>>> THIS IS THE REGULARLY
SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE OF THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL . THE TIME IS TO:
06 P.M., I AM THE CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> FIVE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
OUR PRESENTERS WILL BE COMING
SHORTLY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL IMPORTANT
DISCUSSIONS, FIRST WE WILL
BRING A BRIEFING ON THE END OF
LEASE LOOPHOLE AND SEATTLE'S
JUST CAUSE AND PROTECTIONS AND
HOW IT WAS CLOSED.
WILL ALSO LOOK AT THE CURRENT
HOUSEBOAT 1236, WHICH
INTRODUCES A JUST CAUSE
STATEWIDE.
THIS MEANS ANY TENANT IN AN
APARTMENT WOULD NOT BE COVERED
BY JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS, ALSO
TROUBLING IS A LOOPHOLE THAT
ALLOWS EVICTIONS FOR AN
UNDEFINED ECONOMIC REASON.
THE INTENTION FOR THIS BRIEFING
IS TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITH
BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO
BENEFIT FUTURE MEETINGS WHICH I
PLAN TO ORGANIZE TO DISCUSS
WITH RENTERS, AND COMMITTEE
ORGANIZERS.
YESTERDAY AT THE BRIEFING OF
CITY COUNCIL, AS CHAIR OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE IS OMITTED TO
CLOSING THE END OF LEASE
LOOPHOLE THIS YEAR, THIS IS
SOMETHING MY OFFICE HAS SPENT A
LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST
YEARS, INCLUDING WITH WARMER
COUNCILMEMBER.
UNLIKE THE CURRENT HOUSEBOAT,
THE LEGISLATION MY OFFICE WANTS
TO BRING FORWARD WILL CONTAIN
NO LOOPHOLE, NO EXCEPTIONS.
EVERY TENANT SHOULD BE COVERED
BY JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS.
WE WILL NEED A RENTERS RIGHTS
MOVEMENT THAT WILL HAVE TO
FIGHT AGAINST BIG CORPORATE
LANDLORDS.
WITHOUT THAT STRATEGY, WE WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO WIN WHAT WE WANT
TO WIN AND WE WILL END UP
GETTING WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
STATE HOSPITAL.
I HAVE ASKED THE CENTRAL STAFF,
ALONG WITH MY OFFICE, DRAFT
LEGISLATION TO EXTEND JUST
CAUSE PROTECTIONS TO ALL
RENTERS, WHETHER MONTH-TO-MONTH
AGREEMENTS OR TERM LEASES.
AND WHETHER THE LEASE IS AN
INITIAL ONE OR RENEWAL.
THE FEDERAL WAY LONG, AND ACTED
BY OTHER INITIATIVES, SERVES AS
A TEMPLATE.
I WELCOME ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
WHO WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT FOR
JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS AND
REMOVING ALL LOOPHOLES,
ESPECIALLY WANTED TO RECOMMEND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES , AND HAS
EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
COLLABORATING WITH OUR OFFICE
AND COMMITTEE.
I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD SOON
ON THAT ALONGSIDE OTHER
RENTERS' RIGHTS.
I URGE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO
READ THE PRESS RELEASE I SENT
THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH TALKED
ABOUT THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL
COMING UP AND JUST CAUSE, BUT
OTHER RENTERS' WRITES THAT WE
NEED TO PASS IN OUR PATH
TOWARDS HAVING A REAL TENETS'
BILL OF RIGHTS.
NEXT, THE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR
FROM THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
ABOUT THE GREENHOUSE GAS
INVENTORY AND THEIR WORK
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE THIS
YEAR.
WE WILL MEET WITH AND VOTE TO
CONFIRM THE FIRST GROUP OF
APPOINTEES TO SEATTLE'S GREENE
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THERE ARE FOUR APPOINTMENTS
ALREADY FOR A VOTE TODAY WHO
ARE LONG-TERM CLIENT ORGANIZERS
WHO HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES TO
BE REAL ADVOCATES ORGANIZING
FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL, MATT
REMLE AND RACHEL HEATON ,
MAZASKA TALKS.
WE WILL DISCUSS PEOPLE WE LOOK
FORWARD TO APPOINTING IN THE
FUTURE.
FINALLY, WE HOPE THAT ALL THE
APPOINTEES AND FUTURE
APPOINTEES FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD WILL STICK
AROUND FOR A FINAL AGENDA ITEM
TO DISCUSS ORGANIZING FOR A
GREEN NEW DEAL IN SEATTLE, WHAT
WE NEED TO DO TO ELECTRIFIED
THE INFRASTRUCTURE, TO STOP
BURNING FOSSIL FUELS FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDINGS.
ON THE WAY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE IS TO DO A MASSIVE
INVESTMENT IN BUILDING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR SOCIETY
TO ELECTRIFY HEAT, SHIPPING,
MANUFACTURING, AND
TRANSPORTATION, AND GENERATE
THAT ELECTRICITY WITH WIND,
SOLAR, AND OTHER CLIMATE
NEUTRAL ENERGY SOURCES.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MY OP-
ED YESTERDAY WHERE I NOTED THE
RECENT GAS-FIRED IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT IN DISTRICT 3, A NEAR
DISASTER, TO BE HONEST,
COURAGEOUS INTERVENTION BY
UNION FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
WORKERS, BECAUSE THAT IS
DANGEROUS WORK, THIS WAS A
WARNING SIGN THAT WE NEED TO
GET OFF GAS.
IN RESEARCHING FOR THIS OP-ED,
MY OFFICE LEARNED TWO THIRDS OF
THE ENERGY IS FROM GAS AND
COAL.
THIS IS JUST LEARNING.
THIS FOR PROFIT COMPANY IS
MAKING LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS IN PROFITS FOR THEIR
EXECUTIVES AND MAJOR
SHAREHOLDERS WHILE DESTROYING
OUR PLANET AND, OF COURSE,
PUTTING THE LIVES OF THEIR
WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITY IN
PERIL.
IN CONTRAST, PUBLICLY OWNED
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT GENERATES A
90% OF ENERGY, AND THIS IS ALL
PRECISELY WHY OUR MOVEMENT
FOUGHT LAST YEAR TO TAX THE
LARGEST BUSINESSES TO, IN PART,
FUNDED GREEN NEW DEAL PROJECTS
TO GET US AWAY FROM PLANET
DESTROYING ENERGY SYSTEMS, THE
INITIAL INVESTMENTS WILL BEGIN
NEXT YEAR, FUNDING, BUILDING
RETROFITS, BUT THIS HAS TO BE
JUST A START.
WE KNOW MUCH MORE IS NEEDED.
WE KNOW WE NEED TO EVEN
INCREASE THE BIG BUSINES TAXES
AND FRANKLY, THE BUSINESSES
THAT WILL BE TAXED ARE, MANY OF
THOSE HAVE PROFITED, EVEN
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
WE NEED TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO
HAVE A MUCH LARGER INVESTMENT IN
CLEAN ENERGY, WHICH WILL ALSO
BE A PUBLIC UNION JOBS PROGRAM
THAT WILL BE NECESSARY AS PART
OF THE RECOVERY FROM THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE PANDEMIC.
THIS YEAR, WE WILL ALSO NEED TO
MEET THE STRUGGLE TO MAKE SURE
THE PLANT INVESTMENTS FROM THE
AMAZON TAX AND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ACTUALLY HAPPENED, AND ARE
NOT, THEY DON'T END UP GETTING
RATED TO COVER BUT THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT'S
FAILURE TO TAX BIG PRESIDENTS,
IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TO
PREVENT AUSTERITY, WE WANT THE
BUDGET TO BE FULLY FUNDED FOR
OUR NEEDS, ALL THE WAY FROM
PARKS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
AND WE NEED FUNDING TO MAKE THE
GREEN NEW DEAL ADVANCEMENTS
POSSIBLE.
BEFORE WE BEGIN, ALL THOSE
ITEMS, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE READ THE NAMES OF EACH
PERSON WHO SIGNED UP AND ALSO
LET US KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
SIGNED UP, EACH PERSON WILL
HAVE TWO MINUTES.
>> THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AN GERALD FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW
WILDER.
>> YOU NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX
TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> NG GERALD, YOU SHOULD BE
ABLE TO SPEAK NOW.
YOU WILL NEED TO HIT STAR SIX.
>> SHOULD WE GO TO MATTHEW
WILDER?
>> HELLO?
>> GO AHEAD, IS THAT MATTHEW?
>> THANKS.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW, I AM A
RENTER IN DISTRICT 3. THESE
LOOPHOLES EXISTED A DECADE, PER
THE ORIGINAL LAW PASSED IN THE
80s.
IT IS IN THE HANDS OF CORPORATE
LANDLORDS DEMANDING THESE
LOOPHOLES.
THESE LOOPHOLES MEAN TENANTS
CAN BE EVICTED WITHOUT THE
LANDLORD BEING REQUIRED LEGALLY
TO GIVE CLEAR REASON FOR WHY
THEY WANT TO EVICT THEM.
SO, I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE
AND THE RENTERS' RIGHTS MOVEMENT
, MANY LABOR UNIONS, FOR
FIGHTING TO CLOSE THESE
LOOPHOLES AND JUST CAUSE
PROTECTIONS.
ACTUALLY ENDED UP WITH A
LOOPHOLES, IN SOME WAYS, IT
JUST MADE THE MOORE'S.
CORPORATE LANDLORDS, AS WE ALL
KNOW, ARE THE LANDLORDS WHO DO
MOST EVICTIONS, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEAD
RENTERS' RATES VICTORIES. THAT
IS THE ONLY REASON WE WILL BE
ABLE TO WIN A CRUCIAL VICTORY
SINCE 2014.
WE ARE UP AGAINST CORPORATE
LANDLORDS, DEMOCRATS SAY THEY
SUPPORT RENTERS' RIGHTS. WE SAW
THIS LAST WEEK, ON MONDAY. I
WAS ON THERE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT, THERE WAS A LARGE
GROUP OF PEOPLE AGAINST THE
LOOPHOLES.
THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE I
WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO GET ON.
AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, WE WILL
BE HURT BAD.
WE NEED TO PREVENT THE MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE WHO NEED
ACCESS, HAVING TO SIGN A PAPER
WILL BE A BARRIER, THEY MIGHT
NOT BE ABLE TO REMEMBER EXACTLY
WHAT THEIR INCOME IS.
THE WHOLE EVICTION CASE GOING
THROUGH COURT --
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW, DO WE
HAVE ANGIE NOW?
>> HI, MY NAME IS ANGIE AND I'M
A SMALL HOUSING PROVIDER IN THE
BALLARD AREA.
I AM CALLING ABOUT THE CITY
COUNCIL CONTINUED TO NOT
INCLUDE A SMALL LANDLORDS IN
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION REFERS TO
FIXED TERM LEASES AS A
LOOPHOLE, A PEJORATIVE AND
MISLEADING APPROACH.
AT LAX RECOGNITION OF THE
OWNERSHIP OF LOCAL PROPERTIES.
FIXED TERM CONTRACTS ARE A FAIR
AND TRANSPARENT WITH ATTENDANCE
AND HOUSING PROVIDERS TO MANAGE
THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
AND FOR SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS
TO MANAGE THE RISKS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OVER THE
YEARS.
THIS COMMITTEE IS CALLED
RENTERS' RIGHTS AND THE
COMMISSION THAT SEES
LEGISLATIVE FEEDBACK IS ALSO
CALLED RENTERS' RIGHTS.
IN A SLIDE POSTED TODAY, IT IS
NOTABLE THAT LOCAL LANDLORDS
ARE NOT INCLUDED.
NO ONE IS CONDUCTING OUTREACH
OR ANALYSIS USING THE DATABASE,
OR INVITING US TO SPEAK TO
COUNSEL.
SEATTLE'S A SMALL HOUSING
PROVIDERS DON'T GET EMAIL
REMINDERS WITH PREPARED
SPEAKING POINTS AT HALF HOUR
TRAINING CLOSE TO PAIR
TESTIMONY PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
OUR CITY WILL HAVE FEWER OF US
AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING.
SEATTLE IS CHANGING AND MAKING
IT CLEAR RISK, COMPLEXITY,
COST, AND STRESS ARE
UNCONTROLLABLE FACTORS FOR
SMALL ORDERS.
MANY OF OUR LAWS ARE BROADLY
IMPACTING MOM AND POPS.
PEOPLE ARE SELLING RENTAL UNITS
AND REMOVING THEM FROM THE
MARKET.
THE POLICIES ARE CREATING
ADVANTAGES FOR DEEP POCKET IT
CORPORATE INVESTORS AND ARE
INCREASINGLY PROHIBITIVE FOR
SMALLER ONES.
THE DISCUSSION IS NOT ABOUT
LOOPHOLES, IT IS ABOUT PUBLIC
CONTROL OF PRIVATE PROPERTY,
AND DISCOURAGING COMMUNITY
MEMBERS OPERATING AFFORDABLE,
LONG-TERM RENTALS IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANYBODY
ELSE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
>> THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE ON
PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO
SPOKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
BECAUSE THERE IS NOBODY ELSE
SIGNED UP, I WILL CLOSE THE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND GO ON TO OUR
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH
IS A BRIEFING ON JUST CAUSE
EVICTION PROTECTIONS FROM MY
COUNSEL OFFICE, THIS ITEM IS
SCHEDULED TO BE A RELATIVELY
SHORT ITEM, WE WANTED TO GET AN
OVERVIEW IN PREPARATION FOR
DISCUSSIONS AND SUBSEQUENT
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
TED, IF YOU WANT TO LINE UP THE
PRESENTATION WHILE I AM
SPEAKING.
AS I SAID EARLIER, MY OFFICE IS
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO CLOSING
THE LOOPHOLES IN SEATTLE
PREFACED JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS
THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE THAT ON THE WORK
PROGRAM AT THIS COMMITTEE THIS
YEAR, AND WE ARE HOPING TO
BRING A COMMUNITY PANEL TO
ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION, AND
WE ALWAYS WELCOME SMALL
LANDLORDS WHO WANT TO STAND
WITH RENTERS AGAINST UNFAIR
EVICTIONS AND FOR RENTERS'
RIGHTS AS A WHOLE, TO ALSO
CONTACT US, IN FACT, THERE IS
ACTUALLY SEVERAL SMALL
LANDLORDS WHO HAVE SIGNED OUR
PETITIONS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT
TO COUNSEL, WHICH WAS AN
ADDITION ORGANIZED IN THE
GRASSROOTS BY REAL CHANGE
SEATTLE AND A SOCIALIST
ALTERNATIVE, PERHAPS OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS, I BELIEVE CLOSE
TO 200 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THAT
PETITION, SO, IT IS AN EXAMPLE,
ALSO IN THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM, OFFICIALS
ORGANIZED, THERE WERE SEVERAL
MALL LANDLORDS WHO SIGNED U
SAYING I DON'T EVICT MY
TENANTS, I HAVE NEVER EVICTED
TENANTS AND THAT I AM OPPOSED
TO CORPORATE LANDLORDS EVICTING
TENANTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT
THE RENTERS' RIGHTS LAWS OF THAT
MY OFFICE HAS WORKED ON, THAT
RENTERS' RIGHTS MOVEMENTS HAVE
ADVOCATED FOR, HAVE NOT
AFFECTED SMALL LANDLORDS
ADVERSELY, IT IS PRECISELY
MEANT TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT
CORPORATE LANDLORDS, BIG REAL
ESTATE HOLDERS, WHO ARE THE
MOST EVICTING LANDLORDS.
TO BE CLOSED, PLEASE START BY
INTRODUCING YOURSELF ON THE
RECORD, THEN GET STARTED WITH
THE PRESENTATION.
>> TED VIRDONE, OFFICE OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THIS IS A
PRESENTATION ABOUT THE JUST
CAUSE EVICTION PROTECTIONS, AND
CLOSING THE END OF LEASE
LOOPHOLES AND OTHER LOOPHOLES
THAT DO EXIST IN THOSE
PROTECTIONS.
IN SEATTLE, THERE IS SOMETHING
CALLED THE JUST CAUSE EVICTION
ORDINANCE, AND THAT BANS
EVICTIONS, UNLESS THE REASON
FOR THE EVICTION IS ON A
SPECIFIED LIST OF WHAT IS
CALLED JUST CAUSES.
IF SOMEBODY DOES NOT PAY THEIR
RENT, THERE IS A PROCESS FOR,
THAT COULD BE A JUST CAUSE FOR
EVICTION, THERE IS ALSO THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO GET
CAUGHT UP ON RENT ACCORDING TO
THE JUST CAUSE EVICTION
ORDINANCE.
AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE REASONS ON
THAT LIST.
IN WASHINGTON STATE, OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE, IN MOST PARTS OF
WASHINGTON STATE, THERE IS NO
PROTECTION LIKE THAT
WHATSOEVER.
IN MOST PARTS OF WASHINGTON
STATE, RENTERS CAN BE EVICT IT
WITH 20 DAYS NOTICE AND WHAT IS
CALLED A NO CAUSE EVICTION, IN
WHICH THE LANDLORD DOES NOT
EVEN NEED TO GIVE, DOES NOT
EVEN NEED TO SAY REASON, THEY
DO NOT NEED TO MAKE ANYTHING
UP, THEY CAN JUST SAY, YOU ARE
YOU EVICTED AND THAT IS IT.
THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE
JUST CAUSE EVICTION PROTECTIONS
LIKE SEATTLE, LIKE FEDERAL WAY,
WHICH I WILL MENTION IN A
MOMENT.
THERE IS A GOING TO THE STATE
úLEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW, HOW
SPELL 1236, WHICH COULD CREATE
SOME JUST CAUSE EVICTION
PROTECTIONS STATEWIDE, THOUGH
IT NOW ALSO HAS LOOPHOLES WHICH
WE WILL TALK ABOUT SHORTLY.
IN 2019, RENTERS IN FEDERAL WAY
PAST A BALLOT INITIATIVE
THROUGH A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT,
THIS WAS ORGANIZED BY
WASHINGTON LABOR UNIONS, OTHER
RENTAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS THAT
GOT THEIR SIGNATURES TO PUT
THIS INITIATIVE ON THE BALLOT,
KNOCKED ON DOORS AND GOT IT
PAST.
IT CREATED THE STRONGEST
EVICTION JUST CAUSE EVICTION
PROTECTIONS THAT EXIST IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT
BILL AS A MODEL OF WHAT COULD
BE POSSIBLE.
SO, THIS PRESENTATION
SPECIFICALLY IS ABOUT THE END
OF LEASE LOOPHOLE, WHICH EXISTS
IN SEATTLE, IT IS BASED ON
LEGAL COMPLICATIONS THAT ARISE
FROM STATE LAW, IT IS NOT
SPECIFIC TO SEATTLE'S LOCK.
IN SEATTLE, THE JUST CAUSE
PROTECTIONS DO NOT STOP
LANDLORDS FROM REFUSING TO
RENEW A RENTER'S LEASE.
THEY PREVENT LANDLORDS FROM
EVICTING PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE LEASE, FOR PEOPLE ON
MONTH TO MONTH LEASES WITHOUT
ANY GOOD CAUSE, BUT THEY DON'T
PROTECT PEOPLE AT THE END OF
THE LEASE FROM JUST HAVING
THEIR LEASE NOT RENEWED FOR NO
REASON WHATSOEVER.
THIS COMMITTEE, THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE, IT DOES HAVE
LOOPHOLE THIS YEAR IN 2021, I
AM SURE COUNCILMEMBERS CAN
SPEAK TO THAT.
FEDERAL WAY HAD A CREATIVE WAY
OF ADDRESSING THAT END OF LEASE
LOOPHOLE.
THE STABLE HOMES INITIATIVE
PROTECTS RENTERS FROM NO CAUSE
EVICTIONS, IT ALSO CLOSES THAT
LOOPHOLE BY SAYING THAT, QUOTE,
BETWEEN 60 AND 90 DAYS PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXISTING
RENTAL TERM, THE LANDLORD MUST
OFFER A TENANT THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ENTER INTO A NEW RENTAL
AGREEMENT OR EXTEND THE
EXISTING RENTAL AGREEMENT.
ESSENTIALLY, YOU NEVER GET TO
THAT END OF LEASE SITUATION,
BECAUSE WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE,
BECAUSE OF THIS PORTION OF THE
STABLE HOMES INITIATIVE, WHICH
IS A REALLY GOOD APPROACH TO
CLOSING THAT LOOPHOLE. THE
CORPORATE LANDLORDS LOBBY DID
DO BASICALLY EVERYTHING THEY
COULD DO TO STOP THIS
INITIATIVE FROM BEING ENACTED,
NOT ONLY DID THE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST THE PASSAGE, THEY SUED
TO ATTEMPT TO KEEP IT OFF THE
BALLOT, FAILED TO DO THAT, AND
ONCE IT WAS PASSED BY VOTERS,
THEY SUED TO TRY AND PREVENT IT
FROM GOING INTO EFFECT, THAT
LAWSUIT WAS LAUNCHED IN
DECEMBER OF 2019 AND IS STILL
GOING ON.
THE TRIAL DATE IS CURRENTLY SET
FOR JULY 12th OF THIS YEAR.
THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE RESOLVED
IN FAVOR OF THE RENTERS SHORTLY.
WASHINGTON STATE HOW SPELL
1236, SO, THIS CREATES SOME
JUST CAUSE EVICTION PROTECTIONS
STATEWIDE.
WE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND, THE
STATUS QUO THIS IS GOING, THIS
IS COMING FROM, IS THE STATEWIDE
RENTAL LAWS ARE SO STACKED
AGAINST TENANTS THAT RIGHT NOW,
A RENTER WHO HAS DONE NOTHING
WRONG CAN BE EVICTED WITH ONLY
20 DAYS NOTICE.
IN MANY WAYS, THIS STATEWIDE
BILL, IT DOES SPEAK TO THE END
OF LEASE LOOPHOLE, IT DOES SAY
THAT, AT THE END OF SOME
LEASES, THEY NEED TO BE RENEWED
OR THEY BECOME MONTH TO MONTH,
EXCEPT IT ALLOWS LANDLORDS TO
EVICT WITHOUT CAUSE AFTER THE
INITIAL LEASE, AS RENTS HAVE
GONE UP SO RAPIDLY, MANY
RENTERS ARE ON THEIR FIRST
LEASE, AND THIS LOOPHOLE IS NOT
CLOSED FOR THE FIRST LEASE.
IN ITS CURRENT FORM.
IT WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE, IT
IS NOW IN THE SENATE. THERE ARE
OTHER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 1236
AND SEATTLE'S JUST CAUSE, THAT
WOULD BE WORTH THE COMMITTEE
UNDERSTANDING WHAT 1236 HAS, IN
MANY WAYS, A LONGER LIST OF
REASONS WHY, THAT ARE, THAT
LANDLORDS ARE ALLOWED TO USE
EVICT PEOPLE, INCLUDING SOME
REASONS THAT ARE QUITE LOOSELY
DEFINED, FOR EXAMPLE,
ILLEGITIMATE ECONOMIC BUSINESS
REASON IS A REASON WHY
EVICTIONS WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER
HOUSE BILL 1236, AND THERE IS
NOT ANY DEFINITION OF WHAT
COUNTS AS A LEGITIMATE ECONOMIC
OR BUSINESS REASON.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT
WERE PUT INTO 1236 AS
AMENDMENTS IN THE HOUSE AS IT
WAS BEING VOTED ON, FOR
EXAMPLE, IF A TENANT HAS BEEN
REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX
OFFENDER, THEY CAN BE EVICTED
FOR THAT REASON, AND THERE ARE
OTHER DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
SEATTLE'S EVICTION, THERE ARE
úOTHER DEFENSES AGAINST
INFECTION THAT EXIST IN SEATTLE
THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED BY
HOSPITAL 1236, LIKE THE BAN ON
WINTER EVICTIONS, THAT THE
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT WON AND WE
PUT FORWARD AT THE BEGINNING OF
2020.
AND THAT PAST, THAT RAN ON
WINTER EVICTIONS, IT IS NOT
COVERED BY 1236, AND THERE IS,
IN SEATTLE, THERE IS A DEFENSE
AGAINST EVICTIONS FOR THE FIRST
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM ENDS, IF YOU ARE
BEING EVICTED FOR COVID-19
RELATED ECONOMIC HARDSHIP.
THAT IS AN ISSUE, THERE ARE
OTHER BILLS THAT ARE DISCUSSING
THAT ISSUE, BUT IT IS NOT
COVERED BY THIS BILL.
>> BEFORE YOU GO ON, I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS A
POINT.
>> I WAS TRYING TO, I APOLOGIZE
FOR NOT USING THE HAND THING, I
WAS RAISING MY HAND IT YOU
DIDN'T SEE ME.
JUST SO I AM CLEAR ON THAT
FIRST SLIDE, WHEN YOU WERE
GOING BACK TO THE JUST CAUSE
EVICTION, AND OF LEASE LOOPHOLES
, SO, YES, SO, BASICALLY WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU WANT
TO GIVE THE RENTER A RIGHT TO,
IF YOU WILL, A ROLLOVER RENTAL
OPTION.
A MONTH TO MONTH.
>> YEAH, IF THEY HAVE BEEN,
YEAH, EITHER ROLLING OVER INTO
MONTH TO MONTH OR HAVING A
RENEWED LEASE, MAYBE IT BECOMES
ANOTHER 12 MONTH TERM, OR
HOWEVER, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
>> OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO GET
THE LANGUAGE CORRECT, OKAY,
THAT IS WHAT I WAS CLARIFYING,
VICKI.
>> ACTUALLY, JUST ON THAT
QUESTION, THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE
POINTING OUT, IN FEDERAL WAY,
THAT IS THE WAY THEY WROTE THE
LANGUAGE, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS WHAT I THOUGHT.
I WASN'T SURE I KNEW THE
ANSWER.
>> TED, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT?
>> YEAH.
HERE, IT SAYS THE LANDLORD MUST
OFFER THE TENANT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER INTO A NEW
RENTAL AGREEMENT OR EXTEND THE
EXISTING.
>> THERE IT IS.
OKAY.
IT IS BASICALLY A RIGHT TO A
ROLLOVER OPTION, YOU CAN'T JUST
SAY YOU HAVE TO GO BECAUSE YOUR
LEASE IS UP, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE
THEM, YOU CAN'T JUST THEM, BY
RIGHT, I KIND OF ASSUMED THIS
RIGHT OF TENANCY AND UNLESS YOU
HAVE A GOOD REASON AND I WANT
TO EXTEND IT EITHER MONTH TO
MONTH OR A LEASE, I SHOULD BE
ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> RATE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> IF YOU ARE A RENTER IN GOOD
STANDING, IF THE LANDLORD IS
STILL GOING TO CONTINUE TO RENT
THAT UNIT, THEN, YES, YOU
SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT.
>> RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL,
OKAY, THINK.
>> GO AHEAD, TED.
>> I THINK THIS IS THE SLIDE WE
ARE ON.
SO FAR, IN OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE
INVESTIGATED CLOSING THIS END
OF LEASE LOOPHOLE FOR SEVERAL
YEARS, INCLUDING MONITORING THE
FEDERAL WAY STABLE HOUSING
INITIATIVE WE HAVE DISCUSSED SO
FAR AND THE JUST CAUSE EVICTION
ORDINANCE ATTEMPTS STATEWIDE,
THERE IS THE CURRENT BILL, HOW
SPELL 1236, WE DISCUSSED TODAY,
BUT ALSO OVER THE PAST TWO
YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS
TO CREATE JUST CAUSE EVICTION
DETECTIONS STATEWIDE THAT HAVE
NOT SUCCEEDED IN PASSING.
BUT BILLS OF THAT NATURE HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSED IN OLYMPIA.
WE HAVE ALSO, OF COURSE,
DISCUSSED WITH COMMUNITY AND
OUR ORGANIZERS AND RENTERS AND
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO
DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES, AND WE
ARE OBVIOUSLY QUITE EXCITED TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINALLY
CLOSE THIS LOOPHOLE IN 2021 AS
úFEDERAL WAY'S LEGISLATION
BECOMES FINALIZED AND ALSO AS
STATED BILLS WORK THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
THE NEXT STEP FOR THE UPCOMING
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS'
RIGHTS COMMITTEE, THIS
COMMITTEE WILL HEAR FROM
RENTERS AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS ABOUT CLOSING END OF
LEASE LOOPHOLES AND OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS TO SEATTLE'S JUST
CAUSE EVICTION PROTECTIONS, WE
WILL MONITOR THE PROGRESS AND
THE PROGRESS OF HOW SPELL 1236,
HOPEFULLY ADVOCATE FOR THOSE
REALLY GLARING LOOPHOLES TO BE
CLOSED, SO, SO, THE JUST CAUSE
PROTECTIONS CAN EXIST
STATEWIDE, AND WE WILL
ULTIMATELY DISCUSS A VOTE ON
LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN
PROTECTIONS IN SEATTLE
>> I BELIEVE THAT WAS YOUR LAST
SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY,
FOR ANYBODY LOOKING AT THE
PRESENTATION THAT WE SHARED
BEFORE, WHEN THE AGENDA WAS
PUBLISHED, WE HAVE SINCE, THE
PRESENTATION JUST PROVIDED WAS
AN UPDATED VERSION, BECAUSE IT
WAS SINCE PUBLISHED, THE AGENDA
WE FOUND OUT FROM STAFF ABOUT
THE NEW AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE
PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE BILL,
WHICH REALLY JUST CHANGED THE
CHARACTER OF THE BILL ENTIRELY
AS THE PRESENTATION SHOWED JUST
NOW FROM TED.
IN FACT, BOTH OF US, WE SPOKE
YESTERDAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE
AGENDA BRIEFING THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAD FROM STAFF ABOUT
THE STATE BILL AND, IN FACT,
JUST TO QUOTE COUNCILMEMBER,
WHO I THOUGHT DESCRIBED IT
REALLY WELL, IS, SHE IS
REFERRING TO THE SEATTLE
LOOPHOLE, WHICH IS BASICALLY
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN TERM LEASES
DON'T HAVE JUST CAUSE
PROTECTIONS, AND THAT IS, I
ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT
THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF TED HAS
AN ANSWER, SOMETHING WE SHOULD
RESEARCH, I THINK, FOR THIS
COMMITTEE, BUT AS WAS STATED,
ACTUALLY THE BILL IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE NO LONGER FIXES THE
SEATTLE LOOPHOLE, WHICH IS WHAT
THE ORIGINAL VERSION WOULD HAVE
DONE, BUT ACTUALLY PLACES THE
PROBLEM LANGUAGE IN THE STATE
FOR.
IN OTHER WORDS, YES, RIGHT NOW,
IN THE STATE, THE STATUS QUO IS
THAT NO RENTERS HAVE JUST CAUSE
PROTECTIONS, BUT YOU CAN BE
EVICTED WITH NO NOTICE AND LESS
THAN 20 DAYS, BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, WHAT THE STATE LAW
CURRENTLY DOES IS IT INTRODUCES
HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC LANGUAGE, AND
AS SEATTLE IS CONCERNED, IT
DOES NOT PROVIDE FIXING THE
LOOPHOLE, IT WOULD BE IDEAL IF
THE LAW HAD FULL-FLEDGED NON-
LOOPHOLE PROTECTIONS FROM ALL,
BUT THAT HAS HAPPENED, THIS IS
QUITE PROBLEMATIC.
ON THAT POINT, ON ONE OF THE
MAIN LOOPHOLES THAT HAS BEEN
INTRODUCED IN STATE LAW, WHERE
PEOPLE ON TERM LEASES TO HAVE
JUST CAUSE PROTECTION, EXCEPT
FOR THEIR INITIAL LEASE.
THAT REALLY IS PROBLEMATIC,
BECAUSE WHAT IS TO PREVENT
LANDLORDS FROM EVICTING PEOPLE
IN THE INITIAL LEASE, BECAUSE
THAT IS THE LOOPHOLE, BUT I
THINK A NUMERICAL QUESTION, A
STATISTICAL QUESTION WE NEED TO
ASK IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
TENANTS IN SEATTLE ARE, ON
AVERAGE, ON TERM LEASES EVERY
YEAR.
WE SPOKE TO ORGANIZERS AND THEY
BELIEVE THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF
RENTERS IN SEATTLE WHO ARE TERM
LEASES, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE
TED A CHANCE TO LET US KNOW IF
THERE IS ANY RESEARCH WE HAVE
FROM OUR OFFICE ABOUT THAT.
>> I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS,
BUT I'M HAPPY TO LOOK THEM UP
AND PROVIDE THEM TO THE
COMMITTEE WHEN WE GET THEM.
>> THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD,
BECAUSE, IT WILL GIVE US A
SENSE OF WHAT PROPORTION OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS WOULD BE
AFFECTED POTENTIALLY BY THE
EXCLUSION OF FIRST TIME TERM
LEASES, AND ALSO, THAT WOULD
GIVE AS A GUIDANCE TO WHAT KIND
OF LAW WE SHOULD PASS IN
SEATTLE.
I AM LOOKING FOR HANDS.
OH, GO AHEAD.
>> AND I UNMUTE IT?
YES.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, I WANT TO THANK YOU
AND YOUR STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE.
FOLLOWING THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND SHARING THAT
INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE
STATE LEGISLATION, I THINK IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CLOSE
THE LOOPHOLE, BECAUSE WE KNOW
IT LEASE TENANTS WITHOUT ANY
SORT OF JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS
FROM I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED FOCUS ON
THIS ISSUE, WE HAVE TO BRING
JUST CAUSE PROTECTIONS TO ALL
TENANTS REGARDLESS OF THE LEASE
TERM OR TYPE, AND IT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALSO
BEEN WORKING ON SINCE I TOOK
OFFICE, WHICH IS AS LONG AS
YOU, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I THINK
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO CONTINUE THIS WORK AND JUST,
AS I HAD MENTIONED IN BRIEFING
YESTERDAY, MY OFFICE STARTED
THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN, SO, WE
RESTARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS YEAR, MY STAFF HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH RENTERS AND
ORGANIZERS AND ADVOCATES AND
ATTORNEYS FROM THE STATEHOUSE
STAY HEALTHY COALITION, TO
BRING SOME LEGISLATION BEFORE
COUNSEL FOR THE END OF THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM, SO, I DO
WANT TO LET OUR COMMITTEE
COLLEAGUES KNOW WE HAVE BEEN
MEETING WITH LAW AND CENTRAL
STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS,
LAST WEEK, CENTRAL STAFF
STARTED DRAFTING SOME
LEGISLATION ON BEHALF OF OUR
OFFICE AND SHE WILL HOPEFULLY
HAVE THAT TO US SOON,
STAKEHOLDERS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH AND WE HAVE
DRAFTED OUR BASE LEGISLATION
AND CONSULTATION WITH THEM, OUT
OF RESPECT FOR THEIR PLANNING
PROCESS, THE GROUP ISN'T REALLY
READY TO SHARE THE LEGISLATION
YET.
BUT I DO WANT TO LET OUR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW, AS SOON
AS THAT IS READY FOR SHARING,
WE WILL HAVE THAT OUT TO YOU AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE DO WANT TO SAY, FINALLY,
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN
FIXING MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT
WERE JUST CAUSE EVICTION
ORDINANCE HOUSE, AND WE NEED IT
BE FOR THE END OF THE
MORATORIUM.
OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT IT
WRITTEN SO IT WITHSTANDS ANY
KIND OF CHALLENGE, SO, WE ARE
WORKING DILIGENTLY AND
METICULOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE COMMUNITY GETS WHAT THEY
WANT, WANT TO MAKE SURE IT
REFLECTS THEIR WISHES, AND THAT
OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES GET
THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, SO
THAT WE CAN PASS THIS
LEGISLATION WHEN IT COMES FOR
US, SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
CONVERSATION, I KNOW MY STAFF
HAS SPOKEN TO YOUR STAFF TO
JUST EXPRESS OUR DESIRE TO WORK
CLOSELY WITH YOU ON THIS, I
JUST WANT TO SAY, ABSOLUTELY IN
THIS MEETING, THAT WE ARE
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU AND TO TRY TO
GET THIS DONE SO WE CAN MAKE
SURE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE
WE ARE FIXING THIS PIECE OF OUR
JUST CAUSE EVICTION ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE ARE
VERY HAPPY TO WORK TOGETHER
WITH YOUR OFFICE, GLAD YOU ARE
SUPPORTING THIS AND IT IS NOT A
QUESTION OF THE LONGEVITY ON
THE COUNCIL, IT IS A QUESTION OF
BEING, HAVING ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES WILLING TO
FIGHT CORPORATE LANDLORDS AND
WILLING TO STAND WITH RENTERS,
SO, I WELCOME YOU AND ANY OTHER
COUNCILMEMBER WHO WANTS TO DO
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST
SEVEN YEARS, WHICH IS GENUINELY
TAKE ON THE POWER OF CORPORATE
LANDLORDS, BUT NOT AS AN
INDIVIDUAL, BUT REALLY
ORGANIZING RENTERS, WHICH ARE
THE ONLY BASIS FOR US TO WIN
VICTORIES THAT WERE NOT, WE WON
THE PAYMENT PLAN, DOESN'T SOUND
SEXY, BUT THE NUMBER OF RENTERS
WHO HAVE COME UP TO ME JUST
RANDOMLY AT GROCERY STORES OR
WHILE GOING ON A WALK, SAYING
THE MOVEMENT MADE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE TO THEM, JUST TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE INTO AN APARTMENT
IS JUST OVERWHELMING, THE
NUMBER OF RENTERS WHO HAVE
GIVEN US FEEDBACK.
THERE WAS AN EXAMPLE OF A LAW
WE WERE ABLE TO WIN, ONLY
BECAUSE WE ORGANIZED WITH
WASHINGTON COMMUNITY ACTION
NETWORK, RENTERS WHO ARE NOT
AFFILIATED WITH THE
ORGANIZATION BUT WANT TO FIGHT
FOR WORKERS THAT ALSO WERE HIGH
SALARY BUT VERY YOUNG.
IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AND ENDED UP CREATING UNITY,
WHICH MEANS MORE HIGHLY PAID
WORKER AND LOWER PAID WORKERS.
SIMILARLY, THEY ARE TOO
NUMEROUS TO MENTION HERE, SO
JUST CAUSE, CLOSING THE JUST
CAUSE LOOPHOLES IS CRUCIAL, AND
I REALLY AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
WITHSTANDS ANY CHALLENGE, WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO
IT THROUGH LEGAL MEASURES, IT
HAS TO BE A STRONG LAW LEGALLY
SPEAKING, THE BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY, EVERY RENTERS' RIGHTS
LAW HAS BEEN CHALLENGED BECAUSE
OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY
SUPPORT, I THINK THAT IS OUR
TASK AS WELL.
HOLDING THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT
THROUGH RENTER, RECOGNIZING
THERE IS NO OPTION BUT TO FIGHT
CORPORATE LANDLORDS.
SINCE WE ARE OVER TIME, I WILL
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
BECAUSE WE WILL COME BACK TO
THIS DISCUSSION IN SUBSEQUENT
COMMITTEES.
OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE A
DISCUSSION WITH THE SEATTLE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
ENVIRONMENT ABOUT THEIR
GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, WHICH
ESSENTIALLY ATTRACTS EVERY
METRIC OF CO2 AND OTHER
GREENHOUSE GASES THAT CAUSE
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ARE PRODUCED
IN SEATTLE.
THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR
FINDING AND ABOUT THEIR WORK IN
THE COMING YEAR, I WOULD ALSO
LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY
HAVE RUN A HUGELY IMPORTANT
GROCERY VOUCHER, WHICH HAS
HELPED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES TO
STAY FED, ESPECIALLY IN THIS
TIME OF THE PANDEMIC.
THAT WAS AN EMERGENCY TASK THEY
TOOK ON.
MY OFFICE REALLY APPRECIATES
ALL THE WORK THE STAFF HAVE
DONE TO MAKE THAT A SUCCESS.
WOULD OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND TAKE
IT AWAY?
>> ASSURE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM MICHELLE CAULFIELD, I AM
THE INTERIM DIRECTOR, NEWLY
INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
>> MY NAME IS LYLIANNA ALLALA
AND I AM THE DIRECTOR AT THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
>> THIS IS ANI KRISHNAN , I AM
CLIMATE DATA AND POLICY MANAGER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
JOSE VASQUEZ, AND I AM THE
GREEN NEW DEAL ADVISOR.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT OUR
TEAM TOGETHER.
I WILL KICK US OFF, I WANT TO
FIRST START BY SAYING COUNSEL
NUMBER 1018, THANK YOU, IN
PARTICULAR, THANK YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE
EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHER
PROGRAM.
WANT TO ALSO CALL OUT THAT THAT
HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT
PARTNERSHIP AND IT FEELS REALLY
GREAT TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT AND
SERVE THE NEEDS OF OUR
COMMUNITY DURING A REALLY
DIFFICULT TEMPERAMENT ALSO
GOING TO CALL OUT OUR FORMER
DIRECTOR WHO WAS A BIG CHAMPION
FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
OF COURSE, THE MAYOR, WHO LED
THAT TO BE LAUNCHED IN MARCH
SOON AFTER THE PANDEMIC HIT.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO
BE HERE, I KNOW OUR OFFICE, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, HASN'T BEEN FOR
THIS COMMUNITY FOR SOME TIME,
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND
TO BE HERE WITH THIS AMAZING
TEAM FROM THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM ALL OF US
TODAY.
WHY DON'T WE FOCUS ON, HERE IS
OUR AGENDA FOR WHAT WE HOPE TO
COVER, WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON
THE CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE WORK TODAY.,
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS, I WILL BE
PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF OUR
JUSTICE WORK AND TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR
PRIORITIES WE HAVE LINED UP
THIS YEAR.
REGARDING OUR APPROACH TO
CLIMATE JUSTICE, THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
IS BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION
OF OUR EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE TO MORE CLOSELY
ALIGN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
AND STRATEGIES TO OUTLINE IN
THE EQUITY ENVIRONMENT AGENDA,
WITH OUR WORK TO ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT IS CLEAR TO US THAT THE WORK
WE NEED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE
CHANGE MUST ALSO YIELD
SOLUTIONS THAT AFFECT THE
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE
PEOPLE AND THE PLANET THROUGH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WHILE
ACTIVELY SEEKING TO DISMANTLE
INSTITUTIONALIZED AND SYSTEMIC
RACISM BY PUTTING FORTH THE
SOLUTIONS CENTER RACIAL EQUITY.
THOSE ARE THE PRINCIPLES AND
VALUES THAT GUIDE OUR WORK.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
STAFF WORKING THE SUPPORT.
FIRST, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND
I AM INCREDIBLY HONORED TO WORK
WITH SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM OF
REALLY PASSIONATE PEOPLE.
THE FOLKS SUPPORTING THE EQUITY
AND ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE HAVE
DYNAMIC EXPERTISE AND
EXPERIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE, CLIMATE JUSTICE, YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT, IMMIGRANT AND
RIGHT, REFUGEE RIGHTS, DATA
ANALYTICS, AND POLICY, AND SO
MUCH MORE.
WE WORK IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY
FASHION, AND WE PARTNER WITH
COLLEAGUES ACROSS AND OUR CITY
COLLEAGUES TO INFORM AND CREATE
STRATEGIES THAT ARE
INTERSECTIONAL AND THAT ADVANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE
JUSTICE.
I JUST WANT TO SHINE A LIGHT ON
THESE INCREDIBLE FOLKS ARE JUST
A MINUTE, I MYSELF HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR
AND A HALF, AND I HAVE BEEN IN
THE CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR OVER A
YEAR.
ANI KRISHNAN IS OUR CLIMATE AND
DATA POLICY MANAGER AND
OVERSEES THE CITY'S GREENHOUSE
GAS INVENTORY, WHICH WE WILL
TALK ABOUT, AND OUR CLIMATE
DATA REPORTING , AS WELL AS
SOME WORK LINKED TO THE MAYOR'S
GREEN NEW DEAL EXECUTIVE ORDER,
WHICH WILL ALSO TALK MORE ABOUT.
>> FIVE WEEKS AGO, WE ONBOARD
LISA CHEN AS OUR NEW EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENT MANAGER, SHE
OVERSEES THE STRATEGIC DEVELOP
IN THE DIRECTION OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT
FUND.
SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
STRATEGIC OVERSIGHT
COORDINATION AS WELL AS THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THREE WEEKS AGO, WE ONBOARD IT
JOSE VASQUEZ , WHO HAS JOINED
THE TEAM AS OUR GREEN NEW DEAL
ADVISOR, AND HE WAS SPEAKING
LITTLE MORE ABOUT HIS ROLE
LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION HE
COMES TO US WITH REALLY GREAT
EXPERIENCE FROM THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
JOSE WAS ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER
OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE, AND WE WERE DIRECTLY
INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE EQUITY ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE AS COMMUNITY LEADERS
BEFORE WE STARTED AT THE CITY.
IT IS REALLY A BLESSING TO BE
ABLE TO WORK AGAIN WITH THESE
TWO.
THIS YEAR MARKS FIVE YEARS
SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE EQUITY
AND ENVIRONMENT AGENDA, SINCE
THAT TIME, WE HAVE BEEN HUMBLED
TO DEEPLY, TO DEEPEN OUR
PARTNERSHIPS WITH SEATTLE'S
BLACK INDIGENOS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, IF YOU GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE WHO IS
WORKING WITH US ON TOPICS
RELATED TO FOOD JUSTICE AND
EQUITABLE PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH OF
COLOR, THOSE ARE THEIR
PRIORITIES.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTEE
HAS PROVIDED INPUT ON THE
EXPANSION PROCESS OF THE FRESH
BOOKS NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.
THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE FUND AND OUR
PARTNERSHIP, WE DISTRIBUTED
OVER $1 MILLION TO SUPPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WORK
LED BY AND FOR COMMUNITIS OF
COLOR.
THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE WORKING
TO STAND UP THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD, A GREEN NEW
DEAL DEPARTMENT TEAM, AS WELL
AS DEVELOP KEY CLIMATE
INDICATORS THAT WILL INFORM A
PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD.
WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING TO
SUPPORT OTHER IMPORTANT CLIMATE
ACTION WORK THAT WE ARE
PARTNERING WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ON, WHICH MICHELLE
WILL DISCUSS LATER ON.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT
OVERVIEW FOR US AND SAY THAT WE
ARE TRULY EXCITED TO WORK WITH
YOU ALL AND WITH IT THE NEW
MEMBERS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD TO DEVELOP A
VISION FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE FOR
SEATTLE'S COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M GOING TO BE
WALKING YOU THROUGH OUR MOST
RECENT GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY
REPORT.
WILL DISCUSS SOME CHANGES THAT
WE MADE ON THE BACK AND, IN
TERMS OF HOW WE COLLECT AND
ANALYZE THE DATA, SOME UPDATES
TO OUR WEB PRESENCE, AND
FINALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR
2018 INVENTORY NUMBERS ARE
TELLING US.
SO, DATA, STRUCTURE MIGRATIONS
IS SOMETHING WE EMBARKED ON
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
OUR INVENTORY REPORTS HAVE
TRADITIONALLY BEEN VERY TIME-
CONSUMING TO PREPARE FOR EVERY
INVENTORY YEAR, THERE ARE
COUNTLESS DATA SOURCES TO
REVISIT, FILES TO UPDATE, AND
VISUALS TO RE-CREATE, MOST OF
THIS WORK HAS HAPPENED
MANUALLY.
IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THIS
PROCESS, WE MIGRATED OUR DATA
STRUCTURE FROM EXCLUSIVELY XL
TO COMBINATION XL AND POWER,
WHICH IS SIMILAR AND AVAILABLE
TO USE FREE FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACHIEVE IS JUST BETTER
EFFICIENCY COLLECTING DATA,
EASE OF REPLICATING CHARTS AND
GRAPHICS FOR FUTURE INVENTORY
YEARS, PACKING A LOT MORE
INFORMATION INTO THOSE VISUALS,
AND WITH THE END GOAL OF MAKING
THAT INFORMATION MORE
ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, OUR
CONSTITUENTS, OUR PROGRAM
POLICY CREATURES, AND SO ON.
THIS OUTMIGRATION ALSO GAVE US
THE INGREDIENTS WE NEEDED TO
REALLY REVAMP OUR WEB PRESENCE,
SO WE WENT FROM WHAT WAS A VERY
STATIC PERFORMANCE MONITORING
WEBPAGE, WHERE THERE IS A BRIEF
PARAGRAPH ABOUT OUR MISSIONS
AND LINKS TO OUR PDF REPORTS,
TOO MUCH MORE DYNAMIC WEBSITE
WHERE USERS CAN INTERACT WITH
THE DATA THROUGH RESPONSIBLE
VISUALS, THE ONE WE DEVELOPED,
LEARN ABOUT THE CONTEXT AND OUR
KEY ACTIONS THAT WE ARE
UNDERTAKING WITHOUT NECESSARILY
NEEDING TO DOWNLOAD THE
REPORTS.
ALL OF THIS STUFF IS ON OUR
WEBSITE, BUT FOR THE PRECISE OF
THIS PRESENTATION, I WILL WALK
YOU THROUGH A COUPLE OF THOSE,
A FEW OF THOSE VISUALS JUST TO
SHOW YOU WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT.
SO, THIS FIRST ONE CLOCKS OF
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE OF
EMISSIONS, ALONG WITH
POPULATION AND GDP FROM OUR
BASELINE YEAR OF 2008.
ALL THE WAY UP TO 2018, WHICH
WAS OUR MOST RECENT INVENTORY
YEAR.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS MODEST
DECREASES IN EMISSIONS OVER THE
PAST DECADE, DESPITE THE FACT
OR POPULATION AND ECONOMY HAS
REALLY SKYROCKETED.
THIS NEXT VISUAL SHOWS US THOSE
SAME TRENDS CATEGORIZED BY WHAT
WE CALL OUR THREE FOUR SECTORS,
WHICH ARE BUILDINGS,
TRANSPORTATION, AND YOU CAN SEE
THE RELATIVE DIFFERENCE IN
CONTRIBUTION OF EMISSIONS BASED
ON THE SIZE OF THESE COLORED
AREAS, WE'VE GOT BUILDINGS DOWN
BELOW IN PURPLE, TRANSPORTATION
IN BLUE, AND THAT LITTLE SLIVER
OF YELLOW AT TOP.
THE COOL THING ABOUT THESE
VISUALS IS THAT USERS ARE ABLE
TO FILTER THROUGH, DEPENDING ON
THE SECTOR THEY WANT TO LOOK
AT, WHETHER THEY WANT TO LOOK
AT JUST CORE, VERSUS EXTENDED
OMISSIONS, AND ALSO SELECT THE
SPECIFIC YEAR FOR WHICH THEY
WANT THIS TEXT TO UPDATE BY.
ALL OF THIS STUFF IS EASILY
ACCESSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
VISUAL, WE CAN SEE THIS OVERALL
BREAKDOWN OF OUR CORE EMISSIONS
BY SECTOR.
AGAIN, USERS HAVE THE ABILITY
TO DRILL DOWN TO SPECIFIC
SECTORS BY CLICKING ON THOSE
BUTTONS ON THE LEFT, FOR
EXAMPLE, WE CLICK ON THE
BUILDINGS BUTTON, IT TAKES THEM
TO THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE HAVE,
YOU SEE HER ON THE NEXT SLIDE
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
JUST A LITTLE MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION FOR THAT SECTOR.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE ON THIS
SLIDE IN HIS EMISSIONS AND THE
BUILDING SECTOR FOR BOTH
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ON
THE LEFT, AND THE FUEL SOURCE
OF THOSE EMISSIONS ON THE
RIGHT.
AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS
PARTICULAR SIDE IS THE
INTERACTION BETWEEN THESE TWO
VISUALS.
IF THE USER CLICKS, FOR EXAMPLE,
AS I'VE TAKEN A SCREENSHOT, IF
THE USER CLICKS ON FOSSIL GAS,
WHICH SHOWS 86% OF EMISSIONS
COME FROM FOSSIL GAS IN THE
BUILDING SECTOR, IT HIGHLIGHTS
THE CORRESPONDING PORTION OF
THOSE EMISSIONS BY SECTOR.
SO, THIS SORT OF INTERACTIVITY
EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF THE
VISUALS WITHIN THE DASHBOARD ON
THE WEBSITE.
JUST WANTED TO SHOWCASE THAT.
ALSO, USE THAT PARTICULAR POINT
AS A SEGWAY TO RELATE WHAT THE
KEY INSIGHTS ARE THAT WE NOTICE
FROM 2016 TO 2018, WHICH ARE
TWO INVENTORY YEARS.
OVERALL, OUR EMISSIONS ACROSS
THOSE SECTORS WENT UP BY ABOUT
1.1%.
BUT THE REALLY, THE BIG NEWS
IS, IN OUR BUILDING SECTOR,
BECAUSE BUILDING SECTOR
EMISSIONS ROSE BY OVER 80%, AND
THIS IS PRIMARILY HAPPENED DUE
TO AN INCREASE OF FOSSIL GAS
USE.
ONE OF THE KEY POINTS WE ALWAYS
LIKE TO EMPHASIZE HERE IS
DRAWING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN
ACTUAL ENERGY CONSUMED BY FUEL
SOURCE AND THE RESULTING
OMISSIONS, AND THIS GRAPHIC ON
THE RIGHT TRIES TO SHOW THAT
DISCREPANCY.
WE GET THE MAJORITY OF OUR
ENERGY FROM ELECTRICITY, BUT
THAT ELECTRICITY CONTRIBUTES
VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF
EMISSIONS.
YOU SEE THAT 104,000 METRIC
TONS OF CO2, ALL OF THAT IS OFF
SET.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE GET 43%
OF OUR ENERGY FROM FOSSIL GAS,
THAT GASIS RESPONSIBLE FOR 86
OR 94% DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU
ARE COUNTING CITY LIGHT OR NOT.
ANY TIME OUR USE INCREASES, THE
LINK SECTOR EMISSIONS INCREASE
ALMOST HAND IN HAND.
SO, WE REALLY NEED TO THINK
ABOUT TACKLING THAT PROBLEM.
IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SECTOR,
OUR EMISSIONS REDUCED BY 2.4%,
AND WE THINK THIS IS DUE TO
SLIGHTLY MORE EFFICIENT MILES
PER GALLON VALUES WE GOT FROM
AND LESS VEHICLES AND MILES
TRAVELED.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS
OUR TRANSPORTATION DATA IS
MODELED, NOT MEASURED.
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY
WHETHER THIS MODEL, WHICH WAS
QUITE, IT WAS UPDATED LAST YEAR,
IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
RIDE-SHARE.
THAT VALUE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT
WITH THAT CAVEAT IN MIND.
THEN FINALLY, WASTE EMISSIONS
DROPPED BY ALMOST 10%, WHICH IS
A TESTAMENT TO THE GOOD WORK
OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN DOING, AND IT IS ALSO
WORTH MENTIONING THIS IS A
GEOGRAPHIC INVENTORY, SO WE ARE
NOT REALLY ACCOUNTING FOR THE
EMISSIONS THAT TAKE PLACE WHEN
YOU PURCHASE A PRODUCT AND IT
IS SHIPPED TO YOU FROM ABROAD,
SO THE MANUFACTURING COST OF
THINGS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS
PARTICULAR INVENTORY REPORT.
SO, WHERE DO THOSE NUMBERS
LEAVE US?
WE KNOW WHAT OUR EMISSIONS
REDUCTION TARGETS ARE, WITH,
THROUGH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
PROCESS, WE ARE SHOOTING FOR
58% REDUCTION BY 2030, WHICH
HAS BEEN SUPPLANTED BY THE GOAL
IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL, WHICH IS
, WE ARE TRYING TO SHOOT FOR
SEATTLE BEING A FOSSIL FUEL
FREE CITY BY 2030.
AND WE HAVE REINFORCED THOSE
TARGETS FOR ALL OF OUR
COMMITMENTS TO CLIMATE
PLANNING.
DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, OUR
RATE OF REDUCTION NEEDS TO BE A
WHOLE LOT FASTER THAN WHAT IT
CURRENTLY IS IF WE WANT TO GET
TO OUR TARGET, WHAT THIS CHART
IS SHOWING AS IS THAT WE HAVE
REDUCED OMISSIONS, AND
REMEMBER, DESPITE EXPERIENCING
AN INCREASE IN POPULATION AND
GDP, BUT WE NEED TO BE AT 17
TIMES OUR CURRENT ANNUAL
REDUCTION RATE FOR TOTAL CORE
EMISSIONS TO GET TO OUR TARGET.
THAT SAME 17 NUMBER APPLIES
EVEN TO OUR BUILDING SECTOR
EMISSIONS.
IT IS DIRTY FOR OUR
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.
SO, WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO,
POINTING BACK TO THE POINT
ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION, WE NEED
ACROSS BOTH OF THESE SECTORS
AND BOTH TRANSPORTATION AND OUR
BUILDING SECTORS, THAT IS BILLY
HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET TO OUR
GOALS, BOTH JOSE AND MICHELLE
ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE MORE, I ALSO JUST WANT
TO END THIS DATA SECTION BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT NOT HITTING
OUR TARGETS AFFECTS OUR
COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY.
WE KNOW THAT THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT PREDICTOR OF A
PERSON LIVING NEAR CONTAMINATED
AIR, WATER, OR SOIL IS RACED.
WE ALSO KNOW THIS IS ESPECIALLY
TRUE IN SEATTLE WHERE 50% OF
THE POPULATION THAT LIVES
WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE BOUNDARY
ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SO, WE JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL
THE WORK WE ARE DOING IS IN
STOPPING, I WONDER IF THIS IS A
GOOD MOMENT TO PAUSE AND TAKE
QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON THE
DATA BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE
NEXT SECTION.
>> I THINK THE STATISTICS YOU
HAVE PROVIDED ARE, I MEAN, IT
IS REALLY START AND I FEEL LIKE
, I ALWAYS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
RECONCILING THE STEEP PROGRESS
THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE THAT IS
NOT BEING MADE WITH SMALL
AMOUNT OF PROGRESS THAT WE ARE
MAKING AND CELEBRATING IT, I
DON'T, I THINK EVERY PROGRESS
WE CAN MAKE IS CRUCIAL, BUT I
THINK YOUR SLIDE, IF YOU CAN GO
BACK TO THAT SLIDE, I DON'T
KNOW WHICH NUMBER, YEAH, BOTH
THOSE SLIDES, WHICH SHOW THE
COLD EMISSIONS AND ALSO THE
BUILDING, YEAH, ALL OF THOSE
SLIDES.
THE STEEPNESS OF THAT CURVE
THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE,
UNDERTAKE AND COMPARING THAT TO
THE SHALLOWNESS, THAT IS JUST A
START.
IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
PLANET'S SURVIVAL, IT IS SIMPLY
NOT ENOUGH, AND I WONDER IF YOU
COULD TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT,
WHAT ARE THE AGGRESSIVE MOVES
THE CITY NEEDS TO MAKE IN ORDER
TO ADDRESS THIS AND THIS IS
ALSO IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT,
THE TRANSPORTATION, AS YOU
CURRENTLY HAVE IN YOUR SLIDE,
IS ONE OF THE MAJOR SOURCES,
BUT IT IS NOT DUE TO LACK OF
COMMITMENT OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
THAT THIS HASN'T HAPPENED, A
LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY, THEY
HAVE REDUCED OVER THE LAST
DECADE OR SO, RIDERSHIP PER HOUR
MEASURE, HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP,
AND PEOPLE ARE MORE COMMITTED
THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.
IT IS REALLY NOT A PROBLEM OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING
HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, IT IS
JUST VERY HARD FOR PEOPLE TO
COMPLETELY MAKE THE SWITCH TO
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE
IT IS JUST NOT AT THE POINT
WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, UNLIKE
SOME OTHER CITIES WHERE IT IS
PRETTY DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY LINKED TO
THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHALLENGE,
IT IS NOT JUST SEATTLE.
IN SEATTLE, TO GET TO THE 58%
REDUCTION YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT,
HOW, HOW CAN YOU, ARE YOU ABLE
TO QUANTIFY HOW MUCH THE CITY
WILL, FOR EXAMPLE, NEED TO
REDUCE ITS DEPENDENCE ON GAS?
CONCRETELY, WE WILL NEED TO
MOVE AWAY FROM GAS, THAT IS ONE
, WE WILL NEED TO DRAMATICALLY
INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO MAKE
THAT CHANGE POSSIBLE, NEED TO
DO BUILDING RETROFITS.
EACH OF THESE REQUIRES CONCRETE
MOVES OF FOR THE CITY TO MAKE.
>> I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
YOU WILL BE DIVING INTO SOME OF
OUR SPECIFIC EFFORTS. I CAN
BROADLY MENTION THAT, FOR OUR
BUILDING SECTOR HERE, YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, WE NEED TO
ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATE FOSSIL
GAS USE IN OUR EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS.
ONE OF THE WINDS WE RECENTLY HAD
, RECENTLY PASSED ENERGY CODES,
THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE PIE IS
AN EXISTING BUILDING, WE HAVE
TO TACKLE THAT, AND ON THE
TRANSPORTATION SIDE, WE REALLY
NEED TO BE TAKING SORT OF A
DEER PRONGED APPROACH TO REDUCED
ON ROAD AS WELL AS BROADLY
ELECTRIFYING THAT REMAINS, I DO
WANT TO POSIT TO YOU, MICHELLE.
>> I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY
RIGHT AND I THINK THIS IS WHY
WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT A
COMMUNITYWIDE PARTNERSHIP TO
LOOK AT HOW DO WE TAKE SOME OF
THESE STEPS.
I KNOW WE HAVE MADE SOME
PROGRESS OVER TIME, BUT YOU GET
TO A POINT WHERE YOU HAVE DONE
ALL THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, THE
NEXT STEP IS REAL DEEP CHANGE,
PART OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO WITH OUR CLIMATE JUSTICE
WORK AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE WORK IS MAKING SURE WE
MAKE THESE DEEP SHIFTS IN OUR
ECONOMY IN WAYS THAT DON'T
BURDEN BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR, COMMUNITIES WE
SET UP THE RIGHT KINDS OF
TOOLS, AND RESOURCES TO MAKE
THESE TRANSITIONS HAPPEN, SO,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
REAL CHANGE AND IT IS CHANGE
THAT WILL REQUIRE, NOT JUST THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, IT WILL
REQUIRE KING COUNTY, THE STATE,
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ALL
SECTORS OF OUR ECONOMY,
INCLUDING THE VOICES OF THOSE
MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
INJUSTICE.
SO, AND THE ELECTRIFICATION
MENTIONS THAT YOU WERE MAKING
EARLIER, YOU WILL SEE THOSE
THEMES IN THE THINGS WE ARE
DOING, AND WE ARE MAKING
PROGRESS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS
TO BE MADE AND THAT IS
DEFINITELY, IT SHOULD BE DONE
IN PARTNERSHIP ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
DATA?
>> I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS UP, SO
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> RATE.
SO, REALLY QUICKLY, WE ARE
GOING TO DIVE INTO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL WORK, BUT ONE OF THE
INITIATIVES THAT IS RELATED TO
THE INVENTORY THAT I WOULD LIKE
TO MENTION IS THE FACT THAT WE
ARE DEVELOPING THESE KEY
CLIMATE INDICATORS WITH THE
VIEW OF COLLECTING MORE
FREQUENT AND GRANULAR CLIMATE
DATA.
YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY WE
ARE SITTING HERE TELLING YOU
ABOUT A 2018 DATA UPDATED 2220
21, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT, SORT
OF CONSTRAINTS OUR PLANNING AS
WELL, SO, WE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR MORE FREQUENT DATA WE CAN
RELY ON AND REPORT ON LIKE A
QUARTERLY BASIS AND WE WANT TO
CONTEXTUALIZE, KNOWING FULLY
WELL CLIMATE CHANGE DOESN'T
AFFECT EVERYONE EQUALLY.
WE WANT TO CONTEXTUALIZE THIS
DATA WITH EQUITY METRICS,
THINGS LIKE RACE AND SOCIAL
EQUITY INDEX, AND ADDING IN
CONSTITUENT STORIES THAT REALLY
CREATE A NARRATIVE FOR WHY IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TACKLE
THESE ISSUES AND WITH THAT, I
WILL PASS IT OVER TO JOSE, WHO
WILL TALK MORE ELOQUENTLY ABOUT
THE GREEN NEW DEAL WORK.
>> YES, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU
EVERYBODY FOR HAVING US HERE.
I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED TO HAVE
JOINED THIS TEAM, NOT JUST ASK
SOMEBODY WHO'S PART OF THOSE
INITIAL CONVERSATIONS, I'M
EXCITED TO HAVE JOINED HERE. WE
ARE REALLY EXCITED NOW THAT WE
ARE BUILDING OUR TEAM, HAVING
SOME VERY LOFTY GOALS AHEAD OF
US TO BRING TOGETHER THAT
OWNERSHIP AND BRING THOSE
VOICES OF THOSE COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
BLACK INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF
COLOR, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES,
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FAMILIES
FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES.
EVERY YEAR, WE SEE NEW DATA
THAT KEEPS COMING UP BUT IS
SHOWING MORE DRASTICALLY HOW
URGENT THIS WORK IS AND HOW
INTENTIONAL WE NEED TO BE IN
INCLUDING THOSE EXPERTISE AND
LIVED EXPERIENCES, FIRST AND
FOREMOST IN THIS WORK.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE
LEADING THIS WORK, ALSO TO
BRING TOGETHER NEW ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES, AS WE SHIFT TO A
NEW ECONOMY, AND AS WE MOVE
FORWARD, TO IMPLEMENT A LOT OF
THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS,
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE
GOING TO COME OUT.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE
LEADING THESE EFFORTS, PUBLIC
UTILITIES, OTHER DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS THE CITY THROUGH OUR
GREEN NEW DEAL, ALONGSIDE THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD, WHICH WE ARE
HOPING TO START AN OPEN CALL
FOR APPLICATIONS LAUNCHING
TOMORROW.
SO, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO
ANNOUNCE THAT.
FOR ME, WE ARE GETTING READY TO
OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR
11 OF OUR CURRENT 19 SEEDS WE
HAVE FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I
WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN
OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT
APPLICATION PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR
APPLICANTS WHO WANT TO JOIN THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
TO HELP US AS THE CITY DEFINES
WHAT CONSTITUTES A POLICY
PROGRAM OR PROJECT THAT
ADVANCES THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR
SEATTLE.
ALSO LOOKING FOR PROPOSALS ON
NEW POLICIES TO ADVANCE, AND
SUPPORT THE PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENTING OF THE ACTION.
WE WANT TO BRING IN NEW IDEAS
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
TO HELP ACHIEVE OUR GOALS OF
ALSO BECOMING A CLIMATE
POLLUTION FREE BY 2030 AND
MAKING THOSE CITY BUDGET AND
LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
US THROUGH THE DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD.
SO, THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD WILL BE MADE UP
OF 19 MEMBERS APPOINTED BY BOTH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THEY WILL BE APPOINTED TODAY
DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING, THE
OFFICE HAS ALREADY INITIATED
THE PROCESS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP.
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING TO FILL
11 OF THE VACANT SEATS
AVAILABLE, THREE FROM THE FRONT
LINK COMMUNITIES DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, ONE
TRIBAL REPRESENTATIVE, TWO
YOUTH, TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DEEPLY
INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE, THREE UNION
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LABOR
MOVEMENT, AND TWO SPECIALISTS
DESIGNATED FOR REPRESENTATIVES
EXPERIENCING GREENHOUSE GAS
REDUCTION.
AND ONE FINAL POSITION,
SOMEBODY WHO SPECIALIZES IN
WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING
THESE REPRESENTATIVES TOGETHER
TO HELP MOVE THIS WORK FORWARD,
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE
TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO BE
OPENING UP THE APPLICATION FOR
ABOUT 3 1/2 WEEKS BEFORE WE DO
OUR APPLICATION REVIEW AND
INTERVIEW PROCESS TO HOPEFULLY
HAVE BEFORE CANCEL OUR
RECOMMENDED APPOINTMENTS,
HOPEFULLY SOMETIME DURING THE
MONTH OF MAY TO HOPEFULLY
ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF HAVING OUR
FIRST GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO TAKE A
MINUTE TO PAUSE AND SEE IF
THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE WORK WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
TO FILL THESE 19 SEATS FOR THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD OR ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS IN GENERAL,
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION, WILL COME TO SOME
OF THE APPOINTMENTS IN A FEW
MINUTES, AND I KNOW THERE IS A
QUESTION OR COMMENT, BEFORE
THAT, JUST, I WAS WONDERING IF
YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE
NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WILL BE
CREATED, INCLUDING
APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES
WITH ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM
THAT IS ON THE SCALE WE NEED,
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY
SKILL, I MEAN THE GOALS WE NEED
TO REACH IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY
ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
THOSE ARE THE THREE KEY GRABS
YOU HAVE COME IN NOT ENOUGH FOR
ALL OF US, BUT WHAT ACTUALLY WE
NEED, AND AS YOU SAID, THE
COMMUNITIES MOST IMMEDIATELY
AFFECTED ARE VERY LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, AND SO, IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS, MANY OF
WHOM ARE STILL INVOLVED IN THE
FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE IN
SEATTLE, WERE ALSO IN A
SUCCESSFULLY LED PRIORITY
HIGHER APPRENTICESHIP.
IT WAS, MY OFFICE IS HONORED TO
BE ALONGSIDE ON THAT, GIVEN ALL
OF THAT, I THINK THE QUESTION
OF JOBS IN CLIMATE RENEWAL
APPROACH IS CRUCIAL, BECAUSE WE
NEED TO UNITE THE CLIMATE
ADJUSTMENT MOVEMENT AND THAT IS
WHY IT IS IMPORTANT IN THE
POSITIONS OPEN, WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT, THERE ARE LABOR
POSITIONS.
WE NEED TO HAVE A TRANSITION,
IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
NOTED THROUGH OUR RESEARCH,
SOMETHING THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED
TREMENDOUSLY TO THAT INCIDENT
AND ALSO THE GREENWOOD INCIDENT
A FEW YEARS AGO, IS HOW
DANGEROUS THE JOBS ARE FOR
WORKERS THEMSELVES IN THESE
FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRIES, AND IN
FACT, WE HAVE A FRIEND WHO
WORKS AT THE PLANT WHO SAYS
ABOUT THE FOSSIL FUEL WORKERS,
THEY CALL THAT OLFACTORY THE
BOMB.
THEY HAVE INCIDENTS REQUIRED TO
EVACUATE, BUT MANY ARE NOT
REQUIRED, SO, THEY ALSO PLAY
FAST AND LOOSE WITH THE SAFETY
LAWS AS WELL, AND GIVEN ALL OF
THIS, THE QUESTION OF JOBS IS
PARAMOUNT IF WE ARE TO BUILD A
POWERFUL MOVEMENT.
IF YOU CAN GIVE US A SENSE OF
IF WE HAVE A FULL-FLEDGED
PROGRAM, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATE,
AND IT IS FINE IF WE DON'T HAVE
IT NOW, JUST GO BACK AND LOOK
AT THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT,
I THINK YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO
HAVE JOSE ON BOARD WHO HAS SOME
WORKING WITH LABOR AND LIKE,
WORKFORCE JOB TRANSITION IS THE
NEXT FRONTIER OF THE CLIMATE
WORK, AND I WANT TO CALL IN A
COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING, I
DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR
YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT A COUPLE
THINGS JUST FOR COUNCILMEMBERS
TO BE AWARE OF.
THERE IS A FOSSIL FUEL FREE
STUDY THAT I BELIEVE IS ON THE
SLIDE UNDER THE ELECTRIFICATION
SLIDE COMING LATER, THAT THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
HAS BEEN WORKING ON, I BELIEVE
THAT IS SLATED TO COME TO
COUNSEL THE END OF THIS MONTH,
IF NOT, APRIL, BUT I AM SORRY
TO SAY, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE
WHICH COMMITTEE THAT IS UP TO.
THAT IS ONE STUDY THAT IS IN
DRAFT FORM AND BEING REVIEWED
AND WILL BE IN ALL OF OUR HANDS
VERY SOON.
THROUGH SOME OF THE
ELECTRIFICATION WORK WE ARE
DOING, LOOKING AT STRATEGIES
FOR ELECTRIFYING EXISTING
BUILDINGS, THERE IS GRANT
FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP WORK WE
ARE DOING WITH EMERALD CITIES
TO LOOK AT WHAT OTHER WORKFORCE
OPPORTUNITIES WITH
ELECTRIFICATION AND BUILDINGS,
THAT IS ON OUR WORKPLAN TO DO
THIS YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE DATA THROUGH THAT
STUDY AS WELL.
I KNOW THERE IS ONE MORE, UNDER
THE RELATED STUDY, IT IS NOT SO
MUCH ABOUT JOBS, BUT IT IS THE
WAYS WE SUBSIDIZE FOSSIL FUELS
IN OUR PROGRAMS AND POLICIES,
THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE PART
OF THE WORK WE ARE LEADING THIS
YEAR.
I'VE WRITTEN DOWN A NOTE ON
THAT CALL FOR THE JOBS AND WHAT
DATA WE HAVE ON JOBS AND I
DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE WE WILL
COME BACK TO YOU WITH ANY
INFORMATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW,
AND WE DEFINITELY WILL BE
SHARING AND WORKING WITH YOU ON
THOSE STUDIES AS THEY GET
UNDERWAY THIS YEAR.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT,
LOOKING FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
WITH YOU.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS NEXT.
>> I WANT TO FIRST JUST TO
WELCOME ALL THE NEW FOLKS ON
BOARD, IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO
SEE, CONGRATULATIONS FOR
MEETING THIS AMAZING TEAM, I
KNOW LILIANA AND LISA AND JOSE
FROM PREVIOUS WORK, IT IS GOOD
TO SEE EVERYBODY ON BOARD HERE.
JUST, FOLLOWING UP ON THE LAST
POINT, THE FOSSIL FUEL STUDY IS
BEING CONDUCTED, THAT WILL BE
COMING TO MY COMMITTEE NEXT
MONTH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
DELAYED BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT
IS TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT JOBS ARE RELATED TO THE
FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, AND IT
WAS ACTUALLY MISSING A COMPONENT
OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR,
SO, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND
ADD AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENT TO
THE WORK, THAT SHOULD BE DONE
NEXT MONTH.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
FROM THEM.
THAN I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF
ECHO THE SENTIMENT HERE, WHICH
IS THAT I REALLY, WHEN WE SEE
THAT WE HAVE TO, OUR CURRENT
ANNUAL REDUCTION RATE NEEDS TO
ACCELERATE 17 TIMES, THAT IS A
DAMNING STATEMENT.
SO, WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS WORK
TO DO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO AND AS
HE SAID, AT JURISDICTIONAL
LEVELS, I REALLY AM GLAD TO SEE
THAT THIS GREEN NEW DEAL TEAM
IS COMING TOGETHER AND THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE WORKING CROSS
JURISDICTIONAL LEAD TO FIGURE
THIS OUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AT
THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE RINGING IN YOUNG
PEOPLE, BRINGING IN LABOR,
BRINGING IN FOLKS WHO CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
AND NEW KIND OF MANUFACTURING
AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT,
AND ALSO, MAKE SURE THE FOLKS
WHO ARE CURRENTLY EMPLOYED HAVE
ACCESS TO NEW TRAINING AND NO
UNDERSTANDING AS WELL, THE
REALITY IS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
LOSE THEIR JOBS AS WE MAKE THIS
TRANSITION, AND WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THEM
ACCESS TO TRAINING AND KEEP
THEM IN GOOD PAYING JOBS THAT
CAN HELP THEM SUPPORT THEIR
FAMILIES, THAT THEY GET BENEFITS
, HAVING A GOOD UNION JOB.
SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL
THE FOLKS ON BOARD, EAGER TO
GET STARTED.
THINKING.
>> I THINK, YEAH, I DON'T SEE
ANYBODY ELSE LOOKING TO SPEAK,
SO, HOW ABOUT, MICHELLE, I
REALLY APPRECIATE, YEAH, FOLLOW
UP WITH MY OFFICE ON SOME OF
THOSE THINGS WE DISCUSSED, I
THINK THE PROSPECT OF A GENUINE
GREEN NEW DEAL JOBS PROGRAM IS
GOING TO BE, I THINK, A REALLY
SORT OF IMPORTANT PLAN OF
WINNING PEOPLE OVER INTO MAKING
THIS KIND OF CHANGE.
SO, I HOPE WE CAN COME BACK TO
THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN UPCOMING
MEETINGS, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
PRESENTATION, AND WELCOME,
EVERYBODY WHO HAS JUST GOT INTO
THE OFFICE, REALLY, THIS IS
GOING TO BE CRUCIAL, NOT JUST
FOR OUR CITY, BUT FOR OUR
PLANET.
THINKING.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I KNOW WE ARE PROBABLY SHORT ON
TIME, IS IT TIME TO MOVE TO
NEXT AGENDA ITEM OR SHOULD I
WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE
ONGOING WORK FOR SOME OF THE
NEW PARTNERSHIP WORK WE ARE
DOING?
>> YES, SORRY, I BLINDSIDED
MYSELF, YES, ABSOLUTELY YOU
SHOULD, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE
WILL MOVE ON.
>> I WILL TRY TO BE QUICK AND
KIND OF TALK THROUGH THIS AT A
HIGH-LEVEL.
I THINK, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS
JUST REALLY HELPFUL TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON
THIS YEAR.
I LOOK AT THIS AS OBSERVING AS
GOOD, SOLID INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHERE ARE
THE AREAS WE CAN DO MORE
COLLECTIVELY AS A COMMUNITY.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
CLIMATE ACTIONS AND BUILDINGS
AND TRANSPORTATION, WE SAW THAT
IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF OUR
CARBON POLLUTION IS COMING
FROM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON
BUILDINGS, SO, I JUST WANT TO
NOTE, WE HAVE HAD A BUILDING
TUNEUP PROGRAM IN PLACE SINCE
2019, THAT IS A LAW THAT
REQUIRES A LARGE COMMERCIAL AND
MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS TO DO
OPERATIONAL AND LOW-COST FIXES
TO REDUCE EMISSIONS IN THEIR
BUILDING, I WANT TO SAY, WE ARE
REALLY PROUD WE JUST HIT THE
500 MARK OF THE PROGRAM, SO, WE
ARE IN THE THIRD COHORT OF FOUR
THAT ARE DOING THESE TUNEUPS.
THE OTHER THING WE ARE REALLY
PROUD OF, 98% OF THE BUILDINGS,
OVER 100,000 SQUARE FEET, ARE
COMPLIANT WITH THIS LAW.
I FIND THAT JUST OUTSTANDING
CONSIDERING THE YEAR WE HAVE
ALL HAD, THE TEAM HAS DONE A
LOT TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED
ENGAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE WITH
THESE BUSINESSES, AND TO
CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES TO
HELP THEM COMPLY WITH THIS LAW
EARLY.
AND WANTED TO NOTE, RELATING
JOBS, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN FOCUSED
ON A SEVERAL YEAR PARTNERSHIP
WITH SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE,
THEY HAVE A SUSTAINABLE
BUILDING SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAM, OVER THE LAST THREE
YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING
WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING
CERTIFIED TO THAT PROGRAM AS A
BACHELOR OF SUPPLY DEFINES THEY
GET, SO, WE HAVE WORKED WITH
OVER 60 STUDENTS IN THE LAST
FEW YEARS, A MAJORITY OF THOSE
FOLKS HAVE BEEN EITHER PEOPLE
OF COLOR OR WOMEN, SO THAT HAS
BEEN REALLY EXCITING, AND WE
ARE CONNECTING THOSE FOLKS TO
REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE WORKING
ON DOING ASSESSMENTS WITH UNDER
RESOURCED BUSINESSES.
I WANT TO JUST HIT ON OUR
LEADERSHIP IN OUR OWN BUILDING,
SO WE CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY
WITH REDUCING EMISSIONS IN CITY
THERE IS A FEW EXCITING
PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED
IN, INCLUDING PUTTING SOLAR ON
THE BREAK IN MAGNUSON PARK, AND
SOME REALLY STRATEGIC AND
TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN CITY
BUILDINGS THAT ARE LEAST
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDING CRITICAL COMMUNITY
SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD BANKS OR
SENIOR SERVICES OR MEAL
PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE BEEN MAKING INVESTMENTS
IN THOSE BUILDINGS THAT ARE
EVENTUALLY BEING TRANSFERRED
OVER TO THESE COMMUNITY FOLKS,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LEFT
WITH BUILDINGS THAT THAT HAVE
LOWER ENERGY COSTS AND MORE
EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT TO SERVE
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THEN, THERE IS A FOCUS, AND WE
HAVE BEEN TALKING BUT
ELECTRIFICATION, THE PATH IS
ELECTRIFICATION.
WE HAVE 20 PROJECTS UNDERWAY,
ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS
UNDERWAY, IN 20 OF OUR
BUILDINGS.
PER THE MAYOR'S 2020 GREEN NEW
DEAL EXECUTIVE ORDER, ON THE
CITY BUILDINGS ARE REQUIRED TO
OPERATE WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS.
LOOKING OUT NOT JUST THE CITY
BUILDINGS, BUT THE REST OF THE
BUILDINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND
THE PLAN TO ELECTRIFY THOSE I
WANT TO NOTE, IN 2019, THE
STATE PASSED A CLEAN BUILDINGS
LAW, WHICH IS THAT SOME ENERGY
TARGETS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AND
ENERGY USE FROM THOSE
BUILDINGS.
COMPLIANCE FOR THE LARGEST
STARTS IN 2026.
THERE ARE INCENTIVES AVAILABLE
RIGHT NOW TO HELP BUSINESSES
COMPLY EARLY, SO, THE WORK OF
OUR TEAM IS HERE IS PURRING
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND PARTNERS
TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW CAN WE
CAN SUPPORT THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY HERE, COMPLY WITH
THIS LAW EARLY, WE ARE
PRIORITIZING NONPROFITS, AND WE
ARE ALSO PRIORITIZING BUILDING
OWNERS THAT ARE SERVING BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
COMMUNITIES.
WANTED TO NOTE, THE STATE
STANDARDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO GET
SEATTLE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE TO
MAKE OUR BUILDINGS CARBON
NEUTRAL, SO, WE HAVE COMPLETED
SOME LUMINARY TECHNICAL WORK ON
WHAT A MORE AGGRESSIVE BOLDED
PERFORMANCE STANDARD MIGHT LOOK
LIKE.
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT
WORK LATER AS IT IS READY.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW
OF WORKING WITH PARTNERS LIKE
THE NORTHWEST ENERGY COALITION,
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TO
REALLY ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS
AROUND THE TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL
OPERATIONAL, EQUITY, AND OTHER
CHALLENGES, AND SORT OF DOING
THIS NEXT STEP OF COMPLIANCE,
WHICH WILL COST MONEY, IT WILL
CREATE SOME BURDEN, AND WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT SO,
WE ARE WORKING WITH THOSE FOLKS
TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THOSE
CHALLENGES AND BUILD A POLICY
úTHAT IS SUCCESSFUL, AS WELL AS
LOOKING AT THOSE WORKFORCE
OPPORTUNITIES.
IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS, HOMES IN PARTICULAR,
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PHASE
OUT DIRTY OIL HEAT, SINCE 2017,
WE HAVE HELPED ABOUT 700
HOUSEHOLDS CONVERTED FROM
HEATING OIL TO EFFICIENT HEAT
PUMPS.
AS YOU KNOW, IN 2019, THE MAYOR
PUT FORWARD A HEATING OIL TAX
TO HELP EXPAND THE REBATES AND
ALSO PAY 100% OF THE
CONVERSIONS AND HOUSEHOLDS WITH
LOWER INCOMES.
WE HAVE PUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION
OF THIS TAX DUE TO COVID-19, I
KNOW WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO
YOU IN JUNE WITH KIND OF A GAME
PLAN FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
MOVING FORWARD, GIVEN WHAT IS
GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE REBATE
PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE SOME
PARTNERSHIPS TO DO CONVERSIONS
ON 15 LOW INCOME HOMES.
THEN THE NEW COMMERCIAL CODE, I
DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THAT AT
THIS POINT, BUT IT WILL
ELIMINATE GAS FOR COMMERCIAL
AND MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT A
SPECIFIC THANK YOU TO COUNSEL
ON YOUR PARTNERSHIP TO WORK
WITH THE MAYOR ON PASSING THIS
GROUNDBREAKING LEGISLATION.
LAST MONTH, IT WAS JUST REALLY
EXCITING FOR ME, I WAS LESS
INVOLVED, BUT KIND OF WATCHING
FROM THE SIDES TO SEE JUST A
STRONG COALITION OF LABOR, IF
EVERY ENVIRONMENT AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS
SPEAKING OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS
LEGISLATION.
WE ARE SHIFTING TO
TRANSPORTATION WORK, SO, OUR
CORE STRATEGIES IN ADDRESSING
TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS,
REDUCING TRIVALENT TRIPS,
INCREASING SUSTAINABLE MODES,
AND ELECTRIFYING ALL VEHICLES
THAT REMAIN, AS QUICKLY AS WE
CAN.
WE ARE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, WE ARE DOING A
LOT OF THE MOOD AND DRIVE ALONE
WORK, THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
HAS BEEN CONTINUING TO EXPLORE
WELD PRICING AS A POSSIBLE TOOL
FOR HELPING US ACHIEVE OUR
GOALS, AND JUST WANT TO SAY,
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS ON THAT WERE PAUSED
LAST YEAR, OUT OF RESPECT FOR
COVID-19, AND THINGS FOLKS ARE
GOING TOO.
BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY KICKED OFF
ENGAGEMENT WITH EQUITY LEADERS
OF THE CITY, OUR MORE FORMAL
EQUITY ADVISORY BOARDS, AND
REALLY, THE QUESTION WE ARE
EXPLORING IN THESE
CONVERSATIONS IS, CAN ROAD
PRICING STRATEGIES IMPROVE
MOBILITY, ADDRESS AT THIS
CLIMATE CRISIS QUICKLY, AND
ADVANCE EQUITY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I KNOW THE
GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION ASKED
THIS VERY QUESTION, SO WE DO
LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH
YOU ALL AND WITH THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ADVISORY BOARD.
THE LAST SLIDE ON
TRANSPORTATION IS JUST ABOUT
OUR TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGY, SO,
WE KNOW, LAST WEEK, THE MAYOR
RELEASED TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION BLUEPRINT, AND
THIS BLUEPRINT INVOLVES
MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS
ENGAGED IN IT, SO, THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
úTRANSPORTATION, AND SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT, IT REALLY
INTERSECTS AND CENTERS ON FOUR
AREAS OF WORK IN THE NEAR TERM,
INFRASTRUCTURE, MAKING SURE WE
ARE LEVERAGING THE UTILITY AND
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS AS
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS RAPIDLY
CHANGING AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR, MAKE SURE WE ARE
PREPARED FOR IT.
INNOVATIVE POLICY, THE WAYS WE
CAN LOOK AT REDUCING FOSSIL
FUELS FROM TRANSPORTATION
THROUGH POLICY MEANS, WE KNOW
THERE IS, THERE IS A BILL,
ACTIVE BILL RIGHT NOW LOOKING
AT SOME OF THAT, MOBILITY,
MAKING SURE AS WE DID THIS
WORK, THAT CLEAN, EFFICIENT
TRANSPORTATION IS AVAILABLE TO
THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE
IMPACTS, AND THEN, AGAIN,
WORKFORCE IS A BIG THEME, HOW
ARE WE LOOKING AT CONNECTING
NEW JOBS FROM TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION TO THOSE WHO
NEED THOSE JOBS.
I KNOW OUR TEAM IS ACTIVELY
SCHEDULING BRIEFINGS ON THIS
NEW TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION BLUEPRINT, SO,
WE DO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
SHARING MORE WITH THE TEAM THAT
IS LEADING THE EFFORT, I DID
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
ACTIONS WE ARE WORKING ON AS
PART OF THAT BLUEPRINT WITH
EXISTING BUDGET AND IN OUR BOOK
PLANS.
THERE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE
FOSSIL FUEL TRANSITION STUDY.
THE LAST SLIDE, JUST WANTED TO
TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
BROADER WORK WE ARE DOING, WE
ALREADY TALKED A BIT ABOUT OUR
FOOD WORK, BUT I WILL JUST TO
SAY, 2020 WAS A REALLY
UNPRECEDENTED YEAR FOR ALL OF
US, AND REALLY, ACROSS ALL OF
OUR WORK.
WE REALLY STRIVE TO LEVERAGE
EXISTIN PROGRAMS AND SYSTEMS
TO DEVELOP RACIALLY EQUITABLE
WAYS TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC.
TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS AND
SUPPORT STAFF AS WORKERS WHO
ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH A LOT.
AS WE MOVE INTO 2021, IN THE
FOOD AREA, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
PARTNER WITH HUMAN SERVICES
DIVISION ON THE EMERGENCY
FEEDING TASK FORCE TO REALLY
BRING A RACIAL EQUITY LENS AND
UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE GAPS
STILL AND HOW DO WE BEST OF
THOSE GAPS FOR ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FOOD.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT
THANKING COUNSEL AND THE
PARTNERSHIP, I WANT TO JUST TO
SAY, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
COMPLETING A RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT ON THAT RAPID RESPONSE
PROGRAM, WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO
SAY, 70% OF THE ENROLLEES SELF
IDENTIFY AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, WE FEEL
REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO DO THAT IN SUCH A QUICK
TURNAROUND, AND JUST BUILD ON
THE RACIAL EQUITY WORK WE HAVE
BEEN DOING.
WE TALKED ABOUT EXPANDING, WE,
WE CURRENTLY SERVE 12,000
HOUSEHOLDS WITH A $40 VOUCHER A
MONTH TO PURCHASE FRESH FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES, AND THAT
CURRENTLY IS AVAILABLE AT 30
PARTICIPATING RETAILERS, FOUR OF
WHICH ARE BLACK OWNED. NEXT
WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO BE
RELEASING AN APPLICATION TO
EXPAND THAT NETWORK WITH THE
IDEA OF ADDING EIGHT TO 11 NEW
GROCERS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT
SERVE COMMUNITIES.
WE WILL MAKE SURE, WHEN THAT
APPLICATION IS READY TO BE
LIVE, WE WILL SHARE THAT SO YOU
CAN SHARE THAT IN YOUR NETWORKS.
THEN, THE LAST THING, THE
SECOND TO LAST THING I WANT TO
MENTION IS, JOSE TALKED ABOUT
GROWING UP IN SOUTH PARK, WE
CAN TALK ABOUT THE VALLEY
PROGRAM.
WE ARE VERY ACTIVE IN
IMPLEMENTING THE ACTION PLAN
AND WE DID A LOT OF REALLY
AMAZING RESPONSE EFFORTS AS
WELL.
WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY PIVOT
OUR BUDGET TO MEET THE NEEDS.
THE EXCITING THING THIS YEAR
JUST KICKING OFF, WE RECEIVED A
GRANT AND TO LOOK AT HOW WE
ADVANCE CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT IN AN AREA OF
OUR CITY MOST VULNERABLE TO SEA
LEVEL RISE AND FLOOD IMPACT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT OUR
RESPONSE IS TO THAT, WHICH WILL
BE COMING LATER IN A WAY THAT
BRINGS PEOPLE INTO SOLUTIONS
AND PRIORITIZES KEEPING PEOPLE
IN BUSINESSES.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ARE
ENGAGED IN URBAN FORESTRY WORK,
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS
THAT WILL BE COMING TO THE LAND
USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS, TOO.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO OUR
MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND THAT HAD A
BIG FOCUS ON REACHING OUT TO
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES WHO HADN'T BEEN
ENGAGED AND THEN, WE ARE
PARTNERED WITH SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS AROUND TREE
PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT.
I BELIEVE OUR STAFF IS JOINING
US TOMORROW TO BRIEF THAT
COMMITTEE ON UPDATES TO THOSE
PROTECTIONS.
WE'VE BEEN BUILDING
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, SO, I
KNOW WE HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF
CONTENT AND INFORMATION TO YOU,
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME, WE WILL END HERE, SEE IF
THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE TO COME BACK TOO MANY
OF THESE POINTS IN SUBSEQUENT
DISCUSSIONS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
OVERVIEW.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS, I
DON'T MEAN TO UNDERESTIMATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF ALL THE POINTS
YOU BROUGHT UP, WILL BUT JUST
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND OUR
ADVISORY BOARD NOMINEES WHO
HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE,
IF EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH THIS,
I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
MY OFFICE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP
ON THESE CRUCIAL ASPECTS OF
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE.
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS APPOINTMENTS
TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD, AND WE ARE HONORED TO
SPEAK WITH SEVERAL COMMITTEE
ORGANIZERS WHO HAVE POWERFUL
EXPERIENCE ADVOCATING FOR THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
AFTER WE VOTE, WE WILL HAVE A
BROADER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
STRUGGLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE WILL ASKED ALL THE
APPOINTEES TO STICK AROUND FOR
THE DISCUSSION, AND I WILL ALSO
JUST TO SAY, JUST BECAUSE IT IS
ALMOST 3:40, IF YOU CAN KEEP
COMMENTS IN THE APPOINTMENT
SECTIONS SHORTER, SO WE CAN GET
THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSION
WHERE WE WANT THE APPOINTEES TO
PARTICIPATE AS WELL.
AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE
PRESENTATION, THERE ARE FOUR
PEOPLE WHOSE APPOINTMENTS, WE
WILL MOVED FOR A VOTE TODAY.
THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS WITH
APPOINTMENTS AND NOT READY FOR
A VOTE YET, BUT WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THEM, WE HOPE TO VOTE TO
APPOINT THEM IN THE FUTURE.
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET THEM TODAY.
I WILL GIVE A CHANCE FOR THE
APPOINTEES TO INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES, AND TO AVOID THE
AWKWARDNESS OF EVERYBODY
WAITING FOR THE OTHER TO SPEAK
UP, JUST CALL ON EACH APPOINTEE
AND FUTURE APPOINTEE.
WHEN I CALL ON YOU, PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF VERY
BRIEFLY, YOUR NAME, YOUR
AFFILIATIONS, AND YOUR WORK
ORGANIZING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND
WHAT YOU HOPE TO DO ON THE
GREEN NEW DEAL ADVISORY BOARD.
I WILL START WITH MATT REMLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE HERE TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
MY ENGLISH NAME IS MATT REMLE,
MY LAKOTA NAME IS, I AM A D2
RESIDENT IN BEACON HILL AND IN
TERMS OF WORK, THE COFOUNDER OF
A DIVESTMENT, REINVESTMENT GROUP
, ALONG WITH RACHEL HEATON, WE
HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON FOSSIL
FUEL ISSUES FOR THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS, SUPPORTING
COMMUNITIES AND COMING UP WITH
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS, WHETHER
IT IS PIPELINES, FRACKING, IN
THE COMMUNITIES.
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE
SEVERAL FOLKS HERE TODAY WITH
FORMER COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN IN
THE DRAFTING OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL RESOLUTION, AS WELL AS THE
ORDINANCE, AND FOLLOWING THAT,
HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
WITH IT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
LEADING IN TO WORK WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND
REALLY PUSHED TO ENSURE , I
THINK YOU FOR HEARING OUR VERSUS
, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE MANY OF
THE GOALS, IT IS GOING TO
REQUIRE INVESTMENT.
WE ARE HONORED THAT WAS INCLUDED
ELECTRIFICATION, NT INTO
WEATHERIZATION, AND OTHER SORT
OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
HAPPY TO BE HERE, THANK YOU FOR
THE APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT, WE HAVE RACHEL HEATON.
>> MY NAME IS RACHEL HEATON, I
AM A MEMBER OF THE MUCKLESHOOT
INDIAN TRIBE AND ALSO A
DEFENDANT OF, THE ORIGINAL
PEOPLE OF THE AREA THAT WE ALL
KNOW AS SEATTLE.
MY FAMILY'S BEGINNINGS TRACE
BACK TO THE SHORES OF LAKE
UNION.
A WERE WELL-KNOWN BASKET
WEAVERS AND EVENTUALLY MADE THE
TRANSITION OUT, WHICH IS
ACTUALLY ONE OF, THE ONLY
FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE THAT
IS WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
LIMITS IN TERMS OF ACCUSTOMED
PLANS.
I AM ALSO THE COFOUNDER OF
MAZASKA TALKS , YES, WE ARE A
NATIVE ORGANIZATION, WE PROVIDE
TOOLS TO CITIES, SCHOOLS,
COMMUNITIES, ANYONE WHO IS
TRYING TO REMOVE MONEY AWAY
FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY
AND OTHER, AND ALSO DEALING
WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE
INTERSECTIONAL WITHIN THAT.
I HAVE SPOKEN AT THE UNITED
NATIONS IN SWITZERLAND AND THE
NETHERLANDS ABOUT OUR NATIVE
PEOPLE AND THE ISSUES WE FACE
REGARDING SAFE, CLEAN WATER.
ALSO THE BANKS' INVOLVEMENTS,
MY PEOPLE, ULTIMATELY THE WORLD
AT WHOLE.
DUE TO THEIR INVESTMENTS OF
WHAT THEY CONTINUE TO FUND, SO,
WE ALSO WORK TO ESTABLISH
SOLUTIONS, SO, IF YOU HAVE
HEARD THE DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC
BANKING AND WORKING TO PUT
MONEY BACK INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES, WHICH WOULD
ULTIMATELY, AGAIN, DO THE
DISCUSSION OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
, AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE, SO
PART OF WHY I FEEL IT IS SO
IMPORTANT, BEING A NATIVE WOMAN
ON THIS COMMITTEE IS SUPER
IMPORTANT TO ME, ADDRESSING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
IF WE LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST
ORIGINAL GREEN NEW DEAL WAS
PRESENTED BACK IN 1933 BY
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, AT THAT
TIME, IT DIDN'T INCLUDE OUR
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, IT
DIDN'T INCLUDE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
IT DIDN'T INCLUDE OTHER CLASSES
THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY COME INTO
PLAY SUCH AS DISABILITY AND
HOMELESSNESS, SO, THOSE WEREN'T
ISSUED.
BEING A WOMAN OF COLOR AND
BEING ABLE TO BE ON HERE IS
TRULY AN HONOR.
I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL THE ONES
I HAVE GOT TO DO WORK WITH.
I'VE GOT TO DO SO MUCH WORK
WITH COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
SUPPORTING THE AMAZON TAX AND
ALL OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE,
SO, I AM HONORED TO BE SURE AND
HONORED TO JUST CONTRIBUTE IN A
WAY THAT IS TRULY PROVIDING
EQUITY AND JUST A BETTER PLACE
TO LIVE FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, RACHEL
FOR BEING HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A SPECIAL
MENTION, HOW MANY YEARS WE HAVE
BEEN BUILDING A MOVEMENT
TOGETHER, LED IN PART BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND REALLY,
ALL THIS STARTED WITH NOT
CONTACTING OUR OFFICE TO PASS
THE INDIGENOUS DAY RESOLUTION,
úWHICH IS WHERE THIS BEGAN.
AND WE WENT FROM THERE TO
REALLY PASSING THE VERY
IMPORTANT ACCESS TYPE PLAN
RESOLUTION, THE LEGISLATION TO
GET THE CITY, WHICH WAS THE
FIRST STEP, THE BUT THE NEXT
STEP IS TO HAVE A CITY-OWNED
PUBLIC BANK AND WE HAVE LEARNED
FROM MULTIPLE CITY STUDIES
RELEASED TWO YEARS AGO, BUT
ACTUALLY IT IS FINANCIALLY
VIABLE.
JUST A NOTE FOR US TO COME BACK
TO THAT. WE SHOULD BE PURSUING
THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS
PART TWO OF THE STRUGGLES FOR
FOSSIL FUEL BASED
DISTRIBUTIONS.
REALLY JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE
HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE
DONE TO PUSH THESE QUESTIONS
AND FORWARD.
I RECOGNIZE THE FIGHT AGAINST
CLIMATE CHANGE IS VERY MUCH
LINKED WITH THE FIGHT FOR
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND CULTURAL
RIGHTS.
THE QUESTION OF ECONOMIC
INJUSTICE AS WELL.
NEXT, I WILL WELCOME
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS..
>> THAT AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I AM DEBOLINA BANERJEE . I AM
FROM THE PUGET SOUND.
AND WORK ON POLICY AND RESEARCH
ANALYSIS FOR THE JUSTICE
PROGRAM, AND I ALSO SUPPORT
CAMPAIGNS AND COALITIONS, I
FEEL VERY HONORED AND
APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF YOU FOR
NOMINATING ME TO THIS BOARD, AS
I SAID, I WILL BE REPRESENTING
SAGE ON THIS BOARD.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT
KNOW, IT IS A MAJORITY WOMEN OF
COLOR LED ORGANIZATION, SO, THE
INTEREST OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS,
AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP AND
COALITIONS WITH COMMUNITIES TO
ADVOCATE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE AND
EQUITABLE POLICIES.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE GREEN NEW
DEAL CAN SERVE AS A VISIONARY
AND MULTI-ISSUE POLICY VEHICLE
THAT CAN BUILD STEPS TO END
SEATTLE'S CLIMATE POLLUTION.
IT CAN TRANSITION TO A FULLY
RENEWABLE ENERGY GRID, WE CAN
CREATE SAFE LIVING WAGE JOBS,
UNION JOBS, ADDRESS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, AFFORDABLE ACCESS AND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND
CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, AND DRIVEN
BY THE VALUES THAT WE CAN
ACHIEVE A GREEN NEW DEAL BY
FOLLOWING THE TRANSITION OF
MOVING AWAY FROM AN EXTRACTIVE
SYSTEM TO A REGENERATIVE ONE.
HONESTLY, THE TIMING IS NOT
JUST RIGHT, IT IS OVERDUE, WE
ARE IN AN URGENT, WE HAVE THE
URGENCY, WE FEEL THE URGENCY
RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A NATION THAT IS
DIVIDED ON RACIAL AND ECONOMIC
JUSTICE VALUES, WE HAVE CLIMATE
CHANGE, SCIENTISTS HAVE GIVEN
US 12 YEARS, NOW IT IS 11
YEARS, PROBABLY.
AND WE HAVE THE PANDEMIC STILL
GOING ON.
AS AN OVERSIGHT TO MEMBER, I DO
WANT TO INTENTIONALLY BRING MY
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE IN
ORGANIZING RESEARCH AND POLICY
ANALYSIS TO PUSH FOR THE CITY
TO MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER SO
WE CAN ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF
RACIALLY JUST AND EQUITABLE
OUTCOMES FOR CLIMATE AND
ENVIRONMENT. I
PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN A LONGTIME
COMMENT AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
ADVOCATE, I HAVE WORKED WITH
COMMUNITIES IN MY HOME COUNTRY
OF INDIA, AS WELL AS HERE IN
SEATTLE, AND I AM ALSO A NEW
MOM TO A THREE-MONTH-OLD, SO, I
AM JUST MORE THAN COMMITTED TO
BRINGING ALL MY ENERGY AND
COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK, JUST
CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
I'M DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF
THIS GROUP, AND REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MUCH
APPRECIATED, YOUR COMMENTS.
WHAT YOU SAID HIGHLIGHTED TWO
THINGS, ESPECIALLY, ONE IS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS AND CAPITALISM,
THEY ARE BOTH, IT IS A GLOBAL
SYSTEM AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS,
AND I THINK YOUR PRESENCE HERE,
FROM INDIA, WE HAVE SO MANY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE, IT
REALLY SHOWS THE CONFLUENCE OF
ACTIVISM ACROSS NATIONAL
BORDERS, AS IT NEEDS TO BE,
YOUR VOICE ON THE BOARD WILL BE
VERY CRUCIAL, THE OTHER POINT
YOU HIGHLIGHTED IS HOW URGENT
THIS CRISIS IS.
SCIENTISTS HAVE GIVEN US A VERY
SHORT TIMELINE, WE REALLY CANNOT
POSSIBLY UNDERESTIMATE HOW DIRE
THIS SITUATION IS.
GENUINELY APPRECIATE YOU
BRINGING THAT POINT, NO DOUBT
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE
FOR THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE JESS WALLACH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TRYING TO FIND THE VIDEO BUTTON.
HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS JESS WALLACH, I AM A
D6 RESIDENT AND CODIRECTOR WITH
350 SEATTLE.
HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AND
EXCITED TO SEE THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD COME TO
LIFE.
IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS COMING
AND SEVERAL BUDGET FIGHTS.
WE ARE A GRASSROOTS CLIMATE
GROUP ALIGNED WITH OTHER LOCAL
MOVEMENTS FOR RACIAL, SOCIAL,
AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
WE ORGANIZE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE
CLIMATE ACTION AT THE SCALE OF
THE CRISIS, AND FOR SOLUTIONS
ROOTED IN THE LIVED EXPERIENCE
OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED.
BACK IN 2019, IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH DR. GREENE, WE CAN LAUNCH
TO THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN FOR
SEATTLE'S GREEN NEW JOB.
OUR VISION IS A CLIMATE OF
JUSTICE AND JOBS PROGRAM.
SO, WE ARE BUILDING PEOPLE
POWER TO WIN COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS THAT CREATE HEALTHY
RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOODS,
THOUSANDS OF GOOD UNION JOBS,
AND ELIMINATE OUR CITY PURPOSE
CLIMATE POLLUTION BY 2030.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS
TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS AND
CITYWIDE UNION BUILT A PORTABLE
HOUSING, COUPLED WITH STRONG
DISPLACEMENT MEASURES, FREE
ELECTRIC TRANSIT, BUILDINGS
POWERED BY 100% CLEAN AND
DIRTY, AND HELPING
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CITY AND
WANT TO LIVE IN.
SINCE 2019, WE HAVE WORKED IN
COALITION, A NUMBER OF PARTNERS
HERE, AND OTHERS TO CRAFT AND
PASS THE NEW DEAL RESOLUTION,
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE MEASURE,
JUMPSTART SEATTLE MEASURE,
EQUITABLY FUND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL SOLUTIONS.
TO MOBILIZE COMMUNITY SUPPORT
BEHIND THE RECENT ENERGY
UPDATES, THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING, AS YOU HEARD FROM
THE EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, WE
HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE
WEALTHIEST CITIES IN ONE OF THE
WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES MOST
RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL PAYMENT
POLLUTION.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY
AND HONORED TO BE PART OF THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND HELP MAKE
SURE SEATTLE IS DOING OUR PART
TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE AND
CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL ACTION.
>> THANK YOU, REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU HIGHLIGHTING ALSO THAT WE
ARE IN ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST
CITIES IN THE WEALTHIEST
COUNTRY, WHICH IS ALSO BEARS
THE MOST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
SHARE IN OVERALL EMISSIONS AND
HOW MUCH THAT ALSO MEANS THERE'S
THIS MAN'S ABILITY ON OUR
SHOULDERS.
AS YOU SAID, THIS IS TWO YEARS
COMING TO SEVERAL BUDGET FIGHTS
FOR HAVING SET UP THIS ADVISORY
BOARD.
SO, I SHARE YOUR EXCITEMENT.
ALSO, THOSE WERE THE
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE
APPOINTEES WHOSE VOTES WE ARE
PLANNING TO BRING FORWARD, BUT
WE ALSO WANTED TO HEAR FROM TWO
INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HOPE WILL
BE APPOINTED SOON, SO, I WANTED
TO WELCOME CHRISTINA CHU, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> HI, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE,
MY NAME IS CHRISTINA, I
CURRENTLY HAVE RESIDENCY IN
DISTRICT 3. BUT AT THIS TIME, I
AM HOME WITH MY PARENTS IN NEW
YORK.
AM VERY MUCH NEW TO THE
GOVERNMENT SPACE AND ALSO HAVE
RECENTLY STARTED TAKING PART IN
ORGANIZING WITH THE SUNRISE
MOVEMENT IN SEATTLE.
THIS IS LARGELY WHAT I AM
HOPING TO BRING FORTH AS A KEY
PIECE TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD,
LEVERAGING AND REPRESENTING AND
BEING A LIAISON BETWEEN THE
BOARD AS WELL AS SUNRISE
SEATTLE.
OUTSIDE OF THIS GRASSROOTS
EFFORT, I AM CURRENTLY EMPLOYED
AS AN ENGINEER, ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING, AND WORKING FOR A
CONSULTANT, A CONSULTING FIRM
BASED IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
O, THAT IS IT FOR ME, I'M
EXCITED TO CONTINUE WORKING
WITH EVERYONE HERE.
>> THANK YOU, CHRISTINA, I JUST
WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT CHRISTINA
SAID IN HER INTRODUCTION, ALSO,
REALLY, THE CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE
OF, SHE SAYS SHE IS WITH THE
SUNRISE MOVEMENT, BUT
HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF
BRINGING TOGETHER YOUNG PEOPLE,
MILLIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
ACTUALLY NEED TO BE ON THE
FRONT LINES, THEY ARE THE MOST
MOTIVATED BECAUSE THE YOUNGER
GENERATION ARE THE ONES MOST
AFFECTED BY THE CLIMATE CRISIS,
SO, IT IS CRUCIAL TO HAVE THE
VOICE OF THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT
ALSO HERE.
AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
LISTENING WILL SHARE THE
SENTIMENT I AM ABOUT TO
EXPRESS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
MOST EXCITING MOMENTS OF THE
CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT WAS
WHEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE
SUNRISE MOVEMENT WERE JOINED BY
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ I THINK
THAT SHOWED YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY
HAVE A DESIRE TO SHAKE THINGS
UP IN ORDER TO GET THE LEADERS
OF OUR INSTITUTIONS TO PAY
ATTENTION.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT,
CHRISTINA, NEXT, WE HAVE
CHRISTOPH STROUSE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU. THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHARE THE EXPERIENCE AND
INTEREST OF THE OVERSIGT
BOARD, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPH
STROUSE, I'M A D3 RESIDENT.
I AM STUDYING URBAN PLANNING AND
PUBLIC POLICY WITH A FOCUS ON
EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE
PLANNING POLICY AND
DEVELOPMENT.
IN MY STUDIES, I AM CURRENTLY
PART OF A STUDENT TEAM WORKING
WITH THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO
FURTHER INTEGRATE CLIMATE
RESILIENCE INTO THE CITY
PURPOSE PLAN UPDATES.
MY JOB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON SUSTAINABILITY
OFFICE, I HAVE SUPPORTED THE
DEVELOPMENT AND THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY
ACTION PLAN.
I'M A MEMBER OF 4121, THE
GRADUATE AND ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES
UNIT, WHERE I WORK WITH THE
CLIMATE JUSTICE WORK GROUP,
WHICH ORGANIZES AND ADVOCATES
TO ADVANCE CLIMATE, SOCIAL, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POLICIES.
I REPRESENT A COMMITTEE MEMBER.
DURING THE 2021 SESSION, WE
HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A
RESILIENT FUTURE PLATFORM TO
CRAFT POLICY FOR CARBON NEUTRAL
COVID-19 RECOVERY.
I ALSO ACT AS A REPRESENTATIVE
FOR THE WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF
THE GREEN ALLIANCE, WORKING ON
LABOR POLICIES FOR A JUST
TRANSITION.
CURRENTLY, THE GREEN ALLIANCE
HAS BEEN ORGANIZING AROUND THE
SOLIDARITY FOR CLIMATE ACTION
PLATFORM, WHICH IS A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PUT FORWARD
BY THE LARGEST UNIONS TO
ADDRESS THE DUAL CRISES OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECONOMIC
EQUALITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEVER THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
BECAUSE I BELIEVE TO CONFRONT
THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND COVID-19
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THE CITY
NEEDS TO DEVELOP POLICIES AND
JOBS THAT ESTABLISH A JUST
TRANSITION, AND TO IMPLEMENT
THESE POLICIES, THE CITY WILL
NEED SOLIDARITY THAT SUPPORTS
THE JUST TRANSITION FOR UNION
JOBS IN KING COUNTY.
THE WORKING-CLASS POWER, WE
MUST FORGE COALITIONS WITH
UNIONS AND CLIMATE JUSTICE
MOVEMENTS.
IT WILL ORGANIZE AND ADVOCATE
SOLITARY FOR EQUITABLE GREEN
NEW DEAL POLICIES AND JOBS.
THESE COLLATIONS WILL HELP
CRAFT POLICIES AND ALSO PASSED
LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL
LIKE THE PROTECTION ACT AND THE
PROACTIVE NATIONAL LEVEL TO
ENSURE WORKERS HAVE THE RIGHT
TO ORGANIZE, BARGAIN, AND
LITIGATE.
I ALSO BELIEVE CITIES SHOULD
CONTINUE TO PURSUE ALL THE
TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ENSURE
CORPORATIONS WHO DERIVE THEIR
WEALTH OUR COMMUNITIES PAY INTO
AGREEING SOME BOND TO HELP A
FOR GREEN NEW DEAL PROGRAMS,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH ALL OF YOU IN PERSON
AND WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
IT WOULD BE AN HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE
AS A LABOR REPRESENTATIVE ON
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND
LETTING ME SHARE MY INTEREST
AND PASSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY AGREE WITH ALL THE
POINTS YOU MADE AND ALSO, WE
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOUR
UNION HAS BEEN ON THE FRONTLINE
OF MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES, NOT
ONLY CLIMATE JUSTICE, AS YOU
SAID, REALLY BRINGS FORWARD THE
POINT ABOUT THE NEED FOR
TRANSITION FOR FOSSIL FUEL
WORKERS AND MAKE SURE WE BUILD
A STRONG UNITY, WE WON'T BE
ABLE TO WIN CLIMATE JUSTICE.
WE NEED THE LABOR MOVEMENT WITH
US, AND IN THAT CONTEXT, I
WANTED TO SHARE WITH MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE THREE
, FOUR POSITIONS, I BELIEVE, TO
BE APPOINTED THROUGH LABOR, I
HAVE PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO
THE LEADERS OF THE LABOR
COUNCIL AS WELL, URGING THAT
THEY ALSO GIVE US SOME
>>> DO BOARD MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN
RELATION TO THE APPOINTMENTS?
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY RAISING
THEIR HANDS.
SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND JUST
WAITING FOR A SECOND TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANYBODY.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
SINCE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS WE WILL MOVE TO A
VOTE.
AS I SAID.
THERE ARE FOUR APPOINTMENTS
THAT WE ARE MOVING INTO A VOTE.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE FIVE ON THE
AGENDA BECAUSE WE WANTED TO
GIVE THE MLK COUNTY LABOR
COUNCIL MORE TIME TO DISCUSS
THE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE ON
POSITIONS THAT ARE RESERVED FOR
LABOR REPRESENTATIVES.
BUT I CERTAINLY GREATLY
APPRECIATE CHRIS AND CRISTINA
BEING HERE REGARDLESS.
BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
HEAR THIS THEM.
SO I WILL READ THOSE FOUR IN
FOR THE RECORD AND THEN MOVE
THEM FOR A VOTE.
APPOINTMENT 1842 APPOINTMENT OF
DEBOLINA BANERJEE AS MEMBER OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSAOáEUGT
OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR A TERM TO
APRIL 30, 2022, APPOINTMENT OF
MATT REMLE AND CHRISTOPHER ST
ARE ROUSE.
DO WE HAVE A MOVE AND A SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
REALLY HAPPY THAT THESE
APPOINTMENTS WILL MOVE FORWARD
TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A FINAL
VOTE.
>>> JUST NOTING HOW LATE THE
TIME IS.
I WANTED TO PROPOSE TENTATIVELY
THAT WE.
BECAUSE THE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE
LAST ITEM IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS A PRESENTATION FROM GREEN
NEW DEAL ACTIVISTS ABOUT
CLIMATE JUSTICE AND I RECOGNIZE
THAT EVERYBODY IS HERE AND IF
WE POSTPONE THIS ITEM YOU WILL
HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN.
I MEAN WE WANT YOU BACK AGAIN.
BUT I FEEL WE WILL BE ABLE TO
DO MORE JUSTICE TO A DISCUSSION
OF CLIMATE JUSTICE IF WE DON'T
TRY TO RUSH THROUGH IN THE
REMAINING TIME.
SO, IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS,
I WILL PROPOSE THAT WE HAVE
THIS DISCUSSION AT AN UPCOMING
COMMITTEE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE
MY STAFF WILL MAKE SURE TO
CONNECT WITH ALL OF THE
ACTIVISTS SO THAT WE HAVE YOU
BACK.
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS FOR
YOUR CALENDAR.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM
ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I DON'T SEE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND WITH GREAT THANKS TO ALL
THE PARTICIPANTS IN TODAY'S
MEETING.
INCLUDING EVERYBODY WHO WAS
HERE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS AND
ALSO THE PRESENTATION FROM THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
DEPARTMENT AND THANKING ALL
COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I WILL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
COMMENTS, ADJOURN THE MEETING.
THE COMMITTEE IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.