>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE,
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, IT IS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018,
THIS IS THE FINANCE &
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE, AND
THIS IS THE LAST COMMITTEE
MEETING FOR 2010, BUT YOU SO
MUCH TO OUR YOUTH COMMISSION
MEMBERS, WHO WILL BE COMING UP,
I'M GLAD YOU'RE INTERESTED,
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING PICKED
UP BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS,
COUNCILMEMBER, BRUCE HARRELL
WILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
>>> A VERY SHORT CHEERS REPORT,
WE HAVE THREE LANDMARK
DECISIONS, THE JAPANESE THEY
WERE SCHOOL, THE UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON CANOE HOUSE, AND THE
HOUSE ON QUEEN ANNE, WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A TECHNICAL
CHANGE AMENDMENT TO THE SEATTLE
ANIMAL SHELTER, RELIGIOUS TO
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE A VERY SHORT
PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WILL
OPEN, ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT
COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANTS, AND
DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THE FOURTH
QUARTER ORDINANCE AND THE
BUDGET GRANDSON -- ACCEPTANCE,
I KNOW IT SOUNDS EXCITING, IT
IS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AFTER
ALL, THE LAST MEETING, DOING A
BUNCH OF CLEANUP.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.>>> AT THIS
TIME I WILL OPEN FOR ANY PUBLIC
COMMENT, IF ANYBODY HAS SIGNED
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, NOTHING?
ANY PARENTS WANT TO JOIN US FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT?
OKAY, IF NOT, I WILL MOVE RIGHT
ALONG, AND DAN STRAUSS, THANK
YOU, FROM MY OFFICE, IF YOU
WILL CALL UP EACH OF THE
NOMINEES FOR OUR YOUTH
COMMISSION, AND I WILL ASK ALL
OF YOU TO COME UP
SIMULTANEOUSLY, FIND A PLACE,
AND WE WILL LET THE HAZING
BEGIN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THESE ALL
IN.
HAVE THEM ALL,.>> AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 1-10, 01201, THROUGH
01208, THE APPOINTMENTS OF
ABDIWELI ABDI, JORDAN HOWARD,
AS MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMISSION, AND WANJIKU HOPPS,
HENRY IRVIN INGLE, GM ROSARIO,
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE YOUTH
MEMO, FOR TERMS AUGUST 21, 2020,
.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE ALL
OF YOU COMING, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR
STUDENTS, LESLIE, TELL US WHY
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, AND THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND I WILL
ASK QUESTIONS.
>> I AM VERY EXCITED TO
INTRODUCE THE 2018 AND 2019
ONBOARDING YOUTH COMMISSIONERS,
THIS GROUP IS PARTICULARLY
SPECIAL, BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT
SO MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES, THAT
WAS VOICED IN THEIR
APPLICATIONS, WHICH REALLY
FILLED IN SOME GAPS FOR THE
COMMISSION FROM LAST YEAR, DO
YOU WANT INTRODUCTIONS OF EACH
ONE'S NAMES?
>> WE CAN LET THEM DO THAT, BUT
IF YOU HAVE ANY OVERVIEWS, AND
SOMETIMES WE DO A BISHOPS MOVE,
YOU SHOULD BE AWARE, IT MAY NOT
BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
>> GRADE, I WANT TO SAY THAT
ABDIWELI ABDI IS NOT HERE
TODAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WILL BE COMING IN LATER, HE IS
ABSENT FROM THE TABLE, A?
OVERVIEW OF MAYBE KIND OF WHAT
THEY HAVE STARTED WORKING ON
ALREADY, THIS GROUP HAS ALREADY
BEGUN TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT TRAINING, RS JI
TRAINING, BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS TRAINING, THEY ARE
DOING STRATEGIC PLANNING
WORKSHOPS, AND LATER THEY WILL
BE WORKING ON COMMUNICATION
STRATEGIES, HOW TO TALK ABOUT
THE YOUTH COMMISSION, AND
CONNECT THEM TO THEIR
CONSTITUENTS.
SO THEY ARE VERY PROUD TO BE
DOING THAT WORK, VOTING ON
PRIORITIES THAT THEY CARE
ABOUT.
>> VERY NICE, LET'S JUST START,
WHY DON'T YOU GET STARTED,
INTRODUCE YOURSELF, AND WHAT
I'M INTERESTED IN IS WHAT ARE
YOU INTERESTED IN, AND WHY DID
YOU WANT TO BE ON THE
COMMISSION.
>> MY NAME IS JORDAN HOWARD, I
WANTED TO BE ON THE COMMISSION,
BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN
HOMELESSNESS, HAVING A KIDS
PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT SHOULD WE
CHANGE IN SEATTLE.
AND I THOUGHT A KIDS VOICE
SHOULD BE HEARD.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AN
INTERESTING THING TO DO.
>> EXCELLENT JORDAN, WHAT SCHOOL
?>> THE ACADEMY.
>> MY NAME IS HENRY IRVING
ENGEL, I GO TO DENNY
INTERNATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, I
JOINED THE YOUTH COMMISSION TO
HELP HOMELESS YOUTH GET BETTER
TRANSPORTATION TO SCHOOL.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, WHAT
BROUGHT YOU TO THIS YOUTH
COMMISSION, WITH ALL THE THINGS
YOU COULD BE DOING WITH YOUR
TIME?
>> MY TEACHER, MR. WILL SIEGEL,
WAS A VERY INFLUENTIAL PART OF
ME BECOMING A YOUTH ADVOCATE,
AND HE SHOWED ME THAT BEING A
YOUTH ADVOCATE IS VERY
IMPORTANT.>> GREAT, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO YOUR
TEACHER, AND EXPRESS MY THANKS
THAT HE INVITE YOU TO APPLY.
THAT'S COME OVER HERE.
>> MY NAME IS MADISON JACKSON-
HITE, I GO TO BALLARD HIGH
SCHOOL, I JOINED THE YOUTH
COMMISSION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR YOUTH TO HAVE
VOICES IN SEATTLE, AND I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING
OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THE
VOICE, SOME ISSUES THAT I'M
INTERESTED IN OUR FEMALE RIGHTS,
YOUTH WOMEN'S RIGHTS, AND
ADULTS, AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES
IN THE WORKPLACE, AS WELL AS
HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE, I
THINK IT IS A BIG ISSUE, I
WOULD LOVE TO DO SOMETHING TO
FIX THAT.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS
PARTICULARLY ABOUT HOW YOU WANT
TO FIX IT?>> I THINK SETTING UP
PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESSNESS --
HOMELESS PEOPLE TO GO TO, TO
HELP GET THEM A PLACE TO LIVE,
OR FOOD TO EAT, SHELTER, AND
ALSO PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN TO BE A
PART OF, THAT WILL HELP GIVE
THEM CONFIDENCE TO HELP EXPRESS
THEIR VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> MADISON, THANK YOU FOR THAT,
I'M GOING TO INVITE ALL OF YOU,
BE SURE YOU KNOW YOU CAN JUST
CONTACT MY OFFICE, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO OFFER YOU IS A BASE OF
WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT SERVICES,
WHOSE OFFERING IT, THE CITY OR
THE COUNTY OR VARIOUS
NONPROFITS, BECAUSE THEN YOU
HAVE A PLATFORM FROM WHICH YOU
CAN GROW, AND NOT REINVENT
THINGS THAT MIGHT ALREADY BE
BEING DONE.
PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS LINDA PHAN, I'M
A JUNIOR AT GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL, THE REASON I WANTED TO
BE PART OF THE COMMISSION WAS
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A
PLATFORM TO AMPLIFY
MARGINALIZED VOICES IN SEATTLE,
SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING TO
SEATTLE YOUTH, ONE OF THE MAIN
ISSUES I ADVOCATE FOR IS THE
WEALTH DISPARITY BETWEEN
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN BOTH
THE NORTH AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF
SEATTLE, HOW WE CAN ALLEVIATE
THOSE DISPARITIES, AND PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE AGO TO
THOSE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU COULD ACCOMPLISH ONE
THING THIS YEAR, FOCUSING ON
WHAT YOU JUST EXPRESSED, WHAT
WOULD THAT BE?
>> ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES I
FOUND WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF
FUNDS THAT WE GIVE,
SPECIFICALLY THAT NORTHERN
SCHOOLS USUALLY HAVE MORE
FUNDS, THEY ARE ABLE TO DEFUND
MORE RESOURCES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE
STUDENTS, I WANT TO WORK
TOWARDS A WAY TO FIND A WAY TO
HAVE THEM EVENLY, DISTRIBUTED
TO SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES.
>> WELL DONE AND WELL SPOKEN.
THANK YOU.>>> WHAT BROUGHT YOU
TO WANTING TO SERVE ON THIS
COMMISSION, AND WHAT ARE YOU
SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN
DOING?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
BROUGHT ME, WAS THE VOICES THAT
I FELT LIKE THE COUNCIL COULD
--
>> CAN YOU GIVE US YOUR NAME,
THIS CLOSER TO YOU.
>> MY NAME IS GIAN-NICHOLO
ROSARIO, AND I GRADUATED FROM
RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, ONE
THING THAT I PARTICULARLY
TALKED ABOUT WHEN SIGNING UP
FOR THE SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMISSION WAS BRINGING VOICES
THAT I FELT LIKE WERE LACKING
IN CITY HALL, PARTICULARLY
VOICES FROM THE RAINIER BEACH
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND ONE
OF THE ISSUES THAT I FELT THAT
I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS ETHNIC
STUDIES, HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS
FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT
DIFFERENT ETHNIC STUDIES, AND
SOMETHING SHE TOUCHED ON WAS
THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES
WITHIN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> YOU SAID YOU HAVE GRADUATED?
>> YES.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?
>> I AM CURRENTLY ATTENDING THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, I'M
STUDYING OF THE POLICY AND
GOVERNANCE, AND DIVERSITY AND
EQUITY IN EDUCATION.
>> VERY GOOD, DID YOU DO
RUNNING START?
>> I WAS PART OF THE
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
PROGRAM AT RAYNOR BEACH HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> VERY GOOD.
>>> HI, MY NAME IS CHLOE RUBIN,
I AM A JUNIOR AT SEATTLE
ACADEMY, THE MAIN REASON I WAS
INTERESTED BEING OF THE YOUTH
COMMISSION WAS BECAUSE I'VE
BEEN INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF
YOUTH ADVOCACY, AND YOUTH
HAVING A VOICE IN SEATTLE, ON A
VARIETY OF ISSUES, AND SO I
FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE AN
AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
AS A YOUTH, AND I CAN USE THE
SAME PROCESS AS I GET OLDER.
AND I JUST THINK IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT SKILL TO KNOW HOW TO
ACTUALLY GET THINGS DONE, NOT
JUST BE ABLE TO SPREAD
AWARENESS ABOUT THEM I GUESS,
AND SOME ISSUES I'M INTERESTED
IN IS GUN VIOLENCE AND
DISABILITY RIGHTS.
>> WELL DONE, YOU AND I SURE
THAT, BOTH OF THOSE THINGS,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHLOE, FOR
PARTICIPATING.>>> MY NAME IS
ROSY ALLEN, AND I GO TO
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, I AM A
SOPHOMORE, ONE OF THE REASONS I
DECIDED TO JOIN THE YOUTH
COUNCIL WAS BECAUSE I THINK
THAT AS A YOUTH, OUR OPINIONS
REALLY MATTER, WE ARE THE
FUTURE, WHAT WE SEE WITHIN OUR
SCHOOLS, AND OUR COMMUNITIES,
AND OUR.
IS SUPER IMPORTANT, BECAUSE I
WENT FROM A SCHOOL MORE SOUTH,
AND NOW I GO TO A SCHOOL MORE
NORTH, AND TO SEE THAT DRASTIC
CHANGE IS SOMETHING THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, THAT IS
BACK TO THE RESOURCES FOR
SCHOOLS, UP NORTH, AND DOWN
SOUTH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I ADVOCATE FOR,
BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THOSE
DIFFERENCES, AND I'VE HAD TO GO
THROUGH THOSE DURING MIDDLE
SCHOOL, AND NOW I'M AT HIGH
SCHOOL AT A NORTH SCHOOL, IT IS
SOMETHING SUPER IMPORTANT TO ME,
AND I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH AND
MAKE A CHANGE WITHIN THAT, AND
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WITHIN
úTHE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE A FAIR SHARE
OF OPPORTUNITIES.
>> WILL SAID, WHAT WAS YOUR
MIDDLE SCHOOL?
>> I WENT TO WASHINGTON.
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW MANY
OF YOU PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?
OR SEEING, -- SEEING. DID YOU
PARTICIPATE IN THAT?
AT ROOSEVELT?
-- SING?
>> THE WHOLE TIME I WAS THERE,
I PLAYED THE VIOLIN.
>>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND
HELLO TO COUNCILMEMBER DEBORAH
WAREZ, WHO IS WATCHING AS WE
SPEAK I GO AHEAD.>> HI, I AM
WANJIKU HOPPS, ONE OF THE
REASONS I JOINED THE SEATTLE
YOUTH COMMISSION IS BECAUSE I
FOUND IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT
ONLY TO PUT MY VOICE AND
OPINIONS OUT THERE, BUT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FOR MY
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I HEAR
THEIR BELIEFS AND OPINIONS, AND
LEARN FROM THEM, AND LEARN IN
THE REALM OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,
AND WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY WORKING IN THAT FIELD
.
>> AND DO YOU HAVE PLANS?
>> I AM REALLY PASSIONATE ON
THE TOPICS OF INCLUSION OF
SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS IN THE
SEATTLE YOUTH AREA, AND I'M
ALSO VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT
SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND
DIVERSITY IN BOTH HIGH-END JOBS
AND AROUND YOUTH AND GETTING
THE WORD OUT THERE.
>> WELL DONE AND WILL SPOKEN.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM
ABDIWELI ABDI, AND I GRADUATED
FROM FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL LAST
YEAR, SO I AM STARTING MY FIRST
YEAR IN COLLEGE, THE REASON WHY
I JOINED THE SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMISSION, I THINK IS BECAUSE
I FACE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS WHEN I WAS BACK HOME IN
AFRICA, AND AS SOON AS I CAME
TO A NEW COUNTRY, I WANTED TO
SERVE MY FELLOW YOUTH, TO SEE
THEIR OPINIONS AND SHARE THEIR
OPINIONS, AND SEE WHAT I HAVE,
AND WHAT THEY HAVE, AND IF I
COMPARE, IMMIGRANTS, THE
IMMIGRANT PARENTS, AND STUDENTS,
I WAS ONE OF THE IMMIGRANTS WHO
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY, AND WHEN
THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL OR
MIDDLE SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, THEY
REALLY GET A LOT OF
DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS, AND
THEY GET TREATED AS THE SAME AS
PEOPLE WHO ARE BORN THERE, THEY
ARE DIFFERENT, AND THE TEACHERS
DON'T GIVE THAT MUCH ATTENTION,
THEY NEED TO GIVE MORE
ATTENTION, THERE ARE SOME
REALLY GOOD, THE SAME
OPPORTUNITIES, WHEN THEY COME
HERE, THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT
AS GOOD AS THE OTHER ONES, SO
THAT IS MY PASSION FOR THE
IMMIGRANTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BRINGING YOUR SKILLS AND
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES TO THIS,
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND
A CONCERN THAT ALL OF US SHARE,
IT IS GREAT.
AND LAST?
>>> MY NAME IS KATHERINE KANG,
I'M AN EIGHTH GRADER AT
UNIVERSITY PREP, I DECIDED TO
JOIN THE SEATTLE YOUTH
COMMISSION BECAUSE I AM VERY
ENGAGED IN MY COMMUNITY, I
WANTED TO TAKE IT A STEP
FURTHER, I WANTED TO BE AT THE
TABLE INSTEAD OF ON THE MENU.
>> I LOVE THAT EXPRESSION.>> AS
A FEMALE YOUTH OF COLOR, MY
IDEAS, AND MY INPUT, IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, AND I WANTED TO HEAR
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WANTED TO SAY
AS WELL.
>> WELL DONE, ALL OF YOU JUST
TOUCH ME SO MUCH, YOUR INTEREST
IN ENERGY, AN OBVIOUS FOCUS ON
THINGS THAT MATTER FOR OUR CITY,
AND I CAN ALMOST NOT OVERSTATE
HOW IMPORTANT YOUR VOICES ARE,
THIS IS SOMETHING I BELIEVE
PERSONALLY, AND I'VE WALKED
THIS TALK, WHEN MY SONS WERE IN
HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH, WE
PROMOTED THIS, ALMOST DARK AGES,
20 YEARS AGO, HAVING STUDENTS
WORKING WITH TEACHERS AND
PRINCIPALS ON A PIER BASIS WAS
ALMOST UNHEARD OF, SO WE HAVE
STARTED THIS, AND I HAVE SEEN
FIRSTHAND HOW IMPORTANT WHAT
YOU HAVE TO SAY IS, SO I WOULD
AGAIN ENCOURAGE YOU, AS YOU ARE
WORKING TOGETHER, IF THERE ARE
ISSUES OR IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE
THAT YOU WANT ME TO KNOW ABOUT,
OR THE PRESIDENT, BRUCE
HARRELL, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO
COME AND TALK TO YOU FURTHER,
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
WHEN OPPORTUNITIES ARISE, AND
THEY ARISE FREQUENTLY, WHEN
SOMETHING IS GOING ON, AND
PEOPLE SAY WE WOULD LIKE TO
INCLUDE YOUTH VOICES IN THIS,
MY FIRST STOP IS THE YOUTH
COMMISSION, SO YOU MAY FIND
YOURSELF INVITED TO THINGS THAT
YOU DON'T EXPECT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>>> FIRST OF ALL, IN ALL
SERIOUSNESS, THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR SERVING, I HAD READ YOUR
BACKGROUNDS BEFORE THE MEETING,
AND I JUST SEE SO MUCH
POTENTIAL IN ALL OF YOU, WITH
YOUR OWN VOICES, YOU ALL ARE
GROWING UP IN A DIFFERENT
SEATTLE THEN I GREW UP IN, I
WAS BORN HERE AND I ATTENDED
GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL LIKE LINDA,
WASHINGTON WAS NOT WASHINGTON
WHEN I WAS A KID, IT WAS
GARFIELD AS WELL, ANOTHER
CAMPUS, I WENT TO TT MINOR,
THAT IS NOT THERE, PER SE, THIS
ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS, AS
EXAMPLE, CAME UP IN A FEW OF
YOUR TALKS, IT WASN'T LIKE THAT
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, THERE WERE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
LIVING IN CARS OR UNDER BRIDGES,
AND I THINK IF YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE DISPARITY IN INCOME, IN A
CITY OR STATE WHERE WE HAVE
ONE, TWO, THREE OF THE RICHEST
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, WE SEE
THAT.
THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS OF
THOUGHT, I WILL EXAGGERATE,
THERE'S PROBABLY 2000, ONE
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT IS THAT IT'S
A GREAT THING THAT WE HAVE SO
MUCH WEALTH AROUND HERE, IT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY, JOBS,
UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS CAN
LIVE A PATH TO THAT KIND OF
SUCCESS, AND GO OUT THERE AND
GET IT, AND IF YOU DON'T, THAT
SORT OF UP TO YOU, AND THOSE
THAT FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS,
THEY JUST DIDN'T SEE THE
OPPORTUNITY, AND THERE'S
ANOTHER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT
SUGGESTS FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS
PERSPECTIVE, THAT EVERYBODY HAS
A RIGHT TO BE WARM AND TO BE
FED, AND EVERYBODY HAS TO STEP
UP, OUR CITY, WE HAVE TO INVEST
IN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE
HAS A WARM PLACE TO LIVE.>>> SO
WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE LIVING
UNDER THE BRIDGES, AND YOU SEE
THEM, THE TENTS ALONG THE
STREETS, CAN SOME OF YOU SHARE
WHAT IS YOUR GUT, AND WHAT ARE
YOU HEARING FROM OTHER PEOPLE
THAT SAY THEY NEED TO GO
SOMEWHERE ELSE?
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING IN YOUR
AGE GROUP, I GET IT FROM ALL
ANGLES AS WELL, BUT YOU AREN'T
EVEN MILLENIALS.
>> WE ARE GENERATION Z.
>> WHAT ARE THEY SAYING, OTHER
THAN WE ARE NOT DOING A GOOD
JOB, AS CITY LEADERS, WHAT ARE
THEY SAYING WHEN THEY WALK PAST
THAT?
NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS, WE
ARE JUST SHARING, AND IF YOU
DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, I'M
NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU.
I'M JUST JOKING.
[ LAUGHTER ] CHEMISE AND
LEADERSHIP, WHO WAS TO GO
FIRST?
>> I THINK ALONG WITH.
THAT I TALKED TO, THE FIRST
THING THAT COMES TO MIND IS THE
SHOCK, THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A
SOCIETY WHERE IT IS THE NORM TO
SEE PEOPLE ON THE STREET,
LIVING ON THE STREET.
NOT ONLY THE SHOCK, BUT KIND OF
FOR ME AND A LOT OF MY FRIENDS,
THIS ISN'T RIGHT, THEY FACE THE
SHOCK OF THE NORM, BUT THIS
ISN'T RIGHT AS A HUMANITY ISSUE
LIKE YOU STATED BEFORE, I
BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE DESERVE
THE RIGHT, IT IS A HUMAN RIGHT
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PROTECTION,
SAFETY, THE RIGHT OF A HOUSE.
>> AND YOU ARE?
>> WANJIKU HOPPS, SEATTLE PREP,
GOT IT.
IS THEIR FAULT THAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING?
-- >> SEATTLE PREP, GOT IT.
IS AT THEIR FAULT, PEOPLE ARE
SAYING?
BIGGER NOT JUST PEOPLE WORKING
IN GOVERNMENT, WE ALL NEED TO
CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVE AND
REALIZE IT'S AN ISSUE THAT
NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH, AND WE
NEED TO TURN THE STEREOTYPE FROM
THEM VERSUS US, TO A WE ISSUE.
WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
KIND OF THING.
>> I AM LIKING YOU.
>> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS THAT
PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?
ARE THERE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE
SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT THOSE
LIVING UNDER TENTS?
I DO WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR
MOUTH, BUT IF WE KEEP IT REAL,
LIKE MY KIDS SAY, WHAT ELSE ARE
THEY SAYING?
WHAT KIND OF COMMISSIONERS ARE
YOU BRING IS HERE, THEY'RE NOT
SAYING ANYTHING, I WANT MY
MONEY BACK.
SPEAK UP.
JORDAN, RIGHT?
I KNOW YOU HAVE A STRONG
OPINION, YOU'RE FROM CHICAGO.
>> I WAS THINKING THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE WANT TO KICK THEM OFF
THE STREETS, BUT IS NOT THAT
HARD, IF YOU GO IN THEIR SHOES,
IT IS REALLY HARD TO GO FROM
THAT, THERE PROBABLY BORN IN
POVERTY, TO LIVE LIKE THAT,
IT'S NOT EASY TO GET RICH OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FROM A
CHICAGO PERSPECTIVE, IN CHICAGO,
THERE IS HOMELESSNESS, THEY
HAVE HOMELESS SHELTERS AND
EVERYTHING, BUT IN SEATTLE,
IT'S A LOT WORSE, I SEE TENTS
ALL LINED UP WHERE I LIVE, IN
RAINIER, IT'S ACTUALLY CRAZY.
>> THAT'S MY DISTRICT, AND I
GET IT FROM BOTH SIDES, THAT
PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT IS CRAZY,
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND I
ASKED THEM, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
ME TO DO, IT'S HARD ENOUGH FOR
A PURIST OR A TEACHER TO LIVE
IN SEATTLE, NOT JUST FINDING
REAL ESTATE FOR EVERYONE TO
LIVE, IT'S NOT A CHOICE, IT'S
THE BEST WE CAN DO, BUT I DON'T
WANT TO SEE THAT EVERYDAY, THE
FACE OF POVERTY IS NOT PRETTY
TO LOOK AT IT -- PRETTY TO LOOK
AT SOMETIMES, AND I ASKED WHAT
WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO, PUT
THEM IN JAIL, AREN'T YOU
CRIMINALIZING PARTY AT THAT
POINT?
BUT YOUR POINT, YOU HAVE TO GO
BEYOND WHO YOU SEE AND
UDERSTAND WHY THAT PERSON IS
THERE, SORT OF WHAT I'M HEARING
FROM YOU.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
>> I'M GOING TO ADD ON, IT'S
REALLY HARD FOR YOUTH, AND
PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THAT SEATTLE
REALLY IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST
CITIES IN THE U.S., WITH THE
HIGHEST HOMELESSNESS RATE PER
CAPITA, I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THAT, AND
REALIZE HOW DRASTIC THE PROBLEM
REALLY IS IN SEATTLE.
I ALSO REALLY THINK THAT AS
JORDAN WAS SAYING, IT IS EASY
FOR PEOPLE TO ISOLATE, AND
WANJIKU HOPPS WAS SAYING,
ISOLATING IT FROM THAT, AND
SAYING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS IS THE REASON WHY
THERE HOMELESS, PUT THE BLAME
ON THEM, WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING
AS A SOCIETY, WE HAVE TO TAKE
THE PROBLEM UNTO OURSELVES, AND
UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES
PEOPLE NEED HELP, IT HAPPENS,
AND WE NEED TO UPLIFT EACH
OTHER AS A SOCIETY AND SUPPORT
THE HOMELESS.
>> VERY NICE.
DO YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GO TO LEGISLATURE?
DO YOU GO AS A GROUP?
IF YOU DO, OR IF YOU GET DOWN
THERE INDIVIDUALLY, OR TALKING
TO YOUR LOCAL LEGISLATORS, BE
SURE TO LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE ON
THE YOUTH COMMISSION, AND HOW
MUCH THESE ISSUES MATTER TO
YOU, WE ARE WORKING HARD ON A
REGIONAL APPROACH TO HELP THE
HOUSING PROBLEM, BUT WE KNOW WE
NEED TO LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS MORE UNITS, AND.,
HOCKING COUNTY, AND AS WE ARE
TALKING WITH LEGISLATORS,
SEATTLE'S DOING A LOT,
TAXPAYERS ARE STEPPING UP,
BEING GENEROUS, BUT WE NEED TO
HAVE OTHERS IN KING COUNTY AND
THE OTHER COUNTIES TO CARRY
THEIR FAIR SHARE, AND WE NEED
THE STATE TO INVEST, THERE IS
SOMETHING CALLED THE HOUSING
TRUST FUND, AND LET THEM KNOW
THAT THEY ARE TO PUT MANY
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN THAT HOUSING TRUST FUND.
>> I HAD ONE OTHER AREA THAT I
WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT, BY THE
WAY, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
YOU INVITING ME TO SPEAK WITH
YOU AT ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS, MY
MIDDLE SUN AS A COMMISSIONER,
TOO, WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH
THAT, LIKE MANY OF YOU, HE IS
OPINIONATED ON MANY THINGS.
>> I WONDER WHERE HE GETS
THAT?>> YES, AND I TOOK NOTES
ON WHAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN,
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MORE
THINGS YOU COULD'VE SAID, BUT
NOT ONE OF YOU SAID SOMETHING
THAT INTERESTS ME, AND THAT IS,
WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STATE OF
RACE RELATIONS, YOU MIGHT'VE
HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN
LYNNWOOD, THE NEIGHBORING CITY,
TO THE NORTH, WERE AN AFRICAN-
AMERICAN DJ AND A PERSON OF
FILIPINO DESCENT, AS IN OWNER,
A SUPREMACIST GROUP ONE IN
THERE, EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE
WERE ARRESTED, YOU PROBABLY
FOLLOW THIS, THESE WERE HATE
CRIMES, BASED ON THE COLOR OF
SOMEONE'S SKIN.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE WE HAVE
SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG
FOLKS HERE, YOU'RE NOT DIVERSE,
IN THAT YOU ARE ALL YOUNGER
THAN ME, BUT YOUR DIVERSE AND
DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT NONE OF YOU
SAID THE ISSUE OF RACE
RELATIONS, I THINK SOMEONE
MENTIONED THE WORD INCLUSION,
SAYING THE WORD INCLUSION,
WHICH COULD MEAN INCLUSIVE OF
EVERYONE AROUND, BUT I GUESS WE
ARE JUST BEYOND THE RACE THING,
EVERYONE JUST GETS ALONG,
ANYWAY, I AM HOPING THAT WITH
THE CURRENT FEDERAL
MENSTRUATION, IN PARTICULAR THE
EXECUTIVE, THE FEDERAL TALKS, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOWED THE
BRETT KAVANAUGH, SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE CONFIRMATION PROCESS,
IN TERMS OF EITHER GENDER
EXPLOITATION, OR GENDER
UNFAIRNESS, AND RACE
UNFAIRNESS.
YOU ARE LIVING IN A DIFFERENT --
DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING,
I WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S NOT
DIFFERENT, IT'S JUST BEING
SURFACED AGAIN, SOME OF THE
STUFF HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.
BUT I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU ALL
JUST DON'T ASSUME THAT WE HAVE
THIS PROBLEM OF RACISM AND
PREJUDICE AMONGST EVEN YOUR
APPEAL -- PEER GROUP, THAT IT'S
OVER WITH, I'M HOPING THAT YOU
CAN THINK CREATIVELY, QUITE
FRANKLY YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE
BEST, THE CREAM OF THE CROP,
LEADERS IN YOUR RESPECTIVE
SCHOOLS, INDEPENDENT, AND
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I'M HOPING YOU
CAN HELP US FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN GO AND MEET WITH SOME
STUDENTS, IN LYNNWOOD, AND MAKE
SURE THEY KNOW WE ARE STRONG
AND UNITED AGAINST THAT KIND OF
BIGOTRY, IT IS STILL VERY REAL,
I DIDN'T HEAR BIGOTRY IN SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT INTEREST
YOU, BUT IT INTERESTS ME, AND
SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT.
>> YOU HAD ME AT HELLO.
>> THE REASON WHY THINK THAT
ONE OF US PARTICULARLY
ADDRESSED RACE DIRECTLY, IS
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT RACE AND
BIGOTRY IN GENERAL IS
INTERTWINED IN ALL THE ISSUES
WE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S AN
INSTITUTION THAT'S PREVALENT IN
EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR SOCIETY,
ALL OF OUR ISSUES DO HAVE RACE
INTERTWINED WITH THEM, AND THE
REASON WHY A LOT OF THE
DISPARITIES HAPPEN IS CONNECTED
TO THINGS LIKE RACE OR GENDER,
OR OTHER TYPES OF IDENTITY, I
WILL STEP BACK AND LET OTHER
COMMISSIONERS TALK, BUT I THINK
THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T DIRECTLY
LABEL RACE.>> TO ADD ON TO THAT
REALLY FAST, AS THE YOUTH
COMMISSION, WE WILL BE
SPLITTING UP IN THREE DIFFERENT
COMMITTEES, ONE OF THEM IS A RS
JI COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT EVERY ISSUE THAT WE
WILL BE LOOKING AT FROM A RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE,
IN THAT REGARD, I THINK WE ALL
RECOGNIZE THAT RACE PLAYS A
PART, LIKE LINDA SAID, AND
EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON, AND
UNFORTUNATELY RACISM IS
COMPLETELY PREVALENT IN OUR
SOCIETY, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS
THAT IN EVERY ISSUE THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> VERY TOUCHING, THANK YOU.>>>
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
PARENTS, TEACHERS AND SPONSORS
OUT HERE, YOU UNDOUBTEDLY ARE
JUST AS PROUD AS YOU CAN
POSSIBLY BE OF THE STUDENTS,
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU, YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY DONE
WELL BY THEM AND FOR THEM,
CONGRATULATIONS.
SO YOU HAVE READ THIS INTO THE
RECORD, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
BRUCE HARRELL, IF YOU DON'T
HAVE ANY DESTINY THING ELSE,
FROM THOSE,.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> NONE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUSLY,
THANK YOU ALL, AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO LOOKING WITH YOU AND
SEEING YOU AT AN UPCOMING
MEETING.
LESLIE, THANK YOU, IF YOU WILL
LEAVE THEM OUT, AND THANK YOU
FOR COMING AGAIN.>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>>> DAN DO YOU WANT TO READ AN
ITEM NUMBER 11?
COUNSEL BILL 119418, AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO START
PRESERVATION, IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE
SCHOOL, A LANDMARK DESIGNATED
BY THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION
BOARD.
>> DO WE HAVE OUR LANDMARKS
PRESERVATION BOARD REPRESENTED
HERE?
I WILL ASK YOU TO COME UP.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND INTRODUCE YOUR
GUESTS?>> ERIN DOHERTY, THE
PART OF NEIGHBORHOODS, LANDMARK
PRESERVATION BOARD.
>> KAREN YOSHITOMI, THE
JAPANESE CULTURAL AND
COMMITTEES CENTER OF
WASHINGTON.
>> JULIE --
>> BRIAN REGAN, EQUINOX
PROPERTIES.
>> CAN WE DO THE JAPANESE
SCHOOL, ITEM NUMBER 11, THEIR
EGO, JUST AS A REMINDER, I WILL
GO THROUGH AND READ ALL THESE,
THE DESIGNATION STANDARDS THAT
THE LANDMARKS BOARD CONSIDERS,
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WE REFER
TO THEM FOR EACH OF THESE THREE
LANDMARKS, IN ADDITION TO
MEETING ONE OF THE STANDARDS,
THE OBJECTS CITED, MUST HAVE
THE ABILITY TO CONVEY
SIGNIFICANCE, WE WILL START
WITH THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE
SCHOOL, LOCATED AT 1414 S.
WELLER STREET, DESIGNATED BY
THE BOARD OCTOBER 4, 2006, AND
THE NOMINATION HAD BEEN
SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE
NIKKEI HERITAGE ASSOCIATION OF
WASHINGTON.
THERE IS STILL THE STANDARDS,
AND A AND C, DESIGNATED
FEATURES, INCLUDING A PORTION
OF THE SITE, THE EXTERIORS OF
BUILDINGS ONE, TWO, THREE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SITE OUTLINED
IN RED, ADDITIONAL LOTS OWNED
BY THE PROPERTY OWNER, NOT
INCLUDED BY THE LANDMARK.
>> SO THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN
PHASES, 1922-1929, THE
ARCHITECTS OUTLINED THERE, THE
OLDEST OPERATING JAPANESE
LANGUAGE SCHOOL IN THE
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, IT
WAS ORIGINALLY EXPENDED IN
THREE PHASES, IN RESPONSE TO A
STEADY INCREASE IN THEIR
PEOPLE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE --
PUPILS, AND THE CLASSROOM
ADDITION, TO THE WEST, IN THE
1930S, BUT AS A RESULT OF THE
NATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS,
THOSE PLANS WILL HOLD.
IN FEBRUARY 1942, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FORCIBLY REMOVED
U.S. CITIZENS OF JAPANESE
ANCESTRY AND RESIDENTS OF JAPAN
LIVING IN WEST COAST STATES
FROM THEIR HOMES AND
COMMUNITIES, INCARCERATED UNTIL
1945.
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE U.S.
MILITARY SEES THE PROPERTY AND
USED IT FOR TRAINING OF AIR
FORCE MEMBERS.
FOLLOWING THE END OF THE WAR,
MANY PEOPLE FROM THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO RETURN
TO SEATTLE, BUT AS A RESULT OF
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, MANY HAD
LIVED IN THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS
FROM 1945-1957 UNTIL THEY WERE
ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES
OR FIND OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS.
STARTING THE NATE -- IN THE
LATE 1940S, THEY CREATED A
SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION
WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING
JAPANESE JAPANESE AMERICANS IN
SEATTLE, IT EVOLVED INTO THE
REPAIR OF THE BUILDING AND THE
RESTART OF THE JAPANESE THEY
WISH BUILDING, IT HAS CONTINUED
TO GROW, OVERCOMING MANY
OBSTACLES, IT HAS CONTINUED TO
BE RENOVATED AND IMPROVED, TO
INCLUDE A MUSEUM AND
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT
THE VISION OF THE JAPANESE
CULTURAL CENTER OF WASHINGTON.
AND KAREN IS HERE TO REPRESENT
THEM.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT REPORT.
IT IS SO TOUCHING, AND I
APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL
FLAVOR YOU BROUGHT TO THIS, AND
ALSO WE CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT
WE DID TO THE JAPANESE
POPULATION IN THIS COUNTRY.
>> I SKIMMED THE SURFACE.>> I
TRIED TO BOIL THINGS DOWN,
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE
TOO LONG.>> THANK YOU FOR THAT,
WE HAVE A JOINT AGENDA, I DON'T
WANT YOU TO THINK YOU ARE BEING
PRESSED, BUT THANK YOU FOR
MOVING ON.
>> FOR GENERATIONS AGO,
IMMIGRANTS ESTABLISHED THE
SEATTLE JAPANESE LANGUAGE
SCHOOL, INTENDED AS A VEHICLE
FOR TRANSMISSION OF THE
LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL VALUES.
BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WAS THE
ROLE IN FOSTERING THE GROWTH OF
THE COMMUNITY.
TODAY, WE ARE BENEFICIARIES OF
THOSE ASPIRATIONS.
WITH A SMALL STAFF, DOZENS OF
VOLUNTEERS, AND HUNDREDS OF
SUPPORTERS.
AND NO MATTER WHAT ROLE WE ALL
PLAY, WE ARE CUSTODIANS OF THAT
LEGACY.
>>> WE OPERATE A COMMUNITY
CENTER TODAY WHERE JAPANESE
LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL VALUES
REMAIN AT OUR CORE, BUT GIVEN
OUR HISTORY, AND THE HISTORY OF
JAPANESE IN AMERICA, WE ALSO
EMBRACE OUR CIVIC, AND MORAL
OBLIGATION, TO CONTRIBUTE
TOWARDS THE BETTERMENT OF THIS
COMMUNITY.
WHICH IS WHAT CONTINUES TO
GUIDE OUR EFFORTS TODAY.
I THINK THAT IS THE IMPORTANT
POINT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE,
AS A PLACE, WE HAVE THE BRICK-
AND-MORTAR, BUT THE IMPORTANCE
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL IS ALL
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED, BUT ONLY THROUGH THE
DECADES AND GENERATIONS, BUT
THE PEOPLE WHO COME TOGETHER
TODAY TO OFFER WHAT WE HAVE
LEARNED THROUGH HISTORY AND
THROUGH BUILDING COMMUNITY, TO
THEN GIVING BACK TO THAT SAME
COMMUNITY, SO TODAY I'M HERE TO
THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND
RECOGNIZING THE HISTORIC
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JAPANESE
LANGUAGE SCHOOL, BUT ALSO TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> THIS IS JUST AN OUTSTANDING
OPPORTUNITY, THE HISTORY YOU'RE
JUST BLOWN AWAY BY, MUCH OF
WHICH I HAD HEARD, BUT NOT
SEEING IT IN A WRITTEN FORM, IT
IS MY PLEASURE TO SUPPORT THIS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADD ON THIS?
I THINK THE CONTROLS WILL BE ON
AC, SO IT IS THE LOCATION.
>> THE SITE AND THE EXTERIOR OF
THE BUILDINGS, THEY HAVE A LOT
OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR
RENOVATION.
>> THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC
HERITAGE.
>> THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND
ALSO THE NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE,
IF NOT THE LOCAL SIGNIFICANT'S
-- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENTS
RELATED TO THESE BUILDINGS.
>> SINCE IT IS CLEAR THAT WE
ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE 119418,
IMPOSING CONTROLS, FOR THE
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND
LANDMARK STATUS OF THE JAPANESE
LANGUAGE SCHOOL.
>> SECOND, AND AFTER WE PASSED,
I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ABSTENTIONS.
>> I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
WRITEUPS OVER THE YEARS, THIS
úIS ONE OF THE BETTER WRITEUPS,
THE HISTORY, I LIKE IT SO MUCH,
AFTER IT IS WRITTEN UP AND WE
PASSED LEGISLATION, IT SEEMS
LIKE WE SHOULD PUT THIS
SOMEWHERE, DO SOMETHING WITH IT,
LAMINATED, SOMETHING ON SOME
WALLS.
>> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE
WHAT WE HAVE, CATHERINE KRAFT,
SHE WAS THE MAIN AUTHOR, WHO
WAS ENGAGED BY THE PROPERTY
OWNERS, TO DO THIS IN 2006.
>> THIS IS GOOD.
>> WE WILL LET HER KNOW THAT WE
APPRECIATE IT, AND I THINK WHAT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL IS
SAYING THAT WE WOULD REALLY
LIKE TO ELEVATE THIS, AS WELL.
>> IT IS ON THE WEBSITE, BUT WE
WOULD LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER
DATA
>> IT IS A GOOD WRITEUP, IT IS
WRITTEN LIKE A NOVEL, A RICH
HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD
EVEN MORE.
AND IT'S PERSONAL TO ME, TOO,
BECAUSE THE
>> THANK YOU, THIS HAS BEEN
MOVED AND APPROVED AND VOTED
ON, SO DAN, WILL YOU READ ITEM
NUMBER 12?
>> KELCE BILL 119414, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO START
PRESERVATION, IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON CANOE HOUSE,
DESIGNATED BY THE LANDMARKS
PRESERVATION BOARD.
AND THE ASU W SHOWHOUSE.>> MOST
PEOPLE REFER TO THIS AS THE
CANOE HOUSE TODAY, BUT IT WAS
FORMALLY THE ASUW, 3655 WALLA
WALLA, DESIGNATED APRIL 18 OF
THIS YEAR, UNDER STANDARDS, A,
B, C, D, F, THE BUILDING SITE,
EXTERIOR, THE BUILDING VOLUME
AND TRUST WORK, IT WAS
COMPLETED IN 1918.
DESIGNED BY ELLIE GREGORY OF
THE U.S. NAVY, AND KIND OF A
INTERESTING FOOTNOTE, MANY
PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE
SUBJECT BUILDING WAS
CONSTRUCTED BY THE NAVY AS A
SEAPLANE HANGER, AS A PORTION
OF THE CAMPUS WAS DONATED TO
THE ARMED SERVICES TO BE USED
AS A TRAINING CAMP FOR WORLD
WAR I, AND WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC
EVIDENCE OF PLANES BEING STORED
IN THE BUILDING, IT WAS VERY
SHORT-LIVED BECAUSE THE
ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED NOVEMBER
11 OF THE SAME YEAR.
SO WE ARE AT THE HUNDREDTH YEAR
ANNIVERSARY, AS WE ARE FOR THE
POLLUTION OF THE FIRST WORLD
WAR.
>> THEY PURCHASED IT FROM THE
NAVY AND CONVERTED FOR THE
MEN'S ROWING TEAM, WHO OCCUPIED
IT FROM 1919-1949, AND I THINK
YOU KNOW WHAT I'LL SAY NEXT,
THE HUSKY CREW TEAM THAT WON
THE OLYMPIC GOLD WERE TRAINED
HERE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE
BOYS THE BOAT.
>> DAN BROWN'S BOYS THE BOAT.
THE SUBJECT BUILDING HAS THE
WORKSHOP OF THE MASTER BUILDER,
GEORGE POHOCK, CUSTOM-BUILT FOR
THE GROUP OF EIGHT THAT WON IN
BERLIN BUT -- THE FLYING
FORTRESS IN THE SAME SHOP IN
WORLD WAR II, FOLLOWING THE WAR
AND THE GROWING -- THE GROWTH
OF THE ROWING PROGRAM AT UW,
HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND RENOVATED,
RELOCATED THERE, WHEN IT
CONTINUED TO BE USED FOR BOAT
RENTAL AND STORAGE, AND BECAME
KNOWN AS THE CANOE HOUSE.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO
THIS?
>> I WONDER IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR US?
>> HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET BOYS
IN THE BOAT FILLED IN SEATTLE
AND ON THE UW CAMPUS, I
UNDERSTAND LANTERN HAS ASSUMED
CONTROL, LANTERN FILMS, FROM
WEINSTEIN, AS WELL THEY SHOULD,
IT HAS TO BE FILMED HERE, WE
CAN'T LET IT GO TO BRITISH
COLUMBIA, EVEN THOUGH WE LOVE
THEM.
>> WE WILL BE AS AMENABLE AS
POSSIBLE TO GET THEM HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]>> THANK YOU, I
DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR
QUESTIONS, THIS IS A NOTABLE
FEATURE, I'M DELIGHTED THAT IT
WILL HAVE LANDMARK STATUS,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL ,
ANYTHING DAD?
>> NO QUESTIONS.
>> I WILL MOVE 119414, IMPOSING
CONTROLS ON THE CANOE HOUSE,
DESIGNATING IT AS A LANDMARK.>>
SECOND.
>> AYE . NONE OPPOSED TO KNOW
ABSTENTIONS, WE ARE GOOD.
PLEASE THE NEXT ONE.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119422, A
ORDINANCE RELATING TO HISTORIC
PRESERVATION IMPOSING CONTROLS
UPON THE EDRIS NURSES HOME.
A LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD.
>> EACH ONE OF THESE HAS A
LAYERED HISTORY, WE WILL COVER
HIGHLIGHTS, THIS IS THE FRANCIS
SKINNER EDRIS NURSES HOME, 21
21st AVENUE NORTH, THIS WAS
DESIGNATED BY THE LANDMARKS
BOARD MAY 16 OF THIS YEAR UNDER
STANDARDS C AND D, INCLUDING THE
PUTTING STITCH -- EXTERIOR ANY
PORTION OF THE SITE.
COMPLETED IN 1923, AND THE WORK
OF AHO ROBERTSON.
THE NURSES HOME WAS DESIGNED,
AS I SAY, BY ABRAHAM HORACE
ALBERTSON, A NOTABLE ARCHITECT
IN SEATTLE, THE EXTERIOR
REMAINS HIGHLY INTACT, BUT IT
IS NOT COVERED IN IVY ANYMORE,
IT'S AN ECLECTIC STYLE, WITH
THOSE FEATURES, MORE
IMPORTANTLY PERHAPS, THE
CULTURAL HISTORY, IT WAS
ORIGINALLY THE ORTHOPEDIC
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, FOUNDED IN
1907, THE INSTITUTION THAT WE
KNOW IS SEATTLE CHILDREN'S
HOSPITAL.
IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE
DEATH OF HER YOUNG SUN IN 18 98
-- 1898, SHE WAS LOOKING AT THE
HEALTHCARE BEING DIVIDED FOR
CHILDREN, AND WANTED TO BUILD
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN
SEATTLE, WHICH WE SHOULD --
WHICH SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL.
ALL CHILDREN ARE WELCOME
REGARDLESS OF THE ABILITY TO
PAY.
THE HOSPITAL'S FIRST BUILDING
WAS THE 1908 FRESH AIR HOUSE,
IN THE CITY BLOCK IN THE SOUTH
WAS PORTION.
IN 1911, THEY CONSTRUCTED A
LARGER, THREE-STORY FACILITY IN
THE EAST HALF OF THE BLOCK,
WHICH REMAINS THERE'S A DAY --
THERE TODAY.
AND FORMALLY THE HOSPITAL, AND
THE SAME PHASE, THE SECOND
PHASE OF EXPANSION FOR THE
HOSPITAL, THE EDRIS NURSES HOME
WAS COMPLETED ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN
RED, AND SERVED AS A RESIDENCE
FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
NURSING STAFF THE LIVES OF THE
CAMPUS.
IS DEDICATED TO ONE OF THE ONE
OF THE HOSPITAL TRUSTEES,
FRANCIS SKINNER EDRIS, SHE HAD
DIED SHORTLY AFTER GIVING BIRTH
TO HER OWN DAUGHTER, SO SHE IS
REMEMBERED HERE.
>> WOW.
BRIAN, WELCOME TO THE TABLE,
DOOLITTLE'S LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR INTEREST IN THIS?
>> YES, I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY,
AND IT COMES WITH A PARKING LOT
TO THE SOUTH OF IT, WHICH I'M
INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING, INTO
A APARTMENT BUILDING, BUT THE
SUBJECT BUILDING ITSELF IS VERY
COOL, I LIVE AND WORK ON QUEEN
ANNE, IT IS PRETTY NEAT TO HAVE
THESE OLD BUILDINGS LIKE THIS
PRESERVED.
AND IT IS A INTERESTING
BUILDING IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT
IS ALL CONCRETE, FOR ONE THING,
BUILT 1923, THE WALLS, FLOORS,
EVEN THE ROOF IS MADE OF
REINFORCED CONCRETE, SO THAT IS
UNUSUAL BY ITSELF, AND THE
EXTERIOR IS IN ALMOST THE SAME
CONDITION AS IT WAS BUILT IN
1923, SO IT HAS MAINTAINED
REALLY WELL, EVEN THOUGH THAT
PICTURE IT IS COVERED IN IVY,
AND SO IT IS A GREAT BUILDING
TO HAVE ON QUEEN ANNE PRESERVED,
THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE
THAT OLD, THAT ARE ALSO BEING
PRESERVED, WHICH IS GREAT, TOO.
IN THE HISTORY, LIKE ERIN WAS
SAYING, IS MULTILAYERED, THE
FACT THAT THE ORTHOPEDIC
HOSPITAL, A WOMEN'S HISTORY
THING, TOO, AND IT STILL IS
TODAY I BELIEVE, THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS IS ALL WOMEN, THIS
BUILDING WAS BUILT FOR AN ALL
WOMEN NURSING STAFF THAT HELPED
TO RUN THE CHILDREN'S
ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, SO THAT IS
ANOTHER LAYER OF THE HISTORY,
THE ARCHITECT WAS A FAMOUS
ARCHITECT AS WELL, AHO
ROBERTSON, WHO ALSO DESIGNED
THE DOWNTOWN YMCA, AND THE
CORNISH SCHOOL OF ARTS, SO --
ALSO IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT IS
HAUNTED, BUT THAT'S NOT ON THE
RECORD, NOT THE HISTORICAL
LANDMARK RECORD THOUGH.
>> MAKES IT INTERESTING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I AM KEEPING IT AS IT IS,
CURRENTLY IN OFFICE BUILDING
FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN USING IT
SINCE THE 70s FOR THAT, SO I'M
JUST GOING TO KEEP IT AS AN
OFFICE BUILDING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
DOING THAT, ANY FURTHER
QUESTIONS?
>> NO.>> NOT TO RUSH THIS, BUT
I THINK THAT IT IS REALLY
CLEAR, THIS IS A VERY GOOD
OPPORTUNITY, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WILLING TO PRESERVE IT,
AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU SAID,
A SEADEW?
>> AC DWELLING UNIT.
>> I WILL MOVE THIS FORWARD.
THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, NONE
OPPOSED, KNOW ABSTENTIONS.
THIS PASSES, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
THIS WILL ALL COME IN FRONT OF
THE FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY, I
HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT IT WILL GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR
COMING, THANK YOU TO THE UW,
AND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING ON
THE QUEEN ANNE AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE JAPANESE
LANGUAGE SCHOOL.
>>> THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS
IS THE SEATTLE ANIMAL SHELTER,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT
IN, I WILL ASK JEFF SIMS, AND
AND GRAVES, AND KARA MAIN-
HESTER.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119429, AND
ORDINANCE RELATING TO FEES
CHARGED BY THE SEATTLE ANIMAL
SHELTER.
>> JEFF, ARE YOU ON THIS BY
YOURSELF?
A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IN OUR
NOTEBOOKS.
>> SO THIS ORDINANCE MAKES IF
YOU TECHNICAL CHANGES TO A BILL
THAT WAS PASSED AS PART OF THE
BUDGET, 3 IN PARTICULAR, THEY
ALL ADDRESS TECHNICAL DETAILS,
AND CHANGES THAT WERE MADE WITH
A FEE CHARGE, OR OTHER MINOR
DETAILS LIKE THAT, YOU MIGHT GO
THROUGH PARTICULAR DETAILS.
>> IF YOU TELL US WHAT WE NEED
AND WHAT WE MISSED?
>> SO CORRECTING HOW ONE OF THE
FEES IS ROUNDED, THE SECOND ONE
IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE A CONSISTENCY IN HOW
DISCOUNTS ARE COGNITIVE FOR
SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES, AND UPDATING A
LATE FEE THAT WAS OVERLOOKED
ABOUT TWO TIMES AGO, OVERALL
THEY WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN
ABOUT $11,000 IN ADDITIONAL
REVENUE.
>> SAY THAT NUMBER.
>> $11,000.
>> NOT A MAJOR NUMBER, BUT A
IMPORTANT NUMBER FOR THE ANIMAL
SHELTER.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL, ANY
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS?
>> NO.
>> I DON'T EITHER, I WILL MOVE
THIS CAR RELATED TO FEES,
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
NONE OPPOSED, KNOW ABSTENTIONS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK,
AND I APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING
THAT YOU GAVE ME, AND THE TEAM
MEMBERS EARLIER THIS WEEK, I
FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
I THINK THAT IS IT.
>>> THE NEXT ONE IS THE ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS IN?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BEFORE WE
DIVE INTO THE ANNUAL ACTION
PLAN, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO
HAS SIGNED UP?
I WILL PUT IT AS SOON AS WE
FIND OUT IF ANYONE HAS SIGNED
UP.
NO ONE SIGNED UP, ANYBODY IN
THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO
SPEAK TO THIS?
ALL RIGHT, CONSIDER THIS PUBLIC
HEARING OPEN AND CLOSED, AND WE
HAVE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE FOLKS
FROM HUMAN SERVICES HERE, IF
YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS, AND
JEFF, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN IT
FIRST?
>> I WOULD JUST DEFER TO THEM.
>> IT IS NICE TO SEE BOTH.
>> AUDREY BUEHRING, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
AND I AM DEBRA RHINEHART.
>> WE ARE HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON
THE DRAFT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN,
ESSENTIALLY THE PLAN THAT LAKES
OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE
PROPOSE WE WILL USE FEDERAL
GRANTS FOR, AND DOES
>> HE WAS GETTING REALLY
ECHOEY.
>> THE FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT, THE
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS
PROGRAM, HOME, HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIVING
WITH AIDS, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS
GRANT, PSG, FEDERAL FUNDS, A
REQUIREMENT FROM THE HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED THE FIVE-YEAR
CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR 2018-2022,
AND THIS PLAN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT TODAY REPRESENTS THE
SECOND YEAR OF THE ALLOCATION
COVERED BY THE CONSOLIDATED
PLAN, SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FOR PRIOR
EDERAL WARD EXPENDITURES, THEY
HAVE NOT NOTIFIED US ABOUT THE
ACTUAL WORD AMOUNT, BUT WE HAVE
WORK THAT NEEDS TO BEGIN BEFORE
THE NOTIFICATION, AS A REMINDER,
SEE ADOPTED FEDERAL GRANT
REVENUES AS PART OF THE FEDERAL
BUDGET PROCESS.
>> AND THAT WAS $17 MILLION,
AND THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL $8
MILLION FOR 2019?>> THESE ARE
THE PROPOSED REVENUES THAT WE
ARE BASING ON THE AWARD
PROSPECTS THAT WERE ADOPTED IN
THE CITY BUDGET, BUT WE DON'T
HAVE THE HUD FINAL AWARD
ALLOCATION.
>> THE AGENCY WILL COME BACK
WHEN THE FEDERAL BUDGET IS
COMPLETE, AND THEY NOTIFY US OF
THE ACTUAL AWARD AMOUNT, AND WE
WILL PRESENT A REVISED 2019
ACTION PLAN -- PLAN, AND ADOPTS
THE DUSTY ADOPTED CITY BUDGET
AS NEEDED.
I WILL TURN IT YOU ARE RESIDENT
EXPERT, DEBRA RHINEHART, TO
WATCH YOU THROUGH -- TO WALK
YOU THROUGH SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
>> THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF AN ODD
SITUATION, WE WOULD NORMALLY
COME WITH YOU TO ADOPT THE 2019
ACTION PLAN, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE
SO LATE IN CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
APPROVAL, AND HUD HAS GIVEN US
CONTINUAL INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO
SUBMIT IT UNTIL WE HAVE THE
FINAL AWARD ALLOCATION NUMBERS
FROM THEM, WE ARE COMING BEFORE
THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE PROPOSE TO YOU HOW WE THINK
WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THIS
MONEY, BUT WE KNOW WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO COME BACK WITH AND
AMEND THIS WILL BE ACTUALLY GO
TO AWARD DOLLARS.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES, AND WE
HOPE WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT
SIGNIFICANT DECREASES.
CONGRESS HAS EXTENDED THE
CONTINUING RESOLUTION FOR THE
FEDERAL BUDGET THROUGH DECEMBER
21, WE KNOW AMONG THE BILLS
THAT ARE ALREADY BEING
APPROVED, IT INCLUDES THE
TRANSPORTATION HUD BILL, IT IS
NOT APPROVED, THE SEVENTH BILL
THAT IS AWAITING APPROVAL IS OF
COURSE FOR THE NATIONAL
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT,
WHICH INVOLVES THE ISSUE OF
BUILDING THE WALL, SO
EVERYTHING IS ON HOLD
BASICALLY.
>> I KNOW WE ARE ALL READING
NEWSPAPERS, AND HEARING WHAT
OUR FAVORITE NEWS CHANNEL IS
OFFERING, DO YOU HAVE ANY
INSIDE INFORMATION WE SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT?
>> WE ARE TRACKING WITH THE
NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION AS CLOSELY AS
POSSIBLE, AND I FORWARD THAT ON
TO MY LEADERSHIP, THAT IS WHERE
I'M GETTING THIS READ FROM, IS
THAT THE ANTICIPATION IS THAT
THERE IS STRONG SUPPORT FOR A
COMMUNITY GRANT IN PARTICULAR,
THE HOME FUNDING IS DEEMED
MOVING FORWARD AND PROGRESSING,
THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND
AFFORDABILITY IS SUCH A HUGE
ISSUE BACK HOME FOR MOST OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES, THAT IS NOT AS
LIKELY TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY
CHANGED, IT IS ALL A MATTER OF
GETTING THE PACKAGES OUT OF
CONGRESS, IN SOME KIND OF
TIMELY WAY, AND OF COURSE HUD
HAS TO TAKE IT, APPLY THE
FORMULA GRANTS PROSPECT,
TELLING ENTITLEMENTS HOW MUCH
MONEY ARE YOU GETTING FOR EACH
OF YOUR 4 POTS WHEN YOU GET IT,
SO WE ARE WAY DOWN THE ROAD,
HOWEVER, IT IS CRITICAL TO COME
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, AND HAVE
A PUBLIC HEARING HELD, BECAUSE
IN ORDER FOR US TO START
EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD
EVENTUALLY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR
THAT GRANT FUNDING, WE HAVE TO
HAVE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC,
THIS IS HOW WE ARE THINKING
ABOUT SPENDING THE MONEY, TO
THAT END, WE GET THE FUNDING,
WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING IT ON
CURRENT PRIORITIES, REFLECTED
THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN,
AND THEY GO TO HOMELESS
PREVENTION AND SERVICES,
DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
HOME REPAIRS, CASH ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FOR BUSINESSES, JOB
TRAINING, PARKS IMPROVEMENTS,
DONE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
PARKS, AND MOST RECENTLY,
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT
ASSISTANCE, AND A LOT OF
COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS.>>>
THE DETAILS BY DEPARTMENT WERE
INCLUDED IN YOUR BRIEFING MEMO
AS AN ATTACHED TABLE.
WE WILL BE COMING BACK, SO
ASSUMING WE DON'T GET A DRASTIC
INCREASE, OR A DRASTIC DECREASE,
THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE AS
THEY WERE ADOPTED AS PART OF
THE CITY BUDGET PROCESS
PROBABLY WON'T CHANGE MUCH.
>> WOULD YOU EXPECT IT TO COME
BACK?
>> THE $64,000 QUESTION, WE ARE
HOPEFUL THAT CONGRESS WILL
CHOOSE NOT TO KEEP ADDING ON
CONTINUING RESOLUTIONS, AND AT
LEAST THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS
WILL COME IN JANUARY, THEN IT
TAKES THREE OR FOUR MONTHS FOR
THE REST OF THE PROCESS TO
CONTINUE THROUGH, WE ARE
HOPEFUL WE WILL GET SIGNALS BY
THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
>> VERY GOOD, AUDREY, DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO
ADD?
>> LEFT DAD.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL.
AND THIS IS JUST A BRIEFING, I
KNOW WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN,
HOPEFULLY SOON.
AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH WHAT
YOU'VE DONE AUDREY AND YOUR
DEPARTMENT IN HELPING US
UNDERSTAND HOW THESE INVESTMENTS
WILL BE MADE, AND HOW MUCH
REVENUE WE CAN EXPECT.>> THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.>>>
ITEM NUMBER 16.
>> 119421, ORDINANCE RELATING
TO EMPLOYMENT, COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE FOURTH
QUARTER 2018 EMPLOYMENT
ORDINANCE.
>> I THINK OUR HUMAN RESOURCE
DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE TAKING FOR
THE CENTRAL STAFF, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR HELP.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SARAH, ONCE EVERYBODY IS
SETTLED, IF YOU WILL START
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> SARAH BUTLER, SD HR POLICY
AND LEGISLATION ADVISOR.
>> BRENT MEYER , ANALYST.
>> LISA GARDNER . PROGRAM
MANAGER.
>> PATRICIA,WOULD YOU LIKE TO
KICK IT OFF?>> CERTAINLY, MUST
APPROVE ANY POSITION THAT IS
CHANGED FROM A CIVIL SERVICE TO
A NON-CIVIL SERVICE POSITION, I
BELIEVE THAT'S THE FIRST ITEM,
AND THEY MUST ALSO APPROVE ANY
CHANGES IN BENEFITS.>> THANK
YOU, WHOEVER IS LEADING US
THROUGH THIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
START?
>> I WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH
SECTION 1, IT DESIGNATES NINE
POSITIONS, SEVEN ARE FILLED AND
2 ARE VACANT.
>> AND THE 2 THAT ARE VACANT, I
THINK ASKED ALREADY, ARE WE OUT
FOR APPLICATIONS, WHAT IS THE
STATUS OF THOSE?
>> ACTUALLY, ONE POSITION WILL
BE FILLED IN THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
AFTER THIS IS PASSED AND SIGNED
BY THE MAYOR, THE OTHER
POSITION ACTUALLY WAS FILLED
BETWEEN THE TIME THAT IT WAS
REVIEWED AND THIS ORDINANCE, SO
IT IS CURRENTLY NOW A FILLED
POSITION.
>> OKAY, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS YESTERDAY, WHAT IS FILLED,
WE HAVE 4 IN SD HR, HUMAN
RESOURCES, WE HAVE THE ONE
STRATEGIC ADVISOR, OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND
SEATTLE I.T.
FILLED?
>> YES, ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS
ARE FILLED, AS YOU EXPLAINED.
>> THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT IS
$32,000?
>> THAT IS GREAT, $32,914, THE
COST WILL BE ABSORBED BY THE
DEPARTMENTS.
>> WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO
KNOW?
>> I WILL GO FORWARD TO SECTION
2, AN UPDATE TO SM C, MERELY AN
UPDATE OF THE TABLE IN THE
CODE, TO SHOW THAT THE REASON
DESIGNATION OF THE PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT, TWO SENIOR.
-- GOING TO SENIOR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE --
>> ONE MORE SECTION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
>> THE LAST SECTION IN THE
ORDINANCE IS AMENDING SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE ON COMPUTATION
OF SICK LEAVE, TYING UP SOME
LOOSE ENDS AROUND
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW SICKLEAVE
LAWS THAT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR.
WHAT WE HAVE REQUIRED BY
EXTERNAL LAWS IS A SICK LEAVE
ACCRUAL RATE OF .034 ON HOURS
WORKED, WHAT THE CITY PROVIDES
TO ITS EMPLOYEES, IS .046 ON
ALL HOURS PAID, FOR THE MOST
PART, IT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW, BUT
THERE ARE SOME EMPLOYEES THAT
WORK LARGE AMOUNTS OF OVERTIME
THAT NEED TO BE COMPENSATED
WITH ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE, AND
THAT CLEANS THAT UP.
>> AND DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE
ON HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO
COST?
>> IN THE BALLPARK OF $50,000 A
YEAR CITYWIDE.
>> PATRICIA, WHAT ELSE DO I
NEED TO KNOW?
>> I THINK YOU ARE GOOD.
>> ANYTHING ELSE THAT SLIPPED
IN THE CRACKS?
>> I DON'T THINK SO.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
119421, THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
>> AYE.
>> IT UNANIMOUSLY PASSES, TAKE
YOU FOR THE HELP, YOU FOR
GIVING ME A PRE-BRIEFING, IT
WAS VERY HELPFUL.
>>> ITEM 17, THE ONE WE HAVE
BEEN WAITING FOR.>> COUNSEL
BILL 119425, AND ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING IN 2018, ACCEPTANCE
OF FUNDING FROM NON-CITY
SOURCES.
>> EXCUSE ME FOR ONE SECOND, WE
ARE SPENDING A MOMENT HERE.
TAKE A LITTLE BREAK.
>> THE PRESENTERS, ARE THEY
HERE?
THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM
NON-CITY SOURCES.
>> YOU ALREADY READ INTO THE
RECORD?
UNTIL THE CHAIR RETURNS, WE
WOULD JUST TEE IT UP.
>> THANK YOU FOR FILIBUSTERING.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE FIRST
ACCEPTING SOME FUNDING, AND
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS IN,
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY?
WELCOME.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, HE'S GOING TO KICK THIS
OFF?
>> THAT WOULD BE ME, 119425 AND
19430, ITEMS 1718 TOGETHER FORM
THE FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
PACKAGE FOR 2018, WE WILL GO
THROUGH THE GRANT ORDINANCE
FIRST, 119425, IT WOULD
AUTHORIZE DEPARTMENTAL AIR --
ACCEPTANCE OF 29 GRAMS,
INCLUDING A DONATION AND ONE
LOAN.
TABLE 2 ON PAGES TWO OR -- TWO
AND 3 OF THE STAFF MEMO, AND I
HAVE ADDITIONAL COPIES IF THAT
HELPS YOU.
SOMETIMES PAPERS ANNOYING.
[ LAUGHTER ] TABLE 2 PAGES TWO
AND 3, THIS THE GRANTS LOANS
OVER $100,000, AND MOST OF THE
OTHERS THAT WERE RECEIVED ARE
LESS THAN $50,000, YOU CAN FIND
ALL 45 GRANTS OF ATTACHMENT ONE
TO THE SUMMARY AND FISCAL NOTE.
I HAVE COPIES OF THAT ALSO IF
YOU WOULD LIKE, I KNOW THAT'S A
LOT OF PAPERS.
I WILL ASK ABOUT ONE .37.
>> I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A
COUPLE OF THE ITEMS, THE BIGGER
TICKET ITEMS, YOU WILL SEE THAT
THERE IS A $950,000 DONATION
FROM THE SEATTLE PARKS
FOUNDATION, TWO SUPPORT THE
WATERWAY PARK IMPROVEMENTS, A
$25 MILLION LOAN FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY TO MOVE
THE DESIGN FORWARD FOR THE SHIP
CANAL WATER DESIGN PROGRAM,
RATHER THAN HAVING THE CITY TO
THE BONDING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
SAVE A LITTLE BIT FINANCING
COSTS THAT WAY.>>> THERE IS
EXPANDED OUTRAGE -- OUTREACH.
SIGNIFICANT TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR MULTIPLE
DRAINAGE PRODUCTS IN THE SOUTH
PARK AREA, WHICH IS HAD ONGOING
FLOODING ISSUES.
SBU IS PROVIDING SOME
ADDITIONAL STAFF AND OUTREACH
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO
THE COMMUNITY, AND YOU HAD ASKED
COUNCILMEMBER BEGSHAW, TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS SOPHISTICATED, OR
ENOUGH EXPERTISE TO BE ABLE TO
GET THE MESSAGES OUT TO PEOPLE
WITH LIMITED ENGLISH, SO WE
HAVE MADE THAT OUTREACH.
>> I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
DURING THE BUDGET, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, THERE ARE A LOT OF
FOLKS THERE, THAT FEET -- THAT
ENGLISH IS NOT THE FIRST
LANGUAGE, AND HAVING DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS HELP WITH
OUTREACH MAKES A TON OF SENSE.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
AND SPU FOR COORDINATING.
>>> THE NEXT COUPLE OF ITEMS
ARE THE GRANTS TO SEATTLE FIRE
AND SEATTLE PLEASE, THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT GRANTS, NEW
FUNDING CYCLES FROM EXISTING
GRANT SOURCES, YOU WILL SEE A
PORT SECURITY GRANT, SEVERAL
FEMA FUNDED GRANTS.
NOT GETTING REIMBURSED FOR SOME
CODE COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE ON
THE NORTH LINK WORK THEY ARE
DOING.
THERE IS FIVE $20 MILLION GOING
úTO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, THESE ARE
ONGOING FUNDING CYCLES, THERE
IS A NEW GRIN HERE THAT YOU
WILL SEE FOR COMPREHENSIVE
OPIOID ABUSE SITE-BASED
PROGRAMS, AND A SMALL GRANT,
THE TASK FORCE, DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE MONEY, IT IS PASSED
THROUGH PRICE, WE DO HAVE GREG
HERE TO ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS.
>> THAT IS THE ONE I AM
INTERESTED IN, GREG, IF YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT IT, THIS IS ON OUR
PAGE 3 OF THE STAFF MEMO, AT
THE BOTTOM, ONE .37, THERE IS A
LOT OF CONCERN, RIGHT LISA --
RIGHTLY SO ABOUT ICE, AND WE
WOULDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT MONEY
FROM MY CIVIC COMES WITH
HANDCUFFS.>> THANK YOU, GREG
DOSS, COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF, AS
LISA MENTIONED, THE GRANT FROM
ICE IS A PASS-THROUGH GRANT,
AND MORE A FUNCTION OF
ORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, RATHER THAN ANY
KIND OF NEXUS WITH IMMIGRATION,
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY HOUSES ICE, AND WITHIN
THAT IS HSI BORDER SECURITY,
THAT IS WHERE WE GET THE
FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM, HSI
BORDER SECURITY.
AND SO THE MISSION OF THAT
ORGANIZATION IS TO COMBAT
VERSIONS -- EMERGING CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL
BORDER CROSSING CRIME, AND AN
EXAMPLE WAS IN MARCH OF THIS
YEAR, THERE WAS 315 POUNDS OF
METHAMPHETAMINES WAS
CONFISCATED DURING A BUST ON
ITS WAY TO CANADA, THIS IS THE
ACTIVITY THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES IN, NO
NEXUS AT ALL TO IMMIGRATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THAT PRETTY MUCH COMPLETES MY
ROOFING ON THE GRANT ORDINANCE,
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, OR
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE IN
THIS ITEM?
FOR US, BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT?
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW?
>> NO FURTHER COMMENTS OF THAT.
>> I WILL MOVE 119425,
AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF
THIS FUNDING.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FORCALLING ATTENTION TO THIS
ITEM, ONE .37, I AM STILL
CONCERNED, GIVEN THE
ADMINISTRATION, AND THEE MISS
CATEGORIZATION OF IMMIGRANTS
AND REFUGEES CROSSING BORDERS,
AND THE TIE WITH THIS BEING
LINKED TO OTHER LEGAL
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DRUGS
CROSSING THE BORDER, I REMAIN
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
COUNCILMEMBER, EITHER IN TERMS
OF ONGOING INFORMATION, WHAT
WOULD HELP?
>> ONE OF THE ISSUES I SUGGEST,
IS BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM
THE FEDS ABOUT HOW THIS WILL BE
FIRE WALLED OFF FROM ANY OF THE
WORK THEY CURRENTLY DO WITH
ICE, DETENTION, DEPORTATIONS
ETC., I KNOW WE ARE IN THE
MIDST OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
BETTER WAYS TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITY OVERALL, FOR ME, I
WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM VOTING
ON THIS, BUT I WANTED TO
CONTINUE TO FLAG THAT EVEN
THOUGH WE HAVE REASON TO
BELIEVE THIS IS NOT CONNECTED
TO ANY IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE
ASSISTANCE, JUST THE WAY THIS
DEMONSTRATION CATEGORIZES THE
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE, CONTINUES
TO BE OF CONCERN FOR ME.>>
ANYTHING ELSE.
-- ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I WILL VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY,
BUT BE PREPARED TO HELP US DEAL
WITH QUESTIONS ON THIS $90,000
PLUS.
>> THE LAST THING I CAN TELL
YOU IS THAT THIS IS A
REIMBURSEMENT, SO THIS IS FOR
ACTIVITIES THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAVE ALREADY SPENT
ON THIS TASK FORCE, I WILL GET
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT
THE EXACT THINGS.
>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS
WELL, AND THE COUNCILMEMBERS
POINT IS ONE THAT I SHARE, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S
NOT SOME FINE PRINT THERE, THAT
WE ARE GOING TO BE STRUGGLING
WITH, OR THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT SAYS YOU ACCEPTED
OUR $90,000, NOW WE EXPECT YOU
TO DO X.
>> ABSOLUTELY, I DID ASK THAT
QUESTION OF THE DEPARTMENT,
WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE ANY
TIES TO POLICIES AROUND
IMMIGRATION THAT WOULD BE
OBLIGATED TO COMPLY WITH, THE
ANSWER IS NO, BUT I WILL GET
MORE INFORMATION.
>> CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.
BEEN?
>> THE MAYOR HAS THE SAME
CONCERNS, WHAT DOES SPD DO IN
COORDINATION WITH THIS.
THAT IS IN OUR CONTROL.
-- BEN?
>> THE POLICIES, IT IS
APPROPRIATE, AND IT PRECLUDES
OFFICERS FROM ENGAGING IN ANY
ACTIVITIES, ASKING QUESTIONS
ABOUT IMMIGRATION STATUS AND
THE LIKE, THE MAYOR AGAIN, THE
EXECUTIVE IS CONCERNED, AT THE
SAME TIME, PER THE EXAMPLES
THAT WERE CITED, DRUG ISSUES,
HUMAN TRAFFICKING ISSUES, THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER, WE ARE A
SITE FOR THESE SORTS OF
ACTIVITIES, WE CAN'T HIDE FROM
THAT EITHER, BUT THE CONCERNS
ARE ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE, WE
WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION.
>> I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE
MAYOR AND ALL OF YOU ON THE
TEAM SHARE OUR CONCERNS, IF YOU
JUST KEEP US INFORMED AS THIS
GOES, IF YOU HAVE A SNIFF OF
ANYTHING THAT MAKES US WORRIED,
LET'S ADDRESS THAT AS FAST AS
WE CAN.
I HAVE ALREADY MOVED IT.
>> SECOND.
>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. AYE.
OPPOSE, ABSTENTIONS?
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
WALKING ME THROUGH THIS.
>> A GOOD WRITEUP, THANK YOU
FOR LAYING THAT OUT NEATLY.
>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 18.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119430, SHORT
TITLE, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
ORDINANCE 125493, WHICH AMENDED
THE 20 TEAM BUDGET ORDINANCE
125475, INCLUDING THE 2018-2023
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
>> WHO IS KICKING THIS ONE OFF?
>> THAT WILL BE ME AGAIN.
LISE KAYE, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> 119430 IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET ORDINANCE, THE
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 2018 BUDGET,
INCLUDING EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY
TO USE THE GRANTS THAT WE JUST
DISCUSSED, THE BILL BEFORE YOU
IS A CORRECTED VERSION, THE
REVISIONS, THE POSITION OF
AUTHORITY, THE CITY ATTORNEY,
FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF HOUSING,
THE STRATEGIC ADVISOR FOR THE
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY,
I WILL COVER THOSE A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL LATER ON.
THE REVISED VERSION CORRECTS AN
ERROR IN THE PENSION COSTS
RELATIVE TO THE NEW CONTRACT,
WE WILL GO OVER THAT IN A FEW
MINUTES, IN MORE DETAIL.
BECAUSE THIS LEGISLATION
INCREASES THE BUDGET, IT WILL
REQUIRE THREE QUARTERS OF THE
COUNCIL, JUST A HEADS UP, WHEN
IT COMES TO COUNSEL ON MONDAY,
IT WILL REQUIRE THREE QUARTERS
APPROVAL.
>> WE KNOW THAT THREE OF OUR
COLLEAGUES ARE OUT, ONE ON
MEDICAL LEAVE, TO OTHERS ARE
EXCUSED, DO WE NEED TO DO
ANYTHING SPECIAL TODAY TO
APPROVE HAVING A VOICE WOULD ON
MONDAY?
>> THAT WOULD BE DONE WITH A
SUSPENSION OF THE RULES MONDAY
MORNING.>> VERY GOOD.
>>> TABLE 1 ON PAGE 1, SHOWS
THE FOURTH-QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR
OPERATIONS, INCLUSIVE
TRANSFERS, FUNDS, TOTALING
APPROXIMATELY $85.5 MILLION,
$18 MILLION OF WHICH DRAWS FROM
THE GENERAL FUND, AND
INCREASING CAPITAL FUNDS BY
$17.6 MILLION.
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS GENERAL
FUND, IF YOU TAKE THE GRANT AND
ANY TRANSFERS, THE LEGISLATION
IS AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS
OF ABOUT $6 MILLION FROM THE
GENERAL FUND.
>>> IF YOU LOOK AT TABLE 3 ON
PAGES FOUR AND 5 OF THE STAFF
MEMO, YOU WILL SEE THE LIST OF
THE NEW OPERATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE NOT
BACKED BY NEW REVENUE SOURCES,
AND FOR EASE OF YOUR REVIEW, WE
HAVE DIVIDED INTO THREE
CATEGORIES, ONGOING PROGRAMS,
HUMAN RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL,
AND OPERATIONS MAY AND SEND
EQUIPMENT.
LOOKING AT THE FIRST SECTION,
WHICH IS ONGOING PROGRAMS, THE
TWO LARGEST APPROPRIATIONS ARE
FOR A TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY,
ABOUT $5 MILLION, AND
REIMBURSEMENT TO KING COUNTY
CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT
WITH KING COUNTY FOR ABOUT $1.5
BILLION.
-- $1.5 BILLION -- MILLION.
>>> WE DIDN'T SEE ANY MAJOR
POLICY ISSUES HERE, THERE ARE
úTHREE ITEMS TOTALING $6.6
MILLION FOR THE SEATTLE
EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM,
ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING
THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM.
THE PENSION ADMINISTRATION
PROJECT, $13 MILLION FOR
HEALTHCARE FUND INCREASES, THAT
IS REFLECTING CLAIMS THAT CAME
IN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED, BUT
THE EXECUTIVE HAS TOLD US THERE
ARE QUITE SUFFICIENT RESERVES
TO COVER THIS, AND THIS IS NOT
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
THERE IS ALSO SOME $.46 MILLION
IN RETROACTIVE POLICE FUND
OPERATIONS.
-- $7.46 MILLION. THE COUNCIL
APPROPRIATE A $3.86 MILLION
INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND
PENSION COSTS WHEN YOU APPROVE
THE CONTRACT, BUT THE
APPROPRIATION LANGUAGE WASN'T
STRUCTURE CORRECTLY.
SO ONE OF THESE AMENDMENTS
WOULD FIX THAT, ADDITIONALLY,
THE $3.6 BILLION IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL REFLECTS NEW
APPROPRIATION OF PENSION FUND
BALANCE THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN
THE ORDINANCE.
>> A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT IF I
MIGHT, THE PENSION COSTS ON THE
POLICE SIDE WERE ANTICIPATED AS
PART OF THE NEGOTIATING PROCESS
WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED,
WE HAVE THE RESERVES TO COVER
THESE, AND THEY WERE
ANTICIPATED.
SIMILARLY, RETIRING SYSTEM
COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR
APPROPRIATIONS, WE ARE
ANTICIPATING, WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THE EXACT BILL WOULD BE,
OR THE TIMING WAS GOING TO HIT,
THE PROJECT IS COMING IN
SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGET, NOT
MEANINGFULLY, BUT AGAIN, NOT A
SURPRISE, THE HEALTHCARE NUMBER
STANDS OUT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND, WE SELF-INSURE FOR
HEALTHCARE, THE ANNUAL BILLS IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $250
MILLION, $30 MILLION IS LARGE,
ROUGHLY 5%, WE'VE HAD A
SLIGHTLY MORE EXPENSIVE YEAR
THAN WE ANTICIPATED, BUT AGAIN,
IT ONLY TAKES A FEW LARGE
CLAIMS, FROM THE INDIVIDUALS
WITH HER FAMILY MEMBERS, TO
SHIFT THOSE COSTS ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER, AS A RESULT, KNOWING
THAT THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT
VARIANCE OF THOSE COSTS, WE DO
HAVE BUILT-IN RESERVES, AND WE
AVE AGAIN THE RESERVES TO
COVER -- COVER THESE COSTS, AND
WE ANTICIPATE REBUILDING THOSE
RESERVES, AS PART OF THE
INTERNAL RATE PROCESS.
>> WE HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION
ABOUT THIS, WHO IS IN CHARGE
WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO
SEE IF WE ARE REDUCING OUR
HEALTHCARE COSTS?
I KNOW THE COUNTY HAS BEEN
DOING SOMETHING FOR THE LAST
DECADE AND A HALF, BUT I DON'T
KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THAT?
>> A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
BUDGET OFFICE AND HUMAN
RESOURCES, A TEAM OF FOLKS HAVE
BEEN WORKING, DOESN'T MATTER
THE NAMES, BUT SPENDING A LOT
OF TIME OF THIS ISSUE, WE HELP
MANAGE THOSE COSTS WITH THE
UNIONS, AND WE SHARE THE IMPACT
OF THOSE COSTS, LOOKING AT
ROLLING OUT SOME NEW WAYS TO
TRY TO HELP MANAGE COSTS,
PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING EXTENDED
AND EXPENSIVE EPISODES OF
ILLNESS, A TARGETED PROGRAM
WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE A
RESOURCE AND ADVOCATE TO HELP
EVIDENCE, GOOD EVIDENCE, OTHER
PLACES THAT THOSE KIND OF
ADVOCATE ASSISTANCE CAN HELP
REDUCE COSTS BY HELPING TO
BETTER COORDINATE THEM,
SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING AT
ROLLING OUT.
>> I AM INTERESTED IN
PREVENTION PROGRAMS, MANY
ORGANIZATIONS I THINK, KING
COUNTY, THEY HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUAL
EMPLOYEES, GOLD, SILVER,
BRONZE, CERTAIN COMMITMENTS
THAT THEY MAY, WHETHER IT IS
STOPPING SMOKING, JOINING
WEIGHT ROGERS -- WEIGHT
WATCHERS, IT HAS TURNED OUT FOR
MY UNDERSTANDING, THE
DOCUMENTABLE IMPACTS, THAT THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE COSTS
THROUGH EARLY PREVENTION.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT
THE RECOMMENDATION HAS COME
FORWARD, THE MECHANISM I
DESCRIBED, A VARIETY OF TOOLS,
I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY IF
THAT WAS AMONG THEM, THAT WE
WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TALK ABOUT THE RANGE OF OPTIONS
AND WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO
IMPLEMENT.
>> MAYBE YOU COULD TUCK THAT
INTO THE WORKPLAN, SOMETIME IN
THE FIRST QUARTER, COME BACK
AND TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT WE
ARE DOING, WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE,
WHETHER WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE
HEALTH OUTCOMES AND REDUCE COST.
>>> WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE?
BIGGER THE LAST CATEGORY ON
THIS TABLE 3 IS OPERATIONS,
MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT
CHANGES, AND THE LARGEST COSTS
ARE DEPARTMENTAL COMPUTER
PURCHASE, AND MONEY THAT THE
DEPARTMENTS REIMBURSE SEATTLE
I.T.
FOUR, SO IT IS BASIC OPERATIONS
COSTS.>> DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION?
>> TO HELP EXPLAIN SOME
BUDGETING STUFF, ON THE
COMPUTER SIDE, THIS IS NOT
ACTUALLY NEW MONEY, DEPARTMENTS
HAVE THIS MONEY, THEY'RE GOING
TO GIVE IT TO I.T.
TO USE IT TO GO BY COMPUTERS,
AS A RESULT, IN THE RULES OF
THE GAME, I.T.
NEEDS THE BUDGET AUTHORITY,
THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL
AUTHORITY TO SPEND THE MONEY,
FROM YOU, THEY CANNOT, IT IS
NOT NEW MONEY, BUT DEPARTMENTS
THAT HAVE THE RESOURCES. NOT
UNSURPRISINGLY, TOWARDS THE
YEAR-END, TO MAKE EQUIPMENT
PURCHASES, THEN WE NEED TO GIVE
I.T.
THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THEIR
MONEY.
>> WHAT IS OUR TOTAL NUMBER
WHEN WE ADD ALL OF THIS UP?
THE ONE SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE,
THE SUMMARY DOESN'T HAVE A
TOTAL AT THE BOTTOM LINE.
>> AT PAGE 1 OF THE STAFF MEMO
THERE, THE TOTAL OPERATING
BUDGET, THE APPROPRIATION
INCREASES THAT WERE NOT BACKED
BY NEW REVENUE, ABOUT $39.7
MILLION.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> I WOULD JUST COVER A COUPLE
MORE OF THE TABLES, I BELIEVE
WE HAVE THREE AMENDMENTS FOR
YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY, TABLE
4 SHOWS THE CAPITAL
APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE PUT
FORWARD IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL,
THEY TOTAL ABOUT 17 POINTS
EXPLAIN DOLLARS, THE BILL WOULD
CREATE 2 NEW CIP PROJECTS, AND
CITY LIGHT DEMAND MANAGEMENT
PROGRAMS, IN PART A KEY
PRIORITY IN IMPLEMENTING THE
STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE BILL WILL ALSO PERPETRATE
MONEY FOR THE PREVIOUSLY
DESCRIBED GRANT PROJECTS, AND
REOPEN 8 SPU PROJECTS TO HELP
THEM DEAL WITH THE ACCOUNTING
ISSUES.
>> WE'VE GOT THEIR BEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICE PROGRAM,
AND IT COMBINES TWO OVER --
OVERFLOW STORAGE, GENESEE,
THORNTON CREEK, MERCER CORONER,
JUST MAKING SURE -- MERCER
CORRIDOR.
RESERVOIR COVERING.
AND MORSE LAKE.
>> ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS A
REQUEST FOR $3 MILLION FROM
FINANCE AND ADMINISTER THE
SERVICES, THEY WENT BACK AND
SCRUBBED THAT NUMBER, AND NOTED
THAT THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE
RANGE OF $2 MILLION.
I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT
TO REDUCE THAT APPROPRIATION.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT, OR DID YOU HAVE
OTHER THINGS IT WOULD TALK
ABOUT?
>> -- YOU WOULD LIKE TO
DISCUSS?
FIGURE I THOUGHT WE WOULD GO
THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND
THEN TALK ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS.
MAY BE ABOUT 1 MINUTE AWAY.
>> REAL?, THIS EXPENDITURE IS A
LOT LIKE THE I.T.
ONE, DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE
RESOURCE, TYPICALLY LOOKING TO
DO MINOR REMODEL TYPE STUFF, AT
AN OFFICE, PICK UP SOME
CUBICLES, SOME SPACE IMPROVEMENT
TYPES OF THINGS, WE HAVE THE
RESOURCES, THEY WILL BE THE ONE
THAT EXECUTES THE WORK, THEY
NEED THE BUDGET AUTHORITY TO
SPEND OTHER DEPARTMENT MONEY,
IT IS NOT AN INCREASE IN TOTAL
RESOURCES, BUT GIVING THE
APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT THE
AUTHORITY TO SPEND THE MONEY.
>> THIS IS JUST MY AREA, I WAS
ANTICIPATING QUESTIONS THERE.
>>> I WOULD JUST MOVE ON FROM
THE CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS THEN,
AS WITH OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL
BILLS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN, A
NUMBER OF TRANSFERS THAT DON'T
INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY, THE SAME FUN, OR
BETWEEN FUNDS, I CAN GO OVER
THOSE IF YOU WANT TO, THEY'RE
PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZED IN THE
STAFF MEMO.
>> WHY DON'T YOU JUST BRIEFLY
TOUCH ON THEM, THEN WE WILL
MOVE ON TO THE AMENDMENTS.
>> CERTAINLY, WITH THE
TRANSFERS, THERE ARE SEVEN OF
THEM WITHIN THE SAME FUN, HALF
$1 MILLION FOR THE JUDGMENT
CLAIMS FUND, UNFORESEEN
EXPENSES, ONE LINE ITEM TO
ANOTHER, 2 TRANSFERS WITHIN
SEATTLE I.T., TO CORRECTLY
ALIGN THE PROJECT BUDGETS, SOME
REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE
ROCKEFELLER GRANT, THE OFFICE
OF SUSTAINABILITY HAD FOR
$415,000, BEING TRANSFERRED TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF POLICY
AND INNOVATION, AND 2 TRANSFERS
WITHIN SPD FOR THAT FAMILY
INSTITUTE AND EXAM COSTS, AND
FINALLY TRANSFERS FROM FINANCE
GENERAL TO PAY THE DEPARTMENTS
FOR PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.>>
THOSE ARE WITHIN THE SAME FUN.
SO WE ARE NOT SCRAPING BY FOR
NEW REVENUES?
>> NOT INCREASING THE BOTTOM
LINE IS ALL.>> OKAY.
AND BETWEEN FUNDS, ONE OF THEM
IS A BIG TICKET ITEM, AND ERIC
MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS
POINT, $29 MILLION, TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE USING TAXABLE
BOND PROCEEDS FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
>> WHAT IS THE APPLICATION OF
THAT?>> THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED
PREVIOUSLY, AND THE CITY HAS
BEEN ISSUING BONDS AGAINST A
$29 MILLION PERMITTED AMOUNT TO
SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION BY OTHER ENTITIES,
IT IS NOT A PERMITTED USE FOR
TAX-FREE MUNICIPAL BONDS, THE
PROCEEDS THIS -- JUST NEED TO
BE KEPT IN ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS,
SO THE DOLLARS DON'T MINGLE,
THAT'S ALL.
>> THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE $29
MILLION THAT WE DEALT WITH TWO
BUDGET CYCLES AGO?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
>> AND A NUMBER OF NET ZERO
TRANSFERS WITHIN CITY LIGHT,
THE WATERFRONT, AND S -- SDOT.
THE THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM, THE EXECUTIVE -- STATES
THAT THEY HAVE MET THE TERMS OF
THAT PROVISO, WHICH CENTRAL
STAFF HAVE CONFIRMED.
>> GOOD.
>> IT CREATES TWO NEW
POSITIONS, WITH THE NEW CITY
ATTORNEY, FUNDED BY THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING, THEY WOULD BE
ADVISING ON LEGISLATION AND
POLICY, INCLUDING TAXATION AND
FUNDING RELATED TO HOUSING, AND
A NEW INVESTIGATOR THAT WILL BE
ADDED TO THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, AUTHORIZE IN
THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH THE
POLICE OFFICERS GUILD.
>> ON THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE TO
YOUR POSITION, THE 10 POINT ONE
ITEM, HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN
ADVERTISED, DO YOU KNOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD ASK
DEBRA RHINEHART SIX IF HE HAS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
>> I WOULD NEED TO CONFIRM.
>> THIS IS A CRITICAL POSITION
FOR US, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT
OF OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEW
ON THIS TOPIC.
>> THE REPRESENTATION HERE IS
ACTUALLY MUCH MORE ABOUT JUST
THE HOUSE AND DEALS THEMSELVES,
SOME HE HAS BEEN DOING THAT
WORK FOR A LONG TIME, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS, THEY WILL BE
LEAVING, I COULD HAVE THIS
WRONG, I AM POTENTIALLY
CREATING PERSONNEL WAVES, I
DON'T MEAN TO BE DOING, THE
PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DOING THIS
WORK FOR LONG TIME HAS DASHES
LEAVING THE CITY, SO IS THE
HOUSING FINANCING TRANSACTIONS
THEMSELVES, OTHER -- RATHER
THAN THE UNDERLYING LAND-USE
ISSUES.>> AND CERTAINLY IF BEN
FINDS OUT OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD
OVERRIDE, BUT THE MATERIALS WE
RECEIVED SAID THAT THE
POSITION WOULD BE HIRED IN
JANUARY, I WOULD ASSUME IT.
>> YOU ASKED A MUCH MORE DIRECT
QUESTION, IN TERMS OF THE USE
OF THE QUESTION, THE HOUSING
LEVY, IF YOU WILL.
>> DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE?>>
THE AMENDMENTS, THE FIRST ONE,
IS REVISING THAT APPROPRIATION
READY FOR FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FROM $3
MILLION TO $2 MILLION, THAT IS
BEING DISTRIBUTED TO YOU KNOW,
THAT IS AMENDMENT ONE.
>> WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT WE
WERE DOING THAT?
YOU HAD ASKED FOR SPECIFIC
INFORMATION?
>> SO -- COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF,
JEFF SIMS, THESE ARE ALREADY
AVAILABLE IN THE CAPITAL
BUDGETS FOR A VARIETY OF
PROJECTS, REQUESTED TENANT
IMPROVEMENTS, THEY JUST NEED
THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND THE
MONEY, SO AS THEY INITIALLY DID
-- DEVELOP THE ESTIMATE, SOME
OF THEM WERE INCREASES, SOME
WERE DECREASES COMPARED TO WHAT
THEY INTENDED, WHEN YOU
AGGREGATE THAT UP, THE NUMBER
JUST CHANGED.
WE ACTUALLY DO A TROOP LIKE
THIS IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND
THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
OR COMMENTS ON THIS?
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE
AMENDMENT FIRST, I WILL MOVE TO
AMEND THE COUNSEL BILL 119430,
WHICH WOULD CHANGE THAT NUMBER
FROM $3 MILLION TO $2 MILLION.
AND IT STRIKES 6500, AND
INSERTS 5500.
NOT OPPOSE KIND OF ABSTENTION'S.
THAT AMENDMENT TO THE COUNSEL
BILL HAS PASSED.>>> DO YOU WANT
TO MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT NUMBER
2, I BELIEVE I WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE TERESA TALK TO IT AFTER
YOU PRESENTED.>> AMENDMENT
NUMBER 2, WOULD PROVIDE --
SUPPORT IN 2010, CARRY IT
FORWARD INTO 2019, TO CONTRACT
WITH A SINGLE AGENCY TO PROVIDE
SERVICES TO YOUNG CHILDREN
WHOSE FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING
THE EFFECTS OF HOMELESSNESS,
SUCH AS WELLSPRING.
TO CONTACT LEE -- CONTACT THE
WILL HAVE A LEARNING CENTER FOR
EMOTIONAL SKILLS, SELF-ESTEEM,
LANGUAGE AND CONFLICT
RESOLUTION.
BECOMING READY FOR SCHOOL.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO DISCUSS AND INTRODUCE
THIS TO US?
>> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AS
AND IF YOU KNOW, WELLSPRING
OFFERS CRITICAL SERVICES TO
THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, THOSE WHO ARE
TRYING TO EXIT HOMELESSNESS,
AND THEY PROVIDE A WIDE ARRAY
OF SERVICES, WHAT I'M ASKING
FOR TODAY IS YOUR GENEROUS
SUPPORT WITH ALLOCATING $50,000
TO HELP KEEP THE WELLSPRING
EARLY LEARNING CENTER OPEN FOR
THE REMAINDER OF 2019, THIS IS
JUST A PORTION OF THE AMOUNT
THAT THEY MAY NEED, WHAT
WELLSPRING CURRENTLY DOES IS
THEY HAVE FIVE CLASSROOMS THAT
HELP PROVIDE SERVICES TO ONE'S
-- PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, ONE
IS NOT FILLED, THEY ARE SEEKING
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, WE AT THE
CITY HAVE PROVIDED FUNDING
HISTORICALLY THROUGH THE FAMILY
SUPPORT RFP, THROUGH 2018, AND
HAVE PROVIDED FUNDING THROUGH
2019, BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
FUNDING FOR QUARTERS 2-4 WERE
NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL THAT WE PASSED LAST
MONTH.
WHAT THIS WOULD MEAN, HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, IS
THAT ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS
WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE AFTER
QUARTER ONE THIS YEAR, PARENTS
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS, AND PEOPLE WHO
HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN HOMELESS.
CRITICAL SERVICES, THAT I THINK
IF WE ARE ABLE TO ALLOCATE AN
ADDITIONAL $50,000 TO, WILL
HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE EARLY
LEARNING KIDS BETWEEN 1-5
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE TRAUMA
INFORMED CARE, IN A TRAUMA
INFORMED ENVIRONMENT,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE VULNERABLE
POPULATION, SO THAT THEY CAN
GAIN SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT OF
SKILLS, PART OF WHAT WE WILL
LOOK INTO BEFORE THE END OF
QUARTER ONE IS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT CONCERNS
OR PARISHES -- BARRIERS MAY
EXIST TO GETTING FUNDING IN
QUARTERS THREE AND 4 NEXT YEAR,
BUT IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP
THEM STAY OPEN UNTIL AND
THROUGH QUARTER TO.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
TO OUR ATTENTION, I KNEW THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NOT THE
CURRENT ONE, BUT THE ONE BEFORE,
AND I KNOW HOW DEDICATED THEY
ARE TO THE CHILDREN, THIS IS
REALLY HELPING FAMILIES WHO ARE
CURRENTLY HOMELESS OR RECENTLY
EXPERIENCED A BUSINESS, I CAN
IMAGINE THE TRAUMA THOSE LITTLE
GUYS ARE EXPERIENCING, I WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME, WERE
YOU ABLE TO IDENTIFY A FUNDING
SOURCE, OR HOW DID THAT WORK?
>> YES, I WILL START, I ALSO
WANTED TO MENTION IN ADDITION
TO PROVIDING TRAUMA INFORMED
CARE, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE
CARE A LOT ABOUT HIS ACCESS TO
HEALTH SERVICES, IN ADDITION TO
GETTING EARLY LEARNING SUPPORT,
THEY GET ON-SITE FAMILY SUPPORT
SPECIALISTS THROUGH WEEKLY
ACCESS TO A PEDIATRIC NURSE
PRACTITIONER, AND ON-SITE
DENTAL CARE.
ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT
$100,000 FOR THE REMAINDER OF
2019, AND SKILLED BACK TO
$50,000, SO THAT THERE WOULD BE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE,
IS THERE SOMEONE ON CENTRAL
STAFF THAT CAN HELP ME TALK
ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDING SOURCE
COMES FROM FOR THE $50,000?
>> THIS APPROPRITION IS A NET
INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND
EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY, SO THERE
IS NOTHING TO POINT TO
SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE CORNERS
OF THE SHEET OF PAPER, AS AN
OFFSET, I SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH
BEN, I DON'T WISH TO PUT HIM ON
THE SPOT, THE NET INCREASE IN
EXPENDITURES, I WOULD NOTE THAT
THIS IS SOMETHING -- THIS ITEM
IN THE NEXT ITEM, AMENDMENT
THREE, SOMETHING LIKE .008% OF
THE 2018 GENERAL FUND
APPROPRIATION.
IT IS $100,000, AND THAT IS
REAL MONEY, I DON'T WANT TO BE
CAVALIER ABOUT THIS, BUT MY
EXPECTATION IS THAT OVER THE
WHOLE OF THE $1.3 BILLION
GENERAL FUND, THE ENTIRETY OF
THE APPROPRIATION, IT WILL NOT
IN FACT BE USED, AND WE WENT
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING
THE 2019 BUDGET, AND YOU WILL
RECALL A GREAT DEAL OF
ATTENTION BEING PAID,
ESPECIALLY AT THE END, TO
RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF
MONEY, IT IS A SERIOUS MATTER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ENTIRE PICTURE
OF THE CITY'S FINANCES IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
PACKAGE, I KNOW THEY'RE VERY
CAREFUL IN THE FOURTH QUARTER
ABOUT TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE
AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO BACK THE
THINGS THAT THEY PROPOSE, BUT
IT IS MY HOPE THAT AS 92, THE
CITY SYSTEM REAL BUT --
REIMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR, THE
TEETHING GOES INTO THE REARVIEW
MIRROR, AND THE BUDGET SYSTEM
FOR BOTH CBO AND THE COUNSEL TO
USE FOR NEXT YEAR, WE CAN LOOK
AT SOME OF THESE SUPPLEMENTAL
PROCESSES, AND GET A FRAMEWORK
WHERE WE CAN HAVE GREATER
PRECISION AND CONFIDENCE ON THE
PART OF ALL PARTIES, EXECUTIVE
AND COUNSEL, ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
BUT AGAIN, MY EXPECTATION IS,
WHAT ARE THOUSAND DOLLAR NET
INCREASE COULD BE OFFSET BY
OTHER NONUSE FUNDS THAT HAVE
BEEN PROVIDED ALREADY.
>> SO I'M VERY RESPECTFUL OF
WHAT YOU JUST SAID, I'M SURE
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, OH
PLEASE, WE JUST GOT THROUGH
2019, DON'T ASKED ME TO SCRAPE
THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL.
>> LET ME ECHO MUCH OF WHAT HE
HAS SAID, OBVIOUSLY, THE
COUNSEL PAT -- PASSED A
BALANCED BUDGET FOR 2019, AND
ENDORSED ONE FOR 2020, YOU MAY
OR MAY NOT RECALL THAT THE
BUDGETS FOR 19 AND 20 ARE
ACTUALLY ALREADY ASSUMING A
UNDER SPEND THE RESOURCES AND
2018, ABOUT $7 MILLION, A
LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE OF SPD,
THAT SAID, AND TO ECHO WHAT
ERIC SAID, I CAN'T GUARANTEE
YOU THAT FORECAST WILL BE OFF
BY HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
BUT IT IS A CONSERVATIVE
FORECAST, IS NOT UNREASONABLE
TO EXPECT THAT THERE IS NEED
ADDITIONAL ONE, I CAN GUARANTEE,
IF WE TURN OUT NOT TO HAVE THE
CASH, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
SPEND THE MONEY, WE COME HERE
AT THE END OF APRIL, USUALLY,
IT TAKES A WHILE UNTIL THE END
OF THE YEAR, WE WILL REPORT
BACK, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT
WE HAVE THE RESOURCE TO COVER
THIS.
IF I HAD A CONCERN, I THINK WE
WILL UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER FROM
WHAT THE COUNSELOR DESCRIBED,
WHAT THE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
ARE, FUNDING AND I'M NOT THE
POLICY EXPERT IN THE SPACE, BUT
HOW IT FITS INTO OVERALL
STRATEGIES, HOW IT FITS INTO
OVERALL STRATEGIES, RFPS,
THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WILL HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT OVER
THE COURSE OF NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> TAKE YOU FOR THAT.
I WAS REMISS IN NOT TOUCHING A
LITTLE BIT ON THE STRATEGIES,
THREE DAYS AGO, THE HEADLINE IN
THE SEATTLE TIMES SAID YOU
SHOULD GET ON THE WAITING LIST,
SEATTLE'S CRUNCH, ON DEMAND FOR
CHILD CARE, AMID THE BOOMING
POPULATION AND RISING COST OF
LIVING, GIVEN THIS ABLATION,
CRITICAL SERVICES THEY ARE
PRIDING -- PROVIDING, AND THE
TRAUMA INFORMED CARE THEY
SPECIALIZE IN, I TOOK GREAT
CAUTION AND BRING THIS FORWARD,
BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED
FUNDING, AND A POTENTIAL
DOWNTURN ON THE HORIZON, I AM
HOPEFUL WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING SO
THAT THIS IS A SUSTAINABLE
PROGRAM, IT ALIGNS WITH OUR
VALUES, AND GENTLY ENCOURAGE
THE COMMITTEE SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, THANKS
TO ALL OF YOU, I KNOW WHERE
YOUR HEARTS ARE AFTER WE JUST
ON THE 2019 BUDGET, NOBODY EVER
AT ANY POINT EVER SAID WE ARE
SPENDING TOO MUCH ON EARLY
LEARNING RUN KIDS, THAT SAID, I
RESPECT THE FACT THAT WE MAY
NOT HAVE MONEY IN THE TOP
DRAWER THAT YOU CAN PULL OUT
TODAY, BUT I WOULD VERY MUCH
LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS,
AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
COMPANION ONE CUP WHICH IS
AMENDMENT THREE.
-- THE COMPANION ONE, AMENDMENT
THREE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD
AMENDMENT TO.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> NOT OPPOSED, NO ABSTENTION'S
.
>>> I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT
AMENDMENT THREE, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SAY
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF, THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING TO DEAL
WITH LAST MINUTE THINGS, THIS
MORNING, A NUMBER OF MY
COLLEAGUES FROM THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND
PUBLIC HEALTH, WERE IN MY
OFFICE, BECAUSE THE ELDER ABUSE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT I
HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING FOR 15
YEARS, CAME AND SAID THAT THE
$500,000 GRANT THEY WERE
EXPECTING FROM THE VICTIMS OF
CRIMINAL ACT, I FORGET WHAT THE
ACRONYM STANDS FOR CUP THEY
THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET
IT, AND THEY DIDN'T.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ELDER ABUSE
IS THAT IF THE SYSTEM IS NOT
COORDINATED, AND THEY DON'T
HAVE INVESTIGATORS, AND IF THE
COUNTY AND CITY ARE WORKING
TOGETHER, VERY VULNERABLE
SENIORS GET NOT JUST LEFT
BEHIND, BUT THEY ARE ABUSED AND
NEGLECTED.
OF THE HORROR ABOUT THIS IS
THAT COUNTYWIDE, THERE IS ONLY
ONE CASE MANAGER LOOKING INTO
ALL OF THIS, AND THEY HAVE DONE
A LOT OF WORK IN THIS AREA, BUT
WE NEED TO COORDINATE AND
REALLY FOCUS.
IT STRIKES ME AS ONE OF THE
TRAGEDIES OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE
FEEL LIKE WE CAN INVEST IN
CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY ARE
VULNERABLE AND LITTLE, AND
CUTE, WE ALL WANT TO SUPPORT
THEM, WE NEED TO SEE THE SAME
THING ON THE SENIOR END, TAKING
CARE OF OUR SENIORS, AS PART OF
OUR AGE FRIENDLY CITY, I REALLY
WANT TO SUPPORT THIS GROUP
WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY 50,000
DOLLARS IS NOT GOING TO GET YOU
AS FAR AS $5000, BUT A PILOT
PROGRAM, WE GO BACK NEXT YEAR,
WE CAN APPLY FOR THE --
$500,000.
APPLY FOR THE $500,000 GRANT.>>>
GROUP IS WORKING WITH THE LOW
ACUITY EFFORT, IT IS NOT NEW,
BOLSTERING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE
IN PLACE, I WOULD LIKE TO
ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, MY
COUNSEL COLLEAGUES HAVE ON THIS?
>> MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO ECHO
MY SUPPORT, ALONG THE
CONTINUUM, THE AGE CONTINUUM,
WE NEED TO INVEST IN THOSE WHO
ARE MOST VULNERABLE, WE SEE
STORY AFTER STORY OF BEING --
OF ELDER ABUSE, THANK YOU FOR
BEING A CHAMPION.
I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT THIS
AMENDMENT.
>> AND I HEARD YOUR LECTURE
LOUD AND CLEAR, BEN, AND IF WE
DON'T, WE DON'T, BUT IF WE DO,
AND HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD, IT
WOULD BE FABULOUS.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND 119430,
AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT
NUMBER 3. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
AYE.
>> AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSED?
NONE.
>>> WE ARE JUST GOING TO BE
VOTING ON WHAT WE HAVE AMENDMENT
-- AMENDED, I WOULD MOVE THAT
WE PASSED 119430 AS AMENDED.
NOBODY IN OPPOSITION, NO
ABSTENTION.
>>> WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO
TODAY LISA?>> NOTHING OF THIS,
THIS WILL GO TO THE COUNCIL'S
AGENDA FOR ACTION ON MONDAY.
>> DAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO
BRING FOR TODAY?
>>> YES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO MY PARENTS,
IT IS THEIR 33rd WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY TODAY, I KNOW THEY
ARE WATCHING.
>> CHRIS INGERSOLL AND ROBERT
STRAUSS, CONGRATULATIONS,
YOU'VE DONE WELL WITH THIS SON
OF YOURS.
>>> IS THAT IT?
WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE ON THE
AGENDA TODAY?
ANY POINTS?
FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER,
THANK YOU ALL, TAKE YOU COUNSEL
CENTRAL STAFF, BEN AND THE TEAM
HAVE BEEN GREAT, THANK YOU ALL,
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.