GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THIS IS OUR SPECIAL FINANCE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.
IT'S DECEMBER 5th.
IT'S 9:35:00 A.M.
I'M SALLY BAGSHAW, CHAIR OF
THIS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES FOR JOINING ME.
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO JUGGLE SO
MANY THINGS TODAY.
I APPRECIATE OUR BEING ABLE TO
SQUEEZE THIS IN.
AND EMILY, THANK YOU FOR
HELPING STEP IN AND ORGANIZE
IT.
SO WE HAVE AN AGENDA TODAY WITH
ABOUT 14 DIFFERENT ITEMS I
BELIEVE.
AND SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED
WITHOUT ANY -- TWELVE ITEMS ON
THIS ONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO LET ME JUST DO A QUICK
CHAIRS REPORT ABOUT WHAT IS
COMING.
WE HAVE A BRIEFING DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE FOR SEVERAL
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS
INCLUDING SEATTLE CHINA TOWN IN
NATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
PIKE PLACE MARK DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE REVIEW
OF THE HIGHLAND APARTMENTS
ADDING THAT POTENTIALLY TO THE
TABLE OF HISTORICAL LANDMARKS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SIMILAR
BRIEFING ON LANDMARKING THE
FUNERAL HOME ON NICKERSON.
WE'LL HAVE A PANEL AND POSSIBLE
VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SEVERAL
SMALL TRACKS OF LAND AND THEN
LASTLY, WE HAVE THE FOURTH
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
IT FEELS LIKE WE JUST GOT OUT
OF THE BUDGET TWO WEEKS AGO, WE
DID.
BUT WE STILL ARE GOING TO BE
DEALING WITH THIS FOURTH
QUARTER.
WHICH SPECIFICALLY ACCEPTS A
NUMBER OF GRANTS FROM NON-CITY
SOURCES AND THAT WILL UPDATE
OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
AND SOMEOTHER INVESTMENTS.
HAS ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT?
OKAY.
WE HAVE NONE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
AND JUST SCHEDULING WISE, WE
HAVE ONE MORE FINANCE COMMITTEE
MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT?
NEXT WEEK?
IS IT OUR REGULAR TIME?
>> ON THE 11th.
>> 2:00 P.M.
DECEMBER 11th.
THANK YOU.
RIGHT.
AND OUR REGULAR MEETING DATE.
SO LET'S MOVE ON.
OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS AND
EMILY, IF YOU ARE READY TO READ
IN, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL
APPOINTMENTS.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE THOSE OF YOU
WHO ARE GOING TO BE UP HERE,
LET'S JUST INVITE YOU TO THE
TABLE AND WE'LL GET ORGANIZED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES?
>> INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> STEPHANIE TOOTHMAN.
>> KY KELLY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF HISTORIC SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ALL OF
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
OKAY.
DO YOU WANT TO READ IN THE
FIRST ONES THAT ARE APPLICABLE
FOR THESE APPOINTMENTS.
>> THIS IS APPOINTMENT 01506.
POINT OF STEPHANIE SMITH
TOOTHMAN AS MEMBER HISTORIC
SEATTLE PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL FOR A TERM TO NOVEMBER
30th 2020.
>> SO IT'S JUST ESSENTIALLY A
ONE-YEAR APPOINTMENT.
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
HANNAH, DO YOU WANT TO DO YOUR
MAGIC HERE?
>> YES.
SO HISTORIC SEATTLE IS A PDA
CHARTERED IN 1974 FOCUSING ON
PRESERVING SEATTLE'S
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH
ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION.
AND MISS STEPHANIE TOOTHMAN IS
A MAYORAL APPOINTEE WITH 40
YEARS IN EXPERIENCE IN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
PARTNERSHIPS AND SINCE I HAVE
HER AND KY HERE, I'D LOVE TO
HAVE THEM TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE WORK OF THE PDA.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU,
STEPHANIE FOR FOR COMING AND
BEING WILLING TO SERVE AGAIN.
AND KY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
ON THIS AS WELL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST EXPLAIN
WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE
INTENDING THE DO AND I
APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE FACT
THAT YOU'LL BE WITH US FOR AT
LEAST A YEAR.
>> WELL, AS I MENTIONED, I'VE
SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER WITH THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN
HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAMS
WORKING WITH LOCAL STATE,
FEDERAL, AND NATIONAL PARTNERS.
I'VE LIVED AND BEEN BASED IN
SEATTLE SINCE 1980 WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SEVEN YEARS FROM
2010 TO 2017 WHEN I WAS KEEPER
OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
OF HISTORIC PLACES AS WELL AS
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE
NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE.
AND IT WAS A VERY EXCITING AND
REWARDING SEVEN YEARS IN TERMS
OF INITIATIVES THAT INVOLVED
TELLING ALL AMERICAN STORIES.
ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT FOR OUR MANY PARTNERS
IN THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
AND ONE OF MY INTERESTS IN
COMING BACK TO SEATTLE,
FOLLOWING MY RETIREMENT WAS TO
BECOME MORE ENGAGED IN THE
LOCAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS
AGAIN.
I HAVE SERVED ON THE -- FOR
CULTURE BOARD IN THE PAST.
AND I'M INTERESTED IN WORKING
WITH HISTORIC SEATTLE, BECAUSE
I HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE
WORKING WITH HISTORIC SEATTLE
ON SAVING THE CADILLAC HOTEL.
CREATING THE NEW VISITOR CENTER
FOR KLONDIKE SEATTLE.
AND I'M VERY INTERESTED IN
SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE PDA.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCEPTIONAL
INSTITUTION THAT SERVES SEATTLE
WELL.
>> GREAT, WELL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
AND FOR HELPING US SAVE THE
CADILLAC HOTEL AFTER THE
DISASTER OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
WE, IN MY OFFICE, HAVE BEEN
WORKING HARD WITH PIONEER
SQUARE BUT ALSO HELPING TO --
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE
ALONG THE SECOND AVENUE KNOWN
AS SECOND AVENUE EXTENSION DOWN
THERE, TO GET THE BUILDINGS
IMPROVED, REBUILT, WE'VE GOT
COLLEEN WITH THE NEW LL AND
ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE
METRO POLE BUILDING AND THE
CANNERY BUILDING DOWN THE
STREET.
WE'RE REALLY MAKING SOME
CHANGES THAT WE FEEL REALLY
GOOD ABOUT AND BRINGING THE
LIFE BACK INTO PIONEER SQUARE.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD, KY, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SPEAK TO THIS?
>> I APPRECIATE HAVING DR.
TOOTHMAN CONSIDERING JOINING
HISTORIC SEATTLE.
WE HAVE AS HANNAH I HUED TO,
SINCE 1974.
SAVED MEANINGFUL PLACES TO FUND
LIVE HI COMMUNITIES.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
AND WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR
TEAM.
AND DR. TOOTHMAN'S PRESENCE ON
OUR TEAM MAKES US STRONGER.
ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE
DAY IS FIND SOLUTIONS WHICH
SHOULD BE REFRESHING I THINK IN
THIS CITY.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE HAVE MANY PROPERTIES
SERVING MULTIPLE COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND DR. TOOTHMAN'S PRESENCE AS
A VALUABLE TEAMMATE HELPS US
PROVIDE A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
QUITE HONESTLY TO HELP SOLVE
LOCAL SOLUTIONS.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES?
>> NO, NO QUESTIONS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, HANNAH, THAT
YOU WANT TO ADD?
I'M GOING TO MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND THE CONFIRMATION
APPOINTMENT OF DR. SMITH
TOOTHMAN AND THAT THE
APPOINTMENT BE SENT TO THE
DECEMBER 9th COUNCIL MEETING.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
IT WILL BE A PRIVILEGE TO
SERVE.
>> AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT THE
PRESERVATION AUTHORITY DOES
NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
OUR NEXT ITEM, DO YOU WANT TO
READ THAT IN, PLEASE.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE OUR -- IS
IT MINDY OWL?
IS SHE HERE WITH US?
>> THE REST ARE REAPPOINTMENTS.
SO THEY'RE NOT HERE.
>> SO NOBODY IS HERE.
GO AHEAD AND PLEASE READ THEM
ALL IN THEN.
>> APPOINTMENT 01401.
REAPPOINTMENT OF MINDY OWL AS
MEMBER, SEATTLE CHINA TOWN
NATIONAL DISTRICT PRESERVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
GOVERNING COUNCIL.
FOR A TERM TO DECEMBER 31st
2021.
CONTINUE.
>> PLEASE.
>> APPOINTMENT 01402,
REAPPOINTMENT OF EILEEN AS
MEMBER SEATTLE CHINA TOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
A TERM TO DECEMBER 31st 2021.
APPOINTMENT 01403,
REAPPOINTMENT OF MEHAY AS A
MEMBER SEATTLE CHINA TOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
A TERM TO DECEMBER 31st 2021.
APPOINTMENT 01404 REAPPOINTMENT
OF JENNIFER REYES AS MEMBER
SEATTLE CHINA TOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
A TERM TO DECEMBER 31st 2021.
APPOINTMENT 01416 REAPPOINTMENT
OF RAY ISHE AS A MEMBER PIKE
PLACE MARKET PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COUNCIL FOR A TERM THROUGH JUNE
30th 2023.
>> VERY GOOD, HANNAH, DO YOU
WANT TO DESCRIBE THESE?
WE HAVE THE FIRST FOUR WITH THE
CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PDA AND THEN THE LAST
ONE WITH PIKE PLACE MARKET.
WILL WE HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT
OF BOARD MEMBERS AFTER WE
REAPPOINT THESE INDIVIDUALS ?
>> YES.
WE WILL BE CAUGHT UP HEADING
INTO THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO THE FOUR ARE MAYORAL
APPOINTEES FOR THE SEATTLE
CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT PRESERVATION AND
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS BEEN
CHARTERED SINCE 1975 TO
REHABILITATE AND REDEVELOP FOR
THE CHINA TOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
IT SERVES AS THE CID'S HOUSING
DEVELOPER AND ECONOMIC AND
RETAIL MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
AND THESE FOUR MEMBERS WILL BE
PART OF THE 15 MEMBER GOVERNING
COUNCIL.
FIRST IS MINDY OW.
WHO SERVES AS A SECRETARY AND
IS A CONSULTANT AT A STRATEGY
AND CONSULTANT FIRM.
SHE WORKS FOR THE HOUSING
ALLIANCE DURING ITS MERGER WITH
INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
AND WORKED FOR INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES.
SHE WORKED AT MANY
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CID.
AND SOME OF WHICH WERE SKIPPED
A TENANT.
SO HAS THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND SHE HAS EXTENSIVE
EXPERIENCE WITH IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY.
AND THIS REAPPOINTMENT WILL BE
FOR HER SECOND TERM.
EILEEN IS THE OWNER OF
BOHALADIA CONSULTING.
NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES.
SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
WHITE CENTER COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION.
A GRASS ROOTS.
SHE WAS PROJECT MANAGER AT THE
CHINA DOWN INTERNATIONAL --
MANAGING A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE COMMUNITY AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND HER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
EXPERIENCE AND WORK IN PUBLIC
SAFETY OPERATINGS BRINGS A
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
>>> SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
DESIGNING NEW STORES AND
IMPROVING THE EXISTING STORES.
PRIOR TO WORKING SHE WAS AN
ASSOCIATE INVOLVED IN DESIGN
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MASTER PLAN AND
URBAN HOUSING.
SHE REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE AT
SKIPTA.
IS CHARTERED TO SERVE AS A
COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDERS AND HER
FAMILY OWNS OTHER BUSINESSES IN
THE CID.
THIS IS ALSO HER SECOND TERM.
AND JENNIFER REYES HAS 20 YEARS
EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL
REALESTATE.
SHE WORKED FOR FIDELITY
NATIONAL TITLE.
STEWART TITLE GUARANTEE AND
LAND AMERICA.
AND HER DIVERSE CLIENTELE
INCLUDES LENDERS, BROKERS,
ATTORNEYS, PRINCIPLES, AND
OTHER COMMERCIAL REALESTATE
PROFESSIONALS.
SO SHE BRINGS THAT EXPERIENCE.
SKIPTA CURRENTLY HAS 17
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE
WORKS.
MANY OF WHICH ARE WITH FOR
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS.
FOR PROFIT DEVELOPERS.
SO HER INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE
BENEFITS THE GOVERNING COUNCIL
IN THOSE PROJECTS.
AND THAT IS ALSO HER SECOND
TERM.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE WORK THAT EILEEN, IS SHE
WITH -- I APOLOGIZE HERE.
MY FOURTH ONE HERE.
MOROGUCHI THE WORK SHE DID WITH
METHUEN ARCHITECTS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY'RE
BRINGING FORWARD IN THE PIONEER
SQUARE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
ONE THING THAT CAME UP
YESTERDAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO DRAW TO YOUR
ATTENTION HANNAH AS YOU'RE
WORKING IN THIS PARTICULAR
GEOGRAPHIC AREA, DURING THE 40s
AND 50s.
JACKSON STREET WAS A REAL BLUES
HUB NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR JAZZ
AND BLUES.
AND AS WE ARE TRYING TO
REDEVELOP ECONOMICALLY THE
AREA, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HAS
BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT BOTH
HISTORICALLY, THERE WAS SOME
WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAPPENED
THERE.
BUT WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD
RESTORE JUST SOME OF THE CLUBS
ALONG THE WAY, AND NOW THAT
WE'VE GOT THE STREETCAR AND
WE'RE DOING SO MUCH WORK IN THE
PIONEER SQUARE CONNECTED AREA,
I'D JUST LOVE TO KNOW WHETHER
OR NOT GOING FORWARD IT'S AN
ISSUE THAT COULD BE BROUGHT
BACK FORWARD WITH THE PDA AND
SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN
WORKING ON THAT.
>> I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT.
>> GOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON THESE
FIRST FOUR?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> SO I THINK WE'RE JUST READY
TO VOTE ON ITEMS APPOINTMENT
1401.
0402.
1403.
AND 104.
CORRECT?
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THESE
FOUR APPOINTMENTS AND THAT WE
SEND THEM FORWARD TO THE
DECEMBER 9th FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
LET'S GO THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
ONE SEPARATELY.
>> GREAT.
SO PIKE MACE MARKET
PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY WAS CHARTERED IN
1973 TO PRESERVE REHABILITATE
AND PROTECT THE MARKET'S
BUILDINGS.
IT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FARMERS, FOOD, INCUBATES AND
SUPPORTS SMALL BUSINESSES AND
PROVIDES SERVICES FOR LOW
INCOME RESIDENTS.
RAY ISHE IS THE OWNER OF ISHE
AND ASSOCIATES AND IS A CPA
WITH 30 YEARS ACCOUNTING AND
MANAGING EXPERIENCE.
HE'S AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR ALT
SEATTLE U FOR 15 YEARS TEACHING
UNDER GRADUATE AND GRADUATE
ACCOUNTING COURSES AND SERVED
ON THE BOARD OF SEVERAL
NONPROFITS INCLUDING FAIR
START, URBAN LEAGUE, AND THE
MUSEUM.
THIS REAPPOINTMENT IS FROM THE
PDA GOVERNING COUNCIL ITSELF
AND REPRESENTS HIS SECOND TERM.
>> VERY GOOD.
WOULD YOU APPROPRIATELY READ
THIS ONE IN THE RECORD FOR ME.
>> YES FOR THE RECORD THIS IS
APPOINTMENT 01416.
REAPPOINTMENT OF RAY ISHE AS
MEMBER PIKE PLACE MARKET
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR
TERM THROUGH JUNE 30th 2023.
>> VERY GOOD, ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS?
>> I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE
REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. ISHE AND
THE REAPPOINTMENT BE SENT TO
OUR DECEMBER 9th COUNCIL
MEETING.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
NONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
HANNAH, GOOD TO SEE YOU, THANKS
FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
READ IN ITEM NUMBER EIGHT FOR
US.
AND I'D HOOF TO INVITE THOSE
WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THE
CONTROLS ON THE HIGHLAND
APARTMENTS TO PLEASE JOIN US.
-- I'D LOVE TO INVITE THOSE --
AND THOSE REPRESENTING THE
INTERESTS IN THE FUNERAL HOME
AS WELL.
.
>> FOR THE RECORD, THE AGENDA
IS MIS-NUMBERED SO WE'RE MOVING
TO NUMBER EIGHT, CB 199.
THERE'S NO SEVEN.
CB 119627.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION IMPOSING
CONTROLS UPON THE HIGHLAND
APARTMENTS A LANDMARK
DESIGNATED BY THE LANDMARK
PRESERVATION BOARD UNDER
CHAPTER 25.12 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING IT TO
THE TABLE OF HISTORICAL
LANDMARKS CONTAINED IN 21.32 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
VERY GOOD, ERIN, NICE TO SEE
YOU.
START INTRODUCTIONS PLEASE.
>> JEREMY SILVERNIL NORTHWEST
COMMERCIAL REALESTATE
INVESTMENTS.
>> JESSE CLAWSON WE REPRESENT
THE OWNER OF THE BLIGHTS
FUNERAL HOME.
>> ERIN DORITY, SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> GO AHEAD ERIN.
>> SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
HERE TODAY, WE HAVE TWO
DESIGNATING ORDINANCES TO
DISCUSS AS YOU READ INTO THE
RECORD.
AND I'LL KIND OF MOVE FORWARD
HERE, WE BROUGHT THE
DESIGNATION STANDARDS THAT THE
BOARD REFERENCES BUT I WON'T
READ THEM.
WE CAN COME BACK TO THEM IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST PROPERTY IS HIGHLAND
APARTMENTS.
THIS IS AT 931, 11th AVENUE
EAST.
THS WAS DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARKS BOARD ON AUGUST 15th
2018 UNDER STANDARDS D AND E.
THE CONTROLLED FEATURES
IDENTIFIED FOR THE BOARD
INCLUDE THE SITE AND THE
EXTERIOR OF THE APARTMENT
BUILDING.
THEY SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED THE
GARAGE.
THE HIGHLAND APARTMENTS WERE
DESIGNED BY LOCAL
ARCHITECTURAL FIRM STEWART AND
WHEATLEY.
BUILT IN 1924.
THE TUTOR REVIVAL STYLE LUXURY
APARTMENTS WERE SITED ONE BLOCK
SOUTH OF VOLUNTEER PARK IN
CAPITOL HILL.
HIGHLAND IS PART OF A UNIQUE
CLUSTER OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS
THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH
IS PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE-FAMILY.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE JUST ONE
TO THE SOUTH AND TWO TO THE
NORTH OF IT.
THEY'RE KIND OF GROUPED
TOGETHER.
IT'S ONE OF THE LAST OF THE
FOUR THAT WERE BUILT THERE THAT
INCLUDE PARK COURT, FAIRMONT,
AND WASHINGTON ARMS.
AND ALL BUILT WITHIN 1919 AND
1924.
THE STEWART AND WHEATLEY
PARTNERSHIPPED LASTED UNTIL
1930.
THEY DESIGNED NUMEROUS
BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE.
INCLUDING THE MARLBOROUGH AND
COMPETENT EXODUS HOUSE
APARTMENTS.
AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
CURRENTLY EMBARKING ON A MAJOR
REHABILITATION PROJECT THERE.
>> I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM
WHOEVER IS GOING TO TELL US
MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> JEREMY.
>> SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW AT THE HIGHLAND APARTMENTS
IS WE'RE -- IT'S AN
UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDING.
WE'RE DOING A SEISMIC RETROFIT.
THIS BUILDING IN PARTICULAR
POSED CHALLENGES DUE TO THE
MAKE-UP OF THE STRUCTURAL
SYSTEM, HOLLOW CLAY TILE.
SO WE HAD EXTENSIVE BACK AND
FORTH WITH THE LANDMARKS BOARD
AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND
CONTRACTORS TO MAKE SURE WE
WERE ADDRESSING ALL THE
STRUCTURAL CONCERNS AS WELL AS
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
LANDMARKS BOARD.
WE ANTICIPATE FINISHING THIS UP
IN THE SUMMER SOME TIME.
WE'LL HAVE THE CONCRETE SHEER
WELL ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
BUILDING, WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE
FROM THE STREET.
AND THEN MINIMAL TIE BACKS ON
THE REST OF THE FACADES.
SUBSTANTIALLY, FROM THE
OUTSIDE, FROM THE STREET, IT
WILL LOOK THE SAME.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
AND YOU SAID IT'S PRIMARILY
HOLLOW CLAY.
>> HOLLOW CLAY TILE.
>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO
STABILIZE IT?
>> WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AN
EXTENSIVE KIND OF STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERING ANALYSIS TO FIGURE
OUT THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE IT.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE FRONT OF
THE BUILDING THERE'S THREE WHAT
WE CALL LIKE BOXCARS THAT ARE
STICKING OFF THE FRONT.
SO ON THAT PLAIN OF THE HAYNE
BUILDING WE HAVE CONCRETE SHEER
WALLS OF THE INSIDE OF THE
BUILDING TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE.
THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
KIND OF DETAIL ORIENTED THING
WE HAD TO DO FOR THE BUILDING
THAT WAS OF MOST CONCERN.
BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO DO NEW
FOOTINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
BUILDING.
NEW SHEER WALLS ALL THE WAY UP.
SO ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE
CONCRETE SHEER WALL ON THE WEST
SIDE, PARTIAL SHEER WALLS ON
THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN EAST-
WEST OF THE BUILDING, ALMOST
ALL OF THOSE EAST-WEST WALLS
ARE PLYWOOD SHEER WALLS.
>> THEY'RE ALSO DOING THROUGH
WALL TIES.
>> THROUGH WALL TIES TO HOLD
ALL THE WALLS TOGETHER.
>> RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF
THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
I KNOW IT'S BEYOND A LABOR OF
LOVE AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO.
BUT I APPRECIATE IT.
HOW MANY UNITS WHEN YOU'RE DONE
WILL BE AVAILABLE.
>> 14 UNITS WHEN WE'RE DONE.
THERE'S CURRENTLY 13.
WE'RE CONVERTING AN OFFICE KIND
OF ANCILLARY SPACE DOWNSTAIRS.
WE'RE CONVERTING IT INTO A
UNIT.
AND THESE ARE APARTMENTS NOT
CONDOS.
>> THESE ARE APARTMENTS.
THEY'RE LEGALLY CONDOS.
BUT WE'RE OPERATING THEM AS
APARTMENTS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
OPERATING THEM AS APARTMENTS.
>> GREAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> ARE THERE PEOPLE CURRENTLY
LIVING IN THE BUILDING?
>> NO.
>> THE BUILDING IS BEING GUTTED
TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THE MAJOR
STRUCTURAL AND OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS.
>> SO ALL THE UNITS ARE VACANT.
└> ALL THE UNITS ARE VACANT.
>> HAVE PEOPLE BEEN THERE,
MOVED OUT AND ARE COMING BACK.
>> WE BOUGHT THE BUILDING IN
LATE 2017 AND WE WENT THROUGH
THE TRAO PROCESS IN CONCERT
WITH OUR -- KIND OF OUR MANNING
FOR THE STRUCTURAL WORK.
AND I BELIEVE THE LAST
RESIDENTS MOVED OUT IN AUGUST.
AND SO WE SUBSTANTIALLY STARTED
THIS PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER.
STARTED KIND OF GOING THROUGH
THE --
>> HOW FAR INTO THE PROCESS ARE
YOU NOW?
>> WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH
ALL THE DEMO.
WE HAVE ALL THE HOLES DUG FOR
THE FOUNDATIONS.
AND REBAR IS GOING IN FOR THE
FOUNDATIONS AND WE SHOULD BE
POURING IN THE NEXT COUPLE
WEEKS.
>> GOOD FOR YOU,
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VERY GOOD.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS I MOVE THIS COMMITTEE
PASS COUNCIL BILL 119627.
>> SECOND.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
SO ERIN, YOU WANT TO READ IN.
>> ITEM NUMBER NINE.
COUNCIL BILL 119630.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
HISTORIC PRESERVATION IMPOSING
CONTROLS UPON THE BLITZ FUNERAL
HOME A LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY
THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION
BOARD UNDER CHAPTER 25.12 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADDING IT TO THE TABLE OF
HISTORICAL LANDMARKS CONTAINED
IN CHAPTER 25.32 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> VERY GOOD.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM THAT THE
LAST MOTION PASSED AND IT WILL
GO FORWARD ON OUR NEXT FULL
COUNCIL MEETING ON DECEMBER
9th.
>> GOOD.
THANK YOU.
.
>> I TURNED IT OFF SOMEHOW.
SO THIS IS THE BLIGHTS FUNERAL
HOME AT 316 FLORENCE STREET.
THIS WAS JUST OFF NICKERSON.
AND THIS WAS DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARKS BOARD APRIL 19th 2017
UNDER STANDARDS C, D, AND F.
THE BOARD IDENTIFIED THE
FEATURES FOR THE SITE AND THE
EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
SO THE BLIGHTS FUNERAL HOME IS
AN ARCHITECTURALLY ECLECTIC
BUILDING IN A HIGHLY VISIBLE
LOCATION.
SO JUST AT THE SOUTH END OF THE
FREMONT BRIDGE.
SO MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS AS A
VISUAL LANDMARK FOR THEM IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE ORIGINAL PROPRIETOR JACOB
BLIGHTS WAS TRAINED IN THE
MIDWEST BEFORE MOVING TO
SEATTLE IN 1904 AND
ESTABLISHING HIS FIRST LOCAL
BUSINESS.
IN 1906 HE PARTNERED WITH EDGAR
BUTTER WORTH IN FREMONT
PROVIDING SERVICES UNDER
MULTIPLE NAMES MR. BLIGHT HAD
OTHER PARTNERSHIPS BEFORE
REESTABLISHING HIS OWN COMPANY
IN THE BUILDING IN 1921.
THE FAMILY REMAINED INVOLVED IN
THE PROPERTY UNTIL 1979.
THE FUNERAL HOME WAS CLOSELY
INVOLVED WITH A PEOPLES
MEMORIAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION.
A LOCAL MEMBER OWNED NONPROFIT
EBBTY OFFERING LOW COST FUNERAL
SERVICES TO NEBULOUSS.
AND THE COMPANY SENSE OF SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY CONTINUED AFTER
ITS SALE OF THE PROPERTY BY THE
BLIGHTS FAMILY.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE
BOARD FOUND NOTE WORTHY.
ONE OF THE LONG TIME EMPLOYEES
CAME AND SPOKE AS PART OF
PUBLIC COMMENT AND TALKED ABOUT
HOW THE COMPANY EMBRACED
SEATTLE'S GAY COMMUNITY DURING
THE AIDS EPIDEMIC.
ALLOWING SERVICES AND MEMORIALS
TO BE HELD THERE AS FAMILIES
AND FRIENDS EXPERIENCED
DISCRIMINATION IN OTHER
ESTABLISHMENTS AROUND THE CITY.
THE BOARD THOUGHT THAT CULTURAL
HISTORY WAS AS IMPORTANT IF NOT
MORE SO THAN THE ARCHITECTURAL
CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING.
SO THE BUILDING NO HONGER
FUNCTIONS FOR THIS USE AND THE
NEW OWNERS ARE PLANNING A
COMPLETE REHABILITATION OF THE
PROJECT AS WELL AS BUILDING A
LARGE NEW MULTISTORY BUILDING
DIRECTLY TO THE WEST.
>> AND THEY'VE ALL READY GOTTEN
STARTED ON THAT.
>> YEP.
THE BOARD'S APPROVED ALL THE
WORK THEY PROPOSED.
>> OKAY.
NICKELS?
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN AND
YOU'RE COMFORTABLE?
JESSE, YOU'RE HERE, TALK TO US
ABOUT IT.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU, I WILL
SAY I HAVE A VERY PERSONAL
CONNECTION TO THIS BUILDING.
IT WAS ACTUALLY EXCITING FOR ME
TO WORK ON IT IN MY
PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.
MY GRANDMA WAS CREMATED HERE.
WE DIDN'T GROW UP WITH A LOT OF
MONEY.
SHE TOOK ADVANTAGE OR OUR
FAMILY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE
LOWER COST CREMATION SERVICES
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE BY,
AND YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER GRANDMA
A LITTLE BIT.
SO IT'S JUST VERY SWEET.
>> NICE.
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
>> YEAH.
AND YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE
OWNERS.
>> WE'RE REPRESENTING THE
OWNERS AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY
TO BE WORKING WITH THE
LANDMARKS BOARD ON NOT ONLY THE
DESIGNATION AND THE CHROMES BUT
THEN THE ADDITION.
SO IT'S NICE THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
ADDITIONAL PARKING LOT SO THAT
WE CAN GET HOUSING DENSITY ON
THE SITE AS WELL.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHERE I'M GOING TO MOVE THE
COMMITTEE PASS COUNCIL BILL
119630.
SECOND.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
THE MOTION PASSES AND IT WILL
ALSO GO TO OUR FULL COUNCIL ON
DECEMBER 9th.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
OKAY.
NEXT ITEM.
NEXT ITEM IS COUNCIL BILL
119644.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
DECLARING FIVE FOOT WIDE
PROPERTIES THAT LIE BETWEEN THE
NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF CLARMAR
CRAIGS.
IN KING COUNTY.
AND THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF
ALKI BEACH AN UNRECORDED PLOT
BEING A PORTION OF THE
UNDESIGNATED TRACT OF PLAT OF
WEST SEATTLE PARK RECORDED
VOLUME 3 PAGE 177 IN LINCOLN
COUNTY.
A SURPLUS TO THE CITY'S NEEDS,
AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SAID
PROPERTIES TO THE OWNER OF THE
ADJOINING PROPERTIES.
AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES TO EXECUTE ALL
DOCUMENTS FOR THE SALE AND
TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTIES AT
FAIR MARKET VALUE AND DIRECTING
HOW PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE
SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HILLARY, WELCOME TO THE TABLE.
>> HILLARY HAMILTON WITH
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
THANK YOU FOR SCHEDULING US
TODAY.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF A SERIES
OF VERY SMALL PROPERTIES THAT
WE CALL SNIPPETS IN WEST
SEATTLE.
I'VE GOT JUST A FEW SLIDES.
I'LL BE QUICK.
WE DEFINE A SNIPPET PARCEL AS
UNDER 2,000 SQUARE FEET.
THEY'RE GENERALLY NOT
DEVELOPABLE UNDER CURRENT
ZONING.
AND USUALLY, ONLY HAVE VALUE TO
THE ABUTTING OWNER.
IT COULD BE THE CITY, WE ALWAYS
LOOK AT THAT.
OR WITH ANOTHER PRIVATE OWNER.
THE -- THERE'S A HOT OF
INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE.
AGAIN, WE TYPICALLY GET
CONTACTED BY AN ABUTTING OWNER
ON OCCASIONS WE WILL SEEK OUT
THE NEIGHBORS AND ASK IF THEY
WOULD LIKE TO ACQUIRE THE
PROPERTY.
IF WE CAN'T USE IT FOR THE
CITY.
WE HAVE FOUND OVER THE YEARS
THAT IT'S AT THE TIME OF
TRANSITION THAT A PROPERTY
OWNER OFTEN EXPRESSES AN
INTEREST IN BUYING A SNIPPET
AND THAT LED US TO BRING
FORWARD THIS LEGISLATION.
THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION IS
PRETTY UNUSUAL.
THERE WAS A PLATTING ERROR
SOMEWHERE IN THE FIRST HALF OF
THE 20th CENTURY.
TWO DIFFERENT PLATS WERE
RECORDED AND UNFORTUNATELY, DUE
TO AN ERROR IN A LEGAL
DESCRIPTION, THERE WAS A FIVE
FOOT GAP BETWEEN THE PARCELS.
AND THE COUNTY TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY IN 1960 TO TRANSFER
THAT TO THE CITY.
KIND OF GET IT OFF OF THEIR
BOOKS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU CAN
SEE A 600-FOOT LONG BY FIVE
FOOT PARCEL.
AND IT BISECTS ABOUT 17 PRIVATE
PROPERTIES.
SO THE PROPERTIES ALONG ALKI
AVENUE GO BACK -- THERE'S A
FIVE FOOT STRIP BELONGING TO
THE CITY, AND THEN THEY
ACTUALLY OWN THE LAND ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
SO TECHNICALLY, THEY DON'T
REALLY HAVE CONSOLIDATED
OWNERSHIP OF THEIR PARCELS.
THE GREEN LINE THAT YOU CAN SEE
REPRESENTS SOME PARKS
OWNERSHIP.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE STEEP
SLOPES, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
CONTOURS, THERE'S NOT A
PARTICULAR VALUE.
THE STRIP IS NOT LEVEL.
IT ISN'T SUITABLE FOR A WALKING
TRAIL OR VIRTUALLY ANYTHING
ELSE OTHER THAN ALLOWING A
PRIVATE OWNER TO CONSOLIDATE
THEIR OWNERSHIP.
>> IS IT JUST THE ASSUMPTION TO
RETAIN GREEN SPACE?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE SUITABLE FOR
VIRTUALLY ANY OF THESE TO BE
BUILT ON SPECIFICALLY.
BUT THE CONSOLIDATED OWNERSHIP
ALLOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY UNDER
DEVELOPMENT RULES WHEN THE
OWNER HAS IT CONSOLIDATED.
THAT'S REALLY THE BENEFIT.
>> ON THE MAIN PARCEL.
AND THE BACKSPACE ISN'T BIG
ENOUGH FOR AN ADU.
>> I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM HILLARY IS THAT COULD OPEN
UP AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO ADU
DADUs BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY ON
THIS 2,000 SQUARE FOOT OR
SMALLER SNIPPET.
>> EACH ONE OF THESE IS
ACTUALLY ABOUT 200 SQUARE FEET.
SO THEY'RE ABOUT I THINK --
YEAH, 5 FEET BY 50 OR 25.
THEY VARY A LITTLE BIT.
>> IT EXPANDS THE FOOTPRINT OF
THE EXISTING OWNER'S PARCEL
THAT THEN CAN PUT THEM INTO A
DIFFERENT CATEGORY FOR PURPOSES
OF DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PARCEL.
>> EVEN IF THEY CAN'T OBTAIN AN
EXTRA HOUSING UNIT JUST BY
VIRTUE OF THE CONSOLIDATION,
THERE'S GREATER FLEXIBILITY FOR
HOW YOU MEASURE WHERE OPEN
SPACE IS TREATED AND DIFFERENT
DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.
>> SO WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF
THESE IN THE PAST AS ONE OFFS.
AND LOOKING AT THE SITUATION
THIS TIME, WE CAME UP WITH A
DIFFERENT APPROACH.
WE ARE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO
SELL ALL 17 OF THE PARCELS.
AS TIME PERMITS.
SO ONE OWNER ACTUALLY OWNS
THREE OF THE PARCELS.
AND INTENDS TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE ANOTHER POTENTIAL
INTEREST.
BUT WITH THE AUTHORIZATION
SPECIFICALLY AND THE ORDINANCE
LAYING OUT EACH OF THE SMALL
SEGMENTS, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE
GO AHEAD TO DISPOSE OF ALL OF
THEM OVER TIME.
WE'LL ESTABLISH MARKET VALUE
FOR THE DATE IN QUESTION.
BUT WE WON'T NEED TO COME BACK
TO YOU AND TIE UP YOUR AGENDAS
FOR INDIVIDUAL SEVERAL HUNDRED
FEET.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND SO YOU'LL NEGOTIATE
INDIVIDUALLY OR MAYBE THREE OR
FOUR AT A TIME DEPENDING UPON
WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE LOOKING
FOR.
>> YEAH, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST DISINCENTIVES THAT
WE'VE FOUND OVER TIME IS WHEN
WE SAY YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
HAPPY TO SELL YOU THIS SMALL
2,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS PIECE
OF LAND BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE
US A NUMBER OF MONTHS TO GET
THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS
AND IDENTIFY THE NEIGHBORS AND
SO ON.
WHEN THAT LEGISLATION HAS
PASSED ALL READY AND THERE IS
THE AUTHORIZATION, IT CAN MOVE
FORWARD, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE
MORE DISPOSED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF SOMETHING.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
NOT TO SAY THAT WE INKIMBER
THINGS UNNECESSARILY.
-- ENCUMBER THINGS
UNNECESSARILY.
>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO
ADD IN.
>> GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THAT WE PASS COUNCIL BILL
119644.
>> SECOND.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> AND NONE OPPOSED.
SO THE MOTION PASSES.
THE COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND IT
GO FORWARD ON MONDAY DECEMBER
9th.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS, HILLARY, THANKS FOR
COMING.
VERY GOOD.
WELL OUR LAST ITEM OF BUSINESS,
WE'VE GOT COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT OUR
FOURTH QUARTER BUDGET
SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATION.
PER CENTRAL STAFF'S REQUEST CAN
I READ ELEVEN AND TWELVE INTO
THE RECORD AT THE SAME TIME.
>> IS THERE A SHORT TITLE?
WE LOVE YOUR DULCET TONES.
READ THE WHOLE THING.
>> AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING IN
2019 ACCEPTS FUNDING FROM
NONCITY SOURCES AUTHORIZING THE
HEAD OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW
DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND RECREATION, AND SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO ACCEPT
SPECIFIED GRANTS, PRIVATE
FUNDING AND SUBSIDIZED LOANS IS
AND TO EXECUTE, DELIVER, AND
PERFORM CORRESPONDING
AGREEMENTS AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS
AS WELL AS NUMBER 12, COUNCIL
BILL 119720.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
125724.
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019 BUDGET.
CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND BUDGET
CONTROL LEVELS AND FROM VARIOUS
FUNDS IN THE BUDGET ADDING NEW
CIP PROJECTS REVISING PROJECT
ALLOCATIONS FOR CERTAIN
PROJECTS IN THE 2019 THROUGH
2024 CIP AB REGATING POSITIONS,
MODIFYING POSITIONS, AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS ALL BY A 3/4
VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> VERY NICE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
LISA K, AND BRIAN GOOD NIGHT
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE.
AND LISA, SPECIAL THANKS FOR
YOUR DECEMBER 5th MEMO.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE
DONE PUTTING ALL OF THAT
TOGETHER.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO YOU.
>> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU.
I'M LISA K COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
BRIAN GOODNIGHT IS SITTING NEXT
TO ME HERE FOR ONE OF THE ITEMS
WHO IS COMING UP.
FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE.
I HAVE A BRIEF ECZEMA NATION
EXPLANATION OF THE PROCESS.
THE THIRD QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET IS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE
FORWARD-LOOKING.
SO IT'S REALLY MAKING ACTIONS
THAT WOULD NEED TO IN ORDER
FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO BE
ADOPTED.
SO THERE WOULD BE FUNDS
ABANDONED AND REPROGRAMMED THAT
WOULD SET THE STAGE FOR THE
2020 BUDGET.
THIS FOURTH QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL ALWAYS COMES AS
REALLY KIND OF A CLEAN UP
DOCUMENT.
SO TRYING TO DO SOME YEAR END
HOUSEKEEPING MAKING SURE THAT
WE'RE AVOIDING ANY BUDGET
EXCEPTIONS.
SO THAT MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED AND
ACCIDENTALLY DIDN'T GET
TRANSFERRED IS TAKEN CARE OF
NOW.
THAT WE ACCEPT ANY LATE
BREAKING GRANTS.
AND MAKE SOME OTHER END OF THE
YEAR TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT'S THE THEORY OF HOW IT'S
SUPPOSED TO WORK.
AND MOSTLY IT DOES THAT.
SOMETIMES IT GOES A BIT BEYOND.
THIS YEAR THE PACKAGE INCLUDES
TWO ORDINANCES A GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE AND A
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ORDINANCE.
THE COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS
THESE TODAY, MY UNDERSTANDING
IS YOU'LL HAVE A SECOND HEARING
AND VOTE AT YOUR DECEMBER 11th
MEETING.
SO I'LL START WITH TALKING
ABOUT THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE WHICH IS COUNCIL BILL
119721.
I START THIS WAY BECAUSE THE
ENACTMENT OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET ORDINANCE REQUIRES THESE
GRANTS TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
ITS CONTENTION UPON THOSE.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S
VERY CLEAR.
WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE GRANTS SO
WE HAVE THE MONEY BEFORE WE CAN
SPEND IT.
THAT'S THE ORDER IN WHICH WE DO
THIS.
>> IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE
GRANT ORDINANCE, THEN WE WOULD
MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE
SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE TO
REFLECT THOSE.
>> GOOD, THANK YOU.
I'LL START WITH TABLE 1 ON PAGE
1 OF MY STAFF MEMO.
$38.4MILLION IN GRANT
APPROPRIATION INCREASES ARE
INCLUDED IN COUNCIL BILL
119721.
OF THIS, 8.6 MILLION WILL BE
GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
AND 29.8 MILLION WILL GO TO
OTHER FUNDS THE $38.4 MILLION
TOTAL CONSISTS OF 33 GRANTS
WORTH $28.3 MILLION PLUS A
90,000-DOLLAR DONATION FROM
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION TO
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND A 10 MILLION-DOLLAR LOAN
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
PEARL STREET PROJECT.
>> YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT?
>> I'M GOING TO ASK BRIAN IF HE
HAS AN ECZEMA NATION AN
EXPLANATION FOR THAT.
>> I DON'T AT THIS TIME.
BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO GET BACK
TO YOU.
.
>> I MEAN SO LET ME -- I MIGHT
BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME TIME HERE.
>> MIDWEEK, IF YOU COULD JUST
GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND THEN SINCE WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO GO
THROUGH SOME OF THIS NEXT WEEK,
JUST AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT THE
INFORMATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> OKAY.
SO YOU'LL SEE TABLE TWO ON
PAGES TWO AND THREE OF THE
STAFF MEMO LISTS THE GRANTS
THAT ARE OVER 100,000 DOLLARS
IF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
MANY OF THE GRANTS CAN BE
CONSIDERED RENEWALS AS THEY'VE
BEEN AWARDED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING
THAT YOU GAVE ME THE OTHER DAY.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT LIKE
YOU SAID THAT MANY OF THESE ARE
ONGOING.
THAT THESE AREN'T NEW.
BUT THAT WE'RE EITHER HAVING
THEM FOR A SECOND OR SOMETIMES
MULTIPLE YEARS.
>> YES.
YES.
EXACTLY.
YOU'LL SEE A COMPLETE LIST OF
ALL THE GRANTS WITH YOUR AGENDA
MATERIALS IN THE DOCUMENT
THAT'S CALLED THE SUMMARY
ATTACHMENT A TO COUNCIL BILL IN
FISCAL NOTE.
SO THIS TABLE HERE JUST SHOWS
THE GRANTS OTHER $100,000.
I WOULD HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF
THOSE.
THERE'S A RENEWED GRANT OF
$167,000 TO SUPPORT A TRAFFIC
SAFETY RESOURCE PROSECUTOR IN
THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE.
THAT'S ITEM 1.1 ON THAT TABLE.
ITEM 1.2 IS A 262,500-OLLAR
GRANT TO THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES TO
SUPPORT THE NEW CITIZEN
PROGRAM.
THEN YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF
WHAT I DESCRIBED AS RENEWED
FEDERAL GRANTS TO SEATTLE FIRE
AND POLICE.
THESE ARE GRANT NAAS THE
AGENCYS HAVE RECEIVED IN PAST
YEARS ALSO.
THIS INCLUDES TWO FEMA GRANTS
TO SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TOTALING ABOUT $1.6 MILLION.
ONE FOR PORCH SECURITY AND
ANOTHER FOR THE URBAN AREA
SECURITY INITIATIVE.
THE UASE GRANT WILL TRAIN FOR
STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE RESPONSE.
YOU'LL SEE SIX FEDERAL GRANTS
TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TOTALING $4.9
MILLION, INCLUDING A $2.2
MILLION UASE GRANT, ITEM 1.21.
THE GRANT SUPPORTS VULNERABLE
POPULATION PLANNING, CITIZEN
PREPAREDNESS AND OUTREACH.
INTELLIGENT ANALYSTS, A
REGIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY
PROGRAM MANAGER.
PURCHASE OF BOMB SUITS AND
NIGHT VISION GOGGLES AND
TRAINING.
ITEMS 1.16.
1.118.
1.20.
1.21.
AND 1.22.
>> LAST YEAR COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALES BROUGHT UP CONCERNS
THAT ANY OF THIS MONEY WAS
EITHER GOING TO ICE OR
SUPPORTING ICE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO GO THROUGH THESE IN ADVANCE
AND ALSO ASK OUR OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL TO HELP US
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
CAN YOU GIVE ME AN UPDATE ON
THAT.
>> I THINK THE REVIEW IS
ONGOING.
WE'LL NEED TO GET YOU MORE
INFORMATION WITHIN A WEEK.
THE SPECIFIC REIMBURSEMENT THAT
HAD TO DO WITH ICE INVOLVEMENT
THAT'S YEAR WAS NOT ACCEPTED BY
SBD THIS YEAR.
BUT THE MORE GRANULAR LOOK TO
MAKE SURE NONE OF THESE TASK
FORCES OR GRANTS INVOLVE ICE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED A
COUPLE MORE DAYS TO DO.
>> GREAT, SO IF YOU COULD GET
BACK TO US MIDWEEK AGAIN ON
THAT QUESTION I'D APPRECIATE
IT.
>> WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT.
>> SO I WOULD LIKE MORE
INFORMATION ON 1.18.
1.19.
1.20.
1.21.
AND 1.22.
EACH OF THESE GRANTS REPORT TO
ACCEPT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM HOMELAND
SECURITY.
THAT'S THE OVER ARCHING
DEPARTMENT IN WHICH ICE AND
OTHER TYPES OF IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT OCCURS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO SECRET
THAT I'M NOT FOND OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
IN THAT CONTEXT.
AND WOULD LIKE TO GET
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS BEFORE
I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING
IN FAVOR OF THOSE PARTICULAR
ITEMS.
AND WITH REGARD TO 1.21 IN MAR,
I NOTICE THAT THERE IS A
PROPOSED ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT
FOR THE FUSION CENTER
INTELLIGENCE ANALYST.
AND THAT IS OF PARTICULAR
CONCERN TO ME.
INCLUDING THE REGIONAL, AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT THE REGIONAL
HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM
MANAGER.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET A LITTLE
BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
BODY OF WORK THAT'S PROPOSED TO
BE COMPLETED BY THOSE TWO
POSITIONS IN PARTICULAR AS A
RESULT OF ACCEPTING THIS GRANT.
>> CERTAINLY.
>> PARTICULARLY THE, YOU KNOW,
IN THE FUSION CENTER CONTEXT,
THAT IT'S A FEDERAL
SURVEILLANCE CENTER THAT IS
LOCATED RIGHT SMACK IN THE
MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
>> OKAY.
AND IN PARTICULAR, AGAIN, TO
ADD ANOTHER LAYER TO THAT, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS
COMPLYING WITH OUR SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE.
.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> WE'LL LOOK AT THAT.
I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THE TWO
JUSTICE ASSISTANT GRANTS THAT
YOU'LL SEE ON THERE HAD BEEN ON
HOLD DUE TO I THINK THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WANTED TO WITHHOLD
GRANTS TO SANCTUARY CITIES BUT
THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT HAS
RULED IN THE CITY'S FAVOR SO
THE CITY CAN NOW ACCEPT THOSE
TWO PARTICULAR GRANTS.
>> SOMETHING WE APPLIED FOR A
YEAR AGO, RIGHT?
>> THOSE ARE ONGOING GRANTS.
WE BASICALLY ADMINISTER THOSE
AND THE CITY PASSINGS MONEY
THROUGH THE OTHER CITIES AND
KEEPS MONEY FROM EACH GRANT
CYCLE TO PAY FOR THREE CRIME
PREVENTION COORDINATORS THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WORK WITH
NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP ENHANCE
CRIME PREVENTION TECHNIQUES.
>> GREAT.
SO I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ GONZALEZ ASKED FOR
SOME SPECIFICS.
EVEN IF THE REPORT ISN'T
CONCLUDED IF THEY COULD GIVE US
A BRIEFING IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> WE'LL DO THAT.
>> THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES FOUR
GRANTS TO SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION FROM THE WASHINGTON
STATE RECREATION CONSERVATION
OFFICE.
1.25 AND 1.27 TO 1.29.
FOR THE GREEN LAKES SMALLS
CRAFT CENTER AND SYNTHETIC TURF
REPLACEMENT AT THE LOWER
WOODLAND PARK PLAY FIELD.
AND FINALLY THE THAT'S FOUR ON
THIS TABLE ARE FOUR GRANTS FROM
THE KING COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL
DISTRICT THAT INCLUDE A $13.1
MILLION GRANT THAT'S
RETROACTIVE TO 2016 FOR SOUTH
PARK DRAINAGE.
AND YOU ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU IN A
LITTLE WHILE.
>> I'M INTERESTED IN HOW THE
RETROACTIVE PIECE WORKS.
>> I CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION NOW.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THE
13.1 MILLION IS RETROACTIVE
2016.
THE CITY FIRST RECEIVED A GRANT
FROM THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT
IN 2016 FOR $4 MILLION AND SO
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THAT
GRANT AGREEMENT WITH AN
ADDITIONAL $13.1 MILLION FOR
MORE WORK IN THE AREA.
IT'S NOT THAT THE FUNDS ARE
RETROACTIVE.
THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE
AMENDING STEMS FROM 2016.
>> GOT IT.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THAT WOULD COMPLETE MY
BRIEFING ON THE GRANT
ORDINANCE.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY.
WE'LL TURN NOW TO COUNCIL BILL
119720 THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
ORDINANCE.
IF EWE LOOK AT TABLE ONE ON
PAGE ONE OF THE STAFF MEMO.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS ORDINANCE,
INCLUDING THE GRANTS AND
TRANSFERS THAT WE JUST
DISCUSSED WOULD APPROPRIATE
FUNDS FOR OPERATIONS THAT TOTAL
$101.6 MILLION, 16.4% OR $16.7
MILLION OF THAT DRAWS FROM
GENERAL FUND.
IT ALSO WOULD INCREASE CAPITAL
APPROPRIATIONS BY ABOUT $31.1
MILLION.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT TABLE ONE,
YOU'LL SEE A LINE THAT SHOWS
$51.8 MILLION AS INCREASES NOT
BACKED BY SPECIFIC NEW REVENUE
SOURCE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IN ENGLISH IS
THAT THE APPROPRIATIONS WOULD
DRAW ON EXISTING FUND BALANCE.
>> BUT THERE'S MONEY THERE.
>> THERE IS MONEY THERE.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE EMPHASIZE.
>> THERE'S MONEY IN THE FUND
BALANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THESE PROJECTS ARE SHOWN ON
TABLE THREE ON PAGES FOUR AND
FIVE OF THE STAFF MEMO.
I WOULD NOTE THAT MOST OF THAT
51.8 MILLION DOLLARS DRAWS FROM
LOW INCOME HOUSING FUND BALANCE
AND THE CITY LIGHT FUND
BALANCE.
ONLY 8.6% OF THE TOTAL.
OR $4.4 MILLION IS IF FROM
GENERAL FUND.
SO AS I SAID, ABOUT 90%.
OVER 90% OF THE $51.8 MILLION
COMES FROM FOUR APPROPRIATIONS.
THERE'S $28 MILLION TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR SHORT-
TERM LOANS FOR SITE
ACQUISITION.
TIED TO A PROGRAM THAT THE
COUNCIL APPROVED LAST SPRING.
15MILLION IN CITY LIGHT
EXPENDITURES ON SHORT-TERM
POWER PURCHASES, PURCHASES THEY
NEED TO MAKE IF THEY HAVE AN
EXPECTED DEMAND.
WHICH IN THIS YEAR HAPPENED
BECAUSE THERE WAS LESS
PRECIPITATION AND COLDER
WINTERS.
THERE'S $5 MILLION IN EMERGENCY
RESPONSE AND SERVICES.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE SNOW
STORM AND SOME OTHER COSTS.
SO ABOUT $4 MILLION OF THAT
WILL COME FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND BALANCE
WITH ANOTHER 1 MILLION-DOLLARS
COMING OUT OF PLANNING
RESERVES.
AND $2.6 MILLION FOR SEATTLE
STORM RELOCATION COSTS THAT HAD
BEEN HELD IN PLANNING RESERVES.
SO THAT AS I SAID, THOSE FOUR
APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNT FOR
91.4% OF THIS PARTICULAR
CATEGORY.
SO THEN IF WE TURN BACK TO
TABLE ONE ON PAGE ONE OF THE
STAFF MEMO, YOU'LL SEE A LINE
THAT SHOWS $11.5 MILLION IN
APPROPRIATIONS THAT'S QUOTE
BACKED BY MISCELLANEOUS
REVENUE.
SO UNPACKING THAT, WHAT THAT
MEANS IS BASICALLY THE ITEMS
THAT ARE ARE LISTED ON TABLE
FOUR ON PAGES FIVE AND SIX OF
YOUR MEMO ARE BACKED BY
OFFSETTING REVENUE.
THIS CAN INCLUDE
INTERDEPARTMENT TALL AND
INTERAGENCY REIMBURSEMENTS,
GRANT INCREASES AND SELF
BALANCING TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS.
SO SOME OF THE LARGER
APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN THIS
$11.5 MILLION ARE TWO TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS TO ALIGN ACCOUNTING
FOR STREETCAR OPERATIONS AND I
ASKED WHAT THE HECK THAT MEANT
AND IT BASICALLY MEANT OUR FAS
DEPARTMENT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO
SHOW THAT RECORD REVENUE
SEPARATE FROM MONEY THAT WE GET
DIRECTLY FROM KING COUNTY
FUNDING SO IT'S A WAY TO TRACK
WHAT THE FULL COSTS ARE ARE AND
WHAT THE CITY IS PAYING TOWARDS
THE STREETCAR MONEY.
IT'S AN ACCOUNTING EXERCISE.
>> OKAY.
SO ORCA REVENUE AND YOU SAID
KING COUNTY METRO.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND I THOUGHT ORCA WAS ALL
CHANNELED THROUGH KING COUNTY
METRO.
>> IT IS.
AND SO THE COUNTY HADN'T BEEN
MAKING IT CLEAR TO US WHICH
REVENUE WAS COMING FROM WHICH
SOURCE.
AND SO NOW IT'S GOING TO BE TO
MATCH WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE'S A $1.5 MILLION
REIMBURSEMENT FROM FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION SERVICES TO IT
FOR THE TRANSIT REGULATION
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S
DEVELOPING A MOBILE APPLICATION
FOR TAX SEASON TNC ENFORCEMENT
AND THERE'S ABOUT $780,000
REIMBURSED TO SEATTLE POLICE
FROM THE 911 TAX HEAVY TO
SUPPORT THE CITY'S DISPATCH
CENTERS.
.
>> MOVING NOW THEN TO THE
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FOURTH
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL CREATES
NEW CIP PROJECTS.
THOSE ARE LISTED ON PAGE SEVEN
OF THE STAFF MEMO.
AND IT ALSO ADDS 31.1 MILLION
IN NET CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS.
THE NEW CIP PROJECTS ARE
CONSERVATION PROGRAM AT SKAGIT
FACILITIES FOR SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION
PROJECT AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
AND BATTERY STREET PORTAL PARK
DEVELOPMENT FOR A NEW 1.3-ACRE
PARK NEAR THE BATTERY STREET
PORTAL.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> TABLE FIVE ON PAGE SEVEN OF
THE STAFF MEMO LISTS THOSE
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS OVER
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE
PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
IT INCLUDES $8.5 MILLION
INTENDED IMPROVEMENT SERVICES
FOR NONCITY OWNED FACILITIES AND
5 MILLION DOLLARS INTENDED
IMPROVEMENTS FOR NONCITY OWNED
FACILITIES.
THE 8.5 FOR FAO ZONED.
5MILLION FOR NON-CITY OWNS.
>> WOULD YOU TELL US WHAT PAGE
NUMBER YOU ARE LOOKING AT
THERE?
>> SO THAT SHOULD BE ON PAGE
SEVEN OF THE STAFF MEMO.
AND THESE ARE ARE ITEMS 9.1
.AND 9.2.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
AND I WANT TO JUST EXTEND MY
THANKS ON, ESPECIALLY FOR THE
OFFICE OF WATERFRONT, MARSHAL
FOSTER, AND OTHERS THAT ARE
WORKING ON THE BATTERY STREET
PORTAL PARK DEVELOPMENT THAT
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TIE THAT
IN WITH ONGOING WORK ON THE
BELL STREET PARKWAY.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE
THAT THAT WAS HIGHLIGHTED.
>> THERE ARE ALSO 11 NET ZERO
TRANSFERS THAT EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY.
FUNDS TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE
SAME FUND TO HIGHER PRIORITY
ITEMS TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY OF
THE 11 NET ZERO TRANSFERS IN
CITY LIGHT WOULD HAVE RATE
IMPLICATIONS THAT WOULD BE
SOMETHING DISCUSSED IN THE
SPRING AND WITHIN THE CONTEXT
OF THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN THAT
THE COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING AT
NEXT YEAR FOR CITY LIGHT.
FINALLY THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
ORDINANCE WOULD INCREASE FOUR
POSITIONS FROM PART TIME TO
FULL-TIME STATUS.
AND WOULD ABROGATED THREE
POSITIONS.
THREE POLICE SPECIAL POSITIONS
AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
ASSISTANT.
AND THE ABROGATED POSITIONS ARE
TWO VACANT IDENTIFICATION TECH
POSITIONS IN SEATTLE POLICE AND
POSITION AUTHORITY AT SEATTLE
FIRE FOR ONE COUNSELOR POSITION
THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH HUMAN
SERVICES.
>> SO ARE ANY OF THESE POSITION
CHANGES THINGS THAT WE HAD
DISCUSSED DURING OUR GENERAL
BUDGET?
OR ARE THESE NEW?
>> I WOULD NEED TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
>> WE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT WHAT POSITIONS WERE GOING
TO BE EVEN REDUCED FOR THE
FIRST QUARTER IN ORDER FOR US
TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL BUDGET
MONEY TO DO SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
THESE FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
ARE THESE MONEYS THAT WERE
THERE IN THE BUDGET ALL ALONG
THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT?
SO IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> OKAY.
SO STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED ONE
POLICY ISSUE WITH THIS PROPOSED
ORDINANCE WHICH IS WHY BRIAN IS
HERE.
WITH RESPECT TO USING FUNDS
FROM THE FAMILIES EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY TO
DEVELOP A FIREFIGHTER TRAINER
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS PROGRAM.
>> OKAY I THINK WE'LL HEAR FROM
YOU AND I'M HEARING FROM HER AS
WELL.
SO GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS DISCUSSED ON PAGE
NINE OF THE MEMO.
IT RELATES TO ITEM 2.2.
WHICH AS LISA SAID WOULD
PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
WITH $55,000 OF GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY TO
DEVELOP A NEW FIREFIGHTER
TRAINER ASSOCIATIVE ARTS DEGREE
PATHWAY WITH SEATTLE COLLEGES
THE PATHWAY PROGRAM WOULD BE
DESIGNED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE COLLEGES AND ALSO WITH THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WITH THE INTENT OF PREPARING
LOCAL STUDENTS FOR CAREER IN
FIRE SERVICE.
ACCORDING TO DEAL, HOWEVER, THE
PROGRAM WOULD COST ABOUT
$70,000 FOR THE TOTAL COST AND
STAY PROPOSE TO SUPPLEMENT THIS
$55,000 OF GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATION WITH $15,000 FROM
THE FAMILIES EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE OR FEP
LEVY.
THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM THE
SEATTLE PROMISE INVESTMENT AREA
AND IT'S UNCLEAR IF THIS WOULD
BE AN ELIGIBLE USE OF LEVY
FUNDS.
HEAVYS IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN APPROVED BY
COUNCIL EARLIER THIS SPRING
SPECIFIES THROUGH STRATEGY
[K:INS]
THE SEATTLE PROMISE INVESTMENT
AREA.
TUITION FOR STUDENTS AND EQUITY
SCHOLARSHIP AND THEN ALSO
COLLEGE PREPARATION AND
PERSISTENCE.
SO THAT'S LIKE THE READINESS
ACADEMIES AND CAREER PLANNING
AND COURSE PLANNING AND THAT
SORT OF THING.
THE PLAN DOESN'T ADDRESS
ANYTHING IN SEATTLE PROMISE.
FUNDS BEING UTILIZED TO SUPPORT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEGREE
PATHWAY PROGRAMS.
AND SO IT'S UNCLEAR.
SO THERE'S ESSENTIALLY THREE
WAY NAAS THE COUNCIL COULD DEAL
WITH THIS.
THE FIRST WOULD BE TO JUST GO
AHEAD AND APPROVE IT AS IS.
THAT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST OPTION.
THE SECOND WOULD BE TO INCREASE
THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION.
AMEND THE BUDGET TO INCREASE
FROM $55,000 TO $70,000 OF
GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW DEAL TO
STILL PURSUE THE PROGRAM AND
DEVELOP IT AS PLANNED BUT
WITHOUT USING ANY OF FEP LEVY
FUNDS AND THEN THE THIRD OBJECT
TO THE FORM OF THE QUESTION
WOULD BE TO REMOVE THE
AUTHORITY SPIRALLY AND ASK THEY
COME BACK FOR FUNDING AT A
LATER DATE ONCE THEY'VE
IDENTIFIED APPROPRIATE REVENUE
SOURCES.
IN TERMS OF PROCESS, IF YOU'D
LIKE TO MAKE CHANGES, IF YOU'D
PROVIDE DIRECTION TO US THEN WE
CAN GO BACK AND MAKE WHATEVER
CHANGES ARE NECESSARY IN
PREPARATION FOR NEXT WEEK'S
MEETING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, DO
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS.
>> YEAH SO ON THE FEP HEAVY ON
THE ARE POE SAL AS IT IS --
PROPOSAL AS IT IS PROPOSED BY
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND DEAL I
STRONGLY OPPOSE IT.
AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE I
DON'T BELIEVE IT'S AN
APPROPRIATE USE OF FEP LEVY
DOLLARS AND SETTING ASIDE THE
REVENUE SOURCE, WHICH IS OF A
SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TO ME THE
OTHER ISSUE IS THAT THIS
APPEARS TO BE A BIT OF A
PROGRAM ADDITION TO WHAT THE
VISION WAS AND WHAT WAS
DESCRIBED TO BE THE VISION FOR
SEATTLE PROMISE.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS
A PROGRAMMATIC SHIFT, I BELIEVE
THAT'S A POLICY QUESTION THAT
SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND DEBATED
BOTH BY THE FEP HEAVY OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE AND THEN ALSO
BY THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IN
ORDER TO APPROVE THAT TYPE OF
SHIFT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN OF THE SEATTLE PROMISE
úPORTION OF THE FEP LEVY.
SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT
ARE NOT JUST SORT OF WILLIE
NILLY I HAVE A GOOD IDEA, NOW
I'M GOING TO DO IT.
THEY DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE
UNDERLINING ORDINANCE WHICH WAS
SUBJECT TO A VOTE AND APPROVAL
BY THE CITY COUNCIL BUT ALSO A
VOTE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE WHO HAVE AGREED TO
TAX THEMSELVES FOR PURPOSES OF
FUNDING PROGRAMMATIC AREAS AS
DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE AND
AS ARTICULATED IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN THAT WE SPENT THE BETTER
HALF OF THIS YEAR DEBATING AND
VOTING ON.
SO I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
PROPOSED REVENUE SOURCE AND I
ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
PROPOSED WAY OF MODIFYING
POTENTIALLY FROM A POLICY
PERSPECTIVE THE PROGRAMMATIC
FOCUS OF WHAT SEATTLE PROMISE
WAS INTENDED TO DO.
SO I THINK BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO
CONCERNS, I CAN'T SUPPORT USING
FEP LEVY DOLLARS.
NOW, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LOOK AT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
THAT APPARENTLY ARE SUDDENLY
FALLING OUT OF THE SKY THAT
WEREN'T THERE DURING THE
BUDGET, IT'S ONLY $70,000, IT'S
NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
BUT THAT SORT OF RAISES OTHER
CONCERNS IN MY MIND.
IN TERMS OF WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW
THAT THE $70,000 EXISTED DURING
OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
I THINK THE PRUDENT APPROACH
HERE WOULD BE TO ASK THE
EXECUTIVE TO COME BACK NEXT
YEAR.
TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE PROGRAM IDEA AND
CONCEPT.
PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF
THE FACT THAT WE IN THIS
BUDGET, THANKS TO COUNCIL
MEMBER AND YOU, CHAIR BAGSHAW,
WE WERE ABLE TO ADD AN
ADDITIONAL CLASS TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I JUST HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE
NEXUS IS THERE.
>> YOU'VE RAISED SOME VERY GOOD
POINTS.
A COUPLE THINGS HERE.
>> I'LL JUST ADD THAT I'M NOT
EVEN SURE.
I HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD FROM THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THIS.
AND THEY REPORT TO MY COMMITTEE
CURRENTLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN
ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
>> I DID NOT SPEAK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE SITE ABOUT THE TIMING
OF THE ISSUE.
I WAS ADDRESSING IT MOSTLY FROM
A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE.
OF COURSE I THINK IT'S
COMPLETELY REASONABLE FOR THE
COUNCIL TO PULL THIS OUT OF
HERE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OF
IT.
BUT I COULD CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP
WITH THEM AND FIND OUT IF
THERE'S SOME PRESSING CONCERN.
>> I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GOOD
QUESTIONS TO ASK.
AND YOUR POLICY ISSUE IS THE
ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M
SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
THIS SOUNDS GREAT IN A VACUUM
BUT IF IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH
WHAT THE DIRECTION OF THE
UNDERLINING VOTE WAS, WE HAVE
TO GET THAT RIGHT.
THREE THINGS, IF YOU COULD COME
BACK AND TELL US MORE ABOUT
WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS
RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE'VE GOT THAT.
IS THERE SOME NEED THAT WE
ADDRESS THIS NEXT WEEK?
OR CAN WE PUT IT OFF A MONTH?
I THINK THAT WOULD BE -- THESE
ARE WORTHY QUESTIONS TO ASK.
THE GENERAL FUND QUESTION IS A
GOOD ONE WHICH IS THERE'S NOW
70,000-DOLLARS THAT WE DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
>> YEAH, IN TERPS OF THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENT, THE
ONLY RESPONSE THAT I DID
EXPLORE OR GET BACK FROM THEM
WAS THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST WITH
THE RECRUITMENT.
BUT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE
PROVIDING SEPARATE FUNDS OTHER
THAN A WHAT THEY QUALIFIED AS A
75,000-DOLLAR COST.
BUT I CAN ASK ABOUT OTHER
INVOLVEMENT.
>> GOOD, I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'LL CATCH UP.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD FROM YOUR REPORT?
>> I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
>> CAN I JUST SAY THAT ON THE
15,000 DOLLARS, I THINK
UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEPARTMENT
IS BEING CREATIVE SHALL WE SAY
IN SAYING THE MONEY IS GOING TO
COME SPECIFICALLY FROM THE
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM AND NOT
FROM OTHER BUCKETS.
AND I THINK THE REASON THAT
THAT IS BEING ARTICULATED IN
THAT FASHION IS BECAUSE THE
ORDINANCE IS PRETTY CRYSTAL
CLEAR THAT ANY UNDER SPEND
RELATED TO THE FAMILIES AND
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE
LEVY IS MUST -- IT SHALL GO TO
EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS.
AND SO IF IT IS COMING FROM
SEATTLE PROMISE, THEN WHAT IS
BEING CUT?
SEATTLE PROMISE IN ORDER TO
FACILITATE A 15,000-DOLLAR
CAPTURE FROM THAT BUCKET IN
ORDER TO FUND OR SUPPLEMENT THE
FUNDING FOR THIS NEW IDEA.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S A REVENUE
SOURCE QUESTION.
BUT IT DOESN'T RESOLVE THE
UNDERLINING POLICY ISSUES THAT
I HAVE ARTICULATED CONCERNS
WITH.
WHICH IS THIS IS A VERY DEGREE
SPECIFIC CERTIFICATION NOW
BEING PROPOSED THROUGH THE
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM WHICH
WAS NOT THE ORIGINALLY ARCTIC
EWE HATED VISION FOR THAT
PROGRAM DOCTOR ARTICULATED
VISION FOR THAT PROGRAM NOR WAS
IT THE DESIGN.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT'S A
SHIFT, I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO
APPROPRIATE AND LEGALLY
REQUIRED TO HAVE THE HEAVY OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS REVIEW
THAT A RECOMMENDATION AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE
APPROVED.
I SAT ON THE OVER SITE
COMMITTEE.
THAT'S NOT BEEN COMPLETED TO MY
KNOWLEDGE.
WE JUST HAD OUR DECEMBER
MEETING A WEEK AGO.
WE WON'T BE MEETING AGAIN UNTIL
JANUARY.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY WORTHWHILE
TAKING A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE
AND THE TIMING ON THAT.
>> I DON'T ANTICIPATE THE
COUNCIL MEMBER RESPONSE TO YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S THE
URGENCY HERE, I DON'T THINK
THERE IS AN URGENCY HERE.
IT'S A NEW PROGRAM.
SEATTLE PROMISE IS FLOATING
ALONG.
JUST FINE.
WITHOUT THIS 70,000-DOLLAR
PROGRAM SO I WOULD BE SHOCKED
AND SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT
SOMEHOW THIS IS AN URGENT NEED
BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
ARE ALL READY IN THE PROGRAM
AND IF WE DON'T FUND IT, THEY
LOSE THEIR FUNDING.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S
A -- THAT'S A SCENARIO THAT IS
ROOTED IN FACT.
>> OKAY.
WELL WE'VE GOT LOTS OF
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER
TODAY?
EM HI, THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING
THIS.
ANYTHING ELSE?
BRIAN, LISA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WHEN YOU CAN TALK TO US MIDWEEK
BEFORE OUR NEXT AND FINAL
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH
WILL BE NEXT WEEK DECEMBER
11th.
AT 2:00 P.M.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL OF YOU
FOR BEING HERE AND THE MEETING
IS ADJOURNED.