GOOD AFTERNOON.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 18th.
2019.
IT IS 2:03 P.M.
THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE GENDER EQUITY SAFE
COMMUNITIES.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
I'M COUNCIL MORALES AND OUR
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THERE ARE TEN ITEMS.
WE WILL CONSIDER A VOTE ON SIX
APPOINTMENTS AND ONE
REAPPOINTMENT TO THE
COMMISSION.
FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION, WE
WILL DISCUSS AND LIKELY VOTE ON
TWO RESOLUTIONS, ONE IS A
PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE
SEATTLE SCHOOLS AND ANOTHER ONE
WITH THE SEATTLE COLLEGES.
LASTLY, WE WILL DISCUSS THE
2018 FAMILIES, EDUCATION,
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL
TIME CONCLUDING WITH WHAT I
HOPE WILL BE A VOTE ON THAT
PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS AND THE
FULL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR
FINAL CONSIDERATION FOR THE
FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY APRIL
22nd ON MONDAY AT 2:00 P.M.
BEFORE WE CONTINUE, WE WILL
HOLD OUR REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD.
I WILL CALL OUT EACH
INDIVIDUAL'S NAME IN THE ORDER
THEY SIGNED UP.
EACH INDIVIDUAL IS ASKED TO
BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT BY
REMINDING US OF THEIR NAME AND
BY SPEAKING TO AN ITEM ON THE
AGENDA FOR TODAY.
EACH SPEAKER HAS UP TO TWO
MINUTES TO PROVIDE US PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AFTER THE TWO MINUTES I WILL
ASK YOU TO WRAP UP AND YOUR
MICROPHONE WILL BE TURNED OFF.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
THE FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP IS
MELISSA WESTBROOK AND SANDRA
TAYLOR.
>> MY NAME IS MELISSA WESBROOK
AND I WRITE THE BLOG IN
WASHINGTON STATE.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
MAYOR'S IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR
THE FAMILY'S LEVY.
ACCORDING TO CHART SCHOOL LAW
IF A CHARTER IS NOT PART OF A
GROUP IT IS ITS OWN DISTRICT.
WHY IS SEATTLE SCHOOLS
REQUIRING A SIGNED PARTNERSHIP
FOR THE GRADUATES TO HAVE
ACCESS TO THE PROMISE FUND BUT
CHARTER SCHOOLS DO NOT ON PAGE
10.
WHY WAY ABOUT THE HOMELESS
STUDENTS AROUND SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, THAT IS PART OF
CHARTER SCHOOL RESPONSIBILITY
AS WELL.
ALSO I ASSUME THIS PLAN IS
RECENT BUT I NOTE ON PAGE 72 IT
SAYS SEATTLE SCHOOL SERVES 2000
HOMELESS STUDENTS.
IT IS MORE LIKE 3000.
NUMBER THREE ON THE PREVIOUS
POINT I WANT TO NOTE WHEN YOU
ARE MEASURING OUTCOMES IT IS
POPE TO REMEMBER THAT CHARTER
SCHOOLS CAN LIMIT THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS IN THEIR SCHOOL AND
CONTROL WHO COME IN AND EXIT
STUDENTS THAT DO NOT WANT TO
SERVE THEM.
EASIER WITH BETTER OUTCOMES.
WHEN YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR
STUDENT BODIES.
CHARTER SCHOOLS IS NOT DEFINED
IN THE GLOSS SARY.
WHEN THE CHARTER LAW PASSED IT
WAS VOTED DOWN IN SEATTLE BY A
WIDE MARGIN.
CHARTER LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE
YOU TO INCLUDE CHARTER SCHOOLS
YOU ARE DOING THIS AS A -- THE
MAYOR IS DOING THIS AS PURELY
POLITICAL MOVE.
DURING THE LEVY CAMPAIGN I
ASKED IF CHARTERS WOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO THE K12 FUNDS AND I
WAS TOLD WE ARE WAITING FOR AN
OPINION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AFTER IT PASSED I ASKED THE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEY SAY
THERE'S NO LEGAL OPINION.
CLEARLY THERE WAS NO LEGAL
OPINION TO BE WEIGHED ON.
I CALLED EVERYONE'S OFFICE
DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND GOT
WAFFLING ANSWERS ABOUT YOUR
SUPPORT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.
FACE TO FACE BOTH OF YOU TOLD
ME YOU DID NOT SUPPORT THEM.
IF YOU WAFFLE ON YOUR SUPPORT
FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THIS
PLAN IT WILL NOT SERVE YOU
WELL.
CORY BOOKER AND BETTO O'ROURKE
WILL FIND THAT OUT IN THEIR
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS HOW MUCH
CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOT PART OF
A CONGRESSIONAL JEAN AND IF YOU
ASPIRE TO HIGHER OFFICE I
SUGGEST YOU CONSIDER THAT.
THANK.
>> NEXT PERSON IS SANDRA TAYLER
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAYNES.
>> MY NAME IS SANDRA TAYLER AND
I AM THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
COORDINATOR OF RESOURCES AND I
JUST WANT TO SPEAK QUICKLY TO A
FEW POINTS.
FIRST IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THE UNIQUENESS OF THE
FAMILY CHILD CARE MODEL.
FC C PROVIDERS CULTIVATE AND
MAINTAIN DEEPER RELATIONSHIPS
WITH BOTH THE CHILDREN IN THEIR
CARE AND THEIR FAMILIES LARGELY
DUE TO THE INTIMACY.
THIS UNDERSTANDING OF NEED
COMBINED WITH THE NIMBLENESS OF
A SMALLER PROGRAM IMPACT HOW A
PROVIDER CUSTOMIZES HER
TEACHING, CARE GIVING AND
PARENT INVOLVEMENT.
THESE TWO UNIQUE STRENGTHS
DEFINITELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE
POSITIVE OUTCOMES THAT THE
PILOT PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCED.
IT WAS EASY FOR ALL SICK OF THE
PROVIDERS IN OUR HUB THESE PAST
TWO YEARS TO IDENTIFY
DIFFERENCES OF THE PROGRAMS
PRIOR TO FPT PILOT COMPARED TO
THE PROGRAMS TODAY.
FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO
ALL OF THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE ONE
EVIDENCE BASED CURRICULUM TO
GUIDE DAILY LEARNING
ACTIVITIES.
TWO ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO BETTER
TRACK CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT
AND PROGRESS TOWARDS MILESTONES
ACCESS TO THIRD PARTY HEALTH
SCREENINGS THAT IDENTIFY
LEARNING, BARRIERS SUCH AS
VISION IMPAIRMENTS OR
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS THAT NEED
MEDICAL INTERVENTION.
FOUR, BIANNUAL OBSERVATION
VISITS FROM THE U DUB
ASSESSMENT TEAM TO TRACK THE
OUTCOMES OF THE TOOLS.
AND JUST FROM A PERSONAL
TESTIMONY OF ONE OF OUR
HOMELESS FAMILIES, I THINK
THAT'S WHERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST
IMPACTS HAVE BEEN.
WE HAD A CASE WHERE A YOUNG
MOTHER WAS HOMELESS.
SHE DID COUCH SURFING.
WITH PARENTS FOR A WHILE AND
NOW AT A SHELTER.
UNFORTUNATELY SHE WAS OUT OF
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, BUT WE
FOUND OUT WE COULD STILL GET
HER IN.
SHE WAS ECSTATIC FOR THAT
REASON.
I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THIS
PROGRAM.
A GREAT PROGRAM AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN
THE COMING YEARS.
>> THANK YOU, SANDRA.
>> FINAL SPEAKER IS DAVID
HAYNES.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S REMEMBER THAT SEATTLE
LEGALIZED PROPERLY GLOBE
MARIJUANA AND STOPPING THE
COCAINE AND CRACK LEVY
DESTROYING INNOCENCE SO WHAT
THIS COMMUNITY COMMISSIONED
LET'S KEEP A SOBER MIND IN
FACT, THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS
RAGE AND HATE THAT WE SHOULD
NOT PUSH DRUG PUSHERS TO
DESTROY PEOPLE LIVES.
AND THERE WAS A COURT CASE
THROWN OUT LAST FRIDAY AFTER 20
MINUTES OF BASICALLY DENYING AN
INNOCENT PERSON'S RIGHTS.
THE POLICE HAVE BEEN TAKING PAY
OFFS FROM THE BARTENDERS IN
OVERTIME PAYMENTS IN BELL TOWN
AND THEY ARE LITERALLY LYING ON
POLICE REPORTS AND CAUSING
INNOCENT PEOPLE TO BE JAILED
AND SCREWED WITH FOR 20
MINUTES.
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A GREAT
SURGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON ALL
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
FOR THE POLICE TO BE KEPT
HONEST SO THAT JUSTICE
PREVAILS.
GOOD LUCK.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT IS THE LAST PERSON WE
HAVE SIGNED UP ON THE SIGN-UP
SHEET.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING WITH US
TODAY THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE
TO SIGN UP THAT WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER PUBLIC TESTIMONY?
SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE OUT
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
BEGIN THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
IF YOU ARE HERE FOR POINT OR
REPOINT TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION I WILL ASK THAT YOU
MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE TABLE AND
WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING.
I WILL HAVE ROXANNE READ THE
JEAN ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN
INTO THE RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENTS ONE THROUGH
SEVEN APPOINTS 1294 THROUGH
1300.
POINTS OF NATASHA MOORE MARK
MALIGNS AND TAIWAN.
THE POLICE COMMISSION FOR A
TERM FROM DECEMBER 31st, 2019
AND APPOINTMENTS OF GRAND WHERE
GRANT, ESTER LOU AND ANN
CURSEY.
SEATTLE POLICE COMMISSION FOR A
TERM OF DECEMBER 31st, 2021 AND
REPOINT OF JOSEPH SAYA AS
MEMBERS OF SEATTLE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31st, 2019 FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>>> GREAT.
THANK YOU ROXANNEA.
OKAY.
I THINK WE GOT EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND DO A
QUICK ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS,
YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND I
WILL HAND IT TO CODY THAT WILL
KICK US OFF AND CODY, AFTER YOU
WILL BE GOVERNOR RAFON.
>> CODY.
>> CHA FANNA WITH MAYOR KURKAN
OFFICER MARK MULLINS FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> NATASHA MOORE.
>> BRANDY GRANT.
>> CARISSA.
>> GREAT.
WHEN YOU SPEAK INTO THE
MICROPHONE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE IT CLOSE AND THE
GREEN LIGHT ON THE STEM HAS TO
BE ON IF YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING.
THEY ARE SENSITIVE WHEN WHEN
YOU GET THEM CLOSE.
IT IS A HOT MIKE IF THAT GREEN
LIGHT IS ON.
MY STAFF LIKES TO REMIND ME OF
THAT.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET
STARTED.
CODY, WHY DON'T YOU GET US
GOING?
>> AMONG THE 7 APPOINTMENTS, WE
HAVE THE TABLE OF FOUR.
MADE BY COUNCIL GONZALEZ AND I
WILL INTRODUCE THE FOUR
NOMINEES BUT I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE THAT, THE
GAPS ANALYSIS REPORT COMPLETED
BY C P C IN FEBRUARY OF 2018.
A GUIDE TO SOME OF THE
REPRESENTATIVES GAPS THAT WERE
NOT REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD.
AND IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR
US IN DOING RECRUITMENT AND
SELECTION OF NOMINEES SO THANK
YOU FOR THAT.
SO AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS
COUNCIL GONZALEZ WE HAVE BRANDY
GRANT.
BRANDY IS CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM
MANAGER AT THE ALLIANCE
RESPONSIBILITY FOUNDATION.
THERE SHE WORKS TO BUILD A
NETWORK OF ADVOCATES TO PROMOTE
EDUCATION AWARENESS AND
RECOVERY SERVICES FOR
SURVIVORS.
20 PLUS YEARS OF COMMUNITY WORK
IN ORGANIZING MENTAL HEALTH AND
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
EARNED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT
THE UNIVERSITY TULSA AND THE
MASTER'S AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
OKLAHOMA.
NATASHA MOORE WORKS AS PROGRAM
MANAGER WITH CHOOSE 180.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
ORGANIZATION.
SHE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE
YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE AND A
BOARD MEMBER OF THE DEACON HILL
HUB AND ENROLLED AT SEATTLE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
>> CARISSA WORKS AS A CEDAR
NAVIGATOR.
SHE SUPPORTS YOUTH AND THEIR
FAMILIES FACING THE FELONY
CHARGE.
SHE WORKED AS CASE MANAGER FOR
C CYJ'S LINK INTERVENTION TEAM
WHILE BEING EMPLOYED BY THE
YMCA.
SHE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
AND HELENA WORKS AS A ROLE FOR
THE SEATTLE EQUITY SUPPORTING
ORGANIZATIONS TO STRENGTH AN
THE RACIAL STRATEGIES AND
PRACTICES.
PREVIOUSLY HELENA WORKED AT
93.3FM AND SEVERAL ROLES AS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER.
EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF.
>> WE WILL GET TO A POINT WHERE
YOU WILL GET TO IDENTIFY
YOURSELF.
AGAIN AND WE WILL ASK QUESTIONS
AND ALLOW YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO
GIVE REMARKS.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHY DON'T WE
HEAR MORE.
>> IT IS MIGRATE PLEASURE ON
BEHALF MAYOR DURKAN TO NOMINATE
ESTER LUCERO TO THE POLICE
COMMISSION.
ESTER AS MANY KNOW IS THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT THE
SEATTLE BOARD IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
SEATTLE BOARD IS A COMMUNITY
PILLAR HELPING TO SUPPORT OUR
NATIVE NEIGHBORS AND THEY
OPERATE A TREATMENT CENTER.
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.
THEY ALSO HOST THE URBAN INDIAN
HEALTH INSTITUTE.
ONE OF 12 TRIBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
CENTERS.
SHE IS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
GOVERNING BOARD AND PROUD TO BE
A DELEGATE FOR THE AMERICAN
INDIAN HEALTH COMMISSION.
GREAT.
>> AND NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LOPEZ.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
WE ARE ALL EXCITED.
WE WELCOME THEM WITH OPEN ARMS.
THE CBC HAS SEVEN POSITIONS TWO
ARE RESERVED FOR SEATTLE LAW
ENFORCEMENT UNION
REPRESENTATIVES.
ONE FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICER'S GUILD AND ONE FROM
THE SEATTLE POLICE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION.
AND TODAY OFFICER MULLINS,
OFFICER MARK MULLINS WILL FILL
THE SPOT, OFFICER GUILD'S
POSITION THAT WAS FORMALLY
KEVIN STUCKEY.
OFFICER KEVIN STUCKEY'S FORMER
POSITION.
OFFICER MULLINS WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN DAYTON, OHIO AND
RECEIVED HIS POLITICAL SCIENCE
DEGREE FROM CENTRAL STATE
UNIVERSITY.
OFFICER MULLINS WORKED FOR
INTEL AND MICROSOFT.
HE BECAME AN OFFICER IN 1990
AND WORKED IN SOUTH PRECINCT
FOR 19 YEARS WHERE HE SPENT
SEVERAL YEARS ON THE ANTI CRIME
TEAM.
WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
MOUNTAIN BIKE PATROL OFFICERS
WHERE HE HAS TOLD ME BACK THEN
THEY DIDN'T PUT THOSE BIKES
TOGETHER FOR THEM.
THEY JUST KIND OF GOT ON A BIKE
AND ROLLED.
AS A COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER.
IN THE LAST POSITION, HE HAS
WORKED CLOSELY WITH EL CENTRAL
AND THE COMMUNITY AT THE
HOUSING PROGRAM AS WELL AS
OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS.
IN 2015, HIS CAR WAS SELECTED
TO NOT ANSWER 911 CALLS BECAUSE
HE IS ON PATROL BUT TO INSTEAD
RIDE AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY
AND ENGAGE WITH YOUTH SO HE IS
ACTUALLY A PATROL THAT DOESN'T
COMING UP BUT TALKS TO FOLKS
AND ENGAGES AND MAKES
RELATIONSHIP.
HE WAS VOTED OFFICER OF THE
YEAR FOR SOUTH PRECINCT IN
2017.
OFFICER MULLINS CURRENTLY
SERVES AS SHOP STEWARD FOR
SPAING.
HE BELIEVES HE CAN RESTORE
COMMUNITY FAITH IN THE POLICE
AND ENJOYS GOOD NETFLIX
DOCUMENTARIES AND FISHES FOR
BASS ON HIS BOAT WEATHER
PERMITTING ALSO HERE IS JOSEPH
ZSAA HERE FOR REAPPOINTMENT.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH
SERVICES AT NEW HORIZONS.
HE IS ALSO OUR NEWEST CHAIR OF
OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
COMMITTEE AND RECENTLY WENT
WITH SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND CP C FOLKS THAT WENT TO
DENVER TO DO A SITE VISIT ON
THE KIDS ANXIETY PROGRAM AND
DOES YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORK.
HE IS A BOARD CO-CHAIR FOR
UTOPIA WHICH TRANSCEND PEOPLE
OF COLOR GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATION.
AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING
REVEREND WILL BE UP FOR
REAPPOINTMENT AND I WILL
INTRODUCE HER AT THAT TIME.
>> GREAT.
>> AND I AM HERE TO WELCOME ALL
OF THE NEW APPOINTEES AS A CO-
CHAIR TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
COMMISSION AND WE ARE EXCITED
TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE COMING ON.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIG
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR
SAYING YES.
YES IS SO IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S
WORLD AND YOU SAID YES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU REVEREND WALDEN.
WHY DON'T WE START WHERE WE
ENDED WITH COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION NOMINATIONS AND ONE
APPOINTMENT, ONE REAPPOINTMENT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE
JOSEPH IS HERE YOU ALL ARE
HAPPY WITH HIS WORK AND WANT
HIM TO CONTINUE TO DO SAID
WORK.
GREAT.
JOSEPH, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE
WITH US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE
THUS FAR ON THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
WHERE YOU THINK THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION IS HEADED OR
NEEDS TO HELP AND HOW YOU HOPE
TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT
THROUGH YOUR REAPPOINTMENT.
>> IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE A
PART OF THE CPC IN THE PAST
YEAR AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
I HAVE SEEN IT WORK BEING LED
BY ROXANNEA AT CPC GROW IN SO
MANY WAYS AND GROW IN
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH OUR
PARTNERS IN WAYS THAT IS NOT
ALWAYS REACTIVE BUT HOW DO WE
CONTINUE TO STRENGTH AN THOSE
TIES WITH COMMUNITY NONPROFITS
AND WITH THE OTHER SYSTEMS
úPARTNERS.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING
AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
>> EXCELLENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JOSEPH?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT
THE SERVICES DURING A COMMUNITY
TOUR.
EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK YOU DO.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT I'M PROBABLY
GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY.
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN TERMS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY?
WHO DO YOU SEE YOURSELF BEING
ACCOUNTABLE TO AND WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN AND LOOK LIKE NOW.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
I USED TO WORK THERE AT THE
SERVICES BUT I AM NOW AT NEW
HORIZONS.
I CURRENTLY CHAIR AND
COLLABORATIVE WITH 16 YOUTH
HOMELESS ORGANIZATIONS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS
INTERACTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH
POLICE AND SHELTER SERVICES AND
EMERGENCY SERVICES WITH THEIR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OFTEN THE
MOST INSTITUTIONIZED AND PICKED
UP AND VERY MUCH INVOLVED.
WITH OUR WORK WE WANT TO BRING
THE CHALLENGES THAT HAPPENS
RIGHT THERE AT THE FRONT LINES
OF WHERE THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
MEET THE POLICING WORLD.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN OFFER
THAT CAN IMPROVE AND HOW CAN WE
INSTITUTIONALIZE SOME OF THOSE
IMPROVEMENTS.
PART IS HOW TO INCREASE TRAUMA
INFORMED CARE AND THE POINTS
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
INTERSECTING WITH.
A LOT OF CITY DOLLARS GOING TO
POLICE AND CITY DOLLARS GOING
TO THE AGENCIES AND THERE ARE
PING POINTS IN WHERE THE CITY
DOLLARS MEET, RIGHT?
SO HOW DO WE ON THE GROUND GIVE
THAT INSIGHT BACK TO THE
SYSTEMS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO
SERVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, MOSTLY
YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
MOSTLY YOUNG LGTBQ AND
INDIGENOUS YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO KIND OF TAKE THESE
IN REVERSE ORDER SINCE
REAPPOINTMENT AND MOVE FOR YOUR
REAPPOINTMENT FIRST.
I WILL MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF
THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH SAY
AS POLICE COMMISSION FOR A TERM
OF DECEMBER 31st, 2021.
0130 APPOINTMENT.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
ALL THOSE SAY AYE.
NOBODY ELSE TO OPPOSE.
THE AYES HAVE IT AND YOUR
REAPPOINTMENT CONSIDERED ON
MONDAY, APRIL 22nd AT OUR FULL
COUNCIL MEETING AT 2:00 P.M.
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN
US BUT NOT REQUIRED TO.
DO I HAVE TO MOVE TO SUSPEND
THE RULES?
29TH.
APRIL 29TH.
I GOT THE DATE WRONG.
FOLKS OVER HERE KEEP ME HONEST.
APRIL 29th.
ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OFFICER
MULLINS.
WE ALREADY HEARD A LITTLE BIT
OF INTRODUCTION.
FOR OFFICER MULLINS.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
CHANCE TO SHARE WITH US WHY YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING IN
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
AND WHAT YOU HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
BRING TO THE CONVERSATION.
>> WELL, IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THE
POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY SHOULD
BE ONE.
SEAMLESS.
WHEN I WORKED IN COMMUNITY
POLICING I LEARNED THAT EVEN
MORE.
I CAME OUT OF PATROL AND WORKED
WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICE TEAM
AND I WORKED BEACON HILL.
I WAS THE BEACON HILL OFFICER.
WHAT I ATTEMPTED TO DO WAS
EMPOWER PEOPLE TO BASICALLY
POLICE THEMSELVES IN THAT THEY
WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A LOT
OF THINGS IN THE AREA.
MAINLY SOME PROBLEMS WITH
HOMELESSNESS, SOME PROBLEMS
WITH PEOPLE IN THE GREEN BELT
THAT WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEMS
AND A FEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES
THAT HAPPENED TO BE A LITTLE
BIT OUT OF CONTROL.
SO BASICALLY I SAID THIS IS
YOUR HOUSE.
THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS YOUR AREA.
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE
CONTROL OF.
NOT I. I'M NOT GOING TO -- I
CAN'T BE THERE ALL THE TIME.
I CAN'T SEE ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT YOU SEE SO YOU HAVE GOT TO
HELP ME.
BASICALLY IN THAT I WAS ABLE TO
FORM A UNION IN WHICH WE COULD
WORK WITH THE LANDLORDS IN THE
AREA.
WORK ON PROGRAMS TO HELP THE
PEOPLE IN THE GREEN BELT SO
THAT WE COULD CALM DOWN SOME OF
THE EFFECTS OF SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON IN
THE AREA.
AND IT WORKED PRETTY WELL.
I HAVE LEARNED EARLY IN MY
CAREER THAT THE POLICE CAN'T DO
THEIR JOB WITHOUT THE
COMMUNITY.
AND I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE
INFORMED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT
POLICE DO.
SOME TACTICS THAT WE USE, THE
COMMUNITY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS.
SOMETIMES POLICE WILL COME AND
TAKE SOMEONE AWAY AND PEOPLE
WILL BE STANDING THERE GOING
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
WHY DID THEY JUST YANK THAT GUY
OFF OF THE STREET.
THERE HAS TO BE SOMEONE THAT
LINGERS BEHIND TO SAY IS THERE
ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT
HAVE ABOUT WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE
TIME TO EXPLAIN.
THAT'S ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THE
REASON I WANT TO BE IN THIS
COMMISSION.
I WANT TO HELP TO BRIDGE THAT
GAP OF UNDERSTANDING.
IF YOU JUST TALK TO PEOPLE
ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
SOMETIMES THAT CLEARS UP A LOT
OF THINGS.
THAT CLEARS UP A LOT OF
SITUATIONS THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE A PROBLEM BETWEEN POLICE AND
THE COMMUNITY.
WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I'M GOING TO HELP WITH
THAT.
BUT UNDERSTANDING AND BEING
ABLE TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE
THINGS WE DO AND THE TACTICS
THAT WE USE MIGHT HELP BRIDGE
THAT GAP BETWEEN POLICE AND THE
COMMUNITY.
SO I AM EXCITED.
>> GREAT.
IN THE INVERSE.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE
BRINGING INFORMATION FROM THE
NONSWORN MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSION BACK TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO SHARE WHAT YOU
ARE HEARING FROM, DIRECTLY FROM
THE COMMUNITY?
HOW DO YOU THINK THE BRIDGE
GETS BUILT IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION?
>> I AM IN S P AG.
I'M A SHOP STEWARD IN SPAG AND
I ATTEND A LOT OF MEETINGS SO I
WOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
WITH A LOT OF MY FELLOW
OFFICERS.
IN SOUTH PRECINCT I HAVE
VARIOUS WAYS AND MEETINGS WHERE
I MEET WITH A LOT OF MY
OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO GET
INFORMATION OUT TO THEM.
I BELIEVE I CAN START THAT WAY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU COUNCIL,
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE DONE.
I NOTE THAT NOMINATION CAME
FROM REVEREND HARRIET WALDEN
AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE
ONGOING EFFORTS AROUND THESE
COLLABORATIONS AND HOW YOU SEE
THAT IN YOUR WORK.
>> I KNOW REVEREND HARRIS FROM
VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT
I HAVE BEEN TO OVER THE MANY
YEARS.
BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY WORKED
WITH HER ORGANIZATION.
I HAVE BEEN VERY AWARE OF THEM.
VERY AWARE OF HER ORGANIZATION
AND HER PRESENCE.
MAYBE SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE
EYE TO EYE BUT I LOVE HER
DEARLY AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE
WAS A GREAT PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> OKAY.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I WILL GO AHEAD AND
MOVE FOR THIS APPOINTMENT AS
WELL WHICH IS APPOINTMENT THAT
IS BEING ADVANCED BY THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
01298.
I WILL MOVE APPOINTMENT 01298
THE APPOINTMENT OF MARK MULLINS
FOR THE POLICE COMMISSION FOR A
TERM OF DECEMBER 31st, 2019.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
THE AYES HAVE IT AND THIS WILL
BE CONSIDERED AT FULL COUNCIL
MONDAY APRIL 29th.
2019 AT 2:00 P.M.
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND.
BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND
IF YOU WISH TO DO SO.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHTY SO MOVING RIGHT
ALONG.
LET'S MOVE OVER TO THE MAYOR
OFFICE NOMINATION FOR COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION SO WE HAVE
HER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ESTER
BUT MAYBE ESTER YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING
ON THE POLICE COMMISSION AND
WHAT YOU HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH.
>> SURE.
FIRST LET ME SAY IT IS
INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE TO HAVE
MAYOR DURKAN'S CONFIDENCE AND
TO SIT WITH TWO WOMEN THAT I
RESPECT SO MUCH.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
AS WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT
POLICE REFORM AND MAYBE
THINKING ABOUT MORE COMMUNITY
POLICE MODELS THAT HEALTHCARE
IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS
VALUE WHEN WE HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS AND REALLY THINKING
ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THE
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY
HOLISTICALLY WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BEING ONE COMPONENT.
WE OPERATE A 65 BED RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT PROGRAM AND WE RUN AN
EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER.
WE CAN REALLY SUPPORT THE NEEDS
AROUND ADDICTION AND ADDRESSING
THOSE CHALLENGES AND THINKING
ABOUT MORE COMMUNITY GUIDED
DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION
EFFORTS THAT CAN BE BENEFICIAL.
I THINK THAT INTEGRATED MODEL
THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED AT THE
SEATTLE BOARD IS CALLED IN DIG
JANOS CARE.
WE NEED TO BUILD UPON THAT TO
CREATE CHANGE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU THE
FIRST QUESTION THAT I STARTED
WITH.
WHAT DOES ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK
LIKE TO YOU AND HOW DO YOU
DEFINE THAT?
WHAT DOES THE MEAN FOR YOU?
WHO ARE YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO.
>> THE ANCESTORS OF THIS LAND
AND AS A WOMAN OUR LINEAGE IS
CARRIED THROUGH OUR MOMS AND
GRANDMOTHERS AND AS CEO FOR A
QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER WE
SERVE ALL PEOPLE AND THAT MEANS
WE SERVE ALL PEOPLE IN A NATIVE
WAY.
OUR PATIENT POPULATION STAYS
BETWEEN 65 AND 70% AMERICAN
NATIVES AND ALASKANS AN
INCREASES IN THE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN FOLKS SERVING AND VERY
PROUD OF THAT.
I THINK ALL OF THAT IS CHANGING
AND TRANSFORMING BECAUSE OF THE
TRUSS THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN
BUILDING IN THE LAST, I HAVE
BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS NOW.
I HAVE A UNIQUE POSITION WHERE
I HAVE COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS
AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND THE
INTENT IS TO BRING THE
INFORMATION OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY AND LISTEN TO THEM
AND BRING THEIR VOICES BACK.
SO THAT IS WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY
MEANS TO ME.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IN OUR
BROADER COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T MEAN TO RESTRICT THAT
JUST TO CITY LIMITS BUT I THINK
THIS PERSPECTIVE AROUND THE
INTERSECTION OF PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
FOLKS WHO STRUGGLE EVERY DAY
WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IS
A REALLY CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THE
CITY RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS ARE
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT INTERSECTION
SQUARE ON.
I THINK THERE IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
INFLUENCING THOSE FOR SAFETY
SERVICES AND THE NEED FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THAT
AREN'T GOING TO FURTHER
TRAUMAIZE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
EXPERIENCING TRAUMA.
REALLY VALUE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
AND EXPERTISE IN GUIDES THOSE
CONVERSATIONS IN THE CITY AS A
WHOLE SO THANKS FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I THINK THAT'S IT.
NO MORE QUESTIONS.
WE WILL MOVE THIS APPOINTMENT
AS WELL.
SO I WILL MOVE APPOINTMENT
01295 THE APPOINTMENT OF ESTER
LOOSER AS POLICE COMMISSION TO
A TERM OF DECEMBER 31st, 2021.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED.
THE AYES HAVE IT AND THIS
APPOINTMENT WILL BE CONSIDERED
BY FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAYAL
29th AT 2:00 P.M.
SAME SPIEL.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND BUT
NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FULL
COUNCIL MEETING.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE TO CONSIDERATION OF
THE NOMINATIONS FROM MY OFFICE
AND FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AS A
WHOLE.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT EACH OF
THESE CANDIDATES.
AS IT RELATES TO NATASHA AND
CARISSA.
I PROMISED WE CHECKED WITH
SHAWN GOOD, THEIR BOSS ABOUT
TAKING TWO PEOPLE FROM CHOOSE
180 TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY
AND REALLY EXCITED THAT SEAN IS
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH OF YOU
PARTICIPATING BECAUSE THAT IS
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE.
WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND START
WITH NATASHA.
YOU CAN JUST TALK TO US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK AND
HOW AND WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN SERVING ON THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION AND WHAT YOU
HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
AND I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBERS
MAY HAVE QUESTIONS.
I WILL SAY FOR THE AUDIENCE AND
COUNCIL MACATTA.
I SPENT TIME WITH EACH ONE OF
THE FOUR NOMINEES THAT WE HAVE
PUT FORWARD AND WANT TO THANK
THEM ALL FOR COMING INTO MY
OFFICE ON A SATURDAY.
THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT I
COULD FIND TO DO THIS AND
APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS
ABOUT WHAT YOU HOPE TO
ACCOMPLISH AND YOUR OWN
EXPERIENCES AND HOW THEY WILL
SHOW UP IN THIS ROLE.
APPRECIATE THAT.
NATASHA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI.
>> I GREW UP IN SEATS, THE
RAYNAR VALLEY COMMUNITY AND I
HAVE SEEN WHAT GOOD POLICING
LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT BAD
POLICING LOOKS LIKE AND WHEN I
WAS DOING GANG INTERVENTION
WORK WITH THE YOUTH IT WASN'T
UNTIL THEN THAT I REALIZED THAT
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY WAS
BROKEN.
AND I DID THAT FOR FIVE YEARS
AND NOW I'M AT AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED CHOOSE 180 AND WE OFFER
PROGRAMS TO KEEP YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULTS OUT OF THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL.
SO THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE WITH
THAT AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE OF
POWER WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND
ALSO WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND
YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
I FEEL THAT THE EXPERIENCE I
HAVE WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE
COMMISSION.
>> AND IS THERE ANYTHING IN
PARTICULAR YOU HOPE TO BE ABLE
TO WORK ON AS PART OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION?
>> WELL, I THINK THE FIRST
THING IS YOU KNOW KIND OF
MENDING THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE
POLICE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
THERE ARE SOME VERY POWERFUL
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
YOU KNOW WANT TO ACT ON CERTAIN
THINGS BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW
TO REALLY GO ABOUT IT.
AND YOU KNOW THEY ARE KIND OF
SCARED BECAUSE OF THE THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
AND THEN JUST HOLDING THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW THEY
DEAL WITH OUR PEOPLE.
>> GREAT.
COUNCIL MASKITTA.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> NO.
>> YOUR MIKE IS OFF.
>> SORRY.
I HAD TO SNEEZE.
YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OF YOUR WORK
WITH THE YOUTH IN THE PAST, YOU
HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE
OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT WE
WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO AND
BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO THE YOUTH
IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE
NEED TO CONTINUE TO LIFT UP.
IS THAT PART OF WHO YOU
DETERMINE YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE
TO?
>> YEAH.
DEFINITELY.
AND I THINK THAT IT IS NOT JUST
THE POLICE BUT THE PEOPLE IN
COMMUNITY NEED TO KNOW THAT
THEY HAVE A VOICE AS WELL AND
SOME PEOPLE NEED TO STEP UP
BECAUSE THE COMMISSION IS GREAT
BUT IT WILL TAKE A LARGER GROUP
OF PEOPLE TO COMING UP WITH
SOLUTIONS THAT WILL POSITIVELY
AFFECT THE SYSTEMS.
>> GREAT.
>> ANY FOLLOW-UP?
>> EXCELLENT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH NATASHA.
I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE
WORKING WITH YOUTH POPULATIONS
AND I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT
VOICE THAT THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION HAS EXPRESSED TO US
THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN
HEARING MORE FROM THAT VOICE
AND HAVE HUGE RESPECT FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THE
HUGE RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT
CHOOSE 180 DOES.
I AM EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOIN
THE C P C AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING THE
NOMINATION AND BEING WILLING TO
SERVE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> OKAY.
SO NEXT UP, WE WILL HEAR FROM
BRANDY.
YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF
IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND LET US
KNOW WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION
AND WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO
FOCUS ON?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO MY NAME IS BRANDY GRANT.
I WORK FOR THE RELIANCE
RESPONSIBILITY FOUNDATION.
I AM ORIGINALLY FROM THE STATE
OF OKLAHOMA.
A SOUTHWEST GIRL.
THE REASON I WANTED TO APPLY
FOR THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION IS TWO REASONS.
PARTIALLY IT IS PERSONAL BUT
MAINLY PROFESSIONAL AS WELL.
I'M RAISING A WONDERFUL SON, 13
YEARS OLD AND THE WAY THAT HE
PRESENTS TO THE WORLD I HAVE TO
USE THE PLATFORM THAT I HAVE
AND THE RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE
THAT HE IS ABLE TO NAVIGATE
THROUGH THIS WORLD SAFELY AND
KNOW THAT HE IS THE KING THAT
HE IS AND BE ABLE TO USE HIS
VOICE SO I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
MODEL THAT FOR HIM.
>> HOW TALL IS YOUR SON?
>> 6'4", 13 YEARS OLD.
>> 13.
>> YES.
BUT MOTHERS, PARENTS WHEN YOU
LOOK AT HIM, YOU CAN TELL HE IS
A BABY.
THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE I HAVE
WORKED IN MENTAL HEALTH AND
COMMUNITY FOR OVER 13 YEARS AND
WHERE I COME FROM, COMMUNITY IS
FAMILY, RIGHT?
THEY ARE AUNTIES AND UNCLES AND
COUSINS IN THE METAPHOR SENSE
AND I HOPE TO BRING THAT TO THE
POLICE COMMISSION TO BRIDGE
THAT GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDERS AND THE
REAL UNSONG HEROES LIKE
REVEREND WALDEN, PEOPLE THAT
HAVE MODELED THEMSELVES AFTER
HER.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
I HAVE BEEN IN GREAT COMPANY
SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE FIVE
YEARS AGO.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE LIKES OF
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHOOSE 180.
COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS AND
OBVIOUSLY MY ORGANIZATION WHO
HAS MADE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SHOWING
UP FOR IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN
A WAY THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE IN
THE PAST.
SO COLLECTIVELY WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT AND
SO WHEN WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER
INITIATIVES AND POLICIES AND
BILLS AND AGENDA.
WE WANT THE PEOPLE REPRESENTED
IN THE LANGUAGE WHEN WE ARE
PASSING THE BILLS AND LAWS.
THAT'S WHY I AM HERE.
I WANT TO BE A PART OF WHAT
MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO KEEP
OUR FAMILY SAFE.
RIGHT?
BECAUSE COMMUNITY IS FAMILY.
>> THANK YOU, BRANDY AND ONE IS
IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IS AROUND
GUN SAFETY AND ADDRESSING GUN
BASED VIOLENCE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES AND WE
UNFORTUNATELY KNOW THE
STATISTICS IT IS COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND LOW INCOME THAT ARE
MOST NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE AND HAVING THAT STRONG
SET OF EXPERIENCE AROUND WHAT
IT MEANS TO COLLABORATE WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH
COMMUNITY, WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
ADVOCATES AND EXPERTS TO REALLY
TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY IN
THAT WAY IS I THINK A REALLY
IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE TO BRING
TO THE COMMUNITY.
POLICE COMMISSION AND HOPE TO
BE ABLE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION ON HOW WE CAN REALLY
CENTER THAT IMPORTANCE OF
PUBLIC SAFETY THAT IS SAFE AND
FEELS COMFORTABLE FOR ALL
COMMUNITIES AS PART OF HOW WE
DO POLICING HERE IN THE CITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU FOR THE HONOR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS?
>> VERY IMPRESSIVE SLATE OVER
HERE.
NOT THAT THE OTHER ONES AREN'T
IMPRESSIVE.
SO WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO THE
NEXT NOMINEE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM
CARISSA.
>> HI.
HARD ACTS TO FOLLOW.
>> SERIOUSLY.
>> SO THE SAME QUESTION I'M
ASSUMING.
>> YES.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOURSELF AND YOU KNOW WHY YOU
WANT TO SERVE ON THE CPC AND IF
THERE'S ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR
THAT YOU WOULD REALLY BE
EXCITED TO FOCUS ON.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT AS
WELL.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
I'M CARISSA.
I AM FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN HIGHLY IMPACTED
BY POLICING AND THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM AT LARGE.
STARTING WITH FOSTER YOUTH AND
WORKING WITH YOUNG ADULTS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS AND WORKING
WITH YOUTH WHO HAD GANG
AFFILIATIONS AND WORKING WITH
YOUTH THAT ARE FACING THEIR
FIRST FELONY CHARGE.
AND I THINK THAT LARGELY WHY
INITIALLY WANTED TO JOIN THIS
COMMISSION WAS TO BRING AND
AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES.
I AM CONSTANTLY ASKING THE
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH,
WHAT JUSTICE LOOKS LIKE AND
WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO
HOLD THEM ADJUSTABLE AND STILL
FELT JUST AND WHAT KIND OF
SYSTEM WOULD THEY IMAGINE
WITHOUT ONE THAT WE HAVE.
I HEAR SO MANY REMARKABLE
ANSWERS AND WISDOM THAT I WOULD
LOVE TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
IN TERMS OF SPECIFICALLY TO
WORK ON WOULD BE TO TAKE THE
NONFORMAL WAY OF ME ASKING THEM
WHEN THEY ARE SITTING IN MY CAR
AND MAKING THAT MORE FORMAL AND
SITTING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
ARE IMPACTED BY THE JUSTICE
SYSTEM AND POWER THEM AND
AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES BECAUSE
ONE I THINK THE VOICES NEED TO
BE HEARD AND THEY HAVE THAT
WISDOM AND ALSO BECAUSE I THINK
THAT WOULD INCREASE CITY OFIC
ENGAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITIES
OFTEN UNDER REPRESENTED AND TO
BE HAVING THEM FEEL EMPOWERED
IN THAT PROCESS.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MAKITTA, ANY QUESTIONS
OR FOLLOW UP?
>> YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE ALL
SO IMPRESSIVE.
I'M EXCITED.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD TO
ASK WAS AROUND INTER SECTIONITY
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THIS IS A GOOD SIGN FOR YOU
ALL.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS
HELENA.
YOU WANT TO SHARE US FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE AND WHY YOU WANT TO
BE ON THE CPC AND IF THERE IS
ANYTHING YOU ARE PARTICULARLY
EXCITED ABOUT WORKING ON?
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS HELENA SANTIEN.
I AM A PROUD PERSON OF COLOR
THAT IS A MAJOR REASON OF WHY I
DECIDED TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION.
I AM FOCUSED ON HOW WE ARE
CENTERING AND ELEVATING THE
VOICES OF COMMUNITY THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT
OF PLACES LIKE THIS AND MAKING
SURE THAT COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
GENERATIONAL AND HISTORIC
TRAUMA PERPETUATED BY VIOLENCE
THAT THOSE VOICES ARE ELEVATED.
ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF RACIAL EQUITY FOR
COALITIONS ON SEATTLE CAMPUSES
ROOTED IN ARTS.
THEATER AND MUSIC.
DANCE.
HOW ARE WE USING THOSE AS FORMS
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IN THAT
WORK IS HOW ARE WE HOLDING --
HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT
BOTH SIDES ARE HEARD?
I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO
PROVIDE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO
BE BETTER AT THEIR JOBS AND
THANK YOU OFFICER MULLINS FOR
BEING HERE.
I THINK IT IS A BRAVE SPACE TO
BE IN ESPECIALLY WITH THE
CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
ACKNOWLEDGING THE POWER DYNAMIC
THAT EXISTS IN COMMUNITY MOST
IMPACTED BY STATE VIOLENCE ARE
HEARD AND ELEVATED AND
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND MAKING
SURE THAT POLICE OFFICERS THAT
HAVE FAMILIES AND CARRYING
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA IN THEIR
BODIES THAT THEY ALSO FEEL
HEARD.
I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO BE
LISTENED TO AND CREATED SPACE
FOR AND I THINK THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT PART IN HEALING AND
BRIDGING COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY FOLLOW-UP FOR HELENA?
>> SO.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS EXCITED
ABOUT IN YOUR SUMMARY WAS THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH
THE BLACK PRISONERS CAUCUS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
ANY TAKE AWAYS FROM THAT
EXPERIENCE AND HOW THAT MIGHT
INFORM THE WORK THAT YOU ARE
LIFTING UP ON THE CPC?
>> YES, WHAT IS INTERESTING IS
THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
FOLKS WHO HAVE ALREADY HAD
INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND ACKNOWLEDGING HOW SLAVERY
IN THIS COUNTRY HAS TURNED INTO
MASS INCARCERATION AND IMPACTED
THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND
COMMUNITY OF COLOR LOOKING AT
THE POPULATION OF BLACK AND
LATINO WOMEN THAT ARE MOTHERS
IN PRISON.
I DIDN'T HAVE A PERSONAL
CONNECTION TO THAT AND KNOWING
SOMEONE THAT WAS INCARCERATED
UNTIL SOMEONE PROVIDED ME THAT
OPPORTUNITY AND HONESTLY THE
HONOR TO GO AND MEET WITH FOLKS
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING
INCARCERATION AND I LEARNED SO
MUCH FROM THAT EXPERIENCE.
PART OF THE WORK AND HOW THAT
INTERSECTS WITH THE WORK THAT I
AM DOING IN BLACK PRISONERS
CAUCUS, HOW ARE WE USING ART AS
FORM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T
END UP IN PLACES LIKE THAT.
ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC ISSUES AS
WELL.
AND NOT A BAND-AID ISSUE OR A
BAND-AID FIX THAT WE ARE
PUTTING ON ISSUES BUT REALLY
CENTERING AND UPLIFTING A
POPULATION THAT PEOPLE FORGET
ABOUT.
UNLESS YOU HAVE A DIRECT
EXPERIENCE WITH SOMEONE THAT IS
INCARCERATED OR YOU HAVE BEEN
INCARCERATED WITH YOURSELF.
WE ARE NOT HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION WITH THE
COMMUNITIES.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE ON THE
OUTSIDE AND I CARRY THAT
RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT WEIGHT
AND I AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD
TO BRINGING THOSE VOICES TO THE
TABLE TOO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
AND HELENA, I THINK YOU REALLY
BRING A STRONG PERSPECTIVE AND
SET OF EXPERIENCES AROUND
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN GENERAL
AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF
THE WORK THAT THE CITY DOES AS
A WHOLE BUT THAT I KNOW IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITIES
WHO ARE DEALING WITH TRAUMA AND
NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES AND
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS GOOD FOR
THE ENTIRE ECO SYSTEM.
FOLKS LIKE OFFICER MULLINS WHO
WE REALLY RESPECT AND
APPRECIATE PROVIDING CRITICAL
PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES TO
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND
PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN THE
WAY THEY LIKE TO HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THE CONCEPTS ARE
SUPER IMPORTANT AND APPRECIATE
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BRING THAT
EXPERTISE TO THE POLICE
COMMISSION AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING HOW YOU ADVANCE THAT
CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO SERVE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE WILL MOVE THIS
APPOINTMENT, ALL OF THE FOUR
APPOINTMENTS SO WE WILL DO -- I
WILL MOVE 01294, 01296, 01297
AND 01299 AND THE APPOINTMENTS
OF BRANDY GRANT, NATASHA MOORE,
CARISSA MORACOWA AND HELENA
SANITY AG AS MEMBERS OF THE
POLICE COMMISSION TO A TERM OF
DECEMBER 31st, 2019 AND IN SOME
INSTANCES, DECEMBER 31st, 2021.
ú>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> ENTHUSIASTIC SECOND.
>> ALL SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THESE CONFIRMATIONS CONSIDERED
AT FULL COUNCIL MONDAY APRIL
29TH.
HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND BUT
WELCOME TO COME.
I WILL JUST END BY SAYING ONE
LAST THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU
FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE
ON THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION.
AS IT RELATES TO THE
NOMINATIONS COMING OUT OF MY
OFFICE.
WE ARE CLEAR WITH EACH OF YOU
WHAT THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT
WILL BE AND WE SQUARELY FOCUSED
ON INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD
RECEIVE ORGANIZATIONAL
PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT TO BE ABLE
TO SHOW UP AND FULLY
PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES
IN THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION AND THEN IN
LARGE PART THIS IS A BECAUSE
THIS IN MY MIND IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT AND POWERFUL
COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AS AN ORGANIZATION AND
SO I THINK IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE COMMISSIONER THAT WILL BE
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, 110%
DEDICATED TO THIS BODY OF WORK
BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF WORK.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COLLABORATION WITH THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON
IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL FOLKS
AND BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THIS
WONDERFUL SLATE.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST MEETING
ON MAY 1st SO I AM EXCITED
ABOUT THAT.
PROBABLY NOT AS EXCITED AS THE
CURRENT COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF
OVER AT CP C BUT REALLY WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR ALL
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND REALLY
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PAY
RESPECT TO THE WORK THAT YOU DO
OUTSIDE OF -- OUTSIDE OF CITY
HALL AND OUTSIDE OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION.
EACH OF YOU DO A TREMENDOUS
SERVICE FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR
CITY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LASTLY I WILL THANK CODY RYDER
FROM MY OFFICE FOR HELPING ME
DO ALL OF THE SCOUTING AND
COORDINATING AND FINDING EACH
ONE OF YOU AND THEN I'D LIKE TO
THANK KYRA BLARE FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE FROM HELPING US
OUT WITH THE MAYOR'S POINTS AS
WELL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU ARE FREE TO GO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SEE YOU GUYS LATER.
BYE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO DO A QUICK
LITTLE SWITCHEROO HERE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS
AGENDA ITEM 8. AND I WILL GO
AHEAD AND INVITE OUR PRESENTERS
TO JOIN US AT THE TABLE IF YOU
ARE HERE TO PRESENT ON THIS
PARTICULAR BILL.
AND THEN MEANWHILE I WILL HAVE
ROXANNEA READ AGENDA 8 INTO THE
RECORD AND ROXANNEA FEEL FREE
TO READ THE SHORT TITLE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119480 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2018
FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
AND PROMISE LEVY IMPROVING
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ORDINANCE
125604 AND BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WHY DOB WE GO AHEAD AND DO SOME
INTRODUCTIONS AND I WILL HAN IT
OVER.
>> CENTRAL STAFF.
>> GREAT.
BRIAN AND ALLEY.
YOU WANT TO KICK US OFF.
>> YES.
ON MARCH 27th.
THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSED
POTENTIAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE
FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
AND PROMISE LEVY.
WHAT WE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN.
FOLLOWING THAT MEETING ALLI AND
I WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
TO PREPARE REQUESTED
AMENDMENTS.
AT THE DIRECTION OF CHAIR
GONZALEZ THE NINE AMENDMENTS
PREPARED HAVE BEEN CONSOLIDATED
TO A SINGLE PROPOSED PLAN.
THAT SUBSTITUTE PLAN CAN BE
FOUND.
ATTACHED TO THE MEMORANDUM IN
THE MATERIALS AS ATTACHMENT ONE
AND SHOWN WITH MARKUPS AND
THOSE ARE PROVIDED IN RED AND
GREEN TEXT AND UNDERLINES AND
STRIKE OUTS.
IF THERE IS NO QUESTION WE WILL
MOVE ON.
>> NO QUESTIONS.
AS A REMINDER COUNCIL MACATTA.
WHAT I HAVE ASKED STAFF TO DO
IS PRESENT IT IN A CONSENSUS
PACKAGE.
AS WE ARE MOVING ALONG IF THERE
IS A PARTICULAR AMENDMENT OF
CONCERN TO YOU, YOU ARE WELCOME
TO REQUEST THAT BE PULLED OUT
FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION,
OTHERWISE.
WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS
AS ONE FULL CONSENSUS PACKAGE
AFTER BRIAN AND ALLI HAVE
REVIEWED THEM.
>> SOUNDS GOOD.
>> THANKS.
>> OKAY.
SO AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, WOULD
EXPAND THE OVERALL OUTCOME FOR
THE LEVY TO IN CORP RACE
DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PRIORITIZED
STUDENTS.
IT WOULD MAKE THE LIST OF
PRIORITIZED GROUPS WITH THE
LEVY ORDINANCE THAT COUNCIL
PASSED IN 2018 AND AS SHOWN ON
THE SCREEN, BUT THE AMENDMENT
WOULD HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL
GROUPS.
LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND LGBTQ
STUDENTS.
IT WOULD HAVE MODIFICATIONSY IT
SHOWS UP AND SPECIFICALLY THAT
OCCURS IN SECTIONS THAT ARE
RELATED TO THE INTENDED
RECIPIENTS OF K THROUGH 12 AND
THE PRIOR TOATION PROCESS.
IN THE BLUE ROBIN AT THE BOTTOM
YOU CAN SEE THE PAGE NUMBERS.
THESE PAGE NUMBERS REPRESENT
THE PAGES IN THE PLAN IN THE
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE PLAN
DOCUMENT THAT HAVE BEEN
AMENDED.
THAT HAVE CHANGES FOR THIS
AMENDMENT.
THERE ARE SOME PAGE NUMBERS
SHOWN IN BOL AND HAVE
UNDERLINE.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE
THE MOST DETAILED OR THE MOST
REPRESENTATIVE CHANGES SO IF
THERE IS ONE PAGE YOU WANT TO
LOOK AT YOU WOULD WANT TO LOOK
AT THE ONE BOLD AND UNDERLINE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR ABOUT THIS?
LET'S PROCEED.
>> AMENDMENT 2 WOULD EXPAND
DECEMBER THROUGH 12 SCHOOL AND
COMMUNITY BASED INVESTMENT AREA
GOAL TO INCORPORATE LEVY
STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES
BEYOND THE SCOPE OF COLLEGE AND
JOB READINESS EXPERIENCES.
SO IT ADDS THREE MORE ELEMENTS
TO THE GOAL.
AS SHOWN ON THE JEAN WITH THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IT WOULD
READ SEATTLE STUDENTS HAVE
ACCESS TO AND UTILIZE INCREASED
ACADEMIC PREPARATION AND
EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILL
BUILDING AND COLLEGE AND JOB
READINESS EXPERIENCES THAT
PROMOTE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
GRADATION.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER EDIT IN LINE
WITH THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADVANCED
TO THE BALLOT FOR VOTER
CONSIDERATION NOVEMBER OF 2018.
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND THIS CHANGES IN MY MIND
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT EACH GRADUATE FROM THE K
THROUGH 12 SYSTEM IS READY FOR
COLLEGE OR JOB READINESS WE
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE
IS MUCH MORE TO LEARNING THAN
JUST COLLEGE AND JOB READINESS
AND THAT INCLUDES THE OTHER
ASPECTS OF THE AMENDMENT THAT
ARE INCLUDED HERE.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ALLOWED THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
AND OUR PARTNERS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO CENTER
THEIR WORK IN THESE SPACES AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS.
>> ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS?
>> I THINK IT IS EXCELLENT
ADDITION AND APPRECIATE YOU
BROADENING OUT THE SCOPE
FOCUSING HERE AND RECOGNIZING
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE
SKILL BUILDING SO THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
>>> THE PLAN AS PROPOSED BY THE
EXECUTIVE CONTAINS LANGUAGE
ALLOWING MODIFIED PROGRAM
ELEMENTS WITHOUT COUNCIL
APPROVAL DURING THE TERM OF THE
LEVY, THIS CLARIFIES WHERE
COUNCIL WOULD RETAIN CONTROL
AND WHERE THEY WOULD NOT SO IN
CERTAIN CASES THERE IS A
REQUEST THAT CERTAIN CHANGES
WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE
CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE
INCLUDING CHANGING THE FUNDING
LEVEL, TUITION REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE PROGRAM, TUITION
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS
OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT
FOR THE PROGRAM AND THEN IT
IDENTIFIES SOME COMPONENTS
REQUIRING 60 DAY NOTIFICATION
TO COUNCIL, THINGS LIKE
MODIFYING THE CHILD SELECTION
PRIORITIZATION.
THE 60 DAY PERIOD IS INTENDED
TO GIVE COUNCIL ADVANCED WARNING
THAT WE INTEND TO CHANGE THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND IN MOST
CASES SHOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE
TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE
AND IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ACTION
TO MODIFY IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IN ADDITION THE AMENDMENT ADDS
SPECIFICITY INCLUDED IN REGULAR
REPORTING SO WE WILL PREPARE
THE ANNUAL REPORT, COMPANION
RESOLUTION TO THE ORDINANCE FOR
THE LEVY REQUESTED THE REPORT
BE DELIVERED TO THE COUNCIL
ANNUALLY AND IN ADDITION TO
GENERAL REPORTING THIS ADDS A
LIST OF SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
ON THINGS LIKE DETAILED
INFORMATION ON PARTICIPANTS AND
THE BENEFITS OF THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM.
>> QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?
THIS SECTION, THIS AMENDMENT
BRINGS THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN LANGUAGE IN
ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE COUNCIL
ROLE HAS BEEN RELATED TO THE
LEVY INVESTMENTS AND I FELT IT
WAS IMPORTANT TO CITY COUNCIL
ONGOING FUNCTION AS AN
OVERSIGHT ENTITY IS A
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO MAKE SURE
WE COMMUNICATED CLEARLY
EXPECTATIONS AROUND WHAT WE
BELIEVE THE DEPARTMENT HAS FULL
FLEXIBILITY AROUND MODIFYING AND
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS WE ARE NOT
QUITE COMFORTABLE LOSING
OVERSIGHT OF AND SO WE
APPRECIATE THE WILLINGNESS TO
INCORPORATE THESE THREE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
REQUIRING APPROVAL,
NOTIFICATION FOR POTENTIAL
APPROVAL AND LASTLY THE
CATEGORY AROUND MAKING SURE WE
LEASE RECEIVE ANNUAL REPORTING
FOR PURPOSES OF TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY SO REALLY AM
HAPPY TO INCORPORATE THIS
AMENDMENT BACK INTO THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> REVISING THE TUITION SLIDING
FEE SCALE FOR SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM AS A QUICK REMINDER THE
SCALE WILL BE USED FOR FAMILIES
TO PARTICIPATE IN SPP WITH
INCOMES ABOVE 350% THE FEDERAL
POVERTY LEVEL AND THE SKILL
DETERMINES THE AMOUNT EACH
FAMILY IS RESPONSIBLE TO PAY SO
THIS WOULD MAKE A FEW CHANGES
TO THE SCALE PLAN, FIRST BASE
AMOUNTS ON A PERCENTAGE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COST OF A
PRESCHOOL SLOT AND THE
PERCENTAGE CONTRIBUTION
INCREASES ALONG WITH INCREASE
IN FAMILY INCOME SO YOU CAN SAY
THIS IS VERY ABBREVIATED
SIMILAR TO THE ONE INCLUDED IN
THE APPENDIX OF THE PLAN SO
THESE ARE THE FIRST AND THE
LAST TWO STEPS SO THAT'S THE
TOP AND THE BOTTOM.
STEP ONE YOU CAN SEE A FAMILY
MAKING 351% WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRIBUTING 8%
OF THE LOT COST AND FOR CONTEXT
IN THE 2019 SCHOOL YEAR THE
ESTIMATED SLOT COST IS $11,000
SO 8% OF $11,000 AND YOU GET TO
THE TUITION OF $880.
>> WHICH IS $88 PER MONTH.
>> RIGHT FOR A 10 MONTH SCHOOL
YEAR.
THE SECOND CHANGE THE AMENDMENT
WOULD MAKE, SET THE MINIMUM
TUITION SUBSIDY AT 5% SO EVERY
FAMILY WOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST
5% SUBSIDY OF THE COST OF THE
SLOT.
THIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE FINAL
ROW OF THE TABLE AT STEP LEVEL
XXX AND A FAMILY AT THAT LEVEL
OR ANY ABOVE THAT AND JUST FOR
CONTEXT THAT IS ABOUT $187,000
PER YEAR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO
CONTRIBUTE 95% OF THE COST SO
THE ESTIMATE FOR THE 2019
SCHOOL YEAR WOULD BE $10,450
FOR THE ANNUAL COST.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
CURRENT TUITION SCALE AND
MAINTAIN THE POLICY OF
PROVIDING SOME SUBSIDY TO ALL
PARTICIPATING FAMILIES AND
LASTLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
STEPS TO 30 SO AS PROPOSED 25
STEPS, WE GO UP TO 30 ON THIS
ONE WHICH REDUCES THE TUITION
GROWTH BETWEEN THE STEPS
WORKING UP THE SCALE.>> ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY GREAT THANK YOU.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE WOULD
ADD A SENTENCE TO THE PROMISE
SECTION OF THE PLAN DESCRIBING
THE OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO
ATTEND SCHOOL TEMPORARILY ON A
PART-TIME BASIS SO THE PROGRAM
SET UP IT REQUIRES FULL-TIME
ATTENDANCE BUT STUDENTS CAN
REQUEST EXCEPTION ON A QUARTER
BY QUARTER BASIS UNDER LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES AND SOME ARE
DEMONSTRATING A SUBSTANTIAL
NEED, SORRY SUBSTANTIAL
HARDSHIP TO ATTENDING FULL-TIME
OR BEING ABLE TO OR UNABLE TO
ENROLL FULL-TIME DUE TO LIMITED
COURSE OFFERINGS.>>
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS
AMENDMENT, PRIOR TO THE
INCLUSION OF THE AMENDMENT IF
THERE WAS A SITUATION WHERE A
STUDENT NEEDED TO BE AVAILABLE
TO WORK PART-TIME AND COULD NOT
GO TO SCHOOL FULL-TIME IF THEY
NEEDED TO ATTEND A FAMILY
OBLIGATION OR TAKE CARE OF A
LOVED ONE ON FAMILY LEAVE OR
SOMETHING THEY WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROMISE PROGRAM SO YOU ARE
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE
SURE THERE'S FLEXIBILITY.
>> IT IS A CURRENT PRACTICE
THEY ARE ALLOWED BUT THE PLAN
DID NOT MAKE THAT CLEAR.
SO IF YOU READ THROUGH THE PLAN
IT APPEARED THE ONLY OPTION WAS
TO ATTEND FULL-TIME SO THIS IS
SIMPLY RECOGNIZING THE APPEALS
PROCESS WHICH EXISTS.
>> I WANT TO CALL OUT HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT YOU HAVE
INCLUDED THIS IN THE FINAL
PROPOSAL.
A LOT OF TIMES ESPECIALLY FOR
WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND FOLKS IN VULNERABLE
SITUATIONS IF IT DOES NOT ALLOW
FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES THAN
MANY OF US MAKE THE ASSUMPTION
WE SHOULD NOT APPLY OR WE WOULD
NOT BE ELIGIBLE AND WILL NOT
FIT THE DAILY NEED SO THIS IS A
GREAT ADDITION ESPECIALLY TO
MAKE SURE THE TARGET POPULATION
OF WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR,
MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
FOLKS FEEL LIKE IF THERE IS
SOMETHING THAT COMES UP WHERE
THEY MAY HAVE TAKEN HIMSELF OUT
IN THE PAST THEY SEE THERE IS
FLEXIBILITY CLEARLY SO THANK
YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND PRIOR WE HAD
HEARD SOME INTERESTING DATA
AROUND THE PERCENTAGE OF
STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM PUBLIC
SCHOOLS WHO ENTER INTO SEATTLE
COLLEGES BUT DO SO ONLY PART-
TIME STATUS AND THE NUMBER,
REMIND ME.
ABOUT 43% FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF THOSE GRADUATES
ATTEND SEATTLE COLLEGES ON A
PART-TIME BASIS AND I REALLY
APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION WE
RECEIVED FROM SEATTLE COLLEGES
THAT IN PRACTICE THEY ARE
DESIRING TO BE FLEXIBLE AND
MAKING SURE PART-TIME STUDENTS
CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AND WANTED
TO MAKE IT YOU KNOW, REALLY
FIRM AND CLEAR BY PUTTING IT IN
THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN TO ENSURE
CONTINUATION OF THE PRACTICE.>>
GREAT NEXT AMENDMENT.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX
INSERTING A NEW PARAGRAPH INTO
THE PROMISE INVESTMENT AREA
SECTION SPECIFYING TOPICS TO
INCLUDE IN THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT ANALYSIS.
THE AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE
ANALYSIS TO INCLUDE EVALUATION
OF FIRST PROGRAM EXPANSION TO
STUDENTS WISHING TO ENROLL IN
THE PROMISE PROGRAM EXCLUSIVELY
PART-TIME SO THE ONE WE
DISCUSSED WAS TEMPORARY PART-
TIME SO THIS WOULD HAVE THEM
LOOK AT IT FOR STUDENTS WHO
WANT TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVELY PART-
TIME AND THE SECOND PART IS THE
IMPACT OF THE SATISFACTORY
ACADEMIC PROGRESS REQUIREMENTS
APPLICABLE TO STUDENTS THAT
RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID SO THAT
WOULD INCLUDE IT AS WELL.
CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER
REQUIREMENTS FOR AMENDMENT
NUMBER THREE REQUIRING DEEL TO
SEEK OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PRIOR
TO PROPOSING POLICY CHANGES
STEMMING FROM THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT ANALYSIS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE
BECAUSE THIS SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM IS A NEW FORMAL TOO
MUCH BIGGER SCALE PROGRAM THAN
THE 13 OR 14 YEAR SCHOLARSHIP
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
APPROACHING THE FUNDING AND
STRUCTURE AND THE MODEL OF
SEATTLE PROMISE IN A WAY THAT
WOULD NOT RESULT IN UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE IT IS LAST DOLLAR IN
PROGRAM WHICH MEANS THOSE WHO
HAVE THE GREATEST NEED WILL
RECEIVE THE LEAST AMOUNT IN
TERMS OF DIRECT TUITION
ASSISTANCE EVEN THOUGH THEY
WILL BE SUPPORTED THROUGH
EQUITY SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH
PROVIDE THE MUCH-NEEDED
ASSISTANCE AROUND BEING ABLE TO
PAY LAB FEES AND BOOKS AND ALL
OF THOSE THINGS SO THIS IS OUR
INTENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT ANALYSIS
WILL HELP US IDENTIFY ANY
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES SHOULD
THEY BEGIN TO HAPPEN.
GREAT.
>> AMENDMENT SEVEN WOULD
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPECIFICITY
REGARDING REFERRAL AND
CONNECTION SERVICES PROVIDED TO
STUDENTS BY SEATTLE COLLEGE
ADVISORS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS
LIVES OUTSIDE OF COLLEGE, THE
PLAN PROPOSED NOTES STUDENTS
WILL HAVE ACCESS TO NON-LEVY
FUNDED SUPPORTS FOR LIFE BEYOND
COLLEGE BUT DOES NOT DESCRIBE
THE RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES APPLICABLE SO THIS
AMENDMENT ADDS SPECIFICITY AT A
SOMEWHAT HIGH-LEVEL RECOGNIZING
PROGRAM NAMES AND TYPES OF
SERVICES TO GET CHANGED AND
EXPANDED BUT ALSO ASK THAT DEEL
WORK WITH SEATTLE COLLEGES TO
DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN RESOURCES
SO ADVISORS HAVE THAT AT THEIR
DISPOSAL AND THIS CONNECTS WITH
AMENDMENT 3 IN TERMS OF ANNUAL
REPORTING ASKING THAT THEY
TRACK THE REFERRALS AND HOW
SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS ARE IN
OBTAINING SERVICES.
IT ALSO RELATES TO AMENDMENT
THREE IN TERMS OF REPORTING
BACK ON ANY SUCCESS DEEL HAS
WITH STREAMLINING APPLICATION
FOR LEAST CITY SERVICES PROVIDED
SO PEOPLE ARE NOT HAVING TO
APPLY IN 15 DIFFERENT PLACES
FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES LIKE
CHILDCARE OR FOOD SUPPORT AND
HOUSING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I WANT TO REPLICATE THIS IN
ALMOST EVERYTHING WE LOOK AT.
>> GREAT, NEXT AMENDMENT.
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT
ADDING A LABOR HARMONY COMPONENT
TO THE LIST OF METHODS USED TO
EVALUATE RESPONSES.
THE PLAN CURRENTLY STATES DEEL
CONSIDERS PAST SUCCESS IN
ACHIEVING RESULTS, COMMITMENT
LEADERSHIP FOR OUTCOMES, THE
MEANS AND METHODS PROPOSED AND
THE COST AND THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD ADD THE PHRASE ADHERENCE
TO LABOR LAWS AND A COMMITMENT
TO LABOR HARMONY TO THE LIST OF
EVALUATION METHODS.
>> I KNOW THIS IS WHEN THE
OFFICES WORKED ON TOGETHER AND
I AM HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT.>>
T GIVE A MUCH.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ENGAGEMENT WITH US AS WE
CRAFTED LEGISLATION OR
AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATION.
THIS IS REALLY EXCITING TO MAKE
SURE CITY DOLLARS ARE BEING
REALLY INVESTED IN THE
PROVIDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO
ARE PROVIDING BEST PRACTICES IN
TERMS OF LABOR POLICIES AND
CITY DOLLARS FUND THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING VERSUS
OPPOSING COLLECTIVE VOICES OF
WORKERS.
PART OF WHAT WE CONTINUE TO
BRING TO THE CONVERSATION IS
THAT WHEN WORKERS DO WELL
EVERYONE IS BETTER.
THE KIDS DO BETTER, COMMUNITIES
DO BETTER WHEN WE INVEST INTO
THINGS LIKE SECURE SCHEDULING
AND MINIMUM WAGE.
THESE ARE BASELINE INVESTMENTS
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD
THE PURSE AND INVEST IN STRONG
PRIORITIES WE ARE PUTTING
FORWARD WHAT IS BEST FOR THE
PUBLIC.
IN THIS CASE LABOR UNIONS,
COLLECTIVE WORKER ACTION IS
VERY MUCH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE A HIGH-
VALUE THAT WE ASSOCIATE WITH
LABOR PROTECTIONS AND HIGHER
STANDARDS.
WE KNOW LABOR UNIONS AND
COLLECTIVE WORKER ACTION HAS
LED TO THINGS LIKE SAFER
WORKPLACES, BANNING CHILD
LABOR, HAVING A WEEKEND, HAVING
LABOR LAWS THAT GIVE US MINIMUM
WAGE AND ALSO NOT LOSING YOUR
HAND ARM OR FINGER AND RELATED
TO EDUCATION MANY PROVIDERS ARE
ON THE LINE PUTTING THEIR LIVES
ON THE LINE TO FIGHT FOR
SMALLER CLASS SIZES FOR
EXAMPLE.
SO WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK
THEY HAVE DONE WITH US IN
PARTNERSHIP AND I THINK
ESPECIALLY IN A POST-JANICE
WORLD THE NATIONAL ATTACKS AND
DIALOGUE AGAINST UNIONS, THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO
SHOW WE STAND WITH WORKERS AND
THE COMMITMENT TO BASIC LABOR
PROTECTION SO I APPLAUD YOU AND
ALSO WE SHOULD NOTE THE MAYOR'S
NEGOTIATIONS THAT SHE DID ON
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
WITH THE COALITION FOR CITY
UNIONS TO SHOW WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE TO BE A GOOD EMPLOYER AND
WORK TO CREATE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES SO WORKERS CAN
CONTINUE TO HAVE A VOICE. THAT
IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF LEADING
BY EXAMPLE AS AN EMPLOYER.
SO WITH THAT I AM EXCITED TO
PUT THIS FORWARD TO MAKE SURE
WE CONTINUE TO SEE WORKERS
STANDARDS LIFTED UP AND LET'S
NOT FORGET THIS IS A GOOD
INVESTMENT WITH A HIGHER RETURN
ON INVESTMENT WHEN WE HAVE
HIGHER UNIONIZATION AND
STRONGER WORKER PROTECTIONS.
PEOPLE ARE HEALTHIER LONGER
WITH A LONGER ATTENTION, LESS
TURNOVER AND EXCITED TO SEE
THIS INCLUDED SO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ONGOING WORK.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.
I REALLY WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT
THIS IS REALLY INTENDED AND
DESIGNED TO SIGNAL TO PARTNERS
WHO WE DO WORK WITH THAT WE DO
VALUE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
LABOR UNIONS TO PROVIDE THESE
CRITICAL SERVICES TO OUR
CHILDREN AND WANT TO CONTINUE
IN THE TRADITION.
NOT JUST OF SIGNALING THE VALUE
BUT ALSO ADDRESSING THE
PRACTICALITY AROUND WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE ARE PROVIDING CITY
TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO THE FUNDING
OF THESE PROGRAMS AND IT IS THE
EXPECTATION THOSE SERVICES WILL
BE PROVIDED AND LASTLY I WILL
SAY THIS LANGUAGE IS NOT
INTENDED TO INJECT OURSELVES AS
A CITY INTO THE LABOR
RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTS
BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND THEIR
EMPLOYEES AND THAT COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT
RELATIONSHIP SO I WANTED TO
MAKE CLEAR TO OUR PARTNERS IN
THIS WORK THAT IS NOT THE
CITY'S INTENT TO INJECT
OURSELVES AS A THIRD-PARTY IN
THAT GOOD FAITH LABOR
RELATIONSHIP AND IN THOSE GOOD
FAITH LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
THIS IS REALLY MORE ABOUT
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PARTNERS
THAT DO HAVE LABOR UNIONS ARE
UNDERSTANDING WE TAKE AND VALUE
THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH LABOR
UNIONS.>> ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
>> NUMBER NINE IS THE FINAL
AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD MAKE SOME
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE
PLAN AND SOME FALL INTO FOUR
GROUPS.
FIRST INSERTING THE WORD FEES
INTO THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE USE
FOR THE SEATTLE PROMISE EQUITY
SCHOLARSHIP.
FEES OR SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERING ELIGIBLE EXPENSES
AND HAS BEEN SHOWING UP IN
OTHER MATERIALS BUT THIS MAKES
IT EXPLICIT IN THE PLAN.
SECOND CORRECTING PAGE NUMBERS
IN THE TABLE OF CONTEXT AND THE
APPENDIX.
THIRD CORRECTING PROCUREMENT
TERMINOLOGY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH,
RIGHT NOW IT SAYS PUBLIC HEALTH
USES RFI BUT USES RFA REQUEST
FOR APPLICATION.
FOR THICKER A COUPLE
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS AND THAT
IS IT.>> GREAT, EXCELLENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
WORKING ON THIS?
TODAY IS THE CULMINATION OF HOW
MUCH TIME?
>> I THINK WE STARTED THIS IN
2017.
EARLY 2017.
SO IT HAS BEEN A WILD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE CUSP
OF A VOTE.
>> THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD
SEGUE.
SO, DO I MOVE THIS AS ONE
AMENDMENT OR 129?>> YOU CAN
MOVE AS A SUBSTITUTE PLAN
VERSION 3.
>> THAT IS NOT THE LANGUAGE I
WAS GIVEN.
I WILL MAKE IT UP ON THE FLY.
I MOVE, DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE
THE AMENDMENTS FIRST?
>> BASICALLY ONE AMENDMENT YOU
ARE PROVING THE SUBSTITUTE AND
THEN YOU WILL APPROVE THE BILL
OR THE PLAN AS AMENDED.
>> I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION AND
APPROVAL OF VERSION 3 OF
COUNSEL BILL 119480 WHICH IS A
SUBSTITUTE FOR VERSION 2. DID I
SAY THAT WRONG?
>> WE ARE NOT AMENDING THE BILL
WE ARE AMENDING ATTACHMENT 1 TO
THE BILL.
ATTACHMENT 1 THE PROPOSED
SUBSTITUTE IS VERSION 3.
>> WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE
MOTION?
SAY THE SENTENCE AND I WILL SAY
SO MOVED.
>> SO YOU WOULD MOVE TO AMEND
ATTACHMENT 1 TO THE BILL AS
SHOWN IN THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION
3.
>> OF COUNSEL BILL 1149 114980.
THAT IS MY MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE TO ATTACHMENT 1. ALL RIGHT
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
NONE OPPOSED.
MOTION PASSES.
NOW I MOVED TO RECOMMEND THAT
THE FULL COUNCIL ADOPT COUNSEL
BILL 119480 AS AMENDED.
>> I SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
NONE OPPOSED.
COUNSEL BILL 119480 AS AMENDED
WILL BE CONSIDERED ON MONDAY,
APRIL 22 ON MONDAY, APRIL 22,
2019.
>> CHAIR, ONE POINT OF ORDER.
YOU WILL NEED TO MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE RULES TO REFER.
>> WE WILL DO THAT LATER AFTER
THE RESOLUTIONS.
WIELDED THEM TOGETHER.
JUST SO YOU WILL KNOW IT WILL
BE APRIL 22.
WE WILL MOVE THEM ALL AS A
PACKAGE AT THE END.
THAT IS VERY EXCITING.
I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I WILL MAKE FINAL REMARKS ABOUT
THE WHOLE THING WHEN WE HAVE
MORE FOLKS AT THE TABLE.
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> IF YOU ARE HERE TO PRESENT
ON AGENDA ITEM 9 AND 10 I WOULD
INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE
TABLE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 9 RESOLUTION 318
RESOLUTION 31881 RESOLUTION
RELATED TO THE 2018 FAMILIES
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE
LEVY APPROVING A PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE COLLEGE
DISTRICT FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE
AND AGENDA ITEM 10 RESOLUTION
31882 A RESOLUTION RELATED TO
THE 2018 FAMILIES EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY
APPROVING A PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.>>
EXCELLENT.
I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THEIR
NAME TAGS.
OKAY.
WE KNOW WHO YOU ALL ARE WE JUST
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE VIEWING
PUBLIC CAN SEE YOUR NAMES.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS AND THEN
AM I GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER
TO YOU OR TO THE DIRECTOR?
OKAY.>> BRIAN GOODNIGHT.
>> DWANE CHAPPELLE.
>> DENISE JUNEAU
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
>> SHEILA EDWARDS LANG
PRESIDENT OF SEATTLE COLLEGE.
>> SHOUAN PAN.
>> DIANE DEBACKER.
>> CHRIS ALEJANO .
>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
BEING WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE ONGOING
PARTNERSHIP AND WORK.
IT HAS TAKEN US COLLECTIVELY A
LONG TIME TO GET TO THIS POINT
WHERE WE ARE CONSIDERING
RESOLUTIONS THAT APPROVE THE
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND SEATTLE
COLLEGE DISTRICT AND THE
SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THE VIEWING
PUBLIC KNOWS BOTH AS A RELATES
TO THE PREVIOUS COUNSEL BILL
WHICH APPROVED THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN AND THESE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT, THAT THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS
REVIEWED ALL MATERIALS AND
ISSUED THEIR CONSENSUS WITH
REGARD TO A RECOMMENDATION FOR
CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE ALL OF
THE ABOVE.
REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO JOIN US AND FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE ON
IN THIS PARTNERSHIP.
WITH THAT BEING SAID PLEASE
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
INTRODUCTION.
WE ARE HERE TODAY, WITH OUR
AMAZING PARTNERS.
THE SUPERINTENDENT, DR. LANG,
PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE AND DR.
DIANE DEBACKER.
TODAY WE WILL BE SHARING SOME
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT AND WHAT YOU WILL
SEE UP HERE, THIS IS THE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE OF WHAT WE
WILL BE GOING THROUGH.
SO ULTIMATELY I JUST WANT TO
KICK IT OFF AND TELL YOU THE
PURPOSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT.
IDEALLY IT IS FOR US TO HAVE
OUTLINED AND DEFINED ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR EACH OF
OUR PARTNERS AND PARTNERS BEING
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE
COLLEGES SO THOSE ARE THE TWO
WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT.
AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
HERE IS A BRIEF TIMELINE OF THE
HISTORY OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
SO IT STARTED IN 1990 BEFORE
ANY OF US WERE BORN.
BUT IT IS BRINGING US HERE TO
TODAY WHERE WE HAVE A NEW
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT,
HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN DEEL
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT WITH THE NEW
ADDITION TO SEATTLE PROMISE WE
HAVE ANOTHER AMAZING PARTNER
THE TABLE WHICH IS THE COLLEGES.
SO AS YOU TAKE A GLANCE AT THE
TIMELINE, WE WANTED TO SHARE
WITH YOU ALL, I WILL NOT GO
THROUGH ALL OF THE BULLETS BUT
I WILL START OR SHOULD I SAY
END AT THE LAST BULLET OF WHERE
WE ARE NOW WHICH IS APRIL 2019.
I WANT TO DO THANK
SUPERINTENDENT DENISE JUNEAU
AND SUPER SEATTLE SCHOOLS AS
THE BOARD VOTED TO APPROVE THE
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHICH IS
NOW BRINGING US HERE TODAY IN
FRONT OF YOU.
SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU WITH
THAT.
DIVING A LITTLE INTO THE
ORDINANCE TEXT.
EARLIER YOU MENTIONED BASED ON
THE ORDINANCE WE ARE REQUIRED
TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT THAT AS I MENTIONED
WILL ESTABLISH ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF EACH ENTITY
AND WE ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT
HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE OUR DESIRED
OUTCOME.
AND WHAT THE ORDINANCE MENTIONS
IS THE PROCEEDS THAT MAY BE
LEVERAGED TO SUPPORT SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE
SEATTLE COLLEGES PROGRAMS OR
FUNCTIONS WITH THE EXISTENCE OF
THE CURRENT PARTNERHIP
AGREEMENT.
WHAT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH
YOU IS IN THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT WE HAVE SECTIONS AND
A FEW SECTIONS WE WANTED TO
REALLY SHARE WITH YOU NOW.
REALLY STARTING OFF WITH
SECTION 2 OF THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT AND IN SECTION 2 OF
THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IT
HIGHLIGHTS THE COMMONALITIES
BETWEEN BOTH COLLEGES AND
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL'S
PARTNERSHIP.
SO I WILL GO THROUGH A FEW OF
THEM.
SOME OF THE COMMONALITIES.
ONE IS THAT WE ARE ALL
INTENDING TO INVEST IN SEATTLE
CHILDREN AND STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHO
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED.
WE ALL PLAN TO USE DATA-DRIVEN
AND OUTCOMES-BASED DECISION-
MAKING AND WE ALL PLAN ON
IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED
STRATEGIES AND PROMISING
PRACTICES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS
AND WE ALL WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE PROVIDING ACCESS TO
BUILDING CAPACITY OR
OPPORTUNITIES WITH PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS BASICALLY TO
IMPROVE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE
AND INSTRUCTION AND SO FORTH.
AS YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED
EARLIER THE LOC WHICH YOU ARE A
MEMBER OF ACTUALLY SHAPED THE
INITIAL INVESTMENT IN
PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES THAT
ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE
ORDINANCE SO I WANTED TO YOU TO
KNOW WE ARE COMMITTED TO
INVESTING AND IMPLEMENT FUNDS
AS RECOMMENDED.
SO WHAT I WILL DO NOW IS ASK
SUPERINTENDENT DENISE JUNEAU TO
SPEAK TO SECTION 9 TO THE
PARTNERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE
INTO THIS.
I HAVE TO COMMEND DEEL FOR
THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND THE WORK
THAT THEIR STAFF AND OUR STAFF
HAVE DONE TOGETHER.
SUPER APPRECIATIVE OF THE
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP ON THESE
EFFORTS. HAS SAID LAST NIGHT
THE SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY
VOTED TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT
SO I KNOW THEY ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO GROWING THIS AND
MAKING SURE WE ARE MAKING
INVESTMENTS IN THE CORRECT
PLACE AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS
HIGHLY OF THE WORK DONE IN THE
PAST THAT THERE IS TRUST BEING
BUILT. THE GOVERNMENTS ARE
LOOKING TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER
AND WE ARE ALL IN ON MAKING
SURE WE ARE DOING THE WORK THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON BEHALF OF
SEATTLE'S YOUTH AND OF COURSE
MOVING INTO PROMISE WILL BE A
GREAT BENEFIT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THE PAST, WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO BUILDING ON HIGH-
QUALITY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT
ARE LOCATED IN SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
THEY HAVE BEEN, THE IDEA THAT
WE CAN CREATE THOSE TYPES OF
PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SCHOOL FOR
THE KINDERGARTENS AND THEY ARE
READY TO LEARN IT HAS BEEN
REALLY STRONG.
THE K-12 INVESTMENTS IN THE
PAST HAVE BEEN HELPFUL
PARTICULARLY THOSE MADE AT THE
MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THOSE SCHOOLS
AS A RESULT OF THE PARTNERSHIP
HAVE BECOME AWARD-WINNING GAP
CLOSING SCHOOLS SO THAT HAS
BEEN IMPORTED TO THE DISTRICT
AS WELL.
FAMILY SUPPORT WORKERS AND THE
WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS HAVE BEEN
HELPFUL TO FAMILIES AND
STUDENTS.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, OUR
DISTRICT RECENTLY ADOPTED A NEW
STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT
AND THAT IS LOOKING FORWARD
PUTTING EFFORTS IN WRITING ON
THE CORRECT PRIORITIES.
A LOT OF THAT IS AROUND MAKING
SURE WE ARE INCLUDING STUDENTS
AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
BRINGING THEM TO THE TABLE
MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A VOICE,
FOCUSING INTENTIONALLY ON
STUDENTS OF COLOR FOR
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE WITH A
FOCUS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MALES.
PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THE ONE THAT
WE HAVE HERE WITH THE CITY WILL
HELP US MOVE THE DIAL SO I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THOSE EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE
WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN SO
EVERY STUDENT IN THE SYSTEM IS
SUCCESSFUL.
AND OF COURSE THAT GOES RIGHT
INTO THE SEATTLE PROMISE AND
THE POTENTIAL OF THAT TO CREATE
A WORKFORCE.
WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL NOW FOR
EVERY STUDENT TO STEP OUT AS A
PREPARED GRADUATE, STEPPING
INTO EITHER, TO GET A COLLEGE
DEGREE OR WORK CREDENTIAL AND
THAT IS SUPERPOWERFUL FOR THE
CITY.
I THINK THE GREAT THINGS THAT
CAN COME OUT OF THAT, DOING IT
WITH THE CITY MOVING FORWARD
TOGETHER IS GOING TO BE A
REALLY STRONG PARTNERSHIP.
UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE SEEN IN
THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY.
GOING FORWARD THE IDEA TO
CREATE PRE-K TO COLLEGE
SEAMLESS SYSTEM THAT IS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH EVERYBODY
SITTING AT THIS TABLE, THAT IS
SUPERPOWERFUL SO I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT.
APPRECIATE THOSE REMARKS AND
YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF.
I HAVE BEEN REALLY PLEASED AND
INSPIRED BY THIS WORK.
AS A PERSON WHO GRADUATED FROM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS MYSELF, NOT
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUT I
HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BUILD
ON A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND THAT IS IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF
AND WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH
US AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TO
BUILD THIS RELATIONSHIP FOR THE
BENEFIT OF OUR YOUTH.
>> NEXT UP WE WILL ASK
CHANCELLOR SHOUAN PAN AND DR.
SHEILA LANG TO SHARE A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT SECTION 9
IS IN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THEM
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IN MY MIND IS
VERY HISTORIC.
CITY SEATTLE COLLEGES HAVE HAD
GREAT RELATIONSHIPS BUT THIS
TAKES IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
A DIFFERENT NOTCH.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY ABOUT
, IN FACT THE THRUST OF THIS
AND OUR MISSION JIBES VERY
WELL, ABOUT GETTING LOCAL YOUTH
COMING TO SEATTLE COLLEGES TO
PREPARE ACADEMICALLY FOR JOBS,
CAREER, TRANSPORT AND
COMPLETION SO WE PREPARE LOCAL
YOUTH FOR SEATTLE JOBS AND THAT
IS THE VISION OF THE CITY AND
THE MAYOR AND OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD MANY
MEETINGS, GREAT CONVERSATIONS,
SOMETIMES DIFFICULT BUT IT IS
GREAT TO BE HERE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, THE
MAYOR, PARTICULARLY TO YOU AND
COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES AND
JOHNSON YOUR LEADERSHIP IS
INSTRUMENTAL TO GET US HERE.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED, FULLY
COMMITTED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO
MAKE SURE YOKEL LUTHER
LOCAL YOUTH HAVE A GOOD CHANCE.
ALL OF THEM TO COME TO SEATTLE
COLLEGES THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
OR PEOPLE NOT IN THE PROGRAM
FRANKLY, TO HAVE A VERY GOOD
CHANCE TO GET A COLLEGE
CREDENTIAL SO THEY CAN TRANSFER,
THEY CAN GET A JOB OR
CERTIFICATION.
THE CONTENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP
IS WITH THE WORK OF MANY PEOPLE
I WANT TO AGAIN THANK AS THE
DEEL STAFF HAS BEEN WONDERFUL
INCLUDING THE CITY COUNCIL
STAFF AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
HIMSELF HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
IN GETTING US HERE.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED, COMMITTED
TO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
TAKE THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM
BEST PRACTICES TO DO WHAT WE
CAN.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THE
NEW MISSION VISION VALUE IS TO
INTEGRATE VERY WELL.
PRESIDENT LAYING HAS BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL SO LET ME TURN IT
OVER TO SHEILA LANG.
>> THANK YOU.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG HAUL GETTING
TO THIS DAY AND HOPEFULLY
MONDAY WILL HAVE A FULL COUNCIL
PASS THIS BUT YOU HAVE BEEN A
TREMENDOUS PARTNER IN THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS, WE ARE
SIGNING THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY AND
THE COLLEGES AND WITH THE CITY
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHAT
THIS HAS DONE AND THE WAY WE
HAVE LAID OUT THE LEVY AND THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN HAS REALLY
BROUGHT PARTNERS TOGETHER TO
CREATE A SYSTEM FOR OUR KIDS
AND WE KNOW AS WE SEE THE
PROSPERITY HAPPENING IN OUR CITY
THERE IS HUGE DISPARITY IN WHO
IS GETTING ACCESS TO THAT
PROSPERITY.
SO FOR ALL OF US TO BE ON THE
SAME PAGE AND PUTTING EQUITY
FIRST AND I LOVE THE WAY THAT
OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT HAS
OUTLINED IT, THOUGH STUDENTS
FURTHEST AWAY FROM EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE AND WE HAVE EQUITY,
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR
STRATEGIC PLAN IT IS AT THE
HEART AND CENTER OF SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HAS ALWAYS
BEEN AT THE HEART OF THE CITY.
SO NOW WE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO
SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR
THE CHILDREN AND IT IS A
HISTORICAL MOMENT IN OUR CITY
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY HAVE ENJOYED THE
OPPORTUNITY WORKING WITH BOTH
OF YOU OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON CITY
COUNCIL, FIRST IN THE CONTEXT
OF GETTING THE FUNDING AND THEN
THE TRANSITION INTO THINKING
ABOUT MORE SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS
AND I WANT TO THANK SEATTLE
COLLEGES AND THE FOUNDATION FOR
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP
AND ESTABLISH ENDOWMENT AND
GROW THE PROGRAM.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND AS
A GRADUATE MYSELF OF A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE I UNDERSTAND
THE POWER OF BEING ABLE TO
ACCESS EDUCATION IN A WAY THAT
IS AFFORDABLE AND AT HOME AND
CLOSE TO HOME.
I HOPE THAT MANY STUDENTS WHO
HAVE SIMILAR EXPERIENCES TO
MINE AND TO THOSE OF US SITTING
AROUND THIS TABLE CONTINUE TO
SEE THIS AS A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BE
LITERALLY ANYTHING THEY WANT TO
BE.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING
THE PARTNERSHIP AND HAVING IT
BE MORE FORMALIZED IN THIS WAY
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
ONGOING LESSONS AND LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES WE WILL HAVE
TOGETHER AS WE LAUNCH THE
SEATTLE PROMISE IN A MUCH MORE
FORMAL AND LARGER WAY SO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP AND WORK.>> SO YOU
TALK ABOUT FOUNDATION.
WE ARE EXCITED WE HIRED A NEW
VICE CHANCELLOR AND THAT PERSON
WILL BE INTRODUCED, WORKING
WITH THE MAYOR, WE NEED TO GO
OUT RAISING FUNDS TO SUSTAIN
THE PROGRAM FOR THE LONG HAUL
BEYOND THE LEVY.>> GREAT,
WONDERFUL.
I WILL BE EXCITED TO MEET THE
NEW VICE CHANCELLOR.
ANYTHING THAT ANYONE ELSE WOULD
LIKE TO ADD?
>> I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE.>>
TAKE US HOME UNLESS
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST
SLIDE I WANTED TO SHARE WITH
EVERYONE.
PRETTY EXCITING, IN SECTION 10
IT SPEAKS TO WHAT WE ALL HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUT SECTION
10 HIGHLIGHTS OUR APPROACH TO
WORKING TOGETHER IN THE MUTUAL
COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATION,
COMMUNICATION OR BETTER
COMMUNICATION AND SUPPORTING
EACH OTHER IN SHARED GOALS AND
ULTIMATELY LOOKING AT
STRENGTHENING OUR VOICE AND
MESSAGING REGARDING THE PROGRAM
ENROLLMENT.
FROM SPP THROUGH PROMISE SO WE
REALLY WANTED TO SHARE THIS
PEACE WITH YOU AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW COMMITTED
WE ARE TO WORKING TOGETHER BUT
ULTIMATELY THIS SECTION IS
HIGHLIGHTING THAT AS WELL.>>
GREAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON
BEHALF OF THE MAYOR?>> NOT TO
BEAT A DEAD HORSE BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO JUST, ON BEHALF OF THE
MAYOR SHARE MY THANKS TO
COLLEAGUES AND DEEL AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT, THE DISTRICT,
CHANCELLOR, DR. SHEILA LANG.
I DID NOT WANT TO MISS OUT ON
ESSENTIALLY THE PRE-FUNCTION TO
THE CELEBRATION ON MONDAY WITH
HOPEFULLY THE PASSAGE OF THE
PLAN AS WELL AS THE AGREEMET
AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AS WELL AND FORMER
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WHO
PERHAPS ME BE WATCHING ON TV.
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, IT HAS
BEEN INDEED A JOURNEY TOGETHER
AND I AM JUST HAPPY TO HAVE
BEEN PART OF IT.
TO SEE THE LEVY DOLLARS AND
INVESTMENTS AND APPROACHES WE
HAVE DEVELOPED REALLY COMING TO
FRUITION.>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> SO WITH THAT BEING SAID I
WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
APPRECIATE THE LEARNING I HAVE
EXPERIENCED WORKING WITH YOU,
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST THE
BEGINNING.
THINKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD
BUT ALSO I WANTED TO THANK MY
PARTNERS AT THE TABLE AND ALSO
THE FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY
GRINDING BEHIND THE SCENES.
MONICA, TIM, MARISSA AND JAMES
AND PEOPLE AT SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THEM
FOR HELPING US MOVE THIS ALONG.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
SOME ADDITIONAL THANK YOU. I
HAVE THANKED ALL OF YOU HERE AND
BRIAN AND ALLIE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR HELP.
ALSO FROM THE VERY VERY
INCEPTION WHEN WE STARTED
WORKING ON THIS, BRIAN I THINK
YOU WORKED ON A COUPLE AT LEAST
THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROMISE
LEVY WHEN I WAS FIRST
INSTITUTED IN 2014.
I HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT
GUIDANCE AND REALLY SOLID
POLICY ANALYSIS AND WORK ON A
LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND MAKING
SURE THAT I WAS USING BRIAN
STRATEGICALLY TO ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AND THE
CONTINUING TO POKE DEEL WITH
THOSE QUESTIONS SO I APPRECIATE
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ENTERTAIN
QUESTIONS AND WANTING TO WORK
WITH US.
ALSO VY NGUYEN FROM MY OFFICE
WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
SINCE SHE STARTED AND HAS BEEN
DOING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
WORK IN ADVOCATING FOR SOME OF
HER OWN PERSONAL PRIORITIES
THROUGH THE LEVY INCLUDING
MAKING SURE THERE ARE STRONG
INVESTMENTS IN INCREASING THE
DIVERSITY OF EDUCATORS WITHIN
THE SYSTEM WHICH IS OF COURSE
AS WE ALL KNOW A REALLY CLEAR
STRATEGY TOWARD CLOSING THAT
OPPORTUNITY GAP AND KIND OF
HEAVILY RELIED ON HER EXPERTISE
TO MAKE THE CASE FOR WHY THAT
IS AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT
THROUGH THIS LEVY AND EXCITED
TO SEE IT PLAY OUT.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE
ADVOCATED FOR ARE INCLUDED IN
THE IMPLANTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN INCLUDE NEW AND EXCITING
INVESTMENTS AROUND MAKING SURE
WE ARE ADDRESSING STUDENTS AND
THEIR FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN BOTH THE PRE-K
SYSTEM AND THE K-12 SYSTEM AND
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
MANY FOLKS AROUND HOW WE GET
THAT MODEL JUST RIGHT SO THAT
WE CAN BEST SERVE THOSE
STUDENTS, THEIR NEEDS OUTSIDE
OF SCHOOL SO THEY CAN SHOW UP
AND BE READY TO LEARN.
ALSO THAT WAS ANOTHER PRIORITY
OF VY NGUYEN THAT MADE ITS WAY
INTO THE LEVY AND THEN LASTLY
OF COURSE MAKING SURE WE ARE
BEING VERY CONSCIOUS AND
DELIBERATE ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AS A
RESULT OF ACCESS TO THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM AND HOW WE
STRUCTURE THE PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A
WONDERFUL AMAZING PROGRAM AND
WE ARE GOING TO YIELD
TREMENDOUS RESULTS AND BECAUSE
OF THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THOSE STUDENTS WHO NEED IT THE
MOST ARE THOSE BEING
PRIORITIZED IN TERMS OF ACCESS
TO THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE I KNOW
HOW POWERFUL IT IS TO GO FROM
HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
ALSO WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE
STAFF FROM DEEL.
I KNOW THEY'RE SITTING BACK
WAITING FOR THIS TO END.
I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE
YOUR STAFFING ON THIS AND YOUR
PREPARATION FOR LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE MEETINGS, YOUR
PREPARATION AND TOLERANCE OF MY
INTERROGATION DURING MEETINGS
ABOUT THINGS THAT I CARE ABOUT
IN THE LEVY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH MY
OFFICE AND WITH ME AND TO BE
REALLY RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
DIRECTOR DWANE CHAPPELLE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND YOUR VISION.
I HAVE APPRECIATED GETTING TO
KNOW YOU BETTER AND WORKING
CLOSELY WITH YOU ON GETTING US
TO THIS POINT AND I AM VERY
CONFIDENT WE WILL HAVE SUPPORT
AND FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
IF WE DO NOT THEY WILL HAVE TO
ANSWER TO ME.>> AS YOU SAID WE
LEARN TOGETHER, WE GROW
TOGETHER.
I HOPE I WANT TO THANK OUR VICE
CHANCELLOR FROM SEATTLE
COLLEGES AND OUR PROMISE
DIRECTOR MELODY, SHE IS
CARRYING A BABY.
SEATTLE PROMISE IS A NEW BABY
SHE IS WONDERFUL SO I WANT TO
DEN THEM AS WELL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, YOUR
BABY MAY QUALIFY.
>> FULL SPECTRUM.
OF COURSE WE WANT TO THANK
SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT STAFF
FOR ALL OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND
WORK ON THIS IN NEGOTIATING THE
AGREEMENTS AND I WANT TO THANK
COUNTERPARTS AT THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL BOARD FOR THEIR
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE
@TO MOVE FORWARD AND EXCITED
ABOUT PRESENTING THIS, THESE
RESOLUTIONS IN THE FINAL
OVERALL PACKAGE TO FULL COUNCIL
ON MONDAY.
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO
HAVE BEEN A SMALL PART OF THIS.
EXCITED TO BE HERE TO WATCH YOU
TAKE IT OVER THE FINISH LINE.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO YOU AND
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
WE SEE HIS WORK REFLECTED AND
THE WORK YOU DID PREVIOUSLY SO
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE
INCREDIBLE WORK AND ALLOWING ME
TO PLAY A SMALL PART IN THIS
MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
AND THANK YOU TO FORMER
COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER ROB
JOHNSON WHO WAS REALLY
INSTRUMENTAL AND HELPFUL TO ME
IN BEING A PARTNER IN THINKING
THROUGH HOW WE WOULD SHEPHERD
THE PROCESS AND HOW WE WOULD
NAVIGATE RELATIONSHIPS AND
ULTIMATELY WHAT PRIORITIES
SHOULD BE IN PLACE.
DEFINITELY IF HE IS WATCHING
THANKS TO HIM FOR THAT AND WE
WILL MAKE SURE HE IS PART OF
THE AFTER PARTY NEXT MONDAY TO
MAKE SURE THAT HE IS ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THE TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF WORK HE HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS LEVY AS
WELL.
THAT BEING SAID I'M GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
I WILL MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL
ADOPT RESOLUTION 31881.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED
RESOLUTION 31881 BY UNANIMOUS
VOTE AND NEXT I WILL MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE
CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION
31182.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED? DID I SAY
SOMETHING WRONG?
OKAY.
I WAS LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT
SCRIPT AND THE NUMBER WAS
INCORRECT.
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL ADOPT
RESOLUTION 3188 31882.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
NONE OPPOSED, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMEND CITY COUNCIL PASSED
RESOLUTION 31882 BY UNANIMOUS
VOTE OF THIS COMMITTEE.
EXCELLENT.
NOW I WILL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
COUNCIL RULES SO COUNCIL BILL
119480 AND RESOLUTIONS 31881
AND 31882 MAYBE CONSIDER THIS
COMING MONDAY, APRIL 22.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND THIS
LEGISLATION WILL BE CONSIDERED
MONDAY, APRIL 22 AT 2:00 P.M.
IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS BY THE FULL
COUNCIL.
THAT IS IT.
THAT'S A WRAP FOR THIS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
THAT IS THE LAST ITEM ON THE
AGENDA.
WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.