GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND RENTERS' RIGHTS COMMITTEE
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
THE TIME IS 2:05 PM ON
FEBRUARY 25, 2020.
AM JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
IN TODAY'S MEETING WE WILL HOLD
OUR FIRST DISCUSSION WITH THE
SEATTLE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
WHO WILL PRESENT THE WORK OF
THEIR OFFICE AND WORK PLAN FOR
THE YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, ONE
OF THE THINGS THEY WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR IS SUPPORTING
THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE
WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING
THOSE APPOINTMENTS TO THE
BOARD.
SO IF ANYONE WATCHING THIS
CHANNEL IS INTERESTED IN
APPLYING OR IF THEY FEEL THEY
KNOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD FIT
THE ROLE OF BOARD MEMBER OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT, THEN
PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE
ALL THE INFORMATION FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE COMMITTEE
WHEN THE QUESTION OF
APPOINTMENTS COMES UP.
HOPEFULLY I THINK THE STAFFING
QUESTION WILL BEGIN IN APRIL.
HOPEFULLY THE APARTMENTS WILL
BE DONE BY JUNE.
BEFORE WE BRING THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT TO
THE TABLE LET'S THE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
>> NO ONE IS SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> IS THERE ANYONE NOT SIGNED
UP WHO WISHES TO SPEAK!
PLEASE COME FORWARD.
PLEASE WRITE YOUR NAME AND YOU
HAVE TWO MINUTES.
>> I AM WITH A SPECIALTY HEARTH
RETAILER VESSEL NATURAL GAS
FIREPLACES AND BARBECUES. 26
EMPLOYEES.
I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE
BARBECUE ASSOCIATION WHICH
REPRESENTS SMALL BUSINESSES
LIKE MINE.
AND MANUFACTURERS IN SEATTLE.
I AM REALLY ONLY HERE TODAY TO
VOICE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY
CONVERSATIONS OR PROPOSALS THAT
MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH
THE NATURAL GAS BEEN FOR
COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL.
AND IF THERE ARE GOING TO BE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT WE
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE AT THE
TABLE.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF JOBS
THAT DEPEND ON THAT AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON THE
PRODUCTS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO NECK WITH TED
FOR MY OFFICE WE ARE HAPPY TO
HAVE A MEETING.
OF COURSE.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK?
SEEING NONE WE WILL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL HAVE
PRESENTERS COME TO THE TABLE.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
INTERPRET THE LACK OF PUBLIC
COMMENTERS.
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> AS YOU KNOW INTRODUCTIONS
FOR THE RECORD AND THEN TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD I
NAME IS JESSICA FINN COVEN AND
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON I AM A
LYLIANNA ALLALA, THE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR AT OSE.
>> YOLANDA CENTRAL STAFF.
>> LET ME FIRST START BY
THANKING YOU ALL FOR HAVING US
HERE.
I HAVE BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF OSC
FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER
TIME I AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME
IN FRONT OF THE NEW COMMITTEE
AND JUST TALK ABOUT OUR WORK
AND HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS AND
INTEREST.
REALLY, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE
HERE TODAY AND APPRECIATE YOU
HAVING US HERE.
I WILL ADD PAGE NUMBERS TO HER
NEXT POWERPOINT.
WE DEFINITELY WILL.
WE ARE HERE TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT OSC.
WHO WE ARE.
WE WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE
BACKGROUND BECAUSE I KNOW THERE
ARE MORE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE.
A LITTLE ABOUT OUR OFFICE AND
THEN DIG INTO MORE DEPTH ABOUT
THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON AND WHAT WE WILL BE
DOING IN THE COMING YEAR.
OSC, WERE IN OUR 20th YEAR.
WE WERE ESTABLISHED AS AN
EXECUTIVE OFFICE THAT FOCUSED
ON INTERNAL CITY OPERATIONS AND
HOW WE COULD MAKE THOSE
OPERATIONS MORE SUSTAINABLE.
OVERTIME IT HAS EVOLVED AND
GROWN TO FOCUS YES ON CITY
MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS BUT REALLY
LOOK AT A CITY WIDE RESPONSE TO
SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES AND
ENSURING WE ARE A CROSS CITY
DEPARTMENTS COORDINATED
COMMITTEE TO COME TOGETHER TO
ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL
PRIORITIES.
THERE ARE ABOUT 30 OF US AT
OSE.
WE ARE SMALL BUT MIGHTY.
OUR STAFF IS WITHOUT A DOUBT
OUR BIGGEST RESOURCE AND ASSET.
THEY ARE AN AMAZING GROUP OF
PEOPLE WHO COME TOGETHER TO BE
INNOVATIVE AND REALLY SERVE IN
THEIR WORK.
WE LIKE TO GO TO MARINERS GAMES
TOGETHER WHICH IS WHAT THIS
PICTURE IS.
WE WERE VERY EXCITED LAST
SUMMER.
WE ARE FOCUSED AS I SAID IN
PART A CROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS
BUT ALSO WITH PARTNERS OUTSIDE
OF CITY GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO
FIND SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS.
AND LIKE ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS
WE ARE GUIDED BY THE RACIAL AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE OF THE CITY AND
WE SEE OUR PRIORITY AT OSE AT
UNDOING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM BY
UNDOING INJUSTICE.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WORK.
I WILL GET INTO MORE DETAIL ON
HER PROGRAM AREAS THAT WE FOCUS
IN THREE CORE AREAS.
FIRST OF COURSE MEETING THE
CLIMATE CHALLENGE.
WE WORK TO REDUCE POLLUTION
FROM BUILDINGS, TO REDUCE
LUCIAN FROM TRANSPORTATION AND
TO REALLY ADVANCE CLIMATE
JUSTICE.
WE WORK TO CHAMPION
ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY, BOTH
THROUGH POLICE BASED
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS
LIKE OUR SNOHOMISH VALLEY
PROGRAM BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR
BROADER EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE WHICH IS DESIGNED TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL PEOPLE
BENEFIT FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRESS.
THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
DISPROPORTIONATELY FACED
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE REALLY
CENTERED IN HER WORK AND
CENTERED IN DEVELOPING
PRIORITIES AND SOLUTIONS THEY
WANT US TO ADVANCE.
FINALLY WE WORK TO ADVANCE
LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES THROUGH HEALTHY AND
LOCAL FOOD WORK IN URBAN
FORESTRY.
TAKING IN A LITTLE BIT TO OUR
CLIMATE CHANGE WORK, YOU CAN
SEE HERE THIS GRAPHIC
ILLUSTRATES THE MAJOR SOURCES
OF OUR CORE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
THOSE ARE THE EMISSIONS THE
CITY POLICY MOST HAS CONTROL TO
IMPACT.
SO A LOT OF CITIES REPORT THEIR
CORE MISSIONS AND THEN BROADER
SCOPE EMISSIONS WHICH INCLUDE
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES, AND
THINGS THAT CITY POLICY IMPACT
LESS.
WE RELEASE BOTH THE FULL SCOPE
AND OUR CORE MISSIONS EVERY TWO
YEARS AND OUR GREENHOUSE GAS
INVENTORY.
YOU CAN SEE HERE AS WELL
SEATTLE'S CLIMATE LEADERSHIP
DATES BACK TO 2005 WHEN WE
RELEASED OUR FIRST CLIMATE
ACTION PLAN.
>> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT
YOUR FLOW, AND IF YOU WANT TO
ANSWER THIS QUESTION AS YOU GO
THROUGH THE SLIDES THAT'S
TOTALLY FINE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE NUMBERS
YOU HAVE THERE ARE SPECIFICALLY
ALSO RELATING TO WHAT COMES
UNDER THE CITY PURVIEW IN
TRANSPORTATION AND BUILDING AND
ENERGY AND SO ONE.
AND THE OBVIOUSLY GOES TO THE
CORE OF THE WHOLE NEW GREEN NEW
DEAL PROPOSAL THAT LAST YEAR
WAS SIGNED OFF ON WHICH WE NEED
TO IMPLEMENT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO HEAR FROM
YOU, IF IN GENERAL YOU COULD
TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER
SOURCES OF CARBON EMISSIONS AND
POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
THAT WE SEE IN GENERAL?
VESELY IN SEATTLE WE DON'T HAVE
THE INDUSTRIAL AS MUCH AS IN
SOME OTHER AREAS MAY BE.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT
THAT?
AND SORT OF PUT SOME DETAILS
ONTO THE STATISTIC THAT I THINK
IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT IS
HIGHLIGHTED BY THE CLIMATE
JUSTICE MOVEMENT ABOUT HOW THE
VAST MAJORITY OF ADMISSIONS OR
INDUSTRIAL SOURCES AND UNLESS
WE ADDRESS IT AT A BIGGER
LEVEL, ONLY MAKING CHANGES AT A
PERSONAL LEVEL AMONG HOUSEHOLDS
IS NOT GOING TO GO FAR ENOUGH.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
LET ME TOUCH ON THAT AND I WILL
JUMP BACK IN TO THIS GRAPHIC.
ARE MAJOR, WHAT WE SEE HERE,
WASTE, BUILDING EMISSIONS,
LARGELY NATURAL GAS HEATING PEAK
, QUITE A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL
POLLUTANTS AS WE DO STILL HAVE
A CORE INDUSTRIAL BASE.
WE HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN BY
INDUSTRY SO WE CAN LOOK AT
CEMENT FOR EXAMPLE OR STEEL,
AND WE CAN PROVIDE MORE OF THAT
DATA.
BUT I THINK A REALLY IMPORTANT
POINT IS THAT THEY ALL COME
FROM UPSTREAM SOURCES.
OF COURSE THE CHOICES WE MAKE
INDIVIDUALLY MATTER.
AND WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE IN
MAKING THOSE CHOICES.
BUT THESE ARE STRUCTURAL ISSUES
AND STRUCTURAL EMISSIONS WITH
NO STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMIC
CHANGE WE WILL NEVER CURB THE
CLIMATE CRISIS.
ALSO IT'S NOT THE DECISIONS OF
ONE FAMILY OR ONE INDIVIDUAL
THAT HAS CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT'S A BIGGER SYSTEMIC ISSUE
AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WHERE WE
NEED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT JUST THE FAULT OF OUR
RESIDENTS HERE IN SEATTLE AND
THE BURDEN CAN'T BE ONLY ON
THEM.
THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
THANK YOU.
JUST BRIEFLY -- GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
PRIOR TO COMING TO THE
COMMITTEE I REVIEWED THE ANNUAL
MISSION REPORT, IT LOOKS LIKE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN IS
REVIEWING THEM NOW AND THE
ANSWER TO MY QUESTION IS
ACTUALLY LISTED BY COINCIDENCE
OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
IS LOOKING AT.
BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE
QUESTION ANYWAY JUST FOR FOLKS
IN THE AUDIENCE AND FOR THE
PEOPLE VIEWING, WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING
-BASED EMISSIONS, WHAT
PERCENTAGE OF THAT ARE
RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL,
IN THE EMISSIONS, AND THEN ALSO
WHAT KIND OF STRATEGIES COULD
REUSE, PARTICULARLY WITH
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE
DOWNTOWN CORE LIKE A LOT OF
BUILDINGS IN MY DISTRICT, TO
TRANSITION FROM NATURAL GAS-
BASED HEATING TO MORE ELECTRIC-
BASED HEATING AND THE
FEASIBILITY OF THAT TECHNOLOGY.
>> I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE
FIRST QUESTION.
OUR BUILDING EMISSIONS ARE A
LITTLE OVER ONE THIRD.
35% FOR ALL BUILDINGS.
THAT IS ROUGHLY HALF-AND-HALF
BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL.
IT'S 55-45, I THINK 55% IS
COMMERCIAL EMISSIONS AND 45% OF
THAT 35, REALLY WE HAVE ROUGHLY
A THIRD OF THE EMISSIONS, HALF
ARE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND
HALF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT
OF YOU?
>> I AM GOING TO DIG IN
SPECIFICALLY TO THE ISSUE OF
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN DOING. IF IT'S
OKAY I WILL HOLD YOUR QUESTION
AND IF I DON'T ANSWER IT AT THE
END MAKE SURE YOU TOLD ME. A
QUICK NOTE ON HOW WE ARE DOING
ALL THIS WORK.
IN 2005 WHEN COUNCIL ADOPTED
THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, THEY
ADOPTED A GOAL FOR SEATTLE TO
BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050.
AND SOME VERY SPECIFIC TARGET
SECTOR BY SECTOR TARGETS BY
2030.
WE MEASURE OUR MISSIONS AS I
SAID EVERY TWO YEARS.
WE MEASURE AGAINST THE 2008
BASELINE.
THAT THE FIRST YEAR WE FEEL WE
HAVE REALLY GOOD DATA THAT IS
WORTH MEASURING AGAINST.
SINCE 2008, WE HAVE REDUCED
EMISSIONS ABOUT 6%.
WE ARE HAPPY WE HAVE SEEN SOME
REDUCTION BUT I WANT TO PUT A
FINE POINT ON THE FACT THAT 6%
IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH MEETING
OUR CARBON NEUTRALITY GOAL OR
20/30 GOALS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE
RESPONDING TO THAT, WHAT WE ARE
DOING.
WE KNOW CERTAINLY THE RESPONSE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE, THE CLIMATE
CRISIS IS BIGGER THAN OSE.
WE NEED TO DO MORE WORK.
>> IS AT 6% AND ABSOLUTE 6%
REDUCTION OR IS IT 6% PER
BUILDING?
>> IT'S 6% OF OUR CORE
EMISSIONS.
BUILDINGS, TRANSPORTATION,
WASTE.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE, I DON'T
KNOW THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD, WE HAVE PER
TRANSPORTATION, PER BUILDING IN
THE BUILDING SECTOR COMMERCIAL
VERSUS RESIDENTIAL, WE HAVE A
LOT OF DATA ON AIR EMISSIONS
INVENTORY.
WE FOLLOW THE CARBON DISCLOSURE
PROJECT, IT'S KIND OF THE
STANDARD BY WHICH CITIES
REPORT.
IS VERY DETAILED AND VERY
PRESCRIBED.
WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DATA.
>> DIGGING IN, STARTING WITH
BUILDINGS, AS WE WERE JUST
TALKING ABOUT BUILDINGS ARE
ABOUT ONE THIRD OF OUR
EMISSIONS.
MOST OF THAT COMES FROM USE OF
NATURAL GAS AS A HEATING SOURCE.
I KNOW YOU ALL WORK SOMETIMES
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION,
THEY CONTROL OUR BUILDING
CODES.
SO THEY REALLY LOOK AT HOW WE
CAN CURB EMISSIONS FROM NEW
BUILDINGS.
WE REALIZE THAT THAT IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
BUT IN 2050, ABOUT 80% OF THE
BUILDINGS HERE TODAY ARE STILL
GOING TO BE HERE.
SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO BE REDUCING THE CARBON
CONTENT OF THE BUILDINGS THAT
ARE HERE TODAY AND HAVE A
NUMBER OF POLICIES OVER THE
YEARS TO HELP GET US THERE.
WE STARTED WITH THE IDEA THAT
INFORMATION IS REALLY THE FIRST
STEP TO ACTION.
2008, WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE TO
REQUIRE BUILDINGS 20,000 SQUARE
FEET AND GREATER TO ANNUALLY
REPORT THEIR ENERGY USE IN THE
CARBON EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT TO US EACH YEAR.
WE FOUND THAT THOSE BUILDINGS,
JUST FROM REPORTING THEIR
ENERGY USE, HAVE FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THEIR
EMISSIONS.
IN THOSE BUILDINGS THAT
BENCHMARK THE DATA, WE HAVE
SEEN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS OF ABOUT 6%.
CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH IN THE
SCALE OF THE CRISIS, BUT SHOWS
US THAT WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR
INFORMATION YOU CAN MANAGE IT
BETTER.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO HOLD UPON
THAT ENERGY BENCHMARKING PLAN
IN MORE RECENTLY ACQUIRED
REQUIREMENTS FOR 50,000 SQUARE
FEET AND GREATER TO
PERIODICALLY TUNE UP THERE
BUILDINGS OR TAKE THE LOWER
COST MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE IMPROVING THEIR BUILDING
PERFORMANCES.
IN THE ENERGY WORLD IT'S OFTEN
REFERRED TO AS A RETRO
COMMISSIONING BUT WE CALL IT
OUR BUILDING TUNEUPS PROGRAM.
THE FIRST COMPLIANCY FOR THAT
WAS LAST YEAR IN 2019.
WE HAD ABOUT 400 BUILDINGS THAT
PARTICIPATED IN COMPLIED WITH
THE PROGRAM.
WE EXPECT ABOUT A 6-9%
REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS FOR THE BUILDING THE
DO THAT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SEEN CASE STUDIES WHERE
THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS HAVE
BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE.
FOR EXAMPLE ONE OF THE
BUILDINGS WE TUNED UP WAS A
SEATTLE JUSTICE CENTER ON
ANNUAL REDUCTION OF 20% OF
GREENHOUSE GASES.
SOMETIMES GOING THROUGH THE
PROCESS CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
MORE REDUCTIONS.
>> I AM INTERESTED IN THIS
WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP QUESTION.
AND IN GENERAL THE TRANSITION
QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHETHER THERE IS A PAY
DIFFERENCE IN THE MEANS OF
FOSSIL FUEL BUILDINGS VERSUS
ELECTRIC BUILDINGS?
AND IS THERE A PLAN TO HELP
TRANSITION EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
MAINTAINING INTO HAVING THE
SKILLS THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN
THE OTHER BUILDINGS.
>> WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER
ABOUT PAY DIFFERENCE BUT WE CAN
LOOK INTO THAT.
MY GUESS WOULD BE THERE IS NOT,
BUT AGAIN I WANT TO CHECK THIS,
THE REASON I WOULD GUESS THAT
IS BECAUSE THE TYPES OF FOLKS
WHO MAINTAIN THE SYSTEMS, THE
RESOURCE CONSERVATION MANAGERS
OF BUILDINGS, I BELIEVE IT'S
OFTEN SIMILAR SKILLS, DEPENDING
ON WHAT THE SYSTEM OF THE
BUILDING IS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE.
LET US DIG INTO THAT MORE.
IN TERMS OF THINGS WE HAVE DONE
TO ENSURE THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE
TO ACCESS THESE NEW JOBS, WE
REALIZE OUR BUILDING TUNEUPS
PROGRAM, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S
BEEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW
JOBS BUT WE KNEW THERE WOULD BE
SOME NEW JOBS CREATED BECAUSE
WE WERE CREATING A REQUIREMENT
FOR BUILDINGS TO BE TUNED UP
AND HAVE SOMEONE CERTIFY THAT.
ONE THING WE DID HIS PARTNER
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WITH THE UNION REPRESENTING
THEIR FACILITY WORKERS TO MAKE
SURE WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE
GRANT FUNDING SO THOSE FOLKS
WERE TRAINED AND ABLE TO DO THE
WORK THEMSELVES.
AND THE WORK WOULDN'T BE
OUTSOURCED.
WHICH WAS A FEAR THEY HAD.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN HERE, WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH SOUTH SEATTLE
COLLEGE.
THEY HAD A PROGRAM OF FOLKS WHO
HAVE BEEN STUDYING SCIENCE
BUILDING ENGINEERING SO WE
REACHED OUT AND PARTNERED WITH
THEM WHERE THEY ARE NOW BEING
TRAINED AND SKILLED TO DO SOME
OF THE TUNA PORK.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENSURE THAT
MORE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS
THESE JOBS.
AGAIN, THAT WE ARE BEING
INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN FOLKS WHO
NEED JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND WHEN
WE HAVE NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
IT IS SOMETHING WE IDENTIFIED
IN OUR OFFICE IS WANTING TO GET
SCALED UP ON MORE.
SO WE CAN REALLY BE MORE
INTENTIONAL PARTNER ON THE
WORKFORCE.
>> MORE QUESTION.
THIS TALKS ABOUT FOR THE CITY
FACILITIES, THE TRANSITION WE
ARE GOING TO BE MAKING, YOU
MENTIONED FOLKS WORKING FOR THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. DO YOU
KNOW IF OTHER UNIONS
REPRESENTING CITY EMPLOYEES
WERE PART OF THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS DECISION TO CHANGE
CITY FACILITIES FROM FOSSIL FUEL
TO ELECTRIFICATION?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
THAT WAS A BROADER POLICY
DECISION OF MOVING AWAY FROM
FOSSIL FUELS IN CITY BUILDINGS.
THERE HAS BEEN CONFIDENCE THAT
OUR FACILITY STAFF ARE TRAINED
AND READY AND THEY CAN DO THE
WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE HAD THAT
POLICY CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> LAST POINT ON BUILDINGS HERE,
JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, CITY
FACILITIES, WE BELIEVE IN
LEADING BY EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE HAD A LONG-STANDING
PROGRAM TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
EMISSIONS IN OUR MUNICIPAL
BILDINGS, WORKING WITH CITY
DEPARTMENTS WHOM BUILDING
ASSETS, WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A 14%
REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS FROM THOSE CITY-OWNED
BUILDINGS.
IT'S A PROGRAM WE ARE
CONTINUING AND SCALING UP IN
THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, THOSE
OF YOU WHO WERE HERE LAST YEAR
ARE FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE
WORK WE DID AROUND AN EFFORT TO
CONFER OIL HEATED HOMES TO
CLEAN ELECTRIC HEAT PUMPS.
ABOUT 10% OF OUR SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES IN SEATTLE STILL USE OIL
AS A HEATING SOURCE.
WHICH IS BY FAR THE DIRTIEST
AND MOST EXPENSIVE HEATING
SOURCE.
AND ONLY IS IT A SIGNIFICANT
SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSION, BUT POSES HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO OUR
COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY AS
MORE AND MORE OF THESE TANKS
ARE LEAKING.
WE ALSO REALIZE IT'S EXPENSIVE
TO MAKE CONVERSION AND MOST
PEOPLE WHO HAVE OIL, IT'S NOT
THAT THEY WANT IT, IT'S THAT
IT'S HARD TO CONVERT.
AND FULLY WE WERE ABLE TO WORK
WITH COUNCIL LAST YEAR AND THE
MAYOR ON A PLAN TO TRANSITION
ALL HOMES OFF OF OIL BY 2028.
AND CREATE A REVENUE SOURCE SO
WE ARE ABLE TO COVER 100% OF
CONVERSION COSTS FOR OUR LOWEST
INCOME RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE A FEW, AT LEAST TWO,
MAYBE THREE, REPORTS DUE TO
THIS COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.
I WILL LAY THEM OUT AT THE END
OF THIS PRESENTATION.
UT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS
PROGRAM TO COME BACK TO LET YOU
KNOW OUTREACH STRATEGY.
AND WILL WE BE REPORTING
ANNUALLY ON HOW THE PROGRAM IS
GOING.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO GET IT
GOING.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS BUT IT MIGHT BE
COMING OUT OF YOUR REPORT.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH
THIS COSTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE $1700 PER YEAR TO
MAKE THE CONVERSION?
>> THAT IS HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE
COST OF OIL HEAT PER YEAR IS.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, HOW
MUCH IS THE CONVERSION COST YOU
ARE COVERING FOR THOSE 25
HOUSEHOLDS?
HOW IS THAT DECIDED, THIS PILOT
PROGRAM, THAT'S NOT A LOT OF
FAMILIES COVERED.
AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF POVERTY
OR LOW INCOME ARE THEY.
HOW IS THIS FUNDED, AND WILL IT
CONTINUE?
>> LET ME ANSWER WHAT I CAN AND
TAKE OUT SOME OF THE MORE
DETAILED QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY
ON WORK OPPORTUNITY, THERE IS A
SLIDE ON THAT.
WE WILL BACK ON THAT.
THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS HERE TO
SOME EXTENT.
ONE, WE HAD A PILOT FOR A FEW
YEARS WE PARTNERED WITH THE
HEAT PUMP MANUFACTURER TO OFFER
$2000 REBATES FOR HOMES THAT
WANTED TO CONVERT FROM OIL TO
HEAT PUMP.
WE HAVE CONVERTED ABOUT 400
HOMES IN THAT WAY.
WE AMENDED THAT PROGRAM LAST
YEAR TO SAY WE WANT IT TO BE
MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT USING
THAT FUNDING TO COVER ALL OF
THE FUNDS FOR THE LOWEST INCOME
RESIDENTS.
WE PARTNERED WITH THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, PARTICULARLY WORKING
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF
BEACON HILL TO SAY HOW COULD WE
WORK WITH FOLKS THAT OH WAS
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR TO
CONVERT THOSE HOMES FROM OIL TO
HEAT PUMPS TO GIVE US A BETTER
SENSE OF COSTS, BETTER SENSE OF
WHAT WE NEEDED IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE HAD A
LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, THAT'S
WHEN WE CAME TO COUNCIL LAST
YEAR WITH A PROPOSAL THAT
REQUIRED ALL UNDERGROUND
STORAGE TANKS TO EITHER BE
DECOMMISSIONED OR REPLACED BY
2028 AND CREATED A TAX ON OIL
HEAT AND THAT REVENUE GOES TO
FUND THE CONVERSIONS.
FOR ANYONE ON UTILITY DISCOUNT
PROGRAM, THE COST OF THAT TAX
IS REFUNDED ON THEIR BILL SO
THEY ARE NOT PAYING FOR THE
TAX.
THAT IS ALSO HOW WE ARE
IDENTIFYING FOLKS TO CONVERT TO
COVER THE 100% OF CONVERSION.
WE WERE ASKED BY COUNCIL TO
EXPAND BEYOND THOSE ELIGIBLE
FOR THE UDP RECOGNIZING THAT A
LOT OF FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING WHO
MIGHT NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR UDP.
SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE
WORKING ON COMING BACK AND
REPORTING TO YOU ON ONE.
>> AND ALL THE HOUSEHOLD YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE THE
400 IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, THESE
ARE FAMILIES THAT OWNED THEIR
HOMES?
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
RENTERS?
BECAUSE TO ME, IT'S A GRAY AREA
THEN BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT RENTERS, THE RENTING
HOUSEHOLDS MIGHT BE LOW INCOME
BUT THE LANDLORD MIGHT ACTUALLY
BE SOMEONE WHO IS AN
EXPLOITATIVE LANDLORD BUT THE
TENANTS ARE MARGINALIZED.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THAT
STAFF AT MY FINGERTIPS.
I WAS BETTER ON THIS WHEN IT
WAS IN FRONT OF COUNCIL LAST
YEAR.
WE DO HAVE DATA ON THE NUMBER
OF OIL HEATED HOMES THAT ARE
OWNER OCCUPIED VERSUS RENTED.
IT IS DRAMATICALLY, DO YOU
REMEMBER WHAT THE PERCENTAGE
WAS?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS MOSTLY
HOMEOWNERS.
>> VERY LOW PERCENT OF RENTERS.
WE DID INCLUDING THE PROGRAM --
>> LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
>> WE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM A
COVENANT THAT YOU CAN'T RAISE
RENT, I FORGET THE PERIOD OF
TIME, THE PERIOD OF TIME OFFICE
OF HOUSING TYPICALLY USES FOR
PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
IF YOU GET FUNDING TO CONVERT,
TO MAKE SURE FOLKS WERE
ACCESSING FUNDING, CONVERTING,
AND THEN PRICING PEOPLE OUT OF
RENTALS.
>> IT'S PART OF THE PROGRAM?
>> IT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE
THE PAST.
THE PILOT PROGRAM WAS WITH OH
WITHIN THEIR HOUSING PROGRAM.
>> I HAD A QUESTION.
I WAS ALSO TRACKING IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE, SOME LEGISLATION
AND I HAD BEEN WONDERING IF
YOU'VE BEEN TRACKING THAT.
>> ARE YOU WILL ADDRESS
QUESTIONS?
I'M GETTING.
>> WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE,
POLLUTION LIABILITY INSURANCE
AGENCY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A FREE PROGRAM
ANYONE WITH OIL CAN SIGN UP FOR.
IT COVERS $60,000, UP TO
$50,000 IN DAMAGE IF YOU FIND
YOUR TANK IS LEAKING.
A HUGE PRIORITY OF OURS IS TO
GET PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PLEA
BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
A DEEP FOUNDATION OF OUR
OUTREACH PLAN IS TO FIRST GET
PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PLEA AND
THEN GET PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK
. THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT
LOOKS AT ENSURING PLEA, IT IS
ONLY FUNDED THROUGH 2030 WHICH
IS WHY ONE OF OUR FOCUS AREAS
IS MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS OFF
OIL BY 2030 SO THEY ARE NOT
STUCK WITH THE BILL.
THERE IS LEGISLATION TO MAKE
SURE PLEA IS SOLVENT UNTIL THEN
OR MAYBE AFTER THAN.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT
IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW WE
ARE IN THE POINT WHERE THINGS
KEEP CHANGING.
LET ME CHECK AND I CAN GET BACK
TO YOU AND ANYONE ELSE
INTERESTED IN THE PLEA
LEGISLATION.
KEEP GOING.
MOVING TO TRANSPORTATION.
HAPPY TO COME BACK TO BUILDINGS
ANYTIME.
I GUESS I WILL SAY QUICKLY THAT
YOU WILL REMEMBER FROM THE
EMISSIONS GRAPHIC THE
TRANSPORTATION IS OVER 60% OF
OUR EMISSIONS.
THAT IS NOT BECAUSE OUR
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR IS
DIRTIER THAN OTHER PLACES.
IT'S BECAUSE OUR ELECTRICITY IS
SO CLEAN.
PERSONALLY IT LOOKS LIKE
TRANSPORTATION IS A LARGER
PROPORTION OF OUR EMISSIONS.
MANY OF THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE
EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION
AREN'T LED BY OUR OFFICE.
AT OSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A HUGE
CLIMATE SOLUTION.
BEING ABLE TO WELCOME MORE
NEIGHBORS AND ENSURE THEY ARE
ABLE TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK,
PLAY AND GO TO SCHOOL.
THIS IS A KEY WAY TO REDUCE
TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS.
WE KNOW OUR FRIENDS AT SDOT
HAVE PARTNERED TO PROVIDE MORE
TRANSPORTATION CHOICES FOR
FOLKS SO FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO
DRIVE.
THE MORE WE CAN OFFER PEOPLE
CHOICES FOR BIKING, WALKING,
ALL KEY TRANSPORTATION AND
CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.
BUT OUR OFFICE REALLY FOCUSES ON
COORDINATING TWO KEY
TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE AREAS.
ONE IS TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION AND THE OTHER IS
EQUITABLE CONGESTION PRICING.
ON TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION WE FOCUSED ON A
CITYWIDE STRATEGY THAT LOOKS AT
SCALE.
WHERE YOU CAN GET EMISSION
REDUCTIONS IN AIR POLLUTION
BENEFITS YAWN JUST SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.
LOOKING AT HOW METRO IS WORKING
TO ELECTRIFY THEIR BUSES.
WORKING WITH THE PORT. WORKING
TO ENCOURAGE FLEETS TO
ELECTRIFY.
ON OF OUR KEY STRATEGIES THERE
HAS BEEN LEADING BY EXAMPLE THE
CITY'S OWN FLEET.
WE INSTALLED OVER 300 CHARGING
STATIONS AND MOVED OUR
PASSENGER SEDANS TOWARD EV.
WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE CITY
BROADLY, WE ARE ALSO REALLY
THRILLED LAST YEAR WHEN SPU
LAUNCHED THE FIRST ALL ELECTRIC
TRASH TRUCK IN NORTH AMERICA.
REALLY TRYING TO USE OUR
PURCHASING POWER TO MOVE
MARKETS.
WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE CITY
OF L.A.
TO COMBINE AND REACH OUT TO
OVER 30 CITIES ACROSS THE U.S.
TO AGGREGATE OUR FLEET DEMANDS
AND THEN APPROACH AUTO
MANUFACTURERS TOGETHER AND SAY,
FIRST WHEN YOU LOOK AT HEAVY-
DUTY VEHICLES, FOLKS HAVE NOT
YET DEVELOPED AN ELECTRIC
SOLUTION FOR, WE SAY, IF YOU
BUILD IT WE WILL BUY IT.
HERE IS OUR DEMAND TOGETHER.
ALSO FOR PASSENGER SEDANS FOR
CITY FLEETS, APPROACHED AUTUMN
MANUFACTRERS TOGETHER AND SAID
WILL YOU GIVE US A LOWER PRICE
IF YOU PURCHASE TOGETHER?
WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE POWER
OF CITIES RECOGNIZING THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, WE ARE BIG, THAT WE
CAN COMBINE FORCES WITH OTHER
CITIES TO HELP MOVE THE MARKET.
>> SORRY, I JUST, IT'S NOT A
QUESTION, SO MUCH IS SOMETHING
I WANT TO NOTE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE HARDLY
ANYTHING I WOULD DISAGREE ON
OFFICE WOULD DISAGREE WITH ON
IN THE SLIDES, BUT THE ONE
EXCEPTION IS CONGESTION PRICING
. I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT,
AND THIS IS SOMETHING MY OFFICE
IS CONSISTENTLY GIVING FEEDBACK
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT
THIS, IS THAT, I DON'T KNOW,
JESSICA, IT WAS A COMMITTEE
MEETING LAST YEAR IT WAS
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE , I
THINK IT WAS CONSULTANTS THE
MAYOR HAD HIRED, I'M NOT SURE,
BUT IT WAS A VERY LONG
CONVERSATION ABOUT CONGESTION
PRICING.
I CONTINUE TO BE TROUBLED BY
THE FACT THAT THESE WORDS
EQUITABLE, CONTINUE TO BE USED
IN CONNECTION WITH CONGESTION
PRICING EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER THAT THERE
IS ANY ECONOMIC MODEL THAT IT
ALLOWS CONGESTION PRICING TO BE
DONE DELETE.
FROM A STATISTIC STANDPOINT
IT'S NOT DOABLE.
THERE IS NO ACTUAL EXAMPLES.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS ABOUT OSE,
BUT GENERALLY THIS IS THE
FEEDBACK WE HAVE HAD FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, I DON'T PICK
IT'S HONEST TO SAY WE ARE DOING
SOMETHING TO FIND EQUITABLE
APPROACHES WOULD HAVE BEEN NO
DOCUMENT IT WILL APPROACHES FOR
CONGESTION PRICING WHICH BY
DEFINITION IS A PROGRESSIVE
I WOULD JUST URGE THAT THE
DEPARTMENTS TAKE THAT INTO
ACCOUNT AND AT LEAST SAY
HONESTLY AT THIS POINT WE DON'T
HAVE AN EQUITABLE APPROACH TO
DOING THIS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT WAS A PERFECT SEGUE BECAUSE
I WAS GOING TO SAY I KNOW NOT
EVERYONE HERE AGREES ON
CONGESTION PRICING.
WE ARE VERY MUCH AT THE
BEGINNING OF OUR CONVERSATIONS
AND WORK ON THAT.
I WILL SAY THAT I TAKE THE
SPIRIT BEHIND YOUR FEEDBACK
REALLY SERIOUSLY AND REALLY
APPRECIATE IT. FOR US THROWING
WORDS LIKE GOOGLE AND
SUSTAINABLE AROUND WE SEE THAT
HAPPEN A LOT.
IT IS SOMETHING WE TAKE
SERIOUSLY AND RUBS US THE WRONG
WAY.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT I'M
HEARING FROM YOU THAT'S HOW
THAT IS HITTING YOU.
FOR US, OUR APPROACH, AND I
WILL SAY, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE
JUST AT THE START OF STARTING
TO HAVE A CIVIC CONVERSATION OF
IS THERE A MODEL FOR EQUITABLE
CONGESTION PRICING?
ALL OF US WILL HAVE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION QUITE A BIT.
THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT, THERE
ARE ONLY TWO OR THREE CITIES
AROUND THE WORLD HAVE
CONGESTION PRICING RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE IS NO MODEL FOR WHAT A
TRULY EQUABLE SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE.
I KIND OF YOU THAT THAT IS
WHERE SEATTLE HAS ALWAYS JUMPED
IN AND CREATED THE MODEL OR NO
ONE ELSE HAD.
MAYBE WE CAN'T.
WE ARE NOT ASKING THE QUESTION
PRESUPPOSING THE ANSWER.
SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
ENGAGING YOU AND ALL OF YOU AND
THIS COMMITTEE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WANTED YOU TO KNOW, IT'S NOT
LIKE PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT
THESE PHRASES.
IT'S MORE, WHAT IS THE ACCURACY
OF THE INFORMATION BEING
DESCRIBED HERE?
I DON'T WANT HER SLIDES COMING
FROM THE CITY TO BE IN SUCH A
WAY THAT SOMEONE WHO WOULDN'T
KNOW ABOUT THIS SHOULD NOT WALK
AWAY WITH AN IDEA THAT THERE IS
AN EQUITABLE MODEL BECAUSE
THERE ISN'T.
IT'S AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.
AS I SAID I AGREE WITH 99.9% OF
THIS, JUST ON THE CONGESTION
PRICING, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU
SAID, JESSICA, ABOUT, FROM MY
END THERE IS NO RESISTANCE TO
SEATTLE BEING THE FIRST ON
ANYTHING.
WERE THE FIRST MAJOR CITY WE
PASSED THE MORATORIUM RULING
WHICH IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND THE
COUNCIL HAS VOTED THAT IN.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, MY
OBJECTION TO THIS IS NOT THAT
THERE ISN'T AN EXISTING MODEL
AND SO WE SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING
INTO IT.
MY POINT IS MERELY THAT FROM AN
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL
STANDPOINT IT SEEMS TO ME
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE --
HERE'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CONGESTION
PRICING EQUITABLE, YOU WOULD
NEED INCOME INFORMATION OF
EVERY DRIVER THE CAME INTO A
CERTAIN ZONE.
HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT?
FOR ME THE STATISTICAL BARRIERS
SEEM INSURMOUNTABLE.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH A POLITICAL
THING, SHOULD SEATTLE BE THE
FIRST?
OF COURSE I WANT SEATTLE TO BE
THE FIRST ON MANY PROGRESSIVE
THINGS.
THAT IS NOT MY OBJECTION.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A
POINT, WASN'T THERE A STUDY ON
CONGESTION PRICING THAT CANNOT
LAST SPRING?
SO IF WE HAD SOME FINDING THERE,
TALKING ABOUT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WAS
SHARING ABOUT THE IMPACTS AND
THAT LABOR WASN'T AT THE TABLE,
LOW INCOME, THOSE ARE ALL THE
THINGS WE HAD TO BALANCE AND
LOOK AT.
SDOT DID DO A STUDY ON THAT.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY FOUND.
>> WHAT YOU SAID.
>> EXACTLY.
>> AND WHERE I THINK OUR NEXT
STEPS ARE, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
WORKED AT THE TABLE AND WERE
IDENTIFIED, WE WANT TO CRAFT A
TABLE HE HEARS FROM EVERYONE
AND SEE WHAT WE FIND OUT.
>> EXEMPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO
DRIVE FOR A LIVING, LOW INCOME,
PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
UDP.
THERE WERE CERTAIN WAYS.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO A
PILOT PROGRAM.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS FROM SDOT,
WE WOULD BE DOING THE PILOT
PROGRAM AT SOME POINT.
>> MAYBE.
MY UNDERSTANDING, FOR BROADER
CONGESTION PRICING IS THAT IT
WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE VOTE OF
THE PEOPLE.
DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO
CERTAIN PILOTS AND TRY CERTAIN
THINGS.
AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD
START, WE ARE NOT EVEN AT THE
POINT TO KNOW WHAT THAT PILOT
WOULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE
REALLY WANT TO OUR RESIDENTS,
WHO COULD BE HARMED BY
AGGRESSIVE TAX, WHAT WOULD A
PILOT LOOK LIKE THE COULD BEST
TELL US WHAT SHOULD BE NEXT AND
HOW WE SHOULD EXPLORE THIS?
>> WERE YOU WORKING WITH SDOT
ON THE STUDY?
>> WE ARE WORKING WITH SDOT NOW.
IT'S NOT THAT WE DIDN'T WORK
WITH THEM OR DIDN'T SEE THE
STUDY, WE WEREN'T ACTIVE
PARTICIPANTS IN SHAPING THE
STUDY.
THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
WE WORKED WORKING ON THIS THAT
MUCH OF THE TIME.
>> I DO THINK IT IS WORTH
NOTING AT THIS POINT THAT IT'S
NOT QUITE JUST AT THE
BEGINNING, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR 1.5
YEARS.
AND HAS NO EQUABLE MODEL THUS
FAR.
EVEN WITH ALL THE EXCEPTIONS
THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
MADE, IT WOULD STILL BE GROSSLY
INEQUITABLE.
INKING ABOUT HOW MUCH JEFF
BEZOS WOULD HAVE TO PAY IN A
TOLL IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SAME
PERCENTAGE OF HIS INCOME, IT
WOULD BE IN THE MILLIONS EVERY
TIME HE DROVE BY.
THAT WOULD BE QUITE A
CONGESTION MODEL.
>> WE DON'T HAVE ANY MODEL.
EQUITABLE, INEQUITABLE, WE
DON'T HAV A MODEL FOR
CONGESTION PRICING.
WE ARE STARTING TO ENGAGE
RESIDENTS ON THE CONVERSATION.
>> FEEL FREE TO MOVE AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
MOVING FROM TRANSPORTATION.
WE CAN CIRCLE BACK.
TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE
WORK WHICH OF COURSE ALL OF OUR
WORK IS EMBEDDED IN THAT.
I WILL PASS IT TO YOU.
>> HELLO.
I WILL START WITH THE GREEN NEW
DEAL EXECUTIVE ORDER.
THE MEAT OF THAT DIRECTS
DEPARTMENTS TO FORM AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
ADVANCE ACTIONS THAT REDUCE
CARBON POLLUTION, INVESTS IN
EQUABLE TRANSITION TO CLEAN
ENERGY, AND PRIORITIZES TO
ENSURE THE BENEFITS OF
INVESTMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY
TRANSITIONS TO GO TO
COMMUNITY'S HISTORICALLY MOST
IMPACTED BY RACIAL, ECONOMIC
AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
OF COURSE THE RS JI AND
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA WILL HELP
GROUND US IN THIS WORK.
I APOLOGIZE I DIDN'T BRING
ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE BUT I
THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO
HAVE SOME AGENDAS.
I AM GLAD TO BRING WHOEVER
DOESN'T GET ONE THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER ALSO ESTABLISHES A FOSSIL
FUEL BAN ON NEW AND
SUBSTANTIALLY ALTERED MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS.
AND OSE WILL WORK WITH
DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES AND
STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP CARBON
POLLUTION INDICATORS AND A
DASHBOARD TO MEASURE AND
COMMUNICATE PROGRESS IN A WAY
THAT IS ACCESSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY
OUR COLLEAGUES BUT FOR
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY
AS WELL.
THERE IS ALSO THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A YOUTH CLIMATE COUNCIL.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF I
GUESS INTERVIEWING AND
APPOINTING FOLKS.
THERE ARE 15 SEATS TOTAL.
TWO FOR CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE
YOUTH COMMISSION.
THEIR CHARGES TO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEW OR
EXISTING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
THAT ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH
THE EXISTING COMMITTEES, BOARDS
AND COMMISSIONS THAT LOOK AT
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
>> OR ANY OF THOSE APPOINTED
YET?
>> NO.
>> WHAT IS THE TIMELINE?
>> RIGHT NOW THEY ARE
INTERVIEWING FOLKS.
I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON WHERE
THEY ARE CURRENTLY AND WHEN
THEY HOPE TO HAVE A PLAN MADE.
I WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT
RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
AS YOU ARE FAMILIAR, THERE ARE
19 APPOINTED MEMBERS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO COLLABORATE ON THOSE
APPOINTMENTS.
THEY WILL WORK WITH THE CITY
AND STAKEHOLDERS TO ADVANCE THE
GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SEATTLE.
BY PROPOSING POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS, MAKING BUDGET AND
LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
ALSO ENGAGE WITH EXISTING
COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS LOOKING TO ADVANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND
ECONOMIC JUSTICE WITHIN THE
CITY.
>> AND THAT PROCESS BEGINS --?
>> COUNCIL GAVE US IN THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR A POSITION ON
THE GREEN NEW DEAL STARTING IN
APRIL.
OUR TIMELINE IF WE ARE ABLE TO
HIRE IN APRIL, THAT WILL BE IN
JUNE
>> ALL RIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> CAN WE GO BACK ONE?
UNDER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BOX,
IT TALKS ABOUT A CITY TEAM TO
ADVANCE HIGH-IMPACT ACTIONS.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT THAT MIGHT BE?
AND THEN I HAVE JUST A BROADER
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN
TELL US ABOUT ANY COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT OR OUTREACH FOR THAT
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
>> SURE.
FOR THE HIGH-IMPACT ACTIONS,
TWO THINGS.
ONE, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ASKS US
TO CREATE A LIST OF THE MOST
IMPACTFUL CLIMATE ACTIONS THAT
WE COULD TAKE.
SO WE HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE IN THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
LEGISLATION THE COUNCIL PAST,
IT ASKS FOR THE CREATION OF AN
IDP.
A DEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO WORK ON
ADVANCING CARBON REDUCTION
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN EACH
DEPARTMENT.
SO, WE ARE SEEING THESE AS KIND
OF ONE AND THE SAME.
WE WILL HAVE A CITY TEAM OR THE
IDT THAT WILL COME TOGETHER AND
CONDUCT THE PIECES THAT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
ORDINANCE HAS TO DO AND LOOKS
AT THESE HIGH-IMPACT EMISSIONS.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THESE HIGH-IMPACT ACTIONS.
SO WE WILL FIGURE OUT EXACTLY
WHAT THOSE ACTIONS ARE AND IT
WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE PIECES.
>> AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW,
I ASSUME THE IDT AND OVERSIGHT
BOARD AND I KNOW THERE IS AN
EXISTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE, AND GESTURING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW THEY PLAY
TOGETHER.
>> ACTUALLY I HAD THE SAME
QUESTION.
HOW THE EXECUTIVE ORDER RELATES
TO THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND I'M
HAPPY TO HEAR ALSO FROM YOLANDA
AS WELL.
>> I WILL SAY, AND I THINK I
HAVE SAID THIS TO SOME OF YOU
INDIVIDUALLY, I WILL SIT HERE
PUBLICLY, IT KEEPS ME UP AT
NIGHT SOMETIMES IS KNOWING THAT
WE NEED TO THINK OF A
MEANINGFUL INTENTIONAL WAY FOR
ALL OF THESE PIECES TO FIT
TOGETHER.
I THINK LYLIANNA ALLALA WILL
TALK ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE AS PART OF OUR
COMMITTEE, WE WANT TO HONOR
THAT COMMITTEE OF BEING PEOPLE
OF COLOR CREATED, LED AND
DRIVEN AND WORKINGS PACIFICALLY
ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
ISSUES.
WE ALSO WANT TO HONOR THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
YOUTH CLIMATE COUNCIL.
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY
COMMITTEE.
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE
YOUTH COMMISSION THAT HAS A
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
SUBCOMMITTEE.
WE UNDERSTAND WHETHER LOTS OF
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS SET
UP.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
LEVERAGING SUPPORT SO THAT THEY
ARE ALL GREATER THAN THE SUM OF
THEIR PARTS AND THEY ARE NOT
DUPLICATING EFFORTS.
I DON'T HAVE MAGIC SAUCE THAT
MAKES IT HAPPENED BUT WE ARE
VERY AWARE OF IT.
WOULD YOU HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO
THAT?
>> I WOULD ALSO ADD IN WORKING
WITH JESSICA AND CRAFTING THE
ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD, WE DO LAYOUT
THAT THE SHELL COULD DETERMINE
WHAT ITS WORKPLAN IS TO HER
POINT AROUND THERE BEING A LOT
OF OVERLAPPING INTEREST.
FOR IT TO DEFINE THE GRAND
VISION AND WHAT IT WANTS TO DO
THAT YEAR, AND AS NOTED, THEY
ARE ENGAGING WITH EXISTING
BODIES AND FIGURING OUT, THE
GREEN NEW DEAL IS A COMPLICATED
LAYERED THING TO TRY TO TACKLE.
JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE PLANNING
COMMISSION MIGHT BE BEST SUITED
TO EMBRACE, EVEN THE DESIGN
COMMISSION.
JUST HAVING THAT BODY THINKING
MORE HOLISTICALLY ABOUT THAT
WORK AND MAYBE MORE
COLLABORATIVE JUST
ACKNOWLEDGING INTERDISCIPLINARY
WORK AROUND THE GREEN NEW DEAL
IS.
>> I AGREE.
I THINK ABOUT THIS IN THE
CONTEXT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL
PERSPECTIVE IN EACH BOARD AND
COMMISSION HAS SKILLS AND
TALENTS THEY ARE ABLE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO THE INITIATIVE.
AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
LOOK AT THIS FROM A
COLLABORATIVE PERSPECTIVE.
AND NOT FROM EIGHT DUPLICATIVE
STANDPOINT.
>> THE NEXT SLIDE IS ABOUT OUR
EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT AGENDA.
I WILL JUST NOTE THE INITIATIVE
WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT STARTED
IN 2015, THAT'S WHEN THE
INITIATIVE BEGAN.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
AT OSE AS STAFF BECAUSE I WAS
PART OF THAT INITIATIVE FROM A
COMMUNITY STANDPOINT AND THE
AGENDA WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR
DELIVERABLES OF THAT. SO 2016
THE AGENDA WAS RELEASED,
SIGNIFICANTLY SHIFTED THE WORK
OF OSE.
THE AGENDA WAS A BLUEPRINT
DEVELOPED COLLABORATIVELY WITH
COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
IS VERY MUCH ROOTED IN THE
TENANTS OF THE RSJI AND ALSO
ACTS AS AN ACCOUNTABILITY
MECHANISM, I BELIEVE, TO MAKE
SURE THE CITY PRIORITIZES THE
NEEDS OF THE CITY IMPACTED BY
RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INJUSTICE.
AS A RESULT OF THAT THERE WERE
A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING
FORWARD, ONE WAS THE CREATION
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 13 MEMBERS
WHO REPRESENT UNITIES OF COLOR,
THEY WORK ON PROGRAM AND POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS
DEVELOPING THEIR OWN IDEAS THAT
OUR COMMUNITY LED.
AND OSE PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN HELPING THOSE IDEAS
COME TO FRUITION.
THE PRINCIPLES OF OPEN SPACE
FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IS ONE
OF THE PRODUCTS THAT CAME OUT
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE.
THEY ALSO WORKED
COLLABORATIVELY ON A PROJECT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ETHIOPIAN
COMMUNITY CENTER.
IN THIS PAST SUMMER HOSTED AN
EXPO ON TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL
KNOWLEDGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. THE
OTHER BIG PIECE OF THE AGENDA IS
THE CREATION OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND.
THIS IS A PRIORITY IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENT ON COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS.
SINCE 2018, OVER $1,455,000 HAS
BEEN DIRECTED BACK TO COMMUNITY
FOR PROJECTS THEY ARE LEADING
ON.
THIS IS A COMBINATION OF FUNDS
FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
FUND AS WELL AS A PARTNERSHIP
WE HAVE WITH KING CONSERVATION
DISTRICT TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO
COMMUNITY LED EFFORTS AND
NATURAL RESOURCES, CONSERVATION
AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE PROJECT.
ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS IS, A
COMMITMENT TO RESHAPING THE
NARRATIVE.
IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT
HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN
OVERREPRESENTED BY WHITE FOLKS.
PART OF THE COMMITMENT OF OSE
AND THE INEQUITY EQUITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE IS TO
REFRAME THE NARRATIVE AND BRING
THE HISTORICAL AND CENTRAL
KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM COMMUNITY'S OF COLOR TO
THE FOREFRONT.
PART OF THAT IS OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN ACTION
SERIES THAT HIGHLIGHTS OUR
LEADERS ON THE EJ COMMITTEE.
IT HAS BEEN PRETTY COOL SO FAR
TO SEE THOSE PROFILES COME OUT.
AND THEN OF COURSE THERE IS THE
INTERNAL WORKS WE ARE DOING IS
IN OFFICE AND GRAPPLING WITH
HOW WE ARE SHIFTING OUR
PROCESSES, OUR APPROACH TO
POLICIES, IN COLLABORATION WITH
THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
AND THEN OUR LAST SLIDE, ONE OF
OUR SIGNATURE PROJECTS THAT HAS
COME OUT OF THE EQUITY
ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA IS THE
PROGRAM, THE CREATION WAS A
RECOMMENDATION OF THE AGENDA.
IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE CITY EFFORT
THAT HAS TAKEN COLLEAGUES
ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO
EXECUTE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS
WITH THE INTENT OF BETTER
DELIVERING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
TO THE VALLEY.
THE ACTION PLAN WAS RELEASED IN
2018 AND THERE WAS A RECENT
UPDATE.
IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO SEE THAT
WORK COME TO FRUITION.
I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S A MODEL
FOR HOW WE CAN BE WORKING
ACROSS.
>> IN YOUR INBOX YOU WILL FIND
FOR ME EVERY NOW AND AGAIN
EVERY TIME WE SEND AN UPDATE I
ALSO SEND IT TO ALL OF YOU.
WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO
HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
TO WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO IN
THE COMMUNITY.
SO A FEW TIMES PER YEAR WE SEND
A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE SAYING
THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD YOU
WANTED US TO DO.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
THIS IS WILL BE HAVE YET TO
DOING THIS IS WHAT'S COMING.
IF YOU EVER SEE THAT AND HAVE
FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS PLEASE REACH OUT.
AND A FEW MORE PIECES OF HER
WORK AT OSE, MANY ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEMS
WORK.
HE STARTED THIS WORK IN 2013.
HER GOALS HAVE BEEN TO ENSURE
RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO
HEALTHY LOCAL FOOD, THAT WE SO
SPORT SUPPORT LOCAL AGRICULTURE
AND DO ALL WE CAN TO PREVENT
FOOD WASTE.
SIMILAR TO HOW WE WORK ON OTHER
CITYWIDE ISSUES, WE REALLY WORK
TO CONVENE,COORDINATE,
COLLABORATE, CITY DEPARTMENTS
WITH OTHER REGIONAL AND
NATIONAL PARTNERS.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE
REALLY GROWN OUR FOOD JUSTICE
WORK THANKS TO THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX AND THE SUCCESS OF
OUR FRESH PROGRAM THE MANY OF
YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
FRESH BUCKS STARTED AS A
PROGRAM THAT PROVIDED A MATCH
TO SNAP AT FARMERS MARKETS.
WITH THE SUCCESS OF THAT
PROGRAM, THE EXPANSION IN
SUPPORT OF THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM IN
SIGNIFICANT WAYS.
FIRST IT'S ELIGIBLE TO FOLKS
BEYOND JUST WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR
SNAP.
AND FOLKS WHO HAVE AN INCOME OF
UP TO 80% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME
ARE NOW ELIGIBLE FOR FRESH
BUCKS.
WE SEE AS OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT MAKES IT HARDER AND
HARDER TO ACHIEVE FOOD
ASSISTANCE, WE ARE TRYING TO
FILL A GAP IN ALL WAYS WE CAN
TO PROVIDE MORE BENEFITS FOR
FOLKS.
WE ALSO, WHERE THIS PROGRAM
STARTED, WAS A PROGRAM IT'S
FARMERS MARKET THAT THEY CAN
USE THE FRESH BUCKS AT ANY
SAFEWAY STORES IN SEATTLE AND
THE NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD
GROCERS.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROGRAM.
WE EXPANDED IT DRAMATICALLY
BETWEEN 2018 AND 2019 AND THAT
WE ARE SET TO TRIPLETT THIS
YEAR SO WE WILL SERVE 7500
PEOPLE.
I DON'T WANT TO FORGET TO
MENTION THE SUCCESS OF FRESH
BUCKS HAS LARGELY BEEN, OUR
STAFF IS AMAZING, BUT THE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE HAVE
ENLISTED, BEYOND JUSTICE GROUP,
THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY
REALIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT
ENROLLING CONSTITUENCIES INTO
FRESH BUCKS.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FOR
ALL THEY HAVE DONE TO MAKE THIS
PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL AND MAKE SURE
IT'S GOING TO THE PEOPLE WHO
NEED IT THE MOST.
I KNOW THERE'S A QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> IS AT OSE THAT STAFFS THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE
--
>> YES.
>> HOW MANY MEMBERS?
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX?
IS IT 15?
>> 15-ISH.
>> DO WE HAVE SEATS COMING UP?
>> YES, THERE ARE A FEW
VACANCIES.
WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS.
I THINK THERE WERE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMMITTEE,
--
>> CAN I GET A LIST AND THEN
WHAT VACANCIES ARE COMING UP?
I KNOW THAT SOME OF US, NOT TO
TALK ABOUT FEELINGS, I KNOW WE
HAD SOME BALANCE, WE WANTED
BALANCE ON THE BOARD BETWEEN
THOSE THAT WERE PROFESSIONAL U-
DUB PEOPLE, NOTHING WRONG WITH
THAT, BUT ALSO PEOPLE RUNNING
FOOD BANKS, FOOD INSECURITY.
I CAN REMEMBER WITH THE BALANCE
WAS BEFORE.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME ISSUES AND I
THOUGHT WE MIGHT'VE
RECALIBRATED THAT BOARD?
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BEFORE
BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO
COME UP AGAIN ABOUT HOW MUCH
REVENUE WE HAVE GOTTEN, WHAT
THE PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT THE
ORDINANCE ACTUALLY SAYS.
THE SECOND PART IS ON THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CAN YOU
GIVE US A LIST OF THE 19
ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS
RECEIVING THIS?
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF
QUESTIONS, I THINK IN YOUR
DISTRICT, THEY ARE NOT ACTUAL
FOOD DESERTS BECAUSE THAT IS
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A GROCERY
STORE FOR MILES, THE FIRST CITY
IT'S RELATIVE TO SOMETHING A
FOOD DESERT.
I KNOW BECAUSE WE KNOW ARE LOW
INCOME HOUSING, THE POINT IS WE
DON'T HAVE A GROCERY STORE.
THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE FOR YEARS.
WE WANT TO REVISIT THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND I,
LOOKING AT THE DEED AND LEASE
ON THE PROPERTY.
ONE THING WE WERE LOOKING AT IS
GETTING THE BUY IN AND HELP
FROM THIS BOARD TO WORK WITH US
ON THE FOOD INSECURITY PIECE.
>> WE HAVE THREE BUILDINGS?
>> THERE ARE 1000 LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS.
>> THE HAS GROWN IN THE LAST
THREE YEARS.
>> AGAIN, WE WORK TOGETHER
BECAUSE I CHAIR PARKS SO I HEAR
ABOUT WHAT GOES ON IN
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
DISTRICT.
WE ALSO WORK WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER JOHNSON, NOW THAT WE
HAVE SOMEONE MORE PERMANENT I
HOPE WE CAN BEGIN.
IF YOU CAN GIVE US A LIST OF
SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> WE CAN DO THAT.
WE WANT TO DO IS SERVICE MANY
RESIDENTS WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE
AS POSSIBLE IN AS INNOVATIVE
WAYS AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE ALWAYS KEEN TO PARTNER
AND HELP AND WORK WITH THE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
WHO ALSO PROVIDE FOOD SERVICES.
>> MORE OF A NOTE, MY STRUGGLE
OR CONCERN WITH OSE AND THE
FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS
BEEN, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE, WE DON'T
HAVE IN MY DISTRICT A MARKET
THAT IS AROUND 12 MONTHS OUT OF
THE YEAR.
WHO HAS A MARKET?
>> JUST UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND
BALLARD.
WE KNOW NOW WHERE THE POVERTY
LEVELS ARE AT LEAST IN MY
DISTRICT.
MY CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND
WE STRUGGLED WITH THIS WITH THE
FRESH BUCKS PEOPLE IN THE
FARMERS MARKET PEOPLE, THEY ARE
NOT THE TYPE OF FOOD THAT NEEDS
TO BE THERE SO WE ARE ACTUALLY
PROVIDING FOOD FOR LOW INCOME
PEOPLE.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO SEE AT THE
FARMERS MARKET, AND I DON'T SEE
A LOT OF FAMILIES USING FRESH
BUCKS THERE, TO BUY DESIGNER
CHEESE AND ALE.
I'M JUST NOT SEEING THAT AND
IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY.
IT CONCERNS ME.
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE HAVE
TWO HUGE HOUSING COMPLEXES.
WE HAD A MEETING AND ONE OF THE
THINGS, I WILL SAY BECAUSE I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WILL
UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING,
SOMEONE MADE THE COMMENT THAT
THESE LOW INCOME PEOPLE AREN'T
USING THE MARKET AND MAYBE WE
SHOULD TEACH THEM HOW TO SHOP.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE DOING.
PEOPLE NOT TO BUY THEIR FOOD.
IF THEIR FOOD IS THERE THEY
KNOW HOW TO COME BY IT.
NOT EVERYONE LIKES KALE.
>> ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE.
I COMPLETELY AGREE.
>> YOU NOT GOING TO HAVE A
FAMILY OF FOUR COME WITH THEIR
BENEFITS TO BUY KALE.
>> TO YOUR POINT COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ , TO BUTTRESS YOUR
POINT, WHEN I WAS TEACHING AT
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES, I BELIEVE HE IS
STILL DOING IT, A STATISTICS
PROFESSOR, SHE DOES THIS KIND
OF PROJECT WITH HER 101
STUDENTS WHERE THEY LOOK AT THE
PRICES OF ORGANIC PRODUCE AND
THEY COMPARE THEM.
YOU KNOW WHO CONSISTENTLY COMES
OUT AHEAD THE CO-OP.
ON THE ONE HAND WE WANT TO
SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL
PRODUCE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT AT
THE END OF THE DAY, THE LARGER
MORE FUNDAMENTALLY IMPORTANT
QUESTION IS ARE LOW INCOME
FAMILIES ABLE TO AFFORD THE
FOOD AROUND THEM?
AND TO YOUR POINT,
COUNCILMEMBER, IF THE FOOD IS
NOT AFFORDABLE AND MOSTLY
ARTISAN OR DESIGNER THEN IT IS
NOT ACCESSIBLE.
>> WAS A POINT OF GIVING THE
MONEY IF THEY'RE NOT COMING
THERE TO BUY ALL THE STUFF.
IT ISN'T ABOUT THE PEOPLE
NEEDING TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO
SHOP, I FOUND OFFENSIVE AND
THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE.
I'M SORRY I INTERRUPTED.
>> I HELPED WRITE THE FOOD
ACTION PLAN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT IT.
AS SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED IN
FOOD SYSTEMS FOR 10 YEARS OR SO
MORE, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH
YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING
TO DO AND IN DEFENSE OF
FARMERS, I HAVE TO SAY THE
FARMERS CHARGE WHAT IT COST FOR
THEM TO PRODUCE HIGH-QUALITY
PRODUE.
THE ISSUE HERE ISN'T THE
FARMERS SHOULD CHARGE LESS.
THE ISSUE IS THAT OUR FAMILIES
NEED TO BE MAKING HIGHER WAGES.
THE STRUGGLE I HAVE WITH THE
WAY WE TALK ABOUT THE IF
URGENCY FOOD SYSTEM IS THAT
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN INTENDED TO BE
AN EMERGENCY, NOT A NORMAL WAY
FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS FOOD.
AND IF WE REALLY WANT TO SOLVE
THE ISSUE OF HUNGER AND FOOD
INSECURITY WE NEED TO DO IS
LOOK UP STREAM AND MAKE SURE
PEOPLE HAVE HIGHER WAGE JOBS.
HUNGER IS AN INCOME ISSUE.
THAT SAID BECAUSE WE STRUGGLED
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE HAVE
ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS LIKE FOOD
STAMPS AND FRESH BUCKS AND WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
ARE ABLE TO USE THOSE PROGRAMS
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING
AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE
THESE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES TO
GIVE PEOPLE DOUBLE THE ACCESS
OF WHAT THEIR FOOD STAMPS MIGHT
BY, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY WAYS,
THINGS WE NEED TO LEVERAGE.
WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT
INCREASING PEOPLE'S REGISTRATION
TO USE THESE PROGRAMS THEY ARE
ENTITLED TO.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THEY ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS.
THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER POINT I
WANTED TO MAKE.
WHICH I WON'T REMEMBER.
, I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE WAS
A SLIGHT UP THAT SHOWS THE
ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING.
I DIDN'T SEE THEM ON IT THIS
YEAR BUT A COALITION DID
PARTICIPATE WITH THE FARMERS
MARKET THAT WE HAD.
AT THE ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY
CENTER.
I KNOW THAT WAS A REALLY
IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO
ACCESS FRESH FOOD.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO TALK WITH
YOU ALL ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH
THE FARMER MARKETS, EVERY
COMMUNITY ONCE WHEN BUT IT'S
REALLY HARD ON FARMERS TO
SPREAD THROUGHOUT COMMUNITIES.
SO OTHER WAYS WE CAN WORK TO
FIND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
AFFORDABLE FOOD FOR PEOPLE ARE
THINGS WE DEFINITELY NEED TO
PRIORITIZE.
THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT
LIVING WAGE JOBS.
I THINK IT ALSO GOES TO THE
QUESTION OF, OVERALL, HAVING
LOWER INCOMES AND THEN ON TOP
OF THAT, WHAT CHUNK OF THAT
GOES INTO PAYING YOUR RENT AND
THE BIG TICKET ITEMS AND HOW
MUCH IS LEFT OVER. I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IN THE
POINT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ACCESS AND AFFORD ABILITY OF
GOOD, QUALITY FOOD.
AND ALSO THE QUESTION OF THE
OVERALL STANDARDS OF LIVING
WHICH IS RELATED TO THE HOUSING
CRISIS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CRISIS IN OUR CITY.
AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT OVER
FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH THE
COMBINATION OF THE RENT THEY
HAVE TO PAY AND THE FACT THAT
MANY PEOPLE ARE STUCK IN JOBS
THAT DON'T PAY THEM ANYWHERE
CLOSE TO ENOUGH.
>> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HARD BALANCE WE HAVE TO MAKE.
THE POINT OF THESE PROGRAMS,
THE POINT OF THE FOOD ACTION
PLAN ORIGINALLY WAS TO CREATE A
VIBRANT REGIONAL FOOD ECONOMY
AND THAT MEANS WE ARE SUPPORTING
OUR REGIONS FARMERS.
AND UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO
MAKE A LIVING AS WELL.
SO WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
ON THE BACKS OF OUR FARMERS.
>> WE SHOULD NOT BE PUTTING
SMALL FARMERS AGAINST THE
HOUSEHOLDS.
I THINK THE OTHER POINT YOU
MADE, EXTREMELY WELL TAKEN,
THESE PROGRAMS ARE EMERGENCY
PROGRAMS.
THEY ARE CORRECTIVE PROGRAMS.
REALLY THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON
CORRECTING THE SYSTEM ON THE
OTHER END.
>> THANK YOU.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
ENTIRE DISCUSSION.
AND WILL ALSO SAY,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , WE WOULD
LOVE TO TALK . IS PRECISELY THE
SPIRIT, IT'S NOT UP TO US TO
TELL OUR RESIDENTS OF LOWER
INCOMES HOW OR WHERE THEY
SHOULD SHOP AND THAT IS HOW WE
HAVE TRIED TO APPROACH FRESH
BUCKS AND THAT'S HOW THEY ARE
ABLE TO USE THE VOUCHERS
INTERCHANGEABLY AT SAFEWAY OR
FARMERS MARKETS.
WE HAVE TRIED TO RESPOND TO THE
FEEDBACK THAT FARMERS MARKETS
ALONE WEREN'T ENOUGH.
WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
THIS WORK SO WE ARE KEEN AND
EXCITED TO TALK ANYTIME.
THE LAST PIECE OF WORK I WILL
MENTION OSE FOCUSES ON URBAN
FORESTRY EFFORTS.
WHICH I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH.
ANOTHER EFFORT WHERE WE PLAY IT
CONVENING ROLE.
THERE EIGHT CITY DEPARTMENTS
THAT WORK ON ORPHAN FORESTRY AND
URBAN FORESTRY AND OSE JUST
MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING
APPROPRIATE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO
RESIDENTS WHO CARE ABOUT
TREASON ISSUES RELATED TO TREES
BUT DON'T KNOW IF THEY SHOULD
CALL PARKS ORE CITY LIGHT THAT
WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO TALK
TO THEM.
WE STAFF THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM THEM AND US.
YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS
GRAPHIC THAT EVERY FEW YEARS WE
MEASURE THE CANOPY.
THE CITYWIDE CANOPY COVER WAS
28% WHICH IS CLOSE TO OUR
THIRTY PERCENT GOAL.
WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THAT.
WE FOUND THAT IS A DATA POINT
TO SHOW US WHAT WE ALREADY
KNOW, THE LIVED EXPERIENCE
SEATTLEITES WHICH ACCESS TO
TREES AND THE BENEFITS THEY
PROVIDE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ISSUE.
HAVE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS INCLUDING A REALLY GREAT
PROJECT WITH THE DUWAMISH
VALLEY YOU SCORE TO DO TARGETED
PLANTING, TREEPLANTING TO SEE
HOW WE CAN INCREASE CANOPY
COVER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING THE
URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PLANS.
WE KNOW THAT THE LAND-USE
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON
TREES SO WE WILL PROBABLY BE
HERE ON THE TREE ISSUE LESS BUT
IT'S SOMETHING THAT OSE WORKS
ON AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TALK
WITH YOU ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT
TREES.
THE 2016 CANOPY COVERAGE, 28%,
I IMAGINE WHEN THEY DO A NEW
STUDY WE WILL SEE AN INCREASE
-- DECREASE BECAUSE ANECDOTALLY
WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT TREES BEING
TORN OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH END. IT
IS AN EQUITY ISSUE.
THINK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
IN FACT WE MAY END UP SEEING
WITH THE NUTRI ORDINANCE IS WE
WANT OSE TO TAKE A GREATER ROLE
IN OVERSIGHT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT
OF CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
AS A MAIN REGULATOR OF THAT
WHICH COULD BE PROBLEMATIC AS
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ARE MORE
INCLINED TO WANT TO TAKE OUT
TREES RATHER THAN KEEP THEM.
THE OSE WILL TAKE A BETTER ROLE
IN OVERSIGHT, WE WILL SEE HOW
THAT PLAYS OUT WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL.
>> WE ARE QUITE HAPPY TO TALK
TO ABOUT THAT ANYTIME.
WE APPRECIATE FOLKS WANTING OSE
TO ENGAGE.
WE ALWAYS DO.
I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I
DIDN'T SAY WE PARTNER CLOSE
WITH SDCI AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN
THE SERVICES THEY OFFER.
BUT WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO KEEP
TALKING ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHAT
MAKES THE MOST SENSE AND HOW
FOLKS WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST
LETTING YOU ALL KNOW A FEW
THINGS WE WILL CERTAINLY BE
BRINGING OVER TO THIS COMMITTEE
THIS YEAR.
I MENTIONED WE HAVE A FEW
PIECES ON THE OIL CONVERSION
WORK, THAT IS AN UPDATE ON OUR
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WE WILL BE COMING ANNUALLY WITH
A REPORT ON HOW IT'S WORKING.
AND THE HIGH ROAD CONTRACTING
STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
OIL CONVERSION WORK.
IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD ORDINANCE, THAT YOU ALL
PASSED LAST YEAR, THERE IS A
REQUIREMENT FOR EACH DEPARTMENT
TO REPORT ANNUALLY ON THE
CLIMATE ACTIONS.
FROM TALKING TO COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN, I BELIEVE THE
INTENTION WAS FOR DEPARTMENTAL
LEADERSHIP TO COMMUNICATE
DIRECTLY WITH YOU ON THAT AND
AGAIN NOT GO THROUGH THE FILTER
OF OSE.
WE WILL PARTNER AND HELP YOU
GET WHAT YOU NEED ON THAT.
THE ANNUALLY REPORT ON THE
EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE.
TYPICALLY DO THAT AS PART OF
OUR ANNUAL ARE SJ PRESENTATION
TO COUNCIL.
THAT IS HOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING
THAT ANNUAL PRESENTATION.
ALSO WHEN THE BUILDING TUNEUPS
LAW PASSED IN 2016 THERE WAS A
RESOLUTION ASKING US TO REPORT
BACK TO COUNCIL AT THE END OF
THIS YEAR ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING
AND HOW EFFECTIVE THAT
ORDINANCE HAS BEEN.
WE WILL BE PREPARING THAT.
OF COURSE NOTE YOU'RE WORKING ON
UPDATING OUR FOOD ACTION PLAN.
WE INTEND TO BRING IT TO THE
COMMITTEE NEXT YEAR.
AND A QUICK NOTE, THE TREE
CANOPY THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
OUR OFFICE IS PARTICIPATING IN.
AND THAT IS OSE.
>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A LINE
OF WHAT'S COMING UP.
>> THAT IS HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT
REPORTS.
THANK YOU.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU
HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD, PLEASE
SEND THEM TO MY OFFICE.
WE WILL START LOOKING AT THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS,
MEETING ADJOURNED.