOCUS TO
SOME OF THOSE PHYSICAL CHANGES
THAT WE KNOW ARE HAPPENING AND
ALSO HOW CAN COMMUNITY BE MORE
RESILIENT AND ADAPT AND AS WE
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT
PLACES AREN'T FLOODED OUT.
HOW DO WE ALSO KEEP PEOPLE IN
PLACE.
SO IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE
RESILIENT STUDY THAT I CAN BE A
MODEL TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN
OUR CITY AS WELL.
AND FOR OUR TREES.
I KNOW OUR TEAM WORKS WE HAVE A
FORESTRY ADVISOR SANDRA PINTO
HAS RETIRED BUT WE HAVE AN OUT
OF CLASS IN THAT POSITION RIGHT
NOW CONTINUING THAT IMPORTANT
COORDINATION WORK.
I KNOW THEY LOOKED AT WHAT THEY
COULD DO WITH THE INFORMATION
THEY HAD IN THE EXPERTISE THEY
HAD.
AND THAT AS FAR AS THEY COULD
WITH THAT.
SO WE WILL BE ON THE WATCH FOR
ANYTHING MORE THAT COMES FROM
YOU ON THAT.
I AGREE OSE HOLDS THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT
HOLDS A VERY IMPORTANT CLIMATE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE FOR OUR
CITY OVER ALL.
I DO WANT TO SAY, SOME OF THE
IDEAS AROUND US BECOMING TREE
REGULATORS AND TAKING ON A
WHOLE REGULATORY LAND USE BODY
IS SOMETHING THAT IS A CHANNEL
FOR AN OFFICE LIKE OURS A 30
PERSON OFFICE.
SO I THINK IT'S NOT AN EASY YES
YOU SHOULD JUST DO THAT.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN A REALLY
GREAT PARTNER AND HAVE WORKED
VERY CLOSELY WITH SBI WITH SOME
OF THE INCLUSIVE OUTREACH ON
SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING INTERNALLY TO LOOK AT
SOME OF THE TRUE PROTECTION
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND TREE
PROTECTION.
WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN
DEFINITELY BEEN THERE AS A
PARTNER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN
US OUR THE COMMUNITIES
CONFIDENCE IN THAT AND OUR
INCENTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
PROTECT OUR TREES AS WE GROW.
DID I HIT EVERYTHING YOU ASKED.
I MAY HAVE MISSED ONE THING.
>> YES YOU DID.
I TALKED ABOUT GAS POWERED LEAF
BLOWERS BUT THAT'S SOMETHING.
>> SEATTLE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING FOR LATER.
THAT WE CAN SORT OUT LATER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
COLLEAGUES WE HAVE A FEW MORE
MINUTES ON THIS TOPIC AND I'M
GOING TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS
THEN WE WILL TRANSITION TO OUR
LAST HOUR AND OUR LAST ITEM.
IF WE CAN HAVE SLIDE NUMBER ONE
PLACED UP THERE.
I'M GOING TO ASK A FEW
QUESTIONS ON SLIDE NUMBER ONE
AND NUMBER TWO.
AND IF IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU I'M
HAPPY TO DROP THOSE IN THE
CHAT.
SO TO READ THEM OUT LOUD AS
WELL FOR OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE.
SO ON SLIDE NUMBER ONE.
CAN YOU SUMMARIZE FOR US WHAT
THE TOTAL JUMP START FUNDING
AMOUNT IS THAT IS GOING IN TO
THE THAT IS GOING INTO OSE FOR
2022.
HOW DOES THAT CORRESPOND WITH
THE REDUCTION IN GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS GOING INTO THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN IF YOU TOGGLE.
I CAN HOLD IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> I THINK I CAN BUT WE JEANIE
WILL HELP US DO THAT.
WELCOME JEANIE.
>> HELLO.
I THINK YEAH DOWN THERE THERE'S
A NOTE THAT THE OTHER
PROCREATION CATEGORY IS WHERE
YOU'RE SEEING THE JUMP START
PAYROLL TAX ADDED.
THAT'S 2.75 MILLION.
BEING ADDED TO WHAT WE ALREADY
HAD IN OUR BASELINE OF 5.9
MILLION FOR THE SUGAR AND
BEVERAGE TAX.
THAT'S THE APPROPRIATION WHERE
THE OTHER CATEGORY COMES
FROMMENT AND THOSE WERE THE
ITEMS IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLES
THAT A SPECIFIC DATA TABLE THAT
GIVE YOU THE DETAIL THAT WERE
ALL MARKED AS PAYROLL TAX.
THEY SHOULD ADD UP TO THE 2.75.
THEN WHAT WAS YOUR OTHER PART
OF YOUR QUESTION ON THAT?
>> I THINK YOU ANSWERED HOW
DOES THAT CORRESPOND WITH THE
REDUCTION IN THE GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS GOING TO OSE.
>> THE GENERAL FUND REDUCTION
IS SORT OF A COMBINATION OF A
TON OF THINGS BUT IN OUR
ADOPTED BUDGET WE HAD SOME
MONEY ADDED FOR THE EMERGENCY
GROCERY VOUCHERS.
SO THAT WAS BACKED OUT OF OUR
BUDGET.
BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM ENDED SO
AND THEN WE HAD THEN IN THE
DETAILED TABLES ANYTHING THAT
WAS MARKED AS GENERAL FUND NEW
ADDS TOTAL 1.75 MILLION SO
THOSE TOGETHER KIND OF END UP
WITH THE 1.4 REDUCTION.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY.
WHEN WE DID THIS, THE GENERAL
FUND REDUCTIONS AND THE
ALLOCATION OF THE PAYROLL
TAX,WE WEREN'T ADDING THE
PAYROLL TAX TO MAKE UP FOR THE
REDUCTION.
THEY WERE SUB DIFFERENT REASONS
ON WHY THE GENERAL FUND
RESOURCES DESCRIBE SOME OF THE
MORE INTENDED TO BE THAT ONE
TIME.
JUST IT'S INTENDED AS AN
ADDITION RELATED TO GREEN NEW
DEAL.
THE SEPARATE CONSIDERATION OF
SOME OF THE OTHER PREVIOUS FUND
REPORTS.
>> JUST TO UNDER SCORE WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING BEN.
THE PAYROLL TAX OF 2.75 AND
OTHER APPROPRIATION AS OPPOSED
TO GENERAL FUND WHICH IS ABOVE.
I JUST WANT TO SO IT IS
SEPARATE RIGHT?
>> YEAH THAT'S CORRECT.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> AND I'M GOING TO READ THESE
NEXT THREE QUESTIONS THAT I
HAVE FOR YOU OUTLOUD FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC JUST TO MAKE
SURE EVERYBODY FOES THE
QUESTIONS THAT I'M INTERESTED
IN.
ON SLIDE NUMBER TWO, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 14.3
MILLION IN DEDICATED GREEN NEW
DEAL FUNDING CONSISTENT WITH
WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S JUMP
START PRIORITY INCLUDING OPCD,
AND OFFICE OF HOUSING.
WHAT ARE THE GREEN NEW
DEALITEMS PROPOSED IN OPCD AND
OH.
SIX P-PBTD 5 BILLION ALSO
BUDGETED IN FINANCE GENERAL AS
A SET ASIDE FOR PRIORITIES THAT
WILL BE IDENTIFIED BY THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD AND
THE CITY WIDE GREEN NEW DEAL
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
WHAT IS THE PROPOSED PROCESS
AND TIME LINE FOR IDENTIFYING
AND FUNDING PRIORITIES AND WHY
THE INVOLVEMENT.
AND FINALLY, OF THE TOTAL GREEN
NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS TO WHAT
PORTION OF THOSE TORBGS WHAT
PORTION OF THOSE ARE EXISTING
PROGRAMS AND WHAT ARE THE ADDED
TO PROGRAMS, THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS.
I WILL TAKE A STAB AT IT AND
BEN YOU CAN CORRECT ME OR ADD
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
I'M, I'LL START WITH THE TABLE
SO THE 14.3 THE FINANCE GENERAL
THAT'S TOTALLY NEW AND NOT
ADDITIVE.
THE FUNDING THAT'S IN THE
OFFICE OF FUNDING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT I BELIEVE THAT'S
$2.3 MILLION AND THAT IS NOT AN
ONGOING PROGRAM.
BUT DESIGNED TO BE INVESTMENTS
IN COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO
ELECTRIFY CURRENT FOSSIL
NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS OR OTHER
SYSTEMS AND PROVIDING COOLING
AND YOU KNOW CLEAN AIR DURING
MAYOR HEAT EVENTS SO REALLY
LOOKING TO THE CONCEPT OF
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE HUBS.
THE OIL-HEAT CONVERSION MONEY
THAT'S THE 1.7 IT IS AN
EXISTING PROGRAM.
IT IS FILLING A GAP OF MONEY
THAT DOESN'T EXIST SO I'M NOT
SURE IN TERMS OF LIKE IT'S AN
EXISTING PROGRAM BUT WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HIT OUR
TARGETS WITH THAT PROGRAM.
THE CLEAN ENERGY
PREAPPRENTICESHIP FUNDS OF $1
MILLION COMPLETELY NEW AND
DIFFERENT.
THIS DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE AND
WAS ACTUALLY INFORMED BY SOME
RESEARCH AND SOME CONVERSATIONS
WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH KEY
PARTNERS.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUNDS
INCREASE IT'S AN EXISTING FUND
THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE GRANTS TO
COMMUNITY.
BEN YOU MAY HAVE TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION ABOUT.
>> I THINK NONE OF THE 14.3
MILLION IS A SUBPLANTING OF ANY
EXISTING FUNDING.
SOME ARE OLD PROGRAM AND SOME
ARE TO FUND NEW PROGRAMS.
IT'S ALL NEW INVESTMENTS OF ONE
FORM OR ANOTHER.
SOME ONGOING, MANY ONE TIME.
>> SO THAT'S WHY BEN NOBLE IS
THE BUDGET DIRECTOR AND I'M
NOT.
BECAUSE HE CAN JUST ANSWER THE
QUESTION LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU, BEN.
I THINK THE OTHER QUESTION IS
WHAT IS THE PROCESS OR PROGRAM
DESIGNED FOR MAKING THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE $6.5
MILLION AN WHY IS THE GREEN NEW
DEAL IDT PART OF THAT.
I THINK THAT ONE WE WANT THESE
FUNDS.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND
ACTUALLY BEN I MET WITH THE
GREEN NEW DEAL BOARD TO DO THE
BUDGET 101.
TO WALK THEM AND HELP THEM
UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET.
AND THE BUDGET OF MAKING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE MONEY.
IN TERMS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
AND THE FUTURE 2023 BUDGET
THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE UP TO
THEM IN TERMS OF THEIR TIME
LINE AND PREPARATIONS ABOUT HOW
QUICKLY THEY WANT TO MOVE TO
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO GET
MONEY OUT THE DOOR TO HOW MUCH
THEY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH
BROADER COMMUNITY AND TAKE
THEIR TIME AND BE INTENTIONAL.
WE WANT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS TO
HAPPEN.
WE THINK THERE WILL BE A
BALANCE THEY'LL THINK ABOUT AS
A BOARD AS THEY'RE GETTING UP
AND RUNNING AND MAP OUT THEIR
OWN TIME LINE.
THEIR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING IS
TOMORROW AT 5:00 P.M.
I KNOW THEY'LL BE ADOPTING A
TIME LINE OF ACTION AT THAT
MEETING.
THEY WILL BE MAKING THOSE
DECISIONS AROUND THAT.
AN IMPORTANT GROUP OF LEADERS
TO PARTNER WITH THE GREEN NEW
DEAL [CAPTIONER TRANSITION]
>>> THERE IS A BUDGET AND I DID
NOT ADD IN THE HIGHLIGHTED,
SOMEBODY TO HELP FACILITATE
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING BETWEEN
CITY STAFF AND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD SO I
CANNOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NOW
TO MAP OUT WHAT WITH THE
PROCESS EXACTLY LOOK LIKE.
WE WANT TO BUILD COLLABORATION,
MAKE SURE THIS IS A TRULY
COLLABORATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE
PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD IN THE
COMING YEARS.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU FOR
ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS AND
ALL THE QUESTIONS TODAY,
APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT ON
THIS TOPIC AND THANK YOU TO
YOUR DEPARTMENT TO THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE ESPECIALLY DURING THE
LAST TWO YEARS AS WE FACE THIS
ONGOING PANDEMIC AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON
THE 2022 CALENDAR BUDGET IN THE
NEXT FEW MONTHS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW AND
ALL THAT YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON, ONE MUST FOR
TODAY AND ONE LAST HOUR, WE ARE
ASKING FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 5 DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL, APPRECIATE
MEMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
WE HAVE DIRECTOR DWANE
CHAPPELLE AND WE HAVE MONICA
OUIJDANI AND BRAD KESSLER
FROM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING ALONG WITH
BEN NOBLE AND HIS TEAM, JULIE
IS WITH US AS ALWAYS SO WELCOME
DIRECTOR, GREAT TO SEE YOU AND
YOUR TEAM.
WE ARE CLOSING OUT THE DAY WITH
A GREAT PRESENTATION FROM YOUR
DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO THANK YOU
AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING DURING THIS
PANDEMIC AND HUGE KUDOS TO YOU
AND THE EARLY LEARNING
DEPARTMENT WITH MONICA'S
LEADERSHIP THERE FOR THE DIRECT
CASH ASSISTANCE TO THE
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS. THE
APPRECIATION ALLOTMENTS WE ARE
CALLING THEM AS TO THE
PROVIDERS THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN
EAGERLY ANTICIPATED AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT YOU ALL
HAVE PLANNED FOR THE NEXT YEAR
TO BUILD ON THAT GREAT WORK.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AS
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE TO
RECEIVE REPORTS AND OVERSIGHT
FOR DEEL WE WILL TURN TO YOUR
FIRST TO PROVIDE COMMENTS
AFTER THE PRESENTATION AND
INITIAL QUESTIONS AND THEN I
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AS WELL,
THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES YOU ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING NEXT
YEAR IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET,
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE DIRECTOR AND THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THE
ACCOLADES AND THE KUDOS TO OUR
AMAZING TEAM.
AS YOU KNOW I AM SUPER EXCITED
TO PRESENT THE 2022 BUDGET AND
TO SHARE THE GREAT WORK YOU
HIGHLIGHTED BEING PROPOSED.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION I WILL
COVER THREE THINGS, THE FIRST
THING A HIGH-LEVEL FINANCIAL
SUMMARY AND THEN I WILL SHARE
KEY CHANGES FOR THE 2022 BUDGET
AND I WILL CLOSE OUT WITH
BILLS, PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS
ADDRESSING RACIAL EQUITY AND OF
COURSE WE WILL COVER ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS TABLE IS A SUMMARY OF DEALS
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2022.
OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS 123
MILLION WHICH IS 19 MILLION MORE
THAN THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
OF THE PROPOSED AMOUNT 16
MILLION IS FUNDED BY THE
GENERAL FUND AND THE BALANCE IS
FUNDED MOSTLY BY THE LEVY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT
THE KEY CHANGES IN OUR BUDGET
AND AS YOU KNOW WE LITERALLY
JUST ANNOUNCED ENROLLMENT IN
THE PROGRAM IS MORE THAN 1000
SEATTLE STUDENTS AND SO THE
2022 BUDGET OR PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES 6.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL
FUNDS FOR THE SEATTLE PROMISE
THROUGH 2023.
THE FUNDING WILL SUPPORT
PROGRAMMING TO ALLEVIATE
IMPACTS ON STUDENTS DURING COVID
AND REALLY MAKE PROGRAM
IMPROVEMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY
THE SEATTLE PROMISE RACE AND
EQUITY TOOLKIT.
OUR NEW FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIPS
WILL ADDRESS EDUCATIONAL EQUITY
TOWARD THREE PROGRAM OUTCOMES
AND THEY ARE STUDENT
PREPARATION FOR COLLEGE-LEVEL
COURSEWORK, RETENTION IN COLLEGE
AND THEN THE COMPLETION OF A
CERTIFICATE, CREDENTIAL, A
DEGREE OR TRANSFERRING TO A
FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION.
NOW I WILL TAKE A QUICK MOMENT
TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ENHANCEMENTS
FUNDED BY THE RESOURCES WHICH
ARE REALLY VERSUS WILL SUPPORT
THE INCREASE OF EQUITY
SCHOLARSHIP FOR MORE OR SHOULD
I SAY FROM $500 A QUARTER TO
$1000 A QUARTER.
THE ELIGIBILITY WILL EXPAND,
CURRENTLY ONLY THE STUDENTS
WITH ZERO OR EXCUSE ME EXPECTED
FAMILY COMPETITION ARE ELIGIBLE
SO THIS WOULD ALLOW STUDENTS
WITH UP TO $1000 EXPECTED
FAMILY CONTRIBUTION TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE EQUITY
SCHOLARSHIP.
THEY WILL ALSO COVER THE COST
OF MANDATORY AND GENERAL
ENROLLMENT FEES FOR CERTAIN
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AND PROVIDE
STUDENTS UP TO THREE ADDITIONAL
QUARTERS TO COMPLETE THEIR
PROGRAM OR DEGREE.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW STUDENTS IN
THE 2019 AND 2020 COHORTS WHO
LOST ELIGIBILITY, IT WILL ALLOW
THEM TO HAVE UP TO THREE
ADDITIONAL QUARTERS OF PROMISE
SUPPORT.
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THE
BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES WHAT YOU
WERE MENTIONING THE 2.4 MILLION
FOR CHILDCARE STABILIZATION AND
AS YOU KNOW DEEL IMPLEMENTED
THE FIRST ROUND OF CHILDCARE
STABILIZATION GRANTS IN THE
FIRST QUARTER OF 2021, WE
AWARDED 436 GRANTS TO LICENSED
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AND WE
PRIORITIZED THOSE THAT SERVE
CHILDREN ON SUBSIDIES AND THOSE
LOCATED IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC, THE
PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND
THE GRANT AMOUNTS RANGE FROM
FIVE TO $10,000 WITH THE
AVERAGE 6500.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW WE ARE SUPER
EXCITED TO DISTRIBUTE MORE OF
THE FUNDS IN 2022 TO THE
INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY THE
PANDEMIC.
WE KNOW HOW CRITICAL IT IS, THE
RECOVERY OF OUR CITY'S ECONOMY.
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AS I
MENTIONED THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
THAT THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS
AND EMPLOYEES EXPERIENCE DUE TO
THE LOSS OF EITHER INCOME,
LAYOFFS AND REALLY REDUCED WORK
HOURS BECAUSE OF COVID THAT WE
ARE EXPERIENCING. THE TWO
POPULATIONS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS
ASSISTANCE, THE FIRST WILL BE
THE LICENSED CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS BOTH CENTERS AND THE
FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES IN THE
SECOND WOULD BE THE FAMILY
FRIEND AND NEIGHBORHOOD
PROVIDERS.
SO FROM THERE WHAT I WANT TO
SHARE NOW IS THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE AND THIS
INVESTMENT WILL ALLOW US TO
EXPAND AND ENHANCE ON THE WORK
THAT WE ALREADY DO PARTICULARLY
WITH THESE COMMUNITIES.
THE FUND IS DESIGNED TO BENEFIT
YOUTH WHO ARE IMPACTED BY
SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES AND
EDUCATION, SOME OF THE
ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY THIS
FUND WILL BE YOUTH LEADERSHIP
AND CULTURAL EXPECTATION,
FAMILY SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT
AND EDUCATION DIVERSITY IN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
OR SHOULD I SAY PROFESSIONAL
AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SO THOSE ACTIVITIES WILL BE
SUPPORTED BY THESE FUNDS AND
THE FOCUS IS THAT WE WORK
DIRECTLY WITH OUR CBO'S RATHER
THAN JUST THE SPS AND SCHOOLS.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW ONE PART OF
THE WORK THAT I AM EXCITED ABOUT
IS REALLY A NEW SET OF
CTIVITIES FOCUSING FAMILY
SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT THAT
WILL HELP BRIDGE COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR IN SCHOOLS AND HELP THEM
NAVIGATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
THAT IS SUPER COMPLICATED AND
NOT DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR BUT THE WORK
WILL BE CONDUCTED IN
COLLABORATION WITH OUR SEATTLE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND
WE WILL ESTABLISH AN EQUITY AND
CULTURAL EDUCATION FUND.
SO AGAIN THAT FUNDING IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE SUPPORT
THAT WAS ADDED IN 2021 AND WE
ARE LOOKING AT A RFI TO COME
OUT IN LATE QUARTER TWO, EXCUSE
ME QUARTER ONE IN 2022.
THE NEXT IS JUST SOME SUPPORT
OR STAFF TO SUPPORT ALL OF THIS
AMAZING WORK IN THE EXPANSION
OF THESE PROGRAMS.
MY BUDGET WILL INCLUDE TWO NEW
POSITIONS, SENIOR FINANCE
ANALYST TO PROVIDE FISCAL
MANAGEMENT AND A DATA ANALYST
TO SUPPORT OUR DATA AND
EVALUATION NEEDS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
OKAY SO NOW WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS
, THIS IS A COMMUNITY LED
RECOMMENDATION THAT GIVES 1.5
MILLION IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT
THE PRENATAL TO THREE GRANT
PROGRAM AND IS RECOMMENDED BY
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING
TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT SPECIALIZE IN HIGH-QUALITY
PRENATAL TO THREE AND
KINDERGARTEN READINESS SERVICES.
THESE PRIORITIES WILL BE GIVEN
OR IS GIVEN TO ORGANIZATIONS
THAT OFFER THE CULTURALLY AND
LINGUISTICALLY RELEVANT SERVICES
AND OUTREACH AS WELL AS THOSE
THAT ARE LED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND SERVING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR OR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
AND RFI FOR 2021 NOW IS
CURRENTLY OPEN FOR THESE FUNDS.
GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW THE GUIDANCE
OR SHOULD I SAY THE GUIDING
OUTCOME OF THIS INVESTMENT IS
JUST A SUPPORT KINDERGARTEN
READINESS AND TO REDUCE THE
DISPARITIES AND OUTCOMES FOR
YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
BASED ON RACE, GENDER OR OTHER
SOCIAL ECONOMIC FACTORS. THE
PROGRAM IS REALLY INTENDED TO
ACCOMPLISH BY DOING THIS BY
SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES AND
REALLY INFORM PROPOSALS
ADDRESSING OBSTACLES THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISPARITIES.
AGAIN IT WILL INCLUDE JUST
PROVIDING FAMILIES ACCESS TO
CRITICAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES
BUT ALSO SUPPORT HEALTHY AND
EQUITABLE BIRTHS, INCREASE
PARENTAL AND HEALTH AND WELL-
BEING. IT WILL STRENGTHEN THE
NURTURING AND RESPONSIVE
CAREGIVING ON CHILD
RELATIONSHIPS.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THOSE ARE
AND FINALLY IT WILL SUPPORT THE
FINEST CHILD HEALTH, CHILD AND
HEALTH DEVELOPMENT.
SO, WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS
BIRTH TO 12 LABOR AND PARENT-
CHILD PLUS A SHIFT, THIS CHANGE
JUST CONTINUES THE GENERAL FUND
SWAP FOR ONE MORE YEAR USING
THE FAMILY AND EDUCATION LEVY
FUND BALANCE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
OKAY SO AS YOU KNOW OUR DAY-TO-
DAY OR THE DEEL DAY-TO-DAY WORK
AND MISSION IS GROUNDED IN
RACIAL EQUITY BY CLOSING
OPPORTUNITY GAPS AND STUDENTS.
I THINK YOU WILL KNOW THIS BUT
THE FIRST PRIORITY OF THE 2022
BUDGET IS TO CONTINUE TO
DELIVER ON THE GREAT WORK
CONSISTENT WITH INVESTMENTS AND
EVALUATION PLANS.
WHILE I ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THE
BUDGET PRIORITIES, WHAT YOU SEE
RIGHT HERE LISTED ON THE SCREEN
AND I WANTED TO REITERATE THEY
FURTHER EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOR
SEATTLE KIDS AND FAMILIES.
ALSO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HOW TO
PROPOSE BUDGET FOCUSES ON
RACIAL EQUITY INTERNALLY WITHIN
DEEL.
I AM SUPER PROUD, I KNOW YOU
KNOW THIS OF OUR DEPARTMENT AS
WE STRIVE TO MAKE DEEL A PLACE
INCLUSIVE FOR ALL TEAM MEMBERS .
TO SUPPORT EVERYONE AS THEY
LEARN AND GROW.
OUR FOCUS 2022 AND BEYOND IS
AND I THINK I MENTIONED BEFORE
IS ATTRACTING AND RETAINING
HIGHLY ENGAGED AND DIVERSE STAFF
AND I KNOW WE ARE DOING THAT
RIGHT NOW THROUGH INTENTIONAL
OUTREACH AND PROMOTIONAL HIRING
OPPORTUNITIES AND CULTIVATING A
POSITIVE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE
AND WE ARE ALSO DOING IT
THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND TRAINING COMMITMENT.
FOR 2022 I WANTED TO SHARE WITH
YOU THE CHANGE TEAM HELPED
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
DEEL SET OF POLICIES AND
PROCESSES THAT WILL HELP US
CREATE A CONSISTENT, EQUITABLE
AND ROBUST SYSTEM OF STAFF
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS
DEEL AND ALL DIVISIONS AND
PROGRAM LEVELS REALLY TO SUPPORT
THE MISSION VISION.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS I
LOCATED ABOUT $100,000 OF THE
2022 BUDGET TO SUPPORT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES,
DEPARTMENT WIDE.
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND
WANTED TO SHARE IN CLOSING AT
THE END OF THE 2022 BUDGET AND
JUST RECAPPING WHAT I JUST
MENTIONED THAT BUDGET AND
PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO ELEVATE
THE GREAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS AND LOOKING TO ENHANCE
THOSE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOR THOSE
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND FOLKS
FOR JUSTICE AND I WANT TO TAKE
A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF THE
DEEL TEAM AND STAFF FOR
FURTHERING THIS GREAT WORK AND
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL
NOT JUST FOR YOUR SUPPORT BUT
FOR BEING A CHAMPION OF THIS
WORK AS WELL.
I WILL PAUSE MY TALKING THERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM AS WELL.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR COMMENTS
AND SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS.
>> SURE, I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE
ONGOING INVESTMENT IN A LOT OF
THE DIFFERENT AREAS HERE
PARTICULARLY THE CHILDCARE
STABILIZATION IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD YEARS.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL IMPACT IN
TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL
INVESTMENTS.
WE KNOW IF WE START KIDS OFF ON
THE RIGHT FOOT THROUGH PRENATAL
SERVICES, THROUGH BIRTH
SERVICES AND THROUGH THOSE
EARLY LEARNING YEARS WE WILL
SEE MUCH OF THE RESULTS FOR THE
REST OF THE SPECTRUM OF
EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM.
AND SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
WORK OF DEEL CERTAINLY DIRECTOR
DWANE CHAPPELLE AND THE ENTIRE
TEAM WHO HAS BEEN REALLY
COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT
THERE IS RACIAL EQUITY AT THE
CENTER OF ALL OF OUR POLICIES
AND INVESTMENTS AND ALSO IN
MAKING SURE THEY ARE DEEPLY
REACHING IN THE COMMUNITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE DEEL BUDGET
AND PRIORITIES REPRESENT THE
GREATEST NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE
FURTHEST AWAY FROM EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE.
AS WE HAVE BEEN READING AND
HEARING THE LAST 19 MONTHS THE
IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC
PARTICULARLY ON YOUNG PEOPLE
INCLUDIG FAMILIES DATING
CHILDCARE AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
HAS BEEN HUGE.
I AM GRATEFUL TO THE MANY
PUBLIC SERVANTS OVER AT DEEL
WORKING HARD TO PIVOT AND
PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AND
RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY BE
RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH
MEASURES THAT WE HAVE ALL HAD
TO TAKE TO BE SAFE AND TO
CONTINUE TO FIND DIFFERENT AND
INNOVATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT
PROVIDERS OR EDUCATORS AND
STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EDUCATION
IS ABLE TO CONTINUE AND REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK.
I THINK THE PROPOSED BUDGET
BEFORE US TODAY IS A REFLECTION
OF DEEL AND THE INTEREST IN
SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE
HOLISTICALLY RATHER THAN JUST
FOCUSING ON THE WIDGET THAT CAN
BE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES AND THAT
REQUIRES US TO MAKE INVESTMENTS
IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHOW THEM
THAT WE VALUE THEM AS
INDIVIDUALS AND A FAMILY MEMBER
AND THAT THEY ARE INDEED AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY
SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
GOOD START TO THE DEEL
INVESTMENT IN OUR YOUNGEST
LEARNERS AND IN FUTURE LEADERS
IN THE CITY.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
WENT INTO THIS BUDGET.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
THAT I WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT
OUT WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE
CHAIR.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I
HAVE DIRECTOR FOR YOU OR ANYONE
FROM YOUR TEAM IS REALLY
RELATED ABOUT, IS REALLY
RELATED TO PRIORITIZATION OF
DOLLARS PARTICULARLY FROM UNDER
SPEND.
IN SPITE OF THE LEVY ORDINANCE
THAT TALKS ABOUT THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN AND HOW A LEVEE WILL BE
PRIORITIZED, WE DO SEE A
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN
SEATTLE PROMISE OVER THE EARLY
LEARNING PROGRAMS.
THAT ARE DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE
A BULK OF LEVEE INVESTMENT AND
JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SENSE
ABOUT THE DEEL ANALYSIS FOR
THAT PRIORITIZATION DECISION IN
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> YES, BRAD WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SPEAK TO THAT?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
QUESTION.
I THINK WITH THE UNDER SPEND
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A
COMMUNICATION COMING TO COUNCIL
SOON FROM THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE REGARDING SOME OF
THOSE PREVIOUS YEAR UNDER SPEND.
BUT YES PROMISE IS A GOOD
PORTION OF THAT WHERE THERE IS
PRESSURE ON THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM AND THERE IS SOME EARLY
LEARNING PRESSURES AS WELL AND
SOME OF THOSE, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THOSE AT
ALL.
>> SURE, THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY USE
OF UNDER SPEND AND THE REASON
IS WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD AND
SEEING THE COST PRESSURE AND
OTHER CONCERNS.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LOC
TO PRESENT SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS IT IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
SPOT NO UNDERSTAND FROM FEP
LEVY BAKED INTO THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET?
SO WHERE IS THAT?
THERE IS UNDER SPEND?
>> THERE IS UNDER SPEND
CURRENTLY PARKED IN RESERVE AND
I THINK THE INTENT IS TO USE
THE FUNDS IN A SPECIFIC WAY.
ONE IS TO DEAL WITH THE COST
PRESSURES THAT WE FORECAST THAT
WILL BE BEYOND LEVEE RESOURCES.
SO AT THE LOC, WORKING WITH US
ON THAT I BELIEVE THERE IS
COMMUNICATION COMING OUT SOON
AND WE HAVE SUPPORT ABOUT WHAT
TO DO WITH THOSE RESERVES SO
THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE ARE
RESERVING THEM FOR A SPECIFIC
PURPOSE.
>> WE REMIND ME THAT AMOUNT?
>> $10 MILLION.
>> WE ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO THE
PERIOD FROM NOW UNTIL WE REACH
THE POINT OF LEVEE RENEWAL,
SEEING COMMITMENTS AND THE
DESIRED FUNDING FOR THE RANGE
OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPORTED
BY THE LEVY AND OTHER RESOURCES
AND SEEING IF WE GET THROUGH
2022 WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE
BUT THEY WILL BE HAVING
POTENTIAL FUNDING SHORTFALLS IN
23 OR 24 SO HOLDING THE FUNDING
AND ANTICIPATING THOSE NEEDS,
IT IS THE LONGER PERSPECTIVE
AND ALLOCATING RESOURCES AND
OBVIOUSLY WE WILL PROVIDE THAT
DETAIL, IT COMES FROM THE
FORWARD-LOOKING TIMELINE AND
THE GAP BETWEEN THE NUMBERS
HERE AND THE POTENTIAL LEVEE
RENEWAL.
>> OKAY SO I WOULD APPRECIATE
HAVING DETAILS RELATED TO THE
ANALYSIS, RELATED TO THAT
PRIORITIZATION DECISION.
I KNOW THAT THE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE HAS RESPONSIBILITY
FOR AT LEAST IN THE ADVISORY
NATURE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME
MODIFICATIONS TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN.
BUT I AM REALLY LOOKING FOR THE
NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS ABOUT WHAT
INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED TO
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
AND SORT OF WHAT DEALS RATIONALE
FOR CONTRAVENING THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN ORDINANCE AND THE ACTUAL
LEVY ORDINANCE THAT TALKS ABOUT
HOW WE ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE
UNDER SPEND.
I WANT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
AND I THINK TAXPAYERS IN THE
CITY WHO VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE
LEVY DESERVE A CLEAR
TRANSPARENT UNDERSTANDING OF
WHY WE ARE, WHY WE ARE LIKELY
GOING TO SEE THAT UNDER SPEND
DOLLARS FOR WHICH THE ORDINANCE
RELATED TO THE LEVY SAYS 100%
OF THAT SHOULD GO TO EARLY
LEARNING PROGRAMMING IT'S
LIKELY NOT GOING TO GO.
EXCLUSIVELY TO EARLY LEARNING
PLANNING.
>> OKAY YES I AM MORE THAN
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON
THAT.
>> I KNOW HAS ALREADY BEEN
HAVING COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOU
ALL BECAUSE I HAVE PUT A BUG IN
HIS EAR ABOUT IT BASED ON
COMMUNICATIONS THAT I GET ON
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
SIDE SO I KNOW YOU ALL ARE
GOING TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE CLARITY BUT I AM
INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE WE
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
SEATTLE PROMISE, I SUPPORT
SEATTLE PROMISE, I HAVE BEEN A
LONGTIME SUPPORTER AND I WANT
TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE
PROGRAM.
I THINK WHAT I AM FLAGGING LIKE
I ALWAYS DO EVERY TIME WE TALK
ABOUT BUDGET RELATED TO FEP I
AM FLAGGING A REVENUE SOURCE
QUESTION NOT A COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUING TO GROW AND INVEST
IN SEATTLE PROMISE WHICH I KNOW
IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS PART OF
THE EDUCATION SPECTRUM.
JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IN MY
LINE OF QUESTIONING I'M NOT
EQUIVOCATING MY SUPPORT OF
SEATTLE PROMISE I JUST HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT THE SOURCE OF
THE REVENUE AND IF IT IS
APPROPRIATE FOR US CONSIDERING
THE LEVY ORDINANCE TO UTILIZE
UNDER SPEND DEDICATED TO EARLY
LEARNING, TO THE OUTWARD YEARS
OF SEATTLE PROMISE WHEN
PRESUMABLY WE WILL NOT BE
DEALING WITH THE SAME PANDEMIC
PRESSURES THAT NECESSITATED US
TO BE MORE CAREFUL IN HOW WE
USE THE UNDER SPEND.
THAT IS ONE LINE OF QUESTIONING,
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT.
THE SECOND PIECE, I HAD ANOTHER
QUESTION ABOUT INVESTMENTS
BEING PROPOSED HERE.
CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE ECI
INVESTMENTS PROPOSED IN THE
2022 BUDGET ARE EITHER
DUPLICATIVE OR NOT INVESTMENTS
IN A FEP LEVY PARTICULARLY IN
DIVERSITY AND FAMILY SUPPORT
AND YOUTH PROGRAMMING.
>> I WOULD SAY AS YOU KNOW ABOUT
ECI INVESTMENTS WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT AS I MENTIONED I
THINK IT IS DESIGNATED TO
BENEFIT THE YOUTH THAT ARE
IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES
HAPPENING IN EDUCATION AND SOME
OF THOSE AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED
AS I MENTIONED FAMILY SUPPORT
AND ENGAGEMENT, YOUTH
LEADERSHIP AND CULTURAL
EDUCATION AND EDUCATION
DIVERSITY IDENTIFIED BY THE
TASK FORCE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING
IS MAKING SURE WE ARE
INTENTIONAL, WE ARE WORKING
DIRECTLY WITH THE CBO OTHER
THAN SPS TO FOCUS ON THESE
SPECIFIC AREAS.
I'M HOPING I'M ANSWERING THE
QUESTION.
>> KIND OF.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IF IT'S GOING TO
CBO'S IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE
IN THE OPPORTUNITY FUND SORT OF
SPACE.
IN OTHER WORDS I'M TRYING TO
GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
THIS COMPLEMENTS THE FEP LEVY
INVESTMENTS IF IT DOES OR IF
IT IS FAIR TO CHARACTERIZE THESE
ECI PROPOSED INVESTMENTS AS
STANDALONE PROGRAMMING THAT
ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN CONFLICT
BUT ARE NOT PART AND PARCEL OF
THINGS WE ARE INVESTING IN THE
OPPORTUNITY FUND OR OTHERWISE.
>> THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE
BECAUSE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE AND
IF I GET TO RAMBLING JUST CUT
ME OFF, FOR EXAMPLE THE
EDUCATION DIVERSITY PIECE, WE
HAVE INVESTMENT THROUGH THE FEP
LEVY DIRECTLY THROUGH SPS
WHERE THE ECI TASK FORCE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
FUNDS WERE DIRECTLY WITH
INVESTED IN COMMUNITIES AND
KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL
DEVELOPING THIS AND OUR
INTENTION IS REALLY TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO
COMPLEMENT THE FEP.
AS I GET MORE INFORMATION IF WE
DEVELOP IT EVEN MORE I'M HAPPY
TO SHARE UPDATES WITH YOU FROM
THERE.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT SO BRIAN FROM COUNCIL
CENTRAL STUFF CAN HELP ME KEEP
TRACKING THIS ONE IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW
WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE YOU
KNOW AGAIN THIS IS MORE OF A
COLOR OF MONEY QUESTION THAN
WHETHER OR NOT IT IS THE RIGHT
INVESTMENT.
SO THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING
THESE QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN FREE
UP THE GENERAL FUND WHERE WE
CAN HEAR THE LAST QUESTION AND
THEN I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER
TO CHAIR, DURING THE 2021 BUDGET
WE HAD I THINK ABOUT $4 MILLION
OF UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE TO
SUSTAIN EARLY LEARNING.
I THINK I SAW SORT OF A NOD OF
THAT FUND BALANCE FOR EARLY
LEARNING SOMEWHERE IN A LIST OF
PRIORITIZATION'S BY DEEL AND I
AM JUST WONDERING IF THAT $4
MILLION IS REPRESENTED ANYWHERE
IN YOUR PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET OR
IF THOSE WERE 2021 DOLLARS AND
IF THEY ARE IF WE CAN GET A
QUICK STATUS UPDATE ON WHERE
YOU'RE AT AS IT RELATES TO THE
$4 MILLION UNDESIGNATED FUND
BALANCE.
>> MONICA?
>> THIS IS FROM YOUR JUNE
SECOND MEMO FROM DEEL TO THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
>> YEAH, SO AGAIN THE SHORT
ANSWER IS THERE IS NO USE OF
UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE IN
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET.
I THINK I'LL NEED TO RESEARCH
THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT MY
FIRST THOUGHT IS 4 MILLION IS
INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL 10
MILLION THAT I MENTIONED JUST
CONSOLIDATED TOGETHER BUT I
WANT TO BE SURE ABOUT THAT.
IF YOU CAN ALLOW ME TO RESEARCH
THAT AND BE CLEAR BUT I'M
PRETTY SURE IT WAS ROLLED IN
AND THE 10 SO WE HAVE NOT USED
THAT FUND BALANCE AND.
>> THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE
$10 MILLION IN RESERVES MIGHT
BE A MIXTURE OF THE PREVIOUS
LEVY PLUS THE NEW LEVY AND IF
THAT IS TRUE IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO GET LINE ITEM
SEPARATION OF THOSE DOLLARS.
>> I'M SORRY I MISUNDERSTOOD,
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PREVIOUS
LEVY SPP UNDESIGNATED.
>> POTENTIALLY, YES.
I AM LOOKING AT YOUR MEMO TO
THE CBO SO IT WAS A LITTLE
CONFUSING TO ME WHICH IS WHY I
AM ASKING THE QUESTION.
I CANNOT TELL IF THE $4 MILLION
WAS IDENTIFIED AS SOMETHING
THAT COULD COME FROM THE FEL
LEVY OR IF IT WAS COMING FROM
THE FEP, THE NEW LEVY.
>> LET ME DO SOME RESEARCH SO I
CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER ANSWER.
I WOULD PREFER TO LOOK INTO THAT
AND GIVE YOU A MORE ACCURATE
ANSWER.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE HAND FROM COUNCILMEMBER
úMORAELS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD .
>> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON
EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS
FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTIONS FROM LAST YEAR.
SPOUSE SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE,
099 REMOVES THE 550,000 THAT WE
HAD PUT IN LAST YEAR FOR FUNDING
BLACK GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN AND
TRENDS YOUTH.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS ONE
TIME FUNDING BUT MY QUESTION IS
, THERE SHOULD BE, I THINK ABOUT
$395,000 LEFT AFTER THE STUDY
WAS DONE SO IF YOU CAN TELL US
WHAT THE STATUS OF THE FUNDING
IS AND THEN ALSO IN OUR FORMAL
REQUEST LAST YEAR WE ASKED FOR
THE DEEL 18 PLAN TO COMMIT
ONGOING FUNDING SO IF YOU CAN
TELL US THE PLAN FOR THAT, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
>> BRAD ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK
TO THAT?
>> FROM A PROGRAMMATIC
PERSPECTIVE I AM PROBABLY NOT
THE PERSON TO ASK FOR THAT ONE.
>> REGARDING THE FUND BALANCE?
>> FOR THE FUND BALANCE I HAVE
NOT CHECKED ON THAT LATELY TO
SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH FUND
BALANCE SO I'M NOT SURE.
>> WHAT WE WILL DO IS FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU, I CAN TELL YOU AS YOU
MENTIONED, WE HAVE COMPLETED
THE STUDY AND THERE WILL BE A
RFI AT SOME POINT COMING OUT
SOON FOR THE BLACK GIRLS AND
LGBT YOUTH AND I KNOW WE ARE IN
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT NOW AND
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU, HAPPY TO
GIVE YOU A MORE DETAILED UPDATE
AT A LATER TIME.
>> OKAY YEAH, IF WE CAN GET AN
ESTIMATE OF WHEN TO EXPECT
THAT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WERE HOPING
THE FUNDING WOULD BE OUT THIS
YEAR.
AND THE OTHER THING WE DID LAST
YEAR, WAS TO ADD 550,000 FROM
THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PILOT
PROGRAM.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS SEARCHING FOR
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COORDINATOR
AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL WHICH IS
EXCITING BUT I AM NOT SURE
ABOUT THE STATUS OF THAT
FUNDING AND GIVEN THE DISTRICT
IS MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION HOW
DEEL IS PLANNING TO WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT
TO INVEST IN RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PRACTICE IN SCHOOLS.
AS YOU KNOW RAINIER BEACH HIGH
SCHOOL IS REALLY THE FOREFRONT
OF TRYING TO INCORPORATE THESE
PRINCIPLES INTO NOT JUST A
CURRICULUM BUT INTO THE ACTUAL
CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL AND HOW
STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS WORK.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING THE PLAN FOR
ADMITTING ONGOING FUNDING FOR
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND
EDUCATION.
FOLKS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS
FOR A WHILE.
>> ABSOLUTELY AGAIN THAT IS
ANOTHER ONE I WOULD LIKE TO
FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU TO
SHARE WHAT THINKING IS AND AS
YOU MENTIONED WE DO KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT PRACTICES ARE NOT
ONLY FOR YOUTH BUT FOR ADULTS
AS WELL.
I'M HAPPY TO FOCUS SOME
INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU ON THIS WITH MY TEAM.
>> OKAY AND I THINK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ASKED ABOUT THIS, CAN
YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT FOR THE
EQUITY AND CULTURAL EDUCATION
FUND WHAT KIND OF ORGANIZATIONS
WILL APPLY AND SOME EXAMPLES OF
THE PROGRAMMING YOU ARE
EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
WITH THAT $5 MILLION.
>> MONICA WERE YOU GETTING
READY TO SAY SOMETHING?
WHAT I WILL DO IS, AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER WITH FUNDING
THOSE AREAS WE ARE STILL IN THE
DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN I FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU I WILL ADD THIS TO
THE LIST OF THINGS I CAN GIVE
YOU EXAMPLES ON.
BECAUSE AGAIN AS I MENTIONED,
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RFI EARLY
QUARTER ONE OF 2022.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
IF WE COULD GET AN ESTIMATE OF
WHEN TO EXPECT THE PLANS FOR
THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> WILL DO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER
ATTEMPT AT A QUESTION THAT THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ASKED TO MAKE
SURE I FULLY UNDERSTAND AS WELL.
BECAUSE I TEED THAT UP I'M
GOING TO GET THIS QUESTION AND
THEN CALL ON YOU IF THAT'S OKAY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT SLIDE TWO FOR
SEATTLE PROMISE NOTING THE
SEATTLE F ARE HIS ONE-TIME
FUNDING I WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE NOT SETTING OURSELVES UP
FOR A CLIFF IN THE FUTURE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR A WELL
BALANCED BUDGET IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE INCREASED ENROLLMENT,
THAT IS A SHORT-TERM THING IS
THAT A SHORT-TERM THING OR IS
THERE EXPECTATION WE WILL NEED
ONGOING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES?
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT ONE.
FOR INCREASED ENROLLMENT AS
MENTIONED WE ARE PROBABLY GOING
TO SERVE OVER 1000 STUDENTS
THIS YEAR FOR PROMISE, THE FEP
LEVY WHEN IT WAS DESIGNED WE
WOULD MAX OUT AROUND 870
STUDENTS SO IT'S HARD TO
PREDICT THE FUTURE BEYOND NEXT
YEAR BUT THE TREND WE ARE
SEEING IS PROMISE IS POPULAR
AND SUCCESSFUL AND PEOPLE ARE
COMING INTO THAT.
SO FEP WAS DESIGNED TO SERVE
870 STUDENTS SO THAT'S THE
COST STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF
SUSTAINED FUNDING.
>> IF I CAN ADD THIS IS NOT A
SURPRISE AND I WANT TO BE
REALLY TRANSPARENT WHEN WE WERE
DELIBERATING THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE FEP LEVY WE HAD A VERY
INTENTIONAL CONVERSATION THAT
THE ESTIMATES OF ENROLLMENT
WERE CONSERVATIVE AT BEST AND
WE ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD
BE A STUDY INCREASE IN
ENROLLMENT THAT WAS NOT ALREADY
BAKED INTO THE BUDGET AND AT
THE TIME, THE INTENTION IS
PRIORITIZING THE DOLLARS
GENERATED FROM LEVY AND WHEN WE
ASKED VOTERS TO CONSIDER
APPROVING THE FEP LEVY WE GAVE
THEM A COMMITMENT THAT A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
DOLLARS WOULD BE SPENT IN EARLY
LEARNING PROGRAM AND IN THE
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
INCLUDING ANY AND ALL UNDER
SPEND DOLLARS SO WE HAVE A REAL
TENSION WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO ADDRESS THROUGH FISCAL
POLICIES BECAUSE OF THE
POPULARITY OF SEATTLE PROMISE
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF YOU
KNOW RELIEF AND ROOM TO WORK ON
HOW WE WOULD ANSWER THE
QUESTION BUT I DO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT AND FLAG THAT WE DO
NEED TO RESOLVE FOR THE REALITY
OF ONGOING INCREASED DEMAND TO
A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM.
THAT IS I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT
IN JUNCTURE NOT SUSTAINABLE IF
WE ARE LOOKING AT SOLELY THE
FEP LEVY DOLLARS TO CONTINUE
TO INCREASE YOU KNOW THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO
ENROLL.
YOU KNOW IF ALLIE OR BRIAN WANT
TO CHIME IN ON ANY OF THOSE
PERSPECTIVES I HAVE OFFERED OR
CORRECT ME IN ANYWAY I WOULD
SORT OF BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM
THEM AS WELL.
>> I WENT OUT AND THEN ASKED
BRIAN TO FILL IN ADDITIONAL
DETAILS, WE TALKED A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT THE PROJECTIONS WHEN THE
LEVEE PLAN WAS BEING PUT
TOGETHER AND I BELIEVE THERE IS
DIRECTION BECAUSE WE
ANTICIPATED THIS MAY BE WHERE
WE LAND TO CONSIDER INCOME
RESTRICTIONS OR AT LEAST
PRIORITIZATION WHEN AND IF WE
ARE REACHING THE POINT WHERE
DEMAND IS EXCEEDING THE FEP
LEVY RESOURCES.
THAT I GET THAT RIGHT?
>> YES THANK YOU, I DON'T HAVE
THE REFERENCE IN FRONT OF ME
BUT THAT IS TRUE, THERE'S
CONTINGENCY IF THE AROMA IS TOO
HIGH AND COST IS TOO HIGH WE
COULD HAVE INCOME RESTRICTION
CONSIDERED.
SO THAT'S CORRECT.
>> ALSO EMPHASIZING THE ISSUE
WITH THE PROPOSED ALLOCATON
6.7 MILLION OF THE SEATTLE
DOLLARS THE PRESUMPTION IS NOT
THAT THEY ARE ALL SPENT IN 2022
THEY RAMPED DOWN INTO 2023
ANTICIPATING EXACTLY THIS ISSUE
ABOUT WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE
APPROACH AND POTENTIAL RELIANCE
ON OTHER RESOURCES IN DEEL SO
JUST TO EMPHASIZE WE BRING THE
FULL PLAN AROUND AND WORK WITH
BRIAN AND CENTRAL STAFF TO SHOW
YOU THE OVERALL PLAN FOR THE
NEXT FEW YEARS FOR BOTH PROMISE
PROGRAMS WITH INCREASED
ENROLLMENT AND ADDITIONAL
OFFERINGS WITH ADDITIONAL
PROGRAMS WHERE TARGETING
PARTICULARLY TO THE COHORTS MOST
AFFECTED BY COVERT, IDEALLY WE
RETURN THE STAIN PERSON
EDUCATION AND WE WON'T HAVE
THOSE ISSUES CONTINUING BUT WE
CERTAINLY SEE THE ADDITIONAL,
THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN HIGH
SCHOOL REMOTE AND ARE ENTERING
COMMUNITY COLLEGE UNDER THE
SAME TERMS.
IN ANY CASE IT IS A MULTIYEAR
PLAN AND SHOULD BE SEEN IN THAT
LIGHT AND WE WILL PROVIDE THOSE
DETAILS TO YOU AND TO BRIAN.
>> I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I THINK
YOU AS EVERYONE IS IN SUPPORT
OF SEATTLE PROMISE IT IS PART
OF MY VISION TO MAKE SURE OUR
WAY SHOULD SAY THE PROGRAM IS
GOING TO BE SUSTAINED MEANING
LONG-TERM TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
THE NECESSARY SUPPORT MOVING
FORWARD AND THE, THE CLIFFORD
FUNDS ARE REALLY INTENDED TO
PILOT EQUITABLE APPROACHES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY NOT BEING FUNDED
ON FEP LEVY . SO I WANTED TO
MAKE SURE I SAID THAT BECAUSE
YOU KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
OUR SCHOLARS IN THOSE COHORTS
ARE SUPPORTED AND TO SEE THEM
THROUGH SO I WANTED TO SHARE
THAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR CALLING THIS
OUT I APPRECIATE IT.
>> YEAH, I THINK ALL OF WHAT
THE DIRECTORS ARE SAYING IS
ACCURATE AND I THINK WHERE THE
TENSION EXISTS IS SORT OF ARE
WE ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING
VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
AND I WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
WE MAKE COMMITMENTS TO THE
VOTERS IN THE CITY ABOUT HOW
THESE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE
PRIORITIZED AND UTILIZED AND
AGAIN, I AGREE THESE DOLLARS
GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF
BREATHING ROOM TO SOLVE FOR THE
ISSUE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE US IF AT ALL POSSIBLE
DURING THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET
PROCESS TO IDENTIFY A FRAMEWORK
WITH MECHANISMS BY WHICH WE CAN
COME TO AN AGREEMENT OF HOW
WE'RE GOING TO ANALYZE
SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM IN A WAY THAT
ALLOWS US TO STAY TRUE AND
COMMITTED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE EDUCATION SPECTRUM WHICH
YOU KNOW THAT PART OF THE
PIPELINE IS ALSO CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO ALLOWING A
UNIVERSAL NO INCOME RESTRICTION
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM TO
DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE FOR THOSE
STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS WHO MAY
NOT OTHERWISE EVEN MAKE IT
THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL MUCH LESS
HIGH SCHOOL.
I REALLY THINK WE CAN DO BOTH
AND I REALLY WANT TO IDENTIFY
HOW WE CAN COLLABORATIVELY
IDENTIFY THAT PROCESS BY WHICH
WE CAN RECONCILE THESE
IMPORTANT PRIORITIES SO WE ARE
NOT IN A SITUATION OF
COMPROMISING THE PIPELINE UP
FRONT IN A WAY THAT WILL HAVE
IMPACTS ON WHO WILL BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
WELL SAID.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN THANK
YOU FOR WAITING I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
DIRECTOR AND I HAVE MY SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM SIGN BEHIND
ME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK
AND YOUR TEAM IMPLEMENTING THAT
PROGRAM AND THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ FOR LEADING
THE EFFORTS ON THE COUNCIL
SIDE OF THINGS.
IN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET
DOCUMENT BECAUSE WE BREAK IT
INTO THESE BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS
SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE ALL THE
PROGRAMMATIC DETAIL AND TWO
PROGRAMS I AM INTERESTED IN,
EARLY LEARNING REALM THAT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAS TALKING
ABOUT EARLIER, THE NURSE FAMILY
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND THE
PARENT-CHILD HOME PROGRAM. AS
YOU KNOW THEY'RE BOTH EVIDENCE-
BASED HOME VISITATION PROGRAMS.
WANT TO MAKE SURE WILL THE
FUNDING BE MAINTAINED FROM 2021
TO 2022?
>> HAPPY TO COME THE NURSE
PROGRAM CONTINUES AS IS SO THE
FUNDING DOES NOT CHANGE AND
THEN THE PARENT CHILD PROGRAM
AS WE MENTIONED IN SLIDE TWO OR
THREE RATHER THE FUNDING
CONTINUES TO BE USED SO THE
WILL CONTINUE FUNDING ONE MORE
YEAR.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU, IS THAT THE
PROGRAM THE UNITED WAY OKAY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ANYTHING ELSE COLLEAGUES?
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY ON THE PROGRAM THE
PARENT CHILDHOOD HOME PROGRAM,
PLUS THE, REGARDLESS OF THE
REVENUE SOURCE, THE FUNDING IS
THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
>> CORRECT.
ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT HIGHER,
WE ADDED SOME INFLATION.
>> OKAY THAT WAS MY READ AS
WELL IT SEEMS A LITTLE HIGHER
BUT I'M NOT SURE IT WAS NOT, IT
IS NOMINAL.
OKAY SO HERE IS ANOTHER, THIS
IS SORT OF ANOTHER
SUSTAINABILITY QUESTION.
THE FAMILIES AND EDUCATION
LEVEE, THE PREVIOUS LEVEE YOU
KNOW THAT UNDER SPEND WILL NOT
LAST FOREVER.
I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED WE
STILL HAVE IT BUT AGAIN, THIS
IS ANOTHER SUSTAINABILITY
QUESTION, THERE IS STRONG
INTEREST ON THE COUNCIL TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT
PROGRAMMING AND WE DO NOT
CURRENTLY HAVE A DEDICATED
REVENUE FUND FOR IT BUT WE DID
IN CRAFTING THE FEP LEVY CREATE
LANGUAGE THAT WOULD QUALIFY
PCHP AND SIMILAR PROGRAMMING TO
NOW BE PRIORITIZED THROUGH OUR
FEP LEVY DOLLARS.
AGAIN WE ARE SEEING THIS, LAST
YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF UNDER
SPEND IN THE FEP LEVY THAT CAME
FROM THE CHILDCARE INVESTMENT
AREA BUT I SEE PCHP AS PART OF
THE EARLY LEARNING SPECTRUM
AND THIS IS THE POLICY QUESTION
AROUND WHAT DO WE WANT TO
PRIORITIZE THE UNDER SPEND
DOLLARS IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS
THESE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND
VALUABLE PROGRAMS TO BE
SUSTAINABLE INTO THE FUTURE SO
THAT YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT
DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY OF
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL SEE
THE SAME LEVEL OF INVESTMENT OR
INCREASING LEVELS OF INVESTMENT
TO SERVE MORE CHILDREN AND
THEIR HOMES.
SO, AGAIN PUTTING THIS ON THE
TABLE AS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
WE SHOULD DO BECAUSE I FEEL WE
ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE
PRECIPICE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR
US TO SET UP A PROCESS AND
CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO
ADDRESS OUT YOUR SUSTAINABILITY
FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM AS
WELL.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> EXCELLENT.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS, I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS
OF DEEL FOR BEING HERE WITH US
TODAY.
AS RESTATED AND HEARD FROM YOU
REMEMBER WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND LOOK
FORWARD TO NOT ONLY MAKING SURE
FAMILIES HAVE THE SUPPORT
SERVICES THAT DEEL PROVIDES BUT
THAT THE WORKFORCE HAS THE
SUPPORT THEY NEED AS WELL, AS
WE TALK ABOUT THE ENTIRE AGE
RANGE THAT DEEL SERVES.
WE KNOW ALL THE INVESTMENTS ARE
NEEDED AS WE SEEK TO BE MORE
EQUITABLE AND AS COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE BEEN SAYING WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE IT IS SUSTAINABLE AND
THAT WE ARE PAIRING THESE
INVESTMENTS WITH OTHER
COMMITTED FUNDS AND THAT IS WHAT
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OVER THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WE MAKE SURE
OUR VALUES, COUNCIL PRIORITIES
AND INVESTMENTS, VOTER
PRIORITIES ARE WELL REFLECTED
IN THE BUDGET SO THANK YOU FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THIS TODAY
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF OUR PRESENTATIONS.
THE NEXT AGENDA WILL START
TOMORROW.
WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT MEETING
TOMORROW SEPTEMBER 30th 2021 AT
9:30 A.M.
STARTING WITH THE FIRST SESSION
ON PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AGAIN FOR 30
MINUTES WE WILL CUT OFF PUBLIC,
AT 10:00 SO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME
TO GET INTO THE MEAT OF THE
PRESENTATION.
STARTING WITH OFFICE OF HOUSING
THAN HUMAN SERVICES AND WE WILL
HAVE THE CITYWIDE HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL
TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSITION
AND HOW THAT WILL RUN.
THE SECOND SESSION STARTS AT
2:00 P.M.
AND WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION
ON COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNITY LED INVESTMENT ALONG
WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
A LONG DAY TOMORROW I HOPE
EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GET SOME REST TONIGHT AND WE
WILL ROUND OUT THE BUDGET WITH
A DEEP DIVE ON FRIDAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK AND
ALLIE I SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN
THANK YOU AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR
YOUR PARTICIPATION.
WONDERFUL TO SEE YOUR FACES
TODAY AND WITH THAT THE MEETING
IS ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.