>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILL COME BACK TO ORDER.
WE WERE IN RECESS.
THIS SOCKET 28TH, 2020, AND THE
TIME IS 2:02 P.M.
CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> HERE.
CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> AND I AM PRESENT.
>> I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR
LUNCH BREAK.
THANKS TO OUR TEAM OF PEOPLE
MAKING THESE MEETINGS POSSIBLE.
WE LEFT OFF ON OFFICE OF
HOUSING ITEMS.
THERE ARE TWO MORE.
THESE ARE THE WALK-ON LATE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED
FOR TODAY'S AGENDA THIS
MORNING, BOTH OF THEM SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
WE'LL TAKE AMENDMENT NUMBER
ONE, THEN NUMBER TWO.
THESE WILL BE FIRST DESCRIBED
BY TRACY RATCLIFFE FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
ANYTHING ELSE TO START US OFF
WITH?
>> NO.
>> THANKS AGAIN, TRACY.
>> TRACY RATLIFF, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
WE HAVE OH-WALK-ON 1 SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
THIS ONE WOULD ADD $13.8
MILLION TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO PURCHSE PROPERTY
FOR A SHORT-TERM USE AS A NON
CONGREGATE SHELTER WITH A LONG-
TERM PLANNED USE FOR LOW-INCOME
HOUSING.
THIS INVOLVES A PROPERTY THAT
WAS FORMERLY A NURSING HOME IN
A CENTRAL AREA THAT IS
AVAILABLE TO BE PURCHASED MOST
IMMEDIATELY, I BELIEVE.
>> THANK YOU, TRACY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY
THIS OUTSTANDING PROPOSAL WAS
BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY THE
AFRICAN COMMUNITY LINE TRUST.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS
AGREEING TO PUT THIS IMPORTANT
PROPOSAL ON THE AGENDA.
AFRICA TOWN IS ADVOCATING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE
CENTER THAT USED TO BE THE
JAPANESE COMMUNIT CENTER IN
CENTRAL DISTRICT, DISTRICT 3. A
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO USE A FULL
SQUARE BLOCK IN THE VERY HEART
OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WHICH
HAS BEEN GENTRIFYING SO THAT WE
CAN DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AS A MEASURE TO PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT.
MANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
RALLIED LAST YEAR AGAINST THE
SALE OF THE SITE TO A
DEVELOPER.
AND I DID GO AHEAD, BUT THE
PROTEST ACTIONS DID HAVE AN
IMPACT, AND NOW IN THE WAKE OF
THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
AFRICA TOWN BELIEVE THEY HAVE A
VERY CRUCIAL OPPORTUNITY TO
ACQUIRE IT AND CONVERT TO THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO HOUSE
POPULATIONS EARNING 205% OF THE
AREA IMMEDIATE -- 20% TO 50% OF
THE MEDIAN INCOME IN THE AREA,
UP TO $51,251.
I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE IT'S
GOOD CONTEXT FOR WHY THIS IS SO
CRUCIAL.
AS REPORT BY THE SEATTLE TIMES
JUST LAST MONTH FROM THE DATA
FROM LAST YEAR WHICH AS
EVERYBODY KNOWS IS PART OF THE
U.S. CENSUS DATA COLLECTION PER
HOUSEHOLD, HEADED BY A BLACK
PERSON, THE MEDIAN INCOME IS
43,500, WHICH IS FAR LOWER THAN
THE OVERALL MEDIAN INCOME,
WHICH IS OVER $102,000.
AND, OF COURSE, WE SIMILARLY
SEE PROBLEMATIC NUMBERS, LOWER
NUMBERS FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT
WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT
FROM INCREASING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
ALSO THE PROPOSED INTERIM USE
FOR THE SITE WILL BE NON
CONGREGATE HOUSING FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND THE CURRENT
275 BEDS SPREAD OUT OVER THE
BUILDING SPACE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THIS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEEDED
URGENTLY.
WE HAVE AFRICA TOWN READY TO
DEVELOP THIS PROJECT AT THIS
FORMER SITE, AND IT WILL BE AN
IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD AGAINST
RACIST GENTRIFICATION, AND IT
WILL BE PART OF THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER HE MOVEMENT.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
FOLLOWING?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO FIRST THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT FOR
BRINGING FORWARD THIS PROPOSAL.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
CONNECTION TO THE CONGREGATE
SHELTER PROPOSAL.
I HAD SEEN MATERIALS GOING OUT
TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT
THIS BEING A 275-PERSON
CAPACITY LOCATION AND
SUGGESTING THAT THAT'S THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE NOW AND
THAT WILL BE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE
THERE IN THE FUTURE.
AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THAT
IS NOT ACCURATE, LET'S JUST
SAY.
AND I'M WONDERING IF COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF CAN SPEAK TO
THAT.
>> SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
CONFIRM THAT NUMBER MYSELF
BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THE RANGE
FROM 200 TO 275, AND I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT IS ROOMS, I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT IS BEDS.
SINCE IT'S A NURSING HOME, IT
COULD BE BEDS VERSUS ROOMS.
I'M JUST NOT SURE.
I AM TRYING TO GET CONFIRMATION
OF EXACTLY HOW MANY ROOMS THERE
WOULD BE AND THEN WHAT THAT
COULD ACCOMMODATE IN TERMS OF A
SHORT-TERM SHELTER STRUCTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEP.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, THANK
YOU AGAIN.
I HAVE ALSO HEARD SOMETHING
SIMILAR ABOUT THE CONCERN
AROUND THE NUMBER SO THAT WOULD
BE HELPFUL TO GET.
THANK YOU, TRACY.
>> YOU BET.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> ON THE QUESTION THAT CAME
UP, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO
INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE
NUMBER, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO, BECAUSE THIS CAME --
WE WORKED ON THIS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
BUT THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE
USED IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE
HEARD FROM COMMUNITY ADVOCATES,
AND THEY SAY THAT MANY ROOMS,
NOT BEDS.
SO, YEAH, I WOULD REALLY
APPRECIATE THE STAFF VERIFYING
IT.
>> YOU BET.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, THEN
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I -- THE KIND OF PROJECT
THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY FALL IN
LINE WITH THE PRINCIPLES THAT
I'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
-- AND THIS IS -- I KNOW WE'VE
GOT LOTS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE
COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN GETTING THE CITY
SUPPORT WITH ACQUISITION IN
ORDER TO STOP DISPLACEMENT
THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A BIGGER NUMBER THAN
I'VE SEEN FROM SOME OTHER
COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO, JUST CURIOUS, I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT OR FOR
TRACY, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN
UNDERSTANDING IF THE FUNDING IS
STRICTLY FOR ACQUISITION OF THE
LAND OR OF THE ENTIRE PROPERTY,
AND ALSO IF THERE IS ANY -- IF
AFRICA TOWN IS SEEKING FUNDING
FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES TO HELP OFFSET THE
ACQUISITION COSTS.
IS THIS SCALABLE, I GUESS IS MY
QUESTION?
ARE WE ABLE TO COBBLE TOGETHER
SOME FUNDING FROM DIFFERENT
SOURCES FOR THIS REQUEST?
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW, WHICH IS
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE $13.8
MILLION IS THE PURCHASE PRICE
OF THE PROPERTY, AND COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT CAN CONFIRM THAT,
BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE
UNDERSTOOD.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY'RE
SEEKING OTHER SOURCES OF
ACQUISITION FUNDING.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER
SOURCES OF ACQUISITION FUNDING
THAT DO EXIST.
STATE COMMERCE MAY ALSO HAVE
SOME MONEY.
THE CITY ALSO HAS ITS LIMITED
ACQUISITION PROGRAMS THAT MIGHT
COME INTO PLAY WITH THIS
PROPERTY AS WELL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
TRACY, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH
-- IN TERMS OF OTHER SOURCES OF
FUNDING CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING HOUSING
LEVY PROCESS, HOW MANY TIMES
THEY DO REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL,
AND DO THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT
CATEGORY FOR ACQUISITION?
AND THEN SECOND AIRILY
INTERESTED IN -- IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE FOR THIS BUDGET
PROCESS, BUT MAYBE NEXT YEAR,
HAVING SORT OF A STANDARD, LIKE
-- BECAUSE THERE ARE ALL THESE
GREAT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE
LEARNING ABOUT AND PEOPLE ARE
ASKING US ABOUT, AND TO HAVE
SORT OF A STANDARD WAY OF
LOOKING AT THEM WHERE WE HAVE
OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING, AND
HOW THEY'RE OPERATED, SORT OF
THE LONG-TERM PLAN.
BUT THAT'S A SECONDARY THING
FOR THE FUTURE.
I KNOW THAT WITH HELP US
QUICKLY EVALUATE STUFF.
BUT JUST IN TERMS OF THE
HOUSING LEVY PROCESS, IS IT
SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN
APPLICABLE IN THIS CASE?
>> SURE.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
THAT COULD COME INTO PLAY,
PARTICULARLY ON THE ACQUISITION
SIDE.
THE LEVY HAS THE ACQUISITION
AND OPPORTUNITY FUND WHICH
ALLOWS OH TO ESSENTIALLY USE
EXISTING CASH THAT IS YET
NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT, SO IT
TAKES THEM AWHILE TO DRAW DOWN
THOSE FUNDS TO DO SHORT-TERM
LOANS FOR ACQUIRING PROPERTY
FOR LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF
HOUSING.
THEY HAVE $30 MILLION WORTH OF
THAT AUTHORITY, AND I THINK AT
LAST COUNT THEY HAD SOMEWHERE
AROUND $16 MILLION.
I'M TRYING TO GET AN UPDATE ON
WHAT THEIR EXISTING ACQUISITION
AND OPPORTUNITY AUTHORITY, HOW
MANY PROJECTS THEY'VE ACTUALLY
MADE COMMITMENTS TO.
THAT PROGRAM IS AN OPEN DOOR
PROGRAM.
IT MEANS PEOPLE CAN COME IN
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO REQUEST
FUNDS.
THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT IS
SIMILAR IS THE BRIDGE LENDING
PROGRAM WHICH IS PROVIDING
BRIDGE LENDING FOR A SIMILAR
KIND OF THING, ACQUISITION OF
PROPERTY.
IT'S A LITTLE SHORTER TIMELINE,
USUALLY AROUND TWO YEARS OR SO,
AND THAT AUTHORITY IS ABOUT $7
MILLION A YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE NOT
USED ANY OF THAT AUTHORITY IN
2020, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO THAT'S THE SHORT-TERM, AND
THAT BRIDGE LENDING PROGRAM IS
ALSO AN OPEN DOOR PROCESS FOR
PEOPLE TO SEEK FUNDING.
THE OTHER PARTS THAT THEY HAVE
-- THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSE HAG IS THE
RENTAL PROGRAM, AND THAT'S
WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO
GET FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT.
IT CAN SOMETIME BE ACQUISITION
AS WELL, BUT THE PROJECT IS
MUCH FURTHER ALONG IN TERMS OF
CONCEPT AND UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT IT IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE
DOING ON THE SITE, AND THEY
COME IN, SOMETIMES ON JUST AN
ANNUAL BASIS IN THE FALL.
THIS PAST YEAR THEY'VE ACTUALLY
DONE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT
NOFAS BECAUSE OF THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME
INNOVATIVE PROJECTS LIKE THE
PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING
PILOT PROGRAM THAT THEY DID
THIS SUMMER.
BUT TYPICALLY IT'S ONE OR TWO
TIMES A YEAR THAT DEVELOPERS
ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR
PROPOSALS FOR SPECIFIC
PROJECTS, AND THEN THEY ARE
REVIEWED BY THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING STAFF, BY AN OUTSIDE
CREDIT COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT
THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN
CONFIRMS SELECTION OF PROJECTS
BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE IN THAT
PARTICULAR NOFA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD QUESTION, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
TRACY, CAN YOU ALSO REMIND ME,
THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS THAT WE
WERE -- CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YEAH.
I'VE GOT COMPETING HUSBAND
DOING SOME WORK, SO IF YOU HEAR
BACKGROUND NOISE, THAT'S HIM.
>> NO, NO, WE CAN'T HEAR IT.
SO WE HAD ALSO BEEN WORKING ON
TRYING TO EVALUATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT THAT $30
MILLION CAP SO THERE'S MORE
OPPORTUNITIES.
CAN YOU REMIND ME WHICH FUND
THAT SPECIFICALLY TIES TO AND
HOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY FOLD
INTO EFFORTS LIKE THIS IN THE
FUTURE?
>> SO THAT AUTHORITY IS
INCLUDED IN THE LEVY
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCE PLAN
POLICIES THAT THE COUNCIL
ADOPTS BY ORDINANCE.
SO IF IT TURNED OUT THAT THERE
WAS MORE NEED FOR MORE
AUTHORITY, THAT'S ABOVE THE $30
MILLION, THEN WE WOULD PROBABLY
NEED TO GO IN AND MODIFY THAT
ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCE PLAN TO
GIVE THEM GREATER AUTHORITY
THAN THE $30 MILLION THAT THEY
HAVE NOW.
SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE'D HAVE
TO DO IF WE FELT LIKE THEY
NEEDED SOME MORE AUTHORITY TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THESE
STRATEGIC ACQUISITION
OPPORTUNITIES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WILL
NEED THAT.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR AN
UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE IN
TERMS OF THEIR AUTHORITY AND
WHAT THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF
KNOWN ASKS FOR SOME OF THOSE
FUNDS.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AND THAT IS PART OF THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HOPE
FOLKS DO HAVE WITH THE
DEPARTMENTS, AND AS OFFICE OF
HOUSING GETS BACK TO LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE, FOLKS
MAY REMEMBER THAT WE DID AMEND
THE PLAN LAST YEAR TO HELP
PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO
OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR
SITUATIONS JUST LIKE THIS AND
CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO
IMPROVE THAT SO THAT THEY HAVE
THE FLEXIBILITY TO ACT QUICKLY
WHEN THERE'S PROPERTIES THAT
REALLY ARE GREAT SORT OF PUBLIC
BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF I
THINK WHERE TRACY IS TRYING TO
FIND OUT MORE ON HOW IT
DOVETAILS.
>> I GUESS I WOULD BE REMISS TO
ALSO MENTION THERE IS OBVIOUSLY
THE HE CANNABLE DEVELOPMENT
FUNDS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
NATURE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT
MIGHT BE, IF IT WAS A MIXED
INCOME PROJECT THAT WOULD BE A
POTENTIAL OTHER SOURCE OF
FUNDING TO HELP WITH AN
EVENTUAL PROJECT.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ON THE
ACQUISITION SIDE BUT MORE DOWN
THE ROAD IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL
DEVELOPMENT COST.
WOULDN'T WANT TO NOT MEGS THAT
AS ANOTHER POTENTIAL SOURCE TO
ASSIST WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SITE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, IS
THE $13.8 MILLION AT THIS POINT
JUST THE ACQUISITION?
>> YES.
AND ACTUALLY, I'D LIKE TO
RESPOND TO SOME OTHER POINTS
THAT CAME UP AS WELL, BUT MAYBE
I SHOULD WAIT IF THERE ARE MORE
THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP AND I
CAN RESPOND.
>> ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CUE?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD?
>> SURE.
THIS IS THE FUNDING FOR
ACQUISITION AND LET'S KEEP IN
MIND THAT THIS IS THE AFRICA
TOWN COMMUNITY WHO HAVE ALREADY
PROVEN TREMENDOUS SUCCESS TO
THE LIBERTY BANK VOTING PROJECT
WHICH HAS ALREADY PROVIDED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MANY OF
OUR BLACK NEIGHBORS, BLACK
WORKING PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO COME BACK.
I KNOW SOME OF THEM PERSONALLY.
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS
PROJECT.
THIS IS A VERY NEW THING.
IT'S NEW FOR THEM AND NEWER
STILL FOR MY OFFICE.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING
TO BE LOOKING TO SEEK OTHER
SOURCES OF FUNDS, BUT RIGHT NOW
THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN
POINT TO CONCRETELY, BECAUSE
IT'S SO NEW.
AND I'M SURE THAT WE COULD FIND
DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS IN TERMS
OF HOW MUCH THE CITY SHOULD
FUND AND HOW MUCH WE SHOULD
LEVERAGE, OTHER AVAILABLE
FUNDS.
I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT WE
SHOULD MAKE THE MOST EFFICIENT
USE OF WHATEVER FUNDS ARE
AVAILABLE.
I OBVIOUSLY DON'T THINK THERE'S
A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY FUNDING
ALL OF IT, BECAUSE COMPARED TO
THE AMOUNT OF PROFITS THAT BIG
CORPORATIONS ARE MAKING THAT
CAN BE TAXED EVEN FURTHER, THE
PANDEMIC PROF TEARS, THE
BLOATED POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS
IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
AND JUST TO PUT THE NUMBER IN
CONTEXT IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY IS THIS
A BIG NUMBER, THE INVESTMENT
NUMBER THIS IS A FULL BLOCK AND
IT'S A VERY PRIME LOCATION.
IT'S ON A VERY PROMINENT SPACE
ON YESLER, AND THIS IS, LIKE I
SAID THIS MORNING, AT THE
CENTER OF GENTRIFYING
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING
SOME REAL VALUE ON THE RIGHT OF
POOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THE RIGHT
TO LIVE IN THE CENTER OF THE IN
THE BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBOR,
EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF
INCOME, SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT
TO LIVE THERE, AND SO CERTAINLY
MY OFFICE HAS EVERY INTENTION
OF CONTINUING TO FINE-TUNE THE
DEALS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION
AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT FOR
TODAY, I WOULD REALLY URGE
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COSPONSOR IF
THEY AGREE THAT THIS PROJECT IS
MOVING FORWARD, AND THEN WE CAN
PROCEED FROM THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO OFFER
CLARIFICATION AS WELL.
I THINK THE VOTE EARLIER TODAY
WAS A HELPFUL WAY TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE CONVERSATION COULD
HAPPEN SO THAT NOTHING WAS HELD
UP FOR PROCESS REASONS.
I WANT TO THANK YOUR OFFICE FOR
SENDING THIS AMENDMENT AROUND
BEFORE 5:00 P.M.
YESTERDAY.
THAT HELPS TO MAKE SURE FOLKS
HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO LOOK AT
IT.
AGAIN, INTERESTED IN ANY
COSPONSORS FOR THE RECORD BUT
WE KNOW AT THIS POINT THAT
INDICATION OF COSPONSOR IS NOT
AN INDICATION OF WHETHER OR NOT
THE PROGRAM ITSELF HAS THE
SUPPORT OR THE PROPOSAL ITSELF
HAS SUPPORT.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS
KNOW.
HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR CO SIGNING
OR YOUR COSPONSORSHIP.
IT WILL NOT APPEAR AS AN IMAGE
HERE JUST BECAUSE OF THE LATE
NIGHT OF THIS AMENDMENT BUT WE
WILL MAKE SURE TO RECORD IT FOR
THE YEAR.
>> COUNCILMAN.
>> I THINK MAYBE I'M GETTING
ALLERGIES.
AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS KIND OF
A PROJECT FALLS COMPLETELY
INLINE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND
THE GOALS THAT OUR OFFICE HAS
SET FOR HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS
ABOUT THIS SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF
FUNDING THIS.
I AM DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN
GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CAN MOVE IT FORWARD AND MOVE
THE CONVERSATION FORWARD ABOUT
HOW WE SUPPORT THESE KINDS OF
REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING FROM
COMMUNITY.
AND MY HOPE IS THAT THROUGH
THIS CONTINUED WORK WITH OUR
CENTRAL STAFF AND WITH THE
EXECUTIVE THAT THE EXECUTIVE
WILL FIND SOME HE CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO HOW WE ADDRESS
THIS ISSUE OF STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES SO
THAT WE CAN STEM THE
DISPLACEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
AS THE PRIME SPONSOR.
COSPONSORS, DID I HEAR YOU
CORRECTLY, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD YOUR NAME?
>> YES.
>> AND I DON'T HAVE MY FEATURE
UP HERE TO SEE ALL OF THE
HANDS.
I DON'T SEE YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
SO WE WILL MAKE SURE TO RECORD
THAT FOR THE RECORD.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, THANK
YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH
THIS.
NEXT ITEM, TRACY.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER 2.
>> OH WALK-ON AMENDMENT 2
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
IT WOULD ADD $20 MILLION TO
INCREASE RESOURCES FOR
CONVERTING HOMES FROM GAS OR
OIL HEATING TO ELECTRIC AND TO
EXPAND OH'S WEATHERIZATION
PROGRAM.
OH'S WEATHERIZATION ADDS GRANTS
TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY IN BOTH
HE LOW-INCOME AND MULTIFAMILY
PRO GREEK.
THE CURRENT BUDGET IS $5.8
MILLION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AS
WAS JUST SAID TO INVEST $20
MILLION IN GREEN NEW DEAL,
ELECTRIFICATION RETROFIT.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO CROWN THILL
MEMBERS MORALES AND HERBOLD.
THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
OVERTIME WILL CREATE MANY GOOD
JOBS WHICH ARE GOING TO BE
ESPECIALLY NECESSARY IN THIS
RECESSION.
THE AMAZON MOVEMENT FOUGHT TO
FUND THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND
HOUSING STARTS IN 2021.
WHAT EVENTUALLY PASSED DID MAKE
THE INVESTMENT UNTIL 2022.
THIS WOULD BEGIN IN 2021 AS
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS HAVE BEEN
DEMANDING THAT THE COUNCIL DO.
IT IS A KEY DEMAND OF THE
PEOPLE'S BUDGET MOVEMENT,
INCLUDING INDIGENOUS AND
ACTIVISTS.
ALSO A KEY DEMAND OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HEARD
FROM ACTIVISTS ASSOCIATED WITH
350 AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS
AMENDMENT, BOTH AT THE PUBLIC
HEARING LAST NIGHT AND ALSO
MANY E-MAILS THAT HAVE COME IN
FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE KNOW THE REALITY IS CLIMATE
CHANGE CANNOT BE STOPPED WITH
JUST TARGET AND RESOLUTIONS
ALONE.
IT WILL REQUIRE ACTUAL REAL
PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS
BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE EMISSION-
FREE HE HYDROELECTRIC POWER
BECAUSE EIGHT YEARS TAG NEW
DEAL HIRED PEOPLE WHO LOST
THEIR JOBS DURING THE GREAT
DEPRESSION TO BUILD PUBLIC
WORKS PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A LIVE EXAMPLE FROM
DECADES AGO THAT THIS ACTUALLY
WONCHES HERE WE ARE IN A
CLIMATE CRISIS, AND WE ARE IN A
DEEP REYES, AND SO NOW WE NEED
A GREEN NEW DEAL TO
SUBSTANTIALLY REBUILD THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR SOCIETY.
WE NEED TO CREATE GOOD JOBS
RENOVATING HOMES TO STOP USING
OIL AND NATURAL GAS, TO HAVE
GOOD INSULATION AND TO INSTALL
ELECTRIC HEATING AND I SHOULD
ALSO MENTION TALKING ABOUT
UNION JOBS.
SO THIS IS $20 MILLION, AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF I AM ASKED
HOW IT COULD BE FUNDED, IN MY
VIEW IT IS A QUESTION OF
POLITICAL WILL.
WE COULD INCREASE A BIG
BUSINESS TAX RATE AS MY OFFICE
HAS BEEN PROPOSING, OR WE COULD
FUND TO THE A SMALL PART OF
DEFUNDING THE POLICE BY 5%,
WHICH IS -- THIS AMOUNT WOULD
BE 5.5% OF THE POLICE BUDGET,
THE $20 MILLION.
OR IF COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK FOR
AT WAY TO FUND THIS ESSENTIAL
GRANEY NEW DEAL PROJECT I WOULD
SUPPORT THAT ALSO AS LONG AS
IT'S A PROGRESSIVE MEASURE AND
IT'S NOT A MECHANISM THAT IS
USING -- OR ROCK PETER TO PAY
PAUL, PITTING COMMUNITY NEED
VERSUS COMMUNITY NEED.
I THINK THERE ARE VARIOUS
OPTIONS.
I FEEL THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS
TO MAKE A REAL COMMITMENT HERE
AND DELIVER ON IT, AND I'M
REALLY THANKFUL TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS MORALES AND HERBOLD,
AND I WELCOME OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
YOU NOTED COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES AND HERBOLD SO FOR THE
RECORD WE ARE REPEATING THAT TO
MAKE SURE THAT GETS RECORDED ON
THE FORM.
WE WILL HAVE A NICE SHEET THAT
SUMMARIZES THOSE CO SPONSORS
LIKE WE HAVE WITH THE OTHER
ONES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS?
OKAY.
TRACY, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THIS
IS MIRRORING WHAT WAS INCLUDED
IN THE JUMP START PLAN FOR 2022
BUT INITIATING IT ONE YEAR
EARLIER.
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK THE THIFTS THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN FUNDED WITH THAT $20
MILLION WERE A LITTLE BIT
PRIOR, LIKE SOME WORKER
RETRAINING, AND I THINK THE
STAFFING FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL
TASK FORCE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE
BROADER, AND IT WAS 20 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER, THANKS FOR
SUMMARIZING THAT.
I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE
OUR OFFICE OF HOUSING WALK-
THROUGH.
COLLEAGUES, THANKS AS WELL FOR
YOUR PARTICIPATION IN REVIEWING
WALK-ON AMENDMENTS.
I THINK THAT THAT WAS A HOME
SUMMARY TO HAVE THE DOCUMENT IN
FRONT OF US.
REALLY APPRECIATE TRACY'S WORK
ON THAT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A
PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US.
>> DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, WANTED TO NOTE
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I
WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING
VERY SOON BECAUSE OF
UNAVOIDABLE COMMITMENTS AND
WANTED TO CONVEY MAY APOLOGIES.
>> DUALLY NOTED.
THANK YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
OFFICE OF INTER GOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE HE
AFFAIRS, OPCD, AND OUR PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMING UP.
BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS OIR181.
IT WOULD ADD $118,000 OF
GENERAL FUND TO OIR FOR STATE
LOBBYING CONTRACTS.
THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS
THESE FUNDS, AND RESTORING THE
FUNDS WOULD ALLOW OIR TO
MAINTAIN THE LOB BOWING
CONTRACTS AT THE CURRENT LEVEL
OF SERVICE -- EXCUSE ME, AT THE
2020 LEVELS OF SERVICE AND
AVOID THE FRENZY OF CUTTING
CONTRACTS WITH THE CURRENT
HOLDINGS, COSPONSORED BY
MEMBERS HERBOLD AND STRAUSS.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAD A
ANYTHING?
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY I --
THIS IS A MODEST AMOUNT OF
$118,000 IN ORDER TO PREVENT
THE CUTTING OF OUR STATE LOB
BEING CONTRACTS.
WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF
INTER GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
I RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A LOT
OF COMPETING NEEDS IN THIS
BUDGET AND IN THIS CYCLE, AND I
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
WE HAVE ENJOYED A VERY STRONG
AND PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP
WITH OUR THIRD-PARTY LOBBYISTS
WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL,
FRANKLY, IN HELPING US ACHIEVE
SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT
LEGISLATIVE WINS AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE, AND WE KNOW THAT
THERE ARE -- THERE IS A VERY
ROBUST AND VIEW LUM NOWS
VOLUMINOUS LOBBYING INITIATIVE,
AND I REALLY THINK NOW IS THE
TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT OIR IS
WELL RESOURCED IN ORDER TO
ACHIEVE HE SOME REALLY
SIGNIFICANT WINS THAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE THROUGH THESE
LOBBYING CONTRACTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
I SEE COUNCIL GONZALEZ AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD AND
STRAUSS AS COSPONSORS.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
HELLO, AMY.
>> AFTERNOON.
AS SHE MENTIONED THIS IS AMY
GORE FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS NUMBER
23, WHICH IS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION OIRA101.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MORALES AND
STRAUSS AS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS.
THIS ACTION WOULD ADD $190,000
TO THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS FOR THE LEGAL
DEFENSE NETWORK WHICH WOULD
RESTORE THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION
TO THE NETWORK TO ITS 2020
LEVEL OF $1 MILLION.
AS A REMINDER THE LEGAL DEFENSE
NETWORK WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2017
BIBOTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
TO PROVIDE LEGAL SUPPORT TO
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IMPACT
BY CHANGES TO FEDERAL LAWS.
IN 2020, FUNDING FOR THE
NETWORK WAS A TOTAL OF
$1,810,000 WITH $1 MILLION FROM
THE CITY AND $810,000 FROM THE
COUNTY.
THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET
REDUCES THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION
TO $810,000 IN 2021, WHICH
WOULD DECREASE THE TOTAL
FUNDING TO $1.6 MILLION IN
2021.
WITH THIS BUDGET ACTION, TOTAL
FUNDING WOULD BE RESTORED TO
1.8 MILLION IN 2021.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ,
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> YES, JUST REALLY QUICKLY,
BEFORE NADIA TELLS ME I'M OUT
OF TIME, THIS ITEM IS ONE OF MY
TOP PRIORITIES IN THIS BUDGET
CYCLE.
I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT
RESTORING THE FUNDING OF THE
EXPANDED LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BY
$190,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $1
MILLION FOR 2021.
THIS IS -- WELCOME BACK
CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMITMENT
TO FUNDING DEPORTATION LEGAL
DEFENSE AND WHAT WE HAVE
COMMITTED TO SINCE I INTRODUCED
LEGISLATION TO CREATE THE LEGAL
DEFENSE FUND IN 2017.
YESTERDAY WE HEARD FROM
CONSTITUENTS AND ADVOCATES
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO
MAINTAIN THE FUNDING FOR THIS
PROGRAM.
AS JORGE BARON SAID, WHILE OUR
CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES THE
RIGHT TO A LAWYER, A LAWYER IS
NOT PROVIDED, WHICH MEANS THERE
ARE SIGNIFICANT LANGUAGE AND
LEGAL BARRIERS TO NAVIGATE FOR
INDIVIDUALS TO FACE OFF WITH
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WHO 100% OF
THE TIME HAS LEGAL
REPRESENTATION ABOUT WHY AN
INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE ABLE TO
STAY WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN
THIS COUNTRY AND NOT BE
DEPORTED WITHOUT FAIR AND DUE
PROCESS.
THIS MORNING THE GUARDIAN
REPORTED THAT SENIOR TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HAVE,
QUOTE, EXTREME EXECUTIVE ORDERS
FOR AN IMMIGRATION BLITZ, CLOSE
QUOTE.
THEY HAVE THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER
READY FOR CONSIDERATION TO
FURTHER TARGET IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES AND THEIR CHILDREN.
IT IS CLEAR THAT DEPORTATIONS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE NOT JUST A
DESIRED OUTCOME BUT A TACTIC BY
THIS ADMINISTRATION TO TARGET
AND INCITE FEAR IN IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES AND TO CONTINUE TO
USE THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO TEAR
APART OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
AND TO RIP MOMS AND DADS AND
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AUNTS AND
UNCLES WHO ARE ROOTED IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES FOR THE SOLE
PURPOSE OF FORWARDING HIS SEEN 0
HIS EXEEN 0 XENOPHOBIC PROCESS.
AN I AM GRANT IS FOUR TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO BE RELEASED FROM
DETENTION AND OUR WORK THUS FAR
IN OUR AREA HAS SHOWN MANY
INDIVIDUALS FACING DEPORTATION
ARE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
FOR ASYLUM.
SO COLLEAGUES, I HOPE YOU WILL
JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THE
RESTORATION OF THE EXPANDED
LEGAL SYSTEM FUND FOR THE
BENEFIT OF OUR IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR
HER SPONSORSHIP OF THIS ATE
TEMPERATURE.
WE SEE ALREADY A FEW ADDITIONAL
COSPONSORS ORIGINALLY COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES AND COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS BEING JOINED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD AND
PEDDER 70.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I RAISED MY
HAND AS WELL, BEFORE WE MOVE
ON.
>> I SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
SORRY FOR THE OMISSION.
WE'LL GET THAT UP ON THE SCREEN
SO THERE'S A VISUAL
REPRESENTATION BEFORE WE MOVE
ON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD,
MORALES, PEDERSEN, STRAUSS, AND
LEWIS.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S GO ON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
FOR OPCD WE HAVE TWO CLOSELY
RELATED PROVISOS, BOTH
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
THE FIRST, $30,000 IN OPC'S
BUDGET.
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE USED TO
CONTRACT WITH ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW CONSULTANTS TO DEVELOP
THE COMFORTS OF PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
FOR THE NEXT MAJOR UPDATE TO
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE CITY NEEDS TO ADOPT ITS
NEXT UPDATE TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY JUNE OF
2024.
OPCD INTENDS TO KICK OFF THAT
WORK NEXT YEAR, AND SO THIS
MONEY WOULD -- THIS PROVISO
WOULD ENSURE THAT ANY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT,
IF ONE IS REQUIRED, STUDIES
CHANGES TO LAND USE AND SINGLE-
FAMILY AREAS AND OTHER
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS AND
HOPEFULLY STEM DISPLACEMENT.
AND IT'S SPONSORED BY CHAIR
MOSS CAN HE HE DA WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AS
COSPONSORS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, YOU MAY REMEMBER
THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED
A FORM A THAT COVERED BOTH THIS
ITEM AND THE NEXT ITEM, NUMBER
25, IN ONE BUDGET ACTION.
SINCE THEN OPCK HAS REQUESTED
THAT WE BREAK THESE TWO ITEMS
INTO TWO ACTIONS SO THAT THE
FUNDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAN
GET OUT THE DOOR AS THE
DEPARTMENT BEGINS THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, WHERE AS
THE EIS UNDING IS LIKELY TO BE
SENT AFTER THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT STARTS.
FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT, SINCE
OUR ADDITION IN THE 2018 BUDGET
PROCESS FOR THE 2019 CALENDAR
YEAR BUDGET REQUIRED A RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT ON SEATTLE'S
EXCLUSIONARY ZONING STAY ON
TASK TOWARDS CREATING MORE HE
CANNABLE GROWTH STRATEGY, WE
THEN LAST YEAR SECURED TWO
EQUITABLE GROWTH ADDS PASSED BY
THE COUNCIL DURING LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2020.
THIS INCLUDED A PROVISO ON THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, OR
EIS FUNDING TO REQUIRE THE EIS
TO INCLUDE A STUDY OF HOUSE
DIVERSITY INCLUDING DUPLEXES
AND TRIPLEXES AND QUADPLEXES,
CODIFYING OUR 20-YEAR VISION
FOR GROWTH IN SEATTLE.
IT ALSO INCLUDED A PROVISO ON
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FUND,
RACIAL HE CAN TAL KIT,
REQUIRING PRESENTATION OF A
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO
ENSURE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
AND INCLUSIVE ENGAGE MEANT WITH
A FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE
PRESENT DAY ZONING AND LAND USE
INEQUITIES.
THESE MEASURES HELP TO CONTINUE
TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK TO RIGHT
HISTORIC WRONGS RELATED TO PAST
POLICIES LIKE RACIST RED
LINING, COVENANTS, AND
INCREASINGLY RESTRICTIVE ZONING
POLICIES SO THAT WE CAN CREATE
A MORE HE CANNABLE CITY AS WE
GROW.
IN THE 2020 REBALANCED BUDGE AT
THE TIME COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EIS
AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
FUNDING WAS CUT.
ANTICIPATING THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN WELL BE ADOPTED IN 2024
BASED ON THE ONE-YEAR EXTENSION
GRANTED BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
NOW WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FUNDS
FOR THE EIS AND THE COMMUNITY
ENHE GAUGEMENT ARE REINSTATED
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
AND, THEREFORE, FROM THE
PROCESS STANDPOINT, WE NEED TO
REINSTATE THIS PRO VY SO AS
WELL.
THIS PROVISO ON $30,000
ALLOCATED FOR THE EIS WOULD
REQUIRE THE CONTRACT WITH AN
EIS CONSULTANT FOR THE COMP
PLAN UPDATE PROVIDED FORKS
NUMBER ONE, AND THE OFFICE OF
GROWTH ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS HING
ADDITIONAL HOUSE ACCOUNT
CAPACITY AND DIVERSITY,
INCLUDING DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES,
AND ROW HOUSES IN AREAS OF THE
CITY CURRENTLY ZONED FOR
EXCLUSIVELY SINGLE-FAMILY
HOUSES.
NUMBER TWO TO DEVELOP A
STRATEGY TO MINIMIZE
DISPLACEMENT OF LOW-INCOME
RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
FINALLY ANALYSIS OF AN
ALTERNATIVE NAME FOR SINGLE-
FAMILY AREAS AND SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONES SUCH AS, WHAT I LIKE IS
THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL
ZONING.
IF AN ALTERNATIVE NAME HAS NOT
ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS WHO IS THE CHAIR
OF LAND USE AND OUR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ FOR THEIR
COSPONSORSHIP.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT 30
MILLION?
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSS CAN
HEDA.
JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
TO RENEW THE WORK YOUR OFFICE
HAS DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS
AROUND THIS ISSUE.
I JUST WANTED TO LET THE RECORD
REFLECT THAT AS THE LAND USE
CHAIR, I AM GLAD TO COSPONSOR
THIS PROVISO AND THE ONE THAT
IS FOLLOWING BECAUSE I THINK
THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU IN FUTURE YEARS TO MAKE
SURE THIS WORK IS COMPLETED
CORRECTLY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND AS
LAND USE CLAIRE YOU HAVE MY
FULL SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>> MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> HI
THIS WAS ALSO ONE OF OUR SHARED
-- THAT WE WERE SUPPORTING YOU
ON THIS ONE.
I THINK WE SENT YOU A LIST OF
WHICH ONES THAT CAME IN WHERE
WE WERE GOING TO OFFER SUPPORT.
SO AGAIN I WANT TO SHARE THAT
WE WOULD -- I WOULD BE OFFERING
SUPPORT ON THIS PROVISO FOR
30,000 THAT YOU AND COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AND GONZALEZ ARE
SUPPORTING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
I'LL FORESHADOW AS WELL WE DID
RECEIVE YOUR NOTE FOR NUMBER
25, JUST TO TEE THAT UP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS WITH ME
INCLUDE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ, IF WE CAN GET HER PHOTO
UP THERE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
AS WELL.
COUNCIL, THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MORALES,
STRAUSS, AND LEWIS AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES.
>> SO OPCD --
>> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON
THAT LAST ONE, CAN WE GO BACK
ONE SLIDE REAL QUICK?
OKAY, GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MORALES,
JUAREZ, STRAUSS, GONZALEZ, AND
LEWIS.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
>> SO AS MENTIONED, THERE WILL
BE A OUTREACH OF ENGAGEMENT
PROGRAM FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN UPDATE THAT WE'LL BE
STARTING NEXT YEAR.
OPCD2A-1 PLACES A PRO VY SO ON
FUNDS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE
USED TO CONDUCT THAT OUTREACH
OF ENGAGEMENT, AND BASICALLY
REQUIRES THAT THE DEPARTMENT
COME AND PRESENT THEIR OUTREACH
ENGAGEMENT PLAN TO THE COUNCIL
BEFORE SPENDING MONEY.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA IS THE SPONSOR
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
WE NOTED COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ'S SUPPORT.
THIS IS THE SECOND OF THESE TWO
PROVISOS RELATED TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OPCD,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
AND OCR IN THE PROCESS OF
CONDUCTING THE RACIAL HE CAN
TOOL KIT AND INITIATING
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
THIS ACTION IMPOSES A PROVISO
OF $100,000 IN GENERAL FUNDS IN
THE OPCD PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WORK TO
BE LIFTED AFTER OPCD PRESENTS
ITS WORK PLAN FOR THE RACIAL HE
CAN TOOL KIT AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT TO THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU MEMBER STRAUSS FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THIS PROVISO WOULD ENSURE THE
COUNCIL SABLE TO TRACK THE
PROGRESS OF THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOL KIT AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT FROM THE BEGINNING
RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL 2024
WHEN THE PROPOSAL COMES TO
COUNCIL FOR DELIBERATE
RAISMGHTS GIVEN THAT THE RACIAL
HE CANS TOOL KIT WAS A COUNCIL
DRIVEN PROVISION THIS WILL
ENABLE US TO CONTINUE TO BE
INVOLVED AND INFORMED IN THE
PROCESS AS IT MOVES FORWARD.
THANKS AGAIN TO THE COSPONSORS,
MEMBERS GONZALEZ AND STRAUSS AS
WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
GOOD DAY.
EXCELLENT.
ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> ITEM 26 IS BUDGET ACTION R-A-
T 1-A-1, SPONSORED BY PEDERSON
WITH COSPONSORS HERBOLD AND
JUAREZ, REQUESTS THE SEATTLE
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO
PROVIDE A REPORT SHOWING THE
TEN-YEAR HISTORY OF THE SOURCES
AND USES OF CITY RETIREMENT
FUNDS AND ALSO TO REPORT ON THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE SERKS RS2
PLAN FOR PURPOSES OF INCREASING
TRANSPARENCY.
IN ADDITION TO THE REPORT ON
THE SERS2 PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT
TO EXPLORE MEASURES THAT COULD
EITHER HE ACHIEVE 100% FUNDING
RATIO FOR THE RETIREMENT PLAN
SOONER THAN 2042 AND OR
DECREASE THE CITY RETIREMENT
COST.
THE REPORT IS DUE BY APRIL 21st
OF NEXT YEAR TO THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSS CAN
HEDA.
THANK YOU, TOM, AND THANKS TO
MY CO SPONSORS.
THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT WE
RECEIVE FROM THE EXECUTIVE IS
VERY VAGUE ABOUT COST AND
BENEFITS OF OUR RETIREMENT
SYSTEM FOR CITY EMPLOYEES.
SO THIS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT WILL SIMPLY
QUANTIFY THE SOURCES OF FUNDS
AND THE CRUISES OF FUNDS OF
THAT SAIM USER FRIENDLY WAY SO
WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
SYSTEM.
I BELIEVE WE ALL WANT A
SUSTAINABLE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
FOR EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS LIKELY TO PROVIDE
USEFUL INFORMATION.
WE CAN'T CHANGE CURRENT
PENSIONS BUT WE MIGHT LEARN
SOMETHING, WHETHER IT MIGHT
MAKE SENSE TO CONSIDER
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS IN THE
FUTURE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
OF YOUNGER, NEW EMPLOYEES WOULD
OFTEN HAVE A MORE MOBILE AND
VERSATILE CAREER PATH.
A NEW PENSION STRUCTURE FOR NEW
CITY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WAS
INTRODUCE HE'D IN 2017, SCERS2,
SO THIS REPORT WOULD INCLUDE
SORT OF AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT
ONE IS PERFORMING TO INCREASE
SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE SYSTEM
AS ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST QUICK QUESTION ON THE DUE
DATE FOR THE REPORT.
IDEALLY REPORTING BACK TO US
THE ON APRIL 1st, NEXT YEAR,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> GREAT.
AT THAT POINT, WOULD THIS SORT
OF 10-YEAR HISTORIC LOOK-BACK
BE ABLE TO DO ANALYSIS OF HOW
20'S INVESTMENTS OR THE MARKET
HAS AFFECTED THE STRATEGIES
THAT SCERS USES?
>> YOU WOULD SEE BASICALLY WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE FULL 2020 YEAR,
SO IT WOULD CAPTURE THAT, WHICH
DATA AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW
WOULDN'T CAPTURE THE ACTIVITY
IN 2020.
SO, YEAH, WOULD IT GET YOU UP
TO DATE TO CURRENT PERFORMANCE
OF THE INVESTMENTS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN?
NOTHING ELSE?
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
EXPLANATION ON THIS ONE.
AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
IS PRIME SPONSOR, AND
COSPONSORS INCLUDE COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD AND JUAREZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS SCL,
REQUEST THAT THE PUBLIC RETURN
MATERIALS --
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I
CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN AS
WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO
EXPAND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE
TO ACCESS PHYSICAL COLLECTIONS
THROUGH CURBSAID PICKUP AT MORE
LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
IN WAYS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY
DO THAT WITHIN EXISTING
RESOURCES OR FIGURING OUT HOW
TO WORK WITH THE LIBRARY TO
FACILITATE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH
THIS GOAL.
ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF THIS
PANDEMIC, I'VE SPOKEN TO LOTS
OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
NEIGHBORS WHO REALLY, REALLY
DEPEND ON THEIR ABILITY TO
ACCESS THE COLLECTIONS AT THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AS PART
OF THEIR DAILY ROUTINE, AND
IT'S JUST A BIG PART OF THEIR
LIFE AS THEY HAVE TO HUNKER
DOWN EVEN MORE THAN USUAL AT
HOME AND NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
THAT.
AND JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE CAN TO PENT YEAL
EXPAND THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN
CURBSIDE PICKUP.
I KNOW THAT KING COUNTY'S
LIBRARY DISTRICT HAS BEEN DOING
A LOT OF WORK ON THIS
THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND THE
EARLY SUMMER AND HAS A VERY
ROBUST PROGRAM IN PLACE, AND IT
WOULD BE REALLY -- JUST REALLY
GOOD TO LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN
TRY TO EXPAND THIS SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS -- AID
SEE ONE HAND RAISED, SO WE'LL
SUMMARIZE.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS IS PRIME
SPONSOR INCLUDING COUNCIL
MEMBERS MORALES AND JUAREZ AND
ADDED IN COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH, I KEEP DOING THIS.
HAVING QUESTIONS AFTER I GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS OR FOR
CENTRAL STAFF, QUICK QUESTION
ABOUT THE ASSOCIATED COST R.
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED
COSTS OR FUNDING NEEDED TO
IMPLEMENT CURBSIDE SERVICES FOR
ALL LIBRARIES?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
THE LIBRARY IS JUST WORKING ON
WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE NEXT
YEAR OR SO, WHETHER IT'S A
COMBINATION OF REOPENING OR
CURBSIDE PICKUP OR JUST
CURBSIDE PICKUP ATTIC BRANCHES.
BUT AT THIS POINT THERE DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL NEED
FOR FUNKED ON THAT PIECE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FOR THE RECORD, THE LAST FOUR
ITEMS ON THE ACKNOWLEDGE
GENERAL DARE RELATED TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, OR SPU, AS IT
IS KNOWN.
FIRST ITEM, SPU1-A-1, STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT
WOULD HAVE SPU BEGIN AN EFFORT
TO EVALUATE THE WASTEWATER
TREATMENT SYSTEM THAT SERVES
SEATTLE INCLUDING OPERATIONS,
IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.
SINCE THIS WOULD BE A LARGE
BODY OF WORK WE REQUEST THAT
SPU REPORT BACK BY END OF JUNE
WITH PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK FOR
EVALUATING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF CLEAN WATER PLAN AND FOR
ANALYZING ALTERNATIVE
APPROACHES FOR TREATING THE
WASTEWATER.
THE SLIDE LAYS OUT THE MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS AND SOME OF THOSE
ITEMS ARE A THIRD-PARTY
ASSESSMENT OF KING COUNTY'S
PLANNING APPROACH AND TECHNICAL
WORK, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
IMPACT OF THE CLEAN WATER PLAN
RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD HAVE ON
HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AND ANALYSIS OF THE
FOESABILITY, COST, AND BENEFITS
OF GOVERNANCE CHANGES FOR THE
SYSTEM.
THIS ATE TEMPERATURE SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN,
SPONSORED BY HERBOLD AND LEWIS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU BRIAN FOR THAT
SUMMARY.
THANKS TO MY CO SPONSORS AS
WELL.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES IS IN
MY COMMITTEE, AND WE KNOW THAT
KING COUNTY IS ABLE TO PASS
RATES THROUGH TO US.
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THESE
RATES.
UTILITY RATES, AS OUR CITY
FACES AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS,
UTILITY RATES ARE REGRESSIVE.
THE PROGRAM ONLY COVERS PART OF
THOSE BILLS.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY MANAGE
COSTS THAT ARE COMING FROM
OTHER SOURCES THAT WE DON'T
HAVE CONTROL OVER.
SO THIS SLIDE WILL LOOK AT
OTHER OPTIONS, LOOK AT THE
HISTORY OF OWNERSHIP, OF THE
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITIES, SO THAT WE CAN GET
A BETTER HANDLE ON HOW WE CAN
CONTROL COSTS TAR COMING FROM
OTHER PARTIES SUCH AS KING
COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDDER 70.
QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY, I AM NOT SEEING
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I DO SEE SOME HANDS.
IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
HERBOLD AND LEWIS WE HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS ADDING
THEIR NAME AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SO THE NEXT ATE TEMPERATURE IS
SPU2-A-1, ALWAYS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTEFNLT IT WOULD
REQUEST THAT SPU PROVIDE A
REPORT THAT EVALUATES A TREE
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.
THE PROGRAM ENGAGES VOLUNTEERS
TO DEVELOP AND LEAD
NEIGHBORHOOD TREE WALKS AND
ENCOURAGES STEWARDSHIP THROUGH
HELP PUBLIC CARE FOR THE TREES.
SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THE
REPORT SHOULD ADDRESS ARE
TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO BECOME
RESIDENT ARBORISTS WHO CAN
PERFORM BASIC MAINTENANCE,
ENLISTING VOLUNTEERS TO
INVENTORY TREES AND INCREASING
THE NUMBER OF SITES THAT CAN BE
SUPPORTED.
THE SLIDE REQUESTS THAT SPU
PROVIDE THE REPORT BACK BY
MARCH 15th.
THE ITEM IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS AND
COSPONSORED BY MORALES AND
LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT ORIGINATED WITH AN IDEA
THAT WAS SUGGESTED TO ME FOR
THE CITY TO START A CITIZEN OR
RESIDENT ARBORIST PROGRAM TO BE
ABLE TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS TO
HELP TIN MANAGEMENT OF THE
CITY'S URBAN FOREST.
OUR TREE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS
AN ALREADY EXISTING CITY
PROGRAM RUN BY SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, AS MR. GOODNIGHT
NOTED, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
FORTERRA.
AS THEY LEAD TREE WALKS AND
ENCOURAGE GOOD TREE STEWARDSHIP
THIS SLIDE WOULD REQUEST A
REPORT FROM SPU ON
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THIS
PROGRAM INSUCH WAYS AS
ESTABLISHING RESIDENT ARBORISTS
WHO COULD CONDUCT BASIC TREE
MAINTENANCE SUCH AS PLANNING
TREES OR TREES FOR NEIGHBORS,
FOR INSTANCE, STREET TREES
CURRENTLY I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO
GET A PERMIT.
YOU CAN BE FINED IF YOU DON'T
PRUNE YOUR STREET TREES
APPROPRIATELY.
THIS REPORT WOULD ALSO ASK FOR
PROVIDING FURTHER EDUCATION
ABOUT TREES AND TREE
PROTECTIONS, AND USING
VOLUNTEERS TO INVENTORY TREES
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SIMILAR TO
THE LAST -- TO THE PROGRAM
CALLED THE LAST 60,000 PROJECT.
AS WELL AS THIS REPORT WOULD
REQUEST INFORMATION TO BETTER
PRIORITIZE RACIAL EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE
PROGRAM'S EXPANSION.
SO THANK YOU, CHAIR.
AND THANK, MR. GOODNIGHT, FOR
ASSISTING ME HE WITH THIS
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION.
YOUR ASSISTANCE WAS VERY
HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
BUT I AM SEEING SOME HANDS
RAISED SO IN ADDITION TO
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS AS THE
PRIME SPONSOR, WE HAVE MORALES
AND LEWIS AND ADDING COUNCIL
MEMBER PERIOD SENN.
EXCELLENT.
WE ARE GETTING CLOSE, FOLKS.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
SO THE NEXT ITEM IS SPU3-A-1.
THIS ACTION WOULD ADD $286,000
OF GENERAL FUND TO S P TOW
EXPAND THE ENCAMPMENT TRASH
PROGRAM KNOWN AS THE PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM TO 13 ADDITIONAL SITES
WITH THE REQUEST THAT THE
EXPANSION BEGIN BY ADDING
UNSERVED ENCAMPMENTS.
FOR CONTEXT THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES A LITTLE MORE
THAN $388,000 FOR THE PROGRAM
TO PROVIDE WEEKLY SERVICES TO
17 SITES.
THE FUNDING FOR THIS BUDGET
ACTION INCLUDES $17,000 PER
ADDITIONAL SITE TO COVER THE
COST OF SUPPLIES AS WELL AS FOR
CHECKING AND DISPOSING OF
WASTE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES $65,000 FOR
HALF-TIME TEMPORARY POSITION
FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND
A CONTRACT OVERSIGHT.
THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES AND
COSPONSORED BY HERBOLD AND
SAWANT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> WE'VE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
NEARLY DOUBLE OUR TRASH PICKUP
FOREIGN CAMPMENT RES HE DENTS
THROUGH THIS BUDGET ACTION.
ONE THING I KNOW ALL OF US HAVE
HEARD FROM OUR HOUSE
CONSTITUENTS IS A CONCERN OVER
GARBAGE NEAR ENCAMPMENTS.
AND THE PURPLE BAG PROGRAM IS A
SOLUTION TO THAT CONCERN.
SO WE KNOW THAT ENCAMPMENTS ARE
REGULARLY SERVED.
THEY NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO KEEP
THEIR LIVING AREAS CLEAN, AND
THIS PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW FOR
THAT TO HAPPEN.
AFTER LISTENING TO, I THINK IT
WAS FIVE HOURS OF TESTIMONY
LAST NIGHT, WE HEARD A LOT OF
COMMENTS FROM FOLKS WHO
UNFORTUNATELY ASSOCIATE PEOPLE
LIVING OUTSIDE WITH TRASH.
UP, I SADLY HEARD THE
COMPARISON MADE EVEN MORE
DIRECTLY SOMETIMES, SO I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOLKS WHO ARE
LIVING UNHOUSED DON'T GET
WEEKLY TRASH PICKUP THE WAY
THOSE OF US WHO ARE PRIVILEGED
TO LIVING IN A HOME DO.
THIS WOULD ALSO RESTORE DIGNITY
TO OUR UNHOUSED FOLKS LIVING IN
ENCAMPMENTS.
SO I AVENUE SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO
ENCAMPMENT RESIDENTS IN MY
DISTRICT, AND I'VE SEEN THAT
VERY OFTEN THE WAY THAT THEY
DEAL WITH THEIR TRASH IS TO
BUILD PILES NEAR THEIR
ENCAMPMENTS.
SO THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE
THAT, WE DON'T WANT THEM TO
HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT, AND I
THINK PROVIDING REGULAR PICKUP
FOR THEM IS A SOLUTION TO THE
PROBLEM FOR THEM, ALSO FOR THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND
NEIGHBORS WHO WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO HAVE AREAS A LITTLE MORE
TIDY.
SO THIS IS ONE STEP IN
PROVIDING THAT SERVICE FOR OUR
UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, AND I HOPE
THE COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS?
I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE-CHECK ON
THE SITE NUMBERS HERE.
17 SITES CURRENTLY, CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND THEN THIS WOULD ADD13
MORE SITES?
>> YEP, YOU HAVE IT CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
SO WE'D BE UP TO 30 SITES.
>> YOU'VE DONE THE MATH
CORRECTLY.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND WE WOULD START IN SOUTH
SEATTLE.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN ON THAT
ISSUE COMING FROM THE
DEPARTMENT?
>> I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY
CONCERNS FROM THE DEPARTMENT
ABOUT THIS REQUEST.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
AND ALSO, THE POSITION
AUTHORITY IS ALREADY AT THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
WE DON'T NEED THAT.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, FOR PROPOSING THIS.
I HAVE SIGNED ON AS A
COSPONSOR.
I DID WANT TO UNDERSTAND BET
TEAR STARTING IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
COULD ONE ARGUE -- I MEAN,
WE'RE ADDING MONEY TO THE
PROGRAM, SO IT WILL HELP THE
WHOLE CITY INDIRECTLY?
>> SURE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREAT.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN
NOTED THERE ARE FOLKS ADDING
THEIR NAMES.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES IS PRIME
SPONSOR.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERBOLD AND SAWANT.
WE ARE NOW JOINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
EXCELLENT.
WE ARE TO OUR LAST IT A
TEMPERATURE ON OUR REGULAR
AGENDA.
>> THANK YOU.
AS YOU SAID THE LAST I'M
TEMPERATURE IS SPU4-A-1. THIS
WOULD ADD $58,000 OF GENERAL
FUNDS TO SPU FOR THE ROVINGS OF
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE STREET SINK-
STYLE HAND WASHING STATIONS.
THE FUNDING IS EXPECTED TO
PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE FOR 63 SINKS BASED
ON THE PROTOTYPES DEVELOPED BY
THE COLLECTIVE TO.
INCREASE ACCESS TO HYGIENE AND
HAND WASHING SERVICES
THROUGHOUT THE CITY THE REQUEST
SPECIFIES THE DEPLOYMENT OF
NINE SIRCHTION EACH COUNCIL
DISTRICT.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES WITH COSPONSORS
HERBOLD AND SAWANT.
>> EXCELLENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSS CAN
HEDA.
I DO FIRST WANT TO THANK
MEMBERS OF THE CLEAN HANDS
COLLECTIVE FOR COMING UP WITH
SUCH AN INTERESTING MODEL FOR
HANDS WASHING AND FOR ACCESS TO
WATER.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET BOGGED
DOWN IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS AND
-- IT'S REFRESHING TO HEAR SOME
REALLY GREAT IDEAS FROM FOLKS
WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF THIS
ESTABLISHED HALL, OR ZOOM,
WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADD 63 PUBLIC
SINKS TO THE SEATTLE LANDSCAPE.
THE IDEA HERE IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE ARE NINE SINKS IN
EACH DISTRICT.
AND THIS IS JUST A BIG WIN FOR
UNHOUSED FOLKS.
ESPECIALLY APPROXIMATELY IN
COVID WHERE WE KNOW THAT SOME
REALLY IMPORTANT PREVENTIVE
MEASURES INCLUDE THINGS AS
BISQUE AS BEING ABLE TO WASH
YOUR HANDS.
WE CAN TAKE TRASH PICKUP AND
ACCESS TO WATER FOR GRANTED,
BUT I'VE HEARD FIRSTHAND HOW
IMPORTANT THESE THINGS CAN BE
IN HELPING FOLKS MANAGE THEIR
DAILY LIVES.
NO MORE WALKING LONG DISTANCES
TO GET ACCESS TO WATER OR
HAVING TO TAP INTO NEIGHBORS'
WATER SOURCES JUST TO GET A
DRINK.
SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A
REALLY DRAMATIC CONTRIBUTION TO
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND JUST LIKE WITH THE PURPLE
BAG EXPANSION, FOLKS THAT I'VE
TALKED TO COULD REALLY BENEFIT
FROM THIS.
SO OUR NEIGHBORS WANT TO SEE
THAT THEIR CITY CARES ABOUT
THEM HE.
OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS WANT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER LIVING
CONDITIONS, AND THIS WOULD
CERTAINLY PLAY AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN GETTING THEM THERE.
SO WE ARE, AS I SAID, EYING HE
TORE GET A PROGRAM LIKE THIS
STARTED, WHICH WOULD SET UP 63
SINKS ACROSS THE CITY AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING OUR
NEIGHBORS A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE
TO KEEP GOING FOR ONE MORE DAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
I APPRECIATE THIS.
I'M JUST STRUCK BY HOW SMALL
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS.
CENTRAL STAFF, CAN YOU REMIND
NEWS WE ADDED HAND WASHING
FACILITIES, RIGHT, I THINK I
STARTED TO ASK THE QUESTION
BEFORE, BUT WE ADDED HAND
WASHING FACILITIES LAST YEAR IN
THE BUDGET.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME
FRUSTRATION THAT THOSE DOLLARS
HADN'T BEEN SPENT.
BUT CAN YOU REMAINED US, IF YOU
HAVE ON HAND, BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME WHAT THE
W.H.O.'S RECOMMENDATION IS FOR
HAND WASHING FACILITIES PER CAP
IN CITIES?
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
I DON'T HAVE THAT OFFHAND.
>> IYAD TO HAVE IT MEMORIZED.
>> I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S NOT FOR
HAND WASHING, IT'S FOR PUBLIC
BATHROOMS, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE 200 OR 225 IN
THE CITY.
SO WE HAVE HE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> BUT BRINGING THIS UP TO
NINTH EACH DISTRICT IS A
HELPFUL NUMBER.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, DO YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS?
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY JUST WHAT
YOU DID MADAM CHAIR, WHICH IS
THIS HAS A POTENTIAL FOR A BIG
IMPACT FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF
DOLLARS.
REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE
COMMUNITY COALITION HAS COME
FORWARD WITH THIS REALLY
IMAGINATIVE PROPOSAL.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON
IT FOR AWHILE, AND REALLY
HOPING THAT WE CAN FORWARD IT
AND REALLY ALSO JUST WANTING
TO, AS THE PERSON WHO KIND OF
CONSIDERED HERSELF THE HYGIENE
MAVEN IN PAST YEARS, REALLY
HAPPY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES IS TAKING ON
CHAMPIONING THE PURPLE BAG
PROGRAM AND THIS EXPANSION OF
HYGIENE FACILITIES AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT,
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HYGIENE MAVEN.
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING ALL
THIS FORWARD TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES IS PRIME
AND HERBOLD AND LEWIS JOINED BY
STRAUSS AND GONZALEZ.
DOUBLE-CHECKING.
I THINK THAT IS IT FOR OUR
INFORMED DISCUSSIONS TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN A PRETTY FAST PACED
CONVERSATION OVERALL, BUT I
WANT TO WARN YOU THAT TOMORROW
IS ALMOST TWICE AS INTENSE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO KEEP
OUR COMMENTS REALLY SHORT.
TOMORROW I MAY, DEPENDING ON
THE LENGTH OF OUR DISCUSSIONS,
I MAY TRY TO ASK YOU AGAIN TO
USE THE TWO-MINUTE TIME FRAME
FOR USING YOUR COMMENTS.
I'LL COME OFF OF MUTE SO YOU
CAN SEE ME DO THAT, AND THAT
WILL ALLOW FOLKS TO ASK
QUESTIONS, BUT WE ARE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE, AND THAT'S IN LARGE
PART THANKS TO ALL OF YOUR GOOD
WORK WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND
THANKS AGAIN TO JOSEPH WHO
CREATED THE SCREEN, PATTY FOR
MANAGING THE SCREEN SO YOU
COULD ALL SEE.
I THINK THAT WORKS REALLY WELL.
APPRECIATE THEIR WORK OF MY
OFFICE.
THANKS AGAIN FOR STAFFING US.
ALLIE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO YOU FOR MAYBE A
PREVIEW.
ANY HEADS UP?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
WE DO HAVE MORE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA FOR TOMORROW, AND THE
TOPICS WHERE THERE'S BEEN MORE
INTEREST IN SPECIFIC
DEPARTMENTS AND THEN FRIDAY HAS
THE MOST ITEMS ON THE AGENDA,
SO AS THE CHAIR NOTED TO STAY
ON SCHEDULE WE MAY NEED TO KEEP
THE CONVERSATION MOVING.
I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ONE
WALK-ON AMENDMENT THAT I AM
AWARE OF FOR DISCUSSION
TOMORROW THAT WAS JUST
DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF YOU, AND
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE
ARE ANY OTHERS IDENTIFIED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ALLIE.
AND, FOLKS, TO BE ABLE TO SEE
THE FULL LIST OF DEPARTMENTS
THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, BOTH ON
THE AGENDA BUT ALSO IN THAT
MONDAY MEMO THAT I SENT AROUND,
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, THANK
YOU FOR DISTRIBUTING YOUR WALK-
ON AMENDMENT BEFORE THE 5:00
P.M.
DEADLINE AS WELL.
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL AS YOU SAW
FROM TODAY WHICH HELPS REQUIRE
NOT A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE, JUST
A MAJORITY VOTE IN ORDER TO BE
CONSIDERED BASED ON THE AGENDA.
WE ALSO KNOW YOU DID GET YOUR
SUMMARY IN FOR THE CRITERIA
WHICH WE WILL BE TURNING INTO A
COVER SHEET AND SENDING AROUND
SHORTLY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF ANYBODY
HAD ANY ADDITIONAL FORUMS THAT
THEY DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO
RAISE THEIR HAND ON, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO SIGNAL THAT NOW.
WE WILL RECORD IT FOR THE
RECORD AND MAKE SURE THAT NAME
IS ACTUALLY APPROPRIATELY
NOTED.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ACTUAL HANDS
OR VIRTUAL HANDS.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK
AGAIN EVERYBODY WHO IS MAKING
THESE MEETINGS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL GIVE YOU AN EXTRA HOUR,
ACTUALLY TWO HOURS OF YOUR TIME
TODAY BACK.
I HAVE TO DO ALL YOUR GOOD
WORK.
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW
MORNING AT 9:30 A.M.
PUBLIC COMMENTS OPTION FOR SIGN-
UP STARTS AT 7:30 A.M.
30-MINUTE WINDOW WILL BE
ALLOCATED, SO IF THERE'S MORE
THAN THAT WE WILL HAVE TO CUT
OFF AT 30 MINUTES.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WOULD
CONTINUES TO CALL IN.
THANKS AGAIN.
TODAY'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FROM CENTRAL
STAFF FOR ALL YOUR
PRESENTATIONS.
VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANKS.