1 13:10:34,053 --> 13:10:34,420 >> THEY'RE HOT. 2 13:10:34,420 --> 13:10:34,987 >> ALL RIGHT. WELCOME BACK. 3 13:10:34,987 --> 13:10:36,822 AFTER OUR SHORT PERIOD OF BEING 4 13:10:36,822 --> 13:10:40,860 AT EASE TO WELCOME OUR SISTER 5 13:10:40,860 --> 13:10:42,394 CITY FROM CHONGQING, CHINA, TO 6 13:10:42,394 --> 13:10:43,529 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. WITH THAT, 7 13:10:43,529 --> 13:10:45,131 WE WILL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE 8 13:10:45,131 --> 13:10:48,167 FOURTH ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. 9 13:10:48,167 --> 13:10:48,801 CLERK WILL YOU READ THE FOURTH 10 13:10:48,801 --> 13:10:50,002 ITEM OF BUSINESS INTO THE 11 13:10:50,002 --> 13:10:51,404 RECORD? 12 13:10:51,404 --> 13:10:52,204 >> AGENDA ITEM FOUR. OFFICE OF 13 13:10:52,204 --> 13:10:53,506 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 14 13:10:53,506 --> 13:10:54,106 DEVELOPMENT FOR BRIEFING AND 15 13:10:54,106 --> 13:10:54,874 DISCUSSION. 16 13:10:54,874 --> 13:10:56,909 >> THANK YOU. AND WE ARE NOW 17 13:10:56,909 --> 13:10:59,712 MOVING OUT OF GENERAL OVERVIEW 18 13:10:59,712 --> 13:11:01,981 AND MACRO BUDGET PICTURE INTO 19 13:11:01,981 --> 13:11:03,849 EACH DEPARTMENT. SO AS AKIN WITH 20 13:11:03,849 --> 13:11:06,519 THE LAST SECTION OF OUR BUDGET 21 13:11:06,519 --> 13:11:08,554 PROCESS, IF YOU'RE THE 22 13:11:08,554 --> 13:11:09,054 COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE 23 13:11:09,054 --> 13:11:10,589 DEPARTMENT OVERSEEING THE 24 13:11:10,589 --> 13:11:11,557 DEPARTMENT, IF YOU ARE THE 25 13:11:11,557 --> 13:11:13,492 COMMITTEE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 26 13:11:13,492 --> 13:11:16,562 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT, I 27 13:11:16,562 --> 13:11:17,129 WILL CALL AND RECOGNIZE YOU 28 13:11:17,129 --> 13:11:18,430 FIRST AND LAST. DURING THE 29 13:11:18,430 --> 13:11:21,233 PRESENTATION, FOR EXAMPLE, OPCD 30 13:11:21,233 --> 13:11:24,003 AND SDCI BOTH REPORT TO COUNCIL 31 13:11:24,003 --> 13:11:24,670 MEMBER LYNN'S COMMITTEE, AND SO 32 13:11:24,670 --> 13:11:27,506 HE WILL BE THE FIRST AND LAST IN 33 13:11:27,506 --> 13:11:28,507 THESE PRESENTATIONS. WITH THAT, 34 13:11:28,507 --> 13:11:30,075 I'M GOING TO TURN IT RIGHT BACK 35 13:11:30,075 --> 13:11:31,610 OVER TO OUR COMMITTEE TABLE. 36 13:11:31,610 --> 13:11:33,078 WE'VE GOT H.B. HARPER AND 37 13:11:33,078 --> 13:11:35,748 KETTLE FREEMAN JOINING US WITH, 38 13:11:35,748 --> 13:11:37,550 UH, LISH WITS AND OUR DIRECTOR 39 13:11:37,550 --> 13:11:38,250 OF CENTRAL STAFF. WITH THAT, 40 13:11:38,250 --> 13:11:38,984 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 41 13:11:38,984 --> 13:11:40,586 YOU. WE'LL HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL 42 13:11:40,586 --> 13:11:43,689 THE END. OR IF THERE'S AN EVEN 43 13:11:43,689 --> 13:11:44,390 STOPPING POINT, BUT WE'LL TURN 44 13:11:44,390 --> 13:11:49,094 IT OVER TO YOU FOR NOW. WELCOME. 45 13:11:49,094 --> 13:11:49,695 >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL CENTRAL 46 13:11:49,695 --> 13:11:53,132 STAFF. SO OFFICE OF PLANNING AND 47 13:11:53,132 --> 13:11:56,936 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, HAS 48 13:11:56,936 --> 13:11:58,370 THREE AREAS OF WORK THE SEATTLE 49 13:11:58,370 --> 13:12:00,573 DESIGN COMMISSION, WHICH IS 50 13:12:00,573 --> 13:12:01,907 LARGELY UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR 51 13:12:01,907 --> 13:12:03,709 AND IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY REAL 52 13:12:03,709 --> 13:12:04,310 ESTATE EXCISE TAX, AS WELL AS 53 13:12:04,310 --> 13:12:07,246 SOME GENERAL FUND. THE EQUITABLE 54 13:12:07,246 --> 13:12:08,781 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, WHICH IS 55 13:12:08,781 --> 13:12:10,349 SHOWING A REDUCTION IN THIS 56 13:12:10,349 --> 13:12:11,517 YEAR'S BUDGET, PRIMARILY DUE TO 57 13:12:11,517 --> 13:12:13,452 THE REMOVAL OF ONE TIME COUNCIL 58 13:12:13,452 --> 13:12:15,354 ADS FROM LAST YEAR AND THAT BSL 59 13:12:15,354 --> 13:12:16,922 IS FUNDED THROUGH JUMP START AND 60 13:12:16,922 --> 13:12:19,091 SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX PROCEEDS 61 13:12:19,091 --> 13:12:21,060 AND PLANNING COMMUNITY 62 13:12:21,060 --> 13:12:21,660 DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S THE 63 13:12:21,660 --> 13:12:22,862 BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL, WHERE A 64 13:12:22,862 --> 13:12:24,797 LOT OF THE WORK RELATED TO THE 65 13:12:24,797 --> 13:12:26,932 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS 66 13:12:26,932 --> 13:12:27,933 REGIONAL CENTER PLANNING 67 13:12:27,933 --> 13:12:29,168 HAPPENS. I KNOW COUNCIL'S BEEN 68 13:12:29,168 --> 13:12:30,803 TRACKING A LOT OF THAT LONG 69 13:12:30,803 --> 13:12:33,072 RANGE PLANNING WORK THAT THAT 70 13:12:33,072 --> 13:12:34,306 AREA OF WORK ALSO DOES INCLUDE 71 13:12:34,306 --> 13:12:35,708 THE LONG RANGE PLANNING POSITION 72 13:12:35,708 --> 13:12:37,209 THAT COUNCIL ADDED LAST YEAR, 73 13:12:37,209 --> 13:12:40,346 ONGOING, AS WELL AS 100,000 74 13:12:40,346 --> 13:12:41,881 $100,000 IN OUTREACH, WHICH 75 13:12:41,881 --> 13:12:43,716 COUNCIL ADDED LAST YEAR ONGOING 76 13:12:43,716 --> 13:12:45,484 SO THAT BSL IS FUNDED THROUGH A 77 13:12:45,484 --> 13:12:46,552 COMBINATION OF JUMP START, SHORT 78 13:12:46,552 --> 13:12:47,620 TERM RENTAL TAX AND GENERAL 79 13:12:47,620 --> 13:12:49,388 FUND. AND SO OVERALL, THE 80 13:12:49,388 --> 13:12:51,023 PICTURE HERE IS THAT WE'RE 81 13:12:51,023 --> 13:12:53,025 SEEING AN 11% DECREASE IN THE 82 13:12:53,025 --> 13:12:55,594 PROPOSED BUDGET AS COMPARED TO 83 13:12:55,594 --> 13:12:57,162 LAST YEAR. IN TERMS OF LABOR, 84 13:12:57,162 --> 13:12:59,665 THE PROPOSAL IS TO ELIMINATE TWO 85 13:12:59,665 --> 13:13:01,800 VACANT POSITIONS FOR 1.5 TOTAL 86 13:13:01,800 --> 13:13:04,236 FTE. ONE POSITION IS WORKING ON 87 13:13:04,236 --> 13:13:05,237 THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN, 88 13:13:05,237 --> 13:13:07,873 WHICH WAS SCHEDULED TO SUNSET IN 89 13:13:07,873 --> 13:13:09,375 JANUARY 2028. HOWEVER, IT'S BEEN 90 13:13:09,375 --> 13:13:10,910 VACANT FOR, I BELIEVE MOST OF 91 13:13:10,910 --> 13:13:12,478 THE YEAR AND THEN ALSO A HALF 92 13:13:12,478 --> 13:13:14,213 TIME ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT 93 13:13:14,213 --> 13:13:15,414 ROLE, WHICH HAD PROVIDED KIND OF 94 13:13:15,414 --> 13:13:16,782 A FRONT DESK SUPPORT, BUT AGAIN, 95 13:13:16,782 --> 13:13:18,951 HAD BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME. 96 13:13:18,951 --> 13:13:20,653 SO IN LOOKING AT THE FUNDS 97 13:13:20,653 --> 13:13:22,421 APPROPRIATED TO OPCD, YOU'LL SEE 98 13:13:22,421 --> 13:13:25,858 THAT, UH, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL 99 13:13:25,858 --> 13:13:27,459 TAX FUND JUMP START AND REAL 100 13:13:27,459 --> 13:13:29,461 ESTATE EXCISE TAX ARE ALL PRETTY 101 13:13:29,461 --> 13:13:31,063 STABLE. UM, THERE'S A 102 13:13:31,063 --> 13:13:32,698 SIGNIFICANT LOOKING REDUCTION IN 103 13:13:32,698 --> 13:13:34,533 THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO THAT'S 104 13:13:34,533 --> 13:13:36,101 ACHIEVED PRIMARILY THROUGH THE 105 13:13:36,101 --> 13:13:38,137 REMOVAL OF THOSE ONE TIME ADS 106 13:13:38,137 --> 13:13:39,872 THAT COUNCIL ADDED LAST YEAR, 107 13:13:39,872 --> 13:13:43,309 WHICH APPROPRIATED GENERAL FUND 108 13:13:43,309 --> 13:13:44,443 FOR EDDIE GRANTEES. UM, AND THEN 109 13:13:44,443 --> 13:13:46,445 ALSO THROUGH THOSE POSITION 110 13:13:46,445 --> 13:13:48,013 REDUCTIONS THAT I MENTIONED. BUT 111 13:13:48,013 --> 13:13:49,815 FINALLY, ONE OTHER WAY THAT THAT 112 13:13:49,815 --> 13:13:51,250 REDUCTION IS OCCURRING IS 113 13:13:51,250 --> 13:13:53,385 THROUGH A SWAP TO SHIFT OVERHEAD 114 13:13:53,385 --> 13:13:54,820 AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO JUMP 115 13:13:54,820 --> 13:13:57,790 START. SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR 116 13:13:57,790 --> 13:13:58,223 ONE AND ONLY POLICY 117 13:13:58,223 --> 13:13:59,124 CONSIDERATION FOR COUNCIL TO BE 118 13:13:59,124 --> 13:14:01,460 AWARE OF FOR THIS DEPARTMENT, 119 13:14:01,460 --> 13:14:03,195 UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH 120 13:14:03,195 --> 13:14:04,663 IS THAT THE SWAP FOR OVERHEAD 121 13:14:04,663 --> 13:14:07,199 FUNDS TO COME OUT OF JUMP START 122 13:14:07,199 --> 13:14:09,168 INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND, IT 123 13:14:09,168 --> 13:14:11,036 DOES REDUCE THE FUNDS THAT ARE 124 13:14:11,036 --> 13:14:14,673 AVAILABLE FOR GRANTEES. IT'S BY 125 13:14:14,673 --> 13:14:16,608 A PRETTY MODEST 1%. AND MAYBE 126 13:14:16,608 --> 13:14:18,544 THE EQUIVALENT OF DEPENDING ON 127 13:14:18,544 --> 13:14:19,612 IF YOU ALL ARE AWARE, EDDIE 128 13:14:19,612 --> 13:14:21,246 GRANTS CAN EITHER BE CAPACITY 129 13:14:21,246 --> 13:14:22,781 GRANTS, WHICH SORT OF HELP AN 130 13:14:22,781 --> 13:14:23,749 ORGANIZATION TO BUILD UP THE 131 13:14:23,749 --> 13:14:25,851 ABILITY TO DO CAPITAL WORK OR 132 13:14:25,851 --> 13:14:26,785 CAPITAL GRANT, WHICH ARE BIGGER 133 13:14:26,785 --> 13:14:28,387 DOLLAR AMOUNTS. SO IT COULD BE 134 13:14:28,387 --> 13:14:30,656 THE EQUIVALENT OF SEVERAL LIKE 4 135 13:14:30,656 --> 13:14:32,491 OR 5 CAPACITY GRANTS OR ONE 136 13:14:32,491 --> 13:14:33,959 CAPITAL GRANT THAT WOULD NOT BE 137 13:14:33,959 --> 13:14:35,661 AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF FUNDING, 138 13:14:35,661 --> 13:14:39,164 NOT FOR THE CURRENT ROUND. SO NO 139 13:14:39,164 --> 13:14:39,999 GRANTEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN 140 13:14:39,999 --> 13:14:42,835 THE PROGRAM WOULD BE AFFECTED. 141 13:14:42,835 --> 13:14:43,435 BUT FOR THE NEXT ROUND, THAT 142 13:14:43,435 --> 13:14:45,270 WOULD BE THE CASE. SO WE DIDN'T 143 13:14:45,270 --> 13:14:45,938 NECESSARILY IDENTIFY ANY OPTIONS 144 13:14:45,938 --> 13:14:46,872 HERE FOR COUNCIL. JUST WANTED 145 13:14:46,872 --> 13:14:49,208 YOU TO BE AWARE FOR CONTEXT. AND 146 13:14:49,208 --> 13:14:51,877 WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE 147 13:14:51,877 --> 13:14:52,244 ANY QUESTIONS. 148 13:14:52,244 --> 13:14:53,646 >> THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER 149 13:14:53,646 --> 13:14:55,180 LIN, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 150 13:14:55,180 --> 13:14:55,814 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT, YOU 151 13:14:55,814 --> 13:14:57,716 ARE RECOGNIZED 152 13:14:57,716 --> 13:14:58,784 >> UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND 153 13:14:58,784 --> 13:15:01,320 THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS. UM, 154 13:15:01,320 --> 13:15:05,124 NOT REALLY ANY BIG QUESTIONS OR 155 13:15:05,124 --> 13:15:06,191 COMMENTS TODAY. I THINK IT'S, 156 13:15:06,191 --> 13:15:08,694 UH, AS YOU WENT OVER FAIRLY 157 13:15:08,694 --> 13:15:09,762 STRAIGHTFORWARD. UM, I DO JUST 158 13:15:09,762 --> 13:15:13,265 WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO 159 13:15:13,265 --> 13:15:15,134 THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 160 13:15:15,134 --> 13:15:15,634 INITIATIVE IS A FAIRLY 161 13:15:15,634 --> 13:15:18,203 SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE BUDGET. 162 13:15:18,203 --> 13:15:19,538 UM, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN 163 13:15:19,538 --> 13:15:21,440 QUESTIONS IN THE PAST ABOUT, UM, 164 13:15:21,440 --> 13:15:26,011 HOW QUICKLY THOSE FUNDS CAN BE 165 13:15:26,011 --> 13:15:26,712 DEPLOYED. AND THEY'RE OFTENTIMES 166 13:15:26,712 --> 13:15:27,479 DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING THOSE 167 13:15:27,479 --> 13:15:28,547 FUNDS OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE OF 168 13:15:28,547 --> 13:15:29,581 HOW LONG IT CAN TAKE FOR OUR 169 13:15:29,581 --> 13:15:31,984 SMALL DEVELOPERS AND OUR 170 13:15:31,984 --> 13:15:33,252 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 171 13:15:33,252 --> 13:15:36,588 TO, TO, UM, GET, GET PROJECTS 172 13:15:36,588 --> 13:15:37,256 OFF THE GROUND. I DO THINK 173 13:15:37,256 --> 13:15:38,724 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 174 13:15:38,724 --> 13:15:41,326 IMPROVEMENT OVER THAT, INCLUDING 175 13:15:41,326 --> 13:15:42,795 BASED ON SOME OF THE PUSH FROM 176 13:15:42,795 --> 13:15:44,296 COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT THOSE 177 13:15:44,296 --> 13:15:45,531 FUNDS ARE BEING DEPLOYED. UM, 178 13:15:45,531 --> 13:15:49,802 BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO 179 13:15:49,802 --> 13:15:50,436 THE INCREDIBLE IMPORTANCE IN THE 180 13:15:50,436 --> 13:15:54,173 LONG RUN THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE 181 13:15:54,173 --> 13:15:56,442 MAKING. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S 182 13:15:56,442 --> 13:15:57,276 STILL A RELATIVELY NEW PROGRAM. 183 13:15:57,276 --> 13:15:59,711 UM, BUT I DO THINK THESE ARE 184 13:15:59,711 --> 13:16:02,414 CRITICAL INVESTMENTS, YOU KNOW, 185 13:16:02,414 --> 13:16:02,981 DURING THIS TIME WHERE, UM, 186 13:16:02,981 --> 13:16:03,982 WE'RE NOT SEEING THE GROWTH NOW 187 13:16:03,982 --> 13:16:05,517 THAT WE WERE A FEW YEARS AGO, 188 13:16:05,517 --> 13:16:06,752 BUT WHEN OUR CITY WAS GROWING, 189 13:16:06,752 --> 13:16:10,255 IT JUST RECORD PACE. UM, AND YOU 190 13:16:10,255 --> 13:16:12,558 WERE SEEING THE IMPACTS ON 191 13:16:12,558 --> 13:16:14,026 DISPLACEMENT. UM, AND WE 192 13:16:14,026 --> 13:16:15,494 OBVIOUSLY STILL HAVE THOSE 193 13:16:15,494 --> 13:16:17,129 DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES, BUT, UM, 194 13:16:17,129 --> 13:16:18,697 EDDIE WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE 195 13:16:18,697 --> 13:16:19,698 CRITICAL TOOLS AND CONTINUES TO 196 13:16:19,698 --> 13:16:23,669 BE. AND SO GLAD TO SEE CONTINUED 197 13:16:23,669 --> 13:16:24,403 SUPPORT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE 198 13:16:24,403 --> 13:16:26,138 CUT TO THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS, BUT 199 13:16:26,138 --> 13:16:29,074 OVERALL, UH, GLAD TO SEE. EDDIE. 200 13:16:29,074 --> 13:16:31,110 UM, BEING BEING CONTINUED TO BE 201 13:16:31,110 --> 13:16:32,511 SUPPORTED IN THIS BUDGET 202 13:16:32,511 --> 13:16:33,846 PROPOSAL. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 203 13:16:33,846 --> 13:16:35,581 >> UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 204 13:16:35,581 --> 13:16:37,916 LIN. AND WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE 205 13:16:37,916 --> 13:16:39,985 CONVERSATION ABOUT ONE TIME 206 13:16:39,985 --> 13:16:41,720 PROGRAMS VERSUS ONGOING, UH, 207 13:16:41,720 --> 13:16:44,923 LAST WEEK, WE GLOSSED OVER IT A 208 13:16:44,923 --> 13:16:46,325 LITTLE BIT WHILE OPCD WAS HERE. 209 13:16:46,325 --> 13:16:50,596 EDDIE WAS STARTED AS A ONE TIME 210 13:16:50,596 --> 13:16:53,565 PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE MEGA BLOCK 211 13:16:53,565 --> 13:16:56,201 SALE OF BROAD STREET THAT WAS 212 13:16:56,201 --> 13:16:58,837 VACATED DURING THE STATE ROUTE 213 13:16:58,837 --> 13:17:00,973 99 TUNNEL CONVERSION FROM THE 214 13:17:00,973 --> 13:17:02,841 VIADUCT. AND WE DECIDED TO MAKE 215 13:17:02,841 --> 13:17:05,377 IT ONGOING THROUGH THE JUMP 216 13:17:05,377 --> 13:17:08,480 START FUND AS ONE OF THE FOUR 217 13:17:08,480 --> 13:17:10,616 ORIGINAL PRIORITIES. CLEARLY, 218 13:17:10,616 --> 13:17:12,851 JUMPSTART HAS MANY MORE 219 13:17:12,851 --> 13:17:14,253 PRIORITIES NOW, AND IT IS ALSO 220 13:17:14,253 --> 13:17:15,921 IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE 221 13:17:15,921 --> 13:17:17,723 FUNDING THIS WORK. AS WE 222 13:17:17,723 --> 13:17:19,391 CELEBRATED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 223 13:17:19,391 --> 13:17:21,994 DAY YESTERDAY AT DAYBREAK STAR, 224 13:17:21,994 --> 13:17:24,530 IT WAS CLEAR THE IMPACT OF THE 225 13:17:24,530 --> 13:17:26,832 EDDIE FUNDING AS THEY HAVE BEEN 226 13:17:26,832 --> 13:17:28,700 RECIPIENTS OF THE EDDIE FUNDING 227 13:17:28,700 --> 13:17:30,869 TO MAKE STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS 228 13:17:30,869 --> 13:17:32,905 TO ENSURE THAT THEIR BUILDING IS 229 13:17:32,905 --> 13:17:35,174 SOUND. CONTINUING THAT LEGACY OF 230 13:17:35,174 --> 13:17:37,309 BERNIE WHITEBEAR AND OTHERS ON 231 13:17:37,309 --> 13:17:41,513 THE COUNCIL NO QUESTION FROM ME, 232 13:17:41,513 --> 13:17:44,249 COLLEAGUES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 233 13:17:44,249 --> 13:17:46,385 ABOUT OPCD BUDGET? WE'VE GOT 234 13:17:46,385 --> 13:17:49,688 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THANK YOU. 235 13:17:49,688 --> 13:17:50,722 >> AND, UM, APOLOGIES, MR. 236 13:17:50,722 --> 13:17:53,058 CHAIR, FOR MISSING THIS MORNING. 237 13:17:53,058 --> 13:17:56,495 APOLOGIES FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. 238 13:17:56,495 --> 13:17:59,498 SO, UM, MY FAVORITE EXCITING 239 13:17:59,498 --> 13:18:00,232 PEOPLE. LIN KETTLE. THANK YOU 240 13:18:00,232 --> 13:18:01,867 FOR BEING HERE. NOT THAT YOU'RE 241 13:18:01,867 --> 13:18:02,868 NOT EXCITING AS WELL, BUT I'VE 242 13:18:02,868 --> 13:18:05,404 BEEN AROUND WITH THESE TWO FOR 243 13:18:05,404 --> 13:18:06,171 QUITE A WHILE. UM, I WENT 244 13:18:06,171 --> 13:18:07,439 THROUGH THE, I WENT THROUGH THE 245 13:18:07,439 --> 13:18:10,275 OPCD, UM, ON THE, ON THE 26 AND 246 13:18:10,275 --> 13:18:12,177 27 BUDGET, WENT THROUGH THE 247 13:18:12,177 --> 13:18:15,147 REDUCTIONS. AND SO I JUST HAVE 248 13:18:15,147 --> 13:18:15,747 THE ONE STANDARD QUESTION AND 249 13:18:15,747 --> 13:18:17,783 IT'LL KEEP COMING UP AND I'M 250 13:18:17,783 --> 13:18:18,750 SURE I'LL DISCUSS IT WITH THE 251 13:18:18,750 --> 13:18:21,787 BUDGET CHAIR AS WELL. SO WE ARE, 252 13:18:21,787 --> 13:18:24,223 WE ARE CUTTING 500,000 OF THE 253 13:18:24,223 --> 13:18:26,124 ONE TIME PLANNING AND ACTIVATION 254 13:18:26,124 --> 13:18:28,527 FOR OPCD NORTH AURORA PLANNING 255 13:18:28,527 --> 13:18:32,197 WORK. CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT 256 13:18:32,197 --> 13:18:33,131 THAT? BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF 257 13:18:33,131 --> 13:18:34,433 STUFF GOING ON IN NORTH AURORA, 258 13:18:34,433 --> 13:18:35,601 SO I JUST WANT TO FIGURE THAT 259 13:18:35,601 --> 13:18:37,970 OUT. LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S THE 260 13:18:37,970 --> 13:18:40,405 JUSTIFICATION IN LIGHT OF THE 261 13:18:40,405 --> 13:18:41,306 SMALL BUSINESSES AND WHAT WE'RE 262 13:18:41,306 --> 13:18:42,741 STRUGGLING WITH? AND I 263 13:18:42,741 --> 13:18:44,142 UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE DEI 264 13:18:44,142 --> 13:18:47,079 PROGRAMS ARE ALSO BEING CUT. 265 13:18:47,079 --> 13:18:48,814 >> SO THE NORTH AURORA PLANNING 266 13:18:48,814 --> 13:18:50,515 WORK, I BELIEVE, WAS ADDED AS 267 13:18:50,515 --> 13:18:52,784 ONE TIME. AND SO UH, THAT WORK, 268 13:18:52,784 --> 13:18:54,353 WHILE IT MAY BE CONTINUING, I 269 13:18:54,353 --> 13:18:55,587 DON'T BELIEVE THAT OPCD IS 270 13:18:55,587 --> 13:18:57,456 SLATED TO BE THE LEAD ON IT 271 13:18:57,456 --> 13:18:58,991 INDEFINITELY. UM, BECAUSE OF 272 13:18:58,991 --> 13:19:00,926 BEING INTERDEPARTMENTAL, BUT WE 273 13:19:00,926 --> 13:19:02,394 CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION 274 13:19:02,394 --> 13:19:05,564 FOR YOU, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE 275 13:19:05,564 --> 13:19:05,831 MEETING. 276 13:19:05,831 --> 13:19:06,832 >> WELL, OKAY, SO LET'S GO BACK 277 13:19:06,832 --> 13:19:08,066 TO ONE TIME AND I KNOW PEOPLE 278 13:19:08,066 --> 13:19:10,736 HAVE SAID THIS. I DO UNDERSTAND 279 13:19:10,736 --> 13:19:12,504 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE TIME 280 13:19:12,504 --> 13:19:13,572 AND CONTINUING, BUT A LOT OF 281 13:19:13,572 --> 13:19:14,606 TIMES, ONE TIME MEANS THAT ONCE 282 13:19:14,606 --> 13:19:16,308 WE'VE DONE IT, WE REALIZE THAT 283 13:19:16,308 --> 13:19:18,076 IT WORKS AND THEN WE CONTINUE OR 284 13:19:18,076 --> 13:19:21,113 WE ADD MORE OR WE TAKE OUT. SO I 285 13:19:21,113 --> 13:19:23,115 GUESS A SWEEPING, WE'RE JUST 286 13:19:23,115 --> 13:19:24,116 TAKING OUT 500,000 BECAUSE IT 287 13:19:24,116 --> 13:19:25,784 WAS ONE TIME I'M NOT GOING 288 13:19:25,784 --> 13:19:28,720 ALONG WITH THE LABEL. UM, AND 289 13:19:28,720 --> 13:19:32,457 WHAT ABOUT THE DEI PIECE? 290 13:19:32,457 --> 13:19:34,359 >> ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE 291 13:19:34,359 --> 13:19:36,261 EDDIE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 292 13:19:36,261 --> 13:19:38,463 INITIATIVE? SO THAT PROGRAM IS 293 13:19:38,463 --> 13:19:39,731 CONTINUING AND IS FUNDED IN THE 294 13:19:39,731 --> 13:19:43,835 BUDGET. UM, THE ONE TIME ADS 295 13:19:43,835 --> 13:19:46,038 THAT COUNCIL APPROPRIATED LAST 296 13:19:46,038 --> 13:19:47,472 YEAR WERE FOR TWO EDDIE GRANTEES 297 13:19:47,472 --> 13:19:49,508 TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING 298 13:19:49,508 --> 13:19:51,576 BEYOND WHAT THEY RECEIVED 299 13:19:51,576 --> 13:19:53,111 THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS. 300 13:19:53,111 --> 13:19:54,646 AND SO THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS 301 13:19:54,646 --> 13:19:56,682 IS SLATED TO CONTINUE. BUT THOSE 302 13:19:56,682 --> 13:19:58,116 ONE TIME ADS BY COUNCIL ARE WHAT 303 13:19:58,116 --> 13:20:01,186 ARE PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED. 304 13:20:01,186 --> 13:20:05,724 >> AND BECAUSE THE EDDIE PROGRAM 305 13:20:05,724 --> 13:20:08,327 FUNDS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, IT'S 306 13:20:08,327 --> 13:20:09,194 PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR 307 13:20:09,194 --> 13:20:10,929 THOSE TO BE ONE TIME ADS RATHER 308 13:20:10,929 --> 13:20:13,065 THAN ONGOING. 309 13:20:13,065 --> 13:20:14,333 >> SO THE THIRD QUESTION, I HAD 310 13:20:14,333 --> 13:20:15,167 THE QUESTION ON THE 500,000 311 13:20:15,167 --> 13:20:15,901 BEING I KNOW IT WAS ONE TIME, 312 13:20:15,901 --> 13:20:17,302 BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE 313 13:20:17,302 --> 13:20:19,504 AGAIN, WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY NEED. 314 13:20:19,504 --> 13:20:21,974 THE REMOVAL OF THE 31 3100 AT 315 13:20:21,974 --> 13:20:25,143 ONE TIME. EDDIE. AND THEN THERE 316 13:20:25,143 --> 13:20:26,978 WAS THE 200,001 TIME JUMP START 317 13:20:26,978 --> 13:20:29,181 TAX FOR PLANNING ACTIVITIES 318 13:20:29,181 --> 13:20:30,849 RELATED TO HOUSING REPARATIONS. 319 13:20:30,849 --> 13:20:32,384 CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 320 13:20:32,384 --> 13:20:32,718 THAT WITH ME? 321 13:20:32,718 --> 13:20:36,588 >> AND YES. SO THE REPARATIONS 322 13:20:36,588 --> 13:20:38,890 WORK CROSSED AGAIN, SEVERAL 323 13:20:38,890 --> 13:20:40,726 DEPARTMENTS AND IN THE, UM, YEAR 324 13:20:40,726 --> 13:20:43,095 END, I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE 325 13:20:43,095 --> 13:20:44,830 200,000 THAT WAS SLATED FOR OPCD 326 13:20:44,830 --> 13:20:47,199 ONE TIME HAS ACTUALLY BEEN 327 13:20:47,199 --> 13:20:49,034 SLATED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE 328 13:20:49,034 --> 13:20:50,369 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. AND 329 13:20:50,369 --> 13:20:51,036 THAT'S BECAUSE THAT WORK NEEDED 330 13:20:51,036 --> 13:20:52,971 TO PROCEED. UH, THE REST OF THE 331 13:20:52,971 --> 13:20:54,406 WORK. SO I THINK THAT THERE WAS 332 13:20:54,406 --> 13:20:56,541 AN INITIAL CONCEPTION OF THE 333 13:20:56,541 --> 13:20:57,876 REPARATIONS WORK THAT INVOLVED 334 13:20:57,876 --> 13:20:59,711 MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, BUT 335 13:20:59,711 --> 13:21:00,512 FIGURING OUT THE SEQUENCING HAS 336 13:21:00,512 --> 13:21:01,947 SORT OF HAPPENED SINCE THEN. AND 337 13:21:01,947 --> 13:21:04,082 SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WITH THE 338 13:21:04,082 --> 13:21:06,451 $200,000 REDUCTION IS THE ONE 339 13:21:06,451 --> 13:21:08,854 TIME MONEY STILL HAS NOT BEEN 340 13:21:08,854 --> 13:21:10,188 SPENT AND IS BEING SLATED TO BE 341 13:21:10,188 --> 13:21:10,789 TRANSFERRED TO THE OFFICE OF 342 13:21:10,789 --> 13:21:12,591 CIVIL RIGHTS. AFTER THAT WORK IS 343 13:21:12,591 --> 13:21:13,558 COMPLETE. AT THAT POINT, IT MAY 344 13:21:13,558 --> 13:21:14,693 BE POSSIBLE THAT THERE IS A ROLE 345 13:21:14,693 --> 13:21:16,995 FOR OPCD, BUT I THINK AT THIS 346 13:21:16,995 --> 13:21:18,663 JUNCTURE IT SEEMED THAT OPCD 347 13:21:18,663 --> 13:21:19,731 WORK WAS NOT WHAT NEEDED TO 348 13:21:19,731 --> 13:21:21,199 HAPPEN. FIRST, FIRST OFFICE OF 349 13:21:21,199 --> 13:21:22,501 CIVIL RIGHTS HAD ACTIONS THEY 350 13:21:22,501 --> 13:21:23,802 NEEDED TO TAKE, AND WE CAN GET 351 13:21:23,802 --> 13:21:24,503 MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ON 352 13:21:24,503 --> 13:21:27,038 THAT. OR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 353 13:21:27,038 --> 13:21:27,606 CENTRAL STAFFER CAN SPEAK A 354 13:21:27,606 --> 13:21:29,708 LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE 355 13:21:29,708 --> 13:21:31,009 DETAIL TO THE OCR PIECE. BUT, 356 13:21:31,009 --> 13:21:33,211 UM, SO THE ONE TIME ADDITION IS 357 13:21:33,211 --> 13:21:35,313 BEING PROPOSED TO BE CUT AT THIS 358 13:21:35,313 --> 13:21:36,048 POINT, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, 359 13:21:36,048 --> 13:21:38,483 THERE'S NOTHING FOR OPCD TO DO 360 13:21:38,483 --> 13:21:41,553 SINCE THE WORK IS BEING LED BY 361 13:21:41,553 --> 13:21:41,987 ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. 362 13:21:41,987 --> 13:21:43,588 >> OKAY. SO I GUESS FOR ME, I 363 13:21:43,588 --> 13:21:45,157 JUST WANT TO DISABUSE PEOPLE 364 13:21:45,157 --> 13:21:46,958 THAT ARE WATCHING THIS AND KIND 365 13:21:46,958 --> 13:21:48,093 OF CUT THE SNARK. WE DO 366 13:21:48,093 --> 13:21:49,728 UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE 367 13:21:49,728 --> 13:21:50,929 BETWEEN ONE TIME AND ONGOING AND 368 13:21:50,929 --> 13:21:52,030 A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, AND I 369 13:21:52,030 --> 13:21:53,231 CAN LIST AT LEAST 15 OFF THE TOP 370 13:21:53,231 --> 13:21:55,700 OF MY HEAD. THAT STARTED OFF AS 371 13:21:55,700 --> 13:21:57,436 ONE TIME, ONE OF THEM BEING LEAD 372 13:21:57,436 --> 13:22:00,338 AND COLEAD. UM, SO I JUST, I AM 373 13:22:00,338 --> 13:22:02,107 GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU ON THE 374 13:22:02,107 --> 13:22:03,809 500,000 BECAUSE THAT, THAT DOES 375 13:22:03,809 --> 13:22:04,576 CONCERN ME. AND I THINK I SHARED 376 13:22:04,576 --> 13:22:05,977 SOME OF THIS WITH THE, WITH THE 377 13:22:05,977 --> 13:22:08,580 BUDGET CHAIR AS WELL. SO THANK 378 13:22:08,580 --> 13:22:10,015 YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MR. 379 13:22:10,015 --> 13:22:10,248 CHAIR. 380 13:22:10,248 --> 13:22:11,616 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 381 13:22:11,616 --> 13:22:13,118 JUAREZ. AND LAST YEAR, IT WAS 382 13:22:13,118 --> 13:22:15,153 VERY CLEAR THAT ONE TIME WORK 383 13:22:15,153 --> 13:22:17,355 DID NEED TO OCCUR FROM OPCD ON 384 13:22:17,355 --> 13:22:20,959 NORTH AURORA. AND WE ALSO KNOW 385 13:22:20,959 --> 13:22:22,127 THAT MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. 386 13:22:22,127 --> 13:22:24,362 SO BOTH STATEMENTS ARE TRUE. AND 387 13:22:24,362 --> 13:22:25,730 ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'D 388 13:22:25,730 --> 13:22:30,702 LIKE US TO FOLLOW UP WITH OPCD 389 13:22:30,702 --> 13:22:32,704 IS, WAS THAT $500,000 USED, WERE 390 13:22:32,704 --> 13:22:34,940 THOSE OUTCOMES ACHIEVED OR WAS 391 13:22:34,940 --> 13:22:37,375 IT ONE TIME FUNDING THAT WAS 392 13:22:37,375 --> 13:22:39,578 NEVER IMPLEMENTED? BECAUSE THOSE 393 13:22:39,578 --> 13:22:40,879 ANSWERS ARE JUST VERY DIFFERENT. 394 13:22:40,879 --> 13:22:42,247 SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 395 13:22:42,247 --> 13:22:43,582 JUAREZ, FOR FLAGGING THAT. 396 13:22:43,582 --> 13:22:44,516 COUNCIL PRESIDENT I SEE YOU'VE 397 13:22:44,516 --> 13:22:45,050 GOT YOUR HAND. 398 13:22:45,050 --> 13:22:46,084 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I'LL BE 399 13:22:46,084 --> 13:22:48,487 I'LL BE QUICK. I JUST WANTED TO 400 13:22:48,487 --> 13:22:49,955 CLARIFY SOMETHING AND I'M. 401 13:22:49,955 --> 13:22:50,622 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 402 13:22:50,622 --> 13:22:52,224 FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THANK YOU 403 13:22:52,224 --> 13:22:54,059 FOR THE PRESENTATION. HB AS 404 13:22:54,059 --> 13:22:56,862 WELL. YOU KNOW, YOU SAYING 405 13:22:56,862 --> 13:22:59,531 KETTLE AND LISH RUN AWAY. OKAY. 406 13:22:59,531 --> 13:23:01,166 HB IS VERY EXCITING. OKAY. BUT 407 13:23:01,166 --> 13:23:02,934 UM, BUT SUPER QUICK BECAUSE I 408 13:23:02,934 --> 13:23:04,302 THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING BECAUSE 409 13:23:04,302 --> 13:23:05,170 I'VE BEEN FIELDING A LOT OF 410 13:23:05,170 --> 13:23:06,872 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 200,000 411 13:23:06,872 --> 13:23:08,273 THAT'S BEEN TRANSFERRED TO 412 13:23:08,273 --> 13:23:09,708 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS. WE 413 13:23:09,708 --> 13:23:11,343 RECEIVED A MEMO. I KNOW 414 13:23:11,343 --> 13:23:11,943 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HAS BEEN 415 13:23:11,943 --> 13:23:13,545 WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS 416 13:23:13,545 --> 13:23:18,416 BECAUSE IT WAS IN OFFICE OF 417 13:23:18,416 --> 13:23:21,653 HOUSING. UH, COMMITTEE, UM, 418 13:23:21,653 --> 13:23:23,455 REGARDING THE REPARATIONS PIECE 419 13:23:23,455 --> 13:23:24,823 THAT THE PREVIOUS MAYOR HAD 420 13:23:24,823 --> 13:23:25,924 PROMISED THAT CAN HAS BEEN 421 13:23:25,924 --> 13:23:28,493 KICKED DOWN THE ROAD A LITTLE 422 13:23:28,493 --> 13:23:31,129 BIT FOR STUDIES. UM, AND SO NOW, 423 13:23:31,129 --> 13:23:32,864 AND I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING A 424 13:23:32,864 --> 13:23:34,199 MEMO AND WORKING WITH CENTRAL 425 13:23:34,199 --> 13:23:36,635 STAFF AS WELL. THERE'S BEEN 426 13:23:36,635 --> 13:23:37,302 PROMISES MADE SINCE 2020 TO 427 13:23:37,302 --> 13:23:39,905 COMMUNITIES REGARDING FUNDING, 428 13:23:39,905 --> 13:23:43,241 WHETHER IT WAS 100 MILLION 429 13:23:43,241 --> 13:23:43,708 PARTICIPATORY BUDGET 430 13:23:43,708 --> 13:23:44,676 REPARATIONS. WE CAN GO DOWN THE 431 13:23:44,676 --> 13:23:46,945 LINE THAT I THINK THE 432 13:23:46,945 --> 13:23:48,246 IMPLEMENTATION OF IT FROM OUR 433 13:23:48,246 --> 13:23:50,549 CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, HASN'T HAD 434 13:23:50,549 --> 13:23:51,950 THE IMPACT THAT IT SHOULD. AND 435 13:23:51,950 --> 13:23:53,285 NOW WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO 436 13:23:53,285 --> 13:23:54,052 DO A STUDY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A 437 13:23:54,052 --> 13:23:55,654 STUDY, WE'RE GOING TO DO A 438 13:23:55,654 --> 13:23:58,156 STUDY. UM, SO I THINK IT'S, 439 13:23:58,156 --> 13:24:00,058 IT'S WELL WORTH NOTED, UM, IN 440 13:24:00,058 --> 13:24:01,826 THE MEMO THAT WE'LL BE 441 13:24:01,826 --> 13:24:02,360 RELEASING FROM OUR OFFICE 442 13:24:02,360 --> 13:24:03,061 BECAUSE THERE'S JUST A TON OF 443 13:24:03,061 --> 13:24:05,363 PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS 444 13:24:05,363 --> 13:24:06,865 REGARDING, HEY, WHAT ARE THE 445 13:24:06,865 --> 13:24:08,099 INVESTMENTS DONE THAT PEOPLE 446 13:24:08,099 --> 13:24:09,601 HAVE MADE PROMISES ABOUT AND HOW 447 13:24:09,601 --> 13:24:11,036 THEY'VE IMPACTED THE COMMUNITY? 448 13:24:11,036 --> 13:24:13,338 AND I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING 449 13:24:13,338 --> 13:24:14,372 THAT THIS TRANSFER OF MONEY AND 450 13:24:14,372 --> 13:24:16,207 THE MEMO THAT WE RECEIVED SAYING 451 13:24:16,207 --> 13:24:20,612 THAT WE WILL DO ANOTHER STUDY, 452 13:24:20,612 --> 13:24:22,414 UM, IS A PROBLEM FOR ME. UM, 453 13:24:22,414 --> 13:24:24,616 BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE PROMISES TO 454 13:24:24,616 --> 13:24:26,885 PEOPLE. UM, AND WE HAVE MADE 455 13:24:26,885 --> 13:24:27,919 COMMITMENTS AND SOME OF THE ONE 456 13:24:27,919 --> 13:24:31,790 TIME FUNDING THAT THE CITY HAS 457 13:24:31,790 --> 13:24:34,092 MADE AND CHOSEN NOT TO CONTINUE 458 13:24:34,092 --> 13:24:35,093 THOSE. AND SOME HAVE BEEN CHERRY 459 13:24:35,093 --> 13:24:36,228 PICKED OR NOT, WHETHER IT'S THE 460 13:24:36,228 --> 13:24:38,563 FOOD MONEY, UH, THE INVESTMENT 461 13:24:38,563 --> 13:24:41,199 THAT THE COUNCIL HAS MADE OR 462 13:24:41,199 --> 13:24:41,766 OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS THAT 463 13:24:41,766 --> 13:24:44,035 WE'VE HAD ONE TIME HAVE BEEN 464 13:24:44,035 --> 13:24:45,737 DECIDED BY THE EXECUTIVE TO 465 13:24:45,737 --> 13:24:46,838 CONTINUE SOME OF THOSE, UM, 466 13:24:46,838 --> 13:24:48,907 WITHIN THE BUDGET AND SOME 467 13:24:48,907 --> 13:24:49,941 THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID. HEY, 468 13:24:49,941 --> 13:24:52,544 WELL, THESE WERE ONLY ONE TIME 469 13:24:52,544 --> 13:24:53,345 AND I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC, I 470 13:24:53,345 --> 13:24:54,646 THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE WRONG 471 13:24:54,646 --> 13:24:55,680 PERCEPTION. SAY, WELL, THESE 472 13:24:55,680 --> 13:24:56,548 WERE ONLY ONE TIME WE'RE. SO 473 13:24:56,548 --> 13:25:00,018 WERE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS AS 474 13:25:00,018 --> 13:25:00,652 WELL. BUT THOSE WERE THOSE WERE 475 13:25:00,652 --> 13:25:01,553 CHOSEN TO CONTINUE BECAUSE THOSE 476 13:25:01,553 --> 13:25:03,355 HAVE BEEN PRIORITIES. AND I 477 13:25:03,355 --> 13:25:06,458 SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE. BUT I ALSO 478 13:25:06,458 --> 13:25:07,459 SUPPORT SOME OF THE PROMISES 479 13:25:07,459 --> 13:25:09,060 THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO COMMUNITY 480 13:25:09,060 --> 13:25:10,195 THIS YEAR WITH MEETINGS THAT 481 13:25:10,195 --> 13:25:10,795 HAVE HAPPENED, THAT HAVE BEEN 482 13:25:10,795 --> 13:25:13,632 BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, THAT 483 13:25:13,632 --> 13:25:15,133 SAID, THAT PROMISES THAT CERTAIN 484 13:25:15,133 --> 13:25:16,334 STUFF WAS NOT GOING TO BE 485 13:25:16,334 --> 13:25:18,303 TOUCHED OR CERTAIN THINGS WERE 486 13:25:18,303 --> 13:25:19,337 GOING TO CONTINUE, AND NOW 487 13:25:19,337 --> 13:25:20,605 THEY'RE NOT. AND NOW COUNCIL IS 488 13:25:20,605 --> 13:25:23,608 LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. SO WE'RE 489 13:25:23,608 --> 13:25:24,209 GOING TO BE PROVIDING A MEMO, 490 13:25:24,209 --> 13:25:25,944 ESPECIALLY TO MY COLLEAGUES IN 491 13:25:25,944 --> 13:25:27,145 THE NEXT WEEK, REGARDING SOME OF 492 13:25:27,145 --> 13:25:28,213 THOSE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE, 493 13:25:28,213 --> 13:25:30,782 SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HAS NOT 494 13:25:30,782 --> 13:25:31,916 BEEN CONTINUING DOWN THE LINE, 495 13:25:31,916 --> 13:25:33,218 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 496 13:25:33,218 --> 13:25:34,486 FOR US TO KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN 497 13:25:34,486 --> 13:25:35,220 PROMISED AND WHAT HAS NOT, AND 498 13:25:35,220 --> 13:25:36,688 WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME 499 13:25:36,688 --> 13:25:38,823 DOWN HERE AND ASK FOR AND EXPECT 500 13:25:38,823 --> 13:25:40,592 US AS COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE ABLE 501 13:25:40,592 --> 13:25:41,993 TO DELIVER ON THOSE PROMISES 502 13:25:41,993 --> 13:25:43,928 THAT WERE, WERE, WERE MADE. SO I 503 13:25:43,928 --> 13:25:45,463 JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, 504 13:25:45,463 --> 13:25:47,098 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT 505 13:25:47,098 --> 13:25:48,633 TO KNOW, AND I'M LOOKING 506 13:25:48,633 --> 13:25:51,936 FORWARD TO US NAVIGATING THAT. 507 13:25:51,936 --> 13:25:52,570 NO ONE IS BLAMING ANYONE HERE, 508 13:25:52,570 --> 13:25:53,438 BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 509 13:25:53,438 --> 13:25:55,740 FIGURE OUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE 510 13:25:55,740 --> 13:25:57,842 CERTAIN THINGS AND FIGURE OUT 511 13:25:57,842 --> 13:26:00,045 WHAT PROMISES ARE GOING TO BE 512 13:26:00,045 --> 13:26:03,081 KEPT AND, AND HOW WE CAN, UM, 513 13:26:03,081 --> 13:26:03,581 REALLY DELIVER FOR SOME 514 13:26:03,581 --> 13:26:05,483 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU. 515 13:26:05,483 --> 13:26:08,086 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, 516 13:26:08,086 --> 13:26:09,921 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 517 13:26:09,921 --> 13:26:11,256 I SEE WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 518 13:26:11,256 --> 13:26:13,458 FOSTER. AND THEN. COUNCILMEMBER 519 13:26:13,458 --> 13:26:13,692 RIVERA. 520 13:26:13,692 --> 13:26:14,559 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, I 521 13:26:14,559 --> 13:26:16,061 APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANTED 522 13:26:16,061 --> 13:26:17,362 TO QUICKLY FOLLOW UP ON THE. 523 13:26:17,362 --> 13:26:18,763 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 524 13:26:18,763 --> 13:26:21,166 FOR THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE 525 13:26:21,166 --> 13:26:24,202 REPARATIONS. UM, STUDY. I JUST, 526 13:26:24,202 --> 13:26:25,170 UH, WHAT MY CURRENT 527 13:26:25,170 --> 13:26:25,837 UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THERE WAS, 528 13:26:25,837 --> 13:26:27,205 AS WE ALREADY SAID, THIS SORT OF 529 13:26:27,205 --> 13:26:29,107 THE FUND TRANSFER INTO OFFICE OF 530 13:26:29,107 --> 13:26:30,875 CIVIL RIGHTS. BUT AND MAYBE THIS 531 13:26:30,875 --> 13:26:33,244 WILL COME UP AT A DIFFERENT TIME 532 13:26:33,244 --> 13:26:35,280 DURING BUDGET. I'M NOT SURE IF 533 13:26:35,280 --> 13:26:36,381 THIS IS THE RIGHT CENTRAL STAFF 534 13:26:36,381 --> 13:26:38,216 AT THE TABLE, BUT IT'S MY 535 13:26:38,216 --> 13:26:41,519 UNDERSTANDING THAT IN ORDER TO 536 13:26:41,519 --> 13:26:42,854 MAKE ANY FUTURE ALLOCATIONS, WE 537 13:26:42,854 --> 13:26:45,757 NEEDED TO FIRST HAVE A STUDY 538 13:26:45,757 --> 13:26:48,159 DOCUMENTING HARM AND TO HAVE THE 539 13:26:48,159 --> 13:26:49,694 HARM STUDY IN PLACE. AND SO WE 540 13:26:49,694 --> 13:26:51,629 HAD THIS IN MY COMMITTEE A FEW 541 13:26:51,629 --> 13:26:52,230 TIMES. I THINK WE HAD A 542 13:26:52,230 --> 13:26:53,431 COMMITTEE MAYBE ONCE THIS YEAR 543 13:26:53,431 --> 13:26:55,033 IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT WHAT THE 544 13:26:55,033 --> 13:26:58,036 STATE HAD DONE WITH THEIR 545 13:26:58,036 --> 13:26:59,003 PROCESS. AND SO LOOKING AT THAT 546 13:26:59,003 --> 13:27:00,739 STATE PROCESS, THEY HAD A 547 13:27:00,739 --> 13:27:03,041 SPECIFIC HARM STUDY THAT THEY 548 13:27:03,041 --> 13:27:04,409 COMPLETED. AND THEN FOLLOWING 549 13:27:04,409 --> 13:27:05,643 THE RESULTS OF THAT HARM STUDY, 550 13:27:05,643 --> 13:27:07,479 THEY WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THOSE 551 13:27:07,479 --> 13:27:09,781 RESOURCES. SO THAT'S MY CURRENT 552 13:27:09,781 --> 13:27:11,516 UNDERSTANDING OF THE THE USE OF 553 13:27:11,516 --> 13:27:14,519 THE FUNDS FOR THE STUDY. BUT I 554 13:27:14,519 --> 13:27:15,153 LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING MORE ON 555 13:27:15,153 --> 13:27:16,688 THIS. I KNOW I WASN'T HERE WHEN 556 13:27:16,688 --> 13:27:18,623 THIS WAS APPROPRIATED LAST YEAR, 557 13:27:18,623 --> 13:27:20,225 BUT I DO. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING 558 13:27:20,225 --> 13:27:21,693 THAT WE STILL NEED THAT RESEARCH 559 13:27:21,693 --> 13:27:24,062 IN ORDER TO ALLOCATE HAPPY TO BE 560 13:27:24,062 --> 13:27:25,663 WRONG BECAUSE LOVE TO GO FASTER 561 13:27:25,663 --> 13:27:26,831 THERE. UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 562 13:27:26,831 --> 13:27:30,135 THAT CONVERSATION. 563 13:27:30,135 --> 13:27:33,638 >> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS 564 13:27:33,638 --> 13:27:33,838 WELL. 565 13:27:33,838 --> 13:27:35,874 >> FANTASTIC. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL 566 13:27:35,874 --> 13:27:37,008 RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 567 13:27:37,008 --> 13:27:39,677 FOSTER. WE'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 568 13:27:39,677 --> 13:27:41,346 RIVERA AND THEN GOT COUNCIL 569 13:27:41,346 --> 13:27:42,180 PRESIDENT AGAIN. 570 13:27:42,180 --> 13:27:45,717 >> THANK YOU. UM, THANKS FOR 571 13:27:45,717 --> 13:27:48,419 BEING HERE. I JUST WANT TO 572 13:27:48,419 --> 13:27:51,089 CONFIRM IT SAYS ON THE PLANNING 573 13:27:51,089 --> 13:27:54,025 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 574 13:27:54,025 --> 13:27:55,860 DIVISION 1.5 VACANCY. SO THAT'S 575 13:27:55,860 --> 13:27:56,828 A PERSON AND A HALF ARE GOING TO 576 13:27:56,828 --> 13:28:00,398 GET CUT FROM THIS BUDGET. AND AS 577 13:28:00,398 --> 13:28:03,568 I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, ABOUT 578 13:28:03,568 --> 13:28:06,171 OPCD IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING 579 13:28:06,171 --> 13:28:08,973 AROUND COMPREHENSIVE, THE 580 13:28:08,973 --> 13:28:09,541 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE 581 13:28:09,541 --> 13:28:13,211 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, OPCD 582 13:28:13,211 --> 13:28:15,213 CONSTITUENTS HAVE FELT NOT 583 13:28:15,213 --> 13:28:18,750 REACHED OUT TO BY OPCD UM, IN A 584 13:28:18,750 --> 13:28:20,151 PROPER MANNER WHEN, WHEN OR AT 585 13:28:20,151 --> 13:28:22,387 ALL, QUITE FRANKLY, WHEN 586 13:28:22,387 --> 13:28:23,855 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS GETTING 587 13:28:23,855 --> 13:28:27,292 PUT TOGETHER. AND NOW WE HAVE 588 13:28:27,292 --> 13:28:27,892 CONTINUING PIECES. OBVIOUSLY, 589 13:28:27,892 --> 13:28:28,560 WE'RE ACTUALLY ALWAYS WORKING 590 13:28:28,560 --> 13:28:30,795 ON A PIECE OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 591 13:28:30,795 --> 13:28:34,132 IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. SO I'M 592 13:28:34,132 --> 13:28:34,732 CONCERNED ABOUT REDUCTION TO 593 13:28:34,732 --> 13:28:37,368 THIS PARTICULAR DIVISION AND 594 13:28:37,368 --> 13:28:38,636 WHAT IMPACTS THIS THIS WILL 595 13:28:38,636 --> 13:28:40,538 HAVE. AND WHEN IT SAYS VACANT, 596 13:28:40,538 --> 13:28:43,741 HOW LONG HAVE THEY ACTUALLY BEEN 597 13:28:43,741 --> 13:28:45,743 VACANT AND HOW IS THE DEPARTMENT 598 13:28:45,743 --> 13:28:46,411 GOING TO BE ABSORBING THIS WORK? 599 13:28:46,411 --> 13:28:48,546 BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, 600 13:28:48,546 --> 13:28:50,315 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS 601 13:28:50,315 --> 13:28:53,251 DEPARTMENT IS DOING BETTER 602 13:28:53,251 --> 13:28:53,852 ENGAGEMENT WITH CONSTITUENTS 603 13:28:53,852 --> 13:28:56,421 ACROSS THE CITY, NOT JUST TO THE 604 13:28:56,421 --> 13:28:58,022 CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY THAT THEY 605 13:28:58,022 --> 13:28:59,090 CARE ABOUT, QUITE FRANKLY, BUT 606 13:28:59,090 --> 13:29:01,159 TO EVERYONE. BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE 607 13:29:01,159 --> 13:29:02,827 DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE 608 13:29:02,827 --> 13:29:03,995 INFORMATION, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY 609 13:29:03,995 --> 13:29:05,864 WERE PURPOSEFULLY EXCLUDED. AND 610 13:29:05,864 --> 13:29:08,366 SO I THINK THIS DEPARTMENT HAS A 611 13:29:08,366 --> 13:29:09,534 LONG WAY IN WORK TO DO TO MAKE 612 13:29:09,534 --> 13:29:12,303 SURE THAT THEY ARE COMMUNICATING 613 13:29:12,303 --> 13:29:16,074 WITH THE CONSTITUENTS WRIT LARGE 614 13:29:16,074 --> 13:29:18,443 >> YEAH. I CAN SPEAK TO HOW 615 13:29:18,443 --> 13:29:20,311 THESE ROLES ARE ENGAGED WITH THE 616 13:29:20,311 --> 13:29:21,813 WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC. SO ONE 617 13:29:21,813 --> 13:29:24,516 OF THE POSITIONS, THE FULL TIME 618 13:29:24,516 --> 13:29:26,284 POSITION, WAS DEDICATED TO THE 619 13:29:26,284 --> 13:29:27,018 DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN, AND IT 620 13:29:27,018 --> 13:29:27,852 HAS BEEN VACANT FOR, I BELIEVE, 621 13:29:27,852 --> 13:29:31,022 MOST OF 2026 AND WAS SCHEDULED 622 13:29:31,022 --> 13:29:35,026 TO SUNSET IN JANUARY 2028. SO I 623 13:29:35,026 --> 13:29:37,295 THINK WITH SHIFTING PRIORITIES, 624 13:29:37,295 --> 13:29:38,663 THAT WORK HAD ALREADY SORT OF 625 13:29:38,663 --> 13:29:39,864 QUIETED DOWN. AND SO I DON'T 626 13:29:39,864 --> 13:29:41,966 BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD SEE ANY 627 13:29:41,966 --> 13:29:43,034 IMPACTS TO THE BROADER KIND OF 628 13:29:43,034 --> 13:29:45,303 CITY WIDE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE 629 13:29:45,303 --> 13:29:46,571 DISCUSSING FROM THE REMOVAL OF 630 13:29:46,571 --> 13:29:48,072 THAT POSITION, THE HALF TIME 631 13:29:48,072 --> 13:29:49,774 POSITION DID PROVIDE SORT OF 632 13:29:49,774 --> 13:29:51,376 FRONT DESK SUPPORT, WHICH COULD 633 13:29:51,376 --> 13:29:53,578 IMPACT THE PUBLIC IN SOME WAYS. 634 13:29:53,578 --> 13:29:56,781 IT, UH, THAT POSITION SORT OF 635 13:29:56,781 --> 13:29:58,116 HELPED FIELD PHONE CALLS AND, 636 13:29:58,116 --> 13:30:00,785 UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WAS A 637 13:30:00,785 --> 13:30:03,187 GENERAL PHONE LINE INTO THE 638 13:30:03,187 --> 13:30:04,355 DEPARTMENT FOR THE PUBLIC. AND 639 13:30:04,355 --> 13:30:06,057 IT'S LIKELY TO BE REPLACED WITH 640 13:30:06,057 --> 13:30:08,359 LIKE A VOICE MESSAGE. AND SO YOU 641 13:30:08,359 --> 13:30:10,228 COULD SEE SOME AMOUNT OF IMPACTS 642 13:30:10,228 --> 13:30:11,629 TO PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO ACCESS 643 13:30:11,629 --> 13:30:12,430 THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE 644 13:30:12,430 --> 13:30:13,998 WANTING. IF THEY ARE THE TYPE 645 13:30:13,998 --> 13:30:15,066 WHO WOULD PICK UP THE PHONE TO 646 13:30:15,066 --> 13:30:16,167 CALL VERSUS, FOR INSTANCE, 647 13:30:16,167 --> 13:30:17,335 LOOKING ON A WEBSITE OR FINDING 648 13:30:17,335 --> 13:30:19,904 OTHER CONTACTS SO YOU COULD SEE 649 13:30:19,904 --> 13:30:21,773 SOME IMPACT FROM THAT POSITION. 650 13:30:21,773 --> 13:30:22,273 HOWEVER, NEITHER OF THE 651 13:30:22,273 --> 13:30:23,741 POSITIONS WAS FOCUSED ON 652 13:30:23,741 --> 13:30:25,043 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 653 13:30:25,043 --> 13:30:26,444 IMPLEMENTATION. THAT TEAM HAS 654 13:30:26,444 --> 13:30:28,246 NOT BEEN CUT AT ALL, AND NO 655 13:30:28,246 --> 13:30:30,248 OUTREACH BUDGET HAS BEEN CUT. 656 13:30:30,248 --> 13:30:31,182 AND COUNCIL'S ADDITION, AS I 657 13:30:31,182 --> 13:30:33,084 MENTIONED LAST YEAR FOR OUTREACH 658 13:30:33,084 --> 13:30:34,452 WAS CONTINUED. SO I THINK IN 659 13:30:34,452 --> 13:30:36,454 GENERAL, THE DEPARTMENT IS STILL 660 13:30:36,454 --> 13:30:39,057 WELL RESOURCED FOR OUTREACH AS 661 13:30:39,057 --> 13:30:40,558 COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. 662 13:30:40,558 --> 13:30:44,295 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HB ARE 663 13:30:44,295 --> 13:30:45,396 THERE OTHER FOLKS BESIDES THIS 664 13:30:45,396 --> 13:30:47,298 POINT? FIVE FRONT DESK PERSON 665 13:30:47,298 --> 13:30:48,700 ANSWERING THE PHONE? OR DOES 666 13:30:48,700 --> 13:30:49,968 THIS MEAN NOBODY'S GOING TO BE 667 13:30:49,968 --> 13:30:51,169 ANSWERING THE PHONE? 668 13:30:51,169 --> 13:30:53,738 >> I BELIEVE THEY HAVE OTHER 669 13:30:53,738 --> 13:30:54,372 ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, BUT I 670 13:30:54,372 --> 13:30:55,840 DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IF THEY HAVE 671 13:30:55,840 --> 13:30:56,774 WHAT THE PHONE LINE SITUATION 672 13:30:56,774 --> 13:30:58,009 IS, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT. 673 13:30:58,009 --> 13:31:01,746 >> THANK YOU. HB UM, THANK YOU, 674 13:31:01,746 --> 13:31:02,113 COUNCILMEMBER. 675 13:31:02,113 --> 13:31:02,680 >> STRAUSS THANK YOU, VICE 676 13:31:02,680 --> 13:31:04,315 CHAIR. RIVERA. COUNCIL 677 13:31:04,315 --> 13:31:04,916 PRESIDENT. 678 13:31:04,916 --> 13:31:06,150 >> I JUST HAD A FOLLOW UP AND I 679 13:31:06,150 --> 13:31:07,919 REALLY APPRECIATE. COUNCILMEMBER 680 13:31:07,919 --> 13:31:09,053 FOSTER. BRINGING THAT BECAUSE IT 681 13:31:09,053 --> 13:31:10,188 IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE 682 13:31:10,188 --> 13:31:12,757 NEEDS TO BE A STUDY TO FIND OUT 683 13:31:12,757 --> 13:31:14,258 THE HARMS AND SO FORTH. AND THEN 684 13:31:14,258 --> 13:31:14,926 THERE'S ALSO THERE ARE STUDIES 685 13:31:14,926 --> 13:31:17,161 AT KING COUNTY AND THE STATE 686 13:31:17,161 --> 13:31:18,696 THAT HAVE DONE. AND FROM MY 687 13:31:18,696 --> 13:31:19,330 UNDERSTANDING, WE WERE GOING TO 688 13:31:19,330 --> 13:31:22,000 CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN 689 13:31:22,000 --> 13:31:23,401 COMMUNITY. WHILE WE'RE WAITING 690 13:31:23,401 --> 13:31:24,902 ON THE STUDY. AND THERE WERE 691 13:31:24,902 --> 13:31:26,437 SOME PROMISES MADE TO COMMUNITY 692 13:31:26,437 --> 13:31:27,305 MEMBERS. AND THERE'S SOME ONE 693 13:31:27,305 --> 13:31:29,507 TIME FUNDINGS THAT WERE NOT 694 13:31:29,507 --> 13:31:31,676 CONTINUED. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND 695 13:31:31,676 --> 13:31:33,277 YES, I WOULD LOVE IT TO GO 696 13:31:33,277 --> 13:31:35,146 FASTER. AND SO THAT'S THE OTHER 697 13:31:35,146 --> 13:31:37,081 THING. SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT 698 13:31:37,081 --> 13:31:38,182 BLAMING ANYONE. I THINK IT'S 699 13:31:38,182 --> 13:31:39,951 JUST LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A 700 13:31:39,951 --> 13:31:44,522 CLEAR, UM, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING 701 13:31:44,522 --> 13:31:46,591 ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD 702 13:31:46,591 --> 13:31:48,026 VERY INTENTIONALLY SO WE CAN BE 703 13:31:48,026 --> 13:31:50,561 ABLE TO HAVE THE IMPACTS ON 704 13:31:50,561 --> 13:31:51,195 COMMUNITIES AND LOOKING FORWARD 705 13:31:51,195 --> 13:31:53,564 TO THE STUDY AS WELL. HOWEVER, 706 13:31:53,564 --> 13:31:54,932 YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION AND SAY, 707 13:31:54,932 --> 13:31:57,769 THERE ARE STUDIES OUT THERE THAT 708 13:31:57,769 --> 13:31:58,636 ARE WITHIN KING COUNTY AND THE 709 13:31:58,636 --> 13:32:01,239 STATE THAT WE COULD UTILIZE TO 710 13:32:01,239 --> 13:32:03,241 MOVE SOME PROGRAMING FORWARD 711 13:32:03,241 --> 13:32:04,442 BASED ON SOME STUDIES OUT THERE. 712 13:32:04,442 --> 13:32:06,511 BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY 713 13:32:06,511 --> 13:32:07,245 HAS TO MAKE IT AND DO ONE TO BE 714 13:32:07,245 --> 13:32:08,880 ABLE TO HAVE SOME MORE IMPACT. 715 13:32:08,880 --> 13:32:11,682 SO I FULLY SUPPORT SUPPORT THAT 716 13:32:11,682 --> 13:32:14,085 AND REALLY VERY GRATEFUL FOR 717 13:32:14,085 --> 13:32:14,919 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER LEADERSHIP 718 13:32:14,919 --> 13:32:15,953 ON THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S 719 13:32:15,953 --> 13:32:17,488 BEEN A PRIORITY SINCE YOU'VE 720 13:32:17,488 --> 13:32:18,623 YOU'VE COME IN AND WANTED TO, 721 13:32:18,623 --> 13:32:20,324 TO MAKE SURE THAT I, I SAID THAT 722 13:32:20,324 --> 13:32:21,426 ON THE RECORD AS WELL. SO THANK 723 13:32:21,426 --> 13:32:23,428 YOU. 724 13:32:23,428 --> 13:32:24,562 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 725 13:32:24,562 --> 13:32:25,196 ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE COMMITTEE 726 13:32:25,196 --> 13:32:26,330 TABLE RIGHT NOW? I'M GOING TO 727 13:32:26,330 --> 13:32:27,799 TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER 728 13:32:27,799 --> 13:32:29,267 LIN AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 729 13:32:29,267 --> 13:32:31,402 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT. UH. 730 13:32:31,402 --> 13:32:33,738 >> UM, JUST ONE COMMENT. JUST ON 731 13:32:33,738 --> 13:32:35,873 THE NORTH, AURORA. UM, I KNOW 732 13:32:35,873 --> 13:32:39,711 THAT THERE'S, UM, IT WAS 733 13:32:39,711 --> 13:32:40,311 CHATTING WITH SENATOR VALDEZ, 734 13:32:40,311 --> 13:32:41,879 WHO'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR FUNDING 735 13:32:41,879 --> 13:32:45,216 FOR NORTH AURORA. AND SO I JUST 736 13:32:45,216 --> 13:32:46,184 I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU 737 13:32:46,184 --> 13:32:49,020 KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO ON OUR 738 13:32:49,020 --> 13:32:49,654 END. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS 739 13:32:49,654 --> 13:32:51,722 JUST LOOKING AT THE NORTH AURORA 740 13:32:51,722 --> 13:32:53,024 TIMELINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE AT 741 13:32:53,024 --> 13:32:54,859 LEAST ON THE OPCD PLANNING, UM, 742 13:32:54,859 --> 13:32:57,095 YOU KNOW, IT'S A MULTI YEAR 743 13:32:57,095 --> 13:33:01,065 TIMELINE THERE. AND SO I DO JUST 744 13:33:01,065 --> 13:33:02,633 HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW 745 13:33:02,633 --> 13:33:04,335 THIS WORK CAN PROCEED IF 746 13:33:04,335 --> 13:33:05,603 THERE'S NOT THE FUNDING FOR IT, 747 13:33:05,603 --> 13:33:07,972 BECAUSE I DO ESPECIALLY WANT TO 748 13:33:07,972 --> 13:33:13,311 MAKE USE WHEN WE HAVE STATE 749 13:33:13,311 --> 13:33:13,945 PARTNERS STEPPING UP TO INCLUDE 750 13:33:13,945 --> 13:33:14,579 FUNDING FOR THIS CRITICAL WORK 751 13:33:14,579 --> 13:33:17,381 THAT WE MATCH IT IF POSSIBLE. 752 13:33:17,381 --> 13:33:17,749 THAT'S ALL. 753 13:33:17,749 --> 13:33:20,251 >> WELL SAID THANK YOU, CHAIR. 754 13:33:20,251 --> 13:33:20,918 WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE 755 13:33:20,918 --> 13:33:22,120 ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. 756 13:33:22,120 --> 13:33:23,321 CLERK. WILL YOU READ THE FIFTH 757 13:33:23,321 --> 13:33:24,856 ITEM OF BUSINESS INTO THE 758 13:33:24,856 --> 13:33:28,159 RECORD. 759 13:33:28,159 --> 13:33:28,726 >> AGENDA ITEM FIVE SEATTLE 760 13:33:28,726 --> 13:33:29,360 DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND 761 13:33:29,360 --> 13:33:30,228 INSPECTIONS FOR BRIEFING AND 762 13:33:30,228 --> 13:33:30,528 DISCUSSION. 763 13:33:30,528 --> 13:33:32,797 >> WONDERFUL. NOW FROM HB TO MR. 764 13:33:32,797 --> 13:33:34,398 FREEMAN. KETTLE, ALWAYS GOOD TO 765 13:33:34,398 --> 13:33:35,133 SEE YOU. 766 13:33:35,133 --> 13:33:36,968 >> THANK YOU. KETTLE FREEMAN 767 13:33:36,968 --> 13:33:37,769 COUNCIL. CENTRAL STAFF. I'LL BE 768 13:33:37,769 --> 13:33:40,738 WALKING THROUGH UM. SDCI BUDGET 769 13:33:40,738 --> 13:33:42,173 AND IDENTIFYING A COUPLE OF 770 13:33:42,173 --> 13:33:44,375 ISSUES HERE FOR YOU. FOR THOSE 771 13:33:44,375 --> 13:33:45,510 FOLKS WHO MAY BE WATCHING AND 772 13:33:45,510 --> 13:33:47,512 DON'T KNOW, SDCI IS THE CITY'S 773 13:33:47,512 --> 13:33:48,412 BUILDING DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE 774 13:33:48,412 --> 13:33:49,447 DEPARTMENT THAT ISSUES. 775 13:33:49,447 --> 13:33:50,515 >> HANG ON, MR. FREEMAN. IF YOU 776 13:33:50,515 --> 13:33:52,116 COULD REALLY BRING YOUR 777 13:33:52,116 --> 13:33:53,851 MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOU. GOT IT. 778 13:33:53,851 --> 13:33:55,086 IT'S LIKE YOU'RE WRITING. WE 779 13:33:55,086 --> 13:33:59,090 HAVE TO LISTEN CLOSELY. YES, 780 13:33:59,090 --> 13:33:59,357 EXACTLY. 781 13:33:59,357 --> 13:34:00,291 >> SO SDCI IS THE CITY'S 782 13:34:00,291 --> 13:34:02,093 BUILDING DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE 783 13:34:02,093 --> 13:34:03,361 DEPARTMENT THAT A PERSON WOULD 784 13:34:03,361 --> 13:34:05,329 GO TO TO GET PERMITS TO DEVELOP 785 13:34:05,329 --> 13:34:07,465 THEIR PROPERTY, ADD TO THEIR 786 13:34:07,465 --> 13:34:09,066 HOME, RENOVATE THEIR HOUSE. UM, 787 13:34:09,066 --> 13:34:11,636 SINCE ABOUT THE EARLY 2010s, 788 13:34:11,636 --> 13:34:13,771 IT'S ALSO BEEN A DEPARTMENT 789 13:34:13,771 --> 13:34:15,606 THAT REGULATES RENTAL HOUSING, 790 13:34:15,606 --> 13:34:17,842 UM, STARTING WITH RENTAL 791 13:34:17,842 --> 13:34:18,409 REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION 792 13:34:18,409 --> 13:34:19,410 ORDINANCE THAT HAS INCREASINGLY 793 13:34:19,410 --> 13:34:21,913 BECOME A BODY OF WORK FOR SDCI. 794 13:34:21,913 --> 13:34:27,151 UM, AND THE 2027 2028 PROPOSED 795 13:34:27,151 --> 13:34:30,087 BUDGET WOULD REDUCE SDCI OVERALL 796 13:34:30,087 --> 13:34:31,989 OPERATING BUDGET BY ABOUT 5.2%. 797 13:34:31,989 --> 13:34:33,591 MOST OF THOSE REDUCTIONS COME 798 13:34:33,591 --> 13:34:34,225 THROUGH ABROGATIONS. THERE ARE A 799 13:34:34,225 --> 13:34:35,426 COUPLE OF ADDITIONS THAT ARE 800 13:34:35,426 --> 13:34:37,061 MADE, AND THOSE WOULD BE MADE IN 801 13:34:37,061 --> 13:34:39,730 THE COMPLIANCE BUDGET BUDGET 802 13:34:39,730 --> 13:34:41,332 SUMMARY LEVEL. THAT IS SDCI LINE 803 13:34:41,332 --> 13:34:43,201 OF BUSINESS THAT, AMONG OTHER 804 13:34:43,201 --> 13:34:45,136 THINGS, RESPONDS TO COMPLAINTS 805 13:34:45,136 --> 13:34:46,437 ABOUT LAND USE OR BUILDING CODE 806 13:34:46,437 --> 13:34:47,872 VIOLATIONS, SORT OF AFTER 807 13:34:47,872 --> 13:34:48,906 SOMETHING HAS BEEN BUILT, WHEN 808 13:34:48,906 --> 13:34:50,007 SOMETHING IS NOT BEING OPERATED 809 13:34:50,007 --> 13:34:51,209 ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S LAW, 810 13:34:51,209 --> 13:34:54,178 UM, A COMPLIANCE PERSON WOULD DO 811 13:34:54,178 --> 13:34:56,781 AN INVESTIGATION. IT'S ALSO 812 13:34:56,781 --> 13:34:57,381 IMPORTANTLY WHERE MOST OF THE 813 13:34:57,381 --> 13:35:03,921 TENANT PROTECTION AND, UM, 814 13:35:03,921 --> 13:35:04,555 RENTAL REGULATION WORK AT SDCI 815 13:35:04,555 --> 13:35:05,389 IS HOUSED AND THE ADDITIONS 816 13:35:05,389 --> 13:35:06,490 THERE HAVE TO DO WITH UM, FOR 817 13:35:06,490 --> 13:35:07,692 NEW POSITIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED 818 13:35:07,692 --> 13:35:08,860 BY THE MAYOR, WHICH I'LL GO TO 819 13:35:08,860 --> 13:35:09,927 HERE, GO THROUGH HERE IN JUST A 820 13:35:09,927 --> 13:35:12,964 MINUTE. SO WHAT YOU SEE ACROSS 821 13:35:12,964 --> 13:35:14,398 THE BOARD THERE IS LARGELY CUTS 822 13:35:14,398 --> 13:35:17,034 TO CITY SERVICES DUE TO 823 13:35:17,034 --> 13:35:17,635 DECLINING PERMIT VOLUMES AND 824 13:35:17,635 --> 13:35:18,769 VALUES, EXCEPT FOR AN INCREASE 825 13:35:18,769 --> 13:35:23,040 IN THE COMPLIANCE LINE OF 826 13:35:23,040 --> 13:35:25,042 BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. 827 13:35:25,042 --> 13:35:28,412 SO SDCI BUDGET WOULD DECREASE BY 828 13:35:28,412 --> 13:35:31,549 30 STAFF. THERE ARE 34 PROPOSED 829 13:35:31,549 --> 13:35:34,852 ABROGATIONS. UM SO SEVEN FOR 34 830 13:35:34,852 --> 13:35:36,354 POSITIONS. THAT WOULD BE 831 13:35:36,354 --> 13:35:38,556 ABROGATED. SEVEN OF THOSE 832 13:35:38,556 --> 13:35:40,658 POSITIONS HAVE PEOPLE IN THEM. 833 13:35:40,658 --> 13:35:43,094 UM THEY'RE ALSO FOUR PROPOSED 834 13:35:43,094 --> 13:35:46,664 ADDITIONS OF STAFF TO SDCI, 835 13:35:46,664 --> 13:35:50,067 THREE TO STAND UP THE UM THE 836 13:35:50,067 --> 13:35:50,601 REQUIREMENTS OF ORDINANCE 837 13:35:50,601 --> 13:35:52,069 127497, WHICH THE COUNCIL PASSED 838 13:35:52,069 --> 13:35:53,537 VERY RECENTLY, RELATED TO 839 13:35:53,537 --> 13:35:55,706 DISCLOSURE OF FEES AND RENTAL 840 13:35:55,706 --> 13:35:56,841 AGREEMENTS. THOSE WOULD BE FEE 841 13:35:56,841 --> 13:35:59,010 FUNDED POSITIONS AND ALSO A 842 13:35:59,010 --> 13:36:01,279 HOUSING OMBUD POSITION. AND THAT 843 13:36:01,279 --> 13:36:02,680 HOUSING OMBUD POSITION WOULD BE 844 13:36:02,680 --> 13:36:05,216 SUPPORTED BY A JUMP START 845 13:36:05,216 --> 13:36:07,318 PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. UM, THAT 846 13:36:07,318 --> 13:36:09,186 POSITION IS INTENDED TO HELP 847 13:36:09,186 --> 13:36:10,955 FACILITATE, UH, PROJECT SPECIFIC 848 13:36:10,955 --> 13:36:11,989 APPLICATIONS, BUT ALSO 849 13:36:11,989 --> 13:36:13,457 DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY SORT OF 850 13:36:13,457 --> 13:36:15,126 BROADLY ACROSS THE CITY. IT'S 851 13:36:15,126 --> 13:36:16,060 APPROPRIATE THAT IT BE PAID FOR 852 13:36:16,060 --> 13:36:17,862 OUT OF PAYROLL EXPENSE, TAX 853 13:36:17,862 --> 13:36:19,330 REVENUE, AT LEAST NOW IN THE 854 13:36:19,330 --> 13:36:21,465 FUTURE. UM, SOME PORTION OF THAT 855 13:36:21,465 --> 13:36:22,934 POSITION MAY BE ABLE TO BE FEE 856 13:36:22,934 --> 13:36:30,107 FUNDED HERE, UH OH, THERE'S A 857 13:36:30,107 --> 13:36:30,775 SHIFT. THERE'S A SHIFT THAT I 858 13:36:30,775 --> 13:36:32,310 WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL 859 13:36:32,310 --> 13:36:35,313 UNDERSTAND. UM, IN LOOKING AT 860 13:36:35,313 --> 13:36:37,048 THE REVENUES THERE SDCI LESS 861 13:36:37,048 --> 13:36:37,982 THAN 10% OF SDCI BUDGET COMES 862 13:36:37,982 --> 13:36:40,284 FROM THE GENERAL FUND. UM, THE 863 13:36:40,284 --> 13:36:41,786 SDCI HAS RECEIVED SOME JUMPSTART 864 13:36:41,786 --> 13:36:43,888 FUNDING IN THE PAST THAT HAS 865 13:36:43,888 --> 13:36:47,692 LARGELY BEEN USED TO FUND TENANT 866 13:36:47,692 --> 13:36:49,527 SERVICES CONTRACTS. UM, SOME OF 867 13:36:49,527 --> 13:36:50,628 THOSE TENANT SERVICES CONTRACTS 868 13:36:50,628 --> 13:36:53,164 WERE FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL 869 13:36:53,164 --> 13:36:54,966 FUND IN THE 2027 2028 PROPOSED 870 13:36:54,966 --> 13:36:57,468 BUDGET. ALL OF THOSE TENANT 871 13:36:57,468 --> 13:36:58,469 SERVICES CONTRACTS WOULD BE 872 13:36:58,469 --> 13:37:00,638 FUNDED OUT OF THE JUMPSTART 873 13:37:00,638 --> 13:37:01,639 FUND. IT'S ABOUT $900,000. THAT 874 13:37:01,639 --> 13:37:03,574 WOULD SHIFT FROM THE GENERAL 875 13:37:03,574 --> 13:37:04,542 FUND TO THE JUMPSTART FUND. UM, 876 13:37:04,542 --> 13:37:05,710 THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF 877 13:37:05,710 --> 13:37:06,744 REVENUE THERE, AND I'M MOSTLY 878 13:37:06,744 --> 13:37:09,780 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE 879 13:37:09,780 --> 13:37:11,182 IMPLICATIONS OF, OF THOSE OTHER 880 13:37:11,182 --> 13:37:12,717 SOURCES OF REVENUE DECLINING 881 13:37:12,717 --> 13:37:13,884 HERE WITH THE FIRST ISSUE. BUT 882 13:37:13,884 --> 13:37:14,819 THOSE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE 883 13:37:14,819 --> 13:37:16,320 ARE, OF COURSE, THE CONSTRUCTION 884 13:37:16,320 --> 13:37:17,788 INSPECTIONS FUND. MOST OF SDCI 885 13:37:17,788 --> 13:37:20,024 IS FEE FUNDED. AND A LOT OF THAT 886 13:37:20,024 --> 13:37:20,624 REVENUE, THAT REVENUE IS, OF 887 13:37:20,624 --> 13:37:22,793 COURSE, GOING DOWN. THERE IS A 888 13:37:22,793 --> 13:37:24,528 LITTLE BIT OF OTHER MONEY THERE 889 13:37:24,528 --> 13:37:25,529 TOO, SPECIFICALLY REAL ESTATE, 890 13:37:25,529 --> 13:37:28,866 EXCISE TAX. UM, LICENSEES WHO 891 13:37:28,866 --> 13:37:30,835 RECEIVE A TENANT RELOCATION 892 13:37:30,835 --> 13:37:32,002 ASSISTANCE LICENSE, THE CITY'S 893 13:37:32,002 --> 13:37:32,770 PORTION OF THAT RELOCATION IS 894 13:37:32,770 --> 13:37:36,073 PAID FOR OUT OF REAL ESTATE 895 13:37:36,073 --> 13:37:38,175 EXCISE TAX. UH, I MOVE NEXT 896 13:37:38,175 --> 13:37:40,911 SLIDE. THANK YOU. SO, UM, 897 13:37:40,911 --> 13:37:41,812 PUTTING THIS UP Hâ–ˆERE AGAIN, 898 13:37:41,812 --> 13:37:42,947 YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. THIS 899 13:37:42,947 --> 13:37:46,016 WAS AN SDCI PRESENTATION. UM, 900 13:37:46,016 --> 13:37:47,385 SORT OF ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE 901 13:37:47,385 --> 13:37:49,587 ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH 902 13:37:49,587 --> 13:37:50,187 CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS 903 13:37:50,187 --> 13:37:53,958 FUND. UH, THIS IS FUND BALANCE 904 13:37:53,958 --> 13:37:56,460 WITH SOME PROPOSED FEE INCREASES 905 13:37:56,460 --> 13:37:58,329 FOR 2027. YOU CAN SEE THAT SDCI 906 13:37:58,329 --> 13:38:00,264 FUND BALANCE, INCLUDING ITS CORE 907 13:38:00,264 --> 13:38:01,499 STAFFING RESERVE FOR BUILDING 908 13:38:01,499 --> 13:38:05,770 PERMIT AND LAND USE. UH, 909 13:38:05,770 --> 13:38:07,705 REVIEWERS PEAKED IN ABOUT 2021 910 13:38:07,705 --> 13:38:09,040 2022, AND HAS SINCE BEEN ON THE 911 13:38:09,040 --> 13:38:11,342 DECLINE AS PERMIT VOLUMES AND 912 13:38:11,342 --> 13:38:13,411 VALUES HAVE DECREASED. UM, IN 913 13:38:13,411 --> 13:38:15,479 2026, THE BUILDING CORE STAFFING 914 13:38:15,479 --> 13:38:16,680 RESERVE WILL BE LARGELY 915 13:38:16,680 --> 13:38:17,882 DEPLETED, AS WELL AS WILL THE 916 13:38:17,882 --> 13:38:19,750 LAND USE CORE STAFFING RESERVE. 917 13:38:19,750 --> 13:38:21,752 YOU CAN SEE THAT THE 918 13:38:21,752 --> 13:38:23,087 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS FUND, 919 13:38:23,087 --> 13:38:25,189 THE FUND BALANCE WOULD MEAN 920 13:38:25,189 --> 13:38:26,223 WOULD WOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY 921 13:38:26,223 --> 13:38:28,225 FLAT OVER THE BIENNIUM, AS 922 13:38:28,225 --> 13:38:30,194 EXPECTED TO TICK UP A LITTLE BIT 923 13:38:30,194 --> 13:38:32,663 IN 2029. AND THAT LEADS ME TO MY 924 13:38:32,663 --> 13:38:33,964 FIRST ISSUE HERE FOR YOU ALL TO 925 13:38:33,964 --> 13:38:37,234 CONSIDER, WHICH IS THE HEALTH OF 926 13:38:37,234 --> 13:38:37,835 THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS 927 13:38:37,835 --> 13:38:40,738 FUND. SO, UM, AS YOU ALL WILL 928 13:38:40,738 --> 13:38:42,206 RECALL, LAST YEAR YOU REQUESTED 929 13:38:42,206 --> 13:38:43,774 A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 930 13:38:43,774 --> 13:38:45,376 INTENT, WHICH SDCI HAS PROVIDED. 931 13:38:45,376 --> 13:38:46,744 UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR, ANOTHER 932 13:38:46,744 --> 13:38:49,213 ONE SHOULD BE FORTHCOMING HERE 933 13:38:49,213 --> 13:38:51,248 IN OCTOBER THAT REPORTED ON THE 934 13:38:51,248 --> 13:38:55,553 CORE ON, ON UM, PERMITTING 935 13:38:55,553 --> 13:38:57,688 VOLUMES AND REVENUE TO DIFFERENT 936 13:38:57,688 --> 13:39:00,324 COST CENTERS AND SDCI. SO THE 937 13:39:00,324 --> 13:39:01,759 COUNCIL COULD MORE ACTIVELY 938 13:39:01,759 --> 13:39:02,259 TRACK THE HEALTH OF THE 939 13:39:02,259 --> 13:39:04,495 CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS 940 13:39:04,495 --> 13:39:06,397 FUND, UM, TO MAINTAIN CORE 941 13:39:06,397 --> 13:39:07,431 STAFFING AT SDCI THIS YEAR. 942 13:39:07,431 --> 13:39:10,668 THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE 943 13:39:10,668 --> 13:39:12,736 BEING EMPLOYED. UM, ONE IS 944 13:39:12,736 --> 13:39:14,772 LAYOFFS. SO THERE'S ABOUT $6 945 13:39:14,772 --> 13:39:16,941 MILLION WORTH OF SALARY SAVINGS 946 13:39:16,941 --> 13:39:17,842 ASSOCIATED WITH LAYOFFS AND THE 947 13:39:17,842 --> 13:39:18,943 PROPOSED BUDGET. AND THE OTHER 948 13:39:18,943 --> 13:39:21,112 IS FEE INCREASES. THERE'S ABOUT 949 13:39:21,112 --> 13:39:24,081 $6 MILLION ALSO FOR EACH YEAR OF 950 13:39:24,081 --> 13:39:26,083 THE BIENNIUM ASSOCIATED WITH FEE 951 13:39:26,083 --> 13:39:28,586 INCREASES FOR DIFFERENT, UM, 952 13:39:28,586 --> 13:39:29,153 REVIEW FUNCTIONS THAT SDCI 953 13:39:29,153 --> 13:39:32,623 PROVIDES. UM, SO I THINK IT'S 954 13:39:32,623 --> 13:39:33,124 WORTH FOR THE COUNCIL, 955 13:39:33,124 --> 13:39:35,626 CONSIDERING UM, CONTINUING 956 13:39:35,626 --> 13:39:36,794 REGULAR REPORTING BY SDCI. 957 13:39:36,794 --> 13:39:38,662 THAT'S OPTION NUMBER. A OPTION 958 13:39:38,662 --> 13:39:41,298 NUMBER TWO WOULD BE REPORTING 959 13:39:41,298 --> 13:39:43,033 ESSENTIALLY, PLUS SOME 960 13:39:43,033 --> 13:39:45,269 AFFIRMATIVE POLICY WORK BY THE 961 13:39:45,269 --> 13:39:47,404 COUNCIL TO SET FUND TO ESTABLISH 962 13:39:47,404 --> 13:39:48,472 THROUGH RESOLUTION, PROBABLY 963 13:39:48,472 --> 13:39:50,407 SOME KIND OF FUND POLICIES FOR 964 13:39:50,407 --> 13:39:51,775 THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS 965 13:39:51,775 --> 13:39:53,010 FUND THAT ADDRESSES THE CORE 966 13:39:53,010 --> 13:39:54,778 STAFFING LEVELS BY FUNCTION, UM, 967 13:39:54,778 --> 13:39:57,381 LEVELS OF APPROPRIATE RESERVES 968 13:39:57,381 --> 13:39:59,850 AND IDENTIFIES WHEN FEE 969 13:39:59,850 --> 13:40:02,887 INCREASES WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS 970 13:40:02,887 --> 13:40:03,521 WELL AS POSSIBLY SUPPLEMENTATION 971 13:40:03,521 --> 13:40:05,890 OF THOSE CORE RESERVES BY OTHER 972 13:40:05,890 --> 13:40:06,891 REVENUE SOURCES, SUCH AS THE 973 13:40:06,891 --> 13:40:08,959 GENERAL FUND. UM, THE COUNCIL 974 13:40:08,959 --> 13:40:10,361 COULD OF COURSE CHOOSE TO DO 975 13:40:10,361 --> 13:40:11,629 BOTH OR THE COUNCIL COULD MAKE 976 13:40:11,629 --> 13:40:17,568 NO CHANGE 977 13:40:17,568 --> 13:40:18,135 >> THAT EVERYTHING YOU GOT 978 13:40:18,135 --> 13:40:18,669 KETTLE. 979 13:40:18,669 --> 13:40:20,738 >> IS EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR. 980 13:40:20,738 --> 13:40:21,972 >> ALL RIGHT WITH IT. SORRY YOU 981 13:40:21,972 --> 13:40:23,440 DIDN'T FLIP TO THE QUESTION 982 13:40:23,440 --> 13:40:25,543 SLIDE. THAT'S WHY I WAS WAITING 983 13:40:25,543 --> 13:40:27,077 WITH BATED BREATH WITH THAT, 984 13:40:27,077 --> 13:40:28,279 COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS CHAIR OF 985 13:40:28,279 --> 13:40:29,280 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 986 13:40:29,280 --> 13:40:30,981 DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 987 13:40:30,981 --> 13:40:31,215 SORRY. 988 13:40:31,215 --> 13:40:32,683 >> THERE IS A SECOND ISSUE. IF 989 13:40:32,683 --> 13:40:33,417 YOU WANT TO MOVE. 990 13:40:33,417 --> 13:40:34,685 >> SO THEN LET'S KEEP ROLLING. 991 13:40:34,685 --> 13:40:35,452 >> ALL RIGHT. THERE'S ONE MORE 992 13:40:35,452 --> 13:40:37,755 ISSUE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 993 13:40:37,755 --> 13:40:39,290 SO THIS IS A THIS IS ALSO 994 13:40:39,290 --> 13:40:40,057 SIMILAR TO SOMETHING THAT YOU 995 13:40:40,057 --> 13:40:43,460 ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE. UM, BOTH 996 13:40:43,460 --> 13:40:46,664 AS OPCD AND SDCI. UM, SHARE 997 13:40:46,664 --> 13:40:47,298 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COMPLYING 998 13:40:47,298 --> 13:40:47,965 WITH STATE MANDATES. AND THOSE 999 13:40:47,965 --> 13:40:49,166 STATE MANDATES HAVE BEEN COMING 1000 13:40:49,166 --> 13:40:50,634 KIND OF FAST AND FURIOUS IN THE 1001 13:40:50,634 --> 13:40:54,305 LAST FIVE YEARS. UM, UH, IN THE 1002 13:40:54,305 --> 13:40:57,107 PAST, THE COUNCIL HAS NOT MET, 1003 13:40:57,107 --> 13:40:57,641 UM, STATUTORILY REQUIRED 1004 13:40:57,641 --> 13:40:58,742 DEADLINES FOR MEETING THOSE 1005 13:40:58,742 --> 13:41:02,146 MANDATES. UM, IN 2025, FAMOUSLY, 1006 13:41:02,146 --> 13:41:04,348 THE COUNCIL WAS SUPPOSED TO 1007 13:41:04,348 --> 13:41:05,716 CONSIDER A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1008 13:41:05,716 --> 13:41:07,117 CHANGES AND DID NOT RECEIVE THE 1009 13:41:07,117 --> 13:41:07,718 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT 1010 13:41:07,718 --> 13:41:10,721 PACKET UNTIL THE VERY END OF 1011 13:41:10,721 --> 13:41:11,956 2025. THERE WERE ALSO THERE WAS 1012 13:41:11,956 --> 13:41:13,257 ALSO A CIP APPEAL ASSOCIATED 1013 13:41:13,257 --> 13:41:15,059 WITH THAT. AND THAT IS THAT'S 1014 13:41:15,059 --> 13:41:16,193 THAT HAS PLAYED OUT IN OTHER 1015 13:41:16,193 --> 13:41:18,796 CONTEXTS AS WELL. SO THERE ARE 1016 13:41:18,796 --> 13:41:20,898 SOME STATUTORY STATUTORILY 1017 13:41:20,898 --> 13:41:21,532 ESTABLISHED DEADLINES THAT THE 1018 13:41:21,532 --> 13:41:23,567 CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET 1019 13:41:23,567 --> 13:41:25,603 BECAUSE OF SEPA APPEALS AND 1020 13:41:25,603 --> 13:41:28,172 OTHER, UM, FRICTION THAT KEEPS 1021 13:41:28,172 --> 13:41:28,739 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS FROM 1022 13:41:28,739 --> 13:41:30,708 GETTING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. 1023 13:41:30,708 --> 13:41:33,544 UM, LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL, UM, 1024 13:41:33,544 --> 13:41:35,045 UH, INCLUDED A STATEMENT OF 1025 13:41:35,045 --> 13:41:35,613 LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH THE 1026 13:41:35,613 --> 13:41:36,981 BUDGET WITH A REQUEST TO SDCI 1027 13:41:36,981 --> 13:41:40,384 AND OPCD TO, UM, TELL THE 1028 13:41:40,384 --> 13:41:42,186 COUNCIL ESSENTIALLY HOW STATE 1029 13:41:42,186 --> 13:41:43,921 MANDATES WOULD BE MET AND HOW 1030 13:41:43,921 --> 13:41:45,222 THEY WOULD BE PRIORITIZED. THE 1031 13:41:45,222 --> 13:41:46,790 COUNCIL DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT 1032 13:41:46,790 --> 13:41:48,192 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT. 1033 13:41:48,192 --> 13:41:49,293 AND THIS, THIS MAKES A 1034 13:41:49,293 --> 13:41:51,495 DIFFERENCE WHEN THE STATE 1035 13:41:51,495 --> 13:41:53,998 DEADLINES ARE MET. MANY 1036 13:41:53,998 --> 13:41:54,632 DEPARTMENTS HAVE A COMPETITIVE 1037 13:41:54,632 --> 13:41:55,699 DISADVANTAGE. UM, AND APPLYING 1038 13:41:55,699 --> 13:41:58,035 TO THE STATE FOR CERTAIN GRANTS 1039 13:41:58,035 --> 13:41:58,736 AND LOANS. WHEN WE HAVE NOT MET 1040 13:41:58,736 --> 13:42:00,938 THESE DEADLINES. AND SO THERE 1041 13:42:00,938 --> 13:42:02,239 ARE A FEW OPTIONS HERE FOR THE 1042 13:42:02,239 --> 13:42:03,741 COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. ONE IS 1043 13:42:03,741 --> 13:42:06,277 RENEW THE SLI REQUESTING 1044 13:42:06,277 --> 13:42:07,511 REPORTING FROM SDCI OPCD ON HOW 1045 13:42:07,511 --> 13:42:09,413 THEY'LL PRIORITIZE THINGS. 1046 13:42:09,413 --> 13:42:11,749 THERE ARE A COUPLE OF 1047 13:42:11,749 --> 13:42:13,384 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, 1048 13:42:13,384 --> 13:42:13,851 LARGELY ENVIRONMENTAL 1049 13:42:13,851 --> 13:42:14,885 REGULATIONS THAT THE COUNCIL, 1050 13:42:14,885 --> 13:42:17,388 UM, THAT THE CITY HAS MISSED ITS 1051 13:42:17,388 --> 13:42:18,555 DEADLINE ON. THOSE ARE THE 1052 13:42:18,555 --> 13:42:20,224 SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM AND THE 1053 13:42:20,224 --> 13:42:21,225 CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE. ONE 1054 13:42:21,225 --> 13:42:22,793 THING THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO 1055 13:42:22,793 --> 13:42:25,696 CONSIDER DOING IS MOVING 1056 13:42:25,696 --> 13:42:28,098 RESPONSIBILITY FOR, UM, 1057 13:42:28,098 --> 13:42:28,666 COMPLETING THOSE UPDATES TO 1058 13:42:28,666 --> 13:42:31,302 DEPARTMENTS THAT APPLY FOR 1059 13:42:31,302 --> 13:42:31,935 GRANTS AND LOANS THAT ARE SORT 1060 13:42:31,935 --> 13:42:35,105 OF CONTINGENT ON THOSE ON THOSE, 1061 13:42:35,105 --> 13:42:36,807 UM, BODIES OF WORK BEING 1062 13:42:36,807 --> 13:42:37,675 COMPLETE. THAT COULD INCLUDE 1063 13:42:37,675 --> 13:42:39,076 MOVING A BODY OF WORK TO OPCD, 1064 13:42:39,076 --> 13:42:40,644 FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE SHORELINE 1065 13:42:40,644 --> 13:42:41,679 MASTER PROGRAM OR TO THE, OR TO 1066 13:42:41,679 --> 13:42:45,749 SPU FOR, UM, THE CRITICAL AREAS 1067 13:42:45,749 --> 13:42:47,451 ORDINANCE UPDATE. THE COUNCIL 1068 13:42:47,451 --> 13:42:50,321 COULD DO BOTH MOVE POSITIONS AND 1069 13:42:50,321 --> 13:42:52,823 APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY AND ALSO 1070 13:42:52,823 --> 13:42:54,358 REQUEST A STATEMENT OF 1071 13:42:54,358 --> 13:42:55,225 LEGISLATIVE INTENT. AND THEN OF 1072 13:42:55,225 --> 13:42:56,527 COURSE, THE COUNCIL COULD MAKE 1073 13:42:56,527 --> 13:42:59,697 NO CHANGE TO THE BUDGET. 1074 13:42:59,697 --> 13:43:01,298 >> GREAT. AND NOW THE QUESTION 1075 13:43:01,298 --> 13:43:03,200 SLIDE. THANK YOU. SORRY, I 1076 13:43:03,200 --> 13:43:04,201 THOUGHT I WAS BECOMING 1077 13:43:04,201 --> 13:43:05,369 DELIRIOUS. IT'S ONLY ON DAY ONE 1078 13:43:05,369 --> 13:43:07,404 OF THE SECOND STEP OF OUR BUDGET 1079 13:43:07,404 --> 13:43:09,840 PROCESS. OVER TO YOU, 1080 13:43:09,840 --> 13:43:10,841 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. AS CHAIR OF 1081 13:43:10,841 --> 13:43:12,976 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 1082 13:43:12,976 --> 13:43:13,277 DEPARTMENT. 1083 13:43:13,277 --> 13:43:14,511 >> UH, THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND 1084 13:43:14,511 --> 13:43:16,480 JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. AGAIN, 1085 13:43:16,480 --> 13:43:18,816 WE'LL KEEP IT RELATIVELY SHORT. 1086 13:43:18,816 --> 13:43:22,119 UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, AS HAS BEEN 1087 13:43:22,119 --> 13:43:23,387 DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, THE FEES 1088 13:43:23,387 --> 13:43:26,890 HAVE BEEN COMING IN, UH, LOW 1089 13:43:26,890 --> 13:43:27,458 BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING TURN 1090 13:43:27,458 --> 13:43:28,992 SLOWDOWN IN CONSTRUCTION. AND AS 1091 13:43:28,992 --> 13:43:32,129 MANY PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, UH, 1092 13:43:32,129 --> 13:43:33,297 HOPEFULLY, UM, THERE ARE THINGS 1093 13:43:33,297 --> 13:43:34,832 THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO CHANGE 1094 13:43:34,832 --> 13:43:38,736 THAT AND GET THINGS GOING AGAIN. 1095 13:43:38,736 --> 13:43:39,636 AND NOT ONLY GOOD FOR THE 1096 13:43:39,636 --> 13:43:41,338 DEPARTMENT, GOOD FOR THE 1097 13:43:41,338 --> 13:43:41,905 EMPLOYEES THAT HOPEFULLY WE 1098 13:43:41,905 --> 13:43:44,808 COULD HIRE A FEW BACK. UM, A 1099 13:43:44,808 --> 13:43:46,043 COUPLE OTHER THINGS JUST ON THE, 1100 13:43:46,043 --> 13:43:49,313 UM, YOU KNOW, UH, NONCOMPLIANCE 1101 13:43:49,313 --> 13:43:51,048 WITH STATE MANDATES. UH, 1102 13:43:51,048 --> 13:43:52,916 CERTAINLY A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS 1103 13:43:52,916 --> 13:43:55,786 TO BE ADDRESSED. UM, YOU KNOW, 1104 13:43:55,786 --> 13:43:56,787 DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY 1105 13:43:56,787 --> 13:43:59,056 EXCUSES, UH, FROM THE 1106 13:43:59,056 --> 13:44:00,190 DEPARTMENT. I DO JUST A FEW 1107 13:44:00,190 --> 13:44:01,658 THINGS WE'VE HEARD. UM, YOU 1108 13:44:01,658 --> 13:44:04,228 KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A FAIR 1109 13:44:04,228 --> 13:44:04,762 AMOUNT OF TURNOVER AT THE 1110 13:44:04,762 --> 13:44:08,198 DIRECTOR POSITION AT SDCI. UH, 1111 13:44:08,198 --> 13:44:10,801 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK 1112 13:44:10,801 --> 13:44:12,369 SOME KEY EMPLOYEES WHO WERE 1113 13:44:12,369 --> 13:44:14,772 DOING THIS WORK FOR A LONG TIME 1114 13:44:14,772 --> 13:44:16,707 DEPARTED. SO SORT OF A BRAIN 1115 13:44:16,707 --> 13:44:19,443 DRAIN. UM, AND AS WAS MENTIONED, 1116 13:44:19,443 --> 13:44:21,245 SOME OF THE SEPA APPEALS, YOU 1117 13:44:21,245 --> 13:44:22,846 KNOW, POTENTIALLY, UH, AS YOU 1118 13:44:22,846 --> 13:44:25,215 KNOW, A LOT OF OUR PLANNING 1119 13:44:25,215 --> 13:44:26,049 LEVEL WORK IS ON DELAY BECAUSE 1120 13:44:26,049 --> 13:44:28,419 OF, UM, THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT 1121 13:44:28,419 --> 13:44:30,454 HEARINGS BOARD DECISION. I DO 1122 13:44:30,454 --> 13:44:31,088 THINK THAT POTENTIALLY OPENS UP 1123 13:44:31,088 --> 13:44:34,091 SOME CAPACITY TO, FOR SOME OF 1124 13:44:34,091 --> 13:44:35,292 OUR DEPARTMENTS TO FOCUS ON SOME 1125 13:44:35,292 --> 13:44:38,162 OF THIS OTHER WORK THAT THEY'VE 1126 13:44:38,162 --> 13:44:40,297 BEEN DELAYED AND OR HAVEN'T BEEN 1127 13:44:40,297 --> 13:44:41,198 ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH 1128 13:44:41,198 --> 13:44:44,635 LINE. SO WE WILL BE MONITORING, 1129 13:44:44,635 --> 13:44:45,636 UM, THESE STATE MANDATES 1130 13:44:45,636 --> 13:44:46,503 CLOSELY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 1131 13:44:46,503 --> 13:44:47,704 TO GET THIS WORK DONE. AND WE 1132 13:44:47,704 --> 13:44:50,841 WILL BE, UH, ENCOURAGING THEM 1133 13:44:50,841 --> 13:44:54,478 TO, TO DO SO, UH, NEXT YEAR. UM, 1134 13:44:54,478 --> 13:44:56,613 FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO MENTION, 1135 13:44:56,613 --> 13:44:58,782 UM, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE 1136 13:44:58,782 --> 13:45:01,151 BUDGET WAS TALKED ABOUT 1137 13:45:01,151 --> 13:45:03,387 COMPLIANCE AND JUST ONE THING 1138 13:45:03,387 --> 13:45:05,389 THAT FOR ME AS A, IN DISTRICT 1139 13:45:05,389 --> 13:45:07,691 TWO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 1140 13:45:07,691 --> 13:45:09,259 CERTAIN PROPERTIES, ONE HAS BEEN 1141 13:45:09,259 --> 13:45:10,761 IN THE NEWS A LOT, A VACANT 1142 13:45:10,761 --> 13:45:13,931 PROPERTY THAT KIND OF GOTTEN 1143 13:45:13,931 --> 13:45:15,299 TAKEN OVER WITH ENCAMPMENTS 1144 13:45:15,299 --> 13:45:17,034 BECAME A REAL PUBLIC SAFETY 1145 13:45:17,034 --> 13:45:18,502 CONCERN. AND I'M NOT NOT SURE 1146 13:45:18,502 --> 13:45:19,603 THERE'S ANYTHING TO DO HERE, 1147 13:45:19,603 --> 13:45:21,405 BUT I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT, 1148 13:45:21,405 --> 13:45:23,474 UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS, 1149 13:45:23,474 --> 13:45:25,242 IS SOME WORK TO BE DONE WITH 1150 13:45:25,242 --> 13:45:26,777 SDCI AND COMPLIANCE, WHETHER 1151 13:45:26,777 --> 13:45:27,478 IT'S WITH VACANT BUILDINGS. I 1152 13:45:27,478 --> 13:45:28,979 KNOW THAT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A 1153 13:45:28,979 --> 13:45:30,614 HOT ISSUE WITH, UM, ESPECIALLY 1154 13:45:30,614 --> 13:45:32,749 WITH CONCERNS AROUND FIRES, BUT 1155 13:45:32,749 --> 13:45:34,885 ALSO EVEN JUST VACANT LAND, 1156 13:45:34,885 --> 13:45:36,820 WHICH SOMETIMES CAN BE 1157 13:45:36,820 --> 13:45:38,489 PROBLEMATIC AND CAUSE A PUBLIC 1158 13:45:38,489 --> 13:45:40,390 SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE 1159 13:45:40,390 --> 13:45:41,525 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I JUST 1160 13:45:41,525 --> 13:45:43,227 MENTIONED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT 1161 13:45:43,227 --> 13:45:44,761 OUR OFFICE IS CONTINUING TO, TO 1162 13:45:44,761 --> 13:45:46,196 LOOK INTO. AGAIN, NOTHING WITH 1163 13:45:46,196 --> 13:45:48,165 THE CURRENT BUDGET PROPOSAL, BUT 1164 13:45:48,165 --> 13:45:49,700 IF ANYONE HAS ANY GREAT IDEAS ON 1165 13:45:49,700 --> 13:45:52,636 ON HOW TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE 1166 13:45:52,636 --> 13:45:53,737 ISSUES, HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU. 1167 13:45:53,737 --> 13:45:55,172 THAT'S ALL. CHAIR. 1168 13:45:55,172 --> 13:45:58,675 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1169 13:45:58,675 --> 13:46:00,611 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COLLEAGUES, 1170 13:46:00,611 --> 13:46:01,178 COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS 1171 13:46:01,178 --> 13:46:03,547 JUAREZ. I SEE YOU'VE GOT YOUR 1172 13:46:03,547 --> 13:46:04,147 HAND. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER 1173 13:46:04,147 --> 13:46:04,448 SAKA. AYE. 1174 13:46:04,448 --> 13:46:06,149 >> TAKE MY CHIEF. 1175 13:46:06,149 --> 13:46:08,285 >> TINFOIL HATS OVER THERE. 1176 13:46:08,285 --> 13:46:09,386 >> PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE 1177 13:46:09,386 --> 13:46:11,521 KNOWING WHAT I'M SAYING DOWN 1178 13:46:11,521 --> 13:46:13,290 HERE. UM, IF I IF I CAN JUST 1179 13:46:13,290 --> 13:46:13,924 TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN 1180 13:46:13,924 --> 13:46:15,125 JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE 1181 13:46:15,125 --> 13:46:18,128 I'M. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. 1182 13:46:18,128 --> 13:46:19,997 KETTLE ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO 1183 13:46:19,997 --> 13:46:22,099 EXCITING TO HAVE YOUR 1184 13:46:22,099 --> 13:46:22,766 PRESENTATIONS. I'M LOOKING BACK 1185 13:46:22,766 --> 13:46:25,102 AT MY NOTES FROM TUESDAY, 1186 13:46:25,102 --> 13:46:26,970 SEPTEMBER 29th WHEN THE, WHEN 1187 13:46:26,970 --> 13:46:28,705 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOLKS CAME 1188 13:46:28,705 --> 13:46:29,873 DOWN AND THE NOTES THAT WE HAD 1189 13:46:29,873 --> 13:46:31,775 PUT TOGETHER ON THE PROPOSED 1190 13:46:31,775 --> 13:46:34,444 BUDGET FOR SDCI. SO JUST LET ME 1191 13:46:34,444 --> 13:46:35,579 JUST SAY THIS AND YOU TELL ME IF 1192 13:46:35,579 --> 13:46:36,980 I'M RIGHT, BECAUSE THEN I HAVE 1193 13:46:36,980 --> 13:46:37,581 A QUESTION TO MAKE. I WANT TO 1194 13:46:37,581 --> 13:46:38,649 MAKE SURE I HAVE MY NUMBERS 1195 13:46:38,649 --> 13:46:43,153 RIGHT. SO IN 2026 OR 2027, THEY 1196 13:46:43,153 --> 13:46:46,223 WERE TALKING ABOUT 30 FTE 1197 13:46:46,223 --> 13:46:48,458 DECREASES, WHICH 34 FTE 1198 13:46:48,458 --> 13:46:49,159 POSITIONS WOULD BE ELIMINATED. 1199 13:46:49,159 --> 13:46:51,828 BUT AND THAT WAS INCLUDING SEVEN 1200 13:46:51,828 --> 13:46:53,597 FTE LAYOFFS. AND SO THEN I 1201 13:46:53,597 --> 13:46:55,899 JUMPED DOWN TO REDUCTIONS. AND I 1202 13:46:55,899 --> 13:47:01,138 HAVE IN MY NOTES, 34 FTE 1203 13:47:01,138 --> 13:47:03,674 POSITIONS ELIMINATED, INCLUDING 1204 13:47:03,674 --> 13:47:06,476 THE SEVEN FTE LAYOFFS, TWO LAND 1205 13:47:06,476 --> 13:47:09,246 USE PLANNERS FOR STRATEGIC 1206 13:47:09,246 --> 13:47:09,846 ADVISORS, ONE ADMINISTRATIVE 1207 13:47:09,846 --> 13:47:10,614 ASSISTANT. SO THOSE ARE THE 1208 13:47:10,614 --> 13:47:13,617 NOTES THAT I GOT, INCLUDING THE, 1209 13:47:13,617 --> 13:47:15,519 UM, AND THE INCREASE ADDS WERE 1210 13:47:15,519 --> 13:47:17,588 THREE FTES FOR THE RENTAL 1211 13:47:17,588 --> 13:47:18,922 REGULATION FOR THE RENTAL JUNK 1212 13:47:18,922 --> 13:47:21,758 FEES. AND ANOTHER FTE TO HELP 1213 13:47:21,758 --> 13:47:23,593 LOW INCOME HOUSING PERMIT 1214 13:47:23,593 --> 13:47:25,329 APPLICANTS. THE HOUSING 1215 13:47:25,329 --> 13:47:26,396 OMBUDSMAN. OKAY, SO I WANT TO 1216 13:47:26,396 --> 13:47:28,165 MAKE SURE I GOT MY FACTS RIGHT 1217 13:47:28,165 --> 13:47:30,000 BECAUSE I LIKE TO DEAL IN FACTS, 1218 13:47:30,000 --> 13:47:33,203 NOT NOT SLOGANS. UM, SO WHEN I 1219 13:47:33,203 --> 13:47:36,373 LOOK AT THIS AND I GO BACK AND 1220 13:47:36,373 --> 13:47:37,441 AGAIN AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 1221 13:47:37,441 --> 13:47:38,976 IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT 1222 13:47:38,976 --> 13:47:42,579 ME. UM, HOW NOW THAT A LOT HAS 1223 13:47:42,579 --> 13:47:43,180 HAPPENED SINCE SEPTEMBER THE 1224 13:47:43,180 --> 13:47:46,416 29th AND TODAY, OCTOBER 13th, 1225 13:47:46,416 --> 13:47:49,419 HOW WILL ALL THESE PROPOSED 1226 13:47:49,419 --> 13:47:52,422 CHANGES AFFECT MHA AND SDIS 1227 13:47:52,422 --> 13:47:55,258 CAPACITY WITH 34 FTES BEING CUT. 1228 13:47:55,258 --> 13:47:57,127 >> SO MANY OF THOSE POSITIONS 1229 13:47:57,127 --> 13:48:00,130 WERE UNFILLED, RIGHT? ONLY SEVEN 1230 13:48:00,130 --> 13:48:02,766 OF THE CUTS ARE TO FILLED 1231 13:48:02,766 --> 13:48:04,368 POSITIONS, SO THE POSITION 1232 13:48:04,368 --> 13:48:05,002 AUTHORITY THAT SDCI WAS HANGING 1233 13:48:05,002 --> 13:48:06,970 ON SDCI STILL HAS SOME POSITION 1234 13:48:06,970 --> 13:48:09,039 AUTHORITY FOR VACANT POSITIONS. 1235 13:48:09,039 --> 13:48:11,975 UM, AND THAT ALLOWS SDCI TO 1236 13:48:11,975 --> 13:48:13,844 STAFF UP WHEN THINGS DO TURN 1237 13:48:13,844 --> 13:48:15,812 AROUND. UM, BUT THE BUT THE 1238 13:48:15,812 --> 13:48:17,814 VACANT POSITIONS DON'T REPRESENT 1239 13:48:17,814 --> 13:48:19,082 ANY LOSS OF CAPACITY BECAUSE 1240 13:48:19,082 --> 13:48:20,484 THEY WEREN'T PERFORMING A 1241 13:48:20,484 --> 13:48:21,585 FUNCTION ANYWAY. 1242 13:48:21,585 --> 13:48:23,220 >> THE SEVEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 1243 13:48:23,220 --> 13:48:23,587 SEVEN LAYOFFS. 1244 13:48:23,587 --> 13:48:27,491 >> NO, THE 34, THE SEVEN DO 1245 13:48:27,491 --> 13:48:28,125 REPRESENT A LOSS OF CAPACITY, 1246 13:48:28,125 --> 13:48:29,693 BUT IT'S ALSO A LOSS OF 1247 13:48:29,693 --> 13:48:30,360 CAPACITY THAT CAN'T BE SUSTAINED 1248 13:48:30,360 --> 13:48:33,697 WITH CURRENT REVENUES. OKAY. UM, 1249 13:48:33,697 --> 13:48:35,365 IN TERMS OF I'M NOT I'M SORT OF 1250 13:48:35,365 --> 13:48:37,234 TRYING TO BRING THIS BACK TO MH 1251 13:48:37,234 --> 13:48:41,271 AYE. RIGHT. AND SO YOU ALL ARE 1252 13:48:41,271 --> 13:48:41,838 FAMILIAR WITH COUNCILMEMBER 1253 13:48:41,838 --> 13:48:42,906 FOSTER PROPOSAL FOR THE MH AYE, 1254 13:48:42,906 --> 13:48:45,075 THE HOUSING ACCELERATOR. UM, 1255 13:48:45,075 --> 13:48:49,079 THERE ARE SORT OF TWO CATEGORIES 1256 13:48:49,079 --> 13:48:49,713 OF ELIGIBILITY THERE. ONE HAS TO 1257 13:48:49,713 --> 13:48:52,315 DO WITH FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY 1258 13:48:52,315 --> 13:48:53,817 VESTED AND HAVE BUILDING PERMIT 1259 13:48:53,817 --> 13:48:55,886 APPLICATIONS IN THE DOOR. UM, 1260 13:48:55,886 --> 13:48:58,221 IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT THOSE, 1261 13:48:58,221 --> 13:48:59,656 THAT THERE'LL BE ANY NEW 1262 13:48:59,656 --> 13:49:00,657 REVENUE COMING FROM THOSE 1263 13:49:00,657 --> 13:49:01,758 PROJECTS OR MAY BE VERY, VERY 1264 13:49:01,758 --> 13:49:02,626 SMALL AMOUNT OF REVENUE. IF THEY 1265 13:49:02,626 --> 13:49:04,895 DO A PERMIT REVISION OR 1266 13:49:04,895 --> 13:49:07,197 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE SECOND 1267 13:49:07,197 --> 13:49:08,532 CATEGORY OF PROJECTS HAS TO DO 1268 13:49:08,532 --> 13:49:09,833 WITH FOLKS WHO DON'T CURRENTLY 1269 13:49:09,833 --> 13:49:11,001 HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT 1270 13:49:11,001 --> 13:49:12,569 APPLICATION, BUT COULD APPLY 1271 13:49:12,569 --> 13:49:15,072 WITHIN A WINDOW OF TIME THAT THE 1272 13:49:15,072 --> 13:49:17,507 THE ACCELERATOR COULD INDUCE 1273 13:49:17,507 --> 13:49:18,675 SOME AMOUNT OF PERMIT 1274 13:49:18,675 --> 13:49:20,210 APPLICATIONS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW 1275 13:49:20,210 --> 13:49:21,978 MUCH IT'S REALLY WOULD BE 1276 13:49:21,978 --> 13:49:23,380 SPECULATIVE JUST TO GUESS ABOUT 1277 13:49:23,380 --> 13:49:25,949 HOW MUCH THEY MAY INDUCE. UM, 1278 13:49:25,949 --> 13:49:28,318 BUT AND THAT COULD HAVE AN 1279 13:49:28,318 --> 13:49:30,720 EFFECT ON, ON, ON OPERATING 1280 13:49:30,720 --> 13:49:32,589 REVENUE. SO PERMIT FEES FLOWING 1281 13:49:32,589 --> 13:49:34,157 INTO THE CONSTRUCTION AND 1282 13:49:34,157 --> 13:49:35,292 INSPECTIONS FUND. UM, THE WINDOW 1283 13:49:35,292 --> 13:49:37,427 OF TIME IN WHICH PEOPLE COULD 1284 13:49:37,427 --> 13:49:39,396 APPLY TENDS TO FAVOR SMALLER 1285 13:49:39,396 --> 13:49:41,064 PROJECTS. SO IT'S ABOUT A YEAR. 1286 13:49:41,064 --> 13:49:42,666 UM, AND THAT TENDS TO FAVOR 1287 13:49:42,666 --> 13:49:44,868 SMALLER PROJECTS, NOT THE BIGGER 1288 13:49:44,868 --> 13:49:46,203 PROJECTS THAT WILL REALLY MAKE A 1289 13:49:46,203 --> 13:49:47,671 DIFFERENCE IN THE HEALTH OF THE 1290 13:49:47,671 --> 13:49:50,674 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS FUND. 1291 13:49:50,674 --> 13:49:52,442 AND SHANE COVE AT SDCI FINANCE 1292 13:49:52,442 --> 13:49:53,877 MANAGER MENTIONED THE TYPES OF 1293 13:49:53,877 --> 13:49:55,312 PROJECTS THAT WILL REALLY MAKE A 1294 13:49:55,312 --> 13:49:56,913 DIFFERENCE. AND THOSE ARE VERY 1295 13:49:56,913 --> 13:49:58,749 LARGE THINGS. SO WHEN SOUND 1296 13:49:58,749 --> 13:49:59,683 TRANSIT BEGINS CONSTRUCTION, 1297 13:49:59,683 --> 13:50:00,317 THAT WILL GENERATE A FAIR AMOUNT 1298 13:50:00,317 --> 13:50:02,586 OF PERMANENT REVENUE. UM, WHEN 1299 13:50:02,586 --> 13:50:04,154 KING COUNTY DOES ITS HARBORVIEW 1300 13:50:04,154 --> 13:50:05,155 RENOVATION, THAT WILL GENERATE A 1301 13:50:05,155 --> 13:50:07,157 FAIR AMOUNT OF REVENUE TO THE 1302 13:50:07,157 --> 13:50:08,692 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS FUND. 1303 13:50:08,692 --> 13:50:09,860 BUT ABSENT THINGS LIKE THAT, OR 1304 13:50:09,860 --> 13:50:13,029 VERY BIG OFFICE OR RESIDENTIAL 1305 13:50:13,029 --> 13:50:16,967 TOWERS, UM, UH, JUST AN 1306 13:50:16,967 --> 13:50:17,667 INCREASING VOLUME OF SMALLER 1307 13:50:17,667 --> 13:50:19,035 PROJECTS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE, 1308 13:50:19,035 --> 13:50:21,671 BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE A 1309 13:50:21,671 --> 13:50:22,172 TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE. 1310 13:50:22,172 --> 13:50:26,943 >> SO, UM, I WON'T BE HERE, BUT 1311 13:50:26,943 --> 13:50:30,180 IN 2028, YOU MAY BE HAVING THIS 1312 13:50:30,180 --> 13:50:31,448 CONVERSATION THAT WILL REMEDY IF 1313 13:50:31,448 --> 13:50:36,386 YOU NEED MORE FTES FOR MHA 1314 13:50:36,386 --> 13:50:38,555 >> RIGHT. AND THE POSITION 1315 13:50:38,555 --> 13:50:40,023 AUTHORITY EXISTS WHEN THE WHEN 1316 13:50:40,023 --> 13:50:41,725 THE VOLUME, WHEN THOSE WHEN THE 1317 13:50:41,725 --> 13:50:42,759 PERMIT VOLUMES AND VALUES 1318 13:50:42,759 --> 13:50:44,728 INCREASE, RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE 1319 13:50:44,728 --> 13:50:46,997 ARE TWO, TWO, UM, TWO MECHANISMS 1320 13:50:46,997 --> 13:50:48,331 THAT WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH 1321 13:50:48,331 --> 13:50:49,833 THAT SDCI USES TO KIND OF 1322 13:50:49,833 --> 13:50:52,569 BALANCE THIS, THE FACT THAT, UM, 1323 13:50:52,569 --> 13:50:54,538 THE REAL ESTATE CYCLE IS 1324 13:50:54,538 --> 13:50:55,572 CYCLICAL, RIGHT? THE CYCLE IS 1325 13:50:55,572 --> 13:50:57,107 CYCLICAL. THAT'S REDUNDANT, BUT 1326 13:50:57,107 --> 13:50:58,241 ONE IS, ONE IS THE CORE STAFFING 1327 13:50:58,241 --> 13:50:59,543 RESERVE, WHICH IS BEING DEPLETED 1328 13:50:59,543 --> 13:51:01,678 AND IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND 1329 13:51:01,678 --> 13:51:03,880 COULD BECOME WORSE. THE OTHER IS 1330 13:51:03,880 --> 13:51:05,916 A CONTINGENT BUDGET AUTHORITY, 1331 13:51:05,916 --> 13:51:07,184 WHICH SDCI HAS. AND ACTUALLY 1332 13:51:07,184 --> 13:51:09,519 SDOT HAS A LITTLE BIT AS WELL 1333 13:51:09,519 --> 13:51:12,122 FOR STREET USE PERMITS. AND THAT 1334 13:51:12,122 --> 13:51:14,424 ALLOWS SDCI WHEN REVENUE COMES 1335 13:51:14,424 --> 13:51:15,992 IN TO QUICKLY STAFF UP SO THEY 1336 13:51:15,992 --> 13:51:18,128 DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK FOR 1337 13:51:18,128 --> 13:51:18,662 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION 1338 13:51:18,662 --> 13:51:19,863 AUTHORITY FROM THE COUNCIL, AS 1339 13:51:19,863 --> 13:51:22,132 LONG AS THEY HAVE UP TO THE 1340 13:51:22,132 --> 13:51:23,366 LIMIT OF THEIR CONTINGENT BUDGET 1341 13:51:23,366 --> 13:51:25,268 AUTHORITY AND HAS PROVIDED THAT 1342 13:51:25,268 --> 13:51:28,071 THEY HAVE POSITIONS THEY CAN 1343 13:51:28,071 --> 13:51:28,271 FILL. 1344 13:51:28,271 --> 13:51:32,042 >> OKAY, SO, SO SO PEOPLE WILL 1345 13:51:32,042 --> 13:51:35,378 BE MAYBE BACK FOR THOSE 1346 13:51:35,378 --> 13:51:38,715 ADDITIONAL FEES FOR MHA. UM 1347 13:51:38,715 --> 13:51:39,783 ONGOING OR ONE TIME, HOWEVER, 1348 13:51:39,783 --> 13:51:41,384 THAT HOWEVER, THAT DEEMS JUST A 1349 13:51:41,384 --> 13:51:43,353 QUICK FOLLOW UP, IF I MAY, MR. 1350 13:51:43,353 --> 13:51:43,587 CHAIR. 1351 13:51:43,587 --> 13:51:44,888 >> PLEASE. FLOOR IS YOURS. 1352 13:51:44,888 --> 13:51:46,756 >> UM, YOU BROUGHT UP SOUND 1353 13:51:46,756 --> 13:51:48,725 TRANSIT. ARE YOU ANTICIPATING ON 1354 13:51:48,725 --> 13:51:50,126 THE WEST THE WEST SEATTLE LINK? 1355 13:51:50,126 --> 13:51:52,028 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 1356 13:51:52,028 --> 13:51:52,262 ABOUT? 1357 13:51:52,262 --> 13:51:53,096 >> UM, YEAH, I GUESS WEST 1358 13:51:53,096 --> 13:51:54,264 SEATTLE LINK IS WHERE MOST OF IT 1359 13:51:54,264 --> 13:51:57,334 WILL START. WE HAVE AN SDCI HAS 1360 13:51:57,334 --> 13:52:00,003 ONE, UM, SOUND TRANSIT FUNDED 1361 13:52:00,003 --> 13:52:01,104 POSITION. WE HAVE MORE DETAIL 1362 13:52:01,104 --> 13:52:02,739 HERE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ALL OF 1363 13:52:02,739 --> 13:52:06,476 YOU ABOUT. UM, A WORK THAT THE 1364 13:52:06,476 --> 13:52:09,079 EXECUTIVE IS DOING TO STAFF UP 1365 13:52:09,079 --> 13:52:11,014 FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT 1366 13:52:11,014 --> 13:52:13,383 HAVE STATE FUNDED POSITIONS. I 1367 13:52:13,383 --> 13:52:13,950 MEAN, SOUND TRANSIT FUNDED 1368 13:52:13,950 --> 13:52:15,685 POSITIONS. BUT YOU'LL RECALL 1369 13:52:15,685 --> 13:52:16,720 THAT IN AND I'M GOING TO THIS 1370 13:52:16,720 --> 13:52:17,988 IS UM, YOU MAY HAVE A BETTER 1371 13:52:17,988 --> 13:52:19,256 HANDLE ON THIS THAN I DO, BUT 1372 13:52:19,256 --> 13:52:20,357 THERE, THERE IS. 1373 13:52:20,357 --> 13:52:22,959 >> NO LOOK AT HIM. HE DOESN'T. 1374 13:52:22,959 --> 13:52:24,461 >> 2025 THE CITY ADDED A BUNCH 1375 13:52:24,461 --> 13:52:25,562 OF POSITIONS TO HELP DELIVER 1376 13:52:25,562 --> 13:52:27,364 SOUND TRANSIT AND. 1377 13:52:27,364 --> 13:52:28,898 >> RIGHT. I REMEMBER THAT 1378 13:52:28,898 --> 13:52:30,200 BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOT TO DO 1379 13:52:30,200 --> 13:52:31,868 PINEHURST. SO AND I'M JUST 1380 13:52:31,868 --> 13:52:32,902 WONDERING HOW THAT COMPUTED IN 1381 13:52:32,902 --> 13:52:35,105 HERE, NOT NOT ONLY WEST SEATTLE, 1382 13:52:35,105 --> 13:52:37,374 BUT PINEHURST AS WELL, WHICH HAS 1383 13:52:37,374 --> 13:52:38,008 BEEN A CRITICISM, WHICH I THINK 1384 13:52:38,008 --> 13:52:38,675 IS UNFOUNDED AND UNFAIR AND KIND 1385 13:52:38,675 --> 13:52:40,610 OF STUPID. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. 1386 13:52:40,610 --> 13:52:43,446 BUT GO AHEAD. 1387 13:52:43,446 --> 13:52:44,080 >> BUT FILLING THOSE POSITIONS 1388 13:52:44,080 --> 13:52:45,915 RELIES ON FUNDING AGREEMENTS 1389 13:52:45,915 --> 13:52:46,917 WITH SOUND TRANSIT, SOME OF 1390 13:52:46,917 --> 13:52:48,018 WHICH HAVE BEEN EXECUTED, SOME 1391 13:52:48,018 --> 13:52:51,488 OF WHICH HAVEN'T, AND ALSO ON 1392 13:52:51,488 --> 13:52:52,255 AN AGREED UPON PERMIT SCHEDULE 1393 13:52:52,255 --> 13:52:54,224 FOR I THINK IT WOULD START WITH 1394 13:52:54,224 --> 13:52:56,126 THE WEST SEATTLE LINK. UM, AND 1395 13:52:56,126 --> 13:52:57,460 AND SOME OF THAT STUFF HAS NOT 1396 13:52:57,460 --> 13:52:59,930 BEEN ESTABLISHED YET EITHER. SO 1397 13:52:59,930 --> 13:53:03,700 WHEN THEY, WHEN THOSE ARE 1398 13:53:03,700 --> 13:53:04,334 ESTABLISHED, THE AUTHORITY THAT 1399 13:53:04,334 --> 13:53:04,834 THE REVENUE TO FILL THE 1400 13:53:04,834 --> 13:53:06,670 POSITIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN 1401 13:53:06,670 --> 13:53:07,304 AUTHORIZED WILL BE AVAILABLE TO 1402 13:53:07,304 --> 13:53:08,605 THE CITY AND THOSE POSITIONS CAN 1403 13:53:08,605 --> 13:53:09,072 BE FULLY STAFFED UP. 1404 13:53:09,072 --> 13:53:10,440 >> AND THAT'S, THAT'S YEAH. 1405 13:53:10,440 --> 13:53:11,574 YOU GOT TO THE MEAT OF WHAT I 1406 13:53:11,574 --> 13:53:13,476 WAS SAYING, BESIDES JUST WEST 1407 13:53:13,476 --> 13:53:14,611 SEATTLE, BUT IN THE FTES AND 1408 13:53:14,611 --> 13:53:17,314 MHA, BUT ALSO HOW THAT CONNECTS 1409 13:53:17,314 --> 13:53:18,481 WITH THE LAND USE AND PLANNING 1410 13:53:18,481 --> 13:53:20,650 THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH 1411 13:53:20,650 --> 13:53:22,819 SDCI AND OPCD UP AT PINEHURST ON 1412 13:53:22,819 --> 13:53:24,888 1/30. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M 1413 13:53:24,888 --> 13:53:25,989 ANTICIPATING AND NOT LOCKED IN. 1414 13:53:25,989 --> 13:53:28,458 OBVIOUSLY THAT LOOKS LIKE IN 1415 13:53:28,458 --> 13:53:29,492 2028. THAT'S THOSE ARE THE 1416 13:53:29,492 --> 13:53:30,961 QUESTIONS YOU'RE GOING TO BE 1417 13:53:30,961 --> 13:53:32,495 STRUGGLING WITH. AND I THINK IN 1418 13:53:32,495 --> 13:53:35,365 2028, CORRECT? 1419 13:53:35,365 --> 13:53:35,665 >> CORRECT. 1420 13:53:35,665 --> 13:53:38,568 >> OKAY. THANK YOU, LIZ. THANK 1421 13:53:38,568 --> 13:53:39,636 YOU, MR. CHAIR. 1422 13:53:39,636 --> 13:53:41,738 >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. 1423 13:53:41,738 --> 13:53:42,205 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 1424 13:53:42,205 --> 13:53:44,774 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOLLOWED BY 1425 13:53:44,774 --> 13:53:45,008 RIVERA. 1426 13:53:45,008 --> 13:53:45,909 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU 1427 13:53:45,909 --> 13:53:47,544 FOR THE PRESENTATION HERE TODAY. 1428 13:53:47,544 --> 13:53:49,980 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, I WANT 1429 13:53:49,980 --> 13:53:52,582 TO DOUBLE CLICK FOR JUST A 1430 13:53:52,582 --> 13:53:54,651 MOMENT ON THE ISSUE TWO OR 1431 13:53:54,651 --> 13:53:56,519 POLICY CONSIDERATION NUMBER TWO, 1432 13:53:56,519 --> 13:53:58,355 AS REFLECTED IN SLIDE FIVE. AND 1433 13:53:58,355 --> 13:54:03,426 THEN PAGE FOUR OF THE CENTRAL 1434 13:54:03,426 --> 13:54:05,795 STAFF ANALYSIS MEMO. UM SO 1435 13:54:05,795 --> 13:54:08,765 LOOKING BACK ON THIS SLIDE, UH, 1436 13:54:08,765 --> 13:54:11,701 REMINDED THAT I'M ONE OF THE, 1437 13:54:11,701 --> 13:54:12,802 THE CO-SPONSORS HERE AND I 1438 13:54:12,802 --> 13:54:16,072 THINK, UH, COUNCILMEMBER LYNN'S 1439 13:54:16,072 --> 13:54:17,640 PREDECESSOR, CHAIR OF THE, THE 1440 13:54:17,640 --> 13:54:19,909 THEN LAND USE COMMITTEE WAS THE 1441 13:54:19,909 --> 13:54:23,213 PRIME SPONSOR OF THIS WHAT DO WE 1442 13:54:23,213 --> 13:54:29,219 KNOW? WHAT WERE THE STATED 1443 13:54:29,219 --> 13:54:29,853 REASONS, THE PURPORTED REASONS? 1444 13:54:29,853 --> 13:54:33,690 THE EXECUTIVE DID NOT COMPLY 1445 13:54:33,690 --> 13:54:36,860 WITH THIS. WHAT WERE THE 1446 13:54:36,860 --> 13:54:39,562 PURPORTED REASONS FOR THE 1447 13:54:39,562 --> 13:54:41,931 EXECUTIVES DEFICIENCY IN 1448 13:54:41,931 --> 13:54:44,401 REVERTING WITH THE REQUESTED 1449 13:54:44,401 --> 13:54:44,601 SLI? 1450 13:54:44,601 --> 13:54:45,402 >> I DON'T I CAN'T SAY FOR 1451 13:54:45,402 --> 13:54:47,036 SURE. WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT THE 1452 13:54:47,036 --> 13:54:47,971 QUESTION TO EXECUTIVE. I KNOW 1453 13:54:47,971 --> 13:54:50,240 THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY 1454 13:54:50,240 --> 13:54:51,007 CONSIDERED SOME OPTIONS. I THINK 1455 13:54:51,007 --> 13:54:52,876 THAT THEY. I KNOW I HAVE HEARD 1456 13:54:52,876 --> 13:54:54,511 ANECDOTALLY THAT THEY WERE BACK 1457 13:54:54,511 --> 13:54:56,546 AND FORTH BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT 1458 13:54:56,546 --> 13:54:58,181 AND. AND CBO ABOUT, UH, 1459 13:54:58,181 --> 13:54:58,848 COMPLIANCE WITH THIS LAW. AND I 1460 13:54:58,848 --> 13:55:00,050 THINK THAT THEY HAD DEVELOPED A 1461 13:55:00,050 --> 13:55:01,651 WORK PRODUCT. IT JUST MAY NOT 1462 13:55:01,651 --> 13:55:02,519 HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO THE POINT 1463 13:55:02,519 --> 13:55:03,887 WHERE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS READY 1464 13:55:03,887 --> 13:55:05,588 FOR COUNCIL CONSUMPTION. 1465 13:55:05,588 --> 13:55:06,656 >> THANK YOU. AND THEN AND THEN 1466 13:55:06,656 --> 13:55:08,291 I LOOK BACK AT THE EXACT SLIDE 1467 13:55:08,291 --> 13:55:10,326 AND SEE THE REQUESTED DUE DATE 1468 13:55:10,326 --> 13:55:16,199 IS MARCH 31st, 2026. AND HERE WE 1469 13:55:16,199 --> 13:55:17,801 ARE. GEEZ, THREE QUARTERS LATER, 1470 13:55:17,801 --> 13:55:23,740 ALMOST. AND, UH, NO PAPERWORK 1471 13:55:23,740 --> 13:55:25,341 AND NO PLAN TO GET THE 1472 13:55:25,341 --> 13:55:28,278 PAPERWORK. UM, I DON'T WHAT 1473 13:55:28,278 --> 13:55:29,946 THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME AND I 1474 13:55:29,946 --> 13:55:32,982 DON'T SEE THESE SLIDES AS AN 1475 13:55:32,982 --> 13:55:36,352 OPTIONAL THING. UH, AND JUST TO 1476 13:55:36,352 --> 13:55:40,523 EMPHASIZE WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THE 1477 13:55:40,523 --> 13:55:43,493 LAST SENTENCE OF THE SLI AND IN 1478 13:55:43,493 --> 13:55:45,829 THE MIDDLE OF THE, THE MOST 1479 13:55:45,829 --> 13:55:48,264 RECENT CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS ON 1480 13:55:48,264 --> 13:55:51,301 PAGE FOUR. NOT MEETING THESE 1481 13:55:51,301 --> 13:55:52,702 DEADLINES MAY CARRY LEGAL OR 1482 13:55:52,702 --> 13:55:54,904 FINANCIAL RISK TO THE CITY. I 1483 13:55:54,904 --> 13:55:59,576 THINK WHEN WE DO SLIDES AND WE 1484 13:55:59,576 --> 13:56:01,377 REQUEST THESE REPORTS, IT'S NOT 1485 13:56:01,377 --> 13:56:02,112 JUST WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SPIN 1486 13:56:02,112 --> 13:56:04,414 UP A BUNCH OF UNNECESSARY WORK 1487 13:56:04,414 --> 13:56:06,216 STREAMS OR PAPERWORK THIS IS A 1488 13:56:06,216 --> 13:56:12,188 REALLY IMPORTANT REASON FOR FOR 1489 13:56:12,188 --> 13:56:12,822 THESE REQUIREMENTS. AND, AND I 1490 13:56:12,822 --> 13:56:16,025 WANT TO EMPHASIZE AND UNDERSCORE 1491 13:56:16,025 --> 13:56:20,463 REQUIREMENTS AND HERE WE ARE 1492 13:56:20,463 --> 13:56:22,932 SIX, SEVEN PLUS MONTHS LATER, 1493 13:56:22,932 --> 13:56:26,002 STILL NO REQUESTED PAPERWORK OR 1494 13:56:26,002 --> 13:56:27,337 PLAN TO GET THE PAPERWORK. I 1495 13:56:27,337 --> 13:56:31,341 DON'T KNOW HOW SIMPLY DOING A 1496 13:56:31,341 --> 13:56:32,642 ALONE WOULD WOULD HELP GET US 1497 13:56:32,642 --> 13:56:34,344 THERE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT. 1498 13:56:34,344 --> 13:56:35,879 THAT IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT 1499 13:56:35,879 --> 13:56:40,350 WE HAVE BEFORE US. UH, SO THANK 1500 13:56:40,350 --> 13:56:41,885 YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION HERE, 1501 13:56:41,885 --> 13:56:45,088 TEEING UP SOME OF THESE OPTIONS 1502 13:56:45,088 --> 13:56:48,191 AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. I AM 1503 13:56:48,191 --> 13:56:50,093 CONCERNED OF STILL NO DEFINED 1504 13:56:50,093 --> 13:56:53,296 PATH TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE SLI. 1505 13:56:53,296 --> 13:56:53,696 THANK YOU. CHAIR. 1506 13:56:53,696 --> 13:56:56,099 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1507 13:56:56,099 --> 13:56:57,800 ANYTHING FROM THE TABLE? NOT AT 1508 13:56:57,800 --> 13:57:00,970 THIS TIME. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1509 13:57:00,970 --> 13:57:04,440 >> THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU FOR 1510 13:57:04,440 --> 13:57:06,276 THE PRESENTATION PLUS ONE TO MY 1511 13:57:06,276 --> 13:57:09,078 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1512 13:57:09,078 --> 13:57:10,813 COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WORRISOME IT 1513 13:57:10,813 --> 13:57:12,715 IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT, BEYOND 1514 13:57:12,715 --> 13:57:16,152 NOT RESPONDING TO THIS SLIDE, 1515 13:57:16,152 --> 13:57:18,555 THAT THEY HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE 1516 13:57:18,555 --> 13:57:19,622 OUTSTANDING MANDATES AND THAT WE 1517 13:57:19,622 --> 13:57:21,190 MAY BE LEAVING MONEY ON THE 1518 13:57:21,190 --> 13:57:27,263 TABLE, UM, IS OF GREAT CONCERN. 1519 13:57:27,263 --> 13:57:27,897 UM, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WHEN WE 1520 13:57:27,897 --> 13:57:28,531 LEAVE STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS 1521 13:57:28,531 --> 13:57:30,433 ON THE TABLE, FOR THAT MATTER, 1522 13:57:30,433 --> 13:57:33,169 IT JUST ALL IT DOES IS TRANSFER 1523 13:57:33,169 --> 13:57:34,671 MORE OBLIGATION OR, UM, MORE 1524 13:57:34,671 --> 13:57:36,739 PRESSURE, I SHOULD SAY, ON THE 1525 13:57:36,739 --> 13:57:39,776 CITY. UM, SO BEING ABLE TO, FOR 1526 13:57:39,776 --> 13:57:42,345 DEPARTMENTS TO COMPLY IS REALLY 1527 13:57:42,345 --> 13:57:43,913 IMPORTANT. AND THIS IS REALLY 1528 13:57:43,913 --> 13:57:46,149 TROUBLESOME. AND I GUESS, WELL, 1529 13:57:46,149 --> 13:57:48,551 I WILL ADD TO MY COLLEAGUE IS 1530 13:57:48,551 --> 13:57:49,452 THAT I WAS UNAWARE UNTIL RIGHT 1531 13:57:49,452 --> 13:57:52,322 THIS SECOND THAT SDCI IS NOT IN 1532 13:57:52,322 --> 13:57:54,824 COMPLIANCE WITH A MANDATE THAT 1533 13:57:54,824 --> 13:57:57,694 THEY HAVE. SO ACTUALLY, THIS 1534 13:57:57,694 --> 13:58:00,296 GOES TO MY THIS MORNING'S 1535 13:58:00,296 --> 13:58:02,565 COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE 1536 13:58:02,565 --> 13:58:04,634 AS COUNCIL DON'T BECAUSE WE ARE 1537 13:58:04,634 --> 13:58:07,036 NOT IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS OF 1538 13:58:07,036 --> 13:58:09,205 DEPARTMENTS, DON'T ALWAYS GET 1539 13:58:09,205 --> 13:58:10,340 INFORMATION TIMELY SUCH AS THIS. 1540 13:58:10,340 --> 13:58:12,475 UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 1541 13:58:12,475 --> 13:58:14,377 WE SHOULD HAVE HAD MORE TIMELY 1542 13:58:14,377 --> 13:58:16,179 AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE SLI 1543 13:58:16,179 --> 13:58:18,381 RESPONSE PROBABLY BEEN PROVIDED 1544 13:58:18,381 --> 13:58:20,183 BACK IN MARCH OR AT ANY POINT 1545 13:58:20,183 --> 13:58:23,252 BEFORE TODAY. SO I'LL JUST SAY 1546 13:58:23,252 --> 13:58:26,089 THAT ABOUT THAT. UM, I'M, I HAVE 1547 13:58:26,089 --> 13:58:28,224 A QUESTION ABOUT THE FEES. UM, 1548 13:58:28,224 --> 13:58:30,593 THE, THE FIRST POLICY 1549 13:58:30,593 --> 13:58:32,962 CONSIDERATION. KETTLE YOU 1550 13:58:32,962 --> 13:58:34,864 POINTED OUT JUST, UM, BEYOND, 1551 13:58:34,864 --> 13:58:38,735 UH, REQUIRING OF, OF, OF 1552 13:58:38,735 --> 13:58:40,903 QUARTERLY REPORTING IS JUST THIS 1553 13:58:40,903 --> 13:58:44,140 ISSUE THAT, UM, FEE INCREASES AT 1554 13:58:44,140 --> 13:58:45,775 THE MOMENT. THE ONLY PROJECTS 1555 13:58:45,775 --> 13:58:47,877 THAT REALLY ARE MOVING FORWARD 1556 13:58:47,877 --> 13:58:49,312 ARE THESE SMALLER PROJECTS. SO 1557 13:58:49,312 --> 13:58:50,446 I'M CONCERNED WITH AN INCREASE 1558 13:58:50,446 --> 13:58:52,815 IN FEES. WE'RE JUST PASSING ON 1559 13:58:52,815 --> 13:58:55,285 THESE COSTS TO THESE SMALLER 1560 13:58:55,285 --> 13:58:57,820 PROJECTS VERSUS UM, AS MY 1561 13:58:57,820 --> 13:58:59,622 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 1562 13:58:59,622 --> 13:59:00,690 SAID THIS MORNING, WE DON'T HAVE 1563 13:59:00,690 --> 13:59:03,159 THOSE BIG PROJECTS COMING ONLINE 1564 13:59:03,159 --> 13:59:04,460 AT THE MOMENT. AND SO IN THE 1565 13:59:04,460 --> 13:59:05,762 ABSENCE OF THAT, I FEEL LIKE 1566 13:59:05,762 --> 13:59:08,364 WE'RE SHIFTING MORE BURDEN ONTO 1567 13:59:08,364 --> 13:59:10,199 THESE SMALLER PROJECTS. AND AND 1568 13:59:10,199 --> 13:59:13,670 THAT TOO IS OF CONCERN. UM, 1569 13:59:13,670 --> 13:59:15,138 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE 1570 13:59:15,138 --> 13:59:16,839 GOING TO YIELD THE KIND OF 1571 13:59:16,839 --> 13:59:18,441 REVENUE THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED AT 1572 13:59:18,441 --> 13:59:21,010 THE CITY. SO, UM, FOR STARTERS, 1573 13:59:21,010 --> 13:59:22,879 AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT JUST 1574 13:59:22,879 --> 13:59:27,050 PUTS BURDEN ON FOLKS THAT ARE 1575 13:59:27,050 --> 13:59:27,684 ALREADY PROBABLY STRUGGLING TO 1576 13:59:27,684 --> 13:59:29,185 REALLY, UH, PAY FOR THESE FEES. 1577 13:59:29,185 --> 13:59:31,688 IF YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, IF 1578 13:59:31,688 --> 13:59:33,156 YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER AND YOU'RE 1579 13:59:33,156 --> 13:59:35,291 DOING A SMALLER PROJECT, FOR 1580 13:59:35,291 --> 13:59:36,225 INSTANCE, YOU KNOW THAT THOSE 1581 13:59:36,225 --> 13:59:38,828 FEES DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. UM, I 1582 13:59:38,828 --> 13:59:40,496 WOULD THINK EVEN IF YOU'RE DOING 1583 13:59:40,496 --> 13:59:41,964 THINGS LIKE ADDING A MOTHER IN 1584 13:59:41,964 --> 13:59:44,300 LAW OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, 1585 13:59:44,300 --> 13:59:46,269 I MEAN, THESE ARE THE SMALLER 1586 13:59:46,269 --> 13:59:49,372 PROJECTS. SO I JUST, UM, DO YOU 1587 13:59:49,372 --> 13:59:50,907 HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE 1588 13:59:50,907 --> 13:59:52,442 INCREASE OF FEES AND WHAT 1589 13:59:52,442 --> 13:59:55,378 IMPACTS THEY MAY HAVE? YOU KNOW, 1590 13:59:55,378 --> 13:59:57,413 AM I IN THE BALLPARK OR IS THIS 1591 13:59:57,413 --> 13:59:58,748 A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SMALLER 1592 13:59:58,748 --> 14:00:00,483 PROJECT THAT ISN'T GOING TO 1593 14:00:00,483 --> 14:00:05,154 BURDEN OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, UH 1594 14:00:05,154 --> 14:00:05,922 CONSTITUENTS WHO MIGHT BE DOING 1595 14:00:05,922 --> 14:00:09,592 THESE SMALLER PROJECTS? AM AYE. 1596 14:00:09,592 --> 14:00:11,861 >> I MEAN, THERE, THERE WILL BE 1597 14:00:11,861 --> 14:00:12,795 INCREASED COSTS, RIGHT? THE 1598 14:00:12,795 --> 14:00:14,797 TRADE OFF HERE IS BETWEEN 1599 14:00:14,797 --> 14:00:19,902 INCREASING COSTS. NOW, UM, AND 1600 14:00:19,902 --> 14:00:20,536 MAINTAINING A STAFFING RESERVE 1601 14:00:20,536 --> 14:00:22,839 SO THAT WHEN THINGS DO TURN 1602 14:00:22,839 --> 14:00:24,741 AROUND, THERE'S SUFFICIENT 1603 14:00:24,741 --> 14:00:25,341 CAPACITY WITH EXPERIENCE THAT 1604 14:00:25,341 --> 14:00:27,710 CAN HELP DELIVER QUICK 1605 14:00:27,710 --> 14:00:29,879 TURNAROUND TIMES. THERE WAS SOME 1606 14:00:29,879 --> 14:00:31,914 INFORMATION THAT SDCI PROVIDED 1607 14:00:31,914 --> 14:00:33,049 ABOUT HOW MUCH THE FEE CHANGES 1608 14:00:33,049 --> 14:00:34,817 WOULD ADD TO THE COSTS OF SORT 1609 14:00:34,817 --> 14:00:39,789 OF PROTOTYPICAL PROJECTS. SO FOR 1610 14:00:39,789 --> 14:00:42,258 AN 8500 SQUARE FOOT ADU, THAT'S 1611 14:00:42,258 --> 14:00:45,027 ABOUT A 10.7% INCREASE IN THE 1612 14:00:45,027 --> 14:00:48,030 APPLICABLE FEES, WHICH ADDS 1613 14:00:48,030 --> 14:00:50,133 ABOUT $369 TO THE OVERALL PERMIT 1614 14:00:50,133 --> 14:00:51,801 COST. SIMILARLY, WITH A FOUR 1615 14:00:51,801 --> 14:00:54,704 PACK TOWNHOUSE, THEY USE THAT AS 1616 14:00:54,704 --> 14:00:58,107 AN EXAMPLE AS WELL A SIMILAR 1617 14:00:58,107 --> 14:00:59,208 PERCENTAGE INCREASE AND THE FEES 1618 14:00:59,208 --> 14:01:02,211 WOULD BE ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 1619 14:01:02,211 --> 14:01:05,748 $372 PER TOWNHOUSE UNIT. SO 1620 14:01:05,748 --> 14:01:07,417 ABOUT 13 OR $1400 FOR THE ENTIRE 1621 14:01:07,417 --> 14:01:10,586 DEVELOPMENT. SO THEY ARE BIG 1622 14:01:10,586 --> 14:01:12,054 PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN FEES. 1623 14:01:12,054 --> 14:01:14,090 BUT IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT 1624 14:01:14,090 --> 14:01:16,592 THAT PEOPLE PAY, UM, IT'S, IT 1625 14:01:16,592 --> 14:01:17,693 MAKES A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? BUT 1626 14:01:17,693 --> 14:01:21,864 IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S NOT IF THAT 1627 14:01:21,864 --> 14:01:22,799 COST IS TRANSLATED INTO A SALES 1628 14:01:22,799 --> 14:01:25,802 PRICE, IT'S NOT MAKING A HUGE 1629 14:01:25,802 --> 14:01:30,206 DIFFERENCE IN THAT SALES PRICE 1630 14:01:30,206 --> 14:01:31,607 >> DO YOU MEAN IN INSTANCES 1631 14:01:31,607 --> 14:01:33,709 WHERE THEY'RE, UM, IMPROVING 1632 14:01:33,709 --> 14:01:35,611 THEIR HOME TO SELL THEIR HOME 1633 14:01:35,611 --> 14:01:37,280 VERSUS STAY IN THEIR HOME 1634 14:01:37,280 --> 14:01:37,880 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A RELATIVE 1635 14:01:37,880 --> 14:01:38,781 MOVING IN? 1636 14:01:38,781 --> 14:01:40,349 >> AND YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING 1637 14:01:40,349 --> 14:01:41,951 OF THE ADU EXAMPLE. 1638 14:01:41,951 --> 14:01:43,786 >> LIKE. IT ADDS ABOUT $369 TO 1639 14:01:43,786 --> 14:01:46,856 THE COST OF THAT EDDIE YOU, UM, 1640 14:01:46,856 --> 14:01:49,258 YOU KNOW, OVER TIME, OVER MANY 1641 14:01:49,258 --> 14:01:51,060 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD 1642 14:01:51,060 --> 14:01:51,761 SEEN LEGISLATION INCREASING 1643 14:01:51,761 --> 14:01:53,696 FEES, NOT JUST LAST YEAR, BUT 1644 14:01:53,696 --> 14:01:54,797 THE YEAR BEFORE THAT. UM, YOU 1645 14:01:54,797 --> 14:01:57,133 KNOW, WE WOULD, WE COULD LOOK AT 1646 14:01:57,133 --> 14:01:59,202 THAT IN AGGREGATE AND IT 1647 14:01:59,202 --> 14:01:59,802 PROBABLY IS MORE SIGNIFICANT 1648 14:01:59,802 --> 14:02:00,970 THERE, BUT IT IS STILL, YOU 1649 14:02:00,970 --> 14:02:02,972 KNOW, IT'S, IT IS WE'RE TALKING 1650 14:02:02,972 --> 14:02:03,940 ABOUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, NOT 1651 14:02:03,940 --> 14:02:05,942 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR 1652 14:02:05,942 --> 14:02:07,443 SOMETHING LIKE AN 80 YEAR. 1653 14:02:07,443 --> 14:02:09,245 >> I THINK I WAS THINKING MORE 1654 14:02:09,245 --> 14:02:12,114 IN THE AGGREGATE BECAUSE I KNOW 1655 14:02:12,114 --> 14:02:13,649 ALSO AS IS HAD AN STATS 1656 14:02:13,649 --> 14:02:16,886 PRESENTATION, THEY TALK ABOUT 1657 14:02:16,886 --> 14:02:18,654 POSSIBLE FEE INCREASES AS WELL. 1658 14:02:18,654 --> 14:02:21,891 SO TAKEN ALL TOGETHER, I THINK 1659 14:02:21,891 --> 14:02:24,493 IT'S IT'S, IT CAN HAVE A 1660 14:02:24,493 --> 14:02:26,662 SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE AS OPPOSED 1661 14:02:26,662 --> 14:02:29,398 TO JUST THE ONE INCREASE FOR THE 1662 14:02:29,398 --> 14:02:30,867 SDCI PIECE. SO WHAT I'M REALLY 1663 14:02:30,867 --> 14:02:34,203 TALKING ABOUT IS JUST ALL OF THE 1664 14:02:34,203 --> 14:02:35,938 FEE INCREASES TAKEN TOGETHER 1665 14:02:35,938 --> 14:02:37,707 COULD HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON 1666 14:02:37,707 --> 14:02:39,442 WHETHER OR NOT THE SMALLER 1667 14:02:39,442 --> 14:02:40,810 PROJECTS EVEN MOVE FORWARD. 1668 14:02:40,810 --> 14:02:42,011 >> YEAH, WE CAN LOOK AT, SAY, 1669 14:02:42,011 --> 14:02:43,946 THE LAST THREE YEARS WORTH OF 1670 14:02:43,946 --> 14:02:46,849 FEE INCREASES, BOTH FOR SDCI 1671 14:02:46,849 --> 14:02:49,085 FEES AND FOR SDOT FEES. AND LOOK 1672 14:02:49,085 --> 14:02:50,386 AT THESE PROTOTYPES AND GIVE YOU 1673 14:02:50,386 --> 14:02:51,454 A SENSE ABOUT WHAT GIVE THE 1674 14:02:51,454 --> 14:02:53,322 COUNCIL A SENSE ABOUT HOW THOSE 1675 14:02:53,322 --> 14:02:54,257 WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE 1676 14:02:54,257 --> 14:02:55,525 AGGREGATE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL 1677 14:02:55,525 --> 14:02:56,359 YEARS. 1678 14:02:56,359 --> 14:02:58,628 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK 1679 14:02:58,628 --> 14:02:58,828 YOU. 1680 14:02:58,828 --> 14:03:00,229 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1681 14:03:00,229 --> 14:03:02,131 RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1682 14:03:02,131 --> 14:03:02,565 FOLLOWED BY FOSTER. 1683 14:03:02,565 --> 14:03:03,399 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. AND 1684 14:03:03,399 --> 14:03:06,702 THANK YOU, KETTLE AND HB FOR THE 1685 14:03:06,702 --> 14:03:07,904 PRESENTATION. UM, I'M WONDERING 1686 14:03:07,904 --> 14:03:10,473 IF YOU CAN PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE 1687 14:03:10,473 --> 14:03:11,774 FOR US WHEN THE LAST TIME THE 1688 14:03:11,774 --> 14:03:13,242 CORE STAFFING RESERVE WAS 1689 14:03:13,242 --> 14:03:14,343 DEPLETED, AND WHAT WAS THE 1690 14:03:14,343 --> 14:03:16,379 RESULT OF THAT DEPLETION? 1691 14:03:16,379 --> 14:03:18,881 >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. BUT IT 1692 14:03:18,881 --> 14:03:22,285 WAS PROBABLY 2008 OR 2009. UM, 1693 14:03:22,285 --> 14:03:24,053 WE CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK 1694 14:03:24,053 --> 14:03:27,623 AT AT, AT THE EXTENT TO WHICH 1695 14:03:27,623 --> 14:03:28,157 THE STAFFING RESERVE WAS 1696 14:03:28,157 --> 14:03:29,892 DEPLETED THEN, UM, A LOT OF 1697 14:03:29,892 --> 14:03:32,261 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME POLICY 1698 14:03:32,261 --> 14:03:33,563 CHANGES SINCE THEN THAT ARE 1699 14:03:33,563 --> 14:03:35,865 REFLECTED IN SORT OF HOW SDCI 1700 14:03:35,865 --> 14:03:36,732 MANAGES ITS BUDGET NOW. UM, I 1701 14:03:36,732 --> 14:03:38,434 THINK THERE IS, THERE HAVE BEEN 1702 14:03:38,434 --> 14:03:40,803 INCREASES IN DIFFERENT 1703 14:03:40,803 --> 14:03:42,305 ESTABLISHED LEVELS OF THE CORE 1704 14:03:42,305 --> 14:03:43,205 STAFFING RESERVE DEPENDING ON 1705 14:03:43,205 --> 14:03:44,740 LINES OF BUSINESS. BUT THE 1706 14:03:44,740 --> 14:03:46,509 EXTENT THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A 1707 14:03:46,509 --> 14:03:48,110 SIGNIFICANT DOWNTURN WAS 2008 OR 1708 14:03:48,110 --> 14:03:49,912 2009. SO THAT WAS PROBABLY THE 1709 14:03:49,912 --> 14:03:51,948 LAST TIME IT WAS. AND THERE WERE 1710 14:03:51,948 --> 14:03:54,050 SIGNIFICANT LAYOFFS AT SDCI. 1711 14:03:54,050 --> 14:03:54,317 THEN TWO. 1712 14:03:54,317 --> 14:03:56,285 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, IT'S 1713 14:03:56,285 --> 14:03:57,720 HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF 1714 14:03:57,720 --> 14:03:58,321 THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON 1715 14:03:58,321 --> 14:03:59,922 THIS AS WE TALKED ABOUT, AND AS 1716 14:03:59,922 --> 14:04:02,458 YOU NOTED, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT 1717 14:04:02,458 --> 14:04:04,160 CYCLES CAN BE CYCLICAL. AND SO 1718 14:04:04,160 --> 14:04:05,561 UNDERSTANDING HOW WE COPED 1719 14:04:05,561 --> 14:04:06,128 THROUGH THE LAST CYCLE WHEN 1720 14:04:06,128 --> 14:04:07,496 THERE WAS THAT DOWNTURN WOULD BE 1721 14:04:07,496 --> 14:04:10,633 HELPFUL. UM, AS WE NAVIGATE 1722 14:04:10,633 --> 14:04:12,535 THIS. DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH 1723 14:04:12,535 --> 14:04:14,337 GENERAL FUND SUPPORT COULD BE 1724 14:04:14,337 --> 14:04:17,073 NEEDED ON AN ONGOING WAY TO KEEP 1725 14:04:17,073 --> 14:04:18,608 SDCI IN A MORE STABLE PLACE? UM, 1726 14:04:18,608 --> 14:04:21,310 THROUGH THESE MORE ECONOMICALLY 1727 14:04:21,310 --> 14:04:22,345 DIFFICULT YEARS? 1728 14:04:22,345 --> 14:04:23,813 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE KNOW IN 1729 14:04:23,813 --> 14:04:25,381 AN ONGOING WAY, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, 1730 14:04:25,381 --> 14:04:27,883 THE, THE SALARY SAVINGS 1731 14:04:27,883 --> 14:04:30,219 ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABROGATIONS 1732 14:04:30,219 --> 14:04:31,454 ARE ABOUT $6 MILLION OVER BOTH 1733 14:04:31,454 --> 14:04:32,855 YEARS OF THE BIENNIUM. SO 1734 14:04:32,855 --> 14:04:35,157 6,000,000 IN 2027. AND IN 2028. 1735 14:04:35,157 --> 14:04:38,794 SO TO MAINTAIN THAT, THE CURRENT 1736 14:04:38,794 --> 14:04:40,096 LEVEL OF STAFFING, THE 2026 1737 14:04:40,096 --> 14:04:41,931 LEVEL OF STAFFING WOULD REQUIRE 1738 14:04:41,931 --> 14:04:44,100 $12 MILLION OVER THE BIENNIUM. 1739 14:04:44,100 --> 14:04:46,068 UM, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT OF 1740 14:04:46,068 --> 14:04:48,704 ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. AND, AND, 1741 14:04:48,704 --> 14:04:50,639 AND WHICH IS SORT OF WHY I 1742 14:04:50,639 --> 14:04:52,274 SUGGESTED OPTION B AS WELL HERE 1743 14:04:52,274 --> 14:04:54,210 FOR THE COUNCIL. THERE MAY BE 1744 14:04:54,210 --> 14:04:56,312 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESERVES 1745 14:04:56,312 --> 14:04:57,680 THAT ARE NEEDED DEPENDING ON ON 1746 14:04:57,680 --> 14:04:59,515 LEVEL AND LINE OF BUSINESS. AT 1747 14:04:59,515 --> 14:05:02,118 SDCI. UM, AND SOME OF THOSE, 1748 14:05:02,118 --> 14:05:03,519 THERE MAY BE FOR SOME, THERE MAY 1749 14:05:03,519 --> 14:05:05,421 BE MORE OF A CASE FOR GENERAL 1750 14:05:05,421 --> 14:05:07,089 FUND SUPPORT THAN OTHERS. 1751 14:05:07,089 --> 14:05:08,591 >> CERTAINLY. AND MY FINAL 1752 14:05:08,591 --> 14:05:09,725 QUESTION ON THIS POINT, UM, IN 1753 14:05:09,725 --> 14:05:11,794 YOUR OPINION, WOULD A ONE TIME 1754 14:05:11,794 --> 14:05:12,895 INFUSION OF GENERAL FUND INTO 1755 14:05:12,895 --> 14:05:15,364 THAT CORE STAFFING RESERVE BE 1756 14:05:15,364 --> 14:05:16,799 HELPFUL IN TERMS OF 1757 14:05:16,799 --> 14:05:17,400 SUSTAINABILITY OVER THE NEXT 1758 14:05:17,400 --> 14:05:19,335 COUPLE OF YEARS? 1759 14:05:19,335 --> 14:05:22,972 >> UH, PROBABLY THERE COMPETING 1760 14:05:22,972 --> 14:05:23,839 PRIORITIES. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD 1761 14:05:23,839 --> 14:05:27,109 PROBABLY BE HELPFUL. UM, I MEAN, 1762 14:05:27,109 --> 14:05:27,943 THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF 1763 14:05:27,943 --> 14:05:30,212 UNKNOWNS, RIGHT? SO WHAT, WHAT I 1764 14:05:30,212 --> 14:05:32,048 THINK YOU WILL, YOU WILL HAVE 1765 14:05:32,048 --> 14:05:34,517 THE BENEFIT OF THE REVENUE 1766 14:05:34,517 --> 14:05:36,752 FORECAST HERE VERY SOON. AND 1767 14:05:36,752 --> 14:05:37,420 AMONG THE FACTORS THAT ARE 1768 14:05:37,420 --> 14:05:39,288 SPELLED OUT IN THE REVENUE 1769 14:05:39,288 --> 14:05:42,658 FORECAST ARE WHEN THE DIFFERENT 1770 14:05:42,658 --> 14:05:46,262 FORECASTERS SEE, UM, UH, UM, UH, 1771 14:05:46,262 --> 14:05:48,230 CONSTRUCTION, UH, RETURNING. AND 1772 14:05:48,230 --> 14:05:51,300 IN THE PAST THAT HAS BEEN 2000 1773 14:05:51,300 --> 14:05:52,668 CEN 2029. THAT'S THE YEAR WHEN 1774 14:05:52,668 --> 14:05:53,703 FOLKS THINK, SEEM TO THINK 1775 14:05:53,703 --> 14:05:56,372 THINGS WILL TURN AROUND. UM, SO 1776 14:05:56,372 --> 14:05:57,873 WE MAY KNOW MORE HERE WITH THE 1777 14:05:57,873 --> 14:06:02,178 CONSTRUCTION FORECAST ABOUT, UM, 1778 14:06:02,178 --> 14:06:03,245 UH, WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD IS OF 1779 14:06:03,245 --> 14:06:04,880 NEEDING SOME KIND OF GENERAL 1780 14:06:04,880 --> 14:06:07,083 FUND SUPPORT IN EITHER 2027 OR 1781 14:06:07,083 --> 14:06:09,452 2028. 1782 14:06:09,452 --> 14:06:11,253 >> UM, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT 1783 14:06:11,253 --> 14:06:13,022 THAT IN ADDITION TO THE REAL 1784 14:06:13,022 --> 14:06:14,523 ESTATE CYCLE AND THE DROP IN 1785 14:06:14,523 --> 14:06:18,461 PERMITS, UM, THE CITY HAS ALSO 1786 14:06:18,461 --> 14:06:19,929 MADE MOVES THAT MAY REDUCE THE 1787 14:06:19,929 --> 14:06:21,764 NEED FOR SOME OF OUR PERMIT 1788 14:06:21,764 --> 14:06:24,834 REVIEWERS IN TERMS OF REMOVING 1789 14:06:24,834 --> 14:06:27,069 DESIGN REVIEW REQUIREMENTS AND 1790 14:06:27,069 --> 14:06:28,971 OTHER LAND USE. UM, AND, UH, 1791 14:06:28,971 --> 14:06:31,507 SEPA REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR 1792 14:06:31,507 --> 14:06:33,075 PROJECTS. SO WE'RE NOT 1793 14:06:33,075 --> 14:06:34,076 REQUIRING THOSE REVIEWS AND WE 1794 14:06:34,076 --> 14:06:37,480 DON'T NEED THE PEOPLE DOING 1795 14:06:37,480 --> 14:06:37,847 THOSE REVIEWS. 1796 14:06:37,847 --> 14:06:39,515 >> SO THAT'S A HELPFUL 1797 14:06:39,515 --> 14:06:40,683 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND 1798 14:06:40,683 --> 14:06:41,817 SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IN THIS 1799 14:06:41,817 --> 14:06:43,752 CHAIR. I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH A 1800 14:06:43,752 --> 14:06:44,754 COMMENT BROADLY. AND I KNOW WE 1801 14:06:44,754 --> 14:06:46,355 WE HAD PART OF THIS DISCUSSION 1802 14:06:46,355 --> 14:06:49,058 LAST YEAR WHERE I RAISED UP MY 1803 14:06:49,058 --> 14:06:51,160 CONCERNS JUST STRUCTURALLY, HOW 1804 14:06:51,160 --> 14:06:54,764 WE'RE FUNDING SDCI. UM, AND THE 1805 14:06:54,764 --> 14:06:56,165 CONGRUENCE WITHIN THE CYCLES OF 1806 14:06:56,165 --> 14:06:57,266 DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY. AND SO 1807 14:06:57,266 --> 14:06:58,934 HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS 1808 14:06:58,934 --> 14:06:59,568 A MORE STRUCTURAL FIX ON HOW WE 1809 14:06:59,568 --> 14:07:01,003 DO THIS TO SUPPORT 1810 14:07:01,003 --> 14:07:02,371 SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 1811 14:07:02,371 --> 14:07:04,373 DEPARTMENT. UM, PARTICULARLY, I 1812 14:07:04,373 --> 14:07:05,808 HAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE RAISING 1813 14:07:05,808 --> 14:07:07,243 OF FEES AND THEN THE IMPACT THEN 1814 14:07:07,243 --> 14:07:08,244 ON SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT. IT 1815 14:07:08,244 --> 14:07:10,146 FEELS LIKE AT TIMES A SNAKE 1816 14:07:10,146 --> 14:07:11,213 EATING ITSELF. UM, SO HOPING WE 1817 14:07:11,213 --> 14:07:12,781 CAN WORK TOWARDS A MORE 1818 14:07:12,781 --> 14:07:15,217 STRUCTURAL FIX. THANK YOU CHAIR. 1819 14:07:15,217 --> 14:07:15,785 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1820 14:07:15,785 --> 14:07:17,186 FOSTER. 1821 14:07:17,186 --> 14:07:18,687 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND 1822 14:07:18,687 --> 14:07:19,889 THANK YOU. CENTRAL STAFF AS 1823 14:07:19,889 --> 14:07:21,991 ALWAYS, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. 1824 14:07:21,991 --> 14:07:24,293 UM, I FIRST, BEFORE I GET INTO 1825 14:07:24,293 --> 14:07:25,794 MY QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO 1826 14:07:25,794 --> 14:07:26,962 TURN TO SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY 1827 14:07:26,962 --> 14:07:28,831 IT WAS YOU KETTLE THAT SAID, BUT 1828 14:07:28,831 --> 14:07:30,699 I JUST DIDN'T QUITE GET IT. 1829 14:07:30,699 --> 14:07:32,234 EARLIER YOU WERE MENTIONING, UM, 1830 14:07:32,234 --> 14:07:34,470 A SHIFT IN OUR APPROACH TO 1831 14:07:34,470 --> 14:07:35,538 GRANTS AND LOANS. UM, IN ONE OF 1832 14:07:35,538 --> 14:07:37,473 YOUR COMMENTS PREVIOUSLY, CAN 1833 14:07:37,473 --> 14:07:39,341 YOU, CAN YOU REVISIT AND RESTATE 1834 14:07:39,341 --> 14:07:40,342 THAT FOR ME? I JUST DIDN'T 1835 14:07:40,342 --> 14:07:41,343 CAPTURE IT WHEN YOU WERE 1836 14:07:41,343 --> 14:07:42,077 SPEAKING. 1837 14:07:42,077 --> 14:07:44,480 >> YEAH, I THINK I WAS PROBABLY 1838 14:07:44,480 --> 14:07:46,048 REFERRING TO, UM, A SHIFT FROM 1839 14:07:46,048 --> 14:07:47,550 GENERAL FUND TO PAYROLL EXPENSE 1840 14:07:47,550 --> 14:07:49,785 TAX TO JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE 1841 14:07:49,785 --> 14:07:51,954 TAX TO PAY FOR TENANT SERVICES, 1842 14:07:51,954 --> 14:07:53,622 GRANTS AND LOANS. IN THE PAST, 1843 14:07:53,622 --> 14:07:55,024 THAT HAS BEEN A LARGELY A 1844 14:07:55,024 --> 14:07:56,759 GENERAL FUND FUNDED THING WITH 1845 14:07:56,759 --> 14:07:59,528 SOME PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX ADDED, 1846 14:07:59,528 --> 14:08:00,696 OFTEN ON A ONE TIME BASIS, 1847 14:08:00,696 --> 14:08:02,264 DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH PAYROLL 1848 14:08:02,264 --> 14:08:05,267 EXPENSE TAX IS AVAILABLE. UM, SO 1849 14:08:05,267 --> 14:08:05,901 THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD SHIFT 1850 14:08:05,901 --> 14:08:08,971 THOSE GRANTS AND LOANS ENTIRELY 1851 14:08:08,971 --> 14:08:09,572 TO JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE 1852 14:08:09,572 --> 14:08:11,941 TAX. SO NO MORE GENERAL FUND. 1853 14:08:11,941 --> 14:08:12,408 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 1854 14:08:12,408 --> 14:08:13,075 CLARIFICATION. THAT IS, I THINK 1855 14:08:13,075 --> 14:08:14,843 THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING 1856 14:08:14,843 --> 14:08:16,278 ABOUT. AND NOW I'VE GOT YOUR 1857 14:08:16,278 --> 14:08:17,980 COMMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1858 14:08:17,980 --> 14:08:19,949 UM, OKAY. SO I APPRECIATE THE 1859 14:08:19,949 --> 14:08:21,317 COMMENTS THAT WERE COMING FROM 1860 14:08:21,317 --> 14:08:22,418 FOLKS BEFORE ABOUT THE INCREASE, 1861 14:08:22,418 --> 14:08:24,520 UM, FEES AND SOMETHING THAT WE 1862 14:08:24,520 --> 14:08:27,156 HEARD AT THE TABLE WHEN IT WAS 1863 14:08:27,156 --> 14:08:29,158 ACTUALLY WHEN SDOT WAS HERE WAS 1864 14:08:29,158 --> 14:08:32,161 AROUND, UH, THE MAKING PROGRESS 1865 14:08:32,161 --> 14:08:33,529 TOWARDS RECOUPING OUR TOTAL 1866 14:08:33,529 --> 14:08:34,697 COSTS. AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE 1867 14:08:34,697 --> 14:08:37,066 STAFF SORT OF SAID, WELL, WE ARE 1868 14:08:37,066 --> 14:08:39,235 INCREASING OUR FEES, BUT THIS 1869 14:08:39,235 --> 14:08:39,802 INCREASE IN FEES DOESN'T 1870 14:08:39,802 --> 14:08:41,503 REPRESENT 100% OF OUR TOTAL 1871 14:08:41,503 --> 14:08:44,874 COST. IS THAT A COMPARABLE ISSUE 1872 14:08:44,874 --> 14:08:46,141 IN SDCI? OR MAYBE ANOTHER WAY TO 1873 14:08:46,141 --> 14:08:49,144 SAY THAT IS HOW DO OUR FEES 1874 14:08:49,144 --> 14:08:51,647 COMPARE TO OUR COSTS OF PERMIT 1875 14:08:51,647 --> 14:08:51,947 PROCESSING? 1876 14:08:51,947 --> 14:08:52,915 >> YEAH, IT'S THE SAME THING. 1877 14:08:52,915 --> 14:08:55,150 SO THE SAME REQUIREMENT THAT 1878 14:08:55,150 --> 14:08:57,887 SDOT HAS SDCI HAS AS WELL. SO 1879 14:08:57,887 --> 14:08:59,822 THE FEES HAVE TO BE DESIGNED 1880 14:08:59,822 --> 14:09:01,257 AROUND COST RECOVERY. UM, 1881 14:09:01,257 --> 14:09:02,992 THEY'RE NOT FUNGIBLE REVENUE 1882 14:09:02,992 --> 14:09:03,993 DOESN'T EXTRA REVENUE DOESN'T 1883 14:09:03,993 --> 14:09:05,828 FLOW TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND IT 1884 14:09:05,828 --> 14:09:07,096 CAN'T ACTUALLY BE INTERNALLY. 1885 14:09:07,096 --> 14:09:08,597 THERE ARE ALSO FIREWALLS AS 1886 14:09:08,597 --> 14:09:10,165 WELL. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE 1887 14:09:10,165 --> 14:09:11,567 DIFFERENT CHANGES. IT'S NOT 1888 14:09:11,567 --> 14:09:14,003 JUST AN ACROSS THE BOARD 10% 1889 14:09:14,003 --> 14:09:15,571 INCREASE TO FEES PROPOSED BY 1890 14:09:15,571 --> 14:09:17,039 SDCI. INSTEAD, THERE ARE 1891 14:09:17,039 --> 14:09:18,807 VARIABLE FEES BASED ON DIFFERENT 1892 14:09:18,807 --> 14:09:21,343 COST CENTERS. AND THOSE 1893 14:09:21,343 --> 14:09:23,078 PERCENTAGE CHANGES REFLECT UM, 1894 14:09:23,078 --> 14:09:25,047 SDCI COST OF DOING BUSINESS. SO 1895 14:09:25,047 --> 14:09:27,049 THAT THE COST RECOVERY CHANGES 1896 14:09:27,049 --> 14:09:29,051 DEPENDING ON PERMIT VOLUMES. 1897 14:09:29,051 --> 14:09:29,718 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN 1898 14:09:29,718 --> 14:09:31,053 THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO 1899 14:09:31,053 --> 14:09:33,489 ASK AND, UM, THIS IS A LITTLE 1900 14:09:33,489 --> 14:09:35,724 BIT OF A, I HOPE IT'S NOT 1901 14:09:35,724 --> 14:09:36,358 REDUNDANT TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 1902 14:09:36,358 --> 14:09:39,128 QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE, UM, 1903 14:09:39,128 --> 14:09:40,763 THE CORE STAFFING FUNDING, BUT 1904 14:09:40,763 --> 14:09:41,764 SO MY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS. 1905 14:09:41,764 --> 14:09:44,633 SO AS IS, UH, WITH THE INCREASED 1906 14:09:44,633 --> 14:09:46,802 FEE, WITH THE STAFFING CHANGES, 1907 14:09:46,802 --> 14:09:49,405 WE WOULD BE DOWN TO 1,000,000 IN 1908 14:09:49,405 --> 14:09:51,840 2028 FOR THAT RESERVE. AND THEN 1909 14:09:51,840 --> 14:09:54,276 THERE'S NO PROPOSED ACTION AS 1910 14:09:54,276 --> 14:09:57,246 IS TO GET THAT RESERVE BACK UP. 1911 14:09:57,246 --> 14:09:58,614 IS THAT CORRECT? 1912 14:09:58,614 --> 14:09:59,214 >> THERE'S A NEW PLANNING 1913 14:09:59,214 --> 14:10:01,050 RESERVE THAT SHOWS UP AND THE 1914 14:10:01,050 --> 14:10:02,918 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS, THE 1915 14:10:02,918 --> 14:10:04,320 FINANCE PLAN THAT THE THE FUND 1916 14:10:04,320 --> 14:10:04,753 PLAN. 1917 14:10:04,753 --> 14:10:05,888 >> SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? 1918 14:10:05,888 --> 14:10:07,122 YOU WERE A LITTLE MUFFLED THERE. 1919 14:10:07,122 --> 14:10:08,824 >> THERE'S A THERE'S A 1920 14:10:08,824 --> 14:10:10,592 PLANNING RESERVE THAT SHOWS UP 1921 14:10:10,592 --> 14:10:12,127 IN 2028. UM, THAT PRESUMABLY 1922 14:10:12,127 --> 14:10:14,663 STANDS IN FOR SOME CORE STAFFING 1923 14:10:14,663 --> 14:10:16,231 RESERVE. UM, THE CORE STAFFING 1924 14:10:16,231 --> 14:10:17,433 RESERVE IS NOT A MONOLITH. THERE 1925 14:10:17,433 --> 14:10:19,101 ARE DIFFERENT RESERVES DEPENDING 1926 14:10:19,101 --> 14:10:20,736 ON DIFFERENT LINES OF BUSINESS 1927 14:10:20,736 --> 14:10:22,604 THAT SDCI HAS. SO THE STAFFING 1928 14:10:22,604 --> 14:10:23,706 RESERVE FOR LAND USE IS NOT 1929 14:10:23,706 --> 14:10:24,840 SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SWAPPED 1930 14:10:24,840 --> 14:10:27,109 OUT FOR THE STAFFING RESERVE FOR 1931 14:10:27,109 --> 14:10:27,910 INSPECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR 1932 14:10:27,910 --> 14:10:32,214 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, THAT'S 1933 14:10:32,214 --> 14:10:33,282 WHY I SORT OF IF THE COUNCIL 1934 14:10:33,282 --> 14:10:34,483 WERE TO ADOPT A POLICY, WOULD BE 1935 14:10:34,483 --> 14:10:36,785 LOOKING AT STAFFING RESERVES BY, 1936 14:10:36,785 --> 14:10:38,587 BY, BY LINE OF BUSINESS. AND NOW 1937 14:10:38,587 --> 14:10:40,689 I'M THINKING THAT I'VE LOST THE 1938 14:10:40,689 --> 14:10:42,391 SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION 1939 14:10:42,391 --> 14:10:44,526 THERE. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1940 14:10:44,526 --> 14:10:45,928 >> I THINK I WAS ASKING, WAS 1941 14:10:45,928 --> 14:10:46,929 THERE ANYTHING IN PLACE TO GET 1942 14:10:46,929 --> 14:10:48,597 THE RESERVES BACK? AND I THINK 1943 14:10:48,597 --> 14:10:50,766 YOUR RESPONSE IS THERE IS THE 1944 14:10:50,766 --> 14:10:52,634 PLANNING RESERVE, AND THAT 1945 14:10:52,634 --> 14:10:55,571 STARTS IN 2028, BUT MAYBE 1946 14:10:55,571 --> 14:10:56,972 THERE'S MORE WORK TO DO TO 1947 14:10:56,972 --> 14:10:58,507 UNDERSTAND LINE BY LINE IF THOSE 1948 14:10:58,507 --> 14:10:59,742 ARE COMPARABLE, IF ONE CAN BE A 1949 14:10:59,742 --> 14:11:00,743 STAND IN FOR THE OTHER. 1950 14:11:00,743 --> 14:11:02,711 >> YEAH, THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE 1951 14:11:02,711 --> 14:11:05,647 DONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT 1952 14:11:05,647 --> 14:11:06,248 PLANNING RESERVE WOULD EITHER 1953 14:11:06,248 --> 14:11:07,383 SUPPLEMENT OUR CORE STAFFING 1954 14:11:07,383 --> 14:11:09,084 RESERVE OR REPLACE OUR CORE 1955 14:11:09,084 --> 14:11:10,786 STAFFING RESERVE. UM, YEAH. 1956 14:11:10,786 --> 14:11:13,622 >> OKAY. AND SO TODAY WE DON'T 1957 14:11:13,622 --> 14:11:14,857 KNOW, UM, HOW THE TWO COMPARE 1958 14:11:14,857 --> 14:11:16,091 SIDE BY SIDE. IS THAT ACCURATE? 1959 14:11:16,091 --> 14:11:17,526 THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO 1960 14:11:17,526 --> 14:11:18,227 THAT'S ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT 1961 14:11:18,227 --> 14:11:19,928 WE CAN TAKE. AND I THINK THAT'S 1962 14:11:19,928 --> 14:11:21,463 SOMEWHAT REPRESENTED BY B. BUT 1963 14:11:21,463 --> 14:11:23,365 MAYBE WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID OUT 1964 14:11:23,365 --> 14:11:24,633 LOUD NOW IS A MORE DETAILED SORT 1965 14:11:24,633 --> 14:11:27,136 OF VERSION OF REQUESTING 1966 14:11:27,136 --> 14:11:28,437 INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THOSE TWO 1967 14:11:28,437 --> 14:11:30,072 COMPARE SIDE BY SIDE, WHAT ONE 1968 14:11:30,072 --> 14:11:31,673 COVERS THAT THE OTHER DOESN'T. 1969 14:11:31,673 --> 14:11:32,941 ET CETERA. ET CETERA. 1970 14:11:32,941 --> 14:11:33,242 >> CORRECT. 1971 14:11:33,242 --> 14:11:33,876 >> OKAY, FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO 1972 14:11:33,876 --> 14:11:35,978 MUCH. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 1973 14:11:35,978 --> 14:11:37,446 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1974 14:11:37,446 --> 14:11:39,681 FOSTER. AND JUST TAGGING ON TO 1975 14:11:39,681 --> 14:11:43,719 THIS IN THE 2024 BUDGET THAT WAS 1976 14:11:43,719 --> 14:11:45,721 BEFORE US IN 2023. I SEE OUR 1977 14:11:45,721 --> 14:11:49,191 CORE STAFFING FUND FOR THE 2023 1978 14:11:49,191 --> 14:11:52,828 ADOPTED BUDGET WAS 22 MILLION. 1979 14:11:52,828 --> 14:11:56,098 THE 22 ACTUALS FOR THE CORE 1980 14:11:56,098 --> 14:11:59,301 STAFFING FUND WERE 34 MILLION. 1981 14:11:59,301 --> 14:12:01,770 EVEN IN JUST LAST YEAR'S 1982 14:12:01,770 --> 14:12:05,207 BUDGET, WE WERE PROJECTING $12 1983 14:12:05,207 --> 14:12:08,510 MILLION FOR 2026 WITH $7 MILLION 1984 14:12:08,510 --> 14:12:13,482 FOR 27, 28 AND $12 MILLION FOR 1985 14:12:13,482 --> 14:12:14,650 29. HOWEVER, IN THE BUDGET THAT 1986 14:12:14,650 --> 14:12:20,122 WE HAVE BEFORE US, THIS YEAR'S 1987 14:12:20,122 --> 14:12:24,693 $12 MILLION. THE ACTUALS WERE. 1988 14:12:24,693 --> 14:12:29,231 WE STILL HAVE THE 20 ADOPTED UM, 1989 14:12:29,231 --> 14:12:33,202 IT PUTS IT AT $8 MILLION FOR 1990 14:12:33,202 --> 14:12:35,771 2027, WHEREAS JUST LAST YEAR WE 1991 14:12:35,771 --> 14:12:36,972 HAD $7 MILLION ALLOCATED. SO 1992 14:12:36,972 --> 14:12:41,510 THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT. BUT 1993 14:12:41,510 --> 14:12:45,047 IN 2028, THIS YEAR, WE WENT FROM 1994 14:12:45,047 --> 14:12:45,681 HAVING $7 MILLION TO $1 MILLION. 1995 14:12:45,681 --> 14:12:47,149 GRANTED, THERE IS ANOTHER 1996 14:12:47,149 --> 14:12:49,685 PLANNING RESERVE IN THERE, BUT 1997 14:12:49,685 --> 14:12:53,288 IN 2029, WE HAVE THIS YEAR $0 IN 1998 14:12:53,288 --> 14:12:56,258 THE CORE STAFFING FUND. AND JUST 1999 14:12:56,258 --> 14:12:57,292 LAST YEAR, IN 2029, WE THOUGHT 2000 14:12:57,292 --> 14:12:58,927 WE WOULD HAVE 12 MILLION. IF 2001 14:12:58,927 --> 14:13:02,331 I'M HEARING THAT THE BURN RATE 2002 14:13:02,331 --> 14:13:04,833 FOR JUST SIX EMPLOYEES IS $12 2003 14:13:04,833 --> 14:13:05,934 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS. IT IS 2004 14:13:05,934 --> 14:13:08,704 CLEAR HOW QUICKLY WE ARE BURNING 2005 14:13:08,704 --> 14:13:12,040 THROUGH THIS RESERVE. CASH. AND 2006 14:13:12,040 --> 14:13:13,976 YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING STATED. 2007 14:13:13,976 --> 14:13:16,078 WE HAD TEN YEARS OF HIGH GROWTH, 2008 14:13:16,078 --> 14:13:19,081 YOU KNOW, LOW, LOW INFLATION, 2009 14:13:19,081 --> 14:13:21,717 HIGH GROWTH. WE ARE SIX YEARS 2010 14:13:21,717 --> 14:13:23,519 THROUGH A BUILDING SLUMP WHERE 2011 14:13:23,519 --> 14:13:25,554 WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY BUILDING 2012 14:13:25,554 --> 14:13:27,122 GOING ON, ESPECIALLY AT THE RATE 2013 14:13:27,122 --> 14:13:28,423 WHICH WE WERE EXPERIENCING 2014 14:13:28,423 --> 14:13:31,460 BEFORE. BUT I WANT TO CLARIFY A 2015 14:13:31,460 --> 14:13:33,629 QUESTION. I THINK IT WAS 2016 14:13:33,629 --> 14:13:35,364 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THAT ASKED 2017 14:13:35,364 --> 14:13:35,964 ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 2018 14:13:35,964 --> 14:13:37,165 CORE STAFFING FUND IN THE PAST. 2019 14:13:37,165 --> 14:13:38,800 IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 2020 14:13:38,800 --> 14:13:40,569 CORE STAFFING FUND WAS A PRODUCT 2021 14:13:40,569 --> 14:13:44,373 OF THE 22,008 RECESSION. IS THAT 2022 14:13:44,373 --> 14:13:45,841 NOT THE CASE? 2023 14:13:45,841 --> 14:13:47,376 >> THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE. UM, I 2024 14:13:47,376 --> 14:13:49,745 WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT 2025 14:13:49,745 --> 14:13:50,946 THOSE BUDGETS TO UNDERSTAND, BUT 2026 14:13:50,946 --> 14:13:51,513 THERE WERE DEFINITELY SOME 2027 14:13:51,513 --> 14:13:53,649 CHANGES THAT WERE MADE POST 2028 14:13:53,649 --> 14:13:56,218 RECESSION TO STRENGTHEN THE CORE 2029 14:13:56,218 --> 14:13:57,586 STAFFING RESERVE BECAUSE OF THE 2030 14:13:57,586 --> 14:13:59,254 PROBLEM THAT THE CITY 2031 14:13:59,254 --> 14:14:01,023 EXPERIENCED AFTER THE GREAT 2032 14:14:01,023 --> 14:14:02,558 RECESSION IN 2020 829, WHICH WAS 2033 14:14:02,558 --> 14:14:05,427 THAT, UM, A LOT OF VERY, A LOT 2034 14:14:05,427 --> 14:14:06,628 OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, UM, 2035 14:14:06,628 --> 14:14:10,299 UH, WAS LAID OFF. AND WHEN, UH, 2036 14:14:10,299 --> 14:14:13,936 PERMIT VOLUMES INCREASED AND THE 2037 14:14:13,936 --> 14:14:15,737 INCREASED FAST WITH AMAZON AND 2038 14:14:15,737 --> 14:14:17,639 OTHERS, UM, THE, THE, IT WAS 2039 14:14:17,639 --> 14:14:20,409 HARD FOR THE CITY TO STAFF UP. 2040 14:14:20,409 --> 14:14:22,211 UM, AND TO STAFF UP WITH FOLKS 2041 14:14:22,211 --> 14:14:24,646 WHO IT JUST TAKES A WHILE TO 2042 14:14:24,646 --> 14:14:25,280 LEARN HOW TO ISSUE A PERMIT. YOU 2043 14:14:25,280 --> 14:14:26,915 KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 2044 14:14:26,915 --> 14:14:28,617 YOU ARE COMPETENT AT DOING, JUST 2045 14:14:28,617 --> 14:14:29,985 WALKING IN. IT TAKES A YEAR OR 2046 14:14:29,985 --> 14:14:33,088 MORE, UM, TO BE SORT OF FULLY, 2047 14:14:33,088 --> 14:14:36,191 YOU KNOW, FULLY CAPABLE OF YOUR 2048 14:14:36,191 --> 14:14:37,793 REVIEW FUNCTION. SO IT TOOK A 2049 14:14:37,793 --> 14:14:39,928 WHILE FOR THE CITY TO REGAIN THE 2050 14:14:39,928 --> 14:14:40,929 INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT IT 2051 14:14:40,929 --> 14:14:43,765 HAD LOST IN 2028, 29 YEAH. 2052 14:14:43,765 --> 14:14:45,601 >> AND THE REASON I BRING THAT 2053 14:14:45,601 --> 14:14:46,201 UP IS IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING 2054 14:14:46,201 --> 14:14:49,171 THAT THE, THE FUND WAS IN 2055 14:14:49,171 --> 14:14:50,806 RESPONSE TO THE 2008 RECESSION, 2056 14:14:50,806 --> 14:14:52,674 AS WELL AS THE CONTINGENT BUDGET 2057 14:14:52,674 --> 14:14:54,843 AUTHORITY TO HIRE STAFF QUICKLY. 2058 14:14:54,843 --> 14:14:58,847 UH, IF WE STARTED SEEING THAT 2059 14:14:58,847 --> 14:15:00,782 REBOUNDING OF PERMIT ACTIVITY 2060 14:15:00,782 --> 14:15:02,284 AND I JUST BRING THIS UP BECAUSE 2061 14:15:02,284 --> 14:15:06,755 THESE ARE WAYS IN WHICH WE HAVE 2062 14:15:06,755 --> 14:15:09,825 INSULATED THIS FEE BASED SERVICE 2063 14:15:09,825 --> 14:15:11,860 WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. IF 2064 14:15:11,860 --> 14:15:13,829 WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS CORE 2065 14:15:13,829 --> 14:15:14,896 STAFFING FUND, WE WOULD HAVE HAD 2066 14:15:14,896 --> 14:15:16,898 TO MAKE THESE LAYOFFS IN 2021. 2067 14:15:16,898 --> 14:15:18,667 IS, IS THAT AN ACCURATE 2068 14:15:18,667 --> 14:15:19,501 UNDERSTANDING? 2069 14:15:19,501 --> 14:15:20,802 >> YEAH, I THINK IF WE HAD NOT 2070 14:15:20,802 --> 14:15:23,839 HAD THE RESERVES, LAYOFFS WOULD 2071 14:15:23,839 --> 14:15:25,707 HAVE COME SOONER. UM, I THINK 2072 14:15:25,707 --> 14:15:28,143 CONTENTION BUDGET AUTHORITY 2073 14:15:28,143 --> 14:15:29,945 PRECEDES 20 PRECEDES THE GREAT 2074 14:15:29,945 --> 14:15:30,712 THE GREAT RECESSION. UM, BECAUSE 2075 14:15:30,712 --> 14:15:33,248 WE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SDCI 2076 14:15:33,248 --> 14:15:35,684 OR PREDECESSOR DEPARTMENTS LIKE 2077 14:15:35,684 --> 14:15:37,686 DEEL, YOU HAD AVAILABLE TO THEM. 2078 14:15:37,686 --> 14:15:38,086 >> YEAH, YEAH. 2079 14:15:38,086 --> 14:15:40,389 >> I JUST SAY THIS BECAUSE WE 2080 14:15:40,389 --> 14:15:43,025 HAVE DONE EVERYTHING OTHER THAN 2081 14:15:43,025 --> 14:15:46,328 ADD SOME GENERAL FUND INTO THIS, 2082 14:15:46,328 --> 14:15:47,329 WHICH IS WE'VE LAID PEOPLE OFF 2083 14:15:47,329 --> 14:15:48,797 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE'VE 2084 14:15:48,797 --> 14:15:50,565 INCREASED THESE FEES, WE'VE 2085 14:15:50,565 --> 14:15:53,802 BURNED THROUGH THE CORE STAFFING 2086 14:15:53,802 --> 14:15:55,704 FUND, WE'RE RAISING FEES AND 2087 14:15:55,704 --> 14:15:57,205 LAYING FOLKS OFF. AGAIN, THE 2088 14:15:57,205 --> 14:15:58,774 REAL ANSWER TO THIS IS THAT WE 2089 14:15:58,774 --> 14:16:01,076 NEED TO GET OUR CITY BUILDING 2090 14:16:01,076 --> 14:16:02,411 AGAIN. WE NEED TO GET THAT SALES 2091 14:16:02,411 --> 14:16:04,713 TAX. WE NEED TO GET THAT 1% OR 2092 14:16:04,713 --> 14:16:06,114 THE PROPERTY TAX ON TOP OF 1%. 2093 14:16:06,114 --> 14:16:07,916 WE NEED TO GET THESE FEES COMING 2094 14:16:07,916 --> 14:16:09,384 INTO OUR CITY. SO I GUESS 2095 14:16:09,384 --> 14:16:11,219 THAT'S NOT A QUESTION FOR YOU. 2096 14:16:11,219 --> 14:16:14,122 THAT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT THAT 2097 14:16:14,122 --> 14:16:16,058 TO REALLY TURN THIS SITUATION 2098 14:16:16,058 --> 14:16:17,359 AROUND, WE NEED TO GET OUR CITY 2099 14:16:17,359 --> 14:16:17,993 BUILDING AGAIN, AND WE NEED TO 2100 14:16:17,993 --> 14:16:19,995 GET OUR UNIONS WORKING ON THESE 2101 14:16:19,995 --> 14:16:23,965 CONSTRUCTION JOBS. UM, AS I HAVE 2102 14:16:23,965 --> 14:16:25,133 DONE IN THE PAST, ONE OF THE 2103 14:16:25,133 --> 14:16:27,135 THINGS THAT I WILL BE LOOKING TO 2104 14:16:27,135 --> 14:16:29,604 DO IN MY CHAIR'S BUDGET 2105 14:16:29,604 --> 14:16:30,238 CHAIR'S BALANCING PACKAGE IS 2106 14:16:30,238 --> 14:16:31,406 ENSURE THAT ANY EMPLOYEE THAT IS 2107 14:16:31,406 --> 14:16:34,743 LAID OFF THROUGH THIS BUDGET IS, 2108 14:16:34,743 --> 14:16:36,712 HAS AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS OF 2109 14:16:36,712 --> 14:16:39,681 TIME WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE, 2110 14:16:39,681 --> 14:16:41,650 BECAUSE LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES IN 2111 14:16:41,650 --> 14:16:44,086 THE MIDDLE OF WINTER IS NOT 2112 14:16:44,086 --> 14:16:45,887 SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO 2113 14:16:45,887 --> 14:16:47,055 ME. I WOULD RATHER GIVE THEM A 2114 14:16:47,055 --> 14:16:48,290 LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO FIND A NEW 2115 14:16:48,290 --> 14:16:49,758 JOB, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE CITY 2116 14:16:49,758 --> 14:16:52,761 OF SEATTLE. UM, AND SO WE'LL SEE 2117 14:16:52,761 --> 14:16:54,596 HOW THE REVENUE FORECAST GOES 2118 14:16:54,596 --> 14:16:56,431 THIS WEEK BECAUSE THAT'S GOING 2119 14:16:56,431 --> 14:16:57,466 TO REALLY DETERMINE HOW MUCH I 2120 14:16:57,466 --> 14:17:00,268 CAN OR CANNOT DO. IF WE HAVE A 2121 14:17:00,268 --> 14:17:02,404 NEGATIVE FORECAST THIS WEEK, AS 2122 14:17:02,404 --> 14:17:03,138 I SAID EARLIER TODAY, IT'S 2123 14:17:03,138 --> 14:17:04,306 GOING TO BE A ROUGH NEXT COUPLE 2124 14:17:04,306 --> 14:17:07,809 OF WEEKS. SO IT'S NOT A QUESTION 2125 14:17:07,809 --> 14:17:10,112 FOR THE TEAM. UH, WITH THAT 2126 14:17:10,112 --> 14:17:11,046 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER OLD HAND. 2127 14:17:11,046 --> 14:17:12,514 >> HAND, HAND. 2128 14:17:12,514 --> 14:17:13,115 >> OLD HAND, COLLEAGUES, ANY 2129 14:17:13,115 --> 14:17:16,718 OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SDCI FOR 2130 14:17:16,718 --> 14:17:17,552 CENTRAL STAFF REGARDING THE SDCI 2131 14:17:17,552 --> 14:17:19,421 ANALYSIS? SEEING NONE. 2132 14:17:19,421 --> 14:17:20,555 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AS CHAIR OF 2133 14:17:20,555 --> 14:17:21,156 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 2134 14:17:21,156 --> 14:17:22,791 DEPARTMENT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED 2135 14:17:22,791 --> 14:17:23,692 TO CLOSE US OUT. 2136 14:17:23,692 --> 14:17:24,693 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2137 14:17:24,693 --> 14:17:25,961 YOU, COLLEAGUES. UH, JUST WANTED 2138 14:17:25,961 --> 14:17:29,498 TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE COMMENTS. 2139 14:17:29,498 --> 14:17:30,732 UM, JUST TO COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 2140 14:17:30,732 --> 14:17:32,367 COMMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE 2141 14:17:32,367 --> 14:17:33,935 INCREASE IN FEES IS A CONCERN 2142 14:17:33,935 --> 14:17:37,038 FOR ME AS WELL. UM, EVEN IF 2143 14:17:37,038 --> 14:17:38,206 IT'S NOT A HUGE INCREASE, YOU 2144 14:17:38,206 --> 14:17:39,975 KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS DO ADD 2145 14:17:39,975 --> 14:17:43,979 UP. UM, AND, UH, TO CHAIR TO 2146 14:17:43,979 --> 14:17:47,115 YOUR POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, 2147 14:17:47,115 --> 14:17:49,384 UH, GETTING CONSTRUCTION GOING 2148 14:17:49,384 --> 14:17:50,919 AGAIN IS, YOU KNOW, INCREDIBLY 2149 14:17:50,919 --> 14:17:52,421 IMPORTANT IN SO MANY DIFFERENT 2150 14:17:52,421 --> 14:17:54,122 WAYS. I MEAN, NOT JUST TO GET 2151 14:17:54,122 --> 14:17:57,092 HOUSING BUILT TO, YOU KNOW, DO 2152 14:17:57,092 --> 14:17:59,294 SMALL BUSINESS TIES, UM, TO GET 2153 14:17:59,294 --> 14:18:00,796 THE SALES TAX TO GET THE REAL 2154 14:18:00,796 --> 14:18:02,664 ESTATE EXCISE TAX TO GET JOBS 2155 14:18:02,664 --> 14:18:04,666 GOING, UM, TO GET SIDEWALKS 2156 14:18:04,666 --> 14:18:07,369 BUILT TO GET, YOU KNOW, UTILITY 2157 14:18:07,369 --> 14:18:08,703 INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE. UM, AND 2158 14:18:08,703 --> 14:18:11,072 ON AND ON. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE 2159 14:18:11,072 --> 14:18:12,207 ARE JUST SO MANY BENEFITS THAT 2160 14:18:12,207 --> 14:18:14,309 COME IN. AND THEN, UH, WHEN WE 2161 14:18:14,309 --> 14:18:15,644 JUST MAKE IT HARDER AND HARDER, 2162 14:18:15,644 --> 14:18:17,712 WHETHER IT'S THROUGH RAISING 2163 14:18:17,712 --> 14:18:18,613 FEES OR NEW REQUIREMENTS, UM, 2164 14:18:18,613 --> 14:18:21,616 YOU KNOW, SO I'M OPEN TO WORKING 2165 14:18:21,616 --> 14:18:23,485 WITH ANY AND ALL OF YOU ON WAYS 2166 14:18:23,485 --> 14:18:27,355 TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MORE 2167 14:18:27,355 --> 14:18:29,291 FEASIBLE FOR PROJECTS OF ALL 2168 14:18:29,291 --> 14:18:32,461 TYPES TO, TO GET BUILT, UM, TO 2169 14:18:32,461 --> 14:18:34,696 ADD TO OUR PROPERTY BASE. UM, 2170 14:18:34,696 --> 14:18:36,364 AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, INCREASING 2171 14:18:36,364 --> 14:18:37,399 THE FEES AT THIS TIME, WHILE 2172 14:18:37,399 --> 14:18:41,503 THAT MAY BE NECESSARY, UM, IS, 2173 14:18:41,503 --> 14:18:42,737 IS UNCOMFORTABLE. UM, 2174 14:18:42,737 --> 14:18:43,305 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK TO YOUR 2175 14:18:43,305 --> 14:18:45,440 POINT, LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO FIND 2176 14:18:45,440 --> 14:18:46,608 A BETTER WAY AGAIN, ESPECIALLY 2177 14:18:46,608 --> 14:18:48,376 WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE BRINGING 2178 14:18:48,376 --> 14:18:50,512 IN SO MANY BENEFITS AND REVENUES 2179 14:18:50,512 --> 14:18:52,647 TO OUR CITY, UH, TO THEN SORT 2180 14:18:52,647 --> 14:18:54,549 OF, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKE IT MORE 2181 14:18:54,549 --> 14:18:56,284 DIFFICULT FOR THEM WITH 2182 14:18:56,284 --> 14:18:58,286 INCREASED FEES OR OTHER 2183 14:18:58,286 --> 14:18:59,855 REQUIREMENTS. UM, CERTAINLY LOOK 2184 14:18:59,855 --> 14:19:00,689 FORWARD TO THINGS. IF THERE ARE 2185 14:19:00,689 --> 14:19:03,391 THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, REDUCE 2186 14:19:03,391 --> 14:19:03,992 REQUIREMENTS LIKE CIP REVIEWS 2187 14:19:03,992 --> 14:19:06,127 THAT ARE NOT A REAL VALUE ADD, 2188 14:19:06,127 --> 14:19:07,929 BUT ARE ADDING COST AND EXPENSE. 2189 14:19:07,929 --> 14:19:10,098 UM, IF WE CAN DO MORE THINGS 2190 14:19:10,098 --> 14:19:12,133 LIKE PRE-APPROVED PLANS, UM, 2191 14:19:12,133 --> 14:19:13,335 THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE 2192 14:19:13,335 --> 14:19:14,736 COULD MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD 2193 14:19:14,736 --> 14:19:17,339 AND TO, YOU KNOW, REDUCE THOSE 2194 14:19:17,339 --> 14:19:18,240 PERMITTING COSTS OPEN TO THOSE 2195 14:19:18,240 --> 14:19:20,075 AS WELL. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2196 14:19:20,075 --> 14:19:23,778 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2197 14:19:23,778 --> 14:19:27,282 WITH THAT, WE HAVE CONCLUDED 2198 14:19:27,282 --> 14:19:28,984 TODAY'S AGENDA. WE WILL BE BACK 2199 14:19:28,984 --> 14:19:30,819 TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND 2200 14:19:30,819 --> 14:19:32,621 POTENTIALLY THE NEXT DAY. 2201 14:19:32,621 --> 14:19:34,356 TOMORROW MORNING WE HAVE OFFICE 2202 14:19:34,356 --> 14:19:36,558 OF HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS 2203 14:19:36,558 --> 14:19:40,695 AND RECREATION, SEATTLE CENTER, 2204 14:19:40,695 --> 14:19:43,064 AND IN THE AFTERNOON WE HAVE 2205 14:19:43,064 --> 14:19:44,766 SDOT. ON THURSDAY WE HAVE 2206 14:19:44,766 --> 14:19:45,333 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2207 14:19:45,333 --> 14:19:48,336 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT CARE HSD 2208 14:19:48,336 --> 14:19:50,906 AND UNIFIED CARE TEAM. AND ON 2209 14:19:50,906 --> 14:19:53,408 FRIDAY MORNING, WE WILL HAVE THE 2210 14:19:53,408 --> 14:19:54,042 REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL, WHICH 2211 14:19:54,042 --> 14:19:55,610 OTHER THAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 2212 14:19:55,610 --> 14:19:58,213 MYSELF, YOU ARE NOT MEMBERS OF. 2213 14:19:58,213 --> 14:20:00,315 YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN AS 2214 14:20:00,315 --> 14:20:05,320 GUESTS, BUT, UM AS GUESTS AND WE 2215 14:20:05,320 --> 14:20:06,555 WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION 2216 14:20:06,555 --> 14:20:08,924 ABOUT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS WE GET 2217 14:20:08,924 --> 14:20:10,659 CLOSER TO THAT DATE. COLLEAGUES, 2218 14:20:10,659 --> 14:20:13,895 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS 2219 14:20:13,895 --> 14:20:15,597 TIME? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 2220 14:20:15,597 --> 14:20:18,133 YOUR ATTENTION. IT IS 230 IN THE 2221 14:20:18,133 --> 14:20:19,968 AFTERNOON, AND UNLESS THERE'S 2222 14:20:19,968 --> 14:20:21,736 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 2223 14:20:21,736 --> 14:20:22,971 THE COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE 2224 14:20:22,971 --> 14:20:25,407 ADJOURNED. HEARING NO FURTHER 2225 14:20:25,407 --> 14:20:26,775 BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. 2226 14:20:26,775 --> 14:20:29,244 THANK YOU. 2227 14:20:29,244 --> 14:20:31,813 >> THANK YOU. 2228 14:20:31,813 --> 14:20:37,218 >> AGAIN.