>> IT IS SEPTEMBER 6, 2022.
THIS MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
>> HOLD ON.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND RESTART THE
SPIEL THERE.
IT IS SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 AT 3:53
. I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO
ORDER.
I AM ANDREW LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF
THE BOARD.
WITH THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> BOARD MEMBER MORALE IS.
BOARD MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> BOARD MEMBER NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> BOARD MEMBER PEDERSEN.
BOARD MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> MEMBER STRAUSS.
BOARD PRESIDENT LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> FIVE PRESENT.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE BOARD MEMBER
PEDERSEN HAS JUST JOINED.
>> THANK YOU.
SIX PRESENT.
>> AND BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> I BELIEVE BOARD MEMBER
MORALE IS WILL BE HERE SHORTLY.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
WOULD MEMBER HERBOLD IS EXCUSED.
THERE'S NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THE MINUTES FROM THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS HAVE
BEEN REVIEWED AND DISTRIBUTED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE ADOPTED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE
HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENTS. WHILE
IT REMAINS STRONG INTENT TAP
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED, THE SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO ELIMINATE OR AND THESE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS.
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD IN THE
HYBRID FORMAT THAT THE PUBLIC
IS NOW ACCUSTOMED TO WITH A TWO
MINUTES BAKING TIME.
WE WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS
OF FIVE IN PERSON AND FIVE
REMOTE SPEAKERS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SIGNED UP
TODAY TO PUBLICLY COMMENT?
>> WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER.
>> EXCELLENT.
WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT SPEAKER
FOR TWO MINUTES AND MOVE ON
WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF
LAKE CITY AND AND ADVOCATE FOR
THE FUNDING OF THIS SOLUTION.
I HAVE PROVIDED COPIES OF MY
UPDATED $0.33 SOLUTION ANALYSIS
AND SPENDING PLAN WHICH
DOCUMENTS A MAJOR SHIFT IN
FUNDING FROM PROJECTS TO
PROGRAMS.
MY SUMMARY OF FUNDED PROJECTS
FOR PARKS AND A DETAILED MEMO
OF HOW THE $0.33 SOLUTION HAS
MET THE NEEDS OF THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.
I HAVE DOCUMENTED HOW THIS HAS
MET MOST OF THE STATED
PRIORITIES WITH THE USE OF
FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PARKS. THE
OFF LEASH AREAS AND PLACEMENT
OF TREES IN THE PARKS.
THE COMMUNITY CENTERS WITHOUT
HAVING TO PAY OR BORROW FUNDS
THAT WILL INCREASE FUTURE TAX
BILLS, FUNDING OF PHASE 2 AND
THE REPLACEMENT, POTENTIAL
FUNDING OF IDENTIFIED PROJECTS
WITH MAJOR MAINTENANCE FUNDING
USING THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
THE $0.33 SOLUTION HAS FUNDED A
NUMBER OF OTHER LINE ITEMS
BASED ON THE NEED TO HAVE A
DETAILED EVALUATION OF HOW
EXISTING AND FUTURE FUNDS WILL
BE SPENT.
THIS APPROACH SUPPORTS THE
AFFECTATION OF THE PARK DISTRICT
WORD FOR SAFER, CLEANER OPEN
PARKS OR FACILITIES AND
INCREASED HOURS OF OPERATION
FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR
THE NEXT CYCLE.
I WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THE
MAYOR'S DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR THE
NEXT CYCLE.
WITH NO ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND
FIND MYSELF DISAPPOINTED IN
WHAT I HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS WOULD
INDICATE THAT THE FUNDING PLAN
WILL REQUIRE EITHER A $0.30 9.5
SENT OR $0.40 2.5 SENT TAX RATE.
FOR ONLY RENOVATING THREE
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND A POLL
THAT SEEMS TOTALLY UNREALISTIC.
FINALLY, THE RULES TO COVER
ONLY TWO YEARS OF FUNDING IS
INCONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT
THAT CALLS FOR A SECURE
SPENDING PLAN.
I HAVE PROVIDED THE PARK
DISTRICT WORD WITH SUFFICIENT
REASONS TO CONSIDER THE $0.33
SOLUTION AS A BETTER FUNDING
SOLUTION.
WILL HAVE COPIES OF THIS.
THIS IS THE ONLY SPENDING PLAN
YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF
YOU.
ME THAT THE COMMISSIONER OR THE
MAYOR HAS PRESENTED THIS.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO
END UP WITH YOU WHEN YOU MAKE
YOUR FINAL APPROVAL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
DISTRICT TO MODIFY THE PROCESS
FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE SEATTLE
PARK DISTRICT TREASURER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
CLERK.
WE HAVE TRACY FROM SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL CITY STAFF TO WALK US
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF
APPOINTING A NEW TREASURER.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO TRACY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LEWIS,
AND COMMISSIONERS.
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TWO
PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT ARE
RELATED, RESOLUTION 49 AND 50,
BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH THE
APPOINTMENT OF THE PARK
DISTRICT TREASURER . FOR THE
FIRST CYCLE, WE APPOINTED, PER
STATE LAW, GLENN IS THE PARK
DISTRICT TREASURER , WE DID NOT
WITH THE MANDATE THAT EXISTED
AT THE TIME IN STATE LAW THAT
THE APPROVAL BE APPROVED BY THE
KING COUNTY TREASURER.
THAT STATE LAW WAS CHANGED IN
2017 THAT ALLOWS US TO SOLELY
APPOINT THE NEXT CITY TREASURER
FOR THETREASURER, GLENN HAS
LEFT THE CITY AND THIS IS
TIMELY IN TERMS OF US NEEDING
TO APPOINT A NEW DISTRICT
TREASURER AND TO CHANGE OUR
PROCESS FOR DOING THAT TO ALIGN
WITH THE STATE LAW CHANGE.
RESOLUTION 49 WOULD CHANGE OUR
PARK DISTRICT BYLAWS TO ALLOW
US TO APPOINT THE CITY
TREASURER, OR THE PARK
DISTRICT TREASURER AND THAT
PERSON WOULD BE THE PERMANENT
FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, OR, IN THE INTERIM,
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE UNTIL THE
PERMANENT ONE IS APPOINTED.
THE FIRST RESOLUTION 49 WOULD
MAKE THE CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS
TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS NEW
CHANGED PROCESS FOR APPOINTING
THE DISTRICT TREASURER.
>> DO BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS CHANGE TO
THE BYLAWS AND SOON WE WILL
MOVE ON TO THE SECOND,
RESOLUTION 50, MAKING THE
APPOINTMENT IN ALIGNMENT WITH
THOSE BYLAWS.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, WHY DON'T
WE GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL
ON THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION
49.
>> BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES .
>> NELSON?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES .
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR AND NONE
OPPOSED.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM INTO THE
AGENDA?
>> RESOLUTION 50, APPOINTING
THE CITY OF SEATTLE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE AS SEATTLE PARK
DISTRICT TREASURER .
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE JOINED BY TRACI
RATZLIFF.
>> THEY WOULD APPOINT THE -- IF
ANY INTERIM OR ACTING FINANCE
WOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO ACT AS
THE DISTRICT TREASURER UNTIL
THE CITY APPOINTED PERMANENT
DIRECTOR.
>> IT OCCURS TO ME, I DID NOT
FORMALLY MOVE AND SECOND
RESOLUTION 49.
>> YOU DID NOT.
>> I WAS MOVING QUICKLY.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY
SOMETHING.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
WHY DON'T WE --
>> THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO
OBJECTION, IT IS STILL VALID,
BUT IF YOU WANT TO MOVE IT,
THAT IS FINE.
>> I WILL DO IT THE WAY WE ARE
ACCUSTOMED TO FOR RESOLUTION
50.
GIVEN THE PRESENTATION BY TRACI
RATZLIFF, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT RESOLUTION 50 ?
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, I MOVED
RESOLUTION 50.
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED, WILL THE
--
>> BOARD MEMBER TRACI RATZLIFF?
>> YES .
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES .
>> NELSON?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN ?
>> YES.
>>'S SAWANT ?
>> YES.
>> BOARD PRESIDENT, LOUIS?
>> YES.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSING.
>> YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE
RUSTY AFTER TWO WEEKS.
THAT DISPOSES OF THE SECOND
ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 3 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3, THE PROPOSED
PARK DISTRICT 6 YOUR SPENDING
PLAN FOR 2023 THROUGH 2028.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY A PANEL OF
CENTRAL STAFF AND OFFICIALS
FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION
DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE.
SO, ERIC, DO WE HAVE YOU AND
TRACI HERE?
BOTH?
IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO.
LET'S HEAR FROM PARK.
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO
INTRODUCE THE PANEL AND START
THE PRESENTATION FOR THE BOARD.
>> I MAY DEFER TO OUR CHIEF
EXECUTIVE WHO IS HERE TO START
US OFF.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL DO AN INTRODUCTION AND
PASS IT OFF TO THE ACTING
SUPERINTENDENT, CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAMS, TO GO IN DETAIL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND MEMBERS OF THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE THE
MAYOR'S PARK DISTRICT PROPOSAL.
THIS SIX-YEAR PARK DISTRICT
BUDGET WAS CREATED WITH A FOCUS
ON THE ESSENTIALS, KEEPING
PARKS OPEN, SAFE, CLEAN, AND
WELL MAINTAINED WHILE ALSO
BEING FORWARD THINKING AND
ADDRESSING KEY PRIORITIES
FOCUSED ON BUILDING CLIMATE
RESILIENCE, ADVANCING EQUITY,
AND OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES TO
OUR CITY TO USE.
THIS APPROXIMATELY $150 MILLION
ANNUAL BUDGET IS THE LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
OUR CITIES WORLD-CLASS PARK
SYSTEM.
THIS BUDGET HAS BEEN A
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH MANY
PARKS STAKEHOLDERS, COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING
PARTNERSHIP ON THIS.
ALSO I'M A SPECIAL THANKS TO
BOARD PRESIDENT LEWIS FOR YOUR
ONGOING SUPPORT AND COMING TO
THE ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK.
THE PANDEMIC SHOWED US JUST HOW
IMPORTANT ACCESS TO PARKS AND
OTHER PUBLIC SPACES FOR
COMMUNITIES IS.
WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE WAS
CLOSED, PARKS WERE A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN SAFELY GATHER
AND MEET WITH FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT WITH MY
FAMILY.
ACCESS TO PARKS, COMMUNITY
CENTERS, AND RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES, ARE INTEGRAL TO
HEALTHY AND THRIVING
COMMUNITIES.
THIS PROPOSAL REFLECTS THAT BY
MAKING CRITICAL INVESTMENTS TO
MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROPERLY
MAINTAINED FOR EVERYONE IN
SEATTLE TO ENJOY.
THIS INCLUDES MAKING ALL 129
PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN OUR PARKS
AVAILABLE FOR USE YEAR-ROUND
AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE WELL
KEPT.
KEEPING OUR PARKS AND
RECREATION FACILITIES SAFE IS A
KEY TO COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND
HAS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO
THEIR USAGE RATE.
AS PART OF THE NEW INVESTMENT
AREA, THIS BUDGET WOULD CREATE
A NEW TEAM RESPONDING TO
GRAFFITI AND VANDALISM WHILE
EXPANDING THE PARK RANGER
PROGRAM BY ADDING 26 MORE
POSITIONS.
THIS RANGER WAS AMBASSADOR AND
PROMOTED VOLUNTARY COMPLAINTS
OF PARK RULES AND WE WANT TO
TAKE LEVERS OF THIS POSITION TO
ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR
PARKS.
PARKS AND GREEN SPACES CAN ALSO
BE A GREAT ASSET IN OUR FIGHT
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND WE
MUST UTILIZE THEM EFFECTIVELY
TO DRIVE CLIMATE ACTION AND
BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE
FUTURE.
THIS BUDGET LOOKS AT HOW WE CAN
REDUCE THE IMPACT OF URBAN HEAT
ISLANDS BY PLANTING AND
MAINTAINING HUNDREDS OF TREES
AND THE COLONIZING MORE CITY
FACILITIES.
PUBLIC SPACES LIKE PARKS AND
COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE ALSO A
MAJOR EQUITY DRIVER.
THEY ARE MULTIGENERATIONAL
PLACES WERE ALL ARE WELCOME.
THIS BUDGET MAKES IT A PRIORITY
TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDER
RESOURCED, IT DOUBLES THE SIZE
OF THE NEW EQUITY FUND, AND
INCREASES THE CAPACITY OF THE
SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORPS TO
HELP PEOPLE EXPRESSING
HOMELESSNESS WITH EMPLOYMENT,
HOUSING, AND OTHER SERVICES.
THIS BUDGET ALSO SHOWS A
COMMITMENT TO THE YOUTH, MAKING
INVESTMENTS IN OUR FUTURE
LEADERS AND GIVING THEM
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED BY
EXPANDING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
HOURS.
THE PROPOSAL REFLECTS THE
MAYOR'S DEEP COMMITMENT TO
PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THE
SPACES AND MAKING SURE OUR
CITIES NEARLY 500 PARKS, PLAY
FIELDS, COMMUNITY CENTERS
REMAINED WELCOMING IRIS FOR
RECREATION, LEARNING, AND MORE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO PARTNER WITH YOU AND YOUR
OFFICES ON THIS WORK.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND I
WILL PASS IT ON TO
SUPERINTENDENT CHRISTOPHER
WILLIAMS WHO WILL GO INTO THE
DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL
INTRODUCTION.
I WOULD ALSO COMMENT HERE ABOUT
JUST THE LEVEL OF DEEP SUPPORT
WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE
HARRELL ADMINISTRATION, YOU
AND YOUR TEAM, LOTS OF THE
STAFF OF THE MAYOR.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MICHELE
FINNEGAN, ON OUR FINANCE TEAM,
AND JUSTIN HELLIER.
THANK YOU PRESIDENT LUIS AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR
STAYING LATE. BEFORE WE JUMP
IN, AND ON BEHALF OF SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION, I WANT TO
SEND AN APPRECIATION TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SHOWED UP
AT ALL OF THE LISTENING
SESSIONS AND PROVIDED PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
WE HAVE A SAYING IN PARKS,
EVERYTHING GOOD WE DO IS A
RESULT OF COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT.
THAT, CERTAINLY, WAS EVIDENT
WITH THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION THAT WE WILL TALK
ABOUT LATER.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE BOARD
OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS WHO PUT A LOT OF
TIME INTO HONING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS DOWN AND THEY
CAME FREQUENTLY AND STAYED LATE
IN THE EVENING AND WORKED
TIRELESSLY TO REFINE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
A LOT OF GOOD WORK WAS DONE
HERE.
NEXT SLIDE.
A PACKAGE OF PROPOSED
INVESTMENTS BY THE MAYOR ARE
SIGNIFICANT AND WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD AND TRANSFORM OUR
PUBLIC PARK SYSTEM WITH NEARLY
$57 MILLION WORTH OF NEW
INVESTMENTS, A VAST MAJORITY OF
THE NEW 112 FTE FRONTLINE STAFF
AND THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF
GOOD IN THE PACKAGE WE WILL GO
THROUGH.
WE WILL OUTLINE THE
INVESTMENTS, WE WILL SPEND A
LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED
CHANGES BY THE MAYOR AS WELL,
AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE.
YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS TIMELINE
BEFORE.
WE HAVE BRIEFED YOU
INDIVIDUALLY, BEFORE COMING
HERE TODAY, TO -- WE STARTED
THIS PROCESS WITH THE VOTERS
APPROVING THE PARK DISTRICT IN
2014.
CYCLE 1 WAS INTENDED TO GO FROM
2015 THROUGH 2020, A SIX-YEAR
SPENDING PLAN.
AND THEN WE TOOK A BREAK
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND WE PICKED BACK UP THE
PLANNING FOR CYCLE 2 IN MARCH
OF THIS YEAR WHEN WE CONVENED
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
THAT BRINGS US HERE FULL CIRCLE
WHERE WE ARE PRESENTING A SET
OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE VISUALLY DEPICTS
WHERE WE ARE IN CYCLE 2. THE
PLANNING PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH.
WE ARE MIDWAY THROUGH THIS BLUE
BAR.
THE BOARD OF PARKS AND
RECREATION RECOMMENDATIONS, NOW
THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS BY
THE MAYOR TO YOU.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT WE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY
IN TWO ROUNDS BEFORE TAKING
POTENTIAL PROPOSALS TO THE
BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS.
WE COMBINED A COUPLE OF
PROCESSES, SPOKE WITH 10,000
COMMUNITY PEOPLE, MEMBERS, IN
2019, AND IN 2021, WHEN WE
REENGAGED THE PUBLIC, WE TALKED
TO AN ADDITIONAL 9000 PEOPLE.
THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE PROCESS
WHERE WE CONDUCTED LISTENING
SESSIONS, ONLINE OPEN HOUSES,
WE HAD OUR PARK AMBASSADORS
DOING INTERCEPT SURVEYS IN THE
PARK.
WE WENT THE EXTRA MILE TO
GATHER SOME BASELINE
INFORMATION ON PUBLIC NEEDS,
WANTS, DESIRES FOR THEIR PARKS
AND RECREATION SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY, THIS IS JUST THE EXAMPLE
OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD.
IN THE LEFT TOP SLIDE, WE HEARD
THIS INCREASED FOCUS ON THE
PUBLIC WANTING US TO PRIORITIZE
EQUITY IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
THERE ARE A LOT OF EXAMPLES
WHERE EQUITY IS CENTRAL TO THE
THINKING OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE NEXT SLIDE, RATHER,
ADDITIONALLY ON THE SLIDE,
PEOPLE WANT MORE ACTIVITIES IN
COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND MORE ADA
ASSESSABLE PLAYGROUNDS.
WE HEARD A BROAD SPECTRUM OF
IDEAS AND WISHES FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE
MAYOR HAS A PLAN WHICH IS
INFORMED BY PARK STAKEHOLDERS
AND COMMUNITY VOICES COME IN
LARGELY ALIGNS WITH THE PARK
BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE WILL BE USING $108 MILLION
WITH THE PARK BOARD AS OUR
STARTING POINT TODAY.
THIS MONEY INCLUDED SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND SOME
PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS BY THE
DEPARTMENT THAT WE PROVIDED TO
THEM RELATED TO FINANCING ONE-
TIME CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND
POTENTIAL COVID RECOVERY
OFFSETS . ONE OF THE BIG
CHANGES TO THE PLANNING
ASSUMPTIONS RESULTS FROM THE
MAYOR AND THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE WORKING TOGETHER TO
DELIVER A PLAN THAT MEETS THE
GENERAL FUND EXPECTATIONS
OUTLINED IN THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT.
THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO
THANK THE PARK BOARD -- I AM
SORRY, THE PARK DISTRICT BOARD,
THANK YOU FOR MAINTAINING YOUR
COMMITMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT TO MAINTAIN A GENERAL
FUND FLOOR.
THAT HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED IN
THIS PROCESS.
THE MAYOR ALSO MADE SOME
CHANGES THAT WE WILL WALK
THROUGH.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS WAS A
BALANCING ACT WITH A LOT MORE
DEMAND FOR SERVICES BUT
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE MANY OF
THE CHANGES BY THE MAYOR
ALIGNED WITH THE PRIORITIES YOU
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH US
AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM YOU.
IN TOTAL, THE MAYOR PLANNING TO
DEDICATE $114 MILLION IN
INVESTMENT IN 2023 OR $331 TAX
BILL TO THE MEDIAN HOME VALUE,
ESTIMATED AT $875,000.
THIS COMPARES TO THE 2022 TAX
BILL OF $155 BASED ON A MEDIAN
HOME VALUE OF $760,000.
NEXT SLIDE..
THIS SLIDE DEPICTS OUR BASELINE
CYCLE 1 SERVICES.
AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED, YOU CAN
SEE, THESE RESOURCES ARE
INTERVAL TO ALMOST ALL ASPECTS
OF OUR OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL
PROGRAMS, AND ACCOUNT FOR OVER
HALF OF THE TOTAL PROPOSED
PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
REFERRING TO AS THE BASELINE
LEVEL OF INVESTMENTS.
AND THEY CONTINUE FROM THE
FIRST CYCLE AND WE ARE
PROPOSING TODAY TO ADD, AS A
COMPONENT OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE MAYOR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE MAYOR'S PLAN ALLOCATES
APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION PER
YEAR TO FUND NEW CAPITAL
PROJECTS WITH A MIXTURE OF CASH
AND DEBT.
THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE
A DEBT HAS BEEN WIDELY
DISCUSSED.
I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS
PLAN DOES PRESCRIBE DEBT AS A
HYBRID FUNDING APPROACH TO SOME
OF THE LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS.
YOU WILL SEE THE DETAILS IN THE
FULL SIX-YEAR PLAN.
GENERALLY, THE PLAN BY THE
MAYOR FUNDS THE FIRST THREE
BULLETS WITH CASH, THAT
INCLUDES THE FIVE LAND BANK
SITES ACROSS THE CITY WHICH
INCLUDE WEST SEATTLE, JUNCTION,
48 AND CHARLESTOWN, MORGAN
JUNCTION, WEDGEWOOD.
AND WE WILL FIND SMITH COVE AND
A TENNIS CENTER, THEY WILL BE
FUNDED WITH CASH.
THESE NEXT FOUR, BOYLE HEIGHTS
COMMUNITY CENTER,
STABILIZATION, AND THE NEW
COMMUNITY CENTER AT EIGHTH AND
MERCER, AND LAKE CITY COMMUNITY
CENTER REDEVELOPMENT, AND GREEN
LAKE COMMUNITY CENTER, THEY
WILL BE FUNDED WITH DEBT
SERVICE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> I WAS FOLLOWING THE
POWERPOINT.
YOU KNEW I WOULD FLY THIS FOR
GREEN LAKE.
MAYBE TRACI CAN HELP US, MY
UNDERSTANDING, NOTWITHSTANDING
PROVIDING $10 MILLION FOR NEW
CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE
DEMOLITION OR THE REBUILDING OF
GREEN LAKE AND LAKE CITY, LAKE
CITY ALONE IS ABOUT $30
MILLION, BETWEEN $25 MILLION
AND $30 MILLION.
ARE WE STILL LOCKED IN FOR
THOSE FUNDS FOR GREEN LAKE AND
LAKE CITY?
>> YES.
MAYBE I WILL GO THROUGH WHAT WE
ARE PROPOSING FOR DEBT.
>> OKAY.
>> WE ARE PROPOSING, LET'S SEE,
FOR BOYLE HEIGHTS, WE ARE
PROPOSING $29 MILLION WITH 750
PLANNING DESIGN.
FOR LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER,
WE ARE PROPOSING $28 MILLION IN
DEBT FINANCING, ALMOST $30
MILLION, FOR GREEN LAKE
COMMUNITY CENTER, PROPOSING
$3.5 MILLION AS A PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT NUMBER WITH ANOTHER
$56 MILLION FOR ACTUAL
CONSTRUCTION.
FOR THE SOUTH LAKE UNION, EIGHT
AND MERCER, WE ARE PROPOSING
$750,000 FOR PLANNING AND $70
MILLION FOR BUILDOUT.
WE HAVE INCLUDED THE DEBT
FINANCING CONTINGENCY,
ANTICIPATING THERE ARE ALWAYS
UNANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL COSTS,
SO THAT TOTAL WAS ABOUT $15
MILLION FOR THIS PACKAGE OF
DEBT-FINANCED PACKAGE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
WHEN WE HAD THE FORMER
SUPERINTENDENT, BUT THE PUBLIC,
WHAT THEY WILL HEAR, WHEN WE
HAD THE FIRST SIX-YEAR PLAN,
WHAT THE COMMITMENTS WERE, AND
WE WERE WORKING ON THE NEXT 60
MINUTES TO BUILD UP ALL OF
THESE PROJECTS, AND WE GOT HIT
BY COVID AND EVERYTHING GOT
PUT ON HOLD.
I WAS WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO KEEP
GOING BUT EVERYTHING WAS ON
HOLD FOR GREEN LAKE AND LAKE
CITY, AND I WAS WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
PUSHING ON THE LAND BANK
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
BECAUSE I AM FAMILIAR WITH DEBT
FINANCING, I UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING.
IT DID NOT LOOK RIGHT BUT NOW I
UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY HEART ATTACK IS OVER.
THANK YOU.
>> I AM GLAD WE COULD
RESUSCITATE YOU.
>> BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT,
I HAD A SIMILAR HEART
COMPETITION BEFORE THE MEETING
LOOKING OVER THIS POWERPOINT
ABOUT THE MONEY AND APPENDIX 3
HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
IS JUST DEBT FINANCING OF
LARGER AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAMS, CHIEF
EMERY, EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT
GREEN LAKE, SINCE THE SUMMER
WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED THAT GREEN
LAKE WOULD NOT HAVE $129
PROJECTS, IT WOULD BE A $50
MILLION PROJECT, A RENOVATION
RATHER THAN A RENEWAL, AN
EXPANSION, OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
I HAVE ASKED THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
WE WILL NOT BE SATISFIED WITH
THE RENOVATION AS WE HAVE
ALREADY HAD A RENOVATION.
THE ISSUES AT HAND ARE WE NEED
EXPANDED COMMUNITY SPACE FOR
CHILD CARE, WE NEED THE POOL TO
BE FIXED, THESE THINGS CANNOT
HAPPEN WITHIN THE SAME
FOOTPRINT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
WITH THE BUILDING.
MY QUESTION IS, BECAUSE YOUR
TEAM QUICKLY GOT ME THE
INFORMATION TO STOP MY HEART
PALPITATIONS, BUT MY QUESTION
IS, WHY ARE WE STILL CALLING IT
A RENOVATION?
IS IT YOU NEED MORE MONEY IN
THE DOOR TO MAKE THIS A
RENEWAL?
I HAVE ASKED SO MANY TIMES
WITHOUT THE WORD RENOVATION, I
CANNOT HELP MYSELF BUT ASKED IT
ON THE RECORD TODAY.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK THE FIRST PART OF THE
QUESTION IS, WE ALWAYS SEEK TO
LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL MONEY
THROUGH EITHER STATE GRANTS, IF
THERE ARE WAYS TO LEVERAGE THIS
$56 MILLION FOR GREEN LAKE,
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD A
BIGGER AND BETTER PROJECT, WE
WANT TO GO OVER THOSE GRANTS,
STATE FUNDS, COUNTY FUNDS, YOU
CAN COUNT ON THAT FOR ALL OF
THESE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION
OF MONEY.
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
TRYING TO PARSE OUT A PLAN THAT
HAS EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF
RESOURCES ACROSS THE SYSTEM IS
WHAT HAS BACKED US INTO A
CORNER.
THAT IS HOW WE WOUND UP WITH A
RENOVATION VERSUS A GROUND
FLOOR REBUILD.
JUST WHAT THE MEMBERS WE WERE
USING, THE PLANNING NUMBERS, WE
NEEDED TO MAKE THAT WORK FOR
THE ENTIRE CITY.
>> MAYBE THIS IS DAYLIGHT FOR
ME, FIRST DAY BACK AFTER
RECESS, DAY AFTER LABOR DAY,
HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING.
IS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STILL
PLANNING A SIMPLE RENOVATION?
HAVE I BEEN LED ASTRAY?
>> IT IS MUCH MORE -- WE ARE
CALLING IT A RENOVATION, WE
CONSIDER THIS AN ALTERATION TO
THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
THIS IS NOT JUST A MINOR
RESERVATION -- RENOVATION, THIS
IS A MAJOR --
>> I WILL GIVE YOU A LIFELINE,
YOU SAID ALTERATION, DIFFERENT
THAN A RENOVATION.
WE HAVE ALREADY DONE
RENOVATIONS.
>> THIS IS BIGGER THAN A
RENOVATION.
>> I WANT TO STOP CALLING IT A
RENOVATION IF YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT A SUBSTANTIAL ALTERATION.
>> OKAY.
>> I HAVE MADE THE REQUEST A
NUMBER OF TIMES AND I THINK
THAT IT IS CONFUSING FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC.
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT
RENOVATIONS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN
PLACE AT THE BUILDING . IF THAT
IS WHAT PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE
GETTING, THEY ARE NOT
UNDERSTANDING THE GOOD WORK
THAT YOU ARE DOING.
THAT IS WHAT I AM GETTING
CONCERNED WITH.
WE ARE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT
WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE
WHERE STUMBLING UPON OURSELVES.
APOLOGIES FOR -- TUESDAY AFTER
LABOR DAY COMING IN HOT BUT I
WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW
EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING AND
THAT IS MORE THAN THE WORK ON
THIS PAGE.
>> THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
PROJECT AND A SUBSTANTIAL
ALTERATION.
>> MAYBE WE CAN CONTINUE THE
NOMENCLATURE DISCUSSION OFF-
LINE.
ABOUT THE LEVEL OF CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT THAT WE ARE GOING
TO SEE IN SOME OF THESE SITES,
IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT DOLLAR
FIGURES BEHIND IT.
NOT JUST FOR THE BUILDING BUT
THE ACTUAL PLANNING PROCESS.
IT WILL BE GOOD FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WORK
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS LIFTED
UP APPROPRIATELY TO ITS SCALE
AND MAGNITUDE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THIS
SLIDE AS WELL, SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT IS, THIS APPEARS
THROUGHOUT SOME OF THE MATERIAL
THAT THE MAYOR DISTRIBUTED, THE
ASTERIX REGARDING THE $2.6
MILLION FOR SMITH COVE.
I AM JUST TRYING TO GET A
BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT IS
COMMUNICATING, IS THAT MONEY
THAT IS BEING GIVEN BACK TO THE
PARK DISTRICT FROM SOME OTHER
SOURCE?
WHY DOES IT HAVE AN ASTERIX?
>> WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CALL
OUT IS INCLUDED IN HERE,
ANNUALIZED AS RE-FUNDING THE
SMITH COVE PROJECT.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE TOOK
SEVERAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS, THIS
WAS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT
WAS DEFUNDED DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND THIS ADDS FUNDING
BACK TO COMPLETE THE ATHLETIC
FIELD AND THE WALKING TRAIL FOR
SMITH COVE.
>> THE SOURCE OF THAT MONEY IS
NOT MPD?
IS THAT CORRECT THEN?
WE BORROWED FROM THE MPD
WITHOUT GIVING THE MONEY BACK.
>> YES.
>> IT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL SEE
ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE SIX-
YEAR PLAN.
IN CYCLE 1, WE HAD FRONTLOADED
THE APPROPRIATION TO DO THE
PROJECT BUT ASSUMED WE WOULD BE
BACKFILLING THAT APPROPRIATION
INTO CYCLE 2. THERE IS AN
AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION THAT
NEEDS REVENUE TO FUND IT.
IT LOOKS OFF-BALANCE IF YOU
LOOK AT THE SIX-YEAR PLAN
BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY $2.6
MILLION OF APPROPRIATION AND WE
WANTED TO CALL IT OUT THAT IT
LOOKS STRANGE ON THE PLAN, BUT
IT IS BASICALLY PART OF THE
FUNDING, CASH REVENUE TO
COMPLETE THE PROJECT, AND OTHER
PORTION OF ANOTHER $4.5 MILLION
OR WHATEVER YOU WILL SEE ON THE
EXPENSE SIDE BECAUSE IT MEANS
APPROPRIATION AND REVENUE.
>> THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE
ASTERIX.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH THE
PRESENTATION, SUPERINTENDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
IN THIS SLIDE, ACTUALLY, IN THE
NEXT THREE SLIDES, WE WANT TO
COVER THE FINAL $40 MILLION.
FIRST, WE WILL COVER SOME OF
THE INVESTMENTS FROM THE
COMMISSIONERS AND COVER THE
CHANGES THAT CAME FROM THE
MAYOR.
THE PLAN INCLUDES
DECARBONIZATION OF SIX SPR
FACILITIES, ELECTRIFICATION, WE
WANT TO CREATE A NEW VANDALISM
AND GRAFFITI RESPONSE TEAM TO
RESPOND TO GRAFFITI ACROSS THE
SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO EXPAND OUR TRAIL
RESTORATION EFFORTS ACROSS THE
SYSTEM AND EXPAND LEASH AND
SCOOP ON HORSEMAN.
WE WANT TO GREATLY LEVERAGE OUR
ABILITY TO WORK WITH PARTNERS
TO EMPLOY YOUTH AND GIVE THEM
JOBS.
IT IS A GREAT INTERVENTION
TOOL, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, TO HELP
YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE WANT TO PLANT 600 TREES
ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND FOCUS ON
BARRIER REMOVAL.
WE WANT TO ENHANCE OUR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AMBASSADORS AND HOW MUCH TIME
WE INVEST IN THAT ACROSS THE
SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO MAKE ALL OF OUR 129
CONVERSATIONS AVAILABLE ALL
YEAR ROUND.
WE WILL MAKE INVESTMENT IN
THAT.
WE WANT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
COMMUNITY CENTERS BY OFFERING
MORE EVENING AND WEEKEND HOURS.
WE WANT TO SET UP AN EQUITY
GRANT THAT RECOGNIZES THAT NOT
EVERY COMMUNITY HAS THE ABILITY
TO FUND RAISE FOR A LARGE
CAPITAL PROJECT AND PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR A MATCH.
THIS IS A GRANT PROGRAM FOR
CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WILL NOT
REQUIRE A MATCH.
AND THEN WE WANT TO CREATE OUR
FIRST DEDICATED PICKLE BALL
COURT IN THE SYSTEM, WE WILL
CREATE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT
PICKLE BALL COURTS THROUGHOUT
THE SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO EXPAND THE SEATTLE
CONSERVATION CREW.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SECOND
CHANCE PROGRAMS IN THE SYSTEM
AND WE WANT TO DO MORE OF THIS
PROGRAM TO HELP GET PEOPLE ON
THEIR FEET.
NEXT SLIDE.
ADDITIONAL ADS BY THE MAYOR
ICLUDE A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY
SAFETY, YOU HEARD THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE EMERY PENSION AND
INVESTMENT IN PARK RANGERS
WHICH WILL ONBOARD 26
ADDITIONAL PARK RANGERS BY
2024.
WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY AND THE
MAYOR WANTS TO RESTORE OVER
$900,000 TO THE GREENING
SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS
CUT IN 2019.
WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO
CLEAN, SAFE, OPEN PARKS.
AND ENSURING THAT OUR
CONVERSATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
YEAR-ROUND USE.
ALSO, WE WANT TO RE-APPROPRIATE
SOME EXISTING UTILITY COSTS,
FREEING UP A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF
GENERAL FUND RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE
QUEEN CITY INITIATIVE SERVICES.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE
CLEAN CITIES PROGRAM.
WE WANT TO CREATE A YOUTH
OPPORTUNITY FUND.
THIS IDEA RECOGNIZES THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF PARTNERS WE SHOULD
BE WORKING WITH TO REACH THE
YOUTH WHO CAN HELP US WITH
FILLING THE VISION OF THE MAYOR
FOR INCREASED YOUTH MENTORSHIP
AND THE KINDS OF INTERVENTIONS
THAT KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE
RIGHT PATH.
THAT IS WHAT THAT INVESTMENT IS
FOR.
>> THEN I ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS
ON THIS SLIDE?
I DID NOT WANT TO INTERRUPT
YOUR FINAL THOUGHT.
>> NO WORRIES.
>> I WANT TO START BY
APPRECIATING THE GENERAL FUND
FLOOR BEING, FROM WHAT I
GATHER, FOLLOWED BY THE
EXECUTIVE AND WHAT WE
ANTICIPATE TO GET IN TERMS OF A
BUDGET PRESENTATION IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
FAIRLY, UNIVERSALLY
COMMUNICATED BY THE PARK
DISTRICT BOARD AND, SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED INTERNALLY WITH
WHAT MAYOR HARRELL AND THE
ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO SEE
AND I AM GLAD THAT IS A STRONG
AREA OF COMMONALITY.
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT THE UTILITY
COSTS AND THE MPD, WHAT WE
ANTICIPATE THAT TO RUN IN TERMS
OF A LINE ITEM FOR THE MPD.
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM FUND
DISTRIBUTION IS ANTICIPATED TO
BE BETWEEN GENERAL FUND AND MPD
UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.
>> SURE.
WE THINK THIS APPROACH ENABLES
THE DEPARTMENT TO SHARE COSTS
FOR CLEAN CITIES, COST WITH
GENERAL FUND VERSUS PARK
DISTRICT FUNDS WITH THE LOGIC
BEING THIS MAKES SENSE BECAUSE
IT IS A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL
EFFORT.
THE COUNCIL WILL SEE THE FULL
PROPOSAL FROM THE MAYOR ABOUT
CLEAN CITIES AND THE UNIFIED
CARE TEAM BUDGET WHEN THE MAYOR
RANSMITS THE BUDGET IN
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE
COST ARE ABOUT $5.3 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION.
BUT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
BETTER IN POSITION TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION.
WE THINK IT IS GOING TO BE
ABOUT $5.3 MILLION FROM PARK
DISTRICT REVENUES TO PAY FOR
THAT.
>> WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THAT
MONEY PRIOR TO PARK DISTRICT
BEING PROPOSED AS THE SOURCE ?
>> ONE TIME CLIFFER FUNDS WHICH
WERE SCHEDULED TO SUNSET AT THE
END OF THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING,
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
GIVEN THOSE ANSWERS, I DON'T
HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON
THIS SLIDE.
YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON
HAS A QUESTION.
>> IS THAT $5.3 MILLION WHAT WE
WERE GETTING AT THE BEGINNING
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
MOVING $10 MILLION OF PARK
DISTRICT FUNDING FOR COVID
RELIEF ?
>> SO, THE ORIGINAL SOURCE FOR
THAT MONEY WAS FEDERAL MONEY.
THE WAY THIS IS CONSTITUTED, IT
WOULD NOT BE REPLACING
TRADITIONAL CITY GENERAL FUND
MONEY.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE MONEY HAS
ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE BY ONE-
TIME FEDERAL COVID MONEY . I
WILL LET THE SUPERINTENDENT
CLARIFY.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS
DISCONTINUING A PROGRAM THAT WE
HAVE BEEN RUNNING WITH A
PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE A PROGRAM
WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING ON ONE-
TIME FEDERAL MONEY AND MAKING A
PERMANENT IN THE MPD.
I DO NOT WANT TO MISREPRESENT
THE PROPOSAL BY THE EXECUTIVE.
>> IS MAKING A PERMANENT WITH
GENERAL FUND AND MOVING SOME
PREVIOUSLY BACK EXPENSES THAT
ARE GENERAL PARK AND RECREATION
PURPOSES, UTILITY COSTS ONTO
THE MPD.
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM WOULD BE
GENERAL FUND.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE
ORIGINAL PROPOSED $10 MILLION
FOR GENERAL FUND FUNDED COVID
RELIEF MEASURES AND I DID NOT
SEE IT.
ANYWAY, GO ONE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, JUAREZ?
>> CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE,
CHRISTOPHER?
>> YES.
>> I WAS BUSY TAKING NOTES.
AS YOU KNOW, A LITTLE HISTORY,
ON THE CLEAN CITY INITIATIVE,
THIS IS WHERE, OBVIOUSLY I
WANTED TO SEE MORE BECAUSE WE
WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE FORMER
SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK WE
SECURED ABOUT $9.2 MILLION
TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR
BECAUSE PARKS FOUND THEMSELVES
IN A POSITION, BECAUSE OF
COVID , DOING THINGS THAT WERE
NOT NORMALLY IN THE JOB
DESCRIPTION.
AS YOU KNOW, PARKS WORKED WITH
SPD ON THE CLEANUP AND WE HAVE
ADVOCATED AND SECURED THE $9.3
MILLION TOWARDS THE END OF THE
YEAR.
SO, THE $5.3 MILLION -- AM I
LOOKING AT THE RIGHT NUMBER?
>> YES.
>> IS NOT GOING TO BE -- I
DON'T WANT TO SOUND OPEN-ENDED,
BUT, I AM GUESSING WE HAVE
REACHED A PLATEAU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, OR,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THE CHAIR,
WE PAY ATTENTION, YOU SEND US
THE WEEKLY NUMBERS OF GARBAGE
PICKUP AND WHO GOT A DEEP
CLEANING, AND WHAT PARKS YOU
WANT TO HIT.
IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT PARKS
HAS A HANDLE ON WHAT IS BEING
ASKED OF THEM WHEN THEY'RE
CLEANING UP ALL OF THESE AREAS
AND ASSISTING OTHER DEPARTMENTS
IN ENCAMPMENT REMOVAL?
>> FOR MORE CLARITY, THAT $9
MILLION WAS FOR PARTS, SPU,
THIS $5.3 MILLION IS DEDICATED
TO SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
EFFORTS, NOT FUNDING ALL OF THE
UNITED CARE TEAM, THE PARKS
COMPONENT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT, IT WAS
DIVIDED BETWEEN FOUR
DEPARTMENTS.
THIS IS A NICER BUMP.
CHRISTOPHER, DO WE HAVE A
BETTER HANDLE ABOUT WHAT IT
TAKES TO GET TEAMS OUT THERE?
IN THE BEGINNING, SOME PEOPLE
WERE NOT HAPPY, I UNDERSTAND
WHEN THEY SAID LABOR SAID YOU
WERE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THINGS
NOT IN THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION.
BUT YOU MOVE ALONG AND WE
WORKED WITH LABOR TO MAKE SURE
WE DID IT RIGHT.
IS IT FAIR TO SAY WE HAVE A
GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT IT TAKES TO
STAY ON TOP OF CLEANING THE
PARKS AND NOT JUST THE REMOVAL
PIECE, BUT THE GARBAGE AND
GRAFFITI, ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LABOR HAS BEEN CONCERNED THAT
PEOPLE BE GIVEN ADEQUATE LEVELS
OF SECURITY AND TRAINING.
AND PPE.
I THINK WE ARE MEETING THAT
STANDARD.
FOR KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT YOU WILL
HEAR A MORE FULL EXPLANATION OF
HOW PARKS PLAN TO FIT WITH THE
BROADER UTC PLAN WHEN THE MAYOR
PRESENTS HIS BUDGET LATER THIS
MONTH.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A
GREAT PARTNER.
I KNOW THAT WAS A HEAVY LIFT
WHEN THIS FIRST HIT IN 2020 AND
RECRUITING PARK AMBASSADORS, IT
WAS JUST A THING, YOU WORKED
REALLY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY
QUESTION.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ.
SUPERINTENDENT, WE CAN CONTINUE
WITH THE PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP OFF-LINE TO
ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE -- HOW THE UNIFIED CARE
TEAM PIECES FIT TOGETHER.
FOR NOW, THAT IS SUFFICIENT.
>> OKAY.
THERE WERE OTHER MODIFICATIONS,
AS MENTIONED, THE PLAN BY THE
MAYOR MEETS COMMITMENTS
OUTLINED IN THE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WHICH INCLUDES
TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN
SPR OPERATING EXPENSES TO
ADDRESS PARKLAND SHORTFALLS.
THE PLAN CREATES A
DESTABILIZATION RESERVE TO
REDUCE PRESSURE TO INCREASE
PROGRAM FEES BY SHIFTING FUTURE
INFLATIONARY COSTS FROM THE
PARK FUND, WHICH IS OUR EARNED
REVENUE ACCOUNT, TO THE PARK
DISTRICT.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE TO
HOW FEES CAN CREATE A BARRIER
TO PARTICIPATION FOR DIFFERENT
GROUPS ACROSS THE CITY AND OUR
EXERCISE PLAN IS TO HAVE MORE
OF THE BURDEN FOR REVENUE SHIFT
TO THE PARK DISTRICT VERSUS TO
THE PUBLIC.
ALSO, THIS PROPOSAL PROVIDES
RESOURCES TO INCREASE THE
INDIRECT SERVICES NEEDED TO
SUPPORT THIS CYCLE.
ANOTHER WORDS, THERE IS AN
OVERHEAD COMPARTMENT FOR
ACCOUNTING, CONTRACTING, A
GROUP WE CALL THE BUSINESS
SERVICE CENTER TO SUPPORT THIS.
FINALLY, THE PLAN BY THE MAYOR
DOES NOT INCREASE INVESTMENTS
ABOVE OUR BASELINE AND IN FOUR
AREAS PROPOSED BY THE BOARD OF
PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS, THAT INCLUDES
PART BEAUTIFICATION, THIS IS
THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE
HANGING FLOWER BASKETS AND
OTHER BEAUTIFICATION MEASURES
ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
VIEWPOINT MAINTENANCE, URBAN
FOOD SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, AND I
SHOULD MENTION THAT WE HAVE AN
URBAN FOOD SYSTEM PROGRAM
ALREADY.
WE ARE JUST NOT EXPANDING THE
PROGRAM.
AND ACQUISITION.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN ACQUISITION
BUDGET, WE ARE JUST NOT
EXPANDING THE LEVEL OF, OR
RATHER ADDING TO THE
ACQUISITION BUDGET.
THIS CONSTITUTES ABOUT $1.7
MILLION, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL BOARD
OF PARKS AND RECREATION'S
REQUEST?
>> WHAT ABOUT INDIRECT
SERVICES?
>> THAT IS OVERHEAD COST, BACK
OFFICE, ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTS
PAYABLE, ALL OF THE BACK-OFFICE
RESOURCES LIKE CONTRACTING.
WE HAVE AN AREA CALLED THE
BUSINESS SERVICE CENTER WHICH
TAKES REGISTRATION FOR
COMMUNITY CENTER ENROLLMENT.
AS WE INCREASE THE USE OF OUR
FACILITIES AND INCREASE THE
PROGRAMMING AND SERVICE
DELIVERY, WE BELIEVE THERE WILL
BE AN OVERHEAD COST FOR THE
PRODUCTION.
THAT IS WHAT THIS IS
RECOGNIZING.
I THINK THAT IS ABOUT $800,000
WORTH OF OVERHEAD COSTS.
IN A $57 MILLION PACKAGE.
>> THAT IS A NEW ADD FROM THE
BPRC?
>> THAT DID NOT RECOMMEND THAT
BUT IT WAS A CHANGE RECOMMENDED
BY THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
>> WE DID NOTIFY THE PARK BOARD
THAT WE WOULD BE INCLUDING IT
BUT DID NOT HAVE THEM
PRIORITIZE A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS NEXT SLIDE CAPTURES
EVERYTHING WE JUST WALK
THROUGH, THE CHANGES BY THE
MAYOR, TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS
YOU HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING.
WE WILL NOT WALK THROUGH THIS
AT A HIGH LEVEL BUT YOU HAVE
THIS INFORMATION IN YOUR
MATERIALS.
THE MAYOR ADDED APPROXIMATELY
$4 MILLION TO THE BOARD OF
PARKS AND RECREATION
COMMISSIONERS ENDORSED PLAN AND
THOSE INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS,
PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS, AND KEY
POLICY CHANGES.
I WILL PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE
ARE QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT.
DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS?
>> I AM SORRY, WE HAVE ONE MORE
SLIDE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THIS NEXT SLIDE IS
ATTEMPTING TO DEPICT FORECAST
REVENUE COLLECTION ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
THAT IS WHAT THE FIRST LINE IS.
THE OPERATIONAL MAX, THE
STATUTORY LIMIT, IS THE MIDDLE
LINE.
THAT IS WHERE -- THAT IS THE
LEGAL LIMIT OF TAXING AUTHORITY
WE HAVE IN THE PARK DISTRICT
WITHOUT GOING OUT FOR A PUBLIC
VOTE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE
REMAINING CAPACITY BETWEEN THE
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE MAYOR
AND THE STATUTORY LIMIT.
YOU CAN SEE, IN THE OUT YEARS,
HOW THAT STATUTORY CAPACITY
EBBS AND FLOWS THROUGH 2028.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
THAT IS A GREAT SHOT TO END ON.
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE COMMENTS FROM BOARD
MEMBERS?
BOARD MEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND NEXT
STEPS.
I AM HOPING OUR CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE FULLY
ANALYZING THIS.
WE GOT SOME DETAILS FOR THE
FIRST TIME TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO FULLY
ANALYZE THIS AND RECONCILE THE
VARIOUS NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THAT IS
BEING PROPOSED.
>> I CAN GENERALLY SAY, HAVING
RECEIVED A DETAILED TRANSMITTAL
OF INFORMATION THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND
THE MAYOR FOR SENDING A
COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE FOR US TO
REVIEW.
AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THIS INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT
THREE WEEKS OF DELIBERATIONS ON
THIS.
I DO NOT FEEL LIKE IT WILL BE
UNDULY RUSHING IT GIVEN THAT WE
DO HAVE APPENDIXES THAT
INDICATE ADDITIONAL BUDGET
CONTEXT TO SOME OF THESE ADS.
MORE INFORMATION THAN I WAS
EXPECTING.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL HELP
CENTRAL STAFF AND OUR
RESPECTIVE OFFICES GO THROUGH
THESE PROPOSALS.
IT IS NOT LIKE I AM INTENDING
TO CALL A QUESTION ON THIS
PACKAGE ON FRIDAY.
WITHOUT DUE THE ABILITY FOR
COLLEAGUES TO DELIBERATE AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH
IN.
I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER
LARGE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS
WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN
THE NORTHGATE NEIGHBORHOOD
TOMORROW EVENING.
WE WILL BE GETTING FEEDBACK ON
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, TO YOUR
POINT , I DO THINK THERE WILL
BE SIGNIFICANT TIME TO GO
THROUGH THIS.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO THANK THE EXECUTIVE FOR A
THOROUGH TRANSMITTAL OF
INFORMATION.
THIS WILL HELP US WITH THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THE
EXECUTIVE PANEL WANTS TO SAY IN
RESPONSE?
>> I THINK YOU ADDRESSED IT
REALLY WELL, THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WE
BUILT EARLY ON WITH CENTRAL
STAFF, WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT ENERGY AND
GREAT COLLABORATION EFFORT AND
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BOARD MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> I WILL AGREE AND DISAGREE
WITH YOUR COMMENTS.
I THINK THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT
OF AGREEMENT THAT YOU HEARD
FROM ME TODAY, MY BIGGEST
DISAGREEMENT WAS SEMANTICS, NOT
FUNDING OR PROGRAMMING, ABOUT
HOW WE ARE SPEAKING WITH OUR
COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE ARE
BUILDING PARKS.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,
SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TEAM, KEEP UP THE GREAT
WORK.
MY BIT OF DISAGREEMENT WITH THE
BOARD PRESIDENT, LEWIS , THIS
TIMELINE IS TOO FAST.
WE HAVE EXPRESSED THIS TO
MONTHS AND I WILL STAND WITH
YOU TO MOVE THIS IS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE AND NOT BE A ROADBLOCK
BECAUSE THE TIMELINE WAS
DICTATED BECAUSE OF THE COVID
PANDEMIC , BECAUSE OF THE
TRANSITION TO THE NEW MAYOR AND
SO MANY OTHER EXTERNAL FACTORS.
I WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE TO
GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
BEFORE THE END OF THE BUDGET
BUT PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD
WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR
MONTHS, THIS IS A FAST
TIMELINE.
>> BOARD MEMBER NELSON?
>> DITTO TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS SAID, I HAVE QUESTIONS
AND I WILL ASK MOST OF THEM OFF-
LINE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
MATERIALS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
LOOK AT.
WHERE IN THIS PRESENTATION --
CAN YOU DIRECT ME TO A PAGE
NUMBER AND I WILL GET TO IT
LATER, WHERE ARE THE EXPANDED
COMMUNITY CENTER HOURS
ADDRESSED IN THESE ITEMS?
CAN YOU POINT ME TO THE
SECTION?
AND I WILL ASK CENTRAL STAFF
LATER.
>> DO YOU KNOW THE PAGE NUMBER,
MICHELE?
>> I WILL FIND IT, THE SPECIFIC
HOURS ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THE
MATERIALS BUT WE HAVE A DRAFT
PROPOSAL OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF
HOURS THAT WE CAN SHARE THROUGH
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TO BE CLEAR, AS BOARD MEMBER
NELSON SAID, AS THIS QUESTION
ILLUSTRATES, NOW THAT WE HAVE
SOME CLARITY ON AREAS OF
PRIORITY FROM THE EXECUTIVE,
THIS WILL GO FORWARD TO SETTING
UP METRICS, SETTING UP
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO
TRACK METRICS, AND IRONING OUT
SOME OF THE AREAS FROM THIS
FIRST INITIAL PROPOSAL FROM THE
MAYOR AND HOW WE WANT TO
INTERACT WITH IT.
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT KIND
OF ENGAGEMENT.
ERIC AND TRACI FROM CENTRAL
STAFF HOPEFULLY HAVE SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION TO BE WELL-VERSED
IN BEING ABLE TO GET ALL BOARD
MEMBERS UP TO SPEED ON AREAS OF
INTEREST THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED HERE.
IF INFORMATION, OR FUTURE
DELIBERATIONS, ARE NOT
SUFFICIENT TO GIVE BOARD
MEMBERS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE,
THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE CAN
HAVE.
TRACI AND ERIC, DO YOU HAVE
COMMENTS IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FROM EXECUTIVE THAT
WOULD BE USEFUL FOR FILLING IN
SOME BLANK SPOTS AS THEY STAND?
>> NO SHORTAGE OF BLANKS TO BE
FILLED IN AT THE LEVEL OF
ANALYSIS WE DO.
WHAT I WILL SAY TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO DO THE DEEPER DIVE THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE US DO DURING THE
BUDGET, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THAT
LEVEL OF INFORMATION WE WILL
LOOK AT.
IF WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT AN
ADOPTION OF A SPENDING PLAN, WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS A
HIGHER-LEVEL PROGRAM SPENDING
PLAN, NOT THE GORY DETAILS OF
HOW EVERY DOLLAR WILL BE SPENT
WITHIN THAT TIME.
AT THIS HIGH LEVEL YOU WILL BE
MAKING DECISIONS TO SAY, IS
THIS THE PROGRAM AREA WE WANT
TO DO THAT WE WANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT LEVELS AND WHAT
DO YOU GET FOR THE FUNDING OF
THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS?
WE CANNOT DO THE DEEPER DIVE
THAT WE DO DURING BUDGET
BECAUSE OF THE TIMING BEING SO
SHORT.
WE HAVE QUESTIONS WE ARE ASKING
THE EXECUTIVE TO GET TO A LEVEL
OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT
WILL THIS GET US IN TERMS OF
OUTCOMES AND SO FORTH.
AND HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS AS THEY BEGAN TO
HAVE QUESTIONS AT THAT LEVEL,
AT THE HIGHER LEVEL OF
QUESTIONING.
>> I WOULD ADD, A LOT OF THOSE
ELEMENTS COME OUT IN APPENDIX 4
THAT WAS TRANSMITTED, OTHER
BUDGET CONTEXT THAT ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL HAVE WHICH
ILLUSTRATE HOW A LOT OF THESE
LINE ITEMS INTERACT WITH OTHER
THINGS WE WILL BE GRAPPLING
WITH IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
I THINK THAT THAT APPENDIX IS
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE WORK THAT
WILL BE IN FRONT OF US AND I
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF IN ANALYZING AND
BRIEFING ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF
THIS PROPOSAL.
WITH THAT, GIVEN THAT IT IS
ALMOST 5:00 P.M., ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCIL FOR BOARD COLLEAGUES?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE A
QUESTION.
>> BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> TWO THINGS , CHRISTOPHER,
YOU MAY HAVE DONE A PIE CHART,
I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU DID ON
THIS SLIDE THAT MPD MAKES UP A
TOTAL OF THE PARK DISTRICT
BUDGET , WHAT NUMBER?
>> THE MPD MAKES UP ABOUT 20%
OF OUR TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET.
HOWEVER, THIS NEW ADD, I THINK
GETS US CLOSER TO 60%.
IS THAT CORRECT, MICHELE?
>> ABOUT ONE THIRD OF 2023.
>> SO I THINK, BECAUSE I HAD
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS' JOB FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS.
THE DISCUSSIONS ARE DIFFERENT
WITH MPD AND WHAT THE VOTERS
MANDATED IN 2014 THAN WHAT WE
DO WHEN WE DO REGULAR BUDGET
DISCUSSIONS.
THEY ARE NOT THE SAME.
SO, WHEN I HAD TO CHAIR THIS, I
WOULD TALK TO COUNCILMEMBERS, A
BUDGET WHEN WE GOT INTO THE
NITTY-GRITTY DETAILS, BUT THE
MPD COMES FROM THE VOTERS AND
WHAT THEY REQUIRE OF US.
IT IS NOT FOR THE COUNCIL, IT
IS MANDATORY BECAUSE IT IS WHAT
THE VOTERS ASKED FOR.
YOU DO NOT HAVE AS MUCH ROOM TO
NEGOTIATE AS YOU DO ON THE
BUDGET SIDE, THE REGULAR
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET
SIDE.
I ALWAYS HAD TO KEEP THAT IN
MIND WHEN WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT THOUGHT,
THERE IS A POT OF MONEY AND I
WANT X. YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT FIT INTO
THE SIX-YEAR CYCLE OF WHAT
PEOPLE DEMANDED TO GET FUNDED.
I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE SO
IT DOES NOT RAISE EXPECTATIONS
THAT IS NOT THE SAME
CONVERSATION WE HAVE WITH
BUDGET.
IF I AM WRONG, TRACI, CORRECT
ME.
THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM YOU
IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
DID NOT MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE
SPOT.
>> IT IS FAIR TO SAY, WHAT YOU
HAVE DESCRIBED IS ACCURATE
WITHIN THE CYCLE 1 SPENDING
PLAN BECAUSE WE DESIGNATED,
EVERY YEAR HOW MUCH WE WOULD
SPEND, HOW MUCH REVENUE WE
WOULD BRING IN AND HOW MUCH WE
WOULD SPEND.
NOW THAT WE ARE IN CYCLE 2,
WHERE WE ARE ESTABLISHING THE
SPENDING LIMITS, WE ARE NOW IN
A PLACE WHERE THE COUNCILMEMBER
HAS THEPREROGATIVE TO LOOK AT
THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES YOU
WANT TO FUND ABOUT WHAT LEVELS,
WE HAVE A MAX THAT WE CANNOT GO
OVER BECAUSE OF WHAT THE VOTERS
HAVE AUTHORIZED AND THEY DID A
GOOD JOB OF SAYING WHAT THOSE
ARE AND WE HAVE A CLEARLY IN
MIND.
THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR YOU TO
LOOK AT THE RANGE OF PROGRAMS
AND SERVICES WHICH HAVE BEEN
PROPOSED BY THE EXECUTIVE AND,
IF YOU HAVE SOME OF YOUR OWN,
THAT FALL WITHIN THE PARKS AND
RECREATION BUCKET, IT IS
RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, AND
PROGRAMS, THOSE ARE BECOMING
ELIGIBLE OR ARE ELIGIBLE THINGS
THAT COULD BE FUNDING WITH
PARKS FUNDS.
>> THERE IS A MANDATE WE HAVE
FOR WHAT GOD PASSED IN 2014,
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
REGULAR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS,
THAT IS ALL I WAS SAYING AND I
WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> I THINK THERE IS NO BETTER
ILLUSTRATION OF THE COMMENT BY
BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ THEN THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
USE OF GENERAL FUNDS
SUPPLEMENTATION WITH THE PARK
DISTRICT.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE
CONFORMED TO THE MANDATE THAT
BOARD MEMBER JUAREZ HAS
IDENTIFIED . WITH THAT, I DON'T
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
I WOULD ALLUDE ONE MORE TIME TO
THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WILL
HAVE TOMORROW IN THE NORTHGATE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT WILL BE AT THE NORTHGATE
COMMUNITY CENTER STARTING AT
6:00 P.M.
WHICH ADDRESSES 10510 5th
AVENUE NORTHEAST WHERE WE WILL
HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC,
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON THEIR
PARK DISTRICT RENEWAL, AND ITAN
CYCLE 2 INVESTMENTS.
WITH THAT, I DO NOT HAVE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM BOARD
MEMBERS?
IT DOES NOT APPEAR THERE IS.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING.
ANOTHER THING, CAN WE AGREE TO
THIS TIME LATE IN THE SPRING
AND SAID TODAY AS THE
TRANSMITTAL OF THE EXECUTIVE
PROPOSAL, I WANT TO THANK THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM FOR STICKING TO
THE DEADLINE.
AND GETTING US THE MATERIAL.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE THAT AND
THERE WAS NO REQUEST TO DELAY OR
RESCHEDULING OF THAT TIMELINE.
JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ABILITY OF THIS ADMINISTRATION
TO WORK IN GOOD FAITH AND
CONTINUE TO GET THE COUNCIL THE
INFORMATION HE NEEDS TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR
PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
WITH THAT, WE WILL SEE
EVERYBODY AT OUR NEXT MEETING
OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK
DISTRICT . THANK YOU.