>>> THE TIME IS 9:33 A.M., WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS FIVE
PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE WILL
BEGIN THE MEETING AND WHEN WE
HAVE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS JOIN
US, WE ARE EXPECTING OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS, INCLUDING
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, FOR SURE.
I WILL ANNOUNCE WHEN THEY JOIN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING FLEXIBLE ON
A HOLIDAY WEEK, TO JOIN US ON A
FRIDAY MORNING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
SOUTH PARK ACQUISITION
LEGISLATION FOR DEVELOPING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WILL THEN CONSIDER THE MULTI
FAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY TAX
EXEMPTION PROGRAM.
COVID-19 SPECIFIC LEGISLATION.
THIS IS LEGISLATION MADE
POSSIBLE FROM ACTIONS IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE THIS YEAR.
WE WILL THEN HAVE A
CONTINUATION OF OUR HAZARD PAY
SPECIFIC TO GROCERY EMPLOYEES
AND LASTLY WE WILL CONSIDER THE
JUMPSTART SEATTLE PAYROLL TAX.
JUMPSTART FUND.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
LET'S START WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AS ALWAYS WE LIKE TO HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING
OF OUR MEETING AND TO MAKE SURE
FOLKS HAVE THE CHANCE TO DIAL
IN REMOTELY.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MAKE THESE
POSSIBLE.
WE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PUBLIC
COMMENT IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
FOLKS WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES
TO SPEAK.
I WILL CALL ON SPEAKERS.
A TIME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY ARE REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
SIGN UP AND WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK, YOU ARE WELCOME TO.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS
LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU WILL
BE PROMPTED BY HEARING A
MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE MUTED.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION THAT
YOU NEED TO HIT á6 ON YOUR LINE
AND MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE IS OFF
MUTE.
THEN YOU CAN START SPEAKING.
PLEASE START WITH YOUR NAME AND
ITEM YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
ADDRESSING.
ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM
THE LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, WHICH WE
HOPE YOU DO, YOU CAN FOLLOW US
ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR THE
OTHER LISTEN IN OPTIONS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN AND WE WILL GO TO THE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
BEFORE I DO, WELCOME
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WE ARE ABOUT TO START PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE HAVE TO FOLKS SIGNED UP TO
SPEAK.
THERESA CLARK AND THEN TAMMY
PATRICK.
GOOD MORNING, THERESA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK.
MY NAME IS THERESA CLARK.
I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
WASHINGTON LOW INCOME HOUSING
ALLIANCE AND I AM SPEAKING
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL
BILL 120118.
WE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND
THINK IT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE
IT IS CRITICAL TO FURTHER THE
CITIES WORK -- INVESTMENTS IN
THESE SERVICES NEED TO BE
RELIABLE AND PREDICTABLE.
PROVIDERS NEED TO BE ABLE TO
DEPEND ON THE FUNDS AND KNOW
THAT THEY WILL NOT BE PULLED
OUT FROM UNDER THEIR FEET.
AND WE KNOW THAT REDUCTIONS ARE
EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE AND
DAMAGING AND CAN DRIVE
INEFFICIENCIES THAT SET US BACK
IN OUR EFFORTS TO PREVENT AND
END HOMELESSNESS.
ADDITIONALLY, JUMPSTART IS AN
INTERVENTION THAT ADDRESSES
STAGGERING INCOME INEQUALITY IN
SEATTLE AND IN OUR REGION.
INCOME INEQUALITY IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST DRIVERS OF HOUSING
INSECURITY AND HOMELESSNESS.
THOSE EARNING LESS FACE OUT OF
REACH HOUSING COSTS AND WE KNOW
MANY SEATTLE RENTERS ARE FACING
A STARK REALITY RIGHT NOW.
AS THEY DIG THEMSELVES OUT OF
PANDEMIC RELATED DEBT.
SO MANY WILL NEED SAFETY NET
SERVICES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FUNDED BY JUMPSTART IN ORDER TO
MOVE FORWARD.
SO, SEATTLE NEEDS TO STAY THE
COURSE ON INVESTMENTS IN THESE
PROGRAMS.
SO WE URGE SUPPORT, THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, THERESA.
AND WE HAVE, ALSO WITH US,
TAMMY -- GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY.
MY NAME IS TAMMY HEDRICK,
PRESIDENT AND CEO FOR THE
WASHINGTON FOOD INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION.
I REPRESENT INDEPENDENT GROCERS,
CONVENIENCE STORES, AND
SUPPLIERS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I AM HERE TO ADDRESS CB 120119.
MY CONCERNS ARE WITH THE
EXTENDED DURATION OF THE HAZARD
PAY THAT IS FOCUSED ON ONE
INDUSTRY.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREME
HARDSHIP FOR MY INDEPENDENT
GROCERS AND I WANT TO EXPRESS
MY FRUSTRATION WITH THIS
ARBITRARY MANDATE ON ONE
INDUSTRY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THESE ARE
NOT MINIMUM-WAGE JOBS.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN.
SECOND, A BROOKINGS STUDY
INDICATED THE TOP 12 RETAILERS
HAD RECORD PROFITS.
THE FIRST 10 WERE NOT INCLUDED
IN THIS MANDATE, NOR WERE THEY
GROCERY STORES AND DEFINITELY
NOT INDEPENDENT GROCERS.
WE
FOR AFFORDABLE FAMILY RENTAL
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY USES.
I SHOULD SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST
THAT THE VISION FOR THIS
INVESTMENT COMES FROM
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY WAS DRIVING
DISPLACEMENT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY
ADVOCATED AND SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I SHOULD ALSO SAY THIS VISION
WAS SUPPORTED STRONGLY BY THE
MAYOR AND THE MISSION TO
JOINTLY ADDRESS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND TO ADVANCE CLIMATE
RESILIENCE IS A SHARED GOAL
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW, ALSO, BY MANY OF YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JESSICA.
AS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WE ARE TAKING ACTION ON A
NEW PIEC OF AUTHORITY GIVEN TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO ALLOW
DIRECT ACQUISITION OF LAND THAT
IS THEN USED AS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO IS SUPPORT
ACQUISITIONS GENERATED FROM
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
COME TO US AND SEEK INVESTMENT,
BUT IN THIS CASE WE ARE TAKING
ACTION TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY
DIRECTLY ASKED THE CITY, PLACE
IT INTO OUR CARE AND THEN USE
PROCESSES AND COMMUNITY
OUTREACH TO ENSURE THAT IT
MOVES INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS EFFORT IS REALLY
CONSISTENT WITH BROADER
PLANNING AROUND THE DUWAMISH
VALLEY ACTION PLAN.
WE WILL HEAR MORE AROUND THAT
AND HOW THIS IS OUR EFFORT TO
RESPOND TO THE ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT GOALS SET OUT IN
THAT ACTION PLAN AND ALSO TO
DEMONSTRATE THE CITY'S ABILITY
TO MAKE ALIGNED INVESTMENTS
THAT ACHIEVE MULTIPLE PUBLIC
POLICY BENEFITS.
AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS A
COMMUNITY DRIVEN VISION AND IT
HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY SOUTH PARK
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
SPECIFICALLY THE DUWAMISH
VALLEY HOUSING COALITION AND
THE DUWAMISH RIVER CLEANUP
COALITION, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN
INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JESSICA
TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
PARTICULARS OF THIS
ACQUISITION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
EMILY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME
TODAY.
I WILL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF
THE DETAILS AND AS EMILY
MENTIONED, THIS IS ABOUT THE
AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE TWO
PARCELS IN THE HEART OF SOUTH
PARK.
THE COMBINED PRICE IS $6.3
MILLION.
THE COMBINED SIZES
APPROXIMATELY 18,000S SQUARE
FEET.
ON THIS SLIDE, THIS MAP SHOWS
THAT THE PARCELS ARE ADJACENT
TO EACH OTHER.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO
COMMERCIAL TENANTS, ONE
RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANT ON THE
PARCELS, ALL OF WHICH ARE
PROJECTED TO CONTINUE OCCUPANCY
WHEN THE CITY TAKES OWNERSHIP.
THE VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK
DATA POINT FROM THE ACTION
PLAN.
THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN
2018 WAS A LITTLE OVER $34,000.
55% OF SOUTH PARK RESIDENTS ARE
RENTERS AND ALMOST 55% OF THOSE
ARE RENT BURDENED.
THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT
OF A MIXED USE BUILDING WOULD
CREATE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON
SOUTH PARK.
THIS BUILDING WOULD PROVIDE
SAFE, HEALTHY, AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE BEEN
DISPLACED OR ARE AT RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT, INCLUDING
PROVIDING SPACE ON THE GROUND
FLOOR IN THE HEART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
IT WOULD CREATE EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO THE DUWAMISH RIVER,
NEWLY DEVELOPED GREEN SPACES
AND OTHER COMMUNITY AMENITIES,
ALONG WITH ACTIVATING THE 14th
AVENUE CORRIDOR.
WE PROJECT THIS DEVELOPMENT
WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE UNITS IN
THE COMMUNITY HAS ADVOCATED FOR
A LONG TIME.
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE WILL BE
UTILIZED, WHICH IS REALLY
EXCITING, WITH STRONG COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING COALITION AND THE RIVER
CLEANUP COALITION.
THIS PROJECT WILL TARGET THOSE
MOST IMPACTED.
WE WANT TO SHARE GRATITUDE WITH
ALL THE WORK THE COMMUNITY HAS
DONE AND ARE EXCITED TO
CONTINUE COLLABORATING, SENDING
YOU ALL A BIG, VIRTUAL HUG.
THIS PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT AND
MEETS THE RACIAL EQUITY
OUTCOMES OUTLINED IN THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY ACTION PLAN.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE TO GIVE THIS PROJECT
CONTEXT WITHIN THE LARGER FRAME
OF THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESSICA.
I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF.
MY NAME IS ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ
AND I AM THE ADVISOR AND CO-
LEAD OF THE DUWAMISH VALLEY
PROGRAM.
I WILL GIVE QUICK CONTEXT FOR
THIS WORK.
SINCE 2016, THE CITY HAS COME
TOGETHER TO ADVANCE JUSTICE AND
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS AN EFFORT SUPPORTED BY
16 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, SUCH
AS OUR BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING
COLLEAGUES AT 08.
WE RELEASED AN ACTION PLAN THAT
IS A SHARED VISION THAT WILL
GUIDE WORKING INVESTMENTS IN
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY FOR YEARS
TO COME.
YOU KNOW, PRIORITY AREAS
INCLUDE ENVIRONMENT, PARKS,
TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC SAFETY,
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AMONG
OTHER THINGS AND THE WORK IS
ALIGNED TO SIX RACIAL EQUITY
OUTCOMES, WHICH SERVE AS WHAT
WE WANT TO ACHIEVE WITH
EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY, NO MATTER HOW
SMALL OR BIG AN INVESTMENT IT
IS.
THE ACTION PLAN INCLUDES 15
ACTIONS WE WERE ABLE TO
IMPLEMENT FROM 2016 TO MID-
2018.
37 PROJECTS, INCLUDING
APPROXIMATELY 140 ACTIONS THAT
WE HOPE TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH
2022 AND FIVE LONG-TERM
STRATEGIES THAT NEEDED MORE
WORK AND ADDITIONAL PARTNERS TO
FIGURE OUT.
THE ACQUISITION OF THESE
PROPERTIES ALIGN WITH ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT GOALS AND
COMMITMENTS WE MADE AS A CITY
FAMILY IN THE ACTION PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS NEXT SLIDE WILL GIVE YOU A
QUICK VISUAL ON THE DIVERSITY.
IT HIGHLIGHTS AND GIVES YOU AN
IDEA OF THE ECOSYSTEM OF
INVESTMENTS AND DIVERSITY OF
WORKING PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE ARE
DOING AS A CITY FAMILY.
AS WE CONTINUED IMPLEMENTING
THESE PROJECTS RELATED TO
TRAILS OR NEW PARKS AND OPEN
SPACES, RIVER ACCESS, DRAINAGE
AND CONVEYANCE, RIVER CLEANUP,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPRESSED
CONCERN AT HOW WE COULD BE
EXACERBATING EXISTING PRESSURES
AND ASKED US TO MAKE PARALLEL
INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, BOTH IN PRESERVATION
AND ACQUISITIN AND DEVELOPMENT
OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANKS FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH AND
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, WE ARE ON TRACK TO
DELIVERING THE BIGGEST
COMMUNITY PRIORITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
THIS SLIDE, VERY QUICKLY, HERE
ARE THE FIVE LONG-TERM
STRATEGIES I MENTIONED.
TODAY YOU ARE HEARING ABOUT
SOME OF THE WORK RELATED TO
DISPLACEMENT, LED BY OH, BUT IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS SOME
OF YOU WILL HEAR FROM SOME OF
OUR COLLEAGUES FROM SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION ON EFFORTS
RELATED TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE
AND IN THE NEXT MONTHS, THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY TEAM WOULD LIKE
TO COME TO SOME OF YOU AND
SHARE DETAILS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION, HEALTH, AND LONG-
TERM STRATEGIES.
NOW I WILL GIVE IT BACK TO
DIRECTOR EMILY ALVARADO TO
SHARE MORE DETAILS ON THE
TIMELINE OF THE ACQUISITION OF
THE PROPERTIES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, A LITTLE BIT OF BRASS TACKS
HERE, TO MAKE SURE
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE AWARE OF
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING.
WE HAVE ENTERED A PURCHASE AND
SALE AGREEMENT FOR THESE TWO
PARCELS AND THAT WAS INITIATED
IN MARCH.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
INCREDIBLE WORK OF OUR CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHO HAS BEEN
HELPING US NAVIGATE THIS
ACQUISITION.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE ALSO COMPLETED A PHASE
ONE AND PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK.
WHILE THERE ARE SOME THINGS
REVEALED AS PART OF THAT
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, GIVEN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS IN, THE
COMMUNITY, THESE ARE TO BE
EXPECTED AND WE BELIEVE THEY
CAN BE AMELIORATED THROUGH
INVESTMENT AND PREDEVELOPMENT
WORK.
AT THIS POINT THE PROJECTED
CLOSING DATE IS AUGUST 15, 2021.
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU AND WHAT
WE ARE SEEKING AND I WILL TALK
MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS
AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS
ACQUISITION IN ORDER TO CLOSE
ON PROJECT FINANCING.
WE NEED TO COME TO COUNCIL PER
CITY CHARTER IN ORDER TO DO
THAT.
FOLLOWING THAT, THERE ARE OTHER
STEPS WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON.
FIRST OF ALL WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN
ORDER TO INFORM THE DESIGN OF
THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WE
INTEND TO DEVELOP.
THAT WILL BE WORK WITH
COMMUNITY.
IT MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE
COMPLEMENTARY WORK INCLUDING
WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL
FIRM TO ENSURE THE READINESS OF
THE PROJECT DESIGN, SO THAT WE
CAN MOVE MORE QUICKLY.
THAT MIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, BE
SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN
COMBINATION WITH THE HOME AND
HOPE INITIATIVE AND OUR
CONTRACT THROUGH ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
FOLLOWING THAT WE CREATE THE
RFP AND RELEASE THAT.
WE EXPECT THAT TO BE RELEASED
NEXT YEAR AND WE WILL BE USING
OFFICE OF HOUSING RESOURCES IN
ORDER TO INVEST IN THIS RFP.
WE ALSO, AS JESSICA MENTIONED,
INTEND FOR THIS TO BE A PROJECT
REALLY SHWCASING BUILDING
LEVEL SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THOSE
REALLY HIGH LEVELS OF
SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, WE WILL
BE SEEKING TO BUILD NEW
PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO WITH
PRIVATE INVESTORS AND OTHERS TO
ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS A
BUILDING THAT IS REALLY TOP-
NOTCH AS IT RELATES TO
AFFORDABLE FAMILY HOUSING AND
CLIMATE RESILIENCE.
WE WILL BE RELEASING THAT RFP.
WE WILL BE DOING OUR TYPICAL
SELECTION PROCESS TO SELECT A
QUALIFIED DEVELOPER AND OWNER
OPERATOR.
THEN AS YOU KNOW, PER CITY
CHARTER ALSO, WE WILL RETURN TO
COUNCIL PRIOR TO ANY PROPERTY
DISPOSITION AND INFORM YOU OF
WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED AND
RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE
MOVE FORWARD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION HERE
TODAY IS TO APPROVE THE
ACQUISITION OF THE TWO PARCELS,
WHICH WOULD GIVE THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, IN COMBINATION WITH
OUR ATTORNEYS, THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CLOSE ON THE PURCHASE AND
SALE AGREEMENT.
CLOSE ON THE TRANSACTION AND
MOVE FORWARD AND BRING THESE
PROPERTIES INTO OFFICE OF
HOUSING JURISDICTION, WHERE WE
WILL SERVE AS A CARETAKER OF
THESE PROPERTIES IN ORDER TO
THEN GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
DEVELOPED INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THIS SATISFIES, AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, THE REQUIREMENTS SET
OUT IN THE CITY CHARTER WHICH
REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE
ACTION PRIOR TO ANY ACCEPTANCE
OF PROPERTY.
AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PRESENTATION.
I WILL STOP THERE AND IF THERE
ARE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THE PROJECT.
THIS IS REALLY A LONG TIME
COMING AND I THINK IT JUST
REALLY IS FANTASTIC THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING IS USING, IS
PILOTING, REALLY, THIS
DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR SOUTH
PARK.
THEY OFTEN SAY IN SOUTH PARK,
BECAUSE IT IS A SMALL
COMMUNITY, THAT IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT, IT IS AN
ISSUE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY --
THAT THE COMMUNITY BELIEVES
THEY COULD DO A LIST OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
AND DEVELOP A STRATEGY AROUND
HELPING THOSE, THAT LIST OF
PEOPLE MAINTAIN HOUSING.
I THINK A PROJECT LIKE THIS HAS
THE CAPACITY TO SERVE THAT
FUNCTION OF HOUSING PEOPLE IN
THAT COMMUNITY, WHO THE
COMMUNITY KNOWS IS AT RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
SO THIS IS JUST REALLY
EXCITING.
A LOT OF CREDIT TO EVERYBODY AT
DUWAMISH VALLEY AFFORDABLE
HOUSING COALITION, WHO, FOR
YEARS, HAS BEEN DEVELOPING THIS
VISION.
A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MARIA
RAMIREZ AS WELL AS OTHER FOLKS
WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK.
NOT JUST IN SOUTH PARK, BUT
GEORGETOWN AND COMMUNITIES OF
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS
ON ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE RFP.
AND I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
ENERGY IN SOUTH PARK FOR
PARTNERING WITH THE CITY IN THE
NEXT STEPS OF THIS VISION.
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN AND REAL
EXPERIENCES THAT SOUTH PARK HAS
WITH DISPLACEMENT, I WAS
WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING'S APPROACH
AROUND COMMUNITY PREFERENCE AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF GOALS
ASSOCIATED WITH ADDRESSING
DISPLACEMENT?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO I THINK FIRST OF ALL THIS IS
ONE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ADDRESS
DISPLACEMENT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS NEITHER
THE ONLY THING WE THINK IS
NECESSARY, NOR IS IT THE ONLY
THING THE OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS
WORKED ON.
THE ACTION PLAN, IN FACT, LAYS
OUT A SERIES OF INVESTMENTS AND
STRATEGIES, SOME OF WHICH WE
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED IN,
INCLUDING THE HEALTHY HOMES
INITIATIVE, WHERE WE SOUGHT TO
WORK WITH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS
OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO
ENSURE THEY HAD ACCESS TO TOOLS
THAT IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY
AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN LIVE
HEALTHY, IN THEIR HOME.
THERE ARE OTHER INVESTMENTS.
THIS WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT IN
AND OF ITSELF AND WE ARE
COMMITTED TO CONTINUING OTHER
STRATEGIES AND LEARNING MORE
FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT
THOSE STRATEGIES COULD BE.
WE ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, ANOTHER
ACTION IS WE ARE PARTNERING, AS
PART OF OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM, TO BE ONE OF THE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
DELIVERING RENT ASSISTANCE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE WE
KNOW THE LOCALIZED RENT
ASSISTANCE PATHWAYS WILL BE
CRITICAL TO PREVENTING
DISPLACEMENT.
FOR THIS PROJECT, WE SEEK TO
IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY PREFERENCE.
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE HAS BEEN
USED SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN OUR CITY,
IN OUR INVESTMENTS.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT ALLOWS FOR
UP TO 50% OF THE UNITS TO BE
PRIORITIZED FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED DISPLACEMENT OR
HAVE LONG-STANDING ROOTS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH
COMMUNITY PREFERENCES THE
POLICY IS NOT DICTATED BY THE
OFFICE, BUT WE WORK WITH THE
OWNER OPERATOR OF THE HOUSING
TO DEFINE IT IN A WAY THAT WILL
MAXIMIZE THOSE OUTCOMES FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
IN PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT THEM
AND IT DOES ALLOW,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, FOR
FOLKS, FOR REALLY AFFIRMATIVE
MARKETING AND OUTREACH TO
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED,
TO GET INFORMATION FIRST, SO
THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR
HOUSING IF THAT IS WHAT THEY
CHOOSE.
IT IS ALSO SOMETHING WE ARE
DOING WITH OUR AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP INVESTMENT IN
SOUTH PARK, WHICH WE DID IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY AND THEY ARE USING
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE IN A
úDIFFERENT WAY IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND
HOMEBUYERS.
>> A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
DOES THAT MEAN THE COMMUNITY
PREFERENCE, THE EXPECTATION
úTHAT THE PROVIDER WILL USE
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE, DOES THAT
MEAN THAT WILL BE EMBEDDED IN
THE RFP ITSELF?
>> YEAH, WE CAN EXPECT TO DO
THAT.
IT IS SET OUT AS A COMMUNITY
VISION AND WOULD ANTICIPATE
THAT IT WOULD BE PLACED INSIDE
THE RFP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
>> I HAD MY HAND RAISED, SORRY.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I WILL TURN ON THE CHAT
FUNCTION SO I CAN SEE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
WORK ON THIS.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO DIG IN A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF
THESE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
THAT EMILY SORT OF MENTIONED IN
PASSING.
WE KNOW WITH THE AIR QUALITY
AND WATER QUALITY SITUATION IN
THE DUWAMISH VALLEY, IN
PARTICULAR THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD MYSELF.
I AM ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE
REALITIES AND CONSEQUENCES OF,
YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE AND
THE IMPACT ON THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
SO I WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
ARE AND HOW THEY WILL BE
ADDRESSED IN PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT AND IN PARTICULAR I
WOULD LIKE AN UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO
LEVERAGE THIS PROJECT TO REALLY
MODEL SOME GREEN BUILDING, GREEN
STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT
CAN REALLY HELP TO PROMOTE A
HEALTHIER COMMUNITY FOR SOUTH
PARK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE TWO PIECES TO ANSWER.
ONE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS OF THE SITE AND
THEN, TOO, ENSURING THAT
DEVELOPMENT ADVANCES RESILIENCE
AND ALSO MAKE SURE IT IS BUILT
AT A STANDARD THAT IS
PROTECTING RESIDENCE.
SO FIRST, JESSICA, DO YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THE OUTCOMES OF
THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK DONE TO
DATE?
>> SURE.
AS EMILY MENTIONED EARLIER, I'M
NOT SURE IF YOU GOT THIS, BUT
THERE WAS A PHASE ONE DONE AND
A PHASE TWO.
NOTHING MAJOR, NO MAJOR RED
FLAGS CAME OUT OF THAT, EXCEPT
FOR SOME CONTAMINATION ON THE
GRAVEL SITE OF THE TOW TRUCK
COMPANY, WHICH IS THE 8914
SITE, RIGHT ON THE CORNER.
THAT SEEMS TO BE TYPICAL, PAR
FOR THE COURSE TYPE OF CLEANUP
THAT WE ANTICIPATE TO HAVE ON
THE SITE.
NO EXTERNAL SEEPAGE COMING IN
FROM THE ADJACENT SITES, SO
GROUNDWATER WAS NOT IMPACTED BY
ANY OTHER CHEMICALS COMING IN
FROM ANY OTHER SITE OR FROM
THIS SITE, SPECIFICALLY.
THEN THE SEA LEVEL RISE, THE MAP
OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE THAT IS
IMPACTING SOUTH PARK AND THE
DUWAMISH VALLEY DOES NOT COVER
THIS SITE.
SO WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT
TYPE OF RISK.
>> ON THE BUILDING LEVEL, YOU
KNOW, WE ARE IN THE
CONVERSATION PHASE HERE, BUT WE
HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD
CONVERSATIONS WITH OSC.
I HAVE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT HOW WE CANNOT ONLY
SHOWCASE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGY, BUT REALLY LOOK AT
WATER RETENTION AND WATER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, AS WELL, AT
THE BUILDING.
FULL TRANSPARENCY, THOSE THINGS
HAVE COSTS.
WE THINK THEY ARE WORTHWHILE
COSTS, BUT AS THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, WE WILL BE SEEKING TO
BEGIN PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE WE
CAN PUT THOSE, SHOWCASE, REALLY
IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGIES IN
PLACE.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE LEVEL
OF BUILDING STANDARDS THAT WE
DO ALREADY IS TO BE BUILT TO
EVERGREEN STANDARDS AND THROUGH
THOSE WE HAVE, IN MANY OTHER
PARTS OF THE CITY, USED
FEATURES THAT MITIGATE ANY
ISSUES AROUND AIR POLLUTION AND
NOISE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE
DEVELOPMENTS NEAR HIGHWAYS THAT
HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO
ENSURE HIGH QUALITY, INTERNAL
SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AND HEALTHY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, EMILY
AND JESSICA.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE ABOUT AND
TRACKING SOME OF THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES TO IDENTIFY WAYS
TO PARTNER WITH OTHERS.
I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE COSTS
TO MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION,
BUT THE COST IS PENNIES ON THE
DOLLAR IN COMPARISON TO THE
GRAVITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT
WE ARE ALL FACING, SO I THINK
ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THE
COUNCIL TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF
CREATING OR IDENTIFYING
PARTNERSHIPS OR BUILDING THOSE
BRIDGES OR IDENTIFYING
ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES TO
ACHIEVE THAT ULTIMATE, SHARED
GOAL, YOU KNOW, SORT OF I STAND
AT THE READY TO BE A PARTNER
WITH YOU ALL ON THAT EFFORT, SO
LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THOSE DETAILS.
I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM SOUTH
PARK RESIDENTS FOR YEARS ABOUT
THE NEED TO AGGRESSIVELY TACKLE
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND THIS IS A
SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING IT HAVE GREAT SUCCESS,
TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING THIS
REALLY INNOVATIVE MODEL TO
SCALE ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR
YOUR REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
I WANT TO ECHO A FEW OF THE
COMMENTS MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES
THIS MORNING, THANKING THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS EFFORT AND AGAIN, ECHOING
WHAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
SAID, HOPING TO SEE MORE OF
THIS TYPE OF POLICY REPLICATED
ACROSS THE CITY.
WE KNOW THAT THE ACQUISITION
AUTHORITY RIGHT NOW IS EVER
IMPORTANT, GIVEN THE HIGH PRICE
OF BOTH LAND AND PROPERTY IN
THE CITY, SO WE ARE REALLY
THANKFUL THAT WE ARE MOVING
FORWARD ON THIS AND ALSO
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE
COUNCIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TO REMOVE THE
CAP ON THE PLAN EARLIER THIS
YEAR.
THAT WILL BE EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT AS WE SEEK TO RECOVER
FROM COVID AND FIND ADDITIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES AROUND OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS BEING
LED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FOLLOW
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY
TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SPACE,
SPECIFICALLY IN SOUTH PARK.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THIS
ACQUISITION AUTHORITY IS
MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY IS
ASKING FOR IN THIS MOMENT AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO DOING MORE OF
THAT WITH THE RELEASE THAT WE
AUTHORIZE.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE
CONNECTION TO ADDRESSING
DISPLACEMENT THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT.
I THINK THERE IS A
MISPERCEPTION THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IT EQUALS
DISPLACEMENT AND THIS IS A
GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE DO
DEVELOPMENT DONE RIGHT, WHEN WE
LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND
FOLLOW THEIR LEAD, WE CAN
ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT BY
EMBEDDING INTO THESE POLICY
STRATEGIES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD DISCUSSED THIS MORNING
THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO EXPAND
AS WELL IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS,
MAKING SURE WE ARE USING THE
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE AND
STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ADDRESSING DISPLACEMENT AND
THAT WE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESS
THE DISPROPORTIONATE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS
ON OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER
REMINDER THAT WHEN WE BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN OUR
CITY, IT ALSO HELPS TO ADDRESS
THE DISPROPORTIONATE
COMMUNITIES AT HIGHER RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT AND HIGHER RISK OF
HAVING TO COMMUTE IN AND
GREATER EXPOSURE TO
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS DUE TO
CARBON EMISSIONS AND THE HEALTH
CONSEQUENCES OF SITTING IN CARS
FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE TODAY AND DID NOT
WANT TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR US
TO MOVE QUICKLY ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
WE DO WANT TO ACT RELATIVELY
QUICKLY TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COMMUNITY WHO HAS
TIGHT TIMELINES MOVING FORWARD.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS
AGREED WITH THE SELLER TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO
MEET THE DESIRED TIMELINE AND
THANKS TO THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND THEIR
SUPPORT FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD
RELATIVELY QUICKLY, GIVEN THAT
IT IS A FRIDAY MEETING.
WE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THIS
SOONER THAN THE WEEK LONG WAIT
NEXT WEEK, SO WITH YOUR SUPPORT
TODAY, COLLEAGUES, WE WILL BE
VOTING ON THIS LEGISLATION AND
AFTER WE VOTE ON IT WE WOULD
NEED TO SUSPEND THE RULES.
THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR WORK ON
MAKING THAT POSSIBLE.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GOING
TO VOTING?
OKAY, I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
LET'S MOVE THIS FORWARD.
I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, OSE.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I KNOW
YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
IN YOUR DISTRICT FOR A LONG
TIME, ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S INTEREST IN SEEING
THESE EFFORTS MOVE FORWARD.
I AM VERY EXCITED.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I DID NOT
WANT TO LEAVE YOU OUT, BUT WE
WILL MAKE SURE WE GET YOU
COUNTED IN FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
IMOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF BILL 120114.
>> SECOND.
>> HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAME CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL
THE ROLL ON THE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASS?
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> 1023.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT IS
UNANIMOUS.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
BILL, AS PASSED, WILL BE SENT
TO THE FULL COUNCIL AND
COLLEAGUES IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE RULE RELATING TO
REFERRING LEGISLATION TO A CITY
COUNCIL MEETING WHEN THE
COMMITTEE MEETING IS AFTER
THURSDAY AT NOON WILL BE
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW FOR THE
REFERRAL OF COUNCIL BILL 120114
TO THIS UPCOMING MONDAY, JULY
12 MEETING FOR THE CITY,
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION AT FULL COUNCIL.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE RULES
ARE SUSPENDED IN THE BILL WILL
BE REFERRED TO MONDAY, JULY 12.
FULL SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
COMMUNITY IN SOUTH PARK.
WONDERFUL.
THANKS, ALL.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
TWO.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO,
COUNCIL BILL 120113, AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROPERTY
TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THAT
IS WHY WE SAW SOME OF THE TILES
REMAIN THE SAME.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR
HOUSING CONVERSATION WITH
DIRECTOR ALVARADO, TRACI
RATZLIFF FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF AND WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY
JENNIFER LABRECQUE.
THIS LEGISLATION IS ALSO
EXCITING.
THIS IS THE COVID EXTENSION
LEGISLATION THAT MERRILY
RELATES TO PROTECTIONS, EXCUSE
ME, DO PROJECTS WITH TIMELINES
THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF FOR A TECHNICAL
WALK-THROUGH AND THEN I WILL
ADD ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AS WE
CONSIDER THE LEGISLATION.
AND TRACI OR EMILY, I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU.
>> JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW, THIS
LEGISLATION AND ANOTHER PIECE
OF LEGISLATION YOU WILL HEAR IN
AUGUST ARE IN RESPONSE TO
CHANGES MADE AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE THAT GAVE US
AUTHORITY TO DO A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
ONE, TO DEAL WITH THE IMPACT ON
THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF
COVID.
THERE WERE DELAYS IN TERMS OF
PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD FOR
CONSTRUCTION.
THE FIRST PIECE THAT WE DEAL
WITH TODAY WILL ADDRESS THAT
ISSUE AND THE ONE COMING UP IN
AUGUST WILL DEAL WITH THE
ABILITY TO ACTUALLY EXTEND
PROJECTS THAT HAVE EXPIRING TAX
EXEMPTIONS AND TO HOPEFULLY
ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF
THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR THOSE
PROJECTS THAT WILL BE EXPIRING
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
ALL OF THESE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION RESPONSE TO
AUTHORITY WE GET FROM THE
STATE.
I WILL NOW LET EMILY AND
JENNIFER WALK THROUGH TODAY'S
LEGISLATION.
>> JENNIFER IS OUR MANAGER OF
POLICY AND PLANNING AND
OVERSEES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE MULTIFAMILY TAX EXEMPTION
PROGRAM.
I WILL LET HER WALK-THROUGH,
BUT REALLY AS TRACY MENTIONED,
THIS IS NARROW LEGISLATION.
IT IS TECHNICAL.
AND IT IS REALLY MORE TIGHTLY
TIED TO COVID AND IT IS TIME
SENSITIVE.
AS TRACI MENTIONED, WE ARE
COMING TO COUNCIL WITH MORE
LEGISLATION AND THIS PIECE HAD
TIME SENSITIVITY, WHICH, PUSHED
FOR US TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY ON
ITS INTRODUCTION TO YOU.
JEN, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, I WILL
SHARE MY SCREEN NOW.
EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO GO BACK TO
THE BEGINNING.
THANK YOU, AS EMILY MENTIONED
MY NAME IS JENNIFER LABRECQUE,
THE PLANNING AND PROGRAMS
MANAGER FOR THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS,
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
HERE THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT
THE FIRST PIECE OF MFTE
LEGISLATION YOU WILL BE SEEING
THIS SUMMER.
WE WILL BE BACK IN AUGUST TO
DISCUSS THE SECOND PIECE.
A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW, WHICH I
DON'T THINK ANYBODY AT THIS
TABLE NEEDS.
IT IS AN INVENTIVE PROGRAM THAT
PROVIDES A TAX EXEMPTION FOR A
PERCENTAGE OF UNITS AND IS ONE
OF THE CITY'S LARGEST TOOLS FOR
CREATING INCOME AND RENT
RESTRICTED HOUSING.
WE NORMALLY COME TO EVERY THREE
OR FOUR YEARS WHEN THE PROGRAM
IS UP FOR RENEWAL TO TALK ABOUT
CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM.
WE ARE HERE EARLIER.
THE PROGRAM WAS LAST UPDATED IN
2019 AND UP FOR RENEWAL IN
2023.
WE ARE HERE EARLIER, BECAUSE
CHANGES WERE MADE AT THE STATE
LEVEL DURING THE 2021
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT MADE
SOME CHANGES.
SO THERE WERE CHANGES MADE TO
THE RCW THAT AUTHORIZES THE
MFTE PROGRAM AND WE ARE HERE TO
ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE TIME
SENSITIVE CHANGES THAT WERE
MADE.
WE HAVE A BIFURCATED STRATEGY
TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGES THAT
WERE MADE TO THE RCW.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT IS NEEDED ON AN EXPEDITED
SCHEDULE TO ACCOMMODATE PROJECT
NEEDS, TIMING NEEDS, PROJECTS
DELAYED BY COVID.
WE WILL BE BACK IN AUGUST TO
TALK ABOUT ACCOMMODATING OTHER
TIME SENSITIVE AND REQUIRED
CHANGES INCLUDING AN EXTENSION
OPTION FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE
EXPIRING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS, ALONG WITH AN
ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION TO
ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES, INCLUDING
THINGS LIKE LABOR EQUITY.
SO LET'S TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
THE ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE
COUNCIL TODAY.
SO, THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL TIME FOR SOME
PROJECTS TO COMPLETE.
AS A REMINDER, MFTE PROJECTS
CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE YEARS FROM
THE TIME OF APPLICATION TO
RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF
OCCUPANCY.
THAT IS A HARD DEADLINE SO
PROJECTS CANNOT RECEIVE
ADDITIONAL TIME, AS CURRENTLY
WRITTEN.
BECAUSE OF COVID-19, THE RCW
WAS CHANGED.
SO, BOTH THE RCW AND THE FCC
USED TO HAVE THIS FIVE-YEAR
REQUIREMENT.
DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION
DUE TO COVID-19, THE RCW WAS
CHANGED TO ALLOW AN ADDITIONAL
FIVE YEARS FOR SOME PROJECTS TO
COMPLETE.
AS A REMINDER, THE RCW
AUTHORIZES THE MFTE PROGRAM.
IN GENERAL IT CREATES A
FRAMEWORK AND LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS HAVE THE
DISCRETION TO SET ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
SO THE RCW NOW ALLOWS PROJECTS
AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS TO
COMPLETE AND LOCALLY WE WANT TO
IMPLEMENT THAT ADDITIONAL TIME
IN A NARROW WAY.
SO, UNDER THE PROPOSED
ORDINANCE, WE HAVE PROPOSED
THAT SOME PROJECTS CAN REMAIN
VESTED UNDER OLDER MFTE
PROGRAMS WHILE RECEIVING AN
ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS TO
COMPLETE.
I THINK THE KEY HERE IS THAT
THERE IS, OF COURSE, A MFTE
PROGRAM IN EXISTENCE RIGHT NOW,
PROGRAM SIX.
PROJECTS CAN ALWAYS CHOOSE TO
APPLY UNDER THAT PROGRAM,
SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
THESE PROJECTS WILL BE ABLE TO
ESSENTIALLY REMAIN VESTED UNDER
LDER VERSIONS OF PROGRAMS AND
THOSE OLDER VERSIONS HAVE
HIGHER AFFORDABILITY LIMITS,
BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW,
AFFORDABILITY LIMITS HAVE
GENERALLY GONE DOWN OVER TIME
AS THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
RENEWED.
SO THESE PROJECTS CAN REMAIN
VESTED UNDER OLDER VERSIONS OF
THE PROGRAM WITH HIGHER
AFFORDABILITY IN THE MIX AND
WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE
YEARS TO COMPLETE.
HAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED,
UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, THE
ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLETE IS
NARROWLY STRUCTURED.
PROJECTS HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS TO GET IT.
THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
THE PROJECT WAS DELAYED DUE TO
COVID.
WE HAVE ALSO SET OTHER TIMING
PROVISIONS AND THOSE TIMING
PROVISIONS ARE INTENDED, AGAIN,
TO HELP ENSURE THAT THESE ARE
PROJECTS WHO REALLY WERE
IMPACTED BY COVID.
SO THE PROJECT HAD TO HAVE
EXPIRED AFTER COVID BEGAN, BUT
BEFORE FEBRUARY, 2022.
THAT TWO YEARS IS REALLY THE
TIME IN WHICH PROJECTS WOULD BE
MOST LIKELY TO HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID AND TO
BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT
IMPACT.
PROJECTS NEED TO CONTACT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING BY SEPTEMBER
30 TO REQUEST THE ADDITIONAL
FIVE YEARS, AGAIN, WITH THE
INTENT THAT IF THE PROJECT HAS
BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID, THAT IT
IS REASONABLE THAT THEY WOULD
CONTACT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
THIS YEAR TO LET US KNOW THAT
THEY NEED ADDITIONAL TIME TO
COMPLETE.
LOOKING AT OUR PIPELINE AND THE
STATUS OF PROJECTS, WE BELIEVE
THAT MOST A HANDFUL OF PROJECTS
WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.
AND THAT IS IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANKS.
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY
WE WOULD NOT JUST ASK THE
PROPONENTS OF THESE PROJECTS TO
JUST APPLY UNDER THE CURRENT
PROGRAM?
>> IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A
POLICY DECISION.
WHAT WE HEAR FROM DEVELOPERS
WHO ARE SEEKING THIS EXTENSION
AND ADVOCATED VERY STRONGLY AT
THE STATE FOR THE EXTENSION, IS
THAT THEY ARE VERY FAR INTO THE
PROCESS OF BUILDING A BUILDING
AND THEY HAVE SET UP FINANCING
AND OTHER FACTORS AROUND THE
EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY
INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL
CONTRACT FROM THE FIRST
APPLICATION AND THAT IT WAS
ACTIONS THAT WERE PRODUCED AS A
RESULT OF GOVERNMENT ACTION,
INCLUDING A STOPPAGE OF
CONSTRUCTION WORK, THAT HAVE
CHANGED THE ENVIRONMENT FOR
THEIR ABILITY TO FULFILL THAT
ON THE TIMELINE THAT WAS
INITIALLY REQUESTED.
I DO NOT, HAVE NOT, SPENT TIME
INQUIRING INTO EACH PROJECT
THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM.
HOW MUCH THEIR FINANCING HAS
CHANGED OR HOW MUCH
CONSTRUCTION STOPPAGE IMPACTED,
BUT IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME
THAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING
THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED THESE
PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY WELL
UNDERWAY.
IT IS NOT THAT THEY JUST
STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
BUILD THE BUILDING.
AND FINALLY I WOULD SAY THAT IT
IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DURING
THE LAST RECESSION, THERE WERE
STEPS TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT MFTE
AT THAT TIME ALSO ADAPTED TO
HELP PROTECT OR ACCOMMODATE
DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE
CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, IN ORDER TO
ENSURE THAT THINGS WERE NOT
HARMED BY THE ABILITY TO USE
MFT, NOT HARMED BY WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN THE DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, IT IS REALLY
HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS THE SAME QUESTION THAT
I HAD, AS WELL.
I THINK WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO
THE POLICY QUESTIONS AND THERE
WAS SORT OF TWO MOTIVATIONAL
FACTORS FOR ME WANTING TO
SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND
BEING SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEED
TO MOVE RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
ONE WAS THAT IT FALLS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE STATE
HAS PUT AS A POSSIBILITY TO
EXPEDITE THESE PROJECTS.
PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED.
WE KNOW IT WILL BE NARROW AND
WE ALSO, I THINK, WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE NOT CREATING
ADDITIONAL BARRIERS FOR
BUILDING THE HOUSING THAT WE SO
DESPERATELY NEED, POST
PANDEMIC, GIVEN THE COST OF
LABOR AND MATERIALS RIGHT NOW.
IT FELT LIKE AN ADDITIONAL TOOL
IN THE TOOL BELT TO EXPEDITE
THE CREATION OF HOUSING,
RECOGNIZING A MUCH LONGER
CONVERSATION IS TO COME AROUND
MFTE CHANGES IN THE UPCOMING
FALL.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE
WALK-THROUGH, JENNIFER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS FOLLOWS
THE STATE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES,
THE NARROW FOCUS ON PROJECTS
THAT HAVE ONLY BEEN IMPACTED BY
COVID AND THAT THERE WILL BE
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS LATER
THIS SUMMER AND FALL ABOUT MFTE
CHANGES THAT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE HAS ALSO AUTHORIZED
TO MAKE PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES,
INCLUDING CONSIDERATION FOR
AUTHORIZING EXTENSIONS FOR
UNITS THAT ARE EXPIRING IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
IT WILL BE A REALLY INTERESTING
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FIGURE OUT
HO THIS TOOL IN THE TOOL BELT
HELPS YIELD ADDITIONAL HOUSING,
SPECIFIC TO THE LEGISLATION
TODAY AND THE HANDFUL OF
PROJECTS IMPACTED BY COVID.
I AM COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD
WITH THIS LEGISLATION AND HOPE
THAT THIS HELPS FINALIZE THE
CREATION OF THOSE SPECIFIC
PROJECTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO
COME SOON.
TRACI, IS THERE ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
I AM SEEING A HEADSHAKING NO,
FOR FOLKS IN THE ONLINE
AUDIENCE WATCHING.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
COLLEAGUES, I MOVED THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120113.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASS?
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> THAT IS FAR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
IT IS UNANIMOUS AND THE MOTION
CARRIES.
THE BILL WILL BE SENT TO THE
JULY 19, 2021 SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL FALL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU AGAIN OFFICE OF
HOUSING FRIENDS AND TRACI FOR
ALL THE WORK ON THIS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK AARON
HOUSE FOR HER WORK TODAY.
I APPRECIATE HER BEING BACK IN
OUR OFFICE AND ALL THE WORK SHE
HAS DONE TO GET UP TO SPEED ON
THESE IMPORTANT BILLS, AS WELL
AS THE LARGER PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING LATER.
THANKS, ALL.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
AND GOOD TO SEE YOU, JENNIFER.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM
THREE ON OUR AGENDA, MOVING
RIGHT ALONG.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE,
COUNCIL BILL 120119, AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
EMPLOYMENT IN SEATTLE FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I SEE OUR FRIEND KARINA BULL,
WHO IS A LEAD ON LABOR POLICY.
I ALSO SEE ALY PENNUCCI WITH US
FOR A LATER PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, BUT WELCOME TO OUR
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP
TO A CONVERSATION WE STARTED IN
OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING BUT
IS REALLY A CONVERSATION WE
BEGAN EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I WANT TO OFFER A FEW REMARKS
FOR BACKGROUND AS WE HEAD INTO
THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC BILL.
YOU REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING
OF THIS YEAR WE PASSED
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION ON HAZARD
PAY FOR GROCERY WORKERS,
REQUIRING GROCERY STORES TO PAY
EMPLOYEES AN ADDITIONAL FOUR
DOLLARS PER HOUR TO COMPENSATE
THEM FOR THE RISK TO THEIR
HEALTH AND THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF THEIR FAMILIES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY
CITIES CONSIDERED UP AND DOWN
THE WEST COAST AND I AM PROUD
OF SEATTLE, PROUD OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, FOR
BEING THE FIRST IN WASHINGTON
STATE TO PASS HAZARD PAY
LEGISLATION FOR GROCERY STORE
WORKERS.
WE SAW THIS TAKEN UP BY A
NUMBER OF CITIES IN THE REGION
AS WELL AFTER THE PASSAGE BY
THE CITY.
WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE SAW AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC
THAT MANY INDUSTRIES REDUCED
HOURS, REDUCED EXPOSURE, AND
WERE ALLOWING FOLKS TO WORK
FROM HOME, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE
CASE FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE GROCERY
STORE, WHO HELP TO KEEP
FAMILIES FED AND SAFE AND HAD
NO CHOICE BUT TO REPORT TO
WORK.
WE HEARD STORY AFTER STORY
ABOUT INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED
ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY
AND KNEW THEY NEEDED TO
CONTINUE TO GO TO WORK IN ORDER
TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR OWN
FAMILIES TABLE.
MANY OF THESE WORKERS WERE
REPRESENTED BY UNIONS AND ARE
PAID THE MINIMUM WAGE.
SOME HAVE BENEFITS THROUGH
EMPLOYERS AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THEIR UNION, BUT STILL THE
RISKS THEY WERE TAKING WERE
SEVERE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND
WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
COMPENSATED THEM FOR THIS RISK.
WE FOLLOWED THEIR TESTIMON.
WE FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE FROM
DATA THAT WE RECEIVED FROM
PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE LOOKED AT THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY RISKS THEY WERE FACING
AND REACTED WITH URGENCY.
WE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM
NATIONAL STUDIES AND LOOKED AT
THE RATES OF EXPOSURE TO COVID
AND THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO
WERE INFECTED AND ULTIMATELY
LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO COVID
AND SO GROCERY STORE WORKERS
WERE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY
THAN THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY TO
INTERACT WITH CUSTOMERS AND
ALSO POTENTIALLY GET EXPOSED TO
COVID.
WE KNOW THAT HAZARD PAY COULD
NOT FIX THE EXTREME RISK OF
COVID, BUT IT CERTAINLY
PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL BOOST TO
WORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY TAKING
EXTREME RISK AND I AM PROUD OF
THE CITY FOR BEING ABLE TO
ADVANCE THESE IMPORTANT LABOR
STANDARDS, BUT THIS IS NOT A
LONG-TERM MEASURE.
WE KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO
FOLLOW UP WITH OTHER MEASURES
TO MAKE SURE THAT ESPECIALLY
ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, IN THE
WAKE OF COVID, HAVE ADDITIONAL
PROTECTIONS.
BUT THIS LEGISLATION WAS NOT
INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT.
IT WAS NOT A PERMANENT WAGE
REPLACEMENT AND IN THE PASSAGE
OF THE BILL INITIALLY WE NOTED
HER INTENT TO CONSIDER
MODIFYING OR ELIMINATING THE
REQUIREMENTS AFTER FOUR MONTHS
OF IMPLEMENTATION, PENDING
REVIEW OF CURRENT HEALTH,
SAFETY, AND ECONOMIC RISK FOR
FRONT-LINE WORKERS DURING COVID.
ON JUNE 15 WE HAD A PANEL
DISCUSSION WITH REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE GROCERY INDUSTRY,
GROCERY WORKERS AND THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH SEATTLE KING COUNTY, WHO
CELEBRATED THE PROGRESS WE HAVE
MADE SO FAR, POST COVID-19, AND
ACKNOWLEDGED SOME OF THE REAL
DISPARITIES THAT EXIST AND
ONGOING MEASURES NEEDED TO MAKE
SURE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS
TO HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS
AND CLEAR MASK GUIDELINES.
DURING THE PANEL, AND AFTERWARD,
WE RECEIVED NUMEROUS DATA
POINTS THAT INDICATE WE ARE
STILL ON A STRONG TRAJECTORY
TOWARD VACCINATING, ESPECIALLY
FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND OUR
COMMUNITY IN GENERAL IN KING
COUNTY.
KING COUNTY HAS HOSTED SEVERAL
GROCERY STORE WORKER
VACCINATION SITES IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH EMPLOYERS, AS
WELL, AND I DID HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER AT ONE
OF THOSE CLINICS.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
OF LOCAL 21 IN HELPING EXPEDITE
THE VACCINATION OF THEIR
MEMBERS.
BASED ON THE DATA AND PANEL
PRESENTATION WE RECEIVED, THE
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US IS AN
AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL
LEGISLATION THAT PASSED, TO
CONSIDER ELIMINATING THE HAZARD
PAY PORTION OF THE REQUIREMENT
THAT REQUIRED HAZARD PAY, BUT
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP
INTACT THE RECORDKEEPING
COMPONENTS AND ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS IN THE LEGISLATION.
I WANTED TO NOTE FROM PUBLIC
HEALTH KING COUNTY, IMPORTANT
STATISTICS.
WE DO KNOW THAT AS OF JULY 6,
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY HAS REPORTED 72.9
PERCENT OF RESIDENTS 12 AND
OVER HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED
AND AT LEAST 79.1 HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY VACCINATED.
EXCUSE ME, HAVE COMPLETED AT
LEAST ONE DOSE.
IN TALKING WITH KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH YESTERDAY, THEY
KNOW WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENTS IN VACCINATIONS
FOR THE LATINO AND BLACK
POPULATIONS, WITH BOTH HOVERING
AROUND 60% OF FULL VACCINATION.
OVERALL WE ANTICIPATE THERE
WILL BE GROWTH IN THAT
VACCINATION RATE AND THEY ARE
DOING TARGETED VACCINATION
EFFORTS.
I ASKED THEM IF THEY NEEDED
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND THEY
SAID THEY RECEIVED SUFFICIENT
SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND ARE DOING
TARGETED CLINICS FOR DIVERSE
POPULATIONS, INCLUDING LATINO
AND BLACK POPULATIONS.
OVERALL THEY NOTED WE ANTICIPATE
THE FULLY VACCINATED POPULATION
RECEIVING TWO DOSES REQUIRED,
WE ANTICIPATE THAT OUR COMMUNITY
WILL BE 80% FULLY VACCINATED
WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS.
WITH THIS INFORMATION, I ASK IF
THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS OR ANY
RED FLAGS ON THIS MOVING
FORWARD AND GIVEN THE
TRAJECTORY, IF THERE ARE NO RED
FLAGS AT THIS MOMENT, I WOULD
LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO KARINA
BULL TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON WHAT THIS
LEGISLATION DOES, BUT I WANTED
TO ROOT OUR CONVERSATION IN
THESE PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS
AND ALSO NOTE THAT EVEN WHEN
THIS LEGISLATION POTENTIALLY
GOES AWAY, SPECIFIC TO HAZARD
PAY, THERE IS MUCH MORE WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE LIFTING UP PROTECTIONS AND
HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS,
ESPECIALLY FOR FRONT-LINE
WORKERS AND WE WILL BE STRONG
PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AS
WE ADDRESS ANY DISPARITIES THAT
CONTINUE TO EXIST.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE
LEGISLATION WAS VERY
COMPREHENSIVE, SO THE ONLY
THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT
THIS IS NOT EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION, LIKE THE
LEGISLATION WAS TO ESTABLISH
THE REQUIREMENTS, SO THESE
AMENDMENTS WOULD TAKE EFFECT 30
DAYS AFTER THE MAYOR'S
SIGNATURE, DEPENDING ON WHEN
THAT SIGNATURE WOULD HAPPEN, IT
WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MID
TO LATE AUGUST, END OF AUGUST,
THAT THE HAZARD PAY REQUIREMENTS
WOULD END.
SO, THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS COULD WORK WITH THE
MAYOR TO MAKE SURE THE EXACT
DATE IS GIVEN IN ADVANCE TO
BUSINESSES AND WORKERS, SO THEY
HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THESE CHANGES.
>> EXCELLENT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, VICE
CHAIR, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> BEFORE I GET INTO MY
QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICY
ITSELF, IS THE INTENT TO VOTE
ON THIS TODAY?
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
IT IS.
>> SO, THE CURRENT LEGISLATION
THAT WE WOULD BE AMENDING --
WHAT DOES IT CURRENTLY SAY
ABOUT THE END OF HAZARD PAY?
>> SO RIGHT NOW THE LEGISLATION
SAYS THAT HAZARD PAY
REQUIREMENTS WOULD END WHEN
THEY COVID EMERGENCY ENDS.
THE MAYOR'S CIVIL EMERGENCY AND
DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY WOULD
END AND THAT WOULD END THE
HAZARD PAY REQUIREMENTS, WOULD
END.
THE REST OF THE RECORDKEEPING
ENFORCEMENT WOULD END THREE
YEARS LATER.
>> THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE TERMS
WE HAVE CREATED FOR OTHER COVID
RELATED LEGISLATION.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE SORT OF
CREATED A BUFFER, 3 TO 6 MONTHS
AFTER WITH SOME OF THE
LEGISLATION.
I AM THINKING ALSO OF THE
HAZARD PAY LEGISLATION THAT WE
ENACTED FOR FOOD DELIVERY
DRIVERS AND I JUST DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY, GIVEN THAT,
KNOCK ON WOOD, WE ARE HOPEFULLY
COMING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE
STATE OF EMERGENCY, WHY WE
WOULD NOT JUST MAINTAIN THE END
DATE FOR THIS BENEFIT THAT WAS
NECESSARY WHEN WE PASSED THE
LEGISLATION, THOUGHT WOULD BE
NECESSARY, THROUGH THE END OF
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
WHY WE WOULD NOT JUST MAINTAIN
THAT DATE.
>> I CAN CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT.
REGARDING THE LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF US, WE DID PUT IN A
FOUR MONTH LOOK BACK AND WANTED
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR
MONTHS AFTER IT WAS ENACTED TO
KEEP THAT PROGRESS.
I THINK BASED ON THE
INFORMATION IN THE MEETING AND
BOTH FROM REPRESENTATIVE
WORKERS, THROUGH LOCAL 21 AND
THE INDUSTRY, GIVEN THE WORK
SPECIFIC TO THE INDUSTRY, THE
TARGETED VACCINATION CLINICS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY
SPECIFICALLY, THOSE WORKERS
SPECIFICALLY HAD ACCESS TO
VACCINES, IT FELT LIKE THERE
HAD BEEN A CONCENTRATED EFFORT
TO MAKE SURE THOSE FOLKS WERE
ACTUALLY FULLY VACCINATED AND
GIVEN COOPERATION,
COLLABORATION, BOTH BETWEEN THE
UNION AND THE EMPLOYERS AND
TRYING TO VACCINATE THOSE
WORKERS SPECIFICALLY, I THINK
THAT IS WHY I FELT COMFORTABLE
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REQUEST
TO LIFT THE HAZARD PAY, ONLY
BECAUSE THAT HAD BEEN SUCH A
CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE THOSE WORKERS WERE
VACCINATED.
I DO NOT KNOW THAT THAT SAME
TYPE OF CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO
VACCINATE OTHER FRONT-LINE
WORKERS HAS TAKEN PLACE TO THAT
LEVEL.
AT LEAST I AM NOT AWARE OF IT,
SO I CANNOT SPEAK AS TO WHETHER
OR NOT THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR
THOSE OTHER PIECES, BUT
SPECIFIC TO THIS ONE, THAT IS
WHERE I FELT LIKE THE FOUR
MONTHS LOOK BACK WAS AN
APPROPRIATE TIME TO TAKE THAT
ASSESSMENT AND THEN GIVEN THE
INFORMATION RECEIVED ABOUT
VACCINATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN
PLACE FOR THESE WORKERS, THAT
IS WHERE THE DIFFERENCE, IN MY
OPINION, COMES THROUGH.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND
CONCEPTUALIZING THE TERMINATION
OF HAZARD PAY IN THIS WAY, WE
CAN ARGUE THAT WE ARE NOT SORT
OF CREATING A PRECEDENT FOR
OTHER COVID RELATED TERM
BENEFITS, WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM OR HAZARD PAY FOR
FOOD SERVICE WORKERS.
SO, THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL, BUT
I STILL HAVE THE SAME QUESTION,
GIVEN THAT IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
DISTINCTION WITHOUT A
DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE OF IT IS
NOT GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT
UNTIL 30 DAYS AFTER SIGNING IT
AGAIN, I AM KNOCKING ON WOOD.
I AM HOPING THAT WE WILL BE
SEEING THE END OF THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY IN EARLY FALL.
I JUST AM NOT QUITE SURE I
UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO DO
THIS NOW.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK THAT PART OF THE
CALCULATION ON THE TIMING IS
ALSO ALIGNING WITH THE
BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, GOING
BACK TO SCHOOL.
IN FACT, WHAT I WAS GOING TO
ASK YOU ALL FOR, WITH YOUR
SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION
TODAY AND IN CONVERSATION WITH
BOTH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE
OKAY OF THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR US TO
ACTUALLY WAIT TO HAVE THIS
TAKEN UP ON THE MONDAY, JULY 26
MEETING, WHICH PUTS US INTO THE
SEPTEMBER RETURN TO SCHOOL
TIMEFRAME.
I THINK THAT GIVES US THE
QUESTION YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
FOR IT TO GO INTO EFFECT.
IN TERMS OF Y ON OUR COMMUNITY
COMMITTEE, I THINK FRANKLY IT
IS THE AMOUNT OF WORK ON OUR
WORKLOAD COMING UP.
BOTH THAT AND THE COMMITMENT OF
COMING BACK TO LOOK AT THIS IN
A FOUR MONTHS PERIOD.
WE HAVE THE MEETING IN MID-JUNE
AND THIS WAS THE SUBSEQUENT
FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO PUT IT ON
THE AGENDA AND TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH OUR DATA BACKED RATIONALE
FOR WHY THIS POPULATION
SPECIFICALLY CAN MOVE FORWARD.
BOTH THE POLICY ALIGN AND
TIMING A LINE FOR OUR COMMUNITY
TODAY.
WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS
COMING UP FOR THE JULY 20
MEETING, SO I WANTED TO SEE IF
THIS WAS POSSIBLE TO MOVE
FORWARD TODAY, RECOGNIZING WE
STILL HAVE 30 DAYS UNTIL THE
MAYOR SIGNS IT.
THAT DOES ALIGN MORE WITH THE
TIMING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I
BELIEVE, FOR WHEN KIDS RETURN
TO SCHOOL.
MORE ACTIVITY ANTICIPATED IN
SEPTEMBER, WHEN THINGS OPEN UP
EVEN MORE.
>> ONE LAST THING, I DO WANT TO
NOTE THAT THE LEGISLATION,
YEAH, THE AGENDA, FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION, DOES NOT NOTE
THAT WE ARE READY TO VOTE
TODAY.
SORRY FOR THAT.
>> I AM SORRY FOR THAT, AS
WELL.
THAT IS MY MISTAKE.
IS THERE A PROCEDURAL STEP THAT
IS NEEDED?
CLERK OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
CENTRAL STAFF?
>> I THINK IF YOU DID NOT NOTE
IT FOR VOTE TODAY, WE CANNOT
TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
>> OKAY.
>> THIS IS AMELIA.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE COUNCIL
RULE STIPULATES IF THE AGENDA
DOES NOT LIST A POSSIBLE VOTE,
THE COMMITTEE CAN STILL VOTE
ON THE LEGISLATION IF THEY
SUSPEND THE RULE WITH REGARDS
TO IT HAVING TO BE LISTED ON
THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUSPEND
THE COUNCIL RULE, YOU CAN DO
THAT AND THEN VOTE ON IT.
>> SO, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
DOING THAT, COLLEAGUES.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE AGENDA NOT
INCLUDING POSSIBLE VOTE.
I THINK THE INTENTION, AS WE
DESCRIBED IN JUNE, WAS TO BRING
THIS BACK FOR CONSIDERATION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
I KNOW INTERNAL BRIEFINGS AND
THAT THE MONDAY BRIEFINGS WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AS
WELL AND I ALSO HOPE THAT IF WE
WERE TO DO THAT, IF YOU'RE
COMFORTABLE SUSPENDING THE
RULES, RECOGNIZING WE WOULD NOT
BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE
FULL COUNCIL UNTIL THE 26th
WITH THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THAT WOULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT
EXTRA TIME TO CONSIDER THE
LEGISLATION BEFORE FINAL VOTE,
SO IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH
SUSPENDING THE RULES TODAY,
KNOWING THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO
WEEKS BEFORE IT CAME TO FULL
COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE MY
PREFERENCE TODAY.
OKAY.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, I APOLOGIZE
AGAIN FOR NOT HAVING THE
AGENDA REFLECT THAT.
IT DEFINITELY WAS NOT MY
INTENTION TO CATCH ANYONE BY
SURPRISE, SO THANK YOU FOR
FLAGGING THAT.
>> I AM SORRY TO BE THE ONE,
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING IT
IN STRIDE.
I AM NOT PREPARED TO VOTE ON
THIS TODAY, SO THE COMMITTEE
CAN TAKE UP THE WAIVING OF THE
RULE.
I AM STILL STRUGGLING, WITH THE
ORDINANCE HAS IT EXPIRING AT
THE END OF THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND, GIVEN THAT
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS
LIKELY TO EXPIRE SOON, I DO NOT
KNOW WHY WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION.
SO I WAS NOT THINKING WE WERE
GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS TODAY
AND I JUST NEED MORE TIME TO
CONSIDER THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS
OF TAKING THIS ACTION.
SO I AM NOT TRYING TO STAND IN
THE WAY OF THE PROCEDURAL
EFFORTS TO SUSPEND THE RULE,
JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT MY
INTENT IS TO ABSTAIN TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR CONCERNS FROM FOLKS?
OKAY.
IF THERE ARE NO CONCERNS, THEN
I BELIEVE I WILL GO AHEAD AND
SUSPEND THE RULES.
I AM LOOKING TO MAKE SURE I AM
READING THE ROOM HERE RIGHT AND
I APPRECIATE THE POSITION YOU
HAVE NOTED, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND AND
HOPE THAT WITH THE TWO WEEKS
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUES
THAT COME UP.
OKAY, AM I HEARING OBJECTIONS
OR CONCERNS?
I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD
AND THEN I WILL SEE IF I CAN,
IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER,
SUSPEND THE RULES.
EMELIA, COULD YOU HELP ME OUT?
>> YOU HAVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES FIRST AND THEN WE CAN
MAKE A MOTION ON THE FIRST
BILL.
YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME SUSPENSION
LANGUAGE, BECAUSE YOU USED IT
ON THE PREVIOUS BILL.
YOU JUST HAVE TO USE THAT.
>> I WILL GIVE THIS A SHOT.
>> I AM HERE TO HELP YOU OUT.
>> I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
THE COUNCIL RULE RELATING TO
VOTING ON LEGISLATION LISTED
ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WILL BE
SUSPENDED, TO ALLOW FOR THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
TO VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL 120119
ON THE SAME DAY THAT IT WAS
CONSIDERED, THOUGH NOT NOTED
FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?
>> I AM SATISFIED WITH THAT
MOTION.
MADAME CLERK IS, AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
I AM NOT SEEING THE CLERK COME
OFF MUTE, SO HEARING NO
OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED.
AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
CONSIDER THE COUNCIL BILL IN
FRONT OF US NOW, COUNCIL BILL
120119.
WITH THE RULE SUSPENDED, I
MOVED THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120119.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MAY I MAKE AN AMENDMENTS
QUESTION?
>> YES PLEASE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT
MOTION, WITH A FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT OF MAKING IT CLEAR
FOR THE RECORD THAT THE BILL
WILL BE CONSIDERED ON MONDAY,
JULY 26.
>> FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ACCEPTED.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF 120119, WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF THE BILL BEING
SENT TO THE JULY 26 FULL
COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
ACTION.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
I WILL JUST SAY, THANKS TO
KARINA BULL FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
AS WELL AS THE ONGOING RESEARCH
ON THIS AND WORK WITH INDUSTRY
AND WORKERS AND AGAIN, MY
APOLOGIES FOR ANY OF THE
CONFUSION TODAY AND I
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE
POSITIONS RAISED BY COLLEAGUES.
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
RECOMMENDATION?
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTAINED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SENT
TO THE JULY 26 FULL COUNCIL
MEETING FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE HAVE
ONE MORE ITEM FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
I THINK WE HAVE LISTED THIS AS
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
I WILL DOUBLE CHECK.
GREAT, IT IS LISTED AND I
APPRECIATE, MADAM CLERK, ALL OF
YOUR WORK ON THIS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120118, AND
ORDINANCE RELATED TO CREATING A
FUND FOR PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
REVENUES FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE
HAVE WITH US ALY PENNUCCI FROM
CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO START
WITH A HUGE NOTE OF
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE
BIT AT BRIEFING, BUT WE
RECEIVED GREAT NEWS IN THE LAST
MONTH AND THAT IS THE COURT HAD
UPHELD THE LEGAL VALIDITY OF
OUR JUMPSTART BILL, THE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE THAT YOU
ALL PASSED LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
COSPONSORSHIP OF THE MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE.
YOU WERE ALL COSPONSORS AND I
GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS WE
CRAFTED THE LEGISLATION WITH
HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN WIDELY
ACKNOWLEDGED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS
THAT THE PASSAGE OF JUMPSTART
REALLY HAS HELPED SEATTLE BE
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CITIES
WERE TRYING TO PLUG BUDGET
HOLES.
IT PREVENTED US FROM HAVING TO
LAY FOLKS OFF.
IT HELPED CONTINUE ESSENTIAL
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND THE CITY
REMAINS ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT.
IT IS, I THINK, AN IMPORTANT
COURT VICTORY AND AN IMPORTANT
RECOGNITION OF THE FORESIGHT
FROM THIS COUNCIL TO PASS
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE.
WE ALSO HAD THE FORESIGHT TO
INCLUDE A SPENDING PLAN.
A DETAILED SPEND PLAN THAT
BEGINS IN ESSENCE IN 2022 TO
FOCUS ON PERMANENT HOUSING
SOLUTIONS, EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING, AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE.
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE FOR THINGS
LIKE MAKING SURE WE CAN ATTRACT
MORE VISITORS AND TOURISTS AND
CREATE A DOWNTOWN THAT IS
DRIVING THAT HAS FOLKS COMING
TO OUR HOTELS AND THAT IS GOOD
FOR THE HOTEL WORKERS, AS WELL.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN WIDELY
APPLAUDED BY A DIVERSE SET OF
STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING FOLKS
FROM LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES,
LABOR AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT
BACK ON THE HARD WORK THAT WE
ALL DID ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR
AGO TO THE WEEK.
WE PASSED THIS LEGISLATION AND
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD.
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
COMMITMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY
PUT IN PLACE.
MOVING FORWARD ON SOME OF THE
COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE WITH
THE RESCUE PLAN WE PASSED TWO
WEEKS AGO.
THAT HELPED CREATE AN ON-RAMP
INTO SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN
TERMS OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE.
IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO NOTE TWO
THINGS OF THIS LEGISLATION.
NUMBER ONE, THIS LEGISLATION BY
CREATING A JUMPSTART FUND HELPS
US IDENTIFY HOW MUCH IS COMING
IN FROM THE JUMPSTART TAX
SPECIFICALLY, SO WE HAVE
GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY OVER HOW MUCH THE
TAX IS RAISING AND IT HELPS US
MAKE GOOD ON OUR COMMITMENTS
THAT WE MADE TO THE LARGE
COALITION OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO
HELPED CRAFT THE SPEND PLAN IN
FRONT OF US.
BOTH OF THESE GOALS ARE
CRITICAL FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS,
ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES AND SPECIFICALLY
MAKING SURE THAT JUMPSTART
DOLLARS ARE ADDED TO ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS THAT OUR CITY HAS
COMMITTED TO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
INVESTING IN AREAS THAT ARE
OFTEN PUT ON THE BACK BURNER.
AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING
DOLLARS, GREEN NEW DEAL
PRIORITIES.
THESE ARE PRIORITY DOLLARS FOR
JUMPSTART AND THE CITY BUDGET
SHOULD BE ADDED TO THESE FUNDS.
THAT IS WHAT WE COMMITTED TO
AND THE CONCEPT OF HAVING A
JUMPSTART FUND HELPS CREATE
ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HOW WE SPEND
THOSE DOLLARS.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE
FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH US IN THE CREATION OF
JUMPSTART SINCE LAST SPRING.
THE YEARS OF MOMENTUM BY
COMMUNITY PARTNERS CALLING FOR
A PROGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM IN THE
STATE AND CITY.
WE CAN ACT AND WE HAVE ACTED TO
CREATE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS,
WHICH, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH
WILL BE GOING INTO HOUSING TO
ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING
CRISES IN THE CITY AND ALSO
WITH FUNDING GOING INTO
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE, MAKING SURE
WE ARE CRATING THAT MORE
EQUITABLE LOCAL ECONOMY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ALY TO
WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE
LEGISLATION DOES TODAY AND IN
ADDITION TO CREATING THE FUND,
THERE ARE OTHER IMPORTANT
COMPONENTS.
ONE IS THE CREATION OF THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND THE SECOND
IS SMART BUDGETING STRATEGIES
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PREPARED IF
THERE IS EVER ANOTHER DOWNTURN
LIKE WHAT WE SAW COMING OUR WAY
DUE TO COVID.
WE HAVE WRITTEN LEGISLATION TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BUDGETING
VALVE AS WELL.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD ON
COMMITMENTS AND SEE THESE
DOLLARS COMING IN SOON.
IT WILL BE SOMETHING THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY CAN BE REALLY PROUD
OF.
ALY, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM ALY PENNUCCI, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
COUNCIL BILL 120118 WOULD
CREATE A NEW TAX FUND, AS
CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA DESCRIBED,
IN THE CITY TREASURY.
IT PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY IN THE
BUDGET FOR THE USE OF REVENUES
FROM THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
AUTHORIZED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO.
THE COUNCIL PROVIDED CLEAR
DIRECTION ON THE AUTHORIZED
USES OF THESE FUNDS IN THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN PASSED
BY THE COUNCIL ON JULY 6, 2020,
THROUGH 126109 AND FURTHER
DETAILED THE SPENDING PRIORITIES
ON JULY 20, 2020.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE
COUNCIL TO DATE DOES NOT MAKE
CLEAR HOW THE PAYROLL TAX
REVENUES WILL BE PROPOSED BY
THE MAYOR FOR ALLOCATION IN THE
2022 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH IS
WHY THE CHAIR HAS PROPOSED
CREATING THIS FUND.
THIS IS A STRATEGY AVAILABLE TO
THE COUNCIL TO CODIFY IN CODE
THE AUTHORIZED USES OF PAYROLL
TAX REVENUES AND TO ENSURE THE
LEGISLATIVE INTENT IS CLEAR AND
INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AS WE
HEAD INTO THE FALL BUDGET
PROCESS.
HOWEVER, THE EXECUTIVE CAN
STILL PRESENT A BUDGET IN
CONSISTENCY WITH THESE
POLICIES.
THEY CAN DO THAT BY
TRANSMITTING A PROPOSED BUDGET
WITH LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
AMEND THESE POLICIES TO AGREE
WITH THEIR SPENDING PROPOSALS.
HOWEVER, CREATING THIS WOULD
MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO TRACK
AND MAKE IT CLEAR WHERE THERE
ARE INCONSISTENCIES OR POINTS
OF DEPARTURE.
IN CREATING THIS NEW FUND, THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX REVENUES
WOULD BE DEPOSITED INTO THE
JUMPSTART FUND, WITH POLICIES
DIRECTING SPENDING CONSISTENT
WITH THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
SPENDING PLAN.
AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA DESCRIBED,
THAT INCLUDES 60% OF FUNDS FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 15% FOR
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, 9% TO
SUPPORT THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
INVESTMENT, 9% FOR GREEN NEW
DEAL INVESTMENT AND I WILL NOTE
THAT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
WHEN CREATING THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ADVISORY BOARD, AS WELL AS
THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES,
IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THERE BE
A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE, SO
THAT WOULD FULFILL THAT
COMMITMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
BY THE COUNCIL.
UP TO 5% OF REVENUES CAN BE
USED FOR ADMINISTERING THE TAX
AND ASSOCIATED INVESTMENTS, AS
WELL AS EVALUATION WORK ON THE
INVESTMENTS.
SO, THE SPENDING PLAN DIRECTED
SPENDING ON ALL OF THE REVENUES
TO BE USED FOR THESE PURPOSES
IN 2022 AND BEYOND, RESENT
REVENUE FORECASTS INDICATE THAT
IN THE NEAR TERM, SOME AMOUNT
OF SUPPORT FOR CONTINUITY OF
GENERAL FUND SERVICES MAY BE
NECESSARY TO AVOID REDUCTIONS
IN BASE SERVICES IN 2022 AND
PERHAPS IN FUTURE YEARS.
SO THE POLICIES PROPOSED IN
THIS LEGISLATION DEVIATE FROM
THE SPENDING PLAN PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN ONE
WAY, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IN 2022
OR FUTURE YEARS, GENERAL FUND
REVENUES MAY NOT FULLY RECOVER
TO PRE-PANDEMIC PROJECTIONS.
THE PROPOSED POLICIES ALLOW FOR
A PORTION OF REVENUES TO BE
USED TO PROVIDE THAT CONTINUITY
OF SERVICES.
THAT HAS ALLOWED, UNTIL BASE
REVENUES REBOUND TO PRE-
PANDEMIC LEVELS.
AS DESCRIBED IN MORE DETAIL IN
THE STAFF MEMO, BASED ON THE
MOST RECENT REVENUE FORECAST
PRESENTED IN APRIL BY THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE, WE WOULD
ANTICIPATE THAT ABOUT HALF OF
THE PAYROLL TAX REVENUES
ANTICIPATED IN 2022 WILL BE
NEEDED TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY OF
BASE CITY SERVICES.
IF FUTURE FORECASTS INDICATE
REVENUE IS REBOUNDING TO PRE-
PANDEMIC LEVELS, RELIANCE ON
THE PAYROLL TAX REVENUES TO
SUPPORT THOSE SERVICES WILL
DECREASE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE SEE A
GREATER DECREASE IN BASE
REVENUES, MORE OF THE PAYROLL
TAX REVENUE WOULD BE NEEDED TO
SUPPORT THOSE BASE SERVICES.
SO, SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS
PERMITTED IN 2021, THE PAYROLL
TAX WOULD HELP WARD AGAINST
CUTS TO BASE CITY SERVICES AND
STAFF LAYOFFS THAT WOULD IMPACT
PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY MANAGES.
SO, ONE THING I WILL NOTE FOR
THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION,
CREATING A NEW FUND DOES
INTRODUCE COMPLEXITIES, SUCH AS
MANAGING AND MONITORING CASH
BALANCES FOR THE FUND AND
ADDITIONAL REPORTING AND
MONITORING.
I WILL NOTE -- EXCUSE ME, THIS
INTRODUCES ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
FOR THE BUDGET OFFICE AND
APARTMENTS THAT WILL RECEIVE
FUNDS FROM THE PAYROLL TAX.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT UP TO 5%
OF REVENUES CAN BE USED FOR
ADMINISTERING THE TAX AND
PROPOSED INVESTMENTS.
THIS CAN INCLUDE SUPPORTING THE
ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE
BURDEN OF IMPLEMENTING THE
JUMPSTART FUND AND IF THIS BILL
IS PASSED AND APARTMENTS
DETERMINE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ARE NEEDED TO MANAGE THE FUND,
THE COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER
MODIFYING THE AMOUNT OF
REVENUES THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED
TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, SO
SOME OF THIS WOULD BE, YOU
KNOW, LEARNING AS WE GO AND
INVENTING FALL POLICIES IN THE
FUTURE.
I WILL NOTE YOU MAY BE HEARING
FROM THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AT
SOME POINT.
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING AT A
FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETING,
LEGISLATION TO AUTHORIZE AN
INTERFUND LOAN.
THIS IS TO ADDRESS CASH FLOW
ISSUES THE CITY IS FACING, DUE
IN PART TO WIN PAYMENTS FOR THE
PAYROLL TAX FOR 2021 WILL BE
REMITTED.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING PAYMENTS
UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST
QUARTER, 2022.
AS WELL AS OTHER OBLIGATIONS ON
THE CITY BUDGET, SUCH AS
EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE
EMERGENCY, WHERE WE MAY BE
AWAITING FEMA REIMBURSEMENT AND
THOSE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
CREATING THIS FUND MAY CREATE
COMPLEXITIES IN IMPLEMENTING
AND HOW THAT IS STRUCTURED AND
MAY REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE PIECE
OF LEGISLATION IN THE NEXT SIX
MONTHS TO A YEAR THAT THE
COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER,
IN TERMS OF LOANS, BUT IF WE
ARE ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE BUDGET OFFICE, WE BELIEVE
WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE
COMPLEXITIES.
THE BUDGET OFFICE DID OFFER ONE
SUGGESTED MODIFICATION TO THE
PROPOSAL TO MITIGATE SOME OF
THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN WHICH
IS DESCRIBED IN AMENDMENT ONE
PROPOSED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
POSTED TO THE AGENDA.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, WOULD YOU LIKE
ME TO DESCRIBE THAT OR WOULD
YOU FIRST LIKE TO PAUSE FOR
QUESTIONS?
>> LET'S PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS
AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT, BUT THANK YOU FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THAT.
AS A REMINDER TO FOLKS, THE 2021
PAYROLL TAX, YES, DOES NOT GET
PAID UNTIL THE FIRST QUARTER OF
2022, SO THAT IS WHERE SOME OF
THAT LAG COMES IN AND I
APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THE
UPCOMING BILL THAT IS ALREADY
IN DISCUSSION.
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING NEXT
WEEK.
WE DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES, I
THINK, TO ADDRESS THE CASH FLOW
ISSUE AND AGAIN, I THINK HAVING
THIS FUND HELPS US MAKE SURE
THERE IS TRANSPARENCY IN HOW
THOSE DOLLARS FLOW TO THE
JUMPSTART FUND AND THE GENERAL
FUND, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO
MAKE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS AND
ADD TO THE INVESTMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUMMARY AND
AGAIN, THANKS TO THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE FOR THEIR
SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PORTION,
AGAIN, WHEN WE PASSED JUMPSTART
SEATTLE REVENUE PROPOSAL LAST
YEAR, WE INCLUDED 5% GOING TO
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THIS
ACCOMMODATION TO MAKE SURE THE
FUNDING REMAINS IN THE GENERAL
FUND, TO STREAMLINE THE
MANAGEMENT OF THESE DOLLARS.
THAT IS NO PROBLEM.
SO, ALY, DO YOU WANT TO
DESCRIBE --
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE AMENDMENT.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY
SECTION 1 OF THE PROPOSED BILL.
CAN YOU SEE THAT OKAY?
>> WE CAN AND IF YOU COULD
SCROLL SLIGHTLY BELOW, SO WE
CAN SEE THE IMPACT STATEMENT,
THAT WAS HELPFUL.
GREAT.
OH, ONE MORE BACK.
YEAH.
>> OKAY, SO THIS AMENDS SECTION
1 OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION,
THAT WOULD ALLOW THE 5%
ALLOCATED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS TO BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY
INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
BECAUSE THE OTHER 95% OF THE
FUNDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, HAVING TO
TRACK SEPARATELY AND ALLOCATE
THAT 5% OF THE PAYROLL TAX FROM
THE FUND TO THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS CREATES A LOT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT I
DON'T THINK WILL ADD A LOT OF
VALUE TO OUR OVERSIGHT OF THE
EXPENDITURES.
SO THIS WOULD SIMPLIFY THAT
PIECE OF THE PROPOSAL BY
ALLOWING THOSE DOLLARS TO GO
INTO THE GENERAL FUND AND TO BE
USED TO SUPPORT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE EVALUATION AND
OVERSIGHT OF THIS FUND AND THE
REMAINING 95% WOULD GO DIRECTLY
INTO THE FUND.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, THANKS AGAIN, I
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING FORWARD THIS AMENDMENT
FOR THE 5% OF FUNDS TO GO
DIRECTLY TO ADMINISTRATION
REMAINING IN THE GENERAL FUND.
I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE WE
HAVE HEARD ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT
EASIER TO ADMINISTER THIS TAX
AND I'M HAPPY TO ADVANCE THAT
TODAY.
COLLEAGUES I MOVE CONSIDERATION
OF THE BILL, SO IT WILL BE IN
FRONT OF US, SO WE CAN THEN
CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER
RECOMMENDATION TO PASS COUNCIL
120118.
EXCUSE ME, NOW IS WHEN I MOVE
THE AMENDMENT, CORRECT?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 120118 AS
PRESENTED AND DESCRIBED BY ALY.
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS ON THE AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER 1024.
>> AYE.
>> THAT IS FAR IN FAVOR AND
NONE OPPOSED.
THE BILL AS AMENDED IS NOW IN
FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDED BILL?
MADAM PRESIDENT, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE
RECORD HOW SUPPORTIVE I AM OF
THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL BILL.
WE IN THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A
HISTORY OF PASSING THIS KIND OF
LEGISLATION ON THESE, YOU KNOW,
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
SOURCES, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CAN HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY, PARTICULARLY TO
THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO WE MAKE
COMMITMENTS TO ABOUT WHAT THIS
FUNDING WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR.
IT IS UNFORTUNATE, HOWEVER,
THAT WE ARE IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND I
JUST APPRECIATE, NONETHELESS,
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO
PUT IN SOME OF THOSE GUARDRAILS
TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THE
INTENT OF A SUPER MAJORITY OF
THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE
IMPLEMENTED AND FOLLOWED
THROUGH ON BY THE EXECUTIVE, SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM IN
REPLICATING THIS MODEL WE HAVE
USED IN OTHER CONTEXTS TO
ENSURE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY AND
THAT THE COUNCILS BUDGET
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY IS
GOING TO BE RESPECTED IN THIS
SPACE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALY AND OTHER
FOLKS ON CENTRAL STAFF WHEN WE
DO RECEIVE THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE
WITH THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE
AND SEVERAL OTHERS WE HAVE ALSO
PASSED THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS
ONE, SO THANKS SO MUCH, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, I LOOK FORWARD TO
VOTING IN SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
THE CONTEXT ABOUT HOW THIS
STRATEGY HAS BEEN USED IN THE
PAST.
IT IS SOMETHING WE SEE USED
OFTEN AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I CAN THINK ABOUT THE TOBACCO
CESSATION FUND THAT WAS USED,
CHAMPIONED BY THE GOVERNOR AT
THE TIME, WANTING TO MAKE SURE
FUNDS WERE GOING TO THE
INTENDED PURPOSE, SO FROM THE
STATE TO THE LOCAL LEVEL, I
THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE
COMMITMENTS TO BE KEPT WHEN WE
CREATE FUNDS AND CREATE GREATER
TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU ARE
RIGHT, THERE WAS A SUPER
MAJORITY THAT PASSED TO BEGIN
WITH AND THEN IT WAS UNANIMOUS,
THE SPEND PLAN.
SO THIS IS REALLY AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PUT THE
UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT FROM
COUNCIL INTO STATUTE AND
INCORPORATE THE IMPORTANT
OVERSIGHT COMPONENTS WEEK
INCLUDED TO BEGIN WITH.
AND IN CASE WE EVER NEED IT, I
THINK IT IS A SMART BUDGETING
TOOL, AS WELL.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT NEED IT
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
THESE FUNDS GROW AS ANTICIPATED
YEAR-OVER-YEAR AND THAT MEANS
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS FOR
HOUSING, EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT,
GREEN NEW DEAL PRIORITIES AND
ALL HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON
OUR SMALLEST BUSINESSES AND OUR
BIPOC COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU AGAIN VICE CHAIR AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
YOU HAVE BEEN STRONG
SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS IN THE
PAST, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALY FOR
YOUR WORK ON THIS, ALONG WITH
TOM AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK
OTHERS WHO HAVE DONE WORK ON
THIS LEGISLATION WITH US AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT
CONTINUE TO WRITE IN.
BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER,
TENANTS RIGHTS UNION.
WE KNOW MANY ADVOCATES HAVE
ALSO WRITTEN AND WITH A DESIRE
TO SEE THIS FUND CREATED, SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
WITH THAT WE WILL CONSIDER THE
AMENDED BILL IN FRONT OF US.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE THE AMENDED
BILL IN FRONT OF US AND IF
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, MADAM CLERK WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120118
AS AMENDED?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS FAR IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> I DID HEAR THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SAY AYE, FOR THE
RECORD.
IT GOT CUT OFF, BUT I DID HEAR
IT.
SO WE HAVE FOUR IN FAVOR AND
NONE OPPOSED.
IT IS UNANIMOUS AND THE MOTION
CARRIES.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
BILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL BE
SENT TO THE JUNE 19 SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR A
FINAL VOTE.
RECORD TIME TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
ON AN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ON A
HOLIDAY WEEK, AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON
JULY 20, WHERE WE WILL BE WITH
A FULL AGENDA IN FRONT OF US,
INCLUDING APPOINTEES, EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE UPDATE.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION COMING
DOWN MIDWEEK NEXT WEEK, SO WE
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR FROM THE TASK FORCE AT
THAT POINT.
WE WILL HAVE A LETTER FOR
DISCUSSION AND THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE, ALONG
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
INTERFUND LOAN THAT ALY
MENTIONED.
SO ANOTHER PACKED AGENDA AND WE
WILL HOPEFULLY BE TALKING MORE
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ITEMS
DURING COUNCIL BRIEFINGS IN THE
INTERIM.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER, COLLEAGUES?
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND I HOPE
YOU ENJOY THE WEEKEND AND GET A
LOT OF REST AND RELAXATION.
GIVEN ALL THE NEWS ABOUT
BURNOUT AND HOW HARD IT HAS
BEEN OVER THE PAST YEAR, I HOPE
YOU TAKE TIME FOR REST AND
RECOVERY.
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ON MONDAY.
THANKS SO MUCH.
TODAY'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOODBYE.