>> I'M CHAIR OF THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THE MEETING ARE COME TO ORDER.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO.
DID YOU GET COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES?
SHE IS PRESENT AS WELL.
>> I DID NOT GET CONFIRMATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> WE WILL GIVE HER ONE SECOND.
I SAW HER COME ON VIDEO.
YES.
SORRY.
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CLERK.
THANK YOU COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
I KNOW THIS IS SLATED TO BE
ANOTHER LONG DAY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION
AND ENGAGE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR ROW BOAST PARTICIPATION
AND HAVING A FULL COUNCIL
PARTICIPATE AT SELECT BUDGET.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S ASCREEN DA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION.
IN SESSION TWO IN THE AFTERNOON
WE WILL HAVE A FULL AFTERNOON
DEVOTED TO ISSUES RELATED TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WILL
PRESENT ISSUES AND OPTIONS AS
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGH
THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS.
AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THOSE
ISSUES TO THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
THEN WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
HEAR FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF ON
THE FORM As AND THOSE WILL BE
PRESENTED BY CENTRAL STAFF, A
QUICK OVERVIEW.
AS WE DID LAST WEEK, YOU WILL
HAVE THE CHANCE TO BRIEFLY
PROVIDE CONTEXT TO THOSE
ISSUES.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOVE US
MOVING ALONG FOR TODAY.
AT TWO MINUTES IF YOU'RE
DESCRIBING YOUR ISSUE, YOU WILL
SEE ME COME OFF OF MUTE.
THAT IS AN INDICATION TO WRAP
IT UP SO WE CAN SEE IF THERE
ARE OTHER MEMBERS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
MOVE ON TO THE OTHER ITEMS ON
THE AGENDA.
WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO ADJOURN
ON TIME ON ALL OF OUR MEETINGS
LAST WEEK.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS A REMINDER YOU WILL HAVE A
BREAK BETWEEN 1:00 AND 2:00
P.M.
FOR LUNCH AND MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY GETS THE REST THAT
THEY NEED.
WE HAD OVER 150.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE
CONVERSATION MOVING ALONG AS
BEST AS POSSIBLE.
WE WANT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
ISSUES.
JUST A REMINDER IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS OR ISSUES YOU WOULD
LIKE TO RAISE, THIS IS NOT
NECESSARILY A DEBATE.
BUT WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU GET YOUR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO TO
THAT.
JUST LIKE LAST WEEK WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A CHANCE
TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL
AS HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU ON THE
QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO WE HAVE BUILT IN THE FIRST
30 MINUTES FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY
TODAY.
I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS IT IS
OUR EXTREME INTENT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE DO GET THE CHANCE TO
HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT AT EVERY
MEETING AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST
30 MINUTES.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HERE
TODAY WE HAVE ALMOST 30 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP.
SO I AM GOING TO ASK THE IT
FOLKS TO GIVE US A MINUTE AND A
HALF.
ADJUST YOUR COMMENTS
ACCORDINGLY TO GET THROUGH ALL
OF THE SPEAKERS ON TIME.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT YOU
CAN DO SO ONLINE.
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US
TO PRESENT TODAY, JUST A
REMINDER THAT WE HAVE A ROBUST
PUBLIC HEARING NEXT TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 27th AT 5:30 P.M.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED, PLEASE
PUSH STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOUR LINE
AND WE WILL UNMUTE OUR LINE.
BOTH ACTIONS NEED IT TAKE
PLACE.
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU DON'T
HAVE YOUR PHONE ALSO ON MUTE.
THAT HAS COME UP BEFORE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HEAR FROM EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR STATING YOUR NAME
AND ALSO WHEN YOU HEAR THE 10-
SECOND CHIMER AT THE END OF THE
TIME SLOT, WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT
SO YOU DON'T GET CUT OFF AND
THEN HANG UP AND DIAL IN ON THE
LISTEN LINE OR WATCH ONLINE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET
THROUGH AS MANY PEOPLE AS ARE
PRESENT.
THE FIRST THREE ARE MEGAN CRUZ,
JILL ANDERSON AND HOWARD GAIL.
MEGAN, GOOD MORNING.
>> STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> HI THERE, MEGAN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
GOOD MORNING.
YES.
MEGAN CRUZ HERE.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY AND THE BUDGET.
I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT 7 FOR
OVER 30 YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING
I REALLY SUPPORT THE NEW
PROGRAMS, THE LEAD REACH, HELP
ONE.
ONCE THEY ARE SCALED, THEY WILL
MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE LONG OVERDUE.
BUT STILL WE HAVE TO ADDRESS
VIOLENCE THAT OCCURS REGULARLY
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
MUCH IS RELATED TO AN OPARE
DRUG MARKET OPERATING FOR
YEARS.
THE VIOLENCE THAT COMES OUT OF
THIS AREA TOUCHES HUNDREDS OF
RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN A
BLOCK OF THE CORNER AND
THOUSAND THAT'S HAVE CATCH THE
BUS.
A MAN TRIED TO SHIELD ME FROM A
GROUP WANTING TO BEAT THEM UP.
THEY GOT ME OUT OF THE WAY AND
PUMMELED THEM IN FRONT OF BUS
RIDERS.
LOOKING BACK I WAS FORTUNATE.
THE NEXT DAY A WOMAN LOST HER
LIFE WHEN SHE WAS KILLED BY
STRAY GUNFIRE.
THE POINT IS AS WE WORK TO
CHANGE RACISM, IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT WE DON'T NEED POLICE.
WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN PEOPLE ARE
WILLING TO USE DEADLY FALSE.
I ASK TO YOU PUT ASIDE THE
SLOGANS AND THE ARBITRARY
PERCENTAGES.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIRD AND
PIKE AND THE OTHER SPOTS IN THE
CITY LIKE IT.
ENGAGE DIRECT WITH POLICE TO
SEE WHAT THEY NEED TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE.
THIS BUDGET IS ONE ON WHICH
LIVES WILL DEPEND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MEGAN.
AND FOLKS ON THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY LIST, WE HAVE TO
SCALE IT TO ONE MINUTE TO GET
THROUGH EVERYONE IN THE 30-
MINUTE TIME SLOT.
APOLOGIES ON THAT.
MEGAN, THANK YOU.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
LIST HERE.
JILL.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
ACTUALLY I'M A PERSON WHO HAS
WITNESSED AND BEEN VICTIMIZED
BY VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO
DEFUND THE POLICE BECAUSE I
RECENT NOT BEING ABLE TO CALL
THEM AND KNOWING THAT THEY WILL
SAFELY RESOLVE A SITUATION.
WE NEED COMMUNITY SERVICES
RATHER THAN CRIMINALIZING OUR
HOMELESS POPULATION THAT ARE
OFTEN MENTALLY ILL AND IN
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND NOT
VIOLENT.
DRUG USE DOESN'T EQUAL
VIOLENCE.
IT IS AN ILLNESS.
AND WE NEED TO DEFUND THE
POLICE AT LEAST 50% AND
REINVEST IN THE COMMUNITY OR
ELSE THESE SITUATIONS WILL ONLY
GET WORSE.
>> THANK YOU, JILL.
THE NEXT PERSON IS HOWARD.
WELCOME BACK, HOWARD.
AND THEN THE THREE PEOPLE AFTER
THAT.
CARLEE GRAY, FRANK FRANCISCO
AND QUAN LEE.
WELCOME HOWARD.
>> THIS IS HOWARD DALE FROM
DISTRICT 7. RATHER THAN
DISCUSSING DEFUNDING AND
REIMAGINING OUR POLICING SYSTEM
THIS AFTERNOON YOU WILL
ACTUALLY BE DISCUSSING GIVING
THE OPA, OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY MORE MONEY.
THE OPA HAS STOOD BY OVER THE
LAST TEN YEARS WHEN THE SPD HAS
KILLED 27 PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY
ACCOUNTABILITY.
YOUR JOB IS TO DEFUND THE
EXISTING FAILED STRUCTURES OF
BOTH THE POLICE AND THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND
SUPPORT AND FUND REAL COMMUNITY
OVERSIGHT.
PLEASE IN DISCUSSING ANY POLICE
PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING TODAY
EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC HOW
GIVING MORE MONEY TO THE VERY
ENTITY THAT'S IGNORED RECENT
MURDER OF PERRY BY THE SPD WILL
INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY.
DO NOT GIVE MORE MONEY TO
ENTITY THAT'S SERVE CONTINUING
POLICE PRACTICES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, HOWARD.
GOOD MORNING, CARLEE.
>> HI.
MAY MY NAME IS CARLEE GRAY.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7
LIVING IN LOWER QUEEN ANNE.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF A
SOLIDARITY BUDGET THAT MAKES
SIX KIA MENDMENTS TO THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET.
FIRST I SUPPORT THE DEMAND THAT
YOU HAVE HEARD IN THE STREETS
AND IN COUNTLESS CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
MONTHS TO DIVEST FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY AT
LEAST 50%.
THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE
DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A BUDGETING
PROCESS.
I'M ALSO ASKING THAT
INVESTMENTS IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY-LED
HEALTH AND SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
NOT BY TAKING AWAY MONEY FROM
FUNDS LIKE JUMP START SEATTLE
REVENUE OR OTHER CITY FUNDS.
JUMP START SEATTLE FUNDS AND
OTHER FUNDS SHOULD REMAIN
ALLOCATED TO INTENDED PURPOSE
TO PRESERVE VITAL SERVICES,
PARKS AND COVID-19 RELIEF.
I URGE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
REJECT MAYOR DURKAN'S TACTICS
AGAINST COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
FIVE MONTHS OF PROTESTING AND
ORGANIZING SHOULD MAKE OUR
MESSAGE CLEAR BY NOW.
WE NEED TO PROTECT BLACK LIVES
IN SEATTLE.
>> FRANK FRANCISCO.
FRANK.
WE DON'T SEE YOU LISTED AS
PRESENT.
I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING.
IF YOU CALL IN, WE WILL COME
BACK TO YOU.
QUAN LEE FOLLOWED BY JIM STREET
AND MAC MITCHELL.
QUAN JUAN.
GOOD MORNING.
JUST STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
STILL SHOWS YOU MUTED ON MY
END, QUAN.
IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO HIT STAR
6 ONE MORE TIME.
WE'RE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO
YOU.
NEVIN, STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
YOURSELF.
HI.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
I'M LIVE IN DISTRICT 5. I MOVED
TO SEATTLE IN 2019 TO START
MEDICAL SCHOOL.
ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN CLEAR
DURING THAT TIME IS THAT
TREATING IS LESS OFFENSIVE AND
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PREVENTING
IT IN.
THE SAME WAY POLICING RESPONDS
TO CRIME, POVERTY AND MENTAL
ILLNESS WITH PUNISHMENT.
THE BUDGET SHOULD DIVERSE FROM
SPD BY AT LEAST 50% TO INVEST
IN BLACK COMMUNITIES AND
COMMUNITY-LED PROGRAMS THAT
ACTUALLY BUILD UP HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
THAT ALSO ALLOWS A JUMP START
FUND TO BE USED TO MAINTAIN
PUBLIC SERVICES, FIND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUBPOENA
MOVE TOWARDS THE SEATTLE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
I'M ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO
SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET
BECAUSE IT WORKS FOR DIGNITY
AND JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE NEXT PERSON IS JIM.
GOOD MORNING, JIM.
>> YOU ARE UNMUTED.
>> HI.
THIS IS JIM STREET.
FIRST I WOULD THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AND GONZALEZ AND
SEWANT.
FOR THE CLIMATE POLICY ADVISER
POSITION.
THESE POSITIONS WERE ALREADY
URGENTLY NEEDED THIS YEAR TO
FULLY STAFF THE PLANNING AND
OTHER PREIMPLEMENTATION
ACTIVITIES NEEDED TO CARRY OUT
ACTIONS.
PUSHES THE WORLD CLOSER TO THE
TIPPING POINT.
CARBON EMISSIONS SPILL OVER TO
OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND
THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE WILL
PAY OUR CARBON EMISSION BILL.
THEY WILL PLAY OUR BILL.
THE LOSSES IN DELAYS AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNSEL'S
GREEN NEW DEAL ACTIONS ARE
PERMANENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MAC, YOU ARE UP NEXT.
GOOD MORNING, MAC.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS MAC MICHELLE.
I'M TESTIFYING TODAY FOR THE
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
REGARDING THE BUDGET AND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF THE
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SEATTLE
KING COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE GIVEN FORMATIVE INPUT
OVER THE PAST YEAR TO KING
COUNTY STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN
AND THE CLIMATE ACTION TOOL KIT
WHICH ARE HIGHLY ALIGNED WITH
SEATTLE'S GREEN NEW DEAL GOALS.
OUR CURRENT ROLE IS UNIQUE.
WE WORK WITH CITY COUNCILS IN
KING COUNTY TO DEVELOP THEIR
CLIMATE PLANS THROUGH
DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT,
TRANSPARENCY, EDUCATION, AND
CLIMATE JUSTICE.
OUR COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT THE
CITY IS THE REAL UNIT OF CHANGE
FOR CLIMATE ACTION.
WHEN GRASS ROOTS OWNERSHIP AND
EDUCATION IS DEEP, THE
COMMUNITY WILL VOTE FOR
PROACTIVE AND SUPPORTING
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SPONSOR
SUCH INITIATIVES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAC.
PLEASE DO SEND IN THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
QUAN, IF YOU ARE STILL WUSS, WE
WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GOT THE CHANCE TO GET YOU OFF
OF MUTE.
GOOD MORNING, GRACE.
>> I HAVE WORK WITH FDNY
FAMILIES AFTER THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER IN NEW YORK.
SO I HAVE EXPERIENCE. SOME OF
WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT
TODAY.
THE POLICE IN SEATTLE ARE WELL
TRAINED IN DEESCALATING THE
SITUATIONS WHICH OFTEN INVOLVE
GUNS, OTHER WEAPONS AND
HOMICIDE.
[UNDISCERNIBLE]
I JUST WANTED TO SAY MOST
RECENTLY WE HAVE LOST OVER 150
OF OUR BEST TRAINED AND
CULTURALLY RACIALLY DIVERSE
POLICE DUE TO THE POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT.
>> THANK YOU, GRACE.
PLEASE DO SEND IN THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
LYNN, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS LYNN JUDGE.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN
ENDORSED BY OVER 100 LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
I'M ASKING YOU TO EJECT THE
MAYOR'S BUN SET BUDGE SET AND
PASS THE 2021 BUDGET.
PRIORITIZE DIVERSING FROM SPD
AND CUTTING THE BUDGET BY AT
LEAST 50%.
INVESTING $100 MILLION IN THE
BLACK COMMUNITY USING FUNDS
FROM SPD AND REALLOCATING THAT
ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
MOST AFFECTED BY POLICE
VIOLENCE FOR A SAFETY SOLUTION.
AND THIRD, PRESERVING VITAL
PROGRAMS LIKE TRANSPORTATION,
COVID-19 RELIEF, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND A GREEN NEW DEAL.
AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO DEAL
WITH COVID-19, HOMELESSNESS AND
CLIMATE CHANGE, WE CANNOT
AFFORD TO CUT THE PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES THAT ADDRESS THESE
VITAL NEEDS.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE NECESSARY TO
BUILDING AN EQUITABLE CITY AND
REINVEST IN THE BLACK
COMMUNITY.
IT SHOULD NOT COME AT THE --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE DO SEND IN THE REST OF
YOUR COMMENTS.
WE WILL GO TO JESS AND THEN WE
WILL GO BACK TO QUAN JUAN.
GOOD MORNING, JESS.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
I'M A CAMPAIGN CODIRECTOR WITH
350 SEATTLE.
I ORGANIZE WITH OUR GREEN NEW
DEAL.
WHEN I SHOW UP TO FIGHT FOR
SEATTLE GREEN NEW DEAL, I'M NOT
JUST TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE
ACTION, NOT JUST CLIMATE
JUSTICE, THOSE THINGS ARE SO
IMPORTANT.
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT FIGHTING
FOR A CITY THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE
IN NO MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE
OR WHERE YOU LIVE OR WHAT'S IN
YOUR WALLET.
YOU HAVE A SHOT AT A HEALTHY
FUTURE.
THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING IN TO
URGE YOU TO DIVEST FROM SPD BY
AT LEAST 50% AND REINVEST THAT
FUNDING IN BLACK COMMUNITIES IN
SEATTLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE
FUNDING IS REINVESTED THROUGH
BUDGETING.
I WANT THAT MONEY NOT TO COME
FROM JUMP START SO WE CAN
PRESERVE VITAL CITY SERVICES
AND AVOID CUTS TO PROGRAMS AND
INVESTMENT THAT'S WILL KEEP US
HEALTHY AND SAFE THROUGH THE
ECONOMIC RECESSION AND THE
COMING CLIMBAS CRISIS.
I URGE YOU TO HEAR THE FOLKS
TODAY CALLING FOR A SOLIDARITY
BUDGET AND KNOWING TAKING AN
ACTION IS SEATTLE'S GREEN NEW
DEAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD TIMING.
LET'S GO BACK TO QUAN.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE KAREN
TAYLOR, GORDON AND KATIE.
HI.
SORRY FOR THE DELAY.
>> HI.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THANKS.
>> OKAY.
I'M JUST GOING TO START.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME IN.
GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS QUAN.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 7. AND I
WOULD LIKE TO REINSTATE THAT
THE CITY NEEDS TO MEET THE FIVE
DEMANDS.
NUMBER ONE DEFUND THE CITY BY
50% IN 2021.
NUMBER TWO RELOCATE UNDER
PRIVILEGED COMMUNITY.
WHEN I SAY POLICE BUDGET IT
MEANS THAT THESE VITAL SERVICES
SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE
POLICE BUDGET.
AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE BUDGETING FROM
SOME ART AND SOME VITAL
SERVICES FOR THE
UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITIES.
NUMBER THREE, ALL PROTESTERS
SHOULD BE FREE.
I YIELD MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR HANGING ON THE
LINE THERE.
KAREN, GOOD MORNING.
>> SO SORRY.
>> HI THERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME.
>> YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I'M JUST CALLING TO TALK
ABOUT THE POLICE BUDGET.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MY
REMARKS WERE GOING TO BE.
I WANT TO ADDRESS NEEDING
PROTECTION FROM PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE.
THE POLICE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
SHUT DOWN A DRUG MARKET FOR
MANY MANY YEARS AND THEY
WEREN'T ABLE TO PROTECT HER OR
SOMEONE ELSE IN HER COMMUNITY
AFTER THAT.
I MAY NOT BE A POLICE
ABOLITIONIST BUT THEY HAVE HAD
A CHANCE TO DO THEIR JOBS FOR
SO LONG.
NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE
COMMUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
BE SAFE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
GORDON, GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN
WAYS.
WE JUST CAME THROUGH AN
UNPRECEDENTED SUMMER OF CLIMATE
FIRES AND TOXIC SMOKE WHICH
LEADS ME TO WONDER WHY WE ARE
CONSIDERING A BUDGET THAT WOULD
HELP US REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE
ON FOSSIL FUELS.
WE REALLY THINK THAT BASIC
MAINTENANCE IS INCLUDE BASIC
MOBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO WALK
SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY AND TAKE
BIKES AND TRANSIT WHERE YOU
NEED TO GO.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
SUSPENDING THE MINIMUM GENERAL
FUND REQUIREMENTS.
WE'RE RELIANT ON THE LEVEE AND
MAKING SURE THAT VOTERS TRUST
IT IS IMPORTANT.
THREE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS ON THE
TABLE THAT WE SUPPORT.
THE THOMAS STREET PROPOSAL IS
GOOD.
THE SOUTH PARK TRAIL IS
FANTASTIC.
AND SIDEWALK REPAIR IN GENERAL
IS IMPORTANT AS WELL FOR BASIC
MAINTENANCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION AND HOPE YOU'RE
ALL DOING WELL.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, GORDON.
THE NEXT FOUR PEOPLE I'M GOING
TO READ ARE NOT PRESENT BUT WE
DO HAVE YOU SIGNED UP.
IF YOU DIAL BACK IN BEFORE WE
END PUBLIC COMMENT WE WILL GET
TO YOU. WE WILL GO TO NUMBER 18
VALERIE CHARLOTTE.
NUMBER 19, CELINE RUSSO AND MIA
MENDOZA.
VALERIE, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
SORRY I LOST TRACK OF WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 2.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING POLICING IN
SEATTLE FOR TEN YEARS NOW.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER A
DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENT TO THE
OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT COSTS MILLIONS EVERY YEAR.
AND IT ONLY PRODUCES THE
APPEARANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY,
NOT REAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
IF THIS SPD KNEW THAT IT WAS
TRULY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE
WHO PAY THEIR SALARIES, WE
WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN OVER MANY,
MANY, MANY YEARS BELLIGERENT
POLICE CULTURE, POLICE
BRUTALITY, POLICE KILLINGS THAT
REALLY SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
SO I REALLY -- I'M JUST
IMPLORING YOU TO REALLY
RECONSIDER WHAT YOU FUND AND
FUND AN ENTIRELY CIVILIAN BODY
OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
VALERIE.
CELINE, GOOD MORNING.
JUST STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
THERE.
AND AFTER CELINE IS MIA.
CELINE, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME,
PUSH STAR 6 UNMUTE.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS CELINE RUSSO.
I'M FROM DISTRICT 1. THANKS FOR
GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO YOU CAN
AT THAT.
I WANTED TO CALL IN SUPPORT OF
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THERE'S BEEN LIKE PEOPLE HAVE
SAID BEFORE WE'VE GIVEN THE
POLICE SO MANY CHANCES.
THERE'S BEEN YEARS OF INTERNAL
CHANGES BEING MADE.
AND THAT HAS PRODUCED NOTHING.
SO WE NEED TO CUT THEIR BUDGET
BY 50%.
ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME WHEN WE
ARE CUTTING SO MANY OTHER
BUDGETS OF CRUCIAL SERVICES.
BUS ROUTES, TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS, EVERYTHING IS BEING
CUT.
WE ALSO NEED TO CUT THE POLICE
BUDGET AND WE NEED TO REINVEST
THAT MONEY IN SOLUTION THAT'S
HAVE BEEN PROVEN.
THERE ARE ACTIVE COMMUNITY-LED
SOLUTIONS OUT THERE CURRENTLY
THAT ARE MAKING REAL CHANGE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO PUT
THAT MONEY.
SO THAT IS ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CELINE.
MIA.
GOOD MORNING.
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MIA MENDOZA FROM
DISTRICT 6. I HAD A WHOLE THING
PREPARED THAT WAS TWO MINUTES.
SO I WILL MESSAGE THAT TO YOU
GUYS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL IN
AND TALK ABOUT THE INFLATED AND
MISMANAGED SEATTLE BUDGET.
I JUST -- SORRY.
I HAD A WHOLE THING PREPARED.
BASICALLY FRIENDS OF MINE AND
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE
CONTINUOUSLY THIS WHOLE SUMMER
GOTTEN THEIR BUTTS KICKED BY
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT.
$237MILLION OF OUR MONEY GOES
TO THEM ASSAULTING OUR
COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR.
WHEN WE COULD BE SUPPORTING
SOMETHING LIKE JUMP START
SEATTLE, SOMETHING THAT COULD
ACTUALLY HELP US IN THE WAKE OF
COVID-19.
WHY WOULD WE TAKE FROM THAT TO
GIVE TO OUR BLACK COMMUNITY
INSTEAD OF TAKING FROM WHAT IS
ASSAULTING OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT US TO CONSIDER THAT
AND ALSO THAT EVEN SAFE SEATTLE
RIGHT WING SEATTLE GROUP HAS
STARTED TALKING ABOUT HOW SPD
ISN'T DOING THEIR JOB EITHER TO
PROTECT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIA.
DO SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU CAN ACCEPTED IT TO
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
THE NEXT FOLK THAT'S ARE
PRESENT, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, CALEB.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CALEB.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT EVERYONE
HAS PUT IT VERY WELL.
I WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE TO
THEIRS AND SAY THAT I SUPPORT
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
THAT'S ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THINK
EVERYONE HAS PRETTY MUCH
COVERED IT PRETTY WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR ADDING YOUR
VOICE, CALEB.
ERIC, GOOD MORNING.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI, ERIC.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE UNMUTED ON
OUR END.
HI.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
YES.
I'M ERIC.
FIRST TIME SPEAKER HERE FROM
DISTRICT 4. I HAVE LIVED IN THE
DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIXING
NORTHEAST 45th STREET.
SDOT SPENT MILLIONS BY ADDING A
PROTECTED BIKE LANE FROM THE U
DISTRICT AND ADDING A JERSEY
BARRIER TO PROTECT PEDESTRIANS
AND OTHERS GOING DOWNHILL FROM
DISTRICT.
SDOT FOUND NO DELAYS TO THROUGH
PUT, NO LOST PARKING.
THE COST WAS ESTIMATED AT
$500,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THE
WORK IS WHEN THE ROUTE HAPPENS
FOR 44.
SDOT ELIMINATED THE WORK AS
PART OF RECENT CUTBACKS WE
WOULD LIKE YOU TO RESTORE
FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT OR
DEMAND THAT IT BE DONE.
WE WOULD RATHER SEE THE ENTIRE
PROJECT DELAYED THAN THIS
ESSENTIAL COMPONENT CUT.
THE LANGUAGE TO MOVE MANDATES
THAT SDOT DO THIS BEFORE LIGHT
RAIL OPENS --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
CALLING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME
TODAY, ERIC.
AND SEND IN THE REST OF YOUR
COMMENTS AS WELL.
APPRECIATE THAT.
MICHAEL, GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL.
I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT 3.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET TO DEFUND SPD
BY 50%.
100MILLION GOING TO BUDGETING
FOR VITAL SERVICES AND
IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMMENTED
SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE
EVENT THIS PAST MONTH THAT THEY
ARE COMMITTED.
WE HOPE TO SEE THEM FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THEIR ACTIONS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS THAT I
HAVE LISTED AS PRESENT.
IF YOU SIGNED UP AND DON'T HEAR
YOUR NAME, NOW IS THE TIME TO
CALL IN.
GOOD MORNING, KATIE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS KATIE WILSON
REPRESENTED THE TRANSIT RIDERS
UNION.
WE SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET AND THE BUDGET
PRIORITIES AS THE MASS
COALITION WHICH YOU ALL SHOULD
HAVE RECEIVED.
WE'RE GLAD THAT THE COUNCIL
WILL BE DISCUSSING RESTRAINTS
FOR THE SOUTH PARK TRAIL AND
SIDEWALK REPAIR ON RAINIER
AVENUE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDING
RESTORED TO THE VARIOUS
CORRIDOR PROJECTS.
SPECIFICALLY WE ASK THE COUNCIL
TO RESTORE $1 MILLION CUT FROM
THE CORRIDOR PROJECT.
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHICH PROJECTS
ARE IN DANGER BUT WE THINK THE
DESIGN FOR UPGRADES AND OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS IS GOOD AND WOULD
NOT LIKE TO SEE IT WATERED
DOWN.
RAISE FUNDS TO GET ROLLING
PROJECTS BACK ON TRACK.
I WANT TO ECHO GORDON'S CONCERN
ABOUT SUSPENDING THE GENERAL
FUND REQUIREMENT TO THE MOVE
SEATTLE LEVEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KATIE.
ANNA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS ANNA DIRECTOR OF THE
DISABILITY MOBILITY INITIATIVE
AT DISABILITY RIGHTS
WASHINGTON.
TO START I WANT TO SAY THAT WE
ALSO SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGE SET AND INVEST IN
COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED
TO FUND THE TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THOSE OF US THAT WALK ON
TRANSIT, POOR PEOPLE, ELDERLY
AND DISABLED PEOPLE ARE MUCH
MORE LIKELY TO -- LESS LIKELY
TO HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
ACCESS TO CARS.
WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
TRANSIT RELIANT AND MORE LIKELY
TO WALK OR ROLL FOR
TRANSPORTATION.
WE NEED ACCEPTABLE AND WELL
MAINTAINED SIDEWALKS TO GET TO
TRANSIT OR WALK OR ROLL TO
SERVICES, ESPECIALLY IN
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE FACED
HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT.
THE SIDEWALKS ALONG RAINIER ARE
DISMAL.
GETTING FURTHER DELAYED BECAUSE
OF THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE
RAPID RIDE.
CUT THE POLICE BUDGET AND FUND
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS
THAT I CALLED DID DIAL BACK IN.
THE LAST TWO THAT WE HAVE ARE
DAVID AND DANIEL CLARK.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU.
DAVID HANES.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TWO
THIRDS OF THE COPS IN SEATTLE
ARE UNQUALIFIED TO FIGHT REAL
CRIME.
INTERIM RACIST CHIEF SHOULD BE
FIRED.
CRIME FIGHT UNITS WHILE
REFUSING TO REQUIRE TWO THIRDS
UNQUALIFIED TO STEP UP AND PASS
THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS OR BE
LET GO FOR NOT BEING QUALIFIED
AND WILLING.
WE DO NOT NEED PROPAGANDA COPS
DOING COFFEE OUTREACH.
INTIMIDATING LAW ABIDING
CITIZENS WHILE ENSURING THAT
COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE.
COPS ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO FIGHT
REAL CRIME BUT CAN BLAME
HOMELESS WHILE REFUSING TO GO
AFTER DRUG PUSHERS AND
DESTROYING LIVES DAILY.
IS THE CITY COUNCIL PAYING THE
LIBRARIANS TO STAY HOME OR ARE
THEY ESSENTIAL REDEVELOPING THE
INTERIOR TO ACCOMMODATE THE
NEED FOR PERSONAL SPACE AND
PROTECTION FROM SPIT SPRAYERS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
AND THE LAST PERSON THAT WE
HAVE PRESENT IS DANIEL CLARK.
GOOD MORNING, DANIEL.
>> HI.
I'VE BEEN A PROTESTER SINCE THE
BEGINNING OFF AND ON BASICALLY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
AFTER BEING ARRESTED ON JULY
1st, WHEN CHOP WAS CLEARED OUT,
ME AND A FELLOW PROTESTER THAT
EVENING WERE WALKING ON 6th AND
JAMES ACROSS BY THE ALL CITY
BAIL BONDS WHEN THE WINDOW
BROKE OUT IN SILENCE.
AND I TURNED TO MY PROTESTER
AND I SAID DID THAT ACTUALLY
HAPPEN?
HE SAID OKAY.
I'M GOING TO KEEP ON WALKING.
WE WALKED FAST UP THE HILL.
WHEN WE TURNED TO OUR RIGHT IN
THE -- IN THAT HOUSING BUILDING
TO THE RIGHT BUT SEA A POLICE
OFFICER GOING TO AN UNMARKED
CAR IN THE 24-HOUR PARKING
SPOT.
I CONTINUED ON WITH MY WALKING.
LATER THAT -- LATER THAT WEEK,
I FOLLOWED UP WITH OPA.
IT SEEMS THAT SPD REPORTED IT
ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER.
IT WAS A 10-MILLIMETER SOCKET
THAT WENT THROUGH THE WINDOW.
NOW, I THINK THIS WAS TARGETED
HARASSMENT.
BECAUSE I WAS IN THE JAIL
YELLING BLACK LIVES MATTER AND
OTHER CHANTS.
AND WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE JAIL
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
>> DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY.
WE WILL ALSO FOLLOW UP YOU WITH
AND OPA AS WELL.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE REST
OF THAT ACCOUNT.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
TODAY.
>>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THAT IS EVERYONE WHO I HAVE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY CALLING
IN WITH THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO
PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR OUR
DELIBERATIONS TODAY.
WITH THAT, THAT ENDS PUBLIC
COMMENT AND WE WILL MOVE INTO
ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA AS THEY
APPEAR ON THE PUBLISHED AGENDA.
MADAM CLERK.
>> I DO SEE ALY PENNUCCI AND
TRACI HERE TODAY.
THIS IS DAY THREE OF FOUR AS WE
ARE WALKING THROUGH ISSUE IDs.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
I WANTED TO BRIEFLY UPDATE THE
COMMITTEE ON A MINOR SCHEDULE
CHANGE AND THE PUBLIC.
TOMORROW AS THE CHAIR DESCRIBED
TODAY YOU WILL HEAR
PRESENTATIONS ON THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
TOMORROW YOU WILL HEAR
PRESENTATIONS ON COMMUNITY
SAFETY, HUMAN SERVICES,
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND THE
CITY-WIDE COVID RESPONSE.
I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT WE HAD HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND HOMELESSNESS
SCHEDULED AS ONE PRESENTATION
IN THE AFTERNOON.
GIVEN THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL
MEMBER PROPOSALS AND THE CROSS
CUTTING ISSUES IN THE
HOMELESSNESS PAPER, WE HAVE
SEPARATED IT INTO TWO SEPARATE
PAPERS AND THE HUMAN SERVICES
DPARTMENT WILL BE IN THE
MORNING SESSION UNLESS THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY DISCUSSION
RUNS LONG.
I WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR
EVERYONE'S INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU, ALY.
PATTY HAS ALREADY SENT OUT THE
PACKET FOR TOMORROW.
WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALY
ON THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY, ALY.
ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR END, ALY.
>> I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
TRACI.
THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANKS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
TRACI RATZLIFF CENTRAL STAFF.
TODAY I WILL GO OVER HIGHLIGHTS
FROM MY ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
PAPER FOR THE SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
HAS BEEN COVERED IN PRIOR
PRESENTATIONS THE PANDEMIC HAS
POSED SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES IN 2020.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
IN 2021.
REDUCED USER FEES AND RENTAL
INCOME ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CLOSURE OF MANY SPR FACILITIES,
AND DECREASE REAL ESTATE EXCISE
TAX TO THE CITY ALL CONTRIBUTE
TO SPR'S BUDGET CHALLENGES.
THE 2021 PRO HE POSED BUDGET
ASSUMES A GRADUAL REOPENING OF
FOUR POOLS AS PERMITTD BY
PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES.
AS SUPERINTENDENT AGUIRRE
MENTIONED LAST NIGHT, THEIR
BUDGET WAS BUILT ON THE IDEA
THAT PHASE 3 GUIDELINES
ALLOWING UP TO 50% CAPACITY OF
RECREATION FACILITIES WOULD BE
PERMITTED.
AS WE KNOW THOSE GUIDELINES
HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO ACTUALLY
LOWER THE CAPACITY TO 25%.
I RAISE THIS TO HIGHLIGHT THE
UNCERTAINTY WITH WHICH PARKS
WILL BE ENTERING INTO THE 2021
YEAR AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE COULD BE FURTHER IMPACTS
REVENUE-WISE TO THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE
TO TAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF
2021.
MY ISSUE PAPER GETS INTO DETAIL
ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES ON
BOTH THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING
SIDE THAT I WILL NOT GO INTO
TODAY DUE TO TIME LIMITATIONS
AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD NOW
-- THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD
SESSION REGARDING THE PARKS
BUDGET, HAVING HAD THE PARK
PRESENTATION ON THE 2nd OF
OCTOBER AND LAST NIGHT'S
SESSION ON THE SPENDING PLANS
SPECIFICALLY.
AS WE HEARD LAST NIGHT AND
PREVIOUSLY, IN AN EFFORT TO
MAINTAIN SPR PROVIDED COMMUNITY
SERVICES AND A TRAINED STAFF TO
DELIVER THE SERVICES THE
PROPOSED 2021 CAPTURES
CONTINUED HIRING FREEZE AND
REALLOCATING FUNDING FROM THE
MBD CAPITAL PROGRAMS TO
OPERATING PROGRAMS TO SUSTAIN
SPR OPERATIONS IN 2021N
ADDITION THE BUDGET MAKES $19
MILLION IN REDUCTIONS TO
REFUNDED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.
ATTACHMENT ONE TO MY MEMO
DESCRIBES THOSE SPECIFIC
CHANGES TO REFUNDED PROGRAMS
AND PROJECTS.
SLIDE 1 SHOWS THE 2021 PROPOSED
OPERATING BUDGET IS $175
MILLION, WHICH AGAIN IS A
SLIGHT DECREASE OVER THE 2020
ADOPTED BUDGET.
AS YOU MOVE TO SLIDE 2, WE SEE
THAT THE PROPOSED CAPITAL
BUDGET IS $53 MILLION OR A
DECREASE OF $34 MILLION OVER
THE 2020 BUDGET.
AND, AGAIN THIS REFLECTS THE
SHIFT OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT
OPERATING COSTS AND THE $19
MILLION REDUCTION IN PARKS
SUPPORT AND CAPITAL PROGRAMS.
SHOWN PRIMARILY FROM THE
CAPITAL REDUCTIONS.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE WE CAN SEE
THE CHANGES THAT HAPPEN IN
TERMS OF THE REDUCTION FUND.
THOSE OTHER RESOURCES REFLECT
PREDOMINANTLY THE FEES
GENERATED FROM THE PARKS
FACILITIES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS INFORMATION?
IF NOT I WILL MOVE ON TO SLIDE
3.
THE MPD MAY USED FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
AS WE KNOW FROM LAST NIGHT'S
DISCUSSION THE MPD'S SPENDING
PLAN APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL
ENDED IN 2020.
SPR DID NOT -- WAS NOT ABLE TO
SUBMIT A NEW PLAN BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC.
THERE WAS AN INTERIM SPENDING
PLAN BY USING THE ANNUAL
SPENDING PLAN AS THE BASE
BUDGET, INCREASING IT BY THE
ANNUAL INFLATION RATE THAT WE
USED FOR THE PRIOR SPENDING
PLANS SUBPOENA MAKING
MODIFICATIONS TO ADDRESS A
GENERAL FUND AND SHORTFALLS.
THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE MPD
SPENDING PLAN PROGRAM THAT
INCLUDE OPERATING COSTS VERSUS
ONE TIME COSTS WILL NEED TO BE
SUPPORTED IN FUTURE YEARS BY
THE SIX-YEAR SPENDING PLAN,
GENERAL FUND OR PARKS FEES.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS, THE
COUNCIL COULD PROPOSE
ADDITIONAL OR DIFFERENT
REDUCTIONS TO OTHER FUNDED
PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT COUNCIL
RELATED PARKS RELATED
PRIORITIES.
ANY SUCH CHANGES COULD HAVE
PROBLEMATIC OR STAFFING
IMPLICATIONS.
SO YOUR OPTIONS REALLY INCLUDE
TO ADOPT THE CHANGES IN THE
SPENDING PLAN IN THE 2021
PROPOSED BUDGET OR MODIFY THE
SPENDING PLAN TO SUPPORT
PROJECT PRIORITIES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS ISSUE?
>> I DON'T SEE ANYONE RAISING
THEIR HAND, TRACI.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
LET'S MOVE TO SLIDE 4 THEN.
I WILL NOW TALK ABOUT THE PARKS
RELATED BUDGET LEGISLATION.
THE FIRST PIECE OF LEGISLATION
IS THE 2021-2022 FEES AND
CHARGES ORDINANCE.
THIS ADOPTS THE FEE SCHEDULE
FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THIS ESTABLISHES THE CHARGES
THAT ARE INCURRED.
THIS INCLUDES POOLS RENTAL FOR
SOME OF THEIR PARKS FACILITIES.
THE PROPOSED FEES FOR 2021 AND
2022 ARE UNCHANGED FROM THE
2020 ORDINANCE.
THAT CHANGE OR THAT -- HOLDING
THOSE FEES STEADY WAS SPR'S
DESIRED INTENT GIVEN THE
CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
MOVING ON TO THE RESOLUTION.
SO THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO PROVIDE A
REDUCED LEVEL OF GENERAL FUND
SUPPORT DUE TO THE DEMANDING
ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES CAUSED
BY THE PANDEMIC.
THEIR LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND PARK DISTRICT
REQUIRES A BASELINE AMOUNT OF
SUPPORT ADJUSTED ANNUALLY FOR
THE INFLATION.
IN 2021, THE GENERAL FUND LEVEL
OF SUPPORT WOULD BE $103
MILLION.
AS WE HAVE SEEN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET PROVIDES $97
MILLION.
IF THE COUNCIL DETERMINES THAT
A NATURAL DISASTER OR
CHALLENGING ECONOMIC
CIRCUMSTANCE PREVENTS THE CITY
FROM MAINTAINING THE GENERAL
FUND SUPPORT AND ADOPT
RESOLUTION WITH TWO THIRDS
APPROVAL.
THIS RESOLUTION WOULD IN FACT
PROVIDE THAT AUTHORIZATION TO
PRODUCE THE GENERAL FUND IN
2021.
NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I'LL MOVE ON TO THE LAST ONE.
THE THIRD PIECE OF LEGISLATION
IS THE THIRD QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL.
THIS ADDRESSES THE $17.2
MILLION OF ANTICIPATED
SHORTFALL IN THE PARKS AND
RECREATION FUND.
IT DOES THIS BY REDUCING
EXPENDITURES IN THE PARKS AND
RECREATION FUND PRIMARILY FROM
HOLDING POSITIONS VACANT AND
REDUCING HIRING OF TEMPORARY
LABOR.
APPROPRIATING $7 MILLION IN
GENERAL FUND RESERVES
ESTABLISHED DURING THE
REVISIONS TO THE 2020 BUDGET TO
OFF SET WHAT WERE ANTICIPATED
TO BE THE LOSSES TO THE PARKS
AND REC FUND.
REDUCING CAPITAL PROJECTS BY
$5.3 MILLION.
AND THESE PROJECTS INCLUDE
SMITH COVE, THE QUEEN ANNE
PROJECT.
AND THEN FINALLY REDUCING MPD
OPERATING PROGRAMS BY $1.57
MILLION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS LEGISLATION?
>> TRACI, THANKS SO MUCH.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS
ONE.
IN THE MEMO IT SUMMARIZES THE
COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO THE
PARKS AND RECREATIONS FUND AND
THE $3.31 MILLION REDUCTION
FROM VACANCIES.
>> YES.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GOLF
PROGRAM ALLOCATION, IT IS ABOUT
A MILLION DOLLARS.
$912,000 REDUCTION THERE.
>> YEP.
>> JUST OFFHAND.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE
TO ASK THIS EARLIER, CAN YOU
PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT?
I HAVE UNDERSTOOD FROM OTHER
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD THE
GOLF PROGRAM IS NOT REVENUE
GENERATING WITH OUR GOLF
COURSES ACROSS THE CITY.
THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT THE
VACANCIES AND TEMPORARY LABOR.
THIS ISN'T LOOKING AT REDUCING
OVERALL PAYMENTS TOWARDS.
>> CORRECT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A SAVINGS THAT
THEY WERE ABLE TO GENERATE THIS
YEAR.
IF YOU REMEMBER, THE GOLF
COURSES WERE CLOSED FOR A
CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY WERE I THINK CLOSED ABOUT
30 DAYS.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO REDUCE
STAFFING AND GENERATE THESE
SAVINGS OF $900,000 NEXT PEN DID
$900,000 IN
EXPENDITURES.
THEY ARE ONLY 4% BEHIND BUDGET
FOR THE YEAR IN TERMS OF
REVENUE.
THEY HAVE RECOVERED VERY WELL.
>> THAT IS MY SECOND QUESTION.
ARE THEY FURTHER IN THE HOLE
GIVEN THAT THEY WERE NOT
REVENUE GENERATING.
>> CREDIT TO THE CURRENT
OPERATORS OF THE GOLF COURSES.
THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET
PEOPLE OUT ON THE COURSES AND
THEY HAD PEOPLE IN DROVES
WANTING TO GO GOLFING BECAUSE
APPARENTLY THEY CAN'T GO
ANYWHERE ELSE.
AS OF THE SEPTEMBER REPORT THEY
WERE ABOUT 4% BEHIND ON THEIR
REVENUES FOR THE YEAR.
THEY HAD MADE UP QUITE A BIT OF
THEIR REVENUE LOSS WHEN THEY
HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR THAT ONE
MONTH.
>> OKAY.
DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND WHEN THE 4%
EQUALS?
>> I WANT TO SAY IT IS LIKE
$200,000.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER
GENERAL QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 3
HERE FOR QUARTER 3? THANK YOU,
TRACI.
THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
SLIDE 6.
>> SORRY.
I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE TOO ON
THIS.
I'M SORRY.
>> NO WORRIES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
I'M SORRY IF I WAS SLOW TO SEE
YOU BOTH.
>> NO WORRIES THERE MADAM
CHAIR.
JUST TALKING ABOUT THE -- THOSE
VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS.
>> YES.
>> THAT HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
I KNOW THIS IS THE CASE WITH
SMITH COVE.
AND I ASKED DIRECTOR AGUIRRE
ABOUT THIS OR SUPERINTENDENT
AGUIRRE ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
>> UH-HUH.
>> BUT I'M CURIOUS HOW MUCH
MONEY IS TIED UP FROM OTHER
SOURCES IN SMITH COVE IN
ADDITION TO THE MONEY ONLY OUR
SIDE IN OUR CAPITAL REDUCTIONS.
>> UH-HUH.
>> AND WHETHER THAT IS AT RISK.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE SEE -- IF
YOU CAN'T ANSWER WITH ALL OF
THE DETAILS HERE, THAT'S FINE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE SEE A
SUMMARY OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH
MONEY WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AT
RISK AND WHETHER THAT MONEY
COULD BE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL LATE
TORE RESUME THOSE PROJECTS?
JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WITH SMITH
COVE IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S
BEEN A LOT OF ORGANIZING.
>> UH-HUH.
>> AROUND THAT OVER THE YEARS.
>> YOU HAVE.
>> TO GET THAT IN PLACE.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW THAT
WAS A BIG PRIORITY FOR HER.
>> YES.
MAKE SURE IF THAT IS FROZEN
THAT WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO RELY
LATER ON.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
FOR THAT PROJECT.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD TOUCH ON
THAT A LITTLE BIT.
>> I COULD.
>> AND THEN AS FAR AS THE OTHER
PROJECTS IN THERE TOO, IF
THEY'RE IN A SIMILAR POSITION
WHERE THERE MIGHT BE MONEY FROM
OTHER SOURCES PUT AT RISK.
>> SO I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT
SMITH COVE.
SO SMITH COVE HAD GOT A
$250,000 GRANT FROM THE COUNTY
YOUTH SPORTS GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THEN ANOTHER $250,000 FROM
THE STATE RECREATION
CONSERVATION OFFICE.
I NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH PARKS
TO SEE WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS
ARE FOR THE SPENDING OF THOSE
DOLLARS TO SEE IF A DELAY IN
THIS PROJECT WILL PUT THOSE
FUNDS AT RISK.
AND I ALREADY HAVE THAT
QUESTION INTO THEM FROM LAST
NIGHT.
I BELIEVE THE BALANCE IS ABOUT
2.5 OR $2.6 MILLION.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL OUR
MONEY.
NO OTHER MONEY COMING IN FROM
OTHER SOURCES, I BELIEVE FROM
MY MEMORY WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT
IT EARLIER.
THE PRONG IN SOUND VIEW, I HAVE
TO LOOK AND SEE.
I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT THOSE
PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAVE ANY
OTHER MONEY FROM THEM.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE ENDED
UP BETWEEN THIS ACTION OF THE
THIRD QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL AS
WELL AS THE MID-2020 BUDGETARY
VISION.
WE CUT THE ENTIRE FUNDING WHICH
WAS THE CITY'S FUNDING.
I WILL VERIFY THIS BETWEEN
THESE TWO ACTION THAT'S WE
WOULD BE TAKING.
THE ONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
TAKEN AS PART OF THE 2020
BUDGETARY VISION AND AS PART OF
THE THIRD QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL.
I WILL CHECK IF THERE ARE ANY
OTHER SOURCES OF FUND THAT ARE
NON-CITY.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS BUT I
WILL CHECK TO MAKE SURE.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
T YOU TRACI..
>> YOU BET.
>> I WANTED TO THANK TRACI AND
THE SUPERINTENDENT LAST NIGHT
DURING THE MEETING TO TEASE OUT
FOR ME ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS
THAT IS NOT SHOWN HERE ON THE
CHART IS A PAY INCREASE THAT IS
GOING INTO EFFECT FOR PARKS
EMPLOYEES.
SINCE WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT
AUDIENCE TODAY FROM THE GENERAL
PUBLIC JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FACT THAT THERE IS A PAY
INCREASE THAT IS GOING INTO
EFFECT FOR PARKS EMPLOYEES.
IT IS QUANTIFIED TO ABOUT $1.3
MILLION.
AND SO IT IS JUST -- I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS IT KNOW.
SOMETIMES THE CONTRACTS THAT
ARE NEGOTIATED WERE UNIONS ARE
DONE ON A MULTI YEAR BASIS.
THESE PARTICULAR CONTRACTS WERE
INKED LAST YEAR WHEN THE
ECONOMY WAS BETTER PRE-COVID.
IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE CUTS
HAPPENING ON THE ONE HAND AND
ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE
PAY INCREASES GOING INTO EFFECT
FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO -- IS THE
$1.3 MILLION, IS THAT THE
APPROXIMATE AMOUNT.
>> THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT THE
MPD WOULD BE FUNDING.
I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THE
AMOUNT FOR ALL OF THE SPR STAFF
FOR THAT PAY RAISE IS PROBABLY
A LITTLE HIGHER SINCE THEY HAVE
ABOUT 800 OR 900 EMPLOYEES.
TO BE CLEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER,
THAT IS HAPPENING FOR EVERY
OTHER DEPARTMENT.
SO HUMAN SERVICES, EVERYBODY
ELSE WHO HAS REPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES IS SEEING THAT 2.9%
PAY INCREASE BUILT IN THE
BUDGET.
THEY WOULD BE NO EXCEPTION TO
THAT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> AND YOU ARE CORRECT.
THEY'RE PART OF THE LABOR
CONTRACTS THAT WE CANNOT CHANGE
UNLESS WE WERE TO TRY TO GO
INTO RENEGOTIATION.
>> OKAY.
MAYBE I'LL FOLLOW UP LATER TO
FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IS FOR THE
WHOLE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
>> SURE.
I CAN ASK.
>> IF IT IS MORE THAN THE 1.3
MILLION.
>> YEP.
YEP.
>> OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, YOU'RE
ALWAYS WELCOME TO CHIME IN ANY
TIME IN CASE YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
>> I WILL KEEP GOING.
>> MOVE TO SLIDE 6 THEN.
THESE ARE THE BUDGET ACTIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ITEM NUMBER 1 WOULD ADD $50,000
IN FUNDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
RESPONSE PROGRAM SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
THIS PROVIDES FUNDING FOR -- TO
RESPOND TO ISSUES RAISED BY
NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THIS PROGRAM WAS CUT BY
$50,000 IN THE PROPOSED 2021
BUDGET BY THE MAYOR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, YOU
ARE UP FIRST.
>> I'LL BE BRIEF ON THIS ONE.
I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT SERVICE,
ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN
OUTREACH IN THE PARKS IS A VERY
BIG ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH, EVEN THROUGH
COVID.
IT IS A FAIRLY MODEST BUDGET
RESTORATION TO PROVIDE THIS
SERVICE, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
PARKS AND GREEN SPACES DO HAVE
FOLKS WHO CAN RESPOND AND BE ON
THE SCENE TO HELP AND ADDRESS
ISSUES AND COLLABORATE WITH
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT AND
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND JUST -- JUST WANTED TO PUT
THIS OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE KEEP THIS IN THE BUDGET
NOW MORE THAN EVER.
>> AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE
IS STILL $200,000 THAT REMAINS
IN THIS PROGRAM AFTER THAT
$50,000 CUT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN
ATTACHMENT 1 TO MY MEMO.
IT IS SHOWING WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED FOR A CUT AND HOW MUCH
REMAINS IN THE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION, TRACI.
>> SURE, YOU BET.
>> VERY HELPFUL.
HOLD FOR JUST ONE SECOND.
>> YEP.
>> I SEE YOU'RE UNMUTED.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
WANTED TO ADD FOR CONTEXT AS WE
GO INTO THE COUNCIL MEMBER FORM
As?
>> YES.
I APOLOGIZE.
I THOUGHT -- I'M NOT -- I'M
UNMUTED NOW.
I WANTED TO MAKE JUST A FEW
COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO INTO THE
EIGHT REQUESTS.
FIVE WHICH ARE COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS'.
THIS IS JUST WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED FROM WORKING ABSOLUTELY
WITH SUPERINTENDENT AGUIRRE IN
THE PAST AND TRACI.
THIS IS JUST A GENERAL WHERE
I'M AT AS CHAIR TO BE CANDID.
A LOT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND
PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY THE
OUTDOOR ONES, ARE GOING TO BE
ON PAUSE.
IT IS LIKE WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT
SOUND TRANSIT.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE ON PAUSE.
AND SOME OF YOU KNOW THE SAYING
AS A LAWYER, DELAYED BUT NOT
DENIED.
ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH
COVID.
AND ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TO
SHIFT TO BACKFILL THE GENERAL
FUND AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY,
IF YOU WILL.
WE CAN ACTUALLY USE THOSE FUNDS
FOR THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE
PARKS.
SO I'M HOPING AND I THINK WE'RE
HOPING THAT BY THE THIRD
QUARTER 2021 THAT THINGS ARE
GOING TO LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR.
I MAY BE SPEAKING OUT A LITTLE
BIT.
I SPOKE ABOUT THIS WITH YOU,
MADAM CHAIR, IN MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH PARKS.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO HOLD
OURSELVES TO THE THIRD QUARTER
2021.
I'M JUST NOT INCLINED -- I
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE GOING
ON THE SALARY RAISES AND THOSE
ARE LOCKED IN ON UNION
CONTRACTS.
I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUTOUT
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND OR KNOW THIS, A LOT
OF THE EMPLOYEES FOR THE PARKS,
WE HAVE NOT LAID OFF ANYONE,
OUR MAIN GOAL WAS TO KEEP STAFF
IN PLACE.
BEEN DOING THINGS NOT IN THEIR
JOB DESCRIPTION.
HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED IN OTHER
AREA THAT'S WE NEED THEM THE
MOST.
AS YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY CENTERS,
HAND WASHING SANITATION, DOING
THINGS THAT THEY NORMALLY
WOULDN'T DO.
WE HAD 60 PEOPLE THAT
VOLUNTEERED TO BE PARK
AMBASSADORS.
AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND
LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT PARKS
AND LIBRARY STAFF AND
LEADERSHIP AND THEIR BOARDS
HAVE REALLY COME THROUGH TO
FILL IN THOSE HOLES AND BE THAT
SAFETY NET FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T
-- WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
AND THOSE FRONT LINE WORKERS
WHO NEED CHILD CARE.
SO I DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU
KNOW, DEBBIE DOWNER HERE, BUT
I'M NOT INCOLLIDER TO SUPPORT
ANY OF THESE REQUESTS FOR THOSE
REASONS.
NOT THAT THEY'RE GOOD PROJECTS
AND SHOULDN'T GO FORWARD.
JUST THE BASIC -- IF ANYTHING
EVER GOT HIT HARD.
EVERYTHING DID.
BUT A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS
REQUIRE US TO BE IN COMMUNITY
AND REQUIRE US TO BE OUTSIDE
AND REQUIRE US TO EITHER ACT TO
BUILD THESE BIG PROJECTS.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT
NOW.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT.
AND I'M TRYING NOT TO SOUND SO
NEGATIVE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO BE VERY UP
AND TRANSPARENT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CONTEXT,
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
I ALSO THINK ABOUT MANY OF THE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT RECEIVE,
FOR EXAMPLE, HAZARD PAY OR
COVID SUPPORT PAY AS THEY WERE
PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S
WAY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR PARKS
FOLKS ARE PROVIDING CRITICAL
SERVICES AS YOU JUST
ARTICULATED.
I WANT TO ECHO YOUR
APPRECIATION FOR THEIR WORK AND
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT INTO
CONTEXT.
OKAY.
I SEE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
NUMBER 1 HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, GOOD TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
GLAD YOU'RE FEELING A LITTLE
BETTER.
APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO ASK SOME GENERAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKS
BUDGET IN LIGHT OF A COUPLE OF
REMARKS THAT I HAVE HEARD.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ REMINDING US OF THOSE
PRACTICAL CHALLENGES AND
REALITIES AS IT RELATES TO THE
CIP PROPOSED FUNDING IN
PARTICULAR.
ON ATTACHMENT A-1, TRACI,
THERE'S A -- THERE'S ABOUT
EIGHT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS THAT SHOW NOTHING
PROPOSED FOR 2021.
AND THEN A REDUCTION FOR -- FOR
REIT DOLLARS.
IN THE NOTES IT SAYS THAT THE
FUNDING IS ELIMINATED IN THE
SIX-YEAR CIP.
>> UH-HUH.
>> SO AM I READING THIS
CORRECTLY, THAT MEANS THAT
THOSE EIGHT PROJECTS ARE
EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED AND NOT
MOVING FORWARD OR IS THIS
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE SOMETHING
ELSE?
>> YEAH.
THAT IS SAYING FOR THE NEXT SIX
YEARS, THE EXECUTIVE IS
PROPOSING THAT THERE NOT BE ANY
REFUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
I SUSPECT THAT THIS WILL BE
REVISITED ONCE THE ECONOMY
IMPROVES AND DEPENDING ON WHAT
THE DRAWS ARE.
WE'VE HAD A SLASH I THINK HALF
OF OUR REFUNDING.
SO THEY ARE MAKING PROJECTIONS
ABOUT WHAT THAT IS LOOKING
LIKE.
THAT IS THEIR PROPOSAL TO
ELIMINATE NOT ONLY FOR 2021 BUT
THE REMAINDER OF THAT SIX-YEAR
PLANNING PERIOD, THE FUNDING
FOR THOSE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.
>> OKAY.
SO THAT INCLUDES COMFORT
STATION RENOVATION, ROOF AND
BUILDING ENVELOPE PROGRAM, BALL
FIELDS, MINOR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS, COURT RESTORATION
PROGRAM, PLAY AREA SAFETY
PROGRAM, ENVIRONMENTAL
REMEDIATION PROGRAM, THE BALL
FIELD LIGHTING REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM, AND THE BOILER AND
MECHANICAL SYSTEM REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM.
I GUESS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT
EXACTLY WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS
ARE.
OR MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IS
THE IMPACT OF THE ELIMINATION.
NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL IMPACT
BUT THE IMPACTS OF THOSE.
IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME WHETHER THE
ELIMINATION IS BEING PROPOSED
BECAUSE THEY'RE EFFECTIVELY
DONE OR FAR ENOUGH THAT WE'RE
PULLING BACK.
OR SORT OF LIKE WHERE IS THE --
WHERE ARE THEY IN THE STAGE OF
THOSE VARIOUS PROGRAMS.
>> UH-HUH.
>> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND.
>> SURE.
>> OKAY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH.
AND THEN THE -- THE SECOND
THING I WANTED TO ASK, I DIDN'T
SEE IN THE MEMO -- I SAW JUST A
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESPONSE
PROGRAM IS.
>> UH-HUH.
>> IT JUST SAYS THAT THE
PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING FOR
UNPLANNED PROJECTS IDENTIFIED
BY A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
IT CAN MEAN, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING HAPPENS AT A LOCAL
PARK THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED THAT
COULD BE DEALT WITH IN -- WITH
A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND SO THE SUPERINTENDENT
ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, WORKS
WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS
THAT SPECIFIC THING.
AND THIS PROGRAM HELPS TO
ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC THING.
I CAN'T REMEMBER IF ONE OF THE
CONVERSATIONS BEING SET ON FIRE
WAS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.
I THINK BACK IN MY NOTES I HAVE
EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES THINGS.
IT WAS THE UNPLANNED ONE-OFF
THING THAT THE COMMUNITY RAISES
UP.
THIS IS AN URGENT ISSUE THAT WE
HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND THIS
HELPS THE SUPERINTENDENT DEAL
WITH THAT ISSUE IN REAL TIME.
>> THESE ARE DISCRETIONARY
DOLLARS.
>> YES.
>> AND THEREFORE SORT OF SMALL
SIZED.
>> YES.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE
PROJECTS.
>> YEP.
YEP.
CORRECT.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> HELPFUL.
>> YEAH.
>> AND THE LAST THING I WANT --
IT IS A COMMENT, NOT A
QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF
THE CONVERSATION AROUND PAYROLL
INCREASES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
PARTICULARLY FOR WOULD REASONS.
THE FIRST BEING THAT WE ARE A
HIGH ROAD EMPLOYER AT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
AND THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
BARGAINING UNITS AT THE CITY.
AT LAST COUNT WE HAD ABOUT 156
BARGAINING UNITS WITH VARIOUS
UNIONS ACROSS THE CITY FAMILY.
AND I -- AND THE APPROPRIATE
LACE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT SALARIES FOR EMPLOYEES
AND SPECIFICALLY AWI INCREASES
THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED ALREADY
BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT
ARE ME MORALIZED IN THE
CONTRACT, THAT THOSE
CONVERSATIONS BE HAD WITH THE
SELECT WAIVER COMMITTEE AND
EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE LABOR
RELATIONS POLICY COMMITTEE AS
REQUIRED BY SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE.
SECONDLY AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AWI
PROPOSALS THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN APPROVED, COMMITMENTS, I
SHOULD SAY, NOT PROPOSALS
ANYMORE, CONTRACTUAL
COMMITMENTS, THAT WE KEEP IN
MIND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
PROPOSING NOT TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THOSE COMMITMENTS WITHOUT
REALLY EVALUATING AND TAKING
INTO CONSIDERATION THE RISK AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACTS OF
PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN THOSE
AWIs, IN ADDITION TO OUR
OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE TO
NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH
OUR LABOR DEPARTMENTS ON THOSE
PARTICULAR ISSUES.
I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF
THAT.
AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LABOR
PARTNERS.
AND IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO NOT LAY
OFF A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
EMPLOYEES OR ANY EMPLOYEES AT
ALL IF WE CAN THROUGH THIS
ECONOMIC PERIOD IN THE CITY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO REALLY LIFT
UP THOSE -- THOSE POINTS AS IT
RELATES TO ONGOING CONCERNS
ABOUT SALARY INCREASES.
AND PARKS I THINK IS ONE OF THE
DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE SEE A HUGE
-- SOMETIMES A VERY LARGE
DISPARITY IN PAY BETWEEN FIELD
WORKERS AND -- AND MANAGEMENT
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE FIELD
WITHIN PARKS.
SO FOR ME, THE RSJI IMPACTS OF
EXPLORING A ROLL BACK ON AWIs
IS -- IS PRETTY ACUTE IN TERMS
OF MY CONCERNS AROUND RSJI
IMPACTS.
I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT
ABOUT THAT AS I CONTINUE TO
HEAR ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO
PULL BACK ON COMMITMENTS THE
CITY HAS MADE WITH LABOR
PARTNERS AROUND AWI INCREASES.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
QUESTIONS AND THE LAST COMMENT
AS WELL.
LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE
SUPPORT OUR CITY FAMILY AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
>> THAT SEEMED THE MORE
APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR T WE WILL
BE ABLE TO TRACK BECAUSE WE CAN
AT THE BSL LEVEL AND THE
PROGRAM LEVEL THEIR
EXPENDITURES AND SO FORTH.
THERE IS NO LOSS TO IT BEING
MOVED INTO THAT PROGRAM AT ALL.
>> I SEE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE FOOTNOTE IS RIGHT UNDER THE
CHART.
SO IT IS THE SEATTLE
CONSERVATION CORE MOVED TO THE
DEPARTMENT WIDE PROGRAMS.
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YEP.
YEP.
>> THANKS FOR READING MY MEMO.
IT IS NICE TO KNOW YOU THAT
READ.
>> YEAH.
>> WE NEVER QUITE KNOW.
>> YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO
THESE.
YOU AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
>> YES.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE T I
LOVE THE FOOTNOTES IN THE MEMO
COMING UP.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, TRACI.
I'M SORRY DID MISS THAT
UNDERNEATH THE CHART THERE.
>> A LOT OF INFORMATION TO
COVER.
IT IS COMPLEX HERE.
THIS IS A COMPLEX YEAR.
>> IT IS.
AND YOUR MEMOS REALLY HELP US
OUT.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I KNOW THE VIEWING PUBLIC
DOES AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
A QUESTION FROM YOU.
>> YES.
THANK YOU.
ALSO AS IT RELATES TO THE MEMO.
IT SAYS THAT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ASSUMES SPR WILL HOLD 68
POSITIONS VACANT FOR THE
ENTIRETY OF 2021.
>> LET'S GO ON TO NUMBER TWO IN
OUR ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
FORMATION HERE.
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC WE'RE ON
PAGE 7 OF THE MEMO AS WELL.
>> I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO
FIGURING SOMETHING OUT IF WE
CAN IN FACT GET AN EXTENSION ON
THOSE GRANTS OR SOME OTHER KIND
OF ARRANGEMENT.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS
PROJECT CAME TOGETHER WITH
EXTENSIVE ORGANIZING WORK FROM
CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT 7 AS
WELL AS WORK FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER OFFICE AND OTHER
CRITICAL SHAREHOLDERS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WE ARE
PUTTING THINGS ON HOLD, GIVEN
THE VERY REAL BUDGET
CONSTRAINTS AND ISSUES
PRESENTED BY COVID, WE'RE
MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THE
RESOURCES FROM OUR PARTNERS
STAY INTACT AS THIS IS
TEMPORARILY FROZEN TO BE
RESUMED LATER.
IF THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT I'M
OPEN TO IT.
OTHERWISE IT IS SOMETHING THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY
PURSUE GOING FORWARD WITH IF IT
WOULD MEAN LOSING HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS FROM OTHER
ENTITIES AND IS CERTAINLY A
VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT IN THE
DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS,
TRACI, LET'S DO NUMBER 3.
>> LET'S MOVE TO SLIDE 7. ITEM
NUMBER 3. ADD FUNDING FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DOG OFF
LEASH AREA AT MERCER AND
DEXTER.
THE FUNDING AMOUNT WOULD BE TO
BE DETERMINED.
AND IT WOULD BE USED TO ACQUIRE
PROPERTY CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE
SDOT AND ALSO BE USED TO
DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE
NEEDED TO SERVICE THE OFF LEASH
AREA, INCLUDING WATER HOOKUP
AND A DOUBLE GAUGED FENCE..
>> THIS IS A SITE IN THE
DISTRICT THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING
TO THE COMMUNITY
>> IN THESE REALLY IMPORTANT
SPACES.
THIS IS JUST A NUMBER THAT THEY
PROVIDED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL --
IF THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO
REDUCE IT GOING INTO THE NEXT
PHASE TO GET AT WHAT THEY NEED
TO PROVIDE THIS EXTRA
ASSISTANCE.
BUT I DID WANT TO BRING THIS
FORWARD.
THEY'RE GREAT PARTNERS IN
DISTRICT 7 AND EXCELLENT
PARTNERS IN DISCOVERY PARK.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS
HAPPENING TO THESE REALLY
IMPORTANT GATHERING SPACES IS
REALLY CONCERNING TO ME AND A
LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD
TO THIS FORUM AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE COULD SEE IF THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO
HELP ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
>> AND I WOULD SAY I COULD
DISTRIBUTE THAT LETTER THAT I
RECEIVED FROM THEM AS WELL IF
ANY COUNCIL OFFICES ARE
INTERESTED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON THIS ITEM?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE TO
SLIDE 8 AND TO ITEM NUMBER 5
WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
TO DETERMINE ACTIVATION
STRATEGIES FOR THE EAST QUEEN
ANNE GREENBELT.
THIS IS A STUDY UNDERTAKEN BY
PARKS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO
CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR
ACTIVATING THIS GREENBELT.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GREENBELT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I USED TO LIVE RIGHT THERE.
TELL US MORE.
>> THIS HAS BEEN -- IT IS NOT
ONLY THE GREENBELT BUT ALSO
ADJACENT THERE IS A PARK,
McLANE PARK.
THIS HAS BEEN A PARTICULAR AREA
OF INTEREST FOR THE QUEEN ANNE
COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR A WHILE.
THERE'S BEEN GREAT COMMUNITY
INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY
DEVELOPING A DOG PARK HERE AS
WELL.
THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE SUITABILITY OF THE SITE.
BUT IT IS A GREENBELT WITHIN AN
ATTENDANT FAIRLY UNDEVELOPED
PARK.
IT IS NOT REALLY MAINTAINED OR
ACTIVATED.
CERTAINLY AN AREA THAT WOULD
PROBABLY BE A GOOD CANDIDATE
FOR SOME KIND OF PROJECT IN THE
NEXT METROPOLITAN PARKS
DISTRICT.
IT IS TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP SOME
KIND OF ACTIVATION STRATEGY
THAT COULD THEN BE ROLLED INTO
SOME KIND OF CAPITAL PLAN UNDER
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT
OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AROUND
THIS IN LOOKING AT A STRATEGY.
AND I'M SURE IF YOU USED TO
LIVE NEARBY COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA YOU COULD SEE THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL HERE
IN THE SPACE.
IT IS A PRETTY BIG PIECE OF
PARKLAND THAT IS NOT REALLY IN
A CURRENT STATE OF USE TO BE
USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE -- IT
WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK TOWARDS IN
THE NEXT ROUND OF CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THIS WOULD BE A GOOD START
TO FACILITATE A VISIONING
PROCESS ON WHAT WE COULD DO IN
THAT SPACE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS,
COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER 6.
>> MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 6. SO
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD
$200,000 IN FUNDING FOR
FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ASSESS THE
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE
NEEDED.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRACI.
SO I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS
THAT GEORGETOWN HAS A LACK OF
GREEN SPACE.
THERE IS THE GEORGETOWN PLAY
FIELD AND THE SMALL LITTLE
PARK.
BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PLACE
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR KIDS TO
PLAY OUTDOORS.
AND SO WHEN THE GEORGETOWN PLAY
FIELD WAS BUILT, I THINK THERE
WAS A REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY
CENTER BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A
GATHERING SPACE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
ASSESS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BE
ABLE TO PLAN FOR AND BUILD A
COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS PROBLEMATIC IN THAT IT IS
NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS THAT
ARE ABLE TO USE THE PLAY FIELD.
IT IS OFTEN RESERVED FOR SOCCER
GAMES AND SOCCER TOURNAMENTS
AND OTHER ORGANIZED SPORTING
EVENTS.
VERY OFTEN FROM OUTSIDE GROUP
THAT'S COME INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> GREAT.
>> THERE IS A REAL NEED FOR
SOME DESIGNATED SPACE AND WE
ARE LOOKING INTO --
>> WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MUTE
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
I THINK SHE IS DOING -- THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
WE ARE ALL TRYING TO WORK AS
HARD AS WE CAN TO MULTI TASK.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, IF YOU
COULD START THAT OVER.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET FUNDING
TO DO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND
ASSESS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO
DESIGN AND BUILD A COMMUNITY
CENTER.
THEY WANT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.
>> ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS IS
SAYING LET'S DIRECT THE
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD TO USE
THEIR STAFFING CAPACITY TO
CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR
ACTIVATES THESE QUEEN ANNE
GREENBELT.
CERTAINLY AN ALTERNATIVE.
I NEED TO CHECK BECAUSE I KNOW
AS PARKS IS GETTING READY FOR
THE SIX-YEAR SPENDING PLAN THAT
THEY HAVE DONE A STRATEGIC PLAN
THAT ASSESSES WHAT THE CITY
WIDE NEEDS ARE FOR COMMUNITY
CENTERS.
THAT IS BASED ON CURRENT
POPULATION AND ESTIMATES ABOUT
POPULATION GROWTH.
THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY DONE WORK
ON THIS AS IT RELATES TO THE
GEORGETOWN AREA.
BUT IT SAYS PARKS CAN YOU
ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF THE
RECREATION AND GATHERING NEEDS
AND SEE WHETHER THEY WOULD BE
WILLING TO DO THAT BODY OF WORK
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS
AN ALTERNATIVE TO COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES' PROPOSAL WHICH
IS SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS IS SAYING.
>> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO
ADD TO THAT.
>> YES.
I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY MORE
GENERALLY ABOUT STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT VERSUS
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS THAT
INCREASE OR DECREASE FUNDING
FOR A DEPARTMENT.
IT IS SOMEWHAT OF A BALANCING
ACT.
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
CAN JUST BE A STATEMENT OF THE
COUNSEL'S LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
IT IS OFTEN REQUEST TO A
DEPARTMENT TO TAKE UP SPECIFIC
WORK IN THE COMING YEAH.
IS THIS ASKING THEM TO DO
SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT
THAN THE WORK THAT THEY WOULD
BE DOING OTHERWISE.
IF SO, IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING
NEEDED OR IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT STAFF GENERALLY TAKES THIS
ON AND CAN BE ABSORBED INTO
THEIR NORMAL -- NORMAL
OPERATIONS?
SO IT IS SOMETIMES A BALANCE
THAT TRACI WAS JUST SORT OF
HIGHLIGHTING.
IF SOME WORK HAS BEEN DONE,
THERE MAY BE ABILITY FOR THE
DEPARTMENT TO JUST TAKE ON THIS
WORK.
BUT IN MANY CASES STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT SOMETIMES
ARE RESPONDED TO IN A WAY THAT
MAY NOT BE FULFILL THE REQUEST.
HIGHLIGHTING IT IS A BALANCING
ACT IN THINKING THROUGH THE
RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT
VERSUS WHAT NEEDS ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES,
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THIS?
>> WELL, JUST THAT I'M HAPPY TO
MEET WITH YOU OR TALK WITH YOU,
TRACI, AND SEE IF WE CAN DIG
INTO THAT A LITTLE TO
UNDERSTAND IF IT IS SLATED TO
BEGIN.
AND IF IT IS NOT, WE CAN MOVE
ON TO FORM B AND FIGURE OUT
WAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
>> LET'S GO ON TO SLIDE 9. YES.
SO THIS WOULD ADOPT A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT REGARDING
SIGNAGE.
THIS WOULD ASK THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH THE
TRIBE TO DESIGN AND PLACE
SIGNAGE AT LIPTON SPRINGS,
DISCUSSING THE CULTURAL
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SPRINGS.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
GO AHEAD.
>> THIS WOULD REQUEST THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH THE
TRIBE'S CULTURAL DEPARTMENT TO
DESIGN HISTORICAL SIGNAGE AND
LIPTON SPRINGS.
INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS IN SEATTLE
AS WE KNOW HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING
FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO UPLIFT THE
HISTORY OF LIPTON SPRINGS.
THIS PAST YEAR THEY APPEALED TO
THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION
BOARD AND LAND MARKED THE
SPRINGS WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE
FIRST TIME THAT THE LANDMARK
PRESERVATION BOARD HAS
PRESERVED SOMETHING OTHER THAN
A BUILDING.
MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE SIGNED
THE PETITION SUPPORTING THAT
LANDMARKING, EXPLAINING THAT,
QUOTE, SINCE TIME IN MEMORIAL
LIPTON SPRINGS HAS BEEN A
RECOGNIZED SACRED SITE AND A
NATURAL CURATIVE RESOURCE FOR
THE TRIBES OF THE PUGET SOUND
REGION.
FOR COUNTLESS GENERATIONS
PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED AT LIPTON
SPRINGS TO HARVEST THE MEDICINE
USED FOR TRADITIONAL HEALING,
CEREMONY, SPIRITUAL RENEWAL AND
CELEBRATIONS.
LIPTON SPRINGS IS ONE OF THE
LAST REMAINING HOLY PLACES OF
THE PEOPLE.
THAT IS FROM THE PETITION THAT
3,000 PEOPLE SIGNED.
AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE
ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, URBAN
EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR SPEAR
HEADING THAT PETITION.
I WILL END BY SAYING COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS ARE REQUESTING THAT
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WORK WITH
THE CULTURAL DEPARTMENT TO
HONOR THE HISTORY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
I'M SEEING NONE.
LET'S GO TO NUMBER 8.
>> THE FINAL ITEM WOULD BE TO
ADD FUNDING OF $48 MILLION TO
BACKFILL THE LOSS OF GENERAL
FUND AND OTHER RESOURCES TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION IN THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
LIE I MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE HAD
FRIDAY, THE BUDGET PROPOSED BY
THE MAYOR INCLUDES SLASHING
FUNDING TO TRANSPORTATION AND
LIBRARIES.
THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED CUTTING
48 MILLION.
41MILLION HERE IN THE 2021
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT SHE HAS
SENT TO THE COUNCIL AND $407
MILLION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET FOR A TOTAL OF $48
MILLION.
THE BUDGET PROPOSES CLOSING
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND POOLS AND
DEFERRING MAINTENANCE AND OTHER
CAPITAL WORK.
HOWEVER AS WE DISCUSSED ON
FRIDAY AND AS MANY COUNCIL MENS
STATED THERE IS NOTHING
INEVITABLE ABOUT THESE BUDGET
CUTS.
IT IS A POLICY DECISION.
BY -- IF THE BUDGET CUTS GO
THROUGH, THEN THEY WOULD BE A
POLICY DECISION BY A POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT THAT WOULD RATHER
CLOSE COMMUNITY CENTERS THAN
INCREASE THE TAXES ON BIG
BUSINESS WE WE KNOW IS A VIABLE
AND LEGAL AVENUE FOR US TO
SHORE UP THE BUDGET TO
ELIMINATE ALL OF THE CUTS.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
RESTORE THE $48 MILLION BEING
PROPOSED WITH THE INTENTION
THAT IT SHOULD INCREASE THE
AMAZON TAX THAT I WON'T GO OVER
IN DETAILSA PRESENTED IT LAST
FRIDAY IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR
CLARIFICATION.
I THINK THIS GETS BACK TO SOME
OF THE CHARTS THAT HAVE BEEN
OFFERED ON THE FIRST PAGE OF
MANY OF THE MEMOS WE HAVE
REVIEWED.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I ASKED THE
QUESTION ABOUT CONSERVATION, IF
YOU LOOK AT THE CHART AND NOT
THE FOOTNOTE IT LOOKS LIKE
CONSERVATION COURT IS ZEROED
OUT.
IT SAYS IS HUNDRED PERCENT CUT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DETAILS,
IT IS A TRANSFER.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE
PARKS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT $48
MILLION TO BACKFILL THE
PROPOSED CUTS AS COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT JUST ARTICULATED IS PART
OF THE 48 MILLION INCLUDING
TRANSFERS AND THOSE PROGRAMS
ARE ACTUALLY BEING MAINTAINED
IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN CAN YOU
OFFER CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER
THERE IS 48 MILLION IN TOTAL
CUTS HERE?
>> NO.
IF YOU DO THE MAP BETWEEN 261
AND 228 YOU GET A $41 MILLION
REDUCTION BETWEEN THE 2020-2021
BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE $48
MILLION FIGURE CAME FROM.
IT WAS ON FORM A. MAYBE COUPS
MEMBER SAWANT CAN EXPLAIN THAT.
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, ANYTHING
TO ADD TO THAT.
>> I MEAN WE CAN LOOK AT IT
AGAIN.
WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO KEEP
MAKING SURE THAT OUR NUMBERS
ARE RIGHT.
BUT AS FAR AS MY OFFICE HAS
CHECKED AND WE HAVE CHECKED
MULTIPLE TIMES, $41 MILLION IS
THE CUT TO THE GENERAL FUND TO
PARKS, PLUS THE 7 MILLION IN
THE 2020 THIRD QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IS WHAT WE
ARE AWARE OF.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
I MAY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS
WELL.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE
VIEWING PUBLIC AS WELL KNOWS IF
THERE IS AN OVERALL REDUCTION,
ARE THOSE SERVICES GOING AWAY
OR IN SOME CASES ARE THERE
SERVICE THAT'S ARE BEING
ACCOUNTED FOR AS A CUT BUT
THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING
TRANSFERRED TO OTHER AREAS JUST
SO THAT WE ARE -- GO AHEAD,
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU.
I APOLOGIZE.
I FORGOT TO ADD THAT AS FAR AS
I UNDERSTAND THE $41 MILLION
FIGURE ACTUALLY IN THE MAYOR'S
-- IN HER BUDGET, IN THE
INTRODUCTION.
I'M NOT SURE WHY CENTRAL STAFF
ARE NOT SEEING THAT.
WE WILL CHECK BACK IN WITH
CENTRAL STAFF.
WE DIDN'T DERIVE THE NUMBER.
IT IS ACTUALLY THERE.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT THAT.
>> YEAH.
I THINK CENTRAL STAFF IS
ACCURATE.
IS THERE A CUT?
AND I THINK YOU'RE ALSO
ACCURATE THERE IS A REDUCTION
IN THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT.
THE QUESTION I'M ASKING IS
REALLY FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
AND FOR ALL OF OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, IS IT AN ACTUAL CUT
IN SERVICES WHICH IS DIFFERENT
HAS THE MONEY BEEN TRANSFERRED
TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS?
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
HEAR WHERE I'M COMING FROM IN
MY QUESTION AND CENTRAL STAFF
HEARS THAT I'M SAYING I FULLY
SUPPORT THE ANSWER THAT THEY
PROVIDED AS WELL.
IT COULD MEAN BOTH.
AND YOU COULD SEE AN OVERALL
REDUCTION BY 48 MILLION WHICH
YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE
ARTICULATING AND WHAT CENTRAL
STAFF IS SAYING, IN TERMS OF
CUTS, THERE IS LESS OF A CUT.
IT DOES NOT TOTAL 48 MILLION
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THOSE
TRANSFERS HAVE OCCURRED.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE CLEAR WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT WHERE THERE ARE ACTUAL
CUTS.
AND WHERE THERE ARE SOME
TRANSFERS.
BUT I THINK BOTH ARE ACCURATE.
I DON'T WANT TO IMPUGN ANYONE'S
GOOD WORK HERE, INCLUDING YOUR
TEAM AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT AND CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I RECALL ONE OF THE KEY TAKE-
AWAYS FROM OUR ORIGINAL REVENUE
OVERVIEWS WAS THERE WAS A CITY
WIDE, DEPARTMENT WIDE, THE
NUMBER THAT I THINK CENTRAL
STAFF GAVE US, IT WAS THROUGH
ALL DEPARTMENTS $27 MILLION IN
SPENDING REDUCTIONS.
>> I'MHAPPY TO.
SO IT IS IN LOOKING AT THE
DETAILS OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET, IF YOU LOOK LINE BY
LINE, EVERY CUT IS SORT OF
LISTED SEPARATELY.
AND THEN ADDS ARE OFTEN LISTED
SEPARATELY.
AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE GET TO
THE NET FOR THE CREATION OF THE
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT,
ABOUT $2.5 MILLION IS CUT FROM
SPD'S BUDGET.
AND THEN A SIMILAR AMOUNT IS
ADDED TO THE NEW OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
THERE'S ABOUT A $20,000
DIFFERENCE AND THERE'S A
$20,000 ADD TO REFLECT
INCREASED COSTS FOR THOSE
SERVICES.
SO THE NUMBER WE HAVE BEEN
PRESENTING IN THAT GENERAL FUND
BALANCING ANALYSIS WAS THAT NET
OVER ALL IN TOTAL IF YOU TAKE
ALL OF THE CUTS AND ALL OF THE
ADDS IT RESULTS IN OVERALL $27
MILLION REDUCTION.
I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S STAFF IS LOOKING AT
ALL OF THE CUTS.
SOME OF WHICH ARE ACTUAL CUTS.
IT IS ELIMINATING SERVICES.
IT IS REDUCING PROGRAMS OR
SERVICES.
AND SOME OF IT MAY BE A
TRANSFER BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS OR
TRANSFER OF GENERAL FUND
SUPPORT TO -- AND THEN
SUPPORTED BY A DIFFERENT
FUNDING SOURCE.
SO IT IS NOT A SIMPLE -- A
SIMPLE RESPONSE, I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I THINK BOTH THINGS ARE
TRUE IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF JUST
THE CUT ITEMS IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, IT DOES LOOK
LIKE THERE'S ABOUT $200 MILLION
OF CUTS.
BUT IF YOU OFFSET THAT WITH THE
TRANSFERS AND THAT SORT OF
THING, THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO
THE NET.
>> APPRECIATE THAT
CLARIFICATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP, I MEAN
IF WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS TO
RESTORE FUNDING FOR REDUCED
SERVICES, THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT CITY WIDE IS THE
ESTIMATED CENTRAL STAFF $27
MILLION.
>> IT IS A LOSS TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND GAINED TO THE
DEPARTMENT BUT NOT NECESSARILY
THE SERVICES.
WE CAN WORK ON TRYING TO FOCUS
SORT OF WHAT IS ENTIRELY NEW
SPENDING, WHAT IS ENTIRELY AN
ACTUAL COMPLETE CUT, LIKE THIS
THING WILL NO LONGER HAPPEN TO
SHARE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN
FRONT OF US.
IT TAKES SOME SORTING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT TO CLOSE
US OUT ON THIS ITEM, DID YOU
HAVE A LAST COMMENT THERE?
>> YES.
I JUST WANT TO PREFACE WHAT I'M
ABOUT TO SAY REITERATING WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS WITH
CENTRAL STAFF TO REVISE AND
FINE-TUNE THE NUMBERS.
AND I AGREE THAT SOMETIMES THE
INTERPRETATION OF THE NUMBERS
IS DIFFERENT.
AND I'M NOT -- I ACCEPT CENTRAL
STAFF'S INTERPRETATION MAY BE
DIFFERENT.
JUST TO CLARIFY THE NUMBERS, IF
YOU DO THE SUBTRACTION OF THE
2020 PARKS BUDGET AND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2020
PARKS BUDGET AND THE 2021 PARKS
BUDGET, THAT IS 35 MILLION.
AND THEN IF YOU ADD TO THE 35
MILLION THE COST OF LIVING
INCREASES THAT HAVE NOT -- THAT
ARE NOW REMOVED, THEN IT ADDS
UP TO 41 MILLION.
THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, WHICH
IS WHAT IS CUT FROM PARKS.
IT IS NOT THE SERVICES THAT ARE
OFFSET BUT TAKE THE COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS IDEA WE WILL CONTINUE TO
DISCUSS WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
>> YEP.
HAPPY TO WORK BUT.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF
THE PRESENTATION.
AND AS OVERVIEW OF THE MEMO.
I THINK THIS IS A REMINDER
WHERE WE ARE AT.
TRACI, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS.
>> NOPE.
I THINK WE'VE QUOTE IT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> OKAY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THIS MEMO.
WE KNOW THERE IS MUCH MORE TO
COME HERE AND APPRECIATE THE
DIALOGUE AND INTEREST IN PARKS
AND RECREATION.
LET'S MOVE ON.
I SEE CALVIN UP THERE.
HELLO, CALVIN.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.
IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.
AND BEFORE YOU DO THAT, MADAM
COURT, COULD YOU READ ITEM 2 IN
THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2. SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> SO ON MY AGENDA IT SAYS THAT
WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS AT
11:05, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT.
WE'RE RIGHT ON TIME.
CAL VINCE, INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND TAKE IT AWAY.
>> I'M CALVIN CHOW WITH CENTRAL
STAFF.
I WANT TO THANK YOU PATTY WHO
IS RUNNING THE SLIDES FOR US
TODAY.
I HAVE A FAIRLY LONG MEMO
ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AND
POSE MY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE
AS WE GO ALONG.
I WILL TRY TO KEEP US GOING AT
A FAIRLY HIGH CLIP BECAUSE WE
HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL TO
COVER.
NEXT SLIDE, PATTY.
SO OUR FIRST COUPLE SLIDES JUST
THROUGH THE BUDGET SUMMARY
COMPARISON TABLE.
I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT
TO MENTION THAT THIS CAN BE A
LITTLE CONFUSING.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, THIS IS
SHOWING THE EXPENDITURES AND
THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL
PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET.
THE OPERATING SUB TOTAL YOU
WILL SEE GOES DOWN BY ABOUT
18.3% FROM 2020 ADOPTED TO THE
2021 PROPOSED.
BUT THIS IS COMPLICATED BY A
COUPLE OF BIG SWINGS IN DOLLARS
THAT WE WILL GET INTO IN THE
PAPER.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES ARE
THAT THE EXISTING TRANSIT --
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT
MEASURE THAT EXPIRES THIS YEAR
GENERATES ABOUT 66 -- $65
MILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
OF FUNDING FOR BUS SERVICE IN
2020.
THAT MEASURE EXPIRES IN 2021.
SO IT IS NOT SHOWN IN THIS
BUDGET.
THAT IS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT
DECREASES.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, THIS
BUDGET PROPOSES TO MOVE THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
FROM SPD TO SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
TRANSPORTATION.
SO THAT IS AN INCREASE OF
PERSONNEL AND BUDGET.
SO IF YOU TAKE THOSE ITEMS OUT,
THE ACTUAL OPERATING EXPENSE IS
REDUCED BY ABOUT 2.5% OR SO.
IN THE BOTTOM SECTION, THE
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS ARE ALSO
SHOWN AS BEING DECREASING BY
ABOUT 17.3%.
I THINK IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT
TO REMEMBER THAT CAPITAL IS
SPREAD OVER SIX YEARS.
SO THERE IS SOME -- OUR CIP
COVERS SIX YEARS OF SPENDING.
THERE IS NATURAL VARIATION FROM
YEAR TO YEAR, DEPENDING WHAT
THE PROJECTS LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS A REAL REDUCTION IN THE
OVERALL AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
SPENDING FOR THE NEXT SIX
YEARS.
IT'S -- THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS
ARE DRIVEN SOMEWHAT BY TIMING
ISSUES AS WELL AS THAT ACTUAL
REDUCTION IN PROJECT SPENDING
OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> LET'S JUST PAUSE REAL QUICK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, FOLKS,
ON THAT FIRST SLIDE?
MAYBE WE CAN DO THEM AFTER THE
SUMMARY.
THE FIRST TWO SUMMARIZE THE
TABLE ON PAGE 1 OF THE MEMO.
OKAY.
NO QUESTIONS AT THIS MID POINT,
CALVIN.
LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE AFTER
YOU GO THROUGH THIS LAST PART
HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TOTAL
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT DECREASED BY 17.7%
BETWEEN THE ADOPTED BUDGET LAST
YEAR AND THIS YEAR'S 2021
PROPOSED BUDGET.
WITH THE SAME CAVEATS I
MENTIONED BEFORE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PEO OFFICERS
REFLECTED IN THE INCREASE OF
TOTAL FTEs WHICH IS A 12.6%
INCREASE.
THE REST OF THE TABLE INCLUDES
THE REVENUES AND ALSO INCLUDES
FUND BALANCE THAT'S ARE USED TO
PAY FOR THESE EXPENDITURES.
IT MATCHES THE TOTAL RESOURCE
USE DROP 17.7%.
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR
FOLKS THAT GENERAL FUND IS A
SMALL PORTION OF THE FUNDING
THAT GOES TO SDOT THE REST OF
THE RESOURCES ARE GENERALLY
SPEAKING TRANSPORTATION
RESTRICTED FUNDS.
THE DEPARTMENT DOES GET REAL
ESTATE EXCISE TAX WHICH HAS
SOME OTHER USE THAT'S IT CAN
USE FOR AS WELL AS SAVANT
PROCEEDS FROM THE BOND SALE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO MY PAPER GOES THROUGH NINE
ISSUES.
AND I'LL TRY TO COVER THEM --
WE WILL SEE HOW QUICKLY THIS
GOES.
THE FIRST ISSUE THAT I WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT IS JUST THE
FINANCIAL RESTRAINTS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT FACES IN 2021.
IN DEVELOPING THIS PROPOSAL,
SDOT IDENTIFIED $85 MILLION
LESS IN 2021 THAN THEY HAD
ANTICIPATED IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET THAT.
IS A COMBINATION OF REDUCED
REVENUES IN 2020, REDUCED
REVENUES IN 2021, AND SOME
UNANTICIPATED SPENDING THAT
HAPPENED IN 2020 WITH THE COVID
RESPONSE AS WELL.
TO RESPOND TO THAT, THEY HAVE
PROPOSED A BUDGET THAT REDUCES
COST CUTTING BY ABOUT $60
MILLION AND PROPOSES A $25
MILLION INTERFUND LOAN TO COVER
2021 OPERATIONS.
THAT INTERFUND LOAN, IT'S -- IT
IS ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO LOOK
AT THE EXPECTED RECOVERY OVER
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND TO
COUNT ON THAT RECOVERY SO THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DEEPER
CUTS IN 2021 AND THEN BE FORCED
TO TRY TO HIRE PEOPLE BACK AND
GET PROJECTS MOVING AGAIN.
THE IDEA HERE IS THAT BY TAKING
THIS LOAN, WE CAN TAKE A LESSER
CUT AND EXTEND THAT OVER FOUR
YEARS AND HAVE LESS DISRUPTION
TO SERVICES.
SO THAT IS THE BROADER CONTEXT
OF HOW THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED.
MY PAPER GOES INTO A LITTLE
MORE DETAIL ON JUST SOME OF THE
SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCES AND
THE LIKE.
BUT UNLESS THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
ON.
>> LET ME PAUSE REAL QUICK.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS PART OF THE COST-CUTTING
REDUCTIONS IN THE BUDGET, SDOT
IS PROPOSING TO AB REGATE THREE
POSITIONS AND DEFUND ANOTHER 30
POSITIONS.
NINE OF THESE POSITIONS ARE
CURRENTLY FILLED AND WOULD BE
SUBJECT TO LAYOFFS.
I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT THE IDEA
OF DEFUNDING POSITIONS BUT
RETAINING THE POSITION
AUTHORITY IS INTENDED TO HELP
SDOT REHIRE THOSE POSITIONS
WHEN THE ECONOMY RECOVERS.
THAT IS LEAVING THE EXECUTIVES
WITH THAT AUTHORITY.
THEY WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE
THE BUDGET TO DO SO UNLESS THEY
GOT ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITY FROM THE COUNCIL IN A
FUTURE TIME OR IF THEY REDUCED
APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN THOSE
DSLs FOR OTHER SPENDING.
SO AS A CONSIDERATION, YOU MAY
WANT TO CONSIDER REDUCING
POSITION AUTHORITY TO STAY IN
LINE WITH THE BUDGET THAT IS IN
FRONT OF YOU.
>> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
CALVIN, I SEE -- IN THE MEMOS
THAT WE HAVE REVIEWED SO FAR,
IT SEEMS TO BE THE DEPARTMENT
THAT HAS TAKEN THE BRUNT OF THE
FTB REDUCTIONS.
IS THAT TRUE.
>> I THINK THAT IS TRUE.
ALY MAY HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF
HOW IT FITS IN WITH THE OVERALL
CITY IMPACT.
BUT SDOT IS TAKING A FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT CUT.
THEY HAVE -- IT IS 33 POSITIONS
BEING CUT.
BUT NINE OF THOSE ARE FILLED.
>> AND SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION
THAT WE ASKED LAST WEEK.
JUST WANT TO SORT OF PUT THIS
INTO CONTEXT JUST ON FIRST
BLUSH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THE
HIGHEST AMOUNT OF REDUCTIONS
OVERALL.
17.7% OVERALL REDUCTION IN
REVENUE.
IS THAT RELATIVELY HIGH, ALY?
I KNOW WE'RE WAITING ON THAT
SORT OF MACRO ANALYSIS.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YEAH.
I THINK THAT IS ALL ACCURATE.
I'M JUST DOING -- I DOUBLE-
CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE ARE
SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS IF YOU
JUST LOOK AT THE PERCENT CHANGE
NUMBERS, YOU WILL SEE A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE.
HOWEVER, MOST OF THAT IS
RELATED TO A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET.
THAT DEPARTMENT HAD A LOT OF
ONE-TIME ADDS OR CUTS VERSUS
LOOKING AT SDOT, WHICH IS MORE
LOOKING AT REDUCKS IN SOME OF
THEIR I GUESS -- MORE OF THEIR
BASE SERVICES OR PROGRAMS AND
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
IS THAT RIGHT.
>> YES.
MAYBE THIS IS A LINE OF
QUESTIONING THAT YOU COULD
FOLLOW UP WITH AFTER THE
MEETING.
>> NO PROBLEM.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> WE WILL HAVE LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING OVER THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS.
THE CIP AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET
IDENTIFY A $60 MILLION LOSS,
THERE ABOUTS, OF FUNDING
SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO
SUPPORT MOVE SEATTLE.
THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVEE IS VERY
CONSISTENT.
IT IS PROPERTY TAX AND IT IS
CONSISTENT FUNDING SOURCE.
BUT IT IS REALLY SOME OF THE
OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING LIKE
THE SPECIAL PARKING TAX OR THE
GAS FUEL TAX REVENUES THAT HAVE
DECREASED.
AND SORT OF FORCED US TO HAVE
LESS -- LESS OVERALL MONEY FOR
THE SUITE OF PROJECTS.
SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS
SIGNIFICANTLY SHIFTED DOLLARS
AROUND FOR ANY NUMBER -- FOR
MOST OF THE MOVE SEATTLE
PROJECTS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN A -- WHERE
MANY OF I THINK THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS PROPOSALS THAT WE WILL
GET TO AT THE END OF THIS
PRESENTATION COME INTO PLAY.
THE MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO
REVIEW THIS AND SENT A LETTER
WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON
THEIR ISSUES AS WELL I BELIEVE
YESTERDAY.
THE MAIN -- I COULD GO THROUGH
A LIST OF SOME OF THE SPECIFIC
REDUCTIONS, BUT THESE INCLUDE
THINGS LIKE VISION ZERO
PROJECTS, PROJECTS LIKE THE
BOULEVARD PROJECT AND 23rd
AVENUE PHASE 3. THERE ARE
SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
GRANT STREET STATION,
CONTRIBUTIONS.
SOME OTHER PAVING AND ARTERIAL
CONCRETE PAVING PROJECTS THAT
ARE DELAYED.
FOR A LOT OF THE PROJECTS, THEY
WOULD BE DELAYED PAST THE
EXPIRATION OF MOVE SEATTLE AND
WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED IN
SOME FUTURE LEVEE PROPOSAL OR
OTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
I WILL GET TO THIS IN THE
LEGISLATION SECTION.
BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
LEGISLATION ITEMS RELATED TO
MOVE SEATTLE.
ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE MINIMUM
GENERAL FUND REQUIREMENT.
AND THE OTHER HAS TO DO WITH
SOME SPECIFIC SPENDING
CATEGORIES.
AND THE SPLIT OF LEVEE DOLLARS
THAT WOULD GO INTO THOSE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON
NUMBER 3 HERE.
IN THE MEMO, PAGE 6, MIDDLE OF
THE PANG, YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
THE MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE RECEIVED A BRIEFING
FROM SDOT ON OCTOBER 6th.
AND THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS
GOING TO BE PROVIDING COMMENTS
FOR OUR CONSIDERATION DURING
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE YET,
RIGHT?
WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING
RECOMMENDATIONS BACK FROM THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE?
I BELIEVE I HAVE SEEN AN E-MAIL
FROM THEM THAT I THINK WENT TO
COUNCIL MENS YESTERDAY.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS
TO EVERYONE AFTER THE MEETING.
I BELIEVE THEY SENT A
LETTERFORM ALLEY TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
NODDING.
AS CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION, YOU
HAVE RECEIVED THAT AS WELL
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
IT WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY
MORNING.
IT IS TWO PAGES LONG.
AND IT'S FAIRLY GENERAL IN ITS
REQUEST, IN TERMS OF THE
PRINCIPLES THEY LAY OUT.
AND I CAN RECIRCULATE THAT SO
IT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR
FOLKS.
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> AND I THINK THE -- THE MOVE
SEATTLE PROGRAM IN GENERAL,
EVEN -- REGARDLESS OF THE
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE WITH
THIS BUDGET WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE TO -- WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSEE THE LEVEE
IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS AS WELL.
SO THIS IS REALLY THEIR REVIEW
OF THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US.
THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
REVIEW THIS UNTIL THE
CONCLUSION OF THE LEVEE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, CALVIN.
LET'S GO AHEAD.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE AS
EVERYONE I'M SURE IS FAMILIAR
WAS CLOSED IN 2020 DUE TO
OBSERVED CRACKS IN THE MAIN OF
THE BRIDGE.
WE EXPECT THE MAYOR TO ANNOUNCE
A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR
WHETHER WE REPAIR OR REPLACE
THAT STRUCTURE LATER THIS YEAR.
SO THAT IS STILL A CONVERSATION
THAT IS -- HAS A LOT OF
UNKNOWNS AND IS STILL IN FRONT
OF US.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THE BUDGET
ACTIONS THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED
AND THE BUDGET ACTIONS THAT ARE
INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET
PROPOSAL.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, YOU DID
IMPROVE $70 MILLION FOR THIS
PROJECT.
THAT INCLUDED AN INNER FUND
LOAN TO BE MADE TO SDOT NOW.
THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
ESSENTIALLY PAY BACK THAT LOAN
AND ALSO ADD AN ADDITIONAL $30
MILLION IN 2021.
IT WOULD DO THIS THROUGH A BOND
SALE.
OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT BOND
SALE.
SO THIS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY
PLEDGING FUTURE REIT TO SUPPORT
THE -- TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT
IN THE FUTURE.
THIS PAYS BACK THE INNER FUND
LOAN IN ITS ENTIRETY.
AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WOULD
BE AUTHORIZED FOR 2020-2021 AND
ANY CARRY-FORWARD WOULD BE $100
MILLION WITH THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE SOME ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION THAT CORRESPOND
TO THE NINE ITEM THAT'S CALVIN
IS WALKING THROUGH.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LOVE
TO TRY TO HOLD THOSE FOR THE
END TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE
ISSUES AND GO THROUGH EACH ONE
OF THE IDENTIFICATION SHEETS AS
WE GET INTO THAT PART OF THE
MEMO.
>> OKAY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
QUESTION?
>> YES.
ON THAT DIRECTION I WILL NOT
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT BUDGET
ACTION PROPOSAL NUMBER 3 WITH
MY NAME ON IT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
OPTION A IDENTIFIED BY CALVIN.
IS THERE -- IS THERE FUNDING IN
THE 2021 BUDGET FOR COUNCIL
CONSULTANT SERVICES?
>> I WILL HAVE TO DO A LITTLE
MORE RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT HOW
MUCH MONEY THERE IS IN THAT
PROPOSAL.
I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION HERE.
>> JUST AS A POINT OF
INFORMATION FOR COLLEAGUES ON
THE COUNCIL WE DO HAVE AN
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT THAT HAS
BEEN ADVISING US.
BROUGHT THAT TEAM ON JUST A
COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I THINK.
IS THAT RIGHT, CALVIN?
ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
>> ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
AND THEY HELPED PROVIDE SOME
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT
FOR US AS WE REVIEW THE
EXECUTIVE PROPOSALS FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING
IT.
IT MIGHT BE A USEFUL FUNCTION
TO CARRY OVER INTO 2021 AS
WELL.
>> I EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN EARLY
NOVEMBER.
THAT MIGHT BE ILLUSTRATIVE IN
MYSELF THAT OUR EXPECTATIONS
ARE DIFFERENT, ME AND CALVIN.
IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY INTENDED
TO BE OCTOBER 21st.
AND THE MAYOR AND SDOT HAS
RECENTLY INDICATED JUST IN THE
LAST WEEK OR SO THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THE
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP,
THE WEST SEATTLE ADVISORY TASK
FORCE OR COMMUNITY TASK FORCE,
THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THE MATERIALS THAT THEY
HAVE -- THAT SDOT HAS RELEASED
IN THE SBA, THE COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS.
SO THE EXECUTIVE DIDN'T FEEL
THAT IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO MAKE
AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A
PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE BEFORE
HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE ADVISING
THE MAYOR TO REVIEW THE
MATERIALS BEFORE GIVING THEIR
SORT OF ADVISORY INPUT TO THE
MAYOR AS PART OF THE DECISION-
MAKING.
>> I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
INFORMATION.
IT MAY BE ONE THAT WOULD BE
GOOD FOR A COUNCIL BRIEFING
SHORTLY.
>> I SEE HEADS NODDING.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FLAGGING
THAT.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IDENTIFIES THE TRANSFER
FROM SPD TO SDOT.
IT WOULD CONSOLIDATE WITHIN THE
SDOT RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT.
THAT CONSOLIDATES THOSE
FUNCTIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE PERSONNEL
AND THE BUDGET FOR THAT
PERSONNEL, THE PROPOSAL ALSO
INCLUDES $800,000 TO COVER THE
OVERTIME ASSOCIATED WITH
SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE -- THERE IS ONE SMALL -- IF
YOU LOOK AT THE DECREASE IN THE
SDOT -- EXCUSE ME, THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND THE
INCREASING SDOT BUDGET, THE
POLICE OFFICERS MOVE IN THEIR
ENTIRETY.
BUT THE BACK OFFICE SUPPORT HAS
A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE.
THE SDOT HAS IDENTIFIED I
BELIEVE THREE POSITIONS THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO HELP PROVIDE
THE BACK OFFICE SUPPORT THAT
SPD PROVIDE WHEN THAT UNIT WAS
THERE.
AND SO SPD IS ELIMINATING THOSE
POSITIONS IN THE SPD BUDGET.
AND SDOT IS ASKING FOR NEW
POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THAT.
>> I WILL NOET THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD HAS PROPOSAL
NUMBER 4 WHEN WE GET TO THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
PIECE?
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR PREVIEWING THE
DISCUSSION TO COME ON THAT FORM
A.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS
RELATING TO THE SALE
TRANSPORTATION AND THE TRANSIT
MEASURES AS I MENTIONED AT THE
BEGINNING.
THE EXISTING 2014 TRANSIT
MEASURE WILL EXPIRE AT THE END
OF THIS YEAR.
AND SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET
ELIMINATES THAT FUNDING FROM
THE 2021 BUDGET.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, COUNCIL
PLACED A REPLACEMENT TRANSIT
MEASURE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT
THAT.
IS CURRENTLY BEFORE VOTERS.
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
YOU DON'T SEE EITHER OF THESE
DOLLARS REFERENCED IN THE
BUDGET.
DEPENDING ON VOTER APPROVAL, IF
THAT COMES TO PASS, THEN I WILL
WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE TO
PREPARE BUDGET AMENDMENTS
NECESSARY FOR INCLUDING IT IN
THE BUDGET.
>> THIS WAS A PIECE OF GOOD
NEWS FOR OUR BUDGET HERE.
WELCOME NEWS IN 2020.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS?
OKAY.
>> NEXT ITEM PLEASE.
SO LAST WEEK THE WASHINGTON
SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN
INITIATIVE 976 WHICH WOULD HAVE
ELIMINATED OUR ABILITY TO
COLLECT VEHICLE LICENSE FEES.
THOSE VEHICLE LICENSE FEES ARE
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF WHAT
WE COLLECT FOR THE TRANSIT
MEASURE AS WELL AS SOME BASIC
INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE
FUNDING THAT WAS IMPOSED.
WITH INITIATIVE 976 STRUCK
DOWN, THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY
DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO
CONSIDER RAISING ADDITIONAL
VEHICLE LICENSE FEES, EITHER
THROUGH COUNCIL ACTION OR
THROUGH FUTURE VOTER APPROVAL.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
YOU CAN CONSIDER IT AS PART OF
THIS BUDGET OR WE COULD TAKE IT
UP IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
2021 BUDGET AS WELL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> NO.
NO.
>> I MUTED YOU.
>> NO.
I MUTED.
CALVIN, CAN I ASK A QUESTION
HERE?
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOW
UNLOCKED THE ABILITY TO DO THE
COUNCIL APPROVED INCREASE,
WHICH WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL
$20 ON TOP OF THE $20 THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN ASSESSED.
IN TERMS OF THE TABS THAT WE
WERE NOT ABLE TO GO TO THE
VOTERS WITH IN THE MEASURE THAT
IS GOING TO BE -- WELL, THAT IS
ON THE BALLOT RIGHT NOW, WHAT
COULD THE TIMELINE BE ON US
GOING BACK TO THE VOTERS OR AS
I UNDERSTAND IT THE $60 CAR
TABATHA WE'RE AUTHORIZED TO
PURSUE UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT.
I MEAN?
WE MADE THE REALLY DIFFICULT
DECISION OF INCREASING AN
INCREDIBLY REGRESSIVE SALES TAX
TO OFFSET THE HORRIBLE HIT THAT
THE INITIATIVE RIGHTFULLY
DETERMINED TO BE BLATANTLY
UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY THE COURT
TOOK THAT BIG HIT.
AND NOW THAT THAT IS GONE, I
WOULD LIKE US TO MAYBE AT THE
VERY LEAST DISCUSS A POTENTIAL
PATH FORWARD ON WHAT SOME OF
THE STRATEGIES ONGOING BACK TO
THE VOTERS MIGHT LOOK LIKE TO
RESTORE THE VOTER APPROVED CAR
TAB ELEMENT AS WELL, WHICH, YOU
KNOW, IS DIFFERENT FROM I
UNDERSTAND IT OUR COUNCIL
AUTHORITY WHICH IS LIMITED TO
THE $20.
I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE
MAY BE ABLE TO PURSUE A
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
AND WHAT KIND OF THE TIMELINE
WOULD BE ON THAT GIVEN THAT WE
HAVE A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT
ALREADY AND THE AWKWARD TIMING
OF THE COURT CASE.
>> BECAUSE WE HAVE A BALLOT
MEASURE BEFORE VOTERS RIGHT
NOW, I FEEL THE NEED TO BE A
LITTLE BIT -- I DON'T WANT TO
SPEAK TOO MUCH FOR A MEASURE
THAT IS CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF
VOTERS.
SO I WILL STAY TO THE
HIGHLIGHTS IN MY RESPONSE.
BUT MY -- I BELIEVE THAT THIS
IS A SEPARATE FUNDING PROPOSAL
FROM -- LET ME STEP BACK.
THE MEASURE THAT COUNCIL
APPROVED THIS SUMMER IS A 0.15%
SALES TAX.
A SEPARATE FUNDING SOURCE FROM
THE LICENSING FEE.
COUNCIL COULD PROPOSE GOING TO
VOTERS WITH A SEPARATE VEHICLE
LICENSE FEE MEASURE.
AND I BELIEVE THE TIME
RESTRICTIONS ARE GOING TO BE
BASED ON WHEN IT CAN GET IN
FRONT OF -- WHICH ELECTION WE
COULD GET A BALLOT MEASURE TO
KING COUNTY ELECTIONS IN TIME
TO MEET.
AND ARE NOT TIED TO ANY OF THE
OTHER MEASURES IN FRONT OF
VOTERS.
>> THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.
GIVEN THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN ELECTION RIGHT NOW.
I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER AND WE
WILL DEFINITELY DIVE INTO THIS
MORE.
I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING AND
PROVIDING YOUR TECHNICAL VIEW
OF WHERE WE STAND.
>> HOPEFULLY SOON IN NOVEMBER
WE WILL HAVE THE OUTCOME OF
THAT MEASURE AND FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE COURSE OF ACTION MAY
BE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
ITEM?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU.
>> NEXT ITEM PLEASE.
SO LIKE MANY OF THE TRANSIT
SERVICE IN SEATTLE WITH THE
COVID RESPONSE WE SAW A
DECREASE IN TRANSIT DEMAND.
AND SO SDOT ACTUALLY REDUCED
THE EXISTING STREET CAR RIDER
-- REDUCED IT FROM 10% FROM THE
PRE-COVID LEVELS.
THE 2021 BUDGET WOULD ALSO
REDUCE THAT STREET CAR SERVICE,
WOULD MAINTAIN THAT CUT AND USE
THAT AS AN OPERATIONAL SAVINGS
OF ABOUT $700,000.
THE BUDGET DID HAVE SOME
INCREASES IN THE OPERATING
COSTS THAT ARE RELATED TO
ESCALATE OF COSTS THAT EATS UP
A LOT OF THOSE SAVINGS.
SO IT IS NOT AS MUCH OF AN
OVERALL NET SAVINGS AS IT COULD
BE.
BUT YOU COULD CONSIDER FURTHER
REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF
FREQUENCY OR SPAN OF SERVICE
THAT MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CUT
COSTING THERE.
AND I SEE I SKIPPED OVER A
POINT HERE.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LAST
YEAR -- OR EARLIER THIS YEAR,
SDOT PAUSED ALL WORK ON THE
STREET CAR INDEFINITELY.
SO THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN
ESSENTIALLY DEFUNDED IN THE
CIP.
>> QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
CALVIN, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS
OPTION A. CONSIDER FURTHER
REDUCTION OF STREET CAR HOURS,
PARTICULARLY THE ONE IN SOUTH
LAKE UNION.
IF EMPLOYEES ARE NOT RETURNING
TO ON-SITE WORK QUICKLY IN THE
FIRST AND SECOND QUARTERS OF
NEXT YEAR OR UNTIL THERE IS A
VACCINE IN PLACE.
AND SOY DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT
IS FOR YOU TO QUANTIFY THIS.
BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
SEEING WHAT OPTIONS THERE MIGHT
BE FOR THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
STREET CAR REDUCTION, FURTHER
REDUCTIONS AS SUGGESTED HERE BY
OPTION A, WHETHER THERE'S A
SIMPLE WAY TO, WHETHER IT IS
REDUCING ANOTHER 10%.
IF SO, WOULD THAT ENABLE US TO
REDEPLOY SOME OF THESE REQUESTS
BEING MADE BY MY COLLEAGUES TO
ADD TO PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS?
>> AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW
UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO TRY
TO GET SOME OPTIONS IN FRONT OF
YOU.
I THINK JUST FROM MY TAKE ON
IT, WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW
IT MIGHT AFFECT THE REST OF THE
OPERATIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE 10%
DOES RELATE TO ABOUT $700,000.
>> THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT
THE STREET CAR OVERALL.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
IN TERMS OF THE OPTION A HERE
AND AS A FOLLOW-UP TO COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN'S INQUIRY, I
SEE FROM YOUR MEMO ON THE -- ON
THE BUDGET SUMMARY DOCUMENT
CHART, I SHOULD SAY.
SO IT DOES LIST SOUTH LAKE
UNION STREET CAR OPERATIONS.
IT SAYS THAT THERE IS A
PROPOSED 3% REDUCTION.
AND I GUESS I WANT TO GET A
SENSE OF WHAT YOU KNOW, CALVIN,
ABOUT WHAT THE EXECUTIVE AND
THE DEPARTMENT ACUM SOD IN
TERMS OF HOW THAT 3% PROPOSED
REDUCTIONS IN THE 3% REDUCTION
BEFORE US.
>> THE 3% REDUCTION OF
EXPENDITURES ISN'T NECESSARILY
A REDUCTION IN SERVICE.
SO SDOT REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE
REDUCED SERVICE HOURS IN TOTAL
BY ABOUT 10% ACROSS THE LINES.
SO I WILL HAVE TO GET SOME MORE
INFORMATION FROM THEM ABOUT HOW
THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR
PROPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR
2021.
THE SAVINGS THAT WERE RELATED
TO THAT CUT WERE MOSTLY OFFSET
BY THE ASSUMED ESCALATION.
PART OF IT IS OUR CONTRACT WITH
KING COUNTY METRO FOR OPERATING
THE STREET CAR.
SO IN TOTAL, EVEN THOUGH IT IS
10% CUT IN SERVICE, IT ONLY
SHOWS AS THIS 3% REDUCTION IN
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
EXPENDITURES AND 8.5% INCREASE
IN THE OPERATIONS.
>> OKAY.
SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT THAT 3% AND WHAT IT
IS ACTUALLY -- WHERE THOSE COST
SAVINGS ARE BEING FOUND IN
TERMS OF THE 3% LISTED ON YOUR
CHART.
AND THEN THE OVERALL 10%.
I GUESS I'M HEARING FROM YOU
THAT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, IT
DOESN'T IMPACT FREQUENCY OR
HOURS OF SERVICE.
>> IT WILL.
SO IT IS -- I WILL HAVE TO GET
BACK TO YOU ABOUT EXACTLY HOW
IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IT IS A 10% REDUCTION IN THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSIT SERVICE
HOURS THAT STREET CARS ARE
OPERATING.
WHETHER THEY HAVE TAKEN THAT IN
LONGER FREQUENCY TIMES OR IN
SHORTENING THE SPAN OF SERVICE,
I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION
HANDY.
BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW
UP AND GET THAT INFORMATION FOR
YOU.
>> OKAY.
AND THAT 10% REDUCTION, THE
BROADER 10% REDUCTION, THAT'S
ACROSS THE STREET CAR NETWORK.
PRESUMABLY, YOU KNOW, TELL ME
IF I'M WRONG HERE.
BUT PRESUMABLY TO ALLOW THE
FLEXIBILITY OF SORT OF SHIFTING
HOURS OF SERVICE AND FREQUENCY
ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY AS
OPPOSED TO -- AS OPPOSED TO
FOCUSING ON ONE LINE VERSUS THE
OTHER.
>> WELL, THE BUDGET ESTABLISHES
SEPARATE ESLs FOR THOSE LINES.
THERE IS IMPLICIT -- THOSE ARE
RESERVES OF THE STREET CARS.
I JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
BEING IMPLEMENTED FOR EACH S
LINE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY.
AND IN TERMS OF OPTION A, THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL INFORMATION TO
GIVE FOLLOW-UP.
JUST GENERALLY I'LL SAY THAT I
WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT --
ABOUT ANY SORT OF PROPOSED
FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO FREQUENCY
IN HOURS OF SERVICE.
IN LARGE PART BECAUSE I THINK
IF THE CUT IS TOO DEEP, THEN
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SIGNALING
THAT WE'RE ABANDONING THE
STREET CAR SYSTEM IN ITS
ENTIRETY.
AND SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF'S
ANALYSIS OF WHERE THAT TIPPING
POINT MIGHT BE.
AND THAT MIGHT NOT BE A VERY
EASY ANALYSIS.
BUT CALVIN, I HAVE A HUGE
AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE IN YOUR
ABILITY TO SHEPHERD US THROUGH
THAT ANALYSIS.
THAT IS WHAT I'M CONSIDERING,
SORT OF WHEN WE START DIGGING
INTO THE FREQUENCY AND HOURS OF
SERVICE IN THIS PARTICULAR
SPACE, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED
THAT WE'RE GOING TO --
PARTICULARLY ON TWO LINES THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT AND ARE
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR
CITY, I WORRY ABOUT WHETHER
WE'RE SETTING THEM UP FOR
FUTURE FAILURE AND NOT BEING
ABLE TO RECOVER THE LEVEL OF
SERVICE AND FREQUENCY IN THE
SORT OF OUTWARD YEARS.
AND OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT 2021 WILL BRING US TO IN
TERMS OF THE SAFE START ORDER
THAT THE GOVERNOR IS LOOKING AT
AND HAS LOOKED AT.
AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, OUR
EMPLOYERS DOWNTOWN EMPLOYERS
ARE GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF AN
ENTIRE 12 MONTHS OF PLANNING
RELATED TO TELEWORK OR HYBRID
OF TELEWORK AND ON-SITE.
I MEAN THERE ARE SO MANY
VARIABLES THERE THAT I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING
CAREFUL ABOUT ANY FURTHER
PROPOSED REDUCTIONS THAT WOULD
IMPACT FREQUENCY IN HOURS OF
SERVICE AND THE LONG-TERM
VIABILITY OF TRANSIT
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN
BUILT AND WE HAVE INVESTED
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TO HELP
KEEP IT SUCCESSFUL.
SO I JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN
AND A REQUEST FOR SOME FURTHER
ANALYSIS ON THAT POINT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER,
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE'RE ALL UNSURE WHAT 2021 WILL
BRING AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
TRANSIT IN GENERAL AROUND THE
REGION.
THE PROPOSAL IS A 10% REDUCTION
ONE TIME.
IT IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR
COVID RESPONSE PIECE.
I THINK THE OPTION IN FRONT OF
YOU IS WHETHER THERE IS
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY THERE.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT ANY
REDIRECTION OF FUNDING BE
CONSIDERED ONE TIME AND NOT FOR
ANY ONGOING USE FOR EXACTLY
THAT REASON BECAUSE WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM
FORECAST FOR STREET CAR
RIDERSHIP WILL BE.
>> AND AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT
PARTICULAR POINT, THERE IS
ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF
COUNCIL LOOKING AT THE QUESTION
OF FREQUENCY IN HOURS OF
SERVICE, EITHER OR, IN THE 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'RE NOT RESTRICTED FROM
RECEIVING ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AS 2021 EVOLVES IN
CAPTURING ADDITIONAL SAVINGS
BASED ON RIDERSHIP DATA AND
TELEWORKING OR ON-SITE TRENDS
THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE.
IS THAT FAIR TO SAY.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
SOME OF THAT COULD BE DONE
ADMINISTRATIVELY.
THE BUDGET SORT OF LISTS THAT
MAXIMUM THAT THE EXECUTIVE CAN
SPEND FOR THIS.
SO ADDITIONAL COST SAVINGS
COULD BE DONE EVEN WITHOUT
BUDGET ACTION IN THE FUTURE.
MAYBE WARRANTED DEPENDING ON
HOW -- HOW SDOT OPERATES THE
SYSTEM.
SO THEY CAN ALWAYS SPEND LESS,
BUT THEY CAN'T SPEND MORE.
>> GOT IT.
FAIR ENOUGH.
THANK YOU, CALVIN.
AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON
THIS ITEM NUMBER 8? CALVIN, ONE
QUESTION THAT I HAVE.
ACTUALLY IT IS TWO FOLD.
ONE, IS THERE ANY FEDERAL
PENALTY FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE
NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
STREET CAR.
CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS ADVOCATED
HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT
THE MILLIONS NEEDED.
DO WE HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK OR
IS THERE ANY PENALTY WITH THAT
MOVING FORWARD?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE NOT
RECEIVED FEDERAL MONEY FOR THE
STREET CAR PROJECT.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN EXPENSES
THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT IN
ANTICIPATION OF THAT FUNDING.
SO I'M STILL CHECKING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE ARE NO
OUTSTANDING LIABILITIES.
EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHEN WE DID
THE 2020 REBALANCING, COUNCIL
REDIRECTED THE MONEY THAT WAS
SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROJECT,
THERE WAS $9 MILLION OF MERCER
MEGA BLOCK PROCEEDS.
A MILLION OF IT HAD ALREADY
BEEN SPENT.
8MILLION OF IT WAS DIRECTED TO
OTHER TRANSPORTATION
PRIORITIES.
AT THIS TIME I DON'T BELIEVE
THERE IS ANY REMAINING
LIABILITY BUT I'M CHECKING WITH
THE EXECUTIVE.
>> I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
CLARIFICATION AS WELL TO PUT
INTO CONTEXT WITH THE SECOND
PART OF THE CHART THAT YOU
OFFERED ON PAGE ONE OF YOUR
MEMO AND SLIDE NUMBER TWO IN
YOUR PRESENTATION.
AT FIRST GLANCE IF YOU JUST
LOOK AT THE STREET CAR LINE
ITEM, IT LOOKS AS IF THERE IS A
MINOR REINTRODUCTION 6%.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO THE
OVERALL REDUCTION.
IT IS HELPFUL.
I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT SDOT
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE
CONNECTOR.
AND I UNDERSTAND AS WELL THOUGH
THAT WE ARE IN TOUGH TIMES AND
WE'RE MAKING REALLY TOUGH
DEISIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
PEOPLE HAVE THE SERVICES THAT
THEY NEED FOR BASIC LIFE
NECESSITIES, FOOD AND HOUSING
AND OTHER SERVICE.
I FULLY GET THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE
ARE ANY PENALTIES, THAT IS
HELPFUL TO KNOW.
OKAY.
LE'S MOVE ON.
LAST ITEM ON YOUR SHEET HERE.
>> LAST ITEM IS THE WATERFRONT.
AND MY COLLEAGUE WILL BE
COVERING THAT ITEM.
>> HI.
CHECKING THAT I'M VISIBLE AND
AUDIBLE.
>> YOU ARE.
>> FANTASTIC.
YEP.
I'M ERIC.
I WORK FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE
THAT THE PROPOSED CIP DELAYED
SPENDING ON THE WATERFRONT
MAINTAINS THAT PROJECT SCHEDULE
COMPLETION IN 2024.
AND THE OVERALL SPENDING.
THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY
COMING FROM WSDOT FOR THE
BRIDGE PROJECT.
THAT IS ABOUT $500,000 -- IT IS
ACTUALLY $500,000 IN 2021.
AND A TOTAL OF $8.5 MILLION
OVER THE COURSE OF THAT PROJECT
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
THERE IS AN ADD THERE.
THAT IS REIMBURSABLE DOLLARS
FROM WASH-DOT.
IT ADDS A NEW MAINTENANCE
PROJECT.
THAT IS TO MAINTAIN THE NEW
WATERFRONT PROJECT ASSETS.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEING BUILT.
NEXT YEAR THAT IS $100,000 AND
INCREASES IN THE OUTYEARS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES TO FLAG
FOR YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE
CONTEXT.
THAT ROUNDS OUT THE SLIDE FOR
ME.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS, PAGE 11 OF
THE MEMO?
OKAY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, ERIC, FOR JOINING
US.
>> OF COURSE.
THANK YOU.
>> NOW WE'RE INTO BUDGET
LEGISLATION.
THEN WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS FORM As.
>> AND IS THAT IS INCLUDED IN
THEIR LETTER TO YOU.
>> AND THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN WHO CIRCULATED THE
LETTER TO ALL OF OUR OFFICES.
11:26.
11:23.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> ALSO RELATED TO MOVE SEATTLE
IS THE MINIMUM GENERAL FUND
REQUIREMENT.
SO THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVEE DOES
REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM OF $40
MILLION WHICH IS ESCALATED FOR
GENERAL FUND BE ABLE TO COLLECT
LEVEE FUNDING.
YOU CAN SUSPEND THIS BY COUNCIL
ORDINANCE WITH A FINDING THAT
FINANCIAL OR ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS PROHIBIT US FROM
DOING SO.
THE ESCALATION WOULD BE ABOUT
$45 MILLION.
IF YOU TAKE OUT THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHICH IS
OF COURSE GENERAL FUNDED, YOU
WOULD HAVE ABOUT $42.8 MILLION
OF GENERAL FUND IN SDOT'S
BUDGET.
THE PROPOSE THE LEGISLATION
ACKNOWLEDGES THIS WAS NOT A
CONSIDERATION WHEN THE VOTERS
APPROVED MOVE SEATTLE.
EVEN THOUGH WE TECHNICALLY MEET
THE THRESHOLD, THIS WOULD THEN
AUTHORIZE THE MINIMAL SPENDING
REQUIREMENT.
YOU TOOK A SIMILAR ACTION
EARLIER THIS SUMMER FOR 2020.
>> GREAT.
I SEE NO QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM.
>> OKAY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR LAST PIECE
OF BUDGET LEGISLATION.
IT WOULD AUTHORIZE A $25
MILLION INNER FUND LOAN FROM
THE HOUSING INCENTIVE FUND.
THIS LOAN WOULD BE SHORT TERM.
IT WOULD BE REPAID BY DECEMBER
31st, 2024.
THIS LOAN UNLIKE OTHER LOANS
WHICH ARE OFTEN FOR A SPECIFIC
REVENUE SOURCE OR FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES, THIS SUPPORTS SDOT'S
GENERAL OPERATIONS AND IS USED
TO BALANCE THEIR BUDGETARY
DUCKS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE
HOUSING CENTRAL FUND HAS
SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO OFFER
THE LOAN.
>> CALVIN -- OH, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I'LL CALL ON YOU IN A SECOND.
I WANT TO PROVIDE A QUICK
UPDATE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY'S
BUDGET OFFICE HAS HEARD SOME OF
OUR CONCERNS ABOUT USING THE
FUNDING EVEN THOUGH THERE IS
SUFFICIENT FUNDING IN THEIR
MANY PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE
ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING BY RECOGNIZING THERE IS
FUTURE DOLLARS COMING OUR WAY
AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT AT
RISK OR JEOPARDY THE HOUSING
EFFORTS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE
CONTEMPLATING A DIFFERENT FUND
SOURCE FOR THAT INNER FUND
LOAN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON
THAT.
>> I DO NOT HAVE ANY UPDATES.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
WITH THEM.
>> OKAY.
I WILL NOTE THERE WE MAY HAVE
OPTIONS C OR MORE PENDING THE
INFORMATION THAT IS COMING FROM
THE CBO.
GIVEN THE CONCERNS THAT THEY
HEARD ABOUT THE OH REVENUE
STREAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WANTED TO NOTE ON PAGE 2 OF
THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED
FROM THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVEE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THEY DO
SUPPORT USING AN INNER FUND
LOAN TO HELP FILL THE GAP, SO
TO SPEAK, OF THE BUDGET
SHORTFALLS FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
CALVIN, I THINK WE GOT THROUGH
IT ALL.
NOW TO THE REALLY FUN PART.
ALL RIGHT.
WE KNOW WE HAVE MANY FORM A'S
THAT WERE CORRESPONDING WITH
SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT
WE HAD.
SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
IDENTIFIED AREAS OF INTEREST.
OVERAN HOUR.
I THINK WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
AGAIN, PLEASE KEEP THE COMMENTS
RELATIVELY BRIEF AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS STILL HAVE
TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SURE.
AND I WILL DO A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION AND HAND IT OVER
TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO
SPONSORS THE PROPOSAL TO SPEAK
TO IT.
NUMBER ONE IS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
REPRIORITIZE SPENDING FROM SDOT
PROGRAM TO RESERVE FUNDING FOR
THE PROJECT.
THIS WAS A PROJECT INCLUDED IN
THE LEVEE BUT THAT'S BEEN
DELAYED BY THE SOUND TRANSIT
LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS CALVIN BE MENTIONED, FULL
FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE MOVE SEATTLE
LEVEE PASSED BY THE VOTERS IN
2016.
100% DESIGN WAS REACHED IN FALL
OF 2017.
JUST ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO
SIT WITH THAT FOR A SECOND.
FULL FUNDING FOR THIS ENTIRE
PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN THE
MOVE LEVEE.
THAT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PROMISE
TO THE CONSTITUENTS IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE
NEED FOR THE WORK.
AFTER PASSAGE OF THE LEVEE,
SDOT WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND SPENT THE FUNDS NECESSARY
TO REACH FULL DESIGN.
100% DESIGN.
WE DELAYED WITH COMMUNITY
BEGRUDGING ACCEPTANCE.
AND OTHER FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNITY FULL HEARTEDLY
SUPPORTING.
WE DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF
THAT PROJECT.
I SUPPORTED THAT DECISION.
THE REASON WHY WE HIT PAUSE WAS
BECAUSE THE PROJECT OVERLAPS
WITH ONE OF THE OPTIONS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION -- UNDER
CONSIDERATION FOR SOUND
TRANSIT'S LIGHT RAIL PROJECT.
SO THE DECISION WAS MADE TO
DELAY IMPLEMENTATION UNTIL
COMPLETION OF SOUND TRANSIT'S
ESI PROCESS, EXPECTED TO BE
COMPLETED IN 2022.
TIMING FOR THE 2020 TO 2025CIP
LISTING WAS NOT PRACTICAL DUE
TO POTENTIAL CONFLICT WITH
POTENTIAL ALIGNMENT FOR THE
SOUND TRANSIT LIGHT RAIL.
AND I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO AMEND THE CIP TO
ADD FUNDING BACK IN FOR 2023
AND 2024.
I JUST WANT TO -- AS RECENTLY
AS NOVEMBER 1st, 2019, SDOT
MADE A STRONG COMMITMENT ABOUT
WHAT THE DELAY ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT
MEANT AND WHAT IT DOESN'T MEAN.
THEY MADE THE COMMITMENT --
AGAIN, THIS WAS A COMMITMENT
THAT SDOT MADE TO THE COMMUNITY
TO GET THEIR AGREEMENT IN
PRINCIPLE TO DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT.
I THINK IT IS A REALLY, REALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE --
THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE -- THE
ROLE THAT THESE KINDS OF
COMMITMENTS PLAY IN GETTING
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR VOTER
APPROVED LEVEES.
IF SOUND TRANSIT FOR WEST
SEATTLE DOES NOT IMPACT WAY, WE
WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FULL
PROJECT AS DESIGNED.
IF SOUND TRANSIT'S DESIGN
IMPACTS ROY WAY, WE WILL WORK
WITH SOUND TRANSIT TO IMPLEMENT
STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS THAT
ALIGN WITH THE GOALS OF THE
BOULEVARD PROJECT.
SO, AGAIN, MY PROPOSAL IS TO
AMEND THE CIP TO ADD FUNDING
BACK IN 2023 AND 2024.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THIS
ONE.
WHEN COULD SDOT REALISTICALLY
BE EXPECTED TO SPEND THE
RESERVE DOLLARS?
DO WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT?
>> THE REASON WHY I'M PROPOSING
ADDING IT IN FOR 2023 IS
BECAUSE WE ARE EXPECTING A
SOUND TRANSIT EIS DECISION TO
BE COMPLETED IN 2022.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
APPRECIATE THAT.
I
>> The amount of funding for
the project is to be
determined.
We have a question on the
amount of
funding necessary and the
regulation from SDOT is
3-4 million and we have
questions on where the funds
come from.
Neither of those questions are
answered
in this particular format.
>> Next item number is three.
Councilmember her
bold.
This would add reporting
requests or
requirements through proviso or
SLIDE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER FOR
REPORTING ON THE
SEATTLE BRIDGEWORK AND
RECONNECT THE WEST SEATTLE
PROGRAM AND RECONNECT WEST
SEATTLE PROGRAM FOR
EVERYBODY'S PROGRAM IS A
PROGRAMMING ATTENDED TO
FUND IMPROVEMENTS AND
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
DETOUR ROUTES WITH A SPECIFIC
IT -- SPECIFIC
EQUITY FOCUS ON PARTICULAR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
ORIGINALLY, WE HAD HEARD FROM
THE MAYOR THAT THERE
WAS GOING TO BE A PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE ANNOUNCED
TOMORROW.
AND SO THE INTENT WAS TO FIND
OUT MORE
ABOUT THAT AND HELP THE
KNOWLEDGE OF THAT PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE TO ALIGN WITH MORE
DETAIL IN THIS FORM A
FOR FUTURE FORM B. THE COST
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
RELEASE WAS DELAYED AND WE WERE
EXPECTING TO
POTENTIALLY GET THAT LAST
FRIDAY.
SO WE WILL
HOPEFULLY HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME
TO WORK WITH CALVIN
TO ALLOW FOR MORE DETAIL ON
THIS PARTICULAR ITEM AND
HOPEFULLY WE WILL ALSO HEAR
FROM THE WEST SEATTLE
COMMUNITY TASK FORCE WITH THEIR
ABILITY TO DIGEST
THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND
THAT MIGHT ALSO BE
USEFUL FOR US IN DEVELOPING THE
FUTURE VERSION.
THE
FINAL REALISTICALLY BECAUSE
THERE IS ALL OF THIS NEW
INFORMATION COMING OUT.
THE FINAL VERSION WITH ALL
THE DETAILS WE INTEND FOR
FUTURE REPORTING MIGHT
NEED TO BE IN THE FORM C. SO
JUST GIVING YOU A
HEADS UP ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
I SEE NONE.
THANK YOU ALSO FOR SHARING
YOUR SURVEY DATA.
I SEE THAT I LOADED ON NEWS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A HIGH
AMOUNT OF
PARTICIPATION.
NUMBER FOUR WAS PREVIEWED IN
THE
PRESENTATION ALREADY.
SO HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NUMBER
FOUR, LET'S GET TO IT.
>> IT IS A PROPOSAL THAT MAY
ADDRESS CHANGES IN
THE PROPOSED PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER LEGISLATION
BUDGET PROPOSAL AND IT COULD
INCLUDE CONSOLIDATING
THOSE POSITIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES IN A SEPARATE
OFFICE ALONG WITH THE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATION
CENTER.
>> I WANT TO FLAG THAT THE
BROADER PROPOSAL IS NOT
ONLY RELATED TO WHERE THE PEO'S
ARE TRANSFERRED BUT
ALSO TO RENAME THE NEW
DEPARTMENT FROM WHAT IS
CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO BE THE
SEATTLE EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATION CENTER TO A NEW
SEATTLE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION CENTER.
THIS IS MY EFFORT
TO FOLLOW UP ON THE PEO'S
REQUEST THAT THEY BE
TRANSFERRED INTO THIS NEW
DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN BE
TRANSFERRED INTO SDOT.
THE SEATTLE PEO GUILD HAS
PROPOSED A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES
THAT THEY COULD TAKE
ON AFTER NEGOTIATIONS AND
CONSULTATIONS WITH SPOG.
SOME OF THOSE RESPONSE
ABILITIES INCLUDE RED LIGHT
CAMERA ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL ZONE
ENFORCEMENT COME
RESPONSE TO NON- INJURY
COLLISION, MINOR THEFT, CAR
BREAK-INS, TO TAKE THE REPORT
WHEN THOSE BREAK-INS
HAVE BEEN AND FORWARD THE
REPORT TO SPD.
RESPONDING
TO REPORTS OF ABANDONED
VEHICLES OR RVS AND PEOPLE
LIVING IN THEM.
PEOS EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD
INFORM AND ASSIST MEMBERS WITH
AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
AND THEY ALREADY DO WORK
COLLABORATIVELY WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND
HISTORICALLY WITH TEAM
NAVIGATORS AND COORDINATORS AND
CIVILIAN AGENCIES
WITHIN THE AIR REMEDIATION
PROGRAM.
SO THE PEO'S
ALSO ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING
ON WORK RELATED TO
STAFFING EVENTS, FLAGGING AND
PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES TO FLAGGING SPECIAL
EVENTS, THUS REDUCING
THE OVERTIME BUDGET OF THE
SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND I WANT TO FLAG THAT SOME OF
THESE
CHANGES MIGHT NECESSITATE
MAKING SOME AMENDMENTS TO
THE BUDGET LEGISLATION AS
DESCRIBED BY CALVIN
EARLIER.
I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER ANALYZE
THAT
LEGISLATION TO SEE WHAT CHANGES
MIGHT NEED TO BE
MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE PEO'S
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
MANAGE TRAFFIC AT SPECIAL
EVENTS.
AND WE MIGHT NEED
TO AGAIN LOOK AT OTHER ELEMENTS
OF THE LEGISLATION
THAT MIGHT RESULT IN NEEDING TO
REINTRODUCE THE
BILL, IF THERE IS A TITLE
CHANGE.
AND THEN I WANT
TO FLAG THAT WE PUT SOME
QUESTIONS IN WITH SDOT THAT
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR
BACK. AND JUST
INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHAT THEY'RE THINKING
IS FOR TRANSFERRING THE UNIT TO
SDOT.
AND THE WORK
THEY HAVE DONE TO FACILITATE
THAT TRANSFER AND WE
PUT THAT QUESTION AND ON THE
12th AND HAVE NOT
HEARD BACK YET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DID
YOU HAVE A QUESTION
ON THIS ONE?
>> SORRY.
I SAW YOU OFF MUTE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS
THE SIGNAL FOR WANTING A
QUESTION.
PERHAPS IT WAS
NOT.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS ONE?
>> BRIEFLY, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I
WANT TO SIGNAL MY
INTEREST WORKING ON THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF MY
QUESTIONS WOULD BE JUST BEST
ADDRESSED BY CENTRAL
STAFF BUT I WONDER WHERE THE
BEST AVENUE WOULD BE
FULLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT
WOULD REQUIRE BARGAINING
ON THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT
WERE INCLUDED IN THE LETTER WE
RECEIVED FROM THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
UNION ON NEW DUTIES THAT
THEY COULD ASSUME, REGARDLESS
OF WHERE THE UNIT
LANDS.
IF THE UNIT IS IN SDOT OR IN
THE NEW
DEPARTMENT, NO MATTER WHERE
THEY ARE, THEY COULD
STILL DO THIS.
AND I WANT TO FLAG FOR THE
GENERAL
PUBLIC -- WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING A LOT ABOUT
NONCRIMINAL CALLS.
WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE
ARE A LOT OF CRIMINAL
ENFORCEMENT ASPECTS OTHERS DO
BEYOND SWORN OFFICERS FOR
IGHER VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT
CAN SOMETIMES THE CRIMINAL.
THAT IS INVESTIGATED BY
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
RETAIL THEFT
IS DONE THROUGH THE RETAIL
THEFT PROGRAM WHICH IS
MOSTLY CIVILIAN AND PRIVATELY
EMPLOYED LOSS
PREVENTION OFFICERS.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
LOOKING AT WHAT THE BEST
VEHICLE WOULD BE TO QUEUE
UP, EXPANDING TO THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE OF THINGS THAT
WERE OUTLINED IN THE LETTER AND
TO START THE PROCESS
NOW KNOWING THAT IT WAS
ESTIMATED IN A PUBLIC PLACE
POTENTIALLY RESTING WITH THE
SWORN OFFICER WORKLOAD.
AND COULD BE TAKEN ON BY THIS
NEW SERVICE WHICH IS
60% BI, 50% WOMEN.
MOSTLY ENGLISH THINKING
WORKFORCE.
VERY INTERESTED IN CUING THAT
UP WHETHER
IT IS THROUGH THIS VEHICLE OR
SOMETHING ELSE.
I
WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE
IS A QUESTION AND SEE
IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT
IN THE SCOPE OF THIS
PROPOSAL OR IF THERE WOULD BE A
MORE APPROPRIATE
PLACE.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO GET INTO
THE ISSUES AND SEE HOW
MUCH CAN BE DONE ON THE
TIMELINE THAT THE BUDGET
REQUIRES.
IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT SOME
ITEMS CAN
BE HANDLED RATHER EASILY AND
OTHERS WHO MIGHT HAVE
TO DEAL WITH BARGAINING OR
OTHER ISSUES AND COME
BACK WITH SEPARATE LEGISLATION.
I'M AFRAID I DON'T
KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT IS
INVOLVED TO GIVE YOU A
GOOD UNDERSTANDING THIS TIME.
I THINK IT WOULD BE
POSSIBLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
WHATEVER ACTION OCCURS IN
THIS BUDGET FOR WHERE THESE
OFFICERS, THESE PARK
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GO WITH
SEPARATE LEGISLATION
THAT MIGHT ADDRESS THESE OTHER
DUTIES ASSIGNED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF
SEPARATE ISSUE . SO WHAT I
HAVE KEYED UP AND HAVING
A STRONG INTEREST IN ADDRESSING
IN THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION BEFORE US, IT IS
ABOUT GRANTING THE
AUTHORITY OF THE PEO TO DO SOME
OF THE WORK. WITH
THE TOTAL UNDERSTANDING THAT
BEING ABLE TO ACT ON
THAT AUTHORITY WOULD BE SUBJECT
TO BARGAINING.
I
THINK THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE
ISSUES AND IT IS NOT
UNUSUAL FOR THE COUNCIL TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH A
PREFERRED POLICY APPROACH
BEFORE THE BARGAINING IS
COMPLETE.
>> EXCELLENT.
SIGNALING MY INTEREST, I WOULD
LOVE
TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
THIS WOULD BE A BIG WAY
FORWARD I THINK.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
>> ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
TO RESTORE $777,000
FOR THE THOMAS STREET REDESIGN
PROJECT.
PREVIOUSLY
COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING FOR
THE PROJECT IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
TASK AND THE PROCEEDS HAVE NOT
MATERIALIZED IN 2020.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, TO
THIS?
>> I WORKED TO SECURE THIS
MONEY.
IT IS TO
SUPPORT A COMMUNITY LIKE
PROCESS TO REDESIGN THOMAS
STREET.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO THE
CENTER.
AND THE REBALANCING PACKAGE, I
BELIEVE IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT IN THE LINE ITEM TO
MAKE SURE THE PROJECT
CAME THROUGH.
I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE OTHER
FUNDING AVAILABLE THAT HAS NOT
YET MATERIALIZED AND
THAT IS WHY IS IMPORTANT TO
KEEP THIS AS A LINE
ITEM.
THIS PROJECT EXTENDS SEATTLE
CENTER AND TO
SOUTH LAKE UNION AND CONNECTS
THE SKATE PARK AS
WALKING AND BIKING EXTENDS THE
SEATTLE CENTER
CAMPUS.
INTO SOUTH LAKE UNION AND
CONNECTIONS TO
BUSES FROM BOTHELL TO BURIEN.
IT WILL BECOME AN
IMPORTANT FRONT DOOR FOR THE
CULTURAL CENTER. AND I
JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN THE
STREET DESIGN
OCCURRED ORIGINALLY IN 2013,
THE CITY HAD A VERY
DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
PEDESTRIAN AND
BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE IS.
AT THAT POINT, THERE WAS
A STANDARD SIDEWALK.
AND A TWO A STREET.
AND I
BRING THIS UP BECAUSE ON THE
SR99 CLOSED, HARRISON
WAS DESIGNED FOR TRANSIT AND
THEN JOHN FOR CARS AND
THOMAS, FOR PEDESTRIANS.
THE UPDATE -- AND AMONG.
>> HEY.
>> JUST FINISHING UP THESE
UPDATES.
TO BRING
PEDESTRIAN STREET -- TO BRING
THE STANDARDS TO
WHAT PEDESTRIAN STREETS ARE
TODAY.
AND THEN THIS
CAN -- WE NEED TO PROTECT THIS
LINE ITEM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> I SHOULD SAY THIS IS A
CRITICAL PIECE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND DISTRICT 7.
AND ONE OF THE
CITY'S FASTEST GROWING
NEIGHBORHOODS.
I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE MAINTAINING
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROTECTING
AND EXPANDING IT EVEN
IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
AND I APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND THE WORK OF
COUNCILMEMBER BAG SHOT AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
WHAT THEY DID TO KEEP THE
PROJECT ON TRACK.
IT IS
AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE
IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE
BUILDING IN ANTICIPATION OF
HAVING A FULLY SOUPED UP
AND RESTORED CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA AT THE SEATTLE
CENTER.
AND THIS IS AN INTIMATE PART OF
THE
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR THE
SEATTLE CENTER.
AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ARENA
OPENING. CONTINUING
TO BE A BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS
AND WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE KEEP MOVING ALONG.
>> ANY QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES?
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
>> ITEM NUMBER SIX IS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD RESTORE
FUNDING FOR THE MARKET
TO MOSQUE -- MOHI PROJECT.
396,000.
SIMILAR TO
THE LAST ITEM.
THE FUNDING HAD ANTICIPATED
USING
THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANY TAX WHICH HAS NOT
MATERIALIZED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU
ARE UP AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO
RECOVERING FROM THE COVID-19
RECESSION AND
REBUILDING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY
AND REBUILDING OUR
TOURISM, IT IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN A
LOT OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENTS TO CONNECT A
LOT OF THE CRITICAL PEDESTRIAN
CORRIDORS BETWEEN
MOHI AND THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
THERE HAS BEEN
CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENT OVER
THE LAST DECADE AND
EXPANDING AND BUILDING UP THE
AREA AROUND MOHI AND
BUILDING IT OUT IN THE NEW
LOCATION IN THE SOUTH
LAKE UNION NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND MAKING SURE WE ARE
ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO WALK AND
CONGREGATE IN A LOT OF
OUR GREAT AND ICONIC CULTURAL
AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS
AND TYNER SQUARE AND SOUTH LAKE
UNION.
THIS IS A
CRITICAL CONNECTION TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO
PUT RESOURCES BEHIND,
EMPHASIZING PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE SYNERGY
THAT IT HAS WITH A LOT
OF OUR COLLABORATION WITH
PARTNERS AND OUR CULTURAL
AND BUSINESS PARTNERS IN
BUILDING OUT THESE
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CORE OF
THE CITY.
I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THIS AND
I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR HIS
WORK AND COUNCILMEMBER
BAG SHAW FOR HER WORK MOVING
THIS FORWARD AND MAKE
SURE WE KEEP IT GOING.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
NUMBER SEVEN.
>> NUMBER SEVEN IS ALSO FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
IT WOULD REVERSE HIGHS CAPITAL
SPENDING TO FUND A
NEW PROJECT DEVELOPMENT FOR A
SHORELINE BICYCLE AND
A STERN PATH NEAR THE SOUTHERN
EDGE OF MAGNOLIA
PARK.
AT THE TIME THAT THIS PROPOSAL
WAS PUT
FOURTH, IT CONTEMPLATED A
MILLION DOLLARS IN 2021
WITH FUTURE FUNDING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PRICE
TAG.
AND THIS IS
SOMETHING STILL BEING WORKED
OUT.
I THINK A MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD
BE A PRETTY HEAVY
LIFTS GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES
WE ARE FACING RIGHT
NOW.
I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE HAVING SOME
KIND OF COORDINATED EFFORT IN
PARTNERING WITH FOLKS
THAT HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING TO
PUT IN A BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION THAT IS
ON -- THAT WOULD BE
ON CITY LAND IN THIS AREA NEAR
THE MARINA AND NEAR
SMITH COVE AND MAGNOLIA.
AND THIS CONNECTION WOULD
HITCH UP A STRETCH OF ROAD THAT
LEADS FROM MAGNOLIA
VILLAGE TO THE BROADER
INTERBASE LIKE NETWORK.
IT
WOULD HELP FACILITATE BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIONS FROM MAGNOLIA TO
THE REST OF THE CITY
AND WOULD INCREASE THE
MULTIMODAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE TO COMMUTE FROM MAGNOLIA
THAT DO NOT INVOLVE
SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.
THIS MIGHT BE A BETTER
CANDIDATE FOR SORT OF A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE
COLLABORATION BETWEEN
SDOT AND PARKS AND LOOKING INTO
THIS CORRIDOR, AND
COLLABORATION WITH A CITIZEN
GROUP AND MAGNOLIA THAT
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS ON THIS FOR SOME
TIME IN TERMS OF
LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY BUT
WOULD LIKE TO
FORMALIZE THE PROCESS A LITTLE
MORE WITHIN I --
WITH THE EYE TOWARD QUEUING
THIS UP TOWARD A BIKE
AND PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR THAT WE
COULD REALIZE
WITHOUT THE NEED TO ACQUIRE
LAND SINCE IT WOULD BE
ON EXISTING PROPERTY THAT IS
CITY-OWNED.
AND
CURRENTLY NOT BEING UTILIZED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR INDICATION THAT
THIS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE
SLIGHT MATERIAL.
>> NEXT ITEM.
>> NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
ALSO FROM
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
IT WOULD REPRIORITIZE FUNDING
TO PROVIDE FOR TRAFFIC FOR
STREETS OR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF
PROJECTS COMING UP THAT ARE
RELATED TO THINGS PEOPLE
IN MY DISTRICT HAVE BEEN
ORGANIZING AROUND ALL YEAR
WITH MY OFFICE.
AND MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING
WITH
SDOT ON TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
SOME KIND OF LONG OF
-- LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO
PARTICULAR MATERIALS THAT
HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC, SHALL I
SAY, IN TERMS OF
CHRONIC SPEEDING AND A LACK OF
TRAFFIC CALMING
INTERVENTIONS.
NORTH QUEEN ANNE IS THREE
QUARTERS
OF A MILE ARTERIAL.
IT STRETCHES FROM NICKERSON TO
FIRST AVENUE WEST.
KIND OF AROUND THE SPU CAMPUS.
THIS PARTICULAR ARTERIAL HAS
BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS.
>> SORRY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
CAN YOU MUTE THE
BACKGROUND NOISE FOR
ELIZABETH'S LINE.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
A LOT OF FOLKS SPEED
THROUGH FROM FIRST AVENUE WEST
AND NICKERSON AND
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
COLLISIONS ON THE STRETCH.
FOR QUASI- RESIDENTIAL, A LOT
OF PEOPLE LIVE
DIRECTLY ON IT.
IT HAS BEEN VERY PROBLEMATIC.
THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO BIKE DOWN TO
CONNECT TO THE BIKE PATH
NETWORK THAT RUNS TO THE
SHIFT CANAL ON EITHER SIDE
PICKETT HAS POSED A
HAZARD TO BIKERS AND
PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.
IS AN
AREA WHERE POTENTIALLY PUTTING
IN SPEED BUMPS AND
OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING
INTERVENTIONS COULD HAVE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
IT IS A SMALLER ARTERIAL THAT
DOES NOT
CURRENTLY SERVED BY MASS
TRANSIT.
SO THERE WOULDN'T
BE A POTENTIAL ISSUE AND
SLOWING DOWN A METRO BUS OR
WHAT HAVE YOU THAT I KNOW IS
THE CONCERN FOR SDOT ON
CERTAIN ARTERIALS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO CERTAINLY
PURSUE.
AND THIS COULD BE COMBINED WITH
OTHER
MEASURES TO GENERALLY RESTORE
FUNDS THAT PROVIDE
THESE KINDS OF TRAFFIC CALMING
INTERVENTIONS.
BUT I
WANTED TO FLAG THIS AREA IN
PARTICULAR, GIVEN THE
CONSIDERABLE CONSTITUENT
CONCERN AND DEMAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR
CALVIN.
WHENEVER I HAVE
REACHED OUT TO SDOT ON BEHALF
OF CONSTITUENTS IN MY
DISTRICT ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE
THIS, I HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN POINTED TO PROGRAMS LIKE,
YOUR VOICE, YOUR
CHOICE.
DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
FUNDING FOR SDOT
RELATED PROJECTS IS STEADY FOR
2021?
OR SHOULD I
DIRECT THAT QUESTION TO ANOTHER
CENTRAL STAFFER?
>> I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP
YOU TO TRY TO GET A
BETTER SENSE.
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS COULD BE
ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR VOICE, YOUR
CHOICE.
BUT THERE ARE
OTHER PROGRAMMATIC SPENDING AND
THE DEPARTMENT THAT
MAY ADDRESS THESE KIND OF
ISSUES AS WELL.
THERE MAY
BE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT COULD
BE ELIGIBLE FOR
DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAFFIC
CALMING.
BUT I WANT TO
DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH TO
SEE HOW SPENDING LEVELS
DIFFER FROM WHAT HAD BEEN
ANTICIPATED LAST YEAR.
SPECIFICALLY WITH YOUR VOICE,
YOUR CHOICE, ONE OF
THE ISSUES THERE IS THAT IT HAS
TENDED TO BE, I
BELIEVE A THREE YEAR GRAB
CYCLE.
SO THE FUNDING,
YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY LOOK FROM
YEAR TO YEAR,
CHANGES ON WHAT THAT FUNDING
PICTURE LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S INTENDED TO GET THE IDEAS
VETTED AND THEN
DEVELOPED AND THEN CONSTRUCTED
OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME.
>> I WOULD ALSO WANT TO FLAG
THAT, AS IT RELATES
TO PROJECTS LIKE THIS, AS
COMMON SAYS, THERE IS YOUR
VOICE, YOUR CHOICE.
THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF
FUNDING WITHIN SDOT FOR THESE
KINDS OF TRAFFIC
CALMING PROJECTS.
SDOT SORT OF HAS AN APPROACH
THAT
THEY USE FOR HOW THEY
PRIORITIZE PROJECTS.
COLLISION HISTORY IS A BIG FLAG
FOR THEM.
EQUITY
ISSUES ARE ALSO SOMETHING THEY
CONSIDER.
AND I JUST
WOULD NOT WANT AN ACTION THAT
WE WOULD TAKE THROUGH
THE BUDGET PROCESS TO
CIRCUMVENT THE APPROACH THAT
SDOT USES FOR EQUITABLE AND
FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF
FINITE PUBLIC RESOURCES AT THE
ENTIRE CITY NEEDS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
VERY SIMILAR
TO THE COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO
MAKE.
FOR ALL OF
THESE ITEMS ESPECIALLY IN THE
SDOT CATEGORY, I THINK
ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I
WILL BE ASKING IS, HOW
DOES THIS FIT WITH THE RSJI
PRINCIPLES AND HOW DOES
THAT FIT IN WITH PRIORITIES
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
IDENTIFIED THROUGH THINGS LIKE
THE SEATTLE LEVEE AND
OTHER PROJECTS WHERE WE KNOW
THERE IS A
PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM THAT HAS
BEEN PRETTY ROBUST.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT FOR
ALL THE ITEMS WE ARE
LOOKING AT.
THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I WILL
BE
ASKING.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
ITEM NUMBER
NINE.
>> THIS IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
IT IS ABOUT
THE YOUR VOICE, YOUR CHOICE
PROGRAM.
AND
ANTICIPATES RESTORING FUNDING.
AT THE TIME THE
PROPOSAL WAS SUBMITTED, IT
PROPOSED 279,000 WOUL BE
PRIORITIZED FOR THE PROGRAM. I
BELIEVE THIS,
LOOKING AT THE 2020 FUNDING
FROM LAST YEAR'S
ANTICIPATED BUDGET, THE PROJECT
IS DOWN BY ABOUT
$1 MILLION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> RELATED TO THE COMMENTS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
AND MADAM CHAIR JUST MADE, MY
INTENSE UNFLAGGING
SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IS
CERTAINLY TO APPROACH THEM
WITH THE CONTEXT OF SOME OF THE
EXISTING MECHANISMS
SDOT HAS TO ADDRESS THEM WHICH
IS WHY IN ADDITION TO
FLAGGING THESE PARTICULAR
PROJECTS, I'M SEEKING TO
RESTORE FUNDING TO YOUR VOICE,
YOUR CHOICE. I
THINK, ALTHOUGH WE ARE SEEING
CONSIDERABLE SLOW DOWN
IN THE ECONOMY FROM FROM COVID-
19, THERE IS A
MASSIVE BACKLOG OF WORK ALL
OVER THE CITY THAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE TO REALIZE A LOT OF
THESE KIND OF
PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC CALMING
PROJECTS.
AND I
WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVEN IN THESE DIFFICULT
TIMES, THAT WE ARE ALLOWING FOR
THESE
NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED MECHANISMS
OF GETTING THE
PROJECTS IT RESOLVED TO
CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED.
THAT
IS WHY I BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.
IT IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I HEAR THE MOST
FROM MY CONSTITUENTS,
WHICH IS CONCERN ABOUT RUNAWAY
TRAFFIC AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE, GIVEN THAT THAT IS
CLEARLY FLAGGED BY SO
MANY PEOPLE THIS YEAR, THAT IT
IS SOMETHING THAT
STAYS A PRIORITY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
NOT SEEING
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS ON.
GO TO ITEM NUMBER
10.
>> NUMBER 10 IS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS RESERVING
FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR ON
WEST MCGRAW STREET.
THE PROPOSAL IS FOR $10,000.
>> I WOULD ADDRESS THIS
THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE YOUR
VOICE, YOUR CHOICE.
I DID FLAG A COUPLE OF THESE
PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN THE
RESULT OF CONSIDERABLE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN MY
DISTRICT JUST TO PLANT A
FLAG ON THEM AND MOVE FORWARD
ON TRYING TO GET THEM
ADDRESSED.
I THINK I WILL REST ON MY
PREVIOUS
COMMENTS.
BUT THIS SIDEWALK IN PARTICULAR
HAS POSED
A HAZARD TO THE BUSINESS
DISTRICT AND THIS
PARTICULAR PART OF MAGNOLIA.
THERE HAVE BEEN
INJURIES FROM PEOPLE TRIPPING
AND FALLING DOWN AS A
RESULTS OF THE POORLY
MAINTAINED SIDEWALK.
IT IS
NOT A UNIQUE STORY AROUND THE
CITY.
AND WOULD JUST
LIKE TO MAKE SURE PROJECTS LIKE
THIS ONE AND
PROJECTS SIMILARLY SITUATED CAN
CONTINUE TO BE
ADDRESSED AS AN ESSENTIAL CITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> .
>> ANY WAY TO ADDRESS THIS,
I'M DEFINITELY ON
BOARD.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND
APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THAT.
AND I WOULD WORK WITH YOU ON
THAT RESOLUTION.
>> MAKING PROGRESS ALREADY.
THANK YOU BOTH.
LET'S GO TO NUMBER 11.
>> NUMBER 11, I THINK IS
ANOTHER ONE OF THE ITEMS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS SPOKE
ABOUT.
IT WOULD
REPRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR
TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS TO
TENTH AVENUE WEST.
>> MY OLD STREET.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS.
>> I HAVE IMPROVEMENTS ON ALL
THE STREETS THAT
TERESA MOSQUEDA USED TO LIVE
ON.
SO THIS IS A
GREAT.
THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER CENTRAL
AREA WHERE
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
ORGANIZING IN THE DISTRICTS.
I HAVE HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO
HAS HAD A VEHICLE FLIP
OVER ON HIS LAWN BECAUSE OF
SPEEDING IN THIS
ARTERIAL.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS
RESOLUTELY BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS AN ISSUE.
SO THIS WOULD BE IN THE
QUEUE CERTAINLY FOR FUNDS IF
YOUR VOICE, YOUR CHOICE
ARE SIMILAR PROGRAMS THAT HAD
FUNDING RESTORED.
I
BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONE THAT
HAS THE MOST FIRMS
SCORING ON IT.
AND SO, ANY WAY THAT WE ADDRESS
THAT, I'M OPEN TO IT.
JUST FLAGGING THAT THIS IS
ANOTHER PRIORITY, ANOTHER
CORRIDOR THAT IS A
PRIORITY AND ONE THAT WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED
ADDRESSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE LOST THE SLIDESHOW
PRESENTATION.
BUT FOR FOLKS FOLLOWING ALONG,
WE ARE
ON PAGE 15 OF THE MEMO.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 10
RIGHT NOW.
AND HERE COMES THE SLIDESHOW
BACK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I'M USING -
>> THIS WORKS.
YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THE
PRESENTATION AND THE MEMO THIS
MIGHT BE EASIER TO
SEE WHAT IS COMING UP ANYWAY.
SO THAT WAS COVERING
NUMBER 11 WHICH WAS TENTH
AVENUE WEST.
>> ITEM NUMBER 12. ITEM 12
FOR COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN WOULD ADD FUNDING FOR %
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
IT WOULD ADD $24 MILLION THAT
WOULD ACHIEVE THE
SPENDING LEVELS IDENTIFIED BY
THE CITY AUDITOR'S
2020 REPORT ON BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE.
AND THE IDEA FOR
THIS PROPOSAL IS TO
REPRIORITIZE RESOURCES THAT ARE
NOT CURRENTLY IN THE SDOT
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> AS WE KNOW, THE RECENT
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF
BRIDGES ACROSS SEATTLE
CONDUCTED BY THE CITY AUDITOR
CONCLUDED THAT THE CITY
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
SUBSTANTIALLY UNDER INVESTING
IN THE MAINTENANCE OF
OUR BRIDGES.
THE RESULT OF UNDERFUNDING THE
BRIDGE
INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASES THE
RISK OF HARM AND
DISRUPTION AND FAILING TO
INVEST ADD IT.
LEVELS
TODAY MIGHT MEAN TAXPAYERS HAVE
TO BEAR AN EVEN
LARGER REPLACEMENT COST LATER.
PAY NOW OR PAY MORE
LATER.
SO WHILE SDOT BELIEVES LACK OF
MAINTENANCE
WAS NOT THE REASON FOR THE
FAILURE OF THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE, THE SUDDEN
CLOSURE OF THE BRIDGE
SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL AND
THIS BUDGET WOULD
INCREASE THE SDOT BUDGET TO
PROVIDE THE BARE MINIMUM
OF MAINTENANCE FUNDING FOR 2021
WHICH WOULD BE UP TO
24 MILLION.
24 MILLION IS THE 1% OF THE 1-
3%
RECOMMENDED BRIDGE VALUE FOR
FUNDING MAINTENANCE.
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO ASK
ABOUT ANYONE'S ADS.
I WANT TO COME AND MY
COLLEAGUES WERE LOOKING OUT FOR
THEIR DISTRICTS AND
PROPOSING THINGS THEY HAVE
HEARD THAT THE DISTRICTS
NEED.
AND I THINK IT IS REALLY
APPROPRIATE.
WE
HAVE GOTTEN SHORTAGES HERE ON
FUNDING.
AND I WANT
TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES WERE
LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR
DISTRICTS WHEN IT COMES TO
FUNDING.
THIS PARTICULAR
ISSUE, BRIDGES WOULD BE
CITYWIDE AND IMPACT MULTIPLE
DISTRICTS.
THANK YOU.
>> AND WE APPRECIATE THE AUDIT
THAT WAS CONDUCTED
EARLIER THAT PROVIDES DETAILS.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS
ON THIS? COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN A
QUESTION.
IN
RECOGNITION OF THE AUDIT FLAG,
THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT I THINK WE ALL SHARE, THAT
THE LACK OF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT
IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A $1.5
TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL THAT IS STUCK IN THE
SENATE RIGHT NOW.
FOR
BRIDGES NATIONALLY, THERE IS
123 BILLION-DOLLAR
BACKLOG FOR BRIDGE
REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE
NEEDS.
THE FACT THAT WE DESPERATELY
NEED HELP FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
SHOULD RECEIVE HELP FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MEET
THESE NEEDS IS NOT A
REASON FOR THE CITY TO NOT WORK
TO DO MORE TO
RESPOND TO CITY AUDITOR THAT I
TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY
TO INCREASE THE FUNDING THAT
THE CITY PROVIDES TO
ACHIEVE THESE RECOMMENDED
SPENDING LEVELS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I ALSO HAVE A
QUESTION.
GIVEN THE LARGE PRICE TAG
IMPOSED ON THIS
ITEM HERE, ARE THEIR AREAS
IDENTIFIED TO CUT FROM?
AND GIVEN WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
AT AN TERMS OF CUTS
FOR MOBILITY RELATED PROJECTS
FOR SAFE STREETS AND
PEOPLE WALKING OR BIKING IN
TRANSIT AND WE KNOW THAT
IT IS MOSTLY ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AT THIS POINT WHO ARE
BEING IMPACTED BY THESE CURRENT
COATS.
CAN YOU TALK
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE
THE SLATED REDUCTIONS
WOULD COME FROM FOR MOSTLY CARS
CITRIC PROPOSAL
HERE?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR TRANSACTING
FOR THE QUESTION.
IT COULD COME FROM MULTIPLE
SOURCES.
WE ARE STILL
AWAITING THE REVENUE FORECAST
UPDATE FROM THE
EXECUTIVE.
WE STILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE
VEHICLE
LICENSE FEE ISSUE.
AND I WOULD SAY, BUSES AND
BIKES
USE BRIDGES TOO.
PEDESTRIANS, SOME OF THEM.
SO I
THINK BRIDGES HELP ALL MODES OF
TRANSPORTATION. AND
BECAUSE OF THE CITY AUDITOR'S
REPORT, I JUST WANT TO
BE MINDFUL OF THE CALL TO
ACTION THAT IT HAS.
AND
SO REALLY JUST PUTTING ON THE
TABLE HERE THAT THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE
ISSUE FOR THE CITY
AND THE REGION AND IF WE ARE
ABLE TO FIND ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS, WE WANT TO HAVE THAT
CONSIDERED AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM.
>> NUMBER 13 IS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
REPRIORITIZING FUNDING FOR THE
CAPITOL HILL STUDY.
THIS WOULD RESTORE $150,000
THAT COUNSEL PREVIOUSLY
AUTHORIZED BUT WAS ANTICIPATED
USING TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANY TAX RECEIPTS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THIS?
>> QUICKLY, THIS ITEM WOULD
ADVANCE FUNDING
SUPPORT FOR A PUBLIC LIFE STUDY
THAT WAS APPROVED AS
PART OF LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
THIS WAS A COUNCIL
IDENTIFIED PRIORITY LAST YEAR
THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED
TO BE CUT BY THE MAYOR.
AND AS NOTED BY CALVIN, THE
FUNDING SOURCE WAS ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED TO BE THE TNC
REVENUE WHICH HAS NOT YET
MATERIALIZED.
I CONTINUE
TO BELIEVE THE STUDY IS
IMPORTANT AS WE WILL BE ABLE
TO LEARN FROM THE MOST DENSE
NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT HOW
WE CAN APPLY LESSONS LEARNED
THERE IN THIS STUDY TO
MAKE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
MULTIMODAL, CLIMATE
RESILIENT AND VIBRANCE.
AND I BELIEVE THIS EFFORT
IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT NOW AS
THE CITY AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS CONTINUE
TO BUILD A STRATEGY
FOR RECOVERY POST COVID-19.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THINK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
THING ON.
LET'S GO TO ITEM 14.
>> ITEM 14 IS FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES PRICKETT
WOULD REPRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR
THE GEORGETOWN
SOUTHPARK TRAIL.
THE PROPOSED C I CAN P DOES NOT
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT.
LAST YEAR -- IT
DID SECURE THE 1.8 MILLION.
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
PRODUCT PROPOSAL IS NOT
DETERMINED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AS YOU KNOW, GEORGETOWN IS
CONNECTED BY THE
RIVER.
SO THERE IS A SHARED HISTORY
AND A SHARED
SENSE OF NEEDS PARTICULARLY
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
AIR AND WATER AND NOISE QUALITY
THERE.
FOR MORE
THAN 20 YEARS, PEOPLE LIVING
AND WORKING IN BOTH
COMMUNITIES HAVE CALLED FOR A
SAFE COMFORTABLE
GROUPS FOR PEOPLE WALKING
BIKING BETWEEN THE TWO
AREAS.
THE FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT A
CRITICAL
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND ESPECIALLY
NOW WITH THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
OUT, THERE IS A LOT
OF TRAFFIC BEING DIVERTED
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THEY ARE IN NEED OF BETTER
INFRASTRUCTURE TO
MITIGATE THE INCREASED TRAFFIC
THERE.
AND ARE
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WAYS
TO GET OUT OF THEIR
CARS AND FIND OTHER WAYS TO
MOVE BETWEEN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND RIGHT NOW
BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS
OF TOWN.
>> COUNSEL COLLEAGUE QUESTIONS
ON THIS ONE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR RAISING
THE ISSUE.
AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDRESSED THIS
AND I
JUST MISSED IT.
WE TOOK ACTION ON THIS LAST
YEAR.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT ACTION
WE TOOK LAST YEAR?
AND WHAT THE SOURCE OF FUNDING
WAS?
>> I'M AFRAID I JUST DO NOT
RECALL AT THIS MOMENT.
BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET
BACK WITH YOU WITH THAT
INFORMATION.
>> I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS ONE
OF THE PROJECTS
THAT THE COUNCIL PRIORITIZED
THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
>> MY MEMORY MAY BE FAULTY.
I SEEM TO RECALL IT
COMING UP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
MERCER MEGA BLOCK
PRECEDENTS FROM A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO.
AND IT HAS
BEEN ON THE -- I DON'T RECALL
IF IT WAS FULLY
FUNDED IN THAT PROPOSAL.
I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND
LOOK.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF BIKE
PROJECTS THAT
HADN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT.
I'M AFRAID I JUST DON'T
RECALL IF IT WAS FULLY FUNDED
IN ANY OF THOSE OR IF
IT WAS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT
FUNDING APPROVED AT THE
TIME.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
I WOULD APPRECIATE LEARNING
MORE.
AND ALSO AS IT RELATES TO
RECONNECT WEST
SEATTLE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS THAT SDOT
HAS ALREADY COMMITTED TO AS
PART OF RECONNECT WEST
SEATTLE AND RECONNECT WAS
SEATTLE IS SDOT'S EFFORT
TO FOCUS CAPITAL DOLLARS IN
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT
ONLY MOST IMPACTED BY THE
TRAFFIC DETOUR ROUTES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSURE OF
THE BRIDGE BUT
IMPACTED SPECIFICALLY WITH
EQUITY FOCUS.
SO LOOKING
AT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDER
INVESTED IN.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
ALREADY
ANNOUNCED THE PHASE 1 PROJECTS
FOR FUNDING UNDER
RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT THIS
-- I KNOW THAT FOR
THE RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE
PROCESS, SDOT WENT OUT
AND SURVEYED THE PUBLIC ABOUT
WHAT THE HIGH-PRIORITY
PROJECTS ARE.
AND I KNOW THIS IS A VERY HIGH
PRIORITY PROJECT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, HAS THIS
BEEN TAGGED BY SDOT AS A PHASE
2 PROJECT?
I SEEM TO
RECALL THAT IT WAS.
AND IF IT WAS TAGGED AS A PHASE
2 PROJECT, I'M JUST WONDERING
WHY THERE ARE NO
FUNDS FOR IT.
>> IT WAS FUND BY THE WEST
SEATTLE PROJECT, IT
WOULD BE IN THE WEST SEATTLE CIP
PROJECTS PAGE.
IT
COULD BE THAT THE FUNDING IS IN
A DIFFERENT CATEGORY
AND I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP
NC.
>> I HOPE IT IS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THE THREE OF
US CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT SUMMARY.
DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> IT WAS SPECIFICALLY RELATED
TO THE ACTIONS
TAKEN AND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET
FOR THE GEORGETOWN TO
SOUTHPARK TRAIL.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS
FULLY FUNDED AND AS
CALVIN SAID, HE CAN FOLLOW UP
ON THAT.
THERE WAS A
CERTAIN SHIFT AND FUNDS FROM
THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK
TO WHAT WAS INTENDED TO SPEND
IN FUTURE YEARS OR IN
2020 IN A PROVISO IMPOSED ON
ABOUT 10.4 IN MILLION
DOLLARS CORRECT SPECIFICALLY
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
BIKE FACILITIES ON MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. WAY,
BEACON AVENUE AND THE
GEORGETOWN TO SOUTHPARK TRAIL.
THAT WAS THE ACTION TAKEN AND
LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED
BUDGET.
>> SO WHAT HAPPENED?
>> THAT I DO NOT KNOW.
>> WE WILL GET MORE
INFORMATION ON THAT.
THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
SEEING ON,
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
15.
>> ITEM 15 IS ALSO FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
IS ANOTHER SOMEWHAT RELATED
ISSUE.
FUNDING FOR
BICYCLE CONNECTIONS ON EAST
MARGINAL WAY.
I BELIEVE
THIS PROJECT -- SDOT HAD
PREVIOUSLY PROGRAMMED
$400,000 FOR THE PROJECT FOR
THE MASTER PLAN CIP
PROJECT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> ACTUALLY, KEVIN, I'M HOPING
YOU CAN ANSWER
THIS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM
ADVOCATES THAT
THIS IS FULLY FUNDED AND WE
DON'T NEED TO DO A FORM
B FOR THIS.
CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY CLARITY ON
THAT?
>> I CAN'T AT THIS TIME BUT I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO
TRACK THIS DOWN AND CONFIRM
THAT FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE CAN MOVE ON.
>> NEXT ITEM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, YOU
ARE MAKING OUR LIVES
EASIER.
WE HAVE 15 MINUTES AND JUST
THREE MORE
ITEMS.
SO WE CAN DO THIS, FOLKS.
>> ITEM 16 WOULD REPRIORITIZE
FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK
REPAIR ON RENNER AVENUE SOUTH
AND IDENTIFIES
$1 MILLION FOR THIS PURPOSE.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AS WE HEARD IN PUBLIC
COMMENT AFTER THE CALL
IN, CONTINUING THE WORK.
EVEN IF THE WORK ON THE
RAPID RIDE R IS SUSPENDED OR
DELAYED NOW, THE
SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS THAT
WOULD HAVE GONE WITH IT
ALONG RAINIER ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A LOT
OF FOLKS IN THE DISTRICTS WHO
ARE MOBILITY IMPAIRED.
A LOT OF FOLKS WITH CANES
WALKING UP AND DOWN
RAINIER.
THERE IS A FOOD BANK THAT GETS
A LOT OF
PEOPLE COMING TO THE AREA TWICE
A WEEK.
AND A LOT
OF BUSY STREETS AS YOU KNOW.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE CONTINUING THE SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG
THE ROUTE SEVEN.
THAT STILL NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO
SERVE THOSE WHO RELY ON THAT
ROAD FOR SAFE ACCESS
ALONG AND ACROSS WHAT IS THE
MOST DANGEROUS ROAD IN
THE CITY.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO RESTORE
THAT IN THE
BUDGET.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, QUESTIONS
ON THIS QUICK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU FOR FLOGGING THIS.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE ALREADY
HAD FOR SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE
CITY, I WILL CONTINUE
TO LOOK TO SEE HOW THIS FITS IN
WITH THE VARIOUS
PRIORITIES THAT SDOT HAS
PREVIOUSLY USED AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
ALL.
SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> YOU DID HAVE SOMETHING?
>> I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
TWO MORE ITEMS.
COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> ITEM NUMBER 17 IS FROM
COUNCIL NUMBER SAWANT.
IT WOULD ADDRESS AN ADDITIONAL
117 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUNDS TO SDOT TO
RESTORE CUTS IN THE SDOT
BUDGET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
EARLIER THIS MORNING, I WAS
TALKING
ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS TO THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT.
THIS
IS A SIMILAR SITUATION.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
RESTORE THE FUNDING FOR ALL OF
THE DRACONIAN BUDGET
CUTS TO TRANSPORTATION BEING
THREATENED BY THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
FOR THE PERMANENT
TRANSPORTATION, THE MAYOR HAS
PROPOSED CUTTING A
STAGGERING 117 MILLION.
AND THERE IS SOME
EXULTATION I WANTED TO PROVIDE.
I STAYED IN
REALTIME BECAUSE THERE ARE, IN
THE VIEW OF MY
OFFICE, IMPORTANT ACCOUNTINGS
BEING DONE BY THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET TO HIDE THE
SCALE OF THE CUTS TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE $15 MILLION
THAT FUNDS
SEATTLE'S PARKING ENFORCEMENT
WAS MOVED FROM THIS
BUDGET TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO SDOT.
THIS IS AN
ACCOUNTING TRICK AND DOES NOT
CHANGE THE REAL
FUNCTION OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT
IN ANY WAY.
AND
WHAT WE MEAN BY DEFUNDING THE
POLICE.
IT ALSO MEANS
THAT THE BUDGET, IT LOOKS LIKE
THERE ARE $50 MILLION
IN NEW FUNDING BUT THAT IS NOT
REAL AND DOES NOT GO
TO BUSES AND ROADS.
AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT PACKAGE THE
COUNCIL APPROVED FOR THE BALLOT
IS SMALLER THAN THE
ONE FOR THE DISTRICT WHICH IS
EXPIRING.
WHEN THE
COUNCIL VOTED OVER THE SUMMER
TO PLACE THIS ON THE
BALLOT, I SAID AT THAT TIME I
WOULD BRING IN AN
AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE TO RESTORE THE
LOST FUNDING FOR BUDGETS.
AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD DO.
SO
INCLUDING ALL THE CUTS TO
TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING
THE DECREES IN THE METRO FUNDING
AND ACCOUNTING
TRICKS AROUND PARKING
ENFORCEMENT, THE MAYOR IS
CUTTING A STAGGERING 117
MILLION FROM
TRANSPORTATION.
AS WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING,
THERE
IS NOTHING INEVITABLE ABOUT
THESE CUTS.
THEY ARE A
POLICY DECISION.
IF THEY DO HAPPEN, RATHER THAN
INCREASING THE TAX ON BIG
BUSINESS.
AND I WANTED TO
CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE DID OUR
ESTIMATE CALCULATION,
WE DID NOT INCLUDE THE --
FUNDING BECAUSE AT THAT
TIME RECENTLY 976 INITIATIVE
WAS STRUCK DOWN.
I
WANTED TO FURTHER NOTE THAT, AS
MY OFFICE HAS SAID
MANY TIMES BEFORE, THE
AGGRESSIVE TAX TO THE
AGGRESSIVE MEASURE USED.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE, ONE MORE ITEM IN
THE MEMO HERE.
CALVIN.
>> LAST ITEM IS ALSO FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
WHICH WOULD REPRIORITIZE
FUNDING FOR THE WEST
MARGINAL WAY SAFE STREET
ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT.
THE PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED BY
COUNSEL IN THE 2020 BUDGET
ANTICIPATED USING
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
TEXT PROCEEDS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO
FUND THE SAFE STREET CROSSING.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS
SINCE 2009 WHEN THE
AREA OPEN FOR A SAFE WAY TO
CROSS THE INCREDIBLY
BUSY WEST MARGINAL WAY.
IT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION
TO SAY PEOPLE ARE RISKING THEIR
LIVES CROSSING THE
STREET EVERY TIME THEY GO TO OR
FROM THE LONGHOUSE.
COUNCILMEMBERS MAY REMEMBER
THAT DURING THE PUBLIC
HEARING, SEVERAL PEOPLE CALLED
INTO DEMAND THE
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
CROSSWALK, TRAFFIC
SIGNALS, PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OR
BUS STOPS.
ALSO ONE
OF THOSE SATURDAY BUDGET
COMMAND SUPPORTED BY A
LARGE COALITION OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND MY
OFFICE PROPOSED A PROVISO FOR
THIS PROJECT.
COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE USING A
BUDGET ACT TO PAY FOR
IT AND I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT
CHANGE FOR THE FORM B.
AFTER THE MAYOR SUBMITTED HER
BUDGET, FROM WHICH
EVERYTHING I HAVE SEEN, HASN'T
PROVIDED FUNDING FOR
THE CROSSING, WE HEAR THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION HAS TOLD
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THEY
WOULD BUILD THE SAFE STREET
CROSSING THIS COMING
YEAR SO THIS WOULD BE A GOOD
WAY TO HOLD THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR
ACCOUNTABLE TO ACTUALLY DO
IT.
BUT I WOULD SAY IS THAT ONE WAY
OR ANOTHER, ANY
FURTHER DELAY WOULD BE
UNACCEPTABLE.
THE LONGHOUSE
WAS VISITED BY 10,000 PEOPLE
EVERY YEAR AND TO BE
FRANK, AFTER 11 YEARS SINCE THE
LONGHOUSE WAS OPEN,
THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO SAFE
STREET CROSSING SHOWS
A SHOCKING UNDERINVESTMENT AND
DISREGARD FOR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, IF I MAY,
THIS MAY FALL INTO
THE CATEGORY OF PORTIONS OF IT
MAY HAVE BEEN PULLED
INTO THE RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE
PROJECT AS WELL.
SO
I HAVE TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH
AND SEE HOW THAT
PLAYS OUT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AT THE SEPTEMBER 23rd
MEETING OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE COMMUNITY TASK
FORCE MEETING CHAIRED BY FORMER
MAYOR NICHOLS,
COLLEEN LOPEZ, SDOT ANSWERED
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE
PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT I AND
OTHERS ASKED.
AND WE
HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS
PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED
THROUGH THE FUNDING ADOPTED BY
THE COUNCIL AS PART
OF THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
RECONNECT WEST SEATTLE
PLAN BOND SALE.
THE PLAN IS TO ADD A TEMPORARY
SIGNAL NEXT YEAR WITH A
PERMANENT ONE THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.
AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAY
NOT HAVE BEEN
INCLUDED IN THE CIP DESCRIPTION
DUE TO THE TIMING OF
THE COUNCIL'S VOTE ON THE
INTERFUND LOAN.
AND WHEN
THE PROPOSAL WAS COMPLETED, I
THINK IT WOULD BE
GREAT FOR CALVIN TO CONFIRM
THIS AND WRITING.
AND
AGAIN, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE
ARE GOING TO HEAR THAT
SDOT IS RESPONDING TO THE
COMMUNITY NEED FOR THIS
PROJECT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> AS I SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE
BEEN HEARING FROM THE
COMMUNITY THAT SDOT IS SAID
THEY WOULD DO THIS AND I
APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION
SHARED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND THE STAFF.
WE WILL BE CONNECTED WITH
CENTRAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THIS
IS HAPPENING.
AFTER
SO MUCH OF A DELAY, A PROVISO
DOESN'T HURT AND IT
WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO HOLD THE
MAYOR ACCOUNTABLE.
>> CAN YOU SAY THAT LAST
SENTENCE AGAIN?
>> I ALSO THINK AFTER AN 11
YEAR DELAY AND GIVEN
THAT PEOPLE ARE FACING DANGERS
LITERALLY WHEN THEY
ARE CROSSING THE ROAD, THAT A
PROVISO DOESN'T HURT
AND IT WILL HELP US CHECK ON
THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I
DON'T SEE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
ON THIS.
CALVIN, I
BELIEVE WE HAVE REACHED THE END
OF YOUR
PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD TO
THIS?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO
DO ANY CLOSING
REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, CALVIN.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
EXCEPT CONGRATULATIONS ON
STAYING ON SCHEDULE.
THAT
MAKES ME HAPPY.
>> I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE
HAPPY TO HAVE A FULL
HOUR BREAK THERE WE WILL PICK
UP AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON IN SESSION TWO.
FULL AFTERNOON DEVOTED TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET.
IF YOU HAVE
NOT HAD A CHANCE YET TO
COMPLETE YOUR READING ON THE
SPD MEMO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO
SO.
IT IS DENSE.
IT SAYS 29 PAGES BUT THE LAST
10 PAGES ARE REALLY
APPENDICES TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATION TO THE
MEMO.
SO GET THROUGH THE FIRST 19
PAGES SO WE CAN
HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION AND
HEAR QUESTIONS BACK AND
FORTH.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS
LATE MORNING
EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION?
>> HEARING NONE, THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
BE IN RECESS UNTIL 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES.
SEE YOU IN ABOUT ONE HOUR.
ENJOY YOUR
LUNCH, BREAK OR WALK.
HAVE A GOOD DAY. SEE YOU IN
ABOUT ONE HOUR.