>>> WE ARE NOW RECORDING.
>> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 9th,
2022.
THIS IS A SPECIAL FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING.
THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
MAKING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO
ATTEND THE MEETING ON A
THURSDAY.
WE USUALLY MEET FIRST AND THIRD
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS SO I
APPRECIATE YOU REARRANGING THE
SCHEDULES.
WILL YOU POLICE CALL ROLL?
>> KEB HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOUR
MICROIS ON.
>> IT'S ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE'S HE, HE IS JUST ON
MUTE.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ON
THE STREET.
HE MAY HAVE TECHNICCAL
DIFFICULTIES.
>> HERE, THANK YOU.
>> NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> THAT IS ALL PRESENT.
NONE EXCUSED OR ABSENT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW SECONDS
TO THANK YOU FOR THE SPECIAL
ACCOMMODATIONS TO MEET TODAY.
AS WE GET STARTED WITH OUR
HYBRID COMMITTEE MEETING, I WANT
TO THANK THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE
FOLKS FROM I.T., SECURITY, THE
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL
TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN HELPING US TO
OPERATE IN A REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AS WE ENTER INTO
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT AND IN
PERSON MEETING.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS
MADE THE LAST TWO AND A HALF
YEARS POSSIBLE TO HAVE REMOTE
MEETINGS, PUBLIC TESTIMONY, AND
CONDUCT ORDERS OF BUSINESS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> AS WE START TO GATHER IN
CHAMBERS AGAIN, WE WILL
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP TO
PROVIDE VIRTUAL PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE AS
MANY PEOPLE AS WANT TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY HAVE THE OPTION
TO DO SO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
EMPHASIS IS ON DIALLING IN
WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE
THESE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT
OPTIONS POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE.
IF YOU ARE ENTERING THIS ROOM, I
AM ASKING YOU TO WEAR A MASK.
I WANT TO REPEAT.
IF YOU ARE ENTERING THIS ROOM,
I'M ASKING YOU TO WEAR A MASK.
PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED
IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER WHERE WE
WILL HAVE FOLKS WHO SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
COMMENTING IN PERSON COMMENT
AFTER THEM.
AGAIN, THANKS TO ALL OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PERSON.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO WEAR A MASK
IF YOU ARE IN THE CHAMBERS.
I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE MEMBERS
OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE THE BEST AND
POSSIBLE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE
FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE EPICENTER IN OUR
COUNTRY FOR WHEN COVID FIRST HIT
AND WHERE WE HAVE ASKED PEOPLE
TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS ON A
PERSONAL LEVEL LIKE WEARING A
MASK AND SOCIAL DISTANCING,
STAYING HOME AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM IN KING
COUNTY HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND
THE CLOCK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE STATE LEVEL FOLKS TO MAKE
WASHINGTON STATE, SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY, ONE OF THE BEST
PLACES TO HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDANCE ROLL OUT AND BE
ACCOMMODATED.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL OF
THE WORK.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MEET NOW IN A
HYBRID MANNER, I WANT TO POINT
TO THE GUIDANCE THAT WAS ISSUED
IN THE SEATTLE TIMES JUST A WEEK
BEFORE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO
BACK TO THE IN PERSON MEETINGS.
THE HEADLINE SAID HEALTH LEADERS
RENEW PUSH FOR INDOOR MASKS.
IT SAID THAT THE HEALTH LEADERS
ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDING THAT
ALL WASHINGTONIAN WEAR FACEMASKS
AS SOME COVID-19 TRENDS CONTINUE
TO RISE.
CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE
BEEN INCREASING OVER THE PAST
TWO MONTHS AS WIDESPREAD INDOOR
MASK MANDATES END AND OMICRON
SUBVARIANTS PICKED UP.
NOW THE REMINDERS FROM PUBLIC
HEALTH SEND A STRONGER MESSAGE
OF URGENCY.
THIS PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER.
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH SAID.
THEY GO ON TO TALK ABOUT THE
NUMBER OF INFECTIONS THEY ARE
SEEING, ESPECIALLY AMONG KIDS,
AND A PLEA TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL
DISTANCING, MASK MANDATE HABITS,
AND INCREASE IMMUNE INTRAGZS.
THEY ALSO NOTE THAT
IMMUNIZATIONS HAVE BEGUN TO WANE
IN TERMS OF BOOSTERS FOR FOLKS
IN COMMUNITIES AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THAT
NOT EVERYONE CAN GET A VACCINE.
THIS INCLUDES EVERYONE WHO IS
IMCOMMIZED AND ALSO FOLKS WHO
ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 5, NOT A
VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR KIDS UNDER
THE AGE OF 5.
MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE
WITHOUT IMMUNITY THAT THOSE WHO
ARE VACCINATED ARE ABLE TO
CARRY.
I WANT HAVE THANK YOU ALL AND
WELCOME PEDERSEN FOR CONTINUING
TO WEAR A MASK IN THE PUBLIC
MEETINGS.
FOR FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE, THANK
YOU FOR WEARING YOUR MASKS.
WE HAVE EXTRA MASKS OUT IN THE
FRONT AS WELL.
>> TODAY WE ARE GOING TO SHOW
WHAT OUR PROCESS WILL BE MOVING
FORWARD IN THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING.
ALL OF THE PRESENTERS ARE NOT
GOING TO BE AT THE TABLE.
THEY WILL BE WITH US IN THE
VIRTUAL ROOM.
WE WILL NOT HAVE ANYONE FROM
CENTRAL STAFF OR ANY OF THE
DEPARTMENTS JOINING US IN
PERSON.
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
PRESENTATION THAT HAPPENS
REMOTELY FOR ALL PRESENTERS
INCLUDING MOMENTS LIKE TODAY
WHERE WE HAVE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY OUR NEW
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING WHO WILL BE JOINING US
REMOTELY.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR
COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE JOINED US
REMOTELY AND TO ALL OF THE
COMMUNITY WHO HAS JOINED US AS
WELL REMOTELY.
WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENT OF MAIKO
WINKLER-CHEN FOR THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, FOR THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE PRESENTING ON SOCIAL
JUSTICE REPORT AS WELL.
THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO THE
AGENDA, TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I WANT TO
THANK OUR CLERK, AS ALWAYS IN
THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS, HAS BIP
CLERKING REMOTELY.
SHE IS WITH US AND I APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY
IS ALSO PARAMOUNT IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS TOO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF WORK YOU
HAVE DONE.
THIS IS ALSO THE LAST HOUSING
COMMITTEE FOR ARETHA BUSEUE.
WHO HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE 2017.
SHE HAS BEEN HERE NOW IN THE
FIVE YEARS IN THIS TERM AND IS A
MENTOR TO ME IN MANY WAYS AS
WELL, HELPING GUIDE US THROUGH
DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS FOR POLICY
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
MUCH LOVE BACK TO YOU ARETHA AND
FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW, WE
WILL HAVE A PROCLAMATION
HONORING HER WORK AT OUR MONDAY
MEETING FOR FOLKS TO SIGN ONTO.
BE SURE TO TUNE INTO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE WILL TAKE THE FIRST FOLKS
SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IT WILL BE 2 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT IS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA AS ALWAYS YOU WILL HEAR A
CHIME WHEN YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS
REMAINING.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION TO WRAP
UP SO YOU DON'T GET CUT OFF.
IF YOU DIALLED IN, USING THE
NUMBER YOU REGISTERED FROM, WE
WILL RECOGNIZE YOU.
IF YOU DIAL IN FROM A DIFFERENT
NUMBER, IT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE
YOU.
SO DIAL IN FROM THE RIGHT
NUMBER.
THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS ARE
TINDER MARTIN ANN QUATE, AND
JOEL ING.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> WE CAN, THANKS FOR DOUBLE
CHECKING.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SHARE MY
SUPPORT FOR MAYOR HARRELL'S
NOMINEE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF
OFFICE OF HOUSING, MAIKO WINKLER
CHIN.
THIS COMES AS A DIFFICULT
PERIOD.
RISING HOUSING COSTS HAVE LED TO
WIDESPREAD HOUSING DISABILITY,
INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT OF LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES AND A CRISIS
OF HOMELESSNESS.
THE CITY NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE
ITS LEADERSHIP IN RESPONSE TO
THESE CHALLENGES BY ALLOWING
MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT AND
MORE INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS, I HAVE SHHH THE
PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH MAIKO
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE LEADERSHIP GUIDED OUR
ORGANIZATION THROUGH MANY
CHALLENGES INCLUDING THE ONGOING
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND RECOVERY
PROCESS.
THROUGHOUT GOOD TIMES AND BED,
MAIKO SHOWED A DEEP COMMITMENT
TO CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
SUPPORTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND
BUILDING LASTING RIPS WITH
EVERYONE SHE WORKED WITH.
I CAN ALSO SPEAK TO MAIKO'S
SKILL AS A BOSS.
SHE TREATS HER COLLEAGUES IN A
CARING, NO NONSENSE WAY .
SHE IS STORY TELLING TO BUILD
SHARED UNDERSTANDING AND FOSTER
A SENSE OF CONNECTIVENESS TO
COMMUNITY HISTORY.
SHE IS A GREAT LISTENING AND NOT
AFRAID TO TAKE ACTION.
IT HAS BEEN BITTER SWEET TO SEE
HER MOVE ON FROM THE HELM BUT I
BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS HER
VISION AND STRENGTH NOW MORE
THAN EVER.
I STRONGLY SUPPORT HER
NOMINATION TO THE DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND URGE
YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES TO MOVE
QUICKLY THROUGH THE CONFIRMATION
PROCESS SO SHE CAN GET TO WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON IS ANN, FOLLOWED
BY JOEL.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS ANN QUINN, I'M AN
EMPLOYEE OF GIVEA AND PROVIDING
INPUT ON THE APPOINTMENT OF
MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN.
THIS IS ON BEHALF OF CAMODO WORK
SHOP.
SEATTLE HAS BEEN A STATE OF
EMERGENCY AROUND HOMELESSNESS
FOR THE PAST SEV YEARS.
IN THAT TIME THE MEDIAN HOME
PRICE IN SEATTLE HAS DOUBLED.
WE NEED MORE DIVERSITY IN
HOUSING TYPE AND TENURE.
MAIKO HAS THE HOUSING EXPERIENCE
TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
LEADERSHIP TO MAKE A LASTING
IMPACT.
AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SKITSA, MAIKO HAS NOT ONLY
INCREASED ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR
LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND RELEVANT
BUSINESSES BUT HAS ALSO
STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED FOR KEY
INSTITUTIONS AND LEGACY
BUSINESSES TO CREATE MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSES.
THROUGH HER WORK I HAVE SEEN SHE
UNDERSTANDS THE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS AND THOSE WHO
WANT TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
THEY HAVE KNOWN ALL THEIR LIVES.
AS A LEADER OF THE COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION, I HAVE
WITNESSED HER EXPERIENCE WITH
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO LEAD
REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
IN THE EIGHT YEARS I HAVE SERVED
ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
MAIKO WAS MY TRUSTED ADVISOR.
SHE OFFERED KEEN INSIGHT TO
POLICY ISSUES WE WERE
CONSIDERING.
IN THE CONVERSATIONS SHE WAS
CANDID AND DIRECT AND ALWAYS
FAIR AND WANTING WHAT WAS GOOD
FOR ALL AND ALWAYS WITH THE
LINES OF ECKWTABLE OUTCOMES.
I'M SAD SHE IS LEAVING HER POST
AT SKITSA BUT HEARTENED WHEN IT
IS TO JOIN THE CITY'S DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING.
I SUPPORT HER IN THIS ROLE AS A
PIVOTAL TIME FOR OUR CITY AND
NATION.
I HOPE YOU WILL QUICKLY CONFIRM
MAIKO TO THE POSITION SO SHE CAN
BEGIN TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JOEL ING, FOLLOWED BY AMANDO OH
AND LISA HOWERED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, JOEL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS JOEL ING.
I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER,
LOCALLY HERE IN SEATTLE.
I HAVE KNOWN MAIKO FOR OVER 20
YEARS.
TODAY I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
MAYOR'S RECOMMENDATION FOR HER
TO BE THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
MAKO POSSESSES ALL OF THE
QUALITIES NECESSARY.
SHE IS UNFLAPPABLE, AND SHE
BRINGS COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE TO
THE JOB WHICH IS CRITICAL GIVEN
THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING THE
CITY TODAY.
I HAVE OFTEN SEEN HER AS SHE LED
SKIP TA, BEING A SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
ADDRESSING COMMUNITIES.
I SEE HER NATURALLY MOVING INTO
THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP OF THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING, TAKING ON
SIMILAR ISSUES AND NOT SHYING
AWAY FROM THEM.
SHE IS WHO YOU SEE.
SHE DOES NOT CHANGE HER
PERSONALITY WHEN SHE IS -- WHEN
THE DAY IS OVER AND I THINK THAT
IS A POSITIVE.
THERE IS NO HIDDEN AGENDA.
SHE IS VERY UP FRONT WITH NOT
ONLY HOW SHE FEELS BUT CERTAINLY
HER PERSONALITY WHICH AGAIN IS A
POSITIVE.
ALSO TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION
AND EVEN THROUGH CONTINUED
EDUCATION AND SERVING ON BOARDS
NATIONALLY, SHE BRINGS THE
PERSPECTIVE THAT GOES BEYOND OUR
COMMUNITY HERE.
FOR THOSE REASONS, I STRONGLY
URGE THE APPROVAL OF MAIKO AS
THE NEXT OFFICE OF HOUSING
DIRECTOR.
THE CITY IS LUCKY TO HAVE HER
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HER LEADER
SNP.
>> THANK YOU.
MINDY, FOLLOWED BY LISA.
>> HI, EVERYONE.
I AM MINDY ALLEN, PRESIDENT OF
THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
PRESERVATION AND AUTHORITY.
I'M EXCITED TO ADDRESS THIS
COMMITTEE AND SPEAKING OUT IN
SUPPORT OF MAIKO'S CONFIRMATION.
I HAVE KNOWN MAIKO FOR 12 YEARS
NOW WITH CONNECTIONS WITH THE
C.I.D.
COMMUNITY, PARTNERED WITH
HER ROLE AS AN E.D.
OF THE
IN HER TIME AT THE
ORGANIZATION, SHE BROUGHT THE
RIGHT BLEND OF STABILITY,
ADDRESSING CRISES THAT
UNEXPECTED WHILE BUILDING A
STRONG FOUND FACT FOR BUSINESSES
TO THRIVE.
SHE BRINGS A PARTNERSHIP,
WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND
BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
KNOWING THAT NO SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION CAN GO
IT ALONE.
SHE IS SMART, BOLD, THOUGHTFUL
AND DIRECT IN HOW SHE WORKS, NOT
AFRAID TO SAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE
SAY AND DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE.
SHE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
EQUITY CAN STRENGTHEN THE CITY
AND KNOWS HOW POLICY AND
DECISIONS CAN IMPACT THE
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE
RESIDENTS IN SEATTLE.
I ASK THE COMMITTEE TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS APPOINTMENT
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
>> THANKS, MINDY.
LISA, AND THEN DIANE SIG MORA.
GOOD MORNING, LISA.
I KEEP SAYING MORNING BUT IT IS
AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE
ALLIANCE OF SQUARE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMMENT TODAY.
IN SUPPORT OF THE MAIKO FOR THE
DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU
CANNOT MAKE A BETTER CHOICE FOR
THE WORK.
WE PATNERRED WITH HER MANY TIMES
DURING HER TIME AT SKIP PAW.
HER WILLINGNESS TO BUILD BRIDGES
WILL MAKE PROJECTS THAT SHE
TOUCHES BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
AND THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS ONLINE
AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE ROOM
HERE.
DIANE, JAMIE LEE, AND PATIENCE
MALAVA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, DIANE.
>> THANK YOU.
HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS -- CAN
YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
I'M DIANE AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY
TO STRONGLY SUPPORT MAIKO FOR
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING DIRECTOR.
Y THINK OF A BETTER CANDIDATE
FOR THESE TIMES.
MAIKO IS RECOGNIZED FOR HER
PROVEN LEADERSHIP IN HOUSING AND
ALL THINGS RELATED TO HOUSING.
SHE BRINGS A NEEDED PERSPECTIVE
TO CITY GOVERNMENT.
SHE UNDERSTANDS HOUSING AND
HOUSING NEEDS.
SHE UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE'S NEEDS.
SHE UNDERSTANDS COMMUNITY AND
WHY COMMUNITY BUILDING IS SO
IMPORTANT AND THE IMPACTS OF
DISPLACEMENT.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE
OF COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIES.
SAFE AND HEALTHY HOUSING IS A
BASIC RIGHT FOR ALL.
SHE KNOWS THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING.
IT IS ONE CONTINUUM.
SHE KNOWS THE HOUSING AND SMALL
BUSINESSES, AND HEALTHY
BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITIES.
NOT ONLY DOES SHE KNOW HOW TO
GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT BUT
HOW TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN IS
SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
SHE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE
OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOW TO
WORK WITH TENANTS IN PARTICULAR.
SHE HELPED US WITH THE PLAN FOR
EQUITY DEVELOPMENT.
FOR WORK ON THE RACE AND EQUITY
TASK FORCE AS WE WERE MAKING THE
INITIATIVE WAS IMMEASURABLE.
SHE HELD OUR FEET TO THE FIRE,
MAKING SURE WE HAD THE CAPACITY
IN THE CITY.
WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER
PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS AND
MAKING SURE WE HAD HAD THE
RESOURCES SO WE COULD IMPLEMENT
THE INITIATIVE.
IN SUMMARY, SHE IS A COURAGEOUS
AND INNOVATIVE LEADER, A
COLLABORATOR, A FIGHT FOR THE
SURVIVAL OF COMMUNITY WITH
RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AT THE
FOREFRONT AND PERHAPS MOST
IMPORTANTLY, SHE CARES, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JAMIE, FOLLOWED BY PATIENCE.
GOOD MORNING -- GOOD AFTERNOON,
JAMIE.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M JAMIE LEE OF SKID PDA AND
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
APPOINTMENT OF MAIKO.
WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT PEEKA FROM
WAW THAT HAS GROWN TO WATCH.
SHE THINKS BIG AND GETS HER
HANDS DIRTY TO MOVE A PROJECT
FORWARD.
IN SERVING WITH HER, SHE IS
THOUGHTFUL AND SENSIBLE AND
EXPRESSES GRACE AND
INTELLIGENCE, RAZOR SHARP AND
FUNNY.
I KNOW MY MAIKO BEST AS A
CUSTOMER IN MY FORMER SHOP.
IT WAS A BRIGHT DAY WHEN SHE
WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR WITH A
HAPPY HELLO, READY TO SUPPORT MY
SMALL BUSINESS.
I APPRECIATED THAT WHEN WE
CLOSED AFTER 13 YEARS, SHE
INVITED ME FOR A CHAT,
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFICULTY OF
THE DECISION.
THIS COMMENT IS FROM ME.
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THE
8 YEARS I WORKED WITH HER.
HER PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO
THE CID WAS EVIDENT IN
EVERYTHING SHE DID SHCHLT SHE
TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT HOUSING
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SHE WILL
ACCOMPLISH IN THIS NEW ROLE.
SHE TRULY WANTS TO DO WHAT IS
BEST FOR THE CITY AND I KNOW SHE
WILL.
SHE WILL BRING REAL WORLD
EXPERIENCE AS SHE HAS WORKED IN
THE HOUSING WORLD IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
PATIENCE MALOVEA AND THEN WE
WILL GO TO IN THE ROOM.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS AND COMMITTEE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M PATIENCE MALAVA, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AT THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM OF
SEATTLE KING COUNTY.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN.
DURING THIS TIME OF
UNPRECEDENTED AND GREAT NEED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE,
MAIKO IS THE RIGHT AND QUALIFIED
PERSON TO LEAD THE WAY FOR A
MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE
CITY.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
WORKING WITH MAIKO ON OUR BOARD
OF DIRECTORS AND OVER THE LAST
FOUR YEARS ON HBC'S STAFF, I
HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HER ON
ADVOCATING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
SHE IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
SEATTLE'S HOUSING NEEDS AND
POSSESSES A DEMONSTRATED
APPRECIATION FOR THE ROLE OF
PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
FOSTERING SOCIAL INCLUSION IN
REDUCING POVERTY AND CREATING
MORE RESOURCES IN COMMUNITIES.
AS STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH
SEATTLE COMMUNITY AS YOU HAVE
HEARD ON THE CALL TODAY AND THAT
WE KNOW AND CAN TESTIFY TO
THROUGH COMMUNITY, REALLY
DEMONSTRATE WHO SHE IS AS A
PERSON, TO EXPERIENCE THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND
EXPERTISE AND LEVERAGING CITY
FUNDING.
IT WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN
CREATAL AFFORDABE HOUSING THAT
BENEFITS ALL OF US AS
COMMUNITIES.
ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE HERE AT
HBC AND MANY IN OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING COMMUNITY, WE ARE
THRILLED TO SEE THE CITY MOVE
THIS APPOINTMENT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP.
HERE TO ADDRESS A CRITICAL NEED
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR
CITY AND REGION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE FOLKS
WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY ONLINE.
I'M GOING TO CALL THE NAMES OF
PEOPLE WHO TESTIFYING IN THE
ROOM.
PLEASE DO NOT GET UP UNTIL YOU
HAVE HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED.
DAVID HEINZ, YOU ARE THE FIRST
TO SIGN UP.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I WILL WAIT TO CALL ANYONE
ELSE'S NAME SO THERE IS NOT A
QUEUE AND WE JUST HAVE ONE
PERSON AT THE MICROPHONE.
WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE TESTIFY AT
THAT TODAY BECAUSE THE
PLEXIGLASS IS A LITTLE HIGHER.
>> YEAH, YOU NEED LIKE TWO OR
THREE SO WE DON'T HAVE A LINE UP
AND WE WON'T BE RUDE TUBT.
>> I WILL START YOUR TIME.
>> WHOEVER CHANGED THE CALL IN
VIRTUAL LINE MESSED IT UP.
THEY PUT EVERYONE IN A WAITING
ROOM LISTENING TO ELEVATOR ROOM
AND NOT THE PROCEEDINGS AND THEY
WONDER IF THIS IS THE PROPER
NUMBER BECAUSE WHILE THE MUSIC
IS PLAYING, IT SAYS STAR 6.
IT IS KIND OF CHEATING THE
PEOPLE.
WE DON'T NEED EXTREMIST POLICIES
DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PEOPLE
BECAUSE OF A PARTICULAR CITIZEN
STATUS.
WE NEED 21st CENTURY HOUSING TO
ALLEVIATE THE OPPRESSIVE
SUFFERING THROUGHOUT THE SOCIO
ECONOMICS.
YOU HAVE REDIRECTED A TON OF
CASH FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE
PLAN THAT COULD SOLVE THE
HOMELESS CRISIS AND YOU FINANCE,
YA HATE TO SAY IT, $30 MILLION
TO THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
MISSION AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
WHO IS HANDLING ALTERNATIVE
POLICING AND WHAT THEY
CONSTITUTE AS COMMUNITY SAFETY
WHICH SEEMS TO BE ONE
INTERFERENCE FOR AND PROTECTING
AND EXEMPTING FROM JAIL,
LOW-LEVEL JERK PUSHERS WHO ARE
NOT LOW-LEVEL IN THE CRIMINAL
DESTRUCTION OF ANOTHER PERSON'S
LIFE.
WHEN YOU COMMIT A DRUG PERSON
SHORT CHANGED, YOU DESTROY
SOMEONE FOR $2510, YOU SHOULDN'T
BE LISTED LOW-LEVEL CRIME.
YOU ARE MISINTERPRETED THE
IMPACT.
ALL OF THE THIEVES FINANCING THE
UNDERWORLD RNGS YOU HAVE CREATED
A PROP SYSTEM OF LEADERSHIP THAT
IS INEPT LIKE UVALDE'S CHIEF WHO
REFUSES TO MAKE COMMANDS PROPER.
IT SABTAGS THE INTEGERACY OF AN
EMERGENCY CRISIS.
I THINK IT IS PARTLY BECAUSE
COUNCIL CREATED A QUESTIONNAIRE
IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT
DICTATED WHAT CONSTUTED A CRIME
THAT GUARANTEED IT WOULD NOT BE
A RESPOND AND YOU HAVE A
WIELDING DANGEROUS KNIFE OR
WEAPON, THE COPS ARE NOT SHOWING
UP.
I LIVE FOUR BLOCKS DOWN, EVERY
NIGHT, 365 DAYS A YEAR, THE
CRIMINALS HAVE RECLAIMED THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU HAVE DONE
NOTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT LIE FOR
THE TOURIST HOURS.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
THANK YOU DAVID.
DAVID, THANK YOU.
OKAY, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED
DAVID.
THE NEXT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS MS.
RICHARD.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE YOUR WAY
TO THE MICROPHONE.
NOT THAT ONE, THAT ONE IS NOT
AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU.
MS. RICHARDS, YOU HAVE 2 MINUTES
AS WELL.
>> ANYWAY, MY NAME IS MARGUERITE
RICHARD.
>> I WILL OFFER YOUR TIME BACK.
I'M SORRY I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR
NAME.
GO AHEAD.
>> ANYWAY, MY CONCERN IS THAT
THE TOPIC SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND I'M
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT
GOES INTO THIS HOUSING THING.
I'VE BEEN CALLING ANDREW LEWIS
IS REPRESENTATIVE OF MY
COMMUNITY.
NO WORD ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAS
BEEN GOING ON, SUBJECT TO THE
SUBJECT.
BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
HOUSING AND I'VE BEEN DEALING
WITH THAT AND I'VE BEEN DEALING
WITH THIS RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION THAT I KNOW IS
ILLEGAL.
IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AND YOU HAVE A CIVIL RIGHTS
OFFICE THAT I COULD SAY IS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ALSO BECAUSE
THIS IS THE 21st CENTURY.
WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING ANY
PROBLEMS WITH HOW TO GET A HOME,
HOW TO GET A LOAN, HOW TO GET A
JOB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT JIM CROW SIGN DOWN
THERE, BLACK LIVES MATTER, OR
DOWN STAIRS AND OVER THERE IN
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL TOWER, IT
NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN
IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY.
I HAVE BEEN ASKING WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?
THE SAME THING THAT YOU DO WITH
THAT COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
I GUESS YOU HAVE TO DO AN
INTERVIEW, GET ON THERE AND THEY
DON'T LIKE YOU OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT, YOU NOT ON IT.
SEE, EVERYTHING IS A SCAM AROUND
HERE.
WE NEED TO DEAL WITH WHY THIS
RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IS
STILL PREVALENT IN THE 21st
CENTURY.
I'M NOT AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN
IT.
OKAY?
I'M GOING TO CALL BIDEN OUT
BECAUSE HE SENT US THE POISON.
I'M GOING TO HELP YOU TO
ERADICATE THIS POISON AROUND
HERE.
I'M GOING TO HELP YOU WITH
EVERYTHING THAT DOESN'T LOOK
RIGHT TO THE NAKED EYE.
LIKE I SAID, I MADE AN
OBSERVATION.
IT'S NOT FAIR FOR US TO BE
SUBJECTED TO THIS HARSH AND THIS
CRUEL UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT OVER
AND OVER AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST PERSON TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS ALEX ZIMMER.
ALEX, YOU NEED TO USE THE OTHER
MICROPHONE.
ALEX, I'M ASKING YOU TO USE THE
OTHER MICROPHONE.
THAT'S IT.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
>> SO I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT
BUDGET FOR RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
HERE, BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY
FOR 35 YEAR AND I AM POLITICAL
RELIGION REFUGE.
I AM DISABLED MAN.
I AM MINORITY BECAUSE I'M JEW.
SOCIAL SECURITY VERY LOW.
I AM OLD, SICK.
I AM SUPPOSED TO QUALIFY BY 120%
OF BUDGET RAISE.
AND I CANNOT FEEL THIS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING
ON HERE?
YOU GIVE ME 12 FOR 1200 DAY,
FOUR YEAR I CANNOT COME HERE.
I USE MONEY WHAT IS YOU GIVE TO
BUDGET FOR SOCIAL AND JUSTICE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHO I AM.
I BELONG TO EVERYTHING YOU WANT.
FOR WHAT YOU CARE BUT NOBODY
CARE ABOUT ME.
I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED ABOUT
HIS.
SO I AM THINKING MAYBE YOU ARE
MENTALLY SICK, A PSYCHOPATH, YOU
KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MENTALITY,
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN.
IS THIS MENTALITY YOU CALL THAT
IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN CALLING
ME NAZI BECAUSE YOU ARE MENTALLY
SICK PEOPLE.
AND MENTALLY SICK PEOPLE MORE
DANGEROUS THAN NAZI OR
COMMUNISTS.
I I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU .
HOW MANY SICK IN THIS CHAMBER?
ALL NINE?
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN?
I RECOMMEND YOU, YOU NEED A
MENTAL EVALUATION.
IS THIS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU
WILL NOT STOP ON THIS FOR 35
YEAR, FOR ANOTHER 35 YEAR, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH MINE FUROR.
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF
FOLKS THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.
I BELIEVE SURGEA PERREEK WANTED
TO CALL IN FOR WELL WISHES FOR
ARETHA.
WE WILL GET THAT IN WRITTEN.
>>> WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO THE
FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON THE
AGENDA.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> APPOINTMENT OF MAIKO
WINKLER-CHIN AS THE DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
RESPONSIBLE VOTE.
>> I WANT TO CONFIRM, CAN YOU
HEAR EVERYBODY OKAY?
I'M GOING TO TAG THAT AS A YES
UNTIL WE GET A NOTIFICATION
OTHERWISE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM DEPUTY
WASHINGTON, IT IS GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THE
LINE WITH US AND WELCOMING ON
BEHALF OF THE HOUSING
ADMINISTRATION, THE NOMINATION
IN FRONT OF US.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE HEARING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PUTTING
FORWARD SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
NOMINEE.
I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR
WINKLER-CHIN AS WELL.
THIS MEETING WAS POSTPONED BY A
WEEK SO I WANT TO THANK HER FOR
THE WEEK SHE HAS DONE AND THE
PATIENCE TO HAVE THIS
DISCUSSION.
DIRECTOR CHIN COMES TO US FROM
AN INCREDIBLE WEALTH OF
KNOWLEDGE ON HOUSING POLICY.
AS YOU CAN TELL FROM PUBLIC
TESTIMONY TODAY, AN INCREDIBLE
SENSE OF TRUST FROM COMMUNITY AS
WELL.
ALSO DISCUSSING PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY, WITH THE NUMBERS WE
CONTINUE TO SEE, THE NUMBERS OF
FOLKS WHO NEED ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR
REACH AND WILLING TO BUILD
HOUSING, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE
SKILLS AND EXPERTIZE IN THE
NOMINEE WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
I WILL SAVE SOME OF MY COMMENTS
ABOUT WINKLER-CHIN FOR THE NEXT
PORTION AFTER WE HEAR FROM
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON.
AND THEN WINGLER-CHIN HERSELF.
AND THEN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MORE
COMMENTS AS WELL.
WE COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED
ABOUT THE NOMINATION IN FRONT OF
US.
THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE IN THE
CITY BEING HOUSING BEING IN THE
HANDS OF WINKLER-CHIN IF THE
NOMINATION IS CONFIRMED.
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY.
>> HELLO, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR HAVING ME
HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU
MAYOR HARRELL'S NOMINEE FOR
DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE'S OFFICE OF
HOUSING, MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN.
AS YOU ON THE COUNCIL'S HOUSING
AND FINANCE COMMITTEE KNOW,
ACCESS TO HOUSING IS A MAJOR
COMPONENT TO SOLVING SOME OF THE
CITY AND REGION'S BIGGEST
CHALLENGES INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION, HOMEILOUSNESS,
DISPLACEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS NEVER
BEEN MORE CENTRAL TO THE PEOPLE
OF SEATTLE WHICH IS WHY MAYOR
HARRELL NOMINATED WINKLER-CHIN
TO SERVE AS THE NEXT DIRECTOR.
HER STELLAR REPUTATION PRECEDES
HER, HAVING SERVED 7 YEARS AT
THE CHINA TOWN SEATTLE DISTRICT
PDA AND AS A FORMER MEMBER OF
THE HOUSING OVERSIGHT BOARD.
BEFORE THE NOMINATION WAS
REFERRED TO YOU, WE CONSULTED
WITH STAKE HOLDERS INCLUDING TWO
FORMER HOUSING DIRECTORS, THE
CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY BOARD, AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSOURCE M, THE
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN
SEATTLE, AND SEVERAL EMPLOYEES
AT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
THE CLEAR CONCLUSION ABOUT MAIKO
WINKLER-CHIN WHICH YOU HEARD
THROUGH PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS SHE
IS A PROVEN AND COMPASSIONATE
PERSON WITH DEEP ROOTS IN THE-
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, AN
EXPERIENCED HOUSING PROVIDER
THAT UNDERSTANDS THE DYNAMICES
FOR PROVIDING HOUSING IN THE
UNIQUE DYNAMICS OF SEALT, AND
SOMEONE WHO HAS THE INTENTION OF
LEADING THE CITY THROUGH THE
2022 RENEWAL PROPOSAL.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I CAN'T THINK OF
SOMEONE BETTER TO LEAD THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AT A TIME WHEN
NEW HOUSING HAS NEVER BEEN MORE
ESSENTIAL.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF HER NOMINATION.
WE HAVE BIG CHALLENGES AHEAD BUT
WITH MAIKO AT THE HELM, THOSE
CHALLENGES PRESENT NOTHING BUT
OPPORTUNITIES.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO HER FOR
HER OPENING REMARKS, MAIKO, IT
HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH
YOU OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND
WE APPRECIATE THE EXIES YOU
BRING AND THE PASSION YOU BRING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEPUTY
MAYOR WASHINGTON.
DEPUTY WINKLER-CHIP, THESE ARE
INCREDIBLE REMARKS FOR SOMEONE
WHO HAS ALREADY HAD AN
INCREDIBLE CAREER AND
TRUJETHORY.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU TALK
ABOUT WHAT INTEREST TD YOU IN
THE ROLE.
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES
WHO CONTRIBUTED TO DWHEGZ YOU
RECEIVED.
THANK YOU TO AARON HOUSE ON MY
STAFF WHO HELPED COMPILE THE
QUESTIONS.
AND FOR YOU FOR FILLING OUT ALL
OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUE AREAS.
AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE DEPTH
OF THE QUESTIONS YOU RECEIVED,
THERE IS GREAT INTEREST FROM THE
COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY WHO
HELPED TO CONTRIBUTE SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS AROUND HOW WE ADDRESS
THE CRISIS OF HOUSING WITH
URGENCY AND REALLY USE THE
COMMUNITY LENS, COMMUNITY DRIVEN
ANALYSIS FOR HOW QUICKLY AND
EFFECTIVELY, WE CAN BRING
ADDITIONAL HOUSING ONLINE.
AND NOT JUST HOUSING BUT AS
OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS SHOWN IN
THE PAST, WHEN WE PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE YOU,
WHEN YOU ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE WALLS, WE CAN CREATE A
SENSE OF PLACE AND BELONGING AND
COMMUNITY THROUGH THE HOUSING
THAT WE BUILD IF WE DO HOUSING
COUPLED WITH PLAZAS AND
COMMUNITY SPACE, AND OTHER
AMENITIES LIKE SMALL BUSINESSES
AND CHILD CARE CENTERS.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK
YOU HAVE DIN AT THE SEATTLE
CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PRESERVATION AUTHORITY
WHERE YOU SERVED AS THE HOUSING
MANAGER, WHERE YOU SERVED AS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND FOR THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN THE
COMMUNITY, WORKING TO BRING
TOGETHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ADVTHS WITH FOLKS WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN USING NEW REAL
ESTATE, OLDER BUILDINGS, TO
CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND
PLACE.
AND ALSO, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE TO SIT ON
TASK FORCES AND ADVISORY
COMMITTEES ARE READY WITHIN THE
CITY, AND THE ROLE YOU PLAYED IN
SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY IN OUR
CITY.
TO HAVE YOUR EXPERTISE IN
COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE THAT LENS
CARRIED INTO THE ROLE COULDN'T
BE MORE OF AN INCREDIBLE NOTE
AMONG MANY HIGH PROFILE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON YOUR RESUME
ALREADY.
SO WITH THE POLICY THAT YOU PUT
ON THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN
APPROACH, WELCOME AND PLEASE
TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT
INTERESTS YOU IN THIS ROLE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOR
THAT KIND INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE ME UGLY
CRY.
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW, LET'S NOT
GET REFLECTIVE BECAUSE I GET A
LITTLE TOO EMOTIONAL.
FIRST, I'M SHOCKED, HONORED, AND
HUMBLED TO BE WITH YOU HERE
TODAY.
I WOULD NEVER IMAGINED BEING IN
THIS POSITION.
I WANT TO THANK MAYOR HARRELL
FOR ASKING.
I HOPE HE DOESN'T REGRET IT.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE MY
RESUME AND HAVE SEEN THE PAPER
VERSION OF ME.
SOME OF YOU HAVE WORKED WITH ME
IN THE PAST.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR
YOU TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF WHY
I'M COMING TO THIS JOB AND WHAT
I BRING TO IT.
AS I WAS REFLECTING AND I DON'T
WANT TO REFLECT TOO MUCH BECAUSE
I GET A LITTLE TOO EMOTIONAL
SOMETIMES.
AT THE HEART OF IT, I THINK IF
YOU TAKE CARE OF COMMUNITY,
COMMUNITY TAKES CARE OF YOU.
MY MOTHER AND I WHEN WE MOVED TO
THE UNITED STATES WHEN I WAS 5,
SHE WAS 46.
WE MOVED FROM JAPAN.
MY FATHER WAS IN THE MILITARY.
HE WAS RETIRED BY THE TIME I WAS
BORN.
WHEN WE MOVED TO AMERICA, MY MOM
AND I DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
WE WERE PRETTY LOST.
WE RELIED ON OUR COMMUNITY TO
GET US THROUGH.
FOR MY MOM, THAT COMMUNITY WAS
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE FROM THE
ISLAND OF ALKIDEO IN JAPAN WHICH
IS REMOTE.
THEY SPEAK A FUNKY DIALECT OF
JAPANESE, NOT THE PRETTY TOKYO
JAPANESE.
THEY HELPED HER GET JOBS AS A
DISH WASHER, AS A RESTAURANT
COOK, AS A HOUSE KEEPER.
THEY MADE SURE THAT I TRIED TO
STAY ON TRACK BECAUSE I TENDED
TO WANDER.
THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE I
GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND
ALL OF THAT.
THEY HELPED US BOTH UNDERSTAND
-- THEY HELPED US UNDERSTAND THE
CULTURAL CONTEXT IN WHICH WE
WERE IN.
IN MY COMMUNITY, THE TEACHERS,
KIDS THAT GREW UP IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT SORT OF
THING.
THEY REALLY HELPED EXPLAIN
AMERICA TO US, LIKE WEIRD THINGS
OF WHAT THE PROM WAS, WHY I
SHOULD LEARN HOW TO DRIVE, AND
ENSURED THAT I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND COLLEGE.
BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD DIFFERENT
IDEAS AND DIDN'T THINK I SHOULD
DO THAT.
IT WAS BECAUSE COMMUNITY WAS SO
IMPORTANT AND THE VALUE I PLACED
ON COMMUNITY HAS SHAPED HOW I
LOOKED AT THE PATH OF MY WORK.
TO BE CLEAR, YOU HAVE HEARD A
LOT FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE HEARD SOME PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I AM NOT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPER.
I'M KIND OF RELATED TO THEM.
AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWN ME, I
WILL SAY I'M THAT COUSIN IN
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
BECAUSE WE ARE SOMEHOW RELATED.
I USE SOME OF THE SAME TOOLS
THEY DO BUT I COME AT IT FROM A
DIFFERENT ORIENTATION.
SOME OF THE HOUSING THINGS THAT
HAVE FALLEN INTO THE WORK I HAVE
DONE IS ASSET MANAGEMENT,
PROPERTY OPERATIONS, AND SOME
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT.
I ALSO WANTED TO WORK FOR
COMMUNITY AND I'M LUCKY TO DO SO
BOTH IN THE RAINIER VALLEY AND
IN THE CHINA TOWN ID.
THE CHINA TOWN ID I WILL SAY IS
A VERY GOOD TEACHER.
YOU LEARN A LOT OF THINGS WHILE
YOU ARE WORKING IN THAT
COMMUNITY.
I HAD GREAT MENTORS AND SUPPORT
AROUND ME THAT HELPED SHOW ME
WHAT THE WORK NEEDS TO BE AND
HOW WE GET WORK DONE.
I HAD OFTEN THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I
WOULD END UP WORKING IN THE
CITY.
AS A DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT,
WORKING FOR THE CITY SEEMED SAFE
AND STABLE AND THAT WAS MY MOM'S
DREAM.
BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE
THE DIRECTOR OF A DEPARTMENT.
SO IF CONFIRMED, I HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE OF BEING AT THIS JOB
IN THE SPECIFIC TIME WHERE THE
NEED FOR HOUSING IS GREAT AS YOU
HAVE SAID.
HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC SAFETY
ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERNS OF CITY
RESIDENTS.
OUR STAFF AND PARTNERS,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WORK ON THE
GROUND HAVE BEEN THROUGH VERY
TRYING TIMES.
IF CONFIRMED, I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU AS I HAVE WITH
SOME OF YOU FOR QUITE A WHILE
NOW.
I THINK YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SOME
PEOPLE THAT SAID I'M PRETTY
AUTHENTIC.
I THINK THAT'S A NICE WAY OF
SAYING WHATEVER IT IS THEY ARE
SAYING.
AND HONESTLY, AS JOEL ING
REFERRED TO, I DON'T THINK I
COULD CHANGE WHO I AM AT MY
CORE, EVEN IF I TRIED.
I DO LIKE TO LEARN NEW THINGS
BUT THE INSIDE OF ME IS PRETTY
WELL LOCKED IN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
CONFIRMATION QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATED THE TIME THINKING
THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
SINCE I TRANSITIONED TO THIS NEW
PLACE KNOWN AS THE CITY, IT IS
SO DIFFERENT THAN CHINA TOWN.
IT HAS BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO
GO THROUGH THE QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO START THE
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AS FOLKED KNOW, WE HAVE A
ROBUST APPLICATION PROCESS.
WE HAVE CODIFIED THE STATUE TO
ENSURE THERE IS COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, PROBUST ANALYSIS
PROVIDED TO EACH CANDIDATE AND
THAT THE COUNCIL GETS A CHANCE
TO SEND AROUND A QUESTIONNAIRE.
FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE NOT HAD A
CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH IT, IT IS
ON THE AGENDA.
I WANT TO CALL OUT SOME OF THE
EXPERTISE THAT YOU BRING
PREVIOUS TO YOUR ROLE.
WINGLER-CHIN SERVED IN SOUTHEAST
DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ASAS
ETMANAGER OVER SEEING THE
HOUSING AND MIXED USE PROJECT.
AND MAIN STREET ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, WORKING
TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND
LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION AND PLANNING
ADVISORY COMMITTEES AS WELL AS
OTHER NATIONAL AND LOCAL BOARDS
SUCH AS THE NATIONAL COALITION
OF ASIAN AMERICANS.
I WANT TO ALSO NOTE ASIAN
AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
DEVELOPMENT AND SEATTLE BASED
CRESCENT COLLABORATION.
THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO ALL
OF THE QUESTIONS IN OUR
QUESTIONNAIRE.
THERE ARE A HOST OF QUESTIONS
THAT YOU ALREADY FILLED OUT.
I WILL JUST ASK A FEW MORE AND
SEE IF MY VOLEGES HAVE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU TO THE RESPONSE WHERE
YOU NOTED THE IMPORTANCE OF
BRINGING THE DEVELOPMENT LENS TO
THIS ROLE, FOCUSED ON HOUSING.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT HOUSING AND MEANS?
WHAT CAN WE SEE IN TERMS OF THE
PRIORITIES YOU BRING TO THE WORK
SINCE YOU MENTIONED YOU ARE NOT
JUST FOCUSED ON BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT IS
HOUSING AND.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE
NEARTERM FOR US?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I THINK HOUSING AND -- I MIGHT
BE STEALING A PHRASE FROM THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM
BECAUSE THEY HAD A SERIES WITH
THAT.
FOR ME, BECAUSE OF WHERE I HAVE
DONE MY PAST WORK, IT IS NEVER
JUST ABOUT THE HOUSING.
IT IS ABOUT THE GROUND FLOOR,
COMMERCIAL SPACES AND HOW THEY
INTERSECT WITH THE GREATER
COMMUNITY, WHAT IS THE ADDED
BENEFITS YOU CAN GET FROM JUST
THE HOUSING.
AS THE CITY OF SEATTLE MAKES AN
INVESTMENT, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED
TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE LIVING THERE, THE
RESIDENTS AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW DO THEY
INTERACT WITH THE BUILDING?
I THINK THE RESIDENTS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY ARE LOOKING
AT THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT
THE BUILDING CAN PROVIDE.
SOME OF THE WORK THAT MY
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE IN THE
PAST SMALL BUSINESSES, IT COULD
BE A CLINIC, IT COULD BE A
BRANCH OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND
OUR CITY HONESTLY IS VERY
EXPENSIVE.
SO YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT
MAXIMIZING THE SPACE THAT YOU
HAVE.
SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE SHOULD BE
BRINGING TO THIS?
I THINK IN THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, WE ARE REALLY GOOD AT
BUILDING THE HOUSING BUT IT IS
REALLY THINKING A LITTLE BIT,
WHAT ELSE COULD BE THERE?
WHAT ELSE SHOULD BE THERE?
WHO HOLDS THAT INFORMATION?
SO GO OVER AND SPEAK WITH THE
PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR THAT IS NEXT
TO US, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
OR CHECK IN WITH THE PEOPLE AT
OPCD OR JUST FIGURE THAT OUT.
WHAT ELSE SHOULD IT BE THAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING THERE?
THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF MY LENS
ON THAT.
>> GREAT, WONDERFUL.
I'M JUST GOING TO LOCK AROUND
REAL QUICK TO SEE IF THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
GO AHEAD, VICE CHAIR.
>> NOT JUST QUESTIONS BUT
OBSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FOR
SOME THINGS I SAW.
IN THE PACKET MATERIALS.
BEFORE I GO INTO THAT, I WANT TO
MENTION THAT ONE OF OUR
TESTIFIERS TODAY SPOKE TO THE
LONG HOURS THAT MAKO SPENDS
WORKING ON THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
OBLIGATIONS.
I CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO MY OWN
KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.
IN RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL SHE SENT
ME LAST NIGHT, I THINK IT WAS
PROBABLY AFTER 11:00 AT NIGHT.
DEFINITELY A HARD WORKER AND
COMMITTED FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE
KNOWN HER WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN
A LOT OF YEARS NOW.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE STRONG
SUPPORT FOR USING AFIRMATIVE
MARKETING IN EVERY OFFICE OF
HOUSING FUNDED PROJECT, FOR SMG
TO THE CITY, REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK IN HELPING US DEVELOP
AFIRMATIVE MARKETING PROGRAMS.
I APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS TO
PUSH IN THIS AREA, TO FIND OUT
WHY THERE IS SOME RESISTANCE TO
THESE POLICIES AND HOW WE CAN
WORK TOGETHER WITH DEVELOPERS
AND OWNERS TO IMPROVE THE POLICY
AND STRENGTHEN IT AND HAVE MORE
PEOPLE PARTICIPATE SO THAT WE
CAN REALLY MEET OUR CRITICAL
ANTIDISPLACEMENT GOALS.
ALSO, REALLY APPRECIATE THE
MATERIALS THAT SPEAK TO THE
INTERESTS IN THE CITY'S INTENT
TO SPELL POLICY IN RAPID
ACQUISITION PROGRAM.
AND ALSO HOW THAT CAN ALIGN WITH
OUR KEEN INTEREST IN REMOVING
HOUSING FROM THE STOCK MARKET,
PARTICULARLY HOUSING THAT IS
OCCUPIED BY PEOPLE WHO NEED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE
NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE
CHANGE, LEGAL LANDSCAPE,
STRENGTHENING THE POLICIES
MOVING FORWARD.
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
ON THAT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
LASTLY, I WANT TO PLUG AN ISSUE
THAT I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE.
WE WANT TO SEE MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPED IN WEST
SEATTLE.
THERE IS A COALITION OF
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR YEARS
TO ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT AND OUR
REPORTS SHOW THAT INVESTMENTS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAVE BEEN
CONCENTRATED IN A HANDFUL OF
AREAS AND NOT SO MUCH IN WEST
SEATTLE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE
TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE
CHALLENGE.
IT REALLY POINTS TO THE AREAS OF
OPPORTUNITIES AND THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE
HOUSING LEVY DEVELOPMENT TO
CREATE MORE EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND AS IT RELATES TO SORT OF A
GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC EFFORT, I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING MORE ON
THE EFFORTS AROUND THE DO MORE,
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT PLUS
SUBSTATION SO THAT WE CAN
REALIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S
DREAMS OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OFFERING WITH GROUND FLOOR
COMMERCIAL SPACE AT THAT
PARTICULAR LOCATION.
JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THE
NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND TO WORK TOGETHER ON
SOME OF THESE CORE SHARED GOALS,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
THEN NELSON AND THEN I BELIEVE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS WELL.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR NOMINEE.
I ALSO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE
WORKING WITH HR MANY YEARS AGO
WHEN I WAS IN THE REAL ESTATE,
FINANCE WORLD, TRYING TO FINANCE
THE CONSTRUCTION AND
PRESERVATION OF LOW INCOME
HOUSING.
TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, HOMELESSNESS
IS THE CRISIS TOP OF MIND IN OUR
CITY AND HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT MAYOR
HARRELL STRUCTURED THE DEPUTY
MAYOR'S ROLE TO LOOK AT BOTH THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AS WELL AS
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
SO FOR PRESUMABLY THE NEW
DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, JUST WANTED TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR CONNECTION
WILL BE WITH THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOW STOOD
UP AND DOING GOOD WORK AND SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
SUCCESSFUL.
SO , YOU KNOW, THE NOTION OF
HOUSING FIRST, GETTING PEOPLE
INTO LOW INCOME HOUSING AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE SET UP A LOT OF TINY NEW
VILLAGES AND OTHER SHELTER
OPTIONS.
GETTING INTO THE PERMANENT
HOUSING IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE
HAVE 14,000 UNITS THAT WE
SUBSIDIZE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WILL
YOU BE DOING TO WORK DIRECTLY TO
HELP PLACE PEOPLE FROM -- THERE
IS A LIST OF PEOPLE THEY NEED TO
PLACE.
THE HOA IS HELPING.
AND IN TERMS OF ASSET MANAGEMENT
IN THE PORTFOLIO AND WORK
ENABLING THE NONPROFITS THAT
OPERATE THAT HOUSING THAT WE
SUBSIDIZE, HOW ARE WE MAKING
SURE THEY ARE OPENING THEIR
DOORS TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND FILLING UP ALL
OF THEIR VACANCIES SO THEY ARE
100% OCCUPIED?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION YOU
HAD IS REALLY RELATED TO THE OH
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
RELATIONSHIP.
I WOULD SAY I THINK YOU ARE
SLOULT RIGHT IN HAVING MYSELF
REPORT TO DEPUTY MAYOR
WASHINGTON IN OVER SEEING
HOUSING.
I THINK IN THE TIME I HAVE BEEN
HERE, A LITTLE OVER THREE MONTHS
NEXT WEEK, THAT HAS BEEN A BIG
FOCUS OF THE WORK, UNDERSTANDING
WHAT ROLE THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY PLAYS,
WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN THE
RELATIONSHIP, AND JUST TRYING TO
BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DIFFERENT
PROCESSES ARE FOR GETTING, FOR
MEETING EVERYONE'S NEEDS RELATED
TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS WE
ARE IN.
IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE
SECOND QUESTION WHICH WE HAVE
ABOUT THE ASSET MANAGEMENT
PORTION OF THE PORTFOLIO.
THERE ARE -- THE RANGE OF PEOPLE
WHO FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS AT
THIS POINT IS MUCH MORE DIVERSE
THAN IT WAS WHEN WE STARTED
WORKING YEARS AGO.
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PRODUCT IS
WE HAVE AND THE SUPPORT THE
INDIVIDUAL MAY NEED, WE HAVE TO
MATCH THE RIGHT PERSON TO THE
RIGHT TYPE OF UNIT.
LAST WEEK, WE OPENED THE DOCK
SIDE APARTMENTS WITH RAPID
ACKWIGZ FUNDS, TARGETING THAT
FOR STATE DOLLARS ON THAT.
THAT IS NOT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
THAT IS PERMANENT HOUSING WITH
SUPPORTS.
THE BUILDING IS A MARKET RATE
BUILDING THAT WAS PURCHASED
BEFORE IT GOT ITS CERTIFICATE OF
OCCUPATION.
SO THERE WILL BE HOMELESS
HOUSING PROVIDED THERE BUT IT IS
NOT -- IT IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE
PROBABLY LOWER ACUITY THAN
OTHERS YOU MAY SEE OUT AND
ABOUT.
SO IT IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU
MATCH THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH THE
RIGHT PLACES.
OTHERWISE, WE ARE GOING TO TO BE
STUCK IN THE SAME PLACE.
IT IS REALLY BUILDING ON THAT
RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE.
I AM NOT AS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
HOMELESS HOUSING AS MARK DOMES
IS.
OR SOME OF MY STAFF WHO HAVE
WORKED WITH THAT SEGMENT OF THE
HOUSING WORLD AS WELL AS THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE
COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS.
FOR ME, PART OF IT IS THE
LEARNING AND PART OF IT IS
LEARNING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A
TEAM AS A NEW GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AND DIRECTOR
WINKLER-CHIN.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JUST COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO
THE MICROPHONE.
PULL IT CLOSE.
THERE WE GO.
PERFECT, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ASKED
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS SO I WILL
PASS.
AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION
ABOUT PERMANENT RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AS A SUPPORT THAT I
HAVE JUST BECOME AWARE OF BUT I
CAN HAVE AN EMAIL EXCHANGE
RATHER THAN TAKING UP THIS TIME
TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN, ANYTHING
OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD ON THAT
TOPIC OR DOYOU WANT TO DO A
FOLLOW-UP ON IT?
OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND FEEL
FREE TO COPY US.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MAUS CADEO.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BUT I
WANTED TO SAY I WILL BE VOTED IN
FAVOR OF THE NOMINATION.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I HAVE
THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN GIVE A KEY
NOTE TO A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
GATHERING A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT
WAS REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN
EXPAND ON THE CRITICAL ROLE OF
WORKING IN THE SPACE WITH
NONPROFIT PARTNERS, WITH PRIVATE
DEVELOPERS, WITH GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES TO COME UP WITH A MIX
OF STRATEGIES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL
TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE HOUSING
CRISIS AND HOW IT INTERSECTS
WITH THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND
THE RELATED CHALLENGES WE ARE
FACING WITH THE CITY, HAVING
ADEQUATE WORK FORCE HOUSING, AND
SUPPORT ASSISTANCE FOR RENTERS.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN'S ADDRESS
AND HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO
AVAIL MYSELF OF THE SERVICE
KNOWLEDGE AND DEDICATION THAT
SHE IS GOING TO BRING TO THIS
JOB.
I JUST WANT TO LIFT THAT UP AS
WE ARE HERE TO VOTE TO CONFIRM
AND SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING ON MANY PROJECTS IN MY
DISTRICT AND BEYOND WITH THE
DIRECTOR.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I WILL COME BACK TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR A
FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
>> IT APPEARS THAT YOU STARTED
YOUR COMMENTS BY SAYING YOU ARE
NOT AN EXPERT ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OR DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WHAT I WANTED TO ECHO IS WHAT
PRETTY MUCH EVERY SPEAKER SAID
IN THE BEGINNING AND THAT IS
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT, YOU
ALREADY HAVE ALL OF THE
EXPERIENCE WITH SUPPORTING
COMMUNITY AND ALSO PREVENTING
THE DISPLACEMENT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES FROM COMMUNITY AND
SUPPORTING THEM.
SO THERE IS THAT ASPECT OF SUCH
A STRONG NEXUS BETWEEN WHAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING WILL BE DOING
AND ALSO THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ON THAT.
AND DIANE SAID IT BETTER THAN I
COULD HAVE.
GOOD TO HEAR HER VOICE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE
DISCUSSION TODAY.
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN, REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT ALL YOU PUT IN THE
QUESTIONNAIRES AND THE ANSWERS
YOU PROVIDED.
AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD NOTED,
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMUNITY
END, A STRONG ADVOCATE OF SOME
OF THE POLICIES WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT, AFIRMATIVE MARKETING AND
WITH SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT
NOW IN THIS SEAT AS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, YOU
GET A CHANCE TO FORWARD, IS MADE
POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION OF
ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL.
AND NOW BEING A STEWARD OF THE
PUBLIC FUNDS, I THINK WE HAVE A
LOT OF STUDENTS, SUCH AS JUMP
START, THE AFFORDABILITY FUNDING
COMING IN, THE LOCAL SALES TAX
AUTHORIZING THE CITY, USING A
PORTION OF SALES TAX FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE WILL BEGIN TO SCALE THE
INVESTMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO MEET MORE OF THE NEED
WE SEE GROWING IN THE COMMUNITY,
GOING FROM JUST $44 MILLION
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN 2016 TO NOW BEING
ABLE TO PUT FORWARD $200 MILLION
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE KNOW MUCH MORE IS SOON TO
COME WITH OUR INVESTMENTS,
MOVING FORWARD FROM JUMP START
AND THE OPPORTUNITY WITH YOU AT
THE HELM AND PARTNERSHIP WITH
COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEVY THAT
WILL BE IN FRONT OF VOTERS NEXT
YEAR.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY
IN CONCLUSION AS YOU REFLECT ON
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVNS SOME OF
THE PROGRESSIVE POLICIES YOU
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHAMPION ON
THE OUTSIDE AND NOW BEING ON THE
INSIDE, THE PRIORITIES IN THE
NEAR TERM TO PUT THE DOLLARS
INTO ACTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD
ON THIS CONFIRMATION?
>>.
>> I WOULD SAY THE MIX OF
DOLLARS HELPS WITH THE POLICIES
CREATED.
THERE IS A LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY
THERE THAT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
HAS NOT HAD 10 TO 15 YEARS AGO.
SO I FEEL THAT THE MOMENT IS
RIGHT.
WITH ALL OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON THROUGH THE PAST
YEARS, AND LEARNING HOW WE CAN
BETTER SUPPORT COMMUNITY, AND
THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE SHOULD
INVEST IN AND WHAT ARE THE OTHER
INFRASTRUCTURAL NEEDS TO IMPROVE
ON, I FEEL VERY LUCKY.
LET'S BE HONEST, THE WORK WILL
BE TOUGH.
I FEEL REALLY LUCKY FOR YOU TO
BE CONSIDERING THIS CONFIRMATION
AND FOR ME BEING ABLE TO SIT IN
THIS SEAT RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> WITH THAT, I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES.
I'M EXCITED TO MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT
OF MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN AS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> AMAZING.
IT HAS BEEN SECONDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE -- MADAM CHAIR --
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL TO APPOINT MAIKO
WINKLER-CHIN AS THE DIRECTOR OF
HOUSING?
[ ROLL BEING CALLED ]
.
>> THERE WERE NONE OPPOSED.
>> WONDERFUL.
MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN, TO BE
CONFIRMED BY THE FULL CITY
COUNCIL, THAT WAS A UNANIMOUS
VOTE.
WE ARE EXCITED THAT THE
RECOMMENDATION WILL BE SENT TO
THE JUNE 14th SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL FOR THE FINAL
CONFIRMATION.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE CAN SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN AND
WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US TODAY AND ALL OF THE WORK YOU
HAVE ALREADY DONE IN THE CITY
AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I SEE DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON
APPLAUDING AS WELL.
WE WILL CELEBRATE YOU ON THE
14th.
>> THAT IS THE HAPPIEST SHE HAS
LOOKED SINCE SHE HAS SEEN ME I
THINK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> EXCELLENT.
WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE
THEME OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
AS WE CONTINUE INTO THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
REPORT.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE TEAM FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE
DURING YOUR TENURE AS INTERIM
DIRECTOR AND ALSO BEFORE YOUR
ARRIVAL.
WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE
SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS.
MADAM CLERK, COULD U READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO?
>> ITEM NUMBER TWO, OFFICE OF
HOUSING RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE, BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> GREAT.
THAT THE PRESENTER WOULD BE
MRIEKO WINKLER-CHIN, SOKHA DANH,
ROSY ZHOU, CHARLES MASON.
AND FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY
PRONOUNCEATION.
DIRECTOR WINGLER-CHIN, WE HAVE A
PRESENTATION WE WILL LINK TO ON
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL.
I THINK SOMEONE WILL MANAGE THE
SLIDES.
WELCOME BACK, DIRECTOR CHIN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I DON'T KNOW WHO IS DRIVING.
I'M LOOKING AT MY STAFF.
I HAVE TO SAY, SOME OF MY BEST
CONVERSATIONS AT O.H.
ARE WITH
THE CHANGE TEAM HERE.
I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE
CONVERSATIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING AT IT WAY LONGER THAN I
HAVE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHARLES
WHO IS READY TO GO.
>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR
WINKLER-CHIN.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE
TODAY.
WE ALSO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU.
I'M JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES,
ROSY ZHOU WHO WILL KICK IT OFF
SO I WILL PASS IT OVER TO HER.
>> HI, EVERYONE, MEMBERS OF
HOUSING AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY
AND ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THE
GREAT WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING HAS BEEN DOING AND IS
DOING TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY
INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
BEFORE WE START THE
PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO
START WITH INTRODUCTIONS.
I'M ROSEY ZHOU, A SENIOR ON THE
CAPITAL INVESTMENT TEAM AND I'M
ONE OF THE COLEADS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M CHARLES
MASON, I'M THE STRATEGIC ADVISOR
ON THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TEAM
AND I AM ALSO ONE OF THE
COLLEAGUES FOR O.H.'S CHANGE
TEAMS.
>> I'M ALEX CHASE, I'M COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT DATA SPECIALIST ON
THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT EQUITY
TEAM WORKING ON EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
I WILL PASS IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE.
>> MY NAME IS SOAKA DAN.
>> I'M BEEN JUNG AND I'M A
STRATEGIC ADVISOR ON THE POLICY
DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL BE
BROKEN INTO FIVE SEGMENTS.
THE FIRST SEGMENT WILL HIGHLIGHT
THE WAYS THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
IS ADDRESSING EQUITY ISSUES.
THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITIES
WE SERVE.
AND THEN WE WILL LOOK AT THE
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, FOLLOWED BY AN UPDATE
ON POLICY AND PROGRAM AND LASTLY
WE WILL FINISH UP BY SHARING
WHAT O.H.
IS DOING TO BUILD
ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION,
THERE WILL BE TIME FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> RACISM AND DISCRIMINATORY
POLICIES AND INVESTMENT PATTERNS
IN THE HOUSING MARKET AS WELL AS
HISTORICAL SYSTEMIC
DISINVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR BY GOVERNMENT HAVE
PRODUCED AN ONGOING PATTERN OF
INEQUITY AND DISPROPORTIONATELY
BURDENED COMMUNITIES.
O.H.
SEEKS TO ADDRESS THIS IN A
FEW WAYS.
ONE IS THE WAY IN WHICH WE
INVEST IN AFFORDABLE RENTAL AND
HOME OWNERSHIP.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS
PARTNERSHIPSES O.H.
HAS WITH
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THE GOALS
OF THEIR ORGANIZATION.
ANOTHER WAY IS THROUGH OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUR
COMMUNITY REFERENCE PROGRAM.
LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST,
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS ROOTED
IN COMMUNITIES.
AN EXAMPLE IS WRITING
PREDEVELOPMENT FUPDING FORROME
OWNERSHIP SPONSORED BY COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS WITH
EXPERIENCE WORKED WITH
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
CHARLES WILL SHARE SOME
DEMOGRAPHICS.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND IDENTIFY
WHO LIVES IN O.H.
HOUSING.
60% OF THE RENTAL HOUSING ARE
BIPOCK.
30% ARE LOW INCOME.
42% OF THOSE ARE SPECIAL NEEDS
HOUSEHOLDS.
I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT █30% OF
A.M.I.
IS ROUGHLY $27,000 FOR A
SINGLE INDIVIDUAL OR $38,000 FOR
A FAMILY OF FOUR.
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HOME
OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS.
45% OF HOME OWNERS RECEIVING
HOME BUYERS ASSISTANCE ARE BIPOC
HOUSEHOLDS AND 38% IN THE
PROGRAM ARE 30% AMI HOUSEHOLDS.
IF WE LOOK AT THE LARGER
DEMOGRAPHICS OF SEATTLE, 55% ARE
WHITE, 10% ARE HISPANIC.
FOR HOME OWNERS, 40% ARE BIPOCK,
42% ARE WHITE AND 4% ARE
HISPANIC.
>> AS YOU TRANSITION, SEATTLE
CHANNEL, IF YOU COULD PIN THE
PERSON SPEAKING SO THAT THE
PROJECTION SHOWS THE SPEAKER,
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
RIGHT NOW COUNCILMEMBER IS
PINNED.
I WANT THE SPEAKERS HAVE A
CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR
PRESENTATION BROADCAST.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
CHARLES, NOW I SEE YOU AS
PINNED.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SO NOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
I THINK WE SHOULD HIGHLIGHT SOME
OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION IS
FUNDING.
IF WE LOOK AT THE RENTAL PROGRAM
FOR THE 2021 NOTICE OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY, WE FUNDED 15
DIFFERENT RENTAL NEW DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS.
OF THOSE PROJECTS, SIX OF THEM
WENT TO BIPOC OR BIPOC LED
ORGANIZATIONS, ABOUT 40% OF THE
PROJECTS.
I WILL NOTE THAT IS UP FROM OUR
2020 FUNDING ROUND, ABOUT 25% OF
BIPOC ORGANIZATIONS.
THE RAP ODD ACQUISITION PROGRAM
MENTIONED TODAY, WE HAVE FUNDED
SIX NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PROJECTS
OF THOSE, ALL WENT TO BYPOC LED
ORGANIZATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE?
SO FURTHERING HIGHLIGHTING
EXAMPLES OF WHAT THE INVESTMENTS
LOOK LIKE WHEN WE WORK WITH
BIPOC AND BIPOC LED
ORGANIZATIONS, IN THE RENTAL
PROGRAM, WE RECENTLY FUNDED THE
LATINX COMMUNITY BUILDING 87
HOMES IN COLUMBIA CITY.
WE FUNDED CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB,
WHICH REQUIRED THE GOLD FINCH
PROPERTY .
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE
ROSY FOR CLOSING ON THAT.
LASTLY, WE HAVE THE FILIPINO
COMMUNITY VILLAGE WHICH WAS
FUNDED IN 2018.
I BELIEVE THEY STARTED
CONSTRUCTION IN 2019.
THEY ARE NOW RECENTLY OPENING
DOORS TO RESIDENTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE SEE WHAT
THESE ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO WHEN
THEY PARTNER WITH O.OH..
I WILL PASS IT OFF TO ALEX.
>> THANK YOU.
AS ROSY MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNIN OF THE PRESENTATION,
ONE OF THE WAYS WE ARE ADVANCING
EQUITY IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
IS THROUGH THE HOME OWNERSHIP
INITIATIVES.
SEATTLE'S RAINIER VALLEY IS ONE
OF THE MOST CULTURALY AND
ECONOMICALLY DIVERSE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT IS FACING SIGNIFICANT
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
THE GOAL OF THE RAINIER VALLEY
HOME OWNERSHIP INITIATIVE IS TO
CREATE AT LEAST 100 PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR FIRST TIME
HOME BUYERS TO PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT OF CURRENT
RESIDENTS.
THIS IS BEING DONE THROUGH THE
ACQUISITION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
ON THE LIGHT RAIL USED FOR
CONSTRUCTION STAGING PURPOSES
AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY
AT NO COST TO DEVELOP
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOME
ONERSHIP.
AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE
BUILDING CAPACITIES FOR
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO
PARTICIPATE IN DEVELOPMENT AND
LONGTERM STEWARDSHIP OF THE
LAND.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND SOUND
TRANSIT WORKED WITH PUGET SOUND
SAGE AND OTHER COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TARGETING
BIPOC COMMUNITIES WHO LIVE OR
HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE RAINIER
VALLEY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
PRIORITIES FOR THE SITES.
NEXT SLIDE?
AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE
INITIATIVES WE HAVE SPOKEN
ABOUT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO RESPOND TO COVID-19 WITH
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR
FUNDING FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF TREASURY.
BETWEEN JULY OF 2021 AND MARCH
OF 2022, WE HAVESTRIBUTED $30
MILLION TO OVER 7,000
HOUSEHOLDS.
IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE
PARTNERED WITH UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY AND NUMEROUS OTHER
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THE CDO'S WE ARE PARTNERRING
WITH LARGELY BIPOC LED AND
SERVING BIPOC COMMUNITIES.
THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL DECISION
WITH A GOAL OF DIRECTOR
RESOURCES TO BIPOC COMMUNITIES
BECAUSE THEY ARE MOST IMPACTED
BY COVID, THE PANDEMIC, AND
HISTORICALLY RACIST POLICIES.
THE MAJORITY OF THE HEADS OF
HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE SERVE THROUGH
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM IDENTIFY AS PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
34% IDENTIFY AS WHITE.
TO PUT THIS IN COMPARISON TO
OVERALL SEATTLE DEMOGRAPHICS,
ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT
DATA AVAILABLE FROM THE
2014-2018 COMMUNITY SURVEY,
SEATTLE'S GENERAL POPULATION IS
62% WHITE AND 38% BIPOC AND
HISPANIC.
WE ARE MEETING OUR EQUITY GOALS
BY SERVING MORE HOUSEHOLDS OF
COLOR COMPARED TO THE GENERAL
POPULATION.
AND THEN THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE
SERVING THROUGH THE PROGRAM ALSO
ARE LARGELY PEOPLE WITH LOW OR
EXTREMELY LOW INCOMES.
OUR LARGEST DEMOGRAPHIC IS LESS
THAN 30% OF A.M.I..
AT THE TIME OF COLLECTING THE
DATA, ONE PERSON WAS $25,100 FOR
A FOUR PERSON HOUSEHOLD THATWISE
BE $35,800.
I WILL PASS IT ON TO SOKHA DANH.
>> GREAT.
ALONG SIDE THE COVID-19 RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM POLICY AND
PROGRAMS, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT
TWO OTHER POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
WE HAVE FOR NOTICE OF ATTEMPT TO
SALE AND CLEAN PROGRAM.
THE NOTICE OF ATTEMPT IS A
NOTICE TO SELL RECURRING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE CITY.
THE CITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS CAN USE THE
NOTIFICATION INFORMATION TO
EVALUATE PROPERTIES AND DEPLOY A
RANGE OF PROPERTY PRESERVATION
TOOLS INCLUDING INCENTIVE AND
ACQUISITION.
THIS CAN HELP RESIDENTS SEEK
TENANT PROTECTIONS AND
RELOCATION RESOURCES IF
NECESSARY.
CURRENTLY, O.H.
IS IN THE
PROCESS OF REVEALING THE PROGRAM
WITH THE GOAL TO MAKE IT MORE
ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE AND
RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SECONDLY, THE CLEAN DEEP PROGRAM
IS A RELATIVELY NEW ADDITION TO
THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
ALONG SIDE WEATHERATION
PROGRAMS.
OIL TO ELECTRIC PROGRAM ALSO
KNOWN AS THE CLEAN HEAT PROGRAM
IS A FREE PROGRAM FOCUSED ON
CREATING OIL HEATED HOMES TO
ELECTRIC HEAT SOURCE.
THIS HELPS REDUCE ENERGY COSTS
AND HELPS THE CITY ACHIEVE
CARBON REDUCTION GOALS.
O.H.
HAS COMPLETED 56O.T.E.'S
CONVERSIONS IN SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENCES.
MOST OF THESE HOUSEHOLDS AS I
MENTIONED ALSO RECEIVE
WEATHERIZATION SERVICES.
WE LEVERAGE SEATTLE FUNDS AFTER
THE CONVERSION.
OUT REACH AND ENGAGEMENT IS
FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
IN THE BIPOC COMMUNITIES OF
BEACON HEEL AND RAINIER VALLEY.
RECENTLY, THE PROGRAM RECEIVED
AN EXTENSION OF THE PROGRAM
BEGINNING IN 2022.
THE GOAL IS TO CONVERT 125
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES EACH YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE?
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE
TEAM HAS CONTINUALLY ENGAGED IN
RACIALLY EQUITY, REFLECTION,
RESULTING IN CONCRETE IDEAS ON
HOW TO FURTHER OUR WORK AS FAR
AS RACIAL EQUITY IN THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING.
THIS WORK BEGAN WITH THE
PREVIOUS DIRECTOR AND WE ARE
EAGER TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
NEW DIRECTOR, MAIKO WINKLER-CHIN
IN COMMITTING THE WORK THAT IS
LED BY THE WHOLE OFFICE.
THANK YOU.
NEXT UP, I WILL PASS IT ONTO MY
COLLEAGUE BIN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONTINUING ON WITH THE POLICY
AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON
EQUITY, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
OUR COMMUNITY PREFERENCE POLICY
WHICH HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR THE
PAST YEAR OR SO.
THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCE POLICY
ALLOWS DEVELOPERS WITH HIGH RISK
OF DISPLACEMENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO
SET ASIDE SPECIFIC UNITS FOR
SPECIFIC PREFERENCES.
THE PREFERENCE TIMES WHEE
IDENTIFIED ARE FOLKS WHO
PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, FOLKS WHO
CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OR FOLKS WHO
UTILIZE OR HAVE COMMUNITY TIES
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS PREFERENCE POLICY CAME OUT
FROM COMMUNITY.
IT WAS AN ASK FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES TO HAVE A
RIGHT TO RETURN POLICY TO TRY TO
FIGHT DISPLACEMENT AND TO BRING
FOLKS WHO WERE DISPLACED OR
PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BACK TO THE PLACES.
TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD TWO RENTAL
PROJECTS FALL THROUGH IMPLEMENT
PREFERENCE.
WE HAVE GARNER HOUSE NEAR THE
MOUNT BAKER LINK STATION.
AND JACKSON HEIGHTS IS IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THEYIMENT MRMENTED 50% OF
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE, DID
THOROUGH AFIRMATIVE MARKETING
AND BOTH WERE EFFECTIVE AND HIT
50% GOAL.
THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO LIVED
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND
MOVED OUT TO KINK COUNTY AND
CAME BACK TO LIVE IN JACKSON
HEIGHTS.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THE POLICY AS IT
APPLIES TO HOME RENTAL POLICIES.
LASTLY, I WANTED TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAPACITY
BUILDING OF ORGANIZATIONS AND
THE SUPPORT THAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING IS PROVIDING THESE
GROUPS.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF
OPPORTUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE DEEPLY ROOTED IN BIPOC
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
WE ARE USING THE FUNDS TO SCALE
UP OPERATIONS OR TO REACH AND
SERVE MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE HAVE AN EXAMINE HERE OF
SERVICES OF LIFE STYLE.
THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY BUILDING
UP A DATA BASE OF HOME OWNERS AT
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, WORKING
WITH THE DEEP CONTACTS AND
KNOWLEDGE OF HOME OWNERS IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AND ASSISTING
THEM WITH RESOURCES AND
INFORMATION.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE
CENTRAL AREA COLLABORATIVE.
THEY ARE PARTNERRING WITH WE
BUILD TOGETHER SEATTLE TO
PROVIDE HOME OWNERS ARE REPAIR
GRANTS AND USING DEEP KNOWLEDGE
AND EXISTING NETWORKS OF BLACK
HOME OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE
CENTRAL AREA TO CONNECT THEM TO
THE OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE ALSO PARTNERRING WITH
LIVING AND PROVIDING FOR
COMMUNITIES FOR IN HOME
OWNERSHIP, SERVING THE
COMMUNITIES THEY COME FROM,
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CONTINUE BUILDING THIS CAPACITY
OF ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE
JUMP START FUNDS.
THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT LATER
IN THIS YEAR.
FOR NOW, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THESE THREE EXAMPLES OF THE
ASSISTANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING THESE GROUPS.
WITH THAT, I WILL TRANSFER IT
BACK OVER TO CHARLES.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
I THINK I WILL JUST END BY
SAYING MYSELF AND THE OTHER
CHANGE TEAM MEMBERS CANNOT
STRESS ENOUGH HOW EXCITED AND
HAPPY WE ARE FOR DIRECTOR
WINKLER-CHIN'S CONFIRMATION
TODAY.
SHE HAS CONTINUED TO BE VERY
GENEROUS WITH HER TIME, TAUBING
THROUGH DIFFERENT IDEAS AND
THINGS WE CAN WORK ON INTERNAL
AND EXTERNAL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
DO THIS WORK WITH HER.
ON THAT NOTE, I WILL END AND
OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY
QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR
THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
I WANT TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION
TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS
TIME AND FLEXIBILITY GIVEN LAST
WEEK'S RESCHEDULE.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
WORK THAT THE EXCHANGE TEAM HAS
DONE.
AND YOUR NOTE OF APPRECIATION
AND STRONG RECOMMENDATION FOR
DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN IS SO MUCH
APPRECIATED.
I THINK THAT WILL REALLY SEAL
THE DEAL OVER HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO ROUND
OUT SOME OF THE POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU ARE
CURRENTRY WORKING ON AND HOW
THEY ARE DRIVEN BY YOUR
COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE EXCHANGE TEAM?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND REALLY NOTE THAT THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING'S MISSION AND VISION,
EVERY POLICY THAT O.H.
TOUCHES
ON IS HOW WE ARE IN THIS CITY
GOING TO BE ABLE TO ULTIMATELY
SEE CHANGES TO UNDO THE HISTORIC
RACISM AND INEQUITIES WE SOUGHT
EMBEDDED IN HOUSING POLICIES IN
THE PAST.
SO THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THAT THE TEAM DOES WITHIN THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND FOR OUR
CITY AT LARGE.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PRESENTATION TODAY.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT
ANY TIME IF THERE IS ANYTHING
YOU WANT US TO BRING UP.
I SEE DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN
GIVING A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE
AND I WILL JOIN HER.
THANK YOU FOR WORK YOU DO.
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD
IN CLOSING?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.
PLEASE PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION
TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
>> OKAY, MADAM CHAIR, LET'S READ
ITEM NUMBER THREE INTO THE
RECORD?
>> ITEM NUMBER THREE, CITY
BUDGET OFFICE, RACE AND SOCIAL
BUDGET ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE.
WE HAVE JEANNETTE BLANKENSHIP,
MIGUEL GIMENEZ WILLIAM CHEN, ALL
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE C.E.O.
I WANTED TO THANK DIRECTOR
DINGLEY FOR HER INTEREST IN
HAVING THIS PRESENTATION TODAY
FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A CITY BUDGET
OFFICE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE PRESENTATION BEFORE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ASKED THE
DBO DIRECTOR IF THERE WAS ANY
INTEREST IN DOING THAT AND
DIRECTOR DINGLEY NOTED A STRONG
INTEREST IN DOING SO DESPITE
HAVING NEVER HAD A SHARED
PRESENTATION FROM CBO BEFORE.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AND
ISH
ANDISH APPRECIATE THIS.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION TODAY AND ALL OF
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE
OFFICE TO MOVE TOWARDS A
TRANSPARENT SYSTEM AND
COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH
CBO.
THIS IS A HUGE PART OF THAT
EFFORT.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE FOLKS
ON THE LINE HERE TODAY.
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO HAND IT
OVER TO?
>> I'M TRYING TO GET IN .
I WONDER IF OUR I.T.
FRIENDS CAN
HELP.
>> DIRECTOR JULIE DINGLEY IS
COMING IN THE LINE HERE.
AS WE DO THAT, MAYBE I WILL MAKE
A QUICK PUBLIC SERVICE
ANNOUNCEMENT AS FOLKS ARE
JOINING INTO THE SCREEN HERE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, TODAY WAS A
SPECIAL MEETING.
SO THE USUAL COURSE OF BUSINESS
IS THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY
OF EVERY MONTH.
THAT MEANS OUR NEXT MEETING IS
NEXT WEEK ALREADY.
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING NEXT
WEDNESDAY AT 90 A.M., JUNE 15th.
WE WILL HAVE ON THERE A FEW
ITEMS FROM THE JUMP START
COMMUNITY DRIVEN HOUSING PLAN,
THE ROYAL BRAWN LEASE AND THE
HSD STAND ALONE GRANT ORDINANCE.
WE WON'T MISS A WEEK BETWEEN
MEETINGS.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY.
BEFORE WE DO, WE HAVE JULIE
DINGLEY WITH US.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE DIRECTOR
DINGLEY IN THE ROOM.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AUDIO
AND VIDEO IS WORKING.
DIRECTOR DINGLEY, WE ARE
THRILLED YOU ARE HERE.
FEEL FREE TO COME OFF MUTE OR
VIDEO IF AVAILABLE.
WE ARE ALL DEALING WITH NEW
TECHNOLOGY AS WE MOVE TO A
HYBRID SYSTEM.
I CAN SEE YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME
OKAY?
>> YES, AND WE CAN SEE YOU.
WE HAVE BOTH.
>> EXCELLENT.
I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE IS
AVAILABLE TO SHARE THE SCREEN OR
DO YOU NEED US TO SHARE?
>> SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT?
MADAM CLERK IS GOING TO SHARE ON
OUR END.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
WELL, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND
THANK YOU FOR THE WARM
INTRODUCTION.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE UPDATES
FROM THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
WORK.
FROM THE JUMP, I WANT TO CONVEY
THAT AS A CORE PRINCIPLE, WE ARE
BUILDING OFF OF EFFORTS THAT
HAVE BEEN DONE FOR A LONG TIME,
WORK THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.
OUR OFFICE IS NEW TO THE SPACE
IN HOW WE HAVE ORGANIZED BUT WE
ARE AIMING TO ADD DEPTH TO THE
PROGRESS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
MADE CITY WIDE.
I JOINED THE CITY IN 2018.
IN MY YEARS, THE BUDGET WORK HAS
COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
I COULDN'TBE MORE PROUD AND
EXCITED TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY.
I SEE OUR PRESENTATION IS UP SO
I WILL KEEP MY OPENING REMARKS
QUICK.
BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
CBO'S WORK IS UNIQUE IN THIS
SPACE.
YOU HEARD FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING JUST NOW AND HOW THEY
ARE BUILDING PROGRAMS AND DIRECT
INTERACTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
CBO IS THE RECIPIENT OF A LOT OF
THAT WORK.
OUR WORK FOCUSES ON HOW DO WE
TAKE IN WORK FROM THE
DEPARTMENTS, HOW DO WE HOLD
DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE
SURE THAT IS HAPPENING?
AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT OURSELVES
AND MAKE SURE WE SHOW UP HUMBLE
AND READY TO TAKE IN THE
INFORMATION?
I AM JOINED BY FOUR INCREDIBLE
LEADERS IN CBO IN THE RSGI
SPACE.
I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO
INTRODUCE THEM SELVES.
WE START WITH RODHA SHEIKH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M THE
FISCAL POLICY ANALYST AT THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND A COLEAD
FOR THE CHANGE TEAM.
I WILL PASS IT TO JEANNETTE.
>> THANKS.
JEANNETTE BLANKENSHIP, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR IN THE BUDGET OFFICE.
I WILL PASS IT TO MIGUEL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS, I'M A FISCAL
POLICY ANALYST IN THE BUDGET
OFFICE I AM THE CHANGE TEAM
COCHAIR.
>> WILLIAM CHEN, FISCAL POLICY
MANAGER FOR THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS ALSO EXCITING.
TYPICALLY COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU
HEAR FROM JUST ME.
IT IS SO EXCITING THAT WE HAVE
MY TEAM MEMBERS HERE TODAY TO
SHARE THIS WORK.
SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO WALK
YOU THROUGH SEVERAL ITEMS.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE?
WE WILL START OUT WITH GROUNDING
ANTI-RACING PRINCIPLES AND
TRUTHS WE KEEP TOP OF MIND AS WE
ENTER THROUGH THE WORK.
WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH RACE
AND SOCIAL BUDGET CHANGES, THE
OVERALL PROCESS CHANGES WE HAVE
IMPLEMENTED, SOME INTERNAL
CHANGES WE HAVE WORKED ON,
INTERNAL TO CBO, OUR NEWLY
FORMED CHANGE TEAM AND THE
CHANGE TEAM'S WORK PLAN THAT WAS
JUST GETTING A BIG STAMP OF
APPROVAL IN THE LAST MONTH.
AND RSGI AND WE HAVE A CRAFT
RUBRIC THAT HAS BEEN IN
COLLABORATION WITH OSCR, IT IS A
PRODUCT OF THE COLLABORATION.
WE WILL TALK YOU THROUGH THOSE
ELEMENTS AS WELL.
>> FIRST, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, JUST SOME GROUNDINGS IN
THE ANTI-RACISM TRUTHS THAT WE
DISCUSS WITH THE DEPARTMENT
FINANCE MANAGERS.
THESE ARE WHERE THE IDEAS SHOW
UP FOR US.
THE TWO THAT WE WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT, ONE IS GATE KEEPING.
THIS IS PERSONS WHO WORK IN
INSTITUTIONS THAT OFTEN FUNCTION
AS GATE KEEPERS TO ENSURE THAT
INSTITUTIONS PERPETUATE ITSELF
WITH NETWORKING WITH THOSE WHO
SHARE THOSE VALUES AND
MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THE GATE KEEPER BECOMES AN
NUGZAL.
HOW DO WE SHOW UP IN THIS SPACE
AND MAKE SURE WE ARE LETTING IN,
LIKE, WE ARE NOT BEING AN
INAPPROPRIATE GATE KEEPER?
AND THEN TRUTH NUMBER FOUR THAT
SHOWS UP HERE AS PART OF
SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF OCR
IS THAT WE ARE ALL PART OF THIS
PICTURE.
NONE OF US ASKED FOR THIS BUT WE
ALL HAVE ROLES TO PLAY.
THE FULL LENGTH IS DEVELOPED BY
OCR ARE LINKED HERE AS WELL.
IF IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LIVE IN
THE UNITED STATES AND NOT
EXPERIENCE THE IMPACTS OF
COLONIAL RACISM AND OTHER FORMS
OF OPPRESSION, ADVANTAGE OR
DISADVANTAGE ON OUR LIVES.
NONE OF US ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE PAST BUT ALL OF US ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENT AND
TO SOME EXTENT FOR THE FUTURE.
>> SO WITH THAT, YOU CAN GO ON
TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
RHODA.
>> TO GIVE YOU AN OVER VIEW OF
HOW THE BUDGET OFFICE CENTER, WE
ASKED PARTNERS TO SUBMIT AN
ASSESSMENT 06 EQUITY IMPACTS
WITH ANY BUDGET REQUEST.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE IS
WHAT THEY RESPOND.
HOW DOES A BUDGET IMPACT RACIAL
EQUITY?
IS IT IMPACTING HISTORIALLY
DISED VANTAGED COMMUNITIES?
DOES IT HAVE NEGATIVE RACIAL
JUSTICE IMPACTS?
IF SO, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU
CONSIDERED TO MITIGATE THAT?
IT ALSO TOUCHES ON LANGUAGE
ACCESS NEEDS.
IS THE PROPOSAL INCORPORATING --
DOES IT HAVE A LANGUAGE ACCESS
PLAN COMPONENT TO IT?
AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ASK THESE QUESTIONS FOR MANY
REASONS BUT IT IS ESPECIALLY A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
DEPARTMENTS TO REFLECT ON HOW
THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH EQUITY,
HOW THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE
CITY.
IT ALSO GIVES THE BUDGET OFFICE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE CLEAR IN
OUR COMMITMENT IN CENTERING
EQUITY IN THE REVIEW AND
ANALYSIS PROCESS, SO EACH BUDGET
PROPOSAL.
SO THESE KINDS OF QUESTIONS ARE
HAVE
A DOUBLE EFFECT.
IT IS A REFLECTION FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT AND IT IS GREAT
INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE IN
THE DELIBERATION PROCESS AS WE
PROVE THOSE BUDGET ASKS OR
REQUESTS.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ANOTHER POINT OF EQUITY AND
INCLUSION IS THE WAY THE BUDGET
PROCESS IS CRAFTED WITHIN
DEPARTMENTS.
HISTORICALLY THE BUDGET PROCESS
HAS BEEN A CLOSED OFF ONE WHERE
SENIOR LEVEL STAFF ARE INVOLVED
IN THE CRAFTING PROCESS.
THAT RAISES A LOT OF EQUITY
CONCERNS.
SO THE BUDGET OFFICE, WE HAVE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR
ROLE IS IN MAKING THE BUDGET
PROCESS MORE TRANSPARENT.
WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN REDUCING THE
BARRIERS FOR CITY STAFF AT ALL
LEVELS, TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE
PROCESS AND BE MORE TAJABLE
ABOUT WHAT IS INCLUDED.
ONE WAY THAT WE TAKE ACTION ON
THAT IS TO ENCOURAGE THE
DEPARTMENT FINANCE TEAMS, TO
INCLUDE ECWALE LEADS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT AND CHANGE TEAM
MEMBERS IN THE BUDGET CRAFTING
PROCESS.
AND ONE WAY WE FACILITATED THAT
WAS TO CREATE A TOOL WHERE THEY
CAN ASSESS THE TRANSPARENCY.
WE WILL COVER THAT LATER.
WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY THINKING
ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO RUN A
MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
AND A MORE EQUITABLE ONE.
WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING TO SEE
WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, WHAT
LEVELS OF SUPPORT THEY NEED TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT IS DEFINITELY AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION WHERE WE RECEIVE
FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATE IT INTO
ANY CHANGES WE MAKE.
THAT'S JUST A LOOK AT THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
CBO HAS BEEN WORKING ON INTERNAL
CHANGES.
I WILL PASS IT ON TO WILLIAM TO
COVER THAT.
>>.
>> THANKS.
WE HAVE ALSO MADE INTERNALLY
FOCUSED CHANGES FOR CBO.
FIRST ON THAT, WE ESTABLISHED A
NEW CBO CHANGE TEAM.
THAT WAS STARTING THE FOCUS ON
THE EQUITY ISSUES THAT ARE
DIRECTLY IN CBO THIS YEAR.
WE ADOPTED A CHANGE TEAM CHARTER
TO GIVE OUR NEW TEAM THE
STRUCTURE TO CONTINUE WORKING
OVER TIME.
WE ELECTED COCHAIRS, MIGUEL, WHO
YOU HAVE ALREADY MET.
AND WE HAD COCHAIRS FOR EACH
DEPARTMENT.
WE CREATED AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN
WITH DISCUSSION WITH STAFF TO
DIRECT OUR ENERGIES AND INCREASE
ENGAGEMENT OF STAFF ON OUR
PRIORITIES.
NOW, WE ALSO TOOK A CRITICAL
LOOK AT OUR HIRING PROCEDURES.
WE UPDATED OUR JOB POSTINGS TO
REMOVE BARRIERS.
WE REVISED THE LANGUAGE AND
CRITERIA TO FOCUS ON TALENT AND
ALIGNMENT WITH OUR MISSION,
RATHER THAN LOOKING AT PREVIOUS
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND.
CBO PROMOTES MORE ACTIVELY TO IN
THE REPRESENTED POTENTIAL ABKNTS
BY REACHING OUT HBCU'S OR
SCHOOLS WITH HIGH LATINX
POPULATIONS AND IT HAS RESULTED
IN A MORE DIVERSE STAFF AND
EXPERIENCES THAT THEY PRING TO
THE TABLE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL PASS
IT OVER TO MIGUEL.
>> THANKS, WILLIAM.
IT IS A RELATIVELY NEW CHANGE
TEAM.
AS PART OF MY ROLE AS COCHAIR
AND RHODA IS THE OTHER COCHAIR.
WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH A
UNIQUE CULTURE FOR WHAT FITS OUR
DEPARTMENT.
I WILL GO A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.
FIRST FOR US, IT HAS BEEN
IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE
THE HISTORICAL EFFORT THAT OUR
COWORKERS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN
DECADES NOW IN ORGANIZING THE
TEAMS, DIVISIONS, AND
DEPARTMENTS IN THIS WORK AND
ELEVATING ISSUES THAT WILL
IMPACT RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
WITHIN THE CITY AND FOR THE CITY
RESIDENTS.
SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NEW
TO THE SPACE AND WE ARE HERE TO
BUILD OFF OF ALL OF THE EFFORT
THAT HAS COME BEFORE US AND ALL
OF THE LEADERS THAT HAVE COME
BEFORE US WITH DEEP GRATITUDE.
FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, WE ARE
ESTABLISHED IN A STRICT PROCESS,
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING A CULTURE
OF EXPERIMENTATION, ONE WAY OUR
COLLEAGUES CAN BRING NEW IDEAS
TO THE TABLE, WE CAN DISCUSS
THEM TOGETHER, ONE WHERE WE CAN
LISTEN TO FINANCE MANAGERS,
DIRECTORS, STAFF MEMBERS FROM
ACROSS STAFF DEPARTMENTS IN THE
CITY TO HEAR WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS
ARE AND RECEIVE THEIR FEEDBACK
AND BUILD THESE NEW IDEAS INTO
HOW WE CAN CHANGE THESE INTERNAL
PROCESSES IN WAYS THAT IMPACT
EQUITY IN MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.
AND FINALLY, WE RECOGNIZE THAT
OUR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS IS
REALLY ALIGNED WITH BEING THE
STEWARDS OF THE CITY'S RESOURCES
HERE AND OUR ABILITY TO BRING AN
EQUITABLE ANALYSIS INTO THE
CONVERSATION IS ONE OF OUR CHIEF
RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO WE DISCUSSED THAT AND
IMPRESSED ON THAT WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES AND TRIED TO FIGURE
OUT HOW WE ARE SHARPENING THE
OWN ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE
WORK SO WE CAN DEEPEN THE CITY'S
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES BOTH ACROSS
THE INTERNAL INSTRUCTION AS WELL
AS EXTERNALLY FOR ALL OF OUR
RESIDENTS.
NEXT SLIDE?
>> OVER THE SPAN OF SEVERAL
MONTHS, OUR CHANGE TEAM MET TO
DISCUSS WHAT OUR WORK PRIORITIES
ARE.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROW AREAS
THAT WERE ACTIVELY WORKING ON.
THE FIRST IS CREATING OR
ESTABLISHING AN INTERNAL EQUITY
FORUM.
THE IDEA HERE IS TO CREATE A
SYSTEM OF WHOLISTIC ANALYSIS
THAT WE CAN USE IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO KIND OF HAVE
A WHOLISTIC ANALYSIS AT THE
BEGINNING STAGES OF THE BUDGET
REVIEW PROCESS.
SO CURRENTLY BUDGET ANALYSTS
FOCUS ON SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT
PORTFOLIOS AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDINGLY.
I THINK THE HOPE IS TO HAVE A
WHOLISTIC VIEW AT THE BEGINNING
STAGES WHERE THE ANALYSTS HAVE
AN OVER VIEW OF THE CITY WIDE
ASKS.
THAT IS THE FIRST ITEM.
THE FIRST IS IDENTIFYING EQUITY
INDICATORS.
I THINK THE GOAL HERE IS WE WANT
TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION OF HOW DO WE KNOW WE
ARE DOING AN EQUITABLE JOB
WITHIN THE CITY?
AND HOW ARE WE MEASURING OUR
PROGRESS?
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ONGOING
EFFORTS IN THE CITY TO
STANDARDIZE DATA COLLECTION ON
DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE INNOVAION
PERFORMANCE TEAMS IN THE BUDGET
OFFICE ARE WORKING WITH VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS TO HELP DEPARTMENTS
CREATE A WAY OF STANDARDIZED WAY
OF COLLECTING THAT DATA.
SO THAT SAME TEAM IS HELPING US
CRAFT TOOLS THAT THEY CAN USE IN
OUR ANALYSIS.
SO WE HAVE A WAY OF MEASURING
EQUITY.
AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM IS
WORKING ON WHAT IS THE EIAL I
GUESS RUBRIC.
IN COLLABORATION WITH OCR,
WORKED ON A TOOL THAT
DEPARTMENTS USED TO ASSESS THEIR
TRANSPARENCY LEVEL, THEIR LEVEL
OF TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THEIR
DEPARTMENT INTERNALLY.
YOU KNOW, THIS SPECIFIC ITEM IS
WORKING ON I ENHANCING THE TOOL
WITH FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED AT THE
END OF LAST YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN ITEMS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JEANNETTE
TO COVER THE RUBRIC.
>> I WILL SHARE MORE ABOUT THE
BUDGET AND WHAT IT IS.
AFTER WE RECEIVE THE DEPARTMENT
INPUT IN THE SUMMER OF 2021,
LAST YEAR, THE BUDGET OFFICE AND
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM AT
OCR DEBRIEFED TOGETHER THESE
RESPONSES.
WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
DEPARTMENTS ARE AND WHAT
RESOURCES WILL BE HELPFUL IN
UNDERSTANDING, WHAT DOES
PROGRESS LOOK LIKE?
HOW CAN WE BETTER DEFINE THIS?
THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM
AND OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
DEVELOPED A RUBRIC INSPIRED ON
BECOMING AN ANTI-RACIST
MULTICULTURAL ORGANIZATION.
IT WAS ADAPTED FOR BUDGETING
PURPOSES TO CONSIDER RESRS
ALLOCATION RANGING FROM A CLOSED
PROCESS WHERE JUST A FEW
DECISION MAKERS ARE ENGAGED TO A
MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESS.
THE RUBRIC WAS DEVELOPED BY
PARTNERS TO GUIDE CONVERSATIONS.
WHO IS ASKING THE QUESTION?
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ENGAGE THE
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
ADVOCATES LIKE CHANGE TEAMS IN
THE CITY AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT
LEADERSHIP AND FINANCE TEAMS IN
THE BUDGET OFFICE.
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AS WE LOOK
AHEAD TO 2023 AND 2024, THE
BUDGET OFFICE ASKED THE
DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK
ON HOW IT WAS APPLIED.
HOW IT CAN BE MADE CLEAR.
IT RECOGNIZES DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS AT DIFFERENT PLACES
WHEN THAT REQUEST IS MADE.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
IS THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION OF
ITSELF.
IT IS A FRAMEWORK TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATIONS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE
PROGRESS OF THE PAST TO HAVE AN
ANTIRACIST APPROACH FOR HOW WE
THINK OF THE CITY'S RESOURCE
ALLOCATION.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REDEFINE
THE RESOURCE TO MEET DEPARTMENTS
WHERE THEY ARE AT AND DEFINE
WHERE DEPARTMENTS ARE AT .
I WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO WE WANT TO CLOSE THIS TIME
BY RECOGNIZING THE DEEP
PARTNERSHIP THAT THIS WORK
REQUIRES.
REALLY GIVEN THE TEAL'S ROLE
WITH THE CITY, THIS IS HOW WE
PARTNER TO PUSH FOR PROGRESS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
PARTSURESHIPS THAT HAVE HELPED
ADVANCE.
THE VERY LAST MEETING THAT THE
BUDGET OFFICE HAD BEFORE ANYONE
AT HOME IN MARCH OF 2020 WAS A
TRAINING FOR THE BUDGET OFFICE
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
SINCE THAT TIME, SINCE WE SAID
THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE ARE IN
PERSON, AND THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO
PARTNER.
WE ARE PROVIDING MORE CONTEXT
FOR THE WORK AND TRAIN ON
ANTI-RACISM AND SHARED TRUTHS
THAT WE OPENED WITH.
WE HELD FEEDBACK SESSIONS WITH
THE DEPARTMENTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A
TRAINING FOR THE SUMMIT IN
JANUARY WHICHOU CR SAID WAS ONE
OF THE HIGHEST ATTENDED
PRESENTATIONS AT THAT SUMMIT.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE ACTION
COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A TOOL AND
DEVELOP QUESTIONS FOR
DEPARTMENTS TO CONSIDER THESE
QUESTIONS DURING BUDGET
DEVELOPMENT, THINKING ABOUT HOW
THEY APPROACH ENGAGEMENT, HOW
THEY HEAR FROM COMMUNITY, HOW
THEY THOUGHT ABOUT LIMPY
INVESTMENTS.
THEY ASKED TO ENGAGE WITH THE
COLEADS AND OTHER ADVOCATES TO
TAKE ON A LARGER ROLE IN BUDGET.
BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS
WHICH TRADITIONALLY HAVE NOT
BEEN STRONG IN SOME DEPARTMENTS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE WORKING
REMOTELY TAKES TIME.
OUR GOAL IS REALLY THAT WE ARE
DEEPENING THE RELATIONSHIPS.
STARTING WHERE WE ARE AT AND
BUILDING FROM THERE.
THE QUESTIONS FROM LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET PROCESS WERE ANALYZED AND
USED TO INFORM THE DRAFT RUBRIC.
FINALLY, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE TEAM, THIS IS
ONGOING WORK.
WE HAVE A BROAD TEAM THAT
SUPPORTS THOSE YOU ARE HEARING
FROM TODAY.
WE ARE MEETING BIWEEKLY WITH THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO DEEPEN
THE RELATIONSHIPS AND ADVANCE
THE COLLECTIVE PROGRESS.
AND FINALLY, BEFORE I CLOSE, I
REALLY WANT TO THAPG KELLY
O'BRIEN, IMMOD AB RUMAM, AND
JASON EASTMAN AMONG OTHERS FOR
THEIR PARTNERSHIPS OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS TO HELP SUPPORT AND
ADVANCE OUR PROGRESS.
NEXT SLIDE AND WE WILL OPEN IT
UP FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION TODAY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS CAN
HEAR US OKAY.
MY SCREEN APPEARS FROZEN.
IF YOU ARE STILL ON THERE -- I
SEE JEANNETTE SMILING.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED
TODAY.
THANKS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM
BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE FOLKS WHO
MADE THIS WORK POSSIBLE.
PLEASE PASS ON THE APPRECIATION.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
LEADERSHIP AND MAKING THIS A
ROUTINE PRACTICE TO HAVE THE
CITY'S OFFICE PRESENT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR THE RSJI CHANGE
TEAM?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY QUICK QUESTION.
ONE OF THE SLIDES, YOU WROTE OF
A SYSTEM OF WHOLISTIC ANALYSIS
FOR BUDGET, IS THAT THE RUBRIC
YOU DEVELOPED AND ASKED THE
DEPARTMENTS TO USE?
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING
TOTHERE?
>> I'LL TAKE THIS.
THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ASPECTS
OF THE WORK PLAN WE ARE FOCUSED
ON.
THE INTERNAL FORUM WE ARE
DISCUSSING IS SOMETHING WE DO ON
A REGULAR BASIS.
WE MUST CONSIDER THE PROCESS
WHOLISTICALLY.
WE LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL
DEPARTMENTS WITHIN OUR
PORTFOLIOS.
THAT CREATES A SILOED APPROACH.
OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A SECONDARY
FORUM FOR ANALYSTS TO DO CROSS
CUTTING WORK, TO LOOK AT ISSUES
THAT IMPACT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
AND THINK MORE EQUITABLY TO
THINK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS
WHOLISTICALLY AND NOT JUST FOCUS
ON THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE
PORTFOLIO.
THE RUBRIC WE WENT INTO DETAIL
ON IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY AS
THEY DEVELOP THE BUDGET ON THEIR
SIDE BEFORE THEY GET TO.
BEFORE THEY BUILD THE BUDGET, IT
HAS BEEN A CLOSED PROCESS.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT CREATES
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THOSE
DEPARTMENTS AND BEING ADVISED BY
OCR ON HOW TO BUILD A MORE
TRANSPARENT BUDGET FROM THE
DEPARTMENT LEVEL.
THE RUBRIC IS A TOOL TO MEASURE
WHERE DEPARTMENTS ARE AND WHAT
THEIR LONGTERM GOALS WILL BE FOR
THE FUTURE.
AND THEN TO BE A STARTING POINT
FOR A CONVERSATION ON A STARTING
POINT OF WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO
TO GET THE DEPARTMENTS TO THEIR
GOALS?
JUST SUPPORT, INFORMATION,
KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION, WHAT CAN
WE DO AS PARTNERS TO BUILD A
MORE TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL.
I THINK IT EMPHASIZES THE
POTENTIAL TRANSFORMATION UNDER
THIS PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT AND
WITH THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.
BECAUSE YOU TOUCH THE WORK OF
EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY
WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WITH
YOUR SHEPHERDING OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS AND AS IT
REERATES TO THE EXTERNAL PIECE,
YOU ARE WORKING WITH RESIDENTS
IN THE CITY WHO HAVE DIFFERENT
NEEDS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
IN THE CITY AS WELL.
SO THERE IS AGAIN, A LOT OF
POWER AND A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR
TRANSFER OF INFORMATION WITH THE
WORK YOU ARE DOING SO REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL CLOSING COMMENTS
FROM YOU, DIRECTOR DINGLEY OR
ANYONE FROM THE RSJ I-TEAM?
>> I JUST WANT TO ECCO THE
PARTNERS THAT HELPED GET US
WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO TOOK A
LOT OF TIME TO EDUCATE US AS A
TEAM.
WE ARE IN DEBTED TO THAT, THE
TIME THEY GAVE US TO US.
WE ARE SO EXCITE.
THE TEAM IN FRONT OF YOU, THE
CBO CHANGE TEAM IS SORT OF A
MISNOMER BECAUSE IT IS THE WHOLE
OFFICE.
IT REALLY HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
EXPERIENCE TO SEE IT COME
TOGETHER AND PLAY A ROLE IN IT.
I'M DEEPLY PROUD TO BE HERE AND
EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK.
AND GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SHARE THE PROGRESS WE HAVE
MADE.
ANY THING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD?
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT
UP THE GREAT WORK THAT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN DOING.
>> EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU ALL AGAIN SLAEFRP
VAEFRP FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
TODAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET UPDATES
FROM THE CHANGE TEAM AND FROM
ALL OF YOU IF YOU EVER FEEL YOU
WANT TO REACH OUT ON ANYTHING,
WE ARE AVAILABLE.
OUR OFFICE IS ON ALL BUDGET
RELATED ISSUES AND WE ARE HAPPY
TO ENGAGE WITH YOU IN COMMITTEE
OR AT ANY POINT.
JUST LET US KNOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR
DINGLEY AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TODAY FOR THIS
INAUGURAL RSJI CHANGE TEAM.
WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA
TODAY.
I MENTIONED THAT OUR INTENT IS
TO STICK WITH OUR FIRST AND
THIRD WEDNESDAY MEETINGS OF THE
MONTH AT 9:30 A.M..
AND AGAIN THAT IS NEXT WEDNESDAY
AT 9:30.
AT THAT TIME, WE WILL HAVE THE
JUMP START COMMUNITY DRIVEN
HOUSING FUND DISCUSSION, THE
LEASE LEGISLATION AND THE HSD
STAND ALONE GRANTS ORDINANCES.
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, I
WILL BE ASKING THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT TO ALLOW FOR US TO
WAIVE THE RULES NEXT TUESDAY TO
ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING
NOMINATION TO BE CONSIDERED NEXT
TUESDAY ON THE AFTERNOON.
SO THAT WILL BE THE
PARLIAMENTARY MOTION SO WE CAN
CONSIDER HER ON TUESDAY NEXT
WEEK.
COLLEAGUES, IT IS REALLY GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
TAKE CARE.
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