THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING
TO THE MEETING.
MY NAME IS TEAR IS A MOSQUEDA.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M 9:30 A.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCI MEMBER MORALES.
>> PRESENT.
>> MADAM CHAIR THAT IS FOUR
PRESENT.
>> COULD YOU PLEASE CALL VICE
CHAIR HERBOLD'S NAME ONE MORE
TIME?
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> MADAM CHAIR THAT IS FIVE
PRESENT.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF WE ARE JOINED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ WE WILL BE
SURE TO NOTE HER ATTENDANCE AS
WELL.
WE MAY BE JOINED BY OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL TODAY.
WE ALSO VISIT EMS THAT TEE US UP
FOR OUR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE INVITED OUR COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO JOIN US.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO NOTE THEIR
PRESENCE WHEN THEY COME AS WELL.
WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA FOR TODAY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR EXTENDED TIME.
WE ARE HOPING TO WRAP UP AT
LEAST BY 1:00, 1230 AT THE
LATEST.
WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW
WHAT OUR AGENDA IS.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH TWO NEW BOARD
APPOINTMENTS.
WE WILL MOVE INTO A BRIEFING
FROM THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE TASK FORCE.
WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING FROM CAR
THAT ON THE DOMESTIC WORKER'S
RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEMS THAT
RELATE TO OUR BUDGET.
WE WILL HAVE THE SECOND QUARTER
GRANT ACCEPTANCE.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN TO UPDATE IF TIME
PERMITS.
WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO GET
THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT AND GET
TO YOU.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AS
WELL.
IF YOU WANT TO SIT TIGHT AND
NOTE THOSE OVER ITEMS WILL NOT
BEGIN TILL 10:00 A.M.
SO
ANTICIPATE COMING TO THE BOARD
APPOINTMENTS AROUND 10:00 A.M.
AND THEN EQUITABLE'S COMMUNITY
INITIATIVE TASK FORCE ABOUT
10:15, 10:20.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ HAS
JOINED US AS WELL.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
APPRECIATE THE FULL ATTENDANCE
HERE TODAY.
WE WERE GOING TO CONDUCT THE
PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE FOLLOWING
ORDER.
WE WERE GOING TO GIVE FLILDS ONE
MNUTE TO SPEAK.
AT THE END OF THE ONE MINUTE
TIME YOU WILL HEAR A TEN SECOND
CHIME.
THAT NOTIFIES YOU TO WRAP UP
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN
HEARING FROM YOU.
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO FINISH IN
THE TIME ALLOWED, PLEASE E-MAIL
US.
THAT THAT WILL SHARE ALL OF OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WITH EVERYBODY ON
COUNCIL.
IF YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TO SIGN
UP TO SPEAK TODAY YOU CAN AT
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET A
CHANCE TO HEAR YOU WHEN YOU ARE
ON THAT LINE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE USED THE SAME
NUMBER YOU REGISTERED IN ORDER
FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
ONCE WE RECOGNIZE YOU ON THE
LINE YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT THAT
SAYS YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION TO PRESS
STAR 6 TO MAKE SURE YOUR LINE
SUN -- IS UNMUTED.
I WILL CALL THREE SPEAKERS AT A
TIME.
AFTER YOU ARE DONE SPEAK PLEASE
HANG UP ON THE CALL END
TESTIMONY LINE AND LIST EN IN ON
TODAY'S OPTIONS.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPENED.
WE WILL START WITH THE FIRST
THREE SPEAKERS.
GOOD MORNING.
I SEE YOU LISTED AND YOU ARE
PRESENT.
HIT STAR 6 ONE MORE TIME.
OKAY.
WE WILL KEEP YOU ON THE SCREEN.
THERELY
SCREEN -- AND I WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT PERSON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> I CAN.
THANKS SO MUCH.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> I'M A DISTRICT 7 RESIDENT.
I'M CALLING TO PLEASE CAN ASK
COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM PUBLIC
SAFETY AND INVEST SPD'S $13
MILLION OF SALARY SAVINGS IN
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY
PROGRAMS.
JUST CARE PROVIDES HOUSING AN
SERVES FOR M OF OUR MOST
VULNERABLE UNSHELTERED
NEIGHBORS.
IT HAS -- IT IS A PROVEN PUBLIC
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE WAS A 39% REDUCTION IN 911
CALLS IN THE AREAS AROUND IT WAS
SERVING.
OVER 70 ORGANIZATIONS APPLIED
BUT A MAJORITY DID NOT RECEIVE
FUNDING.
INVESTING THE SALARY SAVINGS
FROM SPD WILL ALLOW
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE FUNDED AND
EXTEND DURATION OF THE GRANTS.
AGAIN I AM ASKING DOWN STILL
PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR
OMMITMENT AND INVEST THE SALARY
SAVINGS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS B.J.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS B.J.
I'M A BALLARD RESIDENT AND SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M CALLING TO ASK COUNCIL TO
USE THE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM.
JUST CARE HAS DEMONSTRATED IT IS
ABLE TO MOVE THEM INTO HOUSING
AN INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY.
OVER 70 ORGANIZATIONS APPLIED
FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS
DEMONSTRATING HUGE CAPACITY.
THE MAJORITY DID NOT RECEIVE
FUNDING BECAUSE THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR GRANTS WAS LESS
THAN A THIRD OF THE $40 MILLION
THE ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTED.
THESE SAVINGS SHOULD BE
TRANSFERRED TO JUST CARE.
USING THE SAVINGS WILL BE
ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS COUNCIL
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE
COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM PUBLIC
SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, I CAN.
>> $0 HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, I CAN.
>> HI.
I AM CALLING DEMANDING THAT THE
SPD'S $13 MILLION OF SALARY
SAVINGS GOES INTO COMMUNITY HELP
AND SAFETY PROGRAMS.
IT CREATES TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT WILL PROVIDE HOUSING AN
SERVICES FOR MANY OF OUR
HOMELESS FOLKS.
THEY ARE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS.
JUST CARE HAS PROVEN THEY CAN
INCREASE SAFETY FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
911 CALLS HAVE DROPPED
DRASTICALLY.
OVER 70 ORGANIZATIONS APPLIED
FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.
UNFORTUNATE NEATLY THE MAJORITY
DIDN'T RECEIVE FUNDING.
THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID
RECEIVE FUNDING DID RECEIVE
FUNDING FOR 18 MONTHS.
WE KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY IS AN
ONGOING ISSUE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
LITERALLY GIVING FOLKS THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED TO REALLY
HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH YOUR
COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM PUBLIC
SAFETY AND INVEST SALARY,
SAVINGS AND JUST CARE.
UH -- I YIELD THE REST OF MY
TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE PETER,
STEPHANIE AND RAYMOND.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ALSO CALLING TO ASK COUNCIL
TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON ITS
COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM PUBLIC
SAFETY.
RIGHT NOW WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET YOU HAVE A SUPER EASY WAY
TO ENACT POSITIVE CHANGES.
AT THE END OF MARCH THEY
ESTIMATED SPD WILL HAVE OVER $13
MILLION OF SALARY SAVINGS.
PLEASE I BELIEVE -- INVEST THOSE
SAVINGS INTO JUST CARE.
JUST CARE WILL PROVIDE HOUSING
AN SERVICES FOR MANY OF OUR MOST
VULNERABLE UNSHELTERED
NEIGHBORS, DECREASING THE NEED
FOR SPD'S PRESENCE.
MORE DOLLARS FOR THE BUILDING
GRANTS WILL ALLOW MORE OF THE 70
ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLIED
EARLIER THIS YEAR TO BE FUNDED
AND WILL EXTEND DURATION OF THE
GRANTS.
PLEASE FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR
COMMITMENTS TO TRANSFORM PUBLIC
SAFETY.
DEFUND SPD AND INVEST IN
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
STAR 6 UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HI.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE.
I AM CALLING IN TO SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBER'S PROPOSAL FOR
ALLOCATES FUNDSE -- ALLOCATING
FUNDS.
THE CITY SHOULD BE SUPPORTING
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY PROJECTS
LIKE THIS THAT UPLIFT THE
COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC
SPACES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
RAYMOND, GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS RAYMOND WILLIAMS.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE ECUADOR
COMMUNITY CAP FORCE.
AS AN EDUCATOR I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH
TEACHERS WHO FOUND IF YOU TARGET
STUDENTS MOST IMPACTED BY A
RACIST EM, WE SAW AN
IMPROVEMENT.
THAT IS WHY I WAS INTERESTED IN
JOINING THIS COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR CONSIDERING OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
CITY STAFF WHO PUT IN HOURS AND
HOURS OF WORK TO TURN OUR IDEAS
INTO ACTIONABLE STEPS TO FUND
PROGRAMS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE
LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE
TASK FORCE MEMBERS.
I HAD AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THIS
DIVERSE GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS.
THEY REPRESENT THE DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES OF SEATTLE.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
I HOPE YOU CAN VOTE FOR OUR
PROJECT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
GOOD MORNING BETO.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I'M MEMBER OF THE EQUITABLE
INVESTMENT TASK FORCE.
I'M HERE TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT AND CONSIDER THIS
INITIATIVE.
AS AN IMMIGRANT I DO REALLY
THINK THAT THIS IS A KEY
OPPORTUNITY TO ALLEVIATE
OPPORTUNITY AND SUPPORT
INDIVIDUALS AND AND POWER THEM.
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THE PIECES
OF THE INITIATIVE WE ARE
PRESENTING IN SMALL BUSINESSES.
SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY CLOSE
TO MY HEART.
IF OTHER INITIATIVES THAT THEY
WILL MAKE A LOT OF EQUITABLE
INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONSIDER THIS INVEMENTSS.
ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SHARE
IS YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR
MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY,
CHRISTIE BROWN, WHO HAS BEEN
WORKING MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE HER -- COMMUNION IS
THRIVING THANKS TO ALL THE
SUPPORT WE HAVE BEEN HELPING
FROM ALL THESE 20 YEARS.
THIS IS THE FUTURE OF OUR
INVESTMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
>> APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AS WELL.
THANKS SO MUCH.
GOOD MORNING, BRANDY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME.
MY NAME IS BRANDY.
I'M DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
JUSTICE FOR REACH.
I WANT TO ADVOCATE TO MOVE THE
SPD SALARY SAVINGS TO PROGRAMS
SUCH AS ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLY
FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY CAPACITY
BUILDING AND EXPAND IT PAST 18
MONTHS AND FOR MORE
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE PART OF
THAT.
I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO USE THAT
MONEY GROW FUND PROGRAMS LIKE
JUST CARE WHO ARE WORKING WITH
THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN
OUR CITY AND REDUCING POLICE
CONTACT FOR THOSE FOLKS AND
HELPING THEM MOVE TO HOUSING AND
OTHER SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES.
I THINK THAT IS THE BEST USE OF
FUNDING IF WE WILL MOVE TO A
CITY THAT IS MORE FOCUSED ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY THAN POLICING
AND SURVEILLANCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS.
GOOD MORNING KAREN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'M ALSO ADVOCATING FOR THE
SAVINGS TO BE MOVED OVER.
I THINK I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THE -- IN A LOT OF THE NEW
LEGISLATION -- IT LEAFS THEIR
HANDS TIED IN A LOT OF MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS -- IT KEEPS THEM
FROM BEING ABLE TO GO HANDS-ON.
IT CAN ALSO CREATE MORE GAPS FOR
THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN AND OUT
OF JAIL.
THAT WILL INCREASE OUR WORKLOAD
AND THE KIND OF THINGS WE
RESPOND TO.
MOVING THOSE SALARY SAVINGS OVER
INTO HOMELESSNESS SERVES AND IT
WILL BENEFIT EVERY ONE AND
ALLOWS US TO INCREASE OUR
INTERNAL
INCAPACITY TO
INCAN -- INTERNAL CAPACITY.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAREN.
GOOD MORNING, ANGELICA.
PRESS STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.
AND KAREN IF YOU STILL
LISTENING, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE
WAS ONE MORE SENTENCE OR TWO.
IF THERE WAS PLEASE E-MAIL
COUNCIL AT SEATTLE.GOV.
ANGELICA LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE
STILL MUTED.
IF YOU COULD HIT STAR 6 ONE MORE
TIME.
AFTER ANGELICA WE WILL HAVE
HALEY BELL.
HI, GOOD MORNING, ANGELICA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I'LL MEMBER OF DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO ECHO OTHERS WHO HAVE
SPOKEN AND ASK THAT DURING THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET YOU ALL MOVE
SALARY SAVINGS OUT OF SPD AND
INTO FUNDING COMMUNITY BASED
SAFETY STRATEGIES AS WELL AS
JUST CARE.
A YEAR AGO DURING THE HEIGHT OF
THE UPRISING TRIGGERED -- YOU
ALL VOTED TO MOVE $13 MILLION.
YOUR VOTE AT THAT POINT FOLLOWED
TWO MONTHS OF DEMONSTRATIONS IN
WHICH SPD'S BRUTAL ACTIONS MADE
THEIR CASE FOR THEIR OWN
DEFUNDING.
LATE LAST WEEK 33 ORGANIZATION
OUT OF THE 70 THAT APPLIES
RECEIVED WORD THEY HAD BEEN
FUNDED THROUGH THE INVESTMENTS
YOU VOTED FOR.
CENTRAL STAFF HAS ESTIMATED SPD
WILL HAVE AT LEAST $13 MILLION
FOR SALARY SAVINGS THIS YEAR.
ONE YEAR AFTER THE UPRISING WE
ARE ASKING YOU TAKE THAT $13
HILL JOHN AND MOVE IT TO
IMMEDIATELY INCREASED COMMUNITY
SAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING FUNDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND HALEY THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
JUST STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> HI.
HIGH NAME IS HALEY BELL.
I AM ALSO CALLING TO TO THE
BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE CITY
COUNCIL TO INVEST THE $13
MILLION OF SALARY SAVINGS INTO
THE COMMUNITY.
ONE WAY THE MONEY SHOULD BE USE
SECOND-DEGREE FOR JUST CARE WHO
WILL PROVIDE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
JUST CARE PROVIDES A SAFE OPTION
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND NEIGHBORS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU FOR DIALING IN
THIS MORNING.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
ANDREW, ROBERT AND REVEREND
CAREY CARE ANDERSON.
GOOD MORNING, ANDREW!
GOOD --
>> GOOD MORNING.
I WANTED TO REQUEST THAT THE
SALARY SAVINGS FROM SPD BE
INVESTED IN COMMUNITY.
I REALLY WANTED TO ECHO THE
COMMENTS AND I AGREE WITH HER
100% TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT PERSON IS ROBERT.
GOOD MORNING, ROBERT.
JUST STAR 6.
PERFECT.
HELLO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ROBERT STEVENS JR.
I'M A CENTRAL RESIDENT.
THYME CREATOR AND COORDINATOR OF
THE GARFIELD SUPER BLOCK
RENOVATION PROJECT WHICH WAS
BROUGHT FORTH BY A CITY
ORDINANCE.
THE COALITION HAS BEEN
HOLDING DOWN THIS PROJECT FOR
THE LAST 15 YEARS.
ALL WE ARE ASKING IS FOR YOU
BUYS TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE
SO WE CAN RENOVATE THIS
HISTORICAL SITE SO IT CAN BE
ENJOYED BY THE PRESS ACCIDENT
FUTURE GENERATIONS -- PRESS
ACCIDENT FUTURE GENERATIONS.
>> -- PRESENT AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE ONE OF THE ANCHOR
INSTITUTIONS IN THE CAPITOL HILL
CENTRAL DISTRICT AREA SINCE
1886.
I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SERVE
ON THE PHENOMENAL, EQUITABLE
INITIATIVE TASK FORCE WORKING
WITH SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON
THE HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE.
I STRONGLY URGE THE CITY COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT THE INITIATIVES
BROUGHT FORTH BY OUR TASK FORCE.
FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING TO RE
IMAGINE HOME OWNERSHIP AND HOME
BUYER SUPPORT.
THAT IS GOING TO LEAD TO THE
FAMILY IDEA OF CREATING
GENERATIONAL WELFARE FOR
RESIDENTS THAT WILL KEEP UNDER
SERVED FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND FACILITATE SYSTEMIC POSITIVE
CHANGE FOR A GROWN UP THAT HAS
HISTORICALLY BEEN OVERLOOKED,
LEFT OUT, LOCKED OUT AND LOOKED
TO AS THE LEAST, THE LESS AND
THE NOT LISTENED TO.
I TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE
CITY COUNCIL TO METAPHORICALLY
GIVE BOOTS TO THE BOOTLESS SO WE
CAN LACE UP OUR BOOTS BY OUR OWN
BOOTS STRAP.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF
MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
SHARON, AND JACOB.
SHARON, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SHARON.
I'M A CENTRAL AREA RESIDENT.
LONG TIME.
I AM ASKING YOU PLEASE SUPPORT
THE 500K FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE
GARFIELD SUPER BLOCK.
THIS COMMUNITY LED PROJECT IS
THOUGHTFUL, CREATIVE, AND
ARTFUL.
IT IS WILDLY SUPPORTED AS YOU
MIGHT HAVE SEEN WITH THE
PETITION WITH ALMOST 600
SIGNATURES SENT OUT TO ALL OF
YOU YESTERDAY.
THIS PROJECT WORKS TO CREATE A
HEALTHY, SAFE OUTDOOR
ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL HONOR THE
CULTURE THAT HAVE ENDURED AND
THRIVED IN THE CENTRAL AREA AND
GIVE THE CITY A CHANCE TO FULL
FAIL BROKEN
FULL -- FULFILL A BROKEN
PROMISE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD
IT STILL SAYS RAO IS LISTED TO
SPEAK NEXT BUT NOT PRESENT.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT PERSON
WHO IS JACOB AND RAO IF YOU WANT
TO DIAL IN WE WILL COME BACK TO
YOU.
GOOD MORNING JACOB.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS JACOB.
I'M AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZER.
I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO ASK THAT
COUNCIL INVEST THE $13 MILLION
OF SALARY SAVINGS INTO PROGRAMS
THAT CREATE TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY.
AS AN ORGANIZATION WE KNOW
THE THREAT THAT SPD POSES TO OUR
VENDORS THROUGH CRIMINALIZING
POVERTY, DISPLACEMENT AND
TRAUMATIZING PEOPLE.
WE NEED COUNCIL TO SUPPORT AND
INVEST IN PROGRAMS THAT MEET
BASIC NEEDS.
OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
DON'T NEED POLICE AND
INCARCERATION.
THEY NEED HOUSING AN SERVICES
THAT MEET THEIR NEEDS.
INVESTING IN JUST CARE, A PROVEN
EFFECTIVE PROGRAM AND REDUCES
INTERACTION WITH SPD AS WELL AS
INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY LED
BY BLACK ORGANIZERS THROUGH
COMMUNITY SAFETY ARE CRUCIAL WAY
USE SHOW US COUNCIL IS COMMITTED
TO TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY.
DEFUND SPD AND INVEST IN TRUE
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL READ THE LAST FOUR PEOPLE
LISTED HERE.
I WILL NOTE THAT DANIEL AND --
DANIEL AND JEFF ARE LISTED AS
NOT PRESENT.
IF YOU DO DIAL IN WE WILL MAKE
SURE TO GET BACK TO YOU.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TURN IT
OVER TO ISAAC.
>> HELLO.
>> HI.
GOOD MORNING.
SORRY.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ISAAC.
I'M A RESIDENT HERE TO ALSO --
ALSO HERE TO REMIND COUNCIL OF
THE COMMITMENT TO MOVE SALARY
SAVINGS INTO COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT.
I'M URGING COUNCIL TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THEIR COMMITMENT TO
TRANSFER THE SAVINGS INTO HEALTH
AND SAFETY PROGRAMS LIKE JUST
CARE AND INKROOES FUNDING FOR
THE HSD COMMUNITY SAFETY
CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS.
COUNCIL VOTING TO MOVE THIS
MONEY AWAY FROM SPD WILL SHOW
OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU VALUE
COMMUNITY BASED, COMMUNITY LED
AND COMMUNITY BACKED PROGRAMS
THAT FOSTER SAFETY AND HEALTH
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS RATHER THAN
ANTI-BLACK, ANTI-INDIGENOUS,
VIOLENT POLICING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT
OVER TO SELENA GREEN.
GOOD MORNING SELENA.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS SELENA.
I WOMAN WITH THE CENTER.
WE ARE A LOCAL GRASS ROOTS
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
ORGANIZATION.
I'M HERE TO DEMAND THE BUDGET
NEEDS TO BE ALLOCATED TO BLACK
AND BROWN LED HOMELESSNESS
ORGANIZATIONS TO SERVE OUR OWN
COMMUNITIES WHICH WE ALL KNOW
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY AND
SYSTEMICALLY DISENFRANCHISED AND
OVER REPRESENTED IN
HOMELESSNESS.
WE NEED SERVICES TO GO TO
COMMUNITIES THAT NEED IT THE
MOST.
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ARE
OFFERED SYMBOLIC -- INSTEAD OF
THE RESOURCES WE HAVE BEEN
DEMANDING FOR YEARS.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE IT
SO DO IT.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS DID NOT
APPEAR HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO NEAT --
NOTE THEIR
NAME FOR THE RECORD.
PLEASE SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO
DIALED IN.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA.
WE ARE FOUR MINUTES AHEAD OF
TIME.
THANKS ALL FOR WAITING ON THE
LINE HERE.
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE
PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR GUESTS
TODAY.
PLAID AM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO -- ME TO
READ ALL FOUR APPOINTMENTS INTO
THE RECORD TOGETHER?
>> THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU.
YES.
ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR, PLEASE.
>> AGAIN DATE EMS ONE THROUGH
FOUR.
APPOINTMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD FOR
STEVEN HOOPER, MARIE -- AND
REAPPOINTMENTS FOR GONZALEZ AND
HUNTER-KELLER FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JASMINE IS HERE WITH US FROM THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS ALONG
WITH STEVE HOOPER AND MARIE.
THEY ARE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE REQUEST FOR OUR
REOCCURRING APPOINTEES.
I WILL FIRST TURN IT OVER THE
JASMINE FROM THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS TO WALK US THROUGH
WHAT WE ARE APPOINTING FOLKS TO
TO TODAY.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AS YOU MAY RECALL THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD IS
COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE
WORKING CONDITIONS OF DOMESTIC
WORKERS BY PROVIDING A PLACE FOR
WORKERS, EMPLOYERS,
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC.
THE BOARD TYPICALLY CONSISTS OF
ABOUT HALF WORKERS OR THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES AND HALF HIRING
ENTITIES OR THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES.
AND SIX OF THESE APPOINTMENTS
HAD THEIR TERMS ENDING THIS
YEAR.
YOU HAVE SEEN ME A COUPLE OF
TIMES ALREADY THIS YEAR AS WE
WORK TO REAPPOINT OUR FILL
VACANTIES.
WE HAVE ONE MORE APPOINTMENT
THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS AS THE BOARD
WORKS TO FILL THEIR COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATIVE VACANCY.
AFTER THAT WE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR
A WHILE HOPEFULLY.
AND AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW
RECENTLY THE DWSB SUBMITTED HIGH
LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TO FURTHER THE
MISSION OF THE BOARD AND THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS ORDINANCE.
THE BOARD IS EXCITED AND
CONTINUING THIS WORK TO WELCOME
HER AS A NOMINEE WHO HAS
EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN DOMESTIC
WORK AS WELL AS STEVEN HOOPER
WHO HAS SHOWN A LOT OF INTEREST
AS A DOMESTIC EMPLOYER IN AND
HIRING ENTITY.
I WILL LET THEM -- I BELIEVE
THEY PROBABLY PREPARED A BIT.
I LET THEM SPEAK A LITTLE MORE.
ALSO BEFORE THAT I WANT TO NOTE
THAT -- THE BOARD IS ALSO
EXCITED THAT BOTH GONZALEZ AND
LIZ HUNTER-KELLER ARE ABLE AND
WILLING TO SERVE ON THE BOARD
FOR ANOTHER TERM.
SHE IS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE DWSB
AND HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE
BOARD AND ACTIVE GENERALLY AS AN
ORGANIZER AND ALSO CONTINUES TO
WORK AS DOMESTIC WORKER AND AS A
HOUSE CLEANER AND IS JUST -- HAS
BEEN AN AMAZING PRESENCE ON THE
BOARD AND AS MANY ON YOU RECALL
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ADVOCACY
AROUND THE DOMESTIC WORKER'S
ORDINANCE A FEW YEARS AGO.
LIZ HUNTER-KELLER HAS ALSO BEEN
VERYING
BEEN -- VERY ACTIVE.
SHE HAS USED HER EXPERIENCE NOT
ONLY AS A HIRING ENTITY BUT AL
AS A MARKETER, PUBLIC RELATIONS
EXPERT AND SOMEONE WHO IS IN
TUNE TO ORGANIZING FOR THE
RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND PARTICULARLY
WOMEN OF COLOR.
SHE HAS CONTINUED TO REMAIN
ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO, YEAH.
WITH THESE APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS THE BOARD IS
ALOST AT FULL CAPACITY.
I KNOW THEY ARE EXCITED TO
PARTNER WITH THE COUNCIL TO
REFINE RECOMMENDATIONS AND MOVE
THE WORK FORWARD.
SO I GUESS WE CAN TURN IT OVER
TO --
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
WE WILL START WITH STEVE HOOPER
AND THEN OUR HOPE IS THAT MARIE
WILL BE WITH US ON THE LINE AS
WELL.
I KNOW THAT -- IT SOUNDS LIKE
SHE WAS HERE EARLIER AND WE MAY
HAVE ACCIDENTALLY LOST SOME
CONNECTION.
WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF
WE CAN GET HER BACK INTO THE
STREAM HERE.
WITH THAT, STEVE, IT IS GREAT TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
OVER THE YEARS.
EXCITED ABOUT YOUR INTEREST
AND SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE.
COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
YOUR BACK GROUND AND WHAT YOU
LIKE TO DO WHILE SERVING ON THE
BOARD?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA FOR
YOUR TIME.
COUNCIL, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE
HERE WITH ALL OF YOU AND AN
HONOR TO BE NOMINATED TO SUCH
A -- AN IMPORTANT GROUP.
MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW ME FROM MY
DAY JOB AS THE PRESIDENT OF
RESTAURANTS AND AS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE SEATTLE RESTAURANT
ALLIANCE.
I ALSO MANAGE A BUSY HOME LIFE.
MY WIFE IS A -- INTENSIVE CARE
DOCTOR AT SWEDISH HOSPITAL.
SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, WE
HAVE A FAIRLY BUSY SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN AND
A HOUSEHOLD THAT NEEDS A LOT OF
SUPPORT OVER TIME.
SO I BEGAN GETTING INVOLVED WITH
CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S LEGISLATION
PRETTY EARLY ON AND SUPPORTED
THROUGHOUT AS SOMEONE WHO
BELIEVES IN TAKING CARE OF THOSE
WHO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND THOSE
WHO ARE MOST PRECIOUS TO YOU.
I DO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WHO DON'T
ALWAYS THINK THE WAY I DO AND
WANTING TO FIND WAYS DEFINES TO
SUPPORT -- INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR
FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY DOMESTIC
WORKERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECAME
VERY APPARENT TO ME DURING THE
PANDEMIC IN PARTICULAR WAS THE
DEGREE TO WHICH DOMESTIC WORKERS
WERE SIDELINED MUCH LIKE MANY
RESTAURANT WORKERS AND OTHERS
WITH NOT VERY MANY OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EMPLOYMENT.
AND OTHER THINGS ALONG THE WAY.
AND SO I FELT A REAL NEED TO
JUMP IN AND TRY TO BE APART OF
THE CHANGE I WANTED TO SEE IN
THE WORLD.
SO, I AM HERE -- HUMBLY ASKING
FOR THE SUPPORT IN MY NOMINATION
TO THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
STANDARDS BOARD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE BOARD TO HELP ENACT THE
POLICY WITHIN THE ORDINANCE
ITSELF.
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
LETS HOLD ON QUESTIONS FOR NOW
AND TURN IT OVER THE MARIE.
GOOD MORNING, MARIE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
JASMINE GAVE A LITTLE OVER OVER
VIEW OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT
THE BOARD IS DOING.
WE JUST LOVE TO TURN TO YOU FOR
A QUICK SECOND TO TELL US A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR
INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE BOARD
AND ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE ABOUT
YOUR PAST WORK AND WHAT YOU ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO.
I THINK WE ARE LOOKING TO
CONNECT THE AUDIO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME, MARIE?
>> YES.
I CAN HEAR YOU PERFECTLY FINE.
>> EXCELLENT.
YES, GREAT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO
AND ANY COMMENTS YOU ARE
WELCOMED TO.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS MARIE.
I'M NEW TO THIS.
>> WE SEE YOU GREAT.
>>
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
RIGHT NOW I'M AT WORK.
I AM NEW AT THIS.
I WAS INTRODUCED TO BECOME -- A
CITY MEMBER COUNCIL IN SEATTLE
BY MY AGENCY AND SHE THOUGHT I
WOULD BE A GREAT -- I CAN PUT
SOME INPUT IN A VARIETY OF
THINGS.
SO, UM, I AM -- I'M A GIVER.
I LIKE TO GIVE TO PEOPLE.
I LIKE TO -- MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
WELCOMED AND COMFORTABLE.
UM -- I JUST LOVE PEOPLE.
I JUST -- MY JOB IS TO HELP AND
ASSIST PEOPLE ALL MY LIFE AND IF
I CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOMETHING
THAT WILL HAVE A LASTING IMPACT
ON THE COMMUNITY I LIVE, I WILL
DEFINITELY BE -- WOULD LIKE TO
ADD SOME COMMENTS REGARDING
THAT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING -- ALL MY
LIFE.
I'VE ATTEMPTED TO -- I DIDN'T
FINISH BECAUSE MY MOM COULDN'T
AFFORD TO PAY FOR COLLEGE FOR
MYSELF.
I DID -- SO, PRETTY MUCH ALL MY
LIFE IS JUST -- WORKING AS A
NANNY, ALSO AS A NURSING
ASSISTANT.
I CARRY MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE.
I'M A TYPE OF PERSON WHO WILL
GIVE MY LAST SHIRT TO ANYBODY
WHO WANTS IT.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE PART OF
SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE ME FEEL
REALLY GREAT.
SO YES.
>> WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING THAT INFORMATION AND FOR
SNEAKING AWAY TO DO A QUICK
THERE'S A LOT OF US ON THE CALL
TODAY.
I AM GLAD WORKED OUT FOR YOU TO
BE ON THE LINE HERE TODAY.
STEPHEN, IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
THANK YOU SHARING YOUR
BACKGROUND AND THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER THE OUR
COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF THERE IS
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARIE OR FOR
STEVE.
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
I WILL SAY BOTH OF YOU IT SOUNDS
LIKE HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK
ALREADY IN GIVING BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY BOTH IN TERMS OF
FEEDBACK AND IDEAS AND
SUGGESTIONS FOR WAYS WE CAN BE
DIRECTLY LISTENING TO THOSE WHO
ARE ON THE FRONT LINE AS WORKERS
AND AS HIRING ENTITIES AND IT
SOUNDS LIKE YOU WILL BE
TREMENDOUS ASSETS TO THE HIRING
BOARD HERE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE NEW TO
THIS.
JUST KNOW YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS.
THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE
DONE TREMENDOUS WORK COMING WITH
THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BEING
PROVIDERS AS WELL, CAREGIVERS
THEMSELVES.
I THINK YOU WILL HAVE A LOT OF
GREAT COLLEAGUES ON THE LINE
THERE AND ALONG WITH STEVE WHO
HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME
COUPLED POLICYMAKING OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING
HERE AS A -- HIGH ROAD EMPLOYER
AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
THE TWO OF YOU EXCEPT TO SAY
PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO US IF YOU
EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
JASMINE IS A CONSTANT PRESENCE
AT OUR MEETINGS AND A GREAT
LIAISON TO CITY AND GOVERNMENT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU.
>> I'M OUT OF WORK AT 3:30.
SHE CAN GIVE ME A CALL AROUND
3:30 AND 4:00.
THERE IS A SOME QUESTIONS I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK HER.
WISH I COULD STAY LONGER.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND
THANK YOU TO DIALLING IN.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS WE
WILL JUST DO A QUICK REMINDER OF
THE OTHER TWO APPOINTMENTS.
JASMINE MENTIONED THEM AT THE
BEGINNING.
I WANT TO NOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING THEIR CONTINUED
PARTICIPATION IN OUR COMMITTEES,
EXCUSE ME IN THE BOARD.
SILVIA GONZALEZ IS A MEMBER OF
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS
BOARD WILL BE UP FOR ANOTHER
TERM.
YOU WILL REMEMBER HER FROM THE
AMOUNT OF WORK SHE DID WITH US.
ELIZABETH HUNTER-KELLER AS A
MEMBER OF THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
STANDRD BOARD.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THESE FOUR
INDIVIDUALS?
OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY.
MARIE, THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING
US.
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED STEVE OR
MARIE TO BE WITH US ON MONDAY
BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO VOTE HERE IN
A SECOND AND WE WILL TAKE IT
FORWARD TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE --
NEXT FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
COLLEAGUES WITH THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
STEVE HOOPER AND MARIE AND THE
REAPPOINTMENTS OF SILVIA
GONZALEZ AND ELIZABETH
HUNT-KELLER.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE.
MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> MADAM CHAIR THAT IS SIX IN
FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
SO THE APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED.
THAT IS APPOINTMENT NUMBER 1
THROUGH 4.
THOSE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MOVED
TO A RECOMMENDATION ON MONDAY
JULY 26TH?
JULY 267TH.
I SAW A THUMBS UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS STEVE AND MARIE
ON YOUR NEW APPOINTMENTS AND
ALSO TO OUR TEAM THAT IS COMING
BACK TO DON'T SERVE ON DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD.
WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS ITEM
AFTER WE GET TO ITEMS -- THE
THIRD ITEM THAT WE WILL COME TO
HERE SOON.
THANKS SO MUCH.
MADAM CLERK LETS KEEP GOING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY,
STEVE AND MARIE.
MADAM CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGAIN EM NUMBER FIVE COUNCIL
BILL 120131.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126237 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2021
BUDGET CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS
TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS AND FROM
VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE BUDGET.
FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MADAM CLERK.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEAM
MEMBERS HERE ON THE LINE TODAY.
WE HAVE A LOLS LONG LIST OF
ESTEEMED COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
MEMBERS FROM THE CITY FAMILY.
I WILL READ THEIR NAMES INTO THE
RECORD AND LET FOLKS INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
JUST FOR THE RECORD WE HAVE WITH
US DEPUTY MAYOR TIFFANY
WASHINGTON.
GOOD MORNING.
DIRECTOR ANDRES FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
DR. SHEILA EDWARDS LANG.
SHARON WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL DISFIKT
FORUM FOR ARTS AND IDEAS.
DONNA MOODIE FOUNDER AND CEO OF
RESTAURANT.
STEVEN SAWYER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND CHRIS LAMPKIN SEIU HEALTH
CARE 1199.
ALL MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE
TASK FORCE.
AS WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC
TESTIMONY THERE IS SO MANY MORE
INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE TODAY'S
RECOMMENDATIONS POSSIBLE.
PREACH THE -- THE WILLINGNESS TO
HAVE JUST A FEW FOLKS REP RESENT
--
REPRESENT TODAY.
I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE HAD A
CHANCE TO HAVE A BRIEFING FROM
ALL OF YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTENSE
WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING
REPRESENTATIVES HERE TODAY AND
FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF WORK TO GET TO TO THIS
POINT.
TODAY WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH
THE INVESTMENTS YOU HAVE
OUTLINED IN THE PRESENTATION
THAT IS LINKED TO OUR AGENDA.
WE ALSO KNOW THIS IS
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
IMPROVE -- IMPROVALING MATERIAL
CONDITIONS.
I LOVE YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
FOUR PILLARS FOR SHOWCASING SHOW
WE CAN SHIFT OUR INVESTMENTS AND
CULTURAL MINDSET.
IT IS PAIR --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER
INVESTMENTS TOTALLING OVER $100
MILLION FOR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
AFTER TODAY'S PRESENTATION WE
WILL BE HAVING A CHANCE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND REALLY GET INTO
THE DETAILS OF THE PRESENTATION
AND THIS IS REALLY A CHANCE FOR
YOU TO FEATURE SOME GREAT WORK
YOU HAVE DONE.
WE WILL COME BACK ON AUGUST 3
FORD A VOTE.
THIS ALLOWS FOR OUR CENTRAL
STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO THROUGH
ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND MAKE
SURE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS ARE
ANSWERED AND THAT WE GET A
CHANCE TO REALLY HEAR FROM YOU
TODAY AND NOT GET MIRED IN THE
PROCESS OF THE BILL BUT GET A
CHANCE TO FEATURE THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US.
I THINK I'M TURNING IT OVER --
AM I TURNING IT OVER FIRST TO
DEPUTY MAYOR?
GOOD MORNING DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING US AT THE
TABLE.
I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY BECAUSE THE
PRESENTATION BELONGS TO THE TASK
FORCE AS STATED.
AS WE ALL KNOW LAST SUMMER BLACK
COMMUNITIES TOOK A STAND AND
DEMANDED ONCE AGAIN THIS COUNTRY
DO MORE TO REPAIR THE HARM DONE
THROUGH RACIST SYSTEMS AND
POLICIES THAT LEFT US
GENERATIONS BEHIND OUR WHITE
FROM THIS ACTIVISM MAJOR DURKAN
COMMITTED AND COIN COUNCIL
APPROVED MORE THAN $100 MILLION.
MAYOR DURKAN FORMED THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE
TASK FORCE.
IT IS A GROUP OF COMMUNITY
LEADERS THAT HAVE DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE EXPERTISE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WASN'T IN
MY NOTE THAT I WANT TO SAY I'M
SUPER PROUD OF IS WHEN THE MONEY
FIRST CAME OUT, IT CAUSED SOME
DIVISION IN THE COMMUNITY AND --
I AM VERY PROUD OF THE FOLKS ON
THIS CALL T FOLKS ON THE TASK
FORCE AND THE FOLKS FROM PB AND
ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS
ACROSS THE CITY.
THEY CAME TOGETHER AND DECIDED
THEY WERE GOING TO ALLOW THE 100
MILLION TO BRING THEM TOGETHER
AND NOT DIVIDE THEM AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER.
SO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR
TODAY IS THE WORK OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT THAT SOME ARE PART
OF THE TASK FORCE BUT THE TASK
FORCE MEMBERS HERE TODAY
DEFINITELY ENGAGED WITH THEIR
COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP THESE
RECOMMENDATION.
ONCE COUNCIL VOTES TO LIFT THE
IT, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD
IMMEDIATELY SHIFT TOWARDS
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATION.
THE GOAL IS TO BEGIN RELEASE
FUNDS INTO THE COMMUNITY BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE ALL THE
MEMBERS I THINK OF THE TASK
FORCE.
NO, JUST -- DO WE HAVE A SLIDE
THAT HAS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
TASK FORCE LISTED?
NO.
THERE WE GO.
THOSE ARE ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
TASK FORCE WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY
MONTHS AND MONTHS, MEETING SOME
TWICE A WEEK TO DEVELOP THESE
RECOMMENDATION.
SO WITH THAT I AM GOING TO BE
QUIET AND NOT SURE WHO I AM
GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO BUT I
WILL -- I'M SURE IT IS SHARON.
IT IS EITHER SHARON OR DR. LANG.
I WILL --
>> WE WILL GO INTO INTRODUCTIONS
QUICKLY AND THEN WE WILL GO
RIGHT INTO THE -- THE
PRESENTATIONS.
SO THAT DONNA WILL GO FIRST.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS DONNA MOODIE.
I WILL PASS IT TON DR.
SHEILA.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
I'M SHEILA EDWARDS.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SEATTLE
CENTRAL COLLEGE AND WITH PART OF
THE EDUCATION PILLAR.
>> I SAW STEVEN AND I AM
WONDERING IF MAYBE IT WAS AN
ACCIDENTAL BUTTON.
WE WILL GET TO STEVEN AS SOON AS
HE POPS BACK IN.
I HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE WHEN
I'VE GONE TO HIT UNMUTE!
SO MAYBE CHRIS THEN!
HI.
CHRIS WILLIAMSON WITH SCIU.
WE REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY
WORKERS THAT KEEP SETTLE
HEALTHY.
I WAS MEMBER OF THE HEALTH
PILLAR AND I WILL HAND IT TO
SHARON.
>> I AM SHARON THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT FOR ARTS AND IDEAS.
I WAS PART OF THE HOUSING PILLAR
AND I AM HERE TO GET THIS PARTY
STARTED.
JAMES SAID LIFT EVERY VOICE AND
SING.
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU PUT
TOGETHER 26 BROWN AND BLACK
LEADERS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS,
VARIOUS EXPERTISE AND VARIOUS
NETWORKS AND COMMUNITIES?
YOU GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT
LOVE SEATTLE.
MORE IMPORTANTLY A GROUP OF
PEOPLE THAT LOVE THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY.
WE THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
INITIATIVE TASK FORCE
RESPECTFULLY PRESENT THESE
RECOMMENDATION.
WE STARTED THIS JOURNEY IN
DECEMBER 2020 AND OVER THE PAST
NEIGHBOR MONTHS WE MET FOR HOURS
DOING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AS
OUR DRIVING FORCE.
THE RECOMMENDATION GOES ACROSS
FOUR PILLARS.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND LAND ACQUISITION,
EDUCATION DESPAIRTIES AND HEALTH
DESPAIRTIES TO UPLIFT THESE
PILLARS.
THERE ARE NINE RECOMMENDATIONS
WITH 18 STRATEGIES.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ROOTED
IN DATA AND EVIDENCE ON THE
CURRENT SITUATION AND THE BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE NOT BY THEMSELVES
SUFFICIENT TO TRANSFORM THE
CONDITIONS FOR BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES AND WILL REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS TO
CONTINUE AND SUSTAIN THEM.
WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO YOU CITY COUNCIL
FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION
DURING THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HER ENTIRE
TEAM.
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ FOR BEING THERE
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND BEING
APART OF OUR TASK FORCE.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY
DIRECTORS AND TEAMS AND THEIR
TEAMS AND THANK YOU TO THE TASK
FORCE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY THANK
YOU TO THE COMMUNITY WHO MAY NOT
REALIZE IT BUT THAT YOU AND YOUR
STORIES THAT YOU HAVE SHARED
WITH US OVER THE YEARS IS WHAT
FUELLED THESE RECOMMENDATION.
MUH APPRECIATION AND RESPECT.
NOW, IN FOLLOWING THE THEME OF
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING, I
RESPECTFULLY PASS TO MY
COLLEAGUE DONNA MOODY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
LISTEN TO OUR PRESENTATION
TODAY.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO START BY
CLARIFYING MY INTRODUCTION.
MY NAME IS DONNA MOODIE.
I FOUND SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES
OWN SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES.
LIKE MANY SMALL BUSINESS IN OUR
CITY I HAVE STRUGGLED LIKE IN
OTHERS.
I HAVE MAXED OUT MY CREDIT
CARDS.
I'VE TAKEN OUT LOANS THAT WERE
QUESTIONABLE.
I FEEL LIKE MY BUSINESS IS AN
INTERICTAL PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT PAINTS THE PICTURE OF
DIVERSITY IN OUR CITY.
IT IS A MEETING PLACE, A
GATHERING PLACE THAT IS UNIQUE.
IT IS SOME PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE GARTH AND
MEET EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT
COMMUNITY.
I THINK THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE
OF MANY SMALL OWNED BUSINESSES
IN OUR CITY AND I WONDER WHY
THEY STRUGGLE SO MUCH.
WHAT WE DAY VISED IN THE SMALL
GROUP PILLAR IS A WAY TO GIVE
BUSINESSES THE MONEY THEY NEED
TO HAVE DIGNITY WHEN APPLYING
AND TO ALSO GET SUPPORT AFTER
THEY RECEIVE MONEY.
IT WAS OUR PLAN TO TRY TO GIVE
MEMBERS OF A SMALL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY FUNDS THAT WOULD
SUPPORT GRANTS, ALSO LOANS AND
ALSO FORGIVABLE LOANS.
WITH THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
THAT WE WANT TO TAKE FROM THE
$7.5 MILLION, $2.5 MILLION TO
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WE WANTED
TO NOT ONLY REACH OUT TO PEOPLE
IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THEY
COULD BE SOMEONE WHO COULD FILL
OUT AN APPLICATION AND GET
FUNDING.
WE ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND IT TO
OFFER PEOPLE SUPPORT ONCE THEY
HAVE THE MONEY IN HAND.
I THINK YOU WILL FIND THAT A LOT
OF THE PERSPECTIVE WE LOOKED AT
IN GATHERING PEOPLE THAT NEED
MONEY AND TRY TO GET IT TO THEM
WILL YIELD PEOPLE FEELING MORE
STABLE AND HAVING STRONGER
FOOTING IN THE BUSINESS INDUSTRY
WILL SEE BUSINESS OWNERS ABLE TO
RESTAIN STAFF AND ALSO SEE
BUSINESS OWNERS ABLE TO INCREASE
THEIR REVENUE CREATING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND HAVING HIGHLY
ESTEEMED INDIVIDUALS.
I WOULD LIKE PASS IT ON TO OUR
NEXT PRESENTER
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, DONNA.
I'M SHEILA EDWARDS-LANG.
I'VE BEEN AN EDUCATOR IN THE
SEATTLE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30
YEARS.
I WAS JOINED BY A GROUP OF OTHER
FOLKS ON THE EDUCATION WORK
GROUP WHO ARE JUST AS
EXPERIENCED AND SOMEWHERE AS
COMMITTED TO SERVING IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO WE KNOW EDUCATION IS A PATH
TO EQUITABLE ECONOMIC STABILITY
AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUR
REGION.
THEY HAVE HISTORIC EXPERIENCE IN
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.
THE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THOSE
EQUITIES.
THE FUNDING HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD
AND PROSPEROUS FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
MOST OF THAT FUNDING GOES TO
LARGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
THE CAN PASSTY TO REST
THE CAPACITY TO
RESPOND.
WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR SERVICES.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CAPITAL UP
FRONT AND MANY OF THE INSTANCES
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RFPS.
WE PROPOSE FUNDING IN THE FORM
OF A NEW EDUCATIONAL FUND.
WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF FUNDING.
WE WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT.
ONE EXAMPLE THAT HAS OUTSTANDING
OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH IS ONE WORLD
NOW.
IT FOCUSES ON LANGUAGE AND
LEADERSHIP SKILL DEVELOPMENT.
IT SEEKS TO INCREASE THE GLOBAL
EXPERIENCES.
IT HAS AN ANNUAL OPERATING
BUDGET OF $750,000.
98% OF THEIR STUDENTS GRADUATE
ON TIME AND GO TO COLLEGE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT THAT IS
JUST OUTSTANDING.
IT EXCEEDS WHAT WE DO IN SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN OUR STATE.
DESPITE THESE OUTSTANDING
OUTCOMES, THE ORGANIZATION DOES
NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
COMPETE.
WITH INVESTMENT AND CBOS LIKE
ONE WORLD NOW WE EXPECT TO SEE
AN INCREASE IN HIGH SCHOOL
COMPLETION AND COLLEGE READINESS
AND MORE RACIAL DIVERSITY IN OUR
TEACHING STAFF.
WE ALSO WANT TO SEE MORE FUNDING
FOR CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT
DO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF SHARING
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
COMMUNITIES.
IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO EMBRACE
THEIR OWN IDENTITIES AND IMPROVE
THEIR SELF ESTEEM.
FINALLY WE WANT TO SEE AN
INVESTMENT IN ADDRESSING THE
DISPROPORTIONALITY OF FOLKS IN
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
REENTRY PROGRAMS WITH THE FOCUS
ON EDUCATION AND WRAP AROUND
SERVICES CAN REDUCE.
THIS FUNDING WILL ENSURE
FORMERLY INCARCERATED FOLKS GAIN
THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED
TO OBTAIN LONG TERM LIVING WAGE
EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSITION
SUCCESSFULLY OUT OF THE THE
CORRECTION SYSTEM.
SO WE -- HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT
THESE INVESTMENTS.
THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE.
.
>> HI.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
IT IS A SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
REALLY FOCUSSING ON HEALTH
EQUITY AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING
THAT WORK FOR 34 YEARS.
I MYSELF HAVE WORKED IN THE
MEDICAL FIELD AND AROUND HEALTH
EQUITY FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
HEALTHY FAMILIES IS A CRITICAL
AND VITAL PART.
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE
WE RECOMMEND A $6.2 MILLION TO
IMPROVE HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PLUS
BUILDING A PIPELINE FOR
CULTURALLY CULTURAL
APPROPRIATE HEALTH CARE AND
CAREERS.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW COULD WE
REALLY AFFECT AND HAVE A
POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE HEALTH
OUTCOMES FOR COMMUNITIES.
WE RECOGNIZE FIRST THAT STARTS
WITH GOOD AND FOOD ACCESS.
OFTEN TIMES COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
HAVE FOOD DESERTS AND OTHER
THINGS THAT PROHIBIT THEM FROM
HAVING HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS
FOOD.
WE CREATED THE HEALTHY FOOD FUND
INVESTING $750,000 TO KIND OF
HELP ADDRESS THE INEQUITIES.
WE ALSO CREATED A STRATEGY THAT
IS FORMED TO TABLE ALLOWING
$200,000 TO BE INVESTED IN THAT
AREA.
THE GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE
ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
INCREASING RENEW TO BLACK AND
BROWN FARMERS AND REDUCING FOOD
WASTE AND INCREASING CONNECTION
TO FARMERS TO LAND AND TO NEW
FOOD.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
PANDEMIC DID IS HE LIGHTED THE
DEEP INEQUITIES WE HAVE FOR FOOD
ACCESS.
OUR AGENCY IS ONE OF THE
AGENCIES THAT SMALL AGENCIES
THAT TRY TO RESPOND TO THAT NEED
AND WE ARE ABLE TO PASS OUT OVER
2,000 BOXES OF FOOD TO OUR
FAMILIES AND TO OUR YOUTH
PROGRAMS.
WHAT WE SAW IS OFTEN TIMES THEY
DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD.
EVEN WHEN THEY DID, WHEN SCHOOLS
OFFERED AND IT THEY WERE ABLE TO
GO TO THE SCHOOLS, THERE WERE
OTHER THINGS THAT PROHIBITED
THEM FROM WANTING TO ACCESS THAT
FOOD.
WE BELIEVE THIS STRATEGY
ADDRESSED THIS REALLY IMMEDIATE
NEED AND WHEN WE BEGAN TO
DEVELOP THESE STRATEGIES WE
THOUGHT ABOUT IMMEDIATE NEED AND
LONG TERM NEED.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WAS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
WE CREATED THE FUND THAT WOULD
INVEST $550,000 IN THE HOPES OF
TACKLING SOME SOFT CRITICAL
ISSUES AROUND CAPACITY BUILDING,
AIR QUALITY, GREEN JOBS.
WHAT WE KNOW OFTEN TIMES
COMMUNITIES SUFFER FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
THIS -- THESE FUNDS WOULD BE TO
ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
AND SO THE LAST ONE IS ONE THAT
IS REALLY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY
HEART, THE LAST STRATEGY IS
REALLY DIRECT CULTURE
RESPONSIVE, INCLUSIVE HEALTH
CARE.
AS A FORMER HEALTH CARE WORKER
IT IS CRITICAL.
WE KNOW, THE STATISTICS SHOW US
WHN WE CAN CREATE A SYSTEM
WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL RELEVANT,
THEY CAN FEEL MORE THAN A
NUMBER, THEY CAN RELATE TO THE
INDIVIDUAL THEY ARE COMING IN TO
SERVE THEM, THAT THEY GET BETTER
HEALTH OUTCOMES.
WE CREATED THIS INVESTMENT
REALLY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES
AND TO BUILD A TEAM TO REALLY
THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY
TO BRING HEALTH EQUITY TO
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I'M BACK.
HOUSING.
WE ASKED FOR $8.8 MILLION.
IN BEING IN SEATTLE FOR THE LAST
21 YEARS WHICH IS WHERE I GREW
UP BASICALLY AS AN ADULT, UM --
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO
BE ON THIS TASK FORCE FOR -- I
JUST KNEW I NEEDED TO BE THERE.
AS AN ARTIST WE ARE OFTEN ASKED
TO BE AT THESE TYPES OF TABLES.
WHEN DISCUSSING HOUSING IT MADE
ME THINK WHAT WAS MY EXPERTISE
AND BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT TO
THE TABLE.
MY EXPERTISE IS THIS.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS A
FULL-TIME ARTIST.
I REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED THIS
ORGANIZATION.
WE WERE ON STAGE AND I WAS ON
THE COVER OF A SECTION OF THE
SEATTLE TIMES WRITTEN BY -- I
CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE I'M SO EMOTIONAL.
I REMEMBER GOING HOME THAT NIGHT
AFTER HAVING A GREAT PRODUCTION
AND KNOWING I WAS TON COVER OF
THE PAPER AND MY LIGHTS BEING
OFF.
HAVING TO SLEEP THAT NIGHT IN MY
HOUSE WHEN IT WAS COLD IN MY
CLOTHES, I REMEMBER WAKING UP
THE NEXT DAY AND HAVING TO GO TO
MY FRIEND'S HOUSE AND EAT.
IT WASN'T I WASN'T WORKING, I
WAS WORKING A LOT.
I HAD ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT
CONTRACTS I WAS WORKING ON.
I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
COMING IN.
SO WHEN I THINK OF HOUSING, AND
I THINK OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
WHAT WE CAN DO -- I THINK ABOUT
WHY WE AS A -- AS A TASK FORCE
WANTED TO DO LEASE TO OWN
BECAUSE IT IS NOT -- WE
UNDERSTAND THAT LEASE TO OWN
MEANS THAT WE PUT THE POWER BACK
INTO THE HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE REMOVE THE POWER FROM THE
DEVELOPERS WHO WE LOVE BECAUSE
YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE BUILDINGS.
WE REALLY WANT IT TO BE ABOUT
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP.
WE KNOW WITH OWNERSHIP COMES
POWER.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND APPRENTICESHIP
AND ARE LOOKING AT THOSE SYSTEMS
OF EDUCATION THAT MAKE IT MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
SO APPRENTICESHIP IS NOT JUST
FOR CONSTRUCTION SKILLS BUT ALSO
FOR CONTRACTORS AND THEN LOOKING
DOWN ROAD TO APPRENTICESHIPS FOR
HEALTH AND BUSINESS AND ARTISTRY
AND EDUCATION.
DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS
MEANS WE UPLIFT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT RETENTION.
KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.
HOW DO WE KEEP THEM IN THEIR
HOMES?
WE HAVE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE THE BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BUILD A
SYSTEM WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THOSE
SYSTEMS ARE CONNECTED?
THAT SMALL BUSINESS OWNER LIKE
DONNA MOODIE CAN BE FLAGGED FOR
PROGRAMS TO LET THEM HAVE HOME
OWNERSHIP.
TO LET THEM HAVE GOOD HEALTH
CARE.
TO HELP THEM HAVE EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS AND TO BRING IT ALL
TOGETHER.
SO IN THE HOUSING SECTION WE
TALKED ABOUT CREATING A PIPELINE
THAT FEEDS AN ECOSYSTEM THAT
SPEAKS TO ONE ANOTHER.
SO WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT
GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR
FAMILIES HAVE CHANGED.
THINGS HAVE SHIFTED.
OUR GREAT GRANDPARENTS WHO TRIED
TO BUY THAT LAND TO PASS DOWN
FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT
GENERATION HAVE PASSED AWAY OR
ARE UNABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR
SERVICES.
HOW DO WE INSTILL AND WORK WITH
THE CITY AS A WHOLE IN AND THE
CITY HELP US IN THINKING ABOUT
NOT JUST THE NOW BUT TO PASS AND
GET ON FROM GENERATION TO
GENERATION AND BUILDING A
TRAINING PROGRAM THAT SPEAKS TO
ALL OF OUR PILLARS AND ALL OF
THE THINGS WE NEED TO MAKE
SEATTLE THE PLACE WE KNOW THAT
IT CAN BE?
SO I SAY FORGET ABOUT THE SILOS.
LETS BRING US TOGETHER.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE YOU
CAN SEE THE FULL OUTLINE OF ALL
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH
DETAILED DOLLAR AMOUNTS WHICH I
KNOW FOLKS HAVE BEEN CURIOUS
ABOUT.
LOTS OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE
BEEN GETTING ARE WHEN THIS MONEY
BE ABLE TO GET INTO COMMUNITY?
WE KNOW FOLKS ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING JUST TO SURVIVE, NOT
JUST GETTING THE CHANCE TO
THRIVE AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE ARE ASKING YOU ALL IS TO
WORK WITH US AS THE TASK FORCE
IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU
ALL TO HELP GET THESE DOLLARS
INTO COMMUNITY TO START DOING
GOOD WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT STEPS.
I WANT TO ASK IF ANY OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR THE TASK FORCE.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> THANK BS.
S.
TWO QUESTIONS.
MAYBE THIS IS GOING TO BE
COVERED BY CHRIS IN NEXT
STEPS.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF THE
ALLOCATION THAT IS INCLUDED IN
THIS RECOMMENDATION?
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FUNDS THAT ARE
RECOMMENDED TOTAL NEARLY THE
FULL $30 MILLION BUT JUST
WONDERING #40U7 WE WILL BE
COVERING THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST
TO IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED
SPENDING AND THEN RELATED TO
THAT, BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, EXPANDING EXISTING CONTRACTS
WILL -- IS ONE THING THAT WILL
REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY
OF THESE DOLLARS CAN BE
ALLOCATED THROUGH EXISTING
CONTRACTS VERSUS THE DEVELOPMENT
OF NEW RFPS FOR NEW AND
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS?
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
SO WE ARE -- BLESSED TO BE
IN SEATTLE.
A CITY THAT IS ON THE FOOTING
TOWARDS JUSTICE AND MANY OF OUR
CITY DEPARTMENTS ALREADY HAVE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO
THIS GREAT WORK AND AS THE TASK
FORCE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
CLOSELY WITH CITY STAFF AND THE
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO
IDENTIFY WHERE THERE IS ALREADY
THIS WORK HAPPENING WE CAN
SUPPLEMENT AND THEN IDENTIFYING
GAPS WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO
CREATE SOMETHING NEW OUT OF IT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE DIFFERENT
RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE THERE
MIGHT BE SOMETHING LIKE AN RFP
PROCESS OR THE NEED TO HIRE A
CONSULTANT TO CREATE EM
SOMETHING.
>> A THUMBS UP.
THANK YOU.
NOT SEEING -- COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
QUESTION A LITTLE BIT.
FIRST I JUST WANT TO ACT
KNOWLEDGE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR
INCLUDING ISSUES ABOUT FOOD
INSECURITY IN THIS WORK.
YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW I WORKED
AS A FOOD SYSTEMS CONSULTANT FOR
TEN YEARS.
THIS IS AN ISSUE NEAR AND DEAR
TO MY HEART.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE CONNECTING NOT JUST FOOD
ACCESS BUT CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE FOOD.
ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION I WORKED
WITH WAS DOING -- IS DOING A
FARM STAND EVERY SUMMER AND --
WHEN IT STARTED THERE WAS -- A
LOT OF BARRIERS TO GETTING
PEOPLE TO COME TO THE FARM
STAND.
I THINK IN PART BECAUSE THERE IS
THIS PERCEPTION THAT FARMER'S
MARKETS ARE ONLY FOR WEALTHY
PEOPLE.
EVEN WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO
ATTRACT LOWER INCOME FOLKS,
FOLKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO
COME, IF THEY -- WERE FROM A
DIFFERENT CULTURE WE WEREN'T
NECESSARILY ABLE TO ACCESS CULL
RALLY APPROPRIATE VEGETABLES.
IF WE WERE SELLING BROCCOLI AND
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH
IT, THAT IS NOT A YUFLS ACCESS
POINT FOR THEM.
THEN WERE OTHER ISSUES AROUND
WHETHER WE COULD TAKE WICK,
WHETHER WE COULD -- OUR EBT CARD
MACHINE WAS WORKING, IF THERE
WAS INTERNET CONNECTION SO WE
COULD USE THE EBT SWIPER.
THERE IS JUST A LOT OF
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT
COME -- CHALLENGES THAT COME
WITH TRYING TO GET PEOPLE BETTER
ACCESS.
I AM HAPPY THIS TO THE SEE THIS
IS PART OF THE FOCUS AND --
EAGER TO HELP ALL OF YOU MAKE
SURE YOU ARE GETTING THAT DONE.
UM, MY QUESTION AS A FOLLOW UP
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD'S
QUESTIONS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
YOU SAID IS THERE IS A REAL
EMPHASIS ON MAKING SURE WE ARE
PROVIDING THIS PUBLIC RESOURCE
TO SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAY
NOT HAVE THE CAPITAL OR CAPACITY
TO ENGAGE WITH ALL OF THESE RFP
PROCESSES.
IF THAT IS THE GOAL AND IN
TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT STARTING WITH WHO
YOU ARE ALREADY FUNDING, I AM
JUST WONDERING IF THAT IS A
MISMATCH OR HOW -- BECAUSE I
THINK WE DO CURRENTLY FUND A LOT
OF LARGE ORGANIZATIONS.
I HEAR VERY OFTEN FROM SMALL
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THEY
CAN'T COMPETE OR THESE BIG
ORGANIZATION GET THE MONEY AND
MAY DOLL OUT LITTLE BITS OF IT
TO THE SMALL ORGANIZATIONS.
THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND REALLY
DOING THE WORK DON'T HAVE ACCESS
THE WAY THEY NEED IT.
I AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT FOR A LACK
OF A BETTER WORD THAT MISMATCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECOGNIZE
IN OUR WORK IS THAT BECAUSE OF
THE DISINVESTMENT AND BEING KEPT
AWAY FOR RESOURCES, MANY
COMMUNITIES DON'T HAVE THE
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OR JUST THE
STAFF TO REALLY KEEPING -- OR
EVEN GO OUT AND TRY TO GET INTO
THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE
CITY HAS AND SO AS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH CITY STAFF, TRYING
TO START DESIGNING SOME OF THESE
RFPS WE REALLY MADE IT A CENTRAL
POINT THAT WE CAN'T JUST DO
BUSINESS AS USUAL BECAUSE IT
WILL GET THE SAME RESULTS.
WE NEED BE DESIGNING THESE RFPS
AND PROVIDING THE IF HE CAN
NICKEL E -- TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE BECAUSE WE KNOW WE
NEED AS MANY HANDS ON DECK TO
REVERSE GENERATIONS IF NOT
CENTURIES OF CHRONIC
DISINVESTMENT AND EXPLOITATION.
>> IF I COULD ADD ONE OF THE
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH DEAL
AND HSD AND ARTS, THEY HAVE RAN
PILOTS OF ALTERNATIVE WAYS.
WE ASKED THEM TO IDENTIFY THE
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WHO ARE ALREADY GETTING MONEY
FROM WHETHER IT WAS PARKS AND
FROM ANY DEPARTMENT AND TRYING
TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF ALL OF
THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE KNOW
ABOUT.
SOME OF WHICH MAY ALREADY BE
GETTING FUNDING FROM THE CITY.
IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO ADD
ON TO THOSE, THAT IS GREAT.
REALLY DESIGNING JUST A
DIFFERENT WAY OF GETTING MONEY
INTO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS' HANDS.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THE INITIAL
FUNDING MAY GO TO THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY DOING
BUSINESS WITH THE CITY BUT THAT
THE LONG TERM GOAL IS IN THE
NEXT TO DESIGN THIS PROCESS THAT
WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR MORE OF
THOSE SMALL COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO BE AT THE
TABLE.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONE
OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WE HAD
WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE
BUSINESS PILLAR WAS TO USE PAEM
PART OF THAT TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE TO SAEK OUT
BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE IN NEED
SO THE ASSISTANCE WOULDN'T JUST
BEGIN ONCE THE APPLICATION WERE
IN AND PEOPLE RECEIVED MONEY AND
WE WOULDN'T JUST BE GUIDING THEM
ON HOW TO SPEND IT BUT USE SOME
OF THE PROCEEDS FROM TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
SOME TIMES
QUESTIONS ARE DAUCHTH.
S THE --
DAUNTING.
WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON OUTREACH
SO NOT ONLY WHAT WE GET WITH
ACTUALLY SPENDING A LITTLE TIME
FINDING BUSINESSES IN NEED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION AND THE SERIES OF
ANSWERS.
I THINK DONNA YOU MENTIONED IT
WELL IN YOUR COMMENTS AT THE
BEGINNING.
HOW DO WE ALSO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MAKING THESE APPLICATIONS REALLY
SIMPLE AND EASY AND NOT SO TIME
CONSUMING AND YOU JUST MENTIONED
DR. EDWARDS LAYING ABOUT HOW YOU
HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH DEAL.
I FOUND AN E-MAIL HE GOT A HUGE
COMPLIMENT THEY SAID.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO EASY FOR ME
TO FILL OUT THIS APPLICATION.
THIS I THINK IS A CONTINUATION
OF THAT SAME MENTALITY AND HOW
DO WE REDUCE THE BARRIERS AND
DOLLARS DIRECTLY INTO COMMUNITY.
MAYBE WITH THAT WE SHOULD GO
INTO THE NEXT STEPS HERE.
WE WILL SEE IF THERE IS ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
>> A COUPLE OF US ARE USING THE
RAISE THE HAND FEATURE.
IF THAT IS NOT YOUR PREFERENCE,
HAPPY TO WAVE AT THE SCREEN
MOVING FORWARD.
>> I SEE HANDS NOW.
OKAY, GREAT.
WE WILL DO COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
I WILL KEEP THE SCREEN OPEN HERE
WITH THE VIRTUAL HANDS.
THEN WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
HEAR THE NEXT AS WELL TO SEE IF
THERE IS QUESTIONS RELATED TO
THAT.
>> THIS IS VERY BRIEF.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
CONGRATULATE DR. SHEILA EDWARDS
LANG ON HER APPOINTMENT AS THE
NEXT CHANCELLOR.
I WANT TO GET THAT OUT THERE.
HAVING KNOWN DR. EDWARDS LANG
SINCE MY TIME AND REALLY MORNING
HER LEADERSHIP.
THIS SEEMS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE
TIME GIVEN SHE IS ON OUR PANEL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT GREAT
APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE ONLY BITTERSWEET PART IS I
HAVE TO MOVE TO TACOMA.
IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BUT I
WILL BE MOVING, RELOCATING.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
BEAUTIFUL SISTER CITY.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS
ALSO TO THE WORK OF THE TASK
FORCE MEMBERS.
I KNOW THIS WAS TOUGH
CHALLENGING WORK AND IT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS
AMIDST UNIQUE AND HISTORIC
CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF ENGAGING
IN THIS -- TASK FORCE WORK WHICH
HAPPENS IN PERSON.
I WANTED TO -- I DON'T HAVE A
QUESTION, I WANTED TO SORT OF --
ESPECIALLY ACKNOWLEDGE A LOT OF
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THE NEED
TO BUILD CAPACITY AMONGST
COMMUNITIES TO SORT OF BUILD
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OVER
RESILIENCE INTO COMMUNITIES SO
THEY ARE ABLE TO BE IN A
POSITION TO EVEN APPLY FOR
GRANTS OR ASK FOR TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
I THINK BUILDING THAT IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO WHAT I
THINK IS OUR COLLECTIVE LONG
TERM VISION AROUND PRODUCING
BETTER COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES
THAT ARE GOING TO BE BETTER
SITUATED TO PRODUCE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY WITHIN OUR
BOARD COMMUNITY.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE --
CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES
THAT ARE REPRESENTED THROUGH
MANY IF NOT ALL OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE
SEEING HERE AND REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT BEING ABLE TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE HOUSING PROPOSALS AS
WELL INCLUDING THE LEASE TO OWN
PROGRAM AND INTERESTED IN MAKING
SURE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR MORE DETAILS ABOUT SOME OF
THOSE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
AS WE DON'T LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW
TO IMPLEMENT THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS AS QUICKLY AND
AS EQUITABLY AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> WELL SAID.
OKAY.
PLEASE FOR AHEAD, CHRIS
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BEING THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS
I KNOW WE HAVE DISCUSSED COMING
BACK NEXT WEEK ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS IF CITY STAFF NEEDS
MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH OUR
PROPOSAL.
I WOULD BE INCLINED AS A LABOR
ORGANIZER TO ASK FOR THE URGENCY
OF THE MOMENT COMMUNITY IS IN
DIRE NEED AND REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO GETTING THE CHANCE
FOR OUR CITY PARTNERS TO BE ABLE
TO GET THESE RFPS DESIGNED AND
IN THE STREET SO TO SPEAK.
SO IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE TO
ASK OF YOU ALL AS A COMMITTEE TO
VOTE TO LIFT THE -- LIFT --
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AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND KNOWING
THAT THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS ARE
COMMITTED TO STAYING INVOLVED IN
THIS PROCESS AND BEING A
RESOURCE FOR THE CITY TO HELP
IMPLEMENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS
NOT JUST FOR UP THIS COMING
CURRENT BUDGET YEAR BUT GOING
FORWARD.
WE KNOW THE WORK OF UNDOING A
LEGACY OF OPPRESSION IS NOT
SHORT BUT IT WILL BE SWEET.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION,
TOO.
ALSO THE WORK YOU DID TO WALK US
THROUGH THE INITIAL SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I KNOW WE ARE ABLE TO PAIR THAT
INFORMATION WITH THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS AND TO BUILD THAT
CAPACITY AS WAS TALKED ABOUT
HERE IN ADDITION TO ALSO MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE NOT BEING
UNWISE WITH PEOPLE'S TIME,
RESPECTING THEIR TIME.
REALLY LIKE THE ASPECT OF
STREAMLINING THIS.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE
QUESTIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE
TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO HAVE TO
COME BACK.
I THINK THAT WILL BE AS SIMPLE
AS HAVING IT ON OUR AGENDA FOR
THE NEXT MEETING.
YOU ARE ALL VERY ACCESSIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR PICKING UP THE
PHONE WHEN WE ALL CALLED.
I WILL SEE IF THERE IS ANY LAST
QUESTIONS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
YOU?
OKAY.
WELL CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUS BODY OF
WORK.
I THINK THAT THERE HAS ALREADY
BEEN SOME COMMENTS AS WELL FROM
ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF CONTINUING SOME OF THE
INITIAL INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE
IN THE WAKE OF COVID, THE WAY IN
WHICH WE HAVE GOTTEN DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR DIRECTLY INTO
COMMUNITIES WHETHER IT IS SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS OR COMMUNITY
EFFECTED DISPRO PORS NATELY BY
COVID, CHILD CARE PROVIDERS AND
MEMBERS OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURE
COMMITTEE.
IT FEELS LIKE MANY OF THESE
BUILDING BLOCKS ARE COMING
TOGETHER VERY NICELY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK
YOU HAVE DONE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
OUR -- THANKING THE COMMITTEE
FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY AND
PLEASE PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION
TO YOUR ENTIRE TASK FORCE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
LETS MOVE █ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6.
>> DOMESTIC WORKERS STAND
AROUNDS BOARD RECK MEN DATHSS
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HAVE WITH US AGAIN KARI
FLSHGS A BULL FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE
HAVE HAD THE DEM STICK WORKERS
STANDARDS BOARD ON OUR
COMMITTEE.
OMESTIC WORKERS
STANDARDS BOARD ON OUR
COMMITTEE.
WE INCLUDED THE
COUNCIL RESPOND TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS SO IT WASN'T A
REPORT THAT JUST SAT ON A SHELF
SOMEWHERE.
MEMBERS OF THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
BOARD CAME TO US WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAY 18TH.
THANKS AGAIN TO THE BOARD FOR
PRESENTING AND FOR THE WORK THAT
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARD
SYSTEMS FOR THEIR WORK IN
SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WERE HEARING DIRECTLY FROM
WORKERS AND THE HIRING ENTITIES.
UNDER THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED WE
HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO RESPOND TO
THOSE RECOMMENDATION WITHIN 120
DAYS OF RECEIVING THEM.
MY WE DESIRE IS WE TRY TO DO
THAT
EARLIER.
BE THAT WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT
OVER THE KARINA TO GIVE US
QUICK UPDATE.
MY HOPE IS WE CAN SORT OF
OUTLINE SOME OF THE RESPONSE
THAT WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN
SHARING.
THIS IS NO VOTE FOR THIS TODAY.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KARINA.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
I WILL PRESENT TO YOU THIS
MORNING A PRESENTATION THAT
PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL OVER VIEW.
AND AGAIN AS COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA REFERENCED THE BOARD
PRESENTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
COMMITTEE ON MAY 18TH AND WE ARE
WORKING TOWARDS AT THE VERY
LATEST A SEPTEMBER RESPONSE.
HOPE FOERLGY AUGUST.
THE BOARD HAD FOUR MAIN AREAS
FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THEN THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 11
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH SOME
SUBSET.
THE TOPIC AREAS WERE INVESTING
THIS COMMUNITY EXPERTISE AND
BUILDING TRUST, PROVIDING MORE
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO
WORKERS AND HIRING ENTITIES,
IMPLEMENTING POLICY CHANGES TO
IMPROVE THE ORDINANCE AND ALSO
MANDATING PORTABLE BENEFITS FOR
DOMESTIC WORKERS.
IN CONSIDERATION OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND UNDER THE
GOVERNING PROCEDURE, THIS DRAFT
DRAFT -- RESPONSE PROVIDES A
WRITTEN RESPONSE WITH THE
FOLLOWING GUIDANCE.
I THINK THERE IS ONLY THREE THAT
HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THIS
DRAFT RESPONSE.
A IS THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD
SUPPORT THIS SUBMISSION OF A
PROPOSAL TO PUT BEFORE THE
COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
B IS THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD
REQUEST MORE INFORMATION FROM
THE BOARD.
C THE COMMITTEE WOULD REQUEST
THE BOARD TO DEVELOP
ALTERNATIVES AND D THE COMMITTEE
WOULD REJECT THE PROPOSAL WITH
REASONS FOR A REJECTION AND THEN
LAST THE COMMITTEE WOULD
CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL ON A
LONGER TIMELINE.
SO AS A PREVIEW THERE IS NO
RECOMMENDATION.
THERE ARE REQUESTS FOR THE OVER
ITEMS.
SOMETIMES A MINGLING OF BOTH
REQUESTED PROPOSAL ALONG PERHAPS
LONGER TIMELINE.
SO TO BEGIN THESE DRAFT
RESPONSES ARE QUITE BROAD.
THEY INDICATE BROAD SUPPORT FOR
THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION.
THERE IS NO --
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AND TO EMPOWER THE BOARD TO MAKE
THEIR OWN DECISION MAKING AND TO
PRIORITIZE THEIR OWN AREAS OF
FOCUS THAT THEN THE COMMITTEE
CAN THEN RECEIVE, EVALUATE AND
WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THE
COMMITTEE IS EAGER TO SUPPORT
IMPROVING THE WORKING CONDITIONS
AND LIVES OF DOMESTIC WORKERS.
SO THE FIRST
RECOMMENDATION UNDER THE
CATEGORY IN INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY EXPERTISE AND BUILDING
TRUST IS EXPANDING FUND FOR
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
AS A BIT OF BACKGROUND OFFICE OF
LAY BHOR STANDARDS ALREADY HAS
A -- SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS ABOUT $2.1 MILLION TOTAL.
THEN $600,000 IS FOR BUSINESSES
AND HIRING ENTITIES.
THIS REASONABLE CARE MEN
ADDITION WOULD PROPOSE EXPANDING
THAT MONEY TO MAKE SURE IT HAS
SPECIFIC FUNDS FOR DOMESTIC
WORKER OUTREACH AND ON GOING
FUNDS FOR DOMESTIC WORKER
OUTREACH.
RIGHT NOW MY UNDERSTANDING OF
THE WAY THAT THE FUNDING IS
ORGANIZED FOR COMMUNITY AND
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT
IT IS A BROAD FUNDING THAT THE
ORGANIZATIONS DECIDE HOW TO
DIVIDE AS FAR AS FOCUS FOR EACH
LABOR STANDARD AND IT IS
REQUESTING SPECIFIC FUNDING FOR
DOMESTIC WORKERS WITH
RECOGNITION THERE COULD NEED TO
BE DIFFERENT WAYS OF REACHING
THOSE WORKERS AND HIRING
SEPARATE FROM WORKERS WHO ARE
FUNCTIONING AS EMPLOYEES.
SO THE DRAFT RESPONSE WOULD BE
TO BROADLY SUPPORT THIS GOAL AND
TO SUPPORT SUBMISSION OF A
BUDGET -- OF A REQUEST FOR A
SPECIFIC AUTOHAUNT OF MONEY AND
THAT PROPOSAL COULD COME FROM
THE BOARD AND OR OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE THIS
KIND OF RESPONSE WHERE IT IS THE
COMMITTEE WELCOMES A PROPOSAL.
IT COULD COME FROM THE BOARD.
COULD COME FROM OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS OR A COMBINATION OF
BOTH.
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YET THEIR INPUT IS SO
CRITICAL IN MAKING THOSE
DECISIONS.
SO THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE IN
ALIGNMENT BUT ALSO WANT TO HAVE
SOME MORE INFORMATION FROM THE
BOARD ON THIS RECOMMENDATION.
PERHAPS SOME SHORT AND LONG TERM
IDEAS FOR COMPENSATION.
SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN NOW
BUT MAYBE NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN EDGE MROERG
SEPARATE FROM THE BOARD HOW
COMPENSATING BOARD MEMBERS WOULD
IMPACT OTHER BOARDS ACROSS THE
CITY.
SO RECOGNIZING THAT
COMPENSATING DOMESTIC WORKERS
WOULDN'T BE AN ON ISLAND ON ITS
OWN BUT IT IS ALL PART OF
LARGER PICTURE.
I BELIEVE THE
BOOKLET HAS BEEN PRINTED AND
TRANSLATED.
THEN BOARD RECOGNIZES AN
EXPANSION OF LANGUAGE ACCESS
COULD BENEFIT MORE WORKERS AND
SO THERE IS INTEREST IN THAT AND
ALSO UPDATING MATERIALS CREATING
NEW MATERIALS AS INFORMED BY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO KNOW
WHAT IS GOING TO WORK BEST TO
REACH WORKERS AND HIRING
EPTTIES.
SO THE COMMITTEE WOULD SUPPORT
SUBMISSION OF A REQUEST FOR THAT
PROPOSAL.
ALSO IN THE CATEGORY OF
PROVIDING MORE MATERIALS IS THE
BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION TO FUND A
MAILING TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN
SEATTLE.
THERE ARE ABOUT 350,000
HOUSEHOLDS IN SEATTLE AND THEY
PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK ON THE
BOARD'S
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE IS A SENSE THE COST COULD
COST UP TO $175,000.
IT COULD BE PERHAPS AS LOW AS
$100,000 IF THERE IS SOME SORT
OF TARGETING.
THAT PROVIDES A GENERAL FRAME
WORK OF THE COST.
SO THE RESPONSE WOULD BE THE
COMMITTEE REQUEST MORE
DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES TO
THIS RECOMMENDATION.
PERHAPS AN EXPLORATION OF OTHER
PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER MEANS THAT
COULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.
SO SUPPORT FOR THIS BUT WANTING
SOME ALTERNATIVES TO REACH A
SIMILAR GOAL.
ALSO IN THE SAME CATEGORY WOULD
BE A PROPOSAL TO FUND
IMPROVEMENT OF THE DOMESTIC
WORKER SECTION OF THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS WEBSITE.
THE BORDER COMMUNICATED THEIR
BELIEF THAT THE WEBSITE COULD BE
MORE USER FRIENDLY AND HAVE
EASIER ACCESS TO SPANISH TRANCE
--
TRANSLATION.
THEY HAVE A HELP BOT THAT COULD
HELP GUIDE USERS THROUGH THE
WEBSITE SO THE -- DROP RESPONSE
FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE
AGAIN FOR THE BOARD AND FOR
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS TO
SUBMIT A BUDGET REQUEST.
AND THEN LAST IN THIS CATEGORY
ARE WAYS TO ENSURE A THIRD PARTY
PLATFORM COMPLIANCE WITH
DOMESTIC WORKER ORDINANCE.
SO THE BACKGROUND -- THE THIRD
PARTY APPS, THE ONLINE ENABLED
PLATFORMS THAT FACILITATE AND
CAN FACILITATE DOMESTIC WORKER
PROVISION OF SERVICES TO VARYING
LEVELS.
SO THERE IS AN INTEREST ON THE
BOARD TO FIND OUT WAYS TO REACH
THOSE THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF
THEIR OBLIGATIONS AND ALSO TO
HELP THE CONSUMERS OF THOSE
PLATFORMS BE AWARE OF THE
OBLIGATIONS AS WELL.
THAT COULD TAKE -- THAT COULD BE
IMPLEMENTED IN A VARIETY OF
WAYS.
THERE COULD BE LETTERS TO THE
PLATFORMS THAT THE COUNCIL SIGNS
ON AND SENDS UNDER THEIR NAME OR
JOINS OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
OR JOINS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
IF THERE IS A MANDATED NOTICE OF
RIGHTS REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO
WORKERS, THAT SOMETHING THESE
THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS WOULD NEED
TO DO AS WELL.
SO THE RESPONSE WOULD BE THE
SUBMISSION OF A PROPOSAL FROM
THE BOARD OR THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS AND HOW MUCH THIS
WOULD COST TO FUND TO MEET THEIR
GOALS AND ALSO OUT FRONT
STATEMENT THAT THE COMMITTEE
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING A
COMPLIANCE LETTER TO THESE THIRD
PARTY PLATFORMS.
THERE IS ONE MORE IN THIS
CATEGORY OF PROVIDING MORE
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES AND THAT
IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADDRESS
THE IMPACT OF LACK OF HEALTH
CARE FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS AND
THIS COULD TAKE THE FORM OF
PROVIDING RESOURCES TO HIRING
EPTTIES AND FOR THE COMMITTEE
AND COUNCIL TO ADVOCATE TO THE
STATE LEGISLATOR WAYS TO ADOPT
THE STATEWIDE AFFORDABLE HEALTH
CARE INSURANCE PROGRAM.
THE CITY DEPARTMENTS COULD BE A
CONVENING OF OFFICE STANDARDS
AND OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS FOR -- TEAM AND
A DRAFT RESPONSE TO THIS
RECOMMENDATION COULD BE A
SUBMISSION OF A BOARD OR OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS PROPOSAL ON
HOW ON THE FUNDING NEEDED OR THE
RESOURCES NEEDED TO MAKE THIS
RECOMMENDATION MOVE FORWARD AND
THE COMMITTEE COULD TAKE PART IN
ADVOCATING FOR STATEWIDE
AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE.
THE NEXT CATEGORY REGARDS POLICY
CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE LABOR
STANDARDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON
THE BOOKS HAVE A MANDATED NOTICE
OF RIGHTS THAT EM EMPLOYERS ARE
HIRING ENTITIES NEED TO PROVIDE.
WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED
WAS THERE LANGUAGE IN THE
ORDINANCE REQUIRED OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS TO CREATE A
DOCUMENT WITH A NOTICE OF
RIGHTS.
IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE
PROVIDED TO DOMESTIC WORKERS.
SO THE BOARD IS ENGAGING IN SOME
STAKE HOLDER WORK TO FIND OUT IF
THE ORDINANCE WERE AMENDED TO
MAKE IT REQUIRED LEGALLY FOR
EMPLOYERS TO GIVE THAT
INFORMATION TO WORKERS.
WHAT WOULD BE IMPACT OF THAT?
SO THE BOARD IS DOING THAT WORK
CHLT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THE NEXT POLICY CHANGE
WOULD BE TO ELIMINATE THE
EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC FUNDED HOME
CARE WORKERS FROM THE ORDINANCE
IN RECOGNITION THERE HAVE BEEN
SOME -- THERE HAS BEEN A STATE
LAW THAT HAS CHANGED THE
LANDSCAPE OF PUBLICLY FUNDED
WORK SO IN THE SAME VEIN AS THE
PREVIOUS PROPOSAL THE COMMITTEE
WOULD SUPPORT SUBMISSION OF A
PROPOSAL FOR THIS CHANGE AND
AGAIN WITH MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND RISKS AND
THE STAKE HOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND
THE COMMITTEE ENCOURAGING
WORKING WITH SCIU ON OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT.
THE OTHER POLICY CHANGE WOULD BE
TO ELIMINATE THE INTERFERENCE
STANDARD FOR JOINT HIRING
LIABILITY.
WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION OF A
THIRD PARTY PLATFORM THE WAY THE
ACCOUNTABILITY WORKS WITH THE
ORDINANCE IS THAT THE END USER
IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING
WITH THE ORDINANCE UNLESS THEY
DIRECTLY INTERFERE WITH -- WITH
THE DOMESTIC WORKER RIGHTS.
THIS IS MORE SDWLAP THIRD PARTY
PLATFORMS.
IT IS ANY SORT OF SEPARATE
HIRING ENTITY.
THAN JUST THIRD
PARTY PLATFORMS.
IT IS ANY SORT OF SEPARATE
HIRING ENTITY.
SO THE BOARD
IS INTERESTED IN REMOVING THAT
SHIELD FROM LIABILITY.
THE COMMITTEE RESPONSE WOULD
REQUEST MORE INFORMATION FROM
THE BOARD ON THAT PROPOSAL, MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BENEFITS
AND RISKS AND STAKE HOLDER
ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN THE LAST RECOMMENDATION
WHICH IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST AND
MOST COMPLEX WOULD BE TO MANDATE
A PORTABLE BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR
DOMESTIC WORKERS WITH A SPECIFIC
FOCUS ON ACCESS TO PAID LEAVE,
FOR SICK DAYS, REST DAYS AND
OTHER USES.
AND IN RECOGNITION THAT THIS
PROPOSAL IS QUITE VAST AND QUITE
COMPLEX OF THE BOARD WOULD
RECOMMEND THAT -- I'M SORRY THE
COMMITTEE WOULD RECOMMEND THE
BOARD DEVELOP THIS PROPOSAL WITH
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS AND
THEN SUBMIT IT TO THE COMMITTEE
FOR THEIR EVALUATION WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THERE IS VERY
SINCERE SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPING
THE PROGRAM BUT JUST RECOGNITION
OF ITS COMPLEXITY.
ALREADY CENTRAL STAFF AND
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE
HAS SENT FOUR PAGES OF QUESTIONS
TO THE COALITION OF THE BOARD
THAT IS WOULD RECOLLECTING ON
THIS PROPOSAL.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS TO
CONSIDER AND SO AN INTEREST OF
EFFICIENCY THE COMMITTEE WOULD
WANT TO RECEIVE A MORE DEVELOPED
PROPOSAL, FULLY DEVELOPED
PROPOSAL FROM THE BOARD AND
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
SO IN SUMMERY OF THE FOUR
CATEGORIES OF RESPONSES THERE
WOULD BE FIVE WHERE THE
COMMITTEE WOULD SUPPORT THE
SUBMISSION OF A PROPOSAL AND IN
THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IT
WOULD BE A BUDGET PROPOSAL.
NEXT THERE WOULD BE THREE WHERE
THE COMMITTEE WOULD SUPPORT THE
SUBMISSION OF A LEGISLATIVE
PROPOSAL.
THEN IN REQUESTING MORE
INFORMATION THERE WOULD BE TWO
FUNDING RESOURCES TO COMPENSATE
WORKERS FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND
THAT ELIMINATING THE STANDARD
FOR JOINT HIRING LIABILITY AND
THEN LAST REQUESTING THE BOARD
TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES.
THERE WOULD BE ONE
RECOMMENDATION IN THIS CATEGORY
WHICH WOULD BE FUNDING AND
MAILING TO ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN
SEATTLE.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY
PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE
INFORMATION.
.
>> THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR
WALKING US THROUGH A PRETTY
DENSE RECOMMENDATION AND HELPING
TO DISTILL THE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE WAY YOU
HAVE I THINK HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL.
AGAIN I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS
BOARD WHO ALSO PROVIDED A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE POWER POINT
PRESENTATION THAT HAD A SIMILAR
OUTLINE IN TERMS OF FUNDING
RECOMMENDATION, ADVOCACY
RECOMMENDATIONS AND POLICY
EXCHANGES.
THERE IS A FEW THINGS I WOULD
LIKE TO NOTE.
AS SHE MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING, THIS IS A UNIQUE
BOARD MAKE UP IN THAT WE HAVE
ASKED THEM TO COME BACK TO US
AND GIVE US RECK MEN ADDITIONS
SO THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A
POLICY THAT IS STAGNANT AND
RECOMMENDATIONS DON'T SIT ON THE
SHELF.
WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THE BOARD THEMSELVES AS
INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE UP HIRING
ENTITIES AND WORKERS THEMSELVES
ABSOLUTELY HAVE ADVOCACY
CAPACITY TO COME AND LOBBY THE
COUNCIL OR WORK WITH THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS IN ANYWAY
THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING
TO OFFER HERE IS INITIAL
INDICATION OF THINGS WE WOULD
LOVE TO SEE MORE OF OR HELP US
UNDERSTAND MORE.
WE WANT TO INDICATE SUPPORT FOR
AREAS WHERE WE THINK THERE MIGHT
BE COMMON GROUND AND FOR THEM TO
HELP HAVE A SENSE OF AREAS WE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE FURTHER
EXPLORED AS PART OF WHAT SHE HAS
OUTLINED HERE.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN INDICATION
WE ARE PRIORTIZING ONE ITEM OVER
ANOTHER OR FULLY FUND ONE ITEM
VERSUS AN ANOTHER OR AN
INDICATION WE ARE HOPING THEY
CAN WORK WITHIN THE BOARD TO
PRIORITIZE.
AND ON THE HEALTH CARE ONE
THEY HAD SUGGESTED HOME CARE
PROVIDERS COVERED UNDER MEDICARE
CONTRACTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
SHOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE
COVERED IN THIS DOMESTIC WORKERS
ORDINANCE WE PASSED TWO YEARS
AGO.
WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THOSE BECAUSE
THEY HAD DIFFERENT PROTECTIONS.
THERE WAS STATE CHANGE THAT HAS
MADE IT MORE POSSIBLE FOR US TO
COVER THOSE DOMESTIC WORKERS AND
SO WE ARE INTEREST ED IN
FOLLOWING THEIR LEAD AND WORKING
WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT IS A GOOD FOLLOW
UP.
THEN IN TERMS OF THE -- ONE MORE
THING.
SORRY.
ONE MORE THING IN TERMS OF THE
PORTABLE BENEFITS POLICY WHICH
IS A LARGE BODY OF WORK.
FROM THE RESEARCH WE HAVE DONE
AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE OTHER
CITIES ARE AT THANKS TO THE
WORKERS BOARD WE HAVE ANOTHER
SENSE OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE
LOOKING AT INCLUDING PITTSBURGH
AND SAN FRANCISCO AND WANTING TO
HAVE OUR EXPERT TEAM AT THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS REALLY
IN SORT OF THE EVALUATION AND
POLICY DEVELOPMENT CHAIR FOR US
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE
OF BOTH THE BOARD AND OLS AT THE
TABLE HAS BEEN SOMETHING I THINK
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
IT TOOK PITTSBURGH A FEW -- I
THINK THEY ARE WORKING ON THE
SECOND ROUND T SECOND YEAR OF
PULLING TOGETHER THE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW FROM OUR
CONVERSATION ON DOMESTIC WORKERS
POSSIBLE PORTABLE BENEFITS A FEW
YEARS AGO WE SORT OF GRAPPLED
WITH HOW TO CREATE OUR OWN
INDIVIDUAL CITY FOCUS INSURANCE
SYSTEM.
HAVING THAT WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE VERSUS ORIGINALLY AT THE
STATE LEVEL, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT
DISTINCTION WAS CHALLENGING
POLICY CONVERSATION TWO YEARS
AGO.
REALLY WANTING TO PARTNER
CLOSELY WITH OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS AS PITTSBURGH HAS DONE
IN DEVELOPING THEIR LEGISLATION
IS SOMETHING I THINK WE COULD
LOOK AT VERSUS HAVING THE CITY
COUNCIL OR ONE INDIVIDUAL OFFICE
COME UP WITH THE POLICY IN AND
OF ITSELF.
IT FEELS LIKE A MUCH BIGGER
CONVERSATION WITH A LOT OF
RESEARCH CAPACITY NEEDED THAN
FOR EXAMPLE OUR OFFICE HAS
WITHIN ONE OFFICE AT THE COUNCIL
LEVEL.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THE TRUST
AND SUPPORT AND HONOR THE
EXPERTISE WITHIN THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARDS BOARD AND ALSO
NOTE THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
WORK THAT IS TO COME FOR A
HANDFUL OF THESE RECOMMENDATION.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD AND IF THERE
IS OTHER QUESTIONS I WILL KEEP
MY HAND ON THE EYE FEATURES AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU REMIND ME ARE THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS JOINTLY TO THE
COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE?
ARE THEY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
EXECUTIVE?
AND THE REASON I ASK AND I
APPRECIATE THAT THE -- THE
SLIDES INCLUDE IN THEIR OPTIONS
FOR COUNCIL RESPONSE AN
INVITATION TO OLS TO GIVE US
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS BUT IT
SEEMS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT
THESE RECOMMENDATION BE DIRECTED
TO OLS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
BECAUSE UNLIKE MANY, MANY
DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE CREATED THE
AUTHORITY WITHIN OLS TO
INDEPENDENTLY OF THE MAYOR GIVE
THE COUNCIL FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS AS A WAY OF
CREATING INDEPENDENCE FOR THAT
DEPARTMENT.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT -- THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS IS
USING THAT AUTHORITY HEARING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD
AND ACTING ON THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS BY MAKING
FUNDING REQUESTS OF DIRECTLY OF
THE COUNCIL.
SO JUST -- REALLY WOULD LIKE TO
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHO THOSE -- WHO THOSE --
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DIRECTED TO.
THANKS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD I
AM -- OH, GO AHEAD COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I'M SORRY.
OH YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
SAY.
ALL RIGHT.
I'M LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE
ORDINANCE.
THE PART THAT ADDRESSES THESE
RECK MEN ADDITIONS AND IT -- THE
ORDINANCE STATES THAT THE BOARD
WILL SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE MAYOR IN AND THIS COMMITTEE
BY A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD WHICH
THEY HAVE DONE.
THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER THE
BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE COMMITTEE WILL RESPOND
www.committee'srestPOND
TO THE COMMIT'S RESPONSE.
-- RESPOND TO THE
COMMITTEE'S RESPONSE.
THINKING WHAT ABOUT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, ONE
WAY FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO RESPOND
IS WITHIN OLS'S BUDGET TO A
DEGREE.
THERE IS NO FORTHRIGHT
REQUIREMENT IN THE ORDINANCE FOR
THE EXECUTIVE TO RESPOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT
QUESTION.
I THINK THAT GETS TO THE CRUX OF
THE ISSUE HERE.
THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT
RECOMMENDATION.
I CAN SEE HOW THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS BEING SHARED NOW
HOPEFULLY WILL GET ABSOLVED INTO
THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
EXECUTIVE AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO
THE COUNCIL AND THEN WE HAVE THE
ABILITY TO ADD TO IT AS WELL.
IN TERMS OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT,
WE HAVE REALLY ASKED OUR OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS TO HELP BE
THERE AS THOUGHT PARTNERS AS WE
CREATE POLICIES THAT FOLLOW UP
ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT HAS TO BE MORE THAN JUST --
THE COUNCIL DRIVING POLICY
RECOMMENDATION GIVEN THE LIMITED
CAPACITY BOTH AT THE CITY
COUNCIL WITHIN OUR OWN OFFICES
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE INCREDIBLE
AS ONE PERSON WHO TAKES ON ALL
LABOR STANDARDS.
SOME OF THESE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SO
INCREDIBLY BIG.
THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT THE
CITIES LIKE PITTSBURGH HAVE
LOOKED TO THEIR SIMILAR OFFICES
TO DEVELOP ROBUST LEGISLATION
AND DO DEEP STAKE HOLDER
ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK IT WILL BE A JOINT
EFFORT.
IT IS WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN.
I BELIEVE STEVE FROM THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS HAS BEEN A
GREAT PARTNER AS WELL AS JASMINE
HERE ON THE LINE WITH US.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE TILE HERE.
I BELIEVE JASMINE IS STILL WITH
US WANTING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND
REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE CONTINUING TO
ADVANCE OUR THOUGHTS AROUND WHAT
IS POSSIBLE POLICY WISE BUT
CAPACITY IS REALLY MORE IN THE
EXECUTIVE AND OLS BRANCH AT THIS
MOMENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ,
ANYTHING FROM YOU?
OKAY.
OKAY, I WILL DO MY BEST TO
SUMMARIZE WHAT I THINK OUR NEXT
STEPS AND YOU CAN CHIME IN AND
LET ME KNOW IF I'M GETTING THIS
RIGHT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IF
THERE IS NOT A RED FLAG OR
SOMETHING NOT SITTING WITH YOU
WELL RIGHT NOW WHAT I WOULD LIKE
TO DO IS TALK TO THE BOARD TODAY
AND LATER THIS WEEK AS WELL
ABOUT OUR INITIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK HAVING A RECOMMENDATION
LETTER THAT AS VICE CHAIR
HERBOLD HAS NOTED REFLECTS THE
CITY FAMILY'S RESPONSE TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AS MY HOPE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK CLOSELY
WITH OLS AND DRAFTING THE FINAL
LETTER.
WE WILL PUT SOME MORE MEAT ON
THE BONE TO FILL OUT SOME OF
THESE DETAILS.
THE VERBAL PRESENTATION WE
REALLY COMPREHENSIVE.
COMING UP WITH THE BILL OF
RIGHTS TOOK A BETTER PART OF A
YEAR.
I KNOW THERE IS A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF CAN PASSTY AND
INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY TO
ADVANCE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS OVER
THE NEXT TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
WE WILL WORK ON FINALIZING A
LETTER FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING.
WE ARE TRYING TO HOLD THESE
MEETINGS IN A PUBLIC FORUM SO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE
BOARD AND OTHERS KNOW HOW OUR
DELIBERATIONS ARE GOING.
AFTER THAT AUGUST 3RD MEET WE
WILL BE PLAN TO SEND A LETTER SO
WE CAN GET IT OUT FOR THE AUGUST
RECESS.
OKAY.
NOT HEARING ANY CONCERNS.
I THINK THAT THE QUESTION ASKED
BY VICE CHAIR IS IN ALIGNMENT
WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE
ASKED AS WELL.
THINK WE ARE ALL MOVING IN THE
SAME DIRECTION.
I WANT TO THANK THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JASMINE AND DIRECTOR STEVE FOR
THEIR COLLABORATION.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
LETS MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF
BUSINESS, MADAM CLERK.
>> ITEM NUMBER 7 COUNCIL BILL
120111.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING IN 2021
ACT SEMIDANCE OF FUNDING FROM
NON-CITY SOURCE, AUTHORIZING THE
HEADS OF THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, CITY LIGHT
DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION TO ACCEPT SPECIFIED
GRANTS, PRIVATE FUNDING AND
SUBSIDIZED LOANS AND TO EDGE
CUTE DELIVER AND PERFORM
CORRESPONDING AGREEMENTS.
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU -- MADAM
CLERK.
THEY REALLY DO RELATE TO
BUDGETARY ITEMS.
WE HAVE INVITED OTHER MEMBERS TO
JOIN US FOR THESE DISCUSSIONS.
I WANT TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
ALSO QUICK NOTE, IT DOES SAY
POSSIBLE VOTE.
MY GOAL IS TO HOLD THIS ITEM TO
BE VOTED ON WITH THE OTHER TWO
BUDGETARY RELATED ITEMS LISTED
ON THE AGENDA HERE FOR TODAY AT
OUR NEXT MEETING OR THE
FOLLOWING MEETING.
WITH THAT I WILL WELCOME YOU TO
WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M ALY.
I WANTED TO NOTE WE DID PREPARE
A STOCK MEMO FOR ITEMS 7 AND 8
THAT GO TOGETHER.
WE WERE PLANNING TO DO A
PRESENTATION OF ITEMS.
>> THAT IS FINE.
DO YOU MIND IF I READ THE SHORT
TITLE INTO THE RECORD?
WONDERFUL.
MADAM CLERK, DO YOU MIND READING
ITEM NUMBER 8 INTO THE RECORD AS
WELL T SHORT TITLE IS FINE.
>> -- MADAM CLERK, YOU MAY
BE ON MUTE.
OKAY I WILL READ ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT INTO THE RECORD.
IT IS COUNCIL BILL 120112 AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126237 WHICH SAY DON'TED THE
2021 BUDGET.
INCLUDING THE 2021-2026 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT IS THE SHORT TITLE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO NOTE BEFORE I TURN
IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TOM WHO
WILL WALK THROUGH THE -- STAFF
MEMO BEFORE TURNING IT BACK TO
ME TO DESCRIBE POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS THAT THERE WAS AN
UPDATED MEMO DISTRIBUTED THIS
MORNING AND POSTED TO THE
AGENDA.
I WANTED TO ACT KNOWLEDGE THERE
WAS A STAFF ERROR.
I WANTED TO CONFIRM FOR THE
RECORD THAT THAT HAS BEEN
UPDATED.
THIS IS REFLECTS THE SPONSORS OF
ORIGINAL INTENT THAT WAS
MISCHARACTERIZED BY STAFF, BY
ME, IN THE MEMO.
VERSION 2 IS POSTED ON THE
AGENDA.
UPDATES ARE SHOWN.
FOR PRESENTATION TODAY I'M
SHOWING A CLEAN VERSION OF THAT
MEMO SO IT IS EASIER TO READ TON
SCREEN.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
TOM TO WALK THROUGH THE
BACKGROUND DPOIN INFORMATION AND
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU, ALY.
GOOD MORNING.
UM, AS ALY MENTIONED MY
PRESENTATION I HAVE PREPARED
WILL FOLLOW FEDERALLY THE MEMO
THAT WAS PRODUCED UP AND LOADED
FOR THE AGENDA THIS MORNING.
IT IS GOING TO COVER A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT CONCEPTS BY WAY OF A
COMPREHENSIVE WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
AND WHERE WE ARE NOW DISCUSSION
ABOUT BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
I WILL COVER THE -- SUMMERY OF
THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE
OCCURRED SO FAR.
BOTH AUTOMAT AND I CAN COUNCIL
APPROVED.
THEN TURN TO THE BILLS THAT ARE
ON THIS MORNING'S AGENDA.
THEN TURN OVER THE ALY WHO WILL
REVIEW THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND WE WILL GO INTO THE NEXT
STEPS.
SO FIRST JUST A QUICK TOUCH ON
THE BACKGROUND ON ADJUSTMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED SO FAR.
AS YOU SEE THIS IS TABLE ONE OF
THE NUMBER ONE PAGE ONE THAT
SHOWS THROUGH JULY 16TH THIS
YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF
$2 BILLION OF BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS
BOTH AUTOMATIC AND COUNCIL
APPROVED WHICH IS A 31% INCREASE
TO THE BUDGET THAT COUNCIL
APPROVED LAST FALL.
$1.9 BILLION OF THE INCREASE WAS
DESCRIBED AND COVERED IN THE --
STAFF MEMO THAT ACCOMPANIED THE
2021 CARRY FORWARD BILL THAT
COUNCIL PASSED IN MAY.
THAT WAS ORDINANCE 126326.
THE REMAINDER IS A SET OF
ONE OFF STAND ALONE ORDINANCES
THAT COUNCIL HAS PASSED SINCE
THAT MAY DISCUSSION.
ON THE SCREEN ARE THE LIST OF
THE VARIOUS CHANGES THAT COUNCIL
HAS APPROVED FOR THE BUDGET.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT AT THIS TIME
JUST THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF
THIS SET OF ADJUSTMENTS WHICH IS
ORDINANCE 1261371 WHICH IS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN WHICH
IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF A
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS THAT WERE
RECEIVED AS PART OF THE FIRST --
OF THE FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN ACT MONEYS.
SO THAT APPROPRIATES SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS FOR A VARIETY OF RELIEF
PROGRAMS.
SO WITH THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND
THOSE ADJUSTMENTS APPROVED
THROUGH MAY IT BRINGS THE BUDGET
TO $8.67 BILLION FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THAT WAS A VERY QUICK
TREATMENT.
I WILL PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE
ABOUT THE BACKGROUND.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, ALY AND TOM.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS.
>> GREAT.
OKAY NEXT I WILL TAKE THESE
BILLS AND OUT OF SEQUENCE SO THE
FIRST ONLY TALK ABOUT IS COUNCIL
BILL 120112 WHICH IS THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
>> FOR THE RECORD THE ITEM
NUMBER 8.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE
SUPPLEMENTAL WAS THE CARRY
FORWARD.
WHEN I SAY COMPREHENSIVE,
REFRESHING BACK TO THE MAY
DISCUSSION.
THESE ARE THE -- THE SIGNIFICANT
PROPOSALS THAT COME FROM THE
EXECUTIVE THAT COME BY WAY OF
A -- CITY WIDE ASK OF ALL
DEPARTMENTS FOR ADJUSTMENTS THAT
THEY MAY REQUIRE TO THEIR BUDGET
DURING THE YEAR TO ADDRESS
EVENTS WERE UNFORESEEABLE AT THE
TIME WHEN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET
WAS ADOPTED.
SO COULD BE SILL BILL 120112 SO
I WILL CALL IT THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL FROM HERE ON OUT.
IT WOULD INCREASE THE REVISED
BUDGET BY $15 MILLION TOTAL.
CALL IT THE MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
FROM HERE ON OUT.
IT WOULD INCREASE THE REVISED
BUDGET BY $15 MILLION TOTAL.
IT WOULD ADD MANY
POSITIONS.
THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES THAT
WERE RECEIVED OR AFTER THE BILL
WAS TRANSMITTED THAT OUR -- WERE
CORRECTED FROM THE TRANSMITTED
VERSION AND BUILT INTO THE
RECEIVED BILL.
ONE IS AN UPDATE TO AN ITEM
WHICH I WILL COVER LATER WHICH
INVOLVES THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S USE OF FEVER
REQUESTED MONEYS FOR VACCINE AND
TESTING.
THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT -- TO
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER
POSITION.
THERE WERE POSITIONS THAT WERE
HOUSED IN A BUDGET LINE THAT NO
LONGER EXISTS.
SO THOSE WERE MOSTLY TECHNICAL
IN NATURE.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THOSE.
SO NOW I WILL KIND OF BEGIN BY
SAYING THE END OF THE MEMO THERE
IS AN ATTACHMENT.
IT IS PAGE 10 OF THE MEMO THAT
SHOWS A LOT OF DETAIL DESCRIBING
THE REVISED BUDGET WIDE
DEPARTMENT T APPROVED CHANGES SO
FAR AND THEN JUST THIS
PARTICULAR BILL, THE MIDYEAR
APPROPRIATION REQUEST.
IT IS A BILL WITH A LOT OF
ITEMS.
JUST THE STRATEGY THAT I'M
EMPLOYING IS TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO A
DEPARTMENT BUDGET OR OTHERWISE
LARGE DOLLAR SLULS.
THOUGH HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ON ANY DETAIL.
PERHAPS WE CAN -- IF YOU COULD
SCROLL TO THE LAST PAGE OF THE
MEMO JUST TO GIVE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS A SENSE OF -- HOW THAT
LOOKS.
SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THE SWEET
OF ALL THE CHANGES AND YOU CAN
SEE THE LARGER VALUES, THE FINAL
COLUMN ON THE RIGHT T PERCENTAGE
CHANGES THAT ARE LARGE.
FOR EXAMPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF
LOTS OF LABOR STANDARDS, 23%
CHANGE.
SO I TRY TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS
BY VIRTUE OF SIZE.
STRIKE THAT -- STRATEGIZING FOR
TIME.
IF WE COULD GO BACK TO PAGE TWO,
THANK YOU.
MAYBE THREE.
OKAY, GREAT.
SO AGAIN THE -- THE BILL WOULD
INCREASE THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS BUDGET BY 23% FROM THE
GENERAL FUND AND THIS IS TO
IMPLEMENT --
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, COULD COULD I
ASK A QUESTION?
>> THAT IS FINE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> TOM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
YOU JUST SHOWED THE SCREEN OF
THE FINAL PAGE OF THE MEMO WHICH
IS
HELPFUL.
I SEE 20 MILLION, 770,000 FOR
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS THAT MUCH
LEFT OVER IN THE SPD BUDGET AT
THE END OF THE YEAR LAST YEAR
THAT $20 MILLION WAS ADDED TO
THE SPD BUDGET THIS YEAR.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS
HAPPENING THERE?
I DON'T THINK WE SAW THAT $20
MILLION AUTHORIZED IN THE
ORDINANCE.
DID MISS SOMETHING OR DID
SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
I CAN INVESTIGATE THE SPECIFIC
DETAILS.
THEY WILL BE TO PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR -- FOR AUTHORIZATION -- TO
PROVIDE FUNDING IN 2021 IN THIS
CASE FOR EITHER -- ONE OF TWO
THINGS.
EITHER COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR 2020 THAT
HAS NOT BEEN SPENT BY THE
DEPARTMENT.
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT I AM NOT
SURE IF THAT IS THE CASE IN THIS
SITUATION.
IT NORMALLY WILL REPRESENT
GRANTS THAT WERE REQUESTED AND
WERE NOT FULLY SPENT IN THE
PRIOR YEAR AND CAN BE FROM
FARTHER BACK.
ANOTHER ITEM IS JUST SIMPLY
CARRYING DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
THIS IS JUST GOING KIND OF DEEP
INTO THE ACCOUNTING WEEDS.
IT IS MONEY TO PAY VENDORS OR
OTHER CONTRACT EXPANSES.
CITY WIDE ACCOUNTING WILL
AUTOMATICALLY CARRY THOSE MONEYS
INTO THE BUDGET TO ENSURE OUR
CHECKBOOK BALANCE IS HIGH ENOUGH
TO PAY THOSE EXPENSES.
THAT BEING SAID I CAN RESEARCH
FURTHER AND FIND OUT THE DETAILS
BEHIND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW PRECISELY THE
ELEMENTS OF THAT BECAUSE THAT
WAS COVERED IN MAY.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD YES.
>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU GOT
THOSE DETAILS FOR MY OFFICE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY WAS
SURPRISING TO SEE AN AUTOMATIC
CARRY FORWARD OF $20 MILLION
GIVEN THAT IN DECEMBER OF LAST
YEAR THE COUNCIL WAS TOLD SPD
HAD OVER SPENT THEIR BUDGET AND
NEEDED AN ADDITIONAL $5.4
BILLION WHICH EVERY COUNCIL
MEMBER BUT MY OFFICE VOTED TO
GRANT THEM.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED THERE WERE
SEVERAL PRO VISE YOUS ON SOME
PART OF THE POLICE BUDGET.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WE ALL RECALL
SPOKE AT LENGTH ABOUT HOW THEY
MEANT THEY WERE FOLLOWING
THROUGH ON COMMUNITY DEMANDS TO
SHIFT THESE SERVICES AWAY FROM
VIOLENT POLICING BUT DOES THIS
CARRY FORWARD MEAN THOSE
PREVIOUSLY RESTRICTED FUNDS WERE
AUTOMATICALLY ROLLED INTO THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET WITH ALL THE
RESTRICTIONS LIFTED?
OR SOMETHING ELSE?
IT WOULD BE
USEFUL IF YOU COULD GIVE US
TECHNICAL
CLARIFICATION.
>> WILL DO.
I BELIEVE WE ARE ON BULLET TWO
REFERRING TO A $9 MILLION
INCREASE WHICH IS 13% OF THE
SEATTLE CENTER BUDGET.
IT IS FROM A COMBINATION OF
ITEMS THAT THE LARGEST IS $8
MILLION WHICH IS FOR AN -- 2021
LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION
FUND INCREASE.
THIS IS TO PAY FOR SIGNAGE THERE
WAS LEGISLATION APPROVED EARLIER
THIS YEAR TAT APPROVED THOSE
BONDS TO BE ISSUED IN ORDINANCE.
THIS IS SIZING UP THE BUDGET TO
ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS.
NEXT AGAIN THIS IS IN TERMS OF
PERCENTAGE INCREASE.
THE 12% INCREASE TO THE BUDGET.
SO THIS IS THE NEXT ONE DOWN.
THIS IS A $48.6 MILLION DECREASE
WHICH IS 12% OF THE BUDGET.
IT IS A RESULT OF -- THREE
ADJUSTMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS A COMBINED
ADJUSTMENT.
YOU WILL RECALL FROM LAST FALL'S
BUDGET DISCUSSION THAT --
COUNCIL APPROVED -- COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION FG06B2 WHICH WAS
THE COUNCIL'S RE-DEPOSIT OF --
GENERAL FUND MONEY BACK INTO THE
EMERGENCY FUND.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET HAD
USED SIGNIFICANT MONEYS FROM THE
EMERGENCY FOUND BALANCE.
HOWEVER IN THE NOVEMBER FORECAST
UPDATE THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
IDENTIFIED GENERAL FUND
RESOURCES WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION SENT THOSE
MONEYS BACK TO THE EMERGENCY
FUND.
ALL THIS DOES IS ESSENTIALLY
RATHER THAN SEND THE MONEY TO
THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN SEND
IT BACK, IT JUST RETAINS $33.7
MILLION IN THE EMERGENCY FUND.
SO IT ACCOMPLISHES COUNCIL'S
ORIGINAL INTENT WITH YOUR
ACCOUNTING TRANSACTIONS.
SO IT IS A -- IT IS A FAIRLY --
IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE NEGATIVE
REDUCTION.
IT IS STRICTLY TECHNICAL IN
NATURE.
SIMILARLY THERE IS A $17.5
MILLION TECHNICAL INCREASE
ACROSS A COUPLE OF BOND FUNDS.
THIS JUST IS DONE TO --
FORMERLY -- CASH TRANSFER MONEY
FROM THE FUNDS TO THE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND.
AS INDICATED THIS IS A CHANGE
THAT IS MAN DAY-TO-DAY BY
ACCOUNTING THAT -- IN THE PAST
BOND MONEYS WERE DEPOSITED
INTO -- AND NOW THEY ARE MAKING
MORE EXPOLICE AND IT TRANCE --
EXPLICIT AND
TRANSFERRING IT BACK.
SO SOME OTHER NOTABLE -- NOT
NECESSARILY IN TERMS OF
PERCENTAGE BUT IN TERMS OF
AMOUNT IS THAT A $16 MILLION
INCREASE TO SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION BUDGET FOR A NUMBER
OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.
LARGE ONE IS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION
WHICH WILL BE FUNDED FROM GRANT
REVENUES THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED
IN THE NEXT SECTION OF THE
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE BILL.
THERE IS AN $18 MILLION INCREASE
INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A NET RESULT OF A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CHANGES.
THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS A $24.5
MILLION INCREASE FOR IN SUPPORT
OF STAFFING.
CONTRACT AND SUPPLIES AND
OPERATION OF THE CITY'S
VACCINATION SITES.
IT DOES INTEND TO APPLY FOR
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THESE
COSTS AS THEY INCUR THEM.
ALSO GOING INTO THE OTHER
DIRECTION IT IS A $6 MILLION
REDUCTION FROM THE 2021 WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE FUND.
THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL PLAN IN
THE BUDGET TO ISSUE $6 MILLION
OF BONDS TO LAND -- TO THE
MARKET AND PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
THAT IS NOT GOING TO OCCUR THIS
FISCAL YEAR.
FAS PLANS TO REPROPOSE IT FOR
THE 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET BUT IN
THE MEANTIME THEY ARE THE BUDGET
AUTHORITY.
NEXT -- WE HAVE LARGE DOLLAR
CHANGES.
IT IS A $15 MILLION DECREASE TO
THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT BUDGET.
THIS IS MORE THAN THIS IT IS
EXPLAINED BY THE ABANDONMENT OF
CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THERE IS A WHOLE SUITE OF
PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO
BE DELAYED OR WERE EITHER
DELAYED OR REDUCED DUE TO
COVID-19.
THERE IS ALSO A -- AN OFFSETTING
INCREASE WHICH IS FOR HIGHER
THAN EXPECTED CONSERVATION
PROJECTS AND UTILITY.
SDOT BUDGET WOULD INCREASE BY
9.7 MILLION ACROSS A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT ITEMS.
THE NOTABLE CHANGES IS -- IT IS
A -- $14.7 MILLION -- I SAY IT
IS A TYPO AS I'M DOING MY
PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE IT IS A $14.7 MILLION
INCREASE FOR TRANSIT WHICH IS
$12 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION
FUND USING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CASITA
GRANDE.
THESE ARE CONSISTENT WITH SDOT'S
SUPPORT TO COUNCIL DURING
CONSIDERATION THE ORDINANCE IS
126333.
AN ORDINANCE 126334.
THESE BASICALLY
INCREASE THE PORT FOR SAFETY
PROJECTS AND IN DEMAND
NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS.
THEN FINALLY KIND OF GOING THE
OTHER DIECTION, SIMILAR TO CITY
LIGHT THERE IS A $25 MILLION
REDUCTION DUCTION THAT IS
ABANDONMENT OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
THAT IS NO LONGER NEEDED IN
CAPITAL PROJECTS.
FINALLY BY WAY OF CHANGE IS --
IS IN THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT THERE IS A $10.1
MILLION TOTAL INCREASE IN THE
GENERAL FUND SO $7.9 MILLION IS
FOR ONE ITEM WHICH IS THE IT IMI
MENTIONED EARLIER.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED $11
MILLION BUT IN THE BILL AS
INTRODUCED IT IS NOW $7.9
MILLION FOR COVID 9 EMERGENCY
RESPONSE COSTS, TESTING AND
VACCINES.
THE EXECUTIVE DOES DETERMINE
THESE COSTS WILL BE POTENTIALLY
REIMBURSED BY FEMA.
OTHER IT EMS WOULD INCLUDE $1.5
MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL
HOMELAND SECURITY PIE YOU WATCH
PROGRAM GRANTS.
THESE GRANTS ARE ACCEPTED IN THE
COUNCIL BILL 120111.
I WILL DISCUSS THAT NEXT.
SO, THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS T
LARGE DOLLAR ITEMS.
THERE IS A WHOLE ASSORTMENT OF
OTHER SMALLER ITEMS THAT ARE
DISCUSSED AND DESCRIBED IN THE
ATTACHMENT TO THE SUMMERY.
THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THREE
QUARTERS OF THE COUNCIL APPROVAL
TO PASS.
I WILL JUST PAUSE NOW TO SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE SUN MREMENTAL BILL.
>> I DO WANT TO NOTE JUST IN
TERMS OF PROCESS WHERE WE ARE AT
IN THE REVIEW HERE.
SO WE HAVE MOVED TON ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT.
WE WILL GO QUICKLY TO ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN WHICH IS ALSO IN
THE MEMO.
I WANT TO NOTE AS WELL THAT
THERE IS A HANDFUL OF AMENDMENTS
THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
BEGINNING TO FLAG JUST FOR OUR
ORIENTATION TO HOW WE WILL
CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS.
IF ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEN
BETTERS HAVE AMENDMENTS I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THOSE DUE TO
CENTRAL STAFF A WEEK FROM NOW.
SO BY NOON NEXT TUESDAY JULY
27TH.
AND AGAIN FOR ANY COUNCIL
MEMBERS NOT MEMBERS OF THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE I
AM HAPPY TO BRING FORTWHARD
AMENDMENT ON THEIR BEHALF
RECOGNIZING IT IS IDEAL TO HAVE
THESE DISCUSSIONS AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE IN THE COMMITTEE
SETTING AND SO HAPPY TO DO THAT
FOR YOU.
AGAIN IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN
AMENDMENT TODAY AND YOU ARE
STILL CONSIDERING SOME
AMENDMENTS TO THIS -- THEY ARE
DUE A WEEK FROM NOW.
PLEASE DO WORK WITH CENTRAL
STAFF AS YOU GRAFT THOSE.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GO BACK
AND WALK THROUGH THESE
AMENDMENTS.
THERE IS A FEW OF THOSE
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN
THE MEMO.
IF WE COULD HOLD ON THAT FOR A
SECOND AND THEN JUST GET
ORIENTED TO HOW THOSE TWO BILLS
HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED, THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, DID YOU HAVE
A EXCELLENT OR A QUESTION?
>> I DO A QUESTION ABOUT THE
BRIDGE LTGO FUND.
I'M JUST -- I'M LOYAL CONFUSED
ABOUT HOW THAT IS DESCRIBED.
IT IS A REDUCTION OF $6 MILLION
BECAUSE OF A DELAY YANS OF AN
ISSUANCE OF A BOND.
IT AFFECTS THE WEST SEATTLE LTGO
BRIDGE BOND FUND.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT?
I DOURNTD -- DON'T UNDERSTAND IT
AS IT IS DRAFTED.
>> YES.
THAT IS A -- THAT IS A CONFUSING
ONE.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE -- EXECUTIVE
AS PART OF THE -- WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE BOND ISSUANCE MADE A
CHANGE TO RENAME WHAT THEY WERE
RECALLING THE FUND THEY
ESTABLISHED SO IT CAPTURED THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE BUT ALSO
CAPTURED OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE
INCLUDED IN THE -- IN THAT BOND
ISSUANCE WHICH THIS IS ONE OF
THEM.
IT IS KIND OF A -- A MISMATCH
BETWEEN TITLE AND THE INTENDED
PURPOSE THAT GETS CAUGHT UP IN.
I APOLOGIZE IF YOU DO NOT
REMEMBER THESE SPECIFIC BILL IN
WHICH THAT TOOK PLACE.
IT WAS A -- I BELIEVE LAST
MONTH.
I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH SPECIFICS
ON THAT.
IT IS SIMPLY JUST A BIT OF A --
NUANCE THAT CAUGHT THAT UP.
.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
I DO RECOLLECT THAT LEGISLATION
I WANT TO CONFIRM THIS -- THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD HAVE NO
IMPACT.
ONLY REFLECT AS DELAY OF BONDS
FOR THE MARKET.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM GLAD YOU GOT THAT
CLARIFICATION ON THE RECORD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE REVISE
MEMO THAT ALY NOTED WILL BE
POSTED TO THE AGENDA MATERIALS
AS WELL.
AGAIN ALL OF THE MATERIALS
POSTED YESTERDAY STILL ACCURATE.
JUST ONE CHANGE TO ONE OF THE
AMENDMENTS WHICH WILL DISCUSS IN
A MOMENT HERE IN TERMS OF THE
SUMMERY AN EXPLANATION OF THAT.
COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC WE ARE AT THE TOP OF PAGE
FIVE OF THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
WE ARE GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN WHICH WAS READ INTO THE
RECORD AS WELL.
COUNCIL BILL 120111.
THIS IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
GRANTS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WALK
THROUGH THE VARIOUS QUESTINS
THAT FOLKS HAVE ON THESE TWO
BILLS AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENT
IDEAS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
ALREADY FLAGGED.
JUST ALSO IF WE END UP NOT
HAVING A SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN BILL NUMBER
2, ALY HAS CONFIRMED THAT IS A
RELATIVELY SHORT PRESENTATION
BUT ALSO ARE FINE TO DISCUSS NIT
NIT -- -- IT AT THE WHOLE NEXT
MEETING WHICH IS AUGUST 3RD.
IF WE DON'T GET TO THE LAST ITEM
IT IS ALSO OKAY.
WITH THAT LETS REVIEW ITEM
NUMBER 7.
AGAIN AT THE TOP OF PAGE 5.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SO COUNCIL BILL 2111, ITEM 7 IS
THE MIDYEAR GRANT ACCEPTANCE
LEGISLATION.
THIS BILL WOULD ACCEPT $23.3
MILLION FROM A VARIETY OF
EXTERNAL SOURCES.
THE BULK OF THIS IS THEN
APPROPRIATED IN THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
IN FACT MANY OF THE LARGE
AMOUNTS YOU WILL SEE ON THIS
TABLE ARE IN AREAS THAT I DID
HIGHLIGHT IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF DID NOT
FLAG ANY AREAS OF CONCERN FOR
THESE ITEMS.
I WILL NOTE THE BULK OF THIS IS
FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND
ABOUT NEARLY HALF OR
APPROXIMATELY HALF IS FROM
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS THAT FUND PROJECTS AND
SDOT.
ALSO SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
$1.8 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS
FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES.
THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS THE
GRANT I NOTED PREVIOUSLY.
THEN FINALLY SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION HAS $3.6 MILLION
GRANTS FROM SOURCES.
THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS $1.9
MILLION -- NEAR LY $2.9 MILLION
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
SO AGAIN SIMILARLY THERE --
EACH ONE OF THESE IS DETAILED IN
THE SUMMERY ATTACHMENT TO THE
FISCAL NOTE AND HAPPY TO FOLLOW
UP OR PROVIDE RESPONSE IF THERE
IS QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE
INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR AMOUNTS
SHOWN HERE.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I
CAN WALK THROUGH THE POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS THAT SUITS THE CHAIR.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FLAG
SOME EARLY AMENDMENT IDEAS.
I THINK THIS ALSO A GOOD
GOVERNANCE STRIKE THATTY AND
TRANSPARENT BUDGETING PROCESS
THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO HAVE
GREATER ASSURANCES FOR HOW THESE
DOLLARS SPENT SO WE CAN LOOK
BACK AT THEM AND ASK SOME OF
THESE CRITICAL QUESTIONS THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED TODAY.
AND I THINK IT WILL HELP
STREAMLINE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
THIS IS I THINK GOING TO CREATE
GREAT STABILITY.
THANKS FOR THAT WORK CENTRAL
STAFF AND I WILL TURN IT BACK
OVER TO YOU, ALY.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THERE ARE EIGHT POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS IDENTIFIED TODAY.
-- AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA HIGH
LIGHT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD
LIKE TO SEE ON AUGUST 3RD,
PLEASE LET US KNOW BY NOON ON
JULY 27TH.
SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THIS WOULD ADD $50,000 AND ONE
POSITION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSE.
THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO A
SIMILAR POSITION THAT WITH US
WAS ADDED BY COUNCIL ACTION IN
THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
THATIS SUPPORTING THE HEALTH
CARE TRUST IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT BUT IT HAS BEEN
THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES ARE NEEDED SO THIS
WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING TO FILL A
SECOND POSITION THIS YEAR,
CREATE THE POSITION AND --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
CHAIR MOSQUEDA WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO PAUSE BETWEEN AMENDMENTS TO
ALLOW THE SPONSOR TO SPEAK TO IT
OR DO YOU WANT --
>> YES, PLEASE THAT WOULD BE
WELCOMED.
IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT ON THIS ONE.
JUST TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THIS
IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE HAVE ALL SEEN A TREMENDOUS
NEED FOR THERE TO BE MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELING FOR FOLKS WHO
HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO THE
COVID CRISIS AND COMPOUNDING
CRISIS IN TERMS OF LACK OF
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY NEEDS.
SO WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
THIS IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD FOR HER CONTINUED
INTEREST IN THIS AS WELL.
THE NEED FOR A FIRE DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THOSE MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
SERVICES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
REDUCED ANY BAY BARRIERS, I
THINK THERE IS RECOGNITION THAT
GREATER ACCESS TOO A MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELOR WILL BE SOUGHT
BY MEMBERS OF FRONT LINE
FIREFIGHTERS IF IT WAS HOUSED
WITHIN THE TRUST.
THERE IS AGREEMENT TO MOVE THOSE
REMAINING DOLLARS OVER TO THE
TRUST SO THAT THAT FIREFIGHTERS
HAVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND
ROUTINE PHYSICAL SERVICES.
THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO CONNECT
THE MIND, BODY AND MAKE SURE
PEOPLE ARE ALL HEALTHY.
>> THEY WITH THEM.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY
LOVELY COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT TWO.
PROPOSED BY THE VICE CHAIR TO
READ $300,000 FOR THE
COMMUNICATIONS AND SAFETY CENTER
. AND FOR THE 9-1-1
DISPATCHERS, THIS WOULD PROVIDE
A MORE CONSISTENT WAY TO OBTAIN
KEY INFORMATION FROM THE
INFORMATION CENTERS. AS WELL AS
HELPING WITH ALTERNATIVES TO
POLICE RESPONSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
ORIGINALLY, WE WERE THINKING
ABOUT MAYBE MAKING ENHANCEMENTS
TO THE DISPATCH PROTOCOLS IN
2022.
WE WERE THINKING WE WOULD BE
CONSIDERING FUNDING TO DO SO IN
OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS FOR
2022. NOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
FULLY AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER OF
THE 911 CALL CENTER THROUGH THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, THERE IS
NO NEED TO WAIT UNTIL JANUARY
OF 2022 TO UPGRADE THE
PROPOSALS.
CAROL LOMBARD SAYS IT SHOULD BE
UPGRADED BEFORE THE SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTERS STARTS
DISPATCHING ALTERNATIVE POLICE
RESPONSES. SO, IT IS SO
IMPORTANT TO OUR EFFORT TO
BEGIN TO MATCH MORE 911 CALLS
WITH NONPOLICE RESPONSES. THIS
IS CONSIDERED A BEST PRACTICE.
THE USE OF THESE PROTOCOLS TO
IDENTIFY A PATTERN FOR SPECIFIC
TYPES OF CALLS WHICH REALLY
HELP THE SAFETY AGENCIES LIKE
THE FCC TO DETERMINE HOW AND
WHEN TO APPROPRIATE THE
SOMETIMES LIMITED RESOURCES OF
NONPOLICE RESPONSE.
ULTIMATELY, THIS KIND OF SYSTEM
WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER TO
CONTINUALLY EVALUATE THE KINDS
OF CALLS THAT DO NOT NEED AN
ARMED RESPONSE. THE 911 CENTER
DOES NOT CURRENTLY USE THIS
PROTOCOL CENTER THAT THIS
FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT.
CURRENTLY, THE DISPATCHERS
OBTAIN INFORMATION THROUGH
SOMETHING MORE LIKE A GUIDED
DISCUSSION.
THIS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR
ANALYSIS.
THE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDS A
PROTOCOL SYSTEM, AS SOON AS IS
POSSIBLE.
INVESTING IN THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM
WILL PROVIDE THE TIME AND
RESOURCES FOR PROVIDING STAFF
WHEN ALTERNATIVES ARE
AVAILABLE.
IN ADDITION, THE PROCOL CAN BE
EASILY ADAPTED AND MODIFIED FOR
ALTERNATIVE POLICE RESPONSE.
AGAIN, I AM EXCITED THAT WE ARE
CUTTING THE TIME THAT WE WERE
ORIGINALLY CONSIDERING FOR THIS
NEXT IMPORTANT STEP BY SEVERAL
MONTHS AND MOVING FORWARD ON
IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR THAT
IN THE EXPLANATION.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER THREE.
I DO NOT SEE ADDITIONAL HANDS-
ON NUMBER 2.
>> SO, AMENDMENT 3 IS PROPOSED
BY COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.
IT IS TO CREATE A NEW BUDGET
FOR THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND
REVENUE FORECAST.
JUST YESTERDAY, THE COUNCIL
PASSED 12024 THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD TAKE THE INITIAL BUDGET
ACTIONS TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT
THAT OFFICE BY CREATING THE
STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO HIRE THE
DIRECTOR.
WE ANTICIPATE THE ADDITIONAL
BUDGET ACTIONS WILL BE NEEDED
IN THE YEAR IN SUPPLEMENTAL AS
WELL AS THE 2022 PROPOSED
BUDGET TO TRANSFER FUNDS
ALREADY RESERVED IN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET TO SUPPORT THIS
NEW OFFICE.
NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> NOT MUCH MORE TO ADD.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BRIEFLY ON MONDAY.
CERTAINLY IN COMMITTEE. SO,
THIS FOLLOWS THROUGH ON THE
NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE INTENT
BEHIND THE LEGISLATION THAT WE
PASSED ON MONDAY.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO AMENDMENT 4 ALSO SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
IT WOULD PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR
THE RESOURCE DISCLOSURE AND
TECH KNOWLEDGE HE.
IT IS MEANT TO BROADLY ENHANCE
AND PREPARE THE CITY TO BE ABLE
TO RESPOND TO THOSE REQUESTS
AND TO ENSURE THERE ARE SYSTEMS
IN PLACE.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THAT?
>> YES. THIS IS IN DIRECT
RESPONSE TO MUCH OF THE
REPORTING WE HAVE SEEN RELATED
TO THE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN SURFACED AND HAVE LED
TO THE LOSS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC
RECORDS. THIS IS AN EFFORT,
AGAIN, TO CREATE A DOWN PAYMENT
OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO FUND
WHAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY
I.T.
TO ADDRESS THOSE GAPS AND TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE RETAINING
PUBLIC RECORDS AS OPPOSED
POTENTIALLY LOSING SOME OF
THOSE PUBLIC RECORDS TO
TECHNOLOGY FAILURES THAT ARE
OUT OF CONTROL TO THE USER WITH
THESE DEVICES. YOU WILL NOTICE
THERE IS NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT
IDENTIFIED AND THAT IS BECAUSE
WE ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE TO
EVALUATE AND ANALYZE EXACTLY
WHAT THE COST IS. IN THE SPIRIT
OF PUTTING OUT A PLACEHOLDER,
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS AS A
NEED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, THE NEXT AMENDMENT ALSO
PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ WOULD ADD TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
STAFF OF CITY AUDITOR . LIKE
ALL DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE
CITY, THEY TOOK A REDUCTION IN
THEIR BASE BUDGET TO ADDRESS
THE OVERALL CITY REVENUE
SHORTFALLS.
AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
AUDITOR WAS AMONG THE DIVISIONS
THAT TOOK A BUDGET REDUCTION.
IT WAS ASSUMED THE REDUCTION
COULD BE ABSORBED IN THAT OFFICE
. BECAUSE THE BULK OF THE
RESOURCES FOR THE CITY AUDITOR
IS FOR STAFF AND DUE TO STAFF
COSTS BECAUSE OF SEPARATIONS,
THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ABSORB THE
COST AND PAY EMPLOYEES TOWARD
THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS WOULD
ADD FUNDS TO ENSURE THERE ARE
ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO STAFF THE
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR AND
TECHNOLOGY THIS YEAR.
IT IS ALSO NOTED THIS WILL BE
AN ONGOING NEED IN 2022, TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BUDGET TO
SUPPORT THAT OFFICE.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL
ON THIS?
>> THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THAT. IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
A VERY HIGH NEED FOR THE OFFICE
OF THE CITY AUDITOR. AND, I
THINK HE HAS BEEN VERY NIMBLE
WITH SOME IMPENDING RETIREMENTS
AND OTHER STAFFING CHANGES TO
NOT COMPROMISE THE FUNCTIONS OF
THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. BUT,
WITH THE VOLUME OF REQUESTS
THAT THE CITY AUDITOR RECEIVES
FOR INDEPENDENT AUDITS, BOTH
FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
BUDGET PROCESS, I THINK IT IS
CRITICAL WE RESTORE FUNDING IN
ORDER TO NOT COMPROMISE THE
WORK AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY
AUDITOR FOR OFFICE.
>> WITH THAT, I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE AUDITOR JONES AND
TEAM. THEY WILL BE EXPERIENCING
THOSE RETIREMENTS THAT THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST
MENTIONED.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEAM AND
GOOD LUCK AS THEY HAD TO
RETIREMENT.
>> SO AMENDMENT 6 IS PROPOSED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON . THIS
WOULD ADD TO THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR A POSITION THAT
WOULD REPORT TO THE CHAIR OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS TO MONITOR
HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
MY SCREEN WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH, I
APOLOGIZE.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DISCUSS THIS AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND I
DISCUSSED THIS ABOUT TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES IN OUR RESPECTIVE
VILLAGES THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED
CONSIDERABLY, BEYOND THE
INITIAL ALREADY GENEROUS
TIMELINES OF WHEN THEY WERE
úSUPPOSED TO BE OPENED. THIS, I
ADDITION TO LOTS OF TIMELINE
ISSUES SURROUNDING THE
COUNCIL'S INVESTMENTS.
AND WITH THE RESOURCES, ALL OF
THE FUNDAMENTAL EMERGENCY
SHELTER RESOURCES THIS COUNCIL
HAS FUNDED. THE DELAY OF WHICH
HAS LEFT OUR HOMELESS CRISIS
WITHOUT THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND
COMPASSIONATELY TO THE NEED WE
SEE ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND I
RISK REFLECTED ON THE ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF OUR TIME AND THE TIME
OF OUR STAFF RUNNING DOWN THESE
INVESTMENTS IN IDENTIFYING THE
DECISION POINTS IN THE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL HURDLES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY DELAYING THESE
PROJECTS TO A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF TIME. WE THINK THAT
DUE TO THE ABSENCE, PARTLY
BECAUSE OF SOME KIND OF
OVERSIGHT RESOURCE. YOU KNOW, I
THINK THIS POSITION IS IMPORTANT
, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CAPACITY
STRAIN THE SUBJECT IS PUTTING
ON MY OFFICE AND A COUPLE OF
ADDITIONAL OFFICES WHO ARE
DESPERATELY PURSUING THESE
ADDED SHELTERED RESOURCES FOR
THEIR DISTRICTS.
IT IS LIMITED INSTEAD OF
PERMANENT. GIVEN I THINK WE
WILL HAVE A MASSIVE INFLUX OF
SHELTER OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS.
IT WILL THEN TAPER OFF AS SARAH
WILL HOPEFULLY BE AN EXPANSION
OF OTHER HOMELESS INVESTMENT
AND MAKE THE SHELTER LESS
ESSENTIAL AND WILL BE MORE
TOWARD SUSTAINING THE EXPANDED
SHELTER SYSTEM. AS WE GO TOWARD
THAT, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO
HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY
AND TO PUT A PIN ON HOW
IMPORTANT THIS PLAN IS TO THE
COUNCIL TO HAVE THIS EMERGENCY
SHELTER.
GIVEN THAT 80% OF WHAT THIS
COUNCIL IS STRUGGLING WITH, IT
SEEMS, IS THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS. SO, THIS IS A POSITION
TO HELP MANAGE, SPECIFICALLY,
THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE THE
HEART AND CROP OF THE
HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THAT TO DATE, VERY LITTLE OF
THAT RESOURCE HAS STOOD UP TO
WHAT THE COUNCIL
THE COUNCIL.
>> MY AGREEMENT ABOUT
THE FRUSTRATION THAT YOU AND
OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR
DELIBERATIVE EFFORTS TO GET
INFORMATION THERE.
THAT IS CONCERNING, TO TRY TO
FIND CORRECTIVE ACTION. I
APPRECIATE THAT AND I HEAR THE
FRUSTRATION.
>> THE ONLY THING I MIGHT ADD,
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
ON THIS.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS
THAT I SEE THIS AS MORE OF AN
INVESTMENT IN THE OVERSIGHT
RATHER THAN THE ANALYSIS
FUNCTION OF THE COUNCIL.
WHICH I THINK IS ONE OF THE
THINGS WE ARE MISSING ON THIS
PARTICULAR SPACE, RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT IS BEST TO EXPLAIN
IN TERMS OF THE HURDLES THAT
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE FACING.
I DO BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE MAKING
GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO GET THESE
INVESTMENTS STOOD UP.
I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING
AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN A LOT
OF CASES, IS A LOT OF THE
PROCESSES WILL GET BOGGED DOWN.
THEN JUST TO USE THE ANALOGY
THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO
DETERMINE AT ALL TIMES WHERE IT
IS.
WHETHER IT IS IN SEATTLE OR IN
TRANSIT NEGOTIATION.. THEY WILL
GET STUCK IN BOXES WITH VARIOUS
AGENCIES. GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE AND WHERE
WE ARE IN THE STATE OF
HOMELESSNESS, I THINK IT IS AN
IMPORTANT GAP. HAVING THIS
OVERSIGHT ROLE MISSING HAS
ALLOWED SEVERAL ADDITIONAL
MONTHS OF TIME TO PASS ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE THINGS
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCE TO PERFORM THE
OVERSIGHT FUNCTION SUFFICIENT
TO MOVE THROUGH THESE
PROCESSES.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND AGREE IT
IS A UNIQUE POSITION.
I ALSO THINK IT IS SOMETHING
THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE NOT CREATING
INSURMOUNTABLE EXPECTATIONS. I
THINK CENTRAL STAFF DOES HAVE
THE ABILITY AND HAS FUNCTIONED
TO THAT OF KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE
ASKED, WHERE SPENDING
IMPLEMENTATION IS BY WORKING
WITH THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
TO GET THAT INFORMATION. SO,
JUST WEEKS AGO, WE REQUESTED A
SUMMARY FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON
THE SPENDING AND ESTIMATES THAT
WERE IMPLEMENTED. AND NOT YET
IMPLEMENTED IN THIS AREA OF
HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS.
WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, THAT
INFORMATION WAS TURNED AROUND.
SIMILARLY, WHEN YOU WANT TO
DRILL DOWN -- SORT OF ON THE BIG
PICTURE, GETTING THE OVERSIGHT
ASSOCIATED WITH HOW MANY HOURS
ARE ALLOCATED VERSUS HOW MUCH
HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SPENT. IF YOU
WANT TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL
PROJECTS, AND YOU WANT CENTRAL
STAFF TO DRILL DOWN ON
INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, THEY WILL
SERVE THAT FUNCTION AS WELL. I
AM CONCERNED WE ARE CREATING
POTENTIAL IN THE EXPECTATIONS
OF OVERSIGHT THAT IS REALLY
BOUNDED BY THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT AND THAT THE THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT IS THE
IMPLEMENTER. SO, I'M INTERESTED
IN FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT THE
VISION FOR THIS POSITION.
AGAIN, I AM JUST CONCERNED THAT
WE MIGHT BE EXPECTING SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT BE VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT TO DELIVER, GIVEN THE
CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE SEE
OURSELVES IN.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
THOSE QUESTIONS AND I ALSO DO
WANT TO INTO THE DISCUSSION ON
THIS BY SAYING THAT THOSE
FRUSTRATIONS ARE REAL AND HAVE
BEEN EXPERIENCED BY THE CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE COUNCIL ACROSS
THE BOARD.
THE NEED FOR A DIFFERENT
RESPONSE IS ABSOLUTELY
ACCURATE.
I THINK TRYING TO GET TO THE
SOLUTION IS WHERE WE NEED
CONTINUED DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN .
>> SINCE THIS IMPACTS HOW WE
ARE STRUCTURING THE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF, I WANT TO MAKE A
FEW COMMENTS AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
REALLY, I THINK THAT I HAD A
CHANCE TO TALK TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS WITH HIS BRAINSTORMING
SESSION WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN IN HIS AMENDMENT .
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME IS TO
WALK AWAY WITH SORT OF THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CONTINUE
TO, ON THE COUNCIL LEVEL, HAVE
A LOT OF DEMANDS ON SORT OF HOW
WE ARE ALLOCATING AND MAKING
RESOURCE DECISIONS IN TERMS OF
THE MOST VALUABLE ASSET WHICH
IS THE TIME OF THE STAFF
MEMBERS.
SO, IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE
SUPPLEMENT THE CAPACITY OF FOLKS
LIKE JEFF SIMS AND TRACY
RADCLIFFE, AND OTHERS, WHO
ALREADY DO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL
ON MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR
INVESTMENTS ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED. I THINK THAT IS
SORT OF AT THE CRUX OF THIS
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT
WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT
STRUCTURE OR DO IT LIKE WE DID
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CAPITAL
PROJECTS. HAVING AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND
INTERBRANCH MONITORING TEAM THAT
YOU KNOW, SORT OF CONTAINS IN
THE SPIRIT OF ACCESSING TIMELY
INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ON THE SAME PAGE WITH HOW
INVESTMENTS ARE BEING DEPLOYED
WITH SOME OF THE SORT OF
CRITICAL AREAS OF INVESTMENT
FOR THE CITY. IN THAT CASE, IT
WAS AROUND CAPITAL PROJECTS AND
I THINK THE NEED IS AROUND
POWER AND INVESTMENTS IN THE
HOMELESSNESS BEING DEPLOYED.
I HOPE WE COULD CONTINUE TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT SORT
OF THE NEED AND CONTINUING TO
REFINE THE CONCEPT AROUND, HOW
DO WE BEST ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF
GETTING TIMELY INFORMATION AND
MAKING SURE THAT THE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF IS RESOURCED
APPROPRIATELY TO STAFF THIS
CRITICAL AREA OF HIGH PRIORITY
FOR THE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE SUMMARY
COMMENTS, WELL SAID. AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS , THANK YOU
FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS.
LET'S GO TO NUMBER 7 .
>> THE NEXT AMENDMENT,
AMENDMENT 7 IS AUTHORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
IT PROVIDES $500,000 TO THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT AND IT CUTS
FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THE PROPOSED
$500,000 IS TO SUPPORT THE
SUPERBLOCK ORGANIZATION AND THE
PREDEVELOPMENT WORK FOR THIS
PROJECT.
INCLUDING THE COST OF
CONSTRUCTION AND PERMITTING.
THE CAMPUS IS COMPRISED OF A
NUMBER OF RESOURCES INCLUDING A
COMMUNITY CENTER AND POOL.
THERE ARE TENNIS COURTS
ADJOINING THE PARK AND ALSO THE
BALL FIELD AND OTHER RESOURCES.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT INCLUDES
SITE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE PARK AND A PATHWAY TO
REFLECT THE CULTURAL ARTS AND
HERITAGE OF THE CENTRAL AREA.
THE PROPOSED CUT OF $500,000 IS
PREDICATED ON PROPOSED CUTS
PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED IN
COUNCIL BILL 11981 THAT WAS NOT
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL . I WILL
ALSO NOTE THAT I JUST HEARD IN
DISCUSSION OF THIS AMENDMENT,
AFTER THE MEMO WAS PUBLISHED
WITH EXECUTIVE STAFF, I
UNDERSTAND THIS IS FLAGGED AS A
PRIORITY, AS WELL, FOR THE 2010
HE -- 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US . PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO AT COMMUNITY INPUT IN
FAVOR OF THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT.
AS EXPLAINED, THIS WOULD TAKE
$500,000 THAT THE SUPER HOT
BLOCK PARK NEEDS TO BECOME
SHUTTLE READY. IT WOULD FREE UP
THE FUNDING FOR THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK BY GARNERING
$500,000 FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET. IT COMPRISES
THE GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER
AND THE POOL AS WELL AS THE
TENNIS COURTS AND THE ADJOINING
PARK.
THAT INCLUDES THE HISTORIC
GARFIELD BALL FIELDS IN THE
QUINCY JONES PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER AS WELL AS DRAGON FIELD.
THE STAFF MEMO DESCRIBES THE
PROJECT WITH SITE IMPROVEMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE PARK AND THE
CREATION OF A PATHWAY THAT
INTEGRATES ARTS AND AMENITIES
THAT INTEGRATE THE ART OF THE
AREA.
THERE WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT WORK
FOR THIS AREA.
IT IS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO
CREATE A VITAL CIVIC SPACE THAT
HONORS AND TELLS THE STORY OF
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THERE
OVER THE MANY A MILLENNIA. THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK, WORKING
WITH STAFF FROM THE PARKS AND
RECREATION TO HARTMAN AIMS TO
ENHANCE THE AREA AROUND THE
COMMUNITY CENTER, POOL AND THE
GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WITH ART
THAT DELINEATES THE HISTORY AND
WITH NEW TREES AND SIDEWALKS TO
ENSURE ACCESS FOR NEW, SAFE
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM
FACILITIES. IT IS PRECISELY THE
KIND OF PROJECT THAT SHOULD BE
FUNDED.
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS LIKE THAT
DISTRICT, BUT THROUGHOUT THE
CITY. WE ARE CONFIDENT IT WILL
BE A COMMUNITY JAM AND WILL
LIKELY BE EMULATED BY OTHER
COMMUNITIES. UNFORTUNATELY,
MANY SUCH PROJECTS IN WORKING-
CLASS COMMUNITIES HAVE A LACK
OF FUNDING OVER THE LAST 15
YEARS.
THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO
THE GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IDEA HAS BEEN
IN EXISTENCE 15 YEARS, IT HAS
BEEN A STRUGGLE FOR FUNDING.
IT IS AT A REALLY GOOD POINT
AND IT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF
COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT IS ALSO
IN LINE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS. IT
IS BASICALLY SHIFTING MONEY AND
PUBLIC RESOURCES AWAY FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO
COMMUNITY NEEDS WHICH GOES
TOWARD ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
COUNCIL PROMISED AND IT IS LESS
THAN 1% OF THE BUDGET.
IT IS NOT WHAT WAS PROMISED
LAST DECEMBER.
IN FACT, WE KNOW THAT AMOUNT
AND THE FACT THAT THE
DEPARTMENT ILLEGALLY SPENT MORE
THAN THEY HAD.
IT IS A SMALL AMOUNT AND LESS
THAN THE 10% OF THE PROMISE
$5.4 MILLION. IT IS A DROP IN
THE BUCKET IF YOU LOOK AT THE
OVERALL POLICE BUDGET. BUT, IT
WOULD MEAN EVERYTHING TO MAKE
THE GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK READY.
IT ENJOYS COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
I'VE SEEN THIS FOR MYSELF BY
HAVING SPOKEN TO DOZENS OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THIS
ISSUE.
SPECIFICALLY STEPHANIE INGRAM
AND ROBERT STEPHENS JR. AND
OTHERS WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK.
I WANTED TO THANK ALL COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE ACTIVISTS
LIKE TRIANO HOLIDAY AND THE
OTHERS FROM THE AFRICA LINE
TRUST.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHERS WHO
HAVE BEEN LOCAL SPORTS
SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THIS PROJECT.
WITH THE ORGANIZING SUPPORT,
THEY HAVE COLLECTED 576
SIGNATURES TO SUPPORT THIS
POJECT. MANY PETITION SIGNERS
ADDED PERSPECTIVES ABOUT WHY
THEY FEEL THEY SHOULD FUND THE
SUPERBLOCK.
I WANT TO READ THREE VERY
QUICKLY.
VALENTINA WROTE, THIS IS LONG
OVERDUE AND THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
VOICING THEIR REQUEST FOR AN
IMPROVED PARK FOR DECADES.
THIS HONORS THOSE VOICES AND
HONORS THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY
AND RESILIENCE OF THE AREA.
AND JENNIFER WROTE, THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK IS SO
IMPORTANT FOR HONORING BLACK
FOLKS IN SEATTLE.
AND LOOKING AT THE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS OF GENTRIFICATION.
USING FUNDS GIVEN TO COPS IS A
POWERFUL GESTURE.
IT SPEAKS TO THE JANUARY
INSURRECTION.
AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TOWARD THE
GOAL OF FUNDING THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK, IT'S A POWERFUL
GESTURE TO SUPPORT SEATTLE.
AND GERALD WROTE, INVESTING IN
THE COMMUNITY IS ONE OF THE FEW
WAYS TO FIGHT GENTRIFICATION IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT'S CULTURE.
AS A TEACHER AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL, I HAVE SEEN HOW THE
CITY'S GROWTH HAS
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED THE
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY.
THIS IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF THE
COMMITTEE COMMUNITY COMMENTS WE
HAVE RECEIVED AS WELL AS THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
SPOKEN TO ME AND MY STAFF ABOUT
THIS PROJECT.
WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE
FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO
SPEAK. IT WAS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
AMENDMENT AND IT IS AN
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RESOURCE.
THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUMMARY HERE
? I WILL CHIME IN WITH ONE
QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER AND
POTENTIALLY ALLIE, IT SOUNDS
LIKE THERE IS A DISCREPANCY
WITH WHAT THE EXECUTIVE NOTED
WITH LAND DOLLARS.
IN COUNCILMEMBER TWO, 34, IT
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE TRYING TO
GET IT THROUGH THE
PREDEVELOPMENT PHASE SO THAT IT
IS READY. WE DID THIS WITH A
HANDFUL OF PROJECTS. I'M TRYING
TO THINK OF EXAMPLES, BUT WE
PAID FOR THE SHOVEL READY
ELEMENT WHEN THE FUNDING CAME
THROUGH, THE PROJECT WAS READY
TO GO. I DIRECT THAT TORE THE
AUTHOR OF THE AMENDMENT AND
ALLIE, MAYBE I COULD GET SOME
INFORMATION FROM YOU. IS THAT
TO PAY FOR THE PREDEVELOPMENT
COSTS AND IF THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION THAT IT WOULD COME
LATER?
>> YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
DISCREPANCY IS COMING FROM AND
I THINK IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH
WHAT WE HAVE DONE BEFORE TO GET
PROJECTS SHOVEL READY TO BE
READY FOR ADDITIONAL
DEPARTMENTAL INVESTMENTS.
ALLIE, IS THAT CORRECT?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO CORRECT ON MY END?
>> IT WASN'T ACTUALLY A
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE
AMENDMENT AND WHAT I SORT OF
GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE
TOTAL COST. THE PROJECT, IN
GENERAL, IS IDENTIFIED AS A
PRIORITY.
THIS AMOUNT WOULD BE
CONSISTENT.
WHETHER OR NOT THIS AMENDMENT
MOVES FORWARD, I THINK THAT
RIGHT NOW THE MAYOR IS
CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO
PRIORITIZE IT IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY EXECUTIVE STAFF
AS A PRIORITY.
SO, IF THIS MONEY WAS FOR NOW,
I THINK WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CONTINUE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT,
AS YOU SAID, IN THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET WHERE THE
COUNCIL MAY CONTEMPLATE CHANGES
.
>> OKAY, THANKS.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
I DON'T SEE ANY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
FOR AUTHORING THAT . ALLIE AND
TEAM FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO
HAVE THESE HYBRID SORT OF
DISCUSSIONS AMONG THE
COUNCILMEMBERS.
THE LAST ONE IS FROM A MEMBER
OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH NOT A
USUAL MEMBER OF THE HOUSING AND
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN IS HERE TODAY, BUT I'M
HAPPY TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AS
A PREVIEW . BACK TO YOU, ALLIE.
>> NUMBER 8 WOULD ADD TWO
POSITIONS IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. ONE POSITION FOR
CRIME PREVENTION COORDINATOR TO
WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE
NORTH PRECINCT TO REDUCE AND
PREVENT CRIME.
SPD HAS CURRENTLY SIX POSITIONS
AND ONE IS AT EACH PRECINCT.
THE EXISTING POSITION IS VACANT
AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
FILLING A SECOND POSITION TO
SERVE AREAS NORTH OF THE CANAL.
THE SECOND CIVILIAN POSITION
WOULD BE A STRATEGIC ADVISOR 2
TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT, THE
COMMUNITY, AND OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT
AGENCIES WITH THE CITY. THE
INTENT OF THE AUTHOR IS THAT
THE POSITIONS IN 2021 COULD BE
FUNDED USING THE SALARY SAVINGS
ACHIEVED DUE TO THE DELAY IN
HIRING THE EXISTING POSITION
THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
PROCESS OF FILLING. AND
REQUESTS THAT ONGOING FUNDING
ISN'T LOOTED AND THE MAYOR'S
2022 PROPOSED BUDGET.
IT WOULD HAVE AUTHORITY FOR THE
PROPOSED CIVILIAN POSITIONS,
BUT IT WOULD NOT INCREASE THE
BUDGET FOR SPD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DON'T
BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
IS WITH US . I WILL JUST CHECK
MY SCREEN. COLLEAGUES, ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS AUTHORED ?
>> THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND THE THINKING BEHIND
THIS, IF YOU KNOW, ALLIE. I
HAVE BEEN -- COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
TALK ABOUT THIS.
IT ADDS NOT ONLY FUNDING, BUT
AUTHORITY. IS THE IDEA THE
FUNDING WOULD BE PROVIDED IN
THE 2022 BUDGET?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , THAT
IS IT. THE FUNDING FOR THE
POSITIONS WOULD BE USING
EXISTING SALARY SAVINGS IN THE
SPD BUDGET.
THEY HAVE NOT FILLED THE NORTH
END CIVILIAN POSITION WHICH WAS
FUNDED FOR A FULL YEAR.
THEN, THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE
THAT ONGOING FUNDING WOULD BE
INCLUDING IN THE SPD BUDGET FOR
2022.
>> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND IT.
THERE IS EXISTING FUNDING
BECAUSE THE FUNDED NORTH
PRECINCT -- I THOUGHT THAT
POSITION WAS NOT FUNDED. THAT
WAS ONE OF THE POSITIONS I WAS
PROPOSING TO FUND WITH MY
BUDGET BILL EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THEY ARE WORKING ON
HIRING THAT PERSON. MY
RECOLLECTION WAS THERE WAS A
NORTH PRECINCT ADVISORY CRIME
PREVENTION COORDINATOR POSITION
AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF CSL
POSITIONS THAT WERE BEING HELD
VACANT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT
FUNDING FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
IF THERE WAS FUNDING, I COULD
UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS
INTEREST IN CREATING ANOTHER
POSITION TO USE THAT REMAINING
FUNDING TO HIRE FOR A SECOND
POSITION. THEY HAVE NOT HIRED
FOR THE YEAR. AGAIN, IT IS MY
RECOLLECTION THAT THESE
POSITIONS REQUIRE FUNDING IN
2021 TO HIRE FOR 2021.
>> SO, AT THIS STAGE IN THE
AMENDMENT DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE
IN GENERAL PRESENTING THE
COUNCILMEMBER'S INTENT.
WE HAVE YET TO LOOK TO SEE IF
THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.
IF FULLY FUNDED, SALARY SAVINGS
CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES,
AS LONG AS THEY ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL.
WITH THIS SPECIFIC POSITION
UNDER DISCUSSION, IT WAS FUNDED
IN THE 2021 BUDGET. WE ARE
STILL CONFIRMING. I WANT TO
REITERATE THAT THE AUTHOR'S
INTENT IS THAT THESE NEW
POSITIONS WOULD BE FUNDED USING
SALARY SAVINGS FROM EXISTING
OTHER CIVILIAN POSITIONS.
WE WILL GET CLARITY TO CONFIRM
WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE
AVAILABLE.
PROVIDING THE POSITION OF
DOHERTY WOULD ALLOW THE
DEPARTMENT TO FILL THOSE
POSITIONS, IF THEY HAVE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH MORE
DETAILS ON THE SPECIFICS
WHETHER OR NOT THE EXISTING
POSITION WAS FULLY FUNDED.
>> AGAIN, MY RECOLLECTION IS
THE WAY THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
FOUND SALARY SAVINGS IN HER
PROPOSED 2021 SPD BUDGET WAS BY
BASICALLY DOING A HIRING FREEZE
AND SCOOPING SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCES FROM CIVILIAN
POSITIONS. THE REASON I HAVE
THIS RECOLLECTION IS BECAUSE
THE BUDGET BILL THAT I PROPOSED
EARLIER THIS YEAR WAS TO FUND
THOSE EXISTING POSITIONS THAT
DID NOT HAVE FUNDING.
SO, WE NEED TO EITHER FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THIS. I ALSO WANT TO
FLAG WE ARE ADDING A NEW
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED POSITION
THAT DOES NOT ALREADY EXIST.
I THINK THERE MIGHT NEED TO BE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE ADDING
DECISIONS ABOUT GEOGRAPHICALLY
BASED DECISIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THE NEED FOR
GEOGRAPHICALLY BASED POSITIONS.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF
PUBLIC SAFETY ADVOCATES AND
OTHER PRECINCTS MIGHT ALSO ARGUE
THERE SHOULD BE ADDITIONAL
CIVILIAN POSITIONS CREATED. I
WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
SORT OF BASIS IS FOR ADDING A
POSITION IN THE NORTH PRECINCT?
AS I HAVE SAID, I HAVE
EXPRESSED MY SUPPORT FOR FUNDING
THE EXISTING NORTH PRECINCT
ADVISORY. I'M SORRY, THE
COORDINATOR POSITION. ALSO AS
IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCY LIAISON
POSITION.
AS PROPOSED, IT WOULD BE HOUSED
IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE TALKED WITH THE CPC
ABOUT THEIR NEEDS TO BROADEN
THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOLKS
WHO ARE WORKING ON POLICY
WITHIN SPD.
WHEN I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT A POTENTIAL LIAISON
POSITION WITHIN SPD IN THE
PAST, THE CONCERN THEY
EXPRESSED TO ME WAS THEY DON'T
WANT ANOTHER GATEKEEPER. WHAT
THEY WANT TO DO IS HAVE BETTER
RELATIONSHIPS WITH A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT FOLKS TO WORK ON
POLICY WITHIN SPD. THERE IS A
CONCERN THAT IF THERE IS A
DESIGNATED LIAISON THAT IT
MIGHT CREATE MORE BARRIERS.
I KNOW THE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS TALKED WITH THEM
AND THEIR POSITION MAY HAVE
EVOLVED SINCE I LAST TALKED
WITH THEM. I WOULD LIKE TO
LEARN MORE FROM COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN ABOUT HIS VISION FOR
THIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN .
>> I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
THAT GETS US TO THE SUGGESTION.
IF OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS, OR IF
YOU ALL, PRESENT HERE TODAY,
HAVE IDEAS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SEE, PLEASE DO SO. THEY ARE DUE
A WEEK FROM TODAY ON THE 27th,
SO THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME TO
WRK ON AMENDMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS .
>> I DO WANT TO FLAG BRIEFLY IN
OPEN SESSION THAT I INTEND TO
BRING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO
DIRECT SOME HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT UNDER SPIN TO THE
CHIEF'S SPIN TO FINISH THE
HOUSING UNITS BEING CONSTRUCTED
AT PIONEER SQUARE.
TO THE ISSUE I WAS RAISING
EARLIER ABOUT THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AND SOME OTHER THINGS
BEING STOOD UP IS THERE IS
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ONE TIME
LENDERS SPEND. THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ASSUMED IN THE
BUDGETING THAT THIS WOULD BE
OPEN IN JANUARY.
IT LOOKS LIKELY THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES WILL NOT BE OPEN UNTIL
SIGNIFICANTLY LATER THIS YEAR.
FOR MANY, A HALF YEAR IS GONE
WHERE THE OPERATING FUNDS WILL
NOT BE USED FOR THE TINY HOUSE
PURPOSES. I THINK IT MAKES
SENSE, GIVEN THERE ARE OTHER
NEEDS IN OUR HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY
THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED TO
CAPTURE SOME OF THAT UNDERSTAND
TO ADDRESS THE ONE-TIME COSTS.
LIKE SOME UNANTICIPATED COSTS
WITH THE 80 UNITS.
I WANT TO FLAG THAT FOR CENTRAL
STAFF. I BELIEVE JACOB FROM MY
OFFICE IS WORKING ON IT, BUT I
WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO FLAG MY INTEREST IN THE
UNDER SPEND AND GETTING INTO
THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS
IMPORTANT NEEDS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS . IS THERE ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON BILLS 7 AND 8 .
HEARING NONE, IT'S 12:45 AND I
WONDER IF YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES,
OR IF WE NEED TO MOVE THE
ENTIRE THING TO NEXT WEEK'S
AGENDA MEETING?
ALLIE HAS A MEMO DATED JULY 19th
. THE FOLKS HAVE 15 MINUTES?
IF YOU DON'T, I WANT TO RESPECT
YOUR TIME.
>> I ONLY HAVE 15 MINUTES
BECAUSE I HAVE A 1:00 P.M.
THAT I WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE
COMMITTEE EARLY IF WE GO OVER.
>> THAT IS THE SAME FOR ME.
ALLIE, WHAT IS YOUR
PREFERENCE?
>> IT IS THE SAME FOR VICE
CHAIR HERBOLD . IS THIS A
HARDSHIP FOR YOU AS WELL?
ALLIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE
THE NEXT 10-15 MINUTES TO
DESCRIBE THE LAST ITEM?
>> REALLY QUICKLY. I DON'T NEED
10 MINUTES. I WAS JUST GOING TO
DESCRIBE WHAT IS IN THE MEMO.
YOU CAN READ THAT, BUT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR ON THE
PROCESS.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD.
MADAME CLERK, READ ITEM 9.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9. THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN FOR UPDATE
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO ITEM NUMBER 9 RELATES TO
THE NEXT ROUND OF LEGISLATION
TO CONSIDER THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN TO NUMB WITH SPENDING AND
TARGETED AID FOR THE A MASKED
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. THIS
IS FOLLOWING UP ON THE RESCUE
PLAN PASSED BY COUNCIL IN JUNE
. AS WELL AS ACCEPTING AN
ADDITIONAL RANT THE CITY HAS
RECEIVED FROM THE
APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2021. IT
PROVIDES DETAILS OF WHAT WE
EXPECT TO SEE. THAT INCLUDES A
TARGET DATE FOR EMERGENCY
RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. THERE MAY
POTENTIALLY BE ANOTHER RANT
RELATED TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND
SHUTTERED TO VENUES. WE ARE
STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE
DETAILS OF WHETHER WE WILL HAVE
THAT IN TIME FOR INCLUSION IN
THIS BILL. THIS IS SIMILAR TO
PREVIOUS LEGISLATION WHERE THE
BILL WILL ACCEPT THE GRANTS AND
AUTHORIZE SPENDING.
AGAIN, THIS IS SIMILAR TO
TARGETED AID AND THERE ARE
LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THE MONEY
CAN BE USED FOR.
IT WILL OUTLINE THE COUNCIL'S
EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW THE FUNDS
ARE DEPLOYED. IF THERE ARE
SPECIFIC INTERESTS THAT YOU
HAVE AND HOW THE DIRECTION IS
PROVIDED TO THE EXECUTIVE,
PLEASE WORK WITH ESSENTIAL
STAFF.
WE WILL WORK WITH THE CHAIR TO
DETERMINE INFORMATION TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE BILL FOR
INTRODUCTION.
OR, TO WORK WITH YOU TO PROPOSE
AMENDMENTS.
I THINK THE INTENT IS TO DISCUSS
AND TO GO ON THE BILL ON AUGUST
3rd SO THE EXECUTIVES CAN WORK
TO GET THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> THAT WAS VERY EFFICIENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE MEMO AND THE
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW. TO
SUMMARIZE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS
NEXT ACT.
RECOGNIZING THE NEXT ACT WILL
BE IN THE FALL BUDGET.
THIS SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN NUMBER
TWO NUMB IS THE TARGETED RELIEF
FOR APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION
FOR TRANSPORTATION, RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, AND SUPPORT FOR
SENIORS.
I KNOW THESE ITEMS ARE OF
UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO THE PEOPLE
HERE TODAY AND TO THE FULL
COUNCIL.
WE WILL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION IN
THE AUGUST 3rd MEETING. IF
THERE IS ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN
THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEE HIGHLIGHTED, NOTIFY
THE CENTRAL STAFF BEFORE
TUESDAY NEXT WEEK.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, GO AHEAD .
>> I WANT TO FLAG THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT. THE USE OF THE
FUNDS HAS BEEN BROADENED TO
INCLUDE SOLUTIONS OR OTHER
STRATEGIES TO ALLEVIATE THE
NEGATIVE HEALTH EFFECTS OF
SOCIAL ISOLATION.
IN THE RESCUE PLAN LEGISLATION,
I INTRODUCED MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES THAT ARE THE RESULT OF
THE PANDEMIC AND SOCIAL ISOLATE
IS ASIAN IN THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF. TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
ANYTHING IN THE GUIDANCE, SO
FAR, THAT WE HAVE SEEN,
CONSTRAINS US FROM USING THESE
FUNDS FOR ADDRESSING MENTAL
HEALTH WITH SENIORS? I DON'T
NEED THE ANSWER NOW, BUT I AM
WANTING THE QUESTION ON THE
RECORD.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR
BEING A STRONG CHAMPION AROUND
THOSE DOLLARS AS WELL. I SEE
ALLIE TAKING NOTES ON THAT AND
PERHAPS MORE INFORMATION IS TO
COME ON THAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE
CENTRAL STAFF OVER THE NEXT
WEEK OR TWO BEFORE WE COME BACK
ON AUGUST 3rd?
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IT IS
10 MINUTES UNTIL 1:00.
WE WILL GET YOU OUT OF HERE AND
THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE WILL
HAVE WILL BE AUGUST 3rd. WE
WILL FINALIZE OUR DISCUSSION ON
THE EQUITY OF EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE. WE WILL
LOOK AT THE LETTER IN FINAL
FORM TO SHOWCASE THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL HAVE THE INTERFUND LOAN
BILL WHICH WE DISCUSSED THE
JUMPSTART IN THE SEATTLE FUND
DISCUSSION. WE WILL HAVE THAT
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ONCE WE
ECEIVE THE FINAL DETAILS ON
THAT AND WORK THAT OUT WITH
CBO.
ON SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN TO NUMB,
AND A CONTINUATION OF OUR
DISCUSSION TODAY, ALONG WITH
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE M FTE
BILL AND REPORT. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR
GETTING US THROUGH THESE
MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
ALONG WITH OUR OFFICES.
TODAY'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED
AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON AUGUST
3rd.