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S.
>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE
COMMITTEE MEETING.
TODAY IS DECEMBER 7, 2021.
>>> THE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER IT IS 9:32 A.M.
>> HERE.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MOSS SKILL LA.
>> PRESENT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, FIVE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU AND I WANT TO
WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
WE KNOW THERE IS A BILL OF
YOURS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS
MORNING'S DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
COUNCIL MEMBERS JOINING US?
I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER
PETERSON MAY BE JOINING US AS
WELL.
WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON OR
ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS
JOIN US, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO
WELCOME THEM.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
TODAY IS OUR LAST FINANCE AND
HOUSING MIGHT AT THE MEETING OF
THE YEAR.
WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA.
WE WILL START WITH A MEETING
FOR 20 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENTS ON 1-8 AND ITEM 11-1.
WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC
HEARING FOR ITEMS 9 AND 10.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON
ITEMS FOR, 9 AND 10, WHICH
RELATE TO THE ANNUAL ACTION
PLAN FOR THE 2021 AND DRAFT
2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
THE POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS
WELL, INCLUDE A POSSIBLE
APPOINTMENT OF SALLY CLARK TO
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, TWO TO
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS BOARD, ONE
APINNACLE ENTERTAINMENTMENT TO
THE BURKE PDA, FRO COMMUNITY
HOUSING PDA.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ON THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE WHICH
IS LONG ANTICIPATED, EXCITED TO
HEAR FROM THEM.
A PUBLIC HEARING AND VOTE TO
AMEND THE 2021 ANNUAL ACTION
PLAN AS WELL AS A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE 2022 DRAFT
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND FINALLY,
A BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON A BILL RELATED
TO PARKING FOR CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS.
AGAIN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US.
COLLEAGUES, I HAVE AN AEND
SOMEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO
SUGGEST FOR OUR AGENDA HERE
TODAY.
GIVEN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMON,
THAT IS OUR USUAL PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR 20 MINUTES
AT THE BEGINNING AND WE ALSO
HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED
TO ITEMS 9 AND 10:00
COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE
CONSIDERED IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD SO
THAT ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE DIAL
IN TO PROVIDE COMMENT TODAY
HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
THAT WAY THEY MAY RETURN TO
WORK OR COMMUNITY AND ARE NOT
ON LEAN WITH US IF THEY DON'T
NEED TO BE.
THEY ARE ALSO WELCOME TO
CONTINUE LISTENING BUT IF THERE
IS NO OBJECTION I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS LISTED
ON AGENDA ITEM 9 AND 10 TO
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
AGAIN THE HEARING IS LISTED AS
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9, MOVED
RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD FOR THE FIRST 20
MINUTES.
IS THERE ANY CONCERNS,
QUESTIONS?
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED IN THE
AMENDED AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
>>> AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING
TO MOVE INTO REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD.
I KNOW EVERYBODY IS EXCITED
ABOUT MANY OF THESE ITEMS ON
OUR AGENDA.
WE ARE HOPING TO HEAR FROM
EVERYBODY WHO IS ON OUR LIST
AND THEN MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC
HEARING SECTION FOR AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 9. IF YOU DON'T GET A
CHANCE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT TODAY YOU MAY E-MAIL
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE ARE GOING TO OPEN UP WITH
READING THE FIRST THREE
SPEAKERS THAT ARE LISTED ON
TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME
YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT THAT
SAYS YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION THAT
YOU NEED TO HIT STAR 6 ON YOUR
LINE AND THEN TWIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
OU ARE ADDRESSING.
YOU'LL HEAR A 10 SECOND CHIME
WHEN THE TIME IS ABOUT TO
CONCLUDE.
WHEN YOU HEAR THAT CHIME THAT
IS YOUR INDICATION TO WRAP YOU.
SPEAKERS NOT ENDING COMMENT IN
THEIR APPROPRIATE ALLOTTED TEEM
WILL HAVE THEIR MICROPHONE CUT
OFF.
SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND WRAP-UP
YOUR COMMENTS AND SEND ANY
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS TO COUNCIL.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK YOU
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF
YOU PLAN TO CONFOLLOWING
TODAY'S MEETING PLEASE DO SO
VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL OR OTHER
LISTENING OPTIONED.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
COLLEAGUES TWO MINUTES TO EACH
OF THE SPEAKERS BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE ONLY ABOUT 10 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE ONE
PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS MORNING WE WILL START WITH
ISAIAH CORE PRAY, PASTER WILLIE
SEALS, AND TAYLOR PATRICE
WARNER.
GOOD MORNING, ISAIAH.
>> GOOD MORNING, NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
AGENDA ITEM 11 COUNCIL BILL
120227.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO STREET
VACATIONS.
IT WILL ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL
GROWTH OF DIRELY NEED AD
FORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE AND
ALSO SUPPORT THE CHRIST SPIRIT
CHURCH IN LEHIGH DEVELOPING
ALMOST DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF
AFFORDABLE HUSEING UNITS FOR
HOMELESS YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
IN THE CENTRAL AREA.
SOME OF THESE EXPENSES RELATED
TO THE COST OF STREET VACATIONS
CAN BE AN INCREDIBLY HIGH
BAYIER TO COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZES TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND THIS BILL WILL PORT
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WITH
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZES IN
HAVING ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL
LAND FOR DENSITY, TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO I
APPRECIATE EVERYONE THIS
MORNING SUPPORTING THIS
LEGISLATION AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR DEALING IN
THIS MORNING.
PASTOR WILLIE SEALS GOOD
MORNING, FOLLOWED BY TAYLOR LA
TERESE WARNER.
GOOD MORNING, PASTOR.
>> GM, MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIE
SEALS.
THE PASTOR OF THE CHRIST SPIRIT
CHURCH AND THE PRESIDENT OF TC
SPIRIT DEVELOPMENT.
CALLING IN REFERENCE TO ITEM
NUMBER 11.
ALSO ASKING AND THANKING THE
COUNCIL TO ADDRESSING THIS
ISSUE THAT MANY NONPROFIT AND
OTHER AGENCIES HAVE REGARDING
THE ADDED EXPENSE OF THE STREET
VACATION.
SO I'M ASKING THAT THE COUNCIL
THE FULL COUNCIL WOULD SUPPORT
THIS EFFORT.
WE ALL ARE FACING THIS HOMELESS
CRISIS AND WE ARE TRYING TO
ADDRESS IT IN THE BEST WAY WE
KNOW HOW, AND I THINK THIS IS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COUNCIL TO, THE WHOLE COUNCIL
TO GET ON BOARD OVER GREAT
ACTION.
OUR PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING
WITH LEHIGH ON, ON 22ND AND
TERRY, WITH THE ADDED STREET
HAVE A CASE, IT WOULD ADD
ADDITIONAL 23 AFFORDABLE
APARTMENTS, MOVING FROM FOUR
STORIES TO SIX STORIES.
SO COUNCIL, I ASK THAT YOU
WOULD PASS THIS BILL THAT WE
WOULD ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF
HOMELESS SOME A TANGIBLE WAY.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN.
>>> TAYLOR LA TERESE WARNER
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COLIN
MULLIN.
GOOD MORNING, TAYLOR.
>>
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS TAYLOR ARE TERESE
WARNER, I'M AN APPRENTICE WITH
LOCAL 46.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALL LOCAL 46
MEMBERS THAT OUR EMPLOYERS PAY
FOR OUR PARKING THE AND I
WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE
SUGGESTION AND THE MEMO THAT
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
INCENTIVIZE WORKERS TO DRIVE
WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE USE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.
AS WORKERS WHO HAVE CALLED IN
BEFORE HAVE SAID, INCLUDING
MYSELF, FOR THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS
INDUSTRY, PUBLIC TRANSIT IS NOT
AN OPTION.
SO TO ALLOW CONTRACTORS TO OPT
OUT IF THEY INCENTIVIZE PUBLIC
TRANSIT WOULD EFFECTIVELY
DESTROY THE INTENT OF THE
LEGISLATION.
I ALSO FEEL LIKE PUBLIC TRANSIT
COULD ALSO BE INCENTIVIZED.
SOME CONTRACTORS ALREADY DO
BOTH.
AND IF EMPLOYERS HAD TO COVER
THE COST OF PARKING IT MIGHT BE
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
INFLEXIBLE TRANSPORTATION IS
FOR SO MANY OF THE WORKERS.
ALSO, I URGE YOU TO NOT THAT I
THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
LOCAL 46 MEMBERS KNOW WHEN THE
DECISIVE ACTION IS MADE, WHICH
MANY CONTRACTORS ALREADY HAVE
PARTIALLY IN PLACE IT TAKES
VERY LITTLE TIME TO THE SYSTEM
TO ASSEMBLE THEMSELVES.
SO ALL DELAYS READ TO ME AS
ATTEMPTS TO PROTECT THE
FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE.
WORKERS REALLY NEED ELECTED
OFFICIALS TO EARN OUR TRUST IN
THIS MOMENT.
SO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE
ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED
FOR THEM OR THE PEOPLE WHO BANK
ROLL THE BILLBOARDS AND ADS.
LOCAL 46 IS FOLLOWING THIS
LEGISLATION CLOSELY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
COLIN MULLIN IS LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
COLIN, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN,
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
ARTHUR ESPERANZA.
GOOD MORNING, ARTHUR.
LOOKING FOR ARTHUR TO POP ON
THE SCREEN
WERE ANY ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS CONSULTED WHEN DRAFTING
IT.
OR DID YOU JUST TALK WITH THE
AG C? WE ALREADY HAVE TOOL
STORAGE.
BUT KEEPING OUR TOOLS ON ONE
JOB SITE ONLY HELP WHEN WE STAY
ON ONE JOB SITE.
IF WE WORK MORE THAN ONE JOB IN
ONE DAY, WE ARE PAYING FOR
PARKING TWICE TOO.
THE REALITY OF CONSTRUCTION
WORK NECESSITATES CARS AS OUR
PRIMARY TRANSPORT, WHETHER WE
PAY FOR PARKING OR NOT.
YOU MUST STOP MAKING EXCUSES TO
BACK PEDAL THE.
IF YOU REALLY CARED ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT YOU WOULD NEVER
SUPPORT BILLIONAIRES WHO DUMP
MORE CARBON EMISSIONS IN ONE
SPACE FLIGHT THAN ONE FAMILY
DOES IN.
>> THE MEMO REFERENCED IS A
NONPARTISAN CENTRAL STAFF MEMO.
AND IT IS A FACTUAL DOCUMENT
THAT IS NOT DRAFTED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
JUST AS A REMINDER.
LOGAN SWANN FOLLOWED BY
THATCHER BOLDEN AND DOMINIQUE
JOHAN VIP AND THAT WILL
CONTINUE INCLUDE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND WE'LL GO BACK TO
PATRICK BURNS WHO SIGNED UP FOR
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
LOWING GUN, GM, THANKS FOR
DIALING IN.
>> YEAH, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN, THANKS.
>> OKAY.
YEAH.
MY NAME IS LOGAN.
I'M A UNION IRON WORKER HERE IN
SEATTLE AND YEAH, I'M JUST
CALLING TO DEMAND THAT YOU KNOW
THERE BE NO DELAYS NO WATERING
DOWN OF THE BILL TO FULLY PAY
FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
PARKING.
IT IS REALLY CUT AND DRIED.
EITHER SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PAY
FOR THIS, AND EITHER IT IS
GOING TO BE THE WORKERS OR IT
IS GOING TO BE THE EMPLOYERS.
IN MY CONTRACT MY UNION
CONTRACT WE HAVE PLAYER PAID
PARKING.
THIS SHOULD BE THE STANDARD.
IF OUR YOU KNOW, CONTRACT WE
CAN AFFORD TO PAY SURELY THE
ELECTRICIANS CONTRACTORS CAN
PAY IT.
SURELY THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS
CAN PAY IT.
FURTHERMORE, THEY ARE PAYING IT
ON THE PL.A.
JOBS ALREADY.
LICK SO FOR YOU THEY, THERE ARE
SLIDES IN THE PRESENTATION YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT YOU
KNOW, THAT LIKE ARGUING ABOUT
THE SIGNIFICANT OF COST FOR
EMPLOYERS, THAT IS GOOD
OTHERWISE THAT IS SIGNIFICANT
COST TO WORKING FAMILIES.
OVERALL, I THINK THAT THESE ARE
LIKE PAVING THE WAY FOR LIKE
WATERING DOWN THE BILL.
AND IT SHOULD BE PASSED IN FULL
WITHOUT ANY AMENDMENTS THAT
WEAKEN IT.
THAT GIVE YOU KNOW, THESE
CONTRACTORS A WAY TO WALK AWAY
WITH MORE OF OUR MONEY.
AND CRU, I MEAN, FURTHERMORE,
LIKE REFERRING TO PL.A.S, YOU
KNOW, IT ALREADY SAID IN THE
PL.A.S FOR THE THREE BLOCK
RADIUS, AND YOU KNOW, THERE IS
AN ARGUMENT BEING MADE IN THIS
SESSION YOU KNOW, TO EXPAND IT
TO HALF A MILE.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS A LONG WAY,
WHEN YOU ARE CARRYING YOU KNOW,
80-POUND OF TOOLS.
DAILY CARRYING IN YOUR LUNCHBOX
AND YOUR TOOLS.
SO YEAH, LIKE YOU KNOW, EVERY
WEEK THAT GOES BY ON THIS IS A
WEEK THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
ARE SUBSIDIZING CONTRACTORS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG ISSUE
ON FAMILY BUDGETS.
OVER 100-DOLLAR A WEEK FOR
WORKERS.
>> YOU IT.
AND ANN THATCHER BOLDEN
FOLLOWED BY DOMINIQUE.
GOOD MORNING, THATCHER.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF HANDY'S PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT AT SOUND
TRANSIT HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT
FOR AGENDA 11.
WHICH WOULD EXEMPT THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS
FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY
FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THE
UNDERLYING LAND.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS HAD A STRONG
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS
IN USING OUR SURPLUS PROPERTY
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INCLUDING SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCING OR TRANSFERRING AT NO
COST PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT
SIMILAR TO WHAT IS BEING
CONSIDERED HERE FOR
TRANSPORTATION RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE ALSO HAVE PROPERTY IN
SEATTLE THAT MAY BE OF USE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
FUTURE AND THOSE ARE OFTEN
ADJACENT LIKELY GOD CANDIDATES
FOR AN ALLEY VACATION.
THE CITY CONTRIBUTING THE
UNDERLAYING VALUES WOULD HAVE
REAL IMPACT, REDUCING THE
AMOUNT OF OTHER SUBSIDIES
NEEDED TO CONSTRUCTION
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAKING
PROJECTS MORE COST EFFECTIVE
AND THUS MORE COMPETITIVE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
THE LAST PERSON I HAVE SIGNED
UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS DOMINIQUE JOE HAS
BEEN VIP, LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND IN
YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT'LL BE
WELCOME.
>>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, AT THIS
POINT I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
US INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR
AGENDA ITEM 9. I WILL CLOSE OUT
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR DIALING IN
TODAY AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND
OPEN UP OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR
AAGAIN DA ITEM NUMBER 9. WE
HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS THE
COUNCIL BILL 120238.
THIS RELATES TO THE ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN.
THERE IS ONE PERSON WE ARE
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE
YOU.
YOU CAN HIT STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
THIS IS PATRICK'S BURNS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI,IA, THIS IS PATRICK
BURNS.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL
TODAY.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO SPEAK ON
ITEM NUMBER 12.
AND I HOPE I CAN DO THAT.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH THE
OTHER SPEAKERS IN SUPPORTING
PAID PARKING FOR CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS.
SO BASICALLY THE ARGUMENTS THAT
YOU HAVE HEARD FROM ALL THE
OTHER SPEAKERS ARE PROFOUND AND
IMPORTANT.
AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE
A BLANKET LEGISLATION THAT GOES
ACROSS THE CITY OF SEATTLE, SO
THAT EMPLOYERS REALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE TO
PROVIDE FREE PARKING FOR THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
IT TAKES A LOT OF STRESS OFF
THE WORKERS, IT TAKES A LOT OF
STRESS OFF THEM WITH YOU KNOW,
OFF THEIR BUDGETS.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE SUBSIDIZING
THE COSTS OF THE EMPLOYER TO DO
WORK IN SEATTLE.
SO PLEASE PASS THIS
LEGISLATION, AND MAKE SURE THAT
IT DOES HAVE
NO LOOPHOLES, NO CARVEOUTS, SO
EMPLOYERS CAN SOMEHOW WIGGLE
THROUGH THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AND I WILL SEND
MORE COMMENTS ONLINE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE HAD YOU LISTED AS SPEAKING
ON AGENDA ITEM 9. WE'LL ALLOW
THAT.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE WHO
SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC
HEARING RELATED TO ITEMS 9 AND
10.
WE WILL KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING
OPEN TO THOSE ITEMS AND CLOSE
THAT OUT WHEN WE GET TO THOSE
PIECES.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO
AGENDA ITEM 1. THANKS FOR
WAITING FOR ALL OF OUR AUDIENCE
ON THE LINE HERE WITH US.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESENTERS
WITH US.
MAD TAM CHAIR?
>> ITEM 12 STHE APPOINTMENT FOR
SALLY CLARK FOR THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY US AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WE ARE VERY EXCITE TO HAVE
OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE WITH US
HERE TODAY.
WELCOME BACK COUNCIL MEMBER
CLARK.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT IS ALWAYS WONDERFUL TOEE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROB BRANDON
FROM THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY AS WELL OF THE AGAIN,
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
DIRECTOR BRANDON.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK, I'M GOING
TO HAVE DIRECTOR BRANDON FIRST
OPEN US UP WITH GENERAL
COMMENTS AND WE'LL MOVE TO YOU
AS YOU KNOW THIS PROCESS WELL
TO PROVIDE US WITH AN OVERVIEW
OF YOUR INTEREST.
FACEBOOK.
DR.BRANDON, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE
CONGRATULATIONS.
APPRECIATE THAT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO STRONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WITH HOUSING.
SALLY CLARK NEEDS NO
INTRODUCTION.
SO SHE HAS JUST GOT A LONG AND
RICH HISTORY HERE IN SEATTLE
THAT JUST A GREAT LIFE OF A
PUBLIC SERVANT VAN.
FROM HER CURRENT JOB AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN
COMMUNITY RELATION TO HIS JUST
HER LONG, LONG LIFE AT CITY
COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND JUST ALL THE OTHER
VOLUNTEER WORK AS YOU SEE THE
KIND OF GREAT STUFF SHE IS
DOING.
WE ARE JUST EXCITED FOR HER
BRAIN POWER, FOR HER THINKING.
FOR HER ABILITY TO PUSH OUR
AGENCY TO MOVE INTO AREAS THAT
WE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INTO AND
LOOK FORWARD TO AND HAVING HERB
CONSIDERED TO JOIN THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY ON BOARD.
>> WE ARE THRILLED AS WELL.
VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HEAR
WITH US COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT
KNOW SALLY CLARK IS CURRENTLY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON REGIONAL
COMMUNITY RELATIONS WHERE SHE
WORKS WITH OFFICIALS AROUND THE
GREATER TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE
FOR U DUB.
SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE HOWING
AFFORDABILITY AND ECONOMIC
RESILIENCY COMMITTEE.
ALSO SERVED AD CO-CHAIR FOR THE
INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY COMMITTEE
AND THE SEATTLE JOBS
INITIATIVE.
I KNOW MANY OF THE FOLKS ONLINE
AND WATCHING ARE FAMILIAR WITH
YOU, BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS IN
CONTINUING TO SERVE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THROUGH THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WHAT SOME
OF YOUR INTERESTS ARE THERE.
WELCOME, COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU
TODAY, AND TO SEE THE OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING.
AND YOU ALL HAVE KIND OF DONE
MY JOB.
I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE TO
DIRECTOR BRANDON AND FOR THE
OTHERS FOR THIS TON AND THANKS
TO MAYOR DURKAN FOR THE
NOMINATION.
SINCE I DEPARTED IN CITY
COUNCIL IN 2015, I JOINED IN
2006 AND I IT HAVE THE PLEASURE
OF LEARNING A LOT AS A COUNCIL
MEMBER THROUGH MY WORK ON THE
HOUSING COMMITTEE, BOTH AS A
MEMBER THAT HAVE COMMITTEE AND
AS A CHAIR AND CHAIRED THE LAND
USE COMMITTEE, WHICH ALSO
INTERSECTS AS YOU ALL KNOW
GREATLY WITH OUR CONVERSATIONS
AND OUR VALUES AROUND HOUSING.
AND WHO HOUSING IS FOR IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
I'LL NOTE THAT IN A PREVIOUS
CAREER CHAPTER I WAS ALSO A
DIRECTOR FOR A SMALL WORSE
CALLED THE NORTHWEST
ASSOCIATION FOR HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY AND I LEARNED
MORE THAN I REALLY I THINK
WANTED TO KNOW AND THOUGHT I
WOULD LEARN AT THE TIME ABOUT
FINANCING FOR RURAL AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, WHICH A WHOLE ANOTHER
CON NONE CONUNDRUM FOR OUR
COUNTRY FOR PEOPLE OF MODEST
MEANS.
WITH SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY,
I HAVE BEEN I'LL SAY A FAN OF
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR A
LONG TIME.
THROUGH MY PUBLIC WORK, AND ROD
AND I REALIZED THAT WE KNOW
EACH OTHER FROM A WAYS BACK,
1997, WHEN I WAS A LEGISLATIVE
AID AT THE TIME.
AND STARTING TO LEARN ABOUT THE
VARIOUS WAYS WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
OTHER AGENCIES, TRY TO FIGURE
OUT THE CONUNDRUM OF MAKING
SURE THAT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES
ARE SAFE AND SOUND FOR PEOPLE
OF LIMITED MEANS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE
FUNDAMENTAL IF ME IN A LOT OF
THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT I DO,
WHETHER IT IS WITH
ORGANIZATIONS TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT THE JOB ACCESS OR, IN THIS
CASE, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE THERE BE A ROBUST,
HEALTHY, DECENT, DIGNIFIED
COMMUNITY THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
IN OUR PUBLIC HOUSING THROUGH
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND THE WORK THAT SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS DONE FOR
GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN OUR
CITY CONTINUES TO BE
FUNDAMENTAL TO WHO WE ARE AS A
CITY.
I THINK WHAT IS EVEN MORE
CRITICAL AS WE THINK ABOUT IN
OUR CITY IS FOR LACK OF A
BETTER TERM THINKING MORE ABOUT
SOME OF THE WAYS THAT LONG-TERM
PATTERNS OF RACISM AND
INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES HAVE
KEPT SOME PEOPLE FROM
PROSPERITY.
HAV EXCEPT SOME PEOPLE FROM
OPPORTUNITY.
AND SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE CAN LAND, WHERE PEOPLE
CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND
DEVELOP.
AND WHETHER THAT IS AN
INDIVIDUAL A FAMILY AND ELDER
CHILDREN, WE HAVE INCREDIBLE
STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO THEY
RAISED THEIR KIDS THERE OR
THEIR KIDS GREW UP AT SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED
PERSONALLY IN HOW WE PRESERVE
WHAT WE HAVE.
HOW WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THE
PLACES WHERE PEOPLE ARE LIVING
NOW SAFE, DECENT DIGNIFIED.
THE PLACES THEY CALL HOME AND
WE ARE IN AN INTERESTING SPOT
NOW WITH THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION AND SOME
OPPORTUNITIES IT FIGURE OUT HOW
WE EX SPAN OUR WORK.
WE'LL SEE HOW LONG THAT WINDOW
LASTS AND TRY FIGURE OUT TO
TAKE BEST ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND
TO PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY.
I WILL STOP THERE AND HAPPY TO
TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE
YOUR INTEREST.
YOU MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF
PRESERVING CURRENT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THROUGH SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT POINT WE HAVE SEEN
OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES,
WHERE PUBLIC HOUSING HAS BEEN
DISMANTLED.
HASN'T BEEN RECONSTRUCTED AT
THE SAME LEVEL AS WE THINK OF
NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS DENSITY,
DIVERSITY OF HOUSING ACROSS
SEATTLE, PRESERVING EXISTING
HOUSING IS AN ELEMENT TOO.
SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I SAW A FEW COLLEAGUES ON THE
LINE HERE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS I DON'T THANK YOU,
CHAIR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER CLARK FOR BEING
INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION.
EVERYONE HAS ALREADY SAID
EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND SO I HAVE NO YES'S
HERE.
I JUST WITHIN TO TAKE THIS
MOMENT TO RAISE IN MY LAST TWO
APARTMENTS I HAVE LIVED NEXT TO
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
BUILDINGS.
IT HAS BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE.
AMAZING NEIGHBORS AND IT ALSO
PROVIDES THAT ABILITY FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
ARE OUT OF REACH FOR MOST
PEOPLE AND I JUST WANT TO RAISE
UP THE IMPORTANCE
OF THAT, THE QUADS AND THE
DUPLEX WERE INCREDIBLY
EFFECTIVE AT HOUSING MULTIPLE
PEOPLE, MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN
DOWNTOWN BALLARD.
SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY FROM YOUR
FORMER OFFICE, USUALLY WE WOULD
TAKE THIS VOTE YET I AM EXCITED
TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FROM YOUR
OLD OFFICE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR
POINTMENT TODAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK.
>> THE OFFICE LOOKS GOOD.
>> THANKS.
>> AN ACCENT WALL.
THAT IS FANCYCH.
>> ACCENT WALLS AND WE OWN GEL
TO ENJOY THEM A LITTLE BIT.
BUT GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE
COUNCIL HEZBOLLAH CLARK.
I APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE IN HOME
DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND BY JOINING ONE OF OUR MOST
IMPORTANT BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS WITH THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
AND APPRECIATE, I DON'T HAVE A
QUESTION.
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
APPRECIATE HEARING IN YOUR
REMARKS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
S HAPROVIDES REALLY IMPORTANT
FAMILY STABLE IF A LOT OF
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
THROUGHOUT OUR REGION AND HAS
FOR GENERATIONS.
THE TENSION IS ALWAYS HOW TO
SERVE MORE PEOPLE IN NEED WHILE
NOT DESTABILIZING THE FOLKS WHO
BENEFIT SO MUCH FROM LIVING IN
OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
IT IS A FANTASTIC RESOURCE TO
BOTH THE VENGES WHO LIVE IN S
HAHOUSING AND THE COMMUNITIES
WHERE S HAHOUSING IS LOCATE.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT S
HAIS ON SORT OF A VISION QUEST
TO GROW AND ACQUIRE
MOREHOUSEING AND TO PARTNER
MORE WITH THE CITY ON
ADDRESSING THE SPRING BREAKTIVE
MARKET AROUND NATURALLY
AFFORDABLE MARKET RATE HOUSING
AND HELPING THE CITY WORK TO
ACQUIRE SOME OF THOSE
PROPERTIES WHEN THEY ARE AT
RISK.
APPRECIATE THAT S HAHAS BEEN
STRATEGIZING ABOUT AND HAS BEEN
DOING SO FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS
AND IS CONTINUING TO STRATEGIZE
ABOUT HOW TO DO MORE.
SO THANK YOU.
SUPER IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER CLARK, I AM NOT
SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
DR.BRANDON NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS EITHER.
I WOULD UNDERSCORE SOME OF THE
POINTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
CLARK YOU MADE ABOUT THIS
MOMENT IN TIME.
WHEN THE HEADLINE THIS MORNING
TALKS ABOUT MORE GROWTH IN THE
SEATTLE POPULATIONS RELATIVE TO
OUR REGIONAL CITIES.
WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A 21%
POPULATION INCREASE IN THE LAST
10 YEARS AND THE HOUSING JUST
HASN'T CAUGHT UP.
SO I THINK AS YOU NOTE, WE ARE
IN A GOOD PLACE FOR A POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR FEDERAL
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUILD BACK
BETTER ACT, WHICH WE ALL HOPE
WILL SOON PASS AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT JUST
PASSED, IN ADDITION TO HAVING
LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT HAS BEEN
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ADDITIONAL
HOUSING DENSITY AND CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS
YOU ARE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH
THE CITY COUNCIL ON IN THE NEXT
YEAR OR TWO THAT ARE TOP
PRIORITY FOR YOU GIVEN THIS
MOMENT IN TIME WE FIND
OURSELVES IN?
DR.BRANDON, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
ANSWER THAT AS WELL AS COUNCIL
MEMBER CLARK.
>> I'LL GO FIRST AND COUNCIL
MEMBER CLARK, YOU CAN ALSO
FOLLOW IF YOU LIKE.
YOU CAN'T NOT TALK ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS.
WE FOCUS ON HOUSING AND WE HAVE
DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB THAT HAVE
AND WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
THAT.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR
BRIDGES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO
ADDRESS THE HOMELESS
POPULATION.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY
NOW.
THAT WE ARE HOUSING FOLKS AND
WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT
APPROPRIATE PARTNERSHIPS LIKE
THAT, THAT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO
STAY IN OUR WHEEL HOUSE AND
ALSO JUST TO MOVE OUT AND
ADDRESS SOME CRITICAL ISSUES
FACING THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT IS ONE I WANTED TO LET
YOU KNOW WE ARE SPENDING LOTS
OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THAT AND
SEEKING OUR APPROPRIATE ROLE IN
THAT WITH ALL THE OTHER GOOD
PARTNERS HERE IN SEATTLE.
>> NOT SURE I CAN ADD.
THAT IS, AM EXCITED TO DIVE
INTO THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO
HELP THROUGH THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS WORK TO SUPPORT
WHAT DIRECTOR BRANDTON JUST
DESCRIBED.
THE OTHER THING I HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE
ALL HAD THE STRESS OF THE WORK
FORCE STRESS.
WHO IS IT WHO ACTUALLY DOES THE
WORK IF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND
HOW HAVE THEY COPED AND HOW
HAVE THEY STRUGGLED?
AND CLEARLY, THERE ARE HIRING
GAPS ALL OVER OUR CITY AND I
WOULD IMAGINE THAT I HAVEN'T
TALKED ABOUT THIS MUCH WITH
DIRECTOR BRANDON, BUT I'VE GOT
TO IMAGINE S HAIS IN THE SAME
SPOT, WHERE IT HAS BEEN A
STRESSFUL COUPLE OF YEARS FOR A
VARIETY OF REASONS.
STAFF AT THE GROUND-LEVEL AND
DOING THE WORK TO KEEP
BUILDINGS GREAT, TO KEEP
COMMUNITY DEVELOPING WITH ALL
OF THE CHALLENGES.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TO
SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY AS WELL.
>> THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I THINK WELLNESS IS CRUCIAL
BOTH FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
PAY ATTENTION TO THEM AS WELL
AS OUR STAFF SO THEY CAN DO
THIS IN A HEALTHY WII FOR THEM
AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHICH
REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES WE LIVE
IN.
THANK YOU FOR BRINING THAT UP.
>> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
AND THANK YOU AS WELL DIRECTOR
BRANDON FOR BRINING UP THE
IMPORTANT ACCESS TO HOMELESS
SERVICES.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR
FOLKS TO CALL HOME IN ORDER TO
SOLVE THE CRISIS OF
HOMELESSNESS.
WHILE IT MIGHT NOT HAVE COME
THROUGH IN THE MOST RECENT
ARTICLES IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
THE LAST COUNCIL BUDGET WE JUST
PASSED HAD $156 MILLION TOWARD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVERY
WORD OF THE HOMELESS
INVESTMENTS WAS WORKSHOPPED
WITH THE HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE
GOOD PARTNERS WITH R HA, OUR
KING COUNTY COLLEAGUES AND LOOK
FORWARD TO MAKING THESE
INVESTMENTS GO FURTHER WITH
YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR WORK AT
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
OUR CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS THAT
WE ANTICIPATE HERE VERY SOON.
$56MILLION IN HOMELESS SERVICES
AND SHELTER IN ADDITION TO $194
MILLION FOR HOUSING, TWICE THE
AMOUNT THIS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE
LAST FOUR YEARS.
SO I'M VERY OPTIMIST AND I CAN
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU TO MAKE SURE WE TURN
THOSE WORDS ON THE PAPER INTO
ACTION IN COMMUNITY.
>>> WITH THAT, I'M NOT SEEING
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS OF THE OKAY.
COLE LEAPING I MOVE THE PASSAGE
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF SALLY
CLARK AS MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD S THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
IF YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN
SERVE AND GO THANKS FOR ALL YOU
DO AT S HA.
DIRECTOR BRANDON WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE APPOINTMENT.
>> HER BOLT, YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> MOSS.
>> AYE.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT SALLY CLARK WILL BE
SENT TO THE STEELE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR A FINAL VOTE.
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR PAST
SERVICE IN THIS ONGOING
COMMITMENT PUBLIC SERVICE.
WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AND WE'LL
SEE YOU SOON IN THE NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
HERE AND IT HAS BEEN QUIT A
YEAR FOR YOU.
SO THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
>>> MADAM CLERK.
PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD.
OH EXCUSE ME, 2 AND 3.
>> AAGAIN DA ITEM 2 AND 3,
APPOINTMENT OF RAMIREZ AND
DIANA SALAZAR AS MEMBERS OF THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS
BOARD FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO WELCOME BACK TO THE
SCREEN HERE JASMINE FROM THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AS
WELL AS DINA SALAZAR.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US TODAY.
I UNDERSTAND WILL NOT BE
PRESENT HERE TODAY BUT YOU HAVE
A STATEMENT FOR HER JASMINE,
WONDERFUL.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO
JASMINE FROM OFFICE OF THE
LABOR STANDARDS.
I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS
BOARD FOR ALL THE WORK THEY
HAVE BEEN DOING, AGAIN GETTING
NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR THE WAYS
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF
RIGHTS CONTINUES TO HAVE A
MOMENTUM AND EVOLVE BECAUSE OF
THE WORK OF THE BROAD COALITION
REPRESENTED TO THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARD BOARD AND ALL
OF THEIR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY
THAT HAS HELPED ITEMS THAT WERE
JUST PASSED TWO WEEKS AGO IN
OUR SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
BUDGET.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND WE'LL
HEAR FROM AS WELL.
>> MY NAME IS JASMINE, I'M A
POLICY ANALYST WITH THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARD AND THE STAFF
LEADS ON THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
STANDARD BOARD.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT ONE NEW
MAYORAL APPOINTMENT AND
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE
APPOINTMENT.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE IS
COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE
WORKING CONDITIONS OF DOMESTIC
WORKERS BY PROVIDING A PLACE
FOR, WOULDERS EMPLOYERS
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC TO
MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO ENFORCE,
IMPLEMENT AND EXPAND ON THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS ORDINANCE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THEM A LOT THIS
YEAR AS THEY HAVE PRESENTED
THEIR FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE COMMITTEE AND INTERACT WITH
MANY OF YOU REGARDING ADVANCING
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS JUST
MENTIONED.
THE BOARD IS DEEPLY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE $500,000
INVESTMENT THAT COUNCIL
APPROVED FOR THE 2022 BUDGET TO
HELP ADVANCE THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY ARE
NOW WORKING WITH TO PROVIDE
GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE
THOSE FUNDS.
AND THEY ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME
DINA ANDEST FAN TO THE BOARD.
WE ARE EXITED TO MAKE IT
OFFICIAL.
SO BOTH APPLICANTS ARE ACTUALLY
ALSO REPLACING MEMBERS WHOSE
TERMS ACTUALLY END IN FEBRUARY
OF NEXT YEAR.
SO YOU MAY SEE ME AGAIN PRETTY
SOON TO PRESENT THEIR
REAPPOINTMENTS.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT AFTER
FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, AS HALF
THE TERMS EXPIRE, YOU KNOW,
THERE WILL BE A ROUND OF NEW
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT.
BUT THEN THINGS WILL SETTING
DOWN.
SOEST FAN COULD NOT BE HERE
TODAY, SHE IS IN COLLEGE AND IT
IS FINALS WEEK AND SHE WAS
QUITE BUSY THIS WEEK.
SO I HAVE PREPARED A BRIEF
STATEMENT OR SHE HAS PREPARED A
BRIEF STATEMENT THAT I WILL
READ AND THEN WE CAN TURN IT
OVER TO DINA THERE IS THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT
THIS POINT.
NO, THAT WOULD BE GET.
>>
>> I AM A HARDWORKING COLLEGE
STUDENT CURRENTLY ATTENDING
HIGH LINE COLLEGE.
DURING MY ANGLICANS DECEMBERIC
CAREER I ALSO MANAGED TO ACCRUE
NEARLY NINE YEARS OF WORK
EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE BEEN A HOME CARE WORKER
FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
FOR PROVIDENCE HEALTH SERVES IN
A CERTIFICATE NURSE ASSISTANT
ROLE.
I LEARNED VALUABLE
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS THAT
ALLOWED ME TO WORK UNDER ANY
CENTEX AND MEET AND WORK WITH
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUND AND NATIONALITIES.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS HELPED ME TO
BE A LISTENER AND TO SHARE MY
KNOWLEDGE.
IN BOTH MY ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL LIFE, I HAVE BEEN
PRAISED AS PROACTIVE BY MY
PROFESSORS AND PEERS.
I APPLY PROBLEM SOLVING
COMMUNICATION LEADERSHIP SKILLS
WHICH I HOPE TO APPLY IN THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARD
BOARD.
I HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING WITH
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR
ALMOST TWO YEARS AND AM ACTIVE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE VOICE OF
MANY WORKERS OUT THERE FROM
MANY BACK GROUND, POSITIONS AND
ABILITIES ABOUT WORKERS RIGHTS.
SO THAT IS HER STATEMENT.
I WILL ALSO ADD THAT OVER THE
LAST FEW MONTHS, AS AN
UNOFFICIAL MEMBER WAITING TO BE
CONFIRMED WHILE THE BUDGET
PROCESS WAS HAPPENING, SHE HAS
ALREADY STEPPED UP IN A NUMBER
OF WAYS AND PROVIDED REALLY
VALUABLE PERSPECTIVE.
MUCH NEEDED PERSPECTIVE,
PARTICULARLY AS A HOME CARE
WORKER.
WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY
HOME CARE WORKER REPRESENTED ON
THE BOARD.
SO SHE WOULD BE A REALLY
VALUABLE ADDITION AND YEAH, SHE
HAS JUST BEEN A JOY TO WORK
WITH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SHARING THOSE WORDS.
AND THANK YOU AS WELL FOR
SENTING THAT STATEMENT.
VERY IMPRESSIVE.
>>> OKAY, THANKS AGAIN FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR
INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS CENTERS BOARD.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
I AM CURRENTLY WORKING FOR
CITIZEN FIVE AS THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE CAMPAIGNS MANAGER AND I
AM INTERESTED IN THE WORKERS
STANDARDS BOARD.
PERSONALLY, I USED TO BE MY
MOTHER'S CAREGIVER.
AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, HAD TO,
THAT WAS VERY NEW TO ME.
CULTURALLY, THAT IS WHAT YOU
DO.
YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOM.
YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR SYBILLING
AND YOU DON'T OFTEN THINK OF
THAT AS PAID LABOR.
SO THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING.
I LEARNED A LOT AROUND
NAVIGATING DIFFERENT
INSTITUTIONS WHETHER IT BE IN
THE WORK FORCE, GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES, SERVICE AGENCIES, SO
I REALLY AM COMMITTED TO
BRINGING THAT EXPERIENCE BOTH
AS PROFESSIONALLY, YOU KNOW, I
HAVE BEEN A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
SINCE 2012, AND I HAVE ALSO
BEEN WORKING ON DIFFERENT
POLICY ISSUES.
AND THEN YOU KNOW, MY
EXPERIENCE WITH YOU KNOW,
SUPPORTING MY MOTHER AND REALLY
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS
WORK FORCE IS NO LONGER
INVISIBLE AND THAT THEY HAVE
THE BEST PROTECTIONS AND THE
BEST SERVICES AND THE BEST YOU
KNOW, YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER
THAT SEATTLE IS REALLY HEADING
THE WAY FOR THAT AND I'M REALLY
EXCITED AND INTERESTED IN
CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
SHARING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOURSELF.
I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
REALLY DEEP RELATIONSHIPS FROM
A LOT OF THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS, GREATLY
APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERIENCE AND
DEEP POLICY UNLESS SAYS AND
RESEARCH AS WELL.
WHEN A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION
TO THE BOARD.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES
HERE TODAY?
>> OKAY.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
I WOULD LOVE TO ASK YOU, DINA,
IS AS YOU HEAD INTEREST YOUR
SERVICE ON THE BOARD, ARE THERE
ONE OR TWO THINGS YOU ARE
THINKING POLICYWISE THIS IS
SOMETHING, THIS IS THE TIME TO
STRIKE?
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY RIGHT
NOW FOR MOMENTUM GIVEN THE
CONVERSATIONS AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL, AROUND THE BUILD BECOME
BETTER ACT FROM THE IMPORTANCE
OF CAREGIVER GIVING AND CARING
FOR OUR KIDDOS AND ELDERS?
IS THERE ANY MOMENT WHERE YOU
ARE LIKE THIS IS IT, LET'S
BUILD TOWARD X GOAL THAT REALLY
EXCITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS
BOARD?
>> YEAH, THERE IS A LOT.
FOR THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING A
LOT ABOUT BOTH IMPLEMENTATION
OF YOU KNOW, THIS MAJOR
VICTORY.
ONE THING THAT REALLY STUCK
WITH ME WAS A LOT OF THE
WORKERS WERE SAYING THAT YOU
KNOW, ANECDOTALLY, A LOT OF
FOLKS THAT THIS WOULD IMPACT
DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS
IMPACTING THEM, BUZZ THEY DON'T
LIVE IN SEATTLE.
SO WHEN THEY HEAR THIS IS IN
SEATTLE, THEY AUTOMATICALLY
THINK OH, WELL I DON'T LIVE IN
SEATTLE, SO THEREFORE, BUT I
WOULD, IN SEATTLE, THEREFORE
THAT DONE IMPACT ME.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO
ADDRESS.
I THINK A LOT OF US KNOW THAT
YOU KNOW,ING LEGISLATION AND
PASSING POLICIES A LOT OF WORK,
BUT THE WORK DOESN'T END THERE.
THEN WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THAT
WORK AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT THIS.
SO ON THAT LEVEL, I'M VERY
EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE
DIFFERENT COALITION PARTNERS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS YOU
KNOW, THAT WE CAN REALLY LET
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS
ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT THEY
YOU KNOW, IT IS FOR THEM AND
THEN ON THE POLICY LEVEL, JUST
ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE.
LICK WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, I TALK TO A LOT OF
COLLEAGUES ABOUT CHILDCARE
COSTS, AND A LOT AROUND YOU
KNOW, FAMILY PLANNING AND A LOT
OF PARENTS ARE MOVING IN OR
MOVING IN WITH THEIR PARENTS
BECAUSE THAT IS THE WAY THEY
COULD AFFORD CHILDCARE, OR CARE
GIVING, AS THEIR PARENTS ARE
GETTING OLDER.
SO YOU KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING I
WANT TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT
HOW WE CAN PROVIDE REALLY GOOD
POLICY SO SEATTLE CAN CON
LEADING THE WAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I WILL JUST NOTE THE
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT
WHO HAS YOU KNOW, BEEN A STRONG
ADVOCATE AND SUPPORTER OF
DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARD BOARD
CREATION AND THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS BILL OF RIGHTS,
RECENTLY I WAS IN A MEETING
WITH THEM AND THEY CONTINUE TO
APPLAUD THE WORK THE BORED IS
DOING AND IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
FOR OTHER CITIES.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GET TO SEE
YOU.
JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO AND
SEE IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES.
OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
WELL I AM NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
I AM VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HAD YOU
WITH US TODAY AND PLEASE PASS
ON OUR APPRECIATION, JASMINE TO
STEFAN THAT.
AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE CALL IF
AVOW, I WANTED TO USE THIS AS A
MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO
THANK LAURIE FROM OUR WAS.
OUR LEGISLATIVE INTERN.
TODAY IS HER LAST DAY IN OUR
OFFICE.
SHE TOO IS IN THE FINAL WEEKS
OF FINALS.
WE SEND HER GOOD LUCK AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
CONCLUSION OF ALMOST A YEAR AND
A HALF OF SERVING IN OUR OFFICE
AS A LEGISLATIVE INTERN.
I KNOW SHE HAS BEEN A VALUABLE
PART OF THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS I WANT TO THANK
LAURIE FOR ALL OF HER WORK.
SHE HAS BEEN SUCH A WONDERFUL
ASSET TO THIS CONVERSATION.
THANKS TO LAURIE AS WELL.
>>> NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENT OR QUESTIONS, LATE GO
AHEAD AND I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS OF THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARD
BOARD.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
MADAM CLERK.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE I
DON'T YES.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> ABSOLUTELY YES AND CHAIR?
>> AYE.
>> MADAM CHAIR THAT IS FIVE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE
APPOINTMENT OF RAMIREZ AND
SALAZAR WILL BE SENT TO THE TEM
DECEMBER 13th CITY CITY COUNCIL
MEET FOG FINAL VOTE.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO SING YOUR
PRAISE IN HIS ADVANCE AS WE
HAPPENED THIS OVER TO THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE FINAL
MEETING ON DECEMBER 1 AND IF
THE FINAL CONFIRMATION.
THANKS SO MUCH JASMINE.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> AT THIS TIME MADAM CLERK,
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE FOURTH ITEM
OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
>> ITEM NONE 4. APPOINTMENT OF
EDNA SHE'LL AS EXERCISE OF THE
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY COUNCIL
FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE I DON'T THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
WE UNDERSTAND EDNA WAS NOT ABLE
STATEMENT OUR FRIEND HANNAH D A-
SMITH WILL PROVIDE FOR THE OR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY.
IF ALL THE WORK THAT THE OFFICE
OF INNER GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DOES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR
A BRIEF UPDATE AND THE WORK
THAT YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
ALSO INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS.
AS A REMINDER THE FDA WAS
CHARTERED IN 1983 TO DEVELOP
AND MANAGE ALMOST 20 ACRES IN
NORTHEAST SEATTLE NEAR SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
THEY SERVE LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
THE BORED HAS NINE MEMBERS, ALL
OF WHOM ARE APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR.
AND THERE ARE FOUR DESIGNATED
USER GROUPS OR FACILITIES
AROUND THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING
SEATTLE CHILDREN, RONALD
MCDONALD HOUSE AND THE
CHILDREN'S CENTER.
EDNA SENT ME A LITTLE BIOIN
WORK SHE IS INTERESTED IN
DOING.
EDNA IS SEEKING HER FIRST TERM,
FIRST APPOINTMENT ON THE PDA
FROM THE SEATTLE CHILDREN'S
POSITION.
SHE IS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
COMMUNITY RELATIONS AT SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S.
SHE SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY FOR
OVER 10 YEARS.
EDNA HAS EXTENSIVE CAREER IN
PUBLIC SERVICE AND HAS WORKED
FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE
FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS.
INCLUDING SEVERAL YEARS.
SHE IS ALSO THE BORED PRESIDENT
OF EAST TRAIL PARTNERSHIP.
WHICH FOSTERS COMMUNITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE REGION
AND WORKING ON THE EAST TRAIL
OVER ON THE EAST SIDE.
SHE HAS RECEIVED BOTH
UNDERGRADUATE AND MASTERS
DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
SHE IS EXCITED FOR THIS ROLE.
THE RELATIONSHIP AND PROXIMITY
OF THE PDA AND SEATTLE
CHILDRENS AND CONTINUNG TO
WORK ON THE COMMUNITY
SURROUNDING SEATTLE CHILDREN'S
FOR THIS ROLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE APPOINTMENT OF EDNA SHIM TO
THE BURKE GELMAN PDA OR ANY
QUESTIONS FOR HANNAH HERE
TODAY?
OKAY.
HANNAH, I'M NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
EXCITED ABOUT THE ROLE THAT
EDNA PLAYS CURRENTLY WITH
SEATTLE CONCERNS AND APPRECIATE
THE STRONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC POLICY.
SO I THINK IT WILL BE A GET
FIT.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, SO LET'S GO AHEAD
AND MOVE FORWARD.
ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR?
I DON'T THAT IS IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> WONDERFUL.
>>> I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE
APPOINTMENT OF EDNA SHIM AS A
MEMBER OF THE BURK GELMAN PDA.
>>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
SEEING THAT, MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE APPOINTMENT.
>> ROLL CALLED.
LEWIS, STRAUSS, CHAIR?
I DON'T MADAM CHAIR THAT IS
FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED AND
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE PASS OUR CONGRATULATIONS
ON.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE APPOINTMENT WILL BE
SENT TO THE DECEMBER 13 SEAT
CITY COUNCIL MEET FOG A FINAL
VOTE.
AGAIN HER PRESENCE IS NOT
REQUIRED.
BUT IF YOU COULD PASS ON OUR
PRESSUREIATION FOR HER SERVICE
THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
THANKS.
SEE YOU SOON.
>>> OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S
MOVE ON TO ITEMS 56:00 AND 7.
READ THEM INTO THE RECORD FOR
US THIS MORNING I DON'T AGENDA
ITEMS 5, 6 AND 7 REAPPOINTMENT
OF CHASE, GONZALEZ AND SNOW AS
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
DISCUSSION AND WONDERFUL.
I'M GLAD YOU STAYED WITH US.
YOU ARE ALSO ON DECK TO PROVIDE
A SUMMARY HERE FOR COMMUNITY
ROOTS HOUSING.
NAME RECENTLY CHANGED.
SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU WALK
THROUGH WITH US THESE
APPOINTEES HERE TODAY.
REAPPOINT IT IS OF JASON
FULBRIGHT, SHA MERE GONZALEZ,
ERIC SNOW AS MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING AND AS
WE KNOW REAPPOINTMENT DO NOT
REQUIRE A PRESENCE IN
COMMITTEE.
SO TODAY THESE ARE ALL MAYORAL
REAPPOINTMENT AND LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR CONTACT TO THESE
THREE REAPPOINTMENT.
>> AS YOU KNOW COMMUNITY ROOTS
HOUSING RECENTLY CHANGED FROM
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING.
THEY OWN AND MAINTAIN NEARLY 50
APARTMENTS ACROSS SEATTLE AND
WRIGHT CENTER.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS THEY WANTED ME
TO SHARE OF RECENT WORK, THEY
BROKE GROUND ON SEATTLE'S FIRST
LGBTQ PLUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT, PRIDE PLACE.
AND HAVE ALSO RECENTLY BROKEN
GROUND ON GESSLER FAMILY
HOUSING THE MIXED USE FORMAL
HOUSING FOR FAMILIES.
IN COLLABORATION WITH
CHINATOWN.
GREAT WORK COMING OUT OF THIS
BROWN AND THREE REAPPOINT IT IS
FOR YOU.
TODAY, ALL SEEKING THEIR SECOND
TERM.
HAS BEEN ENGAGED TO OCAPITOL
HILL FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
HE HAS LED A HOMELESSNESS
MINISTRY AND HAS MANAGED
APARTMENT BUILDING.
HAS OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
IN REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND
IS A FOUNDING PRINCIPAL AT
BLANTON TURNER WHERE HE
OVERSEES MARKETING AND REAL
ESTATE OPERATIONS.
THOSE HAVE BEEN KEY SKILLS TO
BRING TO THE PDA BOARD.
SHALL MAR GONZALEZ IS THE
DISTRICT EXECUTIVE OVERSEEING
YMCA OPERATIONS IN SOUTH KING
COUNTY, WEST SEATTLE AND
NEWCASTLE.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE YMCA FOR
17 YEARS AND IS DEEPLY ENGAGED
IN CHANGE MANAGEMENT.
, DIVERSITY INCLUSION AND
EQUITY WORKS.
SHE SERVES WITH THE CHAIR OF
THE PDA COUNCIL.
THAT WILL BE GET FOR HER TO
CONTINUE IN THIS SECOND TERM NO
AND FINALLY ERIC SNOW AS THE
PRESIDENT AND COO OF FRESH
TOAST.
A NEW MEDIA START UP.
HE HAS EXPERIENCE IN THE
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL
LEADERSHIP ROLES FOR THE
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND
HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF CAPITOL
HILL FOR OVER 10 YEARS WITH
STRONG NONPROFIT BOARD
EXPERIENCE.
INCLUDING AS THE PRESIDENT OF
THE BOARD OF LIVE LONG.
SO THESE ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT
MEMBERS TO THE PDA COUNCIL SO
THEY CAN ALL BE APPROVED AND I
APPRECIATE THEM CONTINUING TO
SERVE.
>>> APPRECIATE THEIR CONTINUED
INTEREST AND PAST SERVICE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THESE
REAPPOINTMENTS?
THANKS FOR THE OVERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO MOVE
THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF REAPPOINTMENT OF
CHASTAIN FULBRIGHT, IMMAR
GONZALEZ, ERIC SNOW AS MEMBERS
OF COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING PDA.
IS THERE A SEX?
I DON'T SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, MADAM CLERK
PORTFOLIOS CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF THESE REAPPOINTMENT?
>> GONZALEZ?
YO I DON'T COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> THE CHAIR IN.
>> AYE, MADAM CHAIR THAT IS
FIVE IN FAVOR AND NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THE MOTION KIRO RIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION OF
THEIR REAPPOINTMENT WILL BE
SPENT TO THE DECEMBER 13 SEAT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IF A FINAL
VOTE.
GOT TO SEE HE YOU AGAIN THAT
MADAM CLERK ITEM NUMBER 8 INTO
THE RECORD I DON'T ITEM NUMBER
8. APPROVING PLANS OF
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES RACE
AND ESSENTIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE
THIS ON OUR AGENDA.
THIS IS A LONG ANTICIPATED
PRESENTATION ON THE WORK AT
FAS.
WE WANT TO THANK THE TEAM,
INCLUDING DIRECTOR KELVIN
GROWING, ALYSSA YOUNG, DANIEL,
LIZ AL SEAR, ANITA ADAMS, DARCY
MEYERS, PHILLIP SAUNDERS,
JENNIFER CHOW RICK DIM AND ALL
THE TEAM FOR THEIR ONGOING
WORK.
ALYSSA YOUNG I SEE YOU UP
THERE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US
TODAY.
NOTE OF HUGE APPRECIATION TO
DIRECTOR GOINGS IS YOUR TEAM
FOR THE WORK DONE THIS YEAR,
ESPECIALLY IN THIS R S GI
CRITICAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE
DISCUSS IN COMMITTEES AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE FULL
TRANSPARENCY AND APPROPRIATE
AIR TIME ON ALL THE HARD WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
WE ALSO KNOW YOU WERE SLIGHT TO
BE EARLIER THIS YEAR AND HAVING
TOYINGAL SOME OF THESE AGENDA
ITEMS RELATED TO MULTIPLE
BUDGETS THIS YEAR, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND THE
CREW HERE FROM FAS TO WALK US
THROUGH.
GOOD MORNING ALYSSA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
LOOKS LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO ADD
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.
I THINK THEY WERE IN THE
WAITING ROOM.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CALVIN.
>> OH WONDERFUL I SEE YOU
DIRECTOR GOINGS.
IF THERE IS ANYBODY ELSE IN THE
WAITING ROOM, WE WILL MAKE SURE
TO ADMIT THEM.
THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU OR I
HAVE SEEN YOU MULTIPLE TIMES IN
THE LAST FEW YEARS.
ONE OF THE TIMES THAT STICKS
OUT I WAS WEARING THAT SAME
JACKET THANKED TO YOU AND ALL
THE WORK YOUR TEAM HAS DONE, HE
IS SPECIAL OH ON THE
VACCINATION SITES.
AGAIN WE ARE ON THE NATIONAL
SCREEN FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE DONE TO STAND UP THE
LARGEST VACCINATION CLINIC IN
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, OVER TO
DIRECTOR GOINGS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME COUNCIL
MEMBER?
>> YES, THANK YOU WHERE GET.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND
HOLDING SPACE AND TIME FOR THIS
ISSUE AND THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP THESE PAST 22
MONTHS AS WE NAVIGATED THE DUAL
CRISIS OF THE PANDEMIC AND
CONFRONTING SYSTEMIC RACISM.
CALVIN GOINGS, I'M JOINED BY MY
INCREDIBLE COLLEAGUES TO REPORT
ON OUR DEPARTMENT'S RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE EFFORTS IN 2021.
THIS WILL UPDATE YOU ON OUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES
THE PROGRESS OF AUR RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KITS AND HOW WE ARE
LEADING WITH RACE AT FAS.
BEFORE WE START, I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK MYCOLOGIES TO QUICKLY
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
I DON'T THANKS, CALVIN.
ALYSSA YOUNG HERE, EQUITY AND
POLICY DIRECTOR HERE AT FAS.
>> HI, DANIEL McPAULEY, ASIAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER.
I GO BY HE THE PRONOUNS AND
PASS IT OVER TO LIZ.
AND LIZ, I'M SORRY.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
IT MIGHT BE MY SYSTEM HERE.
BUT I SEE YOU ARE UNMUTED BUT
IT DOESN'T LOOK LICK YOUR
MICROPHONE IS CONNECTED,
PERHAPS.
LOOKS LIKE IT IS NOT JUST MY
COMPUTER, APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
>> I CAN HEAR YOU NOW I DON'T
OH GOOD.
SORRY ABOUT THAT -E TECH :
DIFFICULTY.
LIZ HERE WITH PURCHASING AND
CONTRACTING DIVISION DIRECTOR.
AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
ANITA ADAMS.
>> ANITA ADAMS, EQUITY
ASSOCIATE MANAGER.
I WILL PASS IT TO DARCY.
AND GOOD MORNING, I'M DARCY SIG
MARS WITH FAS FLEET MANAGEMENT
AND MY VIDEO IS NOT WORKING.
GM.
>> PHILLIP?
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M PHILLIP
SAUNDERS, THE DIRECTOR FOR
LOGISTICS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
I WILL PASS IT OVER TO RICK.
>>> GM, RICK DIMMER, LABOR
EQUITY.
THE FIELD ENFORCEMENT
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
COMMUNITY WORK FORCE AGREEMENT.
I WILL PASS IT OVER TO WHO ELSE
IS ON THE TEAM?
JENNIFER.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
I DON'T OKAY, JENNIFER CHOW,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY
ADMINISTRATION AND CONSUMER
PROTECTION DIVISION.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND WE
CAN'T SEE YOU BUT I COULD
DEFINITELY HEAR YOU.
JUST IN CASE YOUR VIDEO WAS
TRYING TO BE ON.
ANYONE ELSE?
AND ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
YOU KNOW THIS WORK COULDN'T BE
DONE WITHOUT THE AMAZING TEAM.
YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ALL
OF THEM SHORTLY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO
COVER, SO IF POSSIBLE, MAYBE
CONSIDER HOLDING YOUR QUESTIONS
TO THE END.
THERE IS I GOOD CHANCE WE'LL
TRY TO ANSWER THEM DURING THE
PRESENTATION YOU.
SLIDE THREE, AS YOU HEARD ME
SAY AT THE TOP, FAS WE LEAD
WITH RACE.
THOSE WORDS ARE A PROMISE.
THEY ARE A DAILY CALL FOR US TO
EMBED RACE AND EQUITY IN
EVERYTHING WE DO FROM HOW WE
RECRUIT AND HIRE TO HOW WE
DELIVER SERVICES.
MY FURIOUS STEP WITH HIS TO
WORK WITH PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE
A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THIS
WORK.
WE CALL THE GOAD BE PRINCIPLES,
IF YOU WILL.
THESE SERVE AS A FRAMEWORK ON
OUR COME AND HIS ALIGN OUR
VALUE AND HIS OBJECTIVES WITH
LARGER CITYWIDE VALUES.
>> UNDER SLIDE IF YOU ARE, TO
FRAME OUR CONVERSATION TODAY, I
WANT TO FOCUS ON HOW OUR
EFFORTS ALIGN WITH TWO OF THOSE
GIVE PILLARS, INCLUDING SOME OF
THE CURRENT EFFORTS TO DATE.
SPECIFICALLY PILLAR NUMBER TWO,
A RESPECTFUL, COLLABORATIVE AND
SAFE WORKPLACE IS IMPORTANT TO
ME PERSONALLY AND AS THE
DIRECTOR OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
>> SO SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO
INTERRUPT YOU.
BUT I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK TO
SEE IF WE NEEDED TO PUT A
PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN FOR
YOU.
>> YES I'M HOPING THAT IS THE
CASE.
WE CAN'T SHARE IT.
SO I.
>> OKAY, AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR
HOPING COMMENTS, WE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE PULLING UP THE
PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON OUR
END.
IF YOU COULD TEE THAT UP, THAT
IS GREAT.
WE WILL LET YOU CONTINUE
DIRECTOR GOINGS.
>> ON SLIDE 5, YOU CAN'T SEE IT
RIGHT NOW, IT IS A VERY
IMPORTANT SLIDE.
I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT A COUPLE OF KEY AREAS.
EARLY IN MY TENURE, WE KICKED
OFF A MONTHS LONG PROCESS TO
ESTABLISH PERFORMANCE
AGREEMENTS FOR ALL OF FAS'S
LEADERSHIP TEAM.
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER I'M
PLEASED TO SAY 100% OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS NOW HAVE A WRITTEN
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT AND EVERY
INCLUDES AN EXPECTATION RELATED
TO FURTHERING.
GREAT WORK WITH HIS HAPPENING
BY ESTABLISHING A POSITION HELD
BY ALYSSA YOUNG.
WE REORGANIZED THE DIRECTOR'S
OFFICE TO INCLUDE HR TO FOURTH
OPERATION OUR VALUES OF EQUITY
AND INCLUSION.
OUR HV IMPACTS ON PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT AND APPLYING AN
EQUITY LENS TO RECRUIT AND GO
ON BOARDING OF ALL NEW STAFF AT
S.A.
S.
>>> TODAY NEARLY 5% OF SENIOR
LEADERS IDENTIFY AS FEMALE, AND
APPROXIMATELY 45% OF SENIOR
LEADERSHIP IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ.
WE ARE MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE
RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE TABLE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN POLICY
DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE OR
SHARED.
THAT IS WHY WE EXPANDED OUR
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO
INCLUDE OUR CHANGE TEAM.
WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES, STAYING
INTENTIONALLY ENGAGED IN
EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
CONTINUING FIND INNOVATIVE
WAVES.
WE ALSO RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE
WINDY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH
WILL HELP US IDENTIFY AND
REMOVE BARRIER THAT HIS MAY
EXIST HOW WE AWARD PUBLIC
CONTRACTS.
WE HAVE INCREASED FROM 8 ON TO
106789 THE MOST OF ANY
DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
OUR COMMUNITY WORK FORCE
AGREEMENT LED BY SOME OF THE
TEAMS YOU'LL HEAR FROM ONE LAST
YEAR'S SEATTLE MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE AWARD.
AS YOU MENTIONED YOU GOT TO SEE
FIRSTHAND HOW WE HAVE CENTERED
EFFORTS OPERATING THE COMMUNITY
VACCINATION SITE AT LUMEN
FIELD.
PROVIDED MORE THAN 109,000
POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING
VACCINES.
WE DID THIS BOTH IN HOW WE
HIRED CITIES STAFF, THE
VOLUNTEERS WE RECRUDE AND THE
SERVICE WE PROVIDED WHICH IS
EVIDENT WHEN YOU CONSIDER 44%
OF THE
RESIDENTS SERVED BY THE SITE
IDENTIFIED.
>>> 200 PLUS LANGUAGES WERE
AVAILABLE ON INTERPRETATION
DEVICES, AND AUGUST OF OUR
MATERIALS WERE TRANSLATED IN
EIGHT LANGUAGES X OVER A THIRD
OF OUR PURCHASE ORDER AT THE
SITE.
I WANT TO ESPECIALLY COMMEND
OUR SITE EQUITY DIRECTOR ALYSSA
YOUNG FOR HER INCREDIBLE AND
TIRELESS WORK AT THIS SITE.
WE ARE LIVING IN AN ENORMOUS
MOMENT.
WE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY THE RESPONSIBILITY
REALLY TO COMBAT SYSTEMIC
RACISM.
FROM THE NEXT SERIES OF
SPEAKERS AND SLIDES, WITH THAT
FOUNDATION, I'LL HAND IT OVER
TO DANIEL McPAULEY OUR CHANGE
TEAM CO-LEAD I DON'T THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
AND NOTE FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE
ON SLIDE 6, TRANSITION TO SLIDE
7. IF YOU WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING
CAN NOTIFY THE CLERK THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE NEXT
SLIDE, THAT WOULD BE VERY
HELPFUL AND APPRECIATE THE
OPENING DIRECTOR GOINGS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD DANIEL.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, CALVIN.
MY NAME IS DANNY McPAULEY.
AS I SAID I'M ONE OF THE THREE
CO-LEADS FOR THE FAS CHANGE
TEAM.
CURRENTLY I'M THE LEAD FOR THE
MANAGEMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
OUR APPROACH TO RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE IS CENTERED ON PEOPLE
AND BASED ON ANTIRACIST
PRINCIPLES.
PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF
INSTITUTION, WE BUILD, POLICE,
GOCHNAUER, LEGISLATE, CREATE
POLICIES, EDUCATE AND
INFLUENCE.
WE ARE SPECIALIZED, CONDITIONED
AND BEHAVE IN RESPONSE TO OUR
SURROUNDINGS.
WE RECOGNIZE HISTORICAL
INJUSTICES HAVE SHAPED OUR
PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY BLACK,
INDIGINOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
KNOWING ALL OF THIS WE ARE ON
AN E INVOLVING JOURNEY TO TAP
INTO THE POWER OF
RELATIONSHIPS.
WE EDUCATE AND DIALOGUE ABOUT
SYSTEMIC RACISM.
OVER TIME CHALLENGE OUR WAYS OF
THINKING, WE STRIVE TO PREVENT
GOOD INTENTION FROM TURNING
INTO HARMFUL NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
THE CHANGE TEAM'S WORK IS
ROOTED IN FOUR AREAS, HUMAN
RESOURCES, HOW POLICIES AND
PRACTICES
AFFECT US AS EMPLOYEES.
COMMUNICATIONS OUR VOICE AND
POINT OF VIEW.
OUR COMMITMENT LEARNING AND
BUILDING TOOLS AND RESOURCES
AND EXPANDING SUSTAINING THE
GROWTH OF OUR TEAM.
THIS PAST YEAR WE HAVE
CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE DIRECTOR
OF HR AND BUDGET OFFICE TO
BRING OUR STATE LENS TO THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
WE CONTINUE TO BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS AND DIALOGUE
WITHIN 16 DIVISIONS TO ADVANCE
RACIAL EQUITY.
THE WORK REQUIRES TIME,
PERSISTENCE AND RESILIENCE.
OUR CHANGE TEAM IS PART OF A
NETWORK WHICH INCLUDES LEARNING
COHORTS SUCH AS COURT TEAMS,
ANTIRACIST EDUCATORS, WORK
GROUPS AND SEVERAL RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT TEAMS.
ON BEHALF OF THE 15 MEMBERS OF
THE FAS CHANGE TEAM, THANK YOU
FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR OUR
VOICE AND THE ROLE OF THE WORK
OF UNDOING SYSTEMIC RACISM.
I WOULD LIKE TO PASS A TIME
HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DANIEL.
>> AND I AM LIZ AND I START ON
SLIDE 8 PLEASE.
SO AT FAS, WE ESTABLISH OUR OWN
DEPARTMENT GOALS FOR SPENDING
WITH WOMEN AND/OR MINORITY
OWNED BUSINESSES OR FOR SURE
AND WE SUPPORT OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ESTABLISHING THEIR
GOALS IN OUR ROLE TO CITYWIDE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROGRAM.
IN 2020, FAS EXCEEDED ITS
OVERALL GOAL, SPENDING OVER 26%
OF OUR PURCHASING DOLLARS AND
OVER 36% OF OUR CONSULTING
DOLLARS WITH FIRM AND IN 2021,
I'M PLEASE TODAY REPORT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO EXCEED OUR GOALS.
>>> I REALIZE THERE ARE MANY
SPEND DETAILS SHOWN ON THIS
SLIDE.
FAS TRACKS SPEND FOR BOTH WHITE
WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS
UTILIZATION AND MINORITY OR.
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
PRESENTATION, I WILL FOCUS ON
FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON THE SPEND
AS THAT AREA REMAINS OUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGE WHEN BROKEN
DOWN INTO THE RESPECTIVE RACE
AND ETHNICITY GROUPS THAT WE
TRACK.
IN 2020, OUT OF OUR TOTAL SPEND
ON THE PURCHASING SIDE, WE
REALIZED A TOTAL OF 73.2% ON
THE CONSULTING SIDE 47.8%.
THE REST OF THIS DATA ON THIS
SLIDE SHOWS OUR SPEND AS A
PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL SPEND.
SO I WON'T SHARE THOSE DETAILS
OUT.
HOWEVER, INSTEAD, I WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE OUT THE BREAKDOWN OF
SPEND AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR
TOTAL SPEND.
AND SINCE THAT DETAIL ISN'T ON
THIS SLIDE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
THE INFORMATION IN WRITING,
HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU AFTER
THE PRESENTATION.
IN LOOKING AT THE UTILIZATION
FROM A TOTAL SPEND, IT IS CLEAR
THAT WE HAVE ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
WITH 19.35% REPRESENTING
PURCHASES PEND WITH FIRMS,
BLACK OWNED SPEND REPRESENTING
ONLY 2.32% OF OUR TOTAL
PURCHASE SPEND.
PEND WITH ASIAN-OWNED FIRMS IS
AT 8.17%.
LATINO-OWNED FIRMS AT .994% AND
NATIVE AMERICAN FIRMS SPEND AT
7.35%.
ON THE CONSULTANT CONTRACTING
SIDE OF THE 17.42% OF TOTAL
SPEND WITH FIRM, .88% IS WITH
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS, 11.4% WITH
ASIAN-OWNED FIRMS, 4.15% WITH
LATINO-OWNED FIRMS AND .65%
WITH NATIVE AMERICAN-OWNED
FIRMS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL SHARE
MORE DETAILS AS TO EFFORTS
UNDERWAY AT FAS TO IMPROVE
THESE NUMBERS.
>>> TO SUPPORT OUR FAS AND
CITYWIDE USAGE, WE HAVE A
VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WE HAVE
LAUNCHED.
I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW.
WE LAUNCHED A ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WITH 12 COMMUNITY
LEADERS TO ADVISE AND SUPPORT
OUR EFFORTS AND WE THANK EACH
COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR MAKING
THIS COMMITMENT.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON WORKING
WITH A CONSULTANT ON A CHARGE
SCALE DISPARITY STUDY TO GIVE
US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
CONTRACTING EQUITY AT THE CITY.
TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR
PROGRAM AND UTILIZATION IN
PARTICULAR WITH FIRMS, WE HAVE
ALSO IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING
ACTIVITIES.
FORECASTING OF OUR PROCUREMENT
SO WE CAN DEVELOP BETTER
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES AS PART OF THE
SOLICITATION AND PROCUREMENT
PROCESS.
TRAINING WITHIN FAS IN 2021 AND
WITH THE GOAL OF LAUNCHING
TRAINING CITYWIDE IN 2022.
THE STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE
ENGAGED IN TO FOCUS ON MINORITY
OWNED BUSINESSES, SPECIFICALLY
BLACKIZES, WE ARE CONDUCTING A
DEEPER SPEND ANALYSIS OF OUR
EXISTING CONTRACTS.
LOOKING AT AVAILABILITY AND
USAGE OF THOSE EXISTING
CONTRACTS.
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
FOR FIRMS, WITH AN EMESIS ON
PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING AN
RFP.
AND LANGUAGE ACCESS OF LOOKING
TO SUPPORT CONTRACTING EQUITY
WITHIN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES.
NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO PRIORITY
HIRE.
PRIORITY HIRE PROMOTES ACCESS
TO CONSTRUCTION CAREERS FOR
WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND
OTHERS WHO ARE UNDERREPRESENTED
IN THE INDUSTRY.
THE PRIORITY HIRE PROGRAM
PRIORITIZES THE HIRING OF
RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN
ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED ZIP
CODE, PARTICULARLY IN SEATTLE
AND IN KING COUNTY.
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPACTFUL,
INCREASING WAGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE
CONSTRUCTION UNIONS, OUR
CONTRACTORS, APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS AND OUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS FOR AT OUR SIDE TO
MAKE THIS PROGRAM SO
SUCCESSFUL.
SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE IS A
PICTURE OF ANDREA, ONE OF THE
COMMUNITY PARTNER.
SHE GRADUATED FROM A NEW PRE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND NOW
SERVES AS THE ASSISTANT
POLITICAL DIRECTOR.
THE PROGRAM HAS ALSO BEEN
SUCCESSFUL FOR APPRENTICES OF
COLOR.
PARTICULARLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE PROGRAM ALSO SUPPORTS
WORKER RETENTION THROUGH
TRAINING PROGRAMS LIKE THE
CITY'S ACCEPTABLE WORK SITE
TRAINING.
I'LL NOW PASS IT ON TO ANITA.
>>> THANK YOU, LIZ.
APPROXIMATE MONITORS
UTILIZATION CLOSELY AND WORKS
PRO ACTIVELY TO SUPPORT
CONTRACTORS TO BE CONDUCT
ASSESSFUL ON PROJECTS COVERED
BY A COMMUNITY WORK FORCE
AGREEMENT.
WE FACILITATE CONTRACTOR
EDUCATION AT ALL STAGES OF THE
PROECT AND PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
UTILIZATION OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS HAS SLIGHTLY INCREASED ON
PROJECTS NOT COVERED BY A
COMMUNITY WORK FORCE AGREEMENT,
YET REMAINS STEADY PROJECTS
COVERED BY A COMMUNITY WORK
FORCE AGREEMENT AND WHILE THIS
MAY NOT BE A TREND, WE ARE
INTERESTED IN PRO ACTIVELY
CONCERNING WAYS TO FURTHER
INCREASE PARTICIPATION ON
COVERED PROJECT AND HAVE
UNDERTAKEN THIS RACIAL EQUITY
TOOL KIT TO IDENTIFY PARTICULAR
OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE
MBEPARTICIPATION AS LIZ STATED,
MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
PARTICIPATION.
WE CONDUCTED SEVERAL FOCUS
GROUPS IN LATE 2018 AND 19, AND
ARE CONTINUING DO ONGOING
ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
>>> ALTHOUGH ENGAGEMENTS ARE
ONGOING, WE COMPLETED STEPS ONE
THROUGH SIX OF THIS RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT WITH A FOCUS ON
THE MOST HARMED COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE REPORTED BACK TO THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MINORITY CONTRACTORS AND 100 AS
WELL AS THE PRIORITY HIRE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AS PART OF THIS REPORT BACK, WE
SHARED SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS
IN THESE STRATEGIES ARE
CURRENTLY STARTING WITH
EXPANDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND TRAINING FOR
MBECONTRACTORS, PARTNERING
ACROSS THE CITY TO ENSURE THE
GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS ARE MET,
AND DEVELOPING MORE PRACTICES
AND
POLICIES TO SUPPORT
MBEPARTICIPATION.
WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING THESE
STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE
HAVE WITH THE EXTERNAL PARTNERS
LICK I MENTIONED BEFORE.
PICTURED HERE IS A PHOTO OF
TRACY, AND TRACY IS THE TYPE OF
MBECONTRACTOR THAT PARTICIPATED
IN SOME OF THE FOCUS GROUPS.
TRACY HAS TRAFFIC CONTROL, SHE
IS THE OWNER OF THIS COMPANY.
WE MET TRACY WHEN SHE WORKED AS
A LABORER ON A CITY LIGHT
PROJECT, AND SINCE THEN, TRACY
HAS STARTED HER OWN TRAFFIC
CONTROL COMPANY WITH OVER 18
PROJECTS COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY,
INCLUDING WORK ON THE CLIMATE
PLEDGE AREIGN IN.
TRACY IS ALSO A PARTICIPANT IN
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THE
END OF THIS PRESENTATION AND I
WILL NOW PASS IT TO DARCY.
>> THANK YOU, ANITA.
SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE
SHARE MOBILITY PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT AIMS TO PROMOTE
ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF PEOPLE
OF COLOR THROUGH A SHARED
MOBILITY SERVICE CONTRACT TO BE
USED BY CITY EMPLOYEES FOR CITY
BUSINESS TRAVEL.
THIS BEGAN IN 2018, WHEN
ASSIGNED DEPARTMENT VEHICLES
AND THE MOTOR POOL VEHICLES
WERE IN HIGH DEMAND.
AT THE TIME, FAS HAD A NEED TO
GIVE CITY EMPLOYEES MORE TRAVEL
OPTIONS.
WE HOPED TO IMPROVE TRAVEL
ACCESS FOR EMPLOYEES WHO DID
NOT WORK NEAR THE CURRENT MOTOR
POOL LOCATIONS OR THOSE
EMPLOYEES WHO DIDN'T HAVE
ACCESS TO THE ASSIGNED
DEPARTMENT VEHICLES ACROSS THE
CITY.
OUR STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND
RESEARCH INCLUDED ENGAGEMENT
WITH SHARE MOBILITY PROVIDERS
SUCH AS LOCAL TAXI COMPANIES.
WE ENGAGED MOTOR POOL USER,
DEPARTMENT FLEET COORDINATORS,
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND
CONTRACTING PROFESSIONALS AS
WELL.
THE STRATEGY WE TESTED WAS THE
USE OF A SEATTLE ACCOUNT.
THE STRATEGY UNFORTUNATELY DID
NOT ACHIEVE THE GOAL.
WE GUN THE ORANGE CAB PILOT WE
IMMEDIATELY SAW THE TECHNOLOGY
DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE TAXI
COMPANY THAT WE CHOSE ASK THE
TNCS WERE AN ISSUE.
CITY EMPLOYEES WANT OUT BASED
DISPATCHING AND THE ABILITY TO
SEE LOCATION ETA AND THE
DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CAR AND
DRIVER.
OUR ORANGE CAB ACCOUNT REE LIED
ON A CALL CENTER TO DISPATCH
VEHICLES AND THE PAYMENT BY
PAPER VOUCHER.
THIS DID NOT MEET THE
EXPECTATIONS OF CITY EMPLOYEES.
BILLING RESULTED IN DELAYS IN
PAYMENTS TO THE DRIVERS
THEMSELVES, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY
CONTRARY TO THE ORIGINAL GOAL
AS WELL.
AND FINALLY, THE DEMAND FOR
ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION
OPTION WAS REDUCED TO BASICALLY
ZERO WHEN COVID 19 HIT.
OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO SHARE OUR
LESSONS LEARNED WITH
COLLEAGUES.
WE URGE COLLEAGUES TO WATCH FOR
SIGNS THAT A STRATEGY ISN'T
WORKING SO THAT THEY MAY GO
BACK AND RECYCLE THROUGH THE
STAGES OF STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH
AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT TO
TEST A NEW OPTION.
ALSO, WE HOPE TO TEMPER
EXPECTATIONS EACH AFTER ALL THE
HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO A
PROJECT, IT MAY NOT ACHIEVE THE
OUTCOME.
AT THIS POINT, FAS ENGAGEMENT
OF THIS TOPIC IS CURRENTLY IN
KING COUNTY.
TOGETHER WE ARE WORKING ON
POLICY CHANGES THAT MAY LESSEN
THE REGULATORY BURDEN ON TAXING
OWNERS.
STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN POLICY
CAN HAVE LASTING IMPACT ON THE
FOR HIRE TAXI INDUSTRY.
AND PHILLIP.
>> THANK YOU, DARCY.
AGAIN, I'M PHILLIP SAUNDERS.
OUR HERE IS THE RACIALLY EQUITY
TOOL KIT WITH A FOCUS ON MBES.
BEGAN DURING THE MIDDLE OF
COVID IN RESPONSE TO THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS AROUND MAKING
MORE DECISIONS WITH A FOCUS ON
HOW TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT
AWARENESS AND OPPORTUNITIES
WITH MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
THROUGH NONPROFIT OR FOR PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON
SERVING COMMUNITIES.
OUR TEAM IS CURRENTLY FOCUSED
ON INCREASING AWARENESS TO MBES
ON SURPLUS ITEMS, FREE OR AT A
LOWER COST.
WE WANT TO DO THIS BY FOCUSING
ON TARGETED OUTREACH AND
SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT
SURPLUS AND ITS INVENTORY IN
ADVANCE, SO FOLKS WILL
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE
OFFERING.
WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS BECOMING
MORE ACCESSIBLE BY MAKING IT
EASIER TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE TO
OFFER.
WE PLAN TO DO THIS BY
CONDUCTING INVITATIONS FOR
SURPLUS EVENTS THAT FOCUS ON
ALIKE OUR INVENTORY AS WELL AS
CREATING SCHEDULE 4
APPOINTMENT.
I DON'T WHAT WE HAVE DONE TODAY
IS WE HAVE DEVELOPED A BORED BY
USING SIGMA PRINCIPLES AND THIS
IS SOME OF THE STEPS AND TOOLS
WE USED.
WE DEVELOPED A VISUAL BOARD AND
THAT BASICALLY TELLS US THE
WORK ON THE VARIOUS STAGES.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED A SUMMARY,
WHICH IS A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT
THAT CAPTURES OVERVIEW,
INTELLECTUAL MERITS AND A
BROADER IMPACT.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED AN A-3, ALSO
KNOWN AS A FLOWCHART TO
ACTIVELY COLLABORATE AND
PROBLEM SOLVE ON THE PURPOSE,
GOALS AND STRATEGIES.
IT ENSURES THE TEAM ACCURATELY
MEETS ITS GOALS.
WE HAVE A MILESTONE AND
TIMELINE FOR THE RHETT AS WELL
THIS.
INTO MAJOR PHASE AS LINE WITH
STEPS.
THEN WE HAVE SCRIPTS.
SCRIPTS IS A SET OF SPEAKING
POINTS DEVELOPED BY THE TEAM TO
BE SURE THE TEAM MEETS PEOPLE
WHERE THEY ARE.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THIS
IS WHAT THE TEAM FOCUSES ON AS
WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
OUR NEXT STEPS ARE REALLY TO
MEET WITH THE MBA STAKEHOLDERS
AS A WHOLE AND TO BUILD AND
IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES BASED ON
THE FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE
PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
I'LL PASS IT TO JENNIFER.
>>> THANK YOU PHILLIP.
IN 2018 FAS BEGAN THE CANNABIS
INDUSTRY.
THE TEAM INCLUDES THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTION AND THE OFFICE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS.
BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THE
OUTCOMES WERE REVOICE TODAY
BUILDING A NEW SYSTEMIC
STRUCTURE AND CENTERING BLACK
COMMUNITIES THROUGH ACCESS TO
CAPITAL, BUSINESS EDUCATION AND
MENTORSHIP, AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND
REENTRY SUPPORT.
BUSINESS PLAN SUPPORT AND
FLEXIBILITY PROCESS,
REINVESTING PROCEED INTO THE
PLAQUE COMMUNITY AND REBUILDING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO RICK TO
SHARE ABOUT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENTS AND NEXT STEPS.
>> THANK YOU, JENNIFER.
>> JENNIFER AND I REPRESENT A
VERY PASSIONATE AND TALENTED
LEND TEAM.
THE TEAM HAS ENGAGED IN TWO
DOZEN STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS,
OVER 200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
CITY DEPARTMENT.
AFTER JUST THREE YEARS OF HARD
WORK, AND COLLABORATION, THE
FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE
MADE.
REDIRECTING $1 MILLION OF THE
STATE'S EXCISE TAX TO BUILD THE
CANNABIS EQUITY PROGRAM,
REDUCING THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S
CANNABIS LICENSING FEE FOR
SOCIOECONOMIC APPLICANTS.
SUPPORT SERVICE FUNDING FOR
INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED, ECONOMIC
SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES IN THE
CENTRAL AREA IMPACTED BY
ENFORCE AND CONVICTIONS,
PARTNERSHIP WITH CITI OF
SEATTLE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OFFICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORT IN BLACK COMMUNITY,
REVISITING THE PLACES WHERE
CANNABIS BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED
FOR SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS
WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION.
AND LASTLY, WORKING WITH THE
CITY'S ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO EXPUNGE
FELONY MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS
AND MAKE SURE THE CITY CANNABIS
EQUITY PROGRAM IS VIABLE.
WE PRESENTED THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE AND THESE
WERE APPROVED.
SO THANK YOU TO CALVIN AND THE
DIRECTOR'S OFFICE TEAM.
AND WE STARTED EARLY WORK WITH
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN THE
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CITY
COUNCIL'S SUPPORT TO CONTINUE
THIS WORK TO SERVE MOST HARMED
COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU.
I'LL PASS TO ALYSSA.
>>> THANK YOU, RICK.
WE HAVE SHARED A LIST OF THESE
WITH YOU, WITH CONTACT
INFORMATION AS WELL AS A
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT OUR HAVE
BEEN ALL ABOUT AND INCLUDING
THE ONES THAT YOU HEARD FROM
TODAY AND IN ADDITION, WE ARE
LAUNCHING IN THE NEW YEAR FOR
OUR PROJECT BEING LED BY DANIEL
POLLY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR DEDICATION
TO THE CRITICAL WORK AND THANK
YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE SPACE
TODAY.
YOU SET A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR OUR
CITY AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE
HERE WITH YOU TO SHARE AND TO
LISTEN.
THIS WORK IS GOING TO TAKE US
ALL, SO IT IS ESPECIALLY
MEANINGFUL AND IMPORTANT THAT
YOU HAVE HAD, THAT YOU HAVE AND
CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE IT.
WE THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>>> WE'LL NOW BE GLAD TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY
HAVE.
>> 30 MINUTES ON THE DOT.
>> SO GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
AND ALL OF THE PRESENTATION AND
SOME EXAMPLES OF THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KITS ARE LISTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY IN RESCHEDULING
FROM EARLIER THIS FALL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND REALLY,
I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO MY
COLLEAGUES WHO MAY HAVE SOME
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND THANKS
FOR HOLDING THOSE QUESTIONS TO
THE END HERE.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AS WELL,
BUT I WILL GO AFTER COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBAL, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE TWO CATEGORIES OF
QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST RELATES TO SLIDE 9.
THE NUMBERS ON THE SLIDE WERE
ALL SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN
THE NUMBERS I HEARD BEING READ
BY THE PERSON PRESENTING ON THE
SLIDE.
SO I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
THAT.
I WAS HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME
TRACKING WHAT WAS BEING SAID
WITH WHAT WAS BEING PRESENTED
ON THE SLIDEMENT SO MAYBE WE
COULD GO BACK AND IN THERE A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND TO RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO
THE CANNABIS RACIAL EQUITY TOOL
KIT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
EQUITY THAT WAS REFERENCED AS
PART OF THIS PRESENTATION NOTES
THAT OF THE 48 CANNABIS RETAIL
STORES IN SEATTLE, I'M SORRY,
42 YES 42 OF THE 48 HAD
MAJORITY WHITE OWNERSHIP AS OF
JANUARY OF 2020.
AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A CALL
FOR THESE SOCIAL EQUITY
LICENSES.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
BARRIER TO DOING THAT RELATES
TO THE NUMBER OF RETAIL STORES,
NOT THAT THERE IS A, THERE IS A
DEFINED LIMIT.
BUT THAT THE ISSUE IS THAT THE
ZONE AND GO LAND USE
RESTRICTIONS MAKE IT DIFFICULT
TO CITE ADDITIONAL STORES THAT
MIGHT, IN TURN, RECEIVING THE
SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSES.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING THAT
THERE IS A DECISION POINT IN
ALL OF 2021.
THAT THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A SOCIAL
EQUITY PROGRAM COMING.
JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD
TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THAT AND WHETHER OR NOT IT
ADDRESSES SOME OF THE LAND
LIMITATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
LAND USE IN ZONING.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY MET WITH
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AND
THEY ARE ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR
PARTNERS FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
LOOKING AT, TO CHANGE SME OF
THE TO THE BUFFER ZONE.
FOR SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS
ONLY.
IF WE CAN INCLUDE RACE IN THE
EQUITY DEFINITION, THAT IS
SOMETHING THEY ARE ADVOCATING
FOR.
THAT WE WILL BE ALIGNED WITH
THE STATE, ONCE THAT IS DEFINED
FOR SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR EITHER AN
EXEMPTION OR THOSE WHO ARE
SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS TO BE
ABLE TO FIND LOCATIONS IN THE
ZONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY
PROHIBITED RIGHT NOW.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE KNOW THAT.
THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED SOME
INPUT TO THE DRAFT LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA.
AND WE IN THE VERSION THAT WAS
POSED LAST WEEK, WE ADD SOME
NEW LANGUAGE TO SUPPORT YOUR
WORK AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE
REGARDING THE STATEWIDE EFFORTS
TO ADDRESS ISSUES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WAR ON DRUGS.
COULD WE ALSO GO TO PAGE 9?
>> YEAH.
I DO HAVE A QUICK COMMON ON
PAGE 9. BELL, NOTE THAT MY
APPRECIATE ASIAN FOR THE
PRESENTERS, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBAL NOTED DIFFERENT NUMBERS
THAT WERE SHARED THERE.
PART OF THE REQUEST WE HAD IN
ADVANCE WAS TO PULL OUT SOME OF
THE DATA SO THAT WE COULD FOCUS
ON JUST THE PURCHASING,
CONSULTING NUMBERS.
SO THE NUMBERS THAT ARE
PRESENTED HERE INCLUDE AS YOU
SEE THE SECOND TO THE LAST
WHITE WOMEN, THIS IS WOMEN IN
MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES.
THE USUAL DEFINITION AND PART
OF THE REQUEST WE HAD WAS TO
SEE HOW WE COULD LOOK JUST
PURCHASING AND CONSULTING SO
THAT IS PART OF THE REASON
THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TO WHAT THE SLIDE NOTED.
THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT DATA
OUT.
SO WE COULD SEE THOSE FIGURES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LIZ WHO I
SEE IS UNMUTED TO SHOW CONTEXT
THERE.
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
>> THANK YOU, FOR PROVIDING
THAT FRAMEWORK.
YES, I WOULD AND I DO APOLOGIZE
THOUGH FOR THE CONFUSION FOR
NOT EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCES
IN PROVIDING THAT ADDITIONAL
DETAIL, BECAUSE YES, IT WAS MY
INTENT TO SHARE OUT NOT JUST
WHAT IS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE
THAT YOU CAN READ AT YOUR
LEISURE, WHICH REFLECT THE
PERCENTAGE OF SPEND WITHIN THE
DIFFERENT RACE AND ETHNICITY
GROUPS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL
SPEND.
AND THE DATA THAT I READ, THE
DETAILS THAT I READ AND CAN
SHARE OUT, WE CAN SEND THAT VIA
E-MAIL TO YOU IN WRITING, WAS
THE PERCENTAGE OF SPEND AS A
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SPEND
WITHIN THE PURCHASING AND
CONSULTANT CONTRACTING BUCKET.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I JUST TRYING TO TEASE OUT
INTENT, ON HERE.
IN THE FACT THAT THOSE WERE THE
REMARKS THAT WERE DELIVERED
VERBALLY, AND THESE ARE THE
DATA POINTS THAT WERE PROVIDED
AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
WHAT ARE WE, WHAT IS THE TAKE
AWAY?
WHAT SHOULD WE BE MEASURING?
SHOULD WE BE MEASURING THE
SPENDING IN PURCHASING AND
CONSULTING RELATED SPECIFICALLY
TO THE SPEND?
OR SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT THE
SPENDING DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT
WIDE?
GIVEN THAT WE ARE BEING
PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT SHOWS
I THINK IF YOU DO THE MATH, 26%
IS SORRY 36.2% IS THE TOTAL
SPEND FOR CONSULTING.
S.
>>> THE THIRD AND FINAL.
THE REASON FOR THE BIT OF
CONFUSION ON OUR PART WAS IT
WAS A LAST MINUTE REQUEST,
FRANKLY, TO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.
SO THE POWER POINT HAD ALREADY
BEEN SUBMITTED, AND LIZ, AS OUR
DIVISION DIRECTOR WAS VERBALLY
REPORT YOU GO OUT.
AS WAS MENTIONED WE'LL PROVIDE
THAT WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION.
AS FAR AS I KNOW THE ONLY
DEPARTMENT WHO HAS SAID WE NEED
TO GO BEYOND AND GET TO OUR
NUMBERS, WE ARE DOING THAT AND
HOPEFULLY THE STUDY WILL HELP
US MATERIALIZE THAT NOT ONLY
FOR FAS BUT CITYWIDE AND MAY
LEAD TO LEGISLATION AND OUR
TECHTIVE ORDER NEXT YEAR.
>>> THANK YOU, IN NO WAY WAS MY
LINE OF QUESTIONING INEXTENDED
TO BE AT ALL CRITICAL TO THE
PRESENTER OR TO FAS.
I WANTED TO HEAR MORE AND THANK
YOU, FAS FOR GOING FURTHER THAN
REQUIRED TO GO AS IT RELATES TO
THE REPORTING ON SPEND AND
HOPEFULLY LEADING THE WAY FOR
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT.
APPRECIATE THAT.
>>> THANK YOU.
AND RICK, THANKS FOR WAITING.
PLEASEth.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU HAD A COMMENT ON THE
MARIJUANA.
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO SHARE ALSO
IS THAT THANK YOU FIRST AND
FOREMOST FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
THIS WORK TO STATE LEGISLATION.
AND ALSO, IN LIEU OF THOSE
NUMBERS, 42 OF THE 48 ARE WHITE-
OWNED BUSINESSES, THAT WAS NOT
ALWAYS THE CASE.
AND WITH THE CITY BEING AS
FORWARD THINKING AS WE ARE, WE
WANTED TO HANDLE TO DEAL WITH
THE CONCERNS OF PAST PRACTICE,
WHAT IS PAST PRACTICE AND
CURRENT PRACTICE.
BUT WHAT THE INTENT WAS, PRIOR
TO LEGISLATION, THERE WAS MORE
BLACK OWNERS, THERE WAS MORE
BUT ONCE THE LAWS CHANGED, IT
SHIFTED DRAMATICALLY.
SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH
THIS EQUITY PROGRAM IS ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES FOR THE FOLKS WHO
WERE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS, THE
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE HARMED
AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE
HARMED.
BUT ALSO TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE
STATE'S LIQUOR BOARD GETTING
READY TO POTENTIALLY PUT OUT
ABOUT 36 LICENSES AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT ABOUT 12 OF THOSE
JUST SMALL NUMBERS HERE,
LOOKING TO BE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE
WORKING WITH OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO WELCOME THOSE
CHANGES.
WE WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
PROGRAM, SUPPORTING THE NEW
LICENSES THAT WILL COME INTO
SEATTLE AND HOW WE WILL BEST
SERVE THOSE FOLKS.
SO THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU FOR THE CONTEXT
AS WELL.
I'M GLAD WE HAD A CHANCE TO
COME BACK.
WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF WORK
THE COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON THIS
TOP HE CAN.
I BELIEVE IN 2022, AS I'M SURE
THERE WILL BE MORE ENGAGEMENT
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON HOW
WE ACTUALIZE SOME OF THESE
RACIAL EQUITY GOALS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
YES COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND
DIRECTOR GOINGS AND YOUR ENTIRE
TEAM ALYSSA, RICK, JENNIFER,
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU,
RATHER JUST A MOMENT TO NOTE
THAT YOUR WORK AS FAS IS THE
BACKBONE OF OUR CITY TOUCHES SO
MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF WORK.
AND IN THIS PRESENTATION, RICK,
I HEARD FROM YOU STATISTICS
DATA AND INFORMATION THAT COMES
UP INLAND USE CONVERSATIONS
THIS IS THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
JENNIFER I HEARD FROM YOU
INFORMATION THAT HAS COME UP TO
ME IN OTHER WALKS OF MY ROLE
HERE IN THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR WORK IS
NOT JUST IN ONE DEPARTMENT, IT
IS ACROSS THE CITY AND TOUCHES
SO MUCH WHAT HAVE WE DO HERE,
WHETHER IT IS JUST GOOD
GOVERNMENT OR PROVIDING
SERVICES.
THIS INFORMATION WAS REALLY
HELPFUL FOR ME, BECAUSE IT PUT
A FINER POINT A LOT OF THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD.
FROM LAND USE TO HUMAN SERVICES
TO EVERYTHING ELSE, JUST WANT
TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
>>> WELL SAID.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES
NODDING ALONG.
SO PLEASE NOTE THAT NOTE OF
APPRECIATION IS SHARED.
AND I AM NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU IN 2022 AND BEYOND AS YOU
TAKE SOME OF THESE OUTCOMES
INTO ACTION NEXT YEAR.
AND IF THERE IS ANYWAY THAT WE
CAN HELP ADVANCE SOME OF THESE
GOALS OR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
COMMUNITY AT THE READY TO WORK
WITH YOU ALL.
THANKS FOR DOING THIS IN
ADDITION TO YOUR OTHER DAY
JOBS.
I KNOW THIS IS CRITICAL WORK
AND THE WAY THAT FAS MEMBERS
HAVE STEPPED UP TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
AFFECTED BY COVID IN ITSELF IS
FOCUS ON RACIAL EQUITY GIVEN
THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS
THAT COVID HAS HAD IN OUR
COMMUNITY
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
SPECIFICALLY.
AND WORKERS.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE
DONE.
I DON'T HE ZOO ANY ADDITIONAL
HAND.
ANY FINAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR
TIME AND PLEASE DO TAKE A LOOK
TODAY AND AS THE PANELISTS HAVE
SAID, THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE THAT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL.
>>> AT THIS TIME, MADAM CLERK
COULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 9
INTO THE RECORD?
>> ITEM 9 COUNCIL BILL 120238
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
FUNDING FOR HOUSING.
>> COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE ALREADY
HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING PERIOD
OPEN.
AT THIS POINT I'M NOT SEEING
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTERS
RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 9. WE
WILL CONTINUE INCLUDE THE
PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO ITEM
9 AND MOVE INTO THE
PRESENTATION FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE WITH US
ON THE LINE HERE TODAY.
THIS, AGAIN IS COUNCIL BILL
20238 RELATED TO THE ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN.
I WANT TO THANK ROBIN, LAURIE,
CORY, ALL FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
AMY, I SEE YOU ON THE LINE.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE.
TURN IT OVER TO OFFICE POLICY?
>> NO, I THINK THIS IS THE
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS AN AMENDMENT TO
THE 2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND
THE SECOND IS PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE DRAFT OF THE 2022 ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN.
BOTH OF THESE ARE REQUIRED BY
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
BUT I THINK THAT BOTH ITEMS
HAVE EXECUTIVE STAFF THAT ARE
PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THEM, SO I
WILL TURN IT OVER.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS IF THEY ARISE.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AND INTERIM DIRECTOR WONDERFUL
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I CANNOT REMEMBER IF THIS IS
THE SECOND OR THE FIRST TIME WE
HAVE HAD YOU WITH THIS TITLE
BACK.
SO LET ME JUST SAY FOR THE
RECORD, THANK YOU FOR COMING
BACK TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND SERVING AS THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AT
THIS DEPARTMENT AGAIN.
WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM DELIGHTED TO BE HERE IN MY
NEW CAPACITY AS INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEFORE
YOUR COMMITTEE, SO LOVELY TO BE
HERE WITH A DIFFERENT HAT ON
TODAY.
I GUESS I'LL PAUSE AND LET
LAURIE OLSEN AND KELLY LARSON.
>> I'M LAURIE OLSEN THE CAPITAL
MANAGEMENTS INVESTOR FOR THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
>> KELLY LARSON, STRATEGIC
INITIATIVES MANAGER FOR THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
>> THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
ANY TECHNICAL BACK-UP THAT I
MIGHT NEED TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO USE FEDERAL HOME
FUN FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO
CREATE PERMANENT AFFORDABLE
HOMES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS MOST LIKELY
THROUGH ACQUISITION.
AND HUD HAS REQUIRED THAT WE
DEVELOP AN ALLOCATION PLAN WITH
STAKE SHOULDERS AND SUBMIT AN
AMENDMENT TO THE ANNUAL 2021
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AS AMY HAS
ALREADY LET YOU ALL KNOW.
WE HAVE DONE THE REQUIRED
STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND GOTTEN
VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON HOW
WE PLAN TO USE THE FUNDS.
THE NEXT STEP AFTER THIS
HOPEFUL COUNCIL APPROVAL OF
THIS AMENDMENT IS TO SUBMIT TO
HUD AND THEN WE EXPECT TO BE
ABLE TO GET THE FUNDS OUT BY
THE END OF Q1 OF 2022 OR
POSSIBLY THE BEGINNING OF Q2.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
IF YOU HAVE THEM.
I THINK WE HAVE A COMPANY MORE
SLIDES YOU SHOULD HAVE BEFORE
YOU TOO.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
DID YOU, WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO
READ THESE ADDITIONAL SLIDES.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
CONCLUDE WITH?
I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO.
I MEAN, I THINK WE ARE JUST
EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS
YOU KNOW, PROCEDURAL STEP DONE,
SO THAT WE CAN WORK TO GET
THESE FUNDS OUT ON THE STREET.
WE ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY
POTENTIAL BUILDS TO ACQUIRE AND
THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL
HELP US BE ABLE TO FUND THAT
AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
AND THE TRACK RECORD OF WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO FAR
THIS YEAR, BY ACQUIRING
BUILDINGS AND IMMEDIATELY
GETTING THOSE ON THE STREET
WITHIN A FEW MONTHS TO HOUSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS HAS JUST BEEN YOU
KNOW A REAL GAME CHANGER FOR US
AT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO DO MORE OF
IT.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP
THAT NEXUS TO HOW OUR HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING ARE
DIRECTLY RELATED TO RESPONDING
TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
AS THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED IT IS
A SMALL AMENDMENT TO THE 2021
ACTION PLAN WHICH ALLOWS OFFICE
OF HOUSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
$12.2 MILLION INVESTMENTS IN A
FORDABLE HOUSING AS APPROPRIATE
BY THE COUNCIL THROUGH
ORDINANCE 125-6371 IN JUNE OF
THIS YEAR.
IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'LL
MOVE US FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON
ITEM 9 HERE.
IN ORDER TO MOVE AN ITEM AS A
PUBLIC HEARING THE COMMITTEE
WILL NEED TO VOTE TO SUSPEND
THE RULES.
THEREFORE I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ALLOW FOR A VOTE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ARE THERE ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>>
>> HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE MOTION TO
SUSPEND THE RULES ON THE VOTE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR?
>> AYE.
>>> THAT IS FIVE IN FAVOR, NINE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
I NOW MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 120238.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS?
>> HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE?
>> HER BOLT?
YES.
>> GONZALEZ AYE, LEWIS YES,
STRAUSS YES.
>> Reporter: CHAIR?
>> AYE.
>> MADAM CHAIR THAT HIS FIVE IN
FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
COUNCIL BILL 10238 PASS WILL BE
SENT TO THE DECEMBER 13 SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL MEET FOG A FINAL
VOTE.
>>> LET'S MOVE ONTO THE SECOND
PART OF THIS PRESENTATION ON
THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 10
INTO THE RECORD.
>> 10, DR. A NEW ACTION PLAN.
>> WONDERFUL.
I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO SAY
THANK YOU TO OFFICE OF HOUSING,
FOLKS.
I SEE YOU STILL ON THE LINE
HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF
YOUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY TO OUR
TEAM AT OFFICE OF HOUSING.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ONTO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN WE HAVE AMY GORE HERE
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND DAN
BARTON.
AMY, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THIS ITEM?
ITEM NUMBER 10?
>> NO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
IS A PUBLIC HEARING A
REQUIREMENT FROM HUD IN ORDER
TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DO WHAT IS
CALLED PRE AWARD SPENDING.
FEDERAL GRANTS DURING THE FIRST
PART OF 2022.
SO WE CAN SPEND THE FUNDS
BEFORE CONGRESS APPROVES FINAL
GRANT ENTITLEMENTS.
AS A REMINDER THE PLAN DOESN'T
ACCEPT THE GRANTS OR
APPROPRIATE FUND BUT SHOULD
REFLECT THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO DAN BURTON WHO IS THE
FEDERAL GRANTS MANAGER AT HSD.
SO THAT YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE
DRAFT PLAN.
>> OKAY, WONDERFUL.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE
RECORD THAT WE DO NOT HAVE
ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT ON ITEM SNUCK 10,
EITHER.
SO JUST TO GET THE FORMALITY
OUT THERE OFFICIALLY, I WANT TO
NOTE, THERE IS NO ONE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 10.
THIS IS OUR 2022 DRAFT ACTION
PLAN.
WE WELCOMED PUBLIC COMMENT ON
ITEM 9 AND 10 AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE MEETING AND LEFT THOSE
OPEN.
AT THIS MOMENT, THERE IS NOBODY
LIST TODAY ITEM NUMBER 10 FOR
PUBLIC HEARING.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
ON THIS ITEM AND TURN IT BACK
OVER TO DAN BURTON FROM HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO FILL IN
THE REST OF THE DETAILS.
>> THANKS FOR THE TIME.
AMY HIT ALL KNIFE MAJOR TALKING
POINTS, WHICH IS REALLY WE ARE
HERE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE OUR PROGRAM HERE STARTS
IN JANUARY.
BECAUSE FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS
ARE GOING TO BE DELAYED.
WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING AND SHOW THIS IS WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THESE
FUNDS IN 2022.
BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE
DON'T WAIT.
THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE THE KEY
PRIORITIES OF THIS PLAN ARE
AROUND HOMELESSNESS, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.
AND SERVING PEOPLE WITH LOW
MODERATE INCOMES.
THOSE PROGRAMS DON'T STOP AND
START, THEY RUN ALL YEAR EVERY
YEAR, SO BY HAVING THIS PUBLIC
HEARING, WE ARE ALLOWED TO PRE
TO DO PRE AWARD SPENDING AS AMY
MENTIONED.
I WOULD ALSO JUST MENTION THAT
THIS IS THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE
FIVE YEARS 2018-2022
CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
SEE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
DEVELOPING THE NEXT FIVE YEAR
PLAN AS WELL AS ALIGNING OUR
RESPONSES WITH NEW FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS.
AS AMY MENTIONED AS WELL, ALL
THE FUNDING INFORMATION IS
STUFF THAT HAS BEEN DELIBERATED
HERE AND ELSEWHERE THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS, SO THERE IS NO
SURPRISES OR CHANGES TO ANY
FUNDING OR ANYWAY MONEY IS
BEING SPENT REALLY.
THIS IS IN A WAY, THE
APPLICATION FOR THESE GRANT
FUNDS.
WE HAVE TO SAY HERE'S HOW WE
ARE GOING TO DO ALL THIS, AND
HERE'S HOW IT'S LINES WITH
HUD'S GOALS.
AND THEN WE RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
AND THE GROUND OF COMMUNITY
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS PROGRESS,
ESG.
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PERSONS WITH AIDS.
WHICH IS WHICH IS PREVIOUS IM
WAS LEGISLATING FOR SOME
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACTS
FUNDS.
THIS IS JUST THE REGULAR 2022
ENTITLEMENT FOR THOSE.
FOR THOSE.
>>> THERE IS NO FURTHER ACTION
NEEDED FROM THE COMMITTEE, I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE THIS
OVERVIEW.
AND THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING
TO SUBMIT THIS DRAFT PLAN TO
THE HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT FEDERAL PARTNERS ON
BEHALF OF SEATTLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO 2022.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES TODAY FOR DAN OR AMY
ON AGENDA ITEM 10?
GIVEN THERE IS NO INDIVIDUALS
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING
TODAY.
OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
DAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT
OVERVIEW.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE
DOING WITH HUD.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE
TWO MORE ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR
AGENDA FOR TODAY.
WE HAVE HELD YOUR TIME UNTIL
12:30 TODAY.
MY HOPE IS WE CAN AT THE VERY
LEAST GET THROUGH EACH ITEM
WITHIN A HALF HOUR PERIOD ON
EACH TOPIC.
COLLEAGUES, I'M EXCITED ABOUT
THE NEXT ITEM HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED IN TWO
DIFFERENT COMMITTEES SO FAR, SO
EXCUSE ME, IN OUR COMMITTEE AND
IN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
AT THIS TIME LET'S GO AHEAD AND
READ ITEM 11 INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120227.
AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO STREET
VACATIONS FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WONDERFUL.
AND I SEE THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE WITH US TODAY.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO YOU,
I'LL READ A FEW COMMENTS INTO
THE ED I DO ANTICIPATE THAT OUR
COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER
PETERSON WILL BE JOINING US AS
WELL.
>>> WAIVING THE FEE THAT FOR
THAT PROJECT SAVED AT LEAST
$400,000 FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DOLLARS AND HELPED TO CREATE
206 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
SO BUILDING ON THAT AMENDMENT
AND THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST
MONTH, THE LEGISLATION IN FRONT
OF US TODAY TAKES STEPS TO MORE
CONCRETELY PUT INTO POLICY OUR
INTENT TO REMOVE INTERNAL
BARRIERS TO CREATING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND ALLOW FOR US TO
SAVE PRECIOUS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DOLLARS TO GO DIRECTLY
INTO CREATING MORE HOMES.
THE LEGISLATION ALINES WITH
WHAT THE COUNCIL PASSED IN
2018, WHICH WAS LEGISLATION
THAT I SPONSORED THAT
PRIORITIZED CITY OWNED SURPLUS
PROPERTY FOR BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC
ASSETS BY REMOVING HEFTY FEES
CHARGED FOR AREAS THAT THE CITY
OWNS DIRECTLY, MAKING SURE THAT
IN THIS LEGISLATION, RIGHT OF
WAYS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO
CREATE THE GOAL OF CREATING
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MORE FOLKS TO LIVE IN THIS
CITY.
>> I ALSO NOTE I THINK IT IS AN
EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO
REMOVE NECESSARY MENSTRUATETIVE
PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH
TRANSFERRING CITY FUND RIGHT
BACK TO THE CITY AND A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CITY, STATE
AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE
WORKING ALREADY TO EXEMPT SOME
REQUIREMENTS TO COMPENSATE THE
CITY FOR PROPERTY VALUES AND AS
A COUNCIL, WE HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THESE FEES
UNDER THE CURRENT EXCUSE ME,
OUR CURRENT AUTHORITY TO WAIVE
THESE FEES FOR APPROPRIATE
PROJECTS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION
WITH ALL OF YOU.
I'LL SAVE THE REST OF MY
COMMENTS FOR THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE BILL AND POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF US AND
TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO WALK US
THROUGH.
>> COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
THIS BILL AMENDS OUR STREET
VACATION CODE TO EXEMPT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM THE
REQUIREMENT TO PAY THE
APPRAISED VALUE OF THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY WHEN A STREET OR ALLEY
VACATION IS APPROVED.
>> CAN I PACE YOU REALLY
QUICKLY?
>> CAN FOLKS HEAR OKAY?
OR MAYBE JUST SPEAK UP A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> STATE LAW ALLOWS BUT DOES
NOT REQUIRE THE CITY TO REQUIRE
PAYMENT OF THE APPRAISED VALUE
OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BEFORE
STREET VACATIONS ARE FINALIZED.
THE ONE EXCEPTION IS SHORELINE
STREET ENDS WHERE THE CITY IS
REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW TO
RECEIVE THE APPRAISED VALUE OF
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THE CITY CURRENTLY EXEMPTS CITY
FREIGHT AND FEDERAL AGENCIES
FROM PAYING THESE COSTS.
THE PROPOSED BILL IN FRONT OF
YOU WOULD ALSO EXEMPT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS
THAT RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING.
AS LONG AS RENT AND INCOME
LEVELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
CITY'S HOUSING FUND AND
POLICIES.
FUND FROM STREET VACATIONS ARE
REQUIRED TO BE ALLOCATIONS
TOWARD THE EFFECT OF THE BILL
WOULD BE TO REDUCE INCOME TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO SAVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING.
>> AND THERE IS ONE AMENDMENT
THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED THIS
MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER PETERSON FOR JOINING US
HERE TODAY AS WELL.
AND FOLKS FOR CALLING IN, IN
SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT AND
PASTOR SEALS FOR REALLY DRAWING
THIS ITEM TO AUR ATTENTION
EARLIER THIS YEAR AND DIALING
IN TODAY AND EXPRESSING SUPPORT
FOR THE LEGISLATION.
COLLEAGUES, I ALSO WANT TO JUST
FLESH OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OF
WHAT WAS JUST NOTED AND THEN WE
CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE AMENDMENT
I AM AWARE OF THIS FRONT OF US
TODAY.
UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE AS
NOTED.
CITY FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY
STREET FEE VACATIONS.
EXCUSE ME, PAY STREET VACATION
FEES.
SO LIMITED PUBLIC HOUSING
DOLLARS END UP GOING BACK TO
THE CITY.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE DOLLARS
ARE BEING USED FOR THOSE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS AND
THE LEGISLATION CREATES AN
EXEMPTION FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AS
DEFINED BY THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FUNDING POLICIES.
THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO AUR
ATTENTION BY COMMUNITY AGAIN.
THANK YOU TO PASTOR SEALS,
LEHIGH AND THE WORK DOING ON
SPIRIT AND ON CHURCH OWNED
PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY AS HAS
BEEN NOTED THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
CURRENTLY.
TC SPIRIT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
PROJECT THAT REQUIRES A STREET
VACATION WHICH WOULD COST THE
APPRAISED VALUE OF THE SITE AND
WITHOUT IT IT WOULD CREATE THAT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WITH THE STREET VACATION, THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD 68
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
THANK YOU TO THE CENTRAL STAFF
AND THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR
WORKING WITH US AND TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE CREATING A
DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WITHIN THIS
LEGISLATION.
THAT INCLUDES ALL-PRO GENTEX
FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF HOUSE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS
HERE TODAY.
AS THE SPONSOR, OFFICIALLY I
WILL BE ASKING YOU AND THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON AS I
BELIEVE A CO-AUTHOR, WE WILL
ALSO HAVE YOU SPEAK TO THAT IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
COLLEAGUES, WITH THAT, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER
HER BOLT TO DESCRIBE THE
AMENDMENT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> AGAIN I WANT TO EXTEND MY
THANKS TO COUNCILMAN PETERSON
FOR WORKING TO AUTHOR THIS
AMENDMENT AND WITH LEASH WHO
HELPED DRAW THIS UP.
THIS AMENDMENT WAS A
RECOMMENDATION OF THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
IT WOULD REQUIRE AN I THINK
CHANGE FOR THE STREET VACATION
WAIVER THAT AT LEAST 40% OF A
UNIT IN A PROJECT ABSOLUTE
FORDABLE, IN A LINEMENT WITH
THE CITY'S HOUSING FUNDING
POLICIES, WHICH CURRENTLY
REQUIRES AFFORDABILITY FOR
HOUSE OLDS EARNING UP TO 60% OF
THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SO THE EXISTING CITY HOUSING
POLICIES COVER THE EXPECTATION
OF AFFORDABILITY UP TO 60% OF
AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
WE ARE ADDING WITH THE ADVICE
OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING THE
40% OF THE UNIT'S THRESHOLD.
OFFICE OF HOUSING ALSO FLAGGED
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT
WE SHOULD INCLUDE REQUIREMENT
UNITS IN QUESTION BE AFFORDABLE
FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME.
ULTIMATELY, WE DECIDED AGAINST
INCLUDING THIS LANGUAGE IN THE
AMENDMENT, BECAUSE THE
LEGISLATION ALREADY REQUIRES
ALIGNMENT WITH THE HOUSING
FUNDING POLICIES, WHICH ALREADY
INCLUDE A 50 YEAR TERM OF
AFFORDABILITY.
WE WERE ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD
WORK TO AVOID ADDING SPECIFIC
TERMS IN THE LEGISLATION THAT
MIGHT CREATE CONFUSION BY
REFERRING TO THE EXISTING
POLICIES THAT ALLOWS FOR
CLARITY, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR
SOME CONSISTENCY IN CASES WHERE
THE POLICIES CHANGE, WE DON'T
NEED TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE
ORDINANCE.
HEARING FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT,
THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY
PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED O
HFUNDING FOR THAT HAVE FEWER
THAN 40% OF UNITS AFFORDABLE,
AND THEY SAY THAT WITH FEWER
THAN 40% OF UNITS AFFORDABLE
WOULD NOT BE COMPETITIVE FOR
CITY FUNDING.
AND SO, WITH THAT, I AGAIN
APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF
COUNCILMAN PETERSON AND FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO HIM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME COUNCILMAN PETERSON.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU SPEAK TO
THIS AMENDMENT YOU ARE CO-
AUTHORING.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
FOR EXPLAINING THE AMENDMENT.
AND TO OUR STAFF FOR HELPING US
CRAFT THIS AMENDMENT AND
REALLY, WHEN ONE OF THE REASONS
I'M HERE IS THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS
THE DAM THAT RECEIVES THESE
STREET VACATION FUNDS AND
STREET VACATIONS GO
THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE.
I APPRECIATE RECOGNIZING CROSS
CUTTING OF THIS ISSUE AND WE
HAD A DISCUSSION LAST WEEK ON
THIS.
I DID TALK WITH THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
MAKE SURE THEY WERE OKAY WITH
THIS LEGISLATION SINCE THEY
WOULD BE FOREGOING REVENUES
BECAUSE OF THIS.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS A
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS FOR
HOUSING IN THE CITY.
SO I APPRECIATE CHAIRMAN
BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION
FOREWAR.
THIS AMENDMENT ADDS AT LEAST
40% ON OUR UNITS, BECAUSE THE
WEIGHT WAY THE SLICE IS
ORIGINALLY DROPPED DRAFTED,
GETS NOT JUST CITY FUNDING,
GETS PUBLIC FUNDING FROM ANY
SOURCE, IT COULD GET THIS
EXEMPTION AND WE JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING A
PUBLIC BENEFIT IN EXCHANGE.
AND 40% OF THE UNITS, THAT IS A
GOOD, RATIONAL BASIS FOR THAT.
IT IS THE SAME EXEMPTION USED
FOR THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
THE SAME PERCENTAGE USED FOR
THE POPULAR NATIONAL PROGRAM,
LOW INCOME HOUSING PROGRAM AND
IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THAT
SPECIFICITY THERE IN SORT OF A
MINIMUM FLOOR, FOR WHAT WE ARE
EXPECTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EXCHANGE
FOR THIS REVENUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> THANKS FOR THE DISCUSSION
YOU LED IN OUR COMMITTEE AS
WELL LAST WEEK ON THIS TOPIC.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE JOINT
WORK BETWEEN OFFICES AND
COMMITTEES HERE.
THANKS TO CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR WORKING
WITH MY OFFICE ON THE
DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THIS LEGISLATION TO
MAKE SURE WE WERE CAPTURING ALL
SAFE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I AM SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE HEARD THE 40%
THRESHOLD WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF
ALL CITY FUNDED PROJECTS AND I
WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAMS,
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON AND HUR
BOLT FOR HER WORK ON THE
UNDERLYING BILL AND THE
RESEARCH THAT SHE HAS DONE ON
THIS AMENDMENT AS WELL, I'LL BE
VOTING YES.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THE BILL OR THE
AMENDMENT.
IF NOT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE THE BILL SO IT IS IN FRONT
OF US.
>>> I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 110227.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER THE
BILL.
THERE IS AN AMENDMENT AS HAS
BEEN DISCUSSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD YOU LIKE
TO MOVE THAT AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE?
>> I MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
ON THE COUNCIL BILL.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> WE ARE ALL GETTING AN ALERT.
OKAY.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT,
MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON ADOPTION OF
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.
>>BR BOLT YES GONZALEZ YES
COMPANY MEMBER LEWIS YES
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS YES
CHAIR?
>> AYE.
>>> THAT IS NONE AOPPOSED.
>>> THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
THE BILL AMEND ASKED NOW BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO
THIS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AGAIN IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO
WORK WITH YOU ACROSS OUR
COMMITTEES.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
>>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR
YOUR LASER FOCUS ON WAYS TO
REDUCE THE COST OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, PARTICULARLY WHEN
THOSE COSTS ARE WITHIN OUR
CONTROL.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
AGAIN I'LL EXTEND MY
APPRECIATION TO YOU.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
ADOPTION OF COUNCIL BILL 120227
AS AMENDED?
>> HER BOLT?
>> YES.
>> GONZALEZ AYE, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS YES, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS YES, CHAIR?
>> MADAM CHAIR THAT IS FIVE IN
FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE BILL
PASSED AS AMENDED WILL BE SENT
TO THE DECEMBER 1 SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEET FOG A FINAL VOTE.
>>> CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>>> WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA HERE TODAY.
WELCOME I'M GLAD YOU ARE STILL
HERE.
APPRECIATING YOU BEING HERE AT
THE TOP OF THE HOUR AND THANKS
FOR HANGING TO THE END HERE.
COULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 1
INTO THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL WILL 120213 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
WITH REQUIRING EMPLOYERS TO
PROVIDE PARKING EXPENSES TO
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WORKING
IN SEATTLE FOR DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO THANK KARINA FOR YOUR
WORK.
I SEE YOU HERE WITH US AS WELL.
WE KNOW THERE IS A PRESENTATION
ALONG WITH A MEMO.
SO AS THAT PRESENTATION GETS
PULLED UP, I'LL NOTE THE
APPRECIATION THAT HAS GONE INTO
THE WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF US.
WE ALL KNOW WE NEED STRONG
LABOR STANDARD FOR OUR WORK
FORCE, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE
WORKING ON BUILDING OUR CITY
AND MAKING SURE THERE IS MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE
PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF US.
AS I NOTED EARLIER ALL OF US
KNOW THAT CENTRAL STAFF DOES
NOT WORK ON POLICY DURING THE
BUDGET AND THAT THERE IS A LOT
OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO
CREATING THAT LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF US, SO WE COULD
QUICKLY HAVE IT IN OUR FIRST
COMMITTEE MEETING AFTER BUDGET.
THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK AND
HOURS THAT WENT INTO THE
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY ON THIS
LEGISLATION.
IN ADDITION TO THE WOULD, THAT
HAPPENED DURING THE BUDGET
PERIOD AS WELL.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
BEFORE WE DO, I WILL ASK
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY OPENING
COMMENTS YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO
THAT AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL PULL
UP THE PRESENTATION AND JUST
CONFIRM WITH KARINA IF YOU ARE
ABLE TO PULL THAT UP.
WE WANT TO CONFIRM THAT BEFORE
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
CONCLUDES.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF, THANKS FOR BEING
HERE WITH US AS THE AUTHOR OF
THIS LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
US.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK TO IT.
>>> THIS BILL REQUIRES
CONTRACTOR BOSSES TO PAY THE
PARKING COSTS OF THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN
SEATTLE.
THIS HAS BEEN A CRUCIAL ISSUE
IN MANY CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
BETWEEN BUILDING TRADES UNION
WORKERS AND THE ASSOCIATION OF
GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND IS AN
ONGOING CONCERN FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN UNIONS
AND LOCALS.
FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
WITHOUT THE PROTECTION OF A
UNION, WHICH THERE ARE MANY, IT
IS AN EVEN GREATER BUR.
LIKE PREVAILING WAGE LOSS,
WHICH REQUIRE THE CITY TO PAY
UNION WAGES REGARDLESS OF LOO A
CONTRACTOR UNIONIZED.
IT MEANS ALL WORKERS WILL GET
THE BENEFIT AND UNIONIZED
WORKERS AND UNIONSS ARE NOT
PLACED AT A COMPETITIVE
DISADVANTAGE TO GET WORK AND
THEY LOSE OUT BY IMPLICITLY
ENCOURAGING CONTRACTOR BOSSES
TO HIRE NONUNION WORKERS.
ANY ASENSE, THE LEGISLATION IS
EXTREMELY SIMPLE AND
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT REQUIRES THE CONSTRUCTION
BOSSES TO PAY PARKING COSTS
RATHER THAN WORKERS PAYING THE
PARKING COSTS.
PARKING COSTS WERE ONE OF THE
MAJOR REASONS ONE OF THE MAJOR
DEMANDS FROM THE RECENT RANK
AND FILE STRIKE OF 2000 PACIFIC
NORTHWEST UNION CARPENTERS,
FULLY FUNDED BENEFITS AND
IMPROVED PROTECTIONS AGAINST
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT.
MY OFFICE WITH THE CARPENTERS
AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
REQUEST LEGISLATION DURING THE
COURAGEOUS STRIKE ACTION IN THE
FALL.
THERE WAS NO QUESTION WE, MY
OFFICE STRONGLY SUPPORTS
WORKERS RIGHTS AND WE GO OUT
AND FIGHT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS.
SO WE ASKED FOR THE HELP OF
CITY COUNCIL STAFF TO DROP THE
BILL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND SO
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP OF
KARINA AND THOSE OF STAFF FOR
PREPARING IT RAPIDLY.
IN OCTOBER AT LEAST 381 WORKING
PEOPLE URGED THE CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORT THIS PAID PARKING
LEGISLATION.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IN
BRIEFING SESSIONS, THE MONDAY
MORNING BRIEFING SESSIONS, THE
COMMUNITY PETITIONGARNERED
HOUSING 100 SIGNATURES, 366 OF
WHOM ARE AT LEAST THE LAST I
CHECKED, WHICH WAS WEEKS AGO,
FROM CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE OFTEN
REQUIRED TO DRIVE BECAUSE THEY
ARE TRANSPORTING HEAVY TOOLS.
THEY COMMUTE LONG-DISTANCE
STANCES AND THEY START WORK
EXTREMELY EARLY IN THE MORNING,
OFTEN BEFORE TRANSIT LINES
BEGIN OPERATING.
SO THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WERE DRAFTING WORK IT
IS A QUESTION OF WHO WILL PAY
FOR IT WHEN THE JOB REQUIRES
THEM TO DRIVE TO WORK.
WE KNEW THAT CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS HAD THE MOST POWER TO
WIN PAID PARKING AT THE HEIGHT
OF THAT STRUGGLE DURING THE
CARPENTER STRIKE.
ALONGSIDE MANY CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS I MOVED TO INTRODUCE
THE BILL ON OCTOBER 18.
HOWEVER WE SAW THE DELAYS UNTIL
THE MOVEMENT AND I SAID ON
OCTOBER 18, WHAT IS A GIVEN IS
THAT THE CURRENT MOVEMENT BY
WORKING PEOPLE WOULD BE LOST
AND THAT IS JUST NOT OKAY.
IT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF THE
FAMOUS QUOTE FROM MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR. JUSTICE DELAYED TOO
LONG IS JUSTICE DEMAND.
AT LEAST 305 WORKING PEOPLE E-
MAILED CITY COUNCIL IN THEIR
ANGER THAT NO COUNCIL MEMBER
WAS WILLING TO SUPPORT EVEN THE
TIMELY PRESENTATION OF THE
LEGISLATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT
THE MEMO.
BUT I WANTED TO QUICKLY REPORT
JUST THREE OF THE MANY HUNDREDS
OF REPORTS WE GOT.
ONE IS FROM CHRISTOPHER
HUTCHINS AS AN INDEPENDENT
SEATTLE SUBCONTRACTOR I
CONSTANTLY HAVE TO FACTOR IN
THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION AND
PARKING.
THESE COSTS CAN LEAD TO
INDIVIDUAL WORKERS BOTTOM LINES
IN A CITY THAT HAS EXTRACTED SO
MUCH TO US DUE TO RELENTLESS
RENT INCREASES, INFLATED HOME
PRICES, TAKING THE STEP TO
ENSURE THE WORKING PEOPLE WHO
MAKE SEATTLE RUN AND GO AREN'T
FURTHER DISADVANTAGED IS
CRITICAL.
END QUOTE.
COLLEEN HALL FROM THE PILE
DRIVERS LOCAL 2396 SAYS QUOTE
THE CONTRACTORS ARE MAKING
MILLIONS AND MAYBE BILLIONS OFF
THE BACKS OF CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS.
THEY CAN PAY THE PARKERS WHILE
THE WORKERS BARELY MAKE A
LIVABLE WAGE AND PAYING PARKING
IS A WAY TO ALLEVIATE SOME
STRESS ON THE WORKERS.
PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND
SUPPORT THE VERY HARDWORKING
PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING SEATTLE
AND OUR FUTURE.
>>> AND FINALLY BUT NOT LEAST,
BRIAN EGGLESTON WHO SAYS HERE'S
AN EXAMPLE OF HOW EXPENSIVE
PARKING CAN BE DOWNTOWN.
I AM A SECOND YEAR APPRENTICE,
PARKING WAS SO EXPENSIVE, THAT
ONE FULL WORK DAY'S PAY WENT
JUST TO PAY PARKING TO BE AT
WORK FOR THE WEEK.
I WORKED FOUR DAYS A WEEK AS AN
APPRENTICE BUT ONLY RECEIVED
THREE DAYS OF PAY BECAUSE SO
MUCH HAD TO GO INTO PARKING.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE VERY
IMPORTANT VOICES FROM WORKERS
OF A FEW OF THE MANY VOICES
THAT WE HAVE HEARD.
I JUST FINALLY I WANTED TO BE
VERY CLEAR THAT TO ALL THE
WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO SUPPORTED THIS LEGISLATION
WHO ARE LISTENING, THAT THE
MEMO WAS NOT, THE MEMO THAT WE
ARE GOING TO DISCUSS WAS NOT
COMMISSIONED BY MY OFFICE, AND
I HAVE MORE COMMENTS WHEN THE
PRESENTATION BEGINS, BUT JUST
WANTED TO SAY UNFORTUNATELY,
THAT THEY ARE NOT INTENT TO
MEMO IS QUITE UNBALANCED.
MY STAFF HAVE ASKED WHO
REQUESTED THE CERTIFICATE IF HE
CATION TOPICS IN THE MEMO.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
I DO NOT KNOW WHO THESE
STAKEHOLDERS ARE.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL NONE
EFFORT HUNDREDS OF WORKERS
ADVOCATING WERE CONSULTED.
MY STAFF AND I WERE NOT.
>> WE ARE EXTENDING OUR
COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY TO MAKE
SURE TO INCLUDE IT.
I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THE
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CENTRAL STAFF
DOES NOT WORK ON POLICY.
THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO WORK
ON POLICY DURING THE BUDGET.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY
DID WORK ON POLICY AND I WANT
TO APPRECIATE THE WORK NOT ONLY
FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE ON
THE BUDGET FOR LONG HOURS AND
IRREGULAR TIMES THAT THEY HAVE
TO BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO
ALL OF US, INCLUDING ME AS THE
BUDGET CLAIRE, TO MAKE SURE WE
GOT THROUGH THOSE ITEMS ON
TIME.
IN ADDITION TO THAT I KNOW THEY
WERE WORKING ON THIS
LEGISLATION WITH YOU AND OUR
OFFICE.
I WANT TO APPLY OUR OWN VALUES
FOR APPRECIATING THE WORK AND
LABOR OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE WANT TO APPLY THAT TO
CENTRAL STAFF AND THOSE IN OUR
OFFICE.
AND I APPRECIATE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE LAB
ADDITIONAL WORK THAT HAS BEEN
PROVIDED FOR THIS TOPIC
SPECIFICALLY.
I, AS THE CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE, OFTEN REQUEST THERE
TO BE MEMOS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE
A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
LEGISLATION IS IN FRONT OF US,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE
A QUICK BRIEFING ON THE
LEGISLATION GIVEN THAT WE WERE
COMING OFF THE HEELS OF
SESSIONS.
SO ABSOLUTELY, IT IS
APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HELPS
INFORM OUR COLLEAGUES AND
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ITEMS IN
FRONT OF US.
SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A TON OF
APPRECIATION THAT I WANT TO
EXPRESS FOR THE CENTRAL STAFF
WHO WORK ON THIS AND THE TEAM
WHO HAD MADE THEMSELVES
AVAILABLE DURING BUDGET AND IS
ALSO QUICKLY TURNING AROUND TO
WORK ON POLICY IN FRONT OF US.
SO THAT ALL OF US AS COUNCIL
MEMBERS CAN HAVE A DEEPER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH
THE PRESENTATION HERE TODAY.
AND WE ALSO DO HAVE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS THAT I THINK FOLKS
HAVE BEGUN TO SURFACE.
I WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS
WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHO DO HAVE QUESTIONS SO
I'M GOING TO ASK THIS OF FOLKS.
LET'S LET KARINA GO THROUGH THE
ENTIRE PRESENTATION AND WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND HAVE EACH COUNCIL
MEMBER HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK
THEIR QUESTIONS.
IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION THAT WILL GIVE US
A CHANCE TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BILL AS A
WHOLE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
KARINA, I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO
YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SHARE MY
SCREEN UNTIL I WAS THE ONE
MAKING THE PRESENTATION.
SO I WILL SHARE IT NOW.
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> HERE IT IS.
I WILL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF THE LEGISLATION
ITSELF.
AND THEN DIVE INTO SOME ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION AND I'LL TRY TO
KEEP THAT SUMMARY QUICK AS I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DO HAVE A
LOT OF QUESTIONS AND PERHAPS
WITH THE MORE DETAIL I WOULD
TYPICALLY SHARE IN A
PRESENTATION CAN WAIT UNTIL I'M
RESPONDING TO INDIVIDUAL
COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>>> SO TO BEGIN THIS
LEGISLATION, WOULD, AT ITS
HEART, REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO
REIMBURSE CONSTRUCTION
EMPLOYEES FOR THE COST OF
PARKING EXPENSES TO THE WORK IN
SEATTLE.
SO, WHAT THAT TRANSLATES INTO
IS THE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES
TO PARK AT OR NEAR CONSTRUCTION
SITES IN SEATTLE.
IT WOULD BE ENFORCED BY THE
OFFICE OF THE LABOR STANDARDS,
INCLUDING THE PERMANENT AND THE
TEMPORARY ORDINANCES, I BELIEVE
THIS WOULD MAKE IT THE 18th
LABOR STANDARD ENFORCED BY THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
THE DEFINITIONS FOR
CONSTRUCTION WORK AND
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE AND
EMPLOYER ARE HERE FOR YOU TO
TAKE A LOOK AT.
THE DEFINITION OF CONSTRUCTION
WORK IS QUITE BROAD
INTENTIONALLY.
IT WAS ADAPTED FROM EXISTING
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COATED.
AND YOU'LL SEE THERE THAT IT
INCLUDES ANY SITE PREPARATION.
SO IT IS QUITE BROAD.
AND THE FACT THAT IT'S LINES
WITH EXISTING CODE SEEMS LIKE
IT WOULD HELP FOR CONSISTENT
APPLICATION.
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE IS ANY
EMPLOYEE PERFORMING
CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT IS NOT
LIMITED TO THOSE COVERED BY
MINIMUM WAGE.
IT WOULD BE ANY EMPLOYEE
OVERTIME ELIGIBLE AND OVERTIME
EXEMPT.
THE DEFINITION FOR CONSTRUCTION
EMPLOYER USES A TERM EMPLOYER
PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN
CONSTRUCTION.
THAT IS TAKEN FROM THE CODE 23
PRIMARILY IS THERE
INTENTIONALLY.
I IMAGINE THAT IT IS SOMETHING
THAT IF THIS LEGISLATION IS
PASSED THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS WOULD CLARIFY IN RULE
MAKING IN ADDITION TO ALIGNING
WITH THE CODE 23 THIS FAMOUS
STANDARD WORD USED IN
CONSTRUCTION DEFINITIONS ACROSS
THE INDUSTRY, THIS, THE
INCLUSION OF PRIMARILY WOULD
PREVENT A COMMERCIAL EMPLOYER
WHO WAS HIRING AT A RESTAURANT,
HIRING FOR CONSTRUCTION TO
REPAIR A WATER LEAK FROM BEING
COVERED BY THERE LEGISLATION.
SO THAT SAID, IF THERE IS AN
INTENTION FOR BROADER
APPLICATION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES
A CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYER, THEN
PERHAPS THAT WORD WOULD BE
REVISED AND TAKEN AWAY.
>>> THEN EMPLOYERS COULD USE
THAT AMOUNT TO OFFSET THE
AMOUNT OWED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE IF AN EMPLOYEE
REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT OF $30
FOR ONE DAY AND PERHAPS THEY
WERE ALREADY EARNING $8 PER
HOUR OF WORK THAT DAY, AND AT
$1 AN HOUR, THEN THE EMPLOYER
COULD PAY $22 FOR REIMBURSEMENT
BECAUSE THEY HAD ALREADY PAID
PART OF THAT AMOUNT.
THERE IS AN EXCEPTION.
EMPLOYERS MAY OPT, MAY NOT BE
SUBJECT TO THE REIMBURSEMENT
REQUIREMENT IF THEY PROVIDE
FREE PARKING.
THE EXCEPTION WAS ADDED AT
COUNCIL MEMBER'S DIRECTION AND
THE SOURCE OF THIS IDEA COMES
FROM A COMMUNITY WORK FORCE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND SEATTLE BUILDING
CONSTRUCTIONS AND TRADES.
IT IS A BIT OLD, BUT IT IS FROM
2015 TO 2017 THAT REQUIRED
EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE PARKING
WITHIN A THREE BLOCK RADIUS,
AND IF THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION,
IF THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN
THE EMPLOYER WOULD PROVIDE
TRANSPORTATION FROM WHATEVER
DISTANCE THE FREE PARKING WAS
TO THE CONSTRUCTION JOB SITE.
>> I WILL ADD THAT THE
LEGISLATION REQUIRES EMPLOYERS
TO PAY FOR THE EMPLOYEES TIME
FROM THE FREE PARKING TO THE
CONSTRUCTION SITE IF THE
EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
THAT TRANSPORTATION.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN THE
LEGISLATION ARE CONSISTENT WITH
OTHER LABOR STANDARDS, AND
NOTICE OF RIGHTS, RECORD
KEEPING FOR THREE YEARS, AND
RETALIATION WOULD BE
PROHIBITED.
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS WOULD
INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OR THEY
COULD ALSO INITIATE DIRECTED
INVESTIGATIONS WITHOUT A
COMPLAINT BASED ON A TIP OR
BASED ON DATA THAT THEY HAVE
EVALUATED, INDICATING A
VIOLATION.
EMPLOYEES COULD ALSO FILE A
LAWSUIT.
AND IF THE EMPLOYEE PREVAILED,
THE COURT COULD AWARD ATTORNEY
FEES AND COSTS.
>> PERHAPS IT DRIVING TWO DAYS
A WEEK WHETHER THAN FIVE ARE
PERHAPS CARPOOL INCENTIVES
WHERE PERHAPS THE DRIVER OF THE
CARPAL COULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL
PAY THAN JUST THE REIMBURSEMENT
FOR MORE THAN ONE WORKER IN THE
VEHICLE.
NEXT, CONSIDERATION OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO PROCESS
THESE REIMBURSEMENTS. ONE MIGHT
IMAGINE THAT IF THERE ARE
SUDDENLY HUNDREDS OF EMPLOYERS
AT A WORKSITE SUBMITTING
INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS FOR
REIMBURSEMENT, THE EMPLOYER
COULD PAY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF MONEY TO PROCESS THOSE
REQUESTS AND MAYBE IT COULD BE
SPENT ON OTHER THINGS SUCH AS
TRANSIT SUBSIDIES.
THERE COULD BE CONSIDERATION
THAT THERE COULD BE AN
ESTABLISHMENT OF ONE RATE OF
REIMBURSEMENT ACROSS THE CITY
OR PERHAPS SPECIFIC RATES FOR
IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT MIGHT
STREAMLINE THE REVERSE BUT
PROCESS.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT COULD BE
FULLY OR PARTIALLY ADDRESSED BY
OLS RULES.
SOME OF THE ISSUES MENTIONED IN
THE MEMO DO NOT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED IN THE LEGISLATION
BUT GIVEN THEIR IS RIGHT NOW AT
30 DAY EFFECTIVE DATE, THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS WOULD
NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO
DEVELOP THE RULES BEFORE THE
LAW WENT INTO EFFECT. BEEN
THERE WOULD BE A SITUATION
WHERE THE LAW COULD BE IN
EFFECT FOR SIX MONTHS OR NINE
MONTHS OR LONGER WITHOUT
EMPLOYERS OR EMPLOYEES HAVING
SUFFICIENT GUIDANCE TO KNOW
WITH OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE AND
WHAT THE RIGHTS ARE.
THAT'S WHY MENTIONING SO MANY
OF THESE THINGS NOW IF CANCEL
HAS THE INTENT AND WE KNOW
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATION, THAT
IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
NEXT IS THE EMPLOYEE'S TRICE
PARKING.
THE LEGISLATION INFERS, BUT
DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY STATE
EMPLOYERS CANNOT RESTRICT THE
EMPLOYEE'S TERESA PARKING.
IS IT SELF-SERVE, VALET,
LOCATION, A CERTAIN DISTANCE TO
THE SITE, COST OF PARKING.
THE UNEQUIVOCAL STATEMENTS THAT
ALLOWS RESTRICTIONS WOULD
PROVIDE PRIORITY. THE OFFICE OF
LABOR AND STANDARDS COULD
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
THE COUNCIL HAS AN OPINION OR
DIRECTION THEY WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE SURE IS FOLLOWED BY
EMPLOYERS THAT THEN IT COULD BE
WISE TO INCLUDE IT IN THE
LEGISLATION.
NEXT IS THE EMPLOYER POSITION
FOR PRE-PARKING.
THAT IS RELATED TO THE EXCEPTION
TO THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENT
IF THE PARKING IS MORE THAN
THREE BLOCKS FROM THE
CONSTRUCTION SITE.
THE EMPLOYER MUST ALSO PROVIDE
FREE TRANSPORTATION.
THE DISTANCE OF THREE BLOCKS.
COULD BE QUANTIFIED IN THE
LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS TO
KNOW WHAT IS INTENDED, THE
OFFICE OF LABOR AND STANDARDS
COULD CLARIFY THOSE RULES.
MY RESEARCH SHOWS THERE ARE
ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT SIZES OF
BLOCKS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
DEPENDING ON WHERE THE BLOCK
IS.
AGAIN, TO STREAMLINE THE
REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS.
IDENTIFIED HERE THE PROPOSED
.21 MILES WHICH IS THE LENGTH
OF ANY GIVEN BLOCK IN THE CITY.
ALSO, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER,
THE DISTANCE FROM THE FREE
PARKING TO THE CONSTRUCTION
SITE COULD BE INCREASED TO ONE
HALF MILE TO ALIGN WITH THE
STANDARD WALK SHED TO TRANSIT
OPTIONS OFTEN USED BY PLANNERS.
UNDERSTAND THAT MIGHT BE TOO
LONG TO WALK FOR A WORKER THAT
IS CARRYING HEAVY TOOLS.
SOMETHING TO CONSIDERED.
THAT IS THE STANDARD AMOUNT OF
THIS IS PLANNERS USE WENT
THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS
REASONABLE FOR A PERSON TO WALK
FROM TRANSIT TO THE DESTINATION.
FOR EMPLOYER PAYMENT OF TRAVEL
TIME, THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT
SPECIFY WHETHER TRAVEL TIME
INCLUDES THE WAIT TIME FOR THE
FREE TRANSPORTATION FROM THE
FREE PARKING.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN
INTERPRET.
IT IS SOMETHING COUNSEL WAY
WANT TO INCLUDE WHETHER IT
INCLUDES WAIT TIME.
INCLUDING WAIT TIME, IF THE
TRANSPORTATION DOES NOT COME ON
A REGULAR BASIS, EMPLOYEES
MIGHT BE STANDING, WAITING FOR
A BUS FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF TIME.
THAT IS NOT PAID.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
ON THE FLIPSIDE, THE EMPLOYER
COULD ARRIVE AT THE BUS STOP A
HALF HOUR EARLIER AND BE PAID
FOR TIME STANDING THERE.
THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE.
SOMETHING I'M JUST REACHING FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
NEXT, PENALTIES AND FINES.
LEGISLATION WAS WRITTEN IN 2021
AND REFLECTS THE 2021 RATES OF
PENALTIES AND FINES.
IT WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN 2022.
THE USE OF PENALTIES AND FINES
HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO REFLECT
THE RATE OF 2022 INFLATION.
THAT IS SOMETHING OLS DOES AS A
STANDARD COURSE OF ACTION.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING
COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO
INCORPORATE INTO AN AMENDMENT
OR SUBSTITUTE BILL, THAT WOULD
RAISE THE PENALTIES AND FINES
NOT BY TOO MUCH.
I BELIEVE THEY WOULD FIND 556
DOLLARS INCREASE TO $575.
IT WOULD ALSO ALIGN WITH MANY
OF THE STANDARDS.
LOST, THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
RIGHT NOW THE LEGISLATION WOULD
PROVIDE THE OFFICE OF LABOR AND
STANDARDS WITH 30 DAYS TO
PREPARE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN, THERE A LOT
OF ISSUES TO CONSIDERED FOR
ROLE MAKING.
THERE'S ALSO THE STANDARD PARTS
OF IMPLEMENTATION CREATING AND
TRANSLATING MODEL NOTICES,
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, UPDATING
THE WEBSITE, INFORMING THE
CONTRACT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
OF LEGISLATION, PROVIDING
DIRECT OUTREACH TO EMPLOYERS.
THAT COULD HAPPEN AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE 30 DAYS AFTER
PASSING BY COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, TO HAVE CONSISTENT
APPLICATION AND FOR EMPLOYEES
AND EMPLOYEESTO HAVE
CONSISTENT UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS, WITH
REQUIRING SEEKING TO ACHIEVE,
COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER A
LATER EFFECTIVE DATE OF SIX
MONTHS, NINE MONTHS, OR A YEAR.
THERE IS NO OPTIMAL OR STANDARD
EFFECTIVE DATE.
IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, I WOULD
GUESS IT WOULD BE BETWEEN NINE
MONTHS AND A YEAR.
THE NEXT STEPS IF THIS IS VOTED
OUT OF COMMITTEE, IT COULD
POSSIBLY BE UP FOR COUNCIL VOTE
ON DECEMBER 13th.
IF NOT, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED
BY THE NEXT COMMITTEE WITH
LABOR STANDARDS BY NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS ALL FOR MY
PRESENTATION.
I WILL LEAVE UP MY SCREEN IN
CASE ARE QUESTIONS RELATED TO A
PARTICULAR SLIDE. I CAN ALSO
TAKE IT DOWN SO WE CAN FULLY
SEE EVERYONE'S FACE ON THE
SCREEN.
IT IS YOUR PREFERENCE, OF
COURSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KARINA.
I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW
EVERYBODY SCREEN BY CLICKING ON
VIEW AND THE TITLES THAT SHOWS
THE TIC-TAC-TOE SO YOU CAN SEE
EVERYONE'S SCREEN AT THE SAME
TIME.
WE WILL KEEP YOUR SLIDES UP IN
CASE COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO
TALK BACK AND FORTH.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
THE DRAFTING ON THE LEGISLATION
WITH SWAN'S OFFICE.
COMMUNITY, I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR THE PRESENTATION IN THE
MEMO.
AT MY REQUEST, I THINK THE MEMO
PROVIDES A HELPFUL
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS IN THE
CURRENT LEGISLATION AND
IDENTIFIES ISSUES AND AREAS FOR
POSSIBLE ENGAGEMENT WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS, ESPECIALLY AS
WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS
ACTIONABLE WITH THE OFFICE OF
LABOR AND STANDARDS.
THERE IS NOTHING INAPPROPRIATE.
THERE'S NOTHING AFFAIRS ABOUT
ASKING FOR A STAFF MEMO.
MANAGEMENT'S JOB OUTLINING THE
ISSUES INCLUDED IN THE
LEGISLATION SO WE CAN HAVE A
ROBUST DISCUSSION IS ALWAYS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. I
WANTED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT AND GABRIEL ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE OFFICE OF LABOR AND
STANDARDS.
VERY BRIEFLY, OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS YOU MENTION THE
IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE AND HOW
SOME OF THESE ITEMS COULD BE
WORKED OUT. THROUGH RULEMAKING,
AS WE HAVE DONE BEFORE, WHERE
MORE IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
HELPS TO REFINE THE FINAL
POLICY OF THE OFFICE. HAS
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS BEEN
ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE SPONSOR
OR CENTRAL STAFF AS TO THE
DRAFT OF THE LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF US WHAT IS THIS
SOMETHING THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO OPINE ON OR WEIGH IN ON OR
ARE THESE ITEMS, WAS THIS
DRAFTED WITH ANY INPUT FROM
WELL-OFF?
>> OLS INPUT HAPPENED AFTER THE
LEGISLATION WAS WRITTEN.
>> I WILL TURN IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS, ALSO, ALONG THE
STAKEHOLDER PIECE. JUST
INTERESTED TO KNOW, WHAT THE
ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN DONE WITH
EMPLOYERS OF CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS.
I KNOW THESE TYPES OF POLICY
ENGAGEMENTS CAN BE VERY, VERY
CHALLENGING.
HAS I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE
COUNCIL KNOWS, I HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON LEGISLATION THAT
CREATES MINIMUM PAYMENT
STANDARDS.
FOR APP-BASED FOOD DELIVERY
WORKERS.
THAT EFFORT HAS BEEN BENEFITED
BY THE PRESENCE PARTICIPATION OF
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT AND LEWIS.
MY OFFICE HAS HELD 20
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND LOST
FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS.
SO FAR, INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS
THAT INCLUDE BOTH THE WORKERS
AND THE APP-BASED EMPLOYERS.
AND WE HAVE JUST BEEN WORK
SHOPPING THE IDEAS AROUND
MINIMUM COMPENSATION.
NOT IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT
ALWAYS GUARANTEE 100%
ALIGNMENT, BUT IT DEFINITELY
ALLOWS US TO SAY WE ARE DOING
THAT ENGAGEMENT.
I'M JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW,
WHAT HAS HAPPENED AS FAR AS
WORK SHOPPING SOME OF THESE
IDEAS WITH EMPLOYERS, WHETHER
OR NOT THE FEMA BILL.
THE SPECIFIC QUESTION I HAVE
AROUND THE EXPECTATION THE
EMPLOYER WOULD PAY FOR TRAVEL
TIME FROM THE PARKING LOT. I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DRIVES FROM
THE -- SORT OF UNDERLYING LABOR
AGREEMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS
WITH CONTRACTORS ON OUR CITY
PROJECTS. BUT I DON'T REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE POLICY OBJECTIVE
IT SERVES.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
WHY WE WOULD COMPENSATE FOLKS
FOR THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, IF
SOMEBODY IS FOR INSTANCE TAKING
A BUS TO WORK, WE DON'T PAY
THEM FOR THE TIME IT TAKES TO
GET FROM THE BUS STOP TO THE
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF
WE WENT TO COMPENSATE SOMEBODY
FOR A WORK EXPENSE.
BUT, GETTING FROM THEIR VEHICLE
TO THE JOBSITE OR FROM THE BUS
STOP TO THE JOBSITE SEEMS TO GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT A WORK
EXPENSE SHOULD BE.
I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE
THINKING BEHIND THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THANK
YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
THE MAJORITY OF YOUR QUESTIONS
ARE BEST DIRECTED TOWARDS THE
SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER SWANT.
PAYING WORKERS FOR THEIR TRAVEL
TIME THE AGREEMENT WITH THAT
MORE THAN THREE BLOCK PARKING
SHUTTLE IS THAT THE PARKING
COULD BE QUITE FAR AWAY.
THE IDEA WAS THE PARKING THAT
THE EMPLOYER WAS PROVIDING,
THAT WOULD ENABLE THE WORKERS
TO BRING THEIR TOOLS, IF IT IS
SO FAR AWAY, THE EMPLOYER WOULD
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR
THE TIME TO TRAVEL FROM FARAWAY
PARKING TO THE WORKSITE.
1019 I BELIEVE YOUR BEST
POSITIONED THESE TWO QUESTIONS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR
THE INTENT BEHIND THE SHUTTLE
FLEXION AND THE STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONS NAYS
STARTED WITH?
>> YES.
I DO WANT TO RESPOND.
ALSO HAVE MY OWN POINTS AND
QUESTIONS.
>> I WILL PUT YOU IN THE QUEUE
AFTER THIS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS.
>> I CAN JUST WAIT AND IF YOU
HAVE MORE QUESTIONS I CAN SPEAK
AFTER THAT.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS,
COUNCILMEMBER, IF YOU WANT TO
GO AHEAD, YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH
YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
>> RATE. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK
YOU FOR WORKING WITH THE OFFICE
AND DRAFTING THE LEGISLATION.
SINCE WE HAVE DELAYED ACTING ON
THE BILL, I AGREE WITH THE
POINTS YOU BROUGHT UP UPDATING
IT TO 2022.
THAT OBVIOUSLY MAKES SENSE.
I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THE BILL
WILL GET VOTED ON TODAY OR NOT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 2022 ANYWAY.
I WANTED TO GET THAT OUT OF THE
WAY.
JAN TO STRUCK BY THE TIMING AND
CONCERNS WITH THE EMPLOYERS.
SMALL BUSINESS WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT. THE CONTRACT PLAYERS
HAVE A LOT OF POWER IN SEATTLE.
THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. AS
FAR AS WORK SHOPPING WITH THEM,
AS WAS SUGGESTED, WE KNOW WHERE
THEY STAND.
WE KNOW FROM THE COLLECTIVE-
BARGAINING RESULTS WERE THEY
STAND.
THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO PAY
PARKING IN MANY OF THE
CONTRACTING ASSOCIATIONS.
SOME OF THE WORKERS HAVE ACCESS
TO THE PROJECT AND LABOR
AGREEMENTS, BUT MANY DON'T.
IT IS CLEAR WHERE THEY STAND.
THEY AGREE ONLY WHEN FIRST. AND
THEY ARE NOT FORCED TO AGREE TO
IT, THEY WILL FORCE WORKERS TO
GO ON STRIKE TO FIGHT FOR PAID
PARKING.
TO BE CLEAR, THE IDF PAID
PARKING FOR CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS IS NOT AN IDEA I MADE
AT.
IT CLEARLY CAME FROM BEING ONE
OF THE MOST PROMINENT DEMANDS
IN THE CARPENTER STRIKE.
AFTER HAVING TALKED TO
LITERALLY I'M NOT EXAGGERATING,
HUNDREDS OF WORKERS AFTER MANY
DAYS. I COULD TELL IT WAS NOT
JUST THE DEMAND FROM THE
CARPENTER STRIKE. IT WAS A
DEMAND THAT WAS WIDESPREAD AMONG
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
THIS BILL REPRESENTS THE
INTEREST OF THOSE WORKERS.
AS FAR AS THE QUESTION ABOUT
PAYING FOR TIME. AGAIN, THOSE
ALSO, THAT ALSO HAS COME FROM --
IT HAS OBVIOUSLY COME FROM THE
OVERWHELMING FEEDBACK WE HAVE
GOTTEN MY OFFICE GOTTEN IN MY
STAFF AND I. WE SPENT MANY
HOURS AND DAYS WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DURING THE
STRIKE, FROM WHAT THEY HAVE
BEEN SAYING, FROM WHAT THEIR
WEIRS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN, AND ALSO FROM THE POINT
THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS
HAVE HIGH STANDARDS.
WE WANT TO HAVE HIGH STANDARDS
IN THIS KIND OF LEGISLATION AS
WELL.
JUST TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, THE
IRON WORKERS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
SOUTH TOWERS, THEY TRAVEL TO
THE CENTRAL PARKING LOT.
THEN THEY MIGHT INTO COMPANY
TROP AND FROM THAT POINT ON THE
ON THE CLOCK.
IT IS RELATED TO THE PREVAILING
IDEA OFHIGH STANDARDS TO THE
BENEFIT OF WORKERS.
AGAIN, THAT DID NOT JUST COME
RANDOMLY.
IT CAME FROM ALL OF THAT
BACKGROUND.
I'M ALSO A LITTLE OR I AM
TROUBLED HIM A NOT A LITTLE,
QUITE TROUBLED.
I UNDERSTAND THIS MEMO,
PREVAILING MEMOS IS A NORMAL
COURSE OF EVENTS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IS DEBATE HERE.
IT IS THE FACT THAT THE BULK OF
THE MEMO AND THE PRESENTATION,
HAS BEEN ABOUT ALL THE CONCERNS
. OF COURSE, WE SHOULD HAVE A
FULL DISCUSSION.
I'M NOT WORRIED.
WE HAVE RESPONSES.
WE DID NOT BRING THIS
LEGISLATION WILLY-NILLY.
IT CAME FROM A VERY THOROUGH
ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH
WORKERS.
I'M 100% CONFIDENT THIS IS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT
RESPONDING TO CONCERNS.
I AM TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT
ALMOST NO TIME HAS BEEN SPENT,
AND THE MEMO OR PRESENTATION,
ON HOW THE LEGISLATION WOULD
BENEFIT THE WORKERS.
THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF WHY
WE BROUGHT THE LEGISLATION
FORWARD.
HOW DOES IT BENEFIT WORKERS?
AND KARINA, YOU MENTIONED
RESEARCH.
SOME RESEARCH WE WOULD LIKE TO
DO. WE HAVE NOT REPORTED.
HOW MUCH HAVE CENTRAL STAFF
LOOKED INTO HOW MUCH MORE
SPENDING MONEY PUT GO INTO
WORKER'S POCKETS?
WORKERS ARE SAYING, THEY ARE
GETTING FLEECED.
THEY ARE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY
PAYING FOR PARKING.
EXACTLY WHAT THEY GET IS LESS
THAN WHAT THEY MAKE ON PAPER.
SO ONE QUESTION IS, DID WE DO
ANALYSIS OF THE BENEFITS TO
WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES?
WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON
UNDOCUMENTED CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS ARE FACING WAGE THEFT
AND OTHER PROBLEMS?
WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON WORKERS
ATTEMPTING TO PAY FOR HOUSING
IN SEATTLE? THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO
PAY FOR PARKING.
I DON'T CLAIM TABS THE TYPICAL
EVIDENCE.
YES.
WHAT I HAVE IS ANECDOTAL.
IT'S OVERWHELMING AT JOURNAL
EVIDENCE.
WORKERS WILL TELL YOU ANYWHERE
FROM $4000-$7000 PER YEAR.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE
SAVE OUR HARD-WORKING
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
THAT'S ONE POINT ABOUT
RESEARCH.
IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE THAT.
IT WILL MAKE AN OVERWHELMING
CASE FOR WHY THIS BILL IS
NECESSARY.
ALSO, AS FAR AS STAKEHOLDERS
ARE CONCERNED, IT'S UNFORTUNATE
YOU DIDN'T TALK TO MY OFFICE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER
INFORMATION.
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF WORKERS
THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT THE
PROBLEMS ARE.
TWO OTHER POINTS.
THESE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
IN MY VIEW.
ONE IS THE MEMO MAKES A POINT
ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
BUT, SPECIFICALLY ON THE
QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS
LEGISLATION WILL CAUSE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TO
INCENTIVIZE THEM TO DRIVE EVEN
IF THEY DO NOT NEED TO.
KARINA, HE SAID ONE MIGHT
IMAGINE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
TECHNICAL MEMO BASED ON DATA.
WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE TO SHOW
THAT?
I DON'T HAVE STATISTICAL
EVIDENCE EITHER.
BUT I DO HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF
ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE.
IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME, FOR
HAVING TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF
WORKERS, THAT IT IS STRUCTURAL
ISSUES THAT REQUIRE THEM TO
DRIVE, INCLUDING HAVING TO
TRANSPORT HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, AS THE
WORKERS REMINDED US IN PUBLIC
COMMENT.
ALL THE DATA INDICATE WHAT'S AT
STAKE IS NOT THAT THE
CONSTRUCTION WORK, THE WORKERS
ARE FORCED TO DRIVE, BECAUSE
THEY ARE.
THE QUESTION IS, WHO WILL PAY
FOR IT?
IN THE MEMO IT SAYS FOR
ESTABLISHING THE RIGHT TO PAY
PARKING FOR INCENTIVIZING MORE
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TO DRIVE
TO WORK INCLUDING THOSE THAT
DON'T NEED TO CARRY HEAVY TOOLS
OR TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES AND
WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE USE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION.".
THERE ARE STRUCTURAL REASONS
WHY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DRIVE.
THOSE ARE BEYOND WHETHER THEY
COVER CARRY HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
IN MY CONVERSATIONS, I HAVE NOT
MET ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO
SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE TO CARRY
TOOLS.
I AM SURE THERE ARE.
I DO NOT CLAIM TO BE AN EXPERT.
MY POINT IS THAT, THE NEED TO
CARRY TOOLS IS OVERWHELMINGLY
TRUE.
I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD BE LOOKING
NOT AT OUTLIERS BUT WHAT THE
NORMAL IS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE
OTHER STRUCTURAL REASONS.
THE REALITY IS, MANY
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FACE LUNG
COMMUNITIES FROM NEIGHBORING
CITIES BECAUSE THEY CANNOT
AFFORD TO LIVE IN SEATTLE PICK
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, IT'S
ALMOST NOT AN OPTION.
MOST OF THEM HAVE TO GET TO
WORK EARLY, BEFORE MOST OF US
ARE AWAKE.
THEY ARE AT THE JOBSITE.
THEY CANNOT FIND AVAILABLE
TRANSPORTATION ROUTES AT THAT
TIME.
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS
STRUCTURAL INFORMATION, I WILL
ADD ANOTHER POINT WHICH GOES TO
THE HEART OF WHAT IS MS. RAISED
IN THE MEMO.
MAYBE, MAYBE CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS WILL BE INCENTIVIZED TO
DRIVE.
THE OVERALL DATA, IN KING
COUNTY OVER THE LAST DECADE,
OVERWHELMINGLY SHOWS WORKING
PEOPLE ARE HIGHLY INFORMED
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND HAVE
BEEN PROACTIVE CHOOSING PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION EVEN WHEN IT
INCONVENIENCES THEM.
RIDERSHIP HAS GONE UP AND NOT
DOWN.
DURING THE SAME TIME FUNDING
FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HAS
FAILED TO KEEP UP WITH
POPULATION INCREASES IN THE
SKILL OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
SO I MEAN I'M NOT CONTRIBUTING
INDEED DENT WHATSOEVER.
I DON'T THINK FROM A DATA
STANDPOINT COME A IT IS
RESPONSIBLE TO RAISE QUESTIONS
WHEN THERE'S NO INDICATION IN
THE DATA TO SUGGEST THIS
HAPPENS.
AT THE VERY LEAST, THOSE
CLARIFICATIONS NEED TO BE MADE.
THE OTHER POINT I HAVE, WHICH
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IS,
THERE ARE ISSUES RAISED IN THE
MEMO.
THESE ARE PROBLEMATIC,
EXTREMELY AND PERHAPS EVEN MORE
THAN THE PARKING STUFF.
THE MEMO SAYS, QUOTE, THE
POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR SOME
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IS
JUXTAPOSED.
LEGISLATION WOULD PROVIDE A
BENEFIT FOR CATEGORY OF WORKERS
THAT COMPRISES 7% OF THE
SEATTLE AREA'S WORKFORCE THAT
EARNED AN AVERAGE OF $27.11 PER
HOUR WITH SPECIALTIES EARNING
MORE THAN $50 PER HOUR.
LOW-WAGE WORKERS IN OTHER
INDUSTRIES HAVE THE MINIMUM
WAGE PER HOUR.
WORKERS OF COLOR MAY NEED TO
DRIVE LONG DISTANCES TO WORK
DUE TO A LACK OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN SEATTLE. THAT IS
TRUE.
THERE ARE OTHER WORKERS WHO
WON'T IMMEDIATELY GET IT IF
THIS LEGISLATION PASSES.
JUST FOR STARTERS, IF THIS BILL
BECAME LAW, IT WOULD HELP UNION
AND NON-REPRESENTED
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
DENOTE NONUNION CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS ARE DISPROPORTIONALLY
FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
AND LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS.
MANY OF THE NONUNION WORKERS
AND WORKERS OF COLOR EXPERIENCE
WIDESPREAD WAGE GAP.
LET'S BE CLEAR, IT WOULD BENEFIT
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ACROSS THE
BOARD AND DISPROPORTIONALLY
BENEFIT WORKERS WHO ARE FACING
OTHER AREAS THE THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM WITH INCLUDING THIS IN
THE TECHNICAL MEMO, ESSENTIALLY
IT'S A RACE TO THE BOTTOM
ARGUMENT. IT IS A POLITICAL
POSITION.
IT'S A RACE TO THE BOTTOM TYPE
OF ARGUMENT BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY
IT SAYS THE REASON, POTENTIALLY
-- UNDER THE MEMO IS NOT TAKING
A POSITION SPECIFICALLY AND IT
HAS TO BE TAKEN BY ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
I AM JUST SAYING, BY RAISING
THAT POINT ESSENTIALLY IT IS
SAYING, POTENTIALLY TO NOT GIVE
PAID PARKING TO CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS IS THAT OTHER WORKERS
MAKE LOWER WAGES THAN THEM.
SO THE SOLUTION IS NOT TO DRAG
EVERYONE DOWN.
THE SOLUTION IS FOR WORKERS TO
WIN.
A RACE TO THE BOTTOM ARGUMENT
HAVE BEEN MADE AGAINST EVERY
SINGLE MOVEMENT TO MAKE AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE LIVING
STANDARDS OF ANY SECTION OF THE
WORKING CLASS IMPLYING THE GAME
TO SOME WORKERS COME AT THE
EXPENSE OF OTHER WORKERS.
THIS IS DIVIDING LANGUAGE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SWANT?
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT YOU
MENTION YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO
ASSIGN MOTIVES.
PLEASE REFRAIN FROM THIS.
>> I NOW.
I HAVE TO CALL OUT THE REALITY
OF IT THIS IS.
THE LABOR MOVEMENT SHOWS THE
GAINS WON BY ANY SECTION OF THE
WORKING CLASS RESULTS AND
BENEFITS AS A WHOLE.
IT IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION HAS
THE SUPPORT OF WORKERS BROADLY.
NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.
MANY WORKERS ARE SAYING, FIRST
OF ALL, OUT OF SOLIDARITY, I
WENT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TO
HAVE IT.
ON TOP OF THAT, WORKERS
UNDERSTAND IF CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS GET IT, IT WILL HELP
WORKERS AS A WHOLE.
NOT TO GET PAID PARKING
SPECIFICALLY, BUT THE
IMPROVEMENT IN LIVING STANDARDS
IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY, NO
MATTER WHICH SECTION OF WORKERS
GET IT.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND PARKING
IS PAID BY CONTRACTOR BOSSES
WHO MAKE MASSIVE PROFITS.
I WOULD REALLY URGE EVERYONE IS
GOING TO VOTE, TODAY OR LATER,
I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE
COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY TWO
WORKERS WATCHING THIS, I WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL
MEET AT SOME POINT.
I WOULD URGE COUNCILMEMBERS TO
LOOK AT THIS, NOT FROM THE
DIVIDED STANDPOINT BUT FROM
WHAT THE HISTORY SHOWS.
ACTUALLY ANY SECTION OF WORKERS
, HELPS ALL WORKERS.
FURTHERMORE, THE ONLY WAY TO
IMPROVE THE SITUATION WITH
CARBON EMISSIONS THROUGH
VEHICULAR OMISSION WHICH YOU
ARE RIGHT, VEHICULAR EMISSIONS
AND BUILDING ADMISSIONS ARE THE
TWO MAIN CULPRITS WE ADDRESS.
THE ONLY WAY TO ADDRESS IT IS
NOT TO NOT PROVIDE PAID PARKING
TWO WORKERS.
BECAUSE THEY WILL DRIVE FOR THE
LIKE IT OR NOT.
THE QUESTION IS, BECAUSE THEY
NEED TO DRIVE.
THE QUESTION IS WHO PAYS FOR IT.
THE ONLY WAY TO ADDRESS THE
VEHICULAR OMISSION IS TO FIGHT
TO EXPAND FUNDING FOR PUBLIC
TRANSIT AND EXPAND ROUTES,
DENSITY, AND FREQUENCY OF
ROUTES.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GOING TO MAKE COMMENTS AND
1014 IF YOU HAVE ANY LAST
QUESTIONS AND THEN I THINK
COUNCILMEMBERS WHAT PROVIDED A
GOOD SUMMARY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE. FOR ME
NUMBER ONE, AGAIN I APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO
THIS CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE TO
IDENTIFY VARIOUS ISSUES THAT
INTERSECT WITH LEGISLATION, NO
MATTER WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS
IN FRONT OF US.
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT ON HERE
YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN WORKER
POCKETS IS NOT GOING TO PARK IT
WILL GO TO IMPACT WORKERS OR
THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
I THINK THAT IS A FAIR THING TO
ASK FOR.
IT'S ALSO UP TO COUNCILMEMBERS
TO FLAG THE THINGS THEY SEE AS
THE BENEFITS OF THE LEGISLATION
IN FRONT OF US.
I APPRECIATE YOU HAVE DONE
THAT.
IS FAIR TO ASK ABOUT INCLUDING
ADDITIONAL ITEMS IN CENTRAL
STAFF MEMOS.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR TO
IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT ARE
POSSIBLY GOING TO HAVE
QUESTIONS WHEN IT RELATES TO
IMPLEMENTATION. AND THE ENTIRE
PURPOSE OF PASSING LEGISLATION
IS TO ENSURE THERE IS AN IMPACT.
IF THERE ARE ISSUES STANDING IN
THE WAY OF THAT, WE WENT THE
SLIDE EARLY.
FOR ME I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE THE
SPONSOR TO BE ABLE TO GO OVER
WITH COUNCIL AND HAVE SOME
POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS FOR
CONSIDERATION. WHEN THIS
LEGISLATION IS VOTED ON, I
THINK YOU HAVE RAISED A NUMBER
OF ITEMS HERE TODAY. AND ONE OF
THOSE COUNCILMEMBER SWANT YOU
HAVE AGREED WITH THE NEED TO
UPDATE THE 2022 ADJUSTMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR NOTING THE
IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING THAT IN
THE MEMO AND FROM THE SPONSOR.
THAT SOMETHING I THINK WOULD BE
TO REFLECT AS WELL.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, MY
INTEREST IN LOOKING AT
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ON-SITE
STORIES.
I TOO WAS AT THE STRIKE LINE
AND HAVE TALKED TO CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS ABOUT HOW A NUMBER OF
FOLKS DO HAVE TO CARRY TOOLS
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT
THAT FOR ON-SITE STORAGE AND
HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE ON-SITE
STORAGE IS SOMETHING EMPLOYERS
ARE OFFERING ENDED SECURE.
RECOGNIZING THE WORKERS
THEMSELVES ARE OFTEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTS OF
THOSE TOOLS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S
MORE ON-SITE STORAGE IF THERE
IS A CHANCE TO LEAVE TOOLS ON-
SITE.
ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, I'M
INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING IF
THERE IS ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES
THEIR METRIC OFFER A WIN-WIN.
GETTING TO WHEN THIS IS EASIER
TO APPLY AND IMPLEMENT. WE KNOW
THE WORKERS BENEFIT.
ON SOME OF THE PREFERENCES
AROUND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, I
THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE
HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE WE ARE
STREAMING, STREAMLINING THE
IMPLEMENTATION EFFORT HERE.
WHEN I LOOK AT RULEMAKING, THE
SHORT TIMELINE IDENTIFIED FOR
IMPLEMENTATION THAT IS
DEFAULTING TO US NEEDING TO PUT
MORE INFORMATION INTO THE
STATUTE.
PERHAPS THERE IS A BENEFIT OF
HAVING NOT BEING TOO
PRESCRIPTIVE AND HAVING SOME
ABOUT LEFT TO OLS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION IF THAT
SEPTEMBER DEADLINE HELPS TO
ALLOW FOR SOME RULEMAKING ON
SOME ITEMS.
YOU MAY WANT TO BE MORE
FLEXIBLE BASED ON WHAT
RULEMAKING COMES UP WITH.
I WOULD BE INTERESTING IN
HEARING MORE FROM STAKEHOLDERS
AND OLS ABOUT WHAT ITEMS WOULD
BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR
RULEMAKING.
IF THAT MAN'S A SEPTEMBER
DEADLINE, I'D BE INTERESTING IN
HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
IF IT MEANS KEEPING THE
DEADLINE AND BE MORE
PRESCRIPTIVE IN STATUTE, I BE
INTERESTED IN BOTH OPTIONS.
REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
MILEAGE TO WALK I APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT
EXPECTATION FOR .2 1R .5 OF A
DISTANCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
IN TERMS OF WALK ABILITY TO
CONSTRUCTION SITE.
ONE OF THE AREAS WE HAVE LOOKED
AT IN THE PAST HAS BEEN THE 10
MINUTE WALK THE FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS.
WE THINK THERE IS SOME WORK
POTENTIALLY THERE WE COULD PULL
IN FROM SOME OF THE BEST
PRACTICES FOR ACCESSING
TRANSIT.
WE TALK ABOUT A 10 MINUTE WALK
SAID OFTEN.
I WONDER IF THERE'S INTEREST IN
AND USING THE 10 MINUTE WALK
SAID RADIUS VERSUS SPECIFIC
BLOCKS?
IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL WORK THE
SPONSOR WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
SORT OF DEFINING ACCESSIBILITY
BY HOW FAR THE INDIVIDUAL HAS
TO WORK VERSUS THE LINK OF THE
BLOCK.
PERHAPS AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. IF
THE 10 MINUTE WALK SHED IS
SOMETHING THAT IS OF INTEREST,
I'D BE INTERESTED IN WORKING
WITH THE SPONSOR ON THAT AS WELL
. SINCE THAT IS A RELIABLE
ALTERNATIVE WE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING AT WHEN IT RELATES TO
TRANSIT SERVICES.
MAYBE IF THAT IS SEEN IS NOT
ACCESSIBLE ENOUGH, WE CAN
FURTHER REFINE THAT.
LASTLY, I AM INTERESTED IN THIS
QUESTION OF THE EQUITY
ANALYSIS.
I THINK THE POINT WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO BE WORKING ON,
MAKING SURE TRANSIT IS MORE
ACCESSIBLE.
TENDS IT OPTIONS ARE MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL WORKERS
ESPECIALLY LOW-WAGE WORKERS.
WE LOOK AT EQUITY IMPACTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT. WE TALKED ABOUT
HOW WE CAN INCREASE EXIT ACCESS
TO TRANSIT IN VARIOUS
INDUSTRIES WHO HAVE THE NEED TO
GET IN AND OUT OF THE WORKPLACE
AT ALTERNATIVE TIMES.
YOU KNOW, WORKING LATE OR
MORNING SHIFTS. THAT APPLIES TO
MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS A
INCLUDING CHILDCARE, RETAIL,
DOMESTIC WORKER AND RESTAURANT
INDUSTRY.
THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN ABOUT
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE ARE
INCREASING ACCESS TO TRANSIT AT
ALL TIMES, FOR ALL DIFFERENT
SECTORS.
I GET THERE IS A SPECIFIC NEXUS
HERE WITH THE WAIT CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS ARE CARRYING WHEN IT
RELATES TO TOOLS AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF THEM BEING THERE
ON TIME WITH TOOLS IN HAND.
IT GIVES ME A LOT OF INDICATION
THAT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO,
FOR NOT JUST PARKING ON-SITE,
BUT ALSO STORAGE ON-SITE.
LASTLY, I DID NOT KNOW WHERE
THE SPIT IN BOOK WHEN I WAS
TALKING TO SOME WORKERS ABOUT
THE PARKING DESIRE, DESIRED IN
THIS LEGISLATION, SOME OF THE
UNION MEMBERS I SPOKE TO WERE
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK
WITH DEVELOPERS WHO OFTEN
CREATE THE PARKING. AND THEN
THEY BUILT THE BUILDING AROUND
IT. IF THERE'S PARKING BEING
DEVELOPED, IS THERE A SAFE WAY
TO ENSURE ACCESS TO PARKING ON-
SITE FOR BUILDINGS BEING
CREATED?
AND/OR ADJACENT BUILDINGS THAT
HAVE RECENTLY BEEN BUILT, SO
MORE WORKERS CAN ACCESS THOSE
BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
CONSTRUCTED BY SIMILAR
DEVELOPERS WORKS AND THUS, MAKE
SURE THAT PARKING COME OF IT IS
BEING DEVELOPED ON-SITE OR NEAR
THE SITE, IS ACCESSED FIRST?
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES
I'D BE INTERESTED IN WORKING
WITH THE SPONSOR ON.
IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE NEED
ANOTHER MEETING ON THIS TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE
AMENDMENTS.
UNLESS I HEAR OTHERWISE FROM
FOLKS TODAY.
NOT HEARING OTHERWISE,
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT HAD BE
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE
ITEMS YOU ADDRESSED IN SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS I BROUGHT UP AS
WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I WAS JUST LOOKING TO FIND
OUT YOUR PROCESS PLANS.
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
GIVEN THE SHORT MONTH WE HAVE
FOR CANCEL RECESS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CANDLE.
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT I'M
THINKING IF AMENDMENTS ARE DUE
TO CENTRAL STAFF MONDAY, CLOSE
OF BUSINESS NEXT WEEK, MONDAY
THE 13th, I GIVE US ONE FULL
WEEK BEFORE THE HOLIDAY RECESS.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE THOSE
AMENDMENTS INTO CENTRAL STAFF
HANDS.
OBVIOUSLY THE WEEK WE COME BACK
AS WELL.
I WOULD SUGGEST, AMENDMENTS DUE
THE END OF THE DAY ON MONDAY
DECEMBER 13th.
ON NOT HEARING CONCERNS.
BUT WE WILL DO MONDAY, DECEMBER
13th, KARINA, I HOPE IF YOU
HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE
TIMELINE AS WELL, PLEASE DO
CHIME IN.
BECAUSE THIS ALL REVOLVES
AROUND YOUR ABILITY TO WORK
WITH COUNCILMEMBERS ON POSSIBLE
IDEAS.
>> THAT WORKS.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT WITH THAT,
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR THE
ROBUST DISCUSSION TODAY.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM QUOTE DISSEMBLE 13.
AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER SWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO RESPOND TO SOME OF
THE POINTS AND MAKE SOME I'M
SORRY WE ARE CLOSING
DISCUSSIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME
CLOSING STATEMENTS AS WELL. ON
THE ISSUE, YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW
THIS MEMO WAS BEING PREPARED SO
I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO
PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK BEFORE
YESTERDAY.
I ONLY HAD THE ABILITY TO LOOK
AT IT LAST NIGHT.
KARINA BROUGHT IT EARLIER.
I KNOW MY STAFF MEMBER, IT
STARTS WITH KARINA.
AS SOON AS HE WAS ABLE THIS
MORNING.
WE WILL CONTINUE THAT
CONVERSATION ABSOLUTELY.
SPECIFICALLY, KARINA, WE WOULD
WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON
THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS I RAISED
ABOUT HOW THE DIFFERENT WAYS
THE SPECTRUM OF BENEFITS, WAYS
IN WHICH THIS BILL WOULD BENEFIT
WORKERS.
IF WE CAN CAN INCLUDE SOME DATA
ON THAT.
AT THE VERY LEAST, I WOULD URGE
WORKERS, WHO HAVE TOLD US AND
AS I HAVE SAID, DOZENS OF THOSE,
SHOULD BE CONTACTED. SO THEY
WILL TELL YOU THEIR REAL LIFE
EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU INCLUDE SOME INFORMATION
ON THIS, THAT I THINK THAT
SHOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART
OF THE EQUATION.
ON THE POINT ABOUT LEAVING
THINGS TO RULEMAKING AND NOT
BEING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE.
I COMPLETELY AGREE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE BILL WE
HAVE DRAFTED IS THAT, I'M HAPPY
TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS.
THAT IS HOW WE DRAFTED THE
BILL.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
THE APPROACH WE HAVE USED AS
BEING BASED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE DON'T GIVE TOO MANY
UNNECESSARY DETAILS AND WE
LEAVE IT TO RULEMAKING.
IS NOT THAT WE ARE NOT WILLING
TO BE FLEXIBLE.
I THINK THAT IS THE APPROACH WE
HAVE USED.
BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO DISCUSS
WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND ALSO
YOUR OFFICE, COUNCILMEMBER
MSQUEDA, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
STREAMLINE OVER THERE.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE ON-SITE
PARKING OPTIONS.
THOSE THINGS ARE BUILT INTO THE
BILL.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR SOME OF THE
THINGS MENTIONED.
AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, THOSE
THINGS ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN
THE BILL.
BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND CHECK IF
THERE'S ANYTHING NOT INCLUDED
TO MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THAT
AS WELL IN THE BILL.
LASTLY, ON THE DISTANCE, THE
WALKING DISTANCE, THE 10 MINUTE
WALKING TIME. WE PROBABLY NEED
TO GO BACK ON THAT.
WE NEED TO TALK TO WORKERS AS
WELL.
WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS EASIER
TO COUNT THE BLOCKS RATHER THAN
PLANT ABSOLUTE DISTANCE IN FEET
. BUT AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO
DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
MY PREFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY, WOULD
BE THAT WE BUILD THIS BILL AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT ANY
SORT OF WATERING DOWN WITH
LOOPHOLES.
I'M OKAY IF COUNCILMEMBERS ARE
INCLINED TO SUPPORT THIS, AND
WE HAVE A DATE OF MONDAY FOR
AMENDMENT. I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING
WATERING DOWN AMENDMENTS.
LASTLY, THE POINT THE MEMO
RAISES ABOUT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE RAISED ABOUT
WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES WE
CAN DO TO PROVIDE THE SAME KIND
OF SUPPORT TO THE WORKERS
WITHOUT ACTUALLY PROVIDING PAID
PARKING?
I AM COMPLETELY OPEN TO
DISCUSSING ALL KINDS OF THINGS,
INCLUDING ON-SITE STORAGE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF
WORKERS HAD ON-SITE STORAGE.
BUT I'M NOT TO BE SUPPORTING IS
HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, IN
THE HYPOTHETICAL, NOT PUTTING
THE BILL FORWARD.
THIS IS A CONCRETE STEP FORWARD
FOR WORKERS.
IF COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE AN
ALTERNATIVE, TO NOT TO SAY IT
WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE ON-SITE
STORED OF THAT MANDATE
SOMETHING ALTERNATIVELY TO
ALLEVIATE THE STRESS ON
WORKERS, THEN WE SHOULD LOOK AT
THAT.
I ALSO WOULD SAY ON-SITE
STORAGE WILL NOT BE ENTIRELY IN
ANY WAY A SUBSTITUTE FOR PARKING
. WE KNOW THAT WORKERS ARE
DRIVING ALONG WITH CURING THEIR
TOOLS.
IT ALSO THEY COMMUTE LONG
DISTANCES.
>> LET ME GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> I'M SORRY.
I DID NOT MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT.
I'M 12 MINUTES OVERDUE . IF I
LEFT WE WOULD NOT HAVE WARM AND
THAT WOULD'VE ENDED THE
CONVERSATION.
I JUST WANTED TO RAISE MY HAND
AND SAY I HAVE TO LEAVE.
I'M SORRY.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
KARINA I SAW YOUR HAND THAT.
ARE WE OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY
THAT WHEN MYSELF AND OTHER
CENTRAL STAFFERS ARE DRAFTING
MEMOS, THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO
UNDERMINE LEGISLATION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR,
THE MEMO IS NOT IMPLYING THAT
THE PARKING REIMBURSEMENT
SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR
WORKERS, BUT RATHER TO CONSIDER
WAYS TO PREVENT OR ADDRESS
CONSEQUENCES IN PROVIDING PAID
PARKING.
FOR EXAMPLE TRANSIT SUBSIDIES
COULD POSSIBLY BE PROVIDED IN
ADDITION TO PARKING
REIMBURSEMENTS.
THE MEMO DID NOT SEEK TO
UNDERMINE, OR SAY THAT THE
PARKING REIMBURSEMENTS SHOULD
NOT HAPPEN OR WERE A BAD IDEA.
I FEEL THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
MENTION AS IT APPLIES TO ANY
CENTRAL STAFF.
LAST, I WAS NOT ABLE TO CHECK
WITH OLS ABOUT STAFFING NEEDS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE POLICY
STAFF IS AT A TIPPING POINT.
SO THAT MAKES RULEMAKING MORE
DIFFICULT TOO TOOK THANK YOU.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO RAISE.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO RAISE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING
UNFORTUNATELY.
I'M GLAD YOU DID SAY IT AGAIN
TODAY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
REITERATE THAT WE ALL RECEIVED
THE MEMO AT THE SAME TIME.
IT WAS APPRECIATED TOOK A LOT
OF WORK WENT INTO IT.
SPONSORS DON'T OFTEN GET TO
REVIEW CENTRAL STUFF MEMOS.
THESE ARE GENERATED FOR FACTUAL
PURPOSES.
IS NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY
WITH THIS MEMO IN FRONT OF US.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE
CONVERSATION THAT IS HAPPENED
TODAY.
COUNCILMEMBER SWANT, I THINK
THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT FOR
RESPONDING TO THE CONCERNS
TODAY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS YOU MAY BE
RINGING FORWARD ON MONDAY.
FOR CENTRAL STAFF, THIS IS YOUR
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
YOU HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE
ITEMS FROM TODAY'S DISCUSSION.
WE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT
YOUR OFFICE PUT FORWARD IN
TERMS OF AMENDMENTS.
WITH THAT, WE AT THE END OF
TODAY'S MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR MEETINGS
FOR THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE.
KARINA, YOU HAVE BENNETT MANY
OF THESE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR AS IT RELATES TO LABOR
STANDARDS.
LET ME THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
YOUR WORK AND FOR EVERYBODY
FROM CENTRAL STAFF WHO HAS BEEN
PROVIDING US WITH UPDATES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NOT ONLY ON FINANCE AND
HOUSING, BUT ALSO ON BUDGET.
IT IS MIDNIGHT HONOR TO SERVE
AS YOUR FINANCE AND HOUSING
CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, AND
COLLEAGUES THANK YOU FOR THE
LONG MEETINGS WE HAVE HAD THE
LOST TWO YEARS.
WITH THAT, IT WILL CONCLUDE MY
TENURE CURRENTLY IN THIS TERM.
I DO HOPE TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH ALL OF YOU IN 2022 ON
THESE ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO
HOUSING NEEDS AND A MORE SOUND
AND ROBUST BUDGET. I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION IN
2022.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE AND WE WILL ADJOURN
OFFICIALLY FOR 2022 TO BE TAKEN
UP BY THE NEXT COMMITTEE THAT
HAS THESE ITEMS IN FRONT OF
THEM.
THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, KARINA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BYE.