>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THE JUNE 11 MEETING OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS UTILITIES ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND ARTS COMMITTEE.
I AM LISA HERBOLD, THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL
MEMBER REPRESENTING WEST
SEATTLE AND SOUTH PARK DISTRICT
I. IT IS 9:37 A.M., AND I'M
CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE WILL HAVE ON OUR AGENDA
FOLLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE
FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
WE'RE FIRST GOING TO HEAR A
GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC
ANALYSIS OF HATE CRIMES IN
SEATTLE.
FROM DR. TIM THOMAS.
THIS IS A PART OF THE CITY
AUDITOR'S REPORT THAT WE HEARD
IN A PREVIOUS COMMITTEE
MEETING, BUT THIS IS
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON NOT
JUST THE ENFORCEMENT PIECE OF
BIAS AND HATE CRIMES AND HOW
SPD AND THE COURTS HANDLE THEM.
INSTEAD THIS IS A LOOK AT A
MAPPING EXERCISE, SHOWING WHERE
THE CRIMES HAVE OCCURRED.
SORT OF AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT
THAT MIGHT MEAN FOR US AS A
CITY FOR HOW TO ADDRESS THE
CRIMES.
THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY A
PRESENTATION FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES ON A JOINT
EFFORT BETWEEN SPU AND SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND
INSPECTIONS TO IMPLEMENT SOME
CHANGES TO THE CONSTRUCTION
CODE TO REQUIRE ACCESS, EQUAL
ACCESS TO RECYCLING,
COMPOSTING, AND GARBAGE
FACILITIES ON EVERY FLOOR OF
NEW CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS.
MY INTEREST IN WORKING ON THIS
HAS COME OUT OF PREVIOUS YEARS.
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES
RECYCLING PROGRAMS, CLEARLY
SHOWS THERE IS BETTER
PARTICIPATION IN RECYCLING
ALONG MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS
WHEN THEY HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO
ALL THREE TYPES OF SOLID WASTE
FACILITIES.
AGAIN, THAT BEING RECYCLING,
COMPOSTING, AND GARBAGE AND
HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE, EACH OF
THOSE FACILITIES ONER FLOOR OF
THE BUILDING.
AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL END
THE MEETING WITH A PRESENTATION
FROM THE ARTS OFFICE ON THE
FANTASTIC CREATIVE ADVANTAGE
PROGRAM, A REALLY WONDERFUL
SCHOOLS AND SOON TO BE IN ALL
OF OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GO INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP,
DAVID HAINES.
WE'LL BE KEEPING TIME.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
>> STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK
YOUR BONES, BUT NAMES WILL
NEVER HURT YOU.
UNLESS YOU LIVE IN SEATTLE.
IT'S OBVIOUS REELECTION SEASON
IS UPON US IN THE LOOSE CITY
COUNCIL UNDERMINES LOCAL
COMMUNITIES.
IN FACT SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
PROTECTS PERVERTS, DRUG
PUSHERS, AND NON-CITIZENS
TREADING ON LOCAL CITIZENS.
IF YOU'RE A DRUG PUSHER, YOU'RE
EXEMPTED FROM JAIL.
YET IF YOU'RE BEING BOTHERED BY
A PUSHER OR A PERVERT, AND THEY
WON'T TAKE A POLITE NO AND
LEAVE YOU ALONE, THE ONLY WAY
TO DEFEND YOURSELF IS TO GO
DEFENSIVELY HOSTILE TO LET THEM
KNOW NO MEANS NO.
YOU COULD GET IN TROUBLE FOR
CALLING EVIL A NAME.
THIS IS MORE PROOF OF THE
COWARD FLAKES IN SEATTLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPPRESSIVE
SEATTLE IMPLOSION CAUSED BY
PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE HYPOCRITES.
GOD BLESS THE TREES AND THE
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES OF THE
CITY GOVERNMENT.
IT IS SO PATHETIC WE GO HAVE A
RACIALLY MOTIVATED COLLEGE PEW
COMPILATION OF DATA TO BLAME
WHITE PEOPLE TO SOLID WASTE
STORAGE.
PERHAPS THIS BILL SHOULD BE
DUMPED IN WITH THE SOLID WASTE.
AND IN ADDITION OUR RECYCLING
PROGRAM HAS GONE WAY OUT OF
CONTROL.
WE'VE GOT TRASH TRUCKS COMING
INTO UPPER QUEEN ANNE LIKE SIX
DAYS A WEEK, BANGING, CLANGING.
PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT HITTING
THE SIDE OF THE DOOR ASKING WHY
THEY'RE SHOWING UP AT 5:30 IN
THE MORNING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND SO BEFORE WE MOVE IN TO THE
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE WHO
HAVE JOINED ME TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT AND
O'BRIEN.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
AND START WITH ITEM ONE.
>> ITEM ONE IS A GEOGRAPHIC AND
DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF HATE
CRIMES IN SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
JOIN US AT THE TABLE.
WELCOME.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
START WITH INTRODUCTIONS,
PLEASE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME, I'M
DR. TIM THOMAS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON S. I
STUDY NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE,
SEGREGATION, AND ALL THINGS
THAT INVOLVE MIGRATION AND ALSO
HOW CRIME IMPACTS ARE RELATED
TO CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN
CHANGE.
SO I WAS ASKED TO DO A REPORT
ON HATE CRIMES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FROM 2012, 2016.
THESE ARE KIND OF SOME
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS THAT I'VE
HAD.
I'M GOING OVER THE MAJOR
CONTEXT AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS AT THAT POINT.
>> JUST AS AN INTRODUCTORY
REPORT COMMENT, I JUST WANTED
TO NOTE THAT I ASKED THE
AUDITOR TO INCLUDE THIS KIND OF
WORK.
I'M REALLY GLAD YOU WERE ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH IT AND THAT WE
HAD YOUR EXPERTISE HERE
LOCALLY.
BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO SORT OF
TEST A THEORY OF WHETHER OR NOT
OUR PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT HAD
ANY RELATIONSHIP TO HATE
CRIMES.
AND SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT
THERE AS SORT OF MY THINKING
AND ASKING FOR THIS WORK AND
LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING IN SOME
MORE.
>> THERE'S PROBABLY A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT THOSE MAPS
THAT SHOW THAT.
KIND OF SHOWING YOU WHAT THE
HATE CRIMES ARE AND WHERE THEY
OCCUR.
THEY ARE SITUATED WITHIN THE
CONTEXT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
SOCIAL DYNAMICS, SO THEY ARE
NOT RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED.
BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
ISSUES THAT WOULD HAPPEN THAT
KIND OF PRODUCE MORE HATE
CRIMES THAN NOT.
SO BASED ON A LOT OF THE
THEORIES ON THE HATE CRIMES,
THE OVERALL GENERAL
UNDERSTANDING OF IT, HATE
CRIMES WERE SITUATED WITH THE
CONTEXT AND CULTURAL
IMPERIALISM.
THIS IS A FORM OF DOMINANCE
THAT ONE GROUP HAS OVER THE
OTHER AND IN PARTICULAR THEY'RE
TRYING TO INFLICT THAT
ESPECIALLY IF THEY FEEL LIKE
THEIR HEDGE MONEY OR THEIR
DOMINANCE IS BEING THREATENED.
AND IN TERMS OF WHERE THE HATE
CRIMES OCCUR, THEY WOULD HAPPEN
MOST WHERE THEY HAVE HIGH
CONCENTRATED LEVELS OF GROUPS.
LGBTQ GROUPS OR RACIAL ETHNIC
GROUPS OR OTHER TYPES OF GROUPS
THAT MIGHT BE MARGINALIZED.
THEY ALSO OCCUR A LOT IN AREAS
WITH HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
AND RESIDENTIAL TURNOVER, SO
THAT'S KIND OF A FRICTION
HYPOTHESIS WHEN YOU HAVE
STRANGERS MEETING WITH EACH
OTHER AND POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT
BELIEFS.
THEY ALSO HAPPEN IF AREAS WITH
LIBERAL VIEWS AND SUPPORT FOR
LGBTQ AND RACIAL CIVIL RIGHTS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE
DOMINATING ISSUES WITH SEATTLE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LIBERAL VIEWS.
WE MAY SEE A HIGH-RISE OF HATE
CRIMES IN GENERAL.
BUT IN PARTICULAR WHAT I FOUND,
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I
FOUND, THEY ARE FREQUENTLY
DIRECTED TOWARDS THE VICTIM'S
RACE OR ETHNICITY OR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION.
AND SO RACE AND ETHNICITY IS
THE MOST COME GNAT, 64%.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION AT 32%.
BUT THIS BAR GRAPH SHOWS THE
FREQUENCY OF SUB CATEGORIES
THAT I TOOK AND KIND OF MOVED
INTO PRIMARY CATEGORIES, JUST
SO IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE VERY TOP,
THESE ARE ALL, THE LISTINGS ARE
ORGANIZED INTO FIVE DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES.
ORGANIZED INTO GENDER IDENTITY,
HATE CRIMES, OTHER TYPES OF
HATE CRIMES.
VARIOUS RACE AND ETHNICITY IN
GREEN, RELIGION, RELATED HATE
CRIMES IN BLUE AND SEXUAL
ORIENTATION AND KIND OF PINK.
THOSE ARE ALL LISTED ON THE
BOTTOM.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH
FREQUENCY OF THEM AMONGST A FEW
TYPE OF CATEGORIES AGAINST
AFRICAN AMERICANS.
NUMBER TWO IS WHAT SPD WOULD
LABEL AS LBG.
AND NUMBER THREE CAME IN AS
WHAT WERE CONSIDERED WHITE HATE
CRIMES, IN OTHER WORDS AGAINST
WHITE INDIVIDUALS.
NUMBER FOUR WAS JEWISH AND THEN
THERE'S JUST KIND OF A WHOLE
DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAT TAKES
THOSE AREAS.
FOR EXAMPLE GENDER IDENTITY,
THOSE THAT FOUND TRANSGENDER
HATE CRIMES AGAINST THEM,
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AT A HIGH
RATE OF HATE CRIMES WITHIN THE
OTHER CATEGORY AND ALL THE
OTHER GROUPS, THE RACIAL GROUPS
HAD HIGH RATE OF HATE CRIMES IN
PARTICULAR, NATIVE AMERICAN,
LATINX, ETHNICS, HATE CRIME
LISTINGS.
ASIAN AND ARAB.
AND THEN OF COURSE WITH
RELIGION, ISLAM CAME IN SECOND
AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY HATE
CRIMES AND THE HOMOSEXUAL IN
THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION
CATEGORY.
>> IF WE COULD TAKE A QUICK
PAUSE WITH SOME QUESTIONS
LINING UP.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENT
DISTINCTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT
THE LARGE LGBT CATEGORY THAT
DOES NOT HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
DISTINCTION DEMOGRAPHIC WHETHER
OR NOT THAT JUST MEANS THE
INFORMATION WAS NOT COLLECTED.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE
WHITE, BUT THERE IS A WHITE
CATEGORY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT
LGBT CATEGORY AS COMPARED TO
THE OTHER LGBT?
>> AND JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
SEEING IT RIGHT, THE SPIKE
THERE IS NOT LGBT BLACK, RIGHT?
>> YES.
IT IS HARD FROM THAT ANGLE.
>> YEAH, THIS IS JUST AN ISSUE
WITH DATA IN TERMS OF WHO IS
COLLECTING THE DATA AND WHAT
KIND OF ACCESS THEY HAVE.
THERE'S A LOT OF CATEGORY.
WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT
OPPORTUNITY, TO HAVE SOME SORT
OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OR SOME
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE VERY
CONSISTENT ON SAYING THERE'S A
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPONENT TO THIS
HATE CRIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO HOW IS HOMOSEXUALS
DISTINGUISHED?
THESE ARE BEING REPORTED
DIFFERENTLY.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT
THEM ALL OUT THERE?
>> YEAH, SO THIS IS DIRECTLY
FROM THE DATA, A DECISION MADE
AT THAT GROUND LEVEL.
THESE WERE VETTED THROUGH
INVESTIGATORS.
I CAN'T RECALL ABOUT 30
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND I
LOOKED AT 200 CATEGORIES,
TRYING TO SHOW YOU THEM AS
GREAT AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT TOOK AN ACADEMIC LENS
AND TRIED TO CATEGORIZE THESE
INTO A SPACE THAT WOULD MAKE
MORE SENSE AND BE RESPECTFUL TO
THOSE GROUPS AS WELL.
BUT THERE WAS JUST,
DISTINCTIONS THAT ARE, YEAH,
IT'S UNCLEAR WHY THAT WAS
DISTINCT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND SO JUST ONE POINT, WHEN YOU
SAY THAT, THESE WERE REPORTED
HATE CRIMES FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT?
AND DO YOU BELIEVE THERE IS
UNDERREPORTING?
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ASSUME THAT
THERE IS.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
THESE ARE SEATTLE NUMBERS.
DO THEY MIRROR NATIONAL THINGS?
AND THEN LET ME ASK ANOTHER
QUESTION.
WHAT DO THEY FIND IN TERMS OF
THE HATE CRIMES DIRECTED
AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE?
WHAT DOES THAT CONSTITUTE?
HOW DID THAT GET REPORTED AND
THAT SORT OF THING?
>> YEAH, I DIDN'T HAVE THE
RECORDS RELATED TO THE CRIMES,
MOSTLY INTERESTED IN TRYING TO
IDENTIFY THE TYPES, THE
LOCATIONS OF THEM.
WHAT WOULD INSTITUTE THAT HATE
CRIME.
WHAT I COULD IMAGINE, THAT IT
WILL BE A QUESTION, THEY COULD
CLEAR THAT OUT.
BUT WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE, IT
WOULD BE SOMETHING ALONG THE
LINES OF SOMEONE FEELING LIKE
THEY WERE BEING, YOU KNOW,
BEING RESCUED BECAUSE OF THEIR
RACE.
SO THE INDIVIDUAL WAS WHITE AND
THEY HAD TO KIND OF CLARIFY IT
AS A HATE CRIME.
WHAT GOES INTO THOSE DETAILS ON
THE CLEAR AND IT WILL BE A
GREAT QUESTION FOR THEM TO
FOLLOW UP ON.
>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU COULD ANSWER TO THAT?
>> A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THEY
REPORT THE DATA.
>> RIGHT.
AS TIM MENTIONED THERE ARE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
I THINK THE GOAL, THE GOAL IS
TO BE AS GRANULAR AS POSSIBLE,
SO WE COULD SEE SOME OF THE
TRENDS OVERTIME.
BUT I KNOW THAT WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION, THAT THEY WILL
BE CLEANING UP SOME OF THESE
CATEGORIES AS WELL.
IN THE FUTURE WE WILL SEE THAT
BE A LITTLE CLEAR WHERE THEY
WILL BE COMBINED IN THE FUTURE.
>> THE THING THAT I FOUND, THE
HATE CRIMES THAT WERE BELOW THE
OUTCOME, CLOSE TO THE OUTCOME
OR A PROPORTION OF RENTERS.
BASICALLY I'LL BE SHOWING A LOT
OF MAPS.
BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW WAS
THAT DIVERSITY IN WHICH HATE
CRIMES WOULD OCCUR AND THEY
HAVE HAPPENED OFTEN.
THEY WILL SHOW YOU THE SCALE OF
THE RACIAL DIVERSITY ON THE FAR
LEFT AND MOSTLY WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
ON THE FAR RIGHT WE HAVE MOST
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH MOST OF
THOSE FOLKS AND COLOR.
SO WHAT I FOUND IS THAT RACE
ANDTH FACE HADTY HATE CRIMES,
THEY DEFINITELY DOMINATED ABOUT
ALL OF THE CATEGORIES.
AND PARTICULARLY THEY WERE HIGH
WITHIN AREAS THAT HAVE THREE
GROUPS, OVER 10% OR MORE AND
12% AMERICANS AND ASIAN AND 12%
WHITE OR, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF
THEM ARE WHITE AND EVERYBODY
ELSE, THEY WERE UNDER 10%.
THAT'S HOW I COULD CATEGORIZE
EACH OF THESE THAT WILL DRAW
FROM SOME LITERATURE ON
SEGREGATION.
THAT'S A WAY TO GET THE SCALE.
AND THE THREE GROUPS, THEY'RE
LOCATED IN NORTH
SEATTLE.
THEY'RE KIND OF SPRINKLED
AROUND, COMING IN SECOND WITH
THE RACE AND THE ETHNICITY AND
THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION HATE
CRIMES.
AND THEN MOSTLY WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY HAD A HIGH
NUMBER OF OTHER CRIMES.
AND THAT IT WILL BE THERE TOO.
>> JUST TO RESPOND TO YOUR
QUESTIONS.
NATIONALLY, FROM THE LAST
PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE FBI HAS
REPORTED DATA, SINCE IT
HAPPENED WITH 24%.
>> AND THE DISTRIBUTION, IT IS
THIS PERIOD HERE AND NOT
INCREASING.
I KNEW ABOUT THAT.
>> GIVEN THAT IT IS ONLY 7% OF
THE POPULATION, SO THAT IS
UNDER ABOUT .4 OF THE
POPULATION EXPERIENCING HATE
CRIME.
THE RATE IS MUCH HIGHER LIKE
HATE CRIMES ARE.
I MEAN TO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
UNDER REPORTING AS WELL AND A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FACE A LOT
OF DISCRIMINATION WILL TEND TO
NOT HAVE FAITH IN THE SYSTEM.
WHERE FOLKS IN DOMINATING
CULTURE TEND TO HAVE MORE FAITH
IN THE SYSTEM.
AND THAT IS QUITE INTERESTING
THAT THEY SHOULD SHOW UP THIRD
IN THAT CATEGORY, YOU KNOW,
THAT IT WILL BE BASED ON THE
ACADEMIC THEORY, OF COURSE.
THE LARGEST CRUSTER WILL OCCUR
DOWNTOWN.
THE SMALLER CLUSTERS WILL OCCUR
IN THE U DISTRICTS AND THE
BALLARD NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALL THE SPACES ARE KNOWN FOR
HIGH COMMUTER.
BASICALLY WHAT THIS SHOWS, THE
RACIAL DIVERSITY THAT YOU
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
ON THE NORTH YOU HAVE A LOT OF
WHITER NEIGHBORHOODS.
TRY TO COVER AS MUCH DIVERSITY
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT'S DIFFICULT TOO, I ALWAYS
HAD TO POINT THIS OUT.
IT'S HARD TO DISTINGUISH THE
NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS
BECAUSE OF THE CENSUS DATA, IT
IS VERY POOR.
I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT
REAL QUICK.
THE FOUR AREAS THAT I HAVE
POINTED OUT, THE DOWNTOWN AREA
ARE LOCATED RIGHT HERE AND
BALLARD IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE,
WHERE WE HAVE THERE'S A LOT OF
BARS AND STREET LOCATIONS AND
THEN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
HERE.
THIS IS 45th, HIGHWAY 99 IF I'M
THINKING CORRECTLY, COMING UP
AND DOWN AROUND HERE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE 23rd VALLEY
AREA WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
OF COURSE THIS IS WEST SEATTLE
TOO AND THE HIGHEST
CONCENTRATIONS ARE LOCATED.
>> IS IT CORRELATED WITH THE
RATE OF PEDESTRIAN?
ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU
POINTED OUT, CAPITOL HILL, THE
U DISTRICT.
THESE ARE HIGH-PEDESTRIAN
AREAS.
>> IN FACT ABOUT THREE TO FOUR
SLIDES THAT I WOULD HAVE ZONING
MAPS, WHICH IS WHERE I FOUND
THE HIGHEST CORRELATION OF
WHERE THEY ARE OCCURRING, SO
YOU'RE CORRECT.
THAT THEY TEND TO OCCUR MOSTLY
IN THE HIGH PEDESTRIAN, HIGH
TRAFFIC AREAS.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE ARE SO
MANY DOWNTOWN.
THE POPULATION DENSITY TO IT
AND ALSO A TRANSPORTATION
COMPONENT TO IT AS WELL.
THE ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT
OUT, BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE
ZONING MAPS, THIS IS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING
AREAS.
AND HATE CRIMES TEND TO OCCUR
AMONG THE BORDERS.
WHERE THERE IS A LARGER
POPULATION.
IF YOU LOOK ALONG HERE AND JUST
TO KIND OF DO THE REAL
REGRESSION, THAT WE WOULDN'T
FIND THIS KIND OF RELATIONSHIP.
WE SEE THAT IN THESE DARK RED
AREAS, THEY ARE ALL WHITE
DOMINATING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT
THAT'S LARGELY BECAUSE OF WHAT
THEY ARE COMMENTING ABOUT.
AND ALSO THE U DISTRICT.
THERE IS A LOT OF, THERE ARE A
LOT OF THOROUGHFARES ALONG
HERE, AND ALONG HERE, HONESTLY.
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING, THEY'RE
FOLLOWING ALONG THE RESIDENTIAL
DIVIDE WITHIN THEIR SPACES, SO
YOU CAN'T BLAME IT ON THE HIGH
TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW
ABOUT THE THEORY, WHICH
BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT IF A
DOMINATING GROUP WILL FEEL LIKE
THAT, THE HEDGE MONEY IS
THREATENED THAT THERE MIGHT BE
AN INCREASE.
THE POTENTIAL THAT IT WILL BE
GOING ON SOCIALLY, BUT VERY
DIFFICULT WITH THE DATA.
WHAT I'M DOING IS DRAWING IN
WITH A LOT OF DATAS, TRYING TO
EBBS PLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON
THERE.
>> YOU SHOWED THE HIGHEST LEVEL
OF HATE CRIMES WHERE THERE WERE
TREE OR MORE, SO I TAKE THAT AS
A POPULATION, WHERE THERE IS A
FAIR AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY.
WHEN YOU SAY THE AVERAGE NUMBER
THE A LEAST FROM THE
PERSONALITY PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU
GO INTO A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE RATE WOULD BE
LOWER.
I'M CURIOUS, ARE THEY LIVING IN
AN ISOLATED COMMUNITY THAT
YOU'LL SAY NO, THAT IT IS NOT
IT?
THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION THAT
WILL SHOW UP THAT WAY, SO THEY
DON'T HAPPEN?
>> WHAT IS DIFFICULT ABOUT
USING RESIDENTIAL INFORMATION
AS MAPS TO SIGNIFY DIVERSITY,
YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
AMBIENT POPULATION DURING THE
DAY.
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE MAY BE
INCREDIBLY DIVERSE.
AND DURING THE DAY ON THE BUS,
THERE MIGHT BE ONE GROUP THAT'S
HEADING TO CITY HALL AND
AMAZON, THERE ARE DOMINATING
GROUPS THAT WOULD SHIFT WITHIN
THOSE SPACES AT DIFFERENT TIMES
ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A
DIFFERENT DOMINATING GROUP FROM
BELLEVUE MAYBE MOVING TOWARDS,
YOU KNOW, BELLTOWN OR BALLARD
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT IF I WERE TO
DEPOSIT THAT THEORY OF BEING
MORE RELATED TO THE POPULATION
AT THAT TIME RATHER THAN THE
RESIDENTIAL SPACE.
THERE'S A VERY LOW RATE OF
RACE, ETHNIC CRIMES, AND WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY HAVE BENEFITED A LOT FROM
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CON TEXT.
THEY GET POLICE LESS WITH A LOT
MORE VALUES ON THEIR HOMES,
THERE'S A LOT MORE WHITE
SPACES, THAT KIND OF ALLOW THEM
TO THRIVE IN WHATEVER WAY.
THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH TRAFFIC
AREAS THAT YOU'LL DRAW A LOT
MORE ATTENTION FOR POLICING AND
THE ECONOMIC DIVERSITY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO THAT
FRACAS IT WILL LEAD TO HATE
CRIMES.
SO LIVING IN A WHITE
NEIGHBORHOOD WILL PROTECT YOU,
YOU KNOW, FROM HATE CRIMES, FOR
SURE.
>> REGARDLESS OF YOUR RACE?
>> YEAH, DEPENDS ON THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TOO.
I MEAN THEY STILL HAVE THE
COVERAGE UP UNTIL 2010.
THEY WERE NOT GOOD FOREST, OF
COURSE, AND IT IS EMBEDDED IN
THERE.
SO YOU KNOW DO THEY FEEL
COMFORTABLE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO TEST WHETHER THEY ARE
THRIVING OR NOT IF THAT MAKES
SENSE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
IT'S COMPLICATED.
BEING VERY WHITE IN THE
EVENING, IT WILL IMPORT A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
>> RIGHT.
THERE'S A VARIOUS OF THE
COUNTRY MUSIC THAT YOU NEED TO
BRING THEM ALONG THE SAME WAY.
>> AND WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT
BALLARD AND SPACES LIKE CAPITOL
HILL, WHICH WE WILL GET IN
THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE
THAT.
BUT SINCE THE RECOVERY FROM THE
HOUSING CRISIS AND ESPECIALLY
SINCE 2012, THERE'S BEEN A
MASSIVE SHIFT IN THE
DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE
HOMELESSNESS POPULATION AND THE
HOUSING DYNAMICS IN THE RANTS.
ALL THESE THINGS.
THERE IS AN ECONOMIC BOMB KIND
OF DROPPED IN 2012.
WITH THAT INTRODUCTION OF ONE
OF THE PRIMARY THEORIES, THEN
NEW RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT BE
TIED TO THE CITY, MIGHT BE
BRINGING IN VALUES, CONFLICTING
WITH WHAT SEATTLE HAS BEEN
KNOWN FOR.
THEN YOU START TO PUSH OUT
PEOPLE THAT LOVE THE CITY AND
CARE FOR THE CITY AND NURTURE
THE CITY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS, THE
REPORTS THAT YOU FOUND, THEY
ARE HIGHEST IN CAPITAL HILL AND
THAT IS A TRADITIONALLY
PROTECTED SPACE.
IT'S KIND OF THE FLOW WITH A
SAFE SPACE, NOW IT'S UNSAFE
AGAIN BY IN LARGE.
NOT AS UNSAFE BACK IN THE 80s
AND THE 90s, BUT IT HAS
CHANGED.
>> AND THAT'S WHY I'M
INTERESTED IN THIS IDEA OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND HOW WE COULD
TARGET OUR EFFORTS TO THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHANGE.
SO THAT WE COULD REINFORCE WHAT
THE VALUES ARE OF THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
COMING IN TO THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY DON'T
HAVE THOSE VALUES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE THOSE
VALUES.
THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A FOSTER
TO BE REINVIGORATED, EMPOWERING
OTHER PEOPLE TO STEP UP.
THESE ARE COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL ZONE AREAS.
HOPEFULLY YOU COULD DISTINGUISH
THOSE.
THE PINK ARE GENERAL MIXED
AREAS, A MIXTURE OF STORE
FRONTS AND APARTMENTS, THEN
SURROUNDED IN THE DARKER
YELLOWS ARE MULTIFAMILIES IN
THE APARTMENT AREAS.
THEN THE LIGHT YELLOW, WHICH IS
ABOUT 75% OF THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, THE SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE
HOUSING.
SO GETTING BACK TO YOUR
QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
ABOUT WHITE SPACES BEING
PROTECTED.
I THINK THE ZONE SPACES WILL BE
VERY PROTECTED TOO AND THAT IS
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
THOSE INTERSECTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE HIGHWAY 99, THAT
YOU COULD SEE IT VERY QUICKLY,
EVEN IN SMALL MIXED USE, MULTI-
FAMILY ZONE SPACES THAT YOU'LL
START TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE
CLUSTERING.
AND THESE SOLO RATE CRIMES OUT
HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RED WINE
IS THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
IS VERY RARE AND UNCOMMON AND
THIS RACIAL DIVERSITY, THIS ONE
ON RACE AND ETHNICITY THAT
SEEMS UNEXXON AND LIKEWISE
AROUND IF THESE SPACES.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THE BALLARD
AREA, DOWN HERE, DOWN SOUTH,
THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS
RIGHT HERE TOO.
IF WE LOOK AT THE CENTRAL
SEATTLE LOCATION, THE BLUE AREA
IS THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.
THIS IS THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE MOST
DOMINATING HATE CRIME THAT
OCCURS, IT'S A MIXTURE OF
SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
BUT IT SEEMS TO BE LARGELY
DOMINATED BY RACE AND
ETHNICITY.
YOU START TO SEE THE HATE
CRIMES, PUSHING THROUGH THE
CORRIDOR, ALSO UP TOWARDS
BROADWAY AND UP NORTH.
>> RIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND
PRECISE FOR WHAT WE'RE ENTERING
WITH THE DATA, AS WELL, SO I
DON'T WANT TO, I THINK WE
SHOULD RESPECT THAT DECISION.
BUT CAREERLY THERE IS
SOMETHING, A STORY BEING TOLD
HERE FROM WHAT YOU HAVE
UNCOVERED HERE.
THAT IT SEEMS TO ME IF YOU NEED
TO LOOK AT, I MEAN WHAT'S
HAPPENING, I MEAN LIKE THE
CLASH --
>>
THE FRICTION.
>> YES, THAT'S A BETTER WORD.
OBVIOUSLY INCOME AND ECONOMIC
QUESTIONS WILL BE IMPORTANT.
IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE FOR
EXAMPLE ON CAPITOL HILL, THE
PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE
WORKING CLASS OR LOW INCOME.
AND SO THERE'S THE HIGHER
POPULATION AMONG THE WORKING
CLASS.
SO YOU MIGHT TEND TO SEE THAT
IN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE THE
WORKING CLASS, HIGHLY COMPOSED
OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, THE
COMMUNITY THAT WILL END UP
BEING A TARGET FOR HATE CRIMES,
DEPENDING ON WHICH GROUP IT IS
THAT WILL BE SEEN AS THE
TARGETS.
>> YEAH, FOR SURE.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
IMPORTANT THINGS FROM THE
SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE IF MATERIALS
OF SOCIAL GOOD.
THESE ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT
WILL NEED TO PUT UP WITH THIS
TYPE OF ACTIVITY ON THE
CONSTANT MATTER, MORE
FREQUENTLY.
SO IF YOU WOULD JUST TAKE OUT
THE POPULATION ITSELF, THEY
FACE THE HIGH CRIMES MORE.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT
WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THEY CREATE
THE ORGANIZATION WITH A LOT OF
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION THERE.
A LOT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT AND
TO CREATE A COMMON SPACE, BUT
IT WILL ADD TO A LOT OF THE
STRESS, THE OTHER ISSUES THAT
COULD LEAD TO HOW DO I SAY IT,
KIND OF AN UNHEALTHY SOCIAL
ORDER, THE SOCIAL HEALTH.
SO ANY KIND OF CRIMES THAT WILL
HAPPEN IN THOSE SPACES AND THE
DENSE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS
ALTOGETHER, WE KNOW THAT AND IT
IS VERY SIMILAR EAR AND THE
GROUPS THAT ARE BEING TARGETED.
WHAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH
ALREADY.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY
WILL ADDRESS THAT AND THAT IDEA
IS THE ZONES WITH MORE
INTERACTION.
I MEAN BY DESIGN, TRYING TO
CREATE MORE OF THOSE SPACES
WHEN THEY FLED THE URBAN AREAS
TO THE SUBURBS, YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TO INTERACT WITH ANYBODY.
YOU GO TO WORK IN YOUR SECURE
SPOT AND YOU'RE BREAKING IT
DOWN.
IT WAS SO UNHEALTHY.
NOW WE HAVE A PLACE WITH A LOT
OF INTERACTION.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD, CREATING A LOT OF
GOOD THINGS BECAUSE OF THOSE
INTERACTIONS, BUT THERE IS ALSO
A DOWNSIDE TO THAT AND I DON'T
THINK THAT YOU'RE ASKING NOR DO
WE WANT TO SAY LET'S ELIMINATE
THESE PEDESTRIAN ZONES AND
SECURE EVERYONE GOING BACK INTO
THE SUBURBS.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY BROUGHT
UP THE INEQUALITY SESSION, THE
FRICTION BEING CAUSED.
GENERALLY MORE INCIDENTS OF
CRIMES IN GENERAL.
SORRY.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT
NEIGHBORHOODS ON CAPITOL HILL.
WHERE THERE IS A VERY VIBRANT
ACTIVE PLACE.
IT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, WELL, I
DON'T FOE, BUT AS A WHITE MALE
WALKING INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD,
I DON'T FEEL THAT AND I FEEL
ALL THE BENEFITS OF ALL THE
GREAT INTERACTIONS AND THE
DIFFERENT IDENTITIES ON THE
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE
CREATE THIS VIBRANT
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE WANT TO
AVOID THE DOWNSIDES, IS IT A
COUPLE OF THINGS?
AND WHEN I READ THE NEWS, THE
SENSE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
THERE WHOSE IDENTITIES ARE
THREATENED, WHO MIGHT LIVE IN
SEATTLE, THAT WE WILL CAUSE
SOME TROUBLE.
YOU READ INCIDENTS OF THOSE
GROUPS, PICKING ON SOMEONE,
PHYSICALLY BEATING THEM UP.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN
AWARENESS, THE POLICING
STRATEGY AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE
LIVED TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT THEY'RE OKAY WITH THE
PREVIOUS BALANCE.
BUT NOW THEY ARE JUST
UNCONFIDENTABLE WITH THE
BALANCE, THE DISRUPTION OF
THEIR LIFE OR THEY LASH OUT IN
WAYS, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE MORE
POLICE, BUT WE NEED TO FIX THAT
SOCIAL SYSTEM AND THEY ARE BOTH
REATED, I THINK, WHEN PEOPLE
ARE COMING OUT TO THE SOCIAL
PROBLEMS TOO, BUT IT WILL BE
HARDER FOR US TO DEAL WITH.
BECAUSE OF THE DATA, THAT'S NOT
WHAT WE'RE MEASURING.
>> I'LL DRAW IF FROM THE OTHER
STUDIES THAT WE HAVE DONE TO
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I LIVE IN BALL REGARD NOW AND
THESE ARE PRETTY WELL AND
ACTUALLY WENT TO SEATTLE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE BEFORE I WENT
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT
EXPERIENCE WITH A LOT OF ICONS
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND LGBTQ
COMMUNITIES, AND THERE WERE A
LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
THIS CONCEPT, THIS NEW, YOU
KNOW, THE SPACE BEING SAFE, AND
THERE WERE A LOT OF BUSINESSES
THAT WERE OWNED, DIVERSE, A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE IN
THESE SPACES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THEM NOW, WHAT
IS THE ICON?
ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE SHUT
DOWN.
I'VE TALKED TO RECENTLY, I
WON'T NAME THE NAME, BUT ONE OF
THE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO WOULD
WORK ON BROADWAY AND SAYS LIKE
PEOPLE, THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO
STAY ALIVE.
OR THEY ARE STAYING IN BUSINESS
AND THEY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW,
SERVING THERE SINCE THE 80s IN
DIFFERENT CAPACITIES.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT NOW,
YOU'LL SEE BRAND NEW
RESTAURANTS.
YOU'LL SEE.
>> THE UPSCALE RESTAURANTS, THE
UPSCALE BUILDINGS.
SO THAT IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY
A NEW ONE.
AND THAT INVITES A DIFFERENT
POPULATION.
THAT DIFFERENT POPULATION IS
THEN BEING INVITED INTO A
DIFFERENT SPACE LIKE IT USED TO
BE DOMINATED BY A DIFFERENT
GROUP.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THAT IS
BASICALLY COMPETITION IF YOU
THINK ABOUT PLANT LIFE, ONE
SEED IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE
FIELD OF ANOTHER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME
FRICTION AT THE BORDER AND
CAPITOL HILL IS ONE OF THOSE
BORDERS.
>> IT IS REALLY APPROVING
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I WOULD SAY THE LARGE
PHENOMENAL THAT'S HAPPENING,
EXEMPLIFIED BY THE QUOTE THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE IN THIS BUSINESS
AND IT'S TRUE.
IT IS NOT JUST WORKING PEOPLE
AND ALSO SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
WILL BE UPROOTED.
BUT NOW SOMETHING THAT YOU
WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT WOULD
HAPPEN ON CAPITOL HILL LIKE THE
WHOLE BLOCK OF THE BIG
STARBUCKS.
AND IT DOES SIGNIFY THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT USED TO BE
KNOWN FOR VIBRANT, SORT OF
DIVERSE SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND IT IS ALSO THE PLACE WITH
THE ACTIVISM BECAME, YOU KNOW,
BECAME A THING IN SEATTLE TRUE
CAPITOL HILL.
BUT I HEAR STORIES FROM LIKE
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE,
WHO YOU MIGHT KNOW, A LONG-TIME
MEMBER OF 46.
THE ELECTRICIAN.
HE'S BLACK AND HE USED TO WORK
AT THE SAFEWAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT
USED TO BE A GREAT SAFEWAY AT
ONE POINT, I WASN'T THERE.
BUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW
THERE WAS WHOLE THING OF
UNITING BLACK PEOPLE AND THE
LGBT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY
WERE FACING DISCRIMINATION AND
THEY SAID YOU KNOW LET'S GET
TOGETHER.
THIS WAS HAPPENING ON CAPITOL
HILL AND NOW IT'S COMPLETELY
CHANGED.
AND SO WHO GETS TO ENJOY THAT
CHANGE?
I THINK THAT'S THE CONCRETE
QUESTION.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT IS A LOT OF
THIS.
YOU USE THE PLANT ANALOGY THAT
YOU REFERENCED UPROOTING.
IT IS ABOUT THE ECO SYSTEM OF
IDENTITY.
>> RIGHT.
>> FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT IS
BEING LOST AND THAT IDENTITY IS
A PART OF WHAT PROTECTS A
COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS WHEN IT'S CLEAR THAT
THE IDENTITY OF THE COMMUNITY
IS SUPPORTIVE OF LGBTQ PEOPLE.
OR THE IDENTITY OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S SUPPORTIVE
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS
AND BUSINESSES.
WHEN YOU LOSE THAT, THEN YOU'RE
LOSING A VERY PUBLIC MESSAGE
ABOUT, I THINK, ABOUT SAFETY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND IT IS, YOU KNOW,
UNFORTUNATELY IT WILL FALL
WITHIN THE SHADOW OF
DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGING AROUND
SOME AFFORDABILITY, YOU KNOW.
I HAVE A Ph.D.
AND LIKE IF MY RANK GOES UP
$200, I HAVE TO FIND A PLACE
OUTSIDE SEATTLE.
I HAVE ONE OF THE LAST CHEAP
PLACES IN BALLARD, AND I HAVE A
ROOMMATE BECAUSE I HAVE TO.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> THE LAST TIME YOU CAME TO
THE COMMITTEE, THE SELECT
COMMITTEE OF HOMELESSNESS, YOU
SAID YOU HAVE A ROOMMATE.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC TIMES.
>> YES, MAYBE I STUDY WHAT I'M
AFRAID OF.
BUT I HAVE A FEW MORE CLOUDS
AND THEN I'M SURE I'VE GONE
OVER TIME.
>> YES, LET'S MOVE ON, THANK
YOU.
>> SORRY.
>> NO, DON'T BE.
WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION ALL DAY
PERSONALLY.
IF I WERE TO SAY ONE THING WHAT
THE CITY COULD DO, IT'S
DIFFICULT.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE RENTS UNLESS
YOU INHIBIT, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN
ZONING, SOME OTHER KIND OF
LAWS.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO IS TRY TO
DEFEND ICONS OR SPACES, YOU
KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO IMPACT
HATE CRIMES, IT'S A SOCIAL
ISSUE, AN ECONOMIC ISSUE FOR
SURE.
BUT DIRECTLY YOU COULD BOLSTER,
YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESS AND
ICONS THAT SAY THIS IS A SAFE
SPACE.
AND SO THIS OTHER MAP REAL
QUICKLY WILL SHOW WEST SEATTLE.
AGAIN WE SEE THE SAME KIND OF
THING AROUND THE CORRIDOR.
STARTING TO SEE A FEW MORE RACE
AND ETHNICITY CRIMES DOWN IN
THE RAINIER VALLEY.
BUT WE DEFINITELY SEE A FEW
SEXUAL ORIENTATION CRIMES AS
WELL.
AND KIND OF THE HEART OF WEST
SEATTLE IN THESE SPACES WHERE
WE WILL SEE A FEW DOWN THERE,
BUT A LOT LESS FREQUENT.
I DID A QUICK ANALYSIS ON HATE
GRAFFITI UNDER THE REQUEST OF
THE AUDITOR AND BASICALLY REAL
QUICKLY WHAT I FOUND LIKE HATE
CRIMES, GRAFFITI REPORTED ALONG
THE BUSY THOROUGHFARES AND
HIGHLY DIVERSE BLOCK GROUPS.
BUT UNLIKE THE HATE CRIMES,
THIS IS UNIQUE TO GRAFFITI AND
ALSO REPORTED IN THE BLOCK
GROUPS THAT WERE MOSTLY WHITE
AND WHITE ASIAN, WHICH IS KIND
OF INTERESTING TO ME.
KIND OF THE OPPOSITE.
MAYBE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AFRAID
TO ACT ON HATE CRIMES, BUT THEY
ARE NOT AFRAID TO TAG SPACES.
AND SO MOST OF THEM WOULD
HAPPEN IN WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND WHITE NATION NEIGHBORHOODS.
KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF WHERE
THE ACTUAL HATE CRIMES
OCCURRED.
THEN THEY ALSO, OF COURSE, ARE
HAPPENING IN GENERAL MIX USE
AREAS.
BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE
SECOND HIGHEST COUNT OF
GRAFFITI WAS FOUND IN SINGLE-
FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
NOW WE KNOW THERE IS A PLETHORA
OF THE MAP THAT WILL SHOW HATE
CRIMES, BASICALLY SHOWING A LOT
MORE DIVERSE IDENTIFICATION
WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED.
BUT THE HATE CRIMES, YOU KNOW,
CRIME IN GENERAL IS RELATED TO
AGE AS WELL AND THE YOUNGER YOU
ARE, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO
COMMIT A CRIME AROUND
ADOLESCENT TO ABOUT 25, KIND OF
THETHRESHOLD.
AND GRAFFITI WILL TEND TO BE
RELATED TO THAT AND TO MORE
YOUTH RELATED INCIDENTS.
AND SO IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE THAT
SINGLE FAMILY ZONE AREAS ARE
AFFECTED.
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY STILL GOING
TO BE GETTING BACK AT THAT
CONCEPT.
THAT'S ABOUT IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU SPEAK ON WHETHER OR
NOT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER
CITIES AND IF THEY HAVE SIMILAR
STUDIES TO THIS ONE.
ARE THERE SIMILAR CONCLUSIONS?
>> ON HATE CRIMES, NO,
UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT.
>> THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING
WORTH US TAKING A LOOK AT THE
LITERATURE OUT THERE.
BUT AGAIN I APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND I WANT
TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE
CITY AUDITOR AS WELL AS SPD,
WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE,
DETECTIVE ELIZABETH WARRING OF
THE HATE BIAS UNIT IS HERE.
AND I WANT THE CITY TO WORK ON
HAVING SOME PLACE-BASED
STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH THESE
TYPES OF FRICTIONS THAT ARE AN
OUTGROWTH OF SORT OF
REDEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL
COMMUNITIES.
AND NOW OR SAFER PLACES.
AND THAT IT WILL BE SO.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN EXCLUSIVELY
ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES.
AND THAT WE COULD DO SPD HAS
LED ON CREATING THE SAFE SPACES
INITIATIVE WITH HAVING THE
BUSINESS OWNERS BE CLEAR.
AND THAT IT WILL BE A SAFE
SPACE.
AND WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS OF
THE CITY, AND FOR OUR VALUES.
AND I THINK SOME OF THAT DOES,
MAY INVOLVE SOME SPECIFIC PLACE
BASED ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY.
AND I THINK I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE
HATE CRIME LEGISLATION AND
SPECIFICALLY USING THAT AS A
TOOL.
AND ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF THE
PORTIONALTY AND AGAINST
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND TO ENFORCE OUR VALUES AS
THE CITY AND ALSO TO ADDRESS
THE HARM THAT WILL BE DONE TO
THE PERPETRATORS OF HATECRIMES.
ACTING ON BIAS AND HATRED.
AND A PART OF WHAT WILL BE
INCREASING SAFETY.
AND IT WILL BE WELCOME.
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
WELCOME AND YOU WILL BE GETTING
PUSHED OUT.
AND THAT WE SHOULD ALL DRAW
THAT MESSAGE OUT.
AND DENSITY WILL BE BAD OR
HAVING PEDESTRIANS WILL BE BAD,
SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES
EMPHASIZING THAT IT IS NOT THE
MESSAGE OF THIS.
REALLY I THINK SAFETY AND
PUBLIC SAFETY OVERALL CAN BE
IMPROVED WHEN WE DON'T HAVE
SUCH ECONOMIC, JUST THE
DIVISIONS.
THE WHOLE DATA BEING SO TRUE
AND THE WHOLE BOOM WOULD BEGIN
HERE THAT IT HAS BEEN ONLY FOR
A FEW AND MANY HAVE BEEN LEFT
OUT OF IT.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
THANKSFOR JOINING US.
>> SOLID WASTE STORAGE AND
ACCESS REQUIREMENTS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
JUST A QUICK ROUND OF
INSTRUCTIONS, FIRST.
>> HI, I'M SUSAN WITH SPU.
>> I'M HANS VANDUSEN, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> ANGELA WALLIS, SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
>> ERIC ERIC, DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTIONS AND INSPECTIONS
LAND USE CODE DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE COULD GET OFF, JUST A
FEW WORDS.
I BECAME REALLY INTERESTED IN
THIS ISSUE AFTER A COUPLE OF
YEARS OF RECYCLING REPORTS.
AND ONE OF THE CLEAR MESSAGES
THAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT WE NEED
TO DO MORE TO ASSIST RESIDENTS
IN MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES TO
DO BETTER IN RECYCLING.
AND I THINK THE APPROACH THE
CITY SHOULD BE PURSUING IS NOT
A PUNITIVE APPROACH, NOT TO
PUNISH PEOPLE FOR NOT
RECYCLING, BUT TO LOOK AT THE
REASON WHY THEY MAY NOT BE
RECYCLING.
SPU HAS BEEN GOOD AT HELPING TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT RECYCLING
RATES, THEY'RE HIGHER IN MULTI-
FAMILY BUILDINGS, WHERE THERE
IS EQUAL ACCESS TO EACH GARBAGE
RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING
FACILITIESES ON MULTIPLE
FLOORS.
AND SO FROM THAT I HAVE BECOME
REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW WE CAN
MAKE SURE THAT NEW BUILDINGS AS
THEY ARE BEING BUILT, NEW
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS WILL MEET
THOSE STANDARDS.
SO WITH THAT I'LL KICK IT OFF
TO WHOEVER WANTS TO GET US
STARTED, AND YOU CAN TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK SPU
HAVE BEEN WORKING TO PROMOTE
THIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS FOR HAVING US TODAY TOO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
INTEREST IN, YOU KNOW, UP UNTIL
NOW, WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SOME
BACKGROUND.
TODAY WE'RE HERE TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT
WE'VE BEEN DOING TO TRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL WORK IN
THE MULTI-FAMILY AREA.
WE'VE DONE EXTENSIVE WORK WITH
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND
DEVELOPING DATA ON WHAT WILL
WORK AND NOT WORK.
HANS, ERIC, AND ANGELA ARE HERE
TO TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT
THAT WE'RE DOING.
I'LL HAND IT OFF TO HANS.
>> SURE.
ANGELA AND I CAN COVER A LOT OF
THE GREAT INPUT THAT THEY HAVE
GOTTEN.
I APPRECIATE THE INTEREST AND
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE
AND UPDATE YOU ON WHAT WE HAVE
DONE RELATED TO THE LAND USE
CODE GUIDANCE.
AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE
REQUIREMENTS IN IT AND THAT
COVERS ALL BUILDING TYPES
INCLUDING THIS CASE AND SO
ADEQUATE SPACE, SAFE ACCESS,
SUCCESSFUL ACCESS ARE ALL PART
OF IT.
THEN AS YOU MENTIONED, IT WILL
APPLY TO ALL NEW BUSINESS AND
MAJOR REMODELS AS WELL WITH
THAT CODE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO IT FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS OR SO.
SO WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS TO
MAKE SURE AS YOU IDENTIFIED, WE
HAVE SUCCESSFUL RECYCLING.
WE'VE HAD GREAT INTERACTIONS AS
YOU KNOW WITH THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD
ON THAT.
AND ANGELA COULD SPEAK TO SOME
OF WHAT WE FOUND OUT.
>> I'LL HAVE THE NEXT FEW
SLIDES HERE.
PLEASE INTERRUPT ME ANY TIME.
SO WHILE HANS MENTIONED WE DO
HAVE LAND USE CODE, THAT DOES A
LOT TO PROVIDE FOR STORAGE, FOR
SOLID WASTE AND ACCESS TO THAT
SOLID WASTE WITH PLACES THAT WE
COULD IMPROVE.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOUR
AREAS TODAY.
TWO OF THEM ARE RELATED TO
MULTI-FAMILY AND TWO ARE NOT.
BUT I WANTED TO BRING THEM UP
BECAUSE THEY'RE A PART OF AN
OVERALL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT.
SO THE FIRST IS THAT MOST NEW
BUILDINGS IF SEATTLE DO NOT
PROVIDE THE ACCESS THAT WE KNOW
IS CRITICAL.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DATA AROUND
THAT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK OF WAYS
TO BRING THAT ACCESS.
TWO NEW MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS.
THE SECOND IS THE LAND USE CODE
HAS PROVISIONS FOR ALLOWING
MODIFICATIONS TO THE STORAGE
AREAS AND ANOTHER MODIFICATIONS
WILL BE ALLOWED AS WELL TO THE
FIVE PAGES THAT WILL APPLY TO
THE SOLID WASTE.
AND THAT MODIFICATION LANGUAGE
IS REALLY BROAD AND ALSO REALLY
VAGUE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT WAYS
TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR
DEVELOPERS, MAKE IT CLEAR FOR
ARCHITECTS, SO WHEN NEW
BUILDING PLANS ARE PROPOSED,
THAT NOBODY IS WASTING THEIR
TIME ON A DESIGN THAT ISN'T
SAFE OR ISN'T FEASIBLE
ESPECIALLY IN THESE MULTI-
FAMILY BUILDINGS WHERE WE HAVE
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND THE
IMPACT TO WHAT PEOPLE COULD
DIVERT REALLY MATTERS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT
THEY REQUEST AND WHAT THEY
MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN TIGHTENING
UP THE LANGUAGE AND BRINGING
THAT ON FLOOR CODE RELATED
ACCESS THAT WILL APPLY TO
MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT WE WILL ADHERE TODAY, IT
LACKS CLARITY THIS IS WHERE IT
WILL COME IN TO PLAY AND WITH
THAT OFFICE SPACE AND THE LAND
USE CODE AND TO COME UP TO THAT
CODE THAT WE DO HAVE TO COME
INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.
THAT THEY MIGHT NEED WHEN THEY
ADD 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S SORT OF THE OVERSIGHT.
THE CODE HAS BEEN DONE TEN
YEARS AGO.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WHEN
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STORAGE
REQUIREMENTS.
ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE
STANDARD THAT I DESCRIBED IN
THE BEGINNING OF EQUAL ACCESS
TO ALL THREE STORAGE FOR ALL ON
EVERY FLOOR?
>> YES.
>> THE THIRD BULLET SUGGEST
THAT REQUIREMENT ALREADY EXISTS
FOR MULTI-FAMILY REMODELS?
>> NO.
AND SO THE THIRD BULLET WILL
GET TO THAT POINT THAT WHEN IT
IS REMODELED IN TWO OR MORE
UNITS THAT ARE ADDED TO THE
BUILDING, THEN THEY FEED TO
COMPLY WITH THE STORAGE SQUARE
FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS THAT'S IN
THE LAND USE TABLE, SO IT'S BY
THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND HOW
MUCH STORAGE YOU NEED FOR THE
DUMPERS.
THAT'S NOT ON THE FLOOR ACCESS
AT ALL.
>> NONE OF THESE BULLETS WILL
RELATE TO THE ISSUE THAT I TEED
UP.
>> NO, THE VERY FIRST BULLET
DOES.
WE JUST WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO
LOOK AT THE VARY AREAS THAT
COULD USE IMPROVEMENTS.
NOT JUST THE MOST IMPORTANT OF
ON FLOOR ACCESS.
>> SO WHEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT
THE EXISTING REQUIREMENTS, IT
IS TO HAVE STORAGE FACILITIES
ON SITE.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND SUFFICIENT TO HANDLE THE
WASTE STREAMS ACCORDING TO THE
SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING
OR OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
>> RIGHT.
>> WE DON'T PRESCRIBE ON FLOOR.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
AND THEN IN THE FINAL SMALLER
ITEM HERE, WE ARE LACKING ANY
STORAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR
INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
JUST A SORT OF AN OVERSIGHT.
AGAIN VERY FEW INDUSTRIAL
BUILDINGS BEING BUILT IN THE
CITY.
BUT WHILE WE'RE LOOKING TO
IMPROVE THINGS, WE SHOULD ADD
THAT AND IMPROVE THINGS AS
WELL.
DATA HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE.
I REVIEWED ONE INDUSTRIAL
BUILDING AND THEY FOLLOWED THE
COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND THAT'S
GREAT, BUT WE SHOULD CLOSE THAT
LOOPHOLE IN MY MIND.
OKAY MOVING ON TO A LITTLE BIT
MORE BACKGROUND.
SO MY COLLEAGUES WILL GO TO
MEDINA, HAS DONE WONDERFUL
RESEARCH, IN ACTUAL BUILDINGS
OF SEATTLE.
THE LARGEST BUILDINGS IN OUR
CITY, AND WE ASSESSED THOSE
BUILDINGS FOR HOW SUCCESSFUL
THEY ARE AT WOOD WASTE.
BUILDINGS WITH THE ON FLOOR
ACCESS OR THAT TOP IMAGE THAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER IT IS
A COMBINATION OF CARTS, SHOOTS,
CARTS, ALL SHOOTS.
60% OF THOSE MULTI-FAMILY
BUILDINGS HAVE VERY STRONG FOOD
WASTE DIVISION PROGRAMS.
SO THAT MEANS THEY ARE
DIVERTING A LOT OF MATERIAL AND
DOING IT CLEANLY.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PLASTIC,
BUILDING MANAGEMENT AND
MAINTENANCE WILL BE ON BOARD
SUPPORTING THAT PROGRAM.
60% OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE
DOING A GOOD JOB AND THEN STARK
CONTRAST WHEN THOSE BUILDINGS,
THEY HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO DO IT DARK OR YOU KNOW
REALLY FAR AWAY, ONLY 10% OF
THEM HAVE A STRONG FOOD WASTE
PROGRAM.
>> WE'RE NOT SURPRISED, IT'S
COMMON SENSE, BUT WHERE SHE THE
DATA TO SHOW THAT.
THEY GET THE CREDIT FOR THAT
WORK.
ONE OTHER BULLET POINT OF DATA
HERE THAT'S MORE RELATED TO THE
WORK THAT I DO DAY-TO-DAY.
THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMING
IN, NEW MULTI-FAMILY PROPOSALS,
ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THOSE ARE
COMING IN WITH ON-FLOOR ACCESS.
THE DEVELOPERS ARE SAYING YES.
WE'RE DOING THIS.
SOME OF THAT IS BECAUSE SPU HAS
BEEN GUIDING THEM FOR A COUPLE
OF YEARS NOW, BUT BECAUSE THEY
HAVE DONE THAT.
TWO-THIRDS ARE NOT.
WE KNOW DEVELOPERS ARE
INTERESTED ENOUGH TO DO IT.
A THIRD OF THEM ROUGHLY OVER
THE PAST TWO YEARS.
WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT DOING IT
FOR VARIOUS REASONS, SO THAT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE
HERE TODAY AND TALK ABOUT
IMPROVING THAT.
OKAY.
SO I THINK THIS IS MY COUPLE
FINAL SLIDES HERE ABOUT
STAKEHOLDER WORK THAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING.
SPU AND SDCI OVER THE PAST NINE
MONTHS OR SO HAVE DONE QUITE A
LOT OF OUTREACH INCLUDING
MEETING WITH THE BUILDER
ASSOCIATION, SEATTLE COUNCIL
SEVERAL TIMES, STARTING BACK IF
NOVEMBER, GOING BACK THROUGH
APRIL, JUNE, INCLUDING MORE
MEETINGS TOMORROW.
TODAY, AND SO WE WILL HOLD IT
AGAIN AT SPU AND THE JOINT
EFFORT.
THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER.
WE MET THREE WEEKS AGO WITH THE
GROUP OF LARGER COMPANIES IN
SEATTLE INCLUDING THE PACIFIC,
JUST LARGER DEVELOPERS THAT ARE
DOING A LOT TO HELP BUILD OUT
OUR CITY, PROVIDING HOUSING.
WE'RE MEETING ON JULY 7 AS WELL
ABOUT OTHER LAND USE
CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO THAT GROUP.
>> BACK ON THE QUESTION OR THE
DATA POINT, DO YOU SEE ANY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NON-
PROFIT PROVIDERS, THEIR
BUILDINGS AND THE FOR PROFIT
PROVIDERS?
AND THE VOLUNTARY EQUAL ACCESS
FACILITIES IN THOSE NEW
BUILDINGS?
>> I DO.
IT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED
ROUTINELY THAT IT'S
UNAFFORDABLE FOR THE LOW INCOME
BUILDINGS TO PROVIDE CHUTES OR
PROVIDE ON-FLOOR ACCESS.
>> HAS THAT RESULTED IN FEWER
OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT YOU'VE
IDENTIFIED?
>> YES.
>> AS A VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE?
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN TERM THROUGH
COMPLETION.
THERE ARE SOME UNDER REVIEW, SO
I CAN'T SAY.
NOT FOR CERTAIN BECAUSE THEY
ARE BEING PERMITTED.
>> I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
COUNCIL MEMBER PACHECO HAS
JOINED US.
>> HE WAS AT ONE OF OUR
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH US
LAST WEEK.
JUST TO WRAP UP SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK, MANY ARE CHOOSING TO
PROVIDE THIS ON-FLOOR ACCESS
AND MANY ARE NOT.
THEY DO NOT COMMUNICATE SO FAR
THAT THEY ARE AGAINST PROVIDING
THAT ON FLOOR ACCESS.
THEIR REACTION WAS YEAH, WE
ALREADY DO THIS.
AND IT MIGHT BE EVEN EASIER TO
DO IF THE ROOMS ON EVERY FLOOR
WOULD BE SMALL AND IF THEY DID
NOT COUNT TOWARDS THEIR FLOOR
AREA RATIO.
AND SO THEY ARE IN CONVERSATION
ABOUT WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG
TAKEAWAYS.
WE ALSO MENTIONED CLARIFYING
THAT AMBIGUOUS PART OF THE CODE
WHERE MODIFICATIONS COULD BE
REQUESTED.
KIND OF LAYING IT OUT.
THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.
>> YEAH, WOULD LOVE TO GET A
SENSE OF WHAT YOUR NEXT STEPS
ARE AND THE MEMO THAT WILL BE
LINKED TO OUR AGENDA FROM LAST
NOVEMBER.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT A TIMELINE
THAT INCLUDED A DELIVERY OF
LEGISLATION.
HOW CAN YOU GIVE US THE UPDATE
ON WITH A TO EXPECT ON THAT
TIMELINE AND WHEN WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO EXPECT TO SEE A BILL.
>> YEAH, APPRECIATE THE FOLLOW-
UP QUESTION.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW
IS FINISHING UP THE STAKE OLDER
INPUT.
SO WE WILL BE WRAPPING THAT UP
THIS SUMMER.
THEN ON AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, IT'S
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO
RECOMMEND.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE
OUTREACH FROM THAT AND IDENTIFY
WHAT ARE THE BEST STEPS FOR
FINISHING THAT, WORKING WITH
THE INPUT THAT WE WOULD GET
FROM THERE.
>> ON THESE POTENTIAL NEXT
STEPS, I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION PROPOSED TO ADDRESS
THE ACCESS AS WELL AS THE OTHER
SORT OF CLEAN UP PIECES.
THAT THEY IDENTIFY AS BEING
USEFUL AS IT RELATES TO THE
VARIANCES AND THE INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTIES.
BUT I DON'T SEE ANY TIME IN
HERE, IDENTIFIED FOR THE
PROCESS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND
WILL BE NECESSARY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, THEN THERE
PROBABLY WOULD BE A SECRET
PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IF THAT STEP
CAME FORWARD.
>> AND SO SHOULD I TAKE FROM
THIS THAT THERE IS AN AGREEMENT
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EMPLOYEE
POSING AS A RESULT OF WHAT YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING?
>> I THINK THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
THAT AT THIS POINT, CORRECT.
DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON
IMPROVING.
I DON'T THINK WE KNOW IF THERE
IS A CHANGE TO THE CODE OR NOT.
>> IF THERE WERE TO BE A
CHANGE, HOW WOULD THEY FIT INTO
THIS TIMELINE?
>> BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD BE
DOING AFTER THIS IS THE AUGUST
AND SEPTEMBER DRAFTING UP THE
POTENTIAL LANGUAGE.
SEE HOW IT FITS AS THEY WOULD
NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND
SEE IF IT WILL TAKE ABOUT A
MONTH AND THEN FROM THERE WILL
GO THROUGH COUNCIL
DISTRIBUTION.
THAT'LL TAKE ABOUT A MONTH OR
TWO AFTER THAT.
BUT THAT'S DOWN THE LINE.
>> WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE
POTENTIAL PROCESS UNTIL AFTER
SEPTEMBER?
>> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL HAVE TO
CONTINUE WITH THIS AND I WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO HELP.
AS IT WORKS WITH THE
ENGAGEMENT, THE STAKEHOLDERS.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, ADDRESSING WHAT MY
OBJECTIVE AND HOPE IS FOR THIS
I THINK THAT IT WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT WITH WHEN YOU ARE
CONSIDERING THE CHALLENGES THAT
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED.
AND ALSO SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE COME AND TALKED
TO US AS RECENTLY AS THE LAST
COMMITTEE MEETING ABOUT OUR
RECYCLED WASTE.
>> SOUNDS GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.
>> AND ITEM 3 IS A CREATIVE
ADVANTAGE UPDATE.
[ LAUGHTER ] TURN THAT FROWN
UPSIDE DOWN.
WELCOME.
DO A QUICK ROUND OF
INTRODUCTIONS, PLEASE.
CREATIVE YOUTH PROGRESS.
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M LARA
DAVIS.
AND I'M THE EDUCATION MANAGER
WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE.
>> FANTASTIC.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO KICK US OFF?
>> ARE YOU STARTIN?
>> SURE, THEN I COULD MOVE IT
OVER TO YOU.
THANKS FOR HAVING US THIS
MORNING.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
OFFICES CREATIVE YOUTH PROGRAMS
AND SHARE SOME OF OUR WORK AND
SOME OF THE PROGRESS.
WE WANT TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS AND ON HOW THIS WORK
MIGHT ALIGN WITH YOUR INTERESTS
IN PRIORITIES.
>> SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAD
ONE OF THE BEST CURRICULUMS IN
THE COUNTRY UP THROUGH THE
1970s AND THEN DUE TO A DOUBLE
LEVY FAILURE IN THE END, AT THE
END OF THE 70s, DUE TO PRIMARY
EDUCATION IN AMERICA AND IN
WASHINGTON AND IN SEATTLE.
ARTSEDUCATION WAS ELIMINATED,
PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOLS THAT
DIDN'T HAVE THE PTAs THAT COULD
RAISE THE MONEY.
SO IN 2007 WE DISCOVERED THAT
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT
EVEN HAVE THE STAFF PERSON IN
THE VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER AT THE DISTRICT.
THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO THE
DISTRICT AND SAY IF WE COULD
USE THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,
WOULD YOU REINSTITUTE THAT
DEPARTMENT OF THE DISTRICT AND
THEY DID AND THEY WERE HIRED,
AMAZING, AT THE YEARS THEY
WOULD FOLLOW.
WE SAW A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF ARTS EDUCATION
PROGRAMS, STILL HAPPENING.
AND IT WAS NOT AN APPROACH.
THIS UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE OFFICE AND THE STATE
PARTNER AND THE CITY PARTNER
WOULD ATTRACT THE INTEREST OF
THE FOUNDATION IN NEW YORK WHO
GAVE US THE PLANNING GRANT,
ALLOWING US TO SET THE GOALS,
EVERY STUDENT IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, ALL BY 2021.
AND THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE TWO
YEARS, IN ABOUT 2010.
WE WOULD GET THAT GRANT AND IT
SURVIVED FOUR SUPERINTENDENTS,
FOUR MAYORS.
WE WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE
INSTITUTIONS, THE LABOR UNIONS,
DEVELOPING THE PLAN THAT IS NOW
THE CREATIVE ADVANTAGE.
I COULD LET THEM EXPLAIN WHAT
THE PATHWAYS ARE.
>> IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
YOU NOTED THE SURVIVAL OF THIS
INITIATIVE AND THE IMPORTANCE
OF IT THROUGH FOUR EXECUTIVES.
WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH NEW
EXECUTIVES, THEY WOULD LIKE TO
CHANGE PRIORITIES.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN CURRENTLY ON
EITHER SIDE.
>> I AGREE.
AND WHETHER THE POLITICAL SEAT
CHANGES THAT WILL COME IN, THE
FACT THAT IT HAS A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY
AND THE DISTRICT AND THAT WE
ARECENTERING THE NEEDS OF THE
KIDS AND WE REALLY BELIEVE IN
ITS CAPACITY TO CHANGE LIVES.
>> YOU'VE BUILT A LOT OF OTHER
BELIEVERS.
>> YES, THANKS FOR THAT
CONTEXT, RANDY.
I'LL STEP BACK TO GIVE A LITTLE
BIT MORE CONTEXT FOR THE
CREATIVE VIEWS PROGRAM OVERALL.
THE CREATIVE ADVANTAGE HAS BEEN
THE SHARE OF THE WORK OVER THE
LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
CREATIVE YOUTH PROGRAMS IN THE
OFFICE, WE ARE ALSO TALKING
ABOUT OUR WORK, GIVEN THE
FUTURE OF WORK AND OTHER
NATIONAL PRIORITIES AROUND
TENDING TO CONNECTIVE LEARNING.
ALSO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE SOCIAL IMPACT AND THE
ALTERNATIVE PROJECT THAT WILL
BE SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND THE
CONNECTING CAREERS, THE
FRAMEWORK.
JUST TO GIVE YOU THE IDEA OF
THE OVERVIEW, THE ELEMENTS THAT
WE WILL BE DISCUSSING.
THE CREATIVE ADVANTAGE.
WHY THIS WORK IS SO NECESSARY.
MEANING THEY WILL BE COMMITTED,
BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL
BE ENGAGED ARE MOTIVATED.
AND THEY DO BETTER
ACADEMICALLY.
THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO STAY IN
SCHOOL, THE HIGHER ENROLLMENT
AT THIS TIME.
YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ACCESS, THEY
ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE IN
COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
AND THE IMPACT OF THE ARTS ON
POVERTY AND HOW THEY WOULD
TRAIN ESPECIALLY THE ECONOMIC
STUDENTS, AND ALSO FROM OUR
DATA LOCALLY THAT WAS FUNDED
THROUGH THE FOUNDATION, THE
ACCESS TO THE RATES.
THESE ARE OUR GOALS THAT WE'RE
WORKING, THE COMMUNITY ARTS
PARTNERS.
MAKING SURE THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE ACCESS, TO ARTS EDUCATION
THAT WILL TEACH THE SKILLS AND
THE TECHNIQUES.
AND IT WILL BE RESPONSIVE.
THAT THEY HAVE ARTS TEACHERS,
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
WE WOULD WORK THE TEACHING
ARTISTS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS
WORK, THE SUBJECT AREAS, AND
THAT WE WILL HAVE THE
PARTNERSHIPS, THAT WILL BE
FUNDED THROUGH THE ARTS AND
CULTURE AND THAT WE WILL BE
WORKING TO CONNECT THEM TO THE
CAREER.
WE WANT TO PAUSE ON THAT FOR A
SECOND.
AND DURING THAT PHASE THAT THEY
MENTIONED, WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE
SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR IN
REGARDS TO THEIR EXPERIENCE IS
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AND
SHARE THE CREATIVE WORK THAT
THEY WERE DOING, BUT THEY ALSO
WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S MY
CAREER AND HOW TO SHOW YOU THIS
MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE AS AN
ADULT.
AND ALSO WHAT CAN THEY DO FOR
ME WHETHER OR NOT I GO INTO THE
SPECIFIC ARTS RELATED CAREER.
WHEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THESE
COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVES,
THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT COULD BE
HARD TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
IN REAL TIME.
MEANING EVERY SCHOOL IN THE
DISTRICT WILL PARTICIPATE.
AND I THINK THAT I MENTIONED
THIS IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION.
BUT WE WILL BE EVERYWHERE.
THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WE'RE
ROLLING INTO THE DISTRICT.
AND THE WAY THAT WE WOULD DO
THIS IS THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL
CALLED ARTS PATHWAY.
WHEN WE GO INTO THE REGION, WE
WILL CONVENE ALL THE SCHOOLS
THAT ARE CONNECTED.
THAT MEETS THE GOALS OF THEIR
REGION.
AND THE EQUITY LAND, THAT THEY
ARE RUNNING HIGH SCHOOLS,
THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE
STUDENTS NEED BEFORE THEY COME
IN AND THAT THERE ARE MORE
BASED APPROACH.
THEY WOULD DRIVE THE WORK
FORWARD IN A THIS THAT
COMMUNITY.
WE TRAIN PRINCIPLES TO SUPPORT
THEM, DEVELOPING THEIR OWN
PLANS TO DRIVE THIS WORK
FORWARD.
THEN WE'LL DO A LOT OF
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
WITH THE MUSEUM.
THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN THE QUALITY, THE
LEADERSHIP.
IT WILL BE SO MANY OF WHOM HAVE
BEEN PUSHED OUT OF THIS CENTER
OF THE CITY BECAUSE OF THE LACK
OF AFFORDABILITY.
SO WE WILL HAVE THE ARTISTS AND
THE TEACHERS THAT WILL BE
COMING FROM SOUTH KING COUNTY,
NORTH OF THE COUNTY, ALL THE
WAY IN TO SEATTLE.
TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY
WORK HERE.
AND THAT IS OUR WAY TO CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN THEM.
>> I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PICKING
YOUR BRAIN.
ON THE BULLET AND YOUR
REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT IT
WAS THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES,
EXPRESSING AN INTEREST IN THIS.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED
IMPLEMENTING THE CREATIVE
ADVANTAGE.
EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE STUDIES,
SHOWING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAD AN
ARTS EDUCATION, THEY WERE MORE
SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR PROFESSIONS
AND IN THEIR ADULT LIFE.
IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
POLICYMAKERS TO BROADCAST THAT
THIS IS NOT ABOUT MAKING BETTER
WORKERS, BUT THAT IT WAS ABOUT
THE GOOD OF PROVIDING THE
EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, FOR
THE WHOLE OTHER VARIETY OF
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THEIR LIFE
AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN
KNOWING A LITTLE BIT FOR ABOUT
HOW THE YOUTH THEMSELVES WILL
IDENTIFY THIS AS IMPORTANT TO
THEM.
>> YEAH, WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE
DIGGING INTO THE ARTS PLAN,
THAT WOULD HAVE SOME
INFORMATION FROM THOSE FOCUS
GROUPS.
I THINK YOUNG PEOPLE WERE
EXPRESSING THEIR INTEREST IN
THEIR DESIRE TO BE ENGAGED,
ACCESS TO THEIR SITUATION.
HOW DO I CONTINUE TO DO THIS?
DO ON THE SIDE? THAT I NEED TO
TO HAVE IT MOVED INTO HOW I
MAKE MONEY, AND IF I WANT TO
BECOME A TEACHER, HOW COULD I
DO THAT IN A WAY THAT IS
CREATIVE AND EXPANSIVE, RIGHT?
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT THE ART,
THE ARTS, THEY'RE THE HOUSE.
AND THEY ARE BOTH A SPECIFIC
THING THAT YOU COULD LEARN
ABOUT, BUT THEY ARE A VEHICLE
TO DRIVE LEARNING AS WELL.
SO WE WOULD TALK ABOUT ARTS,
AND CONNECTING THE ARTS TO THE
OTHER AREA, ABOUT BEING
CREATIVE.
AND THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE
WILL NEED TO COME BACK TO
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES THEY
ARE FOR X, Y, Z, DRIVING THESE
OTHER THINGS FORWARD AND THEY
ARE EXPANSIVE.
AND THESE KIDS, THEY WANT TO BE
REALIZED AND TO PARTICIPATE IN
THEIR COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT
IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND TO NOT HAVE TO COMMIT TO
THE LIFE OF WAGE LABORS, AND
THAT IS IDEAL THAT THEY COULD
FIND BOTH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I THINK I ALSO TALKED ABOUT
THIS LAST TIME.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE,
WE'RE EVALUATING THE WORK THAT
WE DO.
WE'RE DOING A STUDY OF THE
IMPACT OF THE CREATIVE
ADVANTAGE.
ARE WE CLOSING RACIALIZED GAPS
IN THE ARTS, INCREASING THE
TEACHERTH QUASI, CULTIVATING
THE SKILLS AND RESPONSIVE WAYS,
MAKING GAINS, BUT I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THOSE ROLES IN THE
ELEMENTARY LEVEL.
THAT WE ARE STILL SEEING THE
GAPS IN THE MIDDLE AND THE HIGH
SCHOOL LEVEL.
WE KNOW THAT THIS INTERSECTS
WITH ALL OF THE INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM THAT OCCURS I
EDUCATION.
IT IS ALSO RAISING AWARENESS
ABOUT HOW THEY ARE A PART OF
THAT AND WE NEED THEM ENGAGED
IN ANY OF OUR EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE STRATEGY THAT WILL BE
PRIORITIZED.
>> AND SO THIS WILL BRING ME
BACK TO THE QUESTION I THINK I
ASKED WHEN YOU WERE HERE.
WE JUST TOUCHED ON THE CREATIVE
ADVANTAGE, BUT I WAS INTERESTED
IN THAT NOW AND TEN HAD AND HOW
YOU'RE TIEING THE EXPERIENCES.
THE EVALUATION FINDINGS OF THE
CREATIVE ADVANTAGE AS IT
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE
RACIAL AND EQUITIES, IN
SECONDARY COURSE.
THAT WILL SHOW THE DISPARITY,
THE CREATIVE JOBS THAT PEOPLE
ARE ACCESSING AND HOW WE CAN
TIE THOSE LESSONS TO RESULT IN
DIFFERENT OUTCOMES FOR BOTH
EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE IN
SCHOOLS ON THOSE TYPES OF
CREATIVE OUTLETS OR THE
DISCIPLINES THAT WILL THEN LEAD
TO THE HIGHER WAGE CREATIVE
JOBS ON THE OUTSIDE.
>> YES, THAT IS THE QUESTION OF
THE DAY.
IF IT HAS BEEN A MONUMENTAL
INITIATIVE AROUND THEIR GAME
CHANGER, I WOULD SAY FOR THE
WAY THE ARTS CULTURE WOULD
THINK ABOUT HOW THEY SUPPORT
YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND IT WILL BE AROUND HOW THEY
WORK AND TO GO TO THE
CONNECTIVE LEARNING AND HOW WE
WILL BE ENGAGING IN THAT WORK
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF
OUR EFFORTS.
AND AS TO YOUR QUESTION.
>> AND SO WE HAVE BEEN BUMPING
UP OUR PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY
AROUND GAPS AND THEY WERE
IDENTIFIED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE
THEMSELVES.
FOCUSED GROUPS, INTERVIEWS, AND
INNER RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT
WHAT THEY WERE ASKING AND THAT
COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT THEY
WERE SEEKING AND WHAT THEY
TALKED ABOUT, THAT IT WAS HIGH
SCHOOL SEEING THE GAPS
THEMSELVES THAT THEY WOULD NEED
TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL AND HERE
IS THIS OTHER SCHOOL AND THEY
WOULD HAVE THAT AND HOW CAN I
GET THAT OR WHY DON'T WE HAVE
THAT AND WHY ARE THERE
BARRIERS?
AND WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN
THE SKILL CENTERS.
WE HAVE EXPANDED IT INTO A
SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM AND IT HAS
BEEN HOUSED.
THERE WERE ALL THESE ACCESS
BARRIERS TO GETTING THOSE
SKILLS AND NOT GETTING THE SAME
KIND OF COURSES, SO THAT IS A
PROBLEM AND IN THAT VIDEO
PRODUCTION.
IT'S BEEN SUPER SUCCESSFUL.
AND IT IS GOING AGAIN THIS YEAR
AND THAT IS JUST AWESOME.
>> THE MEDIA ARTS SCHOOL CENTER
ARE A PART OF THE CAREER TECH
EDUCATION FOR THE SECRETARY
STUDENTS, SO THEY ARE GETTING
MENTORSHIPS FROM THE INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONALS.
TO SUPPORT THAT PATHWAY.
>> THIS IS THE WAY THE CITY HAS
INVESTED IN SUPPORTING THE GAP
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE
IDENTIFIED WITH THEMSELVES AND
IN THAT WE WERE SEEING THAT
THEY WERE LIKE YES AND THE PAUL
ALLEN FOUNDATION STEPPED UP TO
SUPPORT THAT WORK.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME IF THE MEDIA
ARTS SKILL CENTER THE ONLY ONE
THAT WILL ALLOW THE DRAWS FROM
THE OTHER SCHOOLS.
>> THE WAY THEY ARE SET UP,
THAT IT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT
ACROSS MANY DISTRICTS OF THE
STATE.
THAT IN THE INTEREST OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, THEY CAN
ENROLL IN A COURSE AND IT WILL
BE SUPPORTED TO TRAVEL THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES.
>> AND ANOTHER THING WE'RE
DOING IS OUR CONTINUED WORK.
CAREER DAYS ESPECIALLY MUSIC
CAREER DAY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
A LONG TIME.
WE'VE EXPANDED THAT TO INCLUDE
FILM CAREER DAY, LITERARY
CAREER DAY, VISUAL ARTS CAREER
DAY.
THIS IS A WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AND YOUNG ADULTS TO REALLY
LEARN FROM EXPERTS IN THE
FIELD.
ALL TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE TO
LEARN WORKSHOPS.
AND ALSO LEARN WHAT IS
POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE
BEEN BUMPING UP SUPPORT FOR IS
OUR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SEATTLE
COLLEGES, AND THE CITY, WHICH
IS A WAY THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
AND PARTNERS ARE EXPOSING YOUNG
PEOPLE.
OKAY, YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL
NOW.
THESE ARE WAYS THAT YOU COULD
CONTINUE TO EXTEND THAT
LEARNING HERE WHERE YOU CAN DO
THAT AND SOME TEACHERS AND THE
ARTISTS THAT ARE DOING THAT AND
IN MANY WAYS, THESE DAYS ARE
EXCITING, HELPING WITH THE
COLLEGE LEVELS.
>> AND SO THE TRADE, ARE THEY
DAY LONG WORKSHOPS?
HOW DO THEY STRUCTURE?
>> AND WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER
WITH THE DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY
THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE
BEEN MENTIONING THAT THEY
WANTED THAT AND TO GET THEM
THERE AND YEAH, THEY WILL BE
ENGAGING.
>> THE ADVANTAGE POINT OF THE
CABINET WHICH IS PRETTY
INVOLVED IN THROUGH UPSTAIRS.
THIS CEILING BETWEEN THE SKILL
CENTERS AND THE CAREER TECH,
AND THE SEATTLE PROMISE AND THE
COLLEGES AROUND REALLY CREATING
THE ACCREDITED HIGH LEVEL OF
TRAINING.
AND FOR THAT TRANSPORTATION OF
YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT IS HOW
YOU CHANGE THE GAME FOR HOW TO
GET THOSE TECH JOBS THAT ARE
OVERREMMED, BUT HOW DO YOU
LEVEL THAT ACCESS FOR TOOLS AND
YOUNG PEOPLE?
>> YOU ARE CREATING THE
INTENTIONAL PATHWAY.
>> THE INTENTION FALL
CONVERSATION AROUND, NOT JUST
THE LANGUAGE, BUT THE SKILLS.
>> AND THAT IS BRILLIANT.
AND TYPICAL YEAR AND HOW MANY
WORKSHOPS AND HOW MANY
DIFFERENT TRADES?
>> FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN
REALLY REALIZED THROUGH THE
WORK OF OUR OFFICE AND OFFICE
FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
OFM.
SO IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WAYS IN
WHICH WE'RE WORKING TO DRIVE
THIS WORK FORWARD.
AND THIS PAST YEAR, I BELIEVE
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SO FAR.
THE FIRST ONE IN 2018.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THIS PAST
YEAR AND APPAREL DESIGN AND IN
TOTAL WE WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED
UPWARDS OF ABOUT 250 STUDENTS.
THEY ARE STUDENT WHO IS ARE
ENROLLED IN THE SKILL CENTER
PROGRAM AND THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS
WHO ARE ENDANGERED IN THIS
LEARNING.
TO THEN COME TO THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND MEET THE COLLEGE
STUDENTS, HEAR FROM PROFESSORS,
AND EXPLORE THESE DISCIPLINES.
WE CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH THE
EXACT FIGURES ON ALL OF THESE
THINGS, YEAH.
>> THIS YEAR EXCITEDLY WILL DO
A DEEP DIVE IN EXPLORING WHAT
THE CAREER CONNECTIVE LEARNING
LOOKS LIKE.
WE HAVE THE ARTS ORGANIZATION,
THAT'S ON THE CREATIVE ROSTER,
RENEWING THE HIGH QUALITY WORK.
WE HAVE THEM APPLY TO BE A PART
OF THE CREATIVE CAREERS WORK.
OUR IDEA IS TO CONVENE THEM
OVER A SERIES OF SIX MONTHS AND
LEARN FROM THEM ABOUT HOW THEY
ARE TALKING ABOUT CREATIVE
COLLECT SIDES ON THE PROGRAMS
THAT WILL SHE YOU A LOT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
PHENOMENAL.
THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT CAREER
CONNECTED WORK IN A VARIETY OF
WAYS THAT WE WANT TO INVENTORY
THEIR BEST IDEAS AND HAVE THEM
LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, SO THERE
IS SOME PARODY.
A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE TALKING
ABOUT ARE THE HIGHER LEVEL
THINKING SKILLS THAT THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE TO
ACCESS AROUND THE
COLLABORATION.
AND CRITICAL THINKING.
AS WELL AS PERSEVERANCE AND
GROWTH MINDSET, WHICH ARE
THINGS THE SCHOOL DAY IS ALSO
CONCERNED ABOUT, OF COURS.
AND THEY ALSO WANT THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO SKILLS
THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING IN
SCHOOLS.
THIS IS AN OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
WAY THAT THEY ARE BEING ABLE TO
ACCESS THAT.
WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS
GROUP OF SIX AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SORT OF TAP THEM
FOR THEIR BEST THINKING.
SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE HOPING TO
DO IS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE
DOING, TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE TO
BE JOURNALISTS, TRAINING YOUNG
PEOPLE TO BE MUSIC EXECUTIVES,
TO BE MAKING PODCASTS, TO
DOING, YOU KNOW, LEARNING
IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY, ALL
AROUND AR WORK.
YEAH.
SOME OF THEM ARE TRAINING YOUNG
PEOPLE TO BE TEACHERS IN THE
ARTS, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THESE
LEARNINGS.
THIS IS AN EXCITING GROUP TO
LEARN FROM AND THAT INVENTORY,
AND WE ARE PULLING TOGETHER THE
INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM
THEM NOW.
WE WERE ASKED TO SUPPORT YOUNG
PEOPLE.
WE DECIDED TO DO SOME RESEARCH
AROUND WHERE UNSTAINABLE HOUSED
AND HOMELESS YOUTH ARE REALLY
GOING TO SCHOOL.
WE FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON THE
SCHOOLS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS
AMAZING PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE
CALLING THE ARTS AND THE
ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE
ARE REALLY FOCUSING IT AT
SOUTHEAST AGENCY SCHOOLS.
YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEARNING
ALREADY ABOUT THE PRINT MAKING,
BUT ALSO LEARNING HOW TO MARKET
THEIR WORK AND THEY ARE SELLING
THEIR WORK AT MARKETS LIKE THE
COLUMBIA CITY FARMERS MARKET TO
SUPPORT THEIR IDEAS AND THEY
ARE LEARNING.
AND SO IT IS A WAY THAT WE'RE
EXPLORING, AGAIN, USING ARTS
EDUCATION TO SUPPORT THE CAREER
CONNECTED WORK.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE MOST
MARGINALIZED.
>> I WOULD SAY JUST SORT OF TO
WRAP IT UP AND THEN TALK
FURTHER IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
I THINK WE LIKE TO BRAG THAT WE
HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.
THAT HAVE SEEN ALL THESE
CHANGES.
HAVING THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT
MODEL WHERE YOU HAVE RESOURCES
FROM YOUR INSTITUTIONS, IT
MEANS THAT IT WILL LIVE BEYOND
THE LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS THAT
WILL TAKE PLACE.
AND ALSO WITH THE CAREER
CONNECTED LEARNING, AS A PART
OF THE CREATIVE ECONOMY EFFORT
THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO
THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT WHAT ARE
THE WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD
SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE
SCHOOL DAY.
OUT OF SCHOOL.
DURING THE SUMMER.
SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE
STILL ENROLLED IN HIGH SCHOOL
AS WELL AS YOUNG ADULTS WHEN WE
THINK OF THE FUTURE OF THE WORK
AND WHAT THEY HAVE BETWEEN
YOUNG PEOPLE AND JUST 14 TO 24
THAT HAS BECOME AN AREA THAT
WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
HOW COULD WE DO SOME RESEARCH
AND COLLABORATE WITH THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE DEAL.
AND OED AND OFM ON GETTING SOME
OF THESE THINGS OFF THE GROUND.
AND THEN TO FIND WAYS TO MOVE
THAT FORWARD.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT
NOW WITH A LOT OF THE WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
YOU MENTIONED FROM THE
BEGINNING THAT THE ORIGINAL
GRANT SET IS A GOAL TO HAVE THE
CREATIVE ADVANTAGE IN ALL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY 2022?
>> JUST 2020.
WE'VE BEEN SAYING 2021, BUT IT
IS MORE LIKE 2022.
WE'RE ON TRACK.
A PART OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY, THERE
WASN'T A ONE SIZE FITS ALL
SOLUTION FOR DIFFERENT SCHOOL
COMMUNITIES.
SO WHAT THEY NEEDED IS
DIFFERENT THAN THE SOUTHWEST.
>> DEVELOPING THE SPACE ON WHAT
YOU DEFINE AS THE NEEDS IN EACH
SCHOOL.
>> YEAH, WE ARE MEETING IN THE
SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND ALLOWING
THEM TO DETERMINE THE PLAN THAT
WILL WORK FOR THEM.
>> YOU'RE FOCUSING FIRST ON
WHAT THE GREAT NEED IS
GREATEST?
>> WHERE THE DISPARITY IS.
>> ALL PRINCIPLES.
WHAT NORTH END SCHOOLS, HELPING
THEM WALK THROUGH THE
CONVERSATION AROUND.
IT LOOKS AND SOUNDS DIFFERENT.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR JOINING US.
THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR
FANTASTIC WORK.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
BACK.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
IT'S 11:12 A.M.
AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.