>>> GOOD AFTERNOON COLLEAGUES
AND FRIENDS IN THE
AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
IT'S 2:00 OUR RECESSED
SEPTEMBER 2019 BUDGET COMMITTEE
IS NOW BACK TO
ORDER.
WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THE
BUSINESS WE HAD
DESCRIBED EARLIER TODAY.
IT'S JUST 2:00.
I'M SALLY AND I CHAIR THIS
COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
JUAREZ AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT BRUCE HERBOLD AND
COULD YOU BE SILL MEMBER
PACHECO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
THIS AFTERNOON WE ARE GOING TO
HEAR FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT OUR OFFICE
OF HOUSING AND
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
AND AS WE DISCUSSED
THIS MORNING WE HAVE NOT GONE
IN AND DONE THE DEEP
DIVE YET ON SERVICES THAT ARE
PROVIDED FOR PEOPLE
WHO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS BUT
WE ARE GOING TO DO
THAT NEXT WEEK FOR A FULL DAY
AND THAT'S NOT ONLY
OUR HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BUT ALL OF THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THIS WHETHER
IT BE PARKS OR SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES OR THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO ON.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU
BEING HERE.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED MULTIPLE
TIMES NOW PUBLIC
COMMENTS WILL BE AFTER OUR LAST
PRESENTATION AFTER
WE HEAR FROM DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION EARLY LEARNING
SO IF MY COLLEAGUES CAN STAY
FOR THAT I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT.
SO ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
WELL IF I CAN INVITE OUR HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT
FOLKS TO PLEASE COME UP TO THE
TABLE AND I BELIEVE
AMY GORE IS GOING TO BE JOINING
US FROM COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
JEFF SIMMS FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, LISA VAN
NOBLE.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M SORRY
I WASN'T HERE IN THE
MORNING.
>> WE MISSED YOU.
>> SORRY I'M UNDER THE WEATHER.
>> SORRY.
>> I'M HERE FOR THIS ONE.
>> I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JASON, MAY I ASK FOR YOU TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES AND THEN I'M
GOING TO MOVE TO AMY
GORE FROM OUR CENTRAL STAFF TO
PROVIDE SOME OPENING
COMMENTS FOR US.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
JASON JOHNSON WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> AMY HOLLY THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOUR
MICROPHONE IS EITHER ON OR
YOU CAN PULL IT TOWARDS YOU IT
MOVES.
VERY TABOOED.
THANK YOU.
JEFF SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
>> JEFF SIMMS COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> BEN NOBLE THE CITY BUDGET
DIRECTOR.
>> AMY GORE, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> ALICE MCCLAIN FROM OUR
OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AMY KICK US OFF.
>> FANTASTIC.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
AS YOU KNOW WE ARE HERE FOR THE
OVER VIEW OF THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
JEFF AND I WILL BOTH BE
STAFFING THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR.
JEFF WILL BE STAFFING PUBLIC
HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS
AND I WILL BE STAFFING ITEMS
RELATED TO AGING AND
DISABILITY IT SERVICES, YOUTH
AND FAMILY
EMPOWERMENT, MAYOR'S OFFICE ON
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
AS CHAIR BAGSHAW MENTIONED
THERE WILL BE A MULTI
DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATION AND
WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED
TODAY.
THE DEPARTMENT OVER VIEW YOU
WILL HEAR ABOUT HOW
THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE RECENT
POLICY DIRECTION
INCLUDING COUNCIL BILL 119542
AND GREAT CHIEF
149--D--1 AND GENERAL AND NON
GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS
TO REFLECT THE RISING COST OF
PROVIDING SERVICES.
ALSO REFLECTS 119551 WHICH
CREATED A NEW SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE FUND AND
CLEAVED REGARDING
SPENDING OF THOSE FUNDS.
FINALLY 119402 WHICH CREATED A
SHORT TERM RENTAL TAX
REVENUE TO SUPPORT PERMANENT
SUPPORTED HOUSING.
THE 2020 ENDORSED BUDGET WAS
JUST SHY OF
$200 MILLION . THE PUBLISHD
PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES AN ADDITIONAL $23.5
MILLION FOR HSD
PROGRAMS SO I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE DEPARTMENT
BUT JEFF AND I ARE HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP WITH QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> GREAT AND I JUST LIKE TO
START OFF BY THANKING
YOU FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT
WE'VE ALREADY THROWN
YOUR WAY AND JUST THAT YOU ARE
DESCRIBING WE DO HAVE
REVENUE SOURCES OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS PUT FORWARD
2% FOR CONTRACTS TO HELP WITH
OUR PROVIDERS
PARTICULARLY AROUND CASE
MANAGEMENT AND OTHER
SERVICES SO THAT WAS 2% LAST
YEAR OR 2% OVER THE
SUMMER SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
NOW ARE OTHER
POSSIBLE INVESTMENTS AND I
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> RIGHT.
IT IS NOW TIED TO THE CPIW
WHICH WAS 2.6% GOING INTO
2020.
>> VERY GOOD.
SO IT'S EVEN MORE THAN WE WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT
GETTING 4.6 OVER THE LAST YEAR
IS GOOD NEWS.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
JEFF DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU WANTED TO INTRO
NOW?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY.
JASON?
>> OR BEN?
>> ALL RIGHT.
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
I ALWAYS AM THRILLED TO BE ABLE
TO TALK ABOUT THE
GREAT WORK OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT I
FEEL VERY HONORED TO BE A PART
OF.
I WANTED TO START WITH JUST A
QUICK OVER VIEW OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND REMIND FOLKS
THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS THE LARGEST
CONTRIBUTOR SEATTLE SAFETY
NET WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET OF
MORE THAN $223 MILLION
INVESTED.
THE HSD OVER SEES APPROXIMATELY
600 ANNUAL CONTRACTS
WITH MORE THAN 200 COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND
I WANT TO OUT THE GATE
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH THOSE PROVIDERS.
THAT PARTNERSHIP IS LONG
STANDING AND IT'S A
RELATIONSHIP THAT'S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE REAL CHANGE AS
WE ADDRESS A NUMBER
OF ISSUES INSIDE OF OUR CITY.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THOSE
PROVIDERS THAT ARE HERE
TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE HOW IMPORTANT
THE PARTNERSHIP OF THOSE
CONTRACTED AND NON
CONTRACTED HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE.
WE MANAGE THAT $223 MILLION
THROUGH 600 ANNUAL
CONTRACTS AND WE DO SO WITH AN
ADMINISTRATIVE RATE
THAT IS ROUGHLY 7%.
JUST FOR CONTEXT OUR PROVIDERS
WE ALLOWED THEM
THROUGH THEIR CONTRACTS UP TO
15% FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
INDIRECT AND I SHARE THIS
BECAUSE I ALSO OUT THE
GATE JUST WANT TO THANK THE 385
MOES AT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE A SCRAPPY INNOVATIVE
CREW THAT DOES AN
INCREDIBLE JOB SUPPORTING
PROGRAMS INITIATIVES AND
POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THE
DEPARTMENT'S SIX KEY AREAS
AND THEY DO SO WITH ENERGY.
THEY DO SO INSPIRED.
THEY DO SO UNDER REALLY TOUGH
EVER-CHANGING
CONDITIONS AND THEY DO SO IN A
HIGHLY POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT AT TIMES.
AND JUST SAY THANK YOU THEM
FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT
THE TEAM OF EMPLOYEES
AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT DOES EVERY DAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING
THAT.
>> SO OUR WORK IS PREPARING
YOUTH FOR SUCCESS,
SUPPORTING AFFORDABILITY AND
LIVEABILITY IN OUR
CITY, ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS,
PROMOTING PUBLIC
HEALTH, RESPONDING TO GENDER
BASED VIOLENCE AND
PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING.
AGAIN, NONE OF THIS COULD
HAPPEN WITHOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP THAT EMPLOYEES OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT HAVE WITH PROVIDERS
AND SO AGAIN I JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND
SAY THANK YOU.
THAT IS ESPECIALLY HEIGHTENED,
THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT RELATIONSHIP DURING BUDGET
SEASON.
LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS ALONE, STAFF AT
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ANSWERED ABOUT 125
QUESTIONS AMENDED CONTRACTS TO
ACCOMMODATE 40 GREEN
SHEETS AND ALSO PROVIDED
RESPONSES TO A DOZEN
SLIDES.
SO IT REALLY IS A SEASON OF
WORK DURING BUDGET AND I
KNOW IT IS ALSO THE CASE FOR
YOU.
SO JUST AGAIN WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMPLOYEES
AND OUR PROVIDER PARTNERS
DURING THIS PERIOD.
ALL RIGHT.
SO LAST YEAR THERE WERE THREE
PRIMARY POLICY CHANGES
THAT AFFECTED HSD AND CONTINUED
TO DO SO IN 2020.
FIRST THE SEATTLE--SORRY,
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
FUND THAT'S ARE ADDED TO FOOD
AND NUTRITION
PROGRAMS.
TWO IS THE INFLATION REASM
ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL
CONTRACTS AND THREE ARE
INVESTMENT IN ADDRESSING
PUBLIC HEALTH.
SPECIFICALLY WE INVESTED IN
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS
WELL AS IN CONNECTIONS PROGRAM.
SO THESE ARE INVESTMENTS THAT I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT ARE ON
THE SHIED THAT WILL
GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DALE
LATER IS A NEW
INVESTMENT FOR THE CONSOLIDATED
DVSA HOTLINE AS WELL
AS AN INVESTMENT SUPPORTING
LGBTQ SENIORS THROUGH A
SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
COULD YOU REMIND US WHAT IS
PART OF THE $715,000 PER
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR NEW
RESOURCES FOR
ACCESSING?
>> AGAIN, YUP.
THAT IS A $500,000 INVESTMENT
IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
THAT INVESTMENT IS MADE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH KING
COUNTY AND IT'S ALSO A $215,000
INVESTMENT INTO THE
CRISIS CONNECTIONS PROGRAM.
>> CAN I JUMP ON THAT FOR JUST
A SECOND?
MAYBE YOU CAN GET THROUGH MORE
THAN ONE OR TWO LINES
WITHOUT A QUESTION BUT WITH
CRISIS SECTIONS YOU KNOW
MANY OF US ARE HUGE FANS OF ALY
FRANKLIN AND THE
WORK THAT SHE'S DOING AND LAST
YEAR WE PUT IN THE
BUDGET 215,000 FOR 2019 AND I
BELIEVE IT'S 400
SOMETHING FOR STARTING IN 2020
AND I KNOW THAT THERE
WERE SOME CONTRACT EFFORTS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT
MONEY GOT OUT TO CRISIS
CONNECTIONS AND IT'S IN
ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE ARE
DOING WITH OUR LOW ACUTE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
$400,000 WHICH I HOPE
MY COLLEAGUES WILL SUPPORT THAT
THAT WILL CONTINUE
AND THAT THEY CAN HAVE IT IN
JANUARY.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE
CRISIS CONNECTIONS IS
WORKING WITH A LOT OF OUTSIDE
PROVIDERS THEMSELVES
AND NEED TO HAVE ASSURANCE THAT
THAT MONEY IS THERE
AND COMING IN ORDER FOR THEM TO
START DOING THE WORK
AND SINCE OUR HELP ONE IS GOING
TO BE OPERATIONAL IN
OCTOBER AND WE NEED ALL OF THIS
GOOD WORK WITH OUR
PARTNERS I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT MONEY IS
TABOOING TO CONTINUE AND FLOW
AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO
WAIT AGAIN FOR SIX OR SEVEN
MONTHS.
YOU CAN ANSWER ME LATER.
>> THANKS.
>> ON THAT FIRST PRIORITIES I
SAW OUR OFFICE OF
HOUSING FRIENDS WALKING AROUND
BUT IN THE $180,000
FOR LGBTQ SENIOR PROGRAMS IT
SEEMS LIKE A RELATIVELY
SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
CAN YOU REMIND US DOES THIS
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE THAT WE
WERE TRYING TO TEE UP
FOR ASSISTING LGBTQ SENIORS?
>> NO, IT'S NOT.
THIS IS ALL FOR THE SENIOR
CENTER PROGRAM.
AND IT'S NOT THE INVESTMENT ON
THE HOUSING SUPPORT
SITE Q AND I KNOW COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD JUST WALKED
IN AND THIS WAS REALLY
SOMETHING YOU PROMOTED JUST
WHAT I WAS SAYING.
>> GO AHEAD.
HIT ME WITH THIS, COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE ON THOSE
TWO ITEMS THE
$150,000 FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
SERVICES TO CONTINUE
PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES TO
SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS
IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME
AND THAT I'VE REALLY
APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH YOU CHAIR BAGSHAW
LAST YEAR TO RESTORE
SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT HAD
ORIGINALLY BEEN
PROPOSED TO BE CUT AND SO I'M
HAPPY TO BE IN A
POSITION NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO FUND
THOSE SERVICES.
OBVIOUSLY THE NEEDS FOR SEXUAL
ASSAULT SURVIVORS IN
THIS SPACE IS VERY ACUTE AND I
THINK IT IS A NICE
COMPLIMENT TO SOME OF THE
LEGISLATIVE WINS AND
CHANGES THAT WE SOUGHT OUT OF
OUR STATE LEGISLATURE
IN THIS SPACE AS WELL,
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
EXTENSION FOR PARTICULAR
TYPES OF CRIMES FOR EXAMPLE SO
REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT BEING INCLUDED IN THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET AND IN
YOUR PRIORITIES.
LIKEWISE FOR THE LGBT SENIOR
PROGRAMS THAT WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
AND I TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE JEN PRIDE AND LGBTQ
ALLY SHIP AROUND IDENTIFYING
SENIOR CENTER SERVICES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS
PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC AND
LAST YEAR I BROUGHT A LOT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW
WE'RE REALLY THE ONLY CITY WITH
SUCH A LARGE LGBT Q
POPULATION AND ONE THAT IS
CERTAINLY AGING THAT
DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE FULL
SPECTRUM AND MENU OF
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO LGBT
SENIORS SO REALLY
APPRECIATE THE ON GOING
ATTENTION TO THIS PARTICULAR
ISSUE.
$180,000 ISN'T A LOT BUT IT IS
I THINK FOR NOW A
MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT TO
CONTINUE THAT WORK AND MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE
NEEDS OF THAT AGING
POPULATION.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> OKAY.
PLEASE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO I WANT TO NOW JUST HIGHLIGHT
A FEW OF THE 2020
BUDGET ADDITIONS AND.
>> SORRY.
WE'RE JUST--THEY'RE JUST TRYING
TO GET ME UP TO
SPEED THAT IT WAS INKER SOL
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD WAS WORKING ON.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> SO I WANT TO START IN THE
PREPARING YOUTH FOR
SUCCESS PROGRAM INVESTMENT AREA
AND HIGHLIGHT THE
CHANGES TO SYP.
SO THE SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM WILL RECEIVE
$310,000 OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT
A NEW SCHOOL YEAR
PROGRAM.
THIS EXPANDS ON THE WELL KNOWN
SUMMER INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM.
SYEP IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE 16
TO 24-YEAR-OLDS FACING
THE GREATEST BARRIERS TO
EMPLOYMENT.
IT HELPS THEM GROW AS COMMUNITY
LEADERS AND PREPARE
FOR A FUTURE OF WORK AND CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES.
YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS PROGRAM IT
SERVES FOLKS WHO ARE
AT INCOME BELOW 80% OF THE
MEDIAN INCOME IN SEATTLE
KING COUNTY.
THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE YOUNG
PEOPLE WILL BE PAID
FOR UP TO $300 FOR EACH QUARTER
AND WILL EARN AN
HOURLY WAGE DURING THEIR SUMMER
INTERNSHIP.
THE SCHOOL PROGRAM IS REALLY
FOCUSED ON PROGRAMMING
FROM OCTOBER TO MAY.
IT'S ONE ON ONE COACHING,
SUPPORT SERVICES.
THEY LEARN CRITICAL WORK FORCE
SKILLS AND ATTEND
CAREER FAIRS AND DISCOVERY
DAYS.
DURING THE SUMMER, THE PROGRAM
OFFERS ESSENTIALLY AS
WE KNOW IT THERE'S INTERNSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES FOR UP
TO 20 HOURS A WEEK FOR SIX
WEEKS.
THEY ARE PAID INTERNSHIPS
WORKING WITH CITY
DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL BUSINESSES
AND COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THIS?
I SEE YOUR GOALS HAVE TO HELP
THE YOUTH IN
PREEMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
YOUTH PROGRAMS AND
THEN YOU TALK ABOUT A YEAR
ROUND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM AND 400 AND I HEARD YOU
SAY JUST FOR THE
SUMMER SO HOW DO THOSE WORK
TOGETHER?
>> THEY WORK--THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION.
THEY WORK TOGETHER IN THAT IT
IS I THINK A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY LOUNGE
PERSON TO HAVE A SUMMER
JOB TO BE ABLE TO LEARN
CRITICAL SKILLS ABOUT WHAT
IT MEANS TO OPERATE AND
CONTRIBUTE TO A WORK SPACE.
BUT THERE IS LEARNING THAT CAN
OCCUR THAT CAN REALLY
HELP TO PROVIDE A MORE ROBUST
EXPERIENCE DURING
THOSE SUMMER INTERNSHIPS THAT
CAN HAPPEN ALL YEAR
LONG.
SO THIS IS THIS ONE ON ONE
COACHING AND SUPPORT
SERVICES ARE THINGS LIKE
LEARNING HOW TO INTERVIEW,
LEARNING HOW TO PERFECT A
RESUME, LEARNING AND
ENGAGING WITH A COACH ABOUT
WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED
IN AND HOW THAT CAN TRANSLATE
TO A JOB SO THIS IS
TAKING WHAT WAS A ROBUST BUT
SHORT PERIOD OF
ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AS
THEY MAKE THE
PROGRAM YEAR ROUND AND OFFER
SIMILAR SUPPORT TO THEM
WHILE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL.
>> EXCELLENT AND BOBBY LEE WAS
WITH US THIS MORNING
FROM OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BROUGHT THIS UP
AGAIN AND THE SYSTEM APPROACH
IS SOMETHING THAT ALL
OF US ARE ASKING QUESTIONS
ABOUT SO APPRECIATE
YOU'RE WORKING WITH THIS.
WE KNOW THIS IS THE KEY TO
SUCCESS IS GOOD EDUCATION
AND A PATHWAY TO HAVING A GOOD
JOB.
COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THE CHART YOU HAVE FOR SYEP,
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT WILL BE COMES NEXT YEAR
FROM THE FUNDING THAT
WILL BE ALLOCATED.
>> IN 2020.
WHAT SUPPORT DO YOU HAVE FOR
THIS PROCEEDING HERE
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS
THAT AS CHAIR BAGSHAW
SAID THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
PART OF ENSURING YOUNG
PEOPLE HAVE A HEALTHY START TO
THEIR ADULT LIFE BUT
ALSO BECAUSE IN MY HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE WE'VE
ASKED THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT ON
ANY SEVERAL TIMES AND
UNFORTUNATELY EACH TIME YOU
SAID THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
WAS MAKING THE PROGRAM
SO I HAVE ONE E-MAIL FROM MEG
WHO IS HERE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
IN MAY IN WHICH IT SAYS I'M
SORRY WE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO PRESENT ON THIS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON SOME
TWEAKS THE PROGRAM AND WON'T BE
READY TO TALK ABOUT
IT AND THEN IN JULY AGAIN
ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER FROM
THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE
ADJUSTIE IS WORKING AND
NOT READY TO BE PRESENTED AT
THE COMMITTEE AT THIS
TIME AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT
WERE THESE TWEAKS YOU
WERE WORKING ON AND WHAT ARE
THE OUTCOMES?
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT LIKE WHAT
WE'VE SEEN SO FAR?
>> YEAH.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION.
I DON'T HAVE THE FULL PROGRAM
OUTCOMES AT MY
FINGERTIPS TODAY BUT HAPPY TO
PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TWEEKS TO THE PROGRAM
WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS
EXPANSION AND THE
EXPANSION HAS BEEN DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, OUR FRIENDS AT
DEAL AND THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SO WE
ARE--WILL BE, YOU
KNOW, REALLY LAUNCHING THIS NEW
EXPANDED EFFORT IN
2020 WITH THIS PROPOSED
FUNDING.
>> IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO LOOK
AT THE OUTCOMES
PROCEEDING WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR
NEXT YEAR AND I
WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU
COULD COORDINATE WITH MY
STAFF ON THAT.
WE'D BE REALLY CURIOUS TO HEAR
ABOUT THAT.
>> WILL DO.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE SECOND HIGHLIGHT THAT I
WANT TO MAKE INSIDE OF
THE PREPARING YOUTH FOR SUCCESS
INVESTMENT AREA IS A
MOVE OF THE UPWARD BOUND
PROGRAM FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY
EDUCATION AND LEARNING.
AS A REMINDER, THE UPWARD BOUND
PROGRAM IS A HIGHLY
RESPECTED PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS
LOW INCOME FIRST
GENERATION AND HISTORICALLY
UNDER SERVED STUDENTS IN
PURSUIT OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA AND PREPARING
THEM FOR A SUCCESSFUL ENTRANCE
AND COMPLETION OF
POST SECONDARY EDUCATION.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HERE
PROGRAM STAFF, KAREN,
ROBERTA LOPEZ, BRENDA BROOKS
AND CHRIS SORRY I JUST
BUTCHERED HER NAME.
TRUE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE LIVING
THEIR PASSION AT
WORK.
THESE ARE INCREDIBLY DEDICATED
EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE
THIS PROGRAM WHAT IT IS.
THERE ARE THREE MAIN REASONS
THAT WE ARE PROPOSING
THAT WE MOVE THIS PROGRAM FROM
THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION EARLY
LEARNING.
ONE IS MISSION ALIGNMENT.
INCORPORATING UPWARD BOUND INTO
DEAL MAKES SENSE
GIVEN THE DIRECT GOAL IN THE
FAMILIES EDUCATION
PRE-SCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY
WHICH DEAL OVER SEAS TO
IMPROVE COLLEGE AND JOB
READINESS FOR SEATTLE
STUDENTS.
THERE IS ENERGY.
DEAL OVER SEAS THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM WHICH
PROVIDES ACCESS AND TUITION TO
SEATTLE STUDENTS AND
TO ATTEND SEATTLE COLLEGES FOR
TWO YEARS CAN OFFER
DIRECT ACCESS FOR UPWARD BOUND
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
TO THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN THIRD OPERATIONAL
CROSS DEPARTMENT
EFFICIENCIES.
DEAL HOLDS THE FORMAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TWO
MAIN HIGH SCHOOLS THAT
THIS PROGRAM WORKS WITH ARE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
SORRY.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ HAS A
QUESTION.
>> I JUST HAVE A QUICK POINT TO
MAKE AS A GRADUATE
OF UPPER BOUND, THE FIRST CLASS
TO COME OFF THE
RESERVATION IN MY JUNIOR AND
SENIOR YEAR AND LOOK
WHERE I AM NOW.
>> IT REALLY WORKS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> AND WE SEE IT WORKING EVERY
YEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE UPWARD
BOUND PROGRAM.
>>> I ALSO JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT DEAL ALSO
HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
LEVERAGE DATA SHARING AND
EVALUATION TO MAKE
INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THE
UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM.
>> GREAT.
>> I THINK YOU GOT TO THE END
OF A PARAGRAPH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THE LAST HIGHLIGHT IN THE
PREPARING YOUTH FOR
SUCCESS INVESTMENT AREA OR
PROGRAM AREA IS SUPPORTS
THE FAMILY THROUGH THE MOUNT
BAKER RESOURCE CENTER.
THIS INVESTMENT WOULD PROVIDE
ONE TIME FUNDING OF
APPROXIMATELY $840,000 TO
SUPPORT THE RAMP UP OF
PROGRAM OPERATIONS AT THE MOUNT
BAKER FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTER.
SERVICES WILL INCLUDE SYSTEM
NAVIGATION, HOUSING
SERVICE AND NAVIGATION AS WELL
AS CHILD CARE
RESOURCES AND REFERRALS,
FINANCIAL LITERACY, FAMILY
MANAGEMENT, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH
EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
PROGRAMS AT MOUNT BAKER ARE
OPERATED BY MERCY
HOUSING BUT THERE ARE ALSO
PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE
THANKS TO MARY'S PLACE, CHILD
CARE RESOURCES, REWA
AND THEY WILL BE--THIS FAMILY
RESOURCE CENTER WILL
BE LOCATED AT MERCY'S HOUSING
MOUNT BAKER AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BUILDING.
THE CENTER WILL SERVE FAMILIES
LIVING AT THE
BUILDING AS WELL AS BE OPEN TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC
LIVING IN THE SURROUNDED AREA.
ALL RIGHT.
SO MOVING TO PROVIDER SUPPORT,
THIS YEAR COUNCIL
PASSED ORDINANCE 125865
PROVIDED THAT HSD PROVIDE A
COST INCREASE WHEN RENEWING OR
RENEGOTIATING
CONTRACTS THAT ADDRESS ESCALATE
LAITION AND COST AND
SPECIFYING HOW AND WHEN TO
APPLY THE INCREASES.
THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED THAT THE
INCREASES ALIGN WITH
THE APIW WHICH MEASURES COST
INCREASES ACROSS
SEATTLE.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A 2.6%
INFLATIONARY INCREASE
ADJUSTMENT FOR ALL CONTRACTS
THAT SUPPORT--THIS INCREASE
SUPPORTS COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND THEIR STAFF IN THE
AMOUNT OF
$1.5 MILLION.
LAST YEAR--IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET THE MAYOR PROVIDED
A 2% INFLATION REASM INCREASE
TO 2019HSD CONTRACTS
SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND
AND AN ADDITIONAL
INCREASE TO 2020 CONTRACTS.
SEATTLE COUNSEL PROVIDED A 2%
INFLATION REASM
ADJUSTMENT TO 2019HSD CONTRACTS
THAT ARE NOT
SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND
SO ALL OF OUR GRANT
FUNDED CONTRACTS AND THE
FUNDING ADDED INCREASES THE
2020 FROM 2% TO 2.6% IN THE
AMOUNT OF ROUGHLY
$740,000 FOR CONTRACTS
SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND
AND FROM 0% TO 2.6% PER
CONTRACT SUPPORTED BY THE
NON GENERAL FUND SOURCES IN THE
AMOUNT OF $825,000.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK
YOU TO ALL OF MY
COLLEAGUES WHO WORKED SO HARD
ON THAT.
>> JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE
THANK YOUS FIRST WITH
THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT CONTINUE TO COME
HERE FROM THE HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER WORLD.
THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR'S WORTH
OF EFFORT JUST WHILE I
WAS HERE AND I KNOW O'BRIEN HAS
BEEN WORKING ON THIS
PRIOR ALONG WITH OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS SO THANKS TO
THE COUNCIL FOR PASSING THE
LEGISLATION SO THAT WE
COULD SEE THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT REFLECTED IN
THIS BUDGET.
THANKS FOR INCLUDING IT.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
UNFORTUNATELY GOT MISS
COMMUNICATED LAST YEAR AND
REALLY I THINK CAUSED
SOME CONFUSION IN TERMS OF THE
PRESS COVERAGE AND
THE WAY IN WHICH THE DOLLARS
WERE INTENDED TO BE
USED SO I'M GLAD WE WERE
AVOIDING THAT THIS TIME
AROUND AND APPRECIATE IT'S IN
THERE AND CONTINUOUS
FUNDING.
OKAY, GOOD.
AND LASTLY JUST IS THERE ANY
ONE TIME ALLOTMENT
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET?
PERHAPS I MISSED IT.
MAYBE IT'S THERE TO DO AN
ASSESSMENT OF THE HISTORIC
UNDER FUND OF PROVIDER WAGES.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE TALKED
ABOUT IN TANDEM WITH THIS
AND I KNOW IT'S A SEPARATE
ISSUE TO LOOK AT THE
HISTORIC UNDER FUND OF SOME OF
THESE CONTRACTS.
IS THAT ONE TIME EFFORT
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET?
>> IT IS NOT AT THIS TIME, NO.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE PROCEED.
>> OKAY.
SO I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET SOME CAPITAL
AND THERE ARE
$3.5 MILLION IN CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS IN THE 2020
BUDGET.
FIRST I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
LAMBERT HOUSE.
LAMBERT HOUSE HAS $500,000
INVESTMENT PROPOSED TO
SUPPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE BUILDING
OCCUPIED BY THE NON PROFIT
LAMBERT HOUSE.
THIS FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT
LAMBERT HOUSE'S EFFORTS
TO ACQUIRE AND RENOVATE THE
BUILDING THAT IT
CURRENTLY OPERATES IN.
SECOND, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
INVESTMENTS.
THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS FOR
WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING
USING ONE TIME CITY AND FEDERAL
GRANT RESOURCES
SPECIFICALLY CD BG OR THESE
FUNDS SPECIFIC COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WHICH
BENEFIT PEOPLE WITH LOW
AND MODERATE INCOMES.
THE FIRST $1 MILLION PROPOSED
FOR A HEALTH CLINIC
DEVELOPED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY HEALTH
SERVICES AS PART OF A PROGRAM
OF ALL INCLUSIVE CARE
FOR THE ELDERLY.
FOR THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER
COMMUNITY.
THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THE
PACIFIC HOSPITAL NORTH
LOT DEVELOPMENT.
THE SECOND CD BG INVESTMENT IS
A $1 MILLION
INVESTMENT TOWARDS THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THESE ARE UPGRADES SPECIFICALLY
INVOLVED IN
REPLACING OF FIRE PANELS ACROSS
SHA'S PORTFOLIO OF
APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND WILL
ALLOCATE AGAIN A
$1 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT
TO DO THAT WORK.
THE LAST CAPITAL INVESTMENT
THAT I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU TODAY IS FOR
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
THIS IS A $1 MILLION INVESTMENT
TO SUPPORT A SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD HEALTH
CLINIC AT CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB FACILITY.
THIS FUNDING WOULD BE USED TO
CONSTRUCT THE SHELL
AND CORE OF A PRIMARY
HEALTHCARE CLINIC IN A
BUILDING ALSO CONTAINING
HOUSING FOR PEOPLE FORMALLY
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
ALSO WILL PROVIDE
SOCIAL SERVICES.
>> GREAT.
CAN I JUMP IN THERE?
OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE
COLLEEN WHO WANTS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK
THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND
I BELIEVE SHE'S GOING TO BE
BREAKING GROUND AT THE
CENTER AND IS GOING TO BE
CALLED THE AL CENTER IN
EARLY JANUARY IS MY
UNDERSTANDING.
AND I JUST HEARD FROM DANIEL
MALONE LAST WEEK FROM
DESC THAT THEY SIMILARLY HAVE A
PROJECT GOING DOWN
ON RAINER AND PLUM WHERE
THERE'S GOING TO BE A
COUPLE HUNDRED VERY LOW INCOME
UNITS ON TOP OF A
CLINIC AND THAT THEY'VE DONE-
-THEY'RE UNDER WAY FOR
THE CAPITAL PROJECT BUT THAT
THEY WERE WORKING WITH
HARBOR VIEW HOSPITAL TO GET
SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR THE CLINIC.
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AND IS
ANY SUPPORT COMING TO
THAT PROJECT FROM YOUR
DEPARTMENT?
>> YEAH.
WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK.
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IT'S NOT
FAMILIAR BUT.
>> IT WASN'T FAMILIAR TO ME
UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO SO I
DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS SOMETHING
NEW OR IF I HAD JUST
LOST TRACK OF THAT ONE.
>> WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE
TO LOOK AND I KNOW
THAT ON OCTOBER 2 WE'RE REALLY
FOAG TO BE DIVING
DEEPLY INTO HOMELESSNESS AND
MUCH MORE DETAILED AND
HOMELESS HOUSING BUT WE CAN
DEFINITELY LOOK INTO
THIS.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU BECAUSE THAT'S
EXACTLY WHERE ANOTHER PLACE
WHERE WE NEED MORE CLINICS AND
THIS IS GOING TO BE
WALK IN ALSO SERVING THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE UP ABOVE AND
AS WE ARE WORKING ON OUR HEALTH
ONE INITIATIVE
HAVING MORE PLACES TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE PEOPLE AND TO
GET GOOD SERVICES IS GOING TO
HELP OUR SYSTEM
EFFORT.
THANKS JASON.
OKAY.
>> SO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB AND SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD CLINIC WILL
SERVE ABOUT 1200 PARTICIPANTS
EACH YEAR FROM KING
COUNTY'S NATIVE COMMUNITY AND
IS PROJECTED TO HAVE
AN EXAM ROOM, PROCEDURE ROOM,
TRADITIONAL HEALING
SPACE, TALKING ROOM, BLOOD DRAW
ROOM, PHARMACY AND
STAFF OFFICES FOR 10 TO 15
CLINICIANS SO IT SHOULD
BE AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND
MUCH NEEDED SPACE AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
AN INVESTMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO NEXT I WANTED TO SWITCH OVER
TO THE INVESTMENT
PROGRAM AREA SUPPORTING
LIVEABILITY AND
AFFORDABILITY.
IN THIS BUDGET YOU'LL SEE
INCLUDED TWO POSITIONS TO
PLAN FOR AND SUPPORT THE
SEATTLE--. , S FOR
SEATTLE.
THAT'S A BAD HABIT.
SWEETEN BEVERAGE TAX INVESTMENT
FOR PROGRAMS ACROSS
HSD.
AND WE'LL COORDINATE WITH OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS.
CURRENTLY THE DEPARTMENT HAS
RECEIVED $5 MILLION TO
ENSURE WE'RE GOOD STEWARTS OF
THE FUNDS.
IN ADDITION WOULD RECEIVE
825,000 STRUGGLING WITH
FOOD INSECURITY.
RECEIVED MORE THAN $8 MILLION
IN FUNDING REQUESTS
FOR JUST OVER $4 MILLION IN
REQUESTED AND WHAT WE
WERE ORIGINALLY ABLE TO AWARD
THROUGH THAT RFP.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE NEXT ITEM I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS REALLY THE
CONSOLIDATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HOTLINE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT IS A
HOTLINE AIMED TO PROVIDE
24 HOUR SUPPORT TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING COMMERCES
VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN
PLACE IN OUR SYSTEM BUT
RIGHT NOW EACH AGENCY EACH
SHELTER EACH PROGRAM SORT
OF HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF HAVING
PEOPLE CONNECT WITH
THEM AND A WAY BY WHICH THEY
PROVIDE IN TAKE.
THIS CONSOLIDATES ALL OF THOSE
EFFORTS INTO ONE
PHONE CALL--ONE PHONE LINE AND
ENSURES THAT THERE IS
HELP AVAILABLE WHEN PEOPLE NEED
IT.
TYPICALLY PHONE LINES AT
AGENCIES MAY BE OPEN FOR A
SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME BUT
THIS ENSURES THAT THERE
IS SOMEONE TO TAKE THAT CALL
WHEN IT NEEDS IT AND
EXCITED TO SEE THIS INVESTMENT
IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
>> GREAT AND IF I CAN JUST ADD
TO THAT I WANT TO SAY
THANKS TO YOU AND THE MAYOR FOR
THIS.
WE LEARNED ABOUT IT AGAIN LAST
WEEK AND AT THAT
POINT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET AND WE APPRECIATED THE
FACT THAT PREBZ FROM
THE EXPWOALINGS WERE EXPLAINING
WHAT THIS WAS SO WE
ARE BEGINNING TO GET THAT
SYSTEM WORKING TOGETHER.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> YES PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY
AREAS OF PRIORITY AS
WELL.
WE ACTUALLY HEARD THIS ISSUE
AND HAD A LUNCH
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE DID JOINTLY
WITH THE COUNCIL
MEMBER'S OFFICE WHERE WE HAD
SEVERAL OF THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS COME IN WHO WORK IN
THE SPACE OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS
AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE
PRIORITIES AND SORT OF GAPS IN
THE SYSTEM THAT THEY
IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING SOME
ASSISTANCE AND I'M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
EFFORT BECAUSE IT'S A
COUNTY WIDE EFFORT SO IT'S NOT
AN EXAMPLE OF THE
CITY JUST GOING AT IT ALONE.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
PEOPLE MOVE AROUND THE COUNTY.
THEY COULD BE RESIDENTS HERE
BUT EXPERIENCING
VIOLENCE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THIS IS
A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO PARTNER WITH
KING COUNTY AND OTHER AGENCIES
AND MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT KING COUNTY IS ACTUALLY
GOING TO PROVIDE
ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THE OTHER PORTION OF THE
FUNDING SO IT'S A BANG
FOR OUR I COULD NOT CARE TO
EFFECTIVELY BUY INTO
THIS REGIONAL SYSTEM THAT WILL
REALLY MAKE IT MUCH
MORE EFFICIENT AND EASE HEASM
ACCESSIBLE AND
UNDERSTANDABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING
CRISIS OR VIOLENCE IN THE
MOMENT TO REALLY BE ABLE
TO TAP INTO ONE SINGLE NUMBER
AND NOT HAVE TO OWN
THE BURDEN OF FIGURING OUT
WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO.
WE ALSO HAVE HEARD FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHO WAS PART OF THAT
PRESENTATION AND
OPPORTUNITY IN MY COMMITTEE IN
OUR JOINT COMMITTEE A
COUPLE MONTHS--TWO OR THREE
MONTHS AGO WHO SAID THAT
FOR IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A
RELIEF FOR THEM TO HAVE
ACCESS TO THIS 24 HOUR HOTLINE.
A LOT OF FOLKS JUST DON'T KNOW
THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICERS ACTUALLY
WALK AROUND AS REQUIRED
BY LAW WITH THE SHEET OF A
DOZEN I THINK DIFFERENT
PLACES PEOPLE CAN CALL AND SO
THEY JUST HAND THAT TO
FOLKS AND THAT HAS FELT VERY
UNSATISFY TO POLICE
OFFICERS IN TERMS OF FEELING
LIKE THEY'RE NOT REALLY
MEANINGFULLY GIVING INFORMATION
TO SURVIVORS AND
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SO I
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT
THAT WE'RE GETTING
HERE FOR $375,000.
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BEING
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
>> EXCELLENT.
ME TOO.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AS IT RELATES TO BOTH OF THE
ITEMS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED AS THE LEGISLATIVE
POLICY FRAMEWORK AS
WELL AS THE STRATEGIC
PRIORITIES FOR 2020 I'M
WONDERING WHERE THE INCREASED
EXPANSION FOR THE LEAD
PROGRAM IS LOCATED?
>> YEAH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO MORE
DEEPLY INTO LEAD ON
WEDNESDAY THE SECOND.
I BELIEVE WHAT IS SCHEDULED IS
A MORNING DISCUSSION
ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS WHICH
CURRENTLY LEAD IS IN THAT
PROGRAM A, THE ADDRESSING
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM AREA.
>> WE KNOW THAT LEAD IS NOT A
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM.
>> AND I BELIEVE IN THE
AFTERNOON THAT THERE IS TO
BE A LEAD SPECIFIC DISCUSSION
WITH THE DEPARTMENT
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OTHERS
INCLUDING LEAD.
>> AGAIN AS I WAS SAYING WE
UNDERSTAND THAT LEAD IS
NOT A HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM AND
SHOULD NOT HAVE THE
SAME OUTCOMES AND MEASURES AS
OUR PROGRAMS DO
BECAUSE THEY SERVE PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT HOMELESS.
>> SO CAN I ASK ALLISON ABOUT
THE TIMING.
>> WEDNESDAY IS MORE OF A CROSS
CUTTING DAY SO THE
MORNING SPECIFICALLY WILL BE
ALL HOMELESSNESS.
THE AFTERNOON WILL BE
ADDITIONAL THAT HAVEN'T FOUND
SO LEAD WILL HAVE TWO PANELS A
COMMUNITY PANEL AND
DEPARTMENT LED PANEL AND AFTER
THAT WE'LL GO INTO.
>> LOVE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE ALL SPHOCH IT'S NOT A
HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM.
>> IS IT 2:00?
>> 2:00 WE'LL BE LEADING.
>> GREAT.
AND WE'VE ASKED THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
TO JOIN US AND PLUS ONE OF OUR
NEWEST GENIUS GRANT
RECIPIENTS TO JOIN US.
SORRY.
GO AHEAD, JASON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE OVERALL
BUDGET SO THIS IS THE TOTAL
BUDGET.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SLIGHT
INCREASE OVER THE 2019
BUDGET AND ONE THING THAT I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS
THAT YOU'LL SEE AN FTE NUMBER
REALLY JUMPED UP IN
2019 AS WE WELCOMED THE
NAVIGATION TEAM TO THE
DEPARTMENT AND WITH 2020 BUDGET
WE ARE PROPOSING A
NET INCREASE ADDITION OF JUST
TWO POSITIONS.
THIS IS A NET INCREASE OF A
HANDFUL OF POSITIONS
THAT WILL BE ADDED BUT ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGES THE
POSITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
UPWARD BOUND THAT WILL
LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT AND MOVE
TO DEAL.
>> COULD YOU GO BACK ONE?
>> SURE.
>> WHERE WOULD WE SEE THAT
INCREASE REFLECTED?
>> SO I WAS JUST ACKNOWLEDGING
THAT IN 2019 THERE
WAS A PRETTY SIZEABLE INCREASE
IN THE LEVEL OF
STAFFING THAT WE GOT TO THE
DEPARTMENT SO YOU'LL SEE
A LINE OF EMPLOYMENT FTES AND
THE NET CHANGE.
THAT CHANGE REALLY WAS THE
NAVIGATION TEAM COMING
FROM FAS OVER TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT--THE
NAVIGATION TEAM IS NOT 16
POSITIONS.
THERE WERE OTHERS THERE BUT I
JUST WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN 2019 THE
BULK OF THE NUMBER THAT
WE RECEIVED IN 2019 ADOPTED
BUDGET WAS BRINGING THAT
TEAM OVER.
>> OKAY.
IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT
THE BIG DEBATE WAS
WHETHER OR NOT TO INCREASE BY 7
OR 9FTES.
ULTIMATELY NINE GOT INCLUDED IN
THE 2019 ADOPTED
BUDGET SO THAT'S THE BULK, NINE
OUT OF 16.5 I GUESS
MY QUESTION IS ARE THESE TWO
NEW FTES PROPOSED
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NAFN
GAITION TEAM OR ARE YOU
PROVIDING THAT FOR CONTEXT?
>> THEY ARE NOT.
I WAS JUST PROVIDING THAT FOR
CONTEXT, NO.
THERE IS NOT A PROPOSED
EXPANSION IN THE 2020
BUDGET.
AGAIN WE CAN DIVE INTO THAT
MORE DEEPLY ON THE
SECOND.
>> OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO HERE WE HAVE A FULL BUDGET
FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT
I JUST WENT THROUGH.
THESE INCLUDE WHAT IS IN THE
BASE BUDGET ADOPTED IN
2019 AND UPDATED IN THE 2020
BUDGET PROPOSED IN
FRONT OF YOU AND THE CHANGES
ARE NOTED.
FOR THE HOTLINE IT WAS NOT IN
THE BASE WHICH IS WHY
IT'S SHOWING 100% INCREASE.
THE GENERAL FUND AND SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX FUNDING
WAS SWAMPED IN THE 2020 BUDGET
WHICH REDUCED THE
TOTAL HSD, SBT FUNDING BY $1.95
MILLION.
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO
ADDS $1.125 MILLION OF
THE BUDGET AND THAT RESULTING
IS A REDUCTION IN SPT
FUNDING BY 13% SO I THOUGHT
THAT WOULD JUST CALL
THAT OUT SINCE IT SORT OF JUMPS
OUT ON THE SLIDE.
THIS HOWEVER DOES NOT REDUCE
ANY OF THE SERVICES AS
A WHOLE.
AND THE FUNDING IS STILL
ACCOUNTED FOR JUST
REALLOCATED AWAY FROM THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS?
NOPE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WITH MY LAST SLIDE I WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT AGENT DISABILITY
SERVICES DIVISION.
THEY SERVE ABOUT 12,000 PEOPLE
COUNTY WIDE EVERY
MONTH WHO ARE 18 YEARS AND
OLDER LIVING WITH A
DISABILITY.
THEY PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT
AND FOR MANY PEOPLE
CRITICALLY VITAL HEALTH
SERVICES IF NOT FOR OUR CASE
WORKERS MANY OF THE PEOPLE
WOULD FALL INTO
HOMELESSNESS OR HAVE TO LIVE IN
EXPENSIVE
INSTITUTIONS.
THIS BUDGET SHOWS THE INCREASE
OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE
RECEIVING FROM THREE FEDERAL
SOURCES AND IT REALLY
SPEAKS TO THE INCREDIBLE WORK
THAT THIS TEAM DOES
BOTH IN THE DELIVERY OF
SERVICES BUT ALSO IN THE--IN
THEIR CONSISTENT ADVOCACY AT
THE STATE AND FEDERAL
LEVEL SO I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE
INCREASES IN THESE THREE
FEDERAL GRANTS AND THAT
THIS IS--THESE GRANTS ARE
RESTRICTED SO THIS IS
MONEY THAT REALLY IS THERE TO
SUPPORT THE AAA AND
CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT
EXISTS WITHIN THE ADS
DIVISION.
>> WHAT IS THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT MONEY GOING
TOWARDS?
>> YES, SO THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT IS FUNDING THAT
PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SUPPORT
FOR SERVICES FOR OLDER
ADULTS AND SPECIFICALLY THE
INCREASE THAT WE HAVE
FOR 2020 IS FOR SENIOR
NUTRITION PROGRAMS SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES SUCH AS CASE
MANAGEMENT OR COMMUNITY LIVING
CONNECTIONS AND ALSO FOR HEALTH
PROMOTION PROGRAMS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
THOSE ARE MY PREPARED SLIDES.
>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
>> OPEN TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> WERE YOU REACHING FOR YOUR
MICROPHONE?
>> NO, NO.
>> ANYBODY ELSE DOWN HERE?
THANKS AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU ARE
DONE ON ALL
DISABILITIES.
OF COURSE YOU CAN.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> LET ME JUST FINISH MY THANK
YOU.
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> WE'VE REALLY MADE PROGRESS
ON THAT AS SEATTLE HAS
BECOME AN AGE FRIENDLY CITY
WHEN I'M HAPPY IS EVEN
THOUGH I'VE BEEN BEATING THIS
DRUM FOR A NUMBER OF
YEARS SO PEOPLE ARE KIND OF
TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT
IT I THINK WHAT IT'S DONE IS
JUST INCREASED
AWARENESS AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF THIS AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR
SENIORS.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY A
PLACE WHERE MAYBE
APP OVER USED METAPHOR THAT
EVERYBODY CAN USE THE
SIDEWALKS WHETHER YOU'RE
SOMEBODY THAT HAS A WALKING
DISABILITY, WHETHER YOU ARE
ENJOYING LEARNING HOW TO
RIDE YOUR SCOOTER IF YOU ARE
SEVEN YEARS OLD,
WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE IT'S
MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND I
JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING AN AGE
FRIENDLY CHAMPION.
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S THE LAST
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU AND FOR FOLKS WHO
NEED A LITTLE HELP
WALKING AROUND WE APPRECIATE
YOUR ADVOCACY ON A
WALKABLE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY.
JUST BECAUSE YOUR PRESENTATION
WAS RELATIVELY SHORT
I HAD A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THE
NORTH LOT THE PDA
NORTH LOT.
DO YOU KNOW IF THE FUNDING THAT
WAS INCLUDED IN THE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THERE THAT
WE HAVE SORT OF
FULFILLED THE AMOUNT THAT THE
CITY WAS ASKED TO
CONTRIBUTE?
I KNOW IT'S A MULTI PARTNER
EFFORT TO TRY TO GET
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CLINICS
SENIOR HOUSING UP ON THE
NORTH PLAT FOR THE PDA THERE?
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY'VE
ASKED FOR THAT WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FULFILL?
>> THERE IS.
THAT'S POTENTIALLY ONE OF OUR
INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES AND I'M GOING TO
STOP THERE.
>> OKAY.
>> SO MAYBE MORE TO COME?
>> YES.
>> GOOD.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I
FLAG THAT AS YOU WENT
BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT
NORTH LOT COULD BE USED
FOR SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
ONE LAST QUESTION AND I WANT TO
GIVE ALLISON MCCLAIN
KUDOS ON THIS.
FIVE YEARS AGO WE MOVED THE
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM
FROM I THINK SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES AND SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT OVER TO HSD AND I
THINK THERE WAS A GOAL
THAT WAS TO BE ACHIEVED MOVING
FROM LIKE 14,000 TO
34,000 PARTICIPANTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHETHER
WE'VE MET THAT?
>> WE'RE CLOSE.
>> WE'RE CLOSE?
>> YEAH.
AND I ALWAYS LOVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM AND
WOULD YOU KNOW
APPRECIATE ALWAYS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO COUNCIL
AND HIGHLIGHT THAT PROGRAM AND
THE WORK THAT TEAM IS
DOING BUT WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO
ACHIEVING THAT 34,000
GOAL AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE
EFFORT.
I MEAN, I STARTED AT THE
DEPARTMENT SIX YEARS AGO
AND STARTED WORKING VERY
CLOSELY WITH THAT PROGRAM.
MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO AND THAT
WAS IT SEEMED
INCREDIBLY AMBITIOUS TO EVEN
DOUBLE THAT NUMBER.
BUT THE TEAM AT THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM OUR
PARTNERS, OUR FUNDERS AT THE
UTILITIES IT'S BEEN AN
INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL
PARTNERSHIP AND I'VE JUST, YOU
KNOW IT'S THRILLING TO SEE THAT
SO MANY ELIGIBLE
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP
AND ARE NOTCH USING
THE DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
>> AND AGAIN AS PART OF THE
SYSTEMS AND I KNOW THIS
IS SOMETHING ANOTHER DRUM I
KEEP BANGING HERE BUT
ARE WE WORKING WITH METRO SO
THAT IT'S A ONE STOP
SHOP SO SOMEBODY THAT'S
ELIGIBLE TO GET A LOW INCOME
PASS OR TO ONE OF THE ITEMS
THAT CAME UP IN YOUR
COMMITTEE THIS WEEK WHERE SOME
PROGRAMS FOR LOW
INCOME SENIORS AND OTHERS
PEOPLE HAVE TO APPLY FOR
IT BUT TO THE SENTENCE THAT WE
CAN MAKE IT AS EASY
AS POSSIBLE I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S HOPE FOR THE
FUTURE BUT I'D LOVE TO KNOW
WHAT THE PLAINNESSES
ARE.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF HOPE.
I THINK WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON
AN AFFORDABILITY
PORTAL WHERE INDIVIDUALS WHO
NEED CERTAIN
QUALIFICATIONS CAN ACCESS
WHATEVER PROGRAMS THEY
QUALIFY FOR.
THE UDP TEAM DOES A LOT OF WORK
TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH
SOMEONE IN PERSON ON THE
PHONE ONLINE THAT THAT
INDIVIDUAL KNOWS WHAT IS
AVAILABLE AT THE CITY AND
ELSEWHERE SO THEY SPEND A
LOT OF TIME ENGAGING WITH
INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY
CAN GET THEM ON AS MANY OF THE
DISCOUNT PROGRAMS AS
POSSIBLE ALL WITH THE GOAL OF
KEEPING
AFFORDABLE--KEEPING SEATTLE
AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE
INDIVIDUALS.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAME
CHAIR AND YOU'RE
RIGHT.
I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN
OUR COMMITTEE WAS
THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE MORE
PEOPLE GOT ACCESS TO
THE UDP CUSTOMER SERVICE
INDIVIDUALS I UNDERSTAND
ARE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE SO I
AGREE WITH YOU.
THE THING THAT I'M HEARING FROM
TOUR COMMUNITY
PARTNERS MANY OF WHOM ARE
CONTRACTING WITH HSD IS
THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH THE LINE
BECAUSE IT'S SO BUSY
AND THEY'RE BEING TOLD CAN YOU
CALL BACK LATER OR
THEY'RE SITTING ON HOLD FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME SO
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
BEEN FLAGGING IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD AS WELL FOR THE
CONVERSATION AROUND
SPU SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES IT
WOULD BE GREAT TO
HAVE A WARM HAND OFF LINE FOR
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
WHO ARE TRYING TO FIND
ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS.
I CAN IMAGINE IT WOULD BE A
HUGE COST SAVINGS TO
THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE
SOLID GROUND FOR
EXAMPLE WHO SAID WHEN THEY HAVE
SOMEONE IN THEIR
OFFICE AND THEY'RE SPENDING 45
MINUTES OF AN HOUR
LONG CONVERSATION WITH A FAMILY
WAITING ON HOLD
THAT'S A HUGE WASTE OF
RESOURCES FOR THEM.
THE PARTNER TO HSD AND THE
FAMILY WHO HAS VERY
LIMITED TIME DO WE HAVE
ANYTHING THAT WE COULD BUILD
OFF OF THAT WOULD BE A WARM
HAND OFF SO THAT PEOPLE
HAD A DIRECT LINE IF THEY WERE
HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER?
I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
WHEN I WAS AT THE EXCHANGE
BOARD WE DID THIS VERY
THING FOR THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAD
CONTRACTED WITH TO BE THE OUT
REACH ENTITIES TO GET
FOLKS ENROLLED IN APPLE HEALTH.
THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE THE TRUST, RIGHT?
BUT THEY WERE BEING TOLD TO
CALL THE 1800 NUMBER
SITTING ON HOLD FOR AN HOUR OR
TWO TRYING TO GET
FOLKS ENINVOLVED SO IMMEDIATELY
SOMEONE PICKED UP
BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY OUR
CONTRACTED PROVIDER.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT
AND IF NOT CAN WE SET
SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP FOR UDP
SPECIFICALLY?
>> YEAH THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO
MAKE HOLD TIMES
SHORTER.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING PRIMARILY
WITH OUR UTILITY
PARTNERS SO THAT FOLKS CAN GET
YOU KNOW SIGNED UP
RIGHT AWAY WITHOUT HAVING TO
SORT OF YOU KNOW MAKE
AN EXTRA CALL OR ACCESS AN
APPLICATION PROCESS IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCITING
OPPORTUNITY.
>> I THINK IT STRIKES ME THAT
IT'S ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT
WOULD NOT BE A GIANT
INVESTMENT BUT WOULD REALLY
MAKE THINGS A LOT EASIER
LIKE IF YOU EVER CALLED YOUR
PHYSICIANS OFFICE PUSH
2 IF YOU ARE A PHYSICIAN.
IF YOU ARE NOT A PHYSICIAN WE
ARE GOING TO THROW YOU
OFF THE SYSTEM.
BUT ANYWAY SOMETHING THAT COULD
MAKE IT EASIER FOR
PEOPLE WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU JASON.
IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HERE.
EXCELLENT.
WELL WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO
OUR OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND OUR BRAND NEW DIRECTOR
EMILY AL VAD O IS GOING
TO BE JOINING US AND I BELIEVE
TRACY IS GOING TO BE
BACK.
>> ARE YOU DOING THIS SOLO,
EMILY?
>> I'M GOING TO DO IT ALL.
>> WE KNOW YOU CAN DO IT ALL.
SO I'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED YOU
EMILY.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> SURE.
A WILL TRY TO NOT GUSH OVER OUR
NEW OFFICE OF
HOUSING DIRECTOR.
YOU ALL HEARD ME DO THAT
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
YOU KNOW, THANKS TO EMILY
ALVARADO FOR STEPPING UP
TO WANT TO BE DIRECTOR FOR NOW
SERVING AS DIRECTOR
FOR OFFICIALLY THREE DAYS AND
SERVING AS INTERIM
DIRECTOR.
AS YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT
BEFORE SHE AND HER
TEAM HAVE BROUGHT TO THE
CONVERSATION AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LEVERAGE EVERY SINGLE
POSSIBLE DOLLAR THAT EXISTS
WHETHER IT'S STATE, COUNTY,
FEDERAL DOLLARS, PRIVATE
LEVERAGE THAT WE HAVE INFOBLOX
INCENTIVE DOLLARS AND
I KNOW WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS
WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH
LIMITED FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
I PUT THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF A
LARGER DISCUSSION
WE'VE BEEN HAVING OVER THE LADZ
FEW DAYS ABOUT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND GLOBAL
WARMING AND EARLIER THIS
WEEK AS YOU KNOW WE HEARD FROM
NAOMI KLEIN WHO UNDER
SCORED HOW THIS REGION OF THE
WORLD IS GOING TO BE A
MODERATE TEMPERATURE RELATIVE
COMPARED TO OTHER
PLACES IN THE COUNTRY DUE TO
INCREASED SEA LEVELS,
FLOODING, DROUGHT,
DEFORESTATION.
WE HAVE A HUGE INFLUX OF PEOPLE
MOVING HERE RIGHT
NOW 1,000 PEOPLE A WEEK TO THIS
REGION AND IT'S ONLY
GOING TO INCREASE.
WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS AS IT
CURRENTLY STANDING
MANIFESTING ITSELF AND PEOPLE
HAVING TO COMMUTE
FARTHER AND FARTHER INTO THE
CITY MANIFESTING ITSELF
IN HOMELESSNESS THAT WE TALK
ABOUT AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING IS HOW WE CAN DO
EVEN MORE WITH THE LIMITED
DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE AND
RECOGNIZE THAT THE TRICKLE DOWN
ECONOMIC APPROACH TO
BUILDING MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING
OR EVEN UPPER MIDDLE
INCOME HOUSING IS NOT GOING TO
NECESSARILY SOLVE OUR
CRISIS OF THE LACK OF SUPPLY
AND SO SOME OF THE
TLAIB I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE
ABLE TO PULL OUT FROM
YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS THE
SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS
IN 0 TO 30% MEDIAN INCOME
HOUSING HOW WE'RE CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE FOLKS
SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T
FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS AND HELP
STABLIZE PEOPLE AND
OF COURSE AS YOU'VE HEARD THIS
COUNSEL SAY BEFORE WE
DO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN WE
CREATE MIDDLE INCOME
HOUSING IT IS GOOD FOR THE WORK
FORCE OUT THERE SO
THAT PEOPLE AREN'T RENTING
UNITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY
DISPRAISING THE LOWER RAGE
WORKERS BUT I APPRECIATE
THAT YOU'VE SAID BEFORE AS WELL
MADAME CHAIR WE
DON'T WANT TO APPLY A TRICKLE
DOWN APPROACH TO
HOUSING WHEN WE KNOW THE
BIGGEST NEED IS 0 TO 30 SO
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR
PREPARATION AND
RECOGNIZING YOU'VE BEEN INTERIM
AND THEN THIS IS DAY
THREE OR FOUR IN YOUR OFFICIAL
ROLE.
WE DO APPRECIATE THAT A LOT OF
THIS CONVERSATION HAS
TAKEN PLACE OVER THE TRANSITION
TIME AT OH AND JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU THANK YOUR
TEAM FOR WORKING WITH
THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY TO
IDENTIFY WAYS TO
LEVERAGE FUNDING BUT THOSE WILL
BE SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL WILL BE
INTERESTED IN HEARING
ABOUT.
>> JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL
MEMBERS YOU WILL HEAR
TODAY ABOUT WHAT IS SITTING IN
THE HOUSING BUDGET.
IT'S A BIG YEAR IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED HOUSING.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN
THE LONGER TERM.
$41 MILLION IN FINANCE GENERAL
SUBJECT TO A SPENDING
PLAN IN COUNSEL IN THE FIRST
QUARTER OF 2020 AND
$15 MILLION FOR SIGN
ACQUISITION IN THE HOURS OF
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT USED
FOR PDA PROJECTS THAT
INCLUDE HOUSING AND ACQUISITION
AGAIN THIS IS THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AND GOES
WITHOUT SAYING THE COUNCIL
HAS THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT
PROPOSALS AND MAKE THEIR
DECISIONS ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED 2020
BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
THERE WAS CERTAINLY A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CITY AND
STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN THE
LAST YEAR THAT HAS
REALLY DIRECTED ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES FOR HOUSING.
ONCE IN A LIFE TIME DISPOSITION
OF MERCER PROPERTIES
IS DRIVING SOME SIGNIFICANT
CAPITAL FOR PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP WHICH
I'LL SUBPOENAING MORE
ABOUT.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A
BILL HB1219 WHICH
PROVIDED LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO
USE REAL ESTATE TAX RETWO FOR
THE PURPOSE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A REALLY
EXCITING OUTCOME OF
THAT IS THAT IT WILL MAKE $25
MILLION AVAILABLE FOR
THIS FOR RENTAL HOUSING.
THE STATE BILL HB1406 WHICH
PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO
WITHHOLD A PORTION OF THE
SALES TAX TO INVEST IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS PASSED
AT THE STATE AND THEN
IMPLEMENTED LOCALLY WITH THE
MAYOR'S SUPPORT AND WITH THE
SUPPORT OF COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA AND ALL OF YOU
AND THAT WILL HELP
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
FOR EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME HOUSING BOTH THE CAPITAL
AND ENSURING THAT
WE'RE ABLE TO OPERATE THAT
HOUSING AS WELL.
AND THEN THE RECENT TAX ON
HEATING OIL PROVIDERS
WILL HELP TO PROVIDE SOME
OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERT
FROM OIL TO ELECTRIC HEAT FOR
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR
2020 I THINK COMPLIMENT
SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'VE
ALREADY BEEN TALKING
ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY A CORE FOCUS FOR OUR
OFFICE IS TO CONTINUE
TO ADVANCE DOES THAT AND IN A
FEW WAYS ONE THROUGH
GROWING RESOURCES FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT ALSO
THROUGH TARGETING OUR
INVESTMENTS AND LOOKING AT THE
POPULATION SURGE AND LOCATIONS
OF THE INVESTMENTS
AND HOW WE HONE OUR PROGRAMS
AND POLICIES OF OUR
INVESTMENTS TO SERVE THOSE WITH
THE GREATEST NEEDS
AND WHO HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED.
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC PRIORITY
IS TO INVEST IN RENTAL
AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING FOR LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
I REALLY WANT TO PAUSE ON THIS
ONE WHICH IS THAT I
SHOULD HAVE SAID ON THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE WHAT THE
LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY
FRAMEWORK DID WAS ABOVE ALL
IT DROVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF
NEW RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT LOWER INCOME RENTAL
HOUSING SO THE BULK OF
THE ADS FOR THIS BUDGET ARE
REALLY TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING AT
60% AMI AND BELOW.
MOST OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE
INVEST THAT THROUGH OUR
ANNUAL AND SO BECAUSE OF THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET THE
ANNUAL NOFA WHICH HAD BEEN
PUBLISHED AT $45 MILLION
WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS OF $90 MILLION.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT
ADDITION AND I WANTED TO
SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR
POINT ABOUT EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME HOUSING SO THOUGH THE
NOFA WE WILL SUPPORT
HOUSING AT 60% OF AREA MEDIAN
INCOME AND BELOW.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT WE CAN
REALLY ACHIEVE ELI
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSING AT
30% AMI AND BELOW.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO SUPPORT
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
HOUSING BUILDINGS ALONE.
OFTEN THOSE ARE PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WITH
THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
AND SERVICES NEEDS OR IN WHOLE
SINGLE STANDING
EXTREMELY LOW INCOME BUILDINGS
THAT MAY SERVE A
SENIOR POPULATION FOR EXAMPLE.
THE OTHER WAY WE ACHIEVE 30%
AMI HOUSING IS THROUGH
BOUGHT UNITS IN 60% AMI
BUILDINGS.
SO THESE ARE EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME UNITS IN MIXED
INCOME AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTS
AND THROUGH THE NOFA
WHEN MONEY IS TARGETED AT 60%
AMI, WHAT WE'RE ABLE
TO DO IS FUND BUILDINGS THAT
SERVE A RANGE OF
HOUSEHOLDS AND BY VIRTUE OF
DOING THAT SOMETIMES
WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE PEOPLE WITH
LIGHTER SERVICE
NEEDS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE IN OUR LAST NOFA
WE FUNDED 1429 UNITS
AT 60% AMI AND BELOW ALMOST 400
OF THOSE WERE
SERVING EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS.
SOME WERE IN 30% AMI BUILDINGS
AND SOME WERE IN
MIXED INCOME BUILDINGS.
SO THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HELPED TO DO BOTH OF THOSE
THINGS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVEST AND
SUPPORT STRATEGIC
PRIORITY AROUND ADDRESSING
DISPLACEMENT.
I THINK SOME OF THE AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP
STRATEGIES WE TALK MORE ABOUT
HELP TO ADVANCE THAT.
THE OTHER IS THAT THE
APPLICATIONS HAVE COME IN FOR
OUR NOFA THIS YEAR AND YOU SEE
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS THOSE THAT HAVE
BEEN SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS
REPRESENTING OR LED BY LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR OR IN HIGH-RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT AND OUR
INVESTMENT HELPS TO ADVANCE
THAT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE
MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING
SOLUTIONS.
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT ONE OF
THOSE STRATEGIES
LATER.
SO IN THE BUDGET SUMMARY THERE
IS NOT TOO MUCH HERE.
ONE THING TO POINT OUT IS THAT
LIKE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS OCHES SEE A MODEST
REDUCTION IN THE
AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND OUR
DEPARTMENT DOES NOT
HEAVILY RELIE ON THE GENERAL
FUND BUT THERE'S A
MODEST REDUCTION AS WE USE OUR
OWN HOUSING RESOURCES
TO COVER GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
NEEDS BUT MOST
NOTABLY IS THE SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN
APPROPRIATIONS THAT'S GOING TO
BE DRIVEN DIRECTLY TO
OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS AND
INVESTMENTS.
WE'VE HAD STAYED FAIRLY STEADY
AT OUR EMPLOYMENT FTS
OVER THE YEARS.
MOST RECENTLY HAS BEEN AN
INCREASE FOR AN OUT REACH
POSITION, A COMMUNITY OUT REACH
POSITION AND IN THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET IS A NEW
FTA TO IMPLEMENT SOME
OF OUR PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP
STRATEGIES AND ADU WORK.
SO THE MAJOR BUDGET CHANGES
FIRST THERE IS AN
INCREASE IN AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP, THE CHANGE
FROM THE ADOPTED 2019 TO THE
2020 PROPOSED BUDGET
THERE IS $14 MILLION.
SO THIS IS REALLY TO SUPPORT
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT
80% OF AREA MEDIAN
INCOME OR BELOW WITH A
PARTICULAR FOCUS AT A
PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUND TRANSIT
TO AVAIL FORMER
SURPLUS SOUND TRANSIT SITES FOR
AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THE RAINER
VALLEY.
THIS KIND OF INVESTMENT IS
SIGNIFICANT.
YOU COULD SEE THE PERCENT
CHANGE INCREASE AND IT
WOULD HELP US TO NEARLY DOUBLE
THE STOCK OF
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THE CITY.
THERE'S AN INCREASE IN CAPITAL
INVESTMENT IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
AND THIS IS LARGELY
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL
OPTION BILL WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO PROVIDE UP TO 4
EXRKS $5 MILLION
ANNUALLY AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
IN 2020 AND TO
PROVIDE O AND M SUBSIDIES IN
SUBSEQUENT YEARS SO THE
DELTA YOU SEE THERE JUST TO
CLARIFY WHAT THAT IS WE
CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING USING OUR EXISTING
RESOURCES NOTABLY THE
LEVY.
THESE NEW RESOURCES WILL HELP
US TO SIGNIFICANTLY
GROW OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
THE OIL HEAT CONVERSION PROGRAM
FINNING IN 2020
THERE WILL BE A NEW TAX ON
HEATING OIL SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND OF WILL USE TO
HELP 1,000 LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS CONVERT HEAT FROM
OIL TO A SUSTAINABLE
SOURCE.
WE DO ON NOT OTHERWISE HAVE
THAT IMPORTANT BODY OF
WORK.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE WE ARE
REDESIGNING A PROGRAM
THAT WE PRESENTLY HAVE.
THERE WAS THE FORMER PROGRAM OR
EXISTING PROGRAM DID
HOME BUYER EDUCATION AND WHAT
WE ARE DOING IS
TARGETING THAT HOME BUYER
EDUCATION SO HOME BUYERS
ARE A UNIT AT THE LIMITED
EQUITY COOPERATIVE WHICH
IS A FIRST OF ITS KIND
COOPERATIVE MODEL SO WE'D
REALLY LIKE TO TARGET THE HOME
BUYER EDUCATION TO
HELP PEOPLE ACHIEVE
HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THAT MODEL.
AND THE REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX
FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AGAIN THIS IS PROVIDING
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
$25 MILLION THAT WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR THIS
NOFA.
YOU DO SEE ZEROS ACROSS THE
LINE THERE THOUGH AND
THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO
CHANGE IN THE 2020
BUDGET WHILE THE NOFA WILL
INCLUDE THAT 25 MILLION
THE PROJECTS WILL ACTUALLY DRAW
DOWN ON THE FUNDS
BEGINNING IN 2021 WHEN THOSE
RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE.
AND AS I HAD MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY THOSE RESOURCES
CAN ALSO HELP TO PRODUCE 30%
UNITS AND LASTLY I
MENTIONED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION
OF THE MERCER
PROCEEDS GOING TO PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP THEY THIS IS
AROUND $5.8 MILLION TO
CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM TO
PROVIDE LOW COST LOANS TO
LOW AND MODERATE HOMEOWNERS FOR
A PURPOSE OF
BUILDING ON THEIR RESIDENCE AND
REALLY THIS IS
EXPANDING ON SOME OF THE ACTION
THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN
PREVIOUSLY AROUND ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS.
MOSTLY WHAT IT DOES IS EXPANDS
ACCESS TO CREDIT AND
SO THE CONCEPT IS HOMEOWNERS
MUST BE AT OR BELOW
120% AMI.
HOMEOWNERS WITH INCOMES BELOW
80% AMI GET BETTER AND
DIFFERENT TERMS.
OUR OFFICE WOULD BE REALLY
INTERESTED IN TARGETING
THOSE HOMEOWNERS AND THEN ALL
ADU UNITS CREATED
THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WOULD
SERVE AT OR BELOW OF AREA
MEDIAN INCOME.
>> EMILY DO WE HAVE A SENSE
ABOUT THE POOL OF
AVAILABLE HOMEOWNERS THAT MEET
THAT LEVEL OF INCOME
LIKE YOU'RE DESCRIBING?
I'M SURE THERE ARE SOME.
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE
THEIR PROPERTY A
LONG TIME AGO IN ORDER TO
QUALIFY.
DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE ABOUT HOW
MANY ARE GOING TO BE
PERHAPS AVAILABLE AND
INTERESTED TO MEET THESE
TERMS.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT QUESTION BUT I'D
BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO YOU.
>> YEAH.
I'D LOVE TO KNOW.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
HAS BEEN A LEADER IN
THIS AREA TO HELP US IDENTIFY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADU
PORTLAND FOLKS HAVE BEEN UP
HERE MULTIPLE TIMES
TALKING TO US ABOUT THEIR
PROGRAMS I THINK THEY HAD
A 7 MILLION PILOT PROGRAM THAT
WAS FUNDED BY THE
FRED MYER FAMILY ASSOCIATION
AND IT'S SIMILAR TO
WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING HERE
$5.8 MILLION I'M NOT
SURE HOW FAR IT GOES BUT EVEN
IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER
40 OR 50 UNITS BUILT TO SEE HOW
THEY'RE WORKING I
THINK IT'S WELL WORTH OUR
EFFORT IN DOING SO SO IF
YOU CAN GIVE ME SOME DETAIL
ABOUT HOW YOUR
INTENTIONS WILL BE GOING HERE
AND THEN THE LAST
THING IS MY FRIEND ROBIN OF
YOUR SHOP HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THE LANDLORD LIAISON
PROJECT IS WORKING
ON SOMETHING.
>> HOUSING CONNECTOR.
>> OF COURSE.
I BELIEVE THE CHAMBER HAS GIVEN
US SPACE SO THAT
WE'VE GOT OFFICE SPACE THERE TO
HELP WORK WITH
PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WOULD
PARTICIPATE.
CAN YOU GIVE US A ROUGH IDEA ON
HOW THAT'S GOING AT
THIS POINT?
>> IT IS GOING REALLY WELL IS
MY UNDERSTANDING.
I EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE
SOME FORMAL LAUNCH OR
ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE COMING
MONTHS AND THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR WHO WAS HIRED HAS BEEN
DOING A REALLY
FABULOUS JOB OF IDENTIFYING
AVAILABLE UNITS BOTH IN
THE PRIVATE MARKET AND IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO HELP
FOLKS WHO HAVE BARRIERS TO
HOUSING AND WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK ON MAKING THE MATCH SO
THAT PEOPLE HAVE A
PLACE TO MOVE INTO WHEN THEY'RE
EXITING
HOMELESSNESS.
>> EXCELLENT.
IS HE WORKING REGIONALLY AS
WELL?
>> THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY.
>> GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'D LOVE TO GET SOME NUMBERS
BEFORE THE END OF
DECEMBER ON JUST HOW THAT'S
GOING BECAUSE YOU KNOW I
GOT INTERESTED IN THIS FIRST OF
ALL BECAUSE OF THE
WORK THAT ATLANTA WAS DOING THE
ATLANTA OPEN DOORS
PROGRAM AND PEOPLE SAY IT'S
APPLES AND ORANGES A
MUCH HIGHER VACANCY RATE THAN
WE HAVE.
>> PRIVATE PROPERTY AVAILABLE
FOR VERY LOW INCOME.
THAT TO ME IS A HUGE HELP
BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUILD OUR
WAY OUT OF THIS FAST ENOUGH SO
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
THIS GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
MOSTLY RELATED TO THE
FIRST LINE AND LAST LINE SO IF
WE LOOK AT INCREASE
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES WHEN I LOOK
AT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING BUDGET
AND IT SAYS THAT
78.2 MONTH OF THE 130 MILLION
IN NET PROCEEDS FROM
THE MERCER PROPERTY ARE
PROPOSED TO BE INVESTED IN
TRANSFORMATIONAL INVESTMENTS
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
YET I COMBINE INCREASED
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES AT $14 MILLION
PLUS THE EXTRA DWELLING
UNITS AT ABOUT 6 MILLION IT
LOOKS LIKE ONLY
$21 MILLION OF THAT GOES
DIRECTLY TO THOSE PROGRAMS
IS THAT CORRECT.
>> THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $41
MILLION IN FINANCING
GENERAL TARGETED FOR STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS AND AGAIN
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER YOUR
QUESTION ABOUT THE
PARTICULAR PROJECT POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND
ORIGINAL ONES WHERE WE WOULD BE
INVESTMENTS THAT
FOCUS ON HOUSING BUT BECAUSE
THE DOLLARS ARE SOME
WHAT FLEXIBLE OFFER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY TO
HELP OTHER BENEFITS AT THIS
PART OF THAT WORK AS
WELL AND THE PROCESS SET-UP
OVER THE NEXT STARTING
OF NEXT WEEK AND OVER THE
COUPLE OF FEW MONTHS TO
IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC PROPOSALS
THERE.
>> RIGHT.
BUT WE HAVE SORT OF BEEN
POINTING TO THE SALE OF THE
MERCER PROPERTY FOR US TO
ENHANCE THE DOLLARS THAT
GO POTENTIALLY INTO OUR NOFA
FUNDING SO WE'VE GONE
NOW UP TO $90 MILLION WHICH IS
AVAILABLE WHICH
OBVIOUSLY IS A GOOD THING
GETTING US CLOSE TO THE
2017 AMOUNT WHICH IS $98
MILLION BUT DOES SEEM LIKE
NONE OF THE MERCER PROCEEDS ARE
GOING TO THE
2020NOFA TO SUPPORT DEEPLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE TALKED ABOUT PERMANENT WHICH
WE DEFINED AT 80%
AMI BUT THE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE
úTO 30% AMI DOESN'T
APPEAR TO ME THAT ANY OF THOSE
NEW MERCER DOLLARS
ARE GOING DIRECTLY INTO DEEPLY
AFFORDABLE EXTREMELY
LOW INCOME 0 TO 30% AMI
HOUSING.
AM I READING THAT CORRECT?
>> IT DOESN'T COME IN THROUGH
HERE BUT ONE OTHER WAY
IS THE $41 MILLION OF STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION AND
INVESTMENT MAY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THOSE
UNITS AS WELL.
THE EMPHASIS IS TO CONSIDER HOW
TO MAKE INVESTMENTS
IN A WAY THAT THINKS ABOUT THE
HOUSING AND THE OTHER
PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT COME ALONG
WITH IT TO REALLY
HELP SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS AND
COMMUNITIES.
SO THERE MAY BE A RANGE OF WAYS
THAT WE CAN MAKE
INVESTMENTS TO PROVIDE MORE
UNITS THROUGH THOSE
RESOURCES WHILE MEETING OTHER
PUBLIC BENEFITS AND
GOALS AS WELL.
>> I'LL BE FOLLOWING.
>> OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'LL BE
FIRST TO REMIND FOLKS
THAT THERE'S NO ONE POLICY OR
PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP
SOLVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS
THAT WE'RE HAVING.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
MERCER PROCEEDS WHERE THEY WERE
GOING AND IT DOES
SOUND LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THEY
MAY POTENTIALLY BE
INCLUDED IN FUTURE ACQUISITION
OPPORTUNITIES WHICH
GIVES US A CHANCE TO HAVE A
POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT
THE VALUE OF PUTTING THOSE
DOLLARS EITHER INTO
DEEPLY AFFORDABLE EXTREMELY LOW
INCOME HOUSING OR
POTENTIAL STRATEGIC ACQUISITION
IN THE FUTURE SO I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD
WHERE THOSE ARE AND
AREN'T GOING AT THIS POINT.
TH SECOND QUESTION I HAVE AND
THEN I'LL LET GO OF
THE MICROPHONE, MADAME CHAIR,
BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT
THE ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNIT.
FINANCING MODEL THAT'S BEING
PROPOSED HERE AND IF I
COULD JUST ASK A FEW OF THESE
AND THEN I'LL LET THEM
SORT OF ANSWER THEM.
BUT NUMBER ONE IT SEEMS UNIQUE
THAT WE ARE USING
PUBLIC FUNDS TO HELP PRIVATELY
FINANCE THE CREATION
OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
AS FOLKS KNOW I'M HUGELY
SUPPORTIVE OF AND REALLY
PROUD OF OUR CITY FOR MOVING
FORWARD WITH THIS
GENERAL DENSITY MODEL BUT WHEN
WE LOOK AT USING
$6 MILLION IN PUBLIC FUNDS TO
SUPPORT HOMEOWNERS AND
I HEAR I BELIEVE MODERATE
INCOME BEING PEGGED AT
120% AMI AND LOW INCOME BEING
PEGGED AT 80% AMI WE
ARE USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO
SUPPORT MIDDLE INCOME
FAMILIES TO BUILD UNITS IN A
TIME WHERE WE KNOW EVEN
THE SMALLEST COTTAGE IS GOING
TO BE HELPFUL BUT NOT
THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK
IN MY OPINION SO I DO
WANT TO SEE HOW WE WOULD BE
ABLE TO SUPPORT DWELLING
UNITS AND UNITS THAT I'M
QUESTIONING WHETHER
$6 MILLION IN THIS TYPE OF
PILOT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
IS THE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR OUR
PUBLIC DOLLARS AND SO
THE FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE
HERE ARE HAVE WE
LOOKED AT THE FINANCING MODEL
THAT FOR EXAMPLE
CITIES LIKE PORTLAND HAVE USED
TO PARTNER WITH THE
NON PROFIT OR CREDIT UNION
OPPORTUNITIES THE BANKS
THERE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS GET
ACCESS TO CREDIT AND
SUPPORT TO BUILD VERSUS USING
PUBLIC FUNDS.
DOES THE $80,000 IN PROPOSED
AVERAGE LOANS ASSUME
THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE
LEVERAGED IN ANY OTHER WAY SO
FOR EXAMPLE DO WE KNOW THAT THE
HOMEOWNER WILL BE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD AT THAT
AMOUNT.
DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION
COSTS ARE?
HOW LONG IS THIS PROJECT OR
PILOT EXPECTED TO GO AND
WHERE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO
AREAS AROUND THE CITY THAT HAVE
THE HIGHEST RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT INTENDED CITY WIDE
AND I THINK LASTLY
AS WEIVESZ LEARNED FROM THE
PILOT PROGRAMS INITIATED
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN OUR
ADMINISTRATION AND
FINANCE PLAN UPDATE WHEN WE
PROVIDE WE WANT THEM TO
BE ABLE TO BE USED TO BUILD
THAT SPACE.
ARE WE WORKING ON ANY PROPOSALS
THAT HAVE BEEN
INFORMED BY PAST PILOT PROJECTS
THAT THE EFFORTS
HAVE LOOKED AT PAST DATA PLANS
TO TRY TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO
SMALL LOANS AND LOW
INCOME HOMEOWNERS CAN BE USING
PAST EXPERIENCES OR
EXISTING PROGRAMS TO CREATE
THESE DWELLING UNITS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE THEM IN WRITING IF
YOU WOULD LIKE THEM.
>> I ALSO DID A FACT SHEET
ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND
PROPOSAL THAT I CAN HAND OUT
INSTEAD OF READING YOU
ALL OF THE ANSWERS.
BUT I WILL READ A COUPLE OF THE
ANSWERS AND TAKE
YOUR LAST QUESTION FIRST AND
THAT IS THAT IN THE AT
ADMINISTRATION FINANCIAL PLAN
THEY DID CREATE A NEW
PILOT PROGRAM TO TAKE OUR
EXISTING HOME REPAIR LOAN
PROGRAM WHICH WAS FOCUSED ON
IMMEDIATE AND EMERGENCY
HEALTH AND SAFETY NEEDS AND WE
EXPANDED IT TO HELP
CREATE LIVEABLE SPACE FOR LOCH
INCOME HOMEOWNERS.
WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THE
URBAN LEAD TO DO
ENGAINLIMENT ON THAT PROGRAM AS
WELL AS OUR
SUBSTITUTE OF OTHER SUSTAINABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP
PROGRAMS SO IT'S A LITTLE TOO
EARLY TO SAY EXACTLY
WHAT THE LESSON LEARNED IS AND
HOW WE'LL GROW FROM
THAT BUT WE'RE UNDER WAY IN OUR
ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS
AND OUR PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF
ADMINISTRATION WE
WANT TO LEVERAGE THAT EXPERTISE
AS WE DEVELOP THIS.
YOU KNOW THERE ARE STILL
SPECIFICS THAT NEED TO BE
CREATED AND WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY
BE WORKING TO DO AN
ANNUAL REPORT BACK TO CITY
COUNCIL ON THE
PERFORMANCE OF THIS PILOT AS WE
CONTINUE TO HOB IT.
I THINK THE REAL THING HERE
THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM
WHAT OTHER CITIES IS DOING IS
THAT THERE IS
CONVENTIONAL BANK RESOURCES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
IN SOME CASES THE UNDER WRITING
IS JUST SO STRINGENT
AND COMPLICATED THAT THERE IS
SOME LIMITED ACCESS TO
THAT CAPITAL AND CREDIT FOR LOW
AND MODERATE INCOME
PEOPLE AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO
MAKE THE BANK FINANCING
MORE ACCESSIBLE AND TO CHANGE
THOSE LOAN TERMS SO
THEY CAN REACH MORE PEOPLE
REALLY BROADENING THE
ACCESS TO CAPITAL BY ENGAGING
IN RESPONSIBLE LENDING
WHILE BEING FLEXIBLE ON SOME OF
THE CRITERIA LIKE
CREDIT AND LOAN VALUE SO THAT'S
THE IDEA BEHIND
THIS.
THE OTHER CONCEPT OF COURSE IS
THAT FOR THE 80% AMI
UNITS THAT ARE CREATED AS THE
ADUS WHERE THEY WOULD
BE REGULATED THOSE ARE RENT AND
INCOME RESTRICTED
FOR TEN YEARS WHICH IS
DIFFERENT THAN OTHER PLACES
THAT HAVE CREATED IT.
>> I DO NOT HAVE THE
INFORMATION TO DIVERSITY BUT
I'D BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO YOU
ON THAT WHERE THE
TARGETING OF THE PROGRAM WOULD
GO.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU.
I ACTUALLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT
QUESTIONS BUT YOU
ANSWERED FIVE OF THEM.
AND SOME OF THEM GOES TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA WAS
SAYING.
AGAIN I'M GOING TO BE DISTRICT
SPECIFIC, A BIG
CHALLENGE WITH THE DISTRICT
RESPONDING TO HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS HAS BEEN PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
WITHIN THE DISTRICT SO I KNOW
THIS INCREASES THE
FUNDING FOR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SO I HAVE
THE THREE QUESTIONS I HAD AND
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM
IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO US
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
HOW MANY UNITS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE CREATED, HOW MANY
PEOPLE SERVED AND WHAT IS THE
PLAN FOR GEOGRAPHICAL
DISPERGS OF PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I SAY
THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GOING
ON AND ON ABOUT CHANGE
OF THEORY AND THE POPULAR
REPORT AND ALL OF THAT AND
TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM HAVING
NON PROFITS AND JUST
A COT IN A BUILDING THAT WE
ACTUALLY WANT TO GET THE
UNSHELTERED INTO TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING TO PERMANENT
HOUSING AND TO HAVE THOSE
SERVICES AND SO MY
CHALLENGE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
COMMUNITY NOT JUST
IN DISTRICT 5, EVERYWHERE WHERE
WE HAVE DISCUSSIONS
AND PLATFORMS ABOUT HOW THIS
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING MODEL IS GOING TO BE
DAPPERSED NOT ONLY
DISTRICT 5 BUT CITY WIDE AND
WHAT KIND OF UNITS AND
SERVICES.
AND I KNOW 25 MILLION ARE OVER
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
DO THE FUNDING MODEL IS IT
GOING TO ANSWER
EVERYTHING BUT IF YOU COULD
GIVE ME SOME
GENERALLITIES THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M HAPPY TO REPORT BACK
SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE
QUESTIONS BUT I CAN SAY MORE
BROADLY IS THAT WE KNOW
MOSTLY WHO IS SEEKING FUNDING
FROM US AT THIS TIME
AND THAT GIVES A GENERAL SENSE
OF LIKELIHOOD OF WHAT
WE ARE LIKELY TO FUND BECAUSE
THEY HAVE IN FACT
SUBMITTED AND APPLICATION AND
AS FAR AS PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GOES WE HAVE
MADE TWO FORWARD
COMMITMENTS LAST YEAR THAT
REMAINS TO BE FUNDED ONE
WAS AT THE PLYMOUTH AND BELL
WEATHER PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THE SECOND IS FOR DSC'S PLUM
TWO.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT DSC'S
PROJECT EARLIER SO WE
HAD MADE A FORWARD COMMITMENT
TO THAT.
WE HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE
RECEIVED FROM
PLYMOUTH HOUSING GROUP FOR
ANOTHER PROJECT ON 12TH
AND SPRUCE FROM DESC IN BITTER
LAKE FOR SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.
AND THEN FROM YWCA AT FIFTH AND
SENECA FOR
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS WELL AND
THEN THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL 30% AMI UNITS THAT
WE HAVE APPLICATIONS
FOR THAT MAY NOT HAVE
CONSIDERED THEMSELVES TO BE
PSH.
>> GREAT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
OKAY.
>> THASMG YOU CHAIR.
I SHARE SOME OF THE SKEPTICISM
EXPRESSED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA ON THIS
PROPOSAL AS I HAVE SEEN IT
AND HEARD IT DESCRIBED THUS
FAR.
PERHAPS FOR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
REASONS BUT BEFORE I
SORT OF DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WHAT MY
CONCERNS ARE I WANTED TO JUST
GET HOPEFULLY SOME
ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT
I ASKED WHEN I WAS
INITIALLY BRIEFED ON THIS
PROPOSAL SEVERAL MONTHS
AGO SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS
THAT I ASKED THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE WAS WHETHER OR NOT THERE
WAS AN INTENT TO
COMPLETE A RACIAL EQUITY TOOL
KIT ON THE PROPOSAL OF
THIS ADUDADU FINANCING PILOT
AND I WAS ASSURED AT
THE TIME THAT A RACIAL EQUITY
TOOL KIT WAS UNDER WAY
OR WOULD BE COMPLETED SHORTLY.
HAS THAT RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT
BEEN COMPLETED?
>> I AM NOT SURE IF A SPECIFIC
ONE ON THIS FINANCING
TOOL HAS BEEN BUT WHAT I CAN
SAY IS THAT STAFF HAVE
IDENTIFIED THIS AS AN OUT
GROWTH OF A RACIAL EQUITY
TOOL KIT THAT WAS DONE
PREVIOUSLY ON ACCESSORY
DWELLING UNITS WHICH IDENTIFIED
IN INTEREST BOTH BY
LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO FIGURE
OUT HOW THEY GAIN ACCESS TO
CAPITAL TO BUILD ADUS SO
WHILE NOT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS
IS MY UNDERSTANDING
THIS IS BUILT ON LESSONS
LEARNED FROM THAT TOOL KIT.
>> I THINK THE ANSWER IS NO.
TO MY QUESTION AND THERE HAS
NOT BEEN A RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT DONE ON THE
AFFORDABLE ADU FINANCING
PILOT AS DESCRIBED ON THIS ONE
SHEET AND IN THE
BUDGET BOOK.
>> THAT'S PROBABLY CORRECT.
>> YEAH.
OKAY.
>> A RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT WAS
DONE ON ADUS MORE
GENERALLY.
>> YEAH.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH A RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT DONE ON
THE BROADER POLICY WHICH WAS
FOCUSED MORE ON SHOULD
WE DO IT AND WHY AS OPPOSED TO
NOW WE KNOW WE HAVE
THE ANSWERS THERE.
WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF THE RACIAL SOCIAL
JUSTICE IMPACTS RELATED TO
HAVING ADUS AND DADUS AS
A PROGRAM IN THE CITY BUT THIS
IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE
IT'S ABOUT GIVING EFFECTIVELY A
SUBSIDY TO PRIVATE
HOMEOWNERS FOR PURPOSES OF
BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
THOSE GOALS AND I THINK I'VE
BECOME SCEPTAL AND
EXPRESSED THIS IN A PRIVATE
MEETING WITH A STAFF
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS THAT
I'M NOT SEEING THE
CLEAR CONNECTION OR A THREADING
OF THE NEEDLE
BETWEEN THE STATE 5ED INTENT TO
UTILIZE THIS AS A
RECENT SOCIAL JUSTICE TOOL AND
HOW THIS FINANCING
PILOT IS CURRENTLY STRUCTURED
AND MODELED IN TERMS
OF ZOE GRAPHIC LOCATIONS,
ECONOMICALLY DISSTREETED
ZIP CODES.
I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT
WHERE THE TARGETS ARE
BEING SET FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
AND JUST CONTINUE TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THIS
IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY
CHARACTERIZED AS REACHING
DEEPLY
INTO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE
DISPLACED SO I WANTED TO PUT
THAT OUT THERE AND THEN
SECONDLY IN RELATED TO THAT IS
YOU KNOW I THINK PART
OF THE COMPLEXITY WITH THIS
MODEL IS THAT I KEEP
HEARING THAT THIS IS A
RESPONSIBLE LENDING PROGRAM
AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE
PLENTY OF OTHER MODELS
THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ABSORB AND
ACRE KNOWLEDGE AN
INCREASED AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL
RISK ASSOCIATED WITH
THEIR LENDING POLICIES AND I
THINK THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT PORTLAND WAS DOING IN
TERMS OF ACKNOWLEDGING
THE INTEREST RATES ARE
DIFFERENT.
IT CAN BE VERY BURDENSOME FOR
THIS POPULATION WHO
REALLY NEEDS THIS TO BE ABLE TO
STAY IN PLACE AND
ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND
APPRECIATING THAT AS A
LENDER IN THIS SPACE YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT
AND ABSORB A HIGHER LEVEL OF
RISK IN TERMS OF
DEFAULT ON PAYMENT OR MISSED
PAYMENTS.
I'M JUST CONTINUING TO NOT LE
THAT TENDS TO BE MUCH MORE RISK
ADVERSE AND AS A RESULT
CONTINUES TO HAVE SKEPTICISM
AND CONCERNS THAT ALTHOUGH WE
KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT E DU
PROGRAM AS ANTI DISPLACEMENT
AND STAY IN PLACE KIND OF
PROGRAM THAT THE FINANCING
PILOT IS NOT NECESSARILY
DESIGNED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD
ALIGN WITH THE STATED
PRINCIPLES AND GOALS.
>> THAT WAS PROBABLY MORE FOR
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
AND IF THE DEPARTMENT SITTING
HERE NOW CURRENTLY HAS
RESPONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS
THAT WOULD ENLIGHTEN OUR
ONGOING CONVERSATION AROUND THE
DELIBERATION OF THIS FINANCING
PILOT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR
THAT.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME
BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER.
I THINK THAT WHAT I'M HEARING
UP HERE AND I KNOW THAT FOR THE
ADUS AND EDUS -- WHAT DO YOU
CALL THEM?
>> GENTLE INFIELD?
AT THE SAME TIME I AM HEARING
SOME CONCERN FROM MY COLLEAGUES
ABOUT HOW WE ARE SPENDING THIS
MONEY.
MAYBE THERE IS I HAVE A NEEDLE
THAT WE CAN THREAD TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE GETTING A PILOT KICKED
OFF AND NOT NECESSARILY ENDING
UP WITH THIS BEING ONE OF THOSE
THINGS THAT WE SORT OVER
BECAUSE I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO GET SOMETHING GOING AND
SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK AND
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE
HAVE HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZELEZ.
OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, FOUR
DECADES NOW THAT SEATTLE HAS
PRODUCED 16,000 LOW INCOME CITY
FUNDED RENTING UNITS THROUGH
THE LEVIES AND THROUGH THIS
BUDGET AND GOING FORWARD WITH
THE LEVY THAT WE ARE ON TASK TO
ADD ANOTHER ALMOST 4000 UNITS
SO WITHIN ANOTHER FOUR YEARS,
THAT WE'LL HAVE OVER 20,000
UNITS THAT THE CITY THROUGH THE
LEVY PROGRAM HAVE PRODUCED SO
THIS IS GREAT NEWS AND AT THE
SAME TIME, THIS IS WHERE THE
REGIONAL PARTNERS ARE IMPORTANT
AT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE SEEN
FROM MANY ENTITIES THAT SAY IT
IS GREAT AND WE STILL NEAR
175,000 UNITS ACROSS THE
TRICOUNTY AREA TO ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE FLOODING A
IN.
WOULD YOU SAY ONE THOUSAND A
WEEK?
>> YES.
AND WORKING WITH OTHERS THAT I
WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT YOU ARE
MAKING A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE
AND IT NEEDS TO BE SCALED UP.
.
>> I DO HAVE A FEW MORE AND
UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING ANSWERS.
WE HAVE NOT HOW MANY UNITS THAT
WE SERVE AND IMPACT THAT IT
WOULD HAVE.
I WANTED TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT
THAT IT IS.
WHEN IT COMES TO STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION A LOT OF QUESTIONS
THAT I HAVE HAD HAVE BEEN
REFERRED TO THE STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION BUCKET AND UNKNOWNS
THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO THAT
IN THE PROPOSED FUND FOR THE
ACQUISITION.
THERE ARE UP TO 12 SITES OWNED
BY SOUND TRANSIT THAT COULD
BILL AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP
AND HOME LEGISLATION THAT WE
MIRROR TO TRY TO IDENTIFY WAYS
TO GET PUBLIC LAND AND INTO
HANDS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE HAVE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE
FROM SOUND TRANSIT.
THERE'S ANY CHANCE THAT THEY
WILL BE TRANSFERRED FOR FREE TO
BRING UP THE 14 MILLION AND
WHAT IS THE LIKELY TIME LINE
FOR BEGINNING THE ACQUISITION
AS?
DO WE THINK THAT THIS CAN
HAPPEN IN 2020?
>> YES.
SO WE HAVE HAD A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WORKING WITH SOUND
TRANSITEM COLLABORATIVELY ON
THIS.
THEY HAVE HAD AFFECTING ANY
ACQUISITIONS SUBJECT TO THE
BOARD ACTION.
I WILL CAVEAT IT BY SAYING THAT
AND THE DISCUSSIONS WITH SOUND
TRANSIT RECOGNIZE THAT THERE
ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE
SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW MARKET AND
DISCOUNTED AND WORKING WITH
SOUND TRANSIT TO EXPLORE THERE
ARE WAYS TO TRANSFER THEM AT NO
COST AND I THINK THAT IS
CONVERSATION THAT IS ONGOING.
OBVIOUSLY OUR INTEREST AND THE
MAYOR'S INTEREST IS TO GET THEM
AT THE LOWEST COST POSSIBLE OR
AT FREE SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT
AMOUNT TO ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZE
THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE HOPE TO FINALIZE THE DEAL
WITH SOUND TRANSIT.
WE HAVE HAD ENGAGEMENT ON THOSE
SITES AND READY TO MOVE.
>> DOES THE 14 MILLION ASSUME
THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR
THOSE PROPERTIES THEN?
IS THAT POTENTIAL FREEDOM
WITHIN THAT 14 MILLION IF THE
SOUND TRANSIT CONDITIONS ARE
MADE WITHIN THE BUDGET?
>> THAT 14 MILLION ASSUMES
ABOUT A $90,000 PER UNIT HOME
OWNERSHIP SUBSIDY THAT IS
IDENTIFIED IN OUR
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL
PLAN.
SO THINGS MOVE BY VIRTUE OF ONE
BEING ABLE TO EITHER FRONT LOAD
MORE INVESTMENT OR WAIT FOR
LEVERAGE OR PUT MORE INTO
DEVELOPMENT IMMEDIATELY AS
OPPOSED TO PUTTING IS FIRST
ROUND INTO ACQUISITIONS.
SO IT IS A MOVING TARGET AND WE
APPROXIMATED THAT WE WOULD
CREATE ABOUT 150 PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOMES.
>> IF WE DON'T PAY THE 90,000
POTENTIAL THAT MANY MORE UNITS
AND STRETCH THE DOLLARS LARGER
FOR MORE IMPACT.
THAT'S THE THEORY GOING IN
HERE.
THERE'S UNCERTAINTY WHETHER
THEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED AT
MINIMAL COSTS OR NO COSTS.
>> GOING DOWN TO THE NEXT LINE
ON INCREASE CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS.
A LOT OF THIS IS BASED ON THE
GOOD WORK THAT OUR FRIENDS AT
THE STATE LEGISLATURE DID WITH
HOUSE BILL 1406.
HOW MANY PEOPLE SUPPORTIVE
UNITS WILL BE CREATED THROUGH
THIS MIXTURE OF BONDING AND
OFFICE OF HOUSING FUND AND ARE
THERE ADDITIONAL PLANNED OR
PROPOSED OPERATIONAL
INVESTMENTS FOR THE PERMANENT
SORT OF HOUSING IN THE BUDGET
OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE SEE HERE?
>> SO.
THE LOCAL OPTION BOND PROPOSAL
IS TO PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 175
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
UNITS WITH THE OPERATING AND
MAINTENANCE TO SUPPORT THOSE
UNITS AS WELL.
WE KNOW THAT OMM IS CRITICAL.
I WILL SAY IT HERE WE CAN'T
OPERATE PSH WITHOUT IT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE AN APPLICATION UNDER
WAY NOW TO TRY TO GET MORE
VOUCHERS THAT COULD COVER O AND
M. WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THE COUNTY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
IDENTIFY NEW OPERATING AND
MAINTENANCE AND CERTAINLY IF WE
FIND THAT THERE IS A MOMENT IN
WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES WITH
MORE O AND M COMING IN FROM
OTHER SOURCES, THAT WOULD
CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE ON THE
HORIZON BUT RIGHT NOW TO MOVE
THOSE PROJECTS OF 175 UNITS TO
HAVE THE MAINTENANCE REPORT IT
AND THAT THE BOND OPTIONS CAN
DO IT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
BEFORE I ASK THE LAST QUESTION.
DIRECTOR NOBEL THIS IS RELATED
TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD
CONVERSATION WHERE COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZELEZ AND I WERE
ASKING ABOUT THE ALLOCATION OF
THE FUNDING THAT WILL HELP
THOSE IN HOMELESSNESS AND ON
THE VERGE OF FALLING INTO
HOMELESSNESS.
OVERALL I WOULD STILL LOVE TO
SEE THE PERCENTAGE OF FUND
GOING TO 30% PERCENT AMI AND UP
TO AMI NOT INCLUDING THE 60%
CATEGORY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE WOULD HELPFUL TO SEE WHERE
WE ARE PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS
AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY.
THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS
RELATED TO THE ALLOCATION OF
REFUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
ON THE 25 MILLION THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED TO BE USED.
A FEW QUESTIONS.
HOW SPECIFIC IS THE FUNDING AND
IS THE 25 MILLION THE MAXIMUM
THAT WE COLLECT OR LIMITING
OURSELF IN HOW MUCH FUNDING WE
ARE PROPOSING TO USE IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET HERE?
CAN YOU CLARIFY AGAIN THAT
THERE'S NOTHING IN THE 2020
BUDGET OR THE CIP THAT COMMITS
TO THE $25 MILLION AT THIS
POINT?
>> I WILL START WITH THE FIRST
QUESTION AND THEY WILL HANDLE
THE SECOND QUESTION.
ABOUT THE AMIS, WE WOULD
ANTICIPATE PUTTING THOSE
RESOURCES DIRECTLY IN THE NOVA.
IT IS RESTRICTED AT 60% AMI AND
BELOW AND WE HAVE PROJECT
APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY
COME TO US A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER
OF UNITS, SUPPOSED TO BE
DELIVERED AT 50% AMI INCLUDING
A LOT OF THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN
DO THAT DOESN'T COME IN, IN THE
APPLICATION TO US BUT WE ARE
ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IS WE ACT
BUY DOWN THE DEBT ON SOME OF
THE UNITS TO DRIVE DEEPER
AFFORDABLE LEVELS.
IF THEY GIVE US A PROJECT WITH
THE PROPOSAL THAT IDENTIFIES
THE UNITS AT 60% AMI WE CAN
ACHIEVE 30% AMI UNITS IN THE
BUILDINGS THAT ARE MIXED
INCOME.
WE HAVE DONE THEM BEFORE.
IT MEANS WE PUT MORE MONEY IN
THE PROJECT AND WE RECOGNIZE
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS
FROM DOING SO.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE WITH THE
RESOURCES.
>> AND TO ANSWER THE SECOND
PART.
WITH RESPECT TO TO REFUNDING
THERE IS NOT A RESTRICTING, IT
IS WE TWO FUNDING THAT IS HALF
OF THE REAP REVENUES.
THERE'S NOT A RESTRICTION ON
THE TOTAL AMOUNT PER YEAR.
THE EXCHANGE IN STATE FUNDING
RULES AND THE ELIGIBILITYITY
HOUSING RUNS THROUGH 2025, NOT
A PERMANENT CHANGE WHICH
CERTAINLY RAISES QUESTIONS ON
THE O AND M SIDE.
THE 5 MILLION AS I DESCRIBED IS
NOT THE MAXIMUM.
THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD IN MAKING
THE COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT THE REAP DOLLARS
HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER
COMPETING USES AS AN EXAMPLE WE
HAD THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN
EARLIER.
A SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR ADA
COMPLIANCE AS AN EXAMPLE USED
IN S DOT FOR SIDEWALKS AND
OTHER THINGS.
WE WERE TRYING TO STRIKE A
BALANCE BETWEEN THE PRIORITY
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
OTHER PRIORITIES.
>> WAS THAT REALLY YOUR LAST
QUESTION?
>> FOR NOW.
NOT FOREVER.
>> GO AHEAD COUNCIL MAN
O'BRIAN.
>> SHE CAN ASK QUESTIONS FOR
TWO PEOPLE.
>> ANYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU, EMILY.
YOU ARE A STAR AND THANKS FOR
PUTTING UP WITH US AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
A DEAL, THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND LEARNING LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING YOU COMING UP
TO THE TABLE.
DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THE DOORS?
>> MR. SECURITY, WOULD YOU
KINDLY OPEN THE DOORS, THOSE
BACK DOORS?
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
PLEASE, WE GOT BRIAN GOOD
KNIGHT.
IF YOU WOULD GET READY TO KICK
THIS OFF.
ALL RIGHT.
SO DWAYNE.
WOULD YOU KINDLY INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
>> I KNOW EVERYBODY -- YOU KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING IN
SCHOOL HERE.
THEY WILL GET SENT OUT IN THE
HALLWAY.
>> I'M DWAYNE SHAPEL.
>> BRIAN GOOD KNIGHT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR MANAGING THE CITY'S
EDUCATION POLICY AND PROGRAMS.
AS YOU ALL RECALL IN 2018 THE
COUNCIL APPROVED ON THE NEW
EDUCATION LEVY KNOWN AS THE
FAMILY'S PROMISE OR PLEP LEVY.
EARLIER IN APRIL THERE WAS
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO REGULATE
HOW THE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT IN 7
YEARS.
THOSE INVESTMENTS STARTED A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE
START OF THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL
YEAR AND FUNDING PROGRAMS FOR
THE NEXT 7 YEARS.
LASTLY AS WAS DISCUSSED
YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE BIG
CHANGES IN THIS YEAR IS THE C
CAT AND ARE READY FOR
QUESTIONS.
CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING I
WILL WORK TO GET THE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER
QUESTIONS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
TURN IT OVER.
>> GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
AND WELCOME.
>> SO FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE
TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND
SHARE A LITTLE HIGH LEVEL
INFORMATION WITH YOU ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT.
THIS SLIDE SPEAKS TO THE
LEGISLATION AND POLICY
FRAMEWORK AND FIRST, I WANT TO
START WITH -- I WILL START WITH
THE BOTTOM FRAME WHERE IT SAYS
KING COUNTY COUNCIL AND BOUNCE
AROUND.
KING COUNTY STARTED THEIR PSTAA
ON, PSTAA PROCESS FOR THEIR
FUNDING RECENTLY SO WHAT WE
WILL DO IS DEAL WITH PLANNING
ON PLACING A MARKER HERE AND
ONCE KING COUNTY HAS A LITTLE
BIT MORE INFORMATION AND OUR
TEAM IS ABLE TO GATHER MORE
INFORMATION, WE WOULD BE MORE
THAN HAPPY TO COME BACK AND
SHARE AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S NEXT
FOR THAT PIECE RIGHT THERE.
>> CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT IS
THAT ACRONYM?
>> PUGET SOUND TAXPAYER
ACCOUNTABILITY TRANSIT.
AND I FORGOT WHAT THE OTHER "A"
STAND FOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO I WILL JUMP TO THE THAT
TALKS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN AND REITERATE AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND COUNCIL
WOMAN GONZALEZ.
WE ARE OPERATING WITHIN OUR
LEVY PLANS AND HAVE ADOPTED
SPENDING PLANS IN PLACE FOR US.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
NEXT SLIDE.
>> GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZELEZ.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAPELLE AND
MR. WOLFE, I GET AT PLEASURE
WORKING WITH YOU AND ON THESE
IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS.
ON THE LEVY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
BASED ON MY STAFF'S READ OF THE
CHANGES TO THE ENDORSED 2020
BUDGET, IT APPEARS THAT NOTHING
IS CHANGING AS IT RELATES TO
LEVELS OF INVESTMENT FOR LEVY
DOLLARS, THAT IS ACCURATE?
>> YES.
>> I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE
ARE STILL ON TRACK AND OUR MATH
IS ADDING UP.
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
I WILL DIVE IN THIS SLIDE
WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE
AND SO WHAT THIS IS, IT IS
ULTIMATELY HOUSE BILL 2158 IS
FULLY FUNDED, THE WASHINGTON
COLLEGE GRANT AND WAS MODIFIED
SOME INCOME ELIGIBILITYITY
REQUIREMENTS.
I WILL TAKE US TO SLIDE TWO FOR
OUR STRATEGIC PLANS FOR 2020.
>> GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE,
PLEASE.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
PUGET SOUND TAXPAYER
ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNT.
>> ACCOUNT.
>> SO THAT WILL ALLOCATE
FUNDING FOR EARLY LEARNING AND
PROMISE.
NOT SEATTLE PROMISE BUT AGAIN
IT IS OUTSIDE THE REGION.
GREAT.
BUT I'M SURE IT IS COMPATIBLE
OR COMPLIMENTARY TO THE WORK
THAT WE ARE DOING.
>> YES, I BELIEVE SO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO FAR WE ARE 2020 PRIORITIES
WHAT I WILL DO IS START WITH
THE FIRST ONE.
EXCITED ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES IN
2020.
THE PROPOSAL PROJECTS TO SERVE
AN ADDITIONAL 600 CHILDREN BY
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
MAXIMUM ELIGIBILITY.
>> GO FORWARD ON YOUR SLIDE
NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU, SORRY, DWAYNE.
>> WHAT I WAS SAYING THIS IS
PROPOSAL IS SERVING 600
STUDENTS, CHILDREN, BY
INCREASING THE MAXIMUM INCOME
ELIGIBILITY AND THE WAY THIS
WILL HAPPEN, IT WILL BE DONE IN
A THREE PRONG APPROACH AND THE
FIRST PRONG WOULD BE EXPANDING
ACCESS BY INCREASING VOUCHER
ELIGIBILITY TO SLIDER HIGHER
INCOME.
AND THE OTHER TWO PRONGS OR I
SHOULD SAY THE NEXT PRONG WOULD
BE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
TRAINING AND THE THIRD PRONG IS
PROVIDING -- PROVIDER
INCENTIVES FOR ALL OF OUR
PROVIDERS.
>> I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST COUPLE
OF DAYS ACTUALLY.
BUT IT IS FABULOUS THAT WE WILL
BE ABLE TO SERVE ADDITIONAL 600
CHILDREN.
DO WE HAVE 600 MORE SLOTS
AVAILABLE FOR THEM SO WE CAN
GIVE THEM A VOUCHER AND TURN
AND SAY LET'S ASSUME THERE'S 60
KIDS SOMEWHERE.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER TEN PLACES
READY TO GET THE YOUNGSTERS
INTO THE PROGRAM AND READY TO
GO?
>> THAT'S PART OF THE DESIGN OF
THE PROPOSAL.
BY FOCUSING NOT JUST ON
INCREASING AT NUMBER OF
VOUCHERS BUT HAVING SOME
INVESTMENT TOWARDS SUPPLY SO WE
KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW A THIRD OF
OUR PROVIDERS THAT HAVE
AGREEMENTS WITH US ARE NOT
SERVING CHILDREN SO PART OF THE
DESIGN OF HAVING INCENTIVES FOR
PROVIDERS IS TO JUST HAVE A
BETTER UTILIZATION RATE WITH
THE PROVIDERS WE HAVE CURRENTLY
AND LOOK TOWARDS EXPANDING AS
WELL.
>> GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> I MAY WHAT ABOUT YOU TO
EXTRAPOLATE ON THAT LAST
COMMENT?
>> I DON'T THINK YOUR
MICROPHONE IS ON, DOCTOR.
WE KEEP CALLING YOU DOCTOR.
>> IT EMBARRASSES HIM.
>> YOU CAN STOP AT ANY TIME.
>> YOU WILL FIND IT NOWHERE ON
A BUSINESS CARD.
>> DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE NEED
TO INCREASE THE CHILD CARE
OPPORTUNITIES BUT THE GOAL IS
NOT JUST THAT BUT FOR FOLKS
PAYING FOR CHILD CARE NOW AND
POTENTIALLY IMPROVISH AG
THEMSELVES.
IT WOULD BE A SUCCESS IN PART
BUT NOT IN WHOLE IF SOME OF THE
PARENTS CURRENTLY FACING CHILD
CARE ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE AND TO
ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN
EFFECTIVELY AT LOWER COSTS.
SO IT IS A COMBINATION OF BOTH
WANTING TO IMPROVE THE
EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM IN
TERMS OF FOLKS THAT HAVE KIDS
ENROLLED IN EXISTING PROGRAMS
AND AS TIM MENTIONED INCREASE
THE NUMBER OF SLOTS AVAILABLE.
IT IS ABOUT BOTH IF YOU WILL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZELEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THE EXPANSION ON C CAP
INCREASING ELIGIBILITY FROM
THREE PERCENT HUNDRED PERCENT
TO 350% SO MORE PEOPLE WOULD
QUALIFY ON THEIR INCOME ALONE?
DOES IT INCLUDE PROVIDING A A
DEEPER SUBSIDY FOR THOSE THAT
ARE ENROLLED IN THE C CAP
PROGRAM AND RECEIVING
SUBSIDIES.
>> IT IS EXPANDING ACCESS FROM
300 TO 350.
>> WHEN WE GO FROM 300% TO
350%, WHAT IS THE INCOME
BRACKET?
>> 50, 730 TO AROUND 59, 185.
>> FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR?
>> YES, FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
>> OKAY.
AND IS THERE -- WAS THERE ANY
OTHER -- DOES THIS MODEL
INCLUDE ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS
TO THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
OTHER THAN INCOME?
>> OTHER THAN INCOME?
IT ADDS, ELIGIBLE AND
PREVIOUSLY FEWER ATTENDING YOU
WEREN'T ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A
VOUCHER SO THAT'S THE ONLY
CHANGE OUTSIDE OF INCOME
ELIGIBILITY TO ELIGIBILITY.
>> IF YOUR A PARENT THAT IS
PURSUING AN ADVANCED DEGREE YOU
DON'T QUALIFY UNDER THE C CAP
PROGRAM?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND THEN ADDITIONALLY ON TOP
OF THIS, IS THERE RESERVES IN
THE EXPANSION PLAN.
THIS GETS TO THE POINT THAT WE
WERE ASKING, IF WE DON'T GET
ENOUGH PROVIDERS FOR THE
EXPANSION PROPOSAL THAN, WHAT
HAPPENS TO -- WHAT HAPPENS TO
THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS OR THE
DELTA OF THE DOLLARS THAT
AREN'T BEING UTILIZED BECAUSE
WE HAVEN'T REACHED OUR RATES
AND HAVEN'T MEANINGLY INCREASED
THE SUPPLY SIDE OF THE QUESTION
WHICH IS A WEIRD WAY TO TALK
ABOUT ENCOURAGING A MORE
PROVIDERS TO TAKE TO TAKE CARE
OF OUR KIDS?
>> LET ME GET THAT INFORMATION
AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON
THAT.
>> I HAVE YOUR NUMBER AND I'LL
CALL YOU.
>> WE WILL COMING UP WITH IT.
>> I THINK WE HAVE THIS POLICY
DEBATE DURING THE LEVY WHEN WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT SPP
EXPANSIONS PRESCHOOL EXPANSION
IN PARTICULAR THERE HAD BEEN AN
ORIGINAL FORECAST OF WHAT WE
THOUGHT THAT EXPANSION SHOULD
BE BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS
TOO AMBITIOUS AND WE DIDN'T
WANT TO END IN A POSITION TO
ALLOCATE RESOURCES FOR
EXPANSION PURPOSES AND SET
OURSELVES IN TWO WAYS, ONE, NOT
USING THE MONEY AND TWO, BEING
PUT IN A SITUATION NOT USING
THE MONEY MEANT NOT HITTING OUR
TARGETS THAT COULD BE
INTERPRETED SCALING IN TERMS OF
THE SUCCESS RATE OF THOSE TYPES
OF PROGRAMS.
I JUST AM COGNIZANT OF THE FACT
THAT WHILE CHILD CARE IS A NEED
FROM ACCESS PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE
A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH THE
NEED FOR ATTENTION PAID TO THE
NUMBER OF PROVIDERS WHO CAN
MEANFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE
CHILD CARE INDUSTRY BECAUSE IT
IS A BROKEN INDUSTRY FOR MOSTLY
WOMEN, MOSTLY WOMEN OF COLOR,
MANY IMMIGRANT WOMEN THAT ARE
GETTING PAID MINIMUM WAGE OR
LESS TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
>> ON THE ISSUE OF THE UPTAKE
RATE HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE WE
SERVING.
>> WE INCREASED BY 28%, CLOSER
TO 830.
SO FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE
OVERSPENDING ON SUBSIDY AND
THERE'S A SUPPLEMENTAL COMING
FOR THE VOUCHERS SO THE MODEL
ASSUMES A HIGH LEVEL OF GROWTH
CONSISTENT TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THAT
IS BUILT INTO THE FACE OF THE
ASSUMPTION FOR THE VOUCHER
GROWTH.
>> INCREASING FUNDING UNDER THE
EXISTING PROGRAMS AND JUST TO
POINT OUT THAT 350% OF A
POVERTY FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS
$90,000.
THAT'S THE UPPER END OF WHAT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT, TO PROVIDE
SUBSIDY FOR A SIGNIFICANT SHARE
OF THE POPULATION IN THAT NEW
INCOME GROUP.
>> I KNOW WE ARE NOT IN THE
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS
YET BUT I WON'T BE HERE NEXT
WEEK AND DON'T WANT TO MISS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS THE
RADAR.
WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS
ELIGIBILITY SPECTRUM FOR ACCESS
ON THESE ISSUES.
JUST WANT TO FLAG THIS
PARTICULAR SPACE AS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT
WAS DONE AND WHAT ASSUMPTIONS
THE MODEL IS RELYING ON TO GIVE
US CONFIDENCE THAT IT IS GOING
TO BE A 600 ADDITIONAL CHILDREN
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PROJECTIONS ARE SET AT THE RATE
LEVEL.
IT MAY BE POSSIBLE WE NEED MORE
BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID MR.
WOLFE.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT
AREA OF INTEREST FOR ME.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND WHAT I WILL DO IS JUMP NEXT
TO THE -- ANOTHER ONE OF OUR
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IN THE
BOTTOM CELL DOWN HERE.
>> WE HAVE QUESTION NUMBER TWO
DOWN HERE.
>> SO HARD NOT TO TALK ABOUT
CHILD CARE.
FORWARD BUT WE ARE IN LINE IN
TERMS OF OUR QUESTIONING AND I
WILL TRY NOT TO REPEAT THOSE.
I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE
IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT
WAGES THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT C
CAP EXPANSION WITH THE PROVIDER
WAGE INCREASE, CORRECT?
>> THERE IS A MARKET RATE
ADJUSTMENT BUILT INTO THIS,
YES.
8.5%.
AND THAT COMES THROUGH NOT AS A
WAGE INCREASE BUT THE SUBSIDY
SO THE VOUCHER AMOUNT IS
INCREASING THAT GOES TO THE
PROVIDER.
>> I SEE.
AND WOULD IT BE CLEAR TO FLAG
THAT AS INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT.
NOT NECESSARILY A BONUS FOR THE
WORKERS.
IT IS MORE CATCHING UP WITH
WHAT THE MARKET CURRENTLY HAS.
>> WE DO AN ANNUAL MARKET STUDY
LOOKING AT THE C CAP PROVIDERS
TO GET A LOOK AT THE INCREASE
EVERY YEAR.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION AND THEN IN
ADDITION TO THAT MARKET RATE
STABILIZATION AMOUNT, I AM
GOING TO TRY NOT TO SAY WAGE
INCREASE, ARE THERE OTHER AREAS
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT
TO ENSURE MORE PROVIDERS HAVE
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.
YOU MENTIONED DOING MORE WITH
OUR PROVIDERS, THAT'S AN
ADDITION BUT ARE THERE
COMPETENT WAYS TO REACH OUT AND
MAKE SURE PROVIDERS HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES TO PROCEED IN THE
PROGRAM WHERE THEY CURRENTLY
DON'T HAVE OR IS THERE OTHER
WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
NOT PROMOTING THE CYCLE OF
POVERTY WITH OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE
CONTRACTED PROVIDERS.
ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THIS
INFLATIONARY ITEMS THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT.
>> ONE-HALF OF THE 800 QUALITY
SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL
ADJUSTMENT.
IT GOES TO PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SO CURRENTLY C CAP
PROVIDERS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS
THE TRAININGS AND THE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE
EARLY LEARNING DEVELOPMENT,
MOSTLY FOR SP PROVIDERS AND
BECAUSE OF THE SPP GROWTH, MOST
C CAP PROVIDERS DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SEATS FOR
C CAP PROVIDERS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE AFTER THE TRAININGS
WE ARE OFFERING.
SO A HEFTY PROPOSAL FOCUS IS ON
PROFESSIONAL QUALITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> THE LAST QUESTION UNLESS YOU
HAVE A FOLLOW-UP.
>> I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC
FOLLOW-UP.
>> MY LAST QUESTION FOR THE C
CAP EXPANSION, I'M A LITTLE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMING WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE C CAP EXPANSION,
I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT
OUT HERE FOR INCLUDING THAT IN
THE LEVY AND WE KNOW IT WAS
COST PROHIBITIVE.
IT BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER.
HAVE WE STARTED THE PROGRAM?
WHERE DID THE FUNDS COME FROM?
WAS THE COUNCIL ENGAGED.
I'M A CONCERNED THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING IN A PROPOSALLED
BUDGET THAT IS IMPLEMENTED.
I AM NOT SAYING IT HAS HAPPENED
DEO BEFORE.
WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN OTHER
AREAS FOR EXAMPLE LAST YEAR.
HAS THIS EXPANSION OCCURRED AND
WHAT ROLE DID WE HAVE, IF ANY,
FOR THAT?
>> I CAN START ON THE
ELIGIBILITY INCREASE, THAT AS
YOU SAID HAVE TAKEN EFFECT IN
SEPTEMBER, THE 300, 350.
NONE OF THIS OTHER IS IN
EFFECT.
THAT'S THE ONE PIECE THAT IS
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.
>> IF I COULD ADD ON THE C CAP,
THIS IS NOT A NEW AREA OF
PROGRAMMING FOR THE CITY, WE
HAVE BEEN FUNDING C CAP FOR
QUITE SOME TIME AND SO THIS IS
JUST ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION IS
MY UNDERSTANDING TO CONTINUE TO
BUILD ON THE PRIOR WORK, THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, IS THE CHANGE IN
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND I AM
HEARING ALLOWING ESL CLASSROOMS
TO QUALIFY FOR THE
REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH C CAP OR
SUBSIDY AS WE ARE REFERRING TO
IT HERE.
THOSE ARE GOOD MODIFICATIONS.
I THINK THERE IS OTHER AREAS OF
THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WE MAY
WANT TO CONSIDER TO AUGMENT THE
REACH OF WHO CAN ACTUALLY
MEANINGLY ACCESS CHILD CARE
SUBSIDIES TO ALIGN WITH THE
REALITY OF WHO IS HAVING
CHILDREN AND WHAT THEIR LIFE
CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT BE WHICH IS
WHY I BROUGHT UP THE EXAMPLE OF
PARENTS WHO MIGHT BE ENROLLED
FULL TIME AND GRADUATE SCHOOL
FOR EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE REAL STORIES OF WOMEN
WHO HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO QUALIFY
FOR C CAP EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE
YOUNG CHILDREN CLEARLY DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR
CHILD CARE.
AND COULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM C
CAP AND THEY'RE BEING
EFFECTIVELY PENALIZED BECAUSE
THEY BE ENROLLED IN GRADUATE
SCHOOL AND THAT SEEMS UNFAIR.
>> MAYBE WE CAN CONTINUE THE
DIALOGUE AT THOSE TIMES.
>> MOST OF THE FUNDING FROM C
CAP HAS COME FROM THE LEVY, IS
THAT ACCURATE OR IS IT GENERAL
FUND?
>> IT HAS BEEN A MIX OF LEVY
AND GENERAL FUND.
>> OK.
AND SO THE EXPANSION DOLLARS
ARE COMING THIS TIME FROM THE
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX, IS THE
BASE FUNDING STILL A MIXTURE SO
NOW IT WILL BE A MIXTURE OF
SWEET AND GENERAL TAX AND A
LEVY DOLLARS?
>> SO OUR BASE FUNDING IS 20
19, 2020 BASE IS GENERAL FUND.
THERE'S A COMPONENT OF LEVY
DOLLARS AS YOU ARE REFERENCING
TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUBSIDIES AND
THE EXPANSION OF $3 MILLION BY
THE SWEET TAX.
>> IN THE RESOLUTION THAT
COUNCIL PASSED TOGETHER WITH A
LEVY PROPOSAL THERE WAS A
REFERENCE TO A CHILD CARE
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO ALLOCATE
$4 MILLION TO A PROSPECTIVE
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.
HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO C CAP,
IF AT ALL?
>> WOULD THIS BE ANOTHER -- CAN
WE FOLLOW BACK UP WITH YOU ON
THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY TO TALK
ABOUT HOW THEY OVERALL RELATE?
>> SURE.
AND I SUSPECT THAT
COUNCILMEMBER ILLSA HAS
INTEREST IN THAT AREA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE
AND QUITE FRANKLY WE ALL UP
HERE DON'T GO A DAY WITHOUT THE
NEED TO EXPANDED THE PROGRAMS
AND OUR DESIRE TO SEE MORE
AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE.
WE SPEND ALMOST EVERY DAY
TALKING ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT I SUPPORT
EXPANDING C CAP TO'S ADDITIONAL
FAMILIES AND WHEN WE LOOK AT
59,000 ADDS A YEAR, WE KNOW
FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING AND ALSO
AT 80,000 AND ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND TO AFFORD CHILD CARE.
IT IS REAL.
MY QUESTIONS ARE IN LINE WITH
THE PROCESS HERE.
IF A PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEEN
IMPLEMENTED PROPOSED IN THE
BUDGET, BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION
BEFORE THE COUNCIL HAD A CHANCE
TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
I WORRY ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT
THE PROCESS HAS ON OUR FUTURE
DELIBERATIONS.
ONE GOOD EXAMPLE I DON'T WANT
TO BE IN A SITUATION THAT A
PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED
AND SOMEHOW COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE
ON DECISION ON PROGRAMS THAT
WILL AND WON'T.
IT IS NOT ALL GENERAL FUND AND
MAYBE THIS IS BETTER DIRECTED
AT COUNCILMEMBER NOBEL.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT A PROGRAM
NOT COMING TO COUNCIL BEFORE.
>> UNDERSTAND THAT WE SHARE THE
BROAD INTERESTS, I THINK WE ALL
DO IN PROVIDING INCREASED
ACCESS.
THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT FUNDING
IN OUR PROPOSAL OR ANY OBVIOUS
SET OF REVENUES TO PROVIDE
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO THE
RESOURCES SO WE ON THE
EXECUTIVE SIDE DETERMINE THE
BEST WAY TO USE THE RESOURCES
AND THOUGHT THE EXPANSION WAS
NOT WORTHWHILE ITSELF IN TERMS
OF ELIGIBILITY AND INCREASED
FUNDING FOR ITS BREADTH WAS
WORTHWHILE AND FORCED DECISION
BUSINESS PROGRAM STRUCTURE.
>> CAN I ADD QUICKLY?
I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE
ALONG HERE.
I AM SENSITIVE TO COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S CONCERN AROUND
PROCESS AND WANT TO POINT BACK
TO THE REST SO THAT REST
RESOLUTION THAT WE PASS ON THE
LEVY SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I
SEE THIS AS A PARTIAL RESPONSE
TO DIRECTION FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL IN THAT RESOLUTION TO
LOOK AT MODIFYING THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO ALLOW
BETTER ACCESS TO MORE FAMILY AS
FOR THIS.
SO FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, I
RECEIVED THIS PROPOSAL IN THE
SPIRIT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THAT
RESOLUTION AND I THINK RIGHT
NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO HAVE
THAT DEBATE AND DETERMINE FROM
OUR INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS
WHETHER OR NOT IT IS IN
RESPONSE TO AND COMPLIANCE WITH
WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE IN TERMS
OF A POLICY DIRECTION WHEN WE
CONSIDERED THAT RESOLUTION AND
I AM SENSITIVE TO THE
DEPARTMENT'S NEED TO HAVE SOME
FLEXIBILITY GIVING THE TIMING
OF WHEN THESE TUITION SUBSIDIES
ARE EXPECTED BY FAMILIES THAT
ARE STARTING THEIR SCHOOL YEAR
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM
ALTHOUGH CHILD CARE IS OFTEN
YEAR ROUND.
IF THERE WAS A VACUUM OF
INFORMATION THAT I CREATED AS
THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, I
WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
THE MEA CULPA AWAY FROM THE
DEPARTMENT IN WHAT YOU SHARED.
>> WE LOOK FOR THE RECORD TO
THIS DISCUSSION.
IT IS A RICH POLICY SPACE AND
ONE THAT WE HAVE ENGAGED IN OUR
SIDE AND ALSO WITH YOU THROUGH
THE PLEP LEVY AND PROPOSAL.
IT IS A DEEP CHALLENGE TO
PROVIDE BOTH A BROADER SET OF
INCENTIVES FOCUSING ON THE
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AND THE
PROVIDERS AND STRIKING THAT
BALANCE.
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A SHARED
INTEREST FROM EXECUTIVE FROM
THE COUNCIL ON INCREASING
ACCESS AND CAPACITY THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT'S VERY CLEAR.
I APPRECIATE THE DIALOGUE UP
HERE.
OKAY.
PLEASE.
CONTINUE.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT CELL DOWN AT THE
BOTTOM IS UPPER BOUND AND
ANOTHER ONE THAT I AM SUPER
EXCITED ABOUT COMING OVER TO
DEAL.
ONE OF OUR PRIORITY AS IS TO
TRANSITION UPPER BOUND TO DEAL
STARTING IN THE WINTER OF 2020.
I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE KNOWS
ABOUT UPPER BOUND ULTIMATELY IT
IS HIGHLY RESPECTED PROGRAM
THAT SUPPORTS LOW INCOME AND
FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS THAT
ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THESE
STUDENTS ARE IN PURSUIT OF
THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
AROUND UPPER BOUND PREPARES
THESE STUDENTS TO SUCCESSFULLY
ENTER AND COMPLETE POST
SECONDARY EDUCATION.
WE KNOW THAT THIS TRANSITION
MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR US
GIVEN OUR PLEP LEVY GOALS.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE
UPPER BOUND COMING OVER TO
DEAL.
>> GOOD.
HOW ABOUT THE NEXT PRIORITY
PAGE?
THANK.
>> THE NEXT PRIORITY.
ALL OF THIS SLIDE, THIS IS ALL
ABOUT THE LEVY.
JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT
EVERYTHING IS GOING ACCORDING
TO SCHEDULE SO FAR.
BY THE END OF 2020, WE WILL
HAVE ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BASE AND
CBO CONTRACTS OUT THE DOOR.
AND LOOKING AT THE EXPANSION
FOR PRESCHOOL WE SERVED 1470
CHILDREN.
WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY OR WE
WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE
APPROXIMATELY 279 MORE
PRESCHOOLERS IN 1920 SCHOOL
YEAR SO OUR GOAL, WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT EXPECTING IS TO
SERVE BETWEEN 2450 AND 2500
CHILDREN BY THE END OF THE
LEVY.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
THE LAST PRIORITY UP HERE IS
ANOTHER ONE THAT IS AWESOME IS
THE SEATTLE PROMISE EXPANSION.
I WANTED TO SHARE BACKGROUND
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE
SEATTLE PROMISE IS EXPANDING
FROM SIX HIGH SCHOOLS TO 17
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A SIZEABLE
INCREAS IN PARTICIPATION AND
JUST FOR YOU TO KNOW FOR THE
13th AND 14th YEAR, WE HAVE
PROMISELY -- WE HAVE GONE FROM
301 STUDENTS TO 700 STUDENTS.
SO THIS -- ALL OF THIS WAS
ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE LEVY
RAMP UP AND INVESTMENTS THAT WE
HAVE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
PARTICIPATING IN THE SEATTLE
PROMISE.
SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
THESE PRIORITIES FOR 2020.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> I WILL GO OVER THE NEXT TWO
SLIDE.
THE SLIDE AS YOU CAN SEE THE
FOUR YEAR BUDGET.
THE GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION
IS RELATIVELY STABLE.
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DIP BETWEEN
'19 AND 'IS THE SWEET BEVERAGE
TAX.
WE ARE MOVING TO OTHER
APPROPRIATION.
THE GROWTH, THE OTHER THING I
POINT OUT IS THE GROWTH WE HAVE
GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE LAST
FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OF THE PLEP
LEVY.
WE HAVE HAD 23 NEW POSITIONS
AND THAT WAS HUGE GROWTH AND
THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS A
MODERATE GROWTH AND LARGELY
FUNDED TO THE PLEP LEVY UP AND
DOWN.
CIRCLING BACK TO WHAT DWAYNE
HAS COVERED IS THE UPPER BOUND
TRANSFER AND C CAP EXPANSION.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD THREE
NEW POSITIONS TO HELP WITH THE
LEVY IMPLEMENTATIONS AS WE ARE
A FEW WEEKS IN TO PLEP LEVY
THERE IS A LOT TO DO WITH THE
ROLL OUT AND SO THAT IS WHAT
THE THREE POSITIONS ARE TIED
TO.
>> GOOD.
MAY I?
>> ARE THOSE POSITIONS HOUSED
WITHIN DEAL OR HOUSE THE
SOMEWHERE ELSE?
>> THEY ARE ALL THREE NEW DEAL
POSITIONS.
>> THEY ARE AT DEAL.
>> AT DEAL.
>> NOT AT SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OR SEATTLE COLLEGES?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATED HEARING HOW YOU
ARE INCLUDING HB2158 IN YOUR
POLICY FRAMEWORK.
AND JUST KIND OF TAKE A BIT
BACK TO THE MORNING.
WE HEARD A GREAT PRESENTATION
ABOUT A KNOWLEDGE BASE ECONOMY
CONCERNS ABOUT AUTOMATION AND
GOING TO THE WASHINGTON STATE
SCHOLARSHIP THAT IS A GREAT
PROGRAM AND GIVEN THAT SEATTLE
HAS A STRONG KNOWLEDGE-BASE
ECONOMY, IS THERE DISCUSSION
INTERNALLY TO DEL TO
INCORPORATE THAT?
>> YES, THERE IS.
YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
YES, THERE IS DISCUSSION
INTERNALLY AND WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE FOLKS WITH HB121 TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT IT AND TO SEE
WHAT -- HOW DEAL CAN ALIGN WITH
IT.
AND AS FAR AS DIRECTOR LEE,
BOBLY LEE GOES, IS DL IS IN
COLLABORATION LOOKING AT THE
CHANGING ECONOMY AND THE YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT WILL PROVIDE
RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
SOME TYPE OF ALIGNMENT SO THEY
CAN HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
CHANGING ECONOMY AS WELL.
>> JUST FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT,
COLLEAGUES, THE WASHINGTON
STATE OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP
IS A PROGRAM THAT IS OPERATED
STATEWIDE WHERE PRIVATE DONORS,
USED TO BE THAT PRIVATE DONORS
WOULD RECEIVE A MATCH FROM THE
STATE FOR THE DONATION TO HELP
FUND FOUR YEAR COLLEGE
EDUCATION, FOR CT EDUCATION FOR
ON ANYONE LOW INCOME OR FIRST
LEGISLATION.
TO PROVIDE CITIES THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANY GRADUATE
WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION TO
RECEIVE A SCHOLARSHIP OR BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE MATCH AS WELL.
I HAVE INTEREST IN HOW SEATTLE
CAN HELP LEAD IN THE BROADER
STATEWIDE EFFORT BECAUSE I
THINK SEATTLE CAN BE WELL
POSITIONED TO PRESENT STEM
WORKERS AND CTE WORKERS AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU TWO?
>> NO.
THAT'S IT.
JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.
>> I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
YOUR PATIENCE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
THROWN AT YOU.
THANK YOU.
YOUR MATERIAL IS HELPFUL.
ONE LAST QUESTION FROM ME.
CAN YOU GIVE US A STATUS ON
NOVA HIGH SCHOOL?
LAST YEAR WE PUT IN 200 OVER
THE PERIOD OF THE TIME OVER THE
LEVY TO GO TO NOVA HIGH SCHOOL
FOR THEIR MEDICAL CLINIC.
>> THE LAST WE CHECKED IN NOVA
HIGH SCHOOL HAD BEEN IN TOUCH
WITH FOLKS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH
KING COUNTY IN TALKING ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE
SCHOOL.
AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT, IF WE
HAVE ANY MOVEMENT FROM THEM,
WHAT I CAN DO IS FOLLOW BACK UP
WITH YOU WITH A VISIT FROM
FOLKS FROM KING COUNTY AND GET
AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE.
>> THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ALWAYS
TAKES TWICE AS LONG AND TEN
TIMES AS LONG AS I EVER WANT
BUT WE WERE TALKING WITH THE
PRINCIPAL AS NOVA LAST YEAR AND
HE WAS REACHING OUT AS I
UNDERSTAND TO SOME OF THE LOCAL
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, UW TO
SAY, CHILDREN, DO YOU WANT TO
BE A PARTNER AND I AM
INTERESTED IN WHETHER THAT HAS
HAPPENED AND WHETHER WE WILL
SEE THIS.
>> I WILL BE SURE TO FOLLOW
BACK UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ONE MORE QUESTION?
GO AHEAD.
>> SO WE DIDN'T SEE IN THE
SLIDES AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A
CHANCE TO CHECK IN THERE WAS
EMAIL CONFERENCE ABOUT THE
CHILD CARE ON-SITE.
AND WHAT I AM STILL HOPING THAT
WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO IS WORK
WITH FA F AND YOU ALL TO CREATE
CHILD CARE ON THE SITE.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A
MODEL THAT IS PROJECTED THAT
FOLKS FOUND WAS COST PROHIBITED
BUT AMONG THE ANALYSIS THERE IS
SCALABLE OPTIONS, CAN'T LET YOU
LEAVE AT TABLE WITHOUT SAYING
TO THE COLLEAGUES AND
DEPARTMENT, I STILL THINK THAT
THERE IS INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT HERE AT
CITY HALL OR ACROSS THE STREET
THAT DON'T REQUIRE THE FULL
SCALE OF CHANGES AND CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS THAT WERE BEING
SUGGESTED IN THE MEMO AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON-SITE AS
INITIAL STEPS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ONE MORE QUESTION FROM
COUNCILMEMBER GONZELEZ AND THEN
WE WILL GO INTO PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
>> AND IF YOU DON THIS READILY
AVAILABLE.
YOU CAN SUBMIT AN ANSWER LATER
BUT ON THE FTES, THE ADDITIONAL
FTES FOR PLEP.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THEY WILL
WORK ON?
>> PUBLIC RELATION AS
SPECIALIST TO GET THE WORD OUT
ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS AND THE
TEAM IS A TEAM OF TWO.
THE OTHER ONE IS DATA
OPERATIONS FOR EARLY LEARNING A
SO THERE IS A LOT OF DATA
SYSTEMS IN THAT DIVISION AND
THEY NEED A LOT OF WORK AND
REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
ENTERING DATA AND TRACKING
MONITORING.
YOU HAVE GOOD DATA QUALITY
ESSENTIALLY SO WE CAN ACTUALLY
DO THE PROGRAM MONITORING AND
EQUAL ASSURANCE IN A MORE
PURE OPERATION AS IN AN
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION WITH
THE GROWTH.
FROM LAST YEAR WE ARE ADDING AN
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION IN THE
EARLY LEARNING POSITION.
>> THANK YOU.
EXCELLENT.
>> OKAY.
QUESTIONS.
SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TOMORROW FOR A MOMENT.
AND ALSO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE.
COUNCILMEMBERS MOSQUEDA AND
GONZELEZ, I THINK YOU GET THE
AWARD.
JOINT AWARD FOR THE MOST
QUESTIONS OF THE DAY.
APPRECIATE SO MUCH.
COUNILMEMBER PACHECO AND
JUAREZ THANKS FOR STICKING WITH
US AND BEING PART OF THE
CONVERSATION TODAY.
DWAYNE AND TIM, THANK YOU.
WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR WORK SO
MUCH AND NO MORE LONGER DR.
NOVA, IT IS GREAT HAVING YOU
HERE AND LISA AND BRIAN.
WITH THAT TOMORROW, WE HAVE GOT
ANOTHER SIX DEPARTMENT DAY.
THE MORNING WILL BE
TRANSPORTATION.
CIVIL RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS AND IN THE
AFTERNOON STARTING AT 2:00,
POLICE, FIRE AND OS
SUSTAINABILITY.
LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND THANKS
SO MUCH FOR THAT.
WE WILL END THIS PART OF THE
MEETING AND MOVE TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
JODY, CAN YOU GRAB THE SHEET
FOR ME?
>> CAN I ASK A PROCEDURAL
QUESTION?
>> YES.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
THE WALK THROUGH.
ONE QUESTION IS DO YOU KNOW OR
SHOULD WE ANTICIPATE FROM
CENTRAL A STAFF THE POWER POINT
PRESENTATION AT A CERTAIN TIME
PRIOR TO THE DAY THAT WE ARE
REVIEWING THE MATERIALS?
>> WHEN DO YOU WANT THEM?
>> I KNOW THEY ARE BUSY, IS
THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
TEE UP OUR TEAMS FOR A 4:30
DELIVERY FOR THE NEXT DAY I
KNOW OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF GO
THROUGH THE MATERIAL LIKE WE DO
AND HAVING THEM READY TO
RECEIVE IT IS CHALLENGING A.
>> WHEN PEOPLE ARE THINKING IT
IS NOT 5:30.
CAN I GO HOME?
I THINK MS. MCCLAIN HAS
SOMETHING TO SAY.
>> PATTY SENT OUT A NEW
VERSION.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT OUT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
A LOT OF IT HINGES ON WHEN WE
RECEIVE INFORMATION AND THE
POWER POINTS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT IN THE FINAL FORM.
>> WHAT IS THE GOAL?
ARE WE TRYING TO GET IT OUT
BEFORE 4:00?
>> BY TWO, THE DAY BEFORE AND
THEN UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD
TO REFRESH A COUPLE OF AGENDAS.
>> FOR THE A DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATIONS, THAT IS NOT THE
DELIVERY FOR ANY FUTURE TERMS?
>> YES.
>> SAY THAT AGAIN.
>> SO THAT IS THE TIMELINE
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATIONS FOR THE
PRESENTATIONS MOVING FORWARD
THAT OUR CENTRAL STAFF DRIVEN
WE ARE HOPING TO GET THEM OUT
EARLIER.
>> WHAT IS THE TIME LINE?
TO GET THEM OUT EARLIER, I
WON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT
TODAY.
ARE THE ONES FOR TOMORROW OUT
NOW?
>> THEY ARE.
>> VERY GOOD.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THERE'S THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION.
>> THOSE ARE THE DEPARTMENT.
>> FOR TOMORROW.
>> YES.
>> I THINK THE QUESTION WAS
ABOUT PRESENTATIONS GENERATED
AND DRIVEN BY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF VERSUS DEPARTMENTS IS HOW
I UNDERSTOOD IT THAT IS
RELEVANT TO NEXT WEEK.
>> YOU ARE GONE.
>> YES, I KNOW.
>> NEXT WEEK IS ALSO
DEPARTMENTS SO FOR THE
FOLLOWING WEEK WHEN WE GET TO
ISSUE ID, I CAN'T PULL OUT THE
TIMELINE OFF OF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD BUT IT IS SOONER THAN THE
DAY BEFORE, I CAN TELL.
>> I SEND THAT TO YOU IN
SEPARATE CODE AS.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT DEADLINES.
>> RIGHT.
I THINK THAT PATTY AND ALLISON,
YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ABOUT
PUTTING THEM ON ONE SHEET AND
WITH COLOR CORRECTIONS ON IT
AND HIGHLIGHTS SO IF THERE IS
ANYTHING ANYBODY LOOKS AT AND
IS CONFUSED LET US KNOW.
ON IT IS SO HELPFUL TO HAVE IT
TOGETHER.
TOMORROW, 9:30 START TIME AND
TRANSPORTATION, CIVIL RIGHTS
AND IMMIGRATION AND WE WILL
RESET UNTIL 2 WHEN WE WILL HEAR
FROM POLICE, FIRE AND SUSTAIN
ABILITY.
NEXT WEEK WE ARE FOCUSING ON
WEDNESDAY A FULL DAY SESSION ON
REALLY FOCUSING ON THE PROGRAMS
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS
BUT I THINK YOU SAID AT TNC
CONVERSATION.
>> A CROSS CUTTING DAY SO
ISSUES THAT HIT SEVERAL
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THE FIRST
HALF OF THE DAY WILL BE
HOMELESSNESS AND SO WE WILL
HEAR FROM HSD AND SPU
DEPARTMENTS AND PARKS, I
BELIEVE AND THE SECOND HALF OF
THE DAY WE WILL START WITH LEAD
AND FOLLOW UP WITH WITH A TNC
DISCUSSION.
>> NEXT THURSDAY 5:30.
OKAY.
WHO EVERYBODY THAT WANTED TO
SPEAK SIGNED THEIR NAME ON THE
SHEET?
WE WILL GET STARTED.
JOSH.
NICE JOB YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALL
DAY AND TINA AND DUSTIN LAMBRO.
GOOD AFTERNOON I'M JOSH VOTE
AND I WORK IN WASHINGTON TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING
THE BUDGET TO GO TO THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH FUNDS.
THEY GO FOR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE
POPULATIONS OF VICTIMS.
PEOPLE OF CLOSURE AND LGTB
COMMUNITIES . SINCE THE START
OF THE ENFORCEMENT GRANT OUR
COLLABORATIVE THE FAIR WORKS
COLLABORATIVE HAS PROVIDED
INFORMATION AND MORE THAN HALF
OF A DOZEN LANGUAGES TO MORE
THAN 50,000 WORKERS IN SEATTLE
AND IN-DEPTH TRAINING TO 7000
WORKERS AND OVER HALF OF THE
PEOPLE WE HAVE TRAINED HAVE
BEEN IN LANGUAGES ON OTHER THAN
ENGLISH.
WE HAVE INTERPRETATION SERVICES
AVAILABLE WHEN WE KNOW THEY ARE
NEEDED.
THE LEGAL CLINIC HAS PROVIDED
700 CONSULTATIONS AND RECOVERED
$7.2 MILLION FOR LOW WAGE
WORKERS AND MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
AS ONE RESTAURANT WORKER FROM A
RECENT CASE SAID YOU GET USED
TO PUTTING UP WITH A LOT WITH A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SHENANIGAS
IN RESTAURANTS.
WHAT IS NEEDED IS A CULTURE
CHANGE FOR PEOPLE TO STAND UP
WHAT IS RIGHT.
WE GO ALONG WITH MANAGEMENT
BECAUSE THERE IS A LINE OF
PEOPLE WAITING TO TAKE WHATEVER
JOB.
WORKERS NEED THEY HAVE RIGHTS
AND CAN'T BE FIRED FOR SAYING
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY
PAYCHECK.
THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE THE
FUNDS CREATE A CRITICAL ROLE
AND EMPOWER WORKERS BECAUSE WE
MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT IN
THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGES AND
INFORM THEM OF THEIR RIGHTS AND
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE CAN BE
DOING.
INCLUDING NEARLY TWICE AS MANY
LABOR STANDARDS AS WHEN THE
CYCLE BEGAN AND INCREASING THE
LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY AND TO
REACH MORE WORKERS.
WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO BOOST
THE CRITICAL FUNDS FOR O LS AND
THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME HOME.
TINA, DOES DUSTIN AND KATIE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS TINA SIGGERSON AND I
AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE 45 MEMBERS OF OSS775.
AND WE JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THE
WORK OF OLS AND OF THEIR
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARTNERS.
WE URGE YOU TO PRIORITIZE
FUNDING AND INCREASE YOUR
INVESTMENTS BY ONE MILLION IN
THE 2020 BUDGET.
SEATTLE'S WORKER PROTECTION IS
AS STRONG AS THE ENFORCEMENT.
OLS HAVE RECOVERED TWO MILLION
THIS YEAR FOR WORKERS.
98-POINT 9% OF THAT MONEY WENT
BACK TO THE WORKERS.
GRANT RECIPIENTS SUCH AS
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE LATINO
COMMUNITY AND THE FAIR WORK
COLLABORATIVE HAVE THE
NECESSARY EXPERTISE AND TRUST
TO REACH WORKERS IN SEATTLE'S
MANY COMMUNITIES.
THEY HAVE HELPED SEVERAL
THOUSAND WORKERS PROVIDING
TRAINING IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
AND AIDING THEM AND ASSERTING
THEIR RIGHTS.
AS THE CITY UNDERSTOOD WHEN IT
CREATED THE COEF IT IS CRITICAL
THAT EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
ENFORCEMENT REACHED THE
POPULATIONS OF WORKERS THAT
NEEDED IT THE MOST.
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS
AND REFUGEES AND LGTB WORKERS
AND OTHERS THAT ARE LEAST
LIKELY TO COME FORWARD ON THEIR
OWN.
THE ROBUST EDUCATION EFFORTS OF
OLS PARTNERS ARE FOSTERING
COMPLIANCE WITH LABOR LAWS AND
WORKING TO ENSURE THAT ALL
WORKERS ARE PROTECTED.
SEATTLE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE
WAY IN ADVANCING DIGNITY AND
FAIR PAY FOR WORKERS.
ENACTING INNOVATIVE WORKER
PROTECTION SUCH AS THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS ORDINANCE AND HOTEL
WORKERS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING
SUPPORT OF OLS AND THE CO S AND
ASK CAN THAT THE EFFORTS ARE
FUNDED AS THE NUMBERS OF LAWS
THAT THEY ARE TASKED WITH
EFFORTING INCREASES.
>> DUSTIN AND KATIE AND
COLLEEN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN
BAGSHAW.
TEAMSTER 117 REPRESENTS
FORKLIFT OPERATORS AT THE
REPUBLIC SERVICES FACILITY ON
3rd AND LANDDER IN SOTO.
THAT CONTRACTS THE CITY TO
PROVIDE PROCESSING OF
MATERIALS.
REPUBLIC SUBCONTRACTS THE
PROCESSING OF THOSE MATERIALS
THAT ARE NOT FROM SEATTLE TO AN
A ARIZONA BASE NONUNION
STAFFING COMPANY LEAD POINT.
IN 2016 WE BEGAN AN ORGANIZE A
GO DRIVE WITH THE WORKERS.
DURING A THE COURSE OF
ORGANIZING WE FOUND THAT
WORKERS IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR WERE NOT BEING PAID
THE CORRECT WAGE RATE FOR LARGE
BUSINESSES IN SEATTLE.
WHILE OUR ORGANIZING A DRIVE
WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, WE FELT
GOOD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
DIRECT THE WORKERS TO THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS SO
THAT THEY COULD PURSUE WHAT
THEY WERE OWED.
AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE THREE YEAR
EFFORT THIS SUMMER OLS REACHED
THEIR LARGEST SETTLEMENT IN ITS
HISTORY, $700,000 IN BACK WAGES
FOR 358 SORTERS.
IT WAS A THREE YEAR COMPLEX
COMPANY WIDE INVESTIGATION THAT
INVOLVED AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF
WITNESS INTERVIEWS AND DATA
PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS THAT
YIELDED THE SETTLEMENT UNLIKE L
AND I THAT DOES NOT DO
INVESTIGATIONS.
THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT TO MAKE
WHOLE EVERY SIMILAR WORKER AS
THE COMPLAINANTS THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED.
I WANT TO THANK MARTY GAR
FINKLE AND THE HARD WORKING
STAFF AT OLS FOR YOUR WORK.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY IN SOTO LAST
MONTH.
ONE OF THE LOW-WAGE WORKERS GOT
THE GOOD NEWS OF THEIR BACK PAY
AWARD.
IT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW A
LIMITED RESOURCE SMALL
GOVERNMENT AGENCY CAN BE
INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE AND MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
HUNDREDS WORKING FAMILIES IN
THIS CITY.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT DURING
THE BUDGET THAT WE PROTECT THE
LIMITED RESOURCES OF OLS AND AS
THEY WORK TO ENSURE THE HARD
FOUGHT LABOR PROTECTIONS WE
HAVE HAD SINCE 2011 ARE
COMPLIED WITH BY BUSINESSES IN
THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND ALL OF
YOUR WORK.
KATIE, COLLEEN, IS IT ELIJA?
THANK YOU.
AND MR. MENDEZ.
>> HI.
>> GO AHEAD, KATIE.
>> YOU'RE GOOD.
GOOD AFTERNOON I'M KATIE GERRAL
THE DIRECTOR DEPUTY AT MLK
LABOR.
WE REPRESENT 100,000 WORKERS IN
UNION ORGANIZATIONS BUT WE CARE
DEEPLY ABOUT THE WORKING CLASS
AS A WHOLE AND THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF UNORGANIZED
WORKERS HERE IN SEATTLE.
AND IN THAT LIGHT I AM HERE TO
EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR A ONE
MILLION INCREASE.
THE LABOR STANDARDS IN THE
COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT DO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF
EDUCATING WORKERS ABOUT THEIR
RIGHTS AND ENFORCING THE 11
CITY SPECIFIC LABOR LAWS THAT
SEATTLE HAS AND TEACHING
BUSINESSES TO COMPLY WITH THE
LAWS IS A AT ITS CORE AND ACT
OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES
BETTER AND THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE PUT $6 MILLION OF
STOLEN WAGES BACK INTO WORKERS
POCKETS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
AS THE SEEMS ECONOMY EXPLODED
YOU PULLED EVERY LABOR FOR
SHARED PROSPERITY.
THE NRA LEFT OUT DOMESTIC
WORKERS BUT SEATTLE HAD A
VOICE.
OSHA LEFT OUT HOTEL WORKERS
THAT EXPERIENCED INJURIES
HIGHER THAN CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS AND YOU PASSED SAFETY
STANDARDS.
YOU HAVE CENTERED THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE MOST MARGINALIZED
WORKERS.
OUR PRESIDENT DO NOT CENTER
THESE COMMUNITY BUT SEATTLE WE
DO.
WE SAID THAT THESE LAWS WOULD
MAKEWORKERS' LIVES BETTER.
LET'S DO THAT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU KATIE AND THANKS
FOR YOUR WORK.
SO COLLEEN.
>> GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON AND
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS COLLEEN FONAND AN
COORDINATOR.
CASA LATINO HAS WORKED WITH LOW-
WAGE WORKERS AND IMMIGRANT
LATINOS AND DOMESTIC WORKERS
AND THIS PROGRAM THAT I HELPED
TO RUN HAS RECOVERED UNPAID
WAGES AND WE DO OUTREACH
WORKERS RIGHTS WITH THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS.
REALLY WITHIN THES PAST FEW
YEARS WE GREATLY INCREASED OUR
ABILITY TO REACH WORKERS AND TO
HELP RECOVER WAGES SINCE I AM
HERE TO URGE YOU TO INCREASE AT
FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT WAGE THEFT
IS A HUGE PROBLEM AFFECTING
MOSTLY WOMEN AND EIGHT WORKERS
AND LGTB COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND ESPECIALLY LOW-
WAGE WORKERS.
WE HAVE LED WORKER ACTION AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZING METHODS
AND WORKER DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO
UNCOVER WAGES.
úWITH SUPPORT OF THE OLS FUNDIN
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRAIN
NEARLY 3000 WORKERS AND
COUNTING WE HAVE CONDUCTED OVER
700 WORKER CONSULTATIONS ABOUT
THEIR CONDITIONS AT WORK.
FROM THOSE WORKERS OVER ONE
HUNDRED HAVE TAKEN DIRECT
ACTION THROUGH THE WORKER
DEFENSE COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER NEARLY
60,000 ORDERS IN UNPAID WAGES
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
WE HOST WEEKLY RIGHTS MEETING
AND A HOT LINE AND WE HAVE A
TEAM OF SIX PROMOTERS FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND MANY HAVE BEEN
VICTIMS OF THE WAGE THEFT THAT
ARE DOING TRAINING IN THE
COMMUNITY IN SPANISH, MEETING
PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT.
AND SO FOR MANY REASONS WE FEEL
THAT WORKERS ARE MORE CONFIDENT
TO ORGANIZATIONS TO BE REACHED
IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGES AND THEY
HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH
OLS SUPPORT.
WE BELIEVE IT IS CRUCIAL TO
INVEST IN THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE TRUSTED IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES SO WE USUALLY YOU
TO CONTINUE INCREASED OLF
FUNDING.
AND WE HAVE A WORKER ONE OF THE
PROGRAMS THAT WILL SHARE NEXT
AND I WILL INTERPRET FOR HIM.
>> VERY NICE.
JODIE, WILL YOU GIVE THEM THREE
MINUTES AND THANK YOU FOR
COMING.
AND AFTERWARDS CHRISTINA.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> HELLO I AM JULIO.
I WAS A VICTIM OF WAGE THEFT AT
A RESTAURANT WHERE I WORKED IN
THE FINAL MONTHS OF 2017 AT A
RESTAURANT IN SOUTH SEATTLE.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> WHEN PAYDAY ARRIVED I WAS
TOLD THEY THEY DID NOT WANT TO
PAY ME MY HOURS BECAUSE I DID
NOT HAVE ANY RIGHTS.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> I KNEW OF LATINO FROM BEFORE
WHEN I WENT THERE FOR ENGLISH
CLASSES AND I WENT THERE TO
SEEK HELP IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT
MY RIGHTS WOULD BE IN THIS
SITUATION.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> THEY HELPED ME TO DO WAGE
CALCULATIONS TO ORGANIZE
DIFFERENT PROOF THAT I HAD AND
TO SEND A LETTER TO MY BOSS TO
NEGOTIATE WAGES.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
>> AFTER THE LETTER AND VARIOUS
PHONE CALLS WE WERE ABLE TO
NEGOTIATE THE RECOVERY OF $1500
WHICH WAS ALL OF THE MONEY THAT
I WAS OWED.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
.
>> I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS SO THESE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS CAN CONTINUE THE
IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
COMING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CHRISTINA.
>> YES.
>> PLEASE.
>> HI THERE.
>> I AM TAKING OFF MY SWEATER
HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON I'M A FIRST-
TIMER.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINA HARRIS.
I WORK AT FRED MEYER AND ONE OF
30,000 GROCERY WORKERS IN THE
CFW.
DURING MY TIME AS A BAKERY
CLERK THERE WERE INSTANCES WHEN
I WAS REQUIRED TO STAY AFTER MY
SHIFT AND SOMETIMES PULLED TO
OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT PRIOR
NOTICE AND WITHOUT BEING GIVEN
ANY HEADS UP AND I HAD THINGS I
HAD TO DO.
THIS DID NOT ONLY HAPPEN TO ME
BUT CO-WORKERS PEOPLE THAT HAD
KIDS, THIS KIND OF THING.
IF THE ORDINANCE DID NOT PASS
IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A
VIOLATION A BUT IT OCCURRED
AFTER THE ORDINANCE AND WE HAD
A PROBLEM.
THE WORK SITE REPORTED IT TO
THE UNION REP AND WE ALERTED
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
AND BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION.
WHICH IS NOT YET OVER.
BUT THEY FOUND MANY VIOLATIONS
AND BEGAN A SELF AUDIT.
AS A RESULT I WAS AWARDED WITH
A COUPLE GRAND PAYCHECK FOR ALL
OF THE TIMES THEY DID THIS TO
ME AND MY CO-WORKERS GOT
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN BACK
PAY.
THIS IS MONEY THAT MYSELF AND
CO-WORKERS WERE OWED DUE TO OUR
EMPLOYER VIOLATING THE LAW.
IF LABOR STANDARDS EXIST BUT NO
ONE ENFORCES THEM DO WORKERS
HAVE PROTECTIONS?
IT DEPENDS WHO YOU TRUST AND DO
YOU TRUST YOUR EMPLOYER OR NOT.
LET'S SEE.
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
IS CRUCIAL TO THE SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF OUR WORKERS AROUND
THE STATE.
EMPLOYERS HAVE ACCESS TO
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO PROTECT
THEIR OWN INTEREST.
WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS.
SO ANY WAY WITHOUT THEIR EFFORT
I BELIEVE THAT MANY WORKERS'
RIGHTS WOULD HAVE BEEN AND
CONTINUE TO BE VIOLATED.
PLEASE INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
WORKERS NEED THE ABILITY TO
COUNT ON THEM TO FIND JUSTICE
WE ALL DESERVE.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> CHRISTINA, THANK YOU FOR
COMING.
AS A FIRST-TIMER YOU KNOCKED IT
OUT OF THE PARK.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE
AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT?
OKAY.
NO NOT, THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND
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