>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GOOD
MORNING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO
THE SECOND DAY OF WEEK THREE OF
THE SELECT BUDGET MEETING FOR S.
FOR SEATTLE. TODAY IS OCTOBER 1,
OCTOBER 12, 2022. THE TIME IS
9:35 A.M. WILL THE KURT CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. CONCILMEMBER
MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AND I AM PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME CL.
MADAME CLERK. THIS IS WEEK THRE,
WEEK THREE, AND IT IS DAY TWO,
WHERE WE BEGAN TO GET INTO THE
DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WITH EACH OF THE DEPARTMENT. I
WANT TO THANK THE DIRECTOR FROM
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE FOR BEING
BEING WITH US AGAIN. IT HAS BEEN
BEEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS SINCE WE
SAW YOU ON OUR FIRST MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 20th. ON SEPTEMBER
20th, THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE MAYOR',
MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND A BIANNUAL
BUDGET THAT INCLUDES THE YEARS
2023 AND 20 24. YESTERDAY, WE
HAD A DEEP DIVE INTO THE REVENUE
REVENUE STREAMS, AND ASSUMPTIONS
ASSUMPTIONS MADE WITH EXISTING
REVENUE. NOT JUST FOR GENERAL F,
GENERAL FUND, BUT FOR THE
GENERAL FUND REVENUE ADJACENT
STREAMS, AS WELL. AND SOME OF
THE PROPOSED USES OF THOSE
STREAMS. THAT WAS INTENDED TO
GIVE US A BASELINE UNDERSTANDIN,
BASELINE UNDERSTANDING, A
COMPLEMENTARY DISCUSSION TO THE
GENERAL OVERVIEW THAT WE
RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 28th, AND
LED BY CENTRAL STAFF, WE BEGAN
TO DO SOME ANALYSIS OF WHAT SOME
SOME ASSUMPTIONS WERE INCLUDED
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED. COLLEAGUES
COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT TODAY,
TOMORROW, AND FRIDAY, WE WILL
HAVE A CHANCE TO GET INTO
DETAILED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE S
THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SOME
SPECIFIC CHANGES -- MAYBE
ENHANCEMENTS, MAYBE REDUCTIONS,
MAYBE TWEAKS. WE GET A CHANCE TO
TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM
THE DEPARTMENT, WHO WILL WELCOME
WELCOME THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS
IN ORDER TO DO THAT OVERVIEW.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A PANEL
THAT IS FROM CENTRAL STAFF. THIS
THIS IS OUR ISSUE IDENTIFICATIOS
IDENTIFICATION MEMOS THAT WE
HAVE RECEIVED FROM CENTRAL STAFF
STAFF THAT WILL GIVE US AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR CENTRAL
STEPS INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS.
THEIR NONPARTISAN ANALYSIS. WHAT
WHAT THEY SEE IN THE BUDGET. ANY
ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES THAT THEY
THEY WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY, FOR
FOR COUNSEL, AS WE BEGIN OUR
DELIBERATIONS IN CONSIDERATION
FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS. AGAIN,
A REMINDER THAT AMENDMENTS ARE
DUE ON MONDAY. THAT IS OCTOBER
17th. IF WE HAVE ASKED THAT YOU
HAVE EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH
CENTRAL STAFF IF YOU ARE
CONSIDERING ANY AMENDMENTS. I
ASSUME THAT AS YOU HEAR SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS, SOME OF THE
ANSWERS, THERE MAY BE IDEAS THAT
THAT EACH COUNSEL OFFICE IS
CONSIDERING. SO, PLEASE DO START
START TO FLOAT SOME OF THOSE
INITIAL QUESTIONS TO CENTRAL
STAFF THAT MAY HELP TO INFORM
FUTURE AMENDMENTS, SO THAT WE
CAN ALL ENSURE THAT THE MONDAY,
OCTOBER 17th DEADLINE FOR ANY
AMENDMENTS IS REALLY ADHERED
TO., IN ADVANCE, TO CENTRAL
STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT AM,
THAT AMENDMENTS, AND THANKS TO
THE WORK THAT THE CEO AND TEAM
HAS DONE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS
TO PROVIDE US WITH THIS PROPOSE.
PROPOSED BUDGET. COUNSEL HAS THE
THE CHANCE TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENTATION TODAY, AND, AGAIN,
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR FOLKS TO
ALLOW FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO DO
THEIR PRESENTATIONS. WE WILL
HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AFTER
AFTER THAT, AND THEN WE WILL GO
INTO THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AND THEN HAVE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF
NUMBERS TO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT, AS WELL. TODAY'S DEEP DIVE
DIVE ON THE BUDGET INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS -- OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, OFFICE OF
DEVELOPMENT, AND OFFICE OF
HOUSING. WE WILL HAVE A BREAK,
AS USUAL, BETWEEN 1:00 AND 2:00,
2:00 P.M., AND WE PLAN TO
ADJOURN BY 5:00 P.M., AND WE
WILL INCLUDE ANY MISCELLANEOUS
DEPARTMENTS AN ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION BEFORE WE ADJOUR.
WE ADJOURN. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. I AM HEARING NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO
OUR CENTRAL STAFF FOR WALKING US
US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION YES.
PRESENTATION YESTERDAY. WE
WANTED TO ESPECIALLY THANK
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, AND THE SUPPORTIVE TEAM
FROM COMMS AND THE CLERK OFFICE
WHO BROUGHT US NOT ONE, BUT TWS
TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC
YESTERDAY. THANKS TO EVERYONE WO
DIALED AND NOT 9:30 FOR OUR
COMMUNITY MEETING PUBLIC COMMENT
COMMENT SECTION AND AGAIN AT
5:00 P.M., WITH A PUBLIC HEARING
HEARING LAST NIGHT. WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. MANY PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE,
GIVEN THE ONGOING PANDEMIC. WE
HAVE 75 PEOPLE SIGN UP ONLINE,
AND ABOUT 45 PEOPLE IN PERSON,
AS WELL. SO, ALMOST 100 PEOPLE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY. WE GOT THROUGH ALL OF
THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT, AND I
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE
STORIES THAT THEY SHARE IT. THE
ISSUES THAT THEY RAISED. SOME
CONCERNS AND SOME QUESTIONS THAT
THAT THEY PUT FORWARD IN FRONT
OF COUNSEL. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO
TO THANK THE FAMILIES,
INDIVIDUALS, AND WORKERS, WHO
LIVE WITHIN TINY HOUSE VILLAGES,
VILLAGES, AND THEIR COMPELLING
STORIES, AND I JUST WANTED TO
THANK THEM FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR FROM THEM. I KNOW IT IS
HARD TO TELL THOSE STORIES OVER,
OVER, AND OVER AGAIN. WE DO
APPRECIATE HEARING FROM EVERYONE
EVERYONE WHO CALLED IN. SO,
THANK YOU, SO MUCH. I THINK WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE CLERK
CLERK READ INTO THE RECORD, ITER
ONE, AND GET THIS STARTED.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE. THE OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY TO
DEVELOPMENT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT,
THAT, WE ARE JUMPING INTO TODAY,
TODAY, WEDNESDAY -- EXCUSE ME,
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY. WE ARE
JUMPING IN RIGHT TODAY,
THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY. WE WILL BE
BE GOING DIRECTLY INTO
PRESENTATIONS, GIVEN THE
EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND
THE LONG PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE
HAD ON TUESDAY. THAT WAS THE
PLAN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD
COULD JUMP RIGHT IN TO THOSE
PRESENTATIONS. I WANT TO THANK
DIRECTORS DELAY, AND WE ALSO
HAVE WITH US RICO, ACTING
DIRECTOR, AND MELISSA WAKE AT
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ALONG
WITH CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTERS, E
PRESENTERS, ALLIE ALY PENNUCI,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HER.
BEING HERE. WE WILL HAVE THE
OVERVIEW, QUESTIONS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNCILMEMBERS
COUNCILMEMBERS TO ASK DEPARTMEN,
DEPARTMENT QUESTIONS, AND THEN
WE WILL ABSOLUTELY JUMP RIGHT
INTO CENTRAL STAFF BRIEFING ON
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION. GOOD
MORNING, DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM REALLY
EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU THIS
MORNING. I HAVE THEM HERE AS AN
ACCESSORY TO THE INCREDIBLE
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THEIR
STAFF. THEY WILL WALK YOU
THROUGH THE BUDGETS FOR THE
2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. THEY
WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE
MATERIALS, AND TALK ABOUT ALL OF
OF THE GREAT WORK THAT IS GOING
TO GO ON IN THEIR DEPARTMENTS. I
I AM HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THESE
DECISIONS IN THE BUDGET RELATE
TO THIS MACRO PICTURE, AND ALSO
JUST TO LISTEN IN, AND
UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE IN YOU,
YOUR DELIBERATIONS, AND FOR ANY
OTHER CONTEXT THAT YOU MIGHT BE
CURIOUS ABOUT AS THE BUDGET WAS
BEING BUILT. SO, I WON'T TAKE UP
UP AIRTIME HERE, I AM GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO RICO
QUIRINDONGO, THE ACTING DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR OF OPC D, A WONDERFUL
HUMAN. TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU, JULIE. GOOD
MORNING, EVERYONE. AGAIN, THIS
IS RICO QUIRINDONGO, ACTING
DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THANKS FOR HAVING US BEFORE YOU.
YOU TODAY. SO, WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF SLIDES THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH
THROUGH TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF TE
OF THE BUDGET FOR 2023. 2022 HAS
HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING YEAR
FOR US, AND TONY 23 IS SHAPING
UP THE SAME. I WOULD SAY THAT
WHEN I LOOK AT THE BIG THINGS WE
WE HAVE ON OUR PLATE, AMONGST
THEM, OBVIOUSLY, OUR CONTINUED
WORK OUR CONTINUED COMPREHENSIVE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAJOR
UPDATES. INCLUDING A VERY HEAVY
LIFT IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS.
ALSO INCLUDIN THE WORK THAT IS
BEING LED BY OUR COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS THAT WE
NOW HAVE ON STAFF. AND THEN ONE
OF THE NEW THINGS THAT IS
OBVIOUSLY IN THE 2023 BUDGET IS
A PRETTY INTENSIVE WORK PROGRAM,
RELATED TO AREA PLANNING, WHICH
WHICH IS A SUBSET OF THAT PLAN,
AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A
LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS OUR
CONTINUED WORK IN OUR LEVELED
OUT INITIATIVE, WHICH HAS HAD
SUCH AN AWESOME IMPACT FOR OUR .
OUR COMMUNITIES. ENTER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LEADING
COMMUNITY LED DEVELOPMENT PROJE.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. WITH THAT,
THAT, I AM GOING TO HAND IT OVER
TO MELISSA TO TAKE US THROUGH
THE SLIDES.
>> THANKS, RICO. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS
MELISSA WILKE, I AM A FINANCE
MANAGER AT OPCD. COULD WE MOVE
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, PATT?
PLEASE, PATTY? SO, WE WILL START
START WITH -- THIS IS OUR
TEMPLATE FROM COUNSEL, WE WILL
START WITH OUR BUDGET SUMMARY
FOR OPCD. THIS IS OUR 2022
ADOPTED BUDGET THROUGH THE 2024
PROPOSED. I WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT TWO TRENDS ON THIS
SLIDE THAT PROBABLY POP OUT TO
YOU RIGHT AWAY. FIRST IS, YOU WL
SEE THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
BETWEEN THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET
NUMBERS AND THE 2022 REVISED
NUMBERS. THAT IS PRIMARILY DUE O
DUE TO CARRYOVER BUDGET FROM
2021, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY FROM
FROM THE EQUITY DEVELOPMENT INIE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PROGRAM
IN OUR OFFICE, WHICH HAS -- WE
ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING MORE
ABOUT IT LATER. IT HAS
SIGNIFICANT GRANTING DOLLARS. TO
TO GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS
EVERY YEAR, BUT THOSE FUNDS ARE
NOT SPENT EVERY YEAR. SO, THEY
ARE CARRIED OVER UNTIL THEY ARE
FULLY SPENT. BUT, THEY HAVE BEE.
BEEN ALLOCATED. THE NEXT TREND
YOU WILL NOTICE ON THIS SLIDE,
IS AS WE MOVE INTO THE 2023-2024
2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGETS,
THERE IS ACTUALLY A SLIGHT
DECREASE IN OUR GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATION WHILE THERE IS AN
INCREASE IN OUR OTHER
APPROPRIATION, AND THAT IS
PRIMARILY DO TO SEVERAL NEW
INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING
FUNDED BY PARA-SALES TAX, WHICH
WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS IN THE
UPCOMING SLIDES. AND BE FOR I
MOVE ON TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO
TO NOTE THAT THE 2023 BUDGET HAA
HAS A 4% INCREASE IN OUR
DEPARTMENT, AND I WILL POINT
THAT OUT, AS WELL, WHEN WE GET
TO IT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON --
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
I SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST
WANTED TO SHARE SOME OPENING
REMARKS ABOUT OPCD'S WORK,
BECAUSE SIMILAR TO WHAT DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR RICO QUIRINDONGO
MENTIONED, I WOULD LIKE TO
START BY THANKING --
>> SO SORRY, MR. CHAIR, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO FINISH YOUR SENTENCE,
SENTENCE, BUT ACTUALLY I SHOULD
HAVE SAID THIS TO THE COUNCILME,
THE COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WILL HAVS
AS A COMMENT OR SUMMARY OF EACH
OF THE DEPARTMENT AFTER EACH DET
EACH DEPARTMENT DOES THEIR
OVERVIEW, IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD,
SO WE COULD DO SOME INITIAL
REACTIONS, AS WELL, AFTER EACH
DEPARTMENT. DOES THAT WORK, MR.
CHAIR?
>> SURE, YEP.
>> I MEAN, MR. CHAIR.
>> I WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS,
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. I KNOW IT IS
IS GOING TO BE VERY COMPLEMENT,
AND WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE WORK. SO, I JUST
WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND ALL
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. WE WILL
HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND THEN
THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK AFTER
THAT WOULD BE THE CHAIR OF THE
DEPARTMENT TO OFFER SOME
REFLECTIONS AND COMMENTS. OKAY.
>> GREAT. IF WE COULD MOVE TO
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU. SO, THIS FIRST
SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS ONE OF THE MOST
MOST SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF OPCD'S
OPCD'S BUDGETS, DOLLARWISE, AS
WELL AS POLICY -WISE, WHICH IS
OUR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES. AND ON THIS SLIDE,
YOU WILL NOTICE -- SO, EDI IS
PRIMARILY FUNDED BY JUMPSTART
PAYROLL TAX, AND SHORT-TERM
RENTAL TAX. AND WHAT YOU WILL
NOTICE HERE IS THAT WHILE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX HAS GONE
DOWN DUE TO DECLINING REVENUES,
THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX HAS GONE
GONE UP. FOR THE SAME REASON --
INCREASING REVENUES. YOU WILL --
-- I BELIEVE THERE IS A COMPANY
IN THE BUDGET LEGISLATION ON THS
ON THIS THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT EACH OF THESE FUNDIN.
FUNDING SOURCES. AND BECAUSE I
KNOW THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF
INTEREST IN THE EQUITABLE
FUNDING INITIATIVE, AND HOW IT
IS FUNDED, IF YOU MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, WE DID INCLUDE A
GRAPH TO SHOW THE OVERALL
FUNDING SOURCES. THIS IS PRETTY.
PRETTY HIGH-LEVEL. BUT, TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE, THE EDI PROGRAM
STARTED WITH SOME ONE-TIME
FUNDING SOURCES, MOST NOTABLY IN
IN THE 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET,
WITH, OF COURSE, SOME MEGA BLOCK
BLOCK FUNDING WHICH WAS A
SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF MONEY. BUT,
BUT, ONE TIME. YOU WILL SEE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX 2019 WITH
GENERAL FUNDS, AND IN 2021, WHEN
WHEN REVENUES REALLY DROPPED --
SORRY, THAT IS SHORT-TERM RENTAL
RENTAL TAX IN YELLOW. SHORT-TERM
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX WAS BACKED
BACKED BY FEDERAL FUNDS. NOW,
YOU CAN SEE THE PRIMARY FUNDING
SOURCES IN 2022, AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO 2023 AND THE 2024
PROPOSED IN THAT BRIGHT PINK
THERE. THERE IS OUR PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX, WITH THE BIGGEST P.
BIGGEST PIECE. THE YELLOW PEAS,
RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT, BEING THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX WITH THE
GENERAL FUND -- THE CEG IS ACTUY
IS ACTUALLY FEDERAL DOLLARS.
THAT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE. SO,
THAT IS WHAT THE EDI FUNDING
SOURCES LOOK LIKE, CURRENTLY.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SPEAK TO
THAT IN MORE DETAIL IF ANYBODY
HAS SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. IN THE
MEANTIME, LET'S MOVE ONTO THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE
SECOND BODY OF WORK IN OPCD, IT
IS OUR REGIONAL CENTER. THIS
GOES HAND-IN-HAND WITH OUR
COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES. IT IS NOT
NOT THE SAME THING. IT IS A
REQUIREMENT FROM THE TSRZ -- I
LOST MY NOTES HERE.
>> I CAN MAYBE ADD A LITTLE BIT
OF INFORMATION THERE?
>> YES, THANKS.
>> SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FROM
NORTH MANAGEMENT ACT, WE HAVE AT
A REQUIREMENT TO SHOW HOW OUR
CITY IS GOING TO GROW OVER THE
NEXT 20 YEARS. SO, WE ARE
LOOKING AT THAT GROWTH BETWEEN
2024 AND 2244. FOCUSED ON
HOUSING, JOBS, TRANSPORTATION.
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS
REALLY A LOOK AT A 50,000 FOOT L
FOOT LEVEL THAT WOULD ENFORCE
THE WORK PROGRAMS FOR ALL OF OUR
OUR OFFICES -- OR, OF OUR
OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS INTERNAL
INTERNAL TO THE CITY, AND
COLLABORATIONS WITH THE COMMUNI.
THE COMMUNITY. LOOKING AT THE
HEAVY LIFTING THAT THE SUB AREA
PLANS DO, WE HAVE SIX SUB AREA
PLANS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO
INVEST IN IN THE COURSE OF THE
NEXT THREE YEARS. THOSE PLANS
WILL TAKE THAT 50,000 FOOT VIEW,
AND LOOK MORE TOWARD
IMPLEMENTATION. LIKE, ON THE GR.
THE GROUND. THIS IS A NEW
REQUIREMENT FOR THE PETERSON
REGIONAL COUNCIL THAT WAS
ADOPTED IN 2018. SO, THIS WILL
BE THE FIRST -- THE CITY OF
SEATTLE'S FIRST STEP IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS NEW
REQUIREMENT FROM THE PS RC.
BEGINNING IN 2025, THIS WEB DESK
DESK REQUIREMENT, THE PLANNING
REQUIREMENT, WILL BE PART OF THE
THE CRITERIA THAT THEY WILL USE
FOR EVALUATION OF AROUND $6
MILLION OR $7 MILLION PER YEAR
IN THE CITY, AND TRANSPORTATION.
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS.
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT. I WILL ADD TWO THINGS,
THINGS, RICO. ONE IS THAT OPCD
HAS PREPARED A DETAILED FOUR
YEAR WORK PLAN AND COST ESTIMATE
ESTIMATE FOR THIS WORK, FOR THE
SIX SUB AREA REGIONAL GROWTH CE,
GROWTH CENTERS, WHICH WE
RECENTLY SENT TO COUNSEL. SO,
THAT PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT FOR THAT. AND THE OTHER
IS THAT THIS ITEM IN THE 2023
PROPOSED BUDGETS, AS WELL AS THE
THE 2024 ENDORSED BUDGET IS
BROUGHT BY PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX,
SPECIFICALLY FROM THE
REVITALIZATION AND REDEVELOPMENT
REDEVELOPMENT PIECE OF THAT
LEGISLATION. AND THAT IS
PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THESE SUB
AREA PLANS, AND HOW THOSE
WORKERS -- RICO COULD PROBABLY
SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE BIT
BETTER THAN I CAN. BUT, AS WE
SAID ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE THES
THE REVITALIZATION'S OF THIS AR,
THIS AREA, SUB AREA GROWTH
CENTERS AND THE PLANNING FOR
THOSE AREAS.
>> OKAY. I KNOW THAT THERE IS GG
TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, I'M
ASSUMING, ON SOME OF THESE
ITEMS. INCLUDING THIS ITEM
NUMBER THREE. SO, AGAIN, FOR MY
COLLEAGUES, I WILL MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET THE CHANCE TO GET
ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. WE ARE
GOING TO ASK THE DEPARTMENT TO
GO THROUGH THEIR FULL
PRESENTATION AND HEAR FROM THE
CHAIR, AND THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD
AHEAD AND HAVE QUESTIONS FOR TH.
THE DEPARTMENT. SO, I JUST
WANTED TO CLARIFY, I KNOW THERE
ARE SOME QUESTIONS HERE. WE WILL
WILL COME BACK AND GET ALL OF
THESE QUESTIONS IN ON THIS AND
ON THE OTHER ITEM.
>> THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR
úON THIS SLIDE IS A NEW POSITIOR
POSITION FOR OPCD, IT IS A
THREE-YEAR SUNSET POSITION INTO
STAFF, TRANSIT PLANNING. THIS
POSITION IS FUNDED BY PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX, ALSO. IT COMES FROM
FROM THE GREEN NEW DEAL SECTION
OF THE ORDINANCE. AND THAT IS
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE PUBLIC
TRANSIT IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT IT
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN
REDUCING INVESTMENTS IN THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. IT ALSO
ADDRESSES THE CITY'S OVERALL
EMISSION GOALS. I EXPECT THAT WE
WE WILL COME BACK AND DISCUSS TS
ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE, AS WELL.
IN THE MEANTIME, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. SO, NOW, WE ARE SORT OF
MOVING INTO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES,
WHICH COVER WHY OPCD WAS ABLE
TO OFFSET OR REDUCE GENERAL
FUNDS, LABOR BUDGETS, IN THE
2023 PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS SLIDE
SHOWS HOW WE HAVE OFFSET
GENERAL FUNDS WITH JUMPSTART
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. WE HAVE
MOVED SOME OF THE EDI TEAM LABOR
LABOR COST OUT OF THE GENERAL
FUND IT INTO JUMPSTART. AND THIS
THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS AN
INCREASED PROGRAM, THERE IS AN
INCREASED NUMBER OF STAFF ON
THAT TEAM, AND IT HELPS TO KIND
OF SHOW THE INCREASE SHARE OF
TIME THAT THEY ARE SPENDING ON
THAT GRANTING PROGRAM WITH THAT
FUNDING SOURCE. NEXT SLIDE, PLE.
SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE ARE TWO
MORE LIKE THIS. SO, THIS ONE,
ITEM NUMBER SIX, SHOWS ANOTHER
GENERAL FUND LABOR SAVINGS
OFFSET, WHERE WE ARE REMOVING
GENERAL FUND LABOR, COSTS, AND
PLANTING THEM WITH THE FEDERAL
GRANT THAT WE HAVE, ALSO FOR
STATIONARY PLANNING. JUST A
ONE-TIME CHANGE. SO, THIS WAS A
STAFF PERSON THAT WAS WORKING ON
ON THIS WORKS, ANYWAY, THEY WILL
WILL BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR TIME
IN THE GRANTS, AND THAT PROVIDES
PROVIDES SOME RELIEF FOR THE
GENERAL FUNDS FOR 2023. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE LAST
ONE. SO, THE FINAL SLIDE IS JUST
JUST A REDUCTION OF THE GENERAL.
GENERAL FUNDS. THIS IS A
REDUCTION OF $120,000, AGAIN, TO
TO THE GENERAL FUND LABOR ACCOU.
LABOR ACCOUNT. WHICH IS AN
INCREASED LABOR SAVINGS
CONSUMPTION, DUE TO VACANCIES.
THERE IS NO OFFSET FOR THIS ONE,
ONE, AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO
PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE GENERAL
FUND WITH THAT OPCD BUDGET. THAT
THAT CONCLUDES OUR SLIDES. SO,
NOW YOU ARE AVAILABLE FOR
QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. AND I
WILL ASK YOU TO JUST GO BACK TO
YOUR OPENING SLIDE, SO YOU CAN
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS MAKE
SOME COMMENTS ON SLIDE NUMBER
ONE, SHALL WE? COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR PATIENCE. WE ARE GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIR FIRST
FIRST FOR SOME OVERVIEW OR
COMMENTS, AND ANY TAKE AWAY OR
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. IT IS
REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE.
GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL THIS MORNI.
THIS MORNING. I JUST WANT TO
START BY THANKING OPCD FOR
HIGHLIGHTING EQUITY IN THIS
BUDGET. NEXT YEAR, OPCD WILL BE
ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AS PART
OF THE MAJOR UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH ONLY
HAPPENS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. THIS
THIS YEAR, IN OUR CONSTANT
PREEMPTIVE PLAN, WE HAVE HELD
MANY ITEMS FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE
BECAUSE OF THIS MAJOR UPDATE. I
CANNOT STRESS HOW LARGE OF A
BODY OF WORK THIS IS. OPCD HAS
SO MUCH WORK TO DO THIS YEAR, ON
ON TOP OF ALL THE WORK THEY
ALREADY DO, WHETHER IT IS
THROUGH THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT PLANS, MARITIME
ADJUSTMENT WORK, COMMUNITY
ACTION PLANS, AND SO MUCH MORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I AM OVERALL
PLEASED WITH THIS BUDGET, AND I
WANT TO THANK JULIE, AND
DIRECTORS RICO QUIRINDONGO AND
MELISSA ARE REALLY DOING GREAT
WORK HERE. I REALLY DO HAVE A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. MAYBE, IF
WE COULD GO TO SLIDE TWO? YOU
KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX IS DOWN.
WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS
REDUCTION IN THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL TAX, IT IS BASED ON
DECLINING REVENUES FROM THE PRES
YEAR. I JUST WANT TO GET A
SENSE, FROM ANY OF THE
PRESENTERS -- DO YOU THINK THE
DECLINING REVENUES COULD HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 P?
COVID-19 PANDEMIC? IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING -- AND CAN YOU
REMIND ME WHEN THE FIRST YEAR WE
WE COLLECTED THIS TAX, WHAT THE
UPTAKE WAS, AND IF YOU THINK COD
THINK COVID HAD ANY IMPACT ON
THE DOWNTURN OF THESE REVENUES?
>> I CAN TAKE A FIRST PASS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, FOR THE QUESTION. I
DON'T HAVE THE INITIAL REVENUES
AT MY FINGERTIPS FOR THE FIRST
YEAR OF COLLECTION. BUT, I CAN
SAY, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THAT THE
PANDEMIC ABSOLUTELY IMPACTED
THOSE REVENUES. TORRES WAS DONE
PRECIPITOUSLY THROUGHOUT COVID.
NOT JUST IN SEATTLE, BUT REALLY,
REALLY, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
AS THE LOCKDOWN HAPPENED. FOLKS
WERE VERY SLOW TO RETURN TO TRO.
TO TROUBLE. SO, THAT IS BASED ON
ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND THE
USE. SO, AIRBNB'S, HOTELS. THE
LESS PEOPLE WERE TRAVELING, THE
LESS REVENUE WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN
TAKEN IN AS A CITY. I WILL NOTE
IT IS TRUE THAT IT HAS GONE DOWN
THROUGH COVID. BUT, IT IS ALSO
TRUE THAT WE HAVE NEVER -- AND
THIS IS MAYBE YOU HEARD FROM
CENTRAL STAFF YESTERDAY, WE HAVE
HAVE NEVER HAD THAT ADMISSION OF
OF REVENUE THAT WAS INITIALLY
THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN THIS WAS
PASSED AND THESE ALLEGATIONS
WERE MADE FOR THE USES OF THIS
OVERALL. BUT, LET ME GET BACK T.
TO YOU. AND, MELISSA, I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE AT
YOUR FINGERTIPS THE REVENUE FROM
FROM SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN THE
FIRST YEAR. BUT, I CAN CERTAINLY
CERTAINLY GET THAT.
>> I DON'T, I'M AFRAID. BUT, I
CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
>> YEAH, LET ME MAYBE CLARIFY
THAT QUESTION. IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ONLY
STARTED COLLECTING REVENUE ONE
OR TWO YEARS AGO. CAN YOU REMIND
REMIND ME THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE
WE STARTED COLLECTING REVENUE ON
ON THIS TAX WAS?
>> IT WAS PASSED IN 2017. SO, IT
2017. SO, IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A
WILD TO IMPLEMENT. IT IS GOING
TO BE 2018, OR 2019. BUT, LET ME
ME -- I CAN DOUBLE CHECK. IT WAS
WAS BEFORE MY TIME.
>> TOTALLY. I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I GUESS THE POINT I AM
LEADING US TOWARDS IS THAT AS
THE TAX WAS NEW, AS IT NEVER HAD
HAD THE FOLEY OPPORTUNITY TO
SCALE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
OCCURRED, AND THEN WE HAD THE P,
THE PANDEMIC, I'M JUST ADDING A
LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO THESE
NUMBERS SO THAT COLLEAGUES ARE
NOT TOO WORRIED HERE. BUT, JULI,
BUT, JULIE, CAN YOU HELP ME
UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE INCREASED
REVENUES HERE, WHAT WOULD CHANG?
WOULD CHANGE?
>> SO, THE WAY THAT THE PROPOSED
PROPOSED BUDGET HAS ALLOCATED -,
-- OR, PROPOSES TO CHANGE IT --
THE AMOUNT GOING TO EDI WOULD GO
GO UP. SO, EVERY NEW DOLLAR THAT
THAT COMES IN, ACROSS THE
CURRENT THRESHOLD, WOULD GO
DIRECTLY TO EDI.
>> WONDERFUL. AND IS THAT KIND
OF THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE WOULD
WOULD BE USING IN FUTURE YEARS,
AS WELL?
>> THAT IS WHAT THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION HAS ADOPTED.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU. AND
THIS IS A MAJOR WIN FOR
INVESTMENT INTO THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. AS WE
LOOK TO THE FUTURE YEARS, DO YOU
YOU THINK -- WHAT IS THE RIGHT
FUNDING LEVEL IN FUTURE YEARS? I
I KNOW THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF
OF DISPLACEMENT THROUGHOUT THE ,
THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTE
TO GROW. I KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY,
COMMUNITY, IN DISTRICT 6 IN
BALLARD, THE DISPLACEMENT OF.
MANY YEARS AGO. PEOPLE THAT I
GREW UP WITH ARE NOT AFFORDING
TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE, MANY
SENIORS HAVE LIVED AND MOVED OUT
OUT OF THE AREA. HOW DO WE HELP
THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
DISPLACED, OR HELP THE PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO MOVE BACK?
>> SO, I CAN START. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR THE
QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU
ARE HITTING ON WHY THE EDI
PROGRAM WAS CREATED. TO THE
QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE RIGHT
AMOUNT TO FUND THE PROGRAM, THAT
THAT IS A REALLY HARD QUESTION,?
QUESTION, RIGHT? SO, WE ARE JUST
JUST USING THE ROUGH NUMBERS
THAT WE PUT OUT TWO RFPS, PER Y.
PER YEAR. AND THOSE TEND TO
AVERAGE AROUND $9 MILLION PER R.
PER RFP. IN EACH OF THOSE -- ANI
SAY THIS ANECDOTALLY, BUT IT
REALLY IS THE CASE -- YOU KNOW,
WE SEE ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 80 AS
80 APPLICANTS FOR A $9 MILLION ,
MILLION FUND, FOR ANY SINGLE RF.
SINGLE RFP. AND THE COLLECTIVE
ASKED FOR THOSE 60 OR 80 APPLICS
80 APPLICANTS OVERSEES ABOUT
$500 MILLION. WHAT THAT IS TO
SAY IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF AMAZING
PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING CHAMPIOD
BEING CHAMPIONED BY COMMUNITY,
LED BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WE ARE DOING GREAT WORK IN
HELPING TO FUND A GAP. BUT, THE
NEED IS FAR GREATER THAN OUR
CAPACITY TO FUND IT. SO, YOU KN,
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE ARE DG
ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE
HAVE, CURRENTLY. AND I AM VERY
ENCOURAGED BY THE CONTINUATION
OF THIS, AND BY THE SUPPORT THAT
THAT WE GET FROM OUR EDI PARTNE.
EDI PARTNERS.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. REALLY
WELL SAID, THAT OUR ASKS ARE FAG
FAR OUTREACHING WHAT WE HAVE AV.
HAVE AVAILABLE. AND, DIRECTOR,
YOUR COMMENT ABOUT ANY NEW
REVENUES COMING IN FROM THE TAX
WILL BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE
PROGRAM, REALLY WELL -- THIS IS
WHY, IN MY OPENING REMARKS, I
WAS PLEASED. IF WE COULD MOVE ON
ON TO PAGE FOUR?
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I
JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR
CENTRAL STAFF, AS WELL, SINCE WE
WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE I
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
PRESENTATION WITH A MEMO THAT
YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
THAT YOU WANT TO FLAG TO LET US
KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO COVER THAT
PERSPECTIVE PRESENTATION. IF
YOU WANT TO FLAG IT AS PART OF
THAT, YOU ARE WELCOME TO DO SO.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CENTRAL
CENTRAL STUFF, YOU KNOW, GET TO
NOTE FOR US THAT THERE WILL BE
MORE TO COME ON THAT SPECIFIC A.
SPECIFIC ANSWER. SO, I AM GOING
TO GO TO ALY PENNUCI REALLY
QUICK. AND I ALSO HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , AND ALSO
ALSO I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS, AS WELL. SO, ALY,
ALY, ANYTHING SPECIFIC YOU LIKE
TO ADD, SO FAR?
>> YES, I WAS JUST GOING TO NOTT
NOTE THAT IT DID COVER THE
DISCUSSION AROUND THE SHORT-TERM
SHORT-TERM RENTAL FUNDING IN
THAT MEMO PREPARED AND PROPOSED
TO THE AGENDA. I WILL JUST NOTE
THAT WE DISCUSSED IT AS AN ISSUE
ISSUE I.D. YESTERDAY. SO, WE
WERE GOING TO GO INTO THOSE DETS
DURING THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
DISCUSSION TODAY. BUT, I CAN
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEMO,
MEMO, AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE
ALSO DURING THE CENTRAL STAFF PL
STAFF PANEL IF THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED IN THE MEMO THAT IS NOT
NOT PRESENTED AS AN ISSUE IN
THIS DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION.
PRESENTATION.
>> AND, CHAIR, I AM HAPPY TO
HOLD MY QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER
CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATIONS, IF
THAT IS EASIER?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ARE ALL
LEARNING IN THIS NEW PROCESS. WE
WE USED TO HAVE A WEEK OF DEPART
PRESENTATIONS, AND THEN A WEEK
OF CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATIONS.
AND I REALIZED THAT WAS KIND OF
CAUSING A DELAY INTO JUST DIVING
DIVING INTO THE MATERIAL FOR
CENTRAL STAFF. THERE WAS TIME IN
IN PREPARING FOR THE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATIONS. SO, WE WANTED TO
GET STRAIGHT INTO ISSUE IDENTIF.
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION. SO, THANK
YOU, FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY, AS WE
WE FIGURE OUT THE BEST FORMAT
HERE. BECAUSE YOU ARE UP FIRST!
BUT, I AM COME -- I AM KIND OF
WONDERING IF WE SHOULD DO THAT,
I AM LOOKING AT ALY TO SEE IF
THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE SPC
ARE SPECIFIC FOR THE DEPARTMENT
AND CENTRAL STAFF TO WEIGH IN
FOR YOUR WORK. SO, MID SHIFT HE.
SHIFT HERE. WE WILL HAVE
DEPARTMENTS PRESENT, WE WILL
HAVE THE CHAIR DO OPENING
COMMENTS AND INITIAL TAKEAWAYS,
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
PRESENTATIONS FROM CENTRAL
STAFF. AND THAT WAY, IF COUNCIL
MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS, THE
CENTRAL STAFF DON'T FEEL LIKE
YOU HAVE TO WAIT, AS WELL, FOR
WHAT WE HAVE THERE. HOW DOES
THAT SOUND TO EVERYONE?
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I WILL
HOLD MY QUESTIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AND I
KNOW YOU STILL HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS. YOU ARE STILL IN THE
QUEUE, AND THAT WE WILL HAVE
CONCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AT THIS
POINT, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
HAS MADE SOME OPENING COMMENTS
AND THEN SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. WE ARE GOING TO LET
CENTRAL STAFF WALK-THROUGH THE R
OF THE PRESENTATIONS, AS TWO,
AND THEN WE ARE HAPPY TO GO BACK
BACK AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM
BOTH. PLEASE GO AHEAD, ALY, AND
THANK YOU, ALL, FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY AS WE DO THIS JOINT
WALK-THROUGH TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. I AM SIMILAR TO THE
DIRECTOR, I AM MOSTLY HERE AS AN
AN ACCESSORY TO THE
PRESENTATIONS AND THE WORK THAT
THAT THE TEAM OF PANELISTS DID.
SO, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRY
TO ADJUST THE FORMAT AS WE ARE
GOING TO WHAT WORKS BEST FOR TH.
THE COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
>> I WILL SAY, THANKS, AGAIN, TO
TO PATTY FOR THE SLIDES. WE'RE
GOING TO GO TO THE CENTRAL
OFFICE OF COMMITTEE PLANNING AND
AND DEVELOPMENT. I DO WANT TO
ASK IF THIS IS ONE SLIDE SO
PRESENTATION TO TOGGLE BETWEEN,
BECAUSE I JUST REALIZED THAT
MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE, AS WELL,
FOR GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN
BETWEEN SLIDES.
>> IT ISN'T. BUT IT IS EASY FOR
ME, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
>> OKAY, THANKS, PATTY. THAT WAS
WAS THE VOICE OF THE MAIN
OPERATION HERE, MAKING SURE WE
GET ALL OF THE GOOD INFORMATION
ON THE SLIDES. WE ARE GOING TO
GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE FOR THE
CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION.
THANKS, AGAIN, PATTY. AND, THANK
THANK YOU, FOR BEING HERE.
>> LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SLIDE. THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT
THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE
ARE PRETTY SIMILAR. WE HAVE
ASKED THE COUNCIL IF THEY ARE
READY FOR THE USE. THIS IS WORK
THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO, IF IT
IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE
RECEIVING TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
FUNDING THROUGH THE REGIONAL CO.
REGIONAL COUNCIL. THE PLANS FOR
OUR REGIONAL GROWTH CENTERS,
WHICH ARE DESIGNATED IN OUR
COMPASS PLAN, OUR RETAINERS.
NORTH TOWN, AND UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT NEED TO BE UPDATED.
THEY DON'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE D
THE REQUIRED COMPONENTS IN THE
COUNCIL PLANNING DOCUMENTS. FOR,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PLAN TO REQUIRE
THE LIST OF CRITERIA FOR THE
COMPLETE PLAN, THEY ARE REQUIRED
REQUIRED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
COMMERCIAL DISPLACEMENT THROUGH
A VARIETY OF DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGIES AND AVOID OR MITIGATE
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. MANY OF
OF THESE PLANS WERE ADOPTED BY
THE COUNCIL AROUND 2000. SO,
THOSE ISSUES WERE KIND OF NOT
PLAYED OUT AT THAT TIME. OPCD IS
IS ESTIMATING OVER FOUR YEARS
THAT $2 MILLION WILL BE
REQUIRED, AND THE SOURCE OF
FUNDING FOR THIS WORK IS THE
JUMPSTART ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION FUNDING. THE
QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IS THE USE
OF JUMPSTART FUNDING APPROPRIATE
APPROPRIATE FOR THIS WORK, WHICH
WHICH WILL SUPPORT
REVITALIZATION OVER THE LONG
TERM, BUT WON'T HAVE,
NECESSARILY, NEAR-TERM IMPACTS?
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS
WITH THAT FUNDING, NO NOTES ARE
NEEDED. IF YOU DO HAVE CONCERNS
ON HOW THIS WORK SHOULD BE
FUNDED, AN ALTERNATIVE THE
SOURCE OF FUNDING WILL BE REQUI.
BE REQUIRED. LET'S MOVE TO THE
SECOND ISSUE. OPCD HAS BEEN
WORKING WITH SEATTLE DEPARTMENTF
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER CITY DS
CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THE LIGHT
RAIL EXTENSION PROJECT. FUNDS
FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF PLANNING
THROUGH THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT HAD BEEN PROVI.
BEEN PROVIDED. WE ARE NOW AT THE
THE NEXT PHASE OF PLANNING. THE
2023 BUDGET PROPOSES TO USE $16,
USE $162,000, TO OPCD USING
JUMPSTART GREEN NEW DEAL FUNDS
FOR PLANNING POSITIONS TO WORK
ON -- PARTICULARLY STATIONARY
PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN ISSUES
ISSUES AROUND THE WEST POLICE S.
POLICE STATIONS. AN ADDITIONAL
12 POSITIONS ARE BEING ADDED TOE
TO THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT WILL BE
BE DISCUSSED IN THE CONTEXT OF
THAT DEPARTMENT IN THE
PRESENTATIONS WERE MORNING.
TRANSIT PLANNING WAS NOT
IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY BY THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
SO, THE QUESTION FOR YOU IS, IS
THIS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF
JUMPSTART GREEN NEW DEAL FUNDIN?
DEAL FUNDING? IF NOT, THEN YOU
SHOULD EITHER IDENTIFY AN
ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING
FOR THIS WORK, OR REJECT THE
PROPOSED USE OF THE JUMPSTART
FUNDING, IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE
WITH TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, AND
PLANNING FOR TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENTS, BEING A USE OF THE
THE JUMPSTART GREEN NEW DEAL
FUNDING, AND NO CHANGE IS REQUI.
IS REQUIRED. AND THAT IS IT FOR
OUR CENTRAL STAFF IDENTIFYING IS
IDENTIFYING ISSUES WITH THE OPCD
OPCD BUDGET.
>> OKAY, THANKS, AGAIN. SO, MY
HOPE HERE, IS THAT IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS SPECIFIC FOR THE
DEPARTMENT, THAT WE CAN ASK
TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, IMPACT
QUESTIONS. I ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO
TO BE ENCOURAGED TO PICK AT THE
PROPOSED STRATEGIES FOR -- OR,
THE PRO-PROPOSED OPTIONS THAT
CENTRAL STAFF HAS OUTLINED. I DO
DO NOT EXPECT THE DEPARTMENTS TO
TO REACT, NECESSARILY, TO THOSE.
THOSE THOUGHTS. THIS IS REALLY
JUST ABOUT A TRANSPARENT
CONVERSATION ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE,
PREFERENCES THAT WE HAVE. THAT
IS WHY I WANTED TO LIST IT AS
PANEL ONE, PANEL TWO, SO THAT
FOLKS CAN ADDRESS THEIR
QUESTIONS TO EITHER PANEL ONE,
OR PANEL TWO. AND I WANTED TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS SHOULD KNOW THAT
THAT THIS IS WHERE THE DEBATE
SHOULD HAPPEN. THIS IS A HEALTHY
HEALTHY CONVERSATION TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IS ON EXISTING
DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS. AND IT IS
IS ALSO TOTALLY APPROPRIATE FOR
US, AS COUNSEL, TO WEIGH IN WITH
WITH ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE. ESPECIALLY IN
REACTION TO THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF MINIMAL. SO, FEEL FREE TO
USE THIS NEW FORMAT TO BOTH ASK
QUESTIONS, TECHNICAL IN NATURE,
OR IMPACT QUESTIONS TO THE DEPA.
THE DEPARTMENT. AND ALSO, DIRECT
DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS TO THE
CENTRAL STAFF, IF YOU WANT TO
KNOW MORE, OR UNDERSTAND BETTER
THEIR POSITION. WE WERE VERY
CLEAR IN THE BEGINNING OF OUR
DELIBERATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 28th
THT OUR QUESTIONS CONCERNS I'D
ISSUES IDENTIFIED ABOUT THE
POLICY AND ABOUT THE PROGRAM
IMPACT. IT IS NOT ABOUT THE
PEOPLE, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE. SO, I
KNOW WE ALL VERY CARE VERY MUCHT
MUCH ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS
ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT WE WORK
WITH ON THE SEVENTH FLOOR AND
THROUGHOUT THE CITY FAMILY. BUT
THIS IS REALLY A BETTER
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND
IMPACTS. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO
FEEL ENCOURAGED TO HAVE THOSE
QUESTIONS, DEBATE, AND HAVE
DISCUSSIONS TODAY. SO, WITH
THAT, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE, GO AHEAD AND IT
CONCLUDED ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. EXCUSE ME.
I HAD A QUESTION ON PAGE FOUR OF
OF OPCD'S PRESENTATION. GREAT
WORK WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND
OPTIONS THERE. I DON'T HAVE A --
-- I GUESS WE CAN CYCLE THROUGH
THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE. SORRY,
CHAIR. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU
YOU WANTED ME TO OPINE ON THOSE.
THOSE OPTIONS.
>> AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO,
EITHER. I MEAN, I JUST WANTED TO
TO MAKE SURE FOLKS FEEL THAT
THEY CAN, IF THEY WANT TO. DON'T
DON'T FEEL OBLIGATE IT TO WEIGH
IN, THIS IS NOT A VOTE DAY. JUST
JUST LIKE YESTERDAY, ISSUES ARE
BEING FLAGGED FOR US, JUST FOR
OUR CONSIDERATION THROUGHOUT THE
THE UPCOMING WEEKS. BUT, PLEASE
DO NOT FEEL REQUIRED TO WEIGH I,
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I JUST
DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO HOLD BACK
IF THEY HAD SPECIFIC THOUGHTS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM
HONORED TO GET TO GO FIRST, AND
IRON OUT ALL OF THESE WRINKLES
OF THIS VIRTUAL AND SLIGHTLY NEW
NEW SYSTEM. WHAT I CAN SAY,
GENERALLY, ABOUT THE INFORMATION
INFORMATION THAT LISH PRESENTED
AND THE INFORMATION THAT THE
DIRECTORS PRESENTED IS THAT WE
HAVE TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE
THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE
SHORTFALL THAT THE DIRECTORS
OFFICE HAS CLOSED. AND IF WE
WERE IN A PERFECT WORLD, I WOULE
WOULD MAYBE BE MORE STRIDENT IN
SAYING WHICH FUNDING SOURCE
NEEDS TO GO WHERE, AND USE TOWE.
USE TOWEL. AND WE ARE AT AN IMPT
AN IMPORTANT LEVEL OF WORKING
TOGETHER TO CLOSE THIS GAP AND T
AND GET THROUGH THESE FIRST
THREE YEARS, AND THEN EXPAND TO
MAYBE HAVING MORE DEDICATED
LINES OF FUNDING GOING FOR
DEDICATED ISSUES. GENERALLY, I
THINK WE ARE DOING PRETTY WELL.
AND IF WE COULD SLIDE TO PAGE F?
PAGE FOUR? REGARDING TRANSIT ST,
TRANSIT STAFFING, I THINK THE
BROAD QUESTION THAT I WILL START
START WITH AND END WITH IS, ARE
WE COUNTING THIS FUNDING TOWARD
POTENTIAL THIRD-PARTY FUNDING
FOR SOUND TRANSIT? I KNOW THAT
THAT CONVERSATION WILL COME IN
JANUARY, WHERE SOUND TRANSIT HAS
HAS IDENTIFIED THAT FOR
JURISDICTIONS TO GET SPECIAL
ENHANCEMENTS, THAT THE
JURISDICTION, ITSELF, BE
REQUIRED TO PAY THE DELTA, THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE COST OF WHAT
THAT JURISDICTION WANTS FOR THAT
THAT 100 YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, IN A
PERFECT WORLD, THIS WORK THAT WE
WE ARE ENGAGING OPCD TO DO WOULD
WOULD BE COMPLETED BY SOUND
TRANSIT. AND TYPICALLY IN MANY
OTHER SMALLER JURISDICTIONS, IT
WOULD. IT IS EVIDENT THAT WE
NEEDED THIS LEVEL OF STAFFING TO
TO GET THE 100 YEAR
INFRASTRUCTURE CORRECT IN THE
MOST DENSE PART OF THE STATE OF.
OF SEATTLE. SEATTLE TRANSIT IS A
A REGIONAL ENTITY, I UNDERSTAND
THERE CONSTRAINTS ARE TWO
SPECIFIC CITIES. FRANKLY, I
THINK THEIR RESOURCES ARE
PROBABLY BETTER SUITED TO THE
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE NOT ABLE
TO PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF
STAFFING. I JUST WANTED TO --
AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING BEFORE
US, IS PART OF OUR JOINT
COMMITMENT WITH SOUND TRANSIT TO
TO GET REAL SERVICE TO OUR CITY,
CITY, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
AND GET IT RIGHT. I JUST WANTED
TO ASK THE PRESENTERS HERE, AND
IF YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING THIS
QUESTION, YOU CAN COME BACK TO
ME LATER. BUT, WOULD THIS
FUNDING BE ABLE TO COUNT TOWARD?
TOWARD THIRD-PARTY? WELL, IT
LOOKS LIKE I STUMPED OUR TEAM.
DID NOT EXPECT THAT ONE COMING,
DID YOU?
>> THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THAT WE
CAN DO THE RESEARCH INTO AND GET
GET BACK TO YOU. I DO NOT KNOW
THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT. AND THEN I AM SEEING
úTHIS FOR PAGE FOUR, REGARDING
THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENTS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN
HOW THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT
REQUIREMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE
SUB PLAN AREA WORK? I KNOW YOU
TOUCHED ON THIS BRIEFLY,
DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO. I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD
MEET OR EXCEED -- I GUESS THAT
IS THE QUESTION I AM LOOKING
FOR. ARE WE EXCEEDING THE
REQUIREMENTS SET, OR ARE WE
EXCEEDING IT? AND I KNOW YOU
MENTIONED THIS IS GOING TO BE A
SIX-YEAR EFFORT. WHAT DO WE NEED
NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT IN THE
THE FUTURE YEARS?
>> SO, THE FUNDING THAT YOU SEE
IN THE 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET
WOULD HELP US TO MEET THE
MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. AND I WANT
TO GO BACK TO A COUPLE OF
THINGS, IF I COULD. SO, THE
REGIONAL GROWTH CENTERS, WHICH
ARE DESIGNATED BY THE PSR C, ARE
ARE CORNERSTONES FOR HOW WE MAND
WE MANAGED GROWTH UNDER THE
CORNERSTONE MANAGEMENT ACT. PSRC
PSRC REQUIRES UPDATES TO THE
PLANS FOR THE CENTERS AS A CONN
A CONDITION OF OUR ONGOING
REGIONAL RECOGNITION OF
INVESTMENTS WITH FEDERAL FUNDS
MANAGEMENT AND PSRC. THE GUIDEL
GUIDES WILL PLAN POLICIES, PLAN
USE REGULATIONS, PROGRAMS, AND
INVESTMENTS, TO ENSURE THAT
THOSE CENTERS THRIVE AND ECONOM.
AND ECONOMICALLY. THEY
ACCOMMODATE A NEW SHARE OF
HOUSING AND JOBS OVER THE NEXT
20 YEARS. PSRC DOES
SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE THAT OUR
SUBAREA PLANS INCLUDE STRATEGIEO
STRATEGIES TO MEET AFFORDABLE
HOUSING NEEDS AND PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT. SO, THAT IS THE
CENTER PLACE OF THE WORK. WE
HAVE STARTED TO KIND OF LAY THEN
FOR THE FIRST OF THOSE SIX SUBAA
PLANS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS
THIS YEAR. BUT, WE REALLY WILL
BE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING IN
IN JANUARY.
>> WONDERFUL. SO, I AM HEARING
THAT WE ARE GOING TO MEET IT,
BUT WE MIGHT NOT EXCEED EXPECTA?
EXCEED EXPECTATIONS? BUT, ALSO
UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A TOUGH
BUDGET YEAR. I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN
FUTURE YEARS, TO BE SURE THAT WE
WE CAN EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO
STUDY AND GAIT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
CHAIR, THOSE ARE ALL OF MY
QUESTIONS FROM THESE
PRESENTATIONS. I HAVE SHARED MYS
MY REMARKS ABOUT CENTRAL STAFF
PRESENTATION. I HAVE A FEW
CLOSING REMARKS, AND I WILL HOLD
HOLD THOSE UNTIL THE END.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH. THE
NEXT PERSON UP IS COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER ROSS,
COUNCILMEMBER MARAGOS, PLEASE G.
GO AHEAD.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS ABOUT EDI, AND THEN I
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SUBAREA
SUBAREA PLANS, TOO. SO, THANK
YOU, FOR THOSE PRESENTATIONS. WE
WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ISSUE AREA IDENTIFICATION
YESTERDAY THAT LISH PRESENTED O.
PRESENTED ON. I WILL SAY THA --
-- WELL, IT IS TRUE THAT EDI IS
AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY. I
I THINK IT IS NOT JUST IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT TO FORGET THAT IT IS
AN ANTIRACIST STRATEGY. THE
POINT OF THIS PROGRAM, AS
ENVISIONED BY THE FOLKS WHO
CREATED IT AND ADVOCATED FOR IT,
ITS CREATION, WAS THAT IT IS AN
ANTIRACIST STRATEGY THAT FOCUSES
FOCUSES ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY SYSTEMIC
RACISM, AND MAKING SURE THAT
THOSE FOLKS CAN STAY. SO, THIS
ISN'T JUST ABOUT HOUSING FOR
SENIORS, OR LOW INCOME FOLKS.
ALTHOUGH, IT IS DEFINITELY ABOUT
ABOUT THAT, TOO. IT IS REALLY
ABOUT BUILDING SPACE FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE ACCESS TO
CENTRAL SERVICES. SO, LISH WENT
THROUGH SEVERAL THINGS YESTERDAY
YESTERDAY THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED
BY THIS PROGRAM. IT HAS ALSO
SUPPORTED THE ACQUISITION FOR A
PERMANENT HOME FOR THE AFRICAN
WOMEN BUSINESS ALLIANCE. IT
SUPPORTED ACQUISITION OF A
PERMANENT BIRTH CENTER FOR RENO
VALLEY MIDWIVES. IT WILL BE
CREATING CHILDCARE AND COMMUNITE
COMMUNITY SPACE IN THE VILLAGE,
IT CREATED INNOVATION CENTERS AT
AT THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER
CENTER THAT TEACHES YOUNG PEOPLE
PEOPLE ABOUT ROBOTICS AND OTHER
STEM RELATED PROGRAMS. SO, THIS
IS ALL ABOUT PROVIDING ACCESS TO
TO CAPITAL, TO STEM
DISPLACEMENT, AND SUPPORT
COMMUNITIES IN ANCHORING,
PARTICULARLY, FOR FOLKS THAT
HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT OF THE CITY
CITY FOR TOO LONG. I WILL SAY
THAT I WORKED HARD TO ENSURE
THAT EDI WAS INCLUDED IN THIS
PLAN FOR JUMPSTART. I AM
GRATEFUL TO THE CHAIR, WHO
AGREED THAT THIS IS REALLY A PR.
A PRIORITY. I WANTED 10%, WE
LANDED ON 9%. I WILL TAKE IT.
BUT, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANTY
IMPORTANT WAY TO HELP CLOSE THE
RACIAL WEALTH GAP IN THE CITY.
CREATE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND
ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND TO
INCREASE OWNERSHIP FOR BLACK AND
AND BROWN NEIGHBORS. AND I SAY
ALL OF THAT BECAUSE THIS
QUESTION, OF SHIFTING FUNDS FROM
FROM A SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX, IS
IS A CONCERN FOR ME. THE INTENT
OF THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX, WAS
TO BE ADDITIVE TO THE REVENUE
FROM THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX.
BECAUSE AS WE LEARNED YESTERDAY,
YESTERDAY, IT IS NOT NEARLY
ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY
NEEDS FOR ACCESS TO CAPITAL. THE
THE MEMO THAT LISH INDICATED,
AND WHAT QUIRINDONGO JUST
STATED, THERE WERE OVER $34
MILLION IN REQUESTS. SO, WE ARE
ARE ADDING $19 MILLION, $20
MILLION NOW. WE KNOW THAT THERE
IS A LOT MORE WORK TO DO. SO, I
WILL STOP THERE. I DO WANT TO
HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE
THE SUBAREA PLANS. I UNDERSTAND-
UNDERSTAND -- YOU KNOW, THE MEMO
MEMO THAT QUIRINDONGO SINCE LAST
LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE, KIND OF
GETTING HOW THE WORK PLAN WILL
BE. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE
WHAT THESE GROWTH CENTERS ARE.
SO, THESE ARE DESIGNATED BY
PSRC, BASED ON OUR OWN URBAN
CENTER DESIGNATIONS. BUT, THESE
THESE DETERMINE CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS FOR UTILITIES, FOR ,
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS
WHERE WE WILL INVEST IN EMPLOYM,
EDUCATION, CULTURAL AMENITIES.
THESE GROWTH CENTERS RECEIVE
SPECIAL ATTENTION, AND ARE
PRIORITIZED FOR CERTAIN TIMES O.
OF INVESTMENTS. WE HAVE A LIST
OF COMMUNITIES THAT ARE THERE. I
I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT WEST SEATTLE AND
SOUTH SEATTLE ARE LEFT OUT OF
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTS
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY
THESE DESIGNATED PROPERTIES. SO,
SO, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE IS A PURPOSE THERE, WE
HAVE TO PROCEED WITH THESE PLANS
PLANS TO COMPETE WITH THE PSRC
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS, I DO
NOT THINK IT IS CORRECT FOR US
TO CLAIM THAT SOME AREA PLANNING
AS IT CURRENTLY IS STRUCTURED,
WILL CENTER RACIAL EQUITY.
BECAUSE IT IS INTRINSICALLY FLA.
INTRINSICALLY FLAWED. THIS FRAMG
THIS FRAMING MEANS THAT
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WILL BE
CHANNELED INTO NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT ALREADY BENEFIT FROM
CAPITALIZATION AND INVESTMENT.
SO, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED,
FRANKLY, USING ANY PUBLIC
RESOURCES THAT WILL PERPETUATE
THESE STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES IS .
IS PROBLEMATIC. I REALIZE THIS
IS A BIGGER ISSUE. YOU KNOW, WE
COULD HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WIH
PSRC. THIS IS, PERHAPS,
SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADDRESS
THROUGH THE COMPLEX
CONVERSATIONS WE WILL BE HAVING
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE
NEED TO ADDRESS THIS. WE NEED
TO MITIGATE FOR DISPROPORTIONAL
INVESTMENT IN AREAS THAT ALREADY
ALREADY GET THAT. AND I WANT TO
SAY THAT USING JUMPSTART FUNDS
TO SUPPORT THIS WORK IS
DIVESTING FROM THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY COMMITMENTS TO FUND
STRATEGIES THAT, IN MY MIND,
PERPETUATE INEQUITIES IN
SEATTLE. SO, WITH ALL THAT SAID,
I DO WANT TO CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION. I WANT TO STRONGLY
MAKE CLEAR MY CONCERN ABOUT
THIS SWITCH, AND ABOUT THE
UNDERLYING ISSUE ABOUT HOW THESE
HOW THESE INVESTMENT DECISIONS
ARE BEING MADE. AND, I WANT TO
CLARIFY, IF I COULD, IT WAS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT FUNDING FROM
THE MERCER MEGA BLOCK FUNDED THE
THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND.
WE WERE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT THINGS IN 2020. SO, IF
IF I COULD JUST GET SOME CLARITY
CLARITY ON WHERE THAT FUNDING
WENT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> THAT FUNDING WENT TO PROPERTY
PROPERTY ACQUISITION THROUGH THE
PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY-BASED OR.
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> AND WE HAD AN APPLICATION FOR
FOR THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
FUND, WHICH WAS $30 MILLION,
WHICH WAS PUT OUT THROUGH AN
RFP, AND WE HAD 13 SITES THAT WE
WE WERE TO ABLE TO AWARD DOLLAR.
DOLLARS FOUR.
>> AND I WILL MENTION THAT SOME
OF THE SITES ARE STILL UNDER
NEGOTIATION FOR PROPERTY ACQUIS.
SO, INFORMATION ABOUT PARTICULAS
PARTICULAR PROJECTS IS NOT
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME UNTIL
THOSE DEALS HAS BEEN FINALIZED.
>> OKAY. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE SECOND ISSUE THAT LISH
LISH RAISED, BUT I AM HAPPY TO
PASS THE MIC, AND WE CAN COME
BACK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. I WILL PUT YOU IN THE .
THE QUEUE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST HAVE TO
ADD A FEW MORE FACTS BEFORE WE
GET IT TOGETHER HERE. LOOKING AT
AT PAGE FOUR OF YOUR MEMO, WHERE
WHERE YOU PUT DOWN THE WEST SEAE
WEST SEATTLE PLANNING ACCORD,
WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE, AND THEN,
OF COURSE, PAGE NUMBER FOUR ON
THE POWERPOINT -- PAGE NUMBER F,
NUMBER FOUR, REGARDING SOUND
TRANSIT THREE. SO, THE ASK IS
FOR ONE FTE FOR A THREE-YEAR
POSITION, WHICH WOULD SUBSET IN.
IN 2025. SO, I WOULD JUST BE
STRAIGHTFORWARD. I AM JUST KIND
OF WONDERING IF THIS IS A GOOD
USE OF JUMPSTART FUNDS, BECAUSE
-- LET ME JUST GET THIS OUT, WE
PASS OUT TRANSIT THREE IN 2016,
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE A COE
A COUPLE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS ANR
ONE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT 30
30 DAYS. SO, THANK YOU, OPCD,
FOR HELPING US WITH THAT ONE.
BUT, WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT WE
WORK WITH IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
OFFICE, CENTRAL STAFF, PEOPLE A,
AT S., AND ALSO A TON OF PEOPLE
AT SOUND TRANSIT TO LOOK AT THE
PROPOSED HIGHLINE FOR THE LIGHT
RAIL. THE CHINATOWN I.D. IS
SUPPOSED TO COME ONLINE IN 2037.
2037. BUT, THERE IS A LOT MORE
WORK WE HAVE TO DO THERE WITH
COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY. THIS IS
WHERE OPCD WOULD COME IN, AND
ALL OF THE OTHER GROUPS. WEST
SEATTLE IS 2032. SO, I AM KIND
OF WONDERING, WHAT IS THE
PRACTICALITY -- OR, IS IT
NECESSARY -- TO HAVE AN FTE THAT
THAT SUBSETS IN 2025, WHEN WE
HAVE LIGHT RAILWAY PLANNED OUT
THERE TO 2037 AND 2032? AGAIN,
THAT IS STILL TENTATIVE, BASED N
SOME MORE ENGINEERING AND
COMMUNITY DECISIONS. I AM NOT
SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO GO
WITH WHAT YOU SAID, MADAM CHAIR,
CHAIR, EARLIER, ABOUT BEING
FRANK, AND THAT IT IS NOT
PERSONAL. BUT, FOR THE SOUND
TRANSIT BOARD, I AM WONDERING
IF, AGAIN, THE PRACTICALITY --
IF IT IS NECESSARY. WE HAVE SO
MANY STAFF, ELECTED LEADERS,
ENGINEERS, A WHOLE AGENCY, SOUN,
SOUND TRANSIT, DEDICATED TO
LIGHT RAIL. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS A GOOD
THING. I AM WONDERING IF PERHAPS
PERHAPS OPCD -- AND TO GIVE YOU
YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATI,
MORE INFORMATION, I NOTE OPCD
WORKED ON THOSE ISSUES THAT WERE
WERE IMPORTANT. BUT, I THINK WE
GOT THAT DOWN . FIVE YEARS AGO,
OR EVEN SEVEN YEARS AGO, IT WAS
STILL A CONCEPT WE WERE TRYING
TO IMPLEMENT, AND WE WERE SEEING
SEEING IT IS EMBRACED, MODIFIED,
EMBRACED, MODIFIED, CODIFIED. WE
WE GOT IT DOWN TO LIKE HOW WE
GET THIS DONE, CASE AND POINT,
HOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK MORE
CLOSELY WITH THE CHINATOWN I.D.,
I.D., IN LOOKING AT THEIR LIGHT
RAIL NEEDS IF, INDEED, THEY NEED
NEED THE LIGHT RAIL. SO, I AM
WONDERING IF OPCD COULD HELP ME
OUT HERE?
>> I WILL ALSO JUST INVITE LISH
-- I SAW LISH, YOU HAD YOUR HAND
HAND UP, AS WELL. SO, IF OPCD
HAVE THOUGHTS, THAT IS WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LISH, DID YOU WANT TO CHIME
IN?
>> I THINK DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO
COULD PROBABLY TALK MORE ABOUT
THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING.
BUT, JUST KNOW THAT OPCD'S ROLE
IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER
AGENCY IN THIS WORK, IN TERMS OF
OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN E
TRANSIT PROJECT AND LAND USE.
SO, THEY ARE LOOKING AT HOW THE
TRANSIT STATION WILL INTERACT
WITH THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT,
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE
LAND-USE REGULATIONS ARE WELL MD
WELL MATCHED TO THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT IS
BEING DEVELOPED. SOUND TRANSIT
CAN'T DO THAT WORK, AND SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CAN'T DO THAT WORK.
>> OKAY. ABOUT -- WHAT I AM
GETTING AT, IS THIS A GOOD USE
FOR THE USE OF JUMPSTART FUNDS,
IN RELATIONSHIP TO -- WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE
INTENT WAS OF JUMPSTART. SO, I
UNDERSTAND -- YEAH, OKAY, SO, I
APOLOGIZE. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
LITTLE BIT MORE SOPHISTICATED IN
IN MY QUESTION, I WILL LEAVE IT
AT THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DO NOT
KNOW IF I WILL DO A GREAT JOB OF
OF ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION
DIRECTLY. BUT, MAYBE I COULD HAE
COULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS
TO HOW THAT WILL SERVE OUR
COMMUNITIES, AND ADDRESS
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT ISSUES. SO, IF
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE WORK OF
OPCD'S STAFF IN THIS RELATION
TO THE TRANSIT PROGRAM, I WOULDY
WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS A LARGE
AMOUNT OF OUR FOCUS WHICH IS ON
AND AROUND PLACE MAKING AND HOW,
HOW, PARTICULRLY RELATED TO
ACCESS THE TRANSIT AND STATION
LOCATIONS, AND THEN STATION AREA
AREA PLANNING AROUND THOSE LOCA,
THOSE LOCATIONS, WHAT OUR STAFF,
STAFF, AND WHAT THIS NEW
POSITION WOULD BE FOCUSING ON.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, IS
UNDERSTAND -- PARTICULARLY FOR R
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, FOR OUR
OUR BY POCK COMMUNITIES -- HOW
ARE WE SERVING THE COMMUNITY
WITH BOTH THE PLAN TO
TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, BUT THENO
THEN ALSO THE STATION, ITSELF,
THE MITIGATION OF ISSUES AROUND
THAT STATION IMPLEMENTATION, AND
AND WHAT HAPPENS AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE STATION
GOES IN. BUT THEN ALSO,
EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT AND THE REASON
EQUITABLE IS AN IMPORTANT QUALIR
IMPORTANT QUALIFIER TO WHAT WE
TRADITIONALLY UNDERSTAND AS TOD,
WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS
WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH
SMALL BUSINESSES, FAMILY BUSINE,
FAMILY BUSINESSES, WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND PARTNERS, INCLUDING, IN SOM,
EXISTING EDI PARTNERS, REGARDING
WHAT STATIONS ARE PUT IN. AND
ONCE THAT CONVERSATION THEN
MOVES TO WHAT DEVELOPMENT SHOULN
AROUND THOSE STATIONS, WHERE OUS
OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR THOSES
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INVOLD
IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNI,
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THOSE
THOSE ARE ALL CONVERSATIONS, RI?
CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT? SO, WE ARE
ARE IN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH
SOUND TRANSIT, AND WORKING WITH
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IN WHAT IS THIS
HEAVY LIFT, REGARDING THE PROGR.
THE PROGRAM. WE ARE TRYING TO
LOOK AT LAND-USE APPLICATIONS,
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND
HOW WE ACTUALLY MAKE CERTAIN
THAT ONCE THESE STATIONS COME O,
FIRST, THAT THEY ARE
APPROPRIATELY LOCATED. BUT, SEC,
BUT, SECONDLY, THAT THE PLACE
MAKING AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
THAT IS SUPPORTING OUR
COMMUNITIES ONCE THOSE STATIONS
ARE COMPLETED, THAT THEY ARE
ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE
WHOLE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES.
>> RIGHT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. I
I WILL CHIME IN, AND I THINK
THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S QUN
PRESIDENT'S QUESTION IS MORE
ABOUT THE USE OF THE FUNDS.
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT NOBODY IS
QUESTIONING THE VALUE OR THE
PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM. OR, THE
IMPORTANCE OF TRYING TO MAKE
THESE INVESTMENTS. AND
ESPECIALLY, HISTORICALLY, -- OR,
OR, HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, I HAVE SEEN
INVESTMENTS. VERY IN LINE WITH
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S COMMENT,
PRESIDENT'S COMMENT, I JUST WANT
WANT TO KNOW, YOU -- YOU KNOW, E
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE
DEPARTMENT. THE ISSUE THAT THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS RAISING,
COLLEAGUES, I AM SPEAKING
DIRECTLY TO YOU, I THINK THAT WE
WE HAD A UNPACKING TO DO HERE, G
HERE, ALONG THE LINES THAT THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST OUTLINES.
I, DO, AS WELL, HAVE SEVERAL
QUESTIONS. JUST PUTTING THOSE
OUT THERE RIGHT NOW DIRECTLY IN
RESPONSE TO THE CONVERSATION THE
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST
STARTED, AND THEN I AM GOING TO
TURN IT OVER. RIGHT OVER TO VICE
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD. I DO NOT
THINK -- WE HAVE HEARD FROM AD,
FROM ADVOCATES, AND GREEN NEW
DEAL INVESTMENTS ARE INTENDED TO
CREATE A JUST TRANSITION, WITH
ADJUSTMENTS FOCUSING ON THOSE
MOST IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
CHANGE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY
ANNEXES TO THE VALUE AND
IMPORTANCE TO THE PROGRAMS JUST
DESCRIBED. BUT, IT IS BEING USED
USED TO JUSTIFY THE REMOVAL OF
SIMILAR POSITIONS AT DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY GENERAL
FUNDS TO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT OF THE SOUND TRANSIT
PROJECT, AS NOTED IN THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION PAPER. SO, IN A ,
A SENSE, IT IS APPEARING THAT IT
IT IS SHIFTING WORK ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS, AND REPLACING
GENERAL FUND WITH JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX. I THINK
THINK THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO
WORK WITH AND WORK ON SOUND
TRANSIT THREE LIGHT RAIL
EXPANSION IS CLEAR, ONGOING, AND
AND IT HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD THAT
WHEN THE EXPANSION MEASURE WAS
PASSED, WE WOULD NEED TO DO THIS
THIS WORK ON PARTNERSHIPS. SO,
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A NEW POSITION,
POSITION, IT IS NOT A NEW
INITIATIVE PROGRAM OR INVESTMENT
INVESTMENT THAT ADVANCES GREEN
NEW DEAL GOALS, AND IS NOT ADDIE
TO WHAT WE HAD ALREADY PLANNED
FOR. SO, I AM GOING TO HAVE SOME
SOME QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS
OUTLINED. NOT ABOUT THE VALUE,
BUT JUST ABOUT THE FUND SOURCE.
>> MADAM CHAIR, CAN I JUST SAY
ONE THING AND THEN I WILL BE QU?
BE QUIET? JUST REALLY QUICK, AND
AND THEN I WILL STOP. YOU JUST
DID IT MUCH BETTER THAN I DID.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT, AND
AND THE FILTER AND LENS I USED
IS, IS THIS WITHIN THE SPIRIT
AND THE INTENT OF THE JUMPSTART
TAX? THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU. I AM
GOING TO GO AND CALL ON
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, AND THEN
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO SUMMARY
QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, DIRECTOR, I WILL
COME BACK TO YOU, AS WELL, FOR
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE GO
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT STILL
ON OPCD -- THE COUNCIL, ON TWO
SEPARATE OCCASIONS, HAS
UPLIFTED AND NEEDED TO DO SOME
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING WORK. IN
THE HIGHLAND PARK AND WESTWOOD .
WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS. IN THE
2018 BUDGET, THE COUNCIL, AS A
SORT OF A COMPANION TO PROVIDING
PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PLANNING
WORK, THE COUNCIL PASSED STATE
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT, ASKING
THE STATE HOW PLANNING WORK FOR
WESTWOOD AND HIGHLAND PARK WOULD
WOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO OPCD'S
WORK PLAN. AND THEN WHEN WE
PASSED MHA, WE MADE A SIMILAR
REQUEST. BASICALLY, IN THE 2019
LEGISLATION, WE BASICALLY JUST
RESTATED OR ASKED OPCD TO DO
WHAT THEY TOLD US THEY WERE
GOING TO DO, IN RESPONSE TO THE
2018 REPLY. BECAUSE TO BEGIN THE
THE WORK AROUND PLANNING IN 201,
IN 2019, AND FINISHING IN 2020,,
2020, 2021, WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL
SEVERAL BRIEFINGS OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS HOW THE TIMELINE
FOR THAT WORK HAS DEFINITELY SH.
DEFINITELY SHIFTED. I TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT, NO COMPLAINTS
HERE ABOUT THE SHIFTING OF THE .
THE TIMELINE. I JUST WANT TO
KNOW THAT THE FUNDING FOR THE
STAFF WORK NECESSARY IS INCLUDED
INCLUDED IN THE 2023 BUDGET. AND
AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE ANY
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THAT DELI.
THAT DELIVERY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THANK
THANK YOU, FOR THE QUESTION. I
WOULD SAY, TOO, THAT PART OF
THIS BRIEFING, I AM NOT PREPARED
PREPARED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE,
REGARDING THE TIMELINE FOR THAT.
THAT PROJECT. BUT, I CERTAINLY
CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON IT,
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE
WITH US, IN TERMS OF THE
ADJUSTMENTS WE HAVE MADE IT TO
THE TIMELINE TO DATE. THIS IS
WORK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART
OF OUR 2023 WORK PROGRAM.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. SO, TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
THE ACTUAL TIMELINE FOR THE
COMPLETION OF THE WORK, BUT, YOU
YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT IT IS
FUNDED WORK IN THE 2023 BUDGET,
FOR OPCD?
>> YES.
>> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, SO
MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>>
>> THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. OKAY, COLLEAGUES. I'M
GOING TO GO BACK TO --
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I THINK
YOU HAD SOME CLOSING COMMENTS,
BUT NOT NECESSARILY ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. WELL, I HAVE
HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION.
BUT, I COULD SAVE IT FOR LAST.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, ADDITIONAL QUESTION
FROM YOU?
>> NO, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, OPCD, AND THEIR ROLEN
ROLE IN -- BASICALLY, THEIR
VISIBILITY AND OUTREACH. BUT, I
THINK WE HAVE ANSWERED THAT.
>> DIRECTOR, I SAW YOUR HANDS UP
UP A FEW MINUTES AGO, DID YOU
WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE?
>> I THINK WE HAVE COVERED IT.
THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME
THROUGH AROUND -- WHY USE THE
JUMPSTART AT THE FUNDING SOURCE
TO PAY FOR THIS WORK? SO, JUST
VERY BRIEFLY, THIS IS THE
LARGEST TRANSIT INVESTMENT THAT
WILL EVER TAKE PLACE IN A CITY,
THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN. IT IS AN
AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN
REDUCING EMISSIONS, FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. AND THAT
IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THE
OVERALL EMISSION GOALS FOR THE
CITY. AND WE KNOW, IN ADDITION
TO WHAT RICO HAS MENTIONED, THE
GREEN NEW DEAL REVOLUTION THAT
YOU HAVE PASSED HAS DEPARTMENTS
FACILITATING MORE TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. AMONG
OTHER THINGS THAT IT ASKS FOR.
AND THE WORK HERE IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON THE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO, WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN
ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE NEXUS FOR
FOR THE USE OF THESE FUNDS. AND,
AND, COUNSEL, YOU ARE, OF
COURSE, AS LISH HAS
APPROPRIATELY MENTIONED, AND HAS
PUT IN HIS MEMO, YOU ARE FREE
TO DISAGREE WITH US. HE HAS
PROVIDED OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO YOU, IF YOU DECIDE
THAT YOU WANT TO FIND ANOTHER
FUNDING SOURCE TO FUND THIS
WORK BUT, THAT WAS A LITTLE
MORE CONTEXT BEHIND WHY THAT IS
THE FUNDING SOURCE, IN CASE THAT
THAT IS HELPFUL.
>> THANKS, SO MUCH. DEPUTY
DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCI?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT SHE
WAS SAYING, THIS IS GOING TO BE
ADDED ONTO DEPARTMENT BUDGETS
AFTER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK.
SOME OF THE INTERPRETATION OF
THE JUMPSTART FUND POLICIES IS
SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVE, AND WE ARE
LOOKING TO YOU FOR CLARIFICATION
CLARIFICATION AND GUIDANCE. I
WILL JUST OFFER UP A COUPLE MORE
MORE POINTS. I THINK THAT IN
TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS
COMPLIANT WITH GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS, I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER THE
INPUT FROM THE OVERSIGHT BOARD,
AND WHERE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE. I ALSO THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHAT HAS
BEEN THIS CITY'S STRATEGY FOR
MAKING INVESTMENTS AND LONG-TERM
LONG-TERM PLANNING. IT HAS
GENERALLY BEEN A LONGFORM
FUNCTION. SO, THE QUESTION ON
WHETHER OR NOT JUMPSTART CAN
SUPPORT OTHER FUNDS, IS
DIFFERENT AND DIFFICULT IN THIS
CONTEXT. WHILE THIS IS A NEW
INVESTMENT AT OPCD, IT IS PART
OF THEIR WORK TO DO LONG-RANGE
PLANNING IN THE COMMUNITY. AND
THAT HAS TYPICALLY BEEN A
GENERAL FUND FUNCTION. AND IS
THIS GOING TO OPEN UP AN ONGOING
ONGOING RELIANCE ON THE
JUMPSTART FUNDS, ON EITHER
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, OR THE
GREEN NEW DEAL FOR LONG-RANGE,
OR LONGER-RANGE PLANNING?
BECAUSE, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF
OF THE CITY AND WE ARE THINKING
ABOUT THOSE DECISIONS IN THAT
CONTEXT, AND MAKE SURE IT HAS A
PRESIDENT SETTING, AND THEN
REALLY BEING CAREFUL ABOUT THE
SPECIFIC PIECES OF THE GREEN NEW
NEW DEAL RESOLUTION AND WHAT WAS
WAS CODIFIED IN THE JUMPSTART
FUND POLICIES ABOUT THE TYPES OF
OF INVESTMENTS. BECAUSE I WOULD
SECOND ALL OF THE POINTS MADE
TODAY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT WO.
IMPORTANT WORK. IT IS JUST
WHETHER OR NOT USING JUMPSTART,
BASED ON EXISTING POLICIES, IS
APPROPRIATE.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
AND, YES, I DEFINITELY THINK IT
WILL COME UP A NUMBER OF PLACES
THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. SO, THANK
YOU, FOR REMINDING US ABOUT THE
QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL HAS, AND
FOR UNDERSCORING OUR OTHER
OPTIONS. I THINK THAT REALLY IS
WHAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH
FIGURING OUT OF THE NEXT FEW WE.
FEW WEEKS. WHETHER OR NOT THOSE
FUNDING SOURCES AND INVESTMENTS
ALIGNED, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF
THE OTHER WORK THAT WE DO TO JUT
TO JUST GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATIONS AND HOW THOSE
ALIGNED WITH PRIORITIES OF THE .
THE COUNCIL. I DO HAVE A FEW
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND THEN
I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. AS
I HAVE BEEN HONEST ABOUT, I
BELIEVE THAT THE GENERAL PAYROLL
PAYROLL TAX IS INTENDED TO BE
ADDITIVE. AGAIN, NOT SUPPLANTING
SUPPLANTING ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS. CAN YOU TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE ON SLIDE FOUR,
REGARDING THE SOUND TRANSIT
THREE STAFFING, ARE THESE
ONGOING POSITIONS? OR, DO THEY ?
THEY SUNSET? AND WHAT TYPES OF
ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY ARE WE
TALKING ABOUT HERE, IS THIS
COMMUNITY OUTREACH?
>> SO, COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU,
YOU, FOR THE QUESTION. I HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF A HARDER TIME WITH
WITH THE QUESTION PART. THE
WORK, AS I WAS DESCRIBING IT BE,
IT BEFORE, IS A COMBINATION OF .
OF THINGS. IT IS LAND-USE
PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, IT IS
COLLECTION OF DATA. IT IS SOME
ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY. IT IS
IS COORDINATION WITH SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
AS WELL AS SOUND TRANSIT, AND
OUR DESIGNATED REP. SO, I THINK
THE WORK, THE BODY OF WORK THAT
WILL BE JUGGLED BY THAT FTE, IS.
IS MULTILAYERED. I HOPE THAT
ANSWERS THAT PART OF THE QUESTI.
THE QUESTION. I THINK WHAT WAS
POINTED OUT IS THAT THE PROGRAM
EXTENDS WELL BEYOND WHAT HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A THREE YEAR
TIME HORIZON. SO, I ACKNOWLEDGE
THE TRUTH IN THAT STATEMENT.
>> AND
>> AND COUNCIL BUDGET CHAIR, I
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE
BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A THREE-YEAR
THREE-YEAR POSITION, THAT
SUNSETS IN 2025, TO ANSWER THAT
PORTION OF YOUR QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH. REGARDING
REGARDING THE GROWTH CENTER SUB
AREA ON SLIDE FOUR, IF THIS IS
AN EXISTING REQUIREMENT BY THE
REGIONAL COUNCIL UNDER THE
GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT FOR THE
CITY TO COMPLETE THE SUB AREA P,
AREA PLANS, ARE WE THINKING THAT
THAT THIS IS NEW TO THE CITY?
OR, HOW ARE WE DEFINING IF THIS
IS A CONTINUATION, OR IF IT IS A
A NEW PROGRAM? AND, LISH, ICU
OFF MUTE.
>> I THINK DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO
IS ABOUT TO ENTER THIS. BUT, IT
IS A NEW REQUIREMENT UNDER THE
REGIONAL COUNCILS MOST REGIONS
RECENT ORIGINAL PLAN. SO, IT HAS
HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
>> SO, I WOULD PUT IT THIS WAY.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE SIX --
THOSE SIX URBAN CENTERS, WE ARE
ALREADY IDENTIFYING AND OUR CURT
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS ON
THE BOOKS. BUT, WE DIDN'T HAVE T
A REQUIREMENT TO LAY OUT A
SUBAREA PLAN THAT DIVES INTO THL
THE DETAIL OF HOW THOSE
PROJECTIONS WOULD BE MAPPED ANDW
AND HOW SUPPORTIVE THOSE PROJECS
THOSE PROJECTIONS WAS SUPPORTED
IN OUR CITY PLANNING EFFORTS, IN
IN ANY DETAIL. SO, THE SUBAREA
PLAN WORK THAT WE ARE NOW --
AND, I'M SORRY, THIS IS ME
MAKING ASSUMPTIONS FROM THE
CHIEF SEAT. THE LEGISLATION THAT
THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2018 BY THE
REGIONAL COUNCIL THAT MADE THIS
SUBAREA PLAN WORK A REQUIREMENT
FOR US MOVING FORWARD, BEGINNING
BEGINNING IN 2025, I THINK IT
WAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT
THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF MOVING
MOVING PARTS TO GET FROM THE
IDENTIFICATION OF THE AREAS, TO
WHAT IS THE WORK THAT ENSURES
THAT GROWTH HAPPENS IN THOSE
AREAS IN GREAT WAYS. DOES THAT ?
THAT HELP?
>> YEAH, IT DOES. THANKS, SO
MUCH. OKAY. AND, OF COURSE,
CENTRAL STAFF, FEEL FREE TO JUMP
JUMP IN, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO
TO ADD. OKAY. OH, NO? OKAY. ALL.
ALL RIGHT. MR. CHAIR, I THINK WE
WE ARE ACTUALLY PERFECTLY TIMED.
TIMED. WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD END
END AT 10:50. SO, I AM GOING TO
HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU. MY
SUMMARY COMMENT WOULD JUST BE,
HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK
OF OPCD. OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW
THIS IS A TOUGH BUDGET. BUT, I'M
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH OUR COLLEAGUES HERE. WE
KNOW THAT THERE IS SUCH A HIGH
NEED FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE. I WANT TO GO WITH
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
STARTED WITH IN TERMS OF THE
ROOT OF WHY EDI HAS INVESTED IN
THIS. AND THE CHAIR MADE SOME
COMMENTS, AS WELL. I THINK THAT
WHILE THERE IS FUNDING THAT WE
HAD INITIALLY SEEN FROM
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX, AND FROM
THE MERCER MEGA SALE, THE
CONCEPT OF BEING ADDITIVE ON THE
THE JUMPSTART WAS TO RECOGNIZE T
RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE SUCH HIGH
HIGH NEED IN THE COMMUNITY,
VERSUS THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO FUND. SO, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR US TO
LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX SPENDING,
OUTLINED ON SLIDES TWO AND THRE.
AND THREE. TO USE THE FUNDING
FROM JUMPSTART, USING A
RATIONALE TO DE-PRIORITIZE EDI
INVESTMENTS FROM SHORT-TERM
RENTALS WHEN IT CONTINUES TO BE
AN AREA OF CONCERN OF MINE. I
REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE DOING THIS THROUGH THAT
RACIAL DOSE DISCIPLINES AND HAVE
HAVE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS,
TO REALLY HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON
SERVING THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE SEEN PREVIOUS DIVESTMENTS
IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, I
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO BOTH
ADDRESS THE WORSENING INEQUITIES
INEQUITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATD
BEEN CREATED BECAUSE OF THAT,
BUT ALSO STAY THE PAST, STAY THE
THE COURSE, ON MANY OF THESE
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES THAT WERE
PUT INTO PLACE PRIOR TO COVID
THAT WERE ALREADY RECOGNIZING
HARDSHIP AND DISPROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS ON COMMUNITY BY NOT
HAVING EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS,
NOT EQUAL, BUT EQUITABLE, AS THE
THE MAYOR SPOKE TO IN HIS
COMMENTS ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET. SO, THATS
THE LENS I WILL BE BRINGING, AS
WELL, TO THIS ISSUE. AND I WILL
BRING IT BACK TO THE CHAIR FOR
CLOSING COMMENTS ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
YOU ACTUALLY ANSWERED MY
REMAINING QUESTIONS IN YOUR
COMMENTS. SO, I WILL END WITH
WHERE I STARTED, WHICH IS TO
SAY THAT WE HAVE TOUGH DECISIONS
DECISIONS IN THIS BUDGET YEAR.
IF ALL THINGS WERE PERFECT, I
THINK WE WOULD HAVE FUNDING
REVENUES DEDICATED TO THE
SERVICES THAT WE WANTED THEM TO
FUND, AND WE HAVE TO ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE
UNIQUE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN.
I JUST, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE
JUMPSTART TAX HAS BEEN ABLE TO
BUOY OUR CITY DURING WHAT COULD
HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT TIME
WITH THE RECESSION, WITH THE
PANDEMIC. WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIT
NOW IS, EVEN IF IT IS NOT BEING
USED FOR WHAT WE HOPED IT WOULD
BE USED FOR IN THIS VERY MOMENT,
WE ARE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT THED
WORK OF BASIC GOVERNANCE IS OCC.
IS OCCURRING. WITHOUT REDUCING
THE WORKLOAD THAT WE ARE
ENGAGING IN, WITHOUT REDUCING
THE SERVICES WE ARE PROVIDING
FOR OUR CITIZENS, WITHOUT REDUCG
WITHOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYED IN OUR
CITY, WHICH TRICKLES, AND
RIPPLES THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE
COMMUNITY. SO, WITH THAT, I WILL
WILL STEP OFF AND JUST THANK
OPCD, AGAIN, FOR THE LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. AS YOU
HAVE SEEN IN THIS PRESENTATION,
OPCD, IT COVERS SO MUCH OF OUR
CITY, FROM EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, THE
COURT INITIATIVE PLANS, MARITIME
MARITIME WORK, SOUND TRANSIT,
AND SO MUCH MORE ON TOP OF THE
MAJOR UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE WORK
THAT OPCD ENGAGES IN IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, BUT OFTEN
NOT THE HEADLINE OF THE BUDGET,
BUDGET, BECAUSE HE COULD BE CHAD
BE CHARACTERIZED AS
UNATTRACTIVE, OR NOT ATTRACTIVE.
ATTRACTIVE. I FIND IT TO BE
ATTRACTIVE, BUT THAT IS ME. AND
IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK
OF GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE OUR BUILT
BUILT ENVIRONMENT DETERMINES HOW
HOW WE EXIST IN OUR CITY. AND
WITHOUT OPCD'S WORK, WE WOULD
HAVE A BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAT
MIGHT NOT BE DESIGNED FOR THE
VERY PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING
HERE. SO, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
QUIRINDONGO, THANK YOU, MELISSA
WILKE, I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, ALL. WE
WE ARE GOING TO TURN IT TO ITEM
NUMBER TWO. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU
YOU PLEASE READ ITEM TWO INTO
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO -- DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. WELL, LET ME JUST THANK
THANK THE TEAM HERE, CENTRAL ST,
CENTRAL STAFF, THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENTS, AND THE
THE CHAIRS FOR EACH OF THE
COMMITTEES THAT HAVE OVERSIGHT
OVER THESE DEPARTMENTS. I'M
GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
HERE. WE ARE GOING TO TRY A
FORMAT THAT I THINK WILL ALLOW
FOR MORE DISCUSSION AND
QUESTIONS ON EACH SLIDE. SO,
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR
HELPING TO BE THE FIRST ONE OUT
OF THE GATE ON THIS PROCESS.
BUT, GOING FORWARD, ALY PENNUCI,
PENNUCI, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IS
IS SENDING OUT AN EMAIL JUST SO
WE CAN HAVE THIS IN WRITING. SOS
FOR US HAVING A NEW FORMAT HERE
THAT WE ARE FIGURING OUT THE
FLOW IN REAL TIME. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, TO THE DIRECTOR,
JULIE, FOR GIVING THE THUMBS UP
ON THIS PROCESS GOING FORWARD,
SO THAT IT CAN ALLOW FOR COUNCIS
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO HAVE A
ROBUST DISCUSSION AND DEBATE ON
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. SO, WHAT WE
ARE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD
FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, WHEN WE
WE GET TO EACH DEPARTMENT, WE
ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SUGGESTED.
SUGGESTED. THE CHAIR OF THAT
COMMITTEE THAT HAS OVERSIGHT
OVER THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE
THE CHANCE TO SAY SOME OPENING
REMARKS AND WELCOME THE
DEPARTMENT. THEN, THE
DEPARTMENTS WILL GO THROUGH
THEIR PRESENTATIONS. IF, DURING
THESE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS,
ANY CENTRAL STAFF HAVE
CLARIFYING COMMENTS, ADDITIONS
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD,
THEY WILL RAISE THEIR HAND, AND
WE WILL CALL ON THEM SO THAT
THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN,
AS WELL. IF ANY COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
PROCESS, WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE
ON EACH OF THE SLIDES TO SEE IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO
YOUR DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS.
THAT WILL GET US THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS, AND
ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS AND IF A
CENTRAL STAFF MEMBER HAS
SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO
FLAG, OR AN ISSUE THAT MIGHT
COME UP IN THEIR PRESENTATION,
THEY CAN LET US KNOW. IF THE
DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ALL OF THE
QUESTIONS AND PRESENTATION, WE
WILL GO TO PANEL AS ORIGINALLY
PLANNED. THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE
THE CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK
THROUGH THEIR ISSUE IDENTIFICAT.
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION. IT WILL
ALLOW FOR US TO PAUSE ON EACH OF
OF THOSE ISSUES, TO ALLOW FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS, AS WELL. YOU CAN
RAISE YOUR HAND, AND ASK
QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS CHIME IN
WITH ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT
MIGHT HAVE IN THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION SECTION. WE WILL
PAUSE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE
ISSUES. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE
WELCOME TO STAY AND LISTEN IN,
YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME TO GO OFF
CAMERA OR LEAVE, IF YOU WANT. WE
WANT. WE WON'T TAKE ANY OFFENSE.
OFFENSE. FEEL FREE, AS WELL,
COUNCILMEMBERS, TO MAKE SURE
THAT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION AS
WE GO THROUGH, YOU ARE RAISING
YOUR HAND. I THINK THAT WILL BE
HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET
INTO SOME OF THESE DEPARTMENTS
THAT HAVE MULTIPLE CHANGES THAT
THE DEPARTMENTS ARE PRESENTING,
AND MULTIPLE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION THAT THE CENTRAL
STAFF IS PRESENTING. AT THE END,
END, AGAIN, WE WILL MAKE SURE
THAT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
IS INVITED TO PROVIDE ANY
CLOSING COMMENTS, AS WELL AS
ANYBODY, PERHAPS, FROM CB OR
CENTRAL STAFF. OKAY. AND, JULIA,
JULIA, I THINK YOU WILL BE WITH
US FOR THE LONG HAUL HERE, RIGH?
HERE, RIGHT? SO, WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE YOU ON THE
SCREEN. I HOPE THAT IS A
WELCOMED CHANGE, TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE QUESTIONS BEING
BEING ASKED IN REAL TIME, AND
THAT IF THE DEPARTMENTS PANEL
WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE DURING THE
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION, THEY ARE
MORE THAN WELCOME. THAT WAY,
FOLKS CAN MOVE ON WITH THEIR
DAY, IF THEY NEED TO. SO, WE ARE
ARE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. I WANT TO
WELCOME, AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD,
DIRECTOR JULIE, WILL BE WITH US
FROM THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND WE WILLE
WILL HAVE GREG DOSS FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, SARA
MORNINGSTAR, FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
GRACE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL. OUR
CENTRAL STAFF PANEL, WE WILL HAE
WILL HAVE ALY PENNUCI, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FROM CENTRAL STAFF. I
WANT TO FIRST TURN THE
MICROPHONE OVER TO THE CHAIR --
WELL, IT IS A LONG TITLE, I'M
SORRY. I KNOW IT HAS DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN IT. SO,
PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY. APOLOGIES,
APOLOGIES, TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WHO HAD SUGGESTED THIS
FORMAT EARLIER. AND WE ARE
LEARNING IN REAL TIME. SO,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS THE
CHAIR WHICH HAS THE PARTY OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU CAN TAKE THE
PANEL, IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
NEIGHBORHOODS, CULTURE, AND
CIVIL RIGHTS, THAT IS MY
DEPARTMENT, MY COMMITTEE. GOOD
MORNING. I DO WANT TO WELCOME
DEPUTY MAYOR WONG, WHO WAS THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
BEFORE GETTING CALLED UP TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. SO, WELCOME,
DEPUTY MAYOR. I WANT TO THANK
THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS STAFF, AS WELL. TE
IS A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK THAT
HAPPENS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, THE STAFF THERE
SERVE AS LIAISONS TO MANY OF OUR
OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS,
PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ARE DOING
DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK.
WORK. AND SO, IT IS AN IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT ROLE, AN IMPORTANT WAY
WAY FOR US, AS A CITY, TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM NEIGHBORS ON WHAT
THEY WANT TO SEE, OR WHAT ISSUES
ISSUES THEY ARE HAVING.
PARTICULARLY, WITH PLANNING PRO.
PLANNING PROCESSES. SO, I WANT
TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS STAFF FOR THAT
WORK. SO, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THE MEMO
THAT WE HAD. THERE WA SOME
REALLY IMPORTANT, SORT OF
GROUNDBREAKING WORK DONE AT THE
DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF OR SO. WE HEARD IN MY
MY LAST COMMITTEE AROUND THE GEL
THE GENERAL GENERALLY SHALL
WEALTH BUILDING INITIATIVE. I
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THE WORK IS GROUNDBREAKING,
GROUNDBREAKING, AND IT IS
LEADING US TO UNDERSTAND BETTER
WHAT WE ARE DOING AS A CITY TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDI,
WEALTH BUILDING, OPERATIONAL
WEALTH BUILDING. AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
THAT. SO, I WILL LEAVE IT THERE,
THERE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM OUR DEPARTMENT, AND
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CENTRAL
STAFF DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU,
FOR HAVING ME THIS MORNING. MY
NAME IS SARA MORNINGSTAR, AND I
AM THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
BEFORE THAT, I HAVE BEEN THE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ABOUT FOUR
YEARS. SO, THE FIRST THING THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO KICK US
OFF, IS THAT I AM VERY, VERY
PROUD OF THIS DEPARTMENT. AS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES STATED,
WE ARE THE EYES AND EARS OF MANY
MANY THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ALSO ARE
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, THROUGH
MANY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, TO
BE IN ALL CORNERS OF THIS CITY.
WE ARE TRULY GRASSROOTS, AND
HAVE A MULTIPRONGED APPROACH TOG
TO LEARNING FROM OUR NEIGHBORS,
WHAT THEY NEED. WHETHER IT IS
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COORDI,
ENGAGEMENT COORDINATORS, OUR
STRATEGIC ADVISERS WORKING ON
M.O. USE WITH CAPITAL DEPARTMEN,
CAPITAL DEPARTMENT, OR IF IT IS
THE LONG-STANDING COMMUNITY
ASSET PROGRAMS, LIKE TEAM PATCH
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND
COMMUNITY CRASS, TO OUR NEWEST
WORK IN RECOVERING IMAGINATION
AND GENERATIONAL WEALTH. I
FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE, AND WE
FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE, THAT THE
CITY LEARNS BY LISTENING, AND
THAT WE CAN ACT. WE HAVE
ASPIRATIONAL GOALS AROUND
CENTERING RACE IN ALL OF OUR
DECISION-MAKING AND SUPPORTING
COMMUNITIES TO FORGE THEIR OWN .
OWN SOLUTIONS. WE HAVE DONE THIS
THIS WORK, BRINGING PEOPLE TO
THE TABLE, CREATING MORE TABLESD
TABLES, AND HELPING THE CITY TRY
TRY TO UNDO THE YEARS OF
HISTORIC HARM AND
INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM THAT
OUR COMMUNITIES FACE. I'M PROUD
OF WHAT WE DO, AND I AM HERE TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT TODAY.
GRACE, YOU HAVE SLIDE ONE. THANK
THANK YOU, PATTY, FOR MOVING THE
THE SLIDES.
>> THANKS, SARA! THANKS, SARA.
I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
BUDGET SUMMARY. BY THE WAY, I AM
AM GRACE, I AM THE BUDGET
MANAGER. SO, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT
ABOUT THE BUDGET SUMMARY. AS YOU
YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE GENERAL
GENERAL FUND AND OTHER
APPROPRIATIONS. THE OTHER
APPROPRIATIONS INCLUDE THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX FUND, AND
OTHER TAX FUND. BEFORE WE
FURTHER DELVE INTO THAT, I THINK
I THINK WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
CHANGES IN THE FUND. IN THE 2023
2023 PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE
FUND, IT IS A REDUCTION OF 18%,
AS YOU CAN SEE, COMPARED TO THE
2022 ADOPTED. IT IS 39.9%
REDUCTION, COMPARED TO THE 2022.
2022 REVISED. THE 2024 PROPOSED
IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE, IN TERMS
TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF CHANGE. I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT
THE REDUCTION IN GENERAL FUND IS
IS LARGELY DUE TO THE EXPIRATION
EXPIRATION OF ONE-TIME FUNDING.
AND THE EXPLORATION OF ONE-TIME
FUNDING, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE
BUDGETS CAME WITH A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF ONE-TIME FUNDING IN
THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET. NOW,
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE OTHER
APPROPRIATION. AS I SAID, THIS
INCLUDES THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TA.
TAX FUND. OVERALL, THE BUDGET IS
IS A REDUCTION OF 50%. THE
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT, AS YOU CAN
CAN SEE, IS A REDUCTION OF 6%,
AND TRANSLATES TO 4.5 MTE'S. AND
AND THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO THE
ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT I MENTION.
I MENTIONED. WITHOUT FURTHER AD,
FURTHER ADO, I WILL TURN IT OVER
OVER TO SARA TO DISCUSS MORE
ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS BUDGE.
THIS BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU, GRACE. I REALLY
WOULDN'T BE ANYWHERE WITHOUT
GRACE. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE
THAT IN MY INTRO, I NAMED A
NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. BUT REALLY,
IN REGARD TO WHETHER IT IS
ONGOING, SUNSETTING, OR
TEMPORARY FUNDING, WHICH WE SEEM
SEEM TO HAVE A PLETHORA OF AT
DOM, WHETHER IT HAS BEEN THE
CENSUS OR OTHER CAPITAL WORK,
OR, YOU KNOW, THE PACE PROGRAM,
THERE REALLY ISN'T MUCH OF
ANYTHING GOING ON IN THE CITY,
THAT THE DOM DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT.
INFORMED, OR ACTUALLY
PARTICIPATE IN, AS A THOUGHT PA.
THOUGHT PARTNER. I REALLY
APPRECIATE RICO GOING FIRST, SO
THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND THE
PROCESS AND THINK ABOUT THE
QUESTIONS THAT WOULD COME UP. WE
WE HAVE MENTIONED SOME OF THESE
PRIOR AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. THE
THE FIRST ONE IS TRANSFERRING
THE RIVER OPPORTUNITY FUND TO
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WE BELIEVE
STRONGLY THAT THIS ALIGNS WITH
THE GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS,D
INVESTMENTS, AND THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX FUND, WE
BELIEVE IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
MORE ROBUSTLY AND HOLISTICALLY
WITH THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
AND WILL CREATE A CLEAR PATH
WITH FEW BARRIERS, RIGHT? LESS
CONFUSION, MORE OF A CENTRALIZE.
CENTRALIZED APPROACH. THAT IS
THE FIRST ONE. JUST SIMPLY
MOVING THOSE GRANTING DOLLARS T.
TO OSC. WITH THE JUMPSTART TAX.
THE SECOND ITEM -- I'M SORRY,
COUNSEL CHAIR MOSQUEDA, DID YOU
WANT ME TO WAIT WITH THE NEW
PROCESS? IS IT SLIDE BY SLIDE
QUESTIONS?
>> LET'S COVER THE FULL SLIDE,
AND THEN WE WILL PAUSE BEFORE WE
WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> GOT IT, ALL RIGHT.
>> THANKS FOR ASKING.
>> NO PROBLEM. RE-IMAGINATION
AND RECOVERY -- WE WANT TO ALIGN
ALIGN THE FUNDING OF THE
REIMAGINE AND RECOVERY STAFF
POSITIONS WITH, AGAIN, THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX, D
TAX, AND MOVING THIS FUNDING TO
THE PAYROLL EXPENSE JUMPSTART
TAX, IS BUDGET NEUTRAL FOR US.
SO, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GENL
WEALTH AND TALKING ABOUT
RE-IMAGINATION AND RECOVERING,
AND TALKING ABOUT UNDOING HARM
AND CREATING SUSTAINABLE
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY, AND
LEARNING FROM COMMUNITY AND OVEG
AND OVERSEEING THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX BOARD, IT MAKES
SENSE TO US THAT THAT IS
APPROPRIATE USE OF JUMPSTART
MONEY. SO, THAT IS NUMBER TWO.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU
CAN MOVE ON.
>> SWEET. THANK YOU, PATTY. THE
THIRD ONE IS A SIMPLE PROPERTY
LEASE THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING.
PROGRAM FUNDING WASN'T USED. SO,
SO, WE ARE ELIMINATING THAT FROM
FROM OUR BUDGET. AND THE FOURTH
ONE IS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS CUT IS IN THE WORK OF
WESLEY, WHICH WAS TOUCHED ON
ALREADY, SLIGHTLY, AND THE
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. THIS IS
PART OF OUR WORK WITH SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD
NO LONGER BE LEADING THAT
ENGAGEMENT AND, THUS, WE WOULD
BE LOSING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT
THAT YOU SEE THERE. IT WOULD BE
AMENDED TO REFLECT THE REMAINING
REMAINING POSITIONS. BUT, NOT
THESE TWO. SO, THESE TWO
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP POSITIONS
WOULD BE REDUCED FROM OUR BUDGE.
OUR BUDGET. OKAY. ARE WE DONE
WITH THIS SLIDE?
>> I CAN BE.
>> ARE THE QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS?
OKAY. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, .
QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY. FOR CENTRAL
CENTRAL STAFF, IF YOU ARE
PLANNING TO CHIME IN ON THESE,
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THIS IS
PART OF YOUR ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION DISCUSSION, AS
WELL. FOR THE PROPERTY LEASE
FUNDING, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CAN
YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
ABOUT THE PROPOSED USE OF THE
FUNDING? ARE THERE ANY UNSPENT
DOLLARS, SINCE THE PROGRAM
FUNDING WAS NEVER UTILIZED? AND
IF SO, WHERE ARE THESE DOLLARS
GOING?
>> THEY WERE GIVEN TO US AS A
PASS-THROUGH, IF YOU WILL. IT
NEVER MATERIALIZED. SO, THE
MONIES HAVE EXPIRED IN THE
PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, AND WE ARE
NOW IN THE THIRD YEAR OF WHAT
WOULD HAVE BEEN A 30 YEAR LEASE,
LEASE, REDUCING SOME OF THESE
FUNDS, AS WELL.
>> OKAY, GREAT. AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU. I AM HAVING A HARD
HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING -- I
JUST FEEL LIKE MAYBE THERE IS
SOME CONTEXT THAT I WAS MISSING,
MISSING, AS IT RELATES TO THE --
-- I AM JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING
WHAT IS MEANT BY -- "THE MLA HAS
HAS BEEN TERMINATED." WHO DID
THAT, AND WHY?
>> SURE.
>> IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, FOR INST,
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF REALLY
IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPE.
PARTNERSHIPS DEVELOPED. AND I AM
AM JUST CONCERNED ABOUT SHIFTING
SHIFTING THE POSITIONS TO SDOT,
AND MAYBE HAVING THAT BE SORT OF
OF A STEP BACKWARDS, REALLY
HAVING TO REBUILD TRUST WITH THE
THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS ALREADY
BEGUN SOME OF THIS WORK.
>> FORMER BOSS, CURRENT BOSS,
DEPUTY MAYOR WONG, YOU HAVE YOUR
YOUR HAND UP. THE -- DO YOU WANT
WANT A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION?
>> I CAN RESPOND TO THAT, IF YOU
YOU WOULD LIKE TO, FIRST.
>> GO FOR IT.
>> SO, THE STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIPS, AS A PROGRAM, IS A
A SERIES OF M.O. WAYS THAT ARE
PART OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS,
WITH VARIOUS WORKS, TO DO
COMMUNITY OUTREACH OPPONENTS.
SDOT IS THE LEAD AGENCY ON ALL
WORK RELATED TO THIS FOR THE C.
THE CITY. THEY MADE THE DECISION
DECISION THAT THEY WANTED TO
KEEP SOME OF THE MOA INTACT FOR
FOR SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY
CONTRACTED US FOR. BUT, FOR THE
OTHER PORTION, THEY ARE GOING TO
TO BE NOT ELIMINATING THOSE
POSITIONS. BUT, MY UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING IS, THEY WILL TAKE
TAKE THOSE POSITIONS AND
CENTRALIZE THEM IN SDOT. SO, THE
THE WORK SHOULD STILL CONTINUE,
AS MY UNDERSTANDING. IT JUST
WOULD NOT BE CONTRACTED OUT
ANYMORE.
>> THANK YOU. AND I GUESS MY
QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUALS DOING THE WORK. ARE
THEY, ARE THOSE PEOPLE -- YOU
KNOW, A LOT OF THIS PLANNING
WORK IS ABOUT DEVELOPING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITY. SO, ARE THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE CURRENTLY DOING THIS
WORK MOVING FROM DOM TO SDOT, AS
AS WELL?
>> I THINK THAT IS STILL TO BE .
BE DETERMINED. I DON'T KNOW IF
WE HAVE PARTICULAR TO THAT PLAN
YET.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR WONG.
I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO WELE
YOU, AS WELL. THANKS, FOR BEING
HERE. I SEE DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY
PENNUCI MIGHT HAVE A COMMENT ON
THIS.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING
TO FLAG FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT
THERE IS AN ISSUE OF DISCUSSION
IN RELATION'S MEMO. SO, ONCE WE
WE GET TO THAT I.D., LISH WILL
PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONTEXT ON THIS DISCUSSION, AS
WELL AS THE GENERATIONAL WEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, THIS, WHAT YOU SEE IN
FRONT OF YOU, IS JUST WHAT WE
KNOW RIGHT NOW TODAY, WHICH IS
THAT WE GOT WORD FROM SDOT THAT
THEY WOULD BE REDUCING OUR M.O.
M.O. YOU. SO, IN THE ENTIRETY,
IT IS NOT CANCELED, IF YOU WILL.
WILL. IT IS JUST REDUCED TO THIS
THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.
>> I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, AS
WELL, RELATED TO THIS TOPIC.
AND, PERHAPS, CENTRAL STAFF, YOL
YOU WILL ADDRESS THIS LATER. BU,
LATER. BUT, APOLOGIES IF YOU
HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED THIS IN
RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION THAT
WAS ALREADY ASKED. I JUST WANT O
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
>> SURE.
>> WILL THIS RESULT IN A LAYOFF
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF INPUTS?
>> POSSIBLY. YES. I MEAN,
TECHNICALLY, ON PAPER, YES.
>> OKAY, AND WHAT TYPE OF WORK
DID THESE POSITIONS CONTRIBUTE
TO THE PROJECT? ARE THE PROPOSED
POSITIONS AT SDOT AND OPCD
USING THE JUMPSTART GREEN NEW
DEAL COMPONENT OF THE FUNDING?
>> I CAN ANSWER THE FIRST PART
OF THAT, AND I WILL DEFER TO
SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE SECOND
PART. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT
THE STAFF MEMBERS AT DON WORKING
WORKING ON THIS PROJECT ARE, AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID,
EXTREMELY EMBEDDED IN COMMUNITY,
COMMUNITY, THEY ARE WORKING ON,
WELL, VERY MUCH IN CONCERT WITH
WITH THE PARTNERS IN THOSE
DEPARTMENTS, RIGHT? OPCD, SDOT,
SO ON. THAT IS LIKE HOW WE LIKE
LIKE TO DO BUSINESS AS PARTNERS.
PARTNERS. BUT, WE ARE INFORMING
QUITE A BIT OF THE COMMUNITY EN,
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE
PROCESS, THE OUTCOMES, THE -- I
MEAN, WITHOUT LAUNCHING INTO A D
A MULTI-BULLETED ISSUE PAPER,
WHEN IT IS COMING TO THE CID,
AND THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY,
OUR TWO STAFF MEMBERS ARE THE GO
GO TO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THEY
ARE LINKING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT PIECES TOGETHER. THEY
ARE CENTERING RACE, AND FLAGGING
FLAGGING THAT EVERY TIME WE TUR.
TURN AROUND. AND THAT IS WHAT I
KNOW.
>> OKAY. I SEE LISH, AND THEN
DEPUTY MAYOR WONG.
>> TO ANSWER THE SECOND PART OF
YOUR QUESTION, YES, ALL OF THE
FUNDING FOR THE POSITIONS IN
SDOT WOULD BE THROUGH THE
JUMPSTART GREEN NEW DEAL
FUNDING. SO, THEY ARE ADDING 12
12 NEW POSITIONS, USING THE SAME
SAME FUNDING IS OPCD.
>> AND I THINK THE DIRECTOR
DESCRIBED IT WELL, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT SHE DID MENTION THAT
THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT
WHILE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS
NOT BEEN DONE ALONE, SHE
MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE
COORDINATING REALLY WELL. THAT
TEAM, THAT SOUND TRANSIT TEAM,
OUTREACH IS ONE COMPONENT OF IT.
IT. BUT, THEY ARE ALL WORKING
TOGETHER. SO, I JUST WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE THAT IS NOT STANDALONE
STANDALONE WORK.
>> RIGHT.
>> OKAY. AND, LISH, DID YOU HAVE
HAVE ANOTHER THOUGHT? NO? THAT
WAS AN OLD HAND? OKAY. DEPUTY --
-- EXCUSE ME. DIRECTOR, YOU --
>> DOING GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO
TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE
CONTEXT AROUND THE MOA AROUND
D.O.N., ABOUT THE USE OF HOW
THEY DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS
TO GO TOWARDS. AND I THINK THIS
WOULD BE A GREAT CONVERSATION
WITH THE SDOT TEAM WHEN THEY
PRESENT LATER THIS WEEK, AS
WELL. IN TERMS OF, HOW DO THEY
CHOOSE THE SUITE OF PROJECTS
THAT THEY CONTRACT WITH D.O.N.
TO DO? YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE
THE BEST SUITED TO SPEAK TO HOW
THEY DO THAT OVERALL PRIORITIZA.
OVERALL PRIORITIZATION. BUT,
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE SDOT
SDOT BUDGET IS VERY PROJECT
SPECIFIC, THEY HAVE TO BE VERY
SPECIFIC ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT
THAT THEY ARE BUYING SERVICES
FROM D.O.N. TO DO THAT OUTREACH.
OUTREACH. SO, THERE ARE A
MYRIAD OF PROJECTS THAT THEY
CONSIDERED IN THAT PROCESS. I
REALLY DO THINK THEY WOULD BE
BEST SUITED TO THE REASONS
BEHIND THE TRANSITION HERE. AND
I THINK A LARGE PART OF IT IS
PROBABLY TO KEEP THE TEAM ALL IN
IN ONE PLACE, SO THAT THERE IS
-- YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOT A
DISCONNECT. BUT, AGAIN, I DO
THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT
THING TO TALK TO US.ABOUT LATER
THIS WEEK.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR FLAGGING THAT. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS
SLIDE? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.
THANKS, SO MUCH. THE FOOD EQUITY
EQUITY FUND, FUNDED BY THE SUITE
SUITE AND BEVERAGE TAX, WE ARE
ELIMINATING A GRANT AND CONTRACT
CONTRACT POSITION THAT WE NEVER
FUNDED, AND THAT IS TO HELP
BALANCE THE REDUCTIONS IN THAT
SEPARATE POT OF MONEY. IT HAS
BECOME CLEAR THAT WE CAN'T DO
THE WORK WITHOUT EXISTING STAFF.
STAFF. SO, IT IS AN EMPTY
POCKETS THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING.
ELIMINATING. AND LASTLY, WE ARE
WANTING TO ADD PROGRAM EXPENSES
FOR THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COU.
ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND ADVISORY
COUNCIL COMPENSATION, TO REDUCE
FOR THE COMPENSATION. ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS, WE CAN
KEEP GOING. LASTLY, THIS IS THE
REMOVAL OF THE ONE-TIME FUNDING
FROM THE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES .
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE. THESE
ARE MULTIPLE POSITIONS WITHIN
D.O.N. THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON
SETTING BEFORE THE END OF THE
YEAR. WE ARE REMOVING THEM FROM
FROM OUR BUDGET. THIS IS FUNDING
FUNDING FOR GENERATIONAL WEALTH,
IN EARLY 2023. THE TEAM AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CONSULTANTS
CONSULTANTS AND REPRESENTATIVES
WILL DELIVER PRELIMINARY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW THIS CIY
THIS CITY CAN SYSTEMICALLY ADDRS
SYSTEMICALLY ADDRESS THE RACIAL.
RACIAL DIVIDE. WE HAVE BEEN IN T
IN GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
COMMUNITIES FOR THAT WORK. WE
WILL ALSO ERASE THE ONE-TIME FUG
ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT CAME WITH
THE GRANT DOLLARS. BUT CAME FROM
FROM THE EPI FUNDING. WE WILL
LOSE A STAFF MEMBER AND
APPROXIMATELY 12 FEWER GRANTS.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I WILL
WILL CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SARA,
FOR LAYING THAT OUT. THIS IS
PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH
ONE-TIME FUNDING AND HIRING FOL,
HIRING FOLKS, AND CREATING AN
UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION. I DO
WANT TO SAY THAT, FOR THOSE WHO
ARE NOT ON MY COMMITTEE, WE
HEARD A REALLY IMPORTANT
PRESENTATION FROM THE GENERAL
WEALTH BUILDING TEAM. YOU KNOW,
THIS YEAR, THE TEAM INVENTORIEDG
INVENTORIED SEEKING PROGRAMS,
AND CITY WORKERS, TO ASK THEM
WHAT THEY WERE DOING AROUND
GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING.
MANY FOLKS DID NOT REALIZE THAT
WHAT THEY WERE DOING CONTRIBUTED
CONTRIBUTED TO THAT GOAL, BUT
WERE EXCITED WHEN THEY REALIZED
THE CONNECTIONS THERE. THE TEAM
RESEARCHED WHAT OTHER CITIES
HAVE BEEN DOING TO CLOSE THE
RACIAL WEALTH GAP. THEY BUILT AT
AN IDT TO ASSESS CITYWIDE
ACTIVITY THAT IS CONTRIBUTING
TOWARD WEALTH BUILDING. THESE
ARE ALL PRELIMINARY RESEARCHED
STEPS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE
CORRECT PATH IS FOR THE CITY
GOING FORWARD. THERE IS NO WORK
PROGRAM, YET. SO, WE CAN'T SEE
THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK IF WE
DON'T HAVE WORK GOING ON TO GET
THEM DEMENTED, YET. SO, I AM A
LITTLE BIT CONCERNED THAT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IS HOLDING FUNDG
HOLDING FUNDING AND FINANCE IN
GENERAL, THAT COULD
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE WORK
THAT IS GOING ON, AND THAT COULD
COULD BE CONTINUING. I THINK THE
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REALLY
CLEAR ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS OF THIS WORK. AND, LIKE
I SAID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, AS A
CITY, WE ALL ALREADY DOING A LOT
LOT OF THIS WORK. BUT, WE NEED
TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS. WE NEED TO
TO GET CLEAR ON WHAT OUR GOALS
ARE FOR INCREASING ECONOMIC
MOBILITY FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
WE NEED TO SET A PLAN TO
TRANSLATE ALL OF THE RESEARCH
THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST
LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO. HOW WE
TRANSLATE THAT INTO ACTION TO
REALLY BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO, I THINK WE HAVE A REAL
OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR CREATING
SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGE THAT
COULD REALLY BUILD COMMUNITY
WEALTH, AND STEM DISPLACEMENT.
AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT THROUGH
THIS PROCESS, WE CAN MAKE SURE
THAT THE WORK CONTINUES. AND I
AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE LAYINGF
FOLKS -- I WOULD BE INTERESTED
TO HEAR IF THERE WAS AN
UNDERSTANDING WITH THOSE STAFF
MEMBERS, THAT THIS WAS A
TEMPORARY POSITION. BUT, I THINK
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONTINUE THIS WORK, AND THAT WE
SUPPORT THE ULTIMATE GOAL, WHICH
WHICH IS TO CLOSE THE RACIAL
WEALTH GAP IN THE CITY BY MAKING
MAKING THESE STRUCTURAL CHANGES.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, THAT DIRECTOR DIMLY
MAY HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT. I
ALSO ENCOURAGE CENTRAL STAFF TO
CHIME IN IF YOU HAVE ANY
THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. DIRECTOR,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL HAVE TO
DEFER TO THE ACTING DIRECTOR ON
THAT PERSON OUTSIDE OF THAT
QUESTION, AND THAT WE ACTUALLY
MAY DECIDE THAT WE WANT TO
FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. BUT, I WILL
WILL DEFER TO HER ON THAT
QUESTION. I DID WANT TO JUST
HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE -- ON
THAT RE-IMAGINATION RECOVERY ITM
RECOVERY ITEM, I THINK THAT WAS
ITEM TWO, THAT ACTING DIRECTOR
MORNINGSTAR RAISED, THAT STAFF
WOULD BE WORKING TOWARD THIS
GOAL THAT YOU ARE IDENTIFYING,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. AND THEN
THAT FUNDING THERE IS ABLE
AVAILABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT WOR.
THAT WORK. AND LONG IS ALSO ON
THE LINE, AND CAN MAYBE SPEAK
MORE TO THAT. DEPUTY MAYOR?
>> SURE. THAT IS ACTUALLY WHY I
HAD MY HAND UP. I WILL TAKE THAT
THAT DOWN, TOO. AND I APOLOGIZE,
APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T EVEN SAY
GOOD MORNING TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS. GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE. THANKS FOR HAVING US .
US HERE. IN TERMS OF THE -- I
THINK IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WHO ACTUALLY SAID IT
REALLY WELL, THIS WORK IS REALLY
REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THIS WORK
IS VITAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND
AND RECOGNIZING, WHAT DO WE DO
AS A CITY, IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
PAST ECONOMIC HARMS? THE WORK
THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS
DIVING RIGHT INTO THAT QUESTION,
QUESTION, RIGHT? IT IS ASSESSING
ASSESSING RESOURCES, FIGURING
OUT WHAT IS OUT THERE, SOME BES.
BEST PRACTICES. I THINK THERE IS
IS A SUBSTANTIAL QUESTION,
THOUGH, ON WHAT THE
RECOMMENDATION MIGHT BE THAT
COMES OUT OF THAT WORK. AND THAT
THAT IS WHY ONE -- I BELIEVE IT
IS SHORT OF $2 MILLION, $25
MILLION IS RESERVED IN FINANCE
GENERAL, BECAUSE IT IS NOT CLEAR
CLEAR WHAT FORM THAT WORK SHOULD
SHOULD TAKE. THE MAYOR STRONGLY
BELIEVES THAT THERE SHOULD BE
KIND OF AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE
PROGRAMMING THAT THE CITY DOES.
BUT WHERE THAT LIVES AND WHAT IT
IT LOOKS LIKE, THAT IS STILL TO
BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE
OUTCOME OF THIS WORK. SO, I JUST
JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT
RESPONSE, AS WELL.
>> FOLLOW UP ON THAT, ANYONE?
OKAY, GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> WELL, WHERE THAT WORK LIVES
AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, DEPUTY
MAYOR, MIGHT BE IN THE OFFICE OC
DEVELOPMENT. I SEE THAT THIS IS
THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION
AROUND THE MISSION. WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING THE THREE FTES THAT
SUPPORT ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION
IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES, IN OED. AND, TO ME,
THAT IS WHERE ACTUAL, GETTING
MONEY OUT THE DOOR INTO THE
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED OR WHO HAE
WHO HAVE LACKED ACCESS PRECISELY
PRECISELY TO THESE FUNDS FOR
BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH,
COULD HAPPEN. SO, I THINK THAT
IT IS GOOD THAT THESE ARE BOTH
SIDE-BY-SIDE IN TODAY'S
PRESENTATIONS. BECAUSE I THINK
THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLEMENT
REWORK THAT IS BEING DONE HERE..
HERE..
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. OK.
COUNCILMEMBER. OKAY. I AM NOT
SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS. ANY
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY,
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS JUST THE D
ONE-TIME FUNDING REMOVAL, IT IS
ONE TIME-BASED FUNDING FOR THE
COMMUNITY PLANNING. IT WAS
COMMUNITY FUNDING TO INTIMATE
STRATEGIES OF THE CID
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, WHICH WILL
BE CONTRACTED THIS YEAR, AND
ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMUNITY.
IT JUST SAYS, REMOVED FROM BASE
ONE-TIME FUNDING, GPI, $200,000
IN JANUARY OF 2023. D.O.N. WILL
PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH A
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE
STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IMPACTED BY
THE CITY'S AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
LASTLY, WE REMOVED THE BASE
ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR
REDISTRICTING, WHICH IS
$275,000. THE REDISTRICTING
COMMISSION WILL REVIEW THE FINAL
FINAL PLAN ON THE 15th, AND THE
COMMISSIONERS TERMS WILL
CONCLUDE. SO, IT IS PRETTY STRA.
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. AGAIN,
WE HAVE BEEN DOING CENSUS AND
REDISTRICTING WORK AT D.O.N.,
AND THAT WILL LINE UP WITH MORE
TERMS AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
>>
>> OKAY, THANKS. I AM NOT SEEING
SEEING ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT QUESTION
TIME NOW! COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> BACK ON THE SLIDE ABOUT CID
OUTREACH WORK, I WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING SOME OF
THE INPUT THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVE.
HAVE RECEIVED. I ASKED OUR
CENTRAL STAFF PERSON IN CHARGE F
CHARGE OF TRANSPORTATION,
COUNCILMAN CHAIR, ABOUT JUST THE
THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS .
NEEDS THERE. SO, WILL THAT LIVE
ANYWHERE WITH THIS REDUCTION IN
THIS PARTICULAR POSITION?
>> JUST A QUICK REMINDER, AS
WELL, FOR COUNCILMEMBERS -- IF
YOU WANT ANY SPECIFIC SLIDE UP,
IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST SAYING
THE SLIDE NUMBER, THAT WOULD BE
SUPER HELPFUL. SORRY TO
INTERRUPT YOU, DEPUTY. OR,
ACTING DIRECTOR MORNINGSTAR
PRINT
>> I AM ALSO THE DEPUTY -- IT IS
IS OKAY.
>> EVERYBODY'S GETTING DEPUTY
TODAY.
>> I HAVE BOTH JOBS RIGHT NOW,
SO, YOU ARE GOOD FOR EITHER ONE.
ONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. PATTY, IF YOU WANT TO
-- I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY THE
LAST SLIDE. IT IS SPECIFIC TO
THAT OUTREACH WORK. AND, NO, NOT
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS
JUST ABOUT THE ELIMINATION FROM
OUR BUDGET, SPECIFIC TO D.O.N.'S
D.O.N.'S ROLE IN THAT WORK.
>> GREAT.
>> AND I WANT TO --
>> DEPUTY MAYOR, AND THEN WE
WILL GO TO LAOIS.
>> SORRY TO JUMP IN THERE. I
THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE, N.
SLIDE, NEXT. ONE THING TO
CLARIFY ON THIS -- SORRY, KEEP
GOING ON THE SLIDES. THIS IS
PASS-THROUGH FUNDING FOR THE
COMMUNITY THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS
IS FOR THE THIRD PHASE OF THE
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. THE
COMMUNITY HAD FUNDED THE PRIOR
PHASES. SO, THIS IS AN OUTREACH
IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE, WHERE
WE ARE GOING AND GATHERING
INFORMATION. THIS IS HELPING THE
THE COMMUNITY SET THEIR OWN
STRATEGIC VISION. AND THEY
PRODUCE A REPORT THAT IS
AVAILABLE AT THE END OF EACH OF
THESE PHASES. THAT MONEY HAS NOT
NOT ALL BEEN USED THIS YEAR. SO,
SO, THE MONEY THAT IS SENT --
AND I BELIEVE IT IS $800,000 --
YES, ITEM SEVEN. THAT IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CONTRACT.
AND THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE NEXT
NEXT YEAR. SO, THE WORK IS
CONTINUING IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT
BUT WHERE THEY ARE AT, PHASE
WISE, DOES NOT SYNC UP WITH THE
FUNDING RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY. AND LIST, PLEASE, GO
AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT
THIS MONEY WAS ADDED BY THE
COUNCIL IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET,
AND IT IS INTENDED TO BE
CONTRACTED WITH COMMUNITY-BASED,
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
DUE TO WORK. IT IS NOT THE WORK
THAT THE CITY IS LEADING, IT IS
THE WORK THAT THE COMMUNITY IS .
IS LEADING.
>> AN IMPORTANT REMINDER. THANK
YOU, SO MUCH. FOLLOW UP ON THAT-
THAT -- OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON? PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY, I STRIVE TO GET TO MY
HAND IN TIME, BUT I HAD POP-UPS
IN THE WAY. I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY, AN ADDITIVE TO WHAT
DIRECTOR WONG SAID. THESE FUNDS
WILL CARRY OVER INTO 2023 FOR
THAT WORK TO BE COMPLETED. I
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WAS VERY CLEAR FOR EVERYBODY
LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS? THAT MIGHT BE AN OLD .
OLD HAND. COUNCILMEMBER -- OH,
THERE WE GO. HI, THERE. YOU
KNOW, STRANGELY, YOUR AUDIO IS
NOT WORKING. I SEE YOU OFF MUTE,
MUTE, BUT --
>> I LOVE TECHNOLOGY.
>> O, THERE.
>> I WAS JUST NOTICING THAT THE
PANEL WAS FOCUSING ON MY CHAIR,
EVEN THOUGH I HAD RETURNED TO
THE OFFICE. SO, IF WE COULD PAN
OUT TO THE FULL COUNCIL CHAMBER.
SORRY, CHAIR.
>> THAT'S OKAY. THE GOOD NEWS
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, IS THAT
THEY FOCUS ON JUST THE PERSON
SPEAKING. SO, NO WORRIES ABOUT
AN EMPTY CHAIR OUT THERE. WE
KNOW YOU ARE HERE AND HAVE BEEN
REPRESENTED. AWESOME. THERE, WE
CAN SEE IT.
>> AND HAVING THESE COMMUNITIES
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I MISS YOU
ALL, AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE L
ARE STILL DOING GREAT WORK. SO,
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. ANYTHING
ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEAGUES? ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY. IT
LOOKS LIKE THE QUESTIONS ARE
ANSWERED. WE WANT TO THANK THE
DEPARTMENT FOR THE PRESENTATION.
PRESENTATION. I WILL ECHO ALL OF
OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS'
COMPLIMENTS. WE THANK YOU FOR
BEING DIRECT IN THE COMMUNITY,
AND AS LISH NOTED, REALLY BEING
THE STEWARD OF COMMUNITY LED
INITIATIVES AND VISION. SO, OF
COURSE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY,
TO STAY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO
OFF CAMERA, YOU ARE ALSO WELCOME
WELCOME TO GO ON WITH YOUR DAY,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE. WE ARE GOING
TO WELCOME TO THE STAGE, IF YOU
WILL, OUR CENTRAL STAFF, TO WALK
WALK US THROUGH THEIR
PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN,
COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
TO ASK DURING THE PRESENTATION,
YOU ARE WELCOME TO. IF YOU WOULD
WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY OF
THE ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED,
YOU ARE WELCOME TO. I WANT TO
JUST THINK, AGAIN, THE FOLKS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ALL OF THEIR
WORK. ESPECIALLY IN THESE REALLY
REALLY TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW.
>>
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH,
EVERYBODY.
>> I APPRECIATE IT, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
>> BYE-BYE.
>> OKAY, WELCOME TO THE STAGE,
CENTRAL STAFF. SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU. SO, WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED THREE ISSUES WITH THE
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS' BUDGET. HAVE
TALKED A LOT ALREADY ABOUT THIS
FIRST ONE, THIS GENERATIONAL
WEALTH WORK. THERE WILL BE TWO
FTE CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK IN
IN THE DEPARTMENT FUNDED THROUGH
THROUGH THE JUMPSTART ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION FUNDING. BUT, 2
1/2 FTE WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE
THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AT THE ENF
THE YEAR, AND THERE ARE ONE POIT
ONE POINT -- ONE $.58 MILLION,
AS MENTIONED, TO CONTINUE SOMEWE
CONTINUE SOMEWHERE, SIMILAR
WORK, SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY. AND
AND I GUESS THE QUESTION FOR YOS
YOU IS WHETHER YOU WANT TO MOVE
ALL OF THOSE FUNDS SO THAT THE
TEAM THAT IS CURRENTLY DOING THE
THE WORK CAN CONTINUE TO DO IT?
>> THANKS, SO MUCH, LISH. THANKS
THANKS FOR IDENTIFYING THIS
ISSUE. COLLEAGUES, I WILL NOTE
THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT I
WANT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO.
WE ARE HAVING SOME GOOD
CONVERSATIONS WITH CENTRAL
STAFF. THIS IS DEFINITELY
IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE SHOULD
MOVE FORWARD. AND I DEFINITELY T
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING TO
APPROPRIATE DOLLARS --
APPROPRIATE THESE DOLLARS INTO
D.O.N. SO THAT THE STAFF THAT
ARE BUILDING THIS INITIATIVE CAN
CAN KEEP MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD BEGAN TO
TALK ABOUT SOM OF THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS, AND I WANT TO UNE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT WORK, AS.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT ONE OF THE
THE TENANTS THAT WE HAVE APPLIED
APPLIED WITH THE JUMPSTART
FUNDING TO ALL OF OUR SPECIFIC
PRIORITIES WITHIN JUMPSTART AND
OTHER CITY FUNDS, IS THAT WE
NEED TO SPEND DOLLARS TO MOVE
THE PROGRAMS FORWARD, AND NOT
SIT ON FUNDING, HAVE IT SIT IN
COMMERCE, WHEN THERE IS SO MUCH
NEED IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
NOW. AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW
THAT THIS WORK WILL TAKE TIME
AND COMMUNITY WORK, DEVELOPING
PARTNERSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
THAT TAKES TIME AND RESOURCES.
IT TAKES TIME TO SECURE FUNDINGO
FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE WORK AND
STAY IN THE PAST, WORKING IN PA,
IN PARTNERSHIP, ALLOWING FOR US
TO CREATE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH. I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE
THAT WILL HELP US CLOSE THE
RACIAL WEALTH GAP IN OUR CITY. I
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH CENTRAL
STAFF, WITH ALL OF YOU, ABOUT
MOVING THESE DOLLARS TO D.O.N.,
AND HELPING TO ENABLE THE
GENERATIONAL WEALTH WORK TO
CONTINUE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS ANY REASON THAT WE
SHOULD NOT DIRECTLY INCORPORATE
THESE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO D.O.N..
BUT, OF COURSE, I WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE FROM OUR
OUR COLLEAGUES AND CENTRAL STAFF
STAFF ON THAT TOPIC.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I THOUGHT
THOUGHT I SAW YOUR HAND EARLIER,
EARLIER, AND YOU WANTED TO
COMMENT ON THIS, AS WELL. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I DID NOT MEAN TO PUT MY HAND
HAND UP. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK
ON THE NEXT ITEM, I BELIEVE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. NO
PROBLEM. WELL, I DO NOT SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS. LISH, ANY
THOUGHTS FROM YOU ABOUT DIRECT
APPROPRIATION, OR THE FUNDING?
>> NOT ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS.
I MEAN, THIS FUNDING IS ON THE
PROGRAM AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
>> OKAY, GREAT. AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCI --
EVERYBODY GETS THE DEPUTY IN
THEIR TITLE, EXCEPT FOR THE
ACTUAL DEPUTY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
THAT.
>> NO PROBLEM, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. U
ARE WELCOME TO JUST CALL ME ALY,
ALY, IF THAT HELPS AVOID THE USE
USE OF DEPUTY. I JUST WANTED TO
TO OFFER THAT WHILE NOTED IN
LACEY'S MEMO, THEY WANTED TO SAY
SAY THAT THEY HAD HOW THEY HAD
DETERMINED THE CITY SHOULD BESTS
BEST ADDRESS ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITY. I MIGHT SUGGEST
THAT BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF
FTES, AND PARKING SOME FUNDS IN
FINANCE GENERAL, THERE HAS BEEN
SOME DECISIONS ALREADY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS IS
NOT THE LOCATION. AND IF COUNSEL
COUNSEL HAS AN INTEREST IN
WAITING FOR THOSE RESOLUTIONS, I
I GUESS THE QUESTION, THE ONE
QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT THE
WORK TO CONTINUE IN THE MEANTIME
MEANTIME UNTIL THAT DECISION IS
BEFORE YOU? OR, FOR A SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATION? THAT WOULD
SUGGEST THAT MOVING THE FUNDS
FROM FINANCE GENERAL INTO THE
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE
THE ONGOING WORK NOW, AND MAYBE
REVISITING THE QUESTION LATER WN
MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE,
THAT WOULD BE ONE OPTION. IF YOU
YOU AGREE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
OF NEIGHBORHOODS MAY NOT BE THE
APPROPRIATE FOR THE ONGOING, IT
MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO START TO
DECREASE THEIR FUNDING FOR THIS
WORK NOW. SO, I WOULD JUST I
GUESS OFFER THAT IN THE SPIRIT
OF, THEY HAVE MADE SOME
DECISIONS ALREADY. AS INDICATED
BY THE CHANGE IN FTES, AND SO F.
SO FORTH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, PLEASE GO
AHEAD?
>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE
THOSE DECISIONS HAVE MADE,
NECESSARILY. BUT WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT CLOSING THE RACIAL
RACIAL WEALTH GAP, THAT MEANS
MAKING DIRECT INVESTMENTS INTO
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED
FROM INEQUITIES. SO, WE WILL BE
HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN OED, AND
THIS FUNDING, LOOKS LIKE, ON
PAGE THREE OF THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO, IT DOES A LOT OF CENTRAL
CAPACITY BUILDING. FOR EXAMPLE,
AN RFP PROCESS DUE TO BE
RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 2022 TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR OWN
APPROACHES TO FINANCIAL LITERAC.
FINANCIAL LITERACY. AND CAPACITY
CAPACITY BUILDING IS IMPORTANT.
AGAIN, WHAT IS THE END GOAL? IF
IT IS REALLY TO REDUCE INEQUITI,
REDUCE INEQUITIES, MAYBE IT IS
WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE
DEPARTMENT THAT IS GETTING MONEY
MONEY OUT DIRECTLY INTO
COMMUNITY, WHERE THAT WORK CAN
BE DONE, PERHAPS, MORE
EFFICIENTLY. OR, MORE DIRECTLY.
>> LISH, I SEE YOUR HAND UP?
>> YEAH. SO, THE WORK D.O.N. IS
DOING HIS WORK THAT IS IN
COLLABORATION WITH MULTIPLE CITY
CITY DEPARTMENT. HSD, FOR
EXAMPLE, DOES A LOT OF THIS
WORK, AS WELL AS OED. SO, I JUST
JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT
THIS REALLY IS A CROSS
DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT. WITH
MULTIPLE AGENCIES. WHAT THEY ARE
ARE FINDING IS THAT IN
DEPARTMENTS LIKE SPU, AND CITY
LIGHT, THEY ALSO HAVE A ROLE IN
THIS EFFORT, ENCLOSING THE
RACIAL WEALTH GAP. AND I WOULD
ALSO -- YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT A
FOCUS OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, BUT
BUDGET, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS HAS A LONG, DEEP
HISTORY OF FUNDING
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AD
COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS.
PARTICULARLY, THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING FUND. BUT,
BUT, A CORE FUNCTION OF THE
DEPARTMENT IS GRANTMAKING, AND
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED
EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY INITIATED.
INITIATED EFFORTS.
>> JUST A FOLLOW-UP, IF I MAY.
>> THAT SOUNDS FINE.
>> YOU WILL RAISE A GOOD POINT,
LISH, IN THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A
HOLISTIC LOOK AT ALL OF THE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE DOING THIS
WORK. AND WE SAW YESTERDAY THAT
HSD DOES HAVE THE BIGGEST
INCREASE IN ITS FUNDING THIS
YEAR. SO, I WOULD OPINE THAT AT
LEAST, FOR ME, I NEED TO LOOK AT
AT WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS BEFORE
SAYING THAT KEEPING IT IN D.O.N.
D.O.N. IS NECESSARILY THE BEST
WAY TO REACH OUR POLICY GOALS.
>> THANK YOU. I DID SAY DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR DINGLEY COME ON SCREEN
SCREEN -- DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING
SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE BEFORE
WE MOVE ON TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
>> JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION.
CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
CHAIR. IT WAS IN LINE WITH
THEIR DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY
PENNUCI'S COMMENT. I JUST WANT
YOU TO KNOW THAT FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE, WE RECOGNIZE
THROUGH ALL OF THE COMPLEXITY
THAT HAS BEEN RAISED IN THIS
CONVERSATION -- SO, IT WASN'T
NECESSARILY THAT THE DECISION
WAS NOT D.O.N., IT WAS THAT WE
ARE NOT SURE THAT IT IS ONLY
D.O.N.. RIGHT? WE ARE NOT SURE
WHAT THE SUITE OF THINGS WILL
LOOK LIKE. SO, WE DIDN'T WANT TO
TO PREMATURELY PUT FUNDS IN ONE
PLACE BEFORE WE HAD TIME TO
ASSESS IT. OVERALL, WE WOULD
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT
FORMALLY DOES FOLLOW FUNCTION.
SO, FIGURING OUT WHAT THOSE
FUNCTIONS ARE, AND WHO ARE THE
BEST SUITED IN THE CITY TO TAKE
THEM ON. IT IS NOT MEANT -- I DO
DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE READ AS A
A SIGNAL THAT WE WOULD PRECLUDE
DON FROM DOING THE WORK. THEY
CERTAINLY COULD BE THE RIGHT
WORK. BUT, I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY THAT PIECE.
>> OKAY, THANKS. AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THIS
DISCUSSION. I THINK IT IS CLEAR
THAT THERE IS SUPPORT FOR
IMPLEMENT AND SOMETHING. I WILL
JUST SAY THAT THROUGH MY
COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE HAVING
REGULAR UPDATES ON THE WORK THAT
THAT IS HAPPENING, GETTING A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS
SHAPING UP TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE
RIGHT NEXT STEP. BUT, I DO THINK
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO ALLOW THE
THE STAFF THAT IS LEFT TO
CONTINUE DOING THE WORK. AND AS
THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING, YOU KNOW,
KNOW, THERE IS A GOAL, I THINK,
OR AT LEAST A VISION OF CREATING
CREATING THIS ONE-STOP SHOP FOR
WEALTH BUILDING PROGRAMS. WE
DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS
LOOKS LIKE SHE HAD. BUT, MAKING
IT EASY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SUITE OF
SERVICES ARE THAT THE CITY
OFFERS, AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF
THAT WORK COULD BE, IS GOING TO
BE IMPORTANT. SO, THESE
DISCUSSIONS WILL CONTINUE IN MY
COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU
GUYS UPDATED.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU, SO MUCH. I
THINK WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON.
>> SO, THE SECOND ISSUE IS
SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO DISCUSSED
DISCUSSED A LOT THIS MORNING.
AND SO, I DO NOT NEED TO ADD A
LOT MORE TO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID.
THERE HAS BEEN A FUNDING CUT TO
D.O.N., RELATED TO THE WEST
PROJECT . THE QUESTION FOR YOU S
YOU IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT
TO RETAIN SOME D.O.N. PRESENCE
ON THE TEAM THAT IS DOING
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOR THE
WEST PROJECT.
>> OKAY. ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT
THAT? COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I
KNOW YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP
EARLIER. PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I WAS JUST
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD
HAD ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INSIGHT
INSIGHT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY DOING THAT WORK FOR
D.O.N., WHETHER OR NOT THE
PEOPLE, THEMSELVES -- IF WE
APPROVE THIS PROPOSAL -- WILL
MOVE OVER TO SDOT. OR, WHETHER
OR NOT THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK
WORK WILL CHANGE?
>> WHAT I HAVE HEARD IS WHAT YOU
YOU HEARD THIS MORNING, IS THAT
THE DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE.
IT WOULD BE MADE BY SDOT.
BECAUSE THE POSITIONS ARE IN
SDOT, AND THEY WOULD BE DOING
THE HIRING. SO, WHETHER OR NOT
THEY CHOSE TO EXISTING THE STAF,
THE STAFF, WHEN THEY ARE DOING
THIS OUTREACH, THAT WOULD BE UP
TO SDOT.
>> YOU ARE SAYING THERE WOULD BE
BE A NEW HIRING PROCESS?
>> YES. THEY WOULD BE ADDING 12
NEW POSITIONS, THREE OF THEM FOR
FOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO
EXPRESS AN AREA OF CONCERN ABOUT
ABOUT MAKING THAT CHANGE MIDSTRM
AND POTENTIALLY DISRUPTING THE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE CURRENT
PLANNING STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING.
THANKS.
>> YES, I AGREE WITH THAT. I
WILL SAVE MY COMMENTS ON THAT
FOR JUST A SECOND. I WANT TO
HEAR FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ. OH, MY GOSH. WHAT?
>> EVERYBODY IS GETTING TIRED,
IT'S OKAY. JUST CALL ME DEBORA.
IT'S OKAY, GIRL.
>> PRESIDENT --
>> DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT.
SO, LISH, AGAIN, IF I AM TOO
SOPHISTICATED AND MIKE QUESTION,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME.
ME. SO, D.O.N. WANTS TO NOT
HAVE THIS POSITION FOR THE OUTRH
THE OUTREACH FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE FEATHER LINK EXTENSION.
OPCD WANTS ANOTHER FDD FOR
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT -- SDOT
WANTS 12 POSITIONS, NINE, WHICH
WILL GO TO ENGINEERING AND
PERMITTING, THREE WHICH WILL GO
TO OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. SO,
SO, SOME OF THIS IS DUPLICATE,
AND I AM JUST GOING TO THROW
THIS OUT THERE, YOU ALL KNOW ME.
I THINK A LOT OF THIS, IS
BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A LACK
OF ENGAGEMENT IN SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN THE TUNNEL
CHINA INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT ID
TO THE LIGHT RAIL. SO, I GUESS Y
CONCERN IS LOOKING AT THE BUDGET
BUDGET AND FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF
OF THE CHAIR IN HOW WE DO THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO FIND OURSELVES
IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE
FACING A PROBLEM THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE HANDLED AT THE FRONT END,
WHICH WAS OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT. WHICH IS FINE. YOU
NEVER COME OUT OF THE GATE
PERFECT. THIS IS OUR PROCESS TO
FIX IT. SO, YOU PROVIDED THESE
OPTIONS THAT ARE CONTINUING IN
THE FUNDING, OR NO CHANGE. I
WANT TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WAS
SAYING, IN THAT IF D.O.N. IS NOT
NOT IN THE GAME ANYMORE FOR THE
THE WEST LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION,
AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IN LIGHT
RAIL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
THAT -- AND I THINK SOMEBODY
ELSE SAID THIS, TOO, IT COULD
HAVE BEEN DIRECTOR DINGLEY -- I
DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL OF THIS
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT IS ALL
GOING TO LAND. IS IT ALL GOING
TO -- I THINK IT SHOULD ALL BE
TOGETHER. BUT, MY CONCERN IS,
DOES IT ALL BELONG IN SDOT, WITH
WITH ONE PERSON HANGING OUT IN
OPCD? ARE THERE ANY OTHER
OPTIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT,
WHERE WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING,
WHERE WE HAVE THE SAME SKILLS OE
OR EXPERTISE TO DO THE OUTREACH
ENGAGEMENT? BECAUSE THAT SEEMS
TO BE WHAT THEY ARE GETTING AT
HERE. MAYBE DIRECTOR DINGLEY CAN
CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THESE
POSITIONS. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW,
ALL OF THIS MONEY, ALL OF THIS
MONEY WOULD COME OUT OF THE
JUMPSTART. AND AGAIN, AS SAID B,
I KEEP ASKING MYSELF THIS --
THIS IS FITTING THE INTENT AND
THE SPIRIT OF THE CODIFICATION
OF THE JUMPSTART TAX.
>> AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU
KEEP ASKING ABOUT THAT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. LISH, PLEASE, GO
AHEAD.
>> SO, THOSE ARE GREAT
QUESTIONS, AS WERE YOUR PREVIOU.
PREVIOUS QUESTIONS. I WOULD SAY
THAT THE PROPOSAL IN THE MAYOR'S
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS TOO
CENTRALIZED FOR THIS WORK. 12
OUT OF THE 13 POSITIONS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE WITHIN
SDOT, INCLUDING THREE OUTREACH
ENGAGEMENT POSITIONS. THE ONE
POSITION IN OPCD IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON THE LANDING CENTER OF
OF DESIGN, WHICH IS NOT SDOT
AREA OF EXPERTISE. SO, IF YOU
DO WANT A CENTRALIZED APPROACH,
THEN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
BUDGET DOES THAT. WHAT YOU LOSE
BY DOING THAT IS SOME OF THE
INSTITUTIONAL ALLOTMENT
KNOWLEDGE, SOME OF THE RELATION.
THE RELATIONSHIPS. AND SOME OF
THE OUTSIDE KNOWLEDGE THAT
D.O.N. HAS AS A DEPARTMENT THAT
TOUCHES MULTIPLE CONTACTS AND
MULTIPLE AGENCIES, AND PROVIDES
SORT OF LINKS BETWEEN DIFFERENTS
-- AND DIFFERENT AGENCIES. FOR ,
FOR EXAMPLE, SDOT WOULD BE
HAVING SEATTLE STATE LIGHT WITH
WITH ROUTING OF WIRES THROUGH
THE CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AT THE SAME TIME THAT
THEY ARE HELPING WITH SOUND
TRANSIT AND SDOT ON THE LIGHT
RAIL STATION PLANNING EFFORTS.
SO, THEY TEND TO HAVE A BETTER
VIEW, AND ARE WEDDED TO THE SORT
SORT OF POSITION OF A PARTICULA,
OR A PARTICULAR ISSUE AREA.
SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A
BROADER SENSE AND CONTEXT WITHIN
WITHIN THE CITY FAMILY.
>> OKAY. THANKS, SO MUCH, LISH.
I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT.
ADDING TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
QUESTION OR COMMENT, AS WELL,
ABOUT THE APPROPRIATE USE OF
JUMPSTART, RECOGNIZING THAT
THERE IS SOME SUBJECTIVITY IN
SOME OF THE CATEGORIES. BUT, I
THINK MY CANCER CONCERN
CONTINUES TO REMAIN ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT REMAINS IN THE
CURRENT STATUTE, AND THAT IS
REGARDING SUBLET. I THINK THAT
IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, WE ARE
SEEING SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE
JUMPSTART. I THINK THE QUESTION
IS REALLY ABOUT WHETHER WE
SHOULD BE USING PROPOSED
JUMPSTART, AND I THINK THAT IT
IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE VALE
THE VALUE OF THESE INVESTMENTS,
OR WHEREVER THEY LIVE. IT IS
ABOUT THE USE OF THE FUNDS. SO,
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO RAISE
THAT ISSUE, AND I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT FOLKS CAN WEIGH IN
WITH US ABOUT THAT. BUT, I THINK
THINK WE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF
OF LAYING OUT THE PROS AND CONS
OF CROSS CORROBORATION IN ONE D.
ONE DEPARTMENT.
>> YES, THANK YOU. I AM HEARING
CONVERSATION, WHAT I AM HEARING
IS THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
WE COULD PROVIDE FOR YOU A LOOK
AT THE TRANSITIN PLAN FOR THIS K
THIS WORK BETWEEN WHAT IS
CURRENTLY HAPPENING AT D.O.N.
AND THIS PLANNED WORK AHEAD IN
SDOT. SO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
TAKE THAT BACK IF FOLKS THINK
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INFORM
YOUR DELIBERATIONS SO THAT I CAN
CAN WORK WITH SDOT AND D.O.N.
TEAMS TO GET THAT DETAIL.
>> THANKS, SO MUCH. YES. ANY
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ARE ALWAYS
HELPFUL. OKAY. WITH THAT, I AM
VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE
WE ARE STILL ON TIME, AND I WILL
WILL MOVE IT ON OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, IF YOU
HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FOR
THIS SESSION, RELATED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT, I WOULD JUST EXPRESS MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE TEAM FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
FOR THIS WALK-THROUGH TODAY, AND
AND TO CENTRAL STAFF, AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, ANYTHING
ELSE FOR YOU?
>> NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK LIS.
THANK LISH. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THESE ISSUES. I APPRECIATE
DIRECTOR DINGLEY OFFERING SOME
CON STICKS TO THIS DECISION, AS
WELL. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS WE WILL
BE HOPPING.
>> I JUST REALIZED -- THANK YOU,
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I JUST
REALIZED THAT I HAD COMMENTS ON
THE ONE AND TWO, BUT NOT NUMBER
THREE, I SHORTCHANGED US ON ITEM
ITEM NUMBER THREE. SO, I
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. PREEMPTIVE
CLOSING COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
LISH, THANKS FOR KEEPING US ON
TRACK. LET'S DO ITEM NUMBER
THREE HERE, AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE ON.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO, THIS IS A
PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN STAFFED BY
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND YOU HAVE
VOICED YOUR CHOICE, YOU HAVE
USED THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETINH
BUDGETING APPROACH TO IDENTIFYIG
TO IDENTIFYING SDOT
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND
PARKS IMPROVEMENTS. I JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE IT
HAS BEEN A PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL
MEMBERS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN
VERY INTERESTED IN, THAT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET WILL SUBSET THI.
THIS PROGRAM. THERE ARE ABOUT
NINE PROJECTS THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED AND CHOSEN BY THE
COMMUNITY IN 2019 THAT STILL
NEED TO BE COMPLETED AND WILL BE
BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT TWO
YEARS. BUT, AFTER THAT, THERE
WILL NO LONGER BE FUNDING FOR
YOUR VOICE, YOUR CHOICE. MY
MENTAL TALKS ABOUT THE ALTERNATS
THE ALTERNATIVES THAT PARKS AND
SDOT HAVE IDENTIFIED TO YOUR
VOICE, YOUR CHOICE PROGRAM. BUT,
BUT, WE FELT LIKE IT HAS BEEN A
SUBJECT OF CONVERSATION FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS, AND I JUST
WANTED TO IDENTIFY THAT AS
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE GOING AW.
GOING AWAY.
>> THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT,
LISH. VERY IMPORTANT, AND FULL
SUMMARY OBLIGATION FOR THE MEMO.
MEMO. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY. OKAY. WELL, WE LOOK
FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO THAT
ISSUE WITH YOU ON CENTRAL STAFF.
SUMMARY COMMENTS. THANKS, AGAIN,
AGAIN, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE
WALK-THROUGH TODAY WITH CENTRAL
STAFF. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO
AHEAD, COUNSEL -- EXCUSE ME,
MADAME CLERK, IF YOU COULD READ
ITEM NUMBER THREE INTO THE RECO?
THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE, OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WELL, WELCOME TO OUR OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOLKS.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
MOMENTARILY, WHO HAS THE
COMMITTEE OF THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO
WELCOME McINTYRE, THE DIRECTOR
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALONG H
ALONG WITH JOE BRIGGS, FROM OED.
OED. AND THEN FOR THE CENTRAL
STAFF PRESENTERS, WE WILL HAVE
JASMINE, AND OUT ALY PENNUCI.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO WELCOME THE PANEL AND
THE OED TOPIC?
>> YES. I AM SORRY IF NOT
PREPARED FOR THIS INTRODUCTORY
STATEMENT. BUT, I WILL JUST NOTT
NOTE THAT OED HAS GONE THROUGH A
A TREMENDOUS TIME OF CHANGE AND.
AND CHALLENGE. THEY WERE ALREADY
ALREADY EXTREMELY UNDERSTAFFED
BEFORE AND LEADING INTO THE PAN.
THE PANDEMIC. AND THEN STAFF
MEMBERS WENT THROUGH THE GRANT
APPLICATION PROCESS AND GOT A
LOT OF THE COVID RELIEF DOLLARS
OUT TO COMMUNITIES. I KEEP
TALKING ABOUT DIRECT INVESTMENT.
DIRECT INVESTMENTS. THE
DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED A
CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM, WHICH
GETS ACTUAL LOANS INTO THE HANDS
HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD
NORMALLY -- THREE DISCRIMINATORY
DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES -- BE
UNABLE TO ACCESS THOSE BUSINESS.
BUSINESS LOANS. WE TALKED ABOUTT
RESTORATION, WHICH NOT ONLY HELS
ONLY HELPS VERY SMALL
BUSINESSES, BUT IT ALSO HELPS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE OWNERS
OWNERS OF THOSE EMPTY SPACES
AROUND OUR CITY. STOREFRONT
RESTORATION AND THEN THERE WILLE
WILL BE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE
BEING LAUNCHED THIS YEAR TO
ACTUALLY HELP SMALL BUSINESS OWS
BUSINESS OWNERS OWN THEIR
COMMERCIAL PLACES. AND THAT WILL
WILL KEEP WORKERS IN JOBS, IT
WILL KEEP THOSE BUSINESSES IN C.
SO, BASICALLY, IN MY MIND, I
HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, OED IS
WHERE WE REALIZED OUR EQUITY
GOALS, AND ALSO OUR ECONOMIC REN
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION POLICY .
POLICY GOALS. SO, THAT IS ALL TO
TO SAY THAT I HOPE THAT WE -- I
AM APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK
THAT OED HAS DONE IN THE PAST, D
PAST, AND JUST IN THE PAST FEW
MONTHS SINCE DIRECTOR McINTYRE S
McINTYRE UPS ASSUME DISPOSITION
ON SEPTEMBER 28th. SO, I WILL
HAVE MORE COMMENTS TO MAKE AS WE
WE GO FORWARD AND HAD MY OWN
QUESTIONS FOR THESE PROGRAMS,
AND ISSUE OPTIONS. BUT, JUST WAD
TO SET THE STAGE AND SAY THAT
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK, AND
WORK, AND OED IS UNIQUE AS A
DEPARTMENT, IN BEING THE PLACE E
PLACE WHERE MONEY ACTUALLY GOES
OUT INTO COMMUNITIES, AND INTO
HE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT NEED
IT, THANKS.
>> VERY WELL SAID. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. AND I HOPE
HOPE THAT FOLKS LIKE THE FORMAT
FORMAT FROM THE PREVIOUS
SECTION. IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT, OF
COURSE, PLEASE, RAISE YOUR HAND.
HAND. WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
RECOGNIZE FOLKS. THAT IS TRUE
FOR CENTRAL STAFF, AS WELL. IF
YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE
LIKE TO ADD FOR CLARIFICATION OR
OR CONTEXT. WELCOME, DIRECTOR
McINTYRE. I AM EXCITED TO WALK
THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION WITH
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
ALMOST GOOD AFTERNOON. I GUESS
GOOD AFTERNOON RIGHT NOW TO THE
COUNCIL, AND EVERYONE WATCHING.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. I
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I AM
PRESENTING OUR 2023-2024
PROPOSED BUDGET. AS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON JUST SAID,
OED HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A
LOT OF CHANGE. THERE HAVE BEEN E
DIRECTORS IN FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE
HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT STAFF
TURNOVER. YET, THROUGH IT ALL, I
I THINK THE TEAM HAS BEEN
PUTTING TOGETHER SOME REALLY
GOOD WORK. THAT HAS BEEN TRUE OF
OF THIS BUDGET, AS WELL. WE HAD
CHANGES IN FINANCE MANAGERS, WE
HAD CHANGES WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF. SO, I JUST WANT TO FIRST
START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE
THE OED TEAM FOR HELPING CONSTRT
THIS BUDGET AS WE HAVE BEEN KIND
KIND OF GETTING TO KNOW EACH
OTHER, AND FIGURING OUT HOW BEST
BEST TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY,
AND DRIVE INCLUSIVE GROWTH. I
WANT TO PARTICULARLY THANK
MIGUEL OVER AT CEO FOR HELPING
ME GET OVER ON THE BUDGET
PROCESS, AND HELPING ME BE A
PARTNER THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL.
AND FINALLY, THANKING JASMINE
AND YOLANDA OVER AT CENTRAL
STAFF, FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP,
AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE ARE
GOING TO DO THIS PRESENTATION.
SO, THANK YOU, FOR ALL OF THAT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON MENTIONED,
WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON
ON HOW OED CAN OPEN DOORS AND
BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES.
SIMILARLY, WHAT WE HEARD FROM
OPCD AND DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS EARLIER, REALLY
THINKING ABOUT THOSE WEALTH
GENERATION OPPORTUNITIES.
THINKING ABOUT, HOW CAN WE DO
THAT FOR INDIVIDUALS,
BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES? AS
I HAVE GOTTEN ON BOARD HERE, WE
HAVE BEEN THINKINGABOUT THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX RESIN
REVENUE. COUNSEL HAS ASKED US TN
A PLAN AND STRATEGY FOR THAT MO.
THAT MONEY. SO, WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IS WE HAVE SET UP THE
FUTURE OF THE ACADEMY PROJECTS.
IN THE FIRST PHASE, WE WENT OUT
AND TALKED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENS
THAT WERE EITHER DIRECTLY INVOLD
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, OR HAD IT AS A CORE
CORE PART OF THEIR MISSION OR
FUNCTION, AND TRIED TO THEN
DIAGRAM ALL OF THEIR PRIORITIES
TO REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE OED SHOULD BE FOCUSING OU.
OUR EFFORTS. AND THAT IS WHERE E
CAME UP WITH THESE PILLARS. WE
HAVE THAT WORKFORCE AND TALENT,
SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES,
PARTICULARLY WOMEN AND MINORITY
OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.
UNLOCKING WEALTH CREATION
OPPORTUNITIES TO PASS AT
OWNERSHIP. NEIGHBORHOOD IN PLAC,
AND THEN GROWING BUSINESSES IN
KEY INDUSTRIES. SO, THESE FIVE
PILLARS REALLY DO ANCHOR WHAT
OED IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
ABOUT WITH OUR BUDGET. BUT,
ALSO, AS WE ARE ORGANIZING
OURSELVES FOR FUTURE YEARS. AND
WHAT WE HAVE FOUND FROM OUR
PARTNERS, ARE GOING TO BE THESE
COMMON PRIORITIES ACROSS A WHOLE
WHOLE VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS,
FROM MICRO-NEIGHBORHOOD
ORGANIZATIONS, ALL THE WAY TO RL
ORGANIZATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEA.
SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, YOU WILL SEE
THAT THAT THE BUDGET IS
ORGANIZED IN A WAY THAT MIRRORS
THAT, THESE ARE THE FIVE AREAS
THAT WE HAVE OUTLINED FOR OUR
BUDGET. AGAIN, WE THINK THAT
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO DRIVE NT
ONLY HOW WE GET OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND SOME OF THE PAIN
THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY FEELING,
BUT ALSO TRYING TO SEND US ON A
TRAJECTORY FOR THE LONG-TERM ECC
LONG-TERM ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION WITH AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE HAVE TO
DO THAT WITH AN EYE TOWARD
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD
THE SAME LEVEL OF INVESTMENT
YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO, AS WE THINK
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE
DIFFERENT FIVE PILLAR AREAS,
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HAVE
EQUITY AS A CORE COMPONENT, AND
NOT THINKING ABOUT HOW WE ARE
CREATING STRATEGIES THAT ARE
ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE
DISPARITIES THAT HAVE EXISTED
FOR A LONG TIME AND WILL
CONTINUE TO EXIST IF WE DON'T
MAKE SMART INVESTMENTS RIGHT NO.
RIGHT NOW. I WILL MENTION A
COUPLE THINGS RIGHT NOW. AS WE
ARE PROPOSING THESE BUDGETS, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY MONEY
CITY MONEY IS NOT THE ONLY MONEY
MONEY ON THE TABLE. AS WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT INVESTMENTS, WE
ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT
LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS FROM
OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES,
SOURCES, WHETHER THAT BE
PRIVATE, PUBLIC, OR
PHILANTHROPIC. THIS HAS BEEN
TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES
IN REGARDS TO THE PARALLEL
EXPENSE TAX DOLLARS, THE NEED TO
TO FAR OUT STRIP THE DOLLARS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THAT IS
POSSIBLE WITH OED'S PROPOSAL, AS
AS WELL. WHAT WE NEED TO BE
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, AS WE ARE PROG
ARE PROPOSING STRATEGIES OR
PROGRAMS, NOT JUST HAVE IT BE
THE CITY'S MONEY GOING IN, BUT
HOW IS THAT THEN GOING TO CREATE
CREATE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT WITH
MONEY FROM THE STATE, OR FROM
THE COUNTY, OR FROM THE FEDS, OR
OR FROM OTHER PUBLIC OR OTHER
PHILANTHROPIC OR PRIVATE
INVESTORS? I THINK THAT IS GOING
GOING TO BE CORE TO US ACTUALLY
BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE
POPULATIONS THAT WE WANT TO
SERVE, AS WELL AS GIVING US MORE
MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE ARE
SERVING THOSE, DEPENDING ON THE
COLOR OF MONEY COMING FROM THOSE
THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.
FUNDING SOURCES. WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER
FROM SOME OF THESE SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS. BUT, AS I SAID BEFORE,
BEFORE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE
MAKE PROGRESS THROUGH
PARTNERSHIP AND THAT IS TRUE
WITH OUR BUDGET SUGGESTIONS
HERE, AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT,
LET'S GET INTO OUR PROPOSAL AND
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I WILL
MENTION HERE A COUPLE THINGS,
ONE, WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO HAVE
ALL OF OUR NEW ADS ON HERE,
THERE IS A LOT TO GO THROUGH
VERSUS THE PREVIOUS TWO
PROGRAMS, OR THE PREVIOUS TWO
DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE 18
DIFFERENT THINGS. I'M GOING TO
HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS, JUST IN THE
RESPECT OF TIME. BUT, I AM HAPPY
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ALONG
THE WAY, IF I AM MISSING
SOMETHING, OR SKIP OVER
SOMETHING ON A SLIDE. IT IS NOT
THAT IT IS NOT IMPORTANT, I JUST
JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH HERE.
AND SECOND, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD
SUCH AN INFLUX IN BOTH FEDERAL
FUNDING, AND ONE TIME DOLLARS
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
IT REALLY IS KIND OF HARD TO
DRAW APPLES TO APPLES
COMPARISONS WITH OUR CURRENT
BUDGET PROPOSAL, WHICH IS ADDING
ADDING IN THE PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX DOLLARS, VERSUS SOME OF
THOSE OTHER BUDGETS. SO, AS WE
LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHANGES, AND
AND THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES, WE
DID OUR BEST TO TRY TO MAKE
THOSE MAKE SENSE. BUT, PLEASE DO
DO LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS. IT IS HARD TO DRAW A
COMPLETE THROUGH LINE EVEN
THOUGH THAT PROGRAMMATICALLY,
THERE IS A CLEAR THROUGH LINE.
WHERE THE BUDGET IS COMING FROM
SOMETIMES FEELS MESSY, BUT WE
ARE HAPPY TO WALK YOU THROUGH T.
THROUGH THAT. THE BIGGEST THING
I WOULD NOTE ON THIS SLIDE IS
THE CHANGE IN FTES, YOU NOTICE
ON THE THIRD BUCKET THERE FROM
40 FULL-TIME FTES, 255. THAT IS
A PRETTY LARGE DUMP, PART OF
THAT AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN
DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS
DOLLARS IN ONE-TIME FUNDS, AND
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF TEMPORARY
STAFF HELPING US WITH SOME OF
THE BACKEND INFRASTRUCTURE TO
TRY TO GET THE DOLLARS BACK OUT
ON THE STREET. SO, A LOT OF THIS
THIS IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
NEEDING TO BUILD OUT THAT
BACKEND INFRASTRUCTURE IN A MORE
MORE PERMANENT FASHION SO THAT
WE REALLY HAVE A TEAM THAT TIMES
TIMES THE SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS, WHO ARE MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT MONEY
PROCESSED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE, AND INTO THE HANDS OF
THOSE BUSINESS WORKERS, AND
OTHERS TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK
THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO. I
WILL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT
LATER, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO CALL
IT OUT HERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR BIGGEST PLAY IN THIS BUDGET
BUDGET PROPOSAL IS AROUND
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY. THIS
IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT BOTH OF HOW
HOW EXPENSIVE IT HAS GOTTEN TO
RUN A BUSINESS IN SEATTLE, BUT
ALSO TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
GOT TO HAVE GREAT BUSINESS
DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY TO
TO HAVE THE VIBRANCY THAT WE
WANT, AND THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHD
OF NEIGHBORHOOD -- ECONOMIC
SELF-DETERMINATION THAT WE WOULD
WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. SO,
REALLY, WE ARE TRYING TO THINK
OF COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY AS .
A CONTINUUM. SO, HOW ARE WE
GETTING BUSINESSES IN THE DOOR?
HOW ARE WE GETTING THEM TO
UPGRADE THE DOOR? AND HOW ARE WE
WE GETTING THEM, HOPEFULLY, TO
OWN THE DOOR OF THEIR BUSINESS,
NOW, AND IN THE FUTURE? SO, WE
HAVE A SUITE OF PROGRAMS THAT
ALL KIND OF HOUSE THIS
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY BUCKET
TO DO THAT. THE NICE THING HERE
IS THAT AS WE ARE MAKING THESE ,
THESE INVESTMENTS, WE CAN MOVE A
A LOT OF PROJECTS THROUGH HERE.
THIS INCLUDES OUR SEATTLE
RESTORED PROGRAMS, WHICH HELPS
GET THE VACANT BUSINESS FUNDS,
OUR TENANT IMPROVEMENT FUNDS,
WHICH, AGAIN, TO KIND OF
HIGHLIGHT THE NEED, RECENTLY CLD
RECENTLY CLOSED OUR LATEST ROUND
ROUND OF APPLICATIONS. WE ARE
GOING TO DO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2D
30 PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE SOMEWHE
BETWEEN 500 APPLICATIONS. SO,
CLEARLY, HUGE DEMAND FOR THAT
PROGRAM. AND WE ARE JUST TRYING
TO CALIBRATE HOW MUCH WE CAN
EXIT PROCESS ON OUR END, VERSUS
THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE
CAN MOVE THROUGH HERE. AND THE
FINAL PROGRAM THAT IS IN HERE IS
IS OUR NOT YET RELEASED, BUT
SOON TO BE RELEASED, COMMUNITY
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FUND, WHICH
IS A REALLY COOL MODEL THAT,
AGAIN, USES ONE-TO-ONE MATCHING
WITH AN OUTSIDE FUNDER IN A
CLEVER WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO
HAVE THE OUTSIDE FUNDER TAKE ON
SOME OF THE RISK AND SOME OF THE
THE DEBT WHILE THE CITY PROVIDES
PROVIDES THE GRANTS TO ACTUALLY
MAKE THE PROGRAM GO. NEXT SLIDE.
SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU HAVE HEARD ME
ME SAY IT BEFORE, AND I WILL SAY
SAY IT A LOT, BECAUSE IT IS SO
TRUE. IF YOU SURVEY BUSINESSES
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, DURING THE
PANDEMIC, AFTER THE PANDEMIC,
THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF CONCERN
IS ACCESS TO CAPITAL. SO,
COUNCIL MEMBERS NELSON SAID THIS
THIS EARLIER, BUT IS IS A
HISTORIC LEGACY OF LOCKING
CERTAIN POPULATIONS OUT OF
ACCESS TO CAPITAL. SO, THIS
CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM THAT WE
LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS YEAR IS A
COOL WAY OF LEVERAGING THE STATE
STATE FLEX FUND, MAKING NET
CAPITAL ACTUALLY CHEAPER, AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
TARGETING POPULATIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY LOCKED OUT OF
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. SO, THIS IS
IS US, AGAIN, TRYING TO CONTINUE
CONTINUE WHAT STARTED OUT AS A
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. AGAIN, YOU
WILL NOTICE THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE
ACTUAL NUMBER OF BUDGETED NUMBES
BUDGETED NUMBERS FOR THIS
PROGRAM. BUT, OUR EXPECTATION IS
IS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO
SPEND ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE
HAVE CURRENTLY ALLOCATED FOR
THIS YEAR. SOME OF THAT WILL BE
SPENT NEXT YEAR. IT WILL TURN
OUT TO BE ABOUT $5 MILLION FOR
THIS YEAR, AND $5 MILLION FOR
NEXT YEAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR
PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE
SO MUCH GOING ON, AND A LOT OF
THIS IS HAPPENING AT A HIGH LEV.
HIGH LEVEL. I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR
PUTTING THAT INTO OUR EXPLORATIN
FOR HOW TO SPEND THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE DOLLARS TO REALLY LOOK
AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
THINK ABOUT A CITYWIDE STRATEGIC
STRATEGIC PLAN. WE HAVE A LOT OF
OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
SPENDING MONEY ON WORKFORCE
RELATED ISSUES. WE DO NOT HAVE A
A CITYWIDE STRATEGY FOR THOSE
INVESTMENTS. AND WE NEED TO
REALLY HAVE A THOUGHT TOWARD,
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES WE ARE
TRYING TO DRIVE? WHO IS REALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR KIND OF MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING SMART
INVESTMENTS, AND HOW ARE WE
MONITORING AND MEASURING THE
PROCESS ALONG THE WAY, AS WE DO?
DO THAT? SO, WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF DEVELOPING THAT
WORKFORCE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND
FROM THAT, IS GOING TO FLOW
FUTURE INVESTMENTS. NOT JUST
FROM OUR DEPARTMENT BUT IDEALLY,
IDEALLY, FROM A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, ABOUT HOW
HOW WE DO WORKFORCE IN THE CITY.
CITY. SO, THIS WORKFORCE WE
DEVELOP AND REALIGNMENT IS
RECOGNIZING THAT, THAT THERE ARE
THINGS THAT WE ARE SPENDING
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ON, THAT AS
AS WE RECONSIDER HOW WE ARE
GOING TO BE SPENDING TIME WITH
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX DOLLARS, WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE
STRATEGIC PLAN. SIMILARLY, AS I
HAVE SAID BEFORE, WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT IS A TEAM SPORT, AND
AND WE NEED TO BE A BETTER
REGIONAL PARTNER. SO, WE WANT TO
TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
YOU SEE THAT ON THE LINE ITEM
NUMBER FOUR. THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT THE
CITY WILL BE MAKING A FLEXIBLE .
FLEXIBLE INVESTMENT. PART OF THE
THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SUCH A
FRAGMENTED REGIONAL WORKFORCE
SYSTEM IS BECAUSE THE CITY, OVER
OVER THE YEARS, DIVESTED FROM
THE WBC. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT IS THE BACKBONE
ORGANIZATION FOR THE ENTIRE
REGION. SO, ONE, WE NEED TO SHOW
SHOW UP WITH OUR INVESTMENTS.
TWO, WE NEED TO SHOW UP WITH
LEADERSHIP AND REALLY WORK WITH
THEM AS A TRUE PARTNER. AND THEN
THEN LINE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS
THE JOB CENTER, WHICH IS A
MAYORS PRIORITY. AGAIN, MAKING
SURE THAT THE JOB CENTER IS
ADDING VALUE IN THE CONTEXT OF
THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE SYSTEM,
AND THE CITYWIDE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. SO,
ALL OF THESE ARE A PIECE. BUT,
THEY ARE ALL WAITING FOR SOME
MORE INPUT FROM THE STRATEGIC
PLAN ABOUT, WHERE DO WE REALLY
WANT TO GO AS A CITY, AND HOW DO
DO WE MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS?
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE PRINT
>> LET'S PAUSE HERE, FOR A
SECOND.
>> YEAH, SURE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT IF FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS AS
THEY GO, THAT THEY ARE GETTING
THE CHANCE TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
OKAY. I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS.
INVESTMENTS. OBVIOUSLY, THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX WS
TAX WAS DEPENDENT ON THE
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SECTION, AND
AND REALLY FOCUSED HEAVILY ON
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
TRANSITION WORK, AND PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP TRAINING
OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS
SUPPORTING OUR SMALLEST
BUSINESSES. SO, I MEAN, THERE IS
IS A LOT OF SYNERGY WITH SOME OF
DEPARTMENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO
TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. FOR
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS SLIDE, WERE
WERE SOME OF THESE AREAS
PREVIOUSLY INVESTED IN WITH
GENERAL FUNDS? AND NOW, IT IS
BEING FUNDED WITH JUMPSTART?
>> YES, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT HAS
HAS ROLLED UP IN LINE ITEM
NUMBER THREE. THERE WERE SOME
THINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY
GENERAL FUNDED, AND NOW WE ARE
MOVING THEM TO PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX. ALTHOUGH, THEY ARE GOING TO
TO BE CHANGING SLIGHTLY BECAUSE,
FOLLOWING THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. AND I SEE THAT FOR THE
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE SECTION, AS
FOLKS WILL REMEMBER, LAST YEAR,
THE CHARGE TO THE PREVIOUS MAYOR
MAYOR WAS TO COME UP WITH AN
ECONOMIC RESILIENE BLUEPRINT,
IF YOU WILL. MUCH OF THAT WORK
HAS BEEN FALL INTO THIS
ADMINISTRATION. I WANT TO THANK
DIRECTOR McINTYRE FURTHER
DEPARTMENTS WORKS, AND TRYING TO
TO MAKE UP FOR SOME LOST TIME IN
IN FINALIZING THAT BLUEPRINT FOR
FOR THE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
SECTION OF JUMPSTART. THAT IS TO
TO BE INFORMED BY COMMUNITY
PARTNERS, INCLUDING LABOR AND
BUSINESS FOLKS, AS WELL AS
COMMUNITY. SO, THERE IS STILL
SOME WORK TO COME. AND I JUST
WANT TO REMIND US THAT LAST
YEAR, WE OFFERED A LOT OF
FLEXIBILITY IN THE USE OF
JUMPSTART FOR ONE-TIME USE,
BECAUSE THAT BLUEPRINT HAD NOT
BEEN FULLY FORMALIZED. I THINK
YOU ARE, BECAUSE THE BLUEPRINT
FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE JUMP,
THE JUMPSTART, THE ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE SECTION,
SPECIFICALLY, IS STILL IN
DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS A GREAT
WORK IN PROGRESS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING
ON. THERE ARE STILL, I THINK,
THERE IS A QUESTION FOR THE
COUNCIL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THIS ALIGNS WITH THE JUMPSTART
SPENDING PLAN, AS CODIFIED IN
THE STATUTE. AND ALSO GIVEN
WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE PLAN, IF IT IS
SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS
IS GOOD, AND COULD POSSIBLY
ALIGN BUT WE NEED FURTHER DETAIL
DETAIL FROM THE PLAN TO COME,
THERE IS, PERHAPS, A QUESTION
ABOUT SHORT-TERM APPLICATION. O,
APPLICATION. OR, ONE TIME
SPENDING ON SOME OF THESE AREASE
WE MIGHT SEE A LOT OF OVERLAP.
SO, I AM SEEING THE DIRECTOR NO.
DIRECTOR NOD. I JUST WANT TO
FLAG THAT THERE MIGHT BE A
HYBRID OF OPTIONS HERE. BUT, TH,
BUT, THAT, LIKE OTHER SECTIONS
OF JUMPSTART, ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE FUNDING IS ALSO
INTENDED TO BE ADDITIVE. AND TO
THE DEGREE THAT WE SEE ANYTHING
THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A
CUT IN EXISTING WORK, THAT WOULD
WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC. WE WANT TO
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HIGHER
ANTICIPATED REVENUE IS GOING TO
PREVENT ANY CUT. SO, WE WILL BE
GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT ANY
ANY OF THESE AREAS TO SEE HOW
THEY ALIGN WITH THE EXISTING
DIRECTIVE IN THE SPEND PLAN, BUT
BUT ALSO THE JUMPSTART FOR THE
GENERAL FUND, IF THAT IS
APPROPRIATE UNDER THE GUIDANCE
OF WHAT IS THE CUTS THIS YEAR.
SPECIFIC TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE
HERE, I JUST WANTED TO ASK A
QUESTION ABOUT THE MLK LABORERS
-- I DO NOT THINK I AM USING THE
THE RIGHT TERM. BUT, THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING COUNTY LABOR COUNCIL
HAVING THE JOB TRAINING SITE.
THE ONLINE JOB HALL, IF YOU WIL,
THAT THEY HAVE FUNDED IN PART
WITH CITY FUNDS IN THE PAST. DO
YOU KNOW IF ANY WORK HAS BEEN
DONE WITH MLK LABOR ON THIS
CONCEPT OF THE SEATTLE JOB
CENTER, AS OUTLINED IN NUMBER
FIVE?
>> AS YOU MENTIONED, CITY FUNDS
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MLK LABOR
LABOR ON THAT JOB HALL. AND WE
STILL WILL HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT
WILL CARRY OVER INTO NEXT YEAR
TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. AND AS WE
WE ARE EXPLORING AGAIN WHAT THE
VALUE ADDED IS GOING TO BE FOR
THE SEATTLE JOB CENTER, WE ARE
TALKING TO LOTS OF STAKEHOLDERS.
STAKEHOLDERS. AND ACTUALLY,
COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN APPRECIATE
THIS BECAUSE I SKIPPED OVER A
WHOLE CHUNK OF MY NOTES TO
EXPLAIN HOW THE WHOLE FIVE
PILLARS FROM THE FUTURE SALES
ECONOMY PROJECT, RIGHT NOW, WE
HAVE WORKGROUPS IN EACH OF THOSE
THOSE FIVE AREAS HELPED DESIGN
COMMUNITY INFORMED INVESTMENT
AGENDAS FOR FUTURE OED BUDGET
PROPOSALS. SO, ONE OF WHICH IS
THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
TALENT WORKGROUP. THEY HAVE TWO
DELIVERABLES. ONE IS THE GEOFF
DIETRICH WORKPLAN THAT I
MENTIONED AND THE OTHERS THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON SPENDING
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX DOLLARS. MLK
MLK LABOR AND A CUP OR OTHER
LABEL ORGANIZATIONS ARE SITTING
IN AS PARTICIPANTS SO THEY ARE
HELPING TO INFORM THE
OVERARCHING PIECES OF WHAT THE
SEATTLE JOB CENTER WILL BE AN
UNDERLYING COMPONENT. SO, TO
YOUR POINT, THERE IS A LOT
COOKING RIGHT NOW, A LOT ON THE
STOVE, MANY DIFFERENT POTS THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO MANAGE. BUT,
OVERALL, WE NEED TO FLOW FROM
OUR STRATEGIC GOALS AND THE
OUTLINES WE ARE TRYING TO DO AND
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDING
ADDING TO THE OUTCOMES, AND THAT
THAT THEY ARE NOT FRIVOLOUS,
ROGUE, OR ON THE SIDELINE.
>> YES. THANKS FOR THAT
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FROM BUDGET.
I THINK THE QUESTION THAT I
STILL HAVE ABOUT THE JOB CENTER
IS, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT? ARE
WE REPLACING WHAT THE CITY HAD
FUNDED WITH MLK LABOR? ARE WE
CREATING A PARALLEL STRUCTURE H?
STRUCTURE HERE? BECAUSE THE CITY
CITY FUNDING, I AM ASSUMING,
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO -- YOU KNOW,
KNOW, WE HAVE SCARCE RESOURCES.
SO, ARE WE DOING THIS INSTEAD OF
OF MLK LABOR HALL?
>> NO, IT IS NOT A DIRECT ONE
FOR ONE REPLACEMENT FOR
ANYTHING. REALLY, WE NEED TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE
IN WHERE THE CITY COULD ACTUALLY
ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME VALUE. SO,
SO, IT COULD BE AN ONLINE
RESOURCE, IT COULD BE A PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL RESOURCE. WE ARE STILL
EXPLORING WHAT EXACTLY THAT
LOOKS LIKE THAT IS GOING TO ADD
THE MOST VALUE TO THE OVERALL
SYSTEM.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, VERY MUCH,
DIRECTOR McINTYRE. I KNOW THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
PROMISED FOR A WHILE, AND I
THINK WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK
SOME MORE QUESTIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT, THOUGH, ABOUT, YOU ,
YOU KNOW, WHY WE MIGHT WANT TO
BE CREATING THIS NEW HALL WHEN
WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IN A
NEW MLK LABOR HALL. BECAUSE I AM
AM NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE VALUE
VALUE OF THAT IS, YOU SAID THERE
THERE WOULD BE VALUE ADDED. BUT
WE CAN CONTINUE TO DIG INTO THAT
THAT WITH YOU ALL. I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HAS HER
HAND UP, AND COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP ON THAT, TOO. BUT, IF
YOU DON'T MIND, I WILL GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THEN
COME BACK TO YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR McINTYRE. I AM VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING TO TRY TO ALIGN AND
UNDERSTAND THE WORK. ALTHOUGH
WORKFORCE TO THE LIMIT WORK, ALL
ALL THAT DOES CITY DOES. WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE
END PRODUCT THERE. PARTICULARLY,
PARTICULARLY, AS IT RELATES TO
UNDERSTANDING BETTER WHAT
EMPLOYER NEEDS ARE, SO THAT WE
CAN THEN MATCH -- I AM
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MATCH
THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES. SO, THANK YOU,
FOR TAKING THAT ON. YOUR FIRST
DAY ON THE JOB, I KNOW WE HAVE
HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
ABOUT WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE. I
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
DIFFERENT QUESTION ABOUT THE
SEATTLE JOB CENTER. AND I AM
JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT
THE JOB CENTER DOES THAT WORK
SOURCE DOESN'T DO. I KNOW THAT
IS A STATEWIDE PARTNERSHIP THAT
PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
TRAINING HERE IN WASHINGTON STA.
WASHINGTON STATE. WE HAVE THREE
OR FOUR CENTERS INCLUDING A
COUPLE IN SOUTH SEATTLE. SO, I
AM WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE
DIFFERENCE IS, OR IF THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE IN THE TYPE OF
SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
>> AND I THINK THIS WILL ALSO
HELP INFORM THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING. I WILL GIVE YOU THE
THE GUTS OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
GOING THROUGH TO DO THAT
ALIGNMENT WORK AND
UNDERSTANDABLE LANDSCAPE OF
WHERE THIS CITY CAN PROVIDE THE
MOST VALUE. FRANKLY, THE CITY
HAS TRIED TO GO OUT ALONE ON
WORKFORCE STUFF IN THE PAST, AND
AND IT HASN'T WORKED. IN FACT, I
I MENTIONED THAT DOING SOME OF
THAT HAS WEAKENED OUR REGIONAL
SYSTEM, AND HAS CREATED SOME
PROBLEMATIC STRUCTURES. SO,
INITIALLY, WE DID LOOK AT HOW WE
WE COULD REVAMP OR IMPROVE THE
ONLINE WORK SOURCE PORTAL, SINCE
SINCE THAT IS KIND OF OUR PREMIR
OUR PREMIER ONLINE A LABOR
EXCHANGE PORTAL. AND THAT WAS --
-- WE HAD COME UP WITH A
PROPOSAL, SHOPPED IT AROUND, WE
QUICKLY FOUND A COUPLE OF THING.
OF THINGS. ONE, IT WAS GOING TO
BE A LOT HARDER TO DO THE WORK
BECAUSE THE STATE ESP EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT
CONTROLS THAT. SO, TO DO ANY
KIND OF UPDATES, THERE WAS A
RABBIT HOLE WE HAD TO GO DOWN
THAT WE WEREN'T QUITE PREPARED
TO YET. SECOND, TALKING TO THE
PARTNERS, THEY WEREN'T SURE THAT
THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE RIGHT
RESOURCE FOR THIS TYPE OF INVES,
OF INVESTMENT, WHICH IS WHY WE
RESTRUCTURED THIS BUDGET TO BE A
A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLORATORY
ABOUT WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT
ASSETS THAT ARE OUT THERE, LIKE,
LIKE THE MLK ONLINE LABOR HALL,
AND WHERE CAN THE JOB CENTER
PROVIDE VALUE? BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT TO DUPLICATE THINGS, THAT S
REALLY NOT HELPFUL. BUT, WE
DON'T ALSO WANT TO ASSUME THAT
THE ASSETS WE HAVE IN PLAY ARE
DOING WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO.
HOW COULD WE EITHER IMPROVE
THEM, UPGRADE THEM, COMBINE
THEM? WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT
-- AND THIS IS A QUESTION WE
CAME UP EARLIER ABOUT OUTREACH.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A UNIFIED PERSPE
UNIFIED PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WE
ARE DOING WORKFORCE, AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY
CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE JOBS
THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE OR COULD
HAVE, AND PUT THEM ON CAREER
LADDERS THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE
UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND
NOT HAVE THEM ACTUALLY DOING --
LIKE, PUTTING UP A JOB BOARD AND
AND HOPING THAT SOMEBODY FINDS
IT. WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE
INTENTION AND STRUCTURE TO HOW
WE ARE DOING THAT WORK. THAT IS
HOW THE SEATTLE JOB CENTER COULD
COULD HELP US COME UP WITH A
MORE ELEGANT SOLUTION THAN WHAT
WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL. IF I MIGHT,
CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT I FORGOT
FORGOT TO ASK.
>> YES, PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> SO, SORRY, IT WAS ACTUALLY
THE ONE BEFORE THAT ABOUT
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY. CAN
YOU -- SO, I HAVE BEEN TO ONE OF
OF THE SEATTLE RESTORE
STOREFRONTS, AND IT IS VERY
EXCITING, THE WORK THAT IS
HAPPENING THERE. I WOULD LOVE TO
TO SEE IT IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL. BUT, I
WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY
IS ACTUALLY SPENT? GIVEN SOME OF
OF THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE, CAN
YOU JUST KIND OF WALK US THROUG,
US THROUGH, OTHER GRANTS FOR
THESE BUSINESSES? LIKE, HOW IS
THIS AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM WORK?
PROGRAM WORKING?
>> SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE
SEATTLE RESTORE PROGRAM?
>> JUST ABOUT THE PROGRAM IN
GENERAL.
>> I GUESS -- SO, THERE ARE
THREE PROGRAMS ENCAPSULATED IN
THE COMMERCIAL PORTABILITY LINE,
LINE ITEM, SEATTLE RESTORE, THE
TENANT IMPROVEMENT FUND, AND THE
THE TO BE RELEASED COMMUNITY
BUSINESS. SO, ARE YOU ASKING HOW
HOW EACH OF THOSE WORK? OR --
>>
>> I GUESS I'M TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T
--
>> PUBLIC FUNDS ISSUES, YES.
>> YEAH.
>> SO, THIS IS WHERE OUR OFFICE
IS TRYING TO BE CREATIVE AND
FIGURE OUT WHERE -- LIKE, MAKE E
MAKE SURE -- FOR SOME OF THE
PROGRAMS, MAKE SURE WE FIND
WHERE THERE IS PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO, MASHING THE PROJECTS THAT
HAVE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR CITY DO.
CITY DOLLARS. SOME OF THE
CREATIVITY IS HOW WE WORK WITH
OUTSIDE PARTNERS SO THAT THE
CITY CAN PROVIDE GRANTS TO COVER
COVER CERTAIN COSTS, WHEREAS
OUTSIDE PARTNERS CAN COVER OTHE.
OTHER COSTS. AND THEN ON THE TO
BE RELEASED COMMUNITY BUSINESS
OWNERSHIP FUND, BEING THOUGHTFUL
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHO IS
ABSORBING DEBT AND RISK. BUT TH,
BUT THEN, ALSO TRYING TO THINK
ABOUT WEALTH CREATION NOT JUST
AS REAL ESTATE APPRECIATION,
WHICH IS OFTEN TIMES HOW IT IS
LOOK THAT WHEN YOU ARE OWNING A
SPACE. BUT, TRYING TO ALLOW THE
BUSINESS TO BE THE WEALTH
GENERATION ENGINE. SO, FLIPPING
THAT MODEL, IT CHANGES SOME OF
THE PARAMETERS OF HOW WE GIVE
THE PUBLIC FUNDS. WE COULD
CERTAINLY TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT
ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW YOU AND I
HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TH.
ABOUT THIS. BUT THERE IS A LOT
OF ROOM FOR CREATIVITY, AND THAT
THAT IS WHAT THE OED STAFF IS
TRYING TO DO AS WE TAKE ON THIS
NEW MODEL WHERE WE ARE REALLY
TRYING TO UNLOCK THOSE OPPORTUN.
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
>> GREAT. I WOULD LOVE TO
FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON THAT,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH. COUNSELOR
COUNSELOR NELSON, PLEASE, GO AH.
GO AHEAD.
>> YOU WERE MENTIONING THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH LABOR, HOW MUCH
MUCH WAS THAT, AND WHEN DID WE
INVEST THAT?
>> I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER
TO CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE
THE QUESTION? I APOLOGIZE.
>> WELL, THIS WAS -- THIS IS IN
REFERENCE TO CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S
COMMENT THAT THE CITY HAD MADE
PAST INVESTMENTS IN A -- I'M
SORRY, WHAT WAS IT? A PORTAL? I
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
>> DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHAT
DOES A VIRTUAL JOB HALL LOOK
LIKE, FOR CONNECTING FOLKS. SO,
MLK LABOR HAS BEEN ON THE
PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY SIDE WITH
THE PARTNERSHIP ON THAT.
JASMINE, I KNOW YOU MIGHT NOT
HAVE BEEN IN CENTRAL STAFF AT
THAT TIME. BUT, THAT WASN'T LAST
LAST YEAR. I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE
THAT NUMBER, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS
GET BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY, YEAH. I WAS JUST
WONDERING, YOU KNOW, WAS IT BIG,
BIG, OR LITTLE? IT IS CLEAR THAT
THAT OED FULFILLS A DOT
CONNECTING FUNCTION, AND I THINK
THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS ARE AROUND, YOU KNOW,
OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE DOING
CERTAIN THINGS. SO, THAT IS CLEY
IS CLEARLY SOME STABILIZATION,
OR JUST A BETTER FOUNDATION FOR
UNDERSTANDING WHAT OTHER
ENTITIES ARE DOING, AND HOW WE
ARE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS WORK
WORK WE ARE LOOKING AT DOES GET.
GET AT. AND SOME OF THESE, THE
FOLLOWING PAGES, DO MENTION SOME
SOME OF THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS.
SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING
THAT AS DIRECTOR McINTYRE
CONTINUES.
>> WELL, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
LET'S CONTINUE, THEN. DIRECTOR
McINTYRE?
>> SURE, I THINK WE ARE ON SLIDE
SEVEN? THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE
THAT I AM GOING TO SKIP. WE CAN
CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT
THESE ARE -- YES, LET'S GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE GOING TO
SKIP THIS ONE, AS WELL. BUT,
THIS ROLLS UP INTO TRYING TO
RIGHTSIZING SOME OF OUR
CONTRACTS IN WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AS WE ARE DOING THE
WORK FORCE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO,
THAT IS WHY WE MADE THIS
REDUCTION AND THE INITIATIVE,
WHILE WE GO THROUGH THAT WORK.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS I
MENTIONED, ONE OF OUR PILLARS IS
IS TRYING TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. PARTICULARLY, BIPOC,
BIPOC, AND WOMEN OWNED. ONE OF
THE THINGS WE LEARNED THROUGH
THE PANDEMIC, IS HOW IMPORTANT
LANGUAGE ACCESS IS FOR
BUSINESSES. SO, AS WE ARE DOING
PROGRAM DESIGN, AS WE ARE DOING
PROGRAM LAUNCHES, AS WE ARE
DOING APPLICATIONS, WE NEED TO
DO A BETTER JOB OF HAVING A REAL
LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM.
PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD KIND OF TAKEN
TAKEN SLICES FROM THE TOP OF
PROGRAMS TO DO SOME OF THAT
COMMUNICATION. BUT, TO REALLY DT
DO THAT THE JUSTICE IT DESERVES,
DESERVES, WE WANT TO HAVE A CALL
CALL OUT AS A LINE ITEM FOR
LANGUAGE ACCESS. THAT WILL NOT
ONLY ALLOW US TO GET FURTHER
AHEAD OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND MAKE
MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THE
OUTREACH AND THE TRANSLATION,
AND INTERPRETATION THAT WE NEEDO
NEED TO TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE
BROADER ACCESS, IT WILL ALSO
ALLOW US TO FEEL MORE CREATIVE
AND FLEXIBLE WITH WORKING WITH
DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS AND
DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
CHANNELS TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE
REACHING FOLKS WHERE THEY ARE,
AND NOT ASSUMING THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO GET THE EMAIL
ANNOUNCEMENT, OR READ THE
NEWSLETTER, OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME
CREATIVE APPROACHES WITH HOW WE
ARE DOING LANGUAGE ACCESS. THIS
LINE WILL HELP US DO THAT. ITEM
NUMBER 10, IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
OF US TRYING TO LEVERAGE OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE FUNDS, WE WERE HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SMALL
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, THE
PORT OF SEATTLE, STATE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND
GREATER SEATTLE, ABOUT THIS
INITIATIVE. IT WAS REALLY TRYING
TRYING TO LOOK AT EXPORT MARKETS
MARKETS AS A WAY OF GROWING
SMALL BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, THERE
ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES WHO
PIVOTED ONLINE AND HAVE TURNED
ACCIDENTAL EXPORTS. WE HAVE
TRIED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
REALLY HELP THEM ACCESS
RESOURCES TO GROW THAT AREA OF
THEIR BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLE.
SLIDE, PLEASE. WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THIS BEFORE. IT CERTAINLY
CAME UP IN OPCD'S PRESENTATION
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE
A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO HOW
YOU WERE DOING DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD RECOVERY. THERE IS
A LOT TO WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT
NOW. LIKE, AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA
REFERENCED, WE CAN'T BE SITTING
ON DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE
DEPLOYED AND COULD MAKE A
DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW. AND THIS
NERF PROGRAM THAT WE SET UP,
THIS IS A GREAT WAY OF DOING
THAT, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO
LIFT UP COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS
PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE
DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
RECOGNIZING HOW MUCH OF AN ENGIE
AN ENGINE A DOWNTOWN
NEIGHBORHOOD IS. NOT JUST FOR
HOURS, BUT REALLY, THE REGION,
AND STATE. THEY DRIVE A LOT OF
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. ESPECIALLY
AHEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AS A
REALLY BIG REBOUND IN TOURISM,
AND TAURUS COMING TO SEATTLE. WE
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
ACTIVITY, LIFE, AND THINGS OF
INTEREST, AS WELL AS HEALTHY
BUSINESSES IN EACH OF THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEA.
SLIDE, PLEASE. THE SEATTLE
SPORTS COMMISSION, THIS IS A
SLIGHTLY UNUSUAL ONE. BUT, AHEAF
AHEAD OF THE ALL-STAR GAME
COMING NEXT JULY, AND THEN THE
FIFA WORLD CUP, COMING IN 2026,
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE HOPING TO SUPPORT OUR SALES
COMMISSION THINK ABOUT A COUPLE
OF THINGS. ONE, WHAT IS THE
NARRATIVE THAT WE ARE TELLING
OUT THERE, TO THE GLOBAL
AUDIENCE ABOUT SEATTLE?
CERTAINLY, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE
BEEN SAID ABOUT SEATTLE DURING
THE PANDEMIC. MANY OF THEM, NOT
TRUE. AND MANY OF THEM,
CERTAINLY ON A DOWNBEAT. WE NEED
NEED TO HAVE A MUCH MORE
POSITIVE NARRATIVE ABOUT WHO WE
ARE AND WHO WE WANT TO BECOME.
THESE GLOBAL EVENTS ARE A GREAT
CHANCE TO DO IT. THE SECOND
THING WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON,
IS AS WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE EYES
AND PEOPLE SHOWING UP FOR THOSE
GLOBAL EVENTS, HOW ARE WE MAKING
MAKING SURE THAT THE ECONOMIC
BENEFIT THAT COMES FROM THAT
ISN'T JUST CENTERED AROUND THE
STADIUM, BUT IS ACTUALLY SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND REALLY
THROUGHOUT THE REGION? WE ARE
GOING TO FOCUS ON THE CITY, BUT
THOSE ARE REGIONAL EVENTS. SO,
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
HAVING AN ONGOING CONVERSATION
WITH THE SALESFORCE COMMISSION
ABOUT, HOW ARE WE STAYING
OUTSIDE OF THE AREA? TRAVELING
TO SOUTH SEATTLE, TRAVELING TO
LAKE CITY, CHECKING OUT WHAT WE
HAVE TO OFFER THERE. THOSE ARE
BIG ONE-TIME EVENTS THAT COULD
GENERATE SOME SERIOUS ECONOMIC
BENEFIT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO
TO SHARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
AND NOT JUST CENTERED IN THE
STADIUM. I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON HAS HER HEAD UP CUP DO
YOU WANT ME TO PAUSE?
>> WE CAN PAUSE. WE USUALLY DO
THE FULL SLIDE. BUT, IF YOUR
QUESTION IS ON NUMBER 14,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON --
>> I AM SORRY. WE WERE ASKING
THEM AS LINE ITEMS CAME UP,
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED
BEFORE. BUT, WASN'T THERE
SOMETHING ABOUT USE IN THIS BU,
THIS BUCKET, THAT WORKED WITH
YOUTH IN SPORTS IN THE PAST?
>> FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ?
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
>> TO THE SPORTS COMMISSION?
>> WELL,
>> WELL, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF
THE BENEFITS WE ARE GOING TO
WANT TO SEE AS THESE LARGE-SCALE
SPORTING EVENTS COME, HOW THEY
ARE ENGAGING YOUTH, YOUTH
ORGANIZATIONS, AND MAKING SURE
THAT THAT IS A BIG PROMOTIONAL
PART OF THEM COMING TO TOWN. AND
AND THEN 15 WAS ONE THAT I WAS
ACTUALLY GOING TO SKIP. SO, IF
WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
>> ACTUALLY, DO YOU MIND
COVERING IT, MARK?
>> SURE. SO, WE HAVE THESE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DIFFERENT
SPORTS TEAMS AND ACADEMIA. WHAT
WHAT THIS IS, IS THIS IS A NEW
POSITION THAT WOULD BE HOUSED I,
IN OED, THAT IS PAID FOR -- SO,
THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX FUND. THIS WOULD BE,
BE, I THINK, A GENERAL FUND
EXPENSE, WHERE IN THE NEGOTIATED
NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WITH THE
DIFFERENT SPORTS TEAMS, PART OF
THAT WOULD PAY FOR THIS POSITION
POSITION EXISTING. AND THEIR
ROLE IS TO BE SURE THAT THE CITY
CITY IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT,
COLLECTIVELY, NOT JUST AN
INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT THAT IS
NEGOTIATED WITH THE TEAM, SO,
COLLECTIVELY, WHAT IS THE
BENEFIT TO THE CITY, AND HOW WE
ARE DOING THOSE IN A SMART,
THOUGHTFUL, AND STRATEGIC WAY?
>> OKAY, THANKS. COULD WE GET
SOME CLARIFICATION HERE ON THE
FUND SOURCE? IT SAYS PAYROLL
SOURCE TAX. DIRECTOR DINGLEY?
>>
>> DIRECTOR McINTYRE IS CORRECT,
CORRECT, THIS IS A TYPO ON THE
SLIDE, JUST PROVIDING THE
AUTHORITY FOR THE OED. THE
POSITION WILL BE PAID FOR, VIA
THE CONTRACTS, AS THE DIRECTOR .
DIRECTOR DESCRIBED.
>> SO, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR
SPEND AUTHORITY?
>> CORRECT.
>> AND DOES ANYBODY AT THE CITY
CURRENTLY DO THIS WORK?
>> WE HAVE A CONTRACT A PERSON
THAT HAS BEEN DOING THAT WORK T,
TO DATE, AND THERE IS AN OVERLA,
OVERLAP THERE, FOR THIS
PERMANENT PERSON AND THE GO-AHE.
THE GO-AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH. SO, THE
CONTRACT A PERSON MIGHT PERFORM
A HANDOFF TO THIS NEW PERSON
COMING IN, FUNDED BY THE
FACILITIES OR THE VENUES. IS
THERE A NEW BODY OF WORK THAT
THIS ENTITY OR PERSON WOULD BE
DOING THEN? WHAT ARE THEY DOING,
DOING, IN TERMS OF ENHANCEMENTS?
>> YES, FIRST OF ALL, GREAT
SPORTS METAPHOR. I APPRECIATE
THAT. SECOND, THAT IS A LITTLE
BIT TBD. WE HAVE HAD THIS
CONTRACTOR IN A POSITION THAT
HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH A
COUPLE OF THE TEAMS. YOU CAN
IMAGINE, WE TRY TO SPACE IT OUT
SO THAT ALL OF THE CONTRACTS HIT
HIT AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME TO
GIVE THIS PERSON ONGOING WORK.
AND THEN WITH A FULLY FUNDED,
FULL-TIME POSITION, I GUESS I
WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE
CONTRACTED POSITION HAS BEEN
LIVING AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
NOT AT OED UP TO THIS POINT. SO,
SO, AS WE BRING ON A FULL-TIME ,
FULL-TIME PERSON, SO THEY ARE
SEEING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO
SUPPORT OUR SPECIAL EVENTS OR OR
OR OTHER KIND OF WORK THAT IS
RELATED TO THE STADIUM,
INCLUDING THE ALL-STAR GAME AND
FIFA STUFF. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IL
IT WILL END THOSE CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> SORRY, JUST BEFORE MOVE ON,
IS THAT A HAND FOR THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE?
>> ACTUALLY, A HAND FOR A COUPLE
COUPLE SLIDES BACK THAT I
MISSED, BUT I AM HAPPY TO WAIT,
NOT TO DISRUPT THE FLOW, IF YOU
WERE TO PUT ME IN A QUEUE, MAYB.
QUEUE, MYBE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
>> THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. SO, WE
WE CAN GO BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS.
THIS. THIS IS WHAT I TALKED
ABOUT AT THE HEAD. WE NEED TO
HAVE A MORE BUILD OUT
INFRASTRUCTURE AT OED. SO, THAT
IS WHAT A LOT OF THIS IS
DESCRIBING, IN TERMS OF NEW
FTES, ADMINISTERING THOSE NEW
DOLLARS. PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE HAD
HAD TEMPORARY FOLKS WE FEEL LIKE
LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT
SIZE. WE HAVE CHECKED WITH OTHER
OTHER SMALLER DEPARTMENTS, AND I
I AM LOOKING AT THEIR
CONTRACTING TEAMS. SO, WE HAVE
GATHERED A COUPLE PIECES OF DATA
DATA TO MAKE THE PROPOSAL FOR
THIS NUMBER. AND I WILL JUST
ALSO MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE WE
HAVE HAD SO MANY CONTRACTS SO WE
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS RUNNING A HIGH
NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, WHICH IS
REALLY NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST
USE OF THEIR TIME AND TALENT.
PART OF THIS IS FREEING UP THEIY
THEIR ABILITY TO DO THE SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERT WORK THAT WE
REALLY NEED THEM TO DO, AND PART
PART OF IT IS JUST MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE A REAL CRACKERJACK
TEAM BEHIND US, MAKING SURE THAT
THAT WE ARE HAVING THOSE
CONTRACTS AS QUICKLY AND
EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. WITH
THAT, I THINK THAT IS MY LAST
SLIDE, AND I AM HAPPY TO STAND
FOR QUESTIONS.
>> SORRY, I AM A LITTLE BIT SLOW
SLOW ON THE DRAW TODAY WITH MY
TIMING. I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, ABT
QUESTIONS, ABOUT THE SLIDE, AND
THEN I SORT OF HAVE A THIRD MORE
MORE GENERAL QUESTION THAT IS
NOT COVERED BY ANY OF THE
SLIDES. COULD WE GO BACK TO
SLIDE SEVEN? THE DESCRIPTION OF
AFFORDABLE SEATTLE DESCRIBES THL
THE PORTAL THAT WORKS TO CONNECT
CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE
STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY WITH ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT SOURCES AND
PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY MAKES
AVAILABLE TO THEM. I UNDERSTAND
IT TO EMPHASIZE THINGS LIKE FOO,
FOOD SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, HELP
ACCESSING REDUCED OR FREE
TRANSPORTATION, THOSE SUBSIDIES,
SUBSIDIES, AND UTILITY DISCOUNT.
DISCOUNT PROGRAMS. WHAT IS THE
CONNECTION TO JOBSEEKING HERE?
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
IT IS BEING HOSTED IN OED,
RATHER THAN, FOR INSTANCE, THE
HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENTS? GIVEN
GIVEN THAT SOME OF THESE
PROGRAMS, NOT ALL OF THEM, ARE
HUMAN SERVICES RELATED -- I'M
JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT
A LITTLE BIT.
>> SURE.
>> AND MY SECOND QUESTION, ON A
SPECIFIC SLIDE, IS ABOUT THE
MOBILITY STUDY, AND WANTED TO
UNDERSTAND -- YOU KNOW, OBVIOUS,
KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A
MOBILITY STUDY FOCUSED ON
TRANSPORTATION MOODS. NOT QUITEG
QUITE UNDERSTANDING WHY THIS IS
POSED TO BE HOUSED IN OED,
RATHER THAN SDOT.
>> SURE. SO, JUST TO CLARIFY,
FIRST, AFFORDABLE SEATTLE IS NOT
NOT SITTING IN OED, IT IS COMING
COMING FROM OED'S BUDGET, BUT IT
IT IS -- THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY
SITS IN THE PROGRAM OF
INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE, AND
IS EXPANDING THOSE ADDITIONAL
FTES, THAT WOULD ALSO SIT OVER
IN INNOVATION PERFORMANCE. THE
REASON WHY IT RELATES TO
WORKFORCE IS OVERALL, IT IS A
POVERTY ALLEVIATION PLAY, AND
THE THINKING IS THAT AS WE FREE
UP SOME OF THOSE, THE TIME AND
MONEY THAT IS GOING INTO SOME OF
OF THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT YOU
REFERENCED, THAT THE CITY COULD
OFFER RELIEF ON, THAT IS GOING
TO FREE THEM UP TO SPEND MORE
TIME ON WORKFORCE, POTENTIALLY
FINDING A NEW JOB, POTENTIALLY
GETTING ON A CAREER PATH,
GETTING NEW TRAINING, GETTING
SOME SORT OF NEW SKILL. SO, IT
IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ALLOW THEM
TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN THE
THE ECONOMY, AS WORKERS. AND
THEN ON THE DOWNTOWN -- DID YOU
WANT ME TO PAUSE THERE? OR, DID
YOU HAVE --
>> I AM STILL -- THIS IS PART OF
OF THE OED BUDGET. SO, I AM --
YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE
POSITIONS IS NOT IN OED'S
BUDGET, THE FUNDING IS NOT IN
OED'S BUDGET, IT IS IN THE
BUDGET OFFICE, IS THAT -- AM I
RESTATING WHAT YOU SAID CORRECT?
SAID CORRECTLY?
>> IT IS AN OFFICE OF INNOVATION
INNOVATION PERFORMANCE.
>> I'M SORRY, IS THAT NOT A
BUDGET OFFICE?
>> IT IS, YES. I WILL LET JULIE
--
>> YES, SO, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
ALY PENNUCI, AS WELL. GO AHEAD,
AHEAD, DEPUTY -- GO AHEAD, I'M ,
I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR
DINGLEY.
>> YOU ARE DOING GREAT. YOU CAN
CAN ALSO JUST CALL ME JULIE IF
THAT MAKES YOUR LIFE EASIER. SO,
SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
STAFF WITHIN OED, THEY ARE GOING
GOING TO BE WORKING DIRECTLY
WITH THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE
ADOPTION OF CITY FOR HIM, AND
MULTIPLE PROGRAMS THROUGH
INCREASED AWARENESS, THROUGH
MARKETING, AND ALSO TRAINING,
THE CBO'S USED FOR THE FORM.
THERE IS A DIRECT LOGIN FOR
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENTER
ENTER IN DATA WITH THE
PERMISSION OF THE CLIENT, AND
THAT IS OFTEN HOW A RESIDENT
ACCESS AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM IS.
AND THEN THEY CAN PROVIDE
DIRECT FEEDBACK AND IMPROVE
THEIR PRODUCT IN THE PROGRAM. I
DON'T THINK IT WOULD BREAK
ANYTHING, NECESSARILY, IF IT
WOULD CHANGE DEPARTMENTS. IT
WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT SET OF
EXPERTISE FOR THE COHORT THAT
THE GROUP WOULD SIT WITHIN, AND
WE WOULD HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
WHAT THOSE IMPACTS WOULD BE. SO,
SO, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF
MY HEAD WHAT THAT CHANGE WOULD
BE. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, TO
YOUR QUESTION, IN PARTICULAR, IF
IF IT WERE TO LIVE THERE. BUT,.
BUT, YES. THE POSITIONS ARE PART
PART OF THE OVERALL TEAM. THEY
ARE REPORTING TO THE INNOVATIONS
INNOVATIONS REPORTING TEAM.
>> OKAY, LET'S HEAR FROM DEPUTYR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCI.
>>
>> I JUST THINK THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL ISSUE THAT IS RAISED,
AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET SOME
SOME CLARITY. BECAUSE THERE IS O
IS ALSO FUNDING FOR THE BUDGET.
SO, I THINK WE NEED TO GET OUR
HEADS AROUND HOW MUCH AND MANY
POSITIONS ARE BEING ADDED FOR
THIS WORK, BECAUSE THIS IS A BIT
BIT OF A DIFFERENT FRAMING THAN
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE
PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE
HAD. OR, EXCUSE ME, FROM AN
EXPORTABLE STANDPOINT.
>> AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO
PROVIDE A MORE HOLISTIC LOOK,
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSG
WERE DISCUSSING AROUND THIS
CONVERSATION. TO HAVE A SORT OF
ALL-AROUND ONE TEACHER, IF YOU
WILL, OF ALL OF THE IMPORTANT
PARTS. ONE PIECE I FORGOT WAS
THE LANGUAGE ACCESS, WHICH IS
SUCH A HUGE PIECE OF WORK HERE,
IN OED, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THAT, AS WELL. BUT, YEAH.
WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH
WITH MORE CLARITY.
>> AND THEN ON THE DOWNTOWN
MOBILITY PIECE, OED HAS BEEN
COORDINATING THE DOWNTOWN REVITN
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION FOR THE
OFFICES IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND AS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW
HOW TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN MOBI,
DOWNTOWN MOBILITY, AND HOW THAT
WILL MIX WITH THE WORK WE ARE D,
ARE DOING, MIXING WITH SEATTLE
RESTORED. THAT MAKES A LOT OF
SENSE TO HAVE THOSE FIT TOGETHE.
FIT TOGETHER. WITH THAT SAID,
OED IS GOING TO BE WORKING VERY
CLOSELY WITH SDOT, AND OTHER
DEPARTMENTS AS WE CONDUCT THAT
MOBILITY STUDY. AND REALLY, WE
ARE NOT TRYING TO HAVE IT BE AN
OED THING, WE ARE JUST
QUARTERBACKING IT AND LEADING IT
IT BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO
REVITALIZATION IN DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
>> COUNCILMEBER HERBOLD, DO YOU
YOU HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ON THAT?
>> WELL, I -- I WILL KEEP THEM
TO MYSELF RIGHT NOW. I DID HAVE
ONE QUESTION THAT IS NOT COVERED
COVERED BY ANY OF THE SLIDES, IF
IF I COULD. YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR,
YOU ARE WORKING ON DEVELOPING A
CREATIVE COMMUNITIES FRAMEWORK.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE .
THE PAST. I FULLY UNDERSTAND
THIS IS NOT -- AND I KNOW THIS
IS NOT SUBMITTED YET. BUT, I AM
INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW THIS T
THIS BUDGET SUPPORTS THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY. THIS COULD BE
A DIFFICULT QUESTION, GIVEN THAI
THAT I -- IN A BEST CASE
SCENARIO, FRAMEWORK FOR A
CREATIVE ECONOMY WOULD INFORM
THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WE
WE ARE ALREADY IN A POSITION
WHERE WE ARE GETTING NEXT YEAR
AND 2024'S PROPOSED BUDGET
FIRST. SO, I AM WONDERING NOW
WHAT THINKING HAS GONE INTO THE
BUDGET SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT
THE CREATIVE ECONOMY?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. A
LOT OF WHAT YOU SAW EARLIER,
UNCOMMERCIAL PORTABILITY AND
SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES,
THAT DOES EXTEND INTO CREATIVE
ECONOMY BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS
INTO THE WORKFORCE PLAYS THAT WE
WE HAVE MADE EXTEND INTO THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY. BUT LIKE YOU
SAID, WE ARE STILL ORGANIZING
OURSELVES, AND DEVELOPING OUR F.
OUR FRAMEWORK. THAT DOESN'T MEAN
MEAN THAT THE WORK TO SUPPORT
THOSE INDUSTRIES OR THOSE
WORKERS SLOWS DOWN. AND I HOPE U
CAN SEE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE
DONE IN COOPERATION OF
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ALONG THE
FILM COMMISSION, AS AN EXAMPLE
OF WORK THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW TO HELP SUPPORT CREATIVE IN.
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. SO, WE
STILL HAVE STAFF THAT ARE
DEDICATED TO IT, AND WE ARE
STILL FIGURING OUT THE
FRAMEWORK. BUT, AS YOU SAID, OUR
OUR INVESTMENTS HAVE TO FLOW
FROM STRATEGY, AND WE ARE STILL
WORKING ON THAT. HOWEVER, I DO
THINK THERE ARE MORE BUCKETS ON
HERE THAT ARE GOING TO DIRECTLY
ADDRESS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS
THAT HAVE SHOWN UP FOR BOTH
BUSINESSES AND WORKERS IN THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY.
>> YOU KNOW, AND THE DIFFERENCE
HERE FROM WHAT I ENVISION IS
THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A SECTOR FOCD
SECTOR FOCUSED STRATEGY, IT IS
LESS ABOUT, OH, THESE PROGRAMS
WILL SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. BUT, NO, WE
WE HAVE SPECIFIC EFFORTS AROUND
OUR TOP ECONOMIC SECTORS THAT
ARE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED TO
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF WORKERS AND
AND EMPLOYERS IN THAT SECTOR.
SO, JUST LOOKING TO MORE
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ABOUT
THAT.
>> GREAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
GO AHEAD.
>> DIDN'T YOU SEND OVER A
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR CREATIVE
ECONOMY PLANNERS? THAT
FORTHCOMING -- BECAUSE THERE IS
A REVIVAL OF THAT? WHILE WE ARE
ON THE TOPIC, COULD YOU TELL US
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UPDATE ON
ON THAT?
>> SURE, IT IS STILL IN DEVELOP.
IN DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE GOING
THROUGH SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANTL
CHANGES, AND THAT IS GOING TO
DRIVE A LOT OF OUR DECISIONS
AROUND THE FRAMEWORK. WE ARE
ALSO IN TALKS WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ABOUT THE APPROACH. SO,
IT IS IN DEVELOPMENT. AND I
DON'T THINK IT CHANGES, FROM
WHAT I HAVE SAID, TO BOTH YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IN
COMMITTEE WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE
A STRATEGY WHERE WE ARE
SUPPORTING BUSINESSES WITHIN THE
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES. BUT
THEN ALSO SUPPORTING THE WORKERS
WORKERS IN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY,
ECONOMY, WHICH BLEEDS FAR
BEYOND THE SPECIAL EVENTS, FILM,
FILM, MUSIC, NIGHTLIFE,
BUSINESSES. SO, THAT IS HOW WE
ARE APPROACHING THIS WORK. BUT,
WE ARE STILL FINE-TUNING SOME OF
OF THE DETAILS.
>> THANKS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL
ALL RIGHT. I KNOW, DIRECTOR McI,
DIRECTOR McINTYRE, YOU SKIPPED
OVER SOME OF THE SLIDES, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT. IN THE INTEREST
INTEREST OF TIME, I KNOW WE HAVE
ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS TO STICK
TO ABOUT 20 MINUTES. WE WENT A
LITTLE BIT LONG ON THIS, BUT
THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO GO
THROUGH SOME OF THOSE. IF FOLKS
HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE
ITEMS THAT WERE SKIPPED OVER,
YOUCAN LET US KNOW RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS ALSO A SUMMARY UNDER
EACH ONE OF THESE SLIDES, AND WE
WE CAN ASK THE CENTRAL STAFF, AS
AS WELL, FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMA.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OKAY. I
AM SEEING CENTRAL STAFF NODDING.
NODDING. I DO THINK THAT WE ARE
AT A GOOD POINT TO BREAK. BEFORE
BEFORE GOING INTO CENTRAL STAFF
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION. THAT MEANS
MEANS THAT WE WOULD CARRY THIS
ITEM OVER UNTIL AFTER RECESS,
AND WE WOULD JUMP BACK IN WITH
THE CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION
ON ISSUE I.D. SO, I WANT TO MAKE
MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE GO INTO
INTO RECESS TODAY, EVERYBODY HAD
HAD THE CHANCE TO GET THE
QUESTIONS OUT FOR THE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE
BE WITH US WHEN WE COME BACK.
BUT, I THINK DIRECTOR DINGLEY
WILL PROBABLY BE ADDING
TECHNICAL ANSWERS OR
CLARIFICATION IN THAT COMPONENT.
COMPONENT. SO, PLEASE, IF YOU
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK US NOW. D
THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IN CASE SHE
SHE HAD ANY OTHER THOUGHTS AS
WE CLOSE OUT THE DEPARTMENT
COMPONENT ON THIS ONE. ALL
RIGHT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO
TO THE DEPARTMENT. IT IS GREAT
TO SEE YOU, DIRECTOR McINTYRE,
IN THIS ROLE. AND AS CHAIR
NELSON NOTED, OVER THIS
DEPARTMENT, IT IS HELPFUL TO BE
REMINDED OF THE CHANGES THAT
HAVE GONE ON IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. YOU ALL BEING ON THE
THE FRONT LINE, WE THINK ABOUT
INVESTMENTS IN A MORE EQUITABLE
ECONOMY, AND IN OUR EFFORTS TO
COME OUT OF COVID ON THE OTHER ,
OTHER SIDE, IN A MORE JUST
PLACE. SO, THANK YOU, FOR THE
WORK THAT OED DOES. THANK YOU,
AS WELL, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE WITH OUR TEAM ON THE
JUMPSTART ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
PLANNING, AND BLUEPRINTS THAT
ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED. I
KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS, SPECIFICALLY,
ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE
PROPOSED INVESTMENTS, AND HOW
THEY DO OR DO NOT ALIGN WITH
SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT
OUTLINED IN THE STAFF SHEET
REGARDING THE SPENDING PLAN. I
AM A BROKEN RECORD AT THIS
POINT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST
WANTED TO FLAG THAT WE WILL HAVE
HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE
GOING FORWARD. AND THAT IS NOT
THE QUESTION THE VALUE TO SOME
OF THESE INVESTMENTS. BUT,
REALLY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT. ALL RIGHT.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD,
BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE TO OUR
DEPARTMENT FRIENDS?
>> NOPE. THANK YOU, ALL.
>> GREAT JOB.
>> NICE, THANK YOU. WITH THAT,
THANKS, AGAIN, FOR EVERYBODY
BEING HERE. WE WILL COME BACK
WITH ISSUE IDENTIFICATION, WE
APOLOGIZE TO THE DISRUPTION. BU,
DISRUPTION. BUT, WE WILL SEE ALL
ALL OF YOU, AS WELL. SO, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
RECESS UNTIL 2:00 P.M. I AM
HEARING NO OBJECTION. THE
MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS UNTIL
2:00 P.M. HAVE A GREAT LUNCH,
EVERYONE.
>> THANKS, SO MUCH.