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>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD
MORNING, EVERYONE.
IT IS TUESDAY, I AM TERESA
MOSQUEDA, THE TIME IS NINE 131
A.M.
THE COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME
TO ORDER.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT MOTHER
ALICE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> CONSUMMATE THE STRESS?
>> EXCUSED.
>> CHAIR MUST GET A, THAT IS
FOR PRESENT, ONE EXCUSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR ALTERNATE IS ALSO EXCUSED
TODAY.
THERE WILL BE FOUR OF US.
WHEN WE ARE JOINED BY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WILL MAKE
SURE TO ANNOUNCE THEM.
I EXPECT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
TO JOIN US AS WE DELIBERATE THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE --
EXCUSE ME, ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET ITEMS.
THESE ARE ITEMS WHERE WE INVITE
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO JOIN
US SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE ROBUST
DISCUSSION.
WE WILL ANNOUNCE THEM WHEN THEY
JOIN.
WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO ADJOURN BY
1:00 P.M.
WE WILL BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING
WITH PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WE
HAVE A HARD END TIME AT 10:00
A.M.
WE WILL GET THERE IS MANY
PEOPLE SIGNED UP AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL GO INTO APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE THREE REAPPOINTMENTS TO
THE COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING
BOARD.
WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE
REVENUE FORECAST FROM THE
BUDGET OFFICE, THEN WE WILL
HAVE A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE
VOTE ON THE MIDYEAR GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE AND THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE.
THAT WILL BE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
THEN THE REMAINING HOUR OF OUR
COMMITTEE MEETING, WE WILL HAVE
BRIEF ON THE MULTIFAMILY TAX
EXEMPTION ANNUAL REPORT AND
EXTENSION LEGISLATION.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER 20 MINUTE
BRIEFING ON THE POSSIBLE VOTE
TO AUTHORIZE THE NEW LEASE FOR
THE REPORT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
CREATING ADDITIONAL TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES ON PUBLIC OWNED LAND.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL END WITH A
20 MINUTE PRESENTATION FROM THE
FINANCE AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ON THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
SERVICE REPORT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
LET'S GET WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FOLKS
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
PLEASE ADJUST YOUR REMARKS
ACCORDINGLY.
IF YOU DON'T GET THROUGH YOUR
COMMENT, FEEL FREE TO SEND
THOSE AT COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL END
AT 10:00 A.M.
YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME AT THE
END OF YOUR ONE MINUTE.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION TO WRAP
UP YOUR COMMENT.
THEN AFTER THE ONE MINUTE, YOUR
MICROPHONE WILL SOON BE SHUT
OFF.
PLEASE DO TRY TO WRAP IT UP.
I WILL CALL ONE SPEAKER AT A
TIME.
WHEN YOU ARE CALLED ON, YOU
WILL HEAR A PROMPT THAT SAYS
YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION TO HIT
STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOUR LINE.
ALSO MAKE SURE YOUR OWN PHONE
IS OFF OF MUTE.
AFTER YOU HIT STAR SIX, BEGIN
SPEAKING.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING AS TODAY'S
AGENDA.
WE ASK AFTER YOU ARE FINISHED
WITH PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU
DISCONTINUE FROM THE WINE AND
WATCH ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
LISTEN ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WITH THAT, WE WILL OPEN UP
PUBLIC COMMENT AND GET THE
PUBLIC COMMENT STARTED, HERE
WITH PETER CONDON, TRAVOLTA
WILEY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM AN
ABOLITIONIST LIVING IN DISTRICT
VI.
I SUPPORT BUDGET AMENDMENT NINE
A TO CUT $100,000 FROM STDs
BUDGET AND USE IT TO BUILD THE
SUPERBLOCK PROJECT.
BUDGET AMENDMENT EIGHT SHOULD
BE FURTHER AMENDED TO FURTHER
$15 MILLION OF SAVINGS TO
COMMUNITY.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT EVERY 10
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY NONPROFITS
IN THE CITY LEADS TO A 9%
REDUCTION IN THE HOMICIDE RATE,
6% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME
AND 4% REDUCTION IN THE CRIME
RATE.
CONSUL SHOULD PUT MORE INTO
FUNDING HST COMMUNITY CAPACITY
BUILDING GRANTS AND
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
COUNCIL SHOULD WITHHOLD FUNDING
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
UNTIL THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS NO NEED FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE NONVIOLENT CITY
EMPLOYEES TO BE KEPT IN A
VIOLENT, RACIST DEPARTMENT.
FINALLY, COUNCIL SHOULD PREPARE
COMMITTEE RESPONSE WORK TO
RESPOND TO 3/4 911 CALLS FOR
ALL SERVICE AS RECOMMENDED BY
REPORT COMMISSIONED BY THE SPD
AND PUBLISHED RECENTLY BY THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETER.
GOOD MORNING, TRAYVON.
>> HI, I AM CALLING TO ASK TO
TRANSFER MORE THAN THE 5.4
MILLION IN [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IN SPD DEPARTMENT.
YOU NEED TO PUT THAT MONEY INTO
THE COMMUNITY CAPACITY HOLDING
FUND, MPD, AND WHY IS IT THAT
WE ARE ONLY TRANSFERRING 5.4
MILLION TO THE COMMUNITY WITH
THE REST OF THE 10 MILLION [
INDISCERNIBLE ] GOING TO?
IS IT GOING TO INSTITUTIONS
THAT CONTINUES TO OPPRESS BIPOC
PEOPLE?
ARE WE GOING TO PUT MORE MONEY
INTO CAGING PEOPLE?
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS REDUCES
HOMICIDE WITHOUT INCREASING
VIOLENCE THROUGH POLICE.
WE HAD OVER 70 APPLICANTS FOR
THE COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING
FUND AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FUNDED.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] HOST
EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE JUST A
FEW OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WERE NOT FUNDED.
THE SOLUTION FOR A HEALTHY AND
THRIVING SEATTLE IS IN THE
HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE ARTICLE -- SEATTLE IS IN A
CRITICAL POINT.
IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE HANDS OF
THE COMMITTEE.
DO BETTER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NIKITA
OLIVER.
THANK YOU, NIKITA.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND CITY COUNCIL.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
CREATIVE JUSTICE WHICH IS AN
ART SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE ARE ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT
RECEIVED GAMES THROUGH THE
SAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT,
AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU ON
TWO POINTS AROUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
TO MOVE THIS COMMUNITY CARE --
THE TWO POINTS ARE, FIRST, A
YEAR AND A HALF IS NOT ENOUGH
TIME FOR A NONPROFIT THAT IS
EXPECTED TO TAKE ON THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND BUILD
A MODEL THAT WILL BUILD AND
WORK FOR EVERYONE DURING A
DURATION OF TIME THAT WE NEED,
WHICH IS FOREVER.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO
EXPAND THE CAPACITY BUILDING
GRANT OUT TO 2 YEARS SO
NONPROFITS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THE
FUNDING IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.
THE SECOND THING IS, THERE ARE
MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID NOT
RECEIVE FUNDING.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU
TO USE SALARY SAVINGS TO FUND
MORE ORBS BECAUSE THAT WILL
BENEFIT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
OF EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
STEPHANIE INGRAM, KAREN S 70
AND JEFF PIPER.
SORRY, STEPHANIE, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI THERE.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE INGRAM.
I AM A LONG TIME CAPITOL HILL
AND SENT HER AREA RESIDENT.
I'M GOING TO ENCOURAGE THE
COUNCIL TO APPROVE EITHER THE
AMENDMENTS OPPOSED THE GUN -- [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND IMPROVING
IT WILL MAKE A MUCH NEEDED
ANGER IN THE MIDDLE OF A
RAPIDLY CHANGING LANDSCAPE .
YOU'RE BRINGING THE COMMUNITY
APART THAT [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
REFLECTS THE PART OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WE WILL CREATE A
SAFER MORE INCLUSIVE SPACE THAT
WILL BE AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC
AMENITY.
EVERYTHING A PERSON THAT I'VE
TALKED TO ABOUT THIS PROJECT
SAID IT IS A NO-BRAINER.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND STRAUSS FOR
PROVIDING OPTIONS AND
ENCOURAGING THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT [
INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
SKATER AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
I AM PART OF THE GARFIELD TO
BLOCK COALITION.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR FUNDING
TOWARD THE GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK
THROUGH EITHER OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED
TO YOU TODAY.
I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY
EFFORT AND COALITION.
I SERVED AS [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
OVER THE YEARS, NOT TO DIMINISH
THE AMAZING WORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS DONE, BUT THIS
PARTICULAR COMMUNITY LED EFFORT
IS THE REAL DEAL.
OUR COALITION HAS REFLECTED A
REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR BELOVED
COMMUNITY.
WE POURED OUR HEARTS INTO THE
PROJECT BECAUSE WE EQUATE TO
DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN FOR
FAMILY.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT OF THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK YOU ARE
ELEVATING ALL OF IT.
YOU ARE UPLIFTING OUR FAMILY,
AND YOU ARE UPLIFTING THE
CENTRAL AREA.
WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, MOSQUEDA
AND STRAUSS, AND WE HOPE WE CAN
COUNT ON THE COMMITTEE AND THE
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU CALLING IN
TODAY.
THE NEXT PERSON IS JEFF PIPER.
GOOD MORNING, JEFF.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS JEFF PIPER.
I AM CALLING TO VOICE MY
SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENTS TO
FUND THE GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK.
I LIVE IN THE AREA FOR ALMOST
20 YEARS NOW, I'VE SEEN CHANGES
HAPPENING DUE TO GENTRIFICATION
AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
GARFIELD PLAY FIELDS SERVE AS
AN IMPORTANT GATHERING SPACE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO
SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN PLACES
LIKE THESE WHEN DEVELOPMENT IS
MOVING SO FAST.
THE SUPERBLOCK HAS A UNIQUE
FOCUS OF CULTURE ON THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND HIGHLIGHTING THIS
THROUGH ART WILL MAKE THE PARK
AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY
AMENITY.
THERE ARE 2 POTENTIAL FUNDING
SOURCES, AND I THINK BOTH ARE
APPROPRIATE AND ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT EITHER ONE.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANKS FOR CALLING.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
ROBERT STEVENS, ROUTER [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND COCO WEBER.
GOOD MORNING, ROBERT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS ROBERT STEPHEN.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK AGAIN TODAY.
IN 2005 WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS
WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND CITY TO RENOVATE
THE GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, WE
WANTED TO BUILD [ INDISCERNIBLE
] PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT
REQUIRED X NUMBER OF ARCING
SPOTS.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH.
I CUT AND PASTED ELEMENTS OF
THE 1998 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND
PUT TOGETHER SOME PROPOSALS.
THE PROPOSAL WAS EXPECTED, AND
THE ARCHITECT THAT WAS HIRED TO
DO THE PROJECT TOOK $3000 OUT
OF HIS OWN POCKET AND PAID FOR
THE PROJECT.
HE WAS SO IMPRESSED, AND I HOPE
WE HAVE IMPRESSED YOU GUYS --
EXCUSE ME, PAST THE COUNCIL
THAT THIS PROJECT IS WORTHY OF
THIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
SUPPORT THUS FAR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
GOOD MORNING, RUDY.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS RUDY PENN
TOYA.
I WANTED TO CALL AND SUPPORT --
I AM WITH THE FREMONT ROTARY
CLUB.
I ALSO ASSOCIATE WITH THE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] HIGHWAY 99.
WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE NORTH
PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL
LETTER SENT TO ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS IN REGARDS TO
THE MAYOR DURKAN AND POLICE
CHIEF PROPOSED BUDGET TO ALLOW
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
ACCESS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT
SAFETY CHALLENGES IN OUR CITY
INCLUDING PARTS OF SEATTLE.
AND ONE OF THE THING FROM THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WHEN THERE
IS A VIOLENT INCIDENT, FIRE
SAYS WAITING FOR SPD TO SECURE
AREA, AND ONCE THAT'S SECURED,
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR BALLISTIC
VESTS ALL.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE NEXT PERSON IS COCO.
OKAY.
I AM LOOKING FOR COCOA ON THE
SCREEN.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS WILL BE
ALVIN CURTIS, MICKEY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND SHARON [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. GOOD MORNING,
COCO.
>> MY NAME IS COCO.
I SUPPORT BUDGET AMENDMENT 8 TO
PUT SALARY SAVINGS INTO THE
COMMUNITY FOR THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK, BUT IT IS NOT
ENOUGH.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION
FUNDED 33 OF THE LOCK GRANT
APPLICANTS.
THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE UP
AND RUNNING AND JUST NEED MORE
FUNDING TO DO MORE TRUE
COMMUNITY SAFETY BUILDING SUCH
AS CONSECO COUNSELING REFERRAL
SERVICE, [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
COALITION, RANIER BEACH ACTION
COALITION, MASSAGE PARLOR
OUTREACH [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY WHO CAN ACTUALLY
SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND BUILD
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THE POLICE HAVE MADE IT VERY
CLEAR THEY WILL SHUFFLE AROUND
FUNDING TO DO WHATEVER THEY
WANT WITH IT WITHOUT THE
COUNCIL HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE BUDGETING.
THEY ARE JUST GOING TO TELL YOU
WHATEVER THEY WANT TO GET THE
MONEY.
PLEASE INVEST IN COMMUNITY
RATHER THAN THE POLICE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD MORNING [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
I AM LOOKING FOR ALVIN CURTIS
FOLLOWED BY MICKEY?
OKAY, LET'S GO HEAD AND HE UP
NIKKI, PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, ALVIN.
THANKS FOR WAITING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS NEW TO ME.
MY NAME IS YVONNE CURTIS.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
ARMS AROUND YOU.
ARMS AROUND YOU WAS ONE OF THE
GRANTEES OF THE SAFETY CAPACITY
BUILDING FUND.
AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT HOW
WE COULD USE AN EXTENSION OF
FUNDS FOR 2 YEARS INSTEAD OF 18
MONTHS.
THE MONEY CAN FUND
ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE WORK TO
ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
PROVIDE RESOURCES TO OUR MOST
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
NOT ONLY ARE WE SPEAKING FOR
OUR OWN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE
ALSO ADVOCATING FOR THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS MUCH
NEEDED RESOURCE.
WE KNOW THAT STRENGTH COMES IN
NUMBERS.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, NIKKI.
>> HELLO?
>> HI.
MY NAME IS NIKKI [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND I WANTED TO
COMMENT ON ARTICLES RELATED TO
THE SUPERBLOCK.
I THINK THE REASON FUNDING
SHOULD BE ALLOCATED IS REALLY
SIMPLE.
ONE, [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IS NOT
ANYTHING NEW.
THE PROPOSALS ARE CONTINUATIONS
BASED OFF OF THINGS THAT THE
CITY HAD ALREADY PROMISED DUKES
PARK A WHILE AGO.
I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND
RESPECT EFFORTS TO JUST FINISH
OFF THE PROMISE.
2, THE PARK, BECAUSE OF ITS
HISTORY AND CENTRALIZED
LOCATION IS SEEING AN ENORMOUS
DEGREE OF USE FROM SO MANY
PEOPLE, PROGRAMS AND
ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS REGARDED AS A HUGE PUBLIC
AMENITY THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN
CARE OF.
I THINK THE PROPOSED FUNDING
WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO MAINTAIN
THE PARK AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FOR FUTURE GROUPING.
HELLO?
>> YOU STILL HAVE TIME.
GO AHEAD, NIKKI.
>> LASTLY, I WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE I AM AWARE OF A
NUMBER OF PROPOSALS REGARDING
WHERE THE MONEY COULD BE FUNDED
FROM HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD, SO
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE GOOD
INTENTION TO SUPPORT WHAT THE
PROJECT STANDS FOR MORE THAN --
OR THAT MATTERS MORE THAN WHERE
THE MONEY IS ACTUALLY COMING
FROM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL
THE VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
THEIR TEAMS FOR THEIR
RESOURCEFULNESS AND PUTTING IN
THE TIME AND CREATIVITY TO
THINK ABOUT THE PROJECT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THEN I WILL READ THE LAST
FOUR SPEAKERS I HAVE HERE,
SHARON [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
FOLLOWED BY NATALIE QUICK ,
FOLLOWED BY VALENTINA [
INDISCERNIBLE ], THEN
CONCLUDING WITH JULIE SHUMAN.
>> GOOD MORNING, SHARON.
> HI, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SHARON.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK COALITION.
WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THE
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBERS TO
FIND MULTIPLE WAYS TO FUND
NEEDS FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE PROJECT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND
NEEDS TO HAPPEN RIGHT, WITHOUT
COMPROMISE.
THIS FUNDING WILL PUT US ON
THAT PATH.
WE ARE STRIVING TO CREATE A
PLACE THAT WILL SUSTAIN THE
CULTURALLY RICH ENVIRONMENT OF
THE CENTRAL AREA AND BRING THIS
CHERISH PARK THE LOVE THAT THE
COMMUNITY HAS TRYING TO BEGIN
THE TWO YEARS.
WE WILL [ INDISCERNIBLE ], BUT
IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO
VALUE THIS WORK AND SUPPORT US.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
FOR CALLING IN.
NATALIE, YOU ARE UP NEXT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM NATALIE QUICK HERE TO
REPRESENT THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WITH HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS IN
SEATTLE.
WE WANT TO THANK MOSQUEDA AND
HER STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US
ON THE SDE LEGISLATION YOU HAVE
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I BELIEVE IT IS COUNCIL BILL
120156.
AS WE COME TO THE END OF THE 12
YOUR PROGRAM WE HAVE A SHARED
GOAL OF ENSURING WE DO NOT LOSE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND
ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE
INCENTIVIZED TO RENEW AND STAY
IN THE PROGRAM.
WE BELIEVE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AND WE APPRECIATE THE QUARTERLY
CHECK INS.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY LOSE
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.
AGAIN, APPROACHING THE 12 YEAR
MARK FOR THIS SET OF
PARTICIPANTS IS THE FIRST FOR
MSC AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS WILL
BE IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCIL AND
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR WORKING
WITH US ON THIS IMPORTANT
LEGISLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
AND GOOD MORNING, VALENTINA.
>> HELLO?
HI, THIS IS VALENTINA [
INDISCERNIBLE ], GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK.
I AM GRATEFUL AS THE REST OF
THE TEAM IS THAT THERE ARE TWO
AMENDMENTS BEING PROPOSED FOR
THE FUNDING OF GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS LONG
OVERDUE FOR BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS
ACCESSIBILITY, LIGHTING, AND
THE CULTURE, THE CITIZENRY AND
COMMUNITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND AS I SAID, IT IS LONG
OVERDUE.
AND IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THE LAST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS
JULIE.
GOOD MORNING, JULIE.
I AM LOOKING FOR YOU ON THE
SCREEN, HERE.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO KEEP WAITING ONE
MORE SECOND.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY AND DIALING IN.
FOR THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY -- I
SEE YOU ON THE LINE.
WE HAVE TO WAIT ONE MORE
SECOND.
IF YOU CAN PUSH STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE --
>> I'M SO SORRY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I WANTED TO CALL IN TO SUPPORT
MORE FUNDING FOR THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT IMMUNITY
CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT.
I AM THE COFOUNDER OF [
INDISCERNIBLE ] SPACES WHICH
WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT FUNDED IN
THIS ROUND, BUT TO SHARE A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OF [
INDISCERNIBLE ] SO WE CANNOT
ONLY SURVIVE BUT THRIVE IN
PLACE.
WE BELIEVE IN SAFETY,
CREATIVITY AND EQUITY AND
INNOVATION.
A LOT OF OUR WORK IS ABOUT
BREAKING PERSONAL AND SYSTEMIC
TITLES -- CYCLES OF TRAUMA.
WE HAVE A COALITION BOTH IN
CHINATOWN [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
THE SOUTH PARK CORRIDOR.
THESE ARE HIGHLY CONCERNED
AREAS WHERE WE RUN OUR
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND CREATE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG FOLKS
AND LOW BARRIER DRIVING SPACES
THAT TRANSFORM LIVES.
OUR ANALYSIS HAS JUST COME FROM
BEING DATA INFORMED.
IT IS PERSONAL.
WE ARE THE FRONT LINES
RELATIONALLY AND WE ASK THAT
YOU EXTEND MORE SUPPORT TO
THESE PROGRAM HST BECAUSE THE
úPROGRAM AT THE FRONTLINE AND
REALLY CAN DO THE WORK OF DOING
THE ACROSS AND THROUGH ALL THE
AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICE -- THAT'S US, AND
THAT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT IS
CALLING AND ASKING TODAY SO WE
ARE ASKING YOU TO PUT MORE
MONEY TOWARDS THAT IN STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THE AMENDMENTS THAT
DO SO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DIALING
IN.
AGAIN, WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP
TODAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY THAT WAS PROVIDED.
IF YOU WANTED TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS AND WERE NOT ABLE TO
DIAL IN THIS MORNING, JUST NOTE
THAT THERE WILL BE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO TESTIFY ON
SEPTEMBER 13th AT FULL COUNCIL.
YOU CAN REACH US AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE INTO OUR BUSY
AGENDA.
WITH FIVE MINUTES EXTRA TIME ON
THE CLOCK TO GET THROUGH THE
ENTIRE PACKAGE, I APPRECIATE
COLLEAGUES THAT MARATHONS IN
FRONT OF US HERE.
CLERK, CAN YOU READ ITEMS ONE
THROUGH THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH
THREE, COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COUNCIL, FOR A TERM
TO MARCH 31, 2024 UP FOR
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE THREE
REAPPOINTMENTS TO TODAY'S
AGENDA.
AS THESE ARE REAPPOINTMENTS TO
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING, THE
INDIVIDUALS, THEMSELVES DO NOT
HAVE TO BE PRESIDENT -- PRESENT
FOR THE PRACTICE.
BUT WE DO HAVE WITH US HANNAH
SMITH OF THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND
WE HAVE SARAH SHOEMAKE-GAMBLE
AND VICTORIA TYRON FROM
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING TO WALK
US THROUGH COMMUNITY ROOTS
HOUSING HAS BEEN UP TO AND A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE THREE
APPOINTEES, FRANK ALVARADO THE
THIRD, BARBARA NABORS-GLASS,
AND DREW PORTER, ALL THREE OF
WHICH HAVE ROBUST APPLICATION
PACKETS FOR THE REAPPOINTMENTS
IN OUR MATERIALS TODAY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HANNAH
TO GET US STARTED AND WALK US
THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE THREE
REAPPOINTMENTS FOR HOUSING FOR
THE L.A.
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING.
THEY HAVE GROWN FAR BEYOND
CAPITOL HILL IN THEIR YEARS AND
SERVICE, AND MAINTAIN OVER 50
APARTMENT BUILDINGS ACROSS
SEATTLE AND PROVIDE SAFE AND
AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS TO OVER
2000 RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE THREE REAPPOINTMENTS
TODAY.
IF IT'S OKAY, I WOULD LOVE TO
PASS IT TO SARAH AND VICTORIA
WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
BOARD MEMBERS TO TELL YOU MORE
ABOUT THEIR WORK FOR THE PDA.
>> THANK YOU FOR QUEUING THAT
UP.
YEAH, ALL THREE OF THESE BOARD
MEMBERS ARE VERY ACTIVE ON OUR
BOARD.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
THEM BE RE-APPOINTED.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THEM.
SO I WILL START WITH BARBARA
NABORS-GLASS.
THIS IS HER THIRD TERM ON OUR
BOARD.
SHE IN HER DAY JOB SERVES AS
THE INCLUSION DIRECTOR AT
SEATTLE GOODWILL.
AND SHE SERVES ON THE
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
THAT COMMITTEE FOCUSES ON KIND
OF WHAT SHE DOES IN HER DAY
JOB.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON TRAINING,
RECRUITMENT, ENGAGEMENT, AND WE
ARE NOW ALSO CONNECTED WITH --
I STAFF THIS COMMITTEE.
WE ARE NOW ALSO CONNECTED WITH
THE STAFF RACIAL EQUITY TASK
FORCE.
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE HER
EXPERTISE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND THEN, FRANK F ALVARADO THE
THIRD, THIS IS HIS SECOND TERM.
HE IS A VP AT HOME STREAMBANK.
HE IS SERVING HIS FIRST TERM AS
VICE CHAIR ON THE BOARD.
HE HAS ALSO SERVED AS THE
SECRETARY AND TREASURER.
HE IS QUEUED UP TO EVENTUALLY
BECOME OUR CHAIR.
THAT IS OUR THINKING.
HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON OUR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND SERVES
ON THE FINANCE AND ASSET
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO
MENTION THAT HE STARTED OUT ON
OUR BOARD AS A NONVOTING
EMERGING LEADER FELLOW.
WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT
HE STARTED OUT IN THIS FELLOW
ROLE, AND HE GOT TO KIND OF
MENTOR HIM AND HAVE HIM COME ON
BOARD IN SUCH A LEADERSHIP
ROLE.
HE IS A REALLY INFLUENTIAL
MEMBER OF OUR BOARD.
WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE
HIM.
THEN, DREW PORTER IS GENERAL
COUNCIL OF THE GATE FOUNDATION.
THIS IS HIS FOURTH TERM ON OUR
BOARD.
IT WILL BE HIS FINAL TERM.
HE IS SERVING AS A VICE CHAIR.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO OF THEM.
HE HAS PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS
TREASURER AND VICE CHAIR
BEFORE.
HE ALSO SERVES ON THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE AND THE FINANCE AND
ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
HE IS ONE OF OUR LONGEST
STANDING BOARD MEMBERS.
LIKE I MENTIONED, HE IS IN HIS
FOURTH TERM.
IT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE
HIS KIND OF LONGER-TERM
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE IN THE
ROOM.
ALSO, IT IS BECAUSE HE IS A
PIVOTAL BOARD MEMBER.
I CAN ALSO UPDATE ON WHAT
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING IS
DOING, IN GENERAL.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS
YEAR, SO LIKE WE MENTIONED, WE
CHANGED OUR NAME LAST YEAR
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE USED TO BE CAPITOL HILL
HOUSING, AND FINISHED UP OUR
VERY LONG REALLY COMMUNITY
CENTRIC PROCESS LAST SUMMER.
SO NOW, OUR NAME IS COMMUNITY
ROOTS HOUSING.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN CAPITOL HILL
ANYMORE, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO
BE CONSTRAINED BY GEOGRAPHY AND
THIS NEW NAME REALLY REFLECTS
OUR FOCUS ON WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY AND REFLECTS OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON LEADING
THE RISE TOGETHER COLLABORATIVE
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, SO THAT IS
WORKING WITH SIX PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING
COMMUNITY DRIVEN EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THAT IS WITH A LOT OF THE
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE
ARE ALREADY WORKING WITH ON
DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THIS BRINGS ME TO OUR VERY
ACTIVE ENLARGED DEVELOPMENT
PIPELINE.
WE HAVE HAD TO DIG
GROUNDBREAKING'S THIS SUMMER.
ONE RECENTLY HAPPENED ON THE
OTHER WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH.
WE HAD THE ESLER FAMILY HOUSING
GROUNDBREAKING LAST WEEK, AND
THAT IS A PROJECT WE ARE DOING
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL PDA,
AND THE OTHER PRODUCT THAT IS
GOING TO HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING
IN SEPTEMBER IS PRIDE PLACE.
AND THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
JEN PRIDE.
THAT WILL BE ON CAPITOL HILL.
THAT WILL BE AN LGBTQ AFFIRMING
AFFORDABLE APARTMENT BUILDING
FOR SENIORS.
YEAH, SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION
A COUPLE OF OUR PROJECTS.
BUT WE HAVE VERY MANY MORE.
THIS IS THE MOST ROBUST
PIPELINE WE HAVE EVER HAD.
SO IT IS KEEPING US BUSY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS TO SARAH.
I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME VICTORIA
TYRON FROM COMMUNITY ROOTS
HOUSING.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE
TODAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD, VICTORIA?
>> NO, I THINK SARAH DID A
WONDERFUL JOB.
I AM A NEW HIRE AT COMMUNITY
ROOTS HOUSING.
I HAVE FOUND IT EXCITING TO BE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ROBUST
PIPELINE AS WELL AS WORKING
DIRECTLY WITH THE BOARD, I
SERVE AS THE BOARD LIAISON FOR
THE PDA BOARD.
AND FRANK, ANDREW HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH AND WE
ARE EXCITED TO KEEP THEM ON OUR
BOARD FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU BOTH.
THANKS, HANNAH FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
REAPPOINTMENTS OF FRANK
ALVARADO THE THIRD, BARBARA
NABORS-GLASS, AND DREW PORTER
AS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS
INCLUDED IN OUR MATERIALS?
OKAY, SARAH AND VICTORIA, NOT
SEEING ANY QUESTIONS, SO THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR OVERVIEW.
PLEASE PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION
TO THE RE-APPOINTEES.
I WILL MOVE THESE APPOINTMENT.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF THE REAPPOINTMENTS
OF FRANK ALVARADO THE THIRD,
BARBARA NABORS-GLASS AND DREW
PORTER AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
ROOTS AUTHORITY.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
ARE THERE FOR THE COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL YOU CALL THE
PASSAGE OF THE REAPPOINTED?
>> VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, MADAM
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, MADAM CHAIR,
THAT IS FOR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> IT IS UNANIMOUS.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THESE
APPOINTEES BE CONFIRMED TO THE
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING PDA
WILL BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER
13th SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR A FINAL VOTE.
NONE OF THE RE-APPOINTEES NEED
TO BE THERE.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO PASS ON
YOUR HELPFUL COMMENTS TODAY.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE
ACTION ON THAT ON SEPTEMBER
13th IF YOU WANT TO LET FOLKS
KNOW.
THANKS AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON OUR AGENDA
HERE.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
ECONOMIC REVENUE FORECAST WITH
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> COLLEAGUES, THIS IS ONE OF
THE MOST ANTICIPATED SECTIONS
OF THE COMMUNITY AGENDA TODAY
IN ADDITION TO THE SUPPLEMENT
THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.
WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR THE UPDATE
FROM THE REVENUE FORECAST
COUNCIL.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS NEW
TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT WAS POSTED YESTERDAY WITH AN
UPDATE TO THE AGENDA.
AT THE SAME TIME WE RECEIVED IT
AS WELL.
WITH THE EVER-CHANGING NEWS
ABOUT COVID-19, OUR FORECAST
HAS ALSO CHANGED OVER THE LAST
18 MONTHS OR SO.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING, RIGHT NOW, ABOUT HOW
COVID AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMY HAS
AFFECTED OUR PROJECTED
REVENUES.
AS A REMINDER, DUE TO THE GOOD
WORK BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
BY HER OFFICE AND CENTRAL
STAFF'S TEAM INCLUDING ALLIE
CANOOCHEE, DAN EATER, AS WELL
AS FOLKS FROM CBO AND OUR
OFFICE, WE WILL HAVE A
DIFFERENT PROCESS NEXT YEAR.
THIS WILL BE A PROCESS THAT IS
MORE TRANSPARENT AND WILL ALLOW
US TO SEE THE FORECAST FOR
PROJECTING THE POSSIBLE REVENUE
AVAILABLE FOR BALANCING AND
BUDGETING PRACTICES.
>> AFTER HAVING A BRIEF CHANCE
TO REVIEW THE PRESENTATION THAT
WAS PUBLISHED YESTERDAY, I KNOW
THERE ARE PROBABLY MANY
QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAD.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET A
CHANCE TO GO INTO THOSE
QUESTIONS.
AND DIRECTOR NOBLE, WE HAVE A
HANDFUL OF FOLKS WITH US.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, CAN WE
WALKED OR WHO IS PRESENT
INCLUDING WITH CENTRAL STAFF?
WE HAD 20 MINUTES FOR THE
BRIEFING.
WE ARE FIVE MINUTES EARLY.
SO WE HAVE 25 OR 30 MINUTES.
WE WILL GIVE IT A LITTLE EXTRA
TIME BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WILL
BE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
JOINING US.
TOM MIKESELL, AND DAN EATER
FROM CENTRAL STAFF -- DID I
MISS ANYONE -- JEFF SIMMS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL -- OKAY.
CENTRAL STAFF, ANYTHING TO ADD
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR NOBLE?
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
I AM TOM MIKESELL FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO
YOUR THOROUGH DESCRIPTION FOR
WHERE WE ARE WITH THE REVENUE
FORECAST IN THE CITY THAT THIS
IS THE SECOND OF THE COMMITTEE
FORECASTS WE WILL BE RECEIVING
FROM THE COMMITTEE BUDGET
OFFICE THIS YEAR WITH THE NEXT
ONE COMING DURING COUNCILS
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS IN
NOVEMBER.
THAT IS THE FINAL UPDATE FOR
THIS YEAR FOR BOTH 2021 FISCAL
YEAR AND FOR THE 2022 BUDGET
YEAR.
THAT WILL BE DELIBERATED IN THE
FALL.
>> WE HAVE ADJUSTED THIS YEAR'S
FALL BUDGET CALENDAR TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE BUILT IN ENOUGH
TIME FOR THE REVENUE FORECAST
TO BE BOTH PRESENTED AND FOR US
TO HAVE IT BE DIGESTED IN CASE
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANGES
FOLKS MIGHT WANT TO SEE.
WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE
SUPPLEMENTAL.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THIS
INFORMATION IN ADVANCE.
IT IS PART OF THE PROCESS WE
ARE WORKING TOWARDS TO BILLBACK
THAT INFORMATION.
WE DO APPRECIATE THE MINDER --
REMINDER.
WE APPRECIATE DIRECTOR NOBLE'S
APPRECIATION TO GIVE US THE
MOST RECENT INFORMATION AS SOON
AS YOU GOT IT -- WE APPRECIATE
YOU BEING THERE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> NO, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WANT TO ROUND ROBIN THROUGH THE
FOLKS WHO WILL BE PRESENTING
TODAY.
I COULD HAND OFF TO DAN EATER IN
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> SURE, LET'S DO THAT AS WE
TEE UP THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, TOM, I AM WITH
CENTRAL STAFF BUT I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU WANT TO POPCORN IT?
>> THIS IS NOBLE, THE CITY
BUDGET DIRECTOR, DAVE?
>> I AM DAVE HANIS WITH THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND REVENUE
TEAM.
AND MOST OF THE PRESENTATION
TODAY WILL BE DONE BY YONDER US
WHO IS ECONOMIC FORECASTING.
SO TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
>> I AM [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. LET
ME MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS
BEFORE YON SAYS -- THIS IS
THE SECOND OF THE FORECAST --
THE THING IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS
THAT THIS IS THE FORECAST TO
WHICH THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL
BE BALANCED, SO WE ARE IN THE
THROES OF PUTTING TOGETHER
BUDGET DECISIONS ON THE
EXECUTIVE SIDE IN PREPARATION
FOR DELIVERING THE PROPOSED 22
BUDGET LATE IN SEPTEMBER TO
BEGIN COUNCIL DELIVERED AT
PROCESS -- AGAIN, AS TOM
MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE AN
UPDATE TO THE FORECAST PROVIDED
IN NOVEMBER.
-- OR LATE OCTOBER DEPENDING ON
THE CALENDAR.
ONE THING I JUST ADDED BEFORE
DIVING IN IS, OBVIOUSLY, THIS
HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING TIME TO
DO REVENUE FORECASTING AS
DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE
BOTH TRACKING THE UNDERLYING
DATA WITH EMPLOYMENT AND
INCOME.
A LOT OF THAT WAS EXPLAINED.
BUT THE OBVIOUS FACTOR IS COVID-
19 AND THE PANDEMICS IMPACTS ON
THE ECONOMY WHICH HAVE BEEN
EVOLVING, AND BASICALLY ARE
GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO
EVOLVE.
SO WE WILL TALK A BUNCH ABOUT
THAT TODAY.
THE THING I WOULD ADD AS WELL
IS THAT THE LEVEL OF
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT REVENUES IN
THE CONTEXT OF COVID ISRAEL.
RIGHT?
WE HAVE SEEN THE FORECAST MOVE
UP AND DOWN OVER THE PAST YEAR
AND A HALF PLUS.
IN ADDITION TO ONE OF THE
STRATEGIES -- IS NOT ONLY
TRYING TO GET THE REVENUE RIGHT
AND DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY
BUT ALSO HOW TO ADOPT A BUDGET
AND SPENDING PLAN TO THE
UNCERTAINTY.
AND IN PARTICULAR, PROPOSING --
AVOIDING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES
IN LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS FOR
ONGOING EXPENSES IN A WORLD WE
DON'T KNOW WHETHER OUR REVENUES
WILL BE AS STEADY AND RELIABLE
AS WE WANTED IN THE LONG TERM,
SO WANTED TO ASSURE YOU IF WE
ARE BUILDING A BUDGET WE ARE
CONSCIOUS OF THAT FACT.
WHATEVER OUR FORECAST IS, IT IS
A DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY THAT IS
HIGHER THAN NORMAL.
IF THERE NEEDS TO BE
ADJUSTMENTS IN A DOWNWARD
DIRECTION BECAUSE OF CHANGES
THAT EVOLVED, WE NEED TO LOOK
LIKE IT'S PREPARED FOR THAT
REALITY.
IT COULD, FOR INSTANCE,
INVOLVED RESTORING SOME OF OUR
RESERVES.
WE HAVE DEPLETED THOSE OVER THE
PAST TWO YEARS IN AN
APPROPRIATE WAY TO MAINTAIN
CITY SERVICES THROUGH THIS
DIFFICULT PERIOD.
YOU CAN ULTIMATELY SEE THAT IN
TODAY'S FORECAST. DIRECTING A
PORTION OF THAT TO RESERVES AS
WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET WOULD BE
AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO USE THE
FORECAST RESOURCE IN A WAY THAT
IS FLEXIBLE AND RECOGNIZES THE
BE REALIZED.
SO I WILL SAY MORE ABOUT THAT
AS WE GO.
I WANTED TO RELAY SOME OF THE
GROUNDWORK AS YOU SEE WHAT IS
COMING.
LET ME TURN IT OVER TO DAVE AND
JAN TO GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE.
>> JUST GET STARTED, JAN.
>> IF WE CAN GET THE
PRESENTATION --
>> DO WE NEED TO DO THAT OR ARE
YOU MANAGING THE PRESENTATION?
>> I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> I CAN PUT IT UP.
JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR NOBLE.
>> I JUST NEED TO TAKE US BACK
TO THE FIRST SLIDE RATHER THAN
THE LAST SLIDE.
>> YOU GIVE AWAY ALL THE NEWS.
>> EXACTLY.
I'M JUST GOING TO DO IT THIS
WAY, OKAY?
SO -- TRYING TO GET TO FULL
SCREEN --
>> THIS WILL WORK.
>> CONTROL L.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
>> MAYBE -- THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT.
SO FIRST -- SO WE ARE GOING TO
START WITH THE NATIONAL
REGIONAL ECONOMIC UPDATE AND
MOVED TO REVENUES THEMSELVES.
SO HERE IS THE FIRST OF THE
SLIDES SUMMARIZING ECONOMIC
CHANGES.
JAN?
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THE FIRST
SLIDE SUMMARIZES WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2021 AND
COMPARES IT TO WHAT WAS
EXPECTED WHEN WE WERE
PRESENTING THE APRIL FORECAST.
THE CHARGE SHOWS THE FORECAST
ERROR, SO THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE ACTUAL AND THE
PREDICTED IN TERMS OF INCOME,
OUTLAYS, AND SALES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WASN'T
TOO MUCH OF THE FORECAST THERE
FOR EMPLOYMENT.
IT WAS GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO
WHAT WAS PREDICTED, OVERALL
INCOME FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
2021 WAS QUITE CLOSE TO WHAT
WAS PREDICTED.
THE BIGGEST FORECAST ERROR IN
THE IHS FORECAST WAS FOR
PERSONAL OUTLAYS AND RETAIL
SALES WHICH ARE DRIVING SALES
TAX REVENUE AND THE BNO TAX
REVENUE.
THE MASSIVE PHYSICAL STIMULUS
FIELD CONSUMER DEMAND AND HAD A
LARGER INCREASE IN CONSUMER
SPENDING IN THE FIRST HALF THAN
WAS EXPECTED.
PERSONAL OUTLAYS WERE ABOUT 4%
ABOVE THE BEST SCENARIO RETAIL
SALES WERE ABOUT 8.5% ABOVE THE
BEST [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
SCENARIO.
THAT WAS WHAT WE USED AS A
STARTING POINT TO DEVELOP OUR
REVENUE FORECAST IN APRIL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN THE
BASELINE SCENARIO WAS, IN A
SENSE MUCH LOWER COMPARED TO
WHAT THE ACTUALS WERE.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE ARE
WITH THE BASELINE SCENARIO OR
ESTIMATE SCENARIO FOR MARCH,
THE ACTUAL OUTPERFORMED
SIGNIFICANTLY.
THAT IS RELEVANT BECAUSE,
AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE TWO
IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT DETERMINE
THE LOCAL REVENUE SALES TAX
REVENUE AND THE BNO REVENUE.
AND WITH THESE KIND OF
SIGNIFICANT FORECAST ERROR
OUTPERFORMING THE PREDICTIONS,
YOU CAN EXPECT THERE WOULD BE A
LARGE TRADITION FOR 2021
FORECAST WHEN DHI S IS
INCORPORATING THESE EXTRA
SPENDING, AND IT'S GOING TO
FEED INTO A HIGHER REVENUE
FORECAST WE WILL SHOW LATER ON.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
NOW WHILE THE CONSUMER DEMAND
HAS BEEN RECOVERING MUCH BETTER
THAN EXPECTED, EMPLOYMENT WAS
ON TRACK.
THERE IS STILL A WAY TO GO.
LOCAL ECONOMY IS STILL 4.8%
BELOW ITS EMPLOYMENT IN
FEBRUARY 2020, IT IS COMPARABLE
TO THE NATIONAL ECONOMY SO THE
OVERALL TREND FOR EMPLOYMENT
RECOVERY IS SIMILAR FOR
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ECONOMY.
AGAIN, IT IS LOWER THAN DEMAND.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, ON THE LAST SLIDE, SLIDE
NUMBER FOUR?
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
JUST BRIEFLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE
ARE PRESSED FOR TIME, WHAT DO
WE ATTRIBUTE THE SLOW
EMPLOYMENT RECOVERY TOO?
>> WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A
SECOND, IF YOU CAN WAIT TWO
MORE SLIDES LADY -- THEN WE
WILL --
>> YOUR ANTICIPATION RESENTS
WELL.
>> SO EMPLOYMENT RECOVERY IS
NOT AS FAST AS RECOVERY IN
DEMAND.
HOW THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS
BEHIND THAT, THE NUMBER OF
OPENINGS IS NOT THE THE
PROBLEM.
THE NUMBER OF OPENING EXCEEDS
THE UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE.
JOB OPENINGS ARE HIGH.
WAGES ARE GROWING AS YOU CAN
SEE COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 2020,
THE WAGES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
ROSE BY 8%.
SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES LIKE
RETAIL TRADE, HOSPITALITY, THEY
SAW AN INCREASE IN WAGES OF 10%.
THOSE WAGES ARE INCREASING TO
ATTRACT MORE EMPLOYEES.
IT SEEMS TO BE MORE ON THE SIDE
OF THE AVAILABILITY OF WORKERS.
AGAIN, THERE ARE SEVERAL EXTRAS
FOR THAT.
THIS IS BETWEEN SKILLS AND
LOCATIONS.
SOME EMPLOYEES HAVE MOVED.
SOME CHANGED THEIR PREFERENCE
AND THEY ARE NO LONGER LOOKING
FOR A JOB IN LEISURE AND
HOSPITALITY BECAUSE THEY
CONSIDER IT TO BE TOO RISKY.
EVEN HIGHER WAGES ARE STILL NOT
ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH.
LONG-TERM PEOPLE ARE
CONSIDERING SWITCHING CAREERS
COMPLETELY.
THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH LOW
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION AS
MANY PEOPLE HAVE RETIRED EARLY,
AND THEY ARE NOT REALLY
RETURNING BACK TO WORK.
LABORFORCE PARTICIPATION IS LOW
BECAUSE OF SOME PROBLEMS WITH
CHILDCARE FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS.
AND OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
THAT SLOWS DOWN THE EMPLOYMENT
RECOVERY, THE EXTENDED EDIFICE
WHICH SOME WOULD ARGUE ARE
GETTING WORKERS MORE TIME TO
CHOOSE WHAT SORT OF A JOB FITS
THEIR NEEDS, FITS THEIR SKILLS,
FITS THEIR LONG-TERM CAREER
PLANS BETTER.
SO THERE IS A BUNCH OF FACTORS,
EACH CONTRIBUTING TO SOME
EXTENT CAUSING THE EMPLOYMENT
-- THERE ARE PEOPLE IN RECOVERY
SLOWER THAN RECOVERY IN DEMAND.
THAT SAID, IN THE REGIONAL
ECONOMY, WE HAVE SEEN QUITE A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE
NUMBER OF JOBS AS YOU CAN SEE
IN THE CHART, THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF JOBS INCREASED BY 70,000
BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND JUNE, SO
SINCE WE HAVE LAST PRESENTED
OUR FORECAST, A LARGE PART HAS
BEEN INCREASED IN THE LEISURE
AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] SEGMENT --
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH AS IT WAS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] RECOVERY
THERE.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE OFF OF THIS
SLIDE, I WANT TO DOUBLE BACK TO
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS AND SEE IF
THE QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.
WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT SLIDE 4,
I WANTED TO HAVE BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
IMPACT WAS OF SLOWER ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, AND SLIDE SIX TALKS
ABOUT THE WHY.
I'M LOOKING TO GET A BETTER
SENSE OF HOW THAT AFFECTS US,
WHAT IS THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM
IMPACTS OF THE DATA YOU'RE
SHOWING RIGHT NOW?
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD YOUR
QUESTION, FEEL FREE.
>> MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
>> OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
YEAH, IMPLEMENT RECOVERY WAS
FAR EXPECTED TO TAKE LONGER
THAN RECOVERY IN LET'S SAY GDP
OR PERSONAL OUTLAYS, AND THE
DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRST HALF
OF 2021 WERE CONSUMER DEMANDS
-- REALLY FUELED BY THE
STIMULUS INCREASED MUCH FURTHER
THAN EXPECTED, BUT MOVED THE
RECURRING CONSUMER DEMAND
FURTHER FORWARD.
THE IMPLEMENT IS KIND OF ON
TRACK.
DHI S AND REGIONAL FORECAST ARE
EXPECTING [ INDISCERNIBLE ],
BUT TAKING LONGER BECAUSE LABOR
MARKET IS MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED MATCHING JOBS AND
THE WORKERS MATCHING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] THE MARKET
TAKES MUCH LONGER BECAUSE
PEOPLE MOVING, CHANGING THEIR
PREFERENCES LONG-TERM EFFECT
CHANGES IN THE LABOR FORCE,
JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT
HAPPEN THAT ARE EXACERBATED BY
THE PANDEMIC HITTING THE
ALREADY ONGOING [ INDISCERNIBLE
].
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND SPEAKING
UP JUST A LITTLE!
IT IS A LITTLE QUIET ON YOUR
END!
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
DAVE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE ON THAT?
>> IF WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL
REVENUE NUMBERS YOU WILL SEE A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 21 GROWTH
AND 22.
IT STARTS TO MODERATE OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
21 IS LARGE BLIP DRIVEN BY THE
STIMULUS -- SOME --
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL
SEE.
SLOWNESS IN EMPLOYMENT
RESTORATION IS ONE OF THE
REASONS THE RECOVERY WE ARE
EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT BUMP
IN THE STIMULUS IS LANGLEY --
LIKELY TO TAKE A LONGER PERIOD
OVERALL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IMPACTS OF
EMPLOYMENT AND THE CHANGING
NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT AFFECTING
OTHER ASPECTS OF THE ECONOMY
AND INDIRECTLY OUR REVENUES.
>> EXACTLY.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT HOW MANY
PEOPLE WORK FOR THE REVENUE
FORECAST.
IT IS QUITE CRUCIAL, OF COURSE,
WHERE EXACTLY THEY WORK.
THERE HAVE BEEN QUITE DRAMATIC
CHANGES OVER LAST YEAR IN TERMS
OF THAT.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN THIS
RECOVERY IN THE CONSUMER DEMAND
AND RECENTLY, A NUMBER OF
RESEARCH IN SEATTLE HAS
RECOVERED THE BLUE LINE IN THE
CHART.
IN PRESENCE OF OFFICE WORKERS,
IT IS STILL QUITE LOW.
COMPANIES HAVE RECENTLY
POSTPONED OR RETURNED TO OFFICE
FOR SEVERAL MORE MONTHS BECAUSE
OF THE RISING NUMBER OF COVID
CASES.
THE WORKERS THAT COME TO
DOWNTOWN, THEY NOT ONLY SPEND
MONEY ON SERVICES WITHIN
DOWNTOWN, THE OVERALL NUMBER OF
OFFICE WORKERS ALSO DRIVES THE
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR.
THE DEMAND FOR OFFICE SPACE IS
GOING TO THE PLAY AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
WHICH IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT
SOURCES OF SALES [
INDISCERNIBLE ] -- I CAN SEE
THERE'S A QUESTION.
>> MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A
QUESTION?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
I JUST HAVE SOME SORT OF --
THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF JARGON
ON HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
IF YOU CAN HELP ME BREAK THIS
DOWN A LITTLE BIT, ON THIS, ON
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE
WHERE IT HAS THE CHART, 2021,
QUARTER TWO.
U.S., THAT IS THE NUMBER AT
12.1% IS A NATIONAL NUMBER, AND
12.1% REPRESENTS WHAT?
>> SO IT IS RELEASING DATA ON
HOW MUCH OFFICE SPACE THERE IS
IN SQUARE FEET AND HOW MUCH OF
THAT IS AVAILABLE EITHER
DIRECTLY OR THROUGH SUBLEASE.
>> SO NATIONALLY, THE VACANCY
RATE IS 12.1%?
>> IT WAS IN 2019.
IT HAS GONE UP TO 16.5% AS OF
LAST QUARTER.
>> AS OF LAST QUARTER?
OKAY, SUPER HELPFUL.
AND SEATTLE CBD, WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CBD AND
DOWNTOWN?
>> DOWNTOWN IS A LITTLE BIGGER
AREA.
CBD IS CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT.
DOWNTOWN [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> SO GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF
SEATTLE CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT.
>> CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT IS
ESSENTIALLY THE AREA ABOUND BY
-- NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW MUCH IT
STRETCHES OUT, BUT [
INDISCERNIBLE ] SQUARE IS NOT
INCLUDED -- SOUTH LAKE UNION AS
PART OF DOWNTOWN BUT I BELIEVE
IT IS PART OF CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT -- YOU CAN [
INDISCERNIBLE ] WITH THAT.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
IF WE CAN GET THIS AGGREGATION,
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
IS INCLUDED IN CBD AND
DOWNTOWN, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO ME.
AND THEN, -- AND -- IN TERMS OF
-- IN TERMS OF THE OTHER
COMPARABLES CITIES TO SEATTLE,
HAVE YOU ALL DONE ANY ANALYSIS
ON HOW THESE NUMBERS TREND?
ARE WE FARING BETTER?
ARE WE FARING THE SAME?
ARE WE FARING WORSE?
WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF THAT IN
TERMS OF HOW WE COMPARE TO
OTHER CITIES?
>> IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE
FIRST PART, [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ,
THE TRIANGLE IS NOT -- NOT PART
OF CBD, BUT ARE PART OF
DOWNTOWN.
>> OKAY.
>> IN TERMS OF HOW SEATTLE
COMPARES TO A NATIONAL LEVEL,
THAT IS THE FIRST TWO LINES.
THERE, THE LAST LINES IN THE
TABLE COMPARE SEATTLE TO THE
OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION.
OUR REGIONAL FORECAST IS FOR
PINK AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES.
SO THOSE LAST LINES ON THE
TABLE ARE TRYING TO COMPARE
SEATTLE CBD, [ INDISCERNIBLE ],
AND TO EAST SIDE OVERALL WHERE
WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE
VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH, I THINK WHAT I'M
TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF -- YOU
KNOW, I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
SOME OF THE REPORTING THAT HAS
BEEN DONE BY THE ECONOMIST AND
MORE GLOBAL ECONOMIC THINKING
AGENCIES AND NEWS AGENCIES IN
PARTICULAR, AND A LOT OF FOLKS
ARE SPECULATING THAT OUR OFFICE-
BASED WORKFORCE IS EFFECTIVELY
GOING TO BE FOREVER CHANGED.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE A
MISTAKE FOR CITIES TO BANK ON A
100% PRE-COVID MODEL OF OFFICE
SPACE AND DOWNTOWN WORK MODELS.
I WANT TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU
ALL IN THE CBO OFFICE ABOUT
SORT OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IS
AROUND THAT AND HOW THAT REALLY
WILL IMPACT THE CITY'S VIEW ON
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE RECOVERY, BUT
IN SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW,
OTHER BUSINESS DISTRICTS AS
WELL THAT HAVE HIGH
CONCENTRATIONS OF OFFICE SPACE
THAT CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE
HIGHER THAN USUAL VACANCY
RATES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOING FORWARD, WE CAN COMPARE
MORE BROADLY TO THE U.S. THERE
IS THE SLIDE REGARDING OFFICE
DEMAND INDEX WHICH IS MORE
FORWARD-LOOKING INSTEAD OF
LOOKING AT CURRENT VACANCIES
AND TRYING TO LOOK AT THE
FUTURE.
WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE NEAR
TERM?
IT IS AN OFFICE INDEXER THAT
DPS CONSTRUCTS BASED ON HOW
MANY BUSINESSES ARE INTERESTED
IN TOURING THE AVAILABLE OFFICE
SPACES EITHER DIRECTLY OR
THROUGH SOME SORT OF ONLINE
PRESENTATIONS. THE OFFICE
DEMAND INDEX FOR SEATTLE IS
71%.
I WILL COMPARE IT TO THE 2018
OR 2019 AVERAGE, SO 30% DOWN
FOR U.S., IT IS CURRENTLY
SLIGHTLY MORE.
IT IS SLIGHTLY COMPARABLE WITH
SAN FRANCISCO AND BOSTON WHICH
ARE ALSO SOMEWHERE AROUND 70%.
IT HAS BEEN ARGUED THAT FOR
SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO, AND
A LARGE PART OF THE WORKFORCE,
IT IS MORE ADAPTABLE TO WORK
FROM HOME.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE ARE STILL
COMPANIES FIGURING OUT HOW MUCH
OFFICE SPACE THEY REALLY NEED,
HOW MUCH THEY CAN SWITCH TO
SOME KIND OF HYBRID MODEL, OR
WORKERS WHO CAN SPEND A
SIGNIFICANT FRACTION WORKING
FROM HOME.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY MIGHT
NEED LESS OFFICE SPACE [
INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> IT IS A QUESTION OF TIMING.
IN THIS FORECAST, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT 21 AND 22.
WE ARE NOT BUILDING IN A LARGE
FACTOR FOR A CHANGE IN THE WAY
AMERICANS WORK IN TERMS OF
URBAN CENTERS VERSUS SUBURBAN
AREAS.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
DEFINITELY CONSCIOUS OF BECAUSE
IT CAN STRONGLY AFFECT DNO
REVENUES AND THE EXPENSE TAX.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS A FAIR AMOUNT BUT WE DON'T
HAVE ANY ANSWERS ABOUT THE
ACTUAL TIMING OF HOW THIS WILL
PLAY OUT.
IT IS A BUSINESS DECISION OF
WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO WITH THEIR
WORKFORCE.
BUT SEATTLE IS PRONE TO IT
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A HIGH
DEGREE OF WORKERS WHO CAN WORK
FROM HOME.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE
WATCHING IT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY, YOU
KNOW, KIND OF CRYSTAL BALL THAT
IS TELLING US, YEAH, HERE IS
THE GROWTH RATE OF THE
PHENOMENON, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S
EXACTLY GOING TO PLAY OUT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TRACKING AND
FOLLOWING IT.
THAT IS THE CRUX OF MY QUESTION
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT EVOLUTION IN HOW OUR
WORK FORCE AND WHERE OUR
WORKFORCE WORKS THAT REALLY
DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
ON REVENUE BUT ALSO PRESENTS A
LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF
THINKING ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, HOW
WE CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY TO
FIT THE NEW MODEL OF HOW
AMERICANS ARE WORKING.
YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING IN A LOT
OF EUROPEAN CITIES WHERE
UNEMPLOYMENT CENTERS ARE WHOLLY
CONCENTRATED ON ONE URBAN CORE,
BUT MORE EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED
THROUGHOUT CITIES TO ALLOW FOR
EMPLOYMENT CENTERS TO EXIST IN
THE SAME PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE
CURRENTLY LIVING.
A SMALLER FOOTPRINT OVERALL IN
TERMS OF OFFICE SPACE, BUT IT
CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT THAT MIGHT
BE THE DIRECTION WE ARE HEADING
IN AND I WANT US AS A CITY TO
BE READY FOR THE POTENTIAL AND
TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT IN THAT
DIRECTION TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
STILL CREATING OFFICE SPACE
THAT MAKES SENSE FOR HOW OUR
OFFICE WORKFORCE IS EVOLVING
AND WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE NOW
THAT WE HAVE ALL ENDURED AND
ARE CONTINUING TO ENDURE THE
LONGEST PILOT PROJECT EVER OF
TELEWORK AND ZOOM CALLS, SO I
THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO KEEP A PULSE ON.
AND YOUR ANALYSIS WOULD BE
USEFUL IN MAKING POLICY
DETERMINATIONS DOWN THE ROAD.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS TO
FOLLOW UP ON THAT?
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I WANTED TO ASK A FEW MORE
QUESTIONS ON THE BTS.
DID I HEAR THERE WAS GOING TO
BE ANOTHER SLIDE ON THAT?
AM I JUMPING THE GUN AGAIN?
>> ON BTS, NO.
>> OKAY.
I WANT TO ASK ABOUT
CLARIFICATION WITH BTS DATA
PRESENTED ON THE SLIDE.
THERE WAS SOME REPORTING BY THE
SEATTLE TIMES IN THE SPRING
ABOUT SEATTLE'S RECOVERY WITH
BTS METRIC BEING RATHER HIGH
AND A WRONG NUMBER COMING IN AT
107 ON THE INDEX.
AT THAT POINT, IT WAS 18.5%
HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE INDEX
SCORE IN THE PRE-PANDEMIC
PERIOD.
THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE FYI
GUY, SEATTLE TIMES.
YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME THE ONLY
OTHER METRO AREA THAT WAS
POSTING HIGHER AGGREGATE DEMAND
THAN BTS WAS WASHINGTON, D.C.
SO I'M WONDERING HOW IT IS
REPORTED HERE WITH THE JUNE
NUMBER RATHER THAN THE MARCH
ONE.
THE WAY IT IS PRESENTED ON THE
SLIDE AS WELL AS THE 2019
AVERAGE, I GUESS MY QUESTION
WOULD BE, DID WE TAKE ANOTHER
DIP BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE, AND
HOW DO WE SORT OF LOOK IN TERMS
OF THE RECOVERY AND DEMAND
BASED ON THE PREVIOUS
REPORTING?
IT SEEMS LIKE THE WAY IT IS
PRESENTED HERE, OFFICE SPACE
DEMAND IS NOT DOING AS WELL AS
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, BUT THAT
SEEMS TO BE IN CONTRAST TO HAVE
THE TIMES REPORTED ON THIS IN
THE SPRING.
I'M CURIOUS --
>> ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET ME CLARIFY THIS.
YES, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS A
DOCTORATE BETWEEN MARCH AND
JUNE FOR SEATTLE FOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. THOSE ARE TWO
OF THE METROS THAT SAW A
DECLINE IN DEMAND.
THE OTHER WAS CHICAGO, NEW YORK
CITY, LOS ANGELES, BOSTON AND
SAN FRANCISCO.
THOSE METROS, THERE WAS AN
INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR OFFICE
SPACE.
BUT SEATTLE, THERE WAS A DROP.
STILL, THE INDEX IS VOLATILE.
IT CHANGES SIGNIFICANTLY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE IS A
CHANGE IN THE TREND.
WE WILL BE SEEING DECLINE.
THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE A DROP
IN DEMAND AFTER WE HAVE SEEN
THAT THE HOSPITAL YOU ARE
REFERRING WAS ESSENTIALLY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] QUITE A
SIGNIFICANT RECOVERY FOR
SEATTLE , BUT PART OF THAT, [
INDISCERNIBLE ] DEMAND FOR
OFFICE SPACE DECLINED SLIGHTLY.
I'M NOT 100% SURE WHAT THE
NUMBER YOU ARE REFERRING TO WAS
ABOUT, BUT WHETHER IT WAS
CHANGE BETWEEN THE LOWEST.
AS OF NOW, THERE WAS A 71 DROP
PERCENT COMPARABLE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] TO BOSTON,
COMPARABLE TO SAN FRANCISCO,
WORSE THAN NEW YORK CITY FOR
EXAMPLE WHICH HAS RECOVERED
COMPLETELY FOR [ INDISCERNIBLE
] LOS ANGELES THAT HAS
RECOVERED COMPLETELY .
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, IS THAT
SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE US TO
FOLLOW UP ON -- WHAT IS
FOLLOWING THAT ARTICLE VERSUS
--
>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
TO BE CLEAR, THE ARTICLE IS
MORE OUT OF DATE THAN THIS
UPDATE IN AUGUST.
BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO
CONTEXTUALIZE THE FINDINGS OR
THE ANALYSIS FROM THE ARTICLE
IN THE TIMES LAST SPRING
RELATIVE TO WHERE WE ARE IF IT
IS NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO SEND
THAT OVER.
THANKS.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
I WILL KEEP US MOVING ALONG.
WE HAVE 10 MORE SLIDES TO GO.
WE WILL TRY TO GIVE THIS
ANOTHER 20 MINUTES OR SO SO WE
CAN GET TO SOME QUESTIONS.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN HELPFUL.
BOTH COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BEEN
ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
DAVE, THE RESPONSE TO THE
FOLLOW-UP ON SOME OF THOSE, I
THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT TAKE
AWAY THAT JUST BECAUSE WE SEE A
HIGHER THAN NATIONAL LEVEL OF
OFFICE VACANCY RATES, THAT DOES
NOT EQUAL PEOPLE BEING OUT OF
JOBS AT HIGHER RATES IN SEATTLE
NECESSARILY BECAUSE OUR ABILITY
TO WORK FROM HOME AT HIGHER
RATES AS YOU NOTED IN PLACE
LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON AND
SEATTLE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE REIMAGINE
WHAT WORKING WITHIN THE CITY
LOOKS LIKE AND HOW OUR
INDUSTRIES CAN BE ACCOMMODATING
TO THIS NEW WAY OF WORKING
WHETHER IT IS REMOTELY OR
WORKING IN THE OFFICE SPACE SO
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT TAKE AWAY
-- ALSO NOTE THAT AS CHAIR OF
THE SEATTLE CITY EMPLOYEES
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS -- THIS IS
SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSING OVER THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF AS WELL OF THE
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE -- THERE
IS A NATIONAL MAYBE
INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION
ABOUT HOW CHANGES IN THE USE OF
OFFICE SPACE WILL AFFECT HOW
PEOPLE DECIDE TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS, WHERE BUSINESSES
WANT TO PLACE THEMSELVES AND
TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF SORT OF
THE GUESSING GAME ON THAT IS
SOMETHING I THINK THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IS
STILL GRAPPLING WITH -- WHAT
WILL IT LOOK LIKE WHEN PEOPLE
GO BACK TO WORK AND WHERE WILL
THOSE PLACES BE ESPECIALLY FOR
CERTAIN INDUSTRIES WHERE PEOPLE
WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO
WORK FROM HOME OR REMOTELY?
SO I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT
WAY FOR US TO BOTH BE
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE TYPE OF
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE ABLE TO
SUSTAIN AND IN FACT SEE RECORD
PROFITS IN OUR REGION HERE BUT
ALSO HOW WE ADAPT AND MAKE SURE
THAT THERE IS ACTIVATION AS WE
TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY OF OUR
STREET SPACES AND WE ARE
CREATING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL
TYPES OF NEW INDUSTRIES BUT
JUST SEEING THAT NUMBER AT A
HIGH LEVEL DOES NOT EQUAL
PEOPLE HAVING LOST THOSE
POSITIONS.
IT IS JUST A DIFFERENT PLACE
THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE
WORKING -- OKAY, I SAW SOME
NODS AS I SAID THAT'S ALL TAKE
IT AS A GOOD SIGN.
IT'S KEEP GOING AND GET THROUGH
THESE NEXT 10 SLIDES.
>> LET'S LOOK AT CHANGES IN THE
ECONOMIC FORECAST FOR WEST
FIRST THEN THE REGIONAL
ECONOMY.
SINCE MARCH, AGES MARKET HAS
úPRICED DOWN PROBABLY THE
ESTIMATE SCENARIO TO 20%?
THEY HAVE INCREASED THE
FORECAST FOR EMPLOYMENT, FOR
RETAIL SALES -- AGAIN, PART OF
IT IS BASICALLY [ INDISCERNIBLE
] IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST
HALF OF 2021, AND THEN THE
SECOND PART WOULD BE WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE SECOND HALF OF
2021.
THE CHART HERE AND THE TABLE
COMPARE JULY BASELINE SCENARIO
TO MARCH SCENARIO.
FOR APRIL FORECAST, IT WOULD BE
BEST TO USE THE SCENARIO SEEN
AT THAT POINT IN TIME AFTER
SEEING THE LAST QUARTER OF
2020, THE ECONOMY, THE NATIONAL
AND THE REGIONAL WERE CRACKING
PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO MUCH
CLOSER THAN THE BASELINE
BECAUSE OF PERSONNEL PLACE AND
RETAIL SALES OUTPERFORMING IN
THE FIRST HALF.
WE SELL REVENUE THAT
OUTPERFORMED OUR APRIL
FORECAST.
IT GAVE US REASONS TO SWITCH TO
THE BASELINES.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] LATER ON WHEN
WE GET TO THE REVENUE SECTION.
THAT INCREASE WOULD HAVE BEEN
THERE EVEN IF WE DID NOT SWITCH
FROM PESSIMISTIC AND STICK TO
THE PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO, THERE
WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
UPWARD TRADITION BECAUSE AS YOU
SAW IN THE FIRST SLIDE, THE
FORECAST FOR SALES WAS
SIGNIFICANT REGARDLESS OF [
INDISCERNIBLE ] WHICH SCENARIO
WE WERE LOOKING AT.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] INCREASE THE
DEMAND WHICH SURPRISED ALL THE
FORECASTERS, THERE HAS BEEN
QUITE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
INFLATION THAT CAME AS RATHER
NEGATIVE SURPRISE LAST THREE
MONTHS, THE INCREASED DEMAND
FACED SOME SUPPLY CHAIN
DISRUPTION AND BOTTLENECKS
WHICH LED TO PRICES GROWING
MUCH FASTER THAN EXPECTED, AND
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] FASTER THAN
WHAT WAS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN.
THE OVERALL INFLATION FORECAST
WENT FROM 1.93.7.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
-- THAT INFLATION FORECAST IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT FITS INTO
OUR CPI W INFLATION FORECAST
WHICH IS USED FOR AWI INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO INCREASING
PERSONAL OUTPLACE EMPLOYMENT,
WE ARE ALSO PREDICTING NOW A
MUCH HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY
EXPECTED INFLATION FOR 2021 AND
2022.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THAT
MATTERS FOR THE BUDGETING
CONTEXT BECAUSE IT DRIVES LABOR
COST AS WELL IS NONLABOR COST
IN THE CITY.
THAT IS A PRESSURE POINT IN
TERMS OF BALANCING OUR OVERALL
REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
>> AND AGAIN, WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE ALL COUNCIL NUMBERS GOT TO
SEE THE PRESENTATION AT THE
SAME TIME.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO
ASK YOU IN ADVANCE, I THINK IT
WOULD BE HELPFUL ON THESE TWO
SLIDES TO HAVE AN APPLES TO
APPLES COMPARISON.
CAN WE LOOK AT THE JULY AND
MARCH BASELINE COMPARISONS LIKE
THE BASELINE COMPARED TO THE
PESSIMISTIC?
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO
SEE HOW THOSE TRACKED OVER
TIME.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> WE WILL PROVIDE THAT TO
CENTRAL STUFF AND UPDATE
NUMBERS AS WELL.
WE HAD INFORMATION WORRIED ABOUT
COMPLEXITY AND LENGTH OF THE
PRESENTATION.
I SUGGESTED WE TRIED TO
STREAMLINE SOME OF THIS.
>> I APPRECIATE.
ALSO, THIS RELATIVELY GOOD
NEWS, I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAYOR
INTENDS TO USE THE BASELINE
FORECAST FOR THE FALL BUDGET
AND GIVEN THAT WE USE THE
PESSIMISTIC FALL BUDGET
PROJECTIONS LAST YEAR, CAN YOU
SORT OF REITERATE HOW YOU HAVE
MADE A DECISION TO GO FROM THE
PESSIMISTIC TO THE BASELINE?
I KNOW THERE ARE NATIONAL
FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN MAKING
THOSE DECISIONS, BUT IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING WITH COLLEAGUES
AS WELL IF YOU HAVE IDEAS ABOUT
HOW WHERE WE CAN SEE
TRANSPARENTLY WHERE THE
BASELINE VERSUS THE PESSIMISTIC
FORECAST PLAYS OUT SO IF WE END
UP HAVING A BUDGET THAT IS
TRANSMITTED THAT USES A
BASELINE SORT OF MORE
OPTIMISTIC PROJECTION, AND THE
PESSIMISTIC PROJECTION, IF
ANYTHING HAPPENS WITH THIS
FORCE WAVE OF DELTA AND OTHER
COVID COMPLICATIONS IF WE END
UP HAVING TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW THESE PROJECTIONS PLAY OUT
SO DIRECTOR NOBLE, YOU ALL ARE
ASSUMING THAT YOU WILL USE THE
BASELINE PROJECTIONS FOR YOUR
CREATION OF THE FALL BUDGET?
>> I HAVE A SLIDE.
I'M PREPARED TO TALK TO THAT
JUST AHEAD AS WE SHIFT FROM
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE TO THE
NARROWLY INTO THE REVENUE SIDE
-- WE WILL GET THERE SHORTLY.
I'M GOING TO MOVE US ON TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
>> ALL RIGHT, WRAPPING UP THE
ECONOMIC FORECAST, IN TERMS OF
THE FORECAST RATES OBVIOUSLY
THE DELTA STRAIN IS THE NUMBER
ONE CAUSE OF CONCERN HERE WHERE
THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FORECAST
HAS BEEN RELEASED THE
BEGINNING OF JULY, IT WAS
ESSENTIALLY THE PEAK OF GOOD
NEWS AND THE LOWEST POINT IN
THE PROBABLY -- IN THE NUMBER
OF CASES YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT.
SINCE THEN, SEVERAL THINGS
OCCURRED, MOSTLY ON [
INDISCERNIBLE ] SIDE.
NOW THE AGENTS DO NOT SEE
MANDATORY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED
BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE NUMBER OF CASES CAN LEAD TO
CONSUMERS JUST BEING MORE
CAUTIOUS, SPENDING LESS,
AVOIDING BIGGER CROWDS, AND
THAT IS QUITE WORRYING BECAUSE
THERE WAS AN EXPECTED SHIFT IN
CONSUMER SPENDING ON GOODS THAT
WAS FUELING THE [ INDISCERNIBLE
] SERVICES, TRAVEL,
RECREATION, ENTERTAINMENT,
THOSE WERE THE PRIMARY FACTORS
EXPECTED TO DRIVE CONSUMER
SPENDING -- NOW CONSUMERS ARE
MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE DELTA
VARIANT.
THEY MIGHT SLOW DOWN, COME BACK
ON WITH TRAVEL, SPENDING AT
RESTAURANTS, AND THAT WILL
CAUSE THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] --
NOT BECAUSE OF MANDATORY
RESTRICTION IMPOSED BY
GOVERNMENT, JUST THAT CONSUMERS
ARE MORE CAUTIOUS.
THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A
SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE
CONSUMER SENTIMENT THAT HAS
BEEN PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY.
AGAIN, SEEMS LIKE CONSUMERS ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE DELTA
VARIANT.
CONSUMER SENTIMENT IS NOT THE
BEST PREDICTOR FOR SPENDING,
BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO WATCH.
RETAIL SALES IN JULY HAS BEEN
RELEASED TODAY.
IT SHOWS A 1.1% DROP WHICH IS
SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ECONOMISTS
WERE EXPECTING.
PART OF IT WAS EXPECTED COMING
DOWN WITH A LARGE INCREASE IN
SALES DUE TO PHYSICAL STIMULUS,
BUT THE FACT THAT THE DROP IN
RETAIL SALES [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
-- STILL COMBINED WITH THOSE
HIGH INFLATION NUMBERS THAT ARE
COMING WHICH MIGHT PROVIDE SOME
KIND OF REASON TO DELAY
SPENDING FOR CONSUMERS, THE
SHORTAGE OF AVAILABLE WORKERS,
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] RECOVERY IS
GOING TO BE A PROLONGED ISSUE.
THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS,
WHATEVER HAPPENS TO DELTA IS
PROBABLY NUMBER ONE CONCERN FOR
THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FORECAST.
>> INCLUDING SOME RISKS TO THE
CURRENT SITUATION, SHIFTING TO
TALK ABOUT REVENUES AND IN
PARTICULAR, TALK ABOUT THE
FORECAST SCENARIOS HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT BASELINE, SO I'M
GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DAVE
TO TALK MORE ABOUT SPECIFIC
REVENUE NUMBERS IF YOU WILL.
THINGS TO REMEMBER IN TERMS OF
THIS DISCUSSION, WHAT WE ARE
DESCRIBING OUR INPUTS TO OUR
REGIONAL MODEL -- WE HAVE A
NATIONAL FORECAST ENTITY THAT
WE USE TO HELP FEED OUR
REGIONAL PROJECTIONS.
WE HAVE A REGIONAL ECONOMIC
MODEL THAT RELIES ON FORECAST
OF KEY NATIONAL BURIALS, THINGS
LIKE COMPANY EMPLOYMENT, WE
THREW THE COURSE OF REGULAR
BUSINESS IF YOU WILL, USE THEIR
BASELINE FORECAST AND BASELINE
PROBABILITIES TO DIFFERENT
FORECASTS.
PRE-PANDEMIC, PRERECESSION, THE
LAST TIME WE INVOKED THE
PESSIMISTIC FORECAST I WAS NOT
THE BUDGET DIRECTOR -- AGAIN,
SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION WHERE
ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY AND SPECIFIC
CONCERN THAT THE LOCAL ECONOMY
MIGHT RESPOND DIFFERENTLY THAN
THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, SO AS
COVID HIT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO
AND WE WERE DEVELOPING THE
APRIL FORECAST IN 2020, WE
SHIFTED TO THE PESSIMISTIC
ARGUING THERE WAS A WHOLE LOT
OF UNCERTAINTY AND WE HAD
REASON TO THINK THAT OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY GIVEN ITS DEPENDENCE ON
TOURISM AND OTHER KEY FACTORS
INDIRECT RELIANCE ON THE TRAVEL
INDUSTRY AND THE LIKE -- WE HAD
REASONS TO THINK WE MIGHT BE
MORE AFFECTED THAN OTHERS.
THEN WHAT WE BASICALLY SAID AT
THE TIME, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL
MOVE BUT WE WILL STICK WITH
THIS UNTIL THE DATA TELLS US WE
MADE THE WRONG CONCLUSION.
AND WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION
IN THE SPRINGTIME WHEN WE
BROUGHT YOU THE APRIL FORECAST
AT THE TIME WHEN THE RECOVERY
-- YOU RECALL THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT UPWARD MOVE WHEN WE
GAVE YOU NOVEMBER UPDATES ABOUT
FOUR MONTHS PREVIOUS TO OUR
FORECAST IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN IS
WE HAVE ACTUAL DATA FOR THE
FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THIS
YEAR, AND THEY HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDED THE
APRIL FORECAST.
WE SAID WE WOULD STICK TO THE
PESSIMISTIC UNTIL THE DATA
SHOWED US AND TOLD US
OTHERWISE.
THE DATA IN THE DOOR ARE
TELLING US OTHERWISE.
WE HAVE PERFORMED VERY WELL
LOCALLY.
THE ECONOMY HAS SEEMINGLY
ADAPTED TO SOME DEGREE TO
COVID.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE LIFTING
OF RESTRICTIONS ALTHOUGH THOSE
LISTINGS HAPPENED LATER IN THE
SECOND QUARTER -- THEN IN THE
FIRST OR MOST OF THE SECOND SO
AGAIN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
END OF JUNE AS THE END OF THE
SECOND QUARTER.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE
HIGHLIGHTED WAS GOING TO BE
FACTORS, WHAT PROBABILITIES OF
NATIONAL FORECAST'S PLACING ON
THEIR FORECASTS -- BACK WHEN WE
STARTED USING THE PESSIMISTIC
FORECAST IN APRIL OF 2019 OR
APRIL 2020 FORECAST -- I FORGET
THE EXACT YEAR -- IT WAS
MARGINALLY HIGHER PROBABILITY
TO THE BASELINE BUT NOT MUCH.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE
THAT THE BASELINE WAS THE
STRONGEST OF THE FORECAST, IF
YOU WILL.
THAT HAS CHANGED AS WELL AS YOU
CAN SEE.
SO THE FORECAST YOU WILL SEE IN
A MOMENT USES THE BASELINE
FORECAST AS THE NATIONAL LEVEL
TO INPUT TO THE REGIONAL MODEL
AND YOU WILL SEE -- AND MOST OF
WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO IN THE
ACTUAL NUMBERS IS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL REVENUES
IN 20 -- 21.
A GOOD SHARE OF THOSE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REALIZED AGAIN
BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST FEW
MONTHS.
FOR 22 YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A
SMALL INCREMENT OF REVENUE IN
THE BIGGER PICTURE, AND THAT IS
THE ONE THAT IS ARGUABLY MOST
AT RISK HERE AND AS I SAID, AND
I THINK IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT.
KNOWING THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
THESE REVENUES IS GOING TO
AFFECT HOW WE THINK ABOUT
BUILDING THE BUDGET WITH THEM,
IN PARTICULAR, KNOWING THEY MAY
NOT ULTIMATELY BE REALIZED,
DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO
COMMIT TO A BUDGET WITH ONGOING
EXPENDITURES ANY MORE THAN IS
NECESSARY, RATHER TO FOCUS ON
USING SOME OF THESE RESOURCES
TO ADDRESS SOME ONE-TIME
OPPORTUNITIES WE MIGHT HAVE.
ANOTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS A
FACTOR CONSIDERING THIS IS THAT
THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE -- AND
WE ARE DUE A SECOND TRANCHE OF
THE CORONAVIRUS LOCAL RELIEF
FUNDS, CLIFFORD DOLLARS -- AND
WE HAD ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE USES
FOR THOSE DOLLARS WAS TO
REPLACE CITY REVENUES.
SO IF, IN FACT, WE END UP WITH
THE REVENUE FORECAST MOVING IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION, THERE
WOULD BE A POTENTIAL TO USE
THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL.
WE HAVE TOOLS TO ADDRESS THAT.
WE WOULD BE BUILDING A BUDGET
SENSITIVE TO THE UNCERTAINTIES
IN THE FORECAST WHICH ARE
INHERENT NO MATTER WHICH BASIS
WE USE.
SO --
>>
>> WE ARE WATCHING THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN OR --
>> CORONAVIRUS LOCAL RELIEF
FUNDS IS THE --
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAROLD
HAS A COMMENT OR QUESTION.
>> TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY,
YOU ARE PROVIDING WHAT I HEAR
AS A COMPELLING ARGUMENT FOR
WHY THE DECISION MIGHT BE MADE,
BUT THIS LAST BULLET HERE SEEMS
TO SUGGEST THAT THERE IS MORE
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THAT
DECISION.
FUTURE VIRUS -INDUCED POLICY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY MAY AGAIN LEAD TO
SEATTLE'S DEVIATION FROM
NATIONAL FORECAST EXPECTATIONS.
AND THE WORDS THAT SEEM TO
FOLLOW, IT MIGHT BE AND RETURN
TO THE PESSIMISTIC GROWTH
SCENARIO EXPECTATION.
SO ON ONE HAND, I'M HEARING YOU
SAY THERE HAS BEEN A DECISION
MADE TO USE ONE SET OF
PROJECTIONS, BUT THIS LAST
BULLET SEEMS TO SUGGEST THAT
COULD CHANGE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE
MORE UNDERSTANDING OF, IS THAT
SO?
COULD IT CHANGE?
AND WHEN IS IT LIKELY TO -- IF
THERE IS A CHANGE, WOULD IT
HAPPEN BEFORE A PROPOSED BUDGET
IN SEPTEMBER?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
IT CLEARLY COULD CHANGE, RIGHT?
THAT HAS BEEN THE CHALLENGE
THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN FORECASTING THE
ECONOMY, KEEPING AN EYE ON THE
VIRUS, IF YOU WILL, AND
WHATEVER ELSE I AM, I'M
CERTAINLY NOT A DOCTOR OF
MEDICINE.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
SO THE INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW
AND WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS
UNDERLYING THIS FORECAST THAT
WE WILL BUILD A BUDGET UPON.
AS YOU ARE DESCRIBING, KNOWING
UNCERTAINTY IN REVENUES AND
IDEALLY COMMITTING OR
SUGGESTING EXPENSES THAT ARE
CONSISTENT, WE COULD BACK OFF
IF WE NEED TO.
ONE OF THE REASONS, JUST REAL
QUICK, ONE OF THE REASONS
COMFORTABLE DOING THAT IN PART
IS THAT BEFORE THE FINAL BUDGET
IS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER, LATE
NOVEMBER, WE WILL PROVIDE
ANOTHER UPDATE.
SO WE HAVE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND
WHEN THE CITY IS ULTIMATELY
COMMITTED TO ITS BUDGET TO
GATHER SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
AND AGAIN, I WILL PUT THIS
DIRECT.
IF THERE IS A DOWNWARD
FORECAST, WE NEED TO WORK WITH
YOU TO ADJUST THE BUDGET
ACCORDINGLY.
I AM SUGGESTING WE ARE
ANTICIPATING THE POTENTIAL
GOING IN, AND WE WILL BUILD A
BUDGET IF THAT IS THE SCENARIO
WE END UP IN, WE WILL BE IN A
POSITION TO WORK WITH YOU AND
DO THAT IDEALLY IN A WAY THAT
WILL NOT CAUSE MAJOR
DISRUPTIONS FOR INSTANCE IN THE
SITUATION WHERE CITY EMPLOYEES
FOR CRITICAL SERVICES THAT WE
ARE PROVIDING AS PART OF OUR
BASELINE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE
ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
>> I KNOW THIS IS AN UNUSUAL
THING TO SUGGEST, BUT THESE ARE
VERY UNUSUAL TIMES.
MIGHT YOU CONSIDER PROPOSING TO
BUDGETS IN SEPTEMBER?
TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS?
>> CANDIDLY, IT IS CHALLENGING
ENOUGH TO PUT TOGETHER ONE
NEVERMIND IN THE CONTEXT OF
REMOTE WORK AND THE LIKE, BUT
WHAT I BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IS WE
WILL BE IN A POSITION TO
HIGHLIGHT TO YOU PLACES WHERE
THE PROPOSED EXPENDITURES COULD
BE REDUCED IF AND WHEN THERE
WAS A REDUCTION IN REVENUES AND
IN WAYS THAT WILL NOT BE
DISRUPTIVE -- MORE DISRUPTIVE
THAN NECESSARY IF YOU WILL.
IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DYNAMIC
SITUATION.
I RECOGNIZE THE QUESTION,
PLEDGING TO BE CLEAR IN
PARTNERS HOW WE MANAGE THIS AND
THE GOAL WILL NOT BE TO SET
ANYBODY UP FOR FAILURE.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE
POLICY GOALS THAT THE COUNCIL
HAS SET OUT, THAT THE MAYOR
HAS, THAT I THINK THE BUDGET
SHOULD AND CAN SPEAK TO EVEN
WITH THE LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY
WE ARE FACING.
>> I APPRECIATE THE VICE-
CHAIR'S QUESTION.
THAT WAS SIMILAR TO THE
QUESTION I WAS ASKING EARLIER
ABOUT HAVING TO UNDO AND REDO A
BUDGET NEAR THE END.
THAT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC.
DIRECTOR NO BLAND TEAM, I WILL
ASK YOU TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH
THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES SO WE CAN
FINISH THE PRESENTATION.
WE WILL SEE IF THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THAT
TIME.
WE MAY ALSO WANT TO DO ANOTHER
SORT OF WALK-THROUGH OF THIS AS
YOU MAYBE RECEIVE MORE
INFORMATION MID-SEPTEMBER PRIOR
TO THE MAYOR TRANSMITTING HER
BUDGET AS WELL GIVEN THE
CHANGING NATURE OF COVID AND
ITS IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL
ECONOMIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
BUT LET'S GET THROUGH THE NEXT
FOUR SLIDES BECAUSE WE REALLY
DO WANT TO TRY TO RESERVE A
FULL HOUR FOR THE ITEMS RELATED
TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
DISCUSSION.
>> DAVE.
>> REALLY QUICKLY, WE CAN GO
THROUGH, THEN THE TABLE AT THE
END.
>> WE HAVE RECEIVED 2020 DATA
FROM WASHINGTON STATE
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
REVISED OUR REVENUE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] A LITTLE BIT.
THERE IS LARGE AMOUNT OF
FORECAST RISKS HERE.
SOME OF THE UPSIDE, A LOT OF
THE DOWNSIDE, THEY POTENTIALLY
CAN OFFSET EACH OTHER OR MOVE
THE REVENUE ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER.
THERE IS VERY LITTLE
INFORMATION FOR US, AND THERE
IS LARGE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY
HERE.
>> THIS IS THE PAYROLL TAX.
WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS
FOR 2021 UNTIL THE EARLY PART
OF 2022.
SO WE HAVE BEEN CAUTIOUS AND
TRIED TO BE CONSERVATIVE IN THE
FORECAST.
A SMALL UPTICK, AGAIN, BASED ON
THE DATA WE ARE SEEING FROM THE
ECONOMY, REMAINING CONSERVATIVE
GOING FORWARD, WE WILL KNOW
MORE EARLY NEXT YEAR.
>> I'M GOING TO KEEP US MOVING.
>> FOR SALES ON B&O TAX AS
MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES, THE
FIRST -- IN THE FIRST HALF OF
2021, THEY OUTPERFORMED OUR
FORECAST.
IT WAS BUILT ON THE PESSIMISTIC
SCENARIO.
THEY ACTUALLY OUTPERFORMED WHAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE REVENUE
FORECAST USING THE BASELINE
SCENARIO SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THAT IS A PART OF WHY THE
REVENUE FORECAST FOR 2021
OVERALL HAS IMPROVED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FOR REAL ESTATE SIZE TAX, TAX
REVENUE IS ON TRACK DURING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] 2.9 MILLION
FORECAST FROM APRIL . PRICES OF
HOMES HAVE BEEN RISING FASTER
THAN EXPECTED, BUT ON THE OTHER
SIDE, THERE HAS BEEN A LARGER
THAN EXPECTED DROP IN SALES OF
FAMILY HOMES HERE.
THEY ARE PREDICTED TO BE ABOUT
9% LOWER, 8.9 FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES, 8.4 FOR CONDOS WHICH
WOULD BE OFFSETTING THE LARGE
INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF HOMES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> GREAT.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE
REVENUE TABLES.
THIS IS PERHAPS WHAT YOU HAVE
ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE
STANDARD TABLE ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE.
WE HAVE TAX ITEMS, REVENUE
ITEMS LISTED ACROSS THE TOP.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIME PERIODS
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THE LEFT-HAND SIDE COLUMNS,
2020 ACTUALS AND 2021 ADOPTED,
MOVE INTO THE FORECASTS, APRIL
AND AUGUST, THEN WE PROVIDE A
COLUMN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THAT
SHOWS THE CHANGE BETWEEN THE
AUGUST FORECAST IN THE APRIL
FORECAST.
AND THE SAME PATTERN REPEATS
FOR THE 2022 FORECAST WITH
APRIL AND AUGUST AND CHANGES
AUGUST AND APRIL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS BEEN
ALLUDED TO HALFWAY THROUGH THE
PAGE ON THE FUND TOTAL LINE FOR
THE CHANGE AUGUST OVER APRIL,
YOU SEE $50.8 MILLION INCREASE
IN REVENUES IN THAT CENTER
COLUMN.
THAT IS JUST CAPTURING ALL THE
GROWTH THAT JAN DESCRIBED WITH
PHYSICAL STIMULUS AND SO FORTH.
BUT THEN AS YOU SEE TO THE FAR
RIGHT-HAND SIDE IN THE AUGUST
AND APRIL COLUMN, A $29 MILLION
INCREASE IN GENERAL REVENUES
WHICH, AGAIN, CAPTURED THE
NOTION OF A BIT OF MODERATION
AS THE STIMULUS WEARS OFF, AS
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ACTIVITY
RETURNS TO A NON-STIMULATED
STATUS, THIS IS THE GROWTH WE
EXPECT.
>> REAL QUICK, WE CAN THINK OF
THE 50+ MILLION AS A ONE-TIME
REVENUE BECAUSE IT IS LANDING
IN 21.
WE DON'T SEE THE SAME INCREMENT
CARRIED INTO 22.
THE INCREMENT FOR 22 AT $29
MILLION IS ACTUALLY IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LESS THAN 2% OF
THE GENERAL FUND.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NUMBER THAT
SEEMS LARGE BUT RELATIVE TO THE
OVERALL BUDGET IT IS SMALL IF
YOU CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF
INFLATION THAT WE NOTED ARE
HIGHER AND THE LIKE, IT IS NOT
A SIGNIFICANT INCREMENT.
THERE IS ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE 21
INCREASE, BUT AGAIN, AS WE
THINK ABOUT BUDGETING, WE HAVE
TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND RECOGNIZE
THAT IS A ONE-TIME RESOURCE, SO
JUST HIGHLIGHTING THOSE TWO
POINTS.
>> WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK
ABOUT SPECIFIC REVENUES IF YOU
WISH, BUT JUST TO MOVE ON -- WE
HAVE TWO LINES OF PAYROLL
EXPECTS STANCE.
-- EXCEPTION TAX.
WE HAVE CREATED A NEW FUND.
YOU HAVE CREATED A NEW FUND FOR
THE REVENUE STREAM.
THAT IS DOWN IN THE LOWER
SECTION WHICH WITH -- [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND AS JAN
POINTED OUT A FEW SLIDES AGO,
THE PAYROLL EXPECTS TAX --
EXPENSE TAX, WE ARE EXPECTING
MODEST INCREASES.
THEN YOU SEE [ INDISCERNIBLE ],
THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK SALE IS
THERE.
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX, SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERA FUND -- THOSE ARE
ALL SHOWING GROWTH EXCEPT
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA FUND.
THAT IS AN ADJUSTMENT DOWNWARD
BECAUSE THE APRIL FORECAST
ASSUMED THE ADDITION OF 10 NEW
CAMERA LOCATIONS OR 10 NEW
CAMERAS AND THAT HAS BEEN
REDUCED RECENTLY TO ONLY THREE
BEING INSTALLED BY SEPTEMBER OF
THIS YEAR AND SO THAT IS THE
REDUCTION THERE.
AND THEN AND SO -- AGAIN,
LOOKING AT THE CHANGE COLUMNS,
WE ARE ADDING $1.2 MILLION IN
OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT
REVENUES AND DECREASING ABOUT
5.1 IN 2022 LARGELY AGAIN AS
YOU CAN SEE BECAUSE OF THE
SCHOOL ZONE CAMERA FUND.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE JUST
TO FINISH THE OVERALL OVERVIEW
I GUESS -- WE HAVE A MISSIONS
TAX, REAL ESTATE TAX PULLED OUT
HERE, AND OMISSIONS TAX
REVENUES ARE INCREASING OVER
APRIL FORECASTS BECAUSE WE HAVE
NOW INCORPORATED A NEW ESTIMATE
OF WHAT ADMISSIONS ACTIVITY IS
GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA.
SO, THAT IS CAPTURING THAT.
>> I WOULD NOTE ON THAT FRONT,
THE INCREMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA IS NOT AN
INCREMENT THAT WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR US TO SPEND PART
OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
WITH NHL SEATTLE AND THOSE
GROUPS.
IT IS THAT THE INCREMENT OF
ADMISSION TAX REVENUE IS AN
OFFSET OF THEIR RENT.
THEY ARE GUARANTEEING US THE
SAME LEVEL OF OMISSIONS TAX
FROM WHAT HAD BEEN Q ARENA IS
NOW CLIMATE PLACE ARENA.
WE ARE NOT LOSING RELATIVE TO
WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
THEY REBUILT THE ARENA.
THE INCREMENT OF THE ADMISSIONS
TAX IS THE OFFSET TO THEIR
RENT.
IT IS THE REVENUE SIDE OF THAT.
THE EXPENDITURE SIDE IS A NEED
TO CONSIDER THE FACT.
>> THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I
TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS?
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WE LIKE
OUR FORECAST.
IT IS STAYING STEADY.
>> OKAY.
WE LIKE THAT TOO.
TOWNSEND MEMBER LEWIS, YOU HAD
THE FIRST HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
IF WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE HERE, I JUST WANT TO ASK
A QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX OF ALL THINGS.
IN THE APRIL 22 TO AUGUST 2022,
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
PROJECTED DROP-OFF IN THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX.
WHAT ARE WE ARE TREATING THAT
TOO?
THE CONSUMER IS PAYING THIS,
RIGHT?
OR THEIR FINDING PLACES AND
PARKING, WHY ARE WE
ANTICIPATING -- A DECLINE
BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST OF
2022 WHEN WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A
STEADY INCREASE AS PEOPLE ARE
GETTING OUT MORE?
I AM CURIOUS --
>> IT IS EFFECTIVELY A
RECALIBRATION OF WHAT THE
ACTUALS ARE RECEIVING.
ESSENTIALLY, I WAS
OVERESTIMATING.
SO I AM TRYING TO ADJUST IT
DOWNWARD TO REFLECT TO A BASE
WHERE THE ACTUALS MORE ROBUSTLY
SUPPORT.
SO WHILE THERE IS MORE
ACTIVITY, THERE IS MORE PARKING
GOING ON, I WAS OFF IN THE
APRIL FORECAST.
>> ALL RIGHT, I APPRECIATE THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR YOUR QUESTIONS
TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FROM
CBO AND THE FORECAST OFFICE FOR
THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THAT CENTRAL STAFF HAS
BEEN PORING OVER THE REPORT
SINCE WE RECEIVED IT YESTERDAY.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET A CHANCE TO HEAR IF THERE
IS ANYTHING ELSE FROM CENTRAL
US. F YOU WOULD LIKE TO FLY FOR
I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR NOBLE
WHO HAS JUST AGREED TO BE ABLE
TO BE AVAILABLE ONE MONTH FROM
NOW.
WE ARE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER
17th.
WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE
TEAM BACK TO SEE IF THERE IS
ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE
NEW AT THAT TIME ESPECIALLY
GIVEN THE CHANGES WITH THE
COVID DELTA VARIANT.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT
TO COME BACK ONE MONTH FROM NOW
TO SEE IF THAT INFLUENCES OUR
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS AS WE HEAD
INTO DELIBERATIONS FOR THE FALL
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
CENTRAL STAFF, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD ADD
FROM YOUR INITIAL REVIEW OR ANY
QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
FOLLOWED UP ON AS WELL?
>> NO, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THE DISCUSSION COVERED THE
HIGHLIGHTS AND REMARKS.
THIS IS A KEY QUESTION TO
CONSIDER.
THAT WAS MY ASSESSMENT.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ASSESSMENT
OF THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.
>> EXCELLENT.
OKAY.
LAST CALL ON QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> WE WILL LET YOU ALL GO.
THANK YOU JOHN, THANK YOU DAVE,
THANK YOU CENTRAL STAFF AND
DIRECTOR NOBLE.
WE WILL KEEP OUR TEAM WITH US
AS WE MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM.
MADAM CLERK EMMA LET'S READ
ITEM NUMBER FIVE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
COUNCIL BILL 120112, AN
ORDINANCE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, [
INDISCERNIBLE ], SEATTLE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] FUNDING AND
SUBSIDIZED LOANS INTO EXECUTE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] FUNDING
AGREEMENTS.
FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
AGENDA, THIS INCLUDES MIDYEAR
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE AND
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, AND ITEM
NUMBER SIX IS THE MIDYEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL.
WE DO HAVE AN HOUR BOOKED IN
FOR THESE ITEMS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS ITEM NUMBER
FIVE WOULD BE RELATIVELY QUICK
COMPARED TO THE LONGER
DISCUSSION ON SUPPLEMENTALS.
WE ORDERED IT TO PUT THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE WHICH IS
ITEM NUMBER FIVE FIRST, BUT WE
DO WANT TO RESERVE THE HOUR IF
WE CAN FOR FULL DISCUSSIONS AND
ANY QUESTIONS ON BOTH OF THESE
TOPICS EXPECTING THE LARGER
PART OF THE DISCUSSION TO BE
ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. TOM MIKESELL,
THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US AS
WE MOVE TO THE ITEM.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO ALLIE
PUT MUCCI AND YOUR CENTRAL
STAFF TEAMS AS WELL WHO HAVE
BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH
MYSELF AND OTHERS ON THESE
BILLS.
WE HAVE THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
IN FRONT OF US AS A PERIODIC
ORDINANCE THAT WE ACCEPT FUNDS
TO THE CITY FOR VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS.
WE DID HAVE THIS IN COMMITTEE
THE LAST TWO MEETINGS AS WELL
SO I DID WANT TO SEE IF TOM YOU
HAVE ANY OTHER ORDINANCE
COMPETENCE AND I'M HAPPY TO
OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
THEY MIGHT HAVE ON 120111 --
TOM?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THERE IS NOT MUCH TO ADD EXCEPT
THERE IS EXTERNAL FUNDING TO BE
ADDED IN THIS ORDINANCE, AND AS
OF TODAY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED
ANY AMENDMENT REQUESTS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
>> WONDERFUL, WITH THE
ORIENTATION, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
ARE THERE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE
BEEN PERCOLATING ON YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ASK AT THIS POINT?
PLEASE GO AHEAD VICE-CHAIR
HURTLED.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
DEPARTMENTS GRANTS ARE INCLUDED
IN THIS LEGISLATION AND GIVEN
THAT THERE WAS LAST YEAR
SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN SOME OF
THE GRANTS THAT WERE PROPOSED
TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL PROPOSED BY SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THIS
HAPPENED LAST YEAR, I AM
CONCERNED WE ARE AGAIN GOING TO
BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE
ASKED TO APPROVE ACCEPTANCE OF
THE GRANTS LATE IN THE YEAR
WITHOUT A CONVERSATION WITH CBO
OR SPD ON WHICH GRANTS THE
COUNCIL WOULD LIKE A LITTLE
MORE ENGAGEMENT ON BEFORE SPD
PURSUE THEM IN WHICH GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ACTIONS ARE MORE
STERILE AND SORT OF PERFORM.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE HAD
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE THAT THEY WOULD WORK
WITH US ON SUCH AN APPROACH AND
WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF IN DETERMINING
WHICH GRANTS THE COUNCIL WAS
INTERESTED IN DOING A DEEP DIVE
POLICY ENGAGEMENT ON AND WHICH
GRANTS WERE -- THE APPROVAL WAS
MORE PERFORMA AND NOT SOMETHING
WE NEEDED TO GET INTO THE
DETAILS OF, AND TO MY
KNOWLEDGE, THAT HASN'T
HAPPENED.
I MENTIONED THIS IN PREVIOUS
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
MY CONCERN IS RATHER THAN HAVE
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE
GRANTS THAT MIGHT INVOLVE
CONTROVERSY, WE ARE SUBJECT
THING -- SUBJECTING EVERY GRANT
THAT THEY WANT FROM CITY
COUNCIL TO ACCEPT -- WE ARE
SUBJECTING THIS ENTIRE PROCESS
TO CONTROVERSY POTENTIALLY WHEN
WE DO NOT NEED TO DO SO.
AND AGAIN, I AM WORRIED ABOUT
THAT HAPPENING AT THE END OF
THE YEAR AFTER WE HAVE ENTERED
INTO AGREEMENTS AND TURNED INTO
AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER
JURISDICTIONS TO DO JOINT WORK
OR TO ACT AS THE PAST
ADMINISTRATOR FOR OTHER
JURISDICTIONS AND JUST WANTING
TO FLAG THAT NOW -- FLAGGED THE
ABSENCE OF THIS CONVERSATION
OVER THE PAST YEAR AS [
INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> THANK YOU VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD,
YOUR CONCERNS ARE WELL RECEIVED
AND SHARED.
I SEE GREAT FROM CENTRAL STAFF
WHO LEADS OUR ANALYSIS ON SPD.
WE DO KNOW THERE IS AN
ANTICIPATED ORDINANCE THAT IS
GOING TO BE SENT DOWN TO CITY
COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THOSE GRANTS.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU'D LIKE TO ADD IN TERMS OF
ANTICIPATION AROUND THAT?
>> I THINK IT IS ON ITS WAY.
I THINK IT WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR YOU ALL IN SEPTEMBER.
YOU WILL HAVE A VERY TIGHT
TIMEFRAME BETWEEN THE TIME YOU
GET BACK FROM RECESS AND THE
ANNUAL BUDGET.
IT IS REALLY ONE MEETING,
PROBABLY.
>> AND THUS THE CONCERNS FROM
VICE-CHAIR HURTLED. WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON
THAT.
VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD WAS NEXT.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING, WHY ARE
SPD GRANT ACCEPTING ACTIONS NOT
IN THIS BILL LIKE WE DO EVERY
YEAR?
WE DON'T SEGREGATE OUT ALL THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GRANT
ACCEPTANCE FROM EVERY OTHER
DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
WHY HAS THAT OCCURRED THIS
YEAR?
IF ANYBODY KNOWS --
>> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE
EXECUTIVE ON THAT.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE
ANSWER THOUGH, IF YOU ARE
SAYING YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE
EXECUTIVE ON THAT, ARE WE BEING
LED TO BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS AN
EXECUTIVE CHOICE TO NOT INCLUDE
IT IN THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
OR WAS THIS A COUNCIL GENERATED
ISSUE?
>> IT WAS OBVIOUSLY AN
EXECUTIVE CHOICE TO NOT PUT IT
IN THE BUDGET THAT THEY SENT
DOWN.
IT WAS A COUNCIL REQUEST LAST
YEAR AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SAID TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT WAS TO
ADDRESS IT EARLIER IN AN
ORDINANCE BEFORE NOW.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF I
WERE TO SPECULATE, HALF OF IT
GOT DONE IN THE SENSE THAT IT
IS NOT BEING DONE NOW AND THE
HALF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
THE OTHER HALF OF THE MESSAGE
THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE
EARLIER DIDN'T REACH.
SO THERE WAS A DISCONNECT.
>> AND I THINK THE REALITY IS
COUNCIL PLAYS A BUDGET
OVERSIGHT ROLE IN FULFILLING
THAT OVERSIGHT ROLE, WE ASKED
FOR COMMUNICATION AND CLEAR
SETUP OF EXPECTATIONS AROUND
WHATEVER INFORMATION WE WANTED
TO RECEIVE IN ORDER TO ALLOW
FOR THE NORMAL PROCESS TO
UNFOLD IN A WAY THAT DIDN'T
FEEL LIKE WE WERE BEING JAMMED
OR DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US TO
MAKE THE EVALUATION OF WHAT IS
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] VERSUS WHAT
APPEARS TO BE A GRANT THAT IS
DRIVING POLICY OR OPERATIONS
AT THE DEPARTMENT IN THE WAY
THAT COULD BE CONSISTENT WITH
PRIOR POLICY POSITIONS SO I --
IT IS UNFORTUNATE TO HEAR WE
ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE
RUNNING THE BILL AS A SEPARATE
STAND-ALONE BILL WHEN I DON'T
THINK THAT WAS OUR INTENTION IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
SEEING NOD FROM THE VICE-CHAIR
AS WELL AS FROM ME, SO YES, I
THINK THERE IS ADDITIONAL
COMMUNICATION NEEDED ON THIS
PIECE.
APPRECIATE THE BACK GROUND FROM
VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD AND FROM
GREG DOSS HERE AND THE
UNDERSCORING FROM THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
OKAY.
PUTTING THAT CONCERN ASIDE, THE
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE IS AHEAD
OF US, 120111, NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, AND
CENTRAL STAFF HAS NOTED WE ARE
NOT AWARE OF ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, I MOVE WE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF BILL
120111.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> VICE-CHAIR, ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, MADAM
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON PASSAGE BILL OF 120111?
>> VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> I.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> I.
>> MADAM CHAIR, FOUR IN FAVOR,
NOT OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MOTION CARRIES.
THE ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE FROM
MIDYEAR 2021 BILL COUNCIL BILL
120111 WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FULL
COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER
13th WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS THE FINAL VOTE
THERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CENTRAL
STAFF.
IF YOU CAN STICK WITH US, LET'S
MOVE ON TO THE OTHER BIG ITEM
RELATED TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET.
MADAM CLERK McKINNEY REED ITEM
NUMBER SIX INTO THE RECORD.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, COUNCIL
BILL 120112, AN ORDINANCE
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2021 BUDGET
INCLUDING THE 2021 2026 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR
BREATHING DISCUSSION AND ALSO
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COLLEAGUES.
THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING WE
HAVE HAD THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET IN FRONT OF US TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK TOM MIKESELL,
GREG DOSS, EVERYONE FOR HELPING
WITH THIS TODAY AND I WANT TO
THANK ALLIE BEN DECI WHO IS NOT
WITH US BECAUSE SHE IS ON LEAVE
BUT HAD VERY MUCH FROM THAT
LEAVE AND HER WORK ON THIS
PRIOR TO HER VACATION.
COLLEAGUES, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE AMPLE TIME TO GET
THROUGH THESE COMMENTS IN FRONT
OF US.
WE DO HAVE FOR THE FIVE MINUTES
TO DISCUSS THIS, AND WE WILL
TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET
THROUGH THIS IN THE ALLOTTED
TIME.
WE HAVE THREE MORE SECTIONS ON
OUR AGENDA AFTER THIS SO IF WE
END UP RUNNING INTO CLOSE TO
1:00 P.M., I WILL NOTIFY THE
CLERKS IF WE TAKE RECESS.
I DO INTEND TO COME BACK AND
FINISH THE 3 TO 4 ITEMS THAT
ARE JUST BRIEFINGS.
NO VOTES REQUIRED, BUT I WILL
BE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE
WATCHING THAT.
LET'S ENDEAVOR TO GET THROUGH
THIS TOGETHER AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO HAVE
OUR FULL AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.
THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET.
IDEALLY WE WOULD NOT HAVE LARGE
POLICY SHIFTS INCLUDED IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET GIVEN THE
CONVERSATION THAT HAS EVOLVED
MOSTLY THROUGH LETTERS TO
COUNCIL REGARDING A REQUEST
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
SOME LARGER POLICY SHIFTS
SPECIFICALLY IN PUBLIC SAFETY
RELATED -- WE DID DELAY A VOTE
ON THE SUBMITTAL PACKAGE AT OUR
LAST MEETING TO CONSIDER SOME
OF THE POSSIBLE POLICY AND
INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TODAY.
THE FULL COUNCIL HAS BEEN
PARTICIPATING WITH US AS THE
DISCUSSION HAS INCLUDED ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOUR
FLEXIBILITY TO THINK THROUGH
VARIOUS AMENDMENTS AND
PRIORITIES IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL
AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK
CENTRAL STAFF FOR BEING SO
FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO HELP
CRAFT VARIOUS AMENDMENT IN
FRONT OF US AND AGAIN
COLLEAGUES FOR THOSE MEMBERS
WHO ARE OUT OF CITY COUNCIL BUT
NOT MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE
HOUSING COMMITTEE AS CHAIR I
WILL PRESENT THE AMENDMENTS ON
THEIR BEHALF AND OFFER THE
CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE
PRESENT TO SPEAK TO THEM EVEN
IF THEY ARE NOT ON COMMITTEE
AND THAT WILL GIVE US A CHANCE
TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL
HEALTH MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE NOT HERE
WITH US TODAY BUT DO HAVE
AMENDMENTS AS WELL I WILL BE
OFFERING THOSE FOR THE PURPOSES
OF DISCUSSION AND VOTE TODAY --
WE WILL MOVE THREE AMENDMENTS
AS ORDERED IN THE TABLE AND THE
ATTACHMENT THAT CAME WITH THE
11 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE
PRESENTED AND I WILL ASK THOSE
SPONSORS OF THE AMENDMENT TO
MOVE THE AMENDMENT TO PUT IT IN
FRONT OF US AND THEN I WILL ASK
CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK THROUGH
THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL
HAVE A CHANCE FOR THE SPONSORS
TO SPEAK TO THE AMENDMENT AND
WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION AND IF
THERE ARE AMENDMENTS TO THOSE
OF MINUTES WE WILL CONSIDER
THOSE AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE
WILL WRAP THIS UP AROUND NOON
TODAY!
LET'S DO CENTRAL STAFF
INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE RECORD WE
HAVE WITH US I SEE TOM MIKESELL
GREG DOSS DAN EATER JEFF SIMMS
AND AM I MISSING ANYBODY ELSE
FROM CENTRAL STAFF?
OKAY, WONDERFUL.
WELL WITH THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO OPEN US
UP TO THE CONVERSATION HERE TOM
OR SHOULD WE GO AGAINST THE
LIST OF AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF
US?
>> MADAM CHAIR, NO REAL
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OTHER THAN
TO SAY THE TABLE BILL I WILL BE
SHARING INCLUDES SOME
AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED IN PRIOR MEETINGS AND
SOME AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE
RECEIVED SUBSEQUENCE TO THAT
AND THEY ARE GENERALLY IN ORDER
OF THE RECEIPT.
BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE
MY SCREEN.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS AN
AMENDMENT TABLE THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN PUBLISHED MATERIALS
AS WELL SO IT SHOULD BE EASY TO
FOLLOW ALONG FOR FOLKS AT HOME
WHO MIGHT HAVE A TOUGH TIME
SEEING THE SCREEN ON SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR ON YOUR COMPUTER
SCREEN.
AS THOMAS BRINGS IT UP --
PERFECT -- I WANT TO KNOW THAT
ON THE FIRST SET OF AMENDMENTS,
SPECIFICALLY ONE THROUGH FOUR,
WE HAVE HAD A PRESENTATION ON
THESE ITEMS IN THE PAST.
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO HAVE SUGGESTED
THESE MOMENTS WERE SPONSORED
THESE AMENDMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION TODAY TO CONSIDER
THE FIRST FOUR AMENDMENTS AS
PART OF A VOTING BLOCK, A
VOTING PACKAGE.
WE WOULD THEN WALK THROUGH EACH
FOUR OF THE AMENDMENTS SO THAT
THE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF CAN
PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THOSE
AMENDMENTS AND THEN WE WOULD
HAVE THE SPONSORS SPEAK TO EACH
ONE BUT JUST FOR THE PURPOSES
OF TIME THAT WAY WE COULD
POTENTIALLY VOTE ON THE 1st FOR
THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS IN THE LAST TWO
MEETINGS AND WOULD ALLOW US TO
GET INTO THE OTHER ONES WHERE I
THINK THERE ARE SOME MORE
QUESTIONS SO COLLEAGUES THE
FIRST FOUR -- YOU CAN SEE ON
THE SCREEN THERE -- TOM, WOULD
YOU MIND READING THE SHORT
TITLE OF THE FIRST FOUR?
>> SURE, MADAM CHAIR.
SO AMENDMENT ONE IS SPONSORED BY
YOU, CHAIR.
THIS PROVIDES $150,000 IN
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENTS 2021
BUDGET FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND I WILL CONTINUE DOWN THE
LIST.
AMENDMENT 2 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.
THIS WOULD ADD A NEW SUMMARY
BUDGET LEVEL IN 2021 OR IN THE
2022 BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC REVENUE FORECAST AND
PROVIDE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR
CREATING THE OFFICE.
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALES WOULD ADD A STATEMENT
OF INTENT REGARDING THE 2021
SPENDING TO UPDATE AND ENHANCE
THE DISCLOSURE TECHNOLOGY AND
PRACTICES.
AND THEN AMENDMENT FOUR
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES WOULD ADD $97,000 TO
THE CITY AUDITOR DEPARTMENT FOR
STAFFING ISSUES IN THE ABSENCE
OF CITY AUDITOR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WILL HAVE A
CHANCE FOR EACH OF THE SPONSORS
TO SPEAK TO THE FOUR ITEMS IN
THE POTENTIAL VOTING BLOCK OR
PACKAGE.
IF THERE IS ANY CONCERNS ABOUT
CONSIDERING THESE FOUR
TOGETHER, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
PULL OUT ANY OF THE ITEMS RIGHT
NOW AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THAT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I
WILL GO AHEAD AND WE WILL
CONSIDE AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH
FOUR AS ONE VOTING PACKAGE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION?
HEARING NO OBJECTION,
AMENDMENTS ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE
GOING TO BE GROUPED TOGETHER AS
ONE VOTING PACKAGE.
NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND WALK
THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS -- TOM
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD BEFORE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
SPONSORED THESE AMENDMENTS
SPEAK TO THEM?
>> NO, MADAM CHAIR.
I DO NOT.
LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF THIS
AMENDMENT.
AS YOU RECALL ON LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET WE ALLOCATED 150,000 TO
FUND A MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR
TO ASSIST WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.
HAULING THE ADOPTION OF THE
BUDGET IT WAS DETERMINED THAT
THE FIREFIGHTERS HELD TRUST WAS
THE BEST PLACE FOR RANK-AND-
FILE MEMBERS TO ACCESS MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES FOR MANY
BARRIERS [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH GIVEN
THAT THE HUNDRED 50,000 HALVES
-- HAS NOT BEEN SPENT, IT IS
SPLIT INTO TWO AND IT ALLOCATES
ANOTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER
TO BE LOCATED AT SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE A MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDER BOTH WITHIN
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
HEADQUARTERS AND ANOTHER ONE
WITHIN THE TRUST AS REQUESTED
BY RANK-AND-FILE MEMBERS.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THERE WOULD
BE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
SERVICES IN 2022 TO CONTINUE
SERVICES AND I KNOW I AM EAGER
ALONG WITH OTHERS TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF THOSE
WHO ARE ON THE FRONTLINE
ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING THAT A
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOWN
PERSONNEL AROUND 95
FIREFIGHTERS THIS YEAR AND THEY
ARE CONSTANTLY HELPING WITH
MULTIPLE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES
WHETHER IT IS ASSISTING WITH
COVID, THE CRISIS OF
HOMELESSNESS, OR HELPING TO
FIGHT NATIONAL WILDFIRES, I
APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION
OF THIS AMENDMENT.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER -- CANCEL
PRESIDENT GONZALES, YOU ARE THE
SPONSOR OF AMENDMENT NUMBER
TWO.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT?
>> I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD
TO IT.
IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
IT IN THE UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION.
I THINK IT IS PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT OPERATIONALIZE IS THE
COUNCIL BILL WE PASSED
ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE.
>> EXCELLENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE?
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE,
REALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SORT
OF FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENTS TRUST IN THE
STANDING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS
GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO
ENHANCE THE CITY'S PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE PROCESS.
SO THIS IS THE SUITE OF
INVESTMENTS IN THE SPACE TO
ALLOW FOR SOME OF THE SOFTWARE
TO BE PURCHASED TO PREVENT THE
LOSS OF DATA THAT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC
RECORDS ACT.
MORE TO COME ON THIS, IT WILL
BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THIS
FUNDING ALSO INCLUDES
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
TO THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
AS WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC RECORDS
ACT INVESTMENTS AND OBLIGATION
-- EXCUSE ME -- OBLIGATIONS WE
MUST COMPLY WITH SO WE WILL BE
DOING MUCH MORE WORK IN THIS
SPACE IN THE FALL BUDGET
PROCESS BUT THIS IS SORT OF AN
INITIAL STEP FORWARD.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE LAST
ITEM IN THE PACKAGE, NUMBER
FOUR?
>> THIS ONE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS
HOUSED WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT ON THE ORG CHART,
BUT THEY ARE AN INDEPENDENT
OFFICE.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE FEW OFFICES
THAT ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO
ABSORB BUDGET CUTS AS A RESULT
OF THE RECESSION LAST YEAR, AND
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO RESTORE SOME OF THE COST
ASSOCIATED THAT IS NECESSARY
FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO DO
THEIR AUDITING WORK.
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES AND WORK --
>> EXCELLENT.
NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
ON THOSE, APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THESE FORWARD.
ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON AMENDMENTS ONE
THROUGH FOUR?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENTS 14?
>> VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> IS A PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> MADAM CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NOT A POST.
IT CARRIES.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT
NUMBER FIVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
LISTED AS SPONSOR ALONG WITH
THE CO-AUTHOR COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THE
AMENDMENT TO PUT IT IN FRONT OF
US?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT FIVE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
LET'S TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF AND I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE SPONSOR AND AUTHOR.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS $25,000 AND ONE TERM
LIMITED POSITION TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TO ADD A
POSITION THAT WOULD MONITOR
INVESTMENTS IN SHELTERED
EXPANSIONS AND PRODUCTS [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. I WILL MUTE
AFTER THAT AND TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
QUEUING THAT UP, JEFF.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN IS HERE AS WELL.
I WILL MAKE SOME REMARKS.
IF COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON
WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL
I WILL DEFINITELY BE WELCOME.
HIS STATEMENT -- YOU KNOW, THIS
IS A POSITION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND I
CONCEIVED OF AFTER ESSENTIALLY
COMPLAINING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT
THE LACK OF PROGRESS ON THE
STANDING UP OF SHELTER ACCESS
IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS AND
FINDING WE HAD SIMILAR
EXPERIENCES TRYING TO WORK WITH
EXTERNAL PARTNERS, THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OTHER
EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS TO REALLY
BIRD-DOG DOWN THESE PROCESSES
AND GET THESE SHELTERS
ESTABLISHED AT A GREAT EXPENSE
OF TIME AND RESOURCES FOR OUR
RESPECTIVE OFFICES.
THE POSITION IS TERM LIMITED
GIVEN THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING
OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A MASSIVE,
MASSIVE AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY
ENHANCED SHELTER THAT IS GOING
TO BE FUNDED BY THE COUNCIL.
AS WE HAVE SEEN FROM RECENT
COMMITTEE MEETINGS, THE AMOUNT
OF SHELTER THE COUNCIL HAS
FUNDED HAS NOT BEEN FULLY
REALIZED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
THERE ARE CLEARLY SOME
IMPLEMENTATION BOTTLENECKS.
THIS POSITION CAN BE AN ASSET
FOR ONLINE COUNCIL OFFICES TO
HELP ORGANIZE THE PROCESS FOR
RUNNING DOWN THE SHELTER ASSETS
AS A COMMITTEE RESOURCE FOR A
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS A
COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, THAT CAN
HELP COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR
DISTRICTS TO ORGANIZE AROUND
QUEUING UP ALL THE EXTERNAL AND
INTERNAL PARTNERS NECESSARY TO
GET THESE PROCESSES NAILED DOWN
WHICH CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
RUNNING DOWN REVIEWS WHICH HAVE
BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE, MAKING
SURE THAT THERE ARE NOT LONG
DELAYS IN NEGOTIATIONS BE IT
WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE OR
SOUND TRANSIT OR SOME EXTERNAL
PARTNERS WHO MIGHT BE'S --
CITING SOMETHING ON THEIR LAND
-- THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO
TAKE WHAT IS THE FULL FTE OF
OVERSIGHT WORK THAT HAS BEEN
DONE ACROSS NOTABLE COUNCIL
OFFICES AND AGGREGATE IT TO ONE
POSITION THAT WOULD BE TERM
LIMITED TO GET THESE THOUSANDS
OF ADDITIONAL SHELTER UNITS
STOOD UP AND THEY ARE -- THEN
IT WOULD EXPIRE.
HIS SORT OF FALLS INTO
CATEGORIZATION.
BUT THIS IS A WEIRD ISSUE THAT
CLEARLY NEEDS TO BE SPED UP.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WITHOUT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
ACTIONS DOING SOME OF THE
DUTIES OF WHAT THIS POSITION
WOULD BE, THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT TINY HOUSING VILLAGE
WOULD BE DELAYED STILL FURTHER.
SO I THINK THERE IS VALUE IN A
POSITION LIKE THIS.
IT IS A MODEST INCREASE THAT
COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT.
WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD
GIVE IT TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN TO MAKE SOME REMARKS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON,
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
I KNOW YOU POPPED INTO THE
MEETINGS A FEW TIMES.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD AS THE AUTHOR
AMONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR
THE INVITATION TO THE MEETING
SINCE I AM NOT ON THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE, I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS
AMENDMENT.
CONSUL NEVER LEWIS HAS
ARTICULATED THE AMENDMENT WELL.
AS WE START TO -- AS WE ARE
TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
ON HOW TO MORE QUICKLY STAND UP
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
INTERVENTIONS, WE ARE WORKING
WITH AGENCIES OUTSIDE OF CITY
GOVERNMENT, AND IT REALLY DOES
REQUIRE A DAILY MONITORING OF
THE PROJECTS TO KNOW WHERE THEY
ARE STUCK AND TO FIGURE OUT WHO
TO NOTIFY SO WE CAN KEEP THE
PROJECT MOVING.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOUND
TRANSIT FOR THE PORT OF
SEATTLE, ET CETERA FOR WORKING
WITH US TO THINK OUTSIDE THE
BOX TO FIND SITES TO LOCATE
TINY HOME VILLAGES FOR EXAMPLE
SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE INTO
HOUSING AND INTO SHELTER.
CENTRAL STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB
ON THE POLICY LEVEL TRACKING OF
THIS FOR US ON THE BUDGET LEVEL
AND EVEN PROJECT LEVEL.
WE BOTH EXPERIENCED THIS.
WE REQUIRED DAILY FOLLOW-UP AND
MONITORING TO MAKE SURE THESE
WERE STOOD UP FASTER.
THIS POSITION IS UNIQUE BECAUSE
IT IS REALLY JUST DURING THE
DECLARED HOMELESSNESS
EMERGENCY.
IT'S A TEMPORARY POSITION.
IT IS FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE.
IT SERVES ALL NINE OF US.
IT IS REALLY ADMINISTRATIVE IN
NATURE AND IT IS TRACKING THIS.
IT HELPS US MOVE THE BALL
FORWARD.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT IT TOOK
EMMA AS COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS
SAID, THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
WOULD BE FURTHER DELAYED IF WE
WEREN'T FOLLOWING UP IN THIS
MANNER SO IT WILL REALLY HELP
EVERYBODY OUT.
IT IS A SMALL SUM.
IT IS ANOTHER SMALL BUT VITAL
WAY WE CAN SHOW WE ARE TREATING
HOMELESSNESS WITH URGENCY IT
DESERVES.
THANK YU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM OUR OTHER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
CENTRAL STAFF.
IF JEFF IS AVAILABLE, I WAS
WONDERING, COULD YOU LET US
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE
POSITION AS DESCRIBED HERE
DIFFERS FROM THE DUTIES OF
CENTRAL STAFF, NOT IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY, BUT
úSUSTAINING COUNCIL IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY THAT
WE HAVE ENACTED?
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO RESPOND?
>> I APOLOGIZE.
I DID NOT FULLY HEAR THE
QUESTION.
>> I WILL CHIME IN.
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
POSITION AT LEAST IN REGARD TO
HOMELESSNESS THAT I SERVE
VERSUS HOW THIS POSITION WOULD
FUNCTION.
RIGHT NOW, CENTRAL STAFF IN THE
CASE OF HSD, WE ARE FOLLOWING
UP WITH HSD IN A GENERALIZED
WAY ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO
UNDERSTAND THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF COUNCIL ASKS.
SO IF THERE WAS A $100,000 [
INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR SOMETHING,
WE WOULD CHECK IN TO GET IT
COMPLETED IN MARCH TO HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF IF THE
CONTRACT IS OUT.
WE WOULD FIND THE PROCESS IF IT
IS RP.
WE WOULD CHECK IN THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR.
AS NEEDED, WE WOULD DO A DEEP
DIVE INTO SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC ISSUE WE
ARE ASKED TO FOLLOW UP ON, FOR
EXAMPLE, WITH THE INVESTMENT
THE COUNCIL HAS MADE WITH TINY
HOME VILLAGES USING THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS, I HAVE
BEEN ASKED TO STAY ON TOP OF
ONE RFP TO AWARD A NEW CONTRACT
TO OPERATE TINY HOME VILLAGES
AS ISSUED.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] BUT THIS
POSITION AS I UNDERSTAND THE
POSITION WOULD BE MUCH MORE OF
A DAY TODAY CHECKING IN WITH
HSD ON WHAT IS THE STATUS --
OR THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
-- ONE OF THOSE TO -- ON THE
RELEVANT STEPS AND WOULD LIKELY
ALSO ENGAGE FOR EXAMPLE WITH
THE PORT AUTHORITY OR SOUND
TRANSIT TALKING TO THEM ABOUT
THE ISSUES RELATED TO FINALIZE
THE LEASE -- AS FAR AS I'M
AWARE OF -- THOSE ARE THE TYPES
OF THINGS THAT WERE BEING DONE
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S STAFF
OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST
COUPLE MONTHS TO HAVE A REALLY
FIRM UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
SPECIFICS -- AND THERE WAS A
MORE DAY TODAY CHECKING IN LIKE
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY, WHAT
HAPPENS TOMORROW -- WHERE IS
THE FORM -- WHEN WE BEGIN AND
THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES --
DAN, YOU HAD MORE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS THAN ME SO MAYBE YOU
CAN CHIME IN IF I
MISCHARACTERIZED ANYTHING?
>> I THINK THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH WHAT I HAVE HEARD
DESCRIBED FOR THE POSITION.
I WOULD FURTHER DIFFERENTIATE
THE WORK THAT THIS POSITION
WOULD DO FROM THE WORK OF
CENTRAL STAFF IN THAT THIS
POSITION WOULD NOT BE EXPECTED
TO -- FIRST OF ALL, REPORT TO
THE CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR OR
BE PART OF CENTRAL STAFF.
IT IS PART OF A LEGISLATIVE
ASSISTANT POSITION.
THE RATE OF PAY WOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSISTANT CLASSIFICATION.
THE REPORTING WOULD HAPPEN AS
PROVIDED IN THE MATRIX ON YOUR
SCREEN.
THIS WOULD REPORT DIRECTLY TO
THE CHAIR OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS
STRATEGIES AND INVESTMENTS.
THE WORK AS JEFF HAS DESCRIBED
WOULD BE TO BE A LIAISON AND
SORT OF CONSISTENT POINT OF
CONTACT TO TRACK THE PROGRESS
OF THE WORK THAT THE EXECUTIVE
HAS BEEN DOING AND EFFECTIVELY
REPORT ON THAT INFORMATION TO
THE CHAIR AND TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE WHICH ARE
ALL NINE MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO
ADD.
>> THANK YOU.
I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
POSITION WOULD NOT BE WITHIN
CENTRAL STAFF AND WOULD
ESSENTIALLY BE ANOTHER L.A.
THAT WOULD REPORT TO LEWIS, SO
I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF
CLARITY.
>> I WILL CALL COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THEN WE WILL CALL
THE QUESTION.
>> SO ON THE LAST POINT, HOW IS
THAT EVEN LEGALLY POSSIBLE IF
ONLY BY ORDINANCE ALLOWED TO
HAVE 4 LEGISLATIVE AIDES?
>> I BELIEVE I CAN ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL OFFICE
DOES, AS YOU DESCRIBED, HAVE I
THINK FOR POSITIONS.
WE CURRENTLY FUNDED HALF OF
THOSE POSITIONS.
THIS WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT THAT
WOULD NOT BE IN -- DIRECTLY IN
THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, BUT WOULD BE REPORTING
TO WHOEVER HOLDS THE CHAIR OF
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS OR THE SUCCESSOR
COMMITTEE IF ONE IS NAMED NEXT
YEAR.
>> I AM NOT FINDING THAT TO BE
PERSUASIVE.
IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A
WORKAROUND OF THE POTENTIAL
DESIRE AND NEED TO FULLY FUND
THE FOURTH LEGISLATIVE AIDE
POSITION IN EACH COUNCILMEMBER
OFFICE THAT IS AUTHORIZED BY
ORDINANCE TO EXIST BUT WE HAVE
NOT ADEQUATELY FUNDED TO THE
EXTENT THAT THAT IS WHAT IS
NEEDED, I THINK THE
CONVERSATION IS BEST HAD FOR
THE FALL BUDGET PROCESS AND
WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION IN THE FALL BUDGET
PROCESS AS OPPOSED TO IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS AND
SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT
STRUCTURE AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT OF MOVING FORWARD
THIS AMENDMENT.
IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY ALLOW ONE
COUNCILMEMBER, WHOMEVER THAT
COUNCILMEMBER IS, TO HAVE, YOU
KNOW, SORT OF AN ADDITIONAL
LEGISLATIVE AIDE IN WHAT
APPEARS TO BE CONTRADICTION TO
AN ORDINANCE THAT ONLY ALLOWS
US TO HAVE 4 POSITIONS FOR
LEGISLATIVE AIDES.
I WILL ALSO SAY THE STRUCTURE
AS CURRENTLY PRESENTED IS A BIT
ODD IN THAT SELECT COMMITTEES
ARE NOT REGULAR COMMITTEES.
THEY ARE SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
THEY CAN GO AWAY AND OFTENTIMES
DO GO AWAY AT THE END OF THE
TWO-YEAR TERM, SO I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THIS
PERSON IS GOING TO FLOAT TO
SHOULD THIS AMENDMENT PASS.
SO I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
UNKNOWN QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE
ORGANIZATION IS BEING
STRUCTURED.
ADDITIONALLY, AS CONTEXT, IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THE
ONGOING RESOURCE NEEDS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AS A
WHOLE AND I THINK THAT THIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS BEING
OFFERED IN THE SPIRIT OF
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE ARE
RESOURCE AND CAPACITY
LIMITATIONS TO THE WORK THAT WE
ARE MAINTAINING TO DO AS A CITY
COUNCIL AND THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT -- AGAIN, I THINK
THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO
BE TAKEN UP AND EVALUATED AND
DISCUSSED AND DELIBERATED
DURING THE FALL BUDGET PROCESS
AND I WILL JUST SORT OF SHARE
FOR CONTEXT THAT IN 2021 THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT TOOK
EIGHT MORE THAN $780,000 BUDGET
CUT TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET, AND
IT IS GOING TO TAKE PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING INCREASES
TO SIMPLY RESTORE OUR
DEPARTMENT TO WHAT WAS THE
PRIOR FUNDING LEVEL AND I THINK
THE NEED THAT IS BEING
EXPRESSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND LEWIS IS
REFLECTIVE OF THE IMPACTS
RELATED TO THAT SIGNIFICANT
BUDGET CUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT
HAD TO TAKE LAST YEAR IN ORDER
TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WAS FACING
OUR CITY AND TO FREE UP FUNDING
FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS BUT AGAIN I THINK
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
PRESSING BUDGET NEEDS INCLUDING
A VACANT AND UNFUNDED POSITION
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT NEED
TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST IN THE
2022 BUDGET PROCESS, AND SO I
WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO CONSIDER
THESE KINDS OF AMENDMENTS THAT
HAVE IMPACTS ON THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONING RESOURCE
AND CAPACITY TO A CORE IN OUR
FALL BUDGET PROCESS WHICH IS
ABOUT TO GIVE AWAY IN THE NEXT
FOUR WEEKS -- ALSO SAY THAT I
THINK THE BUDGET AMOUNT OF
$75,000 FOR A TEMPORARY STAFFER
UNFORTUNATELY SETS THIS UP IN A
WAY THAT I AM NOT SURE WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE
TALENT NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY FULFILL THE
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE BEING
DESCRIBED BY THE SPONSOR AND
THE AUTHOR AND SO AGAIN, I AM
NOT DENYING THAT THERE MAY BE A
NEED TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY
OF CENTRAL STAFF AS IT RELATES
TO THE WORK THAT WE ARE
REQUIRED TO DO IN THE SPACE OF
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, BUT I
WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO MAKE
THOSE DECISIONS IN THE FULL
CONTEXT OF WHAT THE CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE FULL LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT NEED TO GET US BACK
TO THEIR BASELINE -- AND THERE
ARE OTHER UNFUNDED VACANT
POSITIONS WITHIN CENTRAL STAFF
THAT WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING OFF
ON FILLING AND THIS PROPOSAL IS
IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH
THOSE PRE-EXISTING NEEDS!
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I'M GOING TO CALL THE QUESTION
ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE.
I WANT TO THANK THE OFFER.
I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THE RATIONALE BEHIND
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
I WANT TO NOTE THE IMPORTANCE
OF WHY YOU BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT
THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH
LACK OF INFORMATION AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY LACK OF
IMPLEMENTATION.
THE COUNCIL AS WE HEARD ON
CENTRAL STAFF IN THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATION [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
AUTHORIZED $45 MILLION AND WE
HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT
THOSE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYED TO ADDRESS THE CRISIS
OF HOMELESSNESS THAT IS
COMPOUNDED BY COVID NOT BEING
SPENT IN THE WAY THAT COUNCIL
HAS AUTHORIZED.
ALSO VERY REAL CONCERNS ABOUT
THE METRICS WE HAVE BEEN
REQUESTING FOR NOW GOING ON 3
1/2 YEARS JUST IN MY EXPERIENCE
FROM HST AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
SPECIFIC TO HOW WE ARE HOUSING
FOLKS, HOW WE ARE OFFERING
SERVICES AND TRACKING HOPES AT
OUR HOUSE DURING REAL CONCERNS
YOU HAVE OUTLINED BUT FOR THE
REASONS THAT ARE EXPLAINED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND VICE-
CHAIR HERBOLD I, TOO, WILL BE A
NO ON THIS AMENDMENT TODAY.
I THINK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HAS RAISED IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
WE SHOULD BE TAKING UP ON THE
FALL BUDGET ESPECIALLY GIVEN
THE GROWTH AND SIZE OF OUR CITY
AND THE NEED FOR OUR OFFICES TO
BE RESPONSIVE TO CONSTITUENTS
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION SIDE WITH THE
EXECUTIVE -- YOU KNOW IF YOU
LOOK LIKE PLACES LIKE LOS
ANGELES AND WASHINGTON, D.C.,
WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR EXAMPLE
THAT HAS A POPULATION SMALLER
THAN SEATTLE, THEIR STAFF ON
THEIR CITY COUNCIL SIDE IS MORE
THAN 12 INDIVIDUALS PER OFFICE
SO WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO
ADDRESS A LARGE AND GROWING
POPULATION HERE IN THE CITY AND
I THINK IT IS WELL WORTH A
CONVERSATION ON HOW WE DO BOTH
RESPOND TO CONSTITUENTS MAKE
SURE OUR IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE
BUDGET WE HAVE ALLOCATED IS
HAPPENING AND WE HAVE GOOD
TRANSPARENT CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN BOTH WRENCHES OF
GOVERNMENT BUT BECAUSE THE
CONCERNS I HAVE TODAY I THINK
THE COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE IN
THE FALL.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, AS
AUTHOR OF THE AMENDMENT YOU
HAVE THE LAST WORD.
GO AHEAD RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL
GET THE VOTING.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
WHILE I WAS DISAPPOINTED, I WAS
HOPING FOR SUPPORT FOR THIS, I
REALLY DO THINK IT IS NECESSARY
-- IF WE REALLY WANT TO STAND
UP [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THIS IS
NEEDED AND LOOK TOWARD
DISCUSSING IT IN CONTEXT IN THE
FALL BUDGET.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ON THIS
PARTICULAR TINY HOME VILLAGE IN
THE DISTRICT, I WORKED REALLY
WELL WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
AND HST.
THIS IS AN UNUSUAL THING WE
WERE WORKING WITH AN OUTSIDE
AGENCY THAT WAS ALSO DOING A
REALLY GREAT JOB IN WORKING
WITH US.
IT WAS JUST AS WE WORK WITH
OUTSIDE AGENCIES ON BRAND-NEW
LEASE TERMS, ET CETERA, WE NEED
SOMEBODY TO GET IN THE WEEDS ON
A DAILY BASIS SO THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK AT
THE END HERE.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE MORE.
AB WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN A
SECOND.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE?
>> HERBOLD?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS?
>> YES.
>> MADAM CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> THAT IS ONE IN FAVOR AND
THREE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION FAILS, AMENDMENT
NUMBER FIVE IS NOT ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT
NUMBER SIX.
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE IT?
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE A MINUTE SIX.
>> CENTRAL STAFF, WALK US
THROUGH AMENDMENT SIX.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS TO ADD $1.7 MILLION
HST'S BUDGET FOR THE SEATTLE
CLUBS MIX USED TO PROJECT.
CUT 1 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS
INTENDED FOR A TINY HOME
VILLAGE THAT IS REDIRECTING [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. THERE'S A TYPO
IN THE GRID THERE.
THE REDIRECTION OF THE $1.7
MILLION WOULD FIRST SUPPORT THE
CAPITAL PROJECT THAT IS
UNDERWAY BY THE SEATTLE CLUB.
THERE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES WITH
SOME OF THEIR FUNDRAISING THAT
THIS WOULD HELP COVER THE GAP
ESPECIALLY RELATED TO THE NON-
HOUSING COMPONENTS OF THE
LARGER PROJECT THAT IS
ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON SERVING
PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS,
AND THE $1.7 MILLION IS
AVAILABLE BECAUSE AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE AWARE, THIS AMOUNT
OF MONEY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO
HST THAT HAS NOT BEEN FULLY
EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. YOU CAN LOOK
AT THE BILL THIS LAST FALL
WHEN IT WAS AMENDED SO $9
MILLION WAS ADDED FOR NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTER AT HST.
AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE AWARE,
THERE HAS BEEN A DELAY IN
STANDING UP THE TINY HOME
VILLAGES THAT WERE AUTHORIZED
IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. SO THERE
WILL BE AN ANTICIPATED AMOUNT
OF UNDER SPEND ON THOSE THAT
REALLY NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE AT
THE END OF THE YEAR DEPENDING
ON THE AMOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN
ENCUMBERED SO THAT ALL MAKES
AVAILABLE $1.7 MILLION THAT
COULD BE USED FOR THIS PROJECT
AND SO THIS REDIRECTS THE FUNDS
TO A DIFFERENT [ INDISCERNIBLE
].
>> ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> I'M NOT GOING TO ADD A WHOLE
LOT TO THE GREAT RECITATION
FROM JUST IN THE INTEREST OF
TIME.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND
EMPHASIZE THE VIEWING PUBLIC
AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT
THIS IN NO WAY IMPERILS THE
INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE IN
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
THIS JUST CAPTURES THE UNDER
SPEND.
SINCE WE DID FULLY FUND THOSE
VILLAGES FOR ALL OF 2021 GOING
BACK TO JANUARY, THAT HAS BEEN
ACCRUING UNDER SPEND, THIS IS A
WAY WE CAN DEPLOY THE ONE TIME
MONEY TO REALLY ASSIST A VERY
IMPACTFUL SITUATION IN SEATTLE
THAT AS WE ARE ALL AWARE
PROVIDES GREAT SERVICES AND
PROGRAMMING FOR THE NATIVE
COMMUNITY IN THE CITY, AND I
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS, PASSING IT,
BUT REST ASSURED THE THREE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES WILL STILL BE
FULLY FUNDED WHEN THEY BECOME
OPERATIONAL IN OCTOBER OR SO,
SO THERE IS SUFFICIENT MONEY TO
REALIZE THOSE INVESTMENTS.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS OR QUESTIONS -- EXCUSE
ME, CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE
NUMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I JUST CHECKED THE AMENDMENT AS
POSTED ONLINE.
IT IS $1.7 MILLION TO BE
REDIRECTED TO A NEW SOURCE.
SO [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 1.5
MILLION, JUST WANT TO ASSURE
YOU THAT IS CORRECT IN THE
AMENDMENT.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK WITH
YOU THE CREATION OF ALL THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES THAT WE
HAVE FULLY FUNDED IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET AND EARLIER THIS
YEAR WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP.
MADAM CLERK, I AM NOT SEEING
ADDITIONAL HANDS.
CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER
SIX?
>> VICE-CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL NUMBER LEWIS?
>> MADAM CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> THAT IS FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX IS
ADOPTED.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN IS IN
FRONT OF US, COLLEAGUES, I AM
THE SPONSOR OF THAT SO IT IS
PUT IN FRONT OF US.
I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN
BE ADOPTED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
VICE-CHAIR, IT IS RENEWED AND
SECONDED FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 7
TO BE ADOPTED.
JEFF, I SEE YOU OFF MUTE.
I WILL JUMP TO YOU FOR AN
OVERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BUILD TINY
HOMES.
THE $200,000 WOULD BE -- THIS
WOULD BE IMPOSED ON FUNDS THAT
WOULD BE PROVIDED AND
SUPPLEMENTED BY THE COUNCIL
THIS FALL -- THIS SPRING -- AND
AMENDED OVER THE SUMMER SO THE
$9 MILLION THAT YOU JUST
ALLUDED TO A MOMENT AGO -- AND
THE ORGANIZATION -- EXAMPLE
ORGANIZATION WOULD BE [
INDISCERNIBLE ]. THERE IS A
NEIGHBORHOOD OF VOLUNTEER
GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT
BUILD TINY HOMES LARGELY
THROUGH DONATION MATERIALS AND
LABOR TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE
TINY HOME STRUCTURE ITSELF.
IN THIS CASE, THE OPERATOR IS
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] PLACED IN A
TINY HOME VILLAGE.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE $200,000 IN
FUNDING ONLY FOR MATERIALS FOR
AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THAT
SUCH AS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WHICH
IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS
EXCLUSIVELY I BELIEVE BY
CONTRACT WITH LEHIGH TO
PROVIDE TINY HOMES THAT HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE CAPACITY TO
PRODUCE TINY HOMES ON A MORE
RAPID BASIS THAN ANY OTHER
AGENCIES THAT ARE -- I SHOULD
SAY ORGANIZATIONS [
INDISCERNIBLE ] -- BUILD TINY
HOME UNITS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU,
MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF.
APPRECIATE THE WALK-THROUGH.
I WILL BRIEFLY COMMENT ON THIS.
WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS IN A
SECOND.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL PUT
$200,000 TOWARDS CREATING THE
MATERIAL -- THE DOLLARS NEEDED
TO PURCHASE THE MATERIALS TO
DEVELOP TINY HOUSES.
AS YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
THIS ONE HELPED TO BUILD TINY
HOUSES FOR US.
THEY LARGELY RELY ON DONATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK LOWS,
SPECIFICALLY, FOR THE
PARTNERSHIP THEY HAVE HAD WITH
SOUND FOUNDATION NORTHWEST.
THEY WORKED WITH THEM ON A
LARGE BULK PURCHASE AWARD.
THEY GIFTED A HUGE AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES TO SOUND FOUNDATIONS
NORTHWEST.
WE KNOW THE COST OF MATERIALS
HAS INCREASED POST-PANDEMIC.
THE COST OF BUILDING ONE TINY
HOUSE FOR NORTHWESTFOR EXAMPLE
IN JANUARY LAST YEAR USED TO BE
3800.
IT GOT AS HIGH AS 5400.
IT IS NOW DOWN TO 4200.
THAT INCLUDES THE BULK PURCHASE
DISCOUNT THAT LOWE'S IS
OFFERING TO SOUND FOUNDATIONS
NORTHWEST.
THEY DID SEND IN A LETTER OF
SUPPORT FOR AN AMENDMENT LIKE
THIS FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
THEIRS SO THEY CAN BUILD TINY
HOUSES AT THE RAPID CASE NEEDED
IN ORDER FOR US TO HOUSE MORE
PEOPLE ON THE TINY HOUSES THAT
WE HAVE AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE
CITY.
THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BUILD
YOUR TEEN HOMES PER MONTH.
THEY USE VOLUNTEERS AND
APPRENTICES THROUGH PROGRAMS
LIKE A NEW THAT WORK WITH THE
APPRENTICE -- STUDENTS AS THEY
ARE GETTING THEIR UNION TRADE
CERTIFICATIONS AND SO LEHIGH
PROVIDES A GREAT SERVICE TO US.
THEY ALSO ASSUME THE COST OF
THE MATERIALS AND LABOR WILL BE
FREE IN ORDER FOR US TO HELP TO
BUILD MORE TINY HOUSES AND TO
ADDRESS A GAP THAT HAS BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY ORGANIZATIONS [
INDISCERNIBLE ] TO GET THEM
THROUGH THE GAP OF NOVEMBER AND
FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR, THIS COULD
HELP TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
READING MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES AT THE VERY MOMENT
WHEN OUR COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE
HAVE AUTHORIZED MORE TINY
HOUSES TO BE CREATED -- REQUEST
OF $200,000 FROM MY OFFICE
COULD HELP BUILD ALL SAFETY NEW
TINY HOMES -- I KNOW THIS IS
NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION AS WE
GREATLY APPRECIATE THE
DONATIONS FROM ENTITIES LIKE
LOWE'S, I WANT TO AGAIN THANK
THEM AND OTHERS WHO DONATED
MATERIALS AND TIME BUT IF THIS
IS GOING TO BE A STAPLE AND A
CORNERSTONE FOR HOW I RESPOND
TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS I
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS REVENUE GOING INTO
MAKING SURE THAT THE MATERIALS
ARE THERE FOR ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE THAT SO WOULD HOPE FOR
YOUR SUPPORT ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS!
OKAY?
MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION
OF AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN?
>> CHAIR HERBOLD?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
MADAM CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
MADAM CHAIR, FOR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES THE MOTION CARRIES
AND AMENDMENT SEVEN IS ADOPTED.
EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES,
WE ARE NOW ONTO AMENDMENT
NUMBER EIGHT AND THIS IS
SPONSORED BY MYSELF AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION -- MOVE
ME AMENDMENT TO PUT IT IN FRONT
OF US?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT EIGHT.
>> I SECOND IT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF FOR A WALK-THROUGH OF THE
AMENDMENT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDMENT BUT
LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION FIRST
ABOUT THE BASEMENT NUMBER
EIGHT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE
BIT LENGTHIER THAN THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATIONS, BUT I WILL TRY
TO KEEP IT SUSTAINED AS I
POSSIBLY CAN.
AS YOU RECALL, WE BRIEFED YOU
AT THE LAST MEETING AS MEMBERS
KNOW, THE 15 MILLION THE MAYOR
HAD PROPOSED HAD ONE .54
MILLION OF IT GOING TO A
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENT
PLAN THAT SHE HAD PROPOSED
WHICH WOULD INCLUDE TRIAGE ONE,
DISPATCH PROTOCOL SYSTEM AND AN
INVESTMENT IN THE PEACEKEEPERS
COLLECTIVE.
THE REST OF THE FUNDING WOULD
REMAIN IN SPD AND BE REDIRECTED
FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
PURPOSES.
THE BUDGET LETTER CAN BE FOUND
IN ATTACHMENT A TWO AMENDMENT
8. IT LISTS THE EXPENDITURES
THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD HOPED
TO MAKE.
THOSE CAN BE FOUND IN A TABLE
AT THE VERY END OF THE SPD
LETTER.
AMENDMENT EIGHT WOULD START OUT
BY CUTTING FROM SPD'S BUDGET
5.2 MILLION.
THAT AMOUNT WOULD INCLUDE THE
1.54 MILLION THAT THE EXECUTIVE
HAD RECOMMENDED FOR THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INVESTMENTS,
SO THAT WOULD BE FOR TRIAGE ONE
DISPATCH PROTOCOL SYSTEM AND
THE PEACEKEEPERS COLLECTIVE.
THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE
INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE
3 MILLION TO EXTEND COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND CAPACITY BUILDING
SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT WOULD BE
FULFILLED BY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, $500,000 THAT
WOULD GO TO FINANCE SERVICES TO
ADDRESS SPD EVIDENCE STORAGE
CAPACITY ISSUES BY ALLOWING FOR
THE RELEASE OF STORAGE SPACE,
$50,000 TO SEATTLE I.T.
FOR A PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
POSITION TO PERFORM EMAIL
SEARCHES SUCH AS SEATTLE I.T.
DOES FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND
THEN A CUT OF $68,000 THAT
WOULD REVERT TO THE GENERAL
FUND FOR FUTURE SPENDING AND
THIS AMOUNT REFLECTS SALARY
SAVINGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE
HAVE BEEN SPENT BY THE
DEPARTMENT FOR A POSITION THAT
WOULD PROVIDE PRE-BASIC LAW AND
ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY TRAINING SO
THAT WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT
THE CHIEF WOULD START UP WHERE
RECRUITS WOULD RECEIVE TRAINING
FOR A MONTH OR SO BEFORE THEY
WENT TO THE ACADEMY.
AND THAT POSITION IS CUT BY
THIS AMENDMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THAT
SEPARATE AND APART, THERE IS AN
INVESTMENT OF $50,000 TO HIRE A
NEW PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OFFICER
FOR SPD TO START OFF A NEW
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE UNIT WITHIN
THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT IS PART
OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
MADE BY THE INVESTMENTS BILL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL CIVILIAN
POSITIONS THAT ARE ADDED.
IF YOU REFER TO THE SPD LETTER
AT THE END OF THE AMENDMENT YOU
WILL SEE THAT THOSE POSITIONS
ARE IDENTIFIED.
THIS PARTICULAR POSITION, THE
ADDITION OF A PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
POSITION IS ONE THAT THE
COUNCIL ADDS.
AMENDMENT EIGHT WOULD LEAVE IN
SPD, 6.8 TO SPEND ON ITEMS. [
INDISCERNIBLE ] THIS PROVISO
WOULD BE LIFTED FOR A COUPLE OF
REASONS.
FIRST, IT HAS COME TO LIGHT
THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE RULES WOULD ALLOW
OFFICERS WHO ARE LAID OFF OUT
OF ORDER TO BE PLACED ON A
REINSTATEMENT AND HIGHER WHEN
SPD IS HIRING NEW OFFICERS AND
SECOND BECAUSE THE RCW
PRECLUDES ANY ADVERSE ACTION TO
BE TAKEN AGAINST A POLICE
OFFICER SOLELY BECAUSE HE OR
SHE IS ON WHAT IS REFERRED TO
AS THE BRADY LIST, AND THE
BRADY LIST IS A LIST OF
OFFICERS [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
INVESTIGATOR OR WITNESS [
INDISCERNIBLE ] DISHONESTY OR
MISCONDUCT.
FOR THOSE REASONS, FOR THOSE
REASONS OUT OF ORDER LAYOFFS
CANNOT BE MADE AND THUS THE
PROVISO IS LIFTED.
THERE IS A $550,000 PROVISO
THAT IS LIFTED.
THE PROVISO WAS TIED TO A
PATROL REPORT.
THE HARBOR PATROL REPORT WAS
RECEIVED ON JULY 26, SO THE
PROVISO IS PREFILLED.
THERE IS A VISOR THAT WAS TIED
TO SALARIES SAVINGS IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS HOLDING SALARY SAVINGS
IN THE EVENT [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
THAT OCCURRED.
THAT IS WHAT THIS AMENDMENT IS
DOING.
THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDE AN
INTENSE STATEMENT THAT
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SPD
>>> WE WANT TO INVEST IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED IN TERMS
OF EXISTING POSITIONS AND THAT
WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE WE'RE
EXPANDING EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE
THE NEED OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY CONCERNS THAT HAVE COME
UP, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF.
WE HAVE FULLY AUTHORIZED
FUNDING FOR $700,000 REQUESTED
FOR TRIAGE 1 TO HELP ADDRESS
THE NEED FOR WELLNESS CHECKS TO
HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SHOW UP, AND
$3 MILLION IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAFETY
CONTRACT.
$500,000 REQUESTED FOR REGIONAL
KING COUNTY YOUTH AND USING THE
PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH.
WE AUTHORIZED THE 1 MILLION
DOLLARS REQUESTED FOR CIVILIAN
SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT IS NOT
NEW POSITION AUTHORITIES.
WE HAVE FULLY AUTHORIZED THE
FUNDING FOR THE WORK SCHEDULING
TIME KEEPING PROJECT, THE NICJR
CONTRACT, THE MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDER POSITION AT SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I
BELIEVE IS CRITICAL TO SUPPORT
FRONT-LINE WORKERS, ESPECIALLY
WITH THE CRISES.
WE HAVE SUPPORTED MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS FOR THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HOLISTIC
HEALTH CARE FOR THOSE ON THE
FRONT LINES.
WE HAVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION
AND AUTHORIZED THE FUNDING FOR
PARENTAL LEAVE.
THE OVERTIME NEED WILL BE
REDUCED IF WE SEE THE SCALING
UP OF COVID DUE TO THE DELTA
VARIANT.
NOW I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD.
FIREFIGHTERS TOLD ME THEY ARE
CONCERNED WITH LAYERING ON
ADDITIONAL TRIAGE SO THIS IS AN
APPROACH THAT TRIES TO MELD
VARIOUS PRIORITIES AND TRY TO
MEET THE PUBLIC SAFETY REQUESTS
THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED OF
COUNCIL.
WE ARE TRYING TO BE
ACCOMMODATING AND RESPOND TO
THE MULTIPLE NEEDS IN OUR CITY.
I'M HOPEFUL THAT NOT ONLY DOES
THE INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING
HERE BUT ALLOWING UP TO $3.3
MILLION FOR THE ASSESSMENT
POLICE DEPARTMENT ALLOWS US TO
FIND NICE COMMON GROUND.
COUNCILMAN HERBOLD, I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THE RATIONALE FOR THIS
AMENDMENT IS SIMILAR TO THAT
FOR THE BUDGET BILL MADE BACK
IN MAY, REALLY A RECOGNITION
THAT THE SHORTAGE OF SWORN
OFFICERS IS RESULTING IN
REDUCED 911 PRIORITY RESPONSES.
WE COULD NOT HAVE PLANNED FOR
APPROXIMATELY 250 OFFICERS
LEAVING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHEN DISCUSSING LAST
YEAR A REDUCTION OF 70
OFFICERS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS TO REDUCE THE
WORKLOAD ON SWORN OFFICERS WHO
HAVE STAYED WITH SEATTLE AND
MAINTAINED THERAPY COMMITMENT
TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY. THESE ARE IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS THAT CAN AMELIORATE
THE SHORTAGE OF SWORN OFFICERS.
IT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
WITH A THIRD PARTY, THIS CAN
ESCALATE THE HIRING PROCESS FOR
BOTH SWORN OFFICERS AND
CIVILIANS.
IT PROVIDES WORK FOR
REIMAGINING POLICING WORK,
INTEGRAL TO REDUCE THE EFFORT
FOR SPD OFFICERS AND TO
INCREASE OUR INVESTMENTS IN
COMMUNITY SAFETY ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE.
IT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR THE
WORK SCHEDULING AND TIME
KEEPING PROJECT THAT'S SO
CRITICAL FOR MODERNIZING THE
MANAGEMENT OF OUR OVERTIME AND
ADDRESSING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
MADE BY THE CITY AUDITOR IN
2016 AND RECENTLY BY THE OFFICE
OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES FUNDING FOR
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER PROTOCOL
SYSTEM FOR THE 911 DISPATCH.
IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, THE
EXECUTIVE HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW
TRIAGE 1 PROGRAM.
IN ORDER FOR THIS PROGRAM TO
WORK, WE NEED THIS PROTOCOL
SYSTEM TO REFER THE CALLS THAT
DON'T NEED SWORN OFFICERS OR
HEALTH CARE RESPONSE.
IT'S CRITICAL TO BE SURE THE
CALL TAKERS HAVE THE BEST
TRAINING AS WE EMBRACE THESE
ALTERNATIVES.
THERE'S $500,000 FOR THE
REGIONAL PEACE KEEPERS
COLLECTIVE, WORK TO PREVENT GUN
VIOLENCE RIGHT NOW.
THE MAYOR HAD ANNOUNCED AN
INTENSE TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN
2022.
I DID NOT WANT TO WAIT TO
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THIS EFFORT
AND ANNOUNCED MY INTENTION
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO TO PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR THIS INVESTMENT AS
WELL AS A PROTOCOL SYSTEM
INVESTMENT.
WE ARE ALSO INCLUDING IN HERE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TRIAGE
1. I MENTIONED THE PROTOCOL
WITH DISPATCH.
THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR
IMPLEMENTATION OF TRIAGE 1 TO
RESPOND TO THE ANALYSIS
COMMISSION BY THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALLS
THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A FIRST
RESPONSE FROM SWORN OFFICERS,
AND REDUCE THE NEED FOR SWORN
OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO THOSE
CALLS, THUS FREEZING UP THEIR
TIME TO RESPOND TO THE CALLS
THAT ONLY THEY CAN RESPOND TO.
THERE'S $1.5 MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL OVERTIME.
BOTH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN OVERTIME
DUE TO THE COVID BUDGET BUT
WITH ADDITIONAL EVENTS TAKING
PLACE, WE RECOGNIZE MORE
FUNDING MAY BE NEEDED AS WELL
AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
OVERTIME TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
GAPS IN THE PATROL RESPONSE.
WE HAVE INCLUDED FUNDING FOR
EVIDENCE STORAGE AND ADDITIONAL
POLICE RESPONSE, ITEMS THAT
WERE INCLUDED IN THE MAY BUDGET
BILL THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED.
I WANT TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON THE
PROPOSED FUNDING IN THIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT FOR THE
HSD COMMUNITY SAFETY
INVESTMENTS.
THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION FOR $3
MILLION AND USES FUNDS FROM SPD
TO FUND THESE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INVESTMENTS.
GIVEN THE ECONOMIC FORECAST
UPDATE EARLIER, AND THAT CBO IS
FORECASTING AN ADDITIONAL $50
MILLION IN FUND REVENUE FOR
2021, THERE COULD BE AN
ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR
THIS INVESTMENT.
AND WE COULD CONSIDER IMPROVING
FUNDING FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SAFETY
SEPARATELY FROM THIS
INVESTMENT.
JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT
THERE.
I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD WITH ACTING ON THIS
AMENDMENT, BUT JUST PUTTING OUT
THAT THERE MAY BE INTEREST IN
DOING ADDITIONAL WORK ON THIS
LEGISLATION BETWEEN NOW AND THE
FULL COUNCIL VOTE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. THERE
ARE TWO AMENDMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS NUMBER ONE
OR TWO?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS
RIGHT NOW.
GO AHEAD AND DESCRIBE AMENDMENT
NUMBER -- I THINK YOU NEED TO
MOVE THAT FIRST.
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT 1 TO
AMENDMENT 8.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> GREG IN HISOVER VIEW
REFERENCED THE SPD REQUESTED
$2.25 MILLION FOR TECHNOLOGY
INVESTMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO REFERENCE THE
LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM
CHIEF DIAZ YESTERDAY EVENING.
MANY OF US HAD THE QUESTION OF
WHY THESE INVESTMENTS WERE NOT
IN THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
CHIEF DIAZ SAID LOOKING AT THE
GOVERNOR'S ORDER FOR CONTINUED
OVERSIGHT, IT WAS CLEAR THE
NEED TO ENHANCE SCOPING TOOLS
AND DATA ANALYTICS PLATFORM OF
IN ANALYZING OFFICER AND
DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE.
ALL THESE FACTORS ALONG WITH
THE NEW REALITY AROUND PUBLIC
EXPECTATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
WERE NOT FULLY AVAILABLE TO BE
CONSIDERED IN EARLY 2021.
SO THE INVESTMENTS ARE BROKEN
UP AMONG A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
COMPONENTS, AND MAYBE GREG CAN
GIVE US MORE TEXTURE ON THE BOX
AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THERE'S $630,000 FOR A CAPACITY
PLANNING TOOL, $290,000 FOR THE
NO VEGAS $290,000 FOR THE
BLUEPRINT.
THE UPGRADED PATH ALLOW FOR
INCREASED OFFICE CAPACITY
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT EXISTING
FUNCTIONALITY AND FUTURE USE.
ALSO WE'LL ASSIST IN MONITORING
IN A WAY THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH
CITY AUDITOR RECOMMENDATIONS AS
IT RELATES TO OVERTIME.
THE CAPACITY PLANNING TOOL
WORKS TO CALCULATE STAFF AND
DETERMINES A FUTURE STATE BASED
ON SCENARIOS LIKE 911
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
AND THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND
SUPERVISION INCLUDES MORE
ACCURATE MODELS FOR
INTERVENTION, CRITICAL TO
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
PROVISIONS.
IT'S VIEWED AS CRITICAL TO THE
DEPARTMENT'S WELLNESS AND
RETENTION STRATEGY.
AGAIN, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE
OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND
SUPERVISION INTERVENTION, THE
DATA UPGRADE IS SORT OF
NECESSARY TO BASICALLY HOUSE
THIS STATISTICAL MODEL.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB
SUMMARIZING THE TECHNOLOGY AND
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR HERE?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LIFTING
THIS UP AND I'M AWARE OF THE
AMOUNT LEFT AVAILABLE IN THE
MIDDLE SPEND COMPARED TO WHAT
THE MAYOR REQUESTED. I WILL BE
VOTING NO TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE
A SERIES OF QUESTIONS RELATED
TO THE LINE OF TECHNOLOGIES AND
THE CONTRACTS BEING AUTHORIZED
WITHOUT THE COUNCIL'S
AUTHORIZATION.
I THINK IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE
TECHNOLOGIES AND OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES AND HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTAND OF HOW WE CAN HAVE A
RECIPROCAL KIND OF
RELATIONSHIP.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT BUT I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
DETAILED EXPLANATION ON THIS
AMENDMENT.
NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> TESTIMONY MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT ONE TO AMENDMENT 8 IS
ADOPTS. I MOVE AMENDMENT 2 TO
AMENDMENT 8. THIS IS AN EFFORT
FOR NEW RECRUITS BEFORE THEY
ENTER THE ACADEMY SO THEY
RECEIVE SEATTLE SPECIFIC
TRAINING SEPARATE FROM THAT AT
THE STATE ACADEMY.
I KNOW THE CHIEF IS EXCITED
ABOUT THIS NEW EFFORT.
HE SENT A MEMO CENTERED AROUND
THREE PRIMARY TEN NETS:
RELATIONAL POLICING, OFFICER
MINDSETS AND GROWTH.
THIS WILL IMMERSE THEM IN
COMMUNITY-BASED AND PEER-BASED
INTROEXPERIENCES AND THEY GET
THE FOUNDATION TO BUILD THEIR
CAREERS AS SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS.
SOME OF THE TRAINING WILL FOCUS
ON IN-CLASS PRESENTATION AND
LEARNING. RECRUITS WILL LEARN
NOT ONLY WITH DIFFERENT AREAS
OF THE CITY BUT THE SKILLS
NECESSARY FOR RELATIONAL
POLICING THROUGHOUT THEIR
CAREERS.
RELATIONAL POLICING IS IN LINE
WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE OFFICER OF THE TRAINING,
AND THIS IS VERY MUCH IN LINE
WITH THE TRAINING OFFICERS
RECEIVE THEMSELVES.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN INITIATIVE
AND IN OUR EFFORTS AS A
COUNCIL, SUPPORT OUR
EXPECTATIONS AROUND TRAINING
FOR NEW RECRUITS.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO
SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 2 TO
AMENDMENT 8? I AM NOT SEEING
ANY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
THANK YOU.
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF WHO
SENDS A LETTER AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I WAS TRYING TO ASSESS
IS WHETHER THIS POSITION WOULD
BE BETTER HOUSED AT A CENTER
LIKE THE NEW DEPARTMENT OR THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER.
I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF
THIS WERE HOUSED TO TRY AND
CREATE THOSE COMMUNITY LIAISONS
AND PUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
OFFICERS AND I KNOW THIS IS A
PRIORITY FOR THE CHIEF.
I SEE THE COUNCIL MEMBER
NODDING.
APPRECIATE THE EFFORT ON TRYING
TO HAVE THAT EARLY
IDENTIFICATION AND POTENTIALLY
PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS OR
UNDERSTANDING HOW POLICING FITS
IN WITH COMMUNITY-ORIENTED
SOLUTIONS.
TODAY I WILL BE A NO ON THIS
BUT LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS ROLE
AND HOW IT WILL CONNECT TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS.
MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
>> OKAY.
IN FRONT OF US WE HAVE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 8. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US?
SEEING NO HANDS RAISED AND NO
VIRTUAL NOTIFICATIONS. GREG,
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
I'LL CALL THE ROLL ON AMENDED
VERSION NUMBER 8. HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT 8 AS AMENDED IS
ADOPTED.
WE HAVE AMENDMENT 9A IN FRONT
OF US AND I WILL MOVE THIS NOW.
I MOVE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT
9A.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
CENTRAL STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO WALK US THROUGH AMENDMENT
9A?
>> YES.
IT WOULD CUT $500,000 FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET IN 2021 AND ADD THAT TO
THE SEATTLE PARKS AND REC
DEPARTMENT FOR PURPOSING OF
FIELDING THE GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK PROJECT. WE WANT A
PATHWAY TO INTEGRATE ARTS AND
AMENITIES THAT REFLECT THE
CENTRAL AREA.
AS NOTED, THE FUNDS SOURCE FOR
THIS WOULD BE A CUT TO THE SPD
BUDGET.
>> EVENT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, I ALSO WANT TO NOTE
THAT STRAUSS INDICATED HE'D
LIKE TO MOVE AN AMENDMENT TO
STREAMLINE THE AMENDMENT
PROCESS.
HIS AMENDMENT THAT I WILL BE
OFFERING AS A VERBAL AMENDMENT
AMENDS 9A SO THE FUNDING SOURCE
IS THE REAPPLIED FUNDS. THE
GARFIELD SUPERBLOCK WILL
ENHANCE THE AREA AROUND THE
COMMUNITY CENTER WITH ART THAT
CELEBRATES THE AREA'S HISTORY
AND MEETING THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
IT WILL CREATE A COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND CREATE UNION JOBS.
NOW WE'LL CONSIDER THE VERBAL
AMENDMENT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER
OFFER.
DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO
CHANGE THE FUND IN THIS WE
CANNOT USE IT TO PAY COMMUNITY
PARTNERS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING
I'M INTERESTED IN TAKING UP IN
SUBSEQUENT BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
>> SO I HAVE ON SCREEN, AND I
BELIEVE YOU'RE SEEING THE
ORIGINAL AMENDMENT 9A WITH
STRIKE THROUGHS TO READ THE
FUNDS?
>> COULD YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE
BIT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE VERBAL AMENDMENT NUMBER 1
TO AMENDMENT 9A TO ACCOMPLISH
WHAT CENTRAL STAFF DESCRIBED,
CHANGING THE SOURCE OF FUNDS TO
SPD AND ADDRESSING THE STIPEND
FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
WITH THE GROWING MOMENTUM
AROUND THE CALL FOR THE
SUPERBLOCK, THE COUNCIL MEMBER
IS NOT SURPRISED.
THE GARFIELD COMMUNITY MEMBERS
BELIEVE THE OPTION TO TAKE THE
MONEY FROM OVERSIZE APARTMENTS
IS IMPORTANT BUT BELIEVE THAT
ANY PROPOSAL FOR $500,000 FOR
THE SUPERBLOCK IS A VICTORY.
SHE'S CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENTS BROUGHT FORWARD
TODAY.
MADAME CLERK, CALL THE ROLL ON
THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 1 TO
9A.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
IT WAS
>> PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT WE ARE
ON AMENDMENT 10.
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON, YOU'RE
THE AUTHOR AND I'M THE SPONSOR.
I WILL MOVE THIS ON YOUR
BEHALF.
I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 10.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> OKAY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> IS PD CURRENTLY HAS 660
EMPTY POSITIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER
PETERSON REQUESTED THE
DEPARTMENT USE SALARIES TO SAVE
IN SPD.
FURTHER, THE STATEMENTS SUGGEST
THE COUNCIL EXPECTS THIS TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
>> WITH REGARD TO THIS
AMENDMENT, WE HAVE SEEN THIS
OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, AN
INCREASED NUMBER OF BUSINESSES.
THERE'S BEEN ASSISTANCE AND
SUPPORT FROM THE CIVILIAN
POSITION.
ALSO THE NORTH PRECINCT IS 40%
OF THE CITY'S GEOGRAPHY AND
LITERALLY TWICE AS LARGE AS ANY
OTHER PRECINCT.
AS WE SEEK TO EXPAND
ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES, THIS IS
ALREADY A PROVEN CIVILIAN
RESPONSE AND WE'DLIKE TO SEE
THIS EXPANDED IN THE NORTH
PRECINCT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> SO, THIS AMENDMENT, DOES IT
ADD FUNDING OR ONLY ADD SECOND
POSITION?
>> IN TERMS OF THE POCKET, TOM
WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER THAT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT ITSELF,
THE FUNDING IS ASSUMED IN THE
CURRENT BASE BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M SUPPORTIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> IS THIS NEW POSITION
AUTHORITY?
>> CORRECT.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I'LL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS THEN
TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR ANY
CLOSING COMMENTS.
I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
TODAY, WE KNOW THAT SPD HAS SIX
FUNDED MODIFIED POSITIONS
INCLUDING A CENTRAL CID LIAISON
POSITION.
I THINK THAT MEANS WE HAVE
SUFFICIENTLY ENGAGED IN TRYING
TO SPEED UP THE HIRING IN THESE
AREAS.
I AM CONCERNED WITH ADDING NEW
POSITION AUTHORITY AND LOOK
TOWARD TO THE DISCUSSION IN THE
FALL ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S NEW
POSITION AUTHORITY NECESSARY IN
VARIOUS PLACES AND TO SEE HOW
WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NONSWORN TO
PLACES LIKE SCC.
FOR TODAY I WILL BE A NO ON
THIS BUT I APPRECIATE YOU
OFFERING THIS UP TODAY.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR MY
CONSTITUENTS AND JUST FEEL IF
WE DON'T HAVE IT FUNDED, WE'LL
HAVE A HUGE BACKLOG AROUND NOT
BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CRIME
PREVENTION ON THE GROUND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MADAME CHAIR?
>> NO.
>> IT IS THREE IN FAVOR AND ONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AMENDMENT 10 IS ADOPTED.
OF THAT YOU KNOW AGAIN.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE LAST
AMENDMENT HERE, AMENDMENT
NUMBER 11.
I MOVE DONATION AMENDMENT
NUMBER 11.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
>> THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ADD
$50,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S URBAN DESIGN
PROGRAM FOR THE BALLARD AVENUE
STREETSCAPE DESIGN WORK.
THE WORK WOULD BE USED TO
IMPROVE LONG-TERM USE OF
BALLARD AVENUE FOR STREET CAFES
ESTABLISHED DURING THE COVID-19
RESPONSE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW CITY TO LOOK
AT PROJECTS AND IT'S GENERAL
FUNDED, PROGRAM REVENUES. THIS
WOULD BE THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR
THAT.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL NOTE THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
ADD $50,000 OF UNALLOCATED
GENERAL FUND TO S-DOT.
HE'S PRIORITIZED PERSON CITY
FOR CAFE STREETS ACROSS SEATTLE
SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE
BENEFITS OF OUTDOOR DINING.
AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
IS RECOMMENDING A YES VOTE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON AMENDMENT 11?
GREAT.
MADAME CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MADAME CHAIR?
>> YES.
>> THAT IS FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR
AMENDMENT PACKAGE IN FRONT OF
US.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET AS AMENDED IN FRONT OF
US?
OKAY.
I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO
THANK FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THE
CENTRAL STAFF HERE ON THE MIC
WITH US TODAY AND ALL THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMBERS TO
DEVELOP THE PUZZLES IN FRONT OF
US.
OUR PACKAGE IN FRONT OF US
TODAY WAS 350 PAGES AS AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW HARD THEY HAVE
WORKED.
I WANT TO THANK BOTH MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE AND FULL COUNCIL
WHO WORKED SO HARD ALONG WITH
OUR STAFF.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS, I'LL ASK THE
CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BILL
PASS AS AMENDED.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MADAME CHAIR?
>> YES.
>> THAT IS FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
THE MID-YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
PACKAGE AS AMENDED HAS BEEN
CARRIED AND THE BILL WILL BE
SEND TO THE SEPTEMBER 13th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING FOR A FINAL
VOTE.
7 MINUTES TO 1:00, AND WE GOT
THROUGH THE BIGGEST PARTS OF
THE AGENDA TODAY.
WE HAVE THREE MORE
PRESENTATIONS FROM CENTRAL AND
I UNDERSTAND THE FIRST ONE OR
TWO WILL BE REALLY QUICK.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
FRIENDS FROM FAS WHO HAVE BEEN
WANTING TO PRESENT THE
INITIATIVES TO US.
>> WELCOME BACK, JENNIFER AND
HELLO, JOY.
WE'LL HAVE YOU IN THE COMMITTEE
ON THE 10th.
WE WANTED A CHANCE TO HEAR THE
POLICY CHANGES UP FOR
CONSIDERATION ON THE 10th SO
I'LL TURN IT TO YOU.
>> I'M ALSO GOING TO SHARE A
PRESENTATION.
SHOULD WE PLAN ON HAVING 20 TO
30 MINUTES OR A SHORTER AMOUNT
OF TIME?
>> SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME AS
POSSIBLE.
>> WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO HEAR
AN OVERVIEW OF THE LEGISLATION?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS HAVE
A CHANCE TO GET IT.
>> PLEASE BARE WITH ME.
I'LL SKIP THROUGH A FEW OF THE
SLIDES HERE.
>> YOU'REPLEASE LOOK AT THE
SLIDES THAT ARE DETAILED.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE
HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE ALONG
WITH THE TEAM AT OH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I'M THE POLICY AND PLANNING
MANAGER WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HOUSING TODAY AND I'M
HERE TO GIVE YOU THE OVERVIEW
OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION WHICH
WILL BE CONSIDERED IN WHICH
WE'LL DO A MORE IN-DEPTH
BRIEFING SEPTEMBER 10th.
NORMALLY WE COME TO YOU EVERY
FOUR YEARS OR SO TO MAKE
CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM.
WE WERE LAST BEFORE YOU IN 2019
TO RENEW THE PROGRAM. WE WANT
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
LEGISLATION LOCALLY THIS YEAR
TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO TIME
SENSITIVE AND REQUIRED CHANGES.
WE ALSO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH A RESOLUTION FOR
PRIORITIES IN 2023.
JUST AS A QUICK OVERVIEW, HERE
ARE THE CHANGES MADE TO THE RCW
RCW.
IT NOW ALLOWS LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS TO OFFER A 12-
MONTH EXTENSION. THIS IS AN
OPTION FOR AN EXTENSION. OUR
APPROACH IS ONE TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH LEGISLATION TO ACCOMMODATE
THESE CHANGES, SPECIFICALLY TO
ALLOW AN EXTENSION OPTION FOR
PROJECTS THAT ARE EXPIRING IN
2022 AND WE'LL BE BACK IN 2023
TO ADDRESS ANY EXTENSIONS AT
THAT TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE A RESOLUTION WITH
THE INTENT TO ADDRESS OTHER
PROBLEMATIC PRIORITIES DURING
RENEWAL.
THERE ARE NINE MARKET RATE
PROJECTS EXPIRING IN THE NEXT
FEW YEARS AND THOSE ARE UNITS
WITH NO OTHER EXTENSIONS.
THE PROPOSED AFFORDABILITY
LEVELS FOR THE EXTENSION ARE
LOWER THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY
REQUIRED FOR NEW PROJECT
SPENDER PROGRAM 6 BECAUSE IN
GENERAL, THE OLDER BUILDINGS
HAVE LOWER RENT AS OPPOSED TO
NEWER BUILDINGS ON THE MARKET.
WE WILL INCREASE THE PENSION
THE PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE
PIPELINE, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT
THIS IS A PRETTY NARROW PIECE
OF LEGISLATION AND THERE ARE
OTHER PRIORITIES AND ISSUES THE
CITY WANTS TO ADDRESS.
THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A SURVEY AS WELL FOR
CONTRACTORS THAT PARTICIPATE TO
COLLECT INFORMATION ON
APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION.
I WILL STOP THERE.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION AS DESCRIBED.
I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE
TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS AND
THE ANNUAL REPORT IS VERY
HELPFUL.
IF YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN A LOOK AT
THIS IN DETAIL, I ENCOURAGE YOU
TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE LOOK AT
THE POSSIBLE LEGISLATION, A
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR STATE
PARTNERS WHO HAVE SPENT THE
LAST SESSION EXPANDING THESE SO
WE DON'T HAVE EXPIRING UNITS IN
THE MOMENT PEOPLE ARE FACING
EVICTION.
WE NEED TO BUILD THAT HOUSING
NOW AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT AMONG MANY DIFFERENT
POLICIES TO HELP US CREATE
ADDITIONAL HOUSING.
THIS WILL SETTLE THE STAGE FOR
IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL
POSSIBLY BE HAPPENING LATER.
MANY EXPIRING UNITS THIS
LEGISLATION WOULD STOP FROM
EXPIRING?
>> THIS LEGISLATION ONLY COVERS
EXPIRING IN 2021 AND 2022.
WITH THAT WE WOULD INVEST
DURING PROGRAM RENEWAL IN 2023.
THERE ARE NINE MARKET RATE
PROPERTIES, 350 UNITS EXPIRING
IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
>> THANK YOU.
A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, I
UNDERSTAND THE PROPOSAL IS TO
HAVE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS FOR
OLD BUILDINGS? SOME MORE THAN
WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER SIX, IS
THERE A SLIDE IN HERE THAT SHOWS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
NEWER PROGRAM SIX BUILDINGS AND
THE OLDER PROGRAM SIX
BUILDINGS?
YOU AFFORDABILITY LEVELS WE
PROPOSED?
>> LET ME -- NO, THERE'S
NOTHING I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO
YOU AS A FOLLOW-UP BUT THERE IS
NOT A SLIDE THAT ADDRESSES THAT
SPECIFIC QUESTION SO I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO DO THAT.
>> OKAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT
DIFFERENCE.
AND LASTLY, I HAVE ON OCCASION
INQUIRED FOR AN ANALYSIS OF
WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR THE CITY
TO USE FUNDING TO BUY DOWN THE
AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE SET
TO EXPIRE AND COMPARE WHAT THAT
WOULD COST THE CITY TO THE
REVENUE THAT THE CITY LOSES
ASSOCIATED WITH NFTE.
NFTE RESULTS IN SOME REVENUE
BEING FOREGONE.
NOT COLLECT DID AND SOME BEING
REDISTRIBUTED TO OTHER
TAXPAYERS.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE
ACHIEVING OUR AFFORDABILITY
GOALS IN THE MOST COST-
EFFECTIVE WAY, AND IF IT IS THE
LAST EXPENSIVE TO THE CITY TO
NO LONGER HAVE A TAX EXEMPTION,
BUT INSTEAD, TO ACTUALLY
PROVIDE FUNDING TO BUY DOWN
THESE UNITS, THAT IS KIND OF A
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS I WOULD
LIKE US TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND TO JENNIFER AND TEAM, THANK
YOU, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, JOY?
NOT SEEING --
>> I WILL BE BACK WITH A
FURTHER REPORT.
>> YES, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
WE CAN BUILD IT IN ALSO AT THE
MEETING OF THE 10th AS WELL AT
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ENTRCE
INTO WHY.
>> YET.
>> SOUNDS GREAT.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR
FLEXIBILITY TODAY.
LOVE THE DATA IS PROVIDED ON
SLIDE THREE, TO REALLY LEAD
INTO SLIDE FIVE TO SHOW THE
WHITE AND APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
QUESTION AS WELL AS WITH THE
ANALYSIS OF THE OVERALL
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR BRING THIS
FORWARD AND I WANT TO THANK
TRACY AND ERIN WHO HAD BEEN
CAUSALLY SAYING WE'VE GOT TO
GET THIS ITEM IN FRONT OF
COUNCIL, IT'S AN IMPORTANT
POLICY DISCUSSION HAPPENING
THAT WILL LEAD TO MUCH BIGGER
DISCUSSIONS AS WE CONSIDER THAT
2023 UNITS YOU DESCRIBED AS
WELL.
MORE TO COME ON THIS AND WE
WILL SEE YOU ON THE 10th.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY.
OKAY, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AN
ITEM RELATED TO BUILDING ON
SEATTLE AND ITEM NUMBER NINE,
ITEM NUMBER NINE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM 9, 120165, RELATING TO
THE DEPLOYMENT OF FINANCE AND
MINISTRY SERVICES AUTHORIZING
THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES OR THE DIRECTORS
DESIGNEE TO NEGOTIATE AND
EXECUTE A REAL PROPERTY LEASE
WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR
VACANT LAND KNOWN AS THE SUBODH
OF PROPERTY AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
ROOFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE DIRECTED YOU VERY
MUCH, I WANT TO WELCOME JEFF
SIMS FROM CENTRAL STAFF WHO IS
WITH US AS WELL.
HIS LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT IN
THAT IT AUTHORIZES A NEW LEASE
WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO USE
THEIR VACANT LAND AND INTERBAY
EXPANSION OF TINY HOUSE D
VILLAGE.
THIS WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY 30
ADDITIONAL UNITS AT THE
INTERBAY VILLAGE WHICH I HAVE
VISITED AND APPRECIATED THE
OPPORTUNITY OF WORKING WITH
PARTNERS IT'S A GREAT LOCATION
IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
TAKE A LOOK.
THE LEGISLATION IS NEEDED TO
ALLOW FOR THE NEW LEASE OF THE
EXPANDED PROPERTY THAT IS
APPROXIMATELY 44,310 SQUARE
FEET, WHICH EXCEEDS THE CURRENT
FAS DIRECTORS AUTHORITY.
THIS LEGISLATION ON THE
INTRODUCTION AND CALENDAR AND
WE ADDED IT TO OUR COMMITTEE
AGENDA FOR SHOULD BE DONE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND TO NOT
DELAY ANY FURTHER STANDING UP
OF EMERGENCY HOUSING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF THIS TODAY,
AND IT IS LISTED A DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
JEFF, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US, WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW?
>> THANK YOU, MANAGER.
I WANT GO OVER THE CONTEXT YOU
ALREADY PROVIDED AS
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE AWARE, THE
2021 ADOPTED BUDGET THREE NEW
TINY HOME VILLAGES.
LASTLY, THE COUNCIL APPROVED
THE ORDINANCE TO SIGN A LEASE
WITH SOUND TRANSIT FOR THE
POSTERS OF VISIBLE IT IS.
THIS WOULD BE NUMBER TWO, AS
THE CHART NOTED, AND EXPANSION,
AND EXISTING ONE BECAUSE IT'S
ALREADY HAS AN EXPIRING LEASE,
AND ALSO A CORPORATE
CONTINUATION OF THE CONTINUING
LEASE.
SOME KEY PIECES TO KNOW IS THAT
THE OVERVIEW WINDOW OR THE
APPEALS WINDOW, I SHOULD SAY IS
NOT YET CLOSED FOR THIS
LOCATION, IT WON'T CLOSE UNTIL
THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO
BE READY TO ACT ONCE THAT IS
COMPLETED AND THE COUNCIL CAN
MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE ACTION ON
IT.
TO MOVE RAPIDLY, ASSUMING NO
ISSUES ARISE, BUT OTHERWISE
FURTHER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM?
OKAY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
LET'S SEE HERE.
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THIS BILL IN FRONT OF US.
I MOVED THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNCIL BILL
120165, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> GREAT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK, CAN
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
ADOPTION OF COUNCIL BILL
120165?
EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120165?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALITIES?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MADAM CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> ALL IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED
THEY
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASSED WILL BE SENT TO
THE SEPTEMBER 13th SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING FOR A FULL
VOTE.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST ITEM
OF BUSINESS WHICH IS AN
IMPORTANT ITEM.
WE HAVE ADAMS AND ANITA, I
THINK I SEE YOU HERE AND I
WONDER IF YOU COULD POP IN FOR
A QUICK SECOND.
DARCY, PHILIP SAUNDERS, AND
SHEREE McLEOD, OFTEN THE
FINANCE DEMONSTRATED HOUSING
SERVICES, ANITA, I WANT TO TELL
YOU ON BEHALF OF OF MY
COMMITTEE, AND IF YOU COULD
PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR
COLLEAGUES AS WELL, WE DO HAVE
ABOUT 17 MINUTES LEFT FOR
TODAY'S AGENDA ITEM BUT I KNOW
THIS IS PROBABLY WARRANTING A
LONGER CONVERSATION.
ANITA, I'M WONDERING IF IT IS
OKAY WITH YOU AND THE TEAM IF
WE MIGHT BE WILLING TO PUT YOU
ON FIRST ITEM AT OUR SEPTEMBER
10th MEETING, AND THEN WE WOULD
HAVE THE CHANCE TO WELCOME YOU
AND THE ENTIRE TEAM UP HERE FROM
FAS?
ANITA, I SEE YOU ARE ON MUTE
STILL.
I'M GOING TO -- MADAM CLERK, I
WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS INCLUDE FAS
AND ITS ENTIRE TEAM AT THE
FIRST PART OF OUR AGENDA FOR
THE SEPTEMBER 10th MEETING.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO WOULD LIKE
TO PRESENT, INCLUDING DIRECTOR
BILLINGS AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM.
SO, THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK
ABOUT THEIR AVAILABILITY AND WE
ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE
INCLUDE AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT
OF TIME TO UPDATE THEM.
I WANT TO THANK HIM AND
EVERYBODY AT FAS FOR THEIR
ONGOING WORK TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, AND
ESPECIALLY DURING COVID TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE PROVIDING CRITICAL
SUPPORT FOR PPE, THE MASS
PROCUREMENT, DISTRIBUTION OF
NOT ONLY COVA TESTING SITES BUT
THE MASS VACCINATION SITES,
WHICH ARE NATIONAL PRAISE.
THESE EFFORTS WERE CRITICAL IN
MAKING SURE SEATTLE IS THE
FIRST U.S. CITY TO GET A
VACCINATION RATE AT 70% OF ALL
RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 12.
WE USUALLY HAVE THE RST UPDATE
FROM FAS ANNUALLY BUT WITH THE
2020 YEAR BEING THE WAY IT WAS,
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THE
2020 FAS UPDATE SO WITH THAT IN
MIND, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE REALLY TRYING TO GIVE A
OVER TO FAS FOR IN-DEPTH
DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS AND I
WANT TO THINK DIRECTOR
BILLINGS, AND ANITA WHO IS ON
THE LINE AND ALL THE OTHER
FOLKS FOR THEIR PRESENTATION
AND WE WILL FIND A TIME THAT
WORKS WELL FOR YOU.
WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES.
I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE
END OF THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE WILL
HAVE PENDING CONFIRMATION ON
CALENDAR AVAILABILITY, THE FAS
RGI REPORT, THE EXTENSION
LEGISLATION AND RESOLUTION, THE
CAPITAL PROJECT QUARTERLY
REPORT AND THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND FOR LEGISLATION.
THIS WILL ALSO BE ON FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 10th AT 9:30 A.M.
AS WE ARE STILL FINALIZING OUR
AGENDA.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US, AND THANKS TO THE COURT FOR
ALL YOUR TIME TODAY, AND THANKS
FOR YOUR TIME, 350 PAGES OF
MEETING MATERIALS THAT WERE
VERY WELL ORGANIZED.
THANK YOU, ALL.
ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY.
THANKS, EVERYONE.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR
AFTERNOON.
BYE-BYE.
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