GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
WELCOME BACK TO SESSION TWO OF
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE AT
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL.
THE TIME IS 2:00 P.M.
AND THE DATE IS OCTOBER 13th
2021.
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILL COME BACK INTO ORDER AND
PROCEED WITH ITEMS OF BUSINESS
ON OUR AGENDA.
WE WILL START WITH ITEM NUMBER
FOUR IN THIS SESSION TODAY.
MADAME CLERK, BEFORE WE BEGIN
THE AFTERNOON SESSION, WILL YOU
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> JUAREZ,
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> PETERSON.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT, PRESENT.
>> STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
>> GONZALES.
>> PRESENTE.
>> HERBOLD
>> HERE.
>> AND CHAIR.
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU ALL WE HAVE A FULL
HOUSE HERE TODAY.
THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
IN THESE THREE DAYS OF ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE DID AN OVERVIEW THIS MORNING
OF THE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS BAKE
INTO THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET AND A GROUNDING OF THE
2022 BUDGET WITH A HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW.
AND NOW WE DIVE INTO SPECIFIC
DEPARTMENTS.
SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN
REQUESTED DIRECTLY BY
COUNCILMEMBERS HERE TODAY.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
CENTRAL STAFF TO IDENTIFY ANY
ISSUES, YOU KNOW, LARGE
DEPARTURES FROM THE PAST YEARS
OR DEPARTURES FROM COUNCIL
PRIORITIES AND POLICIES THAT WE
HAVE PASSED.
AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO
HEAR HOW BUDGETS ARE ALIGNING
WITH THOSE VALUES THAT WE HAVE
IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
AISLE GOING TO ASK THAT WE GET
AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH
THE FULL PRESENTATION HERE.
AND THEN PRESIDENT GONZALES AS
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE THAT
HAS THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING THAT REPORTS
TO YOU.
YOU'LL HAVE THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY ANY COMMENTS
AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN
WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE FULL
COUNCIL.
WONDERFUL.
MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU READ
AGENDA ITEM FOUR INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR, DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY
LEARNING.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK, I
WANT TO WELCOME TO THE FORUM
HERE, BRIAN GOODNIGHE AND ALLIE
FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AS IT RELATES
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
AND RYAN AND ALLIE, I'LL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, BRIAN GOOD
NIGHT, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
SO AS YOU INDICATED THIS ISSUE
ID SESSION IS RELATED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING OR, DEAL.
DEAL'S 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET IS
$123.3 MILLION.
AN INCREASE OF 18% RELATIVE TO
THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET.
ATTRIBUTED TO A FEW SIGNIFICANT
ADDITIONS.
MOST OF YOU HEARD ABOUT AT THE
SEPTEMBER 29th SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING WHEN DEAL
PROVIDED ITS DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATION.
AS A QUICK RECAP, THE FIRST OF
THE SIGNIFICANT PROPOSED
ADDITIONS IS 6.7 MILLION OF
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY TO CONTINUE INVESTING
IN A SET OF ENHANCEMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM.
I'LL DISCUSS THAT PROPOSED
ADDITION IN MORE DETAIL IN THE
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION SECTION OF
THE PRESENTATION.
THE SECOND SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
IS $4 MILLION TO CONTINUE
FUNDING FOR AN EQUITY AND
CULTURAL EDUCATION FUND THAT
ORIGINATED FROM THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN DEAL
AND THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS AT THIS
MORNING'S SESSION.
I'LL NOTE IN AUGUST OF THIS
YEAR, THE COUNCIL PROVIDED 4
MILLION TO DEAL.
AND 2 MILLION TO ARTS FOR THIS
EFFORT.
AND THE DEPARTMENT'S INTENT TO
ISSUE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR
2021 ALLOCATION AT THE END OF
THE FIRST QUARTER NEXT YEAR.
THE THIRD NOTABLE INCREASE IN
DEAL'S PROPOSED BUDGET IS 2.4
MILLION FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
CHILD CARE STABILIZATION
GRANTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO PREVIOUS
ROUNDS OF STABILIZATION GRANTS
FOR LICENSED CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS AND FAMILY, FRIEND,
AND NEIGHBOR CAREGIVERS.
THIS IS INTENDED AS A
CONTINUATION OF THAT TYPE OF
SUPPORT.
AND ASSISTLY, THE PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES 1.5 MILLION OF
SWEETENED TAX BEVERAGE FUNDING
TO CONTINUE A PROGRAM STARTED
IN 2021 BUT WAS ADDED LAST YEAR
AS A ONE-TIME INVESTMENT.
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD
RECOMMENDED THIS PROGRAM BECOME
PERMANENT AND ONGOING.
AND THESE FUNDS ARE ADDED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT
I'D LIKE TO MENTION WHILE WE'RE
STILL ON THIS SLIDE IS THE 2022
BUDGET CONTINUES TO FUND
APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION OF
EARLY LEARNING PERSONNEL COSTS
AND $676,000 OF PARENT CHILD
PLUS COSTS WITH FUND BALANCED
FOR THE 2011 FAMILIES IN
EDUCATION LEVY.
THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET MADE A
SIMILAR FUND SWAP AND THESE
COSTS WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE
GENERAL FUND.
AND THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
INDICATED IT INTENDS TO RESTORE
THE EXPENSES TO THE GENERAL
FUND IN 2023.
NOW, DURING DEAL'S DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATION A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO, COUNCILMEMBERS REQUESTED
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
REGARDING THE UNDESIGNATED FUND
BALANCE FOR THE FAMILY'S
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE
OR FEP LEVY FOR CONTEXT, I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
SHOW WHAT THE FEP LEVY'S PLAN
SAYS ABOUT UNDESIGNATED FUND
BALANCE.
THE FUNDS WILL BE TO SUPPLEMENT
THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING
PRESCHOOL SLOTS FOR THREE TO
FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN.
ANY OTHER USE WILL BE REVIEWED
AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL
THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET
PROCESS OR OTHER LEGISLATION.
NOW BY THE END OF 2021, DEAL
ESTIMATES THE LEVY WILL HAVE AN
UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE OF
14.4 MILLION.
THIS COMES FROM SIGNIFICANT
PANDEMIC RELATED UNDER SPENDING
IN 2020 WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR 10
MILLION OF THE TOTAL AND DEAL
PROJECTS THE LEVY WILL UNDER
SPEND ITS BUDGET FOR 2021 BY 4
MILLION.
THE 2022 BUDGET DOES NOT USE
ANY OF THESE FUNDS IN 2022.
DEAL'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO
RESERVE THESE FUNDS TO ADDRESS
TWO AREAS THAT THE DEPARTMENT
SEES AS POTENTIAL RISKS IN
FUTURE YEARS.
EARLY LEARNING AND SEATTLE
PROMISE.
NOW, IN LIGHT OF A LETTER THAT
THE LEVY OVER SIGHT COMMITTEE
SENT TO COUNCIL WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION TO SET ASIDE THE
10 MILLION THAT 2020 UNDER
SPENT AS A RESERVE FOR FUTURE
YEARS.
COUNCILMEMBERS ASKED FOR THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE
OVER SIGHT COMMITTEE.
IN A PRESENTATION TO THE OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE ON
AUGUST 26th.
DEAL DESCRIBED BETWEEN 2023,
AND 2026, THE PROJECTED FUNDING
GAP FOR EARLY LEARNING IS
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 MILLION.
IMPACTED BY INCREASING PROVIDER
COSTS.
PROVIDER STAFF SHORTAGES AND
HIGH GROWTH FOR PROVIDERS
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
THEY ALSO SITED DECLINING
TUITION REVENUE AT THAT TIME.
BUT THEY'VE SINCE CLARIFIED
THEIR LATEST PROJECTIONS SHOW
THE TREND REVERSING.
WITH RESPECT TO SEATTLE
PROMISE, THE PROJECTED FUNDING
GAP IS BETWEEN 8 TO 12 MILLION
AND THE IMPACT SITED WERE
INCREASE ENROLLMENT, AND
FEDERALLY FUNDED EQUITY PROGRAM
ENHANCEMENTS.
THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
SECTION.
NOW MIGHT BE THE RIGHT TIME TO
PAUSE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS ON THE BACKGROUND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN.
VERY EFFICIENT PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES
WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH
EXCELLENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM
YOUR PER VIEW?
>> I THINK WE SHOULD GO THROUGH
THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
PORTION AND I WILL HAVE
COMMENTS THERE.
BUT I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO
AHEAD AND ALLOW BRIAN TO GO
THROUGH THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD, BRIAN.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THIS ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
SECTION OF THE PAPER BEGINS ON
PAGE FOUR OF THE MEMO.
IN CASE ANYONE IS LOOKING AT
THE MEMO.
AND THERE'S ONLY ONE ISSUE
THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE PAPER.
THAT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED
6.7 MILLION OF CLIPPER FUNDING
TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN A SET
OF ENHANCEMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM.
A 4 MILLION ALLOCATION IN JUNE
OF THIS YEAR PART OF SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN ONE.
AND THERE ARE TEN ENHANCEMENTS
BEING PURSUED BY DEAL WITH THAT
FUNDING.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING
A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE
PROGRAM INHANSMENTS, THEY'RE
PROVIDED IN ATTACHMENT ONE TO
THE MEMORANDUM.
BUT THIS TABLE WHICH APPEARS ON
PAGE FIVE OF THE MEMO SHOWS THE
PLANNED SPENDING BY ENHANCEMENT
FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
THE 6.7 MILLION INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WOULD BE
SPENT ACROSS 2022 AND 2023.
AS OF LATE SEPTEMBER, DEAL HAD
APPROXIMATELY $500,000 OF THE
INITIAL CLIFFER FUNDING.
AND THE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS THAT
THE ENTIRE 4 MILLION-DOLLARS
WILL BE UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE
SEATTLE COLLEGES OR OTHER
PARTNERS BY THE END OF THE
YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, DEAL HAS STARTED
THE PROCESS OF FILLING TWO NEW
POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THE
PROGRAM.
BOTH OF WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN
THE 2021 MID YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET ORDINANCE AND THE COST
FOR APPROVED POSITIONS SHOWS UP
IN THE FINAL ROW OF THIS TABLE
UNDER THE PROGRAMMING STAFFING
SUPPORT ITEM.
SO OF THE TEN PROGRAM
ENHANCEMENTS BEING PURSUED DEAL
CONSIDERS FIVE TO BE LIMITED
TERM OR PILOT PROGRAMS.
AND FIVE TO BE ONGOING ENHANCE
.S LASTING BEYOND 2023 AND THE
DEPLETION OF THE ONE-TIME
CLIFFER FUNDS.
IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED
AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING DEAL
PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECTED
FUNDING GAPS FOR SEATTLE
PROMISE.
THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS
THE FIVE ONGOING ENHANCE .S
ENHANCEMENTS.
SUSTAINING THESE ENHANCEMENTS
WOULD COST AN ADDITIONAL 19.4
MILLION BETWEEN 2023 AND 2026.
THESE PROJECTIONS ASSUME SOME
LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM SEATTLE
COLLEGES WHICH IS STILL BEING
NEGOTIATED BUT WITHOUT THE
SUPPORT THE FUNDING GAP COULD
BE LARGER THAN SHOWN IN THE
TABLE.
I WANT TO NOTE THESE
PROJECTIONS COULD CHANGE
SIGNIFICANTLY DEPENDING ON
STUDENT INTEREST AND INDIVIDUAL
STUDENT NEEDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, ENROLLMENT FOR THE
2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR EXCEEDED
PROJECTED ENROLLMENT BY 145
STUDENTS.
AND DEAL CONTINUES TO EXPECT
THAT ENROLLMENT IN THE NEXT
COUPLE YEARS WILL EXCEED
INITIAL PROJECTIONS BY BETWEEN
250 AND 350 STUDENTS PER YEAR.
THE FIFTH IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN DOES
CONTEMPLATE THE POSSIBILITY
THAT INTEREST IN SEATTLE
PROMISE MIGHT EXCEED
PROJECTIONS.
I WON'T READ THE WHOLE LIST TO
YOU.
BUT THE PLAN PROVIDES PRIORITY
FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS SUCH AS
THOSE THAT ARE LOW INCOME OR
FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
ATTENDEES.
THE PLAN SAYS DEAL AND SEATTLE
COLLEGES WILL WORK TOGETHER TO
COLLECT AND ANALYZE STUDENT
ENROLLMENT, PERSISTENCE, AND
COMPLETION TRENDS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND HOW FUNDS ARE BEING
UTILIZED AND THEY SHOULD USE
THIS ANALYSIS TO REFORM AND
REFINE A STUDENT PRIORITIZATION
MECHANISM.
IN ADDITION TO SUSTAINABILITY,
ANOTHER WAY TO EVALUATE THE
PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS IS
COMPARING THEM AGAINST THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT FOR SEATTLE
PROMISE RELEASED IN DECEMBER OF
2020.
THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM
ANALYZED 14 PROGRAM ELEMENTS
AND PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS
AND PRIORITY GROUPINGS FOR EACH
OF TELLMENTS.
OF THE 14 ELEMENTS, THE TEAM
RANKED SIXTH AS A HIGH
PRIORITY, TWO AS A MEDIUM
PRIORITY, AND SIXTH AS A LOW
PRIORITY.
THREE OF THE TEAM'S HIGH
PRIORITY ITEMS AND TWO MEDIUM
PRIORITY ITEMS.
SO THE TABLE ON THIS SLIDE
WHICH APPEARS ON PAGE SEVEN OF
THE MEMO, ATTEMPTS TO SHOW THE
ENHANCE .S THAT THE TEAM
EVALUATED DIRECTLY OR WHERE
THEY EVALUATED A CLOSELY
RELATED TOPIC.
IN THE FIRST ROW, THE ENHANCED
SUPPORT.
THEY CONTINUED MONITORING FOR
THIS ELEMENT BUT STATED
DESIGNING STAFF SUPPORT DOES
NOT SEEM EQUITABLE.
SOME STUDENTS MAY HAVE A NEED
FOR SUPPORT THAN OTHERS.
SEATTLE COLLEGES SHOULD HAVE
SOME FLEXIBILITY IN MOVING
STAFF TO MEET STUDENT NEEDS.
THE PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT THAT
DEAL IS PURSUING WOULD DO JUST
THAT.
BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING
TO SEATTLE COLLEGES TO
DIFFERENTIATE STUDENT SUPPORTS.
INCLUDING MORE STAFF SUPPORT OR
NEW SUPPORT PROGRAMS.
THE ENHANCEMENT IN THE LAST ROW
OF TABLE SUSTAINED INCREASED
ENROLLMENT IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
THE TEAM EVALUATED HOW TUITION
SUPPORT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED
IF ENROLLMENT EXCEEDS AVAILABLE
FUNDING.
THE TEAM ACKNOWLEDGED THE
GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN AND INDICATED THE DECISION
MAY BE BASED ON APPLICATION
REEFED IN A PRIOR YEAR.
REQUIREMENTS WOULD NEED TO BE
SET BEFORE APPLICATIONS WERE
RECEIVED.
IN THIS CASE, THE TEAM EXPLORED
A CLOSELY RELATED TOPIC TO THE
ENHANCEMENT BEING PURSUED BY
DEAL.
TO ENSURE THE PROMISE PROGRAM
IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL GRADUATES
OF SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT
THEY DIDN'T MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THAT
ENHANCEMENT SPECIFICALLY.
THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO
EXPANDING SEATTLE PROMISE
ELIGIBILITY TO ADDITIONAL
STUDENTS.
TO OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, CHARTER
SCHOOL STUDENTS, TO STUDENTS
WHO PASS THEIR GENERAL
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT OR GED
TEST.
IN TERMS OF OPTIONS, THERE ARE
A FEW LAID OUT IN THE MEMO.
THESE ARE OF COURSE BY NO MEANS
AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST.
OPTION A WOULD BE TO PRIORITIZE
FUNDING TOWARD ENHANCEMENTS IN
RECOGNITION OF THE ONE-TIME
FUNDING SOURCE.
OPTION B, PRIORITIZE FUNDING
TOWARD ENHANCEMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN EVALUATED.
POTENTIALLY EXTENDING THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THE EFFORTS
COULD BE SUPPORTED.
I WANT TO NOTE BOTH OF THE
OPTIONS WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS
COMMITMENTS DEAL MADE AS WELL
AS PROGRESS BEING MADE TO FILL
THE TWO POSITIONS SUPPORTING
THE EXPANDED PROGRAM.
DEAL HAS BEEN PLANNING FOR SOME
OF THE PROPOSED 2021 FUNDS TO
SUPPORT STUDENTS ALL READY
ENROLLED IN THE 2021-22 SCHOOL
YEAR.
THAT SHOULD BE A CONSIDERATION
AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST TWO OPTIONS,
OPTION C WOULD BE TO APPROVE
THE CLIFFER ALLOCATION.
BUT IN RECOGNITION OF THE
FUNDING GAP TO REQUEST DEAL
WORK ON A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL
THAT WOULD PRIORITIZE
ENROLLMENT OF THE PROGRAM
CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIORITIES
ESTABLISHED IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN.
AND LASTLY IS THE NO ACTION
OPTION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALES.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR,
THANKS, BRIAN, FOR THE GOOD
WORK AS ALWAYS.
VERY THOROUGH.
VERY EFFICIENT.
VERY SUCCINCT, REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
SO COLLEAGUES, I'M STILL
DIGGING INTO THESE VARIOUS
OPTIONS.
I WILL SAY THAT OPTION C RISES
TO THE TOP FOR ME.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE?
AND THEN CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE
ONE BEFORE THIS ONE?
THANKS, PATTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WITH SORT OF THE
POTENTIAL OF EXPLORING OPTION B
AS WELL.
BUT I DO -- I DO, YOU KNOW,
SORT OF THERE'S A LOT OF
GRANULAR DETAIL HERE.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH COLLEAGUES
AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND
PUBLIC, THAT REALLY ULTIMATELY
WHAT WE NEED TO SOLVE FOR IS
THE ON GROWING INCREASING
DEMAND OF OUR STUDENT
POPULATION TO ACCESS SEATTLE
PROMISE.
WHICH ALL OF US SUPPORT.
ALL OF US HAVE BEEN FERVENT
SUPPORTERS OF SEATTLE PROMISE.
BUT WE NEED TO RECONCILE THAT
DEMAND WITH THE FACT THAT THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET HAS
PROPOSED ENHANCING SEATTLE
PROMISE WITH ONE-TIME DOLLARS.
THAT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME
INSTABILITY IN OUR BUDGET.
WHICH I'VE HEARD THE CHAIR SAY
MULTIPLE TIMES THAT SHE IS
WORKING HARD TO STABILIZE OUR
BUDGET.
AND TO UTILIZE ONE-TIME DOLLARS
FOR ONE-TIME PURPOSES.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE
CLIFFER DOLLARS, WHICH ARE ONE-
TIME FUNDING SOURCE ARE BEING
DEDICATED TO ONGOING
PROGRAMMING AT THE CITY THAT IS
GOING TO RESULT IN A FISCAL
CLIFF EVENTUALLY.
BRIAN HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF
IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE FUNDING
GAPS ARE AND SO BECAUSE OF
THOSE FUNDING GAPS THAT ARE
PART OF THIS PROPOSAL, YOU
KNOW, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT
UPON US IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS
TO IDENTIFY A WAY IN WHICH WE
CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
GROWTH OF SEATTLE PROMISE, BUT
BE REALLY HONEST AND
TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT
EXPLORING SOME KIND OF STUDENT
PRIORITIZATION OR A PERMANENT,
ONGOING FUNDING SOURCE FOR
SEATTLE PROMISE THAT DOESN'T
CREATE THE DELIMA OF CHOOSING
BETWEEN EARLY LEARNING AND AND
SEATTLE PROMISE INVESTMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE
REASON WHY I'M SIGNALING MY
INTEREST IN PURSUING OPTION C.
BUT INVITE COLLEAGUES WHO MIGHT
BE INTERESTED IN A DIFFERENT
OPTION OR WHO ARE SIMILARLY
INTERESTED IN THAT OPTION TO
CERTAINLY LET ME AND MY OFFICE
KNOW SO THAT WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER ON FINDING THE RIGHT
BALANCE AND THE RIGHT SOLUTION
TO MOVE US FORWARD ON THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR OTHER
ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO FLAG?
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT
THE PRESENTATION?
PLEASE GO AHEAD, VICE CHAIR.
>> I'M SORRY.
I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE IN
ADVANCE.
THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF FOCUS
AND MY -- YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME
OF MY WORK TOUCHES.
THIS WORK IS MY JUST -- AS A
MEMBER OF RPC AND THE WORK THAT
WE'VE DONE TO DEVELOP THE START
FOR KIDS RENEWAL AND I KNOW
THAT IN DEVELOPING THE BEST
STARTS FOR KIDS LEVY, WE'VE
BEEN REALLY CAREFUL TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE
SUBSIDY IN ALL GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS, INCLUDING SEATTLE.
INCLUDING AREAS THAT ALL READY
HAVE A LEVY PROGRAM WITH THE
IDEA THAT IT WOULD BE ADDITIVE
TO OUR EXISTING PROGRAM.
IN TARGETING FUNDS TO FAMILIES
MOST IMPACTED BY THE LACK OF
ADEQUATE CHILD CARE.
AND SO I'M JUST -- I'M A LITTLE
UNCERTAIN WHAT DEALS
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
AS IT RELATES TO THE NEEDED
FUTURE FUNDING FOR THE SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE SORT OF
ASSUMING THAT THE BEST STARTS
FOR KIDS LEVY WILL HELP FUND A
GAP THAT EXISTS -- THAT WILL
EXIST IN OUR LEVY.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S
WHAT IS INTENDED BY THE BEST
STARTS FOR KIDS LEVY.
AND IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE IT IS A
LITTLE BIT IN CONFLICT AS IT
RELATES TO HOW FUND --
UNDESIGNATED BALANCES ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT.
AND THAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE
SPENT TO INVEST IN EARLY
LEARNING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A
QUESTION THERE.
BUT I GUESS IF I WERE TO TRY TO
BOIL THAT DOWN TO A QUESTION IT
WOULD BE WHAT ARE DEALS
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS
FUTURE GAPS IN THE SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM?
>> IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, VICE
CHAIR, YOUR QUESTION IS SIMILAR
TO MINE, IF WE CAN JUST
ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
WHAT THE LEVY OVER SIGHT
COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION IS
IN REGARDS TO THE SPENDING THAT
FUNDERS SPEND.
>> SURE, I CAN TRY TO TAKE A
CHANCE HERE AND JUMP IN.
SO LET ME FLIP BACK, A COUPLE
SLIDES HERE.
IF I CAN DO THAT.
JUST A MOMENT.
LET ME GO THIS WAY.
SO I'M NOT CERTAIN WHERE THE
QUESTION IS COMING FROM,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ABOUT THE
BEST STARTS FOR KIDS LEVY.
WHAT DEAL WAS PRESENTING TO THE
LEVY OVER SIGHT COMMITTEE WAS
THAT -- WE HAVE THIS FUND
BALANCE, THERE'S UNSPENT
FUNDING LEFT OVER.
DEAL IS ADVOCATING A
RECOMMENDING TO THE LEVY OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WE SHOULD
HOLD ON TO IT AND NOT SPEND IT
IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE
THEY SEE DUE TO HIGHER PROVIDER
COSTS, THE PROGRAM WILL NEED
MORE FUNDING TO SUSTAIN ITSELF.
THAT PROBABLY INCLUDES MORE
THAT BE JUST SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM.
THEY GROUPED IT AS EARLY
LEARNING.
IT'S POSSIBLE IT GOES BEYOND
JUST SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
AND SO THEY'VE ESTIMATED THAT
GAP IS 3 TO 6 MILLION.
SO DEAL, IF I WERE TO SPEAK
WITH THEM, I WOULD THINK WE
WOULD SAY OF THIS 14.4 MILLION,
WE SHOULD HOLD SOMEWHERE, YOU
KNOW, IT'S ALL A GUESS, BUT
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 3 MILLION TO
6 MILLION WE SHOULD KEEP IN THE
BANK SO WHEN COSTS IN FUTURE
YEARS EXCEED OUR AVAILABLE
FUNDING, WE HAVE FUNDS TO COVER
IT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT GETS AT
YOUR QUESTION.
>> THERE'S NOT AN EXPECTATION
THAT BEST STARTS IS GOING TO
BACK FILL FUTURE GAPS IN EARLY
LEARNING?
>> I HAVE NEVER HEARD DEAL TALK
ABOUT BEST STARTS BEING BACK
FILLING AT ALL, YEAH.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, I THINK
THAT'S THE ANSWER TO MY
QUESTION, THANKS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLT, BEST
START FOR SEATTLE, WE DO
PARTICIPATE TO SOME LEVEL IN
THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT A BACK FILLING
FUNDING SOURCE.
>> NO, IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE.
I'M REFERRING TO THE RENEWAL
THAT RPC RECENTLY APPROVED AND
THE CONVERSATIONS WERE THAT IT
WAS INTENDED TO BE ADDITIVE.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT I HAD HEARD
OR READ SOMEWHERE THAT DEAL WAS
PROJECTING THAT IN FUTURE YEARS
THAT BEST STARTS COULD BACK
FILL SOME EARLY LEARNING GAPS.
BUT I'M HEARING YOU, BRIAN,
LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED.
>> AND BRIAN, IF I CAN ASK FOR
YOU TO FOLLOW UP WITH DEAL ON
THE OUT YEARS.
BECAUSE WHAT WE SEE HERE IS
2020.
AND WHAT WE SEE HERE IS
2020-2021.
UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE BEING
RECOMMENDED TO BE BANKED.
BUT I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK
THAT THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THIS
WOULD BE UNBANKED FOR -- FOR,
YOU KNOW, 2024 OR 2025 FOR
EXAMPLE.
AND SO IF WE CAN GET SOME
CLARITY AROUND THAT THAT WOULD
BE HELPFUL.
>> I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP.
THE PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS THE CURRENT
FEP LEVY WHICH MAKES
COLLECTIONS THROUGH 2025.
AND IT FUNDS THE 2025-2026
SCHOOL YEAR.
SO I THINK THE EXPECTATION OF
DEAL.
OR AT LEAST WHAT THEY'RE
PLANNING FOR RISK-WISE IS TO
SAY LET'S KEEP THIS MONEY NOW
IN 2022 THAT WAY IN THE
REMAINING YEARS OF THE LEVY,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT
DOWN AND FUND SERVICES.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH
DEAL.
>> YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON IS
WHEN IS DEAL INTENDING TO SPEND
THE BANKED FUND BALANCE?
AND THEN TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S QUESTION, DO ANY OF
THOSE PLANS -- ARE ANY OF THOSE
PLANS RELYING ON AN ASSUMPTION
THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE DOLLARS
FROM THE -- OR SOME SORT OF
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE BEST
STARTS LEVY RENEWAL.
>> GOT IT.
HAPPY TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
>> AND THEN CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE, BRIAN, ABOUT
THE LEVY OVER SIGHT COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS ?
>> SURE.
I GUESS -- I'LL RESTATE WHAT I
SAID.
AND I'M HAPPY TO GO FURTHER.
IN THAT AUGUST MEETING, DEAL
PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION TO
THE LEVY OVER SIGHT COMMITTEE
AND MADE A RECOMMENDATION, AT
THE TIME, THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE 2020 MONEY.
JUST ABOUT $10 MILLION.
THE $4.4 MILLION OF 2021.
I ASKED DEAL THAT DURING OUR
BUDGET PROCESS.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS KIND OF
MORE LATE BREAKING THAN THE 10
MILLION.
SO THE DEAL HAD MADE THE
RECOMMENDATION TO THE LEVY OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE THAT FUNDS BE
HELD IN RESERVE FOR FUTURE
YEARS THE LEVY OVER SIGHT
COMMITTEE DID DISCUSS THEM AND
TOOK A POSITIVE VOTE AND
SUBSEQUENTLY SENT A LETTER.
I BELIEVE IT CAME OUT ON THE
27th OF SEPTEMBER TO THE
COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH FOR
THOSE QUESTIONS.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
PLEASE G AHEAD.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANKS, AND I HAD EXPRESSED
SOME INTEREST, THIS IS MOVING
NOW TO THE SCHOOL BASED
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY
THE FEP LEVY.
YOU HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH FOR
ME ON THE LEVY OF SPENDING FOR
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND I AM INTERESTED IN MAKING
MINNESOTA MENTAL HEALTH
RELATED INVESTMENTS ACROSS A
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPENDING
AREAS IN THE CITY.
AND THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CARE CENTERS IS ONE SUCH AREA.
THERE'S ALSO THE LOCAL
AGREEMENT THE CITY HAS WITH THE
COUNTY TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES IN COMMUNITY BASED
HEALTH CENTERS.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE INVESTMENTS
IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PREVENTION.
AND ELDER ABUSE.
AND SO, I HAVE THOSE INTERESTS
SORT OF ACROSS A BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT
INVESTMENT AREAS OF THE CITY.
AND I'M INTERESTED IN TIEING
SOMETHING TOGETHER AROUND A
MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE IN THE
WAKE OF THE COVID-19 SOCIAL
ISOLATION THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING AND THE IMPACTS.
AND WHAT YOU'VE INFORMED ME,
BRIAN, IS THAT THERE'S ABOUT
7.1 MILLION PROPOSED FOR SCHOOL
BASED HEALTH CENTERS FOR 2022.
AND WHAT I THINK I HEAR YOU
SAYING THAT, JUST LIKE FOR THE
OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE ALL
READY DISCUSSED, PROMISE
PROGRAM AND THE SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, IF WE WANTED
TO HAVE A LARGER INVESTMENT IN
MENTAL HEALTH -- IN SCHOOL-
BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES,
THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BRING
THAT TO THE LEVY OVER SIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR THEIR -- FOR
THEIR INPUT.
AND WE WOULD ACTUALLY NEED TO
MEND THE I AND E PLAN TO REMOVE
-- OR -- WHICH I DON'T WANT TO
DO OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE WOULD HAVE
TO BRING IT TO THE LEVY OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THEIR
CONCURRENT, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
I'LL DO THE SAME THING.
I'LL BRING UP THE SLIDE.
SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THE
LEVY IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN, SO LIKE YOU
SAID, ONE, YOU COULD AMEND THE
PLAN TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.
COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS THAT
ABILITY.
THE SECOND WAY IS IT DOES SAY
UNLESS IT'S FOR PRESCHOOL, THE
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, IT
WILL GO TO THE LEVY OVER SIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION
AND COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE IT
AFTER THAT.
WHAT YOU DESCRIBED IS CORRECT.
IT WOULD GO TO THE LEVY OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE FIRST.
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN.
AND AGAIN, SORRY, MADAME CHAIR,
MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
>> OF COURSE, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
AGAIN, DOING SOMETHING LIKE
THAT WOULD -- OKAY.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN CUE THIS UP
IN DIFFERENT WAY.
SO BRIAN, THE OTHER IMPACT HERE
IS IF YOU HAD GOTTEN A
RECOMMENDATION TO CREATE THIS
RESERVE, THE COUNCIL COULD
MODIFY THE AMOUNT OF THE
RESERVE FOR EXAMPLE TO FUND
OTHER PRIORITIES THAT EXIST FOR
2022.
SO THE DEALS PROPOSAL IS
RESERVING, WHAT IS IT?
10MILLION?
OR THE ENTIRE 14 MILLION.
>> 10 MILLION IS WHAT THE
LETTER SAYS.
BUT THEY WOULD PROBABLY SAY TO
RESERVE THE WHOLE AMOUNT.
>> RIGHT.
SO THE ISSUE IS SORT OF HOW DO
WE -- IN OTHER WORDS, I'M
IDENTIFYING THAT THERE MIGHT BE
SORT OF A SCALABLE RESERVE
OPTION THAT COULD ALLOW US TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE APPROPRIATE
EXPENDITURES IN THE K THROUGH
12 INVESTMENT SPACE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
IDENTIFYING.
BUT THAT WOULD STILL, NONE THE
LESS, NEED TO BE CONSIDERED BY
THE LEVY OVER SIGHT COMMITTEE.
>> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING,
YES.
>> GREAT.
OKAY, COLLEAGUES, I'M NOT
SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.
ANY PARTING WORDS ON DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
THAT FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
WITH US?
PLEASE GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> OKAY, WELL, I DO THANK YOU,
BRIAN, FOR PRESENTING THIS, AND
FOR HELPING US UNDERSTAND.
I DID JUST WANT TO SIGNAL A
COUPLE OF -- WELL, A FEW
PROVISOS THAT WE ARE -- SORRY,
AMENDMENTS.
I DIDN'T SLEEP MUCH LAST NIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS.
THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING.
TWO WILL BE VERY FAMILIAR.
BECAUSE WE PRESENTED THEM LAST
YEAR.
ONE IS AROUND FUNDING FOR
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
PROGRAMMING FOR BLACK GIRLS AND
TRANS-YOUTH.
WE DID JUST HAVE THIS
CONSERVATION WITH DEAL WHEN
THEY PRESENTED LAST WEEK OR THE
WEEK BEFORE.
SO THAT INCLUDED $550,000 TO
SUPPORT A LANDSCAPE STUDY TO
UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN TARGET
INVESTMENTS FOR THIS GROUP OF
YOUNG PEOPLE.
AS WE HEARD THERE WAS $395,000
LEFT.
SO THAT FUNDING, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT S GOING TO GO OUT
BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT WE ARE INTERESTED IN
CONTINUING THAT FUNDING AND
POSSIBLY INCREASING IT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO HOW WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
ANOTHER CBA WE HAD FROM LAST
YEAR IS FUNDING FOR RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE IN SCHOOLS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT JUST HIRED A
NEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
COORDINATOR TO WORK AT THE
DISTRICT.
BUT THAT IS ONE-TIME FUNDING.
AND SO I'M HOPING WE CAN FIGURE
OUT HOW TO WORK, THE CITY AND
THE DISTRICT, WORK TOGETHER TO
REALLY INVEST IN THESE SORT OF
HOLISTIC SYSTEMS LEVEL CHANGES
AND IN THE WAY THE CULTURE OF
OUR SCHOOLS OPERATES.
SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN AGAIN
TRYING TO RENEW THIS AND
POSSIBLY EXPAND IT THERE'S ALSO
A REQUEST IN THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET FOR THIS KIND OF
FUNDING.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF THINGS I
THINK WE ALL HEARD YESTERDAY IN
PUBLIC HEARING FROM FOLKS WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING
CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
PROGRAMMING FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL AGE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE
REALLY IMPORTANT AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMMING, ACADEMIC
ENRICHMENT, LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC
PROGRAMMING.
NOT JUST FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE FAMILY
EDUCATION, FINANCIAL LITERACY.
FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR THE
FAMILIES OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND SO WE ARE INTERESTED IN
MAKING SURE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT
CONTINUE TO GET SUPPORTED.
I THINK I'LL STOP THERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> OKAY, BRIAN, I'M NOT SEEING
ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS.
I TOO WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALL
THE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY
LEARNING.
I DID HAVE THE CHANCE TO SEE
DIRECTOR CHAPPELL OUT IN
COMMUNITY THE OTHER DAY.
AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE HIM
AND HIS FAMILY.
AND I WANT TO SEND OUR NOTE OF
APPRECIATION AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT DID AS WELL TO ALL OF
THE WORKERS WHO ARE HELPING TO
PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES FROM BIRTH ON
THROUGH.
SO THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT
YOU DO ESPECIALLY IN THESE
TOUGH TIMES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THESE
CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS.
ALL RIGHT, MADAME CLERK, I
THINK WE'RE READY TO READ INTO
THE RECORD ITEM FIVE.
>> OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
YOLANDA, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE
YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE
TODAY.
WE WILL ASK COLLEAGUES AGAIN TO
HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE
END OF THE PRESENTATION.
AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE FIRST
PART OF THE PRESENTATION BEFORE
WE GET TO ISSUE IDENTIFICATION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS PER
VIEW OVER OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE YOU OPEN
UP WITH SOME COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GET
INTO ISSUE IDENTIFICATION IF
YOU HAVE ANY.
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, YOLANDA,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
SHE'S SAYING ONE SECOND.
>> SORRY.
I COULDN'T FIND MY MUTE BUTTON.
[ LAUGHTER ]. IT MOVED.
ALL RIGHT.
YOLANDA, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE
DISCUSSING THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WILL BE PRESENTING A
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THEIR 2022
PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE DIVING
INTO A COUPLE OF KEY ISSUES.
JUST AS A REMINDER.
WE DID PRESENT A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO.
BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR
MAIN LINES OF BUSINESS.
SUPPORTING SMALL AND MAY CROW
BUSINESSES.
PARTNERING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
DISTRICTS.
SUPPORTING THE CREATIVE
ECONOMY.
PARTNERING WITH KEY INDUSTRY
SECTORS THAT PROVIDE INNOVATION
GROWTH, AND GLOBAL
COMPETITIVENESS AND INVESTING
IN THE LOCAL WORKFORCE.
FOCUSING ON YOUTH AND LOW
INCOME ADULTS WHO ARE UNDER OR
UNEMPLOYED.
AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO THE
PANDEMIC, THEY LED THE CITY'S
EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF
SMALL BUSINESSES BY AWARDING
EMERGENCY SUPPORT GRANTS OF
$10,000 THROUGH ITS SMALL
BUSINESS STABILIZATION FUND AND
DISTRIBUTED OVER $10 MILLION IN
GRANTS TO DATE.
WITH THE NEXT APPLICATION
PERIOD FOR GRANTS OPENING UP
NEXT MONTH.
OED PROVIDED AND CONTINUES TO
PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO AID
BUSINESSES, INCLUDING SUPPORT
WITH RENEGOTIATING LEASES AND
CONVERTING TO ONLINE SALES
PLATFORMS.
RECENTLY, OED PIVOTED ITS
EFFORTS TO BEGIN SUPPORTING
SEATTLE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
USING ITS ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY OR CLIFFER FUNDS AS
PART OF THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
FOR ADDITIONAL SMALL BUSINESS
STABILIZATION FUND GRANTS,
NEIGHBORHOOD RECOVERY GRANTS,
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION GRANTS
AND INVESTMENTS IN WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, DIGITAL EQUITY.
SO ON TO THE 2022 BUDGET.
THERE IT IS.
SO THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS
WOULD MORE THAN DOUBLE IN 2022.
THE CHANGES REFLECT THE REMOVAL
OF VARIOUS ONE-TIME ADDITIONS
AND RESTORES FULL FUNDING TO
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY POLICY
ADVISORY POSITION.
PARTIALLY CUT IN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET AND ADDS THE
STANDARD COST AND PERSONNEL
ADJUSTMENTS, LANGUAGE STIPENDS
FOR STAFF.
AND REMOVES ALL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS POSITION
ADDED IN THE 2020 ADOPTED
BUDGET SO THE POSITION IS FULLY
SUPPORTED BY GENERAL FUND.
A LARGE PORTION OF THE NEW
SPENDING WOULD CONTINUE
INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMS
RECOMMENDED BY THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE TASK
FORCE.
THE ECI TASK FORCE.
THIS 9.7 MILLION OF ONGOING
FUNDING IS SUPPORTED BY PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX REVENUES AS WAS
DISCUSSED EARLIER THIS MORNING.
AND IT PRIMARILY FUNDS SUPPORT
FOR BIPOC OWNED BUSINESSES AND
PROGRAMS INTENDED TO INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF BIPOC WORKERS IN
THE LOCAL HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY.
TO SUPPORT THIS BODY OF WORK,
OED WOULD ALSO BE ADDING
POSITION AUTHORITY FOR FOUR
FTEs IN THE YEAR END
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
LEGISLATION.
ADDITIONALLY, TO MANAGE THE
SHORT-TERM IMMEDIATE INFLUX OF
FEDERAL FUNDING OED WOULD BE
ADDING 13 TEMPORARY POSITIONS
TO ASSIST WITH INTERNAL
OPERATIONS RELATED TO FINANCES,
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.
OTHERS WILL SUPPORT
COMMUNICATIONS, PERFORMANCE,
AND DATA ANALYSIS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES AS THEY NAVIGATE THE
CITY'S MYRIAD FORMS OF ECONOMIC
RECOVERY RESOURCES.
TWO OTHER NOTABLE PROGRAMMATIC
ADDS.
INABLEED BY CLIFFER DOLLARS.
7.6MILLION FOR A NEW SMALL
BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FUND.
THAT WILL ALLOW SMALL
BUSINESSES TO ACQUIRE GROUND
FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACE IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENTS.
PRIORITIZING THOSE LOCATED IN
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHEST
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
500,000 FOR MARITIME,
MANUFACTURING, AND LOGISTICS
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWING
ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME
STRATEGY COUNCIL WHICH WERE
RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I'M DONE WITH MY
OVERVIEW IF ANYONE HAS ANY
QUESTIONS BEFORE I DIVE INTO
ISSUE ID, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
YOLANDA.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DO YOU
HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
AT THIS POINT THAT YOU'D LIKE
TO SHARE?
>> SURE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
YOLANDA, I KNOW YOLANDA WILL BE
GOING OVER TWO SPECIFIC ISSUES
THAT SHE WANTED TO COVER.
I WANTED TO START BY TALKING
ABOUT A THIRD THAT ISN'T REALLY
HIGHLIGHTED.
AND SO I FIRST WANT TO THANK
YOLANDA FOR ALL THE HELP SHE'S
GIVEN OUR OFFICE OTHER THE
YEAR.
ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND SOME PRETTY BIG
CHANGES AT OED, POLICY CHANGES
AND STAFFING CHANGES.
AND I DO AGAIN WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE OED
STAFF.
THEY'VE REALLY STEPPED UP
DURING THE COVID RESPONSE TO
MOVE QUICKLY AS WE SAID TO
OFFER SUPPORT TO SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THEY REALLY JUST
DESERVE A LOT OF KUDOS FOR THE
WORK THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST
YEAR.
THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
OUR OFFICE HAS REALLY BEEN
DIVING INTO WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'VE SPOKEN WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TO REALLY ASK THE
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S THE ROLE
OF THE CITY IN AN EQUITABLE
ECONOMY AND IN WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'VE TALKED WITH BRIAN
SARAT WHO IS THE FORMER OED
DIRECTOR.
WE'VE TALKED WITH CONSULTANT TO
THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL AND FORMER EDM ONE
AMERICA RICH.
WE'VE TALKED TO PSRC CONSULTANT
AND BROOKINGS INSTITUTE FELLOW
RYAN DONAHUE, CREST, SOUTH
CORE, THE PEOPLE'S ECONOMY LAB.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET A HANDLE
FROM LOTS OF DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT COULD LOOK LIKE
HERE.
THREE THINGS WE HEAR OVER AND
OVER AGAIN ARE THAT AS A CITY,
WE'RE REALLY NOT WORKING AS A
REGIONAL PARTNER ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE
HERE, WE'VE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS ENGAGING IN
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT A
REAL COHESIVE STRATEG.
AND WE'RE DUPLICATING REGIONAL
EFFORTS.
A SECOND THING IS THAT WE'RE
REALLY IGNORING VALUABLE
SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY.
OUR ARTS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY
IS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, A MURAL
HERE AND THERE OR A CONCERT
HERE AND THERE.
IT REALLY IS A KEY ECONOMIC
DRIVER FOR THE CITY.
AND WE WANT THE CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES AND THE FILM TASK
FORCE MEMBERS TO HAVE THEIR
WORK -- THEY'VE BEEN DOING A
LOT OF WORK OVER THE LAST
COUPLE YEARS.
WE WANT TO HONOR THAT WORK AND
REALLY DELIBERATELY CONSIDER
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY
HAVE PROPOSED.
AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THAT
THE DEPARTMENT REALLY LACKS
CLARITY AND FOCUS RIGHT NOW TO
SORT OF CRITICALLY ENGAGE WITH
REGIONAL PARTNERS ON KEY
ECONOMIC STRATEGIES AND THE
FACT THAT THERE'S BEEN REAL
INCONSISTENCY IN STAFFING MEANS
WE'RE LEFT WITHOUT ANY REAL
ALIGNMENT EITHER INTERNAL OR OR
WITH EXTERNAL PARTNERS, AND
IT'S CREATED A SENSE OF
ALIENATION AMONG SOME OF OUR
KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PARTNERS AND REALLY LED TO A
LACK OF CONFIDENCE THAT SEATTLE
HAS A COHESIVE EQUITABLE
RECOVERY STRATEGY.
AND SO -- SO I SAY ALL THAT
BECAUSE AFTER YOLANDA TALKS
ABILITY HER ISSUE AREAS, I'LL
ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFICALLY.
BUT THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO
SHARE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE WILL
BE WORKING ON A SLIDE THAT
ASSESSES THE LANDSCAPE OF THE
CITY'S CURRENT WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS.
AND TO REALLY DEVELOP A BETTER
STRATEGY THAT ALLOWS US TO
PARTNER WITH OUR REGIONAL
PARTNERS.
AND CREATE A REAL SHARED VISION
AND AGENDA FOR WHAT OUR CITY'S
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
SHOULD BE.
I WILL SAY THAT AN IDEA WE'VE
HEARD IS THAT YOU KNOW, IN THE
NEXT ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE WE
ACTUALLY HAVE A CABINET LEVEL
MEMBER WHO IS REALLY GUIDING
THE STRATEGY AND HELPING, ONCE
WE HAVE A CLEAR STRATEGY AND
PLAN, REALLY GUIDING THAT
PROCESS AND WORKING WITH
REGIONAL PARTNERS.
SO I'LL STOP THERE.
LET YOLANDA GET TO HER ISSUE
AREAS, AND I HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO HEAR
WHAT MY COLLEAGUE HAVES TO SAY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS, YOLANDA, GO AHEAD WITH
THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATION.
>> SLIDE ISSUES HERE.
WRONG SLIDE.
THERE IS ANOTHER SLIDE.
SORRY.
HERE WE ARE.
OKAY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO FIRST ISSUE IS -- THIS WAS
TOUCHED ON IN THE OED'S
PRESENTATION REGARDING CHANGES
TO FILM AND SPECIAL EVENTS
PERMIT FEES.
OED SERVES AS THE CITY'S ONE-
STOP SHOP FOR APPLICANTS
SEEKING SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITS.
COORDINATING PERMIT APPLICATION
REVIEWS WITH VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION, SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES, SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
UNTIL RECENTLY, CITY
DEPARTMENTS HAVE COVERED THE
COSTS OF THEIR STAFF'S TIME,
ENGAGED IN THIS PERMIT REVIEW.
AND ALSO ATTENDING COORDINATION
MEETINGS BUT SDOT, THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
HAS RECENTLY BEGUN SHIFTING ITS
-- TO A COST RECOVERY MODEL FOR
ITS STREET USE PERMITS WHICH
INCLUDES THOSE FOR FILM AND
SPECIAL EVENT INS ARE THE
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
CURRENTLY, THE CITY OFFERS A
LOW PERMIT COST OF ABOUT 25 --
OF $25 A DAY FOR FILM SHOOTS
THAT USE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY
INCENTIVES THE CITY CAN OFFER
INDUSTRIES.
CHANGES IN PRACTICES COULD
INCREASE COSTS IN SPECIAL
EVENTS STARTING IN 2023.
SDOT AGREED TO CONTINUE
COVERING THESE COSTS THROUGH
2022.
WHICH ARE ESTIMATED TO BE
SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF
$283,000.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE FINALIZED
IN 2022.
AND WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL,
WOULD TAKE EFFECT AT THE
BEGINNING OF 2023.
TO HELP GATHER FEEDBACK FROM
KEY STAKEHOLDERS, OED'S BUDGET
INCLUDES 50,000 TO SUPPORT
OUTREACH FOR RACIAL EQUITY TOOL
KIT ANALYSIS.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET WAS
OED'S ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL TO
FUND A CONSULTANT STUDY OF THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FILM AND
SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE LOCAL
ECONOMY.
THESE INDUSTRIES IN THE LOCAL
ECONOMY.
SO WHILE THE OUTREACH WILL
HELP, WHILE THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOL KIT RELATED OUTREACH WILL
HELP OED INCORPORATE
CONSIDERATIONS INTO ITS
FORTHCOMING FEE PROPOSAL THE
LACK OF A COMPLIMENTARY
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS MAY
RESULT IN THE CITY ADOPTING A
FEE STRUCTURE NOT FULLY
INFORMED BY THESE INDUSTRIES
RESPECTIVE ECONOMIC
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEATTLE'S
ECONOMY.
SO THE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO ADD
FUNDING IN THE BUDGET TO
SUPPORT AN ECONOMIC IMPACT
STUDY OF THESE INDUSTRIES OR OF
COURSE TO TAKE NO ACTION.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT?
>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
ANY THOUGHTS YOU'D LIKE TO
SHARE?
>> THANK YOU.
ONLY THAT I THINK GIVEN THE --
WHAT I'VE SAID IT FEELS LIKE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT THE
NEED FOR US TO BE VERY MINDFUL
AND HONOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN
DONE, TO TRY TO SUPPORT THIS
INDUSTRY, I DO THINK IT MAKES
SENSE FOR US TO CHOOSE OPTION A
HERE AND PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TO
DO A REAL ANALYSIS OF HOW TO
BEST CREATE A FEE STRUCTURE
THAT BEST SUPPORTS THE INDUSTRY
HERE.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.
I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL HANDS
ON THIS ONE.
>> OKAY.
I WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT.
SO I'M GOING TO FLIP TO THE
NEXT SLIDE HERE.
BECAUSE THIS IS RELATING TO THE
OED'S PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL
SHIFTS AND STAFFING CHANGES.
SO JUST NOTE THAT WITH THIS
BUDGET, OED IS PROPOSING TO
MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.
KIND OF IN THE WANNING DAYS OF
THE CURRENT MAYORAL
ADMINISTRATION.
WHILE IT'S APPROPRIATELY
STAFFING UP TO SUPPORT COVID
RELIEF AND RECOVERY, OTHER
CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED THAT
MAY BE BETTER LED BY A NEW
MAYOR AND OR A PERMANENT
DIRECTOR.
AS -- SO THIS CHART, THERE'S A
LOT GOING ON HERE.
SO I WILL JUST NOTE THAT THE
POSITIONS IN GREEN ARE THE 13
TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES THAT I
REFERRED TO IN REGARDS TO THE
DEPARTMENT STAFFING UP TO KIND
OF GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND
OTHER FUNDING OUT THE DOOR TO
COMMUNITY.
THE FOUR NEW POSITIONS TO
SUPPORT THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE TASK
FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
SO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION, WE ARE
GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE
POSITIONS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED
IN PURPLE AND KIND OF SHADED AS
WELL.
SO THOSE ARE -- SO YOU'LL NOTE
SOME OF THEM ARE SHADED.
SOME OF THEM HAVE A STRIPE
THROUGH.
SO BEGINNING WITH THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR.
SO THEY ARE PROPOSING TO
RECLASSIFY THIS POSITION FROM A
MANAGER 3 TO AN EXECUTIVE 2. I
WOULD NOTE THAT OED HAS NOT HAD
THIS POSITION FILLED FOR A
COUPLE YEARS.
SO IT'S RECENTLY MOVED TO FILL
THAT POSITION.
THE NEXT POSITION THAT'S BEING
IMPACTED HEAR IS THE CREATIVE
HISTORY DIRECTOR.
THIS WOULD BE RECLASSIFIED FROM
A STRATEGIC ADVISER THREE TO AN
EXECUTIVE ONE AND BE REPURPOSED
TO SERVE AS THE DIVISION
DIRECTOR THAT WOULD REPORT TO
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND OVERSEE
MAIN LINES OF BUSINESS.
NEXT POSITION THAT IS IMPACTED
IS THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY POLICY
ADVISER.
THIS WOULD BE RECLASSIFIED FROM
A STRATEGIC ADVISER TWO TO A
MANAGER TWO.
AND TITLED TO CREATIVE INDUSTRY
MANAGER.
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITIES WILL
INCLUDE POLICY DEVELOPMENT,
IMPLEMENTATION, AND MANAGEMENT
OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY'S
TEAM.
WHICH INCLUDES FIVE FTE.
AND FINALLY, THERE IS A YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT ADVISER,
THEY'RE REPURPOSING THIS VACANT
POSITION FOR A SMALL BUSINESS
ADVOCATE WHO HAD BEEN UNDER
FILLING THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
POSITION.
SO THE SHIFTS HERE WOULD REDUCE
OED'S DEDICATED WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT STAFF FROM 2 TO 1.
THE OED'S EXPLANATION IS THAT
THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
DEVELOPMENT ADVISER POSITION IS
NO LONGER NEEDED IN OED AS THE
CITY CONSOLIDATED THIS WORK AND
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND JOINTLY WITH PARKS I
BELIEVE.
THE DIMINISHED WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY IN OED
WOULD TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'
POINT SHE RAISED PRIOR TO ME
DIVING INTO THIS, WILL LIMIT
ITS ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH
REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
EVERETTS AND OTHER RELATED
INTERESTS THAT MAY BE OF
INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL.
ALSO, I WOULD NOTE THAT THESE
MOVES ALSO IMPACT STAFFING FOR
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THESE
POSITIONS FOR CONTEXT, IN THE
2020 ADOPTED BUDGET, THE
POSITION THAT USED TO SERVE AS
THE OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC
DIRECTOR WAS REPURPOSED TO
SERVE AS THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
DIRECTOR.
ALL OTHER POSITIONS SOCIALED
WITH OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC
WERE IMPLEMENTED TO INTO THE
CREATIVE KEY INDUSTRY SECTOR
TEAM.
AND OED ADAM HODGES: CREATIVE
INDUSTRY POLICY ADVISER
POSITION TO THIS TEAM.
OFM WAS NEVER OFFICIAL RI
ESTABLISHED AS A SEPARATE
OFFICE, IT DID OPERATE WITHIN
OED WITH SOME DEGREE OF
AUTONOMY.
AFTER STAFF REMOVED INTO THE
LARGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SUPPORT THE CLUSTER STRATEGY,
OED MAINTAINED THAT OFM STILL
HAD SOME PRESENCE WITHIN THE
CITY.
BUT AS OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO INDICATED
THAT WILL NO LONGER BE THE
APPROACH MOVING FORWARD.
SO JUST NOTING THAT REPURPOSING
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY DIRECTOR
TO SERVE AS A DIVISION DIRECTOR
WILL DIMINISH THE NUMBER OF
CITY STAFF DEDICATED TO THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY SECTOR.
ADDITIONALLY, OED IS IN THE
PROCESS OF REASSESSING ITS
CREATIVE INDUSTRY STRATEGY
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NEW
LEADERSHIP IN LIGHT OF THE
IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC.
ALL TOLD, THESE MOVES COULD
RESULT IN IMPACTS TO HOW OED
SERVES THE LARGER COMMUNITY AND
INDUSTRIES IT SEEKS TO SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, OED MAY NEED
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN THE
FUTURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUT THIS
MAY BE A DECISION THAT'S BETTER
MADE EARLY NEXT YEAR IN
COORDINATION WITH A NEW MAYOR
AND THEIR LED DIRECTOR.
SO NOW, I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO
BACK.
HERE WE GO.
SO HERE ARE THE OPTIONS
REGARDING THE ISSUE POTENTIALLY
CONSIDERING A PROPOSING PROVISO
ON THE POSITION OF THE DIVISION
DIRECTOR CREATIVE INDUSTRY
MANAGER PENDING THE APPOINTMENT
OF A PERMANENT OED DIRECTOR.
CUTTING FUNDING FOR EITHER OF
THESE POSITIONS TO DELAY THEIR
HIRE UNTIL EARLIER NEXT YEAR.
AFTER THE NEW ADMINISTRATION
HAS SETTLED IN.
OR NO ACTION.
ALSO OPTIONS A AND B ARE NOT
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
SO IT COULD BE COMBINED IN SOME
WAY.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP
FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THIS REORGANIZATION IS
WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE
MOST.
JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
WHERE THINGS ARE GOING.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE, AS
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL
DAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NEW
STAFFING BEING PROPOSED, NEW
PROGRAMS BEING CREATED.
NEW CONTRACTS BEING SIGNED.
ALL BEFORE WE'VE PASSED A
BUDGET FOR ANY OF THIS.
AND SO I REALLY WORRY THAT WE
ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR
THE CLIFF THAT WE KEEP TALKING
ABOUT.
IF FUNDING CHANGES.
WITH REGARD TO THIS REORG IN
PARTICULAR, I HAVE A COUPLE
QUESTIONS, YOLANDA, CAN YOU
TELL ME IF IT'S NORMAL TO HAVE
THREE LAYERS OF EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT IN DEPARTMENTS ?
BECAUSE THIS -- IF I'M
UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT,
THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
WITH A DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND A
DIVISION DIRECTOR BEFORE WE GET
TO MANAGEMENT OF THE DIFFERENT
TEAMS.
IS THAT --
>> YOU KNOW, I KIND OF LOOKED
AT OTHER OFFICES AND
DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE SIMILARLY
SIZED.
EVERYONE KIND OF DOES SOMETHING
DIFFERENTLY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, EACH
DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE AN ARM
AND OED HAS AN ARGUMENT FOR WHY
THEY FEEL THIS IS NECESSARY.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY WHAT
THEIR INTERNAL -- IT DOES SEEM
LIKE, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF
DIRECTORS FOR SUCH A RELATIVELY
SMALL OFFICE.
TYPICALLY YOU'D SEE MORE KIND
OF THIS DIVISION IN MAYBE A
LARGER DEPARTMENT.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP
HAS DETERMINED THIS IS WHAT IS
NEEDED FOR THEIR OPERATIONS.
>> SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN AN EXECUTIVE
CLASSIFICATION AND A MANAGEMENT
CLASSIFICATION?
>> I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH OUR
HUMAN RESOURCES TERMS.
BUT IN MY MIND, AN EXECUTIVE IS
LIKE MORE LIKE CLOSER TO, YOUR
KNOW, THE EXECUTIVE
CLASSIFICATION IS A DIRECTOR
LEVEL CLASSIFICATION.
RIGHT?
SO A MAJOR KIND OF LEADERSHIP,
YOU KNOW, BIG, YOU KNOW PICTURE
THINKING, LEADERSHIP, THOSE
TYPES OF THINGS I ASSOCIATE
WITH THAT EXECUTIVE LEVEL
CLASSIFICATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I CAN
JUST ADD A LITTLE TO THAT.
TO THAT DESCRIPTION IN TERMS OF
LIKE THE CLASSIFICATION OF
POSITIONS.
HAVING RECENTLY GONE THROUGH IT
MYSELF.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
LOOKS CAREFULLY AT THE SPECIFIC
DUTIES IN SORT OF DETERMINING
WHERE TO FIT THAT.
FOR THIS RECLASSIFICATION TO GO
FORWARD, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A
DETERMINATION THAT THE SORT OF
RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS
POSITIONS HAS RISEN TO THE
LEVEL OF AN EXECUTIVE.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE A BRIGHT LINE
OF IT'S EITHER THIS OR THAT.
THERE'S SOME NUANCE AS IT
VARIES BY DEPARTMENT AND I
WOULD JUST NOTE HERE IN THIS
PARTICULAR POSITION IN PREVIOUS
BUDGETS, IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS
AGO WHEN I WAS THE ANALYST
ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE
COUNCIL CHOSE TO APPLY FOR THE
POSITION.
BECAUSE AT THE TIME, THERE WAS
LACK OF CLARITY ABOUT THE NEED
AND ALL OF THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS GETTING AT
THE ISSUE THAT YOLANDA IS
RAISING FOR ALL OF YOU TO
CONSIDER OF WHO THERE IS A NEED
FOR THESE POSITIONS AND THE
RECLASSIFICATION AT THIS TIME?
AND IS IT RIGHT FOR A DECISION
AS WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A NEW
ADMINISTRATION?
AND THEN IT WILL JUST ALSO
CLARIFY WITH SOME OF THE
OPTIONS.
WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
SOME OF THESE POSITIONS MAY
HAVE PEOPLE IN THEM.
SO THE RESTRICTION MAY BE ON
LIMITING THE RECLASSIFICATION
OR FILLING ALL OF THEIR
VACANCIES THIS YEAR.
EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A
DEPUTY THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE
MANAGER OF THREE LEVEL OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'LL BE CONNING TO SORT
THROUGH THOSE DETAILS SHOULD A
COUNCILMEMBER CHOOSE TO PURSUE
SOME OF THESE MAYOR PRO
TEMPORES.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
HEALTH CARE.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS IS
THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THEM.
MAYBE I WILL ASK -- WELL, MAYBE
I'LL JUST ASK.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT IN ADDITION TO THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE REGIONAL PARTNERS
WHO ARE DOING HEALTH CARE
RELATED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
IS THAT VERY OFTEN THE JOBS
THAT ARE OPEN ARE NOT
NECESSARILY LIVING WAGE JOBS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE
MINDFUL THAT WE AREN'T
TARGETING PUBLIC RESOURCES TO
AN END OF THE HEALTH CARE
ININDUSTRY AND SECTOR THAT
DOESN'T PROVIDE FAMILY WAGE
JOBS.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
SPECIFICALLY THESE POSITIONS
MIGHT BE TARGETING?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE
DEPARTMENT FOR MORE DETAIL ON
THAT.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP.
>> OKAY.
>> CHAIR, IF I CAN JUST
INDICATE TWO THINGS AROUND THE
PROVISOS.
>> SURE.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> SURE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
YOLANDA'S DOING HERE TO TRY TO
HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING
ON.
I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT TO PUT A PROVISO ON
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND
DIVISION DIRECTOR POSITION
UNTIL WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF
WHAT STRATEGIES ARE FOR HOW WE
IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT THE INDUSTRY HAS ALL READY
PROVIDED.
AND THEN, AS IT RELATES TO THE
NEW LINE OF BUSINESS AROUND THE
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP FUND,
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE ALIGN OUR ANTI-RACIST
WORK IN THE CITY WITH THE
COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING
STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
IDEA OF CREATING AN ACQUISITION
FUND FOR SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERSHIP IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
IDEA THAT I SUPPORT.
BUT THAT SORT OF WORK IS WHY
EDI WAS CREATED TO HELP FINANCE
THE CONSTRUCTION AND CREATE
SPACE FOR GROUND FLOOR
BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY CENTERS,
CULTURAL SPACE, AND SO I WOULD
BE INTERESTED IN SHIFTING THE
FUNDING FOR THAT AND THAT
PROGRAM OVER TO EDI WHO HAS A
STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OFFICE
OF HOUSING, WHO KNOWS HOW TO DO
THAT SORT OF GRANTING AND
PROGRAMMING ALL READY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL THAT
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
ALSO BE LOOKING AT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANKS, GOING BACK TO THE
CONVERSATION AROUND THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY.
PROPOSED REORG.
I WANTED TO -- FOR PURPOSES OF
HISTORICAL AWARENESS IN THE Q&A
ON THE BUDGET QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS, THE EXECUTIVE POINTS TO
THE FACT THAT THE PAST, THE
FORMER OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC
DIRECTOR HAS BEEN SEEN AS AN
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF A STAND
ALONE OFFICE THAT REPORTS TO
THE MAYOR ALTHOUGH THE CREATIVE
INDUSTRY'S TEAM FORMERLY KNOWN
AS THE OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC
HAS BEEN PART OF THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHERE AS THAT'S ACCURATE.
THE HISTORY BEHIND THAT IS THAT
THERE WAS A MAYOR'S OFFICE OF
FILM AND MUSIC.
SO THERE HAS BEEN OVER THE
YEARS SORT OF THIS
SUBORDINATION OF THIS ROLE.
AND I AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE
FURTHER DOING SO WITH THIS
PROPOSED RE-ORG.
I GUESS A QUESTION THAT I WOULD
IS A CONCERN THAT THINKING THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRY'S DIRECTOR
FROM A LEVEL THREE POLICY
DIRECTOR TO A LEVEL TWO STAFF
MANAGER MEANS THERE WOULD NO
LONGER BE LEADERSHIP TO DEVELOP
POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THESE
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT
TO OUR ECONOMY.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT CONCERN?
THAT A MANAGER'S ROLE WOULD BE
PRIMARILY TO OVERSEE THE WORK
OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY
WORKERS AND THEIR EFFORTS AS
OPPOSED TO MORE OF A POLICY
DEVELOPMENT ROLE?
>> I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY
ACCURATE DESCRIPTION.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
THIS ORG CHART, THE DIVISION
DIRECTOR IS ESSENTIALLY SEEING
ALL THOSE MAIN LINES OF
BUSINESS THAT I DESCRIBED
EARLIER IN MY INTRO.
SO WHILE THEY MAY BE ABLE TO
KIND OF DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT ON
SOME, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC
DIRECTION, THEY WILL HAVE MANY
ASKS OF THEIR TIME VERSES
HAVING THAT DEDICATED SPACE TO
BE CONCENTRATING ON THE
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.
AND SO THAT CREATIVE INDUSTRY
POLICY ADVISER THAT'S BEING
RECLASSED TO THE MANAGER TOO AS
THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY MANAGER
WILL BE REALLY THE ONLY
INDIVIDUAL STAFF WHO WILL BE,
YOU KNOW, 100% DEDICATED TO
THINKING KIND OF STRATEGICALLY
AROUND CREATIVE INDUSTRY ISSUES
AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
>> THANK YOU, YOLANDA.
AND I KNOW I USED THIS STAT A
LOT AND I'M AFRAID I'M NOT
GOING TO GET IT RIGHT THIS
TIME.
I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES IN FRONT
OF ME.
BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND
EVERYBODY THAT THE CONTRIBUTION
TO OUR CITY'S GDP FROM ARTS AND
CULTURE IS, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE
TIMES THE AVERAGE GDP
NATIONALLY.
SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
COMPONENT OF OUR ECONOMY.
AND I AM, AGAIN, WHO IT'S FILM
AND MUSIC OR MORE BROADLY
CREATIVE INDUSTRY, I AM REALLY
CONCERNED BY OUR CONTINUED
SUBORDINATION OF THIS
PARTICULAR FOCUS.
THANKS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND THANKS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THAT AREA AS
WELL.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, DID YOU
HAVE ANY LAST COMMENTS ?
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
GONZALES?
WERE THERE COMMENTS FROM YOU?
OKAY GREAT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELL, I DO THINK THAT THAT
DOES BRING US TO THE END OF
THIS PRESENTATION.
YOLANDA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE?
>> WE DID GET SOME INFORMATION.
THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL IS SOMEONE
WHO MANAGES MANAGERS.
THAT'S ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION
FOR THESE PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, YOLANDA, IF THERE
ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
SPECIFIC TO OED, WE KNOW WHERE
TO FIND YOU, COLLEAGUES, REACH
OUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
YOLANDA OR ALLIE WHO IS ON THE
SCREEN HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER
LONG DAY TOMORROW.
I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE GIFT
OF TIME BACK THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GO THROUGH OFFICE OF PLANNING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN
SERVICES, HUMAN SERVICES AND
COMMUNITY LED INVESTMENTS.
AND THEN THE AFTERNOON REALLY
GET INTO HOMELESSNESS AND
HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
I ALSO WILL FLAG FOR FOLKS IF
THERE'S QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE
TO ASK ABOUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS
THAT HAVE NOT FEATURED TODAY
AND TOMORROW OR ON FRIDAY, IF
WE HAVE EXTRA TIME AT THE END
OF TOMORROW'S MEETING, WE OF
COURSE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY
IDEAS YOU'D LIKE TO PUT OUT
THERE AT THIS EARLY STAGE.
RECOGNIZING IT'S EARLY AND YOU
DON'T HAVE TO SHARE ALL THE
IDEAS THAT MAY BE IN THE
HARBOR.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE TIME
AT THE END OF TOMORROW'S
MEETING ASSUMING WE HAVE EXTRA
TIME LIKE WE DID TODAY, YOU'RE
WELCOME TO DO THAT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY AT TEND
OF TOMORROW'S MEETING.
FRIDAY WE DO HAVE ANOTHER LONG
DAY.
WE WILL BE CONCLUDING WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND WRAPPING UP OUR AFTERNOON
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW IN
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROUS
TIME TODAY AND ALLIE, IF
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FROM YOU,
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW, ALONG
WITH ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES
HERE.
TODAY'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING AT
9:30:00 A.M.
HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON
COLLEAGUES, GOOD-BYE.
>> THANK YOU.