WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SEVEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> HERE.
> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> CARE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M SORRY I JUST LOGGED IN A
FEW MINUTES LATE THIS IS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
I AM HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DEPUTY CLERK.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES OF APRIL 20th, 2020
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
>>> PRESIDENT'S REPORT WE HAVE
A VERY, VERY, VERY FULL AGENDA
THIS MORNING.
I'M GOING TO DISPENSE WITH THAT
REPORT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
AND TRANSITION FIRST INTO THE
PRESENTATION OF THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT ON THE
AGENDA TODAY.
I'M GOING TO BE KEEPING TIME
ACCORDINGLY.
SO, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION WILL
BE A PRESENTATION ON SMALL
BUSINESS SUPPORT AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
WHICH COUNSELOR MORALES IS
GOING TO INTRODUCE AND MAKE
SOME INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
ABOUT.
THIS PRESENTATION IS SCHEDULED
TO GO 9:35 UNTIL 10:15.
I'LL GIVE FOLKS ABOUT A FIVE
MINUTE WARNING WHEN WE ARE
APPROACHING THAT 10:15 MARK SO
WE CAN WRAP IT UP AND HERE OUR
SECOND PRESENTATION.
SO COUNCILMEMBER, MORALES, GOOD
MORNING AT THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
AS YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
HAS NOT BEEN MEETING.
NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE BEEN
MEETING REGULARLY WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES TO
CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT
HOW WE BUILD COMMUNITY WEALTH
IN SEATTLE.
THIS IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT NOW
THAT WE ARE FACING A RECESSION,
AND A VERY LONG ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
BEGIN TO THINK STRATEGICALLY
ABOUT HOW WE REBUILD OUR
COMMUNITIES.
IN A WAY THAT ENSURES THE
RESILIENCE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
THAT ENSURES WORKER PROTECTIONS
AND SMALL BUSINESS
SUSTAINABILITY.
ALSO THE RIGHTS FOR OUR LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORS AND OUR BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TO STAY
ROOTED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE KNOW OUR CURRENT ECONOMIC
SYSTEM DOESN'T SERVICE ALL
EQUITABLY.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE, AS WE THINK
ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT SYSTEM
LOOKS LIKE, THAT OUR DECISIONS
ARE ROOTED IN HOW WE TAKE CARE
OF ONE ANOTHER.
SO, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PUT IN PLACE SYSTEMS THAT WILL
PREVENT DISASTER GENTRIFICATION.
PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE NEED SOLUTIONS THAT ENSURE
EVERYONE GETS TO BENEFIT FROM
THE CITY'S RECOVERY STRATEGIES
AND PROGRAMS.
THAT INCLUDES FACILITATING
PUBLIC INVESTMENT, TO STAVE OFF
MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT.
ENSURING COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF
LANDS, AND BUILDING WEALTH FOR
OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO, I HAVE ASKED OED TO SHARE
WITH US THE RESULTS OF THEIR
FIRST ROUND OF THE BUSINESS
STABILIZATION FUNDING.
THEIR APPROACH FOR THE SECOND
ROUND, AND ALSO SOME LESSONS
LEARNED FOR HOW TO REACH
BUSINESSES MOST IMPACTED BY THE
CURRENT SITUATION.
THEN, I'VE ALSO ASKED BETO
YARCE OF VENTURES AND MARIE
KUROSE OF THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO BRIEF US
TODAY ON WHAT CHALLENGES THEY
SEE.
AND WHAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE
THINKING ABOUT AS WE PLAN FOR A
MORE ADJUST FUTURE WHERE WE
BROADEN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EVERYONE.
SO, I WILL TURN IT OVER, ARE WE
HEARING FROM DIRECTOR LEE FIRST?
>> SURE.
IF THAT'S OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GET STARTED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR OED TO PRESENT
ON OUR WORK AROUND SMALL
BUSINESS STABILIZATION FUND.
I'LL BE REALLY BRIEF BECAUSE I
KNOW YOU HAVE A FULL AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS WE CAN
GUIDE THEM FOR MORE OF THE
DETAILS.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME,
IN THE UNITED STATES, SEATTLE
REGIONAL WAS THE FIRST TO FACE
THIS HISTORIC PANDEMIC.
I THE TIME THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND THE NATION
STARTED TO PAY ATTENTION, MANY
OF OUR SEATTLE SMALL BUSINESSES
WERE ALREADY LAYING OFF THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
IN JUST A FEW WEEKS,
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS JUMPED OVER
TENFOLD.
AS A RESULT, WE HAD TO MOVE
QUICKLY.
THE PANDEMIC IS ALSO HAVING
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT TO
SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS
AND REFUGEES.
MANY ARE STILL ON THEIR OWN,
HOPING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND
SHIPMENT PROGRAMS TO SCALE UP.
WITH WASHINGTON'S CONSTITUTION,
FEDERAL DOLLARS, WERE THE ONLY
FUND AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.
BUT THIS FUND WAS ALSO LIMITED
ENOUGH FOR ONLY 250 SMALL
BUSINESSES.
IT COMES WITH FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER TO PEDRO, I WOULD LIKE TO
ALSO THANK OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
FOR REDEPLOYING THEIR OWN STAFF
TO HELP US WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE HAD ADDITIONAL 20 STAFF THAT
WAS REASSIGNED TO HELP OED AS
MANY WORK LATE NIGHTS AND OVER
THE WEEKENDS TO COMPLETE THIS
PROJECT.
WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
PEDRO GOMEZ, WHO WAS THE
PROJECT SPONSOR FOR THE SMALL
BUSINESS STABILIZATION FUND
PROGRAM AND HAS WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THIS PROJECT
A SUCCESS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
PEDRO.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR LEE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE
MY SCREEN SO I CAN GO OVER TO
PRESENTATION.
OKAY.
MY FIRST TIME PRESENTING ON
ZOOM.
CAN EVERYONE SEE?
CAN FOLKS SEE MY SCREEN?
>> YES, WE CAN SEE IT.
>> OKAY, PERFECT.
IT'S ALSO MY FIRST TIME
PRESENTING TO CITY COUNCIL, SO
VERY INTERESTING THAT I'M DOING
IT VIA ZOOM.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO
PRESENT ON THE STABILIZATION
FUND.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT I THINK WAS
-- I'M NOT ONLY SPEAKING FOR
MYSELF BUT FOR THE MANY STAFF
THAT WORKED ON IT.
NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE MANY
HOURS THAT WERE SPENT ON THIS,
BUT BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD TO
HAVE WITHBUSINESS OWNERS.
TALKING TO HUNDREDS OF EMAILS
AND PHONE NUMBERS.
WITH THAT, I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT
IN.
SO, THE SMALL BUSINESS
STABILIZATION FUND, THIS WAS AN
EXPANSION OF A PROGRAM -- A
PILOT PROGRAM WE LAUNCHED LAST
YEAR.
WAS AN EMERGENCY FUND THAT
PROVIDED WORKING CAPITAL TO
SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AMOUNT
OF $10,000.
THE FUND -- IT IS FUNDED BY
CITY DOLLARS.
WE INITIALLY STARTED WITH 2.5
MILLION EARLIER THIS YEAR.
NOW, THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING
ADDING ANOTHER 1.5.
THE MAYOR DIRECTED US TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE FOCUSING THE
OUTREACH ON HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNEW WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN, AND NOW IT IS
PROVEN TO HAVE HAPPENED, IS
THAT THE LOANS AND PROGRAMS
BEING OFFERED BY OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WERE NOT GOING TO
REACH COMMUNITY, ALL
COMMUNITIES THE SAME WAY.
SO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE MADE THIS AS BIG OF AN
EFFORT TO REACH ALL
COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE
THAT ARE UNDERSERVED.
AND HAD PEOPLE DO THAT.
IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THAT,
BECAUSE WE WERE WEIGHING OUT
WHAT WAS GOING TO BE BETTER.
IF IT IS FIRST COME FIRST
SERVED, OR SOMETHING ELSE.
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, JUST
WASN'T GOING TO WORK FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
GIVEN ACCESS TO RESOURCES, AND
OTHER INFORMATION, SOMETIMES
FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE JUST
NOT GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONES
TO APPLY.
WE DECIDED TO GO WITH A LOTTERY
PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT GRANTS
WERE AWARDED TO BUSINESSES.
WITH THAT PROCESS, IT RESULTED
IN NEARLY 80% OF GRANTS GOING
TO BUSINESSES THAT IDENTIFY AS
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
ON THE RIGHT, YOU WILL SEE A MAP
OF THE FOLKS THAT RECEIVED THE
GRANT.
THE DOTS IN BLUE ARE BUSINESSES
THAT ARE LOCATED IN HIGH
DISPLACEMENT AREAS.
THE DOTS IN ORANGE ARE LOW
DISPLACEMENT AREAS.
AFTER ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS 10
-- I THINK IT WAS LIKE 12 DAYS
THAT WE LEFT THE APPLICATION
PROCESS OPEN.
WE RECEIVED 9000 APPLICATIONS
FROM BUSINESS OWNERS.
NEARLY 9000 APPLICATIONS FROM
BUSINESS OWNERS.
A LOT OF THOSE WERE NOT LOCATED
IN SEATTLE.
WE ACTUALLY GOT APPLICATIONS
FROM AS FAR AS MIAMI AND NEW
YORK AND OTHER PLACES.
SO, WE HAD TO GET THOSE OUT.
AFTER WE REMOVED THOSE
BUSINESSES WE WERE LEFT WITH
APPROXIMATELY 6000, OF WHICH
252 RECEIVED A $10,000 GRANT.
OUTREACH WAS CONDUCTED IN
COLLABORATION WITH OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT PARTNERS.
SO, LOCAL, MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATIONS, SMALL CHAMBERS,
OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS LIKE
VENTURES.
I SEE BETHEL ON HERE.
THEY WERE SUPER HELPFUL AS WELL
TO GET THE WORD OUT.
SOCIAL MEDIA OF COURSE WAS USED.
WE ALSO POSTED REGULAR UPDATES
ON OUR WEBSITE AND THROUGH OUR
WEEKLY WEBINAR THAT WE CONDUCT
EVERY WEDNESDAY.
WHICH BY THE WAY IS ATTRACTING
ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO 200
BUSINESS OWNERS EVERY WEDNESDAY.
THAT'S ALSO BEEN A GREAT OUTLET.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR TRIAGE
TEAM.
THAT IS THE TEAM IN OUR OFFICE
THAT IS FOCUSED ON RESPONDING
TO PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS.
THEY WERE RECEIVING, THEY WERE
RESPONDING TO OVER 100.
THIS TEAM USED TO BE JUST ONE
PERSON RIGHT AT THE FRONT DESK
THAT WOULD WORK ON THESE EMAILS.
BECAUSE OF THE STABILIZATION
FUND, AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF CALLS AND EMAILS WE ARE
GETTING, THEY PLAYED A KEY
ROLE.
WE ENDED UP EXPANDING THAT TEAM
TO SIX OR SEVEN FOLKS THAT
SPENT HOURS AND HOURS
RESPONDING.
BY THE WAY, THIS PARTICULAR
EFFORT HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY
MEANINGFUL TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
I CAN'T SAY HOW MANY BUSINESS
OWNERS ARE JUST HAPPY TO BE
ABLE TO TALK TO SOMEONE.
DURING THESE TIMES, PEOPLE ARE
NOT PICKING UP THEIR PHONES,
NOT RESPONDING TO THEIR EMAILS.
WE WERE, SO THAT PROVED TO BE A
HUGE SUCCESS.
SO, HERE IS ONE FAMILY THAT
RECEIVED THE STABILIZATION FUND.
IT IS A RESTAURANT CALLED
FOREIGN HI THE OWNER, WHO IS ON
THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, HE EMPLOYS
HIS PARENTS, AND HE EMPLOYS HIS
BROTHER, AND NOT IN THE PICTURE
IS ALSO HIS WIFE.
IT IS A FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANT.
BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCATED IN
BELLTOWN, THEY DEPEND A TON ON
THE WORKERS FROM AMAZON AND
OTHERS IN SOUTH LAKE UNION.
SINCE EVERYONE STARTED WORKING
FROM HOME, THEIR BUSINESS
DIPPED 80%.
THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO THEM,
THIS LAST WEEK, WHEN I CALLED
TO CHECK ON HIM, IT WAS ABOUT
4:00.
THEY HAD ONLY MADE 80 BUCKS.
IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH, TOUGH TIME.
THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH
THIS STABILIZATION FUND.
IS GOING TO HELP THEM AT LEAST
REMAIN IN THEIR A COUPLE MORE
MONTHS.
THE OTHER THING WE WERE ABLE TO
DO AT OED WAS REACH OUT TO
THEIR LANDLORD, WHICH IS A
GREAT PARTNER OF OURS.
PLYMOUTH HOUSING.
PLYMOUTH HOUSING HAS PUSHED
BACK RENT FOR ALL OF THEIR
SMALL BUSINESS TENANTS FOR A
COUPLE MONTHS.
THAT HAS BEEN SUPER HELPFUL TO
FOLKS LIKE THIS FAMILY.
>>> HERE'S A COUPLE OTHER
EXAMPLES OF BUSINESS OWNERS
THAT RECEIVED THE FUNDS.
A CAFE IN SOUTH LAKE UNION.
AND A DJ IN McCOOK.
YOU WILL SEE THEY BOTH HAVE
AMAZING STORIES.
AND ARE DOING GREAT WORK IN THE
COMMUNITY.
>>> NEXT STEP, THE MAYOR IS
PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 1.5
MILLION TO BE ADDED TO THE FUND.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO WRITE UP
ANOTHER HUNDRED 50 BUSINESS
OWNERS WITH $10,000 GRANTS.
TO HELP DURING THIS CRISIS.
THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED A
SEPARATE FUND ALSO TO ACCEPT
PRIVATE DONATIONS.
TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEE RETENTION
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THE FUND IS FUNDED BY DOLLARS
WHICH IS MEANT TO REACH A
TARGETED GROUP OF BUSINESS
OWNERS.
A LOT OF THEM DON'T QUALIFY.
THEY ARE USING PRIVATE
DONATIONS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO
SUPPORT OTHER BUSINESSES.
OED IS ALSO CURRENTLY
DEVELOPING AN EQUITY HOUSING
FRAMEWORK FOR FUTURE FUNDING
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.
DESPITE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT
WERE DONE TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE IN SUPPORT OF ALL
COMMUNITIES, WE KNOW THAT MORE
CAN BE DONE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ALWAYS APPLYING EQUITY TO ALL
OF OUR PROJECTS.
FINALLY, ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED
WAS WE KIND OF HAVE TO -- LAST
YEAR THE PILOT WE HAD 200,000.
NOW WE HAVE 2.5 MILLION.
WE HAVE TO SCALE VERY QUICKLY.
IN FUTURE ROUNDS, OR FUTURE
GRANT PROGRAMS, WE ARE WORKING
WITH A FRONT TO DEVELOP AN
APPLICATION/DATA MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A
TON OF HUMAN POWER, A TON OF
FOLKS AVAILABLE TO HELP US,
THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN AUTOMATED.
THAT WOULD HAVE MADE -- WOULD
HAVE SPED UP THE PROCESS AND
ALLOWED US TO GET THIS MONEY
OUT THE DOOR A LITTLE QUICKER.
BUT THOSE WERE A COUPLE BIG
LESSONS LEARNED I THINK.
WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY
QUESTIONS?
I WAS HOPING TO KEEP IT UNDER
FIVE MINUTES.
I KNOW IT IS A PACKED SCHEDULE.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR
PEDRO?
ANY COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, PAGER, SO MUCH.
>> I PLEASE HAVE ONE QUESTION.
>> THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
I HAVE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF
THE BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT 7
WHO HAVE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF
THIS SUPPORT.
IT IS JUST SO OVERWHELMINGLY
APPRECIATED.
IN A TIME WHEN OTHER SOURCES OF
RELIEF ARE SLOWER COMING.
OR NOT COMING AT ALL.
THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACT
SWIFTLY TO GET IN THERE AND
PROVIDE THIS RELIEF.
IT'S INCREDIBLE AND PEOPLE ARE
VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT.
I DID JUST WANT TO ASK, BECAUSE
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
SOBERING, IS JUST THAT WE HAVE
6000 FOLKS WHO APPLIED, YOU
KNOW, EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES WE ARE PUTTING INTO
THIS, WE ARE ONLY ON TRACK FOR
ABOUT A 7% RATE OF PROVIDING
BUSINESSES WHO QUALIFY THIS
RELIEF.
I WAS WONDERING, IF THERE HAD
BEEN CONSIDERATION, JUST
BECAUSE I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER
OF BUSINESSES WHO HAVE INDICATED
THAT IF THEY WERE TO RECEIVE
RELIEF IN THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT
$5000, OR AN AMOUNT LESS THAN
$10,000, IT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR
THEIR SPECIFIC NEEDS.
IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH THE
CRISIS.
I WONDER IF THERE IS POTENTIAL
SCOPE FOR SOME OF THE NEW MONEY
TO GO TO A REDUCED AMOUNT IN
ORDER TO STRETCH IT OUT OVER A
HIGHER NUMBER OF APPLICANTS
POTENTIALLY.
I WONDER WHAT POSSIBLE
LIMITATIONS THERE WOULD BE
THERE IF IT HAD BEEN
CONSIDERED.
I KNOW THAT THE SOLUTION SHOULD
BE GETTING MORE FEDERAL MONEY
SO THAT WE CAN HONOR ALL OF
THESE REQUESTS, I THINK IT IS
SOME OF THE BEST RELIEF THAT WE
HAVE BEEN DOING AS A CITY.
I DID WANT TO THROW OUT AND SEE
IF THAT HAS BEEN A
CONSIDERATION.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
BUSINESSES WERE A $5000 GRANT
COULD HELP THEM GET THROUGH,
AND THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO
STRETCH THE RESOURCES A LITTLE
FURTHER GIVING THE MASSING THE
BAND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
A QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVED
MANY TIMES.
WHEN WE FIRST LAUNCHED THIS
PROGRAM, WE WERE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THAT MAGIC
NUMBER?
OR IS THERE A MAGIC NUMBER?
CAN WE INSTEAD JUST GIVE FOLKS
WHAT THEY APPLIED FOR.
IF THEY APPLIED FOR THREE GRAND
OR FIVE GRAND.
ULTIMATELY, WE ENDED UP LANDING
ON 10,000 FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE OF THOSE BIG REASONS IS
THAT FOR A LOT OF SMALL
BUSINESSES, WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THE AVERAGE RENT IN
SEATTLE, RENT IS BETWEEN EIGHT
AND $10,000.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG
THIS PANDEMIC IS GOING TO GO
FOR, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING
LET'S AT LEAST BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH
ONE MONTH RENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ENDED UP SORT OF
LANDING ON BECAUSE OF WHAT THE
AVERAGE RENT IN SEATTLE IS FOR
A SMALL BUSINESS.
WE ALSO WANTED TO GIVE BUSINESS
OWNERS AN AMOUNT THAT WOULD
ALLOW THEM TO HELP WITH WAGES.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FIVE
EMPLOYEES OR LESS TO ALSO BE
ABLE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES.
SO, FOR FUTURE ROUNDS, WE ARE
CONSIDERING THAT.
WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE
DATA TO SHOW WHAT THE PERFECT
AMOUNT IS.
NOT THAT THERE IS ONE.
I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR LATER
ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
THAT WE CONDUCTED.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO TELL US
A LOT MORE ABOUT THE STORY, THE
NEED, AND WILL HELP SHAPE
FUTURE PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU, PEDRO FOR THE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR
THAT QUESTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
RAISED HER HAND.
>> THANK YOU, I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
THIS PARTICULAR FUND.
THE CONCERN I'M HEARING MOST
FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERS IS THEIR
FRUSTRATION AROUND THE PPP
PROGRAM.
ADMINISTERED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
I KNOW IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE A
EXERCISE IN FUTILITY GIVEN WHAT
WE KNOW NOW ABOUT THAT PROGRAM,
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, IS OED
OFFERING ANY TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE? WHAT BEST ADVICE DO
YOU HAVE FOR SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS WHO ARE TRYING TO ACCESS
THAT FUND?
GIVEN THAT IT, WITH LAST WEEK'S
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION HAS BEEN
REPLENISHED.
AND THEN, THE LAST PIECES I'M
WONDERING, PART OF THE FEDERAL,
FEDERAL PACKAGE WAS $60 BILLION
FOR CDF I, AND CREDIT -- I'M
LOSING THE -- LOSING THE TERM.
NOT A BANK BUT A CREDIT UNION.
I'M WONDERING WHAT YOU CAN TELL
ME ABOUT HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE
GOING TO BE DISPERSED, BOTH TO
LOCAL CREDIT UNIONS AND CFI'S,
AND OUT TO BUSINESSES, THANK
YOU.
>> THIS IS BOBBY LEE.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU.
I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG AGENDA.
AT OED WE HAVE A 15 PERSON TEAM
THAT ANSWERS THE PHONES FROM
THOSE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE SBA LOAN.
AND GRANT PRODUCTS.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH
OTHER COMPANIES TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE LANGUAGE ACCESS CAPACITY
AS WELL.
WE HAVE OUR TEAM ON STANDBY
RIGHT NOW TO ANSWER PHONE CALLS.
WE HAVE HAD THAT TEAM UP AND
RUNNING FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW.
WITH THE NEW VOTE BY CONGRESS,
WE KNOW THE PHONES ARE GOING TO
START BRINGING.
WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS READY TO
GO TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
THE SECOND PART IS WE ALSO
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT GROUPS AND BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
THROUGH OUR OEM SEATTLE PROGRAM
WE HAVE A PROACTIVE TEAM THAT
IS WORKING TO EDUCATE OUR
PARTNERS AROUND HOW TO HELP
SMALL BUSINESS AROUND TA.
THE LAST PART IS THIS IS A
REALLY EXCITING TIME WHERE WE
CAN NOW START TO USE OUR OWN
CDF I AGENCIES WHO SPECIALIZE
IN SBA LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM
TO GET CAPITAL SO THEY CAN
PROVIDE THE LOANS PARTICULARLY
TO OUR UNDERSERVEDCOMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A NEW ENDEAVOR THAT IS
BACKED BY SBA.
WE WILL FRONT SOME MONEY
HOPEFULLY AT THE CITY LEVEL BUT
EVENTUALLY WE WILL GET PAID
BACK BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS AN AREA WE ARE LOOKING
INTO.
WE HOPE YOU HAVE A PROGRAM UP
AND RUNNING PRETTY SOON.
>> THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.
THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR, THANK YOU
DIRECTOR LEE.
IT IS 9:55.
I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO CUT
THE NEXT PRESENTER SHORT.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO BETO
YARCE FROM VENTURES WHO IS
GOING TO WALK US THROUGH HIS
PRESENTATION.
WELCOME, BETO, THE FLOOR IS
YOURS.
YOU ARE ON THE STILL.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
ARE YOU GUYS ABLE TO SEE MY
SCREEN?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
SO, I WILL START WITH THE
MISSION.
YOU GUYS SEE THAT IS FOR
MISSION.
LET ME JUST SEE.
THERE YOU GO.
SO, VENTURE IS AN ORGANIZATION
THAT HA BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR
25 YEARS.
WE ARE IN MICRO LENDER.
I AM EXCITED THAT THE
PRESENTATION STARTED FROM
PEDRO, AND THE GREAT QUESTION
FROM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO MORE WORK
WITH CDFI AND HOW WE CAN
COLLABORATE THIS WORK.
REALLY THE WORK WE'VE BEEN
DOING FOR 25 YEARS IS IN LOW
INCOME AREAS.
TO BASICALLY HELP THEM THROUGH
MICRO ENTERPRISE AND MICRO
LENDING TO MOVE OUT OF POVERTY.
THE FIVE VALUES ARE COMMUNITY,
CLIENT SUCCESS, EMPOWERMENT,
INTEGRITY, DIVERSITY AND
INTEGRATION.
THAT'S EXACTLY HOW WE DO THINGS
EVERY DAY ADVENTURES.
THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT OF OUR
NUMBERS OF WHO DO WE SERVE.
THAT WAY YOU GUYS HAVE A BETTER
IDEA.
MANY OF YOU HAVE WORKED AND
COLLABORATED WITH VENTURES OVER
THE YEAR.
BUT, WHEN I SAY COVER IN 2014
AS THE CEO, I REBRANDED AND
CHANGED EVERYTHING THROUGH
VENTURES.
WE SERVE ABOUT 600 INDIVIDUALS
PER YEAR.
AVERAGE CLIENTS ARE FOR A
FAMILY OF $24,000.
WE HAVE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT
ON THIS NOW.
WE JUST RECEIVED A FEDERAL
GRANT THAT ALLOWED US TO EXPAND.
EVEN WITH COVID-19, WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD AND WE ARE
EXPANDING INTO SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
75% OF OUR CLIENTS ARE WOMEN.
65% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
35% ARE IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
3% ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS.
THIS IS A PART THAT I'M VERY
PROUD OF I AM THE FOUNDER OF
THE LATIN MIX PROGRAM.
THAT'S HOW I STARTED WORKING
WITH VENTURES WHEN I HAD MY OWN
BUSINESSES.
THAT IS MY BACKGROUND.
I HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN MY BLOOD.
I DECIDED TO FOUND THIS PROGRAM
FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH TO
SERVE OUR LATINO COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE BEEN SERVING FOR MORE
THAN 10 YEARS, AND WE HAVE
SERVED MORE THAN 1000
ENTREPRENEURS IN THE LATIN
COMMUNITY.
I'M VERY PROUD OF.
WE DO EVERYTHING IN ENGLISH AND
EVERYTHING IN SPANISH.
SO ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ARE IN
ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
SO, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
MURAL.
I AM TRYING TO GO AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL
OF THE TIME.
THIS IS EXACTLY HOW OUR MODEL
WORKS.
THE REASON THAT OUR MODEL IS
VERY SUCCESSFUL IN LOW INCOME
INDIVIDUALS AND UNDERSERVED
POPULATION IS BECAUSE WE HAVE
CREATED OUR OWN -- WE'VE
UTILIZED A LOT OF THE DATA THAT
THINGS HOW HAVE THEY BEEN
WORKING.
HOW DO WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE?
ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED.
SO, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
BRINGS ME A LOT OF JOY TO KIND
OF LIKE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE I
HAVE.
I ALWAYS SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF
I LEARNED BREAK EVEN POINT,
THAT IS A HUGE COMPONENT.
I LEARNED THAT WHEN I WAS EIGHT
BECAUSE MY MOM TAUGHT ME THAT
WITH A BOX OF CHOCOLATE.
THAT IS PRIVILEGE.
I LEARNED THAT WHEN I WAS A
YOUNG KID.
WITH MY FIRST BUSINESS WHICH
WAS SELLING CANDY.
SO, I ALWAYS SHARE THAT BECAUSE
IT IS THAT THAT CHANGED THE WAY
THAT I THINK.
MANY OF THE POPULATIONS WE THINK
DON'T HAVE THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THIS
MODEL.
WE STARTED WITH THE CENTER,
WHICH IS AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM.
BASICALLY YOU COMPLETE A
BUSINESS PLAN.
AFTER THAT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO
THE WHOLE NETWORK, WHICH IS
COURSES, COACHING, CAPITAL
INCUBATION, AND THEN IT IS NON-
STOPPING.
IT IS ALWAYS ONGOING.
THESE COMMUNITIES NEED THESE.
YOU SEE CAPITAL ON THE BOTTOM.
CAPITAL IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN
THE 25 YEARS. THAT IS NOT THE
ONLY THING THAT IS IMPORTANT
FOR ALL THESE BUSINESSES.
THEY NEED THEIR ONLY VOICE. I
MAKE IT FUNNY THAT ACCESS TO
CAPITAL IS THE SOLUTION.
IS NOT REALLY. IT'S TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE ESPECIALLY IF YOU
DON'T KNOW HOW TO LEARN A
BUSINESS.
IN TWO YEARS OF THE BUSINESS
BASIC COURSE, PEOPLE WERE OUT OF
POVERTY, 40% OF OUR
ENTREPRENEURS GOT PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE.
ALL THIS DATA IS KEEP TRACK AND
IS TRANSPARENCY.
WE HAVE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THIS
THROUGH THE FUNDS THAT WE
RECEIVED, FEDERAL GRANTS, CDFI,
SO THIS MONEY HAS TO BE PROVED.
THE TRANSPARENCY OF OUR DATA
HAS TO BE EXISTING.
SO THAT WE HAVE AN AUDIT EVERY
YEAR.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL THIS
INFORMATION IS TRUE.
BUSINESS PROVIDE 80% OF
BUSINESS ARE STILL IN OPERATION
AND BUSINESS REVENUE INCREASE
BY 28%.
ABOUT $500PER MONTH.
BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS IN THEIR
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY
GENERATE JOBS, AND THEY DO.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HOW
MANY OF THE POPULATIONS WE
SERVE ARE GENERATING JOBS.
RIGHT NOW IT IS A BIG CRISIS
BECAUSE MICRO ENTERPRISES
DEFINITELY EMPLOY A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
I ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MICRO
SMALL BUSINESS.
WE ALWAYS GENERALIZE THIS MICRO
SMALL BUSINESS.
THIS IS A LAND WHERE WE ARE AN
EXPERT.
IT IS FROM 1 TO 5 EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE.
THEY ARE FACING FORECLOSURE,
GOING OUT OF BUSINESSES, AND
EVEN HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE HAD BUSINESSES IN OUR
HISTORY THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN HOMELESS, THEY COME TO OUR
PROGRAMS AND THEY MOVE OUT OF
THE HOMELESSNESS.
RIGHT NOW I'M VERY WORRIED
ABOUT SO MANY OF OUR CLIENT,
THEY ARE FACING CHALLENGES.
THEY ARE ALSO WORKERS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE FULL-TIME
JOBS AND THEY ARE ALSO FACING
THE CHALLENGE OF LOSING THEIR
BUSINESS.
I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT.
EFFICIENCY.
TO THOSE LACKING LIQUIDITY ON
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
WE NEED TO MOVE AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.
I SEND A BLOG, I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ
THAT BLOG, THAT IS ON THE
BOTTOM OF THIS PRESENTATION.
THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE ARE
RESPONDING. IN A WEEK WE WERE
ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN 60
GRANTS.
BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FRIENDS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR
FRIENDS WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS THINK
ABOUT THE SOLUTION IS MONEY,
STRATEGY, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,
COACHING, ACCESS TO MARKETS,
AND THEN WHERE ARE PEOPLE
IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY?
WE NEED TO CREATE A CRISIS
STRATEGY.
SOME QUESTION THAT I RECEIVED
FROM YOU GUYS, THROUGH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
I ALWAYS FORGET TO USE THE MORE
FORMAL -- SO, HOW ARE THE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS WORKING FOR
MICRO SMALL BUSINESSES AND
SMALL BUSINESSES?
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR THE
PROGRAMS?
THEY ARE NOT WORKING.
THE MONEY IS NOT BEING
DISTRIBUTED.
THE MONEY WAS DISTRIBUTED TO
BIG BANKS FIRST.
IT WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION AND
NOT ENOUGH FUNDING.
THEY WERE NOT PREPARED TO
SUPPORT COMPANIES.
WE KNOW ALL THAT.
SO, WITH THE VENTURES
EXPERIENCE ANOTHER WORD WE HAVE
BEEN DOING IS THE SBA LENDER.
WE COULDN'T DEPLOY THE MONEY
FASTER.
THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED WITH
THE SECOND RUN.
WE ARE EXPLORING ON WORKING ON
THAT.
WE DID OUR OWN PPP PROGRAM.
THE REASON THAT WE DID IT IS
BECAUSE WE WORK WITH A SMALL
BANK.
WE KNOW HAVE TO NAVIGATE THE
SYSTEM.
MY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR LAURA
FLETCHER IS AMAZING AND SHE
KNOWS HOW TO DO IT.
ONE OF MY BOARD MEMBERS IS A BP
AT COLUMBIA BANK.
WE HAVE INFORMATION, WE HAVE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
SO, ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHAT
ARE THE MAJOR ISSUES FOR MICRO
SMALL BUSINESS IN THE NEXT 12
MONTHS, I CALL IT CREATIVE
CAPITAL.
A COMBINATION OF GRANTS AND
EMERGENCY LOANS.
SMALL BUSINESSES NEED FINANCIAL
SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER
FROM THE CRISIS.
THIS IS NOT WHERE WE ARE ASKING
FOR FREE MONEY OR GRANTS, THIS
IS INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE OF COLOR, IMMIGRANTS,
REFUGEES, MOST UNDERSERVED.
IF NOT THEY ARE GOING TO BE
ERASED, AND ALL THIS WORK WE
HAVE BEEN DOING FOR 25 YEARS IS
GOING TO BE ERASED.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START
ALL OVER AGAIN.
I AM NOT EXAGGERATING.
I AM JUST SEEING THAT IT IS
HAPPENING.
AGAIN, I KNOW THE CITY IS
FACING A LOT OF CHALLENGES AND
CRISIS ON BUDGETS.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE
CREATE A REDUCTION OF BUSINESS
THAT ARE ABLE TO REOPEN AGAIN.
ACCESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND FOR SUPPORT TO HELP
BUSINESS GET BACK TO NORMAL.
I HEAR THAT FROM OED.
I KNOW THEY ARE DOING WORK ON
THAT.
BUSINESS COACHING.
AND MENTORSHIP TO HELP
BUSINESSES RECOVER PEOPLE IN
BUSINESS.
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE
ENTREPRENEURIAL.
SOME WILL FIGURE OUT THERE ON.
THINK ABOUT THE ONES THAT DON'T
HAVE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
WE NEED TO STEP UP FOR THEM.
SO, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A
QUESTION THAT IS LIKE HOW DO WE
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP
OUR WORKERS AS AN ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE HAVING AN IMPACT.
WE HAVE A VENTURES MARKETPLACE.
IN THE FIRST WEEK OF COVID-19
WE HAVE TO LAY OFF SIX
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OUR RETAIL
ASSOCIATES.
IT WAS VERY, VERY HARD.
WE HELP THEM TO NAVIGATE THE
SYSTEM ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE WITH A LOT OF
SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO, I HEAR EMPLOYEES
FRUSTRATION.
HARD TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEMS.
IT WAS NOT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPLY
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
THEY APPLY, THEY DO IT WRONG,
THEY DON'T GET THEIR MONEY.
HOW DO WE COMPENSATE FOR THAT?
I WILL END WITH SOME OF OUR
CLIENTS HAVE THEIR OF THE JOBS.
PUTTING THEM IN THE SEVERE
FINANCIAL CRISIS.
ONE OF THE GRANTS WE ARE GIVING
IS ONLY $500 PER GRANT.
THAT WAS OUR MAGIC NUMBER.
OF $500 HELPED MANY OF OUR
CLIENTS TO COMPLETE THE RENT OF
THE MONTH.
THEY ALSO WERE BUYING GROCERIES.
WE WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN
AT THIS TIME BASICALLY WHEN WE
DO GRANTS OR FUNDS, WE ONLY
ENCOURAGE OUR CLIENTS TO USE
THEM ONLY FOR BUSINESS.
IN THIS CASE WE WERE MORE
FLEXIBLE BECAUSE WE SEE THE
EMERGENCY.
SO, I WILL END WITH THAT.
I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE
TIME.
I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ
THE BLOG IF YOU HAVE, AND THAT
WAY YOU CAN SEE HOW WE ARE
RESPONDING TO THIS AS AN
ORGANIZATION.
>> THANK YOU, BETO FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
MORE IMPORTANTLY THANK YOU FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE.
BOTH IN THE PAST, AND NOW IN
THIS PERIOD OF TIME IN
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE VENTURES.
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO
HELPING THE SMALLEST OF SMALL
BUSINESSES.
NAVIGATE THIS TRICKY
ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW.
SO, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF
THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU ARE
CONTINUING TO DO.
I KNOW THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
OFFER YOURSELF TO BE ACCESSIBLE
TO ANY OF US AS COUNCILMEMBERS.
AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH
HOW TO BEST SERVE THIS PART OF
OUR CONSTITUENCIES.
ACROSS THE CITY.
SO, THANK YOU, FOR ALL OF THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
BETO FROM MY COLLEGE BEFORE WE
MOVED TO OUR FINAL PRESENTATION
ON THIS SECTION?
IF YOU'RE RAISING YOUR HANDS, I
CAN'T SEE YOU.
SO, YOU MIGHT NEED TO SPEAK UP.
I'M SCROLLING REALLY QUICKLY TO
SEE IF I SEE ANYBODY RAISING
THEIR HANDS.
I CAME NOT SEEING ANYBODY.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
MOVE, THANK YOU, BETO.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND MOVE -- YOU DON'T HAVE A
QUESTION YOU WERE JUST SAYING
HELLO, GOT IT.
OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND MOVE TO OUR FINAL PRESENTER
IN THIS.
WHICH IS TO HEAR FROM MARIE
KUROSE WHO IS FROM THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY.
WHO IS GOING TO TALK TO US
ABOUT THE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
HANDED OVER TO -- OH, BETO YOU
HAVE A QUICK QUESTION OR
COMMENT?
>> BEFORE I JUST WANTED TO SAY
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, FOR THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING TO BE THE VOICE OF THE
COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE.
I DON'T WANT TO FORGET THAT.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR
LISTENING TO MY PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, BETO FOR THAT
RECOGNITION OF MORALES'S
TIRELESS WORK SO FAR.
BETO YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY
WITH US, BUT IF YOU HAVE GOT
TO GO BECAUSE YOU HAVE OTHER
THINGS TO DO, TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
>>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
THE LAST PRESENTER FOR THIS
SECTION.
MARIE ARE YOU ON THE LINE?
I SEE THAT YOU ARE ON THE LINE.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND HANDED OVER
TO YOU, MARIE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM MARIE KUROSE.
I AM FAIRLY NEW TO THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
JOINED NINE MONTHS AGO AS THE
CEO TO LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION
TO REALLY TRANSFORM -- I'M
SUPPOSED TO START MY VIDEO I
GUESS.
>> THERE IS NO VIDEO TO START.
>> ANYWAYS, SO MY FOCUS IS
REALLY ON HOW DO WE LOOK AT
BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE?
WE ARE FOCUSING ON SCALING OUT
CAREER PATHWAYS.
ESPECIALLY ON DISPARITY.
THE LAST TWO MONTHS HAVE BEEN
FLIPPING OUR FOCUS.
BUT STILL IN TERMS OF THE
ISSUES AROUND DISPARITY, IT IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT.
I HAVE TRIED TO PROVIDE SOME
INFORMATION, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW,
THIS HAS BEEN UNPRECEDENTED.
IT HAS BEEN A TSUNAMI COMING
INTO THIS.
ESPECIALLY IN THE WORKFORCE AND
DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS FIELD.
TRY TO JUST TRACK AND KEEP UP
WITH ALL THE CONSTANT CHANGE.
I FORGOT I'M SUPPOSED TO -- OH.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ACTUALLY
DOING THE PRESENTATION MYSELF.
>> [ LAUGHTER ] NO WORRIES.
YOU ARE DOING GREAT.
WE HAVE ALL APPRECIATED THE
NEED TO BE PATIENT WITH EACH
OTHER AS WE ARE ALL FIGURING
OUT AND EXPERIENCING OUR OWN
LEARNING CURVE WITH HOW TO DO
THIS REMOTELY.
NO WORRIES.
>> [ LAUGHTER ] SO, AS YOU ALL
KNOW, THIS IS JUST BEEN
UNPRECEDENTED.
THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE JUST
BEEN REALLY WILD.
THIS HAS ALSO BEEN VERY
DIFFERENT.
IT IS MULTIFACETED IN TERMS OF
OUR RESPONSE.
WE HAVE TO STRETCH OUTSIDE OF
OUR JUST NARROW KIND OF FOCUS
OFTEN TIMES AND REALLY THINK
ABOUT KIND OF THE RELATED
ECOSYSTEM AND THE IMPACTS.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE SEEING
THE DISPROPORTIONATE IN CAT.
IF EVER, THIS HAS BEEN RACIAL
AND ECONOMIC INEQUITIES HAVE
BEEN AMPLIFIED WITH THIS.
THE DEPTH AND DURATION WE JUST
DON'T KNOW.
THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.
OVERVIEW.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A VISION OF
KIND OF WHAT THIS PACE AND
SCALE HAS BEEN, THIS HAS BEEN
JUST ONE MONTH TIME.
YOU SEE OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
WENT FROM 2.4% TO 5.4%.
IT CONTINUES TO RISE.
YOU LOOK DOWN, COMPARED TO
OTHER YEARS THIS HAS BEEN
UNPRECEDENTED.
ALSO, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE NEW
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS JUST FROM
THE BEGINNING OF MARCH THROUGH
APRIL 18th, YOU SEE THE SPIKE.
AND YOU'LL SEE HOW IT STARTED
EARLY ON WITH, THE MARCH, WITH
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
KIND OF, MANDATES.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE YOU WILL SEE
THE IMPACT -- I'LL TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KIND OF
WHAT SECTORS ARE BEING
IMPACTED.
SO, OVERALL, WE HAVE SEEN THAT
EVER SECTOR HAS BEEN IMPACTED.
ALTHOUGH THE VULNERABILITY AND
ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL VERY. FOR
MANY SECTORS THAT ARE LAYING
OFF THEIR -- MANY OF THEIR
WORKERS ARE STILL ABLE TO
TELECOMMUTE.
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO TELECOMMUTE IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT
BENEFIT.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING THAT THE
RETAIL HOSPITALITY RESTAURANT
SECTORS HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.
WITHIN THOSE SECTORS, WE HAVE A
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF LOW-WAGE
WORKERS, PEOPLE OF COLOR,
IMMIGRANTS, AND REFUGEES.
SOME OF THE DATA ALSO SHOWS,
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT
DATA YET, BUT SOME OF THIS IS
BASED ON SOME OTHER ANALYSIS.
SMALL BUSINESS IN THESE SECTORS
IN KINGS COUNTY, 86%.
THE BUSINESSES IN THE SECTOR.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING AS MANY OF
YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS HUGE
DEMAND FOR ESSENTIAL JOBS
WORKERS.
GROCERY STORES, DELIVERY,
HEALTHCARE.
I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT
GOING INTO THOSE JOBS, HOW DO
WE DO THAT WITH THIS I TO
PERSONAL SAFETY?
EARLY ON, THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE HAD PRODUCED A REPORT.
THEY HAD DONE AN ANALOGOUS THAT
REALLY SHOWED AN ESTIMATED THE
NUMBER OF WORKERS THAT WERE AT
RISK IN KING COUNTY.
THEY SHOWED THE IMMEDIATE RISK
BEING 419.
BUT THE IMMEDIATE AND SHORTER-
TERM, OVER 600,000 WORKERS IN
KING COUNTY AT RISK.
MOST OF THOSE OCCUPATIONS ARE
THOSE LOW A PAYING OCCUPATIONS.
SO, THIS SCREEN JUST REALLY
SHOWS KIND OF WILD THERE HAS
BEEN SOME BROAD IMPACT.
I ONLY PULLED UP THE SECTORS
THAT HAD 5000 OR MORE
UNEMPLOYMENT APPLICANTS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ACCOMMODATIONS
AND FOOD SERVICES, HEALTHCARE
AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND RETAIL
WERE SOME OF THE TOP.
OTHERS THAT YOU SEE ARE THE
MANUFACTURING, SOME OF THOSE
JOBS AS YOU KNOW WILL BE COMING
BACK.
AND THIS WILL BE JUST TEMPORARY.
THE PRIMARY SECTORS THAT HAVE
BEEN -- THAT HAVE HAD THE
LONGEST SHUTDOWN INDURATION
HAVE BEEN IN THE ACCOMMODATION
FOOD SERVICES, AND RETAIL
INDUSTRIES.
OKAY.
SO, THIS GRAPHIC, AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAD ASKED
FOR SOME REALLY SPECIFIC
INFORMATION ON KIND OF IMPACT
IN THE CITY.
I HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE STATE,
THE STATE HAS ALL OF THE
UNEMPLOYMENT DATA, INSURANCE
DATA.
I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING
ADDITIONAL DATA JUST IN TERMS
OF DEMOGRAPHICS BY INDUSTRY.
BUT ALSO BY GEOGRAPHY.
NOT YET RECEIVED THAT, HOWEVER,
URBAN INSTITUTE HAS DONE SOME
ANALYSIS BASED ON CENSUS AND
SOME OF THE UIS.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND LOW RISK
STANDARDS DATA.
THE PROJECTIONS THEY HAVE MADE,
AND THEY HAVE SHOWN FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE HARDEST
HIT BY COVID-19 IN TERMS OF
WORKERS, AND LOW INCOME JOBS.
YOU SEE HERE.
THIS GRAPHIC, AND IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE, IT IS AMONGST ONE OF
THE HIGHEST IMPACTED
COMMUNITIES.
THE DARKER BLUE, THE BLUE, THE
HIGHEST IMPACT.
WE WILL HAVE, I WAS TOLD THAT I
WOULD GET THE DATA ON ZIP CODE
LAST WEEK.
I AM HERE NOW IT IS GOING TO BE
THIS WEEK.
I WILL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF
WHAT THAT DATA IS AND I'LL
PROVIDE SOME UPDATES.
WHEN WE RECEIVE IT.
AS YOU KNOW, AS MANY OF YOU
KNOW, THIS MINORITY OWNED
BUSINESSES, WOMEN AND MINORITY
OWNED BUSINESSES ARE AMONGST
THE HARDEST HIT BECAUSE OF THE
PREVALENCE IN THESE INDUSTRIES.
BUT ALSO FOCUSING ON SOME OF
THE PRE-EXISTING SCHENECTADY'S.
LACK OF ACCESS TO CAPITAL, LESS
CAPITAL TO CUSHION THE ONGOING
OPERATIONS, AND IN TERMS OF
SMALL EMPLOYEES OF THESE SMALL
BUSINESSES, BECAUSE THESE
BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE THAT
CAPITAL THEY ARE UNABLE TO
CONTINUE TO PAY WAGES OR
BENEFITS FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.
SO, I'M JUST GOING TO QUICKLY
JUST GO INTO KIND OF RECOVERY.
WE KNOW THIS IS UNLIKE ANY
RECESSION OR ECONOMIC THING WE
HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US NOT TO JUMP TO KIND OF A
CONCLUSION.
BUT TO REALLY BE COORDINATING
AND COMMUNICATING AND LOOKING
AT DATA.
WE ARE KIND OF DEVELOPING A
RECOVERY THIS.
IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE AND
PRIORITIES, ALTHOUGH WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OPERATES
THE NETWORK THAT WORK SOURCE
CENTERS.
THAT BRINGS A LOT OF PARTNERS
TOGETHER.
OUR BIGGEST DEMAND HAS REALLY
BEEN AROUND UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE.
PEOPLE HAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT,
NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCESS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE STATE.
ACTUALLY BY LAW, AND SO WE HAVE
BEEN REALLY WORKING AND
ADVOCATING WITH THE STATE TO
GET, PARTNERWITH US AND OUR
COMMUNITY AGENCIES.
FIRST OF ALL TO TRANSLATE THE
MATERIALS.
IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
FINALLY GOT THEIR AGREEMENT TO
DO THAT LAST WEEK.
FOR SOME OF THE MAIN DOCUMENTS.
WE HAVE ALSO GOTTEN APPROVAL IN
SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
ASIAN COUNCIL AND REFERRAL ,
AND OTHERS ARE TRANSLATING SOME
OF THE DOCUMENTS ON HOW TO
APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.
THEY ARE GETTING TRAINING AND
SOME OF THEM ARE NOW ABLE TO
ANSWER SOME OF THE LINES.
THEY CANNOT ACTUALLY DO THE
ELIGIBILITY, BUT THEY ARE
ANSWERING SOME OF THE HELP
LINES NOW.
WE HAVE BROUGHT A TEAM OF
MULTILINGUAL CASE MANAGERS FROM
OUR COMMUNITIES TO GET TRAINED.
THEY'LL BE ANSWERING THE PHONES
STARTING THIS WEEK I BELIEVE.
SO, THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF TOP
PRIORITY AS THAT HAS BEEN A
NEED.
IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT HOW DO WE
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IMPROVING
ACCESS TO ALL OF THE OTHER
SUPPORTS?
TECHNOLOGY IS A HUGE GAP.
IT IS LOOKING AT STRENGTHENING
THE SAFETY NET, BOTH OF PUBLIC
BENEFITS, AS WELL IS KIND OF
THE OTHER PHILANTHROPIC AND
OTHER EFFORTS GOING ON.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LOT OF
CHAOS.
I THINK THE STRENGTH OF OUR
COMMUNITY IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE READY TO HELP.
THE CHALLENGE IS FOR PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE TRYING
TO ACCESS A VARIETY OF SUPPORT,
THAT'S VERY CHAOTIC.
WE ARE REALLY WORKING ACROSS
SECTORS TO TRY TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS.
THAT ARE WORKING TO HELP THEIR
WORKERS, IMPACTED WORKERS, AND
OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH
KIND OF THE RANGE OF SUPPORTS
NEEDED.
AGAIN, BEING ASKED TO HELP
EMPLOYERS FILL THOSE JOBS FOR
THE ESSENTIAL JOBS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
ARE HELPING CONNECT WORKERS TO
THOSE JOBS, BUT ALSO WORKING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES
ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME SAFETY
STANDARDS FOR THE WORKERS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR
AND LEVERAGE KIND OF LOCAL,
STATE, AND FEDERAL FUNDING.
WHILE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE
AT A FAST AND VARIOUS PACE,
OFTENTIMES THE VOICES OF THOSE
THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED ARE NOT
INCLUDED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US.
I REALLY APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
BRINGING MULTIPLE VOICES TO THE
TABLE.
SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS HAVE
GONE THREE DAYS NOTICED AND
WITH VERY LITTLE INPUT.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK
AT THAT DATA SO THAT WE CAN
REALLY UNDERSTAND AND TARGET
RESOURCES TO PRIORITIZE THOSE
RESOURCES.
AND ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT A LOT
OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS HAVE
LIMITED, OR EXCLUDED MANY OF
THE IMMIGRANT WORKERS.
AS WE START MOVING TOWARDS
RECOVERY, GOING BACK TO THAT
DATA, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
TARGETING OUR ASSISTANCE AND
SUPPORTING THOSE THAT ARE MOST
VULNERABLE.
AS WE ARE MOVING TO PREPARE
WORKERS FOR SUCCESS, ONE OF THE
ISUES THAT BEFORE COVID,
BUSINESSES WERE -- THERE WAS
THIS LABOR SHORTAGE.
THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS
FINDING WORKERS WITH THE SKILLS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO START BUILDING IN
OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD THE
SKILLS OF LOW-WAGE WORKERS BUT
ALSO IMPROVE JOB QUALITY AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
AND LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO
LEVERAGE SOME OF THE FEDERAL
DOLLARS, SUBSIDIZED WAGES FOR
SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES TO
BRING BACK THERE WORKERS, BUT
ALSO SUPPORT SOME OF THE JOB
SKILLING.
IN THE FUTURE, WE LEARN FROM
THE RECESSION, THAT
POSTRECESSION, DISPARITIES
WIDEN.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO THINK ABOUT A
RECOVERY IN A WAY THAT WE FOCUS
ON JOB QUALITY AND MOVING
FORWARD.
AND THEN ALSO JUST REALLY
SAYING THAT WE NEED TO HELP OUR
WORKERS GET THROUGH THIS.
AND RETURN TO WORK AND REDUCE
THIS DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
BEFORE IT GETS TOO DEEP.
SO, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.
I WILL BRING ADDITIONAL DATA I
THINK THAT DATA IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT WEEK.
>> THANK YOU, MARIE FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
REALLY RICH WITH INFORMATION.
CERTAINLY PAINTING A SOBER
PICTURE FOR SEATTLE KING COUNTY
AS IT RELATES TO THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US
THIS MORNING.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOLKS
FOR MARIE OR FOR ANY OF THE
OTHER PRESENTERS AS WE CLOSE
OUT THIS PORTION OF THE
PRESENTATION?
SO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RAISED YOUR
HAND.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU CLOSE US
OUT IF THAT IS OKAY.
OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO
RAISED HER HAND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
PRESENTATION FROM THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT.
YOU MENTIONED THE LESSONS
LEARNED FROM THE PAST RECESSION.
I'D LIKE TO DRAW THAT OUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THING ONE THING THAT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER
FROM THE LAST RECESSION IS THAT
THE NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING
JOBS LOST, WAS NEVER RECOVERED.
MANY OF THOSE JOBS WENT TO THE
SERVICE SECTOR.
NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR CHART
IN TERMS OF WHO IS AFFECTED,
AND WE SEE IT
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING
FOLKS IN THE SERVICE SPECTRUM,
WE KNOW THOSE TO BE MOSTLY
WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
LET'S NOT FORGET THESE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE MAKING
THE MINIUM WAGE.
IF NOT JUST SLIGHTLY MORE.
WHICH IS NOT A LIVING WAGE IN
SEATTLE.
I GUESS I'D LOVE TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT TYPE
STRATEGIES WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS THINK
ABOUT.
EITHER LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY.
WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A
HANDFUL OF CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL
ABOUT THE NEED TO SORT OF
RETHINK WHAT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY MEANS.
IN THE PAST, WHEN I WORKED AT
THE WASHINGTON STATE LABEL
COUNCIL, I THINK ONE OF OUR
BIGGEST CRITICISMS WAS THAT
OFTEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WAS
HOW DO WE CHALLENGE INDIVIDUALS
OR WORKERS INTO WHATEVER
INDUSTRY SORT OF WAS THE
LOUDEST.
AND MOST DEMANDING.
THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY HIGH-
QUALITY JOBS.
THAT MET NOT THINKING ABOUT HOW
DO YOU PREPARE WORKERS FOR SELF-
DETERMINATION, AND STABILITY,
BUT IN FACT HOW DO WE TRAIN X
NUMBER OF PEOPLE BECAUSE FILL
IN THE BLANK INDUSTRY HAS ASKED
FOR 100 OR 300 PEOPLE.
YOU MENTIONED LESSONS LEARNED
COME AND YOU MENTIONED QUALITY
JOBS AND RETURNING TO WORK, BUT
IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE
SHOULDN'T, RETURN TO THE STATUS
QUO.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO TRAIN
WORKERS IN A POST-COVID WORLD?
WHERE WE SEE ESSENTIAL WORK
BEING DEFINED SO EXPLICITLY
AROUND THE VERY FOLKS THAT HAVE
BEEN PUT INTO THE LOWEST WAGE
WORKERS?
AND PUTTING INTO CONTEXT, TRUMP
SAYING WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE
WAGES FOR FARMWORKERS.
AS THAT IS SOME SORT OF WAY TO
SHOW HOW ESSENTIAL THAT WORK
IS.
ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT
HOW WE ARE TRYING TO RETHINK
WHAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
ACTUALLY IS IN A POST-COVID
WORLD WOULD BE EXCELLENT.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS NOT THE COMMON THINKING
OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, YOU
ARE RIGHT.
SO, WE ARE THINKING OUT OF THE
BOX.
WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR LABEL
PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE
NATIONAL PARTNERS TO REALLY
IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING
IN TOP-QUALITY.
ONE OF THE KEYS IS WE ARE ALL
NOW SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF
THESE ESSENTIAL CRITICAL
WORKERS.
AND -- LOOKING AT -- THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME GREAT NEGOTIATIONS IN
TERMS OF -- RECOGNIZING THE
VALUE OF THESE WORKERS WHO ARE,
DISPROPORTIONALLY PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
AND WOMEN.
AND FINDING WAYS TO LOOK AT
WORKFORCE POLICIES, AND ACCESS
TO HEALTHCARE, AND WAGES AS
BEING CRITICAL.
WE ARE FORTUNATE COMPARED TO
OTHER COUNTRIES, OTHER STATES,
-- IN TERMS OF THE PROGRESSIVE
POLICY.
THAT WE HAVE ENACTED AROUND
LIVABLE WAGES AND MINIMUM WAGES.
I THINK WE HAVE TO BUILD ON
THAT AND LOOK AT ACCESS TO
BENEFITS.
BUT ALSO FIND WAYS TO STRUCTURE
WAYS FOR SOME OF THE SMALLER
BUSINESSES TO MAKE THAT
AFFORDABLE.
SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT --
THEY CAN PAY HEALTHCARE AND
OTHER BENEFITS.
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MOST
IMPACTED ARE LOSING THEIR
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
THEY ARE ONES THAT ARE BECAUSE
THEY ARE LIVING AND THEY ARE
THE MOST VULNERABLE HE
FINANCIALLY OUR RISK.
WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE IS
HUGE CHALLENGES.
SO, PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE
AROUND ADVOCACY, BUT IT'S ALSO
LOOKING AT HOW WE DON'T JUST
TRY TO STICK PEOPLE BACK IN
JOBS.
BUT WE REALLY LOOK AT PROVIDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR UP SKILLING.
REALLY WORKING ON -- WITH
EMPLOYERS ON CAREER PATHWAYS.
SOME OF THOSE CAREER PATHWAYS
THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN THE
PAST, I WOULD SAY LIKE THE
AIRPORT.
USED TO HAVE BUILT-IN CAREER
PATHWAYS.
AS JOB STARTED GETTING
PRIVATIZED, PEOPLE THEN GOT
STUCK IN SOME OF THE LOWER WAGE
JOBS.
HOW DO WE START REBUILDING SOME
OF THOSE PATHWAYS AND TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF EMPLOYERS' NEEDS
FOR UP SKILLING?
AND NEW SKILLS?
I THINK THERE IS JUST GOING TO
BE -- THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
THERE IS NO LIKE CLEAR ANSWERS
BUT I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME
EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT HAVE
WORKED NATIONALLY.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING
WORKER ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY
INDUSTRY, AND PUBLIC POLICY TO
THE TABLE.
IT'S REALLY A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM
THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU, MARIE FOR THAT.
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE RUNNING A
LITTLE LONG ALREADY.
ABOUT 15 MINUTES LONG.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
HANDED OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WHO CAN PROVIDE US WITH
ANY SORT OF LAST QUESTIONS AND
CLOSING REMARKS ON THIS
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY,
BOBBY, AND PEDRO, BETO AND
MARIE, INC.
YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND
HELPING US UNDERSTAND THESE
ISSUES A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I THINK IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT REALITY CHECK ON WHO
IS SUFFERING.
WE ARE ALL STRUGGLING HERE.
BUT THE RECOVERY IS REALLY
HITTING WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR PARTICULARLY HARD.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE -- WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT SMALL
BUSINESS, UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS
NOT JUST THE 500 OR FEWER
EMPLOYEES SMALL BUSINESS, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT MOM AND POP
SHOPS THAT ARE REALLY REQUIRING
THESE BUSINESSES FOR THEIR
LIVELIHOOD.
AND FOR THE LIVELIHOOD OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
AND THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE
NEXT SYSTEM, YOU KNOW THIS
CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT SERVING
ALL OF US.
WHATEVER WE DO TO COME OUT AND
PREPARE OURSELVES FOR RECOVERY,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ROOTED IN TAKING CARE OF
PEOPLE.
TAKING CARE OF ONE ANOTHER AND
THAT WE ARE CENTERING RACIAL
EQUITY AND AS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA SAID, THE DIGNITY
THAT COMES WITH SELF-
DETERMINATION.
AS WE MAKE POLICY DECISIONS
THAT WILL HAVE VERY ACUTE
IMPACTS ON OUR NEIGHBORS.
I WANT TO THANK THE PRESENTERS
FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE WITH
US.
WE WELCOME ANY INFORMATION THAT
YOU WANT TO SHARE DOWN THE ROAD
AS WELL.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
FOR THOSE WORDS, AND FOR
OFFERING TO ORGANIZE THIS
PRESENTATION FOR COUNCIL
BRIEFING TODAY.
IT'S TIMELY PARTICULARLY AS WE
GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION INTO
OUR FOURTH AGENDA ITEM.
>>> WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ON
THE USE OF FEDERAL AND STATE
GRANTS FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY
RESPONSE.
WE ARE JOINED BY SEVERAL
INDIVIDUALS.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND THANK
ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS WHO WERE
ON THE LINE HERE FOR THE FIRST
PRESENTATION.
YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO STAY ON
THE LINE OR GO ON WITH YOUR
DAY.
HOWEVER YOU WISH.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN
IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WHO IS GOING TO
INTRODUCE THIS PANEL AND MAKE
SOME INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS.
AGAIN COLLEAGUES, WE ARE
RUNNING ABOUT 15 MINUTES LONG
ALREADY.
THIS MORNING.
IF WE CAN KEEP OUR COMMENTS
CONCISE, AND TIGHT, SO THAT WE
HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE
PRESENTATIONS AND ANY QUESTIONS,
I WOULD SURELY APPRECIATE IT.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR ADVICE
AND BE VERY SEXTING.
TODAY WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US
DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE FROM THE
BUDGET OFFICE.
AND ADRIENNE THOMPSON FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AND
RESPONSIVE TO BOTH COUNCIL
QUESTIONS AND COMMUNITY
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE ARE
USING AND DEPLOYING FEDERAL AND
STATE GRANTS FOR COVID
EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
THAT IS PRECISELY WHY THEY ARE
HERE FOR US TO GIVE US A
PREVIEW OF THE LEGISLATION THAT
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SPONSORING AND GETTING YOUR
FEEDBACK.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, I THINK I'LL
LEAVE IT AT THAT AND TURN IT
OVER TO YOU AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO WALK US THROUGH THE
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT VERY
QUICKLY OVER TO ADRIENNE
THOMPSON.
SHE IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU AN
INITIAL OVERVIEW.
I'M GOING TO STEP IN FOR SOME
DETAILS ON THE BUDGET SIDE OF
THIS.
WE ALSO HAVE EMILY ALVARADO
FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
AND JUDY DIMLY WHO WAS ALSO ON
THE CBO STAFF TO GIVE YOU MORE
OF THE DETAILS ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC LEGISLATION WHICH WE
HAVE SENT DOWN WITH JUST A
PIECE.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A PIECE OF
THE OVERALL STRATEGY.
WITH THAT, ADRIENNE?
>> THANK YOU.
HOPEFULLY FOLKS CAN SEE MY
SCREEN.
OKAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH
WITH YOU THE FEDERAL AND STATE
FUNDING.
KIND OF A LARGER STRATEGY IN
THE BIG PICTURE TODAY.
THEN, ALSO FOCUS IN A LITTLE
BIT ON THE LEGISLATION ITSELF.
SO, WHERE WE WANT TO START IS
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW
OF WHAT OUR CITY ACTIVITY UP-TO-
DATE ARE.
OUR REIMBURSEMENT STRATEGIES
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALL
THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS.
AND THEN GIVE YOU A REAL GOOD
OVERLAYON HOW THOSE FUNDING,
THE FUNDING STREAMS AND SOURCES
ACTUALLY BUILD UP INTO A
MATRIX.
THAT CAN HELP GIVE YOU A SENSE
OF THE STRATEGIES MOVING
FORWARD.
THEN, WE WANT TO DO A DEEPER
DIVE INTO THE LEGISLATION THAT
YOU HAVE ALL SEEN.
SO, FIRST, SORRY, JUST CLOSING
MY SCREEN SO I CAN SEE.
OKAY.
THE FIRST IS WE HAVE KIND OF
BROKEN IT UP INTO THREE
DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
ONE IS THE STIMULUS FUNDS
THEMSELVES.
OUR TEAM HAS REVIEWED ALL OF
THE STIMULUS PACKAGES AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL.
ONE, TWO, THREE, AND WHAT IS
REFERRED TO AS 3 1/2 THAT WAS
JUST PAST LAST WEEK.
THE BULK OF THE FUNDING THAT IS
A PART OF THE STIMULUS DOLLARS
ACTUALLY BEGINS AND BELONGS IN
THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT THREE.
THAT IS THE DEEPER DIVE WE ARE
GOING TO DO TODAY.
THE REST OF IT DID NOT INCLUDE
DIRECT FUNDING NECESSARILY TO
THE STATE.
AS THE THIRD PACKAGE HAS BEEN
RELEASED, WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING
THE FUNDS THAT BECOME
AVAILABLE.
NOT ALL OF THEM ARE AVAILABLE.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR
GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDS ON SOME
OF THE FUNDS.
WE ARE ALSO IDENTIFYING GAPS
WHERE THERE ARE SOME
SIGNIFICANT AREAS MISSING
ESPECIALLY AROUND COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
AROUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SMALL BUSINESS, YOU SAW WHAT
PAST LAST WEEK TO HELP SUPPORT
BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS
FOOD HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THOSE
GAPS FOR ANOTHER PACKAGE.
THE NEXT SET OF FUNDING STREAMS
IS FEMA ASSISTANCE DOLLARS.
THESE ARE NOT TIED TO THE
STIMULUS FUNDS.
THESE ARE THEIR OWN SEPARATE
BUCKET OF FUNDS, AND THIS IS
TIED TO ANY TYPE OF NATURAL
DISASTER THAT WOULD NORMALLY
OCCUR.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S CONSIDERED A
DISASTER.
SO, WE HAVE SUBMITTED FOR
PREAPPROVAL FOR REIMBURSEMENT,
AND ARE NOW SUBMITTING FOR
REIMBURSEMENTS THEMSELVES.
I'LL DO A DEEPER DIVE ABOUT
WHAT THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS
ARE.
THE THIRD STREAM THAT WE ARE
ALSO LOOKING AT IS KIND OF
RESPONSE, REOPEN, AND RECOVERY
PLAN.
WITH THAT, WE ARE STILL IN THE
RESPONSE PHASE.
WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH LACK
OF TESTING, NOT A SIGNIFICANT
CONTACT TRACING AT THIS POINT.
UNTIL THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS
THAT CAN BE MET WE STILL ARE IN
THE PHASE OF THE STAY HOME,
STAY HEALTHY ORDER UNDER THE
GOVERNOR.
AS WELL AS JUST THE GENERAL
RESPONSE OF THE CITY.
WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF
TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE
REOPEN PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
WE KNOW THAT SOME STATES OF
STARTED TO GO THROUGH THAT
PHASE.
WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE LACK
OF TESTING, AND CONTACT TRACING
IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO
REOPEN IMMEDIATELY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT
THAT FOR BUSINESS.
THEN WE HAVE THE RECOVERY PLAN
ITSELF.
WHICH WILL LAST A COUPLE YEARS.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE TRYING TO
IDENTIFY CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR
FUTURE STIMULUS DOLLARS.
CONTINUE OUR RESPONSE EFFORTS
IN THE DEVELOP, REOPEN, AND
RECOVER:.
OVERALL, OUR REIMBURSEMENT
STRATEGY IS WE WANTED TO PURSUE
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT WHERE
POSSIBLE.
THIS IS THE FIRST ITEM WE
SHOULD GO AFTER.
THIS IS WHERE THE MOST AMOUNT
OF DOLLARS ARE.
THEN, OUR SECOND STRATEGY IS TO
ALLOCATE THE RESTRICTED
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT FUNDING.
THAT IS THE LEGISLATION THAT IS
BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY.
THE THIRD STRATEGY IS THERE IS
A PART OF THE STIMULUS THREE
DOLLARS.
THERE WAS 131 1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
FUNDS.
WE JUST GOT DIRECTION VERY LATE
LAST WEEK ON HOW WE CAN USE
THAT.
WE ARE NOW RESEARCHING WHAT WE
CAN AND CAN'T USE THAT ON RIGHT
NOW.
THEN WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO
YOU ON WHAT THE STRATEGIES
WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE
PARTICULAR FUNDS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE $13 MILLION
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE THAT HAS SOME LEVEL OF
FLEXIBILITY.
WE WANT TO USE THOSE DOLLARS AS
THE LAST DOLLARS TO FILL IN
SOME OF THE GAPS WHERE THE
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT AND THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
FUND ARE UNABLE TO MEET SOME OF
THE NEEDS.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THE
FIRST STREAMLINE OF FUNDING
WHICH IS THE FEMA PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE.
WHAT WE DO NOW IS THE FEDS WILL
REIMBURSE US FEMA ASSISTANCE
DOLLARS AT 75%.
IT IS AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF
MONEY, MEANING THERE IS NO CAP
ON THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
THEY WILL ONLY REIMBURSE AT A
75% LEVEL.
THERE WERE SOME INITIAL
GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE THAT
THEY WOULD MAKE UP THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE 25%.
WE JUST LEARNED LAST WEEK THAT
THEY MAY NOT, AND THAT IS STILL
AN OPEN DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE
HAVING WITH THE STATE RIGHT
NOW.
THE CATEGORIES THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE TO FEMA THAT WE
UNDERSTAND BASED ON KIND OF
PREAPPROVAL AND GUIDANCE THAT
FEMA HAS ALREADY PROVIDED IS
THE PPE CLEANING.
STAFFING, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS,
CLEANING, AND FOOD.
WHAT WE'VE REQUESTED
PREAPPROVAL FOR, AND WHAT WE
HAVE STARTED TO SEEK FUNDING
FOR DIRECTLY, AS THE BOTTOM
HALF.
WHICH IS THE NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTERING.
CONGREGANT SHELTERING.
HYGIENE, LOGISTIC SUPPLY
WAREHOUSE, AND THEN WE ARE IN
COORDINATION WITH THE STAY
RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO
WE HELP SUPPORT OUR FOOD AND
FOOD DELIVERY AND FOOD BANKS.
THE WAREHOUSE, WE HAVE HAD SOME
CHALLENGES WITH FEMA.
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THEY HAVE
RELEASED AN EXPEDITED WORKSHEET
WHICH WAS ABOUT A FIVE PAGE
WORKSHEET DOCUMENT.
WE HAD BILLED THOSE OUT,
SUBMITTED IT THROUGH OUR
PORTAL.
IT WAS THEN ASKED TO PROVIDE
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WE PROVIDED THE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND THEN FEMA JUST
LAST WEEK CAME OUT WITH A NEW
EXPEDITED WORKSHEET.
NOW, WE ARE HAVING TO FILL OUT
A DIFFERENT WORKSHEET TO
SUBMIT.
IT HAS NOW GONE FROM FIVE PAGES
TO 30 PAGES.
WE ARE WORKING TO THOSE
PROCESSES RIGHT NOW.
AS I MENTIONED ON THE FOOD
SIDE, IF FEMA SEES THAT A LOCAL
JURISDICTION HAS OTHER ACCESS
TO FUNDING, THEY MAY NOT BE
REIMBURSING US FOR THIS.
BECAUSE THE STATE HAS SOME
LINES OF FUNDING COMING
DIRECTLY TO THE STATE FOR FOOD,
WE HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSE
COORDINATION WITH THE STATE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE SUBMIT
IN FOOD, WILL ACTUALLY BE
COVERED AND NOT REJECTED
BECAUSE THE STATE IS ALREADY
COVERED SOME OF IT.
THAT'S THE FEMA SIDE.
>>> JUST A COUPLE QUICK NOTES.
ONE IS THAT AS LABELED, THIS IS
REIMBURSEMENT.
WE ARE SPENDING THESE DOLLARS
OUT FRONT, AND EXPECTING TO GET
PAYMENT FROM THE FUNDS.
THE WORK ISN'T GETTING
PREAPPROVAL.
GETTING PREAPPROVAL AHEAD OF
THOSE TIMES IS NOT IMPORTANT.
THE LAST POINT IS ALSO IMPORTANT
THAT FEMA'S GOAL IS TO FILL IN
WHERE THERE ARE NOT OTHER
FUNDING SOURCES.
ALTHOUGH THEY WILL PAY FOR FOOD,
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS
OTHERWISE BEING PAID FOR.
FOR INSTANCE IF THERE ARE
RESOURCES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
FOOD, THEY HAVE TO USE THOSE
FIRST BEFORE WE CAN GET THIS
FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
WE WILL DESCRIBE SOME MORE OF
THAT AS WE GO FORWARD HERE.
THANKS, ADRIENNE.
>> YEP.
THE NEXT BUCKET IS THE FEDERAL
DOLLARS, AND AT THE VERY BOTTOM
IS THE STATE ON BEING.
THE LEGISLATION THAT IS BEFORE
YOU IS THE TOP FOUR.
WHICH IS THE FEDERAL STIMULUS
FUNDS LEGISLATION.
THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, THE
EMERGENCY SOLUTION GRANTS.
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PERSONS -- AND THEN THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT FUNDING FOR AREA
AGENCY ON AGING.
WE KNOW IN THESE FOUR DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES THE EXACT ALLOCATION
THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS
RECEIVING.
TWO OF THEM ARE FORMULAS THAT
ARE DEVELOPED AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THESE FUNDINGS
IN THE PAST.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
THEM.
IN THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT NUMBER THREE, THIS WAS THE
INITIAL ALLOTMENT.
WE WILL BE RECEIVING A SECOND
ALLOTMENT TOWARDS THE END OF
THIS MONTH.
WE DO NOT YET KNOW HOW MUCH.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR
GUIDANCE ON THAT.
THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT HOW TO
DO THE FORMULA ALKYLATION.
IT WILL NOT BE THE SAME.
THE NEXT SET OF FUNDING IS
FUTURE FUNDING.
THIS IS THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
FUND.
THIS IS THE 131 1/2 MILLION I
HAD REFERRED TO EARLIER.
AS I HAVE MENTIONED, WE JUST
RECEIVED GUIDANCE ON THIS.
AND WE STILL NEED POTENTIALLY
ADDITIONAL CLARITY ON IT.
ONCE WE HAVE FIGURED OUT THE
STRATEGY AROUND THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
ALLOCATION COULD LOOK LIKE.
OTHER FUNDING, WE ARE DUE TO
RECEIVE NOT QUITE YET, HAVE
RECEIVED IS THE FDA FORMULA
FUNDS FOR TRANSIT.
THIS IS FOR THE STREETCAR AND
MONORAILS.
WE WILL RECEIVE 2.3 MILLION.
THE STATE AND LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE GRANTS
WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE 1.34
MILLION.
THAT IS IN THE APPLICATION
PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN
A SENSE WHERE WE HAVE GOT
DIRECTION FROM THE AGENCY TO
SUBMIT FOR THOSE FUNDS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING
THAT NOW.
THERE IS ALSO THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE BLOCK GRANTS.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER WE ARE
GOING TO RECEIVE THOSE.
WE BELIEVE WE WILL.
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
IT WILL BE LESS THAN $200,000.
THE FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE
GRANTS FOR PPE AND RELATED
SUPPLIES JUST CAME OUT AS FAR
AS GUIDANCE.
WE ARE RIGHT NOW RESEARCHING
WHAT WE CAN SUBMIT FOR IN THAT
PARTICULAR GRAND.
IT IS STILL UNCLEAR ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS OF THE EDUCATION AND
OUTREACH RELATED TO HOUSING AND
COVID.
WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR
FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON THESE.
IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER WE ARE
DIRECTLY ABLE TO APPLY YET OR
NOT.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THOSE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT
MAY EXIST FOR US UNDER THE
STIMULUS THREE.
THE LAST OF THE STATE FUNDING,
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
EMERGENCY HOUSING GRAND.
WHICH WE RECEIVED 13 MILLION.
WILL RECEIVE 13 MILLION FOR.
THAT IS MAINLY TO DEAL WITH
SOME OF THE HOMELESSNESS.
WE BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A LAST
DEALER IN BECAUSE IT PROVIDES
MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN A LOT OF
THESE OTHER GRANTS DO.
SO, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER
TO BEN FOR THE NEXT SECTION.
>>> THIS NEXT GRAPHIC I DON'T
ACTUALLY EXPECT YOU TO BE ABLE
TO READ.
WE WILL NEW IN THE NEXT COUPLE
SLIDE TO ZOOM IN ON PIECES OF
IT.
WHAT I WANTED TO CAPTURE WITH
THIS AND DESCRIBE TO YOU IS THE
WORK THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE IS
DOING IN CONSULTATION AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS,
AND ALSO KEY DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT'S REPRESENTED HERE IS THE
MAPPING THAT WE ARE DOING
BETWEEN THE CITIES COVID
RELATED EXPENSES, WHICH ARE
ESSENTIALLY THE CATEGORIES
ALONG THE FIRST COLUMN ON THE
LEFT.
SO, PPE COSTS, CITY STAFF THAT
HAVE BEEN REDIRECTED TO THE
WORK, HOMELESSNESS, YOU CAN
READ DOWN THE LIST.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE KNOW WE
NEED TO BE SPENDING MONEY ON,
INVESTING IN.
ACROSS THE TOP OF THE VARIOUS
FUNDING SOURCES.
WITH THE COLOR CODING, IT
INDICATES WHICH FUNDING SOURCES
CAN BE USED FOR WHICH PURPOSES.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE BIG GREEN
SWATH DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CHART, THAT IS THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUND OF 131+ MILLION
DOLLARS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN, WE THINK IT'S
MORE FLEXIBLE THAN WE HAD
ADDITIONALLY THOUGHT.
IT'S AN ELIGIBLE SOURCE TO
COVER ALMOST ALL OF OUR
EXPENSES.
I WOULD NOTE, JUST AS PART OF
THIS, THE ONE PLACE WHERE IT
DOESN'T WORK, WHERE WE DON'T
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING
SOURCES UNDER GENERAL, THE CITY
REVENUE BACKFILL.
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND WOULD
PROVIDE JUST BASIC FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO.
THERE IS NOW SOME DEBATE WE SEE
ABOUT ANOTHER SOURCE THERE.
IN GENERAL, YOU CAN READ DOWN A
COLUMN, OR READ ACROSS FROM A
NEED TO SEE WHAT SOURCES ARE
ELIGIBLE.
AS WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ABOUT
WHAT RESOURCES TO SPEND WHERE,
THAT IS WHAT'S INFORMING THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IF WE HAVE A SOURCE THAT IS
PARTICULARLY RESTRICTED, WE
WILL USE THAT FIRST, APPLY IT
TO THE RESTRICTED USE IS THAT
IT'S ALLOWED, THUS MAKING MORE
MONEY AVAILABLE ON SOME OF
THESE FLEXIBLE POTS TO MEET
OTHER NEEDS.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD, ADRIENNE,
SHOW THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST THE SAME CHART,
BUT DRILLING EDIT ESSENTIALLY
TO THE TOP HALF.
LOOKING AT THE FIRST THREE
CATEGORIES.
FIRST OF ALL PROTECTION
EQUIPMENT, CITY STAFF, AND KIND
OF GENERAL EXPENSES.
AGAIN YOU CAN SEE FOR INSTANCE
IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE FEMA
CATEGORY, IT PAYS FOR PERSONAL
PROTECTION EQUIPMENT.
SOME LIMITED AMOUNT OF CITY
STAFF TIME, ESSENTIALLY
INCREMENTAL CITY STAFF TIME.
OVERTIME, OR CONTRACT COSTS.
IT WON'T COVER BASE SALARIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, UNDER SOME
CIRCUMSTANCES, WE THINK THE
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND WOULD
COVER THOSE EXPENSES.
THIS IS KIND OF TO GIVE YOU A
GENERAL FEEL FOR THE MAPPING WE
HAVE BEEN DOING AT THE ANALYSIS
WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
ONE MORE, ADRIENNE.
THIS TIES INTO THE REST OF THAT
TRUCK.
I THINK AND LOOKS AT
HOMELESSNESS.
SHELTER REDISTRIBUTION.
THAT FIRST LINE.
AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO D DENSIFY THE
SHELTERS TO CREATE MORE ROOM AND
LESS PROXIMITY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SOURCES
THAT CAN BE USED THERE AS YOU
CAN SEE.
WHEN WE BRING FORWARD
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'LL BE
INFORMED BY THAT -- BY THOSE
ELIGIBILITY'S.
AGAIN, TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
THIS.
FEMA IN GENERAL SHOULD BE AN
ELIGIBLE SOURCES I WAS
DESCRIBING EARLIER.
THEY GENERALLY WANT TO FILL IN
AFTER ALL THE RESOURCES HAVE
BEEN USED THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
WE WANT TO JUST HOLD ALL OF
THAT.
THEY MAY REQUIRE THAT WE DID
INVEST SOME OF THE OTHER
FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THAT SPACE
FIRST IF YOU WILL.
THAT'S PART OF THIS ANALYSIS.
THIS IS THE WORK THAT CBO IN
CONSULTATION WHAT OA ARE, AND
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
WITHIN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS
YOU WILL HEAR THIS REPORTING
FROM.
HOUSING IS ONE EXAMPLE.
YOU ALSO HEARD FROM OED.
HE'S BEEN A PARTNER IN THIS
WORK.
IT'S A PRETTY COMPLICATED STORY,
BUT WE ARE BEING CAREFUL AND
METHODICAL ABOUT IT.
AND WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING
FORWARD A PIECE OF LEGISLATION
TO COVER THE FIRST ALLOCATION
OF RESOURCES, BUT THERE WILL BE
MORE TO FOLLOW.
WITH THAT, I THINK JULIE IS UP
NEXT TO GIVE YOU MORE
INFORMATION ON THE SPECIFIC
LEGISLATION THAT WE SENT OVER.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU, BEN.
AS YOU HEARD FROM ADRIENNE, THE
LEGISLATION YOU ARE INCLUDING
TODAY INCLUDE SEVERAL GRANTS
THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE
FEDERAL C.A.R.E.S.
ACT.
SEATTLE HAS RECEIVED DIRECT
ALLOCATION FOR SOME OF THESE
GRANTS TOTALING ABOUT 14
MILLION.
WE'LL GO INTO SPECIFICS FOR
EACH OF THE GRANDSON THE
FOLLOWING SLIDES, BUT WANTED TO
PROVIDE YOU WITH A HIGH LEVEL
LOOK AT OUR OVERALL ALLOCATION
STRATEGY.
FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE, FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS,
OLDER AMERICANS ACT, AND THE
MEDICAID TITLE 19 FUNDS, THESE
ARE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE.
THERE WAS NO NEED TO REINVENT
THE WHEEL.
THE FASTEST WAY TO GET THESE
OUT THE DOOR WAS TO LEVERAGE
EXISTING PROGRAMS.
FOR THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS
RENT AND THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, THERE
WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO
DO.
AS YOU SAW IN THE RED AND GREEN
CHART THAT DIRECTOR NOBLE WALK
YOU THROUGH, WE IDENTIFIED
AREAS ABOUT OPPORTUNITY FROM
EACH PARTICULAR FUNDING SOURCE
AND MATCH THOSE TWO LINES OF
EFFORT.
AND COMMUNITY NEED.
WE THEN LOOK FOR GAPS OR AREAS
WHERE CERTAIN LINES OF EFFORT
HAVE THE FEWEST ALTERNATIVES
FOR FUNDING.
BASED ON OUR ASSESSMENT, OUR
CURRENT EXPENSE WITH PROVIDERS
IN THE FIELD, THOSE GAPS ARE IN
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SMALL-
BUSINESS SUPPORT, AND FOOD
ACCESS AND DELIVERY.
NOW, WE'LL GO INTO SPECIFICS OF
EACH OF THE GRANTS.
THE CITY IS SET TO RECEIVE
ABOUT 425,000 FOR HOSPITALS.
THE PROBLEM IS TO SUPPORT
HOUSING OPTIONS AND PROGRAM
SERVICES.
FOR HOUSING OPTIONS, THEY ARE
FOR LOW INCOMES PERSONS WITH
HIV AIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
TO MAINTAIN OR ACQUIRE PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FOR SERVICES, IT CAN BE USED
FOR A VARIETY OF SERVICES.
AS WELL AS -- THE PROGRAMS ARE
-- INCLUDE HOUSING CASE
MANAGEMENT AND ARE DESIGNED
CAPABILITY TO MAINTAIN HOUSING
AND FACILITATE PROGRESS TOWARD
A STABLE LONG-TERM SELF-
SUFFICIENT LIVING.
SO, NEXT WE MOVED TO THE ADS
FUNDING.
AS YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AGING AND
DISABILITIES SERVICE DIVISION
IS THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR
KING COUNTY.
IN THAT CAPACITY, THEY
ADMINISTER FUNDING FOR OLDER
AMERICANS FROM WHICH THE
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE $5
MILLION FROM THE OLDER
AMERICANS ACT.
WE WILL USE THIS FUNDING TO
EXPANDING EXISTING FOOD
DELIVERY PROGRAMS AND A SHIFT
IN PROGRAM MODEL FROM SEGER
CONGREGANT MEALS TO HOME
DELIVERY.
TO FACILITATE APPROPRIATE
SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR THIS
POPULATION AT A HIGH RISK FOR
SERIOUS IMPACTS FROM COVID-19.
IN ADDITION, THEY'RE GOING TO
RECEIVE $150,000 FROM MEDICAID.
HSE IS GOING TO ADD CAPACITY
FOR EXPEDITED MEDICAID LONG-
TERM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
INITIAL ASSESSMENTS.
WHICH ASSIST HOSPITAL PATIENT
TRANSITION, TO ANOTHER CARE
SETTING.
IN ADDITION, FUNDING WILL
PROVIDE FOR CARE, TRANSITION
SERVICES TIM NONMEDICATED
ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND
ONGOING COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT.
>>> MOVING TO THE EMERGENCY
SOLUTIONS GRANT, THE CITY IS
SET TO RECEIVE ABOUT 2.83
MILLION.
THIS FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR
HOMELESSNESS OUTREACH,
IMPROVING EMERGENCY SHELTER,
AVAILABILITY AND DELIVERY --
SHELTER OPERATIONS.
RAPIDLY HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.
SO, IN PARTICULAR, WHEN WE LOOK
AT THAT GREEN AND RED CHART,
THE AREAS THAT JUMPED OUT THE
MOST, AGAIN WERE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, AND FOOD ACCESS
AND DELIVERY.
SO, IN THIS CATEGORY, WE ARE
USING 750,000 TO PROVIDE AN
ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCE, FOR A
2020 COUNCIL ADD, TO PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS, FOR INDIVIDUALS
TRANSFERRING FROM ESSENTIAL
NEEDS OR AGED, BLIND, AND
DISABLED PROGRAMS INTO SSI OR
SSDI.
DUE TO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE
FORECAST PROVISION THAT YOU
HEARD FROM DIRECTOR NOBLE LAST
WEDNESDAY, THIS PROVIDES A
MORE RELIABLE FUNDING MECHANISM
FOR 2020.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE USING
2.08 MILLION FOR SHELTER MEALS.
SO HST IS GOING TO USE FUNDS
FOR THE ADDED COST OF
DELIVERING HOMELESSNESS SERVICES
AT EXISTING SHELTERS DURING THE
OUTBREAK AND WHAT WE HAVE HEARD
THE MOST FROM THEM, IS THE
INCREASED COST OF MOVING FROM
THAT CONGREGANT MEAL, TO THE
MILL DELIVERY, IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST COST DRIVERS.
THEN, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
TURN IT OVER TO EMILY WHO IS
GOING TO COVER CDBG.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TO TALK
ABOUT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
RECOMMENDATION OF $4.1 MILLION
IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH CDBG
AND THEN THE 1.5 MILLION TO THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
I FIRST WANT TO COVER THE THREE
BULLETS ON THIS SLIDE AND
PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT
RENT ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN MOVE INTO WHY WE ARE
PROPOSING A THREE-PART APPROACH
TO DISTRIBUTING RENT ASSISTANCE.
CLEARLY AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE
HAVE MORE THAN HALF OF
SEATTLE'S RESIDENTS WHO ARE
RENTERS.
MANY ARE SEVERELY, OR ARE
HOUSING COST BURDENS.
MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING
FINANCIALLY TO PAY THEIR RENT
AT THIS TIME.
REGARDLESS OF GOVERNOR INSLEE'S
EVICTION MORATORIUM, RENTERS
NEED TO PAY THEIR RENT IN ORDER
TO ENSURE LONG HOME THOUSAND
FACILITY.
BECAUSE OF THAT REASON, IN
EARLY APRIL, WE ANNOUNCED OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED WAY OF
KING COUNTY TO SUPPORT AN
EXPANDED PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES
RENT ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS
AT 50% AMI OR BELOW.
WHO SHOWED ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM
COVID.
AND WHO DID NOT PAY THEIR APRIL
RENT.
WE CONTRIBUTED $1 MILLION TO
THAT PROGRAM WHICH LEVERAGED
ADDITIONAL KING COUNTY AND
PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS.
THE PHONE LINE AND APPLICATION
PROCESS WAS KEPT OPEN FOR
SEVERAL DAYS.
I BELIEVE THE RESPONSES REALLY
EVIDENCED OF THE NEED FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UNITED WAY RECEIVED 6841
APPLICATIONS. 2570 WERE FROM
THE CITY OF SEATTLE. OVER 70%
OF THE APPLICANTS WERE PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
1866 APPLICATIONS WERE
COMPLETED BY FOLKS WHO THEN
REQUESTED FOLLOW-UP IN ANOTHER
LANGUAGE.
OVER 3600 OF THE APPLICANTS HAD
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
SO, MOVING FORWARD BASED ON THE
INFORMATION WE UNDERSTAND FROM
UNITED WAY, WE REALLY WANT TO
ALLOCATE NEW FEDERAL RESOURCES
FOR RENT ASSISTANCE IN A WAY
THAT ENSURES THREE KEY
OBJECTIVES.
ONE AROUND EQUITY, AROUND
ACCESSIBILITY, AND AROUND
SERVING AS MANY HOUSEHOLDS AS
WE CAN.
ON ACCESSIBILITY, I WILL SAY
THERE IS SOME BENEFIT TO HAVING
A PLACE THAT WE CAN DIRECT
PEOPLE TO CALL.
ONE EASY STOP FOR PEOPLE TO
KNOW ABOUT.
BUT ACCESSIBILITY IS ALSO ABOUT
HAVING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE
ACCESS SO WE CAN SERVE DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES.
ON EQUITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES
IN A WAY THAT SERVES VULNERABLE
AND UNDERSERVED HOUSEHOLDS.
INCLUDING THOSE HOUSEHOLDS WHO
ARE NOT CONNECTED TO MAINSTREAM
SERVICES.
WE SEEK TO USE OUR COMMUNITY-
BASED PARTNERS AS A WAY TO DO
THAT.
AROUND SERVING THE MOST
HOUSEHOLDS, WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING AS
MUCH DIRECT ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY
TO HOUSEHOLDS AS WE POSSIBLY
CAN.
FOR THAT REASON, WE HAVE
PROVIDED RECOMMENDED THIS THREE-
PART APPROACH TO RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
THE FIRST ONE YOU SEE THERE IS
1.5 MILLION FOR HST'S
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY
ADMINISTER RENT ASSISTANCE FROM
THE HOUSE LEVY TO VULNERABLE
HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS EXPANDS THAT APPROACH BY
LEVERAGING MANY COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS WHO DO THAT
DIRECT ASSISTANCE SO THAT WE
CAN HAVE REACH INTO VARIOUS
DIVERSE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES.
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY
HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF
PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
IN A WAY THAT MEETS THE
INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS OF
HOUSEHOLDS.
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHO
DO THAT WORK INCLUDE [ SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] INTERIM
MOVE SLUM HOUSING SERVICES,
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH, SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH, JUST TO NAME A
úFEW.
WE RECOMMEND SOME RENT
ASSISTANCE THROUGH THAT MEANS
FOR FOLKS THAT ARE BELOW 50%
AMI AND COVID IMPACTED.
BECAUSE WE CAN REACH DIVERSE
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THE SECOND PROPOSAL IS TO
INCREASE, PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL
$1.5 MILLION TO THE UNITED
WAY'S HOME-BASED RENT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE MADE A VERY PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM
ALREADY.
THERE IS UNMET NEED IN THAT
PROGRAM.
DIRECTING MORE RESOURCES CAN
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO KEEP PEOPLE MOVING
TO THAT SOURCE WHO MAY ALREADY
KNOW ABOUT IT BUT FEEL THEY
WERE UNABLE TO GET THEIR RENT
ASSISTANCE NEEDS MET.
THIRD, THE PROPOSAL IS TO PUT
1.14 MILLION TO OUR OFFICE TO
ADMINISTER TO NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS, CITY FUNDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE I.T. S
IS THAT, I MEET ALMOST EVERY
WEEK -- AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHAT I HEAR FROM THEM IS THAT
THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO SERVE
THEIR CLIENTS IN THIS MOMENT.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THEY ARE
FACING IS THAT THEY ARE SEEING
A REAL PRECIPITOUS INCREASE IN
TH AMOUNT OF UNPAID RENT FROM
MARCH TO APRIL.
IT IS WORTH POINTING OUT THAT
WE HAVE, OF THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, WE HAVE FUNDED AROUND
3100 OF THOSE UNITS HAVE NO
OPERATING SUBSIDY.
WHICH MEANS THEY RELY ONLY ON
TENANT-BASED RENT, IN ORDER TO
GET THE RENT PAID.
IN THOSE BUILDINGS FOR EXAMPLE,
A MAJORITY OF THOSE UNITS ARE
OWNED BY BELLWETHER HOUSING.
AND BELLWETHER SAW A 15%
INCREASE IN UNPAID RENT FROM
MARCH TO APRIL.
PROPERTY MANAGERS REPORT THAT
MANY OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE
WORKING IN RESTAURANTS, RETAIL,
OR ARE SO BUSINESS PROPRIETORS.
WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS TO
PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO
OUR CITY FUNDED HOUSING
PROVIDERS WHO DON'T HAVE AN
OPERATING SUBSIDY.
AND THEN COVER THE RENT FOR
NONPAID RENT IN THOSE BUILDINGS.
THE BENEFITS THERE ARE THAT THE
NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS
ALREADY HAVE DOCUMENTATION
ABOUT INCOME ELIGIBILITY ON
HAND.
IN ADDITION, BY PROVIDING THAT
RENT ASSISTANCE, YOU SERVE THE
INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD AND THE
BUILDING AND THE NONPROFIT.
THAT SUMS UP A PROPOSAL TO
CONTRIBUTE 4.14 MILLION AND
RENT ASSISTANCE IN A THREE-PART
WAY THAT REALLY HITS A LOT OF
OUR KEY CITY OBJECTIVES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JULIE TO
TALK MORE ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS.
>>> THANKS SO MUCH, EMILY.
AS YOU HEARD THIS MORNING FROM
OED, IN THE PRESENTATION, THE
SMALL BUSINESS STABILIZATION
FUND HAD AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER
OF APPLICATIONS THAT THE CITY
HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FULFILL AT
THIS POINT.
THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO TAKE AN
ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION AND
PROVIDED FOR OED SMALL BUSINESS
STABILIZATION FUND.
TO SUPPORT THOSE SMALLEST
BUSINESSES FACING THE SEVERE
FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AS A
RESULT OF THIS CRISIS.
SO THEN, WE ONLY HAVE I THINK
TWO MORE SLIDES.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
I KNOW WE ARE APPROACHING TIME.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE
OF NUANCES WITH CDBG.
IN THE TRADITIONAL NON-COVID
WORLD, WE THINK OF CDBG IS
QUITE RESTRICTIVE.
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY FOR SOMEONE
LIKE THE TO CONSIDER THIS A
VERY FLEXIBLE SOURCE IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
ALAS, HERE WE ARE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT HAS WAIVED THE PUBLIC
SERVICES CAP FOR 2019 AND 2020
CDBG.
THIS IS TYPICALLY CAPPED AT
ABOUT 15%.
THAT MEANS THOSE ARE SERVICES
THAT ARE PROVIDED LIKE AN HOUR
HOMELESSNESS SHELTERS.
FOR EXAMPLE.
TYPICALLY THAT'S A LIMITED
AMOUNT, BUT NOW IT HAS BEEN
OPENED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE
BROADLY.
SPECIFICALLY FOR RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT CDBG IS CAPPED AT THREE
MONTHS OF SUPPORT.
IT MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE
LANDLORD.
IT CAN'T GO TO INDIVIDUALS.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SHAPED THIS
PROPOSAL IN THE WAY THAT WE
HAVE.
FOR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT,
THEY ARE USING WHAT'S CALLED
THE URGENT NEED NATIONAL
OBJECTIVE.
THIS ALLOWS OED TO PROCESS
APPLICATIONS MORE QUICKLY.
IMPORTANTLY, THAT URGENT NEED
NATIONAL OBJECTIVE IS CAPPED AT
30% OF OUR THREE-YEAR
CUMULATIVE TOTAL THAT WE SPENT
UNDER THAT CATEGORY.
WHICH WE ESTIMATE TO BE BETWEEN
SEVEN AND 8 MILLION.
THIS LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF
YOU WOULD TAKE OUR RUNNING TOTAL
IN THAT THREE-YEAR WINDOW UNDER
THAT OBJECTIVE TO ABOUT 4
MILLION.
FINALLY, AS ADRIAN MENTIONED AT
THE TOP, THIS IS OUR INITIAL
ALLOCATION FROM THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT.
WE ANTICIPATE THIS BEING THE
LARGEST ALLOCATION WE ARE GOING
TO RECEIVE OF CDBG AND EST.
WE DON'T YET KNOW WHEN THE
SECOND FORMULA IS GOING TO COME.
IT IS GOING TO BE A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT FORMULA, I BELIEVE
IT'S GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED
BY THE STATES.
IT'S GOING TO BE BASED ON COVID-
19 PREVALENCE FACTORS.
WE DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS
JUST YET, BUT ANTICIPATE THOSE
COMING VERY SOON.
WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE
COUNCIL FOR ADDITIONAL
CONSIDERATION.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF INFORMATION.
CONTAINED THERE.
SOME STUFF THAT WE KNOW, AND
SOME STUFF THAT WE ARE STILL
WAITING TO GET MORE DETAILS
ABOUT BUT CERTAINLY APPRECIATE
YOUR ALL'S INTEREST IN BEING
WITH US THIS MORNING AND TALK
TO US ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
TO SEE IN TERMS OF THIS
AFTERNOON'S LEGISLATION.
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS A QUESTION.
SHE'LL WANT TO MAKE SOME
CLOSING REMARKS.
BEFORE SHE MAKES CLOSING
REMARKS, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
ON THIS PRESENTATION, PLEASE,
PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW BY EITHER
RAISING YOUR HAND, WITH YOUR
CAMERA ON, OR SHOOTING ME A
QUICK MESSAGE TO LET ME KNOW
THAT YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I'LL PUT YOU INTO THE QUEUE.
FOR NOW, JUST PENDING THAT,
INVITATION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND
YIELD THE FLOOR OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
PRESENTATION OF THE WALK-
THROUGH TODAY.
JUST TWO QUESTIONS BECAUSE I
KNOW WE ARE RUNNING SHORT ON
TIME.
NUMBER ONE, ON THE ISSUE OF THE
GENTRIFICATION OF SHELTERS, CAN
YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW THAT THE
DENSIFICATION FUNDING CAN BE
USED FOR HOTEL ROOMS AS YOU
NOTED, CONGREGANT SHELTER
SETTINGS ARE INCREASINGLY CLEAR
THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUS.
AND ALLOWING FOR THE SPREAD OF
COVID.
AS WE SHIFT TO DIFFERENT
MODELS, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US
TO KNOW IF WE ARE ABLE TO USE
THOSE THE DENSIFICATION DOLLARS
FOR HOTEL ROOMS.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
UNITED, LOCAL EIGHT, AND OUR
ARTNERS TO KEEP THOSE.
I BELIEVE WE ARE WORKING ON
RAISING $57 MILLION THAT WILL
BE PARTLY USED FOR HOTEL ROOMS.
I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE DOING
ANYTHING ALONG THE SAME LINES
TO SCALE UP OUR FUNDING FOR
DECREASING CONGREGANT SHELTERS
FOR BY MOVING FOLKS INTO HOTELS.
ICU BEN, PROBABLY TEED UP TO
ANSWER THAT.
I'LL THROW OUT THE SECOND
QUESTION SO YOU GUYS CAN
POSSIBLY ANSWER IT TOGETHER.
IT WAS NOTED THAT WE ARE GOING
TO USE THE 13 MILLION FROM THE
STATE AS A POSSIBLE WAY TO FILL
THE BUDGET HOLES BECAUSE OF THE
FLEXIBILITY.
I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE LEVERAGING OUR
OTHER FUNDS IN EVERY POSSIBLE
WAY.
COULD YOU GIVE US A BETTER
TIMELINE ON HOW WE PLAN ON
WAITING?
HOW SOON WE WILL KNOW WHAT
THOSE BUDGET HOLES ARE SO WE
CAN QUICKLY GET THAT 13 MILLION
OUT, AND NOT INTO -- AND NOT
SIT ON THE 13 MILLION FOR TOO
LONG?
THANKS FOR THE TIMELINE ON
THAT.
>> REAL QUICK ON THAT SECOND
QUESTION FIRST IF YOU WILL.
I FAILED TO MAKE THIS POINT
WHEN I WAS GETTING KIND OF THE
OVERVIEW.
URGENCY IS CLEARLY IN OUR
HEADS.
GETTING THESE DOLLARS OUT THE
DOOR.
THEY ARE MEANT FOR RELIEF AND
THAT IS WHAT WE INTEND TO DO
WITH THEM.
WE ONLY JUST LAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT GOT DIRECTION ON THE
HUNDRED AND 30.
I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE
WEEKS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME
BACK TO WITH THE OVERALL
STRATEGY ON THE 130.
FROM THAT FOLLOWS THE STRATEGY
ON THE GRANT FROM COMMERCE.
WE ARE CLOSE TO BEING THERE,
BUT JUST HEARING FROM THE FACT
THAT WE GOT LAST WEEK WAS A
CRITICAL PIECE WE DIDN'T HAVE
FOR.
JULIE MAY HAVE SOME MORE ALSO
TO SAY ON THE NON-CONGREGANT
SHELTER.
WHAT I CAN SAY AT A HIGH LEVEL
IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
COORDINATING A GOOD DEAL ON
TKING UP DIFFERENT
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS
OVERALL.
THE COUNTY HAS LED CONSIDERABLY
, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO FIND
FACILITIES AND MOVING FOLKS
THERE.
WE HAVE SPENT MORE TIME ON THE
SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF
THAT.
AND ACTUALLY OUR OWN SHELTERS
THEMSELVES, THE ONES WE HAD
OPERATED BEFORE.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS GOING ON.
WE ARE DEFENSE OF FIND THE
SHELTERS AND TRYING TO PROVIDE
NEW SHELTERING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THOSE THAT ARE -- HAVE BEEN
OUTSIDE OF OUR SYSTEMS AND ALSO
LIVING -- I DON'T KNOW JULIE IF
YOU HAVE MORE TO ADD THERE.
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN A LEAD ON
ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE ROOMS.
THE CITY HAS BEEN FOCUSED
MOSTLY ON TRYING TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SPACING FOR OUR
ADDITIONAL SHELTERS.
THAT IS OPENING UP COMMUNITY
CENTERS AND OUR LARGE
FACILITIES THAT AREN'T IN USE
RIGHT NOW AT SEATTLE CENTER FOR
EXAMPLE.
YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS
WHETHER, WHAT FUNDING SOURCE WE
COULD USE FOR HOTELS AND
WHETHER THAT IS UNDER
CONSIDERATION.
I BELIEVE THE COUNTY HAS PURSUED
FEMA PREAPPROVAL FOR THAT.
WE HAVE NOT YET FOR THAT
SPECIFIC ITEM.
I DO BELIEVE IT WOULD BE FEMA
ELIGIBLE.
IT COULD ALSO BE A USE OF THE
COMMERCE GRANT IF FOR WHATEVER
REASON WE RAN INTO TROUBLE WITH
FEMA.
THAT IS A STRATEGY THAT IS ON
THE TABLE AND THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO MUCH.
WE HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON WHO
HAS INDICATED TO ME THEY HAVE A
QUESTION.
THAT'S COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I WILL YIELD THE FLOOR TO HER.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR
NOT THE HYGIENE LINE IN THE
PROJECTED SPENDING ASSUMES
ADDITIONAL FACILITIES WILL BE
STOOD UP, OR IF THAT JUST
COVERS THE COST THAT WE HAVE
ALREADY EXPENDED?
>> ALL RIGHT.
I THINK IT'S THE COST WE'VE
ALREADY EXPENDED.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
DEPLOYING SANITATION FACILITIES,
HANDWASHING FACILITIES, AND WE
ARE NOW LOOKING TO OPEN, I
DON'T KNOW THE TIMING OF THIS,
OPENING SEVERAL LIBRARIES THE
RESTROOM AND SANITATION
FACILITIES THERE.
THOSE COSTS COULD INCREASE.
BECAUSE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH
ORDER THAT HAS IDENTIFIED THAT
THOSE SERVICES ARE A PRIORITY.
THAT SHOULD ALL BE FEMA
ELIGIBLE AT THE 75%.
THEN AGAIN, WE ARE GETTING SOME
CLARITY ON WHETHER THE STATE
WILL COVER THE LAST 25, OR
WHETHER WE SHOULD BE RESERVING
A COMPONENT OF THE $130 MILLION
CORONA RELIEF FUND DOLLARS AS
POTENTIALLY OUR LOCAL MATCH.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
ANY CLOSING COMMENTS ON THIS
PRESENTATION?
>> THANKS AGAIN TO THE FOLKS AT
CBO.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW FAST
YOU ARE WORKING TO TRY TO
IDENTIFY THE FEDERAL DOLLARS
AND ANY LOCAL SERVICES WE ARE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY AS WELL.
I THINK WE'LL BE LOOKING TO GET
MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL
ABOUT THE DETAILS ON THE SENSE
OF VACATION.
AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE TO BE IN HARMONY OF THE
COUNTY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF HOW WE ARE SHIFTING TO THIS
DIFFERENT MODEL.
HOPEFULLY USING THE HOTEL ROOMS
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITE CARE,
NOT JUST FOR FIRST RESPONDERS,
BUT ALSO FOR OUR HOMELESS
POPULATION AND THOSE WHO ARE
SERVING THE HOMELESS
POPULATION.
I'LL ALSO JUST KNOW FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES AND FOR THE GENERAL
PUBLIC, THIS IS REALLY THE
FIRST STEP OF FEDERAL FUNDING
ON COVID RESPONSE.
WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE ENGAGE I
THINK HELPS SET THE TONE FOR
OUR PRIORITIES IN THE RECOVERY
AND RESPONSE PERIOD.
LET'S NOT SUGARCOAT THAT WE
DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE ARE
GOING TO BE IN THE RESPONSE
PERIOD UNTIL WE GET TO
RECOVERY.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING VERY
TRANSPARENT WITH US, THE
DETAILED SLIDES THAT YOU
ARTICULATED.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE A CLEAR TIMELINE FOR THE
PUBLIC SO THEY KNOW IT'S NOT
JUST WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
THAT WE HAVE A CALENDAR THAT WE
ARE WORKING ON IN A TRANSPARENT
WAY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW AT
WHICH POINT THEY WILL GET MORE
INFORMATION AND HOW THEY CAN
ENGAGE.
I THINK THERE WAS A REAL SENSE
OF URGENCY.
I APPRECIATE THE QUICKNESS IN
WHICH YOU ARE WORKING.
AND ALSO THAT THERE IS THE
STRONG DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THE
PUBLIC CAN STILL WEIGH IN ON
HOW WE ARE SPENDING THE DOLLARS
AND WHERE THE GREATEST NEED IS.
SPECIFICALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE
SEEN HOW COVID HAS EXACERBATED
THOSE INEQUITIES ESPECIALLY FOR
COMMUNITIES OF COLORS, LOW-WAGE
WORKERS, IMMIGRANTS, WOMEN,
THAT WE PARTY TALKED ABOUT
TODAY AND IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
THAT'S WHY IT'S EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO BOTH HAVE
THE DETAILS AND ENSURE THAT WE
ARE SHARING IT AND GETTING
FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU FOR THIS FIRST
PRESENTATION, I ASSUME IT WILL
BE ONE OF MANY TO COME.
THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
TIME.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE WITH
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THAT WAS THE LAST CLOSING
COMMENT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK CITY
BUDGET OFFICE, AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, AND THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR BEING WITH US THIS
MORNING.
ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
PRESENTATION.
OF COURSE, REALLY WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL ON THE WORK YOU
CONTINUE TO DO.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
READILY AVAILABLE, ACCURATE
INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET OUT
TO THE PUBLIC.
AND DO THE HARD WORK THAT IS
AHEAD OF US.
THAT IS IT FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
YOU ALL ARE FREE TO GO AHEAD
AND HANG UP, REALLY THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US AGAIN.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO
OUR LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS ON
THIS MORNING'S AGENDA.
WHICH IS A PREVIEW OF TODAY'S
CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS, COUNCIL
AND REGIONAL COMMITTEE WORK.
I'LL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBERS AS
ESTABLISHED BY THE ROLLCALL.
SO, THIS WEEK'S ROLLCALL
ROTATION WILL BE BEGIN WITH
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, THEN,
SAWANT, STRAUSS, HERBOLD, --
THEN I WILL CONCLUDE THE AGENDA
AND DISCUSSION.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND I WILL ALSO
NOTE THAT COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
HAVE JOINED THE MEETING AND
WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
QUESTIONS ABOUT COUNCIL BILL
119 769 AND ANY POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS.
AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU HOLD ON
ANY COMMENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE
ABOUT COUNCIL BILL 119769 ,
WHICH IS THE LAND-USE BILL
UNTIL COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
GIVEN HIS REPORT SO THAT WE CAN
CONSOLIDATE THE CONVERSATION
AROUND THAT PARTICULAR BILL.
SO AGAIN, -- ARE ON THE LINE
AND WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US
WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT BILL AND ANY
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THAT THEY
WILL CONSIDER THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO
CALL ON THE FIRST
COUNCILMEMBER, FOR THEIR REPORT
AND THAT IS COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING COLLEAGUES.
THERE IS ONE APPOINTMENT ON
TODAY'S FULL CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA RELATED TO OUR
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
THAT IS THE APPOINTMENT TO FILL
THE FINANCIAL ANALYST VACANCY
ON THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
REVIEW PANEL.
WE HAVE GOT A HIGHLY QUALIFIED
CANDIDATE, SCOTT HASKINS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT AND REVIEW PANEL HAS
CREATED BY CITY LAW, CONDUCTING
OVERSIGHT OF THE UTILITIES,
PLANNING, AND RATESETTING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US.
THERE ARE NINE POSITIONS, FIVE
NOMINATED BY THE MAYOR, FOUR BY
THE COUNCIL.
THIS ONE IS A COUNCIL NOMINEE
POSITION.
AGAIN, IT'S TO FILL A SPECIFIC
FINANCIAL ANALYST POSITION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SCOTT HASKINS,
BECAUSE HE HAS GOT A VERY DEEP
HISTORY AND RESUME, WHICH IS
ONLINE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.
LAST WEEK I ANNOUNCED THE CITY
AUDITOR WOULD BE DOING AN AUDIT
OF THE MAJOR BRIDGES IN SEATTLE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT
THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
REPORTS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
ON THE STATUS OF BRIDGES. SO,
THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS, AS
WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE
POLICIES.
TODAY ON THE INTRODUCTION
REFERRAL CANDIDATE, YOU'LL FIND
THREE PIECES OF LEGISLATION
RELATED TO THE REAUTHORIZATION
OF THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA.
THAT WAS APPROVED FOR A FIVE-
YEAR TERM IN APRIL OF 2015.
IT'S EXPIRING NEXT MONTH.
THE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING TODAY SIMPLY
KICKOFF THE PROCESS OF
REAUTHORIZING THE BIA.
THE REAL MEAT OF THE
LEGISLATION IS THE COUNCIL
BILL.
WHICH WE WILL HAVE OVER A MONTH
TO DISCUSS.
THIS LEGISLATION IS DEEMED
ROUTINE AND NECESSARY BECAUSE
IT'S EXPIRING, AND WE ROUTINELY
CONSIDER BIA'S.
IT IS COSPONSORED BY THE CHAIR
OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND BY
ME BECAUSE IT IS IN DISTRICT
FOUR.
WE ARE JUST VOTING ON THE
RESOLUTIONS TO KICK UP THE
PROCESS.
WE'LL BE HEARING MORE IN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
COMMITTEE ON MAY 20.
AND THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON
MAY 27th.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES COME DID
YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING AT
THIS POINT BEFORE I CONTINUE?
>> NO, GO AHEAD.
I'LL SAVE MY SHORT COMMENTS.
>> OKAY.
THE CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST WHO
IS THE LEAD ON THIS LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE FOR TODAY.
AND ALSO COULD ATTEND THE FULL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING IF WE DEEM
THERE IS A NEED TO DO THAT.
I WANT TO THANK SEATTLE CHANNEL,
BRIAN CALLAHAN FOR HOSTING ME
AND COUNCILMEMBER MORALES LAST
WEEK.
WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF HOT
TOPICS GOING ON WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL.
THAT EPISODE SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE LATER TODAY ONLINE.
IN DISTRICT 4, LAST WEEK FOR
EARTH DAY, WENT TO THE
WALLINGFORD TRANSFERRED STATION,
WHICH IS IN DISTRICT 4.
THINKING THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
THERE WAS SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
WHO WORKED THROUGH THE GARBAGE
AND RECYCLING AND COMPOST.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL
OF THEM AND THANK THEM FOR
THEIR HARD WORK AT SPU.
THAT IS THE NEWS FROM DISTRICT
FOR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY HEARING NONE, WE ARE GOING
TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
COUNCILMEMBER, WHO IS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FROM THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE MEMBER REGULARLY
SCHEDULED FOR THIS TUESDAY HAS
BEEN CANCELED IN ALIGNMENT WITH
THE COUNCILS SOCIAL DISTANCING
COMMITTEE CALENDAR.
AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK WE ARE
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THAT IS AN APPLICATION FORM ON
MY COUNCIL OFFICE BLOG, OR YOU
CAN EMAIL MY OFFICE WITH YOUR
RESUME.
HAD A SHORT STATEMENT OF
INTEREST.
LAST WEDNESDAY, AS YOU KNOW, AS
A CITY COUNCIL PARTICIPATED IN
THE FIRST MEETING ON THE
DOWNTOWN LEGISLATION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND I
HAVE PUT FORWARD.
THAT WAS IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S
BUDGET COMMITTEE: THE NEXT
MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 29th AT 10:00 A.M.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
SOLICITED QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND AS A
SPONSOR OF THE BILL, I LOOK
FORWARD TO LOOKING FORWARD TO
ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.
I REALLY WANT THEM ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS AND YOUR STAFF
TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE
DIRECTLY.
IN CASE OF QUESTIONS BOTH ON
THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE
BILL AND ALSO THE POLICY
ASPECTS OF THE BILLS, AND I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
THE DISCUSSION ON WEDNESDAY.
ON SATURDAY, MY OFFICE ORGANIZED
A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL TO DISCUSS
THE NATIONWIDE RENT STRIKE
MOVEMENT AND THIS WAS OUR
SECOND TOWN HALL ON THIS TOPIC.
THIS MOVEMENT NATIONWIDE IS
DEMANDING THE SUSPENSION OF
RENT, BORJA, AND UTILITY
PAYMENTS DURING THE EMERGENCY.
AND ALSO A RENT FREEZE FOR THE
REST OF 2020.
AFTER THE EMERGENCY IS LIFTED.
I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN WHEN WE
SAY RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITY
PAYMENTS AS BUDGET WOMEN
CANCELING THOSE PAYMENTS,
MEANING YOU DON'T OWE THOSE
PAYMENTS AFTER THE EMERGENCY
ORDERS ARE LIFTED.
AND IT SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY
DAMAGE TO YOUR CREDIT RATING.
YOU DON'T OWE ANY BACK
PAYMENTS, YOU DON'T INCUR THAT.
AND WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT
RENT AND MORTGAGE AND EVEN
THESE ARE TIED TOGETHER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SMALL LANDLORDS WHO ARE ALSO
STRUGGLING DON'T BECOME VICTIM
TO THIS AND THAT THEY JOIN OUR
MOVEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CANCEL ALL THOSE PAYMENTS.
THE BIG LANDLORDS, THE BIG
BANKS, THE BIG MORTGAGE HOLDERS
ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WHETHER
THIS CRISIS.
THEY NEED TO ABSORB THE COST OF
THIS, IT IS NOT WORKING PEOPLE.
NOT STRUGGLING SMALL
BUSINESSES, AND NOT SMALL
LANDLORDS.
AT THE TOWN HALLS BOTH ON
SATURDAY AND THE ONE WE HELD ON
APRIL 16th, WE HEARD FROM
RANTINGS WHO ARE ORGANIZING IN
THEIR BUILDINGS WHEN THEIR
CORPORATE LANDLORDS OR THEIR
PART -- HAVE SO FAR RESERVED TO
WORK WITH THE RENTERS EVEN
AFTER THE RENTERS HAVE AS A
GROUP AS A COLLECTIVE,
APPROACHED THE LANDLORDS ARE
THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
CORPORATIONS WITH VERY
REASONABLE REQUEST FOR
ADJUSTMENTS IN THEIR RENT.
THEY ACTUALLY CAN'T PAY.
THESE ARE WORKING PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND THEY
ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY RENT.
IN PARTICULAR, WE HEARD FROM
THE TENANTS WHO ARE ORGANIZING
AND WHAT'S CALLED THE BEDLAM
ONE BUILDING.
THAT IS ON CAPITOL HILL, AND
THAT IS OWNED BY A BILLIONAIRE
COUPLE, BUT IT IS MANAGED BY A
BIG CORPORATION.
IN THE GREATER SEATTLE AREA, IT
OWNS OVER 5500 RESIDENTIAL
APARTMENTS.
THEY ALSO OWN MANY COMMERCIAL
PROPERTIES. OWN OR MANAGE
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
THIS MORNING, THE SEATTLE TIMES,
WHO WERE LISTENING IN ON OUR
TOWN HALL, PUBLISHED A REALLY
EXCELLENT ARTICLE ABOUT THIS
STRUGGLE, AND ABOUT WHAT
TENANTS ARE DOING.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
WHERE THE STRUGGLE IS, 37 OUT
OF THE 40 TENANTS IN THE
BUILDING HAVE SIGNED ONTO A
COLLECTIVE LETTER TO CORNELL
AND ASSOCIATES DEMANDING THAT
THEY ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE
CRISIS.
MANY OF THOSE TENANTS ARE LINE
COOKS, SERVERS, BARISTAS, TECH
WORKERS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS,
MANY OF THEM ARE STRUGGLING TO
GET BY LIKE HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
MANY HAVE BEEN TOTALLY LAID OFF
WITH NO PROSPECT OF WORK IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
DESPITE THEM MAKING REASONABLE
REQUESTS, CORNELL AND
ASSOCIATES RESPONDED TO THEM BY
TELLING THEM THEY NEED TO PAY
THEIR RENT AND THEY SHOULD ASK
THEIR PARENTS FOR MONEY.
THEY SHOULD USE THEIR SAVINGS
OR TAKE ON CREDIT CARD DEBT.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE
IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
THE TENANTS HAVE BUILT THEIR
OWN STRUGGLE.
WHAT WE DID IN THE TOWN HALL,
TO MY COUNCIL OFFICE, IS
BROUGHT THEIR VOICE FORWARD.
I HAVE SENT A LETTER TO CORNELL
AND ASSOCIATES SAYING IT'S ONLY
REASONABLE THEY SHOULD ACCEPT
THESE DEMANDS ON THE TENANTS
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DEAL WITH THIS CRISIS.
WEARS A BIG CORPORATION LIKE
CORNELL CAN.
SO FAR CORNELL HAS NOT
RESPONDED TO MY LETTER OR TO
THE TENANTS AND THEIR DEMANDS.
WE WILL KEEP THE STRUGGLE UP
AND IN FACT, THROUGH THE TOWN
HALL AND THROUGH COMMUNITY
INPUT, CORNELL SHOULD HAVE
RECEIVED NOW OVER 150 LETTERS
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAYING
THAT THEY SHOULD ACCEPT WHAT
THE TENANTS ARE ASKING FOR.
AND THAT THEY SHOULD FIND A
REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH THE
TENANTS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TOWN HALL
ALSO, IS THAT MANY OTHER
TENANTS WHO ARE LIVING IN OTHER
BUILDINGS, MANAGED BY CORNELL
AND ASSOCIATES, ALSO SPOKE, YOU
KNOW THROUGH THE LIVE FEED AND
THEY ARE NOW ALSO GOING TO
START ORGANIZING.
I JUST WANTED ALSO TO REPORT
THAT CORNELL, RATHER THAN
RESPONDING TO THE TENANTS AND
RESPONDED TO MY OFFICE, THEY
HAVE SHUT DOWN THEIR WEBSITE.
AND THEY GAVE A VERY SORT OF
HATEFUL COMMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
TIMES SAYING WELL, THE TENANTS
CAN'T GET THIS FOR FREE.
WE WILL BE BUILDING THEIR
STRUGGLES.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT REPORT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON THAT REPORT?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING,
ALTHOUGH COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ, YOU OF COURSE HAVE
LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE TAKING
UP LATER.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
MAYOR'S EVICTION ORDER,
ADDITION MORATORIUM ORDER,
ISN'T ENFORCEABLE ORDER.
BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AS ALL EMERGENCY ORDERS ARE
ACTUALLY ENFORCEABLE BY THE
CITY ATTORNEY.
THERE IS LANGUAGE WITHIN THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM, EMERGENCY
ORDER, IT DOESN'T GET INTO SORT
OF THE NITTY-GRITTY THAT
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ 'S
PROPOSED BILL DOES.
IT CERTAINLY HAS LANGUAGE THAT
SAYS THE PROPERTY OWNER SHOULD
WORK WITH TENANTS TO ENTER INTO
TIMED PAYMENT PLANS.
I'M WONDERING AS IT RELATES TO
THE PARTICULAR INSTANCE THAT
YOU ARE SHARING WITH US,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, WHETHER
OR NOT YOU HAVE SOUGHT THE
ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE OF THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
ENFORCING THE EXISTING
EMERGENCY ORDER?
>> THANK YOU MEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE AND WE ARE
ACTUALLY, THIS ALL HAPPENED
JUST OVER THE WEEKEND.
WE ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT
TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
IT'S QUITE DISTURBING THAT EVEN
THOUGH THERE IS LANGUAGE THAT
YOU JUST STATED, THAT THEY OWE
-- THOSE ORDERS ARE NOT BEING
COMPLIED WITH BY MANY OF THE
LANDLORDS.
WE HEARD FROM THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE, NOT ME
PERSONALLY, BUT WE HEARD IN THE
NEWS FROM THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE THAT THEY
ACTUALLY RECEIVED NEARLY 300
COMPLAINTS FROM VARIOUS TENANTS
ACROSS THE STATE THAT THE
EVICTION MORATORIUM AND THE
RENT-FREE ORDERS WERE NOT BEING
COMPLIED WITH.
I'M ALSO ROUTINELY HEARING FROM
TENANTS UP ON CAPITOL HILL AND
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT THEY
ARE RECEIVING RENT INCREASE
NOTICES EVEN THOUGH THE STATE,
YOU KNOW THE STATE ORDER SAYS
THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY
SUCH THING.
AT LEAST UNTIL JUNE 4th AND
MAYBE THAT WILL BE EXTENDED.
SO, I REALLY AGREE THAT WE
SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE DO
WHATEVER ENFORCEMENT AS
POSSIBLE FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE.
I HOPE TO HAVE SOMETHING
POSITIVE TO REPORT SOMETIME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT AND COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
OF COURSE, I HAVE A COUPLE
QUICK BILLS THAT COULD HELP
WITH THIS PARTICULAR AREA AS
WELL.
SO, I WILL BE INTERESTED IN
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING SURE THE
BILLS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
úCONSIDER, I BELIEVE NEXT
MONDAY, ARE SORT OF FASHIONED
IN A WAY THAT WILL PROMOTE BOTH
ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTION FOR
THESE TENANTS.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE, AND I
THINK THE SCENARIO YOU ARE
DESCRIBING WOULD IN FACT FALL
INTO THE RUBRIC OF THE EXISTING
DRAFT ORDINANCES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
HITTING THAT NAIL ON THE HEAD
AS WELL.
THANKS A LOT FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THAT IMPORTANT FACTS.
THAT IS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME.
AND IS EXACTLY THE REASON WHY
WE NEEDED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER,
WHY WE NEED THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE, WE ARE GOING
TO NEED OUR CITIES ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE DOING ENFORCEMENT AND
WHY I THINK THE BILLS I'M
ADVANCING ARE ABSOLUTELY
COMPLEMENTARY TO THE WORK THAT
IS HAPPENING.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT?
HEARING NONE, WILL MOVE OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE ABOUT A HALF HOUR LEFT
IN THE MORNING.
GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.
I'M GOING TO START WITH MY
GENERAL UPDATES FIRST.
WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNCIL BILL
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE
MOST PEOPLE WILL HAVE COMMENTS
AND CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO JUST SAY I'VE BEEN
FOLLOWING AND TRACKING THE
MARKET STREAKING CONSTRUCTION
WHICH WAS DELAYED AND IS NOW
BACK ON SCHEDULE.
AMID THIS CRISIS.
I WANT TO COMPLEMENT S.FOR
REMAINING ON SCHEDULE DURING
THIS PROCESS.
THE FREMONT ARTS COUNCIL, WE
ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM
TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT
DISPLACED FROM THEIR SPACE THAT
THEY RENT FROM CITY LIGHTS.
AS MANY HAVE PROBABLY HEARD,
THE FREMONT SOLSTICE PARADE HAS
BEEN CANCELED LIKE SO MANY
OTHER AMAZING EVENTS THIS YEAR.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
ARE ABLE TO STAY IN PLACE THIS
YEAR AS THAT IS THERE ONE EVENT
. IT'S THEIR LARGEST EVENT, NOT
ONLY EVENT.
MY OFFICE DOES CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH SMALL, DIRECTLY WORK WITH
SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR
DISTRICT AND NONPROFITS.
AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, MY OFFICE
CIRCULATED A SMALL BUSINESS
LETTER THAT WE INTEND TO SEND
TO OUR STATE AND FEDERAL --
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
FOR YOUR QUICK FEEDBACK.
I KNOW THAT AS WE GENERATE
IDEAS THAT COME FROM OUR
COMMUNITIES, OFTENTIMES THERE
IS ALREADY WORK UNDERWAY TO
DIRECTLY TACKLE THE ISSUES THAT
PEOPLE ARE FACING.
I CONTINUE TO WARN IT WITH CITY
DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THE
SITUATION IN AND AROUND BALLARD
COMMONS PARK.
LAST WEEK, THE BALLARD LIBRARY
BRANCH -- THE BATHROOMS WERE
OPENED THERE ALONG WITH 95 NEW
UNITS OF 24/7 ENHANCED SHELTER
OPENED UP IN THE CITY.
THAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
I WILL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING TO
OPEN MORE BEDS, AND AGAIN, I
CALL FOR URGENCY REGARDING THIS
MATTER.
I WILL NOW JUMP INTO THE ONE
LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE RELATED ITEM ON THE
AGENDA WHICH OF THE
RECONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL BILL
119769.
WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY DESIGN
WE CONSIDERED LAST WEEK.
THIS LEGISLATION IS INTENDED TO
ALLOW PROJECTS TO CONTINUE
MOVING FORWARD DURING THE COVID-
19 EMERGENCY.
THERE ARE TWO NEW AMENDMENTS TO
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
I HAVE ASKED COUNCILMEMBERS TO
-- NOT TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOT
DISCUSSED.
ONE OF THOSE FITS THE -- THAT
CRITERIA.
THE TWO AMENDMENTS, ONE IS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, WHICH
IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE
AMENDMENT SHE BROUGHT FORWARD
LAST WEEK.
THIS CLARIFIES THE LANGUAGE IN
IMPORTANT WAYS, AND ALSO FIXES
DRAFTING ERRORS.
THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON LAST
WEEK.
A LOT OF MOVING PIECES AND I
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES ' ABILITY TO COME BACK
AND REVIEW THIS IN GREAT DETAIL.
MINOR DECISIONS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW
DISTRICT.
AND REMOVE THE ABILITY FOR THE
I SRD BOARD TO MEET VIRTUALLY
FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS IN
RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS.
THAT IS COUNCILMEMBER ALICE'S
AMENDMENT.
IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE
PROPOSED LAST WEEK AND CLARIFIES
SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT
WAS PROPOSED LAST WEEK AS
PREPARED TO THIS WEEK.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IS ALSO
BRINGING AN AMENDMENT THAT
PROPOSES TO REMOVE PROJECTS
PARTICIPATING IN THE LIVING
BUILDING -- AT THIS TIME I
WOULD REALLY PREFER TO ONLY
TAKE UP NEW AMENDMENTS THAT
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT PRIOR
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
LAST WEEK I LAID OUT THE
URGENCY OF ADOPTING LEGISLATION
QUICKLY.
SO AS NOT TO WORSEN THE HOUSING
AND ECONOMIC CRISIS WE ARE
EXPERIENCING.
AND AGAIN, CENTRAL STAFF IS
HERE ON THIS CALL TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION.
FINALLY, THERE ARE NO ITEMS
FROM THE LANGUAGE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY
CALENDAR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, OR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'
REPORT?
OKAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
FOR COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AS IT
RELATES TO COUNCIL BILL 119769?
I THINK I GOT THAT NUMBER RIGHT.
11 -- SOMETHING.
769.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> 119769, YOU GOT IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, I HAVE TO
MEMORIZE IT.
I'VE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT IT
LATELY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF ON WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO CONSIDER THIS
AFTERNOON?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA , GO FOR
IT.
>> BECKEL COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR HIS DILIGENT WORK
TO HELP GET THIS OVER THE
FINISH LINE TODAY.
AND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
CONTINUING TO ADDED TO THE
AGENDA.
FINGERS CROSSED.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE TIME
COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO A CENTRAL
STAFF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
AMENDMENTS WE HAVE HEARD OR
SHOULD WE SAVE THOSE FOR THIS
AFTERNOON?
>> COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WILL
NOT BE AVAILABLE THIS
AFTERNOON.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE NOW, AND IN
THE INTERIM, BUT I WILL NOT BE
SUSPENDING THE RULES TO ALLOW
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS.
FOR COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS AT ALL RELATED TO ANY
PRODIGAL LEGISLATION WE ARE
GOING TO CONSIDER THIS
AFTERNOON, THAT WOULD BE MOST
APPROPRIATELY ANSWERED BY EITHER
OF THEM, NOW IS THE TIME TO
POST THOSE QUESTIONS.
IF YOU WANT TO DO SO ON THE
RECORD.
>> BECKEL COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
JUST A VERY BRIEF QUESTION FOR
CENTRAL STAFF.
I APPRECIATE THE WALK-THROUGH
OF COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
AMENDMENT.
I INTEND TO FULLY SUPPORT THAT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
FOR YOUR WORK AS WELL TO
FINALIZE THAT LANGUAGE AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
INCLUSION IN THE UNDERLYING
BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I JUST DO
HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR
CENTRAL STAFF I BELIEVE THAT
WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS
WITH THE LANGUAGE AS I SEE IT.
JUST FOR THE COUNCIL' AS
KNOWLEDGE, AND MY
UNDERSTANDING, IF CENTRAL STAFF
COULD WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT A
LIVING BUILDING IS BY
DEFINITION I THINK THAT WOULD
BE A HELPFUL REMINDER FOR
FOLKS.
>> THERE IS A PILOT PROGRAM
CALLED THE LIVING BUILDING.
CHALLENGE.
PILOT.
BUILDINGS THAT HAVE ALMOST 0
EMISSIONS CAN QUALIFY FOR EXTRA
FLOOR AREA AND EXTRALIGHT.
AS A MATTER OF CODE, THOSE
BUILDINGS ARE REQUIRED TO GO A
FULL DESIGN REVIEW.
I REVIEW COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'
AMENDMENT, AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO
IT.
I THINK THE ONE ON THE AGENDA
TODAY IS THE ONE I WILL
DESCRIBE.
THE VERSION ON THE AGENDA TODAY
WOULD EXCLUDE FROM THE ABILITY
TO ELECT ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN
REVIEW PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE.
THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH A DESIGN
GUIDANCE AND APPLIED FOR A MASS
USE PERMIT.
THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE
HAD MORE REVIEW ALREADY AND ARE
SOME WAYS DOWN THE ROAD TOWARDS
GETTING THERE MASS USE PERMIT.
THERE ARE ABOUT 15 TOTAL
PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE LIVING
BUILDING PILOT NOW.
ABOUT FIVE ARE PROBABLY AT SOME
STAGE OF DESIGN REVIEW AT THIS
POINT.
IT'S LIKELY THAT COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS'S WOULD AFFECT 3 OF 5 OF
THOSE PROJECTS.
>> ANY FOLLOW-UP, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, DID
YOU WANT TO ADDRESS YOUR
AMENDATORY LANGUAGE BEFORE I
CALL HIM COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
WHO ICU IS RAISING HER HAND?
>> SURE.
I WAS GOING TO NAME THE RESERVE
MENTIONING IT INTO MY
PRESENTATION LATER.
I CAN JUST JUMP IN REALLY
QUICKLY NOW.
SO AS WAS JUST SHARED, OF THE
15 PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER THE
LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE, AND
TO BE CLEAR, I'M A VERY STRONG
SUPPORTER OF THAT PILOT.
I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE
15 PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THAT
PILOT AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
IT.
THREE OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD
BE IMPACTED BY THIS AMENDMENT.
THE BASIS FOR PURSUING THE
AMENDMENT IS UNDER THE LIVING
BUILDING PROJECT, A CONSIDERABLE
DENSITY OF HEIGHT BONUS IS
ALLOWED TO BUILDINGS WHICH IS
GOOD.
IT'S A GOOD INCENTIVE FOR
PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROJECT.
THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS THE
DESIGN REVIEW, BECOMES A BIGGER
ISSUE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
BIGGER HEIGHT OR BIGGER BULK.
IN THE CASE OF PROJECTS THAT
HAVEN'T STARTED THEIR DESIGN
REVIEW YET, SO, THEY WOULD GO
TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS,
I DON'T THINK IT'S AS BIG OF A
DEAL.
THAT WOULD BE HOW THE ENTIRE
PROCESS WOULD BE CONDUCTED FOR
THOSE BUILDINGS.
BUT FOR THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE
ALREADY STARTED THEIR DESIGN
REVIEW PROCESS AND HAVE THEIR
INITIAL PRESENTATIONS TO THE
BOARD, HAD INITIAL INPUT AND
SET AN ADDITIONAL MEETING TO
COME BACK FOR FINAL BOARD
APPROVAL, TO SEND THE PROJECT
ON TO GET THE MASTER USE PERMIT.
THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN FROM
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT A
LOT OF THE GREAT PROGRESS MADE
AT THAT INITIAL BOARD HEARING
IS GOING TO GET LOST BETWEEN
THE INITIAL HEARING, AND THEN
THE FINAL ONE FOR THE FINAL
COURT APPROVAL.
SO, FOR THAT REASON, I THINK
IT'S REASONABLE GIVEN THAT
THESE PARTICULARLY BUILDER
BUILDINGS THAT A LOT OF THE
OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WE FACE AS
A CITY, TO GO THROUGH THE
MASTER UNIT, MASTER USE PERMIT
PROCESS, AND THAT WE HAVE THREE
OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE
MIDSTREAM.
SO THEY'VE HAD THEIR INITIAL
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD PROCESS
FROM AN IN PERSON BOARD.
AND THEY NEED TO COME BACK FOR
APPROVAL FROM THE SAME FOLKS
THAT ARE THE INITIAL
PRESENTATION.
IT'S REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT
THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE
MIDSTREAM AND HALFWAY THROUGH
THAT PROCESS, SHOULD BE
EXPECTED TO GO BACK AND FINISH
IT THE WAY THOSE PROJECTS
STARTED.
SO, THAT'S THE AMENDMENT THAT I
PUT FORWARD.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS NOW DURING MY
PRESENTATION, OR AT THIS
AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT'S WHAT THAT AMENDMENT
DEALS WITH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO,
IS REQUEST THAT COUNCILMEMBERS
NOT RESERVE THEIR COMMENTS
ABOUT ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS
BILL AND TELL THEIR REPORT.
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING RELATED
TO THIS COUNCIL BILL, I'M
ASKING COUNCILMEMBERS TO
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, QUESTIONS,
COMMENTS, CONCERNS RELATED TO
ANYTHING ON THIS BILL NOW,
DURING COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'
REPORT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
ANYTHING TO ADD FOR US TO
CONSIDER AS IT RELATES TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS' AMENDMENT
WHICH IS LISTED ON OUR AGENDA
FOR LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON?
> NOTHING FROM ME.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER, STRAUSS, DID YOU
WANT TO ADDRESS THIS MONTH
AMENDMENT AS PROPOSEDBY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES, I WOULD JUST SAY I
THINK THIS THEY WELL THOUGHT
OUT AMENDMENT.
THAT IS NARROWLY DEFINED.
I DO ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT I
MADE JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO
THAT NEW AND EMERGING ISSUES
THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED SINCE
OUR MEETING LAST WEEK, I WOULD
PREFER TO KEEP THE BILL
NARROWLY TAILORED TO GET IT
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE TODAY
RATHER THAN BRING UP AND
ADDRESS NEW ISSUES.
SO, I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS BRINGING THE AMENDMENT.
AND I WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THE
BILL AS LIMITED AS POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
>> SO, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
I'M NOT FOLLOWING WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO SIGNAL TO ME.
I'D RATHER NOT READ OR
INTERPRET SUBTEXT TO YOUR
COMMENTS.
ARE YOU, AS THE PRIME SPONSOR
OF THE BILL, HAVE YOU
IDENTIFIED COUNCILMEMBERS
AMENDMENT TO VERSION 2, AND A
NEW ISSUE, AND THEREFORE ARE
NOT SUPPORTING IT?
>> I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THE
AMENDMENT.
I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AND I
WELCOMED HIM IN BRINGING THE
AMENDMENT FORWARD.
DESPITE NOT VOTING FOR IT.
>> OKAY, AND I GETS HIM TRYING
TO GET A SENSE FROM YOU OF
WHETHER YOU AS A PRIME SPONSOR
OF THIS BILL BELIEVE THAT THIS
AMENDMENT IS WHAT YOU
CHARACTERIZED IN YOUR OPENING
REMARKS TO BE -- THAT IT IS
FAIRLY CHARACTERIZED AS A NEW
ISSUE?
>> THAT IS HOW I WOULD
CHARACTERIZE IT AS.
I WANT TO COMPLEMENT
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ON HIS
ABILITY TO WORK WITH HIS
CONSTITUENCY.
AND FOR CONVINCING ME OF THE
NECESSITY OF BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
I WANT TO COMMEND HIS GOOD
WORK, HOWEVER I WILL NOT BE
SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT.
>> OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'
AMENDMENT?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, I THINK
THAT WHAT THE CHAIR, OR WHAT
THE SPONSOR IS SAYING IS THAT
HE APPRECIATES HOW MUCH YOU DIG
INTO THE DETAILS AND TRY TO
FIND A COME FORWARD.
AND I'LL COMPLEMENT YOU ON THAT
AS WELL.
I WANT TO BE EXPLICIT WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE, AND THE
PUBLIC, I WILL ALSO NOT BE
SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT.
I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE LIFT UP
PROJECTS LIKE THESE THAT WE
JUST HEARD FROM CENTRAL STAFF
ARE EXACTLY THE TYPES OF
PROJECT WE WANT TO SEE GO
FORWARD.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
BUILDINGS THAT ARE SHOWING THAT
OUR LIVING BUILDINGS PILOT IS
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AGAIN, ZERO EMISSIONS.
MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE A
DESIGN THAT IS NOT JUST THINK
ABOUT SETBACKS OR GREEN ROOTS,
THAT ARE TRULY LIVING BUILDINGS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WE WANT TO
SET FORWARD AND SHOW HOW
SUCCESSFUL THIS PILOT CAN BE.
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO REITERATE THIS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.
THAT WE DON'T FOLD INTO A FALSE
MAYOR SAID THAT THIS TAKES AWAY
THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO
ENGAGE IN THIS PROCESS WITH THE
ADMINISTRATIVE ELEMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ALSO INCLUDED
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WORKING
WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE STAND UP OTHER WAYS TO
THE COMMUNITY TO STAY ENGAGED.
THIS LIVING BUILDING PILOT EVEN
THREE OUT OF THE 15, GIVE US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD
IN THIS TIME.
I DON'T WANT US TO DO ANYTHING
THAT COULD UNINTENTIONALLY
CAUSE ANY OF THOSE DEVELOPERS
TO SAY, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE
THE POSSIBILITY OF DELAY, THEN
I'M GOING TO ABANDON THE
LIMITING BUILDING AT AND MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE BUILDING AS
NORMAL.
FOR ME THIS IS REALLY MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE LIVING
BUILDINGS MOVE FORWARD AND
THERE'S NOT AN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES SOMEBODY DECIDED
TO ABANDON THOSE ELEMENTS
BECAUSE WE WANT THESE LIVING
BUILDINGS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND
I'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER TODAY,
THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT THERE
COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FLKS TO ENGAGE IN THE THAT IS
DATA PROCESS AND BEYOND VERY
SOON.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY
COMMUNITY VOICE THIS IS ABOUT
MAKING SURE WE ARE INTEGRATING
IT IN WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED BY LAW AND THAT WE ARE
ENCOURAGING THE CREATION OF
THESE LIVING BUILDINGS AND NOT
UNINTENTIONALLY HAVING FOLKS
DEFAULT INTO AN NONLIVING
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. SO,
THANK YOU FOR I THINK WORKING
WITH THE SPONSOR TO TRY TO
MERIT, BUT AGAIN I'LL BE VOTING
NO ON THIS AMENDMENT WHEN IT
COMES FORWARD TODAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I WANT TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ON COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS' PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
AND IF THERE ARE, NONE THEN I'M
GOING TO MOVE OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO IS
STILL IN THE QUEUE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHY
I'M NOT BRINGING BACK MY
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD STRIKE THE
SECTION OF THE BILL THAT ALLOWS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS TO
BE EXEMPT FROM THE STREAMLINED
ADMINISTRATIVE DESIGN PROCESS
THAT THEY ARE ALREADY ENTITLED
TO PARTICIPATE IN.
I'M NOT BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT
FORWARD BECAUSE OF --
REQUIREMENT OF OUR
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES THAT
DOES NOT ALLOW THE
NONPREVAILING PARTY, AS IT
RELATES TO AN AMENDMENT, TO
BRING BACK THE SAME AMENDMENT.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THERE WAS A WAY TO MAKE A
CHANGE TO THE AMENDMENT, THE
AMENDMENT ITSELF AS IT WAS
DRAFTED.
INCLUDED STRIKING THE RECYCLE
AS WELL AS STRIKING THE ACTION
PORTION.
WITHIN THE BILL ITSELF.
I THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING, OR NOT
INCLUDING THE STRIKING OF THE
RECITAL, AND JUST MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE
EXEMPTION.
BUT DID NOT FEEL THAT THAT WOULD
PASS SORT OF THE SMELL TEST OF
YOU, MY COLLEAGUES.
ON THE COUNCIL BECAUSE AS I
UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE CITY
CLERK, IT IS THE BODY OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, THE BODY WHO
DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT THE
AMENDMENT IS THE SAME QUESTION.
I FELT IF I WAS IN YOUR SHOES,
AND I WAS CONSIDERING AN
AMENDMENT THAT WAS IDENTICAL,
EXCEPT FOR THE RECITAL SECTION,
BUT STILL HAVE THE SAME IMPACT,
THAT I WOULD DECIDE THAT THAT
WAS NOT A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M NOT
BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD
AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO
AGAIN USE OUR COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS IN A WAY THAT WILL
PROMOTE AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY TO
THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING ON
COUNCIL . SINCE WE DON'T HAVE
THE BENEFIT OF HAVING OUR
ORDINARY COMMUNITY CENTRAL.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S
WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS IN COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS.
I KNOW IT ADDS TO THE LENGTH OF
OUR COUNCIL BRIEFINGS.
I KNOW I THINK IT'S REALLY AN
IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE ARE
DOING OUR WORK WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF THIS PERIOD OF
PANDEMIC AND CRISIS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE STILL
FULFILLING THE OBLIGATION TO
SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AROUND OUR WORK IN A PUBLIC
SETTING.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, SO ANY, QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS RELATED TO COUNCIL
MUMBLE HERBOLD 'S COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, I'M GOING TO MOVE
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
WHO HAS AN AMENDMENT AND WANT
TO PROVIDE HER AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ADDRESS THEM AMENDMENT
BRIEFLY.
THEN I'LL ASK THEM TO ADD ANY
ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR THE
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
THEN WE'LL HAVE A QUICK LITTLE
CONVERSATION ON THAT AND
HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO WRAP UP
THIS REPORT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THE
FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
MENTIONED, I'LL BE SPONSORING
AN AMENDMENT THAT WILL ALLOW
THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OF
CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW
DISTRICT.
THAT WOULD PROHIBIT VIRTUAL
MEETINGS OF THE ISR KEYBOARD.
AS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS IN THE CID.
THE REAL CRUX OF THE MATTER FOR
THEM IS THIS DEEP DESIRE NOT TO
MOVE TO VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY LACK ACCESS TO
TECHNOLOGY AND WE CAN'T BE SURE
ABOUT HOW QUICKLY WE'LL BE ABLE
TO PUT THE LANGUAGE AND
PURPOSES SERVICES IN PLACE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE
PROPOSING THIS AFTERNOON.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ONGOING WORK AND REPRESENTATION
OF YOUR DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR,
BUT OF COURSE WE KNOW THESE
BILLS HAVE CITYWIDE IMPACT.
NOT JUST A DISTRICT SPECIFIC
IMPACT.
AND REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THE PRIMARY SPONSOR AROUND
FINDING AN APPROPRIATE PATH
FORWARD THAT IS YOU KNOW SORT OF
NEEDED ENOUGH TO ADDRESS
CONCERNS.
WHILE STILL ALLOWING FOR THE
BILL TO MOVE FORWARD ON A
CITYWIDE BASIS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DO YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO ADD AS
IT RELATES TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES' AMENDMENT BEFORE I
ASKED THEM TO WEIGH IN?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME OTHER THAN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HELPED
ME IDENTIFY SOME MORE CLEANUP
THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE IN
BETWEEN OUR MEETING LAST
WEEKEND TODAY.
I APPRECIATE THAT HELP.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANYTHING TO ADD FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION?
>> NO, I THINK THE
COUNCILMEMBER DID A GREAT JOB
SUMMARIZING.
>> GREAT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR
ANYONE ON THIS PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT?
ALL RIGHT.
SEEING AND HEARING NONE, I AM
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE US
ALONG.
THANK YOU TO LISH AND KIDO FOR
BEING WITH US TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
RECONSIDERATION OF THIS COUNCIL
BILL THIS AFTERNOON.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ARE YOU
DONE WITH YOUR REPORT?
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I AM DONE, I HAVE COMPLETED MY
REPORT.
EVERYTHING TO REPORT OUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE IS CANCELED
FOR THIS WEEK.
THIS COMMITTEE HAS NO ITEMS ON
THE FULL COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY.
JUST AN UPDATE ON UPCOMING WORK
THAT I'LL BE DOING.
I AM CHAIRING THE WATERSHED
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AREA NINE
MEETING ON THURSDAY.
AND I WILL BE HAVING MY OFFICE
HOURS COMING THIS WEDNESDAY
FROM 2:00 TO 6:00 P.M.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE VIRTUAL
OFFICE HOURS.
PLEASE CONNECT TO SET THOSE UP.
AS FAR AS MAJOR EVENTS LAST
WEEK, WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TOWN
HALL ON THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
COHOSTED WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON.
WE HAD 3300 RSVP'S, THAT IS
3300 RSVP'S, AND 1000 QUESTIONS
SUBMITTED.
THERE WERE 4600 VIEWS ON
YOUTUBE BROADCASTED.
AND IT WAS JUST REALLY, IT'S AN
INCREDIBLE TESTAMENT TO THE
INTEREST AND CONCERN THAT WEST
SEATTLE RESIDENTS HAVE ABOUT
THIS TRANSPORTATION CRISIS THAT
WE HAVE BEFORE US.
I ALSO, AFTER THAT MEETING,
PARTICIPATED IN A HIGHLAND PARK
ACTION COMMITTEE BRIEFING ON
THE SAME TOPIC.
THEN, THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE
WEST SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
COALITION HOSTED SDOT AGAIN AND
PARTICIPATED IN THAT MEETING AS
WELL.
SO, LOTS OF INTEREST, LOTS OF
CONCERN, LOTS OF DESIRE ON THE
PART OF MY CONSTITUENTS TO SEE
PLANS THAT CAN BE TRANSLATED
INTO ACTIONS.
TO ADDRESS NOT JUST THE LONG-
TERM NEED TO EITHER REPAIR OR
REPLACE THE BRIDGE, BUT ALSO TO
ADDRESS THE NEEDS RELATED TO
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT THAT FOLKS
ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
AND THE NEED FOR THE IMPENDING
NEED FOR, EXPANDED ACCESS TO
TRANSIT OPTIONS.
WANTED TO JUST MENTION A COUPLE
THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONE THING COMING UP ON TODAY'S
AGENDA IS THAT WE DO HAVE A
PROCLAMATION TO SIGN TODAY.
THIS IS THE RECOGNITION OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
THIS WEEKEND, MY OFFICE
CIRCULATED THIS PROCLAMATION,
DECLARING APRIL TO BE SEXUAL
ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH.
AT THIS AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL
MEETING WE WILL HEAR FROM
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, AND
TWO OTHER COALITIONS WHO HAVE
RECEIVED VIRTUALLY THE SAME
PROCLAMATION AS WELL AS SHARING
THEIR THOUGHTS.
MANY THANKS ESPECIALLY TO -- OF
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION.
FOR LEAVING ON THIS EFFORT.
AND JUST A COUPLE BACKS TO
HIGHLIGHT.
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
WAS FIRST SERVED, OBSERVED BY
THE UNITED STATES IN APRIL,
2001 TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
WAYS TO PREVENT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AND TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS.
1 IN 4, AND ONE IN 6 WOMEN WILL
BE INFECTED BY SEXUAL ASSAULT
IN THEIR LIFETIME.
AND AMONG SPECIFIC COMMUNITY
THAT FIGURE IS MUCH HIGHER.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE STAY
HOME, STAY HEALTHY EMERGENCY
ORDER, MORE PEOPLE ARE CALLING
ABOUT SEXUAL -- CALLING SEXUAL
ASSAULT HOTLINE SAY REGARDING
THE DISTRESS THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING RELATED TO COVID-
19.
AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE THAT
OVERSEES HUMAN SERVICES, AND
PUBLIC SAFETY, I'M VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SUPPORT THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE
THAT EVEN DURING THIS PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS, IN FACT,
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS, CRITICAL
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS ARE STILL
OPEN BEEN AVAILABLE TO
SURVIVORS.
WE WILL BE INSTRUCTED AT FULL
COUNCIL FOR HOW TO SIGN THE
PROCLAMATION.
AND WE'LL ASK EACH PERSON TO
AFFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THEY
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
ATTACHED TO THE PROCLAMATION.
FOR THOSE WHO SM, THE CLERK
WILL DIGITALLY AFFECT YOUR
SIGNATURE AND THE PROCLAMATION
WILL BE READY FOR SIGNATURES
THIS AFTERNOON.
ACTUALLY, THE PROCESS I JUST
DESCRIBED, I BELIEVE WE DO THIS
NOW.
IN ANTICIPATION OF FULL COUNCIL
ON TUESDAY.
PERHAPS THE CITY CLERK CAN
CONFIRM THAT.
>> ANYONE FROM THE CITY CLERK
ABLE TO ANSWER COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S QUESTION?
[ INDISCERNIBLE - MULTIPLE
SPEAKERS ]
>> IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, YES,
WE COULD JUST CALL A ROLE AND
ASK FOR COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE
PROCLAMATION.
ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, WE CAN
GO AHEAD AND AFFIX YOUR
SIGNATURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, ANYTHING
ELSE?
>> IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO CONTINUE
WITH THAT REPORT, I CAN DO
THAT, YES ABSOLUTELY.
JUST TWO MORE ITEMS.
ONE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
WORK AT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN
DOING WITH THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM
TO EXPAND THE USE OF THEIR
TESTING PILOT.
THAT ORIGINALLY WAS FOCUSED ON
FIRST RESPONDERS. WAS LATER
RESPONDED TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
BASED ON THE REQUEST OF SOME
FRONT-LINE SHELTER WORKERS, THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED TO
EXPAND TO THAT POPULATION OF
WORKER AS WELL.
SHELTERS THAT SERVE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE
SEEING INCREASED CASES OF COVID-
19.
AMONG STAFF, AND RESIDENTS NOW,
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE,
IS THAT THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR
STAFF TO GET RESULTS HAD
PREVIOUSLY AVERAGED 4 TO 5 DAYS.
DURING THAT TIME, EMPLOYEES
WITH SUSPECTED COVID-19 COULD
NOT REPORT TO WORK, LEAVING
SHELTERS SHORTSTAFFED DURING
THIS CRUCIAL PERIOD.
MY OFFICE WORKED WITH THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO HELP SHELTER
STAFF, ACCESS THEIR QUICK
TURNAROUND TESTING SITE, NOW
EMPLOYEES AT TWO MAJOR SHELTERS
CAN GET TESTED AT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S OWN TESTING SITE
AND GET THE RESULTS WITHIN ONE
DAY.
THIS WILL HELP KEEP EVERYONE
SAFE AND HEALTHY.
AND ALLOW THE SHELTERS TO
PROPERLY STAFF THEIR SHELTERS.
I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS THE
SINCERE GRATITUDE THAT I HAVE
TWO CHIEFS I CAN SEND HIS STAFF
FOR MAKING THIS ADDITIONAL
TESTING CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO
THIS CRUCIAL GROUP OF FRONT-
LINE WORKERS.
THE LAST ITEM THAT I WANTED TO
SHARE, RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
SOME COVID-19 ACTIONS THAT THE
PARK DEPARTMENT WAS TAKING A
LONG ARCHIVE.
THIS PAST FRIDAY, PARKS BEGAN
PLACING BOARDS ON BENCHES, SO
THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE USED, AS
WELL AS CLOSING ALL PICNIC
TABLES AND SHELTERS.
AFTER SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS
REACHED OUT TO ME, I INQUIRED
WITH PARKS ABOUT THIS AND WAS
TOLD IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO
CROWDS CONTINUING TO CONGREGATE
AT AL QAEDA, THE WEEKEND BEFORE
DESPITE THE MAYOR'S KEEP IT
MOVING GUIDANCE.
THE DATA COLLECTED BY PARKS
SHOWS OF ALL THE PEOPLE THEY
ENCOUNTERED AT 15 DIFFERENT
PARTS, ONLY ONE THIRD WERE AT
THAT PARK.
NO OTHER PARTS REPORTED USAGE
THIS HIGH FOR SO MUCH CROWDING.
I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND
PARKS INCLINATION TO TRY TO
FIND MORE STRATEGIES TO LIMIT
THIS CROWDING.
I STARTED HEARING FROM
CONSTITUENTS IMMEDIATELY ABOUT
THE BOARDED-UP BENCHES.
MY CONSTITUENTS WERE CONCERNED
ABOUT SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES OR INJURIES BEING
ABLE TO GET OUT AND GET THEIR
EXERCISE IF THEY COULDN'T STOP
AND REST ON A BENCH ALONG THE
WAY.
PARKS ASSURED MY OFFICES, MY
OFFICE, THAT SOME BENCHES WERE
LEFT OPEN FOR EXACTLY THAT
PURPOSE.
WE HAD ASKED FOR MORE DETAIL
ABOUT HOW MANY BENCHES WERE
STILL AVAILABLE FOR SENIORS AND
MOBILITY IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS.
AND THE SPACING BETWEEN BENCHES
TO ACCOMMODATE THAT USE.
WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK
FROM PARKS ABOUT THAT
ADDITIONAL DATA.
WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS
RECONSIDERING THE POLICY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT THEY WERE OUT
REMOVING THE BOARDS BLOCKING
THE BENCHES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATING
PROMPTLY WITH MY OFFICE.
ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS WITH THE
POLICY.
I THINK MY CONSTITUENTS WHO
REACHED OUT WITH HER CONCERNS.
PARKS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD
CONTINUE TO MONITOR USAGE AT
ALKIVE THIS WEEKEND.
I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO FOLLOW
UP TO SEE WHAT THEY LEARNED.
BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I SHARE THE
CONCERNS THAT MY CONSTITUENTS
HAD ABOUT THE BOARDING UP OF
BENCHES, I REALLY DO SUPPORT
THE OVERALL EFFORT OF THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND THE KEEP IT
MOVING GUIDANCE TO ENSURE THAT
THERE IS NOT THE LEVEL OF
CROWDING THAT WE HAVE SEEN AT
ALKIVE IN THE PAST.
THAT'S ALL FOR ME TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE ARE
GOING TO GRADE AND MOVE ALONG
TO THESE REPORTS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ THE FLOOR
IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
PUBLIC ASSET AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEES FOR THIS
AFTERNOON.
I HAVE CANCELED OUR MAY 5th
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A GOOD SEGUE
INTO PARKS AND REC.
TO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD JUST SHARED.
AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH THEY
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE OPENING
ANOTHER SIX MILES OF RECREATION.
IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT OBVIOUSLY
SIX MILES. THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
ARE GREENWOOD, A FELLOW, EGAN
HILL, RANIER BEACH, CENTRAL
DISTRICT, WEST SEATTLE, HIGH
POINT, AND GREEN LAKE.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
BECAUSE THE MORE STREETS WE CAN
OPEN IT REALLY LEAVES PRESSURE
AND CROWDING THAT WE ARE SEEING
AT OUR FAVORITE AND MOST
BUSIEST PARKS.
GOING INTO PARK USAGE, I WANT A
BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS STAFF
AND WORKING WITH MY STAFF AT
ALL HOURS LETTING US KNOW WHAT
THEY ARE GOING ON.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THEY RESPONDED
TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
IMMEDIATELY.
DARTING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 9,
PARKS AND RECREATION
IMPLEMENTED A SOCIAL DISTANCING
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WHERE UP TO
70 AMBASSADORS HELPED ENCOURAGE
COMPLIANCE WITH SOCIAL
DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
IN 15 OF THE MOST POPULAR
REGIONAL PARKS AND HIGH USE
AREAS.
THE DATA TAKEN FROM THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
SHOWS OVERALL COMPLIANCE SINCE
EASTER WEEKEND, AS PARKS WORK
TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF DATA
COLLECTION AND REPORTING, WE
UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE IS THE BEST BALLPARK FOR
IDENTIFYING COMPLIANCE.
WE KNOW THAT WEATHER AND
WEEKENDS BRING PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
I WANTED TO SHARE THIS LAST
WEEK, BUT NOW I'M ACTUALLY
EXCITED WE CAN GET THIS TO YOU.
THIS MORNING, YOU WILL RECEIVE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOLLOW-
UP FROM MY OFFICE WITH THE DATA
SNAKE SHOT FROM APRIL 16th TO
APRIL 22nd.
THAT WILL COVER PARK OVERALL
USAGE.
PARK OVERALL COMPLIANCE.
AND INTERVENTION COMPLIANCE.
I SHOULD ADD WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION LATER. I THINK ONE
OF MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED
THIS.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
THAT INDEED FIVE LIBRARIES HAVE
OPEN FOR, WE CAN USE THE
RESTROOMS.
THAT IS BALLARD, BEACON HILL,
UNIVERSITY, CAPITOL HILL, AND
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE PROGRAMS WITH PARKS.
STARTING WITH THE SHELTER
PROGRAM.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT FROM
APRIL 15th THROUGH THE 22nd.
WE ACCOMMODATED ON AN AVERAGE
BETWEEN 22 AND 32 PEOPLE AT THE
MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER AND
BETWEEN 34 AND 45 AT THE
GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER.
WITH THE INDOOR SHOWER PROGRAM,
FROM APRIL 15th THROUGH THE
21st, WE SERVED ABOUT 330 USES.
WITH A CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF OVER
1700 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
SERVED SINCE THE START OF THE
PROGRAM.
EMERGENCY CHILDCARE.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
2 OF THE 3 SITES OF THE
EMERGENCY CHILDCARE PROGRAM
THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE OPENED
THIS WEEKEND.
BALLARD, MEADOWBROOK, AND QUEEN
ANNE, WILL OPEN ON MONDAY.
APRIL 27th, THAT IS TODAY.
THIS PROGRAM SERVES FAMILIES OF
ESSENTIAL WORKERS SUCH AS FIRST
RESPONDERS, MEDICAL WORKERS,
AND GROCERY WORKERS.
I REALLY DO WANT TO SAY
SUPERINTENDENT AND THEIR STAFF
HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL AND
WORKING WITH THEIR STAFF AND
KEEPING US INFORMED OF WHAT IS
GOING ON.
THE EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM.
THE COLLABORATION WITH THE
WORLD VISION AND TOGETHER
WASHINGTON CONTINUES.
LAST FRIDAY WE DISTRIBUTED 100
BOXES OF FOOD TARGETING
FAMILIES THAT RECEIVED
CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES AT A 70 AND
90% LEVEL.
THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION IS
PLANNED FOR NEXT FRIDAY.
A LOCATION TO BE DISTURBANCE.
WE ARE EXCITED THAT THIS
URGENCY PROGRAM HAS BEEN MOVING
FORWARD.
IT HAS JUST BEEN GOOD TO HEAR
THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK
WITH PARKS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN
GETTING BACK TO US ON THE DATA.
ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE THIS IN
YOUR INBOX BY THE END OF THE
DAY.
I WANT TO END WITH OUR MOBILE
TESTING. THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER HAVE ALREADY
STARTED A MOBILE COVID-19
TESTING STATION.
AT THE ATLANTIC STREET BOAT RAMP
IN THE RANIER BEACH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT STARTED LAST FRIDAY.
ACTUALLY WEDNESDAY I'M SORRY.
IT STARTED LAST WEDNESDAY ON
THE 22nd.
AND IT WAS OPENED ON SATURDAY,
APRIL 25th.
SO, THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON REPORTED THAT 67
PEOPLE WERE TESTED ON
WEDNESDAY.
ALL THE TESTS CAME BACK
NEGATIVE.
YAY.
TESTING IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE
WITH THE VIRUS SYMPTOMS WHO
DON'T HAVE A DOCTOR OR ACCESS
TO TESTING, ARE PREGNANT OR ARE
OVER 60, OR HAVE CHRONIC HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
SO AGAIN, THE TESTING STATION
IS OPEN ON WEDNESDAYS AND
SATURDAYS AND THAT'S AT THE
ATLANTIC STREET BOAT RAMP.
THE DRIVE THROUGH AND WALK UP
TESTING.
LET'S SEE, THAT'S ALL I HAVE
FOR PARKS.
BRIEFLY, I UPENDED THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD MEETING LAST
THURSDAY.
STAFF PROVIDED A POSSIBLE COVID-
19 IMPACT ON CAPITAL PROJECTS.
AND A POSSIBLE AGENCY RESPONSE
WHILE USING LESSONS LEARNED
FROM THE LAST TWO RECESSIONS.
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE
2002.COM BUBBLE.
AND OF COURSE THE 2008 GREAT
RECESSION.
WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS RIDERSHIP
ON SOUND TRANSIT IS DOWN BY 86%.
AND SOUND TRANSIT DID RECEIVE
SOME MONEY OUT OF THE
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT.
I THINK THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT WAS AROUND 520 MILLION.
SOUND TRANSIT RECEIVED 166
MILLION OF THAT.
RIGHT NOW, CONSTRUCTION ON
VOTER APPROVED PROJECT IS
MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT
DISRUPTION.
THAT MAY CHANGE, BUT THAT IS
WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
IN REGARDS TO SEATTLE CENTER,
THE ARMORY IS CLOSED, BUT THE
SEATTLE CENTER CAMPUS IS STILL
OPEN FOR PEDESTRIANS TO WALK
THROUGH.
THERE ARE TWO SHELTERS STAFFED
BY THE SALVATION ARMY AND
SEATTLE CENTER.
THAT IS FISHER PAVILION, AND
THE EXHIBITION HALL.
SO, FRIDAY, I HAD A GREAT DAY
FRIDAY.
I PARTICIPATED IN A NATIVE
ACTION NETWORK.
IT'S A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR
YOUNG NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN IN
THEIR COMMUNITY.
I HELPED CREATE THIS PROGRAM
WITH SENATOR CLAUDIA KAUFMAN
ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
SEATTLE HEALTH BOARD AND THE
URBAN INDIAN HEALTH INSTITUTE.
HOPEFULLY WE ARE GOING TO GET
AN UPDATE FROM THEM ON COVID
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
PARTICULARLY THE NATIVE
AMRICAN POPULATION IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE HERE
IN KING COUNTY AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UP IN
DISTRICT 5 LAST WEEK, THE MAYOR
ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF A 24/7
ENHANCED SHELTER.
IN THE BITTER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS FOR WELL OVER, I THINK THE
SECOND WEEK IN MARCH.
ACTUALLY FIRST WEEK IN MARCH.
IT IS NOW CALLED THE LAKEFRONT
COMMUNITY HOUSE.
IT IS LOCATED AT 600 NORTH
130th STREET IN NORTH SEATTLE.
THE SHELTER BUILDING IS OWNED
AND OPERATED BY LEHIGH.
IT HAS 28 UNITS AND CAN SUPPORT
UP TO 50 PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SHARED RESTROOMS AND
SHOWERS ON EACH FLOOR.
THERE IS COMMON AREAS, A
KITCHEN, CAFETERIA.
A LAUNDRY AND OUTDOOR SPACE.
WITH THAT, MY REPORT IS
COMPLETE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR THAT
REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S REPORT?
OKAY, HEARING NONE WE'LL MOVE
ON TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAME
PRESIDENT.
JUMPING INTO IT, THERE'S NO
ITEMS ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
CALENDAR FROM THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON HOMELESSNESS. MY
OFFICE HAS CIRCULATED A COUPLE
LETTERS AND I WILL TOUCH ON
THEM VERY BRIEFLY.
FIRST MY OFFICE IS CIRCULATING
THE LETTER THAT HAS BEEN SENT
ON FROM THE MARTIN LUTHER KING
COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL THAT WAS
COMPOSED BY THE LABOR COUNCIL
ALONG WITH COUNTY EXECUTIVE
CONSTANTINE.
FURTHER CALLING ON AMAZON TO
IMPROVE WAREHOUSE SAFETY AND
IMPROVE WAREHOUSE COMPATIBILITY
WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDELINES THAT AUTHORITIES
HAVE PROMULGATED.
ALLOWING WORKERS TO ACT
COLLECTIVELY AND ORGANIZE
WITHOUT THIS ONGOING
RETALIATION.
THAT WORKERS HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING NATIONALLY FROM
AMAZON.
THE NUMBER OF FOLKS ON THE
COUNCIL ALREADY SIGNED ON TO
THIS LETTER.
INCLUDING MYSELF, I HAVE
CIRCULATED THAT LETTER.
AND WOULD ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL TO SIGN ONTO IT AND
PERHAPS SEND A VERSION FROM US
ON OUR LETTERHEAD TO FOLKS.
IF THERE ARE CHANGES PEOPLE
WANT TO SEE, TO PLEASE BE IN
TOUCH WITH MY OFFICE AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN CIRCULATE AND
UPDATE A LETTER BY THIS
AFTERNOON.
OR ON A TIMELINE THAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
THE SECOND LETTER BEING
DISTRIBUTED IS A LETTER
SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZING OF
THE FELLOWS AND RESIDENTS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
MEDICAL SCHOOL.
WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING.
AND ALSO ON THE FRONT LINES OF
THIS PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.
SIMILARLY, CATHERINE SIMS FROM
MY STAFF HAS CIRCULATED THE
MOST RECENT LETTER. DEFINITELY
ENCOURAGE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES TO LOOK TOWARD
PERHAPS SENDING A -- CONFIRMING
AND SENDING THAT LETTER THIS
AFTERNOON BASED ON FEEDBACK AND
EDITS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
OTHER FOLKS MAY HAVE.
FINALLY, THIRD LETTER, WORKING
CLOSELY WITH SOME OF THE ARTS
AND NONPROFIT FOLKS IN MY
DISTRICT.
THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC ASK FOR
OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION.
I HAVE SHARED THIS OFFICE WITH
THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS.
AS WELL FOR THEIR FEEDBACK.
THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE ASK.
IT'S TO RAISE THE UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT RATE.
A LOT OF THESE NONPROFITS PAY A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT INTO THEIR
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND HAVE
TO PAY OUT OF UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE AT A HIGHER RATE DUE
TO THE NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF
HOW THEY ARE INSURED.
THE REQUEST IS TO HAVE THE FEDS
FROM CURRENTLY WHERE IT STANDS
AT 50% UNDER THE LAST
C.A.R.E.S.
ACT TO 100% JUST GIVEN THE
UNPRECEDENTED NATURE OF COVID-
19.
AND THAT THEY SAY ARE UNIQUE
LAYOFFS IN THAT THEY ARE -- NOT
THAT THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE ON
EMPLOYMENT, NOT BECAUSE OF THE
ANTICIPATED FLUCTUATIONS IN THE
BUSINESS CYCLE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT B HAS A COVID PANDEMIC
UNIQUELY OBLITERATES THEIR
ABILITY TO TO DO ANYTHING
WITHIN THE MODEL OF HOW THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE ORGANIZED.
PARTICULARLY AROUND LIVE
PERFORMANCES.
SO, THAT LETTER WOULD BE
ADDRESSED TO OUR FEDERAL
DELEGATION.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE SHARED IT TO
GET FEEDBACK.
I'VE DISTRIBUTED IT TO COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
ANY FEEDBACK FOLKS HAVE ON THAT
WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING IT.
MOVING ON, TO SOME OF THE OTHER
MATTERS THAT ARE ON THIS
AFTERNOON.
THE GROUP OF APPOINTMENTS FOR
THE AUDITING COMMITTEE IS ON
THE AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
FORWARD WHO WILL BE SERVING ON
THIS GROUP TO COME UP WITH SOME
IMPACTFUL WAYS TO PROTECT AND
EXPAND THE AUDITING FUNCTION
FOR THE CITY.
IF FOLKS HAVE TIME TO READ
THEIR BACKGROUNDS, I CAN SEEK
MORE INTO THAT THIS AFTERNOON.
NOW THAT IT'S ALL POSTED, IT'S
AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF FOLKS
WITH A LOT OF EXPERTISE.
HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY AND
IT'S HOPEFULLY GOING TO PRODUCE
SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS HEADING INTO
THE FALL.
WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
WAIT, NO, SORRY, ONE MORE SHOUT
OUT.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE SHOUT OUT
TO A GREAT ORGANIZATION IN MY
DISTRICT.
I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF
WATCHING A PERFORMANCE OF ROMEO
AND JULIET BY SEATTLE
SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ON SATURDAY
NIGHT.
ALL ON ZOOM.
IT IS JUST A REALLY GREAT
EXAMPLE OF HOW SOME GROUPS IN
THE CITY ARE REALLY ADAPTING IN
A REALLY POWERFUL WAY.
IF I FAR PUTS OUR ZOO MEETINGS
TO SHAME.
TO WATCH A FULL SHAKESPEARE
PLAY ON ZOOM AS THE MEDIUM.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY IT.
I UNDERSTAND WE WILL PROBABLY
BE DOING FUTURE PERFORMANCES.
JUST GOING TO IMPROVE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC AND COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THEIR
TUNING IN AND SUPPORTING
SEATTLE THEATER COMPANY AND
ENCOURAGE OTHER GROUPS TO
PROVIDE SIMILAR ADAPTATIONS TO
THEIR WAY OF PROVIDING SERVICES
AND PERFORMANCES TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE DAMAGE TO A SECTOR
THAT HAS BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY
HARD CAN BE SOMEHOW MITIGATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR THAT REPORT.
I JUST WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW
THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
BEFORE WE CONCLUDE TODAY I'LL
CIRCLE BACK TO SOME OF THESE
LETTERS AND PROCLAMATIONS.
TO SORT OF GO THROUGH A
ROLLCALL PROCESS AND JUST GET
THOSE SQUARED AWAY DURING
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
I'M WAITING TO GET SOME
CLARIFICATION FROM THE CLERK
VIA EMAIL BEFORE I VENTURED
DOWN THAT PATH.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE FOR
NOW THROUGH REPORTS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S REPORT?
HEARING NONE WERE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND MOVE THROUGH THE
LIST.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
AS COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE
LEGISLATING REGARDING THE BIA
COMING UP THIS AFTERNOON.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IS
SPONSORING.
I JUST WANT TO LET COLLEAGUES
KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE A BIA
COMING UP FOR REAUTHORIZATION,
MY PLAN IS TO INVITE YOU TO
SPONSOR THE LEGISLATION AND TO
INVITE YOU TO PRESENT IT IN THE
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE.
SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SORT OF
LEAVE THAT CONVERSATION THROUGH
COMMITTEE AND FULL COUNCIL.
EVEN IF YOU CAN'T VOTE ON IT IN
COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT IS A WAY FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO MANAGE WITH OUR NEW
COUNCIL RULES AND STILL ALLOW
MEMBERS TO LEAD THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT BIA'S IN
THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT THIS
AFTERNOON AS WE MENTIONED
ALREADY.
LAST WEEK WAS PRETTY BUSY FOR
OUR OFFICE.
ON TUESDAY WE PARTICIPATED IN A
TENANT TOWN HALL.
WE HEARD FROM RENTERS, WE HEARD
FROM GROCERY WORKERS WHO ARE
ORGANIZING FOR BETTER WORKPLACE
SAFETY.
AS WE ALL KNOW, LOTS OF FOLKS
JUST ADVOCATING FOR AS MUCH
ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF AS THEY
CAN GET.
WE ALSO CONVENED AN ECONOMIC
RECOVERY WORK GROUP OF
COMMUNITY BUSINESSES.
COMMUNITY LENDERS.
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATES
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT A JUST
RECOVERY SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
ON THURSDAY WE PARTICIPATED
WITH AFRICA TOWN IN A
DISCUSSION ABOUT PREDATORY
BUYING.
WE ALL KNOW THAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE OF
COLOR, ELDERS, OUR SENIORS ARE
GETTING APPROACHED TO BUY, TO
SELL THEIR PROPERTIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
GREASING THE WHEELS FOR
DISASTER GENTRIFICATION.
ON SATURDAY I DID VISIT THE
DRIVE-THROUGH TEST SITE AT
RANIER BEACH THAT COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ MENTIONED.
WHEN I WAS THERE THERE WERE
ALREADY ABOUT 30 CARS WAITING.
I'M HAPPY THAT THAT IS AN
OPTION FOR FOLKS.
AND WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO
TARGET THAT LOCATION IN
PARTICULAR TO FOLKS WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED.
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OTHER
CHALLENGES WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT
BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
WE REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND GETTING ACCESS, ESPECIALLY
IF THEY DON'T HAVE HEALTH
COVERAGE AND DON'T HAVE ANOTHER
WAY TO ACCESS SERVICES.
TOMORROW WE'LL BE HAVING A
PRESS CONFERENCE WITH ELECTED
OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE STATE
ON THE MORTGAGE AND EVICTION
MORATORIUM.
I HAVE MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES
THAT WE ARE ORGANIZING WITH
ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
AND WE'LL BE EAGER TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE ROLLING THAT CALL
UP TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION TO GET SOME RELIEF.
NOT JUST FOR RENTERS, BUT ALSO
FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROPERTY
OWNERS.
AND OUR MORTGAGE HOLDERS IN THE
CITY.
I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
FOR TODAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR THAT REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THAT REPORT?
OKAY, SEEING AND HEARING NONE,
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON COLLEAGUES.
I WANT TO FIRST THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR THE
LETTERS HE HAS PUT FORWARD,
SPECIFICALLY THE LETTER THAT IS
IN SUPPORT OF THE AMAZON
WORKERS ON FRIDAY LAST WEEK I
HAD THE CHANCE TO JOIN AN
INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR WHERE WE
HEARD FROM INDIVIDUALS LIKE
CONGRESSMAN. AMY GOODMAN.
A REPORTER FROM DEMOCRACY NOW.
WORKERS IN GERMANY AND FRANCE
AND FROM ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY ARE
FACING IN AMAZON WHERE HOUSES.
AND ALSO TECH COURSES WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT
THE COMPANY DOES ITS JOB IN
STEPPING UP AND RECOGNIZING ITS
CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE IN
JUSTICE.
AND THOSE WORKERS WHO HAVE
SPOKEN UP RIGHT HERE IN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THEIR CONTRIBUTION.
THEY HAVE BEEN FIRED FOR
SPEAKING UP ABOUT THE CONCERNS
THAT THEY HAD BEFORE AMAZON'S
CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING.
AND I THINK INDIRECT
RETRIBUTION FOR THAT, WERE
FIRED.
SO, MANY OF YOU HAVE MET THEM
BEFORE.
THEY HOSTED THIS INTERNATIONAL
CONVERSATION.
I THINK IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF WORKERS OF THE WORLD
UNITING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE
CAUSE IS NOT FORGOTTEN.
THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THEIR
CURRENT JOBS AND THEY REALLY
HIGHLIGHTED THE ROLE THAT THAT
WORKERS HAVE IN UNITED CAUSES
BOTH CLIMATE JUSTICE AND WORKER
JUSTICE.
WERE HIGHLIGHTED ALONG WITH
GREAT SPOKESPEOPLE ALL DAY.
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS FOR CIRCULATING THAT
LETTER.
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO CALL
THAT ROLE LATER.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S
FULL COUNCIL AGENDA.
ITEMS NUMBER 10 AND 11 ARE TWO
MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE
FOOD AND BEVERAGE TAX COMMUNITY
ADVISORY BOARD.
THEY ARE REFERRED TO OUR
COMMITTEE FINANCE AND HOUSING
BUT WE ARE EXTENDING THEM
DIRECTLY TO FULL COUNCIL
BECAUSE IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD IS
ABOUT TO GO INTO A DECISION-
MAKING PROCESS ABOUT 2021
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE IN MANY OF OUR
BOARD MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE
AVAILABLE TO VOTE AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING
SUPPORT FOR ITEMS 10 AND 11.
THOSE TWO.
ALSO WANT TO CALL YOUR
ATTENTION TO TWO PILLS ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR TODAY.
THE FIRST IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE RELATED
TO FUNDING FOR HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
EACH YEAR, THE HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES US
TO ADOPT A PLAN DETAILING HOW
THE CITY WILL SPEND FOUR
FEDERAL GRANTS.
THOSE INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS,
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE
WITH AIDS, AND EMERGENCY
SOLUTIONS GRANTS.
AND THE HOME INVESTMENT
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM AND THE
HOME FUN.
THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS A TWO
STEP PROCESS.
THE CITY FIRST WOULD WALK US
THROUGH A DRAFT OF THE PLAN
WITH PUBLIC HEARING.
AND SUBMIT THAT PLAN TO HUD.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC
HEARING, WE HAD OUR FIRST
PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 12th.
AND SUBMITTED THE DRAFT PLAN
SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
AFTER THE ENTITLEMENT UNDER THE
PLAN ARE DETERMINED BY
CONGRESS, WE WILL NEED TO HAVE
A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE
WE SEND A PLAN BACK TO HUD.
THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR
THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN WILL BE
NEXT MONDAY, MAY 5th AT 2:00
P.M.
I AM NOT LOOKING FOR A VOTE IF
WE CAN ON TO POSSIBLY BE
BROUGHT TO FULL COUNCIL ON THE
11th.
MOST YEARS, THERE ARE FEW, IF
ANY CHANGES BETWEEN THE DRAFT
PLAN AND THE FINAL PLAN.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE COVID-19
CRISIS, THE MAYOR HAS SHIFTED
SOME OF THE FUNDS TO SPEND ON
SMALL BUSINESS UTILIZATION.
SO, I EXPECT THERE TO BE A
ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND THIS
PLAN THIS YEAR.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF MEMO FROM
CENTRAL STAFF ON THIS DRAFTED
VERY SOON.
THANKS TO AMY FOR HER WORK ON
THIS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT
TO MY OUR OR ANY ON CENTRAL
STAFF OR MY TEAM WITH ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE
INTRODUCTION OF FULL COUNCIL
THAT I WANTED BY YOUR ATTENTION
TO IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
THIS WE HAVE PREVIA THIS
MORNING FROM THE OFFICE.
THIS RELATES TO THE CITY'S
RESPONSE TO THE 2020 COVID
CRISIS.
I WANT TO AGAIN REITERATE THAT
THE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL BILL
ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING THE
FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDING RELATED
TO COVID-19 RESPONSE IS URGENT.
AND ALSO, WE DO WANT THERE TO
BE ROBUST ENGAGEMENT FROM
COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION WALK-
THROUGH THIS MORNING.
WE HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOTE ON
THIS NEXT MONDAY, MAY 5th AT
FULL COUNCIL.
AGAIN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
CONTACT MY OFFICE, OR CENTRAL
STAFF. IF THERE IS ANY FOLLOW-
UP QUESTIONS.
WE DO HAVE A HANDFUL, AS YOU
HEARD, AND WE WILL BE SENDING
THOSE BACK TO STUDIO.
WE WILL THEN BE HAPPY TO SHARE
THOSE WITH THE FULL COUNCIL AS
WELL SO YOU KNOW THE DETAILS WE
ARE ASKING FOR.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE GET THOSE DOLLARS AND
HANDING IT IS DISTRIBUTED VERY
QUICKLY AS YOU HEARD.
THE SCHEDULE MAY 5th, HOUSING
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CANCELED.
THE FULL COMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET IS
SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEDNESDAY,
AT 10:00 A.M.
ON APRIL 29th.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE REVENUE
PROPOSAL SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE BILL WE SEND THEM TO MY
OFFICE AND TO CENTRAL STAFF.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AS BOTH
MAY HAVE SEEN FROM OUR EMAIL
LAST WEEK, THOSE QUESTIONS WERE
DUE AT NOON ON FRIDAY.
I DID NOT SEE ANY QUESTIONS
SENT IN, BUT IF YOU DID SEND
THEM DIRECTLY TO CENTRAL STAFF,
THAT IS TOTALLY FINE.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE IS A ROBUST LIST OF
QUESTIONS THAT THE CENTRAL
STAFF ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS IN
THIS.
WE WILL ALSO BE JOINED BY
SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS FROM A
COMMUNITY THIS WEEK AFTER WE
HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS YOU
ALL SAW.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
WANT TO TESTIFY.
WE ARE GOING TO GET AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET
INTO A DETAILED CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE TWO REMAINING BILLS.
SO, PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR US
TO FOCUS ON THE TASK, AND
INTERFUND LOAN BILLS.
ON THIS WEEK'S SELECT COMMITTEE
ON THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AS COUNCIL COLLEAGUES KNOW,
PEOPLE THAT HAVE A WEEK TO
HEAR BACK FROM ANY QUESTIONS.
AMENDMENTS, OTHER STRATEGIES
YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL BE HAVING OUR THIRD
MEETING ON MAY 3rd.
WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE OUR
CONVERSATION AND POSSIBLY HAVE
A VOTE ON ANY OF THE
LEGISLATION ARE POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS AND CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE IN PROGRESS AND MOMENTUM
AS WE DISCUSSED -- BEFORE
MOVING ONTO --
>> COUNCILMEMBERS?
THIS IS PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW VERY
QUICKLY.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE I.T.
TEAM.
THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE
COMMUNICATION STAFF FOR MAKING
PUBLIC COMMENTS AVAILABLE AND
FOR YOUR WORK WITH THOSE TEAMS
TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
I THINK THAT THE LAST TWO TIMES
WE HAVE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT IT
WENT RELATIVELY SMOOTHLY.
WE DID GET FEEDBACK ABOUT THE
TIMELINE WE WERE USING WAS
ECHOING.
WE WILL MAKE SOME
ACCOMMODATIONS TO MAKE SURE
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR
ENGAGING A PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU CAN SEND YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT AGAIN THIS WEEK AT
SEATTLE.GOV.
éCOUNSELéCOMMITTEES,éPUBLIC
COMMENT.
IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT YOU CAN ALWAYS
EMAIL US AT COUNCIL AT SEATTLE
.GOV.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA THAT SERVES AS A GOOD
REMINDER FOR ME TO REMIND FOLKS
THAT PUBLIC COMMENT
PREREGISTRATION FOR THIS
AFTERNOON'S FULL COUNCIL AT
2:00 IS NOW OPEN.
AND IT HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE
12:00 NOON TODAY.
ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO
REGISTER TO GIVE COMMENTS, YOU
HAVE TO PREREGISTER, AND YOU
CAN GO ONLINE AND DO THAT.
OF COURSE, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL
US AT COUNCIL AT CAL, G A V.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOU
SAID THAT THE FINAL MEETING
WAS MAY 3rd?
>> MAY 13th.
>> MAY 13.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> ESPECIALLY SINCE MAY 3rd IS
A SUNDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THAT REPORT?
OKAY, HEARING NONE, I WILL GO
AHEAD AND TRY TO QUICKLY GET
THROUGH MY REPORT HERE.
SO, THERE IS NO SCHEDULED
MEETINGS FOR THE GOVERNANCE AND
EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE
REST OF THE MONTH.
WE WILL SEE WHAT MAY BRINGS US
IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE HEARINGS
ARE NOT.
REALLY QUICKLY, JUST WANTED TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS WERE AWARE THAT
THE GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION
AROUND HEALTH AND PUBLIC
MEETINGS ACT, AND ENGAGING ONLY
IN BUSINESS THAT IS COVID
RELATED, A ROUTINE AND
NECESSARY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO
MAY 4th.
SO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD
OFF ON HAVING OTHER TYPES OF
BUSINESS COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL UNTIL AT LEAST MAY 4th.
I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE
LAW DEPARTMENT AND THE CLERK'S
OFFICE ON IDENTIFYING WHAT
OCCURS IF THE PROCLAMATION
RELATED TO THE OPEN COVID
MEETING ACT IS NOT EXTENDED
BEYOND MAY 4th.
BUT, THE GOVERNOR'S STAY HOME,
STAY HEALTHY ORDER IS EXTENDED
BEYOND MAY 4th, AND SORT OF
WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT PERIOD OF
TIME WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AN
EXTENSION OF A PROCLAMATION.
I'M NOT SAYING I KNOW THAT'S
NOT -- THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE
RENEWED, BUT I WANT US TO BE
PREPARED IN TERMS OF OUR
OPERATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT
THAT DOES OCCUR.
AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THE
GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION AROUND
PROVIDING CITIES LIKE THE CITY
OF SEATTLE SOME RELIEF FROM
OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT IN
LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC,
THAT IS A BIPARTISAN APPROVED
DECISION AND REQUIRES ALL THE
MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
AGREE TO AN EXTENSION OF THOSE
PROCLAMATIONS.
TO THE PROCLAMATION ITSELF.
SO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO
IDENTIFY WHAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE
HAPPENING ON MAY 4th. HOPEFULLY
WE'LL KNOW MORE BEFORE THEN,
BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY 7 DAYS
FROM TODAY.
SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT.
NEXT, I WANT TO, I HAVE ONE
ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOON'S
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CANDIDA
THAT IS COUNCIL BILL 119784
RELATING TO RENTER ASSISTANCE
LEGISLATION THAT I INTRODUCED
AND I HAVE PREVIOUSLY
DISCUSSED.
THIS LEGISLATION IS ACCOMPANIED
BY COUNCIL BILL 119783.
RELATED TO CREATING A DEFENSE
TO EVICTIONS, THAT OCCUR WITHIN
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE
TERMINATION OF THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM ISSUED BY THE MAYOR.
SO, WE ARE INTRODUCING COUNCIL
BILL 119784, IN LIGHT OF THE
GOVERNOR INSLEE'S RECENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THIS TOPIC,
SO, WE MADE SOME I THINK MINOR
MODIFICATIONS TO THAT BILL.
SO, MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO CALL THOSE TWO BILLS TO
A VOTE FULL COUNCIL NEXT WEEK ,
NEXT MONDAY DURING OUR COUNCIL
MEETING.
WHICH IS MAY 5th.
NEXT, I AM ALSO, HAVE ANOTHER
ITEM ON THIS AFTERNOON'S ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, THAT IS
APPOINTMENT 1583, WHICH IS THE
APPOINTMENT OF OUR VERY OWN A
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS THE
CHAIR OF THE WORKGROUP FOR THE
PERFORMANCE AUDIENCE . I EXPECT
THIS APPOINTMENT IS GOING TO
SAIL RIGHT THROUGH.
BUT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT FOLKS WERE AWARE THAT I
HAVE ASKED COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
AND COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, HAS
AGREED TO LEAVE THAT WORKGROUP
AND REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED HIS
ENGAGEMENT WITH ME AND MY OFFICE
IN JANUARY ABOUT THE INTEREST
IN THIS BODY OF WORK.
AND APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS
TO AGAIN, LEAVE THAT BODY OF
WORK TO ITS CONCLUSION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
NOT, I WANTED TO, THAT'S IT ON
THE FORMAL AGENDA.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE FOLKS, A
HEADS UP THAT I WILL BE WALKING
ON A RESOLUTION THIS AFTERNOON
TO RATIFY THE MAYOR'S MOST
RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATED
TO CAPPING DELIVERY SERVICE
FEES ON -- THAT ARE BEING SORT
OF PASSED ON TO MANY OF OUR
LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
AS WE KNOW, MANY OF OUR BELOVED
MAIN STREET RESTAURANTS ARE
JUST REELING FROM THIS ECONOMIC
CRISIS.
AND EXHIBITED DELIVERY SERVICE
CHARGES ARE FURTHER THREATENING
THEIR ABILITIES TO WORK THROUGH
THIS PANDEMIC TO REDUCE THE
ECONOMIC STORM.
RESTAURANT OWNERS ACROSS THE
IDAHO AND ADOPTED THEIR
>>> THOUSANDS OF INDUSTRY
WORKERS AND EVEN THINNER
MARGINS FOR THESE IMPORTANT
SMALL BUSINESSES.
WITH TIGHT MARGINS EVERY DOLLAR
PAID TO AN ACT BASED DELIVERY
SERVICE IS QUITE LITERALLY A
DOLLAR TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR
LOCAL RESTAURANT, ECONOMY, AND
OUR WORKFORCE.
WE KNOW SOME OF THESE
CORPORATIONS ARE CLOSING AND
INFLATED FEES AND IN SOME CASES
THOSE FEES CAN BE AS HIGH AS
42% AND THESE BUSINESSES ARE
DIRECTLY PROFITING FROM THIS
CRISIS.
ON THE BACKS OF OUR MAIN STREET
BUSINESSES.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN,
AND THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL
PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED RELIEF AND
ESTABLISH A SYSTEM THAT IS MORE
FAIR AND EQUITABLE TO OUR
RESTAURANTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE
TOOLS OR POSITIONAL POWER TO
NEGOTIATE THESE CONTRACTS WITH
THESE BEHEMOTH CORPORATIONS
LIKE UBER EATS, DOOR DASH, AND
CAVIAR.
THIS AFTERNOON I'LL BE WALKING
ON A RESOLUTION TO RATIFY THE
EMERGENCY ORDER ISSUED BY MAYOR
DURKAN ON FRIDAY, CAPPING
RESTAURANT DELIVERY AND PICK UP
THESE.
IT WAS CIRCULATED ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON IN ACCORDANCE WITH
COUNCIL ROLES FOR CONSIDERATION
THIS AFTERNOON.
IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND FOUND
TO NOT INFRINGE ON ANY
RESIDENTS OF THE LIBERTIES, AND
THAT THE MAYOR DOES INDEED HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THIS
ORDER AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED.
SO, I HAVE ALSO RECEIVED SOME
CORRESPONDENCE FROM OUR FRIENDS
IN THE LABOR AND WORKER
ADVOCATE ARENA.
ABOUT WANTING TO SEE IF THERE'S
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PROTECT
WORKERS, MANY FOLKS WHO RELY ON
THESE DELIVERY OF SERVICE APPS
TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR
LIVELIHOOD.
ARE NERVOUS AND ANXIOUS THAT
THIS CAP WILL IMPACT THEM.
ONE OF THE CRITICAL PARTS OF
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, WAS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT IT
WOULD BE PROHIBITED AND UNLAWFUL
FOR ANY OF THESE COMMISSIONS OR
CAPS TO IMPACT THE EARNINGS OF
DELIVERY WORKERS.
SO, THE BULK OF THAT LANGUAGE
IS I BELIEVE ON PAGE 4 OF THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH PROVIDES
THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR A
THIRD-PARTY APP BASED FOOD
DELIVERY PLATFORM TO REDUCE THE
COMPENSATION RATES TO A SERVICE
DELIVERY DRIVER OR GARNISH
GRATUITIES AS A RESULT OF THIS
GOING INTO EFFECT DURING THE
DURATION OF THIS ORDER.
SO, AS A COUNCILMEMBER WHO HAS
BEEN HERE SINCE 2015, WHO HAS
LITERALLY WORKED ON SOME TYPE
OF A LABOR STANDARD, OR LEAD ON
SOME TYPE OF A LABOR STANDARD,
EVERY YEAR THAT I HAVE BEEN IN
OFFICE, IT IS OBVIOUSLY
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME TO
MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING RELATED
TO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER ISN'T
GOING TO HAVE THE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVELY
IMPACTING FOLKS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY DOING THESE DELIVERIES
AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
PRINCIPLE TO ME.
I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THOSE ADVOCATES AND OUR LABOR
ALLIES IN THAT SPACE TO SEE IF
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, A
RELATED OPPORTUNITY, FOR US TO
EITHER HAVE EMERGENCY TYPE OF
LEGISLATION, THAT IS RELATED TO
ANY IMPACTS TO THIS SEGMENT OF
THE WORKER POPULATION AS A
RELATES TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS.
AND, OR, LOOK AT SOME
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR US TO
CONSIDER THIS AFTERNOON THAT
WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT
ALLOWING THESE COMPANIES TO FOR
EXAMPLE, CUT OFF PARTS OF THE
CITY TO DELIVERY DRIVERS IN
ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR OWN
PROFITS.
AGAIN, THE PRINCIPAL FOR ME IS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FOLKS
WHO ARE WORKING IN THIS GIG
ECONOMY. MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL
BE ABLE TO -- SOME ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE.
TO INCLUDE IN THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE
TO DO SO UNDER EXECUTIVE
AUTHORITY.
IF IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO DO
SO UNDER EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY,
CERTAINLY HAVING A CONVERSATION
WITH YOU ALL, AND OTHERS ABOUT
HOW WE CAN HAVE A STANDALONE
BODY OF WORK THAT WOULD MEET
THE NEEDS OF THIS PARTICULAR
SEGMENT OF WORKERS IN OUR CITY
WHO ARE ALSO SEEING HUGE
IMPACTS FROM THE COVID-19
CRISIS.
WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I AM
COMMITTED TO AND INTERESTED IN
DOING.
SO, THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE
TO SAY ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
I WANT TO THANK MAYOR DURKAN
FOR HER WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE
WITH ME ON THIS ISSUE.
I TOOK GREAT INTEREST IN THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE AFTER HAVING A
CONVERSATION WITH THE OWNER OF
A COFFEE SHOP IN WEST SEATTLE
THAT I GO TO.
IT'S A RATHER NEW COFFEE SHOP.
LULA, AND IT IS OWNED BY TWO
BAD AS WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD TO BRING
THIS COMMUNITY CENTERED COFFEE
SHOP INTO THE JUNCTION.
WHEN SHE TOLD ME THAT THEY GET
CHARGED 30% OF THE PRICE OF A
CUP OF COFFEE, TO BE DELIVERED,
THAT WAS ATROCIOUS TO ME.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT CONVERSATION
I SAW THAT THE MAYOR OF SAN
FRANCISCO ISSUED HER EXECUTIVE
ORDER AROUND THIS.
WE QUICKLY ENGAGED THE MAYOR
ABOUT TO OR 2 1/2 WEEKS AGO
AROUND THE POSSIBILITY OF ALSO
DOING THE SAME HERE.
AND HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED HER
PARTNERSHIP AND HER WILLINGNESS
TO USE HER EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY
IN THIS MANNER.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO HAS
BEEN A PARTNER ON THIS EFFORT
AS WELL.
WHO HAS I BELIEVE SOME
ADDITIONAL WORDS TO ADD TO THIS
RESOLUTION THAT WE'LL BE
CONSIDERING THIS AFTERNOON AND
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER AS A WHOLE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO JUST FIRST START
OFF WITH THANKS TO THE WEST
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUE
VERY MUCH LIKE THE EXPERIENCE
THAT YOU HAD COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
GONZALEZ.
WITH THE OWNERS OF LULU.
VERY QUICKLY, UPON HEARING ABOUT
THE ACTION IN SAN FRANCISCO,
REACHED OUT TO ME.
IN ASKING WHY NOT SEATTLE AS
WELL?
WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A
CAP ON THESE COMMISSIONS.
THAT ARE REALLY, THESE
COMMISSION CHARGES THAT ARE
REALLY JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT WE
ARE ALL IN AND OUR RELIANCE ON
THESE FOOD DELIVERY APPS.
SO, THANK YOU TO THE WEST
SEATTLE CHAMBER.
THANK YOU AS WELL COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ FOR YOUR
FAST ACTION ON THIS.
BY THE TIME I HAD REACHED OUT
TO YOU, YOU HAD ALREADY TALKED
TO THE MAYOR, ABOUT THAT.
SO, MY MESSAGE TO THE MAYOR WAS
JUST REINFORCING THE INTEREST.
I REALLY THANK YOU FOR GETTING
THE WHEELS MOVING AND ALSO WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT HERE TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE LABOR STANDARD ISSUES
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE APPS.
SPECIFICALLY THE REQUESTS FROM
WORKERS TO LOOK AT A HAZARD PAY
SURCHARGE FOR DELIVERIES.
OR, A PARALLEL COMMISSION CAP
ON THE SHARE OF DELIVERY FEES
AND SERVICE CHARGES THAT AN APP
CAN TAKE FROM THE WORKER
PROVIDING THE SERVICE.
I THINK ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE
AVENUES ARE VERY WORTHY OF
DISCUSSION AND APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMITMENT TO DO SO HERE.
THANK YOU.
>> I COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
I THINK THOSE ARE REASONABLE
PATHS TO PURSUE.
AND FOR TRANSPARENCY, STAKE IN
TERMS OF HOW WE ARE STRUCTURING
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, I WANTED
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BE
CLEAN AND NARROWLY FOCUSED ON
THE THIRD-PARTY FEES BEING
CHARGED DIRECTLY TO RESTAURANTS.
BUT ALSO THINKING THAT THERE
WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS THE LABOR STANDARDS
ISSUE YOU HAVE ARTICULATED IN A
DIFFERENT PATH.
AND I BELIEVE, AND I HOPE WE
CAN DO SO FAIRLY QUICKLY AS I
THINK ALL OF US HAVE THAT SENSE
OF URGENCY AROUND MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE
APPROPRIATE PROTECTIONS.
NOT JUST FOR RESTAURANTEUR'S,
BUT ALSO FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE THE
CONNECTORS, WHICH ARE THE GIG
ECONOMY WORKERS WHO ARE RELYING
ON BUSINESS FROM THESE DELIVERY
APPS TO CONTINUE TO SURVIVE.
SO, I'M CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN
WORKING ON THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A QUICK
LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THE SEATTLE
RESTAURANTS UNITED.
THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
HAS SORT OF THE ORGANICALLY
FORMED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
IT'S AN ORGANIZATION MADE UP OF
INDEPENDENTLY OWNED LOCAL
RESTAURANTS AND BARS.
HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THEY HAVE OVER 200 PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SIGNED UP. 200 ENTITIES
WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE PART
OF THE COALITION.
THEY ARE ALL JUST SOME EXAMPLES
OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE PART OF
THAT COALITION WHO HAVE SENT US
AN EMAIL AS OF THIS MORNING AT
5:40 A.M.
SAYING THAT THEY ARE
APPRECIATIVE OF THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER. ARE EXCITED TO SEE ITS
QUICK ACTION AND WANT TO SEND
US A THANK YOU AND A LETTER OF
SUPPORT.
HAVE ALSO INDICATED THAT THEY
RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS TO THIRD-
PARTY DELIVERY DRIVERS.
PARTICULARLY AS IT REGARDS TO
ACCESSING RESTROOMS AS THEY ARE
DOING DELIVERIES.
THEY ARE PUBLICLY MADE A
COMMITMENT TO ALLOW THIRD-PARTY
DRIVERS TO ACCESS THE RESTROOMS
IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
TO ENSURE PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
THEY ARE EAGLE TO GET TO WORK
WITH US.
AND THE COALITION MEMBERS TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEET THAT
PARTICULAR NEED WHICH WAS
SURFACED UP IN SOME OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE FOLKS.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF WORK
THAT CAN BE DONE ON THAT LABOR
STANDARDS PIECE.
I AM COMMITTED TO DO THAT WORK
AND I THINK IS NOT -- I HOPE
FOLKS DON'T SEE THIS AS AN
EITHER/OR OPTION.
BUT SORT OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH
THAT WE CAN TAKE WITH THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER GOING THROUGH
FIRST.
AND THE SECOND ONE, IF IT'S AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER OR STANDALONE
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION COMING
VERY, VERY QUICKLY NEXT.
SO, THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON MY
REPORT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
OR HEAR ANY COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU ALL.
I DO WANT TO CIRCLE BACK AS
PROMISED TO THE OPEN QUESTION
ABOUT WHETHER WE NEED TO DO
ROLLCALL ON PROCLAMATIONS
AND/OR LETTERS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
LETTER WAS JUST CIRCULATED AT
ABOUT 12:15 P.M.
I DON'T WANT TO JAM FOLKS
AROUND THE LETTER.
WE'LL SAVE THE AMAZON
RETALIATION LETTER SIGN ON TO
FULL COUNCIL.
WE'LL HANDLE THAT IN THE OTHER
BUSINESS SECTION.
WE DO HAVE, ACCORDING TO THE
CLERK HAVE TO DO A ROLLCALL ON
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
PROPOSED PROCLAMATION NOW SINCE
IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT FULL
COUNCIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
SO, I WILL, WITH THAT BEING
SAID, ASKED THE CLERK TO PLEASE
CALL THE ROLE ON THE SEXUAL
ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
PROCLAMATION AS DESCRIBED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS,
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THAT
IS YOUR VOTE COUNT.
THE SIGNATURES MAY BE AFFIXED
ACCORDINGLY TO THE PROCLAMATION
FOR PRESENTATION AT THIS
AFTERNOON'S FULL COUNCIL.
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS THE LAST
ITEM OF BUSINESS ON OUR VERY
FULL AND PACKED COUNCIL
BRIEFING AGENDA.
I ONCE AGAIN WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOUR
FLEXIBILITY AND YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SLUG IT THROUGH
DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING.
I KNOW THAT THESE ARE LONG, AND
WE WILL ENDEAVOR IN THE FUTURE
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
TRIM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IT IS BECOMING A LITTLE HARDER
TO DO THAT GIVEN THE VARYING
PRESSING NEEDS THAT ALL OF US
HAVE AS A COUNCIL.
AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR WORK, AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING YOU ALL AT 2:00.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.