>>> GREETINGS AND WELCOME TO
THE AUGUST 13th MEETING OF THE
CIVIL RIGHTS UTILITIES ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND ARTS COMMITTEE.
IT IS NINE 30 KM 9:30 AM AND
COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING
DISTRICT 1, WEST SEATTLE AND
SOUTH PARK IS ON THE AGENDA WE
WILL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT
AND THEN WE HAVE A BRIEFING
ITEM.
FROM THE ARTS OFFICE, SOCIAL
IMPACT OF THE ARTS STUDY.
ALSO BEING JOINED BY FOLKS FROM
ARTS FUND.
THEN WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION OF
A NUMBER OF BILLS, THE FIRST
BEING A BILL TO HARMONIZE
SEATTLE'S JUST CAUSE EVICTION
ORDINANCE AND SOME OF THE OTHER
TENANTS RIGHTS LAWS WITH RECENT
REFORMS MADE IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO
EVICTION REFORM.
WE ARE LIKELY TO VOTE ON THAT
BILL TODAY.
AND WE WILL GET EVERYTHING ONLY
ON TWO ADDITIONAL TENANTS
RIGHTS BILLS, ONE RELATED
SPECIFICALLY TO TENANT LIABILITY
FOR DAMAGES.
IN THE INSTANCE THAT THE DAMAGE
WAS CREATED BY A PERSON WHO HAS
ENGAGED IN ABUSE OF THE TENANT.
THEN FINALLY, THE THIRD TENANT
WILL THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT
IS A BILL RELATED SPECIFICALLY
TO THE RIGHTS AND PRIMARY
TENANT TO HAVE EITHER A
ROOMMATE OR A FAMILY MEMBER
LIVING WITH THEM THAT IS NOT ON
THE LEASE.
THEN FINALLY WE WILL HEAR A
REPORT FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES, THE ANNUAL REPORT
REQUIRED BY PRIOR ORDINANCE AND
THIS REPORT IS ON OUR WAYS
RECYCLING EFFORTS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
>>> WITH NO OBJECTIONS, I AM
GOING TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
AND THEN WE MOVE RIGHT INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE SIGNED IN.
YOU WILL BE KEEPING TIME AND
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES AND HE
WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE
ONE MINUTE LEFT, 30 SECONDS
LEFT AND WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.
I WILL READ BOTH NAMES INTO THE
RECORD AND IF YOU COULD LINE UP
AT BOTH MICROPHONE THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
WE WILL START WITH JOELLE KRAFT.
AND JOELLE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
MARILYN YUN.
>> MY NAME IS JOELLE KRAFT AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE TODAY AND THANK YOU LISA
FOR PUTTING THIS IN.
I AM ACTUALLY WITH A PROTECTION
ORDER RIGHT NOW, THE DUTY
PROTECTION ORDER THAT DID NOT
GO VERY WELL.
SO THIS KIND OF THING IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PRESENT
FROM THE SURVIVORS THAT WILL BE
CHARGED FOR RENTAL DAMAGE.
MY SHEETS THAT I SURVIVED BUT I
STILL HAVE COURT TO GO TO AND
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS
THAT, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME
I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE.
AS WENDY LEAVE ABUSIVE
SURVIVORS FINDING STABLE
HOUSING IS WHAT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS TO FIGURE.
IF I DID NOT HAVE THEIR I WAS
THE STILL BE THERE.
THE LAST TIME PHONES WERE
THROWN AT ME.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN HIT BUT THAT
DOESN'T MEAN THAT IS NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN.
THERE WAS DAMAGE IN THE UNIT
THAT LIKELY I DID NOT HAVE THE
LEASE ON.
I KNOW SOME THE PEOPLE THAT DO.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE YOU KNOW MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
POSSIBLE FOR THE SURVIVORS TO
FIND AND KEEP STABLE HOUSING
BUT IF THEY ARE IN DEBT TO
LANDLORDS WE KNOW THAT IS
ALMOST NOT POSSIBLE.
FURTHER WE SHOULDN'T PUNISH
THEM FOR THE CHOICES THAT THE
REVIEWS ARE AND I SHOULD NOT BE
PUNISHED FOR HIM CHOOSING TO
THROW A PHONE AT ME THREE TIMES
AGAINST THE WALL.
AND THE HOLES IN THE WALL
SHOULD NOT BE MY
RESPONSIBILITY.
I ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH ON MY
PLATE.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE
BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE BUT I
COULD NOT NOT BE HERE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, WE
SHOULDN'T PUNISH DV SURVIVORS
AND THEIR BEING PUNISHED ENOUGH
BY THEIR ABUSERS, BEING
PUNISHED NOT BY PEOPLE
WONDERING WHY THEY DID NOT
LEAVE.
I READ THREE BOOKS IN LESS THAN
A DAY AND I HAVE ADHD AND I
DON'T READ A BOOK IN OVER SIX
MONTHS.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND YOU
REALLY NEED TO PASS THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY AND I
APPRECIATE YOU PICKING IT UP.
THANK YOU.
>> MARILYN YUN WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY MERYL COUSINS.
>> I NEED MORE TIME BECAUSE I
WILL BE COMMENTING ON TWO
PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
>> TWO MINUTES.
>> I'M A MALL SMALL MOM-AND-POP
LABOR AND I'M TROUBLED BY THE
LANGUAGE THAT EXTENDS RIGHTS OF
OCCUPANCY TO PERSONS NOT ON THE
LEASE.
IS TO BROADLY WRITTEN AND IT
APPEARS TO PRIVATE OWNER TO
WILL OCCUPY AND LIVE ON THE
PROPERTY.
AND IT GIVES THE RIGHT TO THE
TENANT IN VIOLATION OF STATE
LAW.
BILL 119 590 PROPOSES TO SHIP
THE COST OF DAMAGES ONTO THE
LANDLORD.
THIS IS TROUBLING BUT EVEN MORE
SO WHEN WHEN COUPLED WITH [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND PREVIOUS
ANSWERS THAT ELIMINATE THE
CHANCE TO LIMIT THEIR LIABILITY.
SO THE BILL WOULD GIVE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] THE TENNIS TO
MOVE ANYONE IN AT THE START OF
THE LEASE WITHOUT BEING ADDED
TO THE LEASE . TECHNICALLY I
COULD NOT TELL THEM THERE
TRESPASSING WHICH I HAVE DONE
FOR TENANT IF A TENANT IN AN
ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP IN THE
PAST.
LANCERS ARE PROHIBITED FROM
CHECKING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SO
WE CANNOT CHECK TO SEE IF THE
NEW BOYFRIEND HAS A LONG AND
VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY
HISTORY OF PROTECTION ORDERS OR
A FOR DRUG DEALER.
IF THE TENANT MOVES IN A
BOYFRIEND AND HE CAUSES DAMAGE
THE BILL DOES NOT CONNECT THE
DAMAGE TO THE ACTIVE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, IT'S BROADLY WRITTEN.
SECTION 20 [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
ALLOWS THE CLIENT TO CLAIM AN
EXEMPTION FOR DAMAGE
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT
OCCURRED IN THE ACT OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
SINGING SHOULD OCCUR DURING
OCCUPANCY, WHICH COULD HAVE
BEEN IN THE PAST BUT THE PERSON
CAUSED IT.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THERE BE AN
ARREST OR CONVICTION, SIMPLY AN
INFORMAL STATEMENT.
THERE IS NO COST THRESHOLD
LIMITING THE EXCEPTION AND DOES
NOT ALLOW THE DEPOSIT TO BE
APPLIED TO DAMAGE.
HE COULD JUST BE AN UNKNOWN
GUEST. THE LANDLORD WOULD HAVE
NO WAY OF TRACKING THE PERSON.
THIS COULD BE VERY COSTLY FOR
LANDLORDS.
YOU TALK ABOUT CREATING A 1000
$100,000 FUND TO HELP [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AVOID
PREDATORY ACTION.
[ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ].
I'M DEALING WITH THE $27,000
DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WORST
TENANT WE'VE EVER HAD.
THIS ORDINANCE IS A BLANK CHECK
THAT THE LANDLORD HAS TO PAY.
I WANT TO ADD ONE THING.
I HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTIVE
COMMENTS AND I WILL SUBMIT THEM
IN WRITING.
I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
INCLUDE LANDLORDS DEVELOPMENT OF
LEGISLATION THAT ARE
STAKEHOLDERS.
I PAY ATTENTION AND AM
AVAILABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON
SOLUTIONS.
>> MERYL COUSIN WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY JEAN ELLEN'S.
>> MY NAME IS MERYL COUSIN NIGH
HIM THE DIRECTOR OF THE
COALITION ENDING GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE AND ON BEHALF OF OUR
35+ MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS, WE
PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOUSANDS
OF SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC AND
SEXUAL VIOLENCE EVERY YEAR IN
SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR
A COUNCIL BILL 1119 11 9598.
RELATING A TIME IN FORT FROM
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES DONE TO
THE PROPERTY BY HER ABUSER.
THE ORDINANCE LAYS OUT THE
REASONS FOR THIS LEGISLATION,
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A
PRECURSOR TO HOUSING
INSTABILITY FOR HUNDREDS OF
SURVIVORS AND THE FINANCIAL
HARDSHIPS THAT TENANTS WHO ARE
HELD LIABLE FOR DAMAGES CAN
LEAD TO CASCADING CHAIN OF
EVENTS THAT INCLUDING
INFECTION, THAT CREDIT HISTORY,
LOSS OF ACCESS TO SECTION 8 AND
OTHER FORMS OF HOUSING
ASSISTANCE.
AND INABILITY TO FIND OTHER
RENTAL HOUSING AND ALL TOO
OFTEN HOMELESSNESS.
AS THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION AND HOUSING JUSTICE
PROJECT REPORT THAT CITED IN
THE LEGISLATION FINDS, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF
COLOR ESPECIALLY BLACK TENANTS
ARE MOST IS PROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED THESE IMPACTS.
I HAVE HEARD COUNTLESS SURVIVORS
STORIES FROM ADVOCATES ABOUT
THE STORIES OF SURVIVORS WHO
EXPERIENCED THIS. THE DOMESTIC,
WE KNOW THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
IS A PATTERN OF COERCIVE
CONTROL.
AND THAT ABUSERS CAN OFTEN
CAUSE DAMAGE TO RENTAL HOUSING
PROPERTY, NOT AS PART OF AN
ACTIVE ASSAULT ON THE PARTNER
BUT AS A WAY TO ECONOMICALLY
CONTROL THEM.
THIS IS ALL TOO COMMON WHEN THE
SURVIVOR IS TRYING TO LEAVE.
PROTECT HERSELF AND HER
CHILDREN.
WE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE
THE LAW STRENGTHENS A COUPLE OF
WAYS AND ONE IS TO EXPAND THE
DEFINITION TO MORE CLOSELY
MIRROR THE LANGUAGE IN THE
STATE LAW AND INCLUDES NON-
INTIMATE PARTNER AND NON-
HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, SEXUAL
ASSAULT, STALKING AND UNLAWFUL
HARASSMENT.
AND OTHER YOU KNOW LOOKING AT
OTHER THINGS, WE REALLY WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER COBALT FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU AND WITH LANDLORD
ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THEIR
CONCERNS AS WE MOVE THE
LEGISLATION FORWARD.
THANKS.
>>> GINA OWENS.
>> FOLLOWED BY I GUESS ISAAC OR
DENISE TO.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
GINA OWENS AND I'M AN 18 YEAR
MEMBER OF WASHINGTON 10.
I AM ALSO ONE OF THE NEWEST
MEMBERS ON THE SEATTLE RENTERS
COMMISSION.
I AM HERE AS AN INDIVIDUAL TODAY
IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
HERBALS TENANT PROTECTION
LEGISLATION.
AND WILL ADDRESS THE BILL THAT
ALLOWS TENANTS TO LIVE WITH A
ROOMMATE.
THE BILL IS CRITICAL TO
PREVENTING HOUSING INSTABILITY
AND HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE MY
GRANDDAUGHTER.
MY OLDEST GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS
20.
IS CURRENTLY IN COLLEGE AND
WORKS PART-TIME. SHE COULD NOT
AFFORD TO LIVE BY HERSELF.
BUT BY LIVING WITH ME, SHE IS
ABLE TO FOCUS ON HER STUDIES
WITHOUT THE STRESS OF LIVING
AND FINDING HOUSING AND PAYING
BILLS, SHE CANNOT YET AFFORD.
MY HELP IS AFFORDING HER A
SMOOTHER TRANSITION FROM
CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD.
FURTHER, WHEN SHE DOES MOVE
OUT, SHE WILL LIKELY NEED TO
LIVE WITH ROOMMATES BECAUSE THE
RENTALS IN THE CITY ARE SO HIGH.
ENSURING TENANTS HAVE THE RIGHT
TO LIVE WITH ROOMMATES PROTECTS
FAMILIES AND THE WORKING CLASS,
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
AND KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED.
THANK YOU.
>>> ISAAC ORGAN EASTER I
BELIEVE FOLLOWED BY [
INDISCERNIBLE ].
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS
ISAAC AND I'M WITH WASHINGTON
CAN AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE
[ INDISCERNIBLE ] TENANT
PROTECTION AND TRIES TO LIVE
WITH A ROOMMATE.
I'M A RENTER IN SEATTLE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] I CAME HERE AS
A FULL-TIME STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
I GRADUATED IN SCHOOL WAS
EXPENSIVE TO SAY THE LEAST.
SO LOOKING FOR HOUSING WHICH IS
ANOTHER FINANCIAL NIGHTMARE, I
DO FACE.
WITH THE EXORBITANT COST OF
EDUCATION AT THE FOREFRONT,
THERE WASN'T ANY REAL
POSSIBILITY I COULD AFFORD TO
FIND A PLACE ON MY OWN.
I AM BROKE.
BUT, THE ONLY WAY I COULD
AFFORD IT WAS TO LIVE OR WHAT A
MAJORITY OF FOLKS DID, I FOUND
ROOMMATES.
THIS THE ONLY WAY IN ALL
HONESTY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO, LIVE
AND SURVIVE.
I AM NOT ASKING FOR SIX-FIGURE
SALARY AND NOT ASKING FOR ALL
OF THESE HIGH NICE GLOSSY
THINGS BUT I WANT TO MAKE
ENOUGH TO LIVE.
THE FACT THAT I AM LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND IT'S
ONLY DONE BECAUSE OF LIVING
WITH ROOMMATES, IT'S A BIT
SCARY.
LIVING IN THE CITY IS
EXPENSIVE.
TRYING TO SURVIVE IS EXPENSIVE.
THE FACT THAT ANYTHING HAPPENS
GOD FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS TO
MY PARENTS AND THEY HAD TO LIVE
WITH ME OR MY SIBLINGS, AND THE
FACT THAT I COULD BE KICKED OUT
BECAUSE OF THAT AND FACE
HOMELESSNESS I ALREADY
GRADUATED AND FACING THESE
THAT'S AND TRYING TO SURVIVE,
IT IS SAD AND SCARY AND
STRESSFUL.
THAT'S WHY LAWS AND POLICIES
NEED TO BE IN PLACE THAT WILL
HELP STUDENTS ACTUALLY HELP
PEOPLE AND HELP THE FOLKS THAT
ARE LIVING HERE THEY'RE TRYING
TO SURVIVE AND TRY TO MAKE A
LIVING IN THE CITY.
IT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEVER HAVE
HAD TWO OR PEOPLE WHO ARE
LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND
NOT FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T
HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE
GROCERIES WILL COME OR IF THEY
HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE RENTAL
BILLS.
THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU ALL IN
1st AND FOREMOST FOR INCLUDING
OR CREATING THIS BILL AND
MAKING SURE THAT YOU SUPPORT
THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST SPEAKER IS [
INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME ].
>> MY NAME IS SOCHI AND I WITH
THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION WITH
WASHINGTON CAN.
I WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
LANDLORD BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT.
I WILL ALSO SAY I QUESTION THE
SINCERITY WANTED TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH FOLKS THAT
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVEN STAY
FOR THE FULL PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYWAY.
SO ONE, THIS IS AN THE LANDLORD
IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGE,
THE PERPETRATOR IS LIABLE FOR
THE DAMAGE IN THE DB BILL.
I THINK THAT IS COMMON SENSE.
NO ONE IS ASKING FOR SOMEONE TO
DESTROY AN APARTMENT UNIT, THE
PERSON WHO DOES THAT IS A
PERSON WHO SHOULD PAY FOR IT.
THIS CAME UP, THIS WHOLE THING
CAME UP BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE
TENANT LAST YEAR WHO AN ABUSER
CAME OVER TO THEIR APARTMENT
AND EAT THEM SEVERELY AND THERE
WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
THEY WERE CHARGED FOR BODILY
FLUID CLEANUP.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
THAT MONEY IS ON THE CREDIT
REPORT AND YOU CAN FIND HOUSING
COULD NOT FIND HOUSING BECAUSE
OF THAT BECAUSE AS WAS SAID
EARLIER IT CREATES A CASCADING
OF ACT OF REALLY DETRIMENTAL
IMPACTS.
SO THIS BILL IS VERY IMPORTANT
AND SO A LOT OF APPRECIATION
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AND FOR MOVING THIS AND THEN
ALSO FOR THE OTHER BILLS, THEY
ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S
REALLY CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE TO
BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH YOU KNOW
FAMILY AND ROOMMATES IN ORDER
TO BOTH AFFORD THIS CITY AS
WELL AS TO DEAL WITH
EMERGENCIES THAT POP UP, I
THINK ABOUT FOR MYSELF I HAVE
AN OLDER BROTHER WITH
DISABILITIES AND IF WHEN I
SUPPOSE WHEN MY PARENTS PASSED
AWAY HE WILL LIVE WITH ME.
IF THAT HAPPENS WHILE I WAS A
RENTER, I WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE
TO IMMEDIATELY HAVE HIM MOVE IN
AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME
LONG DRAWN OUT PROCESS AND RISK
THEM SAYING NO.
SO THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR
FAMILIES AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU PUSHING THIS FORM.
THANK YOU.
>>> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC
COMMENT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY
FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES. WE
WILL MOVE INTO THE FIRST FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA
>> THIS IS SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE
ARTS STUDY.
>> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WE'VE
BEEN JOINED BY [ INDISCERNIBLE
- LOW VOLUME ].
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN WE START WITH SOME
INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE.
>> CALANDRA CHILDERS.
>> SARAH SIDMAN.
AND I'M KATIE CROWELL WITH OUR
IT'S FUN.
>> I THINK I WILL KICK US OFF.
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE
JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES SARAH
AND KATIE FROM OUR IT'S FUN.
THEY WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE
SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE ARTS STUDY
THAT THEY COMPLETED THIS LAST
YEAR.
WE WERE PARTNERS ON THAT STUDY
AND SO IT IS THEIR STUDY TO
PRESENT THAT WE WANT TO
REPRESENT HOW MUCH WE SUPPORT
IT AND APPRECIATE THE FINDINGS
OF ITS.
I THINK YOU KNOW WE HAVE
PARTNERED WITH ARTS FUND ON
ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES IN THE
PAST AND THOSE OF BEEN GREAT,
THEY HAVE HAD REALLY GOOD
INFORMATION THAT WE CAN USE BUT
I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE SOCIAL
IMPACT.
I THINK IT REALLY GIVES SOME
BACKUP TO WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW
WHICH IS SORT OF THE INTRINSIC
VALUE OF THE ARTS AND IT REALLY
BACKS UP AND REALLY SPECIFIC
WAYS THE VALUES TO THE
COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE DO INVEST AND CARTS
ARTS AND CULTURE.
TO THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT GOT
CAUGHT UP IN THE STUDY ARE
AROUND ARTS EDUCATION AND
CULTURAL SPACE.
THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW
THAT THE DEEP INVESTMENTS THAT
THE CITY HAS BEEN MAKING HER
REALLY BACKED UP BY REALLY GOOD
DATA THAT SHOW THAT THIS OR
THAT THESE INVESTMENTS HELP
DRIVE A REALLY HEALTHY VIBRANT
CITIES GET.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
AND MAYBE IS A BIT OF BACK ROOM,
THAT'S PART OF YOUR
PRESENTATION BUT TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT A SOCIAL IMPACT
STUDY IS.
>> AS COMPARED TO OBVIOUSLY ANY
KIND OF IMPACT STUDY.
WHAT ARE THE INDICATORS THAT
YOU ARE MEASURING.
>> I CAN ANSWER IS PART OF THE
PRESENTATION SO I'M HAPPY TO GO
THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU CALANDRA AND THANK
YOU FOR THE QUESTION THAT
EXCITES ME THAT WE WILL HAVE A
GREAT CONVERSATION.
I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE TO
SHARE THE FINDINGS WHICH WERE
TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE ARTS
CREATE PUBLIC VALUE.
AND WHAT I HOPE TO DO IS SHARE
THE FINDINGS WITH A BRIEF
OVERVIEW AND THAT ALONG WITH
KATIE AND CALANDRA ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS AND HELP AND HAVE THE
CONVERSATION.
IT IS IN FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.
AND WE ARE DEEPLY INVESTED IN
THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE SEE FIRSTHAND THE POWERFUL
IMPACTS OF OUR REGION'S CULTURAL
NONPROFITS AND IS CALANDRA
MENTIONED, FOR 20 YEARS WE HAVE
TRACKED THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF
THE CULTURAL SECTOR.
HOW THE SECTOR SUPPORTS TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF JOBS ATTRACTS
CULTURAL TOURISTS WHO WOULD NOT
OTHERWISE COME HERE AND GENERATE
$2 BILLION IN BUSINESS REVENUE.
I REALLY ENJOYED SHARING WITH
THE FINDINGS THE LAST TIME WE
DID THE STUDY AND HOPE TO KEEP
THE CONVERSATION GOING.
AS CALANDRA MENTIONED,
SIGNIFICANT AS THEY ARE, THEY
ONLY TELL HEART OF THE STORY.
>>> WE KNEW ARTS HAVE A MUCH
GREATER IMPACT, A SOCIAL IMPACT
, SO WE SET FORTH ON THIS NEW
RESEARCH PROJECT WHICH IS THE
FIRST OF ITS KIND.
TO CLARIFY WHEN I SAY ARTS I'M
TALK ABOUT NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL OF THEIR
ACTIVITIES, THEIR PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS AND CLASSES.
BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR
TRADITIONAL VENUES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
BEGIN WITH AND TALK ABOUT WHAT
WE DISCOVERED IS A
CONTRADICTION WHICH I CALL THIS
PERCEIVED VALUE OF THE ARTS.
WHEN WE FIRST BEGAN OUR
RESEARCH WE FOUND A SURPRISING
DISCONNECT IN HOW PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY PERCEIVE THE ARTS.
79% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE ARTS
BENEFIT THEIR PERSONAL WELL-
BEING.
AND 60% CITE THE ARTS AS A
FACTOR IN THEIR DECISION TO
LOCATE YOUR.
BUT ONLY 28% THINK THE ARTS
PROMOTES SOCIAL CHANGE AT THE
COMMUNITY LEVEL.
IT'S ONLY 28% WHO SEE THE
BENEFIT ARTS HAVE TWO PEOPLE
BEYOND THEMSELVES.
SO WHY DO WE CALL THIS A
MISPERCEPTION?
BECAUSE ARTS HAVE A SOCIAL
IMPACT AS WE WILL DIVE INTO.
OUR STUDY SHOWS THAT ARTS ARE A
VIABLE, POWERFUL AND PROVEN
TOOL TO AFFECT POSITIVE SOCIAL
OUTCOMES.
IT IS REINFORCED BY THE POLL
ALL TOO OFTEN THEY ARE
UNACKNOWLEDGED AND THEREFORE
UNDERUTILIZED AS PART OF THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
I WILL CLARIFY.
WHEN WE SAY SOCIAL IMPACT WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ABILITY
OF ARTS TO ADVANCE COMMUNITY
PRIORITIES.
SO WE FOCUSED ON THREE KEY
IMPACT AREAS.
EACH INTERSECTING WITH THE
SOCIAL ISSUES IN COMMUNITY
NEEDS FACING THE REGION.
>>> THEIR BROAD BUCKETS BECAUSE
THE NEEDS ARE BROUGHT.
>>> YOUTH DEVELOP AN EDUCATION,
HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND
NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.
A FOCUS ON EQUITY RUNS ACROSS
THESE THREE THEMES AS WE
EXAMINE HOW ARTS ARE A
MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING
EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
>>> OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS A
SIGNIFICANT BODY OF RESEARCH
THAT CONNECTS ART TO POSITIVE
SOCIAL OUTCOMES HAS EMERGED.
WE REVIEWED OVER 150 OF THESE
RESOURCES, SCANNED 200 KING
COUNTY ARTS NONPROFITS AND
PROFILED 10 REGIONAL CASE
STUDIES.
AS I MENTIONED OUR SOCIAL
IMPACT STUDY IS AMONG THE FIRST
IN THE NATION TO REALLY TAKE A
LOOK AT ARTS IMPACT ACROSS
SOCIAL ISSUES.
AND IT OFFERS A GOOD DEAL OF
NEW INFORMATION TO DIGEST.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS I WILL
BE COVERING ARE IN THE SUMMARY
BROCHURE AND IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN A COPY OF THE
REPORT WE ARE HAPPY TO LEAVE IT
WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF.
>>> SO LET'S START WITH THE
YOUTH DEVELOP AN EDUCATION AS
CALANDRA MENTIONED.
OUR FINDINGS CLEARLY SHOW
INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARTS CAN
IMPROVE ACADEMIC, AND SOCIAL
OUTCOMES FOR YOUTH ACROSS
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND ACROSS
AGES.
LET'S TAKE PRESCHOOL YEARS.
AND HOW AT RISK STUDENTS IN ARTS
INTEGRATED PRESCHOOLS BETTER
REGULATE EMOTIONS, THEN
TRADITIONAL PRESCHOOLS.
TO HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH AND HOW
STUDENTS WHO TAKE PART IN HIGH
SCHOOL HAVE HIGHER S.A.T.
SCORES THAN THOSE WHO DON'T.
IN FACT THE DATA SHOW STUDENTS
WITH SUSTAINED ARTS ACCESS NOT
ONLY HAVE HIGHER TEST SCORES
AND GPAs BUT ALSO LOWER DROPOUT
RATES.
I THINK THE CITY'S OWN CREATIVE
ADVANTAGE PROGRAM IS A POWERFUL
EXAMPLE OF HOW THE SUSTAINED
IMPACTS ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES
IN THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>>> NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH IS
SHOWING US HOW ARTS STRENGTHEN
THE PARTS OF THE BRAIN WHERE
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION IS DEVELOPED
WHICH IMPROVES GOALSETTING AND
FOLLOW-THROUGH.
THE DATA SHOWS POSITIVE IMPACTS
ARE ESPECIALLY STRONG FOR YOUTH
FROM LOW INCOME BACKGROUNDS.
AT RISK STUDENTS INVOLVED IN
THE ARTS ARE 23 PERCENTAGE
POINTS MORE LIKELY TO ATTEND
COLLEGE THAN THEIR PEERS.
23%.
SO KNOWING THAT LOW INCOME
YOUTH HAVE BEEN MOST TO GAIN
AND GET ALL TOO OFTEN HAVE THE
LEAST EXPOSURE TO ARTS PROGRAMS
CREATING THIS ACCESS CAN HELP
CLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY GAP.
AN EXAMPLE, URBAN ARTWORKS
PROVIDES JUST IS INVOLVED YOUTH
UNDER PROBATION WITH JOB
TRAINING, THROUGH THE REGION.
THESE ARE KIDS WHO ARE TRYING
TO MOVE OUT OF THE JUVENILE
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND ART IS CREATING AN OFFRAMP
FROM THE SCHOOL TO PRISON
PIPELINE.
IN A STAGGERING DATA POINT, 83%
OF URBAN ARTWORKS YOUTH DON'T
REOFFEND.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY OUT OF THE
PIPELINE, THEY WERE OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY GIVING BACK.
SO NOW ON TO HEALTH AND
WELLNESS.
WE FIND THAT BOTH IN AND OUT OF
MEDICAL SETTINGS ARTS CAN
IMPROVE BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH.
IN PRIMARY CARE AND BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, ART AND MUSIC THERAPY
ARE WIDELY RECOGNIZED IN
IMPLEMENTED STRATEGIES.
INFECT NATIONWIDE, 45% OF
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS OFFER SOME
SORT OF ARTS PROGRAM IN.
THAT IS NEARLY HALF THE
INSTITUTIONS OF THE COUNTRY.
WITH 80% OF THOSE SAYING THEY
DO SO TO BENEFIT PATIENT
RECOVERY.
ACROSS ANY NUMBER OF MEDICAL
CONDITIONS ARTS CAN HELP LOWER
ANXIETY AND REDUCE DEPENDENCE
ON MEDICATION.
IN MANY CASES SHORTEN HOSPITAL
STAYS.
>>> AGING ADULTS AND THOSE WITH
DISEASES THAT CAUSE DEMENTIA
SHOW PARTICULARLY VRABLE HEALTH
IMPACTS.
YOU LIKELY KNOW SEATTLE THEATER
GROUP BY THE WIDE RANGE OF
SHOWS THAT THE PERMANENT AND
OBTAIN THE TO RUN A COUNTYWIDE
PROGRAM CALLED DANCE FOR
PARKINSON'S.
BEYOND PROMOTING THE
FLEXIBILITY AND CONFIDENCE AND
STRENGTH THAT PARKINSON'S
PATIENTS NEED, THE PHYSICAL
INTERACTION OFFER THROUGH THE
DANCING REDUCES SOCIAL
ISOLATION.
ISOLATION WHICH IS OTHERWISE
KNOWN TO ACCELERATE A DECLINE
IN PARKINSON'S PATIENTS.
PUT THAT IN GREATER CONTACT, OR
AN AGING PERSON, SOCIAL
ISOLATION HAS THE NEGATIVE
HEALTH IMPACT EQUIVALENT TO
SMOKING 15 CIGARETTES A DAY.
ARTS CAN BE A POWERFUL
ANTIDOTE, LEADING TO BETTER
LIVES LONGER LIVES AND BETTER
LIVED.
>>> NOW ONTO NEIGHBORHOOD
VITALITY WHICH I THINK IS
PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN A
REGION EXPANDING AS QUICKLY AS
OURS.
WHEN ARTS ARE PRESENT, THERE IS
A DOCUMENTED INCREASE AND
NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABILITY,
COMMUNITY IDENTITY AND SOCIAL
WELL-BEING.
THIS COMMITTEE COHESION AND CAN
HELP BRIDGE CULTURAL DIVIDES.
RESEARCH SPECIFICALLY TIES ARTS
PARTICIPATION TO A SHARED SENSE
OF BELONGING AND PRIDE.
IN FACT ARTS PARTICIPANTS ARE
MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO
VOLUNTEER IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
PUBLIC SAFETY ALSO COMES INTO
PLAY HERE.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE
PRESENCE OF ARTS AND CULTURAL
SPACES IN NEIGHBORHOODS
CORRELATES DIRECTLY WITH
VERIZON FOR TRAFFIC AND WITH AN
INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE, IN
SEATTLE WAS A CASE STUDY IN THE
RESEARCH THAT GENERATED THOSE
RESULTS.
THESE BENEFITS MAY EXTEND TO
ARTS PARTICIPANTS AND
NONPARTICPANTS I LIKE.
INFECT CITIES WITH HIGH
CONCENTRATIONS OF ART I'D ONLY
HAVE INCREASED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
AND SOCIAL COHESION, THEY SHOW
IMPROVE CHILD WELFARE OUTCOMES.
ALONG WITH REDUCTIONS IN CRIME
AND POVERTY.
THE RESULTS ARE MAGNIFIED IN
LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
HERE'S WERE EXAMPLES LIKE
PUBLIC ART,, 750 HOMELESS AND
FORMALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS
EACH YEAR.
USING ART AND MUSIC AS A MEANS
TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THESE
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, FORGE
CONNECTIONS AND TRUST AND
TRANSFORM LIVES.
ANOTHER POWERFUL EXAMPLE
PROFILED IN A REPORT CAN BE
FOUND OF THE ANGST AND CULTURAL
ARTS CENTER WHICH I WOULD
IMAGINE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
AS A COMMITTEE ANCHOR POINT IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOUNG STAND AND THE FELLOW
TENANTS INVITE NEIGHBORHOOD
RESIDENTS IN TO PARTICIPATE IN
COMMUNITY FOOD JUSTICE DINNERS
AFTER SCHOOL RECORDING STUDIOS,
MOVEMENT, DANCE AND SO MUCH
MORE.
IT'S A CULTURAL SPACE THAT
BRINGS ARTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD
TOGETHER.
A PLACE FOR MULTICULTURAL AND
INTER-GENERATION NEIGHBORS TO
ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER AROUND
ISSUES THAT MATTER.
>>> AS WITH ALL THE EXAMPLES
I'VE MENTIONED, WE TALK ABOUT
ARTS IMPACT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT ARTS AREN'T
WORKING IN ISOLATION.
NOR ARE WE SUGGESTING THEY DO
SO.
IN FACT IN KING COUNTY, 84% OF
ARTS NONPROFITS REPORT
OWNERSHIP OUTSIDE THE SECTOR.
THAT'S MORE THAN FOUR OUT OF
FIVE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING
TOGETHER WITH SCHOOLS, WITH
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT
ORGANIZATIONS, WITH CITY
DEPARTMENTS, WITH SENIOR
CENTERS, HOSPITALS AND CLINICS,
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
SO MANY MORE.
WE UNCOVERED SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER CLINICS, PARTNERING
WITH IMPROV COMEDIES, HOSPITALS
WERE BRINGING ARE TWO PATIENT
BEDSIDES AND OTHERS WHO ARE
INCORPORATING ARTS INTO
PHYSICIAN TRAINING.
HOMELESSNESS, SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCIES WHO WRAP ARTS
THROUGHOUT THEIR PROGRAMMING
BECAUSE IN THEIR WORDS, THE
ARTS PROVIDE THEIR CLIENTS WITH
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS THAT
STRENGTHEN THEIR ABILITY TO
STAY HOUSED.
>>> THE RESULTS ARE CLEAR, WHEN
ART IS INTEGRATED WITH ANOTHER
INTERVENTION AND IN COMPLEMENT
TO TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO
SOCIAL ISSUES, IT MAKES PEOPLE
MORE SUCCESSFUL.
WE ARE TALK ABOUT NEW
POSSIBILITY HERE AND AN ASPECT
OF HIS SOLVING COMMITTEE
CHALLENGES THAT ISN'T CURRENTLY
AT ALICE.
THE PUBLIC IN A FIT OF ART BUT
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS HOW
ARTS ARE A STRATEGIC PROACTIVE
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY.
IF THERE'S ONE THING I HOPE
THAT YOU TAKE AWAY TODAY AND
THAT WE DO IS THAT ARTS ARE NOT
A CHARITY, THEY ARE A STRATEGY.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO?
FIRST OFF, INVEST.
AS THE DATA SUGGESTS BOTH
INVESTING IN THE ARTS AND
SUPPORTING POLICY PROMOTING
ARTS ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY
HAVE POSITIVE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES
THAT RIPPLE THROUGH A COMMUNITY.
THIS CAN MEAN HAD DIRECTLY
FUNDING ARTS PROVIDERS AND
PROGRAMMING, AND INCENTIVIZING
OTHERS TO DO SO.
THIS CAN INCLUDE FURTHERING
ARTS EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO
THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE K-
12 YEARS WITH PROGRAMS LIKE
CREATIVE ADVANTIS.
IT CAN MEAN INVESTING IN NEW
CULTURAL FACILITIES AND THE
PRESERVATION OF EXISTING ONES.
IT DEFINITELY MEANS ADVANCING
POLICY ALIGNING WITH THESE
GOALS.
>>> GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION IS A
SPECIFIC WAY IN WHICH YOU CAN
ADVANCE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
AND WHERE DESIRED IMPACT MIGHT
EXTEND BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE CITY, PARTNERING WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ARTS FUND
AND SO MANY MORE.
WITH A BROADER GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE
MAY BE AN AVENUE.
>>> ANOTHER KEY APPROACH IS
PARTNERSHIP.
PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY TO SUCCESS
STORIES WE UNEARTH AND YOU CAN
LEVERAGE YOUR POSITIONS AS CITY
LEADERS TO MAKE INTRODUCTIONS
ACROSS SECTORS INTO OPEN DOORS
FOR YOUR COLLABORATION.
ANOTHER KEY WAY IN WHICH YOU
CAN TAKE ACTION IS TO INVITE
ARTS VOICES AND ARTS WASTE
STRATEGIES TO THE PLANNING
TABLES THAT ARE SHAPING OUR
CITIES GRWTH.
WHEN YOU SIT DOWN AT A POLICY
PLANNING TABLE AND WE WERE AT
THE LAST CREATING MEETINGS
WHILE REFERENCE THE --
ADDRESSING ITEMS INCLUDING
ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY OUTCOMES
OR COMMUNITY OUTREACH,
EQUITABLE POLICY, ETC., SITTING
DOWN TO TACKLE THOSE ISSUES,
THINK ABOUT INCLUDING THE VOICE
FROM THE CULTURAL SECTOR AT THE
OUTSET.
DESIGN PROGRAMS AND CREATIVE
SOLUTIONS THAT ARE
INCORPORATING THESE POWERFUL
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARTS OFFER.
>>> AT THE CORE OF ARTS FUNDS
WORK IS THE BELIEF THAT ARTS
AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY AND A
SOCIAL IMPACT STUDY PROVES
THAT.
REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR
SPONSORS INCLUDING THE ALSO THE
ARTS AND CULTURE FOR INVESTING
IN THIS RESEARCH AND CRITICAL
CONVERSATIONS THIS ONE AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INVITING
US HERE TODAY.
I HOPE THIS BRIEFING WILL
PROVIDE AND THE DATA ITSELF
PROVIDES USEFUL DATA AND TOOLS
TO SUPPORT YOU AND MORE
MEANINGFUL OR IN MEANINGFUL
PUBLIC INVESTMENT, POLICY AND
STRATEGY AND I REALLY LOOK FOR
TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS AND
WORKING WITH YOU TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
COMING BACK AFTER OUR LONG
COMMITTEE AGENDA THE LAST TIME.
WE HAVE INCREDIBLE RESPECT FOR
THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
EXPERIENCE IT IN FULL.
>> SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE, CAN YOU GIVE ME OR GIVE US
A SENSE OF HOW YOU PICKED THE
THREE THEMES THAT YOU DID THIS
DEEP DIVE IN AND THEN SECONDLY,
I AM WONDERING, DOES THE DATA
REVEAL PARTICULAR, I THINK
ABOUT THE CITY FOR OPEN SPACE,
WE HAVE A GAP REPORT AND WE
IDENTIFIED WHERE THE GAPS ARE.
AND WE USE IT FOR PLANNING.
AND JUST LIKE LOOKING AT FOR
INSTANCE THE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS THEME, 45% OF MEDICAL
INSTITUTIONS NATIONWIDE OFFER
SOME SORT OF ARTS PROGRAM.
HAVE WE DONE AN ANALYSIS OF
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS LOCALLY TO
SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE OFFER ARTS
PROGRAMMING HERE. KNOWING AND
UNDERSTANDING THE HEALTH
BENEFITS. BECAUSE IF WE HAD
THAT INFORMATION, IT WOULD THEN
REVEAL I THINK THROUGH
IDENTIFYING IF THERE ARE GAPS,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS
TO FILL THOSE GAPS.
SO I AM WONDERING, AND I'M
USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, I
IMAGINE YOU COULD DO SOMETHING
SIMILAR FOR ALL THREE ELEMENTS.
AND TO A LARGE EXTENT WE HAVE
DONE SO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION, CREATIVE ADVANTAGE
IN THE GOALS TO GET CREATIVE
ADVANTAE IN ALL THE SCHOOLS
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BUT TRYING TO GRAPPLE MYSELF
WITH HOW WE USE THIS.
>> LET ME ANSWER YOUR FIRST
QUESTION FIRST IN TERMS OF HOW
WE IDENTIFY THOSE THREE
PRIORITIES, THEY WERE A FEW --
THE KEY ASPECTS AND FOR ME THAT
WAS ONE WE HAD AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE ACROSS SECTOR
ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED
RANDY ENGSTROM THE DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
INCLUDED FOLKS FROM CORPORATE
PARTNERS AND CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS
AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS AND
NONPROFIT ETC..
A WIDE REACH AND ALSO COUNTY
LEADERSHIP.
THEREFORE GATHERED INPUT ACROSS
SECTORS TO TOP PRIORITY AREAS
AND CHALLENGES FACING THOSE
SECTORS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE NATIONAL
CONFERENCE OF MAYORS AND WHAT
OUR TOP CIVIC ISSUES FACING
CITIES INCLUDING THIS ONE AND
LOOKING AT AGENDAS AND WE
LOOKED AT THE OR THIS WAS A
KING COUNTY STUDY SO WE LOOKED
AT THE KING COUNTY PRIORITY
AREAS.
IN THE EXECUTIVES PLAN.
THAT SAID, WE WERE LOOKING TO
WHERE THERE WAS A LONGITUDINAL
DATA ACROSS TIMES AS I
MENTIONED THERE WAS A WEALTH OF
DATA GENERATED OVER THE PAST 10
YEARS.
WE WANT TO BUILD UPON SOLID
DATA SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF DATA ACROSS TIME.
AS WELL AS INTERSECTING WITH
ISSUE HERE IS THAT WE KNEW WERE
FACING THE CITY AND BEING
ADDRESSED BY CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
IT WAS AN AMALGAM OF THOSE KEY
AREAS.
THE REASON EQUITY WAS PULLED
OUT IS THAT IT INTERSECTED WITH
ALL OF THOSE NAMES.
RATHER THAN HAVING A SPECIFIC
FOCUS ON EQUITY EQUITY AS A
SUBJECT DEAR, IT INTERSECTS
WITH ALL OF THEM.
AND WE HAD SECONDARY
INTERSECTIONAL AREAS WHICH WERE
BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE DOVE INTO HOW ARTS
INTERSECTED WITH THOSE TWO
AREAS AS WELL.
BUSINESS WAS NOT SEPARATE FROM
HOW ARTS ADVANCED TO THE NEXT
GENERATION OF THINKERS IN
EDUCATION NOR IS IT SEPARATE
FROM HOW ARTS ARE BUILDING
NEIGHBORHOOD AND HELPING TO
RECRUIT TOP TALENT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE SELECTED THOSE.
YOUR SECOND QUESTION, I ALSO
INVITE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] THAT'S
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO NEXT.
THIS WAS THE FIRST STUDY IN THE
REGION AND AMONG THE FIRST IN
THE NATION REALLY DIVING INTO
THE THEME AREAS.
WE DID CONDUCT A GEOGRAPHIC
LANDSCAPE AND OF WHAT A PROGRAM
IS BEING OFFERED.
THAT REALLY LOOSELY ALIGNS WITH
THE POPULATION IS.
BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WHEN WE
DO THE STUDY OF THE NEXT TIME
IS ALSO EITHER ACROSS SUBJECT
AREAS AND PARTICULARLY SAID THE
WHEN YOU TACKLED, ALSO GATHERED
DATA FROM THAT SECTOR, FROM THE
HEALTH SECTOR.
WE PARTNER WITH SWEDISH
HOSPITAL ON THE STUDY SO WE
HAVE SOME OF THEIR DATA IN
TERMS OF HELPING INTEGRATED
ARTS AND THE PROGRAMMING.
WE WOULD.LIKE TO DO THAT ACROSS
THE SECTOR.
>> WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY THAT THE
ORGANIZATION -LIKE SWEETNESS
THAT HAVE GREAT ARTS
PROGRAMMING BUT WE HAVE NOT
SPECIFICALLY PARTNERED WITH A
LOT OF THOSE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS ORGANIZATIONS TO
REALLY DIVE DEEP.
I THINK REALLY RELATES TO SORT
OF THE HISTORY OF OUR OFFICE
AND REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON
SUPPORTING THE NONPROFIT SECTOR.
SO THAT HAS BEEN THE AREA OF
FOCUS.
BUT THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING ON THE CREATIVE ECONOMY I
THINK WERE LOOKING MORE BROADLY
AND MORE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS.
ABOUT YOU KNOW IF IT'S FOR-
PROFIT OR NONPROFIT OR
COMMUNITY GROUPS, WE DON'T NEED
TO FIT SOMEBODY INTO A CATEGORY
AND THAT WAY WE HAVE IN THE
PAST.
WE CAN LOOK MORE EXPANSIVELY AS
TO HOW THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE IS
BEING SUPPORTED AND I THINK
THIS IS A PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE.
>> FOR SURE.
AS I WOULD SEE IT, THERE ARE
OTHER WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN
PARTNER IN ORDER TO MEETOTHER T
NONPROFITS IS USEFUL.
BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF WORK
HERE ON THE COUNCIL AS A
RELATES TO REGULATING AND
REQUIRING PUBLIC BENEFITS OF
INSTITUTIONS THAT AREN'T
NONPROFITS.
AND SO A MASTER PLAN, A
REQUIREMENT FOR INCLUDING ARTS
PROGRAMMING, IF A LARGE
INSTITUTION WAS TO EXPAND, IT'S
NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING, I
WOULD THINK OF NORMALLY.
BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO
THINK OF AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT
FOR OUR FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS
THAT THE CITY INTERFACES AND
REGULATING ON OCCASION.
>> ABSOLUTELY I THINK THE
QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE
ONES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DIVE
INTO DEEPER.
KNOWING YOU KNOW HOW THE CITY
CAN USE ITS INFLUENCE TO GET AT
SOME OF THESE AREAS OF
COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT WE ARE
INTERESTED IN.HAVE TO
BE DIRECT FUNDING GOING OUT THE
DOOR EVERY TIME.
>> SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE NEXT, YOU MENTIONED
YOU WILL BE DOING A SECOND PHASE
FOLLOWING UP ON THE STUDY,, CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT THE QUICK
>> ABSOLUTELY OUR GOAL MOVING
FORWARD IS TO KENYA TO DO THE
CRITICAL ECONOMIC IMPACT WORK
AND THEN PAIR THAT WITH THE
SOCIAL IMPACT WORK.
WE ARE JUST UNDERWAY WITH THE
NEXT ITERATION OF THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT STUDY.
IT WILL BE INFORMED BY SOME OF
THE ISSUE AREAS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN UNCOVERING WHILE ROLLING
OUT THE SOCIAL IMPACT STUDIES.
WE WILL GATHER THE NUMBERS THAT
ARE IMPORTANT NUMBERS, TAX
BENEFITS, JOBS CREATED,
CULTURAL TOURISM WITH SUCH A
BIG DRAW AND ALSO LIKELY DIVE
DEEPER INTO AREAS OF
AFFORDABILITY, PERHAPS OF
CULTURAL SPACE.
AND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS OF
THOSE CHALLENGES ARE TO THE
CULTURAL COMMUNITY AND THE
COMMUNITY AT LARGE. PERHAPS
AFFORDABILITY OF SPACE FOR ART
AND HOUSING THAT SORT OF THING.
THE CONVERSATION WILL CONTINUE
TO EVOLVE, WE ALSO HOPE TO THEN
DO ANOTHER APPROACH TO THE
SOCIAL IMPACT STUDY,
IDENTIFYING MORE OF THESE GAP
AREAS WITH MORE SPECIFIC DATA
COLLECTED TO THIS REGION.
THIS FOR STUDY INVOLVED A
SIGNIFICANT LITERATURE REVIEW
TO ESTABLISH THE BASELINE FOR
WHAT THE RESEARCH IS.
HAVING CONDUCTED THAT AND IN
FACT ALL OF OUR MATERIALS ARE
OPEN SOURCE AND AVAILABLE
ONLINE FOR OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
IN OTHER REGIONS AND AREAS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BUILD
UPON.
WE CAN NOW BUILD UPON THAT AND
DIVE DEEPER INTO THE DATA
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
>> YOU HAVE TOUCHED DIRECTLY
WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH
THIS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND
WITH THE COUNTY.
>> I AM ALSO REALLY INTERESTED
IN THIS AND APPRECIATE LISA
HERBOLD ASKING THAT.
IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE I
GOT AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL FUNDING AND THE BENEFIT
TO THE ECONOMY, I AM ASSUMING
THAT THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE
ROBUST ART PROGRAMS FOR
STUDENTS OF THAT PROBABLY
CORRELATES WITH INCOME FOR
HOUSEHOLDS, I KNOW FOR A WHILE
YOU KNOW IF YOU LIVED IN A
WEALTHIER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A
STRONG PTA, THOSE HOUSEHOLDS
WERE ABLE TO BACKFILL THE
PROGRAMS THAT GOT CUT AND OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH OR WITHOUT
OR LESS WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD
AND LESS RESOURCES THAN THE PTA
MAKE IT LESS EXPOSURE.
SO THE TYPES OF GAP ANALYSIS TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT TO
TARGET OUR INVESTMENT AS A
CITY, I THINK CAN BE REALLY
USEFUL.
I AM CURIOUS -- MAYBE THIS IS
MORE QUALITATIVE THAN
QUANTITATIVE BUT THE WAYS IN
WHICH OUR IMPACT YOUTH, I CAN
IMAGINE YOU KNOW, A YOUNG
PERSON WHO GETS EXPOSED TO
MUSIC EARLY IN THEIR SCHOOL
CAREER, AND ULTIMATELY GETS TO
GO TO ESSENTIALLY [
INDISCERNIBLE ] AND PERFORMING
WITH THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY ON
NATIONAL STATES, JUST THE
POWERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT HAS.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS
THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING IN ALL
ASPECTS OF BEEN FUN SOMETHING
THEY'RE REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN.
AND THEN I CAN IMAGINE THERE'S
SO MANY OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE
NEVER GOING TO ACHIEVE [
INDISCERNIBLE ] ARE MAJOR ARTS
OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE
ABILITY TO USE THEIR MIND IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, IT DOESN'T SHOW
UP NECESSARILY ON THE NEWS AT
9. I AM CURIOUS YOU KNOW, IS
THE SUCCESS AND I IMAGINE HIS
LITTLE BOTH BUT ARE THERE
THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING FOR, ARE WE LOOKING FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND SOMEONE
WHO IS REALLY STRUGGLING AND
LIFT THEM UP TO THE TOP OR NO,
EVEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IN
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, I CAN
IMAGINE LOTS OF SENIOR PROGRAMS
TOO, PROBABLY REALLY OF THE
SENIORS GETTING EIGHT OR
ACHIEVE GREATNESS AT ART AT
THIS POINT IN LIFE BUT BUT FOR
THE MOST PART IT'S LIKE -- IT'S
PLEASURE BEND ENJOYABLE
INTERACTION.
IS THAT ALONE A GOOD MEASURE OF
SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUTH?
>> SO I THINK THE GREAT THING
ABOUT ARTS EDUCATION IS IT
REALLY PROVIDES, WHAT WE FOUND
IS THAT PROVIDES THE SKILLS
THAT GO FAR BEYOND JUST
LEARNING TO PLAY THE VIOLIN OR
LEARNING TO PAINT OR SCULPT OR
YOU KNOW THOSE THINGS.
THERE ARE 21st CENTURY LEARNING
SKILLS THAT ARE ALL ABOUT
COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION.
GROWTH MINDSET AND THERE ARE
SKILLS THAT WE NEED KIDS TO HAVE
TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE
CAREERS THAT WE KNOW EXIST.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE COMING INTO SEATTLE
BECAUSE THE INDUSTRIES IN
SEATTLE ARE NOT HIRING FROM THE
LOCAL GROUP HERE.
WE KNOW THAT IN ARTS EDUCATION
PROVIDES THE SKILLS THAT WILL
ALLOW STUDENTS TO GET THOSE
CAREERS.
IT IS THE CREATIVITY, IT IS ALL
THOSE SKILLS THAT ALL PEOPLE
DO, IT'S NOT JUST I'M SORRY I'M
NOT BEING -- IS NOT JUST
TEACHING A PARTICULAR TACTIC,
IT'S THE ABILITY TO GROW INTO
THE NEW AREAS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT
NECESSARILY GOING TO TRAIN THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GO
PLAY FOR AN ORCHESTRA OR YOU
KNOW BECOME SOMEBODY THAT SELLS
MILLION DOLLAR PAINTINGS.
BUT THE ARTS REALLY TEACH THESE
SKILLS ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET INTO
THESE CAREERS THAT WE WANT THEM
TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROVIDE
THAT ACCESS TO EVERYBODY AND
IT'S NOT JUST THE STUDENTS THAT
HAVE YOU KNOW OR HAPPEN TO LIVE
IN A WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
THEY CAN GET THE EXCESS.
BUT THAT EVERY STUDENT AND
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THAT
ACCESS FROM THEY WON.
>> AND ALSO DATA BEHIND THAT AS
WELL, WE CITE IN THE STUDY AND
IBM STUDY THAT INDICATES THAT
CREATIVITY IS THE NUMBER ONE
SKILL THAT EMPLOYERS ARE
LOOKING FOR IN THEIR TOP
EXECUTIVES.
IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO
FIND AND THE ONE WHICH CANNOT
BE AUTOMATED.
AS WE ARE MOVING INTO MORE AND
MORE AUTOMATION IN THE
WORKFORCE, IT IS THE ONE THING
WHICH CANNOT BE AUTOMATED THAT
WILL ALWAYS BE A HIGHLY VALUED
CORE HUMAN SKILL.
AND WITH SO MANY OF THESE
INNOVATIVE COMPANIES MAKING
THEIR HOMES HERE, CREATING A
WORKFORCE THAT CAN SUPPORT AND
SUSTAINED AND DEVOLVED THAT IS
CRITICAL.
THE OTHER THING YOU MENTIONED
QUALITATIVE, I THINK IT IS A
BLEND OF QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE AND THAT'S WHAT
THE APPROACH TO THE STUDY HAS
BEEN.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE TO A YOUNG
PERSON IS A CASE STUDY THAT WE
PROFILED IS SEATTLE ARTS AND
LECTURE.
THEY DO A LOT OF DATA
COLLECTION FROM THE GUN PEOPLE
WHO WORK WITH THEM.
THEY COLLECTED A LOT OF
FEEDBACK THAT ESSENTIALLY SAYS
YOU LITERALLY SAVE MY LIFE.
THE RATES OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE CONTEMPLATING OR HAVE
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES WHO
ARE CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE ARE
INCREASINGLY, THERE EXPANDING
AT A HORRIFYING RATE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE JUNIOR HIGH
TO HIGH SCHOOL RATES.
THEIR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE
OFFERED FEEDBACK TO THE
PROGRAMS THAT THEY PARTICIPATED
IN SAYING YOU MADE ME FEEL
HEARD I GOT TO TELL MY STORY.
I FEEL LIKE I MATTER.
THAT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
SHARING THE STORY.
I HOPE THAT THERE IS MORE THAT
WE CAN DO TO INCREASE THAT
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE
THAT ART AND CULTURE HAS A
SOCIAL IMPACT ON OUR GOALS AS A
COMMUNITY.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I
CAN DO TO HELP GET THAT 28%
NUMBER OF, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE IF IT'S
NOT ALREADY A REAL FOCUS, OF
THIS EFFORT.
IS REALLY CHANGING PEOPLE'S
HEARTS AND MINDS ABOUT WHO THE
ARTS IMPACT.
BEYOND JUST THEIR OWN PERSONAL
APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS.
A REAL RECOGNITION THAT THEY
ARE HELPING US MEET OUR
COMMUNITY GOALS.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP.
YOU AS OUR ELECTED LEADERS ARE
THE AMPLIFIERS, YOU ARE THE
VOICES PEOPLE LISTEN TO.
AND IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO
REALLY WORK WITH YOU TO SHARE
THAT MESSAGE OR BROADLY I THINK
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE
HAVE BEEN JOINED FROM
COUNCILMEMBER CHECK OFF.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> ITEM 2.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119584.
AND ORDERS RELATED TO
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTIES.
CONFORMING THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE WITH CHANGES IN
STATE LAW, AMENDING SECTIONS
7.24 .020, 030.
22.
202.080, 22 206160, 22
20618822210030 AND 22902120 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
INTRODUCTION PLEASE GET THE
>> [ INDISCERNIBLE - LOW VOLUME
]. THIS IS THE SECOND
DISCUSSION ON THIS PARTICULAR
BILL IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> THIS BILL IS 119584.
IT TAKES THE CHANGES THAT WERE
MADE IN THE LEGISLATIVE STUDY
SESSION EARLIER THIS YEAR AND
INCORPORATES THEM INTO OUR
CODE.
AND SO THE TWO BILLS THAT PASSED
THROUGH LEGISLATIVE SESSION
WERE SENATE BILL 5600 THE HOUSE
1440.
THEY MADE A VARIETY OF CHANGES,
SOME OF WHICH WE NEED TO
INCORPORATE IN ORDER TO ALIGN
OUR CODE WITH THE STATE CODE.
SO THESE CHANGES INCLUDE
EXTENDING A PARENT EVICTION
NOTICE FROM THREE DAYS TO 14
DAYS.
CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF RENT,
THE DEFINITION HOUSING COST WAS
ESSENTIALLY THE DEFINITION THAT
THE STATE ADOPTED SO WE ARE
ALIGNING OUR SPECIFIC
DEFINITION OR DEFINITION OF
RENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS
CONSISTENT.
THE SENATE BILL 5600 REQUIRE
THAT ANY PAYMENTS MADE HAVE TO
GO TO RENT FIRST BEFORE THEY
CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY OTHER
FEES.
ALSO, IT GAVE JUDGES MORE
DISCRETION CONCERNING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF AN EVICTION.
THAT'S NOT ONE WE NEED TO ALIGN
IN OUR SPECIFIC CODE BUT
SOMETHING THAT THE BILL DID.
HOUSE BILL 1440 REQUIRED THAT
LANDLORDS MUST PROVIDE A 60 DAY
NOTICE OF ANY RENT INCREASE.
IN OUR CODE WE PROVIDED 60 DAYS
IF A RENT INCREASE WAS OVER 10%
OR MORE OTHERWISE IT WAS 30 DAY
NOTICE.
THIS WAS STANDARDIZED TO ALL
RENT INCREASES BEING 60 DAYS.
LASTLY, IT PROVIDES AN
EXCEPTION FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO SET RIGHT
BASED ON THE TENANTS INCOME.
ALL THE CHANGES WENT TO IN FACT
JULY 28th.
AND BY ALIGNING OUR CODE WITH
THE RCW TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO
CONFUSION AROUND WHAT LAW
ACTUALLY APPLIES.
>> GREAT, THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN
WHEN WE SAY HARMONIZATION BILL.
IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR
LEGISLATION HERE IN SEATTLE IS
NOT IN CONFLICT WITH STATE LAW
AND IN THIS CASE STATE LAW IS
ALREADY IN EFFECT.
IT WILL AFFECT BE IN EFFECT AT
THE END OF JULY.
OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD A
PRESENTATION FROM THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS AND THEY HAD GIVEN
US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY HAD
DONE TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS
OF THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS UNDER
STATE LAW.
SOME OF THOSE STEPS THAT THEY
TOOK INCLUDED USING THE RENTAL
REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION
ORDNANCE DATABASE THAT THEY HAVE
IN ORDER TO NOTIFY NEARLY 20,000
REGISTERED LANDLORDS OF THESE
NEW OBLIGATIONS UNDER STATE LAW.
THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN DOING SOME
LANDLORD TRAININGS.
AFTER THEY VISITED THIS
COMMITTEE LAST THEY SAID THEY
WOULD ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
DOING ADDITIONAL LANDLORD
ENGAGEMENT AFTER THAT LAST
MEETING.
THEY ARE DEVELOPING FUTURE
LANDLORD CURRICULUMS, TRAINING
CURRICULUMS AND INFOGRAPHICS TO
BE USED ON THE CITIES RENTING
IN SEATTLE WEBSITE.
AS WELL AS IN THOSE TRAININGS.
>>> GIVEN THAT AGAIN THIS IS
JUST HARMONIZATION WITH
EXISTING STATE LAW, I HAVE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS.
READY TO VOTE.
>> I AM READY TO GO.
>> VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
GRATEFUL THE STATE MADE SOME
CHANGES.
>> FANTASTIC.
FOR THE RECORD, THE CHANGES
THAT THE STATE MADE WERE
CHANGES THAT WERE LIFTED UP AS
A RESULT OF A STUDY THAT THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION LED
AND PRESENTED TO US LAST YEAR
BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THE COUNCIL HAD PASTOR WRIGHT TO
RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING WHAT THE
PRIORITIES WERE FROM THAT
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
STUDY CALLED LOSING HOME.
WE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF ITEMS
THAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO WORK
ON IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAD
NOT WORKED ON.
HAPPILY, MANY OF THOSE ITEMS
WERE TAKEN CARE OF AND WE ARE
GOING TO BE AFTER THIS VOTE
DOVETAILING INTO SOME OF THE
OTHER ITEMS THAT RAN THE REPORT
THAT WERE NOT ADDRESSED AT THE
STATE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE THEY
WERE FOCUSEDON THE EVICTION
REFORM PIECES.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE
PASSAGE OF COUNSEL BILL 1195 84.
>> A SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. .
COUNSEL BILL 1195 84 MOVE ON TO
COUNSEL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ITEM 3. COUNSEL BILL 119
5987 AND ORDERS RELATED TO
RENTAL AGREEMENTS AND TENANT
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES.
RELIEVING A TENANT EXPERIENCING
THE MYSTIC VIOLENCE FROM
LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE TO THE
LANDLORDS PROPERTY CAUSED BY
PERPETRATOR OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
AND AMENDING SECTION 7.24020,
SEVEN 24030, AND 22206170 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
AISHA, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US
THE BACKGROUND OF THIS BILL?
AND EXPLAIN WHAT IT
ACCOMPLISHES.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119598 COMES
FROM A SERIES OF EXCUSE ME
COMES FROM THE ISSUES
IDENTIFIED IN THE LOSING HOME
REPORT.
IT WAS IN THIS COMMITTEE BACK
IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
IT WAS REPORTED BY THE HOUSING
JUSTICE PROJECT AND THE SEATTLE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION THAT WAS
ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT AND IN
ANALYSIS OF EVICTION CAUSES,
PROCESSES, OUTCOMES AND HE WAS
BEING IMPACTED AND HOW THEY
WERE BEING IMPACTED.
AND WITH THE ISSUES THAT WAS
IDENTIFIED WAS THE FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP THAT TENANTS WHO ARE
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FACE.
SO IN DISCUSSING ALL OF THOSE
ISSUES IN RESOLUTION 31861,
WHICH IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE
ARE THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH
OUTLINE THE FINDINGS OF THAT
REPORT, THE ACTIONS TAKEN
DURING THE LAST BUDGET SEASON
AND THE ITEMS THAT COUNSEL
WANTED TO ADDRESS IN THE SHORT
TERM, THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE OF
THE FINANCIAL IMPACT FOR THESE
TENETS WAS BROUGHT UP.
DURING DISCUSSION OF THE
RESOLUTION, A CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO HAD DISCUSSED VARIOUS
OPTIONS FOR CREATING RESOLUTION.
ONE OF THOSE WAS PROHIBITING
LANDLORDS FROM PULLING HOLDING
THE SENATE LEVEL IF THEY HAD
PROTECTION ORDER IN PLACE
AGAINST THE PERSON CAUSING THE
DAMAGE.
ANOTHER OPTION WAS PROHIBITING
LENDERS FROM HOLDING THE TENANT
LIABLE IF THE TENANT REPLIED
FILED THE -- AND THE REPORT WAS
PROVIDED TO THE LANDLORD AND
ANOTHER OPTION WAS TO CREATE A
MITIGATION FUND THAT WOULD
COVER DAMAGES CALLED BY
PERPETRATORS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
THEY WERE NOT INTENDED TO BE
NEUTRALLY EXCLUSIVE.
THOSE FIRST TWO WERE
INCORPORATED INTO DRAFT
LEGISLATION THAT WAS DISCUSSED
AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING IN
MARCH.
SO THE ITEMS IN COUNSEL BILL
119598 DO INCLUDE SOME OF THE
ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE DRESS
LEGISLATION.
THIS WILL IS INTENDED AND A LOT
OF WAYS TO MIRROR THE STATE
LAW.
WHICH ALLOWS SURVIVORS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO TERMINATE
THE RENTAL AGREEMENT WITHOUT
FURTHER OBLIGATION IF THEY
PROVIDE THE LANDLORD WITH NOTICE
AND PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
SO THIS BILL ESSENTIALLY STATES
THAT THE TENANT CANNOT BE HELD
LIABLE FOR DAMAGES TO HIS
LANDLORDS PROPERTY IF THAT
DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE
PERPETRATOR OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE WITH PROPER NOTICE AND
DOCUMENTATION.
SO THE TENANT WOULD ESSENTIALLY
HAVE TO TELL THE LANDLORD THAT
THEY WERE A FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD
MEMBER WAS OR IS A SURVIVOR OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND THAT THE DAMAGE THAT WAS
CAUSED TO THE LANDLORDS
PROPERTY WAS CAUSED BY THE
PERPETRATOR.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE
DOCUMENTATION TO THE LANDLORD
EITHER IN THE FORM OF A
PROTECTION ORDER IF THE
PROTECTION ORDER HAD ALL OF THE
ELEMENTS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN
THE LEGISLATION OR A REPORT TO
A QUALIFIED THIRD-PARTY THAT
CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION.
IT WOULD REQUIRE THE TENANT OR
HOUSEHOLD MEMBER OF NOTIFY THE
QUALIFIED THIRD-PARTY THAT THEY
WERE A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, WHEN THE ACT OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR PROPERTY
DAMAGE OCCURRED, WHERE IT
HAPPENED, BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND
THAT THE TENANT OR HOUSEHOLD
MEMBER INFORMED THE QUALIFIED
THIRD-PARTY OR WHO THE
PERPETRATOR WAS.
>>> THE LEGISLATION DEFINES A
LOT OF THOSE TERMS AND DEFINES
QUALIFIED THIRD-PARTY WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME DEFINITION
AS IS USED IN STATE LAW EXCEPT
WITH THE ADDITION OF CASE
MANAGERS AS SOCIAL SERVICE
AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY
POTENTIAL PERSON TO WHOM A
PERSON IS REPORTING DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE IS COVERED.
IF IT WASN'T OR ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT THEY BASED ON
PUBLIC COMMENT, I SHOULD MAKE
CLEAR IS THAT THIS LEGISLATION
IS INTENDED TO APPLY NOT JUST
IN CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE THE
DAMAGE WAS CAUSED DURING ACTIVE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT EVEN IF
IT WOULD NOT QUALIFY LEGALLY AS
AN INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, AS LONG AS THE DAMAGE
IS CAUSED BY THE PERPETRATOR OF
BE COVERED UNDER THIS AS WELL.
>> YOU STATE THAT I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE, THE
DISTINCTION YOU'RE MAKING.
>> MANY TIMES THE DEFINITION OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS EVEN IF
THE PERSON IS PUT IN FEAR OF
ASSAULT, AND SO PROPERTY DAMAGE
THAT IS CAUSED DURING THE
INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CAN BE YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY --
IF THE PERPETRATOR WERE TO
THROW SOMETHING AT THE SURVIVOR
AND IT IS WALL.
THAT COULD BE OR DEFINED AS AN
INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IN
>>> BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THE
RISK.
W ARE PAYING THEM SOLELY TO
PROCESS THE MATERIAL THROUGH
THEM, SORTED, REGARDLESS OF
WHAT THE ULTIMATE -- SO WE TOOK
THE HIT.
>> HOW DO WE VERIFY THAT THE
PRODUCT IS NOT GOING TO
LANDFILL?
>> HUNTS THAT IS WHO YOU KNOW
AND WORKS WITH THE.
HE IS IN CONSTANT CONTACT AND
WEEKLY AND HE WILL GO DOWN AND
VISIT AND HE VERIFIES THAT THEY
GIVE US REPORTS ON A WEEKLY
BASIS.
SO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF AND WE
HAVE SOME INSPECTORS AND WE
HAVE NOT DONE THIS A LOT BUT
MORE AND MORE WE ARE GOING TO
USE THE INSPECTORS TO VERIFY.
THAT'S BASICALLY THE PERSONAL --
>> AND WHAT ABOUT WHEN THE
RECYCLED MATERIAL SHIPPED TO
ANOTHER COUNTRY?
HOW DO WE VERIFY IN THOSE
INSTANCES?
>> THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT
WAS IDENTIFIED AND THE
RESPONSIBLE RECYCLING TEST
FORCE AS PROBLEMATIC.
THERE HAVE BEEN NONPROFITS THAT
HAVE TAGGED MATERIALS AND YOU
KNOW IN THE ELECTRONICS ARENA,
THAT'S PRETTY WELL-KNOWN.
WE ARE ACTUALLY COMING UP WITH
PROTOCOLS RIGHT NOW TO THE
RESPONSIBLE RECYCLING TASK
FORCE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW
CAN WE VERIFY THAT THE MATERIAL
WAS SHIPPING TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
OR ACTUALLY BEING USED.
OR PUT INTO PRODUCTS AND USED
AS A FEED SOURCE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE HAD A HARD TIME
WITH THAT OR TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT PROTOCOLS TO DO THAT.
>> PRETTY MUCH I HAVE COVERED
ALL OF THESE ALREADY.
>> WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW, WHAT
ARE ACTIONS WE ARE TAKING NOW.
WE ARE TARGETING CONTAMINATION
AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF
THE RECYCLABLES.
WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO
EXPAND THE DOMESTIC MARKETS AND
FOR RECYCLABLES.
WE ARE EXPANDING OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION AND REALLY WE ARE
WORKING ON THE REGIONAL BASIS SO
SOMETHING WE ARE WELL AWARE OF
IS THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN
SEATTLE DON'T NECESSARILY LIVE
IN SEATTLE.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SEATTLE
DON'T NECESSARILY WORK IN
SEATTLE.
SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF WHAT I
CALL CROSS-BORDER MOVEMENT.
SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN WORK AS
A REGION AND WITH THE REGIONAL
PARTNERS TO HAVE COMMON
MESSAGING, THE EASIER IT IS ON
THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE USING OUR
SYSTEM AND THE EMPLOYEES WHO
WORK HERE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS TO
INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY,
CONVENIENCE IS REALLY KEY, NOT
ONLY IN MULTIFAMILY BUT AND
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OF ALL
KINDS.
THEN WE ARE EXPANDING THE FOOD
PROGRAM AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE
FOOD RESCUE ARENA.
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT
WE'RE DOING AT THAT, WORKING
CLOSELY WITH MARY'S PLACE, AND
EVEN PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T REALIZE
THEY WERE IN THE MOOD RESCUE
WORLD OR COULD INFLUENCE THE,
LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION UP AT
UW.
WE WORK WITH THEM TO IMPROVE
MOVING EDIBLE FOOD INTO THE
HANDS OF THOSE WHO ARE FOOD
INSECURE AND NEED IT.
ALSO WE WORK DILIGENTLY AT
TRYING TO TRANSLATE OUR MATERIAL
OR TRENDS CREATE OUR MATERIAL
INTO OTHER LANGUAGES AND IN
CONTEXT SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND
IT AND IT'S USEFUL FOR THOSE
WHERE ENGLISH ISN'T THE FIRST
LANGUAGE.
AND WE ARE PARTNERING BOTH WITH
OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND
PARTNERING WITH THE NGOS IN THE
AREA AND PARTNERING WITH THE
INDUSTRY IN GENERAL, LIKE THE
PLASTICS INDUSTRY.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THEM NOW TO WITH RESPECT TO THE
BAGS. WE WILL PULL BACKS OUT OF
THE CURBSIDE AT THE END OF THE
YEAR.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO
DEPLOY MORE DROP-OFF LOCATIONS.
SO WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE ON
THAT LATER.
>> AS IT RELATES TO PULLING
BAGS FROM CURBSIDE, I IMAGINE
THERE WILL BE A ROBUST HEALTH
EDUCATION CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BE
DOING?
>> YEAH, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT
NOW.
IT WILL GO REGIONWIDE.
SO WORKING WITH REGIONAL
PARTNERS TO COME UP WITH THE
COMMON MESSAGING AND I WOULD
ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL BE
LAUNCHED LATER THIS FALL.
SO THAT EVERYONE IS READY AND
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT TO DO
WITH THEIR PLASTIC BAGS IN
FILM.
IT'S NOT JUST PLASTIC BAGS, WE
DO HAVE A PLASTIC BAG BAN BUT
STILL THERE ARE PLASTIC BAGS IN
HER SYSTEM.
BUT ALSO THE FILM, IF YOU GO TO
COSTCO OR ANY WHERE YOU GET
THINGS WRAPPED IN FILM, WHAT TO
DO WITH THOSE MATERIALS.
>>
>> YOU HAVE SOMETHING?
>> QUESTIONS?
>> I APPRECIATE THE REGIONAL
PARTNERING.
AND YOU KNOW IT'S HARD BECAUSE
THERE'S ALWAYS NEW MATERIAL AND
WE CHANGE THE RULES AND THEN
YOU LOOK AT THE MIX OF
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ACROSS
THE REGION, I WAS DOING SOME
LANDSCAPING AT MY AUNTS HOUSE
IN KIRKLAND AND I FOUND OUT
AFTER THE FACT THAT GREEN IS
THE GARBAGE BIN OVER THERE.
SO I DID A RESOURCING ON THE
DRIVEWAY.
WHATEVER.
SO THE TYPES OF THINGS, YOU
KNOW, I KNOW THAT IN SEATTLE WE
PROBABLY HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE THAT ARE SO INTO
RECYCLING BECAUSE THEY TALK TO
ME ALL THE TIME THAT KNOW ALL
THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
EVERY TIME SOMETHING CHANGES IN
WHICH GOES WHERE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ETHIC
WHICH IS AWESOME.
BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, PEOPLE
ARE COMING IN AND GOING, PEOPLE
DON'T TRACK AT THAT CLOSELY.
SO THINGS WE CAN DO RECENTLY
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I AM CURIOUS WHAT KIND OF
DIALOGUE YOU ARE THE INDUSTRY
HAS WITH SOMEONE LIKE AMAZON.
I SEE THAT WE GET PLENTY OF
STUFF DELIVERED FROM THEM AND I
NOTICED THAT THE PACKAGING
SHIPS OVERTIME.
REI AS WELL, THEY DO A FAIR
AMOUNT OF RETAIL.
SO I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED THE
CARDBOARD BOXES ARE FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD, THAT'S NICE
THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
WITH IT AND THAT'S FAIRLY
VALUABLE MATERIAL TO BE
RECYCLE.
IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU GET A
SHOEBOX WITHIN ANOTHER BOX THAT
THE EXACT SIZE OF A SHOEBOX AND
YOU THINK, NOW I HAVE TWO BOXES
TO RECYCLE AND CAN SOMEONE JUST
DESIGNED A SHOEBOX TO BE THE
SHIPPING BOX.
WHEN, HOW DO WE DO THAT AND
THEN YOU SEE THE SHIFT TO MORE
PLASTIC BAGS THAT THINGS ARE
DELIVERED IN.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE
OPTIMISTIC RECYCLER SHOWS UP IN
ME.
IS THIS A PLASTIC BAG?
IT'S NOT WORTH SUPPOSED TO GO.
THE BUBBLE WRAP THINGS.
HEAT SEALED.
SO I IMAGINE THAT THAT A
COMPANY LIKE AMAZON IS MAKING
DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR
ECONOMICS, THE COST OF MATERIALS
AND THE WEIGHT FOR TRANSPORTING
THINGS ON AIRPLANES AND HOWEVER
THEY MOVE STUFF AROUND.
THEY ARE ALSO IMPOSING COSTS ON
OUR SYSTEM AS THEY DO THAT.
AT A MINIMUM WE SHOULD BE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS,
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE BIG
RETAILERS BASED HERE IN SEATTLE
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
AND I MENTIONED THEY HAVE YOU
KNOW ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS
WITHIN THEIR COMPANY.
BUT THEY'RE GOING OUT HOW TO
HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND
EVEN CONSIDERING YOU KNOW
IMPOSING FEES TO RECOVER THE
COST.
IF THE REALITY IS, THE PLASTIC
BUBBLE WRAP COST US MONEY IN
THE SYSTEM AND WE WANT TO SAVE
IF YOU WANT TO SHIP TO THAT
BECAUSE IT MAKES ECONOMIC
SENSE, THAT'S FINE BUT WE WILL
RECOVER THE ECONOMIC COST YOU
ARE IMPOSING ON THIS.
OR MAYBE NOT CAN SAY THAT IT
BANDYK CAN DELIVER IT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW,
WE SHOULD BE PART OF THAT
CONVERSATION TO TELL US THEIR
ANALYSIS AND WHAT THEY DO.
BUT THAT CAN BECOME A BIGGER
SOURCE OF WASTE STREAM, WHETHER
RECYCLED OR NOT.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE DO
TALK WITH AMAZON AND A LOT OF
THE BIG COMPANIES THAT ARE
BASED HERE. STARBUCKS, AMAZON,
COSTCO, ALL OF THOSE COMPANIES,
WE TALKED DIRECTLY ABOUT
PACKAGING.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH GROUPS
LIKE THE PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
INITIATIVE, VERY INVOLVED WITH
A NUMBER OF THE INITIATIVES AND
GROUPS AND NONPROFITS AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
THEY ALSO ARE WORKING WITH THEM
AND THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP
AND SO WE ARE WORKING, A LOT OF
PEOPLE THINK OF RECYCLING
STREAM AND I ALWAYS SAY,
SEATTLE HAS CONTROL OVER A
SMALL SLICE OF THAT STREAM, WE
HAVE INFLUENCE AND WE ARE
REALLY TRYING TO USE THAT
INFLUENCE UPSTREAM.
WITH THE PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED
AND DEVELOPED.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE AMAZON AND
OTHER COMPANIES AND OTHER
PRODUCTS STEWARDSHIP INITIATIVE
COMES IN.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL
JURISDICTIONS AND AT THE STATE
LEVEL, IDEAS WITH PRODUCT
STEWARDSHIP, HE WILL HEAR
EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY.
EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY IS THE CLOSED
LOOP, THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY,
WHERE WE ARE WORKING ON BOTH A
NATIONAL OR LOCAL, STATE LEVEL,
LOOKING WHETHER THAT'S
PRACTICAL, WE WERE INVOLVED
WITH HELPING WRITE LEGISLATION
THAT BECAME A STUDY BILL THIS
LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
WHERE THEY WILL BE OR LOOKING
AT THE EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING.
AND WHETHER THAT IS PRACTICAL
TO GO STATEWIDE.
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PUSH THE
COST THAT CURRENTLY CUSTOMERS
ARE PAYING US TO MANAGE AT THE
CURB, WOULD PUSH THOSE COSTS TO
MANAGE THE PACKAGING UPSTREAM.
AND THE PRODUCERS WOULD CREATE
SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN DC,
BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS A PRODUCT
STEWARDSHIP EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY, BC RECYCLES
PROGRAM.
WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THAT
CLOSELY.
BASICALLY IT PUSHES THE COST UP
ON THE PRODUCERS AND THEN
THERE'S NO FREE RIDERS.
SO YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW IS NOT
JUST AMAZON, THERE'S A LOT OF
OTHER COMPANIES, NOT JUST
STARBUCKS, A LOT OF OTHER
COMPANIES, MAKING SURE
EVERYBODY IS AT THE TABLE AND
EVERYBODY IS PLAYING INTO THE
SYSTEM.
IT HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING
BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY WORKING
UPSTREAM AND TRYING TO INFLUENCE
HOW PRODUCTS ARE DESIGNED AND
THAT THEY BE DEVELOPED IN A WAY
THAT A, USES RECYCLE CONTACT
AND B, RECYCLABLE AND C, MAYBE
DOESN'T IT BE THERE IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
MAYBE CAN BE REDUCED.
AND SEE C COMES FIRST.
>> ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO LIFT
UP IN ADDITION TO MY EARLIER
MENTIONED ABOUT COMPOSTING AND
RECYCLING ACCESS FOR
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE, WE ARE
ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING ON
SOME PLASTIC REDUCTION MEASURES
AND THE EXECUTIVE HAS SOME
PROPOSALS. AS DOES THE
COMMITTEE THAT WE DISCUSSED
BEFORE.
IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND WAS
LIFTED UP YESTERDAY.
IN THE SEATTLE CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN AND THE OBJECTIVE TO --
ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WILL
REDUCE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC.
AND WE HAD INTENDED TO HAVE A
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY TO
DISCUSS EVERY OTHER WEEK
GARBAGE COLLECTION.
WE HAD INVITED A CITY
ADMINISTRATOR FROM RENTON WHO
IS BEEN DOING EVERY OTHER WEEK
GARBAGE FOR 11 YEARS NOW TO
SHARE WITH US THEIR EXPERIENCES
, THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE IT
AND WE WERE GOING TO BE JOINED
BY 350 SEATTLE AND WE WILL HAVE
THEM COME BACK AT A SUBSEQUENT
MEETING.
WHEN THE TIME WORKS FOR
EVERYBODY.
>> THE PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
INITIATIVE, IS THAT AN INDUSTRY
DRIVEN OR ADVOCACY GROUP OR A
BLEND?
>> IT IS A BLAND BUT IT IS
REALLY THEIR PRIMARY FUNDERS
ARE INDUSTRY.
BUT ACTUALLY THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY
MOVED TO OLYMPIA.
SO WE ARE HAVING MORE MORE
EASILY MEETING WITH HER AND
DISCUSSING WHAT YELL, IT'S
INDUSTRY DRIVEN IN A RESPONSE
TO KNOWING THAT THEY NEED TO DO
BETTER.
THEY NEED TO BE MORE
ENVIRONMENTAL AND WHAT CAN THEY
DO BUT IT'S A NONPROFIT.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
WOULD BE INTRIGUED BY IF
POSSIBLE, TO SEE IF SOMEONE
FROM THAT INITIATIVE COULD COME
TO THE TABLE PERHAPS WITH A
PURE ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION LIKE
ZERO WASTE WASHINGTON.
MAYBE SOMEONE FROM BRITISH
COLUMBIA, I KNOW MY SENSE IS
THAT IN EUROPE THEY HAVE A LOT
MORE OR A LOT STRONGER KIND OF
CLOSED LOOP PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
LAWS.
AND YOU KNOW COMPANIES LIKE
AMAZON HAVE A LOT OF [
INDISCERNIBLE ] OVER THERE, WE
CAN'T DO THIS THAT YOU ARE
DOING IT RIGHT ACROSS THE
BORDER.
SO THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO HAVE
THE CONVERSATION AND SEE IF
THERE'S A ROLE FOR SEATTLE TO
PLAY IN ACCELERATING SOME OF
THE IDEAS THAT ARE ALREADY
WORKING ELSEWHERE.
>> DID YOU SAY THAT THE PRODUCT
STEWARDSHIP EFFORT CAME OUT OF
STATE LEGISLATION?
>> NO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP AND
DIFFERENT PIECES LIKE PAINT BUT
WHAT'S OR WHAT CAME OUT OF
LEGISLATION FOR PACKAGING IS
THERE WILL BE A STUDY ON
EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
A VIABLE FOR STATE AND WHAT
WOULD IT LOOK LIKE AT A STATE
LEVEL.
BECAUSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT
ACTUALLY WORKS BETTER AT A
LARGER MACRO SITUATION.
BECAUSE OF JUST YOUR TALK ABOUT
PACKAGING THAT CROSSES BORDERS
QUICKLY.
YOU MENTIONED EUROPE, MOST OF
EUROPE HAS EXTENDED PRODUCER
RESPONSIBILITY, THEY HAVE WHAT
THEY CALL MODULATED SYSTEMS.
SO THE PEOPLE ARE PAYING IN
BASED ON WHAT THEIR CONTAINER
LOOKS LIKE.
AND THEN THEY ARE PAYING LESS
IF IT IS MORE EASILY DOUBLE
EASILY RECYCLABLE AND IF THEY
PAY MORE IF IT'S HARD TO TO
RECYCLE.
SO THE STUDY, WHEN DO WE
EXPECT?
>> I THINK THEY'RE JUST
STARTING TO GO OUT BUT
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY IS
CHARGED AND I THINK IT SHOULD
BE DONE BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR
BUT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON
THE SPECIFICS.
>> I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD SAY
BEFORE THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.
WE COULD HELP SET THE TABLE IF
THERE WAS A STUDY.
TO ASSIST IN YOUR AND OTHERS
ADVOCACY AT THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT -- A LITTLE
OPTIMISTIC.
>> MAYBE FOR THE NEXT SESSION.
>> I THINK THERE STILL IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT KIND
OF CONVERSATION EVEN IF IT'S
NOT ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE
STUDY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> IT'S 11:35.
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
[ EVENT CONCLUDED ]