>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE,
THIS IS STILL OCTOBER 31, WE
ARE RECONVENING OUR MEETING
FROM THIS MORNING AS YOU KNOW
THIS MORNING WE WENT THROUGH
THE FIRST 30 SOME ITEMS, AND WE
ARE RECONVENING THIS AFTERNOON,
TO CONTINUE THROUGH OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND OTHER ITEMS THAT
ALL OF US HERE ON THE COUNCIL
HAVE RECOMMENDED, AS I DO WANT
TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THAT AS
OF YESTERDAY, THE TOTAL DOLLAR
AMOUNT FROM MY COLLEAGUES,
INCLUDED OVER 600 AND $20
MILLION.
SO, WE WILL HAVE TO BEGIN TO DO
SOME SIGNIFICANT WORK AND
SCALPEL EFFORT ON THE BUDGET.
STARTING THIS WEEKEND WITH
CENTRAL CENTRAL STAFF.
SPIES THAT ALSO INCLUDES A VERY
LARGE PROPOSAL FOR A HOUSING
BOND, I JUST THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
>> TO RECOGNIZE THEIR DESPITE
WILL STILL HAVE A BALANCE
BUDGET.
DESPITE WE CERTAINLY WELCOME
WEDNESDAY WHEN I COME BACK WITH
SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK
AT, AND THEN, WE WILL START
AGAIN, WITH TAKING A LOOK AT
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS UNDECIDED,
BUT AT THAT POINT WE WILL HAVE
TO DECIDE WHAT WE ARE CUTTING
IF WE WANT TO ASK.
SO, AS PART OF THE OBJECTIVE
THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR YESTERDAY
AND TODAY, WE WILL CONTINUE
TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE, AND I
HAVE A REALLY GOOD
UNDERSTANDING FROM ALL OF YOU
THAT OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES AND
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THIS
WEEK, BUT MY FOCUS IS -- IS
TRULY TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING
THINGS TOGETHER AROUND HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORMS THAT INCLUDED
MY MIND LEAD WHICH IS SOMETHING
WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT SEEING
IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY.
SO, WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT THIS AFTERNOON AND
TOMORROW, THANK YOU COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF AGAIN FOR BEING
HERE WITH US.
SO WITH THAT, WE LEFT OFF AT
ITEM NUMBER 33, PICKING UP WITH
CRIMINAL JUSTICE. AMY, IF YOU
WILL START INTRODUCTIONS, AND
WE WILL JUST MOVE FORWARD.
>> AMY GORE FROM COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>>/, COUNSEL SOCIAL STAFF POINT
>> AND TOM MIKE, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF BY ITEM NUMBER
34, IF YOU WILL LAY THIS OUT,
AND THEN, WE WILL TURN IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.
>> ULTIMATELY, I JUST WANTED TO
NOTE FOR THE, JUST AS ITEMS WE
WILL BE DISTRESSINGLY TOMORROW,
MY COLLEAGUE GREG WILL BE
DISCUSSING THAT IT IS NOT GOING
TO, DURING THIS CURRENT
CRIMINAL JUSTICE DISCUSSION.
SO, STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, CJ ONE A1 REQUEST THE
CITY AUDITOR CONDUCT A REVIEW
OF SEATTLE MISCIBLE COURTS
PROBATION PROGRAM.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES. JUST A NOTE ABOUT
THIS ONE, CURRENTLY THE
INSTITUTE IS DOING A STUDY OF
THE PROBATION PROGRAM AT THE
COURT, AND SO, THIS, THE INTENT
OF THIS SLIDE WOULD BE FOR THE
AUDITOR TO COME BACK AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION AFTER THE
INSTITUTE'S RESULTS ARE
RELEASED WHICH IS ANTICIPATED
FOR THE END OF THIS NOVEMBER.
>> CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE
BIT MORE, MAYBE THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO PITCH TO
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.
WHAT WAS THE SCOPE OF THE
INSTITUTE PROGRAM?
>> IT IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT
WHETHER PROBATION IS IN LINE
WITH NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES,
SO THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT
WHETHER THERE ARE ANY RACIAL OR
GENDER EQUITY ISSUES THAT COME
UP AFTER REVIEWING THE DATA, AS
WELL AS ANYTHING THAT CAME UP
DURING FOCUS GROUPS THEY HELD
WITH INDIVIDUALS ABOUT
PROBATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES, D MY TALKING ABOUT
YOUR IDEA?
>> YEAH, THIS WOULD DIRECT THE
CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO TAKE A
DEEP DIVE INTO THE DATA
SURROUNDING THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT PROBATION
PROGRAM WITH AN EYE TOWARDS
IDENTIFYING THE IMPACTS OF
PROBATION ON PEOPLE OF COLOR IN
PARTICULAR.
SO IT REALLY SORT OF DIGS INTO
IDENTIFYING THIS
PROPORTIONALITY IS, SIR, WE
HAVE HEARD OF A LOT ABOUT FROM
MUNICIPAL IN A CIVIL COURT,
THAT THEIR PROGRAM IS ALIGNED
WITH BEST PRACTICES BUT THAT
DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
THERE ARE NOT DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS, AND WHEN ASKED
QUESTIONS TO THE JUDGES OF,
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT
ALLOWS YOU TO EVALUATE WHETHER
OR NOT YOUR PROBATION PROGRAM
IS CAUSING HARM OR NOT, TO
PEOPLE OF COLOR, THEY ARE
UNABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
FOR ME.
SO, I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE CONTINUE
TO HAVE LONG-TERM CONVERSATION
AND DISCUSSION ABOUT PROBATION,
AND HOW THE TOOLS SHOULD OR
SHOULD NOT BE UTILIZED, IN
COMPARISON TO THINGS LIKE
PRETRIAL DIVERSION, AND OTHER
HARM REDUCTION PROGRAMS AND
TOOLS THAT WE COULD BE
INVESTING IN ANYTHING IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET
A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS
PARTICULAR QUESTION, AND THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
BUILD ON THE WORK THAT WE ARE
EXPECTING TO SEE COME OUT OF
THE REPORT FROM THE VERA
INSTITUTE.
SO, IT IS COMPLEMENTARY AND
ADDITIVE TO WHAT WE ARE
EXPECTED TO SEE IN THAT REPORT?
>> GREAT.
ANOTHER GREAT THING THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO LOOK AT NOT THAT THIS
WILL BE RESOLVED TODAY, BUT I
HAD A LONG TALK WITH LISA DO
GUARD IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
ABOUT CALLING FOR A ROUNDTABLE
AFTER BUDGET, NOT DURING BUDGET
BUT THE ROUNDTABLE WOULD
INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE DEFENDERS,
AND THE PEOPLE WORKING BUT ALSO
PROVIDERS, THE JUDGES,
COMMITTEE COURT JUDGES AND
MAYBE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE
RECOMMENDATION, INCLUDE THE
CITY ATTORNEY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH THE GOAL
OF REMEDYING INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM.
SO, I WILL DEFINITELY SUPPORT
YOU ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS
AUDITOR BUT I WILL ALSO ASK TO
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO STRUCTURE
AND BRING THIS GROUP TOGETHER
TO HELP US WITH THE ENTIRE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, AND
PLEASE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN SPEAKING.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IT WILL
PROBABLY BE 3:30 OR 4:00 BEFORE
WE ARE GOING TO BE ENTERTAINING
THE FIRST SPEAKERS.
OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO
ADD, SUPPORT FOR GOTTESMAN
GONZALES IS EFFORTS HERE, I
ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO RAISE
ATTENTION A LETTER TO THE
EDITOR YOU MAY HAVE SEEN TODAY
FROM LAUREN BAKER WITH KING
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
DEFENSE.
THIS LETTER POINTS TO THE
OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE HEARD
ABOUT FROM SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
COURT, REPEATEDLY, THAT 77% OF
SEATTLE MISCIBLE COURT CLIENTS
COMPLETE THEIR PROBATION
OBLIGATIONS AND 86% OF THOSE
REFERRED PROBATION COMPLETED
WITHOUT RETURNING TO JAIL, AND
FOR MYSELF, AS SOMEBODY WHO
DOES NOT HAVE PARTICULAR
EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA, THAT
SOUNDS GREAT.
BUT, THEN LAUREN BAKER GOES ON
TO EXPLAIN THAT COMPLETING
PROBATION IS ACTUALLY NOT A
GOOD MEASURE OF SUCCESS, SO THE
WORK THAT COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES PROPOSES WE DO AS IT
RELATES TO WHAT ARE THE
MEASURES OF SUCCESS SHOULD BE
AND MEASURING OUR PROBATION
PROGRAMS ON THESE MEASURES, I
THINK IS REALLY GOOD, BECAUSE I
THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
THROWING AROUND THE TERMS BEST
PRACTICES.
AND, IF THE BEST PRACTICES ARE
RESULTING IN THOSE OUTCOMES,
MAYBE THOSE ARE NOT THE BEST
PRACTICES.
>> I AM ALSO -- I AGREE WITH
JUST WHAT YOU SAID, COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD, AND ON TOP OF
THAT, I AM INTERESTED IN
KNOWING WHAT RECIDIVISM RATES
ARE BECAUSE IF PEOPLE AND
PROBATION BUT THEN FALL BACK
INTO SOMETHING BECAUSE ANOTHER
WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED OR
WHATEVER THE PROBLEMS MIGHT BE,
THAT IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
WITH THE ROUNDTABLE, IS TO BE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY, WHAT IS IT
THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. WHAT
ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT,
BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS PEOPLE AT
LEAST I SHOULD SAY, ON THIS
DAIS, NONE OF US WANT TO SEE
PEOPLE GOING TO JAIL, OR MAKING
THINGS WORSE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL.
AND, I THINK WE WILL LEAVE THAT
LEAVE THAT THERE UNLESS WE HAVE
SOME OTHER COMMENTS?
>> YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO
SAY THAT I THINK FOR ME, THE
QUESTION GOES, BEYOND WHAT YOU
JUST ARTICULATED.
I THINK IT INCLUDES THOSE
THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE
LETTER TO THE EDITOR GOES ON TO
SAY THAT, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE BEST
INDICATORS OF SUCCESS ARE TO
REALLY REDUCE RECIDIVISM, BUT
IT IS ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERACTING
ON A REGULAR BASIS, OR
INTERACTION.
WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM ARE ALSO NOT CONTINUING
TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS, AND
THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO IMPROVE
THEIR BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, AND
THAT THEY ARE IN THE SAME VEIN,
STRENGTHENING THEIR TIES TO THE
COMMUNITY, RIGHT?
SO I THINK RIGHT NOW, THE WAY
THAT THE INFORMATION IS BEING
CONVEYED TO US FROM THE JUDGES
IT IS PRIMARILY ABOUT
RECIDIVISM, AND WHETHER OR NOT
THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY
TOOK THE LIST, YOU KNOW, OF
LIKE ALEXIS YES, THEY SHOWED UP
FOR THIS MEETING MEETINGS, YES
THEY SHOWED UP FOR THIS TASK
AND THIS COUNSELING, WHAT ARE
THEY ACTUALLY BETTER?
AND I THINK THAT WE WOULD LIKE
TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE,
BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE ROUND,
RECIDIVISM, BUT, I THINK IT IS
HARD FOR ME TO KNOW WHETHER
THAT IS ACTUALLY THE CAUSATION
OF THAT RECIDIVISM NUMBER AS
OPPOSED TO THEM GOING SOMEWHERE
ELSE, OR GETTING INTO THE
FELONY SYSTEM AND SO THEY ARE
NO LONGER INTERACTING WITH
NOTICEABLE COURTS.
SO, I THINK WE HAVE A
OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIG INTO
THE DATA AND GET BOTH THE COURT
AND OURSELVES A BETTER SENSE OF
HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY IMPROVING
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE AS OPPOSED
TO POTENTIALLY PERPETUATING A
MODEL THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL
HARM.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT'S WELL ARTICULATE
IT, I CONCUR WITH YOU.
THE QUESTION IS, ASK QUESTION,
IS THE AUDITOR THE BEST ENTITY
TO DO THAT?
I AM ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO GO A
DIRECTION THAT YOU ARE
RECOMMENDING. I JUST DON'T KNOW
IF OUR AUDITOR HAS THE
EXPERTISE AND BACKGROUND TO BE
ABLE TO GIVE US THAT
INFORMATION YOU ARE SEEKING.
>> WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH THE
AUDITOR AROUND THEIR CAPACITY
AND ABILITY TO DO THIS, THEY
FEEL LIKE THEY COULD DO THE
WORK.
AND THEY ALSO HAVE SAID THAT
THEY BELIEVE THEY COULD HAVE
THE WORK DONE BY THE 15th OF
2020.
SO IT WILL TAKE ME A WHILE TO
DO IT, BUT THEY THINK THAT THEY
CAN GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH
LINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A COSPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
COUNT?
THANKS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ITEM.
>> COUNSEL BUDGET 2 LETTER A 1
WOULD INCREASE RESERVES FOR
STUFFING OF COMPETENT PILOT, AS
YOU KNOW IN THE FINEST GENERAL
RESERVES THIS YEAR THERE IS
$2.9 MILLION FOR THE FOUR HIGH
INDIVIDUAL PILOTS, THAT AMOUNT
IS AT 150,000 IS INTENDED TO
SUPPORT PROSECUTOR IN THE NEWS
OFFICE AND WOULD BE DEDICATED
TO STAFFING THIS CONFERENCING
PILOT.
THE PROVISO WOULD RESPECT
RESTRICT THAT SPENDING UNTIL AN
ANALYSIS AND DETAILS PLAN IS
REPORTED BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
THE INTENT IS FOR THAT PLAN TO
BE DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
AND THE COMMON JUSTICE TEAM AS
WELL AS THOSE IMPACTED BY THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
IMPACTED BY THE DISCUSSION OF
WHETHER AND HOW THAT PILOT
ALIGNS WITH THE ENTRY
CONDITIONS, DISRUPTION OF
CONSEQUENCES AND PLANS TO
MITIGATE THEM, AS WELL AS
PROPOSED METRICS AND SUCCESS
FOR THE PILOT, A RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS AND HOW THE PROGRAM
WILL BE TAKEN TO SCALE.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THIS?
BUT YES.
SO, I AM ADVANCING THIS
PROVISO, ONLY BECAUSE I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT, FOR US TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR SENSE
OF WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THIS
CONCEPT OF CASE CONFERENCING.
SO, WE CONTINUE TO NOT HAVE,
REALLY ANY DETAILS OTHER THAN
THE FACT THAT WE KNOW IT WILL
FIND AN ATTORNEY, AND SO I
THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US AGAIN AS WE ARE GOING
DOWN THIS PATH OF TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO APPROPRIATELY
ALIGN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM GIVEN ALL THE WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE IN THIS SPACE
THAT WE DO NOT SORT OF STACK
ONTO THAT, BY FULLY FUNDING A
PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE
PLANNING PROCESS IN PLACE YET.
ET CETERA THIS IS NOT ME
CATEGORICALLY OPPOSING THIS AS
A CONCEPT, IT IS ME SIGNALING
THAT I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE SEEING A CONCRETE
DEVELOPED PLAN IN THE
DEPARTMENT BEFORE WE AGREE TO
JUST GIVE THEM THE MONEY.
>> SO, I ALSO WANT TO COME BACK
TO THE ROUNDTABLE THAT I WAS
TALKING ABOUT, I WAS THINKING
THAT THIS COULD BE FOLDED INTO
THAT.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET OUT
OF THE BOX QUICKLY -- LEARNING,
OUT OF THE GATE QUICKLY.
SO, THAT WHATEVER'S COMING BACK
TO US, WE CAN SEE THAT HOLISTIC
RESPONSE IS DONE EARLY IN THE
QUARTER, NOT GIVE SOMEBODY A
PROVISO AND SAY WE ARE NOT
RELEASING THE MONEY UNTIL YOU
CAN EFFORTLESSLY EXPLAIN I
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS
CONCEPT COMING BACK TO THE
COUNCIL FAIRLY QUICKLY.
HOW CAN WE STRIKE A BALANCE ON
THAT?
>> I'M NOT WILLING TO JUST GIVE
THEM THE MONEY AND TRUST ON
FAITH THAT THEY WILL COME UP
WITH THE PLAN THAT IS ALIGNED
WITH THE OVERALL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REALIGNMENT WORK WE ARE
DOING.
AS A POLICYMAKER, I FEEL LIKE
IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ME TO
SUPPORT THAT KIND OF FINANCIAL
STRATEGY WHERE WE JUST GIVE
THEM MONEY AND I HOPE AND
PRAYERS BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO STRUCTURE IT
APPROPRIATELY.
SO, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN A
TIMELINE BY WHEN THIS PLAN
NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED I'M
PERFECTLY FINE WITH THAT, I
JUST WANT THE WORK, AND I DON'T
WANT THEM SPENDING THE MONEY
HIRING AND, YOU KNOW, PASSING
GO AND COLLECTING 200 BUCKS
WITHOUT US HAVING A CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS FITS
INTO THE BROADER WORK WE ARE
DOING IN THE COMMODITIES REFORM
SPACE.
>> THINK WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT ON
THAT, WHAT I'M IS THAT IT CAN
MOVE AT LEAST A CULINARY
RECOMMENDATION CAN GET GOING
AND COME BACK AND I WOULD
ASSUME IT IS GOING TO BE COMING
TO YOUR COMMITTEE WHICH YOU ARE
SERVING.
>> CHAIR I GUESS I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU MEAN, WHEN YOU SAY
GETTING THE PRELIMINARY
RECOMMENDATIONS SO THEY CAN GET
GOING.
I SEE THAT AS NOT IN AGREEMENT
WITH WHAT I'M SAYING AND
INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT I'M
SAYING.
PERHAPS YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME
IN MORE DETAIL WHAT THAT MEANS?
>>?
IF SO, I HAVE BEEN, AS HAVE
YOU, BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE INVOLVED WITH THE COURTS
AND OFFENDERS, WITH SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND WHAT I AM HEARING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THAT
THERE IS A REAL INTEREST IN
THIS CASE CONFERENCING, WHICH
IS SOMEBODY WHO IS QUALIFIED TO
BRING VOICES TOGETHER, WHAT IS
THE PROCESS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
GOING FORWARD, SO THAT AS WE
ARE PUTTING MORE MONEY IN LEAD,
WE WANT LEADS TO HAVE WHATEVER
CONNECTIONS IT NEEDS WITH THE
CITY ATTORNEY, WITH THE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
WITH JUDGES, SO THAT LEADERS
MAKING DECISIONS, BUT,
ULTIMATELY, THE COURTS ARE
SAYING TO ME, THEY WANT TO BE
ABLE TO REFER TO A LEAD OR LEAD
LIKE PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
GETTING HOUSING, GETTING MENTAL
AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
THAT THEY NEED, AND THAT WE
COULD SIT BACK AND WAIT FOR
SOMEBODY TO COME BACK WITH THE
PERFECT PLAN, OR WE COULD GET A
STRUCTURE THAT SAYS THIS IS
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, LET'S
GET MOVING ON IT SO THAT WE CAN
TRY IT AND AMEND IT AS WE ARE
GOING FORWARD.
WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF TRYING
TO REDUCE TIME FOR INDIVIDUALS,
I DON'T WANT TO JUST DO
BUSINESS AS USUAL UNTIL
SOMEBODY COMES BACK WITH A PLAN
IN SEPTEMBER AS AN EXAMPLE I
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US GET
THE ROUNDTABLE TOGETHER, GET
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO
PUT THIS TOGETHER EARLY IN THE
FIRST QUARTER, AND IF YOU WANT
A PROVISO OR SOMETHING THAT
SAYS, LET'S COME BACK TO THE
COUNCIL AND EXPLAIN WHAT THIS
WILL LOOK LIKE, THAT IS WHAT
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN REACH
POINT
>> SO, THERE WAS A LOT YOU JUST
SAID AND SOME OF IT IS RELATED
TO THIS AND SOME OF IT IS NOT.
SO, WHEN YOU SAY, THIS IS WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO DO", I
LITERALLY SITTING HERE HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THAT IS.
WHAT IS THE CASE CONFERENCING,
WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC THINGS
THAT THE CASE CONFERENCING IS
GOING TO DO POINT
>> RECORD I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT
IS WHAT I AM ASKING TO COME
BACK TO EARLY. YOU KNOW, DON'T
WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
>> I'M NOT SUGGESTING SEPTEMBER
BY THE WAY I DON'T KNOW WHERE
YOU'RE GETTING THIS POINT
>> THE LAST ITEM THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT POINT
>> AS A SEPARATE ITEM, A
DIFFERENT BUDGET ACTION ITEM.
THAT IS NOT RELATED TO THE CASE
HERE.
>> OKAY, CAN YOU GIVE ME, I
THINK WE ARE MUCH CLOSER THAN
WE ARE SOUNDING RIGHT NOW, IN
TERMS OF OUR UP OUTCOMES AND
OBJECTIVES WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
WITH YOU IN THIS ITEM TALKING
ABOUT A PROVISO, ASK FOR
SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU
WANT THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO COME
BACK TO BY A DATE CERTAIN?
>> I THINK I AM SPECIFICALLY
ASKING FOR -- I THINK THIS
PARTICULAR REFORM DOES INDICATE
WHAT I WANT TO SEE BACK, AND
HOW I WANT THAT WORK TO GET
DONE.
WHAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE IS A
DATE CERTAIN, AND I AM HAPPY TO,
IN THE WORKUP FROM HERE TO THE
FORM SEE, IDENTIFY A DATE
CERTAIN, BY WHEN WE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE, I JUST
WANT TO BE CLEAR, I HAVE NOT
SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE
SEPTEMBER, 2020, AT ALL.
SO, I DON'T WANT WORDS BEING
PUT IN MY MOUTH IN THAT CONTEXT.
BECAUSE THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M
SUGGESTING.
I DON'T WANT TO DRAG THIS OUT
UNNECESSARILY.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT IS -- IT
IS IRRESPONSIBLE FOR US TO
SIMPLY RELEASE THE DOLLARS TO
FUND A PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH
MEANS WE HAVE NEVER DONE IT
BEFORE, WITHOUT ANY DETAILS OF
WHAT THIS ACTUAL PROGRAM IS
BESIDES THE FACT THAT IT IS
PROPOSED TO FIND AN ASSISTANT
CITY PROSECUTOR OF THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
BUT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
PERSON IS DOING.
AND WHAT THE THEORY OF CHANGE
IS GOING TO BE, AND I HAVE NOT
HEARD ANYONE TELL ME THE
DETAILS OF WHAT THAT IS FROM
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, I HAVE
NOT HEARD THE DETAILS FROM
OTHER PEOPLE WHO INTEND TO DO
THIS WORK, BECAUSE IT IS
ADMITTEDLY A HALF-BAKED IDEA.
AND I THINK IF WE ARE SERIOUS
ABOUT MEETING SOME OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE HARM
REDUCTION STRATEGIES THAT WE
HAVE AS A CITY, THEN WE HAVE TO
BE SERIOUS ABOUT CREATING
CONCRETE PLANS WITH A SPECIFIC
OUTCOME I DATE CERTAIN, BEFORE
WE START FUNDING THESE PROGRAMS.
>> ALL THAT YOU JUST SAID MAKES
SENSE TO ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THIS
IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE
OBJECTIVE THAT WE DISCUSSED IN
THE MORNING SESSION, RELATED TO
COUNCILMEMBER BRIAN'S REQUEST
THAT WE DO BUDGET PROVISOS ON
SOME OF THE MAYORS SPENDING
FROM THE MERCER BLOCK, THE
HOUSING -RELATED PROGRAMS THAT
WE DID NOT HAVE A REALLY GOOD
SENSE OF PROGRAMMATICALLY, WHAT
THE EXPECTATIONS WERE OR WHAT
THE OUTCOMES WERE OR THE ACTUAL
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES ARE.
SO, THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
FUND, WE TOOK A VERY SIMILAR
ACTION, NOT OUT OF OPPOSITION
TO THE IDEA, BUT JUST OUT OF A
NEED THAT WE FEEL AS
POLICYMAKERS TO KNOW WHAT WE
ARE APPROVING AND BE SURE THAT
IT IS ALIGNED WITH OTHER
OBJECTIVES, HAVING OBJECTIVES
IN THAT CASE, IN THIS CASE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM.
SO -- DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
A DATE NOW, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
ON? BUT I WOULD LIKE TO.
>> AND 2000.
BUT GO AHEAD.
MARCH 31?
>> END OF THE FIRST QUARTER?
>> YEAH.
>> SO, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND
IS THAT WE ACTUALLY GO AT LEAST
A MONTH BACKWARD, TO LET'S SAY
1 MARCH, BECAUSE ONCE WE
SIGNALED US AND WE PASS THE
BUDGET, WE STILL HAVE MUCH OF
NOVEMBER, ALL OF DECEMBER, FOR
PEOPLE TO GET GOING.
AND I KNOW IN THE PAST PEOPLE
HAVE SAID IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND
I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BUT TO
THE EXTENT THAT WE AGREE ON THE
OUTCOMES WE ARE LOOKING FOR, I
WOULD RATHER HAVE PEOPLE GET
GOING, THEN HAVE THEM COME BACK
AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR 90 DAYS.
>> I'M GOING TO BE ON MATERNITY
LEAVE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF
2020, SO --
>> SO YOU DON'T MIND IF WE WAIT
UNTIL THE END OF MARCH.
BUT I WOULD PREFER THAT, SINCE
THIS IS A BODY OF MY WORK, BUT
I THINK THAT PRACTICALLY
SPEAKING IN MY EXPERIENCE,
JANUARY TENDS TO BE ALMOST
NONEXISTENT IN TERMS OF PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DOING WORK WHICH
LEAVES FEBRUARY I'M NOT SURE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
FIND ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE
CONSENSUS ELSE IN 30 DAYS.
SO I WORRY ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE
I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE --
'S APPROACH.
>> JUST TO MOVE ON, LET'S PUT
IN A MARCH 31 DATE, SINCE I
WON'T BE HERE AND YOU'LL BE
GONE FOR THE FIRST THREE
MONTHS.
>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE
NEXT PUBLC SAFETY CHAIR WILL
BE BUT THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE
PART OF THEIR WORK.
DESPITE VERY GOOD, SORRY ABOUT
THE LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD THEIR
NAME IS COSPONSORED TO THIS
ITEM RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE WILL ADD A MARCH 31 TIME TO
THAT AND I AM ALSO GOING TO ASK
THE ROUNDTABLE PROPOSAL, THAT
WE'VE RAISED A FEW TIMES THAT
WILL BE OUTSIDE OF BUDGET, BUT
I AM GOING TO BE VERY
INTERESTED IN CALLING A GROUP
TOGETHER, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF
THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME TO
HELP US GET THAT MOVING POINT
>> AND, I WOULD REALLY WELCOME
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT YOU
ENVISION THAT RENT ABLE TO BE
PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF
COMMON JUSTICE REFORM WHICH WE
HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE FLY ON
THE REALIGNMENT WHICH REQUIRES
US TO PULL TOGETHER SOME
REIMAGINED TERMINAL JUSTICE
COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL
ABOUT HOW MANY ENTITIES WE ARE
CREATING FOR WHAT PURPOSE, AND
IF WE CAN -- TO THE EXTENT THAT
WE CAN BE EFFICIENT AND
STREAMLINED, THAT WOULD BE
SUPER AS A COAST TO CREATING
PROCESSES THAT WOULD LEAD TO
CONFLICT DOWN THE ROAD, THAT
WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
>> GOOD, THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO DO, IS TO CREATE
A REALLY CLEAR SYSTEM WHERE
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHO IS IN
CHARGE, WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
BE DOING, AND THAT THE OUTCOMES
ARE IMPROVING FOR THE
INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE
SYSTEM.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM, WHICH IS THE FINANCE
GENERAL.
>> YES.
CANCEL BUDGET ACTION THREE A1
WOULD, SIMILAR TO THIS LAST EDIT
AND POSE A PROVISO ON RESERVES
FOR THE RAPID REENTRY CONNECTOR
PILOT OF THE KING COUNTY JAIL.
SO, SIMILAR TO THE PROVISO ON
THE CASE CONFERENCING, THIS
ASKS FOR AN ANALYSIS AND PLAN
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JAIL
AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUITY
TEAM, AS WELL AS THE
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
THE LEGAL SYSTEM, TO DISCUSS
THE PILOT.
ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENT IS
AND HOW TO MITIGATE THEM.
METRICS OF SUCCESS, EQUITY
ANALYSIS AND AN ANALYSIS OF HOW
TO REDUCE JAIL PUBLISH AND SELL
THE COUNTY JAIL FOR UNDER 72
HOURS, AND THEN HOW THE PROGRAM
WILL BE TAKEN TO SCALE, THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES.
>> CHAIR, THIS IS THE SAME --
YOU AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE GAPS IN
THE REENTRY AREA, SO WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN FOLKS GO THROUGH
THE ENTIRE STREAM OF THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND
END UP BEING GETTING SENTENCED
AND BEING INCARCERATED AND NOW
ARE AT A POINT WHERE IT IS TIME
FOR THEM TO BE RELEASED. AND,
YOU KNOW, IN A SORT OF THE
FLOWCHARTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING
AT, THERE IS AN OBVIOUS HOLE IN
WHAT IS AVAILABLE, HOW WE ARE
CONNECTING AND COORDINATING
FOLKS IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO
REENTER INTO SOCIETY AFTER
COMPLETING THEIR SENTENCE AND
JAIL TIME.
SO, THIS IS AGAIN I AM NOT IN
OPPOSITION TO OBVIOUSLY
CREATING SOME SORT OF RAPID
REENTRY CONNECTOR PILOT I THINK
THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED IN
LIGHT OF WHAT I JUST -- THE
REMARKS I JUST MADE.
SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR EFFORT, I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN IN PLACE
WHICH ALLOWS FOR THIS PILOT TO
BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE,
FOR THIS PARTICULAR VALUATION.
SO, HAVING TO TIE THIS IN THE
SAME TIMELINE ON THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE PROVISO THAT WE JUST
FINISHED DISCUSSING, FOR MUCH
OF THE SAME AREA.
DESPITE VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A COSPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS SUITED FOR
A ONE, IT WOULD CUT $170,000
FROM FINANCE GENERAL RESERVES
THAT IS BEGINNING THE HIGH
BARRIER PROBATION PROGRAM.
AS OPPOSED TO THE SUMMARY LEVEL.
THIS $170,000 IS PART OF THE
HIGH BARRIER WORKGROUPS
PROPOSAL.
INTENDED TO BE A HIGH BARRIER
PROBATION PILOT. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALES.
>> SO, UNLIKE THE OTHER THREE
COMPONENTS OF THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED PLANS AROUND ADDRESSING
HIGH BARRIER INDIVIDUALS, I
CONTINUE TO NOT BE SUPPORTIVE
OF THE PROPOSED ENHANCED
PROBATION PROJECT.
SO, THIS WOULD NOT BE A CUT. I
WANT TO SAY THAT AGAIN, THIS IS
NOT A CUT TO THE EXISTING BUDGET
OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURTS
PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A CUT TO THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
SO, BEFORE PEOPLE START
FREAKING OUT, I AM NOT
PROPOSING THAT WE CUT ANY
EXISTING PROBATION SERVICES AT
THE SEATTLE MINNESOTA COURT, I
AM PROPOSING IN IN ADVANCING
THIS FORM FOR PURPOSES OF
MODIFYING AND AMENDING THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET TO NOT
INCLUDE $170,000 TO EXPAND
FURTHER -- THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURTS PROBATION
DEPARTMENT.
I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT IF
THE COURT IS, AND I BELIEVE
THEY HAVE INDICATED THEY ARE,
TRULY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING
TO SUPPORT ARM REDUCTIONS
THROUGH THE PROBATION PROGRAM,
THAT PERHAPS THE BEST WAYS TO
TEST THAT IS WITHIN THEIR
EXISTING RESOURCES, BY USING
EXISTING PROBATION COUNSELORS
AND OFFICERS TO PILOT THE
STRATEGIES AND STATED GOALS
THAT THEY HAVE WITHIN SORT OF
MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR
PROBATION PROGRAMS.
SO, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WOULD
PREVENT THEM FROM EXAMPLE USING
TWO OF THEIR EXISTING PROBATION
COUNSELOR TO TEST OUT SOME OF
THE THEORIES HERE ONCE THEY ARE
BAKED AND I THINK THAT IS A
MORE PRUDENT AND APPROPRIATE
APPROACH BEFORE WE START GOING
DOWN A PATH OF EXPANDING THE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT.
AND, THAT IS MY PROPOSAL.
>> THOSE WHO OH, COUNSEL FOR
SAWANT?
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
NOT FURTHER FUND THEIR PROBATION
PROGRAM UNTIL WE KNOW HOW IT
WORKS AND OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WAS SEEING WE SAW HOW
FAR THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT HAVE
THE EXPERTISE AND DEEP
KNOWLEDGE SOMETIMES TO OUTCOMES
DESCRIBED CAN BE GREAT BUT THEY
MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE WHEN WE GET
THE INFORMATION FROM THE
EXPERTS.
SO I THINK AT THE VERY LEAST WE
SHOULD NOT REST TO FIND
ENHANCED PROBATION.
>> OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR TO THIS ONE,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
>> NEXT ITEM IS CANCEL BUT AT
BUDGET ACTION FIVE A1 POINT IT
WOULD IMPOSE A PROVISO ON
$50,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR
OFFICER CIVIL RIGHTS FOR
COMMITTEE BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO RESPOND TO HATE VIOLENCE.
THE IDEA IS THIS FOR APPLY TO
$50,000 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN
THE 2018 BUDGET BUT HAS NOT YET
BEEN SPENT.
IT WAS CARRIED OVER TO ADJUSTED
IN 2019, AND IT IS BELIEVED
THAT THOSE FUNDS -- THAT
FUNDING WILL BE MOVED BACK TO
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN
THE 2019 FOURTH-QUARTER
SUPPLEMENT ORDINANCE THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS ONE OF TWO ITEMS,
RELATED TO ADDRESSING HIS
CRIMES.
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE CITY AUDITOR, AS IT RELATES
TO MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR
SURVIVORS OR VICTIMS OF HATE
CRIMES TO BE ABLE TO REPORT
THOSE CRIMES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY
AUDITOR FOUND IS THAT HIS CRIMES
ARE OFTEN UNDERREPORTED AND
THEY IDENTIFIED A NEED TO ENGAGE
IN COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPLEMENT THE
ORGANIZATION THAT OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND SLC ARE RECEIVED
THROUGH FORMAL REPORTING.
IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE HAVE DONE
WORK WITH BOTH SOC ARE AND SPD,
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR REPORTING
TO KIRK, AND THEY HAVE
INFORMATION THAT SOCR ARE DOING
ENGINE PLANES ON THE DASHBOARD
BUT I THINK THAT THE CITY
AUDITOR'S FINDINGS, BASICALLY
WE CAN ONLY EXPECT SO MUCH, AS
FAR AS REPORTING THROUGH
TRADITIONAL MEANS, AND SO WE
REALLY NEED TO WORK WITH FOLKS
THAT HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT WE CAN REPORT TO.
PROVIDING SMALL GRANT FUNDING
TO ORGANIZATIONS DOING WORK SO
THAT WE WOULD SUPPORT THEIR
EFFORTS IN CREATING MECHANISMS
FOR REPORTING HATE CRIMES AND
SHARING DATA WITH THE CITY AND
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DESPITE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THAT?
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
DISTRICT FOR, WHICH
SPECIFICALLY HAS THE THIRD
LARGEST CRIME RATES IN THE
CITY, AND SO I WILL BE
SUPPORTING THIS AS WELL.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR RAISE
YOUR HAND.
GOOD.
THANK YOU.
39 IS ANOTHER SLIDE.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
CJ6A1 POINT IT REQUIRES THAT A
PORTION OF THE MILLION DOLLARS
IN THE 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET ON
REGULATIONS TO CREATE
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACHES
TO INDIVIDUALS COMMITTING HATE
CRIMES.
PRELIMINARY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT
THERE ARE NOT A LOT, IF ANY
COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS,
TRAININGS, OR COMMUNITY SERVICE
IS ROOTED IN A HARM REDUCTION
AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, SO
THIS, USES SOME OF THIS FUNDING
IS INTENDED TO FILL THAT GAP,
THIS IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD POINT
>> THIS IS ALSO INTENDED TO
HELP US DO SOME PROBLEM SOLVING
AROUND THE PENDING HATE CRIMES
LEGISLATION THAT HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS UTILITIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARTS
COMMITTEE, THAT WE HAVE NOT
BROUGHT BACK TO FULL COUNSEL
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS AROUND
LAYERED DISPROPORTIONALITY
AROUND HATE CRIMES
PROSECUTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KEEP
EXPLAINING, IS THAT THESE ARE
NOT GOING TO RESULT IN THE HATE
CRIMES LEGISLATION THAT HAS
BEEN VOTED ON BY THE FULL
COUNSEL BUT THAT THE COMMITTEE
HAS VOTED ON, IT IS NOT GOING
TO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
PROSECUTIONS, BECAUSE THE CITY
ATTORNEY IS ALREADY PROSECUTING
THE UNDERLYING CHARGE, SO
WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS GRAFFITI
OR ASSAULT, OTHER TYPES OF
PROPERTY DAMAGE.
BUT, THE LEGISLATION THAT I
HAVE PROPOSED ALLOWS AN
ADDITIONAL ALLEGATION ON TOP OF
THE CHARTS THEY ARE ALREADY
PURSUING.
NEVERTHELESS, THERE IS CONCERN
THAT THE COURTS WILL USE THAT
AS A WAY TO INCREASE PENALTIES,
AND SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO
IS WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM
THAT WOULD BE USED IN THE CASE
OF A FINDING OF SPECIAL
ALLEGATION OF A HATE CRIME AND
A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAM,
THEORETICALLY, IS SOMETHING
THAT IS USEFUL AND ADDS VALUE TO
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
HATE CRIMES, BOTH THE
PERPETRATORS AND VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS.
SO, I AM TRYING TO WORK TO FUND
THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PASSAGE
OF THE LEGISLATION.
>> DO WE STILL HAVE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE AWESOME OFFICE HERE, OR
A PROGRAM WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE TRAINED TO DO THIS WORK?
>> THERE ARE RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAMS RUN OUT OF THE
KING COUNTY OFFICE OF PUBLIC
DEFENSE, BUT -- THERE ARE ALSO
COMMUNITY-BASED RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAMS, BUT THERE IS
NOT ONE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON
HATE CRIMES.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
THEIR NAME IS COSPONSOR TO ITEM
39, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
MOVE ON TO 40?
>> STATEMENT OF WHAT IS
LEGITIMATE INTENT, AND REQUEST
THAT THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
REPORT GET BACK TO COUNSEL ON
HOW THEY WOULD REPORT ON A
PROBATION PROGRAM AND ASKS THAT
THE PORT PARTNER WITH THE
EQUITY ANALYSIS TEAM THAT WOULD
IDENTIFY OUTCOMES FOR SUCH A
PROGRAM, ABOUT PROBATION AND
WHAT IT INCREASES OR DECREASES
INVOLVED IN THE SYSTEM IN THE
LONG TERM, THE PLANT OUTCOMES
FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE PROGRAM
AND AS A WHOLE WHETHER THE
PROGRAM REDUCES RACIAL DOES THE
PERSONALITY.
THE IDEA IS FOR THIS REPORT TO
BE SUBMITTED TO COUNSEL BY JULY
1 OF 2020 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES.
>> GONZALEZ?
>> I THINK USHA HAS COVERED IT
ALL, THIS IS SORT OF -- IF
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
UTILIZATION OF EXISTING
PROBATION COUNSELORS TO DO AN
ENHANCED OPERATION PROGRAM
PROGRAM FOR HIGH BARRIER
INDIVIDUALS AND IT IS IMPORTANT
FOR US AS POLICYMAKERS TO KNOW
EXACTLY HOW THEY ARE GOING TO
DO THAT.
AND, WHAT THE DETAILS AND
THEORY OF CHANGE WOULD BE
AROUND THAT KIND OF A MODEL.
SO, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
WINNING OF THE DOOR -- OPENING
OF THE DOOR TO ALLOW THEM TO
EXPLORE THIS POTENTIAL MODEL,
BUT WITHOUT THE PROVISION OF
ADDITIONAL BODIES TO DO THE
WORK AND TESTED.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER?
>> IS THIS NECESSARY, IF WE
FOLLOW THROUGH WITH ITEM NUMBER
37, OR IS THE IDEA LIKE IF THEY
WANT TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE
WE WOULD JUST LIKE THEM TO GET
THIS WORK OUT OF THE WAY TO
HELP?
>> YEAH, I THINK IT IS THE
LATTER, IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO
THIS WORK.
FOR EXAMPLE IF THEY DECIDE THEY
STILL WANT TO DO HIGH BARRIER
INDIVIDUAL ENHANCED PROBATION
PROGRAM, BY WORKING SOME OF THE
PROBATION COUNSELORS THEY
CURRENTLY HAVE, THEN I THINK IT
IS STILL REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
US AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
THAT PROGRAM WOULD BE, AND HOW
IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENT IT AND
HOW IT WOULD IMPACT FOLKS.
SO, IT IS MORE I THINK A
CAUTIONARY APPROACH, BUT, THAT
IS WHAT THE INTENT IS THERE.
>> I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT FOR
ITEM NUMBER 37, THE REVISOR ON
OPERATIONS BUDGET THE LIFT IS
CONDITIONED ON THE AUDITORS
REPORT COMING BACK THAT WE
PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AS WELL AS
THE OTTOMAN SEVEN A1.
>> SO, THEY COULD ISSUE A
REPORT IN RESPONSE TO SAYING
THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
PURSUE A HIGH-END PROBATION,
HIGH BARRIER PROBATION PROGRAM
WHICH WOULD SATISFY THE REQUEST
OF THE PROVISO IN ITEM 37? 36?
>> YESTERDAY
>> S, 37.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT A MARCH 31st
DATE EARLIER.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THESE
COULD BE STREAMLINED, SO THAT
THEY COULD BE REVIEWED AT THE
SAME TIME, BUILDING ON WHAT YOU
DESCRIBED WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO
THAT?
>> NO OBJECTION.
>> ONTO THE DEADLINE THEN VERY
GOOD.
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR
NAES AS COSPONSOR TO THIS,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO 41.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR BAGSHAW,
THE NEXT ITEM IS A RESPONSE BY
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES AND OUR
STATEMENT OF INTENT RELATED
CONDITIONS MADE BY THE SEATTLE
ENTRY WORKER, IT IS THE FINAL
REPORT RELEASED IN OCTOBER 2018.
THE FIRST IN THE SERIES IS CJ
21 A1, THAT REQUIRES THAT
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS REPORT ON
REENTRY RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING INCREASING ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY, IT
ASKS THAT THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORK WITH
FORMAL INCARCERATED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO DEVELOP A PLAN WHICH
SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED
BY THOSE WITH CRIMINAL
HISTORIES.
IT ASKS THAT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES,
SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
AND OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOP
RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCREASE
HIRING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE
WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES. OED
FINANCE AND ADMITTED FOR
SERVICES PREPARE A REPORT ON
HOW THE CITY CAN INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF PROPOSALS REQUEST
ALTERCATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECTS WHERE BUSINESSES OWNED
AND LED BY FORMAL INCARCERATED
INDIVIDUALS.
LASTLY, IT ASKED THAT AS DHR
AND OED DEVELOP A REPORT ON HOW
THE CITY CAN DEVELOP HIRING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FORMAL
INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS THE
REPORT WOULD BE DUE BACK BY
JULY 1, 2020.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO
THIS?
>> THAT WAS A THOROUGH
DISCUSSION.
THIS IS MY ATTEMPT TO BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REENTRY
WORKGROUP, WHICH WERE THE
SUBJECT OF MUCH DISCUSSION FOR
THE BUDGET CYCLE THEY HAVE BEEN
SITTING ON A SHELF NOW FOR A
YEAR, WHICH IS NOTHING MORE I
HATE THAN HAVING CONDITIONS
SITTING ON A SHELF WITH HAVING
NOTHING DONE WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT THE REENTRY WORK
IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER
BODY OF WORK RELATED TO
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, IN THE SENSE
THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THERE IS
CONSENSU AROUND THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS JUST A MATTER OF
FIGURING OUT HOW TO CONTINUE
THE MOMENTUM OF IMPLEMENTING
GOES.
AND AGAIN, CHAIR BAGSHAW AND
COLLEAGUES I KNOW YOU FOUND
OUT ABOUT THE MASSIVE VOID IN
THE REENTRY SPACE, I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO
DIRECT APARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT
THEM, LET'S GET GOING AND COME
UP WITH SORT OF THE PLAN FOR
HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
PUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO
PRACTICE, AND INTO THE FIELD,
AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO DO
THAT WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE
BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN
THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEXT YEAR
IN THE RAMP UP TO A BIENNIAL
BUDGET, AS TO WHAT RESOURCES
WOULD BE NEEDED IN ORDER TO
MAKE THE OTHER PERSON
SUCCESSFUL.
AS FAR OF THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE
AVAILABLE TO FOLKS WHO ARE
ABOUT TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL
AND BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY SO
THAT THEY HAVE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES, AND HAVE A HIGHER
CHANCE OF NOT REOFFENDING.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR THAT.
MY UNDERSTANDING HERE IN THIS
ONE IS THAT YOU WANT TO
IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND THEN
JUST HAVE A REPORT BACK ON HOW
IT IS GOING POINT
>> THIS WOULD BE -- WE HAVE
EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, FROM
THE REENTRY WORKGROUP.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, THIS IS TELL ME HOW YOU
WILL IMPLEMENT THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT ARE ALL RELATED TO
CONNECTING FEASIBLE ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES, JOBS, TRAINING,
ET CETERA, TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN THEY THEY DO LEAVE THE
JAIL FACILITIES, THEY HAVE A
SET OF SKILLS AND A PLAN IN
PLACE FOR EXAMPLE TO BE ABLE TO
REENTER INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WELL DONE.
DO YOU WANT TO ADD A DATE
CERTAIN TO THIS?
>> JULY 2020 POINT
>> DO YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT
THERE?
>> I THINK THIS IS SEPARATE AND
APART FROM THE OTHER BODY OF
WORK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
TO TELL ME HOW WE WILL ACTUALLY
GOING TO PRACTICE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT,
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD THEIR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR RAISE THEIR
HAND.
GREAT, YOU ARE THE SPONSOR
POINT
>> HAS STILL BEEN RAISING MY
HAND, JUST IN CASE.
>> 42?
>> NEXT ITEM IS LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, CJ 22 A1, IT REQUEST
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS STUDY THE
FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING CITY
MASTER LEASING OPTIONS.
AGAIN THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO
REENTRY WORK REGULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
AND, ITEM 42, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES, YOU WANT TO CONTINUE
THE ON THIS?
>> SAME THEORY AS THE PREVIOUS,
IN TERMS OF, WE HAVE A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GRAND
PRIX GROUP BUT WE DON'T HAVE IS
CONCRETE RESPONSE FROM THE CITY
ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING TO
IMPLEMENT THIS RECOMMENDATION.
THIS ONE IS RELATED TO MASTER
LEASING, SO WE HAVE BEEN AS A
CITY DOING WORK AROUND MASTER
LEASING PROGRAMS, THAT FOCUS I
THINK JUST GENERICALLY ON OUR
POPULATION.
THIS WOULD SORT OF REQUIRE AN
INTENTIONAL THINKING AROUND HOW
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING STABILITY
NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXITING
OUR JUROR SYSTEM -- JAIL SYSTEM
AND REENTERING SOCIETY.
SO IT WAS MORE OF A LET'S THINK
ABOUT THIS POPULATION
INTENTIONALLY, IN TERMS OF HOW
WE CONNECT THEM TO THESE MASTER
LEASING OPTIONS, AS OPPOSED TO
THE CREATION OF AN ENTIRELY NEW
PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE BAKED
WITHIN THE EXISTING WORK THAT
THE CITY IS DOING IN THAT
SPACE.
>> GREAT.
COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
VERY GOOD .43?
>> 43, STATEMENT ALLEGEDLY OF
INTENT, CJ 24 A1 REQUESTS THAT
THE LAW DEPARTMENT REPORT ON
EXPANDING PREFILING DIVERSION
OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE OVER THE
AGE OF 25 AND THE REPORT WILL
BE DUE BACK MAY 15 OF 2020.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES?
>> THANK YOU, LET'S SEE, THIS
IS 24 A1, IS THAT WHERE WE ARE
AT?
>> 2481.
>> OKAY, SO THIS WOULD REALLY
BE DESIGNED TO BUILD ON MUCH OF
THE SUCCESS THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS HAD WITH
PREFILING DIVERSION FOR THE 18-
24-YEAR-OLDS GROUP, AND WE KNOW
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING
CHOOSE 180 IN THAT PARTICULAR
SPACE AND SO I AM ASKING THAT
WE SCOPED OUT AND EFFECTIVELY
DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT WOULD
COST FOR THE CITY TO FILE
DIVERSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF
25.
FOR A WIDE RANGE OF CHARGES
THAT COULD BE SUBJECT TO
PREFILING.
THIS IS A PART OF THE VISION
AROUND, WHEN YOU HAVE A GREAT
MODEL LIKE WE DO IN THE 18-24
SPACE FOR DIVERSION, HOW CAN WE
AFFECT THOSE EFFORTS, AND PARTS
OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
FOR OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC
POPULATIONS, TO SEE SIMILAR
SUCCESSFUL RESULTS.
>> OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
TO COSPONSOR AND RAISE YOUR
HAND?
>> OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
ITEM 44?
>> ITEM 44, STATEMENT ALLEGEDLY
OF INTENT, CJ 26 A1 REQUESTS
THAT SPD, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, DEVELOP A REPORTING
ACT MECHANISM THAT ACCURATELY
CAPTURES RACE DATA WOULD BE DUE
BACK 2020 POINT
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES?
>> ME AGAIN.
HERE I AM.
IS STILL HERE.
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED TO HEAR, I THINK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER WARREN IS REALLY
CUTE THIS CONVERSATION UP IN
HER RESOLUTION AND EFFORTS
AROUND MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AS WELL YOU
ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT HOW,
AS A PRACTICE, THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS A BIT
OF ASSISTANCE, AND WE NEED A
CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEY
ARE TRACKING DATA RELATED TO
RACE AND IMMENSITY, AND THE
REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PARTS OF
OUR CITY SYSTEM THAT RELIES ON
DATA THAT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT COLLECTS.
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE HEARD FROM THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL COURT FOR EXAMPLE IS
THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR
IMPEDIMENTS THEY HAVE IN
PROVIDING A CLEAR PICTURE OF
THE IMPACT OF THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS FROM THE
COURT'S PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF
THIS PROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON
RACE, WE HAVE HEARD FROM THEM
THAT IT IS INCOMPLETE AND
INACCURATE OR BASED ON FAULTY
DATA, BECAUSE THEY RELY ON THE
DATA BEING COLLECTED BY THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS IT
RELATES TO RACE AND SO OF COURSE
, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE
KNOW THAT OFTEN TIMES NATIVE
PEOPLE ARE MISCLASSIFIED AS
SOMETHING ELSE, AND THE LACK
NEXT -- COMMUNITY IS BEING MADE
INVISIBLE BUT PUT INTO THE
CATEGORY OF WHITE IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE THEY POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS NOT REQUIRED TO TRACK
ETHNICITY, SO, I THINK THERE IS
AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO IMPROVE
SOME OF THE RACE AND ETHNICITY
BASED DATA THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS COLLECTING WHICH
WOULD REQUEST THAT THE REPORT
BE COMMITTED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO BE IN THAT SPACE.
>> COMMENTS?
>> I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS, I
APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING IT
TOGETHER.
YOU MAY RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO
WE PASSED A LAW LOOKING AT
POTENTIAL FOR RACIAL PROFILING
AND TRYING TO CAPTURE DATA ON
WHO IS ARRESTED, WHO IS STOPPED,
WHETHER THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE
OR NOT WE WANT TO CAPTURE THE
STATE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
REQUIRED TO TRACK IT TO THE
BEST THAT THEY COULD.
SO I AM DISTURBING THAT THIS
FEEDS INTO THAT WORK AS WELL.
IF SO, WE HAD CENTRAL STAFF
SORT OF LOOK AT THAT COMPONENT
IN THE RACIAL PROFILING BILL,
THAT THE CITY PASSED THROUGH
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES'S
COMMITTEE, AND SEE HOW THAT
SORT OF TIES INTO THIS WORK
THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT BODY OF
WORK TO GET DONE.
>> THEN OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ IS
RESOLUTION, THAT HAS A SIMILAR
REQUIREMENT, AND THEN WE ALSO
HAD THE CITY COUNCIL I THINK IN
2015 PASS, I THINK IT WAS A
RESOLUTION AROUND DESEGREGATION
OF DATA.
SO, I THINK THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAYBE GET
ALL UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA AND
FINALLY TRY TO CRACK THIS NUT,
BECAUSE IT IS REALLY I THINK
CREATING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES IN
OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY FAMILY
THAT REALLY RELY ON THE DATA
BEING COLLECTED BY POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AS WE ARE TAKING A
CRITICAL AND DEEP LOOK INTO THE
IMPACT OF OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM ON CERTAIN OPERATIONS.
>> TO FEED INTO THAT POINT,
WHAT I DON'T WANT THE DEPARTMENT
, THE SEATTLE POLICE TO DO IS
TO LOOK AT THIS MEANINGFUL
SLIDE, LOOK AT THE WORK WE ARE
TRYING TO DO AND SAY, ANOTHER
REPORT, IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY
OWN THIS WORK, AND GET ON BOARD
THROUGH LEADERSHIP WITH RANK-
AND-FILE AND SAY THIS IS
IMPORTANT DATA FOR US TO
COLLECT, I THINK THEY CAN HELP
MANAGE THIS PROCESS, AND NOT
SUGGESTING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
RESISTANT TO IT, BUT IT WOULD
BE NICE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK
FROM THEM AS WE PASS AND THEY
LOOK AT HOW THEY WILL MANAGE
THIS WORK.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THEIR BUY-IN,
AND I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT
THERE HAS BEEN THE KIND OF BUY-
IN WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BUT
LET'S SEE, THAT WOULD BE
AWESOME, TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT
REALLY EMBRACE THIS KIND OF
DATA GATHERING.
>> AND SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU
LIKE TO ADD ON THAT?
>> WE CAN TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT
IT.
I CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT AT THIS
POINT BUT I THINK CENTRAL
CENTRAL STAFF REALIZES THAT WE
HAVE AND EXPRESS NEED, A WELL
ARTICULATED NEED FOR THIS KIND
OF DATA GATHERING.
>> HAPPY TO WORK TOGETHER, AS
WE MAKE OUR WAY TO FORM C POINT
>> COUNCILMEMBER?
>> THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK COUNCIL
MEMBER ON THE LIST, BECAUSE WE
HAVE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
THIS, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON
SINCE THE DAYS THAT I WAS A
PUBLIC DEFENDER, IN THE LATE
80s.
SO, WHAT COUNTS MEMBER GONZALES
IS DOING I THINK IS LOOKING
FORWARD, AND ALSO, WE ARE
RECOGNIZING THE DAY AND AGE OF
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, THAT
THE DATA IS REALLY CRITICAL,
NOT JUST IN WHO GETS ARRESTED,
AND RECIDIVIST, BUT ALSO, AS WE
KNOW WITH MISSING AND MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS WHAT
SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED AND
WHAT SERVICES ARE BEING DENIED.
SO, STARTING WITH WHAT WE HAVE
THE FINAL POSITION FOR, MISSING
AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN
EXPERTISE ANALYSIS AND EXPERTISE
PUT OVER SPD I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
COUNCILMAN ROSALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL, HE WILL
BE HERE IN SPIRIT.
I THINK WE WILL LEARN A LOT
FROM OUR ROLE, AND OUR WORK
WITH SPD AND KING COUNTY,WHO
HAS NOW PUT TOGETHER A MISSING
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS
COMMITTEE WHICH WE ARE WORKING
TOGETHER, WE ARE THE FIRST
CITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO DO
THIS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THIS
AND WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES ON THIS PARTICULAR
POINT, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES.
>> THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO
ITEM 44, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 45.
>> AGENDA ITEM 45 IS COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION CJ DASCHLE SIXÃ
ÃONE, WHICH WOULD ADD $144,000
OF ONE-TIME GENERAL FUND, FOR A
DIVERSION PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY
A CLASS FOR SEX INDUSTRY
WORKERS, AND IT WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO TO THIS EFFECT, IT
WOULD GO TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
OF THE MYSTIC VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULTS TO CONTRACT
WITH A PROVIDER, TO FACILITATE
A CLASS THAT WOULD BE LOOKING
AT DIVERSION OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE ARRESTED, DOING SEX
WORK, AND WOULD BE CONSISTENT
WITH REQUIREMENTS IN SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS CODE 12
A POINT
>> COUNCILMAN GONZALES?
>> THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD
DISCUSSION.
THIS IS DESIGNED AS AN
OPPORTUNITY, IN AN IDEAL WORLD
WE WOULD NOT BE ARRESTING SEX
WORKERS AT ALL, BUT WE HAVE
SEEN RECENTLY THAT THAT IS NOT
BEEN THE CASE, AND THERE HAS
BEEN AN UNFORTUNATE
INTERPRETATION OF PAST
PRACTICES AND POLICIES WHICH
HAVE RESULTED IN AN UPTICK IN
THE ARREST OF INDIVIDUALS IN
THE SEX TRADE SPACE, SO THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AT THE
REQUEST OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR
SURVIVORS TO INSTITUTE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRE-DIVERSION
WORK, AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE
DONE FOR SEX INDUSTRY WORKERS.
SO, THIS IS REALLY AN UPSTREAM
APPROACH TO ALLOW FOLKS WHO
MIGHT BE ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME
OF PROSTITUTION, TO BE ABLE TO
ACCESS APPROPRIATE RESOURCES,
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHOICES
THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM,
SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE.
IT IS A MODEST INVESTMENT, IT
WOULD BE AN ALLOCATION AGAIN TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF THE
MYSTIC VIOLENCEAND SEXUAL
ASSAULT, TO FUND AN ORGANIZATION
THAT WOULD FACILITATE THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES, FOR A DIVERSION
OF ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES, TO
SEX WORKERS IN SEATTLE.
>> COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS COSPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A
COUPLE OF WORDS IN GENERAL ABOUT
THE STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT WE JUST MOVED ON.
THIS IS NOT MEANT IN
FRUSTRATION, IT IS MORE JUST
FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, THE
REENTRY RECOMMENDATIONS, WERE
REGULATIONS THAT WERE MADE TO
MY COMMITTEE AT THE END OF LAST
YEAR. I'M SORRY, I SHOULD SAY
AT THE END OF 2018.
AND, THIS IS WORK THAT WAS DONE
AND COORDINATED BY THE BOARD I
HAVE OVERSIGHT OF, THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS, AND I HAVE
BEEN TELLING STAKEHOLDERS WITH
THAT WORK THAT I WAS NOT MOVING
FORWARD ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET ACTIONS
WE TOOK LAST YEAR, RELATED TO
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM WORK
, WHICH CAME OUT OF OUR SHOWS
PAPER ABOUT THE NEED -- ASHES
PAPER THAT COMES OUT OF THE
NEED TO ALIGN WORK IN THE
DEPARTMENT, AND THE CITY'S
EFFORT AROUND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM HAS BECOME VERY
CUMBERSOME AND DIFFICULT FOR
MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
PRIORITIZE. SO, THIS IS ONE OF
THE REASONS I KEEP ASKING THE
QUESTION, OF WHERE ARE WE ON
PULLING TOGETHER CRIMINAL
JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL
AGAIN AND WORKING WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE EQUITY TEAM OR
SIMILAR WORKING GROUP, TO ALIGN
CURRENT AND FUTURE POLICY
INVESTMENTS AND OUTCOMES
REGARDING THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM., WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A
RESOLUTION OUTLINING THE
COUNCILS GOALS TO ENGAGE WITH
COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
MOST IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL
AND LEGAL SYSTEM AS A WAY OF
PRIORITIZING OUR WORK.
SO REALLY, I APOLOGIZE, TO THE
PUBLIC, THAT THIS IS THE
MESSAGE I HAVE BEEN GIVING, OUT
OF RESPECT FOR MY COLLEAGUE ON
THE LEFT, AND HER WORK IN THIS
AREA, DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING
TO GET GOING ON IT, AND I AM
SORRY FOR THE MISS
UNDERSTANDING.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS.
AND I AM UNCLEAR ON WHY YOU ARE
APOLOGIZING BECAUSE YOU HAVE
BEEN CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE
APOLOGIZING AND WHY.
BUT I WAS MAKING THE ASCENSION
WE NEEDED TO WAIT UNTIL THE
OTHER BODY OF WORK WAS DONE AND
I'VE BEEN TELLING MEMBER'S OF
THE PUBLIC TO CARE REALLY
DEEPLY ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAT WE
NEEDED TO WAIT.
>> AND -- YOU KNOW, I AM SORRY
THAT YOU WERE IN THAT SITUATION
AND I THINK WE JUST FINALLY HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY I AND COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND
SORT OF HASH OUT IN THE COURSE
OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THAT I
HAD WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF,
IT STARTED BECOMING MORE CLEAR
TO ME, THAT WE DID NOT
NECESSARILY NEED TO WAIT.
SO, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
COMMUNICATING MORE CLEARLY,
WITH YOU DIRECTLY AS SOMEBODY
WHO WAS OVERSEEING SOME OF THAT
REENTRY WORK.
BUT I DO REALLY SEE THEM NOW,
NOW THAT WE HAVE A CLEARER
WORKPLAN AROUND THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REALIGNMENT WORK, I
HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT
THE TWO DIFFERENT BODIES OF
WORK ARE, AND FEEL LIKE WAITING
FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REALIGNMENT WORK FOR HAPPEN IT
DOES WORK TO HAPPEN IS GOING TO
CREATE UNDUE AND UNNECESSARY
DELAY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
REENTRY WORK GROUP
RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, I AM GLAD THAT YOU ARE
SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD,
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE STAY ON THE SAME TRAIN
SCHEDULE IN THE FUTURE.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT UP, I APPRECIATE
THE DISCUSSION POINT
>> OKAY.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 46
. BRING THAT UP AND WE WILL
PITCH IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
>> ITEM 46 IS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION CJ 62 DASH EIGHT AT ONE,
WHICH IS $520,600 IN ONGOING
GENERAL FUND, TO HST FOR YOUTH
DIVERSION AND EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.
AND IT INCLUDES THREE OVERALL
LARGER BUCKETS, THE FIRST IS AN
ACTION TO ALLOCATE $300,000 TO
HST, TO CONTRACT WITH A
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION
SUCH AS YOUTH CONSORTIUM TO
FUND YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAMS.
THE SECOND BUCKET, IS $122,600
TO CONTRACT WITH A COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION SUCH AS
CREATIVE JUSTICE TO FUND AN
ARTS-BASED ALTERNATIVE TO
SECURE DETENTION FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE.
THE THIRD ITEM, IS $100,000 TO
HST FOR A CONTRACT SUPPORTING
YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICES, WITH A
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION
SUCH AS THE RAINIER BEACH
ACTION COALITION CORNER
PROGRAM, WHICH IS A NON-ARREST
CRIME REDUCTION SAFETY PROJECT
FOCUSING ON CONFORMING SPACES
THAT ARE -- CRIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.
IT WAS ALREADY DESCRIBED REALLY
WELL IN TERMS OF THE BREAKDOWN
WE ARE PROPOSING.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
COUNCIL KNOWS, THE DIFFERENT
BUCKETS THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING
ARE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF VERY POSITIVE
DIVERSION PROGRAMS, BUT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL IS AWARE
THAT THE GROUPS WHICH PROVIDE
THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS REALLY WORK
TOGETHER, THEY WORK IN
SOLIDARITY WITH ONE ANOTHER.
THEY DO NOT WORK IN SEPARATE
SILOS.
SO, WHATEVER FUNDS WE ALLOCATE
EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS I THINK
THEY ARE VERY WELL PREPARED IN
TERMS OF HOW THEY WORK TOGETHER
IN GRASSROOTS TO WORK WITH ONE
ANOTHER TO BE SURE THAT THEY
ENHANCE EACH OTHER.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT
IF WE ALLOCATE 300,000, FOR
EXAMPLE, TO THE YOUTH CONSORTIUM
, MY BELIEF FROM HAVING SEEN
HOW WELL THESE PROGRAMS WORK IS
THAT THE VALUE THAT SOCIETY
WILL GET OUT OF THIS $3000 IS
PROBABLY WORTH MORE THAN THE
$300,000 STACK, JUST BECAUSE OF
THE POSITIVE EFFECTS THAT WE
SEE.
JUST A FEW THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT,
ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS,
THE YOUTH CONSORTIUM WHICH
INCLUDES COMMITTEE PASSAGEWAYS,
ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE
DONE THIS YEAR AND I HAVE
SHARED THIS WITH YOU, TERRY
BRADSHAW, THEY ORGANIZED A
CANDIDATE AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE
OWN COUNSEL AND CAN'T TALK
ABOUT THE FORM ITSELF IN TERMS
OF A CANDIDATE BUT THIS WAS A
FORM OF FORMS ORGANIZED BY
YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, MANY OF
THEM TEENAGERS, MANY OF THEM
ACTUALLY ELIMINATING AGE.
AND I HAD PREPARED QUESTIONS,
THEY HAD ORGANIZED THE FORMAT,
AND IT WAS VERY DIRECT, IT WAS
VERY DYNAMIC.
AND, THEY ACTUALLY HELD
CANDIDATES TO ACCOUNT MUCH
BETTER THAN IN MOST QUORUMS.
SO I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED
AT HOW WELL IT WAS DONE, AND
HOW DESERVING THE PROGRAM IS.
ON CREATIVE JUSTICE, THE THING
TO MENTION ABOUT THAT IS YOUTH
REFORM TO THE CREATIVE JUSTICE
PROGRAM IN 3 TO 4 MONTH LONG
SESSIONS, THAT MEET TWICE WEEKLY
AND EACH SESSION PROJECT HAS A
UNIQUE FOCUS THAT IS
COLLABORATIVELY DIRECTED BY THE
USE, AND MENTOR ARTISTS TEAM
AND THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A
COMMUNITY SPACE TO SHARE
STORIES, HEAL, AND AMPLIFY THE
VOICES OF YOUTH IN COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY THE SCHOOL TO
PRISON TO DEPORTATION PIPELINE.
THIS IS ANOTHER REALLY
IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CREATIVE
JUSTICE, BRINGING TOGETHER
BLACK AND BROWN YEARS AND ALSO
IMMIGRANT BLACK AND BROWN YEARS,
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING
EITHER A PASSAGEWAY TO PRISON
OR DEPORTATION AND SOMETIMES
BOTH, SOMETIMES IMMIGRANT YOUTH
OF COLOR FACE BOTH THREATS.
AT THE SAME TIME, AND SO, THE
-- IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IT
BRINGS ALL OF THEM TOGETHER AND
EACH SESSION CONCLUDES WITH A
PUBLIC ART SECTION, AND ONE OF
THE GOALS OF THAT ACTION AND
THEY ORGANIZE IT IN SUCH A WAY
TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER PRAYER
TIES SOLUTIONS ON THE COMMUNITY
TO DISMANTLE THE SCHOOL TO
PRESENT TO DEPORTATION
PIPELINE, AND TO BUILD A TRULY
JUST AND RESTORATIVE SYSTEM.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE
PROGRAM FOCUSING ON
TRANSFORMING SPACES THAT ARE
MOST PREVALENT FOR YOUTH CRIME
BY EMPLOYING YOUTH IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO CREATE ENGAGING
EVENTS WITH CORNER, FOOD, MUSIC
AND INFORMATION LOCATIONS, AND
THIS IS ESPECIALLY BENEFICIAL,
IN THE RAINY RALLY IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT, WHERE THINGS
úAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT
BEREFT OF THEIR COMMUNITY WITH
SO MUCH GENTRIFICATION.
SO IT WILL FILL IN A LOT OF THE
GAPS IN A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY ON
A VERY SHOESTRING BUDGET.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> I JUST HAD A CLARIFYING
QUESTION OF THE WORK THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT WHICH
SOUNDS AWESOME AND MEANINGFUL
SO I DON'T QUESTION ANY OF THAT.
IS THIS POSSIBLE AND ARE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOR WHATEVER
REASON ARE UNABLE TO GET
FUNDING NOW, OR ARE THESE
ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED NOW AND WE
JUST WANT TO EXPAND THE SCOPE
OF THE WORK THEY ARE DOING OR
MAYBE WE DON'T KNOW?
I'M TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR
WHICH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
FUNDED AND WHICH ONES FOR
WHATEVER REASON COULD NOT GET
FUNDED.
>> THE SHORT ANSWER IS BOTH.
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS HAVE HAD
FUNDS, BUT WE ALSO, BECAUSE
THEY WERE WORKING SO WELL, TO
GIVE YOU A CONCRETE EXAMPLE
COMMITTEE PASSAGEWAYS DID WHEN
FUNDING FOR THAT IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET, BUT IT WAS SORT OF
VALENCES THESE ARE ALSO SMALL
CHUNKS LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT
THAT, THESE ARE NOT LAVISH
CHUNKS OF MONEY IN ANY WAY, BUT
PREVIOUSLY IT WAS EVEN SMALLER,
AND JUST SEEING HOW FAR THEY
MADE THAT MONEY GO, THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT GO, WE ASKED THEM, WHAT
COULD YOU DO -- COULD YOU DO
EVEN BIGGER GIVEN YOUR CAPACITY
AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US VERY
REALISTIC AMOUNTS, THEY HAVE
NOT OVERSTATED WHAT THEY CAN DO
IN THEIR PROGRAMS.
SO IT IS THAT, BUT IT IS ALSO
THE OTHER ASPECT THAT WE WANT
TO TAKE CARE OF, WE WANTED THE
MONEY TO GO TO THESE PROGRAMS
IMMEDIATELY, RATHER THAN
SPENDING A LARGE TIME IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET SITTING IN SOME
POT AND THEN MONTHS LATER BEING
REALLOCATED.
WE SAW HOW THE BC ORGANIZATION
THEY GOT THEIR MONEY THAT WE
ALLOCATED IN THE BUDGET LAST
YEAR ONLY IN SEPTEMBER, LAST
MONTH.
SO WE DON'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN.
>> AND, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT
WE ARE TRYING TO DO, I AM JUST
SIMPLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHICH ONES, BECAUSE THERE ARE
MANY ORGANIZATIONS DOING
PHENOMENAL WORK AND SOMETIMES
SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE ARE
WORKING WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS
AS WELL.
SO I WOULD AGREE THAT
PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF WHAT
I'VE ADDED, B,25,000 50,000
THERE IN A BIG BUT IT SEEMS
LIKE AN LOT, THE IMPACT ON THESE
COMMUNITIES CAN BE LEVERAGED TO
GET FOUR OR FIVE TIMES THE
VALUE OUT OF THE MODEST
INVESTMENT SO I DO FAVOR THAT
APPROACH.
>> RIGHT.
JUST TO CLARIFY, TO
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD'S POINTS,
THE WAY WE CAME UP WITH THIS
FUNDING WAS NOT TO CHERRY PICK
SOME ISOLATED PROGRAMS.
THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO
TO DO REALLY GOOD WORK.
THIS INPUT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN
FROM THE COMMUNITY GROUPS ON
THE BASIS OF THEM ALL HAVING
BROAD DISCUSSION AMONGST
THEMSELVES, INCLUDING OTHER
PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED
HERE, AND HAVING ARRIVED AT A
COLLECTIVE DECISION THAT
ACTUALLY AUGMENTING THE FUND
FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
WOULD HELP THEM GO A LONG WAY I
DON'T BELIEVE GREETERS WAS
FUNDED INITIALLY.
JUST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE
THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR ALL THESE
PROGRAMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS
SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THE MAYOR IS
PROPOSING FOR ADDITIONAL HIRING
BONUSES AND NEW POLICE
OFFICERS.
GIVEN THAT THESE ARE YOUTH
DIVERSION PROGRAMS IT IS GOOD
TO SORT OF COMPARE THE TWO.
>> AMY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS IN
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET RIGHT NOW?
HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON YOUTH
DIVERSION AND EDUCATION
PROGRAMS?
>> THE YOUTH DIVERSION PROGRAM
IS 1.8 MILLION, IN THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET, THIS WOULD
RAISE UP TO 2.3 MILLION.
I WAS GOING TO MENTION, I DO
HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON PREVIOUS FUNDING,
OR EXISTING FUNDING FOR THESE
ORGANIZATIONS AND I AM HAPPY TO
SEND THAT OUT, IT GETS A LITTLE
BIT COMPLEX WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT CONSORTIUMS OF DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF WHICH
ARE FUNDED, SOME OF WHICH ARE
NOT, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT NOT
GET FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR
TYPE OF PROGRAMMING, AS WELL AS
THERE ARE ALSO ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE ALSO FUNDED FOR THIS
PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
>> EXCELLENT.
MAYBE YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO
ASK COUNSEL, COUNCILMEMBERS AND
WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS, HOW
IS THIS DISTRIBUTED?
IS IT ON AN RFP GRACE IS? A
GRANT?
HOW DO WE DO IT?
>> TYPICALLY, AT HSD, THEY DO
DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY IN A FEW
WAYS.
ONE IS THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS,
SO FOR EXAMPLE THIS YEAR THERE
IS A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RFP THAT
WILL BE ISSUED AND WILL FUND
ORGANIZATIONS, BASED ON
COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
OCCASIONALLY THEY DO SOLE-SOURCE
CONTRACT IS SPECIFY THE PROGRAM
THEY WANT FUNDED.
ALSO SOMETIMES IF I HAVE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WILL
ADD ABOUT MONEY TO EXISTING
CONTRACTS, SO IF THEY HAVE SIX
ORGANIZATIONS, THAT ARE
PROVIDING FOOD AND MEALS, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND THEY HAVE $100,000
THEY WILL DISTRIBUTE THAT
EQUITABLY AMONGST THE
ORGANIZATIONS SO IT DEPENDS ON
CIRCUMSTANCES BUT I'LL TAKE A
STAB JUST SOME DIRECTION AT
LEAST FOR THE DEPARTMENT, TO
ESTABLISH A RECORD OF THAT, IT
HAS BEEN MY PERSONAL
PREFERENCE, THAT FOR SOME OF
THE SMALLER AWARDS, THAT I
FROWN UPON THE PRACTICE WHERE
WE DO HAVE SOME ORGANIZATIONS
COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER,
DURING THE SAME KIND OF WORK.
AND WHILE WE TRY NOT TO EARMARK
AND DESIGNATE, MY HOPE ALWAYS
HAS BEEN AND WE HAVE BEEN
PRETTY SUCCESSFUL DOING THIS,
DISORDER DESCRIBING THE SCOPE
OF WORK.
BUT WE SORT OF KNOW WHO IS BEST
POSITIONED TO DO THAT IN MANY
OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
SO, I JUST THINK THE RFP
PROCESS IS FRAUGHT WITH A LOT
OF ISSUES, PARTICULARLY THOSE
SOMETIMES LARGE ORGANIZATIONS
BETTER POSITIONED TO RESPOND TO
THE RFP.
SO I AM COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING
THIS AD WITH THE DIRECTION THAT
IS NOT MY EXPECTATION, THIS LONG
DRAWN OUT RFP PROCESS WE TRIED
TO DESCRIBE THE WORK, SORT OF
COMMUNITY DRIVEN, SO TO SPEAK
POINT
>> THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO
AVOID AND ALSO JUST TO CLARIFY,
THE ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE NOT
ACTUALLY LARGE ESTABLISHED
ORGANIZATIONS, THESE ARE TRULY
GRASSROOTS EFFORTS, AND THEY
ARE TRULY YOUTH LED EFFORTS.
I HAVE SEEN THIS PERSONALLY.
>> CHAIR?
>> YES PLEASE.
SO, BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTIES
WITH THE TRADITIONAL RFP
PROCESS, THIS COUNSEL IN THE
2019 BUDGET, I THINK IT WAS
ACTUALLY IT HAS BEEN KERRY, I
AM LOOKING AT YOU, I THINK IT
WAS CARRIED OVER TO 20/20,
BECAUSE SSC ARE WAS NOT ABLE TO
FUND FROM THE COUNCILS
ALLOCATION FOR 2019 OVER $1
MILLION, TO DO A COLLABORATIVE
GRANT MAKING PROCESS TO
DISTRIBUTE FUNDING TO INVEST IN
ALTERNATIVES TO THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL PROCESS AND THE HARMS IN
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL PROCESS AND
THE COLLABORATIVE GRANT MAKING
PROCESS WHICH IS LIKE THE
SOCIAL JUSTICE COLLABORATIVE
GRANT MAKING PROCESS THAT
RELIES ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
COLLECTIVELY DEVELOP THE THEORY
OF CHANGE, ALIGN WITH GOALS,
WHAT THE INVESTMENT OUTCOMES
ARE, AND ACTUALLY DO THIS
SELECTION, AFTER AN APPLICATION
IT IS THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
THAT SELECT THE GRANTS THAT
RECEIVE THE FUNDING.
SO, IT SEEMS LIKE THE ALIGNMENT
GRANTING PROCESS, THAT THEY ARE
WORKING ON, WITH SEVERAL
ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THE
INTENT OF THE FUND SEEMS TO BE
ALIGNED WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT RECOMMENDATION SO, I AM
NOT SURE WHY ALL THESE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT I LOVE. I'M
A HUGE FAN NOMINATED FOR CROSS
CUT ALL WORDS.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY'RE GOING
THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT THE
COUNCIL FUNDED TO UPWARDS OF $1
MILLION.
>> I JUST NOTE THAT THE MILLION
DOLLARS ON THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET, SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO
CARRY IT OVER.
THE MONEY IS THERE FOR THIS
YEAR.
THE MONEY IS THERE WE ALLOCATED
IT LAST YEAR POINT
>> THERE IS NO MONEY FOR 2020,
THOUGH, RIGHT?
>> THE FUNDING IS FOR 2020.
SO IF WE PASS THIS BUDGET THAT
MILLION DOLLARS WILL GO TOWARDS
THE PURPOSE IT WAS INDICATED
FOR IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
>> I WOULD STILL PREFER A STRAW
POLL ON THIS, BECAUSE THE VOTE
IS FOR THE INTENT OF FUNDING
THE PROGRAM ANYTHING THAT IS
IMPORTANT, FOR THE GROUPS TO
HAVE. BUT, IN RESPONSE TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
SAYING, WE LOOK INTO THIS QUITE
A BIT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, IF
ASHA KNOWS BETTER THAN I DID
AND I WOULD WELCOME THAT
INFORMATION WITH OUR
UNDERSTANDING, MY STAFF AND I,
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YES,
MONIES ALLOCATED FOR THESE
INTENTIONS, BUT THESE VERY SMALL
SORT OF GROUND-LEVEL GROUPS SEE
VERY LITTLE OF IT IF AT ALL,
THEY ARE MADE TO JUMP THROUGH
HOOPS, TO EVEN GET THE SMALLEST
AMOUNT OF FUNDING, MY INTENT OF
BRINGING THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT
IS TO GET THROUGH AS MUCH OF
THAT PROCESS AS IS POSSIBLE,
AND MAKE CLEAR ACCOUNTS OF
INTENT THAT WE EXPECT THESE
PROGRAMS TO BE FUNDED
IMMEDIATELY AND THAT WE DO NOT
PUT AN ONEROUS BURDEN ON THESE
COMMUNITY GROUPS, TO HAVE TO
JUMP THROUGH LOTS OF PAPERWORK
AND DELAYS TO BE ABLE TO FIND
IT.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, AND I WOULD LOVE TO
FIND THAT SWEET SPOT BETWEEN
GETTING THESE TO APPLY FOR AND
HAVE SOME CREDIBILITY AROUND
WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE AS WELL.
WHO DO YOU SEE AS RESPONSIBLE.
>> NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
GROUPS, IT IS NOT JUST MY WORD,
IT IS ACTUALLY, WORK PRODUCT,
ABILITY IS MORE ON THE SIDE OF
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WHY ARE
THERE SUCH DELAYS, AND SUCH
DIFFICULTIES IN THESE VERY
SMALL GROUPS, GETTING THE
FUNDING THAT THEY NEED.
>> AGAIN, I WAS CORRECTED BY
CENTRAL STAFF, IT WAS NOT A
DELAY, WE ALLOCATED THE FUNDING
IN THE 2019 BUDGET FOR 2020,
AND SSCR IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED
IN A DISTRIBUTED GRANTMAKING
PROCESS TO DISTRIBUTE THE
FUNDING, SO THEY ARE IN 2019,
EVEN IF THE FUNDING IS NOT PUT
FORWARD UNTIL 2020, THEY ARE
WORKING ON CREATING THE PROCESS,
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE
SURE THAT THESE THREE
ORGANIZATIONS, INVOLVED IN THE
COLLABORATIVE GRANT MAKING
PROCESS.
AND THEY DEFINITELY SHOULD BE.
THIS IS UPWARDS OF $1 MILLION,
THAT THIS COUNSEL APPROVED LAST
YEAR, FOR THESE PURPOSES. SOC
ARE FROM THE RESPONSE I JUST
RECEIVED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
THEY ALREADY LAUNCHED A
COLLABORATIVE GRANT MAKING
PROCESS TO DISTRIBUTE THE
FUNDING ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO
INVEST IN ALTERNATIVES TO THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL PROCESS AND
ADDRESSED THE HARMS OF ALL THE
CRIMINAL LEGAL PROCESS, IT
RELIES ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO
DEVELOP THE THEORY OF CHANGE,
SO, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS SITTING DOWN WITH
SSC ARE NOW, TO DEVELOP A
THEORY OF CHANGE, THOSE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE
INVOLVED IN SELECTING
>> AS FAR AS DELAYS --
>> AGAIN, WE --
>> THAT IS NOT WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM THE GROUPS POINT
>> THE MONEY ISN'T AVAILABLE
UNTIL 2020.
>> THEY HAVE ONE YEAR FOR
PLANNING.
WHICH IS 2019.
AND, THE FUNDING WAS ALWAYS
INTENDED TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN
2020.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> BUT, I AM NOT POSITIVE THAT
ALL OF THESE POSITIVES -- ALL
OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE IN IT.
I AM NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD
NOT HAVE LAYERED MONIES, DOUBLE
COUNTING FOR THE PROGRAMS BUT
CAN I AT LEAST GET AN INTENT,
>> I SUPPORT THE INTENT OF
FUNDING, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE REVENUE SOURCE WHICH
IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT NOW, IT DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE TO HAVE IT COME OUT
OF THE ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND
OR DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE
APPROPRIATED DOLLARS INTENDED
FOR THIS PURPOSE TO BE FOR
REVENUE SOURCE FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE, IT IS A BURDEN FOR
US TO INVEST IN THE SPACE OF
YOUR DIVERSION AND EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS AS AN UPSTREAM
SOLUTION.
FOR THE APPROACH, I AGREE WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
PERSPECTIVE THAT IN REGARDS
ACCOUNTABILITY PIECES THERE ARE
SOME IN THE SPACE THAT ARE
CONSIDERED ACCOUNTABLE TO
PRACTICES.
THEY ARE SHOWING GREAT PROMISE,
BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY
MEAN THAT THEY ARE SUBJECT TO
SOME LONGITUDINAL STUDY WHERE
WE GET INTO THE STATISTICS OF
IT, RIGHT?
BUT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE
INVESTING IN THE SPACE THAT
REALLY DO MEET THE NEEDS OF
THIS PARTICULAR POPULATION IN
OUR CITY.
SO, HOPEFULLY, WE CAN DO AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT SUGGESTED,
WHICH IS SEE HOW MANY FOLKS
WANTS TO BE COSPONSORS ON THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE, AND THEN WE
CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO WRESTLE
WITH WHERE THE REVENUE COMES
FROM.
I THINK THAT SEEMS LIKE A
REASONABLE PATH FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO
THAT POINT, COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO?
>> JUST IN GENERAL, I AM CURIOUS
, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD
ASK THIS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT, BUT HOW DOES THIS MEET
WITH DEALS, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER INITIATIVE,
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER HAS SIX
MILESTONES THAT THEY FOCUS ON
IS A PROGRAM, WHICH IS GETTING
THE START READY TO LEARN, GRADE
LEVEL BY THIRD GRADE, HIGH
SCHOOL READY FOR COLLEGE AND
CAREER, COMPETING PERSECUTORY
EDUCATION AND TRAINING,
SUCCESSFULLY ENTERING KIDS ON
THE WORKFORCE AND GIVING A
SECOND CHANCE IS I'M CONFUSED
ABOUT HOW ARE ALL OF THESE
PROGRAMS, AND AGAIN, I HAVE
SEEN IT NOW WITH HST AND SOME
GENERAL FUND, HOW ARE WE
MEASURING IT?
HOW ARE WE GATHERING IT, WHERE
THE GREATEST NEED IS, AND JUST,
HOW IS IT BUILDING ON THE
COLLECTIVE SUCCESS AND DESIRE
ON DOING MORE FOR KIDS?
>> I THINK THAT IS A BIG
QUESTION, I THINK CERTAINLY
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DEAL
FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THOSE
POLICY CHOICES WERE MADE BY THE
COUNCIL AND BY THE VOTERS, WHEN
THEY WERE APPROVING THE LEVY,
AND THAT WAS WHERE THE
PRIORITIZATION CAME FROM.
I THINK THAT THERE IS OVERLAP
AND SOME COMPLEMENT THREE
ACTIVITIES BETWEEN DEAL AND HST
PARTICULARLY I THINK THEY'RE
WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY HAVE A CONSTELLATION OF
ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAMS THERE
FUNDING THAT FEELING AS MANY
GAPS AS THERE ARE AND WE KNOW
THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GAPS IN
TERMS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, I
KNOW THAT EVERY PROGRAM IS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS
OF THEIR EXACT PROGRAM
COMPETENCY AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, SO I DO THINK THAT THE
BEST DEAL AND HST ARE DOING
THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE SUITE OF PROGRAMS THAT THEY
ARE FUNDING COMPLEMENT EVERY,
AND FILLING AS MANY OF THOSE
GAPS AS POSSIBLE.
>> GREAT.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD A
QUESTION TO COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO, IN ALL TRANSPARENCY, I
HAVE BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF THE
LACK OF WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE DOING, WE HAVE TRIED
TO SUPPORT IT AS BEST AS WE
COULD, BUT THE OUTCOME
MILESTONES FRANKLY IF THEY ARE
THERE WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY
ARE THERE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN
THE TRACTION I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IN THOSE OUTCOMES, I DON'T
KNOW THAT WE ARE PARTNERING AS
STRONGLY WITH THE DISTRICT AS
WE COULD.
TO BE FRANK.
>> IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAMS
OUTLINED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> AND, THIS IS JUST TO FURTHER
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S POINT.
THIS IS A BROADER COMMUNITY
CONCERN I HAVE FOR MYSELF, I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE, PERHAPS THE
OFFICE WITH THE LANGUAGE, THIS
COULD CONTINUE PAST NOVEMBER 26
AND WE CAN CONTINUE THIS BUDGET
PROCESS BUT IS IMPACTFUL AND
BENEFICIAL.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR
COSPONSORS TO RAISE YOUR HAND,
AT THIS POINT IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN ADDING YOUR NAME
TO THIS?
VERY GOOD.
>> AN EXTRA ONE HERE, TOM.
A LATE ADD HERE.
>> ALSO AMY I WOULD LIKE TO
FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON THIS
BECAUSE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN RAISED, THE MAYOR HAS
$1.9 BUDGETS, APPEARED TO HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR TO GO
FORWARD, AND IF WE COULD JUST
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, WE
WILL MOVE ON BECAUSE WE STILL
HAVE 11 ITEMS TO COVER, HAVE AN
AUDIENCE THAT IS READY TO OFFER
PUBLIC TESTIMONY, AND I DO WANT
ALL OF YOU TO SHORTEN YOUR
SPEECHES.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE COME FROM TWO
MINUTES SINCE WE HAVE WELL
EXCEEDED THE 40 PEOPLE, I WOULD
ASK YOU THAT WHEN YOU GET UP TO
THAT MICROPHONE, FOR ONE
MINUTE, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE
THROUGH, BECAUSE AFTER THIS IS
OVER, WE STILL HAVE MEETINGS
THIS EVENING.
SO,
>> CHAIR BACK SHOCK?
>> I JUST NOTICED THE SUN IS
OUT NOW MAYBE WE CAN OPEN UP
THE BACK DOORS TO GIVE US A BIT
MORE LIGHT POINT
>> PLEASE, THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT UP.
I LOVE IT.
SO, WE CAN OPEN THOSE, AND
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN FAIRLY QUIET
OUTSIDE IT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
COULD WE MOVE ON TO THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
THANK YOU AMY USHA AND CARLOS
FOR YOUR HELP ON THAT.
>> OKAY, ON TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ITEM 47
ON THE AGENDA, COUNSEL
ESSENTIALS COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> THANK YOU POINT
>> COUNSEL BUDGET ACTION RAD
ONE A1 SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER BRIAN WOULD ADD $50,000
ONE-TIME TO THE OFFICE OF THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO FUND A
CONSULTANT STUDY OF REGIONAL
EMPLOYMENT DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL
FUELS. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND,
THE GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE
RESOLUTION 31895 PAST BY COUNSEL
IN AUGUST ESTABLISHED A GOAL TO
ELIMINATE CLIMATE POLLUTANTS
FROM SEATTLE BY 2030, AND
COMMITTED THE CITY TO ENSURING
A JUST TRANSITION FOR WORKERS
WHOSE JOBS CURRENTLY DEPEND ON
THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY.
THE CITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY
HAVE THIS DATA AS THE NUMBER OF
WORKERS EMPLOYED EITHER
DIRECTLY BY THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRIES OR IN RELATED FIELDS
HAS NOT YET DEVELOPED
STRATEGIES, DEVELOPING A
RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS
WORKERS WHOSE EMPLOYMENT
DEPENDS ON FOSSIL FUELS IS
DEPORTED THROUGH THIS
TRANSITION.
SO THIS STUDY WOULD ANALYZE
REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT, RELATING
TO FOSSIL FUELS, PROJECTION FOR
JOB GROWTH AND CLEAN ENERGY IN
RELATED SECTORS AND DEVELOP
STRATEGIES FOR THE CITY AND ITS
PARTNERS TO SUPPORT IMPACTED
WORKERS THROUGH THE TRANSITION
FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO CLEANER
ENERGY, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE
FAMILY WAGE JOBS WAS ALSO
IDENTIFIED STEPS TO DEFY JOB
GROWTH IN THE CLEAN ENERGY
SECTOR IF THOSE PROGRAM
PROJECTIONS ARE NOT IN
ALIGNMENT WITH A NUMBER OF
FOLKS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN?
>> ELANA, THAT WAS IT?
COLLEAGUES, I WILL JUST ADD
THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE
OF INFORMATION, IF WE ARE GOING
TO BOTH MAKE THAT TRANSITION
OFF OF FOSSIL FUELS AND ENSURE
THAT THE TRANSITION IS JUST, WE
SIMPLY NEED GOOD INFORMATION ON
WHO WAS WORKING IN THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRY, TO HELP INFORM
HOW TO MAKE THE TRANSITIONS.
>> VERY GOOD, THOSE WHO WANT TO
ADD YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
I LIKE THE TIMING ON THAT ONE.
48, REQUEST THAT OED CREATE
STRATEGIES TO CONNECT SMALL
BUSINESS PROVIDERS AND
DEVELOPERS.
>> THIS IS A STATEMENT
ALLEGEDLY OF INTENT, A LADY TO
A1 SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
MUSCAT ART WHICH WOULD REQUEST
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ELEMENT
WORK WITH C APARTMENT HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION HOUSING
INFECTIONS, AND THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT TO RATIFY
STRATEGIES AND DEVELOP TOOLS TO
CONNECT BUILDING OWNERS AND
DEVELOPERS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES
SEEKING TENDENCIES, SEEKING
TOOLS MAY BE CREATING A
DATABASE OF SMALL BUSINESSES
EITHER AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT,
OR THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED,
AND THE INVENTORY OF AVAILABLE
COMMERCIAL SPACE, POTENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE OF EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT PRESCHOOL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, REGARDING
PERMITTING AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.
THE OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION
PRESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE,
AND, THIS WOULD BE, THIS
REQUEST WOULD BE DUE BACK THE
COUNCIL ON MAY 29, 2024
MATERIALS AND A STATUS UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
BRIAN POINT
>> I HAVE THIS ONE.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER
MUST DATA.
>> COPY TWO POINT
>> THEY ARE COVERING THEIR
BASES, BUT I WAS TOLD DIRECTLY
THAT I WAS GOING TO LEAD ON
THIS ONE SO I'M GOING TO DO IT.
YOLANDA DID A GREAT JOB
OUTLINING THE SPECIFIC
COMPONENTS OF THIS STATEMENT
ALLEGEDLY OF INTENT, I WOULD
JUST LAYER ON TOP OF THAT, THAT
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO CREATE THIS COORDINATION
OPPORTUNITY.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THE
LACK OF AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL
SPACE IN PARTICULAR, SO I THINK
THIS IS A REALLY UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CREATE A
WORK PLAN AND CONCRETE
STRATEGIES, AFFORDABILITY AND
DISBURSEMENT ISSUES WE CONTINUE
TO HEAR FROM, SMALL BUSINESSES
EXPERIENCING OR ARE AT HIGH
RISK.
WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
ONGOING STRATEGIES IN THIS
SPACE PRETTY
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD, THAT
THIS WORK IS VERY ALIGNED WITH
TWO BODIES OF WORK THAT I HAVE
BEEN SHEPHERDING THROUGH MY
COMMITTEE, WHERE HAS BEEN THE
LEGACY IS IN THIS WORK BY
IDENTIFYING BUSINESSES THAT ARE
AT RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT, GOING
OUT OF THE WAY TO PROTECT
BUSINESSES, TOWARDS LONGEVITY,
INTO COMMUNITIES, THAT ARE
LINKED TO HISTORY AND CULTURE
IN THE CITY, SIMILARLY, ON THE
ARTS SPACE SIDE, ART SPACES ARE
OUR BUSINESSES AND THEY ARE
ALSO AT A VERY VERY HIGH RISK
OF REDEVELOPMENT, AND LOSS OF
OUR CULTURAL ART SPACES. SO,
AGAIN, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF
WORK REGARDING SOMETHING CALLED
THE CAP REPORT, AND IT IS
REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE OF HOW IT
WOULD RETAIN OUR VALUABLE ARTS
AND CULTURE SPACES.
SO, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS
NOTION OF PULLING IT ALL
TOGETHER.
DESPITE GREAT.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR RAISE
YOUR HAND.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER
FROM TERESA, CAN YOU FRAME IT,
SHORT FRAME.
THERE POINT
>> OAD FOUR A1 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MUSTARD I WOULD
ADD 170,000 GENERAL FUND
ONGOING TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC RELEVANT FOR A
CONTROVERSIAL -- CONTRACT WITH
THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO
SUPPORT HIGH ROAD PARTICIPANTS
WHICH WOULD PROVIDE
PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT CAREER
ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN
DIVORCE AND THE JOB PRETTY
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO ARE
YOU SPEAKING TO THIS ONE?
>> THIS WOULD DEDICATE ONE FTE
TO AN ORGANIZATION TO FOCUS ON
HIGH ROAD APPOINTMENT, IN
PARTICULAR THE ENTITY THAT
WORKS WITH YOUTH COMMUNITY'S
COLOR AND IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES.
IN MOVING THIS FORWARD WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ENSURE THAT
WE HAVE LANGUAGE TO DEDICATE
THIS TO SHARE OUR VALUES WITH
COMMITTEES OF COLOR AND
IMMIGRANTS.
THIS WOULD ENSURE WE WORK WITH
HIGH ROAD EMPLOYER'S TO LACE
PEOPLE WITH LIVING WAGE JOBS OF
THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE CITY
CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY.
RECENT CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE
GREEN AND YOU ARE A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF CHANGING WORKFORCE
AND THE FUTURE OF WORK.
AS WORKERS LEAVE SKILLED JOBS
THAT WE NEED WORKERS WITH
DIFFERENT SKILLS WE MUST ENSURE
THAT WE ARE NOT SWAPPING LIVING
WAGE UNION JOBS WITH BENEFITS
FOR MINIMUM WAGE JOBS.
A HIGH ROAD ABOUT A SHIP
COORDINATED WOULD ENSURE THAT
WE RETAIN HIGHLY SKILLED AND
ADEQUATELY COMPETENT WORKERS
AND DO NOT SACRIFICE WORKERS
AND UNIONS AND BROADER
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CHANGING
POSITIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
>> THIS AGAIN WOULD BE DIRECTED
TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
RELEVANT?
>> CORRECT.
>> VERY GOOD ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBER?
>> I SUPPORT THIS AND I THINK
THIS ALSO COMPONENTS THE WORK
IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE ASKING
SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT, FOR
ELECTRIC HEATING AND COOLING.
>> ALL RIGHT, THOSE WHO LIKE TO
ADD YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> VERY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION OED
FIVE A1 SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT WOULD ADD 50,000
GENERAL FUND ONE-TIME TO THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
TO FUND A COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION, TO SERVE AS MY
BUSINESSES ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
VACATION, DISBURSEMENT,
COMMERCIAL RENT INCREASE AND
SOLICIT REGULATIONS FOR HOW THE
CITY CAN SUPPORT SMALL
BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY THOSE
OWNED BY HISTORICALLY
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.
>> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> SO THIS IDEA CAME, SORT OF
THE GENESIS OF IT WAS FROM THE
CENTRAL AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, WHICH, LIKE YOUR GOOD
OLD-FASHIONED CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE THAT EVIDENCE BIG
CORPORATIONS, REPRESENTS TRULY
SMALL BUSINESSES AND YOU
UNDERSTAND, BUSINESSES THAT ARE
IN DANGER OF BEING GENTRIFIED
OUT, OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
AND MANY SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE,
SOMETIMES, LIKE A SMALL MAKEUP
COUNTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WHERE PEOPLE REALLY GET A
LIVING, IF AT ALL.
SO, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE
CENTRAL AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IN MY OFFICE, AND ALSO
RECENTLY, WE HAD CENTRAL AREA
IN THE SOUTH AND SMALL-BUSINESS
BRANCH, AND IN FACT, WE HAD
BUSINESSES FROM THE NORTH OF
SEATTLE, ALSO, TO THE BRANCH,
AND THERE, WE DISCUSSED WHAT
THEY WANT, AND IF THIS WOULD
MAKE SENSE TO THEM, AND MANY
POLICIES RELATED TO SMALL
BUSINESS, STRUGGLING SMALL-
BUSINESS PRODUCTION HAVE COME
UP LIKE COMMERCIAL RENT
CONTROL, OR SMALL BUSINESS
RELOCATION. IN FACT NEW YORK
CITY RECENTLY WAS CONSIDERING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR BODEGAS
IN THE CITY, THAT ARE VERY MUCH
IN DANGER OF BEING OBLITERATED.
AND SO, THERE ARE MANY SUCH
IDEAS, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND WHICH SHOULD BE
PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNCIL AND
SO ON, SO HAVING A SURVEY LIKE
THIS WOULD REALLY HELP, BE
HELPFUL, AND IN FACT WHEN WE
FLOATED THIS IDEA, THIS BUDGET
WE WERE ONLY THINKING OF THE
CENTRAL AREA BUT I WANTED TO
LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS
COULD BE OF TREMENDOUS INTEREST
TO BUSINESSES IN COLUMBIA CITY,
IN FACT, THERE WAS A
TESTIMONIAL, FROM THE LAST
PUBLIC BUDGET HEARING FROM A
BUSINESS OWNER IN COLUMBIA
CITY, WHO SAYS SMALL BUSINESSES
ARE THE FIBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY,
WE DON'T WANT TO TURN
MAINSTREET INTO A PLACE THAT
ONLY BIG CHAINS WITH DEEP
POCKETS CAN AFFORD, AND SO,
THERE IS REALLY A TREMENDOUS
INTEREST AND NEED. IT IS NOT
JUST AN INTELLECTUAL INTEREST,
THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS KIND
OF SURVEY, AND SO, WE ARE
PROPOSING, THAT CITY COUNCIL.
THIS SURVEY TO DETERMINE WHAT
ARE THE SPECIFIC ISSUES LEADING
TO DISPLACEMENT, AND WHAT ARE
THE IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS THE
COUNCIL COULD WORK ON.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS?
OKAY, THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
ADD YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 51.
>> THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LETTUCE OF INTENT, OED SEVEN A1
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO, THIS WOULD REQUEST
THAT THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
RELEVANT IDENTIFY STRATEGIES
AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO
SUPPORT WORKERS DURING A
RECESSION.
>> VERY GOOD, COUNCIL MEMBER
PACHECO?
>> COLLEAGUES FOR MANY OF THE
WORK, RECESSION IS A SCARY WORD
AND MIGHT BE TIMELY GIVEN THAT
YESTERDAY THERE WAS AN ARTICLE
WITH THE HEADLINE THE U.S. IS
BOOMING ECONOMY IS IN A
RECESSION.
DIRECTOR BOBBY LEE SAID DURING
HIS PRESENTATION, THAT DURING
RECESSIONS, THE MOST
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE
HURT FIRST.
HE ALSO SAID THAT DURING A
RECESSION, INDIVIDUALS START
ESSENCES AND GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
I MYSELF WAS NO EXCEPTION, WHEN
THE GREAT RECESSION OF 2008 AND
NINE HAPPENED AND I DECIDED TO
PURSUE GRADUATE SCHOOL.
SO, THAT IS WHAT I THINK IT IS
PRUDENT FOR THE CITY TO PUT
REPAIR FOR ECONOMICS SHIFTS
WHICH WILL IMPACT OUR CITIZENS
WHILE WE ARE IN A STRONG
ECONOMIC POSITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
ASSESSMENT OF HOW RECESSION
WILL IMPACT APPOINTMENT IN
SEATTLE, AND WHAT RESOURCES OED
WOULD NEED TO SUPPORT JOB
TRAINING, SMALL-BUSINESS
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN
RESPONSE TO THAT IMPACT, I
THINK THIS ALSO ALIGNS TO THE
IMPACT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
MUSCAT SPOKE ON BEHALF OF, AND
THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OF YOU ARE
WISHING TO PURSUE AS WELL.
>> FOR THE COMMENTS ON THIS ONE?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR RAISE
YOUR HAND.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
NEXT ONE IS ITEM 52, ADDING 116
DOLLARS MISSION TAX.
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION OED
ATE A ONE -- 8 A 1 WOULD ADD
ATTACKS FOR FTE PROGRAM LEAD, I
WOULD NOTE THAT, BASED ON
FEEDBACK WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM
EXECUTIVES THIS PROPOSAL WILL
BE CHANGING TO FUND A FILM AND
MUSIC PROGRAM WHICH IS AN
ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE FROM THE
ADMISSIONS TAX.
AND, THE INTENT OF THIS
POSITION WOULD BE TO MANAGE FILM
INDUSTRY FUNCTIONS IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
SO, WE HAVE HEARD FROM FOLKS
WITHIN THE FILM INDUSTRY, THAT
THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR
SOMEBODY WHO DOES THIS SPECIAL
EVENTS PERMITTING TO FOCUS ON
THEIR INDUSTRY.
THE OFFICE OF THE DEVELOPMENT
HAD PUT A REQUEST IN FOR THIS
POSITION, AS PART OF ITS
REALIGNMENT OF THE OFFICE OF
FILM AND MUSIC, TO BE A
CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTER, AND
DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING FOR
THAT FUNCTION AND IT IS ONE
THAT BOTH -- AS I MENTIONED,
THE INDUSTRY AS WELL AS THE
DEPARTMENT WOULD FIND VERY
VALUABLE.
>> SO, ANYBODY LIKE TO ADD
ANYTHING ON THIS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
VERY GOOD.
THE NEXT ONE I THINK IS A PAIR
OR PARTNER WITH THIS, SO GO
AHEAD.
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION OED
NINE A1, SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD WOULD PROVIDE A
PROVISO FOR THE BUDGET
PROVISION IN THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
>> VERY GOOD.
COUNCIL MEMBER?
>> SO, AS PART OF THE
EXECUTIVES REALIGNMENT OF THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC, TO
WHAT THEY ARE CALLING A
CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTER, THEY
ARE TURNING THE OFFICE OF FILM
AND MUSIC DIRECTOR TO BE A
CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTER
DIRECTOR, AND THERE IS PROPOSED
TO BE A POLICY ADVISOR UNDER
THAT DIRECTOR, THAT IS THE NEW
POSITION, WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED
AS PART OF THIS REALIGNMENT.
AGAIN, THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE AND OED HAVE BEEN DOING
SOME WORK IN THE COMMUNITY,
SOME FOCUS GROUP WORK, BUT,
FOLKS IN THE FILM INDUSTRY FEEL
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY
REPRESENTED IN THOSE
DISCUSSIONS.
AND SO, WHAT THIS PROVISO WOULD
DO IS, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE
EXECUTIVE, VERY LIKELY THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY CLUSTER
DIRECTOR, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
OPPOSING A PROVISO ON THAT
POSITION BUT WE WOULD REQUIRE
THE EXECUTIVE TO WORK WITH
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE FILM AND
MUSIC INDUSTRY, TO HELP DEVELOP
THIS CONCEPT, AND DEVELOP THE
JOB DISCUSSION, FOR THIS
PARTICULAR POSITION, AND AFTER
THAT WORK IS DONE THEN WE WOULD
LOOK AT LIFTING THE PROVISO IS
THAT MORE OR LESS RIGHT?
BUT I THINK THAT IS CORRECT
POINT
>> I AM WITHOUT MY SPEAKING
POINT SO I'M JUST WINGING IT.
BUT YOU DID GREAT.
WE HAVE A SLIGHT HERE, ANY
OTHER COMMENTS FOR THOSE WHO
WANT TO ADD THEIR NAME IS
COSPONSORED, RAISE YOUR HAND
PLEASE.
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
>> THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT,
OED 10 A1, THIS WOULD REQUEST
THAT THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE REGULATIONS
REGARDING THE CREATION OF A
FILM COMMISSION.
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> NOTHING TO ADD, THAT IS
SELFISH I'M SORRY, I THINK.
IT IS A STATEMENT OF WHAT IS
LEFT INTENT, ASKING OED TO
AGAIN WORK WITH THE INDUSTRY
AND MAKE CONDITIONS ON THE
WISDOM OF CREATING A FILM
COMMISSION AND WHAT THE
STRUCTURE OF THAT COMMISSION
WOULD BE, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I HAVE HEARD, FROM FOLKS
IN THE FILM INDUSTRY, IS THAT
THEY REALLY NEED SOMETHING THAT
IS FOCUSED ON THE REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO
WORK WITHIN.
AND SO, I THINK THEY ENVISION A
COMMISSION THAT LOOKS PERHAPS
DIFFERENT THAN OTHER
COMMISSIONS AND WE WANT TO GIVE
THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD?
>> DOES THE COMMENT, I SUPPORT
THIS, ON SOME OF THE GROUPS
THAT HAVE COME IN HERE AND
ADVOCATED FOR SOME INDUSTRIES,
I WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE
DIVERSITY THAT I SAW. I'M
WONDERING IF THERE IS A WAY TO
TRY TO ACHIEVE THAT IN THIS
COMMISSION, OR AT LEAST FLAGGED
THAT ISSUE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF
THE PROPOSER WOULD BE DECEPTIVE
TO CALLING THAT OUT? THAT COULD
HAVE JUST BEEN WHO SHOWED UP,
WHO WAS TESTIFYING, BUT -- IT
WAS NOT A VERY DIVERSE --
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT OUR
EXPECTATIONS WITH COMMISSIONS,
THEY ARE THAT THEY BE
DEMOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE.
>> RACIALLY CULTURAL AND
ETHNICALLY AS WELL POINT
>> I MEAN ACROSS ALL OF THOSE
CATEGORIES POINT
>> AND BEING VERY SPECIFIC AND
INTENTIONAL AND I AM HOPING
THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE SOME
INTENTIONAL LANGUAGE IN THERE,
OTHERWISE IT IS JUST ANOTHER
COMMISSION ANYWAY, JUST MY
FEELINGS.
>> FOR OUR COMMISSIONS, WE DO
HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE REPORTS ON ALL OF
THOSE CATEGORIES, GENDER, AND
RACE, AND THAT IS OUR WAY OF
CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE FULFILLING OUR OBLIGATION,
AS AN APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY,
BECAUSE IT DOES COME BACK ON
US, RIGHT?
WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
NOMINATING AND APPOINTING ALONG
WITH THE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
SO, BY HAVING THAT REPORTING
METHOD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE
CLERK FILES THAT WE RECEIVED,
WE REVEALED THAT INFORMATION.
I WANT TO ALSO FLAGGED THE FACT
THAT, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
SPEAKING TO THE FACT THAT THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IS DOING THIS IN THE FIRST
PLACE, WHICH I AM NOT OPPOSED
TO, EVEN THOUGH IT IS VERY
CONTROVERSIAL.
THE REASON WHY THEY ARE DOING
THIS REALIGNMENT IS BECAUSE OF
THE FINDING THAT CAME OUT OF THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES REPORT, AND
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES REPORT
FOUND THAT SEATTLE HAS ONE OF
THE HARDEST CONTRIBUTIONS TO
OUR GDP FROM CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES, I THINK IT IS 18
DOLLARS FOR EVERY HUNDRED
DOLLARS COMING FROM CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES.
THE SALARIES ARE FAIRLY HIGH
SALARIES, BUT, NOT REPRESENTED
ACROSS ALL DEMOGRAPHICS OF
PEOPLE.
THE HIGH SALARY JOBS ARE GOING
TO WIRED CAUCASIAN MEN -- WHITE
CAUCASIAN MEN.
SO, THIS REALIGNMENT OF NOT
JUST HAVING A FILM AND MUSIC
OFFICE, BUT NOW HAVING A
CREATIVE CLUSTERS DIVISION, OR
-- STRATEGY, IS INTENDED TO
ADDRESS JUST THAT ISSUE.
SO THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE MAKING SURE ALL OF THE
JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN
SEATTLE, THE CAREERS AVAILABLE
IN SEATTLE ARE AVAILABLE TO THE
PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND GENDERS,
THAT WE ARE NOT FOCUSING OUR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
ON THE ONES THAT HAVE THE
GREATEST BANG FOR THE BUCK AND
ONLY SOME PEOPLE ARE BENEFITING
POINT
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
EXPLANATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> QUICKLY, COUNSELORS I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
BECAUSE IT STRUCK ME AT OUR
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, I
BELIEVE IT WAS, WHEN THERE WAS
A LARGE GROUP OF FOLKS
REPRESENTING -- WANTING TO
MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO, THAT
WAS A LARGELY WHITE GROUP, AND
THEN THREE OR FOUR INDIVIDUALS
ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR STOOD UP
SUPPORTING THE NEW DIRECTION.
AND, IT COULD BE, LIKE US
COUNCIL -- COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD SAID IT SEEMED TO BE
FAIRLY STARK DIVIDE IN THE
GROUP AND THAT IS UPON ALL OF
US TO -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE
CITY TO RESOLVE.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THAT DO
BREAKDOWN ON RACIAL LINES AND
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND
FIGURE OUT
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING
THEIR NAMES AS A COSPONSOR OF
THIS SLIDE, NUMBER 54, RAISE
YOUR HANDS.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER 55, $150,000 ONE
TIME TO OED FOR SMALL LOCAL
MANUFACTURERS?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER ACTION OED
AWAY ONE SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD AS THE CHAIR
SAID, THE $150,000 GENERAL FUND
ONE-TIME TO OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
ELEMENT TO SUPPORT LOCAL MANY
DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS ALSO
úKNOWN AS LOCAL MAKERS.
>> OED SUPPORTS THE SEATTLE
MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
GENERALLY IT DOES NOT HAVE A
FOCUS ON SMALL-SCALE
MANUFACTURERS.
THIS IS INTENDED TO CONNECT
SMALL MANUFACTURERS WITH
TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL
RESOURCES, FOSTER COLLABORATION
AMONG BUSINESSES, AND
SUPPORTIVE NETWORK FOR LOCAL
MAKERS FOR GROUPS TRADITIONALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED IN SMALL
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SUCH
AS PEOPLE OF COLOR, MEMBERS OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE TRINITIES,
AND PROVIDE ACTIVE INERTIA TO
USE IN THESE GROUPS.
SO, FUNDING IS INTENDED TO
COVER THE COST OF PROGRAM IN
FRUSTRATION, AND MATERIALS FOR
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH
SMALL MANUFACTURERS.
>> SO, THE WAY THE BUDGET
ACTION DESCRIPTION READS RIGHT
NOW IS THAT IT WOULD -- THE
MONEY WOULD BE USED TO CONTRACT
>> WITH AN ORGANIZATION.
YOU KNOW, AS WE DO, WE DON'T
FIND THE ORGANIZATION BUDGET
PRCESS, BUT WE TALK ABOUT WHAT
KIND OF ORGANIZATION WE WOULD
LIKE OED TO FUND.
AND WHAT THAT ORGANIZATION
DOES, AND THERE HAVE BEEN THE
-- THERE HAPPENS TO BE AN
ORGANIZTION WHICH FITS THIS
DESCRIPTION, IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED, IT IS CALLED THE
SEATTLE GOOD BUSINESS NETWORK.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE?
THANK YOU, THOSE WHO WANT TO
ADD YOUR NAMES AS A COSPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT ITEM 56?
>> BUSINESS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION OED 19 A1.
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HAROLD, THIS WOULD ADD $200,000
IN GENERAL FUND ONE-TIME TO THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT IMMUNITY
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ROOT ELEMENT OF THE
SEATTLE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE
HOLDING IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD?
AND AS YOU ARE SPEAKING COULD
YOU ALSO TELL US HOW THIS TIES
IN WITH THE MONEY THAT WE
DEDICATED THEIR LAST YEAR?
>> SO, IT IS A CONTINUATION.
WE DID ABOUT $100,000 OF
STARTUP OR DEVELOPMENT COSTS,
JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT
FOLLOWING THE ISSUE TOO CLOSELY
THIS IS THE SEI BUILDING, WHICH
IS A GEM IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT A LOT OF HISTORICAL --
GREAT WORK FOR COMMUNITIES TO
ALLOW THEM TO MIGRATE JOBS AND
AS YOU WILL NOTE THE COLLEGE
SYSTEM IS ALLOWING THE
COMMUNITY TO DRIVE THE PROCESS
TO RUN INTERNET AND HAVE
TENANTS IN THEIR PARTICULARLY
FOR PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED, TO
HELP THEM RETOOL THEMSELVES, SO
WE WANT TO PLAY IN THIS SPACE A
LITTLE BIT, THIS IS A
CONTINUATION OF THE $100,000
INVESTMENT FOR, AGAIN,
PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS, THERE IS
A CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR AND
ARCHITECT DOING ALL OF THE
WORK, SCOOPING IT OUT, AND
AGAIN, IN THE RIGHT EVER TALKS
ABOUT, IT IS A 21 MILLION A
LOOK OF THE CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS LOSE
THIS BUILDING TO THE OPEN
MARKET, AND HAVE IT CONVERTED
INTO MARKET-RATE CONDOS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, THIS IS THE WORK OF
DEVELOPING A STATE RUN PDA AND
WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH
ALL OF THE POTENTIAL TENANTS IN
THE BUILDING AND SCOPING IT
OUT, SO IT IS A CONTINUATION OF
THAT WORK.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS PUTTING
A MODEST AMOUNT IN, COMPARED TO
BOTH THE COUNTY AND STATE TO DO
SO, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT GREAT, THANK YOU.
FOR THE COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR SUPPORTING
PRESIDENT HAROLD EFFORT HERE?
RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU.
AND, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS 57
.
>> COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION OED 20
A1 SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAROLD WILL ADD
50,000 GENERAL FUND ONE-TIME TO
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO FIND A
CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT OUTREACH
TO BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN
INVESTIGATED BY THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS, TO IMPROVE THE
OFFICES INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICES.
>> IN SHORT WHAT WE WANT IN THE
LINE OF SURVEY WORK IS THAT WE
WANT PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY-
OWNED BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS,
TO HAVE JUST GOOD FAITH DISPUTES
AS THEY TRY TO PAY AND EMPLOY
THEIR EMPLOYEES. WE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE THE OLS GET SOME
INFORMATION RUN BY OED TO SEE,
HOW IS IT GOING, HOW CAN IT BE
IMPROVED, WHERE OTHER
BREAKDOWNS, WHERE DO WE DROP
THE BALL IN TERMS OF MEDIATION,
HOW CAN WE HAVE A MORE
EFFECTIVE PROCESS, SUCH THAT
THERE ARE MORE WIN WINS.
I SHARED WITH PEOPLE EARLIER
THAT THE LACK OF MANDATED
MEDIATION PROCESS WHERE
DOCUMENTS CAN FLOW BETWEEN
AGAIN, THESE ARE GOOD FAITH
DISPUTES, NOT EMPLOYERS THAT
ARE REALLY STEALING FROM OR
COMMITTING WAGE THEFT IN THE
TRADITIONAL SENSE, SO I THINK
THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT
OUR EMPLOYEES IN THIS KIND OF
360 FEEDBACK WILL BE VERY
HELPFUL AND CAN IMPROVE THE
PROCESS.
>> I WILL SUPPORT THIS, YOU AND
I BOTH HAVE HAD SOME SPECIFIC
INSTANCES BROUGHT TO OUR
ATTENTION, I THINK THIS IS A
GOOD IDEA.
NO FURTHER COMMENTS. COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALES?
>> I WILL OPPOSE THIS ONE.
HAVING REPRESENTATIVE --
REPRESENTED WORKERS OVER A
PERIOD OF 10 YEARS IN MY
PRIVATE PRACTICE BEFORE BEING
ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I
DON'T THINK IF SOMEBODY DID A
SURVEY OF ALL OF THE EMPLOYERS
I SUED FOR WHAT I DEEM TO BE
EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OF LABOR
AND WORKER LAWS, I SUSPECT THAT
THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY
WOULD RESOUNDINGLY SAY THAT
THEY HATED ME, AND THOUGHT THAT
MY CLIENT CLAIMS WERE
FRIVOLOUS.
SO, I THINK THIS IS
UNFORTUNATELY A SURVEY THAT IS
IN MY VIEW DESIGNED TO BE A BIT
OF A HIT PIECE ON THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS AND I CANNOT
SUPPORT PROVIDING FUNDING THAT
IS SO LOPSIDED TO ADVANCE AN
INTEREST THAT IS, I THINK, THE
OUTCOME PREDETERMINED ON THIS
ONE, AND CANNOT SUPPORT FOR
THOSE REASONS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD?
>> I RESPECT THAT, IT ALSO
TELLS ME THAT YOU HAVE NOT HAD
EXPERIENCE IS THAT I HAVE HAD,
AND A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES
HAVE HAD, WHERE WHILE ONE IS
INVESTIGATED THERE CAN BE
HONEST MISTAKES GIVEN THAT THEY
HAVE PASSED A LOT OF NEW LAWS
AS RESPECT TO WORKERS RIGHTS,
THAT THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS ARE NOT SHARING THE
INVESTIGATION, OR ANY PARTS OF
THE INVESTIGATION, WHILE THE
UNIFICATION OCCURS.
THEY ARE TRULY UNPROFESSIONAL
IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
INVESTIGATIONS ARE GOING AND
THE GOAL IS NOT TO DENIGRATE
THAT GROUP HOW THEY ARE GOING
ABOUT IT, THE GOAL IS TO SIMPLY
UNDERSTAND HOW THE PROCESS CAN
BE APPROVED, AND IF THEY CAN
JUST AS EASILY INTERVIEW OLS
SUCH THAT THEY CAN EXPLAIN WHY
THEY DO WHAT THEY DO, BUT
AGAIN, WE HAVE HEARD HORROR
STORIES BOTH IN PUBLIC
TESTIMONY, AND IN REAL LIFE,
ABOUT HOW INADEQUATE THE
PROCESSES.
I CAN GIVE YOU REAL-LIFE
EXAMPLES THAT I HAVE HAD AN
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH
ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I WILL TELL
YOU THAT THE WAY IT IS ACTUALLY
BEING ENFORCED IN GOOD FAITH
DISPUTES IS NOT I DON'T THINK
HOW THE DIRECTION OF THE
COUNCIL WANTED TO GO.
>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT,
REFERRING TO THE WORKERS OVER
AT THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS AS UNPROFESSIONAL IS
DENIGRATING, AND I DO NOT
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> OKAY, EXCUSE ME.
IF YOU CANNOT INTERRUPT ME I
WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK THAT AGAIN, IN MY
EXPERIENCE, IN REPRESENTING
WORKERS IN LABOR DISPUTES, THIS
IS NOT AN ISSUE -- MANY OF
THESE CLAIMS DO NOT REQUIRE
PROOF OF MALICE, OR MALICIOUS
INTENT.
BY ONE PARTY OR THE OTHER, IT
IS A MATTER OF, DID YOU VIOLATE
WAGE AND HOUR LAWS, OUR LABOR
STANDARDS THAT EXIST, AND A LOT
OF TIMES, INCLUDING AT THE
STATE, THIS IS TRUE FOR THE
CITY, INTENT ONLY COMES INTO
PLAY WHEN MAKING A
DETERMINATION ABOUT WHAT THE
PENALTY WILL BE, NOT WHETHER OR
NOT THERE IS A VIOLATION.
THAT IS PART AND PARCEL, THE
BEAUTY OF OUR LABOR AND WORKER
PRODUCTION LAWS ACROSS THE
STATE.
IS THAT, WE HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM
DID YOU INTEND TO DO, AND
RATHER SAD, YOU HAVE AN
OBLIGATION AS AN EMPLOYER WHO
EMPLOYS PEOPLE IN OUR CITY, TO
COMPLY WITH XYZ LAWS AND IF YOU
NEED THE RESOURCES TO
UNDERSTAND THAT GREAT WE ARE
FUNDING BUSINESS OUTREACH, TO
úMAKE SURE THAT YOU DO UNDERSTAD
WHAT YOUR NEW RESPONSE BODIES
ARE UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK.
BUT, IF YOU VIOLATE THOSE LAWS,
INTENT DOES NOT PLAY INTO THAT
EQUATION.
AGAIN, I THINK IF WE OPEN UP
THE DOOR TO FUNDING THESE
SURVEYS, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN
A SITUATION, WHERE WE ARE
SIMPLY CREATING AGAIN, A HIT
PIECE ON THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS, BECAUSE NOBODY LIKES
TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND
FIND IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE
SITUATIONS BUT IT IS A PLEASANT
EXPERIENCE.
AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE
BEEN WATCHING OLS PUT OUT
REPORTS AND NEWSLETTERS AND
PIECES ABOUT HOW TO CORRECT
YOUR BEHAVIOR, HOW TO MAKE SURE
YOU ARE COMPLYING WITH THE LAWS
. SO, I THINK THIS IS A
CUSTOMER SUBSECTION POLL, I
THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A
PREDETERMINED OUTCOME, AND I
CANNOT SUPPORT THIS REQUEST FOR
THOSE REASONS.
>> FURTHER COMMENTS?
>> THE GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE A
PREDETERMINED OUTCOME.
TAKE THE SAME TIME AS AN
EXAMPLE.
THERE IS A LARGE SWATH OF
EMPLOYERS OUT THERE THAT ARE
VIOLATING THAT, NOT BECAUSE
THEY INTEND TO, BUT BECAUSE
THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE RIGHT
TRAINING OR THE RIGHT
EDUCATION.
IT HAS BEEN MY IMPRESSION AND
MY DIRECT EXPERIENCE, WITH
CLIENTS OUT THERE, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES, BY THE WAY, WHO
JUST DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY
COULD HAVE BEEN INADVERTENTLY
VIOLATING THE LAW.
AND I WOULD THINK THAT THEY
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NUMBER ONE
TO GET TRAINING AND EDUCATED,
TO NOT BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS,
AND WITH THIS INFORMATION,
THERE ARE MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LITERALLY
BEEN PUT OUT OF BUSINESS, FINED
HEAVILY WITHOUT AN
UNDERSTANDING, THAT THEY WERE
NOT TRYING TO HURT THEIR
EMPLOYEES AT ALL.
SO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHEN
YOU OPPOSE ANY TYPE OF LOSS,
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE
FEEDBACK, I WOULD STRONGLY
AGREE THAT YOU DO NOT WANT A
PREDETERMINED OUTCOME WHICH
DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
BUT, YOU DO WANT TO HEAR
FEEDBACK ON HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE
THE PROCESS, AND UNLESS YOU
TALK TO BOTH THE EMPLOYERS AND
THE EMPLOYEES YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.
AGAIN, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
THAT HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY
WHAT I'M CALLING A HEAVY-HANDED
APPROACH, FOR HOW WE APPROACH
THESE LAWS.
THAT SAYS YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY
ONE PREVENTING EMPLOYEES, BEEN
DOING THAT FOR DECADES, SO I AM
NOT SUGGESTING THAT DO NOT
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEE,
I HAVE VOTED FOR EVERY PIECE OF
LITIGATION WE PUT FORWARD
BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN WORKERS
RIGHTS, AND I WILL TELL YOU
THAT THE WAY THE PROCESS
ACTUALLY UNFOLDS, THAT WE NEED
TO GET FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A FAIR AND
EFFECTIVE PROCESS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF
RECOGNIZING THAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAROLD HAS
CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS WHO
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, BY THE WORK
OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS, WHICH I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE WORK, AND I SUPPORT
THEIR EFFORTS TO EDUCATE
BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL AS
WORKERS.
BUT, ALSO, I DO HAVE CONCERNS,
THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO FUND
A DEPARTMENT THAT EXISTS, AS AN
ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT, FOR
BUSINESSES TO DO THIS WORK AND
MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT
ROUND, WE COULD TALK ABOUT,
PERHAPS AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW
OF THE INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICES.
BUT, BOTH THE BUSINESSES
EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS THE
WORKERS EXPERIENCE AND PERHAPS
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD
DO WITH THE CITY AUDITOR, WHO
IS AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE, AND
WILL NOT BE INCLINED, TO ACT AS
AN ADVOCATE FOR THE BUSINESSES,
BUT WILL -- HAVE NOT FOCUSED ON
THE OFFICE FOR BOTH WORKERS AND
EMPLOYERS.
>> YES.
IF THERE IS A WAY TO IMPROVE
THE PROCESS, I AM ALL FOR THAT.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S
ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE PROCESS
HERE.
>> BUT YOU ARE IGNORING THE
SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY
COUNCIL.
WE CREATED AT LEAST THE
EXECUTIVE CREATED A SMALL
BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL, FOR
ALL FOUR OF THESE OWNERS, I
THINK ALMOST ALL OF THEM WERE,
I THINK THREE OF THE FOUR
LEADERS WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR
THAT THAT SMALL BUSINESSES WHO
SAID THAT THE PROCESS NEEDED TO
BE IMPROVED.
SO, I AM LISTENING TO THAT
FEEDBACK, AND WE HAD THE
MILLIONAIRE CLUB CEO SIT HERE
RIGHT HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT
WAS UNFAIR THAT HE IS TRYING TO
EMPLOY THE HARDEST TO REACH,
THE HARDEST TO EMPLOY
EMPLOYEES, PEOPLE THAT ARE
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE FELONIES,
PEOPLE THAT ARE HARD TO REACH,
HE IS TRYING TO EMPLOY PEOPLE
START STEP AWAY FROM HIM AND
SENT USING THIS PROCESS IS
UNFAIR.
SO, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE -- IF
THERE IS A WAY TO GET THAT
FEEDBACK TO SEE HOW WE CAN HAVE
A FAIRER PROCESS FOR THOSE THAT
I AM ALL FOR THAT.
THE ONLY TOOL THAT WOULD SEEM
úTO MAKE SENSE TO ME IS TO HAVE
OED TRYING TO TALK TO THESE
INDIVIDUALS.
I FULLY AGREE WE DO NOT WANT A
PREDETERMINED HIT PIECE ON OLS.
THAT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THAT
IS THE OUTCOME I DON'T EVEN
WANT THAT AS AN OUTCOME.
BUT, I DO WANT AS AN OUTCOME A
WAY TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS SUCH
THAT WE COULD HAVE MORE
MEDIATIONS, MORE TRAINING, MORE
EDUCATION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, I WOULD
LIKE THE FINAL COMMENT, SO THAT
WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THE THANK
YOU.
I WAS NOT INTENDING TO SPEAK AT
FIRST, BUT, I FEEL LIKE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HAROLD IS DOUBLING
DOWN ON THIS POINT WITHOUT
REALLY ANY DATA.
YOU SAY THAT MANY STRUGGLING
SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN
DEVASTATED BY THE ENFORCEMENT
OF LABOR LAW.
I HAVE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE, I DO
NOT HAVE STATISTICAL EVIDENCE
BUT I HAVE TALKED TO MANY MINIS
MANY STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS, ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH
SEATTLE TO SEATAC, NOT ONE
SINGLE BUSINESS OWNER HAS SAID
THAT THEY WERE DEVASTATED,
ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS AND
STRUGGLING BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE
SAID THAT THEY WERE DEVASTATED
OR IN ANY WAY ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BECAUSE OF HAVING TO
COMPLY WITH LABOR LAW.
SORRY?
>> PLEASE SHORT.
>> I HAVE JUST STARTED SPEAKING,
CHAIR BAGSHAW, AND JUST STARTED
WEIGHING AND I WOULD APPRECIATE
IF YOU LET ME FINISH THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT POINT AND I DO NOT
WANT THERE TO BE ANY AMBIGUITY
OR CONFUSION ABOUT THIS.
THE SUGGESTION, THAT MANY
STRUGGLING BUSINESSES OWNERS,
ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS BUSINESS
OWNERS HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED, I
AM QUOTING PRESIDENT HARRELL
BECAUSE OF HAVING TO COMPLY
WITH LABOR LAW, PLEASE LET ME
FINISH, THIS IS JUST -- I MEAN,
I HAVE A ZERO ANECDOTAL
EVIDENCE ON THIS, AS I SAID, I
HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY DOZENS OF
BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND NOT ONE HAS SAID THAT I
HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BECAUSE OF
THIS, WHAT THEY ARE TELLING ME,
AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE
PAYING ATTENTION TO, IS THAT
THEY ARE BEING DEVASTATED BY
COMMERCIAL RENTS, THE RENT IS
TRIPLING BECAUSE THEIR
BUILDINGS ARE BEING BOUGHT OUT
BY CORPORATE DEVELOPERS.
THEY ARE BEING DEVASTATED BY
THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE
JUST CAUSE PERCUSSION SECTIONS.
SHE DID NOT SAY, THE WOMAN WHO
OWNED THIS PLACE DID NOT SAY
THAT SHE WAS DEVASTATED BECAUSE
SHE HAD TO PAY HER WORKERS FAIR
WAGES, SHE WAS DEVASTATED
BECAUSE THE BUSINESS OWNERS --
THE OWNER WHO BOUGHT THE
BUILDING ECONOMICALLY EVICTED
HER, IN FACT THERE IS AN
OUTSTANDING CIVIL RIGHTS
COMPLETE AGAINST THAT GUY,
BECAUSE HE TREATED HER BADLY
AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
IS ENOUGH TO GETTING THAT AS WE
SPEAK.
AND, AS FAR AS -- IF YOU WANT
TO PROTECT SMALL BUSINESSES WE
SHOULD BE PUTTING THAT FORWARD
AND THAT IS WHAT I PUT THE
OTHER AMENDMENT FORWARD FOR THE
CENTRAL AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE TO CARRY OUT A STUDY
TO HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE
THEIR NEEDS MET, AND A VERY
IMPORTANT POINT HERE THAT IS,
YOU KNOW, IT IS AN OBLIGATION
HERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS
OF, WHO ARE THE SYSTEMATIC
VIOLATORS OF LABOR LAW, IT IS
NOT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEE
SHOP OR RESTAURANT, IT IS BIG
CORPORATIONS THAT ARE
SYSTEMATIC VIOLATORS OF LABOR
LAW.
AND SO, TO SUGGEST THAT SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE THE TARGET OF
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
IS COMPLETELY CONTRARY TO THE
DATA, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
NO BUSINESS BIG OR SMALL HAS
THE RIGHT TO EXPORT ANY
WORKERS.
>> I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO
MOVE FORWARD, TO ASK MY
COLLEAGUES WHO WANT TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A SPONSOR TO ITEM
NUMBER 57, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU.
NUMBER 58, OFFICE OF STANDARDS
FOR THE
>> KARINA CARBO, CENTRAL STAFF,
ONE A1 IS A COMPANION TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL'S
COUNSEL PRESIDENT ACTION OED 20
A1 REQUESTING A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT FOR OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS TO USE THE
INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM THE
SURVEY AT OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT WOULD CONDUCT, TO
PROVIDE A REPORT WITH THE
CONDITIONS FOR MODIFYING LABOR
STANDARDS AND RECOGNITION
PROCESS.
>> I THINK WE MAY POSITIONS
PRETTY CLEAR IN THE LAST RECORD
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT?
>> I WOULD.
TWO THINGS, ONE IS I'M
CERTAINLY NOT SUGGESTING, NOR
DID I IMPLY, THAT OLS ARE
TARGETING SMALL OR MINORITY-
OWNED BUSINESSES.
THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAID.
AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HEARD THAT
IS NOT WHAT I SAID.
WHAT I SAID IS THAT I MET WITH
MANY MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES
WHO WERE DEVASTATED BY THIS.
SOME OF WHOM WERE PUT OUT OF
BUSINESS.
WHAT THIS SLIDE DOES IS SIMPLY
SAY, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO,
AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
RESOLVE AND MEDIATE GOOD-FAITH
DISPUTES BETWEEN PARTIES AND BY
GOOD FAITH, WHAT I AM -- WHAT I
MEAN BY THAT ARE DISPUTES WHERE
THE EMPLOYER AGAIN IT COULD BE
A VIOLATION OF PAY, PERHAPS
THEY DID NOT TRACK IT THE RIGHT
WAY, NOTHING ALONG THE LINES OF
WAGE THEFT OR ANYTHING ALONG
THOSE LINES, THE THAT THEY CAN
RESOLVE IT QUICKLY AND
EFFICIENTLY AND SHARE
INFORMATION SUCH THAT THE
PROCESS DOES NOT TAKE AS LONG
AS IT TAKES.
AND SO, HOPEFULLY THIS WOULD
INFORM THE OLS ON HOW TO DO IT
MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY AND
EFFICIENTLY.
THEY HAVE DONE SOME OUTSTANDING
WORK PARTICULARLY IN SOME LARGE
ORGANIZATIONS, IN EFFECT WHEN
OLS PRESENTED AT THE TABLE I
COMMENDED THEM ON SOME OF THE,
I THINK IT WAS JACK-IN-THE-BOX
AND SOME OTHER LARGER RETAILERS
THAT THEY DO A DEEP DIVE, I AM
MORE CONCERNED WITH THE SMALL
MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES, OR
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT DO NOT
HAVE THE RESOURCES, AND JUST
SAID, I WAS NOT DOING THIS, HOW
DO WE RESOLVE IT, TALKING ABOUT
THE OLS LEARNING FROM IT, AND
HOPEFULLY IMPROVING THE PROCESS.
>> ACCOUNTS MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I WOULD BE OPEN TO
SUPPORTING THIS SLIDE, IF THE
PROPOSER WAS WILLING TO HAVE --
TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN THE
LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT THE
SURVEY BE DONE BY THE AUDITOR,
AND THAT THERE BE A SURVEY BOTH
OF THE EMPLOYERS, ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE WITH THE
LITIGATIONS, AS WELL AS WORKERS
AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE
INSTITUTIONS POINT
>> THAT IS ACTUALLY A SMARTER
APPROACH.
I LIKE THAT.
IN FACT, TO THE POINT ABOUT LAD,
WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE HAD THE
AUDITOR PLACE THE OED TO ENSURE
SOME OBJECTIVITY IN THAT
PROCESS.
SO THAT IS GOOD I WELCOME THAT.
IF WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE.
>> THE PREVIOUS ONE AS WELL?
>> SURE.
SURE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> SO, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES TO
THE PREVIOUS ONE TO SUGGEST THE
AUDITOR, BECAUSE I DO WANT
OBJECTIVE FEEDBACK I WANT OLS
TO BE BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT,
TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THIS
SLIDE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO,
STRESS BALL?
OR DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS.
>> [ LAUGHTER ]
>> OKAY, NO FURTHER COMMENTS?
AND WITH THE CHANGE THAT ASSUMES
THAT THIS WOULD BE REVIEWED BY
OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR FOR A
COSPONSOR RAISE YOUR HAND?
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
SO, ONE LAST ITEM?
59?
>> COUNSEL BUT IT ACTION OLS TO
A1, THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND IT
WOULD ADD $1 MILLION GENERAL
FUND ONGOING TO THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS OUTREACH,
SPECIFICALLY FUNDING THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION FUND, THE BUSINESS
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FUND AND
THE OFFICES OWN OUTREACH
EFFORTS.
>> OKAY, THIS COMES FROM TERESA
MOSQUEDA, DO WE HAVE ANY --
COUNCIL MEMBER DEVELOPS?
>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE, A COUPLE TIMES I DON'T
NEED TO REHASH I DON'T THINK WE
NEED TO -- FULFILL ITS MISSIONS
FOR LABOR STANDARDS THROUGH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS,
STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT AND
INNOVATIVE POLICY DEVELOPMENT
WITH A COMMITMENT TO RAISE
SOCIAL JUSTICE SO THAT WE KNOW
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
TO THE CHAGRIN OF SOME ENFORCES
THE FOLLOWING LABOR STANDARDS,
THE PAID SICK AND SAFE LEAVE
FOR JEN'S APPOINTMENT MINIMUM
WAGE, WAGE THEFT, SOON THEY
WILL BE ENFORCING THE HOTEL
EMPLOYEES HEALTH AND SAFETY
ORDINANCES, THAT WE JUST PASSED.
MUSIC YOUR SCHEDULING LAW, OF
COURSE, THE NEWEST ADDITION --
OR ONE OF THE NEWER ADDITIONS,
THE RUSTIC WORKER BILL OF
RIGHTS.
SO, THIS IS IN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING
THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE
EDUCATION OF BOTH BUSINESSES
AND COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND THE RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND WE HAVE
NOT ENHANCED THE FUND SINCE THE
ADDITION OF NEW LABOR
STANDARDS.
SO, I THINK THIS IS A MUCH MORE
PRODUCTIVE WAY OF PROVIDING THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS WITH
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY ARE RESORTS AND
WELL EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE
MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY-BASED
OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT, OF
ALL OF OUR LABOR STANDARDS.
>> OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNSEL COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
AND COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> ONE CONCEPT I WOULD LIKE TO
TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
PARTICULARLY, I HAVE TALKED TO
HER STAFF THIS IDEA AS WELL AS
ESSENTIAL STAFF I HAVE RAISED
MY CONCERN OF AD NAUSEAM,
PEOPLE ARE SICK ABOUT HEARING
ABOUT IT, ABOUT THE LACK OF
RESOURCES FOR THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS, TO DO OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION ABOUT ITS LAWS.
I THINK ONE WAY THAT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL, NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING
THE WORD OUT, SS CRS LAWS, BUT,
IN MAKING THE COMMUNICATION TO
WORKERS WAS CONFUSING, IS IF WE
HAD SOME SORT OF A MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT, OR MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING, SPECIFICALLY AS
IT RELATES TO SSCR IS LAWS THAT
AFFECT THE WORKPLACE.
RATHER THAN HAVING THEM GO OUT
OR FIND AN ORGANIZATION TO GO
OUT TO TRAIN WORKERS AROUND THE
PROHIBITIONS AGAINST THIS
CONDITION AND HARASSMENT IN THE
WORKPLACE, AND HAVE OLS FIND AN
ORGANIZATION TO DO THE SAME FOR
THE LABOR LAWS, IT SEEMS LIKE,
IF IT IS ABOUT WHO YOU ARE
TALKING TO, AND WHO YOU'RE
TALKING TO OUR WORKERS, ABOUT
THEIR RIGHTS, AND SO, I THINK
ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO
EXPLORE MORE IS CREATING SOME
SORT OF -- CONNECTION, WITH THE
OLS FUNDING, FOR OUTREAC AND
EDUCATION ON ITS LABOR LAWS,
WITH SOME OF FRCR'S LAWS
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE WORKPLACE.
>> COUNSEL EVERYWHERE ELSE?
THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY.
>> NO, GO AHEAD.
BRING US HOME.
>> LAST ITEM, AGE BEFORE
BEAUTY, SORRY BUDDY.
THIS IS MY SPIN ON THIS.
I SUPPORT THIS IN THE INTENT,
BUT MY CONCERN IS $1 MILLION
ONGOING, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
WE GOT TO KNOW HIM, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS FOR
HOW THE 1 MILLION IS TO BE
SPENT, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
SHARED, AND ALSO IN RELATION TO
WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL AND
GONZALEZ WERE SITTING UNDER
NUMBERS 57 AND 58.
WHILE I AGREE WE WOULD ASK THE
CHAIR IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE ON
THIS ONE.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE, WHERE I
AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THE FIVE
NEW LAWS ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
AT THE SAME TIME, I AM NOT
COMFORTABLE FOR $1 MILLION
EVERY YEAR WITH NO MORE
QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT HOW WE
GOT THERE.
>> BEFORE WE VOTE I JUST WANT
TO COMMENT ON THIS.
SO, ORDINARILY, I AM READY TO
DOUBLE DOWN ON THE TRAINING
PIECE THAT IS CRITICAL.
AND, THE $1 MILLION DOES NOT
EVEN SCARE ME.
WHAT DOES SCARE ME IS, WE HAVE
HIRED ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE
ARE SOME GREAT ORGANIZATIONS,
SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
THE ONES SAYING THAT TRAINING
IS DONE INADEQUATELY.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT AT LEAST
HOW OLS IS CONDUCTING
INVESTIGATIONS ARE DONE
INADEQUATE, THESE ARE COMING
FROM TRAINERS, SO MY POINT IS
THAT I THINK WE NEED TO FIRST
KNOW HOW WELL THE TRAINING IS
GOING, BEFORE WE MAKE SUCH A
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
AGAIN, I AM NOT TRYING TO SAY
ON THE SLY OR ADD, BUT, MY
POINT IS THAT THE TRAINING
COMPONENT, BUSINESSES ARE
SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT BEING
TRAINED.
SO, DO WE JUST DOUBLE DOWN,
WHEN WE HAVE NOT DONE A
TEMPERATURE CHECK TO SEE HOW
WELL OUR PREVIOUS INVESTMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE, AND I DON'T
KNOW IF WE ARE AT THAT POINT
PRETTY
>> COUNSEL MEMBER PACHECO IS
NEXT.
>> FIRST, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD
TO YOUR PACKAGE NEXT WEEK, WE
AS I SAID EARLIER, OUTLINED
YESTERDAY THE ECONOMY IS IN A
RECESSION, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO MAKE DIFFICULT CHOICES IN
THE COMING WEEKS, AND NOW, AS
WELL, I HOPE THAT YOU CAN CAN
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, 57, 58
AND 59 ALL CONNECTING IN TERMS
OF, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE AREAS
FOR US TO IMPROVE I WILL BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
SUPPORTIVE WORKING THEIR RIGHTS,
WITH THAT SAID, CHAIR, I LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR PACKAGE NEXT
WEEK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES
PRETTY
>> WITH THE JOURNEY WE FIND
OURSELVES ON THAT IS APPARENTLY
ABOUT TO MALIGNING THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS, WHICH I
THOUGHT WE WERE ALL SUPPORTIVE
OF AT SOME POINT.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS
IS NOT NEW PROGRAMMING.
IT IS NOT LIKE THIS PROPOSAL IS
DESIGNED TO SAY HEY, WE HAVE A
BRIGHT IDEA MAKING SURE THAT
THERE IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
WITH EMPLOYERS AND THIS IS A
SPIRIT I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED
AS TO WHERE SUDDENLY, AFTER
FIVE YEARS OF CONSISTENT
FUNDING OF THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS TO DO THIS WORK
SUDDENLY WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
IT NOT WORKING.
AND SO, I JUST -- I AM NOT
UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT CONCERN
IS ROOTED IN TERMS OF ACTUAL
FACTS AND INFORMATION AND DATA.
I HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME OF THE
DASHBOARDS COMING OUT OF THE
OFFICE LASER -- LABOR STANDARDS
TALKING ABOUT EVALUATION,
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
OUR LABOR STANDARDS LAW AND
COMPLIANCE, AND COMPLIANCE
RATES, WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE A
RELEASE AROUND THE SECURE
SCHEDULING LAW, THAT WE FUNDED
TWO YEARS WORTH OF CONSISTENT
RIGOROUS STUDY ANALYSIS AND
EVALUATION THAT INCLUDES BOTH
GAUGING THE UNDERSTANDING BY
EMPLOYERS, AND EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME REALLY
GOOD RESULTS IN TERMS OF
ENFORCEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS AND THE SPACE
OF SECURE SCHEDULING.
WE DID THE SAME THING FOR MANY
OF THE NEWER LAWS THAT WE HAVE
PASSED AS WELL AND FOR A
MINIMUM WAGE LAW, ALWAYS
CONSTANTLY REQUIRING THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS TO UNDERGO
THE SAME EVALUATION OF
COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND OF
ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.
ALL OF OUR LABOR LAWS AS FAR AS
I'M AWARE INCLUDED A STRATEGY
THAT SAID THAT FOR THE FIRST
YEAR AT A MINIMUM, WE WERE
GOING TO HAVE AN APPROACH OF
COMPLIANCE, AND IN ORDER TO DO
THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE TO
HAVE THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS ADEQUATELY FUNDED IN
THE SPACE OF MAKING SURE THAT
PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THEIR
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
WERE.
AND IN FACT, WHEN WE DID DO THE
STUDIES ON MANY OF THE NEW
LABOR STANDARD LAWS, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT WHEN
WE EVALUATED BASELINE
UNDERSTANDING OR LACK THERE OF
IN WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS, IS
THAT THERE IS A HUGE DEFICIENCY
IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE NEW
RESPONSE ABILITIES WERE,
THEREBY MERITING THE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO FUND THIS COMMUNITY
OUTREACH ON BOTH THE WORKER
SIDE AND EMPLOYER SIDE, TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE WERE IMPROVING
UPON THAT BASELINE, SO THAT THE
NEXT TIME WE EVALUATED OUR WORK
IN THIS SPACE WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO CONFIDENTLY SAY PEOPLE HAVE
AN INCREASED AWARENESS AND AS A
RESULT ARE IN FACT COMPLYING
WITH IT.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE TO
CONTRADICT THAT.
AND IF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
ARE OPPOSING THIS OR ARE NOT
SUPPORTIVE OF ONGOING COMMUNITY
OUTREACH ONGOING COMMUNITY
BUSINESS AND OUTREACH
ENGAGEMENT FUND DOLLARS HAVE
CONCRETE DATA OR EVIDENCE THAT
THEY CAN POINT TO, WHICH SHOWS
THAT THIS FUND IS NOT WORKING
AND DOES NOT MERIT ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT, I WOULD WELCOME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT
INFORMATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I
REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF OLS,
PERSONALLY, AND RATHER, WHAT
I'M TRYING TO DO IS GET A LAY
OF THE LAND FOR EVERYBODY HERE
AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, BUT I'M
ALSO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I
DO NOT OVERPROMISE AND UNDER
DELIVER.
BECAUSE, I THINK THAT TO ME, IS
THE PART WHERE IN TRYING TO LAY
THE LARGER CONTEXT ABOUT WHERE
THINGS ARE HEADING, IT IS
CONCERNING TO ME.
I SAY THAT JUST ON A LOCAL
LEVEL BECAUSE WE HAVE THOUSANDS
OF CITY EMPLOYEES. AS I SAID
EARLIER AND SHARED EARLIER, THE
WORD RECESSION FOR MYSELF MANY
OF MY GENERATION IS A SCARY
WORD.
BECAUSE IT MEANT FOR US THAT
YOU CANNOT FIND JOBS.
AND SO, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND VALUE,
ABOUT WHAT THOSE DECISIONS ARE
GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
AGAIN, REMAINING SUPPORTIVE,
BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT OLS
DOESN'T WORK PRETTY
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAD ASKED
WE WILL DO A TWO-TIER VOTE, ONE
IS TO SUPPORT THE $1 MILLION
GENERAL FUND ONGOING, SO THOSE
WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR NAMES AS A
SPONSOR TO THAT, RAISE YOUR
HAND.
AND THOSE WHO WOULD PREFER
SECOND-TIER EITHER A LESSER
AMOUNT OR SOMETHING YOU WANT TO
LOOK AT DIFFERENTLY OKAY.
DID YOU GET THE COUNT?
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
>> I TRUST THE CHAIR.
>> OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU ALL.
THAT TAKES US THROUGH ITEM 59,
AND WE WILL NOW TURN OUR
ATTENTION TO PUBLIC COMMENT,
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, THANK
YOU FOR WAITING, I APPRECIATE
THE TIME YOU HAVE BEEN HERE.
AND, AS I HAVE ASKED EARLIER,
PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMMENTS
SHORTER, SO WE WILL HAVE A ONE
MINUTE PIECE, AND WE HAVE GOT
SIX PAGES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SIGNED UP TO COMMENT.
SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
WRITING CLEARLY, THIS IS NICE.
LOUISA SALM, WALTER ELLIS, AND
I APOLOGIZE, FUNNY?
IF YOU THREE WOULD LINE UP,
SOME, ALICE,, AND WE HAVE
GROUPS.
OKAY.
WITH ONE MINUTE APIECE, AND WE
HAVE LARGE GROUPS, HOW ABOUT IF
WE GO FOUR MINUTES?
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
WHAT I WILL ASK YOU TO DO IF
YOU ARE SIGNING UP FOR ONE
GROUP, PLEASE DO NOT STAND UP
FOR OTHER GROUPS.
WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE
THIS FORWARD, TONY, GOOD TO SEE
YOU .4 MINUTES HERE, AND THIS
ONE IS ABOUT OFFICE OF HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> CHAIR BAGSHAW AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE, I AM THE NEW
HOMEOWNERS AND CHILDREN
DIRECTOR FOR HOMESITE AND I'M
HERE WITH OUR DIRECTOR EMERITUS
AND ALSO CHIEF PORTFOLIO
OFFICER.
SO, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT 087 A1.
PERSONALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
THIS MORNING, AND ALSO, WE WANT
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
FOR SUPPORTING THIS AND
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN FOR
INTRODUCING IT.
THANK YOU.
JUST A BRIEF HISTORY, HOMESITE
HAS BEEN CREATED SINCE 1990,
AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING THAT.
HOMEOWNERS, EDUCATION, ALL
ALONG IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
HOMEOWNERSHIP EDUCATION IS
GOING TO BE APPROPRIATELY
PRETTY SO, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO
IS COME HERE AND, REQUEST THAT
THAT FUNDING BE RESTORED IT IS
ABOUT $67,000, BECAUSE WHAT IT
DOES IS TELL PEOPLE IN THE
PROGRAM THOSE WHO WOULD
NORMALLY BE MARGINALIZED BY
OTHER LENDERS, SO, WE ARE HERE
TO ASK FOR THAT. IN THE PAST
THREE YEARS, WE HAVE HELPED
DEDICATE 570 HOUSEHOLD, OUT OF
THAT NUMBER 80% HAVE BOUGHT
THEIR HOUSE IN SEATTLE.
INSTRUMENTAL IN WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE.
THE SETTLED TO HELP RESTORE
THAT.
HANDCUFF FOR SERVICES, I WOULD
LIKE THEM TO INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
>> YEAH.
MY NAME IS RYAN WITH HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY AND WE REQUIRE ALL
OF OUR HOMEOWNERS TO GO TO
HOMESITE FOR ALL OF THE
COUNSELING POINT
>> HOLD ON.
EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING YOU,
SO, AS A GROUP, WE ARE TRYING
TO KEEP YOU TO FOUR MINUTES.
>> RIGHT.
DESPITE WE HAVE PASSED FOUR
MINUTES.
SO, CAN I JUST ASK YOU TO WRAP
UP, RATHER THAN GOING TO END
INTRODUCING EVERYONE IT'LL TAKE
TOO LONG.
>> OKAY.
>> ERIC PROFITS, DIRECTOR OF
RELATED ILLNESS FOR HOMESTEAD
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
AREA SUPPORT PRETTY
>> THANK YOU.
>> MOLCHANOV FROM THE
WASHINGTON STATE HOUSING
ALLIANCE COMMISSION.
THANK YOU.
>> HI, SHELLEY DURAND FROM
PARKING SERVICES.
DESPITE VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING DOWN TODAY.
>> HI.
>> ARE YOU WALTER ELLIS?
>> I'M WALTER ELLIS.
WE ARE HERE FOR A GROUP.
WE ARE ALL BEING FED MISLEADING
SCARE TACTICS BY UBER AND LIFE
CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE FOR US.
CLEARLY, THEY DO NOT CARE FOR
US AT ALL.
THESE ARE THE SAME COMPANIES
THAT ANNOUNCED A 90 MILLION
SWEET SOUNDING APPEAL TO VOTERS
IN CALIFORNIA TO TRY TO STRIP
US OF OUR RIGHTS AND KEEP A
LOW.
WHAT IS THEIR PROPOSAL?
PAYING US $.30 PER MILE.
THAT IS LESS THAN OUR COSTS.
AND AN HOURLY WAGE THAT MIGHT
LOOK OKAY ON PAPER BUT ONLY
PAYS FOR PARTS OF EACH HOUR.
THEY FED US LITTLE HALF-TRUTHS
AND FLAT OUT LIES TO DISTRACT
US.
THEY WANT US FIGHTING OVER
$.51, SO THAT THEY CAN AVOID
PAYING US THE REAL DOLLARS THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING AWAY FROM
US.
THEY DO NOT WANT US TO HAVE A
RIGHT TO FAIR PAY AND FAIR
TREATMENT. THEY TRY TO SCARE
OUR PASSENGERS WHILE THE
HEAVENS EAGERLY POCKETING A
BIGGER SHARE OF OUR WRITERS
MONEY.
WE TOOK A BIG CUT WHEN WE MOVE
FROM 80% OF THE FAIR TO A MUCH
SMALLER RATE, THAT HAS A SMALLER
CONNECTION TO WHAT OUR WRITERS
PAY WHILE THEY CHARGE OUR
WRITERS WHATEVER THEY CAN GET
AWAY WITH.
THE REPLACEMENT IS LOST MONEY
WITH BONUSES WHICH HAVE NOW
BEEN SHRIEKING VERY RAPIDLY.
AND IT IS GOING TO GET WORSE.
UBER PROMISED SHAREHOLDERS THEY
WILL REDUCE OUR PAY MORE TO
MAKE MORE PROFITS ON THE BACKS
OF THE VERY SAME PEOPLE WHO
BEAR ALL OF THE COST AND TAKE
ON ALL OF THE RISKS.
WE HAVE STORIES OF THEM TAKING
-- WE ALL HAVE STORIES OF THEM
TAKING ABOUT A DIVORCE, RIGHT
NOW I AM BEING FORCED TO FILE A
WAGE THEFT CLAIM.
THEY TAKE WHAT THEY CAN GET
FROM US AND OUR PASSENGERS AND
LEAVE US HANGING TO FEND FOR
OURSELVES.
WE NEED TO BUILD A COALITION OF
ALLIES TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS,
LET'S NOT BE FOOLED BY THE
FUZZY MATH AND MISDIRECTION,
úLET'S FIGT TOGETHER FOR A FAIR
AND JUST FUTURE.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, WE
ARE NOT ASKING MUCH.
WE JUST ASK TO STOP ON 30
ACTIVATIONS, JUST TO TAKE A
FAIR COMMISSION, TREAT US AS
THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH A
LITTLE PEACE OF MIND.
AND, WE DESERVE A LITTLE BETTER
THAN IT IS.
DRIVERS ARE THE REASON THEY ARE
BILLIONAIRES.
WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATED IF
THEY CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
PLEASE SUPPORT THE FAIR SHARE
PLAN, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THE SEATTLE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU.
>>
I AM HERE TO URGE ALL THE
DRIVERS TO BE UNIFIED. WE HAVE
NOTHING MORE THAN UNITY.
IF WE ARE UNIFIED, UBER AND LYFT
WILL NOT TREAT US AS SLAVES.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GETTING PAID
LESS AND LESS AND LESS.
AND, THIS WILL CONTINUE AS LONG
AS WE HAVE INFIGHTING AND ARE
NOT UNIFIED.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL LISTEN TO
US.
WE ARE THE VOTERS.
REMEMBER, WE ALL HAVE FAMILIES
BACK HOME.
IF WE COME HERE THEY DO NOT
LISTEN TO US WE KNOW WHAT TO
DO, RIGHT?
COME 2020.
THEREFORE, IT IS NOT A THREAT
BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO BE TOLD
TO THEM, TOO, TO LISTEN AND
SUPPORT UBER DRIVERS BECAUSE WE
ARE DRIVING DAY IN DAY OUT, SO
WE APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL
TO LISTEN TO US THANK YOU FOR
ALL WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO US,
THANK YOU.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP?
>> MY NAME IS LORRAINE, I THINK
I WAS CALLED ELIA.
>> THANK YOU, I SET THE TIME
FOR THREE MINUTES PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
IN THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN, I
SPEAK TODAY NOT AS JAKE LAUNDRY
THE FIVE-STAR UBER AND LYFT
DRIVER MY BROTHERS HERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE FAIR SHARE LAW,
BUT TODAY I SPEAK AS THE
SEATTLE-BASED CLOUD SERVER THAT
CONNECTS TO UBER AND LYFT
DRIVERS PHONE AND USES THEIR
GPS TO TRAIN THE SELF DRIVING
CARS MEANT TO REPLACE THEM ALL.
MY UBER AND LYFT SHAREHOLDING
MASTERS ALSO SEEM TO BE
CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN TODAY,
BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL USING
THEIR SCARE TACTICS ON DRIVERS
TO TRY TO TRICK THEM INTO
THINKING THAT THIS FAIR SHARE
LAW IS BAD FOR DRIVERS.
THESE COMPANIES DRESSING UP AS
THE PROTECTORS OF DRIVER
EARNINGS MIGHT BE THE MOST
RIDICULOUS HALLOWEEN DISGUISE
HERE TODAY.
BECAUSE IN TRUTH MY CORPORATE
MASTERS HAVE LONG HAD A HISTORY
OF TRICKING AND TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THEIR DRIVERS AS
THE OTHER DRIVERS HAVE
MENTIONED BY CUTTING OUR PAY,
BY UNFAIRLY DEACTIVATING US,
AND YES, BY USING MY
SURVEILLANCE POWERS TO CREATE
FLEETS OF SELF DRIVING CARS
THAT ARE MEANT TO ENTIRELY
REPLACE THIS VULNERABLE CLASS
OF WORKERS.
MY EXISTENCE ALONE IS ONE MORE
REASON THAT DRIVERS DESERVE THE
FAIR PAY AND INCREASE IN JOB
SECURITY PRODUCTIONS THAT THIS
LAW PROMISES.
MY ALGORITHMS PREDICT THAT YOU
WILL BE THANKFUL YOU PASSED
THIS FAIR SHARE LAW AND RELET
THE VERY LEAST HAS MADE TECH
WORKER LABOR MOVEMENT STRONGER
AND MORE RESILIENT AGAINST THE
ENORMOUS CHANGES THAT WORKERS,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKERS
LIKE ME WILL BRING SOMETHING
YOU FOR PROTECTING WORKERS
TODAY WITH THE FAIR SHARE PLAN.
>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>> COUNCILMEMBERS MY NAME IS
LORRAINE ADAM THE FATHER, I AM
AN UBER DRIVER AND AT THE SAME
TIME I DRIVE LYFT, TOO.
I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR THREE
YEARS NOW.
IN 2017, I HAD AN ACCIDENT, THE
GUY WHO HIT ME HAS NO INSURANCE.
I CALLED THE POLICE, THE POLICE
CAME, I SAID EVERYTHING ABOUT
THE ACCIDENT, BUT TO GET HIM,
THEY GIVE ME HIS INFORMATION, I
GIVE TO THE INSURANCE, I DON'T
EVEN GET TRANSFERRED TO UBER, MY
WRITERS INFORMATION IS REPORTED
TO UBER AND UBER SHOTS MY APP
RIGHT AWAY SO I TALKED TO THEM
AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, GIVE THEM ALL OF THE
INFORMATION THEY NEEDED FROM
ME, THEY SAW THE POLICE REPORT,
I WAS NOT AT FAULT, THEY SHUT
ME DOWN FOR SIX MONTHS.
I BOUGHT MY CAR PURPOSELY FOR
THAT JOB SPIRIT FOR SIX MONTHS
I DON'T HAVE INCOME.
LUCKY FOR ME MY WIFE WAS
WORKING, SO SHE WAS ABLE TO
SUPPORT THE FAMILY.
BUT, SHE GETS MOST OF THE TIMES
BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
SOMETHING ON THE TABLE.
NOTHING WAS COMING IN.
WE SPEAK SOLIDARITY AND
RESOURCE CENTER THAT THIS BILL
úIS TALKING ABOUT.
IF WE HAD IT WOULD HAVE HELPED
ME, SOMEBODY OUTSIDE UBER AND
LYFT WOULD SPEAK ON MY BEHALF
AND DECIDE IF I SHOULD BE
DEACTIVATED OR NOT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SUPPORT THE DRIVER SOLIDARITY
AND RESOURCE, LET'S MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE HAVE CHARLIE, PETER,
AND FRANCISCO.
>> I'M CHARLIE, I'M GLAD TO
SPLIT MY TIME POINT
>> OKAY BY ME.
>> MY NAME IS KATIE CAROL I AM
THE DIRECTORY THE -- DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AT MLK LABOR AND I
WANTED TO BRIEFLY EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR THE CREATION OF A
HIGH ROAD TRAINING PROGRAM
COORDINATOR, INTO THE KING
COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOP
CANCER, THAT ENTITY AS YOU
KNOW, HAVE JOINT JURISDICTION
OVER, AND IT INVESTS $13
MILLION PER YEAR IN WORKFORCE
TRAINING.
AND, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH MASSIVE
REORGANIZATION, AND THE
INTENTION OF THAT
REORGANIZATION HAS BEEN RACIAL
EQUITY.
HOWEVER, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL
IS THAT THERE WERE NOT GOOD
PATHWAYS INTO HIGH ROAD GOOD
HIGH WAGE JOBS, THROUGH THIS
PARTICULAR TRAINING PROGRAM.
SO, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU
ALL ARE DOING TO FUND THAT
EFFORT.
>> NINE SECONDS BUDDY.
>> I DID NOTICE A FEW WORDS
ABOUT FISHER PLANE AND WHY WE
ARE SUPPORTING IT.
IT IS NOT JUST GOOD FOR DRIVERS
BUT IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR
EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO LIVE AND
WORK IN SEATTLE.
>> WELL DONE.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
PETER, IS IT KRELL?
>> QUINN.
>> OKAY, AND THEN, FRANCISCO,
THEN ON THAT.
>> MY NAME IS PETER QUILL.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS FOR
BEING HERE.
MY TOPIC TODAY IS ABOUT UNITING
DRIVERS.
I HEARD TODAY ALL THE DRIVERS
FROM ALL THE DIVERSE, TO STAND
TOGETHER UBER IS NOT YOUR
FRIEND.
DO NOT BE AGAIN ANOTHER DRIVER.
RESPECTING US BADLY.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WHEN WE STAND HERE, TALK ABOUT
WHAT UBER IS DOING TO YOU, NOT
ABOUT ME, NOT ABOUT ANYBODY.
WE SUPPORT OUR UNITY. OUR UNITY
ON UNFAIR DEACTIVATION AND OUR
UNITY ON DRIVER SUPPORT CENTER.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
NEED SO THAT WE CAN SURVIVE,
AND FEED OUR KIDS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ROB
GUDBRANSON AND I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT DEACTIVATION.
I WAS DEACTIVATED LAST YEAR,
AND AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THIS LAST YEAR THEY SAID I DID
NOT HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE.
I PROVED THAT I DID BUT THEY
DID NOT PAY ANY ATTENTION TO
ME.
THIS YEAR I GOT IN AN ACCIDENT
I BROUGHT DOWN TO THE UBER HUB
A STATEMENT FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THE HIGHWAY PATROL
AND THE OTHER DRIVER WAS AT
FAULT.
THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON
DOWN THERE SAID I CANNOT READ
YOUR LETTER, AND I CANNOT TALK
TO YOU ABOUT IT.
HE DID NOT TAKE DOWN ANY
INFORMATION, HE WAS NO HELP AT
ALL.
I JUST RECENTLY READ THAT UBER
WAS ASKED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF
CONGRESS, TO SEND SOMEONE DOWN
TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
. AND THEY REFUSED, JUST HOW
POWERFUL IS UBER GETTING.
WE NEED SOME HELP WITH
REGULATING UBER HERE IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU ROB.
>> MY NAME IS'S EFFORTS, THANK
YOU FOR THE CITY COUNCIL SO
MUCH TO GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
MY ACCOUNT IS DEACTIVATED SINCE
LAST YEAR. THE REASON WAS,
BECAUSE OF A SERVICE DOG. A
YOUNG LADY ASKED FOR A WRITER.
AND SHE HAS A DOG, THE DOG
LOOKS LIKE A SERVICE DOG, AND I
ASKED HER.
IS THIS YOUR SERVICE DOG AND
SHE SAID YES.
DO YOU HAVE AN ID THAT EXPLAINS
THAT, SHE SAID NO, AND, DURING
THE CONSERVATION, --
CONVERSATIONS AS SHE STARTED TO
FIGHT WITH ME AND SHE STARTED
CALLING ME AS WORKERS AND I DID
NOT ACCEPT THE RIDE, AND MY
ACCOUNT IS DEACTIVATED.
WE NEED INFORMATION IN THE APP
THAT IS A SERVICE DOG OR NOT,
THERE IS NOT ANY INFORMATION.
HOW CAN WE TELL?
PLEASE PROTECT UNFAIR
DEACTIVATION POINT THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> FRANCISCO, LOTTA, AND DUSTIN.
IS FRANCISCO HERE?
NUMBER SIX?
LIVING TO LOTTA, NUMBER SEVEN.
DUSTIN LEMBO, EIGHT, AHMED
MILLMAN NINE.
>> I LIKE THIS GROUP.
IS THAT FRANCISCO?
OKAY.
WOULD YOU KINDLY GET OVER TO
THE MICROPHONE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER AHMED MOVEMENT,
I AM THE FOUNDER OF SEATTLE
RIDESHARE DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
AND ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND, WE DO NOT HAVE PROPER
REPRESENTATION. WE DON'T.
AS A BRAND LIFE DRIVERS, I HAVE
BEEN IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS
COMMITTEE WITH THE TEAMSTERS WE
REQUESTED THAT THE AUTHORS
PROPOSE TO THE MAYOR AN
INCREASE OF PER MILE HELP WITH
INSURANCE, TO HELP WITH
MAINTENANCE OF OUR CARS.
NONE OF THAT MESSAGEWAS
CONVEYED TO THE MAYOR.
INSTEAD, WE WERE BROUGHT A
PROPOSAL THAT WAS A DEAL
BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND TEAMSTERS
CALLED FAIR SHARE.
THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT FAIR
SHARE.
IF THE DRIVER IS NOT GETTING
WHAT HE WANTS.
DRIVER SOLIDARITY AND RESOURCE
CENTER, WE WANT AS THE CITY
GOVERNMENT, YOU THE CITY
GOVERNMENT TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST
50% OF THE MONEY BEING GIVEN TO
RIDESHARE ON BEHALF OF THE
RIDESHARE, OTHERWISE YOU WILL
BE DOING INJUSTICE, AS FDR, THE
FORMER RESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY
SAID, WORKERS RIGHTS IS HUMAN
RIGHTS.
OUR HUMAN RIGHTS IS INFRINGED.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE BEHIND US,
THEY ARE HERE TO TELL THE
COUNCILMEMBER, WE ARE NOT BEING
REPRESENTED, THE WAY WE WANT TO
BE REPRESENTED.
WE DON'T HATE TEAMSTERS, WE
DON'T HATE ANYBODY, WE WANT
UNITY BUT WE CANNOT CLOSE OUR
EYES.
JUST SET UNITY FOR HERE.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JULIE DAVIS
I'VE BEEN A DRIVER FOR TWO AND
HALF YEARS FULL-TIME.
I AM THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE
SEATTLE RIDESHARE DRIVERS
ASSOCIATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO
SAY THIS, THE DRIVERS HERE
BEFORE YOU TODAY A CALLING CITY
COUNCIL, TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR
THE DRIVERS RESOURCE AND
SOLIDARITY CENTER USING AT
LEAST HALF OF THE FUNDS RAISED
FOR THE ROGER TAX PROPOSAL.
WE SHOULD COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
SUPPORT FOR OUR PROPOSAL AND WE
CALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO
TO SUPPORT OUR DEMAND.
WE ARE A PART OF THE SEATTLE
RIDESHARE DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
WHICH REPRESENTS DRIVERS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
I AM PRESENTING TO YOU A
PETITION THAT MORE THAN 300
DRIVERS HAVE RECENTLY SIGNED
CALLING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO
ADOPT OUR PROPOSAL.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO GATHER
SIGNATURES.
WHILE WE SUPPORT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN TRANSIT WE THINK IT
IS OBVIOUS THAT, IF OUR WORK IS
THE BASIS FOR COLLECTING THE
TAX THEN WE, THE DRIVERS SHOULD
BE THE BENEFICIARIES.
WHILE WE SUPPORT -- DRIVERS ARE
STRUGGLING TO SURPRISE --
SURVIVE ECONOMICALLY ESPECIALLY
WITH A HIGH COST OF HOUSING.
MANY LACK HEALTHCARE, SOME
DRIVERS ARE EVEN LIVING AND
SLEEPING INSIDE THEIR VEHICLES.
OTHERS HAVE TROUBLE PAYING
THEIR RENT EVERY MONTH.
ANY DRIVERS WERE FORMER TAXICAB
DRIVERS WHO OWNED TAXI
MEDALLIONS.
THESE MEDALLIONS WERE THEIR
PRIMARY LIFE INVESTMENT, AND AT
ONE POINT WERE UPWARDS OF
$300,000.
TAXI DRIVERS BORROWED HUGE SUMS
OF MONEY TO PURCHASE MEDALLIONS
IN ORDER TO OPERATE THEIR TAXI
BUSINESS.
SINCE UBER AND LYFT DISRUPTED
THE PAID TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
THAT MEDALLIONS NEARLY LOST ALL
OF THEIR VALUE DESTROYING THE
HARD-EARNED ASSETS OF THE TAXI
DRIVERS AND CASTING MANY
DRIVERS DEEP INTO DEBT.
MANY DRIVERS ARE IMMIGRANTS AND
ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND, THIRD,
OR EVEN FOURTH LANGUAGE.
FOR THEM, WE NEED HELP
ADVOCATING FOR OUR RIGHTS IN
DEALING WITH UBER AND LYFT AND
OBTAINING A RANGE OF SERVICE
HOUSING MENTAL HEALTH
NATURALIZATION ENGLISH CLASSES
AND TRAINING IN CUSTOMER
SERVICE AS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
ENGLISH COMPREHENSION IS A BIG
ISSUE FOR MANY OF THESE DRIVERS.
A DRIVERS RESOURCE AND
SOLIDARITY CENTER FUNDED BY THE
MONIES RAISED FROM THE PER
RIGHT FEES WOULD SUPPORT THE
NEEDS OF DRIVERS AND THEIR
FAMILIES TO HELP DRIVERS BUILD
AN EFFECTIVE VOICE. WE NEED
DISPUTE RESOLUTION RESOURCES IN
OUR PROPOSAL, THERE'D BE A PART
OF THE DRIVERS RESOURCE AND
SOLIDARITY CENTER BUT IT WOULD
BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE CLEAR
THAT OUR MAIN PROBLEM WITH UBER
AND LIFE IS A POWER IMBALANCE
AND NO DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW
ALONE IS GOING TO GET US JUST
AS IF WE ARE NOT AND ADDRESSING
THE POWER IMBALANCE.
>> JULIE, THANK YOU.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO WRAP UP
PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS
THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
DRIVER BASED RUN BASED RESOURCE
AND RESOLUTION CENTER.
A GOVERNMENT ONE CANNOT HELP
OUR NEEDS BECAUSE IT WILL
TRICKLE DOWN THROUGH GOVERNMENT
AGENCY TO GOVERNMENT AGENCY,
DRIVERS WILL SEE LITTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL JUST CHECK ON A
COUPLE OF NAMES, TELL ME IF YOU
WERE HERE. AHMED AND DUSTIN?
DUSTIN IS HERE?
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
DUSTIN?
>> SURE, HI, I WAS GOING TO
TALK TO THE FAIR SHARE PLAN BUT
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW MY
POSITION ON THAT, I WANTED TO
ENGAGE ON THE LAST COUNCIL
ITEM, 59 WITH THE FUNDING FOR
OFFICER LABOR STANDARDS, THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES FOR
SPEAKING TO THAT TODAY.
AND IN COUNCIL MEMBER MUSCAT'S
ABSENCE.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR CONCERN,
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AND YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL.
EVEN IF WE WERE TO GIVE ALL
MILLION DOLLARS TO THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS IT IS NOT
GOING TO RECOVER ALL OF THE
LOST WAGES THAT ARE STOLEN
EVERY SINGLE DAY BY EMPLOYERS
IN THIS CITY.
WHEN WE ENCOURAGE THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS BACK IN 2017 TO
INVEST IT TO LAUNCH AN
INVESTIGATION INTO LEAD POINT
THAT SETTLED THIS SUMMER FOR
CLOSE TO $700,000, HAD WE NOT
DONE AN ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN,
AND THANK YOU MEMBER HERBOLD
FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT, HAD
WE NOT DONE THAT, THOSE WORKERS
WOULD STILL HAVE MONEY STOLEN
FROM THE POCKETS, IT TOOK
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
HOURS TO DO ALL THE AFFIDAVITS,
WITNESSES, AND THAT MILLION
DOLLARS IS SORELY NEEDED JUST
ON OUTREACH, WHICH IS NOT EVEN
-- WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INCREASE
OF 2017 AND WE PASSED TWO MAJOR
LAWS SINCE THEN, AND ARE POISED
TO PASS THE FAIR SHARE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW
-- COUNCIL AND BAGSHAW UNSER
ERIN OF RUNTIME POINT
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT DUSTIN.
KELSEY AND KATIE?
>> HI, THANKS, I'M KELSEY
MEASURE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
TRANSPORTATION COALITION AND
FAIR SHARE COALITION AS WELL.
DRIVERS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM WHETHER THEY ARE DRIVING
A BUS OR LIGHT RAIL TRAIN,
STREETCAR OR GOOBER AND LYFT
HAVE A REALLY BIG JOB.
WE TRUST THEM NOT ONLY TO GET
US WHERE WE NEED TO GO, BUT TO
KEEP US SAFE WHILE DOING SO AND
IS A PROFESSIONAL UNDER
STRESSFUL CIRCUMSTANCES
SOMETIMES.
IT IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY,
THE JOB DESERVES RESPECT AND
DIGNITY, A FAIR PAY, AND
PROTECTIONS AND THIS IS WHY
WORKERS ARE AT THE HEART OF THE
FAIR SHARE PLAN.
BUT, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW
TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS AS A
SYSTEM, AND HOW OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS
CONNECTED TO OUR CITY AND
REGION AT LARGE.
UBER AND LYFT ARE PRIVATE
COMPANIES THAT ARE USING OUR
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND THEY
ARE HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND THE
ECOSYSTEM OF OUR CITY.
AND SO, THIS IS WHY WE SUPPORT
THE FAIR SHARE LEGISLATION IN
ADDITION TO PUTTING DRIVERS
FIRST ALSO ADDRESSES URGENT
ISSUES AROUND MOBILITY AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING POINT
>> THANK YOU KELSEY.
KATIE WILSON, AFTER KATIE ABDUL
YUSUF AND MICHAEL WOLF.
>> HI COUNSELOR WAS I'M KATIE
WILSON HERE REPRESENTING THE
TRANSIT RIDERS UNION AND WE ARE
ALSO A PART OF THE FAIR SHARE
COALITION AND WANTED TO EXPRESS
OUR SUPPORT FOR THE FAIR SHARE
PLAN.
WE CANNOT LET THIS NEW
DESTABILIZING SECTOR OF THE
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY BE
BUILT UP ON THE BACKS OF LOW-
WAGE WORKERS.
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT ALL OF THE
NEW LABOR PROTECTIONS FOR UBER
AND LYFT DRIVERS ESPECIALLY
PROTECTION FROM DEACTIVATION
AND WE SUPPORT A LIVING WAGE
FOR DRIVERS.
WE CANNOT LET DRIVERS
LIVELIHOODS DEPEND ON THE WHIMS
OF AN ALGORITHM.
WE ALSO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT UBER AND LYFT ARE HAVING.
IN SOME PLACES SENDING IT INTO
A DEATH SPIRAL.
SEATTLE HAS SO FAR RESISTED
THIS TREND, BUT WE HAVE TO
KNOWLEDGE THAT UBER AND LYFT
ARE CONTRIBUTING TO TRAFFIC
SUGGESTION AND THE REGIONS
RISING COMMON ADMISSIONS FOR
THAT IS WHY WE SUPPORT THE FEE
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEAR
TRANSIT, WE HAVE TO START
AFFORDING -- HOLDING THEM
ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPACT TO THE
CITY PLEASE PASS THE FAIR SHARE
PLAN PROTECT DRIVERS AND
SUPPORT A SUSTAINABLE AND
EQUITABLE TREPIDATION SYSTEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ABDUL YUSUF, MICHAEL WOLF,
AND PATIENTS.
DO I SEE -- OKAY.
OKAY.
ABDUL IS NOT HERE?
OKAY.
MICHAEL, YOU'RE UP AND IF ABDUL
SHOWS UP WE WILL COME BACK TO
HIM.
MICHAEL WOLF, AND PATIENTS.
>> THANK YOU, MY NAME IS
MICHAEL WOLF I AM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF DRIVE FOR SEATTLE.
MUCH LIKE THE PREVIOUS LARGE
GROUP HERE FROM THE SEATTLE
ROGER DRIVERS ASSOCIATION, WE
ARE OPPOSED TO THE FAIR SHARE
PLAN BECAUSE WE FEEL THE TAX IS
NOT NECESSARY TO GET THE KINDS
OF BENEFITS THAT DRIVERS PRETTY
MUCH ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED.
WE NEED TO HAVE A MINIMUM
LEARNING STANDARDS ON THE FLOOR
FOR THOSE TIMES WHEN IT IS JUST
SLOW YOU HAD A BAD WEEK.
WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER
PROCESS FOR DRIVER
DEACTIVATION, THESE ARE THINGS
THAT ALL DRIVERS AGREE ON,
WHETHER THEY SUPPORT OUR
ORGANIZATION, WHETHER THEY
SUPPORT THE TEAMSTERS, WITH
UBER SUPPORT THE DRIVERS
ASSOCIATION.
WHAT THE MAJOR DISAGREEMENT IS
WHETHER YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL
TAX TO DO IT, EVEN IN THE
LEGISLATION YOU PROPOSE, YOU
PROPOSE REDUCING THE FAS
FINANCE FEE TO THEN FIND THESE
TWO PROGRAMS., THE $.51
ADDITIONAL IS JUST MORE MONEY.
SO, WHY NOT DO WHAT THEY
SUGGESTED AND SPEND THAT MONEY
ON DRIVERS, CREATE A CITY
PORTABLE BENEFITS FUNDS THAT
ALLOW DRIVERS TO OFFSET COST OF
HEALTHCARE, THROUGH PAID FAMILY
LEAVE, ALL THESE OTHER
BENEFITS, THESE ARE THINGS THAT
DRIVE FORWARD HAS CALLED ON THE
CITY TO DO AND YET, WE HAVE NOT
SEEN IT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
THE PATIENT'S, CHRIS FEIST,
DOUG DUMAS, AND ALYSSA PURCELL.
>> WE HAVE A GROUP.
KIND OF A GROUP.
I WILL INTRODUCE OUR BOARD
MEMBERS FROM HDC WHO IS HERE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT AND STAND WITH
OUR FAIR SHARE COALITION
PARTNERS AND DRIVERS WHO
DESERVE A LIVING WAGE AND
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS.
OVER TO MICHELLE DIRKS VERSUS
POINT POINT
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME ON THIS, MY NAME IS
MICHELLE MORELAND, PRINCIPAL OF
LETTERS TO MILITANT PARTNERS
WITH IS AN AFFORDABLE TO
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROVIDER IN
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM
BOARD, AND WE SUPPORT STRONGLY
THE FAIR SHARE PROPOSAL, AND
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD, THIS MEASURE WILL
PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES WE KNOW FOR
TRANSPORTATION, AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AS WELL AS SUPPORTING
WORKERS RIGHTS ALL OF WHICH WE
ARE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF.
ON THE POINT OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WHICH IS THE WORLD THAT
I LIVE IN AND NOW, I THINK IT
IS NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY THAT
THERE IS A NUMBER OF DRIVERS
WHO MAY BE MOVING IN SOME OF
THE UNITS THAT GET PRODUCED BY
THE WORK THAT WE DO.
I PERSONALLY IN MY ORGANIZATION
HAVE 400 UNITS OF HOUSING IN
PRODUCTION, CURRENTLY, WITH A
NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
ON THE HTC -- IN THE HTC
MEMBERSHIP TOTALING THOUSANDS
OF UNITS OF HOUSING IN
PRODUCTION CURRENTLY, AND EVERY
SINGLE TIME THAT IS PRODUCED,
THAT IS CREATED BY THIS CITY IS
NECESSARY AND NOT DESPERATELY
NEEDED.
SO, I SUPPORT THIS MEASURE, AND
I APPRECIATE THE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, THAT HOUSING
AND TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION
ARE ALL LINKED, AS ARE THE
RIGHTS OF WORKERS, TO A LIVING
WAGE FOR DRIVERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
NEXT, FIVE, MILITIA, AND THEN
BABS.
ARE YOU CHRIS?
>> I AM CHRIS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
TO HEAR MY BRIEF TESTIMONY
TODAY MY NAME IS CHRIS FEIST
AND I AM A LYFT RIDESHARE
DRIVER WITH OVER 7000 RIDES.
SINCE 2000.
-- TO SINCE 2015.
AS A DRIVER, I WANT TO EXPRESS
TO THE COUNCIL AND THE ROGER
COMMUNITY OFFERING PART OF THE
SOLUTION TO THE CITY'S PARKING
PROBLEMS AND VEHICLES ON THE
ROAD.
PLACING A TAX OF $.75 PER RIDE
REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF THE
AMOUNT OR THE AMOUNT OF THE
RIDE IS EXTREMELY REGRESSIVE.
REPEATED SHORT RIDES WOULD
EFFECTIVELY BE PRICED OUT OF
THE MARKET.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE COUNCIL AND
MAYOR ARE PURPOSELY TRYING TO
DESTROY THE RIDESHARE.
THE RIDESHARE PROVIDES AN
EFFECTIVE ECONOMICAL AND
EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE FOR MANY
WRITERS WHO REQUIRE
INDIVIDUALIZED TRANSPORTATION
SOLUTION.
AS A DRIVER, I INTERACT WITH
MANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ON A
DAILY BASIS, AND THEY SHARE MY
SAME SENTIMENTS.
I AM HERE TO OBJECT TO THE
COUNCIL MARRIAGE TO THIS ILL-
CONCEIVED TAX BECAUSE THAT IS
WHAT IT IS.
YOU ARE ACTUALLY TAXING YOUR
CONSTITUENTS AND MAKING A
TRANSPORTATION SITUATION WORSE.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN TO
ALL THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGER TO
EXPLAIN HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT
SO MANY WHILE HELPING SERVE YOU.
BUT YOUR TIME IS UP, CHRIS,
LESSONS?
>> THESE DO NOT TREAT ME AS
PART OF THE PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> DANA?
DANA DEMOSS?
>> I AM DOUG DEMOSS, BUT GOT
IT.
I SEE IT THERE NOW.
>> OKAY.
I AM A TEAMSTER, AND I WAS A
PART OF THE GROUP LAST WEEK
THAT PRESIDENT HARRELL SPOKE
ABOUT, IN TERMS OF THE OPTICS,
AND I WANT TO SAY, THAT OUR
UNION REPRESENTATION OF THE
MEMBERS IN THIS INDUSTRY ARE
COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY DEVOTED
TO THE EQUITY THAT IS INHERENT
IN OUR BUSINESS.
WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU THAT WE
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TRIED OVER THE
YEARS TO ADHERE TO THOSE IDEALS
, AS A MATTER OF FACT, HE HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, YOU
WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT.
WE DID NOT. THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL HAS ABSOLUTELY NOT A
SINGLE PROGRAM OR PLAN TO
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE NOW.
BECAUSE, WE WANT TO SEE THOSE
THINGS PUT IN PLACE IN REAL TIME
, FOR REAL PEOPLE TO CREATE
REAL JOBS FOR EVERYBODY.
I HAVE TRIED FOR 15 YEARS TO GET
THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO PUT IN A
PROGRAM IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS SO
THAT WE CAN MENTOR KIDS.
AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES, AND
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LET US
KNOW WE WILL WELCOME THEM IN.
>> THANK YOU.
MELISSA PURCELL?
>> HI, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR
LISTENING TO US TODAY AND FOR
YOUR SUPPORT TODAY,
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL AND
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, THANK
YOU, AND FOR THE REST OF YOUR
VOTES AND SUPPORT.
I AM THE BUSINESS AGENT FOR
LOCAL 88, -- LOCAL 48.
WE APPLAUDED THE WORK THE CITY
HAS DONE TO MAKE CHANGES TO FM.
WE APPLAUD THE WORK ON
INCLUSION AND WE ARE COMMITTED
TO THAT WORK.
OUR CONCERN AT WORK ARE ABOUT
JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS.
SORRY, THIS GOT LOST HERE.
WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE
CHARGES, THAT THE CHANGES AS
THEY CURRENTLY ARE WRITTEN MAY
LEAD TO THE ECONOMIC DETRIMENT
OF OUR INDUSTRY.
ONE CHANGES TO THE CITY OF FILM
OFFICE WHICH IS THE STANDARD
PRACTICE WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY.
ALL CITIES THAT HAVE INSTRUCTOR
PRODUCTION HAVE CITY FILM
OFFICES.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY LABOR
AND PEOPLE THAT ARE BOOTS ON
THE GROUND MUST HELP DEFINE AND
GUIDE THIS WORK.
AS THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY
WRITTEN AND LACKS DEFINITION,
CLARITY, AND SET GOALS FOR THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, OR HOW
MANY ENTITIES MIGHT FALL UNDER
THIS PROGRAM AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
WE NEEDED THE PROGRAM TO
SUCCEED AND THEREFORE ASK THAT
WE ARE A PART OF THAT WORK,
THAT OUR KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERTISE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS
CONVERSATION.
>> WE ASK THAT YOU WRAP UP,
MELISSA?
>> YES, I JUST WANT TO NOTE
THAT WE DID AFTER THE OTHER
HEARING REACH OUT TO TIM LENNON
AND TO SHARON WILLIAMS AND WE
HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS, WE ALL
AGREE THAT WE HAVE THE SAME
GOALS, WE WANT PLACES AT THE
TABLE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR
INDUSTRIES.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT,
THAT IS HELPFUL.
BABS?
YOU ARE NEXT AND YOU WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY DON CLEARY, AND THEN
GEORGE'S, POINT
>> PEACE AND HARMONY TO YOU
ALL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
COME THIS FAR.
I HAVE A COPY OF MY TESTIMONY,
IF I DO NOT HAVE TIME. LOOK
AROUND YOU, EVERYBODY YOU SEE.
IS NOT THIS WHOLE WORLD FULL OF
DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS?
THIS IS WHO WE ARE.
AND TO THIS, MY OBJECTION, THIS
TAX WILL NOT BENEFIT MY RIDERS
NOR ME, NOR ANYBODY ELSE.
YOU CAN DO BETTER BY
CONTROLLING THE RENT AND
GETTING MONEY FROM THEIR AND DO
SOMETHING WITH THAT.
FOR NOW, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY
IS SIMPLE.
LISTEN TO YOUR DRIVERS, LISTEN
TO THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY.
EVIDENTLY, YOU CAN USE THE
PAPERWORK TO GO THROUGH IF YOU
HAVE TIME IF YOU EVER HAVE
TIME, TO GO THROUGH WHAT I WANT
AS I COULD I DON'T WANT TO HOLD
ANYBODY HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I OFFICIATED.
>> THANK YOU.
DON?
>> DON CLEARY, I AM WITH THE
OUTPACED DRIVERS ASSOCIATION,
WITH TEAMSTERS 117, I WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE
FAIR SHARE LEGISLATION AND
ADDRESS THE TOPIC THAT IS NOT
BEING TALKED ABOUT, THERE IS A
LOT OF DWELLING ON THE TAX, AND
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
MAIN ASPECT OF THIS
LEGISLATION, WHICH IS AN
INCREASE IN DRIVERS PAY.
I THINK A DRIVER RESOURCE
CENTER IS A GOOD IDEA HOWEVER
THAT WILL NOT GET ANYBODY OUT
OF SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS BUT
WHAT WILL GET PEOPLE OUT OF
SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS IS A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PAY,
WHICH I BELIEVE YOU FOLKS HAVE
THE BOLDNESS TO DO FOR US.
I HOPE THAT WE DO NOT TRY TO
MAKE THIS CONVERSATION ASPECT
OF COMP LOCATED, LET'S NOT BE
AFRAID TO LOOK TO THE PAST A
FEW YEARS AGO OF WHAT WORKED
THEN.
THE APP HASN'T CHANGED THAT A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PER
MILE, BUT ALSO FIVE PER MILE
$.50 PER MINUTE WILL TAKE CARE
OF THE MINIMUM WAGE, OUR
EXPENSES.
FOCUS ON THAT MORE THAN ON THIS
SMALL TEXT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE, FOUR
MORE YEARS.
>> WELL DONE.
YES,
AND COLUSA NDEBELE?
>> PROBABLY WITH A LARGER GROUP.
ADDRISI? SURE, SORRY.
HOW ABOUT THIS, I WILL GIVE YOU
A PHONE NUMBER.
425-626-7663. LOOKS LIKE THE
NEXT ONE IS MOLLY KOBE, 206483
5666?
ANOTHER PHONE NUMBER, 206-432-
6956? OF THE SHIRE?
PAGE RACHELLE?
HOORAY, PAIGE, COME ON UP.
ARE YOU ALL SPEAKING?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, WOULD YOU GIVE THEM
FOUR MINUTES?
>> THANK YOU.
I AM PAGE RACHELLE, A COMMUNITY
VOLUNTEER WITH THE PROJECT THAT
STARTED WITH A DREAM TO BUILD A
MORE DIVERSE COMMUNITY IN
NATURE.
WE, IN THE VERY BEGINNING, OUR
GOAL WAS TO GO TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE
HAD THEIR VOICES HEARD AND TO
ENGAGE THEM IN OUR PROCESS.
OUR FIRST DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT ALLOWED US
TO HIRE AWESOME LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTS WHO ARE WALKING US
THROUGH AN INCLUSIVE DESIGN
PROCESS. AND, WE ARE IMAGINING
WITH OUR COMMUNITY HOW TO BEST
TRANSFORM THE BURKE GILMAN
PLATE PLAYGROUND PARK INTO A
NATURE-BASED SPACE THAT IS
ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.
TO TRULY BE ABLE TO ENJOY
NATURE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
ACCESS IT, AND ALSO FEEL A
SENSE OF BELONGING ONCE YOU GET
THERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PUBLIC SPACES
IN TERMS OF EQUITY, LOOKING AT
BELONGING, YOU START TO SEE
HUGE GAPS, BY RACE AND CLASS
AND HEALTH, GENDER, SEXUALITY,
ABILITY, THIS PARK IS
SURROUNDED BY A SUPER DIVERSE
COMMUNITY, SURROUNDED BY
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING, PREVAIL
HOUSING, IT IS NEXT TO THE
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE SEATTLE
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, IT HAS A
LOW INCOME HOUSING COMMUNITY
AROUND IT.
BECAUSE OF THIS LOCATION IT
SHOULD BE SERVING A SUPER
DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
BUT, IT IS NOT.
WE HAVE GONE TO THE COMMUNITIES
AROUND THIS PARK AND THEY FEEL
ISOLATED.
I KNOW MY JOB AS A MIDDLE-CLASS
WHITE VOLUNTEER IS TO TAKE MY
PRIVILEGE AND TO HAND IT TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE IMPORTANT IDEAS
AND LESS ACCESS TO POWER AND
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO.
WE HAVE A FAMILY WHO IS
CONSIDERING MAKING A
SIGNIFICANT DONATION TO OUR
PROJECT, AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE
ARE FOUNDATIONS THAT WE THINK
ARE GOOD MATCHES IS THAT THEY
WANT TO SEE THAT THE PUBLIC IS
BACKING OUR PROJECT.
IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER
SUPPORTING OUR PROJECT WITH THE
COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC DOLLARS,
YOU CAN HELP US LEVERAGE THESE
PRIVATE PHILANTHROPISTS.
THIS PROCESS AND PARK IS GOING
TO SUPPORT A BROADER GOAL THAT
I KNOW YOU SHARE WHICH IS TO
CONNECT OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY TO
NATURE, AND TO EACH OTHER.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A HEALTHIER
AND MORE INCLUSIVE WORLD.
>> HI, MY NAME IS McLENDON I'M
16 YEARS OLD.
AFTER JOINING THE ELECTRIC
PROJECT, I HAVE LEARNED THAT
MANY PEOPLE NOT ONLY LIKE ME NO
MATTER WHAT RACE AND ETHNICITY
GENDER AND DISABILITY, ALL OF
US WANT TO SEEK DIFFERENT
CHANGES.
WE WANT TO BE HEARD, WELCOME,
AND NOT TO BE JUDGED THE ELI'S
PARK PROJECT IS INCLUSIVE, AND
IS ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.
THE ELI'S PARK PROJECT, I HAVE
GONE OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE TO
MEET NEW PEOPLE, BUT I HAD
NEVER MET BEFORE.
AND, A BETTER LEADER AT MY
SCHOOL AND TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT GO
AROUND, SUCH AS RACISM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS IS NOT TESLA, I AM
15 YEARS OLD AND PART OF THE
ELIAS TEAM ADVISORY GROUP AS A
GIRL OF COLOR I HAVE
EXPERIENCED A LOT OF RACISM AT
MY SCHOOL AND IN MY
COMMUNITIES.
I NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE
MY VOICE HEARD BUT THROUGH THE
ELI'S PARK PROJECT AND HAVE THE
CHANCE TO GET MY VOICE HEARD
AND LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW THAT
WE ARE THE SAME MATTER WHAT WE
LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE PLANNED EVENTS WHERE
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A PLACE
WHERE IT IS SO DIVERSE.
BEING PART OF THE ELI'S PARK
PROJECT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A
MEMBER OF MY COMMUNITY.
PARKS ARE NOT PRIVILEGES, THEY
ARE RIGHTS.
THANK YOU.
>> HI, I'M SEAN RENDELL, AND
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, HERE ON
BEHALF OF BLAKE GUION, WHO USES
ALTERNATIVE AND AUGMENTED
CONDITIO DEVICES SO I WILL
PLAY HIS MESSAGE THROUGH MY
COMPUTER.
>> HELLO SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
PROJECT COMMITTEE.
I USE A SPEECH DEVICE TO
CONNECTICUT.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT
FOR SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
BUDGET MEASURE FIVE DASH ONE
CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE
ELI'S PARK PROJECT.
I SERVE ON THE ELI'S PARK
PROJECT LEADERSHIP TEAM.
COMPLETING THE ELI'S PARK
PROJECT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
ME.
WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
I WAS UNABLE TO PLAY OR INTERACT
WITH PLAYGROUND AGREEMENT,
BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE
TO WHEELCHAIR USERS LIKE ME. I
COULD ONLY WATCH AS MY FRIENDS
HAVE FUN SWINGING ON THE MONKEY
BARS OR CLIMBING ON STAIRS THAT
HAD LARGE GAPS.
PLAY IS GOOGLE FOR A CHILD'S
DEVELOPMENT AND MOST CHILDREN
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE
PREVENTED FROM USING PLAYGROUND
AGREEMENT.
I ENTHUSIASTICALLY JOINED THE
ELI'S PARK PROJECT LEADERSHIP
TEAM, BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE
THAT ALL PLAYGROUNDS SHOULD HAVE
AN AREA WHERE THEY COULD PLAY
BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITIES.
THIS BUDGET ACTION TO PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR THE PARK WOULD GET
US CLOSER TO OPENING A PLACE
FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
COULD GO AND ENGAGE IN PLAY
WITH OTHER KIDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL OF YOU.
WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO?
>> ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.
>> VERY NICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION IN ALL OF
THIS.
AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
FORWARD.
OKAY.
JAMIE LEE?
DORIS KOO, CHRIS PERSONS?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, JAMIE AND CHRIS
HAD TO LEAVE.
I SPEAK FOR THE COMMUNITY
COLLABORATIVE AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD
WORK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT
JUST INTO THE BUDGET SEASON, WE
ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER MUSCAT AS VARIOUS
BUDGET PROPOSALS IN INCREASED
FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
BUT, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE
ITEM, ITEM NUMBER ONE CBA OH
1A1.
THIS IS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE POLICY,
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD FOR BEING A CHAMPION
FOR US, AND THE QUESTION HERE
IS, IF WE BUILT THEM, CAN THEY
COME BACK?
THIS IS A CRITICAL QUESTION
WITH CENTRAL DISTRICT LOSS WITH
70% AFRICAN AMERICANS ONLY 14%
OVER TWO DECADES, AND IN THE
RECENT LIBERTY BANK PROJECT,
WITH NO FUNDING, BUT ONLY
SHARED GOODWILL, AND OUT-OF-
POCKET SPENDING, CAPITOL HILL
HOUSING, AFRICA TOWN OF OUR
PLACE, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMEDIAN PECKED DESIGNS
EMBARKED ON AN X -- OUTREACH
PROJECT AND AS A RESULT 86% OF
THE TENANTS IN THE BUILDING
TODAY CAME FROM THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, OR FROM PEOPLE WHO
USED TO LIVE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, OR HAD BEEN DISPLACED
FROM THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THIS IS A CONCRETE RESULT, OF
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE POLICY
THAT TODAY IS UNFUNDED AND
VOLUNTARY. AND WE ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS ONE-TIME
DEVASTATION, TO BUILD THE
SYSTEM TO ENCOURAGE THIS KIND OF
EXTENSIVE OUTREACH EFFORT, SO
THAT WE CAN REPAIR AND RESTORE
THE FABRIC OF THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAD BEEN DECIMATED FIRST
BY SEGREGATION, AND THEN BY
GENTRIFICATION.
>> THANK YOU.
DRIVE SUPPORT SERVICE?
I HOPE I GOT THAT NAME RIGHT,
LOOKS LIKE FAYSA?
OKAY, COME ON UP.
AFTER IS NIKKO, WINONA, AND THEN
--
>> I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO SAY,
I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU.
>> WELL THAT'S THE NICEST THING
WE'VE HEARD ALL DAY.
>> THEY JUST FINISH COMING IN
HERE AND TALKING ABOUT ALL THAT
I COME FOR.
I JUST NOTICED I THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING, I
APPRECIATE THAT.
NIKKO, CRYSTAL, ARIANNA?
>> HI, THANK YOU.
>> NECK TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW-UP FROM
LAST HEARING, AS THE WOMAN WHO
WALKED IN THIS BUILDING, I
ASKED HER, WHAT ABOUT THE BRENT
LYFT AND HE SAID I DON'T WANT
TO PAY PARKING SO I TAKE THE
BRENT LYFT.
I TALKED TO HER ABOUT INCREASED
TAXES, YOU KNOW, 51 SENT, AND
SHE SAYS IF I HAVE TO PAY MORE
MAYBE I WILL DRIVE MY CAR.
SO IT WILL BE REJECTED.
BY THE WAY, I HAVE TALKED WITH
OTHER WRITERS.
SEVEN IN 10 AGREE ABOUT PAYING
MORE TAXES BECAUSE THEY USED
UBER AND LYFT EVERY DAY TO GO
TO WORK AT HOME.
SO, YEAH.
I HOPE YOUR DECISION IS NOT
BASED ON THE INTEREST GROUP,
BASED ON THE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
>> INC.
YOU POINT
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> CRYSTAL?
THEN ELIANA POINT
>> THANK YOU.
THAT AFTERNOON, TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS
CRYSTAL, AND THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK
BRIEFLY TODAY.
I AM A PART-TIME LYFT AND UBER
DRIVER, AND A FULL-TIME
CAREGIVER FOR FAMILY MEMBERS.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE OVER
1500 RIDES IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS, AS A WAY TO SUPPLEMENT
MY INCOME.
THAT WORKS BEST FOR ME, WHICH
IS USUALLY LATE AT NIGHT.
AND, I HAVE MANY FRIENDS, WHO
ARE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, AND
ARE ONLY ABLE TO DO THIS TYPE
OF WORK LATE AT NIGHT.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TAX THE
MAYOR IS PROPOSING, ON
RIDESHARE, I FIRST THINK ABOUT
THE PASSENGERS THAT I DRIVE.
AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE HOME
PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE HAD TOO
MANY DRINKS, TO KEEP THE ROADS
SAFE.
YOU KNOW, BY HELPING THEM OUT.
I FEEL THAT THIS TAX WOULD BE A
STEP BACKWARDS, IN ADDRESSING
THOSE ISSUES FOR SAFER AND MORE
ACCESSIBLE STREETS.
SO, PLEASE TAKE THESE REMARKS
INTO CONSIDERATION, WHEN VOTING
ON THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU CRYSTAL.
AFTER ELIANA IS MOHAMMED, OKAY,
YOU WILL BE AFTER ELIANA AND
THEN, AS IT ELICITS I'M SORRY,
I AM MASHING THAT.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS ELIANA, I AM HERE
WEARING MY NEW PRODUCTION
COALITION TODAY RITA I DO NOT
HAVE ROSES OR RHETORIC TODAY.
I SPENT MOST OF THE REST OF
TODAY IN A SWEET AND ICE COME
HERE ASKING YOU TO DEFUND THE
NAVIGATING, AND I MET SOMEBODY
WHOSE STORY TODAY REALLY
ENCAPSULATE WHY I KEEP COMING
HERE, SAYING THIS IS A PROGRAM
THAT IS CAUSING ENORMOUS HARM,
AND LITTLE TO NO BENEFIT.
WENDY AND HER ADULT SON WERE
SWEPT WITH 30 MINUTES NOTICE
TODAY, THEY WERE TOLD THEY WERE
AN OBSTRUCTION.
THEY WERE IN BETWEEN PILLARS
SUPPORTING I-5 NEAR THE GREEN
LAKE PARK-AND-RIDE.
THEY WERE NOT BLOCKING
ANYBODY'S ACCESS TO ANYTHING.
THEY WERE SWEPT SUNDAY AS WELL.
THEY HAVE BEEN SWEPT MORE TIMES
THAN THEY CAN COUNT.
WENDY HAS EXPERIENCED ENORMOUS
TRAUMA THROUGH HER LIFE,
INCLUDING BEING INTIMATE
VIOLENCE SURVIVOR.
SHE IS BEING RETRAUMATIZED,
SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES PER
WEEK WITH OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
AND SHE IS NOT GETTING HELPED.
SHE HAS BEEN RESULTED IN
SHELTERS AND HAD HER
POSSESSIONS STOLEN.
SHE IS NOT WILLING TO TAKE
REFERRAL TO ANOTHER SHELTER.
WE NEED TO KEEP INVESTING IN
THINGS THAT ARE HELPING PEOPLE
AND NOT PUTTING ALL OF THIS
MONEY INTO TRAUMATIZING HER
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS.
>> THANK YOU ELIANA.
MOHAMMED, AND I WILL TRY ONE
MORE TIME ON THIS NAME.
ABCDL LETTER W KBD --
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE PROCEED.
>> MY NAME IS MOHAMMED, I HAVE
BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER SIX AND
HALF YEARS, WITH 6679 PICKUPS,
WITH THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF 4.9.
HAVING SAID THAT, DRIVERS WITH
NO REASON LAST YEAR, THIS MONTH
THEY MAKE ME DEACTIVATE WHEN I
WENT BACK TO ASK THEM, THEY SAY
THAT SOMEBODY OPENED YOUR PHONE
FROM NIGERIA, WHICH I HAVE NO
ANY CLUE.
SINCE THEN, I WAS BACK AND
FORTH TO KEEP ASKING THEM,
NOBODY HAS TOLD ME WHAT WENT
WRONG, OR SOMETHING, OR, THEY
FIX IT ON THE CONDITION THAT I
HAVE TO GO BACK TO WORK.
I HAVE A BIG FAMILY TO SIX
CHILDREN.
THE REASON WHY I AM SUPPORTING
DRIVERS SOLIDARITY IS ONE
POINT, BECAUSE THE MONEY
PROPOSED HERE, IF IT COMES TO
THE DRIVERS, BECAUSE THE
DRIVERS HAVE NO BENEFIT.
AND, NO WHATSOEVER 401(K) OR
ANY TYPE OF BENEFIT.
IF I AM FOR IN AN ACCIDENT,
THERE IS NO WAY I CAN SUPPORT
MY KIDS.
I HAVE BEEN LIFTED DRIVER FOR
ALMOST A YEAR NOW.
ONE CAN WONDER HOW I CAN
SURVIVE, BEING IN THE BUSINESS
OR 15 YEARS, SOMEBODY WILL
PICK UP TWO OR THREE TRIPS AND
IS CUT IT BACK AND GIVE ME ONE
TRIP, THAT IS HOW WE SURVIVE.
I THINK I WENT ALMOST ALL OF
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS I TALKED TO
THEM IN PERSON I KNOW THEM.
SO, I NEED THIS THING IS PASSED
TO GET HELP BETWEEN THE DRIVERS,
THERE IS NO DIVISION.
WE ARE ONE.
WE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
I ASK YOU TO WRAP UP AND WE CAN
TAKE THE NEXT SPEAKER.
>> OKAY.
SUCH I WISH YOU FOR YOUR TIME
POINT
>> THINGS.
>> DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
BUT ATTEMPT ME.
>> OH, OKAY.
I APOLOGIZE.
GIVE HIM 30 MORE SECONDS, AND
LET HIM FINISH.
>> I WISH I CAN SAY SOMETHING
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO APPRECIATE
THAT, YOU KNOW, IN RIGHT NOW,
WE ARE SUFFERING THE DIVISION
OVER NO REGULATION, WE ARE
SUFFERING AS MEMBERS OF
DRIVERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, YOU NICK ALANA?
NOW, WE WILL HAVE A LIST THAT
MAY HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, SO LET
ME KNOW, MAMADOU DLO?
MOHAMMED AHMED??
RASHID ALEO? OKAY.
I DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY
OUTSIDE.
OKAY.
LET ME JUST RUN THROUGH THESE
TO MAKE SURE I AM BEING FAIR.
SIMON?
WE ARE GETTING REAL CLOSE.
TO MY BUDDY DALE BRYCE.
ANDREW? HUMBERTO SOUZA, SETH
WILSON?
OKAY, GOOD.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS HUMBERTO SOUZA
AND I AM A A RATING RIDESHARE
DRIVER.
AM HERE TO SHOW MY OPPOSITION
TO THIS UNFAIR SHARE PLAN.
I CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANOTHER
$.50, NOR CAN I STAND TO LOSE
$1800 PER YEAR.
LIMITED RIDESHARING IN SEATTLE,
THIS DOES NOT HELP US AT ALL.
IF THE CITY OF SEATTLE REALLY
WANTED TO HELP US, IT SHOULD
CONSIDER PROPOSING DRIVE
FORWARDS, CONSULTANTS PLAN TO
HELP DRIVERS.
ANTICIPATING BY THE COMPANY,
AND DRIVER ASSOCIATION VOTED ON
BY ALL DRIVERS. DRIVE LETTER
AND ACTIVATION REVIEW PANEL,
THE 5 TO 10 SENT FEE INCREASE
THAT WOULD NOT HARM OUR
EARNINGS.
I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD PUT
POLITICS ASIDE TO CREATE THE
NATION'S FIRST FRAME OF WORK
FOR REGULATING AND PLACING
WRITERS FIRST.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
SETH WILSON?
GUERIN DAVID DESANTIS? ABUBAKAR?
LE?
ALL RIGHT, DELBERT.
COME ON DALE.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
NEED TO SIGN 7:00 TOMORROW
MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE, I
APPRECIATE YOU I KNOW IT HAS
BEEN A LONG DAY FOR SOME OF
YOU, MOST ACTUALLY.
ELIAS PARK IS A GREAT THING,
NICE TO HEAR HOPEFULLY WE WILL
CONSIDER THAT TO THAT OF A GOOD
THING.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD FOR PUTTING FORWARD THE
PROPOSAL TO DROP THE 2.5
MILLION, ONLY PUTTING THAT IN
FRONT OF PRIORITY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AS SOON AS IT PASSES
THE COUNCIL.
RELIGIOUS EVENTUALLY DROP DOWN
TO 1 MILLION TO CREATE MORE
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY TO
ACCESS CAREERS IN THE BUILDING
TRADES.
THAT IS A PASSION OF MINE.
THE OTHER THING IS ANOTHER
PASSION, HARD WORK TO PUT
TOGETHER AS A CITY, AND I AM
REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT
OLS DOES AT TIMES IT IS NOT
PRETTY, BUT IT DOESN'T DO GREAT
WORK, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO FUND IT AND LOOK AT
THE ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS
TO CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE
IT TRULY STARTS IS EDUCATION
AND OUTREACH, ACCOMPANIED WITH
BUSINESSES AND LABOR.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DID EVERYBODY GET TO SPEAK?
WHO SIGNED UP?
ALL RIGHT.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE END OF
OUR DAY TODAY, THANK YOU ALL
FOR BEING ENGAGED, WE WILL SEE
YOU TOMORROW STARTING AT 9:30.