GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, I AM
SALLY BAGSHAW, CHAIR OF THE
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE, WELCOME TO THIS
COMMITTEE MEETING, IT IS 2:00,
FEBRUARY 27, 2019.
I WANT TO WELCOME YOU ALL, WE
HAVE GOT THREE ITEMS ON OUR
AGENDA TODAY.
THE FIRST IS WE ARE GOING TO
HEAR FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE IS A LANDMARK COMMISSION
DESIGNATION REGARDING THE BROAD
STREET SUBSTATION LAND MARKING.
SECOND, WE WILL HAVE DAVID
JONES, OUR CITY AUDITOR, THAT
IS GOING TO MEET WITH OUR
PUBLIC HEALTH AND UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON RESEARCHERS, THANK
YOU ALL AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
TO REPORT ON THE ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FOOD AND THE FOOD BANK
NETWORK IN SEATTLE, I CAN TELL
YOU THAT YOU CAN ALMOST EXPECT
MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
JOIN US FOR THAT ITEM.
AND THEN WE WILL CONCLUDE WITH
A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE
ON A RESOLUTION THAT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER HER
BOLT THAT ESTABLISHED A CIP
THAT IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
WATCHLIST OF OUR LARGE COMPLEX
PROJECTS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING OUR
BUDGET LAST YEAR AND AGREED
THAT HAVING UNENHANCED
QUARTERLY MONITORING REPORT FOR
2019 WAS IN EVERYBODY'S BEST
INTEREST.
WE ARE FOCUSEDON SOME OF THE
MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE
CENTER CITY STREETCAR, OUR
WATERFRONT PROJECT AND MORE.
YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT IS THE
THIRD ITEM OF BUSINESS.
WE WILL KICKOFF, AND I
UNDERSTAND THERE IS THREE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M GOING TO
ASK THAT WE INVITE ALEX
ZIMMERMAN UP FIRST, AND THEN WE
HAVE TWO OTHERS?
GREAT, ALEX PLEASE APPROACH THE
MICROPHONE, AND ALLISON THANK
YOU FOR ORGANIZING THIS.
GREAT, THANK YOU.
YOU'VE GOT TWO MINUTES, YOUR
TWO MINUTES ARE COUNTING DOWN
THE.
YOU ARE BEING RECORDED ALEX.
>> RECORD ME OKAY.
LOOK THERE ARE CAMERAS THE
CELEBRITY CAN SEE ME?
>> ADORN IT.
>> EVER BUT HE CAN SEE ME OR
NOT?
>> YOU ARE BEING RECORDED.
>> I CAN SPEAK WITHOUT CAMERA.
-- BUT NOBODY CAN SEE ME, HOW
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT I CAN SPEAK
SOMETHING WITH A BROKEN CAMERA,
I CAN'T, THIS CAMERA BROKEN.
>> THE CAMERA IS WORKING, IT IS
JUST --
>> IS THIS NOT WORKING, TOO?
IT IS AND BROKE.
>> IT IS GREEN.
--, WHAT IS THAT?
>> --
>> EXACTLY BECAUSE, IT IS
BROKEN.
-- WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
>> JUST SPEAK UP ALEX, WE CAN
HEAR YOU.
>> SHE IS TALKING.
NOT WORKING CAMERA, SOMETHING
HAPPENED.
>> TELL US, THOMAS WHAT YOU
HAVE TO SAY TODAY.
>> IT IS NOT WORKING NOW, SO I
CANNOT SPEAK NOTHING,
MICROPHONE NOT WORKING, CAMERA
NOT WORKING.
>> YOU HAVE 33'S MORE SECONDS,
PLEASE.
>> WHERE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
IT IS BROKE I DO NOT SPEAK I
CANNOT SPEAK.
THERE IS NO CAMERA, NOTHING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
GUYS.
[ LAUGHTER ]WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
IT IS VERY STUPID.
LOOK.
THERE IS NOTHING WORKING.
>> JUST SPEAK TO US ALEX WE
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO SAY
ANYWAY.
>> IT DOESN'T WORKING.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO INVITE JEANNIE
FALLS AND McGILL HEDMAN IS UP
AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE
ABLE TO SPEAK LOUDLY AND WE
WILL HEAR YOU.
>> YES I AM HAPPY TO SPEAK
LOUDLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU I ACTUALLY WAS
HERE ABOUT PART THREE, THE FOOD
ACCESS.
BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED TO GET
A LETTER IN THE MAIL TODAY THAT
SAID I AM THE DIRECT, THE
DIRECTOR OF THE PIKE MARKET
SENIOR CENTER AND FOOD BANK AND
IT SAYS THAT, THIS LETTER IS TO
INFORM YOU THAT SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX REVENUE REPLACED
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AS THE
FUNDING SOURCE FOR SOME OF THE
USE FAMILY AND EMPOWERMENT
PROGRAMS, FOOD AND NUTRITION
INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING OUR
CONTRACT.
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT
THE INTENTION OF THE SUGARY
BEVERAGE TAX IS TO EXPAND
ACCESS TO HEALTHY AND
AFFORDABLE FOOD.
CLOSE THE SECURITY GAP.
FROM BOTH HEALTHY NUTRITION
CHOICES ETC.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW
REPLACING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
THAT ALREADY EXISTED WITH THE
SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX DOLLARS IS
GOING TO EXPAND ACCESS, IT
KEEPS ITS STATUS QUO.
UNLESS THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS
ARE DOING THAT JOB.
SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THEN BEING
ALLOCATED FOR THAT IS MEETING
WHAT THE SUGARY BEVERAGE TAX
WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH JEANNIE.
MIGUEL?
>> THANK YOU YEAH.
I'M ALSO HERE --
>> I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
SPEAK UP LOUDLY.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M ALSO HERE TO MOSTLY LISTEN
TO THE REPORT FROM PUBLIC
HEALTH TODAY BUT I THOUGHT I
WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
THE TO THE COUNCIL.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE
RAINIER COUNTY FOOD BAKE FOR
FOUR YEARS AND FIRST AND
FOREMOST, I WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER WORDS OFFICE FOR
THE LEADERSHIP THEY PROVIDED
OVER THE LAST YEAR IN HELPING
US INCREASE OUR REVENUE.
I KNOW SOME OF THAT HAS COME
FROM A SUGAR BEVERAGE TAX
RESOURCES IN THAT HAS BEEN A
TREMENDOUS SUPPORT TO OUR
ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS THE
FOOD BANKS THAT HAVE CITY
CONTRACTS, SO I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT FROM YOUR
OFFICE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU
KNOW, WE SHOULD CALL A SPADE A
SPADE IN HERE.
FOOD BANKS ARE A BAND-AID
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING POVERTY
AND MEDIATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE ARE REALLY JUST DEALING
WITH A SYMPTOM OF POVERTY AND
INCREASING FUNDING, SIMPLY FOR
FOOD BANKS, IS NOT GOING TO
SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE
WORK IN.
IN MOVING PAST THIS SITUATION.
SO I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL
CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING
GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT
ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE
ADDITIONAL SUGAR BEVERAGE TAX
RESOURCES TO GO TO ADDITIONAL
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND NOT
SIMPLY FOOD BANKS.
SO I HOPE THAT AS A FOOD BANK
EMPLOYEE ADVOCATING FOR OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS MAKES AN IMPACT
ON THE COUNCIL, SPECIFICALLY THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL BE HERE
AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME.
>> YES I AM.
>> WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MIGUEL.
JEANNIE ALSO, THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU DO, WE APPRECIATE
IT.
YOU WILL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHERE THE SUGARY BEVERAGE
TAX RESOURCES HAVE, HAVE GONE.
WE WILL LEARN MORE TODAY ABOUT
THE EXPECTATION ABOUT WHAT IS
FORMERLY KNOWN AS FOOD DESERTS
BUT NOW IS FOOD AVAILABILITY.
SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT FOR
WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER GONZCEZ,
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL
FOR BEING HERE.
SO WE ARE READY TO PROCEED.
PLEASE.
>> ITEM NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL
BILL 119467 ORGANIZED RELATING
TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION ,
IMPOSING CONTROLS UPON THE
BROAD STREET SUBSTATION.
>> I THINK WE HAVE AARON COMING
UP FROM DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND GREG.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
YOU BET.
>> ALSO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE
TECHNICAL ERROR, WE HAVE FIXED
THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TURN ON THE
TVS AGAIN, FEEL FREE TO.
THANK YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS GREG?
>> I AM XSAN STITCH, THE REALLY
STATE SERVICES MANAGER FOR
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
>> ERIN DOHERTY, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, PRESERVATION
BOARD.
AARON, ARE YOU GOING TO GET
TIS OFF?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> TODAY THIS ORDINANCE IS TO
CODIFY THE CONTROLS AND
INCENTIVES AGREEMENT THAT WAS
SIGNED BY THE CITY HISTORIC
RESERVATION OFFICE AND THE
PROPERTY OWNER.
GREG HEAR FROM SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
SO, WE HAVE BROUGHT WITH US THE
DESIGNATION STANDARDS THAT THE
BOARD CONSIDERS AND WE CAN USE
THESE FOR REFERENCE BUT THEY
HAVE SIX.
>> ERIN WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO
HAVE YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> THESE ARE THE SIX
DESIGNATION STANDARDS THAT THE
BOARD UTILIZES IN ADDITION TO
DETERMINING IF A PROPERTY HAS
INTEGRITY OR THE ABILITY TO
CONVEY ITS SIGNIFICANCE.
SO WE WILL COME BACK TO THESE
IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM BUT THIS
IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THIS
IS THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT --
BROAD STREET SUBSTATION.
AT 319 SIXTH AVENUE NORTH,
DESIGNATED BY THE LANDLORD
MARKS FOR NOVEMBER FIRST 2017
AND THE BOARD SELECTED STANDARD
C AND D. SO ESSENTIALLY IT IS
CULTURAL, ECONOMIC HERITAGE AND
IT IS ARCHITECTURE.
SO THE CONTROLLED FEATURES
INCLUDE THE EXTERIORS OF THE
CONTROL AND CRANE BUILDINGS,
WHICH YOU SEE HERE IN THE
PHOTOS.
AND THE SWITCHYARD DEBT AND
TOWER AND ARMCHAIR THAT IS WEST
OF THE CRANE BUILDING.
AND THAT IS JUST A REMNANT OF
EARLY COMPONENT THAT IS NO
LONGER FUNCTIONING.
THIS WAS BUILT IN 1949 AND 1951
BY ARCHITECT IVAN PALL MALL.
SO I WILL JUST SHARE A FEW
LITTLE BITS OF HISTORY. THE
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN THE
CASCADE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS EAST
OF SEATTLE CENTER.
THESE ARE DARREN BUILDINGS WERE
DESIGNED BY ARCHITECTS MR. PALL
MALL, PREVIOUSLY NOTED.
HE IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED
STATES FROM RUSSIA DURING THE
REVOLUTION IN 1926.
HERE EARN AN ARCHITECTURAL
DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON IN 1929 AND
CONTINUED TO WORK IN THE REGION
FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS.
IN ADDITION TO OTHER PROJECTS
FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, HE
DESIGNED RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND SOME
OF HIS NOTABLE PROJECTS INCLUDE
THE ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL AND
SANT NICHOLAS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
CATHEDRAL THAT ARE BOTH SEATTLE
LANDMARKS.
AND THE ART OF MODERN RENTON
FIRE STATION, WHICH IS NOW A
HISTORY MUSEUM.
THE BROAD STREET SUBSTATION
CAME ONLINE DURING A PERIOD OF
RAPID GROWTH FOR THE UTILITY
IN THE EARLY 1950s.
FOLLOWING PLANT PLANS THAT
EMERGED PER POST-WORLD WAR II.
IT COINCIDED WITH THE VOTER
APPROVED PROPOSITION THAT ENDED
PRIVATE POWER ASSETS IN SEATTLE.
AND THE MUNICIPAL ACQUISITION
OF PUGET SOUND POWER AND LIGHT
SUBURBAN FRANCHISE.
BROAD STREET WAS LINKED TO THE
OLD NORTH SUBSTATION AND
ANOTHER NEW FACILITY THAT WERE
RECEIVING THE ELECTRICITY FROM
THE SKAGIT RIVER DAM AND THE
RAW STAND THAT WAS CURRENTLY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO, BROAD STREET IS A FULLY
OPERATIONAL FACILITY, AND THE
LANGUAGE OF THE AGREEMENT THAT
WAS NEGOTIATED FOR THE LANDMARK
AVOIDS ANY IMPACTS TO SEATTLE
CITY SLIGHT ABILITY TO GENERATE
ELECTRICITY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, GREAT DO
YOU WANT TO ADD?
NO NOT AT THIS TIME.
>> YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THIS, WE
ARE MOVING FORWARD?
10 ONE COLLEAGUES DO YOU HAVE
ANY ADDITIONS OR QUESTIONS?
>> STRAIGHTFORWARD.
>> I READ THE INTERESTING
HISTORY FROM BACK IN THE 50s.
THE INTERESTING HISTORY, I DID
NOT REALIZE THE RICH HISTORY
BACK IN THE 50s WHEN THIS
STARTED.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY
SOLID WRITEUP, SO.
>> SO SEATTLECITY LIGHT
COMPILED A LOT OF THAT
THEMSELVES AND REBECCA OSA FROM
CITY LIGHT IS IN THE AUDIENCE,
SHE IS THE HISTORIC RESOURCE
SPECIALIST.
>> WELL DONE REBECCA, THANK
YOU.
>> THEY HAD A CONSULTANT TO
ASSIST HER IN PRODUCING THAT
BUT A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTATION
IN WRITING SHE IS RESPONSE FOR
THAT.
NO THANK YOU.
WILL JUST QUICKLY IT IS GOING
TO BE CAN A FUNCTIONING
SUBSTATION, AND WHAT DO WE
ANTICIPATE DOING WITH THESE
LANDMARKS?
>> THIS PARTICULAR LANDMARK
WILL CONTINUE IN OPERATION AS A
SUBSTATION.
>> SO THE BUILDINGS WILL BE
CONTINUED FOR THEIR YEARS.
WHAT ABOUT THE EXTERIORS, WERE
YOU PLANNING ANYTHING FOR THEM?
>> THERE ARE NO PLANS.
>> OKAY.
>> ONE QUESTION I HAD IT HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH, I'M GOING
TO DISPORT THE DESIGNATION BUT
I READ SOMEWHERE THAT THERE
CONTINUES TO BE A FENCE AROUND
IT AND I DID NOT KNOW IF THERE
WAS A FENCE BECAUSE OF THE
ALASKAN WAY VIADUCT
CONSTRUCTION ORTHOTIC SECURITY
FENCE?
>> LET ME GO BACK, FORWARD I
SHOULD SAY.
SO THAT RED BOUNDARY THAT YOU
SEE IS ACTUALLY AT THE TOP, THE
NORTHWEST CORNER, THE TOP LEFT
OF THAT.
THAT IS NOW BEING EXPANDED OUT.
BECAUSE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS
BEEN ABANDONED AS AND IS BEING
CAPTURED TO BE PART OF THE
SWITCHYARD FOR THE STATION.
SO THE WHOLE PROPERTY, LIKE ALL
THE SUBSTATIONS ARE WALLED IN
OR FENCED FOR SECURITY AND/OR
SAFETY REASONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE
GENERATING, YOU KNOW,
EQUIPMENT.
HIGH VOLTAGE.
SO YOU MAY BE HEARING ABOUT
THAT CORNER, WHERE THERE IS
WORK THAT IS BEING DONE.
>> THEY'RE NOT ALL FENCED IN, I
THINK SOME SUBSTATIONS DO NOT
HAVE FENCES.
THE ONE OFF OF 23rd AVENUE
THERE IS NO FENCE, IT IS JUST A
BIG BRICK WALL.
THEY HAVE A PERIMETER STRUCTURE
AROUND THEM.
THIS ONE HAS IT FOR SECURITY
AND CONTINUING OPERATIONS.
>> THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP
IS, I WAS MORE CURIOUS BECAUSE
IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS I
THOUGHT LIKE, I ENVISIONED A
TEMPORARY METAL THAT CAN AROUND
THIS BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE AND I
THOUGHT IT SEEMED INCONGRUENT
WITH THIS DESIGNATION.
AM THINKING, CAN WE HAVE DONE
SOMETHING BETTER THAN THAT, BUT
THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE FENCE HAS
BEEN UP FOR A WHILE.
>> IT IS A WALL AND THERE IS
ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF ART
ELEMENTS THAT WERE INTRODUCED
TO THE WALL OVER TIME THAT ARE
NOT, THAT WERE NOT ORIGINAL, A
PART OF LARGER IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS THAT CAME LATER.
BUT THE ENCLOSURE THAT IS
PROBABLY BEING TALKED ABOUT IS
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CAPTURE
AND RECONFIGURE THAT NORTHWEST
CORNER.
MAC IC.
>> BUT THOSE WALLS AND THAT
AREA, OTHER THAN THE ONE
FREESTANDING TOWER, NO PART OF
THAT AREA IS INCLUDED IN THE
LANDMARK.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ADOPTION
OF ORDINANCE COUNSEL BILL
119467.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> I.
>> NOT OPPOSED?
NOBODY ABSTAINED, SO THIS WILL
GO FORWARD TO OUR FULL COUNSEL
ON MONDAY.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING, THANKS
FOR ALL YOUR HELP BUT FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT PULL TOGETHER THE
HISTORICAL INFORMATION.
OKAY.
>>> NEXT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE
ON TO OUR REPORT ON HEALTHY
FOOD AVAILABILITY AND THE FOOD
BANK NETWORK IN SEATTLE.
WELCOME ALL OF OUR GOOD
FRIENDS, DAVID JONES, NADINE
CHAN, THANKS FOR BEING HERE,
KAYLYNN BOLDT.
I THINK JESSE JONES SMITH FROM
UW, AND JEFF SIMS FROM OUR
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF.
NOW THAT I HAVE INTRODUCED YOU
ALL, WHY DON'T YOU START AGAIN
DAVID AND WE WILL MOVED DOWN
THE ROW.
>> DAVID JONES, CITY AUDITOR.
>> KAYLYNN BOLDT, PUBLIC
HEALTH, THE COUNTY.
>> NADINE CHAN, PUBLIC HEALTH,
SEATTLE KING COUNTY.
>> JESSE JONES SMITH,
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
>> JEFF SIMS, CIOTTI CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
>> VERY NICE.
OKAY WHO IS KICKING IN THE
FALL.
ALL RIGHT DAVID PLEASE.
>> JUST TO GET SOME CONTEXT FOR
THE VIEWING AUDIENCE.
IN JUNE 2017 THE SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE
REFERRED TO AS A SLEEP
BEVERAGE TAX THAT AUTHORIZED
THE TAXING OF SUGAR SWEETENED
BEVERAGES DISTRIBUTED IN
SEATTLE.
THE ORDINANCE SPECIFIED THAT MY
OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF CITY
AUDITOR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, SHOULD CONTRACT
WITH ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS WHO
HAD A TRACK RECORD OF
CONDUCTING RIGOROUS POLICY
EVALUATIONS TO CONDUCT ANNUAL
EVALUATIONS AT THE VARIOUS
EFFECTS OF THE SUITE AND
BEVERAGE TAX.
SO WE DECIDED TO CONTRACT WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE KING
COUNTY, TO OVERSEE THE
EVALUATION BECAUSE THEY HAD A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
IN DOING THESE KINDS OF
EVALUATIONS.
THE REASON WHY WE ARE HERE
TODAY AS YOU MENTIONED, CHAIR
BAGSHAW IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT TWO TOPICS THAT WERE
SPECIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE
THAT NEED TO BE COVERED BY THE
EVALUATIONS.
AND THEIR FIRST IDENTIFICATION
AND ASSESSMENT OF FOOD DESERTS
IN SEATTLE, AND SUDDENLY, AN
ASSESSMENT OF SEATTLE'S FOOD
BANK NETWORK.
GIVEN THAT BRIEF INTRODUCTION I
WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
DOCTOR JAN FROM PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY TO KICKOFF
THE PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, IT IS GOOD TO BE
HERE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US.
SO LAST MONTH IN JANUARY WHEN
WE WERE HERE WITH THE COMMITTEE
WE SHARED REPORT ON THE IMPACT
OF THE TAX ON THE PRICES OF
BEVERAGES.
AND IN THE FALL, WE PLAN TO
COME BACK AND PRESENT ON THE
IMPACT OF THE TAX ON SUGARY
BEVERAGE CONSUMPTION.
TODAY'S FOCUS IS A REPORT ON
ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS.
WE WILL START WITH THE IDEA OF
FOOD DESERTS AND HOW IT FITS
WITHIN THE BROADER ISSUE OF
ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
AND THEN WE WILL PRESENT SOME
APPS THAT TALK ABOUT WHERE ARE
SOME AREAS WE COULD PRIORITIZE.
SECONDLY THEN WE WILL MOVE TO A
STUDY OF OUR SEATTLE STORES,
BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS NOT
JUST ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET TO
A MARKET, IT ALSO IS ABOUT HOW
MUCH DOES THE FOOD COST AND
ALSO WHETHER HEALTHY FOOD IS
AVAILABLE.
THEN FINALLY, WE WILL TALK
ABOUT WHO IN SEATTLE IS
EXPERIENCING FOOD IN SECURITY
AND TALK ABOUT HOW OUR FOOD
BANK NETWORK IS RESPONDING TO
AND MEETING THAT NEED.
SO ON THE THIRD SLIDE WE
STARTED WITH THIS CONCEPT OF THE
TRUE DESERT.
THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF THE
FOOD DESERT IS ABOUT PHYSICAL
DISTANCE TO A SUPERMARKET.
WE HAVE PROPOSED OUR METHODS TO
BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY FOOD
DESERTS, BY GOING TO THE US
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ONLINE TOOL AND THERE IS
SOMETHING CALLED A FOOD DESERT
LOCATOR, IT IS NO LONGER CALLED
THAT BUT IF YOU GOOGLE SEARCH
USING THAT YOU WOULD STILL FIND
THIS TOOL AND YOU POPPED IN THE
WORD SEATTLE, IT WOULD SHOW A
MAP.
AND IT WOULD TELL YOU WHERE THE
QUOTE UNQUOTE FOOD DESERTS ARE.
THE FEEDBACK WE KEPT GETTING
IS WE CANNOT JUST ONLY LOOK AT
DISTANCE TO A SUPERMARKET.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT
MATTER IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO
HEALTHY FOOD IN YOUR AREA,
LIKE, HOW MUCH DOES THE FOOD
COST IF YOU CAN GET THERE.
SO WE TURNED BACK TO THE
LITERATURE AND LOOKED AT OVER
THE PAST 10 YEARS OF STUDIES
THAT ARE PUBLISHED ABOUT ACCESS
TO HEALTHY FOOD AND WE ALSO
RELIED ON REPORTS SUCH AS THE
ONE THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2018
IN BALTIMORE THAT LOOKED AT
HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS.
AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT
THERE HAS BEEN A MOVEMENT AWAY
FROM LOOKING AT JUST THAT
SINGULAR MEASURE OF ACCESS BY
DISTANCE TO SUPERMARKETS, TO
EXPAND TO FIVE DIMENSIONS OF
ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE
AVAILABILITY, WHAT FOOD IS
AVAILABLE, IS THERE AN ADEQUATE
SUPPLY OF PLACES THAT ARE
SELLING PRODUCE IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD?
OR IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
INUNDATED BY PLACES THAT ARE
SELLING LESS HEALTHY FOOD,
WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A BETTER
PREDICTOR OF OBESITY IN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT ANOTHER
DIMENSION IS NOT JUST PHYSICAL
DISTANCE BUT TRAVEL TIMES, HOW
LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO
FOOD.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
SO OUR STORE HOURS OPEN WHEN
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET
THERE?
WHAT TYPES OF PAYMENTS DO
STORES ACCEPT?
ARE THEY OFFERING CULTURALLY
RELEVANT FOODS?
AFFORDABILITY IS ANOTHER
DOMAIN.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST, CAN
PEOPLE AFFORD IT?
AND FINALLY, ACCEPTABILITY.
IS THE FOOD ENVIRONMENT
OFFERING ITEMS THAT, OR IS THE
FOOD ENVIRONMENT SET UP IN A
WAY THAT IS ACCEPTABLE, DO
PEOPLE GET TRACES?
SO WHAT I PRESENT HERE ARE TWO
MAPS.
THE MAP ON THE FAR LEFT IS THE
MAP THAT IF YOU WERE TO POP IN
SEATTLE INTO THE US DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE TO DESERT
LOCATOR, IT IS NOW CALLED THE
FOOD OUTLETS, FOOD ENVIRONMENT
ATLAS.
YOU WOULD SEE THIS MAP.
AND WHAT THIS MAP SHOWS IS
AREAS WHERE THERE ARE AT LEAST
20 PERCENT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
POVERTY IN THAT AREA.
AND ON TOP OF THAT THE DISTANCE
THAT IT TAKES FOR THAT THEM TO
GET TO THE NEAREST SUPERMARKET.
YOU SEE ONE AREA IN GREEN AND
THAT IS THE DELRIDGE WAY AREA.
YOU HAVE AT LEAST 20 PERCENT OF
PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA WHO
ARE LIVING AT POVERTY LEVEL.
AND IT TAKES AT LEAST AN MILE
BEFORE YOU CAN GET TO THE
NEAREST SUPERMARKET.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK
QUESTION?
I FORGOT THE PERCENTAGE, WHAT
IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER, DO WE
KNOW IN THAT LITTLE BOX HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE?
>> WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE.
WE CAN GO TO THE CENSUS AND
PULL OUT THAT DATA AND GET BACK
TO YOU ON THAT.
THAT IS A NUMBER WE CAN
CERTAINLY REPORT.
SO THE AREAS IN BLUE, ARE THE
AREAS WHERE THERE ARE AT LEAST
25 PERCENT OF PEOPLE LIVING AT
THE POVERTY LEVEL AND IT TAKES
THEM AT LEAST HALF A MILE
BEFORE THEY CAN GET TO THE
NEAREST SUPERMARKET.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS IN
NORTH SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT AND SOUTH.
THE MAP ON THE RIGHT IS A MAP
THAT OUR TEAM PRODUCED AND WHAT
WE WANTED TO DO IS SEE IF WE
CAN FIND DATA THAT ADDRESS MANY
OTHER DOMAINS OF ACCESS THAT WE
LEARNED ABOUT.
THIS MAP ON THE RIGHT CONSIDERS
THREE FACTORS.
FOR POVERTY, WE MOVED THE
POVERTY CRITERIA UP TO LOOKING
AT 200 PERCENT FEDERAL POVERTY
LEVEL.
THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE TO LOOK
AT THAT INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT
POVERTY, 100 PERCENT POVERTY,
IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN
WASHINGTON STATE, FOLKS THAT
ARE UP TO 200 PERCENT POVERTY
LEVEL ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ACCESS
PROGRAM.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FOOD
INSECURITY AT THAT LEVEL AS
WELL.
THAT IS OUR POVERTY CRITERIA.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE LOOKED
AT WAS HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET
TO THE NEAREST FOOD RETAILER.
UNLIKE THE US DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE MAP WHICH ONLY
LOOKED AT DISTANCE TO THE
NEAREST ONE SUPERMARKET, WE
KNOW MAKE PEOPLE GO TO MANY
PLACES TO BE ABLE TO GET THE
FOOD THAT THEY NEED.
WE LOOK AT THE TIME IT TOOK TO
GET THE NEAREST 4 RETAILERS.
AND WE LOOKED NOT ONLY AT
SUPERMARKETS IS THE ONLY OPTION
FOR BEING ABLE TO ACCESS
HEALTHY FOOD, WE ALSO LOOKED AT
PRODUCE MARKETS, WE LOOKED AT
ETHNIC GROCERY STORES, WHO ALSO
CARRY PRODUCE AS WELL.
THEN THE THIRD FACTOR THAT WE
LOOKED AT IS, NOT ONLY DID YOU
HAVE A SUPERMARKET IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, IS YOUR AREA
INUNDATED BY PLACES THAT DO NOT
SELL PRODUCE?
FOR EXAMPLE, FAST FOOD
RESTAURANTS, OTHER STORES.
AND WHEN I LOOKED AT ALL THREE
FACTORS, YOU WILL SEE THAT
THERE IS AN ORANGE CLUSTER THAT
IS NEAR THE GEORGETOWN,
SOUTHPARK, DELRAY THAI PARK
AREA.
SO THIS ORANGE AREA IS A PLACE
WHERE ALL THREE FACTORS
INTERSECT.
THEN YOU WILL ALSO SEE YELLOW
AREAS THROUGHOUT THE MAP AND
THOSE ARE POCKETS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE WHERE THERE ARE AT LEAST
TWO FACTORS THAT OVERLAP.
IT WOULD BE PEOPLE AT LEAST 25
PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS LIVING
THERE.
AT 200 PERCENT POVERTY LEVEL.
AND ONE OTHER FACTOR, WHETHER
IT TAKES MORE THAN 10 MINUTES
TO GET TO THE NEAREST HEALTHY
FOOD OPTION, OR, OR THERE IS A
HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FOOD
RETAILERS THAT DO NOT OFFER
PRODUCE IN THAT AREA.
WHAT YOU NOTICE IS THAT WHEN
YOU COMPARE BOTH APPS AND MAPS,
THE US DEPARTMENT -- THE MAP
THAT WE GENERATED, THERE IS
OVERLAP IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN THE NORTH PART OF
SEATTLE, THE SOUTH PART OF
SEATTLE AND OVERLAP IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
WHAT WE ALSO REALIZE IS THAT
THE OTHER AREAS IN SEATTLE THAT
ARE SHOWING UP THAT ARE IN
YELLOW, INDICATE THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE LOWER INCOME THERE MAY
ALSO EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES IN
TERMS OF ACCESS TO HEALTHY
FOOD, EVEN IF THE REST OF THE
NEIGHBORS IN THEIR AREA ARE
WEALTHY.
SO WE KNOW THAT BEYOND LOOKING
AT MAPS WE NEEDED TO
SYSTEMATICALLY LOOK AT WHAT IS
AVAILABLE IN SEATTLE STORES,
WHAT HEALTHY FOOD IS AVAILABLE
AND WHAT IT COSTS.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
DOCTOR JESSE JONES SMITH.
>> OKAY GREAT.
SO IN THIS SECTION WE WERE ABLE
TO NOT ONLY USE THE PRE-
EXISTING DATA ABOUT THE
PRESENCE OF FOOD STORES AND THE
TYPE OF FOOD STORES THAT ARE IN
AREAS THROUGHOUT SEATTLE THAT
WE USED TO CREATE THOSE MAPS
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE
THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN
THE EVALUATION OF THE SUITE AND
BEVERAGE TAX WHERE WE ARE
ALREADY VISITING A LARGE SAMPLE
OF STORES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO COST EFFICIENTLY
LOOK INSIDE OF STORES AND SEE
WHAT IS THE PRICE AND THE
AVAILABILITY OF HEALTHY FOOD,
AND A SAMPLE OF STORES IN
SEATTLE.
SPECIFICALLY THE GOAL OF THIS
COMPONENT OF OUR STUDY WAS TO
ASSESS WHETHER PRICE AND
AVAILABILITY OF HEALTHY FOOD
VARIES BY NEIGHBORHOOD
CHARACTERISTICS.
IN PARTICULAR WE WERE
INTERESTED IN WHETHER THE PRICE
AND AVAILABILITY VARIES BY
NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME AND BY
NEIGHBORHOOD RACIAL
COMPOSITION.
IN ADDITION I WILL SHOW YOU A
FEW SLIDES ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD
RESULTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
IN TERMS OF OUR BASIC
METHODOLOGY WE CONDUCTED IN
PERSON SURVEYS OF A SAMPLE OF
FOOD STORES THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
AND WE LOOKED AT WHETHER A SET
OF HEALTHY FOODS WERE AVAILABLE
AND THEN IF AVAILABLE, WHAT WAS
THE PRICE OF THESE HEALTHY
FOODS?
WE WENT TO FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF SCORES THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE
WAREHOUSES AND SUPERSTORES,
SUPERMARKETS, GROCERY STORES,
DRUG STORES AND SMALL STORES,
SMALL STORES ARE TYPICALLY WHAT
WE THINK OF AS CONVENIENCE
STORES, NEXT SLIDE.
IN TOTAL WE VISITED 134 FOOD
STORES IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THIS REPRESENTS 27 PERCENT OF
ALL FOOD STORES IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
INSIDE THESE FOOD STORES WE
COLLECTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE
AVAILABILITY OF A SET OF
HEALTHY FOODS THAT YOU SEE
LISTED HERE.
SO THIS LIST OF HEALTHY FOODS
CAME FROM A NUMBER OF PLACES.
FIRST THERE IS AN EXISTING
SURVEY CALLED THE NUTRITION
ENVIRONMENT MEASURES SURVEY
THAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR
MEASURING IN-STORE HEALTHY FOOD
AVAILABILITY.
THAT TOOL IS ACTUALLY QUITE
LONG AND CUMBERSOME, SO WE
STARTED FROM MAD AND THEN WE
ATTEMPTED TO DEVELOP A SHORTER
TOOL, AGAIN WITH THE GOAL OF
BEING ABLE TO MEASURE MEASURE
RELEVANT INFORMATION IN A COST-
EFFECTIVE WAY.
WE ALSO CONSULTED WITH THE CITY
OF SEATTLE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL AS WELL AS THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND
FROM THOSE THREE SOURCES WE
CAME UP WITH THIS LIST OF 21
DIFFERENT FOODS FOR WHICH WE
COLLECTED THE AVAILABILITY OF
THE PRICE.
WE, OH SORRY.
YES.
THAT SLIDE STILL.
AFTER DEVELOPING THE LIST WE
THEN DEVELOPED A SCORING
SYSTEM.
SO EACH STORE THAT WE VISITED
HAS A HEALTHY FOOD AVAILABILITY
SCORE.
BASICALLY, MOST OF THE FOODS ON
THE LIST GIVE ONE POINT TOWARDS
THE SCORE AND A FEW OF THE
FOODS GIVE TWO POINTS.
>> I HAVE TO ASK.
SO HOW DOES FROSTED FLAKES
CEREAL END UP UNDER GREENS THAT
ARE CONSIDERED HEALTHY?
>> WELL, IT IS ON THE NUMBERS,
SO GOING FROM THE GOLD STANDARD
TOOL WE KEPT IT, PLUS WE WERE
ALREADY MEASURING IT IN THE
SEATTLE SUITE AND BEVERAGE
SURVEY.
AND YOU GET, I BELIEVE THE WAY
IT WORKS IS YOU GET ONE POINT
FOR FROSTED FLAKES, AND TWO
POINTS FOR THE CHEERIOS, SO THE
HEALTHIER VERSION OF THOSE
BREAKFAST CEREALS.
IT IS BETTER THAN SOME
ALTERNATIVES FOR BREAKFAST SUCH
AS A HONEY BUN OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
SO.
THAT'S OKAY.
IN THE END, ANY OF THESE TOOLS
I THINK ARE NOT PERFECT AND
SORT OF A LOT OF DECISIONS NEED
TO GO INTO THE END A SET OF
TOOLS.
HOW MUCH WE WANT TO KEEP IT
LIKE THE GOLD STANDARD AND HOW
MUCH WE WANT TO VEER FROM IT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS NOT A
PERFECT TOOL BUT FROSTED FLAKES
IS IN THERE.
I BELIEVE THEY GET THE WHOLE
GRAIN MARKET AS WELL ON THAT
CEREAL BUT I WOULD HAVE TO
DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
>> THEY ABSOLUTELY DO.
>> AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE
CEREALS THAT QUALIFY UNDER
>> THERE WE GO, THANK YOU.
IN THE END WE SOME THE POINTS
FOR EACH OF THE STORES AND THE
THEORETICAL RANGE FOR OUR
HEALTHY FOOD AVAILABILITY OR IS
0-25.
NEXT BUT SLIDE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE AS YOU WOULD
EXPECT, THE LARGE SCHOOL STORES
SCORE HIGHER ON OUR HEALTHY
FOOD AVAILABILITY SCORE.
SO WAREHOUSES AND SUPERMARKETS
SCORE NEAR THE HIGH END,
GROCERY STORES WHICH ARE SORT
OF MIDSIZED FOOD STORES SCORE
IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN
DRUGSTORES AND SMALL STORES GET
FAIRLY LOW SCORES FOR HEALTHY
FOOD AVAILABILITY.
>> WE HAVE JUMPED OVER TO SLIDE
17.
>> WE ARE UNTEMPERED
>> WE ARE ON 17 ON MY PAGE.
SORRY.
>> OKAY.
YES.
>> NOW WE ARE ON SLIDE 11.
GREAT.
>> I DID BECAUSE I WANTED MY
NOTES.
>> EVERYBODY CAUGHT UP TO SLIDE
11?
YES ALL RIGHT.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE RESULTS BY
NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME.
WHAT WE DID TO DETERMINE
NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME IS WE FOUND
THE MEDIAN INCOME LEVEL FOR
EACH OF THE CENSUS TRACTS IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THEN WE
DIVIDED THE CENSUS TRACTS INTO
THIRDS SO THAT WE HAVE THE
LOWEST THIRD OF NEIGHBORHOOD
MEDIAN INCOME, THE MIDDLE
THIRD, AND THE HIGHEST THIRD OF
INCOME.
AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS
THE AVERAGE HEALTHY FOOD
AVAILABILITY SCORE.
BY NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHEST
INCOME HAVE A HEALTHY FOOD
AVAILABILITY SCORE OF 12.8
POINTS.
THIS IS ROUGHLY 4 POINTS HIGHER
THAN STORES IN NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH THE LOWEST INCOME.
SO THE STORES IN NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH THE LOWEST INCOME HAVE AN
AVERAGE SCORE OF FOUR OR 5.8
POINTS.
TO TRANSLATE THIS INTO
SOMETHING MEANINGFUL, THIS IS
APPROXIMATELY FOUR MORE HEALTHY
FOODS ON AVERAGE IN A STORE AND
A HIGH INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD AS
COMPARED TO A STORE IN A LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE?
THE NEXT SLIDESHOW IS THE SAME
SET OF RESULTS BUT BY
NEIGHBORHOOD RACIAL
COMPOSITION.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE WITH
NEIGHBORHOOD RACIAL COMPOSITION
IS WE HAVE LOOKED AT, FOR EACH
CENSUS TRACT IN THE SEATTLE
CITY.
OF THE PRESENT OF POPULATION
THAT IS EITHER BLACK OR
HISPANIC.
WE ARE LOOKING ONLY AT BLACK OR
HISPANIC HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW
THERE ARE DOCUMENTED
DISPARITIES IN FOOD ACCESS
ACCORDING TO RACE ONE COMPARING
BLACK OR HISPANIC POPULATIONS TO
NON-BLACK AND HISPANIC
POPULATIONS.
THAT WAS THE RATIONALE BEHIND
THIS CHOICE.
HERE YOU CAN SEE A SIMILAR
RESULT.
LET ME BACK UP AND SAY THAT
AGAIN WE DIVIDED THE CITY INTO
THREE GROUPS, SO NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF
THE POPULATION WHO ARE BLACK OR
HISPANIC, NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
MIDDLE THIRD OF THE POPULATION
THAT IS BLACK OR HISPANIC.
IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE
HIGHEST THIRD OF POPULATION
BEING BLACK OR HISPANIC.
AND AGAIN WE SEE A DISPARITY
HERE, WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF
RESIDENTS WHO ARE BLACK AND
HISPANIC HAVE A LOWER HEALTHY
FOOD AVAILABILITY SCORE
COMPARED TO NEIGHBORHOODS WHO
ARE BLACK OR HISPANIC.
THE DIFFERENCE IS SLIGHTLY LESS
THAN WHAT WE SAW FOR INCOME SO
HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT
APPROXIMATELY THREE MORE
HEALTHY FOODS IN AN AVERAGE
STORE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
LOWER PERCENTAGE OF BLACK AND
HISPANIC POPULATION COMPARED TO
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF BLACK AND
HISPANIC POPULATION.
HERE ARE THE RESULTS BY COUNCIL
DISTRICT.
WE ARE ON SLIDE 13.
WHAT STANDS OUT HERE, IS THAT
COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER TWO AND
DISTRICT 5 HAVE A LOWER HEALTHY
FOOD AVAILABILITY COMPARED TO
THE OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS,
COMPARED TO COUNCIL DISTRICT
NUMBER ONE IS IN THE MIDDLE AND
THE FOUR REMAINING DISTRICT ARE
ON THE HIGHER END OF AVERAGE
SCORES IN HEALTHY FOOD
AVAILABILITY.
THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE MAIN
RESULTS WHEN WE LOOK AT PRICE
SO WE ARE MOVING INTO THE PRICE
RESULTS.
AND WHAT WE FOUND FOR PRICE WAS
NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED.
WE FOUND THAT IT EXCEPT FOR
FRUIT, WHEREFORE FRUIT WE FIND
THAT FOOD IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN
LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS
COMPARED TO HIGH INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT EXCEPTION THE AVERAGE
PRICE OF HEALTHY FOODS WHEN IT
WAS AVAILABLE TENDED TO BE
LOWER OR SIMILAR FOR
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LOWER INCOME
AND HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF
RESIDENTS WHO ARE BLACK OR
HISPANIC COMPARED TO THE HIGHER
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS OR
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LOWER
PERCENTAGE WERE BLACK OR
HISPANIC.
MOST OF THESE DIFFERENCES ARE
NOT LIKELY TO REACH STATISTICAL
SIGNIFICANCE ALTHOUGH AT THE
MAIN LEVEL THEY ARE LOWER FOR
LOWER INCOME AND RESIDENTS WITH
HIGHER PROPORTION OF BLACK AND
HISPANIC RESIDENTS.
NO JESSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT
THIS, THIS SLIDE REALLY
SURPRISED ME.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THAT WAS
GOING TO BE THE RESULT THAT YOU
FOUND.
LIKE YOU MENTIONED WITH FRUIT
BEING A LITTLE HIGHER IN COST
BUT TO HAVE MOST OF THE FOODS
BEING CLOSE TO THE SAME AS IN
HIGHER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> IT WAS NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED
EITHER.
I THINK THERE ARE A FEW
CONSIDERATIONS, ONE, WE
MEASURED JUST OF THE PRESENCE
AND PRICE OF FOOD SO WE DID NOT
MEASURE THE QUALITY OF FOOD.
IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
ALSO, THIS IS, IF THE FOOD IS
AVAILABLE.
WE ARE FINDING IT AT A LOWER
PRICE.
WE HAVE TO SORT OF TAKE THAT IN
COMBINATION WITH THE FACT THAT
IT IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE
LAST OFTEN IN LOWER INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS IF WE THINK BACK
TO THE AVAILABILITY SCORES.
WILL MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
>> IN TERMS OF THE PARTICULAR
SLICE AROUND THE PRICING,
YOU'RE MAKING A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN QUANTITY AND QUALITY?
>> BETWEEN PRICE AND QUALITY.
WE CANNOT QUITE MAKE THE
DISTINCTION, BUT JUST THE
LIMITATION IS THAT WE MEASURED
THE PRICE OF A FOOD IF IT WAS
THERE.
SO SAY, FOR APPLES, WE
COLLECTED THE PRICE OF RED
DELICIOUS APPLES, AND WE ARE
NOT HAVING ANY MEASURE OF
QUALITY.
WHETHER THE APPLE LOOKS AS
THOUGH IT WILL LAST FOR A WEEK
OR WHETHER IT LOOKS AS THOUGH,
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE ABOUT TO
EXPIRE.
SO YES IT IS JUST A LIMITATION
THAT WE DO NOT HAVE QUALITY.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER
HEALTHY FOODS LISTED ON YOUR
SLIDE NINE THAT WOULD ALSO FALL
INTO THIS CATEGORY SO IT COULD
BE PROTEIN MILK, GRAINS,
VEGGIES OR FRUIT.
FRUIT IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE YOU
NOTICE THAT THE PRICE, THERE
WAS A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL BASED
ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> FRUIT IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE
IT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE FOR LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS ON AVERAGE.
>> IN TERMS OF THE QUALITY
PIECE, I AM STRUGGLING TO
UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION
YOU'RE MAKING.
IS THE DISTINCTION THAT FOR
EXAMPLE IN SOTO, THERE IS A
GROCERY OUTLET, THEY MIGHT HAVE
A LOT OF AVAILABILITY OF THESE
FOODS, BUT THERE IS NO WAY FOR
YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT THE
QUALITY OF THOSE FOOD PRODUCTS
ARE, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING?
>> YES.
I MEAN THERE IS A WAY, BUT WE
DO NOT KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY,
WE DID NOT MEASURE IT AND I
HAVE NOT CLEANED SEEN QUALITY
ACTUALLY MEASURED IN THE
LITERATURE.
SO.
>> PLEASE PROCEED.
>> SO THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE ON
THIS SECTION.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE
POINTS THAT I HAVE PRESENTED.
SO WE DID FIND THAT IN LOWER
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A HIGHER
PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION
WHO ARE BLACK OR HISPANIC,
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAD FEWER
SUPERMARKETS AND SUPERSTORES
AND MORE SMALL STORES.
THERE WAS A LOWER HEALTHY FOOD
AVAILABILITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH LOWER INCOMES AND
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH MORE BLACK
AND HISPANIC RESIDENTS.
THE HEALTHY FOOD AVAILABILITY
SCORES WERE LOWEST FOR
DISTRICTS WHERE FIVE -- FIVE
AND TWO.
THE PRICE OF HEALTHY FOODS
TENDED TO BE LOWER OR SIMILAR
WITH LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH MORE
RESIDENTS WHO ARE BLACK OR
HISPANIC, ALTHOUGH THESE
DIFFERENCES ARE NOT NECESSARILY
STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, ON
OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS?
OKAY.
PLEASED PROCEED.
>> I'M GOING TO BE WALKING US
THROUGH SOME OF OUR FINDINGS
FROM OUR FOOD BANK ASSESSMENT.
IF YOU TURN TO OUR NEXT SLIDE,
SLIDE NUMBER 17, YOU WILL SEE
THE GOALS THAT WE WERE AIMING
TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS
ASSESSMENT.
WE WERE ESTIMATING TO SEE WHO
IN SEATTLE WAS EXPERIENCING
FOOD INSECURITY.
OUR SECOND GOAL WAS TO ASSESS
THE CAPACITY OF THE FOOD BANK
NETWORK TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
EXTENT THIS NETWORK IS ABLE TO
SERVE THAT POPULATION AND THE
THIRD WAS TO IDENTIFY PROPER
OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE IN WHAT
WAYS THE NETWORK AND IMPROVE
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO FOOD.
SO, FIRST THINGS FIRST, WE KNOW
THAT HEALTH AND HUNGER ARE
CLOSELY CONNECTED.
WE KNOW THAT FOOD INSECURITY
IMPACTS MANY ASPECTS OF HEALTH
INCLUDING CHRONIC DISEASE RISK
AND CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO US WHEN WE
WERE ESTIMATING THIS NEED, NOT
ONLY TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
FOOD INSECURITY BUT ALSO TO
UNDERSTAND WHICH GROUPS ARE
REALLY RISING TO THE TOP AND
EXPERIENCING THE HIGHER BURDEN
OF FOOD INSECURITY.
TO DO THIS WE LOOKED AT FIVE
DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES THAT
WERE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
OF ACROSS THESE DATA SOURCES WE
SAW SOME CONSISTENT PATTERNS
THAT STARTED TO EMERGE.
EVEN THOUGH THE ESTIMATES
VARIED DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE,
SOME GROUPS WERE COMING BACK TO
US AS COMMONLY REPORTING FOOD
INSECURITY.
AND THOSE SIX GROUPS --
>> I THINK WE HAVE GOT A
QUESTION HERE.
>> I'M SORRY I WAS NOT HERE
WHEN YOU INTRODUCED YOURSELF SO
I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU ARE.
>> M KILLEN BOLD, I AM WORKING
AT PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE KING
COUNTY.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE,
I WAS WATCHING THE HERE IS, I
COULD NOT TEAR AWAY LAST
MINUTE.
ON SLIDE 18 COMING OF THE
PEOPLE, LOW INCOME, LESS
EDUCATED, LGBT, FAMILIES WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN AND OLDER
ADULTS.
THIS IS NOT IN THE ORDER OF THE
PEOPLE IN NEED, THIS IS JUST --
FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.
OKAY.
ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW US MY
WENT THROUGH YOUR POWERPOINT
BUT IS THERE A WAY, ARE WE
GOING TO LIST, I DID NOT WANT
TO READ YOUR WHOLE 100 PAGE
REPORT BUT IS THERE A WAY JUST
IF WE COULD CUT TO THE CHASE IF
YOU WERE TO NUMBER THESE WOULD
YOU BE ABLE TO DO THAT?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT WITH OUR
LGB, WE CONSISTENTLY SAW THAT
THEY WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO
REPORT EXPERIENCING FOOD
INSECURITY THAN FOLKS WHO WERE
NOT LGB FOR EXAMPLE.
AND I THINK THAT THE FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN, ABOUT 50
PERCENT.
AND IT WAS PLUS OR -10 PERCENT
DEPENDING ON WHICH DATA SOURCE
YOU WERE LOOKING AT.
ALSO EXPERIENCE FOOD
INSECURITY, QUITE HIGH.
WITH THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, IT ALSO
DEPENDS ON WHICH RACE AND
ETHNICITY YOU ARE LOOKING AT.
FOR EXAMPLE WE SAW SMALLER
RATES OF FOOD INSECURITY FOR
ASIAN.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, ASIAN IS A
VERY HETEROGENEOUS GROUP.
OUR DATA SOURCES DO NOT ALLOW
US TO DISAGGREGATED.
WHAT WE WERE UNABLE TO DO WHEN
KILLEN TALKS MORE ABOUT THE
FOOD BANK NUMBER, SHE WAS ABLE
TO DO FOCUS GROUPS WITH
SPECIFIC NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
CLIENTS AND SHE CAN TALK ABOUT
FINDINGS THERE.
THE REPORT I CAN SEND YOU, THE
SPECIFIC PAGES THAT SHOW WHAT
THE FIGURES AND THAT ARE SO
THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HUNT
THROUGH THE REPORT TO BE ABLE
TO SEE WHAT THOSE ESTIMATES OF
FOOD SECURITY LOOK LIKE.
>> I WANTED TO HAVE THAT
DISCUSSION, SO, BECAUSE I KNOW
WHAT I KNOW IN DISTRICT 5
ANECDOTALLY AND WORKING WITH
DOCTOR KELLY BROWN.
I WAS GETTING HEARD MIXED UP
WITH DOCTOR WARREN BROWN.
BECAUSE THEY KEEP STATISTICS IN
ORDER TO COMPETE FOR MONEY AND
THEY JUST OPENED THE SECOND
FOOD BANK IN BITTER LAKE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW JUST
IF YOU, WHEN YOU WORKED WITH
THE US, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY
KEEP STATISTICS AND I THINK IF
I AM WRONG AND I'M SURE SOMEONE
WILL TELL ME, WITH THAT WE WILL
SEE AN INCREASE IN LOWER, AND
OLDER ADULTS AND FAMILIES WITH
YOUNG CHILDREN.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST UPTICK.
>> YEAH, KILLEN WILL BE ABLE TO
SHARE WITH YOU THE GROUPS THAT
WE ARE SEEING THAT FOOD BANKS
ARE REPORTING.
THEY ARE SEEING THE RISE IN
VISITS FROM WHICH GROUPS AND
McGRUFF EXCELLENT DIFFERENT
DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP.
>> MADAM CHAIRMAN I WANT TO ASK
YOU THIS.
ARE WE ABLE TO CORRELATE WHEN
WE PASS THE SUGAR TAX IN JUNE
2017, HOW, OR WHETHER OR NOT
THAT HAS PUT A DENT IN SOME OF
THESE STATS ADDRESSING FOOD
INSECURITY?
TURN THE QUESTION BACK TO YOU.
THAT IS IT.
>> IS PART OF HOW THE TAX
REVENUES ARE BEING USED, I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME
FUNDING SET ASIDE TO EVALUATE
THEPROGRAM AND THE EFFECTS OF
PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED
BY THE TAX.
I HAVE NOT YET HEARD WHAT THAT
PROCESS OR HOW THAT, WHO WILL
BE DOING THAT.
>> I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE PLUG
AND I WILL STOP.
WE HAVE HAD THIS TALK MADAM
CHAIRMAN.
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SHE IS
GOING TO STOP MY DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT FOR ONE MINUTE.
>> SHE CAN DO ONE PLUG NOW.
I DO NOT WANT TO SAY I TOLD YOU
SO BUT I WILL LET THAT GO.
THIS IS MY CONCERN AND I WILL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT WHEN WE
DRAFT IT AND DID THE SUGAR TAX.
IS, I THINK THE BULK OF THE
MONEY SHOULD GO TO FOOD
INSECURITY.
NOTHING AGAINST PEOPLE WANTING
TO DO STUDIES ON OBESITY, BUT I
THINK WE GOT IT, THAT IS WHY WE
PASSED THE TAX.
THAT MY NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO
CONTINUE TO FIGHT THAT FOOD
BANKS ARE A LINE ITEM IN THE
TAX AND THEY HAVE A REVENUE
STREAM TO PROVIDE FOOD TO OUR
ELDERS AND CHILDREN AND TO OUR
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE
WHO ARE ENGLISH AS A SECOND
LANGUAGE AND ALL THE OTHER
ISSUES, THAT IS GOING TO BE MY
NUMBER ONE ISSUE.
NOTHING AGAINST THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
BUT I THINK IN THE VOTERS I
THINK AGREE, THAT WE PASSED
THIS TAX SO WE COULD ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES.
SO CHILDREN DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL
HUNGRY SO THEY CAN LEARN, SO
OUR ELDERS HAVE FOOD THAT WE
CAN PROVIDE AND WE HAVE, I
THINK WE HAVE 39 FOOD BANKS AND
30 OF THEM ARE FUNDED BY THIS
CITY.
AND OF THOSE 39 THERE ARE 30
BUT 30 OF THEM ARE ENHANCED
CENTERS.
AS WE KNOW YOU WILL GET THAT IN
YOUR SLIDE, DO MORE THAN JUST
HAND OUT FOOD.
I WILL WAIT UNTIL WE GET TO
THAT SLIDE BUT I THINK THAT IS
REAL KEY AND THAT IS SOMETHING
I'M NOT GOING TO LET UP ON, SO
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU THAT IS A GOOD
SEGUE.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT LINE OF THINKING BECAUSE
WHILE I BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT
OF FOOD BANKS AND MYSELF, YOU
KNOW MY FAMILY HAD TO RELY ON
FOOD BANKS IN CENTRAL
WASHINGTON WHEN WE WERE GROWING
UP.
I ALSO AM NOT SURE THAT IT IS
COMPLETELY FAIR OR ACCURATE TO
SAY THAT FOOD BANKS WILL ALWAYS
HAVE AND PROVIDE HEALTHY FOODS.
I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS REPORT
EVALUATED THE QUALITY OF
HEALTHY FOODS AVAILABLE AT FOOD
BANKS.
BECAUSE WHILE I AGREE THAT FOOD
BANKS PROVIDE ACCESS TO FOOD,
IT IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY
THE HIGHEST QUALITY OR THE
HEALTHIEST AVAILABLE FOOD.
I MEAN I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF
BUT IN THE 80s, I DEFINITELY
REMEMBERED THAT YELLOW BLOCK OF
SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSED OFF
AS CHEESE.
RIGHT?
SO THAT IS NOT A HEALTHY FOOD.
YES IT IS FOOD, BUT IT IS NOT
HEALTHY.
AND SO I THINK FOR ME THE
UNDERLYING COMPONENT OF THE
SUGAR-FREE BEVERAGE TAX WAS NOT
ONLY TO ADDRESS FOOD
INSECURITY, IT WAS ALSO TO
ADDRESS THE, THE CHRONIC
DISEASES RELATED TO EATING
UNHEALTHY AND SORT OF THAT
GENERATIONAL POVERTY OF NOT
BEING ABLE TO BREAK THOSE
CYCLES THAT RESULTED IN ONGOING
FOOD AND SECURITY BUT ALSO IN
DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE,
ETC.
BECAUSE OF THE TYPES OF FOOD
THAT WE HAD ACCESS TO.
AND I DO NOT WANT TO ABSOLVE
FOOD BANKS OF THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY OF ALSO MAKING
SURE THAT THEY ARE STAYING
COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE
HEALTHIEST FOODS AVAILABLE TO
THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE ASKING
THEM TO SERVE.
AND THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO
SERVING.
>> THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE FOR
KILLEN TO BE ABLE TO REPORT.
AND SHE DID HEAR FROM FOOD
BANKS THEMSELVES THAT THEY WERE
INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO
PROVIDE QUALITY HEALTHY FOOD
AND THAT THERE ARE SOME
CONSTRAINTS BASED ON WHAT THEY
HAVE TO WORK WITH.
AND THE INCREASE ON PEOPLE THAT
ARE COMING THROUGH THE DOORS.
>> I WILL SAY ON THAT NOTE THAT
WE DEFINITELY EXPLORED THAT AT
THE VERY BEGINNING AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MEASURE
THE QUALITY OF FOOD THAT FOOD
BANKS ARE PROVIDING.
WE EVEN SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH
JESSE AND SOME OF HER
COLLEAGUES WITH WHAT IT WOULD
LOOK LIKE TO DO AN AUDIT, GOING
IN AND IDENTIFYING HER OUT
HEALTHY VERSUS NON-HEALTHY.
ITWAS OUTSIDE THE HOPE OF THIS
SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT, BUT I WILL
SAY THAT FROM THE CONVERSATIONS
WE HAD WITH THOSE STAFF MEMBERS
AND PEOPLE WORKING AT FOOD
BANKS, THIS IS DEFINITELY A
PRIORITY AND SOMETHING THAT
THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO
MAKE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS ON,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE RELYING
HEAVILY ON DONATIONS AND TRYING
TO DECIDE WHAT DONATIONS TO
ACCEPT AND WHICH TO REFUSE
ESSENTIALLY.
SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
A FEW SPECIFIC FINDINGS WHEN WE
LOOKED AT INCOME MORE
SPECIFICALLY.
SO YOU CANNOT REALLY TALK ABOUT
ROOT CAUSES TO HUNGER WITHOUT
TALKING ABOUT INCOME AND
POVERTY.
SO THIS WAS FIRST OF ALL NOT
SURPRISING TO US THAT WE FOUND
INCOME TO BE INVERSELY RELATED
TO FOOD SECURITY, MEANING THAT
IF YOU FALL INTO A LOWER
CATEGORY OF INCOME, YOUR RATES
OF FOOD INSECURITY ARE GOING TO
BE HIGHER.
AS I MENTIONED THIS WAS NOT
SURPRISING TO US BUT WE DID
LOOK AT IT A LITTLE MORE
SPECIFICALLY I TRIED TO EXAMINE
HOW THOSE RATES CHANGE AS
INCOME CHANGES.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LOWEST
INCOME LEVEL SO THAT PEOPLE WHO
ARE BELOW THE 200 PERCENT
FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, THOSE
ARE PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY FOR
BASIC FOOD ASSISTANCE LIKE SNAP.
WE STILL ARE FINDING THAT ONE
OUT OF THREE INDIVIDUALS IN
THIS CATEGORY ARE EXPERIENCING
FOOD INSECURITY.
WHEN WE GO PAST THIS
ELIGIBILITY MARK, WE ALSO SEE
HIGH RATES OF FOOD INSECURITY.
SO WE ARE CURIOUS TO FIND OUT
AT WHAT POINT OR AT WHAT INCOME
LEVEL DO WE SEE THOSE RATES
ACTUALLY DROPPED TO MINIMAL
LEVELS.
AND THAT DOES NOT HELP, THAT
DOES NOT SEEM TO HAPPEN UNTIL
THE 300 PERCENT OF FEDERAL
POVERTY LEVEL, WHICH TO PUT
INTO CONTEXT FOR A FAMILY OF
FOUR THAT IS APPROXIMATELY
$75,000.
AT THAT POINT WE SEE THE RATES
DROPPED TO FAIRLY LOW LEVELS.
BUT WHEN WE ESTIMATE HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING
FOOD INSECURITY BUT NOT
QUALIFYING FOR THINGS LIKE SNAP,
WE GET TO A TOTAL OF
APPROXIMATELY 13,000 PEOPLE WHO
FALL INTO THAT FOOD SECURITY
GAP.
>> PLEASE .
>> SO I AM LOOKING AT THE
ACTUAL REPORT IN THE SECTION
BUT TALK ABOUT WHO IS
EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY,
THAT IS PAGE 858. UNLESS YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT
SECTION.
I THINK IT IS 58.
SO, CHART 1 WHICH TALKS ABOUT
FOOD INSECURITY FOR ADULTS AND
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN BY COUNCIL
DISTRICT, I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU,
DO YOU HAVE THE CHART IN FRONT
OF YOU?
>> I AM HAVING A HARD TIME.
I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU
ALL CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE
CHART IS COMMUNICATING.
THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AN ACCESS
THAT HAS THE SEATTLE COUNCIL
DISTRICTS, ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
AND ON THE OTHER ACCESS IT IS
ZERO, FIVE, 10, 15, 20, 25
PERCENT.
THEN IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY BARS
AND THERE IS A 15 PERCENT AND
THEN THERE IS THIS WEIRD LINE
WITH THE THOUGHT THAT GOES
FURTHER OUT BEYOND THE BARGRAPH
AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THERE.
>> SURE YEAH LET ME EXPLAIN --
>> I APOLOGIZE TO THOUGH OF
YOU AND AUDIENCE AND THOSE OF
YOU WHO ARE FOLLOWING ALONG ON
THE SEATTLE CHANNEL AND I HAVE
DONE A VERY POOR JOB OF
DESCRIBING THE IMAGE.
>> FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO ACCESS THE AGENDA MATERIALS
ONLINE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
CLICK ON THE REPORT AND GO TO
PAGE 58 OF THE REPORT AND YOU
WILL SEE THIS CHART THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, AND THE CHART
TITLE IS FOOD INSECURITY FOR
ADULTS AND SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO LET ME HELP ORIENT WHAT THIS
CHART IS DESCRIBING.
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IT SHOWS
DATA FOR THE ADULTS.
THIS DATA COMES FROM OUR
BEHAVIOR RISK FACTOR SURVEY.
IT SHOWS PERCENT OF ADULT SPICE
COUNT COUNCIL DISTRICT WHO ARE
REPORTING FOOD INSECURITY.
FOR EXAMPLE AT THE TOP WE HAVE
COUNCIL DISTRICT 1, AND IT
SHOWS NINE PERCENT.
IT ALSO SHOWS A DOT WITH A
BLACK LINE THAT EXTENDS PAST
THE NINE PERCENT.
WHAT THAT WITH THE BLACK LINE
INDICATES IS THE CONFIDENCE
INTERVAL.
SO WE THINK THAT THE TRUE VALUE
OF PEOPLE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1
WHO ARE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE
EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY
COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE
PERCENT AND ABOUT 15 PERCENT.
BUT OUR POINT ESTIMATE IS NINE
PERCENT.
>> OKAY THEN THIS IS THE RANGE.
AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE,
I GUESS NOT FOOD AVAILABILITY,
BECAUSE THIS IS FOOD INSECURITY
AS A. TO FOOD AVAILABILITY.
SO THIS IS REALLY THE RANGE
BASED ON THE SURVEY DATA OF
PEOPLE WHO WE ANTICIPATE HAVE
EXPERIENCED FOOD INSECURITY
BASED ON DISTRICT?
>> THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO REPORTED
WHEN THEY WERE ASKED THAT
QUESTION AND THAT IS WHAT
THAT, WHAT THIS FIGURE SHOWS.
>> SO DISTRICTS FOR, IS BETWEEN
15-25 PERCENT.
>>.
RIGHT.
>> DISTRICT 3 IS THERE BETWEEN
12 AND 20 PERCENT?
OR IS THE FACT THAT THE DOT IS
IN THE MIDDLE MEAN THAT IT IS
SIX PERCENT?
>> THE DOT WOULD BE ABOUT SIX
PERCENT.
SO ANYWHERE BETWEEN SIX PERCENT
AND ADJUST OVER 25 PERCENT AND
THE ESTIMATE IS THAT 12 PERCENT
FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 3.
>> VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
ASKING THAT QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU FOR READING THE
REPORT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US AS WE ARE , WE ARE GRAPPLING
WITH THESE ISSUES AROUND FOOD
INSECURITY, I MEAN IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO ROOT THAT
UNDERSTANDING IN, AND WHO, AND
WHO THE FOLKS ARE THAT ARE
REPORTING EXPERIENCES WITH FOOD
INSECURITY AND WHERE, I THINK
THAT IS INCURABLY, THAT
GRANULAR LEVEL OF DETAIL IS
REALLY HELPFUL TO US AS
POLICYMAKERS TO BE ABLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT POTENTIAL
POLICY STEPS MIGHT FLOW FROM
THIS, EITHER IN THE REVENUE
SOURCE LOCATION APPROPRIATION
CONVERSATION OR IN OTHER TYPES
OF PROGRAMS.
IN MY CASE, WE ARE YOU KNOW,
ABOUT TWO KICKOFF OF
CONVERSATION AND MY COMMITTEE
AROUND THE IMPLEMENTATION
FAMILIES, THERE ARE OTHER
WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT CAN
AGAIN HELP TO STABILIZE FAMILIES
WHO ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING FOOD
INSECURITY THROUGH THAT
MECHANISM SO FOR ME IT IS JUST
IMPORTANT TO HAVE A STRONG
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS IS
PLAYING OUT PARTICULARLY ON
SOME OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE ALLOCATED ON THE
SPACE ARE DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON
STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO
ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO
FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF
SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN BY COUNCIL
DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALSO
EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY.
>> AS I MENTIONED THERE IS
APPROXIMATELY 13,000 PEOPLE WHO
FALL INTO THIS FOOD SECURITY
GAP, MEANING THAT WHILE OUR
BASIC FOOD PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP
ARE GREAT, THEY ARE NOT
ACTUALLY MEETING ALL OF OUR
NEEDS.
THAT BRINGS ME TO OUR FOOD BANK
NETWORK WHICH I AM CURRENTLY ON
THE SLIDE 19.
ASSESSING THIS NETWORK HELPS US
TO REALLY LOOK MORE IN DEPTH AT
A RESOURCE THAT IS AVAILABLE
FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
HAVE THOSE SNAP BENEFITS
AVAILABLE TO THEM.
FOR OUR INCLUSION CRITERIA WE
DEFINE FOOD BANKS BASED ON
THESE THREE POINTS HERE, THAT
YOU WILL SEE.
THEY HAD TO BE ACTIVELY
OPERATING, THEY HAD TO BE
DISTRIBUTING FOOD FROM AN ON-
SITE LOCATION AT LEAST ONCE A
MONTH, AND THEY HAD TO BE
LOCATED WITHIN THE LIMITS OR
SERVING A LARGE NUMBER OF
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
THAT BROUGHT US TO 30 FOOD
BANKS, WHICH YOU WILL SEE ON
THAT MAP TO THE RIGHT.
THEY ARE ALSO COLOR-CODED.
THOSE THAT ARE READ ARE THOSE
THAT DO NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVE
CITY FUNDING.
AND THOSE THAT ARE IN PURPLE OR
THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED
BY THE CITY.
JUST FOR THE SAKE OF ECONOMIC
CONTEXT IN EACH AREA, THEY ARE
RELAYED ONTO A MAP THAT YOU
WILL SEE IN BLUE, AS SHE DID IN
SOME AREAS, MORE BLUE THAN
OTHERS AND THAT IS JUST THE
PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS IN THAT
SENSE IS
>>> THAT ARE LIVING BELOW 200
CENT PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL
POVERTY LEVEL.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
ASSESSMENT REFOCUSED ON A MIXED
METHODS APPROACH, MEANING WE
COLLECTED QUANTITATIVE AND
QUALITATIVE DATA.
THE RESULTS THAT I WILL PRESENT
OUR REFLECTION OF THESE THREE
COMPONENTS.
WE CONDUCTED AN ELECTRONIC
SURVEY REACHING 25 OUT OF THOSE
30 FOOD BANKS.
WE ALSO DID DISCUSSIONS WITH
CLIENTS WHO ARE UTILIZING THE
FOOD BANKS, AND THAT BROUGHT US
27 GROUPS ALTOGETHER, FOUR OF
WHICH WERE FACILITATED IN NON-
ENGLISH LANGUAGES AND THREE
THAT WERE IN ENGLISH.
EACH DISCUSSION GROUP, THERE
WAS ONE PER COUNCIL DISTRICT SO
WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME, A
GOOD GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.
WE ALSO DID INTERVIEWS, ONE
INTERVIEW PER FOOD BANK, SO WE
REACHED 13 FOOD BANKS AND SPOKE
WITH STAFF WHO ARE WORKING
THERE AS WELL.
>> HOW MANY DID YOU ACTUALLY
TALK TO?
>> FOR OUR CLIENT DISCRETION
GROUPS WE REACHED A TOTAL OF 47
INDIVIDUALS.
>> WHAT WERE THE RESPONSES TO
YOUR SURVEY , 25 RESPONSES?
>> WE HAD 25 FOOD BANKS THAT
RESPONDED TO THE SURVEYS OUT OF
30?
>> YOU DID NOT DO 25 ELECTRONIC
SERVICE, YOU GOT 25 RESPONSES.
>> YES, 25 RESPONSES.
>> MOVING TO OUR NEXT SLIDE,
SLIDE 21, THIS HIGHLIGHTS WHICH
TOPICS WE COVERED.
WE FOCUSED ON GETTING SOME
MORE INFORMATION ON THE
RESOURCES THAT FOOD BANKS OFFER
AS WELL AS THE SUFFICIENCY OF
RESOURCES TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND
ACCESSIBILITY.
WE ASKS ABOUT SCHEDULES AND
TRANSPORTATION AND LASTLY, WE
LOOKED AT THE IMPACT THAT FOOD
BANKS ARE HAVING IN THE
COMMUNITY.
ON THE SLIDE 22 WHICH IS WHERE
WE START WITH OUR RESULTS, THE
IMPACT OF FOOD BANKS IT IS
DIFFICULT TO OVERESTIMATE THE
IMPACT THAT WE SAW, SO THE
NETWORK, THE NETWORK PROVIDES A
CRITICAL FOOD SAFETY NET.
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IS
WHAT I TOLD YOU.
-- I PUT A LITTLE STAR THERE.
>> SHE DID.
SO EACH YEAR ON AVERAGE, FOOD
BANKS ARE PROVIDING FOOD TO
APPROXIMATELY 15,000
INDIVIDUALS.
THOSE ARE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS
AND NOT VISITS.
IN TOTAL WE ESTIMATED 22
MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD ARE
BEING DISTRIBUTED INTO THE CITY
AND THAT IS AGAIN, LIKELY AN
UNDERESTIMATE AS WE ONLY
RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM 25 OUT
OF THE 30 FOOD BANKS.
FOOD BANKS ALSO PROVIDE MUCH
MORE THAN JUST FOOD, THEY ALSO
PROVIDE MANY NONFOOD RESOURCES
AND ALSO PROVIDE A UNIQUE
CONNECTION TO SERVICES.
WHETHER IT IS PROVIDING A
COMMUNITY CONNECTOR WHO HELPS
CLIENTS NAVIGATE THE SOCIAL
SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS FOR
THINGS LIKE HEALTHCARE, THEY
ALSO SOMETIMES PARTNER WITH
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE
THINGS LIKE MOBILE MEDICAL
CLINICS FOR EXAMPLE.
>> --
>> WE KNEW IT WAS NOT GOING TO
BE JUST A LITTLE BIT.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHOLE
LOT BECAUSE I SAID A WHOLE LOT
BEFORE, BUT THE CRITICAL
SERVICES AS YOU SAID AND WE
HAVE LEARNED IN THE LAST,
CERTAINLY IN THE LAST FIVE
YEARS AND THE LAST THREE BUDGET
CYCLES THAT WE HAVE THE
ENHANCED FOOD SERVICES.
SO THE FOOD BANKS OF TODAY ARE
NOT THE FOOD BANKS OF YESTERDAY.
WE KNOW THAT FOOD BANKS ENHANCE
FOOD, OR ENHANCED SERVICE
CENTERS, PROVIDE HOUSING
VOUCHERS, EVICTION.
HEALTHCARE, THEY SIGN PEOPLE UP
FOR MEDICAID.
WE HAVE CLINICS THAT CONNECT
AND WE DO TRANSPORTATION, OR
CUT CARDS.
AND I'M GOING TO GET BACK TO A
SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A MINUTE
AND WHY THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT BUT THE NONFOOD ITEMS
ARE SO CRITICAL AS WELL BECAUSE
WE PROVIDE DIAPERS AND FEMININE
PRODUCTS.
DOG AND CAT FOOD, BABY FORMULA,
I DO NOT THINK THE PUBLIC KNOWS
THAT.
I THINK WE ARE JUST COMING IN
FOR A BAG OF FOOD.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED BEING ON
THE GROUND AND BEING THERE, AND
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES HAS
JOINED ME IN NORTH HAVEN.
THAT THEY DO EVERYTHING.
SO THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I WANT
TO REALLY COMMEND YOU FOR, AND
I WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF OUR
FOOD BANKS OUT THERE DOING THIS,
THERE IS, IT IS PRICELESS WHAT
THESE SERVICE CENTERS WHERE
THESE COMMUNITY GROUPS DUKE
WHEN IT COMES TO A SENSE OF
COMMUNITY.
WE RELY SO MUCH ON THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE IN THE BRICK AND
MORTAR OF NOT JUST PROVIDING ON
THESE CRITICAL SERVICES AND
FOOD AND ALL THESE OTHER
THINGS.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE A
SERVICE OF HUMANITY.
THEY ARE THE ONES, THE FRONT-
LINE PEOPLE THAT I CALL, WHEN
WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THE STREET, I
CAN CALL KELLY BROWN AND SAY,
AND I WILL NOT SAY THEIR NAMES,
ARE CAMPED OUT IN FRONT OF
GROCERY OUTLET.
AND SHE CAN SAY, I HAVE KNOWN
SO AND SO FOR FOUR YEARS.
I THINK WE CAN GET HIM INDOORS,
OR HER, INDOORS.
I HAVE RELIED ON THAT WITH
THEM, AND I THINK IT WILL DO
NOT, THEY UNDERESTIMATE.
KELLY BROWN, THE DIRECTOR OF
NORTH HEALTH LINE, SHOULD NOT
BE OUT ON THE STREET DOING
THAT.
AND WORKING WITH THE NASA TEAM.
BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE, THEY HAVE
A LACK OF SERVICES, SO IF WE
GAVE THEM MORE MONEY THEY WOULD
FREE UP THEIR STAFF, SO WE HAVE
A COUPLE OF NAVIGATORS THERE AS
WELL.
I GUESS MY POINT IS, THERE ARE
MORE THAN JUST AMBASSADORS,
THEY ARE LIKE COMMUNITY HEALTH
WORKERS.
THESE PEOPLE KNOW THEM.
WE FEED THEM, WE SEE THEM.
IT TAKES US TWO, THREE, FOUR
VISITS TO CONNECT WITH SOME OF
THESE PEOPLE TO GET THEM INTO
SERVICES.
SO THERE IS A LEVEL OF TRUST
THAT I DO NOT THINK YOU CAN PUT
A PRICE TAG ON.
I DO NOT THINK SOMETIMES THE
COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THAT WE
RELY ON THEM FOR THE TOUCH OF
HUMANITY THAT WE RELY ON TO
HELP THEM GET THEM AND MEET
THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
IF WE CAN PROVIDE OUR FOOD
BANKS FROM ALL 30 OF THEM WITH
MORE MONEY AND SERVICES SO THEY
CAN FREE UP TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE SO WE CAN WORK
ON SHELTERING THE UNFILTERED,
FEEDING THE UNHEALTHY COMMEND
MY OTHER CONCERN IS THE
CHILDREN.
KNOWING THAT WHOSE KIDS, WHEN
THEY HAVE FOOD, THEY ALSO HAND
OUT CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
AND TURKEYS.
I HAVE BEEN THERE HANDING OUT
CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND MAKING SURE
THESE KIDS HAVE A GOOD
CHRISTMAS.
I WANTED TO MAKE THAT ONE PLUG
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE ALL CARE
ABOUT THIS, BUT WE WANTED
OF COMMUNITY THAT THESE BRICK-
AND-MORTAR AND PEOPLE DO ON THE
GROUND EVERY DAY WITH NOT A LOT
OF MONEY.
SO THANK YOU.
>> I WROTE TO REALLY COME BACK
TO YOUR POINT, BECAUSE THIS IS
THE ONE THAT YOU MADE ALL ABOUT
BUDGET WAS THE VALUE AND
IMPORTANCE OF THESE FOOD BANKS.
WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS PUT A
BOOKMARK IN THAT AND COME BACK
TO IT AT THE END OF THIS
CONVERSATION.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONTINUE
WITH YOUR STATISTICS ABOUT THIS
AND THEN WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN
DEVELOP A PLAN BECAUSE I KNOW,
FIRST OF ALL I KNOW THAT THIS
IS A HIGH-PRIORITY TO YOU, I
RECOGNIZE THE GOOD WORK YOU
HAVE DONE IN D5 ON IT.
I WOULD TELL HER TO SUGGEST
THAT WE COME BACK AND SEE WHAT
WE CAN DO FOR MAKING SURE THAT
THIS COMMUNITY CONNECTION THAT
YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IS
SOMETHING WE CAN PROPERLY FUND
GOING FORWARD.
>> YEAH, AND SO WHEN WE WERE
LOOKING AT IMPACT, THERE WERE A
LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE
PRETTILY EASILY MEASURABLE AS I
ALREADY MENTIONED.
THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS BEING
SERVED ARE THE POUNDS OF FOOD
GOING OUT.
THERE IS A LOT THAT WE WERE NOT
NECESSARILY LOOKING OR THAT WE
FOUND AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT
NECESSARILY MEASURABLE. AS WAS
MENTIONED, THE SENSE OF
COMMUNITY WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT FOOD BANKS
IS PROVIDING A REAL SENSE OF
SAFETY.
TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
FOOD INSECURITY OFTEN MEANS
MAKING A VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE
BETWEEN PURCHASING THE FOOD
THAT YOU NEED OR PURCHASING
OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES OR
CHILDCARE.
WHAT WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE
THROUGH PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT
THEIR EXPERIENCES AT THE FOOD
BANK WITHOUT HAVING THIS OPTION
BOTH FREES A VERY LIMITED
INCOME TO COVER THOSE OTHER
NEEDED EXPENSES, BUT IT ALSO
PROVIDES A SENSE OF SECURITY
WHEN FINANCIAL SOME EMERGENCIES
HAPPEN.
WE HEARD ABOUT THINGS LIKE
DIVORCE, UNEXPECTED EMPLOYMENT,
HOUSING LOSS AND MEDICAL
EMERGENCIES, WHICH REQUIRED A
SUDDEN NEED FOR INCOME AND
BEING ABLE TO RELY ON A FOOD
BANK MEANT THAT PEOPLE HAD
ASSURANCE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO FOOD.
SO DESPITE ALL THIS WONDERFUL
IMPACT THAT FOOD BANKS HAVE,
THERE IS A HUGE DEMAND ON THEM.
WE FOUND THAT THE NETWORK IS
SEEING A RISE IN NEED AND THIS
IS PARTICULARLY SEEN AMONGST
SPECIFIC GROUPS.
FOOD BANKS SAW A RISE IN THE
NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS, THE
NUMBER OF HOMELESS, AND THE
NUMBER OF THOSE TRAVELING WITH
HER NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CITY
TO REACH THEIR FOOD BANK.
WHEN WE ASKED FOOD BANKS TO
REPORT ON HOW THEIR VISITATION
HAD CHANGED OVER THE LAST YEAR,
60 PERCENT OF THEM REPORTED
SEEING AN INCREASE IN CLIENT
VISITS AND AS YOU WILL SEE IN
THIS QUOTE, MANY OF THEM
ATTRIBUTED THIS TO RISING COSTS
OF HEALTHCARE AND COST OF RENT
IN THE CITY.
AGING POPULATION AND ALSO MORE
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
WE ALSO ASKED FOOD BANKS TO
SHARE HOW RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
HAD IMPACTED THEM OVER THE LAST
YEAR AND MANY OF THEM SPOKE ON
REDUCING THE QUALITY OR THE
VARIETY OF FOOD THAT THEY
OFFERED AND ALSO 65 PERCENT
REPORTED THAT THEY HAD REDUCED
THE QUANTITY OF FOOD THAT THEY
HAD PROVIDED TO CLIENTS DUE TO
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.
>> DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE GAPS?
I THINK I HAD ASKED YOU ABOUT
GAPS AS FOOD BANKS ARE TRYING
TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HOW MANY
HOURS ARE OPEN.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT
THERE WAS A LACK OF MORNING
HOURS AND THAT COULD BE VERY
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY
BE WORKING EITHER NIGHT OR
SWING SHIFTS.
>> YEAH, AND I WILL GET TO THAT.
WE DEFINITELY SAW THAT THERE IS
A LACK OF HOURS BOTH OVER THE
WEEKEND, WHICH FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT FROM
FRIDAY UNTIL MONDAY,THIS CAN
BE A REAL STRUGGLE.
THEN ALSO MOVING AWAY FROM THIS
ASSUMPTION THAT IT IS ONLY
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE JOBS
THAT ARE ACCESSING FOOD BANKS,
IS ACTUALLY A LOT OF WORKING
ADULTS AS WELL.
SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A STANDARD
WORK SCHEDULE, A 9 TO 5 MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY FOUND IT VERY
DIFFICULT TO ACCESS FOOD BANKS
DUE TO THE HOURS THAT THEY ARE
OPEN.
MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE
24, WHEN WE LOOK AT FOOD BANK
ABILITY TO MEET THIS DEMAND, WE
FOUND THAT THEY ARE LACKING A
LOT OF NECESSARY RESOURCES TO
KEEP UP, SPECIFICALLY, THOSE
WERE STAFFING VEHICLES, FOOD,
FUNDING, AND THE SPACE TO
OPERATE.
84 PERCENT OF FOOD BANKS
REPORTED SOME KIND OF FUNDING
DIFFICULTY OVER THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
MOST COMMONLY, FINDING
PREDICTABLE AND LONG-TERM
FUNDING SOURCES AND ALSO
FUNDING SOURCES THAT WOULD
COVER OPERATIONAL EXPENSE AND
IS AND NOT JUST FOOD.
ON AVERAGE, FOOD BANKS OPERATE
WITH THREE FULL-TIME STAFF AND
OR WERE A QUARTER OF THEM
REPORTED NOT HAVING ANY FULL-
TIME STAFF AT ALL, MEANING THAT
THEY ARE RELYING PRIMARILY ON
PART-TIME STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SIT DOWN AS I MENTIONED WITH 47
INDIVIDUALS WHO GO TO FOOD
BANKS AND UTILIZE THEIR
SERVICES.
THROUGH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE
PRIORITIES ARE WHEN THEY COME
TO THE FOOD BANK.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IN EVERY
SINGLE GROUP THAT WE TALK TO
THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
WANTING A DIGNIFIED EXPERIENCE.
FOR MANY IT WAS DIFFICULT TO
COME TO THIS DECISION OF
SEEKING OUT ASSISTANCE IN SUCH
A PUBLIC WAY.
AND SO THE IMPORTANCE OF
FEELING RESPECTED AND HAVING A
DIGNIFIED EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.
FOOD SAFETY ALSO CAME UP A LOT
AND OF COURSE ALL OF US WOULD
PROBABLY AGREE THAT FOOD SAFETY
IS IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
WE PROBABLY DO NOT THINK ABOUT
IT IN THE SAME WAYS, SO FOR
SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE
SHELTER OR AFFORDABLE
HEALTHCARE FOR EXAMPLE, THE
RISK OF FOOD POISONING IS A
HIGHER STAKES DECISION FOR THEM.
QUALITY OF FOOD ALSO CAME UP.
CLIENTS WANT TO SEE MORE
PROTEINS, MORE FRESH FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES.
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO A KITCHEN FOR
COOKING, THE IMPORTANCE OF NO
COOK BAGS WHERE THEY CAN EASILY
ACCESS AND UTILIZE AND CONSUME
THE FOOD WAS ALSO CRITICAL.
AND THEN LASTLY CONVENIENT
ACCESS WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP
EARLIER.
THE IMPORTANCE OF WEEKEND AND
EVENING HOURS IS SOMETHING THAT
FOOD BANK CLIENTS REALLY UP THE
SIZE.
AND AS THIS QUOTE SAYS FROM A
CLIENT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3,
THEY SAID IT IS USEFUL IF FOOD
BANKS ARE OPEN ON FRIDAY
BECAUSE THEN I KNOW FROM FRIDAY
TO TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY I WILL
HAVE FOOD.
MOST PLACES ARE NOT OPEN ON THE
WEEKENDS SO FROM FRIDAY ON I'M
TRYING TO ENSURE THAT I CAN
MAKE IT AT LEAST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND IF NOT A LITTLE LONGER.
THAT IS A GREAT SEGUE TO OUR
NEXT SLIDE, 26, WHICH FOCUSES
ON OUR RESULTS OF A GAP
ANALYSIS.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE FROM THE
BEGINNING THAT THIS IS JUST ONE
ELEMENT OF ACCESS SO WE
CERTAINLY WERE NOT ABLE TO
CAPTURE ALL ASPECTS, IT IS JUST
ONE DIMENSION.
BUT BY LOOKING AT ON-SITE
DISTRIBUTION HOURS, WE ARE ABLE
TO SEE SOME GAPS BOTH BY TIME
OF DAY, AND ALSO DAY OF THE
WEEK.
SO WE FOUND MINIMAL HOURS
AVAILABLE FOR CLIENTS TO ACCESS
FOOD BANKS OVER THE WEEKEND,
AND ALSO DURING THE EVENINGS
FROM 5-8. THERE IS A SPECIAL
LACK OF MORNING ACCESS IN
DISTRICTS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX.
A LACK OF AFTERNOON ACCESS IN
DISTRICTSONE THROUGH FIVE.
MINIMAL EVENING ACCESS IN
DISTRICTS, ONE, TWO, THREE,
FIVE AND, SEVEN.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THESE HOURS
OF DISTRIBUTION PROPORTIONAL TO
NEED WHICH I WILL EXPLAIN ON
THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT FROM THAT ANALYSIS WE FOUND
DISTRICTS FIVE AND FOUR TO HAVE
THE FEWEST HOURS COMPARED TO
THE NEED.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT
SOMETHING THAT I DID MENTION TO
COUNCILMEMBER WHEREAS THAT
DISTRICT 5 SHOWS UP IN EVERY
ONE OF THOSE.
LACK OF MORNING AND AFTERNOON
ACCESS, LACK OF EVENING ACCESS,
AND DISTRICT 5 IS INCLUDED IN
HAVING THE FEWEST HOURS.
AND I AM UNDERSCORING THIS
BECAUSE WITH GREAT APPRECIATION
AND LOVE YOU BROUGHT THIS UP
DURING BUDGET AND SHE WAS ABLE
TO GET MONEY IN FOOD BANKS AND
DISTRICT 5 AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE UP
UNTIL THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HAD
DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER,
DISTRICT 5 WOULD TALK TO US
ABOUT HEY WE ARE FORGOTTEN AND
INVISIBLE.
NOBODY TALKS ABOUT NORTH
SEATTLE.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THE
STATISTICS BORE OUT WHAT
ANECDOTALLY YOU WERE
PRESENTING, SO MUCH THANKS TO
YOU PERSONALLY AND TO YOUR
STAFF MEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND I
THINK TAKE GREAT DELIGHT IN
SAYING, I TOLD YOU SO.
I WILL LEAVE IT THAT BACK, I
WAS RIGHT.
>> SHE WAS RIGHT.[ LAUGHTER ]
>> TO EXPLAIN THIS VISUAL JUST
A LITTLE BIT MORE, THIS IS
ESSENTIALLY SHOWING THE NUMBER
OF HOURS AVAILABLE IN EACH
COUNCIL DISTRICT PER 1000 FOOD
INSECURE ADULTS THAT LIVE IN
THE DISTRICT.
THE LOWER THE NUMBER, THE LEAST
ACCESS THAT IS AVAILABLE.
SO THAT WOULD BE DISTRICT 5.
DISTRICT 5 AND FOUR DEFINITELY
COME UP AND IF YOU COMPARE
DISTRICTS 52 DISTRICT 3, YOU
SEE THERE IS THREE TIMES AS
MUCH ACCESS MEASURED BY HOURS
AVAILABLE.
AND IN DISTRICT 3 COMPARED TO
DISTRICT 5. I WANT TO MENTION
THAT THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT
THESE DISTRICTS SAY SIX, ONE,
AND THREE HAVE TOO MUCH ACCESS,
FOR A LOT OF THESE AREAS THEY
úMAY BE DENSE AREAS, HIGH-
TRAFFIC AREAS WITH A LOT OF
OTHER SERVICES.
SO WHILE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOD
INSECURE MAY NOT LIVE THERE,
THEY MAY BE THERE FOR OTHER
RESOURCES AND SO THE FACT THAT
THERE IS A LOT OF HOURS THERE
MAY NOT BE A BAD THING OR AN
UNNECESSARY THING.
>> OF COURSE.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMPARING BY
DISTRIBUTION AVAILABILITY AND
LEVEL OF ADULT FOOD INSECURITY
BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACTORS
OF , ABOUT SERVICES.
BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST MEASURING
FOOD HERE, CORRECT?
>> RIGHT.
>> WE ARE NOT SAYING, WE DO NOT
HAVE A CHART THAT SAYS, PER
DISTRICT , WHO IS DOING
EVICTION PREVENTION.
WHO IS SIGNING PEOPLE UP FOR
MEDICAID.
WHO IS COMING TO THE CLINIC.
WE ARE NOT DOING ANY OF THAT,
WE ARE JUST MEASURING STRAIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD, JUST ADULT
FOOD INSECURITY.
>> YEAH, AND I WOULD SAY THAT
THERE IS A LOT MORE WE WOULD
HAVE LOVED TO HAVE DONE WITH
THIS ANALYSIS.
ALSO LOOKING AT POUNDS OF FOOD
THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND THE
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
UTILIZING THOSE FOOD BANKS.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED OF THE
SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED THAT
ARE NOT FOOD SERVICES, BUT
BECAUSE WE MISSED FIVE
INDIVIDUAL FOOD BANKS THAT DID
NOT PARTICIPATE WE WERE NOT
ABLE TO COMPARE ACROSS COUNCIL
DISTRICT.
>> I AM HOPING IF THAT IS
ANOTHER ROUND OF YOUR STUDY, WE
MEASURE NONFOOD SERVICES.
I THINK THE FOOD HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE SOME OF
THAT AND IF NOT WE WILL REQUEST
THEM TO PROVIDE IT.
THEY HAVE RECENTLY BEGUN
THROUGH REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS
BUT I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR WE
ASKED OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR
HOW MANY OF THESE SOURCES OFFER
SHOWERS, PUBLIC SHOWERS.
SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO DO IS
MAKE ME A LIST OF THE KINDS OF
THINGS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AND
I THINK YOU HAVE MENTIONED
SEVERAL OF THEM.
WHEN THEY GET ORTHO CARDS CAN
THEY GET HELP WITH THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A LIST OF
SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE
ACROSS THE CITY, AND WHERE.
SO I DO NOT SEE THAT
NECESSARILY AS PART OF THE JOB
YOU WERE ASKED TO DO BUT I DO
BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE SOME OF IT
BUT NOT ALL OF IT.
WE WILL ASK THEM TO CHARGE IT
FOR US.
THANKS.
>> KILL AND THANK YOU.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU
WANTED TO SAY?
VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> DURING THE BUDGET, I DID
HAND THIS OUT AND IT DID LIST
ALL 39 FOOD BANKS AND IT DID
HAVE A COLUMN FOR FOOD AND
CLOTHING, FOOD, CLOTHING,
CHILDCARE, HOME DELIVERY,
MOBILE FOOD BANK.
SO WE ACTUALLY DID OUR RESEARCH
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF
THESE AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO,
YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU,
TOO.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THIS.
>> YEAH GET THAT ENHANCED YOUR
SERVICES SO THAT IT DIVIDES .
YEAH IT IS HELPFUL
>> THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> OUR KEY TAKE AWAY FOR THIS
SLIDE WAS REALLY THAT WHILE
THIS MEASURE OF ACCESS IS NOT
PERFECT, IT DOES PROVIDE US
WITH STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
CONCLUSION THAT DISTRICT FOUR
AND FIVE ARE MORE DIFFICULT FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE TO
FIND AN OPEN FOOD BANK NEAR
THEM.
SO THIS BRINGS ME TO OUR KEY
TAKEAWAYS AND I JUST WANT TO
ADD WITH THESE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING
POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE EQUITABLE
ACCESS.
THE FIRST WAS TO EXPAND CLIENT
TRACED THROUGH A GROCERY STORE
MODEL TO CREATE A MORE
DIGNIFIED EXPERIENCE.
WHAT A GROCERY STORE MODEL
DESIGN REALLY LOOKS LIKE IS
REDESIGNING A FOOD BANK SO THAT
THERE IS MORE OPEN SPACE SO
THAT IT REPLICATES A GROCERY
STORE EXPERIENCE.
CLIENTS SHOP ESSENTIALLY FOR
THEIR FOOD AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
CHOOSE THE FOOD THEMSELVES.
THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY WE WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT IS INCREASING
PURCHASING POWER TO INCLUDE
CULTURAL THE LENGTH OF HEALTHY
FOOD PROVIDED.
ESSENTIALLY THE MORE CHOICE,
THE BETTER FOOD BANKS ARE ABLE
TO RESPOND TO THEIR COMMUNITY
PREFERENCES AND POTENTIALLY
ALSO REALLY REDUCE WASTE.
IT IS VERY HARD WHEN FOOD BANKS
ARE RELYING ON DONATIONS TO BE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY SELECT FOODS
THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE
APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR CLIENTS
AND COMMUNITY.
THIRD, INCREASED MOBILITY
THROUGH COORDINATED SYSTEMS OF
DISTRIBUTION CAN HELP TARGET
AREAS OF MOST NEED.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN
ASSESSMENT THAT IS FOCUSED ON
THE CAUSES OF HUNGER BUT I WANT
TO EMPHASIZE THAT THERE ARE
CERTAIN THINGS HAPPENING IN THE
CITY THAT IMPACT ACCESS.
SO AS FOOD BANK STAFF
HIGHLIGHTED, ACCESSIBLE REAL
ESTATE IS HARD TO HOLD ONTO AND
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE QUICKLY
CHANGING.
SO TO BE ABLE TO BETTER RESPOND
TO THAT AND ENSURE THAT
RESOURCES GET TO THE AREAS OF
MOST NEED, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAT ARE
MOBILE, THINGS LIKE MOBILE FOOD
BANKS'S, PUBLIC PARKING LOT
FOOD BANKS, SATELLITE
LOCATIONS, DELIVERY TRUCKS,
THAT SORT OF THING.
LASTLY, BY INVESTING IN
OPERATIONAL CONCH COSTS, ALL
OF THESE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
WOULD BE MORE OF AN OPTION FOR
FOOD BANKS.
SO STAFF HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED
FOR MORE STAFFING AND SALARIES
TO ALSO REDUCE HIGH TURNOVER.
INCREASED BUILDING SPACE MAKES
IT POSSIBLE TO INCREASE BOTH
FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND ALSO THE
HOURS THAT THEY ARE OPEN.
AND ALSO SUPPORTS THE REDESIGN
EFFORT OF SHIFTING TO A GROCERY
STORE MODEL.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT THEY NEED
TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO IT.
>> IS THERE ANY STUDY THAT HAS
DONE A GROCERY STORE MODEL?
>> THERE ARE ACTUALLY AT LEAST
TWO IN OUR CITY.
SO THERE WAS SOME RECENT PRESS
THAT HIGHLIGHTED THIS FOR WHITE
CENTER FOOD BANK.
THEY HAVE RECENTLY SHIFTED TO A
FOOD, A GROCERY STORE MODEL.
I BELIEVE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
FOOD BANK AS WELL.
>> I HAVE BEEN TO THAT ONE AND
PEOPLE WALK IN, AND THEY ARE
ESSENTIALLY GIVEN TICKETS I
BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE
WHAT THEY WANT AND THERE IS A
CERTAIN NUMBER OF PROTEIN ITEMS
AND A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FRUIT
AND VEGETABLES THAT THEY CAN
TAKE, BUT THEY GET TO CHOOSE
FROM WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
>> YEAH SO I JUST WANT TO END
WITH SOME QUOTES.
I HAVE.
EACH OF THESE FINDINGS WITH A
QUOTE TO REALLY PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THE CLIENT AND
THE STAFF THAT PARTICIPATE IN
THIS ASSESSMENT.
WHO'D ALSO SOUGHT TO BRING TO
LIFE WHY THESE WERE IDENTIFIED
AS PRIORITIES.
IN SPEAKING ABOUT EXPANDING
CLIENT TWICE, THIS FOOD BANK
CLIENT FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT
FORCES THE GROCERY STORE STYLE
GETS MORE DIGNITY.
WERE NOT ALIENATED.
SO TO PICK OUT WHAT YOU WANT
AND NOT FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A
NUMBER IN A LINE IS A LOT MORE
DIGNIFIED THAN BEING HANDED A
BOX.
WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT INCREASING
PURCHASING POWER.
A STAFF MEMBER SAID, IT IS LESS
HAVING ENOUGH FOOD AS IT IS
HAVING THE RIGHT KIND.
WHEN YOU RELY ON DONATIONS THAT
IS HARD WHICH IS WHY WE SAY
PRIORITIZE PURCHASING BUDGET
WHICH IS WHAT GIVES US THE
AUTONOMY.
THIRD, TO INCREASE MOBILITY, AS
STAFF MEMBERS SAID, IT DOES NOT
HAVE TO BE NECESSARILY THAT WE
GO THE EXTRA MILE TO GET FOOD
EXACTLY TO THEIR DOOR.
MAYBE IT IS JUST GETTING IT
SOMEPLACE THAT IS MORE
CONVENIENT.
MAYBE IT IS A MOBILE FOOD BANK
WERE GETTING THROUGH TO THEIR
PLACE OF WORSHIP OR COMMUNITY
CENTER.
LASTLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT OPERATIONAL COSTS, THIS
STAFF MEMBER SAID WE ARE OPEN
EIGHT HOURS A WEEK TO SERVE
1000 VISITORS WHICH MAKES IT
DIFFICULT TO REPLENISH FOOD.
EXPENDING HOURS WOULD IMPROVE
ACCESS BUT REQUIRE MORE
STAFFING AND POTENTIALLY MORE
FOOD.
OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM HAS
HAD A WAITLIST FOR YEARS BUT WE
DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY.
WITH THAT I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND IF THERE
ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE WOULD LOVE
TO TAKE THEM.
OUR NEXT STEP FOR THESE RESULTS
IS TO SHARE THESE WITH OUR
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU PRETTY WELL
AS I MENTIONED TO YOU LAST WEEK
I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS
THOROUGH WORK , BUT THE
PRESENTATION STYLE AND THE EASY,
EASY TO READ POWERPOINT HERE
WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR LOTS
OF FOLKS.
A COUPLE OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT
I THINK WILL BE USEFUL FOR US
TO BE THINKING ABOUT IS ONE,
THE POINT YOU RAISED EARLIER,
COUNCILMEMBER WAREZ, ABOUT WITH
THESE FOOD BANKS, WHAT OTHER
SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE THAT
PEOPLE CAN ACCESS.
AND INCREASINGLY MOBILITY.
I KNOW THAT THERE WAS INTEREST
PARTICULARLY AROUND MAGNUSON
PARK LAST YEAR.
THERE IS NOT A GROCERY STORE
ANYWHERE WITHIN WALKING
DISTANCE FOR MANY OF THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE
THERE BUT COULD WE BRING FOOD
TO THEM?
COULD WE SEE WHAT WE COULD DO
TO HELP ENHANCE THE QUALITY
THAT IS AVAILABLE?
SO I HOPE THAT, AND JEFF, SINCE
YOU HAVE BEEN TAPPED WITH THIS
ON COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF,
BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER WHEN
WE START THINKING ABOUT BUDGET,
I WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO HAVE
A PLAN.
AND WHAT WE CAN DO THAT WILL
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
BUT AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
WE HAVE LOST COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
AND COUNCILMEMBER GONZCEZ IS
ABOUT TO GET ON A PLANE, SO
ANYTHING ELSE , DAVID, THAT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
JESSE, YOU HAVE BEEN AMAZINGLY
QUIET TODAY.
>> WELL I THINK THE MORE JUICY
AND INTERESTING PART OF THE
REPORT WENT TO KAYLIN, SO WE
ARE SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF ALL
OF KAYLIN'S HARD WORK ON THE
FOOD BANK NETWORK AND THAT SHE
GOT THE CENTERSTAGE TODAY.
>> GOOD AND I APPRECIATE THE
INTERSECTION BETWEEN PUBLIC
HEALTH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON . YOUR RESEARCH HAS
BEEN GREAT.
IT IS GOOD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
ALL OF YOU AT THE TABLE.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER THERE, MR. SIMS?
OKAY.
>> I HAVE ONE COMMENT.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE DONE IN THE REPORT.
AND CONTRARY TO COMMON
FOLKLORE, I DO CARE ABOUT OTHER
DISTRICTS BETRAYED THE F -- D5.
SO WITH THAT, IT IS REAL
CRITICAL WE ARE AND DISTRICTS
NOW, WE LIVE IN THE DISTRICT
AND WE REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WHO
OBVIOUSLY LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT
SO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LIVED
IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR YEARS
JUST KIND OF KNOW OUR DISTRICTS
AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
BREAKING THIS DOWN INTO
DISTRICTS SO THAT WHEN WE ROLL
AROUND THE BUDGET AND WE TALK
ABOUT POLICY BUT WE ALSO TALK
ABOUT FUNDING THAT POLICY THAT
WE SERVE THE GREATEST NEED AND
DOLLARS TO THOSE COMMUNITIES
THAT NEEDED THE MOST.
SO IT IS NOT JUST D5 I CARE
ABOUT.
I CARE ABOUT THE FOOD BANKS
ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THEY ARE
ALL GETTING THE REVENUE STREAM
BUT I BELIEVE THEY DESERVE FOR
THIS IMPORTANT SERVICE.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO, AND I WILL
WORK WITH YOU TO GO BACK AND
START MEASURING THE OTHER
CRITICAL SERVICES AND LIKE I
SAID, YOU SAW MY CHART, WHAT I
ANECDOTALLY KNOW, BUT I WOULD
LOVE TO BOLSTER THAT, NOT JUST
FOR BUDGET, SO YOU CAN FOR THE
PUBLIC TO SEE, THERE IS A LOT
OF WORKING PEOPLE THAT GO TO
FOOD BANK . AND THE EXPERIENCE
NEEDS TO BE DIGNIFIED, IT IS
DIFFICULT WITH CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT EAT
MEAT OR MILK, WE TRY TO MEET
THOSE NEEDS AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
OUR FOOD BANKS RELY ON DONATIONS
AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN TO
WHERE SOMETIMES WE HAND OUT
WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY AND WHAT
REALLY HURT OUR DISTRICT IS
WHEN SAM'S, WAS AT SAM'S CLUB
CLOSED DOWN AND ALBERTSON'S
CLOSED DOWN.
I DO NOT THINK PEOPLE REALIZE
THE IMPACT THAT THAT DOES,
GETTING BACK TO MAGNUSON PARK.
MY MAIN CONCERN IS I THINK,
DON'T WE HAVE FOR LOW INCOME
UNIT OR BUILDINGS?
>> I THINK SOLID GROUND IS
THERE.
AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING
HUNDREDS OF UNITS.
>> AND SO THEIR MAIN STORE IS
THE 711 ON SANDPOINT.
SO I AM BEYOND JUST, YOU KNOW,
HAVING A TRUCK SHOW UP WITH
FOOD LOOKING AT THAT DEED I
THINK THAT WE SHOULD HECK
ACTUALLY HAVE A GROCERY STORE
THERE, PERIOD.
WE JUST SHOULD.
I AM LOOKING BEYOND JUST A
REVENUE STREAM FOR FOOD BANKS.
BUT, AND I KNOW THAT THE
DEFINITION FOR FOOD DESERTS IS
DIFFERENT.
I KNOW JUST FROM INDIAN COUNTRY
THAT THOSE ARE REAL FOOD
DESERTS WHEN YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL
20 MILES BECAUSE THERE IS NO
GROCERY STORE ANYWHERE AND
THERE IS NO BUS SERVICE TO GET
YOU THERE.
I AM FAMILIAR WITH RURAL
COMMUNITIES AND TRYING TO GET
HEALTHY FOOD.
SO I'M GOING TO KEEP PUSHING
THAT THE SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX
, THAT THAT REVENUE STREAM
CONTINUES TO COME INTO FOOD
BANKS SO THEY CAN DO MORE THAN
JUST PROVIDE FOOD.
BUT THEY HAVE THAT SERVICE AND
ALL THOSE OTHER CRITICAL
SERVICES THAT COME WITH THAT.
AND THAT I THINK IS THE FOOD
BANK OF THE 21st CENTURY.
IT IS NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE.
AND I AM JUST HOPING THE PUBLIC
UNDERSTANDS THAT AND
APPRECIATES THE HARD WORK THAT
THESE PEOPLE DO.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT WELL THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR.
WE HAVE REALLY PEPPERED YOU
WITH QUESTIONS, WE APPRECIATE
YOU ALL COMING, AND WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT
ITEM, NUMBER THREE.
DO YOU WANT TO READ THAT AND
BECAUSE THERE IS A POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>>> I WOULD LOVE TO PUT
RESOLUTION NUMBER 31866, A
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A
WATCHLIST OF LARGE, COMPLEX,
DISPLAYED CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT
WILL REQUIRE ENHANCED QUARTERLY
MONITORING REPORTS FOR THE 2019
CALENDAR YEAR.
>> AND WELCOME TO
COUNCILMEMBER WHO HER BOLD AND
TO DAN EGAN FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
>> CAN I SAY?
WORD?
WELL THOSE WHO DID THE FOOD
REPORT WAS STILL THE ROOM?
I WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN YOU BUT
I DO HAVE A LOT OF FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS AROUND THE
INDICATIONS FOR SOUTH PARK AND
STILL RICH, SO MY OFFICE WILL
BE IN TOUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO INTRODUCE
THE TOPIC?
>> PLEASE WOULD YOU?
>> FOR THE RECORD, DAN EDER,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CASTLE
CENTRAL STAFF.
THE ACTION ON TODAY'S AGENDA
ITEM FLOWS FROM A PRIOR
RESOLUTION I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BE HELPFUL TO BEGIN WITH A
QUICK RECAP OF THAT, THAT PRIOR
ACTION RESOLUTION 31853, AND
THEN I WILL TOUCH ON A QUICK
SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
YOU WILL RECALL THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION
31853 IN NOVEMBER 2018. AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THAT NOVEMBER
2018 RESOLUTION ESTABLISHED
ENHANCED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE CITY'S CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
IT ALSO ESTABLISHED THE FORMAT
FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE WILL PROVIDE FOR A
GROUP OF SELECTED CAPITAL
PROJECTS REFERRED TO AS AN
ANNUAL WATCHLIST.
IT ALSO STATED THAT ALL
PROJECTS ON THE WATCHLIST ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR STAGE BASED
APPROPRIATIONS AND THE LAST
THING THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT FOR
YOU IS THAT THE PRIOR ACTION
ARTICULATED THE COUNCILS INTEND
TO ADOPT MY RESOLUTION.
THE SELECTED PROJECTS FOR A
FINAL WATCHLIST EACH YEAR.
THAT LEADS TO THE ITEM ON
TODAY'S COMMITTEE AGENDA.
AS ANTICIPATED IN THE 2018
RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 31866 ON
TODAY'S AGENDA DOES SEVERAL
THINGS.
FIRST AND FOREMOST IT
ESTABLISHES THE 2019 WATCHLIST
BY IDENTIFYING IN SECTION 1 OF
THE RESOLUTION, THE PROJECTS
FOR WHICH THE EXECUTIVE WILL
PROVIDE ENHANCED QUARTERLY
REPORTS FOR 2019.
SECONDLY IT INVITES OF THE
MAYOR TO ADD ANY OTHER PROJECTS
THAT SHE MAY WISH TO ADD
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THROUGH
THIS 2019 WATCHLIST IN SECTION
2. AND FINALLY IN SECTION 3,
THE RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZES THE
COUNCILS ABILITY TO IMPOSE
STAGE BASED APPROPRIATIONS ON
ANY PROJECT OR PROJECTS IN THE
2019 WATCHLIST IN THE EVENT
THAT THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO
SO, EITHER BECAUSE OF
INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE
ENHANCED QUARTERLY REPORTS, OR
FOR ANY OTHER REASON.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> ACCOUNT YOU SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT DOWN TO THE GUIDANCE OUR
EARLIER RESOLUTION PROVIDED
FOR THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT
MAKE FOR GOOD WATCHLIST
PROJECTS?
>> YES.
--
>> I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING
THE, OKAY HERE WE GO.
THE PRIOR RESOLUTION INDICATED
THAT THE COUNCIL INTENDS TO
PROVIDE HEIGHTENED OVERSIGHT
FOR SELECTED CAPITAL PROJECTS
THAT MAY HAVE UNCLEAR SCOPES,
SHIFTING, ESTIMATED COSTS,
UNCERTAIN CAPITAL FUNDING
PLANS, ILL-DEFINED OPERATING,
SORRY, ILL-DEFINED OPERATING
COSTS, PLANS, OR FUNDING PLANS.
AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS
ABOUT SCOPE, SCHEDULE AND
BUDGET.
>> AS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT
HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST
YEAR OR SO, NOT ONLY HAVE WE
COME TO AGREEMENT ON THE
WATCHLIST APPROACH AND WHAT
TYPE OF PROJECTS ARE RIGHT TO
BE PUT ON THE WATCHLIST, BUT
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH ON
WHAT THOSE QUARTERLY REPORTS
WOULD LOOK LIKE.
A LOT OF WORK DONE ON MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS COMMON
TERMINOLOGY ACROSS ALL THE
DEPARTMENTS AND ON THE COUNCIL.
AND SO THERE IS, I DO NOT KNOW
IF WE HAVE IT WITH US BUT THERE
IS A SORT OF A FORMAT THAT
REPORTS WILL COME TO COUNSEL.
BUT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I DO NOT THINK WE
HAVE DISCUSSED, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
CENTRAL STAFF HAS DONE TO COME
TO AGREEMENT WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND CBL
ON REPORTING IS HOW THIS
COUNSEL IS GOING TO USE THAT
INFORMATION TO MONITOR IT,
WHETHER OR NOT THE QUARTERLY
REPORTS ARE GOING TO BE COMING
FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE
WATCHLIST ARE GOING TO BE
COMING FOR INSTANCE TO FINANCE
COMMITTEE, OR WHETHER OR NOT
THEY WILL BE COMING TO THE
COMMITTEES THAT HAVE THE CAPITAL
DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THEM.
OR WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOME
OTHER APPROACH THAT WE AGREED
TO.
BUT PART OF THIS EFFORT IS,
WELL, A LOT OF THIS EFFORT IS
REALLY ABOUT OUR HEIGHTENED
OVERSIGHT ROLE.
AND IN ORDER TO ENGAGE IN
HAVING AN HEIGHTENED OVERSIGHT
ROLE I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE
SOME AGREEMENT ON HOW WE ARE
GOING TO USE THE INFORMATION
MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE
TO ANSWER NOW BUT I AM PUTTING
A PIN AND NOT FOR SOMETHING
THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO TALK
ABOUT BEFORE RECEIVING THE
FIRST QUARTER REPORT.
THE OTHER, THE ORDER OTHER SORT
OF UNANSWERED QUESTION IS YOU
KNOW IN DRAFTING THE RESOLUTION
, I TRIED TO PUT THE EXECUTIVE
ON THE HOOK FOR MAKING
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT STAGE
GATED OF PROJECTS, SO THOSE
THEORETICALLY WOULD BE PROJECTS
THAT ARE ON THE WAITLIST, OR
I'M SORRY, ON THE WATCHLIST.
BUT THAT WE WANT TO TAKE AN
EXTRA LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY
OVER AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY IS USED
ONLY WHEN CERTAIN THRESHOLDS
ARE MET AS PART OF THE WATCH
PROCESS.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT
FOR ONE PROJECT THAT IS THE
DELL RIDGE MULTI-QUARTER, AND
THEY HAVE BEEN COMING AND
REPORTING TO THE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE ON MEETING CERTAIN
THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THE COMMITTEE AND THE
COUNCIL ASKED TO RELEASE THE
NEXT STAGE OF MONEY.
SO THE RESPONSE FROM THE
EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW,
UNDERSTANDABLY, WAS THIS
EXERCISE IS ABOUT HOW YOU WANT
TO HAVE, SORT OF OVERSIGHT OF
OUR PROJECTS.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.
OF WHAT PROJECTS YOU SHOULD
HOLD UP.
WELL WE ARE DOING THAT REVIEW.
ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT I BELIEVE
IS GOING TO BE US
COUNCILMEMBERS TALKING ABOUT
THAT AMONGST THEMSELVES TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT PROJECTS WE
ALSO WANT TO DO STAGE GETTING
ON.
I THINK IT IS A BEST PRACTICE
IN CAPITAL PROJECT OVERSIGHT,
IT IS A PRACTICE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON HAS MEMBER
MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES THAT
SOUND TRANSIT USES SO THAT
AGAIN IS AN ITEM THAT I AM
REALLY EXCITED TO TALK TO MY
COLLEAGUES ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO
USE THAT AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE
IN A WAY THAT WILL, THAT WILL
HAVE, NOT JUST HEIGHTENED
OVERSIGHT FOR THE SAKE OF
OVERSIGHT BUT ABOUT, IN
IMPROVING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN
OUR ROLE AS WELL AS, GETTING
REAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT
NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
WE HAD JUST TOUCHED LIGHTLY ON
WHAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
COULD DO IN WORKING THROUGH DAN.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO
BRING, MAYBE A COMMITTEE THAT
WE CAN HAVE FINANCE BRING ROB,
BECAUSE HE HAS WORKED,
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON BECAUSE
OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE AROUND
SOUND TRANSIT BUT ALSO WITH
TRANSPORTATION, LIKE TO HAVE
YOU COME AND TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU KNOW ABOUT BEST PRACTICES
AND WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN
ACCOMPLISHING.
SO WE CAN GET THAT REALLY
CLARIFIED.
I KNOW THAT THIS CAME UP IN NO
SMALL PART BECAUSE OF YOUR
INTEREST AND CONCERN AROUND THE
CENTRAL, THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR.
AND THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH
THERE MAY BE SOME CAPITAL
PIECES ABOUT THAT, THERE IS SOME
OPERATIONAL ISSUES WE WANT SOME
INFORMATION ON AS WELL.
HOW ABOUT AFTER THIS MEETING,
YOU AND I SIT DOWN AND TALK
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE WILL INVITE DAN TO THAT
MEETING SO IT IS CLEAR.
I WOULD LIKE YOU, I DO NOT WANT
TO JUST BE GOING TO REPORTS FOR
THE SAKE OF REPORTS BUT IF WE
ARE REAL CLEAR ON THE OUTCOMES
WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THE NEXT REPORT COMES IN
LATE MARCH, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YEAH SO THE EXECUTIVE IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO PROVIDE A
FOURTH-QUARTER REPORT FOR 2018.
THIS BEFORE WE , THERE IS A
LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE
ALREADY REPORTING ON FOUR 2018.
THAT HAS, THAT IS SEPARATE FROM
THE RESOLUTIONS BOARD BEFORE
YOU TODAY.
WE EXPECT THE FOURTH-QUARTER
REPORT TO COME ON MARCH 22
AFTER THE BOOKS HAVE CLOSED ON
2018 AND THE EXECUTIVE HAS BEEN
ABLE TO PREPARE THOSE REPORTS.
THE FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT IN
2019, THE QUARTER ENDS ON MARCH
31 AND EIGHT WEEKS LATER
APPROXIMATELY MAY 24 IS WHEN WE
WILL EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE
FIRST QUARTER REPORT FOR 2019.
>> SODAS ARE RESOLUTION
IDENTIFY PROJECTS FOR SORT OF
LOOKING BACKWARDS FOR 2018?
>> IT DOES NOT.
>> SO WHAT PROJECTS ARE THE
FOURTH-QUARTER 2018, WHAT
PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE
RECOVERED BY THAT REPORT?
>> THEY ARE A VERY SIMILAR LIST
OF PROJECTS TO THE LIST THAT
IS IN THIS RESOLUTION, THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
REPORTS ON IN 2019 BUT THEY ARE
EFFECTIVELY NEARING THE END OF
CONSTRUCTION AND SO THEY HAVE
FALLEN OFF THE 2019 LIST, I AM
THINKING OF ANY SUBSTATION
PROJECT FOR INSTANCE.
BUT IF THE PROJECT WAS ON IN
2018, AND IT IS NOT YET
COMPLETE, IT ROLLED INTO 2019
AND WE ADDED A FEW MORE.
>> AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, DID
THE , WE RECEIVED A LIST FROM
THE EXECUTIVE AND PRESUMABLY
THE COUNSEL EDITS AS WELL.
>> YES THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THE RESOLUTION 31853 FROM
NOVEMBER OF 2018 ASKED FOR THE
EXECUTIVE TO ESSENTIALLY PROPOSE
SOME PROJECTS FOR THE COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION BY JANUARY 15 AND
THE EXECUTIVE MET THAT DEADLINE
AND SUBMITTED A PROPOSED LIST.
ALL OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSALS
HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AND ARE
INCLUDED IN THE LIST BEFORE YOU.
THREE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WERE
ADDED.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A FEEL
FOR WHAT WE CAN EXPECT AS IT
RELATES TO REPORTING FOR
PROJECTS ON THE WASHED LIST?
>> YES AS YOU MENTIONED THE
NOVEMBER 2018 RESOLUTION
REFERENCED A FORMAT AND
EXPECTATIONS FOR THE QUARTERLY,
THE ENHANCED QUARTERLY REPORT
FOR THIS WATCHLIST OF PROJECTS.
THAT WILL ADDRESS BUDGET AND,
SO THE ADOPTED CIP FOR A SIX-
YEAR LOOK.
IT WILL LOOK AT HOW, HOW ACTUAL
COSTS ARE MARRYING UP AGAINST
THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND WHAT THE TREND LINE IS,
WHAT IS, WHAT IS GOING TO BE
REPORTED ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
DO THEY THINK THAT BASED ON
WHAT THEY KNOW, EACH
PROGRESSIVE QUARTER THINK IF
THEY WILL OR WON'T BE ABLE TO
MEET THAT LIFETIME PROJECT
BUDGET, THEY WILL DO A SIMILAR
ANALYSIS ON SCHEDULE, AND THEY
WILL ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
GENERAL RISKS THAT THE PROJECT
IS FACING, AND SOME STRATEGIES
FOR ADDRESSING THE BUDGET
SCHEDULE AND SCOPE RISKS.
>> I THINK COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL HAD A QUESTION.
HARRELL .
>> ARE YOU FINISHED, I
ACTUALLY WAS ENJOYING HER
QUESTIONING, I ENJOYED
EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
I HAD SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT
THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE WILL
LOOK AT YOUR REPORT, GOING TO
THIS COMMITTEE OR THE
SUBSEQUENT COMMITTEE THAT HAS
OVERSIGHT.
MAYBE I WILL JUST TELL YOU WHAT
I AM THINKING AT THIS POINT BUT
CERTAINLY WE COULD TALK OFF-
LINE AND FIGURE IT OUT.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING,
PURSUANT TO THE RESOLUTION
QUITE CANDIDLY IS, YOU KNOW,
THE PERCENTAGE OF POTENTIAL
OVERRUNS LOOKING AT THE
LIFESPAN OF THE PROJECT AND A
CONSTANT THRESHOLD, WHETHER IT
IS FIVE PERCENT OR 25 PERCENT
OR 30 PERCENT AMONGST ALL THE
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER
THAT IS ASKED ON ORDER LIGHT.
PARTICULARLY WITH SPU OUR CITY
LIGHT WHERE IT COULD AFFECT
RATES.
I LEAN TOWARD MORE OF A
CENTRALIZED APPROACH HAVING IT
ON THIS CREDIT COMMITTEE SO WE
CAN DEVELOP COMMON CRITERIA AND
FORMATTING.
BUT WITH THE INSISTENCE THAT
SENT.
OF COURSE MAKES SURE THAT THE
PERSON WITH COMMITTEE
RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE TABLE
FORMAT ALL THE WAY.
THE OTHER PART OF MY CONCERN TO
SUPPORT THAT ARGUMENT IS THAT
WHEN SOMETIMES A COMMITTEE
CHAIR IS CLOSE TO THE SUBJECT
MATTER AND THEY ARE A STRONG
ADVOCATE PERHAPS, THE PROJECT
IS SOMETIMES NICE TO HAVE OTHER
OPINIONS ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE
NOW YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR
PHYSICAL PRUDENCE HAD ON AS
OPPOSED TO THE ADVOCACY OF IT.
SO I THINK MAYBE HAVING IT
CENTRALIZED MAKES SENSE.
THAT IS JUST SORT OF MY
REACTION TO I THINK THE SAGE
POINTS YOU MADE.
>> I THINK THAT IS GOOD AND MY
FOLLOW-UP WITH THAT IS ONE OF
THE BEST PRESENTATIONS THAT WE
HAD HAD ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT
INCLUDED SEAWALL AND OUR
WATERFRONT PROJECT OVER THE
YEARS.
AND WHETHER IT WAS
TRANSPORTATION WOULD COME IN OR
THE SEAWALL COMMITTEE OR
MARSHAL FOSTER. AND THEY WOULD
COME IN, YOU REMEMBER THE RISK
CHART AND THERE WAS A RED GREEN
AND YELLOW ANALYSIS AND ALMOST
SCOPE SCHEDULE BUDGET
PRIMARILY, AND IF THINGS WERE
GOOD AND THERE ON SCHEDULE AND
THEY WERE ON BUDGET AND IT WAS
GREEN AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE
THERE THAT THEY WANTED TO ALERT
US TO, IF IT WAS YELLOW AND IF
IT WAS OVER BUDGET OR OFF
SCHEDULE OR SUDDENLY THE SCOPE
WHICH CHANGE DRAMATICALLY, THEN
THERE WAS A RED ALERT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A
CONTINUED ANALYSIS THAT WAY.
SO I THINK IT ALSO WOULD BE
REALLY GOOD FOR A DASHBOARD.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL.
I HAVE RECEIVED A PLEA FROM
PARTIES THAT I WILL NOT NAME
THAT WE DO NOT CREATE ANOTHER
COMMITTEE.
SO THE IDEA OF DOING IT WITH
THE CHAIRS PERMISSION, DOING A
QUARTERLY AND INVITING THE
CHAIRS OF THE OTHER CAPITAL
COMMITTEES I THINK THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
>> I THINK BOLSTERING THAT
CONCLUSION THAT YOU ALL HAVE
JUST AGREED ON, I WOULD JUST
POINT OUT THAT THE WATCHLIST IS
ON THE ORDER OF 20 PROJECTS OR
SO.
THE PROJECTS AS I DESCRIBED
THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW,
SIGNIFICANT SCOPE RISK OR THERE
IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT HOW
THERE WERE GOING TO GET FUNDED
ETC.
BUT THERE ARE I THINK SOMETHING
ON THE ORDER OF 600 CAPITAL
PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE CIP.
AND SO, FOR ALL PROJECTS IN THE
BALANCE OF THE 600 PROJECTS, WE
WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING A
SUMMARY REPORT THAT IS ON THE
HANDFUL OF PAGES THAT TELLS
YOU, I THINK, INTERESTING
INFORMATION BY DEPARTMENT ABOUT
ALL THE CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE
UNDERWAY, INCLUDING THEIR
LIFETIME BUDGET.
THEIR LIFE TO DATE EXPENDITURE.
THEIR SCHEDULES, ETC.
AND A FIELD FOR, FOR SOME
INFORMATION IN NARRATIVE FORM.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD.
SO WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO
ADD TO THAT?
>> I THINK WE HAVE COVERED IT.
>> OKAY VERY GOOD.
SO DAN, YOU AND I WILL FOLLOW
UP ON THIS . COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, WILL SWING BACK BY
YOUR OFFICE AND I WILL SEE IF
WE CAN GET SOME AND WE WILL ASK
ALLISON TO HELP US GET
SCHEDULED WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT IS
COMING IN AND THERE WILL BE
SOMETHING IN MARCH OR EARLY
APRIL?
AND THEN JUNE OR JULY.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE IN
SEPTEMBER BEFORE BUDGET GETS
STARTED.
>> EXACTLY
>> ALL RIGHT VERY GOOD AT ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS?
ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ORDER?
SHALL WE?
>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
>> RIGHT TO VOTE.
>> I AM PREPARED TO.
>> OH OKAY, I DID NOT KNOW IF
YOU WANTED MORE DETAILS.
BUT I AM GOOD WITH THAT.
SO DID YOU PROPERLY READ THAT
IN?
A
>> I DID.
>> KNOW THAT'S GOOD, I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE THAT OPTION
RESOLUTION 31866.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
I. AND THERE IS NONE OPPOSED
AND NO ABSTENTIONS.
THANKS FOR COMING AND THANKS
FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER?
IF NOT, MEETING IS ADJOURNED
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH ALLISON,
THANKS FOR ORGANIZING
EVERYTHING TODAY DAN, MANY
THANKS.