THANK YOU.
ERIC.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS JUNE 24th, 2022.
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD AND
OF THE YEAR ACTUALLY.
SO SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:02 AND I'M DEBORAH
JUAREZ PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL?
>> BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
BOARD MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> BOARD MEMBER PEDERSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> BOARD MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> AND BOARD MEMBER STRAUS.
>> PRESENT.
>> BOARD MEMBER PRESIDENT.
>> PRESENT.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> I WILL GO TO APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED MOVING TO SECTION 4 OF
THE AGENDA THAT IS ELECTION OF
THE PRESIDENT.
SO WE WILL PROCEED TO THE
ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT FOR
THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT
BOARD.
THERE ARE ANY NOMINATIONS?
>> I HAVE A NOMINATION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I NOMINATE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AS PRESIDENT.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
THE NAME OF THE BOARD MEMBER
LEWIS HAS BEEN PLACED IN
NOMINATION AS PRESIDENT.
THERE WERE NO OTHER -- ARE
THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS
BEFORE I GO FORWARD?
NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED AND
NOW WE CAN PROCEED TO A VOTE.
IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED AND SO
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ELECTING
BOARD MEMBER LEWIS AS PRESIDENT
VOTE ANTHOZOA POSED VOTE NO.
MADAM CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> BOARD MEMBER STRAUS.
>> YES.
>> AND BOARD MEMBER JUAREZs.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS NOW PRESIDENT
LEWIS.
PRESIDENT LEWIS WILL TAKE OVER
AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT BOARD AND
I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WILL AS
THE NEW PRESIDING OVER PRESIDE
OVER THE PRESIDENT OF THE VICE
PRESIDENT SO I WILL YIELD TO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR
THE VICE PRESIDENT?
>> YES.
I WILL NOMINATE COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT
NOMINATION.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
NOMINATIONS OF THE SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD?
SEEING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS
FROM BOARD MEMBERS I WOULD ASK
THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON
BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
NOMINATION FOR VICE-
PRESIDENTIAL WITH AYE
SIGNIFYING A VOTE IN FAVOR OF
BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA TO SERVE
IN THAT POSITION AND NOS
INDICATING NOT WANTING TO
SELECT THAT BOARD MEMBER.
>> BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> PRESIDENT LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
WE NOW HAVE A NEWLY ELECTED
BOARD PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT SO WE CAN MOVE TO
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER
22nd, 2021 SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT MEETING HAS BEEN
REVIEWED BY THE BOARD, IF THERE
IS NO OBJECT OBJECTION THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED HEARING
NO OBJECTION WILL THE CLERK
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE.
MOVING TO ITEM SIX PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC PERIOD.
WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
AT 5:30 P.M.
ON THURSDAY, JULY 14th SO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SHARE
THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE PARK
DISTRICT WITH THE BOARD
DIRECTLY.
FOR THIS HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, THE REMOTE SPEAKERS
WILL BE HEARD FIRST AND THEN
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS ATTENDING IN THE
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
MADAM CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED
UP?
>> WE HAVE THREE REMOTE AND TWO
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.
>> TODAY EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE
TWO MINUTES.
MADAM CLERK.
I WILL NOW HAND THIS OVER TO
YOU TO PRESENT THE INSTRUCTIONS
AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT
RECORDING.
>> BUILT ON INDIGENOUS LAND THE
TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE
COSAILOR'S PEOPLE.
THE SEAT CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT AND EAGER
TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS OF OUR
CITY.
IF WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A
SPEAKER AND PROVIDE A VERBAL
COMMENT YOU MAY REGISTER TWO
HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING VIA
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
WEBSITE.
HERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEEDINGS.
SPEAKERS ARE CALLED UPON IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTER
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE NUMBER THEY PROVIDED AND
USE THE PASS CODE ONLINE THAT
WAS EMAILED UPON CONFIRMATION.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL
CONFIRMATION CHECK YOUR SPAM OR
JUNK MAIL FOLDERS.
A REMINDER.
THE SPEAKER MEETING ID IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE GENERAL
LISTEN LINE.
ONCE THE SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALL
THE SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL
BE UNMUTED AND AUTOMATIC VOICE
WILL SAY THE HOST WOULD LIKE TO
YOU UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE.
NAYS YOUR CAN CLUE AND YOUR
TURN TO SPEAK.
AT THAT TIME YOU MUST PRESS
STAR 6. WILL YOU THEN HEAR A
PROMPT OF YOU ARE UP UNMUTED.
YOU SHOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND
THERE WILL BE A CHIME AS YOUR
ALOTTED TIME AS A REMINDER TO
WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THE END OF THE ALOTTED TIME
YOUR MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED
AND THE NEXT SPEAKER CALLED.
ONCE SPEAKERS ARE FINISHED WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE PUBLIC LINE
AND JOIN US THE SEATTLE
BROADCAST OR THROUGH THE
LISTENING OPTION.
THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF
THE SYSTEM IS ABUSED OR IF THE
PROCESS IMPEDES ITS PROGRESS ON
THE CITY.
ANY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE
DISRUPTIVE OR NOT FOCUSED ON
APPROPRIATE TOPIC AS SPECIFIED
IN COUNCIL RULES MAY LEAD TO
THE SPEAKER BEING MUTED BY THE
PRESIDING OFFICER.
OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR 6
AFTER YOUR HEAR THE THE PROMPT
OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> REWILL MOVE TO THE NEXT
REGISTERED SPEAKER WHICH IS
CHRIS WOODWARD.
CHRIS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M CHRIS WOODWARD THE
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR FOR THE
ALLIANCE SQUARE AND PROVIDING A
PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF
INCREASED PROTECTIVE FUNDING
FOR SEATTLE'S PARK AND
RECREATION FACILITY.
IN MY ROLE I'M ENGAGED IN
CONVERSATIONS EVERY DAY WITH
PIONEER SQUARE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND THAT'S SMALL AND
LARGE BUSINESS OWNERS AND
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER STAFF
AND RESIDENTS.
THESE CONVERSATIONS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE
ADDRESSED POSITIVE FEEDBACK
REGARDING THE CONSISTENT
PROGRAMMING AND STAFF AND
MAINTENANCE OF TWO KEYS SEATTLE
PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES
IN THE PIONEER DISTRICT BEING
PIONEER PARK AND WHILE THE
ALLIANCE AGREES WITH THE
MAJORITY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE PARK AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT AND THE BOARD OF
PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS WE BELIEVE THERE
ARE SOME AREAS OF THE CURRENT
PROPOSAL THAT CAN BE IMPROVED
INCLUDING FUNDING, CRITICAL
PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.
ACTIVE PERSONAL PRESENT AND THE
HIGH ISSUE PARK IS UNDER FUNDED
IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.
PRESENTLY MANY PRESENT
NONPROFITS AND OTHER AGENCIES
ARE PAYING CLOSE TO $4 MILLION
TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND
ACTIVATION IN THESE PUBLIC
PHASES PARTICULARLY DOWNTOWN.
THESE SERVICES ARE PROVEN TO
REDUCE NEGATIVE BE BEHAVIOR.
THERE IS NO LONG TIME
COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY TO
ADDRESS THIS AND UNSUSTAINABLE
TO EXPECT THAT NONPROFITS DUE
ARE DO THIS WORK.
I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO MEET AND
EXCEED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE PARK COMMISSION AND PURSUE
AN INCREASE IN THE LEVY TO 40%
PER ONE THOUSAND.
AND COMMIT TO $200 MILLION IN
BONDING TO ENSURE WE HAVE LONG
TERM INVESTMENTS IN OUR PARK
SYSTEM THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ESPECIALLY IN THE
CHALLENGING TIMES OF THE
PANDEMIC AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR
THIS LEVEL OF FUNDING WILL HELP
MAKE THE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS
WE NEED TO MEET THE CITY'S
GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION AND
PROTECT COMMUNITIES FOR YEARS
TO COME.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST REGISTERED SPEAKER
IS ANN NITE.
ANN.
>>
>> MY NAME IS ANN NITE AND A
LONG TIME PARK ADVOCATE.
AS WILL YOU HEAR FROM THE
TESTIMONY AND THE BOARD OF PARK
COMMISSIONERS SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION DOES NOT HAVE
ADEQUATE FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE
PROGRAMS AT THE LEVEL THAT
COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE TREES AND
DEVELOPED PARKS.
TREES THAT PROVIDE SHADE AND
HEALTHY TREE CANOPY IN THE MOST
IMPORTANT SPACES OUR DEVELOPED
PARKS.
IT IS FACING THE CRISIS
COMPOUNDING EVERY YEAR AND NOT
SPECIFIC FUNDING OF THE DEAD
AND DYING TREES.
TREES ARE ESSENTIAL COMPONENT
OF ADDRESSING EQUITY IN PARKS
ACROSS THE CITY.
THEY NEED TO BE PLANTED NOW AND
NOT WAITING ANOTHER SIX YEARS.
TREES NEED TIME TO GROW TO
PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH
RESPID FROM THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
I'M ASKING THAT YOU FIND WAYS
TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR
PARKS AND ENSURE THE BUDGET FOR
TREES AND PLANTING IS
SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE
COMPOUNDING LOSS OF THE
ESSENTIAL TREES IN OUR PARKS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> OUR FIRST IN PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENT IS GOING TO BE TIM
MOTZER.
>> MY NAME IS TIM MOTZER LONG
TERM RESIDENT OF LAKE CITY AND
ADVOCATE FOR PARK DISTRICT
FUNDING.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
33-CENT SOLUTION AND FOUR
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER
IT.
33-CENT SOLUTION IS PAY AS YOU
GO REVENUE BASE APPROACH
MEETING THE FUNDING NEEDS FOR
THE NEXT CYCLE.
THE 33-CENT TAX RATE WITH THE
PROPERTY TAX BASE TO GENERATED
THE REVENUE.
A NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS WERE
MADE TO THE BASELINE PROJECTS
AND PROGRAMS LEVELS TO ADJUST
FOR PROBLEMS OF UNDER FUNDING
AND UNDERSPENDING AND THE
BUDGETING IMPACT OF COVID-19.
SOME OF THOSE WHICH WERE NOT
CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSIONERS
AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND
RESULTING UNSPENT RESIDUAL
REVENUE PROVIDED A NEW LINE
ITEM TO PRESENT OUR AGING PARK
FACILITIES TO GENERATE $133
MILLION WITHIN THE NEXT CYCLE.
WHY CONSIDER THE 33-CENT
SOLUTION?
IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF THE
PARK DISTRICT CYCLE.
THE 33 CENTS SOLUTION'S LIM
ELIMINATES THE FIXED ANNUAL
AMOUNTS THAT RESULTED IN THE
DECLINING TAX RATE FROM 33
CENTS TO 20.4.
THE 33-CENT SOLUTION REQUIRES
THE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE
CHANGES FOR THE ADOPTED FUNDING
PLAN.
THESE PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED
BUT NOT ADDRESSED BY THE
COMMISSIONER.
IT PROVIDES A NEW LINE ITEM FOR
FACILITIES. ING PARK
THERE IS NO PLAN FOR ONGOING
AGING PARK FACILITIES.
THE 33 CENTS CREATES A NEW ITEM
TO ADDRESS THAT ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS.
PROVIDES PAY AS YOU GO DEBT
SERVICE FINANCING.
THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE DEBT
SERVICE FINANCING
RECOMMENDATION AND REPLACING
FIVE BUILDINGS AND TO REQUIRE
$20 MILLION LOAN OR 20 YEAR
LOAN OF $110 MILLION WITH AN
ESTIMATED ANNUAL PAYMENT OF $10
MILLION FOR THE NEXT THREE PARK
CYCLES AND PROVIDES LOWER
PROPERTY TACK INCREASE THAT THE
COMMISSIONER'S RECOMMENDATION
OF 37.9 CENTS WHILE STILL
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE PARK
DISTRICT.
I WANT TO THANK THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS FOR
GIVING ME THE CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT THE 33-CENT SOLUTION AND
WHY IT MAY BE BETTER.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST IN-PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENT IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES.
WHY I DON'T SHOW MY FACE, MY
SIGN?
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?
BECAUSE I AM A JEW?
ARE YOU ON [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I
AM NOT A PSYCHOPATH.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
CAN YOU ANSWER ME THIS QUESTION
IF NOBODY ANSWERED ME.
I ASK EVERYBODY.
NO PROBLEM.
NAZI IS A RACE.
NAZI IS WHAT IS IN AMERICA.
MY DIRTY NAZI AND PSYCHOPATH.
I AM SPEAKING ABOUT [
INDISCERNIBLE ] HOW BEAUTIFUL
PARK AND I LIVE HERE FOR 35
YEARS.
I [ INDISCERNIBLE ] YOU KNOW
WHAT THIS MEANS.
BUT THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED FOR
THOUSAND AND THOUSAND HOMELESS
WHY?
WHY YOU KILL 200 HOMELESS.
THESE PEOPLE DYING CAN'T GO TO
PARK.
SMELL NICE AIR.
LOOK AT PEOPLE AND BE HAPPY.
YOU KNOW?
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] SOMETIMES.
AND WHY MY LOVELY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] I MENTION HIS
NAME BECAUSE I KNOW HIM FOR
TWELVE YEARS.
MY BEST FRIEND FOR TWELVE
YEARS.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] WHY ARE YOU
KILLING THESE PEOPLE?
YOU MOVE AND KILL THEM.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] CONCERN I
TOLD YOU 3000 TIMES YOU KILLER
AND NAZI GIVE PEOPLE AIR FOR
BREATHING.
200 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR
BECAUSE YOU ARE KILLER.
A NAZI.
YOU CAN'T FIX THIS PROBLEM.
GIVE PEOPLE FRESH AIR IN PARK.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
EVERYBODY.
THIS IS RIGHT.
THIS IS AMERICA.
NOT GERMANY NAZI.
>> THAT'S OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO HEARING
FROM SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS
AND I BELIEVE THE BOARD OF
PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS.
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
ARE YOU STILL WITH US?
>> YES.
I AM.
YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND JESSICA
AND MARLIN THAT YOU WILL HEAR
FROM REPORTING OUT.
THEY LED A VERY GOOD EXERCISE
WITH THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
COMMISSIONERS AND STARTED IN
MARCH AND LED THE COMMITTEE
THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS
TO EVALUATE PARK DISTRICT CYCLE
TWO OPTIONS.
AND I JUST REALLY COMMEND THEM
FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND JUST
ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY
ATTENDED MEETINGS ON WEEKENDS
AND EVENINGS AND SOME OF THIS
INFORMATION AS YOU ARE ABOUT TO
HEAR IS PRETTY DENSE.
WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE
ENTIRE PARK'S BOARD ABILITY TO
GRASP THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION
AND DIGEST IT AND MAKE SOME
REASONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE
MARLIN AND JESSICA AS OUR CO-
CHAIRS ON THE COMMITTEE AND
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK
OVER TO YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
>> SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WE DO HAVE TRACY RATZLIFF FROM
OUR COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF ON
THE LINE.
AND SO I WILL HAND IT INITIALLY
TO TRACY TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW
OF THE PROCESS WITH ERIC MCCON
NAGY IS JOINING US AND WE CAN
HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE
COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU FOR
INTRODUCING THE PANEL.
TRACY, HOW ABOUT I I HAND IT
OVER TO YOU?
>> SURE.
JUST TO REMIND YOU WE HAD ONE
MORE ITEM TO BE ACTED UPON AND
THAT CAN HAPPEN AT THE END
WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION FOR THE
MEETING SCHEDULE.
SO JUST TO PUT A PIN IN THAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE YOU ACT ON THAT
RESOLUTION AND THAT COULD
HAPPEN AT THE END OR NOW BUT WE
NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST THE
AGENDA ITEMS 2 AND 3 THAT WE
WILL TALK ABOUT READ INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE NEEDS TO BE
READ IN THE RECORD.
>> YES, AGENDA ITEM ONE IS
BOARD RESOLUTION 48.
AND IF THE CLERK WOULD PLEASE
READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE.
RESOLUTION 48, A RESOLUTION
SETTING THE SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD MEETING DATES
FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE 2023
THROUGH 2028 PARK DISTRICT
FUNDING PLAN AND THE REMAINDER
OF THE MEETING DATES FOR 2022
AND THIS IS FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> SO WITH THAT, TRACY, I WILL
HAND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> WE WILL ADOPT IT AND THIS
YEAR A LITTLE BIT LATER BECAUSE
WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE
WOULD HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THE SPENDING PLAN TO BEGIN
TO WORK THROUGH IN TERMS OF
DISTRICT MEETING.
IT SETS OUT THE SCHEDULE THAT
WE HAVE PLANNED FOR JULY AND
THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES THE TWO
MEETINGS DURING BUDGET REQUIRED
PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF OCTOBER
17th.
AND THE PARK DISTRICT ADOPTION
ON NOVEMBER 22nd.
>> WITH THAT I WILL MOVE TO
ADOPT RESOLUTION 48.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND HAVING HER A SECOND, ARE
THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION BEFORE THE BOARD?
HEARING KNOW COMMENTS WILL THE
CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON
RESOLUTION 48.
>> BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD PEDERSON.
>> AYE.
>> BOARD MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
PRESIDENT LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> SIX IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> HEARING THAT MARGIN THE
RESOLUTION 48 PASSES.
AND WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE ITEM TWO
IN THE RECORD.
JEAN ITEM TWO AND THREE.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT ON THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT ITEM
THREE.
BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSION FOR THE NEXT PARK
DISTRICT CYCLE 2 FUNDING PLAN
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WE WILL NOW RETURN TO OUR ON
THIS AGENDA ITEM.
>> I WILL START US OFF AND GO
TO MY COLLEAGUE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS
WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> SO TODAY WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF THE PARK DISTRICT
REVIEW OF THE PROPOSALS THAT
WILL SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED SIX YEAR PARK
DISTRICT FUNDING PLAN.
THE INTENT OF THE MEETINGS IN
JUNE AND JULY IS FOR YOU TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ENTAILS
AND TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
PROVIDE INPUT INCLUDING ANY
ITEMS THAT YOU BELIEVE MAY BE
MISSING TO HOPEFULLY INFORM THE
MAYOR AS HE BEGINS THE PROCESS
OF REVIEWING THE PROPOSAL AND
PREPARING FOR THE SIX YEAR
MAYOR PLAN AND WE EXPECT HE
WILL PRESENT IT TO THE BOARD ON
THE TARGET DATE OF SEPTEMBER
6th.
IT IS OUR INTENT THAT THE BOARD
WILL BE REVIEWED IN SEPTEMBER
AND ADOPT A FINAL SPENDING PLAN
ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 9th IN
ADVANCE OF THE BUDGET.
WE FIRST WANTED TO PROVIDE
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT FOR
BOARD MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
TO REMIND FOLKS IN 2014 THE
PARK'S LEGACY CITIZEN'S
ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
THE ADOPTION TO ADDRESS THE KEY
ISSUES THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF
YOU AND A COUPLE OF KEY ONES,
MAJOR MAINTENANCE BACKLOG OF
AGING FACILITIES THAT NEEDED TO
BE ADDRESSED FOR LACK OF
FUNDING AND MAINTENANCE OF
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND PARKS
DURING THE PEAK SYSTEM AND
MEETING THE GROWING NEEDS OF
THE SYSTEM AND ONE THAT IS
CHANGING WITH GRAPHICS AND
PROVIDING SUPPORT IN REFLECTION
OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES AND
HAVING FUNDS FOR THE ZOO AND
AQUARIUM AND FRIENDS OF THE
WATERFRONT TO PROVIDE
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS
THE SEATTLE PARKS AND RECS DOES
AND THE ACQUISITION OF
ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE AND LAND
FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION REAL
QUICK, TRACY?
>> SURE.
>> WOULD YOU PLEASE DISTRIBUTE
TO BOARD MEMBERS IF WE HAVE
THIS IN WRITING I IMAGINE WE
DO, THOSE WRITTEN
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ORIGINAL
FORM FROM THE PARK'S LEGACY
CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE BECAUSE I
THINK THAT WOULD BE A
FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT AS THE
BOARD CONSIDERS THE SCOPE AND
SCALE OF WHAT WE WANT THE PARK
DISTRICT RENEWAL TO ENCOMPASS
AND I APPRECIATE THE SUMMARY.
I THINK WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM
READING THE ENTIRE SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE ORIGINAL
FORM AS WELL.
JUST SUBMITTING THAT REQUEST TO
SUBMIT IT TO THE BOARD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
THE DISTRICT WAS APPROVED BY
THE VOTERS IN AUGUST OF 2014.
THAT BALLOT AUTHORIZED THE
COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES UP
TO 75 CENTS PER ONE THOUSAND OF
ASSESSED VALUE.
THE DISTRICT IS GOVERNED BY THE
PARK DISTRICT BOARD HIS YOU AND
THE CITY COUNCIL AS OFFICIALS
MEMBERS THAT HAVE BOARD.
WE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK
DISTRICT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY
RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE IN 2014
THAT GOVERNS THE OPERATION OF
THE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHES
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT IS THE
BOARD OF REC COMMISSION AND THE
PARK COMMISSION AND REQUIRES
THAT THERE IS ACTIVITIES
CARRIED OUT OF THE DISTRICT AND
SUPPORT OF GENERAL FUND TO THE
PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT WHICH
JUST FOR RECORD HAS OCCURRED
EVERY YEAR EXCEPT 2020 AND
2021.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> TRACY, GOING BACK THERE,
COULD YOU REMIND THE BOARD WHAT
THE REQUIRED MINIMUM SUPPORT
IS?
HOW IS THAT MEASURED?
A PERCENT OR A NUMBER?
HOW IS THE REQUIRED MINIMUM
FUND REPORT.
>> IT STARTED AS BASELINE OF
2015 AND INFLATES EVERY YEAR
BASED ON THE CPIU FOR SEATTLE
AND SO EVERY YEAR IT WAS
ADJUSTED BY INFLATION.
AND I CAN -- IF PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN THOSE NUMBERS I
CAN SEND THEM THAT INFORMATION
AS WELL.
>> TO SUMMARIZE BEST
CHARACTERIZED AS THE GENERAL
FUND APPROPRIATION IN 2015 FOR
PARK AND RECREATION OPERATIONS
AND THAT NUMBER ADJUSTED FOR
INFLATION IS WHAT WE CONSIDER
TO BE THE BASELINE FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THE PARK DISTRICT?
>> YES.
AND TO BE VERY CLEAR EVERY YEAR
THAT AMOUNT GOT INFLATED SO
WHATEVER THE INFLATION RATE WAS
FOR 2016, THAT WAS APPLIED AND
THE BASIS ADJUSTED AND THE NEXT
YEAR THE INFLATION RATE FOR
THAT YEAR WAS APPLIED TO THE
BASE AND INCREASED EVERY YEAR
BASED ON WHAT THE RATE OF
INFLATION WAS EVERY YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SURE.
IN TERMS OF DISTRICT FUNDING.
THE TAX COLLECTION BEGAN IN
2016 AT $47.7 MILLION AND ROSE
ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF PERCENT
EVERY YEAR TWO A TOTAL OF 54.6
MANUFACTURE BY THE TIME YOU GOT
TO 2020.
THE FIRST FUNDING PLAN
SUPPORTED OVER 30 INITIATIVES.
AND AS WE KNOW DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
HAVE IN FRONT OF US THE NEXT
SIX YEAR FUNDING PLAN THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED IN
2020 AND HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL
NOW.
TO MAKE UP FOR THE LACK OF THAT
NEXT SPENDING PLAN WE BASICALLY
TOOK THE DISTRICT BUDGET
ADOPTED IN 2020 AND IN 2021 AND
IN 2022 ADJUSTED THAT BUDGET BY
TWO-AND-A-HALF PERCENT TO
REFLECT THE INFLATIONARY COST
AND WHILE WE AWAITED THE
SUBMITTAL OF THE NEXT CYCLE TWO
PLAN.
ON AVERAGE IF YOU LOOK OVER THE
SIX YEARS DISTRICT FUNDING
REPRESENTED ABOUT 21% OF PARKS
AND REC TOTAL BUDGET AND THE
PIE CHART YOU SEE IN FRONT OF
YOU IS THE BUDGET FOR 2022
WHICH YOU ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE
PARK DISTRICT REPRESENTED 19%
OF A TOTAL FUNDING IN 2022 AND
THAT AMOUNT THAT THE PARK
DISTRICT CONTRIBUTED IN 2022
WAS $56 MILLION.
>> I WILL JUMP IN HERE TO
CONTINUE ON WITH THE
PRESENTATION.
THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS A GRAPH
OF THE DISTRICT FUNDING AND THE
DOLLAR IMPACT TO A HOMEOWNER OF
VALUE IN 2016 THROUGH 2022 AND
REPRESENTS ACTUAL VALUES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBERS IN
2016 AT CLOSE TO $48 MILLION
WITH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE LEVY
FOR THE MVP RISING TO ABOUT $56
MILLION.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $56
MILLION IN 2022.
FOR THE HOMEOWNER THE VALUE
STARTED AT JUST A LITTLE MORE
THAN $140 PER YEAR AND ROSE TO
JUST SHY OF $155 PER YEAR OR
THE SAME TIME.
AND JUST BY WAY OF
CLARIFICATION, THE ACCESS, THE
LINE ACCESS ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE OF THE DOLLARS OF THE
SCALE FOR THE OVERALL LEVY AND
OF THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THE
DOLLARS FOR THE IMPACT OF THE
HOMEOWNER.
THE NEXT LINE PUTS THE SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT LEVY IN CONTEXT
WITH THE OTHER LEVIES THAT ARE
SEATTLE 11YS.
LEVIES.
THE SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT IS 20
CENTS OR PUT TO THE DOLLARS FOR
ASSESSED VALUE AND THE OTHER
COMPONENT OF THE LEVY THAT ADD
UP TO WHAT IS FOR 2022 OVERALL
FOR PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, IS ABOUT $8.83 PER
THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUE.
AND THIS SLIDE IS TO PRESENT TO
YOU ALL EXPECTED LEVIES IN THE
COMING YEARS.
NO GUARANTEES THAT THESE WILL
BE RUN BUT WE HAVE STRONG
EXPECTATIONS THAT THEY WILL BE
AND I WON READ THROUGH THEM BUT
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY RANGE
THROUGH KING COUNTY LEVIES.
THE SEATTLE LEVY AND THE
LIBRARY AND TO GIVE CONTEXT FOR
THE MVP AS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF
THE PROPERTY TAX THAT FOLKS PAY
IN THE CITY.
>> SO, ERIC, I WANT TO PAUSE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON HAS A
QUESTION OR BOARD MEMBER
PEDERSON IS RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT I
WAS JUST WANTING TO ASK A
CLARIFYING QUESTION.
I WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
AND QUESTIONS AT THE END.
APPRECIATE BREAKING THIS OUT
FOR WHAT WOULD BE THE TYPICAL
HOMEOWNER.
CAN YOU ALSO CONFIRM THOUGH
THAT LANDLORDS CAN PASS THESE
COSTS ON TO RENTERS?
>> I CAN CONFIRM THAT AS AN
IDEA WHATEVER COST THE LANDLORD
MAY EXPERIENCE FOR THE PROPERTY
THEY COULD INCLUDE THIS AS PART
OF A CALCULATION FOR A CHARGE.
IF THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE
QUESTION THAT ANECDOTALLY
HAPPENS.
>> SO THAT'S A YES, LANDLORDS
CAN PASS ON THE COST TO
TENANTS?
I JUST DON'T WANT THE AUDIENCE
TO THINK ABOUT IT IS FOR PEOPLE
THAT OWN HOMES BUT LANDLORDS
CAN PASS THE COST ON TO
TENANTS?
>> MY YOU UNDERSTANDING THAT
LANDLORDS RENTING THEIR
PROPERTIES ANDS WITHS THEY WILL
DO THEIR CALCULATIONS BASED ON
THEIR OWN DETERMINATIONS AND
INCLUDE ALL KINDS OF COST INTO
THE RENTS THAT THEY CHARGE THE
TENANTS AND PROPERTY TAX CAN BE
ONE OF THOSE COSTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON
THE SLIDES THAT I HAVE COVERED.
I WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE IF
THAT IS ALREADY, CHAIR.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS, ERIC, SO PLEASE
PROCEED.
>> SURE.
AND THIS IS JUST A PREVIEW OF
MORE OF WHAT WE WILL TALK
ABOUT.
THE FOUR COMPONENT TO CYCLE
TWO, THE NEXT SIX YEARS,
SOMETIMES WE WILL WILL SAY MPD
FOR THE METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT AND THEY ARE NEW
PROPOSALS ARE PRECOMMITMENT
PROPOSALS AND CONTINUED FUNDING
OF CYCLE ONE, THE CYCLE ONE
INITIATIVE AND THEN SOME -- AND
THE 4th COMPONENT WOULD BE
COVID RECOVERY.
AND WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
PAUSE IN THE PRESENTATION AND
MAKE AS GRACEFUL OF TRANSITION
AS I CAN TO THE FOLKS FROM THE
BPRC AND GIVE THEM THE SPACE TO
SHARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
TO DO SO NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, TRACY AND ERIC,
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF BEFORE WE MOVE TO
THE PANEL?
SEEING NO COUNCILMEMBERS
INDICATING QUESTION FROM STAL
STAFF AND TRACY AND ERIC, I
DON'T KNOW IF THAT SLIDE DECK
IS DISTRIBUTED YET BUT IF YOU
COULD DISTRIBUTE THAT SLIDE
DECK TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR OUR
FUTURE REFERENCE THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL AS WELL.
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> GREAT.
SO WE WILL NOW TURN TO OUR
BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATIONS
COMMISSIONERS.
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, MAYBE
JUST A CLARIFYING STATEMENT
THIS MAY BE CONFUSING ON FIRST
BLUSH WE ARE CONVENED AS YOUR
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THIS
YEAR'S ROLE IS THE BOARD OF THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
THAT IS DISTINCT FROM THE BOARD
OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE AN
OVERSIGHT ROLE OF SEATTLE PARK
AND RECREATION AS WELL AS AN
OVERSIGHT ROLE OF THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
SO I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
TERMS BEING THROWN AROUND.
OUR COMMISSIONERS IN FRONT OF
US NOW ARE ASSEMBLED FROM FOLKS
THAT HAVE BEEN APPOINTED BY THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO SERVE
IN THIS ROLE AND ADVISE US IN
EVERYTHING THAT IS RELATED TO
PARKS AS CITIZEN COMMISSIONERS
AND WITH THAT EXPLANATION I
WILL HAND IT OVER TO OUR
PRESENTERS TODAY AND
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER
LEWIS.
>> I'M MAR LAND HER RON AND I
USE PRONOUNCE AND THE CO-CHAIR
OF BOARD AND PARKS
COMMISSIONERS AND I WILL PASS
IT AS WELL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M JESSICA FARMER CO-CHAIR OF
BOARD AND PARKS RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS AND TRAVELING AND
TURN THE PRESENTATION TO
MARLIN.
>> WONDERFUL.
WE ARE PLEASED TO PROVIDE YOU
WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE
COMMISSIONS' RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE 2023 CYCLE OF THE DISTRICT
AND PROUD TO SERVE AS
COMMISSIONERS AND PROUD TO
SUPPORT A PROPOSAL THAT IS
DESIGNED TO HAVE CLEAN AND SAFE
PARKS AND ENHANCE SERVICES AND
RECREATION PROGRAMS AND INVEST
IN THE FUTURE AND LIKE TO THANK
THE SEATTLE VOTERS FOR THEIR
SUPPORT OF THE PARKS IN AUGUST
OF 2014.
THOROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
HELPS TO SHAPE THE PROGRAM
FUNDED FROM THE PARK DISTRICT
AND THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO FORM
A RECOMMENDED DECISION FOR THE
NEXT CYCLE OF PROPOSED PROJECTS
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD TO STEERING
THESE IMPORTANT RESOURCES WITH
ALIGNMENT OF THE AGREEMENT OF
THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO RIGHT HERE YOU WILL SEE A
TIMELINE OF THE PROCESS THAT
BOARD OF PARK AND RECREATION
USED TO GET FROM WHERE WE WERE
IN 2019 AND TO WHERE WE ARE
GOING.
THE PARK DISTRICT STARTED TO
INVEST IN THE DISTRICT IN 2015
AND PLANNING FOR THE SECOND
CYCLE IN 2019 AND WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN BAR
THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
THAT SAID WE RECOGNIZE THERE IS
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FROM
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE
MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL
ACTING AS THE PARK DISTRICT
BOARD.
NEXT SLIDE.
HERE WE DRAW DEEPER INTO THAT
GREEN BAR AND WE BEGIN THIS
PROCESS OF PRIORITIZING
INVESTMENT PROPOSALS TOWARDS
THE END OF MARCH AND SPLIT THE
COMMISSIONERS THAT DOVE DEEPER
INTO THE PROPOSALS.
ME AND JESSICA ATTENDED THE
MEETINGS AND ALL OF THEM WERE
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND WE HELD
A COMMUNITY CHECK INTO HEAR
FROM THEM THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS.
BASED ON ALL OF THIS WORK
JESSICA AND I PUT IT ALL
TOGETHER FOR THE CHAIR'S
RECOMMENDATION, A PUBLIC
HEARING WAS HELD ON THE CHAIR'S
RECOMMENDATION IN MAY.
THAT VERY SAME MONTH OF MAY THE
BOARD OF PARK AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS APPROVED WHAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
COMMISSIONERS HAD THE FOLLOWING
PINCIPLES.
WE WANTED SYNERGY WITH THE
PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN AND
THE ACT PLAN AND THE AGENCY'S
VALUES THAT ARE HEALTHY PEOPLE,
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND STRONG
COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL
EXCELLENCE.
WE ALSO REALIZE THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE PARALLEL
CRISIS FACING THE CITY AND
ECONOMIC WELL-BEING AND CLIMATE
CHANGE AND THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE.
WE BALANCE ALL OF THIS WITH
OTHER PRIORITIES LIKE
RESPONSIVENESS AND RETURN ON
INVESTMENT.
WE ARE MINDFUL OF THE IMPACT TO
OUR TAXPAYERS FOR THE
AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES AND
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY FACING
PEOPLE SEATTLE.
WE ARE SUPPORTING A SIX YEAR
PARK PLAN.
THAT WILL NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC
VOTE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.
WE BEGAN IN 2019 TALKING ABOUT
BIG IDEAS.
LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT OF OUR
2020 TO 2023 PLAN.
WE ENGAGED OVER TEN THOUSAND
SEATTLEITESS AND THOSE NOT
ACTUALLY THAT CAN PARTICIPATE
IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT SEATTLE
GROWTH AND MAKE PARKS SAFER AND
PROVIDE MORE ACCESS AND WE HAVE
TO ENGAGE MORE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AND
THERE IS A DEEP DESIRE FOR MORE
AND MORE AND MORE.
YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS IN
OUR LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN AS YOU WELL NOW THE
PANDEMIC HAPPENED AND WE TOOK A
PAUSE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS
AND THE ENTIRE PARKS AND REC
TEAM TO DELIVER CRITICAL
SERVICE IN THIS ONCE IN A
GENERATION CRISIS.
I APPLAUD THEIR WORK CENTERING
ON ALL COMMUNITIES.
AND WE PICKED UP AGAIN AND
RESPONDING TO THE EMERGENCIES
THAT I MENTIONED STAFF AND
COMMISSIONERS AND 9000
COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEVELOPED A
RECOMMENDATION AND THIS IS WHAT
WE HEARD WE NEED TO BUILD
MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS FOR
THE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE NEED TO MITIGATE CLIMATE
CHANGE AND RESTORE ACCESS TO
THE PARKS AND BRING THE
SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE AND MEET
THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT.
WE SHOULD BE INVESTING THE MOST
POPULAR ASSETS AND WE HAVE TO
IMPROVE PARK SAFETY AND WE HAVE
TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN DIG DEEPER ON
COMMUNITY VOICES AND LATER OF
RECOMMENDATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE YOU WILL SEE THE BIG
PICTURE FRAMEWORK OF
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT
ROUND OF PARK DISTRICT
SPENDING.
THE COMMISSIONER HAS RULES AND
WE ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE
IMPORTANCE OF BASELINE FUNDING
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS IN
ADDITION TO THE BLUE BOX AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE BAR GRAPH.
CONTINUING CYCLE ONE SERVICES.
FURTHER WE STRONGLY SUGGEST THE
PRECOMMITMENTS AND ONGOING
COVID-19 RECOVERY EFFORTS
RELATED TO LOYAL HEIGHTS AND
GREEN LAKE COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND WE PROMOTE PRESERVING THE
HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND NOT ONLY
FOR THE COST IMPACT BUT IT
ALIGNS WITH THE CLIMATE ROLES
BECAUSE THE GREENEST BUILDINGS
ARE THE ONES ALREADY BUILT.
PROJECTS AT THE TENNIS CENTER
AND THE LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER
AND THE SIX REMAINING LAND
DEVELOPMENT SITES SERVE
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN AT
THE TABLE AND VOCALLY
COMMUNICATING THEIR NEEDS AND
THE PARK STAFF AND IMPORTANT
THAT WE FULFILL THE COMMITMENTS
AT THE OUTSET OF THE PARK
DISTRICT AND EXCITED TO SUPPORT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW
COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE CITY IS OM ON THE HOOK FOR
IMPROVEMENTS AND GIVEN OUT AS
PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE
DEVELOPMENT EFFORT.
WE REALLY WANT TO PUSH THE CITY
TO PURSUE MORE PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS TO STRETCH THE
INVESTMENTS FURTHER.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE
VERY TOP THAT HAVE BAR GRAPH
THAT ARE NEW INVESTMENTS THAT
WE WILL PROPOSE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
DRILLING DOWN, YOU WILL SEE
THREE BIG CATEGORIES THAT I
MENTIONED.
NUMBER ONE, ENHANCING ACCESS
AND SERVICES.
TWO, RESTORING CLEAN, SAFE AND
WELCOMING PARKS AND FACILITIES.
AND THREE, INVESTING FOR THE
FUTURE.
THE COM COMMISSION CONSIDERED
AN ARRAY OF INVESTMENTS AND WE
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE CENTRAL
STAFF WILL WALK THROUGH THE
DETAILS LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE COMMISSIONER STRONGLY
URGES YOU TO INCLUDE THE FULL
30 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS WE RECOMMENDED IN
OUR FINAL PLAN.
THESE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE
SEEN A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS,
SEVERAL MAJOR CLIMB EVENTS AND
RACIAL RECKONING AND EACH AND
EVERYONE THE PARK AND REC
SYSTEM IS PARK AND CENTER
RESPONDING.
WE OWE IT TO OUR COMMUNITY TO
MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS ON THE
CROWN JEWELS OF THE PUBLIC
REALM AND WE HAVE RACIAL EQUITY
AND STAYS TRUE TO THE VISION OF
THE PARK DISTRICT AND LEVERAGES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXTERNAL
FUNDING AND SUPPORT INNOVATION
AND DEEPENS OUR COMMITMENT TO
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WITH THAT SAID THE COMMISSION
IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY
CONSIDER INCREASING PARK AND
RECREATION INVESTMENT BEYOND
THE LEVEL THROUGH OTHER FUNDING
MEASURES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
NOW JUST A QUICK REMINDER.
THE PARK AND RECREATION SYSTEM
TOUCHES EVERY SOUL THAT STEPS
FOOT HER.
THERE IS A VISION FOR OUR HEAL
AND ENVIRONMENT AND
COMMUNITIES.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE JUST MORE
THAN BASKETBALLS AND PROVIDE
CRITICAL SERVICES TO YOUTH,
ELDRS AND DIVERSE PROGRAMS AND
SO MANY MORE.
IT IS CRITICAL TO OUR QUALITY
OF LIFE.
WE KNOW THAT DEMAND FOR
SERVICES EXTEND BEYOND THE PARK
DISTRICT FUNDING AND THAT'S WHY
OUR COMMISSION IS URGING
ADOPTION OF THE FULL 30 MILLION
AND ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER MORE
THROUGH VARIOUS FUNDING
MEASURES.
NEXT SLIDE.
I'LL WRAP IT UP WITH GRATITUDE.
JESSICA AND I ARE DEEPLY
GRATEFUL FOR COMMISSIONERS THAT
HAVE VOLUNTEERED TIMES TO
DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION.
THE HARD WORKING PUBLIC
SERVANTS AT PARKS AND
RECREATION PROVIDE STELLAR
SUPPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE
WORK OF THE MAYOR AND THE
COUNCIL AND THE SUPERINTENDENT
FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO IN
COMMUNICATION.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE WORK TO
FURTHER REFINE THE
RECOMMENDATION BEFORE IT
BECOMES LAW.
THE COMMISSIONERS ARE HERE AND
READY TO HELP IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS.
THIS INFORMATION ON THE WEB
SITE AND I'M SURE STAFF WILL
HAVE IT AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE
WHICH SHOWED THE BAR OF THE
PROPOSED INVESTMENT FROM THE
COMMISSION.
THIS ONE.
THANK YOU.
SO WHERE IN THIS BAR WOULD THE
PRO POTIONED TEN MILLION A YEAR
OF GENERAL REVENUE LAND IN THE
PRECOMMITMENT CATEGORY OR NEW
INVESTMENTS.
TRACY YOU WERE NODDING.
TRACY, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT.
YOU GO FIRST.
>> I WILL SPEAK.
IT IS IN THAT PRECOMMITMENT
COVID RECOVERY BUCKET.
THAT'S A COMBINATION OF I
BELIEVE THE ANTICIPATED DEBT
SERVICE OF AROUND $10 MILLION
OVER THE LIFE OF THE SIX YEAR
PLAN AND $10 MILLION ESTIMATED
FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS
FOR THAT COVID RECOVERY PIECE.
>> TRACY CAN I ASK ANOTHER
QUESTION.
AS WE DISCUSSED ON WHERE THE
BASELINE IS SET, THAT THE
VOTERS WERE ACTING UPON IN OUR
INITIAL PROMISE FOR CREATING
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
TO BE A SYSTEM THAT AUGMENTS
RATHER THAN SUP PLANTS PARK
SERVICES, CAN YOU MAYBE GIVE AN
OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE GENERAL
FUND SUPPORT STANDS RELATIVE TO
THAT FIFTH LEVEL AND HOW IT
CORRESPONDS TO THE 10 MILLION
IN PLANTING TO THIS INITIAL
RECOMMENDATION.
>> IN 2022, THE GENERAL FUN
ACTUALLY PROVIDED NOT ONLY THE
REQUIRED AMOUNT OF THE GENERAL
FUND SUPPORT BUT IT WENT ABOVE
THAT AND I DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBERS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
IT IS IN THE INFORMATION I WAS
GOING TO SEND YOU THAT SHOWS
HISTORICALLY WHAT WAS THE
REQUIRED GENERAL FUND
CONTRIBUTION AND WHAT WAS
CONTRIBUTED.
BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE A DOM
THAT SHOWS THAT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I KNOW
THAT THE GENERAL FUND MET ITS
CONTRIBUTION AND EXCEEDED IT IN
2022.
>> TRACEY, I COULD WEIGH IN.
PULLING UP THE TABLE THAT WE
HAVE ACCESS TO, I CAN SPEAK TO
THAT.
2022 REQUIRED AMOUNT FOR -- YOU
KNOW, FOR THE BASE INFLATED
FROM 2015.
BY CPIU EVERY YEAR.
THE REQUIRED AMOUNT WAS JUST A
LITTLE MORE THAN 106.
106 MILLION AND WHAT WAS
SUPPLIED WAS A 110 MILLION.
SO IT IS IN EXCESS OF ABOUT
THREE MILLION, 3.3 MILLION IN
2022.
HOPEFULLY THAT IS HELPFUL TO
GIVE YOU SOME SENSE OF CONTEXT.
>> YEAH.
ERIC, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
THAT.
I JUST WANT TO CLUE THE ISSUE
UP AS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IN
THIS INITIAL SESSION BECAUSE
GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN A SENSE
STEWARDS OF A SPECIAL TAXING
AUTHORITY THAT WAS GRANTED BY
VOTERS WITH VERY CLEAR
PARAMETERS ON HOW THEY WERE
EXPECTING THIS AUGMENTED FUND
TO BE USED, I TO WANT TO DRILL
IN THE 10 MILLION IN
SUPPLEMENTATION AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE WE HAVE EXCEEDED WHAT THAT
2015 BASELINE IS FOR GENERAL
PARKS I WANT FOR HAVE A
DISCUSSION AND TO TALK TO OUR
COMMISSION COLLEAGUES ABOUT
THAT AND KIND OF HOW THAT FITS
IN.
THEN I WANT TO OPEN IT TO OTHER
BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE
QUESTIONS.
I WILL GO TO MARLIN AND JESSICA
TO DIG INTO THAT MORE.
>> CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR
QUESTION.
>> WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION
WHERE TEN MILLION AT LEAST FOR
THE FIRST TWO-CYCLES OF THE SIX
YEAR CYCLE THAT IS IN THIS GRAY
PART OF THE BAR.
IS GOING TO BE $10 MILLION TO
SUP PLANT GENERAL FUN SUPPORT
FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
I AM JUST TRYING TO RECONCILE
THAT WITH THE FACT THAT CENTRAL
STAFF JUST INDICATED GENERAL
FUND SUPPORT IS EXCEEDING THE
2015 BASELINE SO I'M WONDERING
HOW THAT SQUARES WITH THE PLAN
GOING FORWARD?
>> SURE.
>> WITH THE DELIBERATIONS OF
THE COMMISSION THAT LED IT TO
RECOMMEND $10 MILLION IN
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT GIVEN THAT
WE ARE NOT BELOW THE BASELINE
FOR THE 2022 APPROPRIATION?
THAT IS THE CLEANEST WAY TO ASK
THE QUESTION.
>> SURE.
SO I CAN HELP OUT HERE MAYBE.
THIS IS CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS
ACTING SUPERINTENDENT.
>> SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS.
I WOULD LOVE YOUR ASSISTANCE
WITH THIS QUESTION BUT I WANT
-- I'M ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS
ABOUT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
FIRST AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
FROM THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
BUT IF THE COMMISSIONERS CAN
ANSWER THE QUESTION AND I'M
HAPPY TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AND HAVE THE
PANEL STAY IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE
COMMISSIONERS.
>> WE FOCUS ON THE INVESTMENTS
AND TALKING ABOUT COVID
RECOVERY, THAT CAME AS A
RECOMMENDATION OF DEPARTMENT
THAT WE ARE FULLY BEHIND.
WE AS FAR AS $10 MILLION IN
DETAILS GO.
I DON'T WANT TO MISREPRESENT
WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND WANT TO
THROW IT BACK TO CHRISTOPHER.
>> SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS I
WILL HAND IT TO YOU NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> WHAT WE ANTICIPATE AS A
BUDGET SITUATION THIS, WAS
PROPOSED TO ANTICIPATED I THINK
THE SITUATION THAT CITY COULD
BE IN, IN 2023 AND HOW THE PARK
DISTRICT COULD PROVIDE POST
COVID RELIEF TO THE CITY'S
GENERAL FUND SITUATION.
SO WE WERE FORWARD THINKING AND
PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION TO
THE BOARD OF PARK AND
RECREATION COMMISSIONERS.
>> WOULD AN ACCURATE WAY TO
PHRASE IT DUE TO THE INFLATION
THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING IN
THE ECONOMY, WE ANTICIPATE THE
2023 AND 2024 BASE LINES TO BE
AT SUCH A PLACE THAT SOME LEVEL
OF SUPPORT FROM THE MPD WOULD
BE WARRANTED TO REACH THE
BASELINE, IS THAT IT?
A GOOD PARAPHRASING?
>> YES.
THAT'S A GREAT PARAPHRASING.
>> OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER AT
THIS POINT EARLY IN THE
PROCESS.
I DO WANT TO ASK OTHER
COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE
RECOMMENDATION.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> YES.
THIS IS REGARDING THE SAME
SLIDE HERE SO IT LOOKS LIKE
WITH THE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS
WILL -- REACH THE MAXIMUM LEVY
RATE IF THAT IS CORRECT THAT IS
75 CENTS PER THOUSAND IN VALUE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS
CORRECT.
TO ADDRESS BY INFLATION IN THE
NEXT GO ROUND DOES THIS
ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO
CHANGE THE AUTHORIZING
LEGISLATION TO INCREASE THE
BASE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO GO
UP TO?
>> WHO KNOWS MOST BIT CAN
ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>> THAT MAY BE BEST ANSWERED BY
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I WILL SPEAK FOR CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE WILL DASHBOARD MEMBER NELSON
WE WILL ADDRESS THAT AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO IT FOR THE
MOMENT, THE PLANNING AS WE
UNDERSTAND IT AND STAFF ASSUMES
THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A NEW
VOTE OF THE VOTERS ON THE MPD
TO CHANGE THA ROUTE.
AND PER THOUSAND IS THE MAXIMUM
ALLOWABLE UNDER STATE LAW BUT
THE MPD HAS NOT COME CLOSE TO
LEVYING THAT RATE AND WE WILL
TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
I HOPE THAT HELPS FOR THE TIME
BEING AND WE DO HAVE MORE
INFORMATION.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL FOLLOW UP OR BOARD
MEMBER NELSON.
>> I AM FINISHED BUT IF ANYBODY
ELSE WANTS TO ADD TO THAT, THEY
ARE WELCOME TO.
>> BOARD MEMBER PEDERSON HAS A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
WANTED TO CLARIFY.
ARE WE GOING BACK TO THE POWER
POINT THAT WILL SHOW THE
MAXIMUM IMPACT TO HOMEOWNERS
AND RENTERS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE
PROPOSING TO DOUBLE THE TACK
THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING AND WHEN
THAT STACKED UP AGAINST THE
OTHER PROPERTY TACK 11YS.
I THINK EARTH IS IMPORTANTLY TO
GET TO THAT CONTEXT THAT THIS
IS A PROPOSAL TO DOUBLE THE TAX
BURDEN WE WANT TO PROMOTE PARKS
AND HAVE A SUSTAINABLE
INVESTMENT IN OUR PARKS AND
EVEN EXPANDING THAT AND
DOUBLING CONCERNS ME.
IT GETS BACK TO THE QUESTION
THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS YOU BRING
THIS UP ABOUT THE $10 MILLION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE SORT OF INSERTING
THEMSELVES INTO THE MIX SURE
FOR PARK COMMISSIONERS AND IN
TURN PROPOSING TO US AND EVEN
MORE AMOUNTS ADDED
>>> DON'T FEEL LIKE MOVING ON
IS GETTING YOU OUT OF THE
MEETING.
I THINK WE WILL CLOSE THAT
PRESENTATION BECAUSE I DON'T
SEE MORE QUESTIONS FROM BOARD
MEMBERS UNLESS THERE IS A LAST
CALL HERE TO PIVOT TO THE
CYCLE2 DECK.
I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
BOARD MEMBERS.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TRACY.
>> SORRY.
DID SOMEONE JUST SPEAK UP?
>> NO.
OKAY.
CENTRAL STAFF.
GO HEAD WITH THE CYCLE 2
PRESENTATION WHICH THE CLERK
PREVIOUSLY READ INTO THE RECORD
AS I BELIEVE AGENDA ITEM 3.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
SO, AS -- THE COMMISSION ISSUED
THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PARTS TO
WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE INCLUDED
IN THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN.
THE FIRST WAS A NEW GROUP OF
INVESTMENT PROPOSALS.
THERE WERE 38 PROPOSALS
TOTALING $30 MILLION IN YEARLY
COSTS AND WOULD RESLT IN ABOUT
84 NEW FTE'S AT PARKS AND REC
IF THEY WERE ALL DON'TED
INCORPORATED IN THE SPENDING
PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN A NUMBER
OF THESE SLIDES GOING FORWARD
AS WE DRILL DOWN INTO THE 38
RECOMMENDATIONS IS A TABLE THAT
SHOWS KIND OF A DISDESCRIPTION
OF THE INVESTMENT PROPOSAL.
THE BASELINE FUNDING WHICH IS
THE PROGRAM FUND WHERE THE
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE SITTING
AND THEN A COLUMN THAT SHOWS
WHERE RELEVANT, WHERE NEW FTE'S
WOULD BE A PART OF THAT
PROPOSED INVESTMENT.
THE FIRST ONE IS ANA DIGGAL
MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE EQITY
FUND.
THIS IS A FUND THAT USED TO BE
CALLED THE MAJOR PROJECTS FUND,
NOW CALLED THE EQUITY FUND THAT
PROVIDES GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY
REPORTED AND PROPOSED PARKS
IMPROVEMENTS.
THE SECOND INVESTMENT OPOSITION
IS $605,000 FOR OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT.
THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT THIS
FUNDS.
ONE IS A DIGGAL FUNDS FOR THE
GRANT PROGRAMS, THE GET MOVING
PROGRAM AND THE RECREATIONAL
FOR ALL PROGRAM AND THEN STAFF
TO DO MORE OUTREACH.
IT WOULD PROVIDE THE ABILITY
FOR TEN MORE TRAINEES TO BE
INCORPORATED ON A YEARLY BASIS.
IT ALLOWS FOR THE SERVICE OF 50
TRAINEES PER YEAR IN THIS ONE
YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM.
$700,000 AND 6FT'S WOULD BE TO
PROVIDE DEDICATED STAFF TO
MAINTAIN HARVEST AND DISTRIBUTE
FOOD FROM THE 20 ORCHARDS AND 8
GARDENS THAT EXIST ON SPR
PROPERTIES.
THERE ARE NOW NO SUCH DEDICATED
STAFF IN THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
ACTUALLY ESTABLISH THAT
DEDICATED CREW TO DO THAT WORK.
NEXT SLIDE.
CONTINUE TO FIX IT FIRST.
THIS IS A -- ALONG THE LINES OF
CONTINUING TO TAKE CARE OF THE
ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.
$780,000 WOULD BE TARGETED TO
MAJOR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS
AT THE PARK.
THIS COULD INCLUDE STABILIZING
THE ROOF ON BUILDING 2, FUNDING
FOR THE SALE OF SAND POINT BOAT
HOUSE AND THEN DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF A BARRIER FREE
LOOP TRAIL.
ONE MILLION DOLLARS WOULD BE
ADDED TO THE PLAY AREA RENEWAL
PROGRAM AND THIS WOULD BE ABLE
TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL
RENOVATIONS OF PLAY AREAS.
THERE'S OVER 151 OF THOSE IN
THE CITY SYSTEM.
THIS WOULD HELP PROVIDE MORE
RESOURCES TO DO MORE OF THOSE
RENOVATIONS.
$1MILLION IS ADDED FOR POOL
MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
THIS WOULD ADDRESS ITEMS LIKE
ACCESS TO BUILDING
IMPROVEMENTS, LOCKER ROOMS THAT
HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED SINCE THEY
WERE BUILT INITIALLY.
ONE TIME NONFUNDS OF ABOUT $1.6
MILLION HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR
RACKET SPORTS MAINTENANCE AND
EXPANSION.
THIS WOULD ALLOW SPR TO DO
RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF
OUTDOOR TENNIS COURTS AND ALSO
INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO
NEW PICKLE BALL COURTS WHICH
ARE SET PICKLE BALL WITH LIGHTS
AND SO FORTH.
THE NEXT HAS TO DO WITH
ENHANCING PARK ASSETS.
$350,000 WOULD BE ADDED TO THE
ACQUISITION PROGRAM THAT WOULD
ALLOW FOR THE ACQUISITION OF
OPEN SPACE AS WELL AS LAND THAT
COULD BE DEVELOPED AS PARKS.
$1.8MILLION IS ATED FOR NEW
PARK DEVELOPMENT AND THIS WOULD
BE USED TO DO THE PLANNING
DESIGN AT 8 MORE NEW LAND
BANKED SITES.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PROGRAM
THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE FIRST
SPENDING PLAN THAT RESULTED IN
FIVE PARKS BEING DESIGNED AND
FOUR THAT ARE IN PROCESS OF
BEING DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED.
NECK IS IMPROVING LIFE SAFETY
AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
$1.3MILLION WOULD BE ADDED TO
PROVIDE FUNDS TO DO FURTHER ADA
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRA
FACILITIES.
WE HAD AN AUDIT THAT IDENTIFIED
A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT
WE NEEDED TO MAKE TO BE
COMPLIANT.
$625,000 WOULD PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR
LIFEGUARDS, ADDITIONAL STAFF
AND STAFF TO HELP COORDINATE
THE TRAINING AND THE STAFFING
OF THE SIT'S BEACHES AND POOLS.
$977,000 WOULD BE ADDED FOR THE
FACILITY MAINTENANCE, LIFE
SAFETY TO DO FURTHER PREVENTION
OF SPRA FACILITIES AND TO ALLOW
STAFFING TO ADDRESS EMERGENT
REPAIR THAT ARE NEEDED.
$335,000 WOULD BE ADDED TO THE
HUMAN RESOURCES SAFETY
COMPLIANCE AND TRAINING AND
THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE FUNDING
AND STAFF TO PUT IN MORE ROBUST
TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR PARKS
STAFF AND TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
TRACKING, ASSESSING, MONITORING
AND ADDRESSING INCIDENTS THAT
ACTUALLY HAPPEN ON JOBS.
$1.5MILLION WOULD BE CREATED TO
DO THE ASSESSMENT AND TO BEGIN
REPAIRS OF SPR FACILITIES THAT
ARE UNREINFORCED MASONRY
BUILDINGS AND SPR DOES HAVE A
NUMBER OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT
ARE ANTICIPATED TO NEED REPAIRS
TO BRING THEM UP TO WHAT IS TO
BE ANTICIPATED REGULATIONS FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF SEATTLE AND
CONSTRUCTION.
MOVING ONTO ENHANCING
FACILITIES.
$380,000 TO CREATE A CUSTOMER
SERVICE GROUP TO PROVIDE BETTER
CUSTOMER SERVICE RESPONSE AS IT
RELATES TO SCHEDULING
FACILITIES, PROVIDING REFUNDS,
REGISTER FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS.
TO EXTEND HOURS AT SELECTED
COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO PROVIDE
THE MAINTENANCE THAT WOULD GO
ALONG WITH THE EXTENNED HOUR
AND TO FUND THE RECLASSIFYING
OF FRONT DESK STAFF AT
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND POOLS
WHERE POSITIONS IN THE PROCESS
OF BEING RECLASSED BECAUSE OF
THE RESPONSIBILITIES THEY ARE
DOING HAVE FAIR CHANGED FROM
WHEN THEY WERE FIRST
CLASSIFIED.
$400,000 WOULD HAVE INCREASED
DEMAND FOR CUSTODIL SERVICES.
THIS MAY INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY
CENTER THAT HAVE A HOMELESS
SHOWER PROGRAM AS WELL AS CAMP
LONG, AND SOME OF THE OTHER
PLACE THAT HAVE RENTAL -- DID
YOU HAVE A QUESTION THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO
HANDLE THESE?
>> CHAIR.
>> YOU CALL ME PRESIDENT I
THINK IN THIS CONTEXT.
>> OKAY.
>> AS A BOARD MEMBER.
>> PRESIDENT LOUIS.
I HAVE -- SEVERAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT SEVERAL PAGES.
I'M HAPPY TO HOLD THEM.
I THOUGHT MAYBE WE WOULD GO --
HAVE QUESTIONS AS WE GO BUT
MAYBE THAT'S NOT HOW YOU ARE
PREFERRING TO MANAGE THIS
PROCESS.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE MY HAND DOWN
AND WAIT UNTIL THE END.
>> THAT'S A -- A GOOD PROCESS
QUESTION, WHY DON'T WE GO SLIDE
BY SLIDE GIVEN THE PACING OF
HOW CENTRAL STAFF HAS
DISTRIBUTED THESE INVESTMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
PERTINENT TO THE SLIDE LET'S
TAKE THAT NOW.
>> COUPLE SLIDES BACK IT JUST
INTERESTED TO KNOW FOR THE
EQUITY FUND I JUST WANTED TO
HEAR WHAT THEY THOUGHT I HAD
HEARD BEFORE THAT YOU ARE ALSO
LOOKING AT CHANGING THE SITE,
THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF GRANTS
AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUAL
PROJECTS FROM THE EQITY.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A LOWER CAP
SO MORE PROJECTS COULD HAVE
ACCESS THAT'S ONE QUESTION I
HAD.
AS RELATES TO THE SEATTLE
CONSERVATION EXPANSION REALLY
INTERESTED IN KNOWING IF THE
EXPANSION IS LIMITED TO JUST
HIRING MORE PEOPLE OR WHETHER
OR NOT WE ARE LOOKING AT A PLAN
TO BROADEN THE SKILL SET THAT
IS AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPANTS
WHO ARE HIRED BY THE COUNCIL --
THE SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORE
AND THEN JUST -- MOVING DOWN TO
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS AROUND
SLIDE 13 ENHANCING SAFETY AND
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE I THINK
THIS IS ACTUALLY A PARKS WORK
FORCE QUESTION GENERALLY, NOT
JUST THE LIFE SAFING -- BUT WE
ARE HEARING NOT ONLY ARE WE
HAVING A HARD TIME HIRING
LIFEGUARDS BUT PARKS HAS
REPORTED IN -- E-MAIL THAT I
HAVE BEEN COPIED ON THAT THE
MAINTENANCE -- PARKS
MAINTENANCE CREWS ARE AT 60%
RIGHT NOW.
INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE
DOING TO ADDRESS RETENTION AND
THE NEED TO RECRUIT PARKS
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.
WE KNOW PARKS IS ONE OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAS BEEN
HARDEST HIT BY THE GREAT
RESIGNATION.
WONDERING IF THERE IS ANYTHING
THAT WE CAN DO THROUGH THIS
FUNDING TO DO ADDRESS THAT AND
THEN LASTLY ON THAT PAGE, ON
THE ISSUE OF ACCESSIBILITY,
BARRIER REMOVAL, ACCESSIBILITY
TO THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, I
JUST -- I'M HOPING THAT THE
GOALS HERE ARE NOT JUST ABOUT
PHYSICAL BARRIERS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ADA BUT THINKING ABOUT
REMOVING OTHER TYPES OF
BARRIERS IN PARTICULAR I HAVE
BEEN WORKING FOR -- THE CITY'S
SUCCESSFUL MOVE TO ADD HEARING
LOOPS TO THE BOARD AND
COMMISSION ROOM AND NOW COUNCIL
CHAMBERS SO PEOPLE WITH HEARING
ISSUES CAN PARTICIPATE IN
MEETINGS.
I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITY
CENTERS HAVE MEETINGS AND WOULD
LOVE TO SEE HEARING LOOP
CAPACITY AT OUR COMMUNITY
CENTER MEETING ROOMS AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
E I CAN RESPOND TO THE QUESTION
ABOUT THE EQITY FUND.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT NO
LONGER HAS TO BE A MAJOR WILL
SECRET.
IT CAN BE A PROJECT OF A
SMALLER SIZE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE
SUPERINTENDENT -- ACTING
SUPERINTENDENT WOULD LIKE TO
ADD FURTHER TO THAT.
I THINK I NEED TO HAVE SPR
RESPOND IF THEY COULD TO THE
NEXT THREE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I
JUST DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THOSE.
IF THEY WOULD PROVIDE SOME
INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
>> GREAT.
MAYBE I WILL START WITH THE EQ.
>>ANNOUNCER: OTHER TY FUND.
THE BIG NEWS IS THIS WILL NOT
REQUIRE A MATCH.
WE ARE FOCUSING ON UNDER SERVED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY,
BARRIER, REMOVAL THIS IS -- WE
DID AN EQUITY CENTER STRATEGIC
PLAN.
WHICH ARE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING
FROM EXTENDING HOURS ON
EVENINGS AND EVENINGS TO
COMMUNITY CENTERS TO REALLY A
FULL SPECTRUM OF ACCESS --
MAINLY WHERE WE HAVE THESE
FACILITIES.
WE WANT MORE PEOPLE AND MORE
USE IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
THEN YOU MENTIONED WHAT WITH
ARE WE DOING ON THE HUMAN
RESOURCES SIDE.
WE ARE HOCKING TO TEE UP A
CLASS COMPENSATION STUDY FOR
LIFEGUARDS.
THERE'S A REGIONAL OR NATIONAL
CRISIS IN WHAT LIFEGUARDS ARE
BEING PAID WHICH WE THINK
CONTRIBUTES TO THE DESIRE FOR
THAT JOB GIVEN THE LEVEL OF
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE THAT A
YOUNG PERSON NEEDS TO HAVE FOR
THAT JOB.
SO, WE ARE NOT A PRIVATE
BUSINESS.
WE CAN'T PAY PEOPLE MORE.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CLASS
COMPENSATION STUDY THAT HAS TO
BE LEGISLATED THROUGH THE
COUNCIL PROCESS AND AUTHORIZES
US TO PAY MORE.
WE ARE GOING TO JOB FAIRS RIGHT
NOW.
WITH REDOING RECRUITING.
WE ARE CALLING UP FRIENDS,
NEPHEWS, UNCLES AND ASKING IF
ANYONE HAS THEIR LIFEGUARD
CERTIFICATE.
WE ARE REALLY MAKING AN EFFORT
THERE.
THEN -- LET'S SEE HERE.
UNREINFORCED MASONRY, RETRO
FITS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR YEARS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MULTIYEAR
STRATEGIES WHERE IT'S PROBABLY
GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL CYCLES OF
FUNDING TO MITIGATE.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST TO RESTATE MY QUESTION
ABOUT THE EQUITY FUND -- I
APPRECIATE KNOWING THERE ISN'T
A MATCHING REQUIREMENT, MY
QUESTION IS IF THERE IS A
DIFFERENT CAP ON THE FUNDING
AVAILABLE FOR -- I UNDERSTOOD
THE OLD FUND.
-- ARE WE PUTTING A CAP SO MORE
PROJECTS.
>> YES.
YES.
YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
THE $1.8 MILLION LARGE PROJECT
CHALLENGE FUND CAP WAS OUT OF
REACH FOR A LOT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE
FOR SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD
PROJECTS.
WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED WHAT THE
CAP WILL BE YET BUT THE INTENT
HERE IS TO SERVE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE A HARD TIME OR
DIFFICULTY FUNDRAISING.
>> SO NO CAP YET BUT ARE YOU
LOOKING AT LOWERING ONE AND
CREATING ONE AND THEN
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION -- THE
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ON HR AS
RELATES TO THE LIFEGUARD NEEDS.
MY QUESTION IS ARE WE DOING
ANYTHING AROUND RECITEMENT AND
RETENTION IN PUTTING ANY MONEY
BEHIND IT FOR OTHER JOB
FUNCTIONS WITH IN THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT?
IT'S NOT JUST LIFEGUARDS,
RIGHT?
>> WE KNOW THE MAINTENANCE
STAFF IS AT ABOUT 60%.
>> SO RECENTLY, JUST PROBABLY
IN A MATTER OF TWO OR THREE
WEEKS, WE ARE BACK UP TO THE
FULL COMPLEME IN, T OF PARK
MAINTENANCE STAFF.
IT TOOK US A WHILE TO RAMP UP
AND COMPLETE THE HIRING
PROCESSES.
SO, I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE THE PANDEMIC WE ARE FULLY
STAFFED ON THE PARK MAINTENANCE
SIDE.
A LOT OF THE PROBLEM WE HAVE
HAD HAS NOT BEEN NECESSARILY A
PROBLEM WITH THE STAFFING OR
FUNDING, IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM
WITH RESOURCES AND OUR HR
SECTION JUST TO RECRUIT AND
HIRE AND WE APPEAR TO BE
TURNING THE CORNER ON THAT.
>
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE WITH
THE PRESENTATION FROM THE SLIDE
WHERE CENTRAL STAFF LEFT OFF.
>> GO BACK A COUPLE THERE.
GOT TO GO BACK.
BACK.
THERE WE GO.
NOPE.
THERE WE GO.
THE FINAL INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
ON THE SLIDE IS THE $850,000
FOR THE REC AND THE STREETS
PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT
DELIVERS RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS
IN TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD
PARKS AND STREET ENDS.
IT'S THE MOBILE VAN THAT WAS
STARTED DURING THE PANDEMIC TO
TRY TO GET TO COMMUNITY THAT
DON'T HAVE COMMUNITY FACILITIES
OR COMMUNITY CENTERS BUT HAVE A
DESIRE FOR RECREATIONAL
ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVATION.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING TO
EXPAND THAT PROGRAM.
GEORGETOWN -- ARE TWO AREA THAT
HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ASO PENSION
TARGETS FOR THOSE EXPANDED
ACTIVITIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
$520,000 FOR YOUTH AND -- TO
EXPAND TEEN PROGRAMMING TO
MONDAYS AT TEEN LIFE CENTERS.
THESE ARE THE METAL BROOK AND
SOUTHWEST LIFE CENTERS.
IT WOULD ALSO EXPAND TEEN
PROGRAMMING IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE AS SOME OF THE EXISTING
FACILITIES WHERE THEY DON'T
HAVE A TEEN LIFE PROGRAM BUT
COULD PROVIDE RECREATION
PROGRAMMING FOR THE TEENS.
$400,000 WOULD BE USED FOR THE
YOUTH MENTOR SHIP AND
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
PROGRAM.
THIS WOULD DO A COUPLE THINGS.
IT WOULD PROVIDE WAGES TO
SUPPORT THE EMPLOYMENT OF 40
YOUTH WHO WILL BE EMPLOYED BY S
PR TO -- AND THAT AMOUNT IS
ABOUT 240,000 DOLLARS AND WOULD
FUND A STAFF PERSON WHO WOULD
WORK TO COORDINATE SPR'S YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT WITH OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
THAT WORK.
NEXT SLIDE.
RELATED TO PARK SAFETY AND
ACTIVATION.
$200,000 WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR
THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND PARK
COMMONS PROGRAM.
THESE RESOURCES AND STAFF WOULD
WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
ACTIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS TO
PROVIDE SAFER, MORIN VITING
PARKS.
THIS IS PLAINLY FOCUSED OUTSIDE
THE DOWNTOWN AREA T HAS
INCLUDED SUCH PARKS AS OTHELLO,
SOUTH PARK, ANDERSON, JUST
EXAMPLE OF A COUPLE OF PARKS
WHERE THEY HAVE WORKED THE
COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE ACTIVITIES
IN THOSE PARKS TO MAKE THEM
MORIN VITING FOR A BROADER
NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
$650,000 WOULD BE PROVIDED TO
CONTINUE THE SUPPORT OF THE
EXISTING PROGRAM THAT NOW
SERVES AS ABOUT EIGHT PARKS.
$850,000 FOR THE PARK SAFETY
PROGRAM TO FUND A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT WOULD FUND TWO ADDITION ALAN
MALCONTROL OFFICERS DEDICATED
TO THE OFF LEASH POLICING OF
SPR PROGRAM PROPERTY AND THEN
REMAINING FUNDS COULD BE USED
FOR COMMUNITY CENTER
PROGRAMMING.
AND WORKING ON A PARK SAFETY
PLAN THAT COULD INCLUDE
UNIFORMED PARK PEOPLE THAT ARE
SIMILAR TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
>> CAN WE STOP ON THIS SLIDE
FOR A MOMENT?
>> SURE.
>> IT INDICATES RIGHT NOW $1.7
MILLION IN NEW SAFETY
INVERTMENTS BUT ONLY THREE
TOTAL FTE'S.
IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM YOUR
PRESENTATION JUST NOW THAT ON
THAT PARK SAFETY LINE ITEM
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT
COULD LEAD TO MORE PEOPLE BEING
PRODUCE UNDER THAT LINE ITEM.
AT THE MOMENT WHAT HAS WITHIN
BEEN CONFIRMED IS TWO OFF LEASH
ENFORCEMENT FOLKS -- THAT THERE
COULD BE MORE.
I SEE THE SUPERINTENDENT
NODDING.
MAYBE THIS IS A BETTER QUESTION
FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL JUST GET THEM ALL YOU
OUT AT ONCE.
ONE IS CLARITY ON THE TOTAL
IMPACT OF THAT $850,000
PROPOSAL ON PARK SAFETY
PROGRAMS.
ALSO ON THE PARK -- OVER HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS.
THERE'S NO FTE'S ATTACHED TO
THAT.
MAYBE JUST A LITTLE MORE
VISIBILITY INTO WHAT THAT
$650,000 WILL ALLOW PARKS TO DO
AND HOW THAT IS DONE.
I GUESS I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
THE SUPERINTENDENT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION.
I WILL START WITH THE PARKS
SAFETY PROGRAM.
WE ARE -- PROPOSING TO ASSUMING
GETS FUNDED GO OUT IN JANUARY
AND ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN A
COMMUNITY PROCESS AROUND I
THINK THE QUESTION WHAT -- WHAT
DO SAFER PARKS LOOK LIKE AND
FEEL LIKE TO YOU?
WE KNOW THAT CAN'T ALWAYS BE A
UNIFORM POLICE OFFICER.
A PARK RANGER HAVE WORKED
DOWNTOWN BUT DUE TO SOME
STIPULATIONS AND AGREEMENT WAS
THE POLICE GUILD WE DON'T USE
THEM AS OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN
CORE.
WE ARE IN SEARCH OF A NEW
PUBLIC SAFETY MODEL TO HELP OUR
PUBLIC PARKS FEEL SAFER.
IN FACT ALL OF THESE ACTIVATION
STRATEGIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY
STRATEGIES ARE TO HELP THE
PUBLIC PARK SYSTEM FEEL SAFER.
THE REASON THE PARK CONCIERGE
RECOMMENDATION DOESN'T INCLUDE
FTE IS BECAUSE WE CONTRACT WITH
THE ASSOCIATED RECREATION
COUNSEL AND BUY THOSE SERVICES
THEM.
THAT IS MONEY THERE FOR THE
MOST PART.
WE ARE HOPING TO -- I THINK
COME BACK AFTER THE FIRST
QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, ASSUMING
THIS FUNDING INITIATIVE WAS
ACTUALLY GETS FUNDED WITH A
CONCRETE PROPOSAL FOR OUR
SAFETY PLAN GOING FORWARD.
>> AND WE HAVE MORE HEARINGS
AND DISCUSSIONS ON DIGGING IN
TO THESE ISSUES IN PARTICULAR
WHICH WE KNOW ARE HIGH ON THE
PRIORITY LIST FOR MEMBERSst
PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD.
I APPRECIATE THAT GENERAL
OVERVIEW IN THIS SESSION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
BOARD MEMBERS?
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, TRACY YOU
CAN CONTINUE THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ONTO REST ROOMS.
$174,000 WOULD BE USED TO
SUPPORT THE INSTALLATION OF
AUTO LOCKS IN SPR REST ROOMS
AND TO PROVIDE THE STAFFING TO
OPERATE, MANAGE AND FACILITATE
REPAIR OF THE LOCKING
MECHANISMS.
1.2MILLION ADD TO THE COMFORT
STATION AND SHELTER HOUSE
RENOVATION PROGRAM AND THIS
WOULD SUPPORT THE RENOVATION OF
ADDITIONAL COMFORT STATIONS.
JUST SO FOLKS UNDERSTAND WE
HAVE -- PARKS HAS ABOUT 94
COMFORT STATIONS AND 30 SHELTER
HOUSES SO THEY HAVE QUITE A
NUMBER OF REST ROOMS THAT ARE
IN LINE TO BE RENOVATED THIS
WOULD PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO
-- I GUESS ON AVERAGE IMPROVE A
COUPLE OF COMFORT STATIONS PER
YEAR.
BALLPARK AVERAGE COST OF WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE IS ABOUT
$540,000 FROM MATERIALS THAT WE
HAVE.
$794,000 WOULD BE ADD ADDED TO
FUND TWO EVENING, SECOND SHIFT
MAINTENANCE TEAMS TO PROVIDE
YEAR ROUND SEVEN DAY COMFORT
STATION MAINTENANCE SO THAT
WOULD BE THIS EFFORT TO TRY TO
EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF
THOSE REST ROOMS YEAR ROUND.
>> I WILL JUMP IN AND DESCRIBE
THE PARTS OF THE PROPOSAL THAT
FALL IN TO THE HEADING OF
RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
THERE WOULD BE ABOUT $2 MILLION
FOR CLIMATE CONSCIOUS
BUILDINGS.
THAT CAPTION DESCRIBES MOVING
FROM SYSTEMS THAT RELY ON
POSSIBLE FUELS TO ELECTRIC IS
HE IN TERMS OF HEATING COOLING
WHEN BUILDINGS RENOVATED IN THE
SYSTEM.
COMMUNITY CENTER PREELECTRIC --
THE TERM REFERS TO DOING WHAT
CAN BE DONE BEFORE THE SORT OF
PRIMARY SYSTEMS ELECTRIC.
THERE IS POWER TO THE BUILDINGS
BUT CAN THINK OF THIS AS BEING
REPLACEMENT OF LIGHTNING WITH
LED, FIXTUR, S AND MORE
INTELLIGENT CONTROLS.
THESE CAN BE DONE BEFORE DEEPER
REFT OF SOME OF THE SYSTEMS.
NEXT POINT IS REPLACING FOSSIL
FUELS AND SMALL MECHANICAL
SYSTEMS THIS CAPTION --
INVOLVES CHANGING OUT OIL, HEAT
AND SOME OF THE SMALL BUILDINGS
IN THE PARKS TO LESS -- TO
ELECTRIC HEAT.
RESTORING AND INCREASING URBAN
CAN BY.
THE URBAN CAN BY REFER FOSS THE
TREES AND THIS WOULD ADD --
$400,000 TO THIS BASELINE
PLANNING OF ABOUT $8.7 MILLION
IN THAT PART OF THE PARKS
BOARD.
THE NEXT TWO ITEMS HAVE TO DO
WITH WATER.
THE FIRST ONE HAVING TO DO WITH
SUSTAINABLE IRRIGATION.
THIS WOULD MEAN PARKS CAN DO
MORE WHEN THEY MAINTAIN THE
REPAIR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TO
FIND AND STOP LEAKS AND PUT IN
MORE INTELLIGENT CONTROLS ON
THEM THAT WOULD BE MORE HIGHLY
TUNEABLE TO CHANGING CLIMATE.
THE LAST ONE, WATER REUSE WOULD
BE TO CAPTURE STORMWATER, RAIN
WATER AND USE THAT IN THE
PARKS.
>> BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD HAS A
QUESTION FOLLOWED BY BOARD
MEMBER NELSON.
>> AND BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD IS
ON MUTE.
>
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH.
REALLY AGAIN APPRECIATE THE
INFORMATION HERE.
JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERATION OF
DOING SOME CLIMATE RESILENCE
WORK THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
NAMELY, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING
THE FACT THAT SO MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITY CENTERS DO NOT HAVE
AC AND ARE BEING USED BY
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON --
WHEN WE HAVE -- I GUESS WE CALL
THEM WARMING EVENTS.
NOWADAYS OF REALLY HOT HEAT,
OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS BEING
USED IN THAT WAY.
JUST WONDERING IF THERE HAS
BEEN A CONSIDERATION OF LOOKING
NOT JUST AT SOLAR AND WATER BUT
REALLY TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BUILD RESILENCY TO THE
COMMUNITY CENTERS.
>> OUR CURRENT CAPITOL PROGRAM
INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF -- OF
AIR CONDITIONING UNITS.
I CAN GET YOU SPECIFIC
INFORMATION ON HOW MANY
COMMUNITY CENTERS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS NUMBER
WON'T ADDRESS THE SCOPE AND
SIZE OF THE RAIN BUT WE ARE
WORKING ON THAT STRATEGY RIGHT
NOW THROUGH THE REGULAR CAPITOL
CIP PROGRAM.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE MODELS
THAT HAS BEEN NOTED TO BE A
REALLY GREAT ONE FOR THE CITY
TO CONTINUE TO REPLICATN OTHER
LOCATIONS IS THE ONE AT MILLER.
>> SURE.
YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I'M ALL ABOUT ZERO WASTE,
REUSE, ET CETERA, SO I AM
LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM LINE
THERE, $315,000 FOR THE WATER
REUSE PARTNERSHIP.
IT SAYS NEW FUNDING TO LOOK AT
POTENTIAL WATER PROJECTS THAT.
SUGGESTS TO ME THAT WE WILL
SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY STUDYING
SO, YOU KNOW FOR SIX YEARS OR
SO.
YOU KNOW, TO REALLY REUSE WATER
THAT WILL REQUIRE CISTERNS AND
CAPITOL FUNDING SO THAT I'MA
COUPLING -- I GUESS I WOULD
LIKE YOUR CONFIRMATION IS NOT
INCLUDED IN THE 315 OR CAN THAT
EVENTUALLY BE CONVERTED OR
WHAT?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW I ACTUALLY WOULD NEED
TO GET BACK TO YOU ON MORE
DETAIL THERE.
>> OKAY.
>> I THIS WE ARE STUDYING
THOSE AND EXPLORING WHICH
OPTIONS WORK BEST.
>> OKAY.
YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY FOLLOW UP BOARD MEMBER
NELSON?
>> NO.
I'M DONE.
>> GREAT.
THINK WE CAN MOVE ON WITH THE
PRESENTATION.
>> I MUTED MYSELF.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT CATEGORY.
RESTORING FACILITIES.
$269,000 WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR
THE PARK PROGRAM.
THIS WOULD INTEND TO PROVIDE
WEEDING GROOMING, FLOWER BEDS,
AND HANGING BASKETS TO
MOTORCYCLE HIGHLY TRAFFICKED
PARKS MORE APPEALING.
THIS EFFORT WOULD BE MAINLY ON
DOWNTOWN PARKS BUT I UNDERSTAND
THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO EXPAND
THAT ACTIVITY TO ONE OR TWO
PARKS OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN
AND DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 6.
$633,000 WOULD BE PROVIDED TO
CREATE A NEW CREW TO RESPOND TO
THE NEED TO DO REPAIRS AND
MAINTENANCE INNOCENCE IN
RESPONSE TO VANDALISM AND THIS
WOULD INCLUDE GRAFITTI
ABATEMENT.
$350,000 TO GIVE STAFFING TO
SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF FIVE OF OUR 16
VIEWPOINTS.
THIS FUNDING WOULD HELP TO
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WOULD
COVER ALL 16 VIEWPOINTS.
QUESTION?
>> I BELIEVE THAT HAND FROM
BOARD MEMBER NELSON IS LEFTOVER
FROM THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CONTINUE.
>> MOVING TO RESTORING OUR
TRAILS.
$650,000 WOULD BE USED TO FUND
THE LARGE SCALE RESTORATION
PROJECTS.
THIS COULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
BRIDGES, STAMPS, STEPS,
ELEVATED WALKWAYS, THAT KIND OF
CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT THAT MAY BE
NEEDED AT OUR OVER 116 MILES OF
TRAIL THAT EXIST.
$400,000 WOULD BE ADDED TO
INCREASE THE STAFFING FOR THE
TRAILS PROGRAM SUPPORT WHICH IS
THE PROGRAM THAT DOES PROVIDE
THE PLAIN INNOCENCE AND
PRESERVATION OF THE TRAILS IN
SPR PROPERTIES.
THAT COMPLETES THE DISCUSSION
OF THE 38 NEW INVESTMENT
PROPOSALS.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE I WILL
THEN SHIFT TO THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE PRECOMMITMENT PROJECT
THAT WERE MENTIONED BY THE CO
CHAIRS OF THE B PRC,
COMMISSION.
NO?
OKAY.
SO, THESE PRECOMMITMENT
PROJECTS INCLUDE A NUMBER OF
THINGS.
ONE THEY ARE PROJECTS THAT WERE
SLATED TO BE COMPLETED IN CYCLE
1 BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC
AND THE NEED TO RESET RESOURCES
TO OTHER FACILITIES WEREN'T
COMPLETED OR WERE PROJECTS THAT
AS SCOPING WENT ALONG IN THOSE
PROJECTS COSTS WERE HIGHER THAN
WHAT WAS ALLOWED FOR OR WAS --
WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR TO DO THE
COMPLETIONS OF THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS.
THEN THE SECOND BIG CATEGORY IS
PROJECT THAT HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED BY THE MAYOR AND THE
CITY COUNCIL AS CANDIDATES FOR
FUNDING IN THE NEXT SECURE
SPENDING PLAN.
THIS TOTALS ABOUT 11 PROJECTS.
THE IDEA -- THE PROPOSAL THAT
IS THERE FRONT OF THE MAYOR
WOULD HAVE A -- A CONCEPT OF
MAYBE $25 MILLION IN CASH
FINANCING.
MAYBE $110 MILLION IN DEBT
FINANCING THAT MAY EQUAL A $10
MILLION DEBT SERVICE.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED IDEA ABOUT
HOW THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE
FUNDED.
THE IDEA BEING THAT FOR US,
PERHAPS SOME OF THE LOWER
COSTS, PROJECTS THAT MAYBE THE
CASH WOULD BE USED IN THE FIRST
FEW YEARS AND THEN A BOND MAY
BE ISSUED AS THE YEARS PROGRESS
TO ADDRESS THOSE BIGGER TICKET
IMPROVEMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE.
HERE ARE THE LISTS OF THOSE --
11 PROJECTS.
SIX LAND BASED PROJECTS THAT
WEREN'T DONE IN THE FIRST SICK
EXAMPLE HAD FUNDING REDIRECTED
BECAUSE OF THE PAN KEM I CAN.
THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE PHA
SE1 WEST LAKE JUNCTION, 48st
AND THE CHARLESTON, MORGAN
JUNCTION, WEDGE WOOD PARK, TEN
TO $23 MILLION WOULD BE
TARGETED FOR THE TENANT -- TO
FUND ITEMS LIKE ADDING HEAT TO
THE COURTS, REROOFING,
INSULATION, VENTILATION, AND
LIGHTING REPLACEMENT
IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
IT WAS A RECEIVER OF A MAJOR
PROJECT CHALLENGE FUND AWARD
BUT DUE TO -- AND WAS GOING TO
USE TO -- SOME HEATING OF THAT
FACILITY.
THAT HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME
THAT WE WERE CHANGING OUR
POLICY ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
HEATING WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
AND SO THE COST OF THAT AND THE
FEASIBILITY OF THAT IMPROVEMENT
WAS ONE THAT COULD NOT BE
PURSUED SO, THAT REMAINED
UNDONE AS ONE OF THE KEY
RENOVATION PROJECTS AND THIS
ONE SON THE LIST BECAUSE OF
THOSE ISSUE THATTA ROSE FOR
THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
UP TO $23 MILLION COULD BE
PROVIDED FOR THE RENOVATION.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY
CENTER THAT WAS IN LINE TO HAVE
FUNDING -- AND HAVE FUNDING FOR
ESTABLISH CONVERSATION.
AS THEY GOT FURTHER INTO
ASSESSING THAT BUILDING, FOUND
THAT THE COST OF RENOVATE THAT
PROJECT AND THAT BUILDING AND
STABILIZING IT BECAUSE OF THE
REPAIRS NECESSARY OF THIS VERY,
LOVELY BRICK BUILDING WERE
HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS ALLOWED IN
TERMS OF FUNDING T WAS NOT DONE
IN THE FIRST CYCLE OF FUNDING
AND WOULD BE IN LINE FOR
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO
COMPLETE THAT.
LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER
REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR
MANY YEARS AS BEING A RECEIVER
OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN THE NEXT
SPENDING PLAN AND SO THERE IS A
PROPOSAL THAT 20 TO $25 MILLION
WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
GREEN LAKE AND EVANS POOL
PROJECT.
THIS WOULD BE IN LINE TO
RECEIVE UP TO $50 MILLION IN
FUNDING FOR THAT FACILITY TO GO
THROUGH A PROCESS OF
REPLACEMENT.
TEN TO $15 MILLION WOULD BE SET
ASIDE TO IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
NEW 8st AND MERCER COMMUNITY
CENTER THIS IS THE BUILDING
THAT WAS APART OF THE WHOLE
MERCER MEGA BLOCK PROPERTY SALE
AND ONE OF THE RECEIVERS OF THE
PROPERTY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING
SPACE FOR A NEW COMMUNITY
CENTER.
FREE OF CHARGE.
WE HAVE TO DO THE TENANT
IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSIDER THE
OPERATING COSTS.
THE TEN TO $15 MILLION WOULD DO
THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT NEW
FACILITY.
MOVING ONTO ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS
OF THE PROPOSED SPENDING PLAN.
NEXT PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE
CONTINUED FUNDING OF THOSE
INITIATIVES THAT WERE FUNDED IN
THE FIRST SPENDING PLAN.
THIS WOULD TOTAL ABOUT $58
MILLION AND WE GET THAT FIGURE
BY TAKING THE 2022 ADOPTED
BUDGET OF 56.4 MILLION AND
ADJUSTING IT BY A PARK OR OF
4%.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS,
INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ABOUT INFLATION AND
WHAT FACTOR MAKES SENSE.
THE PREVIOUS SPENDING PLAN HAD
A 2.5% FACTOR THAT WE APPLIED
EVE YEAR.
4% IS THE NUMBER WE TALKED AT
INITIALLY.
THINK WE WILL NEED TO SEE HOW
THE CONVERSATIONS GO AND WHAT
WE SEE IN TERMS OF OUR CURRENT
ENVIRONMENT AS IT RELATES TO
INFLATION AND IF THAT 4% WILL
BE THE RIGHT NUMBER AS IT
RELATES TO APPLYING A YEARLY
INFLATION FACTOR TO THE CYCLE 2
SPENDING PLAN.
THEN THE FINAL PART OF THE --
ANTICIPATED SPENDING PLAN WOULD
INCLUDE THIS POTENTIAL $10
MILLION THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED
IN AT LEAST THE FIRST FEW YEARS
TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING ECONOMIC
IMPACTS TO THE CITY REVENUES
FROM THE PANDEMIC.
I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU ONCE
AGAIN THAT ALL OF THESE
PROPOSALS ARE IN FRONT OF YOU
THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY
ARE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A
LOOK AT AND DECIDE TO WHAT
EXTENT HE CONCURS TO THE
PROPOSALS AND WANTS TO MAKE
CHANGES.
WE ARE GIVING YOU A SENSE FOR
WHAT IS IN THE UNIVERSE OF THE
PROPOSALS KNOW THAT THE PLAYER
WILL HAVE HIS OPPORTUNITY TO GO
THROUGH THE PROPOSALS JUST AS
YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AS HE
DEVELOPS HIS PLAN THAT WE WILL
SEE IN SEPTEMBER.
>> TRACY, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE --
IF YOU COULD GO BACK.
SORRY.
WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE
SLIDE.
MAKE THE FIRST ONE -- I DID
DURING THE INITIAL
PRESENTATIONS.
REALLY ZERO IN ON THE
SUPPLENTATION ELEMENT WHICH I
THINK IS SOMETHING THAT THIS
BOARD SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT AND
GRAPPLE WERE THROUGHOUT THE
COURSE OF THE SUMMER.
YOU KNOW I WILL SAY AT THE
FRONT THAT IN GENERAL TERMS,
I'M A SKEPTIC OF SUPPLENTATION
AND THAT IS IN NO WAY TO SAY WE
DON'T HAVE A CHALLENGING,
LOOMING BUDGET CYCLE.
I IMAGINE THAT OVER THE COURSE
OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT BEING A PARTNERSHIP
INSTITUTION, WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE
SEPARATE GOVERNMENTS EVEN
THOUGH WE ARE IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS AS COUNCILMEMBERS
SERVING ON THE BOARD.
EVEN THOUGH THAT PARK DISTRICT
WAS PASSED BY VOTERS IN --
TIMES OF GENERALLY LOW
INFLATION IT IS AN INSTITUTION
THAT WILL BE EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE WEATHER TIMES OF CRISIS
THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE
EXPECTED TO BE CONDUCTING IT'S
OWN PROGRAMMING AND NOT
NECESSARILY BEING A SOURCE FOR
THE COUNTS ILL BUDGET OFFICE TO
BE IN A POSITION TO EXPECT AND
ANTICIPATE A UNIQUE ABILITY TO
BALANCE THE BOOKS ON THE
GENERAL FUND OBLIGATIONS OF
PARKS WITH THE SPECIAL RESOURCE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO.
I'M OPEN TO HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION OF COURSE.
GIVEN THE PRESSURES WE ARE
FACING.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE
MINDFUL OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF
WHAT THE VOTERS WHO CREATED
THAT AUTHORITY IN THE 2014
ELECTION WERE PROMISED.
TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW
EXCEPTIONAL THE INFLATION
SITUATION WE ARE FACING NOW IS
CERTAINLY EXCEPTIONAL IN THE
SHORT LIFE SPAN SO FAR OF THE
PARK DISTRICT.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE AWARE
OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW,
CRISIS WILL HAPPEN, THEY WILL
COME AND WE NEED TO BE REALLY
CAREFUL OF THE PRECEDENT WE SET
WHEN WE DO AND DON'T DIP IN TO
THE MPD TO HELP BALANCE THE
GENERAL FUND SITUATION.
YOU KNOW DEFINITELY AN AGENDA
ITEM I WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME
ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE
SUMMER WHATEVER PRECEDENT IS
DEFENSIBLE AND DOESN'T OPEN THE
DOOR TO AN UNDUE AMOUNT OF
MIXING OF FUNDS BETWEEN THE
GENERAL FUND AND THE MET POLL
DAN PARK DISTRICT TO AN EXTENT
THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY
INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR
PITCH WAS -- WHAT THE PITCH OF
THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME BECAUSE
I WASN'T HERE, TO THE VOTERS IN
2014.
JUST WITH THAT STATEMENT I WANT
TO PASS IT OVER TO BOARD MEMBER
NELSON WHO HAS A QUESTION.
>> YOUR STATEMENT ANSWERED MY
QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD THEN.
BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU ARE GETTING AT
PRESIDENT LEWIS.
THERE WAS IN THE ORIGINAL
CHARTERING OF THE MPD
LIMITATIONS ON THE ABILITY TO
SUPPLANT FUNDS, SPECIFIC
INSTANCES AND OVERSIGHT FOR
WHEN WE CAN -- AND REQUIRED OUR
VOTE.
WE DID THAT.
AND I THINK WE NEEDED TO DO
THAT.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING --
ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE NEED TO
TIGHTEN UP THE CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH WE -- UNDER A STATE OF
EMERGENCY USE THAT AUTHORITY?
SHOULD WE ELIMINATE THAT
AUTHORITY?
I JUST -- IT SOUNDS LIKE ARE
YOU SUGGESTING THERE WAS A
PROBLEM AND THAT WE NEED TO USE
THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE
AND I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND.
>> NO.
LET ME -- THANK YOU FOR THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY BOARD
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I AGREE THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS WHEN WE HAD THE ROLLER
COASTER DIP IN THE GENERAL FUND
STARTED BY THED SHARP RECESSION
INDUCED BY THE ONSET OF COVID
THAT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF
SITUATION WHERE SUPPLEMENTATION
IS AN APPROPRIATE POLICY
RESPONSE.
I THINK WHAT I'M WORE GETTING
AT THE QUESTION WE ARE FACED
WITH HERE IS WE HAVE A GENERAL
FUND THAT WE ESTABLISHED
EARLIER LEVEL THAT IS IN EXCESS
OF THE BASELINE.
CENTRAL STAFF CONFIRMED IT'S AT
110 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND
SUPPORT.
PERSPECTIVELY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE RIST OF THE BUDGET CYCLE
WHERE WE HAVE A -- WE HAVE AN
ESTABLISHED HIT TO THE GENERAL
FUND THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN
PUBLIC AND IN THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE I THINK IT'LL
BE A DISCUSSION OF WHETHER
BALANCING THOSE BOOKS FOR THIS
PROSPECTIVE PERIOD OF FISCAL
TIGHTENING POTENTIAL
EXPLORATION OF NEW REVENUE
WHETHER THIS FUND AND THE MPD
IS A BALANCING TOOL UNDER THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES AS SOMETHING I
WANT US TO DISCUSS.
WE ARE NOT -- WE DON'T SIT HERE
TODAY WITH A GENERAL FUND THAT
IS -- THAT IS LOWER.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT INFLATION IS
GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT
TO HIT THAT GENERAL FUND LINE
WHICH WAS THE DISCUSSION WE HAD
EARLIER WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A
DISCUSSION TO WHAT EXTENT THE
MPD CAN BE A SUPPLEMENTATION
TOOL.
ONCE THAT PRECEDENT CONSIDER WE
ARE IN THE SECOND SICKLE AND I
THINK SETTING THAT PRECEDENT OF
A $10 MILLION YEARLY SUBSIDES
TO THE GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW,
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER THAT
POLICY IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT
THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE USED
FOR.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
I'M SAYING I DON'T THINK THAT
OUR PERSPECTIVE POSITION GOING
FORWARD IS NECESSARILY THE SAME
AS WHAT WE HAD TO DO IN THE
HEAT OF THE PANDEMIC IN
DELAYING THE CYCLE RENEWAL AND
AUTHORIZE EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTATION.
THAT WAS IN KEEPING WHAT THE
PARK DISTRICT WAS DESIGNED TO
DO.
GOING FORWARD I DON'T WANT US
TO BE IN A CONSTANT CYCLE OF
USING THIS AS A SUBSIDES TO
ALLOW US TO GO BELOW THE
BASELINE AND HAVE THE MPD
BAILOUT THE GENERAL FUND.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
I APPRECIATE YOU ENTERTAINING
MY QUESTION.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WERE
TRYING TO GET THAT CLARITY FROM
THE BOARD COMMISSIONERS.
>> ANY MORE BOARD QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE I THINK WE CAN
CONTINUE FORWARD.
>> I WILL JUMP IN ON THIS
SLIDE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A
PICTURE -- A GRAPH REPRESENTING
WHAT WE PRESENTED TODAY.
THAT STACKS UP THE ESTIMATES OF
THE -- THE PARTS THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT SO FAR IN COLOR AND BAR
CHART.
$58MILLION FOR THE CONTINUING
CYCLE 1 INITIATIVES.
THAT IS THE AMOUNT INFLATED
FROM THE CURRENT FUNDING.
THIS WOULD BE FOR THE YEAR
2023.
$30,000 FOR A NEW INVESTMENT.
THAT -- WE ARE A LOT OF THE
RECOMMEND ACHE FROM THE BOARD.
THE B PRC.
THE 10% OF THE DEBT SERVICE FOR
PROJECTS WHICH HAS BEEN
DISCUSSED EARLIER AND THEN THE
TEN MILLION DOLLARS WHICH IS
THE -- THAT -- YELLOW COLOR.
THAT'S THE PART OF THE STACK
HERE THAT YOU WERE JUST
REFERRING TO AND HAD QUESTIONS
ABOUT.
STACKING THESE UP.
SOMETHING LIKE $108 MILLION
THIS IS BEFORE -- BEFORE THIS
BOARD IS RECEIVED THE PLAN AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE MAYOR BUT
IT'S OUR BEST ESTIMATE OF WHAT
THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS
CLOSE TO THE RECOMMENDATION
FROM THE B PRC.
HERE IS A CHART THAT SHOWS
NUMBERS WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS
GRAPH YOU WILL SEE THE ACTUALS
FROM 2016 TO 2022 THAT HAPPENED
EARLY AMERICA THE SLIDE
PRESENTATION AND ON THE RIGHT
HAND SLIDE FROM 2022 MOVING
FORWARD, WHAT WE SEE HERE ARE
THE NUMBERS FROM THE ESTIMATE
GOING FORWARD, SHOWN ON THE
SAME CHART.
AS I SAID IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE
THAT WAS SIMILAR, THE ACCESS ON
THE LEFT HAND SIDE RUNNING UP
AND DOWN.
THOSE ARE THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS FOR THE TOTAL IN THE
MPD LEVEE AND THE RIGHT HAND
SIDE IS THE SCALE FOR THE
IMPACT TO THE HOMEOWNER OF EYE
HOME THAT IS A MEDIAN ASSESSED
VALUE.
I WILL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO
THE MIDDLE OF THE CHART.
WE MOVE FROM IN 2022 THE ACTUAL
OF ABOUT $155 OF THE IMPACT TO
THAT MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE UP TO
ABOUT $307 UNDER THE ESTIMATE.
THEN MOVING FORWARD THE LINE IS
THE RAISED BY INFLATION YEAR
OVER YEAR UP TO ABOUT $411 JUST
SHY OF $411 IN 2028 FOR THE
IMPACT TO THE HOMEOWNER OF
HOUSE THAT IS -- WOULD BE THE
-- UNDER THE ESTIMATE FOR
MEDIAN VALUE.
THERE'S A LOT HERE ON THIS
PAGE.
I WILL PAUSE HERE IN CASE OF
QUESTIONS.
>> YES.
BOARD MEMBER PETERSON.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS SLIDE IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THE PUBLIC AND I WANT TO
THANK CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER
SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE --
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT HERE.
IT IS BASICALLY DOUBLING THIS
PROPERTY TAX ON NOT ONLY
HOMEOWNERS BUT ALSO RENTERNS
BECAUSE WE ESTABLISHED EARLIER
THAT LANDLORDS CAN PASS THESE
COSTS ONTO RENTERS.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
AMOUNT.
I DO APPRECIATE THE PREVIOUS
BAR GRAPH BREAKING OUT THE
DIFFERENT PARTS.
SEATTLE LOVES THEIR PARKS.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN
RESTORED WE WANT TO SUSTAIN
THAT I KNOW AND LOOK AT
EXPANDING.
I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE WE
HAVE -- THESE PROPOSALS WOULD
BE DOUBLING THE PROPERTY TAX
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER
IMPORTANT LEVEES THAT ARE
COMING UP, PROPERTY TAX LEVEES
FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR FOR
FOR EDUCATION, FOR
TRANSPORTATION.
AUTHORITY ISSUES THEY ARE
PASSIONATE ABOUT.
I THINK THAT AT LEAST OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AS WE ARE
DISCUSS THIS I WILL BE REALLY
BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT
TO PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME,
SENIORS, WHO ARE STILL
HOMEOWNERS AND SO THEIR
PROPERTY TAX ALSO GO UP
SUBSTANTIALLY THIS IS WHILE
THEY ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING
INFLATION IMPACTS TO THEIR
HOUSEHOLD BUNTS.
I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE.
I SUPPORT A LOT OF THE
PRECOMMITMENT PROJECTS THAT
WERE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT
WOULD BE PAID FOR THROUGH $10
MILLION.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CITY --
THE CITY GENERAL FUND.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NEW
INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS PASSING ON SUBSTANTIAL
COSTS TO THE PROPERTY TAXES TO
BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT
THIS -- WHAT THIS GRAPH IS
SHOWING IS THAT IT WROTE DOUBLE
THAT PROPERTY TAX.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THAT'S A FAIR READING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I CAN PUT A FINER -- YOU
KNOW JUST -- DOUBLING THE --
WHICH IS MADE UP OF THE NPD.
NOT THE OVERALL -- I KNOW YOU
DIDN'T MEAN THAT -- I KEEP
WANTING TO SAY COUNCILMEMBER.
YES.
A DOUBLING IS -- RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE THERE'S A JUMP.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH THE
PRESENTATION.
>> SO THIS -- THIS -- THE NEXT
PICTURE -- THE NEXT SLIDE WILL
ILLUSTRATE THIS.
LY SPEAK TO THIS IN A MOMENT.
ONE OF KEYS OR CONSIDERATIONS
THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
IS THAT -- THAT THE PARKS
DISTRICT WOULD NOT GO BACK OUT
TO THE VOTERS FOR A VOTE TO
CHANGE THE AMOUNT.
THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY IF WE
EXCEEDED MAXIMUM LEVEL OF
FUNDING THAT'S AUTHORIZED AND
ALSO THE STATE RULES THAT
GOVERN THE UP -- THE AMOUNT
THAT THE LEVEE CAN INCREASE
YEAR BY YEAR.
BASED ON STATE LAW, INFORMATION
FROM THE ASSESSOR, CENTRAL
STAFF AND CBO.
BELIEVE THAT AN ESTIMATED
MAXIMUM LEVEE THAT COULD BE
COLLECTED IN 2023 WOULD START
AT $119 MILLION AND GO UP TO
145 MILLION IN 2028.
THAT ASSUMES A 4% INFLATION
RATE.
YEAR OVER YEAR AND I WILL SHOW
YOU THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, THE EASIEST WAY PROBABLY TO
DESCRIBE THIS TO YOU IS TO
THINK OF 2028 AS BEING A SORT
OF MAXED OUT.
SO, IF DURING THIS SIX YEAR
PERIOD, WE OPERATE UNDER THE
IDEA THERE WON'T BE A VOTE ON
THE AMOUNTS FOR THE MPD THEN WE
GET THAT MAXIMUM NUMBER AT THAT
NEARLY $145 MILLION AND THEN WE
WORK BACKWARDS WITH THE 4% TO
GET TO 119 FOR NEXT YEAR IN
2023.
THIS JUST DEMONSTRATES THAT
PROGRESSION WHICH IS A STRAIGHT
LINE.
WITH THAT WE ARE ONTO THE NEXT
STEPS.
THESE DATES HAVE BEEN MENTIONED
EARLIER TERMS OF NEXT STEPS
WAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING FOR THE PARK
DISTRICT.
THERE WILL BE MORE DISCUSSIONS
ON THE 11th.
THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON
JULY 14th FOR FOLKS TO WEIGH IN
ON ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE
BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY.
THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF
MEETINGS FOR DISCUSSION OF THE
PARK DISTRICT BOARD ON THE 6th.
WE ANTICIPATE AND -- EXPECT BUT
IT'S TENTATIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE
NOT YET RECEIVED IT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSEL SPENDING PLAN.
FOLLOWING WITH DISCUSSION AND
LEADING TOWNSHIPA SEPTEMBER
19th VOTE ON THE SIX YEAR
SPENDING PLAN BY THIS BODY IN
THE PARKS DISTRICT BOARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS
ON PROCESS FOR CENTRAL STAFF?
WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER
SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THIS AS
THEY JUST SAID.
BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> MY INFORMATION IN FIRST OF
ALL I WANT TO SAY I DO
APPRECIATE BOARD MEMBER
PETERSON'S COMMENTS AND ALSO
YOURS.
SO, I HAVE SAID BEFORE THAT I
WANT TO TURF JENKINS PARK.
THE HOME OF THE PANTHERS YOUTH
FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
THERE AREN'T -- IT DOESN'T SEEM
AS THOUGH THESE PROGRAMS ALLOW
FOR BIG PROJECTS LIKE THAT WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE
PRECOMMITMENTS.
IS SOMETHING -- IS AN ITEM LIKE
THIS -- THIS IS INFORMATIONAL
FOR ME.
WOULD THAT -- WOULD THAT KIND
OF PROJECT BELONG ELSEWHERE IN
THE PARK'S BUDGET IN TOTALLY
APART FROM THIS?
THE NATURE OF THESE EXPENSES
SEEMS TO BE SMALL AND SPREAD
OUT AMONG MANY DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS ET CETERA, NOT BIG
CHUNKS OF MONEY THAT CAN GO FOR
MAJOR MAINTENANCE AT ONE PLACE.
WOULD THAT BE IN THE CAPITOL
BUDGET?
I MEAN AM I CORRECT IN THAT?
>> SO, MAYBE I WILL JUMP IN
HERE.
I THINK ONE IMPORTANT REMINDER
TO YOU IS TO REMIND YOU THAT
THE PARK DISTRICT PART OF OUR
$288 MILLION BUDGET IS ABOUT
19%.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN
WITH YOU AND HAVE A DISCUSSION
ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE
YOUR VISION FOR THE PARK INTO
OUR REGULAR CAPITOL PROGRAM.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU BET.
>> BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, VERY QUICKLY.
JUST WANT TO LIFT UP THE FACT
THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE RECEIVED
A LOT OF WORK FROM DISTRICT 1
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I KNOW
PARKS BOARD COMMISSIONERS HAVE
AS WELL IN FAVOR OF
ESTABLISHING NEW OFF LEASH
AREAS, USING PARK DISTRICT
FUNDS.
THE REPORT INDICATES THAT A
THIRD OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT
GENERALLY THE PARK CONTRADICT
FUNDS MENTION OFF LEASH AREAS.
IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATION TO
ALLOW FOR DEVELOPING NEW OFF
LEASH AREAS IN THE
COMMISSIONER'S RECOMMENDATION?
>> SO, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A
BASELINE LEVEL OF FUNDING IN
OUR -- IN WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE
BASELINE BUT THERE ISN'T ANY
NEW FUNDING BEING ADDED TO OFF
LEASH AREAS HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE'S ABOUT $123,000 IN
THE BASELINE FUNDING FOR OFF
LEASH AREAS.
>> AND THAT'S NOT -- THAT'S
NOT FOR NEW OFF LEASH AREAS,
THAT'S FOR MAINTAINING THE
EXISTING ONES.
>> YOU KNOW SO DEPENDING ON
THE NEEDS OF THE SITE IT COULD
BE USED FOR NEW OFF LEASH
AREAS.
>> OKAY.
>> IT BEAT OUT PICKLE BALL.
>> YEAH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND YOU KNOW JUST TO REPEAT
THE REMARKS TOO.
BOARD MEMBER HERBOLD.
YOU KNOW GIVEN THAT THERE ARE
LINE ITEMS FOR INCREASED
ENFORCEMENT OF NOT COMPLYING
WITH HAVING DOGS IN OFF LEASH
AREAS, YOU KNOW I WOULD JUST --
YOU KNOW MAYBE END OUR MEETING
BY SAYING A -- YOU KNOW AN
OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A
POUND OF CURE IN PROVIDING
SPACES FOR THOSE DOGS TO BE.
NORMALLY YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE
USING PARKS IN AN UNSANCTIONED
WAY FOR DOGS OFF LEASH BECAUSE
FOR THE VERY REASON WE ARE JUST
STATING, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
OFF LEASH AREAS TO ACCOMMODATE
THE DEMAND.
FIGURING OUT WAYS TO PROVIDE
THAT SERVICE IS PROBABLY --
GOING TO GO A LONG WAY TO
MAXIMIZING WHATEVER ENFORCEMENT
RESOURCES WE PUT IN BY
DIMINISHING AND MITIGATING THE
AMOUNT THAT HAPPENS.
ANY FINAL REMARKS FROM BOARD
MEMBERS?
OKAY, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU
EVERYBODY FOR A GREAT KICKOFF
TO OUR PROCESS FOR 2022.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY
COLLEAGUES FOR ELECTING ME AS
PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD AND FOR
THE ELECTION AND COUNCILMEMBER
AS VICE PRESIDENT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE PRESENT
TODAY.
THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THE
OTHER STAKE HOLDER WHO ARE --
FOR THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACES
AND SEEING THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE THERE ARE ANY REMARKS FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER AND IT'S
ALMOST 4:00 ON A FRIDAY, A
BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY, I WILL GO
HEAD AND SAY THAT THIS MEETING
IS HEAR BY ADJOURNED.