>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
IT IS SEPTEMBER 25, 2019.
THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS HERE.
I AM COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW,
CHAIR OF THE.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THE
FIRST DAY.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE EVERYBODY
WHO IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU TO OUR BUDGET OFFICE,
CBO, TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW
DIFFICULT AND HOW MANY THINGS
YOU HAVE BEEN JUGGLING.
THANK YOU TO THAT.
WE DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HARD WORK YOU HAVE GONE TO UP
TO THIS POINT.
SO I AM VERY HONORED TO BE
BUDGET CHAIR ONCE AGAIN.
THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO THE DIALOGUE
WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
WITH CBO IN PARTICULAR TODAY.
WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
THOSE WILL BE THE FIRST TO
DEPARTMENT WE WILL BE LISTENING
TO.
FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, WE
WILL BE DEVOTED TO
PRESENTATIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
SPECIAL WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK,
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 WHERE WE
WILL DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AROUND
HOMELESSNESS AND INCLUDING THE
LEAD PROGRAM.
IF LISA IS WATCHING AT THIS
POINT, CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.
SHE RECEIVED A GENIUS GRANT FOR
THE WORK SHE HAS DONE ON LEAVE.
THAT IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
WE LEARNED ABOUT IT TODAY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO LISA AND
DAN WILL ALSO BE JOINING US
NEXT TUESDAY TO DISCUSS THIS.
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT I HAVE TALKED ABOUT ALL
YEAR LONG IS THAT INTERSECTION
BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT DOING
THE WORK AROUND ADDRESSING THE
NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS, THE HUMAN SERVICES,
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, AND OUR
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MADE A LOT
OF GOOD STRIDES, A LOT OF GOOD
THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
YET THERE IS MUCH MORE TO DO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO HEAR AROUND HOW OUR
SYSTEMS ARE WORKING TOGETHER,
WE WILL ALSO BE FOCUSING MORE
ON OUR PLANS FOR THE REGIONAL
GOVERNANCE AROUND OUR OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
ARE YOU MRS., HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC
HEARINGS WILL BE ON OCTOBER 3.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THURSDAY OF
NEXT WEEK.
THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL
BE ON OCTOBER 22.
BOTH HEARINGS WILL START AT
5:30 PM IN CITY HALL.
AND AS WE HAVE ADVERTISED,
EVERYONE WHO COMES WILL GET TWO
MINUTES.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK AS A
GROUP, IT WILL BE FIVE
MINUTES., I WAS MY COLLEGE TO
MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PLENTY
OF TIME.
STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
16, WE WILL HAVE A SERIES OF
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS WITH US ON
THE CONSUL, ISSUE
IDENTIFICATIONS SESSIONS WITH
THE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW AND
DISCUSS PRIORITIES AND CENTRAL
STAFF ANALYSIS OF THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF IN
ADVANCE.
I KNOW THESE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS
ARE DEMANDING ON YOU.
WE APPRECATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
I WORK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU.
I WILL PRESENT THE CHAIRS
INITIAL BUDGET PROPOSAL ON
NOVEMBER 6. AND THE GOAL THERE
IS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
ALL OF MY COUNCILS PRIORITIES.
MY COLLEAGUES THOUGHTS AND THE
BEST IDEAS SO THAT I CAN
PRESENT A BUDGET PROPOSAL AND
THAT IS NOVEMBER 6. COMMITTEE
MEMBERS WILL HAVE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE
AMENDMENTS TO THAT CHAIRS
PROPOSED BUDGET ON NOVEMBER 13
AND THEN THE MANY WILL VOTE ON
A REVISED BUDGET PROPOSAL ON
NOVEMBER 19, WHICH WILL BE
PRESENTED RIGHT THEREAFTER.
THE COUNCIL WILL THEN ADOPT THE
BUDGET ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25,
THE MONDAY BEFORE THANKS
GIVING.
THAT IS THE GOAL IS TO
STREAMLINE THIS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES, IF YOU
HAVE ISSUES, IF YOU HAVE
PRIORITIES, IF YOU HAVE
SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE FUNDED THIS YEAR IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, I REALLY
URGE YOU TO SET ASIDE SOME TIME
SO YOU AND I CAN TALK AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE ARE IN
ADVANCE AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE
SURE THERE IS FUNDING FOR THEM.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE TWO
FORMAL HEARINGS THAT I
MENTIONED, WE WILL RECEIVE
PUBLIC COMMENT GO EACH DAY THAT
WE MEET, THE INTENTION IS ON
THOSE DAYS TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC
TO ALSO HEAR FROM DEPARTMENTS
OR TO HEAR FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC HEARING AT
THE END OF THOSE MEETINGS WHERE
WE ARE NOT VOTING.
BUT FOR THE TWO MEETINGS AT
WHICH THE COMMITTEE WILL VOTE,
THAT IS NOVEMBER 19 AND
NOVEMBER 25.
WE WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT
BEFORE THEN.
SO BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS, I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR MY
COLLEAGUES INTO ALL OF THE
LEGISLATIVE STAFF SOME KEY
DEADLINES THAT WE ARE GOING TO
AND THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
ALREADY ON YOUR CALENDARS.
THEY ARE MARKED CLEARLY IN RED.
THE FIRST IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER
10 AT 10 AM.
THIS IS A CUTOFF FOR ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SUBMIT TOPICS
FOR INCLUSION IN OUR ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION PAPERS.
AGAIN, THAT IS MARKED IN RED ON
YOUR BUDGET CALENDARS.
THE SECOND IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER
23 AT 2 PM.
AND THIS IS A CUTOFF FOR
MEMBERS TO SUBMIT A POST
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS FORMERLY
KNOWN AS GREEN SHEETS AND THE
THIRD DEADLINE IS FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER AND AT NOON.
THE CUTOFF IS THAT I HAVE BEEN
ASKED, I AM GOING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE PATTY.
HE IS A GUY WHO HAS TO PUT
TOGETHER THE AGENDAS AND MEET
THESE DEADLINES.
AND HE HAS TO PUBLISH THE
AGENDA MATERIALS AND IF WE GET
THEM TO HIM ON TIME, HE CAN DO
IT THE EVENING BEFORE.
SO IT IS IN OUR IN BASKETS
RATHER THAN THE MORNING OF THE
MEETING, WHICH I KNOW HAS
BECOME PROBLEMATIC FOR SOME.
SO COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WILL
STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
AMEND THE AGENDA IF THEY FAIL
TO MISS THE DEADLINES BUT I
WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE REALLY
WANT TO STICK WITH THESE
DEADLINES SO WE CAN GET THE
AGENDAS OUT.
SO THE REST OF US CAN BE
PREPARED FOR THE NEXT MORNING.
SO THAT WILL BE THE PROCESS FOR
THE 2020 BUDGET.
IT IS ALREADY PUBLISHED AND
OFFERED TO EACH OF YOUR
OFFICES.
PUBLISHED ON THE WEBSITE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS
POINT?
SO SEEING ON HERE, BEFORE WE
PROCEED TO THE FIRST
PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE, I WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU AGAIN TO THEN AND ALL
OF THOSE IN THE CBO WHO ARE
HERE TODAY.
I THINK IT DAN, DO YOU HAVE
SOME KICKOFF COMMENTS?
>> THIS IS OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
DAN EDER, AND WE ARE DELIGHTED
TO HAVE YOU.
>> DAN EDER, CENTRAL STAFF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
BY WAY OF GENERAL TABLE
SETTING, I JUST WANT TO
INTRODUCE LISA K AND TOM WHO
IS HERE AT THE TABLE WITH ME.
THEY WILL BE SERVING AS CO-
BUDGET COORDINATORS THIS YEAR.
AND THEY WILL REMAIN AT THE
TABLE THROUGHOUT YOUR
DELIBERATIONS TO ENSURE YOU ARE
CONSISTENTLY STAFFED AND
SUPPORTED.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL HAVE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ASSIGNED
FROM CENTRAL STAFF WITH
EXPERTISE IN THE WORKINGS OF
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICES
AND CROSSCUTTING ISSUES THAT
ARE INCLUDED IN THE POST
BUDGET.
TODAY YOU WILL HEAR FROM
DIRECTOR BEN NOBLE FROM THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
HE WILL GIVE THE COMMITTEE IN
OVERVIEW OF THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET.
IS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THE
OPENING REMARKS, YOU HEAR
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS FROM
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
AND FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM OTHER
DEPARTMENTS IN THE COMING DAYS
AS WELL.
DR. NOBLES PRESENTATION,
PERHAPS THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
STAFF MAY WANT TO COME TO THE
TABLE.
THE PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE
AN UPDATED REVENUE FORECAST.
REVENUE FORECASTS OF COURSE
FLUCTUATE OVER TIME.
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
REGULARLY UPDATE THESE AND
FORECASTS IN THE SPRING AND
FALL OF EACH YEAR.
THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE
CITY ADOPT A BALANCED ANNUAL
BUDGET, WHICH MEANS AUTHORIZED
SPENDING MUST NOT EXCEED
REASONABLY ANTICIPATED REVENUES
EACH YEAR.
THAT IS WHY THE REVENUE
FORECAST IS SO IMPORTANT.
THE MAYOR HAS INDEED SUBMITTED
A PROPOSED BALANCED BUDGET FOR
THE COUNCILS CONSIDERATION.
HER PROPOSAL IS ONE VISION FOR
HOW TO ALLOCATE THE CITIES
FINITE RESOURCES AND NOW IT IS
THE COUNCILS TURN.
YOU WILL GET TO DECIDE EXACTLY
HOW TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S
COMPETING PRIORITIES WHILE
MAINTAINING A BALANCED BUDGET.
THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CERTAINLY
ADD A SPENDING THAT WASN'T
INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
BUT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A
BALANCED BUDGET BY THE END, ANY
SPENDING WOULD REQUIRE ONE OR
BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING
STRATEGIES.
YOU MAY CHOOSE TO REDUCE SOME
OF THE SPENDING PRIORITIES THAT
WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET BY THE MAYOR.
AND/OR YOU MAY ELECT TO
INCREASE SOME REVENUE SOURCE
THAT COULD EITHER BE AN
EXISTING TAX OR FEE OR SOME NEW
FUNDING SOURCE.
YOU WILL HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF
INPUTS AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, AS THE
CHAIR MENTIONED, YOU WILL GET
FEEDBACK THAT WILL INCLUDE BUT
NOT BE LIMITED TO TESTIMONY AT
THE UPCOMING BUDGET HEARINGS ON
THE THIRD AND 22nd OF OCTOBER.
YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT UPDATED
REVENUES, NOT ONLY FOR EXISTING
TAXES BUT FOR SOME SIGNIFICANT
NEW REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED IN THE POST BUDGET.
YOU WILL HEAR AN EVALUATION FROM
CBO FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND
FROM YOUR CENTRAL STAFF ABOUT
AN EVALUATION OF SPENDING
TRENDS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS SO
YOU GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE
HAVE BEEN AND HOW THE PROPOSAL
FITS THEN WITH HISTORICAL ARC
OF SPENDING.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE YOUR
OWN DISCRETION BUT HEAR FROM
THE MAYOR ABOUT EVOLVING POLICY
PRIORITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION
CHOICES.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU
WILL HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAFF
AND FROM THE DEPARTMENTS A
COMPARISON OF HOW THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ALIGNS WITH OR DEPARTS
FROM SPENDING THAT WAS INCLUDED
IN THE 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET,
WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION
AND NOVEMBER 2018.
SO IN A NUTSHELL, THAT IS WHAT
THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE
WORKING ON IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF MONTHS.
AND CENTRAL STAFF IS PREPARED
TO SPLIT YOUR WORK BY
DEVELOPING ISSUE IDENTIFICATION
PAPERS AND THEN BY PREPARING
PROPOSED COUNSEL BUDGET
ACTIONS.
FOR POTENTIAL INCORPORATION
INTO THE FINAL BUDGET.
THE ENTIRE CENTRAL STAFF IS
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AND SUPPORTING YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU, DAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EMPHASIZE
THAT AS YOU SAID, THIS IS THE
SECOND YEAR OF A BIANNUAL
BUDGET THAT WE PASSED LAST
YEAR.
AND SOMETHING CAME UP TODAY AND
I WOULD WONDER IF EITHER YOU OR
DAN MIGHT LIKE TO ADDRESS IT.
LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF
OUR BUDGET ITEMS WAS TO CRISIS
CONNECTIONS.
IT IS AN ORGANIZATION, A
NONPROFIT THAT WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH.
IT TIES IN WITH THE GOOD WORK
THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR OUR
LOW ACUITY RESPONSE.
HEALTH ONE IS.
THE QUESTION CAME UP OF, THINGS
LIKE THAT, WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY
IDENTIFIED BUDGET MATTERS THAT
ARE GOING TO SUPPORT AN ENTITY
LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE DO TO A KNOWLEDGE FIRST
OF ALL THAT LAST YEAR WE PASSED
A BUDGET THAT INCLUDED THEM?
SECONDLY, TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR
THEIR PLANNING THAT THEY CAN
COUNT ON THAT MONEY GOING
FORWARD IN JANUARY?
>> WELL I WILL JUST REFER TO
THEM ABOUT ANY SPECIFICS AS TO
WHAT IS OR IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN THE
COUNCIL INCLUDES MONEY IN THE
ENDORSED BUDGET, THE COUNCIL IS
ANNOUNCING ITS EXPECTATION THAT
THERE WILL BE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
IN THE ENDORSED BUDGET YEAR, NOW
THAT HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO
THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IS, IT PROVIDES
A DETAILED WAY, HOW, IF AND
WHEN IT HAPPENS, THERE ARE
DEVIATIONS FROM WHAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE ENDORSED
BUDGET.
OF COURSE THE BUDGET APPROVAL
LVEL IS AT QUITE A HIGH LEVEL.
THE BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL.
AND THE BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL.
IT IS GENERALLY ABOVE THE LEVEL
OF THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT
WOULD BE INCLUDED THERE.
SO THAT IS WHY I WOULD DEFER TO
THE CBO TO TELL YOU WHETHER THE
MONEY THAT YOU ADDED OR
INCLUDED IN THE ENDORSED BUDGET
HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR THAT SAME
PURPOSE THIS YEAR.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIVE IN
AND WELCOME?
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE LEADING UP
TO THIS WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS.
BEN NOBLE.
>> JEANETTE BLANKENSHIP.
>> DAVID HENNES.
>> I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION BUT WITH
ASSISTANCE AS NEEDED FROM
JEANETTE BLANKENSHIP AND DAVID
HENNES.
I DO WANT TO SAY, BEFORE I DIVE
IN, AT A HIGH LEVEL CONSISTENT
WITH THE UPDATE WE GAVE YOU IN
EARLY MAY, THE BUDGET FOR 2020
WAS BUILT FROM THE ENDORSED
BUDGET AS OUR BASE.
AND WE WILL GO THROUGH THIS IN
MORE DETAIL.
WE DID NOT SEE SIGNIFICANT NEW
ONGOING REVENUES, PARTICULARLY
ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE.
WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, HOWEVER,
YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A NUMBER
OF NEW REVENUE SOURCES.
AND A NUMBER OF ONE-TIME
REVENUE SOURCES MADE AVAILABLE
THAT., WILL PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR INCREASED
FUNDING IN 2020.
BUT THE 2020 ENDORSED WAS
NONETHELESS OUR BASE AND THE
CHANGES FROM IT ON AN ONGOING
BASIS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE
HAVE TRIED TO KEEP TO A
MINIMUM.
AS YOU SEE, WE ARE NOT
EXPECTING A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN REVENUE.
TO GIVE YOU A FRAME, WE START
AS WE NORMALLY DO WITH AN
UPDATE ON THE ECONOMY.
STARTING FIRST AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL.
WE DEVELOP ULTIMATELY A
FORECAST OF THE REGIONAL
ECONOMY FROM WHICH WE DEVELOP
ESTIMATES OF CITY REVENUE.
BUT LOOKING BACK, IN ORDER TO
DEVELOP A FORECAST FOR THE
REGIONAL ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
AND ALSO THE INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL.
TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT FOR THE
NATIONAL FORECAST THE INPUT TO
THE REGIONAL FORECAST, THIS
GRAPH SHOWS YOU THE GROWTH
RATES FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY
SINCE THE TERM OF THIS MOST
RECENT CENTURY.
SO 2000.
AND THESE ARE GROWTH RATES FOR
GDP.
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT.
YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT
EXPANSION IN THE EARLY 2000'S.
THE GREAT RECESSION OF 2008,
2009.
THE GROWTH SINCE THEN.
AND ONLY FOCUSING ON THE RIGHT-
HAND SIDE OF THE GRAPH, YOU CAN
SEE THE EFFECTS OF THE FISCAL
STIMULUS AT A NATIONAL LEVEL IN
THE 17 AND 18 AS WE SAW
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
YOU CAN SEE SHIFTING TO THE
FORECAST BASIS, THE EFFECTS OF
THAT STIMULUS DISSIPATING.
SO INTO THE 19 EMMA FORECAST IN
NATIONAL LEVELS ARE FOR GROWTH
RATES TO SLOW.
AND MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, THE
ONGOING FORECAST FOR 2020 AND
BEYOND, EXPECTING THAT GROWTH
RATE TO SLOW FURTHER AGAIN AS
THE STIMULUS WEARS OFF AND AS
THE EFFECTS OF THE CURRENT
TRADE CONFLICT PICK UP.
AND I WOULD NOTE THAT THIS IS
THE FORECAST FOR GROWTH.
ALL OF THE CONSENSUS AMONG
FORECASTERS IS THAT WE ARE
SEEING AND EVER-INCREASING RISK
FOR RECESSION.
BUT THE PROBABILITY OF LOWER
GROWTH OR IN FACT NEGATIVE
GROWTH, A RECESSION, IS
INCREASING.
AND IN FACT, JUST LAST WEEK,
THE FEDERAL RESERVE MOVED TO
LOWER INTEREST RATES IN AN
EFFORT TO MITIGATE THAT RISK,
WHICH IS GOOD NEWS.
THAT THEY ARE MITIGATING THE
RISK.
BAD NEWS THAT THEY HAVE TO
MITIGATE THE RISK.
AND EVERY STEP THEY TAKE TO
REDUCE THE INTEREST RATE IS ONE
LESS TOOL THEY HAD IF AND WHEN
WE ACTUALLY GET TO A RECESSION.
THE NATURE OF THIS JOB, THAT IS
WHAT WE SEE AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> ON THE PREVIOUS LINE, GIVEN
THE COMMENTS YOU JUST MADE
ABOUT THE PENDING RECESSION AND
POTENTIAL SHORTFALL IN THE
BUDGET AS COMPARED TO 2018, I
AM TWISTED TO KNOW THE HOW DOES
OUR RAINY DAY FUND COMPARED TO
OTHER CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE
AND BUDGET?
HOW WELL IS SEATTLE REPAIRED
FOR THE POTENTIAL RECESSION?
>> I DON'T KNOW COMPARED TO
OTHER CITIES BUT I CAN TELL YOU
THIS BUDGET DOES INCREASE
FUNDING FOR THE TWO BIGGEST
RESERVES WE HAVE FOR THE
GENERAL FUND.
ONE IS THE RAINY DAY FUND OR
TECHNICALLY THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION ACCOUNT.
THAT IS THE RESERVE WE KEEP ON
HAND TO ADDRESS DOWNTURNS IN
REVENUE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT
A SESSION MIGHT BRING.
IT WOULD BE NORTH OF $60
MILLION WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS
AS ANTICIPATED AS PART OF THE
BUDGET.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT FEELS
TO YOU LIKE A LOT OF MONEY OR A
LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
IT IS NOT A WHOLE LOT.
WE HAVE, THE INTENTION THERE
IS, EVERY DOLLAR WE PUT IN
THERE IS A DOLLAR THAT IS NOT
SPENT ON OTHER SURFACES.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND
AFFORDABILITY ISSUES.
THOSE ARE TOUGH TRADE-OFFS.
ON THE, WE ALSO HAVE THE
EMERGENCY SUB FUND, FUNDED TO A
COMPARABLE AMOUNT.
$60 MILLION.
AND IT IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS
UNANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES.
SO THAT IS A MAJOR STORM OR
UNANTICIPATED DAMAGE TO SOME
PHYSICAL ASSET IN THE CITY OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE THE RESERVES.
THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, YOU WILL
SEE OTHER FUNDS, FOR INSTANCE
THE UTILITIES HAVE RESERVES OF
DIFFERENT FORMS OF THEIR OWN.
THE KEY ONE FOR US IS THE RAINY
DAY FUND.
$60 MILLION LARGE BUT NOT THAT
LARGE IN THE OVERALL CONTEXT.
WHAT IT WOULD LIKELY ALLOW US
TO DO IS TO EASE OUR WAY INTO
THE CUTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO
ADDRESS A DOWNFALL IN REVENUE.
WE WOULD MITIGATE SPENDING
REDUCTIONS BUT IT WOULD NOT
PRECLUDE, WE WOULD BE FORCED TO
CUT.
IT WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE TO
SMOOTH SOME OF THOSE REDUCTIONS
IF YOU WELL.
WE FACED DIFFICULT CHOICES
ABOUT HOW TO PACE THE SPENT
DOWN IF YOU WILL BECAUSE WE
NEVER KNOW WHEN WE WILL BE AT
THE BOTTOM OR WHEN WE WILL BE
COMING BACK.
>> SO AS A FOLLOW-UP, WOULD YOU
LET US KNOW HAVE A $50 MILLION
RAINY DAY FUND COMPARES TO
OTHER CITIES OF COMPARABLE SIZE
AND POPULATION?
THANK YOU.
>> SO MOVING ON TO THE REGIONAL
ECONOMY, WHAT WE KNOW IN
GENERAL IS THAT THE REGIONAL
ECONOMY HERE HAS OUTPACED THE
U.S. ECONOMY CONSIDERABLY.
BUT YOU SHOULD THE CUMULATIVE
GROWTH RATE IN EMPLOYMENT SINCE
2010.
SO THE CURRENT EXPANSION AND
YOU CAN SEE WASHINGTON STATE
HAS OUTPACED THE U.S. BUT IN
THIS MALL PART, THAT IS WHAT WE
ARE SEEING IN THE LOCAL REGION.
WE HAVE REALLY DONE
TREMENDOUSLY WELL, DRIVEN AS
YOU KNOW BY TECHNOLOGY.
ONLINE RETAIL.
AND CONSTRUCTION.
BUT I WOULD NOTE THAT KEY
SECTORS THERE, TECHNOLOGY AND
ONLINE RETAIL AND AEROSPACE,
ANOTHER IMPORTANT SECTOR ARE
HEAVILY TRADE DEPENDENT.
THESE ARE INTERNATIONAL
COMPANIES.
SO THE SLOWING OF THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY GENERALLY AND
PARTICULARLY OF TRADE IS A RISK
TO US.
AND CONSTRUCTION IS NOT ON THE
FACE OF IT TRADE DEPENDENT
EXCEPT THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ALL
ABOUT BUILDING THE SPACE AND
HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN
THE DEPENDENT ROLES.
IT IS EFFECTIVELY DEPENDENT ON
THAT REALITY AS WELL.
SO IT EMPHASIZES THE RISK THAT
WE FACE IN TERMS OF THE
NATIONAL ECONOMY AND WHERE IT
STANDS.
>> SO LOOKING TO OUR FORECAST,
WHAT DO WE EXPECT GOING
FORWARD?
THE GRAPH HERE HIGHLIGHTS JOB
GROWTH.
ABSOLUTE NUMBERS HERE.
AND IT SHOWS AGAIN, GIVING YOU
TRENDS BACK TO 2005 IN THIS
CASE.
I'M FOCUSING HERE ON EMPLOYMENT
BECAUSE AGAIN, OUR FORECAST OF
REVENUE ARE DRIVEN BY THE LOCAL
ECONOMY.
PROBABLY THE SINGLE BEST
MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE
LOCAL ECONOMY IS IN FACT
EMPLOYMENT.
IF WE WANT TO WRAP OUR FORECAST
INTO A SINGLE NUMBER, THESE
EMPLOYMENT FIGURES ARE PROBABLY
EXACTLY THE BEST ONE OF THOSE.
AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, IT IS
THE GROWTH IN THE EARLY PART OF
THE CENTURY IF YOU WELL.
THE GREAT RECESSION.
THE CONSIDERABLE GROWTH WE HAD
COMING OUT OF THAT FROM 2011
TWO 2016.
AND THEN, YOU CAN ARGUABLY SEE
A TREND LINE FROM 2016-17 AND
TO OUR FORECAST FOR 19 OF
SLOWING GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT.
I WOULD EMPHASIZE, THIS IS
STILL GROWTH.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MORE JOBS,
BUT HOW MANY MORE JOBS?
AND OBVIOUSLY 2019 IS STILL A
FORECAST.
BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE
REVENUE FRONT MAKES ME THINK WE
WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THIS ONE
RIGHT.
OUR REVENUE FORECAST WILL SHOW
THAT IT IS PRETTY TIGHT TO
ACTUALS.
EVERY REASON TO THINK THAT OUR
FORECAST IS ONLY HALFWAY
THROUGH THE YEAR.
THAT THOSE FORECASTS ARE RIGHT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2020, WHICH
IS KEY FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET,
WE ARE EXPECTING A MORE
SIGNIFICANT DROP OFF IN
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH.
ESSENTIALLY FOR ALL OF THE
REASONS I HAVE BEEN SCRIBING.
AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THEN
LOCALLY AS WELL.
AND I WOULD NOTE, WE WERE
EXPECTING AMAZON'S GROWTH TO
SLOW SOME.
CONSTRUCTION, NOT PREDICTING A
DRAMATIC FALL OFF BUT A GRADUAL
SLOWING THERE.
AND I NOTED THAT THE 737 MAX
ISSUE FOR BOEING IS ONE THAT
COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
EMPLOYMENT EFFECT AND HAS
PROBABLY HAD SOME ALREADY.
SOME ARE NOT FULLY KNOWN
EITHER.
BUT IT IS THAT DECLINING
FORECAST FOR EMPLOYMENT THAT
WILL UNDERLINE THE REVENUE
FORECAST WE ARE ABOUT TO
HIGHLIGHT.
QUESTIONS?
>> SO THIS IS A PRETTY SCARY
TABLE FULL OF LOTS OF NUMBERS.
LET ME TRY TO WALK YOU THROUGH
HERE.
THIS IS AGAIN THE TABLE WE
TRADITIONALLY SHOW YOU THAT IS
UPDATING OUR FORECAST.
IT IS UPDATING OUR FORECAST
FROM THE NUMBERS WE GAVE YOU IN
APRIL.
SO WE WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ANOMALIES
HERE AS WELL AS IMPORTANT
TRENDS TO IDENTIFY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, LOOKING AT
2019, YOU CAN SEE, WE CAN
DESCRIBE THE TABLE A BIT MORE.
THE UPPER PART OF THE TABLE AS
A GENERAL FUND.
SO THE MOST FLEXIBLE DOLLARS IN
THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET CO THE
STUFF THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN
GREEN, IT WOULD BE DESCRIBED AS
NOTABLE REVENUES.
THESE ARE REVENUES OF DEDICATED
LAPSES BUT MANY OF WHICH
ADDRESS ITEMS THAT ARE
OTHERWISE A FOCUS OF GENERAL
FUND SUPPORT AS WELL.
SO YOU WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE,
PREVIOUSLY THIS WEANED BEVERAGE
AND SHORTENED TAXES IN THE
GENERAL FUND.
BUT THEY HAVE NOW BUT SET UP AS
GENERAL FUND.
WE HAVE PULLED THEM OUT.
THE TAX IS ALWAYS BEEN THE
EXCISE TAX.
THE COMMERCIAL CONTACTS AND
THEN YOU WILL KNOW WE HAVE
ADDED THE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANY.
THE TMC TAX HERE.
ONE OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE
BUDGET IS TO IMPOSE A TAX ON
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY.
WHEN WE GET THERE I WILL TALK
MORE ABOUT THE REVENUE ESTIMATE
AS WELL.
SO FOCUSING FIRST ON THE AUGUST
UPDATE FOR 2019, WHAT YOU WILL
SEE AGAIN, THE OVERALL FORECAST
IS FOR REVENUES OF 1.35
BILLION.
AND SINCE APRIL, THE CHANGE WAS
VERY SMALL.
ABOUT TWO AND HALF MILLION
DOLLARS.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE ARE UP
SLIGHTLY IN SALES AND BNO
DRIVEN BY THE LOCAL ECONOMY,
DOWN IN THE PRIVATE UTILITY
TAXES.
PARKING METER REVENUE IS DOWN
SOME.
WE WERE SLOWER INSTALLING THE
METERS AND THERE HAVE BEEN
CHANGES IN RATES AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, IT IS SMALL CHANGE.
I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE YOU BUT
TO EXPLAIN FURTHER, WHEN WE
SHOWED YOU THE SAME FIGURES IN
APRIL, RELATIVE TO THE FORECAST
THAT WAS IN THE ENDORSED, WE
SHOWED, THAT WAS IN THE ADOPTED
FOR 2019, WE SHOWED A
COMPARABLE INCREASE IN REVENUE.
SO OVERALL, FOR 2019, THE
GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS UP 5
MILLION OVER WHAT WE HAD BUILT
THE BUDGET AROUND.
AND THAT IS A RESOURCE WE HAD
DEPLOYED AS FAR AS 2020
SPENDING.
THAT WAS 2019 MONEY WE DID NOT
EXPECT WHEN WE STARTED THE
YEAR.
WE HAVE IT NOW AND WE WILL
DEPLOY IT IN 2020.
AND IT IS NOT INHERENTLY
ONGOING.
THE EFFECTS OF WHAT IS ONGOING
ARE ON THE NEXT SET OF NUMBERS.
THE 2020 NUMBERS.
AND YOUR FIRST BLUSH MIGHT BE
HERE BUT THAT IS REMARKABLY
GOOD NEWS.
IT WAS A $72 MILLION INCREASE
IN THE GENERAL FUND BUT THE
IMPORTANT CAVEAT THERE IS THAT
ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THOSE
DOLLARS, IF YOU LOOK, IT IS IN
THE CATEGORY OF OTHER GENERAL
SUB FUND REVENUES.
IN THIS CASE, THEY ARE ONE
TIME.
NO SMALL PART THE MEGA BLOCK
DOLLARS FROM THE SALE OF THE
PROPERTY AS WELL AS PRINT
RESOURCES THAT HAVE COME IN.
IF YOU SOME EVERYTHING BUT THE
OTHER GENERAL SUB FUND
REVENUES, THE ONES DRIVEN BY
THE ECONOMY OF THE ACTIVITY,
THE GENERAL FUND THE LAST ITEM,
THE CHANGE FROM AUGUST, THE
CHANGE FROM APEL, IT IS
ACTUALLY IS $20,000.
SO IT IS ZERO.
WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR
FORECAST FOR 2020 REVENUES
SINCE APRIL.
YOU CAN LOOK.
WE ARE UP IN ONE AREA AND DOWN
IN ANOTHER.
THE NET IS ALL THE ZERO.
BUT AGAIN, IT REMINDS YOU THAT
WE SHOULD BE THESE NUMBERS IN
APRIL, WE DID SEE A REVENUE
INCREASE RELATIVE TO THE
ENDORSED, WHICH AGAIN IS THE
IMPORTANT FACE HERE OF ABOUT 3
MILLION.
SO IT IS NOT THAT THERE IS NO
NEW GENERAL FUND BUT THAT THERE
IS VERY LITTLE.
SO AGAIN, YOU MIGHT WELL ASK
THEM A IN THE REST OF THE
PRESENTATION, IT IS ABOUT
EXPLAINING TO YOU HOW IN THAT
CONTEXT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
MAKE SOME PROPOSED ADDITIONAL
ADDS TO SPENDING IN THE BUDGET.
WE WILL GET TO THAT.
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE
FORECAST, AGAIN, LARGELY
UNCHANGED.
UNCHANGED FROM APRIL.
BUT RECALL THAT IN APRIL, WE
RAISED THE FORECAST FOR
SWEETENED BEVERAGES FROM 21
MILLION TO 24 MILLION, THE ONES
YOU SEE HER.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
RELATIVE TO THE 2019 BUDGET AND
RELATIVE TO THE ENDORSED.
AGAIN, ABOUT 3 MILLION.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX, THERE IS
A CHANGE HERE FROM APRIL BUT
THAT IS REALLY A CHANGE TO THE
UNDERLYING FORECAST OF 10 AT
HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
IT IS UNCHANGED.
WE WON'T HAVE A CHANGE IN
SPENDING RELATED TO SHORT-TERM
RENTAL.
AND OTHER CHANGES WERE LARGELY
MODEST.
THERE IS A ONE TIME INCREASE IN
RELATIVE EXCISED TAX THAT IS
PLAYED IN THE 2020 BUDGET.
I WOULD NOTE, WE WILL COME BACK
AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
TODAY AND RESCHEDULE AS EFFORT
BRIEFING FOR YOU ON THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, BUT A
TAX AS WELL.
WHAT IS SHOWN HERE IS AN
ESTIMATE OF FIRST-YEAR REVENUES
OF ABOUT 9 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO SPEND
RELATIVELY LITTLE OF THAT GIVEN
THE OVERALL UNCERTAINTY OF THE
PROPOSAL.
BUT THE LEGISLATION TO
AUTHORIZE THAT TAX WAS
DELIVERED TODAY.
IT IS PART OF THE BUDGET AS WE
ARE PROPOSING IT.
AS WE MOVE IN, THIS IS FINE.
I FORGOT WE HAD THE SLED.
THIS IS A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF
CHANGES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
I WAS ADDING, YOU CAN SEE THE
GROWTH OVER TIME, AS I
DESCRIBED BEFORE, THE 2020
PROPOSED RELATIVE TO THE
ENDORSED IS SOMEWHAT DECEPTIVE
BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
MEGABUCK SALES.
IN ADDITION, IN 2020, THE 2020
BUDGET ASSUMES AND APPROPRIATES
THE DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT THE
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WE HAVE
WITH THE COALITION OF CITY
UNIONS.
THE MONEY TO PAY THAT HAD BEEN
HELD IN RESERVE.
IT HADN'T BEEN SHOWN AS
SPENDING BEFORE AND THE
ENDORSED BUDGET BUT MOVES INTO
THAT CATEORY.
I THINK PROBABLY FROM A REVENUE
PERSPECTIVE AT LEAST, THE
IMPORTANT WAY TO SEE THE
GENERAL FUND, LET'S GO BACK A
SLIDE REALLY QUICK.
IF YOU AGAIN, IF YOU EXCLUDE
THE OTHER GENERAL SUB FUND
REVENUES, WHICH TEND TO BE
GRANTS OR ONE-TIME ITEMS, AND
YOU BUT THE TRUE ECONOMICALLY
DEPENDENT REVENUES.
THOSE ABOVE RELATIVE TO 2018,
THE GENERAL FUND IS 4% LARGER
AND WE GET GROWTH ABOVE
INFLATION FROM 2002.
THE FORECAST FOR 2020 IS 4%
LARGER, HOWEVER 15 MILLION OR
1% OF THAT IS A POLICY CHANGE
ON THE EMS LEVY.
NOT AN ECONOMY DRIVEN THING.
ON AND ECONOMIC BASIS, THE
GENERAL FUND REVENUES FOR 2020,
WE ARE ANTICIPATING GROWING IT
3%.
WITH INFLATION FORECAST AT
ROUGHLY 2 1/2, THAT IS VERY
LITTLE REAL GROWTH WE ARE
SEEING AT THIS POINT.
AGAIN, WE ARE STILL IN A GROWTH
MODE BUT TO GIVE YOU THE
OVERALL CONTEXT.
AS WE MOVED TO TALK ABOUT SOME
OF THE SPENDING, ONE THING I DO
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AS I
MENTIONED ALREADY, THERE IS,
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, I WILL MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS ABOUT ONE TIME GENERAL
FUND RESOURCES.
THERE ARE SOME ONE-TIME GENERAL
FUND RESOURCES THAT ARE
SIGNIFICANT THAT ARE DEPLOYED.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
PLACES WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
I MENTIONED THAT THE REVENUE
FORECAST FOR 2019 WILL ATTEMPT
TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS UP
ABOUT 5 MILLION.
IN ADDITION, WE MADE AN ERROR
THAT I AM EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT
WE DID.
HOWEVER IT WENT IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
WE OVERESTIMATED THE COST OF
THE RETRO PAYMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS KILLED.
THAT IS $6 MILLION OF RESOURCE
THAT WE OTHERWISE HAD EXPECTED
TO SPEND.
WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPD,
THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE HAD IN
HIRING POLICE OFFICERS MEANS
THAT THEY ARE SALARY SPENDING
BELOW $6 MILLION WHAT THEY HAD
ANTICIPATED.
THAT IS A ONE TIME RESEARCH
THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US.
AS I GO THROUGH AND TALK MORE,
THERE ARE ONE-TIME COUPLE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
SO WE HAVE DEPLOYED THOSE IN
2020.
WHERE POSSIBLE, ON ONE TIME AND
SPENDING ITEMS, NOT EXCLUSIVELY
ON ONE-TIME ITEMS.
THE PRESSURES FOR ONGOING
SPENDING ARE REAL.
SOME OF THE POLICY DIRECTION
YOU HAVE PROVIDED LEANED THAT
WAY TOO.
WE HAVE MET THE CHALLENGES AND
WE WILL TALK ABOUT SWEETENED
BEVERAGE A MOMENT.
WE HAVE MET THE CHALLENGE OF
THE POLICY DIRECTION BUT SOME
OF IT WAS ONE-TIME RESEARCH.
IT DOES LEAVE ME PAUSE ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY INTO 21.
BUT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES NOW
AND MAKING CUTS WHILE THAT IS
THE CASE, I DON'T THINK IT'S
NECESSARILY WISE EITHER.
THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT WE COULD FACE CHALLENGES
AS WE BUILD THE BUDGET FOR 21
AND 22.
SO LET'S TALK MORE SPECIFICS.
OBVIOUS THE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CRISIS IN THE CITY IS A
SIGNIFICANT ONE.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET MOVES
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO TRY TO
ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MERCER
MAKE A BLOCK.
SO A TOTAL SCENE HERE IS $78
MILLION.
DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND PROJECTS RELATED TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL
OF THESE.
FIRST, $50 MILLION ALLOCATION
FOR THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, THE EDI INITIATIVE.
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JUST MADE
AROUND THREE AWARDS TO THE EDI
APPLICANTS.
AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THAT
ROUND THREE REVIEW PROCESS, WE
IDENTIFIED THAT A NUMBER OF THE
PROJECTS WERE IN A CHICKEN AND
EGG SITUATION.
THEY HAVE ADVANCED THE PROJECTS
TO THE STAGE THAT THEY WERE
ANXIOUS TO TRY TO APPLY OFTEN
FOR HOUSING DOLLARS.
THEY WILL BE MIXED-USE PROJECT
THAT WOULD INCLUDE A HOUSING
COMPONENT.
WITH ALL OF THE DOLLARS WE HAVE
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE
IS A POTENTIAL TO LEVERAGE THE
RESOURCES.
BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE SITE
CONTROL AND IN ORDER TO APPLY
FOR HOUSING DOLLARS, THEY
NEEDED SITE CONTROL.
BUT THEY COULDN'T GET SITE
CONTROL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
HAVE HOUSING DOLLARS.
SO HENCE THIS CATCH-22, CHICKEN
AND EGG ISSUE.
THIS PROPOSAL IS TO INVEST SOME
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AND
ESSENTIALLY, IDEALLY BE A
REVOLVING FUND ARRANGEMENT
WHERE WE WILL MAKE ALLOCATIONS.
SO THESE PROJECTS CAN GAIN SITE
CONTROL.
THEY CAN MAKE APPLICATIONS AS
APPROPRIATE FOR HOUSING DOLLARS
AND POTENTIALLY REPAY THE FUNDS
AND WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN.
SO IT WILL BECOME A WAY TO MOVE
THE PROJECTS PAST THIS HUMP IF
YOU WILL AND THE STAGES OF
DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY EXCITING
STUFF TO TAKE THE EDI PROJECTS
THAT HAVE BEEN MORE CONCEPTUAL
AND MOVE THEM TO
IMPLEMENTATION.
AN ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR THOSE OF
MODERATE AND LOW INCOME.
SO THE IDEA HERE IS A HOUSING
TRUST MODEL WITH UNDERLYING
LAND WHERE IT WILL BE HELD IN
TRUST.
THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE ABLE TO
BUY IN TO THE AFFORDABLE
PRICES.
IT WOULD ACCRUE SOME BUT NOT
FULL APPRECIATION AND THEN
POTENTIALLY THEY SELL, THEY
WILL HAVE A CRUDE SOME EQUITY
AND BE ABLE TO MOVE ON,
POTENTIALLY TO A DIFFERENT
LOCATION.
TARGETING SOME OF THE SOUND
TRANSIT SITES IN THE VALLEY.
SMALLER ONES BECAUSE THEY ARE
NOT BIG ENOUGH TO BE IDEAL FOR
THE LARGER MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
BUT CAN BE PERFECT FOR MORE
TOWNHOMES OR ROWHOUSE ACTIVE
ARRANGEMENTS THAT ARE BOTH
NATURALLY AFFORDABLE AND WILL
SIT ON THE PHYSICAL SITES.
$6 MILLION FOR LOW INTEREST
LOANS TO HELP THE DEVELOPMENT
OF AFFORDABLE ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS.
WE WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ON
THIS.
YOU WILL GET MORE RING THE
PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING BUT THE NOTION HERE IS
LOW INTEREST, OR ZERO INTEREST
LOANS FOR HOMEOWNERS OF
MODERATE INCOME.
WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOW
INTEREST LOAN TO BUILD A UNIT
WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEY
THEN RENTED AT A RATE THAT IS
AFFORDABLE TO 80% OR BELOW FOR
10 YEARS.
SO IT IS POTENTIAL TO HELP
MODERATE AND LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS BY CREATING A
REVENUE STREAM FOR THEM FROM
THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND
TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS TO
THOSE WHO END UP DWELLING AND
THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO I THINK IT IS AN INTERESTING
MOVE.
AS WE DISCUSSED, $40 MILLION,
$42 MILLION TO MAKE SOME
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS.
AGAIN, PROPERTY ACQUISITION
TOWARDS INVESTMENTS.
THAT WOULD BE LEADING WITH
HOUSING BUT COULD ALSO INCLUDE
OTHER IMPORTANT PUBLIC
BENEFITS.
SO FOR INSTANCE, AFFORDABLE
CHILDCARE AND OTHER GROUND
FORCES.
CHATTING WITH EACH OF YOU AND
VISUALLY, WE IDENTIFIED THERE
WERE REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR US
TO BE STRATEGIC IN SOME OF
THESE MOVES.
MAYBE NOT IDEAL TO TALK ABOUT
IT IMMEDIATELY AND PUBLIC BUT
WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE NEXT
WEEK AND WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE
OF INTERNAL MEETINGS BUT
OVERALL MEETINGS OF CITY STAFF,
INCLUDING COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF
TO INITIATE A PROCESS TO REVIEW
WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE, TO
IDENTIFY THE CRITERIA AND THE
PRINCIPLES WE WOULD USE TO
SELECT AMONG THEM AND WE ARE
LOOKING TO IDENTIFY A SET OF
OUTSIDE EXPERTS WHO WOULD HELP
US VALIDATE THE CRITERIA AS
WELL.
IDEALLY, THERE IS A DEFINITE
SENSE OF URGENCY HERE, GIVEN
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
SO BRING FORWARD PROPOSALS THIS
YEAR OR EARLY NEXT AT THE
LATEST.
SO I THINK VERY INTERESTING
OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I HEARD YOU SAY INVOLVEMENT OF
CENTRAL STAFF.
I HEARD YOU SAY INVOLVEMENT OF
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND THAT POTENTIAL PROPOSAL FOR
THE 42 MILLION FOR STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS AND ACQUISITIONS
WOULD BE FORTHCOMING LATER THIS
YEAR OR EARLY NEXT.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH
THE COUNCIL AND THE PROPOSAL AS
CONCEIVED CURRENTLY GO THROUGH
TO GET COUNCIL APPROVAL OR
COUNSEL INSIGHT AND INPUT?
>> THESE DOLLARS ARE CURRENTLY
ALLOCATED INTO FINANCE GENERAL
BUT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THIS
FULL PLAN.
SO ANY ACTUAL APPROPRIATION OR
MOVE TO SPEND THE MONEY WOULD
REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL.
WE WOULD EXPECT A ROBUST
SESSION WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
AND I WOULD ADD THAT WE WOULD
EXPECT SOME PUBLIC INPUT AT THE
STAGE OF MAKING THE
INVESTMENTS.
BUT AS IMPORTANT, ONCE YOU HAVE
IDENTIFIED AND MADE THE
INVESTMENTS, A REALLY ROBUST
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC
ABOUT HOW WE WOULD, WHAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS
PROJECT.
WHAT THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC
BENEFITS WOULD BE TO BRING TO
THE TABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE, WE ARE LEADING WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT IS THE EMPHASIS BUT THESE
DOLLARS ARE NOT UNLIKE THAT
LEVY DOLLARS.
NOT RESTRICTED HOUSING.
WITH THEY DO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THINGS
LIKE SUBSIDIZE ON THE GROUND
FLOOR OR A PUBLIC MEETING
SPACE.
OR SOMETHING OF THAT KIND.
OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO AGAIN,
FIND WITH THE BALANCE IS
BETWEEN THE HOUSING PIECE OF
THIS AND THESE OTHER AMENITIES.
OR BENEFITS.
AND THAT IS REALLY AMONG THE
EXCITING THINGS.
IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO BRING
THOSE ELEMENTS TO THIS WORK AS
WELL AND TO THOSE PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS.
BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, THE
LOCAL OPTION HOUSING BILL, THIS
IS NEW MONEY BECAUSE OF THIS IS
AS AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE.
IT IS A PORTION OF THE STATE'S
PART OF THE SALES TECH.
IT IS REDIRECTED TO THE CITY.
FOR A HALF-MILLION FOR THE NEXT
20 YEARS.
PROPOSAL WE HAVE IS TO TAKE
THOSE DOLLARS, TILT AFFORDABLE
UNIT AND USE THE SAME STREAM TO
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY COST.
WE WILL BOTH HOLD THE BUILDING
IF YOU WILL AND PROVIDE THE
RESOURCES TO OPERATE IT, IT IS
A SELF-CONTAINED AND SELF
FUNDED PROPOSAL.
REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX, THIS IS
ACTUALLY NOT NEW MONEY BUT A RE-
PRIORITIZATION OF THE EXISTING
RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR
THE FIRST TIME AUTHORIZED AND
FOR A LIMITED TIME, AUTHORIZED
THE USE OF ONE OF THE TWO REAL
ESTATE EXCISE TAXES.
THE SECOND ONE.
TO BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
SO WITH THE BUDGET AND THE CIP,
THE SIX YOUR SPENDING PLAN FOR
CAPITAL RESOURCES PROPOSES TO
SPEND 5 MILLION PER YEAR FROM
21-25 TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE THINK WE CAN MANAGE THE CASH
FLOW ON THIS SUCH THAT WEEK BUT
THAT INTO THE NOTE FOR THIS
YEAR AND DEPLOY THOSE DOLLARS.
THEY CAN AWARD THOSE DOLLARS
AND SPEND THEM DOWN OVER TWO OR
THREE AND MANAGE CASH FLOW OVER
THE LATTER PART OF THAT.
I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT.
THE SIGNIFICANT TRICK HERE IF
YOU WILL, THIS IS NOT AGAIN NEW
MONEY.
THIS IS TAKING FROM THE
INVESTMENTS WE WOULD OTHERWISE
PLAN FOR REAL ESTATE EXCISE
TAX.
AND THAT MONEY IS GENERALLY
USED TO DO MAJOR MAINTENANCE ON
CITY FACILITIES.
ALSO TO DO THINGS LIKE PAVING
AND SIDEWALK REPAIR AND THE
LIKE.
IT IS A RE-PRIORITIZATION AND A
SACRIFICE OF THOSE OTHER
INVESTMENTS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY GIVEN THE
PRIORITY OF THAT.
THE MAYOR THOUGHT THAT WAS
IMPORTANT.
AND AT THE LAST ITEM, SEPARATE
PRESENTATIONS SET UP FOR YOU ON
THIS, THE REVENUES FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
AND THE TMC TAX.
WE WILL BRING YOU A
PRESENTATION I BELIEVE NEXT
WEDNESDAY IN GREATER DETAIL ON
THIS PIECE AND ALSO THE HOUSING
PETER.
THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE.
THIS IS THE HOUSING PIECE.
>> I ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION
ON MATT?
SET MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
SINCE WE DIDN'T REACH A SIGNED
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES,
THE PROPOSED 52 MILLION IS NOT
GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS
BUDGET.
SO WE CAN'T SPEND IT.
>> LET ME EXPLAIN THAT PIECE.
SO THE PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN
SENT DOWN WOULD HAVE THE TAX GO
INTO EFFECT AT THE BEGINNING OF
JULY.
AND GENERATE JUST ABOUT $9
MILLION NEXT YEAR IN 2020.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO
SPEND A PORTION OF THAT, JUST
OVER 1 MILLION OR MILLION AND A
HALF, I DON'T RECALL.
TO DO THE INITIAL
IMPLEMENTATION TO ACTUALLY
COLLECT THE TAX.
IT IS NOT A TRIVIAL EFFORT TO
SET UP THE SYSTEMS TO DO THAT.
AND TO DO THE RULEMAKING AROUND
IT AS WELL.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS NOT
TO START UNTIL ALIVE.
>> THE ONGOING REVENUE STREAM
WAS ABOUT $20 MILLION PER YEAR.
AND GROWING IT AT WHATEVER RATE
THE BUSINESS GROWS.
WE HAVE AN ASSUMPTION ABOUT
THAT.
IT IS AN ASSUMPTION.
AND OBVIOUS A, IT IS A DYNAMIC
BUSINESS FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS.
SO THE REMAINING RESOURCES
WOULD BE LEFT IN FINANCE
GENERAL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WERE ABLE ULTIMATELY TO COLLECT
THE TAX AND THAT THAT REVENUE
FORECASTS ARE REASONABLY
RELIABLE ABOUT THAT.
TO ANTICIPATE A QUESTION THAT
HASN'T BEEN ASKED, I DO NOT
THINK THIS IS A REVENUE SOURCE
WE CAN BOND AGAINST ANYTIME
SOON.
FOR 2 PRIMARY REASONS.
WE DON'T KNOW THE TAX BASE WELL
ENOUGH.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WILL
GROW.
THE OTHER IS THAT BOTH THE
MAJOR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANIES ARE POSTING
SIGNIFICANT QUARTERLY LOSSES
AND THE BUSINESS LIABILITY,
AGAIN, I AM NOT A
PROCRASTINATOR.
I AM NOT ABOUT STOCKS.
IF I WAS I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
BUT WE WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS
ABOUT WHAT THIS REVENUE STREAM
LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD.
THAT SAID, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT
SOURCE OF REVENUE.
>> JUST TO QUICKLY SUMMARIZE,
YOU WILL PUT 1,000,000 1/2 IN
JUST TO HELP GET WHATEVER
SOFTWARE INTEGRATION YOU NEED
WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
IT CAN BE COLLECTIVE.
IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE 1 JULY BUT
FOR THE 2020 BUDGET GOING
FORWARD, FROM OUR STANDPOINT,
WE CAN'T BOND AGAINST THE
PROPOSED 52 MILLION NOR SHOULD
WE START SPENDING IT.
>> THE LEGISLATION DOES HOWEVER
PROPOSE AND ALLOCATE THE
AVAILABLE RESOURCES BETWEEN
VISIBLY THE MINISTRATION OF THE
TAX, AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
TRANSPORTATION IN PARTICULAR,
THE CENTER CITY STREETCAR AND
ALSO, I'M SORRY.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THE
NAME RIGHT.
THAT RESOLUTION CENTER.
>> TO BE CLEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW, THE BUDGET INCLUDES,
BESIDES THE FUNDING TO SET THE
TEXT, THE REST IS IN FINANCE
GENERAL.
WE WOULD EXPECT IN 2020 WE
WOULD BE COMING BACK TO COUNSEL
TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS FROM
FINANCE GENERAL TO THESE
PURPOSES THAT BEEN OUTLINED.
>> AT SOME POINT, YOU WILL FEEL
BETTER AND REASSURED THAT THE
TAX CAN BE COLLECTED AND WE CAN
KEEP IT.
>> YES.
>> THE OFFICE OF HOUSING WILL
MOVE ON.
>>'S WIND BEVERAGE SODA TAX.
I WILL END UP SLIPPING INTO A
SODA TAX.
I WILL START AT THE BEGINNING.
THE FIRST THING I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE HAVE IN
THE COUNSEL AND ORDINANCE,
ELIMINATING THE USE OF'S WIND
BEVERAGE REVENUES TO BACKFILL
THE GENERAL FUND IF YOU WILL.
THAT WAS THE TUNE OF $6
MILLION.
IN ADDITION, THE REVENUE
FORECAST HAS ADDED ABOUT $10
MILLION IN ANNUAL ONGOING
REVENUE.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE FORECAST
IN A WAY DESCRIBES THAT FURTHER,
THERE ARE SOME ONE-TIME
RESOURCES.
AGAIN THE REVENUE FORECAST
INCREASE APPLIES TO 2019 AS
WELL.
IN TOTAL, THERE WERE ABOUT $10
MILLION OF ONGOING REVENUE TO
BE OUT ALLOCATED.
AND THEN $4 MILLION OF ONE-TIME
REVENUES.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
BACKFILL IF YOU WILL TO THE
GENERAL FUND.
IT MEANT THAT RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE TO BE DEPLOYED.
VERY CLEARLY, TO THE RESTRICTED
PRIORITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR THAT USES OF THE SODA TAX.
FOR THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, THEY
DEPLOY THOSE RESOURCES AS
FOLLOWS.
FIRST, CONSISTENT WITH THE USE
OF THE SODA TAX FOR EARLY
LEARNING, A $3 MILLION ONGOING
INVESTMENT EXPANSION OF THE
CITIES CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE OR
SEE CAP, WHICH IS A VOUCHER
PROGRAM FOR CHILDCARE, IT
PROVIDES A DISCOUNT FOR LOW AND
MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES TO
ACCESS CHILDCARE.
SO IN PARTICULAR, AS NOTED
HERE, WE HAVE EXPANDED THE
ELIGIBILITY TO 350% OF FEDERAL
POVERTY.
TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR THAT,
THAT IS $90,000 FOR A FAMILY
WITH TWO CHILDREN.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE MINIMUM
SUBSIDY, PARTICULARLY THE TOP
END OF THE RANGE FROM 10-25%.
WHAT WE HAD SEEN WAS NOT A
WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS FOR
ACCESSING THE RESOURCE.
WE THINK THAT WITH A DEEPER
DISCOUNT, A DEEPER INCENTIVE OR
SUBSIDY, THAT IS THE WORD I AM
LOOKING FOR.
THEY WILL.
WE ALSO, THOUGH I RECOGNIZE
THAT INCREASING THE VOUCHERS ON
THE DEMAND SIDE, THE
SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE CHILD
ON CHILDCARE IS ON THE SUPPLY
SIDE.
WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO PROVIDE
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO HELP
EXPAND SUPPLY.
WE HAD TWO ELEMENTS THERE.
ONE IS ON AN ONGOING BASIS, TO
USE A SHARE OF THE SODA TAX
REVENUES TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL
INCENTIVES TO CHILDCARE
FACILITIES THAT AREN'T
CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE.
AS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, IN ORDER
TO USE YOUR VOUCHER, THE
CHILDCARE FACILITY HAS TO BE
QUALIFIED.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THE
CITY HAS IS FOR LIABILITY
INSURANCE.
FOR HOME-BASED CARE, NOT ALL
WRITERS HAVE IF YOU WILL AND
ACCESS LIABILITY COVERAGE.
IT IS EXPENSIVE.
MORE THAN $1000 PER YEAR.
SO ONE THOUGHT WOULD BE TO
PROVIDE SOME FINANCIAL
INCENTIVE ASSISTANCE SUBSIDY TO
THE PROVIDERS TO TAKE HIM AT
INSURANCE.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES A FACILITY
ELIGIBLE FOR THE VOUCHERS.
WECOULD INCREASE THE POOL OF
ELIGIBLE FACILITIES THAT WAY.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE PROPOSING
AS A ONE-TIME INVESTMENT, $2
MILLION JUST OVER TO BE
AVAILABLE TO HELP MAKE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS TO EXPAND THE
SUPPLY OF CHILDCARE.
SAID THIS WOULD BUILD ON THE
CITY AS AN EXISTING FORM OF
REVENUE.
THE CHILDCARE BONUS PROGRAM.
THE HEIGHT BONUSES AWARDED AS
PART OF DOWNTOWN REZONING
INCLUDE PAYMENTS INTO A FUND
THAT COULD BE USED TO ASSIST IN
THE DEVELOPING OF CHILDCARE
FACILITIES.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO
PROVIDE A ONE-TIME BUMP NOT
RESOURCE.
THERE IS A PRETTY LONG LIST.
THERE IS A LIST OF PROJECTS
THAT ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING
FROM THAT SOURCE.
IT IS NOT BEING REPLENISHED AS
QUICKLY AS IT MIGHT.
SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE EXPECT ON
THE VOUCHER SIDE TO PROVIDE
ACCESS TO CHILDCARE.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN
ADVANCE AND SAY THANK YOU TO
DEAL.
WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THIS
YESTERDAY.
I AM REALLY APPRECIATING ALL OF
THE HARD WORK THAT THE OFFICE
HAS GONE INTO LOOKING AT WHAT
THE STRATEGIES ARE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FIGHTING
VOUCHERS TO 600 MORE KIDS.
WE NEED TO HAVE SPACE FOR THOSE
600 KIDS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS
NOT LIKE WE WILL FLIP A SWITCH
AND STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, WE
WILL HAVE AT LEAST 10 OTHER
FACILITIES READY TO GO.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I HAVE
ASKED WHEN THEY COME TO TALK TO
US, THEY TALK ABOUT THE
STRATEGIES ON HOW AND WHEN THEY
WILL IMPLEMENT THAT.
IS WHEN WE LOOK AT 600 KIDS,
JUST THINK THE ROUND NUMBERS OF
60 KIDS PER FACILITY.
IF THEY ARE THAT LARGE.
10 FACILITIES AND I KNOW THEY
WILL BE TRYING THE SHORT-TERM
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE THE
NUMBERS AND HELP WITH THINGS
LIKE THAT LIABILITY INSURANCE
THAT YOU DESCRIBED.
BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO
SPEED THIS UP IF WE ARE REALLY
GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE
FAMILIES.
>> I WOULD ADD ALSO THAT IT
MIGHT BE THE WE WILL BE GETTING
VOUCHERS TO FOLKS WHO HAVE
ALREADY HAD PLACEMENTS.
BUT MAYBE ARE IN A FACILITY
THAT IS NOT ELIGIBLE.
OR MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T PURSUED
VOUCHER BEFORE.
BECAUSE THE SUBSIDY WAS
RELATIVELY SMALL WHERE THEY
WEREN'T AWARE OF THE PROGRAM.
AND JUST TO POINT OUT, OVERALL,
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABILITY AND
GENERAL.
AS IT TURNS OUT, BUT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE CURRENT GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION OF THE VOUCHERS IS
THAT THEY ARE IN FACT BEING
USED BY FAMILIES WHO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY LOCATED IN
AREAS OF HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
SO HELPING THEM INCREASE THE
AFFORDABILITY OF CHILDCARE WILL
HELP INCREASE THE AFFORDABILITY
OF STAYING IN THE CITY, EVEN IF
THEY ARTY HAVE A PLACEMENT BUT
ARE SPENDING MORE ON IT THAN
THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE TO.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> SO COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I THINK THAT, I HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS IN THE CHILDCARE
ASSISTANCE..
I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT
THAT WE ARE GOING IN A
DIRECTION TOWARDS INCREASING
THE NUMBER OF SUBSIDIES
AVAILABLE FOR THE CHILDCARE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
BUT I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT
YOU AND I HAD.
IN MY OFFICE, I THINK LAST
WEEK, AND THEN LOOKING AT THIS
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
SO ON THE SLIDE BEFORE US, IT
TALKS ABOUT PROVIDING FINANCIAL
INCENTIVES FOR PROVIDERS.
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR,
HOW THE MAYOR AND MAYORS
PROPOSED BUDGET IS THE FINDING
PROVIDERS?
>> I AM NOT GOING TO BE AN
EXPERT HERE BUT AGAIN, BROADLY,
IT WOULD BE THE INTENT.
I AM NOT SURE I AM GETTING YOUR
QUESTION TO BE COUNTED.
>> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF
WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
DAYCARE FACILITY ONLY?
OR IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN-
HOME CHILDCARE PROVIDERS?
WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ALL OF THE ABOVE?
0-3? THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS?
>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.
AND FULL RANGE OF AGES.
>> OKAY.
AND THEN, THE SLIDE ALSO TALKS
ABOUT INVESTING $2 MILLION FROM
OTHER SOURCES.
BUT IT DOESN'T IDENTIFY WHAT
THOSE OTHER SOURCES ARE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> PERHAPS THAT IS A MORE
APPROPRIATE QUESTION.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
APPROPRIATE.
I MENTIONED WHEN I WAS FIRST
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE, ONE-TIME
RESOURCE, ONE OF THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE IS A SIGNIFICANT
PAYMENT FOR AN ALLEY VACATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WASHINGTON
STATE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO THERE IS A VACATION
PROJECTED TO BRING IN JUST
UNDER $40 MILLION IN 2020.
THE STATUTE, HALF OF THAT WILL
GO TO S..
THE INVESTMENT OF THOSE
DOLLARS.
THAT LEAVES ABOUT THE TOTAL
FIGURE OF 6.8 COMING TO THE
GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
THESE ARE NOT GENERAL FUNDS.
THEY LIVE IN SOMETHING CALLED
THE CUMULATIVE RESERVE FUND.
THAT IS NEITHER HERE OR THERE.
BUT ONE-TIME RESOURCES WE
DEPLOYED FOR CAPITAL PURPOSES.
THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE.
IT IS ONE OF THIS.
THESE WERE ACTUALLY RESOURCES
WE INITIALLY IDENTIFIED AS
POTENTIALLY FOR INVESTMENT IN A
CHILDCARE FACILITY IN THE CIVIC
CENTER CAMPUS.
BUT AS WE LOOKED AT THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER IT WAS
GOING TO BE MUCH MORE COSTLY
THAN WE THOUGHT.
TO SEE THIS IS A BETTER CHANCE
TO USE THE RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE
THE SAME GENERAL GOAL OF
INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF
CHILDCARE HERE IN THE CITY AT
LARGE IF YOU WILL.
BUT THAT IS THE SOURCE.
>> OKAY.
AND THE 2 MILLION FOUR ONE-TIME
CAPITAL FUNDING, HOW MANY
PROJECTS TO BE EXPECT THAT TO
BE ABLE TO COVER?
>> I WILL NEED TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THE TYPICAL
AVERAGE AWARD.
BUT AGAIN, WHAT WE DO IS
PIGGYBACK ON THE PROGRAM WE
ALREADY HAVE OPERATIONAL WITH
THE HEIGHT BONUS DOLLARS COMING
IN.
WE HAVE FIGURES ON THAT I JUST
DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME.
>> OKAY.
I THINK THOSE, GETTING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCING
MODEL WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
ULTIMATELY GET TO THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING OR COMMENT THAT
CHAIR BAGSHAW WAS PURSUING AS
IT RELATES TO THE REALITY THAT
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SPACE
AVAILABLE.
THAT PRESENTS A REAL CHALLENGE
FOR BEING ABLE TO RISE TO THE
OCCASION OF ADDRESSING THE
CHILDCARE DESERT THAT EXISTS IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO
LOOK AT THOSE COMPONENTS.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED
TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF FROM YOU IN TERMS OF THIS
THREE MILLION-DOLLAR PER YEAR
EXPANSION TO THIS HE KEPT.
THEM.
IN THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION
OF THE FRAMEWORK OF EDUCATION,
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISED LOVE, WE
ALSO PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT
SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SEE
CAP AND OUR INTERESTS IN TERMS
OF FUTURE WORK TO BE DONE AND
THE EXECUTIVE ON LOOKING AT
CHILDCARE NEEDS IN PARTICULAR.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
REQUESTED OR DIRECT DID THE
EXECUTIVE TO LOOK AT AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS
FOR AN EXPLORATION TO
MODIFICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT NO
PARTICIPATING FAMILY PAYS MORE
THAN 10% OF THE INCOME ON
CHILDCARE AND ALSO TO BROADEN
THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS TO COVER MORE
FAMILIES.
SO IT SEEMS THAT BE, THE
BROADEN THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS TO COVER MORE
FAMILIES HAS BEEN INCORPORATED
INTO THIS PROPOSED FINANCIAL
MODEL.
BUT I DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF
WHETHER YOUR, WHETHER THE
MAILERS PROPOSAL INCLUDES A,
WHICH MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY
PAYS MORE THAN 10% OF ITS
INCOME IN CHILDCARE.
>> I CANNOT GIVE YOU A PRECISE
ANSWER BUT AS WE WERE EVALUATING
HOW BROAD TO MAKE THE INCOME
ELIGIBILITY AND WHAT THE
APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF SUBSIDY
WORK, THE QUESTION OF THE SHARE
OF INCOME LEFT TO GO TO
CHILDCARE WAS AMONG THE
CONSIDERATIONS.
AS WAS THE QUESTION OF THE
BREADTH.
HOW MANY FOLKS COULD WE REACH?
AND OBVIOUSLY THE DEPTH.
WHAT LEVEL OF SUBSIDY.
I CAN'T RECALL AS I SAID HERE
EXACTLY HOW THE BALANCE WAS
STRUCK.
BUT WHEN EDUCATION AND
EVERYTHING COMES BACK, WE WILL,
I THINK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
SPEAK TO THAT MORE DIRECTLY AND
GIVE YOU MORE SPECIFICS.
BOTTOM LINE, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
A CONSIDERATION.
I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE
WE ENDED UP ON THE BALANCE OF
THAT.
>> SO I KNOW THAT DEAL IS IN
THE AUDIENCE.
I SEE MR. GOOD NIGHT IN THE
AUDIENCE AS WELL FROM THE
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
HE IS PREVIOUSLY TAKING NOTES.
ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS I AM
ASKING RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
BRING THIS OVERVIEW, THAT THE
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW OF THE
OVERALL BUDGET, THAT THESE WILL
BE QUESTIONS I WANT TO DIG INTO
DURING DEALS HESITATION WHICH
IS LATER THIS WEEK.
POSSIBLY TOMORROW.
SO I THINK ON THAT SEE CAP
THING, I WANT TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF IT BECAUSE THE
PROPOSAL HERE FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE
TO SERVE 600 ADDITIONAL
CHILDREN.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
FORMULA FOR HOW WE GOT TO THAT
EXPANSION NUMBER, WHICH
FUNDAMENTALLY REQUIRES US TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA WAS BEFORE.
HOW IT IS BEING MODIFIED NOW IN
THIS PROPOSAL.
IS IT AN INCOME ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA MODIFICATION ONLY.
IF THAT IS NOT THE ONLY
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND
THAT.
I HAVE FOR EXAMPLE HAD AN
INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT WE
MODIFY AND TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC
VIEW OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
FOR SEE CAP BECAUSE FOR
EXAMPLE, IF YOU ARE A GRAD
STUDENT RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T
QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
I WANT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT IF WE MODIFY THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THROUGH
THIS BUDGET PROCESS, HOW WOULD
THAT IMPACT YOUR REJECTION OR
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE PROJECTION
THAT THIS WOULD SERVE 600
ADDITIONAL CHILDREN?
I WANT TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF
THAT AND ULTIMATELY, AT THE END
OF THE DAY, IF WE ARE REALLY
TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE
CHILDCARE, WE NEED TO GET AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS
SUBSIDY MEANS AT THE END OF THE
DAY.
IN TERMS OF OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS
TO FAMILIES WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE SEE CAP.
THOSE ARE PREVIEWS OF WHERE I
AM HEADED.
IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO
CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT THIS
EVENING AS YOU PREPARE FOR
PRESENTATIONS.
TOMORROW.
>> WELL TAKEN AND ACTUALLY,
THAT IS PERFECT USE OF THE
STRUCTURE OF THIS.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER
ALL OF ANYONE'S QUESTIONS.
BUT I AM NOT SURE WE WILL BE
ABLE TO GET TO THE FULL LEVEL
OF DETAIL IN TOMORROW'S
PRESENTATIONS EITHER BUT
WORKING WITH THE STAFF AND
CENTRAL STAFF, OBVIOUSLY YOUR
ASKING REALLY PERTINENT POLICY
QUESTIONS.
I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON
THAT.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
>> 20.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW AND WE WENT
THROUGH YOUR POWERPOINT.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ TEST ON
ISSUES I WANTED TO RAISE.
THE EXPECTATION.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ONE-
TIME CAPITAL FUNDING TO FURTHER
HELP EXPANDS.
THIS IS MY CONCERN ABOUT ONE-
TIME CAPITAL FUNDING IN LIGHT
OF, IF YOU HAVE 4.3 MILLION
THAT IS SPENT.
YOU ARE EXPECTING 6.8 FROM THE
WASHINGTON STREET VACATION.
THAT IS 11 MILLION.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING,
PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH AND
WITH THE LIGHT RAIL COMING IN,
WE HAVE BEEN REALLY PUSHING
WITH HAVING THE COMMITMENT AND
THE POLICY THAT WE INVEST IN
CHILDCARE TRANSIT ORIENTED
CHILDCARE IN THOSE AREAS.
TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE,
THIS IS WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ WAS SAYING.
THIS IS WHERE I AM HEADED.
WE HAVE THE MAJOR
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO
THE TUNE OF 52 BILLION FOR
SOUND TRANSIT AND WE ARE
POURING A TON OF MONEY INTO
NORTHGATE OPEN IN 2021,
HOPEFULLY TO OPEN SEVEN YEARS
EARLIER IN 2024 I BELIEVE.
MY POINT IS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING
AT RIDERSHIP BETWEEN 40-50,000
WE ARE ALSO PUSHING FOR GROCERY
STORES TO BE AT THESE PLACES
WITHIN 10 MINUTES, WE NEED TO
BE PUSHING FOR THE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CHILDCARE.
SO FAMILIES, WORKING FAMILIES
WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN CARS
WILL USE LIGHT RAIL.
THEY CAN GO TO LIGHT RAIL.
PICKUP GROCERIES, PICK UP THEIR
KIDS, THAT IS MY POINT.
SO I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF A NEW
TERM THAT WE HAVE COINED THE
LAST TWO YEARS BUT THAT IS
REALLY WHERE I WILL BE LOOKING
AT UNSPENT FUNDS.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE A POLICY
CONSIDERATION AND A COMMITMENT
AND DISCUSSION FROM THE
EXECUTIVE THAT WE MAKE THAT A
PRIORITY.
>> A PERSONAL NOTE AND THEN A
POLICY ONE.
I CURRENTLY HAVE A TODDLER IN A
DAYCARE LOCATED HALF A BOB
BLOCK FROM AN EXPRESS LINE.
MORE BROADLY, I KNOW THIS WILL
BE ODD BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
GET INTO SPECIFICS, BUT ONE OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE
EXPLORING FROM THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT WOULD BE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSIT
ORIENTED.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
FLEXIBLE DOLLARS TO STEER THE
CITIES CHILDCARE FACILITIES IN
SUCH DEVELOPMENT.
A COULD MEET ALL OF THOSE
KNEES.
I THINK THE POLICY TRADE-OFF
THAT YOU WILL FACE COLLECTIVELY
IS THE TIMING HERE.
THAT WE HAVE THIS RESOURCE
TODAY.
WE HAVE THE DEMANDS FOR
CHILDCARE.
úTHE TIMELINE FOR SOUND TRANSIT
IS ALWAYS FRUSTRATINGLY LONG.
YOU CAN SEE SIMILAR
OPPORTUNITIES IN SOME OF THESE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS.
>> IF I COULD DO A QUICK FOLLOW-
UP.
THIS IS MY CONCERN WHERE WE ARE
I RIGHT NOW IN THIS JUNCTURE
WITH OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT
PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IN THE
NORTH END.
WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES GOING ON
THERE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION AND
MEETING, THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH
THE EXECUTIVES IN THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT, WHO TODAY
TALK TO ABOUT CAPITAL AND
PRIVATE, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS TO
CREATE A FOOTPRINT AT TRANSIT
WHERE THAT BECOMES ONE OF THE
BOX ISSUE CHECKS WHEN WE DO
THESE IF YOU WILL, WHEN WE LOOK
AT TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT, I COULD GO ON AND
ON ABOUT THAT.
WE COULD SLAP TRANSIT IN FRONT
OF EVERYTHING.
I AM SLAPPING IT IN FRONT OF
CHILDCARE.
I NEED THE EXECUTIVES IN CHARGE
OF THAT TO START WORKING WITH
ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
TO BE NOT MORE THAN THE
CITYWIDE BUT DISTRICT WHERE A
LASER FOCUSED ON POTHOLES AND
SIDEWALKS AND ALL OF THE
THINGS.
I NEED TO BE WILL TO RESPOND TO
THAT.
I AM HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME
WITH WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF
THAT.
FOR ME IT WILL BE A PRIORITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I CAN HELP AND MAKE A
CONNECTION.
I WOULD LOVE TO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> SOME QUESTIONS I HAD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ASKED.
WHERE THE $2 MILLION WAS COMING
FROM FOR THE CAPITAL FUNDS.
BUT MY OTHER QUESTION IS, CAN
YOU REMIND ME OF WHERE THEY ARE
GOING?
I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD THAT
SPECIFICALLY.
$2 MILLION FOR WHICH PROJECTS?
>> THERE IS AN EXISTING PROGRAM
NOW THAT IS FUNDED TO THE
HEIGHT BONUS DOLLARS I WILL
CALL THEM.
THAT IS THE TECHNICAL TERM.
IT CAME FROM SOME OF THE
DOWNTURN UP ZONES.
>> WE AMENDED THE LEGISLATION.
THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT IS
DISTRIBUTING THOSE DOLLARS AND
THEY ARE A SET OF PROJECTS
APPLIED TO THOSE DOLLARS.
THERE ARE SOME, WE DON'T SIT
AND WAIT FOR THIS PROJECTS.
WE REACH OUT AND IDENTIFY.
THERE IS A PIPELINE THEM.
SO THE IDEA IS WE WOULD TAKE
THOSE DOLLARS AND ROLL WITH IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS
A PIPELINE OF PROJECTS.
THE FUNDING STREAM IS, IT COMES
IN CHUNKS.
IT IS INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AS
THEY ARE DEVELOPED.
OF LATE, THERE HASN'T BEEN A
STEADY FLOW IN, NOT RECENTLY.
SO WE THINK THERE ARE MORE
PROJECT LINED UP THEN THERE
WILL BE DOLLARS.
THAT WILL BE THE CONNECTION WE
WILL BE MAKING.
PIGGYBACKING ON THIS EXISTING
PROGRAM AND THE EXISTING
PIPELINE BUT MAKING SURE THERE
ARE RESOURCES TO FOLLOW
THROUGH.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE
AMENDMENT THAT WE MORE RECENTLY
DID WAS TO INCLUDE A BONUS FOR
THE CREATION OF CHILDCARE ON-
SITE WITH THE CITYWIDE UP THEM.
ARE YOU PROJECTING FUNDING
ALREADY FOR CHILDCARE AS IT
RELATES TO CITYWIDE AMENDMENTS
WE MADE FOR CHILDCARE?
>> I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER BUT
WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
>> BETTINGER, ONE MORE
QUESTION.
SO LOOKING AT THE BULLET THAT
SAYS THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FOR PROVIDERS TO PARTICIPATE, I
UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DID TODAY.
WHEN WE MET, IT WAS RELATED TO
LIABILITY INSURANCE AS ONE
EXAMPLE.
ARE THERE OTHER TYPES OF
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES THAT YOU
ARE CONSIDERING?
ARE THOSE FOR CURRENT
PROVIDERS?
OR WILL YOU BE LOOKING AT USING
THOSE AS AN INCENTIVE FOR
FUTURE PROVIDERS?
>> I THINK IDEAS DENSELY FOR
BOTH.
I WILL DEFER TO DEALS
PRESENTATION TOMORROW TO GIVE
YOU OTHER POTENTIAL EXAMPLES.
>> OKAY.
>> ARE YOU WAITING FOR
TOMORROW?
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> TELL THEM TO BUCKLE THEIR
SEATBELTS.
>> THAT WAS THE FIRST PAGE OF
SWEETENED BEVERAGE.
I WILL GO AS FAST AS YOU WANT.
CONTINUED PUZZLES ON THE
ONGOING SIDE, 2 1/2 MILLION
DOLLARS ONGOING FOR A HEALTHY
FOOD GRANT PROGRAM.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADVISORY
BOARD.
WE WILL HAVE THE DIFFERENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AGAIN, WORKING
WITH POTENTIALLY THE OSC AND
THE ADVISORY BOARD, WE ARE
LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY LED
PROPOSALS TO INCREASE FOOD
AXIS.
THESE COULD BE THINGS LIKE FOOD
BANKS OR OTHERS.
A RANGE OF THINGS.
$2 MILLION ONGOING TO EXPAND
THE CITY'S FRESH BOOKS PROGRAM
THAT PROVIDES LOW-INCOME
FAMILIES TO FRESH FOOD.
AND A LITTLE OVER 1 MILLION FOR
FOOD BIG SUPPORT AND SOME
CRITICAL STAFF NEEDED AT HST TO
ADMINISTER DOLLARS THAT ARE
COMING THROUGH THIS NEW REVENUE
STREAM.
AND LASTLY, ON AN ONGOING
BASIS, A MODEST AMOUNT OF
FUNDING TO INCREASE
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS.
SO EXERCISE THE OTHER SIDE OF
HEALTHY LIVING IF YOU WELL.
>> CHAIR BAGSHAW?
>> I AM, ON THAT LAST POINT,
THE $150 TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM
FOR YOUTH AT THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT, I AM LOOKING AT AND
ENABLING ORDINANCE ON THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TEXT.
I AM NOT SEEING CAPITAL
IMPLEMENT PROJECTS FOR PARKS
DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF THE
ELIGIBLE AREAS OF EXPENDITURE.
CAN YOU DIRECT ME TO THE
LANGUAGE IN THE CODE THAT MAKES
THIS EXPENDITURE FITS WITHIN
THE CONTOURS OF THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS OF SPENDING?
>> IT IS NOT CAPITAL.
IT IS OPERATING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN
STILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
BELOW MAKE IT BACK TO.
>> I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT I READ CAPITAL.
THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.
BUT AGAIN, I AM NOT SEEING THAT
IN THE LANGUAGE.
>> IF THERE WAS EXISTING
RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING, I
THINK IT IS BUILT ON THIS.
BUT YOUR POINT IS TAKEN.
I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER ON THE
FLY.
>> IF WE COULD JUST GET FOLLOW-
UP TO THAT, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THAN IN ADDITION, AS I
DESCRIBED, THERE WERE SOME ONE-
TIME RESOURCES.
THE 2019 INCREMENT THAT WE
DIDN'T OTHERWISE ANTICIPATE.
THAT IS A ONE-TIME USE.
THERE WAS FUND BALANCE AS WELL.
TO PROPOSALS, ONE IS A ONE-TIME
GRANT FUND.
A ONE-TIME RESOURCE.
$3 MILLION FOR CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY
GARDENS.
THE NEXUS WE SEE HERE IS ON
HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTION.
BOTH WHO ARE ACTIVELY TREATING
THEMSELVES FROM THE GARDEN BUT
ALSO MANY OF THE GARDENS MAKE
DONATIONS TO FOOD BANKS AND
OTHER FOOD THIS DIVISION
NETWORKS.
WE SEE IT AS A WAY TO EXPAND
ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
AND A GROUND-UP COMMUNITY
DIRECTION IF YOU WELL.
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN SIGNIFICANT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY GARDENS SINCE THE
PARKS LEVY OF 2008.
SO WE ARE AWARE OF SEVERAL
SPECIFIC NEEDS BUT ANTICIPATES
THAT WITH THE REQUESTS FOR
APPLICATIONS, WE WILL GET
OTHERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS MIGHT
BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME AS
WELL.
WE WILL WORK ON AN EVALUATION
PROCESS TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AND
BRING THEM FORWARD.
AND LASTLY, RECOGNIZING NOW WE
HAVE THESE DOLLARS IN A FUND
RATHER THAN IN THE GENERAL
FUND.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL
RESERVES IF AND WHEN THERE IS A
DECLINE IN THESE REVENUES.
WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
CUSHION TO BE ABLE TO CONTAIN
PROGRAMMING WHILE WE AGAIN
DEVELOP A LONGER-TERM PLAN TO
ADDRESS ANY ONGOING SHORTFALL
úIN REVENUE.
>> I WILL ASK US TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE ON HERE.
>> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ASK A QUESTION.
THAT IS WHAT THIS WAS INTENDED
FOR.
>> I WILL SET YES PLEASE.
ASK YOUR QUESTION AND THEN I
WOULD LIKE TO ALERT OUR
COLLEAGUES BECAUSE WE HAVE SIX
SLIDES LEFT OF THIS
PRESENTATION.
>> OKAY.
THIS IS WHERE I STILL HAVE THE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS COMING FROM
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TEXT.
IF YOU COULD JUST AS A FOLLOW-
UP POINT TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
ORDINANCE THAT PERMITS THESE
EXPENDITURES IN THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS.
THAT WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED BECAUSE I'M LOOKING
AT THE LANGUAGE AND I AM HAVING
A HARD TIME EXTRAPOLATING
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
>> FROM US IT IS ACCESS TO
FOOD.
SO VERY SPECIFICALLY, AS SUCH,
BOTH FOR THE PARTICIPANTS
DIRECTLY AND FOR THE DONATIONS
THEY COULD BE MAKING.
THAT IS WHERE I WOULD POINT.
BUT ALL OF THE LEGISLATION IN
FRONT OF YOU, I WILL GET BACK
TO YOU AS WELL.
BUT THE OVERALL SENSE.
>> I AM NOT CONTESTING THE FACT
THAT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS
SHOULD BE FUNDED I THE CITY BUT
I JUST THINK WE WENT THROUGH
THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT
THERE IS FULL COMPLIANCE WITH
THE UNDERLYING ORDINANCE IN
TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT
HAVING FOR LACK OF A BETTER
TERM MISSION CREEP IN THE SPACE
AGAIN.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ME TO
GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
THE EXECUTIVES PERSPECTIVE AND
EVALUATION OF THE ORDINANCE AS
IT RELATES TO THESE PROPOSED
EXPENDITURES.
>> I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT.
>> ARE YOU GOOD FOR NOW?
>> I HAVE CONCLUDED MY
QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE.
>> SO NEW FUNDING FOR
HOMELESSNESS, THE OVERALL ARC
OF THE PRESENTATION, EXPLAINING
HOW WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES, AND THE GENERAL FUND
IS NOT GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY.
WITH RESPECT TO HOMELESSNESS,
MEGA BLOCKS, IN ADDITION TO THE
$138 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE,
ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE MADE A
$5 MILLION DONATION FOR
HOMELESSNESS AS PART OF THE
MENTAL BLOCK TRANSACTION.
THEY IDENTIFIED HERE PRIMARY
USES OF THOSE DOLLARS.
I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT ONES, THE NEW
REGIONAL KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
ANTICIPATION IS THAT THEY WILL
FACE SIGNIFICANT STARTUP COST
OF THE COURSE OF 2020.
WITH KING COUNTY.
SO $2 MILLION ONE TIME
ALLOCATED FOR THOSE COSTS.
THINGS LIKE HIRING EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS, SETTING UP HR
FUNCTIONS, COMMUTER SYSTEMS AND
THE LIKE.
IN ADDITION, $1.2 MILLION TO
ADDRESS POTENTIAL RECITING OF
TINY HOME VILLAGES AS DESCRIBED
HERE OR TO MAKE OTHER
INVESTMENTS IN THE TINY HOME
VILLAGES.
SOME OF THEM ARE, THEY HAVE
EXISTING PERMITS THAT ARE
COMING TO A CLOSE.
WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO RENEW AND
TO RELOCATE OR ALTERNATELY TO
EXPAND ONE OF THE EXISTING
SITES TO PROVIDE CAPACITY.
SO TO ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL
TRANSITIONS.
>> JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME,
THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS AND I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
THERE IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT
DONATION IN THE HOMELESSNESS
SPACE.
IT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET BUT
KNOWING IT WOULD HAPPEN
INFORMED THE OVERALL DECISIONS
THAT WERE MADE BY THE MAYOR.
THERE IS CONTRIBUTION FROM
MICROSOFT THAT WOULD HELP
REPLENISH THE CENTRAL DIVERSION
FUND.
THIS IS ORIGINALLY SET UP WITH
MONEY FROM THE PEARL JAM HOME
SHOWS.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS PROVIDE
SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO
THOSE WHO ARE POTENTIALLY
BECOMING, FACE THE RISK OF
BECOMING HOMELESS.
SO THINGS LIKE MONEY FOR RENT
OR FOR A CAR PAYMENT.
TO ENSURE ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
OR THE LIKE.
THEY HAVE PROVEN A VERY
EFFECTIVE METHOD TO PREVENT
FOLKS FROM GOING INTO
HOMELESSNESS.
THE EXISTING RESOURCES ARE
RUNNING DRY.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE POTENTIALLY
RESOURCES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
TO KEEP THE PROGRAM GOING.
AND THEN JUST MENTIONING SOME
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES MORE GENERALLY
SO IT DOESN'T FIT THE SLIDES TO
BE CANDID.
ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
FUNDING TO EXPAND THAT AS PART
OF A SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSAL TO A
CONTINUE THE EXPANSION.
NOT MORE.
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR
DIVIDER WAGES.
AND AS DIRECTED BY THE CITY
ORDINANCE.
AND THEN A SMALL FUNDING IN
ADDITION TO THE KING COUNTY
WIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE.
THAT CAME FORWARD FROM ANOTHER
NUMBER OF DIRECTIONS.
>> QUESTION DOWN THERE?
>> YES.
THANK YOU., OVERALL WHEN I LOOK
AT THE SLIDE, I SEE THE
HEADLINE THAT SAYS FUNDING TO
ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY.
BUT AMONG THE BULLETS HERE, I
DON'T SEE ANY FUNDING FOR
HOUSING.
I DON'T KNOW THROUGH THESE
DONATIONS IF THEY WERE TIED
SPECIFICALLY TO EMERGENCY
SERVICES, WHICH WE SHOULD
DISTINGUISH FROM ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS BY GETTING AT THE
ROOT OF IT, WHICH IS LACK OF
HOUSING.
BUT IF THERE WERE SPECIFIC
CAVEATS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
DONATIONS, THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO KNOW.
AND AGAIN, FOR THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION AND FOR THE
DISCUSSION, WE HOPE TO HAVE
WITH THE CBO, MY UNDERSTANDING
FROM THE PRESENTATION PROVIDED
AT THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS WITH
THAT THE CONTINUED FUNDING FOR
THE NAVIGATION TEAM WAS TOTALED
AT 7 MILLION WE LOOK AT HST
PLUS OTHER CITY AGENCIES.
AND I THINK THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO NOTE
AS THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS
PRIORITIES AS WE LOOK TO MORE
EFFICIENCIES WITH THE EMERGENCY
SERVICES PROGRAM UNDER THE NEW
REGIONAL GOVERNANCE THAT THE
CONTINUATION OF 7 MILLION
THROUGH THE NAVIGATION TEAM
THAT IS EXPECTED TO STAY AT THE
CITY IS A DEVIATION FROM OUR
EFFORTS TO TRY TO COORDINATE
DOLLARS.
SO I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE BECAUSE IT
WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SHARED
BY TEST.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT HOW
THOSE DOLLARS WERE SUPPOSED TO
BE ALLOCATED FROM OUR DONATING
PARTNERS?
>> BACK ME UP.
I WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT POOR
THIS LIGHT, SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
INVESTMENTS AREN'T ON THAT
SLIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE
SLIDE.
IN TOTAL HERE, MORE THAN $100
MILLION.
BUT THE MICROSOFT MONEY, WE HAD
SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT WITH
THEM.
BUT WE DIDN'T CONTROL THAT USES
OF THOSE.
THE MERCER MAKE A BLOCK IS
RELATIVELY BROAD.
A DONATION FOR HOMELESSNESS, WE
HAVE TALKED THEM INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING I SUSPECT
BUT WE RECOGNIZE THESE IMPORTANT
NEEDS EXIST AS WELL.
THE LAST COMMENT ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, I EXPECT A
ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
ONE THING TO KNOW IS THAT A
SIGNIFICANT SHARE OF THE 7
MILLION IS FOR SPD WAGES.
POLICE OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN
THAT ACTIVITY.
IF THEY WEREN'T ENGAGED IN THAT
ACTIVITY, THEY COULD BE ENGAGED
IN ANOTHER.
AND IN THE ABSTRACT, YOU COULD
REDUCE OVERALL FUNDING.
BUT TO OUR STANDARD, SOME OF
THAT IS PULLING, WE HAVE GIVEN
YOU THE COST OF WHAT IT HAS
TAKEN TO DRAW IN RESOURCES FROM
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
SUPPORT THE OVERALL EFFORT.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE
THE BREAKOUT.
>> I HAVE SEEN THE TABLE THAT
WE ARE PREPARING.
IN RESPONSE TO THE CENTRAL
STAFF QUESTION, WE HAVE THE
INFORMATION.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU POINTED,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, TO
SLIDE SEVEN.
WE WERE ON SLIDE 10.
IT IS SORT OF A RESPONSE OR
RETORT TO YOUR POINT THAT THE
INVESTMENTS AROUND ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS SEEM TO BE
DISCONNECTED FROM HOUSING
STRATEGIES.
SO, AS YOU HAVE POINTED BACK TO
SLIDE SEVEN, CAN YOU PLEASE
PROVIDE US ON IDENTIFICATION OF
HOW MUCH OF THE DOLLARS ARE
BEING SPENT SPECIFICALLY FOR
THE POPULATION EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS?
>> WE WILL GET YOU THAT.
THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE IS THE
LOCAL HOUSING BILL, STARTING
FOR THE PERMANENT SUPPORT OF
HOUSING.
>> THAT IS $4.5 MILLION?
>> SO DEPENDING ON THE NATURE
úOF THE PROJECT, SOME INCLUDES
RANGE.
IT WILL DEPEND.
>> CERTAINLY THE ADU DOLLARS
AREN'T ALLOCATED FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
>> THE AFFORDABILITY RANGE YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT IS 80% AND
LOW.
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE.
>> MY POINT IS I DON'T THINK
IT'S FAIR TO LOG BACK AT A
REASONABLE QUESTION AS TO HOW
THE MAYORS OPPOSED BUDGET TIES
THIS BUDGET WITH ADDRESSING THE
REALITIES THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NEED
HOMES BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR
SLIDE.
IF THERE ARE INVESTMENTS WITHIN
THE NEW RESOURCES FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ARE
DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY TO
ADDRESS THE 0-30% AMI
POPULATION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
FOR US TO GET THAT DETAIL AS WE
CONTINUE TO DEBATE AND CONSIDER
AND WEIGH OUR CHOICES AND THIS
BUDGET PROCESS.
>> IT WASN'T INTENDED AS A
RETORT IF YOU WILL.
I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT
WE WANTED TO MAKE A POINT THAT
WE ARE SEEKING INVESTMENTS IN
HOUSING AND THAT THEY WERE
LARGELY SUMMARIZED HERE.
BUT THE POINT IS UNDERSTOOD.
>>
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT A
COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THE
BULLET RELATED TO THAT
NAVIGATION TEAM FUNDING.
WHEREAS I RECOGNIZE THAT IT HAS
BEEN REPORTED THAT THERE IS NOT
AN EXPANSION OF FUNDING FOR THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
IT CONTINUES FOR EXISTING
FUNDING.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I HAVE
BEEN WORKING HARD TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM ARE
GUIDED BY A THEORY OF CHANGE.
IN THE RECENT OVERSIGHT OF THE
WORK OF THE NAVIGATION TEAM, IT
IS REVEALED THAT THE NAVIGATION
TEAM IS DOING A FAIR AMOUNT OF
WHAT I REFER TO AS NON-72 HOUR
ADVANCED NOTICE.
SO THE OBSTRUCTION HAZARD
REMOVALS THAT DON'T REQUIRE
ADVANCE NOTICE, AND I HAVE
ASKED WHETHER THIS ALLOWS THE
NAVIGATION TEAM TO GO OUT AND
IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ENCAMPMENTS
IN SOME LOCATIONS.
AND I HAVE ASKED HST WHETHER OR
NOT THE THEORY OF CHANGE THAT
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED INCLUDES
NOT ONLY THE 72 HOUR ADVANCE
NOTICE NAVIGATION TEAM REMOVALS
BUT ALSO THE IMMEDIATE HAZARD
OBSTRUCTION REMOVALS.
IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED FOR ME
THAT THE THEORY OF CHANGE DOES
NOT COVER THOSE IMMEDIATE
REMOVALS.
I HAVE ASKED HST TO DEVELOP A
THEORY OF CHANGE FOR THAT
ACTIVITY SO WE CAN HAVE A WAY
OF MEASURING WHAT THE ACTIVITY
IS AND FULFILLING OUR GOALS
BEYOND SIMPLY MOVING PEOPLE
FROM LOCATIONS.
AND THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED
FROM HST IS THAT THEY ARE NOT
CURRENT PLANS FOR UPDATING OR
CREATING A THEORY OF CHANGE
THAT INCLUDES OBSTRUCTION
HAZARD AND ACCESSIBILITY WORK.
HEY GO ON TO SAY THAT THE WORK
WILL NEED TO BE DONE ONCE
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IS FURTHER
DOWN THE ROAD.
AND OF COURSE, AS WE HAVE
LEARNED THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS
AROUND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN
THIS COMMITTEE, THAT THE FUNDS
AND THE POLICY WORK AROUND THE
NAVIGATION TEAM IS GOING TO
STAY WITHIN HST.
THAT IS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW TO
DIRECT.
SO I WILL FLAG THAT GIVEN MORE
OF THE NAVIGATIONS TEAMS WORK
IS BEING DIRECTED IN THESE
AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO
REQUIREMENT TO GIVE PRIOR
NOTICE, TO LINK PEOPLE TO
SERVICES.
AND NO EXPECTATION THAT THERE
BE AVAILABLE BEDS OPEN.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE
SOME POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR
DIRECTING THIS WORK.
>> DULY NOTED.
I HAVE NEITHER THE TIME NOR
EXPERTISE.
BUT THERE IS A ROBUST PERIOD OF
TIME TO TALK ABOUT OVERALL
HOMELESSNESS AND INVESTMENTS.
I ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE AN
APPROPRIATE TIME AND CONSISTENT
WITH THE EARLIER OBSERVATIONS.
HELPFUL SO WHEN WE COME BACK WE
KNOW WHAT TO EXPLAIN AND WHAT
TO BRING.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
>> OKAY.
SO PUBLIC SAFETY.
AS I IDENTIFIED THERE, SAVINGS
IN 2019 TO TO THE CHALLENGE
THAT SPD HAS HAD IN HIRING.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GOING TO
WORK HARD ON BRINGING NEW
OFFICERS, I WILL TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS.
WE REALISTICALLY ARE ALSO
ANTICIPATING SALARY SAVINGS
ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING FEWER
OFFICERS IN 2020.
THAT HAS PROVIDED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REDIRECT
RESOURCES INTO PUBLIC SAFETY AS
WELL.
SO AT A HIGH CLIP HERE,
FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON SPD
AND THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE
HAD IN BRINGING ON THE STAFFING
AND THEN MEETING NEEDS AT LOWER
STAFFING LEVELS.
A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS.
SO ONE IS OVER 1,000,000 1/2
DOLLARS TO INVEST IN
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
STRATEGIES.
THERE HAS BEEN A WORK GROUP
INCLUDING FOLKS AROUND THE
CITY, INCLUDING COUNSEL STAFF
THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING A
SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
I COULD TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT THEM BUT FOR LACK OF TIME
I WILL NOT.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE.
IT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATIONS.
CONTINUING THE PRACTICE STARTED
THIS YEAR, HIRING INCENTIVES,
$15,000 FOR THOSE WHO COME OVER
LATERAL.
7 1/2 THOUSAND FOR NEW
RECRUITS.
THE NEW RECRUITS BEING
SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE TO
SEATTLE, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
$850,000 IS A COMPETITIVE
MARKET.
$850,000 TO CONTINUE APHESIS
PATROLS AND ENFORCE
LIMITATIONS.
THAT IS BOTH A DIRECT RESPONSE
TO PARTICULAR AREAS OF PUBLIC
SAFETY CONCERN AND THE REALITY
OF USING FEWER RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE A POLICE COUSINS.
A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT OF RESOURCE
TO EXPAND THE COMMITTED SERVICE
OFFICER PROGRAM.
THE ENDORSED BUDGET CALLED FOR
A CSO PROGRAM OF 12 OFFICERS
AND TO CLARIFY, THEY ARE
CIVILIANS.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AWARE OF THE
NAME.
AN INCREASE FROM 12-18.
HIRING FOR THE 12, WE GOT MANY
APPLICATIONS.
SO I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO
MOUS THE SAME POOL TO EXPAND
BEFORE WE GET STARTED IF YOU
WELL.
ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS TO EXPAND THE CRISIS
RESPONSE UNIT.
SO I BELIEVE THIS IS FIVE
ADDITIONAL, IT IS ONE AT EACH
PRECINCT I KNOW THAT.
SO DEDICATED POSITION AS A
LIAISON TO THE NATIVE AMERICAN
COMMITTEE.
FURTHER, I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HIGH
BARRIER WORK GROUP WHICH IS
DESIGNED TO TAKE ON THE
CHALLENGE OF ADDRESSING THE
NEEDS OF RELATIVELY SMALL
GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE,
WHO ARE FACING SIGNIFICANT
ISSUES OF THEIR OWN, INCLUDING
STRESS CURRENTLY ON THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
THIS IS ABOUT HOW TO RELIEVE
THAT AND TO PROVIDE THEM THE
ASSISTANCE THEY NEED.
SO A NUMBER, THREE SEPARATE
PILOTS THAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY.
AND ONE IS TO DEVELOP A NEW
RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY.
IT HAPPENS TO BE AT AN UNUSED
PORTION OF KING COUNTY JAIL.
IT IS NOT A JAIL FACILITY, JUST
USING THE SPACE.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO SHARE THE
FUNDING FOR THAT.
FOR BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING
50-50 WITH THE COUNTY.
THIS IS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE
WOULD USE SOME OF THE RESOURCES
FROM THAT VACATION I DESCRIBED
PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS A GOVERNING
FACILITY BUT NOT A CITY-OWNED
FACILITY.
YOU CAN'T USE THE EXCISE TAX
DOLLARS BUT IT IS A WAY TO
INVEST IN LONG-TERM RESOURCES.
SOME ONGOING OH AND HIM THERE
AS WELL.
A TARGETED REENTRY PILOT.
SO IF THEY SHOULD TO BE
ADDRESSED, CURRENTLY IF THERE
ARE REENTRY SERVICES AVAILABLE,
FOR THOSE EXITING THE JAIL.
BUT ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
THERE FOR 72 HOURS OR LONGER.
SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THIS GROUP
ARE ACTUALLY CYCLED THROUGH THE
SYSTEM FASTER THAN THAT.
WE TRY TO GET RESOURCES TO
THEM.
AND A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP A
PROBATION PILOT THAT WOULD
LOWER THE CASE LOADS AND HAVE
TARGETED ASSISTANCE TO THE
POPULATION AS WELL.
WE CAN GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL
DETAILS ON THE PROGRAMS.
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
IS TECHNICALLY CALLED LOW
ACUITY CALLS.
NONEMERGENCY.
WE KNOW THAT BOTH SPD AND SFD
ARE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCES FOR CALLS THAT COME
IN TONIGHT ON ONE THEY'RE NOT
BEST RESPONDED TO IN A STANDARD
EMERGENCY WAY.
SO A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS, A
COUPLE OF INVESTMENTS HERE.
ONE, SOME RESOURCE TO EXPAND
THE HEALTH MOBILE RESPONSE UNIT
THAT WAS JUST LAUNCHED.
AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE IN ADDITION.
TO ADD ON-SITE NURSES AT FIVE
LOCATIONS.
THE HIGHEST CALL VOLUME
LOCATIONS IF YOU WELL.
TO HELP ADDRESS THE CALLS
BEFORE THEY COME IN.
AND ALSO A NURSE CALL LINE.
THEY WOULD BE LARGELY IN A
SWING SHIFT ARRANGEMENT.
EIGHT NURSE CALL LINE FOR OTHER
PROVIDERS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND BY YOU IN THE
BUDGET OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR DOING THIS.
WE IDENTIFIED THE LAST COUPLE
OF YEARS AS BEING AN INVESTMENT
THAT WOULD REALLY SHOW A GREAT
RETURN FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
INVOLVED, PLUS SAVE US MONEY
OVERALL.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT BEING
INCLUDED.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, DID YOU
HAVE A QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU.
I AM HAPPY TO SAVE THIS
QUESTION FOR THE DEPARTMENTAL
REPORT BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING
IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO SAY
ABOUT THE FIRST TWO BULLET
POINTS.
THE 1.6 MILLION PLUS FOR
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND
THE SECOND ONE SAYS HIRING
INCENTIVES.
RECRUITMENT STRATEGY AND HIRING
INCENTIVES, THAT SEEMS
SYNONYMOUS.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I AM PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO
FULL JUSTICE TO THE STRATEGIES
WORKING GROUP.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CREATIVE
WAYS.
AS AN EXAMPLE, IDENTIFYING
PATHWAYS FOR CIVILIANS,
POTENTIALLY EXISTING CITY
EMPLOYEES.
THEY MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN
PUBLIC SAFETY.
COMPARED TO OTHER CITY RULES,
IT IS WELL-PAYING.
ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON YOUR
BACK ON.
WE HAVEN'T TARGETED IN A
FOCUSED WAY, EXISTING CITY
STAFF POTENTIALLY.
SO THE PATHWAY FROM CIVILIAN
AND THAT FORCE.
IN ADDITION, THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF YOUTH THAT WE ARE ENGAGING
THROUGH INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER
THINGS WHO AREN'T PROPERLY CITY
EMPLOYEES.
WE MIGHT BE TARGETING THEM SO
IT IS SOME DOLLARS TO INVEST IN
THOSE KINDS OF RECRUITMENT
STRATEGIES.
NOTE ONE OF THESE ITEMS IS A
BIG DOLLAR ITEM BUT I THINK
THERE ARE AS MANY AS 10
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ANOTHER COUPLE YOU THAT I
HAPPEN TO REMEMBER.
CHANGING THE TESTING PROTOCOL.
WITH CURRENTLY WE DO AND ALL
CALL TEST OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ONCE PER YOUR.
OR TWICE PER YOUR.
OTHER FOLKS USE TESTING CENTERS
WERE YOU CAN TAKE A TEST ON A
COMPUTER.
AND THEN LOWERING THE BARRIER
THERE.
THERE IS A COST TO US OF DOING
THAT.
PROBABLY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
TO CHARGE THE APPLICANT.
WE WANT TO GET OVER THAT ISSUE
IF YOU WELL.
OR ADDRESS IT IS A BETTER WAY
TO EXPLAIN IT.
THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE
DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
BUT IS THERE ANY HIGHLIGHT IN
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET FOR SPECIFIC
FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR TRAINING
POLICE OFFICERS FOR DE-
ESCALATION AND NON-X-AXIS FOR
FATAL USE OF FORCE?
SPECIFIC DOLLARS FOR THE
CIRCULAR PROBLEM?
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE
VIEWED FRIENDLY AND MORE
POSITIVELY IF THEY ACTUALLY
TAKE ON BOARD AND THERE IS A
HUGE SHIFT IN HOW THEY APPROACH
THEIR WORK.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE SHOULD
BE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THERE
IF THE GOAL IS TO ADDRESS
RETENTION.
>> IN THEIR BASE BUDGET FOR
TRAINING, THERE ALL THOSE
DOLLARS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU.
I DO KNOW.
I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD REMIND
ME.
THERE IS A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM.
A SMALL ONE.
$100,000 FOR ANTIBIAS TRAINING
TO BE ADDED AS A TRAINING
ELEMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT
TRAINING TO ALL OF THE POLICE
OFFICERS.
>> IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE A SMALL
AMOUNT FOR SOMETHING SO
IMPORTANT.
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH
ABOUT THAT.
THE GOAL IS TO GET TO AS MANY
OFFICERS AS WE CAN.
WE WOULD BE MORE USEFUL TO
PROVIDE IS A SENSE OF THE
OVERALL TRAINING REGIMEN IN THE
SPACE IF YOU WELL.
AND I THINK IT IS SIGNIFICANT.
AND THE OVERALL INVESTMENT FROM
AN OFFICERS PERSPECTIVE, THE
TRAINING EACH OF THEM RECEIVE.
>> A QUICK FOLLOW-UP ON THAT.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND HER
QUESTION.
IT IS A GOOD ONE.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE
OUTCOMES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD TALKS
ABOUT THEORY OF CHANGE AND
HOMELESSNESS AND HOW WE ARE
SPENDING OUR MONEY.
I ALSO WANT TO SEE THIS WITH
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE
ARE SETTING UP AND THEN HOW ARE
WE ACHIEVING THEM?
ARE WE ACHIEVING THEM?
BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL.
SO WHEN THEY COME ON FRIDAY,
THEY COULD BE PREPARED TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
>> SINCE THIS IS MY COMMITTEE,
I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION IN
THIS SPACE.
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S LINE OF QUESTIONING.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
IN MY LAST SPECIAL COMMITTEE
FOR THE COMMITTEE, WE HEARD A
VERY LENGTHY REPORT OUT FROM
THE WORKFORCE THAT HAS BEEN
TAKING A LOOK AT THAT
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
STRATEGIES LINE ITEM.
THAT IS A $1.6 MILLION.
THERE IS A 59 PAGE REPORT THAT
IS CURRENTLY OUTLINING ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AND
INCLUDES A TIMELINE FOR
IMPLEMENTATION AND DOLLAR
AMOUNT FOR THOSE.
THAT IS REALLY SORT OF THE
UNDERLYING POLICY PROPOSAL AND
FUNDING PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE
NOW CONSIDERING AS PART OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH BETWEEN MY OFFICE,
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, THE
EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENT.
IT RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF 12 INITIATIVES THAT I'M SURE
WILL BE PART OF THE
PRESENTATION.
WE WILL HEAR THAT ON FRIDAY.
SO I DON'T NEED TO BELABOR THE
POINT BUT I AM HAPPY TO
RECIRCULATE THOSE AGENDA
MATERIALS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAVE THAT
GRANULAR DETAIL SHOULD YOU WISH
TO DIG INTO THE RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION ISSUES.
AND THEN, ON THE QUESTION
RELATED TO TRAINING, THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT QUESTION.
DE-ESCALATION OBVIOUSLY IS
SOMETHING THAT STATEWIDE
THROUGH INITIATIVE 940, VOTERS
HAVE SAID THEY WANT TO SEE MORE
ISSUES MADE IN DE-ESCALATION.
MAKING SURE OFFICERS GET HOME
SAFELY AND THAT OFFICERS ARE
TRAINED WELL ENOUGH TO KEEP US
SAFE AS WELL.
WHO ARE CIVILIANS AND PEOPLE
MOVING IN THE WORLD.
TO THAT END, WE HEARD A VERY
LARGE, VERY LONG REPORT FROM
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
AND THEIR SERIOUS AND DEADLY
TASK FORCE REPORT THAT'S MADE
SEVERAL ACCOMMODATIONS ABOUT
POLICY CHANGES.
THEY NEED TO OCCUR BOTH AT THE
CITY LEVEL AND THE STATE LEVEL
IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY GET AT
THE ISSUES RELATED TO DE-
ESCALATION.
I AM HAPPY TO CIRCULATE THOSE
DOCUMENTS AS WELL BUT I THINK
THE UNDERLYING QUESTION AROUND
HOW MUCH ARE WE ACTUALLY
SPENDING ON DE-ESCALATION
TRAINING IN CONJUNCTION WITH
OUR EXPECTATION OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW
STANDARDS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE
OF INFORMATION FOR US TO
HIGHLIGHT AS PART OF THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS.
LASSA, COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, I
WANTED TO ADDRESS YOUR POINT TO
MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE
GETTING WHAT WE KNOW WE ARE
GETTING.
WE HEARD THAT IN THE LAST
COMMITTEE AS WELL.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ARE
TRENDING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
WE ARE NOW DOWN ONE OFFICER
FROM THE FORECASTED APPROACH.
WE ARE STILL HAVING RETENTION
ISSUES.
BUT WE ARE A LITTLE BIT'S
CLOSER, MUCH CLOSER TO THE
ESTIMATED PROJECTIONS THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT GAVE
US IN TERMS OF DESIRE OF THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY WANTED TO
HIRE US PATROL OFFICERS.
THAT IS A TREND IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN THAT
SPACE.
BUT I FEEL POSITIVE ABOUT THE
DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED AS IT
RELATES TO SEEING OUTCOMES.
WE ARE STILL EVALUATING WHETHER
THE HIRING BONUS IS THE COST
FOR THAT OR IF THERE ARE OTHER
CAUSES FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE A
TREND IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION.
I WANTED TO SAVE BEN'S BACON ON
THAT ONE.
>> YOU HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF WORK IN THAT AREA.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DO YOU
HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FACT
THAT THIS IS TREMENDOUS WORK.
WE ARE MOVING US IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
THE ONE OFFICER DOWN IS AS IT
RELATES TO THE LAST YEARS
PROJECTIONS, I DO WANT TO NOT
BE DOOM AND GLOOM BUT WE HAVE
200 NEW OFFICER HIRING GOAL.
THE TREND MORE IN A DIRECTION
WHERE WE ARE REPLACING WHAT WE
ARE LOSING DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
ARE ON TRACK FOR MEETING THAT
GOAL.
THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THE RETENTION AND
RECRUITMENT AREA.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD IN
THE BUDGET LAST YOUR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I'M TRYING TO DO THE MATH
HERE.
THE SUBJECT AGAIN, REDIRECTING
AVAILABLE FUNDS.
EARLIER YOU SAID I BELIEVE THAT
WE HAVE 6 MILLION FROM OVER
CALCULATION OF HOW MUCH MONEY
COULD BE SPENT ON THAT
RECRUITMENT AND THEN A $6
MILLION SAVINGS AND DOLLARS
THAT DIDN'T GO OUT THE DOOR
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE AS MANY
HIRES.
SO IS THE TOTAL UNIVERSE THAT
IS REFLECTED IN THE SLIDE AROUND
12 MILLION?
>> IT IS NOT.
IT WASN'T DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR.
I DIDN'T WANT TO IMPLY IT WAS.
I WAS GIVING A SENSE, AGAIN, IN
THE CONTEXT OF HOW WE HAVE
UNENDORSED BUDGET, WE HAD TO DO
ADDITIONAL THINGS.
AT A BROAD LEVEL, IT IS ONE OF
THE PLACES WHERE THEY ARE
ONGOING UNTIL WE SUCCEED IN
RECRUITING.
AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO
REDIRECT THE MONEY IN THAT
DIRECTION.
IT IS NOT OBVIOUSLY FOR THE
MULTIPLE SLIDES.
THAT IS THE ONLY TIME WHERE
THERE ARE ONGOING INVESTMENTS.
>> THAT I DO A FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION?
AM I CORRECT THAT THERE IS A $6
MILLION OVER CALCULATION
BECAUSE OF HIRING?
GIVING US 12 MILLION POTENTIAL
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT COME
FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY BUCKET?
>> YES.
YOU COULD ARGUE THAT.
>> BUT THAT THE SLIDE IN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE NEW DON'T REFLECT 12
MILLION.
YOU HAVE USED SOME OF THOSE
DOLLARS IN OTHER WAYS.
>> CORRECT.
I THINK THAT IS IT FOR
>> SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN
THE SLIDE.
TRANSPORTATION, I WILL GO AT A
HIGH CLIP, THAT MEGA BLOCK,
OVER $50 MILLION.
WE PAY THE TRANSACTION COSTS.
THAT IS LARGELY, WE TALKED
ABOUT IT AND OTHER FORMS BUT
THE MERCER WEST CONSTRUCTION
AND THE ORIGINAL UNDERLYING
PROJECT.
THE OPERATING LOAN ACCUMULATED
FOR THE STREETCAR.
THE COUNCIL JUST ABOUT A MONTH
AGO AUTHORIZED $9 MILLION FOR
THE CENTER STAY STREETCAR IN
ANTICIPATION OF THESE REVENUES.
WE HAVE SEEN A DECLINE IN THE
RATE OF GROWTH OF THE
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX.
HE HAD THOSE RESOURCES
DEDICATED IN THE CIP FOR A
NUMBER OF CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
THERE IS A NET NEW 16.7 MILLION
INTERESTED IN THE NUMBER OF
VISION ZERO PROJECTS.
AND OTHER PROJECTS SOMEWHERE ON
THIS COMPUTER.
WE HAVE A LIST OF THEM BUT WHEN
SDOT COMES WITH THE
PRESENTATION, THEY CAN GIVE YOU
MORE DETAIL ON THIS.
THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT DISTRICT, AS TBD 2020
WILL BE ITS FINAL YEAR AND THEN
SUBJECT TO REAUTHORIZATION BY A
VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
GOING INTO 2021.
THERE ARE SOME RESOURCES THERE.
AND WE ARE DEPLOYING THE LAST
OF THOSE ON THE OPERATIONS
SIDE.
SOME ADDITIONAL TRANSITS
SERVICE AND FIRST AND LAST MILE
SERVICE.
SO SHUTTLES, REUSING SOME TO
BRING ACCESS TO SOME OF THE
RAPID LINES AND LIGHT RAIL.
AND THE CAPITAL SIDE, THE
ADJUSTMENTS IN TRANSIT RESOURCES
. TRANSIT LANES.
AND THEN SHELTERS.
AS YOU CAN READ HERE.
I WOULD NOTE, I WANT TO BE
CAREFUL BECAUSE I WILL, I AM
NOT ADVOCATING A POSITION ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER BUT STATEWIDE
INITIATIVE 976 WHICH WOULD
ELIMINATE VEHICLE LICENSE FEES.
IT WOULD TAKE A CHUNK OF THE
REVENUES THAT WOULD FLOW INTO
THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT AS WELL AS INTO THE
BASE BUDGET OF SDOT FOR 2020.
AND IF THAT WERE TO PASS, WE
WOULD NEED TO REPRIORITIZE AND
REALLOCATE RESOURCES OVERALL.
WE WOULD BRINGING SUCH A PLAN
IF THAT HAPPENS.
AND LASTLY, THE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK PACK YOU MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT
NEW RESOURCES FLOWING INTO
TRANSPORTATION EVEN THOUGH WE
DON'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT GENERAL
FUND RESOURCES.
>> LEST WE FORGET, THE VOTERS
OF SEATTLE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED
THE 2019 LIBRARY LEVY THIS PAST
AUGUST AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
THAT ALLOWS FOR A NUMBER OF
ONGOING INVESTMENTS IN THE
LIBRARY SYSTEM.
THOSE ARE REFLECTED IN THE
PROPOSED TO.
WE TALKED ABOUT THESE WHEN THE
MEASURE WAS PUT FORWARD.
IN TIME, I AM NOT GOING TO READ
THE SLIDE TO YOU BUT JUST TO
úREMIND YOU, THAT IS WHERE THIS
RECESSES ARE COMING FROM.
[ LAUGHTER ], I DO WANT TO TALK
ABOUT SOME OF THE ONE-TIME
RESOURCES I MENTIONED.
THE WASHINGTON STATE VACATION
STREET VACATIONS.
WE DID SOME SCRUBBING OF THE
BLOCK GRANT FUND AND IDENTIFIED
A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS IN
PREVIOUS RESOURCES THAT WERE
OTHERWISE UNALLOCATED.
SO WE DIRECTED THOSE TO A
COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT
PROJECT'S.
ONE PARTICULAR PROJECT
IDENTIFIED HERE IS ACTUALLY
ELIGIBLE FOR THE CITIES THAT WE
WILL DEVELOP IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH A NONPROFIT.
JUST TO NAME THE ENTITIES THAT
THESE RESOURCES ARE BEING
DIRECTED TO.
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, BEING
AWARDED THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE DOLLARS.
IN ADDITION, THE LINE ITEM FROM
THESE RESOURCES.
THIS ONE PROVIDES SERVICES TO
LGBTQ YOUTH.
HALF-MILLION DOLLARS THERE
WORKING TO ACQUIRE THE
OWNERSHIP OF THE FACILITY THEY
HAVE BEEN HOUSTON FOR SOME
TIME.
HEALTH SERVICES IS LOOKING TO
DEVELOP A CLINIC ON BEACON
HILL.
OUTDOORS FOR ALL PROVIDES
RECREATION SERVICES FOR THE
OTHERWISE ABLED.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP THE
FIRE STATION AT MAGNUSON PARK.
úYOU CAN USE THE DOLLARS BECAUS
THE CITY WILL STILL OWN THE
UNDERLYING ASSET.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE KING COUNTY
JAIL FACILITY.
THAT IS PART OF THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT AROUND THREE.
WE RAN OUT OF MONEY BEFORE WE
RAN OUT OF DESERVING PROJECTS.
WE HAVE AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF MILLION
DOLLARS DIRECTED THERE.
I HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I
WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
NOT HERE, ABOUT WHERE THE WORDS
WILL BE TARGETED.
AND THEN WE MENTIONED CHILDCARE
FACILITIES.
SOME OF THE THINGS GOT
MENTIONED EARLIER.
I WANTED YOU TO SEE THEM
ALTOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION I WOULD
LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
HEALTH SERVICES, IS THAT THE
SAME PROJECT THAT DESC IS
WORKING ON RAINIER AND PLUM?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
>> DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THERE IS
MONEY IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
IDENTIFIED FOR THAT PROJECT?
IT IS OVER 100 VERY LOW INCOME
UNIT ABOVE A HEALTH CLINIC DOWN
BELOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS.
I WILL FIND OUT.
>> MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES KNOW
THIS.
DANIEL MALONE AND HIS BOARD AND
OUTREACH, THAT THEY HAVE RAISED
MOST OF THE MONEY FOR THE
CAPITAL FOR THE BUILDING FOR
THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS BUT THEY
ARE NEEDING MINING FOR THE
CLINIC.
THAT INTEGRATED CLINIC AND LOW
INCOME HOUSING IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE BEEN ABDICATING FOR MUCH
OF THE DECADE THAT I HAVE BEEN
HERE ANYWAY.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHETHER
OR NOT IT IS FOLDED INTO THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,
COLLEAGUES?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT FIRST
INTRODUCTION.
I APPRECIATE IT.
AND ALL OF THE QUERIES THAT MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE.
I'M SURE THE DEPARTMENT HAVE
HEARD THEM.
THAT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE
THEM.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANKS A LOT.
>> THANK YOU CBF ARE COMING.
I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
MAMI HARA, ARE YOU GOING TO
JOIN US.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BEN?
SCOOTING DOWN A CHAIR?
WELCOME TO THE TABLE.
MAMI HARA AND PAULA LASCHOBER.
IF YOU WOULD DO YOUR
DIRECTIONS OFFICIALLY AND THEN
WE WILL MOVE RIGHT IN.
>> PAULA LASCHOBER, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> DEBRA SMITH, GENERAL MANAGER
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR
BEING HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THIS IS
YOUR AREA.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INTRODUCTION?
>> NO INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
I WILL HAVE QUESTIONS PEPPERED
THROUGHOUT.
>> THANK YOU, VERY GOOD.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> AND LESS COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF HAS AN INTRO?
>> SURE, I HAVE A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION.
SO BRIAN GOODNIGHT, COUNSEL
CENTRAL STUFF.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES IS
OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST OF THE
DEPARTMENTS TO COME PRESENT
THEIR DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
OVERVIEWS TO COUNSEL.
SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS, THE
REPRESENTATION WILL SOME
PRIORITIES FOR 2020.
THEY WILL DESCRIBE THE
HIGHLIGHTS AND OVERVIEW OF THE
PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET.
JUST VERY BRIEFLY, IT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THREE
DISTINCT UTILITIES, DRAINAGE
AND WASTEWATER.
SOLID WASTE AND WATER.
EACH OF THAT UTILITIES HAS
SEPARATE REVENUE SOURCES AND
CAPITAL PROJECTS BUT THEY DO
SHARE MANY OF THE SAME
OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTIONS.
SP IS REVENUE CONSISTS
PRIMARILY OF CUSTOMER CHARGES,
WE KNOW OF THOSE AS RATES.
THEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR
UTILITY PURPOSES.
SPECIFICALLY ALONG WITH THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET, THE COUNCIL WILL
BE CONSIDERING LEGISLATION TO
SET THE SOLID WASTE RATES FOR
THE NEXT YEARS.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> TAKE YOU FOR THE
INTRODUCTION.
I WILL PROCEED STRAIGHT TO THE
CONTENT BEEN.
OUR STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN
CONTAINS THE GUIDING STRATEGIC
APPROACHES THAT SHAPE OUR
FUTURE PLANS AND BUDGETS.
ARE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
AFFORDABILITY STRATEGIC PLAN
AND RISK AND MANAGEMENT
ASSESSMENT ARE FROM NATIONAL TO
THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.
SO FIRST, THE AFFORDABILITY
PLAN IS A DEPARTMENTWIDE SET OF
STRATEGIES FOCUSED ON LOWERING
OUR COST AND INCREASING ARE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESULTS.
AND THE SECOND, THE RISK AND
RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT IS
INTENDED TO GUIDE OUR WORK AND
FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN ORDER TO
MINIMIZE RISK AND BUILD
RESILIENCY OF OUR SYSTEM AND
OUR COMMUNITY.
AND OUR CONSENT AGREE WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, THE PART OF JUSTICE,
AND THE WASHINGTON STATE
APARTMENT OF ECOLOGY HAS
RESULTED IN A NUMBER OF
INVESTMENTS DESIGNED TO REDUCE
OVERFLOWS INTO SEATTLE'S
RECEDING WATER BODIES.
YOU WOULD BE MOST FAMILIAR WITH
THE BIGGEST ONE.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF
GUIDING LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY
ELEMENTS THAT INFLUENCE OUR
BUDGET.
WITH RESPECT TO THE STRATEGIC
PRIORITIES FOR 2020, OUR
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AND CLEAN
CITY PRIORITIES WITHIN THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDE
INCREASED RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN
SERVICE LEVELS AT OUR SOLID
WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS AND
INCREASING AND SERVING
INCREASED DEMANDS RELATED TO
CLEAN CITY HOMELESS RESPONSE
PROGRAMS.
OUR CAPITAL PROJECT DELIVERY
PRIORITIES FOR 2020 AND TAIL
ADJUSTING THE CAPITAL PROGRAM
TO PRIORITIZE REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE SHIP
CANAL WATER QUALITY PROJECT,
ACCOMMODATING PARTNER TIMELINES
AND COST EFFECTIVELY INCREASING
THE BENEFITS OF OUR PROJECTS.
OUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM COVERS A
RANGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
UTILITY DISCOUNT, EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE AND SHUT OFF
PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF
LINE OF BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PLANS UNDERWAY.
OR RECENTLY COMPLETED, WHICH
INCLUDE INTEGRATED PLANNING FOR
THE DRAINING AND WASTEWATER
SYSTEMS.
SEISMIC LANDING AND INVESTMENTS
TO IMPROVE THE WATER SYSTEM.
AND WORKFORCE PLANNING AND
INVESTMENTS MADE EVEN MORE
NECESSARY DURING THIS WEEK
PERIOD OF THE SILVER TSUNAMI.
I WILL ASK BEN TO GO INTO IT
NEXT?
>> ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU WANT TO DISCOVER THIS?
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO APPROPRIATIONS IN THE
GENERAL FUND ENCOMPASSES THE
CLEAN CITY PROGRAMS BUT ALSO
THE PROJECT DELIVERY AND
ENERGY.
AND THE PROJECT DELIVERY AND
ENGINEERING BRANCH, WORK DONE
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AROUND
ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND SPECS
AND MAINTAINING MAINTAINING THE
VIRTUAL BALD PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM OTHER REFLECTS ONLY
THE ENTERPRISE AS BU FUNDS,
WHICH ARE THE WATERFRONT,
DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER FUND
AND THE SOLID WASTE FUND.
FOR O AND M, THAT COVERS IT.
FOR THE PREPARATION FOR CAP,
THIS REFLECTS ONLY ENTERPRISE
SPU FUNDS.
FOR CAP.
AND WE WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
FTE IS DISPLAYED FOR ALL YEARS
WITH THE BUDGETED NUMBERS, NOT
ACTUALS.
>> PAUL, MAYBE MAYBE YOU COULD
HELP US THROUGH THIS LAST
COLUMN.
I AM STILL TRYING TO CATCH UP
HERE.
SO UNDER THE 2020, CAN YOU TALK
A BIT MORE ABOUT THE CHANGES?
>> ON EACH ONE OF THESE
COLUMNS?
AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
HERE?
>> I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE
COVERS THE CHANGES.
IF THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
ABOUT.
>> ARE THEY LIKE, ONE
SPREADSHEET I AM LOOKING AT
ACROSS PAGE TO PAGE?
THREE AND FOUR ARE TO BE READ
TOGETHER.
>> THEY ARE TO BE UNDERSTOOD
TOGETHER.
YES.
>> WE HAVE THE 2019 ADOPTED
2020 PROPOSED AND THE NEXT PAGE
WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THE
CHANGES ARE.
AND EXPLAIN HOW ACTUALLY THE
PROPOSAL IS LOWER THAN THE
ENDORSED.
>> SO MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE
WHO MISSED THIS BUT ON THIS
PAGE 3, THAT SLIDE, WE HAVE GOT
APPROPRIATION GENERAL FUND
CHANGE AND THEN WE HAVE GOT
APPROPRIATION OTHER CHANGE.
AND THE CAPITAL CHANGE IN
EMPLOYMENT.
WHAT IS THE OTHER?
>> THAT IS THE O AND M.
>> OKAY.
>> TO CLARIFY A BIT, THE LINGO
OF THE BUDGET WORLD IS THE
GENERAL FUND AND OTHER.
AT SPU, OTHER IS ALL OF THE
OTHER REVENUE.
PRINCIPLE, THE RATE REVENUE
FROM THE COURT UTILITIES, THE
SOLID WASTE WATER DRAINAGE AND
WATER.
THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT
RELATIVE TO THE BILLION PLUS
DOLLARS OTHERWISE.
BUT OF THE $10 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND THAT FLOWS INTO
SPU, THEY OPERATE THE CLEAN
CITIES PROGRAM AND THAT IS NOT
OPERATE FROM GREAT DOLLARS, IT
IS NOT A RATE BASED FUNCTION.
IT IS THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU, PLEASE PROCEED.
>> OKAY.
LET'S LOOK AT PAGE 4. SO WHERE
YOU SEE CLEAN CITY PROGRAMMATIC
INCREASES, YOU SEE THE 2020
POST BUDGET ADDS APPROXIMATELY
1.6 MILLION FROM THE 2019
ADOPTED BUDGET TO REFLECT
INCREASING COSTS IN VOLUME
RELATED TO DISPOSAL AND
OPERATIONS FOR GARBAGE AND
NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP PROGRAMS.
IT ADDS TEMPORARY SUPPORT THE
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
REMEDIATION PILOT PROGRAM.
UNDER THE OPERATING COST DATA
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE
HIGHLIGHTING OF THE FACT THAT
THERE IS INCREASED FUNDING FOR
THE CLEAN CITY PROGRAM AS WE
MENTIONED.
THE CLEAN CITY PROGRAM COVERS A
LOT OF DIFFERENT SUBPROGRAM
ELEMENTS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TWO THAT YOU
MENTIONED, THE RV REMEDIATION
PROGRAM, THE UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS, THE CLEANUP
PROGRAM I OFTEN REFER TO AS THE
PURPLE BAG PILOT.
THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS OF
CLEAN CITIES.
A LITTER PROGRAM.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM ALL.
>> NEEDLE COLLECTION.
NEEDLE DROP BOXES.
LITTER.
>> SO I AM MOST AT THIS
PARTICULAR TIME INTERESTED IN
THE RV REMEDIATION PROGRAM AS
WELL AS THE PURPLE BAG PILOT.
IN THE, IN 2018, WE STARTED THE
PURPLE BAG PROGRAM IN 2017.
AT THAT POINT, IT WAS 10
LOCATIONS.
WHEN I SAY LOCATIONS I MEAN
UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS
LOCATIONS OF WHICH WE HAVE
HUNDREDS IN THE CITY.
IN 2018, THEY EXPANDED IT TO 20
LOCATIONS.
AND SO, ACTUALLY, I AM
INCORRECT.
IT STARTED AT EIGHT AND WENT TO
10 AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN 2018.
WHICH INCLUDED GETTING TO 20
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR IN
2020.
I'M SORRY, IN 2018.
IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, THEY HAVE
SOME ACCOMMODATIONS AS IT
RELATES TO THE PURPLE BAG
PILOT.
AND ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
IS TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM FROM
10 UNSANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS AT
ANY GIVEN TIME TO AN ADDITIONAL
I BELIEVE IT IS AN ADDITIONAL
THREE LOCATIONS.
AND THEY ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING
DOING EXPANDING THE EXISTING
CONSULTANT PROGRAMS WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH PROVIDERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE THAN
AN ADDITIONAL THREE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE ADDITIONAL
THREE MADE IT INTO THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET.
I HAVE BEEN ASKING HSD IN THEIR
CAPACITY AS MANAGING THAT
NAVIGATION TEAMWORK, WHETHER OR
NOT THEIR NAVIGATION TEAM COULD
BE DOING MORE TO DISTRIBUTE THE
PURPLE BOX, COORDINATING WITH
SPU.
IN SUCH A WAY THAT MIGHT DEMISE
THE NUMBER OF ENCAMPMENT
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE TO ACTUALLY
GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY
HAVE TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE OF
THE SANITATION ISSUES.
SO THIS IS AN ISSUE I'M KEENLY
INTERESTED IN.
SPU SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF
ITS PURPLE BAG PROGRAM AND WE
SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
SUPPORT IT.
IT IS BEING REPLICATED IN OTHER
CITIES, ACTUALLY THEY ARE USING
THE COLOR PURPLE AND OTHER
CITIES.
JUST LIKE WE DO HERE IN SEATTLE
BECAUSE OF THE, THERE IS A LONG
AND INTERESTING STORY ABOUT HOW
WE ARRIVED AT PER FULL.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, I WANT TO
FLAG THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I AM VERY INTERESTED IN.
DOING MORE OF.
>> WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
HELP.
THE HELP FINDING PARTNERS.
NONPROFIT PARTNERS FOR
DISTRIBUTIONAL OF PURPLE BAGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE WILL HAVE MORE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> QUESTION?
>> ADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD,
>> AFTER YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I WANTED TO POINT OUT FOR
THE OCTOBER 2 DISCUSSION,
ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEETING
DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS IN
THE MORNING, SPU IS ONE OF THE
INVITED ATTENDEES.
THIS TOPIC COULD BE EXPLORED
MORE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
>> THAT I ASK A QUESTION?
>> AS A. THE RV REMEDIATION..
SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS
INTENDING TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER
OF SITES BEING SERVICED EACH
MONTH BY THE RV REMEDIATION
PROGRAM FROM EIGHT SITES PER
MONTH TO 16.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS DOUBLING IS
HAPPENING WITH ABOUT $100,000
IN ADDED COST FOR SPU.
THEY ARE WONDERING IF WE COULD
FLAG AS A QUESTION WHETHER OR
NOT THERE ARE OTHER COSTS IN
OTHER DEPARTMENTS NECESSARY TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS GRAHAM INCREASE
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, SPU, THIS
IS A PARTNERSHIP.
THE WORK ISN'T FULLY DONE BY
ONLY SPU ALONE.
ALSO, I WANT TO FLAG THAT LAST
YEAR, WE INCLUDED A GREEN SHEET
THAT RE-PRIORITIZED FUNDING TO
INCREASE THE RV PROGRAM TO
SEVEN SITES PER MONTH.
AND THE COST CITED AT THAT TIME
FOR ONE ADDITIONAL SITE WAS
$24,000 FOR SPU.
SO THE MATH JUST ISN'T QUITE
WORKING OUT WITH WHAT WE WERE
TOLD LAST YEAR IN EXPANSION
WITH COSTS.
AND WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING THIS
YEAR TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF
LOCATIONS.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I WAS UNDER
THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS AN
EXACT MIRRORING.
WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT DATA.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU.
ONE IS RELATED TO THE RV
REMEDIATION PILOT.
COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE
ACTIVITIES SPECIFICALLY RELATED
TO THE INCREASE IN THESE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS AND HOW THOSE DOLLARS
WILL SUPPORT EITHER ONGOING
ISSUES OR THE POTENTIAL BILL
THAT WAS PASSED OUT OF
COMMITTEE YESTERDAY?
AND ALSO, IF THERE IS DATA THAT
WE COULD PULL, IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL FOR ME TO SEE A MAP OF
WHERE THE RV TOWING HAS TAKEN
PLACE SO FAR.
AND IF IT IS TWO TIMES THE
INVESTMENT, WILL WE PROJECT FOR
THERE TO BE FUTURE TOWING?
>> WE WILL ABSOLUTELY GET YOU A
MAP OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES
AND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON THE INCREASED ACTIVITIES AND
NUMBER OF RVS THAT WE
ANTICIPATE SERVING.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WOULD
BE JUST A DOLLAR TO DOLLAR
MATCH.
AND THAT IS RELATED TO AN
INCREASE IN A NUMBER OF
VEHICLES SERVED.
>> OKAY.
SO THE LAST QUESTION ON THE
SHARPS COLLECTION PILOT PROJECT.
THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE
2016.
>> EXCUSE ME?
>> THE SHARPS COLLECTIONS.
>> YES.
>> ARE THERE PLANS TO EXPAND
THIS PILOT?
ARE WE, WELL BECAUSE IT IS YEAR
THREE AND WE ARE STILL CALLING
IT A PILOT.
ARE WE LOOKING AT A LONG-TERM
SHARPS COLLECTION PROGRAM?
BECAUSE I KNOW FOR MYSELF AND I
BELIEVE THE CHAIR PARKS AND
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW, FROM A
PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, WE
WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR THE NEED
FOR THERE TO BE SHARPS
COLLECTION FACILITIES.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE FOR
ANYBODY THAT IS WATCHING IN THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, THESE ARE FOR
FOLKS LIKE MY SISTER WHO HAS
MS. WHO NEED A SHARPS ELECTION
CONTAINER TO MANAGE HER CHRONIC
CONDITION.
SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH
AFFECT.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR A CERTAIN
SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THE
PEOPLE LIKE TO DEMONIZE.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE
POPULATION THAT NEEDS ACCESS TO
PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES.
AND IT IS BETTER FOR THE
PUBLICS HEALTH WHEN PEOPLE CAN
PUT THESE NEEDLES INTO SHARPS
CONTAINERS.
SO ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT A
PILOT?
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO SCALE
THIS UP TO ACTUALLY MEET THE
COMMUNITY'S NEEDS?
>> SO JUST FOR THE PUBLICS
VERIFICATION, YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE SHARPS COLLECTION BOX
SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE BEEN
PILOTING AS YOU NOTED FOR THE
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS?
THERE IS ALSO THE NEEDLE
COLLECTION WORK THAT WE ARE
DOING, WHICH IS TO PICK UP
NEEDLES WITH IN 24 HOURS OF
NOTIFICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF
NEEDLES.
BOTH OF THOSE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL.
IN PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO THE BOX SYSTEM THE
SHARPS BOX SYSTEM HAS BEEN VERY
WELL PARTICIPATED IN IN MANY
AREAS.
THERE DEFINITELY SOME THAT HAVE
HIGHER RATES OF PARTICIPATE IN
OR USE BUT WE ARE INTENDING TO
EXPAND THAT GRAHAM.
AND AS OUR PARTNERS, THERE ARE
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT THAT ARE
ALSO LOOKING AT THE PROVISION
OF SHARPS BOXES WITHIN THEIR
OWN FACILITIES.
AND SO THAT HAS BEEN PART OF
THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN HAVING.
PART OF WHY WE STILL CALL IT A
PILOT, BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHO ARE
THE POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS
WHERE WE CAN GET THE BEST
SERVICE TO FOLKS WHO NEED
NEEDLE DROP OFF?
>> THEIR HEAD.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND THAT TO ME MEANS THAT THE
PROGRAM HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE
SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.
AND THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS
WANT TO SEE THIS.
THAT WHY ARE WE STILL CALLING
IT A PILOT AND WHY HAVEN'T WE
BROUGHT THIS TO SCALE, BOTH
CLEANUP AND THE BOXES?
IF THAT IS THE CASE?
>> THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IT AS A
PILOT, IT HAS ALLOWED US TO
EXPERIMENT AND TRY TO FROM
LOCATIONS AND DIFFERENT
APPROACHES.
BUT WE WELCOME THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT TURNING THIS INTO
SOMETHING THAT IS MORE THAN A
PILOT.
>> CAN YOU FOLLOW UP WITH US?
IF THAT IS NOT SEMANTICS IN
TERMS OF CHANGING THE WORDS
THAT WE ARE USING.
IF YOU DO NEED ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TO BRING IT TO SCALE,
WILL YOU LET US KNOW WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE?
WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE
BETWEEN THE INVESTMENTS BEING
PROPOSED HERE AND THE POTENTIAL
FULL PROGRAM?
>> WE WILL WORK WITH CBO TO
DEVELOP A PROPOSAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I UNDERSTAND FROM PRIOR
DISCUSSIONS THAT PART OF THE
ISSUE IS, EVEN THOUGH WE GET
REGULAR REPORTS FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES ON THESE
PILOTS, I AM HAPPY TO SHARE
THEM WITH YOU.
THEY ARE INTERESTING.
I THINK THERE IS AN INTEREST IN
ACTUALLY DOING AN EVALUATION
BEFORE GOING FROM PILOT PHASE 2
PROGRAM PHASE.
AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A
REALLY USEFUL THING TO USE THIS
BUDGETS CYCLE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
WHAT WOULD AN EVALUATION COST?
WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE?
BECAUSE I SHARE YOUR INTEREST.
THESE HAVE BEEN PILOTS FOR 3
YEARS NOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP AS
WELL AND DISCUSSIONS WITH US
AND WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO
EVALUATE ALL OF THE DATA
BECAUSE IT IS, IF YOU LOOK AT
IT, IT IS INCREDIBLY VARIABLE
IN TERMS OF THE RATE OF USE,
DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION.
THAT IS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN BOTH INTERESTING BUT ALSO
CREATES AN UNPREDICTABILITY IN
TERMS OF WHAT THE RESULTS
REALLY ARE.
THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY
COLLEAGUES.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOR YOUR
WORK IN THIS.
ALSO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU
HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN
PARKS TO SAY THESE ARE THE
SHARPS CONTAINERS AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE
TO PEOPLE IN OUR PARKS.
SIMPLY FOR THE REASONS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
RAISED.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR BEHAVIOR
THAT I BE SICK ACCEPTABLE TO
EVERYONE, IT IS FOR INDIVIDUALS
HEALTH.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER
CATEGORY.
>> I WANT TO COME BACK TO A
COUPLE OF THESE QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
SO ON THE O AND M COST SIDE,
THE OPERATING COST, THE 2020
PROPOSED BUDGET IS ABOUT $30
MILLION OVER THE 2019 ADOPTED
BUDGET.
THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO EXPECTED
INCREASES IN THE DRAINAGE AND
SEWER CONTRACT FOR KING COUNTY
AND THE WATER AND DRAINAGE AND
WE SPUTTERED TAXES AND THE
EXPECTED ADJUSTED WAGE
INCREASE, WHICH INCLUDES COST
OF LIVING AND BENEFIT UPDATE.
I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT
THIS BUDGET IS $20 MILLION LESS
OVERALL COMPARED TO THE
APPROVED 2020 OH AND M BUDGET.
AND THAT WAS $946 MILLION AND
DEATH
>> WHERE DO I SEE THAT?
>> WHERE IS 96?
>> ON THIS CHART?
WHERE AM I LOOKING?
>> ON OPERATING COSTS.
THE SECOND LINE.
>> AND THE 923,000?
>> THAT IS 922 MILLION.
THESE ARE IN MILLIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND THIS WAS $23 MILLION
LESS THAN THE ENDORSED BUDGET
WAS.
>> THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THIS
TABLE.
IT INCLUDES THE PROPOSED.
>> THAT IS ON THE PRIOR SLIDE.
>> ANYWAY, THAT UPDATED
REJECTION IS DUE TO SAVINGS IN
THAT ISSUANCE AND SOLID WASTE
CONTRACTS.
>> ARE WE POINTING OUT WHERE IT
COMES FROM?
>> THANK YOU.
TO THE CHAIR AS WELL, IF YOU
GUYS HAVE ALREADY COVERED IT, I
APOLOGIZE.
GIVEN THIS IS A REDUCED
INCREASE IN FUTURES.
IT IS 23 MILLION LESS THAN YOU
ANTICIPATED BUT STILL A 3%
INCREASE.
WHERE YOU ALREADY PLANNING
CONTRACTS, ANY PLANS YOU NOW
HAVE TO POTENTIALLY CUT BECAUSE
OF THE REDUCED INCREASE?
>> NO.
>> WE ALREADY NEGOTIATED GREAT
SOLID WASTE CONTRACTS.
>> BALD ON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, IT IS
RELATED.
IT IS RELATED TO REVENUE.
IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CONTRACTS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
SOMEWHAT ABOUT THE CHANGES IN
THE RECYCLING MARKETS.
THOSE HAVE TAKEN PLACE OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
AS WE KNOW, IT IS HARDER TO
FIND MARKETS FOR THE RECYCLING
THAT GETS GENERATED IN OUR
CITY.
WE HAVE GREAT CONTRACTS THAT
REQUIRE US TO RECYCLE.
OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, MAKING
A DECISION TO NOT RECYCLE
PRODUCTS THAT ARE HARD TO
RECYCLE.
THAT IS FANTASTIC.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REVENUE
IS EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED
FROM RECYCLABLES.
THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY
ABOUT 69% IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET RELATIVE TO THE 2020
ENDORSED BUDGET LAST YEAR.
SO WE ARE JUST WONDERING, WHAT
SORT OF IMPACT WERE THOSE LOWER
RECYCLABLE REVENUES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECYCLE
REVENUE WAS ABOUT $50 MILLION.
BUT THAT HAS BEEN OFFSET BY FOR
EXAMPLE 5 MILLION IN
IMPROVEMENT OR SAVINGS AND
COLLECTION CONTRACTS.
PER YEAR.
>> ABOUT 8 MILLION IN RE-
LOOKING AT THE SINGLE-FAMILY
MULTIFAMILY MIX AND WHAT IT
COSTS US TO COLLECT FROM
MULTIFAMILY.
SO WE FOUND WAYS TO OFFSET THE
15 MILLION, WHICH ACTUALLY
ALLOWED US TO REJECT A LOWER
RATE INCREASE THAN WE INITIALLY
THOUGHT ALSO.
>> SO THANK YOU.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE FLESHED
OUT ANSWER TO THE SAME
QUESTION.
BUT REALLY, FOCUSED ON THAT
RECYCLING OF IT.
SO THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> ONE MORE THING.
COUPLE PROJECTS.
SO THE 2020 PROPOSED CIP BUDGET
IS $56 MILLION GREATER THAN THE
2019 ADOPTED BUDGET.
THINKERS OVER 2019 IS PRIMARILY
DUE TO THE SHIP CANAL WATER
QUALITY PROJECT.
THE PROJECT HAS FILED A NOTICE
OF INTENT TO AWARD THE TUNNEL
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO THE
LOWEST BIDDER ABOUT WHICH IS
LANE CONSTRUCTION.
ONCE THE CONTRACT IS FINALIZED,
THE PROJECT WILL BE REVISED TO
BETTER REFLECT THE ACTUAL
TIMING OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND HERE ALSO I WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT THE PROPOSED CIP IS A
DECREASE COMPARED TO THE 2020
ENDORSED BUDGET.
THIS IS DUE TO UPDATED
PROJECTIONS AND PROJECT SHIFTS
TO FUTURE YEARS, MAINLY
TRANSPORTATION RELATED
PROJECTS.
LIKE THE CITY STREETCAR SOUTH
TRANSFER RECYCLING CENTER AND
SOUTH PARK CONVEYANCE.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT AND,
15 THANK YOU.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS
YOU AND I TOOK AROUND BELL
STREET THE POTENTIAL PARK ON
THAT BOWEL BLOCK BETWEEN
BATTERY BELL FIRST AND WESTERN.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE RUNOFF?
I THINK THERE WAS SOME STORM
WATER RUNOFF PLANTS THAT YOU
HAD WITH LOOKING AT USING SOME
OF THE INVESTMENTS TO GRAB THE
WATER AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE IF
THE PART GOES IN THERE.
>> IS AT A PARTICULAR SITE?
I WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET SOMETHING TO YOU LATER
ON BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE
EXACT STATUS OF THE PLANS BUT
WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH ALL
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES
AND FOLKS WHO ARE VERY
INTERESTED IN TRYING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE USE AS GREEN AND
APPROACH AS POSSIBLE.
IN HELPING TO ENHANCE THE USE
OF THE SITE AND MANAGE STORM
WATER.
>> THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A COMMITTED
GROUP, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT,
ONE OF THE REPS THAT WAS CALLED
TWO YEARS AGO, ON GREENER
BELLTOWN, BLUER SOUND.
TO THE EXTENT THAT SOMETHING
THE SBU CAN INVEST
INAPPROPRIATELY, IT WOULD BE A
GREAT ADDITION TO WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR TEST
REMEMBERING IT WE WILL GET BACK
TO IT ON SPECIFICS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY,
FOR THAT VERY IMPORTANT SITE.
>> THAT.
THERE IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO
THERE.
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT NATURE
CONSERVANCY ALSO HAS STEPPED
UP, ENCOURAGING US TO HAVE A
GREEN SPACE THERE, GREASING THE
CANOPY AND MAKING SURE THE PARK
IS AVAILABLE.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY
LOOKING AT THAT SERIOUSLY.
I KNOW IT WILL NOT BE DONE BY
CHRISTMAS BUT HOPEFULLY WE WILL
MAKE SURE IT IS INCLUDED IN THE
BUDGET.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANY OF THE QUESTIONS.
>> ON THE DEFERRALS PIECE, SO
THERE IS NEARLY 22 MILLION
DEFERRALS AND COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT.
ANOTHER 17 1/2 MILLION IN COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION
OPERATIONAL FACILITIES PROJECTS
AND ANOTHER 9 MILLION AND COST
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOVE LEVY
PROJECTS.
DO, ARE THEY GOING TO IMPACT
THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DELIVER
THESE PROJECTS ON TIME?
AND SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES
TO THE SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT, IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO
MEET THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE PROJECT?
>> THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED
RIGHT NOW.
IT IS VERY, A LOT OF DETAIL.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT IF WE
DON'T MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, IT
MIGHT BE 10 WEEKS OF SCHEDULE,
WHICH IS A VERY SMALL INCREMENT
THAT WE FEEL WE CAN MAKE UP.
SO THE SCHEDULE IS NOT BEING
IMPACTED.
THE OVERAGE IN TERMS OF THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LANE
CONSTRUCTIONS ESTIMATE FOR THE
TUNNELING BID RELATIVE TO OUR
ESTIMATE, IT DOES REPRESENT, I
DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT.
255 WITH AIR.
IT WAS THEIR BID AND THE
ESTIMATE WAS FOR THE TUNNEL.
IT WAS AROUND 220.
BUT WE HAVE FOUND OTHER SAVINGS
IN THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN APPRISING YOUR
COMMITTEE OF ON A REGULAR
BASIS.
SO WE FULLY EXPECT THAT THE
PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS STILL
WITHIN THE ZONE OF 70%
CONFIDENCE AROUND THE $570
MILLION BUDGET.
>> I WAS FOCUSED MORE
SPECIFICALLY ON THE ISSUE OF
THE DEFERRAL.
THE DEFERRAL OF 21.7 MILLION.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAD ANY
IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO MEET
OUR FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ON
TIMING.
>> NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
NO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE?
ANYTHING ELSE FROM SPU?
WHAT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH BEING
HERE.
AND THANK YOU BOB HENNESSY FOR
ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
BUT WE WILL MOVE ON TO SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
DEBRA SMITH THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE AND WAITING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME TO THE TABLE.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, WE WILL ARE
HAPPY TO SEE.
YOU WANT TO START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS?
>> YES.
SO THAT
>> I AM ERIC McCONAGHY.
I AM WITH COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> I AM 18, THE GENERAL
MANAGER OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> I AM KRISTY GRAINGER, THE
CFO OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
TODAY.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO THIS
AREA.
SO BEAR WITH ME.
I WAS LOOKING OVER AT 19
SAYING I HOPE THEY DON'T ASK ME
ABOUT THE.
WE WILL DO OUR VERY BEST TODAY.
A LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY
FRAMEWORK, THERE ARE THREE NEW
THINGS GUIDING US AS WELL AS
THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND RATES
THAT WERE SET FOR 2020.
SO AS YOU KNOW, WE DO A FOUR-
YEAR, A SIX YOUR PLAN AND SO
THE PLAN FOR THOUSAND 19-2024
WAS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTIONS
DURING THE SUMMER OF 2018.
IN ADDITION, RATES FOR 2020
WERE SET BY ORDINANCE LAST
FALL.
SO OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE
PREPARED AND THAT WE WILL BE
TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TODAY FALL
WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WERE
FORTUNATE IN THIS LAST
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
HB 1512 THAT WAS PASSED IN
OLYMPIA PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY
TO INCENTIVIZE TRANSPORTATION
NOTIFICATION.
SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO ADD
PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT
ELECTRIFICATION AND NOT NEW
MONEY, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
BUT POTENTIALLY OVERTIME, I
THINK IT IS WHAT YOU WERE
REFERRING TO.
SO WE WILL BE SHIFTING THE
SURPLUS BUDGET OUT OF THE
CONSERVATION AREA AND IN FACT,
YOU WILL SEE LATER IN OUR
PRESENTATION, WE HAVE ACTUALL
SET UP A NEW DIVISION WITHIN
CITY LIGHT.
AND THAT IS AT THIS POINT ALL
WITH REPURPOSED FTE THAT WE
HAVE MOVED TO REALLY CREATE A
GROUP THAT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING
THE MOST OUT OF THESE NEW
OPPORTUNITIES.
IN ADDITION, THE SENATE BILL
5116 TRANSITIONS STATE OF
WASHINGTON TO 100% CARBON
NEUTRAL ELECTRICITY BY 2030.
THERE IS NO NEAR-TERM IMPACT
FOR CITY LIGHT.
THANKS TO THE FORESIGHT OF
PEOPLE THAT CAME FOR, CERTAINLY
ME.
WE HAVE BEEN CARBON NEUTRAL
SINCE 2006.
SO THERE WILL BE NO FINANCIAL
IMPACT TO THIS UTILITY FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND I THINK, I SUSPECT THAT AS
WE MOVE TOWARDS 2030 AND THE
NEXT STAGE GATE AFTER THAT,
THAT EVEN THE SMALL PIECE OF
RESOURCE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM
POWER THAT IS TAGGED AS CARBON
FREE, MOST LIKELY WILL BE.
SO WE KNOW THAT BONNEVILLE IS
AWARE THAT THEY ARE WORKING
WITHIN VARIOUS STATUTES THAT
THEY HAVE WORK TO DO TO BE WILL
TO SUPPORT THE VARIOUS STATES
CLEAN CARBON OR CARBON FREE AND
IT'S.
LASTLY, WE HAVE A PENDING
ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD ALLOW US
TO PROVIDE PILOT PROGRAMS,
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW AND COUNTRY.
WE SPOKE WITH YOU YESTERDAY.
OUR HOPE, WHAT YOU WILL SEE, WE
WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER DIFFERENT
RATE STRUCTURES BEGINNING
JANUARY 2021.
AND AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN BEING
ABLE TO DO THAT IS TO RUN THESE
VERY SMALL PILOTS.
IN THIS CASE, THESE ARE TRULY
RESEARCHED OPPORTUNITIES THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO LEARN FROM,
LEARN WHAT WORKS FOR OUR
CUSTOMERS AND WHAT WE NEED TO
DO IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS
WELL.
SO THOSE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE
AND POLICY FRAMEWORK.
MADAM CHAIR?
>> I THOUGHT I WOULD TOUCH VERY
BRIEFLY.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS A QUESTION.
>> JUST REALLY QUICK FOR OUR
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
THE NEED FOR THE FOUR PILOTS
THAT DEBRA SMITH JUST TO FOR 2,
THEY ARE COMING TO THE FULL
COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE 30th.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS A RATE
PILOT TO INFORM FUTURE RATE
DESIGN WORK.
NOT JUST FOR RESIDENTIAL BUT
VARIOUS SIZES OF COMMERCIAL.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD
LOVE FOR THE COUNCIL TO
RECOGNIZE AS THOSE PILOTS COME
FORWARD IS THAT MANY OF THESE
WILL HELP US MAKE SURE THAT THE
2020 POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT YOU
SEE OUTLINED HERE REALLY HELPS
US FULFILL THOSE AFFORDABILITY
AND ACCESSIBILITY GOALS.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THOSE
PILOTS SO WE CAN GET THOSE
SCALED UP AND POTENTIALLY HAVE
SOMETHING TO IMPLEMENT AND
2021.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANT TO PUT THAT ON YOUR
RADAR.
IT IS ON ITS WAY.
>> IT IS TRULY SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE.
THE PILOT WE WERE CLOSEST TO
ROLLING OUT IS TARGETED TOWARD
CUSTOMERS WHO ARE HEARING ABOUT
THE 20% AMI LEVEL I BELIEVE THE
FOLKS MAKING,'S STRUGGLING WITH
FINANCIAL RESOURCES, WE HAVE
WHEN THERE.
WE HAVE A TIME OF USE RATE
PILOT.
WE HAVE A PILOT THAT IS REALLY
MEANT TO HELP ELECT FURCATION
OF PUBLIC ASPORTATION AND
PUBLIC FLEETS FOR FLEETS.
AND SOMETHING FOR OUR
INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS THAT WILL
BE AN INTERRUPTIBLE RATE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
THERE.
SO AS I SAID, I INHERITED A
STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU ALL
APPROVED LAST SUMMER.
AND SO WHAT I DID IS I CAME
INTO THE UTILITY AND WENT INTO
THAT AND PULLED OUT FOR AREAS
THAT I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON
WITH THAT UTILITY.
FOR THIS LAST YEAR.
SO I HAVE THREE WEEKS AND I
WILL BE A YEAR IN.
SO NUMBER ONE, CREATING A
CUSTOMER CENTRIC CULTURE, WHICH
IS REALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE THE
CUSTOMER'S EXPERIENCE.
CREATING JOURNEYS THAT DELIVER
WHAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT FROM
THEIR COMMUNITY ON UTILITY.
IT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE THE
DIGITAL ROADMAP THAT I THINK
YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
AMI FULL INTEGRATION, THAT
INCLUDES THE PORTAL PROJECT WE
ARE WORKING ON COLLABORATIVELY
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES.
IN 2020, WE WILL BE
IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN THAT
SHOULD HELP US TO IMPROVE, IT
WILL HELP US TO DELIVER AN
IMPROVED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LOOK TO US
FOR CRITICAL PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES.
AND OF COURSE INCLUDING NEW
SELF-SERVICE OPTIONS WHICH IS
REALLY IMPORTANT IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
NUMBER TWO, IT IS ENHANCING THE
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED TO
YOU ABOUT LAST YEAR DURING MY
CONFIRMATION PROCESS WAS I MADE
A COMMITMENT TO YOU THAT THAT
WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS WE FOCUSED ON AND WE ARE
DOING THAT.
WE ARE DOING LOTS OF GOOD
THINGS.
WE HAVE A NEW EMPLOYEE
EXPERIENCE TEAM.
THESE ARE NOT NEW FTE.
THEY ARE AS REPURCHASING
RESOURCES WE HAVE TODAY.
REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS FOLKS ON
THE NOTION THAT YOU CAN'T BE,
YOU CAN'T PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT,
OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
WITH EMPLOYEES WHO FEEL SAFE
AND SUPPORTED IN DOING THEIR
BEST EVERY DAY.
WE ARE DOING A LOT AROUND THAT.
WE ARE DOING TRAINING AND
WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR
LEADERS SO THEY ARE PROVIDING
THE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK TO THEM.
#3, IT IS REVENUE STABILIZATION
TO RATE DESIGN.
AND AGAIN, THAT IS THE PATH AND
WE LITERALLY THINK OF IT AS A
PATH OR A MAP TO JANUARY 2021
SO THE PILOT PROGRAMS WE
ALREADY DISCUSSED ARE THE
PRINCIPAL PART OF THAT.
AND THEN WE WILL BE LOOKING AS
WE ARE LEARNING FROM THAT
PROCESS, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT,
HOW DO WE DEVELOP RATE PILOT,
RATE PROGRAMS THAT WILL GIVE
CUSTOMERS CHOICE, CONTROL AND
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MANAGE BOTH
THEIR ENERGY CONSUMPTION IT
ALSO THEIR BILLS.
SO WE KNOW BOTH HERE AND ACROSS
THE INDUSTRY THAT THAT IS WHAT
CUSTOMERS WANT AND EXPECT TODAY
FROM THEIR UTILITIES.
LASTLY, INNOVATION IS ELECT
FURCATION.
WE ARE FOCUSED ON DEEP
DECARBONIZATION AND INCREASED
RETAIL SALES.
I OFTEN SAY THAT
ELECTRIFICATION IS NOT ONLY THE
PATH TO DEEP DECARBONIZATION
BUT ALSO THE PATH TO LONG-TERM
AFFORDABILITY AS WE FIND WAYS
TO HELP OUR CUSTOMERS MAKE GOOD
ENERGY CHOICES AND INCREASE OUR
SALES TO OFFSET WHAT WE
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THROUGH OUR
PROGRESSIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS,
WHICH IS AGAIN SMART USE OF
RESOURCES.
SO NEW PROGRAMS OR NEW
DIVISIONS THAT I MENTIONED, NEW
PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVES, AND
MANY THAT WILL BE TIED TO THE
HOUSE BILL 1512.
SO THOSE ARE THE PRIORITIES AND
I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS TO TURN
THAT OVER TO KRISTY GRAINGER TO
TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
>> SO FOR CITY LIGHT, WE ONLY
HAVE THE ONE FUND.
úTHE LIGHT FUND.
YOU WILL SEE THERE THE ALL OF
THE APPROPRIATIONS FALL UNDER
THE OTHER CATEGORY.
THERE IS NO GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS HERE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT OUR 20/20
PROPOSED BUDGET, 1.43 BILLION,
THIS IS 58 MILLION HIGHER THAN
OUR 2019 ADOPTED.
AND THE BULK OF THIS WAS A PART
OF THE 2020 ENDORSED.
WHICH IS NOT PICTURED HERE BUT
SINCE THAT IS THE BASIS OF WHAT
CAME FROM OUR STRATEGIC PLAN
AND IS BALANCED BY OUR RATES,
THAT IS THE STARTING POINT FOR
US.
OUT OF THE 50 IMPORTANT 5
MILLION, ALMOST 50 OF IT WAS A
PART OF OUR ENDORSED 2020
BUDGET.
AND THE COMPONENTS OF THAT ARE
22 MILLION FOR INCREASED DEBT
SERVICE ON BONDS TO SUPPORT THE
CAPITAL PROGRAM.
6 MILLION FOR TAXES.
13.5 MILLION ASSOCIATED WITH
COST OF LIVING INCREASES.
LABOR BENEFITS, OTHER NONLABOR
INFLATION.
AND THEN 7.4 MILLION INCREASE
FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL
INCREASE THERE.
SO MOST OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE
WAS A PART OF OUR 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET.
AS DENVER MENTIONED, ALL OF THE
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT SHE
JUST DISCUSSED AND THE
STRATEGIC PLAN, THOSE ARE BEING
ACHIEVED WITHIN THE ENDORSED
BUDGET FROM 2020.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
>> NOT SEEING ANY.
>> GREAT.
SO ON THAT FTE, YOU WILL SEE
THERE JUST A SMALL THAT CHANGE
OF ONE AND HALF FTES GOING TO
2020.
WE ARE INCREASING A FEW
POSITIONS TO SUPPORT.
WE ARE CONVERTING CONTRACT
POSITIONS SUPPORTING
ATTACHMENTS.
THIS IS FOR TELECOM RELATED
WORK ATTACHING TO CITY LIGHT
POLES.
AND THIS WORK IS INCREASING AND
SO WE ARE CONVERTING EXISTING
THREE-YEAR TEMPORARY POSITIONS
INTO PERMANENT FTES.
AND THIS IS BEING OFFSET BY A
DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF METER
READERS.
THIS IS SO DID THE ADVANCED
METERING PROGRAM, WHICH IS
ALMOST FINISHED NOW.
THE NET IMPACT OF THAT IS A
VERY SMALL INCREASE OF 1 1/2
FTES.
>> THE 1 1/2 FTES ARE CUSTOMER
FUNDED AS WELL.
THAT IS LARGELY ATTACHMENT WORK
WHERE THE CARRIERS ARE PAYING
FOR THAT WORK.
>> SO IN DISCUSSION WITH THE
CBO AND WITH OUR STAFF AND
COUNSEL CENTRAL STUFF, WE
FOCUSED THIS TABLE HERE ON
MATERIAL CHANGES AS COMPARED TO
OUR 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET.
THERE ARE REALLY ONLY TWO
THINGS HAPPENING HERE.
AND FIRST THAT REALLOCATION OF
THE SURPLUS BUDGET FOR
CONSERVATION INCENTIVES TO
INCENTIVES FOR ASPORTATION
ELECT FURCATION.
DENVER MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS AN
INCREASE IN CAPITAL BUDGET TO
SUPPORT ATTACHMENT WORK.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE 5G
APPOINTMENT.
THIS INCREASE HERE IS ALL
REIMBURSABLE WORK.
THERE IS NO NET RATE IMPACT.
THIS IS WORK THAT WOULD BE
REIMBURSED BY TELECOM COMPANIES
AND THOSE REQUESTING TO ATTACH
THINGS TO THE POLLS.
>> IF I YOU, I WOULD BE LOOKING
AT THAT SAYING 580 PERCENT?
IF I COULD JUST SAY ONE THING,
I WAS FIGURING IT OUT IN THE
HALL BEFORE WE CAME HERE TODAY.
NEXT TO GREG.
THE 2019 OF 166.
THE 2020 ENDORSED THAT YOU
ALREADY PROVED LAST YEAR HAD A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
WE WERE RAMPING UP THE
TRANSPORTATION ELECT FURCATION
KNOWING THAT WAS AHEAD OF THE
GAME.
THOSE WERE FUNDS THAT WERE
INCLUDED AND PARTIALLY OFFSET
FROM OTHER AREAS IN WHICH YOU
ARE ALREADY APPROVED.
THE DIFFERENCE THERE THAT YOU
WOULD SEE IF THIS TABLE
INCLUDED 2020 ENDORSED IS
$600,000.
600 MILLION.
$600,000.
THOSE ARE MONIES MOVING FROM
THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR
CONSERVATION CUSTOMER ENERGY
SOLUTIONS BUDGET INTO
ELECTRIFICATION.
AND THOSE ARE THE FUNDS WE
TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF
SETTING UP THIS NEW DIVISION
AND PREPARING OURSELVES TO DO
THAT WORK.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THEY ALSO FUND THE REDIRECT
CHARGES.
>> THEY FOUND THE ADDITIONAL
INCREASE UNDER THE
TRANSPORTATION NOTIFICATION.
IT IS FOR NEW FAST CHARGERS.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU TO SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT THE 2020 FRAMEWORK.
SPECIFICALLY HOW WE CAN ENSURE
THE NEXT ITERATION OF GREAT
DESIGN IS GEARED TOWARDS
ENSURING AFFORDABILITY,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOWEST
INCOME CUSTOMERS.
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
WORK WITH YOU.
I AM INTERESTED IN HOW I SORT
OF RECONCILE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS
WITH THE RECITATION THAT WE SAW
ON PAGES TWO AND THREE FOR
ITEMS NUMBER 1-4. WILL BE
SEEING MORE IN TERMS OF THE
SPECIFIC BUDGET REFLECTIONS ON
THE POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH
GEARING UP FOR THE FUTURE RATE
WE DESIGN?
ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE PILOT
PROGRAMS BE ARE TALKING ABOUT?
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE WHAT
THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE AND
HOW WE AS A CITY ARE INVESTING
IN THIS EFFORTS.
THAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS,
OBVIOUSLY YOU SPOKE VERY
ELOQUENTLY AT THE COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT JUST YESTERDAY?
ABUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
COMMITTING INTERNAL EFFORTS TO
THE 2020 STRATEGIC PLAN
PRIORITY OF WORKING WITH OUR
LOWEST INCOME CUSTOMERS AND
CUSTOMERS IN GENERAL,
MEDICATION TO VARIOUS CUSTOMERS
ABOUT OPTIONS AROUND CUSTOMER
SERVICE.
THE ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE, ETC.
WHERE WOULD WE BE ABLE TO SEE
THE INVESTMENTS IN THAT EFFORT
REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET?
WOULD THAT BE A LINE ITEM?
IN THE DOCUMENTS WE HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED?
SINCE I DON'T SEE IT AS A LINE
ITEM IN THE POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO ASK WHERE WOULD SEE
THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND IF YOU
HAVE A SENSE OF HOW THOSE
DOLLARS COMPARE YEAR OVER YEAR.
>> WE CAN INCREASING OUR
EFFORTS TO GET MONEY INTO THE
STRATEGIC ROLE AS WELL AROUND
COMMUNICATION AND CUSTOMER
SERVICE?
>> THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
I CAN ANSWER ONE OF THEM.
THEN MAYBE OTHERS WILL HELP ME.
OR WE CAN GET BACK TO.
ON YOUR QUESTION AROUND IN
PARTICULAR, ON THE RATE PILOT,
AS YOU WILL SEE NEXT WEEK, THEY
ARE MEANT TO BE VERY SMALL.
THEY WERE FOR LEARNING
PURPOSES, IT IS THE REVENUE
NEUTRAL.
WE ARE NOT EXPECTING THERE TO
BE SIGNIFICANT COSTS FOR THE
PILOTS THEMSELVES.
WHAT WE LEARN FROM THEM WOULD
BE INCORPORATED THE NEXT
STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL BE
WORKING WITH THE REVIEW PANEL.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED THIS
PROCESS AND WE WOULD BE
BRINGING TO YOU NEXT SUMMER.
THE TAKE AWAY THERE IS THAT THE
PILOTS THEMSELVES HAVE VERY
LITTLE IMPACT ON REVENUES.
YOU ARE THE RATESETTING BODY
FOR THIS UTILITY.
THE WAY THE ORDINANCE WAS
WRITTEN, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY
NEED TO BE REVENUE NEUTRAL.
WE CAN'T SET RATES AS WE MOVE
ALONG.
ONLY YOU CAN DO THAT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THE
CUSTOMERS ARE HELD HARMLESS
FROM ANY CHANGE WITH RESPECT TO
THE ESTABLISHED RATE TODAY.
AND THEN, AS WE BRING YOU THE
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR REVIEW AND
ULTIMATELY YOUR APPROVAL NEXT
SUMMER, THAT IS WHERE WE WOULD
INCORPORATE THE IMPACTS OF NEW
RATE STRUCTURES INTO WHAT WE
BRING YOU.
SODAS THAT ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION?
THANK YOU ON THAT.
WITH RESPECT TO CUSTOMER
COMMUNICATION, I DON'T KNOW
THAT YOU WOULD SEE THAT AS A
SPECIFIC LINE ITEM.
A LOT OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN OR
WE HAVE RESENTED THAT IS AND
MORE DETAILED FORM HAS TO DO
WITH THE TECHNOLOGY OF OUR
CUSTOMER SERVICE WORK.
SO THE PORTAL PROJECT, WE HAVE
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
WE ARE REFOCUSING AND WORKING
WITHIN THE RESOURCES WE HAVE.
PARTICULARLY THE MOST
VULNERABLE APPELLATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED THE MOST
HELP.
THAT IS WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE
COMING FROM.
THESE GUYS CAN STEP IN AND
CORRECT ME, WHICH I'M SURE I
HAVE SAID SOMETHING WRONG.
THE LAST THING I WILL DO IS
CONNECT THOSE TWO BECAUSE WE
HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THE
PAST.
I AM IN ENERGY GATE.
I READ AN ARTICLE TODAY THAT
TALKED ABOUT HOW CUSTOMERS DO
WANT NEW RATE DESIGNS THAT THEY
NEED TO BE PRESENTED IN WAYS
WHERE THEY CAN CLEARLY SEE HOW
THEY BENEFIT FROM THEM.
WITH COMMUNICATIONS PIECE OF
WORK.
BUT WE WILL BE DOING NEXT YEAR,
BUT WE WILL BE USING EXISTING
RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
>> YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THAT
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
WE ARE ADDING TWO NEW STAFF IN
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
TO HELP WITH THAT INCREASED
CASELOAD AS WE RAMP FROM 14,000
TO 34,000 PEOPLE.
THAT THAT IS SUPPORTING.
IT IS BACKED BY EXISTING RATE
REVENUES FROM AS YOU.
>> LASTLY ON THAT, THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIR.
ON THE EDP PROGRAM, I KNOW THIS
IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT OVER THE LAST
YEAR TO HALF OR TWO YEARS.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ALLOCATION OF TWO FTES FOR
GETTING FOLKS IN THE DOOR.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO BE
AWARE OF AS IT RELATES TO A
BUDGET FOR REDUCED REVENUE IF
MORE PEOPLE DID AND ROLL?
IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT,
IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF 2018
THAT WE HEARD THERE WAS ABOUT
75% OF THE POPULATION THAT IS
ELIGIBLE.
THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY ENROLLED.
IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL, DO WE
NEED TO SEE THAT REFLECTED IN
YOUR BUDGET IN SOME WAY?
>> I KNOW THAT HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS AN ONGOING
POSITION WITH THE UTILITIES
ABOUT DEMAND AND CAPACITY.
I THINK THEY WOULD BE WORKING
TOGETHER ON THAT.
>> NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF.
>> OKAY.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
THAT IS IT?
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
IT IS NOT QUITE IT.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THERE IS ONE PERSON BUT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
THE LONG DISCUSSION YESTERDAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO
HAVE THREE OF US AT THE TABLE
WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND
YOUR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE YOUR
WORK.
MANY THANKS.
GOOD.
WE WILL EXCUSE YOU.
JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES,
TOMORROW BE SURE THAT YOU ARE
HERE AT 930.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY SIX
DEPARTMENTS, THREE IN THE
MORNING.
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP
IT.
HAVE PARKS, LABOR STANDARDS,
AND IF ANY OF YOU WHO ARE
OVERSEEING THIS DEPARTMENT HAVE
COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
BRING UP FIRST THING, I WILL
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE.
WE ALSO IN THE AFTERNOON HAVE
HUMAN SERVICES APARTMENTS, THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THEN THE
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING.
BE SURE TO EAT YOUR WHEATIES.
IT WILL BE A LONG DAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE MR. JOHN
PERKINS.
>> WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> HELLO.
HELLO, COUNSEL.
>> WE DIDN'T GET OUR TRANSFERS.
>> YOU WOULD PUT IN RESOLUTION
31 856 OFFERING TO COLLABORATE
WITH THE EXECUTIVES AND THE
EXECUTIVE HAS DRAGGED OUT THAT
PROCESS THIS ENTIRE YEAR.
FINISHING UP TO THIS BUDGET
PROCESS WITH OUT ANY OF THE
THREE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING
THEIR TRANSFERS.
THIS IS INCLUDED.
>> A LOST OPPORTUNITY OF 1.5
MLLION ALMOST FOUR BIRD BAR
PLACE.
THEY HAD TO EXPAND CONSIDERABLE
GOODWILL THE STATE LEGISLATION
TO GET IT RENEWED ONE MORE
TIME.
ARE WE IN A GOVERNMENT THAT
CANNOT SEEM TO DO ANYTHING?
I THINK NOT.
BUT AT THIS POINT, WE DO GET
THE SECOND CLAUSE IN THE
RESOLUTION.
WE TAKE BACK THE POWER.
WE ALWAYS HAD THAT.
WE TAKE BACK THE POWER WE
ALWAYS HAD.
YOU DO IT YOURSELF.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GREENWOOD
SENIOR CENTER.
WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT BIRD
BA PLACE IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT AND THE SENIOR CENTER.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, ALL OF THE
CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE DRAGGED
OUT AND COMPLICATED IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, EVENTUALLY SOME
CRITERIA, THEY LET THEMSELVES
SETTLE ON ALL THREE
ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HAVE MET THAT.
WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE IT IN
THE BUDGET.
I HAVE SEARCHED THE BUDGET
SEVERAL TIMES.
I'M SURE IT IS ALL OF THAT
RELEVANT APARTMENT.
I HAVE ALSO ASKED THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT IS THE LEAD OF THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
POINTED OUT TO US.
I ASKED THEM BUT YESTERDAY.
THAT IS AN EASY ANSWER.
I DIDN'T GET THAT ANSWER.
THAT IS MY TWO MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MUCH ON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>>
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AND COLLEAGUES?
>> IS IT APPROPRIATE IF I ASK A
QUICK QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
THIS WHOLE TIME.
I KNOW YOU WERE AT THE
BEGINNING.
TO CHECK IN AT THE SENIOR NCE
CENTER, THAT WAS THE SIX PAGE
LIST OF CRITERIA THAT HADN'T
BEEN GENERATED.
JUST SO WE ARE AWARE, WHAT WAS
THE LAST CONVERSATION YOU IN
THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
HAD WITH THE EXECUTIVE ABOUT
WHAT CONDITIONALITY'S MAY NEED
TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A
TRANSFER SO WE ARE CAUGHT UP TO
SPEED?
>> JUST TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP?
I WOULD INVITE YOU TO GET IN
TOUCH WITH THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS.
EACH OF THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS
WE WERE MET WITH JOINTLY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS OF
MARCH 13, THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE
WAS MARCH 1. THEY DIDN'T HAVE
THE FIRST MEETING WITH US UNTIL
TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FIRST
DEADLINE.
THAT, SERIOUS OR NOT SERIOUS,
YOU MAKE THE CALL.
WE FELT LIKE IT WAS PRETTY.
BUT THEY MET WITH US
SEPARATELY.
MY OWN ORGANIZATION, THE SENIOR
CENTER IS MEETING WITH THEM
TOMORROW.
BUT WE HAVE NO FURTHER FAITH IN
THAT, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE IT
IS NOT IN THE BUDGET.
>> WE WILL PRACTICE WITH THE
STAFF, WITH IT FAS THAT THIS
WOULD FALL UNDER?
>> IT IS A D ON.
IT IS COORDINATING THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.
OUR LAST, WE HAVE BEEN PINGING
D ON ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THE LAST RESPONSE WAS ON
JANUARY 5. WE THEN ASKED FOR A
FOLLOW-UP ON AUGUST 9 AND DID
NOT HEAR BACK.
BUT THE PROCESS IS BEING
ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN THAT
THERE ARE CRITERIA THAT MANY OF
THESE ORGANIZATIONS MET UNDER
THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.
AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND
THE INTEREST TO DO DUE
DILIGENCE WENT TO CONFIRM THAT
IT HAD HAPPENED.
AND THAT IS WHAT HAS BASICALLY
DRAGGED THIS OUT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THE QUESTION I WAS GETTING
READY TO ASK WAS, ARE THEY
PRESENTING TO US?
ARE THEY LARGE ENOUGH?
>> I AM GETTING SOME NOSE OVER
THERE.
THEY ARE NOT PRESENTING.
BUT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IF
THEY WERE PRESENTING, WE WOULD
GET A STAFF REPORT ON THERE.
BUT IF THEY ARE NOT PRESENT, WE
WILL WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET
THE INFORMATION TO SEE IF WE
CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM.
AS YOU ON THE, I HAVE TALKED TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CAUSING A
LOT OF ANGST.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> WE WILL FOLLOW-UP.
>> THANK YOU.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED FOR
TODAY.