>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY,
THE DAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
AND THE TIME IS 2:00 P.M., I AM
CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE AND AM
JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW IS ON HER WAY, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
LET'S MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
LET'S GO TO THE CHAIR REPORT,
WE HAVE ONE APPOINTMENT, ONE
PRESENTATION AND TWO ORDINANCES
FOR REVIEW WE WILL BE JOINED BY
THE APPLICANT JAY REICH FOR
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
I AM GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
SECOND THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN WILL
LEAVE THE LIBRARY 2018 RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
REPORT, I UNDERSTAND IT IS A 19
PAGE POWERPOINT SO WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THIRD SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION WILL PRESENT THE
ORDINANCE MAINTAINING
UNDERGROUND OVERFLOW PIPELINE
AND CHANNEL FOR THE KING COUNTY
RESERVOIR WITHIN DISCOVERY PARK.
THIS IS A TECHNICAL BUT
SIGNIFICANT BILL SO WE WILL
HEAR MORE ON THIS MEASURE
SERVING US AND OUR WATER SUPPLY
IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY
SHUTDOWN, LASTLY WHAT I'M
EXCITED ABOUT, SEATTLE PARKS
WILL BRIEF US ON THE ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION FOR
OPEN SPACE PARK AND RECREATION
PURPOSES THE PROPERTY LOCATED
ON 125th STREET IN DISTRICT 5,
I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS
ACQUISITION EXTENDING THE GOALS
OF THE THORNTON CREEK MASTER
PLAN DEVELOPED BY SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
THIS IS THE NORTH FORK OF
THORNTON CREEK A WATERSHED JEWEL
I HAVE BEEN DRIVING BY THE
PROPERTY OVER 30 YEARS AND HAVE
A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK AND I
WILL HOLD SOME OF THOSE THAT I
DO WANT TO DEN THE THORNTON
CREEK ALLIANCE, KING COUNTY
COUNCIL AND THE 46 STATE
LEGISLATIVE ILLUSTRATION
LEGISLATION.
MOVING FORWARD WITH SEATTLE
PARKS AND REC THEY HAVE
PARTNERED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS
IN THE THORNTON CREEK WATERSHED
INCLUDING THE SOUTH FORK AS
PART OF THE EFFORT TO PROTECT
AND ENHANCE WATER QUALITY AND
ASSOCIATED NATURAL RESOURCE
VALUES IN THE WATERSHED AND FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THIS REPRESENTS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECONNECT THE
FLOODPLAIN ALONG THIS SECTION
OF THORNTON CREEK TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SALMON HABITAT,
INCREASE BLOOD RETENTION FOR
THE WATERSHED, MY UNDERSTANDING
IS ALMOST 1 ACRE AND WE ARE
BUYING IT FOR A LITTLE OVER 1
MILLION.
SO WHAT THAT WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE.
THANK YOU, LET'S MOVE TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> LET ME SAY WE HAVE HOW MANY
PEOPLE?
ONE PERSON.
IT IS BARBARA.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME
FOR THE RECORD AND THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS BARBARA AND I
WOULD LIKE TO THE KNOWLEDGE WE
ARE IN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF
THE FIRST PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 5 AND
BROADVIEW IS MY BRANCH OF THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
OCCASIONALLY I DO FALL ASLEEP
WHILE READING THE BOOK THERE.
THE RULES OF CONDUCT WHICH WERE
LAST REVIEWED IN 2013 SAY IS A
VIOLATION LYING DOWN OR
APPEARING TO BE SLEEPING IN THE
LIBRARY.
BUT THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF
APPEALS RULED IN APRIL 2019,
LYING DOWN TO SLEEP IS SO
FUNDAMENTAL AND LIFE-SUSTAINING
THAT CITIES CANNOT BAR PEOPLE
FROM DOING IT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
UNLESS THEY ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE
PROVIDED INDOORS FOR PEOPLE TO
GO.
A 27-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN HAS
ADDRESSED THE UNION GOSPEL
MISSION WAS ARRESTED AT THE
GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY ON
MARCH 9, 2019.
BY SPD.
A FRIEND OF MINE WITNESSED THE
ARREST AND SPOKE TO A LIBRARIAN
WHO SAID IT STARTED BECAUSE HE
WAS SLEEPING.
SPL SECURITY WAS CALLED, THINGS
ESCALATED, SPD WAS CALLED AND
THE MAN WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN
TO JAIL.
IT IS TIME FOR THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY TO REVISE THE SPL
RULES OF CONDUCT TO BE A MORAL
DOCUMENT IN LINE WITH THE NINTH
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS RULING
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU BARBARA, WE WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BOISE
CASE.
OKAY.
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND I
WILL FOLLOW-UP.
WE HEARD WHAT YOU SHARED WITH
US TODAY SO I PROMISE WE WILL
FOLLOW-UP.
WE WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
OKAY WE ARE DONE?
AT THIS POINT I WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL MOVE
TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
IF I CAN HAVE THE FOLKS UP HERE
REGARDING JAY REICH AND OUR
APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP?
>> ITEM NUMBER ONE APPOINTMENT
01377 REAPPOINTMENT OF JAY
REICH AS MEMBER SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR A
TERM TO APRIL 1 TO APRIL 1,
2024.
>> SO DO YOU GUYS WANT TO STATE
YOUR NAMES AND THEN WE HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS.
>> SURE, I AM MARCELLUS TURNER
YOUR CHIEF LIBRARIAN.
>> JAY REICH CURRENTLY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE
LIBRARY BOARD.
>> WE ARE HERE BECAUSE IT IS
TIME FOR JAY'S REAPPOINTMENT,
JAY HAS SERVED OUT ONE OF THE
TERMS OF APPOINTMENT, THEY HAVE
TWO-YEAR TERMS AND HAVE SERVED
ADMIRABLY AS A NUMBER AND
STEPPING IMMEDIATELY INTO THE
ROLE OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
OF TRUSTEES. I THINK THAT HIS
RECORD STANDS FOR ITSELF, VERY
DILIGENT IN LEADING THE
ORGANIZATION WITH THE FULL
SUPPORT AND COMPLEMENT OF THE
OTHER MEMBERS THE OTHER THREE
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SO WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE WORK
HE IS DOING AND HAS SHOWN A
GOOD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
LIBRARY SO HE IS HERE.
>> JD WANT TO GIVE US SOME
WORDS?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.
I AM HONORED BY THE PROPOSED
REAPPOINTMENT.
IT IS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE
THAT I AM SORT OF FULLY
COMMITTED TO THE NOTION OF THE
LIBRARY OF CIVIC CULTURE THAT
IS THE TERM THAT I USED, A BIT
OF A FLIGHT OF RHETORIC BUT I
USED THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
LEVY RENEWAL BECAUSE IT SEEMS
TO ME GIVEN EVERYTHING THE
LIBRARY DOES AS A FREE AND OPEN
SPACE FOR ALL CITIZENS
REGARDLESS OF AGE OR BACKGROUND
OR ETHNICITY OR INCOME, THE
FREE SPACE SEEMS TO BE
FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY
AND WHAT WE THINK OF OURSELVES
AND THE PRIDE WE TAKE AS A CITY
AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THE
LIBRARY AND AM HONORED TO SERVE
IN THIS CAPACITY AND ANYWAY I
POSSIBLY CAN.
>> I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS BUT
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU JAY I
HAVE KNOWN YOU SINCE 1987.
YOU WORKED AS AN ATTORNEY FOR
METRO AND WE MET AFTER YOU WERE
A WHITE HOUSE FELLOW.
YOUR REPUTATION IS STELLAR, THE
FACT THAT YOU WANT TO DO THIS
IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND I AM
GRATEFUL THAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU MARSALIS FOR THE WORK
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
DEMOCRACY UNIVERSITY?
>> YES.
PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY.
>> I USE THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
REGULARLY AND I APPRECIATE ALL
OF THE CHANGES YOU ARE MAKING
AND GODSPEED IN YOUR LEADERSHIP.
SO OKAY.
I WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS
FIRST OF ALL JAY HAS BEEN A
PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU SINCE
I GOT THIS COMMITTEE 3 1/2
YEARS AGO AND ALL YOUR HARD
WORK ON THE LEVY.
THE RE-IMAGINATION OF THE
LIBRARY.
HOW WE HAVE GONE ABOUT
ADDRESSING WHAT ISSUES, HOW
LIBRARIES NEED TO CHANGE IN THE
SERVICES THE LIBRARY SHOULD
PROVIDE.
I DID NOT KNOW THIS FROM
LOOKING AT THE CONFIRMATION
PACKET BUT WE HAVE THE SAME
BOSS GOVERNOR LOCKE I DID NOT
KNOW YOU WERE HIS DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF WHEN HE LEFT THE
OFFICE AND WENT TO DC TO BE
HEAD OF COMMERCE.
SO WE MAY HAVE CROSSED PATHS.>>
IT WAS A WONDERFUL JOB AND A
GREAT EXPERIENCE, THE ISSUES
THAT COME TO THAT LEVEL ARE
RATHER DICEY.>> YES I LEARNED A
LOT.
IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH
HIM.
SO WITH THAT I THINK IF THERE
IS NOTHING ELSE WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE.
SO THIS IS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF
JAY REICH.
WE READ THIS INTO THE RECORD.
I'M OF THE COMMITTEE PASS
APPOINTMENT 01377.
MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
I. CONFIRMATION MOVING FORWARD
TO FULL COUNCIL MONDAY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND
ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THE LEVY.
I THINK YOU NEED TO STAY.
SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN.
YOU HAVE TO STAY.
>> WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE COMING UP
TO JOIN.>> IT IS MY MEETING,
HOLD ON.>> I KNOW I'M SORRY.
>> I KNOW YOU WANT TO BE IN
CHARGE BUT LET'S READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO GENETIC INTO THE
RECORD AND THEN WE WILL GET
STARTED ON THE FUN STUFF.
>> 2018 LIBRARY RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE REPORT
PLEASE DISREGARD THE FIVE-
MINUTE TIME MARK YOU HAVE 25
MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE WILL CERTAINLY MOVE FAST.
I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO
JOIN ME, HELEN TAPPING AND AS
THEY APPROACHED THE TABLE I
WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE LIBRARY
IS REVIEWING RULES OF CONDUCT
STARTING SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO FOR THE PATRON WHO WAS
INTERESTED IN THAT WE ARE DOING
A RULES OF CONDUCT REVIEW
STARTING SEPTEMBER OF THIS
YEAR.>> CAN YOU BOTH INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AGAIN FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON I AM THE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF
COLLECTIONS AND ACCESS.
AND PAST CHAIR OF THE CHANGE
TEAM AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY.
>> I AM HELEN TAPPING THE
HEAD OF MARKETING AND ONLINE
SERVICES IN THE CURRENT
COSPONSOR OF THE TEAM.
>> OKAY GREAT.
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESENTATION ON THE REPORT FOR
A WHILE SO WE ARE EXCITED TO GO
THROUGH YOUR REPORT TODAY.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE
AND TALK ABOUT THE WORK
OCCURRING AT THE LIBRARY TO
ADDRESS RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
I AM HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY JAY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD
BECAUSE HE CAN REPRESENT THE
INTEREST OF THE BOARD AND I
WILL GIVE HIM SOME TIME TO
SPEAK FIRST.>> THANK YOU I AM
HERE REPRESENTING THE BOARD TO
DEMONSTRATE THE BOARD'S
COMMITMENT TO RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE EQUITY.
I CAN SAY WITH CONVICTION THAT
THAT COMMITMENT IS DEEPLY
STITCHED INTO THE FABRIC OF THE
LIBRARY CULTURE.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE
ACTIONS AND THE OUTCOMES THAT
WE HAVE PURSUED AND THE HARD
WORK WE ARE DOING.
THOSE OF YOU INVOLVED IN RECENT
SOCIAL JUSTICE EQUITY
UNDERSTAND IT IS DIFFICULT AND
OFTEN UNCOMFORTABLE WORK BUT I
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NOTION THAT
UNLESS IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE
YOU'RE NOT DOING THE WORK.
WE HAVE ENGAGED, AS A BOARD
ITSELF WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND
PRONOUNCED A POLICY TO NOT ONLY
DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP IN THE
ISSUE FOR THE INSTITUTION BUT
ALSO TO DEMONSTRATE A
COMMITMENT TO ITS
IMPLEMENTATION.
AMONG OTHER THINGS IT
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE POLICY IS
NOT JUST A FEEL-GOOD THING BUT
IS ROOTED IN THE UNFORTUNATE
AND TRAGIC HISTORY OF
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND HAS TO
BE UNDERSTOOD IN THAT BACKDROP
AND IT COMMITS WORK IN THE
EFFORT AND THE RESOURCES THAT
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE
PROGRESS TO THAT.
I WOULD SAY IT IS AN ELUSIVE
GOAL REQUIRING WORK EVERY DAY
AND EVERY YEAR SO IT'S TOTALLY
APPROPRIATE TO HAVE AN ANNUAL
REPORT ON THE PROGRESS WE HAVE
MADE.
I TURN IT OVER TO THE STAFF TO
GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THAT
PROGRESS.>> THANK YOU JAY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY
OF THIS SO I WILL WALK YOU
THROUGH THIS.
VERY SELF-EXPLANATORY BUT I
WILL ADD THE TIDBITS AND
HIGHLIGHTS.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME THE
WORK WE TOOK OVER IN 2018 AS
JAY MENTIONED WE HAD A BOARD
APPROVED RSJI POLICY.
WE ARE PART OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE WE CREATED
A LIBRARY LINK LIBRARY CARD
WHICH IS AN ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
CARD THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO
ALL GRADES SIX THROUGH 12 AND
WE ARE PROUD TO SAY WE ARE IN
EVERY JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH
SCHOOL IN THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE WORKED TO ADJUST
DIGITAL EQUITY AND OUTREACH
PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY
ADDING SPL HOTSPOTS AT
PERMITTED VILLAGES.
MAKING NEW AND ACCESSIBLE
COMMUNITY INFORMED WEBSITES AND
REHAB PROGRAM SERVICES TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE BEING EQUITABLE IN
OUR WORK AND WE HAVE HAD GREAT
PROGRAMS THIS PAST YEAR TO
HIGHLIGHT THE WORK WITH OUR
PRIORITIZED POPULATIONS
INCLUDING LEGENDARY CHILDREN
BEYOND THE FRAME, INDIGENOUS
RESIDENTS, YOUTH INCARCERATION
AND CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND
MORE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE
PROGRAMMATIC THINGS WE HAVE
DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR.
WITH REGARD TO THE LIBRARY
APPROACH TO WORK THE SENIOR
MANAGEMENT TEAM AND LEADERSHIP
TEAMS COMBINED TO IDENTIFY
SEVERAL GOALS WE WANTED TO MAKE
AS A PRIORITY, THE FIRST TO
ALWAYS LEAD WITH RACE BUT IN
TERMS OF MEETING WITH RACE IT
REQUIRES US TO DO ACTIVE
ENGAGEMENTS, ONE OF THEM IS
THAT WE WOULD BE OPEN TO
CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND
LISTENING AT ALL LEVELS OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
STRIVE FOR EQUITY AND ACCESS,
REPRESENT AND INVEST IN PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND OTHER AUDIENCES
AND COMMUNITIES AND STEADILY
WORK TO CLOSING THE OPPORTUNITY
GAP FOR CHILDREN OF COLOR.
WITH REGARD TO THE PACKAGE WE
WERE ASKED TO SPEAK TO WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED TOOLKITS WHERE RSJI
WAS APPLIED TO THE LIBRARY WORK
IN 2018.
THE FIRST ONE IS WITH REGARD TO
THE LIBRARY RESTROOM POLICY
THAT WE HAD TO ADDRESS IN JUNE
2017.
I KNOW THAT YOU AS MEMBERS OF
THE COUNCIL WERE INVOLVED IS
THE INFORMATION WE MADE ITS WAY
TO YOU.
OVER THAT TIME PERIOD
CULMINATING IN 2010 WHEN THE
BOARD APPROVED A NEW RESTROOM
POLICY WE HAD TO SPEND SOME
TIME DOING WORK WITH THIS LGBTQ
AND TRENDS COMMUNITY BUT IT WAS
A STAFF DRIVEN EFFORT TO
ESTABLISH THE POLICY AFFIRMING
GENDER-NEUTRAL ACCESS FOR ALL
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY ALL SINGLE
REUSE RESTROOMS ARE COMPLIANT
AND WE HAD THE CHANGE TEAM
ENGAGED WITH THE TRANSGENDER
STAFF AND COMMUNITY, PUBLIC
SERVICES STAFF AND MANAGER TO
REGAIN COMMUNITY TRUST THAT
CREATED THE HARMFUL EXPERIENCE.
AS YOU KNOW SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FORWARD
WERE MORE SINGLE USE RESTROOMS
ACROSS THE CITY AND IN THE
LIBRARIES.
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE THAT COMES
WITH SOME CHALLENGES TO
IMPLEMENT CERTAINLY WHEN WE
LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO
REIMAGINE WE TRY TO ADDRESS
THOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.>> I
WANT TO ADD A THANK YOU BECAUSE
WHEN THIS HAPPENED YOU
LITERALLY CALLED ME THE DAY OF
AND THE NEXT DAY AND WE MET AND
RESPONDED SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH.>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT THAT WAS VERY GOOD FOR
US.
THE SECOND PROGRAM WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IS THE FRESH START
PROGRAM AND THE FRESH START
PROGRAM IS A REENERGIZED
PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HAD IN
PLACE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
THAT IS WHERE WE WORKED WITH
TEENS WHO HAD FINED ON THEIR
ACCOUNTS TO HELP REMOVE THOSE
FINES AND THAT WAS SUCH A
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM BUT OVER THE
YEARS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WAS CHALLENGING ABOUT IT IS
THAT THERE WERE FEES ATTACHED
TO THE RECORDS SO THIS PAST
YEAR WORKING WITH THE
FOUNDATION AND THE CIRCULATION
AND BORROW SERVICES STAFF WE
WERE ABLE TO CREATE A NEW
PROGRAM THAT HELPED RE-ENERGIZE
THE FRESH START PROGRAM TO
ENERGIZE THE PROGRAM WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE FEES FROM
THE PATRON RECORD.
SINCE 2018 WE HAVE HAD OVER
1100 TEENAGE PATRONS HELPED
WITH THIS.
71% HAVE CLEARED FINES AND FEES
CHECKING OUT A PHYSICAL ITEM OR
DIGITAL ITEM IN THE LAST SIX
MONTHS SINCE THAT OCCURRED IN
THE WORK IS PRIVATELY FUNDED
THROUGH THE FOUNDATION AND THE
COMMUNITY IS EXCITED AS OVER
80% OF THE DONORS ARE FIRST-
TIME DONORS.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THE PROGRAM AND GETTING,
LIBERATING SOME PATRONS TO USE
THE LIBRARY AGAIN AND I THINK
THE TEENS ARE REALLY
APPRECIATIVE.
>> REALLY BRIEFLY CAN YOU SAY
THE FOUNDATION.>> YES THE
FOUNDATION IS THE FUNDRAISING
ARM OF THE LIBRARY AND THAT IS
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC FIRE LIBRARY
FOUNDATION THEY ARE CELEBRATING
THEIR 39th YEAR OF EXISTENCE SO
THEY ARE DEDICATED PEOPLE
PUTTING FORTH THE EFFORT TO
HELP THE LIBRARY EXTEND ITS
REACH INTO THE COMMUNITIES.
THE THIRD AREA THAT WE WILL
SPEAK TO IS THE LIBRARY EFFORTS
TO UPDATE THE CURRENT DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION POLICY.
WE ARE WORKING TO HAVE THAT PUT
FORWARD IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR
MANAGEMENT TEAM IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS SO WE CAN TAKE
IT TO THE BOARD BUT IT HAS BEEN
AN EFFORT LED BY THE CHANGE
TEAM STAFF TAKING A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME BECAUSE THE STAFF
WANTED TO BE DILIGENT IN THEIR
EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE
INTEREST OF STAFF WHO ARE
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN
THE ORGANIZATION.
THEY DID SOME FOCUS GROUP STAFF
SURVEYS OF 525 RESPONDENTS
WHICH IS QUITE REMARKABLE FOR A
STAFF OF 700.
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO IMPROVE
DATA COLLECTION ON STAFF
DEVELOPMENT, MORE STAFF
TRAINING, PRIORITIZING CAREER
DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASING
PARTICIPATION IN EQUITY WORK AT
ALL LEVELS SO THAT SHOULD BE
MOVING FORWARD BETWEEN THE
UNION AND THE TEAMS IN THE
LIBRARY SUCH THAT WE CAN GET IT
IN FRONT OF THE BOARD BEFORE
THE YEAR IS OUT.
>> A QUICK QUESTION.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT HOW DOES THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES AND THE LIBRARY
FOUNDATION AND THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, HOW TO
THOSE ENTITY COORDINATE OR
COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER?
PARTICULARLY ON THIS ISSUE?
>> SURE.
JAY I DON'T KNOW YOU MAY WANT
TO WEIGH IN AS WELL.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE BOARDS
, THERE IS A THIRD BOARD WHICH
IS THE FRIENDS AT THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY WHICH IS THE
ADVOCACY ARM OF THE LIBRARY.
THE THREE BOARDS COME TOGETHER
THROUGH MEETING ON A QUARTERLY
BASIS SO THE PRESIDENTS COME
AND KEEP INFORMED ON WHAT'S
GOING ON WITH THE WORK AND
EFFORTS.
AND THERE IS A THREE BOARD
MEETING ONCE A YEAR WHEN THEY
COME TOGETHER SO WE CAN ALL BE
ON THE SAME PAGE ON WHAT THE
PROGRAM OF SERVICE IS.
WITH REGARD TO THE LEVY, THE
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS
SERVED CURRENTLY IS THE
GOVERNING BOARD SO THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEVY
ENSURING THAT THE LIBRARY
ADHERES TO THE COMPONENTS OF
THE LEVY THAT ARE CALLED OUT
AND ENSURING WE ARE BEING GREAT
STEWARDS AND JUDICIOUS STEWARDS
OF THE RESOURCES BROUGHT TO THE
TABLE.
YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THEY HAVE
TO MANAGE THE LEVEES, THE
DOLLARS WITH THE GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS SO IT IS A DELICATE
DANCE THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE ON
EACH YEAR TO DO THAT.
WITH REGARD TO THAT, THE
FOUNDATION AND THE FRIENDS SERVE
AS THE FUNDRAISING ARM TO
SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE LEVY
AND THEY ARE IN A MORE ACTIVE
POSITION OR ROLE OF BEING ABLE
TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OF THE
LEVY.
HOPEFULLY THAT GETS IT.>> THANK
YOU, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF
THE THREE ENTITIES WORK WITH YOU
ON THE RSJI.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY
IS WE PRESENTED THE POLICY TO
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THREE
YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE WORKING
ON THIS AND THEY ASKED US TO
DEVELOP IT MORE SO, SO THAT ALL
THE STAFF MOVED INTO THIS
POSITION.
WITH REGARD TO THE FOUNDATION
AND FRIENDS, THEY DO NOT HAVE
AS ACTIVE AS A ROLE BUT THEY
RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES SOME
OF THE PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES
LACK AND HAVE DIRECTED EFFORTS
TO THAT CAUSE.
THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM
WHERE WE GIVE AWAY FREE BOOKS,
WE GIVE THEM AWAY FIRST IN THE
PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES.
THOSE BOOKS ARE FUNDED BY THE
FOUNDATION SO MANY PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES ARE FUNDED BY THE
FOUNDATION AND THAT HELPS
DEVELOP A STRONGER POLICY AND
PROCEDURE AROUND THIS BECAUSE
WE RECOGNIZE ALL THE
COMMUNITIES IMPACTED.
>> I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
FOUNDATION WITH THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES THAT AGREED TO FUND A
SOCIAL WORKER CASE MANAGER IN
YOUR LIBRARY, I THOUGHT THAT
WAS A TREMENDOUS STEP FORWARD
AND ALSO ADDRESSING CONCERNS
FROM EARLIER ABOUT PEOPLE
SLEEPING IN THE LIBRARY.
>> SURE.
YOU HAVE GIVEN ME SO MANY
POINTS TO JUMP OFF ON.
TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE YEARS
AGO WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT WE
HAD A DONOR WHO WISHED TO
SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE LIBRARY
BY PROVIDING A COMMUNITY
CONNECTOR.
A SOCIAL WORKER WHO COMES TO
PROVIDE A SOCIAL WORKER IN THE
LIBRARY TO HELP ADDRESS MANY
CONCERNS OF THE PATRONS AND
DAILY READERS WHO COME EVERY
DAY WITH ISSUES THAT GO A
LITTLE BIT BEYOND TRADITIONAL
LIBRARY NEEDS AND ACTIVITIES.
BECAUSE THEY HAD A DONOR
WILLING TO SUPPORT THAT, THAT
RECEIVED FAVOR FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION SUCH THAT THEY
WERE WILLING TO HAVE THE
LIBRARY BOARD APPROVE PLACING
THAT POSITION AS A FUNDED
POSITION FOR THE CITY SO THAT
WAS SUPPORTED AND THEN UNDER
THE CURRENT LEVY AS YOU KNOW
THERE WAS SUPPORT FROM THE
COUNCIL TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL
SOCIAL WORKER TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS IN THE BRANCHES AND ALONG
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE LGBTQ
AND TEENAGE COMMUNITIES.
SO YES.>> WE SHOULD THANK
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ AND
BAGSHAW WHO WERE VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF ME PUSHING THAT
AND ADDING THAT WITH YOUR
RECOMMENDATION.
>> ALL OF YOU WERE QUITE
HELPFUL SO YES.
THE THIRD ITEM THAT WE FOCUSED
ON IN THE LAST YEAR WAS REALLY
ADVANCING OUR SUMMER OF
LEARNING PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW THE PROGRAM HAS
BEEN FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE
SUMMER READING PROGRAM BUT FIVE
OR SIX YEARS AGO WE CHANGED IT
TO THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM
TO RECOGNIZE EFFORTS TO
INCORPORATE STEM AND STEAM IN
THE PROGRAM SO THE LEARNING
WILL EXPAND.
I SHOULD SAY THIS IS THE 100
YEAR OF SUMMER READING SUMMER
OF LEARNING SO WE ARE QUITE
PROUD THAT THE PROGRAM HAS HELD
UP FOR 100 YEARS AND IS GOING
STRONG THROUGHOUT IT'S TIME.
WITH THE WORK OF HELEN'S TEAM
IN MARKETING WE CREATED AN
ACTIVITY BOOK THIS YEAR THAT
WAS CREATED WAS SEVEN LANGUAGES
SO WE COULD APPEAL TO MORE OF
THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND
PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES.
IT WAS CREATED WITH MORE INPUT
FROM YOUTH AS OPPOSED TO THE
LIBRARIANS DESIGNING THE BOOK
THEMSELVES.
ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST
REFERENCED WAS GIVING AWAY
BOOKS AND MATERIALS.
WE INSURED 78% OF THE BOOKS
WENT TO PRIORITIZED YOUTH AND
FAMILIES.
24% OF PERFORMERS IN PROGRAMS
WERE LED BY PERSONS OF COLOR,
INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS
AND 77% OF THE MARKETING BUDGET
WAS SPENT IN THOSE COMMUNITIES
SO WE WERE QUITE PLEASED THAT
WE TOOK A VERY LAID FOR THAT,
IT WAS ALSO WITH THE HELP OF
HELEN AND HER TEAM IN MARKETING.
>> I NEED TO KNOW IF THAT IS
ONE OF MY THREE LIBRARIES.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHICH LIBRARY
THAT IS.
I WILL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT
OUT.>> I WAS TRYING TO GET A
PLUG-IN.
>> IF I MIGHT, I WANT TO
AMPLIFY A COUPLE THOUGHTS ON
THIS PROMPTED BY YOUR QUESTION.
THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM
WHICH HAS GIVEN AWAY BOOKS FOR
MANY YEARS WAS DONE WITHOUT A
SOCIAL JUSTICE LENS AT FIRST.
WHAT THE ANALYSIS SHOWS IS A
LOT OF KIDS WHO GOT THE BOOKS
HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS THEY COME
FROM RELATIVELY AFFLUENT
FAMILIES WHERE READING AND
BOOKS ARE A TRADITION AND THEY
HAVE THEM AT HOME.
THE LIBRARY SAW THAT ANALYSIS
AND SAID WE REALLY OUGHT TO TRY
TO MOVE THE BOOKS TO THOSE
WHERE THE BOOKS WOULD BE MORE
VALUABLE.
THEY WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
THE FAMILY.
MAYBE NOT THE FIRST BOOK THEY
COULD TAKE HOME AND NOT ONLY DO
WE USE RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
BUT THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY
THE FOUNDATION.
SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE
FOUNDATION AND THE LIBRARY AND
HOW IT WORKS LEVERAGING LEVY
DOLLARS THIS IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE.
>> THEY JUST WHISPERED IN MY
EAR WE ALL THINK, NO I WILL NOT
TAKE CREDIT.
THEY THINK THIS IS HIGH POINT
LIBRARY.
I AM EXCLUDING MYSELF IN CASE
THEY ARE WRONG.
SO, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE WE
FIND THAT OUT.
AGAIN THAT IS THE WORK WE WERE
DOING.
WITH REGARD TO WORKFORCE AND
CONTRACTING EQUITY I WANTED TO
GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS ON THE
STAFFING COMPONENT.
THIS IS THE WORK WE ARE
CONTINUALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE
UPON BUT I THINK WE ARE MAKING
GREAT STRIDES.
IN THE CHART ON THE LEFT YOU
WILL NOTICE THAT IS THE 2010
CENSUS INFORMATION AND WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE LOOKED LIKE AT
THAT TIME.
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE YOU HAVE
THE CHART OF STAFFING AT
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND YOU
WILL SEE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE
IN MANY CASES BETTER, IN SOME
CASES WE ARE EQUAL AND WE HAVE
DROPPED IN A FEW CASES BUT THAT
IS THE RESULT OF THE CONTINUOUS
EFFORT TO IMPROVE
REPRESENTATION OF STAFF.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HAVE A
STAFF AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY
SO WE REALLY STRIVE TO ADD
POSITIONS THAT ARE NEEDED AND
MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING INCLUSIVE
IN RECRUITMENT.
>> DOES THIS INCLUDE AND I
SHOULD'VE LOOKED AT THIS SOONER.
ARE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
LANGUAGE AS WELL?
>> WE DID NOT HAVE LANGUAGE ON
THIS CHART BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE
TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
THERE WAS AN EFFORT LED LAST
YEAR TO IDENTIFY ALL THE
LANGUAGES WE HAVE ON STAFF.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN I THINK WE
HAVE 50 SOME LANGUAGES SPOKEN
BY THE STAFF SO WE CAN ENSURE
THAT WE CAN GET ACCESS OR
SERVICE TO A PARTICULAR PATRON
WHO SPEAKS A CERTAIN LANGUAGE.
THAT DOES INCLUDE WE HAVE SOME
THAT ARE, ONE STAFF MEMBER WHO
SPEAKS THAT LANGUAGE AND WE
NEED TO SHORT THOSE RESERVES
BUT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION
INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION
NEXT YEAR SO THE LANGUAGES
REPRESENTED.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF CHARTS SPEAK
TO THE CURRENT STAFFING
PATTERNS FOR 2018.
I WILL TELL YOU THE KEY TO THE
RIGHT CHANGES A LITTLE BIT IN
EACH ONE SO IT IS IMPORTANT WE
KNOW THAT BUT IN THIS
PARTICULAR RACE DISTRIBUTION
PRESENTATION THE BLUE
RECOGNIZES ALL THE STAFF WHO
WORK FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND
THE GRAY REPRESENTS THE
SUPERVISORY STAFF.
YOU WILL NOTE WHAT 2018 LOOKED
LIKE FOR US.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL DO
FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL, WE WILL
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WAY TO
REPRESENT.
THE COMPARISON OF THE PREVIOUS
YEAR SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES
OVER EACH YEAR AND WHAT WE ARE
ABLE TO SHOW NOW IS WHAT 2018
LOOKS LIKE.
WITH REGARD TO THIS PARTICULAR
SCREEN, THIS IS THE HIRED AND
PROMOTED STAFF.
WE HIRED 89 STAFF, I SHOULD
MENTION THE KEY AT THE BOTTOM,
WE HIRED 89 STAFF AND TOTAL
NUMBER OF PROMOTED IS 64.
PROMOTIONS REPRESENT ANY NUMBER
OF SPACES THAT WE HAVE, FOR LA
CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE LIBRARY
ASSISTANT MOVING FROM A ONE TO
A FOUR.
WE HAVE STA WHO ARE STUDENTS
WHO MOVE FROM STUDENT
ASSISTANTS TO THE LA 1 SO IT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTIONS BUT
SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN FROM A
STUDENT GRADUATING DECIDING
THEY WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING
WITH US.
IT DOES REPRESENT SOME OF THE
MOVEMENT INTO THE SUPERVISORY
POSITIONS AS WELL.
LOOKING AT STAFF TURNOVER.
IN THIS CASE THE LEFT BAR IS
THE NONSUPERVISORY STAFF AND
THE RIGHT BAR IS SUPERVISORY.
I THINK WHAT YOU RECOGNIZE HERE
IS ONE OF TWO THINGS.
THE FIRST IS THAT MANY OF OUR
STAFF ARE OF AGE OR POSITION
WHERE THEY ARE READY TO RETIRE
OR CHANGE OR TRANSITION TO
ANOTHER CAREER.
SO YOU HAVE A HIGH INCIDENCE OF
THAT.
YOU ALSO SEE THIS
REPRESENTATION OF MANY OF THE
NEWER STAFF WHO WERE ALSO
STEPPING INTO POSITIONS BUT
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE JOBS
ELSEWHERE.
WE DO LOSE A GREAT NUMBER OF
STAFF TO THE OUT OF CLASS
PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY WHERE
A STAFF MEMBER WORKS IN ONE
DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE
OPPORTUNITY WILL SHOW UP IN
ANOTHER DEPARTMENT AND THEY MAY
PAY MORE MONEY AND WE LOSE THEM
TO THAT.>> A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW ARE YOU DOING THE
RECRUITMENT?
>> SO WE TAKE A LOT OF EFFORTS
TO DO RECRUITMENT.
WE ARE WORKING INTO MAKE
DIFFERENT WAYS, FOR LIBRARIANS
WE WORK WITH THE LIBRARY SCHOOLS
BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE
GRADUATES COME FROM.
WITH REGARD TO EFFORTS TO ENGAGE
NON-MLS DEGREE POSITIONS WE ARE
DOING A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF
THEM FOCUSING ON THE STA
PROGRAM ASKING IF THEY WANT TO
CONTINUE WORK AS PERMANENT
STAFF IN THE LIBRARY SO THAT
GIVES US A GREAT DEAL OF
TURNOVER ESPECIALLY WITH THE
FLEXIBLE HOURS THAT WE KEEP FOR
PART-TIMERS.
THE SECOND THING IS WE RELY ON
WORD-OF-MOUTH.
WE ASK STAFF TO CARRY FORWARD
THE CONVERSATION AND THIRD WE
TRY TO ADVERTISE IN THE
COMMUNITIES, NEWSPAPERS AND
MEDIA FORMATS THAT REALLY SPEAK
TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
INEVITABLY WHEN I GO OUT TO DO
A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO SAYS
HOW DO I GET A JOB HERE?
SO WE LOOK AT THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES AND ADVANTAGES.
ALWAYS OPEN TO NEW IDEAS SO IF
YOU HAVE NO IDEAS WE WOULD BE
HAPPY TO SHARE THEM.
I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU CARRY
BLOGS OR NEWSLETTERS SO IF YOU
WANT US TO SEND INFORMATION
WHEN WE HAVE OPENINGS WE ARE
HAPPY TO DO THAT BUT IF YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL IDEAS WE ARE
HAPPY TO USE THOSE.
GENDER DISTRIBUTION.
ALL OF THESE ARE REQUESTS MADE
TO HAVE IN THE PACKET, THE
GENDER DISTRIBUTION IN THIS
CASE THE BLUE IS FEMALE
POPULATION AND THE GRAY IS THE
MALE POPULATION AND WE HAVE
SOME STAFF WHO CHOSE NOT TO
IDENTIFY SO THAT IS .6%.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE WERE
ASKED TO INCLUDE IS THE
PURCHASING AND CONSULTING.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE
WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO BETTER BUT
WE CERTAINLY STRUGGLE.
YOU WILL SEE WE ARE INCREASING
GOALS EACH YEAR BUT IT ALWAYS
BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO INCREASE
BY A MAJOR AMOUNT.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE 2018
TARGET IS FOR PURCHASING WE
LOOK AT A 12% INCREASE AND WE
SET THE GOAL OF 12% AND MADE 17%
AND THEN IN CONSULTING WE ASK
FOR 11% AND WE REACHED THAT
GOAL, 2019 A TARGET OF 18% AND
CONSULTING FOR 12%.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
WORKING ON NOW, IS THAT IN THE
SUMMER OF LEARNING PROGRAM A
LOT OF THE LOCAL PROGRAMMERS
AND PERFORMERS THAT WE USE ARE
PERSONS OF COLOR AND ONE OF THE
CITY PROCEDURES AND ONE OF OUR
PROCEDURES IS THAT THERE IS A
30 DAY WAIT TO BE PAID.
WE ARE LOOKING TO TRIM THAT
BECAUSE MANY PERFORMERS NEED OR
úWOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEIR
PAYMENTS SOONER THAN 30 DAYS SO
WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY TO
FIGURE OUT CAN WE CUT THE
CHECKS SOONER.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE REALLY
FOCUSING ON BECAUSE AS YOU
MIGHT IMAGINE SOMETIMES THEY
HAVE TO RENT EQUIPMENT SO THEY
HAVE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT USING
SOME OTHERS SO ANYTHING WE CAN
DO TO ADDRESS THAT WILL GO A
LONG WAY TO HAVING THEM QUALIFY
AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS MORE.
AND THEN THE KEY INITIATIVES
MOVING FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO
HELEN BECAUSE IN THE
INTRODUCTIONS ANDREW MENTIONED
HE WAS THE PAST CHAIR, THE PAST
CHAIR OF THE REESE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE AND WE
TRANSITIONED TO A NEW SPONSOR
THIS YEAR AND HELEN WILL TALK
WITH YOU A BIT ABOUT WHAT IS
COMING FORWARD IN 2019 AND
BEYOND.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN
JANUARY.
WE HAD EQUITY WORK AT THE
LIBRARY FULL DAY CONFERENCE FOR
ATTENDEES OF THE LA THAT WAS
HELD IN SEATTLE.
STAFF AT THE LIBRARY TALKED
ABOUT PROGRAM SERVICES,
COLLECTIONS AND MARKETING
ACROSS THE BOARD.
IN A FULL DAY AND IN ADDITION
TO THAT, WE ALSO CREATED A
WEBPAGE YES SORRY.
ON OUR WEBSITE SO WE CAN BE
TRANSPARENT TO PATRONS ABOUT
THE WORK WE ARE DOING AND TO
KEEP US ACCOUNTABLE TO THE WORK
WE ARE DOING AND THE WEBPAGE IS
BEING UPDATED WITH ALL THE NEW
PROJECTS WE ARE DOING THROUGH
THE YEAR.
THIS IS NOT ON THERE BUT I
WANTED TO MENTION THIS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SUMMER OF
LEARNING BEING 100 YEARS SO
THESE ARE SOME OF THE ACTION
GUIDES AND THEY ARE TRANSLATED
INTO EIGHT LANGUAGES INCLUDING
ENGLISH.
THE ARTIST FEATURED ON THIS
EARLY LEARNING GUIDE ACTIVITY
GUIDE IS A LOCAL ARTIST AND
PERSON OF COLOR SO ONE OF THE
THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS
USE MORE INCLUSIVE IMAGERY IN
THE ACTIVITY GUIDES.
ONE THING WE DID WITH RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE THE TEAM ITSELF
IS ITERATE ON THE STRUCTURE
IDENTIFYING WE CAN DO BETTER
ENCOURAGING MORE STAFF ACROSS
DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS SO
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE
ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS
GEOGRAPHICALLY AND THEN ALSO
INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS IN THE ORGANIZATION.
ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC
SERVICES.
SO WE HAVE A MORE REPRESENTATIVE
GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE CURRENT
TEAM.
WE ALSO CHANGED THE STRUCTURE
AND THE TIMING OF MEETINGS SO
THERE WAS LESS BARRIERS FOR
PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
WE HAVE 27 LOCATIONS SO WE
CHANGED THE SCHEDULING TO ALLOW
FOR TIME FOR PEOPLE TO MEET BUT
ALSO FOR TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DO
WORK RELATED TO RSJI SO WE HAVE
CHANGED THE FRAMEWORK A LITTLE
BIT.
WE ALSO HAVE CURRENTLY WE ARE
WORKING ON SETTING STRATEGIC
GOALS LOOKING AT THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
THREE YEARS TO MAP BACK TO THAT
AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH
GOALS AND SETTING GOALS FOR THE
LIBRARY BASED ON THOSE
STRATEGIC GOALS. WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO ALSO EMPLOYING
STRATEGIES SUCH AS WORKING WITH
A COMMITTEE ADVISORY GROUP TO
HELP MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN
OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE FROM
PATRONS AND PARTNERS TO MAKE
SURE THE EQUITY WORK IS
EVOLVING AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.>> HELEN I WANT TO THANK
YOU, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME I HAVE SEEN IN PRINT THE
TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EVER. THIS IS
REALLY, IT MAY SEEM SMALL TO
SOME PEOPLE BUT I DON'T BELIEVE
ANY OF THE OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS LEAD OR END WITH
THE TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
THIS IS VERY SPECIAL.
>> I WILL PUT IT ON AND I'M
GOING TO STEAL THIS.
>> THIS IS AN IN PRINT, THIS IS
THE FIRST VERSION THE NEXT
PIECE WILL ALSO BE TRANSLATED
INTO [ INAUDIBLE ] WHICH WE HAVE
ON OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE PAGE
YOU WILL SEE THAT AND WE LEAD
WITH THE LANGUAGE SO WE ARE
EVOLVING THE WORK.
>> THERE WAS A STUDENT AT
WASHINGTON THAT TOOK THE
LANGUAGE AND DID YOU SEE WHERE
THEY TOOK ALL THE METRO BUSES
AND THEY PUT THE ACTUAL WORD
FOR THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEY
WERE GOING?
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ALTER STUFF
ON THE INTERNET?
YES.
IT WAS REALLY COOL.
>> OKAY, THE BURKE.
>> PARDON ME FOR REACHING OVER
YOU.
I AM JUST HERE.
>> YES THE SUMMER LEARNING LAND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
>> SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED
TO MENTION IS ALSO THE TRAINING
WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AT THE
LIBRARY EVEN THOUGH IT IS
COMPLEX WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT
PEOPLE AND LOCATIONS SO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF ANNUAL STAFF DAY
TO DO TRAININGS
LAST YEAR AT THE TRAINING WE
DID SEVERAL INCLUDING A
TRANSGENDER PATRON TRAINING,
UNDERSTANDING IMPLICIT BIAS
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE
TRAININGS AT THE ALL STAFF DAY
OPPORTUNITY.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE A
SERIES CALLED OUR WAY WHICH IS
CURATED AND CREATED BY STAFF AS
WE HAVE DONE RECENTLY A TRAINING
USUALLY AT CENTRAL AND ONE
OTHER BRANCH LOCATION.
SO MORE CAN JOIN.
ASIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES AND
THE RSJI CHANGE TEAM CURATES A
TRAINING AS WELL AND THIS YEAR
WE ARE DOING IT IN SEPTEMBER.
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT NOW.
AS AN ORGANIZATION WE ARE
COMMITTED TO DOING ANTI-
HARASSMENT TRAINING IN THE
BYSTANDER TRAINING IS BEING
PLANNED TO ROLLOUT IN SEPTEMBER
, THERE ARE FOCUS GROUPS GOING
ON TO MAKE SURE WE REPRESENT
ALL PERSPECTIVES SO THE HR
DEPARTMENT IS MOVING FORWARD
WITH THAT TOO.
>> I THINK THAT IS THE END OF
OUR PRESENTATION.
>> ANDREW DID NOT SAY
ANYTHING.>> WE REALIZED WE
NEEDED HIM TO RUN THE SHOW.
I WOULD ALSO SAY WE HAVE TWO
COLLEAGUES HERE, THE RUN OF THE
WMBE PROGRAM AND THE EMPLOYEE
RELATIONS DIRECTOR WHO WAS THE
COCHAIR WITH ANDREW ON THE
RECENT SOCIAL JUSTICE TEAM.
>> ANYTHING FROM MY COLLEAGUES?
GREAT TO WORK GREAT JOB.
>> GOOD LUCK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
GOOD LUCK TO THEM.
SO LET'S GET FOLKS UP HERE FOR
THE DISCOVERY PARK OUTFALL
EASEMENT.
WE WILL READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD AND THEN WE WILL START.
WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT WHICH I'M
CALLING THE EARTHQUAKE
AMENDMENT.
BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS BUT
I WILL LET YOU GUYS INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND THEN WE WILL GET
TO IT.
>> ITEM 3 COUNSEL BILL 115969
ORDINANCE GRANTING UTILITY
EASEMENT OF SERVICE, SURFACE
AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS TO KING
COUNTY THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCE AND PARK
WASTEWATER TREATMENT DIVISION
TO MAINTAIN UNDERGROUND OVERFLOW
PIPELINE AND CHANNEL FOR THE
KING COUNTY OWNED RESERVOIR IN
DISCOVERY PARK SERVING THE
REGIONAL WASTEWATER FACILITY TO
MEET FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR
PORTABLE WATER SUPPLY SEPARATION
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY
SHUTDOWN AND BACK OF THE
INCOMING WATER SUPPLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> [ INTRODUCTIONS ]
>> WHY DON'T I START THINGS OFF
. I WILL INTRODUCE THE
LEGISLATION.
SO I WILL HAND OFF SHORTLY TO
RICHARD WHO WILL GIVE THE
BACKGROUND AND THE DETAIL.
A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS.
WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE MAJOR
WASTEWATER FACILITY IN
DISCOVERY PARK AND WITH THAT
COMES ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND
WHAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT,
WE HAVE EXISTING EQUIPMENT ON
THE SOUTH BLUFF FOR YEARS
PREDATING OWNERSHIP BY THE CITY.
AN UPDATE OF UTILITY REGULATIONS
IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
AS PART OF THE UPDATE WE DO
WORK WITH OUR UTILITY PARTNERS
TRYING TO MINIMIZE IMPACT TO
THE PARK BUT IF SOMETHING NEEDS
TO HAPPEN ESPECIALLY UNDERGROUND
UTILITIES ARE ACCEPTABLE
EXCEPTIONS TO THE NONUSE PARK
POLICY.
WE HAVE HAD A GREAT PARTNERSHIP
WITH KING COUNTY, THIS WILL
NECESSITATE A NEW EASEMENT TO
ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THE
UNDERGROUND PIPES.
WE WANTED THANK PARTNERS, KING
COUNTY COUNTY HAS BEEN GREAT ON
OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIP WITH US
AND I WILL HAND IT OFF TO
RICHARD.
>> THANK YOU.
FIRST I WANT TO POINT OUT WHAT
IS THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS
TO UPDATE AND TO MEET CODE FOR
EXISTING RESERVOIR AND ALSO TO
ADD THIS OVERFLOW CHANNEL WHICH
IS ALSO REQUIRED BY STATE CODE.
THE PLAN IS TO INSTALL THE 460
FOOT PIPELINE WITHIN THE
EASEMENT AREA THAT ROUGHLY RUNS
SOUTHEAST FROM THE RESERVOIR
AND AGAIN THIS PIPELINE IS
GOING TO BE FOR THE EMERGENCY
DISCHARGE OF FRESHWATER.
THE PIPELINE WILL BE ROUGHLY 15
FEET BELOW THE SURFACE IN MOST
CASES.
AGAIN AND WILL KEEP OVERFLOW
FROM HAPPENING WITHIN THE
TREATMENT PLANT OR FLOODING
OTHER AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE THERE
WHICH SORT OF SHOWS THE
PIPELINE ALIGNMENT AGAIN GOING
SOUTHEAST FROM THE RESERVOIR
WHICH SITS UP ON THE BLUFF.
THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE
RESERVOIR BASICALLY IN THE
WESTERN QUADRANT OF DISCOVERY
PARK.
THE LITTLE RED STAR.>> QUICK
QUESTION.
WHERE IS DAYBREAK STAR ON THE
MAP?
>> DAYBREAK STAR I BELIEVE AND
I MAY BE WRONG.
IT IS NORTHWEST.
RIGHT.>> OKAY I AM DISORIENTED.
OKAY I SEE IT NOW.
SO HOW WILL THE EASEMENT WORK?
MOST OF THE PIPELINE IS
SUBTERRANEAN.
IT IS BASICALLY INVISIBLE.
IT DOES NOT CREATE A BARRIER TO
PARK USERS, IT DOES NOT
INTERFERE WITH THE NATURAL LOOK
OF THE PARK.
KING COUNTY WILL RESTORE THE
PROPERTY IMPACTED BY THE
PIPELINE RESTORATION.
ANTICIPATE HAVING TO REMOVE
SOME TREES BUT THOSE WILL BE
REPLACED. THE SUB SERVICE
PRESENCE OF THE PIPELINE WILL
NOT INHIBIT PARK USE NOR
VEGETATION PLANTING SO WE CAN
PLANT VISITATION OVER IT.
IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY
RESTRICTIONS THAT WAY.
IF KING COUNTY NEEDS TO ACCESS
THE PIPELINE SINCE IT IS AN
EASEMENT THEY DO IT BY FOOT
THEY DO NOT NEED TO GET A
PERMIT FROM PARKS BUT IF THEY
NEED TO DRIVE EQUIPMENT TO THE
PIPELINE FOR MAINTENANCE OR IN
ANY WAY IMPACT PARK PROPERTY
OUTSIDE OF THE EASEMENT AREA
THEY WILL HAVE TO GET A PERMIT
FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
BEFORE DOING SO.
THE EASEMENT WAS ALSO
APPRAISED, APPRAISED IN 2018
AND THE MARKET VALUE IS
$156,000.
THE NEED FOR THE EASEMENT, A
BRIEF HISTORY.
AGAIN IT IS PER STATE CODE.
AGAIN SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
JUST TO ALSO EXPLAIN, THE
EASEMENT IS FOR THE OVERFLOW
PIPELINE BUT THERE WILL BE
MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE
RESERVOIR ITSELF TO MEET STATE
AND SPU CODE.
AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WAY.
THE OVERFLOW EASEMENT IS WITHIN
AN AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY
THE COUNTY AS SORT OF A NATURAL
ROLE. IT HAS QUICK DRAINING
SOIL ALSO SO IN THE EVENT OF
DISCHARGE, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE
ACCUMULATION OF WATER, IT WOULD
QUICKLY DISSIPATE AND THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE
WATER SUPPLY BEFORE IT BECAME
DETRIMENTAL.
THE TREATMENT PLAN AND
RESERVOIR WERE BUILT IN 1966
WHICH PREDATES CITY OWNERSHIP
OF THAT SECTION OF THE PARK AND
CURRENTLY SERVES MORE THAN
700,000 PEOPLE SO IT'S
DEFINITELY A VITAL UTILITY.
THE RESERVOIR IS ON PROPERTY
CONVEYED TO THE CITY IN 1973
FROM FEDERAL OWNERSHIP.
>> I KNOW I WAS THERE.
I WAS 12 WHEN WE TOOK OVER
DAYBREAK STAR.
FROM MY ACTIVIST DAYS.
I WILL BE 60 ON MONDAY SO I
THINK THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.
>> THERE NEVER OVER.
KING COUNTY WILL RESTORE THE
SITE WITH TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
THEY WILL REMOVE 26 TREES.
WE WILL GET 52.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE ARBORIST INVOLVEMENT
IN THIS, WHAT KIND OF TREES AND
SIZE?
IF YOU TAKE OUT 26 MATURE TREES
AND PLANT SEEDLINGS WE ARE
BEHIND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE AGREEMENT?>> OUR
REQUIREMENTS ARE A TREAT
REPLACEMENT TREES AT LEAST TWO
INCHES IN CALIPER SO THEY'RE
NOT SEEDLINGS THEY ARE GOOD
SIZED TREES IN THAT SENSE.
AS FAR AS THE SPECIES GOES TO
SOMETHING THE ARBORIST WOULD
CHOOSE BECAUSE THERE MAY BE TOO
MANY TREES TO GO BACK INTO THE
EASEMENT AREA SO IF SOME OF THE
TREES COULD BE MOVED TO ANOTHER
PART OF THE PARK THAT MIGHT BE
A DIFFERENT SPECIES.
>> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO
ADD?
>> WE HAVE A PLANNED PALLET WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PARKS
AND REC ON.
WE WOULD CHOOSE FROM THAT PALLET
ITSELF.
>> RICHARD ONE OF THE POINTS
YOU MADE IS A GOOD ONE SO YOU
MAY NOT PLANT AT THE EASEMENT
IF THERE IS ISSUE UNDERNEATH.>>
THAT WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE TO
REFOREST OTHER AREAS.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE THE FINAL PLAN
TO BECOME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
OR SEND A NOTE AND PROVIDE US
WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
>> WE WANT TO SEE PICTURES.
>> OKAY WE WILL GET YOU
PICTURES.
THE NEW PLANTING VEGETATION
WILL BE ALL NATIVE AS DISCOVERY
IS RESTORED WITH NATURAL D IT
PLANTING.
THE APPRAISAL OF THE PIPELINE
WAS COMPLETED DECEMBER 2018.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT COORDINATED
EFFORT BETWEEN KING COUNTY AND
OURSELVES TO GET TO THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NOW WE HAVE SOME PICTURES.
WE HAVE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE
AND ON THE VERY LEFT IS THE
ACTUAL PORTAL TO THE EXISTING
RESERVOIR AND TO THE RIGHT OF
THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE
NEW STRUCTURE.
I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS AN
IMPROVEMENT IF NOTHING ELSE.
BELOW WE HAVE EXISTING
CONDITIONS FOR PRECONSTRUCTION
TO THE RIGHT IS THE POST
CONSTRUCTION OF PLANTING SWORD
IN THE PIPELINE IS SHOWN BUT IT
WILL BE BURIED.
THERE IS A FUSE AT THE VERY END
WHICH WOULD BE COVERED WITH
SOME TYPE OF EITHER ROCK OR
WHATEVER.
IN A HOPEFULLY MOST PARK USERS
WILL NOT EVEN SEE IT OR KNOW
THAT IT EXISTS.
>> SHE LIKES THE DEER.>>
NOTICING THE LITTLE SHADOW.
>> THEY WILL LOVE THE PIPELINE.
SOAKING COUNTY WAS REALLY
RIGOROUS IN PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL
OF THOSE THINGS WE DID BUT.
>> JUST KNOW THAT WE DID IT.
>> YES THEY DID REACH OUT TO
DAYBREAK STAR AS WELL AND ALSO
FRIENDS OF DISCOVERY PARK AND
SO FORTH.
SO THERE WAS QUITE THE OUTREACH
WITH THIS.>> DAYBREAK IN THE
LAST DECADE HAS BEEN REPLANTING
INDIGENOUS PLANTS ACTUALLY
LONGER THAN THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS HE
ASKED US TO DO THAT WE DID.
SO THANK YOU.
>> WE HAD SOME KEY QUESTIONS
ASKED AT A COMMUNITY MEETING
THAT WAS HELD AT THE DISCOVERY
PARK COMMUNITY CENTER.
FIRST OF ALL THEY ASKED HOW DO
YOU PUT THE OVERFLOW PIPELINE
IN PLACES OF 15 FEET?
HOW IS THE PIPE ALIGNMENT
SELECTED?
THAT WAS BASED ON A TECHNICAL
STUDY AND SURVEY AND THEY WERE
CAREFUL TO AVOID AS MANY BIG
TREES AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO OF
COURSE TO FOLLOW THE NATURAL
ALIGNMENT TOPOGRAPHICALLY.
SO YOU WOULD GET A GOOD FLOW.
AND HOW WELL CONSTRUCTION
IMPACT THE LOOP TRAIL AND THE
NEW SKI TRAIL?
KING COUNTY WILL KEEP BOTH OPEN
WITH FLAGGERS AND PARK USERS
CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY THE
PARK.>> GREAT.>> QUESTIONS?
OKAY ONE THING I DO HAVE TO
MENTION.
THERE IS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS TO
THE EASEMENT AGREEMENT ITSELF.
>> I THINK WE WILL SPEAK TO
THAT.
THE EARTHQUAKE AMENDMENT.
>> IT IS THE EARTHQUAKE
AMENDMENT.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD
AGREED AND THE ATTORNEY HAD
LOOKED AT AND WE AGREED TO
REMOVE THAT BUT FOR SOME REASON
THAT VERSION GOT INTO THE SYSTEM
AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THAT.
SO THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE
SECTION 4. WE ARE TAKING OUT,
LOOK AT SECTION 4. WE ARE
TAKING OUT OR IMPACTED BY
ACTIVE NATURE INCLUDING SEISMIC
EVENTS, FIRE, VANDALISM OR
CIVIL UNREST OR CHANGE IN COLD
SPECIFIC.
WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT STILL
IN THIS BUT AS FAR AS ACTS OF
GOD AND SEISMIC EVENTS.
>> RIGHT THEY SAY ACTS OF
NATURE.
THAT WAS AN ACTIVE GOD.
>> THE OTHER CHANGE WHICH IS
VERY MINOR WOULD BE ON THE
FOLLOWING PAGE UNDER NUMBER FIVE
AND WE HAD TO CORRECT EXHIBITS
FROM A TO B AND B TO C.
>> I WILL LET TRACY SPEAK TO
THE AMENDMENTS WHEN YOU ARE
DONE AND THEN WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
I THINK HE IS DONE.>> THE ONLY
OTHER CHANGE.
THERE WAS INACCURACY ON ONE OF
THE EXHIBITS THAT EXHIBIT D AND
IT WAS C SO HAVE CORRECTED THAT
AS WELL.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT HE JUST
TALKED ABOUT THAT IS THE ONLY
OTHER CHANGE.
>> OKAY ANY QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
WE WILL DO. OOD? OKAY SO WHAT
WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
>> WE HAVE TO MOVE 2 A OF THE
ATTACHMENT.
YOU DO THAT.
>> I WAS SPEAKING AHEAD OF
YOU.>> I MOVE FORWARD TO AMEND
VERSION 2 A CORRECT? I WAS
TRYING TO DO THAT.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR?
THERE YOU GO.
THE AMENDMENT PASSES.
NOW AS AMENDED NOW I WILL MOVE
THE COMMITTEE PASS COUNSEL BILL
119569 AS AMENDED.
ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYES HAS IT, THE AMENDMENT
PASSES AND WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE ASSUME LIABILITY IF THERE IS
AN EARTHQUAKE.
THANK YOU.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT.
I THINK THAT'S IT ON THAT ONE.
OKAY GREAT.
>> OKAY.
WHY DON'T I HAVE A SHEET FOR
THIS ONE.
GO AHEAD.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119570
ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF
REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS
2318 NORTHEAST 125th STREET
ACCEPTANCE AND RECORDING OF THE
DEED FOR OPEN SPACE PARK AND
RECREATION PURPOSES AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE ARE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT SO I WILL LET YOU
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND WE
WILL MOVE FORWARD.>> I AM DAVE
LACLERGUE A PLANNER FOR
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER WITHIN
SPU.
>> CHIP NEVINS SEATTLE PARKS
AND RECREATION.
>> WE ARE ALSO VERY EXCITED.
YOU GIVE SUCH A GREAT
INTRODUCTION I'M NOT SURE I
HAVE TO DO MUCH MORE.
ANYWAY THIS IS AN AWESOME
PROJECT AT MANY LEVELS THAT I
AM EXCITED TO TELL YOU ABOUT.
A ONE ACRE PROPERTY.
ON THE NORTH BRANCH OF THORNTON
CREEK LOCATED AT NORTHEAST
125th AND 23rd AVENUE NORTHEAST.
IT HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE SAME
OWNERS FOR ABOUT 45 YEARS.
THE NORTH BRANCH GOES RIGHT
THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
MOST OF THE PROPERTY IS IN THE
FLOODPLAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE A PARK.
LOOKS LIKE A PASTORAL PARK.
WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE
OWNERS THEY REMEMBER WHEN THEY
BOUGHT IT ALTHOUGH YOUNG
NEIGHBORS WOULD COME OVER AND
PICNIC ALONGSIDE THE CREEK SO
THEY ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT
BEING PROTECTED FOR THE PUBLIC.
AS YOU KNOW AND HAVE SAID
EARLIER, THORNTON CREEK IS A
WONDERFUL RESOURCE.
A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, FOR THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND SPU.
IT HAS THE HIGHEST FISH
DIVERSITY IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE SPENT DECADES PROTECTING
THE STREAM, MOST PROTECTION HAS
BEEN ON THE SOUTH BRANCH.
WHERE THE CITY HAS OVER 50% OF
THE STREAM IN PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
WHICH IS AWESOME.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO START
PROTECTING MORE ON THE NORTH
BRANCH.
I WILL LET DAVID SPEAK ABOUT
WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THE NORTH
BRANCH BUT YOU KNOW 11 END WE
HAVE JACKSON GOLF COURSE WITH
HAS THE NORTH BRANCH AND THEN
WE HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF
PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION OF
LAKE CITY WAY AND THE NORTH
BRANCH OTHER THAN THAT THERE IS
LARGE OWNERSHIP NOT DISSIMILAR
TO THIS WITH THE CREEK RUNNING
THROUGH SO THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES ON THE NORTH
BRANCH AND THIS IS AN OBVIOUS
PLACE TO START FOR A LOT OF
REASONS.
>>I WANT TO SHARE ONE THING.
TO MAKE THINGS.
I HAVE BEEN DRIVING BY THE
PROPERTY OVER 30 YEARS BUT
SECOND OF ALL, YOU GUYS HAVE
DONE A GREAT JOB AS WELL AS
PARKS.
NOT ONLY FOR THE NORTH FORK BUT
THE SOUTH FORK AND THE SOUTH
FORK WAS DAYLIGHT IT BY THE
THORNTON CREEK ALLIANCE FOLKS
AND THAT'S GREAT.
PHENOMENAL PROTECTING THAT.
DOING A GREAT JOB WITH BEAVER
POND AND PUTTING IN THOSE SWELLS
YES.
SO THE NORTH FORK OF THORNTON
CREEK IS VERY PRISTINE AND IT
IS STILL SALMON BEARING AND I
DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THAT
IT IS A MAJOR WATERSHED THAT
COMES OUT OF THE GOLF COURSE.
SO EVERYBOY, THIS IS A REALLY
BIG DEAL FOR EVERYBODY.
WE WENT AND LOOKED AT THE
PROPERTY THREE TIMES SO I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WANTS TO
SAY SOMETHING.
>> I WANT TO GET A LOCATION.
125th, 23rd IS THAT CLOSE TO
THE LIBRARY?
>> WEST OF THE LIBRARY.
THREE OR FOUR BLOCKS WEST.
>> SO I MEAN THIS PROJECT HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE
IS A. IT STARTED LAST SUMMER
WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS
INTERESTED IN AND WE WENT BACK
AND FORTH.
ULTIMATELY IT MADE THE BEST
SENSE AS A PARTNERSHIP AND
THAT'S WHY WE ARE EXCITED.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER
OWNERSHIP AROUND HERE BUT WE
HAD DONE PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH
BRANCH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPU
THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL.
KINGFISHER COMES TO MIND.
SO THE ABILITY TO DO ANOTHER
PROJECT LIKE THAT WAS EXCITING
SO WHEN WE FINALLY REALIZED IT
MET BOTH OF OURS GOALS AND GOT
THE GO-AHEAD THAT IS WHERE IT
REALLY SEEMED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE A PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT $1,050,000.
IT HAS TWO STRUCTURES.
ONE MAIN HOUSE AND ONE CARPORT
/APARTMENT.
BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE
DEMOLISHED AFTER WE ACQUIRE THE
PROPERTY AND I WILL LET DAVID
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
SPU PLANS.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE
SOMETIME BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15.
I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER
THEY ARE IN DISCUSSIONS, THEY
ARE IN THEIR MID-90s SO THEY
ARE EAGER TO GET THIS CLOSED SO
THEY CAN SEE IT HAPPEN.
WE WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE
THAT.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WITH SPU
WORKING ON THE MOMA THAT WILL
DEFINE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES NOW AND INTO
THE FUTURE.>> WHEN YOU THINK
THAT WILL COME ABOUT?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE AN EXACT
DATE.
>> WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT
MOSTLY FINISHED BEFORE THE
CLOSING.
I THINK WE HAVE GOT A PRETTY
GOOD DRAFT.
I CAN LET DAVID SPEAK TO WHERE
IT IS.>> OKAY QUESTION.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE BUT A
NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE WERE
LOOKING AT MAGNUSON PARK AND
THE SEATTLE CONSERVATION
SERVICE.
THERE HAD BEEN SOME QUESTIONS
RAISED ABOUT WHEN WE BUY A
PIECE OF PROPERTY LIKE THIS
WITH A HOUSE ON IT THAT IS
HABITABLE IF IT COULD REMAIN AS
A CARETAKER HOUSE OR MANAGER
HOUSE.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION
AROUND THAT PRESERVING FOUR
MORE UNITS OF PEOPLE LIVING?
>> WE HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND WITH A NONPROFIT ABOUT
REUSE OF THE BUILDING.
BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE SO MUCH
TO UPGRADE CODE WISE FOR CITY
USE IT FINANCIALLY DOES NOT
MAKE STEPS SENSE.
IN ADDITION PARKS IS NOT GREAT
AT MANAGING AUXILIARY BUILDINGS
SO THE PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO
MANAGE AS A NATURAL AREA.
>> OKAY THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION
BECAUSE WE DID EXAMINE THAT AND
THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE 50s
AND THERE IS NOT, WHAT YOU
COULD BUILD IN THE 50s, THAT
WOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN BUILT
TODAY.
>> IT IS DIRECTLY IN THE
FLOODPLAIN SO THE IDEA OF
INVESTING MONEY AND REHABBING.
>> OKAY GO AHEAD.
YOU COULD.
WE WILL COME SEE YOU.
A BAD IDEA BUT THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IT UP.
>> AGAIN, DAVE LACLERGUE SPU I
MANAGED A PROGRAM FOCUSING ON
GREEN STRUCTURES IN URBAN
VILLAGES AND THE FOCUS IS
UPGRADING DRAINAGE AND
WASTEWATER IN AT AROUND DENSE
NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTICULAR
DOING IT IN A WAY THAT PROVIDES
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
IDEALLY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS IS AN IDEAL PROJECT IN
MANY WAYS.
IN TERMS OF NEAR-TERM SPU
INTEREST IN THE SITE BECAUSE IT
IS SUCH A LARGE SITE WITH THE
CREEK CHANNEL MOVING THROUGH IT,
IT CREATES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO DO FLOOD PAIN PLAYED
RESTORATION.
THE CHANNEL IS DEFINITELY CUT
BELOW THE FLOODPLAIN SO THE
PROJECT GIVES US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WIDEN THE CREEK
CHANNEL, RESTORE THE NATURAL
FLOODPLAIN FUNCTION AND DECREASE
DOWNSTREAM FLOOD RISK THAT
PRODUCES GOOD WATER QUALITY
BENEFITS.
SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT PURSUING.
LONG TERM IT PUTS US IN A GOOD
POSITION TO DO CULVERT WORK,
TOOK OVER UNDER 125th STREET IS
UNDERSIZED EVENTUALLY WE WILL
NEED TO REPAIR THAT CULVERT AND
THAT IS A BIGGER MUCH MORE
EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
THE CULVERT WHERE THE CREEK
PASSES UNDERNEATH 125th STREET.
DOWN THE ROAD.
IT IS NOT ON THE TOP SHORTLIST
OF CULVERTS TO BE REPLACED BUT
IT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN
EVENTUALLY.
IF WE HAVE CONTROL OF THIS SITE
IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO DO
THAT WORK IN THE FUTURE.
WE ARE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS,
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH
PARKS.
WE CAN SEE A LOT OF POTENTIAL
GOING FORWARD FOR PROJECTS:
ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING SITES
BETWEEN PARKS AND SPU AND THIS
IS A NICE RELATIVELY
STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT WITH A
CLEAR WIN WIN BENEFIT.
FINALLY AS A COMMUNITY CENTER
UTILITY WE ARE INTERESTED IN
HOW ALL PROJECTS LINEUP WITH
PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD
FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE KNOW THAT FROM PAST PLANNING
WORK IN LAKE CITY PEOPLE ARE
PROUD OF THE CREEK.
PEOPLE WANT MORE VISIBILITY OF
THE CREEK WITH MORE ACCESS.
SO WE KNOW THIS LINES UP WITH
THINGS THE NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID
THEY WANT AND THIS COULD PRESENT
A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR
PARTNERING WITH LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING LITTLE
BROOKE YOUTH CORPS OR THE
ENHANCEMENT GROUP, A NUMBER OF
PARTNERS WE HOPE TO BRING INTO
THE PROCESS.
>> YOU ARE ALSO TALKING TO
FUTURE WISE.
ARE YOU TALKING TO THEM?
>> I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO THEM.
I KNOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE
IT AS A TRAINING GROUND.
>> THE ACCESS POINT FOR THE
NORTH FORK ARE PRETTY LIMITED.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> DO WE ENVISION A PARTIAL
TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION
EVENTUALLY?
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
UP.
RIGHT NOW THIS GOES TO PARKS
JURISDICTION BECAUSE WE ARE
PUTTING IN THE FUNDING.
THE EXPECTATION IS THROUGH THE
MO YOU THAT SPU WILL PROVIDE
THEIR SHARE OF FUNDING DOWN THE
LINE AND DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE
OF FUNDING THEY USE AND WHETHER
THEY NEED TO HAVE PROPERTY
RIGHTS OR NOT WE MAY COME BACK
INTO A PARTIAL TRANSFER OF
JURISDICTION OF THE STREAMBED
UP TO THE HIGH WATERMARK FOR
THEM.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE RIGHT NOW BUT IT IS THE
INTENTION.
SO IF WE COME BACK, WHICH IN I
HAD TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING
BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THIS WITH
EXPLICIT INTENTION OF
POTENTIALLY TRANSFERRING SOME
OF THE RIGHTS.
>> IT WILL MAINTAIN USE AND
FUNCTION.>> CAN WE GET CLARITY
ON WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING
FROM?
>> RIGHT NOW THE MONEY IS 50%
CONSERVATION FUTURES FUNDING
KING COUNTY CONSERVATION FUTURE
AND 50% PARK DISTRICT.
WHEN I TOOK THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR CONSERVATION
FUTURES ON THE SITE VISIT THEY
LOVED THE PROPERTY, THEY CANNOT
BELIEVE WE HAD PROPERTIES LIKE
THIS SO IT WAS KIND OF
REAFFIRMING THIS IS WORTH
PROTECTING.
>> SO WITH THAT I WANT TO SHARE
QUICKLY AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE
OUT.
THANKING SPU, YOU GUYS AND
PARKS AND A SHOT OUT TO THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHO HELPED
SECURE THE FUNDS AND WORK WITH
US IN THE OFFICE AND PARKS AND
THE COUNTY.
WE TESTED TODAY AND I TOLD HIM
I WANT TO GIVE HIM A BIG THANK
YOU.
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE
WHEN WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON
PRESERVING THESE LANDS IT MAKES
A DIFFERENCE IN OUR 46 STATE
DELEGATION.
THE SENATOR, THE SENATOR'S
REPRESENTATIVES THEY WERE ALL
INVOLVED AS WELL.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THANK
THOSE FOLKS.
OF COURSE THE THORNTON CREEK
ALLIANCE, THEY HAVE BEEN ABOUT
30 YEARS DATED THE DAYLIGHTING
OF THE SOUTH FORK WHICH WAS A
BIG DEAL SO ANYWAY I AM EXCITED
TO TAKE THE VOTE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY I'M OF THE COMMITTEE PASS
COUNSEL BILL 119570.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND
SECONDED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
THOSE OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT.
GOING TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS FOR
YOUR HARD WORK.
SO BEFORE YOU RUN OFF.
I GET READY TO DO MY
ADJOURNMENT SPEECH.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THIS
COMMITTEE WILL BE A SPECIAL
MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 AT 12:00
P.M.
WITH THAT WE STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.