GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING.
TODAY IS OCTOBER 14th, 2021 AND
IT IS THURSDAY.
WE ARE BEGINNING OUR SESSION 1,
DAY TWO OF THREE OF OUR CITY
COUNCIL FOR THE UPCOMING 2022
BUDGET.
THE TIME IS 9:32 A.M.
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
I AM THERESA MOSQUEDA, CHAIR OF
THE MEETING.
THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLE.
THE ROLL.
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
>> STAFF HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO
WEEKS GOING OVER THE BUDGET AND
IDENTIFIED SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES OR DECREASES IN
EXPECTED FUNDING, CHANGES IN
REVENUE, UTILIZATION AND
CHANGES IN POSSIBLE POLICY.
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF YOU
ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED FROM THE CENTRAL
STAFF'S DEEP DIVE AND THAT WILL
LEAD INTO OUR CONVERSATION IN
TWO WEEKS, TALKING ABOUT
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS.
LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION
TODAY.
OUR AGENDA INCLUDES THE OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, AN OVERVIEW OF THE
OPCD ISSUE IDENTIFICATION. WE
WILL ALSO HAVE THE HUMAN
SERVICES AND COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENTS.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE BEFORE 1:00
P.M.
AND WE WILL RECESS AND COME
BACK AT 2:00 P.M.
FOR THE HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENTS PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO WELCOME COUNCIL
MEMBER LOUIS US TO THE FORUM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER LOUIS FOR JOINING US.
WE HAVE OUR FULL HOUSE TODAY.
IF NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
-- WE HAVE COMMITTED TO HAVING
PUBLIC TESTIMONY UNTIL THE
10:00 HOUR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
AS A REMINDER, YOU WILL HAVE
TODAY, TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. WE
HAVE ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY SO WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE
FULL TWO MINUTES AND GET
THROUGH EVERYONE WHO IS ON OUR
LIST.
>> SPEAKERS, YOU WILL HEAR A 10
SECOND TIME AT THE END OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME TO WRAP UP.
YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED
AT THE END OF YOUR TWO MINUTES.
IF YOU DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO
SPEAK TODAY OR YOU DID NOT GET
A CHANCE TO SHARE EVERYTHING
YOU WOULD LIKE TO, EMAIL US AT
KONSYL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
ONCE IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT THAT
INDICATES YOU HAVE BEEN MUTED.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION TO HIT
á6 TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING YOUR
NAME AND THE ITEM YOU ARE
ADDRESSING AND AS A REMINDER
ALL PUBLIC COMMENT CHEVROLET TO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WHICH
INCLUDE THE 2022 BUDGET.
AT THIS TIME I AM GOING TO OPEN
THE PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE
FIRST TWO SPEAKERS ON THE LIST
AND AS A REMINDER WHEN YOU ARE
DONE SPEAKING, PLEASE DO
DISCONNECT AND CONTINUE
FOLLOWING US AT SEATTLE CHANNEL
úON THE LISTEN AND OPTIONS
POSTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
TREVOR AND JASON THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US.
FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE CAMILLE.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, APOLOGIES.
A FIRE ALARM WENT OFF IN MY
BUILDING.
MY NAME IS TREY VONA I AM A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2, TO
REPORT THE BUDGET AND FOOD
SOVEREIGNTY TO CREATE A HEALTHY
COMMUNITY CITYWIDE.
I'M NOT AFRAID OR ASHAMED TO
SPEAK UPON MY EXPERIENCE
LOOKING FOR FOOD AT FOOD BANKS.
MY GRANDMOTHER TO THIS DAY
RELIES ON FOOD FROM FOOD BANKS.
SHE WAS PRICED OUT OF HER HOME
AND SHE LIVES OUTSIDE THE CITY
AND MONEY IS TIGHT SO SHE GOES
TO THE FOOD BANKS QUITE OFTEN.
THE BUDGET OFFERS FOOD SUPPORT
BY INVESTING $17.7 MILLION FOR
THE SURVIVAL OF OUR MOST
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
FOOD INSECURITY HAS BEEN
EXACERBATED BY COVID-19 AND
THAT IS MAKING IT HARDER FOR
FOLKS TO GROW FOOD FOR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
SUFFERING AND STRUGGLING.
THE PANDEMIC IS FAR FROM OVER
AND THE IMPACT OF RECEIVING
RESOURCES IS HURTING OUR FOLKS.
-- ABOUT HOW WASHINGTON
RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE A DRASTICALLY HIGHER
LEVEL OF FOOD INSECURITY FROM
10% BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
TO NOW 27%.
HOW CAN WE CLOSE THAT GAP?
WELL, WE CAN DO THAT BY
ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET DOES NOT
HAVE A DEDICATED SECTION FOR
FOOD ACCESS OR FOOD POVERTY
INDICATING PERHAPS THIS IS NOT
A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY.
FOOD AXIS IS SPRINKLED
THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET A NUMBER
OF TIMES MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO
DETERMINE EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS
BEING BUDGETED SPECIFICALLY FOR
FOOD AXIS.
WITH JUST UNDER 5% OF THE
PROPOSED STD BUDGET WE CAN FUND
THE ENTIRE FOOD ACCESS POGROM
FROM THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
PLAN.
SHOULD WE FUND -- FOR PEOPLE?
MORE STD VIOLENCE OR HOUSE
PEOPLE?
MORE NEW COSTS FOR WORKING
FAMILIES?
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, THAT YOU
CARE AND SUPPORT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SOLIDARITY
BUDGET AND I RELINQUISH THE
REST OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD
MORNING, CAMILLE.
FOLLOWED BY TYLER HARMON.
>> HI THERE, THIS IS CAMILLE
AND I AM WITH THE ADVOCACY TEAM
FOR REAL CHANGE AND I WOULD
LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AGENDA
ITEMS ON HOMELESSNESS
INVESTMENT AND HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICES.
SO I'M CALLING IN FIRST ABOUT
TO REQUEST THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
CONSIDER ALLOCATING $80,000
TOWARD THE SEATTLE STREET
PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE EXPANDING
THE -- FUND SOME VENDOR
MAINTENANCE JOBS.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THIS
WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING
DUE TO THE -- WE EXPERIENCE
FROM $100,000-$60,000 THIS PAST
YEAR AND IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE
THIS ESSENTIAL PROGRAM AND 22,
WE WILL NEED THIS FUNDING TO
COVER MAINTENANCE, STOP TIME
AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINKS
AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT
OUT THE CITY STANDARD FOR OUR
PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE OF THEIR OWN
PROGRAMS AS OUTLINED IN --
ARTICLE IN PUBLIC -- FEBRUARY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO
CALL ON THE MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL TO COSPONSOR, COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES BUDGET --
BUILDINGS FOR SOCIAL HOUSING.
YESTERDAY I ALONG WITH ONE OF
MY COLLEAGUES ON THE ADVOCACY
TEAM SPOKE TO SEVERAL VENDORS
ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES
REGARDING THE CITY BUDGET AND
WE WERE MET WITH A LOT OF
ENTHUSIASM AND A LOT OF VENDORS
EXPRESSING A LOT OF -- FOR
PUBLIC TOILETS AND ALSO THE
INCREASED SOCIAL HOUSING AND IN
THE WORDS OF ONE OF OUR VENDORS,
WHO, WHEN ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT
THE TOP PRIORITIES OF THE CITY
SHOULD BE IN 2022 BUDGET, THE
ONLY TWO WORDS HE SAID WERE
PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND WITH THAT I RELINQUISH MY
TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND GOOD MORNING, TYLER.
TYLER FOLLOWED BY MALIK
MARYELLEN STONE.
>>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AT
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
HERE.
MY NAME IS TYLER HARMON AND I'M
A COLLEGE STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE COLLEGE
ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR EXPANDING
DEPARTMENTS AND FOR -- STUDIO
498 WE ARE CONDUCTING A
FEASIBILITY STUDY TO BE ABLE TO
-- HOW WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK
AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO CREATE
A SHELTER -- DISTRICT THE
DISTRICT IS AN UNDERSERVED AREA
IN DISTRICT 4 -- THERE ARE NO
SHELTERS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE
CURRENT MOMENT SO WE WERE -- I
HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION
ACTUALLY.
-- MY TEAM FINDINGS THAT
FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO TRY AND
CONDUCT RESEARCH BUT THEN WHAT
IS CAUSING THE HOMELESS PRICING
CRISIS AND WHAT IS GOING TO --
UTEP MEDICAL CENTER WHEN IT
COMES TO TRAINING STAFF
FACILITY AND HOW TO NOT SUCCUMB
TO COMPASSION FATIGUE WHEN
DEALING WITH INDIVIDUAL CARE
AND HOMELESSNESS BUT WHEN IT
COMES TO ACTUAL MONEY BEING
ALLOCATED TO HOUSING, THERE
JUST SIMPLY IS NOT ENOUGH. THE
QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR COUNCIL ,
WHY IS THIS SUCH AN UNPOPULAR
ISSUE?
IF IT IS SO POPULAR WE CAN FUND
RESEARCH AND WE CAN FUND ACUTE
CLINICS BUT NOT ACTUAL HOUSING,
THERE IS NEVER HOUSING FOR THAT
. WHY IS THIS SO POLITICALLY
UNFAVORABLE?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND MARYELLEN IS
FOLLOWED BY SUSAN SAMUELSON.
>>
>> HEY, MARYELLEN, I SEE ON THE
SCREEN.
IF YOU CAN HIT á6 ONE MORE TIME
TO UNMUTE?
>> THAT WORKED?
>> HI THERE.
>> EITHER.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR TAKING MY TESTIMONY.
I AM FROM KING COUNTY SEXUAL
ASSAULT RESEARCH CENTER AND
SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
-- ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
ASKING THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
OUR REQUEST OF $3 MILLION TO
FUND WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW WORKS
WHICH IS SURVIVOR DRIVEN LOCAL
ADVOCACY WITH FLEXIBLE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET DOESN'T
ALLOCATE ANY NEW FUNDING FOR
EXPANDING NEW SERVICES AND I'M
ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THAT
TODAY IN YOUR BUDGET PACKAGE.
WE KNOW AND I KNOW YOU KNOW
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT ARE SOME OF THE TOP
PRECURSORS TO HOMELESSNESS,
HOUSING INSTABILITY, MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE AND WE SEE THIS EVERY
DAY.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO
UNDERINVEST IN THE SERVICES.
I WILL SAY FROM -- WE ARE
SEEING RECORD HIGH NUMBERS OF
SURVIVORS FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
NUMBERS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE LIKE 20% OVER LAST YEAR
AND THE YEAR BEFORE.
SO THE DEMAND IS CONSIDERABLE
AND THE DEMANDS ON OUR
ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO MEET
THESE NEEDS IS VERY HIGH AS
WELL.
SO ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
ADDITIONAL REQUEST AND WE WILL
BE HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE
QUESTIONS AT A LATER TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
SUSAN SAMUELSON FOLLOWED BY BJ
LAST.
>> GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
SUSAN SEN WILL SOME AND I'M
HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ISSUE OF
EARLY LEARNING FUNDING.
I LIVE JUST NORTH OF THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND I AM
CURRENT CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO INCREASING EARLY
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE
LOWER INCOME.
AS YOU KNOW, THE LACK OF
AVAILABLE CHILDCARE HAS BEEN A
MAJOR PROBLEM FOR MANY FAMILIES
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC SINCE
THE PANDEMIC, THERE HAS BEEN A
30% REDUCTION IN KING COUNTY
EARLY LEARNING SLOTS.
I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT NEARLY
ONE IN FIVE PARENTS HAS TURNED
DOWN A JOB OFFER OR PROMOTION
DUE TO CHILDCARE ISSUES
ESPECIALLY AMONG --
COMMUNITIES.
NEARLY HALF OF UNEMPLOYED
PARENTS SITE CHILDCARE ISSUES
AS A BARRIER TO THEIR
EMPLOYMENT.
UNIVERSITY TEMPLE CHILDREN
SERVICES AND CHILDREN'S SCHOOL
AND EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM IN
THE DISTRICT FOR 50 YEARS LOST
ITS HOME WHEN THE UNIVERSITY
TEMPLE CHURCH WAS DEMOLISHED.
THE U HEIGHTS BOARD HAS BEEN SO
GRATIFIED TO WELCOME THEM TO
THE SCHOOL BUILDING BUT WE NEED
TO MAKE SEVERAL CAPITAL
UPGRADES TO OBTAIN OUR DC WHY OF
CHILDCARE LICENSE AND THERE'S SO
SAVE SEVEN EARLY LEARNING
SLOTS.
50% OF THOSE PLACES WILL BE
ALLOCATED TO LOW INCOME PLACES
WHO OTHERWISE COULD NOT AFFORD
CHILDCARE.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE COST OF
THESE CAPITAL UPGRADES IN THE
CITY'S BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND BJ WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
JANINE FALLS.
GOOD MORNING, BJ.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS BJ LAST AND I'M A --
BUDGET HOUSING AND FOOD ASSESS
RESIN RECOMMENDATIONS TO FUND
ADDITIONAL -- WRAPAROUND
SERVICES AND -- ADVISERS ON
THESE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THEY
ACTUALLY GET SPENT ON THESE
PROGRAMS.
THIS YEAR HAS SHOWN ON HOW
IMPORTANT THE FUNDING IS --
FIRST TINY HOUSE TILLAGE OPEN
DESPITE BEING FUNDED SINCE THE
START OF JANUARY.
AND AS SOMEONE THAT DOES MUTUAL
AID, BUILDING HOUSING AND
SHELTERS LIKE TINY HOUSE
BUILDERS -- NEIGHBORS CAN COME
IN FROM OUTSIDE AND SOMEWHAT
PERSONAL.
-- WINTER.
IT MEANS -- HAVE SOMEWHAT TO GO
TO GET AWAY FROM THE NEXT ROUND
OF FIREFIGHTERS DOUBLED US
FIRES -- ASTHMA NOT BEING BUILT
BY SHELTER COMMUNITY MEMBERS
YET AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DON'T
LIKE SEEING A TENT.
-- DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT A
SHELTER COMMUNITY MEMBER IS
GOING TO THROW ALL OF THEIR
BELONGINGS IN THE TRASH WHILE
THEY'RE AT WORK YET AGAIN.
IT MEANS PATRICK DOESN'T HAVE
TO SPEND HALF OF HIS MORNING
TRYING TO FIND A BATHROOM OPEN
FOR HIM.
LARGE PORTIONS OF SEATTLE ARE
PUBLIC BATHROOM DESERTS SO I
URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THOSE
ITEMS.
THANK YOU AND I YELLED MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS
MORNING.
THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS ARE
JANINE FALLS AND DOUGLAS
STAFFING AND DOUGLAS SINCE YOU
ARE LISTED IS NOT PRESENT, IF
YOU DIAL IN BEFORE THE END OF
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION WE
WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
JANINE IF YOU COULD HIT á6 FOR
ME?
IT SHOWS YOU'RE STILL MUTED ON
MY END.
ONE MORE TIME, á6?
OKAY.
JANINE, LAST CALL.
OH, THERE YOU ARE.
>> HELLO?
I'M SORRY I WAS HITTING IT ON
THE WRONG THING.
SO SORRY.
-- HAD ACTUALLY GET IN HERE.
MY NAME IS JEANNIE FALLS.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE HEIGHTS MARKET, SENIOR
CENTER AND FOOD BANK -- SERVICE
AGENCY THAT SUPPORTS THE
DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND I AM CALLING IN TODAY TO
SUPPORT INCLUDING THE HUMAN
SERVICES WAGE EQUITY STUDY THAT
HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO THE COUNCIL
FOR $750,000 TO CREATE, TO DO A
STUDY THAT WILL SORT OF HELP US
DETERMINE WHAT WAGE EQUIVALENTS
ARE FOR NONPROFIT POSITIONS.
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS
COMMITTED TO PROMOTING WAGE
EQUITY AND A FAIR LIVING WAGE
FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN SEATTLE
AND I HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS
FINDING ON THE INTERNET
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS A
LIVING WAGE.
THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES DONE
BUT THERE IS DIFFICULTY FINDING
ANYTHING THAT IS EQUIVALENT FOR
SAY A CASE MANAGER POSITION
WORKING IN HUMAN SERVICES.
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THAT
POSITION WHICH HAS BEEN
TRADITIONALLY UNDERPAID?
HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT WHAT A
REAL WAGE IS THAT A PERSON
SHOULD EARN, THAT VALUES THEIR
WORK?
I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS
INTERESTED IN WAGE EQUITY SO I
URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
ADDITION TO THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT AND DOUGLAS WE
ARE STILL SEEING YOU AS NOT
PRESENT.
I'M GOING TO WAIT ONE MORE
SECOND TO SEE IF THERE IS
ANYBODY IN THE WAITING ROOM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
CALLED IN ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND
SOME OF THEM WERE NOT PRESENT
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NO
ONE IS IN THE WAITING ROOM THAT
HAS AN UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER.
OKAY.
DOUGLAS, THANKS FOR SIGNING UP
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
TODAY.
IT DOESN'T APPEAR YOU ARE IN
THE WAITING ROOM SO WE WILL
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING YOUR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT COUNCIL @
SEATTLE.GOV.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR TESTIMONY
FOR TODAY.
TOMORROW WE WILL START AT 7:30
A.M.
WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND WE WILL
PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY UP UNTIL THE 10:00
HOUR AS WE HAVE COMMITTED TO
THE FIRST HALF AN HOUR OF
MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET
THE CHANCE TO HAVE A ROBUST
DISCUSSION TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE WITH US
CENTRAL STAFF. TO MAKE SURE TO
TAKE NOTES OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY WE
MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS,
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK QUESTIONS DURING THE
PRESENTATIONS.
SOME PRESENTATIONS ARE SHORTER
IN TERMS OF SLIDES BUT THE
CONTENT IS HEAVY.
IF YOU CAN CORRESPOND WITH THE
MEMOS THAT HAVE ACCOMPANIED
THOSE SLIDES, THAT WILL BE VERY
HELPFUL.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A QUICK
SECOND TO REMIND FOLKS THIS IS
A CONVERSATION TO HELP IDENTIFY
QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL
EXISTING, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO LOOK
INTO A FEW MORE AREAS THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FOR
AMENDMENTS, AND AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE DUE ON MONDAY AT NOON DO
NOT HAVE TO BE FULLY DEVELOPED
IN TERMS OF THE EXACT LANGUAGE.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE
DEADLINE IS FOR SO THOSE
AMENDMENTS CAN GET SUBMITTED ON
MONDAY AND CENTRAL STAFF AND
WORKS WITH ALL THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS OVER THE FOLLOWING WEEK
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AMENDMENT
IDEA IS REFINED AND THEN IT IS
SUBMITTED SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE
AMENDMENTS POSTED AND A FULL
DISCUSSION ON THE 26th, 27th,
AND 28th.
AGAIN, PLEASE DON'T FEEL
PRESSURED TO HAVE ALL THE
DETAILS WORKED OUT AND WE CAN
WORK WITH CENTRAL STAFF ON THE
EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
IF YOU HAVE A RANGE THAT IS
VERY HELPFUL WITH THE CONCEPT,
JUST THE CONCEPT IS WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR FOR THOSE
SUBMITTALS.
THANKS TO CENTRAL STAFF IN
ADVANCE FOR YOUR WORK AND ALL
OF YOUR OFFICES.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OFFICES HAVE
BEEN VERY BUSY WORKING ON
AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION
AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
THOSE DISCUSSIONS ON OCTOBER
26, 27 AND 28.
THANK YOU FOR SUBMITTING THOSE
CONCEPTS ON MONDAY AT NOON.
AT THIS TIME LET'S MOVE INTO
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM 1
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND PUNITIVE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU AND I
WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO CITY
COUNCIL PRESENTATION.
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION DAY TWO.
THANKS FOR HEADING UP THE
DISCUSSION TODAY.
I THINK SOME FOLKS HAVE HAD THE
CHANCE TO READ YOUR MEMO ALREADY
IN ADDITION TO THE SLIDES.
I WANT TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT
THIS POLICY DEVELOPMENT MEMO IS
AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS
REALLY GET A CHANCE TO READ
SOME OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK
THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS. I'M
GOING TO LIFT UP SOME FOLKS AS
WE GO ALONG ESPECIALLY AT THE
TOP OF PAGE 3 FOR CONTEXT
SETTING IN THAT MEMO WHERE IT
SAYS ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
CENSUS, SEATTLE WAS THE THIRD
FASTEST GROWING LARGE CITY IN
THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 2010
AND 2020, GROWING BY 128,000
RESIDENTS FROM JUST OVER 600,000
TO NOW ALMOST 740.
THAT IS A 21% INCREASE. IN THAT
PERIOD THE NUMBER OF HOUSING
UNITS GREW BY ABOUT 60,000
UNITS.
THAT IS ABOUT A 19% INCREASE,
NOWHERE NEAR THE NUMBER OF
UNITS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS
THE POPULATION IN TOTAL AND
DURING THIS PERIOD THE HOUSING
THAT SEATTLE HOUSEHOLDS GREW
SIGNIFICANTLY WEALTHIER WITH
WEALTH INEQUALITY SO WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
AS YOU PROVIDE THE CONTEXT FOR
WHY OPCD'S WORK IS SO
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT GIVEN
THAT THE COST OF HOUSING WENT
FROM AROUND $400,000 IN 2010 TO
NOW, OVER $850,000.
THIS IS THE CONTEXT IN WHICH WE
RECEIVE THE OPCD INFORMATION
AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY.
GO AHEAD AND GET US STARTED AND
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE FIRST
ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE?
SO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS IN
CHARGE OF CITYWIDE PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY BASED INVESTMENTS IN
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENTS.
IT HAS FIVE DIVISIONS, EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY
PLANNING, -- AND LONG USE
PLANNING. WITH THE INJUNCTION
OF PAYROLL TAX FUNDING TO
SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
AND OTHER CHANGES, THE BUDGET
INCREASES INCREASES FROM 122%
TO $31 MILLION.
STAFFING INCREASES FROM 42 TO
46 1/2 FTE OR --. THREE
POSITIONS ARE ADDED TO SUPPORT
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE OR EDI GRANTS. ONE
INDIGENOUS PLANNER POSITION IS
ADDED TO MANAGE THE -- VALLEY
PROJECTS.
AND A POSITION IS TRANSFERRED TO
-- CENTER WHERE WE ARE DOING
MOST OF THEIR WORK WITH THE
SEATTLE CENTER.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE THREE
CLASSIFICATIONS OF VACANT
POSITIONS TO LOWER-LEVEL
POSITIONS TO BETTER PROVIDE A
RANGE OF SKILL SETS.
INITIATIVES IN 2022 INCLUDE THE
UPDATE, MAJOR UPDATE TO THE
CONFERENCE OF PLAN, PLANNING
FOR REGIONAL GROWTH CENTERS,
LIGHT RAIL STATIONARY PLANNING,
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STADIUM FOR MARITIME AND
INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY,
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE -- VALLEY
PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES $2.5
MILLION FOR PROJECTS IN -- AND
SOUTH PARK AND THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE WHICH
WILL HAVE $19.5 MILLION FOR
GRANTS IN 2022.
AS MENTIONED ON PAGE 3 OF THE
MEMO I DISCUSS SOME OF THE
GROWTH TRENDS IN THE CITY.
OPCD'S PLANNING WORK IS
OCCURRING IN THE CONTEXT OF
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
EMPLOYMENT GREW FASTER THAN THE
POPULATION GROWTH. MEDIAN
INCOME GROUP SHARPLY OF THE
LAST 10 YEARS AND BECAUSE
INCOME IS NOT EQUITABLY
DISTRIBUTED ACROSS RACES, -- OF
-- AND BEFORE I GET INTO THE
ISSUES, LET'S STOP AND SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO WE HAVE COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS WHO IS THE CHAIR
OF LAND-USE AND WE WILL SEE IF
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS ANY
QUESTIONS AND THEN WE HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES WHO HAS
-- BEFORE WE GET INTO --
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS OTHER
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE AT
THIS MOMENT?
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, REAL BRIEFLY, I WAS
WONDERING, AND I KNOW I MAY
HAVE ASKED SEVERAL OF THESE
QUESTIONS TWO WEEKS AGO BUT CAN
YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND ABOUT
THE FUNDING FOR THE COMP PLAN
MAJOR UPDATE AND EIS PROCESS?
HOW DOES THE FUNDING LEVELS
THAT WE HAVE IN THE TRANSMITTED
BUDGET COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS?
>> SO THERE IS -- THERE ARE TWO
BUCKETS OF FUNDING.
OUR REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND
CONSULTANT SUPPORT FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
WHICH REQUIRES PART OF THE PLAN
UPDATE.
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT RECEIVED
$100,000 IN 2021 AND WAS
BUDGETED FOR ANOTHER $50,000
NEXT YEAR.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT RECEIVED $30,000 IN
2021. THE BULK OF THE FUNDING
IS PROVIDED IN 2022, $300,000
AND $95,000 IS PLANNED FOR
2023, THE TOTAL FOR 425,000
DOLLARS.
LOOKING AT THE LAST MAJOR
UPDATE, $20 MILLION EIS WORK
WAS BUDGETED AT $500,000 LESS
THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED EIGHT
YEARS AGO.
AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AT THAT
TIME.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
WORK.
THAT WAS DONE FOLLOWING THE
LAST COMP PLAN UPDATE AND THAT
EIS WAS BUDGETED AT $750,000
AND THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
WORK FOR THAT CITYWIDE ZONING
EFFORT WAS ALSO $750,000.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
EFFORTS TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO
WHAT HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED.
STAYING ON THE COMP PLAN MAJOR
UPDATE, TOPIC, OTHER OTHER
DEPARTMENTS OTHER THAN OPCD THE
NEED FUNDING FOR THIS WORK?
MUCH SO THINKING ABOUT WHERE
THE CITY HAS BEEN CHALLENGED ON
PREVIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT WORK, CLEARLY,
HISTORIC PRESERVATION WAS A
MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY EIS AND
THAT ANALYSIS, BECAUSE IT -- SO
THE CITY HAS A CITYWIDE SURVEY
OF HISTORIC RESOURCES THAT
CITYWIDE SURVEY IS NOT COMPLETE.
IT DOESN'T ADDRESS MANY OF THE
AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
AND UPDATING THAT SURVEY TO
SUPPORT HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ANALYSIS IN EIS WOULD COST
ABOUT $125,000 AND DEPARTMENT
AND NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE THE
LEAD ON THAT.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL AND YOU TEED
UP MY NEXT QUESTION WHICH IS
GOOD YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THE
HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY?
WHAT ARE WE SURVEYING AND HOW
DOES IT INTERACT WITH THE OTHER
PLANS WE HAVE GOING ON?
>> YES.
THE HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY
IS SORT OF A FIRST CUT LOOK AT
THE STRUCTURES IN THE CITY. IT
IS TYPICALLY A WIND CHILL
SURVEY WHERE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION SERVICE WILL GO
THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS AND
LOOKING AT BECAUSE OF THEIR HR
POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE WHICH IS
IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE
STRUCTURES WHICH IS ACTUALLY --
LIKELY ELIGIBLE AND ALLOWS THE
CITY TO BASICALLY PRIORITIZE
THEIR ANALYSIS ON THOSE
STRUCTURES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY
TO ACTUALLY HAVE HISTORIC
SIGNIFICANCE RATHER THAN
REQUIRING STRUCTURES SAVED
GREATER THAN 50 YEARS OLD.
>> CIRCLING BACK, LAST QUESTION
ON THE COMP PLAN UP.
CAN YOU LET ME KNOW IF THE
PROVISO THAT COUNCIL HAS
PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED IN THE PAST
REGARDING THE COMP PLAN UPDATE
IS STILL IN PLACE?
>> THAT PROVISO -- AND THE
REQUIRED TWO IN THE EIS -- THE
CONTRACT WITH THE EIS
CONSULTANT -- IT REQUIRED THAT
THE EIS LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE
THAT LOOKS AT ZONING CHANGES IN
SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS ALLOWING
BROADER RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES
IN THOSE AREAS AND ANOTHER
ALTERNATIVE THAT LOOKS AT OTHER
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE RISK
OF REPLACEMENT -- DISPLACEMENT.
IT IS TIED TO OPCD FILING A
CONSULTANT CONTRACT THIS YEAR
FOR THAT WORK.
THEY APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK FOR
DOING THAT AND EVERY
CONVERSATION I HAVE HAD WITH
THEM, THEY PLAN ON INCLUDING
THOSE SORTS OF ALTERNATIVES IN
THAT CONSULTANT CONTRACT SO
ASSUMING THEY FILED A CONTRACT
THIS YEAR THAN YES, IT WILL BE
IMPACTED AND YES, THE EIS WILL
BE INCLUDING THOSE ALTERNATIVES.
>> VERY HELPFUL AND LAST
QUESTION FROM YOU THIS MORNING,
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IS
THE PLANNING FOR THE REGIONAL
GROWTH CENTERS, IS THE PLANNING
PROCESS FOR THIS GROWTH CENTERS
FULLY FUNDED IN THE TRANSMITTAL
BUDGET?
>> THE TRANSMITTED BUDGET
INCLUDES $150,000 FOR THAT WORK
. IT COVERS SIX -- THE CITY'S
CITY PLANNERS AND THE INTENT IS
-- I DON'T THINK IT IS FULLY
FUNDED.
>> LET'S FOLLOW-UP OFF-INE TO
FULLY DISCUSS THAT.
>> THAT IS MY ISSUE NUMBER TWO
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
>> FANTASTIC.
CHAIR, THOSE ARE ALL OF MY
QUESTIONS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO EDI,
EQUITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE?
>> ONE QUESTION TO PIGGYBACKING
OFF OF COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS'S
AND I AM SURE LIZ IS GOING TO
GET THERE BUT IN TERMS OF
GROWTH CENTERS, THE --
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IS NOT
IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THOSE
AREAS BUT OF COURSE WE KNOW IT
IS DOWNTOWN AND SO I AM
INTERESTED IN HOW -- WHAT THE
INTERSECTION IS THERE.
I DON'T HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
I HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT WE ARE
DISCUSSING IN MY OFFICE THAT
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON
THE MEMO.
I DO WANT TO CALL OF THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE JOINT WORK
FOR THE PHONE THAT THE COUNCIL
DID HERE WITH PRIORITIZING
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE FUNDING.
YOU TALK ABOUT THERE BEING A
250% INCREASE IN THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FUNDING
FOR THE 20 -- OVER THE 2021
I AM A SOOTHING -- ASSUMING
THAT IS -- JUMPSTART SEATTLE ON
PAYROLL TAX.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THE RESOURCES
BEHIND THAT?
>> CORRECT. THAT'S OVER $14
MILLION FROM THE JUMPSTART TAX.
>> AND THEN ON PAGE 2, WHERE IT
SAYS OPCD WILL RECEIVE $2.5
MILLION TO IMPLEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS -- $2.3 MILLION
OF THAT IS COMING FROM
JUMPSTART AND I JUST WANTED TO
DOUBLE CHECK WITH -- IN THE
PREVIOUS MEETING YESTERDAY, ARE
THE EXPENSES BEING ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY
ALIGNED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
PASSED NOW TWICE?
IS THIS SORT OF AUTHORIZED USE
OF THOSE FUNDS?
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BUT
WE WILL CONFIRM THAT.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
AND THEN, MIDWAY THROUGH THE
PAGE THERE, WHEN IT RELATES TO
THE MARATHON STRATEGIES,
INDUSTRIAL LAND USE POLICY WE
KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER
OF STAKEHOLDERS WORKING ON
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THERE
SPECIFIC POLICIES FROM THE
MAYOR'S EFFORT ON INDUSTRIAL
AND MARITIME STRATEGY BAKED
INTO THE -- CHANGES IN THOSE
POLICIES BASED IS BASED ON
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> FUNDING TO STUDY THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL TASK FORCE WERE
ALLOCATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET -- AND SO THERE ISN'T
WORK GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
TO ANALYZE THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND WE ANTICIPATE GETTING FINAL
RECOMMENDATIONS ONCE -- REVIEW
IS COMPLETE NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
AND LASTLY, ON THE LONG-RANGE
PLANNING, THIS MAY BE SIMILAR
TO THE QUESTION THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS STARTED WITH AND
IT DOES LEAD INTO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION BUT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT LONG-RANGE PLANNING AND
THE WORK THAT IS ACCOMPANYING
THIS, WERE WE ANTICIPATING MORE
FTEs THAT WOULD BE BUILT INTO
THIS THAN THE 0.5 NOTED IN THE
MEMO?
WERE WE SURPRISED BY THE 0.5 WE
WERE ANTICIPATING MORE FTESS
WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED?
>> I PERSONALLY DID NOT HAVE AN
EXPECTATION FOR STAFFING CHANGES
, MORE FUNDING FOR -- ENGAGEMENT
AND CONSULTANT SUPPORT FOR THE
EIS, I THINK, IS WHAT I
EXPECTED TO SEE.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
WE WILL LET YOU CONTINUE WITH
THAT THREAD.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS UP RIGHT NOW SO LET'S
TAKE A THAT INTO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE
NEXT PAGE.
SO FIRST ISSUE AND WE HAVE
TOUCHED ON THIS IS THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAJOR
UPDATE.
AS A REMINDER, THE COMP PLAN IS
A POLICY DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES
GROWTH OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.
IT IS THE RESULT OF THE STATE
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT AND UNDER
THE ACT, WHILE THE CITY IS
REQUIRED TO UPDATE ITS PLAN BY
JUNE, 2024.
THE NEW UPDATE WILL FOCUS ON
NEW GROWTH TARGETS ADOPTED INTO
THE -- POLICIES. UNDER THOSE
POLICIES, THE CITY WILL PLAN
FOR AN ADDITIONAL 112,000
HOUSING UNITS AND 170,000 JOBS
OF THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
-- TO THE 20 YEAR PERIOD OF OUR
PLAN THAT IS APPROXIMATELY
90,000 HOUSING UNITS AND
135,000 JOBS.
THIS REPRESENTS A 24% INCREASE
IN THE CITY'S HOUSING STOCK AND
21% INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT.
THIS IS SLOWER THAN WE HAVE HAD
AS GROWTH RATE OVER THE LAST 20
YEARS BUT IF WE SEE THIS GROWTH
IT WILL USE OVER 70% OF THE
CITY'S HOUSING AND JOB CAPACITY.
SO WITH THESE GROWTH TARGETS WE
ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE
CAPACITY WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE
GROWTH.
CONSEQUENTLY, THIS LEVEL OF
GROWTH REQUIRES THE CITY TO
REASSESS OUR STRATEGY TOWARDS
ACCOMMODATING GROWTH.
THE UPDATE WILL REQUIRE AN --
WE TALKED ABOUT ALTERNATIVES
THAT WILL BE BROUGHT THROUGH A
PUBLIC SCOPING PROCESS THAT
WILL START SOON.
WITH THE SCOPE TO BE DEVELOPED
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2022.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET A
LITTLE BIT BUT THERE IS A TOTAL
OF $150,000 FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH
OVER THREE YEARS.
AND $25,000 FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
AND CONSULTANT WORK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THAT WORK.
RECENT CHANGES TO STATE LINE
COURAGE FOR DON'T REQUIRE THAT
WE ANALYZE ZONING CHANGES THAT
IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES OF PLAN
-- AS WE STUDY THE POLICY
CHANGES, THAT WOULD SAVE TIME
AND MONEY BUT REQUIRE MORE
RESOURCES AND MORE COMMUNITY
IMPORT.
INPUT.
AS MENTIONED, THIS WORK MAY
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN
OFFICES OTHER THAN THE PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT INCLUDING THE
PLANNING AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION SURVEY REPORT.
SO I HAVE THREE OPTIONS THAT
ARE NOT SURPRISING.
ADD STAFF TO THIS WORK
INCLUDING OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT, INCREASE
FUNDING FOR CONSULTANT WORK ON
THE EIS AND FOR HISTORIC
PRESERVATION SURVEY WORK IN
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE ARE
CLEARLY NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
AND THE THIRD OPTION IS NO
ACTION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES I SEE
YOUR HAND UP.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> YES, LISH, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE I AM UNDERSTANDING
THESE PROCESSES RIGHT.
CAN YOU SHARE AGAIN THE TIMELINE
FOR THE EIS CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE COMP PLAN?
AND THE TIMELINE FOR THE EIS --
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PIECE FOR THE
MARITIME INDUSTRIAL -- AND THIS
IS OUTSIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION
BUT I JUST WANT TO -- I'M
TRYING TO COMPARE IT WITH THE
TIMELINE ALSO FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE TO BALLARD LIGHT RAIL
STATION PLANNING OR LIGHT RAIL
PLANNING.
HOW THOSE DIFFERENT PROCESSES
MIGHT --
>> YES, SO AS A REMINDER, EIS
IS TYPICALLY THREE PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE IS SCOPING
WHERE THE CITY WILL GO TO THE
PUBLIC TO HELP IDENTIFY AND
SHAPE THE ALTERNATIVES THAT
SHOULD BE STUDIED IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
THE SECOND PHASE IS ALLOCATION
OF A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT THAT ALLOWS THE PUBLIC
TO WEIGH IN ON THE ANALYSIS
THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND
RECOMMEND CHANGES OR IDENTIFY
DEFICITS IN THAT ANALYSIS AND
THE THIRD PHASE IS THE FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
WHERE OFTEN, BUT NOT ALWAYS,
THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IS
CHOSEN BASED ON CERTAIN IMPACTS
THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
TALKING ABOUT THE THREE
DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT WE MAY
HAVE, SCOPING FOR THE MARITIME
INDUSTRIAL STUDY HAPPENED THIS
YEAR. THEY ANTICIPATE PUBLISHING
THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT -- THIS YEAR OR EARLY
IN 2022.
AND THEN PUBLISHING A FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
MIN NEAR YEAR, NEXT YEAR SO
THAT IS MOVING VERY QUICKLY.
THE SOUTHERN SECOND FOR THE
COMP PLAN WE ARE LOOKING AT
SCOPING BEING COMPLETED FIRST
QUARTER OF 2022.
PUBLICATION OF A DRAFT EIS IN
2023 AND FINAL EIS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL
IN 2024.
AND THE BALLARD TO WEST SEATTLE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY I
THINK WOULD FOLLOW THAT.
I'M NOT AS WELL VERSED IN THE
TIMELINE FOR THAT.
I WILL PROVIDE THOSE DATES TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCIL -- COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
OTHER ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS
OR IDEAS THAT THESE ARE
BRINGING UP AS IT RELATES TO
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN?
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS THIS MORNING HAS
ALREADY MENTIONED INTEREST IN
THAT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON
ANY OF THE THOUGHTS THIS BRINGS
UP FOR YOU?
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND WEIGH
IN.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES I
SEE YOU COMING OFF MUTE.
YOUR SCREEN IS FROZEN FOR ME
FOR SOME REASON BUT I DO SEE
YOU COMING OFF MUTE SO PLEASE,
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, I JUST WILL SAY
THAT PART OF THE POINT I WAS
TRYING TO MAKE IN MY
QUESTIONING WITH LISH IS THAT
FOR ALL OF THESE PROCESSES,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THE
CRITICAL PIECE AND SINCE THEY
ALL SORT OF CONVERGE IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
AND -- SQUARE AREA I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT WE MAKE SURE THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECES OF
THESE PROCESSES IS WELL-FUNDED
PARTICULARLY SINCE SO MUCH OF
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN THERE FOR
MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WILL
INVOLVE TRANSLATION AND
INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT.
WILL SET AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN,
PLEASE EITHER JUMP IN, TURN
YOUR SCREEN ON OR TAKE YOURSELF
OFF ME.
I WILL LOOK FOR THAT.
SEEING NO ONE ELSE COMING OFF
MUTE, I WILL ECHO THAT POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER MALICE
JUST MADE THE COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS HAS MADE IN THE IMPACT.
APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS CLEARLY
UNDER RESOURCED AT THIS POINT.
ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT
THIS WORK IN ADDITION TO
POTENTIALLY INCREASING FUNDING
FOR WORK WITH CONSULTANTS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE EIS IS ALSO
CONSIDERED AS WE LOOK AT THE
COMPETENCE OF PLAN IS SOMETHING
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERE THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE A COMBINATION OF
A AND B. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN
A JOINT EXPRESSION OF THE NEED
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS ADEQUATE
FUNDING FOR THE WORK THAT OPCD
WILL BE WERE DOING ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE MEMO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
LAYS OUT THE CASE CLEARLY ABOUT
HOW THIS ENGAGEMENT WORK HAS
BEEN FUNDED IN THE PAST AND I'M
LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 4
WHERE IT SAYS, "IN THE PAST
YEARS, EIS WOULD HAVE --
RECEIVED $425,000 DOUBLE-DIGIT
EXCUSE ME, IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET, EIS WILL RECEIVE 425
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
OF THOSE DOLLARS, $30,000 WERE
ALLOCATED IN THE 2021 BUDGET,
300,000 ARE IN -- 2022 BUDGET
AND 95,000 ANTICIPATED FOR 2023.
OPCD PLANS TO CONTRACT WITH
CONSULTANTS TO TAKE ON THAT
WORK HOWEVER THE FOOTNOTE SAYS
-- I LOVE A FOOTNOTE, THANK
YOU, LISH.
THE FOOTNOTE SAYS THE CONTRACT
FOR THE EIS FOR THE PREVIOUS
UPDATE PLAN WAS $437,000 IN
2016. IN 2016, THOSE DOLLARS TO
20 $21 WOULD HAVE BEEN AT LEAST
$500,000 SO EVEN IF WE JUST USE
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY ALLOCATED
IN 2016, WE ARE UNDERFUNDING
THE INVESTMENT EXCUSE ME THE
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WORK
THAT WE KNEW WE NEEDED FIVE
YEARS AGO AND NOW WE ARE SAYING
IN ADDITION TO THE TRADITIONAL
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WE WANT
TO DO ON THE COVER HAS A PLAN,
WE WANT TO DO SO MUCH MORE
BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO DO
IT.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO DO IT
BECAUSE OF THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT THAT I HELPED TO
SPONSOR IN THE 2019 YEAR WHEN
WE WERE BUILDING THE 2020
ADOPTED BUDGET BUT THE WORK
THAT WE PUT INTO THAT BUDGET
REQUIRED A FEW THINGS TO
ADDRESS EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND
DISPLACEMENT IN THAT BUDGET SO
THAT WE COULD ANTICIPATE WHAT
WAS NEEDED FOR THE 2022 YEAR.
IT REQUIRED A RACIAL ANALYSIS
TOOLKIT. ON SEATTLE'S GROWTH
STRATEGY, TO GROUND THE
CONVERSATION ON COMMUNITY
EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.
IT INCLUDED POLICY OPTIONS THAT
WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE
DIVERSITY ACROSS THE CITY IN
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN UPDATE.
AND FROM THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS
WE HEARD EARLIER THIS YEAR, ON
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS'S
COMMITTEE OH PCD DID
INCREDIBLE WORK WITH POLICY
LINE, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS
THE REGION ESPECIALLY IN THE
SOUTH END TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION THAT WAS GROUNDED
IN QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
DATA TO SHOW HOW, WHEN WE
EMBARK ON THIS PROCESS OF
CREATING THE COPPERHEADS OF
PLAN, WE MUST USE THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT ANALYSIS TO
CREATE MEANINGFUL OPTIONS TO
ADDRESS EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND
COMBAT DISPLACEMENT.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE
GROUND SETTING CONVERSATION FOR
2022 SO THAT WE HAD REALLY
ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
NOT ONLY ARE WE UNDERFUNDING TO
THE DEGREE THAT WE HAD INVESTED
IN 2016, BUT WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER
LAYER OF RESPONSIBILITY TO
RESPOND TO THE RESULTS OF THAT
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT AND WE
KNOW AS THIS SAYS ON PAGE PAGE
5 OF LISH'S MEMO, THE TAKE AWAY
IS IT IS MORE COST EFFICIENT
TO DO THE EIS ANALYSIS ALONG
WITH THE COMP PLAN OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT AS IT RELATES TO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
I THINK THAT ALL OF THESE ARE
REALLY LEADING TO WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AND COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES HAVE TALKED
ABOUT AND OTHERS WHICH IS A
NEED FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT
THOSE UP FRONT FUNDS ARE
AVAILABLE SO WE CAN BE MORE
COST EFFICIENT IN THE LONG RUN
AND SO WE CAN REALLY FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THE INITIAL
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE NEED FOR
THIS COMP PLAN TO BE VERY MUCH
ROOTED IN THOSE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING DISPLACEMENT HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY PRICED OUT
AND PUSHED OUT OF OUR CITY AND
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MORE
INCLUSIVE SEATTLE.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATION AND, LISH, I
APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO
OUTLINE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
IF I MET MISSPOKE ON ANY DATA
POINTS, FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
MEMO THAT CLEARLY OUTLINES THIS.
THAT INCLUDES A REMINDER THAT
WE NEED TO BE BUILDING 4500
UNITS A YEAR IN ORDER FOR US TO
REACH OUR GOAL OF CREATING THE
112 THOUSAND NEW HOUSING UNITS
TO MEET OUR GOAL OVER THE NEXT
25 YEARS.
BETTER GET TO WORK.
>> OKAY.
LISH, OF COURSE, CORRECT ME IF
I SAID ANYTHING ERRONEOUS.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
YOU ARE ON MUTE, LISH, SORRY
ABOUT THAT.
>> SORRY, LET'S MOVE TO ISSUE
TWO . SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM --
REGIONAL COUNCIL WHICH IS THE
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING BODY THAT WE NEED TO
UP DATE OUR SIX REGIONAL GROWTH
CENTER PLANS.
OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS CALL
THESE URBAN CENTERS.
SIX OF THEM ARE IN NORTH GREAT,
NORTH GATE, DISTRICT 5, --
CAPITOL HILL, DISTRICT THREE IN
DOWNTOWN, UPTOWN AND SOUTH LAKE
UNION, DISTRICT 7 AND TO
RESPOND TO THE PREVIOUS
QUESTION, THE DOWNTOWN URBAN
CENTER DOES INCLUDE THE --
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT ALONG
WITH -- SQUARE, BELLTOWN, -- AND
DOWNTOWN COURT.
THE UPDATE WILL REQUIRE THE
PLANS TO ADDRESS REGIONAL
COLLABORATION AND VISION,
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE,
LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS,
HOUSING, ECONOMY,
TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC
SERVICES, AND RACIAL EQUITY.
PLANS FOR EACH OF THESE AREAS
WERE ADOPTED IN THE LATE 1990s.
SOME HAVE BEEN UPDATED BUT MANY
HAVE NOT.
THEY DON'T ADDRESS TOPICS LIKE
RACIAL EQUITY OR CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
$150,000 AND ONE FTE TO DO THIS
WORK ACROSS ALL SIX CENTERS
STARTING IN 2022.
THIS WILL NOT ALLOW FOR EITHER
DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR
DEEP ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AND
THE UPDATES.
SO SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE,
YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO ADD FUNDING
, POSITIONS IN OPCD TO TAKE ON
THE WORK, INCREASED CONSULTANT
FUNDING TO DO THE WORK OR NO
ACTION.
>> THANK YOU, LISH.
ARE THERE ANY THOUGHTS THAT
THIS ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
RAISES FOR YOU?
>> I'M HAPPY.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD, COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES NO, JUST THANK
YOU LISH.
WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR THE
1/30 AND THE NORTH GREAT NORTH
GATE STUFF SO THANK YOU AS
USUAL, WELL DONE.
SMITH WELL SAID, THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
THANKS SO MUCH, LISH.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES'S
HAND , PLEASE GO AHEAD, COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> I'M SURE WE WILL CONSIDER TO
HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
I'M JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW
WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THIS
WELL AND IF $150,000 IS NOT
ENOUGH FOR ALL SIX AREAS BUT
MIGHT BE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE THAT NUMBER, LISH OR IF
THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE WILL
BE HAVING QUITE
>> AS A POINT OF COMPARISON,
THIS IS FUNDING FOR THE FIRST
YEAR.
AS A POINT OF COMPARISON --
ABOUT THE COST FOR THAT -- HELP
PLANNING EFFORT, IT WAS MUCH
SMALLER AREA, FEWER RESIDENTS,
SMALLER SCOPE OVER THE LAST
FOUR YEARS.
THE CITY HAS DEDICATED THAT 1.5
FTE WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO
ABOUT $240,000.
SO I THINK IN 2022, YOU COULD
TRIPLE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND
STILL BE TIGHT ON CASH.
>> CAN YOU REPEAT? TRIPLE THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY AND STILL?
>> AND STILL THEY WOULD BE
NEEDING TO STRETCH THEIR
DOLLARS.
>> INTERESTING.
GREAT QUESTION, THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE,
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, ECHOING WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ SAID
ABOUT THIS WORD AND PICKING UP
WHAT LISH JUST SAID, I THINK
OPTIONS A OR B ARE CLEARLY
NEEDING TO BE INVESTIGATED.
AT THIS TIME I DON'T HAVE A
PREFERENCE BETWEEN A AND B BUT
JUST NOTING WHAT LISH JUST SAID
IF WE TRIPLED THE AMOUNT IT
WOULD STILL BE A SHOESTRING
BUDGET SO JUST WANTED TO PUT
THAT OUT THERE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBER AND I DON'T SEE A SHOW
OF HANDS SO LET'S MOVE TO THE
FINAL ISSUE IDENTIFIED BY
STAFFING.
>> SO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE VERY
AWARE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE AND STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND BUT VERY
BRIEFLY THEY FUND GRANTS FOR
COMMUNITY INITIATED PROJECTS
AND COMMIT TO MITIGATE IMPACTS
FROM DISPLACEMENT.
-- BY PUCK COMMUNITIES AND
INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THOSE COMMUNITIES.
-- COMMUNITIES.
EDI GRANTS ARE FUNDED THROUGH
THE PAYROLL TAX.
$13.9 MILLION OF PAYROLL TAX
FUNDING GOING TO GRANTS. THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX, $5
MILLION IN 2022 AND THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- OF 400
MILLION DOLLARS.
THE EDI STAFF ARE FUNDED
THROUGH THE PAYROLL TAX AND
GENERAL FUND THROUGH 2022.
IT IS A CLEAR DEMAND FOR
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING.
THE EDI RECEIVES FUNDING
ALLOCATION FOR 2021 FOUR $20
MILLION THEY WERE ABLE TO FUND
20 ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WITH
$9.8 MILLION.
IN 2021, THE LIST THERE WAS --
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND OR SII
. THE INTENT OF THAT FUNDING
WAS TO PROVIDE -- OVER 100
APPLICATIONS OVER $500 MILLION.
THE CITY WAS ABLE TO FUND 13 OF
THOSE PROJECTS TOTALING $30
MILLION.
THE -- IS NOT CONTINUING INTO
THE FUTURE BUT EDI FUNDS CAN BE
USED FOR THE PROPOSITION OF
ACTIVITIES --.
SO YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO ADD
FUNDING AND STAFF FOR EDI
PROJECTS, ADD FUNDING AND STAFF
FOR SOME OF THE SIFT PROJECTS
FUNDED IN 2021 OR NO ACTION
UNDER EITHER ALTERNATIVE A OR B
OF THE EDI ADVISORY REPORT
WHICH WOULD LIKELY HELP TO
ADVISE ON MOST EQUITABLE --
FUNDS GIVEN THAT IT IS UNLIKELY
WE WILL HAVE $530 MILLION OF
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE
FOR THESE PROJECTS.
>> WONDERFUL.
THOUGHTS, REACTIONS, QUESTIONS,
COUNCIL MEMBERS?
PLEASE GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
>> MADAM CHAIR IS THIS THE
TIME TO TALK ABOUT OTHER
AMENDMENTS WHERE WE ARE
CONSIDERING OR ARE YOU JUST
ASKING FOR A RESPONSE HERE?
>> LET'S DO QUICK RESPONSES TO
THIS ONE AND THEN I WILL CALL
YOU FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
THANK YOU 14 THOSE UP.
I WILL JUMP IN WITH A QUICK
THANK YOU, LISH, FOR
IDENTIFYING THAT THE EDI BOARD
UNDER EITHER SCENARIO WOULD
STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DO FINAL SELECTION.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS
GRAPPLING WITH WAS DOES THE
CITY COUNCIL SIT IN THE
POSITION OF SAYING ALL OF THESE
OTHER GRANTS FROM THE MERCER
MAYOR SALE WILL QUALIFY BUT
DIDN'T MAKE IT SO WE WANTED TO
FUND THOSE PIECES.
THAT IS NOT TYPICALLY THE ROLE
THE COUNCIL PLAY SO YOU ARE
SAYING THAT WE COULD CHOOSE TO
INCREASE STAFFING AND INCREASE
FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT SOME OF
THE PROJECTS THAT HAD APPLIED
UNDER THE MERCER MEGA SALE FOR
THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT SON
THAT WERE NOT FUNDED BUT IT WAS
STILL BE UP TO THE EDI BOARD TO
IDENTIFY WHICH OF THOSE MET X
CRITERIA AND THEY WOULD HAVE
THE FINAL SELECTION OF THAT.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE
HAVE SET UP THE EDI PROGRAM
TODAY AND I WOULD RECOMMEND
CONTINUING TO RELY ON COMMUNITY
EXPERTISE IN TERMS OF -- MOST
APPROPRIATE --
>> OKAY.
AND YOUR MEMO IN THE
PRESENTATION IS HELPFUL BECAUSE
I THINK INITIALLY WHEN WE HAD
THE DEPARTMENTS PRESENT, THERE
WAS SOME QUESTION IN MY MIND OF
WHETHER OR NOT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WAS PROPOSING EXTENDING
ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THE MERCER
MEGA SALE WHICH WE ALL KNOW WAS
DUE TO A ONE-TIME SALE OF THE
LARGE PARCEL OF PUBLIC LAND
WHICH WE HAVE SINCE PUT IN
POLICIES TO PROTECT AGAINST
DOING WHOLESALE SALES LIKE THAT
IN THE FUTURE BUT AS PART OF
THE COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
IDENTIFYING 30 MILLION SO IT
WAS ONE TIME IN NATURE.
THIS IS A REALLY QUESTION OF WE
HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE
THERE IS X AMOUNT OF PROJECTS
THAT DIDN'T GET FUNDED.
BUT THE BUDGET AS WE HAVE
RECEIVED IT, IS A PROPOSING TO
EXTEND THE SIF PROGRAM BECAUSE
I THOUGHT THE ANSWER WAS NO
QUITE
>> KNOW.
IT IS SLIGHTLY CONFUSING WHERE
IT DISCUSSES THE PAYROLL TAX
FUNDS BEING ALLOCATED TO OPCD
AS AN EXTENSION OF THE SIF BUT
THE INTENT OF THE PAYROLL
TAXES ALWAYS TO PROVIDE 90% OF
ITS FUNDING FOR EDI PROJECTS
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
IN THE PROJECT.
>> THE THEME CONTINUES SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
ALLEY, I SEE YOU ON SCREEN AS
WELL.
GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD BECAUSE
THIS CAME UP IN THE GENERAL
FUND BALANCING ANALYSIS
DISCUSSION YESTERDAY AND WAS
NOTED IN THE PAPER AND AS LIST
NOTED IS SOMEWHAT CONFUSING.
ALL THESE NAMES OF FUNDS THAT
WERE SET ASIDE AND ACTUAL FUND
THAT WAS ESTABLISHED LIKE THE
JUMP START FUND AND DIFFERENT
INITIATIVES AND SO I THINK FROM
CENTRAL STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE,
WHAT IS LESS CONFUSING IS THESE
FUNDS ARE PART OF THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE MOVING
FORWARD. THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUNDS FROM THE
MERCER SALE WERE A ONE-TIME
PROCESS AND MOVING FORWARD,
THIS MONEY IS REALLY
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUMP
START FUND OF POLICIES AND THE
PAYROLL TAX SPENDING PLAN AND
TO AVOID CONFUSION OF ALL OF
THESE BUCKETS OF MONEY AND HOW
ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGES
AND APPLIES FOR FUNDS MOVING
FORWARD WOULD BE SIMPLER TO GO
WITH THIS IS PART OF THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE PORTION OF THE FUNDS
DESCRIBED AS SIF AND THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO GOING TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
SUPPORTING OFFICE OF HOUSING
PROGRAM SO I THINK IT IS
SIMPLER TO JUST DO AWAY WITH
THAT TERM OF -- MOVING FORWARD.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE BEEN MAKING A MARK ON MY
OWN DOCUMENTS AS WELL.
THIS IS REALLY EDI.
EXCELLENT PICS -- OKAY THANK
YOU, LISH AND I WILL ASK
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES IF YOU
HAVE OTHER ISSUES YOU WOULD
LIKE TO PUT ON YOUR COLLEAGUES'
RADAR?
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL SAY FIRST THAT I DO
SUPPORT ADDING FUNDING AND
STUFF FOR EDI PROJECTS SO I
APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ARE
DOING THERE, LISH, TO HELP US
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT COULD
MEAN.
I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR
OFFICE IS WORKING ON FOR MY
COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER.
ONE IS AN AMENDMENT THAT REALLY
ALIGNS THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR
COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION WITH OUR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES AT EDI SO THE
AMENDMENT WOULD SHIFT FUNDING
THAT IS DEDICATED TO COMMERCIAL
ACQUISITION AT -- AND ADD SOME
ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND MOVE IT
TO EDI.
SO WE KNOW THAT -- AND I DO
WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK OED,
EDI AND OFFICE OF HOUSING HAVE
BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON THESE
KIND OF ACQUISITION STRATEGIES
SO I ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD
CONTINUE BUT SINCE EDI HAS THE
CLEAR EXPERIENCE OF GETTING
MONEY OUT THE DOOR QUICKLY AS
THE DEMONSTRATED THIS YEAR, AND
IS FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PIECE IT MAKES
SENSE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION
AND ANOTHER THING KEEPING WITH
THE CONVERSATION, WE HAVE BEEN
HAVING ABOUT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND THE NEED FOR A
NEW COMMUNITY PLAN, WE ALSO
HAVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO
SUPPORT THE CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT WHO
WANTS TO CREATE THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND DID
RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING
IN THE PAST.
WE WILL BE TRYING TO ADD
FUNDING FOR THAT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AS WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THAT REQUIRES A
LITTLE MORE INTENSIVE SUPPORT
FOR THE NEED FOR TRANSLATION AND
INTERPRETATION SERVICES BUT THE
AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOCATE STAFF
TO OPCD SINCE THE POINT IS TO
CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN
ACCEPTED BY THE CITY AS PART OF
OPCD.
IT WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE
COMMUNITY AND ENGAGING A
CONSULTANT TO ASSIST WITH THEIR
ENGAGEMENT WORK.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE -- I WANT TO
SAY ONE MORE THING.
SORRY.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING TO
GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT IT MEANS TO BUILD AN
EQUITABLE ECONOMY, TO BUILD
SOME COHERENT COMMUNITY WEALTH
STRATEGIES.
WE HAVE INVESTED AS A CITY
ACROSS LOTS OF DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS THAT IMPACTS INCOME
AND EQUALITY AND RESTRICTED
LAND-USE POLICIES.
WE ARE WORKING ON AN AMENDMENT
THAT WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING TO
DO THE RESEARCH TO HELP CREATE
A COORDINATED APPROACH AMONG
OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT
CAN REALLY BUILD A CONSISTENT
LETTER OF STRONG NEIGHBORHOODS,
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND BUILD
TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE
COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING
STRATEGY FOR THE CITY.
THAT ONE IS STILL IN THE WORKS
BUT WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS A
HEADS UP THAT WE ARE HOPING TO
GET SOME SUPPORT FOR THAT TOO.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING
THOSE, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
OKAY.
WELL, I HAVE RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS HAS NOTHING
FURTHER AT THIS POINT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR
US ON OPCD, AGAIN, THANKS, LISH
FOR ALL THE TIME YOU PUT INTO
THIS MEMO AND I THINK WE WILL
CONTINUE TO GROUND OURSELVES ON
HOW WE MUST ACT WITH URGENCY
AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA PROVIDED
AT THE TOP OF PAGE 3. IT IS NOT
JUST ABOUT PLANNING COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST ABOUT
HAVING A HOME BUT ESPECIALLY IN
THE WAKE OF COVID KNOWING YOU
NEED A PLACE TO CALL HOME AND
NUMBER TWO, BE HEALTHY, THE
STAFF IS REALLY COMPELLNG TO
LOOK AT THE LAST 10 YEARS AND
HOW WE HAVE CHANGED AS A PIT AS
A CITY, GROWTH AND POPULATION
AND HOW WE NEED TO ACT WITH
URGENCY TO CATCH UP SO THANKS
SO MUCH FOR THE WORK ON OWE
MUCH MUCH MORE IS TO COME.
LET'S GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
MEDICAL, PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO.
>> ITEM 2, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND TIMIDITY LET
INVESTMENT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I SEE AMY WITH US FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
THINGS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
LOOK FORWARD TO THE
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY ON
HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY
LED INVESTMENTS.
AND AS A REMINDER, WE WILL HAVE
A CONVERSATION ON HOMELESS
SERVICES IN THE AFTERNOON.
SO THEY ARE CONNECTED IN MANY
WAYS AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF
OUR DISCUSSION HERE, ARE
SEPARATED ESPECIALLY BECAUSE AS
WE THINK ABOUT THE HOMELESS
SERVICES LARGELY BEING
TRANSITIONED OVER TO THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY, WE HAVE BIFURCATED
THE DISCUSSIONS APPROPRIATELY
SO HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY
LED INVESTMENTS AND WE WILL LET
AMY GO THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THERE IS SOME CROSSOVER
ON THIS TOPIC AREA BUT I WILL
TURN TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBAL
THE FIRST AND OUR CHAIR OF
HUMAN SERVICES AND PUBLIC
SAFETY TO OFFER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS AS WE WRAP UP THE
OVERVIEW BEFORE WE GO INTO
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION.
WELCOME, AMY.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS AMY GORE FROM
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
I AM HERE TO TODAY TO PRESENT
ON THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY LED
INVESTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY BUT
TO SOME STORY BUDGETING AND THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE.
NEXT LIKE, PLEASE?
>> AS YOU KNOW, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT MISSION IS TO
CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES
AND SOLUTIONS DURING TIMES OF
NEED.
SO WE CAN ALL LIVE, LEARN,
WORK, AND TAKE PART IN STRONG
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
HSD PERFORMS THIS WORK FOR
CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY DO
PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES
PARTICULARLY IN THE AGING AND
DISABILITY SERVICES DIVISION.
THIS FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THE
SUMMARY OF THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET COMPARED TO THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET.
OVERALL, THE DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET DECREASES FROM $301
MILLION TO $286 MILLION.
THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO MOVING
SOME GRANT FUNDS AS PART OF THE
TRANSITION TO THE -- COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
AS WELL AS THE REDUCTION OF ONE
TIME ADDS IN RESPONSE TO THE
COVID PANDEMIC.
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS HAS THE
LARGEST IMPACT ON THE
HOMELESSNESS DIVISION WHICH AS
YOU MENTIONED, CHAIR, WILL BE
COVERED BY JEFF SIMMS THIS
AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION THERE IS A SLIGHT
REDUCTION IN THE PREPARING YOU
FOR SUCCESS DIVISION.
THE LARGEST INCREASE IS FUNDING
IN THE SUPPORTED SAFE
COMMUNITIES DIVISION WHICH
INCLUDES COMMUNITY SAFETY
PROGRAMS WHICH WILL BE
DISCUSSED TOMORROW DURING THE
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING AND
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
PRESENTATION.
THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION
TO THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET
DECREASES FROM $174.9 MILLION
TO $171.3 MILLION.
WHILE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS
DECREASED FROM $126 BILLION TO
$115 MILLION AND I'M GOING TO
DISCUSS THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN
JUST A MOMENT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, PATTY?
>> THE SECOND SLIDE SHOWS THE
2021 AND 2022 BUDGETS FOR
COMMUNITY LED INVESTMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PURCHASE OF
STORY BUDGETING INCREASES FROM
$28.3 MILLION WHICH WAS ONE
TIME FUNDS TO $30 MILLION PER
YEAR OF ONGOING FUNDS.
SIMILARLY, THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
INCREASED FROM $29.9 MILLION OF
ONE-TIME FUNDS TO $30 MILLION
PER YEAR OF ONGOING FUNDS WHICH
WAS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY DURING
THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE
PRESENTATION.
IN ADDITION IN THE 2022 BUDGET
THERE ARE 11.5 FTE TO SUPPORT
THESE PROGRAMS.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
>> THE THIRD SLIDE GOES INTO
MORE DETAILS ON THE SOURCE OF
HST FUNDS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN 2019, THE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET WAS $199
BILLION WITH $125 MILLION FROM
GENERAL FUND AND $74 MILLION
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND.
THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND IS
COMPRISED OF OUTSIDE GRANT
FUNDING, MOSTLY FROM STATE OR
FEDERAL PROGRAMS.
IN 2020, THIS -- WE INCREASED
BY OVER 25% IN RESPONSE TO THE
COVID PANDEMIC.
THAT INCLUDED AN INCREASE OF
$50 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS AND AN ADDITIONAL $35
MILLION FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
IN 2021 THE TREND CONTINUED
WITH AN ADDITIONAL $100 MILLION
OVER PRE-COVID SPENDING WITH
HALF OF THOSE FUNDS COMING FROM
GENERAL FUND AND AN ADDITIONAL
$44 MILLION COMING FROM OUTSIDE
GRANT AND THE ADDITION OF $4.7
MILLION SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
FUNDS AND $3.4 MILLION OF
RENTAL TAX FUNDS.
THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET HAS A
SLIGHT REDUCTION IN GENERAL
FUND CONTRIBUTION FROM $174.9
MILLION TO $171.3 MILLION.
IN ADDITION, THE HUMAN SERVICES
FUND OR OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES
REDUCES FROM $118.5 MILLION TO
$72.8 MILLION.
THIS IS SLIGHTLY OFFSET BY
INCREASE OF $24.8 MILLION FROM
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS WHICH ARE CALLED
-- FUNDS AS WELL AS THE
ADDITION OF 98 POINT MILLION --
AND PAYROLL TAX.
I WANT TO CORRECT AN ERROR THAT
IS IN HST.
ON PAGE 3 OF WROTE THAT THAT
WAS PART OF THE REDUCTION TO
THE HUMAN SERVICES FUND.
DOES CB DIGI COMMUNITY BLOCK
FRIEND GRANTS WAS A TOTAL
NUMBER I WAS LOOKING AT AND THE
REDUCTION WAS $5.8 MILLION SO
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CORRECT THAT.
ON PAGES FOUR AND FIVE THERE IS
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES
IN THE DEPARTMENTS BUDGET.
-- I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE
ITEM.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES $4.6
MILLION TO INCREASE IN EXISTING
CONTRACTS WITH PROVIDERS WHICH
IS REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE
125.865 PASSED IN 2019 HOWEVER
THE INFLATIONARY AMOUNT
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET 2.4% IS
LESS THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY
-- AND THE INCREASE SHOULD BE
3.0 PERCENT. THAT WILL BE
ADDRESSED IN THE ARATA
AMENDMENT WHICH WILL --
INFLATIONARY INCREASES TO
PROVIDER CONTRACTS.
I WILL PAUSE HERE TO AND
QUESTIONS ON THE SLIDES OR THE
HST BUDGET IN GENERAL BEFORE
MOVING ONTO --.
>> WONDERFUL.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO OFFER ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MADAM CHAIR AND AMY, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IS VERY NOTICEABLE
THAT I AM NOT REALLY SEEING OR
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE IMPACT IS
OF SUCH A LARGE REDUCTION IN
REVENUES FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES FUND.
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE, WHAT
IMPACT DOES THAT CREATE FOR
2023?
BECAUSE WE CAN EXPECT THAT SOME
OF THE REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE
MAKING UP PART OF THE DIFFERENCE
IN 2022 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
ANYMORE, FOR INSTANCE THE
CLIPPER FUNDS AND SO WHAT WILL
THAT DO AS FAR AS CREATING
GREATER GAPS TO FILL IN 2023?
>> RIGHT.
CERTAINLY, IT WILL BE A
REDUCTION BECAUSE THERE WILL BE
EVEN LESS OF THE ONE TIME COVID
RESPONSE FUNDING.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE FUNDS
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ADOPTED IN
A PARTICULAR YEAR'S BUDGET CAN
BE USED FOR MULTIPLE YEARS SO I
CAN WORK, I DON'T HAVE IT ON
HAND BUT I CAN WORK ON WHAT
THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN 2023,
WHAT THE EXPENDED EXPECTED
FUNDING IS OF THE FUNDS FOR A
PARTICULAR YEAR BUT WITHOUT
FURTHER CHANGES AND WITHOUT
FURTHER INFUSION OF OTHER
OUTSIDE FUNDING, WOULD RESULT
IN ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN
2023.
>> THANK YOU. THEN CAN YOU GO
BACK ONE SLIDE?
I GUESS MAYBE MORE THAN ONE
SLIDE?
THAT IS THE ONE RIGHT THERE.
SO THAT REPRESENTS SEVEN -- AND
YOUR ISSUE PAPER HIGHLIGHTS I
THINK SIX OF THESE SEVEN AND
DOES NOT INCLUDE PROVIDING
PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND THAT IS AN MOU WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH BUT THERE IS AN
INCREASE OF 19% THERE AND WOULD
JUST REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A MORE
UNDERSTANDING I THINK NOT YOU,
AMY BUT CENTRAL STAFF IS
WORKING ON THAT BUT I WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF A
CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR
INVESTMENTS THROUGH OUR -- WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH PARTICULARLY AS
IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH
INVESTMENTS SO JUST FLAGGING
THAT AS AN ISSUE, NOT IDENTIFIED
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION WHICH I
UNDERSTAND WE ARE GOING TO GO
INTO IN JUST A BIT.
I THINK THOSE ARE MY MAIN
COMMENTS ON THIS PORTION OF THE
AGENDA.
I WILL WANT TO ASK SOME OTHER
QUESTIONS ONCE WE GET INTO
ISSUE I.D.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD I STARTED
WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF ON THAT
SO I WILL BE WORKING MORE ON
THE DETAILS YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN.
I DO WANT TO FLAG THAT IN THE
PUBLIC HEALTH PSL THAT IS ABOUT
A $2.5 MILLION DIFFERENCE AND
ABU $1 MILLION IS TRANSFER.
WE HAVE -- MOBILE CRISIS TEAM
PREVIOUSLY WAS ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS PSL WHICH IS A ONE
MILLION-DOLLAR AD WE MADE AND
SHOULD BE IN THE -- PUBLIC
HEALTH -- SO THAT'S ABOUT HALF
OF THAT ACTUALLY JUST --
TECHNICAL CHANGE, NOT ACTUALLY
CHANGES.
>> GOT IT.
THAT IS REMINDING ME OF A
QUESTION.
WONDERING WHY THE MOBILE CRISIS
TEAMS AS IDENTIFIED ON PAGE 4
OF THE MEMO IS MOVED TO THE
YOUTH AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT
DIVISION INSTEAD OF BEING MOVED
TO SAVE AND DRIVING IMMUNITIES?
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS BECAUSE IT
IS THROUGH -- BECAUSE THAT IS
FUNDED THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH
THAT THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT IN
THAT WAY.
>> ACTUALLY -- PUBLIC HEALTH
THERE IS ACTUALLY CONTRACTED
WITH THE COUNTY, THE DEPARTMENT
SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND
RECOVERY DIVISION SO I THINK
THAT IT IS A BUREAUCRATIC
ORGANIZATION.
AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, IT
WAS BASICALLY ONE STAFF PERSON
THAT HAS MOSTLY HANDLED OUR
PUBLIC HEALTH CONTRACT FOR FOUR
YEARS AND THAT HAS BEEN AT
VARIOUS TIMES IN ALMOST EVERY
DSL IN EVERY DIVISION SO IT HAS
CHANGED A LOT BUT I CAN ASK
MORE AND MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO
OTHERDETAILS BEHIND THAT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO FLAG FOR
THE LISTING PUBLIC IN CASE
FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
ON PAGE 5, THERE IS A REFERENCE
TO REMOVAL OF ONE TIME FUNDING
AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THIS IS
ALSO PART OF A COUNTY TRANSFER
MAYBE NOT IN A LOCAL AGREEMENT
BUT PERHAPS BUT THE $1.2 MILLION
DRUG USER HEALTH SERVICES AND
$200,000 GENERAL FUND FOR HARM
REDUCTION GENERAL SERVICES THE
NARRATIVE SAYS REMOVAL OF ONE
TIME FUNDING.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THE REASON
WHY THAT IS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE
WE HAVE TRANSFERRED DOLLARS
DOUBLE THIS RFP.
--
>> I ACTUALLY -- THOSE FUNDS TO
GIVE A BROADER HISTORY AND YOU
ARE WELL VERSED OBVIOUSLY ON
THE FUNDER SCHEME FROM A SET
ASIDE OF ONE-TIME FUNDS HELD IN
FINANCE GENERAL.
LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME
THEY WERE APPROPRIATED.
THEY WERE AT ONE TIME DOLLARS
AND THE PERHAPS THE LANGUAGE IS
A LITTLE MISLEADING THERE AND
IT WAS ONE-TIME FUNDS THAT
THERE IS NOT A CONTINUING
SOURCE FOR IT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT BUT SO
THAT WOULD BE THE CHANGE THAT
IS OCCURRING THERE AND WHY IT IS
LEGAL AS A ONE TIME CORRECTION.
>> YES.
ALL GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR
HERBOLD.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND
THANKS FOR TUNING UP THE
QUESTIONS AROUND THE REMOVAL
OF ONE-TIME FUNDING, PAGE 5,
ITEM NUMBER FOUR -- I, TOO WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT SO I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS
CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY IS WORKING TO GET
CONTRACTS OUT THE DOOR TO FIND
COMMUNITY HARM REDUCTION
STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING LAW AND
ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS PUBLIC
HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND
TREATMENT.
THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE ABLE TO
BE USED IN 2022.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT
THOSE DOLLARS BEING USED IN
2022 ARE ARE WE ALL GOOD TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING --
>> I CAN SEND YOU THE RF BE --
>> THAT SOUNDED POSITIVE.
YES, AFFIRMATION THAT WE HAVE
NO CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE GRANTS
CONTINUING TO 2020 POOP -- 2022.
AND JEFF SIMMS I WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOU FOR THE RECORD.
THANKS. THE OTHER TWO ITEMS
THAT WERE CONCERNING TO ME AND
PERHAPS FALL INTO THE SAME VEIN
OF PINK USED BY SOMEBODY ELSE,
IS THERE A CONTINUATION OF THE
$33,000 FOR NATIVE INDIGENOUS
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND
$200,000 FOR HARM REDUCTION
PROGRAMS OR ARE THOSE GOING TO
BE DOUBLY SOME FORM OF A --
>> I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THE
NATIVE AMERICAN FUNDING.
THAT IS A ONE-TIME REDUCTION.
THERE IS AN OFFSETTING NEW
ADDITION OF ONGOING FUNDING OF
$1.2 MILLION FOR AMERICAN INDIAN
AND ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT INCLUDES -- I CAN TELL
YOU THIS RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS $1.2 MILLION WHICH IS
BROKEN INTO A COUPLE OF THINGS
BUT SHOULD COVER SOME OF THAT
GAP.
-- OF THE REMOVAL OF THE
$33,000.
>> OKAY AND IS THERE -- SORRY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY $200,000
FOR HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS IS,
MY RELIC RECOLLECTION IS IT IS
NOT SERVICE DOLLARS BUT
DESIGNED AS ONE POINT FUNDING
TO MAKE IN MANY CASES PHYSICAL
CHANGES TO THE CONFIGURATION OF
SPACES.
WE APPROVED IT IN A PRIOR
BUDGET ACTION FROM THE HARM
REDUCTION COALITION I THINK
BECAUSE WHO PROPOSED IT BUT I
CAN GIVE YOU MORE OF A GRANULAR
DETAIL OF WHAT THOSE DOLLARS
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR
ABOUT THEY ARE, BY DESIGN,
SUPPOSED TO BE ONE-TIME FUNDS.
>> VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER AND AMY ON THE
$33,000 FOR NATIVE CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES, IF YOU WILL CONFIRM
FOR US THAT THAT IS INDEED
BEING PICKED UP IN THIS OTHER
$1.2 MILLION?
THAT HAS ALSO BEEN ALLOCATED?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONFIRM RIGHT
NOW.
I JUST -- WE CAN CIRCLE BACK ON
THAT.
>> --
>> OKAY AND IF WE COULD GO TO
SLIDE NUMBER -- I DO NOT SEE A
NUMBER ON MY SHEET.
FOUR?
PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
OH, ONE MORE BACK.
I HAVE TO ASK THIS.
CAN YOU CONFIRM FOR US IF THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE UTILIZATION
HERE IS IN ALIGNMENT OR OUT OF
ALIGNMENT WITH THE SPEND PLAN
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED
--?
>> THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX IN
THE HST BUDGET IS USED PRIMARILY
FOR HOMELESSNESS.
THE ONE EXCEPTION FOR THAT IS
THERE IS $403,000 FOR THE
CONTINUATION OF THE PILOT
PROGRAM.
THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE
DEPARTMENT, TO CALL CRISIS
CONNECTIONS TO GET HELP WHEN
THEY ARE DEALING WITH A
BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT
A LITTLE MORE BUT AGAIN, WITH
THE REMAINING -- YOU KNOW, THE
BALANCE OF ABOUT NINE POINT
SOMETHING MILLION IS FOR
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES THAT JEFF
CAN DISCUSS.
>> OKAY.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, JUST A NOTE
HERE, ABOUT $3.7 MILLION OF
THE PAYROLL TAX REVENUE FROM
THE JUMP START FUND IN HSD'S
BUDGET IS WHAT WE IDENTIFIED
YESTERDAY IN DISCUSSIONS AS
FROM OUR REVIEW IS INCONSISTENT
WITH THE JUMP START FUND
POLICIES THAT IS FUNDING
HOMELESS SERVICES AND CRISIS
CONNECTIONS CALL THAT AMY JUST
DESCRIBED.
ABOUT $6 MILLION IS USED FOR
FUNDING WITH FEDERAL VOUCHES TO
PROVIDE SERVICES TO HOUSING
UNITS WHICH IS OPEN TO
INTERPRETATION BUT THE FUNDING
IN JUMP START FOR HOUSING WAS
INCLUSIVE OF PROVIDING SERVICES
AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT AND SO WE DID
IDENTIFY THAT AS CONSISTENT BUT
THAT IS ULTIMATELY YOUR CALL.
>> I AGREE.
THANK YOU FOR NOTING THE
INCONSISTENCY THERE.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO
DOUBLE CHECK ON THE ORANGE --
EXCUSE ME, ON THE BLUE BAR HERE
FOR CORONAVIRUS LOCAL RELIEF
FUND. THIS IS THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS AND ALSO
KNOWN AS THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN.
I AM LOOKING AT A CHART HERE
THAT WAS JUST SENT DOWN ON THE
AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THE CITY HAS
EXPENDED USING THESE DOLLARS.
I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE
-- DEPARTMENT AND I'M SURPRISED
TO SEE $0 OF THE AMOUNT WE
ALLOCATED FOR THIS HAS AND
SPENT.
AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY?
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT IT, IT IS RELATIVELY
NEW BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY
INDICATION OF HOW MUCH HAS BEEN
SPENT FROM THESE FUNDS THAT WE
ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR THINGS
LIKE DEBORAH PROGRAM AND -- AND
AID TO NONPROFITS?
>> I DO NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO REVIEW THAT BUT I'M HAPPY TO
TRACK THAT FOR YOU AND FOLLOW-
UP.
>> GREAT AND I KNOW THAT CHAIR
AND I WILL BE DIVING INTO THOSE
DETAILS SO THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK ON THAT.
>> LET'S GET IT ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
>> ONE OTHER QUICK THING.
IF I COULD JUST CONFIRM IF
THERE HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
AN ISSUE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE
IS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CORRECTION ON THE CONTRACT
INFLATION CONSISTENT WITH
ORDINANCE 125865?
THE MEMO ON PAGE 5 SUGGEST THAT
IT WILL BE CORRECTED IN ARANO
BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHETHER
OR NOT WE NEED TO TAKE THAT UP?
>> CBO -- WHAT I HAVE BEEN
PROVIDED BY SEE PO IS THEY WILL
INCLUDE THAT IN THE ERRATA
AMENDMENT THEY SENT OUT AND WE
WILL DOUBLE CHECK THAT IT IS IN
THERE AFTER THAT HAS BEEN SENT
OUT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CITY OF SEATTLE THOUGH IS
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD I WOULD JUST
ADD THAT WE HAVE FUNDS
AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THAT END
IN CONSIDERATION OF OTHER
COUNCIL PRIORITIES WE ARE
WORKING ON IDENTIFYING A
STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT
CORRECTION IS MADE WITHOUT
IMPACTING BALANCING OTHER --
FOR OTHER REASONS SO THANKS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION.
HERE WE GO.
>> GREAT.
SO I HAVE THREE ISSUES TO
PRESENT.
THE FIRST IS RELATED TO ACCESS.
AS NOTED IN THE PAPER THERE WAS
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
INCREASED FUNDING FOR FOOD PREP
PROGRAMS IN RESPONSE TO THE
COVID PANDEMIC.
FROM 60 -- THE BUDGET INCREASED
FROM $16.5 MILLION IN 2019 TO A
HIGH OF $28.6 MILLION IN 2020.
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES A TOTAL OF $18.6
MILLION FOR FOOD PROGRAMS FOR
THESE KEY FOOD PROGRAMS.
TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THESE
DECREASES THE PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES $2.5 MILLION IN
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS TO PROVIDE WHAT
THEY CALL TRANSITIONAL OR RAMP
DOWN FUNDING.
THAT -- THOSE FUNDS ARE USED TO
KIND OF MAKE THE DECREASE A
LITTLE MORE GRADUAL RATHER THAN
A MUCH -- RATHER THEM THEM
BEING A MORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUSED
DECREASE THIS YEAR.
$2.5 MILLION IS INTENDED TO
SUPPORT $220,000 FOR THE ETHNIC
GROCERY BAGS, $1 MILLION FOR
MEALS AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING UNITS AND SHELTERS AND
$1.28 MILLION FOR FOOD BANKS.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS, THE
COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO INCREAS
ONE TIME FUNDING TO MINIMIZE
SERVICE REDUCTIONS IN 2022.
OR THE COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO
PROVIDE ONGOING FUNDING TO
SUSTAIN IN CASE INVESTMENTS IN
FOOD PROGRAMS AND TO FULLY
RESTORE FUNDING TO 2021 LEVELS
WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL $8
MILLION OR THE COUNCIL COULD
TAKE NO ACTION.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS HOW
CONCERNED I AM ABOUT THIS
INVESTMENT AREA.
AND CONCERNED THAT WHAT IS
BEING DESCRIBED AS A RAMP DOWN
IS NOT GOING TO MEET THE NEED
IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE MET WITH
HST DURING DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE ASKED
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS
INFORMATION TO BELIEVE THAT
THERE WAS A DECREASE IN NEED.
WHAT WE LEARNED, WAS NOT THAT
THERE WAS A DECREASE IN NEED BUT
THEY COULD QUANTIFY
AND NOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE
SERVED USING THE RESOURCES.
JUST REALLY WANTING TO FLAG
THAT I'M INTERESTED IN DOING
WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT THE
2021 LEVELS OF FOOD AND
NUTRITION SUPPORTS BE FUNDED.
IT'S $26.6 MILLION FOR THE
ENTIRE THING OF 2022 AND WOULD
BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT A
COMBINATION OF COUNSEL
APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND THE NEW
STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES
THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE
AVAILABLE THROUGH 2022 AND SO
I'M PROPOSING A SECOND OPTION.
I GUESS I SHOULD SAY A 4th
OPTION TO WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE
WHICH WOULD BE TO PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR SIX MONTHS WORTH OF
FULL FUNDING FOR 2022 WITH A
SLIDE DIRECTING HSD TO GET BACK
TO US ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPECT IN
THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
ALSO WITH A STATEMENT THAT IF
THE FUND RESOURCES DO NOT MAKE
THE BUDGET -- THE FOOD AND
NUTRITION BUDGET WHOLE AS
COMPARED TO -- 21 LEVELS THAT
WE WOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT
FILLS THOSE GAPS.
JUST WANTING TO PUT THAT OUT
THERE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR
SIGNALING THAT.
I KNOW THIS IS PART OF HOW WE
ADDRESS THAT SHADOW PANDEMIC.
MENTAL HEALTH WELL BEING ALONG
WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH.
HAVE YOU TO HAVE ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FOOD.
THE HUMAN SERVICES COALITION.
VERY DETAILED REQUEST FOR
SUPPORT IN THE FOOD DELIVERY
AND MEAL SYSTEM IS INCREDIBLY
COMPELLING AS WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO IDENTIFYING
THE ISSUES AND ALSO WANTED TO
FLAG ALONG WITH THAT IS THE
ONGOING NEED FOR VANS AND
VEHICLES TO DELIVER THE FOODS.
SOMETHING I HEARD A LOT ABOUT
AS WELL.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET THERE IS A
RAMPING UP OF FOOD VEHICLE
DELIVERY OPTIONS IF WE ARE
RAMPING DOWN SOME OF THESE
OTHER SERVICES.
I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM IN MY
VIEW IF THAT IS NOT INCLUDED.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> WELL APPRECIATE YOU
FLAPPING THAT AND PAIRING THE
FOOD DELIVERY AND THE VEHICLES
TO GET THE FOOD THERE I THINK
IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO
HEAR MORE ABOUT AS WE DIVE INTO
THIS BUDGET TOGETHER.
OKAY.
IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE LET'S
GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> GREAT.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, PATTY.
THE SECOND ISSUE RELATES TO
PARTICAPATOR BUDGETING.
IT INCLUDED 28.3 MILLION IN ONE
TIME FUNDS FOR BUDGETINGN.
JUNE THE COUNCIL SET ASIDE OVER
A MILLION OF THIS FUNDING TO
THE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND
CREATED THREE POSITIONS.
THIS FUNDING THE ASSOCIATED
POSITIONS WERE ADDED TO WORK
WITH COMMUNITY TO SLEEP AN
ISSUE, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
TO SELECT A THIRD PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR TO NEGOTIATE AND
MANAGE THE CONTRACT AND TO
STAFF THE BUDGETING PROGRAM.
IT'S EXPECTED THAT THE
POSITIONS WILL BE FILLED AND
THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ALSO
BE ISSUED BY LATE OCTOBER.
BECAUSE THE BUDGETING PROCESS
WILL LIKELY NOT START UNTIL
2022, 27.2 MILLION OF FUNDS
BOTH FOR THE PROCESS AND FOR
THE SELECTIVE PROJECTS REMAINS
IN FINANCIAL GENERAL RESENSE.
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES $30 MILLION OF NEW
ONGOING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
FOR BUDGETING ALONG WITH THE
2021 FUNDING.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN A TOTAL OF
57.2 MILLION.
THE COUNSEL COULD CHOOSE TO
CHANGE THE PROPOSED AT FOR
BUDGETING FOR ONGOING ONE TIME
FUNDING AND STATE OUNCES INTENT
TO IDENTITY ONGOING REVENUE
SOURCE TO SUPPORT THE
INVESTMENTS.
THEY COULD CUT SOME OR ALL OF
THE JEB FUND IN 2022
RECOGNIZING THAT MUCH OF THE
2021 APPROPRIATATIONS FOR
BUDGETING WILL CARRY FORWARD
INTO 2022 AND REDIRECT THE
FUNDS TO OTHER COUNCIL
IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES AND
REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE
DRASTIC FUNDING REDUCTION IN
YEAR TWO OR 2023 OF THE
PROGRAM.
THE THIRD OPTION IS THE COUNCIL
COULD TAKE NO ACTION.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS A GOOD CONTINUATION OF
OUR CONVERSATION FROM YESTERDAY
AS WELL.
COLLEAGUES, COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
YEAH.
PLEASE GO HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL ADMIT I WAS GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW SINCE
I -- LITTLE CONFUSES ABOUT THE
HSD BUT WHATEVER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AMY FOR
PRESENTING THIS.
SO, WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE
BUDGETING, WE KNOW THAT IT IS
BEGINNING NEXT YEAR.
THE PROCESS WILL BEGIN AND I
THINK WAS AN IMPORTANT DECISION
BY ALL OF US TO START TO SEE
SOME POWER AND DECISION MAKING
RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUN
SOURCE AS WE ARE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT $11 MILLION
OF THE BUDGETING FUND CAME FROM
THE SPD BUDGET.
I THINK IN KEEPING THE
COMMITMENT TO MOVE TOWARD
FUNDING UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS AND
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS THAT
REALLY WORK TOWARD GETTING AT
THE ROOT CAUSE OF SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY CONDITIONS THAT WE
HAVE.
THIS IS STILL A VERY IMPORTANT
INITIATIVE FOR US TO SUPPORT
AND CONTINUE.
AM STILL INTERESTED IN FUNDING
FROM ASD TO HELP FUND THE
BUDGETING ALLOCATIAN FOR 2022.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS WE
START TO CONSIDER SOME OF THE
RECENT INVESTMENTS I DO THINK
WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER
SHIFTING OUR THINKING ON WHAT
BASELINE BUDGETING LOOKS LIKE.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SOME
IMPORTANT STRUCTURAL CHANGES
LIKE ESTABLISHING BUDGETING AND
I THINK IT MEANS THAT WE ALSO
CHANGE WHERE OUR BASELINE
FUNDING GOES.
SO, I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL
CONSIDER A REALIGNMENT IN SOME
OF THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TO
NORMALLY DONE SO THAT HE WITH
CAN SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT WORK
THAT WE STARTED AT PB AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU.
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP
MORE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS
TOMORROW IN THE CONVERSATION.
THAT WILL BE WELCOMED AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ON SOME
OF THE COMMENT THAT YOU SAID
AND AGREE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE
SEEDS WE STARTED PLANTING THIS
YEAR, THAT WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW
FOR THEM TO COME TO PASS AND BE
SUCCESSFUL NEXT YEAR.
I THINK THAT SIMILAR TO THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD YESTERDAY,
REGARDING THE EQUAL COMMUNITY
INITIATIVE TASK FORCE THERE IS
A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUND THAT IS
UNDER SPENT IN 2021.
YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE THAT
REFLECTED IN A 2022 BUDGET
UNLESS IT'S EXPRESSLY SORT OF
DRAWING OUT AND WHAT I WOULD
LOVE TO DO WITH ALL OF YOU IS
LOOK AT HOW WE CAN RECOGNIZE
THAT MUCH OF THE 2021
APPROPRIATATION HAS NOT BEEN
SPENT AND CARRIED FORWARD INTO
2022 MAKING SURE THAT FULL
AMOUNT UP TO 30 MILLION IS
REFLECTED IN A 2022 BUDGET
MEANING FOR EXAMPLE IF 25
MILLION WERE UNSPENT IN THIS
YEAR, WE WOULD SHOW UP WITH THE
AMOUNT IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO
ADD ANOTHER FIVE MILLION TO
REALLY KEEP US AFTER THE $30
MILLION THAT WAS PROMISED AND
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I
MENTIONED YESTERDAY AND I THINK
THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT,
REALIGNING THE PRIORITIES,
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, THE CALL FOR US TO
ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A
WAY FOR US TO SHIFT FUNDING
FROM TRADITIONAL POLICE
RESPONSES INTO INVESTMENTS AND
THE CONTINUATION OF THAT
DISCUSSION FROM LAST YEAR IS
GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT IT'S SOME -- OF BE
HERE FOR ME AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE SHOW IT UP AND KEEP IT
AT A $30 MILLION AMOUNT.
SO, THAT THE FULL INVESTMENT
COMMITMENT IS MAINTAINED FOR
2022.
THAT'S SOMETHING I WILL BE
INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH ALL
OF YOU ON AND COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ALL OF YOU, ABOUT THAT.
IN ANY OF OUR CONVERSATIONS
TODAY OR TOMORROW AS IT RELATES
TO A PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO RESPOND
BY BRIEFLY -- I KNOW THAT
COUNCIL SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT THE
KIND OF CONTINUATION OF
UPSTREAM FUNDING AS IT RELATES
TO COMMUNITY SAFETY AND RIGHTLY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT A LOT OF OUR
UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING
AND FOOD SUPPORT AND ALL OF THE
THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY REALLY DO IMPACT PUBLIC
SAFETY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
SO, FINDING THAT DIVIDING LINE
BETWEEN WHAT THE SOCIAL
SERVICES AND WHAT IS COMMUNITY
SAFETY IS SOMETIMES A JUDGMENT
CALL BUT CERTAINLY YOU KNOW
ANYTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED
TODAY AND TOMORROW ALL GOING TO
THE SAME PLACE.
WHATEVER THE CONVERSATION TAKES
PLACE WILL MAKE SURE TO COVER
IT AND GET IT DONE.
>> THANK YOU.
THEM THE LAST COMMENT I WOULD
MAKE ON THIS IS ABOUT HAVING
REAL INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY.
I THINK ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT
YOU DON'T WANT TO PULL THAT RUG
OUT FROM ANYONE OR CREATE A
CLIFF WHETHER THAT'S -- CAPPING
IN HALF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OR
CAPPING IN HALF THE AMOUNT OF
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO
RECEIVE AWARDS AS YOU KNOW THE
FUNDING WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE
YEAR OVER YEAR AT THAT ELEVATED
AMOUNT AND I THINK THAT REALLY
WANTING TO SET THE COMMUNITY UP
FOR SUCCESS AND MAINTAINING A
COMMITMENT TO THE $30 MILLION
MARK IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL
CONTINUE TO CENTER IN THESE
DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL OF YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT NOTE IN YOUR
FACT HERE.
LET'S MOVE ONTO NUMBER THREE.
>> GREAT.
THE THIRD ISSUE AND WE DON'T
HAVE TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON
THIS SINCE YOU DISCUSSED IT
YESTERDAY.
VERY BRIEFLY, THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET ESTABLISHES 30 MILLION
IN ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE
EQUAL COMMUNITY'S INITIATIVE
PROJECTS BUT DOESN'T IDENTITY
ANY REVENUE SOURCE FOR THIS
INVESTMENT.
THESE FUNDS ARE IN ADDITION TO
THE 30 MILLION IN PROJECT
FUNDING ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER OF
THIS YEAR WHICH ARE ANTICIPATED
TO MOSTLY BE EXPENDED DURING
202.
AS DISCUSSED YESTERDAY THE
COUNCIL COULD CHOOSE TO CHANGE
THE APPROPRIATATIONS TO ONE
TIME AND ENGAGE IN THE -- WITH
THE ECI TASK FORCE TO IDENTITY
AN ONGOING PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
SOURCE.
THE COUNCIL COULD CUT SOME OR
ALL OF THE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATATIONS IN 2022.
RECOGNIZING AGAIN THAT MUCH OF
THE 2021 APPROPRIATATIONS WILL
CARRY FORWARD.
ALSO ENGAGE THE ECI TASK FORCE
TO IDENTITY THE ONGOING
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCE TO
SUPPORT THE INVESTMENTS IN 2023
AND BEYOND OR THE COUNCIL COULD
TAKE NO ACTION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO THE
DISCUSSION WE HAD YESTERDAY?
>> OKAY.
THINK WE WERE PRETTY ROBUST
DISCUSSION YESTERDAY AND
CONTINUATION OF SIMILARMENTS WE
JUST SHARED.
AGAIN VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING
SURE THOUGH THAT WE RECOGNIZE
THAT SOME OF THE FUNDING HERE
HAS BEEN SPENT IN 2021.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER JA UREZ
DESCRIBED SOME OF THE CRASS
THAT HAVE BEEN SENT OUT THE
DOOR ALREADY FROM THE TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO FOR ME I THINK IT WOULD BE
IDENTIFYING WHAT BY THE END OF
2021, BY DECEMBER OF 20 --
DECEMBER 31th OF 2021 IF WE CAN
MAKE WELL INFORMED ESTIMATES
ABOUT WHAT WILL BE SPENT THAT
YEAR, REALLY THEN SHOWING UP
THAT SPENT COST AND 2022 SO WE
ARE MAINTAINING THAT $30
MILLION INVESTMENT IS SOMETHING
I'M INTERESTED IN.
>> I WAS JUST GIVING YOU A
THUMBS UP.
>> WE NEED IT AT THAT POINT IN
BOTH BUDGET AND IN CORONAVIRUS
WORK FROM HOME WORLD.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET A
BETTER ESTIMATE OF WHAT FUNDS
WILL CARRY FORWARD INTO 2022
AND WHICH FUNDS WILL BE
EXPENDED BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR.
EVEN FOR THOSE PIECES WHERE
CONTRACTS HAVE PHONE OUT THE
DOOR IT MAY BE ANTICIPATED THAT
CONTRACT WILL EXTEND INTO 2022.
WE ARE WORKING TO TRY IT GET A
BETTER ESTIMATE AND WILL FOLLOW
UP.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO STEP IN
HERE FOR -- I'M JUST HAVING A
LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES.
CHECKING TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS ON THIS
ISSUE ID.
AND AMY AND ALLIE THIS IS THE
LAST I BELIEVE ITEM FOR THIS
ISSUE AREA AND THE LAST TIME ON
THE AGENDA, AM I CORRECT?
>> WE HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES,
NOT ON ISSUE ID BUT ON.
>> UNTHE GROUND.
>> ON THE BUDGET LEGISLATION.
>
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
>> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, PATTY.
>> THE FINAL SLIDES INCLUDE
INFORMATION ON THREE PIECES OF
BUDGET LEGISLATION WHICH IMPACT
THE HSD BUDGET.
THERE ARE NO ISSUES IDENTIFIED
WITH THESE CHANGES BUT I WANTED
TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THE
CHANGES FOR COUNCIL AND THE
PUBLIC.
FIRST THE YEAR END GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE WHICH
ACCEPTS GRANTS OF ALMOST
$400,000 FOR VACCINE ACCESS AND
SUPPORTS 1.9 AND -- SORRY, FOR
VACCINE ACCESS AND SUPPORT AND
1.9 MILLION FROM THE WASHINGTON
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR TINY
HOME VILLAGES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE SECOND, THE YEAR IN
SUPPLEMENTAL MAKES CHANGES TO
THE ADOPTED 2021 BUDGET
INCLUDING APPROPRIATING THE
GRANTS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLYN.
ADDITION THE COUNCIL BILL
CORRECTS ERRORS AND TRANSFERS
FUNDING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND
DIVISIONS, SUCH AS TRANSFERRING
EIGHT MILLION FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FROM HSD TO OFFICE
OF HOUSING AND TRANSFERRING 4.8
MILLION OF COMMUNITY SAFETY
PROGRAMS FROM YOUTH AND FAMILY
EMPOWERMENT TO THE NEW SAFE AND
THRIVING COMMUNITIES WITH I IS
JUST THE -- CONTINUATION OF THE
BUILDING UP OF THAT DIVISION.
SORRY NEXT SLIDE AS WELL.
FINALLY THE 2022 GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ACCEPTS 20.45
MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT
THE 2022 BUDGET INCLUDING 7.7
MILLION FROM THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT AND 5.8 MILLION
IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOT
GRANTS, 3.1 MILLION FOR HOUSING
FOR PERSONS LIVING AIDS AND
SOME OTHER SMALLER GRANTS WHICH
AGAIN SUPPORTS THE 2022 BUDGET.
THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR THE
COMMITTEE TODAY.
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR
STEPPING IN.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COMPUTER SHUT DOWN.
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THESE
LIST OF LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT
GO WITH THE HSD HUMAN SERVICES
AND COMMUNITY -- SAFETY
PORTION?
>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS VERY
BRIEFLY.
I'M LOOKING AT FOR A FOUR HERE.
MIDWAY THROUGH AS IT RELATES --
TO THE FUNDS.
WE KNOW THAT FROM TALKING TO
FOLKS THAT -- ON FOR EXAMPLE
THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST
IN CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THOSE
WHO ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS IN
COMMUNITY WHO HAVE HIV, AIDS
AND WANT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND
SERVICES AND WANT CAPACITY
BUILDING.
IS THERE CAPACITY BUILDING
DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH HOPPA?
>> I AM NOT AWARE OF CAPACITY
BUILDING SPECIFICALLY ELM
BEDDED IN IT BUT I'M HAPPY TO
CHECK AND SEE IF THAT IS AN
ELIGIBLE USE FOR THOSE FUNDS.
>> GREAT.
>> AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND
THEN JUST GENERALLY IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU MAY POINT ME TO
THAT HAS CAPACITY BUILDING AS A
BROAD CATEGORY FOR SOME OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS?
I KNOW THAT CAPACITY BUILDING
HAS BEEN A BIG ISSUE THAT'S
BEEN COMING UP AS WE TALK AT
DEPLOYMENT OF CLIPPER FUNDS FOR
EXAMPLE.
IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO
CAPACITY BUILDING?
>> DO YOU MEAN SPECIFICALLY
RELATED TO THE FEDERAL GRANT
THAT ARE BEING ACCEPTED WHICH
ONE OF THEM, WHICH ONE OF THOSE
GRANTS WILL PROVIDE FUNDS FOR
CAPACITY BUILDING?
>> YEAH.
I ASSUME THAT THE -- THE
FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE PROBABLY A
GOOD PLACE TO GO FOR CAPACITY
BUILDING IF IT'S ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS AND THAT WOULD BE
GOOD TO KNOW IF THERE IS A
WHOLE CATEGORY OF ORGANIZATION
THAT MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR
FUNDING.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF A SPECIFIC
CATEGORY OF CAPACITY BUILDING.
LET ME WORK ON THE ELIGIBLE
USES OF THOSE GRANTS TO SEE
WHERE THAT WOULD OVERLAP WITH
CAPACITY BUILDING.
AGAIN I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OF
THOSE GRANTS THAT HAVE A
SPECIFIC LINE ITEM RELATED TO
CAPACITY BUILDING.
I CAN -- LET ME LOOK INTO THAT
AND FIND SOME ANSWERS FOR AND
YOU GET BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
WE JUDGIST HAVE A QUICK FEW
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.
SORRY, I GOT BOOTED OFF THE
SCREEN.
I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT
ANYONE.
DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
WE LOOK AT SLIDE NINE.
WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
REACHED OUT ABOUT CONCERNS
AROUND THE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
PROGRAMS.
THE REENTRY PROGRAM HERE.
I WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK.
IT'S TRANSFERRING FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT FOUR
MILLION DOLLARS IS PART OF OUR
2022 PROPOSED BUDGET AND THAT
THE SEATTLE SAFE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE IS BEING FUNDED IN
2022 SORE IS NOT?
>> THIS REFLECTS A CHANGE TO
THE 2021 BUMP.
THERE WAS THE COMMUNITY -- THE
AFE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE WAS
FUNDED ONE TIME FUNDING.
IN THE -- THE LEGISLATION MOVES
IT FROM ONE DIVISION TO ANOTHER
IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
IT WAS SPENT IN 2021.
THERE IS NOT ANOTHER -- AND
THEN THERE IS NO MORE FUNDING
FOR THAT IN THE 2023 BUDGET
WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD BEEN TOLD
BY CBO.
THOUGH THIS IS TRANSFERRING
THAT MONEY IT DOES NOT MEAN
THAT IS ONGOING FUNDING THROUGH
2023.
>> WE ARE WORKING TO FIX THAT.
>> THAT IS -- AN ISSUE THAT IS
IDENTIFIED FOR TOMORROW AS
WELL.
>> IN THE -- YES.
THE OTHER BUCKET FOR
PRESENTATIONS.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THEN THIS AFTER PRESIDENT
AFTERNOON I WILL SAVE SOME OF
MY QUESTIONS ON THE LAST SLIDE
HERE AS IT RELATES TO HOMELESS
SERVICES.
IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE IS AT
LEAST SUBJECT -- POP IN FOR A
SECOND.
THIS IS REFLECT THAT THE TWO
MILLION DOLLARS WE RECEIVED
FROM THE STATE'S CAPITOL BUDGET
AND THE 400,000 THAT THE CITY
SET ASIDE FOR OPERATING
SERVICES AT THOSE TINY HOMES,
THIS IS BEING TRANSFERRED
POTENTIALLY TO THE REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY SO THAT THE
CREATION OF THOSE TINY HOMES
AND THE OPERATION COULD
CONTINUE IN A 2022 CALENDAR
YEAR.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
WE CAN BRING THIS UP THIS
AFTERNOON BUT I WANT TOMA MAKE
SURE THAT'S WHAT THE TWO
BULLETS REFLECT HERE.
>> ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE
FIRST AND THIRD BULLET,
CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> YEAH.
THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.
THERE HAS BEEN CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY ON
HOMELESSNESS TO UNDERTAKE THE
WORK AND HSD IS GOING TO SEEK
TO SUPPLEMENT IT'S EXISTING
CONTRACT.
THAT'S PROVIDING A SMALL AMOUNT
OF FUNDING AMENT THAT TO THE
AUTHORITY IN THIS CALENDAR
YEAR.
2021.
THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY INTENDS
TO PREPARE THE RFP ON THAT --
AWARE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED TO
ADD THREE TINY HOME VILLANOVAS
AND JUST UNDER TWO MILLION
DOLLARS IS THE FUNDS THAT WERE
PROVIDED IN THE STATE CAPITOL
BUDGET IN ORDER TO CREATE NEW
TINY HOME VILLAGES IN SEE THE
EXAMPLE THE $400,000 IS
OPERATIONAL FUNDING.
IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE LIE
THAT'S VILLAGES WOULD BE
OPERATIONAL IN 2021 BUT
PROVIDING THE FUNDS AND
ALLOWING THE AUTHORITY TO WRITE
AND ISSUE THE RFP WILL ALLOW IT
TO HAPPEN FASTER THAN WHAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FACE
OTHERWISE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THE PREVIEW OF SOME OF
THE WEB TO UNTANGLE THIS
AFTERNOON WAS HE TALK ABOUT
HOMELESS SERVICE INVESTMENTS
AND GREAT MEMO AGAIN BY JEFF TO
COME.
I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR
YOU ON YOUR GREAT MMEMO AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD YOU MAY
HAVE SPOKEN TO THIS AND LEADING
-- ON THE SEXUAL ASSAULT
SURVEYOR'S INVERTMENTS.
WE DID HEAR PUBLIC TESTIMONY
ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT THE SEXUAL
ASSAULT SURVIVORS OUTREACH
EFFORTS NOT BEING INCLUDED IN
THE BUDGET.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN I'M
LOOKING HERE ON PAGE 2 OF THE
MEMO YOU CAN CLARIFY WHAT IS OR
IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
AS IT RELATES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT
SURVIVOR PROGRAM SERVICES AND
OUTREACH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THERE IS AN INCREASE OF TWO
FFE'S THAT WOULD BE ADDED FOR
VICTIMS ADVOCAT, S WHO PROVIDE
SERVICES FOR SURVEYORS OF
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE.
I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING
THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE HSD
DOES DIRECT SERVICE.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS TO 14.
IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR
DOMESTIC ASSAULT SERVICES FOR
ORGANIZATION THAT SERVE THE
AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE ALASKA
NATIVE COMMUNITY.
I NEGLIGENCED THE MONEY FOR
THAT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE $875,000 FOR GENERAL
FUND.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE
FUNDING REPLACES DECLINING
REVENUES FROM THE SEX FUND SO
THIS FUND WILL ALLOW THE
DEPARTMENT TO MAINTAIN CURRENT
LEVELS OF -- THE PROGRAMS OR
THE CONTRACTS.
THAT IS WHAT IS IN THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET RELATED TO THE
TOPIC.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE YOU DOING SUCH A
WONDERFUL JOB OF GIVING ME A
PLATFORM TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
MY BUDGET PRIORITIES.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
ONE ISSUE IS YOU RIGHTLY NOTE
AND WE HEARD IN PUBLIC
TESTIMONY IS THAT PROVIDERS IN
THE REGION ARE IDENTIFYING THE
FACT THAT OUR STATE RECOGNIZED
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOUSING FOUND
THAT MOBILE MODEL FOR DOMESTIC
AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SERVICES
PROMOTING LONG TERM STABILITY,
SAFETY AND WELL BEING FOR
SURVIVORS AND CHILDREN.
IT'S A FLEXIBLE MODEL AND
PARTICULARLY SUITED TO SERVING
SMALLER, SPECIFIC BY AND FOR
PROVIDERS.
REGISTER RECOGNIZE THAT SO MANY
OUR PROVIDERS ARE BLACK, AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR LED
ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL -- IF
SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL WILL
ALLOW THEM TO ADD CAPACITY AND
PROVIDE HOUSING AND OTHER FORMS
OF ASSISTANCE WITHOUT REQUIRING
SIGNIFICANT CAPITOL.
THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON
THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS
COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT ISSE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS YOU
WOULD LIKE TO FLAG ARE YOU MORE
THAN WELCOME TO USE THE TIME TO
DO THAT.
>> LET'S SEE.
LET ME JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK
AT MY.
>> AND THAT -- GOES FOR
ANYONE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS SPECIFIC
TO HUMAN SERVICES THAT YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN SHARING WITH THE
COUNCIL YOU ARE WELCOME TO.
YOU AREN'T REQUIRED TO DISCUSS
IT.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU SHARE SOME
IDEAS.
>> SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT
ARE IN HSD WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING TOMORROW AS PART OF
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
PRESENTATION.
SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS INCLUDE
SUPPORTING THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES COALITION NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY FOR A WAGE [INAUDIBLE]
STUDY AND I THINK I HAVE TALKED
OR MY STAFF HAVE TALKED TO A
FEW OF YOU ABOUT THAT.
ALSO INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING
THE -- LET'S SEE WHAT IS IT
CALLED?
THE EAST AFRICAN SENIOR CENTER.
IT'S OUT OF THE AREA -- THE AIR
AGENCY ON AGING.
THEY HAVE A VISION FOR
DEVELOPING A MORE ROBUST SENIOR
CENTER PROGRAM FOR REPUBLICAN
AROUND SERVICES AND PROGRAMS.
MEMBERS OF THE EAST AFRICAN
COMMENT ENGAGE WITH A MEAL
PROGRAM THAT'S SOUND GENERATION
OPERATES TWO DAYS A WEEK.
THE PROGRAMS OPERATE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
PARKS AND REC AND PARKS SUPPORT
EXPANDING, THE PROGRAM.
BUT, FUNDING IS REALLY NEEDED
FOR STAFF.
THE PROGRAM MODEL COULD BE
SIMILAR TO THE SUCCESSFUL MODEL
BY THE LAKE -- I'M HOPING I'M
CHECKING A LOT OF BOXES FOR
COUNCILMEMBER JA UREZ.
IT'S ANOTHER HIGH PRIORITY
INVESTMENT THAT I'M HOPING TO
GET SUPPORT ON.
AND -- I THINK -- YOU KNOW
AGAIN THE -- THE MANY OF THE
HSD ONES WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
MORE TOMORROW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SHARE SOMETHING OF THOSE.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS AT THIS POINT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME YOU
PROVIDED FOR US AS
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SAID.
TOKER THIS GOES TO SO MANY
OTHER AREAS.
MAKING SURE WE ARE INVESTING IN
THE HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE AS
DISCUSSED IN THE -- IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE WE SUSTAIN OUR FAMILIES,
AMENDMENTERS, KIDS IN THIS TIME
OF CRISIS AND WE CAN EMERGE
FROM THIS MORE EQUAL AND WITH
GREATER OPPORTUNITIES AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU TO SORT OF PLUG SOME
OF THESE HOLES AND RIGHT SOME
OF THESE SHIPS IF THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON HOW WE
SHOULD BE USING VARIOUS FUND
SOURCES.
WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
INTEREST OUT THERE IN MAKING
SURE THAT FUNDING GETS OUT THE
DOOR AND DEPLOYED QUICKLY.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU SAID YOU
WILL COME BACK AND -- HOW THE
PAST FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED.
I'M CONCERNED THE SUPPORTIVE
SERVICE FOR OLDER ADULTS
CATEGORY WE FUNDED TO THE TUNE
OF $7.7 MILLION HASN'T BEEN
SPENT AT ALL YET AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT HOW WE
CAN GET THE DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AS WE
FUNDED IN JUNE AND EARLY JULY.
LAST WORD ON THIS?
>> FOR FUNDING PRIORITIES THAT
ARE IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, THAT
POTENTIALLY A PARTICULAR
COUNCILMEMBER REALLY DOESN'T
WANT TO SEE GET CUT BUT THAT
FUNDING -- THAT AREA IS FUNDED
WITH PAYROLL TAX PERHAPS NOT
APPROPRIATELY OR NOT CONSISTENT
WITH THE COUNCIL SPENDING PLAN,
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO PROPOSE A CBA
TO FACILITATE THAT SLOT OR IS
THAT -- IS THAT A FUNCTION THAT
YOU AS -- BUDGET CHAIR ARE
GOING TO BE SORT OF LEADING?
I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY RIGHT
NOW OF ONE CALL WHICH I'M -- I
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
KEEP FUNDING IN THE BUDGET FOR
BUT RECOGNIZE THAT THE GUNNING
SOURCE MAY NOT BE AN
APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCE AND
WONDERING TO I -- DO I NEED TO
PROPOSE A BUDGET ACTION OR ARE
YOU KIND OF DOING THAT SORT OF
HOLISTICALLY FOR ALL THE THINGS
THAT AREN'T FUNDED CORRECTLY?
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY A
QUESTION OTHERS HAVE AS WELL.
LY DO MY BEST TO ANSWER YOU
FROM MY OFFICE AND ALL ARC E
CAN TALK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL
ASPECTS CENTRAL STAFF.
I WILL BECOMING MANY TO YOU ALL
WITH A OMMN IB US CORRECTIVE
PACKAGE, AMENDMENT TO TRY TO
RIGHT THOSE FUND STREAMS.
THAT EXAMPLE YOU THAT JUST
RACED THE CALL SERVICES IS ONE
OF -- FOR EXAMPLE THE FOUR
BULLET THAT WERE IN THE ISSUE
FACT MEMO YESTERDAY WHERE WE
SAID THESE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW
POTENTIALLY REALLY IMPORTANT
THINGS.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN MY
PERSPECTIVE USED -- THEY HAVE
BEEN FUNDED BY A SOURCE THAT
HAS NOT BEEN DIRECTED FOR THAT
PURPOSE AND THEN IN THAT --
TAKE AWAY THE FUNDING FOR WHAT
JUMP START HAD BEEN INTENDED TO
FUND.
LY COME UP WITH AN AMENDMENT
THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO DO A
DIFFERENT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR
ITEMS SUCH AS THAT SO YOU DON'T
HAVE TO DO ONE FOR EACH
SPECIFIC ITEM AND I DO KNOW
THERE MAY BE OTHER ITEMS WHERE
FOLKS WOULD SAY I'M NOT
INTERESTED IN THE FUNDING AT
THIS LEVEL, MAYBE THIS LEVEL.
THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE
CONVERSATION.
I WILL WORK ON A LARGE PIECE.
ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT?
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE ONLY THINGLY ADD IS WE
WILL BE WORKING AS THE CHAIR
EXPLAINED WITH THE CHAIR TO DO
THAT PACKAGE AND TRY TO BETTER
ALIGN THE SPENDING WITH THE
FUND POLICIES.
THE ISSUE THAT WE WERE SORT OF
RAISING YESTERDAY IS FINDING AN
ONGOING SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR
THOSE EXPENSES THAT ARE
PROPOSED TO BE EITHER DIRECTLY
SUPPORTED FROM THE JUMP START
FUND AND/OR ARE BENEFITING THE
INCREASED AMOUNT OF JUMP START
FUND MONEY THAT WERE INTO THE
GENERAL FUND.
ITS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM OR
PUT ANOTHER WAY, IT IS LIKELY
THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE
THIS A LOT OF IT'LL BE ONE TIME
FUNDS FOR THOSE EXPENSES AND
THIS IS GETTING AT THE ISSUE
AROUND OUR GENERAL FUND
EXPENSES FOR BASE SERVICES OR
EXPANDED SERVICES IN THESE
AREAS IS RIGHT NOW OUT PACING
YOU GENERAL FUND REVENUE
PROJECTIONS.
WHILE W WILL WORK TO DO TAKE
IT'LL LIKELY BE A ONE TIME FIX
WHICH MEANS THAT ABSENT SORT OF
A CUT TO ANOTHER ONGOING
SERVICE OR NEW REVENUE SOURCE
NEXT YEAR WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO DO THIS.
SO THAT IS SORT OF YOU HEARD
THE DIRECTOR SAY IN HIS
PRESENTATION IT WORKS THIS
YEAR.
IT DOESN'T WORK NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS LIKELY THE CASE UNLESS
THERE SIGNIFICANT OTHER CUTS TO
OTHER CITY SERVICES AND/OR WE
IDENTITY NEW REVENUES OR
GENERAL FUND REVENUES INCREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY.
THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAYS THIS CAN PLAY OUT BUT I
WANT TO FLAG THAT AS THE
QUESTION OF SUSTAINABILITY IS
COMING TO A HEAD HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I ALSO, YOU KNOW WANT TO HEAR
FROM YOU ALL AS WE GO THROUGH
THIS IF THERE ARE ITEMS YOU
THAT SEE IN THE ISSUE FACT
MEMOS WHERE THERE MAY BE AN
AREA FOR US TO REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDING OR SHIFT
PRIORITIES TO SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU SEE THOSE OF COURSE LET
CENTRAL STAFF KNOW THAT AS WELL
AS AT DIGS ARE YOU THINKING OF
THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.
WITH THAT, AMY, I'M NOT SEEING
AN ADDITIONAL HANDS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO THE AFTERNOON
DISCUSSION TO CARRY FORWARD ON
HUMAN SERVICES SPECIFIC TO THE
INVESTMENTS IN HOMELESS SERVICE
RESPONSES.
WE WILL HAVE A FULL AFTERNOON
TO DISCUSS THAT.
NOT SEEING ANY OBJECTIONS SO
COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTION WE WILL HAVE AN EXTRA
LONG RECESS TODAY AND WE WILL
GO AND RECONVENE AT 2:00 P.M.
I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE EXTRA LONG
RECESS AND WE WILL SEE YOU AT
2:00 P.M.
SEEING NO OBJECTIONS WE ARE
ADJOURNED, THANK YOU.