>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD
MORNING, EVERYONE. THE MARCH
10th, 2023, REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND
CULTURE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER. IT'S 9:31 A.M. I'M TAMMY
MORALES, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
>> CO
>> PRESENT.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. LET'S COM
BACK TO HER.
>> OKAY.
>> CO
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MORALES.
>> PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>> IF SHE COMES IN, I WILL
ACKNOWLEDGE. AND VICE CHAIR
SAWANT IS ABSENT, IS THAT
CORRECT? I DON'T SEE HER.
>> I DO NOT SEE HER, NO.
>> OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE HAVE THRE
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. WE'V
GOT A RESOLUTION, EXCUSE ME,
APPROVING MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT WITH THE UDUB MEDICAL
CENTER. WE'LL BE HEARING FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE AN UPDATE O
THE PASSAGE OF INITIATIVE 135
THAT CREATES A SOCIAL HOUSING
DEVELOPER, AND WE HAVE AN
ORDINANCE CREATING A RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE -- ESTABLISHING
THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE AS CITY POLICY. WE
ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE THE
-- WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THAT
ITEM, AND WE WILL VOTE ON THAT
ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO
BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH
PUBLIC COMMENT, I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE A GUES
IN CHAMBERS TODAY FROM
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA,
COUNCILMEMBER READKICKS
WASHINGTON IS HERE. VERY NICE T
SEE YOU TODAY. WE HAD A SHORT
CHAT IN MY OFFICE THIS MORNING,
AND HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN OUR
AGENDA. SO WELCOME TO SEATTLE.
OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN
THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, IN
PERSON AND HYBRID. LET'S GO
AHEAD AND OPEN IT. I KNOW WE'VE
GOT A COUPLE OF IN-PERSON PEOPL
HERE. SO I WILL ASK EVERYONE BE
PATIENT AS WE OPERATE THE
SYSTEM. WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FINE TUNE
THE PROCESS AND ADD MEANS OF
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUR
COUNCIL MEETINGS. IT DOES REMAI
THE STRONG INTENT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
INCLUDED REGULARLY IN OUR
AGENDAS, BUT WE RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO MODIFY THESE PERIODS A
ANY POINT WE SEE IT IS BEING
ABUSED OR UNSUITABLE FOR OUR
MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED IN A
SUFFICIENT MATTER. I WILL
MODERATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. THE PERIOD IS UP TO 20
MINUTES, AND EACH SPEAKER WILL
BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO PROCEED
I'LL CALL YOU UP TO THE MIC. I
DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SIGNE
IN ONLINE, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
>> I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT HAS ALSO JOINED THE
MEETING.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS
HERE IN CHAMBERS WITH US TODAY.
GOOD MORNING.
>> PRESENT.
>> OKAY. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AN
CALL THE SPEAKERS. YOU WILL HEA
A CHIME WITH 10 SECONDS LEFT.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE CHIME, PLEASE
WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS SO WE CAN
MOVE TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN. WHO HAS THE LIST?
>> I HAVE THE LIST. FIRST
SPEAKER IS MARGUERITE RICHARDS.
RICHARD.
>> YES, MY LAST NAME IS RISHARD
AND I DO THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUS
PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY RICHARDS,
RICHARDSON. I DON'T HAVE ANY
SONS. BUT ANYWAY, LET ME GET TO
THE POINT. THE POINT IS RACE AN
SOCIAL JUSTICE. YOU SEE WHAT
COLOR I AM? DID YOU SEE WHAT
COLOR TYRE NIHOLS WAS? LOOK,
CIVIL RIGHTS IS DEAD, AND YOU
SHOULD KNOW IT PERMANENTLY BY
WHAT YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE WITH
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
WE'RE STILL BEING DISRESPECTED,
WE'RE NOT BEING TREATED FAIRLY.
WE STILL HAVE TO ATTACK RACISM
AND DISCRIMINATION, AND YOU WAN
TO ATTACH SOMETHING ONTO A
DEAD-IN-THE WATER COMMITTEE.
EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN LIVING
HERE, SURPRISE HAVE BEEN DEAD I
THE WATER. I DON'T CARE HOW MAN
OF US HAVE DIED AND SACRIFICED
FOR IT, IT'S DEAD IN THE WATER.
WHEN YOU CAN HAVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT TAKING THE NEGRO
POPULATION, AFRICAN AMERICAN,
BLACK, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CAL
US, I'M INDIGENOUS BLACK NOW,
AND HAVE THIS TYPE OF STUFF
GOING ON AROUND HERE, AND WE
HAVE A CONSTITUTION THAT IS NOT
EVEN EFFECTIVE, LET ME TELL YOU
WHY, BECAUSE BEN CRUMP -- IT
ISN'T A WONDER HE HASN'T HAD A
STROKE OR A HEART ATTACK JUST
TAKING ON ALL THIS MESS AS AN
INDIGENOUS BLACK MAN, HAPPENED
TO SEE THE FACES OF THOSE
FAMILIES. HE ASKED CHARLESTON T
REPRESENT BECAUSE MANY ARE
CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN. THAT
MAN HAD TO BE CHOSEN BY GOD TO
DO WHAT HE DID BECAUSE ALL THES
OTHER SCARED NEGROS OUT THERE
RUNNING AROUND, ACTING LIKE
THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP US AND
THEY'RE PERPETRATING FRAUD, IT'
CALLED EVIL AND WICKED INTENT.
AND THE MAN UPSTAIRS, JESUS
CHRIST, MY LORD, HE'S LOOKING,
AND HE'S BOOKIN' TOO. HE DOESN'
ERASE A WHOLE LOT OF FOLK FROM
THIS PLANET THAT SHOULD NOT EVE
BE WALKING AROUND TREATING US
INDIFFERENTLY.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AZANI
SMITH. I'M SORRY.
>> HELLO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOIN
TODAY? I JUST HAVE TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN
HELPING MY AUNT WITH HER PROCES
WITH HER CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE
CASE THAT SHE HAD BECAUSE SHE
WAS HERE IN CITY HALL, AND HER
AND HONORABLE MICHAEL WERE
RACIALLY PROFILED. EVEN THOUGH
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S NOT
RACIALLY PROFILING, WHEN THERE
IS TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERLY
AND BOTH OF THEM ARE SICK,
HAVING SOMEBODY THAT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE REPRESENTING AS YOUR
SECURITY COMES UP TO THEM AND
THEIR ELDERLY AND TELLING THEM
TO GET UP AND THAT THEY COULDN'
SIT THERE, AND I ASK, YOU KNOW,
JUST ME BEING ONE PERSON WHO IS
CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON I
MY CITY, I GO OVER HERE, AND I
ASK, OH, CAN PEOPLE SIT OVER
HERE IN THIS SECTION? OH, THIS
IS A PUBLIC PLACE. THIS IS FOR
THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC CAN BE
HERE. SO IF THE PUBLIC CAN BE
HERE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHY MY AUNT'S CIVIL RIGHTS
INVESTIGATION IS STILL GOING ON
EVEN THOUGH IT'S BECAUSE OF THE
I GUESS, SECURITY COMPANY THAT
YOU GUYS ARE HAVING HERE AT YOU
GUYS' BUILDING. I'M WONDERING
HOW YOU'RE GOING TO SIGN OVER A
INITIATIVE WITH SOMEONE OR AN
OFFICE THAT'S NOT EVEN DOING
THEIR JOB AT ALL. AND MY MOM --
MY MOM. MY AUNT HAD MULTIPLE
CASES WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS
OFFICE, AND THEY'RE STILL NOT
DOING ANYTHING. SO I'M KIND OF
WORRIED RIGHT NOW ON IF ANYTHIN
IS GOING TO BE GETTING DONE, IF
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SIGN
SOMETHING OVER TO AN OFFICE
THAT'S NOT DOING THEIR JOB IN M
OPINION BECAUSE IF IT'S CIVIL
AND IT'S CIVIL RIGHTS, YOU GUYS
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING
THE PEOPLE. YOU GUYS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING THE
PEOPLE GET JUSTICE. BUT IF MY
AUNT HAS NEVER HAD ANY JUSTICE
AT ALL IN ANY OF HER CASES,
THAT'S A PROBLEM. THANK YOU.
BYE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTERS, SO
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. OKAY
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA.
ALEXIS, WILL YOU READ PLEASE
READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, A RESOLUTION
APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT WITH UDUB MEDICAL
CENTER NORTHWEST CAMPUS
REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT,
COMPOSITION AND RULES FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR PREPARATION OF A MAJOR
INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN FOR UDU
MEDICAL CENTER NORTHWEST CAMPUS
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY. WE'VE GOT FOLKS FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
HERE. JULIE FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON. ALL OF OUR
PRESENTERS ARE ONLINE TODAY. SO
I WILL HAND IT OFF TO YOU TO
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> HI. GOOD MORNING. I'M SARAH
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> WE JUST HAVE A SHORT
PRESENTATION TO RUN THROUGH FOR
THE COMMITTEE THIS MORNING THAT
PERTAINS TO RESOLUTION 32088
THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR UDUB MEDICAL CENTER
NORTHWEST CAMPUS' MAJOR
INSTITUTION MASTER PLANNING
PROCESS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER
ADUE, I WILL GET INTO THE
PRESENTATION. SO JUST AS A
LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT SETTING,
THERE ARE 13 ORGANIZATIONS
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT
ARE ESTABLISHED OR DEFINED AS
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ONE
OF THOSE IS THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER'S
NORTHWEST CAMPUS WHICH WAS
PREVIOUSLY COMMONLY KNOWN AS
NORTHWEST HOSPITAL. OUR
POINTPOINT IS BEING A LITTLE
SLOW TO ADVANCE HERE. THERE WE
GO. AND THERE'S A MAP JUST
SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE
CAMPUS UP IN NORTH SEATTLE. IT'
SORT OF ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY ROY
AVENUE TO THE WEST, INTER5 IS A
LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST AND
HOLLER LAKE IS TO THE NORTH. SO
THE CITY'S INSTITUTION MASTER
PLANNING PROCESS IS LARGELY
UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE SEATTL
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS, ALTHOUGH WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS'
ROLE IS WE PROVIDE STAFF AND
FACILITATION SUPPORT TO THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT ARE
FORMED TO ADVISE ON MASTER PLAN
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS. AND THERE'S A
QUOTE ON -- PULL QUOTE FROM THE
MUNICIPAL CODE ON THE SLIDE
THAT'S UP NOW, JUST SORT OF
DESCRIBING THE OVERALL INTENT O
THE CITY'S MAJOR INSTITUTIO
MASTER PLANNER PROCESS WHICH IS
TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF MAJOR
INSTITUTIONS, TO DEVELOP
FACILITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF
HEALTHCARE, EDUCATIONAL SERVICE
WITH THE NEED TO MINIMIZE THE
IMPACT OF INSTITUTION
DEVELOPMENT ON SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOODS. SO AS I
MENTIONED, D.O.N.'S ROLE IN THE
PROCESS IS TO STAFF AND
FACILITATE THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEES FOR EACH OF THE
CITY'S 13 MAJOR INSTITUTIONS, I
ADDITION, SDCI AND SDOT ALSO
PROVIDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO
THOSE COMEES. THERE'S TWO TYPES
OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT WE
STAFF FOR MAJOR INSTITUTIONS,
AND MAJOR INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE
PREPARATION OF NEW MAJOR
INSTITUTION MASTER PLANS HAVE
WHAT WE CALL DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND
INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE EXISTING
MASTER PLANS THAT THEY'RE
ENGAGED IN IMPLEMENTING HAVE
WHAT THE -- [ INAUDIBLE
]IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY
COMMITTEES. SO TODAY WHAT WE'RE
HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS THE
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR UDUB MEDICAL CENTER'S
NORTHWEST CAMPUS. DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THEY ARE A
REQUIRED COMPONENT OF THE MAJOR
INSTITUTION MASTER PLANNING
PROCESS, AND THEY ARE
ESTABLISHED -- REQUIRED TO BE
ESTABLISHED AND APPOINTED BY TH
CITY COUNCIL BY A RESOLUTION.
AND THE AVERAGE DURATION FOR A
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
IS GENERALLY ABOUT TWO YEARS
ONCE A NEW IS APPROVED FOR A
MAJOR INSTITUTION, THE
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
THEN TRANSITIONS INTO AN
IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY
COMMITTEE, AND IMPLEMENTATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEES ARE -- THOS
MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE
D.O.N. DIRECTORS, AND THEY MEET
LESS FREQUENTLY SINCE THEIR ROL
IS GENERALLY, YOU KNOW,
MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH
ADOPTED MIPS, THEY INTEND TO
MEET. SOME OF THEM MEET MULTIPL
TIMES A YEAR, BUT MANY MEET ONE
TIME A YEAR JUST TO SORT OF
TRACK PROCESS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADOPTED
MASTER PLAN. SO I GUESS JUST
GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT OF
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN FORMING A
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO AS I MENTIONED, THE MUNICIPA
CODE REQUIRES -- EXCUSE ME,
REQUIRES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN
ADVISORY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
FOR ITS INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE
ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MASTER
PLANNING PROCESS. SO PER THEM,
MUNICIPAL CODE, D.O.N. WORKS
WITH EACH MAJOR INSTITUTION
THAT'S INITIATING THE FORMAL OF
A COMMITTEE BETWEEN SIX AND 12
MEMBERS. WE DO MAIL NOTICE, WE
DO DIRECT OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS REACHING IN THE
AREAS OR THE NEIGHBORHOODS
SURROUNDING THE INSTITUTION, AN
PURSUANT TO THE CODE, WE SEEK T
TO RECRUIT AND UNBOARD ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE
DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE ACTION
OF THE INSTITUTION WHICH IS
ENGAGED IN THE MASTER PLANNING
PROCESS AND ALSO TO THE EXTENT
POSSIBLE, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
-- THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, EITHER
PROFESSIONAL OR VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE TIED TO AREAS SUCH A
CONSENSUS BUILDING, LAND USE,
ZONING, URBAN DESIGN, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT OR EDUCATIONAL AND
MEDICAL SERVICES, DEPENDING ON
THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION
ENGAGED IN THE MASTER PLANNING
PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVING ON
ADVISORY COMMITTEES -- EXCUSE
ME, ON DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
COMMITTEES, THEY ALSO INCLUDE A
NON-MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE
FROM THE INSTITUTION ENGAGE THE
IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, AS WEL
AS NOT-VOTING REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE INSTITUTION IN VARIOUS
CITY DEPARTMENTS.
>> AND THIS RESOLUTION WILL
ADOPT A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE UDUB
MEDICAL CENTER, NORTHWEST
HOSPITAL. AND WITH THIS
ADOPTION, THE MAJOR INSTITUTION
MASTER PLAN WILL ACTIVELY
INVOLVE THREE DEPARTMENTS, THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION WIL
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
ISSUES. IT WILL ALSO HAVE
PREPARED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WITH THE FORMAL STAFF
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HEARING,
EXAMINER AND THE CITY COUNCIL,
AND THEN THE SDOT, THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ADVISE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AN
ALL THINGS RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION AND SPECIFICALLY
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD -- A
A PART OF DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WILL PROVIDE
STAFF SUPPORT TO ALL THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEES, INCLUDING
ASSISTING AND SCHEDULING AND
FACILITATING MEETINGS,
PREPARATION OF AGENDAS AND
MEETING AND ALSO ASSISTING THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN PREPARING
VARIOUS SUPPORTS TO THE
INSTITUTION, SDCI, TO THE
HEARING CUSTOMER AND TO THE CIT
COUNCIL. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE
BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE UDUB
MEDICAL CENTER NORTHWEST CAMPUS
AS IT EXISTS TODAY. ONE THING T
NOTE IS THAT THE CURRENT UDUB
MEDICAL CENTER NORTHWEST IS
OPERATING UNDER ITS MASTER PLAN
THAT WAS ADOPTED WAY BACK IN
1991. SO IT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATE
FROM ITS CURRENT MASTER PLAN FO
MORE THAN 30 YEARS NOW. THIS
SLIDE LISTS THE MEMBERS FOR THE
UDUB MEDICAL CENTER NORTHWEST
CAMPUS, THE AWARDING MEMBERS AR
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEY
WILL BE -- [ INAUDIBLE ] AND IN
ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, THAT INCLUDES MEMBERS
AND THEY REPRESENT THE
INSTITUTION WHICH IS UDUB
NORTHWEST CAMPUS IN THIS CASE
VIA CCI, SDOT AND D.O.N. THE
MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN ALL
ASPECTS OF THE COMMITTEE WORK
EXCEPT THEY HAVE -- [ INAUDIBL
] WILL HAVE SEVERAL
DELIVERABLES THROUGH THIS WHOLE
MASTER PLANNING PROCESS. THE DA
WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
COMMENT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN,
PROVIDE INPUTS ON THE
ENVIRONMENT IMPACT STATEMENTS,
IT'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN
COMMENT ON THE DRAFT MASTER PLA
AND THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT E.I.S
AND THE DRAFT DIRECTORS' REPORT
AND FINALLY THE FINAL DIRECTOR'
REPORT. AND AT THE END OF THIS
PROCESS, THE DAK WILL DELIVER A
FINAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE
CITY HEARING EXAMINER, STCI AND
THE INSTITUTION. AND THIS SLID
IS SORT OF A GRAPHIC IMAGE OF
WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED IN THE
LAST SLIDE. ALL THE ARROWS ON
TOP ARE THE DIFFERENT MILESTONE
THAT THE DAK WILL BE
PARTICIPATING IN EITHER THROUGH
PROVIDES COMMENTS OR TO
PROVIDING DELIVERABLES AS PART
OF THE PROCESS AND ALONG AS THE
SAME TIMELINE THE MASTER PLAN I
GETTING DEVELOPED, THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED
SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND AT THE END
OF THIS PROCESS, THE TOP ROW
PROCESS WHEN WE COME TO THE
HEARING -- ONCE THE -- THEN THE
FINAL REPORT OF THE HEARING
EXAMINER, AND THEN FOR THE FINA
APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL,
AND ONCE THIS MASTER PLAN IS
ADOPTED, THEN THE NEW MASTER
PLAN WILL BECOME THE GUIDING
DOCUMENT FOR THIS INSTITUTION.
AND THIS LAST SLIDE [
INAUDIBLE ] FOR THE NEXT FEW
YEARS. YOU UDUB NORTHWEST
SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTENT TO
THE CITY LAST YEAR TO BEGIN
UPDATING ITS MIHM. THE COURT
RECOMMENDS A 24-MONTH DURATION
FOR THE START, THAT IS WITH THE
LETTER OF INTENT TO THE COUNCIL
IMPROVING THE MASTER APPROVING
THE MASTER PLAN AND BASED ON
THIS AGENDA WE ARE LOOKING AT A
FINAL PHASE OF THE MASTER PLAN
TO BE SOMETIME DURING THIS
SECOND QUARTER OF 2023. I THINK
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU BOTH VERY
MUCH. JULIE, DID YOU WANT TO
MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR --
>> SURE. JUST THANK YOU TO SARA
AND FOR PUTTING THIS ALL
TOGETHER, AND WE WORKED THROUGH
A REALLY NICE PROCESS TO -- WE
HAD A STANDING ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. SOME OF THOSE MEMBER
WANTED TO CONTINUE TO BE MEMBER
OF THE DAK, AND WE DID A NICE
PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO ADD SOME
MORE MEMBERS TO THIS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING THIS ADOPTED AND GETTING
STARTED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR BEING
HERE. I KNOW WHEN I MET WITH
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
EARLIER THIS WEEK, THEY
INDICATED THE 10 COMMITTEE
MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIE
AND, YOU KNOW, TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE ARRAY OF EXPERTIS
THAT THEY'RE OFFERING. SO I
THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOO
WAY TO GET THIS GROUP STARTED
AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO HEAR ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT O
THIS PLAN. COLLEGUES, ARE THERE
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
OUR PRESENTERS? NOTHING FROM
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? OKAY. I
DON'T SEE ANYTHING. SO IF THAT
IS THE CASE, THEN I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE COUNCI
ADOPT RESOLUTION 3288. IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTIO
OF RESOLUTION 32088.
>> CO
>> YES.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COU
>> YES.
>>
>> C
>> ALL IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
THE
>> MOTION CARRIES AND THAT THE
COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION
WILL BE SENT TO THE MARCH 21st
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. WIL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TWO
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO,
UPDATE OF PASSAGE OF INITIATIVE
135, CREATING THE SEATTLE SOCIA
HOUSING DEVELOPER PUBLIC
DEVELOPMENT -- DEVELOPER PUBLIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ESTHER HANDY IS HERE FROM
CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK US THROUG
A PRESENTATION. COLLEGUES, NOW
THAT I-135 HAS PASSED, THE CITY
HAS CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS TO SHI
WITH IMPLEMENTING THE SOCIAL
HOUSING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY. AS A REMINDER, WE DO
HAVE SEVERAL PDAs IN THE CITY,
INCLUDING THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
PDA, MORE RECENTLY WE HAVE THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT PDA AND THE
CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY PDA.
I-135, AS YOU KNOW, IS A
VOTER-APPROVED INITIATIVE TO
CREATE THE SOCIAL HOUSING PDA,
AND ITS INTENT IT TO DEVELOP,
OWN AND MAINTAIN PUBLICLY
FINANCED MIXED SOCIAL INCOME
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. ESTHER IS
HERE. SHE'S GOING TO WALK US
THROUGH WHAT THESE OBLIGATIONS
MEAN, THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP
FOR DISCUSSION. PLEASE GO AHEAD
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
MORALES. EVIDENTER HANDY,
DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL STAFF.
I'M STANDING IN FOR A COUPLE
STAFF THAT ARE OUT OF TOWN, SO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF
ALI AND HOUSING STAFF MEMBER
TRACY RATZLIFF FOR THEIR
BACKGROUND LIST ON THIS. I HAVE
FIVE OR SIX SLIDES. I'LL WALK
THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF THE
INITIATIVE AND GLAD TO TAKE
QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE
NEXT STEPS FOR THE CITY. WE'LL
GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
INITIATIVE MEASURE 135 REGARDS
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL
HOUSING IN SEATTLE AND WAS
APPROVED BY VOTERS IN FEBRUARY.
IT BECAME LAW ON MARCH 1 WHEN
THE MAYOR CERTIFIED THE
ELECTION. SO THIS IS 10 DAYS
FRESH LAW: THE NEW LAW
ESTABLISHES THE SEATTLE SOCIAL
HOUSING DEVELOPER PUBLIC
AUTHORITY. I'M GOING TO REFER T
THAT AS THE PDA DURING THIS
PRESENTATION. THE PURPOSE OF TH
PDA IS TO DEVELOP SOCIAL HOUSIN
IN SEATTLE WHICH MEANS OWNING,
MAINTAINING, DEVELOPING PUBLICL
FINANCED MIXED INCOME SOCIAL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS: THE
INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED THE PDA
AND ADOPTED THE CHARTER FOR THA
PDA. ON THIS SLIDE ARE SOME OF
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHAT
SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
MEANS. IT'S NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE
LIST DEFINED IN THAT CHARTER. S
THESE MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS
WILL BE OWNED BY THE PDA. THEY
WILL BE AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLD
EARNING BETWEEN ZERO AND 120% O
AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THEY WILL
ALLOW TENANTS TO REMAIN IN THAT
HOUSING, EVEN IF THEIR HOUSEHOL
INCOME CHANGES. IT'LL SET RATES
BASED ON THE COST OF OPERATING
AND THE DEBT SERVICE ON THESE
BUILDINGS. IT WILL ALLOW
RESIDENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, CONFLICT
RESOLUTION AND ENGAGEMENT AND
DECISION MAKING IN THEIR HOUSIN
THESE CANNOT BE SOLD TO A
PUBLICITY OR PUBLIC/PRIVATE
ENTITIES IN THE FUTURE AND THEY
MUST BE PASSING HIGH DEVELOPMEN
HOUSING STANDARDS. THE NEXT
SLIDE SAYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE GOVERNANCE. THE PDA WILL BE
GOVERNED BY A 13-MEMBER BOARD
AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
SHORTLY. AFTER THE INITIAL
APPOINTMENTS, HALF OF THE BOARD
MEMBERS WILL BE RESIDENTS OF TH
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
HOUSING AND THE GOVERNANCE BOAR
WILL BE PAIRED WITH INDIVIDUAL
GOVERNANCE COUNCILS FOR EACH
MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT. THIS TAKE
A LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE
OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY RELATED
TO THE PDA: THE FIRST OBLIGATIO
IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
MAYOR, THE RENTERS COMMISSION
AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGH
BOARD, THOSE CITY ENTITIES SHAL
MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR CALLING THE FIRST MEETING O
THE BOARD WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
THOSE APPOINTMENTS. THE CITY HA
A REQUIREMENT TO FUND THE
SALARIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS FO
18 MONTHS INCLUDING MUST OFFER
IN-KIND SUPPORT FOR THINGS LIKE
INITIAL OFFICE SPACE, SECURITY
AND BONDING AND THAT INCLUDES
THE HIRING AND RETAINING OF
THESE FIRST TWO STAFF MEMBERS.
ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDING IS
REQUIRED BUT NOT PROHIBITED. ,
AND THEN FINALLY THE CITY PER
THIS NEW LAW IS REQUIRED TO
CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY
WHENEVER CONSIDERING THE SALE O
GIFT OF PUBLIC LAND. THERE IS
CURRENT CITY POLICY ABOUT ABOUT
SURPLUS PROPERTIES THAT IS
DEFINED IN RESOLUTION 31829 AND
31837. THOSE POLICIES DO REQUIR
THE PRIORITIZATION OF AFFORDABL
HOUSING. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING
THAT THESE DISPOSITION POLICIES
WILL BE PICKED UP IN THE FINANC
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE THIS
SUMMER IN ORDER TO ADD THE NEW
REQUIREMENTS FROM INITIATIVE 35
THAT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR
SOCIAL HOUSING BE CONDUCTED AS
PART OF THOSE PROCESSES. I'M
GOING TO SAY JUST A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE INITIAL BOARD
APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE THAT'S THE
FIRST ACTION THE CITY MUST TAKE
SO THE SEATTLE RENTERS
COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
APPOINTING THE MAJORITY OF THE
BOARD. AND THIS SLIDE INDICATES
SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THEIR SEATS THAT INCLUDE
SOMEBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCED
HOUSING INSTABILITY, SOMEONE WH
HAS EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL
EVICTION AND SOMEONE WHO IS
DISPLACED, ALONG WITH A RANGE O
THAT WILL BE SERVED BY THE PDA
MUST BE PRESENT IN THOSE SEVEN
SEATS. THE OTHER SIX SEATS ARE
APPOINTED BY THE MLK LABOR
COUNCIL, DEL AROSA, THE MAYOR
AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL, THE
OVERSIGHT BODY, THIS CITY
COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF TWO POSITIONS AN
PER THE INITIATIVE A COMBINATIO
OF THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR
APPOINTMENTS MUST INCLUDE
SOMEONE WITH EXPERTISE IN PUBLI
FINANCING, URBAN PLANNING AND A
NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
ONLY THE TWO COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS WILL BE CONFIRMED
BY THE COUNCIL. AND MY LAST
SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE ESTIMATED
TIMELINE FOR THESE ACTIONS, PER
MY CONVERSATION WITH YOUR
OFFICE, CHAIR MORALES, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE TWO
CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS WILL
COME TO THIS COMMITTEE ON APRIL
14th FOR DISCUSSION, AND THEY
WOULD GO TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON
APRIL 25. APRIL 30 IS THE 60-DA
DEADLINE FOR ALL APPOINTMENT
PACTS FOR ALL 13 SEATS TO BE
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK. AND
THEN NO LATER THAN MAY 30th, TH
CITY COUNCIL WILL CALL THE FIRS
MEETING OF THE PDA BOARD. THERE
WILL BE SOME FUTURE ACTIONS,
LIKE I JUST MENTIONED THIS
SUMMER AND EVALUATION OF THE
CITY'S PROPERTY DISPOSITION
PROPERTIES AND THEN FUNDING THE
SALARY AND BENEFITS OF THE CEO
AND CFO FOR 18 MONTHS. ONE FINA
NOTE ON THAT FUNDING PIECE,
THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE CIT
CHARTER, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 1F
THAT RELATES TO THE ADOPTION OF
INITIATIVE MEASURES. AND IT SAY
THAT IF A MEASURE CONTEMPLATES
EXPENDITURES THAT ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT BUDGET,
THOSE EXPENDITURES ABOVE $20,00
SHALL NOT BE LAWFUL UNTIL THE
NEXT DEEMED BUDGET SHALL TAKE
EFFECT. AS I SAID, THIS LAW ONL
10 DAYS OLD, SO THERE IS A LOT
MORE CONVERSATION AMONGST THE
CITY FAMILY ABOUT
IMPLEMENTATION. IN BROAD
STROKES, WHAT IT LIKELY MEANS I
THE TIMELINE WILL FOCUS ON
APPOINTING THE PDA BOARD,
STANDING UP THE ENTITY WITH
IN-KIND SUPPORT FOR THE CITY AN
ALLOCATING THE REQUIRED
RESOURCES IN THE 2024 BUDGET.
THAT'S THE END OF MY OVERVIEW,
AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
ESTHER.
>> AS YOU SAID, IT'S BRAND NEW.
WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THIS
BOARD SET UP. I WILL LET FOLKS
KNOW THAT I AM CONVENIENTING A
TASK FORCE OF THE APPOINTEES AN
ENTITIES TODAY TO REVIEW THE JO
DESCRIPTION. THEY'LL BE MEETING
-- THE PLAN IS FOR THEM TO BE
MEETING WEEKLY UNTIL WE GET TO
THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH, AS
ESTHER SAID, WILL COME BEFORE
THIS COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS
FROM MY COLLEGUES ABOUT THIS
PROCESS? I'M NOT SEEING ANY
HANDS. THAT WAS VERY THOROUGH,
ESTHER. OH, YES.
>> SO IS THERE AN OUTREACH PLAN
TO SLISSITY NOMINATIONS OR
RECOMMENDATIONS?
>> WELL, SO THE -- FOR THE TWO
COUNCIL SEATS, DO YOU MEAN?
>> WELL, FOR THE MAKEUP OF THE
ADVISORY?
>> SO EACH OF THE OTHER
APPOINTING ENTITIES THAT ESTHER
MENTIONED, THE RENTER'S
COMMISSION ELCENT RO, THEY ALL
HAVE THEIR OWN APPLICATION
PROCESS. I DO NOT YET KNOW WHAT
THEIR PROCESSES ARE GOING TO BE
, BUT WE WILL -- THAT'S PART OF
WHAT THIS TASK FORCE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WHA
WE NEED TO DO FIRST IS REVIEW
THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THESE
BOARDS OR FOR THESE POSITIONS
BECAUSE THIS IS EFFECTIVELY A
DEVELOPMENT ENTITY, WE WANT TO
UNDERSTAND THE SKILLS THAT THE
BOARD IS GOING TO NEED IN ORDER
TO OVERSEE THE AGENCY ONCE IT'S
CREATED. SO THAT'S THE FIRST
CONVERSATION TO BE HAVING
>> SO IT MIGHT BE AN OUTREACH T
GET THE WORD OUT.
>> RIGHT.
>> YES. SO MORE TO COME, AND I
WILL BE SURE DURING COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS EVERY WEEK TO SORT OF
UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
STAY IN THE LOOP. THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
ESTHER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO
DIG THROUGH, AND WE'LL JUST MAK
SURE WE ARE BEING AS CLEAR AS
POSSIBLE ABOUT WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND AS WE MOVE THROUGH
IT.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT. OUR TEAM
IS AT THE READY TO HELP
IMPLEMENT THIS INITIATIVE AND
WORK WITH THE COUNCIL TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALEXIS, WILL YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM THREE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE, AN
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE A
CITY POLICY, ESTABLISHING
GOVERNANCE OF THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE WITHI
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS,
AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS TO LEAD THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE AND ADDING
NEW SECTIONS 3.14.941 THROUGH
3.14.945 TO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE FOR BRIEFING,
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. W
HAVE FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS INTERIM DIRECTOR DEREK
WHEELER SMITH, DAVITA INGRAHAM
FROM THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTIC
DIVISION DIRECTOR AND ASHA FROM
CENTRAL STAFF. BEFORE I HAND IT
OFF TO YOU LOVELY FOLKS, I DO
WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT THESE PRINCIPLES
OF THE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE WHICH WE'VE HAD IN
THE CITY FOR SOME TIME, THE
PRINCIPLES AROUND UNDOING
RACISM, ANALYZING POWER,
LEARNING FROM OUR HISTORY ARE
ALL CRUCIAL TO THE WORK OF THE
CITY. AS AN INSTITUTION, WE
CAN'T DO THE WORK OF UNDOING
RACISM, OF ESTABLISHING
ANTI-RACIST PRACTICES UNLESS WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISTORIC ROLE
THAT THIS INSTITUTION HAS PLAYE
IN PLAYING INEQUITY ACROSS THE
CITY. SO I AM EAGER TO WORK WIT
THE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A
CULTURE OF RACIAL EQUITY AMONG
OUR CITY FAMILY IN ALL OF OUR
DEPARTMENTS, AND TO USE THAT
RACIAL EQUITY LENS TO LET US DO
OUR WORK AS A CITY TO BEST SERV
SEATTLEITES. THE RACE AND SOCIA
JUSTICE INITIATIVE CHALLENGES U
AS PUBLIC SERVANTS TO REDEFINE
THE KIND OF CITY WE WANT TO BE,
THE TYPE OF FUTURE WE WANT TO
BUILD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THE
KIND OF COMMUNITIES WE WANT TO
CREATE FOR OUR ELDERS TO BE SAF
IN THE CITY. SO I AM EXCITED
THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION AND REALLY WANT TO
THANK THE DEPARTMENT, ASHA AND
CENTRAL STAFF AND MY OWN CHIEF
OF STAFF ALEXIS TURLA, THEY'VE
ALL BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD
TOGETHER, AND DO WANT TO THANK
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR HIS
SUPPORT OF THIS AS WELL AND LOO
FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. SO
I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO -- WHO'
FIRST? AISAH, ARE YOU GOING
FIRST? NO. DEREK, PLEASE TAKE I
AWAY.
>> AWESOME. I WILL KICK US OFF.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE,
CHAIR MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBERS. WE ARE EXCITED
TO BRING THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE
YOU TODAY. I WANT TO FIRST
REALLY JUST SALUTE THE OCR,
OFFICE OF FRIETS STAFF AS I
CHALLENGE WHAT IT CONSIDERED TO
MEAN TO BRIDGE TO SHIFT OUR
FOCUS FROM DESTROYING THE THING
THAT HARM US TO BUILDING THE
THINGS THAT HEAL US, AND THIS
HAS REQUIRED US TO WORK AND
DISCOVERING OUR
INTERCONNECTEDNESS, BUILDING
SHARE HUMANITY BY BRIDGING
ACROSS DIFFERENCE SO WE CAN
FOCUS ON ORGANIZING SYSTEMS AND
STRUCTURES, REALLY, TO INCREASE
AGENCY FOR THE PERSECUTED AND
PREVENTED GROUPS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, BRIDGING IN THIS
INSTANCE HAS MEANT STEPPING BAC
TO ASK WHAT IS THE COMMON GOOD
OF THE PEOPLE AND LOOKING AT
WHAT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE AND
POLICY, AND IT'S MEANT BRIDGING
BETWEEN A WIDE RANGE OF
STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS MY LIFE AT
LEAST THE CONVERSATION I'VE SEE
THE WISDOM AND WHOLENESS EMERGE
IN MOMENTS LIKE OURS, AND WE
HAVE TO HOLD THIS SEEMINGLY
OPPOSING REALITY AND CREATE
TENSION OF INTERPLAY IN TERMS O
POWER, FRAILTY, PAINFUL AND
HOPE, BEAUTY AND BROKENNESS,
MIFTZRY AND CONVICTION AND CALM
AND FIERCENESS, AND SO WE WANT
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S ALWAY
BUILDUP BEFORE BREAKTHROUGH, AN
SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMMENSE AMOUNT
OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS
ORDINANCE BY FOLKS WHOSE NAMES
WILL NOT BE CALLED OUT IN THIS
SPACE, FOLKS WHO I WOULD SAY
WERE MORE COMMITTED TO PLANTING
SEEDS THAN HARVESTING CROPS.
THANK YOU TO MAYOR HARRELL FOR
HIS SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE,
I'M GRATEFUL FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND HER OFFICE, AISAH I
CENTRAL STAFF, THE MANY FOLKS
WHO MAKE UP THE NETWORK FOR
GETTING US TO THIS POINT. SO I'
GOING TO STEP ASIDE AND MAKE WA
FOR OUR FANTASTIC RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE DIRECTOR, DAVITA
INGRAHAM WHO WILL SHARE WITH YO
A BIT MORE ON WHY THIS ORDINANC
IS IMPORTANT.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. GOOD
MORNING, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO TH
ORDINANCE, THE RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE ORDINANCE ON THE FLOOR
TODAY. MY NAME IS DAVITINGRAHAM
AND MY PRONOUNCES ARE SHE/HER.
I'M A DEEP BROWN-SKINNED AFRICA
AMERICAN WOMAN WHO IDENTIFY AS
BLACK, AND I'M WEARING A GOLD
OUTFIT, AND I HAVE THE HONOR
LEADING THE SOCIAL JUSTICE
STRATEGY TEAM. THE BROADER RSJI
NETWORK THANKS YOU. WE ALL
BELIEVE IN THE VISION OF SEATTL
AS A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE
EVERYONE CAN THRIVE. AND WHAT
MAKES ME EXCITED ABOUT THE
CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY
IS LOOKING AT RSJI AS MY
DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH OFTEN
SAYS, MOVING IT FROM AN
INITIATIVE TO SOMETHING THAT HA
PERMANENCY THAT LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES SAID
HONORS OUR HISTORY AND IS
FOUNDATIONAL. WITH THE SUPPORT
OF HUNDREDS OF CITY EMPLOYEES
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THIS
COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE AN ORDINANC
THAT'S DESIGNED TO CONTINUE
CREATING MEASURABLE CHANGE AND
ENDING RACIAL DISPARITIES ACROS
THE CITY. THE RSJI INITIATIVE A
ITS HEART HAS THE DUAL PURPOSE
OF ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY
WITHIN THE CITY'S WORK FORCE AN
FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I'M
THINKING ABOUT THE 2023 MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. UNITY DAY
CELEBRATION, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, MAYOR HARRELL AND
DIRECTOR WHEELER SMITH DREAMED
IN REAL TIME ABOUT OUR CITY AND
OUR BELOVED COMMUNITIES WITH A
UNIFIED VOICE HARMONIZED TO THE
TUNE OF RACIAL JUSTICE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE. SO WE ARE HERE
TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU ASKING
COUNCIL TO PLEASE BRING THIS
RSJI BILL TO A SUCCESSFUL VOTE,
PASSING THIS BILL ENSHRINES A
FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND INITIATIVE
INTO OUR CITY CODE PERMANENTLY.
IT BUILDS ON SEATTLE'S HISTORIC
COMMITMENT TO LEGISLATING. THE
RSJI BILL IS ALSO A BALL IN THE
HEAVY WINDS OF CHANGE. THERE HA
BEEN COVID, THERE HAS BEEN
COLONIZATION, THERE'S BEEN
RACIAL HOUSING COVENANTS AND
GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT
YOU KNOW THAT LEADING ECONOMIST
ARE SAYING THAT BUSINESSES AND
PEOPLE SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH
ECONOMIC TIMES AHEAD. SO WE'RE
BRINGING HOPE. THE ORDINANCE IS
A STAKE IN THE GROUND, NOT FOR
SCARCITY, BUT FOR ABUNDANCE. I
LOVE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE
COMING VISION OF THE 2044 CITY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHY? BECAUS
WE HAD 20 YEARS OF THREADING
RSJI THROUGH ALL 44 CITY
DEPARTMENTS, AND WHEN WE MOVE 2
YEARS INTO THE FUTURE TO 2044,
THIS IS JUST A YEAR BEFORE 2045
WHEN IT'S PROJECTED THE
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL HOLD
JUST OVER A 50/50 SPLIT WITH
WHITE COMMUNITIES NATIONALLY.
THIS BILL IS FUTURISTIC AND
HOPEFUL. IT SAYS, YES, WE CAN
LIVE WITH RACIAL HARMONY
TOGETHER. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
IT FILLS A CONCRETE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK AHEAD
OF US ADMINISTRATIVELY. SEATTLE
IS A GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL CITY.
AND YET WE KNOW IT'S STILL
TROUBLINGLY INEQUITIABLE ON
IMPORTANT MEASURES OF INCOME,
EDUCATION, HEALTH, ACCESSIBILIT
AND OPPORTUNITY. WE KNOW THAT
THIS IS A CUMULATIVE EFFECT
FACING MULTIPLE DISPARITIES THA
HINDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAR TO
MANY. SO IF YOU ARE LOW INCOME,
UNINSURED, FROM A STRUGGLING
FAMILY, UNDOCUMENTED,
INCARCERATED OR JUSTICE
INVOLVED, UNHOUSED, DISABLED,
YOU JUST MAY NOT FEEL THE CITY'
ARMS ARE AROUND YOU OR THAT YOU
OPTIONS ARE SLIM. SO JUST TO
WRAP IT UP, YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. WE KNOW
SEATTLE WILL BE AT ITS BEST WHE
PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS CAN STAND
TOGETHER IN SPACES OF LOVE,
UNITY, BELONGING AND HEALING
TOGETHER. I THINK WE CAN ALL
AGREE THAT SEATTLE SHOULD BE A
GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND IS, AND
IT CAN BE BETTER WHEN WE
ENDEAVOR TO ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE
RACIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE. THE RSJI BILL IS A
BLUEPRINT FOR ONE SEATTLE
CREATED WITH AN EQUITABLE
VISION. IT DOES HAVE BACKBONE
WHERE OUR WISH BONE IS. SO THAN
YOU ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEGUES,
THEIR EMPLOYEES AND OUR BELOVED
COMMUNITIES FOR TAKING AN
IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD TO MAKE
SEATTLE A RACIALLY EQUITABLE
CITY, AND THANK YOU TO AISAH FO
EXPLAINING MORE ABOUT WHAT'S IN
THE LAW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVITA.
THAT WAS GREAT. VERY EXCITED TO
BE MOVING THIS CONVERSATION
FORWARD. AISAH, PLEASE, LET'S
TALK ABOUT THE BILL.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MORALES
AND COUNCILMEMBERS. GIVE ME JUS
A MOMENT TO SHARE MY SCREEN HER
SO I CAN PULL UP THE POWERPOINT
MODE, BUT WE CAN SEE IT.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO
GOOD MORNING. SO I WILL BE
TAKING US THROUGH AN OVERVIEW O
COUNCIL BILL 120525. I'LL GO
THROUGH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND,
WHAT THE BILL'S INTENT AND THE
ELEMENTS ARE, TALK ABOUT SOME
NEXT STEPS, AND THEN I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
ANYONE HAS. SO TO START, RSJI
OFFICIALLY BEGAN AT THE CITY
BACK IN 2004 AS A CITYWIDE
EFFORT TO ELIMINATE RACIAL
DISPARITIES AND ACHIEVE RACIAL
EQUITY IN SEATTLE. SINCE THAT
TIME, MAYORS HAVE ACROSS
ADMINISTRATIONS HAVE ISSUESED A
VARIETY OF EXECUTIVES THAT
RELATE TO RSJIWORK. ADOPTED
31164 WHICH ALSO AFFIRMED
RSJIWORK. BUT ONE OF THE REASON
THE DISCUSSION AROUND PERMANENC
OF THE INITIATIVE AS AN
ORDINANCE CAME UP WAS BECAUSE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS DON'T
NECESSARILY TRANSLATE ACROSS
ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATIONS.
RESOLUTIONS CAN BE NONBINDING
ACROSS COUNCILS, AND SO THERE
WAS NO PERMANENT PLACE WHERE TH
INITIATIVE ACTUALLY LIVED IN TH
WAY THAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD
CODIFY THIS INTO THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE. THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF YEARS OF WORK ON THIS,
BOTH IN THE RSJI NETWORK MORE
BROADLY, AS WELL AS WITHIN THE
ACTUAL CITY PROCESS HERE, AND
ONE OF THE STEPS TOWARDS MOVING
TOWARDS AN ORDINANCE WAS THE
RESULT OF A RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT THAT SSCR DID BACK IN -
STARTING BACK I THINK IN 2017.
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT
IN 2019. AND THE IDEA THERE WAS
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MINIMIZE
POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND
STRENGTHEN ABILITY TO FULFILL
ITS MISSION. AFTER THOSE REPORT
RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT, THE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THE
COUNCIL MORE WIDELY ADOPTED
STATE MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE
INTENT TO REVIEW THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEE WHAT WA
ACTUALLY READY TO BE
IMPLEMENTED. AND ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF
THAT WORK GROUP WAS PASSAGE OF
AN ORDINANCE TO CODIFY
RSJIPERMANENTLY. SO THE INTENT
OF COUNCIL BILL 120525,
APOLOGIES, IS TO CODIFY SCR'S
AUTHORITY TO SET FOUNDATION
PRACTICES AND PRINCIPLE WITHIN
THE EXISTING RSJI PRACTICE AND
DO THAT CITYWIDE. SO SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE INITIATIVE,
RSJI HAS BEEN CITED WITHIN
SSOCR, BUT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD
BOTH MAKE SURE THAT IS CODIFIED
PERMANENTLY, BOTH WITH PLACEMEN
WITHIN SSCOR AS WELL AS GIVING
AUTHORITY TO SET THOSE RSJI
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR
DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE. THE IDEA
OF THIS ORDINANCE WAS NOT TO
SPECIFICALLY AND STRICTLY
DICTATE HOW EACH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS DID THEIR WORK WHEN
IT COMES TO RSJI, BUT SET THE
FOUNDATION, TO SET THE FLOOR OF
WHAT RSJI MEANT, WHAT IT
CURRENTLY MEANS AND SETTING A
FLOOR UPON WHICH DEPARTMENTS CA
BUILD THEIR ANALYSIS ACCORDING
TO THEIR OWN LINES OF WORK AND
LINES OF BUSINESSES, BUT MAKING
SURE THAT THE CITY IS USING A
SHARED ANALYSIS WHEN IT COMES T
UNDERSTANDING HOW RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE PRINCIPLES SHOUL
BE IMPLEMENTED. SO THERE ARE A
COUPLE ELEMENTS AS A PART OF
THIS BILL. FIRST, AS I
MENTIONED, IT ESTABLISHES RSJI
WITHIN SCOR AND GIVES SOKR THE
AUTHORITY TO LEAD THE
INITIATIVE. IT DIRECTS
DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE TO SUPPORT
INTERNAL STAFF AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE GROUPS, EXCUSE ME,
GROUPS THAT ARE DOING WORK
WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS TO
SHIFT CULTURE AND MOVE TOWARDS
PLACE WHERE RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE PRINCIPLES ARE PART OF
EVERYDAY WORK. IT AUTHORIZES
SOCR TO DEVELOP GUIDANCE FOR
THOSE INTERNAL TEAMS SO THAT
THEY ARE PROVIDING FOUNDATIONAL
PRACTICES AND FRAMEWORK, AS WEL
AS DIRECTION ABOUT HOW TO
ALLOCATE BUDGETING FOR THESE
INTERNAL GROUPS. IT GIVES SOCR
THE AUTHORITY TO PARTNER WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO DEFINE WHA
FOUNDATIONAL TRAININGS ARE AND
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE
EMPLOYEE TIME FOR THOSE
TRAININGS. AND LASTLY, IT WOULD
CHARGE SOCR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO
CELEBRATE EXEMPLARY PRACTICES
FROM DEPARTMENTS OR EMPLOYEES.
LAST ELEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE
WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE
CODIFIED IN THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE BUT DOES ASK THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES TO COME BACK TO THE
COUNCIL WITH A PLAN AND A
TIMELINE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
ADDRESS ISSUES OF POSITION
CLASSIFICATIONS AND CIVIL
SERVICE EXEMPTIONS SOCIAL
JUSTICE WORK. MORE BROADLY, SDH
AND I THINK THE CITY IN GENERAL
HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP AROUND
CLASSIFICATION, HOW POSITIONS
ARE CLASSIFIED AND DEFINED AND
WHAT CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION
LOOKS LIKE. OUR CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM IS A COUPLE DECADES OLD,
SO THERE'S ALREADY ONGOING WORK
DISCUSSING HOW TO ADDRESS THAT
ISSUE. AND SO THIS ASK WOULD
SIMP SCLI SCHR TO CONSIDER HOW
IT WOULD GO ABOUT ACCOUNTING FO
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
CONSIDERATIONS WHILE THAT
ONGOING WORK. AND THE ASK IS NO
FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY DO THAT
WORK BUT TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WIT
A PLAN FOR HOW THEY WOULD
APPROACH IT. SO THE IDEA IS FOR
THAT REPORT TO COME BACK TO
COUNCIL BY THE END OF THE YEAR,
SO DECEMBER -- EXCUSE ME, 31st
OF THIS YEAR. IF YOU ALL -- OH,
I GUESS -- I SKIPPED A BUNCH OF
SLIDES. I'M SORRY. HERE WE ARE.
AND SO THERE AREN'T A LOT OF
AMENDMENTS, PROPOSED AMENDMENT
WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR AGENDA
IS PRIMARILY EDITORIAL AND
TECHNICAL. IT JUST CORRECTS SOM
LANGUAGE IN THE RECITALS FOR
CLARITY AND ACCURACY, A MISSING
WORD HERE OR THERE, MAKES
EDITORIAL CHANGES. IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. AND THEN
IF IT WAS VOTED OUT OF COMMITTE
TODAY, THIS WOULD MOVE TO FULL
COUNCIL NOT NEXT TUESDAY, BUT
THE TUESDAY AFTER. BUT IT MAY B
MOVING TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE
MEETING IN A COUPLE WEEKS. AND
SO THE FULL COUNCIL VOTE MIGHT
BE AFTER THAT. BUT ONCE A BILL
IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL,
IT WILL GO TO THE MAYOR FOR
SIGNATURE AND THEN WOULD BECOME
EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS AFTER THAT
SIGNATURE. SO THAT IS THE
OVERVIEW. AND I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE HAS
>> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. SO I WILL SAY MY OFFICE
HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
QUITE SOME TIME. SO I DON'T HAV
ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW IF COLLEGUES HAVE
QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THEY WANT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON.
>> I HAVE A COMMENT.
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> SO I THINK THAT MY FAVORITE
PART OF THIS IS IN SECTION 1
WHERE IT SAYS THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS, THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS WILL BE -- WILL
INFORM SETTING METRICS AND
MEASURABLE RACIAL EQUITY
OUTCOMES, SETTING EQUITABLE
INDICATORS, COLLECTING AND
ASSESSING DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION IN IMPLEMENTING
CHANGE. THIS IS THE CRUCIAL --
TO ME THIS IS SO CRUCIAL BECAUS
WE HAVE TO KNOW IF WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS HAVING A REAL-LIFE
BENEFIT. AND SO I'M REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT
WORK. AND I DON'T -- I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY IS THERE A TIMELIN
OR ANYTHING, BUT -- I'LL BE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PRODUCT
AND IF YOU KNOW WHEN THAT COULD
BE DONE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT,
BUT I THINK THAT IS A CRUCIAL
PIECE OF THIS LEGISLATION, AND
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTIN
IT.
>> THANK YOU. YEAH. I DON'T KNO
IF THERE'S A TIMELINE, THE
DEPARTMENT, AISAH, IS THERE
SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN THE BIL
ABOUT TIMELINES FOR REPORTING
BACK?
>> THERE AREN'T SPECIFIC
TIMELINES IN THE BILL. BUT I DO
KNOW THAT SETTINGS OF RACIAL
EQUITY, OUTCOMES AND METRICS IS
ONGOING WORK THAT THE DEPARTMEN
AND RSJI, THE NETWORK IN GENERA
HAS BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS,
AND IT IS -- THIS DON'T -- I
DON'T THINK THEY EXIST ACROSS
THE BOARD FOR EVERY SINGLE ISSU
THAT THE CITY LOOKS AT. FEEL
FREE TO CORRECT ME. BUT THOSE,
THEY DO EXIST I THINK AS RACIAL
EQUITY INDICATORS IN SOME AREAS
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. ANY
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY. WELL, I THINK WHAT WE'LL
DO IS MOVE THIS TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT AND GET THAT ONTO THE
BILL, AND THEN I DO UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE'S A COUPLE MORE
THINGS WE NEED TO REVIEW BEFORE
FINAL PASSAGE. SO IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, I WILL MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120525. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S MOVED AND
SECONDED. THERE IS THE ONE
PROPOSED TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. S
I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT COUNCIL
BILL 120525 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT 1 BE ADOPTED. IS THER
A SECOND FOR THAT?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT
1. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON TH
AMENDMENT? NOT SEEING ANY. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON AMENDMENT 1?
>> CO
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COU
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES.
>> YES. FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT 1 IS ADOPTED.
>> SO WE DO HAVE THE AMENDED
BILL BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, BUT
AS AISAH MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE
COUPLE MORE THINGS THAT WE
REALIZE WE NEED TO REVIEW. SO
I'M GOING TO HOLD THE BILL AT
THIS POINT. WE WILL BRING IT
BACK AT THE MARCH 24th MEETING
FOR A VOTE AT THAT TIME. AND
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS --
GETTING THIS GOING. I KNOW
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WORKING
REALLY HARD ON THAT AND REALLY
WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT AN
THANK CENTRAL STAFF, AISAH,
WHO'S BEEN A REAL CHAMPION ON
HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS. SO
AT THIS ALL VERY MUCH. WE WILL
SEE YOU NEXT MEETING. SO IF
THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FROM COLLEGUES, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THEN THIS
CONCLUDES THE MARCH 10th, 2023
MEETING OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS AND
CULTURE COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT
SCHEDULED MEEGHTS IS MARCH 24th
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR
ATTENDING. IT IS 10:25, AND
WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.