1 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:26,659 AND PROMISE LEVY, SIX-YEAR 2 00:00:26,659 --> 00:00:29,195 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 3 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:33,166 PLAN WILL COME TO ORDER. IT'S 4 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:34,934 9:37 A.M. I'M MARITZA RIVERA, 5 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:38,371 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 6 00:00:38,371 --> 00:00:40,340 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 7 00:00:40,340 --> 00:00:43,543 >> HERE. 8 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:45,245 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 9 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:46,146 >> HERE. 10 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:47,414 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 11 00:00:47,414 --> 00:00:47,781 >> PRESENT. 12 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:48,915 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 13 00:00:48,915 --> 00:00:50,116 >> HERE. 14 00:00:50,116 --> 00:00:50,683 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 15 00:00:50,683 --> 00:00:51,351 >> HERE. 16 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:55,221 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 17 00:00:55,221 --> 00:00:56,823 >> HERE. 18 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:57,424 >> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH? 19 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:57,757 CHAIR RIVERA? 20 00:00:57,757 --> 00:00:58,091 >> PRESENT. 21 00:00:58,091 --> 00:00:59,626 >> THERE ARE SEVEN 22 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:00,393 COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT. 23 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:02,362 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. PLEASE NOTE 24 00:01:02,362 --> 00:01:04,230 FOR THE RECORD THAT 25 00:01:04,230 --> 00:01:05,365 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED 26 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:07,434 FROM TODAY'S MEETING AND 27 00:01:07,434 --> 00:01:08,735 COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS EXCUSED 28 00:01:08,735 --> 00:01:10,470 UNTIL SHE GETS HERE TODAY. TODAY 29 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:12,839 WE WILL BE HEARING FROM CENTRAL 30 00:01:12,839 --> 00:01:15,175 STAFFERS JASMINE MARWAHA AND 31 00:01:15,175 --> 00:01:18,344 TRACI RATZLIFF ON THE LEVY 32 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:19,412 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 33 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:20,780 PLAN. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 34 00:01:20,780 --> 00:01:22,449 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 35 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:24,451 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA 36 00:01:24,451 --> 00:01:27,220 IS ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE 37 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:29,155 PUBLIC HYBRID COMMENT PERIOD. 38 00:01:29,155 --> 00:01:29,823 PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO 39 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:32,358 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN 40 00:01:32,358 --> 00:01:33,927 THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. 41 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:35,995 CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 42 00:01:35,995 --> 00:01:36,696 SIGNED UP TODAY? 43 00:01:36,696 --> 00:01:39,499 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE NINE IN 44 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:42,435 PERSON SPEAKERS AND 11 REMOTE 45 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:42,702 SPEAKERS. 46 00:01:42,702 --> 00:01:44,237 >> GIVEN THAT, EACH SPEAKER WILL 47 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:45,405 HAVE TWO MINUTES. CLERK, WILL 48 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:48,108 YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC 49 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:48,575 COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? 50 00:01:48,575 --> 00:01:50,810 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 51 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:53,046 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 52 00:01:53,046 --> 00:01:53,713 FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 53 00:01:53,713 --> 00:01:55,715 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 54 00:01:55,715 --> 00:01:57,951 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP 55 00:01:57,951 --> 00:01:59,085 TO 60 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL 56 00:01:59,085 --> 00:02:00,453 HAVE TWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL 57 00:02:00,453 --> 00:02:04,257 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 58 00:02:04,257 --> 00:02:04,958 THEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START 59 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,526 WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST 60 00:02:06,526 --> 00:02:08,561 AND THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL 61 00:02:08,561 --> 00:02:10,430 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS 62 00:02:10,430 --> 00:02:11,498 END. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME 63 00:02:11,498 --> 00:02:13,766 WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF 64 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:14,934 THEIR TIME. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 65 00:02:14,934 --> 00:02:16,402 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE WILL 66 00:02:16,402 --> 00:02:19,339 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 67 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:19,873 THE LIST. 68 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:20,974 >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL SAY ALL THE 69 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:25,678 MICS ARE WORKING, SO IF YOU WANT 70 00:02:25,678 --> 00:02:30,750 TO STEP UP -- THAT'D BE GREAT. 71 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:37,891 WE HAVE LIZ HUSAR, JENNIFER 72 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:39,192 PUTNAM, AND JACOB FALECKI. 73 00:02:39,192 --> 00:02:40,026 WELCOME. YOU MAY START. 74 00:02:40,026 --> 00:02:41,928 >> OKAY, WELL, GOOD MORNING, 75 00:02:41,928 --> 00:02:43,596 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS LIZ, 76 00:02:43,596 --> 00:02:45,999 AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 77 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,700 OF SOUTHEAST SEATTLE EDUCATION 78 00:02:47,700 --> 00:02:49,202 COALITION. IT'S A COALITION OF 79 00:02:49,202 --> 00:02:50,136 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, 80 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:52,772 EDUCATION LEADERS, AND SYSTEM 81 00:02:52,772 --> 00:02:53,773 PARTNERS ADVOCATING FOR 82 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:54,374 EQUITABLE EDUCATION SYSTEMS. 83 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:56,543 FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT, WE KNOW 84 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:58,678 THAT IMPROVING OUTCOMES FROM 85 00:02:58,678 --> 00:03:00,413 BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS 86 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:02,048 REQUIRES MORE THAN GREAT 87 00:03:02,048 --> 00:03:02,649 PROGRAMS. IT REQUIRES STRONG 88 00:03:02,649 --> 00:03:04,417 ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE SYSTEMS AND 89 00:03:04,417 --> 00:03:05,185 ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THEM. I 90 00:03:05,185 --> 00:03:06,085 APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL PLAN 91 00:03:06,085 --> 00:03:07,453 BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY. IT HAS 92 00:03:07,453 --> 00:03:10,590 MANY OF THE THINGS COMMUNITIES 93 00:03:10,590 --> 00:03:12,625 HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, 94 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:14,627 INCLUDING INTEGRATED STUDENT 95 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:15,962 SERVICES, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, 96 00:03:15,962 --> 00:03:16,963 EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, 97 00:03:16,963 --> 00:03:18,898 AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY 98 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:20,900 ORGANIZATIONS. ON JUNE 10th I 99 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:23,803 WAS EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE 100 00:03:23,803 --> 00:03:24,804 POTENTIAL OF ADVANCING COMMUNITY 101 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:26,139 SCHOOL MODELS. AS I READ THE 102 00:03:26,139 --> 00:03:27,941 PLAN, MANY OF THE CORE ELEMENTS 103 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:29,576 ARE THERE, BUT MY ENCOURAGEMENT 104 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:32,445 TO COUNCIL IS ABOUT NAMING IT 105 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:33,913 AND INTENTIONALLY INTEGRATING 106 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:34,914 COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODELS MORE 107 00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:36,516 THOROUGHLY. WE DON'T JUST NEED 108 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:38,952 ANOTHER INITIATIVE, WE NEED AN 109 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:39,619 ORGANIZING FRAMEWORK. FROM WHERE 110 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:42,589 WE SIT, THE CHALLENGE ISN'T A 111 00:03:42,589 --> 00:03:45,458 LACK OF GOOD PROGRAMS, IT'S 112 00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:45,959 FRAGMENTATION. FAMILIES 113 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:47,026 NAVIGATING MULTIPLE SYSTEMS 114 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:47,961 WHILE SCHOOL, COMMUNITY 115 00:03:47,961 --> 00:03:48,795 ORGANIZATIONS, AND PUBLIC 116 00:03:48,795 --> 00:03:50,730 AGENCIES ARE OFTEN WORKING 117 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,832 TOWARDS THE SAME GOALS THROUGH 118 00:03:52,832 --> 00:03:53,866 SEPARATE STRUCTURES. A COMMUNITY 119 00:03:53,866 --> 00:03:56,302 SCHOOL MODEL PROVIDES THE 120 00:03:56,302 --> 00:03:58,738 INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALIGN THOSE 121 00:03:58,738 --> 00:03:59,772 SUPPORTS, SHAPE LEADERSHIP, 122 00:03:59,772 --> 00:04:00,907 COORDINATE SUPPORTS, AND 123 00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:03,409 AUTHENTICALLY BRING PARTNERS TO 124 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:05,378 THE TABLE. WHEN MRIMENTED WELL, 125 00:04:05,378 --> 00:04:07,247 IT HELPS ENSURE THAT EVERY 126 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:07,981 PUBLIC DOLLAR WORKS HARDER 127 00:04:07,981 --> 00:04:09,382 BECAUSE IT'S CONNECTED TO A 128 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:10,416 SHARED VISION FOR STUDENT 129 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:11,684 SUCCESS. AS YOU CONSIDER THE 130 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:14,387 PLAN, I'M ENCOURAGING YOU NOT 131 00:04:14,387 --> 00:04:16,889 ONLY TO INVEST IN THE PROGRAMS 132 00:04:16,889 --> 00:04:18,157 BUT IN THE LEADERSHIP AND 133 00:04:18,157 --> 00:04:20,159 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL MAKE 134 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:20,960 THIS APPROACH MORE SUCCESSFUL. 135 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,428 BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS DON'T 136 00:04:22,428 --> 00:04:26,032 EXPERIENCE THEIR LIVES IN SILOS, 137 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:27,467 AND OUR SYSTEM SHOULDN'T SERVE 138 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:29,669 THEM IN THAT WAY EITHER. THANK 139 00:04:29,669 --> 00:04:32,171 YOU FOR YOUR COMMIT. THE MMENT 140 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:34,707 TO SEATTLE'S CHILDREN AND 141 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:34,974 FAMILIES. 142 00:04:34,974 --> 00:04:37,844 >> THANK YOU. JENNIFER PUTNAM, 143 00:04:37,844 --> 00:04:40,713 FOLLOWED BY JACOB, FOLLOWED BY 144 00:04:40,713 --> 00:04:41,281 MENZEBA. WELCOME, JENNIFER. 145 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:43,650 >> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS 146 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:44,684 JENNIFER PUTNAM, THE SCHOOL 147 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:46,052 TRANSFORMATION PARTNER FOR 148 00:04:46,052 --> 00:04:47,420 LEAGUE OF EDUCATION VOTERS. 149 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:50,690 LEAGUE OF EDUCATION VOTERS HAS 150 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:53,026 PARTNERED WITH THE SOUTH SHORE 151 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:55,295 PREK-8 SCHOOL IN RAINIER BEACH 152 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:56,863 NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 153 00:04:56,863 --> 00:04:58,298 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 154 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,232 ASPECTS IS OUR COLLABORATION 155 00:04:59,232 --> 00:05:00,900 WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT 156 00:05:00,900 --> 00:05:04,270 WORK DIRECTLY OUT OF RAINIER 157 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:05,204 BEACH. THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE 158 00:05:05,204 --> 00:05:07,607 MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE 159 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:09,442 LIVES OF STUDENTS AT SOUTH 160 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:10,510 SHORE. FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO -- 161 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,278 WHOOPS, EXCUSE ME -- 162 00:05:12,278 --> 00:05:13,613 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LOCAL TO 163 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:14,580 RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY 164 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:16,182 UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF SOUTH 165 00:05:16,182 --> 00:05:18,951 SHORE FAMILIES AND ARE ABLE TO 166 00:05:18,951 --> 00:05:23,856 TAILOR THEIR PROGRAMS TO THOSE 167 00:05:23,856 --> 00:05:24,624 NEEDS. BECAUSE OF THIS THEY 168 00:05:24,624 --> 00:05:28,261 BECOME TRUE PARTNERS OF THE WORK 169 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:29,762 BEING DONE. MY HOPE IS THAT THE 170 00:05:29,762 --> 00:05:31,397 COUNCIL TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION 171 00:05:31,397 --> 00:05:34,801 THE YEARS OF SERVICE TO A 172 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:35,968 SPECIFIC COMMUNITY. THE CITIZENS 173 00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:37,904 SERVED AT THE LOCAL OUTREACH 174 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:39,472 AVAILABLE WHEN DETERMINING WHAT 175 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:40,273 ORGANIZATIONS ARE OFFERED 176 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:42,575 CONTRACTS TO BE PARTNERS WITH 177 00:05:42,575 --> 00:05:43,443 SCHOOLS IN SEATTLE. COMMUNITY 178 00:05:43,443 --> 00:05:46,379 PARTNERS THAT ARE TRULY PARTNERS 179 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:47,947 OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE 180 00:05:47,947 --> 00:05:49,716 STUDENTS THEY SERVE CAN ONLY 181 00:05:49,716 --> 00:05:52,919 BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS IN SEATTLE. 182 00:05:52,919 --> 00:05:53,686 THANK YOU. 183 00:05:53,686 --> 00:05:57,623 >> THANK YOU, JENNIFER. JACOB 184 00:05:57,623 --> 00:05:59,325 FOLLOWED BY MENZEBA AND THEN 185 00:05:59,325 --> 00:06:00,693 MUNA HASSAN. I'M SO SORRY IF 186 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:04,363 I'VE NOT SAID YOUR NAME 187 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:04,664 CORRECTLY. 188 00:06:04,664 --> 00:06:05,965 >> NO WORRIES. 189 00:06:05,965 --> 00:06:06,265 >> JACOB. 190 00:06:06,265 --> 00:06:07,266 >> GOOD MORNING CHAIR RIVERA. 191 00:06:07,266 --> 00:06:07,700 >> WELCOME. 192 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,302 >> VICE CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF 193 00:06:09,302 --> 00:06:13,439 THE SELECT COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS 194 00:06:13,439 --> 00:06:13,973 JACOB. PUBLIC POLICY AND 195 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:14,741 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST 196 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:16,709 AT THE VOICE OF TOMORROW. AND 197 00:06:16,709 --> 00:06:20,646 I'M HERE TO ADDRESS A CRITICAL 198 00:06:20,646 --> 00:06:22,181 FLAW IN THE CURRENT 199 00:06:22,181 --> 00:06:23,382 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. WHILE WELL 200 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:24,484 INTENTIONED, IT PLACES A SEVERE 201 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:26,652 BURDEN ON PROVIDERS TO MEET A 202 00:06:26,652 --> 00:06:28,154 HIGH LEVEL MANDATE WITHOUT 203 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:29,021 CORRESPONDING INFRASTRUCTURE 204 00:06:29,021 --> 00:06:30,623 INVESTMENTS. IT IS SETTING THEM 205 00:06:30,623 --> 00:06:34,460 UP FOR SUCCESS -- OR FAILURE, 206 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:34,994 RATHER THAN SUCCESS. 207 00:06:34,994 --> 00:06:37,663 ADDITIONALLY, WE NEED TO SEE -- 208 00:06:37,663 --> 00:06:40,600 WE ENCOURAGE THE LANGUAGE OF THE 209 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:41,801 BINDING FLOOR OF DOLLAR FOR 210 00:06:41,801 --> 00:06:42,902 DOLLAR PARITY WITH STATE AND 211 00:06:42,902 --> 00:06:45,838 KING COUNTY RATES, THOUGH UP TO 212 00:06:45,838 --> 00:06:47,240 40 CENTS IS A GREAT INVETMENT, 213 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,009 WE WANT TO SEE -- IN LEGISLATIVE 214 00:06:50,009 --> 00:06:51,878 LANGUAGE. AS OF RECENT, WE 215 00:06:51,878 --> 00:06:53,112 RECENTLY HOSTED THE MAYOR FOR 216 00:06:53,112 --> 00:06:55,148 SPP PROVIDER DAY CARE SIT-IN, 217 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:57,583 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT REAL CHANGE 218 00:06:57,583 --> 00:07:01,087 DOES REQUIRE PROXIMITY TO POWER 219 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:01,621 AND REPRESENTATION. QUICK 220 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:03,389 SNAPSHOT, FAMILY CHILDCARE SITES 221 00:07:03,389 --> 00:07:06,793 SERVE ABOUT 5% OF SPP SLOTS AND 222 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:07,927 SPP SLOTS FOR HOME DAY CARES 223 00:07:07,927 --> 00:07:09,829 HAVE BEEN FROZEN FOR ALMOST A 224 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:11,898 DECADE NOW. THE VOUCHERS WERE A 225 00:07:11,898 --> 00:07:13,266 GOOD INCREASE FOR SLOTS FOR 226 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,101 PARENTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE, BUT 227 00:07:15,101 --> 00:07:16,769 AS THE CURRENT LANGUAGE STANDS, 228 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,471 IT CREATES NEW BARRIERS. WE ARE 229 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:20,239 ASKING ALSO FOR THAT IN 230 00:07:20,239 --> 00:07:21,941 GOVERNANCE, AND WE HAVE BEEN 231 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:24,677 SEEKING REPRESENTATION FOR OUR 232 00:07:24,677 --> 00:07:26,979 PROVIDERS ON THE LEVY OVERSIGHT 233 00:07:26,979 --> 00:07:28,681 -- AND WE'RE PREPARED TO 234 00:07:28,681 --> 00:07:30,149 PROVIDE YOU WITH A SPECIFIC 235 00:07:30,149 --> 00:07:32,084 TRACK TO CHANGE AMENDMENTS VIA 236 00:07:32,084 --> 00:07:33,386 EMAIL AND ARE FULLY AVAILABLE TO 237 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:34,787 MEET WITH COUNCILMEMBERS AND 238 00:07:34,787 --> 00:07:36,155 DEAL STAFF TO ENSURE THIS PLAN 239 00:07:36,155 --> 00:07:38,558 IS VIABLE FOR THE ENTIRE 240 00:07:38,558 --> 00:07:40,660 PROVIDER COMMUNITY. WE 241 00:07:40,660 --> 00:07:41,260 APPRECIATE THE DISCRETIONAL 242 00:07:41,260 --> 00:07:42,128 LANGUAGE AND THE DOLLARS THAT 243 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,030 HAVE BEEN FITTED IN THAT PLAN TO 244 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:46,766 BE ABLE TO HAVE CONTINUED 245 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:53,272 DIALOGUE AS WELL. THANK YOU. 246 00:07:53,272 --> 00:07:56,542 >> THANK YOU, JACOB. MENZEBA, 247 00:07:56,542 --> 00:07:58,444 MUNA HASSAN, AND ASHWA MOHAMMAD, 248 00:07:58,444 --> 00:07:58,711 WELCOME. 249 00:07:58,711 --> 00:07:59,478 >> HI, GOOD MORNING. 250 00:07:59,478 --> 00:07:59,912 >> GOOD MORNING. 251 00:07:59,912 --> 00:08:01,314 >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME IN, 252 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:02,982 I KNOW I'M RIGHT HERE ON THE 253 00:08:02,982 --> 00:08:04,584 MONEY. I JUST WANT TO SAY GOOD 254 00:08:04,584 --> 00:08:07,086 MORNING TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU 255 00:08:07,086 --> 00:08:10,289 FOR HEARING US OUT. I AM THE 256 00:08:10,289 --> 00:08:15,528 POLICY AND ADVOCACY STRATEGIC 257 00:08:15,528 --> 00:08:17,430 PLANNING MANAGER AT VOICES OF 258 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:18,364 TOMORROW. OUR CFO AND DIRECTOR 259 00:08:18,364 --> 00:08:20,233 IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BUT 260 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:22,535 I AM HERE. FOR OVER A DECADE, 261 00:08:22,535 --> 00:08:24,337 OUR ORGANIZATION HAS ADVOCATED 262 00:08:24,337 --> 00:08:25,137 FOR FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, 263 00:08:25,137 --> 00:08:27,440 AS THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF 264 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,509 EARLY LEARNING FOR WORKING 265 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:31,444 FAMILIES ACROSS SEATTLE. I WOULD 266 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:33,713 ARGUE THE BACKBONE OF OUR 267 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:34,647 CIVILIZATION AND OUR SOCIETY. 268 00:08:34,647 --> 00:08:36,215 MOST OF THESE PEOPLE WE'RE 269 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:37,650 TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE 270 00:08:37,650 --> 00:08:40,086 TALKING ABOUT PROVIDERS, WE'RE 271 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:40,786 TALKING ABOUT BIPOC WOMEN, 272 00:08:40,786 --> 00:08:42,588 REFUGEE IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO ARE 273 00:08:42,588 --> 00:08:43,923 OWNING THEIR OWN OPERATIONS AND 274 00:08:43,923 --> 00:08:46,626 DOING ABSOLUTELY THE BEST THAT 275 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:48,127 THEY CAN. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE 276 00:08:48,127 --> 00:08:49,662 THE MASTERS OF THEIR LIVED 277 00:08:49,662 --> 00:08:52,164 SPECIOUSES. THEY KNOW WHAT WORKS 278 00:08:52,164 --> 00:08:53,866 BEST FOR THEM. THEY KNOW WHAT 279 00:08:53,866 --> 00:08:55,534 WORKS BEST FOR THEIR FAMILIES A 280 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:56,569 THE INDIVIDUALS WERE DIRECTLY IN 281 00:08:56,569 --> 00:09:00,907 FRONT OF THEM. THEY ARE THE 282 00:09:00,907 --> 00:09:02,742 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS THAT SHIFT 283 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:03,743 WORKERS, NURSES, RESTAURANT 284 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:04,510 EMPLOYEE, AND FIRST RESPONDERS, 285 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:07,113 THESE ARE THE ONES THAT THESE 286 00:09:07,113 --> 00:09:08,714 INDIVIDUALS RELY ON WHEN THEIR 287 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:10,049 CENTERS CLOSE AT 6:00 AND THESE 288 00:09:10,049 --> 00:09:12,985 PROVIDERS STAY OPEN ALL DAY INTO 289 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:15,054 THE NIGHT. WHEN SEATTLE VOTERS 290 00:09:15,054 --> 00:09:16,889 APPROVED FEPP WITH 80% SUPPORT, 291 00:09:16,889 --> 00:09:19,492 THEY VOTED FOR ALL CHILDREN, YET 292 00:09:19,492 --> 00:09:22,228 TODAY FCC PROVIDERS HOLD 4% TO 293 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:23,696 5% OF SPP SEATS, DESPITE SERVING 294 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:27,633 NEARLY 40% OF THE CHILDREN IN 295 00:09:27,633 --> 00:09:28,334 CHILDCARE SETTINGS STATEWIDE. 296 00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:30,469 THE SPP VOUCHER PILOT, WHILE IT 297 00:09:30,469 --> 00:09:32,705 MAY HAVE BEEN A WELL-MEANING 298 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:34,941 PROGRAM, UNFAIRLY SETS THE LACK 299 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:37,009 OF CHILDCARE ONTO THE BACKS OF 300 00:09:37,009 --> 00:09:39,078 OUR PROVIDERS WITHOUT THE 301 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:41,981 RESOURCES NEEDED TO MAINTAIN OR 302 00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:43,082 GUARANTEE EQUITY FOR EVERY 303 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:44,383 CHILD. WE ARE HERE TO PARTNER 304 00:09:44,383 --> 00:09:47,320 AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANY 305 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:48,688 CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS 306 00:09:48,688 --> 00:09:49,555 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. WE COMMEND 307 00:09:49,555 --> 00:09:53,693 THE CITY'S INTENT TO CLOSE THE 308 00:09:53,693 --> 00:09:56,729 CCAP RATE GAP. WE RECOMMEND -- 309 00:09:56,729 --> 00:09:58,631 OR WE COMMEND THE SPP 310 00:09:58,631 --> 00:10:02,268 INVESTMENT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING 311 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:02,435 ME. 312 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:03,970 >> THANK YOU. MUNA? WELCOME. 313 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:04,570 >> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, 314 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:10,910 CHAIR RIVERA AND MEMBERS OF THE 315 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:11,477 COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS MUNA 316 00:10:11,477 --> 00:10:15,247 HUSSAIN -- AND AN EARLY LEARNING 317 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:18,584 PROFESSIONALS, SPENT MY CAREER 318 00:10:18,584 --> 00:10:19,952 WORKING ALONGSIDE PROVIDERS, 319 00:10:19,952 --> 00:10:20,987 CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES. I'M 320 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:23,222 HERE TO ASK THE LEVY TO CONTINUE 321 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:26,692 INVESTING IN PROVIDERS TO MAKE 322 00:10:26,692 --> 00:10:27,793 INCLUSION POSSIBLE EVERY DAY. 323 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:28,494 FAMILY HOME CHILDCARE PROVIDERS 324 00:10:28,494 --> 00:10:30,129 HAVE SOMETIMES THE FIRST AND 325 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:32,898 ONLY OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES OF 326 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:33,799 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, 327 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:35,835 BEHAVIOR HEALTH NEEDS, AND OTHER 328 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:36,369 SPECIALIZED NEEDS. THESE 329 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:38,504 PROVIDERS WELCOME CHILDREN WHO 330 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:40,072 MAY HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY 331 00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:40,940 ELSEWHERE, YET THEY'RE 332 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:43,009 FREQUENTLY EXPECTED TO MEET THE 333 00:10:43,009 --> 00:10:45,478 SAME PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND 334 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:46,812 QUALITY STANDARDS WITHOUT 335 00:10:46,812 --> 00:10:47,980 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, COACHING, 336 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,515 OR -- THAT INCLUSIVE CARE 337 00:10:49,515 --> 00:10:50,516 REQUIRES. MANY OF THESE 338 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:53,753 PROVIDERS I WORK WITH ARE 339 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:54,854 IMMIGRANT PEOPLE, WOMEN OF 340 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:55,921 COLOR, MULTILINGUAL EDUCATORS 341 00:10:55,921 --> 00:10:57,823 WHO ARE SERVING CHILDREN WITH 342 00:10:57,823 --> 00:10:59,425 COMPLEX NEEDS IN LICENSED FAMILY 343 00:10:59,425 --> 00:11:00,393 HOME SETTINGS. THEY'RE DOING 344 00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:01,861 EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND DESERVE 345 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:03,963 TO BE INCLUDED IN THESE 346 00:11:03,963 --> 00:11:05,731 INVESTMENTS. I ENCOURAGE THE 347 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:09,168 CITY TO CONSIDER HOW PROVIDERS 348 00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:11,370 PARTICIPATE AND THE SEATTLE 349 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:13,773 PROGRAM CAN RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 350 00:11:13,773 --> 00:11:15,174 SUPPORT. INCLUSION IS NOT SIMPLY 351 00:11:15,174 --> 00:11:16,876 ABOUT ENROLLMENT. IT REQUIRES 352 00:11:16,876 --> 00:11:18,144 TIME TO COORDINATE WITH 353 00:11:18,144 --> 00:11:20,880 FAMILIES, PARTICIPATE IN -- AND 354 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:21,881 IEP MEET, COMMUNICATE WITH 355 00:11:21,881 --> 00:11:23,616 SPECIALISTS, ADOPT LEARNING 356 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:25,317 ENVIRONMENTS, AND RESPOND TO 357 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:25,985 CHILDREN'S INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. 358 00:11:25,985 --> 00:11:28,320 PROVIDER DOS NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE 359 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,222 BETWEEN MAINTAINING A 360 00:11:30,222 --> 00:11:32,358 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS AND 361 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,492 PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY INCLUSIVE 362 00:11:33,492 --> 00:11:35,327 CARE. I ENCOURAGE CONTINUING -- 363 00:11:35,327 --> 00:11:37,463 AS SOMEONE WHO TEACHES FUTURE 364 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:39,331 EDUCATORS AND TRAINS THE CURRENT 365 00:11:39,331 --> 00:11:40,099 WORKFORCE, I SEE FIRSTHAND THAT 366 00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:46,572 PROVIDERS ARE EAGER TO LEARN AND 367 00:11:46,572 --> 00:11:47,306 GROW. HOWEVER, PROFESSIONAL 368 00:11:47,306 --> 00:11:51,143 DEVELOPMENT MUST BE -- WHEN WE 369 00:11:51,143 --> 00:11:52,878 INVEST IN PROVIDER LEARNING, WE 370 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:54,513 -- STRENGTHENED RELATIONSHIPS 371 00:11:54,513 --> 00:11:57,483 WITH FAMILIES, AND BUILD A MORE 372 00:11:57,483 --> 00:12:01,353 SUSTAINABLE -- THANK YOU FOR 373 00:12:01,353 --> 00:12:03,789 HAVING ME. 374 00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:05,624 >> THANK YOU, MUNA. WHEN YOU 375 00:12:05,624 --> 00:12:08,427 HEAR THAT, YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS 376 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:15,968 LEFT. FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, BUT 377 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:19,071 THANK YOU, MUNA. ASHWA MOHAMMAD, 378 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:20,773 MARIE RAMIREZ, AND ANAB NOOR. 379 00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:27,379 >> HELLO, GOOD MORNING, MY NAME 380 00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:28,981 IS ASHWA MOHAMMAD, I'M 381 00:12:28,981 --> 00:12:30,249 CHILDCARE PROVIDER. I DID NOT 382 00:12:30,249 --> 00:12:31,283 HAVE LONG. I DID NOT WRITE 383 00:12:31,283 --> 00:12:33,119 ANYTHING. I JUST NEED IF YOU CAN 384 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:37,123 PROVIDE HELP WITH CHILDREN WHO 385 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:38,791 ARE SPECIAL NEEDS. SO THIS 386 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:42,161 PROGRAM WHEN I WORK WITH KIDS, 387 00:12:42,161 --> 00:12:43,963 THEY GET HELP FROM DCYF. THEY 388 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:48,033 HAVE THAT PROGRAM WHEN WE HAVE A 389 00:12:48,033 --> 00:12:50,603 CHILD WHO'S AUTISTIC, THEY CAN 390 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:53,205 PROVIDE US WITH AN EXTRA HAND TO 391 00:12:53,205 --> 00:12:55,007 HELP US MAYBE FOR A -- BECAUSE 392 00:12:55,007 --> 00:12:57,676 SOME OF THEM, THEY ARE REALLY IN 393 00:12:57,676 --> 00:12:58,944 NEED, SOME OF THEM YOU CANNOT 394 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:00,613 CONTROL THEM, AND WE'RE NOT A 395 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:02,615 CENTER, WE ARE IS A SMALL PLACE, 396 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:05,184 AND WE DO NEED AN EXTRA HELP IF 397 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:08,654 WE CAN GET IT FROM YOU. AND CITY 398 00:13:08,654 --> 00:13:10,456 OF SEATTLE, ONE TIME I CALLED 399 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:12,057 THEM AND THEY TOLD ME WE DON'T 400 00:13:12,057 --> 00:13:13,692 PROVIDE THAT. I REALLY HOPE THAT 401 00:13:13,692 --> 00:13:17,296 YOU CAN HELP THESE FAMILIES WHO 402 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:19,131 HAVE KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 403 00:13:19,131 --> 00:13:22,067 ALSO, I FOUND OUT SOME OF THE 404 00:13:22,067 --> 00:13:24,803 FAMILIES WHO COME FROM CITY OF 405 00:13:24,803 --> 00:13:27,706 SEATTLE, THE COPAY IS -- EVEN 406 00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:30,309 THOUGH THEY HAVE WORKING CARD -- 407 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:32,244 THE COPAY IS VERY -- IT'S BIG. 408 00:13:32,244 --> 00:13:34,013 AND SOME OF THEM, THEY LIVE 409 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:35,114 LEAVE THE CITY OF SEATTLE 410 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:37,550 PROGRAM AND THEY TRY TO GO AND 411 00:13:37,550 --> 00:13:39,318 LOOK FOR OTHER PROGRAMS SO THAT 412 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:40,986 THEY CAN GET MORE HELP. THANK 413 00:13:40,986 --> 00:13:43,789 YOU, AND I HOPE YOU CAN 414 00:13:43,789 --> 00:13:44,690 UNDERSTAND. AND THANK YOU FOR 415 00:13:44,690 --> 00:13:47,059 HAVING US AND ALL THE GOOD WORK 416 00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:51,597 THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING. THANK 417 00:13:51,597 --> 00:13:51,797 YOU. 418 00:13:51,797 --> 00:13:53,499 >> THANK YOU, ASHWA. MARIE 419 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:55,901 RAMIREZ, ANAB NOOR, AND THEN 420 00:13:55,901 --> 00:13:56,302 NORA WRIGHT. 421 00:13:56,302 --> 00:13:58,003 >> GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL. MY NAME 422 00:13:58,003 --> 00:14:03,342 IS MARI RAMIREZ, I WORK AS A -- 423 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:04,410 WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION WORKING 424 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:07,446 WITH SPS SCHOOLS TO HELP THEM 425 00:14:07,446 --> 00:14:09,582 BUILD A CULTURE ABOUT 426 00:14:09,582 --> 00:14:11,650 RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. WE DO 427 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:13,586 THIS THROUGH TRAINING TEACHERS, 428 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:14,687 AND PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL 429 00:14:14,687 --> 00:14:15,521 DEVELOPMENTS RESPONSIVE AND 430 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:16,288 TAILORED TO EACH SCHOOL 431 00:14:16,288 --> 00:14:18,457 COMMUNITY. FIRST OF ALL, I 432 00:14:18,457 --> 00:14:19,758 WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR 433 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:20,292 PRIORITIZING RESTORATIVE 434 00:14:20,292 --> 00:14:21,827 PRACTICES IN THIS VELY. THAT 435 00:14:21,827 --> 00:14:23,262 MEANS A LOT. IT'S REALLY 436 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:24,496 IMPORTANT WORK. THIS WORK IS 437 00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:25,631 REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE HEARD 438 00:14:25,631 --> 00:14:27,833 AND SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW IT CAN 439 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:29,501 TRANSFORM EDUCATIONAL SPACES TO 440 00:14:29,501 --> 00:14:32,338 BE MORE JOYFUL, LIFE AFFIRMING, 441 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:32,871 AND TO SUPPORT MEANINGFUL 442 00:14:32,871 --> 00:14:34,874 LEARNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 443 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:36,275 WORK ON THAT, TRULY. LOOKING AT 444 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:37,943 THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE 445 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:39,745 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME 446 00:14:39,745 --> 00:14:40,813 IMPORTANT POINTS. FIRST OF ALL, 447 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:41,947 FUNDING FOR RESTORATIVE 448 00:14:41,947 --> 00:14:43,649 PRACTICES NEEDS TO START AT THE 449 00:14:43,649 --> 00:14:45,484 ELEMENTARY LEVEL. I WOULD LOVE 450 00:14:45,484 --> 00:14:47,486 THAT TO BE NAMED EXPLICITLY IN 451 00:14:47,486 --> 00:14:49,088 THIS PLAN. HAVING WORKED IN 452 00:14:49,088 --> 00:14:50,089 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS, 453 00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:54,093 I'VE SEEN HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO 454 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,762 BEGIN CULTIVATING SKILLS AROUND 455 00:14:56,762 --> 00:14:57,663 RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND 456 00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:58,697 CONFLICT RESOLUTION AROUND 457 00:14:58,697 --> 00:15:02,468 KINDERGARTEN AND EVEN BEFORE TO 458 00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:04,370 BE HONEST. SITTING IN CIRCLE AND 459 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:07,339 RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IS FOR ALL 460 00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:09,208 AGES. SEC AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, 461 00:15:09,208 --> 00:15:10,676 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS AN 462 00:15:10,676 --> 00:15:11,410 INDIGENOUS PRACTICE ROOTED IN 463 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:12,544 RELATIONSHIP. AS THIS PLAN GOES 464 00:15:12,544 --> 00:15:14,280 INTO PLACE, IT'S IMPERATIVE 465 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,781 THAT THE FUNDING BE ALLOCATED TO 466 00:15:15,781 --> 00:15:19,685 THOSE ALREADY DOING THIS WORK IN 467 00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:20,352 COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, FUNDING 468 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:21,787 MORE RJ COORDINATOR POSITIONS IN 469 00:15:21,787 --> 00:15:24,823 SCHOOLS AND, WHOING WITH FOLKS 470 00:15:24,823 --> 00:15:26,725 ALREADY DOING THAT WORK, WHETHER 471 00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:28,494 FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY IN 472 00:15:28,494 --> 00:15:30,229 SCHOOLS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 473 00:15:30,229 --> 00:15:31,830 THERE'S A RICH HISTORY OF RJ IN 474 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:32,698 SEATTLE, SO LUCKILY THERE'S A 475 00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:35,067 LOT OF BEAUTIFUL WORK TO DRAW 476 00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:35,734 FROM. MANY EDUCATORS ARE LEADING 477 00:15:35,734 --> 00:15:37,503 THIS WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS AND 478 00:15:37,503 --> 00:15:39,705 COMMUNITY. AND THEN RATHER THAN 479 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:41,140 LOOKING TO INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE 480 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:47,546 IIRC, I SAW ON PAGE 40 THAT WAS 481 00:15:47,546 --> 00:15:51,417 -- RATHER THAN LOOKING TO 482 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:52,818 CONSTITUTIONS -- AND LOOK TO THE 483 00:15:52,818 --> 00:15:53,786 RICH COMMUNITY THAT SEATTLE 484 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:56,488 ALREADY HAS IN BUILDING OUT THIS 485 00:15:56,488 --> 00:15:57,956 WORK RATHER THAN LOOKING TO 486 00:15:57,956 --> 00:15:58,624 INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS WORK MORE. 487 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:01,727 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 488 00:16:01,727 --> 00:16:02,561 >> THANK YOU. ANAB NOOR, LAURA 489 00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:05,531 WRIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO 490 00:16:05,531 --> 00:16:06,298 THE ONLINE SPEAKERS. WELCOME. 491 00:16:06,298 --> 00:16:08,801 >> MY NAME IS ANAB NOOR, AND 492 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:10,135 I'M THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR AT 493 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:11,337 AN ORGANIZATION THAT PARTNERS 494 00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:13,672 WITH SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT THE 495 00:16:13,672 --> 00:16:14,707 IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATIVE 496 00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:18,110 PRACTICES. I'M HERE TO TALK 497 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:21,947 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF -- IN 498 00:16:21,947 --> 00:16:23,315 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 499 00:16:23,315 --> 00:16:23,916 RESTORATIVE PRACTICES. LAST 500 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:25,851 YEAR, 90% OF SCHOOL STAFF 501 00:16:25,851 --> 00:16:28,053 SURVEYED ON OUR REPORTS SHARED 502 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:28,654 THAT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE 503 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:30,522 TRAININGS HAVE SUPPORTED THEM IN 504 00:16:30,522 --> 00:16:32,725 SHIFTING AWAY FROM PUNITIVE 505 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,260 DISCIPLINE. WITH HAVE SEEN A 3- 506 00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:37,763 TO 12-POINT INCREASE -- SENSE OF 507 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:39,064 BELONGING IN SCHOOLS THAT 508 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:40,899 CURRENTLY HAVE RESTORATIVE 509 00:16:40,899 --> 00:16:43,769 JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND/OR HAVE A 510 00:16:43,769 --> 00:16:45,404 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COORDINATOR 511 00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:48,374 ON SITE. TEACHERS SHARED THAT 512 00:16:48,374 --> 00:16:50,609 SYSTEMATIZING REGULAR STAFF 513 00:16:50,609 --> 00:16:52,211 RESTORATIVE CIRCLES, QUOTE, 514 00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:55,280 FACILITATES A KINDER, QUICKER 515 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:59,685 PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS. END 516 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:01,487 QUOTE. -- IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD 517 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:02,454 THE CAPACITY OF A SCHOOL 518 00:17:02,454 --> 00:17:04,289 COMMUNITY TO LEAD AND UNDERSTAND 519 00:17:04,289 --> 00:17:05,457 THIS WORK THAT RESTORATIVE 520 00:17:05,457 --> 00:17:06,458 PRACTICES IN CIRCLES ARE NOT 521 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:07,626 JUST SOMETHING WE DO WHEN 522 00:17:07,626 --> 00:17:09,561 THERE'S A PROBLEM BUT A TRUE 523 00:17:09,561 --> 00:17:11,897 ROUTINE AND SYSTEM THAT IS 524 00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:12,531 EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SCHOOL. 525 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:16,468 STUDENTS AS YOUNG AS FOURTH AND 526 00:17:16,468 --> 00:17:22,775 FIFTH GRADE ARE TRAINED AS 527 00:17:22,775 --> 00:17:23,776 CIRCLE KEEPERS. -- AT A YOUNG 528 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:25,244 AGE SO THAT AS THEY GET OLDER 529 00:17:25,244 --> 00:17:26,011 AND THE CONFLICTS AND PROBLEMS 530 00:17:26,011 --> 00:17:28,614 THAT WE ARE CALLED TO SIT IN 531 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:30,616 CIRCLE FOR GET MORE COMPLICATED, 532 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:32,251 STUDENTS ARE ALREADY EQUIPPED TO 533 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:33,652 ENGAGE DEEPLY IN A 534 00:17:33,652 --> 00:17:34,686 SELF-ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPAIR 535 00:17:34,686 --> 00:17:36,121 PROCESS. THIS HAPPENS UNDER THE 536 00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:37,456 GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP OF 537 00:17:37,456 --> 00:17:38,891 ADULTS ROOTED WITHIN THE SCHOOL 538 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:40,459 COMMUNITY AND WITH PROXIMITY TO 539 00:17:40,459 --> 00:17:41,927 THE SCHOOL ALLOW THEMSELVES TO 540 00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:44,897 ASSESS NEXT STEPS TO ENSURE 541 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:46,698 FIDELITY AND RELEVANCE WHEN 542 00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:47,232 IMPLEMENTING RESTORATIVE 543 00:17:47,232 --> 00:17:48,200 PRACTICES. I'D ENCOURAGE THE 544 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,569 COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THE 545 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:55,774 CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS OF -- 546 00:17:55,774 --> 00:17:57,743 THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED 547 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:58,577 THE IMFLEMENTATION OF 548 00:17:58,577 --> 00:18:00,212 RESTORATIVE PRACTICES WITHIN 549 00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:01,914 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 550 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:02,147 YEARS. 551 00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:08,787 >> YOU HAVE SIX SECONDS LEFT. 552 00:18:08,787 --> 00:18:09,655 YOU'RE GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU. 553 00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:10,789 APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. LAURA 554 00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:11,857 WRIGHT IS OUR LAST IN-PERSON 555 00:18:11,857 --> 00:18:14,026 SPEAKER, AND WE'LL GO TO 556 00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:14,860 ONLINE. HI, LAURA, WELCOME. 557 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:17,429 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. MY 558 00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:27,906 NAME IS LAURA, I WORK WITH 559 00:18:28,106 --> 00:18:32,845 WABLOCK. I'M GOING TO CEDE MY 560 00:18:32,845 --> 00:18:33,045 TIME. 561 00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:36,248 >> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE -- IF YOU 562 00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:41,520 PRESS STAR SIX, KATHERINE, YOU 563 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,422 MAY BEGIN. 564 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:44,957 >> HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 565 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,391 KATHERINE BARR, I'M THE 566 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:48,660 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 567 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:52,030 AT SUN PATH INNOVATION NETWORK. 568 00:18:52,030 --> 00:18:54,433 I'M COMMENTING ON THE 569 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:55,167 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. -- PROVIDES 570 00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:56,668 YOUTH WITH MEANINGFUL 571 00:18:56,668 --> 00:18:58,637 OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE 572 00:18:58,637 --> 00:18:59,238 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 573 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:01,106 ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS 574 00:19:01,106 --> 00:19:03,308 THROUGH HANDS-ON LEARNING 575 00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:04,743 EXPERIENCES, MENTORSHIP, AND 576 00:19:04,743 --> 00:19:06,912 REAL-WORLD SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT -- 577 00:19:06,912 --> 00:19:09,915 TO THE REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS 578 00:19:09,915 --> 00:19:11,383 AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE 579 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:12,951 BUILDING PATHWAYS TO HIGHER 580 00:19:12,951 --> 00:19:14,520 EDUCATION AND FAMILY-WAGED 581 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,788 CAREERS IN OUR REGION. FUNDING 582 00:19:16,788 --> 00:19:19,525 FROM THE SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES 583 00:19:19,525 --> 00:19:20,692 SUPPORTING YOUTH AND YOUNG 584 00:19:20,692 --> 00:19:22,027 ADULTS SUCCESS INITIATIVE -- 585 00:19:22,027 --> 00:19:24,029 OVER FOUR YEARS, GROWING FROM 30 586 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:26,365 STUDENTS TO OVER 100 ANNUALLY 587 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:28,066 AND EVOLVING INTO OUR CREDIT 588 00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:30,435 BEARING -- AT CLEVELAND S.T.E.M. 589 00:19:30,435 --> 00:19:31,970 HIGH SCHOOL. IN SPRING 2026 590 00:19:31,970 --> 00:19:33,338 ALONE, 90% OF OUR STUDENTS 591 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:34,473 INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF S.T.E.M. 592 00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:37,309 CAREERS, CONFIDENCE IN S.T.E.M., 593 00:19:37,309 --> 00:19:42,915 AND MOTIVATION TO PURSUE 594 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:44,416 ADDITIONAL S.T.E.M. CLASSES. -- 595 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:46,385 CONSISTENTLY SHARE STORIES OF 596 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:47,920 HOW OUR PROGRAM HAS HELPED THEM 597 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:53,425 TAKE THEIR IDEAS FROM THE 598 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:54,793 DRAWING BOARD TO FUTURE CAREERS. 599 00:19:54,793 --> 00:19:56,028 MORE THAN 250 YOUTH HAVE BEEN 600 00:19:56,028 --> 00:19:58,063 SUPPORTED TO REACH THEIR DREAMS 601 00:19:58,063 --> 00:19:58,830 THROUGH THIS INVESTMENT. WE 602 00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:00,499 THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING SPIN ON 603 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:03,101 THE LIST OF READY TO LAUNCH 604 00:20:03,101 --> 00:20:04,536 NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND SUPPORT 605 00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:06,371 STRONG AND SUSTAINED FUNDING FOR 606 00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:07,105 SUPPORTING YOUTH AND YOUNG 607 00:20:07,105 --> 00:20:09,341 ADULTS -- AS PART OF READY TO 608 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:16,782 LAUNCH. THANK YOU, HAVE A GREAT 609 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:16,982 DAY. 610 00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:18,684 >> THANK YOU, KATHERINE. JAIME, 611 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:20,385 JAMIE, I'M SORRY IF I'M 612 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:21,320 MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME. YOU 613 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,889 MAY PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY 614 00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:24,122 BEGIN. 615 00:20:24,122 --> 00:20:26,758 >> HI, GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF 616 00:20:26,758 --> 00:20:28,460 THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR 617 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:29,995 YOUR TIME AND PARTNERSHIP. I 618 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:33,165 SERVE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 619 00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:35,233 -- WE WORK ALONGSIDE BIPOC AND 620 00:20:35,233 --> 00:20:36,668 LOW-INCOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 621 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:39,137 IN SOUTH SEATTLE TO IMPROVE FOOD 622 00:20:39,137 --> 00:20:40,539 ACCESS AND MENTAL HEALTH 623 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:42,741 RESOURCES WHILE DEVELOPING YOUTH 624 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:44,710 LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL 625 00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:45,677 SKILLS THROUGH MENTORSHIP. I'M 626 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:46,845 SPEAKING FROM OUR EXPERIENCE AS 627 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:48,547 A LEVY RECIPIENT AND AS A 628 00:20:48,547 --> 00:20:50,616 PARTNER TO THE NETWORK OF 629 00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:51,550 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 630 00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:53,118 UTILIZING THESE CRITICAL 631 00:20:53,118 --> 00:20:54,753 INVESTMENTS TO ELEVATE OUR 632 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:55,320 STUDENT'S EDUCATIONAL 633 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:56,455 EXPERIENCES. WHAT WE'RE SEEING 634 00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:58,890 ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW IS 635 00:20:58,890 --> 00:20:59,992 IMMENSE UNCERTAINTY. WE ARE 636 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:01,393 DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW 637 00:21:01,393 --> 00:21:02,961 POTENTIAL LOSS OF SCHOOL SUPPORT 638 00:21:02,961 --> 00:21:04,896 STAFF COMBINED WITH INCREASING 639 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:13,705 GRANT RESTRICTIONS FOR CBOs WILL 640 00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:17,509 IMPACT OUR YOUTH. -- AND PROVIDE 641 00:21:17,509 --> 00:21:18,410 CONTINUITY OFCARE. 642 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:19,044 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 643 00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:21,947 ARE ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD AS 644 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:22,514 TRUE PARTNERS, ACTIVELY 645 00:21:22,514 --> 00:21:24,650 COLLABORATING WITH YOU ON THE 646 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:26,285 DESIGN OF THIS PROCESS. WE WANT 647 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,687 TO BRING OUR DECADES OF 648 00:21:28,687 --> 00:21:31,156 COLLECTIVE EXPERTISE TO THE 649 00:21:31,156 --> 00:21:33,058 TABLE TO HELP INFORM COMPLEX 650 00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:34,826 DECISIONS AND ENSURE OUR 651 00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:35,727 COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK IS 652 00:21:35,727 --> 00:21:36,228 INTEGRATED. MY ASK AND 653 00:21:36,228 --> 00:21:39,197 INVITATION THIS MORNING IS TO 654 00:21:39,197 --> 00:21:40,732 DEEPEN OUR COLLABORATIVE 655 00:21:40,732 --> 00:21:42,934 FEEDBACK LOOP. WE ASK FOR AN 656 00:21:42,934 --> 00:21:43,702 ONGOING, ROBUST COMMUNITY 657 00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:44,336 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THROUGHOUT 658 00:21:44,336 --> 00:21:47,739 THE ENTIRE LIFE SPAN OF THIS 659 00:21:47,739 --> 00:21:48,340 SIX-YEAR LEVY. LET'S WORK 660 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:49,274 TOGETHER AS TRUE PARTNERS TO 661 00:21:49,274 --> 00:21:53,445 ENSURE WE GET THIS RIGHT FOR OUR 662 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:56,581 YOUNG PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 663 00:21:56,581 --> 00:22:03,288 >> THANK YOU, JAIME. NEXT IS 664 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:05,724 CHIME. PRESS STAR SIX, AND YOU 665 00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:06,892 MAY BEGIN. 666 00:22:06,892 --> 00:22:08,126 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS, 667 00:22:08,126 --> 00:22:09,695 MY NAME IS CHIME, AND I'M HERE 668 00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:13,799 TODAY AS BOTH THE MOTHER OF A 669 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:14,566 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL SCHOLAR 670 00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:18,770 AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A 671 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:19,838 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION 672 00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:22,340 SERVING SOUTHEAST SEATTLE WITH A 673 00:22:22,340 --> 00:22:23,675 MISSION OF PREVENTION THROUGH 674 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:25,143 ART EDUCATION WORKING IN SCHOOL 675 00:22:25,143 --> 00:22:26,745 AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME. FROM 676 00:22:26,745 --> 00:22:28,046 BOTH PERSPECTIVES, I KNOW 677 00:22:28,046 --> 00:22:30,749 SCHOOLS CANNOT DO THIS WORK 678 00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:31,249 ALONE. COMMUNITY-BASED 679 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:32,517 ORGANIZATIONS ARE DEEPLY 680 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:33,285 EMBEDDED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 681 00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:34,286 WE HAVE TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS 682 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:37,189 WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT 683 00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:38,390 OFTEN REMAIN CONSISTENT EVEN 684 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:40,025 WHEN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP OR STAFF 685 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:41,393 CHANGES. WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS 686 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:43,295 BEFORE SCHOOL, AFTER SCHOOL, OR 687 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:44,329 AT HOME. THOSE HOURS MATTER JUST 688 00:22:44,329 --> 00:22:45,931 AS MUCH AS THE SCHOOL DAY. OUR 689 00:22:45,931 --> 00:22:48,667 STUDENTS THRIVE WHEN THERE IS A 690 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:50,102 STRONG ECOSYSTEM OF SUPPORT 691 00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:52,371 BETWEEN FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, THE 692 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:53,739 CITY, AND COMMUNITY 693 00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:54,239 ORGANIZATIONS. WHEN THE 694 00:22:54,239 --> 00:22:55,340 ECOSYSTEM IS DISCONNECTED, IT IS 695 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:59,611 OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE 696 00:22:59,611 --> 00:23:00,145 IMPACT. AS CONVERSATIONS 697 00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:02,047 CONTINUE ABOUT HOW YOUTH FUNDING 698 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:03,915 WILL BE DISTRIBUTED NEXT YEAR, I 699 00:23:03,915 --> 00:23:04,616 ASK THAT COMMUNITY-BASED 700 00:23:04,616 --> 00:23:06,351 ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A MEANINGFUL 701 00:23:06,351 --> 00:23:07,786 SEAT AT THE TABLE. WE NEED 702 00:23:07,786 --> 00:23:09,721 GREATER CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY 703 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:12,023 ABOUT THE FUNDING PROCESS, 704 00:23:12,023 --> 00:23:14,059 INCLUDING HOW -- WILL BE 705 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:15,794 STRUCTURED, WHETHER FUNDING WILL 706 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:16,995 FLOW DIRECTLY TO CBOs OR THROUGH 707 00:23:16,995 --> 00:23:19,464 SCHOOLS AND HOW WE WILL BE 708 00:23:19,464 --> 00:23:19,931 SUPPORTED. TOO OFTEN, 709 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:24,636 ORGANIZATIONS LEARN ABOUT THESE 710 00:23:24,636 --> 00:23:27,973 OPPORTUNITIES AT THE LAST MINUTE 711 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:30,642 -- AND CONTINUE PROVIDING 712 00:23:30,642 --> 00:23:31,610 CRITICAL SERVICES. MY CALL TO 713 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:32,677 ACTION IS SIMPLE. FIRST, BRING 714 00:23:32,677 --> 00:23:34,813 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INTO THE 715 00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:35,580 PLANNING PROCESS EARLY, NOT 716 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:37,415 AFTER DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY 717 00:23:37,415 --> 00:23:38,950 BEEN MADE. SECOND, STRENGTHEN 718 00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:41,119 PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY, 719 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,321 SPF, AND TRUSTED CBOs, SO 720 00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:44,456 STUDENTS EXPERIENCE SEAMLESS 721 00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:45,657 SUPPORT FROM HOME TO SCHOOL, TO 722 00:23:45,657 --> 00:23:47,726 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THEN 723 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:49,327 BACK AT HOME. FINALLY, I ASK 724 00:23:49,327 --> 00:23:50,495 THAT YOU EXPLORE THESE QUESTIONS 725 00:23:50,495 --> 00:23:52,063 PUBLICLY AND BRING CLEAR ANSWERS 726 00:23:52,063 --> 00:23:53,298 BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THOSE OF 727 00:23:53,298 --> 00:23:57,402 US DOING THIS WORK EVERY DAY 728 00:23:57,402 --> 00:23:58,770 UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF OUR 729 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:00,272 NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY -- AND 730 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:02,574 ARE READY TO BE PARTNERS IN 731 00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:04,075 BUILDING GREAT SOLUTIONS. THANK 732 00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:07,078 YOU SO MUCH. 733 00:24:07,078 --> 00:24:11,483 >> THANK YOU, CHIME. CRYSTAL 734 00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:13,852 SMITH FOLLOWED BY WESLEY 735 00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:14,686 SINCLAIR AND JASMINE HABIB. 736 00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:20,392 CRYSTAL, YOU CAN PRESS STAR SIX 737 00:24:20,392 --> 00:24:20,826 AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 738 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:26,965 >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 739 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:29,468 >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. SORRY, 740 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:32,170 CRYSTAL, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 741 00:24:32,170 --> 00:24:33,839 >> OKAY. ALL GOOD. HELLO, MY 742 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:35,807 NAME IS CRYSTAL SMITH, AND I'M 743 00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:38,443 THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR 744 00:24:38,443 --> 00:24:40,745 SPEAK WITH PURPOSE A BLACK-LED 745 00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:41,379 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION 746 00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:42,747 THAT HAS PARTNERED WITH THE 747 00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:43,982 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR OVER 748 00:24:43,982 --> 00:24:45,383 TEN YEARS NOW. WE ARE IN SIX 749 00:24:45,383 --> 00:24:48,887 TITLE ONE SCHOOLS IN THE CENTRAL 750 00:24:48,887 --> 00:24:50,755 AND SOUTH END OF SEATTLE. AND 751 00:24:50,755 --> 00:24:52,991 THE PURPOSE IS A PUBLIC SPEAKING 752 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:55,093 ORGANIZATION AND THE ONLY ONE 753 00:24:55,093 --> 00:24:55,927 WITHIN WASHINGTON STATE. WE 754 00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:56,528 PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS 755 00:24:56,528 --> 00:24:57,529 INTENTIONALLY DURING THE SCHOOL 756 00:24:57,529 --> 00:25:00,832 DAY TO MAKE SURE IT IS 757 00:25:00,832 --> 00:25:03,468 ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS. OUR 758 00:25:03,468 --> 00:25:06,972 EDUCATORS COTEACH ALONGSIDE 759 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:09,708 CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO DELIVER 760 00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,243 CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM 761 00:25:11,243 --> 00:25:13,445 -- OUR STUDENTS WRITE SPEECHES 762 00:25:13,445 --> 00:25:14,112 INCORPORATING THEIR PERSONAL 763 00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:15,213 STORIES FROM THEIR LIVED 764 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:16,214 EXPERIENCES WHILE ALSO TAKING A 765 00:25:16,214 --> 00:25:17,215 STANCE FROM SOMETHING THAT THEY 766 00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:18,984 WANT TO SEE CHANGE WITHIN THEIR 767 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:21,586 COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK 768 00:25:21,586 --> 00:25:24,289 ABOUT THE K-12 SUPPORT AND 769 00:25:24,289 --> 00:25:27,592 SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT THE 770 00:25:27,592 --> 00:25:30,662 COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL. WITH 771 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:31,496 DIMINISHING SCHOOL BUDGETS, THIS 772 00:25:31,496 --> 00:25:32,430 GOING TO BE SO IMPORTANT. THIS 773 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:35,300 IS IMPORTANT US TO AS A 774 00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:35,901 BLACK-LED COMMUNITY-BASED 775 00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:36,768 ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE WE WANT TO 776 00:25:36,768 --> 00:25:38,003 MAKE SURE WE ARE AN 777 00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:41,907 ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS OTHER 778 00:25:41,907 --> 00:25:42,807 ORGANIZATIONS HERE TODAY, AND 779 00:25:42,807 --> 00:25:44,709 BEYOND THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO 780 00:25:44,709 --> 00:25:45,744 INTEGRATE WITH THIS COMMUNITY 781 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:49,981 SCHOOL MODEL, HOW WE MAKE SURE 782 00:25:49,981 --> 00:25:54,586 TO HAVE THOSE VOICES AT THE 783 00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:55,921 TABLE. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE 784 00:25:55,921 --> 00:25:59,457 SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 785 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:02,894 IS BEING CONSIDERED. THANK YOU. 786 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:06,765 >> THANK YOU, CRYSTAL. NEXT WE 787 00:26:06,765 --> 00:26:08,166 HAVE WESLEY SINCLAIR. PLEASE 788 00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:11,870 PRESS STAR SIX, AND YOU MAY 789 00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:13,672 BEGIN. OH AND FOR THE RECORD -- 790 00:26:13,805 --> 00:26:15,607 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH -- 791 00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:18,677 >> GO AHEAD, WESLEY, SORRY. 792 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,179 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK 793 00:26:21,179 --> 00:26:24,716 YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR 794 00:26:24,716 --> 00:26:27,218 CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN 795 00:26:27,218 --> 00:26:28,153 SEATTLE'S CHILDREN, YOUTH, 796 00:26:28,153 --> 00:26:29,487 FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS. MY NAME IS 797 00:26:29,487 --> 00:26:33,825 WESLEY SINCLAIR, I WORK WITH A 798 00:26:33,825 --> 00:26:34,559 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION 799 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:36,561 PROVIDING THE SORT OF PRACTICES 800 00:26:36,561 --> 00:26:37,262 TO SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I 801 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:44,569 WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE 802 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:47,405 LEVY'S OF -- THE PLAN CORRECTLY 803 00:26:47,405 --> 00:26:48,440 DESCRIBES THE PRACTICES AS 804 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:49,941 STRATEGY THAT BUILD COMMUNITY, 805 00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:54,045 STRENGTH IN TRUST, REPAIR HARM 806 00:26:54,045 --> 00:26:55,814 WHEN CONFLICTS OCCUR. THAT'S 807 00:26:55,814 --> 00:26:58,083 THE RIGHT FRAME. THE PRACTICE IS 808 00:26:58,083 --> 00:27:00,185 NOT SIMPLY A RESPONSE TO 809 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:01,920 DISCIPLINE, HOWEVER. IT IS A WAY 810 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,922 TO -- ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONNECT 811 00:27:03,922 --> 00:27:06,591 THAT ALLOW YOUNG PEOPLE TO 812 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:09,427 LEARN. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE 813 00:27:09,427 --> 00:27:11,129 PLAN INCLUDES COMMUNITY 814 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:12,430 PROGRAMMING, CIRCLE PROCESSES, 815 00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:14,299 CONFERENCING, REENTRY SUPPORT, 816 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:18,403 SKILLS BUILDING, TRAINING, 817 00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:20,572 COACHING, AND PROFESSIONAL 818 00:27:20,572 --> 00:27:21,473 DEVELOPMENT. THAT CONTINUUM IS 819 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:23,375 IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS SORT OF 820 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:25,777 PRACTICE WORKS BEST WHEN IT IS 821 00:27:25,777 --> 00:27:29,247 -- WHEN IT BECOMES A PART OF -- 822 00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:30,048 CULTURAL SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. 823 00:27:30,048 --> 00:27:31,683 NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS USED 824 00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:33,451 AFTER HARM HAS OCCURRED. I DO 825 00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:34,686 WANT TO OFFER ONE CAUTION. THIS 826 00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:39,924 SORT OF PRACTICE SHOULD BE USED 827 00:27:39,924 --> 00:27:41,493 AS A SYSTEM CHANGE STRATEGY, NOT 828 00:27:41,493 --> 00:27:43,194 SIMPLY AS A TRAINING REQUIREMENT 829 00:27:43,194 --> 00:27:45,030 OR CHECKBOX. THIS GOAL IS NOT TO 830 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:46,331 DOCUMENT THAT STAFF RECEIVED A 831 00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:47,732 CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRAINING 832 00:27:47,732 --> 00:27:51,636 HOURS, THE GOAL IS TO CHANGE THE 833 00:27:51,636 --> 00:27:53,238 CULTURE AND CONDITIONS OF 834 00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:54,406 SCHOOLS. HOW RELATIONSHIPS ARE 835 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:56,274 BUILT. HOW CONFLICT IS 836 00:27:56,274 --> 00:27:57,575 ADDRESSED. HOW HARM IS REPAIRED. 837 00:27:57,575 --> 00:27:59,277 HOW STUDENTS REENTER AFTER 838 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:02,180 EXCLUSION AND HOW FAMILIES AND 839 00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:04,649 COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGED. THE 840 00:28:04,649 --> 00:28:05,750 IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS 841 00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:09,454 REFERENCE IIRP TRAINING OR 842 00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:11,256 EQUIVALENT TRAINING. I ENCOURAGE 843 00:28:11,256 --> 00:28:19,264 THE COUNCIL TO -- TO EMPHASIZE 844 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:21,399 THE -- IIRP -- ORGANIZATION OR 845 00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:24,202 TRAINING MODEL. THE GOAL SHOULD 846 00:28:24,202 --> 00:28:28,773 BE A BROAD RESTORATIVE ECOSYSTEM 847 00:28:28,773 --> 00:28:30,175 ACROSS SAFETY, MENTAL HEALTH, 848 00:28:30,175 --> 00:28:30,709 MENTORING, REENTERING. 849 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:32,911 >> THANK YOU, WESLEY. AND IF YOU 850 00:28:32,911 --> 00:28:33,945 HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, PLEASE 851 00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:37,382 DO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL THOSE TO 852 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:42,220 US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 853 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:43,021 HERE. JASMINE HABIB IS NEXT. 854 00:28:43,021 --> 00:28:46,524 JASMINE, PRESS STAR SIX, AND YOU 855 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:47,759 MAY BEGIN. 856 00:28:47,759 --> 00:28:49,327 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS 857 00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:51,229 AND MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT 858 00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:52,764 COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS JASMINE 859 00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:54,165 HABIB, AND I'M HERE TODAY ON 860 00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:54,966 BEHALF OF CELEBRATING ROOTS. I 861 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:57,168 WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING WE ARE 862 00:28:57,168 --> 00:28:58,903 TRULY GRATEFUL TO BE FUNDED 863 00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:00,538 THROUGH THE SEATTLE HUMAN 864 00:29:00,538 --> 00:29:05,610 SERVICES DEPARTMENT, YOUTH AND 865 00:29:05,610 --> 00:29:06,211 FAMILY EMPOWERMENT DIVISION. 866 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,880 THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO SHOW UP 867 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,081 FOR FAMILIES IN A WAY THAT'S 868 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:11,549 RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THEY NEED. 869 00:29:11,549 --> 00:29:12,417 OUR GOALS ARE DEEPLY ALIGNED 870 00:29:12,417 --> 00:29:14,285 WITH THE INTENTION OF THIS WORK, 871 00:29:14,285 --> 00:29:16,254 HELPING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 872 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,989 THRIVE THROUGH EDUCATION, 873 00:29:17,989 --> 00:29:19,157 BELONGING, AND OPPORTUNITY. AT 874 00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:20,191 CELEBRATING ROOTS, WE MEET 875 00:29:20,191 --> 00:29:21,259 FAMILIES AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN 876 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:22,861 THEIR JOURNEY. SOME ARE NEW TO 877 00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:26,431 THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SOME ARE 878 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:27,198 NAVIGATING LANGUAGE BARRIERS, 879 00:29:27,198 --> 00:29:29,200 AND SOME ARE TRYING TO 880 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:35,140 UNDERSTAND HOW TO BEST SUPPORT 881 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:35,773 THEIR CHILDREN. THEY CARED 882 00:29:35,773 --> 00:29:37,776 DEEPLY BUT DIDN'T ALWAYS FEEL 883 00:29:37,776 --> 00:29:40,145 CONFIDENT IN HOW TO ENGAGE OR 884 00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:40,912 ADVOCATE. OVER TIME THROUGH 885 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:42,514 CULTURALLY GRANTED PROGRAMMING 886 00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,617 AND CONSISTENT SUPPORT, THAT 887 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,252 CHANGED. THEY STARTED ATENDING 888 00:29:47,252 --> 00:29:48,686 SCHOOL MEETINGS WITH MORE 889 00:29:48,686 --> 00:29:49,954 CONFIDENCE, THEY BEGAN ASKING 890 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:51,756 MORE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ONCE 891 00:29:51,756 --> 00:29:52,724 FELT HESITANT TO ASK. AND MOST 892 00:29:52,724 --> 00:29:55,794 IMPORTANTLY, THEIR CHILD FELT 893 00:29:55,794 --> 00:29:56,728 THAT SHIFT TOO. MORE CONSTANT, 894 00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:57,262 VISIBLE, AND WILLING TO 895 00:29:57,262 --> 00:30:00,798 PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY AND 896 00:30:00,798 --> 00:30:03,168 THE CLASSROOM. THIS IS WHAT WE 897 00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:05,069 MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 898 00:30:05,069 --> 00:30:05,703 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. IT'S 899 00:30:05,703 --> 00:30:07,038 ABOUT WHETHER A CHILD FEELS LIKE 900 00:30:07,038 --> 00:30:08,907 THEY BELONG IN THE LEARNING 901 00:30:08,907 --> 00:30:11,843 SPACES. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER A 902 00:30:11,843 --> 00:30:13,444 PARENT FEELS EMPOWERED TO SHOW 903 00:30:13,444 --> 00:30:18,917 UP AND BE HEARD TO ADVOCATE FOR 904 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:20,285 THEIR CHILD. WE SEE EVERY DAY 905 00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:21,553 WHEN FAMILIES ARE SUPPORTED IN 906 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:22,720 THEIR IDENTITY AND CONNECTION TO 907 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,289 COMMUNITY, CHILDREN SHOW UP 908 00:30:24,289 --> 00:30:25,223 DIFFERENTLY IN SCHOOL. THEY 909 00:30:25,223 --> 00:30:26,724 ENGAGE MORE, TAKE MORE RISKS IN 910 00:30:26,724 --> 00:30:29,227 LEARNING, AND THEY BEGIN TO SEE 911 00:30:29,227 --> 00:30:30,728 NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR 912 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:32,497 THEMSELVES. THIS IS WHY THE LEVY 913 00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:33,698 MATTERS. IT RECOGNIZES THAT 914 00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:34,999 EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY WHAT 915 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,234 HAPPENS INSIDE THE CLASSROOM 916 00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:39,003 WALL, IT'S ALSO WHAT HAPPENS AT 917 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:40,138 HOME IN COMMUNITY SPACES AND -- 918 00:30:40,138 --> 00:30:43,474 WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF 919 00:30:43,474 --> 00:30:46,211 THIS ECOSYSTEM ALONG THE HUMAN 920 00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:47,712 SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE -- 921 00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:49,914 WE DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY AND 922 00:30:49,914 --> 00:30:50,915 REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING 923 00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:52,584 THAT FAMILIES ARE NOT JUST 924 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:53,785 SERVED BUT TRULY SUPPORTED. 925 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:54,085 THANK YOU. 926 00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:54,853 >> THANK YOU, JASMINE. AND I 927 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:56,588 WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD 928 00:30:56,588 --> 00:30:57,722 THAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS 929 00:30:57,722 --> 00:31:01,659 JOINED US AND HAS BEEN HERE 930 00:31:01,659 --> 00:31:04,162 THROUGH MOST OF THE ONLINE 931 00:31:04,162 --> 00:31:06,064 COMMENT, AND WE ARE JOINED IN 932 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:08,066 CHAMBERS BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 933 00:31:08,066 --> 00:31:09,400 WHO WAS REMOTE BEFORE. OKAY, 934 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:15,506 NEXT IS JANET. PLEASE PRESS STAR 935 00:31:15,506 --> 00:31:25,617 SIX, AND YOU MAY BEGIN . 936 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:31,189 >> JANET, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX 937 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:41,199 TO UNMUTE. LOOKS LIKE JANET IS 938 00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:44,636 NO LONGER PRESENT. 939 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:46,771 >> GO TO EFTIN HAGI MOHAMMAD. 940 00:31:46,771 --> 00:31:52,477 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX, AND YOU 941 00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:58,316 MAY BEGIN. 942 00:31:58,316 --> 00:32:02,887 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 943 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:03,354 >> GOOD MORNING. 944 00:32:03,354 --> 00:32:06,791 >> GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMEMBERS, 945 00:32:06,791 --> 00:32:09,761 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, I'M 946 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,430 WITH VOICE OF TOMORROW, A 947 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:13,898 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION 948 00:32:13,898 --> 00:32:17,435 THAT SUPPORTS FAMILY CHILDCARE 949 00:32:17,435 --> 00:32:17,969 AND COMMUNITY-BASED EARLY 950 00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:19,370 LEARNING PROVIDERS, SERVING 951 00:32:19,370 --> 00:32:21,105 FAMILIES IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 952 00:32:21,105 --> 00:32:24,409 AND BEYOND. CURRENTLY ONE OF THE 953 00:32:24,409 --> 00:32:26,411 HUB ADMINISTRATOR OF SPP FOR THE 954 00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:28,613 PAST DECADE, AND THROUGH OUR 955 00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:30,715 INITIATIVES WE ALSO PROVIDE 956 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:32,717 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MENTAL 957 00:32:32,717 --> 00:32:34,018 HEALTH, CLINICAL SERVICES, 958 00:32:34,018 --> 00:32:35,520 INTEGRATED INTO THE EARLY 959 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,424 LEARNING SETTING. I WANT TO 960 00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:42,427 RAISE TWO CONCERNS ABOUT THE 961 00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:43,761 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 962 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:45,363 PLAN. FIRST IS THE PILOT. THIS 963 00:32:45,363 --> 00:32:49,667 PILOT CREATES A NEW DELIVERY 964 00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:52,303 MECHANISM THAT BYPASSES -- HUB 965 00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:54,038 MODEL ENTIRELY. FAMILIES WOULD 966 00:32:54,038 --> 00:32:57,342 PURCHASE SERVICE DIRECTLY FROM 967 00:32:57,342 --> 00:32:59,711 ANY PROVIDER HOLDING AN ACTIVE 968 00:32:59,711 --> 00:33:03,314 AGREEMENT, SETTING THE POLICY 969 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:07,385 STANDARDS OF HOW TO -- PHYSICAL 970 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:11,389 AGENT -- AND WE ARE WORRIED THIS 971 00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:14,892 CREATES A FULL BURDEN ON 972 00:33:14,892 --> 00:33:15,993 PROVIDERS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS. 973 00:33:15,993 --> 00:33:17,962 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS 974 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:19,297 THAT THE SECOND, THE MENTAL 975 00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:20,698 HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 976 00:33:20,698 --> 00:33:22,367 FUNDING, THE LARGEST DOLLARS ARE 977 00:33:22,367 --> 00:33:24,569 GOING TO THE INSTITUTIONS, AND 978 00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:28,306 WE ASK THAT CBOs ARE CONSIDERED 979 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:30,708 AS PART OF THE CLINICAL SERVICE 980 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:35,113 MODEL THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE 981 00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:36,080 COMMUNITY. WITHOUT CLEAR 982 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:37,615 PATHWAY, ORGANIZATION WITH DEEP 983 00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:40,485 TRUST, CULTURAL CONNECTION, ARE 984 00:33:40,485 --> 00:33:41,586 AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT FAMILIES. 985 00:33:41,586 --> 00:33:44,422 WE ASK COUNCIL TO EXPAND THE HUB 986 00:33:44,422 --> 00:33:47,592 MODEL RATHER THAN CREATE NEW 987 00:33:47,592 --> 00:33:50,728 PILOTS, AND WE ASK FOR FUTURE 988 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:53,297 COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR ANY 989 00:33:53,297 --> 00:33:55,633 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH 990 00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:59,937 INVESTMENT TO INCLUDE -- 991 00:33:59,937 --> 00:34:01,939 REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 992 00:34:01,939 --> 00:34:02,240 THANK YOU. 993 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,775 >> THANK YOU, IFTAN. WE'LL GO 994 00:34:03,775 --> 00:34:08,646 BACK AND SEE IF JANET IS HERE. 995 00:34:08,646 --> 00:34:10,481 JANET, IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU CAN 996 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:16,354 PRESS STAR SIX, AND YOU CAN 997 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:18,289 BEGIN. JANET, I SEE YOU ONLINE, 998 00:34:18,289 --> 00:34:28,833 ARE YOU ABLE TO PRESS STAR SIX? 999 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:31,369 ALL RIGHT, JANET, IF YOU CAN 1000 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:33,771 HEAR US, YOU'RE WELCOME TO 1001 00:34:33,771 --> 00:34:40,278 SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS ONLINE TO 1002 00:34:40,278 --> 00:34:42,146 COUNCIL THROUGH OUR COUNCIL 1003 00:34:42,146 --> 00:34:45,883 EMAIL. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT 1004 00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:49,587 IS THE LAST OF OUR REGISTERED 1005 00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:50,988 SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 1006 00:34:50,988 --> 00:34:52,356 PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. WE'LL NOW 1007 00:34:52,356 --> 00:34:53,925 PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 1008 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:57,328 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1009 00:34:57,328 --> 00:34:58,963 READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. 1010 00:34:58,963 --> 00:35:00,798 >> AGENDA ITEM ONE, OVERVIEW OF 1011 00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:03,367 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 1012 00:35:03,367 --> 00:35:06,671 2025 FAMILY, EDUCATION, 1013 00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:07,905 PRESCHOOL, AND PROMISE LEVY, 1014 00:35:07,905 --> 00:35:09,841 APPROVING AN IMPLEMENTATION AND 1015 00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:14,145 EVALUATION PLAN AS REQUIRED BY 1016 00:35:14,145 --> 00:35:17,215 ORDINANCE 127238, RATIFYING AND 1017 00:35:17,215 --> 00:35:19,150 CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. 1018 00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:24,355 FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 1019 00:35:24,355 --> 00:35:27,692 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. ALL RIGHT, 1020 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:29,627 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE SECOND 1021 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:32,063 MEETING ON THE PLAN. IS THERE A 1022 00:35:32,063 --> 00:35:34,665 PRIZE FOR THE LONGEST COMMITTEE 1023 00:35:34,665 --> 00:35:36,300 NAME EVER OR ITEM? IN OUR LAST 1024 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,435 MEETING WE HEARD FROM THE 1025 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:38,803 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE 1026 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:41,072 DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING AND 1027 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,373 EDUCATION ABOUT THE PLAN THEY 1028 00:35:42,373 --> 00:35:43,608 SUBMITTED. AND TODAY WE'RE 1029 00:35:43,608 --> 00:35:46,043 GOING TO HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAFF 1030 00:35:46,043 --> 00:35:47,044 ON POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. WE'LL 1031 00:35:47,044 --> 00:35:54,452 RUN THROUGH THOSE AND THEN WE'LL 1032 00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:55,086 TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS. 1033 00:35:55,086 --> 00:35:59,757 SORRY. TOMORROW -- OH, TODAY, SO 1034 00:35:59,757 --> 00:36:01,492 WE'RE GOING RUN THROUGH THE 1035 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:03,895 POLICY CONSIDERATIONS TODAY ON 1036 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:05,496 THE JULY 8th MEETING. WE'LL 1037 00:36:05,496 --> 00:36:06,464 HAVE BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND 1038 00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:08,499 POSSIBLE VOTE ON ANY AMENDMENTS 1039 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:10,201 THAT COME FORWARD AND MAYBE EVEN 1040 00:36:10,201 --> 00:36:12,236 HOPEFULLY WE CAN VOTE ON THE 1041 00:36:12,236 --> 00:36:14,372 PLAN. WE'LL HAVE A MEETING ON 1042 00:36:14,372 --> 00:36:16,807 JULY 22nd IF WE DON'T GET 1043 00:36:16,807 --> 00:36:18,376 THROUGH THOSE ITEMS ON THE 8th. 1044 00:36:18,376 --> 00:36:20,478 THAT'S KIND OF NEXT STEPS ON 1045 00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:23,147 THIS. I'LL REMIND YOU AT THE 1046 00:36:23,147 --> 00:36:25,316 END AGAIN. AS I SAID IN 1047 00:36:25,316 --> 00:36:25,950 YESTERDAY'S BRIEFING, IT'S 1048 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:27,585 GREAT TO TELL CENTRAL STAFF 1049 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:29,053 ABOUT YOUR AMENDMENTS, AND IT'S 1050 00:36:29,053 --> 00:36:30,421 ALSO GREAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO 1051 00:36:30,421 --> 00:36:33,291 SHARE THOSE WITH MY OFFICE SO WE 1052 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:35,026 CAN BE PREPARED AND PLAN 1053 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,460 ACCORDINGLY. SO I'M GOING TO 1054 00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:38,229 KEEP ENCOURAGING YOU PLEASE DO 1055 00:36:38,229 --> 00:36:41,465 THAT OR AT LEAST TELL CENTRAL 1056 00:36:41,465 --> 00:36:42,166 STAFF THAT YOU RELEASED 1057 00:36:42,166 --> 00:36:44,635 CONFIDENTIALITY SO WE CAN 1058 00:36:44,635 --> 00:36:47,338 CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. WE'RE 1059 00:36:47,338 --> 00:36:50,975 JOINED BY JASMINE AND TRACI, OUR 1060 00:36:50,975 --> 00:36:54,111 TRUSTY CENTRAL STAFFERS WHO'VE 1061 00:36:54,111 --> 00:36:56,914 BEEN WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON 1062 00:36:56,914 --> 00:36:57,548 THE INE. SO PLEASE STATE YOUR 1063 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:59,417 NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN 1064 00:36:59,417 --> 00:37:01,786 YOU CAN BEGIN WITH YOUR 1065 00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:02,119 PRESENTATION. 1066 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:03,187 >> GREAT. GOOD MORNING, JASMINE 1067 00:37:03,187 --> 00:37:05,022 MARWAHA, COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 1068 00:37:05,022 --> 00:37:07,191 >> AND TRACI RATZLIFF, COUNCIL 1069 00:37:07,191 --> 00:37:07,558 CENTRAL STAFF. 1070 00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:12,330 >> OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET 1071 00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:13,264 STARTED. SO THE PRESENTATION 1072 00:37:13,264 --> 00:37:15,933 TODAY WILL LARGELY FOLLOW THE 1073 00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:17,468 OUTLINE OF OUR POLICY 1074 00:37:17,468 --> 00:37:18,169 CONSIDERATIONS MEMO. WE'LL 1075 00:37:18,169 --> 00:37:19,904 START WITH A BRIEF BACKGROUND 1076 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,174 THEN PROCEED WITH A SUMMARY OF 1077 00:37:23,174 --> 00:37:23,841 THE IMPLEMENTATION AND 1078 00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:27,078 EVALUATION PLAN, WHICH WE'LL 1079 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:30,414 REFER TO AS THE I&E PLAN OR THE 1080 00:37:30,414 --> 00:37:33,751 PLAN IN OUR PRESENTATION. THAT 1081 00:37:33,751 --> 00:37:35,019 WILL AND BE FOLLOWED -- AS WELL 1082 00:37:35,019 --> 00:37:36,320 AS A REVIEW OF POLICY 1083 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,823 CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN WE WILL 1084 00:37:38,823 --> 00:37:41,158 CONCLUDE WITH NEXT STEPS. AND OF 1085 00:37:41,158 --> 00:37:42,560 COURSE, QUESTIONS. AND BEFORE I 1086 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:43,928 JUMP IN, A REMINDER THAT 1087 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:45,763 WASHINGTON STATE AND SEATTLE 1088 00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:48,899 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE MANDATED BY 1089 00:37:48,899 --> 00:37:50,234 THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO 1090 00:37:50,234 --> 00:37:54,138 PROVIDE BASIC EDUCATION FOR K 1091 00:37:54,138 --> 00:37:56,140 THROUGH 12 STUDENTS, BUT LOCAL 1092 00:37:56,140 --> 00:37:57,742 GOVERNMENT MAY PROVIDE 1093 00:37:57,742 --> 00:38:00,177 SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT 1094 00:38:00,177 --> 00:38:02,313 THOSE STUDENTS. MOVING ON TO THE 1095 00:38:02,313 --> 00:38:04,348 BACKGROUND. SO THE 2025 LEVY WAS 1096 00:38:04,348 --> 00:38:06,584 APPROVED BY 80% OF VOTERS THIS 1097 00:38:06,584 --> 00:38:09,320 PAST NOVEMBER. IT IS EXPECTED TO 1098 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,088 GENERATE $1.3 BILLION OVER A 1099 00:38:11,088 --> 00:38:12,957 SIX-YEAR PERIOD. AND AS NOTED ON 1100 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,892 THE SLIDE, PROCEEDS FROM THIS 1101 00:38:14,892 --> 00:38:20,398 LEVY MUST BE SPENT IN ACCORDANCE 1102 00:38:20,398 --> 00:38:22,833 WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION AND 1103 00:38:22,833 --> 00:38:24,335 EVALUATION PLAN APPROVED BY 1104 00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:26,771 ORDINANCE -- INCLUDING TYPE OF 1105 00:38:26,771 --> 00:38:29,173 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT, METHODOLOGY 1106 00:38:29,173 --> 00:38:30,474 AND PROCESS BY WHICH LEVY-FUNDED 1107 00:38:30,474 --> 00:38:32,910 STRATEGIES WILL BE SELECTED, THE 1108 00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:36,047 PROCEDURE FOR REGULARLY 1109 00:38:36,047 --> 00:38:40,418 MONITORING AND VALUING OVERALL 1110 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:43,320 IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES -- COUNCIL 1111 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:44,422 BILL 1211240 AND ITS ATTACHED 1112 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:45,890 PLAN INCLUDE THESE ELEMENTS PLUS 1113 00:38:45,890 --> 00:38:47,758 THE RESPONSES TO TWO SLIDES 1114 00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:50,428 ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN LAST 1115 00:38:50,428 --> 00:38:51,829 FALL'S BUDGET PROCESS. THE 1116 00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:55,499 FIRST SLIDE REQUESTED HOW 1117 00:38:55,499 --> 00:38:57,268 COUNCIL PRIORITIES LISTED IN THE 1118 00:38:57,268 --> 00:39:01,038 SLIDE WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO 1119 00:39:01,038 --> 00:39:08,112 THE PLAN AND TO PROVIDE 1120 00:39:08,112 --> 00:39:11,415 QUARTERLY REPORTS TO COUNCIL. SO 1121 00:39:11,415 --> 00:39:13,718 AS WAS MENTIONED BY THE CHAIR, 1122 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:15,353 ON JUNE 10th, THE SELECT 1123 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,488 COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED ON THE 1124 00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:18,889 PLAN'S PROPOSED INVESTMENTS, SO 1125 00:39:18,889 --> 00:39:20,858 WE'RE NOT GOING TO REHASH THE 1126 00:39:20,858 --> 00:39:21,592 SUMMARY OF THOSE INVESTMENTS. 1127 00:39:21,592 --> 00:39:23,060 YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY GO BACK TO THE 1128 00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:25,663 VIDEO AND SLIDES FROM THE JUNE 1129 00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:26,564 10th MEETING. WE'LL BE 1130 00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:28,432 FOCUSSING HERE INSTEAD ON ITEMS 1131 00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:31,569 THAT REPRESENT CHANGES TO THE 1132 00:39:31,569 --> 00:39:33,070 PLAN FROM PRIOR COUNCIL 1133 00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:34,739 DELIBERATIONS, BECAUSE DURING 1134 00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:36,874 LAST FALL'S BUDGET PROCESS, 1135 00:39:36,874 --> 00:39:38,376 BECAUSE THE 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET 1136 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:39,877 ESSENTIALLY INCLUDED THE FIRST 1137 00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:44,448 HALF OF YEAR ONE OF THE LEVY, 1138 00:39:44,448 --> 00:39:45,916 DEAL ALSO PROVIDED COUNCIL COST 1139 00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:46,884 ESTIMATES FOR THE ENTIRE 1140 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:48,285 SIX-YEAR SPENDING PLAN THAT 1141 00:39:48,285 --> 00:39:50,988 SERVED AS A STARTING POINT FOR 1142 00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:53,491 DEVELOPMENT. AND WITH THOSE COST 1143 00:39:53,491 --> 00:39:54,725 ESTIMATES, THE PLAN MAINTAINS 1144 00:39:54,725 --> 00:39:57,394 THE INVESTMENT AREAS APPROVED IN 1145 00:39:57,394 --> 00:40:01,866 THE LEVY AND ADOPTED IN THE 2026 1146 00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:03,667 BUDGET. THEY RENAMED THE 1147 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:04,902 INVESTMENT AREAS AS DOMAINS, AND 1148 00:40:04,902 --> 00:40:06,937 THE SPENDING OVER THE SIX YEARS 1149 00:40:06,937 --> 00:40:14,678 HAS SHIFTED ONLY SLIGHTLY FROM 1150 00:40:14,678 --> 00:40:15,246 THE COST ESTIMATES PROVIDED 1151 00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:20,618 EARLIER. SHIFTING SERVE HSD 1152 00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:21,418 PROGRAMS FROM THE K-12 1153 00:40:21,418 --> 00:40:25,122 INVESTMENT AREA TO THE SCLEJ AND 1154 00:40:25,122 --> 00:40:26,423 CAREER INVESTMENT AREA. SHIFTING 1155 00:40:26,423 --> 00:40:28,259 SOME LABOR COSTS FROM THE 1156 00:40:28,259 --> 00:40:29,493 SPECIFIC DOMAINS INTO 1157 00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:30,761 OPERATIONS. AND A VERY SLIGHT 1158 00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:33,063 REDUCTION IN TOTAL SPENDING 1159 00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:38,702 PROJECTIONS DUE TO ADJUSTMENTS 1160 00:40:38,702 --> 00:40:47,178 IN LABOR COSTS. SO THE I&E PLAN 1161 00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:48,412 REFLECTS SOME CHANGES WITHIN 1162 00:40:48,412 --> 00:40:49,380 EACH DOMAIN REGARDING SPECIFIC 1163 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:51,515 PROGRAMS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN 1164 00:40:51,515 --> 00:40:52,483 THE FALL 2025 BUDGET PROCESS. 1165 00:40:52,483 --> 00:40:54,285 THESE CHANGES INCLUDE BUT ARE 1166 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:57,288 NOT LIMITED TO THE ADDITION OF A 1167 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,723 SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WAIT 1168 00:40:59,723 --> 00:41:02,793 LIST VOUCHER PILOT AND THE 1169 00:41:02,793 --> 00:41:03,661 OPPORTUNITY-BASED MENTORING 1170 00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:04,495 PROGRAM. EXPANDED LEARNING 1171 00:41:04,495 --> 00:41:11,469 OPPORTUNITIES SPLITTING INTO 1172 00:41:11,469 --> 00:41:12,236 SCHOOL-BASED INVESTMENTS AND 1173 00:41:12,236 --> 00:41:15,306 COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS -- SOME 1174 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:16,073 MENTAL HEALTH STAFFING SUPPORTS 1175 00:41:16,073 --> 00:41:18,275 SHIFTED FROM -- SHIFTED TO THE 1176 00:41:18,275 --> 00:41:19,577 SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER 1177 00:41:19,577 --> 00:41:22,847 PROGRAM INSTEAD OF BEING 1178 00:41:22,847 --> 00:41:23,848 BUCKETED WITHIN AN OVERALL -- 1179 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:25,549 DEAL YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH BUCKET. 1180 00:41:25,549 --> 00:41:27,751 AND THEN THERE WAS A 1181 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:29,854 REALLOCATION OF PROPOSED 1182 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:38,796 ADDITIONAL SPENDING FOR THE 1183 00:41:38,796 --> 00:41:43,167 SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PLAN. 1184 00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,402 SO THE INTRODUCED VERSION WILL 1185 00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:47,538 INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO 1186 00:41:47,538 --> 00:41:51,008 ADDRESS CLARITY, FUNDING 1187 00:41:51,008 --> 00:41:52,376 DETAILS, AND COUNCIL'S ROLE. 1188 00:41:52,376 --> 00:41:54,044 THESE CHANGES INCLUDE ADDITIONAL 1189 00:41:54,044 --> 00:41:56,146 CLARIFICATION AND ADDED DETAILS 1190 00:41:56,146 --> 00:41:57,748 AND A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT 1191 00:41:57,748 --> 00:42:01,285 HERE IS THAT EACH OF THE PLAN'S 1192 00:42:01,285 --> 00:42:02,753 INVESTMENT AREAS ARE BROKEN UP 1193 00:42:02,753 --> 00:42:04,855 BY STRATEGIES AND EACH STRATEGY 1194 00:42:04,855 --> 00:42:08,492 INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF THE 1195 00:42:08,492 --> 00:42:09,326 FUNDED SERVICES, PARTICIPANT 1196 00:42:09,326 --> 00:42:09,960 ELIGIBILITY, IMPLEMENTATION 1197 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,029 STANDARDS THAT HAVE THINGS LIKE 1198 00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:13,998 THE REPORTING INDICATORS AND 1199 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:15,799 SERVICE TARGETS, AND THE 1200 00:42:15,799 --> 00:42:16,433 TIMELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION. IN 1201 00:42:16,433 --> 00:42:19,203 THE TRANSMITTED VERSION, THERE 1202 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:21,405 WERE A LOT OF DETAILS REGARDING 1203 00:42:21,405 --> 00:42:23,774 FUNDED SERVICES THAT WERE KIND 1204 00:42:23,774 --> 00:42:25,676 OF BURIED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION 1205 00:42:25,676 --> 00:42:26,810 STANDARDS TABLES. THESE HAVE 1206 00:42:26,810 --> 00:42:29,346 BEEN LIFTED UP INTO A NARRATIVE 1207 00:42:29,346 --> 00:42:30,514 DESCRIPTION UNDER THE FUNDED 1208 00:42:30,514 --> 00:42:31,515 SERVICES SECTION A LITTLE BIT 1209 00:42:31,515 --> 00:42:33,684 MORE FLESH OUT. SO THAT IS SORT 1210 00:42:33,684 --> 00:42:35,185 OF WHAT WE MEAN BY CLARIFICATION 1211 00:42:35,185 --> 00:42:40,124 EDITS AND ADDED DETAIL FOR THE 1212 00:42:40,124 --> 00:42:41,592 MOST PART. ADDITIONALLY, IN 1213 00:42:41,592 --> 00:42:43,661 CONSULTATION WITH DEAL, THE PLAN 1214 00:42:43,661 --> 00:42:45,696 HAS ADDITIONAL REPORTING 1215 00:42:45,696 --> 00:42:50,034 INDICATORS AND ADDED CLARITY ON 1216 00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:50,734 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 1217 00:42:50,734 --> 00:42:51,302 TIMELINES. THE INTRODUCED 1218 00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:53,737 VERSION ALSO ADDS MORE DETAIL TO 1219 00:42:53,737 --> 00:42:55,306 THE SPENDING PLAN, PROVIDING A 1220 00:42:55,306 --> 00:42:56,874 LINE ITEM BREAKDOWN FOR EVERY 1221 00:42:56,874 --> 00:42:59,410 FUNDED PROGRAM AND MORE DETAILS 1222 00:42:59,410 --> 00:43:01,445 ON SPENDING FOR COUNCIL 1223 00:43:01,445 --> 00:43:04,348 PRIORITIES, SUCH AS YOUTH MENTAL 1224 00:43:04,348 --> 00:43:05,316 HEALTH. THE INTRODUCED PLAN ALSO 1225 00:43:05,316 --> 00:43:06,951 LIMITS DEAL'S AUTHORITY TO 1226 00:43:06,951 --> 00:43:08,953 MODIFY THE PLAN AS COMPARED TO 1227 00:43:08,953 --> 00:43:12,656 WHAT WAS TRANSMITTED IN THE -- 1228 00:43:12,656 --> 00:43:14,291 WHAT WAS TRANSMITTED. IN THE 1229 00:43:14,291 --> 00:43:15,592 TRANSMITTED PLAN, COUNCIL -- WAS 1230 00:43:15,592 --> 00:43:16,360 FUNCTIONALLY DELEGATED TO THE 1231 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,162 EXECUTIVE WITH ANY CHANGES TO BE 1232 00:43:18,162 --> 00:43:21,298 REPORTED IN THE LEVY ANNUAL 1233 00:43:21,298 --> 00:43:23,267 REPORT BUT WITHOUT ADVANCEMENT 1234 00:43:23,267 --> 00:43:24,068 NOTICE TO COUNCIL. THE 1235 00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:25,436 INTRODUCED VERSION WILL ALLOW 1236 00:43:25,436 --> 00:43:27,571 SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR THE 1237 00:43:27,571 --> 00:43:29,573 EXECUTIVE TO MODIFY POLICIES 1238 00:43:29,573 --> 00:43:34,545 RELATING TO PARTICIPANT EL JIBT, 1239 00:43:34,545 --> 00:43:37,314 ENROLLMENT PRIORITIZATION, AND 1240 00:43:37,314 --> 00:43:38,349 IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS, BUT 1241 00:43:38,349 --> 00:43:40,684 ALL WILL REQUIRE COUNCIL 1242 00:43:40,684 --> 00:43:42,920 APPROVAL. SIMILARLY, IN THE 1243 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,055 TRANSMITTED PLAN, ALLOCATION OF 1244 00:43:45,055 --> 00:43:46,991 UNDERSPEND WOULD BE LEFT TO 1245 00:43:46,991 --> 00:43:48,993 DEAL'S DISCRETION WITH ARGUABLY 1246 00:43:48,993 --> 00:43:50,761 BIG PRIORITIES. IT REQUIRES 1247 00:43:50,761 --> 00:43:52,429 COUNCIL APPROVAL OF UNDERSPEND 1248 00:43:52,429 --> 00:43:53,797 ALLOCATION AND PRIORITIZES 1249 00:43:53,797 --> 00:43:55,065 FUNDING FOR EVIDENCE-BASED 1250 00:43:55,065 --> 00:43:56,066 SERVICES SUPPORTING LEVY GOALS 1251 00:43:56,066 --> 00:43:58,802 AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO FUND NEW 1252 00:43:58,802 --> 00:43:59,970 OR EXPANDED PROGRAMMING IF IT 1253 00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:01,805 CAN BE SUSTAINED FOR THE 1254 00:44:01,805 --> 00:44:04,441 REMAINING LIFE OF THE LEVY. OVER 1255 00:44:04,441 --> 00:44:07,745 ALL THE CHANGES MADE TO ADD 1256 00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:08,879 CLARITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND 1257 00:44:08,879 --> 00:44:11,115 OVERSIGHT, DID NOT ALTER THE 1258 00:44:11,115 --> 00:44:12,416 SPENDING PLAN THAT DEAL 1259 00:44:12,416 --> 00:44:13,617 PRESENTED ON JUNE 10th. AND NOW 1260 00:44:13,617 --> 00:44:15,953 I'LL BE TURNING IT OVER TO 1261 00:44:15,953 --> 00:44:16,186 TRACI. 1262 00:44:16,186 --> 00:44:17,955 >> SO COUNCILMEMBERS, THEY ARE 1263 00:44:17,955 --> 00:44:19,289 SIX POLICY ISSUES AND ONE 1264 00:44:19,289 --> 00:44:21,525 CONTEXTUAL ISSUE THAT HAVE BEEN 1265 00:44:21,525 --> 00:44:22,493 IDENTIFIED BY CENTRAL STAFF 1266 00:44:22,493 --> 00:44:23,160 AND/OR COUNCILMEMBERS. THESE CAN 1267 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:24,995 BE FOUND ON PAGE SIX OF THE 1268 00:44:24,995 --> 00:44:26,063 POLICY CONSIDERATION MEMO, WHICH 1269 00:44:26,063 --> 00:44:29,066 I BELIEVE IS ATTACHED TO THE 1270 00:44:29,066 --> 00:44:30,034 AGENDA. SO ISSUE NUMBER ONE, 1271 00:44:30,034 --> 00:44:32,169 THERE ARE TWO NEW PROGRAMS 1272 00:44:32,169 --> 00:44:35,105 INCLUDED IN THE I&E PLAN THAT 1273 00:44:35,105 --> 00:44:39,243 ARE CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED, 1274 00:44:39,243 --> 00:44:40,511 THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL VOUCHER 1275 00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:42,046 WAITLIST PILOT, INTENDED TO BE 1276 00:44:42,046 --> 00:44:44,748 PILOTED IN THE 26/27 SCHOOL 1277 00:44:44,748 --> 00:44:51,121 YEAR, AND THE OPPORTUNITY-BASED 1278 00:44:51,121 --> 00:44:54,525 MENTORING PROGRAM, -- -- THEY 1279 00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:56,093 WERE NOT FULL DETAILS INCLUDED 1280 00:44:56,093 --> 00:44:57,895 IN THE PLAN, INCLUDING SUCH 1281 00:44:57,895 --> 00:44:59,296 THINGS AS HOW RECIPIENTS FOR 1282 00:44:59,296 --> 00:45:01,231 SERVICES WILL BE SELECTED, HOW 1283 00:45:01,231 --> 00:45:02,666 THEY WILL BE PRIORITIZED. SO 1284 00:45:02,666 --> 00:45:03,600 COUNCIL WISHES TO HAVE MORE 1285 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,803 OVERSIGHT OF FINAL DESIGN OF 1286 00:45:05,803 --> 00:45:07,371 THESE NEW PROGRAM, COUNCIL COULD 1287 00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:09,773 REQUIRE REVIEW OR APPROVAL OF 1288 00:45:09,773 --> 00:45:12,976 ONE OR BOTH PROGRAMS BEFORE 1289 00:45:12,976 --> 00:45:13,644 ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION. ISSUE 1290 00:45:13,644 --> 00:45:16,246 NUMBER TWO, THE I&E PLAN 1291 00:45:16,246 --> 00:45:18,782 INCLUDES A NEW UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 1292 00:45:18,782 --> 00:45:20,851 MEALS PROGRAM THAT WOULD PROVIDE 1293 00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:22,986 FREE MEALS AT 53 SCHOOLS FOR 1294 00:45:22,986 --> 00:45:24,221 STUDENTS NOT OTHERWISE 1295 00:45:24,221 --> 00:45:26,390 SUPPORTED. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE 1296 00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:27,724 IMPLEMENTED IN THE 26/27 SCHOOL 1297 00:45:27,724 --> 00:45:29,893 YEAR AND IS FUNDED FOR TWO 1298 00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:31,829 YEARS. THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY 1299 00:45:31,829 --> 00:45:35,099 REDUCING THE LEVY COST AND RISK 1300 00:45:35,099 --> 00:45:38,168 RESERVE FUNDS BY $3.6 MILLION IN 1301 00:45:38,168 --> 00:45:40,637 2027 AND $4.1 MILLION IN 2028. 1302 00:45:40,637 --> 00:45:43,574 IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE 1303 00:45:43,574 --> 00:45:45,275 A GREATER PROTECTION AGAINST THE 1304 00:45:45,275 --> 00:45:46,076 RISK OF UNEXPECTED COST 1305 00:45:46,076 --> 00:45:48,345 INCREASES OR IN THE EVENT THAT 1306 00:45:48,345 --> 00:45:51,748 THE MILLIONAIRE'S TAX, WHICH IS 1307 00:45:51,748 --> 00:45:52,983 ACTUALLY HOW THE EXECUTIVE IS 1308 00:45:52,983 --> 00:45:54,151 PLANNING TO FUND THE PROGRAM 1309 00:45:54,151 --> 00:45:56,453 AFTER TWO YEAR, IT DOES INCLUDE 1310 00:45:56,453 --> 00:45:58,021 A PROVISION THAT TALKS ABOUT 1311 00:45:58,021 --> 00:46:01,925 FUNDING FREE MEALS, COUNCIL 1312 00:46:01,925 --> 00:46:02,960 MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER RETAINING 1313 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,128 SOME FUNDING AND NOT FULLY 1314 00:46:04,128 --> 00:46:06,130 FUNDING THIS PROGRAM IN THE 1315 00:46:06,130 --> 00:46:07,898 FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS. OR IF 1316 00:46:07,898 --> 00:46:08,565 COUNCIL PRIORITIES REGARDING 1317 00:46:08,565 --> 00:46:10,868 FOOD ASSISTANCE WERE NOT 1318 00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:12,102 ADDRESSED BY THE EXECUTIVE'S 1319 00:46:12,102 --> 00:46:13,737 PROPOSAL, THEY COULD CONSIDER 1320 00:46:13,737 --> 00:46:16,940 REPRIORITIZING THAT FUNDING FOR 1321 00:46:16,940 --> 00:46:18,442 OTHER FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 1322 00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:20,210 ISSUE NUMBER THREE, THERE ARE 1323 00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:21,211 HSD PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED 1324 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:25,983 WITH OTHER FUND SERVICES THAT 1325 00:46:25,983 --> 00:46:27,217 ARE NOW LEVY SUPPORT. AS A 1326 00:46:27,217 --> 00:46:29,620 RESULT, THESE PROGRAMS SHOWN ON 1327 00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:31,922 PAGES FIVE AND SIX, WERE NOT 1328 00:46:31,922 --> 00:46:33,190 DEVELOPED IN ALIGNMENT WITH LEVY 1329 00:46:33,190 --> 00:46:34,391 GOALS. THE PROGRAMS WILL BE 1330 00:46:34,391 --> 00:46:39,096 REBID AT THE END OF THEIR 1331 00:46:39,096 --> 00:46:43,267 FUNDING CYCLES, SOME AS SOON AS 1332 00:46:43,267 --> 00:46:45,035 2027. IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO 1333 00:46:45,035 --> 00:46:46,103 PROVIDE GREATER OVERSIGHT IN 1334 00:46:46,103 --> 00:46:48,539 THIS AREA, COUNCIL MAY WISH TO 1335 00:46:48,539 --> 00:46:53,777 REQUEST A REPORT FROM DEAL AND 1336 00:46:53,777 --> 00:46:58,815 HSD ON PROPOSED GOALS AND 1337 00:46:58,815 --> 00:47:00,617 OUTCOMES. ISSUE NUMBER FOUR -- 1338 00:47:00,617 --> 00:47:02,352 STATES A KEY IMPLEMENTATION 1339 00:47:02,352 --> 00:47:04,288 PRINCIPLE IS TO ACHIEVE LEVY 1340 00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:05,923 OUTCOMES THAT ADVANCE 1341 00:47:05,923 --> 00:47:06,623 EDUCATIONAL EQUITY. GOALS AND 1342 00:47:06,623 --> 00:47:08,025 DESIRED OUTCOMES IN EACH DOMAIN 1343 00:47:08,025 --> 00:47:10,961 IN THE PLAN AS TRANSMITTED DID 1344 00:47:10,961 --> 00:47:12,396 NOT REFERENCE CLOSING 1345 00:47:12,396 --> 00:47:13,397 OPPORTUNITY GAPS FOR POPULATIONS 1346 00:47:13,397 --> 00:47:17,768 FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL 1347 00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:24,074 MILESTONES AS A MEASURE OF 1348 00:47:24,074 --> 00:47:25,275 FURTHER SUCCESS FOR THE LEVY. 1349 00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:30,614 THE COUNCIL COULD INCLUDE 1350 00:47:30,614 --> 00:47:35,052 LANGUAGE IN THE I& E PLAN. 1351 00:47:35,052 --> 00:47:40,290 FUNDING FOR PATH TO TRADES 1352 00:47:40,290 --> 00:47:42,326 PROGRAMS. -- SUCH AS THE TRADES 1353 00:47:42,326 --> 00:47:43,260 AND PUBLIC SERVICE, INCLUDING 1354 00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:46,196 CITY JOBS FOR WHICH THERE IS 1355 00:47:46,196 --> 00:47:48,398 DEMAND FOR WORKERS AND AVAILABLE 1356 00:47:48,398 --> 00:47:48,999 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. 1357 00:47:48,999 --> 00:47:50,300 IDEALLY, THESE PROGRAMS WILL 1358 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:50,767 PROVIDE INFORMATION, 1359 00:47:50,767 --> 00:47:51,401 ENCOURAGEMENT, AND SUPPORT TO 1360 00:47:51,401 --> 00:47:55,272 STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED 1361 00:47:55,272 --> 00:48:00,611 IN CITY CAREERS, SUCH AS CITY 1362 00:48:00,611 --> 00:48:02,980 LIGHT LINE WORKERS. IF COUNCIL 1363 00:48:02,980 --> 00:48:08,318 WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE FURTHER 1364 00:48:08,318 --> 00:48:11,154 DIRECTION TO DEAL, COUNCIL COULD 1365 00:48:11,154 --> 00:48:13,657 AMEND THE I&E PLAN TO PROVIDE 1366 00:48:13,657 --> 00:48:16,193 MORE CLARITY FOR DEAL REGARDING 1367 00:48:16,193 --> 00:48:17,194 SUCH PARTNERSHIPS. ISSUE NUMBER 1368 00:48:17,194 --> 00:48:18,662 SIX, THE I&E PLAN INCLUDES 1369 00:48:18,662 --> 00:48:19,496 FUNDING FOR SEVERAL PROGRAMS 1370 00:48:19,496 --> 00:48:20,931 THAT WILL SERVE STUDENTS 1371 00:48:20,931 --> 00:48:23,767 INVOLVED IN OR AT ELEVATED RISK 1372 00:48:23,767 --> 00:48:25,002 OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT. 1373 00:48:25,002 --> 00:48:26,670 IT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR EXISTING 1374 00:48:26,670 --> 00:48:28,472 INVESTMENTS IN SCHOOL-BASED 1375 00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:30,307 SAFETY THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED 1376 00:48:30,307 --> 00:48:32,376 BY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. THESE 1377 00:48:32,376 --> 00:48:35,012 PROGRAMS AND OTHER LEVY-FUNDED 1378 00:48:35,012 --> 00:48:37,314 SCHOOL SAFETY INTERVENTIONS, 1379 00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:37,948 INCLUDING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, 1380 00:48:37,948 --> 00:48:39,116 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, LIKELY 1381 00:48:39,116 --> 00:48:42,519 HAVE SOME OVERLAP IN TERMS OF 1382 00:48:42,519 --> 00:48:43,754 SERVICES OFFERED, INDIVIDUALS 1383 00:48:43,754 --> 00:48:45,922 SERVED, AND DESIRED OUTCOMES. 1384 00:48:45,922 --> 00:48:50,761 THE PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE AN 1385 00:48:50,761 --> 00:48:57,601 ARTICULATION FOR AN OVERARCING 1386 00:48:57,601 --> 00:48:59,303 FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE INVESTMENTS. 1387 00:48:59,303 --> 00:49:00,337 COUNCIL COULD AMEND THE PLAN TO 1388 00:49:00,337 --> 00:49:02,339 REQUIRE OR REQUEST A REPORT FOR 1389 00:49:02,339 --> 00:49:03,974 THE TOTALITY OF THE SCHOOL 1390 00:49:03,974 --> 00:49:05,275 SAFETY INVESTMENTS. AND THE 1391 00:49:05,275 --> 00:49:07,945 FINAL ISSUE IS A CONTEXTUAL 1392 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:10,647 POLICY ISSUE. THIS RELATES TO 1393 00:49:10,647 --> 00:49:13,817 THE K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL-BASED 1394 00:49:13,817 --> 00:49:16,386 INVESTMENTS AND COMMUNITY-BASED 1395 00:49:16,386 --> 00:49:17,721 INVESTMENTS. AS YOU HEARD ON 1396 00:49:17,721 --> 00:49:19,389 JUNE -- WE HEARD FROM DEAL, THEY 1397 00:49:19,389 --> 00:49:22,826 ARE MOVING TO A NEW MODEL, THE 1398 00:49:22,826 --> 00:49:23,627 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MODEL. THIS 1399 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:25,495 MODEL WILL, IN FACT, RESULT IN A 1400 00:49:25,495 --> 00:49:29,833 NEW RP PROCESS THAT WILL BE LED 1401 00:49:29,833 --> 00:49:31,568 IN 2026. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE 1402 00:49:31,568 --> 00:49:33,270 THAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT 1403 00:49:33,270 --> 00:49:34,004 ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING FUNDING 1404 00:49:34,004 --> 00:49:36,306 UNDER THE CURRENT MODEL WILL BE 1405 00:49:36,306 --> 00:49:38,108 AWARDED FUNDING UNDER THIS NEW 1406 00:49:38,108 --> 00:49:38,875 MODEL. SO THAT'S JUST FOR 1407 00:49:38,875 --> 00:49:39,810 AWARENESS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE 1408 00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:41,878 SWITCHING TO THE NEW MODEL AND A 1409 00:49:41,878 --> 00:49:46,650 NEW RP WILL GO OUT, SOME FOLKS, 1410 00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:48,151 SOME ORGANIZATIONS, SOME MAY BE 1411 00:49:48,151 --> 00:49:53,056 FUNDED AND SOME MAY NOT. JUST SO 1412 00:49:53,056 --> 00:49:55,292 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. HAPPY TO 1413 00:49:55,292 --> 00:49:57,361 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 1414 00:49:57,361 --> 00:49:58,895 >> THANK, YOU JASMINE AND TRACI. 1415 00:49:58,895 --> 00:50:00,564 COLLEAGUES, ACTUALLY, I HAVE 1416 00:50:00,564 --> 00:50:04,601 SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE ON CENTRAL 1417 00:50:04,601 --> 00:50:06,236 STAFF'S POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, 1418 00:50:06,236 --> 00:50:09,206 SO JUST TO GIVE YOU MORE 1419 00:50:09,206 --> 00:50:12,075 INFORMATION, ON PAGE TWO WHERE 1420 00:50:12,075 --> 00:50:13,844 IT SAYS CERTAIN HSD PROGRAMS 1421 00:50:13,844 --> 00:50:15,812 SHIFTED FROM K THROUGH 12 FROM 1422 00:50:15,812 --> 00:50:18,181 THE READY TO LEARN BUCKET TO THE 1423 00:50:18,181 --> 00:50:20,617 READY TO LAUNCH, THE COLLEGE AND 1424 00:50:20,617 --> 00:50:21,418 CAREER, THAT'S BECAUSE THE 1425 00:50:21,418 --> 00:50:24,488 DEMOGRAPHIC IS ALIGNED WITH THE 1426 00:50:24,488 --> 00:50:27,958 READY TO LAUNCH DEMOGRAPHIC 1427 00:50:27,958 --> 00:50:29,793 VERSUS THE READY TO LEARN. SO 1428 00:50:29,793 --> 00:50:31,361 THAT'S -- DOESN'T CHANGE THE 1429 00:50:31,361 --> 00:50:33,130 INVESTMENT, IT JUST SWITCHES IT 1430 00:50:33,130 --> 00:50:36,333 TO ALIGN WITH THE BUCKET THAT IT 1431 00:50:36,333 --> 00:50:37,901 ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY 1432 00:50:37,901 --> 00:50:39,669 BEEN INCLUDED UNDER TO BEGIN 1433 00:50:39,669 --> 00:50:44,908 WITH BECAUSE OF WHO IT'S 1434 00:50:44,908 --> 00:50:46,243 SERVING. ON PAGE THREE, I WOULD 1435 00:50:46,243 --> 00:50:49,479 SAY ON THE -- THERE IS 1436 00:50:49,479 --> 00:50:54,284 INFORMATION ON THE VOUCHER -- 1437 00:50:54,284 --> 00:50:55,752 SPP VOUCHER PILOT. ON THE 1438 00:50:55,752 --> 00:50:56,853 OPPORTUNITY-BASED MENTORING 1439 00:50:56,853 --> 00:50:58,121 PROGRAM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH 1440 00:50:58,121 --> 00:50:58,755 DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE. THEY'RE 1441 00:50:58,755 --> 00:51:02,259 GOING TO BE DOING DESIGN OF THIS 1442 00:51:02,259 --> 00:51:03,994 IN THE 26/27 SCHOOL YEAR AND 1443 00:51:03,994 --> 00:51:05,796 THEN IMPLEMENTATION WOULD BE IN 1444 00:51:05,796 --> 00:51:07,631 THE 27/28 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IT 1445 00:51:07,631 --> 00:51:09,533 WOULD COME BACK THROUGH COUNCIL 1446 00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:11,334 BECAUSE THE LEVY SAYS ANY NEW 1447 00:51:11,334 --> 00:51:14,104 PROGRAMS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY 1448 00:51:14,104 --> 00:51:16,773 COUNCIL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING 1449 00:51:16,773 --> 00:51:20,477 THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE 1450 00:51:20,477 --> 00:51:22,345 MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE I&E, NEW 1451 00:51:22,345 --> 00:51:24,047 THINGS NEED TO COME BACK TO 1452 00:51:24,047 --> 00:51:26,116 COUNCIL AS PER THE LEVY, AND IN 1453 00:51:26,116 --> 00:51:27,818 GENERAL, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1454 00:51:27,818 --> 00:51:29,419 LEVY GOES THROUGH THE BUDGET 1455 00:51:29,419 --> 00:51:30,954 PROCESS, WHICH IS UNDER 1456 00:51:30,954 --> 00:51:32,289 COUNCIL'S CONTROL. SO IN 1457 00:51:32,289 --> 00:51:33,857 ACTUALITY, ALL OF THE WORK WOULD 1458 00:51:33,857 --> 00:51:36,693 HAVE TO GO -- COME BACK THROUGH 1459 00:51:36,693 --> 00:51:38,128 COUNCIL ANYWAY, REGARDLESS OF 1460 00:51:38,128 --> 00:51:40,063 WHETHER WE DECIDED TO MAKE ANY 1461 00:51:40,063 --> 00:51:41,598 ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THIS I&E 1462 00:51:41,598 --> 00:51:43,033 PLAN. SO I JUST -- THAT IS 1463 00:51:43,033 --> 00:51:44,568 IMPORTANT TO STATE, BECAUSE THAT 1464 00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:47,170 WAS IN THE LEVY. IT WAS A PIECE 1465 00:51:47,170 --> 00:51:51,842 ALREADY IN THE LEVY. ON THE 1466 00:51:51,842 --> 00:51:53,443 EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, 1467 00:51:53,443 --> 00:51:54,978 SPLITTING INTO SCHOOL-BASED 1468 00:51:54,978 --> 00:51:55,779 INVESTMENTS AND COMMUNITY-BASED 1469 00:51:55,779 --> 00:51:56,980 INVESTMENTS, THAT WAS MAINLY 1470 00:51:56,980 --> 00:51:59,049 REQUIRED BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL 1471 00:51:59,049 --> 00:52:01,117 KNOW, HSD AND PARKS WERE NOT 1472 00:52:01,117 --> 00:52:09,860 INCLUDED IN ANY PRIOR LEVY 1473 00:52:09,860 --> 00:52:10,494 INTERRATION, BUT THEY ARE HERE. 1474 00:52:10,494 --> 00:52:15,098 AND MOST . THAT'S WHY THAT WAS 1475 00:52:15,098 --> 00:52:16,933 SPLIT OFF IF YOU WILL. JUST 1476 00:52:16,933 --> 00:52:18,235 WANTED TO GIVE MORE TRANSPARENCY 1477 00:52:18,235 --> 00:52:24,574 AS TO THE WHY THAT WAS SET UP 1478 00:52:24,574 --> 00:52:26,209 THAT WAY. ON THE MENTAL HEALTH 1479 00:52:26,209 --> 00:52:27,577 REPORTS SHIFTING TO THE 1480 00:52:27,577 --> 00:52:28,712 SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER, THIS 1481 00:52:28,712 --> 00:52:30,313 ONE I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BY. 1482 00:52:30,313 --> 00:52:33,450 SO LET ME JUST SAY THAT 1483 00:52:33,450 --> 00:52:35,185 SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS ARE 1484 00:52:35,185 --> 00:52:36,887 ALREADY IMPLEMENTING THE MENTAL 1485 00:52:36,887 --> 00:52:38,488 HEALTH. MOST OF THE PROVIDERS, 1486 00:52:38,488 --> 00:52:41,691 LIKE THE COUNSELORS, ARE ALREADY 1487 00:52:41,691 --> 00:52:43,326 OUT OF THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH 1488 00:52:43,326 --> 00:52:46,429 CENTERS. WHAT THIS LEVY WOULD DO 1489 00:52:46,429 --> 00:52:47,864 IS INCREASE MORE COUNSELING 1490 00:52:47,864 --> 00:52:48,465 SUPPORT, MORE COUNSELORS, BUT 1491 00:52:48,465 --> 00:52:50,333 THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ALREADY 1492 00:52:50,333 --> 00:52:52,068 THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS 1493 00:52:52,068 --> 00:52:55,839 WERE DOING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, 1494 00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:57,841 THERE'S SOME SUPPORTS FOR CBOs 1495 00:52:57,841 --> 00:53:00,911 THAT ARE DOING THIS PARTICULAR 1496 00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:03,013 TYPE OF WORK, LIKE THE ASIAN 1497 00:53:03,013 --> 00:53:03,914 COUNSELING REFERRAL CENTER, FOR 1498 00:53:03,914 --> 00:53:05,949 INSTANCE, WAS PART OF THIS 1499 00:53:05,949 --> 00:53:08,084 INVESTMENT LAST TIME. OBVIOUSLY, 1500 00:53:08,084 --> 00:53:10,186 ALL OF THESE INVESTMENTS VIA THE 1501 00:53:10,186 --> 00:53:13,990 LEVY AND FOR LEGAL REASONS HAVE 1502 00:53:13,990 --> 00:53:16,826 TO BE A COMPETITIVELY BID. THE 1503 00:53:16,826 --> 00:53:19,829 DEPARTMENT ALREADY DOES RFPs FOR 1504 00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:20,397 THESE INVESTMENTS, AND THE 1505 00:53:20,397 --> 00:53:22,332 RENEWAL HAS TO LOOK AT ALL THE 1506 00:53:22,332 --> 00:53:23,333 INVESTMENTS AND SEE WHETHER 1507 00:53:23,333 --> 00:53:26,036 THEY'RE WORKING OR NOT AND THEN 1508 00:53:26,036 --> 00:53:27,904 SHIFT IF THEY HAVE TO SHIFT. 1509 00:53:27,904 --> 00:53:29,739 THAT WAS ALWAYS TRUE IN THE LAST 1510 00:53:29,739 --> 00:53:33,043 LEVY AND CONTINUES TO BE TRUE IN 1511 00:53:33,043 --> 00:53:34,744 THIS LEVY. AND THEN I WOULD SAY 1512 00:53:34,744 --> 00:53:40,483 I NEED TO DIG INTO THE 1513 00:53:40,483 --> 00:53:41,284 REALLOCATION OF THE SYP. MY 1514 00:53:41,284 --> 00:53:45,455 UNDERSTANDING IS IT WAS EXPANDED 1515 00:53:45,455 --> 00:53:46,957 TO INCLUDE THE PROMISE STUDENTS. 1516 00:53:46,957 --> 00:53:48,858 IN TERMS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE 1517 00:53:48,858 --> 00:53:50,126 CAREER PROGRAMS AND PATH TO 1518 00:53:50,126 --> 00:53:52,796 TECH, BOTH OF THOSE WERE IN THE 1519 00:53:52,796 --> 00:53:54,397 LEVY, THE ACTUAL LEVY LANGUAGE. 1520 00:53:54,397 --> 00:53:56,866 THAT'S WHY THEY NEED TO BE 1521 00:53:56,866 --> 00:54:00,770 FUNDED IN THIS ITERATION OF THE 1522 00:54:00,770 --> 00:54:03,039 LEVY. AND THEN ON PAGE FOUR, I 1523 00:54:03,039 --> 00:54:05,942 WOULD SAY THAT THE MODIFICATIONS 1524 00:54:05,942 --> 00:54:08,545 TO THE PLAN ON THE UNDERSPEND 1525 00:54:08,545 --> 00:54:09,646 COMING THROUGH COUNCIL. AGAIN, 1526 00:54:09,646 --> 00:54:11,681 BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE 1527 00:54:11,681 --> 00:54:13,984 THE BUDGET THROUGH BUDGET 1528 00:54:13,984 --> 00:54:15,752 PROCESS, WE'RE ALREADY HAVING 1529 00:54:15,752 --> 00:54:17,754 TO APPROVE WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS 1530 00:54:17,754 --> 00:54:20,023 DO VIA THAT COUNCIL PROCESS. SO 1531 00:54:20,023 --> 00:54:23,860 THIS JUST REALLY ALIGNS TO WHAT 1532 00:54:23,860 --> 00:54:26,997 WAS IN THE LEVY ABOUT THE 1533 00:54:26,997 --> 00:54:28,832 INVESTMENTS BEING APPROVED 1534 00:54:28,832 --> 00:54:30,967 THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. 1535 00:54:30,967 --> 00:54:31,835 WHICH IS ACTUALLY US, COUNCIL. 1536 00:54:31,835 --> 00:54:33,937 AND SO I MADE SURE THAT THAT WAS 1537 00:54:33,937 --> 00:54:35,038 CLEAR IN THE I&E, BECAUSE IT 1538 00:54:35,038 --> 00:54:39,042 WASN'T AS CLEAR BEFORE, AND IT 1539 00:54:39,042 --> 00:54:43,947 IS IN THE LEVY. AND THEN IN 1540 00:54:43,947 --> 00:54:46,916 TERMS OF -- LET'S SEE -- ON 1541 00:54:46,916 --> 00:54:50,520 PAGE FIVE, I TALKED ABOUT THE 1542 00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:51,388 OPPORTUNITY-BASED MENTORING. 1543 00:54:51,388 --> 00:54:54,124 THAT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED IN 1544 00:54:54,124 --> 00:54:55,759 THE 26/27 SCHOOL YEAR. THEY'LL 1545 00:54:55,759 --> 00:54:58,528 HAVE TO -- I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN 1546 00:54:58,528 --> 00:55:00,664 WITH DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE ABOUT 1547 00:55:00,664 --> 00:55:03,600 THAT. AND THEN IN TERMS OF HSD 1548 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,068 PROGRAMS, THE LEVY REQUIRES THE 1549 00:55:05,068 --> 00:55:06,770 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 1550 00:55:06,770 --> 00:55:09,105 EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING TO 1551 00:55:09,105 --> 00:55:11,074 WORK WITH THE OTHER CITY 1552 00:55:11,074 --> 00:55:13,376 DEPARTMENTS AS THEY'RE BUILDING 1553 00:55:13,376 --> 00:55:14,911 THE INVESTMENTS WITH THESE LEVY 1554 00:55:14,911 --> 00:55:16,846 DOLLARS. SO THAT WAS ALREADY 1555 00:55:16,846 --> 00:55:18,248 SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING. SO 1556 00:55:18,248 --> 00:55:20,417 JUST -- I'LL JUST PREVIEW THAT 1557 00:55:20,417 --> 00:55:24,287 I'LL BE -- I'M WORKING ON AN 1558 00:55:24,287 --> 00:55:25,355 AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT 1559 00:55:25,355 --> 00:55:27,657 ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN A WAY 1560 00:55:27,657 --> 00:55:29,793 THAT'S MORE ROBUST THAN IS 1561 00:55:29,793 --> 00:55:31,761 INDICATED HERE. BUT JUST TO SAY 1562 00:55:31,761 --> 00:55:33,329 THAT IN THE LEVY LANGUAGE 1563 00:55:33,329 --> 00:55:34,064 ITSELF, THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT. 1564 00:55:34,064 --> 00:55:36,199 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, 1565 00:55:36,199 --> 00:55:38,068 OBVIOUSLY, AS I SAID EARLIER, 1566 00:55:38,068 --> 00:55:39,269 HSD AND THE PARKS INVESTMENTS 1567 00:55:39,269 --> 00:55:41,338 ARE NEWER TO THIS LEVY, AND SO 1568 00:55:41,338 --> 00:55:42,439 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL 1569 00:55:42,439 --> 00:55:44,007 THE DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING 1570 00:55:44,007 --> 00:55:46,943 TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 1571 00:55:46,943 --> 00:55:48,878 HSD AND THE PARKS INVESTMENTS 1572 00:55:48,878 --> 00:55:50,113 ALIGN WITH THE LEVY GOALS, 1573 00:55:50,113 --> 00:55:53,983 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE SAID -- 1574 00:55:53,983 --> 00:55:57,253 WE TOLD VOTERS WE WOULD DO. AND 1575 00:55:57,253 --> 00:56:00,757 THEN ON THE PAGE SIX, I WOULD 1576 00:56:00,757 --> 00:56:03,893 SAY THAT IN TERMS OF THE ACHIEVE 1577 00:56:03,893 --> 00:56:05,195 LEVY OUTCOMES THAT ADVANCE 1578 00:56:05,195 --> 00:56:06,696 EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, I WILL SAY 1579 00:56:06,696 --> 00:56:09,032 THAT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE 1580 00:56:09,032 --> 00:56:09,733 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 1581 00:56:09,733 --> 00:56:13,803 PLAN, THIS IS ADDRESSED BOTH ON 1582 00:56:13,803 --> 00:56:15,505 PAGE TWO AND PAGE 13 THAT 1583 00:56:15,505 --> 00:56:16,473 BASICALLY STATES THAT THE 1584 00:56:16,473 --> 00:56:19,109 MAJORITY OF THE GOAL OF THIS 1585 00:56:19,109 --> 00:56:20,777 LEVY IS TO CLOSE THOSE 1586 00:56:20,777 --> 00:56:21,945 OPPORTUNITY GAPS. SO DIDN'T WANT 1587 00:56:21,945 --> 00:56:24,114 TO LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE THAT 1588 00:56:24,114 --> 00:56:26,216 THAT WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED BY THE 1589 00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:27,550 I&E, BECAUSE THAT'S THE 1590 00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:30,220 MAJORITY OF WHY WE'RE MAKING 1591 00:56:30,220 --> 00:56:31,855 THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE 1592 00:56:31,855 --> 00:56:33,256 MAKING FOR -- VIA THIS I&E. AND 1593 00:56:33,256 --> 00:56:36,559 THEN IN TERMS OF THE PATH TO 1594 00:56:36,559 --> 00:56:39,829 TRADES, DEMAND FOR WORKERS, THE 1595 00:56:39,829 --> 00:56:44,434 I&E ON PAGE 46 TALKS ABOUT THIS 1596 00:56:44,434 --> 00:56:46,336 INCLUDING THIS INCLUDES WORKING 1597 00:56:46,336 --> 00:56:46,970 WITH DEPARTMENTS ON CAREER 1598 00:56:46,970 --> 00:56:48,471 SUPPORT AND ALSO WASHINGTON 1599 00:56:48,471 --> 00:56:50,673 STATE FOR THE HIGH DEMAND TRADE 1600 00:56:50,673 --> 00:56:51,841 PROGRAMS. SO AS THEY'RE WORKING 1601 00:56:51,841 --> 00:56:53,476 WITH THE KIDS IN THE PROMISE AND 1602 00:56:53,476 --> 00:56:58,114 PATH TO TRADES PROGRAM, THEY'LL 1603 00:56:58,114 --> 00:56:59,582 BE, WORKING WITH THEM TO TALK 1604 00:56:59,582 --> 00:57:00,517 ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AT 1605 00:57:00,517 --> 00:57:02,051 THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE 1606 00:57:02,051 --> 00:57:07,190 ONES THAT ARE BEING IDENTIFIED 1607 00:57:07,190 --> 00:57:12,495 AS HIGH DEMAND BY WASHINGTON 1608 00:57:12,495 --> 00:57:15,265 STATE. AND THEN ON THE -- OKAY. 1609 00:57:15,265 --> 00:57:16,766 I ADDRESSED THE SCHOOL SAFETY 1610 00:57:16,766 --> 00:57:18,067 INVESTMENTS BECAUSE THE PLAN 1611 00:57:18,067 --> 00:57:19,702 DOES REQUIRE DEAL TO WORK WITH 1612 00:57:19,702 --> 00:57:21,771 THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ON THEIR 1613 00:57:21,771 --> 00:57:23,606 PARTICULAR INVESTMENTS. THE LAST 1614 00:57:23,606 --> 00:57:26,709 THING I'LL SAY ON THE 1615 00:57:26,709 --> 00:57:30,046 CONTEXTUAL ON PAGE SEVEN, THE 1616 00:57:30,046 --> 00:57:31,681 FOUR PILLARS. THIS IS THE 1617 00:57:31,681 --> 00:57:32,582 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS MODEL, THERE 1618 00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:36,219 IS NO ACTUAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL. 1619 00:57:36,219 --> 00:57:39,355 IT IS A MODEL. I THOUGHT IT WAS 1620 00:57:39,355 --> 00:57:41,291 A BIT CONFUSING. I LEARNED MORE 1621 00:57:41,291 --> 00:57:43,359 ABOUT IT. IT IS SOMETHING 1622 00:57:43,359 --> 00:57:47,063 THAT'S ON THE NEA'S WEBSITE IF 1623 00:57:47,063 --> 00:57:49,566 YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT IT. BUT 1624 00:57:49,566 --> 00:57:51,668 BASICALLY WHAT DEAL DID WAS IT 1625 00:57:51,668 --> 00:57:53,703 TOOK THE FOUR PILLARS FROM THAT 1626 00:57:53,703 --> 00:57:59,042 MODEL AND INCLUDED IT AS PART OF 1627 00:57:59,042 --> 00:57:59,709 THIS SCHOOL-BASED INVESTMENT, 1628 00:57:59,709 --> 00:58:00,977 MAINLY BECAUSE, IN ALL HONESTY, 1629 00:58:00,977 --> 00:58:02,846 THE LAST LEVY WE DIDN'T GET THE 1630 00:58:02,846 --> 00:58:08,451 RESULTS IN THE K THROUGH 12 1631 00:58:08,451 --> 00:58:10,687 SPACE. AND A LOT OF THAT HAD TO 1632 00:58:10,687 --> 00:58:12,922 DO WITH THERE WERE VERY MANY 1633 00:58:12,922 --> 00:58:13,890 OFFERINGS AND NOT REALLY NARROW 1634 00:58:13,890 --> 00:58:15,658 OFFERINGS THAT WOULD MEET WHAT 1635 00:58:15,658 --> 00:58:17,861 KIDS NEED TO MEET THEIR ACADEMIC 1636 00:58:17,861 --> 00:58:19,929 GOALS, WHICH IS WHAT THE LEVY 1637 00:58:19,929 --> 00:58:26,269 TALKS ABOUT, HELPING KIDS MEET 1638 00:58:26,269 --> 00:58:27,203 THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS. SO THE 1639 00:58:27,203 --> 00:58:28,137 FOUR PILLARS, IT'S MY 1640 00:58:28,137 --> 00:58:28,872 UNDERSTANDING FROM THE 1641 00:58:28,872 --> 00:58:30,373 DEPARTMENT, AND IF YOU READ THEM 1642 00:58:30,373 --> 00:58:34,010 IT MAKES SENSE, IT WAS TO FOCUS 1643 00:58:34,010 --> 00:58:35,445 ON THE INVESTMENTS THAT REALLY 1644 00:58:35,445 --> 00:58:37,013 GO TOWARD THAT ACADEMIC 1645 00:58:37,013 --> 00:58:37,847 ACHIEVEMENT. SO THAT'S WHAT 1646 00:58:37,847 --> 00:58:38,448 THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER SEVEN 1647 00:58:38,448 --> 00:58:41,784 TALKS ABOUT AND WHAT THE FOUR 1648 00:58:41,784 --> 00:58:43,019 PILLARS ARE. AND I WILL SAY 1649 00:58:43,019 --> 00:58:45,655 THEY'RE PRETTY -- EVEN THOUGH 1650 00:58:45,655 --> 00:58:47,223 IT'S MORE TARGETED, THERE'S 1651 00:58:47,223 --> 00:58:50,793 STILL A LOT OF -- IF YOU READ 1652 00:58:50,793 --> 00:58:52,829 THE FOUR PILLARS, IT SOUNDS LIKE 1653 00:58:52,829 --> 00:58:54,230 THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY 1654 00:58:54,230 --> 00:58:55,665 STILL BETWEEN THOSE FOUR PILLARS 1655 00:58:55,665 --> 00:58:57,300 SO. WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS 1656 00:58:57,300 --> 00:58:58,801 WELL. SO OKAY, THOSE ARE THE 1657 00:58:58,801 --> 00:59:01,337 THINGS I JUST WANTED TO FLAG AS 1658 00:59:01,337 --> 00:59:03,640 I WAS WORKING THROUGH THIS I&E 1659 00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:08,912 WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH 1660 00:59:08,912 --> 00:59:10,079 CENTRAL STAFF THAT WERE NOT 1661 00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:10,747 NECESSARILY HIGHLIGHTED DURING 1662 00:59:10,747 --> 00:59:14,484 THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I THOUGHT 1663 00:59:14,484 --> 00:59:16,219 IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH 1664 00:59:16,219 --> 00:59:18,454 YOU ALL. NOW COLLEAGUES, LET ME 1665 00:59:18,454 --> 00:59:20,189 TURN TO YOU ALL FOR QUESTIONS 1666 00:59:20,189 --> 00:59:23,326 YOU MIGHT HAVE OF OUR TRUSTY 1667 00:59:23,326 --> 00:59:30,900 CENTRAL STAFF ON THEIR ISSUE ID. 1668 00:59:30,900 --> 00:59:31,801 ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NO 1669 00:59:31,801 --> 00:59:33,770 QUESTIONS. WELL, I DO KNOW THAT 1670 00:59:33,770 --> 00:59:36,406 YOU ALL WORKED WITH -- OH, IS 1671 00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:43,179 THERE ONE? I DON'T SEE THAT ON 1672 00:59:43,179 --> 00:59:44,180 HERE. HANG ON. OKAY, SORRY. OH, 1673 00:59:44,180 --> 00:59:46,749 HERE IT IS. IT JUST CAME UP. 1674 00:59:46,749 --> 00:59:47,750 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, GO AHEAD, 1675 00:59:47,750 --> 00:59:48,251 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1676 00:59:48,251 --> 00:59:49,452 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 1677 00:59:49,452 --> 00:59:51,688 AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 1678 00:59:51,688 --> 00:59:53,489 CENTRAL STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON 1679 00:59:53,489 --> 00:59:55,491 PUTTING TOGETHER THE MEMO AND 1680 00:59:55,491 --> 00:59:56,993 ISSUE ID FOR US. I HAVE A COUPLE 1681 00:59:56,993 --> 00:59:58,661 OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO GO 1682 00:59:58,661 --> 00:59:59,929 THROUGH HERE. SO I KNOW I ASKED 1683 00:59:59,929 --> 01:00:02,198 SOME OF THESE WHEN DEAL WAS AT 1684 01:00:02,198 --> 01:00:04,701 THE TABLE AS WELL, SO I'LL 1685 01:00:04,701 --> 01:00:06,769 START OFF FIRST WITH THE FREE 1686 01:00:06,769 --> 01:00:07,704 SCHOOL LUNCHES. AND I'LL START 1687 01:00:07,704 --> 01:00:08,671 OFF WITH THE SAME DISCLAIMER 1688 01:00:08,671 --> 01:00:11,374 THAT I GAVE WHEN I ASKED THIS 1689 01:00:11,374 --> 01:00:12,442 DIFFICULT QUESTION WHEN DEAL WAS 1690 01:00:12,442 --> 01:00:14,978 HERE, WHICH IS I THINK THAT THIS 1691 01:00:14,978 --> 01:00:17,213 IS A REALLY IMPORTANT AND AN 1692 01:00:17,213 --> 01:00:18,281 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 1693 01:00:18,281 --> 01:00:20,383 SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS IN OUR 1694 01:00:20,383 --> 01:00:22,251 SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT TOO MANY 1695 01:00:22,251 --> 01:00:25,188 KIDS AND FAMILIES ARE GOING 1696 01:00:25,188 --> 01:00:25,989 HUNGRY IN OUR CITY. AND 1697 01:00:25,989 --> 01:00:28,758 SIMULTANEOUSLY I WILL SHARE JUST 1698 01:00:28,758 --> 01:00:29,892 FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, I'M 1699 01:00:29,892 --> 01:00:31,494 REALLY CURIOUS TO MAKE SURE THIS 1700 01:00:31,494 --> 01:00:33,663 IS GOING TO BE AN INVESTMENT 1701 01:00:33,663 --> 01:00:34,764 THAT IS BALANCED. AND WE KNOW 1702 01:00:34,764 --> 01:00:37,300 THAT THIS IS FUNDED, THIS IS 1703 01:00:37,300 --> 01:00:41,337 INTENDED TO BE A GAP FILL UNTIL 1704 01:00:41,337 --> 01:00:42,605 THE STATE MILLIONAIRE'S TAX 1705 01:00:42,605 --> 01:00:44,974 COMES INTO EFFECT IN SEVERAL 1706 01:00:44,974 --> 01:00:46,376 YEARS. AND THAT IS CURRENTLY 1707 01:00:46,376 --> 01:00:48,778 GOING THROUGH LEGAL AND, I 1708 01:00:48,778 --> 01:00:49,579 BELIEVE, BALLOT CHALLENGES. AND 1709 01:00:49,579 --> 01:00:51,180 PERSONALLY, I AM A BELIEVER THAT 1710 01:00:51,180 --> 01:00:53,016 IT WILL PREVAIL, AND I BELIEVE 1711 01:00:53,016 --> 01:00:54,183 IT THAT SHOULD PREVAIL. HOWEVER, 1712 01:00:54,183 --> 01:00:55,518 I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BOTH 1713 01:00:55,518 --> 01:00:58,388 THIS COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE 1714 01:00:58,388 --> 01:01:00,089 PUBLIC, UNDERSTANDS WHAT WOULD 1715 01:01:00,089 --> 01:01:01,557 HAPPEN IF THAT DOES NOT PREVAIL. 1716 01:01:01,557 --> 01:01:03,693 SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT RIGHT 1717 01:01:03,693 --> 01:01:08,264 NOW AND HOW THAT IS ACCOUNTED 1718 01:01:08,264 --> 01:01:09,465 FOR IN THIS PLAN? 1719 01:01:09,465 --> 01:01:10,199 >> WELL, IT'S NOT. 1720 01:01:10,199 --> 01:01:11,167 >> YEAH. 1721 01:01:11,167 --> 01:01:12,702 >> IT REALLY -- THE SPENDING 1722 01:01:12,702 --> 01:01:13,870 PLAN AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS 1723 01:01:13,870 --> 01:01:16,205 SHOWS NO MONEY GOING TO THE 1724 01:01:16,205 --> 01:01:17,440 SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM. SO YOU 1725 01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:19,776 WOULD HAVE TO BE, IF YOU WANTED 1726 01:01:19,776 --> 01:01:21,077 TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AFTER 1727 01:01:21,077 --> 01:01:22,945 THOSE TWO YEARS AND SAY THE 1728 01:01:22,945 --> 01:01:23,646 MILLIONAIRE'S TAX WAS 1729 01:01:23,646 --> 01:01:24,347 INVALIDATED AND WASN'T 1730 01:01:24,347 --> 01:01:25,915 AVAILABLE TO FUND, YOU WOULD 1731 01:01:25,915 --> 01:01:27,316 HAVE TO LOOK DOWN THAT SIX-YEAR 1732 01:01:27,316 --> 01:01:28,718 SPENDING PLAN AND THOSE PROGRAMS 1733 01:01:28,718 --> 01:01:31,087 AND MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT 1734 01:01:31,087 --> 01:01:33,089 YOU WOULD CUT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU 1735 01:01:33,089 --> 01:01:35,391 COULD GO TO THE RISK AND RESERVE 1736 01:01:35,391 --> 01:01:36,959 FUND, WHICH IS FUNDING THE 1737 01:01:36,959 --> 01:01:37,927 PROGRAM NOW. THAT WOULD BE ONE 1738 01:01:37,927 --> 01:01:39,062 POTENTIAL, BUT THERE WOULD BE 1739 01:01:39,062 --> 01:01:39,929 THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU 1740 01:01:39,929 --> 01:01:41,697 COULD LOOK AT TO TRY TO COME UP 1741 01:01:41,697 --> 01:01:43,132 WITH THE FUNDING YOU NEEDED TO 1742 01:01:43,132 --> 01:01:43,800 CONTINUE THE PROGRAM. 1743 01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:44,934 >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. I JUST 1744 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:49,172 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 1745 01:01:49,172 --> 01:01:49,872 UNDERSTAND THAT POTENTIAL 1746 01:01:49,872 --> 01:01:51,441 TRADEOFF, ALBEIT ONE I HOPE WE 1747 01:01:51,441 --> 01:01:53,843 DO NOT NEED TO FACE, BUT I THINK 1748 01:01:53,843 --> 01:01:55,278 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I 1749 01:01:55,278 --> 01:01:57,280 ALSO WANT TO ASK TO SPEAK A 1750 01:01:57,280 --> 01:01:59,215 LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE SOURCE OF 1751 01:01:59,215 --> 01:02:00,116 THE TWO-YEAR COVERAGE. SO THIS 1752 01:02:00,116 --> 01:02:02,085 IS FROM THE RISK AND RESERVE 1753 01:02:02,085 --> 01:02:03,386 FUND, AND SO YOU CAN JUST SHARE 1754 01:02:03,386 --> 01:02:05,488 WITH US WHAT THIS SHIFTS THE 1755 01:02:05,488 --> 01:02:07,857 RISK AND RESERVE FUND TO, SO HOW 1756 01:02:07,857 --> 01:02:10,026 MUCH WE WOULD HAVE IN THAT RISK 1757 01:02:10,026 --> 01:02:11,661 AND RESERVE FUND, COMPARED TO 1758 01:02:11,661 --> 01:02:13,930 WHAT WE HAD IN THE RISK AND 1759 01:02:13,930 --> 01:02:14,864 RESERVE FUND IN THE PREVIOUS 1760 01:02:14,864 --> 01:02:15,064 LEVY. 1761 01:02:15,064 --> 01:02:16,799 >> SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WE 1762 01:02:16,799 --> 01:02:18,000 HAD IN THE PREVIOUS LEVY. WHAT I 1763 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,470 CAN TELL YOU IS BY THE 1764 01:02:20,470 --> 01:02:22,438 REALLOCATION IN YEAR ONE, YOU 1765 01:02:22,438 --> 01:02:25,842 WOULD TAKE THE COST IN RISK AND 1766 01:02:25,842 --> 01:02:31,447 RESERVE FUND DOWN TO $642,000 1767 01:02:31,447 --> 01:02:36,486 FROM THE $3.6, NO, $3.8, NOT 1768 01:02:36,486 --> 01:02:37,887 $3.6. NO, $4.2. AND THE SECOND 1769 01:02:37,887 --> 01:02:41,124 YEAR WOULD BE COST AND RISK 1770 01:02:41,124 --> 01:02:42,925 RESERVE FUNDS OF $884,000. SO A 1771 01:02:42,925 --> 01:02:43,860 SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE RISK 1772 01:02:43,860 --> 01:02:46,195 RESERVE FUNDS IN WHAT WOULD BE 1773 01:02:46,195 --> 01:02:47,230 AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF THE 1774 01:02:47,230 --> 01:02:47,497 BALANCE. 1775 01:02:47,497 --> 01:02:49,565 >> SO I -- AND I KNOW YOU 1776 01:02:49,565 --> 01:02:52,168 CHECKED YOUR NOTES. YOU SAID 1777 01:02:52,168 --> 01:02:55,538 DOWN FROM $4.2 MILLION TO 1778 01:02:55,538 --> 01:02:57,373 $850,000, WAS THAT CORRECT, 1779 01:02:57,373 --> 01:02:57,607 TRACI? 1780 01:02:57,607 --> 01:03:00,943 >> I THINK IT'S $4.2 MILLION 1781 01:03:00,943 --> 01:03:02,145 BECAUSE YOU'D ADD THE 642 PLUS 1782 01:03:02,145 --> 01:03:04,280 THE -- I'M TRYING TO DO MATH ON 1783 01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:05,515 THE FLY. I DON'T ALWAYS DO SO 1784 01:03:05,515 --> 01:03:07,950 WELL AT THIS. I THINK IT WOULD 1785 01:03:07,950 --> 01:03:09,318 BE $4.2 IF YOU DIDN'T 1786 01:03:09,318 --> 01:03:10,887 REALLOCATE THE RISK AND RESERVE 1787 01:03:10,887 --> 01:03:13,623 TO THE SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM. IT 1788 01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:16,192 WOULD GO FROM $4.2 TO $640,000 1789 01:03:16,192 --> 01:03:18,694 IN YEAR ONE. IN YEAR TWO IT 1790 01:03:18,694 --> 01:03:24,534 WOULD GO FROM $4.9 OR ALMOST $5 1791 01:03:24,534 --> 01:03:25,701 MILLION DOWN TO $884,000. 1792 01:03:25,701 --> 01:03:26,302 >> THANK YOU. 1793 01:03:26,302 --> 01:03:28,971 >> ANOTHER WAY OF THINKING ABOUT 1794 01:03:28,971 --> 01:03:30,773 IT IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGES. 1795 01:03:30,773 --> 01:03:35,311 SO THEY HAD RESERVE -- THE 1796 01:03:35,311 --> 01:03:39,949 PROPOSED -- THE PLAN, DURING THE 1797 01:03:39,949 --> 01:03:41,217 FALL BUDGET DELIVERY OPERATIONS, 1798 01:03:41,217 --> 01:03:43,286 ESTIMATE 2.5% RISK RESERVE FOR 1799 01:03:43,286 --> 01:03:44,987 THE ENTIRE LEVY EACH YEAR 1800 01:03:44,987 --> 01:03:46,522 THROUGHOUT THE SIX YEARS. THIS 1801 01:03:46,522 --> 01:03:51,027 REDUCES THE RISK RESERVE FROM 1802 01:03:51,027 --> 01:03:55,031 2.5% OF SPENDING TO 0.35%. SO 1803 01:03:55,031 --> 01:03:58,434 THAT ALSO GIVES YOU THE RELATIVE 1804 01:03:58,434 --> 01:04:01,370 SCALE AS WELL. 1805 01:04:01,370 --> 01:04:02,505 >> FROM 2.5% TO 3.5%. 1806 01:04:02,505 --> 01:04:02,805 >> 0.35%. 1807 01:04:02,805 --> 01:04:03,739 >> THE FIRST TWO YEARS. 1808 01:04:03,739 --> 01:04:06,976 >> YEAH, THEN IT GOES BACK TO 1809 01:04:06,976 --> 01:04:07,910 2.5% AFTER THAT. 1810 01:04:07,910 --> 01:04:10,246 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK 1811 01:04:10,246 --> 01:04:11,514 IT'S -- GIVEN FIRST PART OF 1812 01:04:11,514 --> 01:04:13,049 THIS QUESTION, WHICH WAS DO WE 1813 01:04:13,049 --> 01:04:14,483 HAVE A PLAN FOR YEAR THREE OF 1814 01:04:14,483 --> 01:04:16,118 THIS FUNDING, AGAIN, IF WE ARE 1815 01:04:16,118 --> 01:04:17,620 IN A SCENARIO WE DON'T WANT TO 1816 01:04:17,620 --> 01:04:19,322 BE IN, AND GIVEN WE DON'T, I 1817 01:04:19,322 --> 01:04:20,756 THINK WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT 1818 01:04:20,756 --> 01:04:22,124 EITHER CUTS TO OTHER PROGRAMS OR 1819 01:04:22,124 --> 01:04:23,626 WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT, I 1820 01:04:23,626 --> 01:04:25,561 ASSUME THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE 1821 01:04:25,561 --> 01:04:27,897 TALKING ABOUT CARRYING THIS SORT 1822 01:04:27,897 --> 01:04:31,200 OF LOW 0.35% RISK RESERVE OVER 1823 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:32,835 THE LIFE OF THE LEVY. THOSE SEEM 1824 01:04:32,835 --> 01:04:34,770 TO BE THE FACES -- OR EXCUSE ME, 1825 01:04:34,770 --> 01:04:35,638 THE CHOICES THAT WE WOULD BE 1826 01:04:35,638 --> 01:04:39,175 FACED WITH AT THAT POINT IN 1827 01:04:39,175 --> 01:04:39,375 TIME. 1828 01:04:39,375 --> 01:04:39,709 >> CORRECT. 1829 01:04:39,709 --> 01:04:41,544 >> THANK YOU. ONE FURTHER 1830 01:04:41,544 --> 01:04:43,179 QUESTION. ONE MORE QUESTION ON 1831 01:04:43,179 --> 01:04:44,680 THIS ONE. DO WE KNOW JUST BASED 1832 01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:50,419 ON THE PREVIOUS LEVY -- AND I 1833 01:04:50,419 --> 01:04:52,121 APOLOGIZE TO ASK QUESTIONS ON 1834 01:04:52,121 --> 01:04:55,424 THE PREVIOUS LEVY -- DID WE USE 1835 01:04:55,424 --> 01:04:57,293 3.5%? HOW MUCH DID WE DIP INTO 1836 01:04:57,293 --> 01:05:02,198 IT OF OVER THE LIFE OF THE 1837 01:05:02,198 --> 01:05:04,567 PREVIOUS LEVY? IF YOU COULD 1838 01:05:04,567 --> 01:05:07,603 SPEAK TO THAT. 1839 01:05:07,603 --> 01:05:08,938 >> THEY CALCULATED IN RESERVES, 1840 01:05:08,938 --> 01:05:11,440 THE PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT 1841 01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:12,942 DIFFERENT. THEY SORT OF DID IT 1842 01:05:12,942 --> 01:05:14,310 PROGRAM BY PROGRAM SO. THEY 1843 01:05:14,310 --> 01:05:16,379 EMBEDDED IT WITHIN THE PROGRAM. 1844 01:05:16,379 --> 01:05:18,481 SO CERTAIN HIGHER RISK PROGRAMS 1845 01:05:18,481 --> 01:05:21,117 HAD UP TO A 3% COST AND RISK 1846 01:05:21,117 --> 01:05:22,118 RESERVE. OTHER PROGRAMS THAT 1847 01:05:22,118 --> 01:05:25,321 SEEMED TO BE MORE DIALLED IN HAD 1848 01:05:25,321 --> 01:05:26,822 LESS. -- WAS HARD TO COMPARE 1849 01:05:26,822 --> 01:05:29,325 APPLES TO APPLES, BUT THEY DID 1850 01:05:29,325 --> 01:05:31,427 HAVE A CONSIDERATION WHERE SOME 1851 01:05:31,427 --> 01:05:34,263 PROGRAMS HAD A HIGHER RISK 1852 01:05:34,263 --> 01:05:35,064 RESERVE AND SOME LESS. 1853 01:05:35,064 --> 01:05:36,232 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I CAN FOLLOW 1854 01:05:36,232 --> 01:05:42,238 UP WITH YOU TO GET WHAT THOSE 1855 01:05:42,238 --> 01:05:43,439 PERCENTAGES WERE. OKAY, THAT WAS 1856 01:05:43,439 --> 01:05:44,807 ONE QUESTION. OH, DO YOU HAVE 1857 01:05:44,807 --> 01:05:44,974 IT? 1858 01:05:44,974 --> 01:05:46,709 >> I DON'T HAVE IT. I KNOW WHAT 1859 01:05:46,709 --> 01:05:47,777 YOU'RE ASKING FOR. WE'LL GET 1860 01:05:47,777 --> 01:05:48,844 THE INFORMATION TO YOU. 1861 01:05:48,844 --> 01:05:52,815 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN I 1862 01:05:52,815 --> 01:05:55,751 WANT TO TURN TO SYP. I DIDN'T 1863 01:05:55,751 --> 01:06:00,122 CATCH THE SLIDE NUMBER THAT THIS 1864 01:06:00,122 --> 01:06:01,657 ONE WAS ON, SO APOLOGIES, 1865 01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:03,359 CENTRAL STAFF TEAM. I WROTE THIS 1866 01:06:03,359 --> 01:06:06,729 AS A -- YEP, OKAY, THANK YOU. 1867 01:06:06,729 --> 01:06:08,931 THIS HAS THE REALLOCATION OF 1868 01:06:08,931 --> 01:06:10,499 PROPOSED ADDITIONAL SYP GOING 1869 01:06:10,499 --> 01:06:12,368 INTO THE POLICE AND FIRE CAREER 1870 01:06:12,368 --> 01:06:13,803 PROGRAMS AND THE PATH TO TECH 1871 01:06:13,803 --> 01:06:14,837 PROGRAMS. AND LET ME BE CLEAR, 1872 01:06:14,837 --> 01:06:16,906 YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO 1873 01:06:16,906 --> 01:06:18,174 CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON 1874 01:06:18,174 --> 01:06:19,442 HIRING IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 1875 01:06:19,442 --> 01:06:21,077 I THINK THAT WE -- THERE'S A 1876 01:06:21,077 --> 01:06:22,411 BRIGHT FUTURE FOR MANY PEOPLE, 1877 01:06:22,411 --> 01:06:23,980 MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE 1878 01:06:23,980 --> 01:06:25,147 TECH FIELD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE 1879 01:06:25,147 --> 01:06:27,450 SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND IF THIS 1880 01:06:27,450 --> 01:06:31,854 IS LISTED AS A REALLOCATION WHAT 1881 01:06:31,854 --> 01:06:33,689 THE IMPACT IS TO SYP AND WHETHER 1882 01:06:33,689 --> 01:06:37,860 OR NOT THE NEW PROGRAMS OR THE 1883 01:06:37,860 --> 01:06:38,994 PIVOT, RATHER, IS GOING TO FUND 1884 01:06:38,994 --> 01:06:42,064 -- IS GOING TO REACH THE SAME 1885 01:06:42,064 --> 01:06:43,599 POPULATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT 1886 01:06:43,599 --> 01:06:46,001 SYEP REACHES. SO IF YOU COULD 1887 01:06:46,001 --> 01:06:48,537 JUST SPEAK THAT, THAT'D BE 1888 01:06:48,537 --> 01:06:48,771 GREAT. 1889 01:06:48,771 --> 01:06:49,572 >> SURE. SO AGAIN, THIS 1890 01:06:49,572 --> 01:06:51,741 COMPARISON IS BASED ON COST 1891 01:06:51,741 --> 01:06:52,641 ESTIMATES THAT WERE PROVIDED 1892 01:06:52,641 --> 01:06:55,945 LAST FALL. AND SO IN -- AT THAT 1893 01:06:55,945 --> 01:06:58,681 TIME, THIS WAS SORT OF A BUCKET 1894 01:06:58,681 --> 01:07:01,050 OF MONEY FOR INTERNSHIPS THAT 1895 01:07:01,050 --> 01:07:04,954 WAS SORT OF PUT INTO SYEP. IT 1896 01:07:04,954 --> 01:07:09,392 WAS NOT -- THERE WERE NO -- 1897 01:07:09,392 --> 01:07:11,560 THERE'S NO PROGRAMMATIC PLAN 1898 01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:15,398 FOR THAT FUNDING AT THAT TIME. 1899 01:07:15,398 --> 01:07:16,866 SO ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE NOT 1900 01:07:16,866 --> 01:07:18,634 CUTTING SERVICES TO SYEP, IT'S 1901 01:07:18,634 --> 01:07:20,436 MORE THAT THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS 1902 01:07:20,436 --> 01:07:22,738 TO SYEP ARE NOW BEING SHIFTED TO 1903 01:07:22,738 --> 01:07:24,707 THE POLICE AND FIRE CAREER 1904 01:07:24,707 --> 01:07:24,974 PROGRAMS. 1905 01:07:24,974 --> 01:07:25,641 >> GOT IT. THAT'S HELPFUL. SO 1906 01:07:25,641 --> 01:07:27,643 IT'S NOT A CUT IN WHO IS 1907 01:07:27,643 --> 01:07:29,045 CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM, BUT IT 1908 01:07:29,045 --> 01:07:31,881 IS A SHIFT, AND IT WILL MEAN 1909 01:07:31,881 --> 01:07:34,517 THAT WE'RE NOT GROWING THE SYEP 1910 01:07:34,517 --> 01:07:35,418 PROGRAM. AND THAT'S CORRECT. 1911 01:07:35,418 --> 01:07:37,420 >> YEAH, I BELIEVE THERE STILL 1912 01:07:37,420 --> 01:07:40,222 IS A SMALL ALLOCATION FOR SYEP 1913 01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:42,591 IN THE PROMISE BUCKET. SO I 1914 01:07:42,591 --> 01:07:47,096 THINK THE GROWTH REPRESENTS THAT 1915 01:07:47,096 --> 01:07:51,934 AMOUNT. I THINK IT'S LIKE 100K 1916 01:07:51,934 --> 01:07:52,368 OR 200K. 1917 01:07:52,368 --> 01:07:53,869 >> YOU'RE CORRECT. IT'S ABOUT 1918 01:07:53,869 --> 01:07:54,303 $100,000 A YEAR. 1919 01:07:54,303 --> 01:07:57,373 >> SO $100,000 A YEAR OVER THE 1920 01:07:57,373 --> 01:07:58,240 LIFE OF THE LEVY. 1921 01:07:58,240 --> 01:07:59,341 >> PER YEAR. 1922 01:07:59,341 --> 01:08:00,376 >> PER YEAR, THANK YOU. OKAY, 1923 01:08:00,376 --> 01:08:02,945 THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION 1924 01:08:02,945 --> 01:08:04,447 WAS CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHETHER OR 1925 01:08:04,447 --> 01:08:06,782 NOT THE PROGRAMS, THE POLICE AND 1926 01:08:06,782 --> 01:08:08,551 FIRE PROGRAMS AND THE PATH TO 1927 01:08:08,551 --> 01:08:10,352 TECH PROGRAMS, WILL BE DESIGNED 1928 01:08:10,352 --> 01:08:13,155 TO REACH THE SAME POPULATION OF 1929 01:08:13,155 --> 01:08:14,490 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT SYEP IS 1930 01:08:14,490 --> 01:08:15,324 DESIGNED TO REACH. AND MAYBE 1931 01:08:15,324 --> 01:08:17,226 ACTUALLY TO BACK UP A SECOND, I 1932 01:08:17,226 --> 01:08:19,728 CAN ASK YOU TO SAY WHO IS SYEP 1933 01:08:19,728 --> 01:08:21,363 DESIGNED TO REACH AND SERVE AND 1934 01:08:21,363 --> 01:08:22,731 THEN TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 1935 01:08:22,731 --> 01:08:24,834 >> SURE. SO THIS COULD BE A 1936 01:08:24,834 --> 01:08:26,469 QUESTION AS WELL THAT WE HAVE 1937 01:08:26,469 --> 01:08:28,404 THE DEPARTMENTS FOLLOW UP WITH 1938 01:08:28,404 --> 01:08:30,673 YOU ON. MY UNDERSTANDING IS SYEP 1939 01:08:30,673 --> 01:08:33,109 IS DESIGNED TO REACH THOSE MOST 1940 01:08:33,109 --> 01:08:41,050 IN NEED AND MOST IN NEED OF 1941 01:08:41,050 --> 01:08:42,284 EMPLOYMENT, INTERNSHIPS, AND 1942 01:08:42,284 --> 01:08:44,553 DESIGNED TO HELP POPULATIONS 1943 01:08:44,553 --> 01:08:47,122 SUCH AS BLACK AND BROWN 1944 01:08:47,122 --> 01:08:48,424 INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE LOWER 1945 01:08:48,424 --> 01:08:50,593 INCOME. THE POLICE AND FIRE, I 1946 01:08:50,593 --> 01:08:53,596 DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT 1947 01:08:53,596 --> 01:08:54,430 HOW SPECIFICALLY THEY'RE 1948 01:08:54,430 --> 01:08:55,598 TARGETING THEIR RECIPIENTS OF 1949 01:08:55,598 --> 01:08:58,534 THOSE SERVICES. I DO KNOW THAT 1950 01:08:58,534 --> 01:09:02,171 THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT THE PLAN 1951 01:09:02,171 --> 01:09:04,440 PROPOSES TO PROVIDE STIPENDS TO 1952 01:09:04,440 --> 01:09:07,643 YOUTH IN THE -- IN THE -- WITH 1953 01:09:07,643 --> 01:09:09,378 THE INTENTION OF MAKING THOSE 1954 01:09:09,378 --> 01:09:10,513 PROGRAMS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR 1955 01:09:10,513 --> 01:09:12,014 THOSE WHO WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE 1956 01:09:12,014 --> 01:09:13,249 ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. BUT WE CAN 1957 01:09:13,249 --> 01:09:16,752 GET BACK TO YOU MORE ON THE 1958 01:09:16,752 --> 01:09:17,586 SPECIFIC COMPARISON OF 1959 01:09:17,586 --> 01:09:18,053 POPULATIONS TARGETED. 1960 01:09:18,053 --> 01:09:19,955 >> YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE 1961 01:09:19,955 --> 01:09:20,923 REALLY HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT 1962 01:09:20,923 --> 01:09:22,992 WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS 1963 01:09:22,992 --> 01:09:24,627 ABOUT SYEP AND THE NUMBER OF 1964 01:09:24,627 --> 01:09:26,395 YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVED, AT 1965 01:09:26,395 --> 01:09:27,930 LEAST IN MY OFFICE. AND I KNOW 1966 01:09:27,930 --> 01:09:28,998 THAT'S BEEN JUST A POPULAR 1967 01:09:28,998 --> 01:09:31,300 PROGRAM WITH A LOT OF FAMILIES 1968 01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:33,335 ACROSS THE CITY. OKAY, THANK YOU 1969 01:09:33,335 --> 01:09:35,905 FOR THAT. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO 1970 01:09:35,905 --> 01:09:38,574 TURN NOW TO THE WAITLIST VOUCHER 1971 01:09:38,574 --> 01:09:39,942 PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE 1972 01:09:39,942 --> 01:09:41,310 FOR NOT WRITING DOWN THE SLIDES 1973 01:09:41,310 --> 01:09:47,383 HERE TO SET YOU GUYS UP FOR 1974 01:09:47,383 --> 01:09:48,317 SUCCESS. AND THIS WAS ONE I 1975 01:09:48,317 --> 01:09:49,285 ASKED ABOUT LAST TIME WHEN THIS 1976 01:09:49,285 --> 01:09:51,654 WAS IN FRONT OF US WITH THE 1977 01:09:51,654 --> 01:09:52,922 DEPARTMENTS. I BELIEVE WHAT I 1978 01:09:52,922 --> 01:09:56,492 HEARD WAS A PLAN TO LAUNCH THIS 1979 01:09:56,492 --> 01:09:57,660 PROGRAM BASED ON COUNCIL 1980 01:09:57,660 --> 01:10:01,297 DISTRICTS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY 1981 01:10:01,297 --> 01:10:03,399 WERE GOING TO BE PRIORITIZING 1982 01:10:03,399 --> 01:10:06,635 THE ENROLLMENT INTO THE -- INTO 1983 01:10:06,635 --> 01:10:10,239 THIS NEW EXPANDED PROGRAM. AND I 1984 01:10:10,239 --> 01:10:11,407 -- THAT SEEMED LIKE A DETAIL 1985 01:10:11,407 --> 01:10:12,741 THAT WAS UP FOR CONSIDERATION. 1986 01:10:12,741 --> 01:10:15,678 AND I WONDER IF WE'VE HEARD ANY 1987 01:10:15,678 --> 01:10:17,179 ADDITIONAL RESPONSE OR 1988 01:10:17,179 --> 01:10:19,081 INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROLLOUT 1989 01:10:19,081 --> 01:10:22,251 AND THE PRIORITIZATION OF THIS, 1990 01:10:22,251 --> 01:10:22,751 THE WAITLIST PROGRAM. 1991 01:10:22,751 --> 01:10:24,920 >> WE HAVE. WE CAN ACTUALLY GET 1992 01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:25,921 YOU THAT INFORMATION, 1993 01:10:25,921 --> 01:10:27,690 COUNCILMEMBER, BUT I THINK THE 1994 01:10:27,690 --> 01:10:28,991 SENSE IS THAT IT MIGHT BE 1995 01:10:28,991 --> 01:10:30,192 TARGETED TO COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1996 01:10:30,192 --> 01:10:34,330 WHERE THERE ARE MORE THAN TEN 1997 01:10:34,330 --> 01:10:36,265 SPP PROVIDERS WITH DEAL-MANAGED 1998 01:10:36,265 --> 01:10:37,132 ENROLLMENT THAT HAVE A WAITLIST. 1999 01:10:37,132 --> 01:10:37,433 >> MM-HMM. 2000 01:10:37,433 --> 01:10:39,735 >> BUT I CAN GET YOU -- THERE'S 2001 01:10:39,735 --> 01:10:41,403 MORE DETAIL I CAN PROVIDE TO YOU 2002 01:10:41,403 --> 01:10:43,105 ABOUT THAT. THE GENERAL CONCEPT 2003 01:10:43,105 --> 01:10:43,672 IS THE SAME. 2004 01:10:43,672 --> 01:10:45,774 >> YES. AND WE DID HEAR AFTER 2005 01:10:45,774 --> 01:10:47,343 THE QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST 2006 01:10:47,343 --> 01:10:49,078 COMMITTEE MEETING, WE DID HEAR 2007 01:10:49,078 --> 01:10:54,316 FROM DEAL THAT THEY CONSIDERED 2008 01:10:54,316 --> 01:10:56,252 SORT OF SMALLER GEOGRAPHIC 2009 01:10:56,252 --> 01:10:57,953 BOUNDARIES. YOU KNOW, BUT THAT, 2010 01:10:57,953 --> 01:10:59,555 YOU KNOW, IT WAS MORE 2011 01:10:59,555 --> 01:11:01,090 ADMINISTRATIVELY FEASIBLE TO USE 2012 01:11:01,090 --> 01:11:02,925 A BIGGER GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY 2013 01:11:02,925 --> 01:11:04,293 LIKE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. AND THEY 2014 01:11:04,293 --> 01:11:05,694 WERE ABLE TO, LIKE, ANALYZE THE 2015 01:11:05,694 --> 01:11:09,798 SORT OF NUMBER OF FOLKS ON THE 2016 01:11:09,798 --> 01:11:10,866 WAITLIST PER COUNCIL DISTRICT IN 2017 01:11:10,866 --> 01:11:12,935 A WAY THAT WAS EASY TO 2018 01:11:12,935 --> 01:11:14,703 ADMINISTER. SO PART OF IT WAS 2019 01:11:14,703 --> 01:11:14,903 THAT. 2020 01:11:14,903 --> 01:11:16,538 >> I APPRECIATE THAT. I LOOK 2021 01:11:16,538 --> 01:11:17,806 FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE. AS A 2022 01:11:17,806 --> 01:11:18,674 CITYWIDE COUNCILMEMBER, I WANT 2023 01:11:18,674 --> 01:11:20,542 ALL AROUND THE CITY TO RECEIVE 2024 01:11:20,542 --> 01:11:22,411 LOVE AND THE FAMILIES WHO ARE 2025 01:11:22,411 --> 01:11:26,081 WAITING AND TRYING TO GET THEIR 2026 01:11:26,081 --> 01:11:28,851 KID INTO THE PROGRAM. I WANT TO 2027 01:11:28,851 --> 01:11:30,753 MAKE SURE -- YOU KNOW, WE MAY 2028 01:11:30,753 --> 01:11:32,287 HAVE ONE PROVIDER THAT HAS A 2029 01:11:32,287 --> 01:11:34,723 WAITLIST IN ONE PART OF THE CITY 2030 01:11:34,723 --> 01:11:35,824 THAT DOESN'T REACH THE TOP. BUT 2031 01:11:35,824 --> 01:11:37,660 IF WE WERE TAKING A MORE 2032 01:11:37,660 --> 01:11:38,927 CITYWIDE LOOK, IT MAY COME OUT 2033 01:11:38,927 --> 01:11:40,195 DIFFERENTLY. SO I JUST WANT TO 2034 01:11:40,195 --> 01:11:41,930 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING 2035 01:11:41,930 --> 01:11:43,132 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT. AND 2036 01:11:43,132 --> 01:11:44,833 AGAIN, THAT SORT OF COMES BACK 2037 01:11:44,833 --> 01:11:46,935 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE TO HOW WE'RE 2038 01:11:46,935 --> 01:11:48,737 THINKING ABOUT THE GOALS OF THE 2039 01:11:48,737 --> 01:11:53,075 LEVY TO SERVE THE FAMILIES WHO 2040 01:11:53,075 --> 01:11:54,743 ARE REALLY IN MOST NEED AND 2041 01:11:54,743 --> 01:11:55,978 CERTAINLY GEOGRAPHY IS PART OF 2042 01:11:55,978 --> 01:11:57,513 THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE 2043 01:11:57,513 --> 01:11:59,014 SURE THAT WE ARE BEING 2044 01:11:59,014 --> 01:12:03,052 THOUGHTFUL AND THAT THAT'S NOT 2045 01:12:03,052 --> 01:12:05,054 PLAYING TOO BIG OF A ROLE 2046 01:12:05,054 --> 01:12:05,854 AGAINST OTHER FACTORS. I LOOK 2047 01:12:05,854 --> 01:12:07,056 FORWARD TO GETTING MORE 2048 01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:08,057 INFORMATION THERE. I HAVE ONE 2049 01:12:08,057 --> 01:12:09,191 MORE QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO 2050 01:12:09,191 --> 01:12:10,993 FORM IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. I MAY 2051 01:12:10,993 --> 01:12:12,628 RAISE MY HAND AGAIN AT THE END. 2052 01:12:12,628 --> 01:12:13,929 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 2053 01:12:13,929 --> 01:12:16,231 >> OF COURSE, COUNCILMEMBER 2054 01:12:16,231 --> 01:12:17,466 FOSTER, THANK YOU. AND I DID, IF 2055 01:12:17,466 --> 01:12:19,835 I MAY, WANT TO ADD A LITTLE MORE 2056 01:12:19,835 --> 01:12:23,839 INFORMATION ON THE SCHOOL MEALS 2057 01:12:23,839 --> 01:12:25,140 PROGRAM. AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE 2058 01:12:25,140 --> 01:12:27,710 HAS TAKEN THIS ON, SO THE 2059 01:12:27,710 --> 01:12:29,345 LEVY'S NOT MEANT TO SUPPLANT 2060 01:12:29,345 --> 01:12:31,547 BUT TO SUPPLEMENT. AND SO AT THE 2061 01:12:31,547 --> 01:12:33,115 POINT OF WHICH THAT WOULD KICK 2062 01:12:33,115 --> 01:12:36,418 IN AND IF WE'RE ADDING, THEN WE 2063 01:12:36,418 --> 01:12:38,220 MIGHT BE IN THE SUPPLANTATION 2064 01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:40,989 PHASE, BUT OF COURSE, IF THE 2065 01:12:40,989 --> 01:12:42,925 MILLIONAIRE'S TAX IS REVERSED, 2066 01:12:42,925 --> 01:12:43,892 THEN WE WOULDN'T BE IN A 2067 01:12:43,892 --> 01:12:44,893 SUPPLANTATION PHASE, SO I 2068 01:12:44,893 --> 01:12:46,195 UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, BUT I 2069 01:12:46,195 --> 01:12:48,464 FOR THE RECORD WANTED TO TALK 2070 01:12:48,464 --> 01:12:49,064 ABOUT THE SUPPLANTATION PART, 2071 01:12:49,064 --> 01:12:51,300 BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT AS PART 2072 01:12:51,300 --> 01:12:53,335 OF THIS CONVERSATION. AND THEN 2073 01:12:53,335 --> 01:12:54,369 ON THE SYEP REALLOCATION, IT WAS 2074 01:12:54,369 --> 01:12:57,072 MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE 2075 01:12:57,072 --> 01:13:01,510 NO CUTS TO THE SYEP PROGRAM. 2076 01:13:01,510 --> 01:13:03,679 THERE IS EXPANSION AND EXPANSION 2077 01:13:03,679 --> 01:13:04,513 TO THE PROMISE STUDENTS, FOR 2078 01:13:04,513 --> 01:13:05,914 INSTANCE, AND LIKE I SAID 2079 01:13:05,914 --> 01:13:08,584 EARLIER, THE POLICE AND FIRE AND 2080 01:13:08,584 --> 01:13:09,485 PATH TO TECH WERE ALL INCLUDED 2081 01:13:09,485 --> 01:13:12,354 IN -- WELL, THE POLICE AND FIRE 2082 01:13:12,354 --> 01:13:15,891 ARE INCLUDED IN THE LEVY 2083 01:13:15,891 --> 01:13:17,226 LANGUAGE ITSELF, SO THAT'S WHY 2084 01:13:17,226 --> 01:13:19,161 THIS IS BEING PRIORITIZED HERE. 2085 01:13:19,161 --> 01:13:22,564 AND THEN PATH TO TECH WAS 2086 01:13:22,564 --> 01:13:23,932 SOMETHING COUNCIL ADDED AS PART 2087 01:13:23,932 --> 01:13:28,070 OF OUR ADDS TO THE LEVY. SO NOW 2088 01:13:28,070 --> 01:13:29,438 THAT'S THERE TOO. JUST, AGAIN, 2089 01:13:29,438 --> 01:13:31,807 FOR THE RECORD SAYING WHERE 2090 01:13:31,807 --> 01:13:38,714 THESE THINGS CAME FROM. AND ON 2091 01:13:38,714 --> 01:13:40,883 THE SPP VOUCHER PROGRAM, THEY'LL 2092 01:13:40,883 --> 01:13:45,821 COME BACK AND LET US KNOW HOW 2093 01:13:45,821 --> 01:13:46,955 THEY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THIS. 2094 01:13:46,955 --> 01:13:48,357 IT'S PART OF THE LANGUAGE THAT 2095 01:13:48,357 --> 01:13:51,059 THEY HAVE TO COME THROUGH THE 2096 01:13:51,059 --> 01:13:53,495 BUDGET PROCESS TO TELL US HOW 2097 01:13:53,495 --> 01:13:55,731 THEY ARE AND THE I&E CONTAINS 2098 01:13:55,731 --> 01:13:57,065 THAT LANGUAGE VERY CLEARLY. IF 2099 01:13:57,065 --> 01:13:58,000 THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM, YOU WILL 2100 01:13:58,000 --> 01:13:59,768 HAVE TO COME BACK AND TELL US 2101 01:13:59,768 --> 01:14:01,904 WITH MORE DETAIL HOW TO 2102 01:14:01,904 --> 01:14:05,440 IMPLEMENT IT. SO LETTING YOU 2103 01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:06,442 KNOW THAT'S HAPPENING TOO. 2104 01:14:06,442 --> 01:14:07,876 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU ARE 2105 01:14:07,876 --> 01:14:08,177 RECOGNIZED. 2106 01:14:08,177 --> 01:14:09,311 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST KIND 2107 01:14:09,311 --> 01:14:13,115 OF A BIG PICTURE QUESTION IN 2108 01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:15,617 TERMS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH 2109 01:14:15,617 --> 01:14:18,120 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 2110 01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:18,654 ESPECIALLY FOR BOTH THE 2111 01:14:18,654 --> 01:14:21,290 SCHOOL-BASED INVESTMENTS, BUT AS 2112 01:14:21,290 --> 01:14:22,891 WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY-BASED 2113 01:14:22,891 --> 01:14:23,725 INVESTMENTS WHICH OFTENTIMES 2114 01:14:23,725 --> 01:14:25,694 WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH SEATTLE 2115 01:14:25,694 --> 01:14:28,630 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. JUST WONDERING 2116 01:14:28,630 --> 01:14:30,599 IF YOU COULD TALK AT ALL ABOUT, 2117 01:14:30,599 --> 01:14:34,169 YOU KNOW, HOW WE ALIGN OUR 2118 01:14:34,169 --> 01:14:35,437 INVESTMENTS WITH THEIR 2119 01:14:35,437 --> 01:14:37,573 STRATEGIES, ESPECIALLY AS WE 2120 01:14:37,573 --> 01:14:40,108 HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT WHO 2121 01:14:40,108 --> 01:14:45,247 MAY BE, YOU KNOW, SHIFTING SOME 2122 01:14:45,247 --> 01:14:46,248 OF THEIR STRATEGIES. WHAT SORT 2123 01:14:46,248 --> 01:14:48,317 OF -- COULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT 2124 01:14:48,317 --> 01:14:50,619 HOW SORT OF -- AND I SUSPECT 2125 01:14:50,619 --> 01:14:52,754 THAT THE THIS IS MOSTLY SORT OF 2126 01:14:52,754 --> 01:14:58,327 AT THE DEAL LEVEL WHERE THEY 2127 01:14:58,327 --> 01:15:00,662 WORK CLOSELY WITH SPF, BUT SO 2128 01:15:00,662 --> 01:15:02,564 WONDERING JUST WHERE -- HOW MUCH 2129 01:15:02,564 --> 01:15:04,199 SHOULD COUNCIL BE INVOLVED, OR 2130 01:15:04,199 --> 01:15:07,803 DO WE JUST LEAVE IT UP TO DEAL. 2131 01:15:07,803 --> 01:15:10,405 AND WHAT SORT OF FLEXIBILITY IS 2132 01:15:10,405 --> 01:15:17,546 THERE IN THE I&E PLAN TO PIVOT 2133 01:15:17,546 --> 01:15:19,681 IF THERE ARE CHANGES IN SPS' 2134 01:15:19,681 --> 01:15:20,616 SORT OF STRATEGIES. IT'S KIND 2135 01:15:20,616 --> 01:15:22,417 OF A BIG PICTURE, SO HAPPY TO 2136 01:15:22,417 --> 01:15:23,685 TAKE THAT OFFLINE, BUT IF YOU 2137 01:15:23,685 --> 01:15:25,821 HAVE ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU COULD 2138 01:15:25,821 --> 01:15:26,054 SHARE. 2139 01:15:26,054 --> 01:15:30,325 >> I CAN JUST AFFIRM THAT IN THE 2140 01:15:30,325 --> 01:15:34,129 PRIOR LEVY, ARGUABLY, THERE WAS 2141 01:15:34,129 --> 01:15:34,830 LESS COORDINATION WITH THE 2142 01:15:34,830 --> 01:15:39,401 DISTRICT AS A WHOLE THAT 2143 01:15:39,401 --> 01:15:40,335 INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS APPLIED FOR 2144 01:15:40,335 --> 01:15:40,936 FUNDING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS 2145 01:15:40,936 --> 01:15:42,604 THAT THE INTENTION FOR THIS NEW 2146 01:15:42,604 --> 01:15:44,306 ROUND IS TO HAVE MORE ALIGNMENT 2147 01:15:44,306 --> 01:15:45,440 AND COORDINATION WITH THE 2148 01:15:45,440 --> 01:15:46,775 DISTRICT. AND THAT IS SOMETHING 2149 01:15:46,775 --> 01:15:48,610 THAT THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT HAS 2150 01:15:48,610 --> 01:15:51,546 EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR AS WELL. 2151 01:15:51,546 --> 01:15:54,416 AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE 2152 01:15:54,416 --> 01:15:55,717 FLEXIBILITY IN THE -- THERE'S 2153 01:15:55,717 --> 01:15:58,053 GOING TO BE A COMPETITIVE 2154 01:15:58,053 --> 01:15:59,488 PROCESS TO SELECT THE SCHOOLS. 2155 01:15:59,488 --> 01:16:01,423 IT DOESN'T REALLY GO INTO MUCH 2156 01:16:01,423 --> 01:16:03,659 MORE DETAIL THAN THAT, SO WE 2157 01:16:03,659 --> 01:16:05,494 COULD ASK DEAL FOR MORE DETAILS 2158 01:16:05,494 --> 01:16:06,929 ABOUT THEIR INTENTION AROUND THE 2159 01:16:06,929 --> 01:16:11,600 COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND THEIR 2160 01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:12,334 ALIGNMENT WITH THE DISTRICT. 2161 01:16:12,334 --> 01:16:12,801 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. 2162 01:16:12,801 --> 01:16:15,437 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2163 01:16:15,437 --> 01:16:16,738 FOR THAT. AND I WILL SAY THAT 2164 01:16:16,738 --> 01:16:17,940 DEFINITELY THERE WAS INTEREST IN 2165 01:16:17,940 --> 01:16:21,777 MAKING SURE WE WERE ALIGNING 2166 01:16:21,777 --> 01:16:23,645 WITH THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 2167 01:16:23,645 --> 01:16:26,481 BECAUSE THE STUDENTS ARE THE 2168 01:16:26,481 --> 01:16:27,115 RECIPIENTS OF THIS INVESTMENT. 2169 01:16:27,115 --> 01:16:29,284 AND IN THE LAST GO AROUND, AS I 2170 01:16:29,284 --> 01:16:30,619 STATED EARLIER, WE DIDN'T HAVE 2171 01:16:30,619 --> 01:16:33,088 THE OUTCOMES WE HAD WANTED IN 2172 01:16:33,088 --> 01:16:35,657 THE K THROUGH 12. AND YOU KNOW, 2173 01:16:35,657 --> 01:16:37,426 UNCLEAR WHETHER SOME OF THAT WAS 2174 01:16:37,426 --> 01:16:39,528 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T COORDINATE AS 2175 01:16:39,528 --> 01:16:42,564 WELL WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 2176 01:16:42,564 --> 01:16:44,833 SCHOOLS. THERE IS A NEW 2177 01:16:44,833 --> 01:16:45,667 SUPERINTENDENT WHO, YOU KNOW, 2178 01:16:45,667 --> 01:16:47,869 SUPER GRATEFUL, HE HAS A LOT OF 2179 01:16:47,869 --> 01:16:50,072 ENERGY, AND HE REALLY WANTS TO 2180 01:16:50,072 --> 01:16:58,046 -- HE'S VERY FOCUSED ON THE 2181 01:16:58,046 --> 01:16:58,714 STUDENT'S ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. 2182 01:16:58,714 --> 01:17:04,252 HOWEVER, AT THE END OF THE DAY, 2183 01:17:04,252 --> 01:17:06,021 THIS IS THE CITY'S INVESTMENT. 2184 01:17:06,021 --> 01:17:08,056 I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO STAY 2185 01:17:08,056 --> 01:17:09,124 ALIGNED WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 2186 01:17:09,124 --> 01:17:10,392 SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN 2187 01:17:10,392 --> 01:17:12,027 CHARGE OF THE KIDS. YOU KNOW 2188 01:17:12,027 --> 01:17:13,996 THIS INVESTMENT IS FUNDING, SO I 2189 01:17:13,996 --> 01:17:16,098 THINK WE ALL WANT TO WORK 2190 01:17:16,098 --> 01:17:18,100 TOGETHER, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THERE 2191 01:17:18,100 --> 01:17:19,468 IS FLEXIBILITY FOR THIS COUNCIL 2192 01:17:19,468 --> 01:17:21,303 SINCE ULTIMATELY WE GET TO 2193 01:17:21,303 --> 01:17:23,605 DICTATE HOW THE MONEY SPENT VIA 2194 01:17:23,605 --> 01:17:25,273 EVERY SINGLE BUDGET PROCESS 2195 01:17:25,273 --> 01:17:29,611 EVERY YEAR. ALL RIGHT, THANK 2196 01:17:29,611 --> 01:17:32,614 YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, 2197 01:17:32,614 --> 01:17:33,248 COUNCILMEMBER LIN? THANK YOU. 2198 01:17:33,248 --> 01:17:34,249 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU'RE 2199 01:17:34,249 --> 01:17:34,549 RECOGNIZED. 2200 01:17:34,549 --> 01:17:38,086 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2201 01:17:38,086 --> 01:17:40,288 RIVERA, AND JASMINE, TRACI FOR 2202 01:17:40,288 --> 01:17:40,889 PREPARING THIS FOR US TODAY. 2203 01:17:40,889 --> 01:17:42,057 COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO START 2204 01:17:42,057 --> 01:17:52,134 WITH A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BEFORE 2205 01:17:52,134 --> 01:17:52,768 GOING TO MY QUESTIONS. I WANTED 2206 01:17:52,768 --> 01:17:57,939 TO JUST SHARE AS CHAIR OF HUMAN 2207 01:17:57,939 --> 01:18:00,008 SERVICES THAT I THINK IT MAKES A 2208 01:18:00,008 --> 01:18:01,610 GREAT DEAL OF SENSE TO HAVE 2209 01:18:01,610 --> 01:18:06,248 THESE PROGRAMS BE A PART OF 2210 01:18:06,248 --> 01:18:08,817 FEPP. THESE PROGRAMS ADDRESS 2211 01:18:08,817 --> 01:18:10,318 REAL BARRIERS TO EDUCATIONAL 2212 01:18:10,318 --> 01:18:11,253 SUCCESS, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL 2213 01:18:11,253 --> 01:18:12,187 HEALTH NEEDS, UNSAFE ROUTES TO 2214 01:18:12,187 --> 01:18:14,022 SCHOOLS, AND DISCONNECTIONS FROM 2215 01:18:14,022 --> 01:18:18,427 SCHOOL AND WORK. AND WE WANT TO 2216 01:18:18,427 --> 01:18:20,228 ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT 2217 01:18:20,228 --> 01:18:21,763 DISRUPTING SERVICES THAT YOUTH 2218 01:18:21,763 --> 01:18:26,802 DEPEND ON BUT -- COORDINATION 2219 01:18:26,802 --> 01:18:27,836 WITH LEVY GOALS. WE KNOW THAT 2220 01:18:27,836 --> 01:18:30,205 EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS DEPENDS ON A 2221 01:18:30,205 --> 01:18:32,974 RANGE OF FACTORS, INCLUDING 2222 01:18:32,974 --> 01:18:38,947 SAFETY, TRUSTED ADULTS, FAMILY 2223 01:18:38,947 --> 01:18:39,781 ENGAGEMENT, AND CONNECTION TO 2224 01:18:39,781 --> 01:18:41,083 OPPORTUNITY. -- MAY REACH 2225 01:18:41,083 --> 01:18:41,950 STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, 2226 01:18:41,950 --> 01:18:45,520 MEETING THEM WHERE THEY ARE AND 2227 01:18:45,520 --> 01:18:49,391 SERVING AS TRUSTED COMMUNITY 2228 01:18:49,391 --> 01:18:54,229 RESOURCES. SO SCHOOL SAFETY, 2229 01:18:54,229 --> 01:18:55,931 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE 2230 01:18:55,931 --> 01:18:57,165 PREVENTION, BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT 2231 01:18:57,165 --> 01:18:58,967 -- AND POST-SECONDARY READINESS. 2232 01:18:58,967 --> 01:19:00,202 AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S ALSO 2233 01:19:00,202 --> 01:19:02,037 NOTED HERE THAT WE WOULD BE 2234 01:19:02,037 --> 01:19:03,071 LOOKING AT PROGRAMS BEING REBID 2235 01:19:03,071 --> 01:19:05,674 AT THE END OF THE FUNDING CYCLE. 2236 01:19:05,674 --> 01:19:09,678 I THINK THIS OFFERS A GREAT 2237 01:19:09,678 --> 01:19:10,645 OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER ALIGN FEPP 2238 01:19:10,645 --> 01:19:12,614 LEVY GOALS AND OUTCOMES TO THAT 2239 01:19:12,614 --> 01:19:14,316 POINT. SO I JUST WANTED TO OPEN 2240 01:19:14,316 --> 01:19:16,017 UP WITH SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS 2241 01:19:16,017 --> 01:19:18,386 THERE BEFORE GOING INTO MY 2242 01:19:18,386 --> 01:19:20,722 QUESTIONS. I'M WONDERING IF WE 2243 01:19:20,722 --> 01:19:24,392 COULD GO TO SLIDE FOUR. I HAD A 2244 01:19:24,392 --> 01:19:25,761 QUICK QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER 2245 01:19:25,761 --> 01:19:27,863 THREE ON THIS SLIDE ABOUT 2246 01:19:27,863 --> 01:19:28,930 MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN. I 2247 01:19:28,930 --> 01:19:30,499 JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A 2248 01:19:30,499 --> 01:19:32,768 LITTLE BIT PRACTICALLY WHAT THE 2249 01:19:32,768 --> 01:19:34,569 IMPACT OF THIS CHANGE MEANS. SO 2250 01:19:34,569 --> 01:19:35,837 COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH AN 2251 01:19:35,837 --> 01:19:38,473 EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK 2252 01:19:38,473 --> 01:19:40,842 LIKE IN PRACTICE? SAY IF THE 2253 01:19:40,842 --> 01:19:43,278 EXECUTIVE CHOSE TO ADD MORE 2254 01:19:43,278 --> 01:19:47,415 FUNDING OR WAS SEEKING TO ADD 2255 01:19:47,415 --> 01:19:49,351 MORE FUNDING TO THAT. AND WHAT 2256 01:19:49,351 --> 01:19:52,220 WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF A 2257 01:19:52,220 --> 01:19:56,825 TIMELINE FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL TO 2258 01:19:56,825 --> 01:19:58,894 THE POTENTIAL RELEASE OF AN RFP. 2259 01:19:58,894 --> 01:20:01,196 >> SO SOMETHING LIKE ADDING OR 2260 01:20:01,196 --> 01:20:02,430 CHANGING THE SPENDING PLAN, ANY 2261 01:20:02,430 --> 01:20:04,933 KIND OF CHANGE TO THE SPEND PLAN 2262 01:20:04,933 --> 01:20:07,869 WOULD REQUIRE PRIOR COUNCIL 2263 01:20:07,869 --> 01:20:09,104 APPROVAL. AND THAT WOULD 2264 01:20:09,104 --> 01:20:11,907 ESSENTIALLY BE A LEGISLATIVE 2265 01:20:11,907 --> 01:20:14,042 PROCESS. SO AN ORDINANCE TO 2266 01:20:14,042 --> 01:20:18,213 CHANGE THE I&E PLAN IN ADDITION 2267 01:20:18,213 --> 01:20:20,248 TO, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE 2268 01:20:20,248 --> 01:20:22,083 PROPOSED FUNDING, YOU KNOW, 2269 01:20:22,083 --> 01:20:24,352 IMPACTS THE BUDGET AT THE BSL 2270 01:20:24,352 --> 01:20:25,353 LEVEL THAT. WOULD REQUIRE BUDGET 2271 01:20:25,353 --> 01:20:26,655 LEGISLATION AS WELL. BUT IF 2272 01:20:26,655 --> 01:20:29,457 IT'S WITHIN IN THE SAME BSL OR 2273 01:20:29,457 --> 01:20:31,226 THE SAME BUCKET, YOU KNOW, THEN 2274 01:20:31,226 --> 01:20:33,261 IT WOULD JUST BE AMENDING THE 2275 01:20:33,261 --> 01:20:35,497 I&E PLAN, WHICH WAS DONE A FEW 2276 01:20:35,497 --> 01:20:38,633 TIMES IN THE 2018 PROCESS AS 2277 01:20:38,633 --> 01:20:38,833 WELL. 2278 01:20:38,833 --> 01:20:41,236 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 2279 01:20:41,236 --> 01:20:42,704 CLARIFYING THAT POINT, JASMINE. 2280 01:20:42,704 --> 01:20:45,974 AND TAKING US TO SLIDE SIX, I 2281 01:20:45,974 --> 01:20:50,845 BELIEVE, JUST NUMBER FOUR ON 2282 01:20:50,845 --> 01:20:53,148 PROGRAM OUTCOMES. IT WAS -- YOU 2283 01:20:53,148 --> 01:20:54,850 ALL -- THE GOALS AND DESIRED 2284 01:20:54,850 --> 01:20:56,418 OUTCOMES DON'T DIRECTLY 2285 01:20:56,418 --> 01:20:59,588 REFERENCE CLOSING THE 2286 01:20:59,588 --> 01:21:04,226 OPPORTUNITY GAPS FOR POPULATIONS 2287 01:21:04,226 --> 01:21:05,460 FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL 2288 01:21:05,460 --> 01:21:06,027 MILESTONES. -- AND THOUGHT 2289 01:21:06,027 --> 01:21:07,629 BEHIND THE WORK OF THE 2290 01:21:07,629 --> 01:21:10,131 DEPARTMENT, I HAVE TO SAY, I 2291 01:21:10,131 --> 01:21:13,235 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 2292 01:21:13,235 --> 01:21:14,402 ARTICULATE THAT AS A POINT, 2293 01:21:14,402 --> 01:21:15,537 ARTICULATE CLOSING THE 2294 01:21:15,537 --> 01:21:16,805 OPPORTUNITY GAP IS PARTICULARLY 2295 01:21:16,805 --> 01:21:18,506 IMPORTANT FOR ME, AND I'M 2296 01:21:18,506 --> 01:21:20,675 WONDERING IF YOU COULD UNPACK 2297 01:21:20,675 --> 01:21:23,144 THE VALUE OF ADDING THIS 2298 01:21:23,144 --> 01:21:28,850 LANGUAGE INDIRECTLY AND HOW THAT 2299 01:21:28,850 --> 01:21:30,819 MIGHT SUPPORT BROADER DIRECTION 2300 01:21:30,819 --> 01:21:31,786 FOR DEAL. 2301 01:21:31,786 --> 01:21:33,321 >> I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE, JUST 2302 01:21:33,321 --> 01:21:36,191 AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THAT THE 2303 01:21:36,191 --> 01:21:39,160 PLAN DOES CONTEMPLATE, YOU KNOW, 2304 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:42,731 LOOKING AT WHO IS MOST IMPACTED, 2305 01:21:42,731 --> 01:21:43,665 POTENTIALLY PRIORITIZING 2306 01:21:43,665 --> 01:21:47,402 SERVICES FOR THOSE FURTHEST FROM 2307 01:21:47,402 --> 01:21:48,203 THOSE EDUCATIONAL GOALS. SO THE 2308 01:21:48,203 --> 01:21:50,872 ACTIVITIES, WHAT WE SEE IN THE 2309 01:21:50,872 --> 01:21:53,141 PLAN, IS THE ACTIVITIES DO 2310 01:21:53,141 --> 01:21:55,443 REPRESENT THE INTENTION TO LOOK 2311 01:21:55,443 --> 01:21:56,578 AT EQUITABLE OUTCOMES. IT'S 2312 01:21:56,578 --> 01:21:58,079 JUST WITHIN THE OUTCOMES 2313 01:21:58,079 --> 01:21:58,947 THEMSELVES, THOSE ARE NEUTRAL 2314 01:21:58,947 --> 01:22:03,151 WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE'RE 2315 01:22:03,151 --> 01:22:03,852 MEASURING SUCCESS. SO IT'S NOT 2316 01:22:03,852 --> 01:22:06,788 THAT -- THE PLAN WITHOUT AN 2317 01:22:06,788 --> 01:22:08,590 AMENDMENT TO THE OUTCOMES THAT 2318 01:22:08,590 --> 01:22:09,557 THE DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T 2319 01:22:09,557 --> 01:22:11,192 POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS, 2320 01:22:11,192 --> 01:22:13,094 IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT 2321 01:22:13,094 --> 01:22:15,463 ARTICULATED AS A MEASUREMENT OF 2322 01:22:15,463 --> 01:22:16,698 SUCCESS IN THE LEVY. AND COUNCIL 2323 01:22:16,698 --> 01:22:20,068 MAY CHOOSE TO ADD IT AT THAT 2324 01:22:20,068 --> 01:22:20,935 POINT AS WELL. 2325 01:22:20,935 --> 01:22:22,370 >> THANK YOU, JASMINE. THANK 2326 01:22:22,370 --> 01:22:24,406 YOU, CHAIR, THOSE ARE MY 2327 01:22:24,406 --> 01:22:25,940 QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. 2328 01:22:25,940 --> 01:22:27,275 >> OF COURSE, COUNCILMEMBER 2329 01:22:27,275 --> 01:22:28,276 RINCK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 2330 01:22:28,276 --> 01:22:32,347 YES, ALSO JUST TO SAY THAT THE 2331 01:22:32,347 --> 01:22:35,183 LEVY ITSELF IDENTIFIED THIS AS A 2332 01:22:35,183 --> 01:22:36,151 GOAL, THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY 2333 01:22:36,151 --> 01:22:38,586 PIECE IS VERY OUTLINED IN THE 2334 01:22:38,586 --> 01:22:39,888 LEVY LANGUAGE ITSELF. WHICH IS 2335 01:22:39,888 --> 01:22:41,756 REALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE AGAIN, 2336 01:22:41,756 --> 01:22:42,724 IT'S WHAT WE TOLD VOTERS WE 2337 01:22:42,724 --> 01:22:44,326 WERE GOING TO DO AND WE WERE 2338 01:22:44,326 --> 01:22:48,229 GOING TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT. 2339 01:22:48,229 --> 01:22:49,965 SO WE HAVE MADE THAT COMMITMENT. 2340 01:22:49,965 --> 01:22:51,166 I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT IS 2341 01:22:51,166 --> 01:22:51,766 COMMITTED TO THIS PARTICULAR 2342 01:22:51,766 --> 01:22:53,201 PIECE. DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE 2343 01:22:53,201 --> 01:22:55,804 THAT ON THE TABLE THAT SOMEHOW 2344 01:22:55,804 --> 01:22:56,905 THIS WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED, VERY 2345 01:22:56,905 --> 01:22:59,040 MUCH WHAT THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE 2346 01:22:59,040 --> 01:23:00,208 DOING. AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL 2347 01:23:00,208 --> 01:23:02,911 GOING TO HAVE YOUR EYE ON THIS 2348 01:23:02,911 --> 01:23:04,412 MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE EVERY 2349 01:23:04,412 --> 01:23:05,980 YEAR THE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO 2350 01:23:05,980 --> 01:23:07,182 SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET FOR BUDGET 2351 01:23:07,182 --> 01:23:08,516 APPROVAL, AND ALL OF THESE 2352 01:23:08,516 --> 01:23:09,784 PROGRAMS WILL BE CONTAINED 2353 01:23:09,784 --> 01:23:11,219 THEREIN. SO THERE IS -- THERE 2354 01:23:11,219 --> 01:23:16,424 WILL BE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO HAVE 2355 01:23:16,424 --> 01:23:17,225 AN INFLUENCE. AND THE ONE THING 2356 01:23:17,225 --> 01:23:19,461 WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT IS A 2357 01:23:19,461 --> 01:23:21,863 PART OF THIS PLAN AND IT'S 2358 01:23:21,863 --> 01:23:22,697 IMPORTANT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT 2359 01:23:22,697 --> 01:23:28,870 IN THE CONTEXT OF CLOSING 2360 01:23:28,870 --> 01:23:29,471 OPPORTUNITY GAPS, IS THE FACT 2361 01:23:29,471 --> 01:23:30,105 THAT THERE WILL BE EVALUATION OF 2362 01:23:30,105 --> 01:23:32,307 THESE PROGRAMS YEARLY, EVERY 2363 01:23:32,307 --> 01:23:32,874 YEAR, OR HOWEVER OFTEN THE 2364 01:23:32,874 --> 01:23:35,744 DEPARTMENT IS DOING IT, BECAUSE 2365 01:23:35,744 --> 01:23:40,949 THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT IF 2366 01:23:40,949 --> 01:23:41,649 WE'RE NOT MEETING THE GOALS, 2367 01:23:41,649 --> 01:23:46,321 WHICH IS THAT KIDS ARE ACHIEVING 2368 01:23:46,321 --> 01:23:48,423 THEIR EDUCATIONAL, THEIR 2369 01:23:48,423 --> 01:23:50,925 ACADEMIC, MEETING ACADEMIC 2370 01:23:50,925 --> 01:23:53,928 GOALS. AND THAT'S VERY MUCH 2371 01:23:53,928 --> 01:23:55,697 ALIGNED WITH ENSURING THAT THE 2372 01:23:55,697 --> 01:23:58,400 KIDS THAT ARE FURTHEST FROM 2373 01:23:58,400 --> 01:23:59,601 ATTAINING THEIR EDUCATIONAL 2374 01:23:59,601 --> 01:24:02,103 ACADEMIC GOALS ARE BEING 2375 01:24:02,103 --> 01:24:03,071 PRIORITIZED FOR THIS. SO YOU 2376 01:24:03,071 --> 01:24:05,073 KNOW, WE WILL -- AND THIS 2377 01:24:05,073 --> 01:24:06,641 REQUIRES, AGAIN, BACK TO 2378 01:24:06,641 --> 01:24:08,143 COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S POINT 2379 01:24:08,143 --> 01:24:08,943 EARLIER ABOUT THE SCHOOL 2380 01:24:08,943 --> 01:24:10,278 DISTRICT, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 2381 01:24:10,278 --> 01:24:11,079 SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE THAT'S 2382 01:24:11,079 --> 01:24:13,114 HOW WE WILL KNOW WHETHER THE 2383 01:24:13,114 --> 01:24:14,749 KIDS ARE MEETING THEIR ACADEMIC 2384 01:24:14,749 --> 01:24:18,820 GOALS OR NOT. AND THAT IS REALLY 2385 01:24:18,820 --> 01:24:20,655 IMPORTANT, SO THERE IS 2386 01:24:20,655 --> 01:24:22,891 OPPORTUNITY TO TWEAK THE 2387 01:24:22,891 --> 01:24:25,126 INVESTMENT IF YOU WILL IF WE'RE 2388 01:24:25,126 --> 01:24:27,061 NOT MEETING THOSE GOALS AND 2389 01:24:27,061 --> 01:24:29,197 CLOSING THOSE GAPS. AND THAT 2390 01:24:29,197 --> 01:24:30,999 EVALUATION PROCESS IS 2391 01:24:30,999 --> 01:24:32,500 CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PLAN. AND 2392 01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:36,104 IT IS ARTICULATED IN THAT WAY IN 2393 01:24:36,104 --> 01:24:37,105 THE PLAN ITSELF. AND THAT WAS 2394 01:24:37,105 --> 01:24:40,642 INTENTIONAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 2395 01:24:40,642 --> 01:24:43,078 WERE MEETING THAT GOAL OF 2396 01:24:43,078 --> 01:24:44,879 CLOSING THE OPPORTUNITY GAPS. SO 2397 01:24:44,879 --> 01:24:48,149 JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT 2398 01:24:48,149 --> 01:24:52,921 AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, 2399 01:24:52,921 --> 01:24:56,391 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T 2400 01:24:56,391 --> 01:24:57,225 SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL 2401 01:24:57,225 --> 01:24:57,559 RIGHT. OKAY. 2402 01:24:57,559 --> 01:24:58,593 >> SO COUNCILMEMBERS, JUST TO 2403 01:24:58,593 --> 01:25:01,463 LET YOU KNOW, SHOULD YOU DESIRE 2404 01:25:01,463 --> 01:25:02,130 TO DO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, 2405 01:25:02,130 --> 01:25:02,997 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WOULD NEED 2406 01:25:02,997 --> 01:25:07,135 TO HAVE THOSE BY NOON ON THE 2nd 2407 01:25:07,135 --> 01:25:09,404 OF JULY. SORRY ABOUT THE 2408 01:25:09,404 --> 01:25:10,738 TURNAROUND ON THAT. WITH THE 2409 01:25:10,738 --> 01:25:12,640 HOLIDAY AND SO FORTH, WE WOULD 2410 01:25:12,640 --> 01:25:14,342 NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU QUICKLY SO 2411 01:25:14,342 --> 01:25:16,544 WE CAN PREPARE FOR THE JULY 8th 2412 01:25:16,544 --> 01:25:17,178 COMMITTEE MEETING. 2413 01:25:17,178 --> 01:25:18,947 >> YOU STOLE MY NEXT LINE. 2414 01:25:18,947 --> 01:25:19,714 >> SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER. 2415 01:25:19,714 --> 01:25:20,849 >> NO, I'M GLAD, HEARING IT 2416 01:25:20,849 --> 01:25:24,085 MORE OFTEN IS BETTER THAN LESS 2417 01:25:24,085 --> 01:25:27,388 OFTEN. SO NEXT STEPS ARE JULY 2418 01:25:27,388 --> 01:25:28,957 2nd AT NOON THE AMENDMENTS OR 2419 01:25:28,957 --> 01:25:30,959 PROPOSALS ARE DUE TO CENTRAL 2420 01:25:30,959 --> 01:25:33,194 STAFF. ON JULY 8th, WE WILL HAVE 2421 01:25:33,194 --> 01:25:35,597 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON 2422 01:25:35,597 --> 01:25:36,464 THOSE AMENDMENTS. AND IF WE'RE 2423 01:25:36,464 --> 01:25:38,800 READY, TAKE A FINAL VOTE ON THE 2424 01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:40,768 LEVY, WHICH WOULD BE REALLY 2425 01:25:40,768 --> 01:25:42,170 HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT DONE SOONER 2426 01:25:42,170 --> 01:25:44,038 RATHER THAN LATER AS WELL. BUT 2427 01:25:44,038 --> 01:25:47,075 IF NOT, WE HAVE RESERVED JULY 2428 01:25:47,075 --> 01:25:49,644 22nd AS THAT NEXT, YOU KNOW, 2429 01:25:49,644 --> 01:25:53,681 WE'D HAVE TO HAVE THIS SEWN UP 2430 01:25:53,681 --> 01:25:55,016 BY THE 22nd AT THE LATEST. SO 2431 01:25:55,016 --> 01:25:57,986 THAT IS WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. 2432 01:25:57,986 --> 01:26:03,258 AND THEN, ALL RIGHT, CLOSING US 2433 01:26:03,258 --> 01:26:04,459 OUT HERE. OKAY. BEFORE WE ARE 2434 01:26:04,459 --> 01:26:08,263 ADJOURN, I DID WANT TO THANKS, 2435 01:26:08,263 --> 01:26:11,299 AGAIN, CENTRAL STAFFERS JASMINE 2436 01:26:11,299 --> 01:26:12,200 MARWAHA AND TRACI RATZLIFF, FOR 2437 01:26:12,200 --> 01:26:14,936 ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS I&E 2438 01:26:14,936 --> 01:26:16,404 PLAN AND THE POLICY 2439 01:26:16,404 --> 01:26:19,574 CONSIDERATIONS. I ALSO WANT TO 2440 01:26:19,574 --> 01:26:26,848 THANK MY AMAZING STAFF, WENDY, 2441 01:26:26,848 --> 01:26:32,153 JACOB, AND SARAH -- I&E TOGETHER 2442 01:26:32,153 --> 01:26:33,855 WAS AN IMPORTANT NEXT STEP, AS 2443 01:26:33,855 --> 01:26:35,823 YOU KNOW, IN OUR LEVY PROCESS. I 2444 01:26:35,823 --> 01:26:37,725 WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR DWAYNE 2445 01:26:37,725 --> 01:26:40,528 CHAPPELLE, HE'S BEEN A GREAT 2446 01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:41,796 PARTNER. I'VE WORKED WITH 2447 01:26:41,796 --> 01:26:44,599 DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE FOR ALMOST A 2448 01:26:44,599 --> 01:26:46,301 DECADE AND I APPRECIATE HIS 2449 01:26:46,301 --> 01:26:47,802 COMMITMENT TO KIDS AND FAMILIES. 2450 01:26:47,802 --> 01:26:48,603 THE DEPARTMENT DID A SUBSTANTIAL 2451 01:26:48,603 --> 01:26:50,939 AMOUNT OF WORK IN REACHING OF IT 2452 01:26:50,939 --> 01:26:53,107 TO COMMUNITY. THEY HAD A LOT OF 2453 01:26:53,107 --> 01:26:54,842 SESSIONS SO THEY CAN HEAR FROM 2454 01:26:54,842 --> 01:26:56,110 COMMUNITY. I AM GRATEFUL FOR 2455 01:26:56,110 --> 01:26:57,478 EVERYONE WHO CAME TO CHAMBERS 2456 01:26:57,478 --> 01:27:02,850 TODAY TO GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK AS 2457 01:27:02,850 --> 01:27:04,352 WELL. MORE FEEDBACK IS BETTER 2458 01:27:04,352 --> 01:27:05,520 THAN LESS FEEDBACK, SO I 2459 01:27:05,520 --> 01:27:07,422 APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR TAKING 2460 01:27:07,422 --> 01:27:10,358 THE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY. 2461 01:27:10,358 --> 01:27:13,094 SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS THIS 2462 01:27:13,094 --> 01:27:13,261 -- 2463 01:27:13,261 --> 01:27:15,563 >> CHAIR. 2464 01:27:15,563 --> 01:27:16,698 >> POINT OF ORDER HERE? 2465 01:27:16,698 --> 01:27:21,169 >> GIVEN FACT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN 2466 01:27:21,169 --> 01:27:26,808 A SHOUT-OUT TO EVERYONE HERE. 2467 01:27:26,808 --> 01:27:29,644 MEXICO IS PLAYING TODAY IN THE 2468 01:27:29,644 --> 01:27:31,279 WORLD CUP. AND SEPARATELY, GIVEN 2469 01:27:31,279 --> 01:27:33,414 THE HISTORY, WE HAVE NORWAY AND 2470 01:27:33,414 --> 01:27:34,816 SWEDEN PLAYING TODAY, BUT SINCE 2471 01:27:34,816 --> 01:27:37,885 SHE SHOWED UP WITH MEXICO -- 2472 01:27:37,885 --> 01:27:39,253 >> A FIFA SHOUT-OUT. 2473 01:27:39,253 --> 01:27:43,791 >> -- A FIFA SHOUT-OUT AND GOOD 2474 01:27:43,791 --> 01:27:44,325 LUCK TO MEXICO. SORRY. 2475 01:27:44,325 --> 01:27:47,095 >> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS LIKE I 2476 01:27:47,095 --> 01:27:49,964 HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF 2477 01:27:49,964 --> 01:27:52,233 SHEPHERDING THIS LEVY, I&E AND 2478 01:27:52,233 --> 01:27:53,234 PRIOR LEVY, THROUGH COUNCIL. AND 2479 01:27:53,234 --> 01:27:54,669 THIS IS ONE THAT WE ALL ARE 2480 01:27:54,669 --> 01:27:56,671 ALIGNED ON, HOW MUCH WE CARE 2481 01:27:56,671 --> 01:27:58,506 ABOUT OUR KIDS IN THE CITY. 2482 01:27:58,506 --> 01:28:03,378 PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH GREATEST 2483 01:28:03,378 --> 01:28:04,479 NEED. I SAID YESTERDAY THIS AT 2484 01:28:04,479 --> 01:28:07,115 COUNCIL BRIEFING, BUT I WAS ABLE 2485 01:28:07,115 --> 01:28:09,951 TO ATTEND THE PROMISE FIRST 2486 01:28:09,951 --> 01:28:10,752 GENERATION FOR THE FIRST 2487 01:28:10,752 --> 01:28:12,086 GENERATION GRADUATES, AND THIS 2488 01:28:12,086 --> 01:28:17,292 IS WHAT IS A CULMINATION OF THIS 2489 01:28:17,292 --> 01:28:19,160 TYPE OF INVESTMENT THAT IS SO 2490 01:28:19,160 --> 01:28:21,529 IMPORTANT AND SUCH A SOURCE OF 2491 01:28:21,529 --> 01:28:23,965 PRIDE FOR ME, MYSELF A FIRST 2492 01:28:23,965 --> 01:28:25,533 GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AND 2493 01:28:25,533 --> 01:28:26,601 GRAD. SO I JUST CAN'T SAY 2494 01:28:26,601 --> 01:28:29,203 ENOUGH ABOUT THE LEVY, AND I 2495 01:28:29,203 --> 01:28:31,272 KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL ALIGNED ON 2496 01:28:31,272 --> 01:28:33,107 THIS. SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL 2497 01:28:33,107 --> 01:28:35,176 OF YOU BEING HERE, COLLEAGUES, 2498 01:28:35,176 --> 01:28:36,477 FOR THIS SELECT COMMITTEE. THANK 2499 01:28:36,477 --> 01:28:37,845 YOU AGAIN TO CENTRAL STAFF AND 2500 01:28:37,845 --> 01:28:39,881 MY TEAM, EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP 2501 01:28:39,881 --> 01:28:42,817 TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON 2502 01:28:42,817 --> 01:28:45,753 AND ONLINE. ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO 2503 01:28:45,753 --> 01:28:48,022 FURTHER QUESTION, THIS CONCLUDES 2504 01:28:48,022 --> 01:28:50,358 THE JUNE 30th SELECT COMMITTEE 2505 01:28:50,358 --> 01:28:52,060 ON THE FAMILIES, EDUCATION, 2506 01:28:52,060 --> 01:28:54,429 PRESCHOOL, AND PROMISE LEVY AND 2507 01:28:54,429 --> 01:28:55,563 EVALUATION PLAN. OUR NEXT 2508 01:28:55,563 --> 01:28:57,365 MEETING IS JULY 8 AT 9:30 A.M. 2509 01:28:57,365 --> 01:29:04,338 IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS,