THE SEPTEMBER 23, 2022 REGULARLD
MEETING OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND
CULTURE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER. I AM CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF
THERE IS IS NO OBJECT IN, THE AA
WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO
OBJECTION. TODAY WE HAVE 11 APPS
11 APPOINTMENTS TWO DIFFERENT C.
DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS. WE ALSO
HAVE FOUR PRESENTATIONS. WE WILL
WILL BE HEARING FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ON
THE GENERATIONAL WEALTH BUILDING
BUILDING WORK THEY HAVE BEEN DO.
BEEN DOING. WE WILL HAVE TWO PRS
ON PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING. ONE
UPDATE FROM OUR OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS, AND I AM THINKING OF IT
AS A CASE STUDY FROM KING COUNTY
ON THEIR RECENTLY COMPLETED PAY
COMPLETED PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROGRAM. WE WILL ALSOE
ALSO HAVE A RACE AND SOCIAL JUSE
INITIATIVE UPDATE FROM THE OFFIE
OF ARTS AND CULTURE. WE DO HAVE
A FULL SCHEDULE TODAY. I KNOW
NORMALLY MY COMMITTEES ARE
FAIRLY BRIEF. I EXPECT IT IS
POSSIBLE WE WILL GO LONG TODAY.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANS
WE'RE HAVING TODAY, PARTICULARLS
WE LEAD INTO THE BUDGET CYCLE. I
I WILL ASK YOUR INDULGENCE BEFOE
WE BEGIN. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WL
OPEN THE REMOTE GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. I DON'T SEE
ANYONE ONLINE. I THINK WE ONLY
HAVE ONE PERSON IN PERSON. LET E
RUN THROUGH THIS. I WOULD ASK
THAT EVERYONE BE PATIENT AS WE E
THE SYSTEM. IT DOES REMAIN THE G
INTENT OF THE COUNSELED HAVE PUC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED IN TE
AGENDAS, BUT WE DO RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO MODIFY PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIODS AT ANY POINT IF WE DEEM
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSE. EACH
SPEAKER HAS TWO MINUTES TO
SPEAK. ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME,
PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MIC. YOU L
HEAR A TIME WHEN THERE ARE 10 SS
LEFT. ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, E
ASK YOU PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COM.
OKAY. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I
HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. THE FIRST IS,
AND THE SECOND IS MARGUERITE.
>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET'S TUN
ON YOUR MICROPHONE. THERE WE GO.
GO.
>> I LIVE AT 910 MARION STREET.
BECAUSE I PROTEST AGAINST
SEATTLE POLICE BRUTALITY,
HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, I HAVN
HAVE BEEN A TARGET BY MANAGERS T
MY SENIOR HOUSING FOR EVICTION.
THEY ARE USING AN ILLEGAL
INSTRUMENT CALLED REAL PAGE
COMPLIANCE IN ORDER TO DENY MY L
MY APPROVAL FOR HOUSING. ALSO, E
ALSO, POLICE LOCKED ME OUT OF MT
MY APARTMENT WHEN I RETURNED.
MANAGER SCREEN MY PHONE CALLS, D
CALLS, AND SURVEILLANCES
ILLEGALLY SET UP IN MY APARTMEND
THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. I MAY
3, THIS WOMAN, MARY, WAS IN THEG
THE BUILDING, A VAGRANT. SHE
DOESN'T QUALIFY TO LIVE IN THE
BUILDING, BUT SHE WAS IN THE
BUILDING DOING FENTANYL. I TOOK
PHOTOS OF HER IN THE WOMEN'S REM
ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THIS WOMAN
IS NOW DECEASED, MYSTERIOUSLY. I
I AM NOT SURE IF SHE DIED IN THG
THE BUILDING, OR IF SOMEONE
KILLED HER, BUT THIS IS HER FENL
HER FENTANYL. THIS IS MARY IN
THE BUILDING. BECAUSE I TOOK PH,
TOOK THEM TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS
, THE MANAGER WAS INCENSED AND
DECIDED TO EMPLOY A DEVICE, OR
CONCOCT A SCHEME TO HAVE ME REM.
ME REMOVED. MY RENT IS NOT APPLD
EACH MONTH. THEREFORE, I SUPPOSY
I SUPPOSEDLY OH $1630. I CANNOT,
, BECAUSE STATEMENTS SHOW THE
RENT IS NOT APPLIED. THIS IS ALL
ALL TO DENY ME HOUSING BECAUSE
OF MY PROTEST. THANK YOU.
>> DO YOU MIND IF I ASKED WHAT
NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN? WHAT
PART OF TOWN?
>> FRENCH HILL, CAPITOL HILL,
THREE BLOCKS FROM HARBORVIEW.
>> OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU. I REALLY NEED SOME
SOME INVESTIGATION. IT IS VERY .
>> THANK YOU. THE NECK SPEAKER S
MARGUERITE.
>> ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD, HE SAID, THINK IT NOTE
WHEN YOU ARE FACING THE FIERY
DARTS OF THE WICKED. THE REASONY
I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, THIS IS
THE 21st CENTURY, AND I DON'T
THINK WE NEED TO REPEAT ANYTHING
ANYTHING ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS. A T
OF PEOPLE SAY IT IS OVER. WHATER
HAPPENED IN THE 50s AND 60s,
THEY HAVE GONE ON TO ISSUES LIKE
ISSUES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE, ET
CETERA. THE REASON WHY I AM
MENTIONING THAT IS BECAUSE, EVEY
YEAR I HAVE HAD TO FILE A COMPLT
IN THE INSTITUTION THAT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING HUMANS
AND CIVIL RIGHTS. IT IS
RIDICULOUS. WHERE DO WE GO FROM?
FROM HERE? THAT QUESTION WAS
ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE N
THAT SAID THAT WAS THE REVEREND,
MARTIN LUTHER KING. THAT MEANS
WE TAKE IT WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO.
TO GO. JUST LIKE SOMEONE TALKED
ABOUT THE GREAT FIRE. THAT WAS K
IN THE 1800S. THE GREAT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE FIRE. I AM SAYING THAT,
INDIGENOUS BLACK PEOPLE ARE
TIRED OF BEING THE BRUNT OF YOUS
YOUR TOOLKITS. THEY HAVE
SOMETHING ELSE COMING UP WITH
PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL ON
INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL
RACISM. JUST TO HEAR THAT IN
YOUR EAR, THEN THE CUSTOMER
SERVICE BUREAU SENT ME AN EMAIL
ABOUT WHY THOSE SIGNS ARE THERE
WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER. AND I
SAID, SINCE WHEN IS SOMEBODY
WHITE GOING TO RIDE AN
INDIGENOUS BLACK FEMALE AND TELM
ABOUT WHAT TIME IT IS RIGHT NOW.
NOW. SINCE WHEN? I AM DEMANDINGT
YOU LEAVE US ALONE.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY OR
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. WE WILL MOVE ON
TO THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ITEM ON
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 1 THROUGH 3. APT
OF LESLIE AND ANDERSON, RIGOR
BROSKI, AND DANIELLE McCLUNE FOR
FOR SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBL.
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVEH
IS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE,
ROYAL ALLEY-BARNES, TO INTRODUCE
OUR COMMISSIONERS. PLEASE GO AH.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU VERY.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE U
THE THREE NOMINEES. DANIELLE
McCLUNE, WHO IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN
TO JOIN US. SHE IS A WRITER ANDC
AND CRITIC AND POLICY
RESEARCHER. SHE IS BASED IN
SEATTLE BY WAY OF MILWAUKEE. SHS
ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE ARTS MFA
PROGRAM AT SEATTLE UNIVERSITY.
SHE ACTUALLY HAS ASKED ME TO
SHARE HER STATEMENT. SHE SAYS,
THANK YOU TO THE ARTS STAFF, MY
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, AND TO THE
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR INVITING ME
ME TO TAKE PART IN THIS
IMPORTANT WORK. I LOOK FORWARD
TO MEETING MANY OF YOU IN THE
FUTURE. I HAVE BEEN ASTONISHED
AT THE GROWTH OF SEATTLE THE
PAST SEVEN YEARS. MY INTEREST IN
INTEREST IN SERVING AS ARTS
COMMISSIONERS STEMS FROM LIVED
EXPERIENCE AS A WORKING ARTIST
TOSSED AGAINST THE MOVING WALLS
OF CITY PROGRESS. I TOOK FOR
GRANTED MY EARLY CHILDHOOD ARTS
EDUCATION, WHICH IS STILL A
GIVEN IN THE WEALTHY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WHERE I GREW UP. I
KNEW FROM THE JOB I WAS GOING TE
A WRITER. NO ONE INTERFERED WITH
INTERFERED WITH THE STREAMER
TOLD ME IT WAS IMPRACTICAL. I
REALIZE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
PRIVILEGE, TO WANT TO DO
SOMETHING, AND TO BE FREE TO DO.
I WAS GIVEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TE
MY PASSION. I FEEL STRONGLY ABOT
THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF
WORKING ARTISTS IN THE NEAR
IMPOSSIBILITY OF MAKING A LIFE
IN SEATTLE ON AN ARTIST PAYROLL.
PAYROLL. MY OWN CAREER SHIFTED
UNEXPECTEDLY TO BIG TAX. I WORK
AT MICROSOFT. I SEE THIS AS A
CAUTIONARY TALE. I DON'T WANT SE
TO KEEP GROWING AT A BREAKNECK E
BREAKNECK PACE IN SERVICE TO
TECH, AND THAT DISSERVICE TO THE
TO THE ARTS. I WANT SEATTLE TO E
BECAUSE IT IS EQUITABLE, NOT
BECAUSE IT IS POWERFUL. I
BELIEVE SUPPORTING THE ARTS IS E
BEST WAY TO MAKE THE CITY WORTH
LIVING IN. THANK YOU. HAVE A
WONDERFUL WEEKEND. THAT IS FROM
THE DOWN YELL McCLUNE. THE OTHER
OTHER TWO NOMINEES, RIGOR BROSKI
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ES AS
PROJECT, AN ALL AGES MUSIC VENUE
AND COMMUNITY CENTER IN SEATTL.
IN SEATTLE. HE HAS DEDICATED HIS
DEDICATED HIS TIME TO ADVOCATING
TO THE SCENE AND CULTURAL
SPACES. HE IS ALWAYS BUILDING AS
PROGRAMMING AT THE INTERSECTION
OF ART AND ACTIVISM. THE THIRD
NOMINEE, LESLIE ANNE ANDERSON,
SHE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COLLECTI,
EXHIBITIONS, AND PROGRAMS AT THE
AT THE NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM. E
LEAVES THE MUSEUM EFFORTS TO
PROVIDE MEANINGFUL AND INCLUSIVE
INCLUSIVE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES.
SHE ALSO CHAIRS AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND RECEIVES THE CARED
INTERPRETATION OF 80,000 ARTS O.
ARTS OBJECTS. THOSE ARE
SUMMARIES OF THESE NOMINEES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK
YOU FOR SHARING THE STATEMENT FM
DANIEL WITH US. BEFORE WE ASK
RICKY AND LESLIE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS
JOINED US. LESLIE, DO YOU WANT
TO BEGIN? SHARE A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED ING
ARTS COMMISSIONER.
>> SURE. I WANT TO ADVOCATE FORS
AND THE ARTS. I HAVE BEEN A
COLLABORATIVE ART CURATOR AND
MUSEUM PROFESSIONAL WITH A BROAD
BROAD PURVIEW SPANNING
CONTINENTS, PERIODS, MEDIA, AND
OVER 20 EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED. I
I HAVE ALSO BEEN AN EDUCATOR AND
AND INSTRUCTOR OF UNDERGRADUATE
COURSES AND CHARGED WITH
INSPIRING AND ENGAGING
NON-MAJORS IN ART HISTORY AND TG
THEM ONTO OUR IT. THROUGHOUT MYR
MY CAREER, WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT
AT UNIVERSITY CIVIC STATE AND
NATIONAL MUSEUMS, AND EXTERNALLY
AND EXTERNALLY WITH DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES, MY WORK IS FOCUSED
ON SUPPORTING ARTISTS WHO HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY SIDELINED DUE
TO RACE, AT THE CITY, GENDER,
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR RELIGION.
RELIGION. I WANT TO SUPPORT THE
CITY BY DRAWING FROM THESE
EXPERIENCES TO FULFILL THE
MISSION OF THE SEATTLE ARTS
COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE
THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU. THE NATIONAL
NORDIC MUSEUM IS SUCH AN ASSET O
THE COMMUNITY. IN THE BACKGROUNS
THE GALLERY IN THE MUSEUM THAT S
JUST ACROSS THE HALL FOR MANY
CLASSROOMS AND OTHER PLACES FOR
PEOPLE TO GATHER. ONE OF THE
GREAT PARTS ABOUT THIS MUSEUM IS
IS THAT THE GALLERY HAS MUSEUM
STANDARDS FOR CLIMATE CONTROL SO
SO WE CAN HAVE AMAZING ART FROM
AROUND THE WORLD PRESENTED TO
OUR COMMUNITY. LESLIE, SORRY,
THAT WAS A LONG WAY OF SAYING,
CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME WHAT THE
ART PIECES ARE BEHIND YOU?
>> IN THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE, A
RECENT EXHIBITION OF WORK WAS
SENT TO US FROM THE SWEDISH
NATIONAL MUSEUM. THE EXHIBITIONS
CALLED FROM DAWN TO DUSK. IT LOD
AT A VERY IMPORTANT PERIOD IN TE
DEVELOPMENT OF NORDIC ART.
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL. WHAT IS UP?
UP NEXT?
>> NOW WE HAVE AN EXHIBITION THT
LOOKS AT A CROSS-CULTURAL EXAMIN
OF THE REGION AND AMERICAN
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY. A PERIODF
MAPPING, GROWTH OF
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ALSO IT'S
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
DISPLACEMENTS OF PEOPLES. THE EN
THE EXHIBITION IS A PHOTOGRAPHY
EXAMINATION THAT IS ALSO
PRODUCED IN COMPANION WITH A
COMMISSIONED PIECE CALLED
INDIGENOUS CORE OF DISCOVERIES,
DON'T GO NORTH, WHERE A TRIO OFS
ARE PROVIDING INDIGENOUS INTERPS
OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY ON VIEW, AS
WELL AS A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.
IT WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH NEXK
NEXT WEEK IN RELATION TO THE EX.
AND WHAT IS COMING UP AFTER THAT
THAT IS A SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF
CONTEMPORARY ART BY AN ARTIST WO
HAS STRONG CONNECTIONS TO THE
GLASSMAKING COMMUNITY HERE IN
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THEY WILE
EXPLORING AN EPISODE OF HISTORY
THAT IS LITTLE-KNOWN IN THE U.S.
AND IN NORDIC COUNTRIES. THAT S
THE INVITATION OF REINDEER
HERDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TEACG
OF TEACHING HUSBANDRY TO ALASKAE
PEOPLES.
>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT
GOING ON. I HAVE TO COME DOWN
AND SEE FOR MYSELF. REALLY EXCI.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER
SERVICE ON THIS COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THOSE ALL SOUND AMAZING. WE
SHOULD ALL TAKE A VISIT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH, LESLIE. RICKY, I
THINK I SAW YOU HERE. HERE WE G.
WE GO. PLEASE LET US KNOW A LITE
BIT ABOUT YOUR INTEREST.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. I
TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE .
THE INTRODUCTION. I AM A
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, ARTIST,
MUSICIAN, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR OF THE PROJECT, A YOUTH
PROJECT, A YOUTH DRIVEN NONPROFT
MUSIC VENUE ARTS HUB AND
COMMUNITY SPACE AT THE SEATTLE .
I WOULD BE HONORED TO SERVE THE
SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION TO MORE
DIRECTLY COLLABORATE WITH
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN DEVELG
POLICY, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE BOTH EQUITE
ACCESS TO OUR CREATIVE CULTURE,
AND A MORE POWERFUL VOICE IN
HELPING THE FUTURE OF OUR
CREATIVE ECONOMY. AS ALL
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES ARE STILL IN
STILL IN THE PROCESS OF
RECOVERING AND CONTINUING TO
NAVIGATE THE PANDEMIC, I WOULD
LOVE TO JOIN THIS INCREDIBLE
GROUP OF COMMISSIONERS TO HELP
REBUILD OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITIES
AND BETTER SERVE THE YOUNG FOLS
MOST IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC OPPREN
MUCH RECTIFICATION, LIMITED
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, AND
HOMELESSNESS, SOMETHING WE
ENCOUNTER EVERY SINGLE DAY. I
FEEL STRONGLY THAT ART IS A
LEVEL TOOL IN THAT FIGHT TO
ADDRESS THESE CRISES AND REDUCE
HEART. MY BACKGROUND IS PRIMARIY
IN ADVOCACY WORK FOCUSED ON
YOUTH LEADERSHIP. I AM
PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO BRING
THAT EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE TO
TO THE ARTS COMMISSION.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, RICKY. AND
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU E
SHARED WITH ME. I HAVE GONE DOWN
DOWN THERE A COUPLE TIMES TO LOK
AT THE SPACE AND UNDERSTAND THE
MURAL WORK YOU DO. THE WORK YOU
DO WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. I THINK WT
IS INTERESTING HERE AND REALLY
IMPORTANT IS THE THREAD BETWEEN
ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS AND TRY TO
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PRESERVING
ART SPACE, PRESERVING OPPORTUNIY
FOR ARTISTS, NOT JUST TO
PRACTICE THEIR ART OR PERFORM OO
CREATE ART, AND BUT TO BE ABLE
TO STAY IN THE CITY WHILE THEY
DO THAT. THAT WILL BE KEY TO
REALLY MAINTAINING SEATTLE AS AY
VIBRANT AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO
BE. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU R
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON
THIS VOLUNTEER BOARD AND FOR COG
TO THE ABILITY OF ARTISTS TO
STAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK Y,
RICKY, FOR STEPPING UP AND
WANTED TO SERVE. I WAS A STAFFER
STAFFER ON COUNCIL WHEN THE ALL
AGES DANCE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED.
OUR OFFICE REALLY DEFENDED ANDD
THE BUDGET YEAR AFTER YEAR. I RE
I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A HUGE
ASSET. ANYBODY WHO CAN KEEP IT G
IT GOING AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT
THAT YOU HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH
AND BEYOND, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU E
THE SKILLS TO BE AN IMPORTANT
VOICE ON THE COMMISSION. I AM
CHAIR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD IS TH,
WHAT YOU ALSO DO IS REALLY HELP,
, IT REALLY HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE O
ARE CREATING ART AND MUSIC.
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE
ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING AT THIS.
YOU PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND A
LOT OF OTHER AVENUES OF OPPORTUY
IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. FOR
ALL THE REASONS YOU SAID AND FOR
AND FOR WHAT I JUST DID, I LOVE
YOUR ORGANIZATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE EXPOSURE TO MUSIC AT A
YOUNG AGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN FOLKR
21 WEREN'T ALLOWED TO GO INTO ED
INTO ESTABLISHED TO SEE MUSIC,
IT HAS MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT OY
LIFE. THE WORK THAT YOU AND THOE
BEFORE YOU HAVE DONE. WHEN I WET
TO AMERICORPS AND MET PEOPLE
FROM ALL ACROSS AMERICA, I
THOUGHT EVERYONE HAD THAT LEVEL
OF EXPOSURE TO MUSIC. BUT IT
WASN'T TRUE. SO AS I TRAVELED, I
I REALIZE HOW SPECIAL WE HAVE I.
HAVE IT. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU.
YOUR SERVICE.
>> THANKS, EVERYBODY. I WILL MOE
THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVED,
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF APPOINTMES
OF APPOINTMENTS. IS THERE A SEC?
A SECOND?
>> THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK
LEAVES CALL THE ROLE.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, AND THEN
THE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED.
THE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SENT TO
SENT TO THE OCTOBER FOR CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU ALL
FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. THESE WILL
WILL BE PLACED ON THE CONSENT
AGENDA. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AT
THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING. WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> APPOINTMENT 2255, REAPPOINTMT
OF KRISTINA SAWYCKYJ AS MEMBERE
DISABILITY COMMISSION FOR A TERT
30, 2024 FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBL.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE JANET STAD
FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. I WILL HAND IT OFF TO YU
TO REMIND US OF THESE COMMISSIO.
THESE COMMISSIONERS.
>> GOOD MORNING. THE DISABILITY
COMMISSION HAS COLLABORATED ON E
OF THE POLICY CHANGES THAT WE
HAVE SEEN TODAY, THE CLOSED CAPG
CLOSED CAPTIONING AND THE
SEATTLE STRAW BAND. TODAY THEY
WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND KRISTINA
KRISTINA SAWYCKYJ FOR HER
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSION. JUST A LITTLE
BACKGROUND ON HER. SHE IS A SEE
UNIVERSITY GRADUATE WITH AN
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES DEGREE
DEGREE AND IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED
ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WN
PURSUING HER MASTERS IN PUBLIC
HEALTH. SHE HOLDS MANY
IDENTITIES VERY CLOSE TO HEART.
SHE IS MULTICULTURAL. SHE WAS IN
WAS IN THE U.S. NAVY FROM 1987
THROUGH 1992, FROM WHICH HE
BECAME A DISABLED VETERAN. SHE
IS ACTIVE ON MANY ISSUES,
INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS,
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, TRANSIT,
AND ACCESSIBILITY. HER INTERESTS
TO CONTINUE WORKING ON POLICIES
THAT AFFECT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMS
WITH DISABILITIES. SINCE HER
TERM ORIGINALLY STARTED IN 2018,
2018, SHE HAS BEEN PUSHING ON AT
OF THESE POLICIES, AND SHE LOOKS
LOOKS FORWARD TO HER CONTINUED
WORK ON THE COMMISSION. THANK
YOU.
>> IT IS AWE-INSPIRING TO LOOK
AT ALL THE THINGS KRISTINA HAS G
ON, AND ALL THE THINGS SHE IS MG
TO DO, AND YET STILL MANAGING
TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR
JANET ABOUT KRISTINA? OKAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF
APPOINTMENT. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED. PLEASE CALL THE R.
THE ROLLBACK.
>> [ ROLL CALL ]
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
>> MOTION CARRIES.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE,
APPOINTMENT 2256, REAPPOINTMENTF
REAPPOINTMENT OF ANDREW ASHIOFUS
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE LGBTQ
COMMISSION FROM APRIL 30, 2024
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> I WILL HAND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS OE
OF THE REAPPOINTMENTS THE
COMMISSION IS EXCITED TO PUSH
FORWARD. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUD
ON ANDREW. HE IS A SECOND-GENERN
NIGERIAN AMERICAN WHO WAS BORN
IN HOUSTON AND MOVED BACK TO NI.
TO NIGERIA. DURING THIS TIME HE
LIVED UNDER MILITARY DICTATORSHP
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP, WHICH HEP
TO MOTIVATE AND INFORM HIS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. HE
PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF ORGS
OF ORGANIZATIONS, SUCH AS THE
U.N. YOUTH CAUCUS OF THE WORLD
SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPME,
AND THE HOUSE OF RAIN BOAT NIGE.
BOAT NIGERIA. SINCE MOVING BACKO
THE UNITED STATES IN 2016, HE
HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER AND HAS
BEEN AN ACTIVE COMMISSIONER ON
THE SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION
SINCE 2021. HE HAS BEEN AN
ACTIVE MEMBER IN THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSION OPERATIONS. HE HAS TN
HAS TAKEN PUSH ON MEETING WITH ,
WITH DELEGATES FROM
INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES, AND HE
IS CURRENTLY THE COCHAIR OF THE.
THE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION
IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HIT
HIS REAPPOINTMENT AND HAVING
ANDREW CONTINUE HIS LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JANET. I KNOW
ANDREW IS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN C.
IN COMMUNITY. LOOKING FORWARD TO
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH HIM. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING
HIS REAPPOINTMENT? OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? OKAY. I AM
AM GOING TO MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF
APPOINTMENT 2256. IS HER SECOND?
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> [ PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ]
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FIVE IN FAVOR.
FAVOR.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE READ ITEMS 6 THROUGH .
>> APPOINTMENTS 02 388, 2389,
2390, 2391, 2392, AND 23 93,
APPOINTMENTS OF JEFF SCOTT ABDUH
SCOTT ABDULLAH AS MEMBER OF
SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
. APPOINTMENT OF TRICIA NYMAN AS
AS A MEMBER OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMN
RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND
APPOINTMENTS OF MATTHEW MITNICK,
MITNICK, MARK ROGERS , AND ANDA
DAILEY-MICHAUX .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
WITH US MARTA IDOWU FROM THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS TO
INTRODUCE THESE APPOINTEES. I
KNOW THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
COMMISSION HAS BEEN EAGER TO
GET SOME MORE FOLKS ON BOARD.
I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO GET THESE
THESE FOLKS IN. I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO YOU TO INTRODUCE OUR
APPOINTEES.
>> GOOD MORNING. I AM WITH THE
SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTSI
AM THE CIVIL RIGHTS ADVISORY CON
LIAISON FOR THE SEATTLE HUMAN RS
COMMISSION AND SEATTLE WOMEN'S .
WOMEN'S COMMISSION. THE SEATTLEN
RIGHTS COMMISSION CONSISTS OF 21
21 COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE
RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE OR WORK INE
AND ARE APPOINTED TO SERVE IN AN
AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE
MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, OFFICERS SY
REWRITES, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND S
AFFECTING HUMAN RIGHTS. EIGHT
COMMISSIONERS ARE APPOINTED BY
THE MAYOR, EIGHT ARE APPOINTED
BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND FOUR BY
BY THE COMMISSION. COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONERS ARE APPOINTED FORA
TWO-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE AND
SERVE WITHOUT PAY. THE 21st
MEMBER JOINED THE COMMISSION ASA
ONE-YEAR TERM THROUGH THE GET
ENGAGED PROGRAM, HE IS A
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
FOR YOUTH. THE SEATTLE OFFICE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS PROVIDES STAFF
AND SUPPORT TO THE COMMISSIONS.
THESE COMMISSION CANDIDATES HAVN
HAVE BEEN ATTENDING MEETINGS,
AND I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT ANDE
THEIR NAMES. I WANTED YOU ALL TO
TO VET THEM A LITTLE BIT. THEY E
ALREADY STARTED COMING TO MEETI.
THEY HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING INS
WE HAVE BEEN DOING, AND THEY HAE
BEEN ATTENDING MEET AND GREET WH
THE MAYOR, AND ALSO WE HAVE A
QUARTERLY TRAINING WE START TO
DO FOR THE COMMISSIONS TO SEE
HOW WE CAN HELP THEM AND GET THE
GET THE MORE APPLIQUCD IT INTO Y
GOVERNMENT AND KNOWING THE LAWS
AND RULES. ALL THOSE THINGS,
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, OPEN PUBLIC S
PUBLIC MEETINGS, ETHICS, THINGSE
THAT THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW TO P
TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN
THEIR WORK. THEY ARE HERE. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO GO AND SAY
A FEW THINGS ABOUT THEM, OR
SINCE THEY ARE HERE, I WAS
PLANNING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO
TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
AND THE MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMITTE
YOUR COMMITTEE, FELLOW
COMMISSIONERS, EXCUSE ME,
COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND SEE IF YOU
ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
THEY ARE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL GO
THROUGH THE LIST. IS JEFF HERE?
I DON'T SEE JEFF.
>> I CAN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HI.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> JEFF IS A PROFESSIONAL
ADVOCATE AND CONSULTANT FOR YOUH
AND FAMILY SERVICES IN
WASHINGTON STATE. HE WORKS CLOSY
WITH AGENCIES AROUND WASHINGTON,
AROUND WASHINGTON, AS WELL AS AD
THE WORLD, TO PRODUCE PROGRAMS T
EFFECTIVELY CHANGE. HE GREW UP
IN A MULTI--- HE GREW UP IN
MULTIPLE PLACES AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO INCLUDE MINNESOTA,
AND PENNSYLVANIA. HE FINALLY
SETTLED IN SEATTLE. HE HAS TRAND
INTO CAREERS AND DEVELOPED MANYS
AND INTERESTS THAT LED HIM WHERE
WHERE HE IS TODAY. HE IS EXCITED
EXCITED TO TAKE THIS LEAP INTO
WORKING WITH THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION. HE CAN BRING
HIS SKILLS TO THE TABLE AND
HIGHLIGHT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPEG
ARE HAPPENING IN THE LINE OF WOK
HE IS DOING AROUND YOUTH AND FA.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.
LET'S GO TO JO BECHTOLD.
ú>> GOOD
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> MY NAME IS JO BECHTOLD. I USR
PRONOUNS. I GREW UP IN RURAL
MONTANA IN A HOUSE THAT WAS
UNDER RESOURCE. MY MOM WAS IN
AND OUT OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. THAT REALLY
REALLY GAVE ME EMPATHY FOR FOLKS
FOLKS WHO ARE INCARCERATED. I
WENT TO SCHOOL AT SEATTLE UNIVE.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO RECEIVE A
PRETTY GENEROUS SCHOLARSHIP. NOW
NOW I WORK IN PUBLIC POLICY FOR
THE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY, AND I'Y
PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT WORK. I'M
REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT COMING
UP WITH HUMANE WAYS TO DEAL WITH
DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS CRISIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE
ANDREA DAILEY-MICHAUX.
>> GOOD MORNING. CAN EVERYONE
HEAR ME? I AM USING HEADPHONES
TODAY.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> MY NAME IS ANDREA
DAILEY-MICHAUX. I THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE THIS MORNING. I
HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
WITH WORKING IN EDUCATION AND
COMMUNITY. MY REASON FOR WORKING
WITH THIS COMMISSION IS THAT I
HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF CHANGES OR
THE YEARS, AND I REALLY WANT TO
GET MORE YOUTH INVOLVED IN
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE
SITUATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING RT
NOW THAT ARE AFFECTING SCHOOLS
AND COMMUNITIES. I HAVE DONE A
LOT OF WORK WITH FRIENDS OF
JAMAICA SEATTLE, THE BLACK
EDUCATION ALLIANCE, AND OTHER
COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES. MY OWN
EXPERIENCE HAS TRIGGERED ME TO
REALLY WANT TO GET A LOT MORE ID
MORE INVOLVED. I AM PARTICULARLY
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
CONNECTING WITH THE DISABILITY N
DISABILITY COMMISSION AS MUCH AS
AS POSSIBLE AS WELL. I THANK YOR
HAVING ME. I WILL DO MY BEST TO
DO WHAT IS NEEDED. THANK YOU.
>>
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE
HAVE TRICIA DIAMOND. IS TRICIA ?
TRICIA HERE?
>> YES I AM. GOOD MORNING. MY
NAME IS TRICIA DIAMOND. A LITTLE
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY
BACKGROUND. I GREW UP AND WAS RD
IN NEW ORLEANS AND LOS ANGELES.
I ATTENDED SEATTLE UNIVERSITY,
BUT BEFORE THAT, I ATTENDED
SCHOOL IN AMSTERDAM. I MOVED TO
THE NETHERLANDS FOR A BIT FOR M.
THEN I RETURNED TO THE UNITED SS
UNITED STATES, RETURNING TO SEAE
TO SEATTLE IN 2008. I HAVE BEEN
HERE 14 YEARS. MY BACKGROUND IN
TERMS OF CAREER HAS SPANNED
EVERYTHING FROM EDUCATION, SO WG
AS A STEM AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTOR, AS WELL AS AVIATION
AND ATTENTION MANAGEMENT. THERE
IS A COMMON THREAD THROUGH MY
WORK THAT I BELIEVE CONNECTS TO
THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, WHH
I AM EXCITED ABOUT HELPING
STRATEGICALLY AND AGGRESSIVELY
ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THAT
IS SOMETHING I HAVE SEEN
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER THAT I WOUD
LIKE TO ADDRESS. WHEN I WAS A CD
IN LOS ANGELES IN 1984, WHEN WE
HAD THE OLYMPICS, BEING --
SEEING THAT AND WANTING TO MAKEE
I WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THATN
I WAS OLDER. I THINK THAT HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IS REALLY A HUMAN RS
ISSUE BECAUSE IT REALLY IMPACTS
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS IN TERMS OF
ECONOMIC, RACIAL, ETHNIC, GENDE,
ALL OF THOSE OPPRESSIONS REALLY
ARE SOLIDIFIED IN HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. I WOULD LIKE TO
SUPPORT THE COMMISSION IN THIS
AREA. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. REALLY EAGER TO BE
TO BE WORKING WITH YOU AND TO HR
MORE ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND
HOW WE MIGHT START TO ADDRESS
SOME OF THOSE ISSUES HERE IN THE
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS ONE OF
THE AREAS WHERE HUMAN
TRAFFICKING IS RAMPANT. OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO MATTHEW.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M
CURRENTLY A GRADUATE STUDENT ATE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AT THE
EVANS SCHOOL. KIND OF LIKE
EVERYTHING I WANT TO DO IS REALY
IS REALLY TURN WITH THE
COMMUNITY WANTS INTO TANGIBLE
POLICY. BUT I THINK TO GET THER,
WE HAVE TO BRING THOSE VOICES IN
IN AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE THE
STRUCTURES BECAUSE THERE IS A
HUGE BUREAUCRACY. ON THE HUMAN S
COMMISSION, I FEEL LIKE WE CAN
MAKE IT MORE SUCCESSFUL FOR
FOLKS. WE CAN BRING THEM INTO
CONVERSATIONS WHERE WE ARE NOT
JUST CHECKING BOXES, BUT RATHERG
THEIR VOICES HELP US IMPLEMENT T
THEY WANT TO SEE. BEFORE I WENT
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONI
STUDIED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN. SEVERAL STUDENTS AND
I ORGANIZED IN THE CITY
COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. IT
WAS REALLY POWERFUL TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN YOU BROUGHT FOLKS
INTO PUBLIC POLICY. PREVIOUSLY,
I WORKED FOR THE KING COUNTY
HOUSING AUTHORITY JUST TALKING
WITH CLIENTS, FOLKS WHO
RECEIVING VOUCHERS WHO NEEDED
HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND NAVIGATG
THE STRUCTURES. THAT REALLY
AFFIRMED TO ME WHY THESE BODIES
ARE SO IMPORTANT, AND HOW WE CAN
WE CAN MAKE CHANGES THAT IMPACT
FOLKS. THAT IS SOMETHING I WANT
TO CONTINUE DOING. A LITTLE BITE
ABOUT ME. I HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING
BEEN ORGANIZING WITH STUDENTS OS
FOR LABOR RIOTS, AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. WE SECURED FUNDING FORE
CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AE
CULTURAL CENTER. SEEING THE JOYT
BROUGHT FOLKS WHEN THEY WERE LIN
TO WAS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL
AND SOMETHING I HOPE TO CONTINU.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MATTHEW. THE LAST
APPOINTEE IS MARK ROGERS.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING E
HERE. I AM HONORED TO SHARE THIS
THIS SPACE WITH YOU. IUC/HIM PR.
IUC/HIM PRONOUNS. PRESENTLY I
WORK AS A NURSE AT HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER. AS A YOUNG
PERSON, I EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNS
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND
LATER DID SOCIAL WORK, FIRST AS
AN AMERICORPS VOLUNTEER, THAT IS
IS AN OUTREACH WORKER WITH YOUTH
YOUTH CARES. IT WAS THERE THAT I
I WORKED WITH A COLLEAGUE ON A
DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HOMELESS YOUTH
. I LATER WENT TO FILM SCHOOL AT
AT SEATTLE CENTRAL AND MADE A
RETURN TO SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSY
OF WASHINGTON TO GET MY NURSING
DEGREE. I THEN CAME TO
HARBORVIEW. IT IS PRIMARILY THIN
THIS POPULATION, THE HARBORVIEW
MISSION POPULATION, THAT I AM
INTERESTED IN SERVING. I BELIEVE
BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT HEALTH IS
A HUMAN RIGHT. I'M VERY
INTERESTED IN POPULATION HEALTH
AND IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES FR
INDIVIDUALS IN OUR SOCIETY WHO
ARE MARGINALIZED. IT IS
WONDERFUL TO WORK AT THE BEDSIDE
BEDSIDE AND ADVOCATE FOR PATIENS
AND SEE POSITIVE OUTCOMES, BUT E
THAT THE SYSTEM IS IMMENSELY
FLAWED. I BELIEVE THAT COVID HAS
HAS REALLY ILLUMINATED THESE INS
IN OUR SOCIETY. WHILE I DO NOT
PERTAIN TO HAVE SOLUTIONS, I
WOULD LIKE TO BRING A SOCIAL
WORK NURSING PLAN TO THE HUMAN S
COMMISSION BECAUSE I BELIEVE THT
BELIEVE THAT HEALTH IS A
UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHT. I BELIEVE
BELIEVE I AM CHARGED BY MY PROFL
COMMUNITY TO WORK TOWARD
ADVANCING HEALTH FOR ALL
INDIVIDUALS AND POPULATIONS, AND
AND THAT NURSING IS NOT CONFINEO
THE WALLS OF THE HOSPITAL. I
WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PE
TO PARTICIPATE IN SYSTEMS LEVEL
ADVOCACY FOR VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS A LITTLE LONG-WINDED.
>> THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT. THANK
RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE YOUR
BRASSES OF EXPERIENCE AND
INTERESTS. YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE
ARE ALL THE SYSTEMS CONNECTED WN
IT COMES TO HOW WE TREAT OUR NE.
OUR NEIGHBORS. I WANT TO THANK
ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN
SERVING. I THINK JEFF IS WITH U.
WITH US. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE TAKE A
VOTE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SO NICE TO MEET YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR READING MY BI.
MY BIO. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SAYT
I MEANT TO SAY BEFORE. HELLO, E.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. E
I RESIDE, I AM A VETERAN, YOUTH
ADVOCATE, IN FOSTER CARE AGENCY
CONSULTANT CURRENTLY WORK AS A
FAMILY PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THED
SOCIETY, WHOSE MISSION IT IS TO
AND USE HOMELESSNESS. AFTER MY
HONORABLE DISCHARGE, I WANTED TE
TO DIVE INTO SUPPORT FOR MY NEWY
OF SEATTLE. I COME TO THE
COMMISSION WITH A PASSION FOR AG
FOR USE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR THE
FUTURE. MY PASSION FOR YOUTH ADY
HAS ONLY GROWN WITH MY TIME AT
MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY. WE CANNOT
REST UNTIL EVERY YOUTH IS IN A
HOME IN WHICH THEY FEEL SAFE, L,
AND PROTECTED. AS IT STANDS, ARE
STANDS, ARE AGENCIES, WERE
CULTURE, POLICIES HAVE NOT BEENE
TO THE FUTURE OF YOUTH IN
SOCIETY. AFTER DEPARTING THE
NAVY, I KNOW I WANT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THEY WILL MAKE THE SAME
DIFFERENCES IN THE FUTURE. I
BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH
AGENCIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IE
WORLD TO COLLABORATE ON NEW
INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROTECT
FAMILIES. IF RECOMMENDED FOR THE
FOR THE COMMISSION, I WILL DO MY
MY BEST TO TRULY MAKE SEATTLE
THE CITY WE KNOW IT CAN BE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANT TOK
EVERYBODY FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE. ARE THERE QUESTIONS OS
OR COMMENTS FOR ANY OF THE APPO?
THE APPOINTEES? I DON'T SEE ANY.
ANY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO MOVE THE
MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND APL
RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF
APPOINTMENTS 2388, 2389, 2390, ,
2392, AND 2393. IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> WILL THE CLERK CALLED THE
ROLE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ] FIVE IN FAVOR.
IN FAVOR.
>> MOTION CARRIES. THE COMMITTEE
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WIL
BE SENT TO THE OCTOBER 4 CITY
COUNCIL MEETING. LET'S SEE.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE ZOOM IS MU.
IS MUTED.
>> WE ARE HAVING TECHNICL CHALL.
TECHNICAL CHALLENGES.
>> WE HEAR YOU NOW.
>> ARE WE GOOD TO GO.
>> I BELIEVE SO.
>> OKAY. SORRY FOR THE
DISRUPTION. I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> HELLO. HAPPY FRIDAY. MY NAME
IS MELIA BROOKS. I AM THE
RE-IMAGINATION RECOVERY DIVISION
DIVISION DIRECTOR AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M
I'M JOINED HERE BY JACKIE MENA.I
WILL GIVE JACKIE A CHANCE TO
INTRODUCE HERSELF.
>> I AM JACKIE MENA WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I
AM THE COMMUNITY WEALTH AND
INVESTMENTS LEAD.
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY .
JACKIE AND I ARE TRULY EXCITED
TO PRESENT TO YOU AN UPDATE ON
OUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH INITIAT.
WHILE THE INITIATIVE IS STAFF TH
OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR GENERATIONAH
TEAM SEES OURSELVES AS
FACILITATORS OF A LARGER CITY
PROCESS. WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMET
TO THANK AND GIVE SHOUT OUTS TO
OUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH IDT
MEMBERS REPRESENTING 11
DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO E
SUPPORTED EVERY ASPECT OF OUR
WORK AND HELPED ENVISION TRUE
LEARNING AND EDUCATION AND HOW
WE CAN WORK AS ONE CITY. I ALSO
WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR
AMAZING CONSULTANT TEAMS, THE
ROUNDTABLE WHICH IS MADE UP OF 7
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPRESENTING
HOUSING DEVELOPERS, ENTREPRENEU,
ARTISTS, AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATE.
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. THEY HAVE
ALSO HELPED TO ENSURE THAT OUR
WORK REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND
DREAMS OF COMMUNITIES MOST IMPAD
BY THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE ANDE
US TO WORK DIFFERENTLY AS CITY
GOVERNMENT. THROUGHOUT HER WORK,
HER WORK, ARE PARTNERS HAVE
LEARNED THAT GENERATIONAL WEALTH
IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT MONEY.
LOOKING AT THIS QUOTE, IT IS A
KEY FRAME FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW
RACIAL INJUSTICE HAS CREATED A
RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE AND HAS
PRODUCED CONSEQUENCES WE SEE
EVERYWHERE, EVERY DAY.
GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS A KEY TOG
PEOPLE OF COLOR FROM SYSTEMIC O.
SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION. JUST TO GIE
YOU A REFRESHER, OUR INITIATIVE
WAS CATALYZED BY THE 2020
PROTEST FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE
FORCE IN PARTICULAR IDENTIFY GEL
WEALTH AS A KEY AREA OF FOCUS
FOR THE CITY AND MADE A NUMBER
OF SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS TO ST
NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAMS TO
BUILD WEALTH. ADDITIONALLY,
COUNCIL ISSUED A STATEMENT OF LE
INTENT WHERE THEY ASKED
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SUPPORT FROME
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXE
TO EXPLORE INVESTMENTS IN WEALTH
IN WEALTH BUILDING AND IDENTIFY
GAPS IN OPPORTUNITIES. THE DATA
THAT IS DEMONSTRATED -- THE DATS
THAT THE MOST IMPACTED BY THE
RACIAL DIVIDE, BLACK, INDIGENOU,
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATIN,
PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES ARG
HUGE BARRIERS IN ACHIEVING
INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE WELL-.
COLLECTIVE WELL-BEING. HERE ON E
SCREEN YOU SEE A FEW OF THE DATA
THE DATA POINTS TO HELP US FRAME
FRAME WHAT THE PROBLEM LOOKS LIE
HERE LOCALLY. ACROSS
SOCIOECONOMIC DATA, WE KNOW SYSS
ARE FAILING COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR. THE STATISTICS WE PULLED
HERE THAT YOU SEE TODAY ARE FROM
ÃTHE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE REPORT
REPORT IN SEATTLE. THIS REPORT
WAS RELEASED IN 2018.
HIGHLIGHTING JUST ONE OF THESE
POINTS, WAS A HUGE GAP IN THE
VALUE OF BUSINESSES. THE AVERAGE
OWNED BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS VALUED AT MORE THAN 2
TIMES HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE
BLACK OWNED BUSINESS. THIS IS A
CRITICAL HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE ENTRP
IS A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR
CLOSING THE WEALTH GAP.
>> WHEN WE BEGAN OUR WORK AND
STARTED TO PULL TOGETHER INTERNL
AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, A COE
QUESTION THE FOLKS HAD THAT KEPG
UP WAS WHAT WE ACTUALLY MEAN BY
GENERATIONAL WEALTH. AND SO,
WHEN WE PULL TOGETHER THE
COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE, RATHER
THAN HAVING THE CITY ANSWER THAT
ANSWER THAT QUESTION, WE TURNED
TO OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORS TO DO.
DO THAT. THEY DEVELOPED THIS
WORKING DEFINITION FOR US, WHICS
PRETTY SIMPLE. INVESTMENTS IN
GENERATIONAL WEALTH PROTECT AND
GROW ASSETS THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE
ABLE TO TRANSFER BETWEEN GENERA.
BETWEEN GENERATIONS. THEY ALSO
PROVIDED VALUES FOR US TO REALLY
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
INVESTMENTS IN GENERATIONAL
WEALTH LOOK LIKE. THAT INCLUDES
THAT THESE INVESTMENTS GROW AND
TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE. THEY ARE
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS THAT ARE
LEADING TOWARDS A LONG-TERM IMP.
OUR INVESTMENTS SHOULD BE
REGENERATIVE ASSETS, NOT ONE
TIME INFUSIONS. THESE SHOULD CRE
PATHWAYS TO TRANSFORMATIVE ECONC
OPPORTUNITY. THEY ALSO WANT TO
SEE US INVEST PROACTIVELY AND
NOT REACTIVELY. ONE THING TO
REALLY CALL OUT IN THIS IS THATN
WE THINK ABOUT GENERATIONAL
WEALTH AS A FRAME FOR THE CITY,
IT IS REALLY ABOUT THINKING IN
THAT LONG-TERM. WHAT YOU SEE IN
THESE VALUES AND IN THIS DEFINI,
THIS DEFINITION, MAKING
INVESTMENTS TODAY THAT CAN LEAD
TO OUTCOMES FOR FUTURE
GENERATIONS. THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT
THINKING ABOUT OUR WORK THROUGH
A GENERATIONAL FRAME. IN
ADDITION TO THOSE TWO THINGS,
THE ROUNDTABLE ALSO HELPED US
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE BG
TOWARDS, THE VISION FOR IMPACT.
THREE KEY COMPONENTS TO THEIR
VISION IS THAT INVESTMENTS IN
BIPOC COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN
MOST IMPACTED RESULTING IN
CULTURAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMI.
ECONOMIC POWER. BIPOC
COMMUNITIES ARE ABLE TO BUILD
SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT
ENABLE COMMUNITIES TO THRIVE ANS
IN EDUCATION, LAND OWNERSHIP,
AND BUSINESS ARE ATTAINED
EQUITABLY AND LEAD TO COLLECTIV.
COLLECTIVE WEALTH. TACKLING THE
RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE IS A HUGE .
WE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
SEATTLE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, BUTS
IS REALLY A NATIONAL ISSUE. WE
COULD TURN TO THE FEDERAL GOVERT
TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THINGS. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE
REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE
UNIQUE ROLE AS THE CITY OF SEAT.
WE KNOW THE CITY OF SEATTLE CONS
TO PLAY A ROLE LOCALLY IN
SUSTAINING AND GROWING THE
RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE. SO HOW DOE
UNDERSTAND AND LEARN FROM HER
OWN HISTORY, AND WHAT IS THE
UNIQUE ROLE WE CAN PLAY IN
HEALING THOSE PAST HARMS. THE
PAST PLACES WHERE WE HAVE
ENABLED AND PERHAPS EVEN PERPETD
EVEN PERPETRATED ACTIONS THAT
HAVE STRENGTHENED THE RACIAL
WEALTH DIVIDE. ULTIMATELY, WHAT
IS OUR ROLE IN DEVELOPING A MORE
A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE.TO REALY
TO REALLY TACKLE THOSE QUESTION,
OUR TEAM DEVELOPED A THEORY OF E
OF CHANGE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND
HOW WE CAN HEAL THOSE PAST HARM.
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE STATES THAN
WE CREATE CITY ALIGNMENT, WHEN
WE CREATE PIPELINES FOR
COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE, WHEN WE
LOOK TO THOSE MOST IMPACTED FORE
SOLUTIONS, AND WHEN WE MAKE DIRT
INVESTMENTS BASED ON WHAT WE ARE
ARE HEARING, WE ACTUALLY GET TO
THE IMPACTS WE WANT TO SEE. WE
REALIZE THAT VISION THE
COMMUNITY HAS SET FOR US. WITH
THAT IN MIND,, AGAIN, A HUGE UN.
HUGE UNDERTAKING. YOU DIDN'T MAE
IT EASY FOR US. YOU ASKED US
REALLY BIG QUESTIONS AND TO WORK
TO WORK ON ANSWERING BIG QUESTI.
BIG QUESTIONS. JUST AS A
REFRESHER, THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ASKED US FOR
A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF
CITY PROGRAMS, IDENTIFICATION OF
IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS AND OPPOS
AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MOST
EFFECTIVELY DELIVER PROGRAMS AND
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO
COMMUNITY, AND AN OUTLINE OF HOE
CITY CAN PROVIDE A CONSISTENT
LADDER OUT OF POVERTY. WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO INITIATE FIVE
REALLY BIG THINGS THIS YEAR.
THERE ON THE SLIDE AS A SUMMARY.
SUMMARY. I WILL GO INTO MORE
DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THEM. WE
CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
CREATING PIPELINES FOR COMMUNITT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LEADER.
AND LEADERSHIP. WE HAVE DONE
THAT THROUGH THREE MAIN
CHANNELS. WE HAVE BUILT A PARTIY
PROGRESS WITH OUR ROUNDTABLE. WE
WE HAVE ONE THING THAT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO US, TO
RECOGNIZE THAT, WHILE THIS MIGHT
THIS MIGHT BE A NEW LENS FOR THE
THE CITY TO USE AND
UNDERSTANDING OUR WORK, IT IS BY
IS BY NO MEANS NEW TO COMMUNITYE
HAS BEEN SO MUCH ADVOCACY AND OG
AROUND ECONOMIC EQUITY, RACIAL ,
SO WE REALLY WANTED TO LEARN
FROM AND CONNECT TO THOSE
EXISTING EFFORTS. THE THIRD
CHANNEL IS ELEVATED COMMUNITY VE
TO ENGAGE IN LOCAL EVENTS. WE HE
BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HUNDRS
OF FOLKS IN DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS WHO IDENTIFY AS PE
AS PEOPLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND T
GENERATIONAL WEALTH CAN DO FOR
THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
>> THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE
WE HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT
THINGS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IF
YOU OF THEM. ONE METHOD WE HAVE
ACROSS THE BOARD IS GENERATIONAL
GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS NOT JUST
ABOUT MONEY. IT IS ABOUT
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND
WELLNESS. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD
THAT BUILDING WELLNESS IS A WAY
TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES FOR THE
LONG-TERM. THROUGH OUR
CONVERSATIONS, LOTS OF FOLKS
POINT BACK TO HOUSING, HOUSING
SECURITY, BEING ABLE TO STAY AND
AND GROW IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU KNOW,
ENSURING THAT THERE CHILDREN
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP
LIKE THEY DID, TO BE PART OF
THIS SAME COMMUNITY FABRIC THAT
SERVED THEM BECOMING WHO THEY
ARE TODAY. REALLY, AGAIN,
THINKING ABOUT THAT VISION OF
STAYING IN PLACE AND BEING ABLE
TO CONTINUE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE ALSO
HEARD THAT GENERATIONAL WEALTH
IS NOT A ONE STRATEGY SOLUTION.
IT IS A FRAMEWORK THAT CAN HELP
US IMPACT EVERYTHING, FROM
DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCES TO A FULL
FULL COMMUNITY CONTEXT. WHEN WE
SAY COMMUNITY CONTEXT, THAT
REALLY MEANS PARKS, STREETS,
COMMUNITY CENTERS, SPACES
TOGETHER, ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS A WAY OF
OF UNDERSTANDING INVESTMENTS IN
ALL THOSE SPACES. LASTLY, WE
HAVE HEARD THAT GENERATIONAL
WEALTH IS ABOUT POWER AND
OWNERSHIP OVER YOUR LIVED
EXPERIENCE. SO, I INCLUDED THIS
QUOTE FROM CALVIN -- ONE OF OURE
OUR ROUNDTABLE MEMBERS THAT HE
WORKED FOR THE ROUNDTABLE OF
AFRICAN MALE ACHIEVEMENT, PART
OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE
WORKS WITH YOUNG, BLACK TEENS
JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. WHEN HE
TALKS TO FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE
PRECIPICE OF ADULTHOOD, LEAVING
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND REALLY
STARTING TO FORGE THEIR OWN PAT,
OWN PATHS, WHEN HE ASKED THEM,
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? WHAT
DO YOU WANT TO BUILD FOR YOURSE?
FOR YOURSELF? THE OVERALL
MESSAGE HAS BEEN, FOLKS ARE
LOOKING FOR STABILITY, MOBILITY,
MOBILITY, AND FREEDOM. WHEN HE
SHARED THAT AT A ROUNDTABLE
MEETING, IT REALLY RESONATED
WITH EVERYONE, AND FELT LIKE A
GREAT SUMMARY OF A LOT OF WHAT
WE HAVE HEARD IN OUR CONVERSATI.
OUR CONVERSATIONS. SO, REALLY,
THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE
TRYING TO BUILD OPPORTUNITIES
FOR STABILITY, MOBILITY, AND
FREEDOM FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
ANOTHER BIG AREA WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING IN -- I FORGOT TO SHOUTT
SHOUT OUT -- PEOPLE, THEY HAVE
BEEN SUPPORTING US WITH OUR
ENGAGEMENT AND IN TERMS OF
RESEARCH AND OUR STRATEGIES. THE
THE PEOPLE'S ECONOMY LAB HAS
BEEN A HUGE HELP IN GETTING US
TO THINK THROUGH WHAT OTHER
MODELS EXIST ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FOR TACKLING THE RACIAL WEALTH
DIVIDE. THEY STARTED OFF THEIR
WORK TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE
PROBLEM LOCALLY, AND THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDING
WEALTH. WE HAVE ACTUALLY ADOPTES
ADOPTED THIS McKENZIE FRAMEWORK
FOR HOW WEALTH IS BUILT, AND HOW
HOW YOU ACHIEVE ECONOMIC
MOBILITY. WHAT THEY FOUND WAS
THAT MOST PEOPLE BUILD THEIR
WEALTH THROUGH THESE FOUR MAIN S
MAIN AREAS, FAMILY WEALTH,
FAMILY INCOME, FAMILY SAVINGS,
AND COMMUNITY CONTACT. WE HAVE
USED THIS FRAME TO ENGAGE
COMMUNITY AND REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS THAT EXIST
EXIST WITHIN EACH OF THOSE SPAC.
THOSE SPACES. SO, HERE, YOU SEE
AN IMAGE OF AN EXERCISE WE DID.
IT IS NOT VERY LEGIBLE, BUT IT
IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THE EXERCIS.
EXERCISE ITSELF. THIS IS FROM
ONE OF OUR ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS,
WHERE WE ASKED FOLKS AGAIN,
USING THOSE FOUR NODES, TO
REALLY MAP OUT WHAT BARRIERS
EXIST, WHAT SYSTEMS DO THEY KNOW
EXIST AND WISH I HAD MORE
SUPPORT IN NAVIGATING, OR WISH
THEY HAD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT.
ABOUT. SO, USING THIS AND OTHERT
OTHER ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE ARE
ASKING FOLKS ABOUT HOW THEY ARE
HANDLING THE BARRIERS THEY ARE
ENCOUNTERING, WE HAVE ACTUALLY
STARTED TO DEFINE KEY INVESTMENT
INVESTMENT FOCUS AREAS. SOME OF
THE EARLY FINDINGS OF OUR
RESEARCH -- AND THE BIG OVERALL
STATEMENTS -- IS HOW WE INVEST .
INVEST MATTERS. SO, WE HAVE
THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT NODES WHERE
WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE BUILD
WEALTH. THE INTERESTING THING IS
IS THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
INVESTS IN ALL THOSE AREAS.
WHETHER WE CONSIDER THEM WEALTH
BUILDING OR NOT, THE CITY IS
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY CONTACTS
THROUGH OUR ROAD, THROUGH OUR
SCHOOLS, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC UTI.
PUBLIC UTILITIES. FAMILY INCOME,
INCOME, FAMILY SAVINGS, FAMILY
WEALTH AS WELL, RIGHT? THROUGH
ALL OUR PROGRAMS, WE ARE SOMEHOW
SOMEHOW SUPPORTING WEALTH IN
THOSE AREAS. BUT WITHOUT A MACRO
MACRO FOCUS ON RACIAL AND
ECONOMIC EQUITY, WE WILL
CONTINUE INVESTING IN THESE
AREAS AND BUILDING WEALTH FOR
FOLKS IN WAYS THAT CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN THE RACIAL WEALTH
DIVIDE. SO, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT
WHICH OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE
BUILDING WEALTH, AND HOW WE CAN
REALLY FOCUS THOSE IN TO HAVE
RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY OUTC.
EQUITY OUTCOMES. ADDITIONALLY,
SORT OF IN THAT HOW WE INVEST M,
WE HAVE THOSE SIX DIFFERENT
AREAS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO
SEATTLE. FOR HOW, AND WHERE WE
SHOULD BE INVESTING. SO, THE SIX
SIX AREAS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR
OUR BROAD-BASED WORKER
OWNERSHIP, IMMUNITY CONTROLLED ,
CONTROLLED CAPITAL, COMMUNITY
OWNERSHIP OF REAL ESTATE,
PROGRESSIVE PROCUREMENT,
EQUITABLE SMALL BUSINESS
ECOSYSTEMS, WEALTH RETENTION,
AND ASSET PROTECTION PROGRAMS.
AGAIN, THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS
EXISTING PROGRAMMING IN SOME OF
THESE, AND HUGE GAPS IN OTHERS.
IT WILL BE REALLY INTERESTING
FOR US TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE AND
AND REALLY THINK THROUGH, AGAIN,
AGAIN, THOSE GAPS AND OPPORTUNI.
AND OPPORTUNITIES. I KNOW THERE
IS A LOT PACKED INTO THIS SLIDE,
SLIDE, SO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
INTERESTED IN SCHEDULING A
BRIEFING WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SO
SO WE CAN TALK FURTHER ABOUT
THIS, FEEL FREE TO DO IT. I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE OUR
RESEARCH THUS FAR. ANOTHER THING
THING WE WERE ASKED TO CREATE
WAS AN INVENTORY AND IMPACT
EVALUATION. SO, THANK YOU TO THE
THE VITA AGENCY WHICH HAS REALLY
REALLY BEEN SUPPORTING US IN GEG
IN GETTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF
OUR CURRENT INVESTMENTS. AND
THANK YOU TO JUST ABOUT EVERY
CITY DEPARTMENT. WE COULD NOT
UNDERSTAND THE INVESTMENT IF IT
WERE NOT FOR PROGRAM LEADS,
DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP DIRECTORS
CONVERSATIONS WITH US AND
HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHERE WE
ARE MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS IN
WEALTH BUILDING. SO, THE KEY
QUESTION IS DRIVING THIS INVENTY
THIS INVENTORY EVALUATION AND
IMPACT IS THAT THE ASSUMPTION
THAT WE KNOW THE CITY IS ALREADY
INVESTING IN WEALTH BUILDING.
úBUT WHAT ARE THOSE INVESTMENTS
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THOSE
INVESTMENTS? AND WHAT ARE OUR
GOALS WITH THOSE INVESTMENTS?
HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE ARE
ADVANCING THEM? THOSE ARE BIG
QUESTIONS THAT BOTH THE ECI TASK
TASK FORCE, THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY IS INITIATIVE TASK
FORCE AND COUNSEL PUT TO US. SO,
SO, WE HAVE STARTED TO TACKLE
IT, BUT IT REALLY IS A HUGE UND.
HUGE UNDERTAKING. SOME OF THE EY
THE EARLY FINDINGS FROM THAT WOK
THAT WORK, I WANT TO JUST STATE,
STATE, THIS IS PHASE ONE. THE
TRUTH IS, WE MAKE SO MANY
INVESTMENTS AS A CITY, AND
REALLY GETTING A BIG PICTURE
UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE IS GOING
TO TAKE TIME. IT IS GOING TO
TAKE METICULOUS WORK. BUT SOME
OF THE THINGS WE HAVE REALIZED
IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO
BUILD THAT INVENTORY IS THAT A
LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT
IS DEPARTMENTS, PROGRAMS, STAFF,
STAFF LEADS, OR EVEN OUR
INTERMEDIARIES, SO, CEOs WHO
PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO
DISTRIBUTE OUR RESOURCES, ACROSS
ACROSS THE BOARD, THERE IS
MISSING CAPACITY AND RESOURCES
TO ACTUALLY TRACK AND EVALUATE
OUR IMPACT. ADDITIONALLY, THERE
IS NO UNIFIED WAY THAT WE AS A
CITY ARE TARGETING IMMUNITIES E.
IMMUNITIES EQUITABLY. WHAT I
MEAN BY THIS IS, FROM DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT,
PROGRAM TO PROGRAM, WE ARE
TARGETING -- SOME PROGRAMS ARE G
ARE TARGETING BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR
COMMITTEES, SOME ARE TARGETING S
COMMUNITIES, SOME ARE TARGETING
COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE IN
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AREAS, OR
AREAS OF HIGH DISPLACEMENT.
OTHER HEAT MAP SORT OF POINT US
TOWARD COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN DIVESTED FROM. WE ARE USING
USING ALL SORTS OF WAYS TO
TARGET COMMUNITIES. WHAT THAT
CREATES IS ACTUALLY OUR WORK
HAPPENING IN SILOS. SO, THE NOTE
NOTE HERE REALLY IS HAVING A
MacRO-FOCUS CAN HELP US REALLY W
REALLY KNOW WHO WE ARE TARGETING
TARGETING TOGETHER, AND MAKING
SURE OUR INVESTMENTS ARE HAVING
A TOTAL IMPACT AND REALLY
CONNECTING TO THE COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY THE RACIAL
WEALTH DIVIDE. ADDITIONALLY, WE
ARE FINDING THAT FUNDING SOURCE
AND FUNDING TYPE MATTERS. SO, A
LOT OF WEALTH INVESTMENTS THAT
DEPARTMENTS HAVE IDENTIFIED OUR
ONE TIME INVESTMENTS. SO, IT ISY
HARD, WITH A ONE TIME
INVESTMENT, TO BE ABLE TO GAUGE
THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF THE INV.
THE INVESTMENT. WILL IT ACTUALLY
ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE?
THE LONG-TERM? WE HAVE ALSO
FOUND THAT DIFFERENT FUNDING
SOURCES HAVE RESTRICTIONS. YOU
KNOW THAT VERY WELL, AS STEWARDS
STEWARDS OF OUR CITY BUDGET. SO,
SO, WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
ACCOMPLISH WITH DIFFERENT FUNDIG
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES PUTS
RESTRICTIONS ON THE IMPACT, AND
ALSO ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND OUR IMPACT, BASED ON
DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, THERE
THERE IS DIFFERENT REPORTING
REQUIRED, DIFFERENT TRACKING
THAT IS REQUIRED. THEN, LASTLY,
TO END ON A GOOD NOTE, ONE THING
THING THAT HAS BEEN REALLY
EXCITING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS
IS ACTUALLY REALIZING THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, OUR STAFF ARE
HUNGRY TO TACKLE THESE QUESTION.
THESE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE HAD SO
MUCH SUPPORT FROM EVERY SINGLE
DEPARTMENT THAT HAS PARTICIPATEN
THIS WORK. JUST THINKING
THROUGH, WHAT ARE THOSE BARRIERS
BARRIERS TO REALLY UNDERSTANDING
UNDERSTANDING OUR COLLECTIVE
IMPACT? AND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
TO PARTICIPATE AND SHARE
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ALIGNMEN.
AND ALIGNMENT. THAT REALLY MEANS
MEANS THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
HERE, FOR US AS A CITY TO MOVE
AS ONE CITY, AND TO MAKE MORE
INTENTIONAL INVESTMENTS, OR DEVP
OR DEVELOP A MORE INTENTIONAL
INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR TACKLING
TACKLING THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVI.
WEALTH DIVIDE. JUST A COUPLE
MORE SLIDES TO GO THROUGH. ONE
OF THE BIG THINGS WE ARE DOING
THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY MAKING
DIRECT INVESTMENTS BASED ON WHAT
COMMUNITIES HAVE DIRECTED US TO
TO DO. SO, THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE TASK
FORCE PROVIDED DOM WITH FUNDS TT
TO SUPPORT EDUCATION IN OUR CITS
CITY PROGRAMS POINT THIS YEAR,
WE ARE ON TRACK TO FIND PILOTS
THAT WILL HELP CULTIVATE
LONG-TERM ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
THROUGH EDUCATION AND INNOVATIVE
INNOVATIVE LEARNING STRUCTURES.
THESE PILOTS ARE DESIGNED TO
HELP INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND
COMMUNITIES GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE
TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO WEALTH
BUILDING. THEY WILL PRESENT
LEARNING AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES
FOR PARTICIPANTS THAT CAN HELP D
HELP BUILD POWER AND SET GROUNDK
FOR TRANSFORMING UNJUST SYSTEMS,
SYSTEMS. AGAIN, REALLY TRYING TO
TO PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE RESOURCE
RESOURCE THAT, WE HOPE, CAN SUPT
CAN SUPPORT THAT LONG-TERM
VISION FOR CHANGE. LASTLY, THESE
THESE PILOTS WILL BE TAILORED TO
TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF
THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE
RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE. SO, AGAIN,
AGAIN, REALLY MAKING SURE THAT
OUR INVESTMENTS ARE TAILORED TO
WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM THE
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY THE
THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE.
>> THANK YOU, JACKIE. AS JACKIE
NOTED, IN OUR 2022 WORK UP
DATES, THE LAST ITEM WE WANTED
TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE WORK FROM
OUR CITYWIDE LEARNING AND INTEG.
AND INTEGRATION. WE KNOW THAT
TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IS NOT
JUST ABOUT INVESTMENT, IT IS
ALSO ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE
CITY, EVERY PROGRAM, EVERY STAFF
STAFF MEMBER UNDERSTANDS THE IS,
THE ISSUES, AND HAS THE TOOLS TO
TO INVENT SOLUTIONS IN THEIR
WORK. WE HAVE DONE THIS IN A FEW
FEW WAYS. WANTS A CITY OF LUNCH
AND LEARNS, WHERE HE HAD INVITEY
RESEARCHERS TO SHARE THEIR WORK
AND PROVIDE CITY STAFF IDEAS HOW
HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT SOLUTIONS.
THE LUNCH AND LEARNS HAVE BEEN
TRULY INVALUABLE. IT IS NOT JUST
JUST ABOUT INTEGRATION INTO
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO .
AS WE KNOW, THE CITY WORKFORCE
IS VERY REFLECTIVE OF BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
COLOR COMMUNITIES. SECOND, WE
HAVE TACKLED CITYWIDE LEARNING
INTEGRATION IS BY INITIATING
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE RESEARCH AND
AND APPLY IT TO EXISTING
PROGRAMS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE
CHANGE. ONE EXAMPLE IS WORKING H
WORKING WITH HUMAN SERVICE DEPAT
SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS A KEY PAR,
KEY PARTNER, AND THINKING HOW
THEY CAN APPLY OUR RESEARCH TO
THEIR OWN FUNDING PROGRAMS. WE
ARE ALSO WORKING WITH DIANA --
TO EXPAND THE EDMP PROGRAM,
WHICH INCLUDES KEY INDICATORS ON
ECONOMIC EQUITY, AS WELL AS THE
THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE.
LASTLY, WE ARE WORKING, AS
JACKIE NOTED, WITH THE EDUCATION
EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT
PILOTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THOSE PILOTS STRENGTHEN BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLORS
COLOR ACCESS TO PROGRAMS AND
FUNDING, HERE, IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
>> WE HAVE SHAREDYOU TODAY. WE
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AS
YOU WALK AWAY FROM THIS PRESENT,
THIS PRESENTATION, THERE ARE
JUST THESE FOUR THINGS WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE. ONE,
FOR US, IN CARRYING THIS OUT,
HAVING CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE
HAVE REALIZED IS THAT THE CITY
REALLY NEEDS A STRONG VISION TO
ORGANIZE BEHIND. ALWAYS TALKING
ABOUT BEING ONE CITY, AND REALLY
REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR
INVESTMENTS ARE LEVERAGING ONE ,
ONE ANOTHER, THAT THEY ARE
MAXIMIZING IMPACT. IF WE ARE
ORGANIZE BEHIND A STRONG VISION
AND STRUCTURE, THAT REALLY GIVES
GIVES US THE SPACE TO ENSURE
THAT ALL OUR INVESTMENTS ARE
MOVING THE SAME DIRECTION. AND
IT HELPS BREAK SILOS BETWEEN
DEPARTMENTS. AND IT REALLY FIXES
FIXES WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT
NOW, WHICH IS THAT PROGRAM BY
PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT BY
DEPARTMENT, WE ARE MEASURING
SUCCESS DIFFERENTLY, WE ARE
SETTING STANDARDS FOR SUCCESS D.
SUCCESS DIFFERENTLY. WHAT WOULD
IT LOOK LIKE FOR US TO ACTUALLYL
BE IN LINE AND HAVE ONE A
STRONG, CENTRAL VISION? ANOTHER
BIG THING WE HAVE DISCOVERED IST
IS THAT EQUITY REQUIRES
MEASURING IMPACT AND EVALUATING
OUR INVESTMENTS. WHEN WE MAKE IS
MAKE INVESTMENTS BUT WE DO NOT
KNOW WHETHER THEY ARE ACTUALLY
MOVING THE NEEDLE, WHETHER THEYE
THEY ARE MOVING US TOWARD THE
OUTCOMES WE WANT TO SEE, IT IS
REALLY DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHETHER
WHETHER WE ARE PUTTING OUR MONEY
MONEY IN THE RIGHT PLACES. SO,
INVESTING IN MEASURING OUR
IMPACT AND EVALUATING OUR
INVESTMENTS IS PROBABLY ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT WAYS WE CAN
ALIGN WITH OUR EQUITY GOALS AND
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ROAD
MAP IS FOR GETTING TO THAT
VISION WE WANT TO SEE. WE MUST
TRANSLATE RESEARCH INTO ACTION.,
ACTION. SO, -- MENTIONED WE HAVN
HAVE BEEN HOSTING LUNCH AND LEAN
SPIRIT MOST RECENTLY, WE HAD
NAACP, SHARE RESEARCH ON THE
RACIAL WEALTH TO BUY THEY HAVE
DONE WITH THEIR MEMBERS. ONE
MESSAGE THEY LEFT US WITH WAS
THAT SOMETIMES, THE CITY THINKS
THAT RESEARCH IS THE ACTION. IT
IS NOT THE ACTION. WE REALLY
WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR CITY TO
TRANSLATE OUR RESEARCH INTO
ACTION, TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW UP
WITH THE RESEARCH BEING DONE, NT
JUST BY US, BY DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS THE BOARD, WE ARE LOOKING
LOOKING TO INNOVATE AND LEARN.
REALLY, RESPONDING TO THAT
RESEARCH THROUGH PILOTS, THROUGH
INITIATING NEW FUNDING SOURCES,
SOURCES, THROUGH THINKING THROUH
THINKING THROUGH HOW WE CAN
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THAT RESEARCH
RESEARCH AND TESTED OUT, SEE IF
IT IS A GOOD FIT FOR OUR CITY.
AND LASTLY, INVESTING IN
CITYWIDE LEARNING INTEGRATION. A
A KEY COMPONENT OF THIS
INITIATIVE IS JUST RECOGNIZING
THAT IT IS NOT ABOUT BUILDING
SOMETHING OFF TO THE SIDE. WE
ARE NOT TRYING TO BRING A WHOLE
NEW SIDE INVESTMENT IN
GENERATIONAL WEALTH. IT IS
REALLY ABOUT TRANSFORMING HOW WE
WE FUNCTION AS A CITY. ONE OF
THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO
TRANSFORM OUR CITY AND HOW IT FS
IT FUNCTIONS IS TO ACTUALLY
ACTIVATE OUR STAFF TO BE PART OF
OF THAT CHANGE. SO, EACH STAFF
MEMBER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN ACCESSING
ACCESSING SERVICES AND
RESOURCES. HOW ARE WE SUPPLYING
THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND
TOOLS THEY NEED TO HELP ENSURE
THE CITY IS BUILDING TOWARD OUR
EQUITY GOALS? INVESTING IN THAT
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO
CHANGING US AS AN ENTITY IN A
HOLISTIC WAY.
>> THANKS. WE HOPE YOU ARE
ASKING WHAT IS NEXT. THIS IS
JUST THE FIRST OF THREE
PRESENTATIONS WE WILL PROVIDE TO
TO THE COUNCIL. WE WILL HAVE A
PRELIMINARY REPORT THAT WE WILLE
WILL SHARE ON OUR ENGAGEMENT
RESEARCH AND INVENTORY IN
JANUARY OF 2023. WE WILL ALSO
SHARE OUR FINAL REPORT WITH COUL
WITH COUNSEL IN AUGUST OF 2023.
>> AS JACKIE NOTED, THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME REALLY BIG QUESTIONS
ASKED. WE JUST WANT TO
EMPHASIZE, IT IS GOING TO TAKE
LONGER THAN A COUPLE YEARS TO
TRULY MOVE THE CITY TO ADDRESS
THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE
LOCALLY. BUT WE HOPE YOU SEE OUR
OUR UPDATE AND REPORTS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER HOW YOU
CAN HELP GUIDE THE CITY TOWARD
SUPPORTING THOSE MOST IMPACTED
BY THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE IN
REACHING THEIR DREAMS FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU.
>> WOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
JACKIE AND MELIA. THIS IS
FANTASTIC. REALLY EXCITING TO W
TO KNOW THAT THE WORK IS BEGINNG
IS BEGINNING TO SYNTHESIZE WHAT
OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS DO, WHAT
INFORMATION WE NEED TO REALLY BE
BE ABLE TO ASSESS THE IMPACT WE.
WE HAVE. NOW, AND THAT WE COULD
HAVE, IF WE START TO DO OUR WORK
WORK BETTER. I THINK THAT IS A
KEY PIECE OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
YOU TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT
HAVING A STRUCTURE THAT IS
NEEDED. I THINK A LOT OF THE WOK
THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING,
THAT MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS DO
AROUND -- SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIAE
JUSTICE INITIATIVE IS BEGINNING
TO GUIDE US IN THAT DIRECTION.
BUT PART OF THE CONVERSATION WE
HAVE BEEN HAVING IS HOW WE CAN T
SOME TEETH BEHIND THAT. I THINK
HAVING A STRUCTURE THAT EVERYBOY
THAT EVERYBODY CAN MARK, ASSESS,
ASSESS, AND DETERMINE OVER THE
LONG HAUL WITH THE EVALUATION PE
EVALUATION PIECE IS IMPORTANT.
AND AS YOU SAID, JACKIE, IT IS .
IS GREAT. I AM EXCITED TO SEE
THE LIST OF STRATEGIES FOR
INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND
AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. THE
QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE MOVE
BEYOND RESEARCH INTO ACTION? AS
YOU SAID, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE
SOME TIME. I THINK WE ARE ON THE
THE RIGHT TRACK, AND I AM
EXCITED TO SEE WHERE WE GO.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON? PLEASE GO.
GO AHEAD. DID SHE FREEZE OR DID
I FREEZE? COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YUP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THIS PRESENTATION. I SUPPORT
THIS INITIATIVE. HAVEN'T YOU
ALREADY MADE A LOT OF GRANTS? OR
OR AM I COMPLETELY CONFUSED?
BECAUSE, DID YOU DO A ROUND OF
FUNDING LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR?
YEAR? PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND
I AM NOT THINKING ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE.
>> NO, WE WILL BE WORKING ON
PILOTS WITH COMMUNITY AND THOSE
WILL BE COMING IN ABOUT A MONTH
OR SO. IN TERMS OF CONTRACTING.
THE PILOTS WILL THEN -- WE WILL
ALSO EVALUATE THE PILOTS THROUGH
2023.
>> AND I SHOULD ADD THAT THE
INITIAL INVESTMENT THAT HELPED
FUND THIS RESEARCH THAT WE ARE
DOING CAME FROM THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE TASK
FORCE. THEY ACTUALLY DID FUND
MORE THAN JUST DON, IN DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXISTING AND
NEW PROGRAMMING THAT THEY FELT
FIT WITHIN THIS GENERATIONAL
WEALTH VISION. SO, YOU ARE RIGH,
ARE RIGHT, OTHER DEPARTMENTS
AVE STARTED FUNDING IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> THANKS. I THINK I'M MEMBER
SEEING A LIST OF THOSE. WELL,
LIKE I SAID, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS EFFORT. I AM A REAL FAN OF
NOT SILOING WORK. YOU DID SAY
YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH
IS GREAT. BECAUSE THEIR VISION
IS SEATTLE AS A VIBRANT,
INNOVATIVE, DIVERSE CITY WITH AN
AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY THAT
ENSURES ALL SEATTLEITES CAN
THRIVE IN THE FUTURE. EXPANDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS A CENTRAL
CENTRAL FOCUS OF THEIR WORK,
WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO CAPIL
TO CAPITAL AND EVEN COMING UP
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES. IT IS NOT JUST
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THESE
COMMUNITIES, IT IS ALSO
IMPORTANT FOR THOSE JOBS AND TO
KEEP THOSE NODES -- THOSE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN TACT.
SO, ARE WE WORKING AT ALL WITH -
WITH -- THIS IMPROVEMENT AREA R?
AREA REPRESENTATIVES? YOU KNOW,
THE BIA -- IT IS NOT A BIA -- I,
BUT IN SO NO, OTHER PARTS OF THE
THE CITY. THEY ARE WORKING
DIRECTLY WITH BIPOC BUSINESS
OWNERS, AND REALLY KNOW WHAT ID
IS NEEDED IN THE BUILDING
GENERATIONAL WEALTH CATEGORY. I
THINK YOU SAID VIDA IS LEADING
THAT WORK?
>> THE VIDA AGENCY IS SUPPORTING
SUPPORTING US WITH DEVELOPING
OUR INTERNAL INVENTORY, SO
HELPING US UNDERSTAND OUR
CURRENT IMPACT OF INVESTMENTS.
BUT THROUGH OUR ROUNDTABLES, WE
HAVE DENNIS FROM THE CENTRAL
AREA COLLABORATIVE REPRESENTED.
WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT COMMUNIT,
COMMUNITY ENTITIES, WORKING TO P
TO DEVELOP CASE STUDIES, THOSE
HISTORIES AROUND WHERE THE CITY
HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CREATING
THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE.
BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW THAT
HISTORY IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW TO
REMEDY IT, HOW TO HEAL IT. SO,
DEFINITELY, PARTNERSHIPS WITH
FOLKS IN DIFFERENT BUSINESS ARES
BUSINESS AREAS ARE GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT. THIS IS YEAR
ONE, SO EXPANDING THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS EVEN FURTHER IS A
GOAL OF OURS, AND A DREAM OF
OURS, BECAUSE WE KNOW SO MUCH
INCREDIBLE WORK IS HAPPENING IN
DIFFERENT SPACES. OUR
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
RESOURCE FOR US IN DOING OUR
WORK. YOU MENTIONED OED. WE
RECENTLY HAD OED'S DEPUTY
DIRECTOR COME AND SHARE THE
SHAPE OF SEATTLE'S FUTURE
ECONOMY REPORT WITH US. SO,
REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT
WORK, WE ARE HOPING TO CONNECT,
ACTUALLY TACKLE SOME OF THE
THINGS WE HAVE SHARED IN THIS PN
THIS PRESENTATION ARE IMPORTANT
PLACES FOR THE CITY TO INVEST.
WE HOPE THERE IS SOME SYNERGY
THERE, WHERE WE CAN PLUG INTO
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
ENGAGEMENT WORK THEY WILL BE
DOING, AND PERHAPS PLUG FOLKS
WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN THAT
CONVERSATION WITH US INTO THOSE
SPACES, AS CONTINUED PLACES FOR
THEM TO BE PART OF THIS WORK THE
THE CITY IS DOING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE
MEMBER STRAUSS HAS HIS HAND UP.I
HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I
WILL LET HIM HAVE A TURN. THANK.
TURN. THANKS.
>> WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? BACK
NUMBER NELSON -- I AM ALREADY --
-- LOOK, I WILL KEEP IT QUICK.
JACKIE, MELIA, I AM SO THANKFUL
FOR THIS PRESENTATION , THE NEXT
NEXT STEPS AND WORK YOU HAVE
DONE WILL HELP OUR PEOPLE. THEY
ARE GREAT WORK. WHAT WE KNOW IS
THAT GENERATIONAL CHANGES BASEDN
BASED UPON FINANCIAL STABILITY,
OFTENTIMES, OF A FAMILY. SO,
THERE IS NO FASTER WAY TO MAKE
GENERATIONAL CHANGE THEN BY
BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
JUST SO HAPPY THE TWO OF YOU ARE
ARE WORKING ON IT ON BEHALF OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS. NO QUESTIONS TO
ADD, I JUST REALLY LIKE THE CLAY
YOU HAVE PROVIDED US, MAKING
SURE WE REMEMBER SEATTLE --
IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT. SO, THANK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON?
>> ARE MEMBERS OF YOUR WORK GROP
WORK GROUP PART OF THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM OF THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS?
SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THE GOALS
ARE REALLY -- A LOT OF THE GOALS
GOALS ARE THE SAME, WHEN IT
COMES TO DIRECT INVESTMENTS. OR
IS THAT COMPLETELY SEPARATE?
>> OUR TEAM HAS MET WITH OCR,
AND HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN LOOKING
LOOKING FOR SPACES TO PARTNER. I
I THINK IT IS ALL ABOUT TIMING
AND THE RIGHT PLACES TO CONNECT.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE REALLY
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW WE CAN
CAN ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT
EFFORT, KNOWING THAT IT CAME OUT
OUT OF THE SAME MOVEMENT THAT
INITIATED THE INVESTMENTS THAT
LED TO THIS WORK. SO, FOR
COMMUNITY, IT IS NOT ABOUT THESE
ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT PLACES
WHERE THE WORK IS HAPPENING, IT
IS ALL PART OF THAT SHARED GOAL
AROUND RACIAL EQUITY. SO, MAKING
MAKING SURE OUR WORK IS TALKING
TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THAT WE ARE
SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER IN THE
EXECUTION OF THESE INVESTMENTS,
I THINK, IS A REALLY BIG VALUE
FOR OUR TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT, JACKIE. WE
WILL HEAR FROM OCR NEXT, SO I AD
AM EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ON THE
DECK HERE, TOO. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TEAM? OKAY. I WANT
WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEIN.
THERE IS A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK
WORK HAPPENING. I DO WANT TO
INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO GET A
SEPARATE BRIEFING, IF THERE IS
MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION YOU
WANT. BUT I AM REALLY HAPPY WE
ARE MOVING THIS DIRECTION, AND
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO GET UPDATED FOR Y.
FOR YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE
SOMEBODY HERE WHO IS ASKING US
TO REOPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS. HE
HAS BEEN WAITING -- HAD TO COME
FROM WORK. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, I AM GOING TO REOPEN
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR JUST TWO
MINUTES, TO ACCOMMODATE SOMEBODY
SOMEBODY WHO IS TRYING TO GET
HERE, IN BETWEEN WORK SCHEDULE.
I HEAR NO OBJECTION. ONE SECOND,
SECOND, SIR. ONE SECOND. WE ARE
GOING TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR TWO MINUTES.
OUR ONE PUBLIC COMMENT OR IS --
>> THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS A NOT FINDING .
FINDING COMMUNITY. ON ONE OF THT
THE FIRST BLACK ON DISPENSARIES
IN THE CITY. AND I HAVE A JUNK
REMOVAL, BUT IT IS SAD WHEN THEY
THEY TAKE FROM US AND -- PASSED
A LAW, 2070. THEY NEED -- MY
COMMUNITY -- HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
COME TO MARK BECKER STATION, AN-
AND -- MELANIE MORGAN. I HAVE
BEEN DISRESPECTED BY HER. SHE
CUT ME OFF ON THE SOCIAL EQUITY.
EQUITY. THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW.
LAW. WE HAVE BEEN ABUSED BY --
SHE CALLED ME, SHE USED THE F WD
ON ME. IF I STOP TALKING ABOUT
-- ABUSING BLACK PEOPLE. SHE
GIVE HER BOYFRIEND, JIM B CANNO,
B CANNON, ON HIS NONEXISTENT
MEDICAL EDITOR BUT IF YOU WANT
TO HELP THEM REACH OUT TO ME, MY
MY PHONE NUMBER 20674 1535. THIS
THIS IS NOT FAIR AND NOT EQUAL.
I HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY,
THEY SAY THEY NEED TO TAKE A
TRUCK, AND -- LCB, AND THE MAYO-
MAYOR -- YES. THE PEOPLE ARE
FRUSTRATED. I CAME HERE, TO SAY
NO, THIS IS WRONG. SAY THE SAME,
SAME, YOU HAVE BEEN
DISCRIMINATED, THOSE PEOPLE ARE
NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. LOOK
BEHIND ME. ANYBODY BLACK LOOK
LIKE YOU? THE PEOPLE, THEY TALK
AND LISTENING TO ME, THEY CANNOT
CANNOT BE THE JUDGE AND THE
PROSECUTOR, THEY HAVE A LISTEN
TO THE COMMUNITY. YOU GUYS ARE
NOT HAVING ENOUGH COMMENTS. IF
PEOPLE GET HERE LATE, THEY
SHOULD JUST RIGHT TO SPEAK. I
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
SPEAK TODAY. THIS IS
FRUSTRATING, AND IT IS BRING --
PEOPLE ARE BEING ROBBED BECAUSE
OF DECEIT FROM THE LCB. THEY
TAKING MONEY. WE OPPOSE THE BILL
, THE LEGISLATURE, THEY TREAT US
US LIKE DELEGATES. THEY MAKE IT
STILL PASS, THEY ASKED, WHAT
HAPPENED? WHY YOU MAKE IT FAIL?
SENATOR -- WHAT DOES BILL. I
SAID WELL, THIS, OVER HERE, SHE
SAID SHE WILL HELP ME IN PUBLIC,
IN -- CENTER, PUBLICLY. AFTER
HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT, HUNDREDS
OF SUPPORT. I CALL HER PHONE,
SHE SAID DO NOT CALL MY PHONE
EVER AGAIN. GOSH. IF I HAVE
UPDATE, I WILL CALL YOU. WE ARE
BEING ABUSED BY MENDOZA, BY
CHRIS THOMPSON. HE SAID HE HAS
3% MET BLACK PEOPLE IN MEDICAL
CANOPIES -- ASK HIM -- ALL OF U,
HOW MANY PEOPLE? HE SAID I DO
NOT KNOW HOW MANY. SO, HOW DID
YOU COME UP WITH PERCENTAGE? IT
IS A LIE. I NEED TO BE WITH
THOSE PEOPLE TO PRESENT MY PEOP.
MY PEOPLE. 65 WASHINGTON, WE
NEED TO BE -- SENATOR, YOU NEED
TO LISTEN TO US. YOU GET INTO
LISTEN, THIS IS NOT FAIR AT ALL.
ALL. THIS IS FRUSTRATING AND JUT
AND JUST
>> CUTTING THE MICROPHONE, SO WE
WE CAN CONTINUE OUR AGENDA.
THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO
GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM 13. OKAY. DEVON, WILL YOU R
YOU FOR PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
13 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 13, OFFICE FOR
CIVIL RIGHTS UP DATE ON THE CITY
CITY OF SEATTLE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROGRAM FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS HERE. I
DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE QUICK
REMARKS BEFORE WE GET STARTED. I
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
LEADING US INTO THIS CONVERSATI.
THIS CONVERSATION. WE KNOW UNDER
UNDER RESOURCED COMMUNITIES
SUFFER FROM HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT,
UNEMPLOYMENT, FROM POOR ACCESS
TO THINGS LIKE MEDICAL AND HEAL,
MENTAL HEALTH CARE, SO WHAT WE
ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO HERE, AS
AS A CITY, IS CHANGE THE
COMMUNITY CONDITIONS THAT LEAD
TO SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS, AND
START MOVING IN A WAY THAT WE
CAN CREATE RATER COMMUNITY
WEALTH, PARTICULARLY IN OUR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. SO, OUR
NEXT PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS.
THAT OFFERS ONE EXAMPLE OF ONEY
ONE STRATEGY THAT CAN HELP US DO
DO JUST THAT. IT IS A COMMUNITY
IDENTIFIED STRATEGY FOR DIRECT ,
DIRECT INVESTMENT, AND CAN LEAD
TO BETTER HOUSING, ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE, COMMUNITY WEALTH.
SO, FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE NEW TO
THE DISCUSSION, JUST A QUICK BIT
BIT OF BACKGROUND, PARTICIPATORY
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS A
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN WHICH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS RECOMMEND TO
THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT HOW TO SD
TO SPEND A PART OF PUBLIC BUDGET
BUDGET FOR COMMUNITIES. IT
EMPOWERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE
TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS THAT
AFFECT THEIR LIVES. IN 2020, IN
RESPONSE TO THE RACIAL UPRISING
AND COMMUNITY CALLS FOR THE CITY
CITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR
THE HARM DOWN TO BLACK AND BROWN
BROWN COMMUNITIES, WE EXPANDED
OUR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PRO.
BUDGETING PROGRAM. I DO WANT TO
SAY, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT IN THE PAST,
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING HAS
REALLY BEEN USED TO DIVIDE
PEOPLE AND TO SORT OF DISMISS
THE VOICES OF SOME OF OUR BLACK
AND BROWN NEIGHBORS. I THINK IT
IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
WE TURN THE PAGE ON THAT NARRAT,
THAT NARRATIVE, AND THAT WE
REALLY MOVE TOWARD A MORE
PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION THAT
HONORS THE COMMUNITIES CALL FOR
MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT IN
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS. I AM
HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE A NEW
EXECUTIVE WHO IS COMMITTED TO
ONE SEATTLE. I AM HOPING WE CAN
RE-ENGAGE THIS PROCESS AND
MOMENT THE PROGRAM IN A WAY THAT
THAT OTHERS CAN LOOK TO AS A MO.
A MODEL. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF
PRESENTATIONS ON THE EXECUTIVE
WORK TO IMPLEMENT BB. WE WILL
HEAR AGAIN FROM THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS ON DECEMBER 9th.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT
THAT, BEFORE THE BUDGET PROCESS,
PROCESS, WE HEAR A LITTLE ABOUT
AN UPDATE ON HOW WE PLAN TO USE
THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SET
ASIDE FOR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING. OKAY, WITH THAT,
TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FRO.
FROM OCR. THEY WILL TELL US
ABOUT THE WORK THEY ARE DOING
WITH A CONTRACTED FACILITATOR,
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROJECT. THE PURPOSE OF THAT
CONTRACT IS TO DIRECTLY INVEST
IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES,
WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
CITY'S FUNDAMENTAL GOVERNMENT
PROJECT OF REMEDYING DISPARITIE.
REMEDYING DISPARITIES. THE
PURPOSE IS ALSO TO INCREASE
OWNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION OF
CITY RESIDENTS IN SOLUTIONS TO
THE CITY PRESSING NEEDS. I
REALLY THINK IT IS IN THE
INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY TO
MAKE SURE THE WORK IS MOVING FOD
MOVING FORWARD UNDER THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE
STAFF, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO HEARING FROM OCR AFTER OCR'S
PRESENTATION, WE WILL HEAR FROM
THE KING COUNTY PROJECT, ON SOME
SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND WORK
THEY HAD IN DELIVERING THEIR PR.
THEIR PROGRAM. WITH ALL THAT, I
AM GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO --
LET'S SEE. WHO IS PRESENTING FRM
PRESENTING FROM THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS? IS IT JOHN?
>> JOHN AND I ARE CO-PRESENTING.
>> SORRY, THANK YOU. PLEASE GO .
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY. WE ARE EXCITED TO BE
IN THIS SPACE WITH YOU AND SHARE
SHARE THE GOOD WORK THAT THE
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS DIVISION
AT OCR IS DOING. MY NAME IS
FAHIMA MOHAMED, I AM THE DEPUTY
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS. I WANT WITHOUT
MY COLLEAGUES, JOHN AND MONO TO
ALSO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. SMACK
SMACK THE MONEY, EVERYBODY THANK
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALE
MORALE IS, MY NAME IS JOHN PAGE,
PAGE, HE/IMPLEMENTED I AM
COMMUNITY -- DIVISION DIRECTOR.
IT IS GOOD TO BE HERE.
>>-MY NAME IS MONO, I USE
HE/IMPORTANT, I AM PROJECT LEADN
LEAD ON -- BUDGETING PROCESS. I
AM EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SHARE
A LITTLE ABOUT THE WORK WE HAVE
BEEN DOING. THANK YOU.
>> GREAT. NEXT SLIDE. AS SOME OF
OF YOU KNOW, THE PB PROCESS IS
UNDERWAY. WE ARE EXCITED TO
DISCUSS THE WORK AND ENSURE THE
PROCESS MEETS THE GOALS WE SET
OUT. SO, IN THIS PRESENTATION,
WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND INFORMATION. WE WILL
DISCUSS THE ROLE -- THE GOALS,
THE PROCESS, THE ROLES. WE WILL
HIGHLIGHT SOME MILESTONES, AND
THEN WE WILL GIVE YOU THE TIMEL.
THE TIMELINE. A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND INFORMATION. THE
AMOUNT THE CITY IS INVESTING IN
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
HAS NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED BEFOREN
THE U.S. OUR SCOPE IS BROADER
THAN MOST PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROJECTS. THE CITY'S
$27 MILLION INVESTMENT CAN BE
USED IN ANY COMBINATION TOWARD
CAPITAL PROJECTS, PROGRAMS,
SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY.
SEATTLE IS EMBARKING ON A
HISTORIC, COMMUNITY LED PROCESS,
PROCESS, AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED
EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SOME KEY
BACKGROUND INFORMATION. IN 2021B
2021, PB SHIFTED FROM -- PROCESS
PROCESS TO A THIRD-PARTY
ADMINISTERED PROCESS AT OCR. OCR
OCR CREATED THE COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS DIVISION TO HOUSE
PB. OCR THEN FACILITATED A
REVIEW PROCESS TO SELECT THE
THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR. ALL
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROT
BUDGETING PROJECT WAS SELECTED,
AND WE BELIEVE THE PROCESS CAN
BE REPLICATED AT CAN SUPPORT FUE
SUPPORT FUTURE PB PROCESSES IN .
IN SEATTLE. IN THIS SECTION, WE
WILL GO OVER THE GOALS, PROCESS,
PROCESS, AND ROLES. NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE TWO MAIN GOALS FOR THIS
PROCESS. THE FIRST ONE IS TO
INVEST DIRECTLY INTO BLACK,
INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR
COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH THE.
THE LAW. THE SECOND IS TO
INCREASE OWNERSHIP AND
PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE
LIVE AND WORK IN SEATTLE IN THE
SOLUTIONS TO THE CITY PRESSING
NEEDS. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE
THE PB -- PROCESS IS ON --
>> YOU BROKE UP FOR A SECOND. CN
YOU BACK UP A BIT AND START THA?
THAT AGAIN?
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO
MAIN GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE
THE FIRST -- CAN YOU ALL HEAR
ME? GREAT. THE FIRST IS TO
DIRECTLY INVEST IN BIPOC
COMMUNITIES CONSISTENT WITH
APPLICABLE LAW. THE SECOND IS TO
TO INCREASE OWNERSHIP
PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE
LIVE AND WORK IN SEATTLE IN THE
SOLUTIONS TO THE CITY'S PRESSING
PRESSING NEEDS. WE ARE CONFIDENT
CONFIDENT THIS PROCESS IS ON
TRACK TO MEET THESE GOALS.
DURING OUR IMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ,
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THE
FOLLOWING FIVE KEY INVESTMENT AS
INVESTMENT AREAS WERE
IDENTIFIED: HOUSING, PHYSICAL S,
PHYSICAL SPACE, MENTAL HEALTH,
YOUTH AND CHILDREN, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, CRISIS AND WELLNES.
AND WELLNESS.
>> I WILL TAKE OVER, NOW. THANK
YOU, FAHIMA. SO, PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING, PB, CAN BE BROKEN DON
BROKEN DOWN BY PHASES, DIFFEREN.
DIFFERENT PHASES. IF YOU LOOK AT
AT THIS GRAPH, THIS DIAGRAM,
HERE, WE SHOW SEVEN PHASES, BUT
THE ACTUAL PB PROCESS IS GOING
TO BE SIX. WE BEGAN IN THE
PLANNING PHASE, RIGHT NOW. THAT
PHASE INCLUDES A LANDSCAPE
ANALYSIS, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT
IS OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING. ALSO
INCLUDED IN THIS PHASE IS
SETTING UP THE TECH THAT IS
GOING TO BE USED TO ENGAGE IN
THE COMMUNITY, AND TO CAPTURE
INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PB P.
PB PROCESS. -- A TOOL DEVELOPED
OVER IN EUROPE, IN SPAIN, AN
OPEN-SOURCE PLATFORM. ALSO
INCLUDED IN THIS PHASE IS
RECRUITMENT FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, AND ALSO LOCAL,
SEATTLE-BASED STAFF TO RUN THE
PROCESS, TO OPERATE THE PROCESS.
SECOND PHASE IS THE DESIGN PHA.
DESIGN PHASE. THIS IS WHERE THE
STEERING COMMUNITY WORKGROUPS
BROUGHT TOGETHER FROM THE
COMMUNITY. AS WELL AS -- DEVELOP
DEVELOP THE STEERING COMMITTEE,
THEY ARE GOING TO DEVELOP THE RS
THE RULES FOR THE PB PROCESS.
THE RULES ARE COMMUNITY-INFORMED
COMMUNITY-INFORMED AND LEADER-R.
AND LEADER-REVIEWED. THEY WILL
INFORM THE CURRENT PB PROCESS. I
I WANT TO BACK UP AND JUST
REITERATE THAT. EVERY
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS
IS DIFFERENT. I CANNOT UNDER
EMPHASIZE THAT. I KNOW THE KING
COUNTY FOLKS ARE FOLLOWING US.
WE KNOW GLORIA AND OTHER FOLKS
-- PARTS OF THE WORKING GROUP
COMMITTEE AGREE WITH ME. I JUST
WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVERY PB
PROCESS IS DIFFERENT. THE SECOND
SECOND PHASE IS IDEA COLLECTION.
THIS IS WHERE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
MEMBERS ARE ENGAGED OVER A PLATM
A PLATFORM, THE -- PLOVER, AS
WELL AS IN PERSON EVENTS. AND
IDEAS FOR POTENTIAL PROJECTS
WILL BE GENERATED IN THIS PHASE.
AS WELL AS DOING THIS, THIS
PART OF THE IDEA COLLECTION
PHASE, THE IDT, THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM WE HAVE
DEVELOPED, WILL ANSWER ANY QUESS
ANY QUESTIONS A COMMUNITY WILL
HAVE, AND ALSO FIGURING OUT AND
READYING REPRESENTATIVE
DEPARTMENTS WHERE PROJECTS WILL
LIKELY GO. A LITTLE NERVOUS,
THEY CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD. --
HOPE THAT WILL SQUASH SOME OF
THAT NERVOUSNESS. PHASE THREE IS
IS PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT. -- WE
HAVE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT -- RIGH?
-- RIGHT? -- IDEAS -- DEVELOP TM
DEVELOP THEM -- FEASIBLE,
ACTIONABLE PROPOSALS. THEY WILL
HAVE SUPPORT OF THE IDT, WHICH
IS MADE UP OF CITY DEPARTMENT MS
DEPARTMENT MEMBERS, WHO
UNDERSTAND PB. THE IDT IS REALLG
AS -- I GET MORE INTO IDT LATER
ON, IT IS REALLY ACTING AS A
SORT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY
DECISION-MAKING POWER. AND IN
THIS PHASE, ALSO, THE BALANCE
ILL BE -- WHICH FOL
TO VOTE ON DIFFERENT PROPOSALS.
AND WE GET TO THE VOTE PHASE.
THIS IS PROPOSALS FROM THE
BROADER COMMUNITY WILL BE LOOKED
LOOKED AT AND, AND CONSIDERED.
AND THE VOTES WILL BE THROUGH AN
AN ONLINE, AS WELL AS THROUGH AN
AN IN PERSON PROCESS. IF YOU
LOOK AT SIX, IN THIS SLIDE, IT
SAYS COUNCIL APPROVES WINNING
PROJECTS. SO, THE PROJECTS, ONCE
ONCE THE PROJECTS ARE VOTED ON,
FROM THE PROJECTS THE COMMUNITYD
COMMUNITY DEEMED THEY WANT TO
HAVE THEM FUNDED, A RECOMMENDATN
A RECOMMENDATION OF THOSE
PROJECTS WILL COME TO THIS
COUNCIL TO VOTE ON, AND TO
DECIDE, REALLY TO APPROVE, WE
ARE HOPING THEY WILL BE APPROVE.
BE APPROVED. THEN, THEY WOULD GO
GO TO THE DEPARTMENTS. AND I
SAID THE PB PROCESS IS ACTUALLY
A SIX STAGE PROCESS. EVALUATION
IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE PB PROCS
PB PROCESS, I DID PROPOSAL
DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATION. SO,
IN THIS DIAGRAM, THIS HAS SEVEN
SEVEN PARTS, BUT YOUR ACTIONS
ARE NOT ACTUALLY PART OF THE PR,
ON THE CONTRACTOR SIDE. CAN WE
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? PERFECT.
SO, THINKING ABOUT ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PB PROC.
PB PROCESS. LOOKING AT IT FROM S
PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE ARE HOPING,
HOPING, IT IS BEING HAILED BY
OCR AS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
DIVISION -- WHAT I WROTE IS, WE
RAN THE RP PROCESS, WE SELECTED,
SELECTED, WE HAD A COMMUNITY
PANEL -- ONLY HAD ONE PROPOSAL,
FROM THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
BUDGETING PROJECT, WHICH WAS --
THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN NORTH AA
ON RUNNING A PB PROCESS. WE HAVD
HAVE CONVENED AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM, AND WE
ARE MONITORING THE CONTRACT
DELIVERABLES AND WORKING WITH P.
WITH PBP. IN OUR DEPARTMENT, WE
ARE NOT DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
FOR A MINISTRY THE PB PROCESS.
THE THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATIVE
PBP, THE ANTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROJECT, ARE THE ADMINISTERS OF
THE PB PROCESS. THEY ARE SUPPORD
ARE SUPPORTED BY US WITH
INFORMATION AND SUGGESTIONS. AND
AND WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO G
SURE PBP MEETS THEIR
DELIVERABLES. WE HAVE WEEKLY
CHECK INS WITH THEM, SO, THIS IS
IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS WHERE WE
WE ARE DEALING WITH CHALLENGES
THAT COME UP -- JUST THIS MORNI,
THIS MORNING, WITH PBP AT THE
IDT, AND LOOKED AT, WHAT ARE THE
THE CHALLENGES WE SEE RIGHT NOW?
LANGUAGE ACCESS, HOW DO WE
ENGAGE FOLK WITH LIVED EXPERIEN?
LIVED EXPERIENCE? HOW DO WE
ENGAGE ACROSS THE DIGITAL DIVID?
DIGITAL DIVIDE? AND WE ARE
EXTREMELY CONFIDENT THAT PBP CAT
CAN MEET THESE DELIVERABLES.
PBP'S ROLE, AS THIRD-PARTY
ADMINISTRATOR -- PB PROCESS. AND
AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ESTABLISHING AND IMPLEMENTING
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PRO,
BUDGETING PROCESS, AND IT ALIGNS
ALIGNS WITH BEST PRACTICES, AND
HAS FIDELITY TO THOSE FIVE FOCU.
FOCUS AREAS. THE FIVE FOCUS
AREAS COME OUT OF -- RESEARCH P.
RESEARCH PROJECT. THEY ARE ALSO
TASKED WITH MAXIMUM FEASIBLE PAN
FEASIBLE PARTICIPATION WITH
HISTORICALLY AND CURRENTLY MARGD
CURRENTLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES. ACROSS SEATTLE.
THEY ARE GOING TO LEAD AND BE
OVER A PROCESS THAT RESULTS IN
ACTUAL -- THE SELECTION OF
ACTIONABLE PROCESS PROJECTS,
THEY ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT
THAT THE CITY FUNDS. WE WILL GET
GET TO THE COMMUNITY'S ROLE NEX.
ROLE NEXT. THIS PROCESS IS MADE
UP OF FOUR WORKGROUPS, RIGHT?
THE COMMUNITY WILL MAKE UP THOS.
THOSE WORKGROUPS. THE WORKGROUPS
WORKGROUPS ARE BEING FORMED
RIGHT NOW. THEY WILL HELP CREATE
CREATE THE RULEBOOK IN TERMS OF
HOW PEOPLE CAN VOTE, HOW THEY
WILL VOTE, RIGHT? IT IS GOING TO
TO ALIGN THIS PB PROCESS WITH
IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MONO, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLI?
NEXT SLIDE? THANK YOU. I HAVE
MENTIONED THE IDT. THE PURPOSE
OF THE IDT IS PRIMARILY TO
ENSURE THAT PROJECTS PROPOSED BY
BY THE PB PROCESS ARE FEASIBLE
AND ACTIONABLE. ALSO, AGAIN, IT
OPERATES AS A TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE BODY TO ENSURE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE THE TOOLS
THE TOOLS AND INFORMATION
NECESSARY TO DO THEIR WORK, AND
NOT AS A DECISION-MAKING BODY.
IT OFFERS A SPACE TO COORDINATE
INFORMATION FLOW BETWEEN CITY D,
CITY DEPARTMENTS, PBP, THE
CONSULTANT, AND THE COMMUNITY.
EXPECTED OUTCOMES, IDT MEMBER
DEPARTMENT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE
SEAMLESS IMPROVEMENTS OF
PROPOSED PROJECTS BECAUSE OF
THEIR EARLY INVOLVEMENT,
UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECTS, AND.
AND ALIGNED. THIS PROCESS WILL
HAVE DEMONSTRATED -- IT WILL
DEMONSTRATE A MODEL FOR
TRANSPARENT, TRANSFORMATIVE, AND
AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT THAT
MEETS COMMUNITY NEEDS. MONO, CAN
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE? THAN.
THANK YOU. THE BUDGETING PROJECT
PROJECT IS GOING TO BRING TOGETR
BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATION
FROM IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ACROSS
ACROSS SEATTLE. THIS INCLUDES
THE STEERING COMMITTEE, BUDGET ,
BUDGET DELEGATES, LIVED EXPERIE,
LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND OUTREACH ,
OUTREACH GROUP, AS WELL AS
RESTORATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY WORK.
AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY,
SEATTLE COMMUNITY. ALSO -- YOUT,
THE FELLOWS HELP WITH THE SUMME.
THE SUMMER. MADE UP OF 14 YOU.
THEY WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF
TRAININGS OVER THE SUMMER, AND
ALLOWING FOR THEIR SCHOOLING,
RIGHT? THEIR SCHOOL SCHEDULES.
THEY WERE MEETING REALLY
FREQUENTLY, A COUPLE TIMES PER
WEEK OVER THE SUMMER. NOW, THEY
ARE NOT AS FREQUENT. MONO,
REALLY QUICKLY, -- THE FELLOWS
ARE GOING TO LEAD YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT AROUND THIS PB PROCE.
PB PROCESS. THIS WOULD MAINTAIN
THE ONLINE PLATFORM, AND FACILIE
AND FACILITATE IDEA COLLECTION
VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON. MONO,
CAN WE GO TO MY LAST SLIDE? OR
MY NEXT-TO-LAST SLIDE. JUST TO
HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE --, HERE,
WHAT OCR HAS BEEN UP TO. OCR HAD
HAS FACILITATED RIT PROCESS ALOE
PROCESS ALONGSIDE SELECTED --
BODY ADMINISTERED HER. THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECT
WAS SELECTED, AND THEY ARE
RUNNING THE PB PROCESS HERE, IN.
IN SEATTLE. OCR ASSIGNED A
CONTRACT WITH PBP THIS LAST
SUMMER. OCR PRESENTED TO CITY
DEPARTMENT -- TO CITY DEPARTMENT
CITY DEPARTMENT FINANCE MANAGERS
, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, FINANCE
MANAGERS COME TOGETHER MONTHLY.
WE PRESENTED TO THEM THIS PB PRS
PB PROCESS, AND TALKED A LITTLE
ABOUT IT, ANTICIPATING
DEPARTMENT ROLES. PBP, THE
THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR,
ADMINISTERING THE CONTRACTOR,
BEGAN HIRING AND RECRUITING
SEATTLE-BASED STAFF POSITIONS
AND COMMUNITY ROLES. STEERING
COMMITTEE, YOUTH FELLOWS, WORKGS
FELLOWS, WORKGROUPS, AND OCR BEN
OCR BEGAN CONVENING THE IDT CORE
CORE GROUP MEMBERS AND
RECRUITING FOR A LARGER IDT BOD.
IDT BODY. THAT LARGER BODY IS
WHERE THE PROJECTS ARE
ANTICIPATED TO -- FINALLY, JUST
LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, Y'ALL.
THANK YOU, MONO. SO YOU KNOW, TS
PB PROCESS CAN BE BROKEN DOWN
INTO A SET OF DIFFERENT PHASES.
WE HAVE A PLANNING PHASE, WHICH
IS UNDERWAY NOW AND GOING INTO
THE FALL. WE HAVE THE DESIGN PH,
DESIGN PHASE, WHICH FOLLOWS THIS
THIS PLANNING PHASE. WE WILL
PICK THAT UP LATE FALL. WE HAVE
IDEA COLLECTION AND PROPOSAL
DEVELOPMENT, AND PROPOSAL DEVELT
PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT AND A VOTE
WILL HAPPEN DURING THE SPRING, D
SPRING, AND FINAL REPORT WILL
TAKE PLACE SUMMER OF 2023.
FAHIMA? THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. QUESTI?
EVERYBODY. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU,
YOU, JOHN AND MONO FOR HELPING
WITH THAT. I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS TO GET US STARTED,
THEN I WILL OPEN IT UP TO MY CO.
MY COLLEAGUES. THE FIRST COUPLE
QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE YOUTH F.
YOUTH FELLOWS. SO, I AM GOING TO
TO JUST ASK OF A LITTLE ABOUT
THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT
MOSTLY AROUND THIS TENTATIVE PRS
TENTATIVE PROCESS WE ARE GETTIN.
GETTING GOING. CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE ABOUT HOW THE YOUTH
FELLOWS WERE ADVERTISED? AND A
LITTLE ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT SUPPOT
MIGHT SUPPORT -- LET ME BACK UP.
UP. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 10
OF THE 14 YOUTH FELLOWS LIVE INS
IN DISTRICTS 2 AND 3, THREE OF
THEM LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. SO, CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE ABOUT THE STEPS YOU WILLE
WILL TAKE TO ELEVATE THE VOICES
OF THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN
THE OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT?
>> MONO, CAN YOU TAKE THIS?
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY. WE ARE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH PBP TO MAKE
MAKE SURE THAT THE VOICES OF TH,
OF THE YOUTH ESPECIALLY, THAT
LIVE AND WORK IN SEATTLE, ARE
BEING HEARD. A LOT OF THAT WILL
HAVE TO DO WITH COORDINATING
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE
CITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT TAKES P.
TAKES PLACE. OTHER COMMUNITY
GROUPS THAT ARE PRESENT -- SO,
WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT NOT
EVERYBODY WHO IS ABLE TO LIVE IE
IN SEATTLE ALSO IS NOT NECESSARY
NOT NECESSARILY A PART OF SEATT.
OF SEATTLE. WE IMAGINE THAT PART
OF THE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY SOME
OF THE YOUTH MAY HAVE HISTORICAL
HISTORICAL TIES TO SEATTLE, BUT
POTENTIALLY MAY HAVE BEEN PUSHET
PUSHED OUT BECAUSE OF COSTS.
THAT IS WHY, I BELIEVE, THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESSD
YOUTH WHO ARE NO LONGER PRESENT
IN SEATTLE.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY -- SORRY,
JOHN. I WANT TO SAY, I KNOW YOU
ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY
HARD TO GET THIS CONTRACT GOING,
GOING, TO GET THE PROCESS UNDER.
PROCESS UNDERWAY. IT HAS BEEN A
COUPLE YEARS OF WORK TO TRY TO
GET THINGS MOVING. SO, I REALLYT
REALLY WANT TO HONOR THE WORK
YOU ARE DOING TO TRY TO GET THIS
THIS GOING, AND TO RECOGNIZE
THAT PART OF THE WORK,
ESPECIALLY IN THESE INITIAL PHA,
INITIAL PHASES, IS THE
FACILITATOR, THEMSELVES. I
APPRECIATE THAT. DO YOU WANT TO
ADD ANYTHING TO THIS?
>> NO, YOU ARE FINE.
>> I DO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT THE TIMELINE. WE GOT A
TIMELINE IN EARLY AUGUST. IT
LOOKS LIKE THINGS HAVE MAYBE
SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT. SO, IF YOU
YOU COULD TALK ABOUT -- IS THE
TIMELINE STILL IN FLUX? MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THE NEW
TIMELINE SHOWS THE FINAL PROJECT
FINAL PROJECT PHASE TAKING PLACE
PLACE IN THE SUMMER OF 2023. THE
THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH PBP
ONLY GOES TO THE END OF JUNE.
SO, WHAT SHOULD WE UNDERSTAND
ABOUT THE WORK IN THAT PHASE,
GIVEN THAT THE CONTRACT ENDS
EARLIER THAN THE PROPOSED TIMEL?
PROPOSED TIMELINE?
>> THE ONLY DELAY -- THE
CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WAS
PROTRACTED. I NEED TO SAY THAT,T
WAS REALLY, REALLY PROTRACTED. T
ALSO GETTING THE ONLINE TECH TO,
TECH TOOL, ADDING THE PROTOCOL
FROM I.T., WE RAN INTO A SMALL
SNAG, BUT FIGURED IT OUT. IT IS
OUTSIDE SOFTWARE, RIGHT? SO, WE
FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROTOCOL W,
WHETHER THE TEXT TOOL -- THERE
WAS A LITTLE BIT OF -- NOT
REALLY CLARITY AROUND WHAT THIS
TOOL WAS. BUT THE CONTRACT --
THE CONTRACT ACTUALLY GOES TO
DECEMBER. THE CONTRACT DOES NOTE
UNTIL DECEMBER 31st. EVEN THOUGH
THOUGH THERE TIMELINE IN THE COT
THE CONTRACT AND THE TIMELINE IN
IN THE CONTRACT WAS THE END OF
JUNE OF NEXT YEAR. IT COULD BE
EXTENDED BY AS MUCH AS LATE SUM.
LATE SUMMER. ACCOUNTING FOR THIS
THIS SNAG AROUND THE PROTRACTED
CONTRACT NEGOTIATION, AS WELL AS
GETTING THE TECH TOOL UP. MONO,
MONO, YOU WANT ANYTHING?
>> YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT
THAT MOST PB PROCESS --
ESPECIALLY A PROCESS LIKE THIS
ONE, THAT HAS A LOT OF MOVING
PARTS -- ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALSO THIS
THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTERED HER,
LINING UP EVERYTHING ALWAYS TAKS
ALWAYS TAKES MORE TIME THAN
ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. I THINK
THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE WAS THE
IDEALIZED VERSION OF WHAT MIGHT.
MIGHT HAPPEN. JOHN PUT THAT WE
ANTICIPATED THINGS MIGHT GO A
LITTLE LONGER, SO, WE MADE SURE
THE ACTUAL CONTRACT DATE ENDED
FURTHER OUT. BUT GIVEN WHERE OUR
OUR CONVERSATIONS -- WHERE WE
ARE IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS, IT
IT SEEMS WE ARE GETTING TO A
MORE FINALIZED TIMELINE, AND WE
WILL HAVE BETTER DETAILS FOR YO.
YOU SOON.
>> OKAY. YEAH. I CERTAINLY WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS ONE
OF THE BIGGEST VB PROJECT BEING
ATTEMPTED IN THIS COUNTRY. I AM
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE
WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD, AND
THE IMPACT WE CAN HAVE. AND WE
CAN EXPECT EVERYTHING WE SET UP,
, SET UP THIS NEW SYSTEM ON A D.
A DIME. SO, I -- COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, I SEE YOU. PLEASE GO A.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST
WANTED TO SAY, JOHN AND MONO,
THANK FOR YOUR HEART AND WORK O.
ON THIS. I THINK THE CHAIR HAS
MENTIONED THIS, BUT I WANT TO
GROUND ALL OF US ON THIS. WE
HAVE BEEN DOING PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING FOR YEARS.
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN AND
OF ITSELF IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT.
WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING IT THROUGH
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS,
THROUGH SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND WHAT IS NEWS
THE LEVEL AND SCALE WE ARE ENDEG
TO DO THIS ON. I THINK THIS DOES
DOES SPEAK TO OUR DIRECT
DEMOCRACY -- THIS IS DIRECT DEM,
DIRECT DEMOCRACY, LITERALLY
DECIDING WHERE CITY DOLLARS ARE
GOING IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY
DIRECTLY BY THE PEOPLE, THE
RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY. SO, I
JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU,
JOHN AND MONO FOR YOUR WORK ON .
ON THIS. THE ONLY THING I WOULD
SAY IS, TAKE THE TIME TO GET IT,
IT RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS WORK IS
TOO IMPORTANT TO GET WRONG.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD
WORK.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS?
OKAY. OH, I SEE YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER NELSON. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY. AS A CITYWIDE
REPRESENTATIVE, AND IN THE
SPIRIT OF ONE SEATTLE, I DO HAVE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS
BENEFITS PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY.
CITY. SO, MY QUESTIONS HAVE TO
DO WITH THE DESIGN PHASE, AND --
-- YOU CAN TAKE THIS OFF-LINE,
BUT I DO WANT TO HAVE ASSURANCE
THAT THERE WILL BE DISTRICT REPN
DISTRICT REPRESENTATION ACROSS
THE BOARD, AND THAT WE ARE
TALKING TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE CI.
THE CITY. AND HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO BE MESSAGING -- TO COMMUNITYS
COMMUNITY GROUPS AND PEOPLE?
BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, SO --
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF
IT IN ORDER TO VOTE. SO, WHAT
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THE DESIGN
PHASE IS GOING ON THROUGH JUNE,
WILL WE SEE SOME OF THE OUTREACH
THE OUTREACH MATERIALS OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT? OR ARE YOU
DOING THIS IN GEOGRAPHIC PHASES,
PHASES, LOOKING AT ONE DISTRICT
AND SERVING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
PROJECT THEY WOULD LIKE TO FUND,
FUND, THEN GOING ONTO THE NEXT
ONE? COULD YOU JUST SPEAK A
LITTLE ABOUT THAT? I AM
PARTICULARLY HOPEFUL THAT THE
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE DOING GREAT WORK THAT
HAVE NEVER GOT CITY FUNDING
BEFORE ARE ALSO REPRESENTED IN
THIS PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. I WILL AGREE AND
REITERATE THAT I DO THINK IT ISG
TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE WANT TO
SEE VOICES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS
PARTICIPATING HERE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS DID COME
COME OUT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR
BLACK LIVES, WE ARE
ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEED TO REPAIR
REPAIR THE HARM DONE AT THE
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, AND
AND TO TRY TO STEM DISPLACEMENT.
WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE OF COLOR TT
THE CITY. SO -- SO THAT IS
CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO
BE WORKING ON. I THINK WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO DO -- WE ARE
RUNNING LATE, HERE, BUT I DO
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT PARTICULARLY OUR NEWER
NEWER COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THE
PROCESS. SO, I MIGHT ASK FOR TIE
FOR TIME, FOR YOU TO COME MEET
WITH US, AND COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, I AM ALSO HAPPY TO WALK
YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS VACUUM
IN THE PROCESS THAT HAPPENED UP
TO NOW ARE GOING FORWARD?
>> WHAT THE DESIGN PROCESS MEAN,
PROCESS MEANS, THE VOTING AND
THE IDEA COLLECTION PHASE, SO
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTL.
LITTLE BETTER. I WILL ALSO LET
THE VIEWING PUBLIC KNOW THAT
INFORMATION IS ON THE OCR
WEBSITE, IF YOU JUST WANT
INFOGRAPHICS, A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT
PROCESS MEANS.
>> I KNOW THE PROCESS, BUT I
THINK THESE QUESTIONS ARE --
THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING THEM.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. I WILL GO AHEAD AND LET
LET THE OCR TEAM RESPOND, IF YOU
YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO
TO ADD, HERE.
>> YEAH. I THINK IT IS ALWAYS
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE
BROADER SEATTLE PUBLIC IS ABLE
TO ACCESS THIS, WHILE ALSO
RECOGNIZING THERE ARE SOME
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES
ONES MOST IMPACTED BY ISSUES DO
NOT ALSO HAVE THE SAME ACCESS. ,
ACCESS. SO, ALTHOUGH WE ARE
GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
ARE ABLE, AND PARTICULAR IDENTI,
PARTICULAR IDENTITIES, AND
PEOPLE THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT
TO MAKE SURE ARE PARTICIPATING
IN THIS, THAT IS MOST OF THE FOS
THE FOCUS, MOST OF THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROJECTS
PROJECTS ENGAGEMENT TOOLS. WE
ARE ALSO GOING TO ASK FOR
COUNCILMEMBER SUPPORT IN A
REALLY SIGNAL BOOSTING SOME OF
THE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL BE
PUTTING OUT THERE. IF YOU DO
KNOW PEOPLE WITHIN YOUR SPECIFIS
SPECIFIC DISTRICTS, WHO WOULD
FIT REALLY WELL WITHIN THIS PB
PROCESS, WITH SOME OF THE WORKGS
THE WORKGROUPS OR COMMUNITY,
MAKING SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO APY
TO APPLY TO THESE COMMITTEES
WOULD BE AMAZING, IT WOULD BE A
REALLY GREAT HOPE FOR THIS PROC.
THIS PROCESS. ALSO, IN SUPPORT F
SUPPORT OF THE VOTING PROCESS.
ALL OF THIS -- I WILL LEAVE IT
AT THAT, AND LET JOHN ANSWER ANY
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, ONE OF IT ONLY
THING I WANT AND, GOING BACK TO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, WE
CANNOT MESS THIS UP, SO YOU ARE
ROOTING FOR US. WE THINK THIS PB
PB PROCESS WILL BENEFIT ALL COU,
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS, IN TERMS OF
HOW YOU ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE YOUR.
YOUR CONSTITUENTS. THAT IS WHAT
WE THINK THE REAL BENEFIT FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF OTHER DISTRI,
WE THINK THIS PROCESS, AS
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
MENTIONED, THIS IS A DIRECT
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. WE THINK THE
THE PROCESS WILL BE BENEFICIAL
FOR ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. THAT IS
ALL I WANTED TO ADD. THANK YOU.
>> I AM MOSTLY INTERESTED IN IT
BEING BENEFICIAL TO ALL
CONSTITUENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS I SAID, WE WILL HEAR NEXT
FROM THIS TEAM ON DECEMBER 9th,
AFTER THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO, WE
WE HAVE GOT SOME TIME TO GET
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH MY
COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
KEEPING EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP.
YES? PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO OFR
TO OFFER THAT, FOR ANY COUNCIL S
AT THIS COMMITTEE MEETING, AND
FOLKS WHO ARE, WE ARE HAPPY TO
HAVE INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS AND
CONVERSATIONS SENDING OVER
MATERIALS TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION. I JUST WANTED TO
OFFER THAT.
>> ARE GREAT. I KNOW, IN THE
AAPI COMMUNITY -- CHAMBERS
PROBABLY HAD SOME -- THOUGHTS,
AND WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.
>> WE CAN SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.
APPOINTMENT. THANKS.
>> OKAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING ABOUT YOUR PROGRESS AT
THE DECEMBER 9th MEETING.
COLLEAGUES, WE DO HAVE TWO MORE
PRESENTATIONS TO GO, SO I WILL
MOVE US TO KING COUNTY. THEN, IE
IF WE -- IF WE CAN HANG ON, WE
DO HAVE THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE AS WELL. I WANT TO HEAR
FROM THEM ABOUT THE WORK THEY
HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE. I WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH
US. WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE
LATE TODAY, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT
STUFF TO TALK ABOUT. DEVON, WILL
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 14
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 14, PRESENTATION
ON THE KING COUNTY PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROGRAM AND PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE GLORIA
BRIGGS HERE, FROM KING COUNTY. I
I WANT TO SAY, I INVITED GLORIA
HERE BECAUSE IT IS VERY EXCITING
EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
RECENTLY SUCCESSFULLY AWARDED
$11 MILLION TO PARTS OF KING CO.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THE PROCESS WAS
NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES. SO,
I ASKED THEM TO COME AND SHARE
SOME ISSUES THEY FACED, AND WHAT
WHAT KIND OF COURSE CORRECTIONS
THEY HAD TO NAVIGATE, AND TO SHE
TO SHARE WHAT THE COUNTY HOPES
TO ACCOMPLISH BY SHIFTING SOME
OF THEIR RESOURCES TO THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS.
WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO HAND IT
IT OVER TO GLORIA. I WANT TO SAY
SAY WELCOME, AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ. I WANT
TO SAY HELLO TO ALL WHO ARE HERE
HERE ON THE CALL. ALSO, I WANTEO
GIVE A SHOUT OUT, A KUDOS TO OUR
OUR KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE, DEL
CONSTANTINE, AND LOCAL SERVICES
DIRECTOR, JOHN TAYLOR, AND OUR
KING COUNTY COUNCILMEMBERS AS W,
AS WELL, WHO HAVE BEEN CONSTANT
ADVOCATES AND SUPPORTERS OF THIS
THIS WORK. I AM NOT GOING TO
GIVE YOU GUYS THE WHAT IS PB
BACKGROUND, BECAUSE AFTER THE
THIRD PRESENTATION, I AM QUITE E
QUITE SURE EVERYONE ON THE CALL
ALREADY KNOWS. DEVON, IF YOU
COULD HELP ME, WE WILL START ATE
NUMBER 3. AS I AM SPEAKING, I AM
AM PRETTY ORGANIC WITH
CONVERSATIONS, SO, PLEASE FEEL
FREE JUST TO RAISE A HAND IF YOU
YOU HAVE A QUESTION AS I AM GOI.
WHERE I WANTED TO START TODAY IS
BACK ONE MORE SLIDE. WHAT IS
DIFFERENT ABOUT PB AND OUR
UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY? ONE
OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WAS DIFT
WAS DIFFERENT WAS WE HAD TWO FU.
$10 MILLION FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS, AND WE HAD 1.3 MILLION
FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES,
WHICH CAME FROM MARIJUANA TAX
REVENUE FUNDS. THEN, WE ALSO HAD
FIVE AREAS, SO, WE WERE WORKINH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN
UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF EAST
FEDERAL WAY, EAST RENTON,
FAIRWOOD, NORTH HIGHLINE, WHITE
CENTER AREA, AND SKYWAY. ALL OF
THESE AREAS MADE ONE COMMITTEE.
SO, ONE OF MY MAIN MODELS THAT I
I CONSTANTLY REMINDED OUR
COMMITTEE WAS, WE ARE ONE KING
COUNTY. THAT IS ONE THING I KEEG
KEEP HEARING, EVERYONE ON THIS
CALL KEEPS SAYING ONE SEATTLE.
SO, THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS.
WAS DIFFERENT. ALSO, OUR PB PROS
PB PROCESS WAS A COMMUNITY
DIRECT ACTION PROCESS, DEFINED
BY KING COUNTY IMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT GUIDE AS COMMUNITY
INITIATES AND DIRECTS STRATEGY R
STRATEGY FOR ACTION
PARTICIPATION -- FROM KING COUN.
KING COUNTY. SO, THAT WAS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, ABOUT OUR
PB PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I WAS A LITTLE TICKLED, WHEN I
WAS HEARING YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT
THE TIMELINE. THIS IS OUR
CURRENT TIMELINE. I SAY CURRENT,
CURRENT, BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS FG
ALWAYS FLUCTUATING, SPECIFICALLY
WHEN WE ARE WORKING AND
CO-DESIGNING WITH COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS
I HAD TO LEARN, WE HAVE TO MOVE
AT THE PACE OF COMMUNITY WHEN WE
WE ARE ACTUALLY IN CO-DESIGN
WITH COMMUNITY. WE HAVE TO
UPHOLD AND RESPECT THAT. SO,
THAT IS WHY OUR TIMELINE AS WELL
WELL HAS FLUCTUATED THROUGHOUT.
SO, CURRENTLY, WE ARE HERE IN
THIS PHASE WHERE WE ARE FUNDING
OUR WINNING PROJECT. THIS
PROCESS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT
STARTED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO. WE
HAVE BEEN DESIGNING AS WE HAVE
BEEN GOING. I WAS ACTUALLY HIREY
HIRED BY KING COUNTY LOCAL
SERVICES LAST MARCH, AND WE WERE
WERE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF
GETTING STEERING COMMITTEE APPLS
COMMITTEE APPLICATIONS,
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS
SUBMITTED TO US. SO, I KIND OF T
OF JUST JUMPED IN, AND WE HAVE
BEEN ROLLING EVER SINCE. IT
STARTED IN JUNE OF 2021, AND
HERE WE ARE, IN THE END OF
SEPTEMBER, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY
FUNDING OUR PROJECTS. THIS
SUMMER, WE HAD OUR VOTE ON THE
10th OF OCTOBER. THAT IS WHEN WE
WE ENDED OUR BIG COMMUNITY VOTE,
VOTE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUE
OUR AWARDS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
I JUST WANT THIS TO SIT HERE FOR
HERE FOR A MINUTE. THIS IS
SOMETHING I AM REALLY PROUD OF.
THIS IS OUR 21 MEMBER STEERING .
STEERING COMMITTEE. BASICALLY,
WE HAVE 97% BIPOC COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. WE HAVE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OVER
KING COUNTY, THE FIVE AREAS I
LISTED. WE HAD FIVE MEMBERS FROM
MEMBERS FROM SKYWAY, FIVE
MEMBERS FROM THE WHITE CENTER
-NORTH HIGHLINE AREA, FIVE
MEMBERS OF EAST FEDERAL WAY, AND
AND THREE MEMBERS FROM THE OTHE.
OTHER AREAS. WE HAD A VERY
DIVERSE GROUP. THEY WERE
APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ENGLISH AS D
LANGUAGE SPEAKERS THAT WERE A PT
OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE
HAVE ABOUT 10 COMMITTEE MEMBERS
ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH WAS
VERY HELPFUL WITH OUR OUTREACH.
ALSO, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE --
WE PAID OUR STEERING COMMITTEE
MEMBER $75 PER HOUR TO PARTICIPE
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY
MEETINGS THEY CAME TO. THEY ALSO
ALSO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DESIGNING HOW WE DO -- IN OUR
AREAS. THEY ACTUALLY DESIGNED OR
PB GUIDEBOOK, AND ALSO ALLOCATED
ALLOCATED THE PB FUNDING TO THE
FIVE AREAS. SO, THAT WAS REALLY.
REALLY INTERESTING. THAT DID NOT
NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. IT WAS A
PROCESS WHERE WE REALLY HAD TO E
TO ENGAGE THE NEWLY FORMED COMME
FORMED COMMITTEE TO BE ONE, TO
BE A WHOLE, SO THEY COULD MAKE
THESE VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
ALSO, WE GAVE THEM TIME TO LEARN
LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AREAS
THEY ARE REPRESENTING, AND THE
DIFFERENT NEEDS OF EACH AREA.
AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT I
FELT GREAT ABOUT WAS, FOR ONE,
THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE
ITSELF, AND ALSO THE WAY THEY
ALLOCATED THE FUNDS. IT REALLY D
REALLY SHOWED INTENTIONALITY.
BEING INTENTIONAL, AS FAR AS
WANTING TO PROMOTE RACIAL EQUITY
EQUITY IN THIS PROCESS. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE? WE ALSO HAD AN
INTERNAL WORKGROUP THAT
COLLABORATED WITH COMMUNITY MEMS
TO LAUNCH THE PB PROCESS. SO,
THAT INTERNAL WORKGROUP, THEY
STARTED BEFORE I WAS ACTUALLY
HIRED. THEY HELPED TO WRITE MY
JOB DESCRIPTION, TO HIRE ME.
THEY ALSO HELPED TO GATHER ALL
OUR INTERNAL AGENCIES TOGETHER,
SO THEY CAN COORDINATE WORK, AND
AND WE CAN WORK ON THIS TOGETHE.
THIS TOGETHER. ALSO -- OUR
INTERNAL WORKGROUP IS ALSO STILL
STILL WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES,
, GATHERING ALL THE WORK GROUPS
TOGETHER, SO WE CAN GET THESE
PROJECTS AND STUFF FUNDED. THAT
IS WHERE WE ARE AT NOW, AT THE
FUNDING STAGE. BUT THESE ARE THE
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR DESIGN
PHASE. DOES ANYONE HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN PHAS?
DESIGN PHASE?
>> I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISE.
HANDS RAISED.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THIS IS
THE WAY THE $11.35 MILLION
BUDGET WAS ALLOCATED.
SKYWAY-WEST HILL RECEIVED THE
MAJORITY OF THE BENEFIT, BASED
ON CONVERSATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS
, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, THAT WAS
WHERE THE NEEDS ARE GREATEST.
SKYWAY HAS THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS
IN THAT Z.I.P. CODE. THEY REALLD
REALLY WANTED TO JUST FOCUS ON
EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY AND THE
THE SKYWAY-WEST HILL COMMUNITY.
AFTER COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AMONG
AMONG THE STEERING KITTY, THEY
TOOK THE $1.35 BILLION MARIJUANA
MARIJUANA TAX REVENUE FUNDS, AND
AND THEY DIVIDED THAT WITH A
60-40 SPLIT. THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING, TO
TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER AND
MAKE THAT EQUITABLE DECISION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS AN
ACTUAL COPY OF OUR GUIDEBOOK. WE
WE PRODUCE GUIDEBOOKS IN
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. WE HAVE
SOMALI, VIETNAMESE, SPANISH, AND
AND COME I. THE LANGUAGE OF HER
CHOSEN BIKE COMMITTEE MEMBERS,
BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THEIR ARE.
THEIR AREA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE IDEA
COLLECTION PHASE. WE RECRUITED
23 NEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON TOPF
THE 21 STEERING COMMITTEE, SO
LOTS OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. WE
WE HAD COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS
BETWEEN --, DIFFERENT SMALL,
LOCAL, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZA.
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HELD THREE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY
MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD IDEA
BRAINSTORM SESSIONS. WE ACTUALLY
ACTUALLY HAD A TECHNICAL
INFORMATION SESSION AS WELL, HOW
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR IDEAS. WE
ALSO HAD COMMUNITY DROPBOX IDEAS
IDEAS WITHIN COMMUNITIES AT
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, FROM
GROCERY STORES TO LIBRARIES. WE
HAD ONE AT THE TINY HOME VILLAG.
HOME VILLAGE. SO, WE WERE
BASICALLY TRYING TO BRING PB TO
THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS
SOMETHING ELSE I WANT TO NOTE I.
IN HERE. WE DID ALL OF THIS
VIRTUALLY. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A ST
A SCREENSHOT OF ONE OF THE
VIRTUAL IDEA INFO SESSIONS WE
WERE HAVING, WHEN IT CAME TO
IDEA SUBMISSION. THIS IS
MICHELLE, FROM ACTS ON STAGE,
WHO WAS ACTUALLY THERE, ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO GET HER M
HER PROGRAM SUBMITTED. NEXT, PL?
NEXT, PLEASE? SO, THROUGHOUT OUR
OUR PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT, SOME
OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WE RECEIVED
OVER 800 IDEAS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED, WHETHER THEY WERE ON
PAPER OR ONLINE. THEN, WE HAVE
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE
WORKING AS PROPOSAL ADVOCATES.
THE STEERING COMMITTEE CAME
TOGETHER, THEY WERE SORTING AND
READING IDEAS FOR ALMOST A
MONTH. THEN, THEY PRIORITIZED
THOSE IDEAS TO SELECT TOP
PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE
DEVELOPED, THAT ALL THOSE IDEAS
THAT WERE NOT SELECTED FOR MOVE
FORWARD TO BE REFERRED TO KING
COUNTY'S COMMUNITY NEEDS LIST.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? MORE FUN,
WATCHING US IN ACTION. THIS IS
ACTUALLY A PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
WORK SESSION. WE USED TO MEET
WEEKLY, VIRTUALLY, THIS IS HOW
WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING IT ONLIN.
IT ONLINE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR VOTING PHASE. OUR CIBC,
WHICH IS A STEERING COMMITTEE,
THEY CREATED VOTING ENGAGEMENT
OUTREACH PLANS FOR EACH AREA.
SO, WE DID NOT HAVE ONE PLAN
THAT WE TRIED TO FIT TO ALL IN
THE STRATEGY WITH THIS. WE WERE
VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE
WERE DOING, AND EACH AREA CAME
UP WITH THEIR OWN ENGAGEMENT
OUTREACH PLAN. WE WORK WITH A LT
OF LOCAL, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGAN.
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HELPS TO HOST COMMUNITY
VOTING EVENTS. WE HAD VOTING
EVENTS AT KRISTIN POINT
APARTMENTS, A LOW INCOME COMPLEX
COMPLEX IN SOUTH SEATTLE. WE
HELD THEM AT THE LIBRARY, AT
GREENRIDGE OVER IN THE
WHITESNAKE AREA. WE WERE OUT AT
PARKS. WE BASICALLY WENT
WHEREVER THE PEOPLE WERE. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
THE VOTING PHASES, WE HELD 15 IN
IN PERSON EVENTS. THERE WERE
OVER 260 BALLOTS CAST, SORRY
2600 BALLOTS CAST. THIS WAS DONE
DONE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
THERE WERE -- WHAT ELSE? -- 45
PROJECTS WERE SELECTED BY
COMMUNITY. I CAN PUT INSIDE, A
LINK, AND GIVE EVERYONE A LIST
OF THE PROJECTS. I WILL GO AHEAD
AHEAD AND ADD THAT. THAT WAS, I
THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST G
MOST REWARDING THINGS THAT CAME
OUT OF IT FOR ME, WAS AT THE EN.
THE END. EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK A
LOT FOR US TO GET TO THAT POINT,
POINT, BUT LOOKING AT THE
PROJECTS THAT WERE AWARDED --
DEVON, IS IT POSSIBLE YOU COULD
PUT THAT LINK INTO THE CHAT? IT
IS NOT WORKING FOR ME.
>> YEAH, LET ME DO THAT FOR YOU.
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THEN, WE CAN GO TO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND I CAN
TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE THERE.
REALLY EXCITING, IT WAS JUST
REALLY REWARDING TO GET INTO
COMMUNITY, AND TO BE HONEST,
WHEN WE FINALLY STARTED HOSTING,
HOSTING, WE HAD OUR VOTING
KICKOFF EVENTS. THAT WAS ONE OF
THE FIRST TIMES THAT A LOT OF OR
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD
THE ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
EACH OTHER IN PERSON. LIKE I
SAID, WE WERE DOING ALL THIS IN
A VIRTUAL SETTING, BUT IT WORKE.
IT WORKED. I CAN JUST READ YOU
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT I KNOW
KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THERE WE GO. NEXT SLIDE. THANKS.
THANKS, DEVON. YOU CAN GO TO THE
THE NEXT ONE. SOME OF THE ONES
THAT STAND OUT FOR ME, THERE,
THERE WAS FUNDING FOR ACTS ON
STAGE, WHICH IS A PERFORMING
ARTS PROGRAM, SO THAT STUDENTS N
THE SKYWAY AREA AND IN THE WHITE
WHITE CENTER AREA WILL NOW BE
ABLE TO HAVE FREE ACCESS TO
PERFORMING ARTS AND WORKSHOPS. I
I WILL STOP RIGHT HERE ON THIS
PICTURE. BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE
TALKING ABOUT YOUTH ADVOCACY.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW
HOW PB CAN SPREAD THROUGH KING
COUNTY. ONE THING THAT STANDS
OUT WELL, LOOK AT THIS PICTURE.
THESE ARE REPRESENTATIVES WHO
WERE ACTUAL STEERING COMMITTEE
AND PROPOSAL ADVOCATE MEMBERS OF
OF THIS PROCESS. BUT, THEY
REPRESENT THE CONGOLESE NETWORK,
NETWORK, AND ALSO OUR LATINO
COMMUNITY. THESE INDIVIDUALS
WERE INTERPRETING ON THE SPOT IN
IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. THERE ARE
ARE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES SPOKEN JUST BY PEOPLE
IN THIS PICTURE. ALSO, IN THE BM
THE BOTTOM, KNEELING, THAT IS MS
ZETA QUINTANA, WHO WAS ONE OF
THE YOUTH ADVOCATES FOR THE
SEATTLE PB GROUP. SO, THAT TYPE
OF JUST SPREADING, YOU KNOW,
ENGAGING COMMUNITY IN PB IS
REALLY EXCITING TO ME. TO SEE
HOW IT IS GROWING. BUT YEAH, BIG
BIG KUDOS TO THIS GROUP OF INDI.
OF INDIVIDUALS. NITA, WHO IS ONE
LEFT, SHE HOSTED VARIOUS
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EVENTS. THERE WAS ONE VIRTUAL
EVENT WHERE THERE WERE OVER 90
PEOPLE PRESENT. THERE WERE
SEVERAL LANGUAGES THAT WERE
SPOKEN. MISSES QUINTANA, HER
FAMILY, THEY HAVE HAD MULTIPLE G
MULTIPLE SPANISH-SPEAKING INFO
SESSIONS. IT JUST REALLY WORKED.
WORKED OUT. WHEN YOU ALLOW COMMY
ALLOW COMMUNITY TO LEAD THEIR ON
COMMUNITY, THAT IS WHERE IT CAN
BE REALLY EFFECTIVE. THAT IS
WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON IT.
ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED, I
HAVE AN INFO SESSION, FIVE
DIFFERENT TRANSLATORS READY, TH,
READY, THERE, AND WE MARKETED
IT, PROMOTED IT, AND IT WAS A
VERY SMALL SHOW OF HANDS. BUT T,
BUT THEN, WHEN WE LET COMMUNITY
TAKE THAT INITIATIVE, INVITE
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES TO THE TAE
THE TABLE, IT WAS A FULL HOUSE.
SO, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
LESSONS I LEARNED WITH COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. LET THE
COMMUNITY EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS DO WHAT THEY DO BEST.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THESE ARE
SOME OF THE PB AWARDEES, IN
SKYWAY, WE HAVE PICTURED MONICA
MATTHEWS. SHE RECEIVED A WARNING
WARNING FOR THE LIFE ENRICHMENT
BEYOND COLLEGE TOURS. AND TO THE
THE RIGHT, THAT IS TOYA TAYLOR.
SHE ALSO RECEIVED FUNDING FOR WE
WE SPEAK WITH PURPOSE. THEN, WE
HAVE THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT,
THIS IS A VERY HEARTWARMING
STORY, JUST BEHIND -- THIS GROUP
'S ADVOCACY, THESE ARE
INDIVIDUALS FROM THE --
COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKIG
DILIGENTLY WITHIN COMMUNITY OVER
OVER IN OUR WEST SEATTLE WHITE
CENTER AREA. THEY HAVE BEEN WORG
BEEN WORKING TO BUILD A CULTURAR
FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY HAVE
HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING TO DO
THAT. WE HAVE ONE OF OUR
COMMUNITY LEADERS COME ON, WHO
WAS ACTUALLY THE CO-CHAIR FOR
THE WHITE CENTER GROUP. HE
HELPED TO BRING THS COMMUNITY
IDEA TO FRONT. THERE WERE ACTUAL
ACTUAL INFORMATION SESSIONS THAT
THAT WERE HELD WITHIN THE ORGANN
THE ORGANIZATION AT THAT SITE.
THOSE ARE DOORS THAT WERE OPENED
OPENED TO US BY COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. IF WE HAD NOT BEEN
ENGAGED WITH THOSE COMMUNITY ME,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE WOULD
NEVER HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO THAT IS REALLY MEANINGFUL T.
TO ME. JUST BEING INTENTIONAL
OVER WHAT IT IS WE ARE DOING,
REMEMBERING WHY WE ARE DOING PB,
PB, AND REMEMBERING WHOSE VOICES
VOICES WE ARE THERE TO UPLIFT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE
SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS I WAS
ABLE TO THROW TOGETHER. THIS WAS
WAS FROM THE SURVEY THAT WAS
GIVEN FROM PEOPLE WHO VOTED. SO,
SO, IF YOU LOOK AT SKYWAY, WE
HAD ALMOST 38.79% OF OUR VOTERS
WERE FROM BLACK,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. NEX.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS ONE REALLY
AMAZED ME. THIS WAS FROM THE
EAST FEDERAL WAY AREA. THEY HAD
64.6% AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS
OUT OF ALL THEIR VOTERS WHO DID.
DID RESPOND. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
BRIEF LESSONS -- SORRY, THIS IS
KIND OF INFORMAL. BUT JUST BEING
BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT EVERY
DETAIL OF THE PROCESS, AND
REMEMBERING WHY WE ARE DOING PB.
GETTING COMMUNITY INVOLVED
EARLY, AS WELL AS OTHER
INTERAGENCY DEPARTMENTS TO WORK
AND COLLABORATE ON THIS. IT IS A
A REALLY BIG LEFT. NOT ONE
PERSON OR ONE DEPARTMENT CAN
REALLY DO THIS, CAN PULL THIS
OFF. ALSO, TO ALLOW TIME AND
SPACE FOR TRUST BUILDING WITHINR
WITHIN YOUR COMMITTEE, EVEN WITH
WITH THE CONSULTANTS. WE
ACTUALLY HIRE PBP AS WELL, SO,
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY WELL
WITH THEM, THEY HAVE DONE AN
AMAZING JOB WORKING WITH US,
HERE, IN KING COUNTY. ALSO, TO
DISCUSS IN TIME, THE WORK AHEAD,
AHEAD, FROM -- PERSPECTIVE. THAT
THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I
RAN INTO. THEN, I MENTIONED BEF,
MENTIONED BEFORE, PROVIDE
FLEXIBILITY WITH THOSE TIMELINE.
THOSE TIMELINES. COMMUNITY WORKS
WORKS AT A DIFFERENT PACE THAN .
THAN GOVERNMENT. ALSO, HAVING
PROGRAM SUPPORT IS CRUCIAL. I AM
AM THE ONLY PROGRAM MANAGER, SO,
SO, I AM THE ONLY PERSON IN
LOCAL SERVICES THAT IS SOLELY
FOCUSED ON PB, BUT I AM REALLY
GRATEFUL FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO
HAVE STEPPED UP AND HELPED ME
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS,
INCLUDING MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
DANIELLE, SHE HAS BEEN VERY
HANDS-ON AND HELPFUL WITH THIS .
THIS PROCESS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST
BIGGEST LESSONS THAT I LEARNED,
PERSONALLY, WAS HIRE A VIDEOGRAR
A VIDEOGRAPHER TO HELP CAPTURE
YOUR WORK AND TELL YOUR STORY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT
GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPEN HERE
THAT I WAS UNABLE TO CAPTURE,
BECAUSE I WAS SO BUSY IN THE
MOMENT. THAT WAS ONE AT THE END.
END. THESE ARE GREAT STORIES BUT
BUT EVEN LIKE HOW I HAVE HAD
EXPLAINED TO YOU, THE QUINTANA
FAMILY HAS NOW -- NOW THEY HAVE
TWO GENERATIONS OF THE FAMILY
INVOLVED IN PB. THAT IS AMAZING.
AMAZING. IF YOU LOOK AT, LIKE,
THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE FUNDED,
THAT IS AMAZING. VERY
TRANSFORMATIVE. A LOT OF THESE S
THESE PROGRAMS, INDIVIDUAL
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE ABLE TO
GET FUNDING, THEY WOULD PROBABLY
PROBABLY NEVER HAVE SURFACED IF
WE HAD DONE BUSINESS AS NORMAL.
THOSE ARE SOME OF MY LESSONS LE.
LESSONS LEARNED. I AM OPEN FOR .
FOR QUESTIONS.
>> GLORIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING MONEY
MONEY OUT THE DOOR. I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT, SOME OF THE LESSOS
THE LESSONS YOU LISTED, BEING
INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE DETAILS --
-- MAKE SURE TO CAPTURE WHAT YOU
YOU ARE DOING. AND BACK TO
SOMETHING JOHN SAID EARLIER, IN
RESPONSE TO COUNCILMEMBER NELSO,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, PART OF
THE REASON FOR DOING THIS, IN
ADDITION TO DIRECT INVESTMENTS
AND HELPING COMMUNITY IDENTIFY
WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE, IS THAT
SECONDARY EFFECT OF CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT -- WHEN WE TALKED
LAST YEAR, WITH SOME NEW YORK
CITY COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT HOW
THIS WORK THERE, ONE OF THE
THINGS HE SAID IS, IT IS NOT
JUST THAT THEY LEARNED HOW TO DO
DO THIS PROCESS, AND HOW TO
INSTALL A STREETLIGHT. THEY ALSO
ALSO LEARNED HOW TO ENGAGE WITH.
WITH GOVERNMENT. THEY LEARNED
HOW TO IDENTIFY WHO THEIR
LEADERS ARE, WHO THEIR
REPRESENTATIVES ARE. NOW, THEY
ARE TAKING WHAT THEY HAVE
LEARNED ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE IN
PROCESSES THAT AFFECT THEM AND
THEIR FAMILIES. THEY ARE TAKING
THAT TO SCHOOL BOARDS, THEY ARE
TAKING IT TO BOARDS OF HEALTH,
THEY ARE TAKING THAT
UNDERSTANDING TO EVERYTHING ELSE
ELSE THEY DO, AND REALLY
BECOMING ADVOCATES FOR IMPROVING
THEIR COMMUNITY CONDITIONS. I
THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT K
IMPORTANT WORK, AND I AM EXCITED
EXCITED ABOUT WHAT KING COUNTY
IS DOING, AND REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO SCALE UP
THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING HERE
HERE IN THIS CITY. COLLEAGUES,
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? DOES
ANYBODY WANT TO COMMENT ON WHAT
WE HAVE HEARD FROM KING COUNTY?
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON, LOOKS
LIKE YOU ARE HAVING SOME
ALLERGIES. OKAY. I WANT TO THANK
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GLORIA, FOR
BEING HERE AND FOR SHARING. I AM
AM SURE WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH U
WITH YOU, AND I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE YOU AGAIN. THANKS
SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU GUYS. HAVE A GREAT
DAY. HAPPY FRIDAY.
>> THANK YOU. YOU, TOO. OKAY,
DEVON, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
LAST ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 15, OFFICE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE RACE AND SOCIAL
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
PRESENTATION FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> DIRECTOR ALLEY-BARNES, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE
FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING
COVERED A LOT OF GROUND ABOUT
HOW WE ACT ON OUR VALUES AROUND
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SO,
I AM VERY EAGER TO HEAR FROM THE
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU DO
TO IMPLEMENT THAT. THANK YOU FOR
FOR BEING HERE. YOU ARE MUTED.
>> I AND NOW UNNEEDED. MY COMMET
IS GOOD MORNING, OR AFTERNOON.
IT IS ALMOST 11 NOW. WE ARE
REALLY HAPPY TO BE INVITED IN
THIS ENVIRONMENT OF THIS REALLY
ENTHRALLING ACTIVITY AROUND
COMMUNITY, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO
BE A PUBLIC SERVANT. AND HOW WE
HANDLE, HOW WE APPROACH SO MANY
OF THESE VERY DIFFICULT DISCUSSS
DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS AND ISSUES
ISSUES WE SHARE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU VERY MH
VERY MUCH, FOR INVESTING IN US,
IN THIS SITUATION, IN THIS
COUNCIL SESSION. GOOD MORNING,
HONORABLE COUNCILMEMBERS. OUR
GUESTS, AS WELL AS MY
COLLEAGUES. I WOULD LIKE TO INTE
TO INTRODUCE MARISSA RIVERA, WHO
WHO YOU ALL KNOW, WAS ALSO
DURING THE. MARISSA?
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER,
COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR GOOD
AFTERNOON. MAY I JUST ASK, OR
YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THE
PRESENTATION OKAY? OR DOES IT
NEED TO BE EXPANDED? I CANNOT
TELL FROM MY SIDE.
>> IT IS NOT APPEARING IN
PRESENTATION MODE, RIGHT NOW.
>>
>> I WILL FIX THAT. THANK YOU, .
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> WHILE WE ARE PUTTING THAT
INTO PRESENTATION VIEW, I REALLY
REALLY WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AS WE ARE DOING THIS OFFICE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE ARE
SJ UPDATE, YOU SEE MYSELF,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MARISSA RIVERA.
RIVERA. WE ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW
KNOW WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL
THIS HARD LIFTING AND HEAVY
WORK, OUR RSJ FOCUSED STAFF.
THIS BRILLIANT AND QUITE BRAVE
STAFF HAS BEEN DOING RSJ
NIMBLENESS , ADAPTATION AND
ADOPTION SINCE 2004. IT IS NOT A
NOT A MATTER OF AN EASY LIFT OR
A SHORT LIFT, BUT ONE THAT TAKED
TAKES SUSTAINED COMMITMENT FROM
BRAVE, BRILLIANT PEOPLE.
>> TODAY, WE WANT TO SHARE WITH
YOU TWO THINGS. OUR STRATEGIC
FRAMEWORK, AND THEN ALSO A
SNAPSHOT -- THAT WE -- BEEN ABLE
ABLE TO LISTEN TO, AND LEARN.
ABOUT OUR APPROACH, RIGHT NOW,
TO RSJ INVESTMENTS WHEN I SAY
OUR -- BECAUSE RSJ IS A LIVING
ACTIVITY , A LIVING DOCUMENT.
SO, OUR STRATEGY IS REALLY IN
THREE PARTS. WE HAVE OUR AWAREN,
OUR AWARENESS, NEXT SLIDE, PLEA.
SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR AWARENESS,
OUR CAPACITY BUILDING, AND OUR .
OUR ACTION. THROUGH THOSE THREE
PATHWAYS, WE ARE THEN ABLE TO
ACTIVATE AND REALLY MEASURE HOW
WE APPROACH RACIAL JUSTICE,
WHICH IS ALL ABOUT -- PEOPLE
ACROSS THE BOARD, AND SOCIAL JU,
SOCIAL JUSTICE, WHICH LOOKS AT
OUR REDISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES.
IT ALSO GETS IN THERE, AND REAY
AND REALLY GETS INTO THE GRID OF
OF CHALLENGING THE ROOTS OF
OPPRESSION AS JUSTICE. SO
IMPORTANT, EVERY PART OF THIS IS
IS HOW WE ARE EMPOWERING PEOPLE
IN EXERCISING SELF DETERMINATION
DETERMINATION AND PARTICIPATION
IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND IN
THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. SO, ALL
OF US TOGETHER, THE PURPOSE OF
THIS STRATEGY, THE WHOLE PURPOSE
PURPOSE OF THIS ENDEAVOR, IS TO
CONTINUALLY BUILD OURSELVES --
NEXT SLIDE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE
úWE WANT TO SHARE THAT IS SO CRL
SO CRITICAL TO HOW WE THINK
ABOUT OUR RSJ APPROACH, AND ONE
OF OUR FOUNDATIONAL PIECES IS
THE FACT THAT WE, ALL ACROSS THE
THE ARTS, ACTUALLY EMBRACE
PRINCIPLES THAT WE GET FROM
OCR'S RSJ ANTIRACIST PRINCIPLE.
ANTIRACIST PRINCIPLES. WE USE
THEM TO CONSTRUCT AWAY WE
INTERACT WITH AND APPROACH OUR
ANTIRACIST BEHAVIOR, OUR
CHANGES, AND OUR POSITIVE OUTCO.
POSITIVE OUTCOMES. HIGHLIGHTINGT
HIGHLIGHTING THAT -- USING THES,
THESE GUIDELINES, WE ASKED THE
CRITICAL QUESTION IS, WHO,
WHERE, WHEN, WHY? AFTER WE ASK T
ASK THAT TO ANY OF THESE
GUIDELINES, WE THEN SAY, WHAT
ACTION CAN WE TAKE? AS AN ARTS
ORGANIZATION, WORKING IN THE
ARTS SECTION, AND UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE ARE WORKING IN A RACIST
ENVIRONMENT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
ANALYZING POWER AND LEADERSHIP
WHO, WHAT, WHERE? WHO DOES IT,
WHERE ARE THEY DOING IT, AND
WHY? FINALLY, A LOT OF THAT WAS
SHOWN TODAY BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALE IS, IN THE DISCUSSIONS ON
ON PURCHASE BUT EVERYBODY WITH
AT LEAST A PARTICIPATORY
THINKING, WHICH IS THE ART OF
DECONSTRUCTING RACISM. SO, THANK
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING US
BE HERE. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT
EXAMPLE IS, WHEN YOU ARE LOOKINT
LOOKING AT LEARNING FROM
HISTORY, REMEMBER THAT HISTORY
DOES NOT START WITH ANY SINGLE
INCIDENT. RACISM AND ANTIRACISM
TYPICALLY HAVE A CONTINUUM. WE
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTICE
THAT. ANY OTHER HIGHLIGHT YOU
WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT, WE
WILL COME BACK. WE ARE NOT GOING
GOING TO SHORTEN THIS, BUT SPEED
SPEED UP A LITTLE, BECAUSE IT
WILL BE A SHORT LECTURE. NEXT S.
NEXT SLIDE. WE SAID AWARENESS,
CAPACITY, AND ACTION. LET'S LOOK
LOOK A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO
AWARENESS. IT HAS TO HAVE POSITE
HAVE POSITIVE RSJ OUTCOMES, THAT
THAT MEANS CONNECTING WITH
COMMUNITIES. ONE OF THE WAYS WE
WE ALL DO THAT TO GET A
GROUNDING, ALMOST A TRUTH GROUN,
TRUTH GROUNDING, IS LOOKING AT
WHAT DO WE HAVE? WHAT ARE THE
DOCUMENTS ALL COMMUNITY CAN
SHARE? WHAT ARE THE DOCUMENTS
BEING PRODUCED BY OUR PARTNERS?
WHAT ARE THE DOCUMENTS WE CAN
USE TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE
BROADER, DEEPER ARTS SECTOR?
THIS IS A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF .
OF THOSE. THE -- REPORT, I THINK
THINK YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.
IT WORKS. HAVING COMMUNITY COME
COME TOGETHER LONG-TERM, THIS
WAS STARTED IN 2013 NOW MEANS --
PUBLIC DEVELOPED AUTHORITY
CALLED PUBLIC SPACE AGENCY. SO,
PUTTING COMMUNITY TOGETHER, HAVG
TOGETHER, HAVING A FOCUSED
PROGRAM AROUND RACIAL EQUITY IN
PLACE, AND PEOPLE GAVE US PBA.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS LIST
THAT I WILL MENTION IS THE
INCLUSIVE CREATIVE ECONOMY
REPORT. THERE, IT SET AS EARLY
AS 2019 THE QUESTION WE ARE
STILL ANSWERING. HOW CAN THE
CITY GROW? HOW CAN IT SUPPORT
CREATIVE'S WHILE MINIMIZING DISS
MINIMIZING DISPARITIES AND
INEQUALITY WITHIN OUR CREATIVE ?
CREATIVE ECONOMY? THAT QUESTION,
QUESTION, HEARD IN 2019, IS
STILL BEING WORKED ON BY OUR COS
OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR OFFICE
IN 2022. AND TALKING ABOUT 2022-
2022 -- IT'S REALLY CLEAR. OUR
ARTS SECTOR NEEDS ARE DIABETES
CLEARLY SAID 26% OF JOBS --
EVAPORATING. AND BY SPRING OF 2,
OF 2022, 31% OF SURVEY
RESPONDENTS WERE CONSIDERING LEG
CONSIDERING LEAVING, LEAVING THR
THE SECTOR IN THE NEXT 1 TO 3
YEARS. SO, ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION AND THE WAY IN WHICH
WHICH WE GATHERED IT, THE WAY IN
IN WHICH WE SHARE IT, IS ABOUT ,
ABOUT LISTENING, KNOWING WHAT IS
IS BEING SAID, WHO IS SAYING IT,
SAYING IT, AND WHO IS IN THE
CONVERSATION FOR THE MOST
IMPORTANT IMPORTANT PIECE,
ALWAYS OUR COMMITTEE PARTNERS,
BEING CERTAIN THEY ARE ENMESHED
IN ALL THIS DISCUSSION. THE
OTHER ACTIVE PIECE IS CAPACITY
BUILDING. THE ARTS, THAT IS A
THREE-PRONGED PROCESS. THE
INTERNAL, WITHIN ARTS, THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL, THE CITY DEPS
CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN, THE
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION, ARTS AND
AND THE ARTS SECTOR AND PARTNER.
AND PARTNERS. SO, THAT IS THE
THREE-LEGGED STOOL, IF YOU WILL,
WILL, THAT WE USE FOR CAPACITY
BUILDING. LET'S LOOK DEEPER FOR
A MOMENT AT THE INTERNAL
CONNECTIONS. SLIDE? THIS IS
WHERE, IN THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
AND CULTURE, WE ARE ALWAYS BEING
BEING AWARE OF WHO AND WHERE WE
ARE, TIME, PLACE, AND PURPOSE.
PEOPLE, PURPOSE, AND PLACE. WE
KNOW THAT WE ARE ON INDIGENOUS
LAND. WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT AND BE MINDFUL OF HOW THAT
IS FOR PEOPLE, HOW WE GOT HERE,D
WHAT IT MEANS. WE ALSO LOOK AT
OUR POSITIONS, AND HERE, THE RSJ
RSJ POSITION WAS INADEQUATE. WE
ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TO UPGRADE
UPGRADE THAT POSITION, SO WE CAE
CAN HAVE A PERMANENT,
LONGER-TERM FOCUS ON THE
TRAJECTORY WE WANT, TO MAKE A
POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE RSJ AS WE
AS WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS OF
-- THE OTHER PIECE IS
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, WITHIN OUR
OWN ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE
DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, ONES
THAT HAPPEN LONG-TERM, AND ONEST
ONES THAT NEED CONTINUAL
EDIFICATION, REITERATION, AND
ALSO SOLUTIONS. FOR OUR OFFICE,
THERE WAS A LETTER SENT OUT BY
OUR BLACK STAFF TO TALK WITH
WHITE STAFF AND OTHER BIPOC
PERSONS IN THE OFFICE ABOUT THE
MICRO AGGRESSIONS THAT WERE NOE
NOT POSITIVE, THAT WERE IN
PLACE, AND HAD TO BE
DECONSTRUCTED IMMEDIATELY, A
LONG-TERM PROCESS. RECALL THAT
THE BLUE MATRIX. THEN, ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS WORK IS.
IS DAILY. SO THAT WE HAVE A SELF
SELF IDENTIFIED ALLIED GROUPING
IN OUR OFFICE. IT IS
HIGH-PRIORITY AND WILL CONTINUEG
CONTINUE GOING, AND BEING
ENGAGED PRIORITY, AND WILL BE
MAKING FOR SELF IDENTIFIED FOLK
THAT TO HAVE VERY DIFFICULT CON.
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. ALSO,
REMEMBERING THAT OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED MISSION IS
DRIVEN FOR US AS A FUNDING
MECHANISM, AND THAT IS A PRIORI.
A PRIORITY. THEN, LASTLY, HERE,
CONTINUING OUR DEMOGRAPHIC INFO.
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. THEN,
TYPES ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL
OF THIS TO BE SHARED IN
COMMUNITY, IN REAL-TIME, WITH
REAL PEOPLE. THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL CONNECTIONS IS
IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE HEARD
ABOUT FROM FOLK WHO ARE TALKING
ABOUT PB. YOU CANNOT DO IT BY Y.
BY YOURSELF. THAT IS ALSO TRUE
IN THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTU.
AND CULTURE. WE NEED TO ALWAYS
ASK OUR DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES,
HOW CAN ARTS LEAN INTO THE WORK
YOU ARE DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY?
AND CONVERSELY, HOW MUCH DO YOU
YOU LEAN INTO ART? HERE, YOU CAN
CAN SEE THAT OCR, WE LEAN INTO
THEM FOR ARTIST TRAININGS AND GE
AND GUIDANCE IN THE CITIES
FOCUSED ON RSJ , FOR CAPITAL
PROJECTS, FOR MAJOR PROGRAMS,
WHEN HALF HOUR FULL HOUSE IS OUR
OUR 1% FOR ART, AND THAT IS OUR
RELATIONSHIP, CITY LIGHTS, SPU,
S., AND WITH PARKS. OED,
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ARTISTS
ARE HURTING. THEY NEED TO KNOW
HOW TO SUSTAIN, HOW TO MAINTAIN,
MAINTAIN, AND HOW TO GAIN A
FOOTHOLD IN BUILDING THEIR
FAMILIES AND BUILDING THEIR PRAE
THEIR PRACTICE, AND STAYING IN
THIS URBAN ENVIRONMENT. WITH
DEAL, WE COORDINATE WITH OUR
JOINT NEXUS WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AROUND YOUTH ARTS AND E.
AND EDUCATION. WITH PAST HERE,
THIS IS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR
ARTS AT THIS POINT, BUT WORKING
WITH FAST TO LOOK AT OUR WNBA
GAPS, WHY ARE OUR ARTISTS AND
OUR ARTS POPULATION NOT BECOMIND
BECOMING CERTIFIED WNBE'S? WHAT
IS THE SOLUTION TO THAT? -- WE
ARE WORKING WITH STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUNDS TO MAKE
SUSTAINABLE CULTURAL SPACE
INVESTMENTS IN A MAJOR WAY. NEXT
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE THIRD
PART OF CAPACITY BUILDING, THAT
EXTERNAL CONNECTION, THAT IMPACT
IMPACT TO COMMUNITY. WE ARE
LOOKING HERE, AGAIN, AT A TERM
YOU HAVE HEARD THIS MORNING,
PARTICIPATORY, BUT IN THIS CASE,
CASE, IT IS GRANTMAKING. WE
ACTUALLY HAVE OUR COMMUNITY COME
COME IN, BECOME THAT PANEL, AND
BE ACTIVE IN MAKING THE
SELECTION PROCESS AND
RECOMMENDATION ON GRANT AWARDS
IN THE OFFICE. MENTORING AND
SOCIAL COHESION FOR ARTISTS,
THERE ARE ARTIST UP PROGRAMS AND
AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS WITH
PARTNERS ACROSS KING COUNTY.
SHOULD ALSO BE DESIGNING AND
LOOKING AT OUR APPLICATION
PROCESS, USING ONE PORTAL,
MAKING IT EASY FOR THE BROADEST
POSSIBLE COMMUNITY APPLICATIONS
TO BE COMING INTO OUR NET PROGR.
NET PROGRAMMING. AS YOU HAVE HE,
HAVE HEARD, THE BEGINNING OF --
RECOVERY FUNDS. IT WAS FORTUNATE
FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ABLE, IN
2021, TO MOVE FORWARD 1.9 MILLIN
1.9 MILLION ECI FUNDING. SO, WEW
WE KNEW THAT SEPTEMBER MONEY, IN
IN 2021, OUT THAT DOOR, WOULD
NAME THAT JANUARY 2022 30 ARTS ,
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, HIGH BIPOC
PERCENTAGE, WOULD BE ABLE TO
OPEN THEIR DOORS AND BE IN
COMMUNITY IN 2022. SO, COLLABOG
SO, COLLABORATING WITH OUR ART
FUNDER PARTNERS FOR CULTURE AND
OTHER AGENCIES IS A CRITICAL
PART OF THIS, AS WELL. WE HAVE A
A SHARED CONSTITUENCY, WHERE
THERE IS PUBLIC BUDGETING, IN
THE PUBLIC ARTS SECTOR. THE CONS
THE CONCERTS CONSTITUENCY IS
SHARED. SLIDE? AFTER AWARENESS,
AFTER CAPACITY BUILDING, THE
NEXT PIECE IS ACTION. ACTION FOR
FOR THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE IS LEADING WITH GRACE.
WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS. IT IS
A HARD SUBJECT. IT IS ONE THAT,
AT TIMES, CAN BE CONTENTIOUS.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
IN A RACIST SOCIETY, WE HAVE TO
HAVE HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
WHO IS UNDERSERVED WHEN, WHY,
HOW, AND WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE
AVAILABLE? ACKNOWLEDGING, WE
NEED TO LEAD WITH GRACE IN ORDER
ORDER TO TACKLE RACISM IS
SOMETHING THIS OFFICE IS BRAVE
AND PROUD TO DO. LEADING WITH
RACE REALLY IS AN INTENTIONAL AH
INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO BIPOC
AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY IN
BUILDING A SHARED SOCIAL
COHESION. SLIDE? FOR EXAMPLE,
LOOKING -- AND THIS IS A
SNAPSHOT FROM MARCH 2020 THROUGH
THROUGH MARCH 2021 -- THIS LOOKS
LOOKS AT ABOUT 7 MILLION IN OUR
GRANTMAKING AND PUBLIC PART
COMMISSIONS. WE HAVE
DISAGGREGATED THEM FOR YOU BY
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND
BICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. SO, OF
OF THE 457 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS,
35% OF THAT, 35% OF THAT WAS OF
THE 7 MILLION WENT TO INDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. OF THAT $7 ,
$7 MILLION, 65% WENT TO CULTURA.
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. SO, WE
ARE TRACKING HOW THE MONEY IS
GOING AND WHERE IT IS GOING. WE
ARE JUST STARTING, THIS IS A
SNAPSHOT, WITH MORE TO COME. BUT
BUT EVEN GOING DEEPER INTO SOME
OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS --
SLIDE, PLEASE -- WE ARE ABLE TOE
TO SHARE THAT OF THE CUMULATIVE
AWARD DOLLARS TO INDIVIDUAL
ARTISTS, THAT 2.4 MILLION, OF T,
OF THAT, 77% WAS AWARDED TO 354
BIPOC INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. THAT
COMES TO 1.79 , CUMULATIVELY
WARDED TO BIPOC ARTISTS DURING
DURING THAT SNAPSHOT PERIOD OF
MARCH 2020 THROUGH MARCH 2021.
SO, TO INVEST IN THE UNDERSERVED
, THE UNHEARD VOICES BEGINS TO
HELP US ALIGN TO HELP OUR
ACTIONS, OUR THINKING WITH THE
EQUITY GOALS. SO, THE UNSERVED
BIPOC COMMUNITIES BECOME A
REALITY, THEY BECOME VISIBLE,
AND THEY BECOME EDUCATED. THEY
ALSO LEARN THAT THE CITY IS A
PARTNER, THE CITY IS A PLACE
THAT CAN BEGIN TO PUSH THE
ENVELOPE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN WHAT EQUITY ACTION LOOKS
LIKE. SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE OF THES
THE AREAS HAS A HIGH CHALLENGE
FOR ARTS, IS OUR WNBA SCORE, IF
YOU WILL BE THE FACT OF THE
MATTER IS, WE HAVE ELIGIBLE
ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
IN 2021, AND AGAIN IN 2022. AND
EVEN THOUGH IN OUR CONSULTING
CONTRACT, 50.1% OF ALL OF OUR
DOLLARS IN ARTS ARE AWARDED TO N
TO WOMEN-OWNED OR MINORITY-OWNE,
MINORITY-OWNED FIRMS, ONLY 2.1%
OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY WNBE
CERTIFIED CONSULTANTS. SO, WE
ARE DIPPING INTO OUR EQUITY FOS
BY 50%, BUT OF THAT, ONLY 2% OF
THOSE RECIPIENTS HAVE DONE THE
DUE DILIGENCE OR THE PROCESS OFG
OF BECOMING WNBE CERTIFIED FOR
THE SURVEY SHOWS IN OUR CITY
CONTRACTS. 25% OF ALL OF OUR
DOLLARS GO TO WOMEN-OWNED OR
MINORITY-OWNED FIRMS. BUT AGAIN,
AGAIN, ONLY 1% ARE ACTUALLY WNBE
WNBE CERTIFIED. SO, THE ACTION
WE ARE TAKING ON THIS
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, AND THY
THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE A
SOLUTION THAT BEGINS PROVIDING
OPPORTUNITY TO SUSTAIN THESE
ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES, WE WILL
BE WORKING WITH FAST, TO CREATE
MENTORING SESSIONS FOR WNBE
ELIGIBLE ARTISTS AND ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS , TO REALLY
SUPPORT THEM IN COMPLETING THE
WNBE CERTIFICATION. SO, THE
DRIVE FOR 2022-23 IS GOING TO BE
BE EXPLAINING HOW AND WHY THE
SELF PORTAL FOR THE CITY OR THE
CERTIFICATION PORTAL FOR THE
STATE CAN BE A TOOL IN THE COMMY
THE COMMUNITY, IN OUR BIPOC CO,
TO ELEVATE THE VISIBILITY AND
TO ELEVATE FINANCIAL STATUS AND
MAYBE IN THE LONG TERM, CREATE
GENERATIONAL WEALTH, BY BRINGINE
BRINGING THESE BUSINESSES INTO
WNBE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN
MORE FOR THE WORK THEY ARE
DOING. SLIDE, PLEASE. ANOTHER
PART OF ACTION FOR AN ARTS
ORGANIZATION CALLED ARTS AND CU.
AND CULTURE. CULTURE IS THAT
WILL OF THE PEOPLE TO MAKE THAT
ARTIFACT. SO, CULTURAL HUMANITY
ABOUT VALUING THE DIFFERENCES
PRESENTED BY A LARGE RANGE OF CE
OF CULTURE IS SOMETHING THE CITY
CITY HAS BEEN DOING FOR A LONG .
LONG TIME. IN 2022, AN EQUITY
FOCUS IS RE-CREATING THAT TAPES,
THAT TAPESTRY, PUTTING THE COLOR
COLOR BACK INTO THE TAPESTRY,
KEEPING THE BLACK AND THE WHITE
AND THE BROWN AND THE INDIGENOUS
INDIGENOUS AND THE DIASPORAS
CLEARLY WOVEN INTO THAT TAPESTRY
TAPESTRY FOR ONE SEATTLE. ONE OF
OF THE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT FROM
THE SIDE OF CULTURE AND ART IS
TO HAVE AND CONTINUE OUR
GALLERIES. THE WORKS THAT YOU
HAVE SEEN HERE ILLUSTRATED ON
THE VARIOUS SLIDES, COME OUT OF
THE CITY PUBLIC CIVIC ART
COLLECTION. WE CALL THAT THE E ,
E MUSEUM, AND WE WILL ACTUALLY T
A LINK IN THE CHAT. YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO VISIT ANY OF THESE,
CREATE YOUR OWN SMALL GALLERY,
AS YOU LOOK UNDER -- WORKS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE. WE ALSO HAVE
ACTUAL, PHYSICAL GALLERIES, OUR
GALLERY OF ART SET KING STREET N
STREET STATION IS SHOWING NOW,
AND IS TYPICALLY OPEN WEDNESDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. AS I LOOK OUT
MY WINDOW IN MY OFFICE, I CAN
SEE THEM, GOING TO WAIVE RIGHT
NOW TO SOME FOLKS WERE WAVING AT
AT ME, GOING THROUGH A GALLERY.
WE ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE, CITY HL
CITY HALL AND THE MUNICIPAL
TOWER, AND THE ETHNIC HERITAGE
GALLERY. THE NEWEST THING IS THE
THE POWER STATION ALONG, I THINK
THINK THAT IS ROARING? THAT IS
PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND
EXPERIENCE. SO, PUTTING ART
EVERYWHERE MEANS ARTISTS EVERYW.
ARTISTS EVERYWHERE. THIS IS SOMG
IS SOMETHING AS TO WHY GALLERIES
GALLERIES ARE SO IMPORTANT.
THEN, OF COURSE, THE 1% FOR OUR
PROGRAM, THIS ONE PUTS ARTISTS
WORKS INTO OUR PUBLIC SPACES. IT
IT GIVES US THE SPACES THAT WE
WANT TO BE PLACES, AND IT MOVES
IT TO SPATIAL JUSTICE. SO, IT
HAS BEEN ALMOST 40 YEARS SINCE
THE START, AND IT HAS BEEN
CURATED SO BEAUTIFULLY. IT
SPEAKS ACROSS OUR GEOGRAPHICAL
AREAS, ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES,
AND IT SAYS ARTISTS EVERYWHERE,
IS ART EVERYWHERE. BEGINS TO
BUILD THAT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENE
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND
VISUAL APPRECIATION TOWARD
SOCIAL COHESION. A FINAL COMMENT
IN THIS LUNCH AND LEARN IS
SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM
AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS. THAT IST
IS THAT ART IS MORE THAN THIS
RSJ NARRATIVE, IT IS MORE THAN
STATISTICS, IT IS THE NONPROFIT
NONPROFIT AND THE PROFIT-MAKING
OUR ORGANIZATIONS -- BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES. AMERICA IS BUILT ON
SMALL BUSINESSES. ARTISTS HAVE A
A SMALL BUSINESSES, ARTIST ARE
SMALL BUSINESSES. THE ARTS
REALLY DRIVE COMMERCE TO LOCAL
BUSINESSES. YOU MIGHT STOP AND
LOOK AT THE SUN SCULPTURE AT
VOLUNTEER PART, BUT YOU MIGHT AO
JUST WALK DOWN THE HILL TO 19th,
19th, AND HAD A CUP OF COFFEE,
THEN DECIDE YOU ARE RIGHT BY THE
THE BUS, AND ALSO BY THE SEATTLE
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM, SO YOU
YOU BEGIN TO DO YOUR OWN
PERSONAL TO HER OF IMMERSION IN
YOUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF ONE
SCULPTURE PIECE. PEOPLE ACTUALLY
ACTUALLY TRAVEL TO SEATTLE TO
SEE OUR WORKS THAT ARE IN OUR
PUBLIC SECTOR. IMAGINE THE KIND
OF EFFICACY AND INVOLVEMENT THAT
THAT IS COMING FROM THE WORK
THAT IS BEING DONE. PEOPLE
TRAVEL TO BE INVOLVED IN SOCIAL
COHESION, TO BUILD COMMUNITIES.
SO, OUR WHOLE FOCUS ON OUR
LIVING DOCUMENT, OUR LIVING
ACTIVITY THAT IS RSJ IS ABOUT
SOCIAL COHESION , AND ONCE
AGAIN, IT IS USING ART TO
MITIGATE AND SOLVE NONART ISSUES
, BUT EVERY SOCIETY CANNOT CURES
ISSUES WITHOUT ITS ARTISTS
MAKING SYMBOLS WE CAN ALL GATHE.
GATHER AROUND. SO, SMALL
INVESTMENTS, BIG RETURNS. SMALL
BUSINESSES, BIG RETURNS. ARTISTS
ARTISTS ARE CREATIVE, AND ALSO A
A WORKFORCE. THAT IS OUR COMMENN
COMMENT ON RSJ . THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS, AGAIN,
FOR INVITING US, AND FOR ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND GUESTS FOR
BEING ON THIS JOURNEY WITH US. ?
US. QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS WAS
INCREDIBLE. I REALLY APPRECIATE
A COUPLE THINGS. I DO HAVE ONE ,
ONE QUESTION, BUT I DO WANT TO
APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING, DIRECTOR, TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE HARD WORK THAT RSJ STAFF
HAVE. THE HARD JOB THEY HAVE,
TO TRY TO LIFT OF THESE
QUESTIONS TO DO WORK TO MOVE US
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, ON TOP
OF WHATEVER THEIR REGULAR JOB I.
JOB IS. SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
YOU. I KNOW YOU HAVE A WORKING
HARD TO CONTEMPLATE HOW WE MIGHT
MIGHT RECLASSIFY SOME OF THAT WK
THAT WORK TO BE ABLE TO KEEP
PEOPLE ON THE JOB.
>> I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY
WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET OUR
ARTISTS CERTIFIED AS WNBE
CONSULTANTS ? OR CONTRACTORS?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THEM?
WHAT DOORS COULD THAT OPEN FOR
THEM? I AM GLAD TO KNOW YOU AREG
ARE WORKING WITH THAT, HAVING
BUT WHATEVER WORK YOU ARE DOINGO
INCREASE THAT, BUT CAN YOU
EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT?
>> YES. I WILL TELL YOU WHY IT
IS IMPORTANT IN TWO WORDS. FOOD
ON THE TABLE. WAIT, THAT IS THR.
IS THREE. BUT ACTUALLY, THAT IS
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE, WHEN AN
ARTIST OR ARTS ORGANIZATION IS
LOOKING AT THEIR PROFIT-MAKING ,
PROFIT-MAKING SIDE, AND THEY ARE
ARE DOING BUSINESS, ALREADY
MAKING T-SHIRTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
WHAT ARE THEY ON THE ROSTER? SO
THAT, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL
WANTS TO HAVE A GATHERING, WANTS
WANTS TO HAVE A T-SHIRT THAT
SAYS ONE SEATTLE, MAYBE THAT IS
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE CAN ALL
WEAR IT. IF YOU ARE ON THAT
ROSTER, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO BE
BE SELECTED BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AS A WNBE PARTICIPANT TO
TO PROVIDE THAT TEACHER BUT IF
YOU'RE ON THAT ROSTER AS A
GRAPHIC ARTIST, YOU MIGHT HAVE
-- I WILL USE MYSELF AS AN EXAM,
AN EXAMPLE, ALLEY-BARNES GRABS
AND POSTERS, SELLING MONSTERS
-- BUT IF I AM ON THAT ROSTER,
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITY
DECIDED WANTS TO HAVE ITS
CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN GARBAGE,
CLEAN RECYCLING, CLEAN WATER, IT
IT IS GOING TO GO TO THAT WNBE
ROSTER AND PULL FROM THEIR FIR.
THEIR FIRST. THIS IS ANOTHER
TOOL THAT ARTISTS AND ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS CAN HAVE TO BEGIN
TO DEVELOP ALTERNATIVE
SUSTAINABLE WAYS TO KEEP FOOD ON
ON THAT TABLE. SO, YOU CAN TAKEA
PRACTICE AS A NONPROFIT, BUT YOU
YOU CAN ALSO BE A PROFIT-MAKING.
PROFIT-MAKING PIECE. SO, ANY SES
ANY SESSIONS WE ARE GOING TO BE
WORKING WITH FAST TO DEVELOP, WE
WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
ALL THE WORDS IN THAT
APPLICATION MEAN. WHAT ARE THE
WAYS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO
ANSWER? THERE ARE FIVE
QUESTIONS, AND YOU HAVE TO
ANSWER ALL FIVE OF THOSE
QUESTIONS EXACTLY THE SAME, OR
THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM KICKS
YOU OUT. SO, MAKING IT EASIER
FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO
GET TO THE VALUE. THAT IS WHY WE
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER. AND PLUS, THE CIY
THE CITY NEEDS THAT DIVERSITY OE
OF EXPERTISE AND OPPORTUNITY TOE
ITS ARTISTS AS AS CREATIVE'S AND
AND AS WORKERS. DOES THAT HELP?
>> FANTASTIC. I WILL SAY, AS
SOMEBODY WHO 10 YEARS AGO WAS A
CONSULTANT MYSELF, I GAVE UP ON
THAT PROCESS TO BECOME
CERTIFIED, BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY
PRETTY COMPLEX. SO I APPRECIATE
ANY WORK YOU ARE DOING TO TRY TO
TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO PEOPLE
BEING ABLE TO GET CERTIFIED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS FOR THE DIRECTOR? I DO
NOT SEE ANY. AGAIN, I WANT TO TK
YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, AS WE
HAVE WORKED THROUGH A VERY FULL
AGENDA TODAY. I REALLY DO
APPRECIATE YOU STICKING WITH US
AND SHARING THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING.
>> THANK YOU. IT WAS EXTERNALLY
INTERESTING. THANK YOU FOR
INVITING US.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES. GOING IN
ORDER, COUNSEL OR NELSON?
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I
REALLY WAS INTRIGUED TO HEAR
THAT SO FEW PEOPLE ARE WNBE
CERTIFIED THAT ARE ELIGIBLE.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORG
FOR WORKING TO DO THE OUTREACH,
SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW IT CAN
BENEFIT THEM. THANKS.
>> GREAT. COLLEAGUES, THAT IS
THE END OF OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE
AS WE WORK THROUGH ALL THESE
PRESENTATIONS. I THINK IT WAS
DEFINITELY WORTHWHILE TO HEAR
FROM ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS ABOUT
THE WORK THEY ARE DOING IN THIS
SPACE. WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
IT IS 12:28. THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.