>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THE MAY 14, 2019 MEETING OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS, UTILITIES,
ECONOMIC IT IS NOW 9:36 AM I
AM CHAIR HERBOLD REPRESENTING
WEST SEATTLE AND SOUTH PARK
DISTRICT 1. ON THE AGENDA
TODAY WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS
FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENT
INCLUDING A REPORT FROM THE
CITY AUDITOR ON A SECOND PHASE
OF ONGOING REVIEW OF THE CITIES
HATE AND BIAS CRIMES . WE WILL
FOLLOW-UP THE BRIEFING ON THE
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON A PIECE
OF LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON SINCE SUMMER OF
2018.
THEN WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION
AND VOTE ON THE LIFTING OF A
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES BUDGET
PROPOSAL FOR THE WATER CANAL
PROPOSAL . WE WILL HAVE A
DISCUSSION WITH THE APPOINTMENT
TO THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, ROBERT LEE.
AND REVIEW SOME OF THE ANSWERS
TO QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL
ASKED AND HE PROVIDED IN
RESPONSE.
WE WILL WRAP UP THE MEETING
WITH AN UPDATE FROM THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON OUR
ONGOING EFFORT TO DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT A LEGACY PROGRAM.
WITH THAT I WILL APPROVE THE
AGENDA AND MOVE INTO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. WE WILL
NOTIFY YOU WHEN YOU HAVE ONE
MINUTE, 30 SECONDS, AND WHEN
YOU'RE TIME IS UP.
DENIS FOLLOWED BY DAMON.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS A DENIS,
I'M FROM CAPITOL HILL.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF
THE MALICIOUS HARASSMENT
REFORM.
I THINK YOU SHOULD ADD A
PROVISION THAT THE CITY
OFFICIALS WILL BE HELD TO A
HIGHER STANDARD.
I AM IN A SITUATION RIGHT NOW
WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENT. I
HAVE FILED TO GRIEVANCES AND IT
SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.
I'VE HAD DISPARAGING COMMENTS
MADE ABOUT MY RACE, GENDER, MY
SEXUAL ORIENTATION. I AM
ASTOUNDED.
I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL
DEPARTMENTS THAT I'M A SERIAL
COMPLAINER WITH NOTHING
CONSTRUCTIVE TO OFFER.
I HAVE MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE ON
THE PROGRAM BASED ON MY
ACTIVISM.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR
NINE YEARS WITH THE CITY AND I
CANNOT BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE HARASSMENT.
I WANT TO PUT THE CITY ON
NOTICE.
I THINK THE CITY OFFICIAL
SHOULD BE HELD TO HIGHER
STANDARDS.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT IS GOING ON.
BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO
DISSEMBLE IN THE CITY.
AND I AM REALLY FED UP.
INC.
YOU
>> I AM SORRY YOU'RE HAVING
THESE EXPERIENCES.
THANK YOU FOR TESTIFYING.
>> THE SECOND PERSON SIGNED UP
TO TESTIFY DAMON.
>> MY NAME IS DAMON.
I CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ASKING FOR
FOLLOW-UP REGARDING SOME OF THE
ISSUES I AM EXPERIENCING.
THANKFULLY ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS HERE TODAY MAY HELP IN
THE LONG RUN.
I HAVE EXPERIENCED
DISCRIMINATION AT THE HANDS OF
CITY CONTRACTORS AND THE CITY
HOUSING.
IT IS BEEN VERY HARD FEELING
LIKE I'M BEING IGNORED A LOT OF
TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO THESE
ISSUES.
I'VE CALLED, I'VE COME IN
PERSON HOPING TO GET SOME
ATTENTION AND ASSISTANCE.
IT IS DISHEARTENING WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO FEELING LIKE
YOU'RE BEING IGNORED WHEN
YOU'RE BEING DISMISSED AND
YOU'RE NOT BEING HURT.
HOPEFULLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
BILL PAY SOME ATTENTION.
I'M ASKING IF YOU WILL FOLLOW
UP SPREADING CIVIL RIGHTS TO
THIS COMMITTEE.
WORKING ON THE ILLEGAL ACTIONS
BY CITY CONTRACTORS AND RESOLVE
THESE ISSUES.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL STAFF HERE
TODAY.
THE COUNCIL IS NOT THE
ENFORCEMENT BODY.
BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT YOU IN
TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE WHO DO
ENFORCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.
>>> MOVING INTO THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
>> ITEM 1 A REVIEW OF HATE
CRIME PREVENTION, RESPONSE AND
REPORTING IN SEATTLE.
PHASE 2 REPORT.
>> GREETINGS AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
WE COULD START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
DAVE JONES, CITY AUDITOR,
MELISSA ALDERSON, OFFICE OF THE
CITY AUDITOR , DETECTIVE
ELIZABETH WAREING, SEATTLE
PLACED THEM.
>> AS MENTIONED YOU SAID THAT
THIS IS AN ONGOING BODY OF
WORK THAT DATES BACK TO A TIME
WHEN I WAS NOT ON THE COUNCIL I
THINK THE VALUE OF THE AUDITORS
RECOMMENDATION COMBINED WITH
IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS IS PART OF WHAT
IS BROUGHT IS HERE TODAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ASKING OUR OFFICE TO DO THIS
WORK.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO WORK.
AND WITH THE EVENTS IN THE
COUNTRY AND THE INCREASE OF THE
REPORT OF HATE CRIMES IT'S A
GOOD THING TO FOCUS ON.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ROLE.
I WANT TO REMIND THE VIEWING
AUDIENCE THAT YOU CAN SEE OUR
REPORT ON
HTTP://WWW.SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL/
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER
TO THE AUDITOR IN CHARGE OF
THIS PROJECT.
>> THIS IS A LAST PHASE OF THE
AUDIT OF HATE CRIMES IN
SEATTLE.
AND BEFORE I START I WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE WE
WORKED WITH ON THIS PROJECT.
PARTICULARLY DETECTIVE
ELIZABETH WAREING , AND THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THESE PEOPLE DO REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE CITY IN
COMBATING AND PROSECUTING HATE
CRIMES IN SEATTLE.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THEY
SPEND WITH US ON THIS PROJECT.
I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR
COLLABORATION.
THIS SLIDESHOW IS THE FIVE
THINGS WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT TODAY.
WERE GOING LOOK AT HATE CRIME
STATISTICS, AND THEN A
GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF HATE
CRIMES IN THE CITY.
WE WILL REVIEW RESULTS FROM A
SURVEY AND LOOK AT
RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO DATA
TRACKING.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS REPORTS OF
HATE CRIMES IN SEATTLE.
THIS WAS REQUESTED BECAUSE HATE
CRIMES HAVE INCREASED IN THE
PAST FEW YEARS AND WE CAN SEE
THAT INCREASE VERY CLEARLY HERE.
THE COLORS ON THE BARS
REPRESENT THE THREE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF CATEGORIES THAT SPD
USES.
I WILL USE THOSE TERMS
INTERCHANGEABLY.
IN THE MIDDLE ARE CRIMES WITH
BIAS ELEMENTS.
AND AT THE TOP IS A NONCRIMINAL
BIAS INCIDENTS.
INCIDENTS IT RELATES TO
DEROGATORY COMMENTS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS
INCREASE IS BECAUSE OF AN
INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITIES
WILLINGNESS TO REPORT THESE
CRIMES ARE HOW MUCH IS AN
ACTUAL INCREASE IN CRIME TAKING
PLACE.
WE KNOW THAT SPD HAS DONE A
LOT OF OUTREACH TO IMMIGRANT
úCOMMUNITIES AND OTHER GROUPS
ALSO OFFICER JIM RITTER HAS
DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH, THERE
COULD BE AN INCREASE IN
WILLINGNESS TO REPORT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN MAJOR
CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES,
THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN
HATE CRIMES.
AND ALSO ON THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON AND INCREASE IN HATE
CRIMES.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS
INCREASE IS IN DO PART TO BOTH
OF THOSE REASONS.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE TOP FOUR
OFFENSES.
THE UNDERLINING CRIME THAT TOOK
PLACE.
LIKE ASSAULT OR VANDALISM THAT
HAS A BIAS COMPONENT.
HERE WE CAN SEE THAT ASSAULTS
ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGEST
OFFENSE TIE.
WITHIN THAT CATEGORY A RACIAL
BIAS WAS ACCOUNTED FOR THE
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE.
AND CRIMES AGAINST AFRICAN-
AMERICANS WERE THE HIGHEST.
>> CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND
TE 524% CORRESPONDS TO THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE?
IT LOOKS LIKE CRIMES.
WHICH OF THOSE CATEGORIES ARE
CONSIDERED CRIMES?
>> THIS INCLUDES ALL THREE OF
THE PREVIOUS CATEGORIES.
>> OF THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES.
WHICH OF THOSE ARE CONSIDERED
CRIMES?
INCLUDING THE LAST SLIDE
INCLUDING MALICIOUS HARASSMENT?
>> IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION
IT WOULD BE ASSAULT, HARASS AS
CONSIDERED CRIMES.
THIS LAST GRAPH SHOWS THE
PERIOD OF TIME WE LOOKED AT.
AND RACIAL BIAS WAS THE LARGEST
NUMBER.
AND CRIMES AGAINST AFRICAN-
AMERICANS WERE THE HIGHEST
CATEGORY.
THE DATA THAT WE USE FOR THE
LAST THREE GRAPHS ARE AVAILABLE
MONTHLY.
IT'S FAIRLY GRANULAR AND IT'S
INTERACTIVE.
IT HAS ENOUGH DATA IN IT TO
ANSWER THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS
SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE REGARDING
HATE CRIME REPORTS.
>> AND THE RESULT OF A PRIOR
SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> IT IS PART OF THE ONGOING
BODY OF WORK.
>> TRANSITIONING TO PROSECUTION
DATA, WE DO NOT FIND THAT
PROSECUTION DATA WAS IS EASILY
ACCESSIBLE.
WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE END
RESULT WAS, WITHIN OUR PURITY
OF REVIEW THIS IS MOSTLY KING
COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE A
DATA.
MOST OF THEM WERE PROSECUTED AT
THE FELONY LEVEL.
THE 398 AT THE TOP WHERE THE
SPD REPORTED CASES OF MALICIOUS
HARASSMENT.
AND AT THE BOTTOM THERE WERE
37 CONVICTIONS OF MALICIOUS
HARASSMENT.
THAT'S A LONG WAY FROM THE 398
THAT WAS REPORTED THERE ARE
MANY FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT THE
PROSECUTION. THIS COULD BE
RELATED TO EVIDENCE AND THE
ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE
A SUSPECT.
A LOT OF THESE CRIMES ARE
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN STRANGERS
AND THEN VICTIM PARTICIPATION
AS WELL.
HATE CRIMES CAN BE VERY
TRAUMATIC TO VICTIMS AND THEY
MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN
PROSECUTING.
>> OF THE 398 REPORTED CASES OF
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT DO WE HAVE
INFORMATION. ALL OF THESE
CASES HAVE AN UNDERLYING CRIME
IN ADDITION TO THE BIAS ELEMENT.
DO WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT
SHOWS HOW MANY PROSECUTIONS FOR
THE UNDERLYING CRIME OCCURRED?
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO FIND
OUT IF THE ENTIRE CHARGE IS
DROPPING OFF AS WELL?
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. WE
ONLY LOOKED AT CRIMES THAT WERE
REFERRED, IT WOULD NOT OF
CAPTURED CRIMES THAT WERE
MARKED AS MALICIOUS HARASSMENT
BY SPD, BUT WERE REFERRED UNDER
DIFFERENT CRIME CATEGORY .
>> SO HOW MANY CASES HAVE AN
UNDERLYING CRIME ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT BIAS ELEMENT?
OF 398 CASES, WHAT PERCENTAGE
RECEIVED CONVICTIONS?
>> THE DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT
WERE CRIMES THAT WERE REFERRED
TO AS MALICIOUS HARASSMENT.
NOT AS ANOTHER CRIME.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE AN ASSAULT
BUT IT WOULD NOT BE REFERRED TO
AS AN ASSAULT.
IT WOULD BE REFERRED TO AS
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT.
>> JUST JUMPING IN.
THAT NUMBER.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME
WHERE THE PROSECUTORS DECIDED
TO CONVICT THE PERSON BUT NOT
ON THE BASIS OF MELISSA'S
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT.
>> SO 398 NUMBER REPRESENTS ALL
CASES THAT COULD MEET THE STATUE
. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY
ARE SOLVABLE.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE
IS OFTEN TIMES WE MAY HAVE A
CASE THAT DOESN'T GO OVER AS A
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE
FOR THAT PARTICULAR CHARGE.
SO THAT GOES OVER AS A THREAT,
HARASSMENT, ANY NUMBER OF OTHER
CRIMES BECAUSE WE MAY LACK
PROBABLE CAUSE.
MY OTHER QUESTION, WERE THOSE
INCLUDED?
AND WITH YOUR NUMBERS. WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT CASES BEING
PROSECUTED, ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT CASES THAT NOT ONLY
INCLUDE MALICIOUS HARASSMENT,
BUT CASES WHERE THEY'VE BEEN
CHARGED WITH A DIFFERENT MORE
APPLICABLE CRIME?
DOES THAT INCLUDE CASES WHERE
THEY HAVE PLED GUILTY?
CASES WHERE A MALICIOUS
HARASSMENT CHARGE MAY HAVE
TAKEN A PLEA ON AN ASSAULT?
THERE IS A LOT OF OUTCOMES.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THOSE
WERE ALSO ADDRESSED?
>> IT DOES GET A LITTLE COMP
LOCATED.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
OUTCOMES.
WE TRIED TO SIMPLIFY IT HERE.
IN DOING SO WE'VE LOST SOME OF
THE NUANCE OF THAT PROCESS.
IN THE SECOND BAR WHERE IT SAYS
10 OF THESE WERE REFERRED AS
ANOTHER CRIME.
THAT REPRESENTS THE 10 CASES
FOR THAT.
THAT SPD REFERRED NOT AS
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT.
AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
DECIDED TO PROSECUTE AS
HARASSMENT.
>> THE CHALLENGES TO PROVE THE
MOTIVATION AND INTENT OF THE
OFFENDER.
WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THE STATE
LEVEL CHARGES, OTHER APPLICABLE
CHARGES.
THERE'S NO COUNTERPART IN THE
COURT SYSTEM TO CHARGE THOSE.
IF YOU SENT IT OVER THERE MARY
MAY BE ANNA BIAS CRIME AND
PROSECUTORS HAVE A WAY OF DOING
THAT THAT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN
THAN NOT.
>> FOR ALL THE REASONS WE
DISCUSSED.
GIVEN THE COMPLICATION OF THIS
DATA.
WE CANNOT LOOK AT THESE RESULTS
ALONE.
AND EVALUATE HOW THE CITY IS
HANDLING THESE CRIMES.
>> JUST FOR THE VIEWING
AUDIENCE WE ARE ON PAGE 9 OF
THE REPORT.
THERE IS TEXT ABOUT CASES THAT
ARE REFERRED FOR PROSECUTION
BUT NOT ACCEPTED.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS
WHY THAT OCCURS.
>> WE MAKE IT THREE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPD, THE
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THESE ARE ABBREVIATED VERSIONS
OF THE FULL RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT ARE IN OUR REPORT.
THE FIRST IS FOR SPD TO
IMPROVE HOW THEY DOCUMENT WHICH
CASES WERE REFERRED FOR
PROSECUTION.
IN THEIR OLD RECORDS MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM THERE WAS LIMITATION ON
HOW THEY COULD DISPLAY THAT
INFORMATION.
NOW THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING
A NEW SYSTEM THEY HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT
IMPROVEMENT.
THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS FOR
SPD TO DOCUMENT THE REASONS WHY
CASES WERE NOT REFERRED FOR
PROSECUTION.
THIS WOULD HELP GIVE THE CITY
REASONS BEHIND THE TWO THIRDS
OF CASES THAT DON'T MAKE IT TO
THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.
THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE LAST
SLIDE IS FOR THE PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE TO PUBLISH PROSECUTION
DATA.
THEY WOULD NEED TO MAKE CHANGES
AS HOW THEY DOCUMENTED.
INCLUDING BIAS CATEGORY AND
OTHER FIELDS.
WE BELIEVE PROVIDING
PROSECUTION DATA AND
SUMMARIZING IT ON A REGULAR
BASIS WOULD PROVIDE VALUE TO
THE AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THIS
WORK, AND BE INTERESTING TO THE
PUBLIC.
>> THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION
THAT SPD DOCUMENT WHY THEY'RE
NOT REFERRED TO PROSECUTION
SHOULD WE HAVE A SIMILAR
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
PROSECUTOR'S SIDE? FOR
DOCUMENTING WHY CASES ARE
REFERRED, AND WHY THE
PROSECUTOR MIGHT NOT TAKE THEM?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SPD
IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
COLLABORATE VERY WELL ON THAT
PROCESS.
THERE ARE NOT MANY DECLINES
THAT WE SAW. OUR UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
WOULD RETURN THAT INFORMATION
BACK TO SPD AS A FEEDBACK LOOP.
>> IS THE IDEA, SOME OF THESE
ARE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND
HAVING GOOD INFORMATION
AVAILABLE, ADVOCACY GROUPS
ABOUT WHY THERE ARE AS CERTAIN
CASES THAT ARE NOT TAKEN.
SHOULD SPD DOCUMENT WHY HATE
CRIMES ARE NOT REFERRED FOR
PROSECUTION?
AND WHY THEY HAVE BEEN REFERRED?
WHY THEY WERE NOT PROSECUTED?
>> I FEEL LIKE WE ARE MISSING A
PIECE FOR THE PUBLIC IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> LET'S MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 2.
>> WE HAVE CODES THAT INDICATE
WHY THE CASE WAS CLOSED OR NOT
ASSIGNED.
THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE
COMPLEX.
WE DOCUMENT THAT, IT'S OFTEN IN
THE DETECTIVES TO REPORT WHY A
CASE TOOK A PARTICULAR TRACK.
IF THE SUSPECT IS ARRESTED OR A
DETECTIVE IS ASSIGNED THERE IS A
REASON.
IT MAY NOT CORRESPOND TO A
BUTTON OR CODE BUT IT IS THERE.
>> I GET THAT YOU DO DOCUMENT
THE REASON, IS THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THOSE
REASONS BE TEASED OUT OF THE
REPORTS AND PUBLICLY REPORTED
IN A WAY THAT IS DIGESTIBLE?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY
CUMBERSOME TO DO EVERY SINGLE
CASE IN THAT MATTER.
WE DO A BIANNUAL REPORT FOR THE
CHIEF OF POLICE AND IT IS A
PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT.
THE THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE.
SERGEANTS ASSIGNED CASES BASED
ON SOLUBILITY FACTORS, INJURY,
AND THEY DETERMINE WHICH CASES
TO PURSUE BASED ON THE
WILLINGNESS OF THE VICTIM TO GO
FORWARD.
AND THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND IT REALLY WAYS HEAVILY, AND
IT REQUIRES US TO HAVE THE
ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME.
WE HAVE TO HAVE SOLID CASES
THAT ARE WINNABLE.
>> THAT THE CITY AUDITOR ONE
SOME CLARIFICATION BASED ON THE
RESPONSE TO THAT RECOMMENDATION?
>> I THINK THE WRITTEN RESPONSE
THAT COULD BE FOUND, WE ARE
PLEAS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS GOING TO TRY TO DO
EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT
THAT FINAL.
EXPLAINING WHY GOES FROM 398 TO
37.
I KNOW PART OF THIS HAD TO DO
WITH YOUR SYSTEM, THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A
SWITCHING TO.
THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP IN
THAT REGARD.
I NOTE THAT DETECTIVES SAY GETS
COMPLICATED WHEN YOU GET INTO
THE WEEDS . WE WILL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW UP ON THIS
RECOMMENDATION.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK OUT THE
TECHNICAL DETAILS TO BE AS
TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE TO THE
PUBLIC.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATED
PARTICIPATING, THIS GIVES US AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
UNDERLINING CONCERNS CAN BE TO
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.
REPORTING TO THE PUBLIC IT'S
EASIER TO LOOK FORWARD AND
IMPROVE THAT PRODUCT GOING
FORWARD.
THE FOCUS WASN'T ON UNDERLYING
CRIME BUT THERE ARE MORE
NUMBERS OF CASES PROSECUTED AND
BASED ON UNDERLYING CRIME.
>> YOU ARE ON THE GROUND
EXPERIENCING THIS AND BEING
ABLE TO COMPARE THOSE NUMBERS.
>> WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE
THAT THAT ONE THIRD NUMBER IS A
BAD THING.
ARE RECOMMENDATIONS WE TRY TO
PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION SO
THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN
BETTER UNDERSTAND IF THAT IS A
GOOD PLACE TO BE.
BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT
BARRIERS TO PROSECUTION. THE
THIRD BODY OF WORK THAT WE DID
WAS A GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF
HATE CRIMES IN SEATTLE.
AND WE CONTRACTED WITH TIM
THOMAS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON TO ANALYZE HATE
CRIME DATA.
HE TOOK REPORTS OF HATE CRIMES
AND INCIDENCES AND COMBINE THAT
WITH CENSUS DATA AND
NEIGHBORHOOD DATA TO UNDERSTAND
HOW HATE CRIMES ARE
CONCENTRATED IN THE CITY.
HIS FULL REPORT IS ATTACHED FOR
AUDIT.
I WILL REPORT ON A FEW OF HIS
FINDINGS.
A FEW OF THE DOTS OR HATE
CRIMES AND INCIDENTS.
THE BACKGROUND ARE THE DIFFERENT
LAND-USE ZONES IN THE CITY.
WE CAN SEE CLUSTERS ALONG
CALIFORNIA AVENUE.
ALONG DELL RIDGE AND OVER HERE.
RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH.
HE FOUND THAT HALF OF THE HATE
CRIMES ARE OCCURRING IN MIXED-
USE AND MULTI FAMILY ZONES.
HE THOUGHT THIS WAS SIGNIFICANT
BECAUSE THESE TWO ZONES ARE
LOCATED NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THEY
FALL ON MAJOR STREETS AND THE
TRANSIT ROUTES.
WHEN WE LOOK AT PROSECUTED HATE
CRIMES WE FOUND A QUARTER OF
THEM OCCURRED ON A BUS STOP.
THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE SHOULD
BE AWARE OF.
HE TOLD US THAT THE HIGH
TRAFFIC AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
LIVING IN APARTMENTS OR GOING
SHOPPING OR WRITING TRANSIT.
THEY SEE A LOT OF INTERACTION
BETWEEN STRANGERS AND DIVERSE
GROUPS THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE
HATE CRIMES.
THE OTHER FINDING I WANTED TO
MENTION IS RELATED TO
NEIGHBORHOOD RACIAL DIVERSITY.
THIS IS A MAP OF NORTH SEATTLE.
IN THE BACKGROUND COLORS
REPRESENT THE RACIAL MAKEUP IN
THE CITY.
HATE CRIMES ARE HAPPENING ALONG
THE EDGE OF RACIALLY DIVERSE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS ARE IN
DENSE PARTS OF THE CITY LIKE
BALLARD AND GREENWOOD IN LESS
DENSE PARTS OF THE CITY THIS IS
WHERE WE SAW THIS BORDERING
EFFECT.
THE FULL REPORT IS AN APPENDIX
OF OUR REPORT.
AND HE SAID HE'S HAPPY TO COME
AND PRESENT TO COUNSEL IF THERE
IS MORE INTEREST?
>> I THINK IT IS A FASCINATING
TOPIC AND I'M REALLY GLAD WE
WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMEONE TO DO
THIS WORK. I
FEEL LIKE I'M NOT SURE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY
AUDITOR ADDRESSES THESE UP
FINDINGS.
BUT I KNOW MY INTEREST ASKING
FOR THIS WORK TO BE INCLUDED
WAS TO BE GOING CONVERSATION OR
CONTINUE ONE THAT SPD HAS A
ALREADY BEEN HAVING ABOUT HOW
TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO DO
HATE CRIME RELATED ENFORCEMENT
AND PREVENTION.
TARGETED IN AREAS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED AT HIGH RISK.
BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC FACTORS
THAT ARE COLLIDING. THINK IT'S
REALLY INTERESTING WORK.
COMMUNITIES THAT WERE
PREDOMINANTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR,
WHETHER OR NOT WE SEE MORE
ACTIVITY THERE OR NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT WERE PREDOMINANTLY WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WHETHER WE NEED TO
STRATEGIZE THE POLICY MAKING TO
CONSIDER THE IMPACTS OF
DEVELOPMENT ON THESE REALLY
HEINOUS CTS IN OUR CITY.
>> WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
INVITING THIS REVIEW.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
NEIGHBORHOODS I THINK THE ONE
FACTOR THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE IN
THE CITY, AND THOSE THAT ARE
CHEMICALLY ADDICTED.
WHERE ON A MONTHLY BASIS THERE
ARE 40% OF OFFENDERS THAT WE
IDENTIFY THAT HAVE THOSE
CHALLENGES.
WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE ACTING
OUT, IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE FOR
THEIR BEHAVIOR BUT IT IS AN
UNDERLYING FACTOR THAT WE HAVE
TO CONSIDER.
WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
RESPONSE.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAPS
AND THE ANALYSIS. ON THE
SURFACE IT FEELS LIKE THE
LIVING SITUATION IS DRIVING
THIS, THAT IS TRIGGERING THIS.
IT'S THE EXACT LINEUP THAT WE
ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE WITH
THE CITY.
AS OPPOSED TO MORE.
MORE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT.
WE WILL CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH,
I STILL THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
BENEFIT, RECOGNIZING THE
DEMOGRAPHICS OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
CHANGES.
AND THAT HATE CRIMES INCREASE.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING? WITHOUT
PUTTING A TON OF PEOPLE AT RISK.
WHILE HAVING CERTAIN SECTIONS
OF THE POPULATION.
WE HAVE AN ONGOING BODY OF WORK
TO HAVE THE SUPPORT AND
TREATMENT THAT ARE THERE.
DOES THE RESEARCH TALK ABOUT
EVEN IN PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY WIDE, WE KNOW THAT
DEMOCRAT FIX DEMOGRAPHICS RTD.
WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING AS A
COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE
TENSIONS MAY COME UP.
HOW DO WE ACT AND RESPOND TO
THAT.
HOW DO WE LOOK AT THESE.
IT SAYS THAT THESE BARS WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
WHAT ARE THE INTERVENTIONS THAT
WE CAN DO?
>> THAT WAS A QUESTION I WAS
TRYING TO ASK.
THANK YOU.
>> JUST FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
WE WERE FOCUSED ON INFORMATION.
ONCE YOU RECOGNIZE OR IDENTIFY
THE PROBLEM THEN YOU CAN THINK
ABOUT THE INTERVENTION.
I DON'T THINK THE OFFICE.
I'M GOING TO REFER TO MELISSA
IF SHE'S DONE ANY RESEARCH TO
TOUCH ON THINGS THAT CAN BE
DONE TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION
THAT YOU HAVE DESCRIBED.OR
LIMITED SPD TO SEE IF THEY HAVE
ANY IDEAS.
I THINK WHAT WE REALLY TRY TO
FOCUS ON, DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM?
YOU MADE A REALLY GOOD
OBSERVATION.
AS WE GET MORE DENSE AND WE
EMBRACE THE DENSITY WE MAY SEE
MORE OF THE SITUATION THAT THE
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN US.
IT MAKES US MORE PROBABLE THAT
WE WILL HAVE THESE ISSUES.
>> I ALSO WILL MENTION FROM
DOCTOR THOMAS'S REPORT. HE HAS
THOUGHTS AND THEORIES FROM
RESEARCH AS TO WHY WE MIGHT SEE
THESE PATTERNS.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MORE WORK
WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER
TO CONFIRM THE REASONS BEHIND
THOSE CLUSTERS THAT WE WERE
SEEN.
ONCE WE UNDERSTAND THOSE
REASONS WE CAN FOCUS ON SHAPING
PREVENTION EFFORTS TAILORED TO
ADDRESSING THOSE.
>> JUST IN REGARD TO
PREVENTION.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CRIMES
THAT OCCURRED OVER THE PERIOD OF
FIVE YEARS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE
HAVE FOR PREVENTION IN THIS
PARTICULA CATEGORY OF CRIME.
IF IT IS ISOLATED.
THE FREQUENCY OF CRIMES
OCCURRING WITHIN A COMPRESSED
TIME SPAN IS VERY SMALL.
THAT WAS A REQUEST THAT I HAD
OF THE CRIMINAL ANALYSIS UNIT.
TO REPORT BACK INDICATED
THROWING MORE POLICE OFFICERS
AT THIS TYPE OF CRIME IN THIS
PARTICULAR AREA WOULDN'T
PREVENT CRIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO PUT INTO
PERSPECTIVE.
A LOT OF THE HOTSPOTS THAT WE
ARE SHOWING OUR HOTSPOTS WHERE
WE HAVE LOTS OF OTHER TYPES OF
CRIME.
AN ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT IS
OCCURRING.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
ARE LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT WHEN
WE DO GET A MALICIOUS CRIME IS
THREE TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE
. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
LIKE 12%.
I THINK WE ARE AT 35 ON AVERAGE
.
>> I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS THE PERCENTAGE
OF PERPETRATORS THAT WERE
ARRESTED AFTER A MALICIOUS
HARASSMENT CASE.
>> SO IN RESPECT TO THOSE TYPES
OF CRIMES WERE DOING A GOOD JOB
OF FOLLOWING UP AND REPORTING.
AND OUR REPORTING RATES ARE
VERY HIGH COMPARED TO OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
ONE OF MY GOALS IN THE POSITION
THAT I AM IN IS TO ENSURE THAT
WE ARE GIVING THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF REPORTING THAT WE CAN
GET.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS
THAT IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE
TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
WHEN I DO ALL THE DATA
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS THAT I
DO I AM LOOKING FOR HOLES.
PLACES WHERE I HEAR THAT WE'RE
HAVING GROUPS TARGETED.
AND I COMPARED TO OUR RATE OF
REPORTING.
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
REACHING THOSE POPULATIONS THAT
ARE LESS LIKELY TO REPORT.
SO IF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN
DO TO PREVENT CRIME OR A
PARTICULAR OFFENDER THAT WE CAN
HOLD ACCOUNTABLE I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THAT.
>> DETECTIVE ELIZABETH WAREING
HAS DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH TO
THE COMMUNITY AND OPENED THE
DOOR TO THE HOMELESS
POPULATION.
INCLUDING INTERVENTION WORK AT
MARY'S PLACE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT PROACTIVE
WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TO
REACH THOSE COMMUNITIES.
>> AND SAFE PLACES WELL-KNOWN
AND HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
AND JIM RITTER AS HELP THAT
TAKE HOLD IN SEATTLE TO PREVENT
POTENTIAL VICTIMS.
>> SO MANY OF THE PROBLEMS IN
OUR SOCIETY THAT END UP ON THE
POLICE DEPARTMENTS RADAR, THEY
ARE CREATED UPSTREAM BY SO MANY
DIFFERENT AREAS. WE ARE NOT
DOING THE GOOD WORK THAT WE
NEED TO BE DOING.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS
TO GET THIS DATA.
WHEN THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS AND
HOTSPOTS IN THE POLICE CAN DO
THINGS TO HELP MINIMIZE THE
EXPOSURE THAT FOLKS ARE HAVING
THIS OUTSTANDING.
AND WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS
TO SUPPORT THAT.
I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN LOOKING
FORWARD.
WHAT ARE THE BROADER THINGS WE
CAN DO.
HE SAID THIS IS THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG.
I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.
THE ABSOLUTE NUMBERS FOR A CITY
THAT IS THREE QUARTERS OF 1
MILLION PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN
MASSIVELY CHANGE THINGS LOOKING
AT THESE NUMBERS.
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT
DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF
CRIMES BUT ARE DISCOMFORTING TO
INDIVIDUALS.
HOW DO WE AS A CITY.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT
INTERVENTIONS WE CAN DO TO
RECOGNIZE THAT AS OUR CITY
CHANGES, AND DEMOGRAPHICS
CHANGE.
PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD
WITH DIFFERENT CULTURES AND
BACKGROUNDS.
HOW DO WE GET ALONG TOGETHER.
IF WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT THERE
WILL BE FEWER CRIMES FEWER
INSTANCES THE RISE TO THAT
LEVEL.
AND HOPEFULLY MAKING OUR CITY
THAT MUCH MORE WELCOMING.
AND LIMITING TENSIONS THAT SHOW
UP IN OTHER WAYS.
I AM INTERESTED IN I APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS THAT WHAT WE HAVE
DONE TODAY IS TRY TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE DATA IS TELLING US AND
WHERE IT IS GOING.
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A CLEAR
TREND.
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME ANALYSIS
THAT SHOWS WHAT WE THINK IS A
DRIVING THAT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
FINDING OUT WHAT THE CITY CAN
DO TO PUT RESOURCES INTO OUR
WORK PLAN.
NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
GOING ON WHAT ARE THE THINGS
THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING
ABOUT.
AND HOW DO WE GET THE BEST
PRACTICES OUT THERE, AND
PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT.
LET'S REPLICATE THOSE.
THIS IS A NEW FIELD AND WE NEED
TO FIND PEOPLE TO DO SOME
RESEARCH TO HELP INFORM.
LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS
ALSO.
>> THE FOURTH BODY OF WORK WE
DID WAS TO SURVEY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, ASKING THEM
ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON HATE
CRIMES.
WE HAD 53 ORGANIZATIONS
PARTICIPATE.
THIS INCLUDED ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, SERVICE PROVIDERS
. FROM THEIR RESPONSES WE HAD
THREE MAIN TAKEAWAYS.
THE FIRST IS THAT HATE CRIMES
ARE A BIG ISSUE.
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT
REPORTING THEM.
ABOUT HALF OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT RESPONDED TO OUR SURVEY
SAID THAT HATE CRIMES ARE
SIGNIFICANT ISSUE TO THE PEOPLE
IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THE
PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE.
MOST OF THEM SAID THAT THEY
KNEW SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN A
VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME WITHIN
THE PAST SIX MONTHS. 35% SAID
THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE HATE
CRIMES THAT THEY WERE
PESONALLY AWARE OF WAS NOT
REPORTED TO SPD.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE WE
LIST THE MOST COMMONLY REPORTED
REASONS FOR NOT REPORTING A
HATE CRIME.
>> AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO THOSE REASONS THAT ARE
LISTED HERE I FEEL LIKE OUR
COMMUNITY HAS DONE THINGS AS
FAR AS POLICY AND RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VICTIMS.
TO HELP WITH THESE ISSUES.
FOR IMMIGRATION STATUS SPD DOES
A GREAT JOB OF LETTING IT BE
KNOWN THAT IT IS A LOT OF THE
CITY, THE POLICE OFFICERS DO
NOT ASK ABOUT IMMIGRATION
STATUS.
WE HAVE VICTIMS SUPPORT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP PROVIDE
ASSURANCES IN THE SUPPORT
NECESSARY TO NOT GUARANTEE, BUT
LESSEN THE LIKELIHOOD.
AGAIN AS IT RELATES TO
TRANSLATION SERVICES.
WHAT ARE WE NOT TO DOING THAT
WE NEED TO BE DOING?
WE HAVE KNIT TOGETHER A
FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORT FOR MORE
PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD.
BUT IT IS NOT LANDING HOME WITH
PEOPLE.
19 OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
SURVEYED KNOW PEOPLE THAT WERE
VICTIMS AND DID NOT REPORT A
CRIME.
THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
>> I SHOULD MENTION THAT AS
DETECTIVE ELIZABETH WAREING
MENTIONED THERE WILL ALWAYS BE
UNDERREPORTING.
THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
PERHAPS IN THOSE INCIDENCES.
WE AS A CITY SHOULD PROVIDE
OTHER WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO REPORT
THOSE CRIMES.
THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I THINK THE SURVEY THAT WE DID
AND THE RESULTS FROM THAT SHOW
THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR US TO DO MORE, AND PERHAPS
IN A MORE CREATIVE WAY.
>> I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS A
LOT OF COMPLEXPUBLIC POLICY
ISSUES THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO
KEEP WORKING ON.
IT'S GOING TO BE RARE TO GET
PERFECTION.
JUST KEEP WORKING AT IT.
I KNOW THAT DETECTIVE ELIZABETH
WAREING SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN
THE COMMITTEE TALKING TO
COMMUNITIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
RESISTANT TO REPORTING TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT.SPD HAS TO KEEP
DOING THAT.
EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY AND
WE HAVE TO KEEP WORKING THE
PROBLEM.
>> I AM INTERESTED IN
PARTICULAR ON THE IMMIGRATION
STATUS PIECE.
DID YOU FIND OF THE 19
ORGANIZATIONS, OF THOSE THAT
KNEW VICTIMS A DINNER REPORT A
HATE CRIME BECAUSE OF
IMMIGRATION STATUS.
FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS?
WERE THOSE ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATIONS AWARE OF THAT?
BECAUSE THOSE ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATIONS DON'T UNIVERSALLY
SPREAD THAT TO THE FOLKS THAT
THEY WORK WITH.
THAT SEEMS TO A GOOD PLACE TO
START.
>> I AM NOT AWARE IF THEY WERE
AWARE OF THAT?
>> GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT,
WITH PUBLIC FORUMS.
AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL
RESPOND.
>> THE SECOND THEME FROM THE
SURVEY THAT WE SAW WAS THAT
SOME PEOPLE CAN BE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO HATE CRIMES.
ORGANIZATIONS FREQUENTLY
MENTIONED PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, HOMELESS, AND
PEOPLE FROM IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES IS HAVING AN
INCREASED RISK OF BEING A
VICTIM.
WITH AN INCREASED BARRIER TO
REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE EIGHT OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT RESPONDED TO
OUR SURVEY WERE AWARE OF AN
ANTI-DISABILITY CRIME OCCURRING
WHEN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS SPD HAS
ONLY RECEIVED 10 REPORTS OF
ANTI-DISABILITY CRIMES.
WE KNOW FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES ARE 2.5 TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
VIOLENCE.
THIS IS A POPULATION THAT
SHOULD RECEIVE PARTICULAR
ATTENTION.
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS CAN
ALSO BE VULNERABLE. IN SEATTLE
REPORTS OF ANTI-HOMELESS CRIMES
HAVE INCREASED FROM 4 IN 2017
TO 17 IN 2018.
FINALLY PEOPLE FROM IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES WERE MENTIONED AS
BEING TARGETED.
AS YOU MENTIONED DESPITE SPD
NOT ASKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION
STATUS IT WAS STILL LISTED AS
THE TOP REASON FOR NOT
REPORTING.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT MANY
ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTED MORE
HELP FROM THE CITY IN COMBATING
HATE CRIMES.
I WILL JUST MENTION A FEW OF
THESE ON THE SLIDE HERE.
THEY ASKED FOR A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE REPORTING
PROCESS AND WHAT IS INVOLVED.
THEY ASKED FOR FOLLOW-UP
INFORMATION ON HOW REPORTS ARE
RESOLVED. TIPS ON HOW TO
PREVENT HATE CRIMES, HOW TO
RESPOND SAFELY IF YOU ARE A
WITNESS OR BEING VICTIMIZED
YOURSELF.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE A HATE CRIME.
AND ALSO SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS
THAT MAY BE HESITANT TO REPORT
BECAUSE OF FEAR OF RETALIATION
OF THE OFFENDER OR FEAR FOR
REVEALING PRIVATE INFORMATION
ABOUT THEMSELVES.
>> MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE FOR
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IS THERE A POTENTIAL FOR SOMEONE
WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
ACT AS THAT ROLE AS A VICTIMS
ADVOCATE?
>> YES, OUT OF THE HOMICIDE AND
ASSAULT UNIT WHERE I WORK WE
HAVE TWO EXCELLENT VICTIM
ADVOCATES THAT GET QUITE A
WORKOUT ON THESE BIAS CRIMES
CASES.
THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF MAKING
SURE THAT VICTIMS ARE AWARE OF
COMPENSATION RESOURCES.
THEY CAN GET MEDICAL BILLS
PAID.
BUT THEY CAN ALSO COVER THINGS
LIKE COUNSELING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TRIED
TO DO IN THESE CASES IS PROBLEM
SOLVE.
A LOT OF THESE CASES HAPPEN IN
HOUSING.
SOMETIMES THAT MEANS MAKING A
COUPLE OF CALLS TO CASE MANAGERS
, ENABLING THE VICTIM TO MOVE
AWAY OR RELOCATE AND OFFENDER.
WE DEFINITELY DO UTILIZE OUR
VICTIM ADVOCATES IN THIS ROLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AS WE DISCUSSED SPD DOES A
LOT OF OUTREACH.
WE WANTED TO INCLUDE A
RECOMMENDATION THAT ADDRESSES
THE THREE THEMES THAT I
MENTIONED FROM THE SURVEY.
THAT IS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE
HERE.
WE INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION ON
EVALUATING HATE CRIME EFFORTS.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER. WE
CANNOT LOOK AT ANY ONE METRIC.
AND SEE HOW WE ARE DOING AS THE
CITY.
WE RECOMMEND LOOKING AT OTHER
SOURCES OF DATA, OTHER METRICS,
COMBINE THEM TOGETHER AND USE
THAT TO EVALUATE HOW WE ARE
RESPONDING AND PROSECUTING HATE
CRIMES.
IN OUR REPORT WE HAVE A LIST OF
POSSIBLE METRICS THAT THE CITY
COULD USE TO DO THAT.
>> AND LIKE IT IS WITH ANY
PERFORMANCE MEASURES IT'S LIKE
STATISTICS.
THEY CAN ALWAYS LIE.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERAL MEASURES
YOU MAY GET A MORE ACCURATE
STORY.
>> THE FIFTH AND FINAL SECTION
OF OUR REPORT HAS TWO
RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO DATA
TRACKING AS MENTIONED SPD IS
IMPLEMENTING THE NEW RECORDS
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THEY HAVEN'T OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE A COUPLE OF IMPROVEMENTS.
TO MAKE A POLICY MANAGING CASES
IN THE SYSTEM INSTEAD OF USING
THE HARD COPY FILES AND OTHER
METHODS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT
TO HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION
AND THE LAST RECOMMENDATION IS
FOR SPD TO FORMALIZE AND
DOCUMENT THEIR POLICY ON
REPORTING HATE GRAFFITI TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT IS INCLUDED IN
THEIR BIASED CRIME DASHBOARD.
>> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
>> I WOULD JUST HAVE TO ADD
THAT THE OVERALL GOAL IS ALWAYS
AT THE FOREFRONT.
BEFORE I FORGET TO SAY I WANT
TO THANK THE AUDITORS OFFICE
FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.
IT'S A IN IMPORTANT DIALOGUE.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHIEF I
THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT SPD HAS DONE , INCREASING
THEIR ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE.
HIRING ELIZABETH WAREING AND
INSTITUTING THE DASHBOARD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH
YOU ABOUT YOUR NEEDS AS IT
COMES TO MOVING FORWARD ON
IMPLEMENTING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONE OTHER POINT BEFORE WE CLOSE.
THERE HAS BEEN AN ITEM FROM THE
LAST AUDIT, I KNOW I KEPT
ASKING YOU ABOUT.
THERE WERE PROBLEMS MOVING
FORWARD BECAUSE IT WAS RELATED
TO A NEED FOR A CONVENER.
WE ARE NOT IN ISOLATION HERE IN
SEATTLE WITH THIS RISE IN HATE
CRIMES.
IT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY, AND
A STATE WIDE.
OUR STATE HAS SEEN THE GREATEST
INCREASE IN THE LAST REPORTING
PERIOD.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
WAS MADE IN THE LAST REPORT WAS
TO HAVE A REGIONAL CONVENING.
WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE
THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT THAT SMALL
OFFICE WAS GOING TO EXIST?
I DON'T RECALL WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE
IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY SOMEONE
ELSE TO BE THE CONVENER, PERHAPS
THAT IS THE STATES HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
OR ANOTHER STATE ITEM.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE CITY
AUDITORS SUPPORT ON THAT MOVING
FORWARD.
>> AGAIN WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON
THE RECOMMENDATIONS . WE WILL BE
ISSUING OUR ANNUAL
RECOMMENDATION FOLLOW-UP REPORT
TOMORROW.
ONCE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION
WE ALWAYS FOLLOW IT THROUGH TO
AN END.
>> I AM HIGHLIGHTING THIS ONE
BECAUSE IT IS ON ME.
I WANT TO HOLD MYSELF
ACCOUNTABLE TO TAKE IT TO THE
NEXT LEVEL.
>> WE WILL TOUCH BASE WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AGENDA BILL AN ORDINANCE
RELATED TO THE CITY'S CRIMINAL
CODE, REMOVING THE SEPARATE
CRIME AND MALICIOUS HARASSMENT
INCLUDING A SPECIAL ALLEGATION
OF HATE CRIME MOTIVATION AND
AMENDING SECTION 128.0 6.115 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE JOIN US AT
THE TABLE?
>>> DO WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK
OVERVIEW?
>> WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS
COUNSEL BILL THAT WAS HEARD FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN JUNE 2018.
DISCUSSING THE PROPOSED CHANGES
THAT IT WOULD MAKE TO THE CRIME
OF MALICIOUS HARASSMENT.
THE BILL PROPOSES TO START.
THE CRIME OF MALICIOUS
HARASSMENT IS THE INTENTIONAL
AND MALICIOUS ATTACK BECAUSE OF
A PERSON'S PERCEPTION OF
ANOTHER PERSON'S PROTECTED
STATUS.
I WILL GO THROUGH THOSE
DIFFERENT PROTECTED CLASSES.
ESSENTIALLY THE STATE PROTECTS
CLASSES INCLUDING RACE, COLOR,
RELIGION, ANCESTRY, NATIONAL
ORIGIN, GENDER, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION.
THE CITY PROSECUTES MISDEMEANOR
OFFENSES AGAINST THE PROTECTED
CLASSES.
WHICH INCLUDE HOMELESSNESS,
MARITAL STATUS, POLITICAL
IDEOLOGY, AGE, AND PARENTAL
STATUS.
THIS BILL PROPOSES A COUPLE OF
THINGS.
TO CHANGE THE CRIME OF
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT TO A
SPECIAL ALLEGATION OF HATE
CRIME MOTIVATION.
WHICH ASCENDS INSTEAD OF HAVING
TO PROVE PROPERTY DESTRUCTION,
ASSAULT OR HARASSMENT.
PROVING THAT IT IS A BIAS
MOTIVATED.
NOW IT CAN BE ADDED TO THE
UNDERLYING CRIME.
SO THE ALLEGATION IS EASIER TO
TRACK.
THE SECOND CHANGE WOULD BE TO
REMOVE THE ELEMENT OF MALICE
FROM THE MISDEMEANOR CRIME.
AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS THE
FELONY LEVEL AND THE
MISDEMEANOR CHARGE REQUIRE THAT
THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE
PROSECUTOR PROVED BEYOND
REASONABLE DOUBT INTENT AND
MOUSE.
THIS WOULD PROPOSE TO TAKE OUT
THE ELEMENT OF MALICE WHICH
WOULD ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL TO
ADD BACK IN THE PROTECTED
CLASSES THAT THE STATE PROTECTS
BUT THE CITY DOES NOT.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN TENANTS OF
THE BILL ITSELF.
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
AMENDMENTS THAT I CAN GO THROUGH
IN FURTHER DETAIL. I'M
CURRENTLY ON PAGE TWO.
AS MENTIONED IN RESTRUCTURING
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT AS A
SPECIAL ALLEGATION, WHAT THIS
WILL CHANGE IS THE ABILITY OF
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
TERMS OF THE ELEMENTS THAT THEY
HAVE TO PROVE IT FOR A CRIME.
AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, IF THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WERE TO
CHARGE MALICIOUS HARASSMENT AND
THEY DIDN'T SUCCEED IN PROVING
THOSE ELEMENTS.
THAN THE PERSON WOULD NOT BE
CONVICTED OF MALICIOUS
HARASSMENT.
CHANGE INTO A SPECIAL
ALLEGATION THE CITY ATTORNEY
COULD STILL CHARGE PROPERTY
DESTRUCTION, SALT AND THEN ADD
IN HATE CRIME MOTIVATION.
IF THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVE ON
A REASONABLE DOUBT THAT THE
SPECIAL ALLEGATION, THE PERSON
COULD BE CONVICTED FOR THE
UNDERLYING CRIME.
>> JUST TO RESTATE.
THESE ARE CRIMES WHERE THERE IS
A CHARGE OF AN UNDERLYING
CRIME.
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THE OTHER AND WOULD BE THAT
CURRENTLY THE SENTENCING RANGE
FOR ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT ARE
CENTER AROUND MISDEMEANORS.
WHICH IS 364 DAYS IN JAIL OR
$5000 IN A PENALTY.
IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT THAT
MAXIMUM IS REACHED.
SO IF THE RECOMMENDED SENTENCE
WAS ON THAT LOWER, IT WOULD
MEAN THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD ASK
FOR A HIGHER SENTENCE. THE
SECOND ITEM THAT I DESCRIBED
WAS REMOVING MALICE THAT THE
CITY ATTORNEY WOULD HAVE TO
PROVE.
THE REASON THAT THE STATE AND
CITY'S LAWS ARE DIFFERENT.
AND ACT CANNOT BE CHARGED AS A
FELONY AND A MISDEMEANOR.
IT CAN BE INTERPRETED AS BEING
SERIOUS TO REACH A FELONY
CHARGE.
BOTH OF THOSE CHARGES CANNOT BE
MADE. IN CHANGING THE ELEMENTS
OF THE MISDEMEANOR CRIME THE
CHARGE COULD BE MADE AT THE
MISDEMEANOR LEVEL.
THAT IS A TECHNICAL CHANGE BUT
IT ALLOWS FOR THE THIRD CHANGE
WHICH ADDS BACK IN THE THIRD
>> SO WE ARE ADDING IN THE
CLASSES THAT RIGHT NOW ONLY
COVERS THE CLASSES THAT THE CITY
EXCLUSIVELY PROTECTS.
NOW WE WOULD BE ADDING IN THE
CLASSES OF THE STATE PROTECTS?
>> YES.
AND ADDING BACK THOSE PROTECTED
CLASSES ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT
MEANS.
WHEN
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC
FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HAS A CRIME THAT THEY BELIEVE
IS A BIASED CRIME.
THAT IS LESS SERIOUS, A
MISDEMEANOR THAT IS BASED ON
RACE, COLOR, RELIGION.
THAT THE REMAINING CLASSES AS
IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
THEY COULD REFER THAT A CRIME
TO THE KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S
OFFICE.
IF THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT
IS AT A FELONY LEVEL, THE CITY
IS UNABLE TO CHARGE THAT AS AN
ASSOCIATED HATE CRIME.
THEY COULD STILL CHARGE FOR
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION, BUT THEY
COULDN'T CHARGE IT AS AN ACTUAL
HATE CRIME.
ADDING IN THE PROTECTIVE
CLASSES WOULD ALLOW THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE THE CRIME
AS A HATE CRIME.
>> SO IT'S NOT THAT KING COUNTY
DOESN'T SEE MERIT, IT'S BECAUSE
IT DOESN'T RISE TO A FELONY
STANDARD? THEY WOULD KICK IT
BACK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND
THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN'T
PROSECUTE ON THAT ADDED CHARGE?
>> THEY COULD RESCUE THE
UNDERLYING CRIME.
BUT NOT WITH THE ELEMENT OF
THAT BIAS.
THAT IS THE BILL AS PROPOSE.
THERE ARE VARIETY OF PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.
THE FIRST IS ADDING IN THE
FINDINGS OF THE CITY AUDITORS
PHASE 2 REPORT.
WHICH INCLUDES THE LARGE
PERCENTAGE OF BIASED ELEMENT.
JUST FOR DEFINITION SAKE.
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT IS WHEN
THE CRIMINAL ACT IS MOTIVATED
BY BIAS.
THEY ARE CRIMINAL ACTS THAT
WERE NOT NECESSARILY MOTIVATED
BY THE BIAS.
THE SECOND SET OF AMENDMENTS IS
UPDATING TERMINOLOGY AS IT
CURRENTLY STANDS.
THE CITY LOG REFERS TO MENTAL,
PHYSICAL, AND SENSORY
HANDICAPS.
THAT WOULD CHANGE THE
TERMINOLOGY TO DISABILITIES.
A MORE UP-TO-DATE TERM.
>> THESE ARE TO REFLECT CHANGES
THAT WERE RECENTLY MADE IN
STATE LAW?
>> YES.
PAGES WILL REDEEMED MALICIOUS
TO A HATE CRIME.
>> INCIDENTALLY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT
IS SEPARATE FROM THE TRACK
TAKEN ON STATE LAW, THE
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION CAME TO US
AND ASKED US TO MAKE AN
ATTACHMENT ADJUSTMENT.
>> THE THIRD SET OF AMENDMENTS
WOULD BROADEN THE SCOPE OF THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S AUTHORITY
CURRENTLY HAS A LAW STANDS THE
MALICIOUS HARASSMENT ONLY COVERS
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION,
HARASSMENT, AND ASSAULT.
IT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO APPLY THE SPECIAL
ALLEGATION TO JUST THOSE THREE
CRIMES.
THIS AMENDMENT THAT WOULD
BROADEN THE SCHOOL SCOPE TO
ALLOW THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE
A GROSS MISDEMEANOR.
THINGS LIKE PHONE HARASSMENT,
UNLAWFUL USE OF A WEAPON TO
INTIMIDATE.
CYBER STALKING. THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE APPLICATION OF THE
SPECIAL APPLICATION.
>> THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR.
WE HEARD FROM FOLKS IN THE
ADVOCACY COMMUNITY ABOUT
CONCERNS. AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN GENERAL.
THEIR ABILITY TO ADDRESSED
CYBER STALKING BIAS CRIMES.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT SOME OF
THE TWEAKS THAT WE ARE MAKING
MIGHT HELP WITH THAT.
>> THE FOURTH SET OF AMENDMENTS
REFERS TO SENTENCING CONDITIONS
OR DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS.
ESSENTIALLY THIS NEW SUBSECTION
WOULD DIRECT THE COURT TO
REQUIRE AS PART OF THOSE.
THAT THE PERSON THAT COMMITS
THE OFFENSE PARTICIPATE IN A
PROGRAM SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY
SERVICE THAT EDUCATES THE
PERSON ABOUT THE NEGATIVE
CONSEQUENCES OF HATE OR BIAS
AGAINST THE VICTIM AND THE
VICTIM'S PROTECTED CLASS.
IT COULD BE WAIVED IF THE
OPPORTUNITY IS UNAVAILABLE OR
IF THE COURT WAIVES IT FOR A
GOOD CAUSE.
IT IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR WHAT
CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE
COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THOSE
PROGRAMS.
IT MAY BE WORTH REACHING OUT TO
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED
DETERMINE IF THOSE PROGRAMS DO
EXIST.
AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO
FURTHER THAT WORK.
>> THERE ARE SOME
TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS AND
OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
EXTERNAL TO THE CITY ABOUT WHAT
WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAM THAT IS FOCUSED
ON THE HARM THAT IS DONE TO THE
VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS REGARDING
BIAS CRIMES
>> ONE ADDITIONAL THING I
NOTICED.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REPLACE A
FINE, INCARCERATION OR
SENTENCE.
IT COULD IT'S UP TO THE JUDGES
DISCRETION.
IT ADDS IN A REPORTING
REQUIREMENT THAT THERE BE AN
ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INCLUDING
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DEFENDANTS
AND THE PROTECTIVE CLASS OF THE
SYSTEMS.
THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE
BILL WILL REMAIN VALID.
AND ONE MORE TECHNICAL SET OF
AMENDMENTS.
UPDATING THE DATES FROM 2018 TO
2019 IN THE BILL ITSELF.
>> I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
WAS DONE, TO THE PART OF THE
ORDINANCE THAT DOESN'T GET THE
ATTENTION IT DESERVES.
AND THAT IS THE RECITALS.
THEY REALLY TELL THE STORY OF
THE NEED TO ASSIST THE CITY
ATTORNEY IN ADDRESSING A
UNADDRESSED NEED.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT.
I SHOULD START OFF BY THANKING
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR
BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO ME IN
THE FIRST PLACE YOU WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVE THAT
YOU ARE BRINGING TO THIS WORK?
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THIS
TO YOU.
I KNOW IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN PUSHING
FOR A WHILE.
OUR HANDS WERE TIED WHEN IT
CAME TO CERTAIN TYPES OF CASES
THAT WE WERE CHARGING.
A LOT OF THE CASES WE GET,
BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
HAVE THE SAME PROTECTIVE CLASS
WE CAN ONLY CHARGE THAT
UNDERLINING OFFENSE.
WHEN WE TRACK THAT CASE WE SEE
IT AS AN ASSAULT, AS A PROPERTY
DOES DIRECTION.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT ONCE IT
ENTERS THE SYSTEM THAT HAD THAT
HATE CRIME ELEMENT.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME
DISCUSSION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO
TRACK THOSE CASES THROUGH THE
SYSTEM.
THERE IS A HOLE THERE, AND WE
CAN'T TRACK THAT.
THIS NEW LEGISLATION WOULD
ALLOW US TO TRACK THOSE CASES
THAT ARE SENT TO US DIRECTLY
FROM SPD.
THEY DON'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF
A FELONY.
AND BECAUSE THE UNDERLYING
OFFENSE DOESN'T RISE TO THAT
LEVEL.
OR THE ABILITY TO PROVE MALICE
IS MORE DIFFICULT.
WHEN WE GET THOSE CASES IT
FALLS INTO A BLACK HOLE IN
TERMS OF HOW IT IS DESIGNATED.
THAT CASE WILL BE PROSECUTED AS
AN ASSAULT, BUT WE JUST DO NOT
KNOW ABOUT THAT HATE CRIME
ELEMENT.
THIS ALLOWS US TO TRACK THAT
BETTER, AND IT ALLOWS US TO
FOCUS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO
THE ROOT CAUSE OF THAT
UNDERLYING OFFENSE.
WE HOPE TO PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITY GROUPS TO HAVE THAT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DESIGNATION
SENDING PEOPLE TO CERTAIN TYPES
OF COUNSELING OR GROUPS WHERE
THEY CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE
ISSUES TO GET AT THOUGH
UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THE
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
>> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE
PUT THE BRAKES ON THIS LAST
SUMMER WAS BECAUSE OF THE
CONCERNS FROM FOLKS IN THE
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMUNITY.
100% OF THE VICTIMS OF HATE
CRIME, 100% ARE MEMBERS OF
PROTECTED CLASSES.
SOME OFFENDERS ARE ALSO MEMBERS
OF PROTECTED CLASSES.
WE WANTED TO USE THE
INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED
FROM THE CITY AUDITOR TO GET A
SENSE OF THAT.
WE WANTED TO DO SOME RESEARCH
ON THE TYPE OF CASES THAT WE
HAVE SEEN.
AND I APPRECIATE THE HOURS OF
TIME THAT YOU SPENT PORING OVER
CASES WITH DETECTIVE ELIZABETH
WAREING.
CAN YOU SPEAK GENERALLY TO THE
CONCERN I APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO REPORT ON THE
RESULTS OF PROSECUTION UNDER
THIS NEW ALLEGATION. I
SHOULDN'T SAY NEW ALLEGATION,
EXISTING ALLEGATION FOR
PROTECTED CLASSES.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
HOW YOUR OFFICE INTENDS TO
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT FURTHERING THE
DISPROPORTIONATE IN THE SYSTEM?
>> I THINK THAT IT WILL ALLOW
US TO TRACK IT BETTER.
TO SEE IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A
DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON THE
WAY THAT WE USE THIS SPECIAL
ALLEGATION.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IT WILL
SHOW A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
THESE ARE CASES THAT WOULD'VE
BEEN FILED ANYWAY.
IT WOULDN'T OF HAD A SPECIAL
DESIGNATION.
I DON'T SEE A REASON FOR THE
DISPROPORTIONALITY.
WE WERE JUST TRACK THOSE BETTER.
>> I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT.
THERE IS EVIDENCE OF
DISPROPORTIONALITY ON THE
UNDERLYING CRIMES ARE BEING
PROSECUTED. WHAT YOU ARE
EXPLAINING IS THIS IS NOT GOING
TO INCREASE AS IT RELATES TO
THE FINDINGS IN THE AUDIT FOR
THE COUNTY PROSECUTION.
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
TIS IS THE COUNTIES
PROSECUTION OF HATE CRIME.
THEY FOUND THAT 85% OF
OFFENDERS WERE MEN.
AND 77 ARE WHITE.
IN 19% ARE BLACK.
THERE IS DISPROPORTIONALITY
THERE.
BUT 100% OF THE VICTIMS ARE
MEMBERS OF PROTECTED CLASSES AS
WELL.
I AM INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT WE
FIND WITH TIME.
AND I'M INTERESTED IN LIFTING
OF OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT NEW
PROGRAMS THAT REALLY WORK ON
HEALING OUR COMMUNITIES AND CAN
BE GAME CHANGERS FOR THESE
ISSUES NATIONALLY.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS
DEVELOPING SOME RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE PROGRAMS
>> THERE WAS ONE THING IN THE
AUDIT. IT WAS CLOSE TO A THIRD
OF THOSE CASES THE VICTIMS WERE
AFRICAN AMERICANS.
EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS ARE
DISPROPORTIONATE.
WITH AFRICAN-AMERICANS BEING
CHARGED ON THOSE OFFENSES.
THE VICTIMS IN THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE CASES WERE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
PROPORTIONATE DOES EXIST.
WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF
THE VICTIMS ARE ALSO PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
>> McKENNA DO YOU WANT TO SHARE
WITH US THE RECENT CHANGES THAT
WERE MADE AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR
PERSPECTIVE.
WHY THESE LAWS ARE SO IMPORTANT
IN THE TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS ISSUE AND
WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
OUR CHAPTER LIKE MANY OTHER
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
ACROSS THE CITY AND COUNTRY
HAVE BEEN WITNESSING DISTURBING
TRENDS OF INCREASES IN
HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, AND
VIOLENCE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS.
CARE NATIONAL RECORDED A 17%
INCREASE IN ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS.
AND ANTI-MUSLIM HATE CRIMES.
WE ARE HERE TO ENCOURAGE AND
SUPPORT ACTION THAT THE CITY
CAN TAKE TO ADDRESS AND FIGHT
HATE CRIMES IN SEATTLE AND
SERVE AS A MODEL FOR THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY.
AT CARE WASHINGTON WE SEE HATE
MANIFEST ITSELF IN MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCES IT HAS
ON SCHOOL BULLYING WITH
CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS
OLD BEING CALLED TERRORISTS.
WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCES WHEN
FAMILIES ARE WALKING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOLD TO GET
OUT, TOLD THEY DON'T BELONG, OR
IN ONE CASE BEING PUNCHED IN
THE FACE WHEN BEING WELCOMED BY
A NEW NEIGHBOR.
IN THE 2017.
HATE CRIMES AND INCIDENTS WERE
12% OF THE REPORTS WE RECEIVE.
AND THAT ONE UP TO 15.5% OF ALL
THE CASES WE RECEIVED.
THIS MIRRORS TRENDS THAT WE SEE
INCLUDING THE FBI REPORT, 70%
OF HATE CRIMES IN WASHINGTON
STATE WORK INCIDENTS WHERE
VICTIMS WERE TARGETED RELATED
TO THE RELIGIOUS IDENTITY.
IN SEATTLE WE ARE SEEING THAT
WE ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THIS
VIOLENCE.
THAT DOUBLES THE PREVIOUS
RECORDING WE STRONGLY BELIEVE
THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT OUR
NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW HUMAN
BEINGS.
WE OWE IT TO THE MUSLIM WOMEN
THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH.
THAT ARE ATTACKED BECAUSE OF
THEIR CHOICE TO WORK A JOB
WHILE OTHER STANDBY.
A STUDENT WAS ATTACKED IN THE
PARKING LOT A MAN POURED
GASOLINE ON HER AND TRY TO
LIGHT HER ON FIRE.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
SHIFT OUR CULTURE AWAY FROM
ACCEPTING THIS AS NORMAL AND
PURSUE JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS
OF HATE CRIMES.
WE IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON PER
PRIDE OURSELVES ON CREATING THE
EQUITABLE SOCIETY.
WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL BUILD ON
THAT MOMENTUM THAT WE SEE ON
THE STATE LEVEL WITH THE HOUSE
BILL 1732.
WHICH DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT
TO SUPPORTING A DIVERSE HATE
CRIMES, CALLING THEM BY THEIR
TRUE NAME.
AND THROUGH THE CREATION OF A
WORKING GROUP, WHERE THEY WILL
WORK WITH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZAIONS TO RESEARCH AND
ADVOCATE FOR BEST PRACTICES.
TO PREVENT HATE CRIMES,
INCREASE REPORTING AND HOLD
OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE.
WE BELIEVE THE LEADERSHIP WILL
WORK TO CREATE THESE BEST
PRACTICES.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE AS MENTIONED
THAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM IMPACTS COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
ANY LEGISLATION DOES NOT
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS TREND.
WEEK SUPPORT THE ORDINANCES
THAT ARE FOCUSED ON RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE WE ALSO SUPPORT THE
CITY AUDITOR RECOMMENDATION TO
BETTER RECOGNIZE, EDIFY, AND
PREVENT HATE CRIMES TO IMPROVE
DOCUMENTATION COORDINATION.
AND TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY
AND SUPPORT REFORM EFFORTS THAT
HATE CRIME ARE ADDRESSED
ACCURATELY AND EVENLY.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY.
WE ARE EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU
ON THIS ORDINANCE.
TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY IS
ACCURATELY AND EFFECTIVELY
ADDRESSING HATE CRIMES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
TIME OUT TO SHARE THE ADVOCACY
ACROSS THE STATE.
WE REALLY WANT TO INVOLVE YOUR
ORGANIZATION AND THE VOICES OF
PEOPLE THAT YOU REPRESENT,
WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING THIS
POLICY, BUT ALSO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY
AUDITOR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS?
>> I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL
WORK AND ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO THIS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD AND
TRY THIS OUT.
I BELIEVE MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THERE'S A LOT OF UPSIDE TO
MAKING THESE CHANGES.
AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR
TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT
WE ARE MISSING.
>> I THINK I SHOULD MOVE THE
SUBSTITUTE.
SO MOVE.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
SUBSTITUTE.
ALL POST-? ABSTAINING?
>> I WANT TO BEFORE MOVING ON
THE MOTION ITSELF WANT TO REFER
TO A LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED
FROM THE MAYORS OFFICE THIS
MORNING. SHE URGES US TO
CONSIDER AND MOVE QUICKLY ON
THE BILL.
AND MADE THE POINT THAT WE HAVE
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
INCLUDING SEATTLE THAT IS SEEN
AN INCREASE IN HATE CRIME AND
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE OUR
POSITION CLEAR THAT WE WILL NOT
STAND, WE WILL PROTECT OUR
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FROM BIAS
MOTIVATED THREATS AND
HARASSMENT.
SHE SPEAKS TO THESE ISSUES AS
THE FIRST OPENLY DAY U.S.
ATTORNEY HAVING EXPERIENCE
BRINGING IN HATE CRIMES
PROSECUTION AGAINST THOSE WHO
ATTACKED NEIGHBORS.
WORKING TO PROTECT THE CIVIL
RIGHTS.
SHE HAS ALSO REACHED OUT TO ME,
AS AN ADVOCATE FOR HER OWN
COMMUNITY AND URGING US TO ACT
ON THIS LEGISLATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY
HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR
BUT TO HAVE HER ADEQUATE THE
SCENE.
AND HER OWN LIVED EXPERIENCES.
I WANTED TAKE THOSE AND LIFT
THEM UP AS WELL.
IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER I
NEED A COUNCIL BILL.
I LOST TRACK OF ALL MY PIECES
OF PAPER.
I MOVE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
119288.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR VOTE AYE.
THIS WILL GO TO THE FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
THERE IS MUCH MORE TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3. COUNSEL BILL
119515. AND ORDINANCE RELATING
TO SEE THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES AMENDING ORDINANCE
125475, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2018
BUDGET, LIFTING IN SECTION 8
REGARDING EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS
APPROPRIATED THE COMBINED SEWER
OVERFLOW BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
SIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT STORAGE TUNNEL.
IS SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS
COMPLETED 100% PROJECT DESIGN
HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
REPORTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL
RIGHT, UTILITIES, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND ARTS COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
A QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS.
>> MAMI HARA, KEITH WARD.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE ABOUT
THE SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE 2018
BUDGET.
IT REQUIRED US TO OBTAIN
COUNCIL APPROVAL TO PROCEED
WITH THE PROJECT.
AFTER WE HAD COMPLETED 100%
DESIGN.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THEIR
REQUIREMENTS AND WE ARE HERE TO
REQUEST APPROVAL TO PROCEED.
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
THE COUNCIL PLACED THE
PROVISION ON THE ELEMENT THAT
WE WILL HEAR ABOUT IT TODAY.
SPECIFICALLY LIMITED TO THE
TUNNEL.
WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING UPDATES.
NO SPOILER BUT WE'VE GOT SOME
GOOD NEWS.
>> TODAY I WILL BE PROVIDING A
BRIEF PROJECT OVERVIEW
DISCUSSING THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE. THE SHIP
CANAL WATER PROJECT AS A
STORAGE TUNNEL TO IMPROVE WATER
QUALITY BY KEEPING AN ESTIMATED
AVERAGE OF THE 75 MILLION
GALLONS OF POLLUTED STORM WATER
OUT OF THE SANTA FE, AND THE
SHIP CANAL ANNUALLY.
AND 2013 THE CITY SIGNED A
DECREE ABOUT COMBINING THE
SEWAGE OVERFLOW INTO THE
WATERWAY.
THIS IS A SHARED PROJECT WITH
KING COUNTY.
THEY ALSO HAVE A DECREE.
THIS WILL AT ADDRESS FIVE OF
THE CITY'S OUTFALLS, AND TWO OF
KING COUNTY'S OUTFALLS.
WE HAVE A JOINT PROJECT
AGREEMENT THAT INCLUDES A COST
SPLIT OF 65% FOR THE CITY, 35 %
FOR THE COUNTY AND SOME COSTS
THAT ARE NOT SHARED.
THIS ADDRESSES THE FIVE
COMBINED SEWAGE OUTFALLS. IN
2018 SHOWN ON THE RIGHT THEY
REPRESENT 84% OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE OVERFLOW VOLUME.
THAT WAS ABOUT 54 MILLION
GALLONS.
ONCE OPERATIONAL THE PROJECT
WILL PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT
BENEFIT TO THE REGION.
THIS IS A PLAN TO VIEW OF THE
PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES A 2.7
MILE 18 FOOT STORAGE TUNNEL.
THE CONSTRUCTION IS IN THE FIVE
NEIGHBORHOODS SHOWN HERE.
INCLUDING THE DROP SHAFTS THAT
WILL TAKE IT INTO THE EXISTING
TUNNEL.
THE TUNNEL WILL SLOPE BACK TO
THE WEST WHERE THERE WILL BE A
PUMP STATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND
TUNNEL, AND EIGHT FOOT
CONVEYANCE BETWEEN FREMONT AND
QUEEN AND UNDER THE SHIP CANAL.
THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
SCHEDULE IS CRITICAL TO THE
PROJECT SUCCESS.
THIS SHOWS THE SCHEDULE FOR OUR
FIVE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION
PACKAGES SHOWN ON THE LEFT.
THESE PACKAGES AREN'T VERY
STAGES OF DESIGN.
THE ORANGE LINE SHOWS WHERE WE
ARE AT TODAY.
AND THE PURPLE LINE SHOWS THE
DEADLINE WHEN THE SYSTEM WILL
BE OPERATIONAL BY THE END OF
2025.
THE RED STAR SHOWS THE CURRENT
PROJECTED DAY TO COMPLETE
CONSTRUCTION.
WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE TO MEET
THAT DEADLINE.
THE EARLY WORKS PACKAGE IS IN
CONSTRUCTION.
OVERALL THE SCHEDULE SHOWS THAT
WE ARE ON TRACK.
TODAY I AM HERE TO FOCUS ON THE
STORAGE TUNNEL PACKAGE WHICH IS
ON ROW TOO.
WE HAVE JUST COME PLEADED
DESIGN AND IT BEGINS
PRECONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR.
THE STORAGE TUNNEL DESIGN IS
100% COMPLETE.
THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION
PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES THE 2.7
MILE STORAGE TUNNEL WHICH WAS
SHOWN IN BLUE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FIVE A
DROP SHAFTS THAT RANGE FROM 10-
80 FEET.
IT INCLUDES THE PROJECTS THAT
CONNECT AND THAT THE SECOND
TUNNEL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT.
ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS ARE SHOWN
IN BLUE.
THAT IS PART OF THAT PACKAGE IT
DOESN'T INCLUDE THE POWERED
PUMP STATION AND THE WALLINGFORD
CONVEYANCE PROJECT.
THEY WERE SHOWN IN THE EARLIER
GRAPHIC ALMOST ALL OF THE
PROJECT IS UNDERGROUND.
THIS IS THE DROP SHAFT.
NEAR SEATTLE PACIFIC
UNIVERSITY.
DURING WET WEATHER IT FLOWS
THROUGH THE TUNNEL UNDER THE
SHIP CANAL AND INTO THE SHIP
CANAL.
IT IS 85 FEET DEEP AND 25 FEET
IN DIAMETER.
AND IT RUNS INTO THE FREMONT
SHAFT SHOWN ON THE RIGHT.
IT HAS AN INSIDE DIAMETER OF A
40 FEET AND A DEPTH OF 80 FEET.
OR EIGHT STORIES.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SHAFT IS TO
GET THE FLOW FROM FREMONT AND
QUEEN AND INTO THE STORAGE
TUNNEL WHICH RUNS UP NEXT TO IT.
INCLUDING STAIRWAYS LIGHTING
AND VENTILATION. THE CURRENT
PROJECT ESTIMATE IS 570 MILLION
WITH A 70% CONFIDENCE.
WE DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY IN
MARCH.
SOME OF THE GOOD NEWS.
PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE CAME TO YOU
OUR CONFIDENCE ON THAT SAME
BUDGET WAS 65%.
WE ARE IMPROVING OUR
CONFIDENCE.
JUST TO CLARIFY THAT CONFIDENCE
AND 70%.
THE LIKELIHOOD THAT COSTS WILL
BE AT OR BELOW THE ESTIMATED
COST OF 570 MILLION.
>> AGAIN.
WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME?
>> WHEN WE WERE HERE IN SPRING
OF LAST YEAR IT WAS 570 MILLION
WITH A 65% CONFIDENCE.
WE HAVE MOVED UPWARDS TO 70%.
>> THIS IS THE BIGGEST PART.
WE CAN HOPE WITH A HIGH
CONFIDENCE RATE OF WE MAY BE
GETTING TO A POINT WHERE WE
HAVE A HIGHER CONFIDENCE RATE
ON THE ENTIRE PROJECT?
>> I WILL GET TO THAT.
IF YOU SEE HERE.
THE ESTIMATE ON THE STORAGE
TUNNEL.
THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATE IS 218
MILLION.
WHEN THE BIDS COME IN FOR THAT.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE EARLY WORKS
PROJECT IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE
STORAGE TUNNEL WILL HAVE BID
PRICES FOR OVERALL CONSTRUCTION
COSTS.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS.
THAT IS GREAT NEWS. WE WERE IN
THE BID PROCESS NOW.
WE SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION
RELATIVELY SOON.
>> I WILL GET TO THAT SCHEDULE
IN JUST A SECOND.
THIS WAS BUILT THROUGH OUR
RECONCILIATION PROCESS.
AND BENCHMARK WITH OTHER
AGENCIES.
WE HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT
CONTRACTOR OUTREACH TO PROMOTE
COMPETITIVE AND INCLUSIVE BIDS.
HERE IS A SCHEDULE THAT WE WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BIDS
ON THE STORAGE TUNNEL.
WE COMPLETED THE 100% DESIGN IN
JANUARY.
THE FIRST MILESTONE ON THE
LEFT.
WE BEGAN THE ADVERTISEMENT WITH
THE BIDDING COMMUNITY ON MARCH
6. WE EXPECT TO OPEN BIDS ON
JUNE 12.
WE EXPECT TO AWARD THE BID IN
JULY.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE, WE
WILL EXECUTE THE CONTRACT IN
SEPTEMBER THEY WILL BEGIN
MOBILIZING AT THE POWERED SIDE
A DEEP SHAFT TO START THE
TUNNELING IN 2020.
THAT WILL BE THE FIRST ELEMENT.
THEY MAY START WORKING AT OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> ANY PREDICTIONS ON WHETHER
OR NOT BIDS WILL COME IN ON THE
MARK?
OR IS IT TOO SOON TO TELL?
>> THAT IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A KEY TASK, UNCERTAINTY
IS TO CLARIFY THE DIFFERENCE.
UNCERTAINTIES WILL HAPPEN.
WE WILL GET A BED.
WE JUST CAN'T PREDICT HOW IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO FOR THE STORAGE TUNNEL,
THERE ARE UNCERTAINTIES AND
RISKS THAT I WANT TO ASK HIM.
WE ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT WHERE
THE BIDS WILL COME IN.
IT HAS BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARD.
SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
100% ASSESSMENT WAS $10 MILLION
LOWER.
WE COULD HAVE ISSUES WITH
CONTRACTOR QUALITY.
IT COULD COME IN AND I FEEL
GOOD ABOUT THE ESTIMATE.
WE'VE HAD 100 CONTRACTORS
ATTEND THE BID WALKS.
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD
QUESTIONS AND CONTINUE TO GET
THOSE.
NONE OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE FOUND
FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES WITH THE
DESIGN THAT HELPS US WHEN WE GO
INTO CONSTRUCTION LOOKING AT
ISSUES AND CHANGES DURING
CONSTRUCTION.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
OPENING BIDS IN JUNE.
WE CAN'T PREDICT THE OUTCOME
BUT WE FEEL GOOD THAT THOSE
BIDS WILL COME IN WITHIN BUDGET.
>> WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY
CONTRACTORS ARE AVAILABLE
SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT.
>> WE BELIEVE BASED ON WHO HAS
ASSIGNED IN AS A PRIME
CONTRACTOR.
THERE ARE PROBABLY 5 TO 7
CONTRACTORS THAT ARE EVALUATING
THE BIDS
>> THERE ARE CONTRACTORS
FORMING TEAMS TO MAKE
THEMSELVES MORE COMPETITIVE
>> THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH
WITHIN THE LOCAL SUB CONTRACTOR
COMMITTEE.
AND WOMEN AND MINORITIES.
HELPING THE LINK THEM ALL
TOGETHER.
WITH GOALS RELATED TO THOSE
AREAS
>> I AM ASSUMING THAT THOSE
TRACK CLOSELY.
THE POLICY THAT THE CITY HAS
FOUR UTILIZATION THE USE OF
APPRENTICESHIPS AND DISTRESSED
AREAS AS WELL?
>> ON THIS PROJECT WE HAVE THE
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT THAT WE
ARE UTILIZING THOSE CONDITIONS
ARE PART OF THAT AS WELL.
THE LAST THING WE ARE PLEASED TO
PRESENT THE PROJECT 100% DESIGN
TO YOU IN FULFILLMENT OF THE
PROVISO.
AS WE MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION WE
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF
CONSTRUCTION CELEBRATING WHEN
THIS WORK IS PREVENTING SEWER
OVERFLOWS INTO OUR WATERWAYS .
WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE
ON A REGULAR BASIS REGARDING
THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT THROUGH
OUR SEMIANNUAL REPORTS AND
PRESENTING AT KEY MILESTONES
SHOWN HERE.
>> THE TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION IS
SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN
2023.
>> THE TUNNELING WILL BE DONE
SOONER.
BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON
THOSE A DROP SHAFTS.
>> AND BREAKING GROUND FOR THE
TUNNEL HAPPENS WHEN?
>> LATE THIS YEAR.
WE EXPECT EXCAVATION RIGHT
AFTER THE NEW YEAR.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON
THIS.
IT'S BEEN A BIG PROJECT.
I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY
APRECIATION FOR ALL THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
I THINK IT IS CRITICAL.
THE OUTREACH THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
DOING.
ANSWERING PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS.
RECRUITING FOLKS AND PUTTING
TOGETHER THOSE TEAMS I THINK WE
WILL SEE THE PAYOFF DIVIDENDS
IN THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
I HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING
FOR HOW WE DO THAT WORK ON THE
FRONT-END.
IT IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO MEET
OUR MARKS.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
AGAIN WE ARE VOTING ON
LEGISLATION THAT WILL LIFT THE
PROVISO THAT WAS PLACED ON THE
TUNNEL THE BILL BEFORE US WOULD
LIFT THAT PROVISO.
I MOVE COUNSEL BILL 1195 15 ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
THIS WILL GO ON TO FULL COUNCIL
ON MONDAY.
THANK YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR.
APPOINTMENT 01345.
APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT WONSUNG
LEE AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
>> HELLO.
SORRY THAT WE ARE RUNNING LATE.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING IT OUT
WITH US.
THAT'S HOW THIS COMMITTEE
ROLES.
CAN WE START OFF WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
FILIBUSTER SO YOU CAN BE
PROPERLY INTRODUCED.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS.
GO RIGHT AHEAD.
LET'S JUMP IN.
MIKE FONG, DEPUTY MAYOR
>> BOB ELY.
>> WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE
NOMINATION.
AND TRANSFERRED TO YOUR HERE TO
PRESENT A ROBERT WONSUNG LEE.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL BE VERY BRIEF AND TURN
THINGS OVER TO DIRECTOR LEE.
FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE
EXTREMELY PLEASED AND EXCITED
TO PRESENT ROBERT WONSUNG LEE
AS THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
HE JOINS US RECENTLY SERVED IN
A SIMILAR POSITION FOR THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC TO VOMIT FOR
THE CITY OF PORTLAND.
HE HAD WORKED UNDER TWO OTHER
GOVERNOR ADMINISTRATIONS
WORKING ON A RANGE OF
INITIATIVES ASSOCIATED WITH
CUTTING RED TAPE THROUGH
GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY.
HE WORKED IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND PRIOR TO
THAT WAS PART OF THE SENIOR
LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ONE OF THE
LARGEST WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE PORTLAND
AREA.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE THAT HE BRINGS TO
THIS BODY OF WORK.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING
WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
WITH HIS LEADERSHIP APPROACH
FOR THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
WE HOPE THAT HE CAN BE
CONFIRMED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE AND GET TO THE
IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE SHARE
WITH OUR CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M VERY EXCITED THAT YOU WANT
TO DO THIS WORK.
AND EXCITED THAT YOU WANT TO DO
IT FOR SEATTLE.
I HAVE SEEN YOU IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND PARTICULARLY IN MY
DISTRICT.
YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THE
MAYORS PUBLIC SAFETY WALK.
AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
STAKEHOLDERS THERE.
SHARE WITH US YOUR EXPERIENCE
AND YOUR INTEREST IN HELPING
SEATTLE ADDRESS SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN
SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE PRIORITY SECTOR FOR THE
CITY.
WHILE DOING SO AND. OF GREAT
GROWTH MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
NOT LEAVING PEOPLE BEHIND.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOCIAL
ECONOMIC INDICATORS IN SEATTLE.
IT IS CLEAR THAT THE ECONOMY IS
EXTRAORDINARY.
IT IS THE ECONOMY THAT HAS
TAKEN HOLD AND APPROVED THE PER
CAPITA INCOME.
THE NUMBERS ARE CLEAR.
SEATTLE IS DOING EXTREMELY WELL
. ESPECIALLY FROM THE GREAT
RECESSION THAT WE FACED THAT IS
SIMILAR FROM THE CITIES ON THE
WEST COAST.
PORTLAND IS THE SAME.
THE CHALLENGING PART IS WHILE
WE ARE FACED WITH PROSPERITY
POVERTY IS GROWING AT THE SAME
TIME IT IS THAT PARADOX THAT WE
NEED TO SOLVE AND THE PURPOSE.
IT EXISTS BECAUSE THERE ARE
DIFFERENT ECONOMIES EXISTING AT
THE SAME TIME.
WHILE THE MIDDLE CLASS IS
ERODING AWAY . WE WILL GET INTO
MORE DETAILS ONCE I GET
SITUATED.
THAT IS A GROWING CONCERN THAT
I HAVE.
THAT YOU ARE SEEING PROSPERITY
AND POVERTY GROW AT THE SAME
TIME.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT THEORIES
AROUND THAT.
BUT WE WON'T GET INTO THE
SPECIFICS.
THAT SHOULD BE THE FOCUS.
IT EXCLUSIVE ECONOMY IS A
CENTRAL COMPONENT.
AND A VISION OF THE MAYOR.
GOING DOOR TO DOOR IT'S CLEAR
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I
HAVE SEEN IN CHINATOWN,
CAPITAL, SOUTH PARK,
GEORGETOWN, DOWNTOWN. BALLARD,
WATERFRONT, FREMONT.
THE BUSINESSES ARE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
FROM THE GLOBAL COMPETITION, e-
COMMERCE INDUSTRY. THE
LIVABILITY CHALLENGES THEY ARE
REALLY PRESSURING SMALL
BUSINESSES AND WAYS THAT WE
HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE.
YOU HEAR THOSE ISSUES LOUD AND
CLEAR. YOU NEED TO ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES.
I WILL LEAVE THAT OPEN UP HER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE APPOINTMENT HAS
GENERATED A LOT OF INTEREST
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS.
IT HAS CREATED WORK FOR YOU.
BECAUSE THAT INTEREST WAS
DEMONSTRATED IN THE WAKE OF A
LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE
SHARED WITH YOU LAST WEEK WE
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
AND WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FACT THAT I HAVE DISTRIBUTED
THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS . WE WILL
ALSO BE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE
ONLINE FOR THE PUBLIC TO
REVIEW.
>> OF COURSE.
>> GIVEN THE FACT THAT I HEAR
THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
HAVING A DEEPER CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THE PARADOX
THAT YOU IDENTIFIED. WHAT ARE
YOUR IDEAS FOR MAKING SURE IN
LIGHT OF THAT REALITY,
REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSES WHAT
WE CAN BE DOING TO PROTECT OUR
BUSINESS OWNERS AND PRESERVE
BUSINESSES THAT ARE OWNED BY
COMMUNITIES WHO DO THIS WORK IN
AREAS THAT ARE RAPIDLY
GENTRIFYING?
>> THE PROBLEM STATEMENT TO ME
THE ECONOMY IS CONSTANTLY
EVOLVING.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SERVICE BASED
ECONOMY, COEXISTING, WE NOTICED
THAT THE PRESSURE FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES IS GREAT.
SO WHEN THE ECONOMY CONTINUES
TO EVOLVE WHAT IS THE CONSTANT?
WHAT HOLDS A SEATTLE TOGETHER.
A LOT OF IT IS THE LEGACY
BUSINESSES, THE URBAN
ENVIRONMENT THAT IS EXCITING
FOR OUR WORKFORCE.
THE YOUNG TALENT MOVING IN URBAN
DESIGN AND THE URBAN EXPERIENCE
, THE EXCITEMENT WITHIN THE
URBAN ENVIRONMENT IS DRIVING
THE TALENT TO MOVE HERE.
THAT IS DRIVING THE ECONOMY.
THERE TRAILS TO THAT.
IS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH TALENT
MOVING IN IT DRIVES UP THE COST
OF LIVING AND THE COST OF
RUNNING SMALL BUSINESSES IS
ENORMOUS.
THE ROLE SHOULD BE ABOUT
ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO DO IT.
ONE IS MAKING SURE THAT
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SUPPORTED AND
THEIR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR'S OUR
SPORT.
HAVING AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY IS
ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES.
AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE CAN
COMPETE IN THE NEW ECONOMY.
AND TARGETING KEY INDUSTRIES
THAT HAVE THE PROPENSITY TO
INVEST IN LOCAL SMALL
BUSINESSES.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR ELEMENTS.
>> WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> I DO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CHANCE
TO MEET WITH YOU. THERE ARE A
LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
SEATTLE AND PORTLAND.
AND THE EXPERTISE YOU BRING
WILL BE GREAT TO SEE.
I THINK THAT CHALLENGE REALLY
UNDERLINES THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING.
AND THE DISCONNECT OF THE
AMERICAN DREAM IS TURNING INTO
A NIGHTMARE.
WE HAD A SPECIAL BUDGET
MEETING.
AND THE AUDITOR REPORTED SOME
DATA.
ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME.
MEETING HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
GOING BACK TO 2015 JUST OVER
$70,000 ON AVERAGE.
AMERICAN INDIAN, WAS $26,000,
AND IF YOU ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN
$30,000.
THE MASS OF RACIAL DISPARITY.
THE MEDIUM INCOME KEEPS TO GO
UP ON AVERAGE.
SO WHO'S GOING BE AFFORDABLE TO
? SOMEONE WHO IS EARNING THE
60% OF THE INCOME.
IT MAKES A SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
EVEN MORE OUT OF REACH.
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT KEEP UP
WITH THE RENT INCREASES.
I AM CURIOUS.
IT'S A VERY PROGRESSIVE THE
CITY.
CERTAINLY STRONG FOR A LONG
TIME.
YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THOSE
TECHNOLOGY JOBS.
ANY IDEAS YOU HAVE ON HOW TO
CRACK THAT OPEN AND MAKE IT THE
CAREER OF THE FUTURE, AVAILABLE
TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE
POPULATION?
>> YOU ARE RIGHT ON.
I JUST HAD MY STAFF DO SOME
ANALYSIS.
I DIDN'T PRINT AS MUCH AS I
SHOULD HAVE.
BUT I WILL POINT IT OUT TO YOU.
IT IS CLEAR THAT KNOWLEDGE JOBS
ARE THE DOMINANT JOBS HERE IN
SEATTLE.
THE MIDDLE WAGE JOBS LIKE
MANUFACTURING ARE WAY BEHIND IN
TERMS OF NATIONAL AND REGIONAL
AVERAGE.
AND WHEN I SAY WAY BEHIND THE,
I MEAN WAY BEHIND.
>> WAGES OR PERCENTAGES?
>> GROSS REGIONAL PRODUCTS.
THE GDP AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEHAVIOR OF
THE ECONOMY IN SEATTLE.
KNOWLEDGE JOBS ARE BOOMING.
WHILE MIDDLE-CLASS IS ERODING
SIGNIFICANTLY.
>> SO THE TYPE OF JOBS THAT WE
TALK ABOUT AS A BLUE-COLLAR
WORKER, THOSE ARE LIVING WAGE
JOBS.
OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE MORE
DIVERSIFIED.
WE HAD THIS GAP IN OUR SYSTEM.
THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THE
KNOWLEDGE TO PERSIST PAID, ONLY
HAVE THE LOW-WAGE TO
PARTICIPATE IN.
WHICH THEY CANNOT SURVIVE ON.
THAT IS A PARADOX.
I HAD AN MEETING. IT'S
SUPPOSED TO PRODUCE MIDDLE WAGE
JOBS, BLUE-COLLAR JOBS.
BUT THE LANDMASS IS ERODING AND
THERE'S A LOT OF TEMPTATION.
THOSE STRATEGIES WE NEED TO
FOCUS ON IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
MAYORS VISION OF PROTECTING
INDUSTRIAL LAND.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
WORKED ON IN PORTLAND.
I SPONSORED THE FIRST PROGRAM.
THE TOOLS IN SEATTLE ARE
DIFFERENT COMPARED TO OREGON.
I AM LEARNING AS I AM
TRANSITIONING.
THE TOOLS WILL BE DIFFERENT, WE
HAVE TO BE MORE CREATIVE IN HOW
WE APPROACH. MY GOAL IS TO
PROVIDE ALL OF YOU WITH THE
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ON HOW WE
ADDRESS THE MIDDLE CLASS OF
JOBS AND AFFORDABILITY FOR
COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS AS A
WAY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES. YOU
PASSED A GREAT BALLOT MEASURE
THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP.
WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE THAT.
BECAUSE EDUCATION IS THE BEST
WAY TO CREATE SELF-SUFFICIENCY
FOR THE WORK FORCE.
>> WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
PARTNER WITH THE EMPLOYERS.
THAT HAVE A POTENTIAL TO BRING
SOMEONE IN AT AN ENTRY LEVEL
JOB AND MOVE THEM UP OVER THE
COURSE OF THEIR CAREER MAKING
SURE THAT THIS NOT JUST ON
THEM.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE BASE AND
THE HOUSING IN THE
TRANSPORTATION.
SO OFTEN I FIND GOVERNMENT THAT
COMES OUT WITH AN IDEA OF HOW
TO TURN THIS AROUND.
YOU MEET THESE PEOPLE AT THEIR
GRADUATION SUMMARY THAT ARE SO
EXCITED AND THEN NO ONE HIRES
THEM.
THOSE THE JOBS WERE NOT THERE.
YOU ALSO HEAR THE OTHER SIDE
AND THERE SOME GREAT PROGRAMS
WHERE THERE GETTING PEOPLE INTO
MANUFACTURING JOBS, WELDING
JOBS.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
TECH INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE TO
STEP FORWARD AND SHOW LEADERSHIP
ON NOT JUST RECRUITING THE BEST
PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE PLANET
BY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I HAD AN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION
WITH THE MAYOR AND THAT'S ABOUT
INCLUSIVE HIRING WITH LOCAL
TALENT.
THE ARGUMENT THAT WILL BE MADE
FROM THE DEMAND SIDE IS THAT
THE SUPPLY-SIDE IS NOT
PRODUCING ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE
WORKERS.
THEY HAVE TO RECRUIT FROM
OUTSIDE.
I'VE BEEN IN THE HIGH TECH
BUSINESS.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE
THAT THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE FUTURE
DEMAND OF WORKERS.
AND INCENTIVIZE THE DEMAND SIDE
TO HIRE LOCALLY.
WHENEVER WE BUILD ROADS, STORM
WATER SYSTEMS, ANYTHING THAT
BENEFITS EMPLOYERS THERE SHOULD
BE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS
AGREEMENT THAT THEY WERE HIGHER
LOCALLY.
WILL ONCE THEY ARE IN THE DOOR
THAT THEY HAVE ACCELERATED
UPWARD MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGH TRAINING PROGRAMS.
THOSE ARE THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE
NEED TO FOCUS ON.
THE KEY THING IS THAT THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM IS DEMAND
DRIVEN.
THAT IT MAKES SENSE.
ONCE YOU GRADUATE YOU CAN
ACTUALLY GET A JOB.
THE MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES
HAVE TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH
THAT STRATEGY.
THERE ARE COMMUNITY BENEFIT
PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE STARTED IN
PORTLAND CALLED PORTLAND MEANS
PROGRESS.
AND INITIATIVE TO GIVE THE
PRIVATE SECTOR TO HIRE LOCALLY
AND INVEST IN SMALL BUSINESSES
LOCALLY.
I HOPE TO UNFOLD THOSE
STRATEGIES.
>> AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
VERSION OF PRIORITY HIGHER.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SOME PEOPLE CALL IT FIRST A
SOURCE HIRING AGREEMENT.
AS A RESULT YOU GET BENEFITS IN
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO
FORTH.
>> YOU ARE WILL EVER GENE THAT
INVESTMENT.
>> WITH PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
WE'VE DONE X STANDING
OUTSTANDING WORK.
WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
THERE ISN'T ENOUGH OF THOSE
JOBS TO LIFT THE PEOPLE WE NEED
OUT OF POVERTY.
IT'S FASCINATING.
AND I'M VERY INTRIGUED.
>> WE HAVE MULTIPLE SECTORS
THAT WE FOCUS ON FOR A REASON.
IT CREATES A HEALTHY ECONOMY
WHEN YOU'RE NOT INVESTING
COMPLETELY IN A SINGLE SECTOR.
BUT IT ALSO DIVERSIFIES YOUR
WORKFORCE A CROSSED DIFFERENT
INCOMES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
ARE NOT LOSING YOUR MIDDLE-
CLASS.
IF WE COULD BE MORE INTENT, NOT
JUST SAYING THAT WE HAVE THESE
A SECTORS BUT REALLY INVESTING
IN THEM AND CREATING THOSE
PATHWAYS IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
CREATING PATHWAYS IT'S ALSO
CREATING EXPECTATIONS FOR
EMPLOYERS TO HIRE OUT OF THOSE
PATHWAYS.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
SO MUCH OF WHAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT
THE STATE HAS DRIVEN A LOT OF IT
INVESTMENTS.
THE WASHINGTON OPPORTUNITIES
SCHOLARSHIP.
THE CAREER TECH WASHINGTON
INITIATIVE.
ONE OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES
THAT THE STATE PASSED WAS THE
REPEAL AND THE SUPPORT OF I
1000.
I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE OF
YOUR UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU SEE
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
EMPOWERING SMALL MINORITY
BUSINESSES AS WELL?
>> WHICH BILL IS THAT?
>> THERE WAS AN INITIATIVE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO CALLED I 200.
RESTRICTING THE STATES ABILITY
TO HAVE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
PROGRAMS.
>> I READ ABOUT THAT.
THERE WAS RECENTLY ANOTHER
INITIATIVE TO UNDO IT.
RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO TO THE
BALLOT THE LEGISLATURE IN ITS
WISDOM DECIDED TO AN ACTIVE.
NOW WE CAN LOOK AT USING RACE
AND OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO
PEOPLE'S PROTECTIVE CLASS AS A
CONSIDERATION FOR HIRING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
>> WHEN WE APPLY ECONOMIC HE
LENDS TO PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE TO ASK WHO BENEFITS
FROM THOSE PROGRAMS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MODEL THAT I
WORKED ON IN PORTLAND.
70% OF THE INVESTMENT WENT TO
SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CLUSTER
INDUSTRY THAT WE HAD IN
PORTLAND.
WE TARGETED BUSINESSES OWNED BY
COLOR.
IT'S 85% FROM UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
WITH LIMITED DOLLARS WE REALLY
SHOULD BE ASKING WHO BENEFITS
FROM THESE PROGRAMS.
WE NEED TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT
TOWARDS THE UNDERSERVED
POPULATION.
AND THAT IS THE DIRECTION I
INTEND TO TAKE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES
UP WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE
CITY DOING THE WORK THAT THE
VOTERS HAVE ASKED US TO DO WITH
THE PASSAGE OF VARIOUS LEVIES
AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION
PROGRESS.
THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON
SMALL AND VULNERABLE BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR APPROACH
TO HELPING THOSE COMMUNITIES BE
RESILIENT AND ACTING AS AN
ADVOCATE WITH THE CAPITAL
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY FOR DELIVERING
THESE PROJECTS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TRAFFIC IS
THE LIFEBLOOD.
ANYTIME WE INVEST IN PUBLIC
WORKS PROJECTS AND WE ARE
STEPPING ON THE OXYGEN HOUSE
WITH A SMALL BUSINESSES.
IT IS OUR OBLIGATION AS A
GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE
SOLUTIONS.
THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE
GENERATE THE CAPACITY TO DO
THAT AND HOW DO WE DO THAT.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.
ONE IN PORTLAND WE PASSED A 1%
CONSTRUCTION TAX TO SUPPORT
SMALL BUSINESSES.
TECHNICAL BUSINESSES.
AND WORKFORCE TRAINING.
EVERY TIME YOU HAVE A PUBLIC
WORKS PROJECT LIKE THE ONE YOU
SPOKE ABOUT 1% OF THAT FUND
GOES TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR
UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
A SMALL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY
CAN MITIGATE THE CONSTRUCTION
THAT IS COMING DOWN THE
PIPELINE THAT WILL AFFECT THEIR
PIPELINE.
THE SECOND IS THAT ON THE
CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMS.
THERE SHOULD BE A LINE ITEM ON
OUTREACH AND SMALL-BUSINESS
MEDICATION.
THAT TYPE OF CAPACITY SHOULD BE
SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS.
TO ADDRESS THIS.
THAT WOULD BE SOME OF MY
SUGGESTIONS.
THIS HAS TO BE AN ONGOING
PROGRAM AND NOT A ONE-OFF.
THAT IS WHY PORTLAND PASSED THE
1% TAX.
SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THIS
DISTRESSED TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
>> RATHER THAN BEING SURPRISED
AND SAID WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
BUILDING IT INTO THE PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS A GIVEN THAT THERE WILL
BE IMPACTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO PLAN
FOR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST OF THE TWO
DISCUSSIONS . WE WILL BRING YOU
BACK AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING AS WELL. OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS MIGHT WANT TO
JOIN US AFTER HAVING A CHANCE
TO REVIEW THE HELPFUL RESPONSES
TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE
PUT IT TO YOU.
I ANTICIPATE A VOTE IN THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING.
UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS
WILL AS WE ARE BEHIND ON TIME.
THAT IS MY FALL.
I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT AND LAST AGENDA ITEM.
>> DIRECTOR LEE IS STILL AT THE
TABLE WITH US.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> AGENDA ITEM 5 IS THE LEGACY
BUSINESS PROGRAM UPDATE.
>> A GOOD TRANSITION.
>> IMAGINE THAT.
I GUESS SOMEBODY WROTE THAT
AGENDA.
>> GREETINGS.
THE WHOLE THING IS A
PRODUCTION.
IT'S LIKE SOMEONE'S BEEN DOING
THIS FOR YEARS.
>> STORM WATER WITH PUBLIC
WORKS.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS
UP.
IS THAT OKAY.
LET'S DO A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS.
I AM MICHAEL WELLS, I'M WITH
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC MOMENT.
>> ALY PENUCCI COUNSEL OF
CENTRAL STAFF.
AND I DEFER TO THE CHAIR.
>> I'M GOING TO AS I TALK I
THINK THE MEMO THAT THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ATTACHED THE AGENDA AND SPEAKS
TO THAT.
I BROUGHT COPIES FOR THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME
BACKGROUND ON THE INVESTMENTS
AND POLICY DECISIONS THAT
THEY'VE MADE IN CREATING A
LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM.
OVER THE LAST REVIEW PROCESS
THEY HAVE OFFERED RESOURCES IN
HOPES OF SUPPORTING THESE
BUSINESSES.
TO RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTION
TO THE CULTURE HISTORY, AND
FABRICS TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS THROUGH CHAIR
HERBOLD.
TO CONDUCT A STUDY FOR
IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM.
IT INCLUDED INTERVIEWS LOOKING
AT CASE STUDIES AND THE CITY OF
SAN FRANCISCO PROGRAM.
PROVIDING FRAMEWORK FOR A
LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM.
AND 2018 RESOURCES WERE ADDED
TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO DESIGN
A LEGACY PROGRAM AND DEVELOP
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TOOLS.
LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE
HUNDRED AND $10,000 WAS ADDED
TO THE BUDGET TO GET THE BALL
ROLLING AND IMPLEMENT THE
PROGRAM.
DEVELOP A BRANDING PLAN AND
PROMOTE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNED
SPECIFICALLY FOR LEGACY
BUSINESSES.
IN ADDITION TO LOOKING INTO
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LEGACY
BUSINESSES.
IN ADDITION THE 2020 BUDGET
INCLUDED $60,000 TO SUPPORT THE
ON GOING PROGRAM NEEDS FOR A
LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM.
ALL OF THESE HAVE RESULTED IN
SEVERAL STUDIES AND HAVE
INFORMED THE ONGOING
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM.
INCLUDING T TECHNICAL BUSINESS
STRATEGIES.
GOING INTO SOME OF THE TOOLS
AND BUSINESSES THAT THEY ARE
WORKING ON.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE STEPS
THAT THE COUNCIL HAS MADE IN
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO GET
THIS PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND.
I ALSO HAVE SOME POLICY
QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL MAY
WANT TO CONSIDER.
>> THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THE BACKGROUND.
>> AS WAS MENTIONED.
THE LEGACY BUSINESSES STUDY WAS
COMPLETED.
AND THEN THE REPORT AND
OUTREACH PORT WAS COMPLETED.
WE ARE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
MODE.
THE PHASE WE ARE GETTING INTO.
THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS TO
THIS.
WE FOUND OUT IN THE PROGRAM
THAT EXISTS IN PORTLAND.
WE CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WE CALL IT A LONG-TERM PROPERTY
OWNER PROGRAM.
THE TOOLS ARE DIFFERENT.
BUT THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT I
OVERSAW IN INVESTING.
IT'S A BIG PART OF THIS.
PEOPLE ARE RETIRING IN THE NEXT
PERSON IS COMING ON BOARD THAT
TRANSITION IS IMPORTANT IN
PRESERVING THE LEGACY
BUSINESSES.
AND LEASE AGREEMENTS ARE BIG
PARTS OF THIS.
AND MARKETING AND BRANDING OF
THESE LEGACY BUSINESSES TO
PROVIDE MORE FOOT TRAFFIC.
THOSE ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT
DIMENSIONS THAT ARE PART OF OUR
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE WITH THAT
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
MICHAEL?
>> HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOUR
VERSION OF LEGACY BILL SINCE
BUSINESSES IN PORTLAND?
>>
>> IT WAS 10 YEARS.
I THINK THAT THAT WAS A RANGE.
WE ALSO PRIORITIZE BUSINESSES
FROM WOMEN OF COLOR.
THEY ALSO HAD TO BE
GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATED IN
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY.
>> SUPER HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO
WORK ON THIS PROGRAM AS A
FORMER OWNER OF A SMALL
BUSINESS.
IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO ALL
CDS RISE. AS INDICATED WE HAVE
FOCUSED OUR INITIAL WORK ON
TECHNICAL ASSERTION. THE TOOLS
THAT WERE PRIMARY WHERE THE
COMMERCIAL LEASE FEES.
IT'S A VERY THOROUGH SIMPLIFIED
DOCUMENT. WE ARE NOT ADVISING
PEOPLE WE ARE TRYING TO EDUCATE
THEM ABOUT THE BEST
POSSIBILITIES AND WITH THE
DISPLACEMENT, TENSIONS IN
COMMUNITIES WE KNOW THAT
EDUCATION AROUND RIGHTS AND
ABILITIES IN TERMS OF LEASING
AND FINDING NEW LOCATIONS IS OF
THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE.
WE CREATED THAT KID TO WHICH
HAS TURNED INTO AN INFO GRAPHIC
THAT GOES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY
FOR EASIER ACCESS, WE HAVE
CREATED A A SIMPLIFIED VERSION
THAT WILL DIRECT PEOPLE BACK .
WE WILL BE INCLUDING
CONSULTATIONS WITH THOSE.
WE ARE CREATING A TOOL.
WE HAVE STARTED WITH SPANISH,
CHINESE, AND VIETNAMESE . WE
WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE
LEGACY BUSINESSES TO TALK
THROUGH THESE OPTIONS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE IT UNDER OUR
BELT WE WILL PRODUCE THE SAME
FOR OUR TOOL PLANNING KID.
AND NOW IT RISES AS A PRIORITY
FOR THE LEGACY BUSINESSES.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO START ON
THE MARKETING AND BRANDING
PIECE OF THE PROGRAM.
WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE FUN THAN
THE LEGAL PIECES.
WE BEGIN TO CONTACT MARKETING
FIRMS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES
WE CAN DO INCLUDING AN ONLINE
DIRECTORY.
CERTAINLY BRANDING AND SOCIAL
MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.
WE ARE STILL DETERMINING WHAT
THOSE FACTORS WILL BE.
EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND WE ARE LOOKING
TO ADD ELEMENTS TO ALL OF THOSE
PIECES AS WE GO ALONG.
WE HAVE ALREADY HAD OTHER
ISSUES OF INTEREST COME TO THE
TABLE AND I THINK IT'S WHERE TO
START THE EDUCATION TOOLS.
THE MARKETING AND BRANDING WILL
OFFER SUPPORT THROUGH OUR
DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH
PROFESSIONAL MARKETERS TO TELL
THE STORY, THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE ECONOMIC STORY AND CULTURAL
STORIES.
IT'S GOOD WORK AND WE ARE
PLEASED TO BE DOING IT.
WE DO HAVE SOME COMPLICATIONS
WITH THE SERVICES WE ARE
WORKING WITH THAT TO FIND THE
BEST MEANS THAT WE CAN.
>> BACK ON THE SECESSION
PLANNING PEACE.
QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR LEE.
YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE OF
RUNNING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS.
WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH
SECESSION PLANNING.
BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOVED CLOSE
FOR LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT IS SIMPLE AS
BEING PUSHED OUT.
BECAUSE THE RENT IS GOING UP.
IN SOME CASES IT'S BECAUSE
THERE'S A BUSINESS IT'S BEEN IN
THE FAMILY FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THE OWNERS ARE AGING.
AND MAYBE THEIR DESCENDENTS ARE
NOT INTERESTED IN RUNNING THE
BUSINESS.
TO HAVE SUCCESS STORIES WERE
BUSINESS OWNERS DIDN'T WANT TO
CONTINUE SOMEONE ELSE KEPT THE
DREAM ALIVE?
> THIS IS WHAT IS INTERESTING.
BECAUSE OF THE TOOLS, OREGON IS
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN
THE FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT YOU
HAVE IN SEATTLE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A SUCCESSION
PLANNING FUNCTION.
BECAUSE FINANCING CAN ONLY BE
USED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS
APPROACH IS THAT YOU ADDED IN
THAT DIMENSION.
THERE IS A PIPELINE OF OWNERS
THAT CARRY ON THE LEGACY.
I WISH WE DID THAT MORE IN
PORTLAND.
THAT IS ONE THING ABOUT THIS
APPROACH THAT I DO LIKE.
THE TOOLS WERE FUNDAMENTALLY
DIFFERENT.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO
FUND THAT.
>> THEY'RE VERY ACCURATE
REASONS WHY BUSINESSES CLOSE.
POSSIBLY THERE ARE OTHER MODELS
IF THE BUSINESSES WHILE SERVING
THE COMMUNITIES LOOKING AT
COOPERATIVE OWNERSHIP.
IN LONDON THE BEST PUB PROGRAM,
I THINK IT'S CALLED MORE THAN A
PUB IS ABOUT COMMUNITY
OWNERSHIP.
WHEN BUSINESSES GO UP FOR SALE,
AND THE COMMUNITY SAYS YOU
CAN'T TAKE OUR PUB AWAY THE
COMMUNITY HAS A MECHANISM TO
PURCHASE THAT LAND AND
BUSINESS.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE
WILL BE LOOKING AT.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER MODELS AND
WAYS TO TRANSITION TO
BUSINESSES.
I CAN SPEAK TO MY OWN
EXPERIENCE.
TO THE SUCCESSOR OF THE
BOOKSTORE THAT WE OWN.
WE WERE A FAMILY BUSINESS.
A DIFFERENT FAMILY MODEL WE
MADE IT WORK IN A WAY THAT
SUPPORTED THAT BUSINESS IN THAT
COMMUNITY GOING FORWARD.
WE WANT THOSE FOLKS TO DO THAT
TOO.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A LACK OF
INTEREST.
IF THE COMMUNITY AND THE
OWNERSHIP WE WANT TO HAVE TOOLS
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS
TO CONTINUE.
>> I'M A REMISS FOR NOT NOTING
YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
DEALING WITH THESE EXACT
ISSUES.
THANK YOU FOR READING MY NEWS.
THE CRITERIA FOR TAKING OVER
THE COMMERCIAL SPACE IS FOR
BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT A BIT IN THERE FOR A LONG
TIME.
THAT'S ANOTHER WAY TO ADDRESS
THIS AS WELL.
>> AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE
GETTING CREATIVE AROUND
SUPPORTING THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF
THESE COMMERCIAL SPACES.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT WE DO RECEIVE OR HAVE IN
THE PAST NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS
THIS LAST ROUND WE EARMARKED
FOR COMMERCIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN
PROPERTIES THAT WERE DESIGNATED
AS LEGACY BUSINESSES.
WE HAVE TALKED TO INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDING
GOALS FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE
THE SAME RESTRICTION.
ONE OF THE WORK PLAN ITEMS IS
HOW TO CREATE AGREEMENTS WITH
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
ALREADY SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESS.
HOW WE CAN CREATE A LINK WITH
THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE
IDENTIFY AS NEEDING SUPPORT TO
THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE?
>> I WILL BE DRAFTING A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON
THAT ISSUE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
SERVICES ARE MADE KNOWN TO THE
COMMITTEE.
SO IF WE CAN LIFT THAT UP
THAT'S ALL THE BETTER.
>> WITH THE TIME WE HAVE COULD
WE SHIFT THE CONVERSATION TO
PART OF THIS EFFORT.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
THE DESIGNATION AND NOMINATION
SIDE OF THINGS.
I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S A
CHICKEN OR AN EGG.
THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON
DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR LEGACY
BUSINESSES.
WALL I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING
THAT WE DEVELOP A DESIGNATION
AND NOMINATION PROCESS I
APPRECIATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATELY PUSHING BACK.
YOU DON'T WANT TO DESIGNATE A
LEGACY BUSINESS WITHOUT HAVING
SOMETHING TO OFFER THEM.
AS I REMINDED BY SMALL
BUSINESSES THEY DON'T WANT JUST
ANOTHER STICKER IN THEIR
WINDOW.
>> THEY MADE THAT QUITE CLEAR.
>> YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE
THE NOMINATION OF DESIGNATION
SCENARIOS.
ONE PIECE WE WOULD LIKE TO
POINT OUT . WE WILL BE LOOKING
TO MARKETING PROFESSIONALS TO
HELP US TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS
WE SEE A MARKETING TOOL.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS
FOR WHICH WE COULD RAISE THESE
NAMES.
WE BELIEVE STARTING WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS IS THE
BEST WAY TO DO THIS WORK . WE
WILL BE TURNING TOO MANY
PARTNERS AND BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS.
AND MERCHANT GROUPS.
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE LESS SOLID,
WHERE THERE IS LESS CAPACITY.
THEY WILL BE STEPPING IN TO
HELP WITH THAT.
WE IMAGINE A SYSTEM WHERE WE
HAVE OUR FIRST ROUND OF
NOMINATIONS COMING IN FROM
THOSE FOLKS.
WE ARE HEARING SPECIFICALLY
FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND
COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS THAT MATTER IN
THEIR DISTRICT.
WE DON'T THINK A TOP-DOWN
APPROACH IS A GOOD IDEA.
THEY HAVE A UNIQUE PERSONALITY,
HISTORY AND THEY WANT TO RAISE
THAT TO THE SURFACE.
ONCE THEY HAVE THAT AND A LIST
OF NOMINATIONS THE QUESTION IS
WHO IS MAKING A DECISION ON
THOSE FINAL DETERMINATIONS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT
POSSIBILITIES.
THE MAYOR'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT WAS MADE UP OF 27 FORMER
BUSINESS OWNERS FROM AROUND THE
CITY. THE OTHER WOULD BE A
CITY COUNCIL VOTE.
WHERE HE COULD BE A MAYORS VOTE
AND LIVE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S NOT HER HIGHEST
RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SELECTION
BIAS, MULTIPLE VOTING.
THE THINGS THAT COME IN PLAY
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
PUBLIC VOTE.
THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS WE ARE
WORKING AT TO MAKE THAT FINAL
DECISION
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE
HEADING OUT?
>> WE HAD SOME POLICY
QUESTIONS.
MAYBE SHE CAN SWING AROUND WITH
YOU?
>> I CAN FOLLOW UP. I THINK
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AS A
MOVE INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE NOMINATION TO BAUMAN TO
PROVIDE HOW YOU THINK THE
COMMUNITY SHOULD BE INVOLVED SO
I CAN CIRCLE BACK AND PROVIDE
GUIDANCE AND CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH THEM AS THEY PROVIDE
GUIDANCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS
THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR
OUR FEEDBACK.
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
ELEMENT AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO
GET IT RIGHT.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE
BEING MADE AND THAT THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING UP
THROUGH THE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
IT IS THE PATRONS THAT ARE THE
STRONGEST ADVOCATES FOR THOSE
BUSINESSES.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
INCORPORATE THEIR VOICE, AND IS
THE NOTION OF A LEGACY BUSINESS
CAME NOT FROM A BUSINESS OWNER
BUT FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS A
STUDIED THESE PROGRAMS AND
OTHER CITIES AND HAS DOCUMENTED
THE LOSS OF A LEGACY BUSINESSES
IN OUR CITY.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT OUR LEGACY
BUSINESS PROGRAM IS NOT SIMPLY
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND.
BUT THE VALUE THAT THAT
BUSINESS HAS TO A COMMUNITY,
AND TO OUR ROOTS AND SERVES AS
A BRIDGE TO OUR CULTURE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT
FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT NUMBER OF YEARS.
IT'S ABOUT THE CONNECTION TO
COMMUNITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE IT.
MEETING ADJOURNED.