>> EACH PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT T
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. THIS IS DAY TWO OF
THREE, AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
DEPARTMENTS TO COVER. WE HAVE
HANDFUL OF WALK ON AMENDMENTS,
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THE CHANCE TO CONSIDER
THOSE. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TH
FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS:
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
FINANCED AND ADMINISTERED OF
SERVICES, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOP, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL, THE OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS,
THE SEATTLE FIRE , AND THE
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS AN
AMENDMENT THAT WAS CIRCULATED
BEFORE 5:00 P.M. THE PREVIOUS
DAY, SO, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT
THE AGENDA BEFORE HE ADOPTED AN
MOVED AT THE AGENDA FG WALK ON
ONE. IS THAT --
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, EXCUSE ME --
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD, MADAM CLERK
>> APOLOGIES FOR THE
INTERRUPTION, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
THINK THAT IS YOUR SCRIPT FROM
YESTERDAY. THERE ARE NO WALK ON
AMENDMENTS I AM AWARE OF FOR
DISCUSSION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
TODAY.
>> I DID HAVE A WALK-ON
AMENDMENT. SOUNDS LIKE THAT WAS
NOT CIRCULATED. I GUESS WE WILL
NOT CONSIDER AT THIS TIME.
>> APOLOGIES, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED AN
I DID NOT GET A COPY. I AM NOT
A REQUIRED RECIPIENT -- SO IF I
WAS DISTRIBUTED -- ADDED OR
ADDED TO THE AGENDA, YOU COULD
SPEND SUSPEND THE RULE MEET
THE DISTRIBUTION -- AND ADD IT
TO THE AGENDA.
>> I DO NOT HAVE -- AT MY
FINGERTIPS RIGHT NOW. I CAN AS
YOU FOR THE FOLLOWING. IF I CA
CIRCULATE IT THIS MORNING, THEN
WHEN WE RECONVENE IN THE
AFTERNOON, IF THERE IS
OPPORTUNITY PROCEDURALLY TO
AMEND THE AGENDA AT THAT POINT
IN THE AFTERNOON, FOLKS ARE
INTERESTED? SO, LET'S LEAVE THE
AGENDA AS IS. I WILL CIRCULATE
IT FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW THIS
MORNING. WHEN WE COME BACK AFTE
RECESS, WE CAN COLLECTIVELY
MAKE A DECISION, IF FOLKS FEEL
COMFORTABLE ADDING TO THE
AGENDA. IT IS RELATED TO THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT IS
WALK-ON AMENDMENT RELATED TO A
NURSE PRACTITIONER POSITION.
RELATIVELY SMALL, BUT LET ME GE
THAT CIRCULATED, SO I CAN FOLLO
UP. AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S JUMP ON IN. WE PROMISED W
WOULD JUMP RIGHT INTO
DISCUSSIONS. SO, THE FIRST
APARTMENT THAT IS UP IS THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I
AM THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL BEING
HERE TODAY. WE WILL HAVE THE
FIRST THREE AMENDMENTS TODAY
RELATE TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF. GOOD
MORNING, LISH. GOOD MORNING, --
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF. -- IS
SPONSORED BY -- COUNCILMEMBERS
-- AND LEWIS. AT $75,000 TO THE
DEPARTMENT -- SUPPORT THE
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PDAS --
ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
>> AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN
OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALE US
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK
YOU, LISH. YES. THIS IS PRETT
STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE KNOW THE
HISTORIC SEATTLE TOWN
ASSOCIATION -- CREATED BY THE
LEGISLATURE IN 2007 , AND THE
PURPOSE OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS
TO RESPOND TO -- IN PIONEER
SQUARE AND -- NEIGHBORHOOD AS
WELL. IMPACTS TO THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDING PUBLIC
WORKS , FACILITIES, CONSTRUCTIO
PROJECTS. IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN FUNDING
FOR -- AND THE EIS PROCESS, BU
NO INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY-LED
APPROACHES, WHICH IS WHAT THIS
ORGANIZATION PROVIDES. SO, I
KNOW WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE PROPOSE
POSITIONS FOR THIS WORK. BUT,
WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
NOT ABANDONING THIS SUPPORT FOR
COMMUNITY LED OUTREACH ,
PARTICULARLY IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, THIS
INVESTMENT WOULD CONTINUE
OUTREACH TO RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES THROUGH THIS STATION
LOCATION DECISION , AND VOTE IN
THE PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL
EIS. IT WOULD SUPPORT COMMUNITY
IN DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY
MITIGATION PLAN , AND IT WOULD
CONTINUE WORK WITH AGENCIES,
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ON THE
JACKSON HUB IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
WHICH IS THAT SEVERAL-BLOCK ARE
WHERE STATIONS ARE BEING
CONSIDERED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOALE IS. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTION
ON THIS? I DO NOT SEE ANY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S MOVE O
TO NUMBER TWO.
>> DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
2 A1, SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA WITH COUNSEL
NUMBERS MORALE IS AND LEWIS. I
AT $1.85 MILLION TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS --
GENERATIONAL WEALTH INITIATIVE.
GENERATIONAL WEALTH INITIATIVE
SUPPORTS COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO
CLOSE THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP.
FUNDING FOR THIS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION -- AND A RESERVE SET
ASIDE FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD
MAINTAIN 3.5 FTE, THOSE
POSITIONS WOULD BE CUT IN THE
2023 BUDGET -- $53,000 TO PAY
FOR THOSE POSITIONS. IT WOULD
ALSO ADD -- PROVIDERS ON A
$150,000 LIFTED FROM WHEN D.O.
AND SUBMIT A DRAFT PLAN -- AND
DELIVERABLES FOR THE RAINY 1.35
MILLION WOULD BE -- SUBMITTED
TO COUNSEL.
>> THANK YOU, LISH. THIS IS MY
AMENDMENT, SO I WILL TAKE A
SECOND TO SPEAK TO IT. I WOULD
LIKE TO START BY THANKING
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS AND YOU
TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE
ON GENERATIONAL WEALTH, AND THE
PILOT TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH FOLKS
INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, AND I
HEAR THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST
TIME THE CITY HAS ENGAGED IN
THIS TYPE OF WORK. THAT IS ALSO
REALLY AUTHENTIC TO THEM. BY
ALLOCATING MONEY DIRECTLY TO TH
DEPARTMENT WITH THE PROVISO WE
PROVIDE THE FUNDS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY DO THE
WORK AND MAKE A PROPOSAL , THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL CAN WORK ON
TOGETHER AROUND GENERATIONAL
WEALTH WORK WELL. BY DIRECTLY
ALLOCATING THE FUNDS WITH A
PROVISO, WE MAINTAIN OVERSIGHT
AND TRANSPARENCY, AND THIS
BUDGET AND REQUESTS THE PROVIS
THAT REQUESTS BE CIRCULATED
EITHER TO THE ENTIRE COUNSEL, O
BE HEARD IN THE COMMITTEE WITH
OVERSIGHT OVER DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS. DIRECT ALLOCATIO
PROVIDES THE FUNDS WILL BE
DELIVERED MORE QUICKLY. THE
CITY WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON
THIS WORK IN AUTHENTIC OWNERSHI
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THIS
ALLOWS THE CURRENT EMPLOYEES T
CONTINUE THEIR WORK, INSTEAD OF
BEING HOUSED WITHIN FINANCE
GENERAL. STALLING THE WORK AND
INVESTMENTS INTO GENERATIONAL
WEALTH BUILDING FOR
DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES MEAN
THIS WILL BE WORK THAT WILL BE
IN THE LONG TERM BENEFICIAL FOR
OUR COMMUNITIES. THANKS AGAIN
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE HAVE
HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THEM
AND CONFIRM THAT THE MAYOR
THOUGHT THIS DOES NOT HAVE ANY
CONCERNS WITH THIS ONE-TIME
FUNDING OR -- FOR 2023. I ALSO
WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCILMEMBER
MORALE IS AND YOUR TEAM THAT HA
DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS TO
MAKE THIS PROGRAM WORK, THAT YO
GET A CHANCE TO ALSO COMMENT.
ALSO WANT TO THANK -- IN MY
OFFICE, WHO HAS WORKED TO
SHEPHERDESS. BEFORE I TURN OVE
TO COUNCILMEMBER --
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS, DID YO
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> SURE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR
BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT. I
THOUGHT I WOULD -- THOSE OF YO
WHO ARE ON MY COMMITTEE KNOW
THAT THIS TOPIC OF BUILDING
SHARED PROSPERITY AND COMMUNITY
WEALTH IS CENTRAL TO THE WORK
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO,
REPRESENT MY DISTRICT. BUT ALS
LOOKING AT THE CITY OVERALL, TH
WORK WE ARE DOING TO SUPPORT
NEIGHBORS , BUILDING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH REALLY IS
ABOUT HOLDING THE CAPACITY OF
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO DRIVE THE
KIND OF CHANGE THEY WANT TO SEE
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO AT
LEAST DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEE
TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, WHICH TENDS TO
FOCUS ON ATTRACTING INDUSTRY T
A COMMUNITY , WHERE JOBS MAY BE
DRAWN INTO A COMMUNITY, BUT THE
MAY LEAVE WITHOUT WARNING. IT
COULD ATTRACT JOBS THAT EXTRAC
RESOURCES FROM A COMMUNITY, OR
REALLY DESTROY COMMUNITY ASSETS
THROUGH POLLUTION OR LOW-WAGE
JOBS, OR LOSS OF INCOME
THROUGH EXCESSIVE TAX BREAKS.
BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH IS
REALLY ABOUT DEVELOPING ASSETS
IN A WAY THAT CAUSES WEALTH TO
STAY IN COMMUNITY. OUR GOAL IS
TO SORT OF DEMOCRATIZE WEALTH,
DEMOCRATIZE RESOURCES, AND
REALLY CREATE RESILIENT LOCAL
ECONOMIES. THE WORK THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS HAS
BEEN DOING, AND WAS PRESENTED
IN MY COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER, I
REALLY TRYING TO ALIGN OUR CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS BEHIND
THAT SHARED VISION FOR HOW WE
BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH,
PARTICULARLY IN OUR BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES, BUT FOR FOLK
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I WILL
GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE OF THE
KIND OF RESEARCH THEY ARE DOING
RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHAT KIND OF
STRATEGIES WE MIGHT WORK ON AS
CITY. THEY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
COMMUNITY CONTROLLED CAPITAL,
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF REAL
ESTATE, WORKER OWNERSHIP,
BUILDING EQUITABLE ECOSYSTEMS
SO WE SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES
AND REALLY TRY TO GROW THOSE AN
OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS. THIS
IS IMPORTANT WORK. IT IS
EXCITING. SOME OF THE KEY
TAKEAWAYS THEY HAVE DISCOVERED
SO FAR ARE THAT THE CITY REALL
NEEDS A STRONG VISION TO
ORGANIZE BEHIND AND THAT THESE
-- HOLDING EQUITY REQUIRES
MEASURING IMPACT, EVALUATING
INVESTMENTS, AND THEN
TRANSLATING ALL THIS RESEARCH
INTO ACTION. SO, I WILL WORK
NEXT YEAR AS THESE DIFFERENT
SLIDES WE ARE WORKING ON COME
TOGETHER, AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GRADE SOME OF THIS WORK INTO A
MORE COHESIVE STRATEGY FOR THE
CITY. I AM REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO PRESENTING THAT
SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU
AGAIN, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I NEED NO CONVINCING THAT
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO
BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS
THE MOST PROFOUND WAY THE CITY
CAN ADVANCE OUR EQUITY GOALS AN
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. SO, I AM
THERE. WHEN I HEAR "CAPACITY
BUILDING " AND WORDS LIKE THIS,
I AM WONDERING IF THERE WILL BE
ANY DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE
ACTUAL PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A
SHARED VISION. I COULD BE WRONG
IN THIS CITY, THAT THIS IS WHA
WE HAVE TO DO, WE ARE
CONSTRAINED BY SOME
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES. BUT I AM
TALKING ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP
PROGRAMS , ACCESS TO CAPITAL ,
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. ALL OF
THESE THINGS, AND AS I SAID IN
ONE OF THE FIRST DAYS OF OUR
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, OED I
DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK
ALREADY. BECAUSE I REALLY JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
GETTING THE RESOURCES INTO THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT CAN DO IT.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT BIG
BUSINESSES COMING IN AND
DESTROYING COMMUNITIES, I AM
TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESSES IN COMMUNITY, SO THE
CAN MAINTAIN JOBS, HIRE MORE
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BE THE NODES
IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY
ARE, AND PREVENT THEM FROM GOIN
AWAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
STUDY BEING PRODUCED IS GOING
TO BE OUT IN AUGUST. THIS IS A
QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE
QUESTIONS BEING ANSWERED ? OR
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES OF THIS
STUDY? BECAUSE I THINK THAT W
KNOW THAT POVERTY ,
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, REDLINING
-- I THINK WE UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAS CAUSED DISPARITIES. I AM
JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE THE
ANSWERS THAT WE HOPE WILL COME
FROM THE STUDY ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SURE, I CAN TAKE AN INITIAL
STEP, AND LIST, IF YOU WANT TO
CHIME IN, GO AHEAD. SO FAR, WHA
HAS BEEN PRESENTED IS LOOKING
TO BUILD THE STRUCTURES FOR
COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP, FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT . SO, THE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN OUT IN
COMMUNITY, MEETING WITH FOLKS
AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS OF BUILDIN
GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS, AND WHA
TOOLS THEY WOULD NEED TO BE
ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
OPPORTUNITIES. THAT IS SORT OF
THE EXTERNAL WORK. THEY ARE ALS
LOOKING AT CITY DEPARTMENTS,
LOOKING AT HOW THEY ALIGN, AS
-- MENTIONED, THEY WERE
SURVEYING CITY EMPLOYEES IN
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO ASK
THEM, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT DO YOU
CONTRIBUTE TO GENERATIONAL
WEALTH? A LOT OF THE CITY
WORKERS DID NOT FEEL LIKE THEY
DID CONTRIBUTE. BUT AS THEY
STARTED TO UNPACK THE KIND OF
WORK THEY DID, THEY COULD SEE
HOW IT IS BUILDING ACCESS TO
RESOURCES AND HELPING SUPPORT
AT LEAST SOME OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE. THEN, THEY ARE
LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE
STRATEGIES I MENTIONED. HOW DO
WE BUILD COMMUNITY CAPITAL? HOW
DO WE INCREASE COMMUNITY
OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS? HOW DO WE
STOP THE DISPLACEMENT THAT IS
HAPPENING BY CREATING
MECHANISMS THAT ALLOW SMALL
BUSINESSES TO BUY, YOU KNOW, A
BLOCK OF BUILDINGS AND OWN THAT
RATHER THAN HAVING TO PAY RENT
ON THEIR STOREFRONTS? THERE ARE
DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THEY ARE
LOOKING AT. I THINK PART OF WHA
WE WILL LEARN OVER THE NEXT YEA
IS WHICH ONES SEEM FEASIBLE. ON
THING I WILL TALK ABOUT LATER
TODAY IS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
TRUST, WHICH IS ANOTHER STRATEG
THAT CAN HELP RESIDENTS AND
BUSINESSES BUY INTO -- BUY
SHARES IN PROPERTY OWNERSHIP.
SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS THEY ARE
LOOKING AT. WHICH OF THESE MIGH
WORK FOR US TO START LOOKING A
AS A CITY IS WHAT I THINK WE
WILL UNDERSTAND BETTER.
>> I WILL JUST ADD THAT ONE OF
THE TASKS THE COUNCIL HAVE
CHARGED THIS TEAM WITH DOING I
THE BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS TO
EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME PROGRAM
WHICH WOULD DEFINITELY BE A
DIRECT CONTRIBUTION TO
INDIVIDUAL WEALTH.
>> OKAY, I LIKE HAVING CONCRETE
IDEAS. BUILDING STRUCTURES AND
GIVING TOOLS -- I JUST LIKE TO
KNOW MORE, WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL
OUTCOME. I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS
DOING THIS WORK RIGHT NOW --
AM GLAD THAT THEY LIKE DOING TH
WORK, BUT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO B
HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS. SO, I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE
WILL BE ACTUAL RESOURCES
PROVIDED. AND IF BASIC INCOME I
ONE OF THEM, THAT IS FINE.
AGAIN, I WILL SAY IT. ACCESS TO
CAPITAL IS A BIG BARRIER IN
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT JOBS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO, OED WILL NO
DO THIS WORK UNLESS THEY HAVE
ADDITIONAL STAFF TO DO IT. THE
PLAN IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, TO MAKE SURE WE
CAN BUILD A PLAN AROUND
GENERATIONAL WEALTH THAT
DIRECTLY HELPS OUR CONSTITUENTS
AND YES, THERE ARE RESOURCES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS FOR
ADDING ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO
THIS AMENDMENT. YES, COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON, GO AHEAD.
>> DID YOU SAY OED WERE DOING
THIS WORK? HOW DOES THIS RELATE
>> YEAH -- D.O.N. IS DOING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH, OED IS
DOING ADDITIONAL WORK FOR
ANOTHER SLIDE, IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH -- AND OFFICE COUNSEL.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
AMENDMENT, PLEASE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE FINAL
AMENDMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS IS D.O.N. 3 A1,
SPONSORED BY MEMBER STRAUSS
WITH MEMBERS -- AS NELSON. IT
ADDS -- ONGOING FUNDS TO FUND
COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATION
FOR --
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCIL NUMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COLLEAGUES
I AM COMING TO YOU FROM MY
DISTRICT OFFICE TODAY.
REGARDING -- COMMUNITY SAFETY
COORDINATOR, WE INITIALLY
REQUESTED -- MADE A DIFFERENT
REQUEST BUT IT HAS BEEN REFINE
SINCE I█ SUBMITTED THE CBA. TH
CBA IS SUBMITTED BECAUSE I HOS
A BIWEEKLY -- PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEES MEETING -- SOCIAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, MAYORS
OFFICE, CITY DEPARTMENT, COUNT
PROSECUTORS, AND THE CITY
POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS WORK
IS GROUNDED IN ADDRESSING
REAL-TIME PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
AFFECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD . FO
THIS WORK TO BE EFFECTIVE, WE
NEED A POSITION THAT IS SOLELY
DEDICATED TO THIS WORK. -- HUB
COORDINATOR POSITION WOULD BE
THE LIAISON BETWEEN THESE
DIFFERENT ENTITIES, NEIGHBORHOO
BUSINESSES , AND ABLE TO PROVID
A MEANINGFUL COORDINATION
BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND
ORGANIZATIONS. WE TOOK THIS
IDEA FROM OTHER PLACES IN THE
CITY THAT ARE ALREADY DOING
THIS. THIS COORDINATOR POSITION
MIRRORS THE POSITIONS IN THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL DISTRIC
AND THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL NUMBER
STRAUSS. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT
OR QUESTIONS? OKAY, COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS, I HAVE A FEW
STAFF. CAN YOU REMIND ME FOR TH
SIMILAR POSITIONS IN CID AND
YOUR DISTRICT, HOW ARE THOSE
FUNDED? HOW IS THE FUNDING
ADMINISTERED? CAN YOU REMIND ME
>> I WILL TAKE THAT. DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS RECEIVES
GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THOSE
POSITIONS AND CONTRACTS WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS T
DO THE WORK.
>> OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I THINK AT THIS TIME, WE ARE
READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
TWO ON THE AGENDA. CAN THE KIRK
PLEASE READ THIS ITEM IT WOULD
SET US BACK ITEM TWO, THE PART
OF AN ITERATIVE SERVICES --
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE
FOUR ITEMS IN THIS CATEGORY. WE
HAVE WITH US -- NOT LOADING ON
MY SCREEN, HERE. HI, LISA.
WELCOME BACK.
>> I THINK ACTUALLY I WILL BE
YOUR FIRST ON FAS, A 1.
>> I AM NOT SEEING -- YET.
SHOULD WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE
>> SURE. I WILL SPEAK TO FAS 4
A1. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL NUMBER STRAUSS,
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
MORALE IS. CBA WOULD ADD
$200,000 -- BUILDING TO FAS FOR
-- SAFETY INTENDED TO PRODUCE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WOULD
PROTECT THE CITY WATERWAY WHILE
RESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY. COUNCI
INCLUDED FUNDING FOR THIS STUDY
IN THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET.
úMOST FUNDING WAS PUT ON HOLD
LAST YEAR, WILL FAS DID ISSUE -
WHICH GENERATED NO RESPONSES
FOR THIS AMENDMENT IS INTENDED
TO SUPPORT -- ISSUED IN 2023 --
INTENDED $200,000 FUNDING
LEVEL. I WILL TURN THE
MICROPHONE OVER THE COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS, WHO SPONSORED
THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, LISA. AND THANK
YOU, COLLEAGUES AND CHAIR
MOSQUEDA FOR PRIORITIZING THIS
REQUEST FROM LAST YEAR, BECAUSE
AS LISA MENTIONED, WE DID PUT
$200,000 IN THE BUDGET AS PART
OF THE CLOSING OF THE BUDGET GA
EXERCISE. THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL
WAS REDUCED. JUST SOME
BACKGROUND, ALONG WITH OTHER
AGENCIES, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
FROM PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS
FOR ABOUT 200 MILES, I THINK 20
MILES EXACTLY, OF CITY SHORELIN
IN FRESHWATER AND IN SALTWATER
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CONTRACT
WITH AN OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT
CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT AN
ANALYSIS OF STAFFING AND
CAPACITY NEEDS TO ENSURE PUBLI
SAFETY ON OUR WATERWAYS. THIS
STUDY IS NEEDED IN CONTEXT OF
NOT ONLY HARBOR PATROL, BUT ALS
INCREASED USAGE OF OUR WATER
FOR RECREATION , THE INCREASED
DROWNING IN RECORD-BREAKING
HEAT LAST YEAR, AND THE
INCREASED USE OF RECREATIONAL
BOATING, WHETHER IT IS MOTORIZE
BOTH, PADDLE BOARDS, KAYAKS, AN
NEW USERS OF THESE VESSELS.
THE STUDY WOULD INCLUDE
COMPARISONS TO OTHER WATERFRONT
CITIES ON WATERFRONT STAFFING
LEVELS. THIS -- WILL MOVE
FORWARD AS WE MAKE STACKING
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS -- PROVID
BEST PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ALL USER
OF OUR PUBLIC WATERWAYS AND
WORKING WATERFRONT. AS MENTIONE
EARLIER, DID INCLUDE IN THIS
CLIP -- CURRENT BUDGET YEAR TO
REDUCE THE BUDGET GAP THIS YEAR
WE REDUCE THAT FUNDING AND DID
NOT RECEIVE MEANINGFUL
RESPONSES. SO HERE, I AM
REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING T
RE-ISSUE THAT -- THANK YOU.
BACK THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL HANDS, COUNCILMEMBER
THAT WAS FAS 004A. I THINK WE
CAN GO BACK TO NUMBER THREE.
HELLO, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. APOLOGIES, I HAD SOME
TECH ISSUES. USHER -- COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. THIS ITEM IS FA
THREE A1, IT WOULD PLACE A
PROVISO ON THE CONTRACTED JAIL
SERVICES BUDGET, THAT WOULD
LIMIT FUNDING OF THE ADDITIONAL
$2.9 MILLION THAT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AS
DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY AT BUDGET
HEARINGS, THAT 2.9 MILLION
DOLLARS IS A REFLECTION OF
CONTRACTUAL INCREASES FROM
INSULATION AND FROM AN
INCREASE IN SURCHARGE COSTS.
THE PROVIDER WOULD LIMIT THE
EXECUTIVE -- EXCUSE ME. SO
SORRY, I WANT TO FLY TO OUR
SPONSOR NEEDS TO BE LET INTO
THE ZOOM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
TECHNICAL ISSUES, THERE. THANK
YOU FOR THAT. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WILL BE IN A MINUTE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, ASHER.
>> AS I MENTIONED, THE PROVISO
WOULD PROHIBIT SPENDING FROM
THE COUNCIL -- EXCUSE ME. THE
PROVISO WOULD PROHIBIT SPENDING
BY THE EXECUTIVE OF THAT $2.9
MILLION UNTIL THE MAYOR'S OFFIC
RESPONDS TO THE CHAIR OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICE
COMMITTEE WITH EITHER A
FINALIZED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND THE COUNTY THAT
ADDRESSES HOW POTENTIAL SAVINGS
OF DECREASED BED USAGE WOULD B
USED , OR CERTIFIES TO THE CHAI
THAT NO AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
REACHED. THE IDEA IS FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO KEEP THE
COUNCIL UPDATED ON WHAT IS
HAPPENING BY PROVIDING A REPORT
BY JANUARY 31st ABOUT ITS WORK
PLAN, IN TERMS OF NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE COUNTY , WOULD INCLUDE
A PROJECTED TIMELINE FOR
NEGOTIATIONS, HOW THE EXECUTIV
PLANS TO INCLUDE THE COUNCIL IN
INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, AND
IDENTIFIES WHO IS LEADING
NEGOTIATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE
NEGOTIATING TEAM. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS MORALE IS AND
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TO
CONFIRM OUR SPONSOR IS IN THE
ZOOM, HERE. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD NEEDS TO BE ADDED AS A
PRESENTER, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS BEING
ADDED AS A PRESENTER. WE WILL
JUST WAIT FOR A SECOND. BACK
HERE I AM.
>> I KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, YOU COULD HEAR THE
DISCUSSION AS YOU WERE WAITING
TO BE ADMITTED. I KNOW YOU HAVE
BEEN LISTENING. I WILL HAVE TO
TURN IT OVER TO YOU, TO WALK US
THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. A BIT OF
BACKGROUND FOR FOLKS. IN 2019,
THE COUNCIL PASSED A SLIDE THA
WAS -- PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC O
2019, IT REALLY WAS ABOUT
EXPRESSING A POLICY INTEREST T
WORK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE BEING INCARCERATED .
BASED ON WHAT WAS ALREADY
HAPPENING AND A REALIZATION THA
SEATTLE WAS PAYING FOR MANY MOR
BEDS THAN WE WERE USING . SO,
WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED
TO PAY FOR THOSE BEDS BECAUSE
THE CONTRACT CANNOT BE REOPENED
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WANTED TO WOR
WITH THE COUNTY, BECAUSE THEY
WERE HAVING A SIMILAR
EXPERIENCE, AND WE WOULD PULL
THE FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH USING
FEWER BEDS AT THE JAIL TO MAKE
SOME REALLY CRITICAL INVESTMENT
IN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT LEAD T
CRIME. SO, THERE WAS AN SLI
FIRST IN 2018, IDENTIFYING THE
NEED TO DO THIS WORK. THERE WAS
ANOTHER SLI IN 2019 , FOLLOWING
UP ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT WA
DONE IN 2018. THEN, FINALLY, TH
EXECUTIVE REPORTED BACK ON THE
DRAWDOWN OF CONTRACTING SERVICE
TO BEGIN IN 2020. SO, THIS
RESULTED IN $16 MILLION IN
SAVINGS OVER TWO YEARS, WHICH
WERE REDIRECTED TO HEALTH AND
HOUSING FOR COMMUNITIES THAT AR
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
INCARCERATION. THIS CBA BUYS I
2.9 MILLION OF THE CURRENT
CONTRACT, AND ASKS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE COUNTY, AND THAT WE
TAKE THOSE INFLATIONARY COSTS
OUT OF THE SAVINGS THAT WE KNOW
ALREADY WE WILL ACHIEVE. AGAIN
THIS $2.9 MILLION, THERE IS
JUST THE OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR
THE NIGHTS WE DO NOT USE. THERE
IS NO QUESTION THAT IT IS OWED
BUT, THERE IS A QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN PAY FOR I
OUT OF SAVINGS. THE EXECUTIVE
INDICATES THAT CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT WHETHER
AND HOW TO INVEST ADDITIONAL
POTENTIAL SAVINGS OVER FUTURE
YEARS ARE ONGOING AND HAVE NOT
COME TO RESOLUTION AT THIS TIME
I THINK THAT COVERS THE
BACKGROUND ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE
IN THE PAST, AND HOW WE WANT T
TRY TO REPLICATE THE
RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATION
WITH THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS THE
INFLATIONARY COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH OUR CONTRACT, AS WELL AS
DETERMINE WHETHER THERE ARE
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR
REINVESTMENT OF SAVINGS. THANK
YOU.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS
RIGHT NOW, SO I WILL ADD ON THI
-- COUNSELOR PEDERSEN, I SEE
YOUR HAND NOW. LET GO WITH YOU
>> IN QUEUE, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THIS QUESTION MIGHT BE FOR THE
CENTRAL STAFF. DO WE KNOW THERE
WILL BE SAVINGS? ARE WE SURE
THERE WILL BE SAVINGS IN THE
FUTURE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE
BOOKING POLICY AT THE JAIL HAS
BEEN VERY STRICT. WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE ARRESTED
WHO ARE TURNED AWAY. BECAUSE O
THE JAIL 'S STRICT BOOKING
POLICY, NOT ACCEPTING PEOPLE
ACCUSED OF CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS
SO, IF THAT BOOKING POLICY
CHANGES IN 2023, WILL THERE
STILL BE SAVINGS WE WOULD BE
CAPTURING?
>> ASHA, IF I MISSED ANYTHING,
PLEASE STEP IN. THE AGREEMENT
THAT WAS WORKED ON STARTING
WITH THAT FIRST SLIDE , AND
REALIZING TWO YEARS WORTH OF
JAIL SAVINGS WAS REALLY BASED
ON THE PRE-COVID REALITY. WE
WERE REALIZING SIGNIFICANT --
I THINK ALMOST $8 MILLION PER
YEAR WITH REDUCED BED NIGHTS.
DURING COVID, BOOKINGS WERE
AROUND 50, 80 PERCENT. THE
AGREEMENT THAT WAS STRUCK WITH
THE COUNTY WAS BASED ON AN
ESTIMATE OF 80, 80%. THAT WAS
PRIOR TO THE BOOKING
RESTRICTIONS. ASHA HAS BEEN SO
GOOD TO MONITOR THE BOOKINGS
NOW, THAT THEY ARE STARTING TO
LOOK MORE LIKE THE PRE-COVID
BOOKING POLICY , WITH THE MANY
CHANGES IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'
OFFICE DEALING WITH BOTH THE
BACKLOG OF CASES , DECIDING TO
MAKE CHARGING DECISIONS WITHIN
FIVE DAYS, AND THE HIGH
UTILIZER INITIATIVE, TO SOME
EXTENT. KING COUNTY HAS WORKED
WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
TO CREATE BOOKING POLICY
EXCEPTIONS FOR ALL THOSE
EXAMPLES. SO, THE NUMBERS ARE
NOT AS LOW , NOT NEARLY AS LOW
AS THEY WERE DURING COVID , AND
ARE STARTING TO LOOK MORE LIKE
THE AVERAGE ADP PRIOR TO COVID.
BUT AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT ASSUM
THAT THERE WILL BE ANY SAVINGS
IT IS SIMPLY A PROVISO ABOUT
THE MONEY WHILE WE CAN HAVE THA
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THERE WILL BE SAVINGS.
>> I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY ELSE
JUMPING IN. ASHA, DID YOU WANT
TO ADD TO THAT?
>> I WOULD ADD THAT, IN GENERAL
ADP AS RELATED TO SEATTLE, HAS
BEEN DROPPING PRETTY
CONSISTENTLY SINCE ABOUT 2015.
THAT LED THE CITY TO NEGOTIATE
DOWN TO THE LOWEST FLOOR WE
COULD HAVE, WHICH IS WHERE IT I
AT RIGHT NOW, THAT 187. SO,
THERE HAS BEEN SOME RECOGNITION
SINCE THAT TIME THAT THE NUMBE
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING
JAILED TO THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
FALLING. SO, THE NEGOTIATIONS
THAT TOOK PLACE , WHILE THE
PANDEMIC MAY HAVE BEEN ONE
INCENTIVE FOR THE COUNTY TO
NEGOTIATE FOR 2021 AND 22, THAT
CONTINUED DECREASE IN ADP, AS
WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER
FACTORS MENTIONED IN THE CBA,
THE ISSUE WITH THE CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS, THE JAIL HAS BEEN
TOILING TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES
FOR A WHILE. SO, THERE IS
POTENTIAL FOR A SPECIFIC AMOUN
OF SAVINGS, EVEN IF IT IS NOT U
TO THE 8 MILLION ANNUALLY THAT
IT USED TO BE IN PRETTY 21 AND
POTENTIALLY IN '22, THERE MAY
STILL BE SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WIT
THAT DECREASE IN ADP. BACK THAN
YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ASHA
JUST JUMP IN TO CLARIFY AND
UNDERSCORE -- I THINK, WITH
THIS DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT,
IT HAS BEEN MADE, BUT I WANT TO
CLARIFY THAT WHAT WE ARE REALLY
LOOKING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO CAPTURE THE DELTA BETWEE
WHAT WE ARE CONTRACTING FOR AN
WHAT OUR ACTUAL USE IS , TO MAK
SURE WE ARE NOT SPENDING MONEY
FOR JAIL CAPACITY THAT WE ARE
NOT USING OR THAT WE CANNOT
USE. I JUST WANT TO ACCENTUATE
THAT , GIVEN THE PROFOUND
IMPACTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE
BUDGET THIS YEAR AND A LOT OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY-RELATED
ADDITIONS AND PROJECTS WE WANT
TO DO, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE
TO PAY FOR JAIL SPACE WE ARE NO
USING, OR THAT WE CANNOT
ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO USE.
THERE IS ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY IN
THIS PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE
ARE STUCK, AND THERE IS CAPACIT
WE WOULD WANT TO USE BUT CANNO
BECAUSE OF A COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM
THAT WHAT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED
ON IS TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT
THAT DELTA BETWEEN ACTUAL USE
AND THE CONTRACT IS, THEN TRY T
USE THAT MONEY FOR A PUBLIC
SAFETY INITIATIVES IN A TOUGH
BUDGET ENVIRONMENT.
>> YET. I WOULD JUST ADD TO
THAT, THE IDEA IS FOR THOSE
FUNDS TO BE REINVESTED IN
THINGS THAT WOULD PREVENT
INCARCERATION UPSTREAM. SO, NOT
NECESSARILY AT THE SAME POINT O
RELEASE FROM JAIL, THOUGH THAT
COULD BE PART OF THAT
CONVERSATION AS WELL. BUT
WHATEVER SAVINGS THAT COULD BE
REINVESTED, THE CITY AND COUNTY
HAVE COME TO AGREEMENT ABOUT HO
TO REINVEST THOSE FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU, ASHA. COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON, GO AHEAD.
>> I AM FINE WITH THIS PROVISO
, IF THERE ARE SAVINGS THAT WE
CAN USE FOR THESE CONTRACTUAL
ADJUSTMENTS , THAT MAKES SENSE
TO ME. SO, GREAT. BUT ASHA JUS
SAID "PREVENT INCARCERATION
UPSTREAM". THAT IS A POLICY
CONVERSATION. WE HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL ABOUT NOT ENCROACHING
UPON THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE COURT
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FILING
DECISIONS. I WANT TO MAKE IT
CLEAR WE ALSO HAVE AN ELECTED
OFFICIAL IN -- GOVERNMENT THAT
IS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M
LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL HANDS. I
WILL JUST ADD A FEW COMMENTS AS
WELL, COUNSELOR HERBOLD, IF YO
HAVE MORE TO ADD A WRAP-UP,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DO WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
PROPOSING THIS AMENDMENT. I
WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AS A
COSPONSOR. OUR OFFICE AND
WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND HER TEAM IN THE
PAST. I ALSO AGREE, THE PRIOR
AGREEMENT REACHED WITH KING
COUNTY TO ROUTE JAIL FUNDING
THROUGH OUR CONTRACT FOR
UPSTREAM COMMUNITY SAFETY
HOUSING AND HEALTH SOLUTIONS WA
VERY IMPORTANT. IT WAS
GROUNDBREAKING AND TREMENDOUSLY
IMPACTFUL. THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT STRATEGY IN THE LONG
RUN THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE
INVESTING IN. GOVERNMENT IS
HARD SOMETIMES. YOU DON'T
IMMEDIATELY SEE IMPACTS OF THE
INVESTMENTS YOU ARE MAKING. I
THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE
DIRECTING FUNDING AWAY FROM
POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT ACTUALLY
BEING FILLED IN THESE JAILS,
HERE , AND IT MOVED TOWARD A
JAIL SYSTEM THAT TRIES TO
ADDRESS HARM AND USE HARM
REDUCTION STRATEGIES. THESE
COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH AND
HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND ANY PENNY
THAT WE CAN GET TO GO INTO
SYSTEMS LIKE THAT IS CRITICAL,
ESPECIALLY, AS COUNCIL MEMBER
LOUIS NOTED, IN THESE TOUGH
TIMES, MAKING SURE WE ARE NOT
PUTTING MONEY INTO A COFFER THA
IS NOT ACTUALLY BEING USED AND
IN THIS CASE, NOT SERVING
PEOPLE. LET'S USE THOSE DOLLAR
WHERE WE CAN UPSTREAM. COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR
COSPONSORING , AND THANKS TO
SPONSORS MORALE IS AND LEWIS, A
WELL. JUST TO CLARIFY A COUPLE
THINGS, THIS IN NO WAY IMPACTS
THE INDEPENDENT DECISION-MAKING
OF EITHER OUR CITY ATTORNEY OR
THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR, NOR DOE
IT IMPACT THE JAIL HOLDING
POLICIES IT SIMPLY RECOGNIZES
THAT , EVEN WITH PROSECUTIONS
CONTINUING, EVEN WITH THE
FLEXIBILITY OF EXISTING JAIL
BOOKING POLICIES PERHAPS
CHANGING, THERE MAY STILL BE
SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO
THE IDEA OF REINVESTING THEM
INTO UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS LIK
HOUSING IS NOT IN ANY WAY
INTERFERING WITH THE
DECISION-MAKING OF THOSE ELECTE
OFFICIALS. IT JUST SIMPLY
RECOGNIZES THAT , EVEN AFTER
THEIR DECISION-MAKING ABOUT
FILING PROSECUTION OR JAIL
BOOKINGS, THAT THERE MAY STILL
BE SOME SAVINGS THERE, AND WE
SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOU
WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE SAVINGS ,
IN A WAY THAT WE ARE AGAIN,
TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE CITY 'S
LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
NEARLY $3 MILLION OF
INFLATIONARY COST, AS WELL AS
THE NEED TO REDIRECT THESE
INVESTMENTS -- THEY EXIST --
TO HEALTH AND HOUSING FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
-- JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT
PERFECTLY CLEAR. THEN, ALSO, TH
QUESTION OF THE MECHANISM OF
THE PROVISO, I WANT TO CLARIFY,
THE PROVISO ONLY HOLDS THE MONE
IN PLACE UNTIL THE EXECUTIVE
DOES THE WORK TO DETERMINE IF
WE CAN SAVE THE MONEY. THIS IS
AN ISSUE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING AND WIL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY. IT
WILL NOT FALL OFF THE COUNCIL
RADAR, AND WITH COLLABORATIVE
AND TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION
CONTINUING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL
AND EXECUTIVE, WE CAN KEEP CLOS
TABS ON WHETHER AND WHEN THE
FUNDS NEED TO BE RELEASED. IF
THE EXECUTIVE DETERMINES THAT
AN AGREEMENT IS NOT FORTHCOMING
OR WILL NOT RESULT IN --
INCREASE, THEY WILL HAVE THE
OPTION, BECAUSE OF THE PROVISO
LANGUAGE ITSELF, TO TRANSMIT A
STATEMENT TO COUNSEL THAT THEY
COULD NOT REACH AGREEMENT WITH
KING COUNTY, IN WHICH CASE, THE
COUNCIL WILL LIFT THE PROVISO,
AND THE FUNDING WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE TO BE SPENT ON THE
CONTRACT. I AM CONFIDENT WE WIL
HAVE REGULAR AND ONGOING
COMMUNICATION AND THE COUNCIL
AND EXECUTIVE CAN WORK TOGETHER
TO ENSURE THE PROVISO LIFTS, I
NECESSARY, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
KNOW WE WERE UPLE THINGS, WE W
ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF THIS PROVISO
WHICH AS COUNCILMEMBER -- HAS
SAID, THE LANGUAGE ITSELF SEEMS
FINE. WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO I
COMMIT IN ADVANCE WHERE THOSE
DOLLARS WOULD GO. I KNOW THERE
ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF
REINVESTING THOSE DOLLARS, AND
THE COUNCIL -- THAT IS A
HEALTHY DISCUSSION I WOULD LIKE
TO RESERVE IT FOR SOME TIME, NO
TO SAY -- WE HAVE ENTIRE
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY DEVOTED
TO UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS. THE
SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING. SO, I AM
PERSONALLY , WHAT MY
CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW I AM NOT
COMMITTING THESE FUNDS IN
ADVANCE TO SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THIS TIME.
HOPE THAT IS A DISCUSSION WE CA
JUST HAVE LATER.
>> THAT IS THE MEAT OF THE
AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. THE
PRIOR AGREEMENT, WHICH WE WILL
NO LONGER BE UNDER IN 2023, WA
TO INVEST IN AN AGREED UPON
WITH THE COUNTY COMPLEMENT OF
HOUSING AND SERVICES. WE WILL
HAVE TO CREATE A NEW AGREEMENT.
THAT IS NOT AT ALL DEFINED BY
THIS PROVISO. ALTHOUGH, I DO
WANT TO FLAG THAT I AM
IDENTIFYING -- THERE IS NO
AGREEMENT YET, BUT I AM
IDENTIFYING THAT I WOULD LIKE
PART OF THE DISCUSSION BEFORE
TALKING ABOUT REINVESTMENT IN
HOUSING AND SERVICES, THAT WE
GET OFF THE HOOK FOR THIS $3
MILLION IN INFLATIONARY COSTS.
THERE IS NO AGREEMENT YET, BUT
WANT TO FLAG THAT THIS IS A $3
MILLION NEW COST TO OUR BUDGET
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE
CAN GET ABSORBED BY SAVINGS FRO
UNUSED JAIL BEDS. BUT THAT AND
OTHER REINVESTMENTS OF REVENUE
FROM UNUSED JAIL BEDS IS ALL
PART OF THAT AGREEMENT THAT DOE
NOT YET EXIST WHICH I HOPE CAN
BE MADE WITH KING COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD. COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON?
>> IF WE CREATE HOUSING WITH
THE SAVINGS BEFORE , I CAN TAK
THIS OFF-LINE. I DID NOT REALIZ
THAT.
>> IS THAT THE COUNTY 'S
HEALTH OR HOUSING INITIATIVE,
ASHA?
>> YES. OF THAT 16 MILLION, 11
MILLION WENT TO PROVIDE HOUSING
THROUGH THAT HELP FOR HOUSING
PROGRAM, AND ANOTHER 5 MILLION
WAS CONTEMPLATED. I WILL GET A
UPDATE ON THIS, THE STATUS OF
THESE FUNDS, BUT IT WAS ALSO
CONSIDERED FOR BEING INCLUDED I
-- THAT WOULD GO TOWARD HOUSIN
FOR YOUTH THAT WOULD OTHERWISE
BE INCARCERATED. I WILL GET AN
UPDATE ON WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE
>> THANKS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA -- AS A COSPONSOR,
THE THIRD PERSON, HERE. LET'S
MOVE ON TO THE THIRD ITEM IN
THIS LIST FAS 005.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. HI, ERIC
McCONNAUGHHAY, -- STAFF. THIS
CBA IS KNOWN AS FAS FIVE A1,
SPONSORED PRIMARILY BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WITH
COUNSELORS MORALES
COSPONSORING. THIS -- 130,000
DOLLARS OF GENERAL FUND DOLLAR
IN 2023 TO SUPPORT THE
CONSTRUCTION OF UPGRADED
ELEVATOR -- CONNECTION TO THE
PIKE PLACE MARKET, PARKING
GARAGE -- THIS PARKING GARAGE
AS PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT
CALLED PARKING FRONT. THE
MARKET PARKING FRONT PROJECT I
A PRODUCT OF THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET FOR -- WHICH I WILL JUS
CALL THE PIKE PLACE MARKET. 22
FEET, THE CITY COMMITTED $4
MILLION TO THIS PROJECT AND A
PARCEL OF LAND FOR THE --
DEPLETED -- FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOR THE PIKE PLACE MARKET --
WE HAVE A REPORT THAT ABOUT
$1.5 MILLION OF THE TOTAL $34
MILLION IN CITY FUNDING -- FOR
THIS ELEVATOR AND STAIR
PROJECT. -- THE NEW ELEVATOR
AND STAIR PROJECT -- PROJECT IS
COMPLETE -- PARKING SPACES,
LOW INCOME HOUSING, RETAIL AND
COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND OPEN
SPACE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL
TURN TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH , MADAM
CHAIR. THIS IS A PROJECT
REQUEST FROM THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET -- AS ERIC JUST
INDICATED , IT IS PART OF A
MUCH LARGER UMBRELLA PROJECT
RELATED TO THE MARKET FRONT AN
THE INTERFACE OF THE PIKE PLAC
MARKET CAMPUS WITH THE EMERGING
WATERFRONT PARK PROMENADE AND
OVERLOOK. THIS PROJECT, LIKE
LOTS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS, HAS
BECOME THE VICTIM OF THE
PROFOUND IMPACTS OF INFLATION
BROUGHT ON BY THE POST-COVID
ERA AND THE DYNAMICS OF OUR
ECONOMY, WHICH HAS MADE THE
PROJECT OVERRUN COSTS RISE TO
A LEVEL THAT IS OUT OF REACH
FOR THE PIKE PLACE MARKET -- TO
COVER ON ITS OWN. SO, THIS IS
ONE TIME MONEY THAT WOULD HELP
BRIDGE THOSE GAPS IN
UNANTICIPATED AND HISTORICALLY
HIGH INFLATIONARY IMPACT. IT
WOULD LET THIS PROJECT TO BE
FINISHED ON TIME IN COORDINATIO
WITH THE OTHER THINGS HAPPENIN
IN THE SPACE. I WILL LEAVE IT
THERE -- A SINGLE, ONE-TIME
PROJECT, THE CONTRIBUTION
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE
CITY'S $150,000. THEY WILL NEED
TO SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL
FUNDING, THAT THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR FROM OTHER SOURCES. THIS
750,000 -- THEY ARE NOT ASKING
THE CITY TO COVER THE ENTIRE
COST. $750,000 IS THE PORTION O
THE COST THEY ARE LOOKING TO
RECOUP.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? I AM NOT SEEING ANY
COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS, THANK YOU
SO MUCH. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ONE. HELLO, LISA.
>> I AM BACK. THE NEXT ITEM I
HAVE FOR YOU IS FAS 301 A1 --
MAKE SURE I AM LOOKING AT THE
RIGHT ONE, STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT SPONSORED B
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES ,
COSPONSORED BY -- THIS SLI
WOULD REQUEST FAS AND THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING DEVELOP A PLA
AND PROCESS FOR THE ACQUISITION
RETENTION, USE, AND SALE OF
CITY-OWNED PROPERTY FOR BOTH
CITY-OWNED AND NON-CITY-OWNED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. INCLUDE
DRAFT LEGISLATION IDENTIFY
CHANGES -- EXISTING POLICIES.
WILL TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER T
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES , THE
SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COUNCI
MEMBER MORALES, PLEASE GO AHEAD
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH
LISA. FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS
WITH FAS, WE HAVE LEARNED THA
THE CITY APPROACHES SALE OF
LAND ON KIND OF AN AD HOC
BASIS. THERE IS NOT REALLY A
UNIFIED OR SYSTEMIC WAY OR
PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THE BEST
USE FOR CITY-OWNED LAND. SO, AS
LISA MENTIONED, THIS WOULD ASK
FAS TO CREATE WHAT I AM SORT O
THINKING AS A LAND STEWARDSHIP
PLAN. SO, ASKING THAT LAND,
THAT IT CREATE A CONSISTENT
PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING WHAT A
PIECE OF PROPERTY IS BEST SUITE
FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, A LIBRARY, A
FIRE STATION, MUNICIPAL HOUSING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE KNOW THA
CHAIR MOSQUEDA HAS CHAMPIONED A
CHANGE TO THE CITY CODE THAT
PRIORITIZES SALE OF CITY LAND,
ESPECIALLY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. THIS SLI BASICALLY
REQUEST THAT FAS AGREED TO THE
PROCESS FOR WHEN WE DON'T SELL
THE LAND. IT WAS WRITTEN WITH
RESOLUTION 31837 IN MIND , AND
IS REALLY INTENDED TO PROVIDE
-- AND SURE THAT THIS UPDATED
PLAN WOULD KIND OF HARMONIZE
WITH CHANGES THAT CHAIR MOSQUED
HAS MADE. AS LISA MENTIONED,
THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A PLAN
FOR USE BY CITY DEPARTMENTS FO
LEASING LAND IN ORDER TO DEVELO
AFFORDABLE MUNICIPAL HOUSING,
AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELLING
LAND IN ORDER TO DEVELOP
COMMUNITY-BASED OR LOW INCOME
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AS LISA
ALSO MENTIONED, IT WOULD REQUIR
LEGISLATION TO BE COMPLETE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES. I APPRECIATE THE NOTE
TO THE LAND DISPOSITION POLICIE
WE WORKED ON IN 2018 AND 2019.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
SOMETHING, THIS IS NOT IN MY
NOTES, BUT THE LAND DISPOSITION
POLICIES -- WE CAN GET
CLARIFICATION FROM CENTRAL STAF
TO MAKE SURE I AM SAYING THIS
ACCURATELY -- ACTUALLY WAS NOT
PRIORITIZING THE SALE OF LAND.
WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS
PREVENT THE SALE OF PUBLIC LAND
GIVEN THAT WE SAW WITH OUR
SURVEYING OF LOTS. I CAME IN IN
2017 AFTER THE MERCER MAY BLOCK
WAS SOLD OFF. A LOT OF CONCERN
AROUND PUBLIC LAND BEING SOLD T
THE HIGHEST BIDDER. WHAT IT DI
WAS TWO THINGS. FIRST, IT SAYS,
DON'T SELL PUBLIC LANDS. KEEP
THEM IN PUBLIC HANDS. SO, IF TH
SEATTLE CITY -- DEPARTMENT OF
PARKS DEPARTMENT -- NOT A GREAT
EXAMPLE -- OR PUBLIC UTILITIES
HAD LAND THAT WAS PUBLICLY
OWNED, THE FIRST THING THEY
WOULD ASK WAS THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO HOLD ONTO THAT
PUBLIC LAND. WHAT CAN YOU USE I
FOR? CAN YOU BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING? CAN YOU WORK WITH
COMMUNITY PARTNERS? IT WAS A
PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC LAND. TH
SECOND THING WAS, IF OFFICE OF
HOUSING SAID, HEY, WE DON'T
ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO US
THIS LAND, WE THINK IT WOULD BE
BETTER IF WE DID A VERY SMALL
SALE , LIKE A DOLLAR SALE OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT
PRIORITIZES HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY ORIENTED STRATEGIES
AND THEY CAN ACT MORE QUICKLY O
IT, IF WE LACK CAPACITY AS A
CITY, WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT AS
A SECOND STEP. I THINK THIS IS
CALLED ELEMENTARY. HOW DO WE DO
MORE ANALYSIS ON THAT FIRST
ASPECT, RETAINING THE PUBLIC
LAND? BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SUR
I WAS REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, TH
TWO COMPONENTS OF OUR LAND
DISPOSITION POLICIES. I AM
WONDERING IF CENTRAL STAFF -- I
KNOW LISA AND -- WORKED ON
THIS, IF YOU CAN DESCRIBE THE
EXISTING SURPLUS LANDS PROCESS,
AND WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND
UPDATED AS IT RELATES TO THE
LAND DISPOSITION POLICIES FOR
2018 AND 2019. DID I GET THOSE
EXAMPLES RIGHT?
>> I WILL ASK YOU TO ASK TRACY.
>> GREAT. I SEE TRACY.
>> I HEARD MY NAME, AND FIGURED
IT MIGHT RELATE TO THIS
DISPOSITION POLICY.
COUNCILMEMBERS, WITH ALL RESPEC
TO YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, IN 2018, THE COUNCIL
TOILED QUITE A BIT, AS IT
RELATED TO DISPOSITION POLICIES
CHANGING BOTH GENERAL
DISPOSITION POLICIES FOR GENERA
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY, AS
úWELL AS POLICIES SPECIFIC TO
CITY LIGHT DISPOSITION OF THEIR
PROPERTIES. WE DID A COUPLE
THINGS. ONE, WE ACTUALLY DID
PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING A
THE VERY FIRST THING TO BE
CONSIDERED. WHAT A DEPARTMENT
DECIDES A PROPERTY IS EXCESS ,
THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY
TO DECIDE WHEN -- POVERTY,
WHEN THEY ARE READY TO MAKE IT
AVAILABLE FOR USE. BUT IF THEY
DECIDE IT IS EXCESS, THE VERY
FIRST THING THEY ARE TO DO IS
ENGAGE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
DETERMINE IF THAT PROPERTY IS
APPROPRIATE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF
PUBLIC HOUSING. IN THOSE
POLICIES, WE SAY WE WANT TO
DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THA
IS PREDOMINANTLY SERVING THOSE
UNDER 80% OF AMI, WITH INTENT
TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF UNITS SERVING THOSE AT 30% O
AMI. REASONS FOR THAT ARE
PRETTY CLEAR, GIVEN OUR SHORTAG
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING , IT
SHOULD BE CLEAR WHY WE WOULD DO
THAT. IT ALSO PROVIDES THE
ABILITY TO TRANSFER THOSE
PROPERTIES TO NONPROFIT --
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT,
OR TO LEASE THE PROPERTY FOR
THOSE PURPOSES. SO, WE DID A
COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS RELATIN
TO THAT POLICY. IN TERMS OF
PROCESS, THERE IS AN ANNUAL
PROCESS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS AR
GOING THROUGH, THAT FAS LEADS,
IN WHICH THEY ARE TO LOOK AT TH
PROPERTY -- TO DETERMINE IF
THERE ARE ANY PROPERTIES THAT
ARE NOW EXCESS, OR IF THERE ARE
PROPERTIES THAT THEY KNOW THEY
WANT TO RETAIN, BECAUSE MAYBE
THEY WILL BE USED FURTHER DOWN
THE WAY, SO THEY DON'T NEED TO
ACCESS THEM OR DO NOT WANT TO
ACCESS THEM YET. THEY GO THROUG
A PROCESS IN WHICH THEY JUDGE
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PROPERTIE
IN THEIR JURISDICTION, THEN THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ISSUES
AN ANNUAL -- THE STATUS OF THE
PROPERTIES UNDERNEATH THE
JURISDICTION OF THE VARIOUS CIT
DEPARTMENTS. WE GET A COPY OF
THAT REPORT EVERY YEAR. THOSE
ARE OUR CURRENT POLICIES. THERE
IS THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN SE
UP CLEARLY FOR DETERMINING WHEN
A PROPERTY IS DETERMINED TO BE
EXCESS, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING? IF NOT,
THEN THERE IS A PROCESS BY WHIC
THEY MAKE THE PROPERTY AVAILABL
FOR THE COMMUNITY TO INDICATE,
ARE THEY INTERESTED IN ANY
PROPERTY FOR PARTICULAR
COMMUNITY USE. THERE IS THAT
PROCESS, ONCE AFFORDABLE HOUSIN
IS CONSIDERED NOT TO BE THE
MOST LIKELY OR APPROPRIATE USE.
WE HAVE HAD SINCE THOSE
POLICIES WERE ADOPTED , FOUR
SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE ACTUALLY
-- CITY PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABL
HOUSING, INCLUDIN THE K SITE ON
QUEEN ANNE, THE K SH BUILDING
RECENTLY COMPLETED, A COUPLE
HOMEOWNERS IT PROJECTS, ON CITY
LIGHT FORMERLY OWNED PROPERTIES
AND THEN ONE OWNED BY, I THINK
THE FAS CENTRAL DISTRICT BEING
DEVELOPED FOR HOMEOWNERS.
>> ONE OF THOSE HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES , WE WENT TO THE
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR IN
THE 36th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
KODA GLOVER STRAUSS HEARD CITY
LIGHT SAID THEY HAD SOMETHING
LIKE 37 PROPERTIES THEY WERE
LOOKING TO CONVERT TO NEW
HOMES, BOTH RENTAL AND HOME
OWNERSHIP. THAT IS EXCITING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW. I
FEEL MY MEMORY WAS MOSTLY
CORRECT. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT HOW THIS PROPOSAL RELATES
TO THE EXISTING PROCESS THAT IS
USED? IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE
OVERLAPPING GOALS. WHAT WOULD
THIS DUE TO THE EXISTING LAND
DISPOSITION POLICIES IN STATUTE
>> I THINK ONE CHANGE I WOULD
NOTE IS THAT, AGAIN, EXISTING
POLICIES ARE FOCUSED ON US USIN
SURPLUS PROPERTIES TO DEVELOP
HOUSING UNDER 80% OF AMI. THE
PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF YOU WOULD
ACTUALLY ALLOW THOSE PROPERTIE
POTENTIALLY TO BE USED UP TO
120% OF AMI. THAT IS A POLICY
CHANGE, THERE. DOES IT SAY YOU
HAVE TO DO THAT? IT DOES NOT,
BUT IT CERTAINLY GIVES A NOD TO
LOOKING AT THAT POSSIBILITY. I
THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE PLACE
WHERE I WOULD SEE A CHANGE FROM
CURRENT POLICY. AGAIN, THERE I
A PROCESS SET OUT IN OUR --
POLICIES, HOW YOU GO THROUGH
DETERMINING WHETHER A PROPERTY
IS EXCESS, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF
IT IS DETERMINED TO BE EXCESS,
WHETHER IDENTIFIED BY OH AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR IF THEY
DECLINE IT, THE PROCESS YOU GO
THROUGH TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNIT
-- BACON ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR
BOTH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL
AS COMMUNITY USES. THERE IS A
PROCESS FOR PROPERTIES THAT OH
DECIDED IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING -- PUBLIC
PROCESS AND ABILITY FOR
COMMUNITIES TO ACTUALLY SAY
THEY WANT TO SECURE A PIECE OF
PROPERTY FOR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY
USE. BACK THANK YOU, I WILL
TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE PRIMAR
SPONSOR. GO AHEAD, COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES.
>> JUST A COUPLE POINTS. THANK
YOU, TRACY, FOR THE SUMMARY.
ONE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION, I
THINK, IS THAT RIGHT NOW, WHAT
WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS, IF THE
LEAD IS SOLD RIGHT NOW,
TYPICALLY IT IS SOLD TO
NONPROFITS. PART OF WHAT WE AR
TRYING TO MOVE TOWARD IS TO ADD
THE OPTION OF KEEPING THOSE
LANDS IN CITY HANDS, NOT
PRIORITIZING -- NOT THAT WE
WOULD NOT PRIORITIZE, BUT GIVIN
THE OPTION OF THE CITY TO HOLD
THE LAND FOR A DIFFERENT HOUSIN
PURPOSE . THEN, RELATED TO THE
ISSUE OF AMI , WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT A PROCESS WHERE THE AMI
IS MIXED , SO IT IS 0 TO 120%.
BUT 60% OF THE UNITS WOULD BE
FOR UNDER 80% AMI. SOAK UP TH
IDEA WITH MUNICIPAL HOUSING
BEING PROPOSED IS THAT THERE IS
A CROSS SUBSIDIZATION HAPPENING
, SO THAT THERE ARE FOLKS FROM
A SPECTRUM OF INCOMES, A
SPECTRUM OF BACKGROUNDS, WHO AR
ABLE TO LIVE IN HIGH QUALITY
HOUSING TOGETHER. AGAIN, I
THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS
THAT THE CITY STAYS AFFORDABLE
PERMANENTLY, BECAUSE IT STAYS I
CITY HANDS. I WILL LEAVE IT AT
THAT. THERE MIGHT BE A QUESTIO
FROM KODA GLOVER HERBOLD, JUST
WANTED TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL
PRIORITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIAT
THAT. I THINK YOU GUYS SAW
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAY
NEVERMIND? OKAY. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL AND MORALES. I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION
AROUND HOW WE PROCESS -- AND
CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. EVEN AT
120, WE STILL KNOW IT IS
RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE IN THE
CITY. I THINK I AM GOING TO
LOOK A LITTLE MORE, TO SEE IF W
CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT CROSS SUBSIDIZATION ALREAD
OCCURS. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE
SURE , TRACY, WE DO HAVE THE
OPTION TO HOLD LAND IN PUBLIC
HANDS? THAT IS THE FIRST LINE O
QUESTIONING? THEN RELEASING
LONG-TERM LEASES ARE PART OF
WHAT OH ALREADY CONSIDERS AS
THEY LOOK AT SURPLUS LAND IN
THE CITY, THE FIRST QUESTION IS
CAN WE HOLD ONTO THIS? CORRECT?
>> YES. WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY
AMENDED THOSE POSITION POLICIES
THEY ARE TO CONSIDER THE
POSSIBILITY OF LEASING THE
PROPERTY VERSUS A TRANSFER.
>> OKAY, DOUBLE CHECKING THE
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON, GO AHEAD
>> YES, WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES SAID IT RAISED A
QUESTION. IS IT CONTEMPLATED
WE WOULD GET INTO THE BUSINESS
OF DEVELOPING HOUSING? IS THAT
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? IF WE ARE
NOT LEASING IT?
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER. MET THE IDEA
WITH COMMUNITY HOUSING, WHICH
UNDERSTAND IS A SEPARATE BUT
RELATED CONVERSATION, IS THAT
THIS THE CITY COULD BECOME A
DEVELOPER, OR IT COULD PARTNER
WITH A DEVELOPER WHO WANTS TO D
HOUSING THAT FOLLOWS THE
GUIDELINES THAT ARE SET UP. SO
THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR
WHO COULD DEVELOP HOUSING, AS
LONG AS IT FOLLOWS THE
GUIDELINES THAT ARE SET UP IN
THAT PARTICULAR POLICY. BUT
CERTAINLY, NO REQUIREMENT THAT
THE CITY BEGIN DEVELOPING
HOUSING IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU BOTH. I SEE HANDS
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBOD
GOT THEIR COMMENTS IN. COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, IF THERE IS
ANYTHING ELSE -- WE JUST WANT
TO CHECK IF THERE IS ANYTHING,
LISA OR TRACY, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
YOU ARE WELCOME TO. WE ARE A
LIVELY BUNCH TODAY. WE WOKE UP
FROM YESTERDAY'S DELIBERATIONS.
NOTHING ELSE? OKAY, I AM SEEIN
SHAKING HAS. ANYTHING ELSE ON
THIS ITEM?
>> I HAVE NOTHING PROFOUND TO
ADD.
>> I WILL CHALLENGE THAT,
EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS ALWAYS
PROFOUND, COUNCILMEMBER. OKAY
LET'S MOVE ON. CLERK , COULD
YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER
THREE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, OFFICE FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT --
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, WELCOME BACK
JASMINE -- BLACK EYE, THIS IS
JASMINE -- COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, RESENTING COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION OED ONE A1. THIS COUNCI
BUDGET ACTION WOULD ADD $3
MILLION TO OUR GENERAL FUND IN
2023 TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, TO ATTRACT LARGE
CONVENTIONS TO THE WASHINGTON
STATE CONVENTION CENTER. THESE
MARKETING EFFORTS WILL BE
PROVIDED BY AN ORGANIZATION --
ATTRACT LEISURE TOURISM TO
SEATTLE, NATIONALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLY. THE CBA IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWI
AND COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBE
STRAUSS AND NELSON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS
WE ARE ALL AWARE, THE NEW
WASHINGTON STATE CONVENTION
CENTER IS GOING TO OPEN THIS
FALL, I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY
COMING UP ON ITS MASTER USE
PERMIT OPENING. THIS IS GOING T
BE A REALLY GREAT ADDITION TO
OUR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
WILL INVITE IN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR
TO BE REINVIGORATING THE
DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH
THEIR PATRONIZATION OF OUR
BUSINESSES , AND JUST MAKING
SURE THEY ARE STAYING IN SEATTL
HOTELS , SPENDING MONEY IN
SEATTLE BARS. IT IS GOING TO B
A GREAT BOON TO OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY AND TO THE RECOVERY OF
THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. THE
ABILITY TO ATTRACT THOSE KINDS
OF CONVENTIONS IS REALLY GOING
TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE
WASHINGTON STATE CONVENTION
CENTER MAKING IT KNOWN THAT
THIS IS THE PLACE , IF YOU ARE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
DENTISTS, OR THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, OR
WHATEVER THE ORGANIZATION IS,
YOU SHOULD CONSIDER AS A
DESTINATION THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND THIS GREAT, NEW,
STANDARD-SETTING CONVENTION
CENTER. UNFORTUNATELY, THE
VISIT SEATTLE BIA CANNOT SPEND
MONEY TO ATTRACT FOLKS FOR
CONVENTIONS. THEY CAN ONLY
ATTRACT PEOPLE FOR LEISURE
TRAVEL. SO, THIS IS REALLY AN
AND THAT IN SOME RESPECTS PAYS
FOR ITSELF, BY MAKING SURE THIS
NEW ASSET IN THE CONVENTION
CENTER IS BEING FULLY UTILIZED
BRINGING PEOPLE IN, AND MAKING
SURE WE ARE TAKING FULL
ADVANTAGE OF THIS NEW ASSET I
DOWNTOWN. -- OUR PROPOSAL AND
NUMBER -- CONSULTATION IN
SEATTLE, WITH THE BOOSTERS AN
BOARD FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER
THIS IS SOMETHING I CONTINUE T
TALK TO THEM ABOUT TO PROMOTE.
IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT TO SEE
-- CONVENTION CENTER OPEN --
FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS. WITH
THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN
IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE I
A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS, A
HANDFUL OF HANDS. COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES IS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, OR MAYBE CENTRAL STAFF,
CAN YOU -- I THINK WHAT I
HEARD YOU SAY IS THAT RIGHT NOW
OUR CONVENTION CENTER DOES NOT
HAVE A WAY TO PROMOTE THE
CONVENTION CENTER? SO, HOW DO
WE CURRENTLY ADVERTISE THE SPAC
WE HAVE TWO ATTRACT CONVENTIONS
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
VISIT SEATTLE AND THE RESOURCE
THAT THEY HAVE IS THE PRIMARY
CONDUIT FOR DOING THIS WORK
FOCUSES EXCLUSIVELY ON LEISURE
TOURISM, WITH THE MONEY THEY
INTERACT WITH. THE CONVENTION
CENTER DOES HAVE THE ABILITY T
DO SOME OF THIS WORK INDEPENDEN
OF THIS INVESTMENT , BUT IT IS
LIMITED AND CONSTRAINED. I CAN
GET THE NUMBER OF WHAT THEY CA
DO WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
VERSUS WHAT THEY COULD DO IF
THEY WERE MORE AMPLY SUPPORTED
IN BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE THIS
WORK. PART OF IT IS THAT THERE
IS A NEW SCALE. LIKE, OUR
CURRENT CONVENTION CENTER IS NO
VERY BIG, I THINK IT RANKED
SOMETHING LIKE 60th FOOTPRINT
OF A CONVENTION CENTER IN THE
48 CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES.
WHERE IS THIS NEW CONVENTION
CENTER IS GOING TO BE
SIGNIFICANT AND HAVE A LOT OF
PROGRAMMABLE SPACE. SO, WE ARE
STEPPING INTO A NEW LEVEL OF
COMPETITION IN THIS AREA. BUT
WITHOUT NECESSARILY
COMMENSURATE RE-RESOURCING TO
PROMOTE THE NEW ASSET. BUT I
CAN GET NEW INFORMATION ON THE
DELTA BETWEEN WHAT WE CURRENTLY
HAVE VERSUS WHAT WE -- WHAT
WOULD BE A MORE NATIONAL BEST
PRACTICE FOR THIS KIND OF WORK.
>> THANK YOU. I AM ASSUMING --
I COULD UNDERSTAND IT BETTER
MYSELF -- BUT I AM ASSUMING THA
WE DO ATTRACT NATIONAL
CONVENTIONS . BEFORE COVID, I
WOULD SEE COMIC-CON AND ALL
KINDS OF FOLKS DOWNTOWN
REGULARLY. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME
CAPACITY . I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY THAN VISI
SEATTLE , AND THEY ARE JUST
TRYING TO EXPAND WHAT THEY ARE
ABLE TO DO. BUT, YOU KNOW,
GIVEN THE SORT OF DEFICIT
SITUATION WE ARE IN, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT ADDING
RESOURCE TO SOMETHING THAT
ALREADY HAS CAPACITY TO DO THE
KIND OF WORK WE NEEDED TO DO TO
ATTRACT PEOPLE. I TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE A SHINY NEW
PROFOUNDLY LARGER CONVENTION
CENTER THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE
TO FILL AND USE. JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW WE
ARE ABLE --
>> THANK YOU. JUST BEFORE
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, JASMINE,
I SEE YOU ARE OFF MUTE. YOU WAN
TO ADD SOMETHING?
>> SURE. VISIT SEATTLE
GENERALLY GENERATES ITS FUNDIN
FROM THE SEATTLE TOURISM
IMPROVEMENT AREA, WHICH IS A
BIA. ACCORDING TO THE BIA
POLICIES, THOSE REVENUES MUST B
SPENT TOWARD MARKETING AND
PROMOTION RELATED TO LEISURE
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A
ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE --
RATE REVENUES FROM TWO DOLLAR
PER OCCUPIED ROOM PER NIGHT TO
FOUR DOLLARS PER OCCUPIED ROOM
PER NIGHT TO ALLOW FOR THAT
PROMOTION IN LEISURE TOURISM.
MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I CAN
CONFIRM THIS OFF-LINE, IS THAT
THE COUNCIL CAN AMEND THE SDI
POLICY BY ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FO
THEM TO ATTRACT CONVENTIONS WIT
THEIR REVENUES. SO, WE COULD
AMEND THOSE POLICIES FOR
CONVENTION ATTRACTION, BUT I CA
CONFIRM THAT OFF-LINE.
>> THANKS, JASMINE. THAT WOULD
BE REALLY HELPFUL. IT SOUNDS
LIKE WE DID CONTRIBUTE MONEY
LAST YEAR , AND YOU CAN CONFIRM
FOR US WHAT THAT MONEY WENT
TOWARD. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I FEEL
LIKE -- VISIT SEATTLE DOES NO
JUST PROMOTE DOWNTOWN , AND THI
WOULD PROMOTE A FACILITY
DOWNTOWN. VISIT SEATTLE DOES
PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND TH
CITY, SO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE W
KEEP THEM SEPARATE. I AM NOT
READY TO ENDORSE CHANGING THE
SCOPE OF VISIT SEATTLE. BUT I
DO WANT TO CONCUR WITH
COUNCILMEMBER -- WHAT I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES WAS
SAYING, READING BETWEEN THE
LINES, THAT THIS IS A LOT OF
MONEY. AND FOR MY PART, I DO
BELIEVE WE NEED A MECHANISM TO
PROMOTE THIS NEW ASSET WE HAVE
DOWNTOWN , AND OUR OFFICES
SHOULD BE LOOKING AT BEST
PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
HOW DO OTHER CITIES AND STATES?
BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO A STATE
FACILITY -- PROMOTE THE
CONVENTION CENTERS. BUT YES,
$3 MILLION IS A BIT, BUT I
BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO ADD SOME
KIND OF SUPPORT FOR PROMOTING
-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT
NUMBER IS. THANKS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
SEE COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
TO THE EXTENT WE ARE NOT ABLE T
AFFORD TO FURTHER SUBSIDIZE TH
WASHINGTON STATE CONVENTION
CENTER, I WOULD BE OPEN TO
LOOKING AT WHAT CENTRAL STAFF
HAD MENTIONED ABOUT ALLOWING
ADDITIONAL SCOPE FOR THAT
MARKETING TO OCCUR WITHOUT US
HAVING TO HAVE AN OUTLET OF
CASH FOR THAT. IF IT DOES PAY
FOR ITSELF , MAYBE THERE IS A
WAY TO PROVISO OR CONTRACTUALLY
úRECEIVE THOSE REVENUES BACK TO
US DIRECTLY FROM ANY PROFIT TH
CONVENTION CENTER MAKES . I
JUST FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE
THAT ALL THIS EFFORT WENT INTO
BUILDING IT, AND THERE WAS A
BUDGET, I ASSUME IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN A MARKETING BUDGET. I WAS
NOT HERE AT THE TIME THAT WAS
ALL APPROVED, BUT I HOPE WE CAN
MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE DOLLAR
THAT ALREADY EXIST , AND MAYBE
MAKE POLICY MORE FLEXIBLE, SO W
CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME OUTCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE
YOLANDA FROM CENTRAL STAFF WITH
HER HAND UP. I ALSO WANT TO
CONFIRM, WAS IT LAST YEAR THAT
WE ADDED FUNDING FOR THE
MARKETING ASPECTS?
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY, THAT WAS
EARLIER THIS YEAR -- THE BIA
CAME FORWARD WITH -- INCREASE
-- SEVERAL YEARS, AND FINALLY,
THEY GOT THAT THROUGH THE FINIS
LINE EARLIER THIS YEAR. I WOULD
JUST NOTE THAT WAS AN INCREASE
ASSESSMENT ON THE RATE PAYERS.
SO, THAT WAS NOT CITY FUNDING,
THAT WAS THE RATEPAYERS
THEMSELVES, INCREASING THE RATE
ON EACH OCCUPIED ROOM AS
JASMINE DESCRIBED. I ALSO WOULD
NOTE, IN TERMS OF AMENDING THE
ESTABLISHING ORDINANCE, THE RAT
PAYERS WOULD NEED TO WEIGH IN O
THAT, AS THAT IS A STAKEHOLDER
DRIVEN PROCESS. SO, IF THE
COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN SUCH A
THING, IT WOULD BE AN
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH THE
RATEPAYERS. THAT IS HOW THEY
DETERMINE WHAT THEY WANT THEIR
REVENUES TO BE USED FOR, THAT I
THE BIA MECHANISM, IT ALLOWS FO
SELF DETERMINATION WITHIN THE
BOUNDARY OF THE BIA ITSELF.
>> OKAY, I SEE JASMINE NODDING.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS? OKAY,
COUNCILMEMBER LOUIS, THANK YOU
SO MUCH. THUMBS UP. THANK YOU
SO MUCH. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ITEM.
>> SURE. THE NEXT ITEM IS
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION OED 2 A1
THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD ADD
120,000 TWO -- 2023, AND 120
THOUSAND IN 2024 TO THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO
SUPPORT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING
COUNTY -- JUNIOR COUNTY LABEL
LABOR COUNCIL, OR MLK LABOR,
THEIR VIRTUAL HIRING PROJECT.
THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED
123,000 IN FUNDS IN 2021 FOR
THE VIRTUAL HIRING HALL, OF
WHICH APPROXIMATELY 73,000 HAS
BEEN TO DATE. THIS COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION WOULD ENSURE
ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT
DESIGNED TO COMMIT JOB SEEKERS
-- JOBS IN KING COUNTY. THE CB
IS SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS AND
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU IS WHAT I WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBERS STRAUSS AN
LEWIS FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP OF
THIS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN
SEPTEMBER 2021, MLK LABOR
VIRTUAL HIRING HALL PROGRAM HA
ACHIEVED TREMENDOUS ENGAGEMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE SUPPORTED IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET, AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH --
ADMINISTRATION. IT HAS SERVED
OVER 652 PEOPLE OVERALL, 33
UNIONS , 111 EMPLOYERS ALL HAV
ENGAGED WITH THIS INITIATIVE.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL
EFFORT IN THE VIRTUAL TIME TO
REACH WORKERS AND TRY TO CONNEC
THEM WITH GREAT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR EMPLOYMENT IN OUR CITY. IT
HAS ALSO BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND T
BEING AN IN PERSON OUTREACH
EFFORT AS WELL. THEY HAVE
REACHED OUT TO 90% OF THE PEOPL
THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO HAVE
BEEN BIPOC, 72% OF THE PEOPLE
THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO HAVE
BEEN A REFUGEE, AND THEY HAVE
CONNECTED FOLKS WITH GOOD,
LIVING WAGE JOBS, WITH UNION
OBS IN THE CITY. THROUGH THIS
BUDGET AD, MLK LABOR COULD PILO
A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ADDITIONAL
BIPOC AND REFUGEE WORKERS INTO
UNION APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
AND REGULAR APPRENTICESHIP
OPPORTUNITIES. THEY COULD
PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP AND SUPPORT
TO PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THEIR
UNION JOB HIRING PROCESS, AND
EXPAND THEIR VIRTUAL HIRING HAL
TO MORE UNIONS, INCLUDING THOSE
WHO NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
THIS HELPS TO LEVEL THE PLATFOR
TO CREATE MORE ONLINE SERVICES
FOR USERS TO ACCESS UNION JOBS
AND INCREASE -- UNION JOB FAIR
ND OTHER OUTREACH AND SUPPORT
EVENTS. AS FOLKS ARE EMERGING
FROM PANDEMIC AND WHAT MORE IN
PERSON ACTIVITIES . WE REALLY
WANT TO THANK THE PARTNERS AT
MLK LABOR -- WHO HAS WORKED ON
THIS, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
FOR FOLKS -- LABOR MOVEMENT,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, AND ALSO
KING COUNTY HAVE ALLOWED THIS
TO TAKE OFF, TO ESTABLISH ITSEL
IN THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS
EXISTENCE. THE SUPPORT WILL
CONTINUE TO SCALE UP -- ACCESS
TO LIVING WAGE JOBS, AND REALL
MAKE SURE THERE IS LONG-TERM
SUCCESS, NOT ONLY FOR WORKERS,
BUT FOR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. JUST
SO THAT WE KNOW AS WELL , WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THI
FUND, THROUGH THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS, THAT IS
HOW THE CITY SUPPORTED IT. I
UNDERSTAND MOST OF THAT MONEY I
ALREADY OUT THE DOOR, THANKS TO
THE GREAT ADMINISTRATION'S
EFFORTS FROM CBO TO TRACK THAT.
WE HAVE REAL-TIME DATA ON HOW
THAT MONEY IS GETTING OUT THE
DOOR. PEAK COUNTY IS ALSO
CONSIDERING MATCHING THIS AT
$128,000 INVESTMENT FOR MLK
HIRING HALL AGAIN THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO NOT SE
QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL
PASS ON -- PLEASE GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THIS IS A QUESTION -- I
THOUGHT -- IN THE CONTEXT OF
USING EXCESS JUMPSTART REVENUE
TO FUND THE BUDGET, WE DISCUSSE
A LIST OF ITEMS FOR POTENTIAL
REDUCTION FOR ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING, THAT INCLUDED OED --
JOB CENTER, WHICH WOULD SERVE
BOTH UNIONIZED AND NONUNIONIZED
WORKERS. I AM WONDERING, IS THE
GOAL THAT THE CITY FUND THIS
PROJECT INSTEAD OF THE JOB
CENTER? I GUESS THAT IS MY
QUESTION. OR FOR THE JOB
CENTER, IF IT WAS JUST A MATTE
OF ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE,
WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT
FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND
AS WELL.
>> THANKS FOR ASKING. AGAIN, I
THINK MAYBE I TRIED TO OVER
SHARE THE INITIAL ANALYSIS OF
THINGS IN THE BUDGET BY PUTTING
THAT LIST IN CBA FROM YESTERDAY
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THA
IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A LIST OF
PRODUCTIONS PROPOSED HERE IT
THIS AMENDMENT HERE IS NOT
INTENDED TO REPLACE THE SEATTLE
JOB CENTER. AS WE HAVE HEARD I
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION, I THINK
THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE T
DEVELOP A JOB CENTER CONCEPT.
SO, THIS IS LIKE A CONTINUATIO
OF THE SUPPORT WE HAVE ADDED TO
THIS PROGRAM IN THE PAST. IT IS
ADDITIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANYTHING ELSE? LET'S KEEP
GOING, THEN. I THINK WE ARE A
NUMBER 4. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL -- BRIEFING -
>> WE HAVE WITH US -- I AM
LOOKING FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THAT IS ME.
>> HI, LISA.
>> SORRY I AM LATE. -- CENTRAL
STAFF -- WOULD ADD $232,000 IN
2023 AND $244,000 IN 2024,
AND 1.5 -- FOR SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, AUDIT
CAPACITY AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
AT OIG. THIS CBA IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND
COSPONSORED BY -- FULL-TIME
POSITION WITH SUPPORT OIG REVIE
-- TECHNOLOGIES AND PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL AUDIT CAPACITY FOR
WORK ON -- THE PART-TIME AND
WOULD BE USED TO CREATE A
FULL-TIME POSITION , SO THEY
ALREADY HAVE A HALF-TIME
POSITION, THEY WOULD JUST ADD
THIS AUTHORITY TO INCREASE THAT
POSITION TO FULL TIME. TO
REDUCE -- AND INCREASE THE SPEE
OF OIG -- RESPONSES. I WILL
TURN THE MICROPHONE OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION. THIS FALL ,
COUNCIL GRANTED OIG AN EXTENSIO
-- 2023 DEADLINE , SUPPOSED T
BE DONE BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS
YEAR, FOR EIGHT FIRST-TIME USAG
REVIEWS THAT WERE DUE THIS FALL
THEY WILL ALSO NEED NEXT YEAR,
TO COMPLETE SIX MORE. I AM
TALKING ABOUT -- SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY REPORTS. THEY WILL
NEED TO COMPLETE SIX MORE
FIRST-TIME USAGE REVIEWS IN
2024. THAT IS FOR GROUP 4 BE.
SO, OIG HAS A LOT IN ITS
PIPELINE, AND WE HEARD BEFORE
THAT THEY HAD TO HIRE A
CONSULTANT TO HELP SUBMIT THIS
WORK. SO, THIS IS BASICALLY
GETTING AT THE FACT THEY HAVE
LOT OF WORK ON THEIR PLATE, AND
IF COUNCIL WANTS OIG TO, THE
POLICIES SET FORTH IN THE 2017
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCES, WE NEE
TO FUND THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I A
SUPPORTING THIS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND HERBOL
. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
WERE HERE , AND HELP SELECT --
OR AT LEAST I DID -- WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED THE OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL, THE OIG. WE
WATCHED THE HISTORY OF THIS
AGENCY. IT HAS EXPANDED, I
THINK, FROM THREE TO OVER 20
EMPLOYEES NOW. WE ARE CERTAINLY
FEELING THE PRESSURE ON THE HR
SIDE, WHICH I AM DEALING WITH O
THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET, BUT
THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE. THE
EXPANSION TO THIS, TO MAKE SURE
WE UPHOLD AND LOOK AT THE
SURVEILLANCE ISSUES AND ALSO TH
PDR REQUESTS , AND ALSO BEING I
COMPLIANCE AND CONDITIONAL
AUDIT CAPACITY FOR THE CONSENT
DECREE TOPICS , HAS ACTUALLY
TAKEN UP MORE THAN WE
ANTICIPATED. WE ANTICIPATED AN
OIG OFFICE BACK IN 2018, WE
BUILT INTO THINKING IT WOULD
GROW A LITTLE, BUT IT HAS
ACTUALLY EXPANDED MORE, SO WE
ARE NOW LOOKING AT NOT ONLY THE
X ACTION OF OIG AND ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH
-- HR -- SAME THINGS IN --
AND THEN, CPC -- SO, WITH THAT
-- I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD --
BRINGING THIS FORWARD -- BUS
-- LISA JUDGE , DID I GET HER
NAME RIGHT? MEETING WITH HER
AND HER STAFF, AND GETTING AN
IDEA HOW WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THIS DEPARTMENT DOES ITS JOB
AND DOES IT WELL, AND IS
ACCOUNTABLE AND TRANSPARENT ,
NOT ONLY TO SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL, BUT ALSO TO THE
TAXPAYERS. WITH THAT, I WILL
END MY PROFOUND COMMENTS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO NOT
SEE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
>> NO.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE
ON. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER FIVE INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FIVE, OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL. I SEE LISH. GOOD
MORNING, LISH.
>> GOOD MORNING AGAIN. OPCD
ONE A1 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS MORALES WITH STRAUSS
AND LEWIS. IT ADDS -- DOLLARS T
THE PLANNING COMMITTEE
DEVELOPMENT, OPCD -- TRUST
WITH SUPPORT EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PROJECTS
, AND PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE
FINANCING TOOL FOR THOSE
PROJECTS.
>> WONDERFUL. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IS, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. LISH HAS SO MUCH
BETTER WORD ECONOMY THAN I DO.
YES. WE HAVE -- LET ME BACK
UP. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING
FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF O
SO TO SUPPORT THREE EDI
PROJECTS, WHO EXPRESSED INTERES
IN CREATING A COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT TRUST. SO, AS OF
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A COHORT OF
THREE EDI AWARDEES, FRIENDS OF
LITTLE SAIGON, MULTICULTURAL
COMMUNITY COALITION, AND --
COMMUNITY CENTER , PLUS THE
WHITE CENTER FOOD BANK. SO,
THEY ARE IN PHASE ONE OF THIS
PROCESS OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
HOW TO BUILD A CIT. IT IS A 1
WEEK PROCESS TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THAT MODEL IS FEASIBLE
HERE, IN SEATTLE. SOME OF YOU
MAY KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THEY
HAVE DONE IN PORTLAND -- THAT I
WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN GOING TO
UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER. SO,
THEY ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND I
THEY CAN BUILD A CIT FOR
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THEY OTHE
CURRENTLY OWN OR WOULD LIKE TO
ACQUIRE. THE IDEA HERE IS THAT
IT OFFERS A PATH, TO COLLECTIV
COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP OF REAL
ESTATE. NEIGHBORS CAN INVEST
FROM 10 TO $100 PER MONTH IN A
PROPERTY TO HELP STABILIZE THE
COMMUNITY. AND AS I SAID, WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST
YEAR WITH THESE GROUPS ,
SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH PHASE
ONE. THEY ARE NOW WORKING THEI
WAY INTO PHASE TWO OF THE
PROJECT. THIS INVESTMENT WOULD
SUPPORT THEM FOR THEIR
CONTINUED LICENSING,
IMPLEMENTATION, AND
UNDERSTANDING THIS. IT WOULD
INCLUDE FACILITATOR TRAINING. I
WOULD INCLUDE FINANCIAL ACTION
COURSE CALLED "MOVING FROM
OWING TO OWNING" . IT WOULD ALS
SUPPORT AND ASSIST WITH BUILDIN
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND
GOVERNANCE FORMATION , AS WELL
AS SOME EVALUATION WORK. SO,
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
DO. WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT
THEIR FURTHER INTEREST IN
COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP MODEL AND
DEVELOPING A WAY FOR THEM TO
STOP THE DISPLACEMENT THAT IS
HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ONE
QUESTION FROM ME -- MIGHT BE
FOR YOU OR MAYBE FOR CENTRAL
STAFF. COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
PHASING OF THE PROJECT? WHAT
STAGES PHASE ONE, AND WHEN DO
YOU ANTICIPATE THE ORGANIZATION
WILL BE ABLE TO BEGIN PHASE TWO
>> THEY ARE STILL IN PHASE ONE.
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, BUT I
THINK THEY STILL HAVE A FEW
WEEKS OF PHASE ONE LEFT. ONCE
THEY ARE COMPLETED WITH THAT,
THEN, THEY WANT TO BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF FORMATION. WE
UNDERSTAND THE TRANSITION WILL
TAKE SOME TIME. I THINK IT IS
SAFE TO SAY THAT EARLY NEXT
YEAR, THEY WOULD WANT TO BEGIN
PHASE TWO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANKS,
COUNCILMEMBER. LET'S MOVE ON T
THE NEXT ONE.
>> OPCD 2 A1, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN WITH
COSPONSORS -- IT WAS A PROVISO
ON THE OPCD BUDGET AND REQUIR
OPCD TO REPORT ON HOW --
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
UPDATE WILL INCORPORATE --
ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT, MINIMIZE
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING
UNSUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOUSING, AND PRODUCE
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE
NUMBERS OF UNITS OF VERY LOW
INCOME HOUSING.
>> EXCELLENT. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
AND THANK YOU, LISH FOR THAT
SUMMARY. COLLEAGUES, THE GOOD
NEWS ABOUT THIS PROVISO AS IT
DOES NOT COST ANY MONEY. THAT I
IMPORTANT, AS WE DEAL WITH
FUNDING STRUGGLES. THIS PROVIS
ENSURES THE OFFICE OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ADDRESSES DISPLACEMENT CONCERNS
AS PART OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS. IT
OUTLINES THREE SIMPLE BUT VITAL
QUESTIONS THAT OPCD WOULD NEED
TO ADDRESS DIRECTLY. HOW WOULD
-- INCORPORATE MITIGATION
MEASURES TO PREVENT ECONOMIC
DISPLACEMENT OF ITS EXISTING
RESIDENTS? HOW WILL THE EIS --
INCORPORATE MITIGATION MEASURES
TO MINIMIZE DEMOLITION OF
EXISTING AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOUSING. HOW DO THE ALTERNATIVE
FOR THE PLAN INCORPORATE
STRATEGIES TO PRODUCE
SUBSTANTIAL NET INCREASES OF
THE NUMBER OF UNITS OF VERY LOW
INCOME HOUSING? I BELIEVE THES
QUESTIONS ARE BOTH REASONABLE
AND VITAL, AND I AM CONFIDENT
OPCD HAS THE ABILITY TO ANSWER
THEM BEFORE THE END OF 2023.
HENCE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS
PROVISO. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN. ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, I
HAVE A QUESTION. AS WE KNOW, I
THE LAST THREE BUDGET, WE HAVE
INCLUDED PROVISO LANGUAGE
REQUIRING THE CITY TO INCLUDE
STUDY OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGIES, ALONG WITH OPTIONS
FOR CREATING GREATER HOUSING
DIVERSITY ACROSS THE CITY. WE
HAVE INCLUDED THE PROVISO
REQUIRING OPCD TO CONDUCT A
RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS OF THE
SEATTLE CURRENT GROWTH STRATEGY
WHICH WAS THE RACIAL EQUITY
REPORT RELEASED LAST SUMMER. SO
I AM WONDERING HOW THIS PROVIS
OVERLAPS WITH THE EXISTING
PROVISOS ON THE -- PLAN, EIS
FUNDING, AND WOULD THIS PROVISO
SUPERSEDE THE PREVIOUS PROVISO
OR BE ADDITIVE?
>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.
THAT REALLY BRINGS UP THE UNIQU
SCOPE AND AUTHORITY OF THE
EIS. AS WE KNOW, THEY HAVE TO
SCOPE OUT CERTAIN THINGS IN TH
EIS, WHICH WOULD THEN ENABLE US
TO ENACT POLICIES BASED ON THAT
SCOPING. SO, MAKING SURE THEY
HAVE LISTED A WIDE ARRAY OF
MITIGATION MEASURES AS PART OF
EIS , THAT ENABLES US TO MAKE
THOSE POLICY CHOICES, TO HAVE
THE LARGEST POSSIBLE MENU OF
POLICY CHOICES, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE BEEN PUT WITHIN THE
GUARDRAILS OF EIS SCOPING. THA
IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM
TO DO IT AS PART OF THIS
PROCESS. THEY CAN USE SOME OF
THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE
RECENTLY, AND ALSO BE CREATIVE
ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS. BUT IT IS
BETTER TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS AND
MORE SCOPE , SO THAT WE CAN THE
MAKE THOSE POLICY CHOICES
FORMALLY, AS PART OF EIS.
>> THANK YOU. LISH, ANYTHING TO
ADD?
>> JUST THAT OPCD IS CURRENTLY
TOILING AWAY, TRYING TO
COMPLETE THESE SCOPE OF THE
EIS, AND SHOULD HAVE A REPORT
OUT IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
>> OKAY. IT WILL BE OUT BEFORE
OUR BUDGET HAS CONCLUDED, THEN.
LIKE NEXT WEEK, EARLY NOVEMBER
>> I HEARD EARLY NOVEMBER AS O
YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. ALL RIGHT. I DON'T
SEE ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS. LET'
CONTINUE ON TO A AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER SIX. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER SIX INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM SIX, OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
BRIEFING AND INSTRUCTION.
>> HELLO, YOLANDA, CENTRAL
COUNCIL STAFF -- OSE ONE A1
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES , COSPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND LEWIS
FOR THIS WILL ADD A GENERAL
FUNDING IN 2023 AND 2 MILLION
IN GENERAL FUNDING 2024 TO THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT CLEAN
ENERGY FREE APPRENTICESHIP AND
GREEN BUILDING APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS. OF THE 2023 AMOUNT,
THIS INCLUDES A ONE TIME AT
ADDITION OF $5500 TO INCREASE
FUNDING FOR THE EXISTING CLEAN
ENERGY FREE APPRENTICESHIP
SCHOLARSHIPS, SO THAT THE TOTAL
WOULD INCREASE FROM 1 MILLION
TO 1.5 MILLION , JUST ONLY THAT
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 1
MILLION IN ONGOING JUMPSTART
FUNDS FOR THIS EFFORT, AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE GREEN NEW
DEAL -- ALSO PROVIDE ONGOING
FUNDING OF $2 MILLION IN 2023
AND 2024 FOR STATE REGISTERED
GREEN BUILDING APPRENTICESHIPS.
FUNDING MAY BE USED FOR PROGRA
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
TO SUPPORT PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS. FINALLY, BUDGET
ACTION WITH ALSO PROPOSE A
PROVISO ON THE $2 MILLION FOR
THE GREEN BUILDING
APPRENTICESHIPS TO ENSURE THAT
THE FUNDING IS TO BE USED AS
INTENDED.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES IS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK YOLANDA
SUMMARIZED THIS WELL. SO, I
DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD, EXCEPT
TO SAY THAT THE EXISTING CLEAN
ENERGY FREE APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM AND THE STATE
REGISTERED PROGRAMS ARE THINGS
-- THERE ARE MANY, BUT FOR
EXAMPLE, ARE ALREADY OFFERED
THROUGH SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE,
OR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
TRAINING COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON.
SO, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN
COMMUNICATION WITH PARTNERS IN
LABOR TO MAKE SURE THIS
OPPORTUNITY RESULT IN LONG-TERM
WELL-PAID CAREERS FOR
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. THE
IDEA, HERE, IS REALLY TO CREATE
A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP AND CAREERS
SO, THE INTENT HERE IS, AFTER
ONE YEAR IN THE PRE-APPRENTICES
IP PROGRAM, PEOPLE WOULD BE ABL
TO GRADUATE TO THE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. ONE
THING I WILL SAY IS THAT WE HAV
HEARD FROM OUR LABOR PARTNERS
THAT THE FUNDING NEEDS TO EXIST
AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO STATE REGISTERED I
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND
SCHOLARSHIPS. SO, NOT SURE. I
HEARD YOLANDA SAY, BUT IT IS
ACTUALLY IN THE CBA LANGUAGE.
SO, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IF
THIS ITEM DOES MAKE IT INTO THE
CHAIR PACKAGE WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE IT INCLUDES THAT AND ALIGN
WITH THOSE NEEDS.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WARRANTS, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS,
YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I
AGREE WITH THE INTENT, I GUESS
THE PRACTICAL QUESTION IS, I WA
WONDERING, WHERE IS THIS
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? YOU DID
MENTION SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE,
BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE WE DO APPRENTICESHIP
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AT NORTH
SEATTLE COLLEGE, AS IT STANDS
NOW, THERE IS NO -- AND AS YOU
KNOW, OUR COLLEGES OUT OUR
STATE INSTITUTIONS, SO THEY ARE
FUNDED BY THE STATE -- SO,
THERE IS NOT ANYTHING NOW THAT,
IF THIS WERE TO PASS, WHERE YO
COULD JUST -- WOULD THEY HAVE
TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND FIND WHA
LOCAL COLLEGE HAS A PROGRAM
ALREADY UP AND GOING? THEN GIV
MONEY TO THAT PROGRAM? THAT IS
WHAT I WAS WONDERING.
>> I AM NOT SURE I FOLLOW YOUR
QUESTION.
>> I GUESS WHAT I AM SAYING IS,
JUST AT A PRACTICAL LEVEL, DOE
THIS MEAN OSE WOULD HAVE TO
FIND OR WORK WITH ALL LOCAL
COLLEGES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
TO FIND OUT WHICH HAVE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT AR
ALREADY WORKING? OR IS THIS
STARTING SOMETHING NEW? THAT I
WHAT I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
>> THERE ARE MANY EXISTING
PROGRAMS ALREADY. THIS WOULD B
TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
CREATE AS A NEW APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM, THERE ARE ALREADY LOT
OF EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE
WOULD WANT TO ADD A GREEN
BUILDING COMPONENT TO WHAT THEY
DO. AND I SHOULD SAY, WE ARE
TALKING TO -- IBEW, TO --
TOO. THERE ARE EXISTING
PROGRAMS, BUT THEY DO NOT
NECESSARILY FOCUS ON THE KIND
OF GREEN BUILDING WE ARE TRYING
TO SUPPORT AND GROW. I'M NOT
SURE IF I'M ANSWERING YOUR
QUESTION.
>> YOU KIND OF ARE. I UNDERSTAN
THE IBEW, THE LABOR. I GET IT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING MORE
SPECIFIC. BASICALLY, WHAT IS
THE STRUCTURE FOR THE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM? WHERE
WOULD THEY BE HOUSED, LIKE,
PHYSICALLY HOUSED? ARE YOU
SAYING SOUTH SEATTLE COLLEGE HA
A PROGRAM THAT IS UP , AND IF
THIS WERE TO PASS, THIS MONEY
COULD BE SHARED WITH SOUTH
SEATTLE COLLEGE?
>> SURE. I AM NOT TRYING TO
LIMIT IT TO ANY PARTICULAR
PLACE, BUT THERE ARE EXISTING
PLACES THAT DO THIS SORT OF WOR
ALREADY. SO, THAT COULD BE A
PLACE TO START.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER -- GO AHEAD.
>> WANT TO ADD --
>> SORRY, I WAS ON THE. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT , ADDING HER NAME AS A
COSPONSOR TO OSE 001. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I COULD JUST ADD, IN TERMS O
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 'S
QUESTION, OSE AND -- FINANCING
-- ADMINISTERED OF SERVICES .
EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN TERMS OF
THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM,
THEY ISSUED AN RFP FOR
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE
PROPOSALS TO THE CITY TO
PROVIDE THESE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO
I THINK THE INTENT HERE, MAYBE
IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOLARSHIPS
AS -- MENTIONED, THERE MAY BE
SOME PROGRAM TO ADD A GREEN
BUILDING PROGRAM. -- GREEN
APPRENTICESHIP IS LIKE THAT, I
THINK SOME ARE JUST STARTING UP
BASED ON THAT FUNDING, BUT THE
IDEA IS THAT IT WOULD SUPPORT
INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATE IN
THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE
PROGRAMS THEMSELVES , IF
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WERE
NEEDED TO BE SUPPORTED THROUGH
THIS PROGRAM. SO, THERE IS AN
EXISTING MODEL AT THIS POINT, A
OSE AND FAS, WHICH THEY HAVE
JOINTLY WORKED ON. I THINK THE
INTENT WOULD BE TO KIND OF
JOINTLY WORK ON THAT EXPANDING
THAT TO APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
SPEC THANKS, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
ANY FOLLOW-UP?
>> NO. THE ONLY REASON I WANTE
CLARIFICATION -- AND YOU KNOW
THIS, MADAM CHAIR -- I HAVE BEE
DOING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
AT NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE FOR AL
KINDS OF GROUPS. SOME OF THEM,
THERE JUST IS NOT SPACE. AND
THE GREEN ECONOMY, ALL THESE
OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP
I AGREE WITH THE INTENT, I JUS
WANTED TO KNOW WHERE ALL OF THI
WAS GOING TO LAND, PHYSICALLY.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION
>> THANK YOU. LET'S GO ON TO TH
NEXT ONE.
>> OSE 2 A1, ALSO SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRASS AND LEWIS. THIS WILL ADD
TWO $220,000 TO GENERAL FUND I
2023 AND THE SAME AMOUNT IN 202
ON ONGOING BASIS TO THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT A GREEN
BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
FOR WORKERS CURRENTLY ENGAGED I
THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSING IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL
TURN BACK OVER TO COUNCILMEMBE
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO, AS YOLANDA MENTIONED,
THIS CREATES A PROGRAM THAT
FUNDS CERTIFICATION TRAINING FO
WORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE
TRADES AND WHO ARE ACTIVELY
SEEKING CONSTRUCTION --
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN
CONSTRUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING IN THE CITY. SO, THIS
WOULD FUND THINGS LIKE TUITION
FOR GREENING CERTIFICATION ,
CERTIFICATION FOR THE MATTER
BUILDING ASSOCIATION , AND
OTHERS WHO EDUCATE AND PROVIDE
CERTIFICATION TO THESE WORKERS
AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATION WITH WEBER PARTNER
TO ENSURE THAT THIS
OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES SUPPORT
FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY
EMPLOYED AND WHO ARE FACING
CAREER TRANSITION , PARTICULARL
AS CODES CHANGE, REQUIRING
MORE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF
ENERGY CODES. ONE THING WE HAV
HEARD FROM LABOR PARTNERS IS
THE NEED TO SPECIFY MULTIFAMILY
CONSTRUCTION IN THIS CBA. SO,
AGAIN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THA
LINKAGE IS INCLUDED. YEAH. I
THINK THAT IS ALL. THERE IS A
LITTLE BIT MORE -- SORRY, I WIL
ADD ONE MORE THING, TYPICALLY,
THE COST OF PARTICIPATING IN
THESE PROGRAMS RANGES FROM
$2000, TO GET THIS
CERTIFICATION, IF YOU ARE A
CONSTRUCTION WORKER. WE COULD
POTENTIALLY FUND 200 TO 2000
CERTIFICATIONS DEPENDING ON TH
PROGRAM PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED
IN. I THINK ONE OF MY INTEREST
IS IN OFFERING THIS ADDITIONAL
CERTIFICATION , IT COULD ALSO
MEAN OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR GREATER EARNINGS FOR THOSE
WORKERS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON OSE
002? I AM NOT HEARING ANY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> OKAY, OSE 3 A1, SPONSORED B
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER'S
HERBAL AND LEWIS, THIS WOULD
ADD $435,000 OF GENERAL FUND
2023 TWO OPPOSITE
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FOR A CLIMATE RESILIENCE HUB I
SOUTH BEACON HILL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, BACK TO YOU.
>> OKAY. SO, WE HAVE A CAMPUS
IN SOUTH BEACON HILL, INCLUDING
-- UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, IT
INCLUDES BEACON HILL COUNCIL,
GOT GREEN, SPARKS NORTHWEST.
THEY FORMED A PARTNERSHIP TO
TRY TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN
RESILIENCE HUB ON THE CAMPUS .
PARTNERS ARE LOOKING TO PREPARE
FOR LOW INCOME NEIGHBORS , FOR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, FOR ELDERL
ESPECIALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
SMOKE SEASON WE JUST HAVE,
LOOKING FOR A SAFE PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO BE IN THE EVENT OF
NATURAL DISASTERS. THE REQUEST
WOULD FUND THREE THINGS. IT
WOULD HELP ORGANIZE AND CREATE
ENERGY EFFICIENCY -- IN THE
BUILDINGS, REPLACING OIL AND GA
FURNACES, FOR EXAMPLE. THE
REQUEST WOULD FUND BATTERY
STORAGE, SUFFICIENT TO MEET
EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL NEEDS FOR
TWO WEEKS. POWERING HEAT PUMPS
COMPUTERS, PHONES, THAT SORT OF
THING. AND THE FINAL THING IS
FUNDING PURCHASE OF ESSENTIAL
SUPPLIES , FIRST-AID KITS, FOOD
AND WATER , WATER FILTRATION
SYSTEMS, TOILETRIES, HYGIENE,
THAT SORT OF THING. SO, THEY
REALLY ARE TRYING TO CREATE A
SAFE SPACE IN SOUTH BEACON HILL
SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO
GO, AND ONCE THEY ARRIVE, THE
RESOURCES ARE THERE TO TAKE CAR
OF FOLKS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. I
THINK THIS RESILIENCY MODEL FO
THE REST OF US IN THE CITY, AS
WE ARE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THE
EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND
KNOWING, AS WE DO, THAT THE BIG
ONE COULD BE RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER. REALLY, TRYING TO
ANTICIPATE AND PREPARE THE
COMMUNITY IN THE EVENT OF THA
KIND OF DISASTER.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER NUMBE
SAWANT, GO AHEAD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS
SPONSOR ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, ADDING HE
NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO OSE
003. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANKS. IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE FUNDE
THROUGH JUMPSTART INSTEAD OF TH
GENERAL FUND? -- THE ITEMS THA
MIGHT NOT BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH
JUMPSTART DO HAVE FUNDING.
>> YEAH, FOR ESSENTIAL STAFF.
ALLIE, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, AT THIS STAGE IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS, WE ARE OFTEN
JUST PUTTING -- IS A FUN SOURCE
WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY NAMED BY
THE SPONSOR, IT IS TYPICALLY PU
FORWARD AS A GENERAL FUND ASKED
BUT THROUGH BALANCING
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHAIR AND
ALL OF YOU, WE WILL LOOK AT ALL
POTENTIAL FUND SOURCES, IF THER
ARE OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE EXERCISES WE
WILL GO THROUGH, THINKING ABOUT
WHAT POTENTIAL FUND SOURCES
COULD POSSIBLY SUPPORT THIS
INVESTMENT, AND TRY TO PROVIDE
THOSE OPTIONS TO THE CHAIR FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU. I SEE ONE OF YOU
--
>> -- OVERSIGHT BOARD DID
PRIORITIZE FUNDING FOR
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE HUB'S AS
ONE OF THEIR BUDGET FUNDING
PRIORITIES. SO, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WILL ALSO BE UP
FOR CONSIDERATION DURING OUR
DISCUSSIONS.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT
QUESTION. I THINK IT SPEAKS TO
SOME OF THE SOURCES THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE LOOKED AT FOR
GOOD ALIGNMENT , OVERSIGHT
BOARD, AND THEIR PRIORITIZATION
FOR THE 2022 COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE HUB STUDY. PRIORITY
FOR THOSE FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES
ALSO, WE DID JUST INCLUDE, IN
THE RENEWED PARKS DISTRICT
PACKAGE, THE RESILIENCE HUB'S.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING T
LOOK AS WELL, WITH THE ALIGNMEN
THAT JUMPSTART IS FUNDING AS
WELL. I THINK THERE WILL BE
GOOD ANALYSIS ON WHERE THERE IS
INTERSECTIONAL INTEREST.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, GO AHEAD
>> ON THAT LAST POINT, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, I DO WANT TO NOTE
THAT WE DID FIND TWO RESILIENCE
HUBS THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN
PARKS DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH END
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS NOT
ON PARKS LAND. THAT IS PART OF
THE REASON WHY THEY WERE COMIN
ON A SEPARATE TRACK FOR THIS
REQUEST.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, LET'
MOVE ON. NOTING AGAIN,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS ADDED
HER NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO OSE
003. WE ARE NOW ON TO 005.
>> S, OSE FIVE A1, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER'S
HERBAL AND STRESS. IT WOULD AD
$147,000 OF GENERAL FUND 23,
190,000 DOLLARS A GENERAL FUND
IN 2024, AND -- STRATEGIC
ADVISER THREE TO OSE TO CREATE
A CITY URBAN FORRESTER POSITION
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND,
THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET
INCLUDED A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE --
DEPARTMENT WILL TEAM AND THE
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION SUBMI
TO THE COUNCIL A RECOMMENDATION
FOR CREATING AN INDEPENDENT
CHIEF ARBORIST POSITION TO
OVERSEE THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT O
TREES AND INITIAL FOCUS ON THE
PRESERVATION OF EXCEPTIONAL
TREES. THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT,
ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
-- SLI RESPONSE LAST MONTH --
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
POSITIONS JOB QUALIFICATIONS AN
REQUIREMENTS, DUTIES AND
CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE
PROPOSED POSITION. JUST NOTING
THIS PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS PROVIDED BY THE
EXECUTIVE, WHICH ARE PROVIDED I
THE ATTACHMENT TO THE COUNCIL.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLEN
SUMMER. COLLEAGUES, WHEN THEY
ARE'S OFFICE RESPONDED THIS YEA
TO OUR SLI FROM LAST YEAR, THE
EXPLAINED WELL, THE RATIONALE
FOR CREATING A NEW POSITION IN
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AN
ENVIRONMENT, CALLED CITY URBAN
FORRESTER. FORMALLY REFERRED T
AS CHIEF ARBORIST FOR THE
POSITION IS ALSO ASSISTED WITH
DIRECTION FROM THE CITY ARBITER
FROM 2009. CURRENTLY , SEATTL
HAS THREE FUNCTIONS SCATTERED
ACROSS DEPARTMENT. WE NEED A
UNIFYING POSITION TO LEAD AND
COORDINATE OVERALL STRATEGY OF
PRESERVING AND EXPANDING OUR
CITY VULNERABLE TREE CANOPY OVE
THE LOST YEARS, SEATTLE HAS
LOST ORDER FOR THE FIVE ACRES O
TREES. A HEALTHY TREE CANOPY A
WE KNOW, WITH ITS COOLING SHADE
AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION,
DRAINAGE CONTROL, AND PUBLIC
HEALTH BENEFITS CAN INCREASE
OUR CITY SANITATION AND
RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE,
AND CAN'T ADDRESS DECORATIVE
AND BY MENTAL INJUSTICE IN
DISPARATE QUANTITIES OF FOREST
CANOPY BY NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I APPRECIATE MY COSPONSORS,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL, AS WELL A
COUNCILMEMBER STRESS, WHO
CONTINUES TO LEAD ON SEVERAL
TREE RELATED ISSUES. I'M VERY
THANKFUL FOR THE EXECUTIVES AN
DEPARTMENT OF PEOPLE WORKING
WELL WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION TO PRODUCE WHAT IS
ESSENTIALLY A JOB DESCRIPTION.
NOW IT IS UP TO US TO FUND IT,
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TO
FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS IMPORTAN
ISSUE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME TO
THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ADDING HIS
NAME AS A COSPONSOR.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, DO W
NO LONGER HAVE A CITY ARBORIST?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE A CENTRAL
UNIFIED POSITION THERE, THEY
ARE IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, THE
WORK IN THE FIELD, PRIMARILY.
SO, WE HAVE THEM IN SDCI, S.,
PARKS, BUT THERE IS NO UNIFYIN
PERSON.
>> I KNOW ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION ONE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, ADDIN
HER NAME AS A COSPONSOR.
YOLANDA, I JUST SAW YOU POP UP.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFICATION,
PLEASE CHIME IN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, IN HE
LAST -- THERE IS SOMEONE WITH
THE TITLE, I BELIEVE, OF CITY
ARBORIST, BUT THAT IS A PERSON
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE G
AHEAD.
>> PLEASE ADD ME ALSO, AS A
COSPONSOR ON THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN , I
WANTED TO NOTE THAT THERE IS
SOME GREAT RESEARCH COMING OUT
ON THIS, SPECIFIC TO THE SEATTL
AREA. SOME FOLKS MIGHT KNOW MY
HUSBAND IS A REPORTER WITH THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS. THEY ARE DOIN
A DEEP ANALYSIS OF THE TREE
SITUATION IN SEATTLE RIGHT NOW.
SO, I HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT
SOME REALLY CONCERNING ASPECTS
OF OUR TREE CANOPY, THE
INCREASING IMPACT OF CLIMATE
CHANGE ON OUR EXISTING CANOPY,
AND HOW , GIVEN OUR DRIEST
SUMMER THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR,
THE CHOKING SKIES FULL OF SMOKE
, HOW THAT IS AFFECTING OUR
TREES. I THINK THERE IS GOOD
RESEARCH AS WELL, TO SUPPORT
THE CAUSE HERE, OF REALLY
CREATING A THOUGHTFUL PROCESS
ACROSS OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS HOW
TO LOOK AT BOOSTING THE NUMBER
OF TREES AND THE HEALTH OF OUR
EXISTING CANOPY. I WILL SIGN O
AS A COSPONSOR.
>> WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS
MOSQUEDA, NELSON , SAWANT, AND
LEWIS AS COSPONSORS. OKAY,
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> STILL ON THE TOPIC OF TREES,
OSE 301 A1, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NUMBER STRESS, AN
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER'S
PEDERSEN AND HERBOLD,
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
REQUESTED THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY BUDGE
OFFICE AND FORESTRY
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM REPORT O
THE CITY 'S FUNDING AND
EXPENDITURES FOR TREEPLANTING,
STEWARDSHIP, AND OTHER RELATED
ACTIVITIES. JUST NOTING FOR
BACKGROUND THAT NINE DEPARTMENT
HAVE A ROLE IN MANAGING SEATTLE
URBAN FOREST, MAKING IT
DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAV
A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING O
HOW THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS
MAINTAIN AND ENHANCE THIS
RESOURCE. IN ADDITION TO
PROVIDING FUNDING AND
INFORMATION ABOUT EXPENSES, --
DEPARTMENT DETERMINE IF
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE NEEDED
TO COMPLETE THE ACTIONS
DESCRIBED IN THE CITY'S 2020
URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
LAND USE COMMITTEE JUNE 1st.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL
TURN OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA .
TO YOUR PREVIOUS COMMENT, ONE
THING I FOUND HELPING TO FOLLO
UP WITH RESIDENT NOTIFICATION
THAT ILLEGAL TREE CUTTING HAS
OCCURRED, THAT THE PENALTIES D
NOT GO TO PLANTING, PLANNING,
OR STARTING TREES. CURRENTLY,
WHEN ILLEGAL TREE CUTTING
OCCURS, THE PENALTIES COME
AGAINST THE HOMEOWNER, AND
DOLLARS RECEIVED GO TO THE
GENERAL FUND. THE DOLLARS SHOUL
BE USED TO ADDRESS TREEPLANTING
PLANTING AND STEWARDSHIP OF
TREES. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD --
TRACKING THESE DOLLARS -- MOR
ILLEGAL TREE CUTTING TO FUND
THE REPLANTING AND STEWARDING
OF TREES. YOLANDA, I MAY
REQUEST THAT WE MAKE THE REPORT
DATE DUE EARLIER , AND
EVERYTHING YOU SHARED WAS SPOT
ON. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THA
WHEN WE LEVEL PENALTIES FOR
ILLEGAL TREE CUTTING THAT THOSE
DOLLARS BE USED TO PLANT TREES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRESS. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO
THIS AMENDMENT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, ADDING HIS
NAME TO OSE 301. AND THANK YO
SO MUCH TO COUNCILMEMBERS
STRAUSS AND PEDERSEN ON THIS. I
WANTED TO ASK THE SPONSOR OR
CENTRAL STAFF, THIS ONE, AND
THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT, IS THER
A FOCUSED ON COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, COMMITTEES OF COLOR THAT
HAVE SEEN HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER
GREEN SPACE HISTORICALLY? IS
THERE EMPHASIS TO TO LOOK
THROUGH AN EQUITY LINE THAT
CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF
OUR CITY? [ CAPTIONERS
TRANSITIONING ]
>> IF THESE
>>> AS I'M ACCOUNTING FROM THE
FINANCIAL SOFTWARE. A CITYWIDE
ARBORIST, AND ALSO ADDED THAT
I'M ASKING FOR FROM COLLEAGUES
AND YOURSELF, TO ADDRESS STREET
TREEPLANTING. THERE ARE MANY
BRANCHES TO PROVIDING A MORE
LARGER TREE CANOPY AND MEETING
OUR TREE CANOPY GOALS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A
PROFOUND NEED OUT THERE. TAKE I
FOR THIS INCREDIBLE WORK. LET'S
KEEP GOING.
>> IF I COULD ALSO JUST ADD,
CHAIR, THAT THE RECENT CHANGES
VERY MUCH CENTERS ON EQUITY AND
RACIAL EQUITY IN PARTICULAR.
THAT'S WHY I THINK ALL OF THESE
HAVE THAT SHARED ALIGNMENT OF
REALLY ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUITY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT. ARE WE ON OUR LAS
ONE? SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
SPONSORED BY --
>> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, GO
AHEAD.
>> I WILL TRY TO BE QUICK. THI
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD
REPEAL THE HEATING OIL TAX,
WHICH IS SET TO GO ON EFFECT ON
JANUARY 1st 2023, AND WOULD ALS
REDUCE REJECTED TAX REVENUES OF
$1.4 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND
AND 1.25 GENERAL FUND 2024.
INDICATED FINANCE GENERAL. LAS
DISCUSSED, COMMITTEE
OF PROJECT THAT WAS JUST NOTED.
THEY HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO
OUR OFFICE ABOUT THIS NEED.
THEY'VE HAD A CONVERSATION AARO
HOUSE. THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP
INCREASE IN EVICTION CASES OVER
THE LAST FEW MONTHS. WE KNEW
THIS WAS A REALLY PRESSING ISSU
DURING THE PANDEMIC. BUT THERE
IS THIS DESIRE TO THINK THE
PANDEMIC IS OVER. IT IS NOT.
NEITHER IS THE IMPACT OF THE
FICTION CASES AS PEOPLE THINK W
ARE RETURNING TO NORMAL. THE
HOUSE AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
WORKING WITH ABOUT 100
HOUSEHOLDS . A LOT OF THESE
CASES ARE INVOLVING SMALL
AMOUNTS OF MONEY. -- GRANTED T
LANDLORDS WHO AGREED NOT TO
BRING IN EVICTION CASE TO THE
TENANTS. THESE FUNDS WILL SERVE
AS THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE
AGAINST POTENTIAL EVICTION,
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
INSTABILITY. SECOND, FOR THE
FUNDS TO BE CENTRALIZED IN ONE
OR TWO AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE
EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE FOR
TENANTS IN THE EVICTION PROCESS
THIS INTENTION OF CENTRALIZING
THE FUNDING WOULD BE DRAWING O
OUR EXPERIENCE HAVING
ADMINISTERED PAST ROUNDS OF
RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE
LEARNED HAVING FUN CENTRALIZED
INSTEAD OF ACROSS MANY AGENCIE
MAKES IT EASIER TO ACCESS FUNDS
IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO
ACHIEVE OUR RACIAL EQUITY GOALS
IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THEY
ARE BEING SERVED AND GIVEN THE
DISPROPORTIONATE RATES OF THEM
FACING EVICTION. I WILL ALSO
NOTE THE FUNDS ARE FLEXIBLE.
THEY SHOULD COVER WHAT THE
TENANTS NEED IN ORDER TO AVOID
EVICTION, COMING DIRECTLY FROM
THE ISSUE EXPERTS. I AM EXCITE
ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT. WORKING
WITH THE EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE
STAFF, REALLY UNDERSTAND THE
EVICTION PROCESS AND HOW TO HEL
TENANTS AVOID EVICTION IN THIS
AMENDMENT. MAKING SURE THESE
FUNDS ARE DIRECTLY USED
EFFECTIVELY. AVOIDING
HOMELESSNESS FOR THOUSANDS
ACROSS THE CITY. THE RENTAL
ASSISTANT DOLLARS HAVE BEEN
EXPENDED. THIS IS A RELATIVELY
SMALL AMOUNT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THAT HELP KEEP FOLKS IN
THEIR HOMES . WE ARE PROPOSING
TO RALPH THIS FUNDING THROUGH
SDCI. IN COORDINATION WITH THE
EXISTING EVICTION CONTRACT S.
HAVE A MORE COORDINATED AND
STREAMLINED PROCESS TO GET THES
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I DON'T THINK $3 MILLION IS
A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT. I
THINK IT'S ON TOP OF 1.2
ALREADY. MY POINT IS , IF WE
HAVE THIS MUCH MONEY, WHY ARE W
NOT JUST PROVIDING VOUCHERS?
EVICTION IS USUALLY THE RESULT
OF FAILURE TO PAY RENT. THE US
OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS THEY GOT
TO SEATTLE DURING THE PANDEMIC
, WERE LARGELY FOCUSED THAT
WENT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT
DISPERSED. IF WE HAVE THIS
MONEY, IT SHOULD BE, I BELIEVE,
DIRECT ASSISTANCE, AS
MINISTERED BY SDCI, INSTEAD OF
THROUGH ALL THESE OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH
ACTUALLY GOES, ACTUAL
ASSISTANCE LIKE IN VOUCHERS, T
TENANTS. SO THEY CAN STAY IN
THEIR APARTMENTS.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE NOT COMPLETING VARIOUS
PROGRAMS THAT DO PROVIDE MUCH
NEEDED ASSISTANCE. I'M GOING TO
ASK HIM TO CONFIRM THIS. WE DO
NOT ALREADY HAVE ONE .2. WE DO
HAVE VOUCHERS, BUT THOSE ARE
VERY LIMITED. WE GET THOSE
VOUCHERS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE ROUTED
THROUGH THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY. VOUCHERS DO NOT HELP
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE EVICTION
PROCESS. I'M GOING TO ASK HIM
TO ADD ANYTHING OR CLARIFY
ANYTHING I HAVE SAID TO MAKE
SURE IT'S ALL ACCURATE.
>> YEAH, ONE THING I WOULD SAY
IS THE ONE .2 MILLION IS FOR
EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE. IT IS
NOT FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE FOR
RENTAL SUPPORT. THAT IS THE
CURRENT CONTRACT ALLOCATIONS
THE CITY HAS . IF MY COLLEAGUE
TRACY'S ON THE MORNING, SHE MA
BE ABLE TO CHIP IN HERE. I THIN
THE CITY OFFERS SOME VOUCHERS,
BUT NOT THROUGH THE SOURCE. I
THINK THERE MAY BE SOME JUMP
START FUNDING OF WHICH SUPPORTS
VOUCHERS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED
BY THE OFFICE OF HOUSING. IT IS
NOT IN THE CONTEXT OF
PREVENTING EVICTION FOR FOLKS
WHO ARE IN A EVICTION
PROCEEDING.
>> HI, TRACY. THANKS.
>> A TRY. NO, THE CITY DOES NO
HAVE A VOUCHER PROGRAM. IT IS
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT
IS THE RECIPIENT OF VOUCHERS,
INCLUDING WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON MIGHT BE REMEMBERING
WHICH WAS THE EMERGENCY HOUSING
VOUCHERS THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ALLOCATED AND
DISTRIBUTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY. THAT IS THE
ONLY DEPARTURE, IN REALLY HOW
VOUCHERS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED ,
AND WHO HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF
THOSE VOUCHERS. WE HAVE RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. WE HOUSE I
HOUSING LOVELY LOVELY. THAT I
REALLY THE ONLY OTHER RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FUNDING I KNOW OF IN
MY WORLD. YEAH.
>> THANK YOU , SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THIS
AMENDMENT AS A COSPONSOR . MY
OFFICE SENT THE SAME AMENDMENT
I AM HAPPY TO COSPONSOR THIS
PACK
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT. ADDING HER NAME TO
SDCI 001. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE
ADDED AS A COSPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. ADDING HIS NAME AS A
COSPONSOR. COUNCILMEMBER LOOSEN
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, ANY
ADDITIONAL RESPONSE?
>> NO, I'M TRYING TO DO
MASHAIRE. THIS AND THE OTHER
TWO AMENDMENTS PASS, THAT IS 3
MILLION+570,000 , +400,000, ALL
GOING TO ORGANIZATIONS AND NOT
TO PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT PAY THEIR
RENT. STRONG STATEMENT OF
BEWILDERMENT, ABOUT WHY WE
CANNOT SOMEHOW, THROUGH SOME
PROGRAM, OR CREATE OUR OWN , TO
GET THOSE DOLLARS IN THE HANDS
úOF PEOPLE THAT NEEDED IT
DIRECTLY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, I'M GOING TO
ASK CENTRAL STUFF TO WEIGH IN
HERE. I THINK THERE'S SOME
CONFUSION. THESE ARE DOLLARS
THAT GO DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE.
PERIOD. CAN I ASK CENTRAL STAF
TO PROVIDE US WITH THE ANALYSIS
ON HOW THESE DOLLARS GET PASSED
THROUGH? TWO SURE.
>> DOES THE BUDGET AMENDMENT
STATES, ABOUT $2.1 MILLION IS
ALLOCATED THROUGH DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS. THOUGH CITY
PURCHASES AND SERVICES RANGE
FROM EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE TO
TENANT COUNSELING, DIRECT
COUNSELING , MONEY FOR
ORGANIZING , AND OTHER SERVICE
THAT BENEFIT TENANTS. A VARIET
OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES. INCLUDIN
EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE, WHICH
IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
PRIMARILY HERE BUT A LOT IS OUT
EDUCATION OUTREACH. IT'S A
VARIETY OF SERVICES. A POLICY
DISCUSSION THAT THIS COUNSEL CA
HAVE ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT MIX
SHOULD BE AND TO WHAT EXTENT
THERE SHOULD BE DIRECT
ASSISTANCE. THE CINDY IS NOT
FUNDING AS MUCH AS PURCHASING
SERVICES FROM THESE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BENEFIT
TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT.
>> SOME CLARIFICATION?
>> YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD TO
THAT THAT THE FUNDING HE IS
DESCRIBING , THOSE TYPES OF
SERVICES AND THE ADDITION OF
FUNDS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY
-- I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS STILL
GOING THROUGH HSD , IT DID
INCLUDE POTS OF MONEY THAT DID
PROVIDE DIRECT RENTAL
ASSISTANCE. IF THAT IS WHAT IS
NECESSARY TO CURE THE EVICTION
IN SOME CASES, AS WELL AS THE
FUNDING THAT WENT OUT WITH THE
UNITED WAY KING COUNTY. THAT IS
MONEY GOING DIRECTLY TO TENANTS
THERE ARE OFTEN DIFFERENT NEEDS
TENANTS HAVE TO CURE AN
EVICTION .
>> PROVIDING EVICTION DEFENSE I
COURT. SOMETIMES THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE HELPING
MEDIATE BETWEEN THE LANDLORD AN
TENANT TO RESOLVE ISSUES WITH
PAYMENTS OR OTHER ISSUES. I
THINK THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS
AS HE DESCRIBED IS PURCHASING
SERVICES, AND IN SOME CASES
INCLUDE PROVIDING RENTAL
ASSISTANCE TO CURE THE BACK
RENT.
>> VICE CHAIR, YOU WANT TO ADD
>> YEAH. I THINK THE SENTENCE
THAT MIGHT BE ADDING CONFUSION
IS THAT SDCI CURRENTLY --
FACING DISPLACEMENT THROUGH
PROGRAMS SUCH AS TENANT
RELOCATION SYSTEMS, THE
ORDINANCE, AND OTHER
ORDINANCES. THOSE ARE DISCRETE
PROGRAMS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED
BY SDCI. THEY DON'T GENERALLY
ADMINISTER DIRECT PAYMENTS FO
EVICTIONS. THE TENANT
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
IS A PROGRAM THAT SDCI HAS
ADMINISTER SINCE THE MID-80s.
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED AROUND
SDCI 'S RULE IN GIVING OUT
PERMITS FOR SUBSTANTIAL
RENOVATION , OR DEMOLITION OF
HOUSING. THEY ADMINISTER THE
RELOCATION PROGRAM , BECAUSE
THEY CAN HOLD BACK THE PERMITS
FOR THE DEMOLITION, OR
SUBSTANTIAL RENOVATIONS COULD
DISPLAY SOMEBODY UNTIL THE
PAYMENTS ARE PLAYED. SIMILARLY,
THE ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ,
AS CHAMPIONED BY COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT , SDCI ADMINISTERS THE
PROGRAM WHEN TENANTS ARE BEING
DISPLACED BECAUSE OF VERY LARGE
RENT INCREASES. A LAW THAT SDC
ENFORCES. IT DOES NOT AN
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE BEING EVICTED , BECAUSE
OF NONPAYMENT OF RENT. IT'S
PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR
HOUSING BECAUSE OF LARGE RENT
INCREASES. THOSE ARE THE
PROGRAMS THAT SDCI ADMINISTERS.
THEY DO NOT GENERALLY ADMINISTE
ANY PROGRAMS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
THAT ARE RENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE
ORGANIZATIONS NAMED HERE. I CAN
JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE
CITY'S PHILOSOPHY IN FUNDING
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE RENT
ASSISTANCE GRANTS. THIS IS NOT,
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, NOT A
PROPOSAL TO FUND THESE
ORGANIZATIONS TO DO GENERAL
THINGS TO HELP TENANTS. IT'S
SPECIFICALLY TO FUND THE NEED
OF TENANTS WHO ARE FACING
EVICTION BECAUSE OF NONPAYMENT
OF RENT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT
MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS,
WHETHER OR NOT DECENTRALIZED OR
CENTRALIZED APPROACH , FOR
INSTANCE HOMEBASE THAT THE
COUNTY WAS RUNNING. BETTER
APPROACHES. THEY ARE BOTH
APPROACHES HAVING A PROGRAM LIK
HOMEBASE, LOCATED IN THE
COURTROOMS. HELPING PEOPLE WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED BY
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS. THOSE
ARE DOLLARS THAT CAN , IN THE
MOMENT, HELP THE TENANT AVOID A
EVICTION. THESE ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDE RENT ASSISTANCE EARLIER
ON IN THE PROCESS , AND ONE OF
THE REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO FUND ORGANIZATIONS WITH DEE
CONNECTIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY
IS BECAUSE THEY ARE BEST SUITED
TO REACH PEOPLE WITHIN THEIR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THESE
NEEDS. THERE IS STRONG
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES AND THESE
ORGANIZATIONS. THEY CAN BE
THERE EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS
TO GET THOSE DOLLARS TO AVOID
THE EVICTION. LATER, WHEN
THERE'S AN EVICTION LAWSUIT
PENDING, PROGRAMS LIKE HOMEBASE
HAVE BEEN HELPING PEOPLE IN THE
COURTROOMS ACCESS DOLLARS TO
PAY THEIR RENT AND A VOID
EVICTION. THAT'S THE THINKING
BEHIND THE CENTRALIZED AND
DECENTRALIZED APPROACH. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU , ALL. I THINK WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, DO
SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS THE AND. THIS IS LOT
OF THE MONEY NOT GOING INTO
ASSISTANCE. I DON'T THINK THIS
IS A PARTISAN ISSUE. I WILL
NOTE THAT I HOPE WE DO HAVE SOM
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ON THE
GROUND BENEFIT TO THE TENANTS
FOR THE SERVICES WE ARE
PROVIDING. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEX
ITEM.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM IS SDCI TWO A ONE. THIS
IS ALSO IN THE PAYMENT
CONVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE. THIS
WOULD ADD $570,000 IN 2023 AND
2024. SDCI FOR LEGAL DEFENSE,
AS WE JUST DISCUSSED. TWO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE CITY
CONTRACTS WITH. ON THE HOUSING
JUSTICE PROJECTS IT HAS THE
LARGER CONTRACT. THE CONTRACT
ANTICIPATED SERVING 300 CLIENTS
THEY'VE HAD MORE THAN TWICE
THAT MANY IN 2022.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT PICK
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA
APOLOGIZE TO THE MEMBERS OF
PUBLIC AND I'M ABLE TO BE IN
CAMERA BECAUSE OF TECHNICAL
ISSUES I'M TRYING TO RESOLVE.
IN REFERENCE TO THE QUESTIONS
THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WAS
ASKING IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE
PREVIOUS AMENDMENT, JUST TO
CLARIFY, WHEN RENTERS FACE
EVICTION, THEY ARE SENT TO COUR
AND MEET AN ATTORNEY. FROM THE
PROJECT LIKE THE TYPE OF
AMENDMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
GET CONNECTED TO RENTAL ENTER
ASSISTANCE FUNDS. IF THAT IS TH
SITUATION THEY ARE FACING. JUS
TO CLARIFY, THE PREVIOUS
AMENDMENT , THE DOLLARS GO TO
FUND PEOPLE TO PAY RENT. THIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT WE ARE
DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW WOULD
FUNDED THE CRUCIAL RENT OF THE
PROJECT IN PREVENTING EVICTION
IN SEATTLE, OR IN OTHER WORDS
EVICTION DEFENSE. THIS YEAR,
2022 IS THE FIRST YEAR RENTALS
IN SEATTLE WILL HAVE HAD THE
RIGHT TO LEGAL COUNSEL WHEN THE
FACE EVICTION . CITY FUNDED.
THE LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY MY
OFFICE AND APPROVED BY THE
COUNCIL IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.
IT IS REALLY HELPING PEOPLE IN
THEIR HOMES. IT'LL KEEP PEOPLE
IN THEIR HOMES. THE NUMBERS ARE
REALLY JUST STRONGLY CONFIRMIN
THE NEED FOR HAVING PASSED THE
KIND OF LAW, AND ALSO ENSURING
THIS FUNDING EXISTS. I THINK
THIS BUDGET IS EXTREMELY
SURE WE ARE KEEPING PEOPLE IN
THEIR HOMES AND THEY ARE NOT PU
INTO MUCH WORSE SITUATIONS,
INCLUDING POTENTIALLY ACTUALLY
HAVING HOMELESSNESS. THE
HOUSING JUSTICE PROJECT HAS
REPORTED THEY ARE ABLE TO
PREVENT AN EVICTION WHEN THEY
DEFEND PEOPLE FACING EVICTION.
JUST HAVING THE TRAINED
ATTORNEY THERE WITH YOU IS A
MAKE OR BREAK SITUATION FOR
RENTERS. HOWEVER, LAST JANUARY
THE MAYOR SHAMEFULLY ENDED THE
EVICTION MORATORIM, PUTTING
STRESS ON THOSE DEFENDERS. THE
HOUSING PROJECT WAS DRAFTED .
THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS
PREVENTED 300 AND COURT THIS
YEAR. THEY ALREADY DEFENDANT
700 AND AN EIGHT TENANTS. JPS
IDENTIFIED THEY WILL NEED $1.4
MILLION TO ADEQUATELY DEFEND
THE RENTERS . THEY EXPECT TO
UNFORTUNATELY SEE AN EVICTION
CODE IN 2023. JUST TO EMPHASIZ
THIS POINT, WE HAVE SEEN
EVICTION , THE EMERGENCY
PROTECTION IN PLACE , AND ALSO
OTHER STATES. THEY WERE PRESEN
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEING
DRAWN BACK. IT IS NOT UNIQUE T
SEATTLE. WE ARE SEEING IN
METROPOLITAN AREAS, NATIONALLY,
THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE
EXPLODING. IT IS NOT SURPRISING
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS
INCREASED NEED OF FUNDING TO
KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND
PREVENTIVE ACTIONS. IN 2022,
THEY WERE GRANTED $832,000.
THIS 570,000 BALLER BUDGET
EXCEPT FOR THAT DIFFERENCE. TH
1.4 MILLION THEY SAY THEY NEED
JUST TO SHARE ON THE NOTES OF
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHA
IS GOING TO BE SEEN WITH THE
PANDEMIC EVICTION PROTECTIONS
HAVING ROLLED BACK , LESS THAN
WEEK AGO , THERE WAS A DIRE
REPORT FROM THE BAY AREA . VERY
COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF SEATTLE
AND ITS OVERALL ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS. EVICTIONS HAVE BEE
SEEN TO BE SOARING IN THE BAY
AREA, IN FACT, MORE THAN
DOUBLING. FROM JULY, 2021, FRO
JUNE 2022. THAT REGION SAW MORE
THAN 6300 EVICTION FILINGS.
UNDOUBTEDLY THE SURGE BEGAN
WHEN THE PROTECTIONS WERE TAKEN
AWAY. I THINK THIS IS -- I URG
THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS. A
TECHNICAL NOTE, THE FUNDING FOR
LEGAL DEFENSE AS PART OF A
BROADER BUDGET LINE FOR ALL
TENANT SUMMER SERVICES GRANTS.
IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET,
IT IS UNCHANGED THE 2022 AND
2023. NOT ONLY IS THERE NO
ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE
INCREASE, CASELOAD CAUSED BY TH
EVICTION MORATORIUM AND,
THERE'S NOT INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT WHICH SHOULD BE THER
JUST GIVEN THE UNPRECEDENTED
INFLATION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I AM
SEEING SOME. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE
TO CONFIRM THE 700 CLIENTS AN
EVICTION PROCEEDINGS. I KNOW
IT REPRESENTS PEOPLE OUTSIDE TH
CITY OF SEATTLE. CITY OF
SEATTLE CLIENTS. THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM WAS LIFTED. THIS
WOULD BE 700 CLIENTS OVER THE
LAST EIGHT MONTHS . EVICTION
PROCEEDINGS. I KNOW THERE'S A
BACKLOG AS COUNCILMEMBER SAWAN
SAID . UNFORTUNATELY, TENANTS
WHOSE LANDLORDS WERE PLANNING T
ERECT AND WAITING FOR THE
MORATORIUM TO BE LIFTED. I DO
WANT TO CONFIRM THESE ARE ALL
SEATTLE NUMBERS HERE. I AM ALS
INTERESTED TO KNOW, WHAT THE
AVERAGE COST PER CASE IS ,
TOO. I ALSO WANT TO THINK
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. A RIGHT
TO LEGAL COUNSEL IS ONLY AS
VALUABLE AS WE HAVE FUNDING T
SUPPORT THAT RIGHT. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GO ON,
ANY RESPONSES TO THAT OR
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> JUST TO SAY WE WILL FOLLOW-U
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH
RESPONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS. I
CANNOT CONFIRM THE 708 IS
EXCLUSIVELY SEATTLE CASES. WE
WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO ON
THAT.
>> GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER RESPONSE
AS WELL?
>> VERY QUICKLY. I APPRECIATE
HIM GETTING BACK TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS ON THE QUESTION. JUST T
CLARIFY, THE NUMBER , AS COUNCI
MEMBERS PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW,
THAT WAS FROM THE PROJECT
REPORT THROUGH SDCI. THEY ARE
REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THOSE REPORT
AS PART OF THE GRANT. I AM NOT
SURE IF THAT REPORT HAS ALREADY
GONE TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. I
WILL MAKE SURE THEY CAN DO
THAT. I AM ALSO NOT AWARE OF
WHAT THE COST PER CASE IS.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THOSE
RESPONSES. I WILL SAY, THOUGH,
JUST TO REITERATE THAT , EVEN I
WE FOUND OUT THAT SGP IS
SERVING THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE
AND THEY CANNOT DELINEATE WHIC
TENANTS WERE IN SEATTLE, OR
MAYBE THEY WANT. I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER THEY WERE NOT. MAYBE
THEY ARE WATCHING THIS AND WILL
GIVE US CLARIFICATION. I JUST
WANT TO SAY FROM A POLICY
STANDPOINT, FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I
HOPE WE DON'T MAKE THE SUPPORT
FOR THIS FUNDING CONDITIONAL
WHERE THE TENANTS ARE LOCATED.
THIS IS A REGIONWIDE CRISIS.
THEY ARE DOING EXEMPLARY WORK.
IT IS IMPERATIVE, AS I SAID. I
MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN YOU
LIFE , AND OF YOUR CHILDREN
ESPECIALLY. I FEEL LIKE IF WE
TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS
COUNCIL MEMBERS SERIOUSLY,
DOING OUR BEST TO PREVENT ANY
FURTHER CRISIS FOR OUR RENTERS
AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEN IT
REALLY SHOULDN'T MATTER WHERE
THE FAMILIES ARE LOCATED THAT
THEY ARE SUPPORTING. IF IT'S
WORKING, IT'S A WORTHY CAUSE TO
KEEP FUNDING. YEAH. I WILL
LEAVE IT THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE
BENEFITING OUR RESIDENCE. I
APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BEING
ASKED . WE DO NEED TO KNOW HOW
MUCH EACH CASE COSTS TO
LITIGATE. VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS. WHAT WE ARE DOING
HERE IS PASSING MONEY THROUGH T
PAY FOR STAFF, INSTEAD OF PAYIN
THE RENT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
ABOUT TO BE EVICTED. I'M JUST
WONDERING , THIS IS AN OFF-LINE
CONVERSATION, IF THERE'S ANY
APPETITE OR ABILITY TO ASK
THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO JUST
GIVE THE TENANT SOME MONEY SO
THEY ARE NOT EVICTED.
>> I HAVE TO CORRECT THE
CONVERSATION HERE. I'M GOING T
ASK CENTRAL STAFF. WHEN I SAY
NONPARTISAN, IT'S BECAUSE THEY
DO AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS THAT
IS NOT INFLUENCED BY ANY COUNCI
MEMBERS OPINION OR PREFERENCE.
IN THE RESPONSE WE HAD IN THE
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, THE
EXPLICIT ANSWER WAS THESE
DOLLARS ARE PASS-THROUGH FOR
SERVICES, MEETING THESE ARE
TRUSTED COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO
HELPED GET IN COMMUNITIES, ON
THE GROUND LEVEL , WHO ARE
REACHING PEOPLE AND PROVIDING
DIRECT ASSISTANCE. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT A
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT THE
PREVIOUS AMENDMENT DID, AND I
DON'T WANT THAT TO BE
CONFLICTING WITH WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO PROVIDE HERE. I DO
THINK THERE IS IMPORTANT ROLE
THAT THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
ARE PLAYING. WE ARE NOT PUTTING
A ANY ORGANIZATION. WE ARE
PROVIDING DIRECT ASSISTANCE FRO
THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT. I WILL
ASK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT TO
RESPOND TO YOUR DIRECT QUESTION
I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE
MISUNDERSTANDING AND
MISINTERPRETATION AS WE WALK
AWAY. DO YOU WANT CENTRAL STAF
TO RESPOND FIRST?
>> SURE, KETIL CAN GO FIRST.
>> BY WAY OF CLARIFICATION, I
THINK THIS IS A DISTINCTION
THAT THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTANDS.
ú THIS BUDGET ACTION WOULD ADD
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR EVICTION
PREVENTION SERVICES. LEGAL
DEFENSE. THE PRIOR BUDGET
ACTION WOULD ADD FUNDING FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS WH
ARE FACING EVICTION. FOLKS
FAKES A VISION FOR VARIETY OF
REASONS. NOT PAYMENT IS ONLY
ONE OF THEM. NOT ADDING FUNDING
FOR EVICTION SERVICES AND LEGA
DEFENSE, -- FILLS IN A GAP
THAT MAY BE UNRELATED TO THE
ABILITY OF THE TENANT TO PAY
RENT. THAT WAS THE ONLY
CLARIFICATION.
>> THANKS. COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
JUST TO ADD TO THE POINT YOU
MADE, AND ALSO , KETIL, TO
CLARIFY. I FEEL LIKE HONESTLY
THIS POINT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED
OVER AND OVER. IT IS JUST
DIFFICULT TO SEE THESE QUESTION
. IN ANY CASE, I WILL GO AHEAD
AND SAY IT ONCE MORE TO ADD THE
POINTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
MADE. THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT IS
ABOUT ASSISTANCE FOR RENTERS.
IT IS NOT FOR THE ORGANIZATION,
IT'S FOR THE RENTERS. THIS
AMENDMENT IS TO PREVENT EVICTIO
IN THE FIRST PLACE , WHEN THE
RENTERS AND UP IN COURT. THE
FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE
AND FUNDING EVICTION DEFENSE,
THESE ARE BOTH EXTREMELY CRUCIA
RIGHT NOW, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
JUST A BASIC PROTECTION THAT
OUR BEST MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO
NEED INCREASINGLY , ESPECIALLY
AS INFLATION CONTINUES TO
INTENSIFY , AND THE RECESSION
ENTERS AND A MUCH STRONGER WAY.
UNFORTUNATELY. THEY ARE NOT
EITHER OR. THE PREVIOUS
AMENDMENT AND THIS AMENDMENT,
THOSE SERVICES THESE TWO
AMENDMENTS FUND ARE NOT EITHER
OR. THEY BOTH ARE NECESSARY.
AS FAR AS CUSTOMER NELSON'S
POINT, IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW
WHERE THE TENANTS LIVE . AS A
POINT OF STATISTICAL
TRANSFORMATION, YES. OF COURSE
I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO
GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I THINK IT IS JUST NO
IN TOUCH WITH THE REALITY TO SA
IT SHOULD BE A CONDITION. WE
ARE ASKING THAT OUT OF
CURIOSITY, THAT'S GREAT. BUT
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THOSE
TENANTS LIVE, I THINK THE
SERVICES THEY ARE PROVIDING IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE
ABOUT 20 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
DOING THIS WORK. THAT IS WHY WE
ARE TALKING SO PROMINENTLY ABOU
THE PROJECT. FURTHERMORE, IT'S
CONNECTED IN THE FENCE THAT YO
CANNOT LOOK AT THIS FROM A CITY
STANDPOINT. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE LIVING IN THE CITY SITE
AND CITY LIMITS LAST YEAR, ARE
NOT LIVING HERE THIS YEAR
BECAUSE THEY WERE PUSHED OUT
BECAUSE OF RENT INCREASES. THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING HERE THIS
YEAR WILL NOT BE HERE NEXT YEAR
BECAUSE THEY WILL GET PUSHED
OUT. THIS IS HAPPENING AT A
FEROCIOUS RATE , ESPECIALLY FOR
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. THEY ARE GETTING
PUSHED OUT AT EIGHT THIS
PORTION OF HIGHER RATE . I WOUL
URGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO KEEP
THAT OVERARCHING FACT IN MIND.
AS FAR AS THE COST PER CASE,
AGAIN, TOTALLY THINK THEY
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT
INFORMATION. MAYBE IT'S NOT IN
THE REPORT. I'M NOT ABLE TO
RECALL. HOWEVER, AGAIN, THE
POINT BEING, KEEPING THINGS IN
PERSPECTIVE. I CAN GUARANTEE
YOU, IT IS A FRACTION OF THE
COST BOTH FOR PUBLIC RESOURCES
, WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUSHED OUT OF
THEIR HOMES AND POTENTIALLY FAC
HOMELESSNESS , AND ALSO YOU
CANNOT PUT A PRICE TAG ON THE
TRAUMA PEOPLE FACE WHEN THEY
LOSE THEIR HOMES. I THINK IF
YOU WERE TO PUT THAT IN
CONTEXT, THE COST WOULD NOT BE
IN ANY WAY OBJECTIONABLE OR
PROHIBITED. I WILL TAKE ONE
OTHER POINT. IN TERMS OF
EMPHASIZING WHAT SO CRUCIAL. IF
YOU ARE RENDERING YOU END UP IN
EVICTION COURT, HAVING AN
ATTORNEY WITH YOU , THE FACT IS
EVEN IF YOU HAVE GENERAL AND
LEGAL TERMS HAVE DEFENSE AGAINS
YOUR EVICTION, MORE OFTEN THAN
NOT, I THINK THE STATISTICS ARE
STRONGER THAN HIM EXPRESSING
THEM , THAT YOU WILL END UP
GETTING EVICTED, EVEN IF YOU
HAVE A LEGAL DEFENSE. IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A TRAINED ATTORNEY TO
PUT THAT DEFENSE FORWARD.
THEY'VE HEARD JUDGES SAY WE NEE
FUNDING FOR THIS DEFENSE BECAUS
OTHERWISE THE LEGAL PROCESS
CANNOT BE CARRIED OUT IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF THE TENANTS.
I DO HOPE ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE
SUFFICIENT TO CONVINCE COUNCIL
MEMBERS THIS IS INDEED AN
ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL SERVICE THA
OUR RENTERS NEED.
>> THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU,
EVERYBODY. OKAY. WE HAVE SOME
GOOD QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED. ANALYSIS COMING IN
FROM CENTRAL STAFF, AND GREATE
DISCUSSION TO COME, IT SOUNDS
LIKE I'M ON THESE TOPICS. I'M
GOING TO MOVE US ON. I THINK WE
HAVE ONE MORE IN THIS CATEGORY
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YEAH, THE NEXT TWO HAVE TO D
WITH SDCI FUNCTION OF
REGULATING IN THE CURRENT
MARKET. THEY ARE BOTH CONNECTED
>> PERFECT.
>> SDCI 3A ONE , SPONSORED B
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
LEWIS. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS TO
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE
TENANT'S UNION THAT PROVIDES
COUNSELING , EDUCATION AND
OUTREACH. THIS IS AN ONGOING
ONE. THAT IS THE INTRODUCTION.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, YOU ARE
BACKUP .
>> THANK YOU. THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT WOULD FUND THE CRUCIA
WORK OF THE TENANT'S UNION,
WHICH IS FUNDED OUT OF THE SAME
TENANT SERVICES GRANT BUDGET
LINE I MENTIONED THAT IS IN THE
SDCI PREVIOUS AMENDMENT. JUST
LIKE IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET
AMENDMENT, THE TENANTS FIND
THEMSELVES PERPETUALLY
UNDERSTAFFED TO MAKE THE NEEDS
OF RENTERS IN SEATTLE. THEY
RUN A CALLING TO ANSWER RENTERS
QUESTIONS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE
ORGANIZERS THAT HELP RENTERS
ORGANIZE THEIR BUILDINGS WHEN
THEY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE
FACING MORE GENERALIZED ABUSES
BY THEIR LANDLORDS.
UNFORTUNATELY FAR FROM AN
UNCOMMON SITUATION THAT RENTERS
FACE THEMSELVES. FIND
THEMSELVES IN, SORRY. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
THE COMMUNITY, A GROUP OF
TENANTS ON CAPITOL HILL, THESE
RENTERS , MANY OF WHOM ARE
SENIORS LIVING IN THE SAME
BUILDING FOR DECADES, SUDDENLY
FOUND THEM WITH THEIR HOUSING
OFFENDED THIS YEAR WHEN THEIR
LONG-STANDING LANDLORD PASSED
AWAY. THE BUILDING THEY CALLED
HOME WAS UP FOR SALE. THE TENAN
UNION MET WITH THESE RENTERS T
BUY THE BUILDING . WHEN THAT WA
UNSUCCESSFUL, HELP THEM ORGANIZ
AGAINST THE ATTACKS FROM THE
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
THAT ULTIMATELY BOUGHT THE
BUILDING. THIS BUDGET AMENDMEN
WOULD ALLOW THE TENANT UNION T
INCREASE STAFFING . I'M SURE
GIVEN THE CRISIS , I WILL
PROBABLY PREDICT IT STILL WON'T
BE ENOUGH. THEY NEED MUCH MORE
THAN WHAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, GETTING
CREASE THE STAFFING TO HELP
RENTERS ORGANIZE MORE BUILDING
AND HIRE AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY
IT HAS BEEN, I KNOW, A GOAL O
THE TENANTS UNION FOR MANY
YEARS. THE QUESTION THAT CAME
UP IN THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS,
WHY ARE WE NOT GIVING DIRECT
RENTAL ASSISTANCE? RENTERS DO
NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR
SUPPORT. THEY HAVE A SINGLE GO
TO AREA. THEY KNOW THEY CAN GO
TO THE TENANTS UNIT, NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS. THEY KNOW THEY AR
GOING TO GO THERE NO MATTER
WHAT HAPPENS. THEY KNOW THEY CA
GET THE INFORMATION THERE. THES
ORGANIZATIONS , LIKE THE TENANT
UNION, THEY CONNECT PEOPLE WITH
RENTAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY
HAVE THAT INFORMATION. THEY HAV
THAT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE.
IT IS NOT A SUPERFLUOUS THING I
ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. IT IS
ACTUALLY EXTREMELY CRUCIAL. AS
SAID, THESE HAVE BEEN
UNDERFUNDED. I REALLY HOPE
COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN SUPPORT
THIS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER. I'M NOTHING
ADDITIONAL HANDS ON THIS ONE.
LET'S GO TO THE LAST ITEM IN
THIS CATEGORY.
>> OVER, THE NEXT ITEM IS SDCI
4A ONE. SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THIS
WOULD ADD FUNDING FOR THE
POSITION IN 2023 AND 2024. THE
POSITION WOULD BE ADDED TO THE
PROPERTY OWNER ASSISTANCE
GROUP. TECHNICALLY A
CO-COMPLIANCE ANALYST POSITION.
AMONG OTHER THINGS THEY
MAINTAIN THE CITIES RENTING
SEATTLE WEBPAGE AND ALSO
PROVIDE EDUCATION OUTREACH TO
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THIS
PROPERTY OWNER AND TENANT
ASSISTANCE GROUP OFFICERS THE
PERSON IN THE CITY THAT CAN
HELP TENANTS AND LANDLORDS
NAVIGATE AND UNDERSTAND CITY,
STATE CODE REGARDING THEIR
OBLIGATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS
WILL HIGHLIGHT IS, WITH
INCREASED COMPLEXITY OF WHEN -
BOTH THE STATE AND CITY LEVEL,
THIS POSITION HELPS BOTH
TENANTS AND LANDLORDS UNDERSTAN
THEIR RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES. THIS LAST
WEEKEND I RECEIVED A CALL FROM
SENIOR LIVING IN A BUILDING
THAT WAS RECENTLY SOLD FROM
THEIR LONGTIME OWNER , WHO BUIL
THE BUILDING IN THE 80s. IT WA
LOCAL. KEPT THE RENTS VERY
STABLE. THE NEW OWNERS ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF RENOVATING AND
RAISING THE RENTS OF UNOCCUPIE
UNITS. THE SENIOR RECEIVED A
LETTER THAT WAS VAGUE AND
SEEMED TO SUGGEST ANYONE
STAYING IN THE BUILDING NEEDED
TO MOVE OUT AT THAT VERY MOMENT
WHEN I'M FACED WITH CONSTITUENT
INQUIRIES -- THIS IS WHY I'M
BRINGING FORWARD THIS ADDITION
TO THE GROUP. THANK YOU, CHAIR
>> THANK YOU , VERY MUCH. I DO
NOT SEE ANY ADDITIONAL IONS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THANK YO
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES. THAT GETS US
TO THE END OF SDCI. BEFORE WE
MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
IS, I WANTED TO FILL YOU IN ON
MY THOUGHTS FOR THE REST OF THE
MORNING . WE WOULD GO THROUGH
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AN
WE WOULD ADJOURN FOR OUR RECESS
BEFORE 1:00. COME BACK AT 2:00
AND CONTINUE WITH SEATTLE
PARKS. WRAP WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF'S BUDGET AND TECHNICAL
CHANGES SLIDES. IF WE DID THAT
I WOULD NEED TO ASK FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW, TO
AMEND THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GET
TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT,
WHICH IS SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. I DID CIRCULATE THA
AMENDMENT AT 10:00. APOLOGIES
FOR THE LATE CIRCULATION ON THE
ON MY PART. WE WOULD BE
AMENDING THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE
THE WAHKON AMENDMENT I
CIRCULATED, IF YOU ARE SO
INCLINED TO AMEND THE AGENDA.
ALEX, DOES THAT SOUND LIKE AN
OKAY ALLOCATION OF TIME? I SAW
SOME THUMBS-UP. ALL RIGHT,
GREAT. AT THIS POINT THEN
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA
NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH INCLUDES
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE RULE
WILL BE SUSPENDED TO ALLOW
CONSIDERATION OF A MOTION TO
AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD A
WAHKON AMENDMENT THAT WAS NOT
CIRCULATED BY 5:00 P.M. HEARING
NO OBJECTION, THE RULES ARE
SUSPENDED. WE WILL NOT PROCEED
WITH AMENDING THE AGENDA. I
MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO AD
SFD WAHKON ONE, WHICH IS FROM
MY OFFICE. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU.
>> MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION O
úTHE AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN. LET M
LOOP BACK TO JUAREZ, SEE IF SH
IS BACK.
>> I THINK SHE HAD TO STEP OUT
FOR A SECOND.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIE
ON THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
SFD WAHKON ONE IS ADDED TO THE
AMENDED AGENDA. THIS WAHKON
AMENDMENT WILL BE THE LAST ITEM
OF DISCUSSION DURING THE AGENDA
THE OTTOMAN FRONT OF US, WHICH
IS NUMBER EIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD
AND MOVE ON AND GO OVER TO ITE
NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA.
>> WILL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS'S AMENDMENT .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH . GOOD
AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS. I
HAVE THREE COUNSEL BUBBA BUDGE
ACTIONS PERTAINING TO THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE IS FF'S SFD ONE
A1. THIS WOULD ADD $150,000 I
GENERAL FUND IN 2023, AND THE
SAME AMOUNT IN 2024, TO THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO
SUPPORT CONTRACT WITH
RECREATIONAL BOATING ASSOCIATIO
TO PROMOTE WATER SAFETY. THE
SPECIFIC INTEREST WOULD BE
EDUCATING ON WATER REGULATORS
ON LAKE UNION. THE STATE
PROVIDED ONE-TIME FUNDING LAST
YEAR FOR AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN,
BUT THERE IS NO STATE FUNDING I
2023.
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH. I'M GOIN
TO CALL ON COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. LAKE UNION
IS AN AMAZING GEM IN OUR CITY.
IT IS CONNECTED TO LAKE
WASHINGTON , AND THE PUGET
SOUND. BEING SO CLOSE TO
DOWNTOWN, IT SERVED SO MANY
DIFFERENT PURPOSES. IT'S ONE OF
THE HEARTBEATS OF SEATTLE.
CENTRAL CONNECTING WATERWAY THA
PEOPLE FLOCK TO FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, WHETHER
ON BOAT, KAYAKS, STANDUP PADDLE
BOARD, IN A SAILBOAT OR LANDIN
IN THE SEAPLANE. OFTEN TIMES
PEOPLE RENT OTHER SEA VESSELS.
I'VE HEARD OF FLOATING HOT TUBS
AND ELECTRIC BOATS. THERE ARE
LOT OF DIFFERENT USES AND VERY
TIGHT SPACES. IT MAKES SENSE
FOR US TO HAVE A TARGET. FREE
OF INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS. IT'
AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO DO
WITH SO MANY CONFLICTING USES,
ESPECIALLY WITH SEAPLANES
LANDING, THERE'S NOT A
CENTRALIZED PLACE FOR NEW VOTER
TO GET INFORMATION. I PADDLE
WITH SOME OF THE STRONGEST
PALATAL BORERS IN THE CITY.
SOME OF THE STRONGEST KAYAKERS
IN THE CITY. SOME OF THE
STRONGEST SAILORS IN THE CITY.
THEY ALL KNOW RULES OF THE
WATER. WHAT IS MORE CHALLENGIN
ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE RENTIN
THAT SMALL ELECTRIC BOATS,
FIRST TIME THEY HAVE EVER
PILOTED A SMALL CRAFT. FOLKS
THAT ARE TRYING TO STAND UP
PADDLE BOARDING FOR THE FIRST
TIME. USING A KAYAK FOR THE
FIRST TIME. IT IS QUITE
DANGEROUS IN SOME RESPECTS, NO
ONLY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KEE
RIGHT AWAY OF SAILBOATS,
ESPECIALLY ON THEIR OWN POWER.
PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO
WATERCRAFT SPORTS MIGHT NOT KNO
THAT. WHAT IS EVEN MORE
DANGEROUS IS WHEN SOMEBODY IS
PILOTING A SAILBOAT , OR ON A
PADDLEBOARD OR KAYAK, AND A
SEAPLANE IS TRYING TO LAND.
WE'VE MADE GREAT INVESTMENTS TO
DESIGNATE THE C PLAN LANDING
ZONE MORE CLEARLY , BUT THE
EDUCATION OF WHY THOSE BUOYS
ARE THERE IS NOT FORMALIZED TO
AN EVERYDAY PERSON. WE WERE
FORTUNATE TO HAVE ORGANIZATION
STEP UP TO USE STATE MONEY TO
DESIGN WATER EDUCATION SAFETY
AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS . THIS
HELPED INCREASE SAFETY IN ITS
WRITTEN FORM. REMEMBER, THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND OTHERS
DESCRIBED THIS AS ONE-TIME
FUNDING. WE'VE HAD GREAT
SUCCESS WITH THE SAFETY
AWARENESS AND EDUCATION
INITIATIVE. KEEPING WATERWAY
SAVE IS NOT A ONE-TIME THING.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MORE
AND MORE AS NEW AND CASUAL
USERS OF VESSELS, LONG THROUGH
GAIT LAKE UNION AN INCREASE.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THEM THERE.
LET ME PAINT THIS PICTURE FOR
YOU. WE HAVE WAYS TO HELP
DESIGNATE WHERE SEAPLANES CAN
LAND . NEW WATER USERS ARE
TYING UP TO THESE BUOYS , WHICH
IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANYTHING
ELSE. WHETHER IT'S DUCK AND
DODGE, OR A SUNNY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT WE INCREASE EDUCATIONAL
AWARENESS ABOUT THE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
WATERWAYS. THIS IS A MODEST
ALLOCATION. IT'S GOOD FOR
BUSINESS, TOURISM, AND DRAWING
VISITORS. AND SPOKES TO SPEND
MONEY IN AND AROUND LAKE UNION
THE REASON THIS IS SO IMPORTAN
IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO IMPORTAN
OTHER WATERWAY IN OUR CITY THAT
HAS SO MUCH USE , AND HAS A
SEAPLANE REPORT ON IT. WHETHER
OR NOT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT A
A BEAUTIFUL BLUE GEM IN THE
MIDDLE OF OUR CITY, OR AS AN
AIRPORT, THERE ARE MANY
CONFLICTING USES. NEW USERS
UNDERSTAND THE ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES IN AND OUT OF
THE WATER. THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS IS HAND.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MYSELF A
A COSPONSOR TO THIS.
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS ADDING HIMSELF TO A SET
SFD . ANY ADDITIONL COMMENTS?
OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH ,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. LET'S
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS SFD TWO A,
TWO. THIS ITEM WOULD ADD
FUNDING TO CONTINUE ON AN
ONGOING BASIS , THE OPERATION O
A TRUCK AT FIRE STATION 37 . A
MEDIC UNIT AT FIRE STATION 26.
THE FUNDING IS 4.7 MILLION
GENERAL FUND IN 2023, AND 5.6
MILLION GENERAL FUND IN 2024.
MOST OF THESE COSTS GOING TO
SUPPORT FIREFIGHTING STAFFING.
BOTH OF THESE RESOURCES WERE PU
IN PLACE TEMPORARILY WHILE THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED
TO ENSURE PROMPT RESPONSE TO
FIRE AND MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
THIS COUNSEL BUDGET ACTION
WOULD MAKE THEM PRIVATE
AMENDMENT. THE ONES CURRENTLY
IN USE ARE PAST THE DEPARTMENTS
REPLACEMENT AGE. IT WOULD BE
NECESSARY TO PURCHASE NEW
VEHICLES FOR DEPLOYMENT. THIS
ALSO INCLUDES AS AN ATTACHMENT,
THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PLANNIN
DEVELOPMENT MAP. THIS MAP SHOW
THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT OF --
IMPACT IN THE AREA THAT THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING A HIG
PRIORITY FOR CITY PLANNING
PROGRAM AND INVESTMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M
LOOKING OUT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
APPRECIATE THAT DESCRIPTION . I
JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE SOME
POINTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE CIT
BUDGET OFFICE. BEFORE DOING SO
I DO WANT TO AGAIN PUBLICLY
THANK THE JEEP FOR HIM ACTING
SO QUICKLY. PUTTING THESE UNIT
IN PLACE WITH THE CLOSURE OF
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE. IT WAS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
CONSTITUENTS ON THE PENINSULA
AND SOUTH PARK. AS A RESULT ,
THINK WE HAVE SOME GOOD DATA
ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN , IF WE
LOST THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. BY
REMOVING THE MEDIC UNIT FROM
FIRE STATION 26, PARAMEDIC
RESPONSE OR ADVANCED LIFE
SUPPORT RESIDENTS WOULD GO FROM
AN AVERAGE OF FOUR MINUTES AND
27 SECONDS TO 12 MINUTES AND 3
SECONDS. IN COMPARISON TO OTHER
PARAMEDIC RESPONSE TIMES BY
STATION AREA, THIS WOULD BE THE
LONGEST RESPONSE TIME , AS
COMPARED TO ALL STATIONARY
AREAS IN THE CITY. THE TRUCK
WOULD GO FROM AN AVERAGE OF ONE
MINUTE 54 SECONDS TO -- ON THE
SOUTH END OF WEST SEATTLE. THIS
WOULD RESULT IN STATION 37
HAVING THE EIGHTH HIGHEST
AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME, AND
NEARBY STATIONS 26 AND 11 HAVIN
THE LONGEST RESPONSE TIME IN TH
ENTIRE CITY. THE RESPONSE TIME
NOT SHARED BY THE BUDGET OFFICE
SHOWED THE STARK IMPACT AND HO
THESE RESPONSE TIMES ARE FAR
LONGER THAN ACCEPTED STANDARDS
THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
RESPONSE TIMES WOULD INCREASE.
THE EQUITY INDEX IS HIGHER IN
THESE AREAS. REMOVAL OF THE
MEDIC UNIT WOULD ALSO INCREASE
RESPONSE TIMES IN THE SOUTHERN
PARTS OF DISTRICT 2 IN SOUTH
SEATTLE. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN
THE EMAIL I SENT TO HOUSE
MEMBERS AT 10:45 LAST NIGHT. IT
ALSO INCLUDES THE SUPPORT
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT STEWART ,
LOCAL 27, AND REAL-LIFE STORIES
OF SFD LETTER 13 AND MEDIC UNI
26, HELPING DISTRICT ONE
RESIDENCE WITH TWO QUICK
EXPERTS. ONE PERSON WRITES
DURING COVID MY NINE-YEAR-OLD
STARTED HAVING SEIZURES. EACH
ONE OF THESE IS REQUIRED THE
TEAM ON MEDIC ONE AMBULANCE TO
ADMINISTER A HIGHER DOSAGE THEY
CARRY ON BOARD. THIS DRUG AND
EXPERTISE IS ESSENTIAL TO
STOPPING SEIZURES AND GETTING
HIS BRAIN TO STABILIZE. EACH
TIME HAS REQUIRED TRANSFER TO
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE THOUGH
OF HAVING TO WAIT 10 TO 15
MINUTES FOR A MEDIC TO COME
FROM BEACON HILL OR ELSEWHERE,
WOULD MEET POTENTIALLY LIFE
GOING -- ANOTHER PERSON WRITES
IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, MY WIFE
SUFFERED FROM A SUDDEN HEART
FAILURE. WAS ONLY TIMELY AND
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSE THAT
SAVED HER LIFE. HER SITUATION
WAS TRULY DICTATED BY MINUTES.
JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE
NUMBER OF RESPONSES, MEDIC 26
RESPONDED TO 975 INCIDENTS IN
2021. LADDER TRUCK 13 RESPONDE
TO 1037 INCIDENTS IN 2021. I
HAVE PROVIDED A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES, BUT WITHOUT THESE
UNITS, THE SURROUNDING STATIONS
WOULD BE TO PICK UP THAT
WORKLOAD, AND THAT WOULD AFFECT
A PROFOUND NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? PLEASE
GO AHEAD.