>>> WE'LL PROCEED WITH
BUSINESS.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONNA
GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBR JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> 7 PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION
FROM COUNCILWOMAN JUAREZ SHE
WILL BE A FEW MINUTES LATE AND
WE WILL WELCOMEHER AND ANY
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WHO RE-
JOIN US LATER.
THIS IS OUR PART 2 OF OUR
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE TODAY.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF
THE AGENDA TO DEVOTE THE AGENDA
TO THE 2020 BUDGET PACKAGE AND
LOOKING INTO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
INCLUDING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET
PRESENTATION ON JUNE 10th.
A FOLLOW-UP PRESENTATION ON THE
QUESTIONS ASKED OR CALL
ANALYSIS OF 911 CALLS, AND
FINALLY, THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE'S OVERVIEW OF THEIR 2020
REBALANCING PACKAGE WHICH WAS
SENT DOWN TO COUNCIL LAST
NIGHT, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BUSY
TRYING TO READ THROUGH THE 15
PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT
EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALL OF THEIR
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY.
THIS WILL BE PART ONE OF THE 2-
PART SERIES.
WE WILL HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM
CENTRAL TODAY AND THE CBO, CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND NOTE IF YOU
DON'T GET A CHANCE TO ASK ALL
OF YOUR QUESTIONS BE YOU CAN
GET THEM REVISITED IN DETAIL
NEXT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO SEE IF
THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE
REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA TODAY.
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND OPEN UP THE SECOND PART
SERIES FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AT THIS TIME, IT'S OUR INTENT
TO OPEN REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YOU ARE WELCOME FOR ANY PART OF
THE AGENDA FOR THE A.M.
OR P.M.
SESSION INCLUDING ON
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE.
WE WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR
EACH OF THE SPEAKERS, AGAIN,
THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE INTENT
TO HAVE 30 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE
PRESENTATION.
WE WILL CALL FOLKS 3 AT A TIME.
YOU WILL HEAR A NOTICE THAT YOU
WERE UNMUTED, AND THAT IS YOUR
NOTICE.
AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO GET TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S HARD TO ASK
YOU TO HANG IN THERE ON THE
LINE AND WE WANT TO DO THAT AT
THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MEETING.
AS YOU WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS,
PLEASE NOTE IF YOU HANG UP THE
LINE OR CALLBACK IN, YOU CAN
WATCH ON SEATTLECHANNEL.ORG OR
ANY OF THE LISTENING OPTIONS ON
THE AGENDA INCLUDING ON THE TV
CHANNEL ON CABLE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO SEE
IF THERE IS -- I'M SORRY.
IF OUR I.T.FOLKS WITH UNMUTE
OUR PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE KING
COUNTY COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS, AND WE ARE
PROUDLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
JUMPSTART SEATTLE.
I WILL JUST REBUILD ON THE
STRONG SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY
WITH THE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
AND ALSO MAINTAIN THE FOCUS ON
BUILDING HUNDREDS OF HOMES FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NONE AND ARE
ATTEMPTING TO SURVIVE ON A FEW
HUNDRED DOLLARS, IF THAT.
WE ALL KNOW THAT NO SINGLE TAX
WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS
OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS
OR THE ADDITIONAL CRISIS LAID
BARE BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
IT WAS TRUE SIX MONTHS AGO AND
IT'S TRUE NOW.
NO SINGLE TAX DOLL -- WILL DO
IT ALL BUT WE ARE HAVING MORE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BIGGER
AMOUNTS THAN 12 YEARS AGO.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
AND THAT WE WILL PLEDGE THIS
AND OTHER PARALLEL WORK.
>> ALLISON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.
WE WILL KEEP YOUR TIME.
JOSEPH, WELCOME.
>> HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> HI.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JOE A MEMBER OF UAW-
4121 AND I'M A TEACHER AND
CALLING TO SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT
TO DEFUND THE POLICE BY 50% AND
NOT 5%.
I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR IS
LISTENING TO THE MOVEMENT AND
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
WE SHOULD PUT MONEY INTO KEEP
US SAVE LIKE PUBLIC EDUCATION
AND COMMUNITY CENTER AND I
TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED THE
COMMUNITY CONTROL TO HIRE AND
FIRE THE POLICE AND HAVE THAT
BY THE COMMUNITY AND NOT
ESTABLISHED POLITICIANS.
I THINK MAYOR DURKAN SHOWS WHEN
THEY HAVE CONTROL THEY TEAR GAS
PEOPLE IN THE STREETS.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE FIGHTING
FOR THE AMAZON TAX PUT FORWARD
BY COUNCILMEMBERS SAWANT AND
MORALES.
AND IT RAISES MUCH MORE MONEY,
AND I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
THE BUDGET ONLINE TOMORROW AT
6:00 P.M.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE, ALICIA,
ERIC, AND STACY.
WELCOME, ALICIA.
>> HEY, YEAH.
I'M A MEMBER OF SOCIAL
ALTERNATIVE.
I'M CALLING TO DEMAND THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL DEFUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BY 50% IMMEDIATELY
UNDER PRESSURE OF THE MASS
MOVEMENT THAT ERUPTED IN POLICE
BRUTALITY.
MAYOR DURKAN JUST WEEKS AGO
ALLOWED THE PEPPER SPRAYING OF
HER OWN CONSTITUENTS AND
PROPOSED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BY 5% AND I THINK THAT IS A
SLAP IN THE FACE OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WHICH IS DEMANDING THAT
POLICE BE CUT BY NO LESS THAN
HALF WIFE ENOUGH OF THE
SYMBOLIC VENTURES.
WE CANNOT PUT OUR TRUST IN THE
COUNCILMEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS VOTED
TO INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET
YEAR AFTER YEAR.
WE WANT TO FUND OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND I WANT TO
INVITE EVERYONE LIKE JOE WAS
TALKING ABOUT TO JOIN ME IN THE
MOVEMENT TOMORROW FOR THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET TOWN HALL AT
6:00 P.M.
AT CAL ANDERSON PARK.
>> THANK YOU, ERIC, STACY, AND
TERESA.
ERIC, WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
I AM A RANK AND FILE MEMBER OF
DISTRICT 3. I WONDER HOW
COMMITTED THE CITY COUNCIL IS
TO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER.
IT PROVIDES 1000 HOUSING UNITS
TO AROUND 300 FOR THE OTHER
PROPOSAL.
IT'S A PERMANENT COMMITMENT
COMPARED TO A LESSER TIME
COMMITMENT OF 8 YEARS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY -- IT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A
SUNSET ON THE REVENUE.
ALSO, THE OTHER PROPOSAL IS
KEEPING THE COMPENSATION UNDER
150,000 A YEAR FOR EMPLOYEES.
WHY DO THAT?
WHY EMPHASIZE LOW PAY?
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
IS THE COUNCIL COMMITTED TO 30%
FOR THE FUTURE?
HOW MUCH OF THE COMMITMENT DOES
THE COUNCIL REALLY HAVE?
>> STACY JOHNSON, WELCOME.
>> HI.
HELLO.
I'M STACY JOHNSON, GEORGETOWN
VILLAGE RESIDENT.
GEORGETOWN IS A DESERT.
THERE ARE NO GROCERY STORES
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.
AND WHEN THE PLAGUE OF THE NEW
MILLENNIA HIT US, WE WERE
GRATEFUL FOR ONE MEAL FOR OUR
VULNERABLE CITIZENS WHO STAYED
CLOSE TO HOME.
I IMPLORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MILES --
MEALS TO US AND OTHER VILLAGERS
FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
WE APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT.
EVERYTHING HELPS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
TERESA, WELCOME.
>> I SUPERVISE THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE STAFF.
WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT ALL
THREE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
PROPOSALS AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS GONZALEZ,
SAWANT, HERBOLD, AND LEWIS AND
STRAUSS FOR FUNDING THESE.
THE TINY VILLAGES WILL HELP THE
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
WE ASK ARE FOR 166,000 FOR
FOOD.
THE VILLAGERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
TO EAT LIKE THE ONE JUST
MENTIONED AT GEORGETOWN.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS, JOSH,
ELLIE, AND KATIE.
JOSH, WELCOME.
>> HI, I'M JOSH WITH LEHIGH.
WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE PROPOSALS
BEING PUT FORWARD.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOUR
GUYS' WORK ON THAT,
PARTICULARLY COUNCILMEMBERS
MORALES, SAWANT, MOSQUEDA,
GONZALEZ, HERBOLD, AND STRAUSS,
AND I'M HOPING THIS CAN GO
TOWARDS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND MORE SERVICES TO HELP THE
HOMELESS IN THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO
HELPING TO FUND THE PROGRAMS.
WE SUPPORT THE CALL FROM
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAITH LEADERS
FOR 1000 AFFORDABLE HOMES TO
COMBAT GENTRIFICATION AND BRING
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS BACK AND
COMBAT BASICALLY RACIST
POLICIES IN PLACE FOR A WHILE.
WE ALSO URGE YOU TO ADD MORE
FOOD TO THE BUDGET FOR SEVERAL
OF OUR VILLAGES.
THEY WERE NOT ADDED BY HSD.
THE RESIDENTS NEED IT FOR FOOD
SECURITY AND SHELTER IN PLACE
SO THEY CAN --
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELLIE.
>> HI.
I AM ELLIE CASSIDY.
I AM A RESIDENT IN THE THIRD
DISTRICT AND A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER.
AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF
THINKING OF CREATING TAX LAW
THAT IS -- REMEMBER THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP BRAGGED ABOUT
-- WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THE TAX
STRUCTURE DICTATES HOW
BUSINESSES CAN UTILIZE THEIR
STAFF TO LOOK AT LOOPHOLES AND
USE THEM WELL.
THE NEXT THRESHOLD IS TO PAY
LESS AND RUN THE NUMBERS AND
SEE HOW THEY CAN BENEFIT.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
AND THOSE WORKING AND THE MOST
VULNERABLE LONG-TERM AND
IMMEDIATELY WE NEED
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE FOR THE
PEOPLE AND NOT PROTECTING
PROFITS FOR BIG BUSINESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HADIE, WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
I USED TO LIVE AT THE
GEORGETOWN TINY HOUSE VILLAGE
BEFORE RECENTLY BECOMING
HOUSED.
I AM HERE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT OF TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
WE ARE A SAFE AND DIG A NEWED
OPTION FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESS BUSINESS.
I KNOW THE NEED IS GREAT FOR
MORE OF THESE VILLAGES.
EVERY DAY, PEOPLE CALL AND
INQUIRE HOW TO GET IN.
I WISH WE COULD GET SUPPORT
FROM THE COMMUNITY BUT WE
CAN'T.
PLEASE USE FUNDING FROM
SHELTERS TO CREATE MORE
VILLAGES SO OTHERS CAN HAVE THE
SAME OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD
THEIR LIVES THAT I WAS GIVEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ELLEN, DANIELLE, AND CHRIS.
ELLEN, WELCOME.
>> HI.
I'M ELLEN ANDERSON.
I'M A DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE TWO
STUDENTS RIGHT NOW THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE
ABSOLUTELY JUMPING ON THAT IS
ABLE TO MAKE SEATTLE A MORE
AFFORDABLE AND OPEN PLACE FOR
ALL PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
WE NEED MORE THAN EVER TO CUT
THE FUNDING OF THE POLICE BY
50% THAT'S THE ABSOLUTE
MINIMUM.
THAT WAS THE DEMAND PUT FORWARD
UNDISPUTABLY BY THE MOVEMENT.
IT'S RIDICULOUS FOR THE MAYOR
TO BE PUTTING FORWARD ANYTHING
LESS THAN THAT.
5% IS JUST A -- JUST THROWING
IT IN THE FACE FOR ALL OF THOSE
PEOPLE OUT RISKING THEIR LIVES
DEMANDING THIS OF THE CITY.
WE NEED $500 MILLION A YEAR
WITHOUT A SUNSET CLAUSE SO THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO NOT JUST LEAVE
COVID BUT CONTINUE BY HAVING
GOOD UNION --
>> SORRY.
YOU GOT CUT OFF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
PLEASE SEND THE REMAINING
THOUGHTS IN.
CHRIS -- I'M SORRY.
DANIEL, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
I'M A RESIDENT OF THE FIRST
DISTRICT.
I WANT TO TALK TODAY ABOUT THE
POLICE FUNDING.
I THINK 5% IS WOEFULLY
INADEQUATE AND INSULTING AND
50% IS THE MINIMUM.
I I DON'T THINK IN BUDGET
PROBLEMS SPENDING$380 MILLION
ON VIOLENCE WORKERS IS A GOOD
THING TO DO, AND I WOULD LIKE
TO POINT OUT IF THE NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN USING TEAR GAS WOULD
HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED A WARTIME.
I DON'T BELIEVE -- I WOULD
LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE
WERE REPORTS OF BABIES AND
TODDLERS AROUND THE AREA,
SEIZING AND FOAMING AT THE
MOUTH BECAUSE OF THE
INDISCRIMINANT USE OF TEAR GAS
. I WANT TO TALK TO THE VOWNL.
IF ANY OF YOU DO NOT VOTE FOR
THE 50% OF THE BUDGET, YOU ARE
SAYING TO SATELLITES OF COLOR,
I DON'T SEE, YOU I DON'T HEAR
YOU, AND I DON'T CARE FOR YOU.
>> CHRIS AND THAT ONLIY?
>> I'M ONE OF THE LEADERS OF
THE GEORGETOWN TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THOSE HERE
AT TINY HOUSE VILLAGE, I WOULD
LIKE TO URGE YOU TO FUND
OPERATION SACK LUNCH FOR THE
VILLAGE AT LEAST THROUGH THE
END OF THE YEAR.
IT'S LIFE-SAVING FOR US.
WE ONLY HAVE A GAS STATION MINI
MART TO BUY FOOD AT.
WE DON'T HAVE HEALTHY FOOD
WITHOUT TRAVELING 2 OR 3 MILES.
THE LUNCHES HAVE MADE LIFE MUCH
BETTER.
WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T
HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT.
THE GAS STATION WASN'T EVEN
RESTOCKED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALEX, WELCOME.
>> HI.
I'M SPEAKING FOR 350 SEATTLE'S
BIG BUSINESS TEAM.
WE ABSOLUTELY MUST DEFUND SPD
BY AT LEAST 50% TO REALIZE
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE NEED IS SO MUCH GREATER
THAN THE SAVINGS REALIZED.
HOMELESSNESS, AND FOOD
INTERVENTION SECURITY AND LACK
OF HOMELESSNESS AND CONTINUED
FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE
CRISIS MAKES PEOPLE PROFOUNDLY
UNSAFE AND PROLONG SUFFERIG.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED ADDITIONAL
REVENUE WITH THE MANY PROBLEMS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE
JUMPSTART LEGISLATION HAS BROAD
SUPPORT BUT IT NEEDS TO BE
SUBSTANTIALLY STRENGTHENED TO
LIKE $500 MILLION NO SUNSET
CLAUSE AND DIRECTION OF
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING -- I'M SO
SORRY -- THE PROGRAMS FOR THE
STATE CLIMATE AND ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN
WORKING TO GATHER SIGNATURES.
PLEASE HONOR THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
NAOMI, WELCOME.
>> HI.
I AM A STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AND COMMEND
THE COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THEIR
INITIATIVE AND TENACITY OF
MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
WE CAN NEVER RIGHT GENERATIONS
OF WRONG AGAINST MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES BUT PROVIDE DOLLARS
TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
DO THE WORK THEY ARE ALREADY
DOING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES
AND EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
AND BUILD DESPERATELY NEEDED
HOUSING.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE FAITH
LEADERS LETTER THAT PUT FOURTH
FOR THE HOUSING PLAN AND 1000
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS CRITICAL TO COMBAT
DISPLACEMENT AND REVERSE THE
TREND AGAINST COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
INSTITUTIONS SEEKING TO PROVIDE
CRITICAL RESOURCES SHOULD NOT
HAVE TO COMPETE FOR THE
RESOURCES.
PLEASE PASS PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IT LOOKSLIKE WE WILL HAVE THE
ABILITY TO GET SOME FOLKS IN
THAT ARE CALLING IN FROM OUT OF
THE CITY SINCE WE ARE GOING TO
GET THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE NOW.
ARE YOU WITH US?
>> YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
GREAT.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> HI.
I AM PART OF THE 664 SEATTLE
AND HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
MINIMUM DEFUNDMENT OF SPD BY
50% WHICH IS NOT NEGOTIABLE FOR
THE PEOPLE.
ANY ATTEMPT BY JENNY DURKAN TO
TAKE THE MOVEMENT AWAY TO SAY
SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT
PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING, SHE
KNOWS.
THE DEMANDS HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE.
IT'S LIKE THE GOVERNMENT IS
LAUGHING IN OUR FACE AND PEOPLE
ARE RISKING THEIR HEALTH BY
MARCHING WITH DAILY MARCHES TO
THE WEST PRECINCT.
IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE, SHOW UP,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT
THAT THERE ARE COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM THE GROUP TAKING MONEY
FROM THE SPD.
I AM ASKING YOU, I AM URGING
YOU, WILL YOU REALLOCATE IT TO
THE DIRECT FUNDING OF BLACK
PEOPLE AND SHOW YOU THAT SPD
DOESN'T CONTROL YOU WITH THE
MONEY THEY INVESTED IN YOUR RUN
FOR OFFICE?
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM FROM THE 9th CENTER WITH
THE COMMUNITY FOR RACIAL
EQUITY.
WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO
EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO
DEFUND SEATTLE POLICE.
AT LEAST BY 50%.
50% IS SUFFICIENT FOR EVERYONE
CALLING IN.
WITH COMMUNITY-LED CALLS FOR
DEFUNDING, ANYTHING LESS IS
UNACCEPTABLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LISA MEYERS, WELCOME.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS LISA MEYERS, STRICT
2, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
PROFESSIONAL, REGISTERED VOTERS
WITH 3 REGISTERED AND VOTING
YOUNG ADULT CHILDREN AND A HATE
CRIME SURVIVOR.
I AM CALLING TO ASK THE COUNCIL
TO VOTE TO DEFUND THE POLICE BY
50%.
THE AMOUNT BY MAYOR DURKAN IS
INSULTING AND TO TAX AMAZON
WITHOUT A SUNSET CLAUSE TO FUND
HOUSING FOR BLACK AND BROWN
PEOPLE AND CREATE JOBS.
IT MUST BE INVESTIGATED BY THE
JUDGES GRANTING THEM IN KING
COUNTY.
THEY ARE ILLEGAL AND EXACTED ON
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.
I'M DEMANDING THAT GOVERNOR
INSLEE ORDER AN INVESTIGATION
INTO HATE CRIMES ON WOMEN ON
MERCER ISLAND, IS YOU SPREESED
BY MAYOR WONG AND THE MERCER
COUNTY POLICE.
9 9/11 CALLS ARE NOT RESPONDED
TO BY BLACK WOMEN, AND THEY ARE
NOT --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE DO SEND IN THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTS.
APPRECIATE IT.
THE NEXT THREE PEOPLE, RUBY,
DANIEL, AND LEAH.
RUBY, WELCOME.
>> HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, WE CAN.
>> HI.
I'M CALLING LIKE MANY OTHER
CALLERS TO ASK YOU TO DRAFT AND
SUPPORT A MEASURE TO DEFUND
POLICE BY AT LEAST 50% AND I
AGREE WITH PREVIOUS CALLERS
THAT THE 5% OFFER BY MAYOR
DURKAN IS INSULTING AND DOESN'T
ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONCERNS OF
THE PROTESTERS IN SEATTLE AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I WANT
THE FUNDS TO GO TO PROGRAMS TO
STRENGTHEN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT
OPPRESSED IN THE COMMUNITY AND
WE WANT WANT COUNCIL TO PUT
FORWARD INITIATIVES TO SHOW HOW
TO INVEST IN BLACK COMMUNITIES
WITH HOUSING, WITH JOBS, WITH
PROPERTY.
AND I ALSO WANT COUNCIL TO
EXPLAIN WHY THERE WAS NO EFFORT
OF FROM WHAT I CAN SEE WHY
COMMUNITIES ARE PARTICULARLY
OPPRESSED AND THE PROTEST THAT
IS I AM IN SUPPORT OF.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE
COUNCIL IS DOING TO MEANINGFUL
CONNECT THE CONSTITUENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
DANIEL, WELCOME.
>> HI.
I'M A STUDENT OF DISTRICT 4 AND
A MEMBER OF SOCIAL
ALTERNATIVES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUDGET GAP IS
$378 MILLION, AND THE DEMANDS
TO DEFUND SPD BY 50%, AND MAYOR
DURKAN'S OFFER OF 5 PERCENT IS
INSULTING.
PEOPLE DO NOT NEED ARMED
PATROLS.
THEY NEED HOUSING AND WE NEED
THE MONEY TO FUND CRUCIAL
SOCIAL SERVICES.
THIS IS THE STRONGEST PACKET ON
THE TABLE.
AND AS PEOPLE POINTED OUT,
PEOPLE BUDGET 2020 MEETING IS
TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE WANT TO MAKE OUR DEMANDS
HEARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
LEAH, WELCOME.
>> HI.
I'M A REGISTERED VOTER OF
DISTRICT 5 AND REGARDING THE
FIRST SESSION, I APPLAUD THE
PROGRESSIVENESS OF THE TAX
PROPOSALS BUT IT DOESN'T RAISE
ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET
SHORTFALLS.
WE NEED A BIGGER FOOTPRINT LIKE
THE BILL PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS SAWANT AND
MORALES.
AND RATHER THAN SUPPORT THE
PROPOSAL, HOPING TO FILL THE
GAP BY USING BUDGET CUTS TO THE
SPD WHICH IS NOT QUITE WHAT THE
CALLS TO DEFEND SPD IS ABOUT.
WE REALLY WANT TO BE
REINVESTING IN THE BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES AND UNDO THE
ARM AND RE-THINK PUBLIC SAFETY
ON A MORE FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL
RATHER THAN JUST TAKING A SHORT-
TERM CORRECTION TO OUR CURRENT
SHORTFALLS.
THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE MY TIME.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUSTIN, CHRIS, AND SYRA.
WELCOME, JUSTIN.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN ALLEGRO,
DISTRICT 7 AND A MEMBER OF THE
QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I SUPPORT REBALANCING THE
BUDGET WITH A MINIMUM OF 50%
REDUCTION IN SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUNDING IN
THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND I
THINK THE CHIEF IN THE SHORT
TERM WILL NEED TO LAYOFF SWORN
OFFICERS EARNING OVER $200,000
A YEAR, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT
I DON'T SUPPORT MOVING
INVESTMENTS FROM OTHER CRITICAL
NEEDS AT THIS TIME, AND I
SUPPORT THE SAWANT AND MORALES
REVENUE PROPOSAL AND I THINK AT
LEAST 7 DISTRICTS SUPPORT THIS
PROPOSAL AND AT LEAST 7
COUNCILMEMBERS CAN GET BEHIND
IT AND FORCE THE MAYOR TO
REJECT IT.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THE JUMPSTART
PROPOSAL AND IN QUEEN ANNE
THERE IS AN ACTION TO DEFUND
POLICE AND BIG PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
CHRIS, WELCOME.
>> HI.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
HI.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4
AND A RECENTLY GRADUATED WITH A
MASTER'S DEGREE FROM
CLIMATOLOGY FROM U-DUB AND I'M
HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FROM
THE AMAZON TAX INITIATIVE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRESSIVE
POLICIES WE CAN'T LEAVE CLIMATE
OUT OF THE DISCUSSION OR WE ARE
NOT TRULY MAKING PROGRESS.
IT WOULD SET ASIDE MONEY FOR
NEW GREEN DEAL JOBS AND FALLS
IN LINE WITH SEATTLE'S PAST AND
INSPIRED HISTORY TO CONTINUE TO
LEAD THE COUNTRY IN DEALING
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, AND I AM
CALLING TO ECHO THE DEMANDS OF
THE COMMUNITY TO DEFUND SPD BY
AT LEAST 50% AND INVEST THOSE
FUNDS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
EVERY MEETING I HAVE ATTENDED
IN SEATTLE HAS INCLUDED
UNANIMOUS SUPPORT CALLING FOR
DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE.
I AM FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AT
NOT STOP AT LISTENING FOR THE
RESIDENTS THEY SERVE BUT ACT ON
THEIR DEMANDS.
THANK YOU, I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
SYRA, WELCOME.
OR SARAH.
>> YES.
HI.
COULD YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
WE CAN.
GO AHEAD, THANK YOU.
>> I SUPPORT THE JUMPSTART BILL
TO RAISE NEW MONEY FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICES.
MY COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IMPACTED
BY COVID-19 FROM BUSINESSES
CLOSING AND FOR ELDERS WHO HAVE
BEEN SICK AND NEED CARE.
WE NEED THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO
SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THE BEST WAY TO PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT IS THROUGH
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE
MOST TRUSTED SERVICE PROVIDERS
ARE OUR COMMUNITY CULTURAL
CENTERS.
TIME FOR BUSINESSES TO PAY HIGH
WAGES ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
PROFIT FROM THE CURRENT ECONOMY
DURING THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, AND
WE WANT 10% TED DEDICATED TO
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
WE ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH
EVERYBODY PRESENT AND SIGNED
UP, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE
LAST FIVE GAMES, KYLA, AARON,
OUMA, AND SAJAKA, AND E LA.
>> HI.
I'M A DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT AND
MANAGER FOR THE CREST PROGRAM
AT PUGET SOUND STAGE.
I AM CALLING TO TELL YOU MY
SUPPORT FOR THE 50% CUT FROM
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET.
THIS MONEY CAN TRULY GO TO
KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND
INCLUDING PUTTING LAND DIRECTLY
IN THE HANDS OF BLACK RESIDENTS
AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
TRULY ACCOUNTABLE TO BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS FOLKS.
I AM CALLING TO SUPPORT THE NEW
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE ESPECIALLY
PROPOSAL THAT WOULD GIVE AT
LEAST 10% FOR THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATEDDIVE.
WE NEED EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE YOU FUNDING FOR LONG-
TERM COMMUNITY CONTROL, FOR
LONG-TERM COMMUNITY HEALTH.
THANK YOU.
>>THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> AARON, WELCOME.
>> HI.
I'M A AARON AND LIVE IN
DISTRICT 6 AND I WANTED TO SHOW
MY SUPPORT FOR DEFUNDING THE
POLICE BY AT LEAST 50% AND I
WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING THAT
WAS NOT DISCUSSED A LOT
RECENTLY.
YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF WEEKS
AGO, THREE COUNCILMEMBERS SORT
OF PUT FORWARD THE IDEA THAT IF
MAYOR DURKAN WASN'T GOING TO
SHOW ANY SUPPORT TO DEFUNDING
THE POLICE, ACTUALLY LISTENING
TO THE VOICES OF PEOPLE THAT
SHE SHOULD CONSIDER RESIGNING.
IT'S A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER.
SHE HAS SORT OF SLAPPED
EVERYONE IN THE FACE SAYING SHE
SUPPORTS A $20 MILLION
REDUCTION WHICH IS ABSURD.
AND THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS NOW LYING TO THE
PUBLIC WHICH THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, FOR
CALLING OUT.
IT BEGS THE QUESTION, ARE WE
NOT REVISITING MAYOR DURKAN?
LIKE THIS IS ABSURD.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO.
IT TAKES 6 OF YOU.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UMA, THANK YOU FOR TESTIFYING.
I AM SORRY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO
GET TO YOU EARLIER.
I SEE THAT YOUOR THE LINE, AND
WE ARE COMING UP TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I AM IN SEATTLE DISTRICT 7 AND
WE SUPPORT AND FOLLOW THE BLM
MOVEMENT AND SUPPORT DEFUNDING
SPD BY 50%.
I AM CALLING IN FAVOR OF THE
SAWANT/GONZALEZ LEGISLATION TO
FUND COIF -- COVID RELIEF AND
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
WHAT WE NEED IS TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEMS IN THE STATE, THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND
GENTRIFICATION RIGHT NOW.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE
DEMOCRATS' PROPOSALS TO ONLY
RAISE LESS THAN HALF OF THE
MONEY BUT HAVE A SUNSET CLAUSE
AFTER 10 YEARS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE A
TAX SAVING FOR THE RICH AND
POWERFUL.
THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
SURJAKA, WELCOME.
>> HI.
I REPRESENT THE COALITION IN
SEATTLE THAT STRONGLY SUPPORTS
THE LEAD TO PASS THE
SAWANT/MORALES LEGISLATION.
SIMPLY PUT, IF BLACK LIVES
MATTER, THAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN THE CENTRAL AREA SHOULD
MATTER.
THE DEMOCRATS' PLAN HAS AN
INSIDIOUS SUNSET CLAUSE WITHOUT
EVEN HAVING BEGUN IT.
THE SIX VOLUMES HAVING IN ON
PROGRESSIVE TAXES AT ALL.
OUR MOVEMENT WOULD CREATE 6000
AFFORDABLE HOMES IN 10 YEARS.
THE IS A -- SAWANT/MORALES TAX
WOULD FUND THEM.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> THE LAST ONE, TINA.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
THANK YOU FOR WAITING.
>> YES.
THIS IS TINA ECH.
I AM THE PRESIDENT OF SEATTLE
INDIVISIBLE, AND I AM HERE TO
SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF
DEFUNDING 50% OF THE SPD.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE $20 MILLION
BUDGET PROPOSED BY THE MAY SORE
MAYOR IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE ARE
DEMANDING.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE BUDGET IN
THE LAST 5 YEARS NOT BECAUSE WE
HAVE MORE POLICE BUT BECAUSE OF
THE REFORM THAT HAVE FAILED.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SO-
CALLED REFORM THE SPD SINCE
1999 AND THE 2012 CONSENT
DECREE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST WORKING.
FORMER CHIEF NORM STAMPER WAS
INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE TACTICS
AFTER THE PROTESTS OVER GEORGE
FLOYD, AND HE SAID, QUOTE, WE
REALLY ARE --
>> THANK YOU FOR THE TESTIMONY.
I AM SORRY THAT WE GOT TO THE
END OF THE TIME THERE.
AND PLEASE SEND IN THE REST OF
THE COMMENTS.
WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN
READING THOSE ALONG WITH ANYONE
ELSE WHO DID NOT HAVE THE
CHANCE TO CONCLUDE THEIR
COMMENTS TODAY.
WE DID GET EVERYONE IN FOR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE ON
THE LINE FOR A CHANCE TO SPEAK
TO.
SO THAT IS EXCITING.
AT THIS POINT, WE WILL CLOSE
OUT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND
APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR
WEIGHING IN AND PROVIDING
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR US EVERY
WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 A.M.
AND 2:00 P.M., AND SIGN
UPSTARTS AT 8:00 A.M.
AND AT NOON FOR THE NOON
SESSION.
OCCUPY WILL YOU PLEASE READ IN
AGENDA ITEM 2.
>> SPHOBS QUESTIONS ASKED AFTER
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET PRESENTATION ON JUNE 10
FOR DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL, THIS ITEM AND NUMBER
NUMBER 3 ON THE AGENDA ARE TWO
ELIMINATES THAT CONTINUE OUR
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SPD BUDGET
INQUEST THAT WE LAUNCHED.
WE HAVE THREE MEETINGS THAT
WILL LOOK INTO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AND THE
DEMANDS ROUTINE THROUGH THE
ORGANIZATION.
THE DEMANDS ARE CLEAR.
DEFUND POLICE BY 30% AND INVEST
IN C OMMUNITIES -- DEFUND BY
50% AND INVEST IN COMMUNITIES.
TWO WEEKS WOULD GO WE HAD A
PRIMARY -- LET ME TRY THAT
AGAIN.
TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD A
PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE
BUDGET.
LAST WEEK WE HAD COUNCILMEMBERS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY MOVING
TOWARDS DEFUNDING THE POLICE
AND REALLOCATING THEM INTO
HOUSING AND CHILD CARE, AND 911
AND PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS THAT
COULD BE POTENTIALLY BE
ANSWERED BY A CIVILIAN AND
CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE
CENTRAL STAFF AND CEO TO THE
ANSWERS OF THE QUESTIONS WE
PROPOSED.
THE PURPOSE OF THE INQUEST AND
COMMITTEE MEETING IS TO
UNDERSTAND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AND FOR US
AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND FOR
THE LARGER COMMUNITY TO TRULY
UNDERSTAND THE ROLE AND TASKS
WE HAVE PLACED ON OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
OVERTIME WE HAVE INCREASED THE
NUMBER OF SITUATIONS THAT WE
EXPECT OUR EXCLUSIVES TO
RESPOND TO WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY
DIS-INVESTING IN IMPORTANT
SOCIAL SAFETY NET SERVICE THAT
IS STABILIZE COMMUNITIES.
WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS
LAYING THE GROUND WORK FOR A
PROCESS TO STRATEGICALLY
REALLOCATE POLICE FORCES AND
FUNDING AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL
POLICING TO A COMMUNITY-BASED
MODEL OF SAFETY AND SUPPORT AND
PREVENTION.
AND WE MUST LOOK AT WHAT LED UP
TO THIS HARM AND REALLY
INTERROGATE WHAT CONSTITUTES A
SAFETY COMMUNITY.
IF WE TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WE
WILL SEE A DROP IN THE NUMBER
OF PUBLIC SAFETY CALLS.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER
IN CITIES THAT HAVE INVESTED
FROM THIS MORE UPSTREAM MODEL.
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THEIR NEEDS
MET, THE COMMUNITY IS NOT ONLY
SAFER BUT THEY FEEL SAFER AND
THERE IS A GREATER SENSE OF
TRUST.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO PAUSE FOR
A SECOND TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE
TO SEE IF THE BUDGET -- I'M
SORRY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR
AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE
AGENDA ITEM BEFORE WE GET INTO
THE QUESTION THAT WE HEARD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OF REMARKS BUT
LOOKING TO DIG IN AND WORK
WITH YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA, AND
DIGGING INTO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
>> WONDERFUL.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE.
SO WE HAVE -- OH, I'M SORRY.
YOUR VIDEO IS FROZEN.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WANTED TO VERY QUICKLY BUT
PROHIBITLY SAY THAT ABSOLUTELY,
THE COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE IS
SAYING THAT WE NEED TO DEFUND
POLICE BY AT LEAST 50% AND YOU
ARE SAYING THAT AS WELL.
I MUST THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE IN
THE COMMENTS ARE CORRECT THAT
MAYOR DID YOUR AN LOOKING TO
DEFUND BY 5%, THAT IS NOT A
DEFUND.
THE WORD DEFUND APPLIES -- 5%
IS NOT A DEFUND.
ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S A SLAP IN
THE FACE OF ORDINARY WORKING
PEOPLE ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR FACING THE BRUNT OF
POLICE VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY.
I THINK THE COUNCIL HAS TO SET
A DIFFERENT TONE AND COMMIT TO
FUNDING BY AT LEAST 50%.
>> THAT -- THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER.
ANYONE ELSE?
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE GREG DOSS, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF KARA MAIN-HESTER,
AND ANGELA SOCCI FROM THE SPD.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING
HERE AND WE HAVE THE
POWERPOINT, AND IT WILL BE
POSTED FOR THE AGENDA AND WE
WILL WALK THROUGH IT WITH GREG.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INTRODUCTION
AND I WANT TO START THANKING
ANGELA SOCCI AND KARA-MAIN-
HESTER.
AND THEY DID THE HARD WORK OF
PUTTING TOGETHER WHAT WE ARE
COVERING TODAY, AND WE WILL GO
OVER A PRESENTATION AND ANSWER
THE QUESTIONS PUT FORTH BY YOU
ALL AT THE FIRST BUDGET REQUEST
MEETING.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY
SCREEN.
IS EVERYBODY SEEING THIS NOW?
>> YES, WE ARE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
I AM NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO
LONG ON THIS PRESENTATION TODAY
BECAUSE I AM THE WARM-UP ACT
FOR DIRECTOR NOBLE'S
PRESENTATION BUT PLEASE STOP ME
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST
SLIDE.
WHEN WE LAST TALKED, SPD DID
NOT YET HAVE DATA ABOUT THE
HOURS AND COSTS THAT WENT INTO
STAFFING THE DEMONSTRATION.
YOU CAN SEE WITH THE SLIDE THAT
SPD HAS THE DATA, 1296 SWORN
AND CIVILIAN HOURS DEDICATED TO
THE DEMONSTRATIONS AND THAT WAS
EXECUTED ON THE 12-HOUR
DEPLOYMENT MODEL AND THAT --
OH, I'M SORRY.
1296 SWORN AND CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES DEPLOYED, 72000
HOURS, AND THE TOTAL COST OF
THE DEMONSTRATIONS WERE $6.3
MILLION FOR THE OVERTIME HOURS.
WHEN I PUT ON THE SLIDE, A
COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE.
THE FIRST THAT SPD DOESN'T
BUDGET FOR LARGE SCALE
UNPLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS ABOUT
$60,000 SET ASIDE FOR WHAT THEY
CALL UNUNUSUAL OCCURRENCES
WHICH OBVIOUSLY THIS GOES WAY
PAST.
THE $6.3 MILLION USED FOR THE
DEMONSTRATIONS WILL HAVE TO
COME OUT OF OTHER AREAS OF THE
EVERY TIME BUDGET OR ELSEWHERE
IN THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU MAY RECALL THE ENTIRE
OVERTIME BILLION -- BUDGET IS
$30 BILLION.
>> WAIT.
I SEE A HAND.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU.
JUST FLAGGING THE NUMBER OF
HOURS OF OVERTIME, IT'S AN
EXTREMELY LARGE NUMBER OF
HOURS.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED
WITH IT LIKEWISE ARE VERY
LARGE, $3 MILLION FOR 73,000
HOURS OF -- I'M WONDERING
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S POSSIBLE TO
SEE THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME IN
HOURS AND DOLLARS ON AN SPD
BASIS.
>> OVER TO LANCH -- ANGELA.
>> ARE YOU REQUESTING PER OR
COST PER EMPLOYEE, PER AVERAGE
OR EXACT COST?
>> IF YOU CAN DO THE ACTUAL
COST FOR EMPLOYEE, THAT WOULD
BE SUPER HELPFUL.
>> OKAY.
YES.
SO CERTAINLY, THE INFORMATION
IS AVAILABLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT
SPD DOES HAVE A BUDGET
ALLOCATION FOR PLANNED
DEMONSTRATIONS, AND THAT IS
PART OF THE EVENTS CATEGORY FOR
OVERTIME.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN AN
UPCOMING SLIDE BUT FOR
PERSPECTIVE, THE TABLE AT THE
TOP SHOWS PLANNED
DEMONSTRATIONS AND HOW MUCH THE
DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT IN THE
LAST TWO YEARS.
AS I SAID, WE'LL GET TO WHERE
THE BUDGET IS HOUSED IN A
MOMENT.
A BIT MORE INFORMATION IN THE
CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS SPENDING.
WHEN WE LAST PRESENTED BEFORE
YOU, THERE WAS A $67,000
ESTIMATE FOR RIOT GEAR THAT IS
FOR 2020 AND THE NUMBERS FOR
THE LESS THAN LETHAL WEAPONS,
TEAR GAS AND FLASHBANGS ARE
DEVELOPED.
THAT IS STILL THE CASE BUT HAVE
SOME HISTORICAL SPENDING TO
PROVIDE YOU CONTEXT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TACTICAL
EQUIPMENT HERE IN 2019 WAS
191,000, ABOUT 192000.
THAT NUMBER HAS VARIED OVER THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS.
IT'S STILL THE CASE THAT THE
CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS WERE NOT
A GREAT EXPENDITURE IN THE
TERMS OF THE SPD BUDGET.
THEN, OF COURSE, YOU ASKED FOR
THE VENDORS THAT WERE SELLING
THE LESS THAN LETHAL WEAPONS,
AND THOSE ARE LISTED ON THE
SLIDES BELOW.
>> OKAY I SEE TWO FOLKS WITH
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
GREG, ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE
WHEN IT LISTS OTHER LESS-THAN-
LETHAL WEAPONS, PEPPER SPRAY
AND CHEMICAL AGENTS AND THREE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ARE
TECHNICALLY LESS THAN LETHAL
WEAPONS, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
THE OTHER LESS THAN LETHAL
WEAPONS ARE?
>> COMING RIGHT AWAY TO MIND IS
PROBABLY THE 40-MILLIMETER AND
THE RUBBER BULLETS AND OC
SPRAY BUT ANGELA AND KARA PUT
THE LIST TOGETHER.
I'LL THROW IT THEIR WAY AGAIN.
>> YEAH.
SO, WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE IS
WE TRIED TO BRING TOGETHER WHAT
WE THOUGHT WAS OF INTEREST WITH
THE 40-MILLIMETER LAUNCHERS AND
ASSOCIATED AMMO.
>> I'M SORRY.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YES.
I THINK THAT -- YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> NOW I CAN HEAR YOU.
>> SORRY.
I'M STARTING TO -- SORRY.
I'M STARTING TO HAVE INTERNET
ISSUES AGAIN, PREDICTABLY.
I WOULD APPRECIATE GETTING AN
ITEMIZATION OF WHAT HEIGHT OR
CLASSES OF LESS THAN LETHAL
WEAPONS OTHER THAN WHAT WE ARE
SEEING ON THE SLIDE.
>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.
YOU CAME THROUGH LOUD AND
CLEAR.
ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS
OR RESPONSE BEFORE WE GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
MORALES?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ANYTHING IN
FOLLOWING UP?
>> SORRY, I AM ASSUMING THAT
THEY CAN GET BACK TO ME.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY
RESPONSE TO OCCUR THERE.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IT --
ARE THERE ANY TOOLS, EQUIPMENT,
VEHICLES, ITEMS THAT ARE USED
FOR CROWD CONTROL REASONS OR
DISBURSAL REASONS THAT ARE NOT
LISTED ON THIS CHART?
>> I WOULD SAY WITH THIS
PARTICULAR LIST, WE CAN INCLUDE
OR EXCLUDE WHATEVER IT IS.
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
POLICE, IT'S CHALLENGING
BECAUSE TACTICAL EQUIPMENT TO
BE INTERPRETED VERY BROADLY OR
NARROWLY.
WHAT WE DID TO GET US TO THIS
IS WE USED THE ELICIT SEARCH
TERMS IN THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING
CITY.
THEY HAVE LIMITATIONS WITH A
MANUAL SEARCH, AND I'M HAPPY TO
INCLUDE THE LIST OF TERMS TO
GET US TO THE NUMBERS.
WE ARE LIMITED BY THE ITEM
DESCRIPTION.
SO IN ORDER TO BE AS INCLUSIVE
AS POSSIBLE, WE DID A VENDOR'S
SEARCH WITH THE COMMONLY USED
VENDORS AND REVIEWED THE
PURCHASE ORDERS TO MAKE SURE WE
WERE INCLUDING THE RELEVANT
ITEMS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU'RE SEEING
SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING THAT
YOU EXPECT TO SEE HERE, TASERS,
FOR EXAMPLE, IT COULD NOT BE
INTERPRETED -- THEY ARE LESS
LETHAL BUT NOT TYPICALLY
DEPLOYED IN A CROWD MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENT.
SO HAPPY TO WORK YOU TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED.
WE CAN FOLLOW UP OR I CAN
FOLLOW UP THROUGH GREG TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU CAN REVIEW THE
SEARCH TERMS THAT WERE USED TO
COME UP WITH THIS PARTICULAR
LIST.
IF THAT IS HELPFUL, I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, AND THE
DISTINCTION OF THE TAZER IS AN
INTERESTING ONE.
I THINK THEY LIKE THE FACT THAT
IS NOT AN INCLUSIVE LIST OF ALL
OF THE GEAR AND WEAPONS IN THE
DEPARTMENT. THE SEATTLE POLICE
I AM HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A
CHICKEN AND EGG CHALLENGE WITH
OUR DIALOGUE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
I FEEL LIKE THE ONOUS IS PUT
BACK ON ME TO DEFINE WHAT MIGHT
BE USED TACTICALLY IN CROWD
CONTROL, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME
TO RESPOND TO THE INQUIRY THAT
YOU JUST MADE, ANGELA, WITHOUT
FEELING LIKE I'M LEAVING
SOMETHING ON THE TABLE.
I'LL BE HONEST YOU WITH, AND
IN MY LAST 4 YEARS AS THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, I FOUND I
HAVEN'T ALWAYS GOTTEN THE MOST
DIRECT RESPONSES FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, OF COURSE, IN THE 10 YEARS
WHERE I WAS FILING LAWSUITS
AGAINST THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT I CERTAINLY HAD THE
EXPERIENCE OF NOT ALWAYS
GETTING A DIRECT ANSWER TO SOME
OF MY QUESTIOS.
SO I REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO
TELL US AS COUNCILMEMBERS WHAT
OTHER WEAPONS, GEAR, VEHICLES,
OR EQUIPMENT AS BROADLY DEFINED
AS POSSIBLE THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BELIEVES OR WOULD
ALLOW A DEMANDER OR INCIDENT
COMMANDER TO USE IN TERMS OF
CONTROLLING A CROWD OR GETTING
A CROWD TO DISPERSE.
I AM TRYING TO POSE THAT IN THE
BROADEST WAY POSSIBLE BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT YOU ALL TO HOLD BACK
INFORMATION THAT YOU THINK I AM
NOT -- I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS OFF LINE IN
GREATER DETAIL YOU -- I'LL
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
I HAVE SEEN A MILITARY-STYLE
TANK LOOKING VEHICLE THAT
BELONGS TO S.W.A.T.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT LISTED
HERE.
I AM NOT SURE WHY LOOKING AT
THIS INQUEST, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
VALUE OF THAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
AS WE ARE CONSIDERING THE
BUDGET QUESTIONS WITH
REALLOCATING FUNDS TO OTHER
PLACES.
>> I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO GO THROUGH AND TAKE A FIRST
STAB AT AND BREAK THEM INTO
MORE GRANULAR CATEGORY AND
ITEMIZE WHAT IS INCLUDED.
AS FAR AS OUR STANDARD ISSUE
EQUIPMENT, I KNOW IN THE
INITIAL QUESTION, IT ASKED US
TO EXCLUDE ALL STANDARD ISSUE
EQUIPMENT.
SO HAPPY TO EXPAND THAT.
CERTAINLY NOT TRYING TO DODGE
THE QUESTION HERE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
FULLY EXPENSIVE.
SO WE CAN REWORK THIS.
THIS IS ALSO THE MERGING OF TWO
QUESTIONS INTO A TABLE.
SO I WILL TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT
IT.
WE CAN TRY AND GET YOU WHAT THE
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
>> THANK YOU, ANGELA.
RIGHT.
WHAT I HEARD WAS A REQUEST FOR
A FULL LIST OF INVENTORY FOR
ALL WEAPONS OR ANY EQUIPMENT
THAT WAS ISSUED.
THAT IS HELPFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I THINK WE'RE STILL FROZE
OWN VIDEO.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND MORALE
ANDS?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FROZEN.
YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THANKS.
>> I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SLIDE
ONE AND SLIDE TWO, BUT BEFORE
THAT, I WANTED TO NOTE HOW
STUNNING IT IS TO SEE HOW MUCH
MONEY IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR
SOCIAL NEEDS IF THE POLICE ARE
NOT GIVEN DOLLARS TO BRUTALIZE
THE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
ORDINARY PEOPLE.
I HAVE TO SAY IT'S DIFFICULT TO
HAVE AN EVEN-TONED CONVERSATION
AND HEAR PHRASES LIKE STANDARD
ISSUE EQUIPMENT IN RELATIONSHIP
WITH BARBARIC WEAPONS THAT ARE
USED AS AN ARMY AGAINST
ORDINARY PEOPLE.
I JUST WANT TO REGISTER THAT
THAT IS REALLY OUT OF TOUCH
WITH WHAT SOCIETY IS DEMANDING
AND THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE
FACING.
THE POLICE DO NOT NEED ANY OF
THE WEAPONS.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL VOTE UNANIMOUSLY ON THE
HISTORIC LEGISLATION THAT OUR
MOVEMENT BROUGHT FORWARD WHICH
WAS TO MAKE SEATTLE THE FIRST
CITY TO BAN THE USE AND
PURCHASE OF ANY OF THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS, RUBBER BULLETS, HAND
GRENADES AND SO-CALLED CROWD
CONTROL WEAPONS.
SEATTLE IS THE FIRST CITY TO
HAVE DONE THAT, AND IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT OTHER CITIES
WILL HAVE THE IMPACT AND
LEGISLATION.
I ALWAYS SAY SO-CALLED CROWD
CONTROL.
THAT'S POLITICAL GAS LIGHTING
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT.
POLICE ARE CARRYING OUT THE
VIOLENCE.
PROTEST MOVEMENTS ARE NOT
CROWDS.
THEY ARE GENUINE PEOPLE,
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON THE
STREETS DEMANDING SOCIAL CHANGE
FOR A BETTER KIND OF CITY OR
BETTER KIND OF COUNTRY AND THE
POLICE CROWD CONTROL, WHAT THEY
ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS
WEAPONS USED AT THE BEHEST OF
THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT TO
TRY AND SQUASH THE SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS AND SCARE PEOPLE INTO
NOT COMING OUT AND PROTEST.
IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT THE POLICE
OFFICER'S GUILD SAID THAT THEY
THINK WHETHER OR NOT THEY GET
TO USE NON LETHAL WEAPON IS A
MEMBER OF THE CONTRACT
NEGOTIATION.
AS A RANK AND FILE MEMBER
MYSELF, IT'S UNFORTUNATELY THAT
THEY HAVE THE LEGITIMACY OF THE
RANK AND FILE AND THERE IS NO
ROOM FOR RACISM IN THE LABOR
COUNCIL.
I THINK ON THAT NOTE, IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE
CALLING ON MAYOR JENNY DURKAN.
ANY MAYOR WHO ALLOWS TEAR GAS
ON HER PEOPLE CANNOT BE ALLOWED
TO STAND.
AS FAR AS THE BUDGET IS
CONCERNED, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED
SHE IS CUTTING $20 MILLION FROM
THE POLICE.
THAT IS NOT A DEFUNDING.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT $200
MILLION.
THIS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE OF
PEOPLE DEMANDING A CHANGE.
BUT FURTHERMORE, MY STAFF AND I
LOOKED AT THE BUDGET THAT WAS
SENT DOWN, AND IT DOESN'T SHOW
UP ANYWHERE IN THE ORDINANCES
SENT TO THE COUNCIL.
AND MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING, I
DON'T SEE WHERE IT'S COMING
FROM.
IT'S NOT IN THE CENTRAL STAFF,
69 MILLION IS WHAT BEN NOBLE IS
REPORTING CUTTING FROM THE
BUDGET.
THE MAYOR COULD ASK THE SEATTLE
POLICE TO USE LESS OVERTIME.
AGAIN, ACTUALLY, THEY ARE USING
MOREOVER TIME TO ABUSE
PROTESTERS.
NOT ONLY IS THIS NOT A DE-FUND
PROPOSAL THAT THE MAYOR SENT
DOWN.
BUT IT SEENS TO ME UNLESS WE
ARE MISTAKEN, THE $20 MILLION,
SHE IS ASKING US TO TRUST HER.
THERE IS NO LEGALLY BINDING
PROPOSAL THAT I CAN SEE.
SO ON THAT NOTE ON SLIDE ONE,
$20 MILLION IN POLICE OVERTIME,
THAT WAS SPENT USING MILITARY-
STYLE ABUSE AGAINST ORDINARY
SATELLITES CALLING FOR JUSTICE.
AND THAT IS MORE FUNDING IN A
FEW DAYS THAN THE ENTIRE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE GETS IN
ONE YEAR.
NOT ONLY IS IT A WASTE OF THE
$20 MILLION.
IT'S DOING HARM.
THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T VOTE ON
THE USE OF THE BETWEEN THE --
OF THE 20 MILLION FOR THE
PROTEST MOVEMENT.
WOULD THEY ASK FUNDING TO THE
POLICE?
DID THE MAYOR ADD TO THE BUDGET
BY $20 MILLION?
AS OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS SAID
THIS IS NOT A SMALL AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
IT'S INFURIATING TO ME THAT
THIS MONEY WAS USED ONVIOLENCE
INSTEAD OF BEING USED TO MORE
THAN DOUBLE THE EQUITABLE
INITIATIVE.
THESE ARE NOT MINOR QUESTIONS.
WE NEED ANSWERS TO THEM.
AND JUST WHY DON'T YOU HAVE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PURCHASE
OF CROWD CONTROL WEAPONS IN
2020?
WAS THAT ASKED?
IF NOT WE SHOULD, AND IF SO DID
THEY GIVE A REASON FOR NOT
ANSWERING?
THANK YOU.
>> MANY QUESTIONS THERE.
LET ME SEE IF CAN I TAKE ON
SOME OF THEM.
THE SPREADSHEET SHOULD HAVE THE
CUTS IN THEM, AND THEY ADD UP
TO $16 MILLION, AND THEY ARE A
VARIETY OF CUTS FROM OVERTIME
REDUCTION TO CIVILIAN HIRING
FREEZES.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED
IN DETAIL BY BEN NOBLE,
DIRECTOR NOBLE WHEN WE CONCLUDE
THE SPD PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE YOU ARE RIGHT.
THERE IS NO LEGISLATION THAT
REPRODUCES THE APPROPRIATION.
THE CUTS ARE ENACTED IN A WAY
THAT COUNCIL WOULD TAKE A VOTE
ON.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE
IN NATURE.
IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WILL TAKE
THE $6.9 MILLION UNBUDGETED HIT
TO THEIR BUDGET, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT DIRECTOR SOCCI
NEEDS TO ANSWER.
WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT
SLIDE TO TALK ABOUT THE OVER
TIME BUDGET AND EVENT AND OTHER
PLACES WHERE THE DEPARTMENT
SPENDS MONEY.
OH, AND THE LAST ONE IS I THINK
THAT SPD IS STILL WORKING ON
GETTING THE DATA FOR 2020.
>> IF I CAN ADD ON TO THAT,
THERE WERE PURCHASES HANDLED
THROUGH CAS, CENTRAL
ACCOUNTING.
IF I WERE TO RUN AN EXPENDITURE
REPORT ISSUE IT WOULD NOT HAVE
ALL OF THEM.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE
CAPTURED ALL OF THEM BEFORE WE
REPORTED THEM OUT TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE -- SO, ON SLIDE ONE, I
THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE --
YEAH.
THANKS.
I THOUGHT WE WERE JUST GOING TO
GET SORT OF AN ITEM BY ITEM OF
HOW MUCH WE SPENT SO FAR ON THE
DEMONSTRATION.
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY ABOUT
OVERTIME SO I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING ABOUT
SALARY, PAYROLL FOR THE STAFF
TIME THAT WAS SPENT THERE.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M
CONFUSED ABOUT -- THANK YOU.
SO THE 2020 COLUMN, IS THIS --
I THOUGHT THIS WAS HOW MUCH WE
HAD SPENT DURING THE
DEMONSTRATION BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
BASED ON THE ASTERISK COMMENTS
THIS IS WHAT IS BUDGETED FOR
2020 OR IS THAT WHAT WAS SPENT
ALREADY?
>> SPD DOESN'T HAVE THE NUMBERS
FOR THE RIOT GEAR THAT WAS
PURCHASED YET THIS YEAR OR THE
OTHER ITEMS FOR 2020.
SO IT'S AN ESTIMATE OF THE RIOT
GEAR THAT WAS PURCHASED BASED
ON THE NUMBER OF RECRUITS THAT
THEY HAD GRADUATING.
THEY AUTOMATICALLY EQUIPMENT
THE RECRUITS WITH THE RIOT
GEAR.
THEN AS ANGELA SAID, WE NEED TO
SEARCH THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM TO
SEE HOW THE DEPARTMENT HAS
ORDERED EITHER THROUGH THE
QUARTER MASTER OR THE OTHER
ITEMS TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH
THE DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT ON
THAT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE
NUMBERS YET.
>> OKAY.
SO I WOULD AGAIN BE INTERESTED
TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY
SPENT IN THAT 2 OR 3-WEEK
PERIOD ON THIS TYPE OF GEAR.
I KNOW WE ASKED FOR THAT
INFORMATION.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE
AVAILABLE?
>> WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING
THROUGH IT WITH CENTRAL
ACCOUNTING.
THERE WERE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS
INVOLVED.
THEY ARE TRYING TO SPLIT UP THE
PURCHASES TO SUPPORT ON THE SPD
ITEMS.
BUT THAT IS --
>> THE LAST ONE IS WHY IT'S SO
ERRATIC.
I CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU BUDGET ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS OR SOME YEARS IT'S
HIGHER BECAUSE YOU RESPONDED
AND BOUGHT MORE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
NUMBERS ARE NOT A LITTLE MORE
CONSISTENT.
>> SO THIS ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF
I WERE IN THE LAST PRESENTATION
BUT WE REPORTED OR ESTIMATED
THE COST OF RIOT GEAR IN AN
ITEMIZED LIST.
THE 2020 NUMBER WAS PULLED FROM
THAT AND ADDED TO ANOTHER
TABLE.
SO AS FAR AS THE 2017 TO 2019
NUMBERS ARE FLUCTUATING BECAUSE
THE ITEMS ARE REPLACED.
THEY HAVE EXPIRATION DATES.
THEY ARE ONLY REPLACED AS THEY
ARE USED OR EXPIRE.
SO IF YEARS WHERE WE HAD MORE
EXPIRE OR FEWER VIEWS YOU WILL
SEE FLUCTUATIONS IN THOSE
CATEGORIES.
>> OKAY.
SO YOU -- OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ,
I THINK YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP ON
THAT?
>> YEAH Y HAVE TWO FOLLOW UPS.
ONE IS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
QUESTION ABOUT WHEN TO RECEIVE
THIS INFORMATION.
ANGELA, YOU TOLD US WHAT YOU
WERE DOING TO E VAL EAT --
EVALUATE THEM BUT YOU DIDN'T
ANSWER WHEN THE COUNCIL CAN
EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE NUMBERS
FROM 2020.
WHEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO
COMPLETE YOUR ANALYSIS?
>> I WILL HAVE TO CHECK IN WITH
THE ACCOUNTING TEAM TO SEE WHEN
THEY WILL POST.
I CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH GREG
LATER TODAY WITH AN ESTIMATE ON
THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW OF WHEN YOU WILL
GET US THE INFORMATION.
WHAT'S THE CHALLENGE THERE?
>> IT'S NOT MY -- I DON'T
OVERSEE THE ACCOUNTING, THE
PROCESS FROM A -- FROM A
PROCESSING STANDPOINT.
I DON'T KNOW OFFHAND BUT I CAN
CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.
>> OKAY.
I FIND THAT RESPONSE VERY
FRUSTRATING.
I THINK, GREG, IF YOU CAN GIVE
US A SENSE BY THE END OF TODAY
WHEN WE WILL GET THIS
INFORMATION, I WOULD APPRECIATE
KNOWING THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I'LL DO THAT,
AND I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH
UPDATES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
AS I GET MORE INFORMATION AND
I'LL START WITH TODAY, YES.
>> THANK YOU.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS FROM THE
SLIDE THAT WE ARE ON NOW.
IT DOES SPENDING.
HOW -- HOW IS SPENDING BEING
DEFINED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS
THAT WE'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF
US?
>> YEAH.
GO AHEAD.
>> THOSE ARE -- THESE ARE
TOTALS OF EXPENDITURES TIED TO
SPECIFIC PURCHASE ORDERS THAT
WERE PAID IN 2017 THROUGH 2019.
>> SO, THEN, WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THIS, IS
THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF
EVERYTHING THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT PURCHASED IN THAT
YEAR FOR THAT CATEGORY?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO THIS ISN'T A SITUATION
WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOES
FLASHBANG 2299, YOU JUST SPEND,
I. .E.
USE 2299 BOTHER OF
2299 -- ALL OF IT REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THE WEAPON WAS UTILIZED
OR ISSUED?
>> I WILL TRY -- I AM NOT SURE
I FOLLOW EXACTLY.
WE DID A SEARCH OF OUR
ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR THE TERM
FLASHBANG, AND ANY PURCHASE
ORDER MATCHING THAT DESCRIPTION
IS -- THE TOTAL COST OR THE
TOTAL AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR THOSE
PURCHASE ORDER THAT IS FELL
UNDER THAT SEARCH ARE INCLUDED
HERE.
SO IT DOES NOT --
>> I GUESS WHAT I AM TRYING TO
GET AT, ANGELA, IS WHETHER
THERE'S A DIFFERENT BETWEEN --
WHETHER THE WAY THAT THE
ACCOUNTING SYSTEM WORKS THAT IS
FUNNELING THIS INFORMATION TO
US, IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ACQUISITION OF THESE
WEAPONS AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE
ACQUISITION.
OR IF WHAT IS -- WHAT IS --
WHAT IS BEING LISTED ON THE
PURCHASE ORDER ARE ONLY THINGS
THAT WERE ACQUIRED AND THEN
DEPLOYED?
>> THIS WOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF
ANYTHING PURCHASED, REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER IT WAS DEPLOYED OR
NOT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
I WANT TO DO A QUICK TIME
CHECK.
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS ON
THE SPD INQUEST PORTION OF OUR
AGENDA.
MY HOPE IS TO HAVE DONE THOSE
BEFORE 4:00 P.M.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS ASK
THE CENTRAL STAFF FOLKS, GREG
DOSS, IF YOU COULD LEAD US
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, AND I
WILL GO THROUGH THE ROLL CALL
AND ASK PEOPLE TO ASK THE
QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
ANGELA, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
YOU THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO
LATER.
YOU SAID IN TRYING TO GET THE
REST OF THE INFORMATION, SOME
OF THESE WERE CITY EXPENSES.
THAT LED ME TO THINK THAT SPD
MAY HAVE OTHER DOLLARS THAT
THEY ARE FILTERING IN TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF TOTAL DOLLARS
THAT THEY GET.
I WILL COME BACK TO THIS.
BUT IF THIS IS A MATTER OF NOT
JUST SHOWING WHAT THE CITY IS
ALLOCATING BUT ANY ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS FROM FEDERAL GRANTS OR
STATE EFFORTS.
I THINK WE NEED THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE OF WHAT SPD HAS.
AND I WANT TO TAKE A NOTE
BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
I KNOW OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE LESS THAN
LETHAL WEAPON CATEGORY.
I WANT TO SAY FIRST AND
FOREMOST, THIS IS NOT LESS THAN
LETHAL WEAPON WHEN WE SEE
PEOPLE'S LIVES INCLUDING THE
CHOKEHOLD, CHOKED TO DEATH AND
PEOPLE HIT IN THE FACE WITH
TEAR GAS AND CANISTERS WITH
NEAR DEATH INJURIES AND MY
CONCERNS ABOUT USING TEAR GAS
AND PEPPER SPRAY THAT AFFECTS
LUNGS IN THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC
WHEN THE CDC SAID THAT COULD
CREATE MORE SUSCEPTIBLIBILITY
TO COVID-19.
I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT
BUT THE REASON WE ARE
CONTINUALLY CONCERNED, AND THAT
WAS STATED TWO MONDAYS AGO
ABOUT THE STRATEGY AND WEAPONS
IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVEN
THEMSELVES LETHAL.
I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM ON THE
RECORD TO SAY I DON'T THINK
THIS IS A CATEGORY THAT IS
ACCURATE ESPECIALLY IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE DEADLY GLOBAL
PANDEMIC.
WITH THAT, GREG, I WILL ASK YOU
TO GO THROUGH THE SLIDES AND
ASK EACH COLLEAGUE TO HOLD
THEIR QUESTIONS AT THE END AND
WE DOLL -- DO A ROLL CALL AT
THE END AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE
HAVE THE CEO BUDGET TO GET TO.
>> WE'LL DO THAT, AND
COUNCILMEMBERS, I SHOULD SAY
THAT THE TITLE OF THE SLIDES,
THE CROWD CONTROL WEAPON
SPENDING, THAT WAS -- THAT WAS
A TITLE THAT I PUT IN.
SO I AM HEARING WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING ABOUT IT NOT RECOGNIZING
THE LETHALITY OF THE WEAPONS
AND I WANT TO SAY THAT WAS MY
DOING AND NOT THE DEPARTMENTS.
>> NO MOTIVE INTENDED.
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT NO
PROBLEM, GREG.
>> SO WE WILL MOVE ON.
THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT OVERTIME EMPHASIS
PATROLS.
I WILL HAVE YOU SKIP PAST THIS
FIRST TABLE AND GO TO THE FIRST
BULLET WHERE I AM GOING TO TALK
A BIT ABOUT HOW MUCH THE
DEPARTMENT SPENDS ON EVENTS.
THE BUDGET IS 6.8 MILLION ABOUT
WHAT THEY SPENT LAST YEAR AND
THAT IS DIGNITARY PROTECTION,
CONCERTS, STREET FAIRS,
PARADES, FUN RUN, ALL THE
VARIOUS EVENTS THAT YOU ARE
FAMILIAR W. WHAT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THE
CATEGORY COVERS THE PLANNED
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.
THAT'S THE $1.15 MILLION SPENT
IN 2019 BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES SUCH AS THE
PROTESTS.
WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS A RATHER
LARGE CATEGORY FOR EVENTS THAT
OVERTIME IS NORMALLY EXPENDED
FOR.
AND THIS IS A CASE WHERE THERE
IS NOT A BUDGET FOR UNPLANNED
DEMONSTRATIONS.
IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WILL HEAR
FROM DIRECTOR NOBLE LATER TODAY
THAT SOME OF THE MONEY WILL BE
REPURPOSED FOR THE
DEMONSTRATIONS BUT WE WILL
LEAVE THAT FOR HIM TO HAVE
DISCUSS.
WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
COST RECOVERY AS WE DID LAST
TIME AND IN THE SECOND BULLET,
NO COST RECOVERY FOR PLANNED
DEMONSTRATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE
A FIRST AMENDMENT EVENT.
AND AS FOR OTHER EVENTS T
VARIES WIDELY.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE
SEVERAL METHODS FROM INDIVIDUAL
CONTRACTS WITH THE SEAHAWKS TO
-- DOWN TO JUST SPONSORSHIPS
SAY, FOR THE MACY'S PARADE.
THAT IS THE 9% LEVEL.
ON AVERAGE IF YOU LOOK AT
ATHLETIC, COMMERCIAL, AND CITY
WIDE EVENT THAT THE AUDITOR
STUDIED IN 2019, THERE IS A
COST RECOVERY RATE OF 20% OF
SPD'S PAGES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ATHLETIC AND
COMMERCIAL EVENTS, IT'S BETTER,
ABOUT 60% ON AVERAGE.
BUT THE COST RECOVERY IS QUITE
LOW.
SOME OF IT IS MANDATED BY THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE OF AND
THE COST RECOVERY RATE WAS
DEVELOPED INTO FIVE YEARS AGO
AND HASN'T BEEN UPDATED.
SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THERE
IS A LOT OF VARIANCE IN HOW SPD
RECOVERS FOR OVERTIME.
YOU ALWAYS ASKED ABOUT EMPHASIS
PATROLS.
I WILL DIRECT YOU BACK UP TO
THE TABLE AT THE TOP.
OF THIS IS EMPHASIS PATROL
SPENDING FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS.
THE FOR SPD IS $2.45 MILLION,
AND THAT INCLUDES 847-8063 THAT
THE COUNCIL ADDED LAST YEAR AND
THAT WAS THE FUNDING CONTROL
AUGMENTATION TO RESPOND TO THE
VIOLENCE LAST SUMMER, I BELIEVE
THE PRE-SUMMER EMPHASIS CONTROL
AND MORPHED INTO THE EMPHASIS
PATROL.
SO THAT'S THAT AMOUNT.
GOING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT
S.W.A.T.
AND HOME LAND SECURITY
BILLIONS.
THE S.W.A.T.
BUDGET IS $5.4 MILLION, AND $5
MILLION FOR PERSONNEL COSTS AND
NON-LABOR EXPENSES IN THERE OF
271,000.
YOU ASKED FOR A DETAILED
BREAKDOWN OF THE HOMELAND
SECURITY BUDGET.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
IN THE TABLE.
THE OUTLIER IS THE $21 MILLION
IN OVERTIME.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EVENTS A MINUTE AGO, THIS IS
ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE SPD
FACTORS ITS BUDGET OVERTIME
WITH AN ALLOCATION FOR $10
MILLION USED FOR VARIOUS KINDS
OF EVENTS.
THE REST OF THE TABLE SHOWS
SPENDING AT THE MORE DETAILED
LEVEL OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY
LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET.
I'LL LEAVE THERE UP THERE FOR
JUST A MINUTE SO YOU CAN SEE
IT.
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL THIS
INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED TO YOUR
OFFICES YESTERDAY SO IF YOU
HAVE ABOUT SPECIFIC QUESTIONS,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ANGELA
CAN ANSWER FOR YOU AT THE END
OR WE WILL GET FOR YOU LATER.
YOU ASKED ABOUT RESOURCE OF
ROUGH -- RESOURCE OFFICERS AND
NAVIGATION TEAM.
THE OFFICERS, THERE ARE FIVE OF
THEM, 4 BROKEN UP AMONGST THE
ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND A 5th AT GARFIELD HIGH 62.
THEY MAKE ABOUT $141,000 A
PIECE FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS.
THAT ADDS TOGETHER FOR THE
$705,000 FIGURE THAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT.
AND THE ONLY COST FOR THAT
PROGRAM IS THE PERSONNEL COST
FOR THE 5 OFFICERS.
WE ARE NOT RECEIVING ANY
REVENUE FROM THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE
PROGRAM.
AND WE HAVE ONE LIEUTENANT, TWO
SERGEANTS, AND 7 OFFICERS AND
TWO VACANCIES, AND THE BUDGET
FOR THE NAVIGATION TEAM IS $2.4
MILLION.
YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL OVERTIME IS
AN ADDITIONAL $47,000.
AND SO ONE THING I WANTED TO
POINT OUT REGARDS TO THE SLIDE
IS THAT THE NUMBERS YOU ARE
SEE, THE 705000 FOR THE
RESOURCE OFFICERS, IF THE
BUDGET WERE TO BE CUT FOR
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND
THAT MONEY WERE TO BE CAPTURED
FOR SAVINGS OUTSIDE OF THE
BUDGET, IT WOULD NOT BE QUITE
THAT MUCH.
THE COST OF THE $705,000 HERE
IS THE COST FOR THE FIVE
OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
WORKING IN THE SCHOOL AND THOSE
OFFICERS ARE PAID AT HIGHER
RATES BECAUSE THEY ARE OFFICERS
THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE
DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME.
IF THE SAVINGS WERE THROUGH THE
PROGRAM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
DONE THROUGH ATTRITION OR
THROUGH LAYOFFS.
THOSE WOULD PRODUCE LOWER VALUE
AMOUNTS THAN THE $41, THE
141,000.
SO WHEN LOOKING AT REDUCING
BUDGETS, THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT
WHAT YOU WOULD GET.
THE AMOUNTS YOU WOULD GET WOULD
BE LOWER.
THE FINAL SLIDE, THE 4-MONTH
HIRING FREEZE AS WE TALKED
ABOUT LAST TIME.
SINCE APRIL, SPD IMPLEMENTED
THE HIRING FREEZE BECAUSE OF A
HIGHER PACE OF HIRING, AND THEY
ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE FULFILL
THE LEVEL, AND I THINK
BASICALLY BY JUNE BY NOW.
SO PART OF THE THAT THEY ARE
RUNNING OUT OF MONEY TO HIGHER
MORE, AND THE OTHER PART IS
MORE RECESSION DRIVEN AND
ATTRITION AT A LOWER PACE, AND
WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECRUITS
CLASS HAD TO BE CANCELED
BECAUSE OF COVID.
THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE HAD
LAST TIME.
THE NEW INFORMATION ON THE
SLIDE IS THE LAST BULLET, AND
THIS LAST BULLET IS THE NUMBER
OF RECRUITS THAT WE TALKED
ABOUT LAST TIME, 21 RECRUITS
ADDED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER,
AND THEN ABOUT 60 OFFICERS THAT
WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE HIRED IN
2021 IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP THE
DEPARTMENT EVEN WITH THE
ATTRITION LEVEL.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 81 OFFICERS,
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THE MAYOR HAS ANNOUNCED A
HIRING FREEZE NOT JUST THIS
YEAR BUT THROUGH THE NEXT YEAR.
SO THE SLIDE TITLE IS
MISLEADING IT.
SAYS 4 MONTHS AND WHEN I
CREATED THE SLIDE, I DIDN'T
HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE MAYOR'S
ANNOUNCEMENT, AND NOW IT WAS
MADE, AND WE KNOW THERE ARE 60
OFFICERS THAT WOULD NOT BE
HIRED IN 2021.
ANGELA IS PREPARED TO TALK
ABOUT THE LEVEL OF SAVING THAT
THAT WILL CREATE NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S MY QUICK OVERVIEW.
IS I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO
ANGELA RIGHT NOW IF THAT'S OKAY
TO TALK ABOUT THE HIRING FREEZE
IN 2021 OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE
SPD BUDGET.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, GREG.
THAT WAS HELPFUL.
ARVELG -- ANGELA, WE WILL TURN
TO YOU, AND WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IN THE
LINEUP AFTER WE HEAR FROM YOU.
ANGELA, BACK TO YOU.
THANKS.
>> YEAH.
SO NATURALLY AS WE CONTEMPLATE
HIRING FREEZES, THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH
SAVINGS THAT WILL PRODUCE.
IN 2021, GREG SAID WE WERE
PLANNING TO BACKFILLING FOR
ATTRITION.
THIS WOULD GENERATE $10.3
MILLION.
UNDER THAT SCENARIO AND IF WE
WERE TO IMPLEMENT THE HIRING
FREEZE THROUGH 2021, IT WOULD
GENERATE $18 MILLION IN
SAVINGS.
IF YOU WANT ME TO ELABORATE ON
THAT, I WOULD BE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO.
>> GREAT.
WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
AND GONZALEZ.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO FIRST ON SLIDE 4 AS IT
RELATES TO THE OVERTIME BUDGET,
THANK YOU.
SO JUST WONDERING -- YES, THAT
ONE.
JUST WONDERING HOW THE OVERTIME
BUDGET FOR EVENTS HAS BEEN
SPENT.
AND MOST VENTS HAVE BEEN
CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 AND
THERE IS SLIDE 4, AND THEN
SLIDE 5 AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE NAVIGATION
TEAM ASSISTANCE, I THOUGHT WHAT
WE ASKED FOR WAS TOTAL EXPENSE
AND NOT JUST OVER TIME
ASSOCIATED, AND WOULD THIS
WOULD BE BIKE CONTROLS AND
COMMUNITIES.
I REMEMBER IN FEBRUARY AT A
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS, WE TALKED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT THE DATA FROM
2019 SHOWED THAT THE NAVIGATION
TEAM WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE
SERVICE CONNECTIONS TO A THIRD
OF THOSE REMOVALS.
SO WE KNOW IT'S A SIGNIFICANT
NUMBER OF REMOVALS HAVE
OCCURRED WITHOUT NAVIGATION
TEAM PARTICIPATION AND LOVE TO
GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
THE FULL COST OF NON-NAVIGATION
TEAM REMOVAL.
AND JUST THAT THE ORIGINAL
QUESTION IS HOW MUCH DOES SPD
SPEND ON ENCAMPMENT REMOVALS
ANNUALLY?
IT SHOULD INCLUDE BY BICYCLES,
COMMUNITY TAKEN AND ANY OTHER
SPD OFFICERS IN THE REMOVAL,
AND THEN WE ASK FOR THE
ASSUMPTIONS AND NUMBER OF
OFFICERS INVOLVED AND OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES AND OBSTRUCTION AND
MITIGATION AND GAMUT REMOVALS
AND NUMBER OF GAMUT REMOVALS.
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL, I THINK I CAN TAKE THE
FIRST ONE WHICH IS ON THE
EVENTS BUDGET.
AS I WAS SAYING, I THINK ANGELA
CAN GET US THE AMOUNT THAT WAS
SPENT ON EVENTS SO FAR THIS
YEAR, AND THAT IS PROBABLY A
SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS AND THE BE
REDIRECTED TO THE DEMONSTRATION
COSTS THAT DON'T HAVE BUDGETS
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, AND ON
THE NAVIGATION TEAM, I THINK
WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS THE
ASSESSMENT OF REGULAR TIME PAID
WITH OFFICERS AND RECOLLECT
OFFICERS TO SITE -- ASSIST
WITH THE REMOVAL AND THE
REGULAR COST AND BENEFITS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SPD
WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO US
ON.
>>IA.
-- YEAH.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S NOT
WHAT I WAS ASKING.
THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT WE
SUBMITTED.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANGELA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD?
>> AS FAR AS THE NAVIGATION
TEAM GOES, WE DID RECEIVE THE
QUESTION.
I WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT IT.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY TRACK THE
REGULAR TIME IF I REMEMBER
CORRECTLY BUT WE CAN CIRCLE
BACK ON THAT.
AS FAR AS THE EVENT OVERTIME
GOES, WE ANTICIPATED A
SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE
AMOUNT OF OVERTIME THAT WAS
GOING TO BE NECESSARY THROUGH
THE SUMMER AS A RESULT OF THE
EVENT CANCELLATIONS.
THOSE -- THE OVERTIME REDUCTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WAS
MODELED OUT AND INCLUDED IN OUR
-- IN THE REBALANCING PACKAGE.
SO THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR.
WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE RECEIVING
AN INCREASED APPROPRIATION
THISIARY TO COVER ANY OF THE
RECENT COSTS SO THAT WOULD HAVE
TO BE ABSORBED IN OUR BUDGET BY
CUTTING BACK IN OTHER AREAS
WHICH IS WHY WE ARE LOOKING
INTO THINGS LIKE EXTENDING
HIRING FREEZES THROUGH THE END
OF THE YEAR WHEN WE ORIGINALLY
PLANNED ON HIRING AGAIN IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER, AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT SUSPENDING THE
CIVILIAN HIRING FREEZE AS WELL.
WE WILL HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO
MITIGATE THE COSTS ALSO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, FOR LEADING US
THROUGH THE CONVERSATION.
I HAD A -- CAN YOU GUYS HEAR
ME?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUICK -- I HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS AROUND THE SPD BUDGET
IN GENERAL.
UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOTABLY TO
JOAN YOU ALL IN THE FIRST
MEETING WHERE THE QUESTIONS
WERE POSED.
GREG AND ANGELA -- ANGELA MAY
BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO
ANSWER THIS BUT THERE ARE
SEVERAL BODIES OF WORK, I'LL
CALL THEM.
THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT
ARE OF A SOCIAL WORK NATURE OR
A CASE MANAGEMENT NATURE, AND
THESE BODIES OF WORK ARE
NORMALLY DONE BY PEOPLE WHO ARE
NOT ON.
SO I'M THINKING FOR AN FOR
EXAMPLE, THE SERVICE OFFICERS
THAT WE JUST FUNDED, THE
SUPPORT TEAM, THE CRISIS
RESPONSE TEAM, AND THERE WERE
PROBABLY OTHERS THAT I AM
MISSING.
THAT LEADS ME TO MY QUESTION.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET
INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE BODIES
OF WORK AND THE ASSOCIATED
BUDGET AMOUNTS WITH THOSE
BODIES OF WORK AS PART OF THIS
INQUEST PROCESS?
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US IN THIS CONVERSATION TO
RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE COURSE OF
INCREASING THE SPD BUDGET THAT
IT'S ALSO MEANT EMBEDDING
CIVILIAN SOCIAL WORK-RELATED
BODIES OF WORK WITHIN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF DISENTANGLING
ARMED LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM
BODIES OF WORK THAT DON'T
NECESSARILY NEED AND SHOULDN'T
BE COUPLED WITH AN ARMED LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET
RELATED TO THOSE BODIES OF
WORK.
I GAVE A FEW SHORT EXAMPLES.
THAT MAY BE MORE.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN
COMPILE IN SHORT ORDER?
>> I AM HAPPY THAT YOU BROUGHT
THAT UP WITH THE REENVISIONING
SPD WITH THE BUDGET PROPOSAL
CUTS, WE HAVE STARTED DOWN THE
TRACK AND DIVIDING UP THE
BUDGET BY THE SPD FUNCTION.
WE CAPTURED WHAT YOU ARE
DESCRIBING, THE CFOs, AND THE
CIVILIAN SWORN FUNCTION, AND
THE BUDGET ASSOCIATED WITH
THOSE FUNCTIONS AND SPD -- IT'S
A WORK IN PROGRESS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE 2020
EFFORT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON
IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND
LOOKING AT THE SIGNIFICANT CUT
PERCENTAGES IS REQUIRING US TO
GO DOWN THAT ROUTE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT
INFORMATION AS SOON AS IT'S
AVAILABLE.
THE SOONER THE BETTER.
IN TERMS OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM
MEMBERS ON THE SLIDE BEFORE US,
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT YOU
ARE GIVING US HERE IN TERMS OF
NUMBERS ARE JUST THE COST WITH
THOSE FOLKS ASSOCIATED WITH SPD
PERSONNEL.
THEY ARE NON-SPD PERSONNEL TEAM
MEMBERS THAT WE ARE SEEING IN
FRONT OF US?
>> YOU ARE SPEAKING OF THE
LARGER CITY NAVIGATION TEAM
WITH THE PERSONNEL FROM SPD,
YOU ARE CORRECT.
THAT IS NOT REFLECTED HERE.
THESE CAPTURE ONLY THE BUDGET
ITEMS THAT ARE APPROPRIATED
WITHIN SPD'S BUDGET FOR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM PERSONNEL
ASSIGNED TO SPD.
WE HAVE THE YEAR TO DATE ACTUAL
OVERTIME FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE
NAVIGATION TEAM THAT IS THE
$47,000 ITEM.
THAT CAPTURES THE 51 SPD
PERSONNEL WHO WERE NOT ASSIGNED
TO THE NAVIGATION TEAM BUT
ASSISTED THE NAVIGATION TEAM IN
THE EXECUTION.
>> GOT IT AND WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE 2020 BUDGET, I
WILL SAY $2.4 MILLION FOR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM THAT INCLUDING
1 LIEUTENANT AND 7 OFFICERS AND
2 OFFICER VACANCIES, AND THE
MONEY WAS APPROPRIATED FOR
THAT, YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT IS
THE PERCENT -- WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE NAV TEAM AS A WHOLE WITH
THE OTHER NON-SPD PERSONNEL HOW
MUCH -- WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOLL AT NAV TEAM BUDGET
BEING ALLOCATED AND SPENT ON
SPD PERSONNEL?
>> THIS ONE WE MIGHT HAVE TO
GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, UNLESS
YOU KNOW, ANGELA.
I DON'T HAVE THAT HANDY.
>> I WAS GOING TO SEE IF KARA
KNOWS OFFHAND BUT WE WILL HAVE
TO CIRCLE THAT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY NOT OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD BUT WE CAN
CIRCLE BACK.
I KNOW WHERE THE.
>> I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET BACK
TO YOU FAIRLY QUICKLY HERE.
SO IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE
RECEIVED INFORMATION ON THE NAV
TEAM.
THE NUMBERS THAT THE DOWN
RECEIVED, I JUST PULLED UP, AND
THE SP DNAV, 2 DLINT -- $2.5
MILLION, AND THE CLEAN UP
COSTS, $1.3 MILLION, AND THE
PARK CREW, $4 MILLION, AND THAT
WAS REFLECTED IN THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET.
I DON'T RECALL IF THERE WERE
CUTS MADE TO THE BUDGET.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MIGHT
KNOW BETTER THAN I DO THAT WAS
THE MAGNITUDE OF DOLLARS THAT
WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REST
OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS OUTSIDE
OF SPD.
>> I ACTUALLY RECALL THAT THERE
WAS A MID-YEAR ADD, A BACKFILL,
KING COUNTY MONEY THAT WE
RECEIVED IN 2019 SO THAT MIDAIR
ADD SERVED AS A PERMIT
EXPANSION OF THE GROWTH OF THE
NAV TEAM.
>> WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION
ON THAT WITH THE ADD.
>> GREAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THE INFORMATION TO HAVE A CLEAR
SENSE PROPORTIONALLY OF HOW
MUCH THE NAVIGATION TEAM'S WORK
IS CENTERED IN SPD PERSONNEL
AND INCLUDING IN OVERTIME
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPD
PERSONNEL WHO IS NOT
TECHNICALLY PART OF THE NAV
TEAM.
I THINK THAT GIVES US A BETTER
PICTURE OF THE EXPENDITURES
HERE OF WHAT COULD BE
REDIRECTED.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA.
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
TALK ABOUT -- THERE WAS AN
INTERVIEW ON MAY 21, 2020 WITH
THE RECORD WHERE THE MAYOR WAS
SEEN IN A CAR AND CALLED IN AND
ASKED ABOUT THE $8 MILLION
BUDGET AND THE RESPONSE FROM
THE MAYOR WAS THAT WAS NOT AN
ACCURATE NUMBER.
I RECALL IT BEING OVER $8
MILLION IT WAS $8.4 MILLION
TOTAL.
THE NEXT TWO FOLKS WE HAVE IN
THE LINEUP ARE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
THINGS I NEED CLARIFICATION ON.
I AM INTERESTED IN THE OTHER
REVENUES BESIDES THE GENERAL
FUND AND OPERATING SUPPORT,
FEDERAL, STATE GRANTS, WHATEVER
ELSE COMES IN.
I AM INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THE
HIRING FREEZE FOR 2020 MEANS
THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL
OFFICERS ADDED IN?
I KNOW THERE WERE 21 RECRUITS
THAT I UNDERSTAND IT, AND DOES
THE HIRING FREEZE MEAN THEY
WILL NOT BE COMING ON?
AND THEN THIS, I AM TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND.
WE SEEM TO HAVE DIFFERENT
BUCKETS.
WE HAVE COLLABORATIVE POLICING
WHERE WE HAVE THE NAV TEAM,
OUTREACH, CRISIS RESPONSE, AND
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, AND
THEN WE HAVE 10 SPD OFFICERS
WHO ARE PART OF THE MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT.
I AM TRYING TO GET A FEELING OF
WHAT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS
ARE AND HOW THEY COMPRISED THE
BUDGET AND HOW THEY ARE
INTERCHANGEABLE.
I MEAN, WE JUST HEARD THAT THE
NAV TEAM MIGHT REPRESENT $2
MILLION FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUT WITH THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, IT'S 8 MILLION,
AND DIRECTOR NOBLE SAID IT'S 11
MILLION.
WE NEED TO GET CLEAR ON WHAT WE
ARE SPENDING ON THIS ACTIVITY.
AND THEN I ALSO THINK IT'S FAIR
TO SAY THAT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT WORKING
DURING THE SUMMER MOVE OVER TO
THE NAV TEAM AND I AM
INTERESTED IN HOW -- IF THAT IS
OVERTIME FOR THEM OR THEIR
POSITIONS SHIFT.
AND IF WE KNOW THERE WAS
SOMETHING LIKE 50 OFFICERS WHEN
THE WELLER STREET ENCAMPMENT
WAS REMOVED, AND WE ONLY HAVE
12 SPDs ON THE NAV TEAM, ALL
THE EXTRA OFFICERS SHOWED UP,
AS I CONTINUED, BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO BUT NOT NECESSARILY
BECAUSE THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR
AN ASSIGNMENT.
IS THAT REGULAR STAFF TIME OR
DO THEY GET OVERTIME TO SHOW UP
FOR AN ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL?
SO CLEARLY THIS IS A LAYERED
AND COMPLEX AND TRYING TO GET
CLARITY ON HOW THE CITY SPENDS
RESOURCES ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
ISSES, AND THE RESPONSE TO
THOSE TO GET REALLY CLEAR ON,
AS YOU SAID, WHAT THE
APPROPRIATE WEIGHT IS TO SHIFT
THE RESOURCES INTO COMMUNITY
INSTEAD OF KEEPING THEM IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO GET
BACK TO YOU ON SOME OF THOSE IN
THE INTEREST OF TIME, IN THE
INTEREST OF MAKING SURE THAT
YOU GET A COMPLETE ANSWER.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL
EXTEND BEYOND THE SPD BUDGET.
I WILL HAVE TO TALK WITH MY
CENTRAL STAFF COLLEAGUES AND
FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE AN
APPROACH WITH THAT.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WAS
THE SAME QUESTION I HAD EARLIER
WHEN I SAID WHAT WAS THE NON-
CITY EXPENDITURES.
AVERAGE LaMARCUS - ANGELA, I
DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF.
YOU TOOK YOURSELF OFF MUTE?
>> YEAH.
I TRIED TO TAKE THE QUESTIONS,
THE LOW-HANG FRUIT.
AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT WE WERE
PLANNING TO FORGO THE HIRING OF
THE 21 RECRUITS IN THE COMING
YEAR AND THE UNCERTAINTY AROUND
WHEN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WILL LOOK LIKE IN
THE COMING MONTHS AND NEXT
YEAR.
SO ALSO THE SOURCES OF REVENUE,
WE CAN PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL
THE FUNDING RECEIVED, AND JUST
FOR CLARIFICATION COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, I WANT TO CLARIFY
THAT THE CITY EXPENSES THAT I
REFERENCED EARLIER WASN'T
NECESSARILY A REFERENCE TO THE
OTHER STREAMS OF REVENUE COMING
INTO SPD.
IT'S DETERMINING WHAT COSTS
WERE -- WHAT THINGS WERE
EXPENDED BY SPD IN DETERMINING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COSTS,
AND THOSE WERE COSTED INCURRED
BY THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAS
BEEN PAID BY US AND THE OTHER
GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
THE LAST PERSON I SAW RAISE
THEIR HAND IS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
YOUR VIDEO IS FROZEN AGAIN, BUT
IF YOU CAN HEAR US, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE VIDEO.
I WANT TO COMMENT BECAUSE I SEE
CONTRADICTION IN THE SLIDE, AND
IT'S TROUBLING THAT WE ARE NOT
GETTING REAL INFORMATION AND
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND ANYONE ELSE, AND THE PEOPLE
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ARE
WATCHING THIS, AND WHY ARE THEY
NOT SENDING ANSWERS?
IT'S NOT THE CENTRAL STAFF AND
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAT ARE
HERE BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
DEFINITELY THE PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD BE ANSWERING THE
QUESTIONS.
BUT BEFORE I GET TO THE SLIDES
I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ON MY
OWN BEHALF AND ON COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ'S BEHALF BECAUSE WE
HAVE SEEN THE QUESTION APPEAR
ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM OUR, YOU
KNOW, OUR SEATTLE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FIGHTING TO DEFUND BY
50%, AND THE QUESTION IS WHY IS
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT HAVING
DONORS TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
FOUNDATION?
YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS QUESTION
IS VERY RELEVANT NOT ONLY IN
GENERAL BUT IF YOU DEFUND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BY HALF, AT
LEAST $200 MILLION, YOU HAVE TO
ASK QUESTIONS.
WHY AREN'T THE SEATTLE POLICE
USING THEIR DOLLARS IN THIS
DIRECTION BUT ALSO,
SPECIFICALLY THIS QUESTION IS
RELEVANT BECAUSE I'M SURE MANY
OF YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THERE
WAS A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE
GUARDIAN THAT WAS PUBLISHED 18
JUNE HOW GOOGLE AND BANK OF
AMERICA AND MICROSOFT QUIETLY
FUND POLICE THROUGH DONATIONS
AND THESE SO-CALLED POLICE
FOUNDATIONS ARE A COMMON
CHANNEL TO DONATE AND IS NOT
WHAT THE REALLY FOCUS OF THE
POLICE IS.
I THINK THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE NEED TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
WHY IS THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DONATING TO THE TUNE
OF $24,000 TO THE POLICE
FOUNDATION?
THE OTHER POINT, AND THIS
RELATES TO THE SLIDE, I THINK
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MEAN,
WE ARE NOT GETTING REAL
ANSWERS.
AND WE HAVEN'T.
I HAVE SEEN THIS FOR YEARS FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
MAYORS, UNFORTUNATELY.
I THINK AT SOME POINT, THE
COUNCIL HAS TO SAY THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR BUDGET
IS NO MORE THAN $200 MILLION.
IT'S ALREADY TOO MUCH.
AND YOU, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW YOU ARE GOING TO USE THOSE
FUNDS IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS
THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN, YOU
KNOW, BEING HARMFUL.
THAT IS WHY ELIMINATING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS IS VERY
IMPORTANT, AND IT'S ONE STEP.
AND WE NEED TO STOP THE --
MOVING THE HOMELESS AND MOVE
THE NON-CRIMINAL EMERGENCY
RESPONSE WORKERS, AND GIVING A
LOW WAGE UNION JOB AND NOT LOW-
WAGE JOBS IS WHAT I AM MEANING
TO SAY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS HOW THE
INFORMATION IS CONSISTENT
BECAUSE ONE HAND YOU SAY IN
APRIL, THEY IMPLEMENTED A 4-
MONTH HIRING FREEZE IN RESPONSE
TO THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, YOU
SAY, ACCORDING TO THE SLIDE,
THE DEPARTMENT OUT PACED THE
SECOND QUARTER HIRING GOALS,
AND THE CITY THAT BEEN ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO HIRING . FIRST OF
ALL, IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THERE
WAS A HIRING FREEZE.
THAT WOULD BE DUBIOUS IN TAKING
AT FACE VALUE THE WORD OF THE
MAYOR THAT SHE IS REDUCING THE
BUDGET BY $20 MILLION EVEN
THOUGH THAT DOESN'T GO FAR
ENOUGH AND IS DOING IT THROUGH
A HIRING FREEZE AND LESS
OVERTIME BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR
IT'S A HIRING FREEZE, AND THE
DEPARTMENT ENDS UP USING
MOREOVER TIME, SIGNIFICANTLY
MORE AND DRAMATICALLY MORE.
SO THAT'S ONE THING AND THEN
THE OTHER THING IF THE ITEM
ISN'T GOING ON, AND WE HAVE TO
DEMAND THAT THE HIRING FREEZE
GO ON, NO MORE THAN $200
MILLION IN FUNDS FOR THE POLICE
BUT WE HAVE TO CONTRAST THE
PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE BUT THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS WHICH
DOES IMPORTANT WORK, EMPLOYEES
WHO ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO
THEIR WORK AND UPHOLDING LABOR
STANDARDS, AND REALLY
STANDARDING -- STANDING UP
FOR WORKERS, THEY ARE EXTREMELY
UNDER STAFFED AND HAVE BEEN
UNDER STAFFED AND ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO HIRE THE PEOPLE
THAT THEY NEED TO HIRE TO
PROTECT WORKERS.
THE MAYOR IS NOT ALLOWING THE
OFFICE OF STABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT TO HIRE FOR THE
GREEN DEAL STAFF FROM LAST
YEAR.
I THINK THERE IS A REAL
CONTRAST AND A DISTURBING
CONTRAST WITH THE READINESS OF
THE MAYOR IS FUNDING POLICE AND
THE FIRING FREEZES THAT THE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE FACING.
THANK YOU.
ANY RESPONSES?
>> ANGELA, DO YOU WANT TO
ADDRESS THE HIRING SITUATION?
>> I'LL CONFIRM AGAIN WE ARE
NOT HIRING POLICE OFFICERS
RIGHT NOW, NO POLICE RECRUITS,
NO STUDENTS, NO LATERALS.
I CAN CONFIRM THERE IS IN FACT
A HIRING FREEZE PLANNED THROUGH
THE END OF THE YEAR AT A
MINIMUM.
2021 IS STILL DISCUSSED.
AGAIN, WE ARE CONTEMPLATING A
20, 30, AND 50% REDUCTION.
JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE
FOR FOLKS, A 20% REDUCTION FOR
SEATTLE POLICE WOULD EQUATE TO
A 406 STE REDUCTION.
30, 613 STE REDUCTION, AND 50
PRODUCTION, 1036 STE REDUCTION.
WE ARE CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS
AT THIS POINT.
>> ANOTHER COMMENTS?
CONGRESSWOMAN HERBOLD?
>> JUST TO GET FURTHER
CONFIDENCE AROUND THE STATEMENT
THAT THERE IS A HIRING FREEZE
THAT WE CAN BE CERTAIN OF
THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR,
AND THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUE IT BY THE MAYOR NEXT
YEAR, THE WAY I SEE IT, THE
REASON WE CAN BE CONFIDENT THAT
THERE WILL BE NO MORE HIRING
FOR THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE SPD
HAS EXPENDED ITSELF BUDGET FOR
OFFICERS.
WE BUDGETED FOR A PARTICULAR
NUMBER OF OFFICERS.
AS I CONTINUED WE HAVE EXPENDED
THAT BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR
HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
>> YEAR TO DATE, THE BUDGET WAS
EXPENDED PRE-COVID.
WE COULD HAVE SUPPORTED
ADDITIONAL HIRES BUT WITH
RECENT EVENTS, IT WAS
COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS COMBINED
DIDN'T CREATE -- WE DON'T HAVE
THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT HIRING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YOU THINK THIS WILL BE JUST
A QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT --
DID YOU SAY 20, 30, 40%
REDUCTION?
WERE THOSE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU
SAID?
>> 20, 30, 50.
IT'S 20, 30, 50.
>> OKAY.
SO WHEN YOU GAVE US THE NUMBERS
RIGHT NOW OF LIKE WHAT THAT
WOULD MEAN?
STE REDUCTIONS, IS THIS
PRIMARILY -- IS THAT SWORN
OFFICERS OR CIVILIANS OR A MIX?
IF IT'S A MIX, WHAT'S THE
MIXTURE?
>> YEAH.
SO, IF WE USE THE SAME RATIO
THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OF SWORN
TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, THAT 406
IS ABOUT 310 SWORN AND 96
CIVILIANS.
AGAIN, SHOULD EMPHASIZE THESE
ARE EARLY ESTIMATES.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A BUDGET
PROCESS TO GO THROUGH.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER
ASPECTS TO THE BUDGET THAT ARE
BEING DEVELOPED.
BUT AS A BROAD STROKE, THE 30%
WOULD BE 616 STE EQUATES TO 458
OFFICERS AND 158 CIVILIANS.
AND 1036 STE REDUCTION, USING
THE SAME RATIO WOULD BE 755 TO
281.
>> OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE RAISE
THEIR HAND.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE RAISE
THEIR HANDS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THIS LEVEL OF
DETAIL.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, ANGELA
AND KARA, AND ESPECIALLY GREG.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THE PRESENTATION FOR A WHILE.
AND THERE ARE KEY QUESTION THAT
IS NEED TO BE ANSWERED, STILL.
I THINK THERE WERE QUESTIONS
THAT WERE ASKED BEFORE.
PART OF THE INFORMATION WAS
PROVIDED TODAY BUT AS YOU HEARD
FROM THE COUNCILMEMBERS REALLY
GOING TO THE UNIVERSE OF THE
TOTAL SPEND AND THE TOTAL
PICTURE TO REALLY ASSESS WHERE
TO SPEND AND WHERE THE DOLLARS
ARE GOING.
I KNOW WE HAVE ASKED FOR A LOT
OF INFORMATION FROM YOU AND
THIS WILL HELP US TO RESPOND TO
THE COMMUNITY'S REQUEST AND
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE DOLLARS
IN HAND.
AVERAGE
H A ND -- ANGELA, THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING THAT THE EXERCISE IS
ALREADY UNDER WAY FOR UP TO --
TO HAVE THE 50% BUDGET CUT IN
HAND.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE
DOING TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT A 50%
REDUCTION LOOKS LIKE.
I AM GOING TO MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT REALLY QUICK.
WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM THE
CBO.
I WANTED TO START IT AT 4:00
P.M.
I WILL GIVE THEM A HEADS UP
THAT WE ARE SWITCHING SOON, AND
I WANT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT
THE CBO PRESENTATION IS UP
NEXT.
I WILL ASK THAT WE HOLD OVER
OUR 911 CALL RESPONSE
PRESENTATION.
I ALSO ASK, COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU
HAVE RECEIVED A ROBUST
PRESENTATION FROM GREG, AND I
WANT TO THANK GREG FOR THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON THIS AND
CHRISTOPHER FISHER AND ANGELA
AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
WE WILL NOT PUT THAT ON THE
BACK BURNER BUT COME BACK TO
THAT INCOME WEDNESDAY BEFORE WE
MOVE OVER TO THE CBO
PRESENTATION.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU HAVE
NOT HAD A CHANCE TO ASK YOUR
QUESTION.
PLEASE GO AHEAD BEFORE WE
TRANSITION.
>> THANK YOU, AND I HAVE BEEN
WATCHING THE DETAILED
PRESENTATION.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL, AND I KNOW
THAT DR. FISHER, ANGELA, CARE A
AND ESPECIALLY GREG DOSS, YOU
HAVE FIELDED MANY OF THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND TOOK
TIME TO GO INTO DETAIL AND I
APPRECIATE THE TIME AND LEVEL
OF DETAIL AND EXPERTISE THAT
YOU PROVIDED ME AND OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE IN THE
COMMITTEE HEARING.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT I
WANTED TO SEND, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I HAVE ASKED A LOT OF
QUESTIONS, AND YOU PROVIDED
ANSWERS OR DETAILED ANSWERS I
SHOULD SAY, AND I WANT TO TAKE
THE MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR
TAKING SO MUCH TIME WITH US.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
THESE QUESTIONS AND GET YOU
INFORMATION AS FAST AS WE CAN.
ANGELA AND KARA HAVE BEEN
FANTASTIC AT WORKING AS FAST AS
THEY CAN TO GET THE
INFORMATION.
WE HAVE OUR COMMITMENT TO GET
YOU THE FOLLOW UP ON THE
QUESTIONS TODAY.
>> JUST REALLY GREAT WORK ALL
AROUND.
THANK YOU ALL, AND DR. FISHER,
TOO.
>> THUMBS UP FROM OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS ECHOING THE
SENTIMENT, AND THANK YOU, GREG
DOSS AND KARA AND ANGELA, THANK
YOU FOR THE DETAILED WALK
THROUGH AND THE ADDITIONAL
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AND THANK
YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE
SLATED TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
3, THE 911 CALL AND RESPONSE
PRESENTATION.
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE DO LOOK
THROUGH AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS
FOR NEXT WEEK.
COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> YES, IF YOU STILL NEEDED TO
FILIBUSTER, LOOKING AT THE 911
CALLS, LOOKING AT THE
PRESENTATION AND PUT ON THE
TABLE THIS IDEA TO TALK ABOUT
IT THE NEXT TIME WE MEET, AND
THAT IS A LOT OF CITIES HAVE A
311 SYSTEM FOR NON EMERGENCIES
IN SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, AND
NEW YORK CITY AND A 311 SYSTEM,
MAYBE THIS IS THE TIME TO
CONSIDER THE NUMBER TO CALL FOR
NOON EMERGENCY.
-- NON-EMERGENCY.
RIGHT NOW IF YOU ASK ME THE NON-
EMERGENCY NUMBER, I WOULDN'T
KNOW IT.
BUT WE CAN GIVE BETTER CUSTOMER
SERVICE AND DEPLOY COUNCIL
WORKERS AND SOCIAL WORKERS AND
OTHERS AS QUICKLY AS WE DEPLOY
POLICE OFFICERS.
I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THE 311
IDEA.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING
THAT UP.
AND WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE
CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK AND LOOK
INTO HOW MANY CITIES HAVE THAT.
OH, I -- I DON'T KNOW WHY -- HE
MAY BE A DOCTOR.
>> I MAY OR MAY NOT BE BUT
PLEASE DON'T USE IT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OKAY.
DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE IS WITH US,
AND ONE LAST COMMENT OR DO YOU
WANT TO SAVE IT FOR THE BUDGET
PRESENTATION?
>> I THINK WE TALKED ABOUTED
POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE BUT I
WANTED TO SAY THAT THE PROBLEMS
-- IT'S A LONG STANDING RECORD
OF RACIST VIOLENCE AND THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IN THE
SPIRIT OF DEFUNDING THE 50% WE
SHOULD CALL OF A PURGE OF ALL
OFFICERS WHO COMMITTED POLICE
BRUTALITY AND THOSE WHO GAVE
THE ORDERS.
I THINK IT'S TIME TO CLEAN
HOUSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
GREG, ONE LAST QUESTION I WOULD
ASK, AND SORRY IF YOU ALREADY
ADDRESSED THIS, BUT HOW MUCH
HAVE WE PAID OUT AS A CITY FOR
GRIEVANCES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND
TO BE SUSTAINED AGAINST THE
CITY?
HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING AND
PAYING OUT IN THE CITY FOR
ISSUES RELATED TO OFFICER
INTERACTIONS.
WE CAN COME BACK DO THAT.
>> WE'LL GET YOU THE NUMBER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, WE ARE
RELATIVELY ON TIME.
MY HOPE IS TO HAVE GOT TONIGHT
YOU BY 4:00 P.M., AND IT'S
4:07, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR YOU
AND THE PUBLIC CONSIDERING THE
911 DATA.
WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION LINK
ON THE WEBSITE AND WE WILL COME
BACK TO THAT PRESENTATION NEXT
WEEKEND, AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY ALLOWING US TO
BRING THAT NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
I JUST WANT TO ADD SO THAT THE
FOCUS OF THE AGENDA ITEM WE ARE
DEFERRING TO NEXT WEEK F -- IF
WE HAVE ROOM WE MIGHT WANT TO
COUPLE IT WITH WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ WAS
REFERRING TO.
IT WAS UNIQUE TO 911 DEPLOYMENT
AND WHETHER OR NOT THE TYPES OF
CALLS THAT PATROL OFFICERS ARE
RESPONDING TO ARE MENTAL HEALTH
CALLS OR CALLS THAT IS A
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER, A QUICK
RESPONSE TO OR OTHER NON-SWORN
-- I THINK SHE HAS A BROADER
QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER
FUNCTION.
ANGELA MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE
DOING SOME OF THE WORK.
SO IF THE OTHER PIECE OF WORK
IS READY, IT WOULD IDEALLY
COMPLEMENT THE 911 DISCUSSION
FOR NEXT WEEK.
>> EXCELLENT.
WE WILL FOLD IN COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S CONCERN ABOUT
CONCEPTUALLY TALKING ABOUT A
311 NUMBER OR SOMETHING EASIER
TO REMEMBER.
I KNOW WE HAVE A NON-EMERGENCY
NUMBER BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT
IS REALLY WELL TAKEN.
HOW DO WE HAVE A BETTER
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CALLS OR
ALLOCATE OUT SOMEONE WHO IS NOT
WIELDING A WEAPON BUT NEEDS A
SOCIAL WORKER OR MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDER.
WE WILL PULL THAT IN OUR
CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, WE ARE GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR TIME.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT WE HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
PRESENTATION, AND BEFORE WE GET
STARTED I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO
READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
NUMBER 4.
>> THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE OF
THE 2020 REBALANCING BUDGET FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
COLLEAGUES, YESTERDAY, THE
MAYOR TRANSMITTED 15 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION, THE REBALANCING
BUDGET.
CONSULTING WITH CENTRAL STAFF
WE REALLY CAN'T RECALL ANOTHER
TIME IN RECENT HISTORY WE HAD A
MID-YEAR REBALANCING PACKAGE
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COUNCIL IS
WORKING REMOTELY AND WE ARE IN
A LONG ANTICIPATED CONVERSATION
ABOUT POLICE REFORM AND IN THE
MIDST OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
SO THIS IS A LOT OF WORK FOR US
TO TAKE ON.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
FLEXIBILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO
ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION.
TO SAY THIS IS A LOT TO HANDLE
IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE
AND THE PUBLIC AND THE
EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE TO ADDRESS
THE REBALANCING PACKAGE.
COLLEAGUES, I PUT TOGETHER A
BUDGET CALENDAR THAT I SHARED
WITH YOU ALREADY TO ENSURE THAT
THE DELIBERATIONS WE WILL
DISCUSS TO THE MAYOR'S 2020
REBALANCING PACKAGE IS HANDLED
SWIFTLY AND WITH TRANSPARENCY,
AND I AM HOPING WITH THE
CALENDAR WE CAN GIVE THE
CENTRAL STAFF A CHANCE TO ENJOY
THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND THAT
IS THE FOURTH OF JULY.
MANY HAVE NOT HAD THE WEEKEND
OFF SINCE COVID BECAME MORE
PRESENT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT
THEY HAVE GOING ON AND DIRECTOR
NOBLE, I KNOW THE SAME IS TRUE
OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
CLOCK, AND I AM SURE YOU HAVE
NOT HAD A WEEKEND OR AN EVENING
OFF IN A LONG TIME, AND THAT IS
NOT TO GO UNNOTICED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
WE KNOW THIS IS A WORK IN
PROGRESS, AND YOU HAVE A SERIES
OF DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
SENT DOWN, AND DIRECTOR NOBLE
WILL GO THROUGH WITH THEM, SO
PLEASE SPEAK RELATIVELY SLOWLY.
WE TRY AND GO THROUGH THIS
PRETTY FAST.
COLLEAGUES, I WILL ASK IF
POSSIBLE TO HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS
FOR THE END.
THEN I WILL GO THROUGH IN ORDER
OF THE ROLL CALL TO GET THE
QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GET THROUGH
THIS PRESENTATION.
AS I REMINDER, THIS IS PART 1
OF 2 WE WILL HAVE.
NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH
IN MORE DETAIL.
IF YOU WANT TO HOLD YOUR
QUESTIONS YOU ARE WELCOME TO
BUT I ENCOURAGE TO YOU GET THEM
OUT TODAY SO WE CAN COME BACK.
DR. NOBLE, I WILL TURN IT TO
YOU.
I THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION
FOLKS HAVE, GIVEN THE DELAY AND
THE 1% INCREASE THAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, I AM
HOPING THAT YOU CAN HELP US TO
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHY THE DELAY OCCURRED AND
GIVEN THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THIS
WAS HELD BACK TO RESPOND TO THE
CRISIS OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT WE
SAW IN TERMS OF DEMAND FOR A
RESPONSE TO POLICE -- OVER
POLICING OR EXCESSIVE FORCE IN
POLICING.
AND WHY ONLY A 5% REDUCTION.
I KNOW THIS IS A BIG QUESTION
THAT WE HAVE AND I WILL THROW
IT OUT THERE SO YOU KNOW WHAT
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT AS WE
WALK THROUGH THE BUDGET, AND WE
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TEAM'S
WORK AS YOU ARE TRYING TO
COUPLE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND
STATE DOLLARS AND LOCAL DOLLARS
TO ADDRESS THE COVID CRISIS,
THE URGENT ISSUE THAT WE
STARTED WITH, AND WE HAVE THE
URGENT ISSUE OF RACISM AND OVER
POLICING, EXCESSIVE FORCE,
EQUALLY AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS THAT WE ARE
SEEKING TO ADDRESS.
SO A BIG TASK IN FRONT OF US
AND THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR
YOUR TIME, DIRECTOR NOBLE.
>> THANK YOU, THE COMMENTS AND
THE INTRODUCTION.
I AM JOINED BY JULIE DINGLEY,
AND WE WILL BE GOING TO HER FOR
POINTS, AND REGARD TO YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT THE DELAY, I
WANT TO APPRECIATE THE
FOREBEARANCE ON THE POINT, AND
WE HOPED TO BE HERE SOONER, IF
YOU WILL.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THE NECESSITY
AND EMERGENCY AROUND THE
FUNDING PROPOSAL REQUESTS THAT
WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU.
TWO THINGS.
ONE IS WE WERE IN FINAL REVIEW
OF THE PROPOSAL WITH THE MAYOR
WHEN THE EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW
WEEKS HIT AND THE OPERATIONAL
DEMANDS OF RESPONDING TO THE
EVENTS WERE, AGAIN, DISTRACTION
IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
THEY WERE THE THING THAT WAS
MOST IMPORTANT.
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CLOSE LOOPS
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WITH
THE FINAL SIGN OFFS AND FINAL
REVIEW WHILE SOME OF THE WORK
WAS UNDERWAY.
IN ADDITION, IT GAVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY, WE AT THE BUDGET
OFFICE, TO GO BACK AND REVIEW,
AND IN THE CONTEXT OF A
HISTORIC MOVEMENT RAISING
QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR RELATIVE
PRIORITIES AROUND RACIAL
JUSTICE AND OUR INVESTMENTS AND
OUR BUDGETS TO BE SURE THAT WE
WERE BRINGING FORWARD PROPOSALS
THAT WOULD NOT BE MORE DAMAGING
IN THE UNRELENTING FINANCIAL
PRESSURE WE ARE SEEING AND
CONSIDER AGAIN, VERY
SPECIFICALLY, THE DEMANDS
COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND
HOW THEY MIGHT BEST BE
ADDRESSED.
AS YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE PAST
TWO MEETINGS, AND I HAVE
WATCHED WITH INTEREST, I AM
SEEING THE POLICE BUDGET IS
LARGE AND COMPLEX, AND I WILL
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RESPONSE
THAT THE MAYOR IS INTENDING AND
AS ANGELA FROM SPT ALLUDED TO.
AND THERE IS A TECHNICAL
ENGAGEMENT AND A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AROUND SPD'S BUDGET
AND THINKING OF ALTERNATIVE FOR
UPS AND PUBLIC SAFETY MORE
GENERALLY.
WITH THAT, I WILL TRY AND PULL
UP THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
AND I WILL SUCCEED EVENTUALLY
AND HOPEFULLY QUICKLY WITH A
GOOD BASIS TO WALK YOU THROUGH.
A GOOD DEAL OF INFORMATION AND
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
DETAILS, THE INVESTMENTINGS WE
ARE MAKING IN RESPONSE TO
COVID.
IN ADDITION TO OUR ROUGH
>> , AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT OF
THIS AD NASEUM, WE HAVE A
HEALTH CRIES ALSO, AND
DIMENSIONS THAT WE WILL BE
SPEAKING TO.
I WILL TRY AND GRAB THE RIGHT
PRESENTATION HERE.
HOPEFULLY, I CAN DO THAT.
I'M GOING TO TRY AND GET IT TO
THE RIGHT FORM AND GET IT BACK
UP TO THE TOP.
GET IN THERE.
SO LET ME BEGIN.
SO AS DESCRIBED, THERE ARE AT
LEAST THREE MAJOR CHALLENGES
THAT FACING US SIMULTANEOUSLY.
ONE IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH
PANDEMIC AND THE NEED TO
RESPOND TO PROTECT LIVES.
AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THE
CRISISIS, BOTH INDIVIDUALS,
FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, THE NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION AND TO OUR
BUDGET.
SO AS I WILL HIGHLIGHT IN A
MOMENT WE ARE LOOKING AT $300
MILLION IN 2020 OF LOST
REVENUE, AND JUST RECENTLY
COMPLETED AN UPDATE TO THE
REVENUE FORECAST AND I WILL
GIVE YOU A MORE FORMAL ONE FROM
APRIL, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT
THE NUMBERS FROM JUNE, AND WE
ARE SEEING THE SAME PICTURE.
IT'S NOT SIGNIFICANTLY
DIFFERENT PARTICULARLY IN THE
SLOW RECOVERY SCENARIO AND A
PRUDENT ONE TO PLAN FOR.
THE NUMBER NOW IS $310 MILLION.
SO THAT REMAINS SIGNIFICANT
PRESSURE, AND WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE ACTUAL RESULTS IN TERMS OF
TAX RECEIPTS.
THEY ARE A CHALLENGE TO
INTERPRET BECAUSE BOTH THE CITY
AND THE STATE AND COUNTY HAVE
PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FOLKS TO DEFER AND DELAY THEIR
TAX PAYMENTS WHICH IS A
PERFECTLY REASONABLE THING TO
DO, AND INTERPRET THE DATA,
SEEING LOWER THAN OTHERWISE
WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED
PROJECTIONS, BUT WE DON'T
FINISH THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE
ECONOMY PER SE OR THE DELAYED
PAYMENTS.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE, I LATE I --
I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I KNOW THAT'S HARD ON ZOOM.
JULIE, WHEN DIRECTOR NOBLE PUTS
HIS SCREEN UP, HIS AUDIO IS GAR
BELED.
IT'S STATICKY, AND I WONDER IF
YOU MIGHT PUT YOUR SCREEN UP,
AND DIRECTOR NOBLE, IF YOU ARE
ABLE TO KEEP TALKING, AND
JULIE, YOU COULD DO THE SLIDE
SHOW, THAT COULD HELP US A LOT.
>> I AM GOING TO STOP SHARING
MINE.
I WILL TRY AND GET THERE, AND
THE OTHER OBVIOUS CHALLENGE WE
ARE FACING IS THE HISTORIC
MOVEMENT TO DEMAND ANTI-RACIST
ACTION AND FOR US US TO DIVEST
IN POLICING AND RACIAL
INSTITUTIONS GENERALLY.
THOSE ARE THREE BIG CHALLENGES
WE ARE FACING TOGETHER.
I WILL HAVE TO DO THE SLIDE
REQUEST NOW.
ONE MORE, JULIE.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AND YOU
MADE THIS POINT ALREADY, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
NORMALLY WE WOULD BE IN THE
2021-2022 PROPOSAL PROCESS.
WE WOULD BE INVESTIGATING THE
REVIEW WITH THE MAYOR.
AND THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN
DELAYED.
WE WILL HAVE TO DELIVER THE
BUDGET TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY TO THAT
BUT WE ARE COMING TO YOU WITH
THE REBALANCING PROPOSAL
BECAUSE WE ARE FACING, IN TERMS
OF THE CITY BUDGET, A CHALLENGE
OF NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT
RESOURCE TO MEET THE SPENDING
NEEDS AND DEMANDS THAT WE ARE
FACING.
SO WE NEED AUTHORITY FROM YOU
TWO FOLD, AT LEAST.
WE NEED TO BOTH REALLOCATE
RESOURCES FROM -- YOU WILL SEE
THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE IN
MIND FOR DOING THAT, AND WE
NEED TO FREE UP NEW RESOURCES
TO DIP IN THE RAINY DAY AND
EMERGENCY TRUST FUNDS TO HELP
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.
FURTHER -- THIS IS ALL
REFLECTED IN THE LEGISLATION
YOU SENT -- FEDERAL AND STATE
FUNDING TO HELP US TO MANAGE
THE COVID RESPONSE BUT WE NEED
AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THE GRANTS
AND ALLOCATE THE MONEY.
AS IT STANDS NOW WE DO NOT HAVE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCE TO FUND THE
CITY THROUGH THE YEAR'S END AND
THE COVID WORK WITH SOME
SPECIFIC URGENCY THROUGH SOME
OF THAT.
THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL
SITUATION AND CHALLENGING IN
MANY WAYS.
THE NEXT SLIDE.
IN TERMS OF THE COVID RESPONSE,
WE WILL TALK MORE IN DETAIL,
AND WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE
IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF THOSE
STRUGGLING, FOOD, UTILITY
ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
CHILD CARE, OTHER NEEDS, AND WE
ARE MAKING SIGNIFICANT
PROTECTION FOR HOMELESS TO
PROVIDE SHELTER AND TO MINIMIZE
THEIR HEALTH RISKS AS WELL.
WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO
ASSIST SMALL BE AND NON-PROFIT
AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH
OTHER SIGNIFICANT LIMITATIONS
IN THE AUTHORITY AROUND THAT.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME WE
ARE SUPPORTING THE FIRST
RESPONDERS AND SETTING UP CITY
WIDE TESTING FOR THE POPULATION
AS A WHOLE AS WE RESPOND TO THE
HEALTH COMPONENTS HERE.
NEXT SLIDE.
DO TO -- WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE SPD BUDGET.
THE PROPOSAL IS THE GENERAL
FUNDS, THE LARGEST THAT IS
CONSISTENT PERHAPS WITH THEM
BEING THE LARGEST OVERALL
GENERAL FUNDED ENTITY BUT WE
ARE LOOKING BOTH AT OPERATIONAL
RESOURCES AND CAPITOL
RESOURCES.
I THINK, THOUGH, MORE
IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN GIVEN SPECIFIC
DIRECTION BY THE MAYOR, AND
ANGELA REFERRED TO THIS
EARLIER, MYSELF AND THE CHIEF
WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH
OTHER STAFF TO DEVELOP WHAT IT
WOULD LOOK LIKE AS A PROPOSAL
FOR REDUCTIONS AT 20, 30, AND
50% FOR SPD'S BUDGET.
AGAIN, AS YOU HAVE SEEN THE
BUDGET GET LARGE, IT'S ALSO
COMPLICATED.
THERE IS A RECOGNITION, AND YOU
WILL BE GETTING TO EXPLORE THIS
YOURSELVES.
THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITY TO
SHIFT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE
NOW BEING SPENT ON UNIFORM
RESPONSE TO SOME OTHER FORM OF
RESPONSE.
AND THAT IS NOT A SMALL SHIFT .
IT NEEDS TO BE DONE PROPERLY.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH
THAT.
DID NOT THINK THAT TWO WEEKS
WAS SUFFICIENT TIME TO DEVELOP
MEANINGFUL PROPOSALS, BUT,
AGAIN, WE HAVE ENGAGED THAT
WORK, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I
WAS AT A MEETING -- ACTUALLY,
JULIE AND I WERE IN A MEETING
AN HOUR BEFORE WE CAME HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THAT WORK.
IN ADDITION, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS WORKING WITH SPD TO ENGAGE
THE COMMUNITY PROCESS AROUND
THAT REEVALUATION, IF YOU WILL
AND REEXAMINATION OF THE SPD
BUDGET.
THE INTENT TO IMPLEMENT FOR
2021, AND IF THINGS EVOLVE,
PERHAPS IT COULD HAPPEN SOONER
BUT THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF
FOCUS AND ENERGY IN THE AREA
NOR A SENSE OF LACK OF
DIRECTION OR PURPOSE.
SO THAT WORK IS UNDER -- IT'S
UNDERWAY, AND ANGELA HAD
NUMBERS FOR 20, 30, AND 50% IN
RESPONSE TO THE WORK WE ARE
DOING CURRENTLY.
SO THAT'S UNDERWAY.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THE SHORT TIME
THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THE
MOVEMENT HAS GAINED VOICE,
AGAIN, A HISTORI MOVEMENT AND
THIS ONE -- I WON'T MAKE A
PERSONAL COMMENT BUT IT'S A
TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.
WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
PROPOSAL BY WHAT WE ARE SEEING
AND THE VOICE THAT IS BEING
SPOKEN.
THE COVID-19 RESPONSE IS VERY
MUCH IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITIES
IN NEED, AND WE WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE SERVICES ARE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH WIDESPREAD
REDUCTIONS BUT WE ARE WORKING
TO PRESERVE PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED
THAT ARE LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, THE DEDICATED
FUNDING SOURCES FOR EDI ARE
FALLING SHORT, AND EVEN IN
THESE TIMES WHERE WE ARE SHORT
REVENUES.
WE ARE LOOKING TO BACKFILL FOR
THE REDUCTION, AND THE PROMISED
LEVEE, AND IN ADDITION, THE
MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO INVEST
$100 MILLION FOR THE BUDGET AND
BEGINNING -- THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS LOOKING TO DEVELOPMENT AN
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH HOW THE
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE MADE AND A
PROCESS DRIVEN BY THE COMMUNITY
ITSELF.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS TO BE
AWARE OF AS I MENTIONED, THE
WORK THAT WE ARE DOING NOW TO
DEVELOP OPENINGS FOR THE BUDGET
AND ADDITION TO THE OPERATIONAL
REDUCTIONS, WE ARE PUTTINGA A
HALT TO FUNDING POLICE
FACILITIES IN THE NORTH
PRECINCT.
THAT FREES UP $4 MILLION IN
EXCISE TAX MONEY BUT FUNDING
THAT COULD BE USED FOR
COMMUNITY NEED.
WE IDENTIFIED UNSPENT RESOURCES
FOR THE EDUCATION LEVEES,
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS, AND
STARTING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW
THE RESOURCES MIGHT BE INVESTED
AS EARLY AS THIS SUMMER.
IN ADDITION TO THE SAVINGS WE
HAVE IDENTIFIED TO REBALANCE
THE BUDGET, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
RESOURCES IN SPD THAT COULD BE
REPROGRAMMED TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE ARE NOT ASKING PEOPLE TO
SHOW OCCUPY UP ON THEIR OWN
TIME ON THEIR OWN DIME BUT
INVESTMENT AS PART OF THE
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
AND THEN WORK IS UNDERWAY TO
EXPEDITE LAND TRANSFERS AND
PROPERTIEDS, AND BYRD BARR
PLACE, THE CENTRAL AREA SENIOR
CENTER, AND FS 6 WHICH IS
SHORTHAND FOR FIRE STATION 6.
THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR
SOMETIME BUT WE ARE TRYING TO
COME TO A QUICK CONCLUSION FOR
THOSE.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE COMMUNITY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND AGAIN, STEPS ARE UNDERWAY,
AND A FEW SHORT WEEKS HAVE NOT
BROUGHT IT TO COMPLETION BUT
IT'S NOT A LACK OF FOCUS.
THE NEXT SLIDE, AND WE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT THE REBALANCING.
I HAVE INDICATED FINANCIALLY
TWO BIG CHALLENGES, BOTH THE
REVENUE SHORTFALL AND THE COST
OF THE COVID RESPONSE.
THE GENERAL FOUND EXPECTED TO
BE $1.5 BILLION, AND IT'S NOW
EXPECTED TO BE $200 MILLION
ROUGHLY LESS.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF RELATED SOURCES, GENERAL
FUND ACTIVITIES LIKE THE SHORT
TERM RENTAL TAX, AND WHAT WOULD
HAVE BEENED EARNED REVENUES FOR
THE SEATTLE CENTER AND PARKS
DEPARTMENT THAT ARE FALLING
SHORT.
THE TOTAL SHORTFALL IS $300
MILLION, AND AT THE SAME TIME,
HAVING TO RESPOND TO COVID AND
DO SO QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY
AND THOROUGHLY.
YOU CAN SEE WE EXPECT TO SPEND
$233 MILLION AT THE YEAR'S END
ON THAT RESPONSE.
SO IT REALLY FOCUSES ON THESE
AREAS AND STEPS THAT WE ARE
TAKING AND PROPOSING TO
BALANCE.
NEXT SLIDE?
AGAIN, A HIGH LEVEL AND WE'LL
GET INTO DETAILS, A NUMBER OF
RESOURCES THAT WE'LL CALL . SO
THE COVID RESPONSE RESOURCES,
WE WERE FORTUNAE TO FINISH
2019 WITH THE FUND BALANCE
THERE, AND FOR 2020, A LITTLE
LESS WITH THE EMERGENCY FUND,
THE RAINY DAY EMERGENCY FUND.
THE REASON IT'S NOT MORE IS WE
ARE PROPOSING TO HOLD THE REST
TO DEAL WITH THE 2021
CHALLENGE, AND AT THE SAME
TIME, WE ARE USING THE EXISTING
CITY RESOURCES TO THE COVID
RESPONSE, AND YOU CAN SEE A
BUDGET REDUCTION PROPOSAL
DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE IMPACT ON
THE GROUND WITH KEY FINANCIAL
SAVINGS.
AND WE HAVE PROPOSALS TO
REPRIORITIZE THE TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I WILL
TAKE TIME TO WALK THROUGH THIS.
ON THE LEFT, THE GRAY BAR, WE
ARE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THE TWO
CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, AND IN
THE WAYS THAT THEY OVERLAP,
IDENTIFYING THE BUDGET
SHORTFALL IN THE BUDGET OF $210
MILLION.
THE REVENUE SHORTFALL IS 185 OF
DIRECT FUNDS.
AS I DESCRIBED, THERE ARE
VARIOUS OTHER REVENUE SOURCES
FALLING SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS,
EARNED REVENUES AND SHORT TERM
TAX, AND WE FEEL A NEED FOR A
GENERAL ALLOCATION TO MAKE UP
FOR THOSE.
THE SHORTFALL IS $210 MILLION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE
SPENDING $233 MILLION, AND WE
WILL GO OVER THIS IN MORE
DETAIL ON THE COVID RESPONSE.
A PORTION OF THAT IS MONEY THAT
WE WILL USE.
THE CITY RESOURCES ARE
REDIRECTED TO THE PURPOSE,
ABOUT $65 MILLION OF THE $233
MILLION ARE CITY RESOURCES
DIRECTED TO COVID.
WE HAVE AN OVERLAP, AND THE
TOTAL CHALLENGE IS $378 MILLION
BUT ON THE LIGHT SIDE, WE
HIGHLIGHT THE RESOURCES, AND WE
WILL GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE
PRESENTATION.
BUT I WANTED TO SEE THEM HOW
THEY RELATIVELY, LITERALLY
STACK UP HERE.
THE THINGS ON THE TOP, THE
VARIOUS SHADES OF GREEN ARE
RESOURCES MOST DIRECTED AT
COVID, IF YOU WILL, THE $233
MILLION IN RESPONSE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT
AND THEN WE WILL GET INTO MORE
DESCRIBING THE COMPONENTS OF
THE 233.
A GOOD MEASURE WHAT WE ARE
RESPONDING TO WILL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
SO FEMA REIMBURSES AT THE 75%
LEVEL AND CONVENIENTLY YOU CAN
USE OTHER FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR
THE LOCAL MAX.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
MINUTE.
BUT A LOT OF THE WORK IN THE
SHELTERS AND AROUND FOOD IS
ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA FUNDING.
THE PROCESS IS TO SEEK PRE-
APPROVAL BUT WE HAVE A STRONG
INDICATION OF THE FEMA FUNDING.
WE SPEND AND THEY REIMBURSE.
THERE IS SOME RISK IN THE
REIMBURSEMENT.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT AS
WELL.
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE
OF PARTICULAR ELEMENTS.
THERE IS A GRANT FROM THE STATE
COMMERCE DEPARTMENT FOR $13
MILLION.
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY
THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
SERVICE IN THE AREAS OF
HOMELESSNESS AND PERMANENT
SUPPORT OF HOUSING.
THE CARES ACT, INCREASED
FEDERAL FUNDING THAT HAS COME
TO US IN THE FORM OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AND
ESD EMERGENCY SERVICE GRANTS.
WE WILL TRY AND SHOW YOU THE
WHOLE PICTURE HERE WITH NON-
FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE CAN
APPLY AS WELL SO YOU CAN SEE
THE WHOLE PICTURE.
THE EXAMPLE IS USING EDUCATION
LEVY RESOURCES THAT MIGHT HAVE
OTHERWISE BEEN UNSPENT TO
OPERATE EMERGENCY CHILD CARE
FACILITIES OR CHILD CARE
FACILITIES FOR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS AS WELL AS UTILITY
RESOURCES TO ALLOW FORGIVENESS
OF INTERESTS COST, AND THE
SINGLE BIGGEST SOURCE IS THE
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF REFUND.
I WILL CALL THAT CRF, AND IT'S
TO SHARE THE FUNDING, THAT
FUNDING IN TWO WAYS, ONE TO
FUND A NEW SET OF ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
AGENCIES PURCHASING OUTSIDE THE
DOOR, IF YOU WILL.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE $55
MILLION, ROUGHLY HALF OF IT, TO
SUPPORT CITY STAFF ENGAGED IN
COVID RESPONSE.
IT INCLUDES FIREFIGHTERS.
IT INCLUDES PARKS WORKERS, A
VARIETY OF FOLKS.
FEDERAL RULES ALLOW US TO USE
THE DOLLAR THAT IS WAY AND WE
NEED TO USE THE DOLLARS THAT
WAY BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO PAY THE
CITY STAFF ALL THAT WE HAD
PLANNED TO PAY THEM.
WITHOUT REDIRECTING SOME OF THE
RESOURCES, YOU CAN'T HAVE
SUFFICIENT CITY STAFF TO
POPULATE AND DO THE COVID
RESPONSE WORK.
WE WILL DESCRIBE THAT YET AGAIN
IN FURTHER DETAIL.
SO THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT, I
WILL GO FROM THE BOTTOM UP, THE
RESOURCES THAT WE ARE USING TO
FILL THE REVENUE SHORTFALL.
WE WILL SPEND MORE TIME HERE.
THE ONE TIME RESOURCES, DIPPING
INTO THE RAINY DAY AND
EMERGENCY FUND, THE 69, I WILL
PROBABLY REFER TO IT AS
APPROXIMATELY 70 MILLION, THOSE
ARE REDUCTIONS IN THE BUDGET
RESOURCES AND THE PIECE THAT WE
WILL COME BACK TO AS WELL,
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED SAVINGS
THAT WE HAVE YET TO FULLY
IDENTIFY FOR 2020.
SO, I WILL MOVE FORWARD TO TALK
MORE ABOUT COVID RESPONSE, THE
NEXT SLIDE.
WE'VE TRIED TO CHARACTERIZE THE
RESPONSE INTO THESE 6 AREAS,
AND WE WILL DIVE INTO THEM IN
GREATER DETAIL AND SHOW YOU THE
FUNDING AMOUNTS.
THE TOTAL SPEND HERE RATHER
THAN, PER SE, THE FUNDING
SOURCES.
BUT WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME
INDICATION ABOUT THE RESOURCES,
WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO
THE HEALTH ASPECTS, AND THIS IS
THE -- ADVANCE THE SLIDE,
JULIE.
SORRY.
THIS IS THE SAME LIST OF ITEMS
THAT SHOWS YOU THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT.
WE HAVE BEEN RESPONDING ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS FOR THE HEALTH
ACT.
WE HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO
PROTECT THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
THAT'S 38 MILLION, AND AGAIN,
THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND THE NEED TO PROTECT THEIR
HEALTH, 39 MILLION.
AND ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD AND
COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SO LIKE FOOD ASSISTANCE AND
MAKING SURE FOLKS FOLK CAN PAY
FOR THEIR BASIC UTILITIES AND
FIRST RESPONDERS, AND AS I
INDICATED, THE SUPPORT -- THE
CITY EMPLOYEES SO WE HAVE
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO RESPOND
TO COVID AND BREATH HEALTH
SHARE AT WORK, AND I WAS IN THE
OFFICE TODAY, AND THE
COMMUNICATE WHEN THEY COME TO
SEEK SERVICE.
WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH IN
DETAIL.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS.
PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THE SLIDE
TITLE GIVEN THERE ARE NO SLIDE
NUMBERS.
>> I WILL NOT GO THROUGH EVERY
LINE.
I AM JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A
FLAVOR FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF
BUT THINGS LIKE SANITIZER AND
CLEANING SERVICES AND HOTELS
FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND CHILD
WEAR FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, A
BROAD BASED TESTING PROGRAM,
AND AMBASSADORS TO HELP TO
MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING IN
THE PARK.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE LAST
ITEM, THE COVID-19 RESPONSE
TEAM.
OF THIS IS A CONTINGENCY SET OF
RESOURCES OF 15 DOCTOR -- $15
MILLION.
THE CONCERN IS THAT WE MAY HAVE
PROPOSED SPENDING REJECTED.
WE SOUGHT PREAPPROVAL BUT IT'S
NOT GUARANTEED.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE FEMA
EMERGENCY WILL END.
WHEN IT'S CUT OFF FROM THE
FUNDING THAT WE ARE USING TO
SUPPORT A VARIETY OF THINGS,
YOU KNOW, MOST IMMEDIATELY,
SHELTER AND FOOD.
WE WANT TO BE SURE WE HAVE
RESOURCES LATER IN THE YEAR
SHOULD THE FUNDING NO LONGER BE
AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATES IT'S
OVER BEFORE THE EMERGENCY IS
OVER.
WE UNDERSTAND TO MAKE SURE THAT
IS UNDERSTOOD.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THIS IS FUNDING IN THE AREA
SERVING THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
AGAIN, YOU ARE AWARE OF MUCH OF
THIS.
AND WE ARE LAYING OUT WHAT WE
NEED TO SUSTAIN THIS.
HYGIENE FACILITIES, TRAILERS,
GARBAGE, AND MORE RECENTLY
REOPENING LIBRAIRIES, AND
SHELTER, WE ARE WORKING TO OPEN
THE SHELTERS.
GO AHEAD.
JULIE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE
PROPOSAL FOR THE COMMERCE GRANT
THAT INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SHELTER
NEEDS AND PERMANENT SUPPORT OF
HOUSING, AND THEN IN THIS
CATEGORY, WE HAVE INCLUDE WHAT
DOES WE ARE DOING TO PREVENT
HOMELESSNESS AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND ONGOING SUPPORT
FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AND THIS
HAS FALLEN SHORT OF THE
FORECAST, AND WE ARE LOOKING
FOR STATE RESOURCES TO BACKFILL
THERE.
NEXT SLIDE.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE MIXED
REVENUE STREAMS AND RESOURCES
TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL.
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES ARE
ELIGIBLE TO BE USED IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT'S A COMPLEX SET OF
CONSIDERATIONS TO GET US
THROUGH SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW TO
FUND INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.
NEXT SLIDE?
AND THIS IS HOUSEHOLD NEEDS,
FOOD AND UTILITY PROPOSALS THAT
WILL COME TO USE THE CRF
RESOURCES THAT REMAIN.
A COUPLE OF GROCERY PROGRAMS
THAT WE HAVE INITIATED, AND
ALSO TO PROVIDE FOOD DELIVERY
PROGRAMS FOR SENIORS, AND WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPROGRAM THE
ART FUNDING FOR IN THE
ASSISTANCE AGENCIES AND USE
COMMUNICATE DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT MONEY.
THE STATE CONSTITUTION SAYS USE
STATE OR LOLL MONEY.
BUT WE HAVE HAD BLOCK RESOURCES
TO IDENTIFY FOR THE BUSINESS
SUPPORT.
NEXT SLIDE.
THE FIRST RESPONDERS, I
HIGHLIGHT THAT THE CITY DEPLOYS
THE FIREFIGHTERS TO DO TESTING
IN CONGREGATE SENIOR LIVING
ENVIRONMENTS.
ALL THE DATA SHOWS THAT IS THE
HIGHEST POPULATION, AND NO
OTHER ENTITY WAS STEPPING UP TO
DO THE WORK, AND WE DID, AND
THAT'S SOME PRESSURE WITH AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TO COVER
SOME OF THE COSTS THROUGH THE
CRF.
WE HAVE COMBINED A LOT OF
PERSONAL PROTECTION FOR THE
FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE
HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE
REDEPLOYED THE CITY STAFF TO
RESPONSE BUT WE HAVE EMPLOYEES,
LIFEGUARDS AT SWIMMING POOLS,
WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY TO
WORK WITH THE SHELTER, AND THE
TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HIGH RISK
WORKERS LOOKING FOR A SAFE
PLACE FOR THEM TO RISK.
THERE ARE REAL EXPENSES THERE.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO HOLD
$10 MILLION TO ENSURE THAT THE
CITY WORKPLACE IS SAFE FOR THE
CITY EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY
REOPEN, AND THE RESIDENTS WHO
COME IN TO SEEK SERVICES FROM
THE CITY.
SO MAKING MASKS AVAILABLE AT
THE COUNTER AND IF YOU COME IN,
THERE WILL BE A MASK DISPENSER
AND HAND CLEANER AVAILABLE AT
EVERY DOOR, IF YOU WILL.
THAT'S NOT WITHOUT COST.
SO, NEXT SLIDE.
JUST TO REVISIT THE HIGHLIGHTS,
ALL THE COMPONENT THAT IS TOTAL
THE $233 MILLION OF
EXPENDITURES.
NEXT SLIDE.
JULIE, IF YOU WANT TO UNMUTE WE
CAN LOOK AT THE OVERALL
BALANCING PACKAGE ABOUT GETTING
THE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR.
>> SURE.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M JULIE DINGLEY, AND THE
PROPOSED COMMERCE GRANT WAS AN
$18 MILLION GRANT THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO INSURE THAT IS PRETTY
FLEXIBLE BUT WE PROPER POSING A
3-PART APPROACH.
THE FIRST IS TO SUSTAIN THE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR A PERIOD
AFTER PEOPLE TO MORE OR LESS
ENDS THE EMERGENCY.
AS REFERENCED PREVIOUSLY, WE
DON'T KNOW WHEN WE WILL CALL
TIME ON THE EMERGENCY, AND WE
DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH NOTICE WE
ARE GOING TO RECEIVE BEFORE THEY
DO SO THEY WILL PROVIDE TWO
MONTHS OF HYGIENE FOR THAT
TRANSITION PERIOD.
THE SECOND PART OF THE APPROACH
IS WE HAVE CURRENT IT COULDS
FOR OUR CURRENT PROVIDERS.
THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY BACKED BY
SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX REVENUES.
THOSE REVENUES HAVE GONE DOWN
CONSIDERABLY.
CORRECT ME BUT I THINK IT'S
NORTH OF A 50% REDUCTION.
SO THIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE
THE CRITICAL SUPPORT.
$3.2 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE
CONTACTS.
AND THEN IN THE THIRD PART OF
THE APPROACH, CRITICAL NEEDS
THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGH
THE PROVIDERS.
THE FIRST IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING
FOR NEARLY 2600 MEALS DAILY AT
THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
LOCATIONS THROUGH THE END OF
THE YEAR.
THE SECOND IS TO PROVIDE NEW
FUNDING FOR SHELTER AND PSH
COMMUNITIES THAT WILL HAVE A 2-
PART BENEFIT.
ONE, IT WOULD PROVIDE AN
EQUITABLE APPROACH FOR EXISTING
PROVIDERS, SO WE CAN ENSURE
THAT EVERYONE'S VOICE HAD EQUAL
FOOTING AT THE TABLE.
AND THEN, THE SECOND BENEFIT
FOR RUNNING THIS THROUGH A VERY
QUICK PROCESS IS IT WOULD ALLOW
US TO IDENTIFY PROVIDER
EXPENSES THAT THEY MAY BE IN
TURN ACTUALLY BE FEMA ELIGIBLE.
WE COULD INCLUDE THEM IN THE
FEMA RESPONSE AND MAY NOT KNOW
ABOUT THAT YET.
CAN I MOVE ON?
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AND THE COVID-19-RELIEF FUND,
FEMA COVERS 25% AND WE CAN'T DO
THAT OUT OF THE BASE BUDGET,
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUES
TO COVER THE BASE BUDGET
WITHOUT THE EXTRA EXPENSE.
WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE
SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE WE ARE
MATCHING WITH THE HOMELESS
SHELTER AND HYGIENE AND
CLEANING, AND YOU CAN READ IT
AS WELL AS I, AND I WON'T GO
THROUGH THE DETAIL.
A NUMBER OF EXPENSES ARE NOT
FEMA ELIGIBLE BUT ARE IMPORTANT
TO MINIMIZE THE HEALTH IMPACT
AND SERVICES AND FACE MASKS FOR
THE COMMUNITY, THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING , AND HOW IT SOCIAL
DISTANCE IN A SAFE WAY, AND THE
CONTINGENCY FOR REJECTIONS OF
FEMA ITEMS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
TO CONTINUE THE ACTIVITIES THAT
WE ARE FUNDING WITH THE FEMA
DOLLARS ONCE THOSE DISAPPEAR IF
YOU WILL.
$10 MILLION TO ADAPT TO THE
WORKPLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
CITY EMPLOYEES CAN BE SAFE AND
THE RESIDENTS CAN BE SAFE AND
THE FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE
FOOD PROGRAM THROUGH OCTOBER.
THE CRF, THE FUNDING CYCLE FOR
CRF IS REQUIRED TO GET THE
RESOURCES OUT THE DOOR FOR
OCTOBER.
SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL, AND
I INDICATED 55 MILLION SO
ROUGHLY HALF THE BUDGET TO
REDIRECT TO COVID.
WITHOUT THIS WE DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO MEET PAYROLL AND
TO PAY FOR OUR EXPENSES.
WE ARE TAKING IN LESS REVENUE
THAN WE ARE TAKING IN.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THERE ARE -- THAT THERE ARE --
OUR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES HAVE
COME ON THE TABLE THAT WE DID
NOT ANTICIPATE AS WE WERE
DEVELOPING THIS PROPOSAL.
$26 MILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY,
AND $11 MILLION IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COUNTIES THAT WE WERE
EL SCRIBBLE FROM THE STATE SO
IN TOTAL, $37 MILLION.
I THINK WHAT WE KNOW NOW
EVERMORE IS THE COVID-19
PROCESS WILL HAVE A LONG-
LASTING IMPACT, AND ALL OF THIS
MONEY IS FOR HOMELESSNESS AND
SHELTER.
AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS WILL
HAVE A LONG-LASTING IMPACT ON
THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF OUR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND
THINGS WILL LOOK DIFFERENTLY
GOING FORWARD, AT LEAST ON AN
EMERGENCY BASIS NOW BUT CLEARLY
THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO HOW THEY
WERE.
WE THINK THAT COLLECTIVELY WE
NEED TO WORK, THE CITY AND THE
COUNTY TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY HOW
TO ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES GOING
FORWARD AND PARTNERS PARTLY IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW REGIONAL
ENTITY AND IT GIVES US A
POSSIBILITY TO TRANSFORM AND
STABILIZE HOMELESSNESS IN THE
CONTEXT OF COVID.
SO THE CITY, KING COUNTY, HS,
PUBLIC HEALTH, WE WILL ALL NEED
TO WORK TOGETHER AND TOGETHER
WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO
DECIDE THE BEST WAY TO ALLOCATE
THE RESOURCES.
WE HAVE BEGUN THE CONVERSATION.
WE THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO
ENGAGE NOT JUST THE EXISTING
SERVICE PROVIDER BUT IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE MOVEMENT AROUND
RACIAL EQUALITY TO BE PART OF
THE CONVERSATION, AND WE ARE
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITYY PROVIDERS, PUBLIC
HEALTH TO IDENTIFY THE PROCESS
THAT IS MORE INCLUSIVE TO
IDENTIFY HOW TO ALLOCATE THEM
AND ALLOCATE THEM ON A GOING
FORWARD BASIS AND TRANSFORM THE
HOMELESSNESS SYSTEM IF YOU
WILL.
SO MORE TO COME.
BUT NOTE THAT THE RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE TO SPEND OVER A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, NOT JUST
BY YEAR END.
>> AND IF I MIGHT JUMP IN, ONE
OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION
WHICH IS THAT THE COUNTY IS IN
THE WAY THAT THE CITY WAS
AWARDED 26 MILLION ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS FOR ESG, THE COUNTY WAS
AWARDED $11 MILLION FOR ESG
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE.
SO IT'S NEAR $50 MILLION TO BE
ABLE TO SPEND FOR HOMELESS
KNOW.
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE, I WANT A
NOTE FOR FOLKS ON THE VIEWING
PUBLIC WHETHER WATCHING ON
TELEVISION OR ONLINE THAT THE
PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVE
DOES HAVE PAGE NUMBERS.
SO WE ARE ON PAGE 22.
THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS TO COME,
THE COVID RESPONSE AND THE 20-
21 OUTLOOK.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO COVER
AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN
TODAY.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DO HAVE
TWO SECTIONS SLATED FOR THIS.
SO IF YOU CAN COVER A PORTION
OF THAT NEXT SECTION,
PRIORITIZING WHAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO COVER, WE -- I HOPE WE
HAVE YOU BOOKED FOR TIME NEXT
WEEK.
OKAY.
>> I WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I WANT TO TELL FOLKS WE HAVE
COVERED A ROBUST AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION ALL RIGHT, AND
DIRECTOR NOBLE --
>> LET ME GO THROUGH IT WITH
DELIBERATE SPEED HERE.
I'LL PICK IT UP, AND I --
>> NOT TOO FAST SO THAT FOLKS
CAN'T GET IT BUT WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FOLKS HAVE
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME NEXT
WEEK AS WELL.
SO PLEASE COVER WHAT YOU NEED
TO, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES HERE
BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO FOCUS ON
THE ROBUST AMOUNT OF
INFORMATION IN THE FIRST 22
SLIDES.
>> I WILL MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY
HERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE COVID
RESPONSE, AND I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE BLUE PIECES HERE, THE
RESOURCES TO BALANCE ON THE
REVENUE SIDE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ONE-TIME
RESOURCES.
WE FINISHED 2019 TO THE GOOD.
AND THERE IS SOME OTHER ONE-
TIMEPIECES THAT WE WILL CALL .
THAT'S 36 MILLION, SO MORE THAN
35.
I MENTIONED A PORTION OF THE
RAINY DAY EMERGENCY FUND AND A
PORTION OF THE CRF.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, 130
OF THE CHALLENGE WHICH IS
ROUGHLY 200 PLUS.
THIS IS HIGHLIGHTING THE
REDUCTION.
69 MILLION IN REDUCTION, AND
EPT YOU TO SEE THE COMPONENTS
OF THOSE.
AND THE BIGGEST CHAIR IS
HOLDING VACANCIES.
THOSE ARE NOT WITHOUT IMPACT.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR BUT YOU
CAN SEE THAT WE ARE FACING A
SHRINKING CITY'S WORKFORCE
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO HIRING NOW, WE HAVE A WAIVER
PROCESS BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE
SENSE.
WE WILL PROPOSE TO REPRIORITY
AS LEVY AND MPD RESOURCES.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND, AND TRAVEL, TRAINING
SUPPLIES, AND CONSULTANTS AND
CONTRACTS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
MATCHING FUND, WE ARE DOG THAT
BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO ENGAGE
COMMUNITIES AT THE MOMENT,
GIVEN THE COVID ISSUES.
THE STAFF WOULD BE INVOLVED,
THE DETAILS TO THE HEALTH AND
BUSINESS SYSTEM.
SO NEXT SLIDE.
BECAUSE IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART
OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WE SENT
YOU, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
REPRIORITIZING THE LEVIES AND
THE PARK DISTRICT.
THE WAY I THINK ABOUT THIS, THE
LEVIES AND DISTRICT WERE
INTEND TO BE ADDED TO THE BASE
LEVEL OF FUNDING.
THE BASE LEVEL OF FUNDING IS
JUST NOT POSSIBLE GIVEN THE
REVENUE HIT, AND WE ARE LOOKING
TO REPRIORITIZE THE LEVIES AND
MPD TO REALLY ADD ON TO
SUPPORTING THE BASE INSTEAD.
THAT BASE LARGELY INVOLVES IN
THE CASE OF PARKS AND
TRANSPORTATION AND DELAYING
CAPITAL PROJECTS AND SHIFTING
CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE
SCHOOLS COULDN'T OPEN, SO IT
WOULD COVER THE BASE ACTIVITIES
LIBRARY. MILAR STORY AT THE
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO.
THE LIBRAIRIES CLOSED SO THERE
WAS NO WAY TO EXPAND SERVICE.
SO THERE ARE IMPACTS HERE BUT
THIS IS A WAY TO MINIMIZE THE
OPERATIONAL IMPACT FOR THE CITY
TO MAIN LINE THE CITY EMPLOYEES
TO RESPOND, AND THE LEGISLATIVE
ACTIONS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART
TO REPRIORITIZE.
NEXT SLIDE.
AGAIN, JUST REAL QUICK, THE
DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS, WE
TALKED ABOUT SPD, AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THE FREE SPENDING ON NEW
VEHICLES AND RE-EVALUATE HOW
BIG AND THE FORM IT WILL TAKE
TO SLOW DOWN ON IP INVESTMENT,
AND YOU MENTIONED A HIRING
FREEZE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT A BUDGET
REDUCTION PROPOSALS AT 20, 30,
AND 50%, AND THERE IS NO
PROPOSALS IN FOR CPC, OIG, AND
OPA FOR THEM TO FULFILL THEIR
DUTIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND NO REDUCTION IN SERVICES,
JUST THE OPPOSITE, JUST TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE TRAVEL
TRAINING, AND MINIMAL
REDUCTIONS IN OPA FOR RESPONSE.
AND WE ARE CHOOSING TO DO THE
BACKFILL FUNNING.
IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN
CUT BY $2 MILLION.
THEY WERE GIVEN SHORT RESOURCES
TO REMAIN INTACT, AND THE EDI
GROUP IS WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY WHO OVERSEES THE
RESOURCE TO DIRECT THE COVID
RESPONSE AND RELIEF ISSUES.
YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE LIBRARY
AND SEATTLE CENTER AGAIN.
THE SEATTLE CENTER IS WHERE
THEY ARE PROPOSING ADDITIONAL
FUND SUPPORT BECAUSE THE
REVENUES HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT.
NEXT SLIDE.
PARKS AND RECREATION, AGAIN,
THEY ARE SUFFERING
SIGNIFICANTLY, THE LOSS OF
REVENUE, PROPOSING A SHIFT IN
THE PRIORITIES FOR MET PAL --
METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT.
WE ARE PROPOSING INCREASED
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT OVER WHAT
WE HAD OTHERWISE PLANNED.
THEY ARE MAKING DISCRETIONARY
CUTS SO YOU CAN SEE LESS
SERVICE IN THE PARKS, LESS
MOWING, WEEDING, AND LESS
FACILITIES THAT WE DON'T USE AS
MUCH BUT THERE ARE OPERATIONAL
IMPACTS.
WE HAVE THE DECREASED GENERAL
FUND, AND WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT ONE OF THOSE BEING PAUSED
IS DON'T EXPECT THE RESTART,
AND THE CENTER CITY CONNECTOR
THAT ALLOWS $6 MILLION IN THE
RESOURCES SENT THERE TO BE
REPROGRAMMED ELSEWHERE.
ONE PROGRAM I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
DID IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF
SPENDING REDUCTIONS.
WE WILL PURSUE THEM, AND WE
WILL NOT TAKE THEM AS THE
OVERALL NET REDUCTION IN THE
BUDGET.
AND BECAUSE OF
>> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THERE
IS $11 MILLION, THAT PING PIECE
IN THE MIDDLE, THE REQUIRED
SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT
IDENTIFIED THE SOURCE FOR YET.
AS WE OLD VACANCIES, WE CAN
ACHIEVE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS.
FOUR 2021, THE WHOLE WE HAVE IS
APPROPRIATE, WE HAVE HAD
INITIAL CONVERSATIONS TO ENGAGE
THE CITY UNIONS TO THINK ABOUT
POTENTIAL LABOR SAVINGS.
THAT IS POTENTIAL SAVINGS.
WE CAN STILL BALANCE THE BUDGET
BUT THE WHOLE WILL BE A LITTLE
LARGER.
THIS IS A GREAT TRANSITION TO
TALK ABOUT.
I WILL SKIP THIS.
THIS IS HIGHLIGHTED LEGISLATION.
WE WILL SEND A NUMBER OF
ELEMENTS WE NEED YOUR ACTION ON.
ACCEPTANCE OF GRANTS.
ON 2021, THIS IS A SIMILAR
GRAPH BUT SIMPLER WHICH
HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE SEE IN 2021.
THE REVENUE SHORTFALL OF ALMOST
300 MILLION.
THE BULK OF THAT IS GENERAL
FUND.
WE SUPPORT GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ACTIVITIES AND EXPECT THE
GENERAL FUNDS WILL BACKFILL FOR
THOSE.
THE TOP PIECE, THE LIGHT BLUE,
THE ONE TIME RESOURCES, UNDER
THIS PLAN WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN
2021.
ALMOST $100 MILLION OF THE
RAINY DAY FUND AND ONE TIME
RESOURCES FROM THE MEGA BLOCK
SALE THAT COULD CLOSE 130
MILLION OF THE GAP BUT AT LEAST
$164 MILLION GAP FOR 2021 WHICH
IS MORE THAN 10% OF WHAT THE
GENERAL FUND USED TO BE AND
BELOW WHAT THE GENERAL FUND
WILL BE.
WE HAVE ASKED APARTMENT
REDUCTIONS AT THE 10% LEVEL.
THOSE REDUCTIONS WOULD GENERATE
SOMETHING LIKE 90 MILLION.
WE COULD BE WELL SHORT OF
BALANCES.
THIS IS WHY WE NEED ADDITIONAL
TOOLS.
I NOTICE THAT THE REVENUES CAN
BE A PART OF THAT.
THE MAYOR IS LOOKING AT SOME
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE OPTIONS.
AND TO ADDRESS THE SHORTFALL
>> THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE
STRATEGIES AROUND 21, I WANTED
YOU TO SEE THIS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND,
ONE OF THE REASONS WE DON'T
PROPOSE TO DRAIN THE RAINY DAY
FUND IS THE NEED FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE NEED YOU TO CONSIDER THIS IN
A MULTI-YEAR CONTEXT.
WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR
NEW RESOURCES, IN THE CONTEXT
OF COVID, WE WITHDRAW DOWN THE
REST OF THE RAINY DAY EMERGENCY
FUND AND 21 WHICH WOULD LEAVE
US IN A RISKY POSITION FOR 22
AND BEYOND.
WE HAVE A CRISIS TODAY WE CAN'T
IGNORE.
AS I MENTIONED, NEW REVENUES
COULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
AND IT MAY NEED TO BE.
EVEN WITH THEM, THE $90 MILLION
IN REDUCTIONS WILL INVOLVE
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN CITY
SERVICES. WE ARE SPENDING
SOMETHING LIKE CITY 5% OF THE
GENERAL FUND, MAYBE A BIGGER
PERCENTAGE BECAUSE WE CUT A LOT
OF NONLABOR COSTS.
IT IS INEVITABLE WE WILL IMPACT
THE CITY WORKFORCE.
THE MANAGEMENT IS TOO LATE
FOLKS OFF.
WE CONTINUE TO BE PARTNERS OF
THE CITY UNION TO IDENTIFY
OTHER STRATEGIES TO REDUCE
LABOR EXPENSES POTENTIALLY.
WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THAT, THE
COMMUNICATIONS WE HAD, WE WILL
CONTINUE THIS THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS.
AND WILL BRING THE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS TOGETHER TO REVIEW
PROPOSED REDUCTIONS TO SEE HOW
WE CAN MINIMIZE THEIR IMPACT ON
THE GROUND, BREAKING SOME SILOS
DOWN AND LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO BE THOUGHTFUL.
THERE IS NO WAY THE CITY COULD
FOOTPRINT THE FINANCIAL SIDE,
IT DOESN'T GET SMALLER, EVEN
WITH SOME MARGIN OF NEW
REVENUES.
WE NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT.
WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHO
WE IMPACT AS WE DO THAT.
EVERMORE IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL
THAT'S GOING ON.
ANOTHER POINT I WOULD MAKE HERE
IS THE FORECAST ARE SHOWING
THAT THIS IS NOT A TRANSIENT
THING.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT ADAPTING
THE CITY TO A SMALLER FOOTPRINT,
THIS WILL NOT END OVERNIGHT.
AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
THE CITY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE
CAN SERVE THE WHOLE CITY AND
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
NEGLECTED AND IS, HOW CAN WE
MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE
BALANCE OF RESOURCES.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE
CHALLENGES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING WITH
YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED
PICTURE OVERALL.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT NEED TO BE
IMPLEMENTED.
UNDOUBTEDLY, THERE IS A LOT OF
Q&A.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND
THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU?
I APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY
THAT YOU BOTH HAVE SHOWN WITH
GETTING THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION RELATIVELY
QUICKLY.
COLLEAGUES, ON YOUR POWERPOINT
PRESENTATIONS THAT WE WERE
SENT.
I THINK THAT ARE LINKED ONLINE,
VOLK SHOULD HAVE SLIGHT NUMBERS
ON THOSE PAGES.
FEEL FREE TO REFERENCE THAT AS
YOU TALK ABOUT THE SLIDES THAT
YOU HAVE.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO
HAVE INDICATED THEY HAVE
QUESTIONS.
IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THROUGH
THEM ALL, WILL GO THROUGH THE
ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
UP.
WE WILL HOLD ON FOR SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
AS YOU COLLECT YOURSELF, FOLKS
HAVE SAID THEY HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE
SUBMITTING, IN WRITING.
PLEASE NOTE WE WILL COLLECT
THOSE QUESTIONS AS PER OUR
CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.
I WILL PUT A 10:00 A.M.
ON FRIDAY DEADLINE SO WE CAN
GET THOSE QUESTIONS TO YOU AND
IN TESSA PATIENT OF THE WEEKEND
SO YOU CAN HAVE TIME TO WORK ON
THAT ON FRIDAY AND EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
WE WILL WORK WITH ALL THE
COUNCIL OFFICES TO COLLECT
THOSE QUESTIONS, AND HELP GET
THOSE TO OUR TEAM.
WILL SEND OUT MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT HOW TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS
AND ALSO I WANT TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR US TO GET THROUGH
THIS DISCUSSION.
THIS WAS LISTED AS PART ONE,
WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET INTO
THIS DETAILED PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, I DO HAVE A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS BEING
COGNIZANT OF TIME.
I WILL FOCUS ON ONE QUESTION
WHICH WAS YOU SAID PAGE 22
WHICH WAS THE MERGING STATE AND
FEDERAL DOLLARS?
MY QUESTION THERE IS THAT
ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE SLIDE,
WITH THE TWO COLUMNS
REPRESENTING THE COVID EXPENSES
AND SHORTFALL AND FEDERAL AND
STATE RESOURCES WE HAVE
RECEIVED?
>> I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO.
THESE ARE NEW RESOURCES THAT
ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE
HAVE HERE.
I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED
ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF HAVING
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO INVEST
IN THESE CRITICAL AREAS.
ONE THING, WE NEED BE
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IS HOW WE
SUSTAIN LEAN INVESTMENTS WE'VE
BEEN MAKING.
AS I LOOKED AT THAT IN ADDITION
TO THE 2021 PICTURE, THAT DOES
NOT INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT NEW
SPENDING IN THAT SPACE.
THESE ARE NEW RESOURCES WE
DIDN'T ANNOUNCE.
WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THEM AS
WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A
REBOUND.
>> I HEARD JULIE SAY THESE
RESOURCES COULD BE CONTINUING
OR THEY COULD STOP NEXT WEEK.
THE RECEIPTS WE HAVE TODAY MAY
NOT BE REIMBURSABLE IF WE'RE
NOT CAREFUL.
MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION FOR
BASELINE SETTINGS IS YOU
MENTION EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD IS
REQUESTED TO MAKE CUTS BY 10%.
DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY?
I WILL REPHRASE MY QUESTION.
HOW MUCH HAS EACH DEPARTMENT
BEEN REDUCED IN THIS BUDGET?
>> 420 20, WE DIDN'T HAVE
SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR
DEPARTMENTS.
WE ASKED THEM, IN EARLY MARCH,
TO CLOSE OFF DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING THAT WASN'T ASSOCIATED
WITH PERSONAL, IMPOSE A HIRING
FREEZE AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN YOU SAVE?
WHAT DON'T YOU NEED?
GIVEN THE STIPULATIONS.
WITH THE DISCRETIONARY, WE
DIDN'T WANT TO CUT OFF COVID
RESPONSE.
THAT IS WHAT WE DID FOR 2020
AND IT IS PRODUCED THAT $70
MILLION INCLUDING THE
REALLOCATION OF LEVY RESOURCES.
FOUR 2021, AS A PLAN FOR THE
2021 AND 22 BUDGET, WE GAVE
DIRECTION IN A SIMILAR
TIMEFRAME TO BRING FORWARD
PROPOSALS THAT WOULD BE
SUSTAINED BUDGET REDUCTIONS WE
GAVE THEM A BLANKET TARGET, NOT
WITH THE EXPECTATION WE WILL DO
10% ACROSS THE BOARD, IF YOU
WELL, BUT AS A WAY TO BRING
FORWARD IDEAS THAT WE CAN
EVALUATE AND TRADE BETWEEN.
WE DIDN'T SET OUR TARGETS THAT
WAS BIG ENOUGH.
WE DID NOT KNOW HOW BIG THE
PROBLEM WOULD BE.
THAT IS ONE REASON WE PULLED
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TOGETHER.
THEY WERE ANXIOUS AND ASKED TO
BE PULLED TOGETHER.
WE COULD LOOK ACROSS AND BE
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE CUTS ARE
PROPOSED FOR 2021.
I DON'T WANT TO BE
MELODRAMATIC, I CAN'T HIGHLIGHT
HOW DIFFICULT THIS WILL BE.
EVERYTHING, IN MY EXPERIENCE,
THE CITY BUDGET IS FUNDED FOR
REASONS, IT PROVIDE SERVICES TO
THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS INEVITABLE, IN MY VIEW,
WE WILL END UP WITH LESS CITY
SERVICE.
AND THE FOLKS WHO ENJOY AND
RELY UPON THOSE SERVICES WILL
FEEL THAT PAIN.
THERE'S GOING TO BE, WE WILL
FEEL IT IN LOTS OF WAYS ACROSS
THE CITY AND INDIVIDUALLY AND
COLLECTIVELY.
>> THANK YOU, THAT REALLY HELPS
ANSWER MY QUESTIONS FOR THE
BASELINE.
I HAVE MANY OTHER QUESTIONS BUT
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WILL
YIELD MY TIME.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, WE HAVE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, ANY
QUESTIONS FROM YOU?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HER
BOLD.
>> THANK YOU, THIS IS A
RESTATEMENT OF A CONCERN THAT
WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ON IN THE
CANCEL PRESENTATION BY COUNCIL
MEMBER SO WANT.
THAT RELATE SPECIFICALLY TO
SLIDE FIVE, THE STATEMENT ON
THE SLIDE IS AS PD WILL FACE
THE LARGEST BUDGET CUT AND PLEA
SPENDING WILL BE REDUCED.
IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT THERE IS A
CUT TO THE SPD BUDGET INCLUDED
IN THE LEGISLATION SENT TO
CANCEL.
AND, THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS,
WITH CLEARLY DEFINED CUTS TO
THE 2020 CITY BUDGET FOR
DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS S DOT AND
SUCH AS PARKS.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY THERE IS A
CUT PROPOSED TO THE CANCEL THAT
IS NOT AN INTERNAL SPENDING
REDUCTION, ONE THAT CAN COME
WITH ASSURANCES, IT IS
SUBSTANTIVE ACTUALLY PART OF
THE BUDGET ACTION THAT THE
COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE TAKEN.
SO, THAT IS ONE QUESTION,
ANOTHER QUESTION RELATES TO THE
THE 2020 PROPOSED $5 MILLION IN
PROGRAMS, ON SLIDE SEVEN, I WAS
WONDERING, IS THIS A NEW,
UNBUDGETED, THUS FAR UNBUDGETED
INVESTMENT FOR 2020?
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHICH
PROGRAMS. THEN ON SLIDE 16,
TITLED SUPPORT ESSENTIAL
HOUSEHOLD AND COMMUNITIES, THE
$4 MILLION TO WAIVE INTEREST
CHARGES ON DELINQUENT LIGHT
ACCOUNTS, I'M WONDERING IF THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT IS MORE
ACCURATELY CATEGORIZED AS LOSS
EVENUE VERSUS COVID SPENDIN
DO WE BELIEVE THIS IS
REIMBURSABLE FROM A STATE OR
FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCE?
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS RELATED
TO THE COMMERCE GRANT.
I WILL HOLD THOSE QUESTIONS
BECUSE, THE BUDGET CHAIR, WE
HAVE WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT
THAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT
BUT WE WILL HEAR IT SEPARATELY
FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS.
I WILL HOLD THOSE QUESTIONS FOR
NOW.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE, LET'S SEE HERE, THE REAP
PRIOR TO RESOLUTION OF LEVY AND
MPD RESOURCES, YOU MAY NOT HAVE
THIS INFORMATION NOW, I'M
INTERESTED TO KNOW WHICH LEVY
AND PARKS PROJECTS WE ARE
ANTICIPATING REDUCING SPENDING
AND THEN, LASTLY,, THERE ARE
TWO MORE SLIDES.
ON SLIDE 29, I'M REALLY HAPPY
TO SEE THAT WE ARE STILL
PROJECTING 15 MILLION FROM THE
MEGA BLOCK PROJECT. AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON
THAT SLIDE, DO WE ANTICIPATE
ANY IMPACT TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
, I'M SORRY, THE HOMELESS
SERVICES, TRANSITION TO THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
IN TERMS OF TIMING AND STAFF
LEVELS?
AND THEN LASTLY, ON SLIDE 30,
RELATED TO THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR, I WOULD'VE LIKED
THAT THE DOCUMENT FROM THE
EXECUTIVE SAYS 8 MILLION WILL
BE SAVED AND, THE DOCUMENT
PROPOSES HALTING DESIGN WORK
FOR 2020 BUT COMPLETING
REMAINING PROCUREMENT AND
MINIMAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
WORK.
I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW THE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT,
WHETHER THERE IS ADDITIONAL
POTENTIAL TO SAVE ADDITIONAL
FUNDS AND I WANT TO FLAKE MY
INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY
REMOVING THIS PROJECT FROM THE
S D.O.T.
AND CIP AS A WAY TO SIGNAL OUR
HOPES THAT WE ARE NOT JUST
PAUSING THE PROJECT BUT WE'RE
CANCELING IT.
THANK YOU.
>> HOPEFULLY I CAN TAKE THOSE
QUESTIONS ON BUT THEY MAY
REQUIRE FOLLOW-UP.
HIGH LEVEL POINT, YOU'RE
CORRECT.
THERE IS NOT A PROPOSAL TO
LEGISLATED CHANGE IN THE SB
BUDGET.
WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO
LEGISLATE CHANGES IN MOST OF
THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
IT WASN'T MEANT AS A, IT WAS A
PRACTICAL ISSUE.
THE EXECUTIVE CAN UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS ONLY A SPENDING
PROBLEM.
IT CAN BE HANDLED WITHOUT
ENGAGING, NOT THAT IT SHOULD
BE, THE TECHNICAL MATTER, IT
COULD BE.
IT IS MORE THAN THAT, AS I
IDENTIFIED, WE NEED TO SHIFT
RESOURCES IN WAYS THAT REQUIRE
YOUR APPROVAL.
SPD, THAT IS NOT PROPOSED,
LEGISLATIVE REDUCTION IN
SPENDING.
THE REASON WE DIDN'T DO THAT,
THIS WHOLE THING REMAINS
DYNAMIC.
I HAD A REVENUE UPDATE
INTERNALLY IN MAY THAT WOULD'VE
BEEN MUCH WORSE, THINGS LOOK
BETTER IN JUNE, IT COULD GET
WORSE AGAIN OR GET BETTER
AGAIN.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP
GOING BACK AND FORTH TO
LEGISLATE SPENDING LEVEL
CHANGES.
THE REASON WE BROUGHT YOU THE
ONES, THERE'S A SIMPLE
EXPLANATION.
S D.O.T.
HAS TO DEAL WITH THE LEVY, THE
LEVY REALLOCATIONS.
THERE IS A MINIMUM FUNDING
LEVEL REQUIRED FOR THOSE BOTH
THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
SINCE WE ARE NOT MEETING THAT
SPENDING LEVEL, WE SHOULD BE
VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT THAT AND BE
LEGISLATIVELY EXPLICIT ABOUT
THAT.
THAT IS WHY THEY WERE HANDLED
DIFFERENTLY.
IN GENERAL, WE FOUND SOME LEVEL
OF FLEXIBILITY.
IF COUNSEL, I WOULD ASK
CANDIDLY THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF
SPD, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A
DIFFERENT DYNAMIC, IF YOU WILL.
IF WE TRY TO DO FOR EVERY
DEPARTMENT, THE LIBERAL, THE
LEVEL OF EFFORT, WE ARE BEHIND
STARTING 21 AND 22.
IT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE.
ON THE MENTORSHIP ISSUE, WE'VE
IDENTIFIED UNSPENT RESOURCE IN
THE PREVIOUS EDUCATION LEVY AND
SUMMARY FORCE I BELIEVE FROM
UNDER SPENDING THIS YEAR. THE
PLAN IS TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY AND
DEVELOP A FULL PROPOSAL TO
BRING YOU.
THERE'S NOT A FLESHED OUT
REQUEST AT THIS STAGE.
BUT THERE IS A GOAL TO GET
THERE VERY QUICKLY, BUT ONLY
THROUGH ENGAGEMENT OF THE
COMMUNITY.
YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
CHARACTERIZING THE INTEREST AS
LOST REVENUE, THAT IS ACCURATE.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THE SAME THING
AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE
SLIDES.
IT WAS TOO LATE TO CHANGE.
I WASN'T TRYING TO OVERPLAY, I
WANTED TO IDENTIFY UP PIECE
THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT POLICY
CHANGE.
IT IS HAVE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO
THE UTILITIES.
THEY ARE SEEING A DECLINE IN
DEMAND AND, IN FACT, PEOPLE
WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF PREGNANCY,,
A FAIR POINT.
WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN PARKS
AND IN S D.O.T.
THAT WE NO-SHOW FOR THAT ARE
BEING DEFERRED OR PUT ON PAUSE
UNTIL WE FURTHER REEVALUATE
WHICH ONE STAY ON A LONGER-TERM
PAUSE AND WHAT WE MAYBE BE ABLE
TO RESTART.
THERE ARE CHALLENGES TO
UNDERSTAND THE REVENUE IMPACTS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WILL
OPERATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE YEAR.
THAT IS FROM A, SIDE AND A
POTENTIAL REVENUE SIDE IN TERMS
OF USE OF FACILITY.
SORRY, I'M LOOKING AT MY NOTES
HERE.
HST, THE COMMITMENT REMAINS TO
STANDING UP REGIONAL ENTITY, I
NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU ON A
TIMELINE, SOME OF THE REGIONAL
GOALS OF HAVING A FULLY
INDEPENDENT AGENCY, AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ARE
ESSENTIALLY NOT REALISTIC,
GIVEN THE FACT THAT ALL THE
FOLKS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN
HEAVILY DISTRACTED, IT IS A
WRONG WORLD.
THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON THEIR
PRIMARY WORK ON COVID RESPONSE.
IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO FOCUS
ELSEWHERE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS ON THE
CENTER CITY CONNECTOR.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T TAKE
ENOUGH NOTES.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP.
>> IF I COULD, I WANT TO PUT A
FINER POINT ON MAN'S ANSWER TO
THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ORIGINAL
AUTHORITY.
NONE OF THE SPENDING DEDICATED
TO THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY HAS
BEEN PRODUCED.
THAT REMAINS AT THE ADOPTED
LEVELS.
THE QUESTION OF TIMING IS
SOMETHING WE CAN GET BACK ON.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
SHE MAY BE ON MUTE.
I BELIEVE SHE WAS GOING TO SEND
WRITTEN QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
UP NEXT.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
AND DR. NOBLE, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY AND
YOUR DILIGENCE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL THE WORK TO
LOOK FORWARD TO IN CRAFTING THE
NEXT SET OF BUDGET
PRESENTATIONS, ONCE THIS IS
OVER.
I KNOW ALL OF US ARE GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND HARD
WORK.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I WILL BE COMPLETELY UPFRONT
ABOUT THE PREMISE OF WHERE I'M
GOING WITH THIS AND WHAT MY
ULTIMATE GOAL IS.
AND, THAT IS A SHARED
COMMITMENT THAT I HAVE A NUMBER
OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE IS TO
LOOK FOR HOW WE CAN NAIL DOWN
AND SCALE UP MORE PLACEMENTS
FOR FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING IN
UNSHELTERED SITUATIONS THAT HAS
BECOME VERY, EVEN MORE VISIBLE
AND URGENT, IN THE WAKE OF THE
COVID CRISIS AND SOMETHING ALL
OF US ON THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN
TALKING A LOT ABOUT.
I WANT TO DRILL IN A LITTLE BIT
TO SOME OF THE HOMELESS
INVESTMENTS.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE SLIDE THAT
THEY WERE ON, THOUGH IT LOOKS
LIKE SOMEONE HAS DILIGENTLY
SEARCH FOR IT.
SO, ONE THING THAT ISN'T
POPPING OUT AT ME, IN ALL THE
DATA AND CHARTS, THAT HAVE BEEN
PRESENTED IS, THIS GIVES A HARD
PER UNIT, SORT OF EXPANSION OF
WHAT WE ARE SEEING, NOT JUST IN
TERMS OF THE GENERAL GOAL OF
THE INTENSIFICATION BUT IN
TERMS OF TOTAL INCREASED UNITS
AND ALSO WHAT TYPE OF UNITS WE
ARE FINDING CAPACITY FOR, AS
EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION, THROUGHOUT THIS
BUDGET CORRECTING PROCESS BUT
INVOLVE WAYS WE CAN STAND UP
SOME MORE TRANSITIONAL SHELTER
OPTIONS, WITH THE ANTICIPATION
THAT THIS COUNSEL AND THE
EXECUTIVE WILL BE SETTING OUT A
PLAN TO SCALE UP PERMANENT
SUPPORT HOUSING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPOSALS ON
COUNSEL THAT ARE FOCUSING ON
DOING THAT.
I KNOW IT IS A PRIORITY OF THE
EXECUTIVE AS WELL.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO HAVE
THIS MASSIVE CRISIS OF OUR
NEIGHBORS LIVING ON SHELTER
WHICH NEED TO GET INTO SOME
KIND OF TRANSITIONAL PLACEMENT.
I'M FAIRLY OPEN TO DEFERRING TO
THE EXPERTS ON THE PLACEMENTS
THAT WE THINK ARE MOST
APPROPRIATE.
ONE THING I'VE HONED IN ON, A
NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AS
WELL AS WELL AS A LOT OF
SERVICE PROVIDERS, TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES BEING A GOOD SHORT-
TERM RESPONSE.
POPULAR WITH CAREGIVERS AND
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
POPULAR WITH SHELTER OPERATORS,
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND I WONDER
IF THERE MIGHT BE SCOPE, GIVEN
THAT RELATIVE TO OTHER
INVESTMENTS, IN THE HOUSING
WORLD, TINY HOUSE VILLAGES OUR
FAIRLY AFFORDABLE TRANSITIONAL
SHELTER INVESTMENTS.
THEY HAVE PROVEN TO BE
ADAPTABLE IN THE COVID
ENVIRONMENT AT RETAINING VERY
HYGIENIC CAMPS THAT HAVE NOT
HAD OUTBREAKS OF COVID.
I KNOW THEY'RE VERY ADEPT AT
SCALING UP THE INVESTMENTS THAT
WERE FUNDED IN THE FALL FOR THE
CURRENT BUDGET IN GETTING THOSE
STOOD UP TO GET FOLKS INSIDE
THE EXPANDED UNION VILLAGE.
THAT'S A VERY LONG WAY OF JUST
SAYING, FOR MY FIRST QUESTION
ON THIS, IS HER SCOPE IN HERE
WITH SOME OF THE INVESTMENTS
COPIED FROM THE COMMERCE GRANT,
WHICH I KNOW WILL GET INTO IN
FUTURE HEARINGS BUT IN SOME OF
THE OTHER HOMELESSNESS MONEY TO
HAVE AN AFFIRMATIVE EXPANSION OF
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE PLACEMENTS.
I THINK, ASIDE FROM THE MONEY,
I THINK WE DO HAVE WILLING
PARTNERS.
WE HAVE A POTENTIAL SITES AND
OPERATORS THAT HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO FIT.
IT IS A MATTER IF WE CAN GET
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN JUST FOR
THE CAMP AT A COST OF A LITTLE
OVER 1 MILLION PER CAMP, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, PER YEAR.
IF YOU COULD GUY ME TO SOME OF
THESE ASSETS HERE, WHAT LOOKS
PROMISING FOR THAT AND WHAT
STRATEGIES THERE ARE THAT I
COULD USE TO WORK ON SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?
>> THIS IS AN AREA WHERE JULIE
SPENDS A GOOD DEAL OF HER TIME.
THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, WE
HAVE DONE SOME EXPANSION AND I
DON'T HAVE THE SLIDES IN FRONT
OF ME.
WE DID A PRESENTATION OF
PROVIDERS AROUND SOME OF THESE
ISSUES WITH THE FUNDING
CHALLENGES AND THE
REINVESTMENTS, THE ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS WE MADE.
THAT IS PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION I WAS DESCRIBING
THAT WE SUGGEST HAPPENS WITH
THE COUNTY, WITH PUBLIC HEALTH,
WITH PROVIDERS AND WITH
COMMUNITY, THE BROADER
COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT SUPPORT
FOR THOSE LIVING ON SHELTER
LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD.
SO, I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
THOSE TINY HOMES HAVE BEEN A
SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY AND ROOM
RELATIVELY COST-EFFECTIVE.
JULIE MAY HAVE MORE TO SAY
HERE.
>> SURE, TO ANSWER THE EARLIER
PART OF YOUR QUESTION, WE
PLACED UP 95 NET KNEW SHELTER
BEDS AND FORMS OF TINY
SHELTERS.
WHERE YOU SEE THE SHELTER
INVESTMENTS REPRESENTED HERE IS
WHAT WE'RE CALLING ON
CONGREGANT SHELTERS.
THIS DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT IS A FEMA
DISTINCTION.
FEMA FUNDS, IN AN EMERGENCY
ENVIRONMENT, CONGREGANT
SHELTERS.
YOU PICTURE A FLOOD, THEY THROW
EVERYONE INTO ONE BIG TENT.
THIS EMERGENCY IS UNLIKE ANY
FEMA HAS TRIED TO TACKLE BEFORE
WHERE YOU NEEDED THAT SOCIAL
DISTANCE AND SOMETIMES PHYSICAL
BARRIERS.
WE'VE DONE BOTH.
WE'VE OPENED ADDITIONAL NON-
CONGREGANT SHELTERS.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY,
AS THEY WERE TO SET UP
ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE AND WE
ALSO HAVE CONGREGANT SHELTERS
ON HERE WHICH IS WHERE WE HAVE
USED ALL OF OUR, TRIED TO BE
DENSIFY SHELTERS, YOU SEE THE
MILLER GARFIELD COMMUNITY
CENTER, WE ARE USING THAT.
A COMBINATION OF THOSE ANSWERS,
DOES THAT MEET YOUR NEEDS?
SMITH TO RESPOND BRIEFLY TO
BOTH OF YOU JULIE AND DIRECTOR
OBLE, THANK YOU FOR THOSE
ANSWERS, I THINK IT PARTIALLY
ANSWERS MY QUESTION.
WE RECEIVED PRESENTATIONS ON
THE D INTENSIFICATION EFFORTS
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE CITY'S
DILIGENCE IN TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THOSE RESOURCES.
I ASKED BEN NOBLE TO GO BACK TO
YOUR RESPONSE.
I TOTALLY APPRECIATE, FOR
SOMEONE WHO'S ON THE BOARD, AND
WHO IS COMMITTED, I'M TOTALLY
THERE, FOR THE HEAVY LIFT ON
SCALING UP PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING AND CREATING A
COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM.
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT MORE,
RIGHT NOW, AND WANT TO ADDRESS
HERE AND ADDRESS WITH THIS
BUDGET COMPENSATION, IS
INSTRUMENT TO MAKE PROGRESS.
HOW CAN WE GET 3 MILLION MORE
DOLLARS FOR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES?
THE 95 UNITS OF VILLAGE EXPANDS
AND, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY
WERE PREVIOUSLY BUDGET BY THE
COUNCIL.
WE SET THEM UP A LOT FASTER
BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY, BUT
THOSE WEREN'T KNEW RESPONSE OF
PLACEMENTS BECAUSE OF COVID.
THOSE ARE PLACEMENTS THAT WERE
FUNDED IN THE LAST BUDGET.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE SCOPE
FOR A LOT OF THE KNEW RESOURCES
THAT WE ARE GETTING TO CARVING
SOME OF THEM OUT TO BUILD ON
THOSE 95 UNIT EXPANSIONS.
FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AND THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS, IT IS THE PLACEMENTS
AND THE TIME HE HOUSES THAT ARE
COVETED AND PERMANENTLY REMOVED.
THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK WE
NEED TO HAVE A BIGGER SENSE OF
URGENCY ON.
I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO
WAIT TO HAVE THIS BIG EXERCISE
WITH THE COUNTY WHEN WE KNOW
WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE HAVE
A LOT OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
WHO HAVE ASSETS THAT CAN BE
BROUGHT TO BEAR TO HELP.
I SEE A SMALLER ASK FOR A
SMALLER AMOUNT OF MONEY, BEING
SPINOUT TO EXPAND THOSE TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE PLACEMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THROUGH
THE VEHICLE OF THIS BUDGET, IN
ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT IS
BEING DONE, IT IS CLEAR WE HAVE
MORE TO DO AND THERE IS AN
EXIGENCY TO IT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WILL JUST ADD THAT THE $4.85
MILLION PROPOSED IN THE
COMMERCE GRANT FOR THE RFP FOR
SHELTER PROVIDERS, THIS WOULD
BE TO, IN PART MEET THEIR NEEDS
FOR WHATEVER PERMANENT CHANGES
THEY NEED TO THEIR ORIGINAL
STRUCTURES, THAT THEY HAVE IN
PLACE.
HAS A TRANSITION, PERMANENT IS
A HARD WORD IN HERE.
AS A TRANSITION OUT OF THE
COMMUNITY CENTER SPACE, WHAT
ARE THOSE PHYSICAL, STRUCTURAL
CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT DISTANCING
FOR FOLKS TO REMAIN HEALTHY?
AND THEN, TO THE RESOURCES THAT
ARE COMING, WE HAVE ALMOST $50
MILLION,, BETWEEN WHAT'S COMING
TO THE CITY AND WHAT IS COMING
TO THE COUNTY OR GENTLY TO BOTH
OF US.
IT IS REALLY A COMPONENT UPON
IT TO MAKE DECISIONS JOINTLY
AND MAKE SURE WE'RE HOLDING
HANDS AND WE ARE LEVERAGING
THOSE RESOURCES TO THE BEST, TO
OUR BEST ABILITY.
THERE ARE NO SHORTAGE OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT HOW
WE'VE DONE BUSINESS AND HOW WE
COULD DO BUSINESS IN THE FUTURE
AND WHAT CHANGES WE MAKE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY.
AND, LISTENING TO PARTNERS, OUR
TRUSTED PARTNERS IN THIS WORK
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> MADAM CHAIR, OF A RELATED
QUESTION AND I WILL BE FINISHED.
WE CAN GO BACK TO ONE OF THE
EARLIER SLIDES.
THIS RELATES TO MY PREVIOUS
LINE OF QUESTIONING.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS NORTH
PRECINCT $4 MILLION CAPITAL
FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN KICKED
LOOSE.
I UNDERSTAND THOSE ORIGINALLY
REFUNDS OR MAYBE DIRECTOR
MOBILE, YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT IN
A MOMENT.
I GUESS MY QUESTION, ON THAT
CAPITAL MONEY, THAT WAS GOING
TO THE NORTH PRECINCT, WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE SIDEBOARDS SET ON
THAT? IS THAT A POTENTIAL
SOURCE OF MONEY THAT IS
FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT COULD
SUSTAIN SOME KIND OF TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE EXPANSION?
$4 MILLION IS A PRETTY GOOD
AMOUNT OF MONEY, NOT FOR
PROJECT LIKE THAT, GIVEN IT IS
NOT A MESS OF AN OUT OF MONEY
IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, BUT
FOR THE PRICE OF A TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE AND TO OPERATE THEM, IT
APPEARS TO BE AN INTERESTING
THING TO FLOAT.
I WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON
THAT KIND OF IDEA AND WHAT THE
SIDEBOARDS ON THAT MONEY.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
>> I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
THERE WAS SOME, ROUGHLY 4
MILLION IDENTIFIED IN PLANNING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND
KNEW PLEASE FACILITIES FOR THE
NORTH END OF THE CITY.
AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS, THE
REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX DOLLARS,
THEY WERE ELIGIBLE, THEY COULD
BE USED FOR THAT.
THE INTENT WAS TO BUILD A CITY-
OWNED FACILITY, GENERAL
GOVERNMENT FACILITY.
THOSE ARE THE GENERAL
RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE RESOURCES,
IT HAS TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL,
FOR A CITY-OWNED FACILITY.
IT IS ACTUALLY NOT LIKELY AN
ELIGIBLE, TINY HOMES ARE NOT AN
ELIGIBLE SOURCE OF USE OF THAT
FUNDING I'M TRYING TO SAY.
SO, MORE LIKELY, IT IS THE
THING WE CAN USE TO INVEST IN A
FACILITY THAT MIGHT BETTER
SERVE COMMUNITIES IN SOME OTHER
WAY IT IS MONEY WE USE TO BUILD
OR RENOVATE COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND LIBRARIES, WE DO THINGS
LIKE REPLACE FOR US AND THE
LIKE.
CANDIDLY, I WOULD SAY WE COULD
BE CREATIVE AND REDIRECT MONEY
IN ONE PLACE TO FREE UP MONEY
AND ANOTHER.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THAT WITH
THE REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX
DOLLARS.
ONE OF THE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION WE'RE BRINGING YOU,
TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR THAT,
IT ALLOWS US TO USE REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX DOLLARS TO PAY DEBT
SERVICES THAT THE GENERAL FUND
IS PAYING.
AND I THINK I'VE RESULTED
POTENTIAL.
WE TRY TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT
THIS.
I'M UP FOR ENGAGING YOU AND
CENTRAL STUFF OR CREATIVITY.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE PLAYING
THE ROLE HERE.
RESPECTING ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS AROUND
SUSTAINABILITY TO MAKE SURE WE
CONSIDER, WE HAVE AN ONGOING
FUNDING CHALLENGE OF AN EPIC
SCALE.
THESE ARE AREAS WE SHOULD
IDEALLY INCREASING, CERTAINLY
NOT CUTTING AND NOT ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
WE'LL HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE
SUSTAINING WHAT YOU WHAT WE'RE
DOING RIGHT NOW.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALE US.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU?
>> I WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS
QUICK.
SO, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ABOUT
SPD AND ONE BOB LEE MORE JUST A
COMMENT ABOUT THE SOLUTIONS
GRANT.
I DIDN'T HEAR, MAYBE HE WAS IN
A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, I
DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU EITHER
WITH REMAINING BALANCES FOR SPD
FOR 2020. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT
AMOUNT IS BEING REDUCED BY $20
MILLION?
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU HAVE
AVAILABLE?
>> IF YOU KEEP ASKING, I COULD
PULL UP SOME EMAILS I SAW
TODAY.
IF NOT, I CAN ANSWER IT
TOMORROW.
>> AND THEN, AS YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE PLANNING THAT YOU ARE
ABOUT TO ENGAGE IN FOR THE 2021
BUDGET, FOR SPD.
YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENTS, WHO IS LEADING THE
PROCESS FOR YOU AS YOU START TO
PLAN AND DEPLOY THAT ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS?
>> IS BEING PLANNED NOW IN THE
MAYORS OFFICE.
THEY ARE LEADING THAT EFFORT,
THE MAYOR IS WORKING WITH AN
OUTREACH TEAM.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO ENGAGE
COMMUNITIES IN THAT WORK.
AND I DON'T, I'M NOT
IMMEDIATELY CLOSE TO THAT AS OF
TODAY, IF YOU WELL.
THAT IS GETTING UNDERWAY AS WE
SPEAK IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING A
PROCESS AND WHO TO INCLUDE.
>> SO, I THINK WHAT I SAW, I'M
ONE OF THE SLIDES, THERE IS A
PLAN FOR ABOUT $500,000 FOR
THAT PROCESS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT IS
INTENDED TO BE SPENT, I WANT TO
POINT OUT THAT THE ALLY SEATTLE
AND THEY CAN COUNTY EQUITY NOW
CORRELATION IS PLANNING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
AROUND WHAT THESE PRIORITIES
SHOULD BE.
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, THEY
REALLY NEED TO BE PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION.
IF WE INVEST MONEY IN THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS,
THE COMMUNITY GROUPS ON THE
GROUND DURING THE WORK SHOULD
BE RESOURCE TO DO THAT WORK.
THOSE ARE THE VOICES WE NEED TO
HEAR ANYWAYS.
AND, THEY WILL UNDERSTAND,
THERE WILL BE SOME CHALLENGES,
GIVEN THE COVID CRISIS.
IF WE DO THIS AN AUTHENTIC WAY
úAND HEAR FROM THESE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, THEY WILL NEED TO BE
RESOURCED FOR MEETING SPACE AND
CHILDCARE AND TRANSLATION
SERVICES AND ALL THE OTHER
THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES
NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE
KINDS OF PROCESSES.
I WANT TO FLAKE WE WILL LOOK AT
HOW THAT IS STRUCTURED.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
1000%, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE
HAVE IN MIND.
IF WERE GOING TO ENGAGE THE
COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO RESEARCH
COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH US.
WE REALIZE PEOPLE COME ON THEIR
OWN TIME, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THIS.
JUST RECENTLY, AS OF TODAY, WE
WERE AWARE OF THE WORKING GROUP
YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
I'M NOT GETTING INTIMATELY
INVOLVED, I THINK WILL BE IN
CONTACT.
I WANT TO ADD I SEE A ROLE IN
THE CONTEXT OF ALL THESE
CONVERSATIONS FOR THE BUDGET
OFFICE INCORPORATION WITH SPD
TO BRING INFORMATION TO THE
TABLE AND I EXPECT THAT AS OUR
RESPONSIBILITY, WE EXPECT TO
PLAY THAT ROLE AND TO ARRIVE
HERE AND TO HEAR FROM THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT THOSE
PRIORITIES.
>> I CAN ANSWER AS WE SPEAK.
SPENCER COMMITTED 195 MILLION
TO DATE OF SPD BUDGET.
THE AREAS THAT WE THINK WE HAD
SAVED ABOUT 6 1/2 MILLION OF
THE 20 THAT WE ARE INTENDING
OTHERWISE TO SAFE.
WE WILL DO SOME QUICK, IT IS
ABOUT 250 MILLION REMAINING AND
I'M PROPOSING TO NOT SPEND, IF
YOU WILL, ABOUT 15 MILLION OF
THAT TOTAL, IT IS QUICK MATH,
IT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF
SEVEN I HAVE, OR A PERCENT OF
WHAT REMAINS FOR THE YEAR IS
WHAT IS ON THE TABLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE LAST, REALLY JUST
A COMMENT.
AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
OBVIOUS NEED, GIVEN THE COVID
CRISIS, TO COMPLETELY CHANGE
THE WAY WE MANAGE OUR
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND THE
INTENSIFYING, I THINK JUST TO
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS ' POINT,
EVEN WITH TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE HOTEL
ROOMS, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT
IS IN PLACE, THAT IS TRYING TO
LAUNCH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, OR
BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
TINY HOME VILLAGES, I'M NOT
TOTALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE
LIMITATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY
SOLUTIONS GRANT.
I CAN TELL YOU, WITH $26
MILLION, WE COULD BUILD ABOUT
18 TINY HOME VILLAGES AND HELP
1000 PEOPLE ARE SO GET OFF THE
STREETS.
I THINK WE'LL DEATHLY BE
LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN RAMP UP
THOSE THINGS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS SAID THAT WE KNOW ARE
SUCCESSFUL, THAT ARE PROVEN TO
HELP PEOPLE STABILIE AND
PEOPLE IN FACT ARE EAGER TO GET
INTO IT, IF GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE
LAST POINTS?
>> DULY NOTED.
AND HEARD.
>> GREAT, I WANT TO ECHO THIS
AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON, YOU
ARE UP NEXT.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU AS WE
LOOK AT THIS FIRST ROUND OF OUR
SPECIFIC BUDGET THAT'S BEEN
SUBMITTED?
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.
SO, I'M WORKING MY WAY THROUGH
THE 14 PIECES OF LEGISLATION
RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.
IT IS NOT EASY TO BALANCE A
BUDGET, I WANT TO THANK THE
MAYOR, THANK YOU DIRECTOR NOBLE
AND ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS
THAT WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE
BUDGET DEFICIT THAT WE ARE
FACING.
I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS
FORWARD TO US SO WE CAN DIG
INTO IT, JUST LIKE MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE STARTED WITH
THEIR QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE
YOU LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR
MORE AUTHENTIC, ONGOING
ENGAGEMENT WITH MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, TO REIMAGINE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
WELLNESS.
I'VE HEARD TO REFER TO AS THE
$20 MILLION AS A DOWN PAYMENT
TOWARDS MORE MEANINGFUL
REALLOCATION OF DOLLARS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME MORE
DISCUSSION NOW.
I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR
WHY A LOT OF THAT MAY HAVE TO
TAKE PLACE IN THE 2021 BUDGET
DISCUSSION IN THE FALL.
THERE IS DISAGREEMENT AMONG MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT THAT BUT I
UNDERSTAND THAT RATIONALE.
REGARDING TRANSPORTATION, I
HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH
WHAT'S IN THE S D.O.T., WHAT IS
BEING REALLOCATED, I SUPPORT
WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THERE.
I WANNA ECHO THE COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD COMMENTS REGARDING THE
CENTURY CITY STREET CAR.
I SUPPORT PAUSING THAT PROJECT
DUE TO THE COST OVERRUNS AND
REDUNDANCY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE PRIVATE
SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THAT TYPE OF
PROGRAM, I KNOW A LOT OF
DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES SUPPORT
THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM DO
THAT.
THIS I THINK REINFORCES THE
NEED TO RENEW OUR SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
WHICH IS EXPIRING THIS FALL.
WE DO HAVE THAT REVENUE SOURCE
CONTINUING FOR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS, USING TRANSIT.
IT WILL BE AN AFFORDABLE
OPTION.
IT MEETS ALANA NEEDS FOR THE
100,000 PEOPLE IN WEST SEATTLE,
NCLUDING SEVERAL OF OUR
COUNCILMEMBERS HERE.
AS WE LOOK TO THE LONG PROCESS
OF TRYING TO REPLACE THAT HIGH
BRIDGE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT SAYS SHE
WILL ASK HER QUESTIONS IN
WRITING.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE
QUESTIONS FROM THE CASTLE
COLLEAGUES YOU HEARD TODAY, IF
YOU COULD SEND THIS TO LISA BY
10 AM ON FRIDAY, WE'LL SUBMIT A
HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS AS WELL.
I WANT TO WRAP UP WITH A FEW
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM ME.
TO REITERATE, COUNCIL MEMBER
DEBORA JUAREZ WAS A MENTOR
QUESTIONS BY WRITING AS WELL.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, WE'VE BEEN
RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE
LAYOFFS, THE PUA IS ABOUT TO
EXPIRE WHICH GIVES US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CITY
EMPLOYEES BE MADE WHOLE BY
UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE WAY OF
FURLOUGHS.
THE CITY IS SELF-INSURED AND WE
WANT TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF
SERVICES.
WE WOULD EXPERIENCE, SAVINGS
THROUGH FURLOUGHS, ANY
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LAYOFFS
ENSURES DISCONTINUATION OF CITY
SERVICES.
I KNOW SOME OF THE INTERNAL CITY
CONVERSATIONS ARE PRIVATE, BUT
DIRECTOR NOBLE, I HOPE YOU CAN
ROCK IS THROUGH THE COST
SAVINGS THROUGH FURLOUGHS AND
WHY ARE WE SAVING MORE CITIES
MONEY THROUGH LAYOFFS.
A LOT OF STATE GOVERNMENTS AND
CITIES ARE LOOKING THROUGH
FURLOUGHS NOW SOAKING COUPLE
THIS WITH FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
>> WE HAVE LOOKED AT AND
CONSIDERED FURLOUGHS.
THE SHORT OF IT IS, BECAUSE OF
THE, WE ARE SELF-INSURED, THERE
ARE SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS,
BECAUSE WE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE
FLEXIBILITY IN THE WORKFORCE,
SOME OF THE FOLKS WE HAD
THOUGHT ABOUT FURLOUGHING, WE
HAVE BEGUN TO RE-DEPLOY INTO
OTHER CRITICAL FUNCTIONS.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A WEIGHT
THAT OPPORTUNITY, I RECENTLY
HEARD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FROM THE STATE THAT THEY MAY,
THEY MAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY MORE
FINANCIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS, IN
TERMS OF THE COST OF OUR SELF-
INSURANCE COSTS BUT ULTIMATELY,
GIVEN THE TIME FRAME, FOR WHICH
THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL SUPPORT
WAS NEEDED AND GIVEN THE
STAFFING NEEDS WE HAVE, AND
ALSO CONCERN ABOUT HOW
EQUITABLY FURLOUGHS COULD BE
IMPLEMENTED, WE DETERMINED THAT
RIGHT NOW WASN'T THE TIME, BUT
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT
TOOL GOING FORWARD.
IT IS AMONG THE THINGS WE ARE
CONSIDERING AS WE LOOK AT OUR
OPPORTUNITIES.
TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS AND OVERALL
COST SAVINGS FOR THE SHEER.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP
WITH YOU ON THAT ISSUE.
I WANT TO DIRECT THIS NEXT
QUESTION TO SLIDE NUMBER 15, ON
MY END.
THE TITLE IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
PULL IT BACK UP.
IT IS OKAY JULIE.
IT IS HARD TO HEAR DIRECTOR
NOBLE FOR SOME REASON.
SLIDE NUMBER 15, PROTECTING OUR
MOST WONDERFUL NEIGHBORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. YOU
HAVE A CHART THAT SHOWS THE
VARIOUS SCHEDULE GRANTS
STARTING WITH FEMALE, ETC., I
THINK, I WANT A FLAKE, IN THIS,
IN OUR INITIAL WALK-THROUGH, WE
HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT
HOLDING BACK $1.4 MILLION TO BE
PLACED INTO THE DEEP
DENSIFICATION STRATEGIES THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS AND
COUNCIL MEMBER TAMMY J. MORALES
HAVE REFERENCED . IS IT
ACCURATE TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE
NOT PLACE THAT 1.4 MILLION IN
TWO DEEP DENSIFICATION
STRATEGIES AND PUT IT BACK INTO
WHAT WAS PROPOSED TO THE
COUNCIL?
>> THE FUNDING WE ARE PROPOSING
OUT OF THE COMMERCE GRANT WOULD
COVER, IMAGINE AS A RFP, IT
WOULD COVER SHELTER SERVICES,
IN GENERAL.
THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR THOSE
RESOURCES TO BE ALLOCATED IN
THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED.
OUR GOAL IS TO GET INFORMATION
FROM PROVIDERS ABOUT WHAT THEIR
NEEDS WERE AND WHAT THE
OPPORTUNITIES WERE.
THAT REMAINS IS AN OPTION FOR
PRESUMABLY UP PORTION, NOT ALL,
BUT AT LEAST THEORETICALLY, FOR
ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD
ALLOCATE FROM THE COMMERCE
GRANT TO SHELTER SERVICES
OVERALL.
WE'VE NOT PRECLUDED THAT. THE
GOAL IS TO GET ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE RANGE OF
OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO DO THAT
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
>> I WILL JUST THAT THAT IF I
MIGHT, AS WE DEAL WITH THIS
PROPOSAL, WE REALLOCATE THE CBG
BACK TO THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED
RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOMELESS
PREVENTION PURPOSES THAT WERE
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BECAUSE WE
HAVE A GREATER RESOURCE
AVAILABLE IN THE GRANT.
>> I WILL JUST FLY, I'M
FRUSTRATED BY THAT.
I'M FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE HAD
WORKED ON THIS OVER A MONTH AGO
WITH THAT SENSE OF URGENCY,
DRIVEN BY THE FEEDBACK WE HAD
RECEIVED FROM HOMELESS SERVICE
PROVIDERS, SPECIFICALLY FOLKS
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF
CONCRETE SHELTERS.
WE WORK WITH YOU TO TRY TO GET
THOSE DOLLARS OUT AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE.
IT DOES SOUND, TO ME, THE
MONEY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE
COLOR OF MONEY QUESTION, IT
HASN'T GONE OUT THE DOOR YET.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> I'M ENJOYING THE
CONVERSATION.
THAT WAS ACCURATE BUT I WILL
CONFIRM.
>> THAT IS A POINT OF
FRUSTRATION.
WE WANT THOSE DOLLARS TO GO
MUCH SOONER THAN THIS.
WE WANTED THE CONGRESS DOLLARS
OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
THAT IS BEEN AVAILABLE DOLLARS
FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS, IF I'M
CORRECT.
THE COUNCIL HAD TAKEN ACTION TO
ALLOCATE THOSE OTHER DOLLARS,
PREVIOUSLY.
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ONGOING
CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING MORE
DOLLARS AND DID NOT CONGREGATE
SHELTERS SETTINGS.
FOR ME, I'M GOING TO FLAG
OVERALL, THIS IS A POINT OF
FRUSTRATION AS A COUNSEL PUTS
MONEY, WE CAN'T FORCE YOU TO
SPEND THOSE DOLLARS IN THE WAY
WE WANT YOU TO.
WE WANT TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH
TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT, BUT
ESPECIALLY NOW, IN A MOMENT OF
COVID, I'M FRUSTRATED THOSE
DOLLARS HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT,
WHERE SEEING A CHANGE IN THE
COLOR OF MONEY AND HAVING THOSE
DOLLARS BE PUT BUT BACK WHAT
THE EXECUTIVE HAD PROPOSED.
THAT IS A POINT OF FRUSTRATION.
I WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON
THAT.
>> UNDERSTOOD, THE GOAL WAS NOT
TO FRUSTRATE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
AND HONESTLY, I DO LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING TOGETHER BETTER.
I APOLOGIZE AND I NOTE IT.
>> THE STRATEGIC ACQUISITION
QUESTION, A LOT OF QUESTIONS
WERE ASKED ABOUT TINY HOMES AND
THE USE OF HOTELS AND MOTELS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION.
FINANCIAL MOTELS OR HOTELS THAT
MAYBE BACON, WE SAW, FOR
EXAMPLE, LEHIGH PURCHASED THE
OKLAHOMA IN YEARS AGO, THAT IS
USED AS A PLACE TO OFFER
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
SHELTERS FOR FOLKS THAT IS NOT
IN THE CONGREGATE SHELTERS
SETTING.
THIS MODEL WAS SUCCESSFUL.
IS THERE ANYTHING SPECIFIC IN
THAT PROPOSED BUDGET THAT IS
COME DOWN FOR STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION OF HOTELS AND
MOTELS TO ALLOW FOR MORE PEOPLE
TO GET OFF THE STREET QUICKLY
AND IN A MORE STABLE SETTING
LIKE A HOTEL ROOM?
>> NOT IN WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED
IMMEDIATELY HERE.
THERE ARE RESOURCES ON HOUSING,
WE DID WORK FOR THE STATE TO
HELP SECURE AN ACQUISITION OF A
RESOURCE THAT COULD'VE BEEN
USED THAT WAY, I'M NOT SURE
WHAT THE CURRENT PLANS ARE FOR
THIS FACILITY.
SO, NOT SPECIFICALLY IN WHAT IS
HERE, BUT THERE ARE POTENTIAL
RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT
COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE,
OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY
EMERGE.
>> OKAY, AND THEN, I WANT TO
CLOSE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY HERE
ONE MORE TIME.
WE STARTED THE PRESENTATION, I
KNOW THE BUDGET OFFICE,
SPECIFICALLY DOCTOR NOBLE,
JULIE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THIS
ISSUE.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ANSWER
THIS ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR,
BUT AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM, IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN PROVIDE
TO US ON CONTEXT ABOUT WHY THE
DELAY WHEN WE'RE SEEING ONLY 1%
INCREASE, I UNDERSTAND HE WAS
BEING HELD BACK SPECIFICALLY TO
ADDRESS THAT.
ARE YOU SAYING, WHILE THE
FUNDING DOESN'T SHOW THE
REDUCTION, YOUR PROCESS HAS
BEEN REFLECTED IN THE
POWERPOINT.
I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY WE HAVE
DELAY HERE AND NOT A
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN
SPENDING FOR SPD?
>> THE DELAY WAS NOT
SPECIFICALLY AROUND, AT LEAST
NOT FOR ME, SPECIFICALLY AROUND
SPD.
I DON'T THINK THAT A TWO WEEK
TIMEFRAME WOULD'VE BEEN
REALISTIC TO DEVELOP
RESPONSIBLE PROPOSALS ABOUT THE
KIND OF SHIFT, WHAT WE ARE
DESCRIBING IS A HISTORIC SHIFT,
POTENTIALLY, IN THE WAY WE
THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
THE WAY WE PROVIDE THOSE
SERVICES.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS
WE ARE DOING IN THAT WINDOW.
WE HAD BROUGHT A SOCIAL JUSTICE
LENS TO OUR PROPOSALS, WE TOOK
A SHARPER LOOK AGAIN.
BECAUSE I, PERSONALLY, WILL BE
LEARNING EVERY DAY.
WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
THAT.
WE SHOULD'VE BEEN MORE
THOUGHTFUL BEFORE.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE COMMUNITY
VOICES TO MAKE YOU REALIZE,
SPEAKING PERSONALLY, WE NEED TO
BE MORE THOUGHTFUL.
THAT IS A PIECE OF WORK WE DID.
THERE WERE MINOR CHANGES, MINOR
CHANGES THAT FOLLOWED FROM THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID,
TOWARDS THE END, NOT IN THE
LAST TWO WEEKS, WAS TO RESTORE
FULL FUNDING FOR EDI, AS
RESTARTED IN THE REGIONAL
PROPOSAL THAT I DEVELOPED, I GOT
DIRECTION FROM THE MAYORS
OFFICE THAT IT WASN'T GOOD
ENOUGH.
IT WOULD HAVE REDUCED FUNDING
FOR EDI BECAUSE OF SHORT-TERM
TAX WAS SHORT.
MOVE THINGS AROUND SO THAT
WOULD NOT BE THE CASE.
WE DID WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
A PATH FORWARD, ON THE SPD
BUDGET.
I DESCRIBED THAT PATH FORWARD.
IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, AFTER, I
HAVE TO CHECK MY CALENDAR AND
EMAIL, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST
WEEK.
I GOT THE DIRECTION TO DEVELOP
PROPOSALS WITH A 50% PRODUCTION.
THIS PART IS NOT MY EXPERTISE,
AS I INDICATED, I DO EXPECT THE
BUDGET OFFICE TO PLAY A ROLE.
THE MAYORS OFFICE STARTED TO
ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT A
COMMUNITY LED PROCESS LOOKING
AT SPD'S.
WE WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
THAT IS FOR WORK, IT IS ONLY
ELEMENTARY WORK.
THAT IS WORK THAT IS GOING ON
IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
ANOTHER PIECE I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT AS WELL IS THIS HAS
BEEN FLUID THROUGHOUT.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE SCHEDULED TO
COME TO YOU, WE WERE LOOKING
FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FINAL
CHECK IN WITH THE MAYOR AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE EVENTS
ON THE GROUND.
HIGHLIGHT IS NOT THE WORD, THEY
WERE THE FIRST PRIORITY AND
REVIEWING THE BUDGET PROPOSAL
WAS NOT THE FIRST PRIORITY.
THEY NEEDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TAKE A FINAL LOOK FROM A POLICY
PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THEY
WERE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WAS
BEING BROUGHT FORWARD.
ULTIMATELY, THEY WERE.
BUT AGAIN, THAT IS WHAT'S GOING
ON.
IT IS A COMBINATION OF FOCUS
ESEWHERE AND THEN SPECIFICALLY
WORKING IN RESPONSE.
AND, ESTABLISHING PROCESSES TO
WORK BETTER IN RESPONSE.
BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, IT
DOESN'T MATTER, THIS IS A
HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY AND IT
TAKES REAL WORK, OVER LONG
TIME, TO GET THERE.
WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND
CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.
AND WE DO THAT WELL.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR NOBLE.
COLLEAGUES, ANY LAST QUESTIONS?
OKAY, IT MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE IT,
BUT WE ARE ON TIME.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE WAS A HARD STOP AT 6. A
LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PUT MUCH OF
THEIR LIFE ON HOLD, AS WE HAVE
BEEN ENGAGED IN THESE VERY
DETAILED AND TOUGH
CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.
SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
TIME.
DIRECTOR NOBLE AND JULIE, THANK
YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING
AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK, AS WELL,
AS WE COLLECT OUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR COLLECTING THOSE
QUESTIONS. PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE
QUESTIONS BY 10 AM ON FRIDAY.
I SEE ALL OF YOU ON HERE. HAVE
A GREAT NIGHT, I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WITH
THAT, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOODBYE.