>>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR JOINING THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING.
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
IT IS NOVEMBER 12, 2021 AND THE
TIME IS 9:30.
QUICKLY CALL THE ROLL FOR THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> KSHAMA SAWAN?
>> PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS?
GONZALEZ?
HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> DEBORA JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALE IS?
HERE.
>> TERESA MOSQUEDA?
>> I AM PRESENT.
>> SEVEN ARE PRESENT.
WE HAVE A FALL AGENDA FOR US
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ON
WEDNESDAY.
AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW
OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND WERE
ABLE TO CLARIFY SOME IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS SOME
MISCONCEPTIONS.
WE WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THINGS
AND SEE THE PRIORITIES
REFLECTED IN OUR PROPOSED BUDGET
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
CONTINUE TO GO OVER THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AND ASK
SPECIFIC, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS
BEFORE THE DEADLINE FOR
AMENDMENTS, WHICH HAS BEEN
EXTENDED TO 2:00 TODAY.
AS A REMINDER, COUNCIL MEMBERS
WISHING TO SIT -- DIRECTIONS
WERE SENT TO ALL OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
ANY PROPOSAL THAT INCREASES THE
APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE SELF
BALANCED AT THIS PHASE, MEANING
IT MUST HAVE FUNDING THAT IS
IDENTIFIED THROUGH REDUCING
ANOTHER APPROPRIATION IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET OR BY
SUGGESTING INCREASED REVENUE IN
SOME FORM.
NOTICE THAT -- IF IT REQUIRES
LEGISLATION, THE LEGISLATION
ALSO NEEDS TO BE INTRODUCED AND
REFERRED TO THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE BY NOVEMBER 15th.
THE COMMITTEE WILL VOTE ON THE
BALANCING PACKAGE AND
AMENDMENTS ON NOVEMBER 18th AND
THE 19th IF NEEDED.
ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT MEET
THE AGENDA TIMELINE -- EXCUSE
ME, ONLY AMENDMENTS THAT NEED
TO MEET ESTABLISHED DEADLINES
WILL BE PUBLISHED ON THE
APPROPRIATE MEETING AGENDA,
MEANING IF THERE IS AN ITEM
RELATED TO THE AGENDA FOR
THURSDAY, THOSE MATERIALS NEED
TO BE ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA
BY WEDNESDAY.
WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR ALL OF
THAT.
THAT WAY CAN HAPPEN IN A TIMELY
ORDER.
IF THERE IS AN AMENDMENT WE
WILL DISCUSS ON FRIDAY, WE
NEEDED BEFORE THE DAY BEFORE AS
WELL.
AMENDMENT IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THE FINAL AGENDA WILL NOT BE
PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE UNLESS THEY ARE
COMMITTED TO ALL CENTRAL STAFF
DIRECTORS AND DEPUTY CLERKS BY
5:00 THE NIGHT BEFORE.
IF THEY WANT TO MOVE AN
AMENDMENT AND IT IS NOT ON THE
AGENDA ON THE 18th AND 19, THE
AGENDA MUST BE AMENDED BY AN
AFFIRMATIVE VOTE BY THE
MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT.
THE FINAL VOTE ON THE COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROPOSED
COUNSEL. EXCUSE ME.
THE FINAL VOTE ON THIS BUDGET
WILL BE CONDUCTED THE MORNING
OF NOVEMBER 22nd. THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE WILL MEET IN THE
MORNING, NOVEMBER 22nd TO MAKE
FINAL VOTES ON THE BUDGET-
RELATED LEGISLATION.
AND THEN THE BUDGET WILL BE
TRANSMITTED TO FULL COUNSEL
THAT AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
AMENDMENTS, TIMELINES, OR
PROCESS OVER THE NEXT WEEK
BEFORE I MOVED INTO AN OVERVIEW
TO TODAY'S AGENDA FOR ADOPTION
AND CONSIDERATION.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
TIMELINE IN FRONT OF US?
OKAY, WONDERFUL.
I WILL GO AHEAD.
WE DO HAVE A PACKED AGENDA AND
WILL HAVE A FEW HOURS TO TALK
THROUGH THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF WORK THAT CENTRAL STAFF HAS
DONE AND ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
IDENTIFY BUDGET PRIORITIES AND
TO MAKE SURE SEATTLE FAMILIES
AND SMALLEST BUSINESSES, THOSE
AFFECTED BY COVID AND THE
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT COVID
HAS WORSENED, ARE ADDRESSED IN
A LARGE PART IN THIS BUDGET.
THERE WAS A LOT OF ALIGNMENT
FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALONG
THE LINES IN INCREASING FUNDING
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
HOMELESS SERVICES AND MAKING
SURE WE HAVE COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE HEALTHY AND SAFE AND THAT
WE HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD FOR OUR
MOST VULNERABLE, MAKING SURE WE
HAVE A CREW CEASES FOR EVERY
BUDGET BY SCOURING THE BUDGET
TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY
DOLLARS THAT WILL BE SITTING IN
A COFFER AND NOT USED FOR THE
PURPOSES OF 2022'S RECOVERY AND
RESILIENCY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE AMENDMENTS IN THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET TO TRULY ADDRESS
CARE AND CREATE ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE AND INVEST IN MORE
EQUITABLE AND SAFE COMMUNITY.
TODAY'S AGENDA IS THE SAME ONE
AS ON WEDNESDAY.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WE WILL BE
FOCUSED ON FOUR SECTIONS OF THE
AGENDA.
WE WILL OPEN UP BY ALLOWING FOR
SOME STAFF TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW
OF THE RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE
IN THIS BUDGET.
IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS SAYING
THERE IS A $50 MILLION
SHORTFALL ANNOUNCED TWO
WEDNESDAYS AND WE HAVE
REDUCTIONS.
IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS SAYING
$10 MILLION CAME FROM SPD.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
CENTRAL SOUTH WILL WALK THROUGH
AGAIN WHERE THE RESOURCES CAME
FROM, THAT WERE FREED UP IN THIS
-- IT IS AROUND $70 MILLION
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REALLOCATE
TO COUNSEL PRIORITIES WHILE
ALSO ADDRESSING A $50 MILLION
SHORTFALL.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS
WELL, THAT WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE
AMOUNT OF WORK DONE BY CENTRAL
STAFF TO LOOK AT EVERY SECTION
OF THE BUDGET AND EVERY
DEPARTMENT, SO WE COULD FREE UP
RESOURCES TO INVEST IN COUNSEL
PRIORITIES, WHICH ARE YOUR
PRIORITIES AND THE COMMUNITIES
PRIORITIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO
INTO THE DETAILED EXPLANATION
OF THOSE RESOURCES THIS MORNING
SO FOLKS HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW THOSE
THINGS WERE MADE AND HOW WE
TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION
COUNCILMEMBER REQUESTS. WE WILL
ALSO FOCUS ON THE VERIFICATION
ON THE SPD INVESTMENTS.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET AND HOW
THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN
INVESTMENTS OF NEARLY $7
MILLION WHILE WE ALSO ADJUSTED
FOR AREAS THAT WE ARE
SUGGESTING IN THIS PROPOSED
BUDGET ARE GOING TO LEAD TO
EITHER DOLLARS SITTING ON THE
SHELF AND NOT BEING USED DUE TO
HIGHER THAN CALCULATED SALARY
SAVINGS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AND ALSO SOME TECHNOLOGY
INVESTMENTS AND EXPANSION IN
EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT CAME IN
THE LIGHT OF THE NEEDS WE WERE
TRYING TO MAKE AND OTHER AREAS
OF THE BUDGET INVESTED IN.
WE WILL FOCUS ON SPD SECOND.
THE THIRD THING WE WILL DO IS
-- EXCUSE ME, WE WILL TALK
ABOUT INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING
AND END WITH HOMELESSNESS.
THOSE TWO AREAS, HOMELESSNESS
AND HOUSING, WE DO SPEND A LOT
OF TIME ON THEM, TALKING ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE AND WE TIED INTO
THOSE INVESTMENTS IN BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE
INVESTMENTS WE ARE PUTTING
FORWARD REALLY DO HELP THOSE WHO
ARE UNHOUSED AND THOSE THAT ARE
HOUSED.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR
CATEGORIES.
RESOURCES, PUBLIC SAFETY,
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
GO AHEAD AND ASK QUESTIONS.
>> I AM SORRY.
I'M NOT ASKING A QUESTION.
I AM UNDERSCORING SOMETHING YOU
SAID.
I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AT SEEING
ALL THE HEADLINES, SAYING YOUR
PROPOSED BUDGET PROPOSES A $10
MILLION CUT IN SPD'S BUDGET.
THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET PROPOSES A
$7 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE
2021 SPD BUDGET.
I AM JUST WANTING TO UNDERSCORE
THAT IN CASE FOLKS LISTENING
MAY HAVE MISSED IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING THAT AND THEY DO
HAVE A CHART THAT WE HAVE
SHARED WITH MANY OF YOU AND
WILL SHARE IT ON THE SCREEN AND
MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC.
ABSOLUTELY, IT IS AN IMPORTANT
REMINDER THAT AS WE LOOK FOR
SAVINGS WITHIN EVERY
DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE SOME
SAVINGS WITHIN SPD BUT THERE
WAS AN REQUEST OF OVER $70
MILLION IN SPD.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS IN JUST
A MOMENT.
THIS STILL ALLOWS FOR NEARLY $7
MILLION OF THOSE INCREASES
WHILE WE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED
SALARY SAVINGS.
THAT IS THE DISTINCTION.
THE $70 MILLION INCREASE WAS
SUGGESTED AND WE GOT A $7
MILLION INCREASE IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET WHILE ALSO
CAPTURING COST SAVINGS AND
BETTER ASPECTS.
THERE IS STILL THAT INCREASED
INVESTMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE
WILL THEN MAKE SURE THAT ANY
OTHER AREAS OF THE BUDGET YOU
WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, THERE
ARE SO MANY GREAT THINGS FROM
PARKS TO CITY CLEANUP, TO
MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITIES ARE
CONNECTED. WE WANTED CONNECTED
WITH TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS, USING ALL FORMS OF
OPTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ASK THE CENTRAL STAFF, THAT
IS WHAT THIS AGENDA IS FOR
TODAY.
AGAIN, OUR AGENDA INCLUDES THE
SAME AGENDA FROM WEDNESDAY TO
FOCUS ON RESOURCES AND PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HOUSING, ALL THAT.
THEN WE WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO
ANY OTHER AREAS THAT FOLKS
WOULD LIKE TO LIFT UP, PIECES
THEY HAD INVESTED IN OR ASK
SPECIFIC CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
THEY ARE CRITICAL, SO THAT YOU
HAVE AN UNFORMED UNDERSTANDING
OF ANY ISSUES BEFORE YOU ASK FOR
AN AMENDMENT FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET
INTO THOSE QUESTIONS.
THIS IS NOT A CHANCE TO TALK
ABOUT THE SPECIFICS IN AN
AMENDMENT YOU MIGHT BE
CONSIDERING.
WE WILL HAVE TODAY'S FOCUS ON
THAT NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
ANY QUESTIONS?
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND
NO OBJECTIONS COME TODAY'S
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
NO OBJECTIONS AND IT IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN IT
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS FOLKS
KNOW WE HAVE TRY TO HAVE IT AT
THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING.
WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO HAVE 30
MINUTES TODAY AND THE PUBLIC
COMMENT AT 10:10.
YOU WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO
PROVIDE YOUR NOTES.
PLEASE DO SO WITH YOUR NAME AND
ITEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
IF YOU DO NOT FINISH, PLEASE
SUMMARIZE YOUR COMMENTS TO THE
COUNCIL AT COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
AT THE END OF YOUR ALLOTTED
TIME, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO
HANG UP AND DIAL IN ON THE
LISTEN IN OPTIONS ON THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL.
AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT
HAS PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 4.5 HOURS
GIVEN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED
AND WE WILL START WITH THE
FIRST TWO ON THIS LIST AND
THOSE TWO INCLUDE HOWARD GALE
AND DAVID HINES.
GOOD MORNING, HOWARD.
ICU UNMUTED BUT YOU MIGHT BE
MUTED ON YOUR OWN LINE.
CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK IT?
>> SORRY.
GOOD MORNING, HOWARD DALE AND
THE FAILURE OF THEM TO CONSIDER
HOW THIS IS MISSPENT.
LAST WEEK, THEY PUBLISHED MORE
INFORMATION ON THE ONGOING
SCANDALS WITH THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM INVOLVING
THE FAILURE TO PROPERLY
INVESTIGATE POLICE ABUSE AND
THE FAILURE OF THE GROUP TO
PERFORM THE FUNCTION OF
REVIEWING INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH
-- THE REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS
THE DIRECTOR AND HIS BACKGROUND
AS A DEFENDER OF POLICE ABUSE
AND AS A SITTING LAWYER, BEFORE
BECOMING DIRECTOR, WHO VIOLATED
LEGAL ETHICS IN HIS EFFORT TO
PROTECT THE LEASE.
FOUR DAYS AGO, THEY PUBLISHED
FURTHER REVELATIONS ABOUT THESE
FAILURES OF POLICE OVERSIGHT
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THESE WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINTS
AND ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION
REMAIN UNCOMMENTED ON AND
UNINVESTIGATED.
THEY HAVE REFUSED TO CUT OR
REAPPORTION THE MILLIONS SPENT
FOR THIS FAILED ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM.
PLEASE, CONSIDER RE-
APPORTIONING THIS MONEY AND
CUTTING FUNDS FROM --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M CALLING ABOUT FG ONE B1.
IT SHOULD BE REJECTED OUT OF
PRINCIPAL BECAUSE THE CITY
COUNCIL IS IMMORALLY AND I
DARESAY ILLEGALLY STEALING
FEDERAL COVID RELIEF MONEY
MEANT TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS
CRISIS WITH NO -- WHILE CO-
OPTING THE FEDERAL MONEY AS
JUMPSTART TAXES WITH AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL SPENDING PLAN
THAT GIVES A MIDDLE-CLASS
PAYMENT MONTHLY TO NONCITIZENS
AND FOREIGN-BORN.
THEY GET NO SHELTER FOR
HOMELESS CITIZENS.
THEY STILL HAVE $70 MILLION TO
PURCHASE OUT PROTESTERS AND
POLITICALLY CONNECTED
NONPROFITS TO HELP REELECT
COUNSEL OVERSEEING THEIR
BUDGET.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE
IGNORING THAT AND CAN TUNING
YOUR ABUSE OF THE BUDGET TO
SECURE A REELECTION APPARATUS.
SAME WITH THE ORGANIZERS THAT
LOBBYING YOU. THE CITY COUNCIL
GOES THROUGH WITH THIS?
THERE IS AN ONGOING POTENTIAL
OF A LAWSUIT TO END --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE JAKE AND
ANNA WILLIAMS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JAKE.
I AM A GRAD STUDENT AT UDUB AND
I AM A CURRENT INTERN AT THIS
AREA.
I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT THIS
BUDGET AND ASK THE COUNCIL NOT
TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM THE $10.9
MILLION THAT WILL SUPPORT
SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
FIRST, PEOPLE EXPERIENCE
HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE -- IT
IS AS A DIRECT RESULT AS THIS
ORDINANCE PASSED IN 1863.
DECRIMINALIZE THE PRESENCE OF
INDIANS IN THE CITY, CALLING
FOR THE EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
FROM THEIR HOMELAND.
THIS CITY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
AUTHORIZING POLICY THAT
PROMOTES INEQUITY AND DISPLACES
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THE SOLITARY BUDGET PROVIDES AN
OPPORTUNITY TO FORGE A NEW
PATH.
INVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
LEAD TOWARDS A CITY THAT
UPHOLDS JUSTICE AND PROVIDES
EQUITY FOR ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
NOW WE HAVE ANNA WILLIAMS.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER, MOTHER, AND A
HOMEOWNER.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATES AND
I HOPE THAT THEY WILL HOLD TRUE
TO REINVESTING EVERYTHING FOR
TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OPENING
UP WEDNESDAY FOR SUCH A LONG
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT FELT LIKE A MARATHON FOR ME,
BUT I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT
FELT LIKE FOR ALL OF YOU.
THIS PROCESS IS LONG AND
INSENSITIVE.
I COULD NOT IMAGINE IT IS EASY
-- THE NOTES THAT MUST BE
WRITTEN UP.
YOU CAN HEAR MY KIDDO IN THE
BACKGROUND.
I WOULD LOVE TO OFFER YOU A
QUOTE. I BELIEVE ALL ORGANIZING
IS SCIENCE-FICTION AND WE ARE
SHAPING THE FUTURE WE WANT FOR
BUT NOT HAVE YET EXPERIENCED.
I HOPE YOU LEAD WITH THE HOPES
OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
VERY NICE TO HEAR THE SECOND
PERSON BEHIND YOU.
BJ, FOLLOWED BY JULIA.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS BJ
RATH.
I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I SUPPORT ALL THE AMENDMENTS
AND THE BOUNCING PACKAGE,
INCLUDING THE $10.9 MILLION
REDUCTION TO THE SPD BUDGET.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL
FOR THE GROWTH OF THE CSO
PROGRAM.
SUPPORTERS SHOULD WANT THEM
TRANSFERRED OUT OF SPD AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
THEY TOLD THE CSO PROGRAM BACK
IN 2004 THAT THEY WANTED TO
START A GANG UNIT.
IT ONLY CAME BACK BECAUSE
COUNSEL FORCED SPD TO DO IT AND
EVEN THEN, THE DIRECTOR -- THEY
DESIGNED THE PROGRAM BY NOT
LETTING THEM SEE AN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE TO CALLS AND THEY
COMMENTED THEY WILL NOT REPLACE
OFFICER CONTACT WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND THE INDICATED --
IT IS NEEDED FOR SOMETHING ELSE
. FOR THOSE REASONS, ENCOURAGE
THE COUNCIL TO TRANSFER CSO'S
HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JULIA AND THEN RILEY.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. I
WANT TO ASK IF COUNCIL MEMBERS
COULD PLEASE QUESTION THE
ATTRITION'S ASSUMPTION IN THE
CURRENT BALANCING PACKAGE
BECAUSE SPD -- THEY LOOK --
THEY CLAIM THEY CAN HIRE 140
OFFICERS NEXT YEAR, WHICH --
THAT IS ALSO 50% HIGHER THAN
THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE HIRING BONUSES BUT IT
WOULD NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORT
THE INCREASE AND THEY LOOKED AT
THE RETENTION STUDY IN 2019 AND
THEY INDICATE OFFICERS WERE
LEAVING SPD DUE TO THE SALARY
OR INCOME WAS A BARRIER TO
RECRUITMENT. SO I JUST WANTED
TO CALL ON THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW WE HAVE RILEY FOLLOWED BY
MARIA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HEY, I AM A RESIDENT AND I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET AMENDMENT
PARTIES FOR THE 2022 BUDGET AND
THIS MEANS TRANSFERRING $9
MILLION -- GOING TO SUPPORT. AS
YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE UPON
US AND RESIDENTS ARE SEEING
INSTABILITY DURING THE COLD
MONTHS. WE ARE HAVING MORE FOLKS
HELPLESS AND HOMELESS.
THE COST OF FOOD IS PILING UP.
WE WANT TO SEE THE SEATTLE
GOVERNMENT BUILDING THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT
COMPARED TO WHAT THE KNEE TRULY
IS.
ALSO, THE FACT THAT $1 MILLION
CAN GO TO EMERGENCY HOUSING, FOR
-- NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT
-- IT SHOWS WHAT THE CLEARLY
ADVERTISE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MARIA, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR
RIGOROUS WORK.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU
ARE SHIFTING THE WAY WE LIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE
ELECTRIC HOME CONVERSION.
WE ARE ASKING FOR AN INCREASE
TO THE PROPOSAL FOR $1.7
MILLION-$13 MILLION FOR THE
FULL $240 MILLION IT TAKES TO
CONVERT 14,000 OIL HOMES TO
CLEAN, ELECTRIC ENERGY.
MOST OF THE HOMES ARE IN SOUTH
AND WEST SEATTLE.
YOU HAVE WORKED HARD ON THAT
DEAL.
MAKE THIS THE FIRST
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT WILL
GENERATE APPRENTICESHIP AND
TRADE JOBS FAR MORE THAN ANY
OTHER SECTOR ON THE HORIZON.
WE CAN GENERATE SALES TAX FROM
THE MATERIALS PURCHASE AND LIFT
THE BURDENS OFF THE BACKS OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND HELP OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND
RESILIENCY.
THANK YOU FOR THE MAJOR FOCUS.
GOODBYE NOW.
>> GOOD TO HEAR YOU.
CHRIS LEHMAN, FOLLOWED BY JESS.
GOOD MORNING, CHRIS.
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT
SDOT TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON
BRIDGE DAMAGE BY OVERWEIGHT
VEHICLES.
IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT INTERNAL
REPORT WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN
PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THEY FIND MUCH OF THE
GROWING BACKLOG FROM DAMAGED
ROADS AND BRIDGES HAS BEEN
POTENTIALLY AVOIDABLE IF STEPS
WERE TAKEN TO DISCOURAGE EXTRA
HEAVY OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES.
DOING SO WOULD FREE UP FUNDS
FOR MORE CREATIVE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND
ALSO MANY OTHER SOCIAL NEEDS.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT,
URGENT BUDGET ISSUE TO ASK SDOT
TO DO THE STUDY.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SUBMITTED
THAT AND TO ASK ALL OF THE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO INCLUDE IT
IN THAT BALANCING PACKAGE,
WHICH IS NOT YET INCLUDED.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU MUCH YOU'RE
CALLING IN.
WE HAVE JUST FOLLOWED BY JAMES
WILLIAMSON.
IT SAYS JAMES IS NOT PRESENT.
IF YOU CAN CALL IN, WE WILL GET
TO YOU BEFORE WE CONCLUDE.
JUST, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JESS AND I AM AN
ORGANIZER. I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK FROM THE COUNCIL TO
MAKE THIS BUDGET TRANSPARENT,
ACCESSIBLE, AND EQUITABLE.
WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.
EVEN WITH GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS FROM JUMPSTART, WE
ARE ON TRACK TO PASS A BUDGET
-- THIS UNDERMINES THE CITY'S
GREEN NEW DEAL. WE NEED TO WORK
ON IT NOW.
THERE IS STILL ROOM TO ACT.
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE
IS $40 MILLION FOR ONE-TIME
BUDGET CHANGES FOR SPD.
IT IS UNDEFINED AND
UNACCOUNTABLE.
COUNSEL, WE URGE YOU TO RICH
EISEN THIS UP FOR LOW INCOME
HEAT.
YOU CAN TACKLE CLIMATE
POLLUTION WHILE IMPROVING THE
HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY,
CREATING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND
CREATING GOOD PAYING JOBS.
IT WILL -- THE BOUNCING PACKAGE
FUNDS JUST $1.7 MILLION.
THIS IS A HUGE GAP THAT THE
COMMUNITIES AND CLIMATE CANNOT
AFFORD.
PLEASE FIND TRANSITIONING OFF
OIL AND HEAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST PERSON WAS JAMES
WILLIAMSON.
IT SAYS YOU ARE NOT PRESENT.
IF WE DO NOT HEAR YOU DIALING IN
, WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
DIALING IN TODAY.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE READ ITEM 1.
>> THE INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
AGAIN TODAY.
THIS IS OUR FINAL DAY BEFORE
ANY AMENDMENTS ARE DUE.
I WANT TO TAKE ONE STEP BEFORE
WE BEGIN AND EVERYBODY COULD
GIVE A BIG, HUGE ROUND OF
APPLAUSE TO CENTRAL STAFF.
THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CENTRAL
STAFF.
DIRECTOR, THANK YOU TO ALL OF
YOUR TEAM AND THANK YOU -- WE
HAVE THE AROUND-THE-CLOCK WORK
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT OVER THE
NEXT WEEK.
BY THIS TIME, WE WILL BE MIDWAY
THROUGH OUR FINAL DAY TO
CONSIDER BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND
THEN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, WE
WILL VOTE IT THROUGH.
I WANT YOU TO NOTE THE
IMPRESSIVE WORK THAT HAS BEEN
DONE IN A SHORT TIMEFRAME.
WE HAVE DONE IT AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE THROUGH EACH BODY
WITH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
IT HAS GIVEN HIM ABOUT 3 TO 4
MONTHS, GIVEN ON THE YEAR, TO
GO THROUGH THAT.
AS A LEGISLATOR DOES, THEY TAKE
THE SUGGESTIONS FROM EXECUTIVE
AND THEY RE-CREATE THE BUDGETS
THEMSELVES.
YOU ARE RE-CREATING THE BUDGET
DOCUMENT IN A MATTER OF EIGHT
WEEKS WITH A LOT LESS RESOURCES
COMPARED TO RELATIVE TO THE
STATE LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS
CITIES ARE TRULY AT A PLACE
WHERE COMMUNITY GOES FIRST TO
GET THEIR NEEDS MET, WHETHER IT
IS HOUSING OR FOOD SERVICES OR
WHETHER THAT MEANS SCALING
INVESTMENTS INTO COMMUNITY
SAFETY AS WE ALSO TRY TO
RESPOND TO THE ONGOING CALL FOR
REDOING HOW WE ENGAGE WITH
COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY INVESTING
IN IT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
CENTRAL STAFF BEFORE WE GET
STARTED.
DID YOU HAVE A SIMILAR COMMENT
ALONG THOSE LINES?
>> I WANT TO AT YOUR THANKS TO
STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WHO HAVE BEEN HERE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR, FOR YOUR FORESIGHT AND
LEAVE BEING THE COUNCIL TO LOOK
AT THE TAX.
WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW
THE TABLE TAX HAS MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR US TO NOT -- OVER
THE LAST YEAR BUT ONE POINT
THAT MAYBE IS IMPLICIT IN THE
RECOGNITION OF HOW THE PAYROLL
TAX HAS HELPED US, WE HAVE NOT,
I THINK, EXPLICITLY TALKED
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DEFENSE
OF THE JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX IS
SO IMPORTANT TO US. AS TERESA
MOSQUEDA HAS NOTED, IT IS
PREDICATED ON THE PAYROLL TAX .
THEY HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY
TO PREVENT -- WE ALL KNOW THAT
THEY HAVE FILED A LEGAL
CHALLENGE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY
HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED THE
CITY IN KING COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT.
THEY HAVE NOW APPEALED THE
RULING TO WASHINGTON STATE
COURT OF APPEALS.
IN THE CITIES DISSENTS, IF IT
IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, THE MAYOR
WILL BE FACED WITH A PROPOSED
BUDGET -- WITH PROPOSED BUDGET
CUTS THAT COULD BE UP TO $200
MILLION OR MORE AND MAKE IT
VERY DIFFICULT TO AVOID ACROSS-
THE-BOARD CUTS.
I REALLY HATE TO SEE THE
INCOMING ADMINISTRATION BE
PLACED IN THAT POSITION AND I
DO NOT BELIEVE IT WOULD BE GOOD
FOR ANYONE AT ALL. THIS LAST
YEAR, WHEN THEY HAD TO RESPOND
TO THE CALLS, AFTER THE START
OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, THEY
ORDERED CUTS TO THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND A
HIRING FREEZE.
THAT WAS FOR NEW OFFICERS.
THERE WAS THE APPEAL CASE THAT
IS DUE ON THE 15th.
THOSE WILL BE DEVELOPED UNDER
OUR CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY AND
ORAL ARGUMENTS WILL BE
SCHEDULED ONCE A WRITTEN --
THAT MEANS ORAL ARGUMENTS WILL
BE MADE UNDER THE NEXT CITY
ATTORNEY.
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS
THIS WILL LIKELY BE SOMETIME IN
THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
JUST UNDERSCORING HOW IMPORTANT
DEFENDING THE JUMPSTART PAYROLL
TAX WILL BE IN PRESERVING THIS
BUDGET IN 2022 AND BEYOND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VICE
CHAIR.
YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I EVER
COULD AND I APPRECIATE YOU
UNDERSCORING THAT POINT.
THEN THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
CONTINUES TO SEE HOW THIS BUDGET
REALLY WAS MADE POSSIBLE
BECAUSE OF THE FORESIGHT THAT
THE COUNCIL HAD WITH
OVERWRITING THE MAYOR'S VETO ON
OUR EARLY CONVERSATIONS AROUND
JUMPSTART AND INVESTMENTS THAT
WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE
JUMPSTART FUNDED COVID RELIEF
THE PACKAGE THAT THE CITY
PASSED IN ANTICIPATION IN THE
NEED AND BEFORE ANY OF THE
FEDERAL RESOURCES CAME DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT.
IT DOES HELP TO CORRECT THE
RECORD WHEN YOU SEE THINGS
LIKE THE COLUMNIST FROM THE
SEATTLE TIMES FAIL TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF
JUMPSTART AND THE SHEER NEED
FOR US ALL TO REBUILD AND BUILD
IN A MORE ACCURATE WILL WAKE
HIM INCLUDING FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
IT REQUIRES US TO BUILD UPON
THE THINGS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE
AND YEAR AFTER YEAR, WE WILL
SEE STABILITY AS WE ARE
PROVIDING IT HERE WITH THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET.
WHEN THE REVENUE FORECAST GETS
BETTER, WE WILL SEE THE
PERCENTAGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS --
WHAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED HIGHER
TO MORE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
THANK YOU TO YOUR WORK ON THIS
PLAN.
ALSO, WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE
NEED FOR US TO ADDRESS ANY
VOLATILITY IN THE UPCOMING YEAR
OR YEARS AND WE ARE CONTINUING
TO INVEST IN OUR REVENUE
OPTIONS -- A FEW SUNNY, IN OUR
RESOURCE OPTIONS BY MAINTAINING
A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF INVESTMENTS
INTO THE EMERGENCY FUNDS AND
THAT IS CRITICAL AS WE THINK
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING
FAMILIES FED AND HOUSED WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING
ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.
BECAUSE I COULD NOT DO IT
BETTER THAN THE VICE CHAIR
TESTED, I WILL WALK US THROUGH
WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE PROCESS
AND ALSO WE WILL GET INTO THE
RESOURCE CONVERSATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE
HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO DEDUCE
THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE TO
SIMPLY SAY THAT $10 MILLION OF
THE $50 MILLION -- IT JUST CAME
FROM SPD AND WE DID A LOT OF
WORK TO SCOUR EVERY SECTION OF
THE BUDGET TO FUND COUNSEL
PRIORITIES TO THE TUNE OF OVER
$70 MILLION.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
WAYS IN WHICH CENTRAL STAFF AT
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
WORKING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY
RESOURCES ACROSS THE BOARD AND
TO INVEST IN THOSE HIGHEST
NEEDS.
THANK YOU TO THE DIRECTOR.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
GOOD MORNING TO THE DIRECTOR OF
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
I WILL START WITH JUST THE
BRIEFEST REMINDER OF WHERE WE
ARE IN THE TIMELINE.
WE ARE ON STEP FOUR, DISCUSSION
OF THE BALANCING PACKAGE.
THIS MORNING'S CONVERSATION
WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THE
BRIEFING THAT WE OFFERED TO THE
COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
ABOUT THE ITEMS IN THE CHAIR'S
PACKAGE.
THESE ARE THE TOPICS YOU HEARD
ABOUT IN YOUR PUBLIC HEARING
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
WE WILL FINISH DISCUSSION ON IT
TODAY AND THEN BE IN COMMITTEE
NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT
AMENDMENTS TO THIS PACKAGE.
IF YOU COULD JUMP TO SLIDE SIX,
I WILL BRIEFLY RECAP A COUPLE OF
INNER ISSUE DISCUSSIONS BACK IN
STAGE II AND THREE.
WE DISCUSSED ITEMS THAT THEY
TALKED ABOUT WITH THE
IMPORTANCE OF JUMPSTART IN THE
MAYOR BALANCING HER BUDGET AND
TWO OF THE KEY ISSUES WERE
IDENTIFIED EARLY ON IS THAT
$148 MILLION OF JUMPSTART WAS
USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL
FUND AND THAT WAS $62 MILLION
MORE THAN ALLOWED PER CURRENT
JUMPSTART POLICIES AND REDUCED
THE CAPACITY TO FUND PROGRAMS
IN 2023 AND BEYOND.
ANOTHER ISSUE IDENTIFIED WAS
THAT THERE WERE $70 MILLION OF
ONGOING FUNDING FOR EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVES AND
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THIS IS PRIORITIES THAT WERE
SHARED BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE AN
ONGOING FUNDING SOURCE TO
SUPPORT THEM.
NEXT SLIDE.
THESE ISSUES WERE SORT OF
COMPOUNDED BY THE REVENUE
FORECAST YOU RECEIVED ON
NOVEMBER 3rd. THAT SHOWED A $50
MILLION FORECASTED DECREASE FOR
THE GENERAL FUND ACROSS 2021
AND 2022, ARTFULLY DRIVEN BY
ACCOMMODATION OF DELAYED RETURN
TO WORK AND ACCOMMODATION OF
PAYROLL TAX AND SALES TAX AND
PARKING PLANS.
$19 MILLION IS PROJECTED TO BE
DECREASED ACROSS OTHER FUNDS
AND AN INCREASE OF THE REAL
ESTATE EXCISE TAX, WHICH CAN BE
USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WE WILL THEN RECAP THE
RESOURCES THAT WE ARE
IDENTIFYING.
PATTY, NEXT SLIDE.
ACROSS THESE TWO TABLES, WHICH
WE WILL LOOK THROUGH ON THE
NEXT TWO SLIDES, THE COUNCIL
IDENTIFIED A TOTAL OF $70
MILLION OF SPENDING IN THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT COULD BE
PAUSED OR CUT TO BE DEPLOYED
FOR OTHER PRIORITIES.
I WILL NOT GO THROUGH QUITE THE
SAME LEVEL OF DETAIL AS I DID
ON WEDNESDAY BUT I WILL REMIND
YOU WHAT ARE IN EACH OF THESE
BUCKETS AND THEN I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, GREG
DOSS, TO OFFER A MORE DETAILED
EXPLANATION OF THE CHANGES
HERE.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT -- I WILL
DO A HIGH LEVEL ON THESE CHAIR
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE OTHER
QUESTIONS AS I GO.
>> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR
THE PROCESS, FOR THE PURPOSE
SAYS OF THE AGENDA, WE WILL GO
THROUGH THIS REVENUE
CONVERSATION AND WE WANT TO
ADDRESS THEMES OR QUESTIONS
THAT MAY COME UP AND OFFER
ADDITIONAL CLARITY ON SPD
SPECIFICALLY AND THEN WE WILL
GO TO CENTRAL STAFF TO TALK
THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS.
THOSE ARE THE THREE POLICY
AREAS AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO
ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE
BUDGET.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK GONZALES
WHO JOINED US DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
I FAILED TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU
AFTER A PUBLIC COMMENT BUT
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> GREAT.
ON THIS RESOURCE LIST, THE
FIRST PLACE THE CHAIR AND THE
COUNCIL LOOKED FOR RESOURCES
WERE ITEMS IN THE 2021 BUDGET
THAT WERE NOT GOING TO BE SET
IN 2021.
THIS IS A $.6 MILLION OF
FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND FINANCE
GENERAL.
THIS IS A REDEPLOYED COMMUNITY
SAFETY CAPACITY FOR SAFETY
PRIORITIES IN 2022.
THIS IS ALIGNING THE TRIAGE 1
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
START DATE TO THE END OF 2022,
CAPTURING MONEY THAT WAS IN THE
2020/2021 BUDGET. THEY COULD
CAPTURE SOME BALANCE OF COVID
VACCINE RESERVES THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN SPENT AND REDEPLOYED SOME
RAPID REHOUSING MONEY FOR
BETTER LEVERAGED PRODUCTS IN
2022.
NEXT IS THE CHAIR'S OMNIBUS,
WHICH WILL RESTORE JUMPSTART
FUNDING POLICY TO CURRENT
POLICY.
THIS ALLOWED $85 MILLION OF
JUMPSTART FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE
GENERAL FUND BROADLY AND
PRESERVE EXISTING PROGRAMS
WHILE TAX REVENUES WERE COVERED
AND WANTED TO $49 MILLION IN
THE DEFINED JUMPSTART POLICIES.
THIS RECOGNIZES THAT THE CITY
HAS CAPACITY TO USE $30 MILLION
FOR THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY
INITIATIVE AND PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
IT IS NOT $60 MILLION.
OVERALL, THIS ACTION ENABLES
$41 MILLION TO BE SPENT IN 2022
ON PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO
GO.
THIS ACTION IS THE LARGEST
RESOURCE ON THIS LIST AND THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN HIS
BUDGET AT 41 1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS.
GREAT.
I WILL KEEP GOING.
THE NEXT WAS IDENTIFYING A NEW
REVENUE SOURCE TO FULLY FUND
THE SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM AND
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED LEVEL
USING $4 MILLION OF UNDER SPEND
IN THE LEVEE.
WE SCRUBBED THE BUDGETS IN THE
I.T.
DEPARTMENT AND THERE IS A $1.4
MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDING THAT
IS BEING USED FOR PROJECTS IN
THE I.T.
DEPARTMENT AND PROJECTS WERE
EXTENDED FOR 2022 AND THIS
CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SEVEN
MONTHS OF FUNDING FOR THOSE
PROJECTS BUT NOT THE FULL $12
MILLION.
ALSO, THE I.T.
DEPARTMENT HERE ASSUMES A
HIGHER VACANCY RATE.
THIS WAS A LOOK ACROSS ALL
ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET TO FIND A
SET OF RESOURCES AND, FINALLY,
THE LAST ONE ON THIS LIST IS
REDUCING THE TRANSFER TO THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND BY
$1.5 MILLION.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE ITEMS
BEFORE I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE?
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
GREAT.
AT THE TOP OF THIS LIST IS,
AGAIN, A LOOK AT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET, AN ACTION IN
2022 TO ALIGN THE STANDUP OF
THE TRIAGE 1 PROGRAM WITH THE
CURRENT TIMELINE, AS DISCUSSED
ON WEDNESDAY.
THIS LEAVES $1.1 MILLION IN THE
2022 BUDGET FOR TRIAGE ONE TO
HIRE STAFF AND PREPARE VEHICLES
FOR THAT DEPLOYMENT BUT SETS
ASIDE THE MONEY THAT WE WOULD
NOT GET OTHERWISE DEPLOYED. IN
JUST A MOMENT, WE WILL TURN IT
OVER TO GREG DOSS TO TALK ABOUT
THE SPD BUDGET.
BEFORE THAT, I WILL TOUCH ON
THE TWO NEW REVENUE SOURCES
THAT ARE ALSO ON THE TABLE.
$26.2 MILLION OF -- IT WILL PAY
FOR DEBT SERVICE AND TO PLOT A
WHOLE THAT IS CAUSED BY A
DOWNWARD FORECAST IN THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX AND THE
BULK OF IT GOING TO FUND ONE-
TIME CAPITAL PROJECTS IN
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKS.
FINALLY, RECOGNIZING $2.9
MILLION OF COMMERCIAL PARKING
TAX REVENUE GENERATED FROM CPT
RATE INCREASE OF 2% IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE LAST ITEM THAT DOES NOT
SHOW UP ON THIS CHART IS USING
$3.1 MILLION OF THIS AS INITIAL
DEBT SERVICE FOR $100 MILLION
ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN 2022.
THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES PUTTING
THOSE PIECES IN MOTION AND
GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
EXECUTIVE TO COME BACK IN EARLY
2022 TO LET US KNOW WHAT SCALE
OF BONDS THEY CAN ISSUE.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OVERALL
RESOURCES BEFORE HAND IT OVER
TO SOMEONE ELSE?
>> IT IS A GOOD REMINDER THAT
THIS IS A NO STONE UNTURNED
APPROACH TO FINDING EVERY
RESOURCE AVAILABLE. AS WAS
SAID, TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE
DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT GOING TO
BE DEPLOYABLE IN 2022,
SPECIFICALLY FOR EXAMPLE, THE
WORK WE WANT TO DO TOGETHER
WITH TRIAGE ONE.
IF THEY WILL BE SITTING THERE,
NOT ACTIVELY HELPING FOLKS IN
THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
WERE REDEPLOYED ELSEWHERE THAT
IS NOT A COMMENT ABOUT THE
PROGRAM ITSELF, RECOGNIZING
THERE IS OVER $1 MILLION IN THE
SYSTEM TO SET OFF THE PROTOCOL
BUT IF THERE WERE DOLLARS THAT
COULD BE DEPLOYED IN 2021 OR
2022, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
USE THOSE FOR THE INCREDIBLE
NEED WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY
RIGHT NOW.
ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD
TO MAKE SURE IT IS VERY CLEAR
THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT WAS
LOOKED AT?
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSELOR MORALE
IS?
>> I THINK -- SORRY PEDERSEN,
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT EVERY
DEPARTMENT, I WAS WONDERING IF
CENTRAL STAFF -- THERE IS A
LINE ITEM THAT APPEARS IN EACH
OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND I JUST
WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD SHOW
THERE IS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF IT.
IT IS CALLED BASELINE
ADJUSTMENTS FOR PERSONNEL COSTS
AND I BELIEVE OVERALL THE
DEPARTMENT HAS INCREASED ABOUT
$4.8 MILLION FOR EXECUTIVES AND
MANAGERS OR SOMETHING REGARDING
COMPENSATION.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT
ARTICULATED FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, WHAT THAT MEANS, THE
BASELINE ADJUSTMENTS FOR
PERSONNEL COSTS.
>> I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AS WELL AS ADJUSTMENTS
RELATED TO PERSONNEL COST AND
THAT CAN COVER A WIDE RANGE OF
ADJUSTMENTS IN DEPARTMENT SPACE
BUDGETS TO ACCOMMODATE AND
REQUIRE THROUGH CONTRACTUAL
OBLIGATIONS, ANNUAL WAGE
INCREASES, TO ACCOUNT FOR
INCREASED COSTS FOR STAFFING
DUE TO RECLASSIFICATIONS AND
POSITIONS OR PROMOTIONS AND
THAT SORT OF THING, AS LONG --
ALONG WITH COSTS.
THE ITEMS YOU'RE REFERRING TO
SPECIFICALLY IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ARE RELATED TO SOME IDOLS
ITEMS THAT WOULD PROVIDE AN
ANNUAL WAGE INCREASE TO
EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY WHO DID
NOT -- WHO ARE NOT REPRESENTED
IN CERTAIN JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.
I DO NOT HAVE THEM ALL.
THAT DID NOT RECEIVE THE ANNUAL
WAGE INCREASE THAT MOST CITY
EMPLOYEES RECEIVED IN 2020 OR
2021.
SO IT WOULD GIVE THOSE
POSITIONS THE ANNUAL WAGE
INCREASE IN 2022 AND IT IS
EQUIVALENT TO THE ANNUAL WAGE
INCREASE THAT MOST EMPLOYEES,
MOST CITY EMPLOYEES RECEIVED IN
2020 ONE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR
ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, SORRY.
APOLOGIES FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
I WOULD NOTE IN TERMS OF THE
SCOURING OF THE DEPARTMENT,
CENTRAL STAFF DOES NOT -- OF
COURSE, ANY ITEM IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, WHETHER IT IS
NEW SPENDING PROPOSED OR
INCREASES OR ANYTHING IN THE
BASE BUDGET ARE AVAILABLE FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONSIDER
REDUCTIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO,
TO USE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN OUR SCOURING OF THINGS WE
GENERALLY OFFER OPTIONS RELATED
TO THOSE SORTS OF ITEMS THAT WE
DO INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT ARE
IN THE BUDGET AND THAT TYPE OF
THING.
THAT IS NOT TYPICALLY AN OPTION
THAT WE WOULD PRESENT TO THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT NOW
ADDITIONAL SETTING.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD ADD ON REVENUE OR
RESOURCES BEFORE WE TURN IT
OVER TO MORE OF A DEEP DIVE
INTO PUBLIC SAFETY,
SPECIFICALLY STARTING WITH
RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE IN
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
AS I HAVE MENTIONED, WE HAVE
RECAPPED THE $60 MILLION OF
RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN
ADDITION TO THE 26 AND THREE IN
REVENUE.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO GREG DOSS TO TALK ABOUT THE
$10.8 MILLION OF RESOURCES FROM
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
CLARIFIATION.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS
DOCUMENT WITH US.
THE CHART YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF
US HAS BEEN A HELPFUL
EXPLANATORY DOCUMENT FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC.
THEY WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THE SEVEN
TEAM PLUS INCREASED VERSUS WHAT
THE COUNCIL IS SUGGESTING.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU OTHERS.
SO WHEN WE SPOKE LAST ON
WEDNESDAY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
10.9 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS TO
GO SPD AND WE USED THE TERM
REDUCTION BECAUSE WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THESE CHANGES
RELATIVE TO THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START
MY PRESENTATION TODAY BY TAKING
A REALLY BIG STEP BACK AND TO
TALK ABOUT THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET AND REVISIT SOME
COMMENTS I MADE WAY BACK WHEN
WE WERE DOING THE ISSUE PAPER
PRESENTATION AND AT A VERY HIGH
LEVEL TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN THE MAYOR CREATED
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET IS
THAT SHE SENT A BUDGET THAT WAS
APPROPRIATING SOMEWHERE AROUND
$19 MILLION OF SALARY FUNDING
FOR OFFICERS THAT WOULD NOT BE
NEEDED BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT
OFFICERS THERE TO TAKE THE
SALARIES.
THAT $19 MILLION IN SALARY
FUNDING THAT WAS -- THAT IS IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THOSE
OFFICERS IS INSTEAD BEING
REDIRECTED TO OTHER PLACES.
THE CITY NORMALLY OPERATES
UNDER A BUDGET PROCESS KNOWN AS
INCREMENTAL BUDGETING, WHEREBY
A LARGE AMOUNT OF SALARY FUNDING
LIKE THAT, THAT IS NOT NEEDED
FOR SALARY, NO LONGER NEEDED
FOR THE PURPOSE THAT IT IS
INTENDED, MIGHT NORMALLY BE
REDUCED FROM THE DEPARTMENTS
BUDGET AND TAKEN BACK TO THE
GENERAL FUND AND THEN IF THERE
IS SOMETHING IN THE DEPARTMENT
THAT IS NEEDED, THAT IS NEW,
THOSE NEW THINGS WOULD BE ADDED
AS DISTINCT ITEMS FOR THE
COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT, TO
EXAMINE, TO MAKE POLICY CHOICES
ABOUT.
THINGS LIKE THE ITEMS THAT ARE
ON THIS LIST.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY THE MAYOR
WROTE HER 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT WAS
PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL.
INSTEAD, SHE RETAINED THE $19
MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS IN
THE DEPARTMENT COME EVEN THOUGH
THERE WERE NOT OFFICERS TO USE
IT, AND THEN REDIRECTED THAT
SALARY SAVINGS TOWARDS THESE
ITEMS.
SO WHEN THE COUNCIL RECEIVED
THE BUDGET, THE COUNCIL MADE
SOME DECISIONS TO REDUCE THESE
ITEMS AND IT APPEARS AS THOUGH
THE COUNCIL IS MAKING A CUT.
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY A FAIR
WAY TO PORTRAY IT.
IF INDEED WE WERE OPERATING ON
INCREMENTAL BUDGETING AND IF
INDEED THE CITY BUDGET HAD
REDUCED TO THE UNNEEDED SALARY
SAVINGS FROM SPD'S BUDGET AND
PROPOSED THESE ITEMS AS TRUE
STANDALONE, DISTINCT, NEW ITEMS
FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER,
THEN IT WOULD BE THE CASE WHERE
THE COUNCIL WAS SIMPLY
REJECTING NEW ITEMS.
THAT IS MORE TRUE THAN THE CASE
THAT THE COUNCIL IS CUTTING THE
SPD BASED BUDGET.
I WANT TO START BY OFFERING
THAT AS AN OVERVIEW AND WITH
THAT AS AN OVERVIEW, THIS TABLE
WILL MAKE A LITTLE MORE SENSE.
THIS TABLE IS REFLECTING THE
CHANGES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
MADE TO THE SPD BUDGET AND
REFLECTS THE $10.9 MILLION IN
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS THAT
WERE TAKEN.
I WILL START BY HIGHLIGHTING
THAT THE FIRST ITEM IN THE
TABLE, THE FIRST ROW IS FUNDING
FOR SWORN STAFF.
YOU WILL SEE THE FIRST COLUMN
IS LABELED FUNDING FOR SWORN
STAFF AND THE FIRST COLUMN
THERE SAYS PROPOSED INCREASE
2021 ADOPTED TO 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> EXCUSE ME, I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT COLLEAGUES HAVE
THIS DOCUMENT.
I EMAILED IT THURSDAY MORNING
BUT WE CAN RECIRCULATE IT IF I
SAW SOME FOLKS STRAINING TO SEE
THE SCREEN.
WHY DON'T WE RECIRCULATE THAT
IF IT HAS NOT BEEN CIRCULATED
THIS MORNING.
I DID SEE COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
-- DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO HAVE
IT?
>> I HAVE NOT CIRCULATED THIS
DOCUMENT.
>> I WILL HIT SEND ON MY END,
SO YOU HAVE IT AND MEMBERS OF
YOUR TEAM HAVE IT AS WELL.
DID YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL GREG
GETS A CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH
TIS?
>> IF I COULD FINISH -- WE CAN
GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
BEFORE A WALK THROUGH EACH ITEM?
>> THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE,
MADAM CHAIR.
I WOULD ASK HOW YOU WANTED TO
LINEUP THE QUESTIONS.
I WILL DEFER TO HOWEVER YOU
WANT TO DO IT.
>> WE WILL HAVE YOU RESTART
YOUR PRESENTATION ON THIS FIRST
ITEM AND WE CAN, I THINK, TAKE
QUESTIONS LINE BY LINE, GREG,
IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
COLLEAGUES, LET'S ALLOW FOR HIM
TO START THE PRESENTATION ON
LINE 1 AND THEN WE WILL PAUSE
BEFORE GOING THROUGH EACH OF
THE LINES AND I WILL HIT SET ON
THE DOCUMENT.
THIS WILL BE POSTED TO THE
AGENDA AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AGAIN, I AM GOING TO FINISH AN
ORIENTATION BEFORE I GO IN LINE
BY LINE AND START TAKING
QUESTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, FUNDING FOR
SWORN STAFF AND THE FIRST
COLUMN, THE PROPOSED INCREASE
FROM THE 2021 ADOPTED TO THE
2022 PROPOSED BUDGET, YOU WILL
SEE THERE ARE 14 ANNUAL AVERAGE
FTE OR TWO POINT OH MILLION
DOLLARS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TRANSMITTED
A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT ADDED $2
MILLION IN SWORN FUNDING TO A
BUDGET THAT WAS ALREADY IN
EXCESS FOR APPROXIMATELY $70
MILLION OVERFUNDED FOR SWORN
SALARIES.
I WILL REPEAT THAT.
THE SPD BUDGET WAS ALREADY $17
MILLION OVERFUNDED FOR SWORN
SALARIES AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
BUDGET ADDED $2 MILLION MORE
FOR SWORN SALARIES.
THEN THEY TOOK THE ENTIRE $19
MILLION AND WE DISTRIBUTED IT
ACCORDING TO THE MAYOR'S SON
AND PRIORITIES.
TO BE CLEAR, THE PROPOSED OR
THAT CHAIR'S PROPOSED CHANGES
ARE NOT ACTUALLY CUTTING,
CUTTING THE BASE BUDGET.
THE CHAIR IS MERELY MAKING
CHANGES TO THE SALARY SAVINGS
THAT THE MAYOR HAD ALREADY
REDISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO HER
OWN PRIORITIES.
THE ACTUAL BUDGET ITSELF, IF
YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL
APPROPRIATION, IT ONLY CHANGES
BY ABOUT LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION
IN CHANGES FROM $363 MILLION TO
ABOUT $365 MILLION AND AS YOU
CAN SEE IN THIS TABLE, THERE IS
$2 MILLION THAT WAS ADDED FOR
SWORN SALARY SAVINGS AND THAT
WAS ON TOP OF $17 MILLION OF
SWORN SALARY SAVINGS THAT WAS
ALREADY PRESENT IN THE BUDGET.
SO WITH THAT, AS AN OVERVIEW, I
WILL TAKE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
RESTART GOING INTO IT.
>> WONDERFUL.
GO AHEAD, M. LORENA GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU, GREG, I WILL DO
-- MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME DO A
LITTLE BIT OF ROUND SETTING, SO
WE ARE TALKING -- WE ARE
SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE AS
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION.
SO HOW MANY PHYSICIANS, HOW
MANY VACANT -- FIRST OF ALL, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT YOU ARE
DESCRIBING AROUND THE EXCESS
FUNDING OF SWORN STAFF SPD IS
WHAT WE ARE REALLY TALKING
ABOUT HERE.
I WANT TO GET A SENSE OF HOW
MANY VACANT, HOW MANY VACANT
POSITIONS WERE PROPOSED TO BE
FUNDED IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
2022 BUDGET?
>> HOW MANY VACANT POSITIONS?
I WOULD SAY FROM A BUDGET
PERSPECTIVE, WE TALKED ABOUT
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT FTE AND
THERE WERE 134 FTE ANNUAL
AVERAGE FTE THAT WERE NOT
NECESSARY, THAT WERE FUNDED IN
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
THAN THE NUMBER OF SPECIFIC
POLICE OFFICERS AND THE POCKETS
OF POOR STUDENT OFFICERS.
THE FTE NUMBER IS THE NUMBER
THAT WE TRACK FOR BUDGET
PURPOSES AND THE NUMBER IS $134
MILLION THAT WAS FUNDED -- NOT
NECESSARY.
>> WHEN YOU SAY THAT THOSE 134
SWORN STAFF, FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENT POSITIONS, WERE
FUNDED IN A PROPOSED BUDGET BUT
NOT NECESSARY, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN?
>> THAT MEANS THAT THE STAFFING
PLAN AS TRANSMITTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD HAVE
INCLUDED 125 NEW HIRES AND
WOULD HAVE FORECASTED OR
PROJECTED 94 SEPARATIONS AND
COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND
FULLY SUPPORTED AND THE
DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE PAID FOR
ALL OF IT, ALL THE OFFICERS AND
ITS STUDENT OFFICERS AND ITS
RECRUITS AND AFTER ALL OF THAT,
THEY STILL HAD FUNDING TO
SUPPORT 134 POSITIONS TOO MUCH.
>> IN OTHER WORDS, THE 134
VACANT BUT FUNDED POSITIONS ARE
IN EXCESS OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSED HIRING
PLAN, WHICH IS FUNDED BY BOTH
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND
THE CHAIR'S REBALANCED BUDGET?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
134 FTE.
>> 134 POSITIONS IS WHAT THE
MAYOR PROPOSED ON TOP OF AN IN
EXCESS OF WHAT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT INDICATED TO
THE COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR
THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HIRE?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH
CONCEPTUALLY OR DEFINITIONALLY
THE CONCEPT OF -- WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT AGGREGATION OF POSITIONS,
WHAT IS THE AFFECT OF THAT?
>> WELL, THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION.
AGGREGATION OF POSITIONS AND
MONEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
SAME THING AND THE CITY'S
BUDGET PROCESS.
IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT IT
WOULD LIKE TO AGGREGATE
POSITIONS, UNNEEDED POSITIONS,
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THEN I THINK IT WOULD SEND A
STRONG MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE
EXECUTIVE THAT THE NEXT
PROPOSED BUDGET SHOULD NOT
INCLUDE SALARY SAVINGS FOR,
WELL, FOR VACANT POSITIONS
BECAUSE THOSE POSITIONS WOULD
NOT BE THERE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A STRONG
MESSAGE.
I REALLY --
>> I THINK -- JUST SO I AM
CLEAR.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN YOU
AGGREGATE POSITIONS THAT
BASICALLY MEANS YOU ARE
ELIMINATING APPROPRIATION FOR
VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE
REASONABLY BELIEVE WILL NOT
EVER BE FULFILLED?
OR FILLED.
MAYBE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR?
>> I THINK YOU COULD SAY THAT,
YES.
>> AND I -- AROUND AGGREGATION
IN PARTICULAR, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER, AND CENTRAL STAFF
EVALUATION, THIS COULD BE
ANSWERED BY EITHER OF YOU, ARE
THERE ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS,
BUDGETS AS PRESENTED IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET THAT
FUND VACANT STAFF POSITIONS AT
THE LEVEL WE SEE IN THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR
PROPOSED BUDGET?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
I AM NOT AWARE OF -- I WOULD
SAY -- IF I MIGHT JUST, FOR A
MINUTE, THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR A
DEPARTMENT.
TYPICALLY, WHAT I WOULD EXPECT
TO SEE WITH THESE SORTS OF
CHANGES OF REALLOCATING FUNDS
IS A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT
INCLUDED VERY CLEARLY IN THE
BUDGET DOCUMENTS THAT THERE WAS
A CUT IN FUNDING FOR SALARIES,
FOR SWORN OFFICERS, AND ADS FOR
EACH OF THESE OTHER ITEMS.
INSTEAD, IT WAS A BIT OPAQUE.
GREG HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK TO
UNTANGLE SORT OF HOW THIS
FUNDING, HOW THESE ITEMS ARE
PAID FOR, USING SALARY SAVINGS.
ONE OF THE CALENDARS I HAD I
WOULD NOTE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS
USING THAT SALARY SAVINGS JUST
ASSUMED THIS YEAR, FOR
SOMETHING LIKE AN EXPANSION OF
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER'S
PROGRAM WOULD MEAN IF THEY WERE
ABLE TO FILL ALL THOSE SWORN
OFFICER POSITIONS IN 2023, YOU
WOULD NEED AND TAKE ON A NEW
FUND SOURCE FOR THAT EXPANSION
OF COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICERS
AND AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET
PROCESS, THE ON GONE -- IT IS A
CHALLENGE THAT THE COUNCIL AND
THE EXECUTIVE WILL BE GRAPPLING
WITH IN THE COMING YEAR.
PUT ANOTHER WAY, SORT OF
REALLOCATING THE SALARY SAVINGS
WITHOUT SHOWING THAT CLARITY OR
CUTTING THE FUNDING AND/OR THE
POSITIONS MAKES IT DIFFICULT
FOR THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND
HOW THE BASE BUDGET IS GROWING
OR SHRINKING.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THAT IS CHARACTERIZING
HOW TO ASSEMBLE A BUDGET FAIRLY
AND I AM TRYING TO MOVE AWAY
FROM THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF
HOW A BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER
AND REALLY TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT
IS IN THE BUDGET AND THE AFFECT
OF WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TO
THE COUNCIL AND THAT IS KIND OF
WHERE I WANT TO FOCUS.
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET IS
PRESENTED FROM A TECHNICAL
PERSPECTIVE BUT I WANT TO STAY
FOCUSED ON THE EFFECT OF THE
MAYOR'S CHOICE TO DO THAT. WHAT
IS THE EFFECT OF THE MAYOR'S
CHOICE TO SEND US AN OPAQUE
BUDGET, SETTING ASIDE THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER WE AGREE OR
DISAGREE TO THE LEVEL OF
OPAQUENESS.
IF I CAN KEEP US AT THAT LEVEL
FOR A MOMENT, I WOULD FIND THAT
EXTRAORDINARILY HELPFUL BECAUSE
I DO THINK THE EFFECT OF THIS
AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE
FOR OTHERS ON CENTRAL STAFF --
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF THE
COUNCIL CHOOSES TO ALLOW THE
MAYOR AND THE FUTURE MAYOR TO
CONTINUE WITH THE PRACTICE OF
FUNDING AT AN EXTRAORDINARY
LEVEL OF 134 FTE'S THAT ARE
THEY GET AND THEY HAVE TOLD US
THEY CANNOT HIRE THEM, THEN WE
ARE ALLOWING FOR AN ARTIFICIAL
EXPANSION OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO THE TUNE
OF $17.7 MILLION. AND I THINK
IF WE DO NOT -- MY SENSE IS IF
THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOT
AGGREGATED, IF THOSE VACANT
POSITIONS CANNOT BE FILLED
ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND ARE NOT
AGGREGATED, WHICH IS THE
TECHNICAL TERM WE ARE USING
UNDER THE BUDGET PROCESS, THEN
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE AN
EXECUTIVE BUDGET THAT IS SHAPED
AND FORMED AROUND AN ARTIFICIAL
NUMBER, WHICH RESULTS IN
REDUCED GENERAL FUND FOR OTHER
CITY PRIORITIES AND ALLOWS THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
EFFECTIVELY HAVE A SAVINGS
ACCOUNT OF ABOUT $20 MILLION
EVERY YEAR UNLESS THE COUNCIL
TAKES ACTION ON THESE VACANT
AND UNFUNDED AND ON HIRONO
POSITIONS FOR THE COMMAND STAFF.
>> I THINK THAT IS ALL TRUE.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT YOU
DID NOT SAY INHERENT IN YOUR
COMMENTS IS THAT IT REDUCES
TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COUNCIL.
YOU DO NOT SEE NECESSARILY THE
INDIVIDUAL CHANGES THAT ARE MADE
. THEY ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED IN
THE BUDGET IN THE SAME WAY.
IF SOMETHING IS BEING ADDED, IT
IS NOT CALLED AN ADD.
IT IS NOT PRESENTED TO THE
COUNCIL AS A PROPOSED AD.
IT IS NOT -- IT IS NOT
PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AS A
PROPOSED ADD.
IT IS NOT PRESENTED TO THE
PUBLIC AS THE COUNCIL
REJECTING OR ACCEPTING A
PROPOSED ADD.
IT IS THE CASE THAT THE
COUNSEL'S BUDGET WINDS UP BEING
A CUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT.
>> YEAH.
>> I WILL TAKE US BACK BUT JUST
TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THIS IS COMMENTING IN
OTHER DEPARTMENTS -- I WOULD
SAY IN GENERAL, DEPARTMENTS
FREQUENTLY, THROUGHOUT THE
COURSE OF THE YEAR, RELY ON
VACANCIES SAVINGS FOR UNEXPECTED
EXPENDITURES.
WHAT IS UNUSUAL IN THIS CASE IS
THE SIZE AND THE ASSUMPTION
GOING INTO ADOPTING A BUDGET
FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND -- I
THINK GETTING MORE TRANSPARENCY
IN SPD AND ALL DEPARTMENTS
ABOUT ASSUMED VACANCIES AND WHAT
THEY ARE ASSUMING ABOUT HOW TO
USE THOSE VACANCIES SAVINGS IS
SOMETHING WE WILL LOOK FORWARD
TO. THIS IS UNUSUAL AND I'M NOT
AWARE OF ANOTHER DEPARTMENT
THAT IS TAKING THIS APPROACH IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
SPD HAS ALWAYS RELIED ON SALARY
SAVINGS FOR TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS LIKE IF IT IS SWORN
SEPARATIONS OR SEPARATION PAY
WAS FUNDED OUT OF SALARY
SAVINGS.
IF IT IS DEFERRED -- THAT WAS
FUNDED.
THERE IS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF SALARY
SAVINGS BUT THAT IS DIFFERENT
THAN A NEW POLICY PROPOSAL SUCH
AS A NEW TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT
OR A BONUS FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
THESE ARE CLEARLY THINGS THAT
ARE NEW PROPOSALS.
>> YEAH.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I AGREE
WITH THAT ANALYSIS, GREG.
I THINK IT IS REASONABLE TO SAY
WE NEED SOME SALARY SAVINGS .
WE NEED TO -- LIKE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, WE NEED TO RELY ON
A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF SALARY
SAVINGS TO ACCOUNT FOR THINGS
LIKE UNEXPECTED PAID LEAVE OR
OTHER KIND OF SALARY SAVINGS
ADJACENT BUT RELATED THINGS AND
I AM NOT OBJECTING TO THAT.
I THINK THAT IS REASONABLE TO
HAVE SOME SALARY SAVINGS
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE KINDS OF
DISCRETIONARY USES THAT ARE
DESIGNED TO PREDICT WEIGHT -- I
THINK MY CONCERN IS THE SCALE
OF SALARY SAVINGS THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO BENEFIT FROM YEAR
AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER
YEAR IS VERY MUCH OUT OF SYNC
AND OUT OF STEP WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE ALSO
PROVIDING CRITICAL PUBLIC
SERVICES AND SERVICES TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND THE RESIDENTS
OF THE CITY.
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PERHAPS
NOT ZERO OUT THIS LINE ITEM BUT
HAVE A MORE REASONABLE PROPOSAL
AROUND HOW MUCH SALARY SAVINGS
YOU WILL BE ALLOTTED AS THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
ACCOMMODATE FOR REASONABLY
RELATED EXPENDITURES THAT COULD
NOT HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATED IN
NOVEMBER OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, I WILL DISCLOSE THAT
I AM INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
CHAIR TO EXPLORE THAT AMUSEMENT
AND TO QUEUE FOR CONVERSATION
SO WE CAN HAVE A TRANSPARENT
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT POLICY
CHOICE THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
ABOUT INCREASING TRANSPARENCY
IN THIS BUDGET AND MAKING SURE
WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT
WE ARE ALIGNING THE DEPARTMENT
-- THERE BUDGETS AND PRACTICES
MORE CLOSELY WITH WHAT OTHER
DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
WHO DO NOT ENJOY THIS KIND OF
DISCRETIONARY BUDGET EVERY
SINGLE YEAR HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I WOULD VERY MUCH WELCOME THAT
AND WELCOMED THAT CONVERSATION.
GREG AND ALLIE, THANK YOU FOR
HELPING TO FLESH OUT SOME OF
THE ISSUES THAT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IS REALLY
ARTICULATING HERE BECAUSE IF WE
DO NOT SEE THESE TYPES OF
CHANGES IN THE EXECUTIVE FORMER
URAL PROPOSAL, THEY DO NOT SEE
IT EITHER.
IF THE MAYOR AND THE EXECUTIVE
ARE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT AND
HOW THEY ARE USING WHAT SHOULD
BE ONLY ALLOCATED TO UNEXPECTED
CHANGES AND THEY TUCK IN USING
FUNDS FOR EXPANDED PROGRAMS OR
COMPLETELY NEW TECHNOLOGY, THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE
EQUALLY LEFT IN THE DARK ABOUT
HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING
ALLOCATED.
WE NEED TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT
PROCESS AND NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO UNDERSTANDING
HOW EACH OF THESE DOLLARS FUND
THE PUBLIC AND I WOULD SUGGEST
WHAT YOU JUST OUTLINED TODAY
HAS NOW MADE THE PROPOSAL
TRANSPARENT BUT IT WAS NOT
TRANSPARENT WHEN IT WAS
TRANSMITTED DOWN.
THANK YOU FOR OUTLINING THAT.
WE'VE OFFERED CLARITY TO WHAT
THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN
ABOUT WHERE TO USE
UNDERUTILIZED AND USABLE
DOLLARS, DOLLARS THAT CANNOT BE
USED UNFUNDED AND -- THANK YOU
FOR NOTING THAT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I THINK MY AREA OF QUESTIONING
IS A LITTLE SIMILAR TO THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BUT I WANTED
TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO
GET SOME CLARITY ON A FEW
THINGS ON WHETHER THERE MIGHT
BE DISAGREEMENT OR AT LEAST --
LIKE BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND
THE EXECUTIVE, AT LEAST TO
CLARIFY IF THAT IS THE CASE.
THE THRESHOLD MATTER, I JUST
WANT TO SAY I DO APOLOGIZE THE
OTHER DAY IF MY COMMENTS ARE MY
QUESTIONS TO GREG AND TO
YOURSELF WERE IMPLYING THAT THE
ATTRITION ESTIMATE IS
INHERENTLY UNREASONABLE.
I JUST WANTED TO DETERMINE IF
THERE WAS A DIFFERENT BASELINE
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS JUST A
DIFFERENT PREDICTION BASED ON
THE SAME DATA THE EXECUTIVE WAS
USING AND AS WE HAVE SEEN THIS
YEAR, IT IS CLEARLY DEFENSIBLE
TO HAVE DIFFERENT PROJECTIONS
BASED ON THAT SAME INFORMATION.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
I DO NOT THINK WE CAN
NECESSARILY SAY EITHER OF THOSE
ATTRITIONAL ESTIMATES IS
INHERENTLY UNREASONABLE
PROJECTION.
NOT BASED ON THE ATTRITION RATE
THIS YEAR AND HOW BOTH THE
EXECUTIVE AND COUNCIL
PROJECTIONS WERE WAY OFF THE
MARK IN TRYING TO ANTICIPATE
THAT.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I WAS
TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A
DIFFERENT FORMULA OR DATA WE
WERE USING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
WE ARE USING THE SAME BUT
COMING TO DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS.
I DO WANT TO DIG INTO THAT A
LITTLE BIT MORE, TO ASK GREG TO
THE EXTENT -- I WANT TO KNOW
THE EXTENT TO WHICH THERE IS
AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE BALANCING PACKAGE
AND THE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS
AGREEING TO WHAT POSITION IS
GOING TO BE VACANT BASED ON OUR
ATTRITIONAL PROJECTIONS, IF
THAT IS PART OF THE ROOT --
LIKE TO WHAT EXTENT HAS THE
DEPARTMENT ADMITTED THAT THERE
ARE VACANT POSITIONS THAT THEY
ARE SEEKING TO FUND VERSUS WHAT
WE ARE PROJECTING?
IS IT THE DELTA OF 30 SOME
POSITIONS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW,
THERE ESTIMATE AN OUR ESTIMATE
OR IS IT MORE ON THAT.
WHERE IS THE DISAGREEMENT ON
THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES THAT
SPD IS PROJECTING?
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL START OUT WITH THE 134
POSITIONS FOR FTE.
WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IT.
THAT IS AN AREA WE ALL AGREE ON
, BOTH THE EXECUTIVE, THE
TECHNICAL STAFF, SPD, MYSELF,
EVERYONE AGREES THAT THERE ARE
134 FTE THAT ARE FUNDED IN THE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET THAT ARE
NOT NEEDED TO SUPPORT OFFICERS,
STUDENT OFFICERS, AND RECRUITS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND RECEIVING PAY.
THAT PIECE, I WOULD TAKE A SIDE
AND I THINK ABOUT ANYMORE.
NOW WE WILL GO TO THE
DEPARTMENT'S STAFFING PLAN.
THE DEPARTMENTS THERE HAVE
ASSUMED 124 -- 125 HIRES AND 94
SEPARATIONS.
WITHIN THAT STAFFING PLAN THAT
HAD BEEN FUNDED, FULLY FUNDED
IN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, THE COUNCIL
HAD HAS -- THE CHAIR HAS MADE
AN ASSUMPTION THAT INSTEAD OF
94 SEPARATIONS, THERE WILL BE
125 SEPARATIONS.
THAT ADDITIONAL 31 SEPARATIONS,
THAT IS THE AREA THAT THERE IS
NOT AGREEMENT ON.
THE EXECUTIVE WOULD SAY THOSE
ADDITIONAL 31 SEPARATIONS ARE
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE CHAIR BELIEVES THOSE 31
SEPARATIONS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE WAY THAT THOSE 31
SEPARATIONS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN
IN THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE IS 12 OF
THEM ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN
JANUARY AS RELATED TO THE
VACCINE MANDATE AND THEN THE
REST OF THEM ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND
THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE SAME
WAY THAT THE STAFFING PLAN THAT
THE COUNCIL HAD LAST YEAR. AS
WE ALL KNOW, THE STAFFING PLAN
HAS ADOPTED -- AS IT WAS
ADOPTED LAST YEAR GROSSLY
UNDERESTIMATED THE NUMBER OF
SEPARATIONS THAT WOUND UP
HAPPENING.
>> A FOLLOW-UP, MADAM CHAIR?
>> WE MIGHT HAVE LOST OUR
CHAIR.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> GREG, THANK YOU FOR
CLARIFYING THAT.
I THINK IT IS JUST IMPORTANT TO
SEE WHAT WE ARE REALLY TALKING
ABOUT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE ARE
REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THE 31
ADDITIONAL ANTICIPATED
SEPARATIONS. I WANT TO JUST GET
INTO IT A LITTLE BIT ON THAT IN
TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
EVENT THAT THE SEPARATIONS ARE
CLOSER TO THE EXECUTIVES
ESTIMATE COMPARED TO THE
COUNCIL'S ESTIMATE AND WHAT ARE
THE IMPLICATIONS OF -- SORRY,
THEY HAVE THEIR HAND UP.
I AM SORRY.
MAYBE SHE IS NOT COMPLETELY
BACK YET.
>> WHY DON'T YOU CONTINUE AND
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS SOME
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES.
>> OKAY.
>> I AM HERE.
I AM SORRY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW
I DROPPED OFF FOR A SECOND.
SO I DID NOT QUITE CATCH THIS.
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WE
HAVE REMINDED OURSELVES THAT WE
ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTING 150
SEPARATIONS.
IN 2021, WE EXPECT THERE TO BE
150 SEPARATIONS.
WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE 114,
WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE 2021
NUMBERS REFLECTED IN 2022.
IF WE EXPECT AT THE END OF 2021
THAT THERE WILL BE 150
SEPARATIONS -- IF THE QUESTION
IS HOW CAN WE HAVE GREATER
ASSURANCE AND WHAT IS THE
CONSEQUENCE IF THE SEPARATIONS
THAT WE ARE EXPECTING IN 2022
AND NOT AS CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT
AS WE ARE EXPECTING, PLEASE
CONSIDER COMING DOWN FROM 150
BECAUSE THE SAME TYPE OF
REPLICATION COULD HAPPEN NEXT
YEAR.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW MANY
COULD POTENTIALLY LEAVE,
RECOGNIZING HAVING ATTRITION AT
150.
I WANT TO FRAME THAT IT IS NOT
RELATIVE TO 125, INCLUDING THE
OFFICERS THAT WE ASSUME ARE
LEAVING DUE TO ACCOMMODATION
AVAILABILITY FOR COVID.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY, GREG?
>> YOU DID BUT THERE IS MORE
THAT I WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE TO
ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS'
QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER -- WOULD BE
HELPFUL IF I RESTATED MY
QUESTION SINCE YOU WERE COMING
BACK IN?
>> YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT SUMMARY
JUST NOW BECAUSE IT IS RELATED.
MY QUESTION WAS JUST TO ASK
GREG IN THE EVENT THAT
ATTRITION COMES IN CLOSER TO
THE EXECUTIVE FORECAST, WHAT
WOULD BE THE IMPLICATION OF
THAT?
THAT WAS ESSENTIALY THE CRUX
OF THE QUESTION.
I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO
GREG TO GET AN ANSWER ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE REDUCTION THAT IS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE 31 IS A $2.7 MILLION
REDUCTION.
IF IT IS THE CASE THAT THE
SEPARATIONS COME IN CLOSER TO
WHAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
PREDICTING, THEN THE COUNCIL
WOULD HAVE OPTIONS. THEY WOULD
EITHER HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT
SPD'S STAFFING PLAN AND THAT IT
WOULD BE UNDERFUNDED AND AT
THAT POINT IN TIME, POTENTIALLY
THE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO
MAKE A CHOICE TO STOP HIRING
NEW OFFICERS FOR TO MAKE CUTS
ELSEWHERE IN THE DEPARTMENT, TO
MAKE SURE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO
HIRE NEW OFFICERS OR THE
COUNCIL COULD PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MAKE UP
FOR THE DIFFERENCE.
SO THAT IS THE REALITY THAT I
THINK THE CITY WOULD BE FACING
IF THE COUNCIL CUT OF $2.7
MILLION AND THE SEPARATIONS
CAME CLOSER TO WHAT THE
EXECUTIVE WAS PROJECTING,
RATHER THAN WHAT THE CHAIR HER
BUDGET ASSUMES.
ONE POTENTIAL OPTION TO AVOID
THAT EVENTUALITY, IF IT WAS AN
EVENTUALITY, TO AVOID THAT
POTENTIAL, WOULD BE TO NOT CUT
$2.7 MILLION BUT TO TAKE SOME
OF THAT AND HOLD IT IN RESERVE
UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE
COUNCIL WAS MORE SURE THAT
THEY WERE HEADED TOWARDS 31
SEPARATIONS AS OPPOSED TO, I DO
NOT KNOW, 15 OR 20 OF THOSE
SEPARATIONS. OF COURSE, I'M
SPEAKING INCREMENTALLY WITHIN
THAT ODD OF 31.
THAT WOULD BE END OPTION FOR
THE COUNCIL IF THEY WERE
CONCERND ABOUT THE PROJECTIONS
OF THE CHAIR'S BUDGET BEING NOT
CONSERVATIVE ENOUGH RELATIVE TO
THE EXECUTIVE'S PROJECTIONS.
THAT IS HOW I WOULD ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
>> JUST AS A REMINDER, GREG,
ALL OF THE MONEY THAT COULD BE
CHARACTERIZED WOULD STILL BE
UNDER THIS IN THE BUDGET.
REGARDLESS OF THE EXPECTATION,
AS THEY DEPART, THAT FALLS
UNDER THE SALARY SAVING LIKE IT
DID THIS YEAR.
AS THE BUDGET -- IS THAT A
CORRECT UNDERSTANDING?
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
IT IS TIGHTER THAN THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A $5
MILLION SALARY SAVINGS AND THIS
YEAR THE SALARY SAVINGS PROVISO
WHAT LOCKUP ANY SALARY SAVINGS
THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD, THAT
IT COULD NOT USE TO PAY OFF.
>> OKAY.
I DO NOT THINK I HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
I WILL GIVE IT BACK TO THE
BUDGET CHAIR.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO
THE LINE OF QUESTIONING STARTED
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
SO AS IT RELATED TO THE 134
OFFICERS WITH VACANT POSITIONS
AND THE FUNDING FOR THOSE
VACANT POSITIONS AND THEN THERE
IS PROPOSED BUDGET, CAN YOU
RESTATE THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS
THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THOSE
FUNDING THOSE POSITIONS THAT
SPD DOES NOT INTEND TO HIRE FOR
2022, WHAT THE VALUE OF THOSE
POSITIONS IS FOR 2022 AND CAN
YOU LET US KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
THE CHAIRS -- WHETHER THEY
PROPOSE THE FUNDING THAT SAME
NUMBER OF VACANT POSITIONS IF
THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT INTEND
TO HIRE OR IF IT IS A DIFFERENT
NUMBER?
>> THE 134 FTE -- THE FTE
EQUATES TO $19 MILLION OF SALARY
SAVINGS.
SOME OF THAT, THE TEAR'S BUDGET
RETAINS IN THE PROPOSALS THAT
THE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE AND
SOME OF IT, IT DOES NOT.
IT CAN CHANGE OR REDUCE AND THE
TABLE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO GO
THROUGH IS A PRETTY GOOD
REPRESENTATION OF HOW THAT WORKS
. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
ADDITIONS AND TAKES AND SOME
ARE TECHNICAL AND IT EVENTUALLY
WORKS OUT SUCH THAT THE MAYOR
HAD PROPOSED 2 MILLION MORE
DOLLARS OVER THE 2021 BUDGET
AND THAT INCLUDED ADDING TO
THAT SALARY SAVINGS AND THEN
THE CHAIR'S BUDGET REDUCES
$10.9 MILLION TO A TOTAL OF
$354 MILLION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU AN
EXACT NUMBER OF HOW MUCH OF THE
SALARY SAVINGS IS RETAINED AND
HOW MUCH OF THE SALARY SAVINGS
IS CUT BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE OVERALL BUDGET, SOME
OF WHICH IS TECHNICAL CHANGES
BUT THIS TABLE DOES GIVE YOU A
GOOD OVERVIEW OF THE PLACES
WHERE SALARY SAVINGS WAS
DIRECTED INTO NEW INVESTMENTS
AND WHERE IN THOSE NEW
INVESTMENTS THE CHAIR HAS MADE
CHANGES, EITHER RETAINING THOSE
NEW INVESTMENTS OR CHANGING
THEM.
>> I HAVE TO ADMIT I'M HAVING A
HARD TIME TRACKING THE
DEFINITIONAL USE OF THE WORD
SALARY SAVINGS.
IT SOUNDS TO ME NOW THAT, GREG,
YOU ARE EXPLAINING -- I'M NOT
SUGGESTING YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
VERY CLEAR ALL ALONG -- WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT SALARY SAVINGS AND
WE TALK ABOUT THE USE OF SALARY
SAVINGS, WE ARE, IN FACT,
TALKING ABOUT THE 134 FTE
FUNDED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
THAT THEY CANNOT HIRE FOR?
IT IS NOT LIKE THERE IS -- WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE CHAIR'S BUDGET,
THERE ARE NOT SALARY SAVINGS
FOR ANOTHER 134 FTE.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT AND HEARING FOLKS IN
PUBLIC COMMENT ON WEDNESDAY
TALKING TO A REQUEST TO COUNCIL
TO CUT FUNDING FOR 134 FUNDED
FTEs THAT THE DEPARTMENT --
THE CHAIR IT WAS A BUDGET DOES
IS SOME OF THAT.
THERE IS NOT ANOTHER ON TOP OF
THE CHAIR'S BUDGET.
IT IS NOT 134+134.
>> NO.
THANK YOU.
IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, WHOEVER
IS CONTROLLING THE TABLE
SCHOOLS DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND
YOU SEE THE $17.7 MILLION AND
YOU'RE ASKING ME HOW THAT
RELATES TO THE $90 MILLION OF
SALARY SAVINGS, I AM TELLING
YOU THAT THERE ARE SOME
TECHNICAL AND PUTS THAT OUTPUTS
THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO
DESCRIBE.
IF YOUR QUESTION IS IS THERE
134 AND ANOTHER 134, NO.
>>> GREG, I THINK IT IS A
CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO GET US
INTO THIS CHART HERE.
I THINK --
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING
, I WILL NOT BELABOR THE POINT.
I WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR
PARTICULAR MINUTES.
BUT MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR
THE INFORMATION YOU GAVE US AND
YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.
I KNOW YOU WANTED THIS MORNING,
AND WE GOT IT FROM YOU, THIS
TABLE THAT GREG AND YOU PUT
TOGETHER TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE
CONFUSION WAS, BECAUSE THE WORD
"CUT" WAS USED IN THE
POWERPOINT.
I THINK WHAT PEOPLE DID NOT
REALIZE IS THE MAYOR PROPOSE
SOMETHING, YOU PROPOSED
SOMETHING LESS, WHICH MEANS YOU
DID NOT ADOPT THE INCREASES
THAT THE MAYOR WAS ADOPTING.
I WILL PRESUME BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO IMPUGN ANY ILL WILL ON
ANYONE BUT THE EXECUTIVE'S
BUDGET FOR SPD HAD TO DO WITH
NEED AND NOT VIOLATING CONSENT
DECREE.
I ALSO PRESUME THE BUDGET CHAIR
MADE DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND SO
MADE THE DECISION AND DID NOT
CUT THE SPD BUDGET BUT ALL
THEIR DID NOT HONOR THE
EXECUTIVE'S REQUEST FOR
INCREASES.
SO I AM ASKING MADAM CHAIR, IF
YOU WOULD ALSO POST THE LETTER
THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CHIEF
DIAZ, ON NOVEMBER 10th, THAT IT
SHOULD BE POSTED AS WELL.
BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU READ
CHIEF DIAZ'S LETTER TO US AND
YOUR RESPONSE ALONG WITH GREG'S
CHART, I THINK THAT THAT WILL
CLEAR UP A LOT OF THE
CONFUSION.
AND I SHARED THIS WITH YOU
JOKINGLY, BUT I THINK BECAUSE
THE WORD "CUT" WAS USED ON PAGE
9 OF THE POWERPOINT, PEOPLE RAN
WITH IT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
IF ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE IS
POSTED ONLINE, THEN PERHAPS
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF
GETTING MORE IN THE WEEDS, CAN
SEE THAT MADAM CHAIR DID NOT
CUT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, RATHER THAN SHE
JUST DID NOT HONOR THE EXPANSION
THAT THE EXECUTIVE WAS
REQUESTING.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IF
WE SEE CHIEF DIAZ'S LETTER,
WHICH OUTLINES, RIGHT OR WRONG,
WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE,
WHY THEY WANTED THE INCREASE,
WHY THERE IS AN INCREASE IN
VIOLENCE, WHY THEY WANT TO
RECRUIT BETTER POLICE OFFICERS,
WHY THEY WANT TO HIRE 125
OFFICERS, AND KEEPING
SEPARATIONS BELOW 100.
AND THE KNEADING STAFFING
LEVELS.
THEY DO ADDRESS THE DISSENT
DECREE, WHICH YOU ADDRESS,
WHICH I APPRECIATE YOU MAINTAIN
THAT WE DO NOT VIOLATE THE
DISSENT DECREE.
I THINK ONE THING THAT IS
IMPORTANT, I HAVE GOTTEN MANY
CALLS ABOUT THIS, IS THAT
WITHIN THE DISSENT DECREE, IN
MEANING WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO
DO FOR CHARTER FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY, THAT WE REALLY DO WANT
TO RESPOND TO AREAS OF
DISBARMENT AND IMPACT.
I THINK WE'VE HEARD THIS AND I
THINK -- LOOKING AT
AMENDMENTS, SOME COMMUNITIES
AND SOME PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE
LUXURY OF NOT MEETING 911 IF
THEIR LIFE AND PROPERTY IN
CHILDREN'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
SO I H.O.P.E.
THIS IS NOT A PROXY FOR A
DIFFERENT ARGUMENT WE HAVE HAD
BEFORE.
I H.O.P.E.
THAT THIS , WE MOVE FORWARD AND
TRY TO FUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT WE DO HAVE AS
CHIEF DIAZ ENDED IN HIS LETTER,
THAT WE HAVE THE BEST
DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY, AND
I H.O.P.E.
THAT THAT IS OUR GOAL.
THANK YOU.
I WILL END MY COMMENTS THERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET INTO
THE PROPOSED CHART IN FRONT OF
YOU.
PATTY, THANK YOU FOR MANAGING
THE SIDES.
IF YOU COULD GO UP SLIGHTLY.
PERFECT.
JUST SO WE CAN SEE THE HEADERS.
THE PROPOSED INCREASES TO THE
MORALES -- SPD BUDGET.
I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT THAT WE
HAVE TWO OTHER SECTIONS THAT WE
STILL NEED TO GET TO.
BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
GO THROUGH THESE SO THAT THERE
IS GREATER CLARITY OUT THERE.
THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES THE $6.8 MILLION OF
THE NEW INVESTMENTS THAT THE
MAYOR HAD REQUESTED.
THAT IS NOT TO SAY THERE IS NOT
A FUTURE CONVERSATION TO BE HAD
ABOUT SOME OR MORE PORTION OF
THE 17.7 HERE, PLUS THE 2.2
MILLION THAT GREG SHOWED.
THANKS TO THE ANSWERS, WE
CLEARLY KNOW THAT THESE ARE
COMING FROM 134 FTEs, THAT IT
IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME COULD
NOT EVEN BE FUNDED AND THUS WHY
THE MAYOR HERSELF IS PROPOSING
USING A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS
FOR INCREASED INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE MADE SOME DECISIONS AS
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ NOTED,
TOUGH DECISIONS, TO SEE WHERE
DOLLARS WERE IMPERATIVE FOR THE
DISSENT DECREE.
SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY IT
SOUNDS LIKE WAS DEEMED AS
NEEDED.
SO WE INCLUDED SOME OF THAT.
THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT FOR OVERTIME, 4.6
MILLION IN ADDITIONAL DOLLARS
FOR OVERTIME, STILL TOTALING
OVER $26.4 MILLION THIS YEAR
FOR OVERTIME.
AND WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR 18
TRAN30 FOUR IN THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER PROGRAM.
FTEs ARE IMPORTANT THERE AND WE
JUST ALLOWED FOR ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO GO TO THAT AND THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSCORE THAT
THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH FOR US
TO DISCUSS IN THESE FINAL DAYS
AND CONSIDER VARIOUS AMENDMENTS
ON HOW ELSE WE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE THE USE OF NOT JUST THE
DOLLARS THAT ARE SITTING IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE MAYOR
FOR THESE 134 POSITIONS, BUT IF
THIS IS THE RIGHT BALANCE.
HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
WITH FOLKS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
CURRENTLY IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET THAT TOTALS 6.8 HERE.
GREG, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH
WHAT THE PIECES ARE?
AS YOU DO THAT I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO START WITH THERE
ARE NO CURRENT CUTS TO SPD
STAFFING, OFFICERS IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
WITH OVER $26 MILLION IT IS
REASONABLE TO NOTE THAT THERE
WOULD NOT BE A RESHUFFLING OF
OFFICERS IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE
HAVE ALREADY SEEN.
GREG, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND FEEL
FREE TO FILL IN ANY DETAILS
THERE.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
GIVEN WHAT YOU SAID I WILL GO
RATHER QUICKLY UNTIL I SEE
HANDS.
THE FIRST ITEM THAT IS ON THE
FIRST ROW, WE HAVE NOT TALKED
ABOUT, FUNDING FOR TRAVEL AND
TRAINING.
$175,000 INCREASE THAT THE
MAYOR PUT INTO THE BUDGET.
IT IS A RESTORATION OF A CUT
THAT WAS MADE IN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET DO TO COVID.
AND THAT RESTORATION IS NOT
MADE AND THAT WOULD LEAVE A
$925,000 AVAILABLE FOR THE
CIVILIAN TRAVEL AND TRAINING
BUDGET.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IS FOR
CIVILIANS.
AND THAT ASSUMES THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO FIND
SOME EFFICIENCIES IN THEIR
TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
THE FUNDING FOR DISCRETIONARY
PURCHASES, SAME THING, THIS WAS
A CUT IN THE 2021 BUDGET THAT
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN NEEDING
ANY CUT THAT WAS NOT RESTORED.
THAT WILL LEAVE A REMAINING
BUDGET OF $4.1 MILLION, THE
THIRD ONE, FUNDING FOR OVERTIME,
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
HAD RESTORED, OR ADDED $7.8
MILLION INTO OVERTIME.
THIS IS A COMBINATION OF A
COUPLE THINGS.
THIS, THERE WAS QUITE A LARGE
CUT THAT WAS TAKEN LAST YEAR
FOR EVENTS AND OTHER OVERTIME
THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY
COVID.
AND IN 2021.
INDEED BE DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN,
OBVIOUSLY, QUITE A REDUCTION
THERE.
AND THE MAYOR WANTED TO RESTORE
THE ENTIRE AMOUNT AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS ALSO
FUNDING THERE FOR PAID FAMILY
LEAVE AND SOME TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT IS WHY THAT HAS A LITTLE
NOTATION, CITATION BY IT.
THAT IS DOWN AT THE BOTTOM
SAYING THAT THE $7.8 MILLION IS
INCLUDING PAID FAMILY LEAVE
FUNDING.
AND SO BEING MINDFUL OF THAT,
THE COUNCIL RESTORES SOME OF
THAT FUNDING BUT NOT ALL OF IT.
IT DOES INCREASE THE OVERTIME
BUDGET FROM THIS YEAR'S AMOUNT,
WHICH WAS 21.8 MILLION, AND IT
INCREASES THE AMOUNT TO 26.4,
SUFFICIENT TO FUND THE PAID
FAMILY LEAVE AND ALSO
ADDITIONAL OVERTIME FUNDING FOR
EVENTS.
FUNDING FOR TECHNOLOGY IS, WAS
PROPOSED AT $5 MILLION, FOR
ABOUT SEVEN DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
AND OUT OF THAT THE COUNCIL IS
FUNDING $3.8 MILLION, AND THAT
IS FOR FIVE OF THE SEVEN
PROJECTS, NOT FUNDING TWO OF
THEM.
I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WITH
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, OF COURSE
WITH THE WHOLE TABLE, THE USE
FOR SALARY SAVINGS, THE
DEPARTMENT OR COUNCIL DID YOU
SALARY SAVINGS FOR SIMILAR
PURPOSE THIS YEAR, THERE WERE
15 MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS
THIS YEAR.
THE COUNCIL USED THAT FUNDING
TO FUND 2 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS
IN NEW TECHNOLOGY THIS YEAR.
SOME OF THE PROJECTS WORTH THE
SAME, THE DAP, THE SYSTEM THAT
THE DEPARTMENT USED TO TRACK
REALLY EVERY KIND OF DATA THAT
THEY USE.
EVERYTHING FROM TRAINING, TO
USE OF FORCE, EVERYTHING THAT
THEY USE THAT IS TRACKED IN THE
DAP, TO THEIR OATH, OFFICER
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUST
PROJECT.
WHICH IS USING MODELS TO
IDENTIFY OFFICERS THAT MAY NEED
WELLNESS SUPPORT.
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF
INVESTMENT THAT COUNCIL MADE
LAST YEAR AND THEN ANOTHER 3.8
MILLION THAT THE COUNCIL IS
MAKING THIS YEAR.
CHOOSING NOT TO MAKE THE $1.2
MILLION THAT THE MAYOR HAD
PROPOSED.
FUNDING FOR HIRING INCENTIVES
IS 1.1 MILLION, AND FUNDING FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, 1.3
MILLION, THAT IS NOT MADE.
IN THE TOTAL THERE BEING 17.7,
THE COUNCIL CHOOSING NOT TO
MAKE 10.9, AND THE REMAINING
BEING 10.8 THAT IS MADE.
>> I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE
SOMETHING YOU SAID.
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL, JUST IN
SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR THERE
WAS 15 MILLION BUT THAT WAS 15
MILLION AVAILABLE TODAY.
THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE
PROVOST THAT THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS PUT TOGETHER LAST YEAR,
THE PROVISOS, WE GOT WORD THIS
YEAR THAT IT WAS NOT A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY,
$15 MILLION MIDWAY THROUGH THAT
WE HAVE THE COUNCIL WORKED TO
REALLOCATE. AS A REMINDER TO
MILLION OF THE 15 STAYED WITHIN
SPD.
AND AS GREG NOTED 2.5 MILLION
GOING TO TECHNOLOGY ALREADY.
THAT WAS JUST TWO MONTHS AGO.
WHEN A REQUEST COMES TO US FROM
SEVERAL ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY
REQUESTS AND THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ALLOWING FOR FIVE OF
THOSE TO GO FORWARD, ESPECIALLY
THE ONES NOTED BY THE MONITOR
THAT WERE IMPORTANT, WE ARE
ADDING TO THAT MONEY GOING INTO
TECHNOLOGY.
ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGY PIECES WE
ARE NOT DOING IS SOMETHING THAT
AS I SAID ON WEDNESDAY, IT MAY
BE NICE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE
AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL AS WE
THINK ABOUT TRAINING AND
REDUCING STRESS AND DE-
ESCALATION.
BUT ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES
WOULD MONITOR THE HEART RATE
AND OTHER SENSES TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE BETTER ANALYZING
HOW MUCH STRESS INDIVIDUALS
HAVE AND HOW WE CAN MITIGATE
FOR THAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN INTERESTING
PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE ANALYSIS
HAS BEEN DONE TO DETERMINE IF IT
A NECESSITY IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BUT I KNOW THERE ARE
FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THINGS LIKE
THAT.
WHEN I LOOK AT A SHORTFALL FOR
THIS YEAR AND A TREMENDOUS NEED
IN THE COMMUNITY, IT IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE FOR WHERE I SAID THAT
DOES NOT EQUAL IMMEDIATE
ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS IN OUR
COMMUNITY THAT NEED HOUSING,
HEALTH SERVICES, SHELTER, AND
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
ONE EXAMPLE OF WHY THE AMOUNT
OF ALLOCATING THE PROPOSED
BUDGET SMALLER THAN WHAT THE
MAYOR REQUESTED, STILL AN
INCREASE INTO THE TECHNOLOGY,
IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY THAT
WAS JUST GIVEN TO THE APARTMENT
TWO MONTHS AGO.
GREG, DID YOU GET ALL THE WAY
THROUGH?
>> I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP ITEM
AND THEN WILL START -- STOP.
ON THE FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS I UNDERSTAND
THERE HAS BEEN CONFUSION ABOUT
THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
ALSO DUE TO THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGES.
THE MAYOR'S 2021 BUDGET, THE
ADOPTED BUDGET, THE MAYOR AND
COUNCIL'S 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET,
HAD ADOPTED A HIRING FREEZE ON
CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN SPD.
THAT WAS DUE TO THE COVID
RELATED REVENUE CRISIS.
AND AS THE YEAR PROGRESSED AND
WE DISCOVERED THERE WERE QUITE
A BIT OF SALARY SAVINGS IN SPD,
THE COUNCIL AND DEPARTMENT
TOGETHER WITH THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL MADE THE CHANGE,
THE DECISION TO START USING THE
SALARY SAVINGS TO FUND THE
EXISTING VACANT CSO POSITIONS.
SO THE ENTIRE CSO BUDGET FOR
THE EXISTING POSITIONS IN THE
DEPARTMENT IS $2.8 MILLION.
AND THERE HAD BEEN QUITE A FEW
VACANCIES AMONG THE 18 EXISTING
POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THE COUNCIL MADE THE
DECISION AND ALONG WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, IN THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL, TO REDIRECT SOME
SALARY SAVING DOLLARS TO FULLY
STAFF UP AND FULLY HIGHER THE 18
CSO THAT ARE IN THE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET NOW.
AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS RECORDED
THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR
THEY WILL HAVE 18 CSOS, THE
EXISTING LISH WHITSON UP AND
RUNNING.
THAT IS PART OF THE BASE.
THESE COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS IN THE FINAL ROW HERE,
THE 1.3 MILLION, WOULD HAVE
BEEN OVER AND ABOVE THE 18 THAT
ARE IN THE BASE, THAT WOULD'VE
BEEN SIX MORE THAT DID NOT GET
ADDED TO THE BASE.
AND NOW I AM DONE.
SORRY.
I FORGOT TO ADD THAT EARLIER.
>> I AM GLAD YOU ADDED THE
CLARIFICATION ON THE CSO'S.
AGAIN REPEATING WHAT I SAID ON
WEDNESDAY.
IT WAS THE COUNCIL THAT
ADVOCATED FOR THE TRANSFER THE
THREE TO COME BACK IN THE
COUNCIL WITH 18 POSITIONS
FUNDED.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO THE WORK
WITH THE CSOs.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
BEFORE WE GET OFF THE TOPIC OF
THE CSOs, I BELIEVE THE OTHER
DAY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
MENTIONED THAT EVEN IF WE WERE
TO FUND THE CSOs IN THE BUDGET,
THE EXPANSION, THAT THEY
LIKELY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE
HIRED AND UNDERWAY UNTIL MIDWAY
THROUGH THE YEAR.
IF WE WERE THINKING OF
AMENDMENTS AND DID WANT TO, IF
SOME MEMBERS DID WANT TO
POTENTIALLY EXPAND COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS IN SOME WAY,
EVEN FURTHER THAN THE
COMMITMENTS WE ALREADY MADE AS
A COUNCIL, THAT THERE MIGHT BE
A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAT WOULD
BE MORE REALISTIC FOR THIS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I REMEMBER
THAT CORRECTLY.
AND MAYBE PUT THAT TO GREG AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, JUST
TO REMIND US.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS BEST TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
>> WE PROPOSED A , WELL I
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A $200,000
CUT TO THE BUDGET FOR THE
PROVISOS WITH UNDERSTANDING
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE
HIRED UNTIL MID YEAR.
THE EXPANSION.
BUT THE AMENDMENT THAT ENDED UP
MOVING FORWARD FOR THE
DISCUSSION IN THE FIRST ROUND,
WAS ACTUALLY INSTEAD OF A
REDUCTION BY $200,000, IT WAS A
PROVISO THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO CAPTURE IF OUR ASSUMPTIONS
WERE CORRECT.
THAT THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE
YEAR THERE WOULD NOT BE A
HIRING OF THE CSOs, BUT THE
PACKAGE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.
EITHER A CUT REFLECTING THE
FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, NOR
THE PROVISO.
INSTEAD IT MADE THE REDUCTION
OF THE EXPANSION WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAD JUST
APPROVED AND EXPANSION OF THE
COUNCIL'S CSO PROGRAM AT THE
MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT BUDGET.
>> CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP MADAM
CHAIR?
THANK YOU.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WAS
THAT Q1 DELAY, BASED ON
REPRESENTATIONS FROM FOLKS IN
THE DEPARTMENT?
THAT THEY ESTIMATED THAT IS HOW
LONG IT WOULD TAKE.
WHAT WAS THE BASIS FOR THAT
EXPECTATION?
>> GREG, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT?
>> THE FOLKS IN THE DEPARTMENT
WERE VERY OPTIMISTIC, THAT THEY
COULD HIRE THE CSO'S QUICKLY.
AT THE SAME TIME THEY PROVIDED
AN ANSWER TO A COUNCIL
QUESTION THAT SAID IT TYPICALLY
TAKES FOUR TO FIVE DID MONTHS
TO HIGHER CSOs.
THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD CUT
SOME OF THAT TIME DOWN BECAUSE
THEY HAVE AN ADVERTISEMENT OUT
NOW FOR AAA THREE.
CONCEIVABLY THEY COULD CUT SOME
OF THAT TIME DOWN.
IT IS ALSO THE CASE THAT EVEN
IF THEY COULD INTERVIEW THE
CSOs NOW, THEY WOULD STILL HAVE
TO BACKGROUND THEM.
SO I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY
THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO
HIGHER SIX CSOs I JANUARY 1.
IT IS UNLIKELY THE DEPARTMENT
WILL START PAYING SIX CSOs BY
JANUARY 1. IT IS FAR MORE
LIKELY THEY WILL BE HIRING AND
PAYING THOSE CSOs SOMETIME
CLOSER TO THE END OF THE THIRD
QUARTER.
AND CENTRAL STAFF IS WILLING TO
SAY THAT THAT IS OUR ESTIMATE.
>> THANK YOU GREG.
THAT IS ALL REALLY HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK
YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS?
I WILL ALSO NOTE WHILE THIS
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MONEY THAT
THE MAYOR INCLUDED IN HER
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE HIRING
INCENTIVES, OUR UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THE MAYOR'S TEAM HAS
ASSUMED THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH
FUNDING WITHIN THEIR OWN BUDGETS
TO CONTINUE WITH THE INCENTIVE
THAT THEY ANNOUNCED VIA
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS
STILL A POLICY CONVERSATION, I
ASSUME, TO BE HAD AT THE
COUNCIL ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE ARE NOT ADVANCING THAT
ITEM HERE AT THIS BUDGET.
HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE -- EXISTING
EMERGENCY ORDER.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS A
QUESTION.
BUT IF IT IS I WOULD SAY THAT
YES, THEY HAVE FUNDING IN 2021
FOUR THAT, FOR THE HIRING OF
FOLKS IN 2021.
IN 2022, THAT WOULD NOT BE THE
CASE. THAT WOULD NOT BE THE
CASE.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, NO CUTS
TO THE CURRENT SPD STAFFING, NO
CUTS TO SPD OFFICERS IN THE
BUDGET.
FULLY HAVING THE HIRING PLAN
WITH THE HUNDRED 25 NEW
OFFICERS, FUNDS THE CURRENT AND
RECENTLY FUNDED COMMUNITY
SAFETY OFFICER POSITIONS AT 18
POSITIONS.
FUNDS 3 $.8 MILLION IN NEW
TECHNOLOGIES IN ADDITION TO THE
ITEMS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE
SUPPLEMENTAL.
JUST TWO MONTHS AGO.
AND IT INCLUDES THE ITEMS THAT
THE FEDERAL COURT MONITOR HAS
TO FLAG THIS IMPORTANT.
FUNDS 14.6 ADDITIONAL FOR
OVERTIME BRINGING IT TO EIGHT
AND FOUR .1 MILLION FOR
DISCRETIONARY PURPOSES AND
CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
I APPRECIATE THE SUMMARY TABLE
YOU HAVE CREATED, GREG.
I WANTED TO BE CLEAR THIS WAS
CREATED BY GREG, SO WE HAVE
MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THE INCREASES THAT WERE
PROPOSED VERSUS THE INCREASES
THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THOUGHT I WOULD CLOSE UP THE
CONVERSATION IN GENERAL TO NOTE
THAT HISTORICALLY CENTRAL STAFF
HAS USED ADD OR CUT AS THE SORT
OF SHORTHAND FOR ACTIONS IN THE
COUNCIL'S BUDGET LIBERATIONS IN
THIS CONVERSATION IT IS CLEAR
TO ME WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT.
ANYTHING, THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS
A PROPOSAL SO THE COUNCIL IS
JUST PROPOSING TO REDUCE OR
MODIFY PROPOSALS BY THE MAYOR.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE BUDGET CHAIR NEXT YEAR BUT
THINK ABOUT HOW WE DESCRIBE
THESE IN THE FUTURE TO AVOID
THIS TYPE OF CONFUSION.
THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS A PROPOSAL
UNTIL THE COUNCIL ASKED ON IT
AND THE MAYOR SIGNS IT.
IT IS NOT ADDED OR CUT OR
MODIFIED IN ANY WAY. I
JUST WANTED TO EGG KNOWLEDGE
THAT -- ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I ALSO THINK IT IS A MESSAGE TO
THE EXECUTIVE.
MISLEADING AND MISINFORMING
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ACROSS
THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE WE USE
CORRECT TERMINOLOGY ON WHAT WE
ACTUALLY PROPOSE, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT LEADS TO PROPOSAL
INCREASES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
ROUND OUT THE DISCUSSION TODAY
AND THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF IF
WE NEED THE FULL-TIME.
WE WILL ALWAYS END EARLIER IF
WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO 1:00.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COVER
A FEW MORE SECTIONS.
TO ROUNDUP PUBLIC SAFETY I WANT
TO COMPLEMENT THE DISCUSSION WE
HAD ABOUT SOME INVESTMENTS WITH
INVESTMENTS INTO COMMUNITY
SAFETY OVERALL.
PATTY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO STOP
SHARING THE SCREEN AS WE
TRANSITION TO OTHER ITEMS.
I'M NOT SURE IF ALLIE WANTED TO
BRING UP OTHER ITEMS.
IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO COMPLEMENT
THE PIECES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENT
AND FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE THIS IS NOT ALL
INCLUSIVE BUT WANT TO LIFT UP
26 POSITIONS GOING TO THE NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER TO ADDRESS
THE 911 EXISTING DISPATCH
OPERATIONAL NEEDS, 4 MILLION
INTO COMMUNITY SAFETY, THANK
YOU FOR OTHERS THAT CALLED IN
YESTERDAY EXPRESSING THEIR
SUPPORT FOR THE $14 MILLION AD
THAT WE BRING BACK INTO THE
BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AS $1 MILLION GOING INTO
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS,
$3.5 MILLION GOING INTO THE
LEAD PROGRAMS SO WE CAN CREATE
TRUE ALTERNATIVE SO PEOPLE
DON'T GET ENTANGLED INTO THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WE
INVEST IN DIVERSION STRATEGIES.
$2.5 MILLION GOING TO EXPANDING
MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES.
AGAIN THE NEXUS BEING IF WE
HAVE ADDITIONAL FOLKS THAT CAN
ACT AS FIRST RESPONDERS
ESPECIALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS, THAT WE BUILD UP
CAPACITY THERE.
I WAS ASKED IF THESE FOLKS ARE
ON THE GROUND.
ABSOLUTELY.
THOSE LAST THREE EXAMPLES ARE
PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY OUT IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME OF WHOM YOU HEARD CALL IN
WHO ARE WORKING TO CREATE
ALTERNATIVES, ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSES RIGHT NOW.
1.5 MILLION GOING INTO MOBILE
ADVOCACY SERVICES FOR FLEXIBLE
ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.
1,000,004 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
HALF OF THAT AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD NOTED ON WEDNESDAY,
GOING DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS FOR
ALTERNATIVES AND SCHOOL-BASED
SERVICES.
$1.5 MILLION GOING TO SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 20
ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER
RECRUITS, OVER 1 MILLION GOING
TO THE TRIAGE ONE TEAM.
FULLY FUNDING OUR HEALTH TEAMS
OUT THERE.
I WANT TO SCALE THAT UP IN THE
FUTURE AND HEARING FROM THE
DEPARTMENT WE NEED TO ALSO DO
THAT IN A WAY THAT HELPS BE
SURE THEY ARE IMPLEMENT WILL.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE COMING
FROM YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
DIRECTLY, MOVING THIS FORWARD
ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
YOU DESERVE THE CREDIT FOR THE
INVESTMENTS AND WANTED TO JUST
PAUSE HERE A SECOND TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD
WANT TO LIFT UP.
ESPECIALLY IN THE RESPONSE TO
PUBLIC SAFETY.
INVESTMENTS AND THE CALL FOR US
TO DO MORE, WE HAVE DONE MORE
HERE.
IN ADDITION TO THE DIRECT
INVESTMENTS THAT WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT THROUGH GREG'S CHART,
YOU HAVE ALL MADE REALLY
SIGNIFICANT REQUESTS FOR
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES TO INVEST
DIRECTLY INTO PUBLIC SAFETY
THROUGH COMMUNITY LED STRATEGIES
AND ALTERNATIVE FIRST
RESPONDERS.
MANY OF THOSE I JUST NOTED --
ANYTHING ELSE ON PUBLIC SAFETY?
OKAY, LET'S TAKE THE NEXT
SECTION TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
IN HOUSING.
IS THAT RIGHT?
GREAT.
>> WE CAN MOVE TO HOUSING.
PATTY, IF YOU CAN PUT THE
HOUSING SUMMARY TABLE ON THE
SCREEN, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
MY COLLEAGUE TRACY.
TO TAKE IT AWAY.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
TRACY, CENTRAL STAFF.
REMINDING FOLKS THAT THE
CHAIR'S PROPOSED BOUNCING
PACKAGE DOES INCLUDE 97 MILLION
DOLLARS IN JUMPSTART FUNDS.
IN THE -- PROGRAM ABOUT $75
MILLION, PEERING UP FOR
BASELINE OF ABOUT $82 MILLION.
THE COMMUNITY FOCUS ACQUISITION
AND PRESERVATION GETS $15.7
MILLION IN THE CHAIR'S PROPOSED
PACKAGE.
THE HOMEOWNERSHIP THAT WOULD
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
EQUITABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP GETS
5.8 MILLION, THAT IS PAIRED
WITH ABOUT $7.8 MILLION, AND
FINALLY THE OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE FUNDING NOT FUNDING
WITH THE JUMPSTART NOW THAT I
THINK ABOUT IT BUT ABOUT $6
MILLION.
THAT TOTALS FOR YOU, $97
MILLION AND HOW IT IS PROPOSED
AND A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT THE BASE
FUNDING IS EXISTING FOR THE KEY
PROGRAMS.
MOVING TO A COUPLE OF THE
NOTABLE CHANGES, FIRST IS 0181
THAT ADDS $200,000 TO THE HOME
AND H.O.P.E.
PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM THAT HELPS WITH
PREDEVELOPMENT WORK ON COMPANY-
OWNED SITES.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS HELPS US
WITH AND THAT IS FUNDING THAT
WILL GO IN ADDITION TO THE
$200,000 IN THE BASE BUDGET.
ABOUT $400,000 FOR THAT IN 2022
IS PROPOSED.
OH 602, $20,000 FOR THE HOME
FOR GOOD PROGRAM.
WE FIRST STARTED FUNDING THIS
AND IT WILL CONTINUE INTO 2022.
087B01, ADDING $250,000 OF
GENERAL FUND FOR PREDEVELOPMENT
COST FOR HOUSING PROJECT AT
NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE.
IN THE LAST COUPLE OUR ADS TO
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS, A
CONSULTANT TO DO A RENTAL
MARKET STUDY AND FINALLY $1.5
MILLION IN GENERAL FUND FOR
CODE COMPLIANCE TO IMPLEMENT
THE NEW ECONOMIC RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE ORDINATES.
AND THE FINAL ONE IS $400,000
FOR TENANT SERVICES CONTRACTS.
>> TRACY, COULD YOU REMIND US
THEN WITH THE COMBINATION OF
THESE ACTIONS, AMENDMENTS, THE
JUMPSTART FUNDS AND BASE BUDGET,
APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH IN TOTAL
WOULD BE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WITH THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE.
SO INCLUDING THE BASE, JUMPSTART
, AMENDMENTS.
>> OVER $194 MILLION AND JUST
TO BE CLEAR, WE DIDN'T ADDRESS
SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS IN OH
THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
LIKE A HOME REPAIR PROGRAM AND
ADMINISTRATION COST FOR OH.
IF YOU TOTAL ALL OF THOSE
THINGS YOU ARE OVER $194
MILLION IN THE BUDGET.
>> TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, IT
INCLUDES ABOUT $92 MILLION THAT
WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE ANNUALLY
IN THE BASE BUDGET.
YOU ADD TO THAT $97 MILLION
RESTORING A JUMPSTART FUND THAT
WILL BE AT A MINIMUM THE ANNUAL
INCREASE OF INVESTMENTS IN
HOUSING.
PLUS THESE ACTIONS.
AND AS TRACY NOTED CERTAIN
PROGRAMS THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
ARE NOT THROUGH JUMPSTART BUT
AN ONGOING SOURCE THROUGH A
LEVY OR OTHER SOURCES.
JUMPSTART DOES ADD ONGOING
FUNDING TO INCREASE IN A FEW
KEY SPACES LIKE THE COMMUNITY
DRIVEN PROJECTS WITH PRIORITY
FOR AND WORKING WITH BIPOC
COMMUNITIES AND ONGOING
INCREASES OF THE INITIATIVE,
INCLUDING HOUSING AND NON-
HOUSING.
IN THOSE PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING THROUGH
THIS.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT
WE ALL HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL
THESE PAST FEW YEARS.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE CRISIS OF
COVID, THAT HOUSING IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING.
THE REASON WE START TO SEE MANY
INDIVIDUALS FALL INTO
HOMELESSNESS, THAT WE HAVE NOT
BUILT IN AND CREATED ACCESS TO
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE NEED
AT THIS SCALE.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SO MUCH
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO
INCREASE THAT NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO ACCESS THE AND OFA DOLLARS.
WE WENT TO AROUND THE YEAR NOFA
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HAVE AROUND THE
ACQUISITIONS TO CREATE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO HAVE
NOT JUST PROPERTY BUT
POTENTIALLY PURCHASE ANY
BUILDINGS THAT WILL GO UP ON
THE MARKET WITH OUR ACQUISITION
DOLLARS FIRST LIFTING THE CAP
TO 30 MILLION AND THEN LIFTING
IT COMPLETELY WITH JUMPSTART
SEATTLE.
WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE ADMINISTRATION OF FINANCE
PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN MOST DIRECTLY
AFFECTED BY DISPLACEMENT AND
THE EFFECTS, HISTORIC EFFECTS
OF REDLINING AND TO TORY
POLICIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
ESPECIALLY LED TO BUY
COMMUNITIES OF DISPLACEMENT,
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
HOUSING, PRIORITIZING HOUSING
FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES SO FOLKS
CAN HAVE GREATER SELF-
DETERMINATION, AND CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET OUT OF
GENERATIONAL POVERTY AND CREATE
GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
ALL OF THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
THINGS WE HAVE DONE IN ADDITION
TO THIS YEAR.
I HAVE BEEN USING 192, BUT WHEN
94 IS EVEN BETTER.
OVER 190 MILLION DOLLARS GOING
INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A
HISTORIC INVESTMENT.
TWICE THE AMOUNT, ABOUT TWICE
THE AMOUNT WE HAVE SEEN GO IN
FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
COLLEAGUES, I THINK IT IS AN
IMPORTANT ELEMENT AS WE LIFT UP
AS WE LOOK FROM EXITS OF
CHRONIC POVERTY, SHELTER
CAPACITY, WE MUST UPGRADE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY, MOST VULNERABLE
NEIGHBORS, THOSE CURRENTLY HERE
AND THOSE WHO WANT TO MOVE
HERE.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE WAY
THE PROPOSED BUDGET HOLDS ON
THOSE PAST POLITIES, INCLUDING
THAT OUR BIPOC COMMUNITY AND
THOSE THAT NEED ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND FIRST-
TIME HOMEOWNERSHIP AS A
COUNCIL TOGETHER ON JUMPSTART
NOW FUNDING WITH THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK YOU
ALL HAVE DONE TO ADD TO THIS
LIST AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS
WE THINK ABOUT HOUSING AND
HOUSING POLICIES GENERALLY, WE
RECOGNIZE THESE DOLLARS ARE
BEYOND JUST DOLLARS AT THIS
POINT.
WE'VE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT TO GO
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
A FEW COMPONENTS ARE INCLUDED
THAT I WILL LIFT UP AS WELL.
WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THE NOFA
FUNDS, THE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT
WE MAKE AVAILABLE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IS
CURRENTLY AT 35 MILLION.
HOWEVER WE KNOW 14 PROJECTS
HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS MONEY AND
THAT TOTALS OVER $120 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE A CBA HERE, OFFICE
OF HOUSING, 010, THAT IS AN
AMENDMENT THAT I PUT FORWARD
THAT ALLOWS US TO RIGHT NOW
FREE UP THE DOLLARS THAT OFFICE
OF HOUSING IS ANTICIPATING
BECAUSE OF JUMPSTART.
IN THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR
THOSE FUTURE DOLLARS TO GO INTO
SHOVEL READY PROJECTS.
RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE APPLIED.
WE CAN BRING FORWARD THESE
DOLLARS AND USE THEM TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
RIGHT NOW LEVERAGING STATE AND
FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ALSO MAKE
THEMSELVES AVAILABLE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO
DO IN THESE MOMENTS OF CRISIS.
I WANT TO THANK AS WELL
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU'RE
INTERESTED WORK TO EXPAND WITH
NOTICE TO INTENT TO SELL.
CLEARLY THE LEGISLATION WAS
WRITTEN BEFORE WE COULD DO
SOMETHING MORE IN THE LINES OF
THE TENANT OPPORTUNITY PURCHASE
ACT.
BACK TO THE WASHINGTON SUPREME
COURT TO PAVE THE WAY FOR US TO
CHANGE THE POLICIES WE
CURRENTLY HAVE.
WE HAVE A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT, OFFICE OF
HOUSING, 004, TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS WORKS WITH COUNCIL AND SDC
I, TO DIRECT OUR CITY IN THE
FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR TO MAKE
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS,
RECOMMENDATIONS, ENHANCE
ENFORCEMENT, STRENGTHEN
PROVISIONS, AND ENSURE THAT A
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR
TENANTS TO TRULY PURCHASE
THINGS AS A POLICY THAT WE
CHANGE IN ADDITION TO MAKING
SHARIA FUNDING AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANT MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT
THAT.
A LOT MORE WORK TO COME.
I WANT TO THANK NOT JUST
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES BUT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AS WELL
FOR YOUR ONGOING POLICY
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT.
I KNOW THERE IS A FEW OTHERS
THAT OTHERS MAY WANT TO MAKE
NOTE OF THAT GOT INCLUDED HERE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON HOUSING WOULD BE WELCOMED AS
WE EXPLAIN TO FOLKS NOT JUST
WHAT IS IN HERE BUT A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THIS AFTERNOON.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ITEMS YOU
WOULD LIKE?
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO HOMELESS
SERVICES, AND LET'S INTEGRATE
INTO THAT THE CONVERSATION
AROUND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
I THINK IT IS TWO SECTIONS,
HOMELESS SERVICES AS WELL AS
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THAT WE WILL
TAKE A WALK THROUGH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AFTER THAT WE WILL GO TO ANY
OTHER SECTIONS THAT FOLKS WOULD
LIKE TO CALL ATTENTION TO.
I HAVE AN EXAMPLE AND BRAND-NEW
INVESTMENTS.
WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AFTER
HOMELESSNESS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
IS A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF
ACTIONS IN THIS PACKAGE --
THREE MAIN BUCKETS, TO THE
FIRST AS YOU ALREADY TDOT.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS,
SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE
AUTHORITY.
THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED TO LOOK AT
THREE DIFFERENT NEW
INVESTMENTS, ONE RELATED TO A
SHELTER, AND MINISTRY OF COST
FOR AGENCY TO OPERATE AND A
THIRD, FUNDING TO SEED FUNDING
AND CREATE NAVIGATION PROGRAM
FUNDED WITH MEDICAID GOING
FORWARD.
TWO OF THE ITEMS THAT REQUESTED
ONGOING FUNDING, YOUR PACKAGE
PROVIDES FUNDING FOR.
THERE IS $5 MILLION TOWARDS A
SHELTER THAT WOULD, I SHOULD GO
INTO THAT MORE.
THERE IS $5 MILLION AS A VISION
TO RESPONSE PARTLY THE REQUEST
TO CREATE A NEW SHELTER.
THERE HAS BEEN ENGAGEMENT IN
THE COUNCIL BOTH AROUND THE
NEED TO FILL IN GAPS IN
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM, AND
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THOSE WHO
UTILIZE CRISIS BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES AND PEOPLE
EXPRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE TWO
SEPARATE DISTINCT PROGRAMS.
SO IN THIS CASE WITH $5 MILLION
OF THE -- THE COUNCIL GETS A
TWOFER IN THE INVESTMENTS.
THROUGH COLLABORATIVE
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A
VARIETY OF PATHWAYS WHICH THE
COUNTY IS LOOKING TO BOTH
EXPAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS
RESPONSE SYSTEM, THROUGH
SOMETHING LIKE A VOLUNTARY
CRISIS CENTER.
AND IN SIMILAR FASHION THERE IS
SEPARATE WORK TO PROVIDE
SERVICES AND OPERATIONS TO TRY
TO EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY.
AND THERE WAS, LOOKING AT THAT
END, OTHER PIECES AS WELL.
LOOKING HOLISTICALLY AT THAT
PACKAGE, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
THERE WILL BE THE ACTUAL PEOPLE
THAT ARE SERVED, THE COUNTY
STILL HAD THE SHORTFALL FOR THE
THE LARGER PACKAGE BEING
DEVELOPED.
WHAT IS BEING DEVELOPED, WHAT
ALLOWED THE PATHWAY TO GO
FORWARD, THE COUNCIL IS
ESSENTIALLY GETTING BOTH THE
BEHAVIORAL INVESTMENT THAT
WOULD ALLOW THE EXPANSION CRISIS
SERVICES AND EXPANSION SHELTER
SERVICES THAT WOULD BE TARGETED
TOWARD A POPULATION THAT HAS
HIGH NEEDS.
AS INITIALLY PROPOSED FROM
ORIGINAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY TO
COUNCIL.
>> LET'S PAUSE THERE REALLY
QUICK.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ANSWER A
QUESTION WE HAVE BEEN GETTING
FROM SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WHAT ABOUT WHERE THE ITEMS FROM
THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY ENDED UP? FULLY
FUNDING FROM ADMINISTRATION AND
ADDING TO THAT AMOUNT IN OUR
PROPOSED BUDGET AND THIS PIECE
YOU OUTLINED, IN TERMS OF THE
LOCATION FOR THE HIGH ACUITY
NEEDS FOLKS TO HAVE SOMEWHERE
TO GO IS CRITICAL.
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS , I
SEE YOUR HAND UP.
YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
AND ONE OTHER THAT I'M
FORGETTING WORTHY SPONSORS.
SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND MAKE ANY
COMMENTS AND HELPS TO DRAW OUT
FOR FOLKS THE ASPIRATION AND
WHERE WE SEE OVERLAP IN THE
PROPOSAL.
>> MY QUESTION RELATES TO
SOMETHING ELSE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO REACH THAT
BRIEFLY AND AGAIN MY DEEP
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY IN GIVING A OUT OF
TIME TO MYSELF AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ TO MEET
WITH YOU AS WELL AS LEADERS
FROM THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY TO GET PLENTY OF
FEEDBACK AND HOW WE COULD
INCORPORATE THEIR PRIORITIES IN
THE BUDGET.
YOU KNOW, NOTABLY, AS WE
DISCUSSED A LOT, THERE IS THE
REVENUE FORECAST THAT CAME IN
THAT HAS LIMITED A LOT OF WHAT
WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL.
BUT I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE HIGH
ACUITY SHELTER AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH SERVICES AND ALSO THE
SKILL IN COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA BRINGING IN SOME
REGIONAL COMMITMENTS ON THAT,
TO HAVE THAT GO A LITTLE BIT
FURTHER OR START THE
CONVERSATION AROUND SOME
REGIONAL COMMITMENTS TO HAVE
SOME SHARED COST ON THAT HIGH
ACUITY SHELTERED THE RURAL
HEALTH SERVICE.
THAT IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG
GAP THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR
CURRENT HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
I WILL SHARE VERY BRIEFLY THAT
THERE WAS A -- OPERATION
RECENTLY AT THE PERGOLA AND
BETWEEN 30 OR 40 PEOPLE
STAYING THERE, DEPENDING ON A
GIVEN DAY.
AND LIKE THE FIVE FOLKS THAT
WERE HARDEST A PLACE WERE
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING NEEDS THAT
COULD BE ADDRESSED BY A
FACILITY LIKE THIS WHERE THERE
IS CURRENTLY A BIG GAP IN THE
SYSTEM.
AND IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW,
LIKE THAT 10, YOU KNOW, LIKE I
HAZARD TO PUT A PERCENTAGE ON
IT BUT LIKE THAT 1 OUT OF 10
PEOPLE EXPRESSING HOMELESSNESS
THAT HAVE THE LEVEL OF ACUITY
WE CURRENTLY CANNOT SERVE.
AND THE BUDGET GOES A LONG WAY
TOWARDS HOLDING CAPACITY TO
RESPOND TO THAT.
I DO WANT TO STATE THAT AS FAR
AS I AM CONCERNED THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF A ROADMAP TO
REALLY CHART OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE RHA AND BUILD ON THESE
INVESTMENTS.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE END
OF THE CONVERSATION AT ALL.
AND I KNOW THAT IS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
INTENTION AS WELL.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING
THIS FIRST STEP BY CONTINUING
THROUGHOUT 2022 TO SEE WHAT WE
CAN DO TO BUILD ON THIS WORK TO
FILL THOSE SERVICE GAPS AND
RESPOND TO THE HUGE NEED THAT
WE SEE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JEFF, I THINK YOU CAN CONTINUE
ON.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
SO OVERALL COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
AND YOU TOUCHED ON THIS, WE
HAVE THREE ASKS.
-- THE TWO THAT REQUIRE AN
ONGOING COMMITMENT ARE BOTH
FULFILLED AND RESPONDED TO IN
SOME WAY.
FOR ONE OF THEM IT WAS NOT THE
FULL AMOUNT REQUESTED BUT THE
$5 MILLION I JUST DISCUSSED IS
ONE OF THE LARGER INVESTMENTS
IN THE PACKAGE.
LARGER NEW INVESTMENTS.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
NOT COMPARING THE 5 MILLION TO
A 19 DUELING DOLLAR ASKED, WHEN
-- $19 MILLION ASKED, WHEN WE
HAVE KING COUNTY IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH US TO ACQUIRE THE SITE AND
THEN WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE
SERVICES.
I THINK THAT WILL MAKE SURE WE
ARE NOT ONLY CITING SOMETHING
BUT ALSO ABLE TO CITE
EFFECTIVELY AND THEN HAND OFF A
CITED PROGRAM TO RHA.
IT IS NOT JUST 5 MILLION AS
EVERYONE KNOWS.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE
COMPONENT I WANT TO THANK KING
COUNTY FOR THE WORK THEY ARE
DOING TO MAKE SURE WE DRAW UP
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND MEET THE
DESIRED NEED TO SERVE THE
POPULATION AS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS JUST NOTED.
>> THE ONLY ITEM THAT WAS NOT
RECEIVING FUNDING IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE WAS THE SEED
MONEY ESSENTIALLY TO CREATE THE
NAVIGATION PROGRAM.
AND IS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE
FROM THE PRESENTATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN MADE, THERE IS A
STATEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL IN
RECOGNIZING THAT TO SOME DEGREE
THE NAVIGATION IS A COMPONENT
OF MANY THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY
FUNDED.
AND ENCOURAGING THE FURTHER
EXAMINATION OF HOW TO INCREASE
THE IMPORTANT ASPECT OR MISSING
NICHE THAT THE NAVIGATORS
FILLED IN THOSE VARIOUS SERVICE
COMPONENTS, SUCH AS HOMELESS
SERVICE CONTRACTS AND OTHER
WAYS TOO.
SOMETIMES INFORMAL WAYS IN WHICH
THEY ARE INCORPORATED AND
ENCOURAGED TO WORK THERE.
THE INITIAL SEED FUNDING, WHILE
REIMBURSEMENT WAS SET UP IN A
TEAM, WAS NOT PROVIDED BUT
STILL AUTHORITIES ENCOURAGED IN
SETTING UP -- ONGOING FUNDING
STREAM AND MOVE FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I SEE THAT YOUR HAND IS UP.
SHOULD WE PAUSE HERE?
>> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO
SUMMARIZE THAT FULLY BEFORE WE
TAKE QUESTIONS?
JEFF?
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT JEFF,
BUT YOU BROUGHT UP MEDICAID
REIMBURSEMENT.
I WANT TO GET THIS OUT NOW
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS RELEVANT
TO A LOT OF THINGS IN THIS
CATEGORY.
BUT I JUST SAW THAT FEMA HAS
PROPAGATED GUIDANCE THAT THEY
WILL FIND 100% OF RECOVERY OF
EXPENSES FOR THINGS LIKE PROJECT
-- IN CALIFORNIA, A HOTEL
BASED SHELTERING PROGRAM IN
CALIFORNIA THAT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE PANDEMIC GOT THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE EXPRESSING HOMELESSNESS
OFF THE STREET AND INTO HOTELS
WITH SOME KIND OF ATTENDANT
SERVICES.
AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
EXPANDING 100% OF REIMBURSEMENT
THROUGH FEMA THROUGH APRIL 1st
OF 2022.
AND I WONDER WHAT THE
IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR
INVESTMENTS IN THIS CATEGORY.
AND WAYS THAT THE COUNCIL AND
THE BUDGET PROCESS MIGHT
STRUCTURE ENCOURAGEMENT TO SEEK
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
OR MAYBE IF THERE IS WAYS OR
INFORMATION WE HAVE HEARD FROM
THE EXECUTIVE ON THEIR INTENT
TO SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME
OF THESE THINGS HERE.
AND JUST GENERALLY JEFF, I KNOW
YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME OVER
2021 LOOKING INTO THIS.
MAY BE YOUR ANALYSIS ON WHAT
MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT BE ELIGIBLE
FOR THAT KIND OF SEEKING OF
REIMBURSEMENT, GIVEN THAT
DEADLINE AND GUIDANCE FROM THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
>> CERTAINLY.
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER.
I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECT
IN CALIFORNIA, OR EVEN SOME
ACTIVITIES THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN
TO EXPAND NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTERS IN SEATTLE, ARE ALL
REIMBURSED BY FEMA UNDER THE
CATEGORY OF NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTER.
THEY HAD A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FOR
PREVENTING FURTHER SPREAD OF
COVID AND TRANSMISSION,
ESPECIALLY AMONG PEOPLE WHO
OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE NO PACE
PLACE TO SHELTER I. THE
EXTENSION OF THAT IS A POLICY
THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED INITIALLY
MONTHS AGO.
TO SAY THAT ALL EXPENDITURES IN
THE CATEGORY WOULD BE
REIMBURSED AND THE COUNCIL HAD
A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THIS LAST
JANUARY, I BELIEVE, RELATED TO
THAT.
THE EXTENSION WOULD JUST
INDICATE THAT THE FURTHER THE
ACTIVITIES STOOD UP FOR THAT
TYPE OF A PURPOSE WOULD
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FULL
REIMBURSEMENT.
>> JEFF JUST FROZE ON MY END.
>> -- AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> OH.
JEFF, YOU MAY WANT --
>> IS THAT BETTER?
>> YES.
>> TURNOFF THE VIDEO, THANK
YOU.
AS THE WIND WIND BLOWS, MY
CONNECTION GETS A LITTLE
CHOPPY.
IF THAT BREAKS THEN I WILL
SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT LINE.
THE QUESTION ABOUT FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT AND BRING UP
PROJECT ROOM KEY, NOT CLEAR TO
ME THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARILY
IN A CATEGORY THAT WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
THERE IS SPECIFIC THINGS THAT
FEMA WOULD OFFER REIMBURSEMENT
FOR AT THAT LEVEL.
I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT FALL IN
OTHER CATEGORIES I'M NOT
MILLION WITH.
CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER AS IT IS NOT
PROVIDING SHELTER ON A RESPONSE
TO HOMELESSNESS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> I THINK I HAVE TWO FOLLOW-
UPS IF THAT IS OKAY MADAM
CHAIR, JUST BRIEFLY ON THIS.
AND JEFF, I AM SORRY.
I WAS SPEAKING MORE GENERALLY
JUST BECAUSE YOU BROKE, BECAUSE
YOU BROUGHT UP THE TERM MEDICARE
REIMBURSEMENT.
I THINK I HAVE TWO FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS.
ONE IS TO CLARIFY WHEN WE HEAR
100% FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, THAT
DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN TO MY
UNDERSTANDING 100%
REIMBURSEMENT FOR EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENS IN NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTERS.
BUT 100% OF THE ELIGIBLE
EXPENSES.
SO I THINK FOR PART OF WHERE
YOU CUT OUT YOU WERE GETTING
INTO THAT AND I DID NOT QUITE
HERE.
MAYBE IF YOU COULD BREAK THAT
DOWN OF WHAT MIGHT BE IN AND
WHAT MIGHT BE OUT OF SOME OF
OUR CURRENT EMERGENCY SHELTER
PROGRAMS.
AND IF THERE MIGHT BE AN
IMPLICATION TO KEEP THEM GOING
PAST THE DEADLINE CURRENTLY SET
IN JANUARY, IF WE KNOW THERE
WILL BE A PROSPECT OF FURTHER
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING WOULD
BE WHEN SOME OF THOSE ASSETS
HAVE TO BE STOOD UP TO BEST THE
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, LIKE AT
WHAT POINT, IF WE SET UP
SOMETHING NEW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE
THESE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES THAT
ARE COMING ONLINE RIGHT NOW,
LIKE IN THE FALL, COULD WE
PETITION FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
FOR THOSE UP THROUGH APRIL 1st
OF 2022? AT WHAT POINT DOES IT
HAVE TO BE BUILT FOR US TO BE
ABLE TO SEEK THE REIMBURSEMENT?
>> ON THE LATTER PIECE I WOULD
HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU IN
TERMS OF WHEN SOMETHING HAD TO
BE STOOD UP.
THERE HAS BEEN VARYING
DEADLINES AND CHANGES AND
EXTENSIONS AND JUST THE EXACT
DETAILS ARE NOT TOP OF MIND FOR
ME.
IN TERMS OF WHAT IS COVERED,
FEMA IS APPROACHING THIS AS A
SHELTERING TYPE OF THING.
A SITUATION TO PROVIDE SAFE
SPACES FOR PEOPLE.
THE SERVICE COMPONENT WE LAYER
ON TOP OF SHELTERS IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
REIMBURSED.
SO OUR ENHANCED SHELTERS
STRONGLY FOCUS ON PROVIDING
CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR
AN INDIVIDUAL OR HOUSEHOLD TO
MOVE INTO HOUSING.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING FEMA
WOULD REIMBURSE FOR, THAT IS
ADDRESSING THE HOMELESSNESS
PROBLEM, NOT ADDRESSING THE
PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY OF
COVID.
HOWEVER FEMA WOULD REIMBURSE
FOR THE ACTUAL COST AND I WILL
SAY OPERATIONS THAT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE BIT OF A PROGRAM THAT
YOU COULD HAVE A PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO BE.
SO THINK, A JANITORIAL SERVICE,
TKING OUT THE TRASH, AT A
BUILDING THAT YOU HAVE ACQUIRED
OR LEASED OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS
THAT FEMA WOULD REIMBURSE FOR
IN A NON-CONGREGANT SPACE.
THERE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS,
NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH THAT YOU
HAVE TO COMPETITIVELY PROCURE
THE SERVICES AND THE LOCATIONS.
MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE
CITY LAUNCHED DON'T NEED THAT
SPECIAL.
SOME DO, NOT ALTHOUGH.
SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF
NUANCE THERE.
AND IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE
SPECIFIC PROJECTS YOU HAVE IN
MIND, WE COULD PROBABLY SPEND
SOME TIME ENGAGING AND DOING
FOLLOW-UP TO SPECIFIC SENSE OF
IF A CERTAIN PROJECT LIKE LISH
WHITSON LIKE WHICH JUST
OPENED, OR ANOTHER TINY HOME
VILLAGE, WHERE THAT COULD BE
REIMBURSED BY FEMA.
>> THANK YOU JEFF, I HAVE NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT I
MIGHT FOLLOW-UP OFF-LINE ON A
FEW THINGS BUT THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
OKAY, EXCUSE ME, JEFF, THESE,
GO AHEAD IF YOU HAVE OTHER
ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO LIFT UP.
>> I DID WANT TO GIVE AN
OVERVIEW HAVE YOU ASKED MADAM
CHAIR.
>> MAYBE I SHOULD SAY ONE MORE
ITEM, JEFF, ABOUT THE PEER
NAVIGATOR PEACE AND TO
UNDERSCORE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS HAS NOTED AS WELL.
I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT
YOU SAID DURING THE BRIEFING ON
, WITH THE MEMBERS FROM
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS SOCIETY,
EXCUSE ME, THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO WORK
WITH THEM AS THIS CONCEPT HAS
GENERATED A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS, CONVERSATIONS
DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS
WELL.
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE BEGINNING
TO BRING TOGETHER THEIR
OUTREACH AND BECOME PEER
NAVIGATOR FOCUSED COHORT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS COULD LOOK
LIKE, WHAT THE THEORY OF CHANGE
IS, WHERE THESE NAVIGATORS
COULD WORK, AND HOW IT ALL
COMES TOGETHER.
THAT IS FANTASTIC WORK.
I WANT TO THANK THEM AND
UNDERSCORE THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THESE
CONVERSATIONS COMING, MAKING
SURE WE ARE WORKING IN AN
INTERSECTION AWAY AROUND THIS
PIECE, TO SHOW ONGOING INTEREST
IN THIS LIMIT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THEN.
ADMISSION, THE FIVE, THE HLM 12,
WE CAN CALL IT HOMELESSNESS AND
, SORRY PATTY, THAT'S A FINE
SCREEN RIGHT THERE.
CAPITAL HOM 12, HOMELESSNESS AND
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INVESTMENTS.
SUDDENLY THERE IS ANOTHER $3.4
MILLION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES ACROSS A RANGE OF FOUR
DIFFERENT OTHER BUDGET ACTIONS
THAT WOULD EXPAND, MOST
NOTICEABLY CRISIS RESPONSE
SERVICES.
ALSO MENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE DISORDER SERVICES
AND FOR OTHER PLACES AND
POPULATIONS.
AND LASTLY, AS AN OVERVIEW,
THERE ARE SIX OTHER ACTIONS
RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.
NOT INCLUDED WHAT WE ALREADY
DISCUSSED.
THOSE A UP TO A LITTLE BIT
LESS THAN $3 MILLION.
AND THOSE OFTEN OVERLAP WITH
AREAS THAT THE ORIGINAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY HAS
IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY AREAS TO
WORK ON.
SPOTTING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
RESIDING IN RVS OR THEIR CARS.
NEARLY $3 MILLION ACTUALLY
SUPPORTS NEW SERVICES IN THAT
SPACE FOR REGIONAL AUTHORITY TO
UNDERTAKE NEW WORK.
THAT IS ALL OF MY SUMMARY
COMMENTS.
>> WONDERFUL.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE
TO FLAG ON HOMELESSNESS OR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
BEFORE WE TAKE OTHER AREAS?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE.
I APPRECIATE THE WALK-THROUGH
WITH THAT.
AND WE CAN TURN IT TO OTHER
SECTIONS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE THAT
MIGHT RELATE TO POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS YOU ARE CONSIDERING
THIS AFTERNOON?
OKAY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
WELL, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
I THINK WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF THE AGENDA FOR THE FOUR
AREAS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THIS MORNING.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MUCH
MORE AFTER THE PROPOSED BUDGET,
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
SAYS "GAY.
"WITH THE TRANSPORTATION,
TALKING ABOUT BRIDGES, BRIDGES.
AND THE TRANSPORTATION THAT THE
SYSTEMS WILL CREATE FOR FOLKS
TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS HERE, THE
LIVABILITY IN CITIES, MAKING
SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP OUTSIDE
AND ACTIVATE STREETS, CREATE
PUBLIC SPACES, IMPROVE LIGHTING,
AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
PLAYGROUND INVESTMENTS.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THESE IN THE
PROPOSED PACKAGE.
I H.O.P.E.
FOLKS HAVE A CHANCE TO READ
THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROPOSED
BUDGET, AS YOU CONSIDER THE
MOMENTS YOU ARE TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT, PLEASE NOTE THE
CONVERSATION WE HAD THROUGHOUT
THIS MORNING ABOUT THE REALITY
OF THE PROPOSED USES OF FUNDS,
AND I H.O.P.E.
THAT WE OFFERED SOME
CLARIFICATION TODAY, THE
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING
ALONG AND CONCERNED ABOUT ANY
PRESS RELEASES THEY SAW.
I H.O.P.E.
TODAY'S CLARIFICATION OFFERS
THE ABILITY TO TRULY UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS IN THIS PROPOSED
BUDGET.
AND, WELL, GIVE US A BETTER
SENSE OF HOW THEY CAN POSSIBLY
BE CHANGED.
ONE THING WE DID NOT NOTE IS
THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS FIVE
TIMES THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
GOING INTO FIRST-TIME
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES,
COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
CREATING STABILITY, HOPEFULLY,
AS WE RECOVER FROM THIS COVID
CRISIS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU OVER THE NEXT WEEK HERE AS
WE FINALIZE AMENDMENTS ON THE
DISCUSSION FOR THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
ALY, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKING
TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE, CONTACTS,
QUESTIONS, FOR THEY CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS?
OKAY.
WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE
AGENDA.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE
NOVEMBER 18th AT 9:30 A.M.
WE WILL HAVE THE AMENDMENTS
THAT ARE SUBMITTED AND WORKED
ON THIS AFTERNOON WITH CENTRAL
STAFF AVAILABLE FOR COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO REVIEW THE DAY
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SO PLEASE
GET ALL YOUR AMENDMENTS TO
CENTRAL STAFF IN THE CENTRAL
STAFF PERSON WHO IS DIRECTLY IN
CHARGE OF THOSE TOPIC ITEMS BY
2:00 P.M.
TODAY.
meeting is adjourned.
thank you for the questions you
have asked for today.
thank you we'll see you very
soon.