>>> GOOD MORNING I'M THE CHAIR
OF THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE TODAY IS TUESDAY
AUGUST 3rd 2021 THE TIME 9:31
A.M.
IN THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO
ORDER. LECLERC PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> FOUR PRESENT TWO EXCUSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WILL BE
POPPING INTO THE MEETING
BRIEFLY AS WE DISCUSS THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN AND THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BRIEFLY BUT
I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE NOT
PLANNING TO BE HERE FOR MOST OF
THE MEETING TODAY.
WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS YOU HAVE
BEEN PRESENT FOR MOST MEETINGS
AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE TOPICS
IN YOUR THE ALTERNATE GREAT TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA FOR
TODAY.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO
HEAR ALL THE ITEMS SO YOU KNOW
WHY WE ARE KEEPING YOU AT LEAST
UNTIL 12:30 OR 1:00.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET US OUT
BEFORE 1:00 BUT A QUICK SUMMARY
OF THE AGENDA.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT, WE HAVE ABOUT 25
PEOPLE SIGNED UP SO THOSE
LISTENING PLEASE NOTE YOU WILL
HAVE ONE MINUTE TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU WILL HEAR A
10 SECOND TIMER AT THE END OF
YOUR COMMENT SO PREPARE YOUR
NOTES NOW FOR A ONE MINUTE
PRESENTATION.
FIRST ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE THE
SIGNING OF THE DOMESTIC WORKER
STANDARDS BOARD RECOMMENDATION
RESPONSE LETTER AND THEN A
MEETING EXCUSE ME BRIEFING AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES, WE WILL HAVE A
BRIEF DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE
VOTE ON THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
NUMBER TWO FOCUSING ON
TRANSPORTATION SENIOR CARE AND
RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WILL THEN HAVE A BRIEFING
PRESENTATION AND POSSIBLE VOTE
ON THE INTERFUND LOAN AND THE
LAST ITEMS INCLUDE THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE AND MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE WHICH WE
WILL HOLD FOR VOTE FOR NEXT
MEETING.
LAST ON THE AGENDA IS
DISCUSSION ON THE MULTIFAMILY
TAX EXEMPTION ANNUAL REPORT
WITH MORE PERMISSION TO COME ON
POSSIBLE LEGISLATION ON THE
NEXT MEETING SO THOSE LAST
THREE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION.
ANY OBJECTION?
NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED MOVING INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
TO GET THROUGH THIS IN 30
MINUTES I WILL GIVE FOLKS ONE
MINUTE TO SPEAK.
WE WILL CALL ON YOU IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH YOU ARE
REGISTERED, IF YOU'RE NOT
REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT WOULD
LIKE TO YOU CAN SIGN UP BY
GOING TO THE OPTIONS LISTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MAKE SURE
YOU ARE USING THE SAME NUMBER
YOU DIALED IN TO SPEAK ON WHEN
YOU REGISTERED FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THE
PHONE NUMBER SO MAKE SURE YOU
ARE ON THE SAME NUMBER YOU
REGISTERED.
I WILL CALL THREE AT A TIME,
YOU WILL HEAR THE PROMPT THAT
SAYS YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED AND
THEN PRESS STAR SIX ON YOUR
PHONE AND MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE
IS OFF MUTE SO WE CAN HEAR
YOUR.
YOU WILL CALL A CHIME AT THE
END OF YOUR ONE MINUTE ALLOTMENT
AT 10 SECONDS THAT IS YOUR
INDICATION TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENT AND YOU ARE FREE TO
SEND COMMENTS IN WRITING.
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT WE WILL ASK YOU
TO DISCONNECT AND CONTINUE
FOLLOWING US ON THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR OTHER LISTEN IN
OPTIONS.
THE PERIOD IS NOW OPEN FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL
START CALLING ON FOLKS IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR.
IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT NOT YET THERE PLEASE
DIAL IN THIS IS A HEADS UP WE
WILL MOVE THROUGH THESE AND
WILL START CALLING FOR FOLKS IN
PERSON.
└> [ CALLING NAMES ] MY FIRST
THREE GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO I'M A DISTRICT 7
RESIDENT CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR
COMMITMENT AND TRANSFER ALL $50
MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS OUT
OF SPD TO PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE
TRUE COMMUNITIES OF HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
JUST CARE FOR EXAMPLE HAS A 39%
REDUCTION IN 911 CALLS IN AREAS
THAT IT SERVES THAT IS
COMMUNITY SAFETY, INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY SEEKING MORE MONEY TO
SPD IS THE OPPOSITE, THERE WAS
A HORRIFIC BUT UNSURPRISING
CONCLUSION SPD HARMS HARASSES
AND TRAUMATIZES BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE I WILL SHARE
TWO OF THE REPORT FINDINGS ONE
BLACK AND NATIVE MEN WERE
LIKELY TO BE SEARCHED EVEN
THOUGH WHITE MEN WERE MORE
LIKELY FOUND WITH A WEAPON AND
BLACK PEOPLE WERE SUBJECTED TO
FORCE AT A PER CAPITA RATE MORE
THAN SEVEN TIMES THAN WHITE
PEOPLE.
THESE FACTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE
AND REQUIRE CHANGE TO THE
SYSTEM.
STRONGLY URGING YOU TO START BY
LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND
TRANSFERRING ALL $50 MILLION
OUT OF SPD INTO COMMUNITY.
THINK YOU.
>> THE NEXT PERSON, GOOD
MORNING DANIEL.
>> GOOD MORNING ON BEHALF OF OF
FAIR WORKCENTER THE ORDINANCE
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED
TO AFFORDABLE BENEFITS AND
FUNDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
WORKERS TELUS LACK OF ACCESS TO
TIME OFF IS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR
THEM IS MOST GET NO PAID SICK
TIME EVEN THOUGH DOMESTIC
WORKERS HAVE TECHNICALLY HAD IT
SINCE 2011.
WORKERS KNOW THE BENEFIT AND
EVERYONE IN INDUSTRY CAN TAKE
TIME OFF IF THEY NEEDED AND WE
KNOW DEVELOPING POLICY DEPENDS
ON EXPERTISE AND PERSPECTIVE OF
WORKERS WHEN INCLUDED FROM THE
BEGINNING WE CAN BE SURE THE
POLICIES WILL MEET THEIR NEEDS.
THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS BY
WORKING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE
PROGRAM FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS
WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD BY
RESOURCING OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION CRITICAL TO ENSURING
PEOPLE WORK INCLUDING BEFORE
AND AFTER THE ORDINANCE IS
ADOPTED IT IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO PROTECT PUBLIC
HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC
FOR EQUITABLE RECOVERY ONCE IT
IS OVER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
COVER THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS
ARE NOT PRESENT SO PLEASE DIAL
IN.
[ CALLING NAMES ]
[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS THAT
ARE LISTED THAT ARE PRESENT ARE
[ CALLING NAMES ] GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE SUFFERED
FOR NOT HAVING BENEFITS AS
OTHER WORKERS HAVE SO PLEASE I
AM ASKING YOU, THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO EXERCISE
OUR RIGHTS AND THE FAMILIES TO
KNOW ABOUT NOW WE HAVE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROTECT SOME
OF THE RIGHTS THAT OTHER
WORKERS HAVE.
PLEASE COME CONSIDER TO GIVE
MONEY AND RESOURCES ENOUGH TO
PLEASE PUT FOR BENEFITS THAT
YOU NEED TO DEVELOP, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SORRY ABOUT THAT PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING THANK YOU GUYS
SO MUCH I AM HERE TO SUPPORT
THE FUNDING FOR THE SUPERBLOCK
AS NOTED THIS WILL HELP GIVE
THE PROJECT TO GROUND LEVEL
READY.
SEEKING FUNDING AND THERE IS AN
AMENDMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO
MOVE FORWARD.
THIS IS AN EFFORT BY THE
COMMUNITY FOR OVER A DECADE SO
I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT I
SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS A
LEGACY RESIDENT AT THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND SOMEBODY WHO DOES
WORK HEAVILY IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
ALSO REALLY EXCITED NEARLY 600
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED
THE PETITION TO SUPPORT THIS
GRASSROOTS EFFORT AND I AM
PERSONALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THIS
PROJECT WILL HELP LOCATE THE
LEGACY FAMILIES THAT MAKE THE
DISTRICT WHAT IT IS IN LEGACY
COMMUNITIES AND ETHNICITIES
THAT BUILT THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
PLEASE APPROVE THE $500,000 IN
FUNDING FOR THE GARFIELD
PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE [
INDISCERNIBLE NAME ] WHO NEEDS
TO SPEAK SO WE'LL SEE IF SHE IS
ON THE LINE ALONG WITH AND THEN
WE WILL GO TO DORIS GARCIA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI I AM CALLING TODAY TO ASK
FOR YOU TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH
THE COMMITMENT FOR ALL 15
MILLION SALARY SAVINGS OUT OF
SPD TO GO TO PROGRAMS PROVIDING
TRUE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY
LIKE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
CAPACITY BUILDING FUND AND JUST
CARE.
MAKING COMMUNITIES SAFER FOR
EVERYONE.
RECENT REPORTS MAKE THE CASE
FOR TRANSFERRING MONEY TO THE
COMMUNITY ONE REPORT SHOWS THEY
CONTINUE TO HARM HER US AND
STIGMATIZE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE AND ALTERNATOR RESPONSE
COULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR 50% OF
CALLS.
SPD DO NOT STOP VIOLENCE AND
USING FEAR MONGERING TACTICS
ABOUT CRIME AND VIOLENCE
WHENEVER POLICE LEGITIMACY
POWER AND RESOURCES ARE
CHALLENGED TO SUGGEST DUE TO
THE PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC STRESS
TO CLOSE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS
WE NEED THAT MONEY BECAUSE THE
COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING AT THE
HANDS OF SPD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING INTO
THE.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE NAME ] YOUR
NEXT FOLLOWED BY DORIS GARCIA.
PRESS STAR 600 PHONE TO SPEAK
WITH US.
LET'S WAIT JUST A SECOND.
PRESS STAR SIX.
OKAY MARIA
>> [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ] IF YOU CAN PRESS
STAR SIX, I'M GOING TO CALL ON
THE NEXT PERSON BUT WE WILL
KEEP YOU UP ON THE SCREEN.
DORIS GARCIA NEXT?
GOOD MORNING.
PERFECT GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING I'M GOING TO
SHARE AUDIO FROM ONE OF OUR
MEMBERS I HOPE THIS IS OKAY AND
I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS ONE
MINUTE ONLY SO I APOLOGIZE.
HERE IT IS.
>> I HAVE BEEN A NANNY IN THE
SEATTLE AREA FOR SEVEN YEARS AND
I SUPPORTED THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS THROUGH MANY PHASES
INCLUDING THE RULEMAKING
PROCESS.
I FEEL REALLY PROUD OF THAT, SO
HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT NOW AND I
AM HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR OUR INDUSTRY BY
PROVIDING WORKERS WITH THE
RIGHTS WE DESERVE.
AS YOU KNOW DOMESTIC WORKERS
HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO
INEQUITABLE STANDARDS FOR FAR
TOO LONG AND WHEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE PASSED THE ORDINANCE IN
2011 INDUSTRY WAS YET AGAIN
LEFT OUT OF THE RIGHTS JUST
LIKE IN THE PAST AND TODAY MANY
WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRY DO NOT
GET THE BASIC BENEFIT OF PAID
SICK TIME.
WE NEED A MECHANISM AND
STRUCTURE SO ALL THE WORKERS
CAN GET PAID TIME OFF TO TAKE
BETTER CARE OF THEIR HEALTH AND
THEIR FAMILIES JUST LIKE MANY
OTHER WORKERS ALREADY DO AND
JUST LIKE IT WOULD BE NORMAL
STANDARD FOR OTHER WORKERS IN
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
PORTABLE PTO WOULD BE THAT
MECHANISM, THE CITY SHOULD
FOLLOW EXPERTISE OF DOMESTIC
WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND
FOLLOW DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARD
BOARD EXPERTS AND GUIDANCE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> FOR THE DOMESTIC WORKER
STANDARDS BOARD, THE
ORGANIZATION AND THE CITY FOR
THEM TO ENGAGE IN A MEANINGFUL
WAY WITH WORKERS AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR PLAYING THAT AND
WE WILL TAKE THE RECORDING IF
YOU WANT TO EMAIL THAT TO US.
TRYING FOR [ INDISCERNIBLE NAME
] ONE MORE TIME IF YOU CAN
PRESS STAR SIX.
[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ]
[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ] I'M GOING TO TRY TO
TRANSLATE THAT.
MARIA SAID SHE HAS BEEN A
DOMESTIC WORKER 15 YEARS, VERY
PROUD OF THE WORK THEY HAD DONE
AS DOMESTIC WORKERS AND PART OF
THE WORK THEY DID ON THE
DOMESTIC WORKER BILL OF RIGHTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
DOMESTIC WORKERS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE FIELD
TO HAVE THEM HELP CRAFT THE
TABLE TO TALK ABOUT POLICIES
THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKERS,
THEY HAVE LIMITED TIME AND
RESOURCES BUT WHAT THEY ARE NOT
LIMITED IN IS EXPERIENCE AND
THEY'RE SAYING THEY WANT THE
FUNDS COME THE FUNDING AND
POLICIES SO THEY CAN HAVE
THINGS LIKE PAID TIME OFF AND
TO ADVANCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
MORE OR LESS I HOPE I DID A
GOOD JOB OF TRANSLATING THAT.
OKAY TRYING TO GET THROUGH
EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP.
ONE MINUTE TIMER THE NEXT
PERSON STEPHANIE INGRAM
FOLLOWED BY [ INDISCERNIBLE
NAME ] AND [ INDISCERNIBLE NAME
]. GOOD MORNING.
>> HI THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
TODAY.
I AM A LONG TIME CAPITOL HILL
AND CENTRAL AREA RESIDENT
CALLING TO REQUEST THAT COUNCIL
ALLOCATE 500,000 TO THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK PROJECT AS
PART OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
PROCESS, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN
ONGOING 15 YEARS AND IT'S TIME
TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BY
PROVIDING FUNDS NEEDED TO GET
THIS PROJECT READY FOR
CONSTRUCTION.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN STRONGLY
SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY AS
SHOWN BY THE SURVEY RESPONSES
AND THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF VOLUNTEER HOURS PUT IN BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE ARE
PARTNERING WITH PARKS AND
RECREATION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
THE PROJECT SO WE ARE LOOKING
FOR THIS MONEY TO GET US TO
THAT POINT.
INVESTING IN PUBLIC SPACES IN
THE CENTRAL AREA IS A
COMMITMENT TO THE DIVERSITY OF
THE AREA AND LIVABILITY AND
SAFETY OF THIS VIBRANT
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD
MORNING PETER.
STAR SIX.
>> GOOD MORNING PETER CONDIT IN
DISTRICT 6 CALLING ON CITY
COUNCIL TO TRANSFER ALL SPD $15
MILLION OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO DO
SO, TWO REPORTS COMMISSIONED AT
THE COST OF TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS TO TAXPAYERS HAVE
PROVIDED DATA SUPPORTING
TRANSFERRING MONEY OUT OF SPD
ONE FOUND WHAT WE KNOW TO BE
TRUE SPD HARMS HARASSES AND
TRAUMATIZES BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
A SECOND REPORT SHOWS
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE COULD BE
APPROPRIATE NEARLY 50% OF CALLS
OF SERVICE.
EARLY 80% OF CALLS WERE FOR
NONCRIMINAL EVENTS.
ONLY 6% WERE ASSOCIATED WITH
FELONIES OF ANY KIND WHY IS THE
MAYOR PROPOSING TO OFFER SPD
HIRING OFFICERS?
SPD HAD THE LARGEST CLASS OF
NEW HIRES IN 20 YEARS.
MORE MONEY FOR ANTI-BLACK ANTI-
INDIGENOUS POLICING IS NOT THE
ANSWER, TRANSFER ALL 15 MILLION
OUT OF SPD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND
BACK TO [ INDISCERNIBLE NAME ].
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN MY NAME IS KAREN AND I
AM A MEMBER OF THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK COALITION AND
LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT
ALLOCATE $500,000 TO THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK THROUGH THE
UNDERFUNDED ABILITY OF THE
BUDGET THE SUPERBLOCK IS A
SPECIAL SPACE MADE SO BY THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE LONG
BEFORE I MOVED INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. PROJECT BY THE
PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE MOST
IMPORTANTLY HONORS PEOPLE IN
HISTORY OF THE AREA.
HELPING TO UNDO SOME OF THE
HARM THE COMMUNITY HAS ENDURED
SUCH AS GENTRIFICATION.
THIS SPACE CREATES VITAL
COMMUNITY SPACE TO HONOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE LIVED HERE. RARELY DO
WE SEE A PARK USE IT IN A WAY
THAT HONORS THE PEOPLE IN THE
AREA USING ART, NATURE, PLAY
AND GATHERING.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE
ALLEGATION OF THESE FUNDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOING TO [ INDISCERNIBLE NAME ]
AND THEN I WILL NOTE FOR THE
RECORD YOUR NEXT YOU ARE LISTED
AS NOT PRESENT AS WELL AS [
INDISCERNIBLE NAME ] SO IF
YOU'RE LISTENING PLEASE DIAL IT
, GOOD MORNING.
DID WE ALREADY HEAR FROM YOU?
STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
>> [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ]
[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> [ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN
LANGUAGE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR CALLING.
[ SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
I WILL TRY TO TRANSLATE AND FOR
FOLKS LISTENING THE NEXT TIME
WE HAVE A DOMESTIC WORKERS ITEM
WE WILL HAVE A TRANSLATOR AS WE
ALWAYS TRY TO DO BUT WE DID NOT
HAVE A REQUEST TWO WEEKS IN
ADVANCE SO WE'LL JUST INCLUDE
THAT EVERY TIME WE HAVE A
DOMESTIC WORKER ITEM IN THE
FUTURE.
HERE WE GO.
HELLO I AM MARISOL A MEMBER OF
MANY COLLECTIVE AND I'M HERE
ADVOCATING FOR THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS SIMILAR TO ME.
SHE SAID SHE IS HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THE NEED FOR BENEFITS
LIKE EVERY OTHER WORKER HAS BUT
THEY DON'T HAVE, THINGS THAT
ALLOW FOR THEM TO TAKE BREAKS
LIKE PAID TIME OFF AND SICK
LEAVE.
WE NEED A MECHANISM TO ACCESS
PAID TIME OFF AND SICK LEAVE TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THIS
BENEFIT TO ALL WORKERS IN THE
INDUSTRY.
THEY NEED A PLATFORM TO BE ABLE
TO ACCESS PAID TIME OFF, SICK
LEAVE, HEALTH BENEFITS AND SHE
IS HOPING WE WILL TAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONTINUE TO
ADVOCATE FOR MORE DOMESTIC
WORKERS SO THEY CAN ACCESS
BENEFITS LIKE THAT.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE ARE [
CALLING NAMES ] GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
I AM HERE TO US THE COUNCIL
ABOUT APPROVING BENEFITS FOR US
THAT WAY WHEN THE EMPLOYER
HIRES US THEY HAVE TO LET US
KNOW ABOUT THIS.
IN SEATTLE THERE ARE A LOT OF
US WHO DON'T KNOW ABOUT OUR
BENEFITS AND WE ARE SCARED TO
ASK ABOUT IT. SOMETIMES WE
DON'T HAVE TIME TO TAKE BREAKS,
WE DON'T GET PAID OVERTIME. WE
DON'T HAVE THE BENEFITS OF PTO
AND WE DEFER THAT ALL OF YOU
GUYS HAVE THAT IT'S THE SAME
FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE TIRED AND
WE'RE DOING A VERY IMPORTANT
JOB AND WE LOVE IT, WE LOVE
YOUR KIDS AND WE LOVE TO BE
AROUND YOUR FAMILY SO WE
DESERVE THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
[ INDISCERNIBLE NAME ] GOOD
MORNING.
LOOKING TO COME UP ON THE
SCREEN AFTER WE WILL GET SHARON.
OKAY I CAN SEE, DO YOU WANT TO
PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF?
OKAY.
GOING TO LEAVE AND ON THE LINE
AND IF YOU CAN PULL OF SHARON,
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME IT IS STAR
SIX TO UNMUTE AND SHARON IF YOU
CAN HEAR ME STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
OKAY I WILL CONTINUE CALLING
NAMES.
>> HELLO THIS IS SHARON.
I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF THE
AREA CALLING FROM THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK THIS MORNING WITH A
GROUP OF PEOPLE WHICH I'M
EXCITED TO BE OUT HERE.
ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT FOR FUNDING THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK PROJECT
ASKING FOR 500,000 WHICH WILL
HELP US GET THROUGH THE DESIGN
PROCESS, A TOUGH PROCESS IN A
COMMUNITY PROJECT.
WE WANT TO SEE THE PROJECT
BEING BUILT BUT A LOT OF IT
GOES AND BEFORE THAT AND WE
NEED THE MONEY TO GET THROUGH
THAT.
THIS WILL HELP US WITH MATCHING
FUNDS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT,
BUILDING A PARK THIS SIZE WILL
TAKE MORE MONEY THAN 500,000 SO
IF WE DON'T GET THE MONEY NOW
FOR A GRANT WE ARE APPLYING FOR
WE ARE LEAVING MONEY ON THE
TABLE.
THIS MONEY IS BEING ASKED FOR
THROUGH THE SPD MONEY AND I
CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO
SPEND THE MONEY IN A PUBLIC
PARK IN THE SAFETY OF THE
COMMUNITY.
PARKS ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT
PART FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY
HELPING TO BRING DOWN MENTAL
ILLNESS AND BRING DOWN CRIME.
THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO PUT
IT AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO
VOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT PERSON, GOOD MORNING.
STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
AFTER WILL BE [ INDISCERNIBLE
NAME ] GOOD MORNING.
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME JUST STAR
SIX.
OKAY I WILL LEAVE YOU UP ON THE
SCREEN.
GOOD MORNING I CAN SEE YOU NOW.
>> GOOD MORNING HELLO I AM A
RESIDENT OF BEACON HILL CALLING
TO ASK YOU TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
YOUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSFER ALL
THE 15 MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS
OUT OF SPD THE MONEY SHOULD GO
TO PROGRAMS DIVIDING TRUE
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY
LIKE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
CAPACITY BUILDING FUNDS AND
JUST CARE AND PROVIDE SERVICES
ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES TO
MAKE COMMUNITIES SAFER FOR
EVERYONE.
FEAR MONGERING ABOUT CRIME AND
VIOLENCE IS AN TACTICS WHENEVER
POLICE LEGITIMACY POWER OR
RESOURCES ARE CHALLENGED.
COPS INCREASE VIOLENCE,
RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS INCREASING
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION REDUCES
HOMICIDES WITHOUT INCREASING
VIOLENCE THROUGH POLICE.
THEIR RECENT REPORTS
COMMISSIONED TO MAKE THE CASE
FOR TRANSFERRING MONEY TO THE
COMMUNITY.
ONE REPORT FOUND WHAT WE
ALREADY KNOW TO BE TRUE.
SPD CONTINUES TO HARM, HARASS
AND TRAUMATIZE BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THE SECOND
REPORT SHOWS ALTERNATIVES NON-
SWORN RESPONSE APPROPRIATE FOR
NEARLY 50% OF SPD CALLS.
WHY IS THE MAYOR PROPOSING TO
OFFER SPD HIRING BONUSES?
SPD HAD ITS LARGEST NEW HIRING
CLASS IN 20 YEARS.
MORE MONEY FOR ANTI-BLACK ANTI-
INDIGENOUS VIOLENT POLICING IS
NOT THE ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PENNY, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES I CAN, THANK YOU.
THERE WE GO.
>> GOOD MORNING FROM DISTRICT 6
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
YOUR COMMITMENT AND HARD WORK
TODAY BEFORE YOU HAVE A GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE
BOLSTERING COMMUNITY SAFETY BY
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON YOUR
COMMITMENT LAST SUMMER TO
TRANSFER ALL $15 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS OUT OF SPD THE
MONEY SHOULD GO TO PROGRAMS
THAT PROVIDE TRUE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND HEALTH LIKE THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY CAPACITY
BUILDING FUND, JUST CARE AND
BUDGETING.
OFFERING BONUSES WILL NOT
PROVIDE MORE SAFETY AS
INDICATED IN REPORTS CITED BY
OTHERS ON THIS CALL STATUS
SHOWS ADDING MORE POLICE WILL
NOT PROVIDE MORE PUBLIC SAFETY.
MORE MONEY FOR ANTIBLACK
POLICING VIOLENCE IS NOT THE
ANSWER.
PLEASE TRANSFER ALL $15 MILLION
OUT OF SPD INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU ARE UP NEXT.
PERFECT GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS [ INDISCERNIBLE NAME
] LONGTIME SETTLERS AND A
GRADUATE OF GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL.
I AM CALLING THIS MORNING FOR
THE SUPERBLOCK, THIS IS A
FANTASTIC COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT
BRINGS OBVIOUS BENEFITS TO THE
GARFIELD SITE WITH ADA
IMPROVEMENTS, BETTER STREET AND
SITE CONNECTION PLAY AREAS BUT
THE BEST PART OF THIS PROJECT
IS THE LEGACY PROMENADE AND
THIS IS A PATHWAY THAT TELLS
THAT THE STORY WITH RICH
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE
HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL AREA.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF
PROJECT THAT SEATTLE NEEDS IN
ORDER TO DEFINE THIS COMMUNITY,
TO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY AND TO
CONTINUE COMMUNITY AS THINGS
CHANGE INTO THE FUTURE.
SO PLEASE SUPPORT THE $500,000
TO COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN AND
SIGN UP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LAURA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
FROM DISTRICT 7 I ASK YOU TO
TAKE ACTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
TRANSFERRING $50 MILLION TO
SOLUTIONS BEING ASKED FOR BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SUFFERED
BECAUSE OF YEARS OF LOCAL
IGNORANCE ABOUT THE HARM OF THE
POLICING SYSTEM, LAST YEAR YOU
AGREE TO TRANSFER 5 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING AND IT IS
DISAPPOINTING NOT HAVE BEEN
TRANSFERRED SO FAR.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THE
PATROL DIVISION OF SPD 25% OF
THE BUDGET, A PATROLMAN LAST
YEAR GOT $414,000, FOR THE SAME
COST THE CITY COULD OF HIRED
SIX OR SEVEN YOUTH COUNSELORS
AT $33 AN HOUR AND IN CONTRAST
THE MINIMUM WAGE COULD ONLY
AFFORD RENT 7% OF COUNTIES.
BUDGET AND VALUES POLICE
OFFICERS ARE GETTING RICH WHILE
OFTEN TRAUMATIZING COMMUNITY
INCLUDING CHASING PEOPLE
WITHOUT HOUSING FROM ONE SIDE
OF THE STREET INTO THE OTHER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ INDISCERNIBLE NAME ] FOLLOWED
BY [ INDISCERNIBLE NAME ]. AND
BENJAMIN MARX.
GOOD MORNING.
LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
YOU MIGHT BE UNMUTE ON YOUR OWN
PHONE.
IF YOU CAN DOUBLE CHECK.
>> SORRY CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I AM SPEAKING AND SUPPORTING
THE $500,000 OF FUNDING FOR THE
SUPERBLOCK. I AM A MEMBER OF
THE CORE COALITION THAT
PARTICIPATED IN THE PROJECT FOR
OVER THREE YEARS VOLUNTARILY,
FUNDING WELL ALLOWS TO TAKE AN
IMPORTANT STEP ON THE PATH TO
HAVING THE PROJECT COMPLETED.
AS A MEMBER OF THE 32 ACTION
COMMUNITY TEAM WE SAW THE
CHANGES PRODUCED FOR JACKSON,
TERRY AND UNION STREET.
MY INTEREST COMES FROM MY
HISTORY WITH CRAFTING FINE
ARTS, ENCLOSING A MAJOR PIECE
OF THE PROJECT IS THE LEGACY
AND PROMISE PROMENADE WHICH
WILL FEATURE SEVEN PUBLIC ART
PIECES AT THE EARLIEST SETTLERS
TO THE CENTRAL AREA IN ONE
PIECE.
IN CLOSING WE BUILT A COMMUNITY
DAY BY DAY, STORIES AND DECADES
OF LIVES, WE BUILD HISTORY AND
CENTURIES.
PLEASE HELP US.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT THANK YOU.
I DID SAY WE WOULD HAVE 30
MINUTES, WE HAVE SIX MORE
PEOPLE SIGNED UP SO WITH NO
OBJECTION I WILL EXTEND PUBLIC
COMMENT SIX MORE MINUTES.
HEARING NO OBJECTION WE WILL
CONTINUE.
CLASS PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
>> THIS IS VALENTINA MONTECITO
CALLING IN TO URGE THE COUNCIL
TO ALLOCATE $500,000 TO THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK, IT IS LONG
OVERDUE THAN CITY OF SEATTLE
LIVE UP TO ITS COMMITMENT TO
RENOVATE THE GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK
NOW IS THE TIME FOR CITY
OFFICIALS TO RESTORE PUBLIC
TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND FULFILL
THE REQUEST OF CENTRAL AREA
RESIDENTS FOR BETTER LIGHTING,
ACCESSIBILITY AND SAFETY IN
PARKS.
I JOINED THE GROUP OF
VOLUNTEERS FROM THE SUPERBLOCK
TO ADVOCATE THESE BASIC REQUESTS
AS WELL IS TO HONOR THE RICH
CULTURE OF THE AREA.
HIRED YOU TO ALLOCATE $500,000
TO THIS PROJECT AS THE TANGIBLE
AND NON-TANGIBLE BENEFITS WILL
BE REAPED FOR YEARS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
BENJAMIN, GOOD MORNING.
STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
>> HI THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE
PROPOSAL TO FUND THE NEXT STAGE
OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK.
I AM AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPER AND PART OF A TEAM
BUILDING EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT,
107 AFFORDABLE UNITS ACROSS THE
STREET.
I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE
SUPERBLOCK TEAM AND THEIR
VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT HELPING TO
COMPLETE THESE IMPROVEMENTS,
THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WE SHOULD
ALL SUPPORT.
WHILE I AM ON THIS CALL I AM
LEARNING ABOUT THE REPORTABLE
BENEFITS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
AND THE FATHER OF FOUR KIDS AND
I AM A DOMESTIC WORKER MYSELF
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SUPPORT
FOR THIS IMPORTANT MEASURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
THE LAST FOUR SPEAKERS, [
CALLING NAMES ] YOU ARE LISTED
AS READY TO SPEAK BUT YOU ARE
NOT PRESENT SO IF YOU CAN HEAR
ME, DIALING AND WE'LL TRY TO
GET YOU.
ANDREW, GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING I AM
AN ATTORNEY AT LEGAL VOICE
ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE THROUGH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS TODAY WE
WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AND
COMMEND YOUR SUPPORT FOR
DEVELOPING BENEFITS LEGISLATION
DOMESTIC WORKERS NEED
AFFORDABLE BENEFITS FOR PAID
TIME OFF THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME
HAVE EXPLAINED THE BENEFITS NOT
BUILT AROUND REALITIES OF WORK
SO WE NEED NEW LAWS TO MAKE
THIS WORK, MANDATORY PTO
POLICIES, NEW WAYS OF PROVIDING
BENEFITS TO KEEP UP WITH THE
CHANGING ECONOMY AND AS WE SEE
OVERWHELMINGLY WORKERS ARE
IMMIGRANTS OR THOSE LEFT OUT SO
IT IS A RACIAL JUSTICE POLICY
ALIGNED WITH RACIAL AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE AND WE HAVE
APPLIED FOR THIS POLICY TO
PROVIDE ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR
DOMESTIC WORKERS.
THANK YOU.
>> FOR, THANK YOU.
THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ROBERT STEVENS
JUNIOR CENTRAL AREA RESIDENT
AND FOUNDER OF THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK.
GOING TO BE VERY SHORT AND
SIMPLE, THIS IS THE PROJECT
THAT THE COMMUNITY AGREED TO
WORK WITH THE CITY ON SO WE
COULD HAVE TOURISM AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT IN THIS SITE.
WITH A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS A
COALITION OF ARCHITECTS IN THE
UNION AND RESIDENTS AND WE NEED
YOUR HELP NOW TO FUND THIS
PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE BEG OF YOU TO KEEP YOUR
PROMISE SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
IN A POSITIVE WAY TO DEAL WITH
THE FALLOUT OF GENTRIFICATION
AND RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
WE WANT TO SEE THESE THINGS IN
A KIND OF POSITIVE WAY.
>> PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> WE WANT TO DO THESE THINGS
IN A POSITIVE WAY AND WE WANT
TO WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU GUYS
SO PLEASE HELP US WITH FUNDING
OF THE --
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND THE LAST SPEAKER IS
AIDAN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
AIDAN FROM DISTRICT 6 CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF THE BLACK ACTION
COALITION AND SO MANY OTHERS
AND THE NEED TO TRANSFER ALL
$15 MILLION OUT OF SPD BUDGET
INTO COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ALSO
TO SUPPORT THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE MORE AND
MORE LEARNED OF ALTERNATIVE
FORMS OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND I
THINK IT IS IRONIC THAT RECENT
REPORTS ALMOST 60% EXACTLY OF
SPD CALLS HAVE A NON-SWORN, I
KNOW IT'S CLEAR NOW WHEN MANY
OF YOU COMMITTED LAST YEAR
HUMAN OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW
YEARS AND IF YOU WANT TO DO IT
IN BITE SIZED PIECES THIS IS
ONE OF THEM.
I AM WORKING, WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CALL AND WHEN
PEOPLE CANNOT COME LAST YEAR WE
WERE OFF WORK --
>> THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU
DIALING IN TODAY.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE PUBLIC
COMMENT, EVERYBODY LISTED AS
PRESENT DID GET A CHANCE TO
SPEAK SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THINK OF YOUR TIME FOR FUTURE
MEETINGS WITH DOMESTIC WORKERS
BILL OF RIGHTS ITEMS WE WILL
TRY TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL
TRANSLATOR ON THE LINE AS THIS
IS THE POLICY AND PRACTICE OF
THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO
HAVE THAT SKILL AND EXPENSE GET
PAID FOR IT AND IT IS ADEQUATE.
AND ACCURATE TRANSLATION.
PLUS CONTINUE ON MADAM CLERK
PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD
ITEM NUMBER ONE.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE
RESPONSE LETTER TO DOMESTIC
WORKERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU WANT
TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> I AM WITH COUNCIL ON STAFF
GLAD TO BEER THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE ON THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS TO BEGIN
WITH, THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW-
UP WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN
RESPONDING TO THIS LETTER OF
RECOMMENDATION.
WE HAVE SEEN YOU IN COMMITTEE
BEFORE AND A FACE WE HAVE NOT
SEEN BUT WAS INSTRUMENTAL WAS
LORI WHO WAS IN OUR OFFICE AS
OUR INTERN DOING TREMENDOUS
WORK WITH YOU AND VISITING WITH
MEMBERS OF THE DOMESTIC WORKER
STANDARDS BOARD AND A COALITION
WORKING ON AFFORDABLE BENEFITS.
I WANT TO THANK LORI FOR HER
WORK.
DOMESTIC WORKERS ORDINANCE
PASSED IN 2018, THE FIRST OF
ITS KIND AT THE CITY LEVEL IN
THE NATION.
WE HAD EIGHT OTHER
JURISDICTIONS THAT WERE MORE AT
THE STATE LEVEL BUT THIS WAS A
HISTORIC PASSAGE AT THE CITY
LEVEL GUARANTEEING ACCESS TO
MINIMUM WAGE, GUARANTEEING REST
AND MEAL BREAKS FOR DOMESTIC
WORKERS, SETTING UP THE BOARD
PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO US
TODAY AND WE MADE SURE THE
DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARDS BOARD
WAS COMPOSED OF HIRING ENTITIES
AND WORKERS TO MAKE SURE
RECOMMENDATIONS COME TO COUNCIL
WITH THE BENEFIT OF ENTITIES
AND THE WORKERS THEMSELVES.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
SUBMITTED ON MAY 18th 2021 THE
FIRST TIME WE HAD A CHANCE TO
RECEIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE BOARD THAT WAS STOOD UP THE
YEAR PRIOR AND WE HAD A
PRESENTATION ON JULY 20th.
THAT PRESENTATION HAS BEEN
LINKED TO THE AGENDAS AND WE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THE DOMESTIC
WORKER STANDARDS BOARD
REPRESENTATIVES AND WE HAVE HAD
MULTIPLE CHANCES TO HEAR DURING
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMMITTEE
IS TO RESPOND TO RECOMMENDATIONS
WITHIN 120 DAYS, THE OFFICE HAS
ENGAGED IN MULTIPLE MEETINGS
WITH THE STANDARDS BOARD, THE
COALITION OF PORTABLE AND IF
IT'S AND HAVE WORKED THROUGH
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL
WITH THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS TO IDENTIFY IF THERE
ARE CERTAIN POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE ADVANCED
ON A FASTER TIMELINE THAT DID
NOT REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD IN COALITION FOR SHERRY
PRIORITIES AND BEING PRESENT TO
WALK US THROUGH THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE COMMITTEE AS WE
CONSIDER THE BOARD AND
COALITIONS REQUEST AND WORKED
TOGETHER TO REFINE OUR RESPONSE
IN THE LETTER IN FRONT OF US.
I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS AND STEVE AS
WELL AS G&A WHO HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED WITH US AS WE ARE
LOOKING FOR EARLY ACTION ITEMS
THAT CITY AND FAMILY COULD TAKE
IN RESPONSE TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FORWARD BY
THE BOARD IN MAY.
THE LETTER IN FRONT OF YOU IS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE
THE IMPORTANT WORK AND
EXPERTISE AS ONE OF THE COLORS
SAID TODAY THE EXPERTISE THAT
THE BOARD HAS INCLUDED AND
COMMIT TO A FEW ITEMS FOR
FUTURE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BOARD
AND OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
TO SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE
POSSIBLE ADVANCEMENTS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING AND
POLICY IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET
YEAR.
I WILL HANDED OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF TO WALK US THROUGH THE
COMMITTEE RESPONSE LETTER, THIS
WAS WALK-THROUGH IN CONCEPT AT
THE LAST MEETING NOW WE HAVE
THE LETTER IN FRONT OF US.
THIS IS A CHANCE TO SEE HOW
RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGN WITH THE
FIVE OPPORTUNITIES OR OPTIONS
FROM THE COMMITTEE TO RESPOND
TO.
AGAIN I WANT TO NOTE THIS IS
NOT US AS A COMMITTEE
COMMITTING THE FULL COUNCIL TO
ANY FUTURE ACTION BUT A
RECOGNITION THAT THE COMMITTEE
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
RECEIVING PROPOSALS OR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH THE
STANDARDS BOARD AND OFFICE OF
STANDARDS FOR FUTURE POLICY AS
WELL SO IT FALLS INTO THOSE
CATEGORIES.
INTERESTED IN RECEIVING
PROPOSALS, LEARNING MORE
INFORMATION AND WORKING ON A
LONGER TIMEFRAME ON SOME
PROPOSALS AS WE WELCOME
FEEDBACK AND OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK ON THESE SOLUTIONS AGAIN
WE CANNOT COMMIT FUTURE COUNCILS
OR DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT WILL
COME OUT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS
BUT MORE INTERESTED IN
RECEIVING INFORMATION WORKING
WITH THEM TO ADVANCE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO WALK US
THROUGH THE LETTER.
>> I WILL BEGIN BY SHARING MY
SCREEN SO MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC CAN
SEE THE LETTER.
THERE IS NO PRESENTATION FOR
THIS, INSTEAD WE WILL FOCUS
DIRECTLY ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE
LETTER AND I WILL BEGIN WITH A
NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE A
FORTHCOMING SPANISH TRANSLATION
OF THE LETTER WHICH SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE LATER
TODAY OR TOMORROW MORNING.
FOR MY PRESENTATION TODAY SINCE
THERE WAS A MORE IN-DEPTH
CONCEPTUAL PRESENTATION ON JULY
20th WE WILL GIVE A HIGH-LEVEL
OVERVIEW OF THINGS THAT REMAIN
THE SAME FROM THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATION AND THEN MORE
INFORMATION AND SOME
CLARIFICATIONS THAT EXIST IN
THE FINAL VERSION OF THE
COMMITTEE RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC
WORKER STANDARDS BOARD.
AS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
MENTIONED THE BOARD PRESENTED
RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAY 18th AND
THERE WERE FOUR BROAD AREAS OF
FOCUS INVESTING IN COMMUNITY
EXPERTISE BUILDING TRUST
PROVIDING MATERIALS AND
RESOURCES TO THOSE AFFECTED,
AND LIMITING POLICY CHANGES OR
IMPROVEMENT TO THE RIGHTS
DOMESTIC WORKERS HAVE AND THEN
MANDATING PORTABLE BENEFITS.
THE COMMITTEE RESPONSE WILL
FALL INTO ONE OR MORE OF THE
FIVE CATEGORIES SUPPORTING THE
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL,
REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION,
REQUESTING THE BOARD TO DEVELOP
ALTERNATIVES, REJECTING THE
PROPOSAL FOR REASON OR
REQUESTING A LONGER TIMELINE.
NONE OF THE RESPONSES TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE
REJECTION IT IS EITHER ONE OF
THESE REMAINING OPTIONS AND
SOMETIMES THERE IS MORE THAN
ONE SOMETIMES IT IS CHANGED IN
THE FINAL VERSION OF THE LETTER
AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE
BOARD WITH CLARIFICATION AND
HELP WITH PRIORITY SETTING,
SINCE THEY ARE EAGER TO WORK ON
A LARGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONE
RESPONSE CAN HELP THE BOARD
FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE
WHAT COMES NEXT.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME YOU CAN
SEE THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF
NARRATION BUT I WILL MOVE AHEAD
TO ONE OF THE CHARTS AT THE END
OF THE LETTER WHICH PROVIDES A
SUMMARY BY RECOMMENDATION OF
THE COMMITTEE RESPONSE.
TO BEGIN THE FIRST
RECOMMENDATION WAS TO FUND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT LOS
HAS CONTRACTS WITH, A WIDE
VARIETY OF COMMUNITY AND
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS TO BE
THE ANCHOR OF OUTREACH FOR THE
COMMUNITY SO THE BOARD IS
RECOMMENDING TO FURTHER BUILD
ON THE TRUST OF THESE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND RECOGNIZING
DOMESTIC WORKER OUTREACH IS
INHERENTLY DIFFERENT AND MORE
DIFFICULT THAN OTHER TYPES OF
OUTREACH FOR LABOR STANDARDS.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MORE
FUNDS TO MAKE THE WORK HAPPEN.
SO THE BOARD WOULD SUPPORT A
SUBMISSION FROM THE BOARD OR
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS FOR
THE PROPOSAL AND THE PROPOSAL
COULD COME IN THE FORM OF THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BE
PRESENTED IN SEPTEMBER BOARD
COULD BE A SEPARATE PROPOSAL
FROM THE BOARD MADE DIRECTLY TO
COUNCILMEMBERS.
NUMBER TWO IS RECOMMENDATION TO
COMPENSATE DOMESTIC WORKERS FOR
EXPERTISE, DOMESTIC WORKER
SERVING ON THE STANDARDS BOARD
AND PERHAPS WORKERS WHO ARE
ENTERING INFORMATION IN THE
FORM OF A FOCUS GROUP OR SURVEY.
THE LAST PRESENTATION AND THE
DRAFT VERSION OF THE LETTER
THERE WAS A POTENTIAL RESPONSE
OF REQUEST FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION THAT REMAINS THE
SAME WITH EXTRA CLARIFICATION
AND THE NARRATED PART OF THE
LETTER RECOGNIZING LOS HAS
IDENTIFIED A PATH TO PAID
WORKERS WITHIN THE EXISTING
BUDGET AND THERE NEEDS TO BE
MORE TIME TO FIGURE OUT THE
TRAJECTORY OF THE PATH TO VET
IT WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND
THINK ABOUT IT WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK SIMILARLY SITUATED
WITH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS WOULD BE REQUESTING MORE
INFORMATION PENDING THE RESULT
OF THE LOS PROCESS TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT USING THEIR BUDGET
TO PAY DOMESTIC WORKERS.
NUMBER THREE IS RECOMMENDATION
TO FUND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
OUTREACH MATERIALS AND TO
EXPAND LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR
INTERPRETATION.
THE BOARD OR THE COMMITTEE
WELCOMES SUFFICIENT PROPOSAL TO
FUND RECOMMENDATION WITH
CLARIFICATION THAT THE IDEA OF
FUNDING A MAILING TO GO TO ALL
HOUSEHOLDS IN SEATTLE OR A
TARGETED SEGMENT OF HOUSEHOLDS
IN SEATTLE THAT HAS BEEN
WRAPPED UP IN THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AND
THAT WOULD BE CONTEMPLATED
CONSIDERING A CONSULTANT THE
BOARD IS INTERESTED IN HIRING
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WOULD
BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHODS
FOR OUTREACH.
SO THIS IS A TWO-PART RESPONSE.
SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE PROPOSAL AND A LONGER
TIMELINE PENDING THE RESULTS OF
THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDATIONS.
NEXT IS FUNDING IMPROVEMENT OF
THE DOMESTIC WORKER SECTION ON
THE LOS WEBSITE, A SIMILAR
RESPONSE FROM THE COMMITTEE.
IT WOULD BE SUPPORTING
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL AND
WANTING TO LEARN MORE FROM THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS AND
FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS ABOUT THE
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND WHAT
WILL WORK BEST TO IMPROVE THE
WEBSITE TO MAKE IT MORE USER-
FRIENDLY.
NUMBER FIVE IS RECOMMENDATION
TO ENSURE THIRD-PARTY PLATFORM
COMPLIANCE WITH DOMESTIC WORKERS
ORDINANCE, THOSE WOULD BE THIRD
PARTIES LIKE A APP BASED NANNY
WEBSITE OR BRICK-AND-MORTAR
NANNY SERVICES OR CLEANING
SERVICES COMPANY THAT MIGHT
HIRE WORKERS THAT ARE THEN SENT
INTO A FAMILY HOME.
SO, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS
IS THAT INSTEAD OF REQUESTING A
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL IT IS
REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION
WITH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ON
THIS ISSUE AND ALSO PENDING
MORE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND
WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHERE COMPLIANCE IS LACKING IN
THIRD PARTIES.
NUMBER SIX WOULD BE ADDRESSING
THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF
HEALTHCARE FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
THIS WOULD BE THE SAME
REQUESTING OR SAYING THERE
WOULD BE SUPPORT FOR
LEGISLATIVE CHANGES IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE AND ALSO
WANTING TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR
THE RECOMMENDATIONS SO OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS COULD ENGAGE
IN A INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT HOW TO
IMPROVE DIRECT ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS.
NUMBER SEVEN REGARDING
IMPLEMENT IN POLICY CHANGES
WOULD BE REQUIRING HIRING
ENTITIES TO PROVIDE DOMESTIC
WORKERS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
RIGHTS AND CONDITIONS OF WORK
SO THE NOTICE OF RIGHTS IS
STANDARD FOR OTHER LABOR
STANDARDS AS A REQUIREMENT AND
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS ORDINANCE
IS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED
SO THIS WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL TO PUT
BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN 2022 SO
THAT 2022 IS ADDING
CLARIFICATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
NUMBER EIGHT ELIMINATING
EXCLUSION OF PUBLICLY FUNDED
HOMECARE WORKERS OF THE WORKER
ORDINANCE.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD SUPPORT
THIS SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL TO
PUT BEFORE THE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR
ENDING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
AND NUMBER NINE ELIMINATING THE
INTERFERENCE STANDARD FOR JOINT
HIRING ENTITY LIABILITY, THE
COMMITTEE IS INTERESTED IN THIS
ON A LONGER TIMELINE PENDING
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND
FURTHER RESEARCH AND THE BOARD
PRIORITIZATION OF THE ISSUE.
FOR REFERENCE RIGHT NOW THE
DOMESTIC WORKER ORDINANCE WOULD
NOT HOLD A CUSTOMER WHO ENGAGED
A DOMESTIC WORKER THROUGH A
THIRD PARTY SUCH AS A CLEANING
COMPANY OR A NANNY SERVICES
PROVIDER AND LESS THE FAMILY
DIRECTLY INTERFERED WITH WORKER
RIGHTS SUCH AS THIS DENYING
REST FOR ITS OR DENYING A MEAL
PERIOD OR DISCRIMINATION OR
HARASSMENT SO THAT WOULD BE
PENDING FURTHER STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT TO
MOVE FORWARD.
LAST IS RECOMMENDATION TO
DEVELOP AFFORDABLE BENEFITS FOR
DOMESTIC WORKERS.
THIS RESPONSE HAS NOT CHANGED
BUT IT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED THE
COMMITTEE WOULD SUPPORT
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR THE
22-2022 BUDGET FUNDING OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS TO DEVELOP
POLICY IN COLLABORATION WITH
THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS FOR REVIEW IN 2022.
SO THAT WOULD MEAN THE
COMMITTEE WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE
OF A RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING
THE COMMITTEE SUPPORT FOR LOS
DEVELOPING A PORTABLE BENEFITS
POLICY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
THERE COULD BE SOMETHING IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL WITH A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
OR FUNDS ADDED TO THE BUDGET TO
SUPPORT OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS DURING THE WORK
RECOGNIZING IT WOULD TAKE
SIGNIFICANT TIME AND EXTRA
STAFFING AND THERE MIGHT BE
MORE FUNDING NEEDED FOR
CONSULTANTS.
SO THAT IS THE OVERVIEW OF ALL
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE WAY THIS IS
CONSTRUCTIVE, THE NARRATIVE,
THE SUMMARY TABLE BY
RECOMMENDATION AND THE FINAL
ATTACHMENT WHICH IS A SUMMARY
TABLE BY WHICH OPTION EACH
ITEMS FALL INTO.
GREAT RESPONSE AND AGAIN NOT
SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
I WOULD REITERATE FOR THE LAST
PRIEST, I KNOW WE HAVE HEARD A
LOT FROM MEMBERS OF THE
PORTABLE BENEFITS COALITION
WITH INTEREST AND NOT JUST
HAVING LOS DO THE WORK
THEMSELVES OR HAVING THE CITY
AND CENTRAL STAFF TO THE WORK
ITSELF BUT REALLY WANTING A
JOINT PARTNERSHIP WITH
STAKEHOLDERS SO THE POLICY IS
DEVELOPED IN TANDEM LOOKING AT
PLACES LIKE PHILADELPHIA AND
ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THEY
DID NOT WANT TO MODEL THAT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT GOING AWAY
COMING UP WITH POLICY AND THEN
REVEALING SO THIS REITERATES
JOINT PARTNERSHIP THROUGHOUT
2022 TO DEVELOP POLICY HELPS
STREICH THE RIGHT BALANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS LETTER?
OKAY AT THIS MOMENT I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE THE CLERK CALLED
THE ROLL FOR COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
WISH TO SIGN ON FOR THE
DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARDS
RESPONSE LETTER.
>> [ CALLING NAMES ]
>> THAT IS THE FOUR
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WISH TO
SIGN ON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE WILL
FINALIZE THE LETTER AND HAVE
THE TRANSLATED SPANISH VERSION
AS WELL.
I WILL DO ONE FINAL-ROUND TO
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AS
SUGGESTED, IF ANY ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO SIGN
THEIR NAME WE WOULD WELCOME
THAT.
IT IS MY INTEREST IN GETTING
THIS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
SO FOR MEMBERS OF THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARD BOARD DO NOTE
THE LETTERS ON ITS WAY TO YOUR.
GREAT WORK APPRECIATE YOUR TIME
ON THIS ITEM AS WELL AS LORI
FROM OUR OFFICE.
MUCH APPRECIATED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
TWO.
>> ITEM NUMBER TWO COUNCIL BILL
120131 ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126237 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2021 BUDGET FOR VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS. BRIEF DISCUSSION
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> I WANT TO WELCOME TO THE
TABLE THE DIRECTOR FROM CENTRAL
STAFF THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US DAN EDER.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE HAD
A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN
COMMITTEE.
WE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THE ECI AND THE TASK FORCE
IN THE LAST YEAR IN THIS
COMMITTEE AND THIS IS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE HEARD
DIRECTLY FROM THE TASK FORCE.
SO TO PUT THIS ITEM IN FRONT OF
US I'M GOING TO MOVE THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL SO IT IS IN
FRONT OF US FOR DISCUSSION.
THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS TO
CONSIDER AFTER WE DO SOME
CONVERSATION.
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120131.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOTED AND SECOND THAT THE BILL
BE IN FRONT OF US BEFORE WE
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS WOULD YOU
LIKE TO WALK THROUGH ANY
ORIENTATION OF THE LEGISLATION?
>> YES, THINK YOUR CHAIR I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
GOOD MORNING FOR THE RECORD DAN
EDER WITH COUNCIL AND CENTRAL
STAFF.
AS YOU MENTIONED COUNCIL BILL
121-0131 WITH TWO CATEGORIES OF
THINGS.
FIRST LIFTING A PAIR OF
PROVISIONS IMPOSED AS SPENDING
RESTRICTIONS ON THE BUDGET FOR
THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY
INITIATIVE OR ECI TASK FORCE.
THE SECOND CATEGORY IS THAT IT
WOULD MOVE $30 MILLION IN
APPROPRIATIONS FROM FINANCE
GENERAL TO THE BUDGETS OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL IMPLEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ECI
TASK FORCE.
I WILL SPEND A COUPLE OF
MINUTES HIGHLIGHTING INFORMATION
FROM A STAFF MEMO POSTED TO
TODAY'S AGENDA AND I WANT TO
THANK MANY MEMBERS OF THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM EVEN THOUGH
MY NAME IS ON IT, IT WAS A
GROUP EFFORT SO THANK YOU TO
THE CENTRAL STAFF TEAM FOR
THEIR SUPPORT ON PULLING THE
MEMO TOGETHER.
BY WAY OF QUICK BACKGROUND, THE
2021 ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDED
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS TO
ADDRESS SYSTEMIC AND GOVERNMENT
SANCTIONED RACISM BY IMPROVING
OUTCOMES FOR BLACK, INDIGENOUS
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES.
IN PARTICULAR THE 2021 ADOPTED
BUDGET INCLUDED $29.9 MILLION
TO BE GUIDED BY THE ECI TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
ANOTHER $28.3 MILLION TO BE
GUIDED BY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
A PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS.
IN 2020 LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL
ALLOCATED THE ADDITIONAL $3
MILLION FOR CONTRACT WITH THE
FREEDOM PROJECT.
THE SO-CALLED BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECTS REPORT HAS
INFORMED THE DESIGN OF THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
WHICH IS ONGOING.
AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE HEARD A
PRESENTATION FROM ECI TASK
FORCE MEMBERS ABOUT HOW TO
SPEND $30 MILLION ON MAJOR
INVESTMENTS, THE ECI TASK FORCE
MEMBERS WERE ALL APPOINTED BY
THE MAYOR AND IT IS WORTH
NOTING THE COUNCILMEMBER IS A
MEMBER OF THE ECI TASK FORCE.
SO, THE MEMO WALKS THROUGH SIX
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE
ISSUES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE
WORTH HIGHLIGHTING AS WE
CONSIDER THE PROPOSED BILL.
SOME OF THE ISSUES WILL NEED TO
BE RESOLVED DURING
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ASSUMING THAT
YOU APPROVE THE COUNCIL BILL
120131.
OTHERS WOULD NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED WHEN COUNCIL TAKES UP
THE PROPOSED BUDGET THIS FALL.
SO I WILL BREEZE THROUGH THE
SIX ISSUES BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE
TO STOP ME WITH QUESTIONS IF
YOU WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION
HAPPY TO STOP AT ANY POINT.
ISSUE NUMBER ONE IN THE MEMO IS
COORDINATION QUESTION.
COUNCIL EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
HAVING THE ECI TEST FORCE AND
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING MOVE
FORWARDTOGETHER IN A
COORDINATED FASHION AND ONE OF
THE SUPERVISORS LIFTED BY THE
BILL HAS A STATEMENT TO THAT
EFFECT.
STAFF MEMO NOTES THAT THE BILL
WOULD EFFECTIVELY MOVE FORWARD
THE ECI TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON A SEPARATE
TRACK FROM AND AHEAD OF THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.
WE DON'T THINK THAT IS A
SHOWSTOPPER BUT WANTED TO CALL
THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS JUST
GOING TO CONTINUE ON.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE AMOUNT
OF FUNDING INCLUDED IN THE BILL
COUNCIL BILL 120131 WOULD
APPROPRIATE $30 MILLION IN 2021
FOR THE ECI TASK FORCE EVEN
THOUGH THE ADOPTED BUDGET
INCLUDED A SOMEWHAT SMALLER
AMOUNT IN PARTICULAR $29.9
MILLION.
CBO REPORTS THE $100,000 OF
ADDITIONAL FUNDING THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BUDGET
29.9 MILLION AND THE SPILL
APPROPRIATION WAS $30 MILLION,
THE EXTRA $100,000 COMES FROM
ANTICIPATED UNDER SPENDING ON
OTHER FINANCE GENERAL RESERVES
IF NOT SPENT ON THE ECI TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS
$100,000 UNDER SPEND WOULD
OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE TO
SUPPORT DIFFERENT SPENDING
PRIORITIES.
SO JUST A QUESTION OF
OPPORTUNITY COST.
I WILL CONTINUE ON.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS STAFFING
AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, THE
EXECUTIVE HAS COMMITTED TO USE
EXISTING STAFFING TO THE EXTENT
POSSIBLE TO DO ADMINISTRATION
AND OVERSIGHT OF HOW THE MONEY
GETS FROM THE CITY TO A SERIES
OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.
THIS APPROACH IS EXPECTED TO
MINIMIZE HOW MUCH OF THE $30
MILLION NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON
CITY ADMINISTRATION BUT IT IS
POSSIBLE SOME SHARE OF THE $30
MILLION WOULD BE NEEDED FOR
THIS PURPOSE MEANING IN ALL
LIKELIHOOD NOT EVERY PENNY OF
THE $30 MILLION WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR DIRECT PROGRAMMING
AND SPECIFIC AMOUNTS ARE TO BE
DETERMINED.
THE FOURTH ISSUE RAISED IN THE
MEMO IS ONGOING FUNDING.
THE ECI TASK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS EXPLICITLY
ASSUME ONGOING INVESTMENTS
BEYOND 2021 AND A NUMBER OF THE
PROGRAMS WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE
TO STAND UP IF THE PROGRAMS
WILL CONTINUE IN 2022 AND
BEYOND.
IT IS NOT YET CLEAR WHAT THE
SOURCE OF FUNDING WILL BE TO
SUPPORT ONGOING PROGRAM
INVESTMENTS BEGINNING IN 2022.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT
WILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED WHEN
THE COUNCIL TAKES UP THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> LET'S GET THROUGH THE NEXT
ITEMS IDENTIFIED AND THEN I
WILL CALL FOLKS, ONE
COUNCILMEMBER WITH A QUESTION
SO WE WILL COME TO YOU FIRST.
>> SECOND TO LAST IS ITEM
NUMBER FIVE LEGAL CONSTRAINTS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR THE DEPUTY
MAYOR SENT A LETTER TO COUNCIL
IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL
IMPLEMENTATION CONCERNS WITH
WHAT WAS THEN BEING CONSIDERED
FOR FUNDING A PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS.
AND I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION
TO THE ATTACHMENT ONE ON THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO WHICH IS
THAT LETTER FROM THE DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON.
IN PARTICULAR THE LETTER
INDICATES NEED TO ENSURE THE
INVESTMENTS COMPLY WITH LEGAL
IMPACT OF CONTRACTING, HIRING, I
200 AND THE GIFT OF PUBLIC
FUNDS.
THE CITY WILL NEED TO LIVE
WITHIN THE SAME CONSTRAINTS
SHOULD IT MOVE FORWARD WITH
PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE ECI
TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS IN
THIS COUNCIL BILL.
I BELIEVE AS COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR
MOSQUEDA REFERENCED IN HER
OPENING REMARKS THERE ARE TWO
AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THIS
ISSUE.
THE LAST ITEM IS TIMING.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS WOULD REQUIRE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO SELECT
PARTICULARLY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO COULD NOT
ACCEPT CITY FUNDING AND
IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS.
THIS PROCESS COULD TAKE LONGER
THAN THE END OF THE CALENDAR
YEAR FOR EXPENDING THE MONEY
AUTHORIZED UNDER THE BILL AND
AS A RESULT AND FORCING THE
POSSIBILITY THE BILL INCLUDES
LANGUAGE THAT WOULD CARRY
FORWARD ANY UNSPENT PORTIONS OF
THE $30 MILLION INCLUDED IN THE
COUNCIL BILL AND THAT CONCLUDES
MY SUMMARY OF ISSUES AND
BACKGROUND.
HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE MEMO AND
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THIS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> IT SOUNDS, I THINK I KNOW
THE ANSWER BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ESTIMATE AT
ALL AT THIS POINT FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THESE
INVESTMENTS IS THAT THE CASE?
SECONDLY, I AM PRETTY SURE I
HEARD IT DESCRIBED THAT SOME OF
THESE INVESTMENTS IT WOULD NOT
MAKE SENSE TO FUND FOR A SINGLE
YEAR SO IN ESSENCE BY APPROVING
THE ACTION WE ARE MAKING A
COMMITMENT TO FUNDING BEYOND
THIS YEAR.
WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE?
THANK YOU.
>> IN TERMS OF THE FIRST
QUESTION THE ESTIMATE OF
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS I HAVE
HEARD A BALLPARK OF 5 TO 10%.
NOT CLEAR IF THAT IS PARTICULAR
TO THIS $30 MILLION SLICE OF
MONEY OR IF THAT IS BASED ON
PAST EXPERIENCE BUT THAT GIVES
YOU AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE
EXPECTATION OF HOW MUCH OF THE
MONEY WOULD NEED TO BE SPENT ON
CITY STAFFING AND RELATED
PROCESS COSTS.
SO THAT IS ON THE ORDER OF 1.5
TO $3 MILLION OUT OF $30 MILLION
AND THE BALANCE OF WHICH WOULD
BE AVAILABLE TO MAKE DIRECT
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
IN TERMS OF MAKING A COMMITMENT
I SUPPOSE THAT IS, I GUESS YOU
KNOW LEGALLY SPEAKING YOU WOULD
NOT BE MAKING A COMMITMENT, YES
I THINK THE GENERAL IDEA IS IF
YOU APPROVE THE FUNDING IT
WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO
ALSO IMPROVE ONGOING FUNDING
FOR THE ASSISTED INITIAL $30
MILLION BUT YOU WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION WHEN THE MAYOR
PROPOSES HER BUDGET THIS FALL,
INCLUDING AN UPDATED LOOK AT
THE REVENUES THAT ARE AVAILABLE
FOR ALL CITY PURPOSES INCLUDING
THESE.
CERTAINLY IT IS POSSIBLE WHILE
IT MIGHT NOT BE IDEAL TO HAVE
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS START AND
STOP IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN
FINANCIAL STRAITS THERE ARE ALL
KINDS OF THINGS YOU WOULDN'T
WANT TO DO THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO
IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.
I DO THINK IT IS A LIVEWIRE
THAT COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE
UP DURING THE FALL BUDGET
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION I
THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
POINT.
DAN DO YOU MIND SUMMARIZING
BOTH AMENDMNTS IN FRONT OF US
FOR TODAY?
>> SURE, HAPPY TO DO THAT WHAT
IS LABELED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
WOULD ADD A NEW SECTION TO THE
BILL WITH FINDINGS ABOUT
ONGOING DISPARITIES AND A
DECLARATION ON CITY INTEND TO
REMEDY THOSE DISPARITIES.
WHAT IS LABELED AMENDMENT TWO
WOULD ADD A NEW SECTION TO THE
BILL MEMORIALIZING COUNCIL
INTENT THE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS
BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL
APPLICABLE LEGAL, BOTH OF THESE
IN RESPONSE TO THE LEGAL
CONSTRAINTS QUESTION SORRY
ISSUE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED AS
NUMBER FIVE.
IN THE STAFF MEMO.
>> THANK YOU, QUESTIONS ON
EITHER AMEND ITS BEFORE WE GET
THROUGH THEM?
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
HUMAN IT'S.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THAT SUMMARY.
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION. ADMINISTRATIVE COST
ISSUE.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO BE
LANGUAGE FROM THE MEMO, THESE
ADMINISTERED OF COSTS ARE PAID
FROM THE 30 MILLION PROPOSED TO
BE SPENT IN THE BALANCE WOULD
BE AVAILABLE FOR DIRECT
SPENDING INVESTMENT?
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE GOING
TO BE PAID FOR WITH THE $30
MILLION AND I GUESS I AM
POSITING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE BEING, YOU KNOW IF
THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE THAT YOU
IDENTIFIED IS SOME OTHER BIGGER
NUMBER AND IT DOES NOT COME OUT
OF THE $30 MILLION IT
POTENTIALLY WOULD COME FROM
SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IF IT DOES
COME OUT OF THE $30 MILLION
THAT IS AN ISSUE OF EXPECTATION
SETTING FOR THE COMMUNITY ON
HOW MANY DOLLARS WILL ACTUALLY
GO OUT THE DOOR AND IT WOULD
HELP ME A LOT IF WE HAD A
LITTLE BIT MORE CERTAINTY
AROUND THE ISSUE AND MAYBE THAT
IS SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON
BETWEEN NOW AND FULL COUNCIL IF
FOLKS AGREE THAT WE SHOULD TRY
TO CREATE SOME CLARITY AROUND
THE COUNCIL EXPECTATIONS SO WE
CAN IN TURN CREATE CERTAINTY
FOR PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
WITH THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE TO
TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR PLANS.
ONE OPTION WHICH I WOULD TEA UP
FOR CONSIDERATION IS YOU COULD
AS WE HAVE DONE IN SOME OTHERS,
SET UP A CAP OF HOW MUCH OF THE
FUNDING AT THE TOP END COULD BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
I THINK ONE OF THE POTENTIAL
DOWNSIDES OF DOING SO IS THAT
COULD SET A TARGET THAT GIVES
THE, THE EXECUTIVE A SENSE THAT
THE COUNCIL WOULD BE OKAY
SPENDING UP TO THAT MAXIMUM
AMOUNT WHEREAS IT MIGHT
OTHERWISE BE A SMALLER AMOUNT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS A
PERFECT ANSWER THERE IT WOULD BE
AN EASY AMENDMENT THAT I CAN
WORK UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
AND YOU MIGHT CONSIDER IF YOU
WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> MY INTEREST IS LESS TO DO
WAS SETTING A CAP AND MORE ABOUT
HAVING SOME CLARITY ABOUT WHERE
THE COST COMES FROM.
DO WE EXPECT THE TOTAL $30
MILLION TO BE REDUCED?
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF THINKING
OF THE CAP POTENTIALLY BUT IF
THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THE
FUNDS FOR THE ADMINISTERED OF
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
INVESTMENT COME FROM THE $30
MILLION IT FEELS TO ME LIKE WE
SHOULD BE SAYING THAT AND IF
NOT IF WE EXPECT THE EXECUTIVE
TO FIND ANOTHER SOURCE TO PAY
FOR THOSE COSTS IT FEELS LIKE
WE SHOULD BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT
THAT AS WELL.
>> SORRY FOLKS HAVE A SICK KIDDO
HERE AT HOME TODAY.
I ALSO THINK THAT DOVETAILS
NICELY WITH THE ISSUE
IDENTIFIED IN NUMBER TWO AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
INTEREST IN TRYING TO ADDRESS
THIS BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL
MEETING THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER
WAY TO ENSURE IF THERE ARE COST
SAVINGS THAT IS SOMETHING TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ADMINISTRATIVE SOLUTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
OKAY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THAT
AND WILL DO ADDITIONAL WORK
BEFORE MONDAY.
NOT HEARING AN OBJECTION TO
MOVING FORWARD TODAY WITH
CONSIDERING THESE AMENDMENTS OR
THE UNDERLYING BILL AND REALLY
AGAIN APPRECIATE YOUR WALK-
THROUGH OF THIS ANALYSIS WITH US
AND OF COURSE MEMBERS OF THE
TASK FORCE WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS OVER THE LAST
EIGHT MONTHS OR SO AND
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION
LAST WEEK.
EXCITED TO MAKE SURE THESE
DOLLARS LIKE THE OTHERS WOULD
HAVE ALLOCATED BOTH IN THE 2021
BUDGET PROCESS AND ALSO FOR
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS
TRULY ARE GETTING INTO THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
SAID THEY WILL GET TO.
EXCITED TO SEE THESE DOLLARS BE
PRIORITIZED AND HOPE THAT WE
CAN MOVE QUICKLY TO GET THE
MOTHER DOOR.
APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS IN
FRONT OF US HELPING US TO
ACCOMPLISH GREATER TRANSPARENCY
IN THIS EFFORT.
SO I WILL MOVE THE AMENDMENT IN
FRONT OF US IT HAS BEEN MOVED
ALREADY TO CONSIDER COUNCIL BILL
120131 AND IN FRONT OF US WE
HAVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE,
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ESTABLISHES
THE CITY KNOWLEDGE IS THE
EFFECT OF PAST RACISM AND IS
SETTING FOR TO ADDRESS THE
DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECTS ON
THESE COMMUNITIES THE WORK OF
THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY TASK
FORCE AND FORTHCOMING BUDGETARY
PROCESS IS AN EFFORT TO CHANGE
THE WAY WE AS A CITY INVEST IN
COMMUNITIES AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING THOSE INVESTMENTS
CHANGING MATERIAL CONDITIONS
FOR PEOPLE'S LIVES IN ORDER TO
SEE THAT I MOVE AMENDMENT I
MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL
120131 AS PRESENTED AMENDMENT
NUMBER ONE SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING ON MADAM CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER ONE.
>> MOSQUEDA , HERBOLD YES,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS , YES,
COUNCILMEMBER OR ALICE, YES.
MADAM CHAIR FOUR IN FAVOR NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AMENDMENT ONE CARRIES.
NOW IN FRONT OF US AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO COLLEAGUES I MOVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
SO I THINK YOU VERY MUCH MOVED
AND SECONDED TO AMEND COUNCIL
BILL WITH AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO
I WILL PROVIDE A FEW COMMENTS.
I WANT TO NOTE UNFORTUNATELY
THE LEGACY CONTINUES TO CARRY ON
AND WE TO DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE
INITIATIVE 200.
SINCE WE ARE DEALING WITH LEGAL
LIMITATIONS IN THE WAY THE CITY
CAN DISSEMINATE MONEY BECAUSE
OF THINGS LIKE INITIATIVE 200
THIS AMENDMENT RECOGNIZES THE
CITY MUST LIVE WITHIN A LEGAL
CONSTRAINT THAT HAS MOVING
FORWARD WITH MAKING INVESTMENTS
AND THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL
THE NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS
TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL LEGAL
APPLICABLE LIMITATIONS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
HEARING ON MADAM CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER TWO.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA . AYE.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD . YES.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AMENDMENT
OVER TO CARRIES, AMENDED BILL
WITH AMENDMENTS NUMBER ONE AND
TWO IN FRONT OF US. ANY
ADDITIONAL CLOSING COMMENTS
FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> VERY QUICKLY WANT TO THANK
THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY
INITIATIVE TASK FORCE MEMBERS
FOR THEIR SERVICE OVER THE LAST
MONTH.
AND OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES IN
THEIR WORK TO DEVELOP A SERIES
OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND I WANTED
THINGS INC.
ARE OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR SERVING ON THE TASK
FORCE.
>> WELL SAID ALSO I WANT TO
THANK THE INDIVIDUALS AND
RECOGNIZE THE LONG LIST OF
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON THE TASK
FORCE, APPRECIATE THE
LEADERSHIP FROM THE INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THIS IS ADDITIONAL WORK
THEY DO IN ADDITION TO ADVOCACY
AND THEIR DAY JOBS, SO
APPRECIATE THEIR PARTICIPATION
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN FIND
HARMONY BETWEEN THESE
STRATEGIES AND OUR UPCOMING
2022 BUDGET INVESTMENTS AS
WELL.
MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120131?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
AYE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES .
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
RECOMMENDATION THE BILL PASS AS
AMENDED SENT TO THE AUGUST 9
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FOR FINAL VOTE, THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR FLAGGING POSSIBLE AREAS OF
INTEREST FOR THE MEETING ALONG
WITH THE DIRECTOR FOR HER WORK
ON THIS PRESENTATION.
OKAY WE ARE LITTLE BIT BEHIND
FOR TODAY BUT LET'S KEEP MOVING
AND WE WILL SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN
GET THERE WITH THE FULL AGENDA.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM
NUMBER THREE PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE
COUNCIL BILL 120150 ORDINANCE
RELATED TO THE CITY RESPONSE OF
COVID-19 CRISIS AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126327 WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2021 BUDGET INCLUDING THE
2021 THROUGH 2026 CAPITAL
BUSINESS PROGRAM.
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO WELCOME TO THE
COMMITTEE TABLE [ INDISCERNIBLE
NAME ] FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND
THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
JULIE WITH THE CITY BUDGETS
OFFICE AND TERESA RADCLIFFE WAS
CENTRAL STAFF THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
AS YOU WILL RECALL THIS ITEM
WAS FIRST PART OF OUR AGENDA
LAST MEETING AND WE HAD A
CHANCE TO SEE THOSE MATERIALS
PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA AND DID
NOT GET A CHANCE TO WALK
THROUGH THEM IN DETAIL BUT
THERE IS SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITY
AS I'M CALLING THIS TO ADDRESS
SOME TRAILER BILLS FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT ALLOW
FOR US TO MAKE SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS INTO
SEATTLE'S COMMUNITY
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SENIOR
CARE, SOME NARROW
TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS AND
ADDITIONAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE
THAT IS MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF FOR
RENTERS, TENANTS AND/OR SMALL
LANDLORDS WHO RELY ON TENANT
RENTAL PAYMENTS TO SUSTAIN
THEMSELVES AS WELL.
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
TODAY, THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN WHICH
WAS COUNCIL BILL 120093 ALONG
WITH 120094.
PASSING THOSE JUNE 21st
AUTHORIZING THE NAMING OF $128
MILLION COMBINED TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
IN RESPONSE TO COVID
ALONG WITH SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORT.
I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS
HERE TODAY TO PRESENT, WE ARE
GOING TO HEAR AN OVERVIEW OF
HOW THIS ROUGHLY $50 MILLION IS
TARGETING FOR SOME OF THE MOST
PRESSING ISSUES THAT WE
CONTINUE TO SEE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR
SENIORS AND RENTERS.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR
TEAM, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU HAVE,
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY AMENDMENTS
TODAY SO MY HOPE IS THAT AFTER
WE HEAR THIS PRESENTATION WE
COULD POTENTIALLY ENTERTAIN A
MOTION TO MOVE THIS OUT OF
COMMITTEE.
SO I'M TURNING IT OVER TO YOU
TO WALK US THROUGH.
>> THANK YOU, ALY PENNUCCI.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M TAMMY J.
MORALES TWO, ALY PENNUCCI ,
AND I WILL PRESENT AS WE MOVE
THROUGH THE SLIDES TO SAVE SOME
TIME HERE.
TODAY WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
COUNSEL BILL 120150 THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN NUMBER TWO.
FOLLOWED BY VERY BRIEF
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND THEN
WE WILL WALK-THROUGH THE
PROPOSAL IN THE BILL, I'M NOT
GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WALKING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND
ON THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN,
NUMBER ONE THEY JUST DESCRIBED
IT IN DETAIL BUT JUSTLY
RECENTLY THE FIRST PACKAGE
APPROPRIATED FUNDS, I MERELY
DIRECT AID RECEIVED FOR
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS, PROVIDED
FLEXIBLE FUNDING TO GOVERNMENTS
AND THE BILL IS TAKING UP SOME
OF THE TARGETED AID THAT IS
PROPOSED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES
SUCH AS EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
SO AT THE TIME THE COUNCIL WAS
PASSING THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN,
ONE, THIS COMMITTEE ANTICIPATED
A SECOND RESCUE PACKAGE THIS
SUMMER TO ACCEPT AND AUTHORIZE
THE FUNDING FOR TARGETED AID
AND THAT'S WHAT BEFORE YOU
TODAY AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING
THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL
TARGETED AID THAT COULD BE
CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE FALL
BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL AS
CONSIDERATION OF THE SECOND --
LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS.
SO THIS BILL WOULD ACCEPT AND
AUTHORIZE SPENDING OVER $50
MILLION IN TARGETED AID FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND
SUPPORT FOR SENIORS,
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND A
GRANT FOR --.
THIS INCLUDES FUNDING THAT WAS
AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS
ACT OF 2021 PASSED BY CONGRESS
IN DECEMBER 2020 APPROPRIATIONS
ACT OF 2021 PASSED BY CONGRESS
IN DECEMBER 2024 TRANSPORTATION
SPENDING.
THE REMAINING FUNDS ARE
TARGETED AID THAT WERE
INCLUDED.
WITH THAT I WILL NOW PASS IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR ALVARADO TO
PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION
AND DESCRIBE THE CURRENT
PROPOSAL FOR ALLOCATING
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAS
RECEIVED.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO, I AM EMILY OVER AUTO
DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S HOUSING
AND I WILL VERY BRIEFLY DISCUSS
HOW WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENT IN
E.R.A.
ONE WHICH WAS THE FIRST TRANCHE
OF FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE
SPENDING AND HOW WE PROPOSE TO
CONTINUE THESE INVESTMENTS WITH
E.R.A., TOO.
AS YOU RECALL THE LAST
INVESTMENT OF RENTAL ASSESSMENT
, ASSISTANCE WAS $27.2 MILLION
AND WE TOOK A FOUR-PART STRATEGY
, FIRST WAS TO PUT 6.2 MILLION
INTO COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE REALLY
WORKING WITHIN THEIR NETWORK TO
PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND
SUPPORTS FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS.
REALLY THE EMPHASIS WITH THOSE
COMMUNITY GROUPS WAS TO FOCUS
ON ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE
STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOLKS
WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED BY COVID-19 AND
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
HOUSING INSTABILITY.
WE INVESTED $8 MILLION IN
UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY, THAT
WAS LEVERAGING INVESTMENTS MADE
BY KING COUNTY IN THEIR
INDIVIDUAL TENANT POOL AND ALSO
INVESTED $7 MILLION THROUGH OUR
OFFICE TO SUPPORT TENANTS IN
PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WITH A PRIORITY ON
REALLY SUPPORTING THOSE WITH
THE LOWEST INCOME IN OUR CITY.
THERE WAS ALSO A $1.5 MILLION
ALLOCATION FROM THE E.R.A.
ONE TO CITY LIGHT OR UTILITY
ASSISTANCE.
>> TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON
HOW WE'VE
BEEN DOING ON INVESTING THOSE
RESOURCES, AND I'M SORRY THIS
IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE
ORDERING OF THE LAST SLIDE, BUT
FOR THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE EXECUTED
CONTRACTS WITH 14 COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS OUT OF 16.
WE DID DO A FORMALIZED RFP
PROCESS TO SELECT THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE REALLY
PROUD OF THE GROUPS WE ARE
WORKING WITH.
OVER 90% OF THE FUNDS ARE
COMMITTED AND AWARDED THROUGH
CONTRACTS
AND THOSE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING WITH CLIENTS TO DELIVER
RENT ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES.
IN PARTICULAR I WANTED TO FLAG
THAT BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY
OF GROUPS WHO WE ARE PARTNERING
WITH, WE ARE REALLY ABLE TO
TARGET SOME SPECIFIC
POPULATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE SOME
OF THE GROUPS HAVE EXPERTISE
SERVING HOUSEHOLDS WITH
CHILDREN AND I KNOW THERE'S A
LOT OF INTEREST BY COUNSEL AND
ALL OF US TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
STABILIZING FAMILIES PRIOR TO
THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SECOND FOR THE INVESTMENT IN
THE UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY
WE ARE REALLY MOVING QUICKLY AT
THIS POINT, UNITED WAY HAS
SPENT 3 MILLION OF THE FUNDS
THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED, THEY ARE
SUPPORTING AROUND 300
HOUSEHOLDS.
IF YOU DO THE ROUGH MATH YOU
WILL NOTICE THAT THAT IS
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE
THOUGHT WE WOULD BE SPENDING
PER HOUSEHOLD, ABOUT $10,000 IN
RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
REALLY DEMONSTRATES BOTH THE
NEED AND DEPTH OF NEED PER
HOUSEHOLD AND ALSO SHOWS WHY WE
NEED MORE RESOURCES SO THAT WE
CAN SERVE MORE HOUSEHOLDS.
UNITED WAY IS CURRENTLY WORKING
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 500
HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE
APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE
ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL FULLY
EXPEND ALL OF THE RESOURCE THAT
THEY HAVE MEANING
THAT THEY WILL BE OUT OF THE
FIRST ALLOCATION IN THE COMING
WEEKS AND PREPARED FOR
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT.
IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
SUPPORT PORTFOLIO, WE HAVE FIRST
AN INITIAL PROCESS TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT THE NEED WAS
OVER 6 MILLION.
WE ANTICIPATE SERVING OVER 3000
HOUSEHOLDS, THOSE HOUSEHOLDS
ARE ALREADY BEING ENTERED INTO
OUR DATA SYSTEM AND WE'VE BEGUN
PAYMENTS INITIALLY FIRST WITH
THE SMALLEST, OVER 30 DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS ARE BEING WORKED
WITH AND WE ARE MAKING PAYMENTS
FIRST TO THE SMALLEST AND
EXPECT TO MAKE ALL OF OUR
PAYMENTS THE END OF AUGUST.
MEANING THAT WE REALLY WILL BE
PREPARED TO START SPENDING THIS
NEXT TRANCHE OF FUNDS.
I DO WANT TO SAY TO OTHER
THINGS THAT I SHOULD'VE
MENTIONED, THE UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY IS SERVING
PRIMARILY FOLKS WHO ARE TENANTS
IN BUILDINGS OF SMALL LANDLORDS
SO THEY ARE PRIMARILY TENANTS
IN BUILDINGS THAT HAVE FOR OR
FEWER TENANTS.
AND ADDITIONALLY WE ARE
GRATEFUL TO THE UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY WHO HAS CREATED A
SEPARATE SYSTEM BY WHICH SMALL
LANDLORDS IN SEATTLE CAN REACH
OUT TO THEM AND GET TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT AND
ACTING AS AN INTERMEDIARY TO
GET TENANTS TO APPLY FOR THE
RESOURCES.
SO THANKS TO UNITED WAY FOR
DOING THAT EXTRA WORK.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> JUST A REPRESENTATION OF THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE
ARE WORKING WITH, AS YOU CAN
SEE THERE WE HAVE A MIX OF
GROUPS WHO BOTH HAVE A LONG
HISTORY AND TRACK RECORD IN
PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND
OTHERS FOR WHOM THIS IS ONE OF
THE FIRST FEDERAL CONTRACTS
THEY ARE WORKING ON.
JUST TO NAME A FEW YOU SEE
ATLANTIC ONE OF THE FIRST
FEDERAL CONTRACTS THEY ARE
WORKING ON.
JUST TO NAME A FEW YOU SEE
ATLANTIC ST., CENTER, CHOOSE 180
, AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
WORK THEY ARE DOING, WE ARE
HEARING REALLY POSITIVE STORIES
FROM THESE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH
CLIENTS.
SO BUILDING OFF OF THAT SYSTEM
THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, WE ARE
PROPOSING FOR THIS NEXT $28.7
MILLION OF EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE TO BE SIMILARLY
ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE THREE
APPROACHES.
ONE WOULD PUT 9.6 MILLION TO
CONTINUING INVESTMENTS IN
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WHICH WOULD LIKELY INCLUDE
EXTENDED CONTRACTS WITH MANY OF
THE GROUPS THAT WE ALREADY
MENTIONED AND MIGHT INCLUDE
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS IF THERE
WERE ANY POPULATIONS OR
EXISTING GAPS THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO FILL.
9.6 MILLION TO CONTINUE
INVESTMENTS TO UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY AS I MENTIONED,
THEY'LL BE READY TO START
SPENDING AGAIN IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND 9.6 MILLION TO CONTINUE
INVESTMENTS THROUGH THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING FOR PUBLICLY
SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
OUR DATA SHOWS THAT THERE WILL
BE THE NEED TOWARD THAT IN THE
PORTFOLIO SINCE THE LAST 6
MILLION ONLY HELPED SUPPORT
TENANTS THROUGH MAY OF THIS
YEAR.
I SHOULD JUST FINALLY SAY THAT
THE WORK THE TEAM HAS DONE TO
PUT OUT THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE
TO DATE HAS BEEN REALLY
INCREDIBLE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HEAR
ANECDOTALLY FROM KING COUNTY
THAT THEY HAVE OVER 25,000
HOUSEHOLDS WITH AN INDICATION
THAT THEY HAVE ANY FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE SO EVEN COMBINED
WITH THIS RESOURCE, THERE IS A
SIGNIFIANT RESOURCE NEEDED TO
MEET THE NEED AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO GETTING IT OUT IN
THE HANDS OF TENANTS AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE REMAIN STABLY HOUSED AS
WE MOVE PAST THE EXPIRATION OF
THE OTHER FICTION MORATORIUM.
>> THANK YOU MS. ALVARADO,
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO GO THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL?
SO THE NEXT PIECE OF THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN IS FUNDING
TO SUPPORT SENIORS.
THE CITY HAS RECEIVED OVER $7
MILLION OF OLDER AMERICAN ACT
FUNDS THAT HAVE SOME ALLOCATION
FROM THE STATE TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENTS ENGAGING
IN DISABILITY SERVICES WHICH IS
THE AREA AGENCY FOR AGING OF
ALL OF KING COUNTY.
THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR
SENIOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES,,
GET MEALS, HOME DELIVERED
MEALS, FAMILY CARE, AND TO
ADDRESS SOCIAL ISOLATION WHICH
WAS AN EXPANDED ELIGIBLE USE OF
THE FUNDS AS PART OF THE COVID
RELIEF EFFORTS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
THE CITY ANTICIPATES ABOUT $3.1
MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR AND
WILL SPEND REMAINING FUNDS
THROUGH 2024.
THE CITY IS STILL AWAITING
FINAL GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE
THAT WILL DICTATE WHAT HSD CAN
SPECIFICALLY USE THE FUNDS FOR,
IN THOSE BROADER ELIGIBILITY
CATEGORIES AND BECAUSE WE ARE
WAITING THOSE -- AND USE OF
THE FUNDS THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE ELIGIBILITY DESCRIBED
IN -- AND INCLUDES A PROVISO
TO ENSURE AT LEAST SOME FUNDS
ARE SPECIFICALLY RESERVED FOR
SERVICES TO -- THE PROVISO
ALSO REQUESTS THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT SUBMIT TO
MORE DETAILS TO THE COUNCIL
AFTER RECEIVING ADDITIONAL
GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE, WE ARE
ANTICIPATING THIS WILL BE
SUBMITTED THIS FALL AND THAT
COULD INFORM THE COUNCIL'S
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS THIS FALL
AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS
AS NEEDED.
IF THE GUIDANCE IS NOT RECEIVED
IN TIME FOR WHEN THE MAYOR IS
TRANSMITTING THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WE WILL WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT TO GET THAT
INFORMATION TO COUNCILMEMBERS.
AS SOON AS IT'S AVAILABLE.
>> I SAW A QUESTION ON THE
SLIDE.
>> NOT A QUESTION, I WANT TO,
THANK -- FOR WORKING WITH MY
OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THIS
LEGISLATION TO THIS PROVISO
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE
MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE
PANDEMIC ON SENIORS.
I THINK FOLKS ARE AWARE THAT
THIS HAS LONG BEEN A PRIORITY
OF MINE, LAST SUMMER I ADDED
FUNDS TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO COMBAT
SENIOR ISOLATION AND THE MENTAL
HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC
ON SENIORS, I ADDED THIS FOCUS
TO COUNCIL RESOLUTION 31999
WHICH OUTLINES THE PRIORITIES
FOR THE FUNDS AND I HAVE
REACHED OUT TO BOTH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND HSD TO LET THEM KNOW
THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN
WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO
ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE
FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH.
I UNDERSTAND FROM THE BUDGET
OFFICE THAT THESE FUNDS MAY BE
SPENT ON IMPACTS OF SENIOR
ISOLATION WHICH IS A NEW AREA
OF FOCUS ADDED DUE TO THE
EFFECTS OF COVID.
AND THAT WE ARE STILL WAITING
FOR SPECIFIC STATE GUIDANCE ON
HOW WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO
ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF SENIOR
ISOLATION AND ENSURE THAT THAT
DOES INCLUDE MENTAL HEALTH.
THE PROVISO IS CRAFTED IN SUCH
A WAY THAT $200,000 OF THE
FUNDING, UNLESS WE FIND OUT
THAT THE STATE GUIDANCE
PRECLUDES THAT USE, AND I WANT
TO JUST FLAG ALSO THAT THOUGH I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ACTION
BEFORE US APPROPRIATES ALL 7.7
MILLION IN FUNDING FOR SENIORS,
ONLY 3.1 MILLION WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED IN 2021.
SO THAT ENSURES THAT I WILL BE
CONTINUING MY INQUIRIES INTO
THE PLAN FOR THESE FUNDS IN
2022 AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICE CHAIR, WELL
SAID WE APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND REMINDING FOLKS
ABOUT THE SHADOW OF THE
PANDEMIC RESOLUTION -- SENT A
PRETTY LENGTHY LIST OF REQUESTS
THAT WE ARE STILL HOPEFUL WILL
BE INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET
AS TRANSMITTED TO COUNCIL.
WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
COME THROUGH THAT AND SEE IF
THERE WERE ANY SPECIFIC ITEMS
REQUESTED IN THE BUDGET REQUEST
THAT COULD BE FULFILLED BY
THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS
AND GIVEN WHAT WAS JUST SAID
ABOUT THE UPCOMING
CLARIFICATION AND GUIDANCE THAT
WILL BE ISSUED SOON I APPRECIATE
THIS HOLD THAT WE HAVE HERE,
THAT IS INTENT LANGUAGE THAT
WILL HELP REFERENCE BACK TO
THOSE PRIORITIES IF WE GET THE
GO-AHEAD TO SPEND THEM THAT WAY
AND IF NOT AS COUNSEL LISA
HERBOLD JUST NOTED WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS IN THE
2022 BUDGET PROCESS AND --.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, BEFORE TURNING
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE JULIE
DINGLEY FOR THE NEXT CATEGORIES
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INTENT
, AFTER COMING TO THE LETTER
YOU JUST REFERENCED WE DID
INCLUDE A SPECIFIC IDEA THAT
WAS INCLUDED IN THAT LETTER
AROUND HYBRID MEAL PROGRAMS
THAT ALLOWS FOR A DIFFERENT
MODEL OF HOME DELIVERY AND THAT
SORT OF THING SO THAT IS IN
THERE AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD
TO SPECIFIC PUZZLES IN THE 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET.
WITH THAT I PASS IT OVER TO
JULIE DINGLEY FROM THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE TO DESCRIBE SOME
OF THE PROPOSALS FOR
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND
PROJECTS AND --.
>> THANK YOU ALLEY, GOOD MORNING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I'M JULIE
DINGLEY WITH THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, ON TRANSPORTATION WE
EXPECT ABOUT 13.5 MILLION TO
COME FROM TWO DIFFERENT
SOURCES.
-- WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT
PREVIOUSLY FROM FTA, FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY AND THE
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT
OF 2021 PASSED IN LATE DECEMBER
OF PASSED IN LATE DECEMBER
2020.
WE WILL BE RECEIVING THAT 13.5,
ABOUT 10.9 FOR THE MADISON
STREET TRANSIT AND THIS WILL
FUND A 2.3 MILE EAST-WEST BART
LINE FROM MADISON STREET TO
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE TO THE --
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE EAST WITH
CONNECTIONS AT --.
THE NEXT ITEM WE WILL BE
RECEIVING 785,000 FOR
STREETCARS TO BACKFILL LOST
REVENUE AND SUPPORT UNITS AND
OPERATIONS OVERALL.
THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE
RECEIVING 1.8 MILLION FOR
SEATTLE CENTER FOR MONORAIL TO
BACKFILL LOST REVENUE AND TO
SUPPORT MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATIONS.
THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE
RECEIVING A GRANT TO SUPPORT --
FOR 2.1 MILLION AND THIS IS
COMING FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION'S SHUTTERED
MENU OPERATORS GRANT, SOMETHING
THE CITY APPLIED FOR AND WE
WERE AWARDED SO IT IS
SPECIFICALLY FOR -- HALL AND
CAN BE USED FOR EXPENSES SUCH
AS PAYROLL, UTILITIES OR
PAYMENTS AND OTHER BUSINESS
EXPENSES AND BUSINESS COSTS.
>> THANK YOU JULIE, ARE THERE
QUESTIONS ON THOSE CATEGORIES?
>> I DO WANT TO NOTE FOR MY
COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE PREVIOUS
TWO SLIDES, SLIDES EIGHT AND
NINE REGARDING TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS AND THE -- SLIDES
ON SLIDE NINE, THIS IS VERY
PRESCRIPTIVE FUNDING THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THAT WE ARE
RECEIVING AS A PASS-THROUGH
BASICALLY FROM THE CITY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS
THAT WE HAVE BOTH FOR
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
AND FOR VARIOUS BUSINESSES, NOT
JUST DOWNTOWN BUT ACROSS THE
CITY AND I WANT TO LET FOLKS NO
THAT ON THE SLIDES THIS IS VERY
PRESCRIPTIVE -- IF A PERMIT TO
SAY.
>> THANK YOU.
SO TO THE LIMITATIONS ON
WHETHER COULD BE FLEX ABILITY
ON HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT.
>> SUCH A GOOD POINT, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> I'LL JUST NOTE ON THE --
THE GRANT FROM THE SMALL
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION THERE ARE
OTHER LOCAL VENUES THAT HAVE
APPLIED AND RECEIVED AWARDS AND
WE CAN DOWNLOAD THAT LIST, THEY
HAVE TO APPLY DIRECTLY BUT IT
IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD
PASS THROUGH THE CITY BUT IF
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED I COULD
DISTRIBUTE THAT.
BUT WITH THAT IT WRAPS UP THE
DESCRIPTION OF THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN NUMBER TWO, ABOUT
$52 MILLION IN TARGETED GRANTS.
SO THE NEXT STEPS IF THE
COMMITTEE VOTES ON THIS BILL
TODAY, WE WOULD EXPECT FINAL
ACTION AT FULL COUNCIL ON
AUGUST 9 AND AS I NOTED
PREVIOUSLY THE ADDITIONAL
TARGET DATE IS RECEIVED AND WE
WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE
CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE FALL
BUDGET PROCESS.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU ALL
VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
WALKING US THROUGH THIS.
COLLEAGUES, WHILE I HAVE THE
SLIDES UP LET'S GO BACK TO
MANAGE ALL OF THE LOGOS FOR YOU
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, MS. ALVARADO
, SLIDE FIVE THANK YOU.
JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND
FOR OUR CANCEL POLLING'S I WANT
PEOPLE TO ALSO TAKE NOTE THAT
THESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,
THEY CAN DO A SCREENING AND AN
ASSESSMENT IF SOMEBODY NEEDS
MORE THAN JUST RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND THEY NEED
INTERNET ASSISTANCE OR THEY
NEED UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE EQUIPPED AND
EMPOWERED TO DECIDE HOW TO HELP
THOSE INDIVIDUALS REALLY KEEP A
ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.
THAT IS SOMETHING REALLY
EXCITING TO REMEMBER AND I WANT
TO THANK THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
AGAIN ONE THING I THINK IS
IMPORTANT FOR THIS ALLOTMENT,
RELATED TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE
DOLLARS, WE ARE EQUALLY FUNDING
THE THREE ENTITIES, SO THAT
THERE IS GREATER PARITY OF HOW
WE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS.
COUNCILMAN MORALE US PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SLIDE
AND YOUR EXPLANATION OF HOW THE
FUNDING WILL BE DIVIDED.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT
ABOUT HOW COMPLEX SOME OF THESE
PROCESSES ARE AND I'M GLAD TO
HEAR THAT UNITED WAY IS DEALING
WITH SMALL LANDLORDS, WE ARE
HEARING A LOT ALSO ABOUT
WHETHER SMALL LIMITS ARE
GETTING THE KIND OF SUPPORT
THEY NEED.
BUT I WONDER IF YOU CAN TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT, FIRST I'M
CURIOUS IF THERE'S INFORMATION
ON HOW MANY MONTHS OF SUPPORT
HOUSEHOLDER GETTING, I'M
ASSUMING PEOPLE NEED MORE THAN
ONE BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A
LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH, FOR
HOW MANY MONTHS THEY ARE
GETTING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPLEXITY
OF HOW PEOPLE ACCESS THIS,
WHETHER IT IS TECHNOLOGY
BARRIERS OR HAVING TO FILL OUT
A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION AND
PAPERWORK.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE EXPERIENCING, AND IF SO
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO
MITIGATE THAT AND MAKE THE
PROCESS A LITTLE SMOOTHER FOR
FOLKS TO ACCESS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER MORALE
US, FIRST OF ALL I'VE BEEN
HAVING A FOLLOW-UP, I DON'T
HAVE AN AVERAGE NUMBER OF MONTHS
THAT UNITED WAY IS PAYING BUT
AS I MENTIONED THEY ARE PAYING
APPROXIMATELY $10,000 PER
HOUSEHOLD.
WHICH, GIVEN WHAT AVERAGE
MARKET RATE RENTS ARE SUGGESTS
THAT THEY ARE PAYING SEVERAL
MONTHS OF RENT.
UNDER ER A ONE THE RULES ARE
THAT YOU CAN PAY I BELIEVE UP
TO A YEAR OF BACKGROUND AND
THREE MONTHS OF PROSPECTIVE
RENT AND WE CAN PAY UP TO, WITH
ER A TWO WEEKEND -- WE KNOW
ANECDOTALLY FROM THE PORTFOLIO
OF PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
AS WELL THAT FOR MANY FOLKS WE
WILL BE PAYING SUPPORT LOOKING
BACKWARDS ON 2021 AND THEN WE
ANTICIPATE THAT SOME OF THOSE
SAME HOUSEHOLDS WILL THEN COME
IN FOR E.R.A.
TO TO PAY THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
FOR MANY HOUSEHOLDS IT HAS NOT
BEEN ONE OR TWO MONTHS BUT IT
HAS BEEN MORE THAN THAT.
ON THE SECOND QUESTION YOU
ASKED ABOUT ACCESS, ACCESS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CARE A LOT
ABOUT.
FULL TRANSPARENCY, THIS IS A
FEDERAL PROGRAM WHICH MEANS
THERE IS DOCUMENTATION THAT IS
REQUIRED.
THERE IS SELF CERTIFICATION AND
INCOME DOCUMENTATION AND THEN
IN FACT ONE OF THE
OTHER CRITICAL PIECES IS THAT
THE TENANT MUST AFFIRMATIVELY
SAY THAT THEY WANT THIS
ASSISTANCE WHICH HAPPENS
THROUGH A SIGNING OF AN
APPLICATION.
IN ORDER TO
LIMIT THOSE BARRIERS THAT EXIST
WE REALLY THINK THAT THE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION
APPROACH HELPS PEOPLE, IN FACT
MANY OF THESE PROVIDERS ARE
DOING FUNCTIONALLY PASTE
MANAGEMENT TO SUPPORT TENANTS
IN APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAM
THEMSELVES IN THE E.R.A.
DOES ALLOW UP TO 15% OF
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO BE SPOT
SUPPORTED FOR THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS SO THEY CAN HELP
CLIENTS IN THAT WAY.
I'D ALSO SAVE FOR THE PUBLICLY
SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING LANDLORDS
ARE ENTERING INFORMATION ON
BEHALF OF TENANTS AND THEN
TENANTS ARE SIGNING AN
APPLICATION WHICH HELPS TO
REDUCE BARRIERS FOR THOSE
TENANTS AND THEN FOR THE UNITED
WAY, TENANTS ARE ENTERING
UNITED WAY TO THE KING COUNTY
INDIVIDUAL TENANT COOL, THERE
IS DOCUMENTATION THAT HAPPENS
THERE BUT UNITED WAY WORKS WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS, TO, TO
HAVE A BACK AND FORTH WITH
TENANTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
ABLE TO GET ALL OF THEIR
DOCUMENTS IN.
THAT TAKES TIME, IT DOES TAKE
SEVERAL WEEKS TO HELP MAKE SURE
THAT TENANTS CAN COLLECT ALL OF
THEIR INFORMATION BUT WE'VE
TRIED TO
MAKE IT AS LOW BARRIER AS
POSSIBLE BY WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO, I
HEAR YOU SAYING THAT LANDLORDS
ARE GETTING SOME TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE HELP BUT ARE THEY
ABLE TO APPLY DIRECTLY
THEMSELVES RATHER THAN RELYING
ON THE TENANTS TO DO THAT?
AND CAN THEY APPLY, OR IS IT
REALLY TIED TO THE TENANT?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
UNDER THE FEDERAL TREASURY
GUIDANCE, FOR THESE RESOURCES,
THE TENANT MUST FORMALLY APPLY.
SO THE LANDLORD CAN TAKE SOME
STEPS TO FACILITATE APPLICATION
ON BEHALF OF THEIR TENANTS BUT
ULTIMATELY THE TENANT NEEDS TO
BE THE ONE WHO IS SUBMITTING A
FORMAL APPLICATION.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING TO
HELP MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL
CONCERNS ON BEHALF OF LANDLORDS
THAT THEIR TENANTS ARE NOT
ACCESSING THE RESOURCE, IS THAT
WE'VE SET UP THIS PROGRAM THREE
UNITED WAY.
CONCERNED LANDLORDS CAN CONTACT
UNITED WAY AND UNITED WAY STAFF
IS CONTACTING TENANTS ON BEHALF
OF THEIR LANDLORDS AND WORKING
WITH THEM TO SUBMIT
APPLICATIONS.
BUT IT IS TRUE THAT ULTIMATELY
THE TENANT MUST TAKE SOME
AFFIRMATIVE STEP IN ORDER TO
ACCESS THE RESOURCE PER FEDERAL
GUIDELINES.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
TAMMY J. MORALES HAD SOME
IMPORTANT COMMENTS DURING
YESTERDAY'S MORNING BRIEFING
REMINDING FOLKS ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE HERE IN SEATTLE AND
OUR CONTINUATION OF THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM ALONG WITH
WANTING TO REMIND PEOPLE ABOUT
THE ONGOING ABILITY TO GET
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BOTH THE
TENANTS AND SMALL LANDLORDS, IF
THERE IS ANY INFORMATION THAT
YOUR OFFICE HAS TO HELP CLARIFY
FOR FOLKS THE WAYS IN WHICH
SEATTLE POLICY REMAINS IN PLACE
AND THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE
CAN ACCESS RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND I
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST
IN SHARING THAT INFORMATION OUT
GIVEN THE NATIONAL COVERAGE OF
THE FEDERAL EVICTION MORATORIUM
GOING AWAY.
I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY
MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE
PROTECTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE
HERE BUT ALSO THE ASSISTANCE
THAT WE HAVE FOR SMALL
LANDLORDS AND RENTERS.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> FOLLOWING UP ON
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J.
MORALES'S QUESTION, WE HAD
ACTUALLY STOOD, WE SET UP THIS
PORTAL FOR LANDLORDS TO ACCESS
ASSISTANCE AND FACILITATING THE
APPLICATION FOR TENANTS WHO FOR
WHATEVER REASON
MAY NOT BE APPLYING FOR
ASSISTANCE THAT THEY ARE
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE.
WE HAD BEEN HEARING, I DON'T
BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING ON A
LARGE SCALE BUT WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING FROM INDIVIDUAL
LANDLORDS THAT SOME TENANTS ARE
BOTH NOT PAYING RENT AND APPEAR
NOT TO BE APPLYING FOR
ASSISTANCE SO WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR WORKING WITH
THE UNITED WAY TO SET UP THIS
PORTAL FOR LANDLORDS AND THIS
EXTRA ASSISTANCE IN SORT OF
FACILITATING THOSE APPLICATIONS.
I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO
KNOW THOUGH, HOW IT'S GOING.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY NOT
HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOW BUT
ARE LANDLORDS IN THIS SITUATION
USING THE RESOURCES BEING
PROVIDE?
AND
ARE TENANTS BEING RESPONSIVE TO
THE ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH TO
ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY?
THANK YOU.
>> I CAN SAY
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD, I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, THANK YOU
FOR COMMUNICATIONS FROM YOUR
OFFICE WHICH DID LEAD TO
HELPING TO ENSURE THAT WE SET
UP THIS EFFECTIVE PROGRAM THAT
UNITED WAY.
THEY HAVE BEEN SERVING
LANDLORDS I THINK IN MY LAST
COUNT THEY SERVED AT LEAST 30
LANDLORDS THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND GET SOME MORE UP-TO-DATE
DATA.
AND ANECDOTALLY WHAT I'VE HEARD
IS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH
MANY OF THE TENANTS OR IN FACT
SOME OF THE TENANTS WHO THE
LANDLORDS WERE CONCERNED HAD
NOT BEEN APPLYING, HAD ALREADY
APPLIED UNDER THE KING COUNTY
PROGRAM.
SO I THINK IT HAS BEEN A GOOD
PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO
PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT BUT I WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH MORE DATA.
>> BOTH EXCELLENT QUESTIONS,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THE OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION
THAT I RECEIVED WHEN CHATTING
WITH OUR FRIENDS THAT UNITED
WAY IS A LOT OF APPRECIATION
FOR THE ROLE THAT THESE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS PLAY AND I
THINK THERE'S A RECOGNITION --
IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE OFTEN
THEY DON'T HAVE, MAYBE THEY
DON'T -- AND HAVING THAT
PARTNER IS REALLY IMPORTANT SO
THE COMMUNITY PARTNER
INVESTMENT IS TRULY ADDED TO
MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS
TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE
DOLLARS SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT THERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
FLAGGED WAS THE POSSIBLE NEED
FOR -- FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TO BE AVAILABLE TO
ACCESS, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT ,
DR. ALVARADO, I THINK ONE OF
THE CONCERNS MAY HAVE BEEN THAT
ONE OF THESE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS HAD THE ABILITY
TO ACCESS FUNDS IN REAL TIME SO
THAT NONE OF THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WERE GOING INTO
DEBT OR USING EXISTING FUNDS
WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT WHETHER
OR NOT THERE'S A NEED FOR --.
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND WE
ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING
SURE THAT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS CAN UTILIZE THESE
FUNDS IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.
WE HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS BASED
ON FEDERAL GUIDANCE OF THE
CAPACITY THAT IS NEEDED IN THE
ORGANIZATIONS THEMSELVES IN
ORDER TO SUPPORT THESE
PAYMENTS.
AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NOT
PROPOSED A REVOLVING FUND BUT
WE HAVE ALLOWED FOR ADDITIONAL
ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT TO GO TO
THE AGENCIES THROUGH THAT 15%
AS I MENTIONED AND ALSO WE WERE
DOING
REGULARLY THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
ABLE TO SEND US, ON EVERY FEW
WEEK CYCLE, THE REIMBURSEMENTS
SO THAT WE CAN BE REALLY HYPER
RESPONSIVE ON THE REIMBURSEMENT
MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT
SITTING OUT THERE WITHOUT THAT
RESOURCE FOR SOME TIME.
SO HAVING TO ENTERTAINMENT
CONCEPTS OF A REVOLVING FUND,
WE HAVE NOT PROPOSED THAT AT
THIS TIME AND WE ARE PUTTING A
LOT OF ATTENTION INTO
SUPPORTING THESE AGENCIES TO
MAKE SURE THEY CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINABLE.
>> OKAY GREAT.
AS WE GET THIS ADDITIONAL
ALLOTMENT OUT FOR RENTAL
ASSESSMENT CAN WE DIVIDED AMONG
THE THREE ENTITIES AND OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PLEASE KEEP
US UPDATED ON WHETHER OR NOT
THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO WORK
JOINTLY ON THE REVOLVING FUND
TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE SUCCESSFUL
AND WHAT THEY ALREADY DID PRE-
PANDEMIC AND THAN WHAT WE ARE
ALSO ADDING TO THE PLATE --.
IS THAT A CARRYOVER HAND
COUNCILMEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES?
DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
OKAY GREAT.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS AND I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SUMMARIZE?
>> THANK YOU, I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD.
>> EXCELLENT.
I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND
ALL THE WORK AND I KNOW THIS
MONEY IS GOING TO BE MUCH-NEEDED
ESPECIALLY IN THE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND SENIOR CARE
PORTION AND I ALSO APPRECIATE
THE NARROW SCOPE OF THE
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS THAT WE
HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
SO FORGETTING THESE DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS THAT
THE COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT
UP.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING FOR US TO
PUT IN THE 2022 BUDGET OR IN
TRANCHE THREE.
AT THIS TIME COLLEAGUES I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNSEL
BILL 120150, IS THERE A SECOND?
ANYBODY WANT TO SECOND?
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
THIS AGAIN IS OUR SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN TWO, THE SECOND OF
THREE ACTS, IS THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
HEARING ON MDM.
CLERK CAN YOU CALL THE ROLE ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
MDM.
CHAIR
THAT IS FOR IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN TWO
BILL WILL BE SENT TO THE AUGUST
9 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FOR A FINAL VOTE.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION AND WORK ON THIS
AND I KNOW THERE'S MUCH MORE TO
COME.
AS WE CONSIDER THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN THREE IN THIS YEAR'S
FALL BUDGET.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR ONGOING
WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
DOLLARS GET OUT THE DOOR.
>> OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I
WANT TO THANK -- AND WE DO HAVE
AN FTE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
I'M HAVING A FEELING THAT WE
ARE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED AT
THE NEXT HOUR PLUS FOR THE NEXT
THREE BILLS SO I WANT TO ASK
FOLKS TO PLEASE READ THE
MATERIALS FROM THE MFT REPORT
THAT IS PROVIDED, THIS IS A
HELPFUL GROUNDING REPORT AND
SUMMARY PRESENTATION THAT --
FOR ACTION ON THE 17th
BECAUSE WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION
ON AN FTE BEFORE SEPTEMBER TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EFFORTS
TO TRY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL
HOUSING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT DELAYING ANY OF THAT
PROCESS.
SO IF THERE IS NOT ANY OBJECTION
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ASK
FOLKS TO READ THOSE MATERIALS
AND PREPARE FOR MORE ACTIONS TO
COME AND LEGISLATION TO BE --
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE SAY
GOODBYE TO YOU?
OKAY.
WE APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON, MME.
COURT TO
THE NEXT ITEM IN THIS IS
ANOTHER ITEM FOR POSSIBLE BILL
IN FRONT OF US BEFORE WE GET TO
THE TWO OTHER ITEMS.
MME.
CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER FOUR MAKE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNSEL
BILL 120147 AND ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE FINANCING OF
THE GENERAL FUND, AUTHORIZING
INTERFUND LOANS UP TO A TOTAL
AMOUNT OF $205 MILLION FROM
MULTIPLE CITY FUNDS TO THE
GENERAL FUND AS BRIDGE
FINANCING TO BE REPAID FROM
FUTURE TAX PROCEEDS AND OTHER
ANTICIPATED REVENUES AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> THANK YOU MME.
CLERK, I WELCOME TO THE TABLE
HERE -- FROM THE CITY BUDGETS
OFFICE, DIR.
GLENN LEE FROM THE CITY FINANCE
ADMINISTERED OF SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, ALY PENNUCCI AND
TOM MIKESELL FROM CENTRAL STAFF
, THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION THAT IS ATTACHED
AND THE STAFF MEMO, COLLEAGUES
VERY BRIEFLY WE PASSED JUMP
STARTS SEATTLE, PAYROLL TAX
LAST YEAR, WE KNOW THIS WOULD BE
INCURRING TAXES BEFORE WE HAD
THE MECHANISMS TO COLLECT THE
TAXES SO AGAIN IN 2020 WE
RESPONDED TO THE CRISIS THAT
COVID PRESENTED, IN 2021 WE
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
RESPONDING TO THE COVID CRISIS
AND THAT WE WERE SHOWING,
SHORING UP CORE AND CRITICAL
CITY SERVICES.
WITH THE HOPE THAT IN 2022 WHEN
THE REMEDIES BEGAN FLOWING IN
FROM 2021 WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
BACKFILL THOSE COFFERS AND
EXPECTATION THAT ELECTING OF
TAXES WOULD HELP FUTURE
INVESTMENTS.
THE 2022 SPEND PLAN GOING
FORWARD REALLY MAKES THOSE
MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
ACQUISITION, A GREEN NEW DEAL
AND ECONOMIC RESILIENCE.
BUT THE PLAN HERE HAS ALWAYS
BEEN THAT WE WOULD NOT BEGIN
COLLECTING 2021, THIS YEAR'S
JUMPSTART TAX REVENUE UNTIL THE
BEGINNING OF 2022.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BRIDGE
THE NEED FOR SPENDING THOSE
DOLLARS AND WHEN WE PAY IT BACK
WE HAVE AN INTERFUND LOAN IN
FRONT OF US FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE BILL IN FRONT OF US IS A
TYPICAL BUDGET BILL THAT
APPROVES ABOUT $205 MILLION
FROM A LOAN FROM SEVERAL CITY
FUNDS AND PER CITY POLICY THE
CITY'S DEBT MANAGEMENT POLICY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF
MYSELF, CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR,
BUDGET DIRECTOR GLENN NOBLE,
FINANCE DIRECTOR LEE, THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES,
AND THE DIRECTOR OF CITY LIGHT
ALSO DID TWO WEEKS AGO TO
APPROVE THIS LOAN.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY ANTICIPATE
NEEDING THIS FULL-BLOWN ALL THE
WAY THROUGH 2022, WE CAN PAY
BACK THE LOAN IN ADVANCE AT ANY
TIME AND THERE'S NO PENALTY.
IN FACT OUR EXPECTATION AND
ASSUMPTION IS THAT WE MAY BE
ABLE TO PAY THIS BACK BY END OF
YEAR 2022 BUT TO ENSURE THAT WE
ARE GIVING OURSELVES AMPLE TIME
-- WE HAVE AUTHORIZED IT
THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION TO THE
END OF THE YEAR.
AS A REMINDER THIS IS THE FIRST
YEAR THAT JUMPSTART REVENUES
WILL BE PAID QUARTERLY AND WE
HAVE A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS SOME FLEX ABILITY AS
WE WORK ON RECEIVING THESE NEW
FUNDS IN 2022 AGAIN FOR THE 2021
PAYROLL TAX YEAR.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF AND TO OUR DIRECTORS
NOBLE AND LEE FOR MORE DETAIL
BUT THIS IS ANOTHER REALLY
GREAT PIECE OF FOLLOW-UP
LEGISLATION FROM THE JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALIZING
THE RECEIPT OF THESE REVENUES
AND THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE ALIGNING THOSE TO KEEP
OUR BUDGET ABSOLUTELY IN THE
BLACK AND INVEST IN CRITICAL
SERVICES.
AND I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE
CHECK, TOM DID YOU HAVE ANY
ORIENTATION COMMENTS TO MAKE
FROM CENTRAL STAFF TO BEGIN
WITH?
>> GOOD MORNING MDM.
CHAIR, NO I BELIEVE YOU
SUMMARIZED IT QUITE CLEARLY.
SO I WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.
>> I LOVE IT.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THIS BILL AND
I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR
BEEN NOBLE AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, AND OUR
SPEAKING POINTS THOUGH WE HAVE
NOT COLLABORATED, YOU'VE
COVERED MUCH OF WHAT I WANTED
TO SAY.
JUST A QUICK COUPLE OF POINTS,
TO JUST REAFFIRM WHAT YOU HAD
SAID.
AS THE MAYOR PROPOSED AND
COUNCIL APPROVED, THE 2021
BUDGET RELIES ON APPROXIMATELY
$200 MILLION IN REVENUES FROM
THE PAYROLL TAX AND BECAUSE WE
ARE IN THE FIRST YEAR AND
ACCORDING TO THE RULE MAKER,
THE PAYROLL TAX WAS SET UP SO
THAT THE FIRST PAYMENTS WERE
NOT MADE UNTIL THE FIRST
QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
SO WE BUILT THE BUDGET AROUND
THOSE REVENUES FOR THIS YEAR
AND THE FIRST PAYMENT COMES
NEXT YEAR.
HENCE A CASH FLOW PROBLEM.
BUT ONE AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WE
HAVE A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL TO
MANAGE.
IT'S A PROPOSAL THAT CALLS FOR
A LOAN UP TO 200 MILLION
THROUGH 2022 AND AS YOU
DESCRIBED WE DON'T THINK WE
WILL NEED ALONE AUTHORITY
BEYOND THAT BECAUSE IN THE
SECOND YEAR THE PAYROLL TAX SO
STARTING NEXT YEAR PAYMENTS
WILL BE DUE QUARTERLY AND WITH
THAT KIND OF PAYMENT SCHEDULE
GIVEN THE WAY THE CITY
GENERALLY EXPENDS MONEY WE CAN
MANAGE WITHOUT ANOTHER LOAN.
WE FREQUENTLY DO INTERFUND
LOANS FOR SHORT PERIODS AND IN
ANTICIPATION OF SOME PARTICULAR
PAYMENT OF CASH, IN THE PAST IT
MAY HAVE BEEN A SALE OF
PROPERTY OR SOME REVENUE STREAM,
TO SCALE AND WE'VE DONE THOSE
NOT FREQUENTLY BUT NOT
UNUSUALLY IF YOU WILL.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT IF ANYTHING
ABOUT THIS ONE IS THE SCALE,
$200 MILLION IS A LARGE SOME OF
MONEY OBVIOUSLY AND TYPICALLY
WHEN WE'VE DONE INTERFUND LOANS
WE WOULD IDENTIFY A SINGLE FUND
THAT WOULD HAVE THE RESOURCES
TO PROVIDE THE NEAR-TERM CASH
FROM ONE FUND TO ANOTHER VERY
SPECIFICALLY.
IN THIS CASE GIVEN THE SCALE OF
THE LOAN WE THINK IT MAKES MORE
SENSE TO GIVE THE EXECUTIVE IN
PARTICULAR GLENN LEE WHO WILL
SPEAK IN A MOMENT, FLEXIBILITY
TO IDENTIFY THE LENDING FUNDS
BASED UPON THEIR INDIVIDUAL
CASH POSIION AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
IF YOU COULD ADVANCE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE LIST
OF FUNDS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED
AS POTENTIAL DONOR OR LENDING
FUNDS, THE THING TO KNOW ABOUT
THESE FUNDS, A GROUP OF THEM
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CAPITAL TO
-- AND THE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT AND ALSO MOVE
SEATTLE, BUT THOSE ARE ALL
FUNDS THAT ARE TYPICALLY
INVESTED IN RESOURCES AND
CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE DELAY
ASSOCIATED IN MAKING
ALLOCATIONS AND SPENDING MONEY
IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET JUST IN
THE NATURAL COURSE OF DESIGN,
DEVELOPMENT AND BIDDING, IT'S
NOT UNUSUAL FOR THESE FUNDS TO
CARRY BALANCES BECAUSE OF THAT
DELAY.
SO THEY ARE A NATURAL PLACE TO
LOOK.
SOME OF T█HE OTHER LEVY FUNDS,
THAT WE'VE BUILT, THE SPENDING
PLAN FOR LEVEES SUCH THAT IN
THE INITIAL YEAR WE SPEND LESS
KNOWING THE PROGRAMS WILL
EXPAND AND TO SHORE UP RESOURCES
TO SPEND HIGH IN LATER YEARS
AND THAT IS THE REASON SOME
OPERATIONAL LEVEES HAVE SOME
RESOURCS.
AND A COUPLE OF THE FUNDS HAVE
BUILT UP BALANCES OVERTIME FOR
A VARIETY OF REASONS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, GIVING FI S
AND GLENN LEE HIS ROLE AS
FINANCE DIRECTOR, THE FLEX
ABILITY TO IDENTIFY LENDING
FUNDS AND THE BEST APPROACH TO
GETTING THE RESOURCES THAT WE
NEED, AND WITHOUT AVOIDING ANY
IMPACT, -- DIRECTOR LEE TO
PROVIDE THE LENDING FUNDS IN A
WAY THAT DOES NOT CONSTRAIN OR
RESTRICT THE UNDERLYING PURPOSES
OF WHICH THE ORIGINAL FUNDS
WERE ALLOCATED.
SO THIS IS NOT INTERRUPTING ANY
OF THE POLICY INTENDED WORK
THAT THESE FUNDS SUPPORT.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY, YOU'VE
PROVIDED THE BIG PICTURE VIEW
AND THIS IS A LITTLE MORE
DETAIL ON WHAT RESOURCES WOULD
COME FROM WHERE AND I DON'T
KNOW IF GLENN HAS ANYTHING TO
ADD.
>> WE WILL MONITOR THIS
LITERALLY DAILY TO ENSURE THAT
WE CAN COVER OUR GENERAL FUND
RESPONSIBILITIES, THE BORROWING
FUND AND NOT DISRUPT IN ANY WAY
THE OPERATIONS THAT ARE FUNDED
BY ANY OF THESE SOURCE FUNDS.
IN ADDITION THE SOURCE FUNDS
WILL RECEIVE INTEREST PAYMENTS
THAT WOULD BE EQUAL TO WHAT WE
ARE EARNING IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
SO IN OTHER WORDS IT WOULD BE
INDIFFERENT TO THE MANAGERS OF
THESE FUNDS WHETHER OR NOT WE
BORROW THEIR RESOURCES FOR
GENERAL FUND EXPENSES FOR A
SHORT TERM NEED OR WE INVEST IN
OUR NORMAL PROCESSES THROUGH
THE STATE, THE LAW GIVES US THE
ABILITY TO INVEST OUR CASH
PROCEEDS ON A SHORT-TERM BASIS
AND WE DO THAT IN LINE WITH THE
LAW SO AGAIN THE OWNERS OF
THESE FUNDS WILL NOT NOTICE A
DIFFERENCE IN EITHER THEIR
INCOME OR OPERATIONS.
>> VERY GOOD.
IT DOES MEAN THAT THERE WILL BE
INTEREST PAYMENTS DUE FROM THE
GENERAL FUND AS IT BORROWS
THESE RESOURCES AND WE WILL BE
BUDGETING THOSE, AND WE DON'T
EXPECT TO CARRY THE FULL 200
MILLION BALANCE FOR AN EXTENDED
TIMEFRAME.
SO A LOW-COST WAY TO MANAGE
THIS SITUATION.
>> YES.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> EXCELLENT.
I WILL ASK ONE QUESTION IS
OTHER PERSONS MAY HAVE
QUESTIONS, REGARDING PAYBACK,
THERE WAS A HOPE AND AGAIN I
WILL REITERATE A HOPE AND
EXPECTATION POTENTIALLY THAT WE
WILL PAY IT BACK BEFORE THE END
OF THE YEAR AND I JUST WANT TO
CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NO
PENALTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
IF WE PAY IT BACK AND IF WE SEE
THE ABILITY FOR US TO PAY IT
BACK WE WILL BE ACTING ON THAT
AS SOON AS WE CAN.
>> YES AND WE DO THAT WITH
INTERFUND LOANS IN GENERAL.
THERE IS NO PREPAYMENT PENALTY
WHATSOEVER AND IF WE SEE THAT
THE BORROWING FUND ACTUALLY
COULD HAVE A SUSTAINABLE
POSITIVE BALANCE WE WILL JUST
IN THE LOAN PROGRAM AS WE SEE
FIT AND IT'S IN THE INTEREST OF
EVERYONE THAT WE CLOSE THESE
LOANS OFF AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
SO IF WE DETERMINE THAT THE
BORROWING FUND AGAINST THE
GENERAL FUND CAN SUSTAIN ITSELF
UNDER CURRENT CITY CODE WE WILL
TERMINATE THE LOAN.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT SURE
EXACTLY WHEN THAT HAPPENS SO
IT'S REALLY PRUDENT TO GET US
TO THE END OF THE YEAR 2022.
>> THE ANALOGIES TO PERSONAL
FINANCES DON'T WORK EXACTLY BY
ANY MEANS BUT ONE WAY TO THINK
ABOUT THESE LOANS IS THAT THEY
ARE LIKE A HOME EQUITY LINE OF
CREDIT SO WE CAN BORROW UP TO
$200 MILLION IF WE HAVE THAT
IMMEDIATE NEED BUT WE ARE NOT
ON THE HOOK FOR A $200 MILLION
LOAN THE DAY THIS IS AUTHORIZED,
WE WILL POOL RESOURCES AS NEEDED
, CASH FLOW CAN CHANGE, ALMOST
ON A DAILY BASIS AND WE WILL
KEEP TO THE MINIMUM AND AGAIN
THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO TAKE
THE FULL AMOUNT.
WE WILL KEEP PAYMENT SO AS WELL.
>> ESPECIALLY AS YOU SEE
ROLLING PAYMENTS COME IN ON A
QUARTERLY BASIS .
>> EXACTLY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
GO AHEAD .
>> THANKS.
CONFRONTING MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE REVENUE INTENDED TO
PAY BACK THIS LOAN IS THE
PLANNED RECEIPTS FROM PAYROLL
TAX.
>> YES.
>> AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY, I
KNOW WE KIND OF CHECK IN
PERIODICALLY AROUND WANT OUR
PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE PAYROLL
TAX.
THE RECEIPTS IN 2022, HAVE WE
LOOKED AT THAT ISSUE RECENTLY
TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT OUR PAST
PRODUCTIONS ARE ALIGNING WITH
OUR CURRENT PRODUCTIONS? THAT'S
MY FIRST QUESTION.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS A LITTLE
BIT OF A TANGENT BUT BECAUSE WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT INTERFUND
LOANS I REMEMBER DIRECTOR NOBLE
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE
WERE, THE COUNCIL WAS SEEKING
TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
DOLLARS THAT HOUSING COULD GET
OUT WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S 2019
--, WE AUTHORIZED A PLAN, A
$21 MILLION HOUSING BOND AND I
REMEMBER YOU DIRECTOR NOBLE
SAYING THE HOUSING BOND WAS
GREAT BUT WE DON'T NEED IT, WE
CAN DO IN INTERFUND LOAN.
TO PAY THAT OFF, AND I'M
WONDERING, IS THAT $29 MILLION
HOUSING BOND STILL OUT THERE
WAITING TO BE PAID OFF OR HAVE
WE USED THE INTERFUND LOAN TO
PAY IT OFF?
>> I NEED TO RESEARCH THE
ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, IT'S
JUST A LITTLE BLURRY IN MY
HEAD.
>> THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, I WAS
JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE
FACT YOU WERE HERE TO ASK IT.
>> I WAS COMPLAINING IN MY HEAD,
I KNOW THIS
IS ASSOCIATED WITH A CHANGE IN
STATE LAW AROUND, I THINK IT
WAS A PORTION OF EITHER -- BUT
I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE A
SPECIFIC NUMBER ON THIS BOND
ISSUE.
>> I'M SORRY, I'M WITH BEN,
THERE WERE SEVERAL
RELATED ADJUSTMENTS THAT
OCCURRED AND AT THIS MOMENT I
CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE
BOND ISSUANCE WAS.
WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
ASSEMBLE THE STORY, I JUST
DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST
QUESTION WE DID REVIEW AS PART
OF THE APRIL FORECAST UPDATE,
WE DID REVIEW THE FORECAST FOR
PAYROLL TAX REVENUES AND -- IS
WORKING ON THE UPDATE FOR
AUGUST , THE AUGUST REVENUE
UPDATE WE WILL HAVE THOSE
SHORTLY AND THIS WILL BE A
FOCUS THERE AS WELL.
A LITTLE BIT OF A TEASER
LOOKING AHEAD BUT NOT
ANTICIPATING SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE, AT LEAST AT THIS STAGE,
THAT WORK IS NOT COMPLETE YET
AND I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT IN
THE CONTEXT OF ALONE THAT IS
THE ABSTRACT RISK HERE IS THAT
REVENUES WILL NOT COME IN AT
THE LEVEL WAY AND THOUGHT, THAT
THEY WILL COME IN ON IT ONCE
RATHER THAN QUARTERLY SO WE
WILL HAVE TO RESPOND
ACCORDINGLY IF THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENS, IT WILL BE EARLY IN
THE BUDGET YEAR 2022 THAT WE
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT
THE PATH FORWARD AND I WOULDN'T
WANT TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THAT
MIGHT BE.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION AND AS OF APRIL THE
FORECAST IS -- TO TELL YOU
THAT THIS LOAN STILL MAKES SENSE
AND IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST .
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
LET ME DOUBLE CHECK.
OKAY.
SO DIRECTOR LEE I WANT TO THANK
YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK AS WELL RELATED TO
IMPLEMENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
RULEMAKING THAT YOU'VE BEEN
ENGAGED WITH WITH SOME OF THE
LARGER EMPLOYERS WHO WILL BE
PAYING THIS ASSESSMENT AND I
THINK FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS
WE HAD GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT
HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE
CREATING EASE FOR PAYING THE
OWED TAXES AND I'M HAPPY TO
HAVE MADE THAT UPDATE AS WELL
TO THE LEGISLATION EARLIER THIS
YEAR AS WELL AS CREATING THE
SEATTLE JUMPSTART FUND. IT IS
REALLY GOING TO ALLOW FOR US TO
HELP ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
ASKED WHICH IS HOW ARE
EXPECTED REVENUES ALIGNING WITH
RECEIVED REVENUES AND MAKING
SURE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GETTING
OUT TO THOSE PRIORITIZED AREAS
AND THE SPEND PLAN WILL BE MORE
TRANSPARENT AS WELL.
COLLEAGUES I AM GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNSEL
BILL 120 120147 IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECOND, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
ABOUT THE INTERFUND LOAN?
HEARING NONE MDM.
CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF COUNSEL
BILL 120147?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] MDM.
CHAIR THAT IS FOUR FAVORED NONE
OPPOSED .
>> IT'S UNANIMOUS, THE MOTION
CARRIES IN THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASSED WILL BE SENT TO THE
AUGUST 9 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR FINAL VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH DIRECTOR
NOBLE, THANK YOU DIRECTOR LEE
AND THANK YOU AS ALWAYS TOM
MIKESELL AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR
YOUR RESEARCH ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY MDM.
CLERK I THINK AT THIS TIME WE
ARE READY TO MOVE INTO ITEMS
NUMBER FIVE AND SIX.
COLLEAGUES I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
THESE ITEMS READ
INTO THE RECORD TOGETHER BUT AS
A REMINDER THERE IS NO
SCHEDULED VOTE FOR TODAY'S ITEMS
SO WE WILL START WITH AN
ORIENTATION OF THE LEGISLATION
IN FRONT OF US AND THEN HAVE A
CHANCE TO ASK SOME ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AND WALK-THROUGH ANY
BREAKING NEWS OR QUESTIONS THAT
WE MAY HAVE.
ADAM CLERK WOULD YOU READ ITEM
NUMBER FIVE AND SIX?
>> ITEM NUMBER FIVE COUNSEL
BILL 120111 AN ORDINANCE, AND I
HAVE COUNSEL BILL NUMBER SIX
NUMBER 612 NUMBER 612-0112.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORING IN 2021
ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FROM NON-
CITY SOURCES, AUTHORIZING THE
HEADS OF THE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT --
>> WONDERFUL.
SO WE HAVE OUR TEAM FROM
CENTRAL STAFF WITH US, ALY
PENNUCCI AND TOM MIKESELL AND
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY GREG DOSS
THIS MORNING AND COLLEAGUES I
WANT TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE
REVIEWING BOTH THE ACCEPTANCE
AND SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE THAT
WE BEGAN DISCUSSING IT LAST
WEEK'S MEETING.
WE HAVE A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE USING TODAY'S
MEETING TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS,
TALK ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS OR
ISSUES THAT YOU IDENTIFY WITH
EITHER
THE GRAND ACCEPTANCE OR THE
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS TIME FOR
US OVER THE NEXT ABOUT AN HOUR,
45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO DISCUSS
ITEMS THAT MAY BE COMING UP FOR
POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE 17th.
IF THERE ARE NOT AMENDMENTS
THAT YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN
CONCENTRATING OR IF TODAY'S
CONVERSATIONS, YOU WANT TO HAVE
AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE THAT HAS
NOT BEEN SUBMITTED AGAIN THE
DEADLINE WAS LAST TUESDAY SO
GIVEN SOME OF THE INFORMATION
THAT HAS BEEN SHARED SINCE LAST
TUESDAY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS
AND INFORMATION IN FRONT OF US
TODAY.
IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS THAT YOU'RE
CONTEMPLATING PLEASE DO REACH
OUT TO CENTRAL STAFF AND GIVE
THEM NOTIFICATION BY TOMORROW,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 BY NOON SO
THAT WE CAN BEGIN WORKING AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON ANY
AMENDMENTS.
MY INTENTION IS TO TRY TO SHARE
THOSE EARLY WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
SO THEY CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THOSE POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS
AT THE AUGUST 17 THE MEETING
FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE.
A
REMINDER THAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET SHOULD NOT REFLECT,
EXCUSE ME, SHOULD
REFLECT CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES
AND POLICIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THIS IS
NOT A CHANCE TO REDO THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE
MAJOR POLICY CHANGES AND
INVESTMENTS IN OUR CALENDAR
YEAR BUDGET AS WE CONSIDER THE
2022 BUDGET
WHICH WILL BEGIN IN JUST A FEW
MONTHS.
IN FACT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
EXPECTED TO SEND DOWN THEIR
PROPOSED BUDGET NEXT MONTH AND
THAT WILL INITIATE OUR BUDGET
PROCESS STARTING AT THE END OF
SEPTEMBER AND GOING INTO
OCTOBER.
WE DID HAVE A PREVIEW OF THE
PROPOSED GRANT ACCEPTANCE AND
SUPPLEMENT A BUDGET TWO WEEKS
AGO IN COMMITTEE AND SINCE
TRANSMITTING THAT SUPPLEMENTAL
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE PUBLICLY
ANNOUNCED LAST THURSDAY AFTER
AMENDMENTS WERE TO, PLANS THAT
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN INVESTING
IN AND OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT A
DIRECT RELATION TO THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS MADE BUT
BECAUSE IT IS A BUDGET DOCUMENT
THAT THEY ARE REFERENCING IT
DID SEEM LIKE IT WAS AN
IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
HAVE CENTRAL STAFF WALK US
THROUGH BOTH THE SUPPLEMENTAL
AND THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE AND ALSO FLOGGING
POTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT
COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE WHILE
REGARDING ANY OF THE
INFORMATION WE RECEIVED OVER
THE LAST --.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
ALY PENNUCCI TO WALK US THROUGH
THE BILLS IN FRONT OF US.
>> THANK YOU, AND I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO TOM TO DO A HIGH-
LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE TWO BILLS
THAT YOU WALK-THROUGH IN MORE
DETAIL ON THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN
MORE DETAIL, AND AS YOU
MENTIONED OUR COLLEAGUE GREG
DOSS IS ON THE LINE TO DISCUSS
THE SPD BUDGET MEMO THAT THE
COUNCIL RECEIVED LAST WEEK AND
OTHER CENTRAL STAFF COLLEAGUES
AND OTHER QUESTIONS THAT COME
UP RELATED TO -- OR OTHER POSED
-- SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
TOM .
>> THANK YOU.
SO JUST IN RECOGNITION OF TIME
AND THAT WE STARTED THE
CONVERSATION
AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING
I'M GOING TO GIVE A REALLY HIGH-
LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE TWO
ITEMS.
ITEM 5 IS COUNSEL BILL ONE ITEM
5 IS
COUNSEL BILL 120111 AND IT'S
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE LEGISLATION SO THE
COUNCIL IS INSTILLED WITH THE
AUTHORITY TO
ACCEPT GRANTS FROM EXTERNAL
FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE
RECEIVED DURING THE YEAR, THIS
PARTICULAR BILL WOULD ACCEPT A
TOTAL OF 23 POINT TRILLION
DOLLARS FROM FUNDING SOURCES
THAT ARE DETAILED IN THE DETAIL
ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
ITEM 6, THAT IS THE SECOND
CONFERENCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT HAS
BEEN TRANSMITTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE IN 2021.
THE BILL PROPOSES MIDYEAR
APPROPRIATIONS, POSITION AND
CAPITAL PROJECT CHANGES THAT
ARE ASSUMED
TO BE UNFORESEEABLE WHEN THE
BUDGET, THE ORIGINAL 2020 BUDGET
, 2021 A BUDGET WAS ADOPTED
MUST FILE, FALL, -- INCREASE
THE REVISED BUDGET BY $15
MILLION AND WOULD ADD 68
POSITIONS.
AS PROMISED THAT IS A VERY HIGH
LEVEL REVIEW OF THOSE TO BUILD.
THOSE TWO BILLS .
>> I GUESS I WILL JUMP IN NEXT
MDM.
CHAIR, A PLEASURE, GOOD MORNING
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND
GOOD MORNING FOR TWO MINUTES
STILL.
>> DO YOU MIND HOLDING JUST ONE
SECOND, COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD , I SAW YOU WANTED TO
FLAG FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
JUMP IN AND ALSO JUST PAUSE
REALLY QUICK TO SEE IF THERE
WERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
SUPPLEMENTAL OR THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE.
>> I MAY NOT BE FOLLOWING THE
OUTLINE THAT YOU PROPOSED FOR
ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES BUT
I AM ASSUMING THAT THIS IS AN
OKAY PAUSE TO ASK A QUESTION
ABOUT THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE?
IS THAT OKAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SO YOU NOTICE THAT THERE IS,
THERE SEEMS TO BE AT LEAST,
DOES THERE SEEM TO BE ANY GRANT
ACCEPTANCE FUNDING FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE, I
UNDERSTAND THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE
OF MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE PART
OF THE BUDGET OFFICE ON WHAT
THE COUNCIL WAS HOPING FOR.
AS IT RELATES TO SPD BUDGET
APPROVALS MOVING FORWARD.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GET US IN A
POSITION WHERE WE ARE GETTING
SPD GRANT ACCEPTANCE MUCH LATER
IN THE YEAR
>>> ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE
SPENDING OF SALARY SAVINGS FOR
HIRING BONUSES AND ALSO REMOVE
COUNCIL PROVISOS SO THAT THE
DEPARTMENT COULD START SPENDING
INTERNAL RESOURCES ON
SEPARATION PAY AND DEFERRED
COMPENSATION BUT THAT'S A
RATHER LIMITED PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
IT'S THE CASE THAT TO DO MANY
OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR
WOULD LIKE TO DO AND THAT ARE
ARTICULATED IN THAT LETTER, THE
MAYOR WOULD NEED TO PROPOSE
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION.
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CREATE
NEW CIVILIAN POSITIONS SUCH AS
A NEW SQUAD OF CSOS THAT ARE
PROPOSED IN THAT LETTER.
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE
APPROPRIATIONS TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS AND AN
APPROPRIATION TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR TRIAGE 1.
HOW THAT WOULD MAKE USE OF SPD
SALARY SAVINGS WOULD NEED TO BE
DETERMINED WHETHER THERE WOULD
BE A CUT TO SPD AND THEN AN
APPROPRIATION TO SEATTLE FIRE
OR SOME OTHER MEANS OF GETTING
THE MONEY OUT OF SPD AND INTO
SEATTLE FIRE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WOULD NEED TO
DETERMINE AND SEND THE BILL TO
COUNCIL AND THAT'S NOT BEEN
OCCURRED AND THERE'S NO PLAN
ARTICULATED FOR THAT YET AND
FINALLY THERE'S THIS NEED TO
ADDRESS THE GRANTS ACCEPTANCE
AND AUTHORIZATION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN.
ALLIE AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY
CVO STAFF THAT THERE IS A PLAN
TO SEND A BILL SOMETIME IN LATE
AUGUST THAT WOULD AT LEAST
ADDRESS THE GRANTS, THE
ACCEPTANCE OF SPD GRANTS AND
APPROPRIATION OF GRANTS.
THAT BILL COULD SERVE AS AN
VEHICLE THAT THE MAYOR PUT
FORWARD SUCH AS APPROPRIATING
THE COMMUNITY OF PUBLIC
INVESTMENTS OR INVESTMENTS 1 OR
CIVILIAN POSITIONS TO SPD OR
TRULY SOME OF SPD'S BUDGET SO
SERVE ON THE PROGRAM AND THAT
COULD SERVE AS A VEHICLE AND
YOU CAN USE THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET AS NOW TO MAKE SOME OF
THESE CHANGES THAT THE MAYOR
HAS SUGGESTED AND THAT IS
REALLY A DECISION THAT IS FOR
THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, DO WE
WANT TO USE THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET OUTSIDE THAT NOW YOU
WANT TO MAKE SUGGESTED CHANGES
OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL THE
MAYOR SENDS LEGISLATION O IN
TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND DO IT IN
SORT OF A COMPREHENSIVE SPD
BILL.
SO WITH THAT IS SORT OF AN
OVERVIEW AND I AM HAPPY TO GO
INTO A DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT THE
MAYOR HAS PROPOSED AND SORT OF
A LINE BY LINE DIVE OF THE
LETTER WITH ALL THE PROPOSED
CHANGES WITH SPD OR I'M HAPPY
TO DO THAT LATER IN THE PUBLIC
SAFETY M MEETING AS PLANNED
NEXT TUESDAY.
>> THANKS.
I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL MY
INTEREST IN FUNDING ELEMENTS
THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
LEGISLATION SO I'VE EXPRESSED
MY INTEREST IN A DOWN PAYMENT
ON THE $2 MILLION FOR CITIES
PARTICIPATION IN THE REGIONAL
PEACE KEEPER COLLABORATION.
I'VE SIGNALED MY INTEREST IN
FUNDING THE PURCHASE OF THE
FUNDING NEEDED BY THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER DISPATCH SYSTEM.
THIS INVESTMENT NEEDS TO BE
MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN
ORDER TO EVEN BEGIN TO LOOK AT
HOW MORE CALLS CAN BE DIVERTED
TO NON-SPD, NON-FIRE DEPARTMENT
RESPONSES AND THAT WILL LAY THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE
INVESTMENT IN THE TRIAGE 1
PROGRAM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND MAY
NEED SOME OTHER LEGISLATIVE
AUTHORITY.
SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY
INVESTMENTS THAT THE EXECUTIVE
IS SEEKING SO I'MMENTING TO EX-
TRESSA ARKANSAS PRESS THAT I AM
INTERESTED IN USING THIS
VEHICLE FOR SOME OF THOSE
THINGS.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT FOR
FUNDING SOME OF THESE ITEMS AND
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME
THAT WE ADDRESS SOME OF THEM IN
THE FUNDAMENTAL BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, WE'RE MAKING
PERMANENT STREET CAFES AND
INFORMING DECISIONS CITY WIDE
FOR IMPLEMENTATION POLICY AND
AN AMENDMENT I HAD BEFORE YOU
TODAY BUT I KNOW WE WON'T BE
VOTING ON TODAY AND L IT'S A --
THERE ARE TWO BOAT HOUSES IN
OUR CITY.
ONE AT THE PITS IN SOUTH
SEATTLE AND ONE IN GREEN LAKE.
THESE TWO BOAT HOUSES SERVE THE
ENTIRETY OF THE CITY AND GREEN
LAKE PEOPLE AND PIONEER SQUARE
ALL THE WAY TO SHORELINE.
WHAT WE HAVE IS A REDEVELOPMENT
OF THIS BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE
THE USES THAT ARE NEEDED.
THIS NEW BUILDING WILL ACOME
COMMUNITY SPACE AND WILL BE A
COMMUNITY CENTER ENTHUSIAST FOR
THE SHORELINE.
THEY'VE BEEN UNDER A
FUNDRAISING PROGRAM FOR MANY
YEARS AT THIS POINT AND THEY'RE
NOW $1.25 MILLION AWAY FROM
FINALIZING THEIR BUDGET AND
THEIR PERMIT READY, SHOVEL
READY, I'M JUST EXCITED TO
BRING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD
AND I WILL FLAG THAT WE ASK
PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND MAKING
SURE IT'S SHOVEL READY AND I'M
EXCITED TO HAVE BOTH BOAT
HOUSES IN SEATTLE FULLY
COMPLETED.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THAT'S THE REPORT ON MY
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, WE TOOK
A ROLE CALL AND WILL SEND OUT
OVER COMMITTEE AND WANT TO MAKE
SURE WHILE I HAD YOU ON THE
LINE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
ADDING YOUR NAME TO THAT FROM
COMMITTEE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO
HAVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
HAPPY AND HONOR OF A PRIVILEGE
TO SIGN OFF.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SEVERAL MEMBERS REFERENCED
FOR FUNDING FOR SPD OR THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
I ALSO HAVE PROPOSALS FOR
AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD FUND
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS
BEING HANDLED BY THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
SEATTLE IT TO DEAL WITH VERY
LARGE BACKLOG OF PDR COMPLAINTS
OR PDR REQUESTS TO SPD.
I ALSO HAVE FUNDING PROPOSAL
THAT WOULD FUND FAS FOR SPACE
FOR EVIDENCE STORAGE AS
IDENTIFIED AS AN URGENT NEED AS
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
BECAUSE THE CITY IS RUNNING OUT
OF SPACE TO STORE EVIDENCE AND
THEN LASTLY I WANT TO JUST
SIGNAL INTEREST IN PILOTING A
COMMUNITY RESPONDER PROGRAM
THAT WOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE
NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE NICK
JUNIOR REPORT.
THE REPORT IDENTIFIED THAT THE
PERCENTAGE OF CALLS THAT COULD
BE HANDLED BY NONPOLICE
RESPONSE AND A LOT OF BACK AND
FORTH OF WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER
IS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
EXECUTIVE ACTUALLY AGREE THAT
12% OF THE CALLS 911 TAKES CAN
BE HANDLED BY A NONPOLICE
OFFICERS RESPONSE BUT THE
TRIAGE PROGRAM PROPOSES TO
HANDLE A SMALL PORTION OF THAT
PERCENT AND IT WOULD BE REALLY
EXCITING TO EXPLORE FUNDING A
COMMUNITY RESPONSE, A CRISIS
RESPONSE, COMMUNITY BASED
CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM.
I KNOW THE EXECUTIVES REPORTED
TO MY COMMITTEE THERE WERE NO
APPLICATIONS TO HSDS, CAPACITY
BUILDING, PUBLIC SAFETY, RFP.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS
ACTUALLY AND HSD WAS NOT
CONSIDERING THIS BECAUSE IT WAS
A GEOGRAPHICALLY FOCUSED PILOT
RATHER THAN A CITY WIDE
PROPOSAL, BUT THERE IS A
PROPOSED PILOT FOR THE LAKE
CITY AREA FOR A 24 HOUR A DAY,
SEVEN DAY A WEEK COMMUNITY
RESPONSE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M ASKING FOR A PAUSE BECAUSE
I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SEE
WHAT WAS ON THE DOCKET FOR
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS PRIOR TO
SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT
WAS OUT THERE THAT MAY
INFLUENCE SUPPLEMENTAL AND
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS
MAKING POSSIBLE CHANGES AND
THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE SUMMARY
WHERE IT'S ARTICULATED AND
PEOPLE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
POTENTIALLY PROPOSING AND
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS I SEE YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH
US AND CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
AMENDMENT.
>> I SPOKE LAST WEEK AND I WILL
BE BRING AN AMENDMENT TO RE-
PRIORITIZE THE UNDERSPEND
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELAY AND
STANDING UP THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AS WE KNOW FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS
MEETING LAST WEEK AND THERE'S
CONSIDERABLE UNDERSTAND SPEND
THAT THE COUNCIL FULLY FUNDED
THREE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES TO
BEGIN OPERATION AS EARLY AS
JANUARY OF 2021.
IT'S ANTICIPATED THOSE VILLAGES
WILL OPEN FOR THE MOST PART IN
OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR SO THERE'S
CONSIDERABLE UNDERSPEND FROM
THE OPERATIONS THAT WE DIDN'T
HAVE TO PAY FOR AND THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN BUILT.
THE RE-PURPOSES OF THOSE FUNDS
ARE TO REASSESS THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE EXPERIENCING
UNANTICIPATED OVERRUNS WITH
COMPLETION OF PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS AND
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB INDICATED
SUPPORT AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY
TRYING TO COMPLETE WITH THE
SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS
MONEY COULD BE PUT TO USE AS A
ONE TIME RESOURCE.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE
IT'S A ONE TIME PRIORITY AND
WE'LL HAVE THE VILLAGES UP AND
RUNNING AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO FULLY FUND THEM FOR 2022.
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
APPRECIATE THAT AND I WILL FUND
TWO AMENDMENTS AND THEN LET'S
MOVE ON IF THERE'S NO OTHER
AMENDMENTS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO
FLAG.
TWO I WAS CONSIDERING, ONE
WOULD DOVE TAIL WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS JUST SPOKE ABOUT,
WHICH WAS TRYING TO ALLOCATE
AROUND $200,000 TO AN ENTITY
LIKE SOUTH SOLUTION NORTHWEST
THAT HELPS BUILD THE TINY HOUSE
WE NEED AND RELY ON VOLUNTEER
LABOR AND VOLUNTEER DONATION
WHICH IS GREATLY NEEDED AND
THOSE DOING WORK ON BEHALF OF
THE CITY GET PAID FOR IT AND
WE'RE INTERESTED IN ALLOCATING
SOME PORTION OF AN UNDERSPEND
AS WELL TO BUILDING THOSE TINY
HOUSES AND SOME SOLUTIONS
NORTHWEST.
OTHER ITEM THAT I'M VERY
INTERESTED IN IS CONTINUING TO
EXPAND UPON THE GRANTS THAT
HAVE GONE OUT THE DOOR AND
EITHER EXTENDING THE TIME LINE
FROM 18 MONTHS TO 24 MONTHS OR
SEEING IF THERE WAS ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS THAT WERE NOT
FUNDED THROUGH HSD'S COMMUNITY
SAFETY RESPONSE SYSTEMS THAT
WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
AND LOOKING TO PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE IN THE ROUND OF $1-
$2 MILLION THERE.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS AND
SUPPORTING THE CALL AND HAVING
SUPPORT AND OVERREACH TO DO THE
OUTREACH AND THE BIGGER
QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
INTO OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS IS
THE CAPACITY FOR BOTH REACH AND
ENTITIES LIKE THEM AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO A BROAD
BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
ALLOW FOR US TO HAVE MORE
ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED AND
TRAINED IN THE JUST CARES LIKE
MODEL SO THERE'S A PLACE FOR
THOSE OUTREACH CONTACTS TO GO
TO SO, AGAIN, AS WE THINK ABOUT
ALTERNATIVES TO JUST
INCARCERATION OR POLICING AND
WANTING TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING
TO THE INVESTMENT IN THE
UPSTREAM SOLUTION IS SOMETHING
I'M CONTINUING TO LOOK INTO.
THAT WOULD ALLOW THE
PREDEVELOPMENT DOLLARS TO GO
INTO THE GARFIELD PROJECT.
WITH THAT, JUST WANT TO TURN IT
OVER TO GREG.
NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL HANDS AT
THIS POINT, GREG.
LET'S HEAR HOW SOME OF THOSE
ITEMS EITHER OVERLAP WITH WHAT
THE MAJOR HAS PROPOSED OR MAYBE
ARE NEW ITEMS THAT ARE BEING
PUT IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AT
THIS POINT.
AS YOU SAID, IF WE WERE TO SEE
HOW THAT PROPOSAL IS EITHER IN
ALIGNMENT OR NOT WITH WHAT
WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN FRONT OF
US.
.
>> POSITIONS THAT WORKED WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND SWORN SALARY
SAVINGS BECAME AVAILABLE, THE
DEPARTMENT HAD INTEREST IN
USING THE SALARY SAVINGS TO
FILL SOME OF THESE CIVILIAN
POSITIONS AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD IN THE CRAFTING OF HER
AMENDMENTS FOR COUNCIL BILL
119981 WOULD HAVE FUNDED THE
SALARY SAVINGS THESE POSITIONS
SPECIFICALLY WITH PREVENTION
COORDINATOR AND THE DEPARTMENT
PROMOTED DATA WORK AND AS IT IS
THE DEPARTMENT IN THIS
PARTICULAR LIST HAD IDOLLED
SOME MORE CIVILIANS INTO THE
NEXT.
THEY HAVE NOW ADDED INTO THIS
MIX ANOTHER UNIT OF CSOS THAT
THEY WOULD PROPOSE TO FILL AND
USE SWORN SALARY SAVINGS TO
FUND.
AS I SAID IN MY OPENING
COMMENTS AND THEY DON'T HAVE
POSITION AUTHORITY FOR AN
ADDITIONAL UNIT OF CSOS AND
THIS IS ANOTHER THING HANGING
OUT THERE AND A VEHICLE YOU
HAVE BEFORE YOU AND YOU COULD
DO IT IN THE LEGISLATION THAT
THEY'RE PLANNING ON SENDING IN
SEPTEMBER.
SO THEY'VE ALSO GOT THE PUBLIC
SAFETY LIAISON AND THEY'VE
ADDED A TRAINING COORDINATOR
POSITION AND THAT'S A NEW ONE
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR
AND SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF
ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE WORK.
SO ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE
COVERED IN THE FIRST TWO LINES
AND THOSE ARE THE CIVILIAN
POSITIONS THAT ARE WITH THE
SWORN SAVINGS AND THE NEXT LINE
IS TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY.
GIVEN THIS BILL IS BEFORE US
NOW, IF THE REST OF THE
COMMITTEE AGREES, I THINK IT
WOULD MAKE SENSE TO TAKE THE
ACTION THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A
TITLE CHANGE AND A
REINTRODUCTION SO AGAIN,
FUNDING THOSE VACANT UNFUNDED
EXISTING POSITIONS AND TAKING
THAT ACTION WITHIN THE BILL AND
CONSIDERING AN ACTION TO ADD
POSITIONS IN FUTURE LEGISLATION
IS RESERVING TIME TO CONSIDER
THE REQUEST THAT REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY AT A LATER
DATE.
>> THANK YOU.
I UNDERSTAND THE SHEET IN FRONT
OF US ON THE SCREEN IS A
REORIENTATION OF THE SPREAD
SHEET IN YOUR MEMO ON PAGES 7
AND 8. IS THERE A A WAY THAT WE
CAN CROSS REFERENCE THAT WITH
WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLT
JUST NOTED, WHICH ARE THE ITEMS
THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A
REINTRODUCTION THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN NOW.
.
>> THANK YOU.
MY INTERNET CUT OUT FOR A BIT
AND I HAD TO CALL IN AND MAY
HAVE MISSED SOMETHING BUT IF
I'M UNDERRING THIS LIST
CORRECTLY AND SOME OF THE
COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLDT JUST MADE, THEN THIS
WOULD BE REVISITING THE
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT
FILLING CSO AND THE COORDINATOR
POSITIONS AND I BELIEVE WE
ALREADY VOTED ON IT AND
REJECTED IT SO I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE SAME THING BECAUSE IF
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I
FEEL LIKE I CAN SUPPORT IN THIS
PACKAGE.
>> TO BE CLEAR, I WAS ONLY
TALKING ABOUT PROCESS, NOT
TRYING TO GAUGE SUPPORT FOR ANY
AMENDMENT OR OTHER AMENDMENT.
I WAS JUST SORT OF TALKING
ABOUT -- AND I TOTALLY PREPARED
TO BRING AN AMENDMENT INTO A
SUBSTITUTE AND ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS ON THE TABLE IS
WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN
AGREEMENT TO AT LEAST CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS THAT MEET SOME
CRITERIA WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT
OTHERS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED
AND TO RECOGNIZE THEM, WE WOULD
HAVE TO INCLUDE PASSAGE OF
ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION OR A
SUBSTITUTE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A
TITLE CHANGE.
>> TWO THINGS.
FIRST, I HOPE I'M SPEAKING
CORRECTLY AND IT'S POSSIBLE AS
I READ THIS MEMO AND TALKS
ABOUT NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE MEMO MARKED
WITH AN ASTERISK.
WHEN THEY SAY NEW POSITIONS, I
DON'T KNOW IF THEY MEAN THEY
DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY FOR THEM
OR IF THAT MEANS THAT IT'S A
POSITION THAT THEY HAVE
AUTHORITY FOR THAT THEY JUST
DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THE JANUARY
MEMOS SO STAFF NEEDS TO DO A
LITTLE MORE -- I NEED TO DO A
LITTLE MORE DIGGING AND I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT'S NECESSARILY THE
CUT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT YOU
WANT TO MAKE.
YOU MAY JUST WANT TO MAKE THE
CUT OF WHAT WAS IN THE JANUARY
MEMO AND WHAT WAS NOT IN THE
JANUARY MEMO AND THEN SECOND,
ALLIE HAS SOME THINGS THAT SHE
WANTS TO ADD.
>> OUR VERSION OF THE SALARY
SAVINGS AND MOVING FROM SPD TO
OTHER DENIES AND I WANT TO
ORIENT PEOPLE TO THE TABLE IN
TERMS OF POSITIONS AND THAT
TYPE OF THING.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF REVIEWING
ACTION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL,
MAYBE OUR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
ORDNANCE IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU
AGREE WITH THEIR PROPOSED
APPROACH FOR RE-PURPOSING SOME
OF THE SALARY SAVINGS AND IF
YOU DO NOT -- ACTIONS TO TAKE
TO RESTRICT SPENDING IN CERTAIN
WAYS AND SOME ACTIONS THEY CAN
DO ALREADY WITHIN THEIR
EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS AS GREG
MENTIONED MAY HAVE POSITIONS
THAT ARE VACANT AND COULD BE
FILLED AS WELL AS THE BUDGET
OFFICE HAS SOME AUTHORITY TO
ESTABLISH EMERGENCY POSITIONS
IF NEEDED AND THE COUNCIL MAY
NEED TO TAKE A PROACTIVE STEP
IN AFFIRMATIVELY SAYING THEY
CANNOT USE FUNDS IF YOU
DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THESE
SPENDING AREAS AND CONSIDERING
WHAT YOUR PRIORITY ARE AND IN
PART WE'RE HERE TODAY AND IT'S
DIFFICULT TO MAKE THESE
DECISIONS INDIVIDUALLY AS ONE
USE OF SALARY SAVINGS WITH USE
OF THOSE FUNDS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALLIE.
THIS IS A HELPFUL REMINDER,
FOLKS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING
WHAT OUR GOAL IS OVER THE NEXT,
YOU KNOW, 20 MINUTES THAT WE'VE
BEEN TRYING TO DISCUSS FOR THE
LAST HOUR.
THIS IS REALLY OUR OPPORTUNITY
TO FLAG POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS
THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY
DECISIONS TODAY ABOUT WHERE WE
DRAW THE LINE.
THIS IS REALLY A OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO DIG INTO THE NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SALARY
SAVINGS AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET OVERALL
GIVEN THERE ARE ALREADY SOME
INTEREST AND WITH HOW SOME OF
THOSE UNDERSPENT ISSUES ARE AND
WE'RE IN A FRUSTRATING PLACE
AND SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS
BEGAN PRIOR TO LAST THURSDAY
WHEN THE PRESS RELEASES WERE
SHARED AND I THINK PART OF WHAT
I'D LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF BEFORE WE
LEAVE TODAY IS WHERE THERE'S
COUNCIL MEMBER INTEREST AND
POSSIBLE POLICY IDEAS, WHICH
YU'VE ALL BEGUN TO FLAG.
THANK YOU.
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A
DECISION ABOUT YES, NO ON ANY
OF THE ITEMS FROM THE MAJOR'S
OFFICE AND THAT'S WHAT THE NEW
WEEKS ARE FOR AND WE CAN HAVE
MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF
THE UNDERSPEND GO AND I WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I
UNDERSTAND AS YOU'RE WALKING
THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE
ITEMS, GREG, IF THERE HAS BEEN
ANY INDICATION THAT SPENDING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING, ESPECIALLY
WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION FROM THIS
COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE VERY
PROBLEMATIC FOR ME.
I KNOW MANY OF THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY
HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT
DOLLARS SPENT BEFORE
AUTHORIZATION HAS BEEN GIVEN
AND IF YOU CAN HELP ME IDENTIFY
AS WE GO THROUGH THE AREAS
CREEPING INTO THAT CATEGORY,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW
AND I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE IN
TERMS OF ORIENTING THE ISSUE OF
IDENTIFICATION AS WE SEEK TO
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE POSSIBLE
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND MAKING
SURE THERE'S MORE SOLID
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S BEING
PROPOSED AND WHAT IS ALREADY
BEING DONE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, I JUST
WANTED TO CHECK IS THAT A
LEFTOVER HAND FROM YOUR
PREVIOUS COMMENT OR DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER COMMENT?
>> I WILL LOWER MY HAND.
>> NO PROBLEM.
GREG, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU'RE HITTING IT ON THE MARK
AND ME AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBODT AND COUNCIL MEMBER IN
THE EXISTING BUDGET THAT WAS
THE 2021 BUDGET AND IT WAS
VACANT AND DEFUNDED AS PART OF
THE COVID THE POSITIONS THEY'RE
NOT FUNDING AND WHAT THEY NEED
POCKETS FOR.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
IT WAS THE REQUEST FOR NEW
AUTHORITY AND THE THINGS WITH
NO AUTHORITY AND FOR US
ENGAGING IN THE CONVERSATION
AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS
AUTHORITY TO DO AND THAT SPEAKS
TO THE POINT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLDT IS MAKING AND IF THERE
ARE THINGS REALLY RESTRICTED
LIKE SEPARATION PAY FOR
EXAMPLE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
JUST TO HAVE THOSE THINGS DILL
LENUATEED AND IT'S REALLY
HELPFUL WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS
VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE
COUNCIL AND COUNSEL CAN'T DO.
>> IF THEY DID NOT WANT THE
DEPARTMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
HIRING SOME OF THESE POSITIONS,
AN ACT OF PROVISO TO MAKE SURE
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE
THERE'S ADMINISTRATIVE WAYS
THAT THE EXECUTIVE CAN MOVE
FORWARD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLDF,
FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AT ANY
TIME BUT GREG, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND KEEP WORKING THROUGH THIS.
>> OKAY.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS
ITEM IS THEY HAVE A WHITE BOARD
AND CARDS AND SOMEONE IN
PAYROLL GOES THROUGH THEM AND
DOCUMENTS THEM SO THAT WOULD
AUTOMATE THAT SYSTEM.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
CONTRACT YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR
THAT IN THE LAST AND ENTERED
INTO MENTAL HEALTH FOR OFFICERS
AND THIS IS PART OF A HIRING
RETENTION AND WELLNESS PROGRAM
THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD PUT
INTO PLACE.
CONTRACTING BACKGROUND
SERVICES, THE NEXT ONE FOR
$110,000.
ONE OF THE STICKING POINTS FOR
SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND
GETTING FOLKS IN THE DOOR
QUICKER AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
WITH WHAT'S GOING ON BE W THE
SHORTAGE.
DO YOU WANT TO OFFER MORE NOW?
>> IF I COULD.
THANK YOU.
I WANT TO OFFER A CLARIFYING
POINT AND NOW THAT EARLIER WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO SORT
OF MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN
CIVILIAN AND LIKELY TO DEFUND
THEM AND SAYING THINGS AND --
SORRY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I'M IN TRANSIT HERE.
ONE OF MY PROJECTIVES AND
AUTHORITY LEGISLATION IS TO END
THE PRACTICE OF AND THERE'S
SOME AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
COUNCIL FOR FTD TO USE THOSE
FUNDS OR ELSE WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE THE CYCLE OF SPD
PAYING FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO
PAY FOR AND COMING TO US AFTER
THE FACT AND ASKING PERMISSION
FOR WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE
AND ONE OF MY HIGH PRIORITIES
FOR THIS BILL IS TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THINGS THE COUNCIL
SUPPORTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SOME OF THESE ITEMS AND THE
NEXT FEW ARE EASY AND
SEPARATION PAY AND JUST SIMPLY
THE PAYOUT AND SICK TIME WHEN
AN OFFICE LEAVES AND COSTS NOT
COVERED IN THE BUDGET AND
ADDITIONAL OFFICERS LEAVING AND
THE SAME IS TRUE OF THE NEXT
ITEM DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT IN THE
SPA CONTRACT WITH CITY MATCHES
AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND
THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID OUT.
THE THIRD ITEM WAS A BIT MORE
-- THE NEXT ITEM IS A BIT MORE
COMPLICATED EVENT OVER TIME.
WHEN THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET
WAS WRITTEN BY THE COUNCIL WHEN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS
SUBMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND IT
WAS WRITTEN BY THE COUNCIL AND
BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL
MADE CUTS TO EVENT OVER TIME.
AND THE CUTS WERE MADE WITH THE
ASSUMPTION THAT THE COVID
SITUATION WOULD CONTINUE
POTENTIALLY LONGER THAN IT HAS.
I THINK THE VACCINE BECOMING
WIDELY AVAILABLE IN THE SPRING
HAPPENED SOONER THAN I THINK
ALMOST ANYONE THOUGHT IT WOULD.
THAT LEAVES THE SITUATION LIKE
IT WILL STAFF OTHER EVENTS LIKE
I THOUGHT IT WOULD AND I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE SUBSEQUENT FOR
A SHORT FALL IN OVERTIME
FUNDING LEADING FOR THE EVENTS
AND THEY'RE CURRENTLIEST MATING
THAT SHORT FALL WOULD BE ABOUT
$3 MILLION.
DOES COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLDF
HAVE A QUESTION?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> THIS PAID LEAVE IS ONLY ONE
COMPONENT OF A LARGER ITEM AND
TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAID PARENTAL
LEAD AND IT'S $1.8 MILLION AND
THERE IS $1.6 MILLION THAT IS
SITTING IN FINANCE GENERAL IN
RESERVE FOR SPD THAT WILL BE
TRANSFERRED AT THE END OF THE
YEAR TO SPD BUT IT'S NOT
ENOUGH.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT WOULD
ALSO LIFT COUNCIL PROVISO TO
ALLOW FOR MUCH OF THE SPENDING
IN THE ITEMS I'VE COVERED
ABOVE.
SO GOING -- FINISHING OUT THE
LIST AND THAT'S $13.7 MILLION
AND THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT
SPD WOULD FUND MOSTLY RELATED
TO SPD.
THEN THERE ARE THESE ITEMS THAT
I'M ABOUT TO GO INTO NOW, WHICH
ARE SOME NEW PUBLIC SAFETY
INITIATIVES.
TRIAGE 1 PROPOSAL FOR $700,000
THAT 911 DISPATCH PROTOCOL
SYSTEM FOR THE C SCC AND THE
MENTIONING EARLIER.
FUNDING FOR THE INITIATIVES, IF
THEY ARE [ INAUDIBLE ] SOMEHOW
HAS TO GET OUT OF SPD FOR THE
PLACES BUT TRIAGE 1 AND SOMEHOW
IT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS
PARTICULAR VEHICLE AND WHETHER
THE MAYOR SUBMITS LEGISLATION
ALONG WITH THE GRANTS,
ACCEPTANCE, OR SOME OF THESE
OTHER ITEMS I MENTIONED, THAT'S
UP TO THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH
THAT.
THESE ARE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE
TO ADDRESS AND ALL THESE TIMES
TOGETHER ADD TO $15.8 MILLION
IN SPENDING AND THE SALARY
SAVINGS ESTIMATE AT THE END OF
JUNE IS $15.3 MILLION AND
LEAVES SOMEWHERE AROUND $64,000
BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE VERY HIGH
LEVEL ESTIMATES BASED ON
STAFFING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT
SOME FOLKS HAVE HAD THE CHANCE
TO REALLY WALK THROUGH THIS
MEMO AND INFORMATION THAT WAS
PUT OUT IN THE PRESS.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS PEOPLE
WOULD LIKE TO ASK?
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT MY
MULTIPLE SCREENS FOR A POSSIBLE
HAND.
I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THIS INCENTIVE PAY.
WE'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY
ESPECIALLY IN COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS' COMMITTEE MEETING
REGARDING HOMELESS SERVICES
THAT THERE IS A FUNDING
SHORTAGE AND HAS BEEN
APPROPRIATED BY THIS FUNDING
SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE MAYOR IN
HOMELESS SERVICES AND CONCERNED
ABOUT THE RESISTANCE TO
STANDING UP THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AND OTHERS CREATED.
ONE OF THE RATIONALS WE HEARD
WAS A SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL
WITHIN HSI AND WE KNOW THAT
COVID HAS DRAMATICALLY AFFECTED
THE FOLKS THAT HAVE ALREADY ARE
WITHIN HUMAN SERVICES
CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS SO I
GUESS.
>> I'M TALKING INCENTIVE PAY.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
THAT FOLKS HAVE?
OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THE ENTIRE PACKAGE HERE?
OKAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN
THIS DISCUSSION TODAY.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL TO BE
ANSWERED, AND I APPRECIATE
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLDF HAVING
A SIMILAR CONVERSATION TRYING
TO GET INTO THE POLICY DETAILS
HERE IN FRONT OF US NEXT
TUESDAY.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
SO I WILL BE TUNING IN IF NOT
ASKING FOR REQUEST TO JOIN THE
MEETING AS WELL AND MORE WITH
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND FULL
UNDERSTANDING AND BEING
PROPOSED FOR US AND TOUCH BASE
ON TRIAGE ONE AND INTEREST IN A
TRIAGE SYSTEM AND THIS IS PART
OF THE REASON WHY THE COUNCIL
TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF
INVESTMENTS GOING INTO THE
HEALTH ONE DANCE SO WE HAD
ALTERNATIVES TO OF AT LEAST
SHOWING UP FOR WELL CHECKS AND
FOR EXAMPLE RECENTLY HERE IN
THE NORTH AREAS SAW BOTH FIRE
AND POLICE RESPONDING TO A
INDIVIDUAL TWICE IN ONE MORNING
WHO WAS NEEDING A WELL CHECK
AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND
THE NEED FOLKS WITH FIRST
RESPONDERS COMING OUT TO DO A
WELL CHECK HOPEFULLY HAVING
THEM AS CASE MANAGERS AND
SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDERS BEING
ABLE TO DO THAT INITIAL
ASSESSMENT AND HOW THAT WOULD
BOTH BE A COST SAVINGS AND HOW
IT WOULD BE REDUCING THE
INTERACTION WITH INDIVIDUALS
SHOWINGUP WITH OFFICERS WHEN
WE NEED CASEWORKERS AND SOCIAL
WORKERS SHOWING UP TO DO THE
ASSESSMENT.
I STILL HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
WHERE THE HANDOFF GOES TO AND
I'M COUNCILLY INTERESTED IN
EXPANDING THOSE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND GRANTS THAT HSD HAS
AUTHORIZED AND THAT'S EXPENDING
THOSE AND ADDING ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY AND HAVE TO HAVE
SOMEWHERE TO REFER FOLKS OFF TO
AND FLAGGING MY OWN INTEREST IN
THAT.
NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL HANDS AT
THIS POINT.
ALLIE, TOM, GREG, ANY SUMMARY
COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO OFFER ON
THIS CONVERSATION WITH A CAVEAT
AND NOTE IT IS TO BE CONTINUED
NEXT TUESDAY.
>> I'D REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID
ABOUT GETTING PROPOSALS BY
WEDNESDAY AT NOON AND OUT OF
THE OFFICE IN A COUPLE WEEKS
AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT ALL
COORDINATED AND INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTED WELL IN ADVANCE OF
THE NEXT COMMITTEE DISCUSSION
SO THERE'S TIME TO FINE TUNE
ANY AMENDMENTS SO THANK YOU FOR
SETTING THAT EARLY DEADLINE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE COME
OFF MUTE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
GENEROUS TIME TODAY.
IT'S THREE MINUTES AFTER 1:00
WHEN I PROMISED WE'D GET YOU
OUT.
WE SUCCESSFULLY MOVED FOUR
ITEMS ON OUR COMMITTEE TODAY
AND BIG AGENDA AND NEXT MEETING
WE'LL DISCUSS THE MEETING FOR
THE COMMUNITY HOUSING BOARD AND
REVENUE FORECAST ON THE AGENDA
AND BRING BACK TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION BOTH THE MID YEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND MID
YEAR GRANT ACCEPTANCE
LEGISLATION AND CONSIDER
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS, AND WE'LL
FOLLOW UP FROM THE ITEM ON
TODAY'S MEETING, WHICH IS THE
MFTE LEGISLATION EXTENSION AND
MATERIALS PROVIDE ON TODAY'S
AGENDA AND LET THE OFFICE, MY
OFFICE KNOW THROUGH AARON HOUSE
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE TWO MORE
MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER BOTH ON
FRIDAY.
SEPTEMBER 10 AND SEPTEMBER 17
AT 9:30.
THAT'S A REVISED SCHEDULE FOR
SEPTEMBER AND WITH THAT, WE
HOPE TO SEE YOU AT OUR NEXT
AUGUST 17 MEETING FOR FINANCE
AND HOUSING STARTING AT 9:30.
THANKS TO ALL STAFF FOR BEING
ONLINE WITH US AS WELL AS
MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S TEAM AND
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
WE WILL SEE YOU ALL IN TWO
WEEKS AND AGAIN REMINDER
AMENDMENTS DUE TO ALLIE IN
CONCEPT TOMORROW AT NOON.
THANKS SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT
AFTERNOON.