>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM SALLY BAGSHAW.
WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER 22
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL
CEMTRAL STAFF FOR NOT ONLY
PUTTING UP WITH US BUT DEALING
WITH ALL OF THE FORM IS THAT
CAME YOUR WAY KNOWING FORM THESE
ARE ON THE WAY, BUT I
APPRECIATE THE GREAT ANALYSIS
YOU'VE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PEA PATCH OP-
ED.
I THOUGHT IT WAS EXCELLENT.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS GOING TO COME
AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS, SO
HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE, BUT
JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW IT MAY
BE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
TODAY, WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
AS COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
POINTED OUT ON MONDAY, WE HAVE
20 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND
OFFICES BRINGING FORWARD
MULTIPLE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS,
SO I EXPECT THIS WILL GO PAST
NOON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND
FOR PARTICIPATING.
YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW WE HEARD
FROM OUR COUNCIL CEMTRAL STAFF
ON ITEMS THAT AFFECT CRIMINAL
JUSTICE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR
ELECTED JUDGE SADIDE WHO WAS
HERE YESTERDAY, AND TOOK THE
TIME TO MAKE A SHORT
PRESENTATION.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT ISSUES.
THANK YOU, GREG DOSS.
APPRECIATED THAT VERY MUCH.
WE ARE DIVING INTO THE THINGS
THAT DIDN'T FALL NEATLY INTO A
SINGLE DEPARTMENT.
I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY TO GET
FORWARD WITH THAT.
I THINK, ASHA, YOU ARE GOING TO
KICK IT OFF.
DID YOU WANT TO TELL US
ANYTHING ABOUT THE BROWN COW
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT?
>> LET'S SKIP THAT.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
STARTS AT 5:30 TONIGHT.
SIGN-UPS BEGIN AT 4:30 HERE AT
CITY HALL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
EVERYONE'S COMMENTS AND
SUGGESTIONS TODAY.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG
NIGHT.
>> YEAH.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM EVERYONE ON THESE
ISSUES.
OKAY.
LET'S JUST DIVE IN.
ASHA, LISA, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AT THE TABLE
THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS, BUT ALSO TODAY.
WE ARE READY.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
YOU DID NOTICE BRIEF
PRESENTATIONS FROM 20
DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES.
I WOULD SAY THIS MIGHT BE
SIMILAR TO THE NPR TINY DESK
CONCERTS WITHOUT THE MUSIC.
I EXPECT SOME HUMMING TO TAKE
PLACE.
CENTRAL STAFF LEADS REACH
BUDGET WILL DESCRIBE ANY ISSUES
THEY'VE FLAGGED FOR
CONSIDERATION AND THEY WILL
HIGHLIGHT ANY ISSUES THAT HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
ASHA AT THE START OF THE LINE.
WE START WITH PRESENTATIONS ON
THE ARTS.
>> I WILL DIVE INTO THE OFFICE
OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO KICK US
OFF.
THE OFFICE OF ARTS & CULTURE
HAS ABOUT A $15 MILLION
PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR.
IT IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT
$128,000 OVER THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET.
AND ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT $280,000
OF ANNUAL WAGE INCREASE IN THE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND COALITION OF UNIONS.
IT WOULD ADD THREE FTEs.
ONE COMMUNITY IMPACT ON
ASSESSMENT MANAGER, COMMUNITY
OUTREACH POSITION AND EXECUTIVE
ASSESSMENT AT ABOUT A COST OF
$240,000.
LASTLY, THE BUDGET INCREASE
COUNTS FOR $93,000 IN ONGOING
FUNDING FOR SECURITY SERVICES
AT KING STREET STATION.
I WOULD NOTE THAT ARTS IS
FUNDED BY ADMISSIONS TAX FUNDS,
AS WELL AS ONE PERCENT FOR
ART'S CONTRIBUTIONS,
SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS.
IF THERE ARE NO ISSUES
IDENTIFIED, I CAN MOVE INTO THE
ACTIONS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE FIRST IS TO ADD $25,000
TO SUPPORT HISTORY LINK.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER BAGHSAW.
>> COLLEAGUES, I AM ASKING THAT
WE HAD $25,000 TO SUPPORT
HISTORY LINK.
THIS ACTION WOULD ADD AN
ADMISSION TAXON TO THE ANNUAL
CONTRACT WITH HISTORY LINK.
HISTORY LINK PROVIDES FREE
ONLINE ACCESS TO HISTORIC
SEATTLE RESOURCES.
IT'S A ONE-OF-A-KIND
ORGANIZATION.
THEY HELPED US WITH THIS
BEAUTIFUL BOOK, SEATTLE AT 150.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
MONICA MARTINEZ SIMMONS AND HER
STAFF FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
FOR $25,000, WE WILL HELP MARIE
McCAFFREY SUSTAIN THIS
ORGANIZATION, AND CONTINUE TO
HELP US NOTE THE WONDERFUL
HISTORIC THINGS THAT HAVE
HAPPENED IN OUR CITY, AND MAKE
SURE PEOPLE REMEMBER THEM.
>> OKAY.
THE SECOND ITEM IS TO ADD
$25,000 TO SUPPORT RACIAL
EQUITY AND ARTS ALIGNMENT
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL IN AN ATTEMPT TO SERVE
ARTISTS OF COLOR, IMMIGRANTS,
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING STRUCTURAL
OPPRESSION, TO HELP EXPLORE
STRATEGIES FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
AND EQUITY IN THE ARTS
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE ONE-TIME
FUNDING.
>> IS THIS PART OF A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
>> IS IT GOING 21, SINGLE
ORGANIZATION?
>> I BELIEVE THIS WOULD GO TO
AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THIS
WORK.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS INTENDED
TO BE SPLIT AMONGST DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE CAN ASK COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL WHEN HE ARRIVES.
>> I CAN MOVE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
WHICH I MIGHT REFER TO AS LAW
IS COUNCIL TO THE CITY.
PROSECUTOR IN SEATTLE MISCIBLE
COURT PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE TO
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THEIR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS ABOUT
$34 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF
13.9% OVER THE ENDORSED BUDGET.
THE CHANGE IS AN INCREASE OF
ABOUT $4.1 MILLION.
THAT ACCOUNTS FOR A CUT THAT
WAS MAINTAINED IN THE 2020
ENDORSED BUDGET THAT IS BEING
ADDED BACK INTO THE LAW
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
ACCOUNTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL
$100,000 THAT IS GOING TO GO TO
THE PREFILING DIVERSION PROGRAM
TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
WORKSHOPS FROM 6 TO 12.
AND IT ALSO ADDS FUNDING FOR
ALREADY APPROVED
RECLASSIFICATIONS, AND
PARALEGAL POSITIONS, AS WELL AS
$1.7 MILLION TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
ANNUAL WAGE INCREASE.
THE BUDGET ITSELF ADDS 7.5
FTEs.
IT ADDS THREE ASSISTANT CITY
ATTORNEYS TO THE CIVIL DIVISION
TO INCREASE RELIANCE IN-HOUSE,
AND DECREASE OUR RELIANCE ON
OUTSIDE COUNCIL.
THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO SAVE THE
DEPARTMENT ABOUT $1 MILLION
ANNUALLY.
IT ADDS AN ASSISTANT CITY
PROSECUTOR DIVISION TO ADDRESS
CASE BACKLOGS AND BACKFILL GAPS
CREATED BY THE NEW LEAVE
POLICIES IN PLACE, IN THE CITY.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A PERSONAL
SPECIALIST TO HANDLE INCREASED
HUMAN RESOURCES WORKLOADS, AND
ACCOUNTS FOR MEMORANDUMS OF
UNDERSTANDING.
THAT LAW HAS BEEN PARTNERING
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO
PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
NOW, THEY ARE MOVING THESE
OTHERWISE OFF BOOK SORT OF
POSITIONS AND FUNDING
AGREEMENTS INTO THE NEW
BUDGETING SYSTEM.
>> ARE THEY ACTUALLY MOVING THE
LAWYERS INTO THE DEPARTMENT, SO
LIKE, YOU SAY AN ASSISTANT CITY
ATTORNEY TO HELP WITH THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
WILL THAT ATTORNEY BE LOCATED
IN OH?
>> THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED IN
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IT'S JUST WORK THAT THE FUNDING
COMES FROM INTERDEPARTMENTAL
AGREEMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS
TO FUND THOSE POSITIONS.
>> BUT THEY ARE STAYING WITH
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
PHYSICALLY, BUT THEY WILL BE
FOCUSED ON THAT PARTICULAR
WORK.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND I ASK YOU A QUESTION
GOING TO THE THREE NEW
ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS AND CIVIL
DIVISION TO DECREASE RELIANCE
ON OUTSIDE COUNCIL?
ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS I'VE SEEN
FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS THE
REASON FOR OUTSIDE COUNCIL IS
WE FIND OURSELVES IN SITUATIONS
THAT REQUIRE SPECIALIZATION.
AND YOU CAN'T PREDICT WHAT
SPECIALTY IS NECESSARILY GOING
TO CROP UP.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ASSURED,
IF WE SPEND MONEY ON THREE NEW
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS, THAT
WE ARE TRULY GOING TO REDUCE
THE OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNCIL?
>> I BELIEVE, THE IDEA IS THAT
THIS WOULD BE NOT NECESSARILY
FOR THOSE ISSUES THAT ALWAYS
REQUIRE EXPERTISE OUTSIDE OF
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THAT IS DEFINITELY A FACTOR,
BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY TO STAFF
UP THE CIVIL DIVISION, SO THAT
WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES THAT COME
UP THAT ARE A MATTER OF
STAFFING CAPACITY, WHICH IS THE
REASON WE SOMETIMES GO TO
OUTSIDE COUNCIL, THAT THAT
LEVEL IS NO LONGER THE CASE.
THAT'S MY CURRENT
UNDERSTANDING.
I AM HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THE DEPARTMENT TO GET MORE
INFORMATION.
>> GOOD.
I WISH YOU WOULD.
THANK YOU.
I HADN'T HEARD FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS, SO I WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THERE ARE NO IDENTIFIED ISSUES
FOR THE CITY OF ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, DO
YOU WANT TO DIVE IN ON THE
$500,000 TO CREATE A POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY LEGAL FUND?
STRUCTURE.
HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I WASN'T SURE IF WE WANTED TO
GIVE ASHA THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DESCRIBE IT FIRST.
>> I AM HAPPY TO DO A SHORT
DESCRIPTION IF THAT'S HELPFUL.
>> OKAY.
>> JEFF, JUST DIVE IN.
THIS WOMAN ON MY RIGHT HAS IT
HANDLED.
>> ASHA DOES, TOO.
SHE IS VERY CAPABLE.
THIS REQUEST WOULD PROPOSE
CREATING A POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCY LEGAL
FUND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF
$500,000.
THIS IS AN IDENTIFIED ONGOING
NEED TO FUND LEGAL SERVICES FOR
THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS, AND IT HAS BEEN MADE
VERY APPARENT IN THIS
PARTICULAR YEAR THAT THE CITY
AND SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARE GOING TO REMAIN UNDER THE
FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE AS IT
RELATES TO POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AT LEAST THE
NEXT TWO YEARS IN LIGHT OF THE
COURT'S RECENT ORDERS RELATED TO
BEING ONLY PARTIALLY IN
COMPLIANCE, SPECIFICALLY AS IT
RELATES TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE, SO WE EXPECT THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE LEGAL NEEDS
RELATED TO THE CONSENT DECREE
AND WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO
READILY AND EASILY ACCESS
APPROPRIATE LEGAL SERVICES TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR
INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVES ARE
PRESENTED IN THOSE PROCEEDINGS,
SO I EXPECT THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A NEED OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THERE HAS
BEEN SOME STRUGGLES FROM THEIR
PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW
THEY ARE CURRENTLY ABLE TO, OR
NOT ABLE TO ACCESS LEGAL
SERVICES DIRECTLY THROUGH THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
OF COURSE, OUR ORDINANCE IN MAY
2017 CONTEMPLATED A SITUATION
IN WHICH THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCIES MIGHT
NEED TO SEEK THEIR OWN LEGAL
COUNCIL AND IT WAS LAID OUT
SPECIFICALLY IN THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE UNDER
SECTION 3.2 9.480, WHICH
PROVIDED THAT WHEN DUE TO A
CONFLICT OF INTEREST, LACK OF
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, OR
CAPACITY REASONS, THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DECLINES TO
PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO
AN OVERSIGHT ENTITY IN ANY
LEGAL MATTER, OR PROCEEDING.
THE CITY ATTORNEY SHALL
INDICATE TO THE ENTITY WITH THE
REASON FOR THE DECLINED
REPRESENTATION AND OVERSIGHT
ENTITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
REPRESENTATION BY PRIVATE LEGAL
COUNCIL.
THE ORDINANCE GOES ON TO SORT
OF LAYOUT TO THE PRIVATE LEGAL
COUNCIL CAN BE.
IT ALSO PROVIDES IN HERE THAT
THE CITY SHALL PROVIDE
SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR THE
LEGAL SERVICES SEPARATE FROM
THE OVERSIGHT ENTITY'S
OPERATIONAL BUDGET, WHICH SHALL
BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED IN
ADVANCE BY THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, SO IN MY VIEW, WE ARE
IN A POSITION AS CITY COUNCIL
TO REALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY THOSE
PROVISIONS OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I THINK
IT'S TIME FOR US TO CREATE A
SEPARATE FUND FOR THESE AGENCIES
TO BE ADEQUATELY, LEGALLY
REPRESENTED.
SINCE SUBMISSION, WE HAVE
DETERMINED THE MOST APPROPRIATE
WAY TO EXECUTE THIS VISION IS
TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDS TO EACH
ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCY FOR THEM
TO UTILIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY,
SO I WILL BE SUBMITTING A FORM
B, WHICH WILL PROPOSE
ALLOCATING APPROXIMATELY
$166,000 IN PRIVIES OR
RESTRICTED FUNDS TO EACH OF THE
THREE ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCIES,
FOR THEM TO RETAIN OUTSIDE
INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNCIL AS
NEEDED.
TO STAND UP NOT UTILIZING A
PORTION, OR ALL OF THOSE FUNDS
IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, THE
REMAINING BALANCE WOULD TURN TO
THE FINANCE GENERAL FUND PICK
>> VERY GOOD.
>> NEXT ITEM.
>> THAT'S ALSO ME.
THIS IS WITH REGARD TO THE
REGIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
IT WOULD ADD $230,000.
THE REGIONAL DV FIREARMS
ENFORCEMENT UNIT IS A
MULTIJURISDICTIONAL UNIT, WHICH
INCLUDES POSITIONS IN THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, THE SEATTLE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE KING
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IN ADDITION TO THE ATTORNEYS
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
THE UNIT CONTAINS TRAUMA-
INFORMED ADVOCATES THAT WORK
DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND ARE CRITICAL TO THE UNIT'S
SUCCESS.
THE MISSION OF THE UNIT IS TO
REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE, AND
INCREASE VICTIM AND COMMUNITY
SAFETY THROUGH REGIONAL
COLLABORATION, AND PROACTIVE
ENFORCEMENT OF FIREARMS LAWS,
INCLUDING THE NEWLY CREATED OR
RELATIVELY NEWLY CREATED
EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS,
WHICH WAS APPROVED BY
WASHINGTON STATE VOTERS THROUGH
A CITIZEN'S INITIATIVE IN 2016.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO JUST
QUICKLY HAND OUT A COPY OF AN
ARTICLE THAT WE ACTUALLY
RECENTLY ALL SAW.
IT WAS IN THE PAPER THAT TALKED
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE WORK OF
THIS PARTICULAR UNIT, AND
COLLABORATION ACROSS THE REGION.
IT REALLY SHOWS THE UNIT'S
VALUE.
THIS IS THE ARTICLE THAT WAS
PUBLISHED BY CHRIS INGALLS ON
OCTOBER 17, 2019.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THROUGH
OUR UNIT WAS ABLE TO SEIZE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF GUNS FROM
AN AVOWED NEO-NAZI AND
SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THIS
PARTICULAR UNIT DOES DAY IN AND
DAY OUT, DILIGENTLY, AND THEY
NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
THIS KIND OF PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICE THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.
WE KNOW WE ARE DEALING WITH GUN
VIOLENCE, FIREARMS, AND HOW
FIREARMS MOVE THROUGHOUT OUR
COMMUNITY.
OFTENTIMES, A LOT OF THE
FIREARMS THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO
SEATTLE ARE ACTUALLY COMING
FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY,
OR BEYOND THE COUNTY, SO
ORIGINAL MODEL AND A REGIONAL
EFFORT TO IMPLEMENT THE EXTREME
RISK PROTECTION ORDER LAW IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO THE
SUCCESS OF THAT CITIZEN'S
INITIATIVE.
I HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS
PROPOSAL FOR $230,000 IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE ALLIANCE
FOR GUN RESPONSIBILITY, AND IT
HAS EVOLVED A LITTLE BIT SINCE
I SUBMITTED THE FORM A, AND I
WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GET
SUPPORT TO HAVE A FORM B THAT
WOULD HIRE IN A SWORN OFFICER
THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE
ER PO DIVISION, AND WOULD ALSO
INCREASE CAPACITY OVER THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY PROVIDING
AN ADDITIONAL FTE FOR THE
ADVOCACY POSITION TYPE OF WORK.
COLLECTIVELY, ALTOGETHER, I
THINK THAT SENDS A STRONG
SIGNAL TO REGIONAL PARTNERS
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
COMMITTED AND SERIOUS ABOUT
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS REGIONAL EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH YOU
TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT
ARENA.
AND I ASKED ONE QUESTION?
>> SURE.
└> WHEN WE WORKED WITH CHRIS
ANDERSON FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND GOT THE
MONEY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IS
THE WORK THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS DOING,
COORDINATED IN YOUR OPINION,
WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOW
IN A WAY THAT IS ACHIEVING THE
RESULTS WE WERE ALL
ANTICIPATING?
>> THAT'S A HARD QUESTION FOR
ME TO ANSWER BECAUSE I THINK
THERE IS SOME COORDINATION.
THE QUESTION IS, COULD IT BE
MORE?
COULD IT BE A HIGHER LEVEL OF
PRIORITY IN TERMS OF RESOURCES
AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT?
I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM
FOLKS AT THE ALLIANCE FOR GUN
RESPONSIBILITY IS THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED
WITHIN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW FOR A
GREATER DEGREE OF COORDINATION,
AND BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT
WORK.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS DOING THE
BEST THEY CAN WITHIN THE SYSTEM
THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AND WE
ARE SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS,
WHICH LEADS US ALL TO BELIEVE
THAT ADDING THESE TWO
ADDITIONAL FTEs WOULD REALLY GO
A LONG WAY TO CONTINUING TO
BUILD ON THE SUCCESS WE ARE
ALREADY SEEING.
>> GREAT.
I THINK AS WE ARE SEEING IN THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I
DO WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN THIS
GOOD EFFORT, I WOULD LIKE TO
SIGNAL TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM AND
HIS TEAM ABOUT HOW THIS IS
WORKING BECAUSE, WHEN WE GOT
THIS STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO, AND OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE,
TIM BURGESS, WAS THEN THE
BUDGET CHAIR, WE MANAGED TO GET
IT STARTED WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL,
AND WE GOT SOME MONEY AND WORK
THAT COORDINATED WITH THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
I KNOW THAT THEY TOLD ME THE
FIRST WEEK, THEY WERE DEALING
WITH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES
THAT THEY GOT 12 OF THE
SCARIEST LOOKING GUNS I'VE EVER
SEEN FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE
CONVICTED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
OFFENSES, AND THE GUNS WERE,
YOU KNOW, TAKEN IN A WAY THAT
IT COULD BE RETURNED AFTER
PETITIONING THE COURT, BUT THAT
SAID, JUST WHAT YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, WITH THE REGIONAL EFFORT
IS SO IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S
COORDINATED.
IT IS THE SAME DRUM I HAVE BEEN
BEATING SINCE WE STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM
CHANGE.
I WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD GET
ANY MORE INFORMATION AND GIVE
ME A HIGHLIGHTED RESPONSE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE TWO
POSITIONS ARE VERY MUCH NEEDED
IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT
HOW IS THE CITY ATTORNEY
WORKING WITH THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY AND THE POLICE GOT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION
IS GETTING TO THE MUNICIPAL
COURT JUDGES ON TIME, SO
DECISIONS CAN BE MADE
APPROPRIATELY.
THANK YOU, ASHA.
>> CHAIR BAGSHAW, I DIDN'T
MEAN MY ANSWER TO IMPLY THAT I
DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY ARE
COORDINATING OR NOT.
THEY ARE VERY HIGHLY
COORDINATED.
IF YOU READ THE ARTICLE I JUST
PASSED OUT, IT'S A REALLY GOOD
EXAMPLE OF EXACTLY HOW
COORDINATED THEY ARE.
THEY ARE IN LOCKSTEP IN TALKING
TO EACH OTHER FREQUENTLY, AND
OFTEN.
AND SOME OF THESE GUN LAWS
ACTUALLY DON'T GO TO THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT.
THEY ARE KING COUNTY CASES, BUT
NONETHELESS, WE NEED THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE
THE LEADINVESTIGATING LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
WE NEED THEM TO HAVE THE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE
TO PRIORITIZE THIS LEVEL OF
WORK, SO THERE IS A LOT OF
DEMANDS WITHIN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF PATROL
WORK VERSUS DETECTIVE WORK,
VERSUS SPECIAL UNIT WORK.
AND IN CONVERSATION WITH RENEE
HOPKINS FOR THE ALLIANCE FOR
GUN RESPONSIBILITY, BELIEVED
THEY'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR AN
ADDITIONAL, DEDICATED PERSON AT
SPD TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK FOR
QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
BUT I THINK THERE IS A BELIEF
THAT HAVING SOMEONE THAT CAN BE
DEDICATED AT SPD WILL ACTUALLY
HELP TO SOLIDIFY THE LEVEL OF
COORDINATION THAT IS NEEDED.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT
THERE WASN'T ANY COORDINATION.
I WAS MEANING TO MAKE CLEAR
THAT THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
WILL IMPROVE UPON, AND MAKE
THAT COORDINATION EVEN MORE
SOLID, AND STRONGER, SO WE CAN
CONTINUE TO SEE THE REGIONAL
OUTCOMES THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE NEXT ONE IS COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
WHY DON'T YOU FRAME THIS ONE,
ASHA ?
>> IT'S A BUDGET ACTION TO ADD
$114,000 TO SUPPORT THE
ADDITION OF A TECHNOLOGY EXPERT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BEEN A
PERSONAL PRIORITY FOR ME.
I KNOW FIRSTHAND, THE FEAR AND
ANXIETIES THAT DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CAN CAUSE, AND ON A
PERSONAL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I
USED TO WONDER AS A KID,
WANTING TO HELP MY MOM, SO THIS
HAS BEEN A PERSONAL PRIORITY
FOR ME.
I WANT TO APPRECIATE, EXTEND MY
APPRECIATION TO COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ FOR COHOSTING A
LUNCHEON OR A MUCH OF WITH ME,
AND SOME OF THE AGENCIES AND
PARTNERS THAT DO THE WORK TO
HELP SO MANY VICTIMS WHO ARE IN
NEED OF SO MUCH HELP.
I THINK WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE GOOD WORK THAT WAS DONE IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET, GETTING $1
MILLION FOR THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE HOTLINE, WHICH WILL
HELP US BE A LEADER IN THIS
EFFORT.
THAT SAID, I ALSO WANT TO
EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO NEW
BEGINNINGS, THE COALITION
AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE,
SEATTLE'S DV UNIT, AND ONE
THING WE HAVE HEARD THROUGH
THOSE LUNCH AND LEARN
DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS PRIVATE
MEETINGS WAS THERE HAS BEEN A
PREVALENCE OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED
ABUSE, SUCH AS CYBER STALKING
AND HARASSMENT.
EIGHT 2019 STUDY PROMPTED BY
THE TECHNOLOGY ENABLED COURSE
OF CONTROL WORKING GROUP IN
SEATTLE HIGHLIGHTED HOW
TECHNOLOGY MAKES IT A WEAPON OF
CHOICE FOR ABUSERS.
THEIR ABILITY TO USE THE
TECHNOLOGY OUTPACES CURRENT
LAWS AND EXPERTISE, MAKING IT
DIFFICULT TO USE DIGITAL
EVIDENCE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY
AND ADDRESS OFFENDERS.
IN ADDITION TO THE DV UNIT
PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND TRAINING ON ADDRESSING
TECHNOLOGY-BASED ABUSE AND
HARASSMENT, WE WILL INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF CASES A UNIT CAN
TAKE ON.
THE NEW POSITION WOULD ALSO
PROVIDE SAFETY PLANNING
ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS IN
ADDITION TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
HOPING THIS REQUEST WILL OPEN
THE DOOR TO CONTINUED
IMPROVEMENTS SUGGESTED BY THE
2019 REPORT, AND THE TEC
WORKGROUP, SUCH AS SUPPORTING A
CLINIC THAT PROVIDES VICTIMS
WITH ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT TO D
TANGLE TECHNOLOGY FROM AN
AMERICAN BUSER.
I WANT TO'S SAY THANK YOU TO
THE DEPARTMENT, AND CONTINUED
WORK IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SIGNAL
SUPPORT FOR THIS PARTICULAR
EDITION.
THERE IS REALLY, AN
INTERESTING, INNOVATIVE EFFORT
THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT THAT
WOULD BE COMPLEMENTED BY THIS
BODY OF WORK, SO I THINK IT IS
SORT OF BUILDING ON SOME OF THE
WORK THAT IS REALLY, INCREDIBLY
INNOVATIVE WORK THAT'S BEING
DONE IN THIS SPACE AROUND HOW
DV IS EVOLVING, UNFORTUNATELY,
IN A WAY WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS
BEING WEAPONIZED TO CONTINUE THE
PROCESS OF SUBJECTING PEOPLE TO
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SO BEFORE
TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS MORE OF A
TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE OF DV, AND
PEOPLE ARE REALLY STARTING TO
WEAPONIZE THINGS LIKE SOCIAL
MEDIA, NETFLIX ACCOUNTS, YOU
NAME IT.
ANYTHING THAT IS CO-MINGLED IN
TERMS OF PLATFORM RIGID ON THE
INTERNET, TO REALLY CONTINUE
THE ABUSIVE PROCESS OF FOLKS
WHO ARE TRYING TO GET OUT OF A
VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP, WHETHER
IT'S INTIMATE OR NOT, AND SO I
HAVE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH MY
ROLE ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION COUNCIL THAT HAS
REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO HOW
ABUSERS CAN REALLY CAPITALIZE ON
TECHNOLOGY TO CONTINUE TO ABUSE
PEOPLE.
EVERYTHING FROM HORRIFIC
STORIES OF PUTTING BUGS AND
PEOPLE'S CELL PHONES, TO BE
ABLE TO TRACK THEM, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AS A
LEGAL SYSTEM AND AS
POLICYMAKERS, TO CATCH UP WITH
THE REALITIES OF HOW ABUSERS
WEAPONIZE THESE TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVICES, WHETHER THEY ARE CLOUD-
BASED OR HARDWARE, IN A WAY
THAT MAKES IT REALLY, REALLY
DIFFICULT FOR VICTIMS TO BECOME
SURVIVORS, AND TRANSITION AWAY
FROM A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP, SO
WHEN WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
YOU HAVE A MOTHER FLEEING WITH
HER SMALL CHILDREN FROM A
REALLY VIOLENT SITUATIO, BUT
DAD OR THE PARTNER ALWAYS KNOWS
EXACTLY WHERE SHE IS, AND WHERE
THE KIDS ARE, THAT'S REALLY
SCARY.
AND WHEN YOU, AS THE PERSON WHO
IS BEING TARGETED, CAN'T QUITE
FIGURE OUT WHY THIS PERSON
ALWAYS KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE AT,
IT WILL START MAKING YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU ARE GOING CRAZY.
WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF REALLY
POWERFUL STORIES IN THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION
COUNCIL ABOUT HOW WE ARE REALLY
BEHIND IN THIS AREA, AND HOW IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE
SERIOUSLY, THE NEED TO SUPPORT
INTERVENTIONS THAT WILL HELP
VICTIMS TRANSFORM INTO
SURVIVORS.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR WORKING
ON THAT.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
BRING FORWARD.
CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION?
AND THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT QUESTION.
LAST WEEK, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ WAS THERE,
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WE WERE ALL ABLE TO HEAR FROM
MINNEAPOLIS, AND THE WORK THEY
ARE DOING IN A PROJECT SIMILAR
TO LEAD.
ONE THING I CAME AWAY WITH
THERE WAS THEY HAD A SINGLE
POINT OF AN ATTORNEY IN THEIR
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT
WERE FOLLOWING OR AT LEAST
TASKED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY
TO FOLLOW THE CLIENTS THAT WERE
IN THEIR PROGRAM, WHETHER IT
WAS -- I'M JUST GOING TO CALL IT
L.E.A.D.
BECAUSE IT WAS SIMILAR, BUT
THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO IDENTIFY
IF THERE WERE MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES, AND TO GET THEM THE
PROGRAMS THAT THEY NEED, SO IF
IT WAS A REPEAT OFFENDER, TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT PROGRAM COULD
SERVE THEM BEST, BUT ALSO, I
WAS WITH THE DIVERSION PROGRAMS
JUST ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.
ALSO, LOOKING AT IF IT'S A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION,
THAT PROBABLY ISN'T RIGHT FOR
THE KIND OF DIVERSION WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT, THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS IN THAT
PARTICULAR CASE.
I ALSO CAME AWAY HEARING THAT
THEY WERE COORDINATING THEIR
DRUG ADDICTION SERVICES, SO
THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE
PART OF THE PROGRAM GOT THE
HELP THEY NEEDED, THAT THEY
ACTUALLY GOT THE SERVICE.
IF THEY NEEDED A ROOF OVER
THEIR HEAD, THAT WAS PROVIDED
FOR THEM, AND THEIR VERSION OF
DRUG COURT HAD TREATMENT
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM, A
LITTLE BIT LIKE WHAT WE HEARD
YESTERDAY FROM JUDGE SADIDE.
MY QUESTION IS, TO THE FOUR OF
US WHO WERE THERE, IS THERE
SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE
INCLUDING IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET, IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE THAT BUILDS ON WHAT THE
CITY ATTORNEY IS ALREADY DOING?
I WOULD JUST LIKE YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THIS.
>> WE DO HAVE A L.E.A.D.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
>> BUT IS IT ENOUGH?
>> IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
>> I HAVE A NOTE ON MY
MATERIALS HERE.
I CAN'T QUITE DECIPHER THE NOTE
ENTIRELY, BUT I THINK IN THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET,
PROPOSED FOR 2020, I SEE THAT
THERE IS A LOT OF ADDITIONS OF
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS,
INCLUDING NEW ASSISTANT CITY
PROSECUTORS PARK ARE ANY ONE OF
THOSE POSITIONS IN THE CRIMINAL
DIVISION DEDICATED TO L.E.A.D.?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY
ARE, BUT I AM HAPPY TO CIRCLE
BACK.
>> THAT COULD BE ONE REALLY
IMPORTANT ADDITION, AS WE ARE
LOOKING AT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
THREE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS
TO DECREASE RELIANCE ON OUTSIDE
COUNCIL.
MAYBE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO CONSIDER TAKING ONE
OF THOSE IF IT'S NOT TOO
BURDENSOME TO ASSIGN THEM TO
THE CRIMINAL DIVISION TO
SPECIFICALLY WORK ON L.E.A.D..
>> THAT'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
>> THAT WAS SORT OF THE FLY I
WAS TRYING TO CAST INTO THE
POND, TO SEE IF THERE IS
ANYBODY THAT WAS ALREADY
SWIMMING IN THIS AREA.
>> I'M NOT A STRONG SWIMMER.
I CAN'T SWIM AT ALL, ACTUALLY.
>> I THINK THIS IS PRETTY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER,
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SEEN
THE PUBLIC OUTCRY ABOUT WANTING
US TO DO MORE.
OF COURSE, IT'S ALWAYS DO MORE
WITH LESS, BUT HOW IF WE DO
MORE WITH MORE THAT'S
EFFECTIVE?
WHEN THE CITY ATTORNEY IS
ASKING FOR A NUMBER OF
POSITIONS, AND WHAT WE BELIEVE
IS THAT L.E.A.D.
WILL ASSIST US, BUT IT HAS TO
BE A COORDINATED EFFORT, I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THIS.
ASHA, IF YOU ARE TAKING THE
LEAD ON L.E.A.D.
ON THIS ELEMENT, I APPRECIATE
IT.
>> I WILL CIRCLE BACK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF
YOU, FOR YOUR THINKING AND FOR
THE PARTICIPATION IN THE
MINNEAPOLIS EFFORT LAST WEEK.
OKAY.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE
CAN MOVE INTO SEATTLE I.T.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THE SEATTLE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT MANAGES
ALL OF THE CITY'S I.T.
RESOURCES.
ALSO, MAINTAINS AND SUPPORTS THE
SERVICES THAT BACK THOSE
RESOURCES.
IN 2016, SEATTLE I.T., OR AT
THAT TIME, THE DEPARTMENT OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
CONSOLIDATED STAFF THROUGHOUT
THE CITY TO FORM SEATTLE I.T.,
AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, WITH THE
APARTMENT OF A NEW CHIEF
PROTECTION OFFICER, SEATTLE
I.T.
DID A REORGANIZATION.
IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS
INTO THAT.
THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR
DIVISION STRUCTURE FROM SEVEN
TO 11 DIVISIONS.
AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE NO
IDENTIFIED ISSUES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE REORGANIZATION, GIVEN
THAT THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT FOUR
MONTHS.
THERE AREN'T ANY SPECIFIC
BUDGET ISSUES RELATED TO THAT.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET ADDS
ABOUT $14.2 MILLION, AND ALMOST
26 NEW POSITIONS TO SEATTLE I.T.
AND INCLUDES POSITIONS TO
SUPPORT THE NEWEST PERMITTING
PROGRAM THAT SEATTLEITE HE IS
SUPPORTING ENTERPRISEWIDE.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES ABOUT $6
MILLION FOR DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
PROJECTS.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION,
EDUCATION, EARLY LEARNING,
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES, AS WELL AS
SPD.
ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS HAVE
PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY
SPECIFICALLY BEING SUPPORTED BY
SEATTLEITE HE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES ABOUT $4.2
MILLION IN THE ANNUAL WAGE
INCREASE THAT WE DISCUSSED
EARLIER.
MAJOR CHANGES IN THE PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES THAT ARE SUPPORTED
BY THE CABLE TELEVISION
FRANCHISE FUND ARE CLEAR IN
THIS BUDGET.
THERE IS ABOUT $1.1 MILLION
WORTH OF POSITIONS OR
PROGRAMMING THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED BY CABLE
FRANCHISE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN
TRANSFERRED INTO SEATTLE I.T.
TO BE SUPPORTED BY OTHER FUNDS.
THERE HAS BEEN POSITIONS IN
PROGRAMMING ELIMINATED AT AN
AMOUNT OF ABOUT $646,000, AND
IN TERMS OF THE ISSUE THAT
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT,
DECLINING REVENUE IN THE CABLE
FRANCHISE FUND, AND THERE IS AN
ASSOCIATED BACKFILL OF GENERAL
FUND OF ABOUT $750,000 TO BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
PROGRAMS THAT THE FRANCHISE
FUND CURRENTLY DOES SUPPORT.
BUT CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?
THANK YOU FOR THIS SHORT, TWO-
PAGE MEMO ON THIS SECTION.
THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL IN
RECOGNIZING THAT CABLE SERVICES
ARE BEING CUT.
THAT PEOPLE ARE FINDING THAT
STREAMING WORKS OFTEN TIMES
FASTER, AND BETTER, AND GIVES
THE PEOPLE MORE CHOICES, BUT
YOU SAY AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 8
THAT THE CITY WILL NEED TO
DETERMINE AT WHAT LEVEL, IF AT
ALL, IT WILL CONTINUE TO FUND
THESE SERVICES, AND WHAT FUNDS
IT WILL USE AS FRANCHISE FEE
REVENUES DECREASED.
HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY THOUGHTS
FROM BEN ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO TO CLOSE THAT GAP?
GENERAL FUND MONEY EXCLUSIVELY?
OR IS THERE SOME OTHER FORM WE
CAN TOP?
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO FILL THE
GAPS FOR 2020 ITSELF, RIGHT
NOW.
SEATTLEITE HE IS DEVELOPING A
PLAN ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THESE REVENUES ARE
DECLINING AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DECLINE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS, AND SO THEY ARE PUTTING
TOGETHER A PLAN FOR WHAT IT'S
GOING TO LOOK LIKE IF THESE
SERVICES ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO BE PROVIDED, IF THEY HAVE TO
CUT THEM, IF THERE ARE OTHER
SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT COULD
BE ADDED TO SUPPORT THE
EXISTING LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING.
RIGHT NOW, FOR THIS PROPOSED
BUDGET, IF THE $750,000 OF
GENERAL FUND THAT IS CLOSING
THAT GAP.
THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
TRANSFER OF THE PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE CUTS,
MAKE THE FUND JUST ABOUT
SOLVENT, AT THIS POINT.
THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS
THERE IS NOW AN INTERFUND LOAN
THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE
CABLE FRANCHISE FUND TO BORROW
ABOUT $460,000 FROM THE I.T.
FUND, AND THAT IS THE WAY IN
WHICH THIS FUND IS BEING KEPT
SOLVENT.
I ANTICIPATE THEY WILL HAVE A
PLAN FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO
LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS, BUT THE SPECIFIC
ISSUE, I THINK FOR THIS COUNCIL
IS WHETHER THIS $750,000 IS THE
APPROPRIATE AMOUNT TO SUPPORT
THE EXISTING LEVEL OF FUNDS, OR
IF COUNCIL DECIDES TO INCREASE,
OR DECREASE THAT, WHAT THE
ASSOCIATED LEVEL OF SERVICE
WILL BE FOR THINGS THAT ARE
SUPPORTED BY CABLE FRANCHISE
FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
PLEASE, CONTINUE.
>> I WAS GOING TO GET INTO
ISSUE I.D., BUT WE'VE ALREADY
DONE THAT, SO AT THE TOP OF
PAGE 9, YOU WILL SEE SEVERAL
OPTIONS FOR WHAT TO DO AT THIS
POINT.
THE COUNCIL COULD RESTORE SOME
OR ALL OF THE ELIMINATED, OR
REDUCED PROGRAMS, AND POSITIONS
USING NON-CABLE FRANCHISE FEE
REVENUE.
AGAIN, NOT SURE IF THAT WOULD
BE GENERAL FUND OR WHAT OTHER
SOURCE OF REVENUE THERE IS.
I JUST KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE
CITY IS PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL
AND STATE LAW FROM IMPOSING ANY
SORT OF FEES ON INTERNET
SERVICE PROVIDERS, THERE IS NO
REAL WAY TO TRANSFER THE
REVENUE THAT WAS COMING IN FROM
THE FRANCHISE FEE SET UP IN THE
SAME WAY AS THE STREAMING
SERVICES, AND SO THAT CREATES
ANOTHER OBSTACLE TO BEING ABLE
TO FIND REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE
PROGRAMMING.
OPTION B WOULD BE TO FURTHER
ELIMINATE OR REDUCE PROGRAMMING
CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY THE
$750,000 GENERAL FUND.
THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKELY HAVE
TO IDENTIFY WHICH PIECES OF
PROGRAMMING, AND POSITIONS THAT
WE WOULD WANT TO CUT FOR THAT
$750,000 TO BE USED OTHERWISE,
AND THEN C IS TO CHANGE THE
AMOUNT OF THE INTERFUND LOAN TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
THAT THAT POLICY MANAGEMENT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED
THE LOAN ONLY TO BE PAID BACK
UNTIL THE END OF 2020, AND SO
IF THERE WERE GOING TO BE A
CHANGE IN WHAT THAT AMOUNT
WOULD BE, IT WOULD REQUIRE
APPROVAL.
THE LAST OPTION, D, WOULD BE TO
TAKE NO ACTION, AND TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AS ALIGNED BY SEATTLEITE
T.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
>> THE LAST ASSOCIATED PIECE TO
THIS IS JUST THAT THERE IS
BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT
AUTHORIZES THE INTERFUND LOAN,
SO IT AUTHORIZES THE LOAN FOR
ENVELOPE AMOUNT UP TO $2
MILLION TO BE PAID BACK BY THE
END OF 2020.
THE OPTIONS THERE ARE TWO OTHER
PAST THAT COUNCIL BILL OR DO
NOT PASS IT.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY REASON NOT TO PASS IT?
>> IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO
CHANGE THE AMOUNT OF THE
INTERFUND LOAN, AND GET THAT
APPROVED, THAT WOULD MEAN AN
AMENDED BILL, BUT OTHERWISE,
THIS IS THE BILL THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE CABLE FUND TO STAY
SOLVENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE NO PROPOSED BUDGET
ACTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS ON
SEATTLE I.T.
LISA, YOU ARE UP NEXT.
>> I DIDN'T IDENTIFY AN ISSUE
HERE, BUT IT IS MORE A A
QUESTION, ASHA.
SEATTLEITE HE HAS A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY IN
TIMES OF ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY
ORDINANCE.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WERE
ANY ISSUES THAT YOU IDENTIFIED
OR PERHAPS COULD FOCUS ON A
LITTLE BIT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKS THROUGH THIS BUDGET
PROCESS TO SEE IF WE'VE GOT THE
RESOURCES WE NEED WITHIN THE
SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP
UP WITH THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT
OF VOLUME AND WORK ASSOCIATED
WITH THEIR ROLE WITHIN THE
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
THOUGHTS NOW OR WOULD NEED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK MORE
CLOSELY AT THAT QUESTION.
>> YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW
UP WITH SEATTLEITE T AND DIG
INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
>> KNOW THE QUESTIONS?
LET'S MOVE ON TO CITY AUDITOR.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM LISA K FROM CENTRAL STAFF,
COVERING THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
AND THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE.
LIZA WHITSON WILL PRESENT THE
FINANCE AT ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES, AND THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
MY WRITE UP FOR THE OFFICE OF
THE CITY AUDITOR'S BUDGET IS ON
PAGE 10 OF YOUR MEMO.
I WILL REVIEW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2020
BUDGET, AND INTRODUCE ONE
COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED ISSUE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE
BEFORE YOU, THE PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS
ABOUT $2.5 MILLION.
IT'S VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WAS IN
THE ENDORSED BUDGET, JUST ABOUT
4% OR $100,000 LAST.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET MAINTAINS
THE SAME NUMBER OF FTEs.
I DID NOT IDENTIFYANY ISSUES
WITH THIS BUDGET.
THERE IS ONE COUNCILMEMBER
IDENTIFIED ISSUE.
CHAIR BAGSHAW HAS SUBMITTED A
FORM A PROPOSING A 5% SALARY
INCREASE FOR THE DIRECTOR, AND
THE AUDITORS IN THE OFFICE.
ALL BUT ONE OF THE AUDITORS ARE
FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL
FUNDING FOR THE INCREASED
UTILITY FUNDING.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
THIS REQUEST FOR A 5% SALARY
INCREASE COMES FROM OUR
AUDITOR, AND DAVID JONES HAS
BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
WORK FOR US.
WE HAD MAJOR ACTIONS HE HAS
BEEN REVIEWING, AND HE HAS BEEN
WITH US SINCE 2009.
I UNDERSTAND, HE HASN'T HAD A
SALARY INCREASE SINCE THAT TIME.
HE REQUESTED THAT I SUPPORT A
REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5%
SALARY.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
>> I AM JUST LOOKING FOR
CONFIRMATION THAT'S THE CASE,
THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A
SALARY INCREASE FOR THE CITY
AUDITOR.
>> NOT A GENERAL SALARY
INCREASE, NO.
NOT ABOVE THE ANNUAL WAGE
INCREASES.
>> THEY HAD LA, RIGHT?
WHAT PERCENTAGE WAS THAT?
>> I THINK IT VARIES BY YEAR.
I CAN GET BACK TO YOU.
>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> BUT THE BASE SALARY HASN'T
CHANGED.
>> CORRECT.
>> CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION?
WITH THIS PROPOSAL, HOW MUCH
WOULD THAT TAKE THE CITY
AUDITOR'S BASE SALARY TO?
FROM WHAT TO WHAT?
>> BASE SALARY RIGHT NOW IS
$160,000.
SO A 5% INCREASE IS ROUGHLY
$8000 MORE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM THAT
I AM PRESENTING WOULD BE THE
BUDGET FOR THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE.
THIS OFFICE IS ON PAGE 12 OF
YOUR MEMO.
THERE ARE NO STAFF IDENTIFIED
ISSUES WITH THIS BUDGET, SO I
WILL REVIEW THE BUDGET CHART
AND INTRODUCE THE COUNCILMEMBER
IDENTIFIED ISSUE.
THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE TO INCREASE THE
BUDGET TO ABOUT $7.3 MILLION,
WHICH IS ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE
OVER THE 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET.
THIS INCREASED IS DUE TO THE
ANNUAL WAGE INCREASE, AND THE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND COALITION OF UNIONS.
STATE PAID MEDICAL LEAVE, AND
INTERNAL SERVICES COSTS.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET
MAINTAINS THE SAME NUMBER OF
FTEs AS THE 2019 ADOPTED AND
ENDORSED BUDGETS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
SUBMITTED A FORM A. REQUESTING
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO DEVELOP A
PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE
COMPENSATION FOR VOLUNTEERS ON
THE CITY'S BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS, WHOSE EMPLOYERS DO
NOT PAY THEM FOR SUCH SERVICE,
TO MAKE THESE ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES MORE INCLUSIVE
AND SUCCESSFUL.
>> I HAVE SOME NOTES FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ASKING
THAT CBO WORK WITH OUR
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AS
YOU MENTIONED, AND THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS, TO DEVELOP A
PROPOSAL.
THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE
SERVING ON BOARDS, BUT JUST FIND
UNCOMPENSATED TIME MAKES IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO
PARTICIPATE, SO THIS IS NOT A
MONEY ASK, AT THIS POINT, BUT
IT'S AN SLI WE WILL ASK TO
REVIEW IF THERE IS RANTS OR
STIPENDS AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE
DO HAVE 70 BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS.
WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE,
AND BE AS INCLUSIVE AS
POSSIBLE.
>> MOVING ON TO MY FINAL ITEM,
THE BUDGET FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
MY WRITE UP FOR THIS OFFICE IS
ON PAGE 13 OF YOUR MEMO.
THE BUDGET COMPARES THE
ENDORSED 2020 AND PROPOSED 2020
BUDGET.
FOR THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT,
TOTALS WOULD BE ABOUT $17.5
MILLION GENERAL FUND, AN
INCREASE OF ABOUT 8% OVER THE
ENDORSED 2020 BUDGET,
REFLECTING COSTS SUCH AS THE
ANNUAL WAGE INCREASE AND THE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
STATE COALITION, AND PAID
MEDICAL LEAVE, AND INTERNAL
SERVICES COSTS.
THE PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET
MAINTAINS THE SAME NUMBER OF
FTEs AS IN THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET.
STAFF HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY
ISSUES WITH THIS BUDGET.
THERE IS ONE COUNCILMEMBER
IDENTIFIED ISSUE RELATING TO
MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER
SALARIES.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S PROPOSAL
WOULD REDUCE THE SALARIES OF
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO 100% OF THE AREA
MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR A 1%
FAMILY, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT
$76,000.
THE NEW SALARY WOULD TAKE
EFFECT IN 2020 FOR SEVEN OF THE
NOW NINE COUNCILMEMBERS.
THE SALARIES ARE STAGGERED
DEPENDING ON YOUR ELECTION
TERM, AND IN 2020 FOR THE
REMAINING TWO COUNCILMEMBERS,
AND THE MAYOR.
THE CHANGE WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT
$430,000 IN GENERAL FUND IN
2020 FOR OTHER COUNCIL
PRIORITIES, SUCH AS SERVICES
FOR RENTERS FACING EVICTION.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
LET'S MOVE ON, PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
>> I WILL TERMINOUS OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE NEXT ITEM IS DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, ON PAGE 14 OF
YOUR MEMO.
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE
CITY, AND MANAGES PROGRAMS TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY BUILDINGS
LIKE HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND
THE PEA PATCH PROGRAM.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED PROGRAM
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE
INCREASED BY $7 MILLION OVER
THE ENDORSED 2020 BUDGET.
KEY CHANGES INCLUDE $5.5
MILLION IN SWEETENED BEVERAGE
TAX REVENUE, $3 MILLION OF
WHICH WOULD GO TO P PATCHES TO
PRESERVE AND ENHANCE EXISTING P
PATCHES.
AND $2.5 MILLION FOR A NEW
HEALTHY FOOD FUND, AND
COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM.
STAFF WOULDBE ADDED TO SUPPORT
THAT HEALTHY FOOD PROGRAM.
THERE IS $65,000 IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE EIGHTH
MEMORIAL PASLEY WHICH
COUNCILMEMBERS HELPED TO FUND
IN THE SECOND QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL, SO THIS IS
ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND THEN THERE IS AN ADDITION
OF FIVE STAFF, AND OVER $7500 OR
$750,000, TO SUPPORT OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT, MOSTLY RELATED
TO SDOT PROJECTS.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> OKAY.
THERE ARE THREE COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSED BUDGET ADDS.
ALL PROPOSED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD ALL
OF US THROUGH ALL THREE OF THEM?
>> SURE.
I WILL FOLLOW YOU.
>> THE FIRST IS TO ADD FUNDING
TO CONTINUE TO ADD $75,000 TO
CONTINUE FUNDING FOR A SOUTH
PARK SAFETY COORDINATOR.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU.
THIS WAS THE TOP PRIORITY
RECOMMENDATION IN THE 2017
SOUTH PARK PUBLIC SAFETY TASK
FORCE REPORT.
THE SOUTH PARK PUBLIC SAFETY
TASK FORCE WAS AN EFFORT THAT
CAME AFTER A TRAGIC DEATH OF A
YOUNG PERSON IN SOUTH PARK.
IT WAS AN EFFORT SUPPORTED BY
THIS COUNCIL, AND WE SUPPORTED
MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE TASK FORCE, BOTH AS IT
RELATES TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC
SAFETY INTERVENTIONS, LIKE
FUNDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR, BUT ALSO IN A
NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS
RELATED TO LIGHTING AND
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.
THIS INDIVIDUAL IS A BILINGUAL
PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR.
THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET AND
HELP COORDINATE THE WORK
NECESSARY TO THE COMMUNITY IN
SOUTH PARK, AND I JUST WANT TO
SHARE WITH FOLKS SOME MATERIALS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WORK.
THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 2018
REPORT THAT LISTS NUMEROUS
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT THE
SOUTH PARK PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR WORKS WITH, AND
LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF THIS
POSITION FROM EACH, THE
DUWAMISH RIVER CLEAN UP
COALITION AND CONCORDE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> GOOD.
AND THERE IS HIGHLIGHTS FOR
WORK THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR.
THE COORDINATOR WAS INVOLVED IN
SEVEN CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
ASSESSMENTS, AND COORDINATED 15
COMMUNITY CLEANUPS, AND ALSO
COORDINATED SEVERAL SAFETY
PARTNERSHIPS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COORDINATION MEETINGS, AS WELL
AS COMMUNITY SAFETY,AND
OUTREACH EVENTS.
>> I WANT TO ADD A QUICK
COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE YELLOW PAGES
THAT YOU ARE PASSING OUT HERE.
I REALLY RESPECT THE WORK THAT
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN SOUTH
PARK, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
ESPECIALLY BEING DEEPLY
ENGAGED, AND HELPING THEM
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARTNERS
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, I
THINK, IN THE 10 YEARS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND I
HAVE BEEN HERE, THAT WE'VE SEEN
A REAL UPTICK IN ENGAGEMENT IN
SOUTH PARK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
>> YEAH, AND I REALLY BELIEVE
PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT'S MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, SO I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
SUPPORTING MY EFFORTS THERE.
>> GOOD.
NEXT ITEM?
>> WE WILL GO NEXT TO A NEW
WESTWOOD AND SELF DELRIDGE
YOUTH SAFETY PROGRAM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU
ARE BACK ON.
>> OKAY.
THIS PROJECT WOULD ACTUALLY AND
A YET TO BE DETERMINED FUNDING
AMOUNT FOR COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WESTWOOD
AND SELF DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS,
FOLLOWING A MODEL THAT HAS BEEN
VERY SUCCESSFUL IN RAINIER
BEACH CALLED RAINIER BEACH, A
BEAUTIFUL SAFE PLACE FOR THE
YOUTH.
THIS MODEL IS ONE THAT WAS
ACTUALLY DESIGNED BY THE CITY
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE RAINIER
BEACH ACTION COALITION, SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, AND
THIS MODEL IN RAINIER BEACH HAS
BEEN FUNDED THROUGH A FEDERAL
GRANT, RECEIVED BY GEORGE MASON
UNIVERSITY CENTER CENTER FOR
EVIDENCE-BASED POLICING.
IT IS ANOTHER SORT OF APPROACH
TO ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY
ISSUES.
IT TIES IN WITH A PROPOSAL THAT
WE'VE ALL SEEN FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES COALITION BUDGET
PRIORITY LETTER, WHERE THEY
RECOMMEND FUNDING FOR YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND THEY
ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT FOR
SPECIFICALLY AGES FIVE TO 18.
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY RFP
RELEASED IN 2019 FOCUSED ON
YOUNG ADULTS 18 TO 24.
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT
THIS APPROACH IS IT RECOGNIZES
MUCH LIKE RAINIER BEACH, THERE
ARE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH
HAVING A MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND A
HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SAME CAMPUS.
WE WORKED WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE
PUBLIC SAFETY RISKS ARE.
ASSOCIATED WITH AT RISK YOUTH,
AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY.
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS FUNDING IS
TO DESIGN A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO
WHAT THEY HAVE IN RAINIER
BEACH.
AS AN INTERVENTION TO ENSURE
THAT AT-RISK YOUTH ARE NOT
GETTING CAUGHT UP IN OUR SCHOOL-
TO-PRISON PIPELINE, AND INTO
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,
COMING UP WITH INTERVENTIONS.
>> NEXT ITEM.
>> MOVING ON, WE HAVE FUNDING
FOR SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATER'S
PUBLIC WORKS SEATTLE PROGRAM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS FUNDING WOULD BE ONE TIME
FUNDING TO FILL THE GAP CAUSED
BY THE DECREASE IN THE AWARD
AMOUNT AVAILABLE FROM THE
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING
FUND.
BEFORE THIS YEAR, ORGANIZATIONS
WERE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
$100,000 FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MATCHING FUND.
BEFORE 2019, THE CAP ON AWARDS
CHANGED TO 25,000.
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO
SUPPORT THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM
IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
CHANGED APPLICATION CRITERIA
EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND IN
ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE $100,000
AWARD LEVEL BECAUSE MANY
PROJECTS WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET
THE THRESHOLD.
THIS IS ONE PROGRAM THAT WAS
ABLE TO, SIMILARLY TO THE
EIGHTH MEMORIAL PATHWAY PROGRAM
THAT WE LOOKED AT USING THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS TO
ADDRESS THE SAME PROBLEM
CREATED BY THE CHANGE IN
FUNDING, BUT ONLY FOR THAT
PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I HAD SUGGESTED DURING THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS
THAT WE ALSO ADDRESS THE
SEATTLE REPS SHORTFALL CREATED
THROUGH THIS CHANGE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND, BUT
WE AGREED WE WOULD ONLY WORK ON
THE EIGHTH MEMORIAL PATHWAY
FUNDING REQUEST, AND HOLD THIS
FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.
HERE I AM, BRINGING IT FORWARD
AGAIN.
JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC
WORKS.
IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016.
IT IS MODELED AFTER NEW YORK
CITY'S PUBLIC THEATER.
IT WORKS DEEPLY WITH COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO INVITE
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
TO TAKE THEATER CLASSES.
NOT JUST THEATER CLASSES, BUT
SET BUILDING CLASSES, ATTEND
PERFORMANCE EVENTS, AND JOIN IN
ON THE CREATIVE WORKS OF
PARTICIPATORY THEATER.
85% OF PARTICIPANTS ARE LOW
INCOME.
48% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
39% ARE YOUNG PEOPLE AND 32%
ARE SENIORS.
AGAIN, THESE EFFORTS ARE NOT
JUST ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TO
WATCH THEATER.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING THEM
PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION OF
THEATER THROUGH ALL STAGES OF
THE CREATION OF A PIECE OF
ARTWORK FOR THE PUBLIC.
IT'S REALLY A TRANSFORMATIONAL
EXPERIENCE FOR THE FOLKS WHO
PARTICIPATE IN IT, AND I HOPE
WE CAN FIND SOME FUNDING TO
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR IT TO
CONTINUE.
>> YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS.
I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT, BUT
THE REPS RECEIVED $25,000
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MATCHING GRANTS, BUT BECAUSE WE
WENT FROM $100,000-$25,000,
PEOPLE COULD APPLY, AND WE'VE
HEARD FROM SOME THAT SAY THAT'S
NOT ENOUGH FOR US TO PLAN.
>> EXACT SAME SITUATION THAT WE
HELPED WITH THE EIGHTH MEMORIAL
PATHWAY.
THEY WERE EXACTLY IN THE SAME
SITUATION.
WE USED THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
PROCESS TO ADDRESS THEIR ISSUE.
I PROPOSE THAT WE ALSO HELP THE
REP OUT DURING THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT WE THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE BETTER TO BRING IT
BACK DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS?
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR
BEING HERE.
WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 8, ON PAGE
16, AND WE HAVE THROUGH 20 TO
GO.
I HOPE, WE ARE GOING TO HANG IN
HERE UNTIL YOU GET THROUGH ALL
20.
>> FAS PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE
CITY'S VEHICULAR FLEET
FACILITIES, BUSINESS REGULATION
AND OVERSIGHT, FINANCIAL
SERVICES, CITY CUSTOMER
SERVICES, AND RUNS THE SEATTLE
ANIMAL SHELTER.
THE BUDGET IS INCREASED BY ONLY
$17 MILLION.
KEY CHANGES INCLUDE $2.2 MILLION
FOR THE PLAN TO PROVIDE
ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES.
$2.2 MILLION FOR A WATERFRONT
LATE PAYMENT FOR CITY
FACILITIES.
$881,000 TO SUPPORT THE
WATERFRONT LOCAL IMPROVEMENT
ADMINISTRATION.
$233,000 FOR THE RV REMEDIATION
PROGRAM CALLED $600,000 FOR THE
HEATING OIL TAX.
$683,000 AND FOUR POSITIONS FOR
CITY ACCOUNTING PERMIT
IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT I.T.
PROGRAMS.
$5 MILLION ARE ADDED TO THE
ADJUSTMENT AND CLAIMS FUND, AND
$179,000 AND A POSITION ARE
ADDED FOR I 1000 IMPLEMENTATION.
ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, THERE IS
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FIRE
STATION 31.
THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT JUST
LAST WEEK, AND I'VE HEARD FROM
CBO, THAT AMOUNT WILL NEED TO
BE INCREASED TO IMPLEMENT THE
PLAN THAT WAS PROPOSED BY
$800,000 IN 2020 FOR A
TEMPORARY FACILITY, AND THEY
ARE ESTIMATING THE TOTAL COST
FOR THE FIRE STATION
REPLACEMENT WILL BE ABOUT
$43,000 BASED ON PREVIOUS FIRE
STATION PROJECTS.
THE CAPITAL PROGRAM ALSO
INCLUDES SPACE IN THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL SPACE TOWER FOR THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS, AND
THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE FAS
BUDGET DUE TO A DELAY IN THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL TOWER
ELEVATOR REHABILITATION PROJECT.
FUNDING IS TRANSFERRED TO
SEATTLE CITY AND PARKS FOR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS.
THERE IS TWO PIECES OF
LEGISLATION RELATED TO FAS THAT
YOU WILL SEE.
THEY BOTH ALIGN THE TAX
REGULATIONS WITH CHANGES TO
STATE LAWS.
WE HAVE THREE COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSED BUDGET ADDS.
THE FIRST IS TO CREATE A PARENT-
INFANT ROOM.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGHSAW.
>> I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT
THE'S.
I WAS ALERTED THAT THE
EXECUTIVE IN THE BUDGET OFFICE
WAS NOT KEEN ON PURSUING
CHILDCARE BEHIND THE COFFEE
CARD.
THAT WAS SOMETHING
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND I
HAD ADVANCED LAST YEAR.
I THINK OTHERS SUPPORTED IT.
WE ASKED TO GET A REAL REVIEW
ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PUT
CHILDCARE IN CITY HALL.
IT CAME BACK WITH A HIGH PRICE
TAG, AND ALSO, WHAT I HEARD
FROM THE EXECUTIVES IS THAT
THEY WOULD RATHER PUT THAT
MONEY INTO OTHER CHILDCARE
SERVICES AROUND THE CITY TO
ENHANCE WHAT MAY ALREADY BE
THERE, OR TO HELP LOW INCOME
AREAS.
WITH THAT, WE KNOW THERE ARE
FAMILIES, MOMS, AND DADS, THAT
WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING
THEIR INFANTS TO WORK, WHEREAS
I SUPPORT THAT ENTIRELY.
WE KNOW THAT INFANTS GET A
LITTLE FUSSY SOMETIMES.
WE SUGGESTED THAT HAVING A ROOM
DEDICATED IN CITY HALL AND IN
SMT, AND WHEREVER WE HAVE
FAMILIES AND WORKERS, THAT WE
HAVE SPACE FOR THEM.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
EXPENSIVE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FANCY.
BUT A PLACE WHERE PARENTS CAN
GO IF THE INFANT IS GETTING A
LITTLE BIT FUSSY.
IT CAN BE USED FOR PUMPING,
BREAST-FEEDING, EVEN PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE CAN WORK.
MY VISION OF THIS IS SOME
REASONABLE, COMFY COUCHES.
I WILL DONATE THE ONE THAT'S IN
MY OFFICE WHEN I LEAVE.
JUST MAKING IT A KINDLY, QUIET
PLACE FOR THE CHILD TO CALM
DOWN.
I THINK EVEN THOUGH I'M GOING
TO WANT TO PURSUE THE CHILDCARE
FACILITY, I CAN ALSO SEE THE
WRITING ON THE WALL THIS YEAR,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO
SAY, WE WANT A PLACE IN OUR OWN
LEGISLATIVE REPS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FEW
BABIES.
HAVING PLACES FOR THEM TO GO, I
THINK WOULD BE A WONDERFUL
OPTION.
I AM GOING TO ASK FOR MY
COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT ON THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I LIKE IT.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> THE NEXT ITEM WAS HINTED AT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS A
PROPOSAL TO CREATE A CHILDCARE
FACILITY IN CITY HALL.
>> I WILL SPEAK TO THIS IN
GENERAL.
I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IT.
LAST YEAR, WE URGED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT IT
WOULD COST TO DO THIS IN CITY
HALL.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
PEOPLE.
THEY DID THAT ANALYSIS FOR US.
WE ALSO WENT AND LOOKED AT WHAT
THE COUNTY HAS DONE, RIGHT NEXT
DOOR TO US IN THE SHOCK
BUILDING, WHERE THEY HAVE A
FABULOUS DAY CARE THAT IS
OPERATED BY THE NORTHWEST
CENTER, AND THAT CENTER
INCLUDES, AND I BELIEVE IT'S
20%, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS, AND THEY ARE
INCORPORATED INTO EACH OF THE
CHILDCARE ROOMS, AND IT'S
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE HOW WELL ALL
OF THE KIDS ARE LEARNING,
MERGING, AND SUPPORTING EACH
OTHER.
THAT WOULD BE OUR VISION, TO BE
ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NORTHWEST CENTER IS INTERESTED
IN WORKING WITH US TO HAVE A
CHILDCARE CENTER IN CITY HALL.
THAT SAID, WE ARE SAYING IT'S
$400 MILLION TO BUILD OUT
BEHIND THE COFFEE CART.
I DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO DISPUTE
THAT, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS A
LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I THINK WE SHOULD CARRY THIS
FORWARD.
WE CAN BRING IT UP HAVING A
MINIMUM OF 58 CHILDREN WITH
OPERATIONAL COSTS BEING
SIGNIFICANT.
WE KNOW THAT.
NONETHELESS, I THINK WE OUGHT
TO BE THE LEADERS IN THIS.
THE CHILDCARE SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE IN EVERY EMPLOYER'S
BUILDING SO IT'S AVAILABLE FOR
FAMILIES.
THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS BROUGHT FORWARD,
AND THE IDEA IS $4.36 MILLION.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
I WELCOME THEM.
>> LONG-OVERDUE.
PARDON THE PUN.
>> [ LAUGHTER ] THANK YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP MOVING.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS A PROPOSAL TO REDUCE
THE THRESHOLD FOR THE PRIORITY
HIRING CONTRACT FROM $500
MILLION TO PROJECTS WITH A $2.5
MILLION COST.
>> AS FOLKS KNOW, THIS CREATES
ACCESS TO CONSTRUCTION CAREERS
FOR WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND
OTHERS WITH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGES.
BRAZEN CITY FUNDED AND PRIVATE
FUNDED PROJECTS, THE PROGRAM
PRIORITIZES THE NUMBER OF
RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN
ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS.
THE CURRENT PROGRAM APPLIES TO
WORKS OF $5 MILLION OR MORE,
REDUCING THE THRESHOLD TO $2.5
MILLION WOULD RESULT IN
DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS
PER YEAR.
THREE NEW FTEs WOULD ADMINISTER
THE EXPANDED PROGRAM, PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
MONITORING AND REPORTING ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIORITY
HIRING PROGRAM.
THE FAS ESTIMATES 6 TO 12 NEW
PROJECTS WOULD BE ADDED IF THE
THRESHOLD WAS REDUCED TO $2.5
MILLION.
WE KNOW THAT FROM THE 2018
PRIORITY HIRE REPORT THAT
WORKERS IN ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED AREAS AND $10
MILLION MORE IN WAGES AFTER THE
PROJECT DONE BEFORE.
CWA PROJECTS COMPARED TO NON-
CWA PROJECTS, AND 416 PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP GRADUATES, AND
INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING CLEAR
NAVIGATION SERVICES, WERE
PLACED INTO THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY THROUGH SEATTLE
INVESTMENTS, SO AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO NOT JUST GIVING
PEOPLE JOBS, BUT GETTING PEOPLE
CAREER WAGE JOBS IS REALLY
VITAL IN DOING THAT WORK.
WE CAN HELP MORE PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY MORE COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO
IT.
IT'S BUILDING ON A SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO
BOARD.
>> GREAT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> THAT IS ON PAGE 19 OF YOUR
MEMO.
OPCD LEADS CITYWIDE AND
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING
INITIATIVES.
THE BUDGET IS INCREASED BY
$18.5 MILLION.
MOST OF THAT IS A $15 MILLION,
ONE-TIME REVOLVING LOAN FUND
FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
FUNDED THROUGH THE MERCER MAKE
BLOCK SALE.
$500,000 WOULD SUPPORT THE FUND,
AND ITS STRATEGIC ACQUISITION
FUND.
IS CURRENTLY PLACED IN FINANCE
GENERAL.
IN 2023, THE CITY WILL NEED TO
UPDATE ITS CONFERENCE PLAN, AND
THERE ARE TWO EDITIONS RELATED
TO THE MAJOR BODY OF WORK.
$500,000 FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STUDY AND $100,000 FOR
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
FINALLY, THERE IS A $134,000
FOR SOUND TRANSIT THREE
PLANNING, A TRANSFER FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
THERE IS ALSO LEGISLATION TO
EXTEND THE INTERFUND LOAN
PENDING THE SALE OF THE PUBLIC
SAFETY BUILDING BLOCK ACROSS
THE STREET.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SEEING
PERMITS FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.
ONCE THOSE ARE ISSUED, WE CAN
CLOSE THAT TRANSACTION.
>> YOU ARE GRINNING.
I APPRECIATE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT PITT
HAS BEEN THERE, BUT I'VE TOLD
PEOPLE BEFORE, WHEN I WAS IN
THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE, OVER THERE, IN THAT
CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT 90 DEGREES
AT THAT PITT FOR AT LEAST 15
YEARS NOW.
IT USED TO HAVE JUST MALLARD
DUCKS SWIMMING DOWN THERE.
I ASKED FRED PODESTA, CAN WE
JUST MAKE IT A TINY HOME
VILLAGE UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO
BUILD?
OF COURSE, THEY TOLD ME NO.
WE'RE SO CLOSE, AND THERE IS A
REAL SIGN ON THE WALL, I
NOTICED, THAT HAD NOT BEEN
GRAFFITIED YET.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE?
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> WHEN AM I GOING TO SEE A
BUILDING COMING UP?
>> BEST CASE FOR PERMIT
ISSUANCE WOULD BE DECEMBER, BUT
PROBABLY FIRST QUARTER NEXT
YEAR.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PULL THEIR
PERMANENCE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I'M CONSIDERING LEGISLATION
TO REQUIRE COUNCILMEMBER
BAGHSAW NOT LEAVE UNTIL THE
PERMITS ARE ISSUED.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.
THAT'S A BAD SUGGESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, BUT
THANK YOU.
>> THERE ARE THREE
COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSALS RELATED
TO DO FOR THE OFFICE OF
DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING.
THE FIRST IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA ON OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT FUNDS FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE UNTIL
COUNCIL CAN BE BRIEFED ON THE
PLAN FOR THOSE FUNDS.
>> ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THIS?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK TO IT.
I HAVE SOME NOTES FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
THIS IS SOMETHING IT SUPPORTS,
AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO
CHANNEL COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
BUT SHE AND HER TEAM CAN FILL
IN ANY BLANKS.
WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOES THROUGH
A MAJOR UPDATE.
I THINK IT'S OVER EIGHT YEARS,
IS THAT RIGHT?
WE ARE BEGINNING THAT CYCLE.
WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY SEEN A LOT OF
GROWTH IN THE CITY, IN THE LAST
DECADE, AND THERE IS A DESIRE,
I THINK, FROM A LOT OF US, TO
BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT
THAT GROWTH LOOKS LIKE GOING
FORWARD.
IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, THE
COUNCIL HAD AN SLI THAT
REQUESTED THE DEPARTMENTS USE
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT, AND
SOME OTHER PREPLANNING WORK.
WE'VE HAD A RESPONSE TO THAT
THAT THE FINAL RESPONSE ISN'T
DUE FOR A MONTH AND A HALF.
THIS WOULD GO FURTHER, AND ASK
THAT THEY PROVISO SOME FUNDS TO
ENSURE THAT IN THE OPD OUTREACH
PROCESS, AS THEY PLAN FOR THE
NEW CUMBERLANDS OF PLAN, THAT
THEY DO THE FULL RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT, INCLUDING THE OUTREACH
PROGRAM TO COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF
POINTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S TEAM HAS MADE TO ME.
DOING A RACIAL TOOLKIT AROUND
THE URBAN VILLAGE IS INTENDED
TO NOT BE A BUSINESS AS USUAL
RECOGNIZING THAT THE GROSS THAT
HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT OUR
CITY HAS, BY DESTINATION, BEEN
EQUITABLE.
IT HAS BEEN VERY CONCENTRATED
IN OUR URBAN VILLAGES, WHICH
MEANS 75% OF THE RESIDENTIAL
LAND HAS RECEIVED ALMOST NO
GROSS, AND IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT AS WE DO THIS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT THEY
BRING BACK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
DIRECTLY RELATED TO WHERE THE
GROWTH NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND TIE
THAT CLOSELY TO THE
DISPLACEMENT WE SEEN IN OUR
CITIES, AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
INCORPORATING PEOPLE MOST
IMPACTED BY THAT DISPLACEMENT
INTO THE PROPOSALS THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT.
IT'S ANTICIPATED THERE WERE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CREATE MORE
HOUSING ACCESS IN 75% OF THE
CITY THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT OF
REACH FOR ALL BUT THE HIGHEST
EARNERS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
ADDRESSING HISTORIC INEQUITIES
AND DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES
CAUSED BY DISCRIMINATORY PUBLIC
POLICY.
THIS IS SOMETHING I AM EXCITED
TO SEE THE CITY DOING NEXT
YEAR, AND I AM THRILLED TO
SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
>> THAT'S FROM COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR A GROUP
TO WORK WITH BLACK CHURCHES IN
THE CENTRAL AREA, AND IN
DEVELOPING PARKING LOTS, AND
MIXED-USE PROJECTS.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
>> A QUICK COMMENT.
I AM SENSITIVE TO CERTAINLY
ENCOURAGING THAT GROUP.
I WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DO
HAVE AN EDI FUNDING PROCESS
IT'S VERY COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH
IT.
THERE ARE WAY MORE PROJECTS
THAT COME THROUGH THAT PROCESS
AND THERE IS CURRENTLY FUNDING
FOR, BUT HAVING THE COMMUNITY
COLLABORATE ON IDENTIFYING THE
PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY CAR ON
HOW TO SEQUENCE THEM, I THINK
IS VERY VALUABLE TO THE CITY.
I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS THAT WE
DON'T INADVERTENTLY SHORT-
CIRCUIT A PROCESS THAT I
BELIEVE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY
WELL.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS IS A
PROJECT THAT GOES THROUGH THAT
PROCESS, AND DIDN'T SCORE
HIGHLY, AND IS UNLIKELY TO
SCORE HIGHLY FOR CERTAIN
REASONS, I AM OPEN TO LOOKING
AT QUESTIONS THERE, BUT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT PICKING
THE PROJECTS ARE EDI, AND
SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
PROCESS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY
ARE REALLY GOOD PROJECTS THAT
AREN'T GETTING FUNDING.
I WOULD RATHER FOCUS OUR
EFFORTS ON INCREASING THE
FUNDING, SO MORE PROJECTS CAN
MOVE FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL FOR A
COMMUNITY DRIVEN THE
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE US A
FEW SENTENCES?
>> THE FUNDING WOULD BE FOR A
REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT TO HELP
COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS WHEEL
AND DEAL.
IT WOULD BE A GROUP WITH DEEP
EXPERIENCE IN THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD?
THANK YOU.
LET'S MOVE ON TO PAGE 22.
BUT THIS IS AMY GORE.
>> WELCOME TO THE TABLE.
>> THIS IS ON PAGE 22.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OFFICE
OF HEARING EXAMINER.
THE OFFICE OF HEARING EXAMINER
IS AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF THE
CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING
FAR AND IMPARTIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AS
AUTHORIZED BY THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
THE OFFICE HOLDS HEARINGS AND
DECIDES APPEALS IN CASES WHERE
CITIZENS DISAGREE WITH A
DECISION MADE BY A CITY OF
SEATTLE AGENCY.
THE OFFICE OF HEARING EXAMINER'S
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS JUST
OVER $1 MILLION.
THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF
ABOUT $73,000, WHICH INCLUDES
TAKING ONE PART-TIME FTE TO A
FULL-TIME FTE.
THIS IS IN ANTICIPATION OF AN
INCREASED WORKLOAD TO HEAR
APPEALS OF FIRE CODE VIOLATIONS
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 119650, WHICH
COUNCIL PASSED IN SEPTEMBER,
AND GIVES SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT CITATION AUTHORITY.
THERE IS ONE PROPOSAL FOR THE
OFFICE FROM COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
>> SORRY.
>> JUMP RIGHT IN.
>> THIS COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE
OFFICE OF HEARING EXAMINER.
IT EXTENDS CONVERSATIONS I'VE
HAD AROUND REFORM OF THE SEPA
BILL WE PASSED TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE EXAMINER IDENTIFY TWO LOW-
COST INVESTMENTS THAT CAN BE
MADE TO ADDRESS LENGTHY HEARING
TIMES AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES
WITHIN THE OFFICE.
THE FIRST IS A ONE-TIME FUNDING
OF $8000 TO PAY FOR PORTABLE
HEARING EQUIPMENT.
THE HEARING EXAMINER HAS ACCESS
TO TWO HEARING ROOMS, ONLY A
ONE OF WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE
LARGE MULTI-HEARING
POPULATIONS, SO WHEN APPEALS
ARE BEING HEARD, OTHER HEARINGS
ARE SILENT FOR MONTHS BECAUSE
THERE'S NO PHYSICAL ROOM TO
HEAR THEM.
PORTABLE HEARING EQUIPMENT
WOULD ALLOW THE HEARING
EXAMINER TO HUMBLE OTHER
HEARINGS, AND GIVE THE HEARING
EXAMINER THE ABILITY TO HOLD
HEARINGS IN THE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE
DECISION, TO OPEN THE PROCESS
TO MORE PEOPLE.
THE SECOND PIECE OF THIS BUDGET
ADD WOULD BE $17,000 OF ONGOING
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE
PARTICIPATION OF A CITY PLANNER
FOR HEARING EXAMINER APPEALS.
CURRENTLY, MEDIATION IS SEEN AS
TOO COSTLY FOR MANY APPELLANTS
BECAUSE THEY MUST BEAR THE COST
OF THE PLAN ARE PARTICIPATING
THEMSELVES.
THE ZONING WOULD ALLOW MORE
APPEALS TO AVOID LENGTHY
HEARINGS BY MAKING MEDIATION A
MORE AFFORDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE
OPTION.
FINALLY, I SHARED A COPY OF THE
LETTER THAT THE HEARING
EXAMINER SENT TO ALL OF US ON
OCTOBER 8 REQUESTING THESE
BUDGET ADDITIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS
ON THAT?
I WILL JUST ADD THAT I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS,
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, AND I
APPRECIATE THE ENGAGEMENT OF
THE HEARING EXAMINER.
WE PASSED THE CPA REFORM A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I KNOW THAT THE HEARING
EXAMINER HAD EXPRESSED SOME
CONCERNS IN ADVANCE ABOUT DO
BELIEVE WE HAVE SHARED GOALS TO
KEEP HIS OFFICE ROBUST, AND DO
THINGS AS TIMELY AS POSSIBLE,
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS
ONGOING ENGAGEMENT IN HELPING
GIVE US CLARITY ON WHAT THE
TYPES OF INVESTMENTS COULD BE,
AND I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE
THAT HE HAS IDENTIFIED SOME LOW-
COST INVESTMENTS BUT WILL
HOPEFULLY EASE UP SOME PAIN
POINTS, SO WE WILL SEE
RECOGNITION WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE.
NEXT ONE.
>> NEXT, I WILL MOVE TO THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
AFFAIRS.
THIS IS ON PAGE 23 OF THE MEMO.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
THIS OFFICE IS $3.9 MILLION.
AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE 2017
BRIEFING, APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
OFFICE DECREASED 22% FROM THE
2020 ENDORSED BUDGET.
THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO TWO
CHANGES.
FIRST, A CHANGE IN THE
ACCOUNTING OF SOME GRANTS THAT
USUALLY COME IN, LATER IN THE
YEAR, WHICH WE'RE STILL
EXPECTING BUT DON'T WANT TO PUT
ON THE BOOKS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY
RECEIVE THEM.
SECOND BECAUSE KING COUNTY WILL
BE DOING CONTRACTING FOR THE
EXPANDED LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK,
RATHER THAN GIVING THOSE FUNDS
TO THE CITY TO DISTRIBUTE.
THERE ARE THREE COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSALS AT THIS PROCESS.
THE FIRST IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
WALLACE.
>> THE FIRST ITEM WOULD ADD AN
ADDITIONAL $750,000 TO THE
BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S
POLICY CHANGES THAT IMPACTS
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IS
BECOMING INTENSE, AND
INCREASING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS ARE
FORCING FAMILIES TO LITERALLY
CHOOSE TO GO HUNGRY OR FORGO
HEALTHCARE, AND OTHER PUBLIC
SERVICES THAT KEEP THEIR
FAMILIES HEALTH AND HEALTHY,
AND ALL BECAUSE OF THEIR
REASONABLE FEAR OF DEPORTATION,
AND BECOMING ENTANGLED IN THE
IMMIGRATION FOR-PROFIT JAIL
SYSTEM.
OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS TO KNOW,
SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, HOW THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL WEIGH
IN ON ISSUES LIKE DACA OR TPS.
THE PROPOSED RULE CHANGES
AROUND PUBLIC CHARGER ALREADY
HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT IN
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, AND
ACHIEVING COMP'S GOALS OF
SCARING FAMILIES INTO THE
SHADOWS PARK SO EVEN THOUGH
THERE WAS POSITIVE MOVEMENT,
THE EFFECT OF FEAR AND
INTIMIDATION IS, UNFORTUNATELY,
A BILL THAT CANNOT BE WRONG
BECAUSE OF ACTIONS BY THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SAID THERE'S
A GROWING NEED FOR A RAPID
RESPONSE FUND IN LIGHT OF THESE
ONGOING ATTACKS ON THE FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION.
THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE
ONE CREATED IN 2017 TO RESPOND
TO EMERGING THREATS THROUGH
SPECIALIZED CLINICS AND DEEPER
COMMUNITY EDUCATION AROUND
THINGS LIKE POLICY CHANGES
RELATED TO THE PUBLIC CHARGE
RULE TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO
MITIGATE THE DISRUPTION ON THE
LIVES OF IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I WOULD IMAGINE THE $750,000
WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE
ORDINARY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
PROCESS, AND WOULD BE FLASHED
INTO COMMUNITY TO MEET THE
ONGOING AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF
THE IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITY
IN THE FACE OF THESE FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATIVE RULE CHANGES
THAT ALL OF US, I THINK,
APPRECIATE THE DEPTH AND
COMPLEXITY OF THOSE ISSUES WHEN
WE HAD THE DIRECTOR AT THE
TABLE, WALKING US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION OF THE WORK THEY
DO EVERY DAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
FOR ONE AND TWO, BUT I WILL
GIVE MY REASONS WHY IN NUMBER
THREE.
>> THANK YOU.
SHALL WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM?
>> THE SECOND ITEM IS TO ADD
ONE FTE.
THAT IS ALSO FROM COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> THIS WOULD BE COMPLEMENTARY
TO WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM LARRY THAT
THEY ARE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS
AND DEAL WITH THE VAST AMOUNT
AND VOLUME OF POLICY CHANGES
THAT SEEM TO BE COMING OUT OF
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EVERY
DAY.
ALL INTENDED TO ATTACK AND
CREATE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN
OUR CITY, WHETHER THEY ARE HERE
WITH DOCUMENTATION OR WITHOUT.
IT MATTERS LITTLE TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY JUST WANT TO CREATE A
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT TO
DISCOURAGE IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES FROM FULLY INTEGRATING
INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO PROVIDE YRA A SINGLE, FULL-
TIME EMPLOYEE EQUIVALENT TO
FOCUS IN ON THOSE FEDERAL
POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE HAVING
A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE
LOCAL IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITY, AND REALLY BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE WORK
THAT THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE DOING
SHOULD THAT BE FUNDED.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM, COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
>> WHEN I WAS FIRST APPOINTED,
I OPENED UP A DISTRICT OFFICE
IN UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
OVER THE SUMMER, DURING OFFICE
HOURS, I WOULD HEAR FROM
CONSTITUENTS AS THEY WERE
SEEING IMAGES OVER THE SUMMER
ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER, AND THE HE
FLEW SHALL NOT BE NAMED
ADMINISTRATION WAS DOING AT
THIS OTHER BORDER.
CONSTITUENTS WANTED THE CITY TO
DO MORE.
THAT'S WHY I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
ONE AND TWO.
THE TWO COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
HAS OFFERED.
ADDITIONALLY, WHEN I WORKED AT
THE OFFICE OF MINORITY AFFAIRS,
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, I WOULD HEAR FROM
OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, THE
ANXIETIES THAT SO MANY
UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS WOULD
HAVE ABOUT BOTH THEIR RENEWAL,
OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND SO
FORTH.
SO, MY OFFICE HAD INQUIRED TO
YRA ON WHAT WE WERE DOING.
IN 2018, THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
WAS ABLE TO USE $20,000 IN ONE-
TIME FUNDING TO WORK WITH
NONPROFIT 21 PROGRESS TO
PROVIDE GUNS GRANTS TO HELP
DACA RECIPIENTS WITH THE DACA
RENEWAL FEE WITH THE SUPREME
COURT DECISION ON DACA'S EIGHT
LUMING AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THE PROGRAM COULD SETTLE AT A
FUTURE DATE, I BELIEVE WE
SHOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER ROUND OF
ONE-TIME FUNDING TO HELP
DREAMERS RESTORE THEIR STATUS
BEFORE THE PROGRAM ENDS.
I PLAN FORWARD ONE-TIME FUNDS
FOR THIS WORK, AND I HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSING THIS WITH 21
PROGRESS IN YRA.
THERE MAY BE INTEREST FROM
PRIVATE DONORS, AS WELL.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, GROWING
UP, MY TWO OLDER SISTERS WERE
UNDOCUMENTED, AND MY MOTHER
USED TO ALWAYS SAY TO US, NO
MATTER WHAT, WE ALWAYS HAD TO
PROTECT THEM.
I AM IN PURSUIT OF THIS NOT
JUST BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCES
AT THE OFFICE OF MINORITY
AFFAIRS, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF
WHAT I HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS,
BUT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS
WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A
CITY.
WE SHOULD BE ASKING, WHAT CAN
WE DO?
THIS IS A SMALL STEP, BUT I
THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG CHANGE
AND DIFFERENCE MAKER FOR SO
MANY OF THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, NOT
JUST IN MY DISTRICT, BUT THE
7300 PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED ACROSS THE SEATTLE
METROPOLITAN AREA.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THANK YOU, AMY.
>> I WILL BEGIN WITH DISCUSSION
OF THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN RESOURCES.
THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT
RESPONSIBLE FOR RECRUITING,
HIRING, AND SUPPORTING THE
CITY'S WORKFORCE AS WELL AS
ADMINISTRATING COMPENSATION AND
BENEFITS.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS FOR
$323 MILLION.
THAT IS COMPRISED OF $25
MILLION FOR THE OPERATIONS
BUDGET, AND $298 MILLION FOR
THE PERSONNEL COMPENSATION
TRUST FUND.
THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL $6
MILLION FOR THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET.
SOME NOTABLE ADDITIONS THAT
COMPRISE THE $6 MILLION INCLUDE
A COMPREHENSIVE WAGE STUDY.
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES, A COMPREHENSIVE WAGE
STUDY WOULD BE CONDUCTED OF
CITY REPRESENTED JOB TITLES
WITH CURRENT MARKET RATES,
CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF A
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY, AND THE COALITION OF
CITY UNIONS.
THE STUDY WOULD EVALUATE
APPROXIMATELY 650 TITLES
CITYWIDE WITH AN ESTIMATED
COMPLETION DATE OF DECEMBER 31.
ANOTHER NOTABLE ADDITION IS
APPROXIMATELY $336,000 FOR A
SCOPING STUDY ON REPLACING THE
HRIS EV FIVE APPLICATION.
THAT IS THE SYSTEM THAT THE
CITY USES FOR EMPLOYEE
TIMEKEEPING, PAYROLL, BASIC HR
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS.
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE
SYSTEM HAS REACHED THE AND OF
ITS USEFUL LIFE, AND SO HST ARE
IS SCOPING OUT A REPLACEMENT,
PROPOSING $336,000 AND
ESTIMATING THERE WOULD BE AND
EXPENDITURE FOR THE FOLLOWING
YEAR'S BUDGET.
NEXT IS A PROPOSED ADDITION OF
11.5 STAFF MEMBERS.
7.5 OF THEM WOULD BE ONGOING.
FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH
CENTRAL COST ALLOCATIONS, SO
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE
ADDING MONEY TO FUND THOSE
POSITIONS, AND THEN FOUR
EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD BE IN TIME-
LIMITED, TEMPORARY POSITIONS.
FOR BUDGET LEGISLATION, THERE
IS A PROPOSED COUNCIL BILL THAT
WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW EMPLOYEE
GIVING PROGRAM FOR CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD BE
COMPRISED OF AMENDMENTS TO THE
EMPLOYEE GIVING ORDINANCE THAT
HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 1988,
AND THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT TO
HAVE THE CHARITABLE GIVING
PROGRAM HAPPEN THROUGH PAYROLL
DEDUCTIONS, AND THERE WOULD BE
A DESIGNATED CAMPAIGN
ADMINISTRATOR TO ACTUALLY RUN
THE PROGRAM RATHER THAN THE
CITY.
OR THERE COULD BE THE ISSUE OF
THAT HAPPENING WITH THIS
DESIGNATED CAMPAIGN
ADMINISTRATOR, OR THE CITY.
THE DESIGNATED CAMPAIGN
ADMINISTRATOR WOULD BE A
QUALIFIED, NONPROFIT, THIRD-
PARTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT WOULD
LEAD THE CAMPAIGN, PROVIDE FULL
CAMPAIGN SUPPORT, AND
DISTRIBUTE THE EMPLOYEE
DONATIONS.
AS BACKGROUND FOR THIS CHANGE,
SDR STATES THAT, SINCE INITIAL
MENTATION IN 1988, THE PROGRAM
EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND
STAFFING COULDN'T KEEP UP TO
MEET THE INTENSIFIED PROGRAM
DEMANDS.
THERE WAS AN AUDIT, AND AN
INVESTIGATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO
THAT SHOWED A STRONG NEED FOR
MORE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, AND
MORE INTERNAL CONTROLS.
IN THE 2018 PROPOSED BUDGET,
THE SCH ARE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED
AGGREGATING ONE OF THE
POSITIONS THAT WAS HANDLING THIS
CHARITABLE GIVING CAMPAIGN, AND
MOVING TOWARDS THIRD-PARTY
ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS ONE OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME
OUT OF THE AUDIT, AND THE
INVESTIGATION.
SINCE THE ADOPTED BUDGET DID
AGGREGATE THAT POSITION, SINCE
THEN, THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
TAKING STEPS TO DISCONTINUE
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.
THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN ON
JANUARY 7 OF NEXT YEAR.
THE PLAN TO INFORM
PARTICIPATING NONPROFITS OF THE
CHANGE THIS WEEK, AND THEN
THERE WILL BE A TWO-WEEK
CHARITABLE GIVING CAMPAIGN RUN
BY UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY.
REMOVING PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
FROM THE EMPLOYEE GIVING
CAMPAIGNS, AND 2018 10% OF CITY
EMPLOYEES DONATED ABOUT
$644,000 TO ALMOST 700
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
AN EXAMPLE OF THE SIZE OF SUCH
DONATIONS, NORTHWEST HARVEST
RECEIVED $34,000.
ABOUT $8000 PER QUARTER.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS 15 EMPLOYEES
COLLECTED THE DONATION OF $5000
TO NEW BEGINNINGS FOR SURVIVORS
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
GIVEN THIS HISTORY OF GIVING
THAT HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT
SOURCE OF FUNDING, THE COUNCIL
COULD CONSIDER AMENDING THE
BILL TO REQUIRE AN ENHANCED
CHARITABLE GIVING CAMPAIGN
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF
IMPLEMENTATION.
PERHAPS, TWO CAMPAIGNS OR
ENVELOPE EXTENDED CAMPAIGN.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF MOVING FORWARD WITH
BOBBY HUME'S RECOMMENDATION.
IN 1988, THERE WAS NO SUCH
THING AS DONATE BUTTONS ON THE
INTERNET, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE
THE KIND OF FUNDRAISERS WE SEE
ALL FALL AND ALL SPRING FOR
SOME OF OUR CHARITALE
DONATIONS.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE
PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS IS IT TOOK
LIKE 7% OR 8% OUT, SO IT WASN'T
FREE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT
WERE DONATING THE MONEY, AND
THEN THERE WERE ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS BY THE ORGANIZATION
RECEIVING THE MONEY, SO I THINK
THERE WERE PEOPLE UPWARD OF 15%
TO 20% OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
TAKEN BEFORE THEIR MONEY
ACTUALLY WENT TO THE SERVICES
TO WHICH THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
DONATING.
IF WE CAN REDUCE THOSE COSTS
AND MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR PEOPLE,
AND ENCOURAGE THE KIND OF
CHARITABLE GIVING WE SEE, I
THINK THAT IS TERRIFIC, BUT I
WILL ALSO NOTE THAT AS YOU
POINT OUT, $34,000 WENT TO
NORTHWEST HARVEST THROUGH THIS
PROGRAM.
THERE WAS A LOT MORE FOR CITY
EMPLOYEES THAT GAVE DIRECTLY TO
HARVEST.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
STRIVES TO IMPROVE WORKERS'
LIVES THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF
LABOR STANDARDS, AND ALSO
ADMINISTERING TWO LARGE
OUTREACH EDUCATION FUNDS THAT
COMPRISE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE
BUDGET, AND ALSO SUPPORT AN
ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS STANDARDS
BOARD'S, AND THEY ALSO ARE
CREATING INNOVATIVE POLICIES,
AS WELL.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
INCLUDES $6.8 MILLION, AN
INCREASE OF ABOUT $207,000 FROM
THE ENDORSED BUDGET.
OLS IS NOT PROPOSING CHANGES TO
EMPLOYEES, STAFFING, OR
OPERATIONS.
THESE INCREASES ARE DUE TO
STANDARD COST CHANGES, ANNUAL
WAGE INCREASES, AND THE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND COALITION OF UNIONS,
AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE
PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE.
SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WE WANT
TO CONSIDER IN ADDITION TO THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS IS
THE COST OF TRANSLATION THAT
THE OFFICE PROVIDES.
THE OFFICE TRULY DOES HAVE A
ROBUST LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM.
THEY TRANSLATE THEIR MATERIALS
INTO 19 OR MORE LANGUAGES.
IT GOES THROUGH A TWO-STEP
PROCESS WHERE IT IS TRANSLATED
BY A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
COMPANY, AND RECEIVES A REVIEW
FROM A FLUENT SPEAKER IN THE
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THE
TRANSLATION IS MEANINGFUL TO
THE FOLKS WHO ARE READING IT.
THEY HAVE FORECASTED UP TO
ABOUT 20 TRANSLATION PROJECTS
FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
THEIR BUDGET HAS A LINE ITEM
FOR ABOUT $25,000 FOR LANGUAGE
ACCESS.
THEY ESTIMATE IT WILL COST
ALMOST $42,000 TO COMPLETE THIS
WORK.
THEY INDICATE THAT INCREASING
FUNDS FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS IS
NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY
PREDICT UNDERSTANDING AND
OPERATING SUPPLIES, EMPLOYEE
RECOGNITION, AND SOFTWARE
PURCHASES.
THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO
CONSIDER ADDING RESOURCES TO
COVER THE FULL COST WITHOUT
UNDERSTANDING ON OTHER ACCOUNTS.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE ONE.
>> SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
ON THE LANGUAGE ACCESS COSTS, I
DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
-- AND I SPOKE TO THIS, DURING
THE LMS PRESENTATION, I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO COVER
LANGUAGE ACCESS COSTS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT.
I THINK WE HEARD FROM DIRECTOR
GARFINKEL AT THE TIME, THAT
IT'S ABSOLUTELY A NEED, AND THE
DEPARTMENT DOES THE BEST WITH
WHAT IT HAS.
I THINK THE PRESENTATION DURING
THIS PROCESS IS A TESTAMENT TO
THAT.
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO LANGUAGE
ACCESS, AND COMMITTED TO DOING
WHAT THEY CAN AT THE HIGHEST
QUALITY POSSIBLE.
I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF ADDING
AN ADDITIONAL $17,000 TO COVER
THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ACCESS
COSTS IN ORDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
NEED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
FIVE NEW LABOR LAWS THAT WE
PASSED, THAT WILL GO INTO
EFFECT IN 2020.
>> THERE IS ONE PROPOSED
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION FOR
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
I WILL REACH OVER.
I WILL GET THE SLIDES, SO WE
CAN HAVE THE SLIDES FOR THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA PROPOSES
ADDING ONE NINE DOLLARS TO THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FUND, AND THE
BUSINESS OUTREACH, AND
EDUCATION FUND.
THIS WOULD BE AN ONGOING
ADDITION FOR THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS TO PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT AND
FACILITATE OUTREACH, EDUCATION,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TO LOW-
WAGE WORKERS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES ON SEATTLE'S LABOR
STANDARDS, AS BACKGROUND IN
2015, THE COUNCIL CREATED THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FUND AS A TWO-YEAR
CONTRACT CYCLE FOR $1 MILLION
IN 2016, THE COUNCIL CREATED
THE BUSINESS OUTREACH, AND
EDUCATION FUND FOR $475,000 AS
A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT CYCLE.
IN 2017, THESE FUNDS WERE
PERCEIVED AS ONGOING.
THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FUND WAS INCREASED TO
$1.5 MILLION PER YEAR.
SINCE THEN, THE FUNDING HAS NOT
CHANGED.
IN THE INTERVENING TIME,
SEATTLE HAS PASSED FIVE
ADDITIONAL LABOR STANDARDS.
THE STATE HAS PASSED ADDITIONAL
WORKER PROTECTION LAWS.
CENSUS DATA SHOWS A STARK
RACIAL DISPARITY IN SEATTLE
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, SO
THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD ADD
ADDITIONAL MONEY TO INCREASE
OUTREACH ON WAYS TO EMPOWER
WORKERS AND BUSINESSES TO PUT
THESE LAWS INTO PLACE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> BY MY QUICK MATH, IT LOOKS
LIKE IT'S ABOUT $2.3 MILLION IN
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THAT THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS HAS?
>> CORRECT.
>> I WANT TO FLAG AGAIN THE
FACT THAT SEATTLE'S OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS HAS NO DEDICATED
FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION.
THEIR INVESTIGATORS ARE THE
ONES WHO ARE CHARGED WITH DOING
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO THE
COMMUNITY WHEN IMPLEMENTING NEW
LAWS, AND I FEEL IT'S A VERY
INEQUITABLE SITUATION THAT WE
DO NOT HAVE ANY DEDICATED
FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FOR THE SEATTLE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, WHEN
THAT OFFICE IS FULFILLING A
SIMILAR FUNCTION AS TO THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS, AND
ENFORCING REGULATIONS THE CITY
HAS PASSED THAT HAVE PROFOUND
IMPACTS TO PEOPLE RELATED TO
RACE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE VALUES
OF THE CITY.
I AM CONTINUALLY BRINGING THIS
UP TO SIGNAL MY DESIRE TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HAVE BOTH
SOME PARITY BETWEEN THOSE TWO
OFFICES, BOTH AS IT RELATES TO
THE NUMBERS OF INVESTIGATORS,
AND THE INVESTMENTS WE PUT INTO
OUTREACH EDUCATION.
I THINK THE FOLKS THAT IT
BENEFITS IN DOING SO ARE THE
FOLKS THAT, WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE LAWS THAT WE PASSED ON THIS
COUNCIL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS, WILL REAP BENEFITS FOR
THE CONSTITUENCIES WE HOPE TO
REPRESENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I HAVE NOTES FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE
ON THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET
REQUEST, WHICH IS HERS.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD CONTINUES TO MAKE AS IT
RELATES TO ISSUES RELATED TO
COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
I CERTAINLY AGREE THERE NEEDS
TO BE SOME ATTENTION PLACED IN
THAT CATEGORY TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE PROVIDING THE RESOURCES
NECESSARY FOR THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS TO ENFORCE OUR
CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS, AND WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT
THE BREADTH OF THAT WORK, AND
THE SCOPE OF THE NEEDS, AND
TERMS OF ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY DELIBERATE
ABOUT REQUIRING EVALUATIONS OF
MOST OF THESE LABOR LAWS THAT
HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON TWO
THINGS.
ONE IS HOW DEEP IS THE
KNOWLEDGE AMONGST THE WORKERS
THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE LAWS OR
PROTECTED BY THE LAWS?
AND SIMILARLY, WHAT IS THE
KNOWLEDGE AMONGST THE EMPLOYER
BASE ABOUT THOSE LAWS THAT HAS
LAID THE FRAMEWORK AND
FOUNDATION FOR IDENTIFYING
DEDICATED REVENUE STREAMS TO BE
ABLE TO DO AND SUPPORT SOME OF
THESE OUTREACH FUNDS, AND
PERHAPS THAT'S THE START IN
TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY
THE SCOPE OF THE NEEDS, BUT
BEFORE US IS THIS REQUEST TO
ADD $1 MILLION TO THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FUND,
AND BUSINESS OUTREACH, AND
ENGAGEMENT FUND, TO THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS.
I THINK BUDGET DID A GOOD JOB
OF GOING OVER SOME OF THE
TALKING POINTS I HAVE IN FRONT
OF ME FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT SINCE
ITS CREATION IN APRIL, 2015, WE
HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED AND MOVED OLS
FORWARD WITH THE MISSION TO
ADVANCE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL
ENFORCEMENT, STRATEGIC
ENFORCEMENT AND A DEVELOPMENT TO
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
OLS IMPLEMENTS MANY OF THE
LABOR STANDARDS THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS PASSED.
PAGE 2nd SAFE LEAVE, FAIR
CHANCE EMPLOYMENT, MINIMUM
WAGE, WHICH THAT, HOTEL
EMPLOYEES, SAFETY, SECURE
SCHEDULING, AND THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS POP ORDINANCE, AS WELL.
OLS HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS IN
TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT OF THESE
LAWS, AND ACHIEVING RECOVERY
FOR WORKERS, INCLUDING SOME
EXAMPLES HERE.
OCTOBER 15, 2019, THERE WAS A
$182,000 SETTLEMENT WITH TWO
HYATT HOTELS FOR ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE,
AND WHICH LEFT ORDINANCES THAT
IMPACTED 234 EMPLOYEES.
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019, A $172,000
SETTLEMENT WITH THE JACK-IN-THE-
BOX FRANCHISE FOR ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS OF THE SEEKER
SCHEDULING ORDINANCE IMPACTING
569 EMPLOYEES.
ON AUGUST 15, 2019, THERE WAS A
$686,000 SETTLEMENT WITH
ARIZONA STAFFING COMPANY FOR
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE
MINIMUM WAGE LAW THAT IMPACTED
358 EMPLOYEES, AND THAT IS SORT
OF THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLES OF
THIS.
I THINK ALL THIS YEAR, SOME OF
THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY
OLS ON ENFORCEMENT.
IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY-BASED
OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT, WE
KNOW OUR COMMUNITY-BASED
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PLAY A
CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT ROLE IN
THE ENFORCEMENT MODEL USED BY
OLS TO CREATE A CULTURE OF
COMPLIANCE WITH SEATTLE'S
MINIMUM LABOR STANDARDS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
LOW-WAGE WORKERS ARE MOST
LIKELY TO BE VICTIMIZED BY WAGE
THEFT, INCLUDING PEOPLE OF
COLOR, IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES,
LGBTQ IMMUNITIES, AND OTHER
MARGINALIZED WORKERS ARE ALSO
THE LEAST LIKELY TO COME
FORWARD WITH A COMPLAINT TO THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WORK IS
CENTERED ON THOSE EFFORTS AS IT
RELATES TO ALL OF OUR LABOR
STANDARDS, AND THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS PRESENT,
AND REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE ADDED ONE LABOR
STANDARD, THE DOMESTIC WORKER'S
BILL OF RIGHTS AND PASSED FOUR
SINCE THE LAST SUBSTANTIAL
INCREASE TO THIS PARTICULAR
FUND, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO INCREASE
THE FUND, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE
EXTENSIVE OUTREACH NEEDED TO
COVER THE ADDITIONAL WORKERS,
WHO WILL BE COVERED BY A
VARIETY OF THESE NEW LABOR
STANDARDS, SO WE KNOW OLS IS
INTENDING TO DIRECT
INVESTIGATIONS, SO THIS WILL
INHERENTLY PUT OUR COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, IN A
POSITION TO NEED ADDITIONAL
OUTREACH TO BE ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES, EVEN IN THE
CONTEXT OF DIRECT
INVESTIGATIONS.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ'S POINT EARLIER,
ASHA FROM CENTRAL STAFF DID A
REALLY GOOD ANALYSIS IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET ANALYSIS
DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE
SHORTFALLS, BOTH ON THE
INVESTIGATION SIDE AS WELL AS
THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION SIDE.
FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS,
I WILL BE SURE TO SEND THEM ON
TO FOLKS FOR REVIEW.
AS IT RELATES TO COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ'S POINT ABOUT THE
KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT OUR
CIVIL RIGHTS, ONE OF THE POINTS
THAT HAS COME OUT OF A RECENT
RACIAL AND EQUITY TOOLKIT
ANALYSIS ASKED THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS TO DO, ONE OF THE
RESULTS OF THAT WAS A
RECOGNITION THROUGH WORK DONE
WITH FOCUS GROUP WORKS, AND
TOWN HALLS, IS THAT THE
KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS
LAWS IS INSUFFICIENT AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE
IS A SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
THAT CREATES A CHICKEN OR EGG
SITUATION.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE OFFICE
EXISTS, AND YOU DON'T KNOW THE
OFFICE EXISTS TO ENFORCE THE
LAWS RELATED TO LAWS, IT ALSO
HAS AN IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC
SENTIMENT AROUND ENHANCING
FUNDING FOR THOSE SERVICES, SO
WE HAVE REALLY ROBUST ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS, PARTIALLY
BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH
WORK FUNDING OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION ABOUT OUR LABOR
STANDARDS LAWS.
THAT HAS RESULTED IN THE VERY
GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE
FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION.
WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED A
CONSTITUENCY LIKE THAT FOR THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THOSE?
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE SEVEN
MORE PRESENTATIONS.
WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WORKS TO
PROVIDE CITYWIDE COORDINATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES,
CONDUCTS RESEARCH, AND POLICIES
FOCUSING ON ENVIRONMENTAL
EQUITY, BUILDING ENERGY, FOOD
POLICY, AND TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION, AND COORDINATES
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CLIENT SEATTLE ACTION PLAN.
I WILL BE GOING OVER
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
PROPOSED 2020 AND ENDORSED 2020
BUDGETS, AND THEN WE WILL
DISCUSS COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSALS.
THE TOTAL PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY, ALSO KNOWN
AS OSC IS $11.6 MILLION.
THE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT $3.89
BETWEEN PROPOSED AND ENDORSED,
WHICH IS CLOSE TO A 50%
INCREASE TO THE TOTAL BUDGET.
THE 27% DROP IN GENERAL FUND
SUPPORT YOU SEE AT THE TABLE
REPRESENTS ACTION BY THE
COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR TO
ESTABLISH THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX FUND.
SO THOSE REVENUES CAN BE
TRACKED SEPARATELY.
THE $3.9 MILLION OF SWEDEN TAX
REVENUES IN THE ENDORSED BUDGET
WERE SHIFTED TO THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX FUND, AND THE
PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD ADD $2
MILLION TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
FRESH BOX VOUCHERS THAT THE
OFFICE CAN OFFER TO RESIDENTS
IN THE FOOD SCARCITY GAP, SO
THOSE ARE RESIDENTS WHO
EXPERIENCE FOOD INSECURITY BUT
DO NOT NECESSARILY QUALIFY FOR
SOME FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS,
AND SO THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO
INCREASE FROM 2000 TO 6000
VOUCHERS BECAUSE THERE WAS
GREAT DEMAND EARLIER THIS YEAR
WHEN PEOPLE WERE SIGNING UP.
THESE ULTRAFINE PURPOSES
PURCHASES ARE FOR AND VEGETABLE
PURCHASES AT PARTICIPATING
RETAILERS.
THE GENERAL FUND INCREASE SHOWS
AN AMERICAN BECAUSE FOR SALARY
AND OTHER BENEFIT INCREASES,
INCLUDING THE ANNUAL WAGE
INCREASE AND ONGOING FUNDING
FOR THE CLIENT DIRECTOR
POSITION, WHICH WAS ADDED IN
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
IT ALSO INCLUDES $595,000 FROM
THE HEATING OIL TAX, WHICH THE
COUNCIL PASSED IN SEPTEMBER.
TO COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO'S
QUESTION, LAST WEDNESDAY
REGARDING THE HEATING OIL TAX
REVENUES, BASED ON THE IMPACT
OF COUNCIL IN MINUTES TO DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION FROM 1 JULY TO
SEPTEMBER OF 2020, AND
EXEMPTING THE BIODIESEL PORTION
OF THE HEATING OIL, THIS IS
ESTIMATED TO DECREASE THE 2020
REVENUES BY ABOUT $27,000, SO
THE TOTAL REVENUES WOULD BE
ABOUT $560,000.
I WILL NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF
DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION, THERE
MAY BE SOME EFFORTS BY SOME
CUSTOMERS TO WHEEDLE THEIR WAY
OUT OF PAYING THE TAX, SO THEY
MIGHT PURCHASE THEIR OIL
EARLIER, AND SO, WE'RE NOT
REALLY SURE WHAT THE REVENUES
WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR, BUT
IT'S POSSIBLE THEY MAY BE LOWER.
ALSO, THE PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET
WOULD ADD TWO NEW POSITIONS TO
SUPPORT THE MUNICIPAL ENERGY
EFFICIENCY PROJECT FOR A TOTAL
OF THREE STAFF.
THESE TWO NEW STAFF ARE
RESOURCE CONSERVATION ADVISOR
FUNDED BY THE REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX, AND AN
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT WHO
WOULD BE FUNDING BY UTILITY
REBATES AND BY CONSERVATION
EFFORTS.
THESE REFLECT PRIORITIES IN THE
MAYOR'S CLIMATE ACTION STRATEGY,
WHICH INCLUDED A NEAR-TERM
ACTION TO DOUBLE THE EXISTING
BUDGET IN 2021 TO 2025 FOR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A
40% DECREASE IN CARBON
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS BY 2025.
ONTO BUDGET ACTIONS PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
FIRST BY COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
TO ADD STAFF SUPPORT, AND
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS A FEW
TIMES, BUT WHEN WE PASSED THE
GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION, AND
THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
HAS ALWAYS BEEN ANTICIPATED
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A STAFF
PERSON TO BOTH OVERSEE THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD, AND WORK WITH
THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM THAT
WAS SET UP.
IN ADDITION, WE ESTABLISHED
POSITIONS OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
OVERSIGHT BOARD WOULD BE
ELIGIBLE FOR STIPENDS IF THE
PARTICIPANTS WANTED TO ACCESS
STIPENDS, SO THIS WOULD ALSO
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR STIPENDS
FOR THE YEAR.
>> ANY THOUGHTS?
LET'S GO TO $35,000 FOR NATURAL
CAPITAL EVALUATION,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WILL HAVE ANOTHER LETTER
TO DISTRIBUTE.
I GET SO MANY MORE THAN I NEED,
BUT I GUESS THEY ARE FOR THE
PUBLIC.
THIS REQUEST DERIVES FROM
PREVIOUS YEARS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT RESPONSE
FROM FAS, FROM A PREVIOUS
BUDGET CYCLE.
THE LETTER I CIRCULATED IS A
LETTER OF SUPPORT FILED BY A
NUMBER OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
RANGING FROM SEATTLE AUDUBON TO
PCC, TO REI.
DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AS
WELL.
THE LETTER NOTES THAT TREATING
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AS AN
ASSET ALLIANCE WITH MANY
ENVIRONMENTAL INTENTIONS AND
COMMITMENTS, INCLUDING CARBON
REDUCTION, AND INCREASING TREE
CANOPY.
THE IDEA IS THAT THROUGH
DISCUSSING WHAT CENTRAL STAFF,
THIS COULD ENTAIL ONE OF TWO
APPROACHES.
EITHER HAVING THE ORGANIZATION
THAT DOES THE NATURAL CAPITAL
WORK EVALUATION OUTSIDE
CITYWIDE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM IN
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT
SEEKS TO LEVERAGE CITY-OWNED
OPEN SPACE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS
FOR OPEN SPACE PURPOSES.
THEIR FOCUS IS PRIMARILY ON
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY BUT THERE IS A
RECOGNITION OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF OPEN
SPACE, AND PREPARING FOR A
MISSOULIAN FUTURE.
THE OTHER OPTION IS WORKING
WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
TEAM TO BUILD IN THESE CONCEPTS
AFTER GETTING THE NATURAL
CAPITAL OF THE EVALUATION,
GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT THE
VALUE IS OF OUR NATURAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THEY COULD WORK IN THE CONCEPTS
OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INTO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY FOR
THE NEXT BIG UPDATE OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT COULD BE BETTER ENUNCIATED,
AND MORE DEEPLY INCORPORATED
INTO THE COMP PLAN IF WE HAD A
VALUATION LIKE THIS THAT WOULD
BEGIN TO CAPTURE WHAT THE VALUE
IS OF OUR NATURAL ASSETS.
AN APPROACH LIKE THIS WAS USED
PREVIOUSLY BY SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES WHEN MANY YEARS AGO,
AN ORGANIZATION CALLED EARTH
ECONOMICS DID A NATURAL CAPITAL
VALUATION FOR THE CEDAR RIVER
WATERSHED.
AS PART OF THE DECISION-MAKING
AROUND THE CITY MOVING TOWARDS
TAKING THAT VERY IMPORTANT ASSET
THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, REAPED
MANY BENEFITS FROM THAT
DECISION-MAKING AT THE TIME, SO
I THINK THIS APPROACH HAS A GOOD
TRACK RECORD BOTH NATIONALLY,
BUT ALSO HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I THINK THEY ALSO DID A NATURAL
CAPITAL STUDY FOR CAPITAL PARK,
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EITHER COMBINE OR ALIGN EFFORTS
WITH SOMETHING I INTENDED TO
DO.
WE HAD A GREAT PRESENTATION AT
COUNCIL BRIEFING FROM FOLKS
WITH THE GREEN SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP, AND THAT WORK IS
RELATED TO THIS.
ARE NOT SURE IF THERE IS AN
OVERLAP, BUT I AM CONSIDERING
ASKING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO
COME BACK TO COUNCIL EARLY NEXT
YEAR ON HOW THEY ARE PLANNING
TO MEET THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE OF
RESTORING ALL OF THE PARK'S
ACREAGE AND OPEN-SPACE ACREAGE
2025, WHICH WAS THEIR ORIGINAL
COMMITMENT, AND WHAT KIND OF
FUNDING WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE
UPCOMING MUNICIPAL PARKS
ADJUSTMENT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN
NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT
OBVIOUSLY, THOSE LANDS WHEN
THEY ARE RESTORED TO THEIR FULL
HEALTH PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT
VALUE.
>> A CONSULTANT STUDY THAT
WOULD DO THE VALUATION OF THESE
LANDS COULD POTENTIALLY HELP
PROVIDE A VERY GOOD ARGUMENT
FOR WHY IT IS THAT WE NEED TO
SPEED UP THE WORK OF THE GREEN
PARTNERSHIP.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSCORE
THAT PORTLAND HAS BEEN DOING
THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S ALWAYS PORTLAND.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE
CAN DO TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
CONSOLIDATE BOTH OF YOUR IDEAS
AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING THAT
INTERFACE TOGETHER.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S IT, YOLANDA.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO PAGE 32 OF
42.
THIS IS THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> GREG DOSS, COUNCIL CEMTRAL
STAFF HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THE INSPECTOR SAFETY GENERAL.
AS A TRANSIENT, IT'S PAGE 32 OF
YOUR PACKET.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY WAS ESTABLISHED
IN 2017 VIA ORDINANCE 125315,
WHICH IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY
ORDINANCE.
THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDED THAT
THE OIG WOULD PROVIDE OVERSIGHT
OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND
POLICIES FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY WOULD MONITOR ONGOING
FIDELITY TO REFORMS PURSUANT TO
THE GOALS OF THE CONSENT DECREE.
AND THE AUDIT, AND REVIEW OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
POLICIES AND PRACTICES RELATED
TO POLICING AND OTHER CRIMINAL
JUSTICE MATTERS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IN THE
MATERIALS BEFORE YOU, THERE IS
A $2.5 MILLION APPROPRIATION IN
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
2020 PROPOSED AND 2020 ENDORSED
IS ONE SENIOR AUDITOR WAS
ADDED, AND ONE AUDITOR, REGULAR
AUDITOR WAS ADDED.
THE SENIOR AUDITOR IS GOING TO
ENSURE THAT THERE IS COMPLIANCE
WITH AUDITING STANDARDS, AND
THE AUDITOR WOULD EXPAND THE
CAPACITY OF THE OFFICE TO
PERFORM ITS DUTIES.
THE COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSAL IS
TO ADD ONE UNFUNDED FTE TO
SERVE AS THE OIG OFFICE
MANAGER.
RIGHT NOW, THE DEPARTMENT HAS
INDICATED THAT ITS OFFICE
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, HUMAN
RESOURCES, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE,
BUDGET AND FINANCE ARE SPLIT
BETWEEN AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND
THAT THOSE TWO FUNCTIONS HAVE
TO CONCENTRATE TO OTHER AREAS.
THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GO
BACK TO BEING A DEPUTY DIRECTOR
AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, AND
HAVE DEDICATED SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS.
IT IS A STRANGE AGENCY IN THE
FACT THAT IT IS PART OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT RECEIVE
BUDGET AND FINANCE, OR HUMAN
RESOURCE SUPPORT FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE STAFF, SO THERE IS A
NEED HERE FOR THEM TO STAFF
THESE FUNCTIONS THEMSELVES.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ TO TALK
ANY MORE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK GREG DID A VERY GOOD
JOB OF LAYING OUT THE NEED, AND
THE PARTICULARS HERE.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY,
WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY AT LEAST
FOR THE 2020 BUDGET CYCLE, A
REVENUE NEUTRAL BUDGET, SO THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS
INDICATED THEY HAVE ENOUGH IN
THEIR EXISTING BUDGET TO COVER
THE THE SALARY IN 2020 DUE TO
SALARY SAVING, SO THIS IS A
FANTASTIC BIT OF NEWS FOR THE
BUDGET CHAIR SITUATION.
>> I'M GLAD IT MAKES YOU HAPPY.
BUT NO MORE NEW MONEY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY MORE
CALISTHENICS TO IDENTIFY
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THIS.
THIS WOULD JUST BE PROVIDING
THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
POSITION AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO
HIRE AN OFFICE MANAGER TO
FULFILL THE FUNCTIONS THAT WERE
LAID OUT BY MISTER DOS.
IT WILL PUT US IN A SITUATION,
AS A CITY COUNCIL IN THE
FUTURE, TO IDENTIFY ONGOING
FUTURE IN THE BUYING AND
BUDGET, BUT THAT WAS A PROBLEM
FOR FUTURE LORENA AND CITY
COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT?
I DO LOVE THINGS THAT DON'T
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PROPOSAL
WILL COST SOME MONEY.
WE WILL GET INTO THAT.
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT --
>> BUT A WORTHY CAUSE.
>> ALWAYS A WORTHY CAUSE.
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDES FIRE PROTECTION AND
PREVENTION, TECHNICAL RESCUE,
AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THERE IS $223 MILLION PROPOSED
TO BE APPROPRIATED IN THE
MAYOR'S 2020 BUDGET, AND
LARGELY, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE ENDORSED AND THE PROPOSED
IS A SERIES OF TECHNICAL
CHANGES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
WAGES AND CENTRAL SERVICE
RATES.
THE MAIN POLICY CHANGE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS IS AN EDITION OF
$400,000 TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH
ONE TRUCK, WHICH OF COURSE IS
THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH
SERVICES, WHICH IS TWO
FIREFIGHTERS AND ONE SOCIAL
WORKER.
THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS TO
ADD $1.17 MILLION TO THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FUND
AN ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTER
RECRUIT CLASS.
IS 50 PERSONNEL HAVE INDICATED
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
FIREFIGHTER POSITION VACANCIES
THAT CAN BE FILLED IF THERE WAS
AN EXTRA RECRUITMENT CLASS
CREATED.
THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY
HAVE QUITE A FEW VACANCIES NOW
THAT ARE BEING CREATED BY AN
AGING WORKFORCE THAT FOLKS ARE
SEPARATING FROM THE DEPARTMENT,
AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE THEY ARE
A MANDATORY STAFFING MINIMUM
HOURS DEPARTMENT, ANY TIME THEY
HAVE VACANCIES, THEY HAVE TO
FILL THAT WITH OVERTIME, SO
ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF WOULD
ALLOW THEM TO STAFF THEIR
MINIMUMS, AND NOT USE OVERTIME.
THIS $1.17 MILLION IS ABOUT
HALF OF WHAT THE CLASS WOULD
COST.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING, TRYING TO
WHEEDLE INFORMATION OUT OF THE
CBO ON WHAT THE SCALABILITY OF
THE AD MIGHT BE, SO THAT THIS
AD WILL COVER PART OF A CLASS,
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT FOR THE
COUNCIL VERY SOON, I HOPE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
EVERYBODY FOR OUR HEALTH ONE
EFFORT THAT GREW ON WORK WE DID
LAST YEAR, AND CHIEF SCOGGINS
HAS BEEN FABULOUS ALONG WITH
JOHN EHRENFELD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DID YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS CLASS?
>> I REALLY WOULD.
THIS IS AN ISSUE I THINK IS
JUST AS IMPORTANT AS OUR
EFFORTS AROUND INCREASING
POLICE STAFFING.
WE PLEDGED TO INCREASE THE SIZE
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY 200
OFFICERS, BUT WE ARE HAVING
CHALLENGES.
WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, BUT WE
ARE HAVING CHALLENGES WITH
STAFFING.
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T
HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SAME
CHALLENGES WITH RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION THAT THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HAVING.
GIVEN THAT, AND GIVEN IN
PARTICULAR THAT THERE WAS AN
UNDER SPEND IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET ASSOCIATED
WITH THE INABILITY TO FULLY FUND
OR FULLY HIRE FOR THE POSITIONS
THE COUNCIL HAS FUNDED, I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN USE SOME
OF THOSE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE UNDER SPEND AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THIS
OTHER, WHAT I FEEL IS AN
IMPENDING PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.
25% OF THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS 53 YEARS OF AGE,
AND ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT.
38% OF THE DEPARTMENT, AT 50
YEARS OF AGE IS ELIGIBLE FOR
RETIREMENT.
WHEN I ASKED WHETHER OR NOT THE
DEPARTMENT COULD USE A THIRD
CLASS, THE CHIEF HERE AT THE
TABLE, DURING THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET
PRESENTATION, SAID HE WOULD
ABSOLUTELY BE ABLE TO TAKE THE
NEW RECRUITS.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE FULL RECRUIT
CLASSES EVERY TIME THEY HAVE A
NEW CLASS.
WE KNOW THAT 215 FIREFIGHTERS
NEED TO BE ON DUTY EVERY DAY.
RIGHT NOW, A LOT OF THOSE
SPACES ARE BEING SOLD WITH
OVERTIME.
I GUESS THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY
POINTS, BUT AS GREG SAID, WE
ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHETHER OR
NOT THE CLASSES ARE SCALABLE,
AND WHETHER OR NOT 30 RECRUITS
PER CLASS IS A HARD CAP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
DONE, AND THEIR OPENNESS TO TRY
NEW THINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
WHAT ABOUT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT?
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
ERIC McCONAGHY, CENTRAL COUNCIL
STAFF.
I WILL TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO
TALK THROUGH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
BUDGET.
BY JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW,
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IS THE
CITY'S MUNICIPAL POWER UTILITY.
IT SERVES MORE THAN 460,000
CUSTOMERS IN SEATTLE AND
NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS.
AND PARTS OF UNINCORPORATED
KING COUNTY.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT SELLS RETAIL
POWER TO THOSE CUSTOMERS, IN
THE RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, AND
INDUSTRIAL SECTORS, AND ALSO
POWERS THE WHOLESALE MARKET,
AND THEN THOSE REVENUES ARE
DEPOSITED, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT
PAGE 34 OF THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMORANDUM AT THE TOP, THAT
TABLE IS CONSTITUTED ENTIRELY
OF DOLLARS.
THERE IS NO GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS IN THAT TABLE.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, THE
BREAKDOWN FOR THE PROPOSED 2020
INCLUDES A TOTAL OF ABOUT $1.4
BILLION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY
LIGHT BUDGET.
CAPITAL COMES IN AT ABOUT $378
MILLION, AND OPERATING AT $1.05
BILLION.
THIS BUDGET RELIES ON THE RATES
THAT WERE APPROVED, PREVIOUSLY.
THAT RATE ORDINANCE WAS SET FOR
APPROVAL LAST YEAR FOR THE 2019
AND 2020 RATES.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE
RATES THAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN
2018.
THE INCREASE OF ABOUT .8%
COMPARED FROM THE PROPOSED
BUDGET COMPARED TO THE ENDORSED
BUDGET HAS MOSTLY TO DO WITH
INCREASES ON THE CAPITAL SIDE
FOR UTILITY CREWS, AND
ENGINEERS THAT PREPARE UTILITY
POLES FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF
COMMUNICATION APPOINTMENT.
THIS WORK IS FULLY REIMBURSABLE
THROUGH REVENUES THAT ARE
GATHERED THROUGH FEES FOR THOSE
COSTS.
CONSISTENT WITH THAT, SINCE HIS
2017 SAYS SEVEN TEMPORARY
POSITIONS WERE APPROACHING THE
THREE-YEAR LIMIT FOR THE POLICY
AND TEMPORARY LIMITS.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE THOSE
POSITIONS PERMANENT FOR THE
WORK I JUST DESCRIBED, AND
ALLOW A BUDGET FOR DANA
ANALYTICS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
DURING 2019, SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
WENT THROUGH A REORGANIZATION.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO
FUNDING OR STAFFING OVERALL.
HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WOULD INCORPORATE SOME CHANGES
TO THAT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
INTO THE BUDGET AT SUMMARY
LEVELS.
THOSE ARE THE BIG SORT OF
FUNDAMENTAL BLOCKS THAT BUILT
THE BUDGET.
THOSE CHANGES WILL BE RENAMING
SOME OF THOSE BSL'S, FOCUSING
ON THE PURPOSE OF SOME OF
THOSE, AND ALSO ON THE PROPOSAL
WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A NEW BSL.
A LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
FACILITY WITH OVERSIGHT.
FINALLY, ALONG WITH THIS BUDGET
COMES A 2020 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
BOMBS ORDINANCE, TRANSMITTED TO
COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF MUNICIPAL
LIGHT AND POWER BONDS.
PASSING THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
ALLOW CITY LIGHT BOND SALES OF
UP TO $250 MILLION, ANTICIPATED
TO OCCUR IN OCTOBER 2020, AND
THE PROPOSED BUDGET RELIES ON
THE PASSAGE OF THIS BOND SPELL.
THE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO PASS
THE BILL, AND THE BILL, PASS AS
AMENDED, OR DO NOT PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO ADD
HERE, OTHER THAN THANK YOU FOR
THE GOOD WORK.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
DEBRA SMITH, WHO IS HEADING UP
OUR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
SHE IS AN IMPRESSIVE NEW
DIRECTOR, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS
MARVELOUS.
ANY TIME A DIRECTOR WILL HELP ME
GET TO YES, IT MAKES ME HAPPY.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE THOMAS
STREET CONNECTION FROM WESTLAKE
TO SEATTLE CENTER, AND WEST OF
SEATTLE CENTER TO ACROSS THE
JOHN KONY BRIDGE, TO THE PARK.
SHE WAS SO HELPFUL AROUND THE
BROAD STREET SUBSTATION.
THEY ARE DOING SOME WORK THERE.
THEY HAD DONE A PLAN TO DO SOME
ART, BUT AS SOON AS SHE HEARD
ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BY"
CORRIDOR, SHE AGREED TO HELP US
LIGHTEN IT UP, EXPAND THE
SIDEWALK, AND I APPRECIATED THE
FACT THAT SHE WAS WILLING TO DO
THAT.
SHE HAD THE ONE PERCENT FOR ART
MONEY AVAILABLE TO HER, SO THIS
IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL MONEY
HOUSE, BUT SHE JUMPED RIGHT ON
TOP OF IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT?
LET'S MOVE ON TO SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ,
úYOU HAVE THE ONLY BUDGET ACTIO,
BUT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND LET
TRACY LEAD US INTO THE
BACKGROUND.
>> WE ARE ON NUMBER 18.
>> TRACI RATZLIFF, COUNCIL
CEMTRAL STAFF.
WE HAD A PREVIEW PRESENTATION
BY THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SO
I WILL GO BRIEFLY THROUGH MY
MEMO, AND THE CONTENTS.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE MORE
DETAIL.
I COULD BE WHEEDLED INTO
PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION, BUT
UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M
GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY
QUICKLY AND MOVE ON TO COUNCIL
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
AS THE TABLE SHOWS, PARKS AND
REC DEPARTMENT BUDGET DID
INCREASE BY $13 MILLION
OVERALL.
A 5.3% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE
2020 ENDORSED.
THERE IS AGAIN, IN MY MEMO, YOU
SEE THE MAJOR DRIVERS ON THE
OPERATING AND CAPITAL SIDES, IN
TERMS OF THOSE CHANGES.
AGAIN, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THOSE.
I THINK THE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATION WENT THROUGH THOSE
PRETTY WELL.
>> I WAS JUST WANTING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT PARKS
HAS BEEN ANOTHER VERY
RESPONSIVE DEPARTMENT THIS
YEAR, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE, SOMETHING THAT HAD
ZERO MOMENTUM A YEAR AND A HALF
AGO.
NOW WE HAVE MOVED REALLY, QUITE
FAR MAKING IT FEEL LIKE A SAFE
AND INCLUSIVE SPACE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR GOOD WORK ON
IT.
ALSO, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT WILL BE GOING FORWARD
FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF WHAT THE
PRIORITIES WERE AT THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY GETTING
STARTED, BUT THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN WAS
CORRECT.
WE WILL HAVE A SIX-YEAR
SPENDING PLAN FOR COUNCIL
ADOPTION NEXT FALL.
HOPEFULLY, A LITTLE EARLIER
THAN THE FALL BUDGET TIME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
YOU HAVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
BUT BEFORE I GO THERE, ARE YOU
DOING?
>> I'M NOT.
I WAS GOING TO QUICKLY GO
THROUGH THE BUDGET LEGISLATION.
>> THERE IS TWO POINTS I WANT
TO MAKE, BUT I WANT YOU TO
FINISH.
>> OKAY.
WE HAVE A PARKS SEE ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD MAKE CHANGES TO THE
2020 PARK CITY ORDINANCE THAT
WE ADOPTED IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET.
THIS YEAR'S PROPOSAL MAKES A
COUPLE OF CHANGES.
ONE, SOME TECHNICAL CHANGES
THAT ADDRESS SOME ISSUES WITH
THE COURSE REGISTRATION SYSTEM
THAT IS UNABLE TO PROCESS
CERTAIN PARTIAL FEE AMOUNTS,
AND I WILL GET INTO MAKING
CHANGES TO HELP THE SYSTEM WORK
PROPERLY FOR CUSTOMERS.
THE SECOND IS THE LEGISLATION
WOULD ELIMINATE THE LOW INCOME
RECREATIONS WHEN THIS.
IF PASSED, THE LEGISLATION
WOULD ALLOW LOW INCOME
INDIVIDUALS TO SWIM FOR FREE AT
ALL CITY POOLS.
THIS CHANGE WOULD RESULT IN A
REVENUE REDUCTION OF $45,000
ANNUALLY. TO BACKFILL THIS
REVENUE REDUCTION, THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD REALLOCATE
$80,000 OF $150,000 IN FUNDING
THAT THE COUNCIL PROVIDED IN
THE 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET TO
EXPAND THE DAILY OPERATION OF
AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF WADING
POOLS.
I THINK THE ISSUE WAS DISCUSSED
DURING THE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATION.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL WOULD
MAINTAIN THE OPERATION OF
WADING POOLS AT 22 POOLS AT 709
OPERATING DAYS, AND A TOTAL
COST OF $70,000, AND WOULD USE
THE REMAINING FUNDING TO BOTH
ELIMINATE THE LOW INCOME SWIM
FEE, AND TO EXPANDABLE
LIFEGUARD TRAINING PROGRAM,
PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON
RECRUITING DIVERSE, LOW-INCOME
YOUTH.
YOUR OPTIONS ARE TO PASS AS
TRANSMITTED OR DO NOT PASS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY
HIGHLIGHT THAT I WAS REALLY
HAPPY TO SEE THERE WAS AN
INVESTMENT IN DISTRICT 1 HIM.
A LOT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN
THE MADISON PARK COMMUNITY.
I KNOW MY PREDECESSOR,
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, DID A
LOT OF WORK TO GET RESOURCES
FOR THE MADISON PARK COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT
IMPROVEMENT.
OUTDOORS FOR ALL THOSE AMAZING
WORK NOT JUST FOR DISTRICT 4,
BUT OUR ENTIRE REGION, HELPING
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND
THEIR FAMILIES ENJOY SKIING,
BIKING, KAYAKING, AND MORE.
EACH YEAR, OUTDOORS FOR ALL
SERVES NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE.
THIS WILL ALLOW THEM OFFICE
SPACE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING
THESE SERVICES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
THUNDER THERE, BUDDY.
>> SORRY.
>> I WANT TO MAKE TWO COMMENTS.
OUTDOORS FOR ALL, AS YOU KNOW,
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM
SINCE 2015.
THIS ONE MILLION-DOLLAR, ONE-
TIME FUNDING TO RENOVATE THE
FUTURE OFFICE SPACE IS JUST --
I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT THIS
DOES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
OUTDOORS FOR ALL HAS ATTENDED
EVERY LIVE IN D5 EVENT FOR
YEARS.
THEY'VE BROUGHT THEIR BIKING
GEAR, THEIR STAFF FOR PEOPLE TO
USE FOR THE EXPERIENCE,
INCLUDING MYSELF.
THEY ARE WONDERFUL AND MUCH
NEEDED RESOURCES TO HELP BETTER
THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED, SIGHT
IMPAIRED, AND THE VEHICLES WERE
BIKES ALLOW FOR PARENTS, THEIR
PARTNERS, AND THEIR FRIENDS TO
RIDE WITH THEM AND PARTICIPATE.
I AM JUST REALLY PROUD OF
WORKING WITH ED BRONSON AND 13,
AND ALSO THE MONEY THEY HAVE
RAISED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THIS IS JUST A DROP IN THE
BUCKET OF THE MILLION SAVORIES
TO EXPAND THIS, SO I AM VERY
PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS, AND I'M
GLAD THIS IS IN THERE.
MY SECOND ITEM AS YOU KNOW IS
REGARDING LICTON SPRINGS, NORTH
SEATTLE.
I WILL BE SUBMITTING A FORM B
AS WELL.
LICTON SPRINGS IS AN UP AND
COMING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
LOCATED BETWEEN THE EAST AND
WEST SIDE OF AURORA AND NORTH
SEATTLE COLLEGE INCLUDING
CONSTITUENTS OF BOTH DISTRICTS
FIVE AND SIX BUT WOULD BE OPEN
TO EVERYBODY IN THE NORTH END,
OR FOR THE WHOLE CITY, FOR THAT
MATTER.
IT SPANS BETWEEN 80th AND
AURORA NORTH TO BITTER LAKE.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING GROWTH AND
INCREASED DENSITY IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, PARTICULARLY WITH
THE OPENING OF THE LIGHT RAIL
AND NORTHGATE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
I AM REALLY PROUD OF THIS
ORGANIZATION, AND THIS
COMMUNITY GROUP.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, WE
STARTED MEETING WITH THEM.
SO FOR ME, IT WAS WONDERFUL,
WATCHING A COMMUNITY GROW, AND
WE GREW WITH THEM.
THE AURORA-LICTON SPRINGS URBAN
VILLAGE WITH MEMBERS OF BOTH
DISTRICT 5 AND SIX IS PROMOTING
A PLAN FOR A MORE WALKABLE
COMMUNITY, WHICH INCLUDES SAFE
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO RETAIL, A
GROCERY STORE, WHICH THEY DON'T
HAVE, AND A COMMUNITY GATHERING
PLACE.
THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WOULD
ASSESS THE RECREATION AND
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE NEEDS
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS TYPE OF FACILITY THAT
WOULD BEST SERVE THOSE NEEDS
AND THE COST OF SECURING SUCH A
FACILITY.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO SENIOR
CENTER FACILITY IN DISTRICT 5.
BOTH COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE AT
CAPACITY, SO THIS FEASIBILITY
STUDY IS TIMELY, CONSIDERING
THE POPULATION GROWTH AND
DENSITY COMING TO THIS AREA.
I WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES
THAT WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON
THE BUDGET AND SOME OTHER
MATTERS LAST YEAR, WE ALSO
PASSED A MORATORIUM ON STORAGE
UNITS, SO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
COULD BE BETTER ORGANIZED, AND
ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WALKABILITY
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO USE
WHAT IS THAT CALLED?
>> RAPID LINE.
>> RAPID RIDE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE COUNCIL VOTED TO UP SO MANY
OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS FROM 80th
TO 145th.
THIS IS A GROWING COMMUNITY,
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
AFFORDABLE AND LOW INCOME
HOUSING, AND WE ALSO WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE THAT WE WANT TO
REPLICATE WHAT WE DID ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF I-5 WITH THE LAKE
CITY COMMUNITY CENTER.
LICTON SPRINGS DOESN'T
CURRENTLY HAVE A COMMUNITY
GATHERING SPACE.
RESIDENTS ARE FINDING A WAY TO
BUILD A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS
MORE SUSTAINABLE WHILE FACING
CHALLENGES PROPOSED BY ITS
JUXTAPOSITION TO AURORA,
HIGHWAY 99.
A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE IS
A HELPFUL TOOL IN BUILDING A
STRONGER PLACE FOR RESIDENTS
NORTH OF THE SHIP CANAL, BUT
MORE IN PARTICULAR DISTRICTS
FIVE AND SIX.
THIS IS MORE OF A PERSONAL
NOTE.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING
HERE, AT LEAST WHAT I AM SEEING
HERE, IS WE ARE ACTUALLY BEING
DELIBERATE IN BUILDING, AND
REINVIGORATING FORMER
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE SOMEWHAT
DISRUPTED BY AURORA, AND AURORA
HAS CHARGED CHANGED A LOT IN
THE LAST 20 OR 30 YEARS.
I'M PROUD THAT THIS GROUP GOT
TOGETHER, WORKED WITH OUR
OFFICE BECAUSE THEY ARE
ENCOURAGING DENSITY, GROWTH IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS STILL
AFFORDABLE, SO WHAT WE ARE
HOPING IS THAT WE CAN REPLICATE
WHAT WE DID IN THE LAKE CITY
WAY COMMUNITY CENTER, WHERE WE
ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A NEW
COMMUNITY CENTER, AND ALSO
BUILDING 50 UNITS OR POSSIBLY
75 OF LOW-INCOME AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, AND THOSE ARE THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO
EXPLORE FOR THIS PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SO I WOULD
HOPE THAT I WOULD HAVE MY
COLLEAGUES' SUPPORT ON THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I AM EXCITED FOR POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD, TOO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
FRAMING ABOUT HOW AURORA HAS
DIVIDED THE COMMUNITY AS A
MAJOR VEHICLE THROUGHPUT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WORKING HARD TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO CREATE THAT
KIND OF SENSE OF SPACE THAT THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS, DESPITE HAVING
A MAJOR RAILROAD GOING THROUGH
IT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT.
>> I THINK SOME PEOPLE THINK
WHEN I TALK ALL I WANT IS TO
TALK ABOUT D5, BUT I DON'T.
IT'S CITYWIDE.
ARCHER PARKS AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
I HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT ABOUT
HOW COMMUNITY CENTERS WORK, AND
LIBRARIES WORK.
THEY ARE NOT OUR LIBRARIES AND
COMMUNITY CENTERS OF 10 OR 15
YEARS AGO.
WE ARE PROVIDING ENHANCED
SERVICES, HOWLING, HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION, SIGNING PEOPLE UP
FOR MEDICAID, HANDING OUT FOOD.
WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUR
COMMUNITY CENTERS TO HAVE
SHOWERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNSHELTERED, AND SO WHEN THIS
COMMUNITY GROUP CAME TOGETHER,
AND AGAIN, BUT I FOUND MOST
STRIKING IS THAT THESE WERE
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS THAT WERE
MUCH OLDER, AND IN NEW
NEIGHBORHOODS AND FAMILIES THAT
WERE MUCH YOUNGER.
THEY COULDN'T GET INTO THE
COMMUNITY COUNCILS.
THIS WAS A GROUP THAT COULD
NEVER GET INTO THAT COUNCIL TO
GET THEIR NEEDS ADDRESSED.
SO FOR ME, THEY ARE ONE OF THE
FIRST COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT GOT
PAST THIS, TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE,
FOR PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON AURORA, BOTH
SIDES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE
NEW SCHOOL OPENING UP, AND
LIGHT RAIL COMING, THAT THESE
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE WELCOMIG
DENSITY, BUT THEY ARE ALSO
YOUNG FAMILIES, AND WE HAVE
UPZONE THOSE AREAS, AND THAT IS
STILL AFFORDABLE IN SEATTLE.
IT'S ON A RICH TRANSPORTATION
SPINE, SO FOR ME, I REALLY WANT
TO SUPPORT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAVE DONE THE HARD WORK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU
HAVE BEEN A STALWART FOR D5.
EVEN THOUGH WE TEASE YOU ABOUT
THAT, WE KNOW YOUR HEART IS
WITH PARKS AND ALL THAT GOOD
WORK.
YOU'RE LOOKING CITYWIDE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
THAT YOU ARE INCLUDING ALL AGES
AND ABILITIES IN THIS.
RECENTLY, I WAS TALKING WITH
SOME OF THE ELECTED LEADERS AT
SHORELINE, AND IT KILLS ME
BECAUSE AT 144, SUDDENLY
SHORELINE IS LOOKING PRETTY
GOOD.
THEY'VE GOT TREES AND
OVERPASSES.
SO, I THINK THIS IS REALLY
HELPING US RECOGNIZE THAT WE
CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER, AND MAKE
IT A PLACE THAT IS PEDESTRIAN
FRIENDLY, AND THAT WE ARE
INCLUDING, ON TOP OF
POTENTIALLY A NEW COMMUNITY
CENTER, LOW-INCOME UNITS.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN
A REAL CHAMPION FOR, MAKING
SURE THAT AS WE ARE RENOVATING
OR ADDING COMMUNITY SENATORS TO
PARKS, WE ARE PUTTING HOUSING
UP.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
DO IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
OKAY.
THAT IS THE END OF PARKS.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
TRACY, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR
HELPING US WITH PARKS.
>> THANK YOU.
BRIAN GOODNIGHT, COUNCIL
CEMTRAL STOP IT JUST TO ORIENT
YOU TO THE MEMO, WE ARE GOING
TO BE ON PAGE 38.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES OR SPU
IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITY
DEPARTMENT, RESPONSIBLE FOR
OPERATING THREE DISTINCT
UTILITIES.
EACH OF THE UTILITIES HAVE
SEPARATE REVENUES AND CAPITAL
PROJECTS, BUT SHARE MANY OF THE
SAME OPERATIONAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.
SPU REVENUE CONSISTS PRIMARILY
OF CUSTOMER CHARGES KNOWN AS
RATES THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR
UTILITY PURPOSES, WHICH GET
DEPOSITED INTO ONE OF THREE
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED
IN 2017, AND THE 3.2% REDUCTION
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET RELATIVE
TO THE ENDORSED BUDGET IS
LARGELY THE RESULT OF DIFFERING
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO ALIGN
WITH REVISED PUBLIC SCHEDULES,
AND LOWER DEBT SERVICE
PAYMENTS.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD ALSO
ADD SIX TO PROVIDE ACCOUNTING
MANAGEMENT, AND THREE TO REPLACE
STAFFING.
IF THERE IS NO QUESTIONS, I
WILL MOVE ON TO THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION.
>> I THINK I WANT TO ALERT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IT'S
GOING TO BE THE HERBOLD SHOW IN
ABOUT THREE MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU.
THERE'S ONE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION FOR SPU.
THAT WOULD ESTABLISH SOLID
WASTE RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS FROM THE
PERIOD OF APRIL 1, 2020 THROUGH
MARCH 31, 2023.
IF APPROVED, THE SOLID WASTE
RATES ON AVERAGE, WOULD
INCREASE BY 3% IN 2020 AND 2.9%
IN 2021 AND 2022.
FOR A TYPICAL SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, THIS
EQUATES TO ABOUT $1.50 INCREASE
IN 2021 AND 2020, AND ABOUT
$1.60 IN 2020.
>> MONTHLY CARTS
>> CORRECT.
THESE PROPOSED RATES ARE LOWER
THAN THE RATES THAT WERE
INCLUDED IN THE 2017 STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN.
IN TERMS OF OPTIONS, COUNCIL
COULD APPROVE LEGISLATION AS
PROPOSED, OR CHOOSE NOT TO
AMEND THE RATES.
IF EITHER OF THE LATTER OPTIONS
WERE CHOSEN, IT WOULD REQUIRE
IMMENSE TO THE 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THESE ON?
>> I WILL FOLLOW AFTER BRIAN.
>> THE FIRST PROPOSAL COMES
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, AND
THE ACTION WOULD ADD $30,000 OF
ONGOING FRAMING TO IMPROVE THE
NOTIFICATION PROCESS FOR
RESIDENTS OF MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS FROM THE BUILDING IS
FACING AN EMINENT WATER SHUT
OFF.
>> THANK YOU.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO GET THEIR
SHUTTLE POLICIES UPDATED SINCE
LAST NOVEMBER AFTER A
CONSTITUENT BROUGHT THIS TO MY
ATTENTION.
SPECIFICALLY, THIS RELATES TO
THE WATER SHUT OFF PROCESS FOR
MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.
THEY CURRENTLY ONLY NOTIFY THE
OWNERS OF AN AMERICAN PENDING
SHUT OFF RATHER THAN THE
INDIVIDUAL TENANTS, AND SO THE
INTENT OF THIS FUNDING IS TO
ALLOW FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES TO CONTACT RESIDENTS
DIRECTLY ABOUT INTERNET WATER
SHUT OFF.
I MENTIONED THIS WAS BROUGHT TO
MY ATTENTION LAST NOVEMBER
AFTER A CONSTITUENT BROUGHT THE
ISSUE TO MY ATTENTION.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, JUST A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THIS
HAPPENED AGAIN.
59-UNIT BUILDING HAD ITS WATER
SHUT OFF AND WE SAW HOW THE
TENANTS PAY THE COST WHEN THE
OWNER DOESN'T PAY THEIR BILL.
SPU'S PREVIOUS PRACTICE WAS TO
NOTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND
TAPE 830 HECATE NOTICE TO THE
BACK DOOR.
NOTHING MORE.
NOT JUST FOR THE 30 HECATE DAY
NOTICE, BUT THE IMPENDING SET
OFF NOTICES THAT COME AFTER THE
30 HECATE DAY NOTICE, THEY DID
NOT HAVE A POLICY. SPU, IN
ADDITION TO THE 30 HECATE DAY
NOTICE, DIRECTLY MAIL PRIOR TO
THE SHUT OFF, AND AN ADDITIONAL
24 HOUR NOTICE ON THE MAIN
ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
SPU WILL PLACE DOOR HANGERS ON
EACH UNIT, AND THEN FINALLY, SPU
WILL NOTIFY THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION &
INSPECTIONS.
THEIR TENANT RESOURCES UNIT, 24
HOURS BEFORE THE SHUT OFF, AND
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SDCI TO HAVE
THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY
CAN WORK WITH THE TENANTS TO
UTILIZE SELF-HELP REMEDIES IN
THE LANDLORD-TENANT ACT TO
AVOID A SHUT OFF IN THE
INSTANCES THAT A PROPERTY OWNER
IS REFUSING TO PAY.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES WILL
ALTER THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT
USER FRIENDLY, AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO TENANTS ABOUT
THEIR RIGHTS TO SELF-HELP ON
THE PREPARED MENTION.
>> UTILIZING WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MUNICIPAL
BROADBAND.
BRIAN, WOULD YOU FRAME IT FOR
US?
>> THIS WOULD REQUEST THROUGH A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT SPU EXPLORE THE
FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING THE
WATER PIPE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
DEVELOPING A MUNICIPAL
BROADBAND NETWORK SIMILAR TO
BEING PURSUED IN ANACORTES.
>> I BELIEVE THIS IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT.
>> CORRECT.
IT BUILDS ON PREVIOUS WORK
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT HAS DONE ON
BROADBAND.
USING THE EXISTING WATER LINES,
DRASTICALLY CAN REDUCE THE COST
OF INSTALLATION, AND IT'S LESS
DISRUPTIVE TO INSTALL.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL GO TO THE LAST ITEM.
EVERY OTHER WEEK GARBAGE
COLLECTION.
>> THIS SECTION WOULD REQUEST
THROUGH LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT
SPU WORK WITH THE CITY'S SOLID
WASTE CONTRACTORS TO NEGOTIATE
A PROVISION OF EVERY OTHER WEEK
GARBAGE COLLECTION INTO
CONTRACTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IS
THAT MANDATORY OR OPTIONAL?
>> THIS IS OPTIONAL.
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
BY ITS NATURE, IT'S LIKE A
RESOLUTION FROM THE COUNCIL, AN
EXPRESSION OF OUR HOPES AND
INTENTS.
THERE IS NO BUDGET PROVISO
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, BUT THERE
IS GREAT PROMISE.
THE CURRENT SOLID WASTE
CONTRACTS TOOK EFFECT IN 2019
AND ARE EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2019.
THEY DO INCLUDE A PROVISION FOR
CONDUCTING PILOT TEST OF
ALTERNATIVE COLLECTION METHODS
OR SCHEDULES.
THEY DO NOT CHANGE FOR A
COLLECTION SCHEDULE.
I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
THOSE CONTRACTORS.
IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED
OUT IN THE CONTRACT.
THE INTENT OF THIS PROPOSAL IS
TO REDUCE COLLECTION TRUCK
EMISSIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE
COUNCIL'S RECENT OPTION OF
RESOLUTION 3189.5, PROMOTING
THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
THAT REMINDS ME, I HAVE A
LETTER TO DISTRIBUTE FOR 350
SEATTLE.
SPU STUDY FOUND THAT A 35%
REDUCTION IN VEHICLE EMISSIONS
ASSOCIATED WITH PICKING UP
TRASH EVERY OTHER WEEK AS
OPPOSED TO EVERY WEEK.
SEATTLE'S RECYCLING PLAN CALLS
FOR 70% SEATTLE WASTE BY 2022.
IT'S LIKELY THE SEATTLE
GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY WILL
NEED TO BE UPDATED TO ACCOUNT
FOR EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE LIFECYCLE OF THE CONSUMER
PRODUCTS WE ALL USE.
IT'S CERTAIN THAT WE'LL USE
LESS.
GARBAGE PICKUP SHOULD BE
ACCOMPANIED BY PUBLICITY ABOUT
RECYCLABLES, AND THE CLIMATE
BENEFITS BY REDUCING CONSUMER
WASTE.
EVERY OTHER WEEK GARBAGE
COLLECTION BENEFITS INCLUDE
RENTON, TACOMA, AND PORTLAND.
I RECENTLY HAD THE SOLID WASTE
MANAGER FROM RENTON, AND DO A
PRESENTATION TO MY COMMITTEE
ABOUT RENTON'S PROGRAM, WHICH I
BELIEVE IS MORE THAN 10 YEARS
OLD, OF EVERY OTHER WEEK
GARBAGE, SO WE ARE WAY BEHIND
THE VANGUARD IN THIS ISSUE.
>> MOVING TO EVERY OTHER WEEK.
IS THIS GARBAGE AND COMPOST?
OR JUST GARBAGE?
>> GARBAGE ONLY.
IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE CURRENT
EVERY OTHER WEEK RECYCLING.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE YARD WASTE
COMPONENT?
>> THAT IS ALSO EVERY WEEK NOW.
THAT IS NOT CALLED OUT IN THIS
AS BEING PART OF THAT
DISCUSSION.
BUT PERHAPS, IT SHOULD BE.
>> THE COMPOST YARD WASTE, I
WAS WONDERING HOW SEASONAL THAT
IS.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WERE
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SEASONS ON
YARD WASTE PICKUP, AND WHETHER
WE SHOULD HAVE A VARIABLE
SCHEDULE BASED ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST MY
PERSONAL USE OF YARD WASTE OR
EVERYONE ELSE'S, BUT IT SEEMS
TO ME THIS SHOULD BE SEASONAL.
I'M SURE THEY WOULD HAVE THAT
DATA, SO WE MIGHT WANT TO
CONSIDER LOOKING AT THE YARD
WASTE COMPONENT AS WELL TO SEE
IF IT'S VARIABLE.
I LIKE WHERE YOU ARE GOING WITH
THIS.
>> I THINK THIS DISCUSSION
WOULD BE GREAT TO TEE UP SOME
QUESTIONS FROM THE SLIDE BECAUSE
I THINK THE ORIGINAL THEORY WAS
TO GO TO EVERY WEEK YARD WASTE
AND FOOD COMPOST COMBINED WITH
THE IDEA TO GET THINGS SO THAT
CAN BE SMELLY OUT OF THE
GARBAGE, SO THE GARBAGE CAN BE
ELIMINATED.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGHSAW MENTIONED
DIAPERS, WHICH GETS BROUGHT UP
A LOT.
THE EXAMPLES IN OTHER CITIES, I
THINK RENTON AT THE TABLE,
THOSE PROBLEMS DIDN'T SEEM TO
MATERIALIZE WITH SOME OF THE
TECHNOLOGY.
THEY HEARD A LOT OF CONSENT IN
ADVANCE, BUT AFTER THEY WENT
INTO IT, IT WASN'T A PROBLEM.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL, I
WOULD ALSO SAY YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT THE SEASONALITY OF YARD
WASTE WOULD BE INTERESTING TO
EXPLORE.
I AM PUTTING OUT MY FOOD WASTE
BIN.
THERE IS JUST A FEW THINGS OF
EGG SHELLS AND VEGETABLES LEFT
OVER.
I AM WONDERING IF IT EVEN NEEDS
TO GO OUT.
BUT IT DOES START TO SMELL IF
YOU LEAVE IT.
IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WITH
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES, OR WHAT
THEY WOULD PROPOSE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSISTENCE
IN LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S TIME TO COME UP WITH
SOME REVISED STRATEGIES ON HOW
WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR OVERALL
WASTE THAT GOES INTO THE
LANDFILL.
>> THIS IS REALLY WITH
KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE NOT
MEETING OUR RECYCLING GOALS.
WE ARE NOTICING A PLATEAU, AND
THERE IS CONVERSATION NOT JUST
IN SEATTLE, BUT THE STATE ABOUT
FOCUSING OUR GOALS ON WASTE
REDUCTION RATHER THAN ONLY
RECYCLING, BUT OVERALL, OVERALL
REDUCTION IN PERSONAL
CONSUMPTION.
AND USE OF PRODUCTS THAT LEAD
TO WASTE.
THIS APPROACH, I THINK IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS, HAS MADE
CONSUMERS THINK ABOUT THAT
MORE, KNOWING THAT THE GARBAGE
IS BEING PICKED UP LESS
FREQUENTLY, SO IT HAS ACTUALLY
HAD WASTE REDUCTION OUTCOMES.
AS FOR WHAT'S ON THE TABLE, I
AM OPEN TO STRUCTURING THIS SLI
IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN
CONSIDER A WIDE RANGE OF
OPTIONS WITH BOTH WASTE
REDUCTION AS A GOAL AS WELL AS
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS
ON THE ROAD.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> I WILL ADD.
I THINK ONE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT CAME UP AT
YOUR COMMITTEE WAS HOW WE
MEASURE OUR TARGETS.
OUR CURRENT GOALS ARE LARGELY
ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF
DIVERSION.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR WASTE IS
BEING DIVERTED FROM THE
LANDFILL?
WHAT THAT MEANS IS AS WE ADD A
LOT MORE CARDBOARD AND
PACKAGING, FOR INSTANCE, THAT
LOOKS GOOD ON OUR METRICS.
IT SHOWS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE
BEING DIVERTED, BUT THAT
PACKAGING IS ALL BETTER TO BE
RECYCLED AND THROWN AWAY, BUT
IF WE DIDN'T NEED TO USE IT IN
THE FIRST PLACE, THAT'S THE
BEST CASE.
WHEN WE SEE THE AMOUNT OF
PACKAGING DECREASE, THAT SHOWS
UP IN A REDUCTION OF PERCENTAGE
GOING TO RECYCLING, WHICH SHOWS
OUR NUMBERS BEING LESS.
THEY TALKED ABOUT CONVERTING
OUR GOALS TO A TONNAGE TARGET
AS OPPOSED TO PERCENTAGE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SOME
PIVOTS HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN FOR
WEIGHING IN ON THAT.
THE NEXT IS BUDGET LEGISLATION
WITH MISS BENNU TO.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
LEADERSHIP, AND WE HAVE REALLY
APPRECIATED YOUR HELP THE LAST
FEW WEEKS IN PARTICULAR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM ALY PENNUCCI OH.
HOLD ONTO YOUR SEAT.
I KNOW THIS IS THE PRESENTATION
YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, TO
WRAP UP THESE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT BUDGET LEGISLATION.
THERE ARE 29 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION IDENTIFIED TODAY TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
EACH OF THE COUNCIL BILLS AND
COURT FILES LISTED ON PAGES 40
TO 42 ON THE MEMO WILL REQUIRE
COMMITTEE ACTION TO RECOMMEND
THAT THE LEGISLATION PASSED OR
NOT PASS WITH AMENDMENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF LEGISLATION HAS
BEEN DISCUSSED IN INDIVIDUAL
BUDGET PAPERS THAT HAVE
OCCURRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
DAYS, AND LAST WEEK, AND/OR IN
SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS, OR TOPICS
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AS PART OF
THE MISCELLANEOUS PAPER.
I WON'T GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ON
EACH PIECE OF LEGISLATION, AND
WILL INSTEAD, DESCRIBE THE
BROAD GROUPINGS OF LEGISLATION.
FIRST, THERE IS A SET OF
APPROXIMATELY FIVE OR SIX
PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO AMEND,
ADOPT, OR ENDORSE THE BUDGET.
THERE IS LEGISLATION.
THE SECOND CATEGORY IS
LEGISLATION LEVYING THE 2019
PROPERTY TAXES, OR EXCUSE ME
2020 PROPERTY TAXES.
THE THIRD CATEGORY IS
LEGISLATION MODIFYING FEES AND
CHARGES FOR CITY SERVICES.
THE FOURTH CATEGORY WOULD ADOPT
LEGISLATION THAT IS EITHER
PROPOSING NEW OR AMENDING
EXISTING POLICIES AND
REGULATIONS FOR TAXES AND USE
OF FUNDS.
THERE IS A FIFTH CATEGORY OF
LEGISLATION OFFERING BONDS AND
A SIX CATEGORY OF LEGISLATION
AUTHORIZING INTERFUND LOANS, OR
REPEALING INTERFUND LOANS THAT
ARE NO LONGER REPEATED.
FINALLY, THERE IS AN OTHER
CATEGORY OF LEGISLATION THAT
HAS A NEXUS TO THE BUDGET OR
HAS BEEN PART OF THIS BUDGET
DISCUSSIONS.
THAT INCLUDES SOME OF THE TNC
LEGISLATION.
THROUGH THE REVIEW OF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, THE COUNCIL
MAY IDENTIFY AMENDMENTS TO THIS
LEGISLATION OR NEW LEGISLATION
IF NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THE
COUNCILS BUDGET ACTIONS.
WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE IT AT
THAT UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS
FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THIS WOULD CLOSE OUT OUR
DISCUSSION OF ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO COMING BACK NEXT
WEEK TO BEGIN OUR DISCUSSIONS
OF THE SPECIFIC COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTIONS AS WE PREPARE FOR THE
CHAIR'S PACKAGE.
>> DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
WOULD LOVE TO GO THROUGH LINE
BY LINE HERE.
BUT IF NOT, AND WE HAVE NO MORE
QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
WE WILL CONCLUDE THIS PART OF
OUR CONVERSATION THIS MORNING
AND TURNED TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR
BEING WITH US FOR THE LAST 2
1/2 HOURS.
COUNCIL CEMTRAL STAFF, THANK
YOU.
DAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE JOHN KEEGAN, LEAH,
MARTIN WESTERMAN, AND THOSE
WILL BE THE FIRST THREE.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO JOYCE
MODI, MARY JEAN GILMAN, DONALD
CASELL, AND SO JOHN?
PLEASE, COME UP TO THE
MICROPHONES.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THIS THE BEST TO USE?
>> IT'S GOOD BECAUSE YOU CAN
STAND UP STRAIGHT.
>> JOHN KEEGAN, A TRUSTEE FOR
SEATTLE REP AND I WANT TO SPEAK
TO SOMETHING THAT RELATES TO
THE REP.
I SHOULD SAY ALSO, I AM A
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE SINCE 1970,
A VOTER SINCE 1970 AND A
RATEPAYER SINCE 1970.
I APPRECIATE, AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD CAN UNDERSTAND THIS.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, THE
DEEP AND CAREFUL SCRUTINY THAT
I SAW THIS MORNING AND
THROUGHOUT IS ADMIRABLE.
WE HAVE A GOOD CITY COUNCIL AND
A GOOD GOVERNMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WE DON'T HEAR THAT ALL THE TIME.
GIVE THAT MAN SOME EXTRA
MINUTES.
>> I WISH MORE PEOPLE COULD SEE
THAT.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
CITY'S SUPPORT FOR THE PUBLIC
WORKS PROGRAM.
YOU GENEROUSLY HELPED US LAUNCH
THIS NEW IDEA TWO YEARS AGO WITH
A $100,000 GRANT THAT CAME FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT HAS
HAPPENED, AND WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT, BUT PUBLIC WORKS IS
A RADICAL DEPARTURE FROM WHAT
THE SEATTLE REPS AND PAINTER
NORMAL PROGRAM WOULD BE.
INSTEAD OF BUILDING A PLAY, WE
DO EIGHT PLAYS A YEAR, WITH
EQUITY ACTORS, AND PRESENT, YOU
KNOW, THE TRADITIONAL KIND OF
STORIES.
A VERY DIVERSE SET OF STORIES,
BUT NEVERTHELESS WITH THE
EQUITY ACTORS.
THIS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM IS A
DEPARTURE IN THIS WAY.
INSTEAD OF THAT, WE BRING ON 80
TO 100 COMMUNITY FOLKS.
OLD, YOUNG, DISABLED, OF ANY
CONDITION.
WE HAVE MADE PARTNERSHIPS OVER
THIS PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH
THESE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF
KING COUNTY, PARK PLACE, AND
ALL OF THESE CONTRIBUTE TO THIS
PROGRAM, AND SEND US THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW UP ON
THE STAGE, AND SAY, WHY NOT
THESE PEOPLE?
ALSO, THE JUBILEE WOMEN'S
CENTER PATH FOR ART, THE
BALLARD NORTHWEST SENIOR
CENTER, SEATTLE CENTRAL
COLLEGE, COMPASS HOUSING, AND
OUR NEWEST PARTNERSHIP WITH
THIS ASK IS REALLY ON BEHALF OF
THE REP, BUT ALSO OUR PARTNERS,
IN THIS.
>> I AM GOING TO HAVE TO ASK
YOU TO GET TO THE LAST SENTENCE.
THE LIGHT IS FLASHING.
>> ANYWAY, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY
ASKING YOU FOR AN AS OF
$100,000.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT I
WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THE
IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM IS A
CHANGE.
IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN
TRYING TO DO TO CREATE MORE
SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND A
PROGRAM THAT WORKS BEYOND THAT.
TO END THIS, I AM ASKING THAT
YOU LISTEN.
I HOPE YOU CAN RETURN AGAIN
GENEROUSLY, AND KEEP THIS
PROGRAM GOING.
WE MAKE NO PROFIT.
TICKETS ARE FREE.
THEY GO LIKE CRAZY WHEN IT'S
ANNOUNCED THAT YOU HAVE FREE
ACCESS.
THE DIVERSITY OF THE AUDIENCE
FOR THESE KINDS OF SHOWS IS
AMAZING.
THE BOUQUETS THAT GET BROUGHT
UP TO ALL OF THESE YOUNG KIDS,
OLDER WOMEN AND MEN, WHO HELPED
US.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
LEAH, THEN MARTIN, THEN JOYCE,
AND MARY JEAN, WILL GET QUEUED
UP.
>> I AM PART OF THE PUBLIC
WORKS TEAM AT SEATTLE REP.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
CONSIDERING OUR BUDGET REQUEST
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, IN PARTICULAR
FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ME
TODAY AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR SUPPORTING OUR BUDGET.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY IMPACT
WAS SEEN FIRSTHAND FROM THIS
PROGRAM.
SEATTLE REP BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO INVITE FOLKS FROM ALL WALKS
OF LIFE TO TAKE WEEKLY CLASSES,
ATTEND PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS
AT SEATTLE REP.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, STRANGERS
BECOME NEIGHBORS, AND WE CREATE
A CITY AND REGION WELCOME TO
ALL.
WE ARE ROOTED IN EQUITY,
IMAGINATION, AND JOY.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
DEFINE THESE CORE VALUES AS
THEY ARE INTEGRAL TO EVERY
DECISION WE MAKE.
EQUITY IS LISTENING FULLY AND
DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO
SHOW UP.
IMAGINATION, EXERCISING
CREATIVITY NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE
MAKING BUT HOW WE'RE MAKING IT,
AND ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S WORK,
EACH OTHER, AND PLAN TO
CULTIVATE AND GROW OUR
COLLECTIVE JOY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO COLLABORATE
WITH EIGHT LOCAL COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS FIVE
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
THESE INCLUDE THE NORTH SEATTLE
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB AT ROBERT
EAGLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BYRD
B.A.R.T.
FARES PLACE, JUBILEE WOMEN'S
CENTER, PATH WITH ART, BALLARD
NORTHWEST SENIOR CENTER,
SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE,
HOUSING ALLIANCE, AND OUR
NEWEST PARTNER, REFUGEE WOMEN'S
ALLIANCE.
OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE THRIVING
HUMANS WHO BRING THEIR
EXTENSIVE TALENTS TO THE
PROJECT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GIFT OR
SERVE THESE COMMUNITIES WITH
THEATER.
WE ARE REFLECTING WITH OUR
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT
IF OUR RELATIONSHIP IS STILL
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
SEATTLE REP ALSO EXPERIENCES
GREAT BENEFIT FROM THESE
ENDEAVORS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HEAR FROM
PARTICIPANTS ABOUT HOW THIS HAS
AFFECTED THEIR LIVES.
JUST A QUOTE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS SAID,
"I AM REALLY GRATEFUL AND WILL
TAKE WITH ME THE RELATIONSHIPS
I HAVE BUILT THROUGH THIS
PROCESS."
LASTLY, A QUOTE FROM OUR
PARTNER AT JUBILEE WOMEN'S
CENTER.
"PUBLIC WORKS HELPS WOMEN BUILD
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND HAVE A
VITAL IMPACT ON THEIR PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT."
AS YOU CONSIDER OUR BUDGET
PROPOSAL, PLEASE KNOW HOW
ESSENTIAL CITY SUPPORT IS IN
MAINTAINING A FULL SCOPE OF THE
STRIVING PROGRAM, AND I HOPE
YOU KEEP US IN MIND.
>> THANK YOU.
MARTIN, JOYCE, MARY JEAN.
>> I DON'T THINK MARTIN IS
HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK.
I AM JOYCE MODI, VICE PRESIDENT
OF GROW, THE NONPROFIT ADVOCATE
FOR P PATCHES.
WE ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL
SUPPORTS THE $3 MILLION OF
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX
ALLOCATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS BUDGET TO
PRESERVE AND ENHANCE P PATCH
GARDENS.
WE HAVE A CRISIS SO GROW IS
ASKING THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
EARMARKED $250,000 FOR BALLARD
TOWARD THEIR ACQUISITION.
$50,000 TO IMMACULATE FOR
MOVING THE GARDEN THAT'S GOING
TO BE FOR SALE NEXT YEAR.
AND I JUST FOUND OUT LAST WEEK,
$75,000 TO THE UP GARDEN, THE
ROOFTOP GARDEN AND SEATTLE
CENTER PARKING GARAGE, FOR
MOVING THAT GARDEN THAT HOUSES
90PLUS.
DISPLACEMENT IS DUE TO THE NEED
FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE
NEW ARENA AT SEATTLE CENTER.
ALL THREE GARDENS ARE
THREATENED WITH IMMEDIATE
DISPLACEMENT IN 2020.
ALLOCATING FUNDS TO BALLARD IN
EARLY 2020 WOULD HELP THEM
DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO
RAISING FUNDS, TO PURCHASE THE
LAND, AND USE IT AS A MATCH FOR
OTHER GRANTS AND FUNDING
SOURCES.
THIS EXPENDITURE IS BOLD, AND
VISIONARY, AND A GESTURE TO
PRESERVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN
THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
AND PRODUCTIVE FOR 43 YEARS.
IT WOULD ALSO SERVE MORE THAN
JUST A PLACE FOR 90 GARDENERS
WORK THE LAND.
IT WOULD PRESERVE PRECIOUS OPEN
SPACE THAT FUNCTIONS AS A
COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE AT A
NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS AS THE CITY GROWS.
GROW ALSO REQUESTS THAT THE
TIME FRAME FOR THE USE OF THE
BALANCE OF THE FUNDS IN THIS
PACKAGE BE EXTENDED FOR THREE
YEARS BECAUSE 1-YEAR IS TOO
SHORT FOR REAL COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN
COMMUNITIES THAT MAY REQUIRE
ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY
PROJECTS, SUBMIT A PROPOSAL,
AND ORGANIZED TO IMPLEMENT
THEIR PROJECTS.
THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS.
>> MARY JEAN, DONALD, AND THEN
.
>> MY NAME IS MARY JEAN GILMAN.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF BALLARD
AND IN SUPPORT OF A ONE-TIME $3
MILLION FUNDING FROM THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
BALLARD 'S HALF-ACRE HAS
PROVIDED FOOD SECURITY FOR
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE
PAST 30 YEARS.
WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR IMPACT
BY CONTINUING TO MENTOR AND
ADVOCATE FOR THIS, IN OUR
COMMUNITY, EXPANDING OUR
OUTREACH, TEACHING, AND
PARTNERSHIPS.
WE REQUEST, AS BEFORE, THAT YOU
SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED $250,000
FOR OUR P PATCH, THREATENED
WITH IMMINENT SALE, AND $50,000
FOR IMMACULATE . BALLARD WILL
BE SOLD IN 2020 $41.8 MILLION.
WE NEED A DOWN PAYMENT AT THE
BGINNING OF 2020 TO SHOW GOOD
FAITH TO THE SELLER, AND TO
LEVERAGE GRANTS, AND PRIVATE
FUNDING.
BOTH BALLARD AND IMMACULATE
PROVIDE FOOD ACCESS, AND MEET
THE FUNDING CRITERIA FOR THE
SBT.
BALLARDDELIVERED 2500 POUNDS OF
ORGANIC PRODUCE TO BALLARD FOOD
BANK, INVALID FOOD BANK HAS
ENDORSED OUR CAMPAIGN.
WE BEGAN PARTNERING WITH
PHINNEY NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER,
AND MEAL PROGRAMS NEXT YEAR.
OUR REQUEST REPRESENTS A VERY
SMALL PORTION OF THE ONE-TIME
FUNDING WINDFALL, AND EVEN LESS
THAN THE TOTAL ONGOING FUNDING.
AS FOR APPROPRIATENESS, I WOULD
LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION FOR
THE CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARD IN
JUNE 2019.
SUPPORT FOR ONE-TIME
INVESTMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE,
THAT WOULD INCREASE THE
CAPACITY OF SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITY-BASED MEAL PROGRAMS
TO OFFER PRESSURE, MINIMALLY
PROCESSED FOODS, AND I THINK
THAT DESCRIBES WHAT WE PROVIDE.
PLEASE, SUPPORT AND IMPROVE OUR
REQUEST FOR EARMARKED FUNDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
DONALD, .
>> I AM A FATHER, A
GRANDFATHER.
I WORKED 35 YEARS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION TRADE.
I HAVE SO MANY CONCERNS.
YOUR TITLES, I DON'T CARE
ABOUT.
WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON, AND
THE CITY THAT WE BUILT HAS ME
TOTALLY APPALLED.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO THE
REST OF MY LIFE BUT SIT, AND
HOLD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
ACCOUNTABLE.
I DON'T HAVE YOUR PHD.
NOR HAVE I THE BA OR THE AA,
BUT I DO HAVE A KEEN SENSE OF
COMMON SENSE.
I LISTEN TO THE THINGS THAT
HAVE TRANSPIRED OVER TODAY, AND
WHEN I HEAR THERE IS $750,000
GOING SOMEWHERE, AND I HEAR
LISA ASKING FOR $19,000,
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH
THAT PICTURE.
NONE OF OUR KIDS ARE ANY BETTER
THAN THE NEXT.
THERE IS NO COLOR IN HERE.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT BEING PEOPLE.
WE ARE PEOPLE FIRST.
WITHOUT OUR SKIN, WE ALL BLEED
AND LOOK THE SAME.
I WILL BE BACK TOMORROW.
I AM RETIRED BUT I WILL ADDRESS
THE ISSUES YOU WON'T TALK
ABOUT.
I HEAR YOU TELL THEM THAT, GOOD
JOB.
GOOD JOB.
WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT WE'RE DOING GOOD.
WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE
DOING BAD.
FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED TO FIX,
AND IF IT'S FIXED, WE NEED TO
BREAK IT.
THOSE PEOPLE OUT HERE IN THOSE
TENTS, THEY DIDN'T GET THERE BY
WANTING TO GO THERE.
THEY WERE WELL-TO-DO PEOPLE.
THEY WERE DOCTORS, LAWYERS,
EVERYTHING THIS CITY CAN
PRODUCE, AND WITH ME HAVING
FIVE KIDS, AND THIS CITY BEING
AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS, I AM
APPALLED AT THE WAY THEY TREAT
A TYPE OF PERSON.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE I PLAYED BY
THE RULES.
I AM 60 YEARS OLD, AND I HAVE
ALL THE SPUNK IN THE WORLD, AND
I TELL YOU, I WILL BE BACK.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE AFRAID
OF ME.
I WANT TO TO SEE ME.
I AM HERE TO WORK WITH YOU, BUT
I TELL YOU, BRINGING THE POLICE
TO WEST SEATTLE, WON'T BE A
GOOD IDEA.
YOU KNOW WHY I SAY THAT?
I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU PUT
PEOPLE LIKE ME OUT THERE.
YOU GIVE THE COMMUNITY BACK TO
THOSE KIDS.
THEY MAY NOT TALK TO BRUCE
BECAUSE BRUCE CAN TALK
FOOTBALL.
>> DONALD, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MAL SERRAT .
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM THE COORDINATOR FOR THE
WASHINGTON IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY
NETWORK.
WE ARE A POWERFUL STATEWIDE
NETWORK WITH 230 ORGANIZATIONS
WORKING TO BUILD A DEFENSE LINE
FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES WHENEVER I.C.E.
COMES KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.
WE FELT TEAMS IN 22 COUNTIES,
52 CITIES, AND OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE
IDENTIFIED HOW IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, ALONG WITH
BORDER PATROL HAVE BEEN
TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES.
TODAY, OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUE
TO LIVE IN FEAR WITH I.C.E.
DOLLARS AT THIS ADMINISTRATION
FUNDING, AND IN CONGRESS, AS
WELL AS THE RHETORIC THAT THIS
PRESIDENT EXPELS INTO OUR
COMMUNITIES, CREATING VIOLENCE
AND FEAR.
I AM HERE TO REALLY RECOGNIZE,
AND APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP
OF COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ FOR
ADDRESSING THE CURRENT NEEDS
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING.
AS WE HAVE AUSTIN, IMMIGRATION
HAS BEEN A HEATED DEBATE
THROUGH THE POLICY AND
EXECUTIVE ORDER,, AND
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.
I AM HERE TO REMIND US ALL OF
THE LEADERS WE CAN BE IN THIS
MOMENT.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, THE CITY THAT
HAS SEEN ME GROW SINCE I WAS
SEVEN YEARS OLD.
I USED TO LIVE THREE BLOCKS
AWAY FROM HERE WHEN RENT WAS
$650.
I WANT TO URGE YOU ALL TO
SUPPORT A $750,000 BUDGET
ALLOCATION TOWARDS A RAPID
RESPONSE FUND.
THIS RAPID RESPONSE FUND WILL
BE USED QUICKLY TO DEPLOY
IMMIGRATION CLINICS, AND
RESOURCES AROUND LARGE-SCALE
CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION LAWS,
RULES, AND POLICIES, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO DEFERRED
ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVAL,
TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS FOR
CITIZENS OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES,
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
WORKPLACE RAIDS, AND CHANGES TO
PUBLIC CHARGE RULES TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FAITH, DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RECAP,
THERE IS OVER 18,000 DOCKER
RECIPIENTS RESIDING IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
HALF OF THEM, LIVING IN
SEATTLE, OR THE KING COUNTY
AREA.
LAST YEAR, IMMIGRATION CUSTOMS
ENFORCEMENT RELEASED AN
OPERATION WITH OVER 5200
WORKPLACE AUDITS.
NOW, OVER 250 SEATTLE WORKERS,
IMMIGRANT WORKERS' HAVE BEEN
LET GO FROM THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
TODAY, BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS
CONTINUE TO FEEL THREATENED AND
CONTINUE TO RELEASE EVERY DAY
IMMIGRANT WORKERS.
FAMILIES ARE BEING PUSHED INTO
ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ARE AT THE
EDGE OF HOMELESSNESS, SO I ASKED
THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT THIS
BUDGET ALLOCATION TO ENSURE
THAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY, ARE
PREPARED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS TO COME WHERE
IMMIGRATION OPERATIONS WILL
DRASTICALLY INCREASE UNTIL
ELECTION DAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING.
THAT ENDS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR
TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH
US.
COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS
THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 5:30 WHEN
OUR PUBLIC HEARING BEGINS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
THEN.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR
ATTENDING.
AS PART OF THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.