>> GOOD MORNING.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,
2019.
THE HOUSING, HEALTH, ENERGY,
AD WORKERS
ORDER.
IT IS 10:02 AM.
I WILL BE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW . I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION AND
WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF
2019 AND OUR FIRST MEETING
DURING THE SEATTLE SQUEEZE SO
WE MOVED OUR TIME FROM 9:30 AM
TO 10 AM.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
TAKING TRANSIT, BIKING, WALKING
AND USING ALTERNATE
TRANSPORTATION THAN A SINGLE
OCCUPANCY VEHICLE.
WE HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE TYPE OF
CONGESTION THAT I THINK MANY
FEARED.
IN FACT, I AM HOPING THIS WILL
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE
TO SEE THEMSELVES BEING ABLE TO
COMMUTE INTO WORK BEING ABLE TO
USE ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE YOUR TODAY.
WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS.
FIRST A GENERAL UPDATE ON OUR
NEW CEO DEBORAH SMITH FROM
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
AND HEAR HOW THE FIRST FEW
MONTHS ARE GOING AND A FEW
OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT
ADVANCEMENTS AND WORKPLACE
CULTURE POLICY.
WE WILL HAVE TWO COUNSEL BILLS.
ONE LOOKING AT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHTS IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY SALE
OF A SIDEWALK EASEMENT AND ONE
OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.
THE LAST IS AN UPDATE FROM THE
2018 INVESTMENT AND AN UPDATE
ON THE NEWS WE FOUND OUT
YESTERDAY ABOUT MICROSOFT'S
$500 MILLION INVESTMENT TO OUR
REGION.
A QUICK BRIEFING ON THAT.
THERE IS A LOT OF CHATTER, ALEX
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, IF YOU'RE
HERE TO TESTIFY PLEASE GO UP
AND TESTIFY.
AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE A FEW MOMENTS PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AND WE HAVE ALEX
ZIMMERMAN UP FIRST.
>> AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.
ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
10 PROPERTIES, I LOOKED AT THIS
AND IT TALKED ABOUT ACCURACY.
NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH IT
COST, IT COST OF TIME AND
MONEY.
LIKE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT IS NOT THE POINT.
SO I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
GENERAL NUMBER.
ONE ABOUT CITY LIGHT
INFORMATION.
I COME TO A CITY LIGHT MEETING
AND TALKED ABOUT IT MANY TIMES.
CITY LIGHTS CEILING -- STEALING
FOR PEOPLE $1 MILLION.
CITY LIGHT GIVES TO SENIOR
CITIZENS AND FAMILIES $2000,
IT'S A TON OF MONEY.
I ASKED CITY LIGHT AND THE
COUNSEL WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO GIVE BACK MONEY OF WHAT THEY
STEAL FROM US.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $1 MILLION.
I PAY ALMOST DOUBLE RIGHT NOW
FOR THE SAME.
WHAT DID I PAY FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S A QUESTION, WHAT DO WE
HAVE?
A CLASS ACTION FOR ONE -- $100
MILLION.
50,000 FAMILIES.
DISABLED AND SENIOR CITIZENS.
THE SITUATION WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW.
COUNSEL IN THIS CHAMBER IS A
CROOK.
THE SAME CROOK, THE SAME THREE
BRANCHES THE COVER ONE ANOTHER.
FOR EXAMPLE YOU COUNSELOR WHEN
YOU GO TO ELECTION YOU PROMISE
-- FOR OPEN PUBLIC CONVERSATION.
YOU'RE NEVER DOING THIS, FOR
ONE YEAR NEVER HEAR FROM YOU.
IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
WHEN YOU WILL NOT LIE TO US AND
NOT BE A CROOK AND DOING
EVERYTHING YOU TOLD US BEFORE
OPEN IT ONE DAY PER WEEK FOR
OPEN PUBLIC STATION AND MAYBE
THEY WILL BE STEALING MONEY
FROM THE PARKING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE NEXT SPEAKERS WE HAVE
ARE FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT,
SILENCE BREAKERS.
DENISE, ALICE AND DOREEN.
>> BY WAY OF REFERENCE, FOR
FOLKS WHO DID SIGN UP WE HAVE
THREE SIGN-UP SHEETS.
THIS FIRST ONE IS RELATED TO
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT UPDATE.
THE CES REPORT AND THE GENERAL
OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
INCLUDING OFFICE OF HOUSING
ISSUES.
WE WILL HAVE TWO OTHER OPTIONS
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DENISE,
THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY.
DENISE CROWN BELL WITH SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
I'VE BEEN THERE 18 YEARS AND A
SHOP STEWARD FOR MANY YEARS.
I'M FROM THE SILENCE BREAKERS.
WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THE CES REPORT RELEASED BY CITY
LIGHT.
THE INVESTIGATORY REPORT IN
NOVEMBER.
WITH THAT REPORT, RELEASE, MANY
PEOPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT WERE
RETRAUMATIZED AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE UTILITY SAID THEY HAD
TO RELEASE A REPORT PUBLICLY.
BUT IT'S BEEN A CONCERN FOR
THOSE WOMEN.
AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
MY MAIN TALKING POINT ABOUT
THIS REPORT IS IT'S INDICATIVE
OF INVESTIGATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY AND AFTER THAT REPORT
WAS RELEASED, MULTIPLE PEOPLE
CAME UP TO ME AND SAID,
VARIATIONS ON, THIS IS THE
REASON WHY I AM NOT COMING
FORWARD TO HR.
WHAT A SURPRISE THAT THAT CAME
OUT TO BE THAT THEY WERE COMING
AFTER ESSENTIALLY THE WOMEN WHO
BROUGHT FORWARD THE COMPLAINTS.
IS HAVING A CHILLING EFFECT.
I'M AFRAID IT WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT.
ON A SIDE NOTE I HAVE ALSO HAD
PROBABLY 10 PEOPLE SAY TO ME, I
AM WAITING FOR THE OFFICE OF
EMPLOYEE OMBUD AND THEN I'M
GOING TO COME FORWARD.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO
TALK ABOUT.
MY COMPATRIOTS HAVE OTHER
ISSUES THEY WANT TO RAISE.
WE HAVE RAISED CONCERNS IN
OTHER TESTIMONY.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IS
OUR CONCERN.
THAT THIS REPORT IS OUT THERE,
IT IS INDICATIVE OF HOW
INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED,
WHETHER INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO
THE CITY.
AND IT VERY MUCH IS HAVING A
CHILLING EFFECT ON REPORTING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU DENISE.
>>
>> WELCOME ALICE.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
>> I'M HERE TO READ SOME
COMMENTS FROM A CURRENT
EMPLOYEE ABOUT THE CES REPORT.
>> ALEX ZIMMERMAN I WILL NOT
ACCEPT YOU STANDING UP THERE
AND ACTING AS IF YOU'RE PART OF
THIS GROUP.
THANK YOU.
>> AGAIN I AM ALICE A FORMER
EMPLOYEE AND I'M READING A
STATEMENT GIVEN TO ME BY A
CURRENT EMPLOYEE RELATED TO THE
CES REPORT.
IN THE INVESTIGATION REGARDING
THE PETITION, I WAS ASKED BY
THE CITY HIRED ATTORNEY IF I'VE
EVER DIRECTLY EXPERIENCED
SEXISM AND HARASSMENT AT CES.
I TOLD HONESTLY I WASN'T SURE
IT WAS SEXUAL HARASSMENT, BUT I
SAID I DID NOT FILE A COMPLAINT
WITH HR AND RECOUNTED THE
DETAILS OF A VERY EMBARRASSING
CONVERSATION INITIATED BY A
SENIOR MALE COLLEAGUE WHEN I
FIRST STARTED AT THE CITY.
I PROVIDED THE ATTORNEY WITH
HIS NAME, UNDER THE PRETENSE OF
CONFIDENTIALITY.
I TOLD HIM MY WHOLE STORY TO
DOCUMENT A PATTERN OF
UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR BY THIS
INDIVIDUAL.
WHO HAS HARASSED OTHER WOMEN AT
CES.
I AM QUESTIONING CITY LIGHTS
DECISION TO ISSUE A PRESS
RELEASE ON THEIR POWERLINES A
BLOG AND FACEBOOK PAGE THAT
INCLUDED A ONE-SIDED SUMMARY OF
THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE
CITY'S DECISION TO HIRE AN
ATTORNEY TO INVESTIGATE A
PETITION SIGNED BY 42 PEOPLE.
THE EXCUSE GIVEN FOR PUBLICLY
RELEASING THE REPORT WAS THAT
THERE WAS A STANDING PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE REQUEST AND THE CITY
WOULD HAVE TO GIVE THE REPORT
TO THE PRESS ANYWAY.
I FEEL THIS APPROACH WAS
DISHONEST IN THE REPORT
SHOULD'VE BEEN GIVEN ONLY TO
THOSE WHO FILED THE PDR MINUS
THE CITIES BIASED AND
MISLEADING INTERPRETATION OF
THE FACTS DETAILED IN THE PRESS
RELEASE.
WHAT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HARD TO
FORGET IS HOW NACE I FEEL FOR
BELIEVING THAT MY COMMENTS
ABOUT EIGHT MALE SUPERVISOR WHO
STILL WORKS IN MY SECTION WOULD
BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL BY THE
INVESTIGATIVE ATTORNEY.
AFTER READING THE REPORT IT WAS
VERY CLEAR THAT THE ATTORNEY
DIRECTLY ASKED THAT MALE
COLLEAGUE IF THE STATEMENTS I
HAD MADE WERE TRUE, EXPOSING ME
AND MY BELIEFS.
I HAVE TO SEE THIS PERSON EVERY
DAY.
DON'T LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE
EYE.
WE AVOID EACH OTHER AT ALL
COSTS.
IF THE ATTORNEY HAD INFORMED ME
EVERYTHING I WOULD SAID TO HER
WOULD HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH THE
SUPERVISOR, I WOULD'VE WITHHELD
HIS NAME.
ESPECIALLY KNOWING HOW THE
INVESTIGATION WAS NOT TO
QUANTIFY THE HARASSMENT ISSUES
AT CES, BUT TO USE BEST ROCHA
AS A SCAPEGOAT AND RELINQUISH
ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
>> DOREEN.
LAKISHA.
>> MY NAME IS MARK KEISHA AND
I'M GOING TO SPEAK -- IN
REGARDS TO THE CES
INVESTIGATION.
THIS IS CALL FOR ACTION.
EMPLOYEES REQUEST FOR HARASSMENT
TRAINING THROUGH PETITION.
SCL HR CLAIMS TO HAVE
INTERVIEWED EMPLOYEES PRIOR TO
HIRING CELESTE MONROE TO DO THE
SAME THING, HOWEVER THAT
INFORMATION WAS NOT RELEASED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE FINAL
MONROE AIRPORT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE OF 42 WERE
INTERVIEWED BY SCL HR.
THE POLITICAL IMMEDIATE
PRESSURE APPLIED.
WITH POLITICAL PRESSURE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND
LOCAL 17 PRESENTED -- AS WELL
AS MOUNTING LEGAL PRESSURE
NEARLY 9 MONTHS LATER SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT DECIDED TO HIRE AN
EMPLOYEE.
AND EMPLOYER DEFENSE ATTORNEY
OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
WAS THIS REALLY DONE IN
PREPARATION OF THEIR DEFENSE,
DOES THIS -- DO THEY NOT TRUST
THEIR OWN HR INVESTIGATORS
DECISION WHO MONTHS EARLIER
CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NO NEED
FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION PER
THE PETITION.
THE CITY'S DEFENSE MOVE AGAINST
THE WORKERS.
THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
WAS TO INCLUDE A HARASSMENT
ALLEGATION RAISED AN ATTORNEY
BUT THE EMPLOYER'S EQUITATION'S
STATED TO BE COMPLETED IN A
SEPARATE REPORT AND OTHER
ALLEGATIONS WERE DOWNPLAYED AS
POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF WORKPLACE
-- MUTUAL RESPECT.
RATHER THAN AN ASSAULT IN THE
WORKPLACE.
WHERE IS THE SEPARATE REPORT?
WHITE SEPARATE AND SERIOUS
ACCUSATIONS FROM THE PRIMARY
PURPOSE OF ACCUSATIONS?
IT TOOK CELESTE MONROE JUST
UNDER A YEAR TO COMPLETE THE
REPORT FOR WHICH THE CITY PAID
OVER $47,000 AND ACCORDING TO
MANY IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
POORLY WRITTEN AND BIASED
REPORTS.
WOULD $47,000 HAVE BEEN SPENT
ON A MANAGER AND EMPLOYEE
TRAINING AND EMPLOYEE
DEVELOPMENT IS A BETTER
INVESTMENT?
CITY STRATEGY UNDER THE
GUIDANCE OF TRANSPARENCY.
IN NOVEMBER 2018 SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT OFFICIALS MADE AN
UNPRECEDENTED MOVE REGARDING IN
A CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE
INVESTIGATION RELEASING A PRESS
ANNOUNCEMENT WITH REDACTED COPY
DIRECTLY TO UNDISCLOSED MEDIA
OUTLETS AND REDACTED VERSION TO
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACCUSERS.
ACCUSING EMPLOYEES -- WHICH
ALSO LINKED IN ON CITY LIGHTS
FACEBOOK PAGE IN AN ATTEMPT TO
READ THE 98,000 FOLLOWERS.
IN ANTICIPATION OF A LAWSUIT
AGAINST THE CITY BY A FORMER
EMPLOYEE.
THE CITY TRY TO INFLUENCE
PUBLIC OPINION TO RELEASE A IN
BIASED REPORT.
>>, HAVE YOU WRAP UP?
>> I'M JUST ABOUT DONE.
PERPETUATING A CULTURE OF FEAR
AND RETALIATION WITH TAXPAYER
MONEY.
PRIOR TO THE REPORT BEING
FINALIZED AND EMPLOYEE AND CS
EMPLOYEE PROVIDE A REPORT WITH
-- THE RESULT OF THE
INVESTIGATION HAD NO CHANGES.
AND LOCAL 17 UNION PRESENTED OF
AMY BOWLES ASKED FOR THE REPORT
TO BE PRESENTED AND REDACTED.
WITH NO ACTION FROM SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
THE SILENT BREAKERS MET WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO
AGREED THE REPORT SHOULD BE
RESCINDED AND REDACTED.
AND YOU THE TAXPAYER WHO DID
NOT WANT YOUR MONEY BEING SPENT
TO HELP THE CITY OF SEATTLE
PERPETRATE A CULTURE OF SEXUAL-
HARASSMENT DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST ITS EMPLOYEES, CAN ACT
NOW AND SUPPORT THE WORKERS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT IS EVERYONE I HAVE SIGNED
UP TO TESTIFY FOR THIS PORTION
OF THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED
TO TESTIFY?
OKAY.
THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING AND
SHARING YOUR STORY.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD IT CHANCE AS
WELL TO MEET WITH OUR NEXT
GUEST AT THE TABLE.
PLEASE READ INTO THE AGENDA
RECORD AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. IF
YOU WILL IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US
AT THE TABLE PLEASE COME ON
OUT.
>> JUST YOU.
WELCOME DEBORAH.
>> SEATTLE CITY LIGHT GENERAL
UPDATE FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WELCOME GENERAL MANAGER CEO
DEBORAH SMITH AND ALSO TRENT 12
TO THE TABLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU.
I KNOW WE HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT
BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK AND AT
THAT POINT YOU WERE A FEW
MONTHS IN.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
UPDATE ON HOW THE FIRST FEW
MONTHS HAVE GONE.
LESSONS LEARNED IN THIS SHORT
AMOUNT OF TIME AND ALSO
SPECIFIC TO THE TESTIMONY WE
HEARD THIS MORNING, WE KNOW,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW WHO ARE
PART OF THIS COMMITTEE KNOW
WELL THAT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IS
SORT OF THE EPICENTER THAT MANY
OF THE ISSUES OF THE #METOO
MOVEMENT HAVE COME TO LIGHT IN
CITY HALL.
LAST YEAR WHEN WE SAW SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT STRATEGIC PLAN, ONE
GLARING OMISSION, WAS THE FACT
IT WAS NOT A COMMENT IN THE
DRAFT REPORT RELATED TO
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT,
INTIMIDATION OR ASSAULT. AND WE
WERE VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH
YOUR PREDECESSORS IN THIS
COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
INCLUDED THAT LANGUAGE IN
THERE.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU ARE
HEARING FROM FOLKS IS A STRONG
DESIRE TO ASK, WHAT'S NEXT?
HOW DO WE CHANGE THE CULTURE?
HOW DO WE CHANGE NOT JUST THE
EXPECTATIONS THAT THE POLICY ON
PAPER SO THAT THERE IS A TRUE
SENSE OF WHAT EXPECTED NORMS
AND BEHAVIORS ARE.
WE WILL LET YOU DO AN UPDATE ON
JUST GENERALLY WHAT HAS
HAPPENED AND IF YOU CAN ALSO
COMMENT ON SOME OF THE ISSUES
YOU HAVE HEARD RAISED IN THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY BEFORE.
>> SURE.
SO I DON'T FORGET JUST BECAUSE
I HAVE SOME NOTES, I WILL SAY
THAT AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
ACCOUNTABILITY AGREEMENTS FOR
CITY LIGHTS OFFICERS AND THOSE
WILL CASCADE DOWN, OF COURSE I
HAVE A DIFFERENT FORMAT I HAVE
USED BEFORE, SO I BROUGHT THAT
TO THE TABLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE
IS TO CREATE A SET OF
FOUNDATIONAL GOALS.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY PUT THEM AT
THE VERY TOP.
SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE
STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WERE NOT IN
ANY WAY VARIED BUT THEY WEREN'T
AT THE FOREFRONT, THEY NOW ARE.
THOSE ARE AROUND WORKPLACE
CULTURE, DIVERSITY, FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY, THERE IS
ANOTHER ONE, I AM NOT
REMEMBERING.
JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE
ARE REALLY TRYING TO ELEVATE
THAT AND SAY THAT EVERYTHING WE
DO IS BUILT ON THAT FOUNDATION.
>> BEFORE YOU GET STARTED I
WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW AND ERIC, DID YOU
WANT TO STAY WITH US I YOU ARE
WELCOME TO.
IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF
FOR THE RECORD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ERIC, -- ERIC McCONAGHY.
CENTRAL STAFF.
I WORK FOR YOU ALL AS YOU KNOW.
ON CITY LIGHT ISSUES, AND I'M
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
OTHER THAN THIS MOMENT I HAVE
NOT MUCH TO SAY AT THE TABLE.
AN ACTIVE LISTENER AND I WILL
TAKE NOTES IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME
TO.
>> WILL YOU BE HERE FOR
BRIEFING ON THE TWO PROPERTIES?
>> I PLAN TO BE IN THE ROOM FOR
THE ENTIRE TIME AND I CAN BE AT
THIS TABLE IF YOU LIKE ME TO.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
YOU ON ITEMS TWO AND THREE.
>> I WILL SAY I HAVE A COLD BUT
WE WILL GO FOR IT.
I WANTED TO START BY GIVING A
BRIEF UPDATE ON WHAT IS GOING
ON.
>> WE SHOULD ADD THAT YOU ARE A
HUSKY NOW.
NO LONGER A DUCK.
>> I RAN INTO COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND SHE SAID WE BUT
HUSKIES SHIRTS THAT WE WORE FOR
THE GAME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AND
HEN I LOST MY HUSBA
OFF AND SAID DO YOU THINK THEY
WILL TAKE THIS BACK?
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL.
>> WHEN I SAW HER I SAID I'M
HUSKY NOW.
>> I WAS GIFTED WITH EIGHT
SEAHAWKS JERSEY WHICH WAS
EXCITING.
THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER.
>> SOON YOU WILL GET AN NHL
SHORT.
>> ANYWAY, MY 100 DAYS ARE NOT
QUITE UP WE ARE RAPIDLY THERE.
I DID PASS THE THREE MONTH MARK
THIS MONTH AND I REALLY FOCUSED
ON TALKING WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
I HAVE TALKED WITH A LOT OF
CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES, DEEP
MEMBERS.
HAVE PROBABLY SPENT 80-90% OF
MY TIME IN ONE MEETING OR
ANOTHER I LOOK FORWARD TO
MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE
WHERE HAVE TIME TO ENGAGE IN
MORE FORWARD-LOOKING WORK.
AND DEVELOPING PLANS.
I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON WHAT
I WOULD CONSIDER THE PRIORITIES
THAT I HAVE FOR MOVING FORWARD
INTO THIS FIRST, I DON'T KNOW,
YEAR?
AND IT MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN
THAT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
HAVE EMERGED TO ME.
I AM DEALING WITH RATE REDESIGN
FIRST, NOT BECAUSE IT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT BUT BECAUSE I'M
GOING TO PARK IT.
I THINK AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED,
AND FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SAY
ERIC HAS BEEN GREAT AND WE
ENJOYED HAVING HIM JOIN AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE REVIEW
PANEL.
AND I THINK ERIC, ONE OF THE
VALUES YOU HAVE BROUGHT IS THAT
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
TURNOVER, AND YOU COMING IN
WITH QUESTIONS BUT I'M SURE
OTHERS HAVE HAD, I REALLY
APPRECIATED YOU DOING THAT.
IT'S BEEN HELPFUL FOR ME
BECAUSE IT HAS HELPED CREATE
THE HISTORY.
WE WILL BE BRINGING, WE HAVE AN
INITIAL REPORT DUE TO THE
COUNSEL, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE US
A TWO WEEK EXTENSION , JANUARY
31.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO BRING THAT
TO YOU ON FEBRUARY 21.
WE HAVE REFRESH PRIORITIES.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD PIECE OF
WORK AND I THINK YOU WILL BE
PLEASED WITH WHERE WE ARE
HEADED.
LET'S PUT THAT ASIDE FOR THE
MOMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE TALKED
ABOUT, AND THIS IS NOT AROUND
WHICH COMES FIRST, THE CHICKEN
OR THE EGG, I TALKED A LOT ABOUT
OUR NEED TO RECONNECT WITH
CUSTOMERS.
AND THIS IS NOT UNIQUE BY ANY
MEANS TO CITY LIGHT AS A
UTILITY.
UTILITY INDUSTRY IS KIND OF A
NATURAL MONOPOLY.
IT IS EASY TO ALLOW DISTANCE TO
BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CUSTOMERS.
IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY SECTOR IN
PARTICULAR, THE NOTION THAT HER
CUSTOMERS ARE INDEED OUR OWNERS
IS CRITICAL.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING RIGHT
NOW, AND I'M NOT PREPARED TO
TALK ABOUT THIS BUT THE STUFF
GOING ON IN CALIFORNIA WITH
PG&E AND AS THEY ARE LOOKING AT
NOW PUBLIC UTILITIES IN THE
PAPER TODAY, AND THAT IS WHY.
THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING AND
EXPECTATION THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES ARE MORE ACCOUNTABLE
AND CLOSER TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.
I THINK WE ARE FORTUNATE TO
HAVE THAT HERE.
WASHINGTON STATE IN GENERAL IS
FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LOT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES AND A MAJORITY
OF CUSTOMERS SERVED BY THEM.
AND GOING INTO THIS TIME OF
GREAT CHANGE WE HAVE A REAL
OPPORTUNITY AND THE NEED TO
INCLUDE -- INCREASE THAT LEVEL
OF CONNECTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT
IS, SINCE OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO CHOOSE US IN
THE PAST, NUMBER 1 I THINK THAT
THAT HOLDS US TO A HIGHER
STANDARD TO BEHAVE IN WAYS SUCH
THAT IF THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO
CHOOSE US THEY WOULD.
SINCE THEY CAN'T CHOOSE US WITH
THEIR DOLLARS.
AND NUMBER 2, I BELIEVE FUTURE
CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE A WAY OF
CHOOSING HOW TO TO GET ENERGY
SERVICES PROVIDED.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN THAT
DAY COMES, AND IN SOME WAYS IT
IS HERE, THAT THEY DO CHOOSE
US.
YOU'RE REALLY TALKING A LOT
ABOUT CUSTOMER OWNERS,
MAXIMIZING THE VALUE WE DELIVER
TO CUSTOMER OWNERS, AND THAT IS
A RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH OF
US.
LOOKING AHEAD, AMI, THE BULK OF
THE METERS ARE IN.
SO WE CHOSE A CUSTOMER PORTAL
VENDOR, SPU.
AND SCL DID COLLABORATIVELY
WORKING WITH SEATTLE I.T.
THE BULK OF THAT SHOULD BE
ONLINE BY THE END OF 2019.
WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE A
TIME WHERE CUSTOMERS WILL BEGIN
TO BENEFIT FROM THE INVESTMENT
IN AMI AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY
EXCITING.
I THINK IT'S REALLY RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER.
THERE IS A SECOND LEVEL OF
INTEGRATION THE HAS TO HAPPEN
IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE --
REALLY TO HAVE THE DATA AND
GRANULARITY OF DATA THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO DO DIFFERENT AND
FORWARD THINKING RATE
STRUCTURES.
THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM OUR
SYSTEM AND BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT
IT RIGHT AWAY.
WORKING ON INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMER
POWER QUALITY I HAVE HAD A
SERIES OF ROUNDTABLES WITH
CUSTOMERS AND THOSE OF GONE
REALLY WELL.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT
CONVERSATIONS.
IN GENERAL OUR CUSTOMERS, EVEN
THOSE WITH ISSUES, ARE
EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF CITY
LIGHT.
WE HAVE A GREAT KEY COUNSEL
TEAM, THEY TAKE CARE OF HER
CUSTOMERS AND FORM STRONG
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
PEOPLE THEY SERVE.
THAT IS A GREAT -- IT'S GREAT
FOR US AND GREAT FOR OUR
CUSTOMERS.
AND AGAIN, SO HAVING LOTS OF
CUSTOMER MEETINGS OF DIFFERENT
TYPES AND SWORDS, THE PICTURE
UP THERE WAS WHEN I WAS OUT AT
NEWPORT AND WE WERE IN
CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH
NEWPORT WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN
LOOKING AT PERHAPS SOME
DISTRIBUTIVE ENERGY RESOURCE
KIND OF PRICING.
SO WE CONNECTED THEM WITH
BONNEVILLE AND THOSE
CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING.
AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO BE WITH
OUR CUSTOMERS AND HELP THEM
GROW GRACEFULLY.
HOW IS THAT?
>> QUESTIONS?
>> LAST FRIDAY WE WERE IN THE
STRICT ONE.
THEY MENTIONED YOU ARE OUT
THERE AND THEY HAD A GOOD VISIT
WITH YOU.
AND THEY GAVE US SOME GOOD
EXAMPLES OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THERE IS AN EXPECTED POWER
OUTAGES.
HAVE TO USE WELDING TOOLS, THEY
HAVE TO CHISEL STEEL THAT GETS
STUCK IN THE MACHINES.
IF IT'S PIPING THROUGH.
AT OVER 300 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
AND THE POWER GOES OUT, IT
COOLS RIGHT THERE SO THAT IS A
TIME LOSS AND COST.
THEY HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS I AM
SURE THEY SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT
WHAT THEY CALLED INTERMITTENT
OUTAGES.
PLANNED OUTAGES SO THERE CAN BE
DOWNTIME TO SAVE ENERGY FOR YOU
ALL AND TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T
HAVE THE COST.
WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH
THAT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING
TO WITH BONNEVILLE AND WE HAVE
ANOTHER MEETING SCHEDULED
FEBRUARY 1. THAT IS ONGOING.
OUR TEAM IS LOOKING AT A SERIES
OF SHORT AND LONG-TERM SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY
AROUND SUBSTATIONS BUT ALSO
PROTOCOL AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE
WITH CUSTOMERS IN A WAY THAT
GIVES THEM THE BEST AND MOST
CONSISTENT INFORMATION.
SOMETIMES WE CAN ACTUALLY BE
OUR OWN WORST ENEMY.
WE ARE SO INTERESTED IN
PROVIDING INFORMATION AND
TALKING TO CUSTOMERS WE CAN
WIND UP GETTING OUT AND
PROVIDING AN INCONSISTENT
MESSAGE.
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT IN
PULLING TOGETHER CHANGES THAT I
WILL THINK A STREAMLINE THE
COMMUNICATION PROCESS.
SO, NEXT SLIDE, WE ARE THERE.
GOOD.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY OWNED UTILITY
AND WE ARE HERE TO SERVE OUR
CUSTOMER OWNERS.
THEY PAY OUR SALARIES.
BUT WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT
OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE
WITHOUT OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEES.
IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
THAT IS THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG
THING.
I THINK EMPLOYEES ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT TOOL, OR THE MOST
IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR BEING A
COMMUNITY OWNED UTILITY AND
PROVIDING THE PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES THE WAY WE WANT TO
PROVIDE THEM WITH CUSTOMERS.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THE
EMPLOYEE CULTURE THAN WOULD BE
INDICATED BY THESE SLIDES.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO MAKING
-- TO DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO
MAKE CITY LIGHT A PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE GET UP IN THE MORNING
AND CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO WORK.
I FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AT WORK.
THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS WHY
IT'S IMPORTANT BUT ALSO WE
SPEND THE BETTER PART OF OUR
WEEK IS PEOPLE IN OUR WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
HE NEEDS TO BE A PLACE WHERE WE
FEEL APPRECIATED AND RESPECTED
AND WHERE WE LEAVE AT THE END
OF THE DAY AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT
OUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND WHAT THAT
LOOKED LIKE.
AND SO, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE,
I CAN'T CHANGE WHAT IS PAST
THAT I DO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR GOING FORWARD AND I AM IN
NO WAY TRYING TO SHIRK THAT
RESPONSIBILITY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.
I DID GET SOME QUESTIONS THAT
WERE PROVIDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S OFFICE JUST BEFORE
WE WALKED IN THIS MORNING.
I'M NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER
THEM LADIES, BUT I AM TOTALLY
ON IT.
WE WILL GET YOU RESPONSES.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE JUST A
COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE
CPS INVESTIGATION AND THEN TALK
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE
SILENCE BREAKERS DO NOT
CONSIDER THE INVESTIGATION
VALID.
AND NOT JUST THE SILENCE
BREAKERS BUT -- DO NOT CONSIDER
THE INVESTIGATION TO BE VALID
AND THEY SHARED THAT WITH ME
DIRECTLY.
THEY CAME AND TALKED WITH ME
AND WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION
ABOUT THAT.
>> BY WAY OF REMINDER, THE CPS
INVESTIGATION --
>> CUSTOMER ENERGY SOLUTIONS.
THAT IS THE GROUP WITHIN CITY
LIGHT THAT PROVIDES ENERGY AND
EFFICIENCY CONSERVATION
SERVICES.
>> OUR OFFICE DID SHARE THAT
REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE IN
NOVEMBER ALONG WITH THE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT COVERAGE IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES, NOVEMBER 16, BY
WAY OF REMINDER IN CASE YOU ARE
WONDERING WHAT THE REPORT IS WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IS FROM TWO MONTHS AGO AND THIS
IS OUR FIRST TIME TO CHECK IN
ON IT.
JUST OF REMINDER OF WHAT THE
REPORT WAS AND SOME OF THE
FINDINGS.
>> GREAT.
AFTER I MET WITH THE SILENCE
BREAKERS, AND I ALSO MET WITH
AMY BOWLES, I'VE HAD SEVERAL
CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND, I THINK I
DO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE
CONCERNS.
I WILL SAY THAT.
I DID GO AHEAD AND INTERN I
SHARED THE SILENCE BREAKERS
CONCERNS DIRECTLY WITH THE
ATTORNEY WHO HANDERS -- HANDLES
CITY LIGHT EMPLOYEE ISSUES.
I SHARE THE NATURE OF THAT.
I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE WERE
IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED FOR
CITY LIGHT FROM THE
INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS THAT
OBVIOUSLY AS WELL AS THE
WORKPLACE ISSUES UNDERLYING IT.
THE PROCESS ITSELF IN TERMS OF,
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO GIVE
YOU A COMPLETE LIST, BUT IN
TERMS OF HOW WE COMMUNICATED
WITH EMPLOYEES, HOW THE RELEASE
WAS HANDLED.
HOW COME I EVEN HAD SOME
CONVERSATIONS WITH SDHR, THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES WITH THEIR
INVESTIGATOR ABOUT WHAT IS BEST
PRACTICE IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEES
WHO ARE INVOLVED IN AN
INVESTIGATION, HOW YOU CLOSE
THAT LOOP WITH THEM.
THOSE LESSONS LEARNED ARE
IMPORTANT AND THEY WILL HELP US
GOING FORWARD.
AS REFERENCE TO THE REPORT,
THERE IS ONGOING LITIGATION SO
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO TALK
ABOUT THAT.
IS ACTIVE.
BUT AS THAT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO RESPOND
TO QUESTIONS AND WORK THROUGH
THE CONCERNS THAT EMPLOYEES IN
AND OUTSIDE OF CES HAVE IT'S
úIMPORTANT FOR US TO MOVE
FORWARD.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE.
AND THAT IS COMING AT THIS FROM
MY 100 DAYS.
THESE ARE REVOLVING THOUGHTS.
SO THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
I REALLY HAVE FOUR AREAS OF
FOCUS.
NUMBER 1 IS CLEAR EXPECTATIONS.
EMPLOYEES HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS
REQUIRED OF THEM.
AND YES, IT IS MORE THAN, IT'S
POLICY OR LAW.
IT IS WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS.
IT IS MAKING THOSE THINGS, ALL
OF THEM, KNOWN AND AND
TRANSPARENT. EDUCATING
EMPLOYEES AND TRAINING THEM ON
THE.
WE ARE DOING THINGS LIKE
EXPECTATIONS TRAINING.
I WILL SHARE, AND FOLKS IN MY
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE KNOW THAT
I AM NOT -- THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HAS WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS, I
DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN
FORMALLY RELEASED BUT THEY HAVE
WORKING ON THEM FOR SOME TIME.
CITY LIGHT HAS HER OWN.
HOURS ARE QUITE LONG.
I'M NOT A HUGE FAN OF THEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM,
HONESTLY I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO HOLD EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTABLE
OR SOMETHING IT HAS TO BE
SOMETHING THAT CAN GRASP AND
UNDERSTAND AND HOLD.
BUT THE TRAINING WE ARE DOING
THAT WAS DEVELOPED BEFORE I
CAME IS GOOD TRAINING.
IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON FOUR
FUNDAMENTAL REPLACE
EXPECTATIONS.
THAT IS ONGOING.
AND THEN WE WILL BE REVAMPING
THE WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS
THEMSELVES AND SO THAT IS WORTH
IT.
-- THAT IS WORK WE ARE LOOKING
AT DOING IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
NUMBER 2 IS ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ARE ALL ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR
BEHAVIOR.
THAT MEANS EVERYONE INCLUDING
ME.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO AND
MUST ALLOW EMPLOYEES
ACCOUNTABLE AT ALL LEVELS,
MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS,
DIRECTORS.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT LEADERSHIP
IN HOLDING THEIR EMPLOYEES
ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT IS A TWO EDGE SWORD AND
THAT IS A TOUGH ONE.
WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THAT YESTERDAY.
IT IS HARD TO -- WE WANT
MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS TO
HOLD EMPLOYEES WERE VIOLATING
ANY FORM OF POLICY ACCOUNTABLE
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
IN A DISCIPLINARY OR OTHER
PROCESS HAVE SUPPORT.
IT IS NOT EASY.
BUT JUST BECAUSE IT ISN'T EASY
DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T DO IT.
I THINK THAT SOMETIMES THERE IS
SOME STORIES IN HISTORY THAT
HAS BEEN HARD.
WE NEED TO REENGAGE WITH THAT
PROCESS.
AND I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR
BEHAVIORS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
THAT MEANS PART OF
ACCOUNTABILITY MEANS HOW WE
FOLLOW-UP AND WHAT ARE THE
CONSEQUENCES AND APPLYING THEM
IN A CONSISTENT WAY.
NUMBER 3 IS AROUND ENVIRONMENT.
IT HAS TO BE SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO
BRING ISSUES FORWARD.
AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE
RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO
SORT OUT AND EVALUATE THEIR
OPTIONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED WHEN THERE
WAS THE PRESENTATION, I THINK
IT WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO,
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HR
OFFICE OF THE OMBUD AND
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW YOU
BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES THE
FACT THAT NOT ALL ISSUES RISE
TO THE LEVEL OF A LEGAL
DISCRIMINATION OR HARASSMENT
ISSUE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT AND DON'T
NEED TO BE DEALT WITH.
IT JUST MEANS THEY NEED TO BE
DEALT WITH IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
MAKING SURE WE HAVE RESOURCES
IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH ALL THOSE
ISSUES IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY
IS CLEAR.
CLEAR VIOLATIONS OF POLICY MUST
BE DEALT WITH IN APPROPRIATE
WAY.
AS ENVISIONED THE COUNSEL, AND
BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
CLAIM WILL GO TO SDHR.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
I SUPER SUPPORT THAT.
I THINK IT IS CRITICAL, I HAVE
BECOME AWARE THAT ONE OF THE
NICE THINGS FOR EMPLOYEES ABOUT
WORKING FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE AROUND AND
HAVE NEW AND DIFFERENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO HAVING A CONSISTENT WAY TO
DEAL WITH SERIOUS HAVERHILL AND
POLICY VIOLATIONS IS CRITICAL
FOR EMPLOYEES WHO MIGHT CHOOSE
TO MOVE INTO DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THEIR
CAREER.
I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES IN CITY
LIGHT HR AND ELSEWHERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYMORE
ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO DO SO.
BUT I DO, AND HAVE TALKED
INTERNALLY, I THINK I MENTIONED
THIS WHEN WE TALK IN DECEMBER,
ABOUT CREATING THE CITY LIGHT
OMBUD.
TO CREATE YET ANOTHER AVENUE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO.
THAT POSITION WILL REPORT
DIRECTLY TO A CHIEF OF STAFF
BUT WOULD NOT REPORT TO THE HR
STRUCTURE.
THAT WOULD BE MORE AROUND
HELPING PEOPLE SORT, IS THIS A
DISCRIMINATION HARASSMENT CLAIM
THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THE CITY?
WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS FOR DEALING
WITH IT IF IT'S NOT?
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY THERE.
AND SUE McNABB AND I ARE
ENGAGED IN A PILOT PROJECT WITH
SDHR INVESTIGATING AN EMPLOYEE
DISCRIMINATION CLAIM.
THAT WORK IS ONGOING AND YOU
KNOW THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO
SIT AT THAT FUNCTION.
WE HAD ONE THAT CAME UP, IT WAS
CLEAR THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH SUE AND SAY CAN
YOU HANDLE THIS?
THAT IS ONGOING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW
GOES.
MY FOURTH IS AROUND TOOLS.
AGAIN, IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
POLICY AND POLICY VIOLATIONS
AND THINGS THAT RISE TO THE
LEVEL OF THE COUNTY, IF THEY
ARE CLEARLY HANDLED IN ONE WAY,
IN MANY CASES EMPLOYEES LACK
THE TOOLS OR SKILLS THEY NEED
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
EACH OTHER ABOUT HOW THEY WANT
TO BE TREATED.
WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CULTURE WE WORK WITHIN AND FOR
CREATING A CULTURE THAT ALLOWS
US TO DO OUR BEST WORK.
BUT WE NEED A LOT OF HELP AND
SUPPORT.
I BELIEVE OFTEN ISSUES DEVELOP
OVER TIME AND SERIOUS PROBLEMS
RESULT OF UNRESOLVED MICRO-
AGGRESSIONS.
WHEN AN ISSUE ISN'T A CLEAR
POLICY VIOLATION OR ILLEGAL
ACT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EMPLOYEES HAVE TOOLS AVAILABLE
TO ALLOW THEM TO DO THEIR BEST
WORK.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S MY
RESPONSIBILITY.
WE ARE WORKING ON SPECIFICS BUT
I THINK THERE'S A REAL
OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE
PRODUCTIVITY, ENGAGEMENT, AND
ULTIMATELY EMPLOYEE MORALE BY
HELPING AND SUPPORTING
EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS WITH COWORKERS,
SUPERVISORS, AND COLLEAGUES AND
TO HAVE PLACES THEY CAN GO TO
HELP THEM DECIDE, IS THIS AN
APPROPRIATE CONVERSATION FOR ME
TO HAVE AND DO I NEED HELP?
THAT IS MY PLAN.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF FLUSHING
PIECES OUT.
I AM EXCITED FOR THE NEXT 100
DAYS.
BEFORE I MOVE ON TO MY LAST
AREA WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRIFICATION, I HAVE ONE
MORE THING TO ADD OR SHARE.
ARE THE QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL?
>> THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING
THIS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FRAME AND
FORWARD-LOOKING, WANTING TO
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LESSONS
LEARNED AND I THINK THE ONLY
WAY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE FEEL
HEARD IS TO MAKE SURE THOSE
LESSONS IN THE FUTURE
INCORPORATE SOME OF THE
FEEDBACK WE HAVE HEARD, NOT
TODAY BUT THROUGHOUT THE LAST
YEAR.
ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED
ESPECIALLY ON THIS REPORT BEING
úTHAT THE REPORT WAS RELEASED
EARLY WITH NAMES INCLUDED AND
PEOPLE FELT LIKE THE TRUST WAS
BROKEN.
HAVING PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY
HAD A BODY TO GO TO AND REPORT
WHAT HAPPENED, AND THEN TO HAVE
THE REPORT BASICALLY SAY, IT
DIDN'T MEET THIS DEFINITION OF
HARASSMENT THEREFORE IT WAS
NULLIFIED.
IT MAY NOT BE THE EXACT WORDS
BUT I THINK IT'S A FEELING IT
LEFT PEOPLE WITH.
HAVING YOU SAY THAT THESE FOUR
COMPONENTS OF YOUR PLAN REALLY
WILL BE TO HELP CENTER CHANGE
ON THOSE EXPERIENCES, BUT JUST
HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE BUT
ALSO ALSO A SENSE OF DISTRUST
AND BEING LET DOWN WHEN THESE
REPORTS ROLL OUT.
-- THOSE ACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE
THAT I THINK HAVE SCARRED MANY
WORKERS BEFORE YOU GOT THERE
AND PEOPLE ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT WANTING TO WORK WITH YOU
TO CHANGE THE CULTURE GOING
FORWARD IT IS CLEARLY ONE OF
THE CORE PIECES YOU HEARD FROM
US IN INTERVIEW, HOW CAN YOU
HELP CENTER POLICY CHANGES ON
WHAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE AND HELP
US GET AWAY FROM THE BAR OF
WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE IS
HARASSED OR INSULTED, IF IT'S
AN UNSAFE WORKPLACE IT'S A
VALID ITSELF.
I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING WHAT
FOLKS HAD TO SAY.
WE HAVE CONSTANTLY TRIED TO
MAKE SURE THOSE VOICES ARE
ELEVATED AS WELL SO PEOPLE
AREN'T FEELING SILENCED.
THUS THE NAME, SILENCE BREAKERS.
BUT WE DID RECEIVE THOSE
QUESTIONS LATE LAST NIGHT SO I
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THOSE
INTO CONSIDERATION.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO ADDRESS
THOSE TODAY.
BUT I DO WONDER, ON THE
CONFERENCE OF PLAN YOU HAVE, DO
YOU HAVE ANY PLANS IN PLACE TO
TRY TO DEAL WITH LISTENING
SESSIONS WITH FOLKS ON THE
FRONTLINE, PTE MEMBERS, SILENCE
BREAKER MEMBERS TO GET FEEDBACK
ON THE FOUR COMPONENTS TO SEE
HOW WE CAN EVOLVE THE FINAL
POLICIES AND STRATEGIES
TOGETHER?
>> I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT
ABOUT THE LISTENING SESSIONS ON
THE FOUR.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE DID DO, I PROBABLY NEGLECTED
TO MENTION, WE DID DO LISTENING
SESSIONS AS A RESULT OF THE
ALLEGATIONS AND THE VERY REAL
CONCERNS AS WELL.
WE DID A WHOLE SERIES OF THEM.
THEY WERE INTENDED TO CREATE A
SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEES.
THERE WERE 20 SOME LISTENING
SESSIONS I THINK.
AND I THINK THEY LARGELY
WRAPPED UP RIGHT BEFORE WE GOT
HERE.
MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS
WEREN'T INCLUDED.
IT WAS MEANT TO BE A PLACE
WHERE EMPLOYEES COULD SHARE
ANYTHING AND NOT HAVE A FEAR OF
REPERCUSSION.
IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEN
WE DID A SIMILAR THING AT OUR
LEADERSHIP FORUM.
WE ASKED AND ALLOWED AND GAVE
THE MANAGERS AND SUPERVISORS
GROUP AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH
IN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
NOT SURPRISING, THE ANSWERS
WERE VERY SIMILAR.
EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYEES
REGARDLESS.
WE ALL HAVE OUR POSITION AT
WORK AND WE BRING OUR
PERSONHOOD TO WORK.
AS PEOPLE WE GENERALLY WANT THE
SAME THINGS, AT LEAST FOR
OURSELVES, REGARDLESS OF
POSITION.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
IDEA.
AND THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE,
CERTAINLY AS I CREATE
SPECIFICITY AROUND, WHAT DOES
THE TRAINING LOOK LIKE?
I'VE GOT MODELS I HAVE USED.
I KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF
DIFFERENT MODELS OUT THERE IN
TERMS OF THE TOOLS PIECE.
WOULD CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED
IN GETTING FEEDBACK FROM
EMPLOYEES AND FINDING A WAY TO
HEAR WHETHER A MODEL WE MIGHT
CHOOSE RESONATES.
AND OBVIOUSLY AS WE LOOK AT
REVAMPING WORKPLACE
EXPECTATIONS THERE WAS AND IS A
PROCESS THAT WENT OUT TO
EMPLOYEES INVITING THEM TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
I UNDERSTAND IT WAS FEELING
CUMBERSOME TO EMPLOYEES SO WE
ARE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAY
TO DO THAT.
I AM THINKING THE REVISED
WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS WILL
LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE THE CITY'S.
I AM A BELIEVER IN CONSISTENCY.
I BELIEVE THAT IF THERE'S
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO ALIGN
WITH THE CITY, ESPECIALLY ON
THE HR SIDE AGAIN FOR THE
REASONS I MENTIONED, EMPLOYEES
DO MOVE AROUND FROM DEPARTMENT
TO DEPARTMENT.
SO IF THE CITY MOVES FORWARD, I
HAVE LOOKED AT THE CITY'S
WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS, THERE
ARE COUPLE OF PLACES WHERE
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE
WORK YOU MIGHT NEED TO ELEVATE
SAFETY OR THINGS LIKE THAT BUT
IN GENERAL THEY ARE GOOD.
>> ONE THOUGHT I HAVE, AND WE
DID THIS A COUPLE YEARS AGO,
AND NOT VOLUNTEERING ALL OF
THIS ALTHOUGH IF YOU LIKE TO
JOIN ME.
SOMETIMES IT'S VALUABLE FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO COME, EVEN IF
WE ARE THERE TO SAY HELLO AND
SEE.
úMANY OF THE FACES WE SEE HERE
TODAY, I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE
BEEN COMING AND HAVE BEEN
CONSISTENT.
BUT YOU HAVE 1000 OTHERS THAT
WE NEVER SEE.
IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US, EVEN
JUST TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR WORK
, JUST KNOW WE WOULD BE HAPPY
TO JOIN YOU.
>> AND YOU WILL COME NEXT
FEBRUARY OR JANUARY?
>> I'M NOT GOING VERY FAR.
>> I KNOW.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU ON THE HOW OF HOW THESE
FOUR POLICY PILLARS ARE BEING
SHARED AND DISCUSSED THE
FRONTLINE WORKERS.
AND THE FEEDBACK YOU GET.
I THINK THE OUTCOME YOU
MENTIONED IS NOT JUST TO HAVE
THESE KIND OF PRINCIPLES BUT TO
TRULY HAVE WORKPLACE POLICIES.
BELIEVE ME, WE HAVE A LOT OF
CHANGES WE ANTICIPATE SEEING IN
THE UPCOMING YEARS AS WELL TO
MAKE SURE WE DO THINGS LIKE I
STANDARD TRAINING THE PEOPLE
HAVE THOSE TOOLS YOU TALK
ABOUT.
SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO IF
THEY WITNESSED SOMEONE ELSE
ENGAGING IN HARASSMENT OR
INTIMIDATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK WE ARE
WORKING ON AS WELL.
THE OMBUD'S OFFICE WAS JUST ONE
STEP TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE TRULY
FEEL SAFER COMING FORD.
WERE ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN
EVALUATION IN JUNE TO MAKE SURE
IT'S A PLACE THAT IS
INDEPENDENT FROM LOCAL INFLUENCE
FROM THE PLACE WERE STILL
COMING FORD.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I BELIEVE
THE REPORT WAS NOT VALID.
I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ACCURATE
ASSESSMENT OF WORKPLACE CULTURE
AND HARASSMENT.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED
INCIDENTS IS OF BEING TOUCHED,
AND KISSED, HAVING PEOPLE
COMMENT ON THEIR UNDERGARMENTS.
WE KNOW THAT IF THAT IS THE
EXPERIENCE OF THE WORKPLACE,
AND THE CONCLUSION IS, IT
WASN'T HARASSMENT OR
INTIMIDATION, THEN IT'S NOT
EXACTLY AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT.
WHAT IT DOES TELL ME THOUGH IS
PART OF WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH IS
OUR POLICIES ARE NOT MEETING
THE EXPECTATIONS OF TODAY.
THOSE POLICIES FROM 20 OR 30
YEARS AGO NO LONGER REFLECT THE
EXPECTATIONS AND NORMS OF
TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT IN SOCIETY.
AND FRANKLY, A LOT OF THAT HAS
CHANGED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IF THE REPORT COMES OUT AND
SAYS, VIOLATIONS DID NOT OCCUR
BUT WE KNOW PEOPLE FELT UNSAFE,
THEN THAT MEANS OUR STANDARD OF
A VIOLATION IS NEEDS TO CHANGE.
I THINK THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE
ARE DOING IN OUR OWN CITY AS
WELL.
IF ANYTHING, IN TERMS OF AN
OUTCOME I THINK IT REAFFIRMS
THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR OWN
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SO THAT
WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT
HAPPENS, IT'S A CLEAR VIOLATION
OF OUR POLICY FOR SAFE
WORKPLACE.
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE.
YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK WITH A GROUP, THE OF
OUR MENTAL LANDED LICENSING
GROUP, I THINK IT WAS DENISE
WHO ASKED THE QUESTION, -- HOW
I TAKE WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING
AND FACTOR IT INTO WHERE I AM
HEADED?
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, EVEN WITH
THE FOUR PILLARS, THOSE ARE
LITERALLY HOT OFF THE PRESS
THIS MORNING.
NOT THAT I MADE THEM UP THIS
MORNING, WHEN I SHARED WITH
THEM YESTERDAY IT WAS SIMILAR
BUT I'M JUST NOW, I AM REALLY
COMMITTED TO COMING IN AND
LISTENING AND NOT CREATING A
PLAN BEFORE I SPENT TIME
LISTENING.
I THINK ON THE ONE HAND, AS I'M
STARTING TO REALLY DEVELOP WHAT
IS MY PATH FORWARD, WHAT DOES
IT LOOK LIKE, IT IS RESPONSE TO
WHAT I AM HEARING FROM PEOPLE.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT TO ME
FROM THE REPORT IS A LOT OF
THESE WERE ISSUES WHERE PEOPLE
WERE SITTING ON THEM FOR A LONG
TIME.
I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THEM.
I STARTED OFF BY SAYING, I WANT
TO WORK AT UTILITY OR PEOPLE
GET UP IN THE MORNING AND THEY
ARE EXCITED TO COME TO WORK.
IF I'VE BEEN HAVING ONGOING
ISSUE WITH SOMEONE WITH FOR
SOME CASES YEARS, I CAN
GUARANTEE I'M NOT EXCITED TO
COME TO WORK.
AND SO PART OF WHAT I WANT IS
TO GET PEOPLE TOOLS SO THE
FIRST TIME IT HAPPENS, THEY
HAVE AN AVENUE THAT IS
APPROPRIATE GIVEN WHATEVER IT
WAS, AND APPROPRIATE AVENUE.
AND THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
THE CONSEQUENCE TO THE
OFFENDING PARTY IS DEPENDENT ON
WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE ARE ALL
ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR BEHAVIORS.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES VARY BASED
ON WHAT HAPPENED.
I SHOULDN'T AS AN EMPLOYEE HAVE
TO PUT UP WITH THAT.
>> IT'S ALSO A GREAT SEGUE
BECAUSE I HAD A QUOTE, I GOT TO
TALK TO THE -- CITY LIGHT HAS A
GROUP CALLED WOMEN IN POWER
WHICH IS A GRASSROOTS EMPLOYEE
LED GROUP, VERY COOL.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY
PEOPLE THERE ARE BUT IT WAS A
PRETTY GOOD GROUP AND I GOT TO
TALK WITH HIM THIS WEEK.
AND I READ THIS THERE.
I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK WHEN
SUSAN ZIRINSKY WHO HAS BEEN A
LONGTIME PRODUCER FOR CBS NEWS
WAS NAMED THE NEW PRESIDENT OF
CBS NEWS AND SHE'S BEEN WITH
CBS FOR 46 YEARS OR SOMETHING,
EXACTLY, I READ A NUMBER OF
ARTICLES ABOUT HER AND THERE
WAS A QUOTE THAT STOOD OUT TO
ME.
SHE WAS REFERRING TO THE
WORKPLACE CULTURE AND THE
INSTANCES OF SIR -- HARASSMENT
THAT CBS NEWS HAS DEALT WITH
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS
AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.
THERE WAS TOUGH STUFF THAT
HAPPENED.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING
THROUGH TOUGH STUFF.
#METOO ISN'T BEHIND US, IT IS
PART OF US.
WE ARE NOW DIFFERENT PEOPLE
BECAUSE OF IT.
I THINK THAT IS TRUE.
IT WAS A PIVOT, SOCIETALLY IN
TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO
PUT UP WITH HOW WE ARE GOING TO
DEAL WITH IT.
THERE IS A LOT OF CATCH UP TO DO
IN TERMS OF POLICY, PRACTICES,
AND WE SUPPORT PEOPLE IN MAKING
GOOD CHOICES BEHAVIORALLY?
AND IN REPORTING OR DEALING
WITH IT WHEN THEY ARE THE
VICTIM OF SOMEONE WHO IS CHOSEN
TO MAKE A POOR CHOICE.
I THINK WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO BOTH.
WE NEED TO TRAIN PEOPLE SO THEY
KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM
AND WHAT IS AND ISN'T OKAY AND
WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN
ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY NET FOR
PEOPLE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED
SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T ALLOW
THEM TO COME TO WORK HAPPY TO
BE THERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU MENTIONED THERE IS ONGOING
LITIGATION.
WE WILL MOVE ON.
MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS
REPORT IS NOT USED AS A TOOL
FOR TO HEADS OF YEAR AT THE
TIME ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS
DOESN'T MEET OUR EXPECTATION OF
WHAT WE WANT IN THE CURRENT
WORKPLACE.
AS YOU LOOK FORWARD TO CREATING
THAT FUTURE LOOKING POLICY
CHANGE, THERE ARE THREE MINES
HERE BUT NINE MINES ON COUNSEL
THAT WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT YOU
IN CHANGING THE POLICIES AND WE
WILL LEARN FROM YOU AS YOU
CHANGE YOUR POLICIES AND
EXPECTATIONS AND WE WILL BE
HAPPY TO OFFER WHAT WE COME UP
WIH AS WELL.
THE CITY OF OLYMPIA IS PACKED
WITH A ROOMFUL OF PEOPLE WERE
WORKING ON SIMILAR POLICY
CHANGES IN EXPECTATIONS SO WE
ARE ALL LEARNING FROM EACH
OTHER AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
ON THE POLICY WITH YOU.
I KNOW YOU HAVE ONE MORE
SECTION.
>> I HAVE ONE MORE AND THEN I
WILL BE DONE.
IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE,
TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION
LEADS BACK TO BOTH CUSTOMER
SERVICE, IT CERTAINLY LEADS
BACK TO THE WORK THAT THE RATE
GROUP, THE REVIEW PANEL IS
DOING.
BECAUSE I THINK IT REPRESENTS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REVENUE IN
THE FUTURE FOR US.
QUITE HONESTLY I THINK IT'S
SOMETHING A LOT OF EMPLOYEES
CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT.
I THINK THAT HAVING SOMETHING
TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND SOME
WORK WE CAN DO TOGETHER IS A
GREAT TOOL FOR HELPING TO BRING
FOLKS TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
INNOVATION AT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
I GUESS WHERE I AM LANDING AND
PUTTING A STAKE IN THE GROUND
IS THAT INNOVATION IS
ELECTRIFICATION.
FOR OUR COMMUNITY,
ELECTRIFICATION IS THE PATH
FORWARD FOR DEEP
DECARBONIZATION.
AND IF DONE WELL IT CAN REALLY
-- FIRST OF ALL I THINK IT'S
THE WAY THAT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
CAN BE THE UTILITY OF THE
FUTURE.
AND I THINK IT'S THE WAY WE
COULD SUPPORT THE CITY IN DOING
AMAZING THINGS.
WEATHER AROUND THE WATERFRONT,
WHETHER IT'S WORKING WITH OTHER
EMITTERS OF DIESEL AND OTHER
FUEL SOURCES.
ULTIMATELY THERE ARE CHOICES
THAT HAVE TO BE MADE AND ISSUES
THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED GOING
FORWARD.
WHAT DOES FUEL SWITCHING LOOK
LIKE IN THE FUTURE?
THERE IS JUST A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY AND A LOT OF OPEN
QUESTIONS.
WHEN I AM TALKING ABOUT THIS
INTERNALLY I AM SAYING WE ARE
NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT -- WE
ARE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MAKING
INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE ALL ACROSS
THE CITY, AND THAT IS
IMPORTANT, IT IS PRETTY --
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
IT IN AN EQUITABLE WAY.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK
GOING ON IN THAT VENUE.
IN CS AND CUSTOMER ENERGY
SOLUTIONS.
IT'S ALSO AROUND
ELECTRIFICATION OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, IT IS WORKING
WITH THE PORT, WORKING WITH
FERRY BOATS, KING COUNTY METRO,
WORKING ACROSS THE BROAD RANGE
OF PEOPLE.
AS WELL AS WORKING HARD TO GET
THE LITIGATION AND LEGISLATION
IN PLACE IN OLYMPIA THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES
FOR ELECTRIFICATION.
WE ARE JUST STARTING TO TALK
ABOUT THIS AND REALLY WE HAVE
BEEN DOING WORK ON THE
ELECTRIFICATION SIDE FOR A LONG
TIME.
IN TERMS OF SAYING, THIS IS OUR
FUTURE, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE
THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO
STABILIZE OUR REVENUES INTO
REALLY HELP SEATTLE DO THAT,
MOVE THAT 6% INCREASE IN
GREENHOUSE GAS NUMBER IS TO
REALLY BEING A LEADER IN
ELECTRIFICATION.
>> DEBORAH, HAVE YOU MET PAUL
ROBERTS BY CHANCE?
HE IS FORMER MAYOR OF EVERETT
AND HE HAD BEEN THE HEAD OF
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITY,
HE CREATED SOMETHING THAT WAS
AN ADJUNCT WITH THE ASSOCIATION
OF WASHINGTON CITIES CALLED ECO-
ECONOMICS.
THERE FOCUSED ON 45 AREAS WHERE
THE CITY AND OUR REGION COULD
CLEARLY LEAD.
IT IS INVESTING IN SOME REALLY
GREAT OPTIONS.
PART OF IT IS FOCUSED ON WATER
AND FOREST IN AGRICULTURE ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE STATE.
LOCALLY HE HAD IDEAS, WHEN YOU
JUST SPOKE ABOUT HER
LEADERSHIP, I KNOW THAT HE
WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN
MEETING YOU.
IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, I WILL
CONNECT YOU.
>> I HAVEN'T YET.
THANK YOU.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
THAT IS THE STATE OF THE 90
DAYS UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER
QUESTIONS.
>> I WANTED TO FOLLOW-UP, I
KNOW YOU'VE ONLY HAD 100 DAYS
AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO FIX
EVERYTHING IN 100 DAYS BUT WE
HAVE BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION THE BLAST THREE
YEARS ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM.
YOU WANT TO UP THE NUMBERS OF
WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, AT
ONE POINT IT STARTED WITH 42
POSITIONS AND TWO WERE ONE
WOMAN AND ONE PERSON OF COLOR
IN THE OTHER 40 WERE WHITE
MALES.
THE PROBLEM WE WERE HAVING IS
OUTREACH.
RETAINING AND KEEPING PEOPLE, A
LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH A LOT
OF THE EARLIER STUFF WE TALKED
ABOUT ABOUT CULTURE.
I AM HOPING THAT HAND-IN-HAND
WITH THIS CHANGE IN CULTURE AND
A MORE ROBUST OUTREACH TO OTHER
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS,
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND NOT JUST
FOCUSING ON PERHAPS IN SOME
AREAS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, I
KNOW BEFORE THEY WERE DOING IT
LIKE IT HIGH SCHOOL FARES, IT
SEEMS SPOTTY.
I WASN'T SURE HOW YOU WERE
RECRUITING.
WE NEVER REALLY GOT AN ANSWER
BACK ON WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE
GOING FORWARD TO INCREASE THOSE
NUMBERS.
BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY
WENT DOWN IN THE THREE YEARS I
HAVE SAT ON THIS COMMITTEE.
THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GONE UP.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT AND I
DO KNOW FOR CERTAIN THE NUMBER
OF WOMEN, IN NONTRADITIONAL
ROLES HAS GONE DOWN.
I HAVE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT
THAT.
I'M VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
I DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TODAY.
BUT IT IS ON THE LIST.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL.
SO WE UNDERSTAND WE PUT A LOT
ON YOUR PLATE FOR THE NEW CEO
GENERAL MANAGER INCLUDING THE
REDESIGN WHICH YOU WILL BE BACK
TALKING TO US ABOUT ON FEBRUARY
7. 17th.
WE WILL SEE YOU IN FEBRUARY.
AND MAYBE I CAN ASK OUR
COLLEAGUES AS WELL FOR IN
ADDITION TO APPRENTICESHIP
UTILIZATION, SOME OF THE WORK
YOU'RE DOING AROUND ENERGY
CONSERVATION, IF YOU'D LIKE US
TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS FOR
THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR
FROM YOU, MAYBE ON A QUARTERLY
BASIS, --
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> WE CAN GET YOU THAT.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED YOU'RE
HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONEST
ASSESSMENT OF WHERE WE ARE AT
AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN BE OF
HELP.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU WANT TO STAY AT THE
TABLE YOU ARE WELCOME TO
BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS
RELATED TO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.
AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO
TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE WE
NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
ON THE TWO BILLS IN FRONT OF US
FOR CONSIDERATION.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT AND ITEM NUMBER
2 AND ITEM NUMBER 3. ITEM
NUMBER 2 IS ENDANGERED SPECIES
ACT LANDING ACCEPTANCE.
AND NUMBER 2 IS THE SALE OF THE
SIDEWALK EASEMENT.
THE ONLY PERSON WE HAVE SIGNED
UP IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THESE
TWO ITEMS?
>> MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN.
EACH TIME I SEE SOMETHING IN
AGENDA NUMBER 2 ABOUT MONEY,
ACCEPTANCE AND PAYMENT FOR FAIR
MARKET VALUE FOR ASSESSMENT.
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT BUYS
SOMETHING OR SELL SOMETHING TO
SOMEONE IT ALWAYS CONFUSES ME.
IN 10 YEARS WHEN I CAME TO THIS
PLACE AND HEARD ABOUT THIS IT
NEVER WILL BE EQUAL.
WHY?
MARKET VALUE IS LIKE AN OCEAN.
IT LOOKS NICE BUT WHEN YOU GO
IN DEEPER IT LOOKS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT.
IN GOVERNMENT, NICE PEOPLE,
WORK FOR GOVERNMENT, ACTIONS
ARE SOMETIMES BAD.
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED.
WHO CONTROLS THIS?
COMMISSIONER.
BUT THEY CONTROL IT? NO.
CITY LIGHTS FEELING MILLION
DOLLARS FROM THE PEOPLE.
MY PROPOSITION HOW WE CAN FIX
THIS, FOR MANY YEARS WITH YOUR
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
YOU SUPPORT THIS WHEN YOU GO TO
ELECTION, IN CITY HALL OPEN
ONE TIME PER WEEK SO PEOPLE CAN
GO AND TALK.
WE NEED THE PEOPLE WHO CONTROL
IT IS GOVERNMENT.
BOTH BY ENFORCING THE PEOPLE.
WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSIONER FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS, I MEANT ALL
COMMISSIONERS, 300 PEOPLE.
YOU CHOOSE THE SAME PEOPLE LIKE
YOU.
SO HOW CAN THIS BE CHANGED?
I NEVER SEE YOU -- GOVERNMENT
STEALING MONEY.
FOR EXAMPLE MILLION DOLLARS.
SO PLEASE, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA YOU PROMISED US WHEN
YOU GO TO ELECTION , OPEN THE
ROOM, PARTLY PROMISE. OPEN THE
ROOM ONE TIME PER WEEK FOR OPEN
PUBLIC CONVERSATION.
CONDUCT THE FORM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU ALEX.
THAT IS THE ONLY PERSON I HAVE
SIGNED UP ON THESE TWO ITEMS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK TO THESE TWO ITEMS?
THIS DOES CONSTITUTE OUR PUBLIC
HEARING PROCESS ON THESE TWO
COUNSEL BILLS.
SEEING NO OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK
THIS WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC
HEARING ON COUNSEL BILL 119 353
AND COUNSEL BILL 119 354 THE
SIDEWALK EASEMENT SALE.
IF YOU COULD READ TO THE RECORD
ITEM NUMBER 2 ON OUR AGENDA
WHICH IS RELATED TO THE SURPLUS
NEEDS FOR THE SIDEWALK
EASEMENT.
>> NUMBER 2, 119353.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT;
DECLARING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS SURPLUS TO THE NEEDS OF
THE CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT;
AUTHORIZING THE THE BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER AT
CITY LIGHT.
>> THANK YOU LINDA.
>> ERIC ON THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.
SO THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT
WOULD ALLOW CITY LIGHT TO SELL
AN EASEMENT TO SNOHOMISH COUNTY
FOR A SIDEWALK, AND IT IS ON
PART OF OUR RIGHT AWAY, IT
DOESN'T IN FACT AFFECT US AT
ALL.
IT WOULD NOT AFFECT OUR ABILITY
TO MAINTAIN OR OPERATE OUR
TRANSMISSION LINE.
IT IS PART OF SNOHOMISH
COUNTIES SUNSET ROAD PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IT WOULD BE
, THE EASEMENT IS VALUED AT
$500.
WE OBVIOUSLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU
APPROVE THIS.
>> WE WERE MAKING A JOKE OFF-
LINE THAT IT'S ONLY $500.
CAN WE GET MORE?
[LAUGHTER]
>> EASEMENTS ARE DISCOUNTED
SIGNIFICANTLY USUALLY.
ESPECIALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE A
SIDEWALK WHICH DOESN'T HAVE
MUCH IMPACT ON US.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND I WOULD
LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD
ITEM NUMBER 3 AS WELL.
MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER BOTH AT
THE SAME TIME.
>> AGENDA ITEM THREE 119354.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
CITY LIGHT DEPARTMENT;
ACCEPTING STATUTORY WARRANTY
DEEDS TO THE SHU PROPERTY IN
KING COUNTY, --
>> MAYBE BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD
IT MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THE
COMMITTEE CONSIDERED ITEM
NUMBER 2 IS A STANDALONE?
>> SURE.
>> IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS
THE COUNCIL RULES WILL BE
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON THE
RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNSEL BILL
119353.
ON THE SAME DAY AS THE PUBLIC
HEARING WAS HELD.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THEY WILL
BE SUSPENDED AND WILL PROCEED
WITH THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND IT
VOTE ON ONE 19353.
-- 119353.
>> I WILL MOVE ADOPTION OF
COUNSEL BILL 119353.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
ALL THOSE OPPOSED?
WE HAVE NO EXTENSION.
>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
3.
>> ITEM NUMBER 3 IS 119354.
DENISE HAS JOINED US TO HELP IN
THE PRESENTATION.
>> IS YOUR LIGHT ON?
>> DENISE CROWN BELT SENIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYST SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT.
>> SHE IS SO CHOKED UP THE
YOU'RE HERE AT THE TABLE.
YOU WANT TO START?
>> YES.
THANK YOU FOR PREPARING THIS
PRESENTATION AND LET'S GO
THROUGH THIS.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS ORDINANCE ACCEPTS THE
DEEDS FOR ALL OF THE PROPERTY
THAT CITY LIGHT HAS PURCHASED
IN 2018 FOR THE PURPOSES OF
DETECTING ENDANGERED, LISTED
THREATENED SPECIES UNDER THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT IN AREAS
WHERE WE OPERATE OUR HYDRO
FACILITIES PARTICULARLY ON THE
TOLD.
WE HAVE 10 PROPERTIES PURCHASED
IN 2018.
THE INTENT IS TO PROTECT
SPAWNING HABITAT FOR THESE
LISTED SPECIES.
CHINOOK, STILL TROUT.
WE HAVE ONE PROPERTY IN KING
COUNTY AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY HAS
EIGHT AND THEY ARE LOCATED IN
THE WATERSHEDS IN WHICH WE
WORK, THE SKAGIT RIVER
WATERSHEDS.
IN ADDITION TO OUR FUNDING WE
RECEIVED 299 -- 100,000 FROM
THE SALMON RECOVERY BOARD WHICH
IS AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE
QUALITY WE DO TO PROTECT SALMON
IN THESE RIVERS.
I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE
NEESES PROJECT AND SHE HAS DONE
THE WORK OF DOING THIS AND IS
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROPERTIES.
>> IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT
SLIDE, THIS IS A MAP WHERE WE
PURCHASED THE SHU PROPERTY.
IT'S A 38 ACRE HEADWATER
WETLAND.
PROPERTIES LIKE THIS ARE
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO
PROTECT IN LIGHT OF COMING
CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE IT'S A
HEADWATER WETLAND.
IT FEEDS COLD CURE WATER --
CLEARWATER INTO THE STOSSEL
CREEK.
IT ALSO DRAINS INTO HARRISON
AND CHERRY CREEK WHICH DRAIN
INTO THE SNOQUALMIE WHICH THE
TOLT JOINTS TO JOIN THE
SNOHOMISH RIVER.
IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
COLD CLEAN WATER IS GOING TO BE
IMPERATIVE ESPECIALLY AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS LIKE THIS AREA.
THIS WAS A KEY PIECE TO
PROTECT.
>> NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A MAP OF THE PROPERTY
THAT WE PURCHASED. THAT WAS AN
ERROR.
IT WAS PROPERTIES WE PURCHASED
IN 2017.
THESE ARE IN THE SKAGIT SYSTEM.
SHOWING WE ARE WORKING IN
DIFFERENT AREAS PROTECTING
DIFFERENT STOCKS OF CHINOOK AND
STEELHEAD TROUT IN THE SKAGIT.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE SHU PROPERTY.
IT IS 42 ACRES ON THE TRYING
19.
THAT IS ME BEING SCALE FOR THE
SIZE OF THE DEBRIS.
THERE ARE 3300 FEET OF
SHORELINE ON THIS PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY HAS, OBVIOUSLY IT
RACKS UP LARGE DEBRIS WHICH IS
IMPORTANT FOR PROVIDING HABITAT
AND CREATING HABITAT FOR SALMON
AND STEELHEAD.
IT IS ALSO -- IT ALSO HAS
SEVERAL SMALL BACKWATER AREAS
IMPORTANT FOR JUVENILE SALMON
WHEN SKAGIT OVER FLOODS.
IT GIVES THEM THE WATER AND LOW
VELOCITY AREAS FOR THEM TO HIDE
AND RIDE OUT THE WAVES.
UNTIL THE RIVER LEVEL SUBSIDES.
I THINK THERE IS ONE MORE.
THIS IS THE GOALS PROPERTY ON
THE SCHEDULE.
-- GOELZ . IT IS 15 ACRES.
1500 FEET OF SHORELINE.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS
PROPERTY IS ALTHOUGH THIS
PICTURE DOESN'T DEPICTED,
FURTHER INLAND ON THE PROPERTY
STILL ON THE RIPARIAN AREA AND
THAT'S WE CONSIDER THE AREA
THAT IMPACTS THE WATER, VERY
LARGE MATURE CEDARS AND OTHER
EVERGREENS THAT WILL ONE DAY,
CURRENTLY PROVIDING SHADE AND
ONE DAY MAY FALL INTO THE RIVER
AND AGAIN PROVIDE THE LARGE
DEBRIS YOU SAW IN THE OTHER
PHOTOS.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME SAMPLES OF
WHAT CITY LIGHT DOLLARS AND
GRANT DOLLARS HELP US PURCHASE
AND PROTECT.
>> I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT
WITH ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS TO
PROTECT FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT WE HAVE OVER 14,000
ACRES WE PROTECT.
>> WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG
TIME.
>> I HAVE.
>> 20 YEARS?
>> AB LONGER.
>> 25 YEARS.
[LAUGHTER]
YOU ARE AN AMAZING PUBLIC
SERVANT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE TRIBES HAVE A LOT OF
RESPECT FOR YOU.
EVEN THROUGHOUT THE LITIGATION
IN THE DAY, YOU ARE ALWAYS A
PHENOMENAL ADVOCATE FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, FOR EVERYONE.
NOT JUST THE PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU DENISE.
>> YOU KNOW WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT
SALMON AND STEELHEAD.
IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO MEET
LIKE PTSD.
[LAUGHTER]
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US
EVER.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
SORRY IF I HAD TO STEP OUT FOR
A SECOND.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE
ON RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNSEL
BILL 11954.
ON THE SAME DAY AS PUBLIC
HEARING.
HEARING NO OBJECTIONS THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
AND WE WILL PROCEED WITH VOTING
ON THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS ANOTHER
SHOT.
IT HAS BEEN A YEAR AND I STILL
GET HAZED.
I MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
COMMENCE PASSAGE OF COUNSEL BILL
11954.
-- 119354.
I DON'T HAVE IT.
>> ON THE SCREEN UP THERE, --
>> 119354 VERSION 1.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY COMMENTS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
UNANIMOUS PASSAGE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> IT MATTERS SO MUCH.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
HELP.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME GET
THROUGH THAT.
THINK YOU DENISE FOR JOINING
US.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND THANK YOU
ALL FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT FOR
YOUR TIME.
WE TOOK QUITE A LOT OF YOUR TIME
, THANK YOU FOR GETTING US
KICKED OFF IN 2019.
IF YOU COULD READ ITEM NUMBER
4?
>> NUMBER 4, 2018 OFFICE OF
HOUSING INVESTMENTS FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> IF WE COULD BE JOINED BY THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
WE ALSO HAVE TODAY THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MY
STAFF MEMBER MICHAEL MADDOX DID
A QUICK MEMO ON THE NEWS WE GOT
YESTERDAY ON $500 MILLION BEING
INVESTED FOR MICROSOFT.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD WITH
YOUR INTRODUCTION AND WE WILL
GET TO THE MEMO AT THE END.
>> STEVE WALKER OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU EMILY AND STEVE.
>> SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE
HERE.
WE ARE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU
SORT OF A GLIMPSE OF OUR 2018
INVESTMENTS IN OUR MULTIFAMILY
RENTAL HOUSING.
WE HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT
WE WANT TO WALK THROUGH.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY
ACKNOWLEDGING WHO IS NOT HERE,
AND THAT IS LORI OLSON WHO IS
THE LENDING MANAGER IN OUR
OFFICE AND HER TEAM OF
UNDERWRITERS AND ANALYSTS THAT
REVIEW A SWATH OF APPLICATIONS
WHEN THEY COME IN, AND REALLY
DIGGING DEEP AND DO A FULL
UNDERWRITING AND FEASIBILITY
ANALYSIS.
THIS IS A RESULT OF THEIR GREAT
WORK.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY
ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE GREAT FOLKS.
THE WAY WE HAVE OUR
PRESENTATION ORGANIZED IS, I
WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE BACK-AND-
FORTH BUT I WILL PROVIDE
INITIALLY HIGH-LEVEL SNAPSHOT
WITH SOME STATISTICS.
AND THEN WE WILL DIVE INTO SOME
OF THE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTING IN
THOSE PROJECTS, SOME OF THE
THEMES AND POLICY OBJECTIVES
ACHIEVED.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
ALTHOUGH WE ARE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT BUILDINGS, THIS
IS ABOUT PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE REMAINING
PEOPLE CENTERED AS WE TALK
ABOUT THESE INVESTMENTS.
THIS INITIAL SLIDE, AGAIN IT'S
A HIGH-LEVEL SNAPSHOT OF OUR
DECEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND
MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF A FIERCE
COMPETITION EVERY YEAR FOR THE
DOLLARS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
EMILY IS GOING TO COVER SOME
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT AREN'T
CAPTURED IN THESE STATISTICS
AND SHE WILL HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS
WE GO.
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTMENTS.
BUT WITH THIS $75 MILLION
HIGHLIGHTED HERE, $75 MILLION
OF CITY INVESTMENT, WE ACHIEVED
A RECORD NUMBER OF UNITS BEING
PRODUCED.
AND THAT IS SORT OF THE TOPLINE
TAKE AWAY.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO SAY THAT.
A REMINDER THAT EVERY UNIT IT
IS PRODUCED WILL BE CITY DOLLARS
AS A UNIT THAT WILL BE SECURED
AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR 50
YEARS.
LOOKING AT THAT PIE CHART, YOU
CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE
IS THE BOTTOM TWO FIGURES THAT
ARE REFERRED TO AS THE 9% TAX
CREDIT IN THE 4% TAX CREDIT,
THOSE COMING TOGETHER MAKE UP A
NAVIGANT AMOUNT OF EVERY
DAUGHTER -- DOLLAR OF WHAT THE
CITY PUTS AND IS ABLE TO
LEVERAGE.
-- DOLLAR --
>> CAN YOU REMIND US, I KNOW
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
MUCH OF THE 9% AND 4% ARE GOING
TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE
BECAUSE THERE IS NOW
COMPETITION WITHIN CERTAIN
AREAS.
>> THE 9% TAX CREDIT IS A
FINITE AMOUNT THAT IS VERY
COMPETITIVE IN THE SENSE THAT
IT IS UNDER ITS OWN POLICY,
THERE IS A SET AMOUNT AVAILABLE
IN KING COUNTY.
UNDER THE SAME POLICY, THEY ARE
DRIVING TOWARDS, CONSISTENT
WITH OUR POLICY TRYING TO STEER
THAT VERY VALUABLE LIMITED
RESOURCE TO THE MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATION.
TO US THAT YOU ONLY -- TO US
THAT MEANS HOMELESS.
IT'S THE SOURCE THAT WORKS MOST
WELL WITH OUR RESOURCES TO
DELIVER PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING FOR HOMELESS POPULATION.
ON THE 4% SIDE THOSE TAX CREDITS
USUALLY GET BLENDED WITH THE
BONDS IN THIS IS WHERE IT GETS
WONKY AND THE FINANCING.
THAT AS WELL AS A COMPETITIVE
RESOURCE.
I WOULD SAY AT TIMES IT FEELS
LIKE THAT IS WHERE WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE
OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR DOLLARS.
BUT THOSE TWO ARE FINITE AND
COMPETITIVE.
>> I HEARD RECENTLY FROM ONE OF
OUR PROVIDERS THAT THEY WERE
ADVOCATING FOR US TO CONTACT
YOUR SENATORS BECAUSE THERE WAS
EITHER SOME REDUCTION OR SOME
NEW LIMITATIONS, AND I
SHOULDN'T BE ASKING YOU THIS ON
CAMERA, I SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE
THE DECENCY TO ASK YOU OFF-SITE
BUT IF YOU COULD MAYBE LET ME
KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE AND IF
THERE IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO
DO.
>> WE CAN HAVE AN OFF-LINE SO I
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
THE BIG THING THAT HAPPENED IN
THE LAST YEAR, WAS THE INCREASE
TO THE 9% TAX CREDIT AS WELL AS
SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE
PROGRAM TO MAKE IT MORE
EFFICIENT.
>> I WISH I HAD MORE DETAIL. I
WILL LEARN MORE SO WE CAN HAVE
A CONVERSATION.
THE POINT THEY WERE MAKING WAS,
WE WON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF THE
TAX CREDITS IF WE DON'T DO
SOMETHING.
WITH THAT SOMETHING IS WHAT I'M
TRYING TO FIND OUT.
>> CHASE THAT DOWN.
THE LAST THING ON THIS SLIDE TO
ADD A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT ABOUT
WHAT OUR DOLLAR IS ABLE TO
LEVERAGE IS, I LOOKED AT THE
INVESTMENTS THIS YEAR AND THE
MEDIAN FIGURE IS THAT $76,000 OF
CITY INVESTMENT IS GOING INTO
EACH UNIT. WE ARE LEVERAGING
THE BALANCE OF THAT.
TO CLOSE THAT LOOP, THE MEDIAN
UNIT COST FOR US IN THIS ROUND
WAS ABOUT $315,000.
WE ARE PUTTING IN $76,000 AND
LEVERAGING THE BALANCE AND THE
MEDIAN UNIT COST NUMBER IS ABOUT
$315,000.
>> EXCLUSIVE OF THE LAND.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING
THIS UP BECAUSE WE ARE OFTEN
TIMES CAJOLED AND CRITICIZED
THE WE ARE NOT INSISTING UNDER
MHA AS PEOPLE DEVELOP THAT THEY
DON'T DO ON-SITE DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT THAT.
THERE IS NO QUESTION WE DO.
AND YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED US OVER
AND OVER THAT YOU NEED BOTH
BECAUSE, IF WE CAN LEVERAGE
$76,000 AND DO $350,000 PER UNIT
TO GET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT
1400 UNITS YOU HAVE JUST
AWARDED, IT MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
WE NEED ALL OF THESE TOOLS.
IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR.
THANK YOU FOR DESCRIBING THAT.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE FIGURE
I SHARED WAS $315,000.
EMILY.
>> STEVE ANCIENT TWO PEOPLE,
CENTERING BACK AROUND TWO
PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS
CRITICAL COMMUNITY
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE HOUSING WE INVEST IN.
TALKING ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO
WILL CALL THESE APARTMENTS HOME
FOR DECADES TO COME.
30% OF THE UNITS THAT WE
CREATED THROUGH THE INVESTMENTS
IN THIS LAST YEAR WILL PROVIDE
HOMES FOR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME
PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE MOSTLY SINGLE
DISABLED ADULTS AND SENIORS ON
A FIXED INCOME LIKE SOCIAL
SECURITY.
ONE SUCH SENIOR IS THE ONE YOU
SEE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, SHE
SPOKE AT OUR ANNOUNCEMENT.
SHE LIVES IN NORTH HAVEN AND
SHE SPOKE ABOUT THE DIGNITY AND
STABILITY THAT SHE GETS THROUGH
AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING.
THE OTHER 70% OF UNITS CREATED
THROUGH THESE INVESTMENTS ARE
AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS AT 50%
AND 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN
INCOME.
THESE ARE WORKING PEOPLE AND
THEIR CHILDREN.
PRESCHOOL TEACHERS, HOME HEALTH
AIDES, RESTAURANT COOKS, RETAIL
WORKERS, SECURITY GUARDS,
LANDSCAPERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE
UNITS WE INVESTED IN LAST YEAR,
37%, PROVIDE THE SPACE FOR
FAMILIES IN TWO THREE AND FOUR
BEDROOM FAMILY HOMES AND THAT
IS DISPROPORTIONATE TO WHAT IS
FOUND ON THE PRIVATE MARKET.
ONE THING ABOUT THE PRIVATE
MARKET, WE KNOW IT DOES NOT
PROVIDE HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO
THESE HOUSEHOLDS.
WITHOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PEOPLE SPEND AN EXCESSIVE
AMOUNT OF THEIR INCOME ON
HOUSING COSTS RISKING
HOMELESSNESS OR EVICTION.
WE KNOW WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND STABILIZED HOUSING COSTS,
THESE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE STABILITY
AND DIGNITY, WORKERS LIVE
CLOSER TO THEIR JOBS.
FOR FAMILIES IT IS PROVEN THAT
A FORCIBLE -- AFFORDABLE
HOUSING REDUCES CHILD POVERTY
AND CAN PROVIDE A BOARD
MOBILITY FROM POVERTY LEAVING TO
ECONOMIC SUCCESS, POWER AND
AUTONOMY.
LET'S TAKE A DEEPER DIVE.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON, 60% AMI,
WHAT PORTION OF THE PIE IS THAT?
>> I THINK I MIGHT HAVE THE FIX
UP HIGH.
IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
THE 60% I BELIEVE WAS IF
COMBINED, IT WAS ABOUT 62%.
ABOUT 8% WAS AT 50% AMI AND THE
REMAINDER WAS AT 30%.
>> SO THAT PIE CHART IS MORE OF
A GRAPHIC?
>> FOR ILLUSTRATIVE OFFICES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO LET OUT.
>> I WILL GO BACK AND FIX THAT.
SO 60% AMI OR BETWEEN 30% AND
60% AMI IS ABOUT 70% OF YOUR
INVESTMENT.
AND BELOW 30% MEDIAN INCOME IS
--
>> CORRECT.
>> IN TERMS OF ONE-BEDROOMS AND
STUDIOS, WOULD YOU SAY THAT PIE
CHART IS ACCURATE I
>> THAT ONE SHOULD BE ACCURATE.
>> I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH TABLES.
>> I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND I
WANT TO CALL OUT THE
AFFORDABILITY PERCENTAGES
BECAUSE ISAAC IT TIES INTO THE
NEWS WE RECEIVED LAST NIGHT
ABOUT SOME PHILANTHROPIC LOANS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL FOR US
TO SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR
INVESTMENTS ARE COMING IN BELOW
60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME WITH A
FOCUS ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THOSE AT THE LOWEST INCOME
PERCENT BELOW AM I ARE GETTING
INVESTMENTS FOR THE MARKET
MIGHT NOT BE PICKING UP.
AND AS WE TALK ABOUT MHA AS WE
DISCUSSED YESTERDAY, ONE
INTEREST AREA OF MINE IS
CONTINUING TO GROW THE PORTION
OF INVESTMENTS MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
LIKE THE MH EIGHT DOLLARS FOR
TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM
UNITS.
YOU CAN SEE HERE WE GROW
FAMILIES AND ASK PEOPLE TO LIVE
IN THE CITY, WE ARE HOPING MORE
TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM
ARE AVAILABLE.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU
GO BACK, PUT NUMBERS NOT JUST
PERCENTAGES.
>> IT WILL ENHANCE OUR PIE.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS
GROW THE PIE.
IT ALL WORKS.
>> JUST BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED
THE LARGE BEDROOM SIZES, THAT
IS ONE OF OUR EMPHASIS.
THIS PIE DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE
STORY BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO
BUILDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING AND HOMELESS HOUSING
AND OFTEN TIMES THOSE ARE
STUDIOS AND ONE-BEDROOMS.
WHEN WE MET THOSE OUT YOU SEE
WE ARE PROMOTING AND
EFFECTIVELY BUILDING A LOT OF
THE FAMILY SIZE HOUSING THAT IS
SO MUCH NEEDED.
>> AT ONE POINT IT MADE SENSE
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE YOU WERE
TRYING TO SHELTER HER ONE-
BEDROOM AND SINGLE.
NOW WE KNOW IT'S FAMILIES.
THIS IS THE BOTTLENECK WE ARE
SEEING AT NORTHGATE WITH ALL
THE MOVING AND BUILDING WE'RE
TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO BUILD
TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM
AND INCLUDE WHAT WE TERM
ORIENTED CHILDCARE SOMETHING
HAPPENS THERE.
THAT HAS BEEN OUR BIG PUSH WHEN
TALKING TO FOR-PROFIT AND
NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS IN
NORTHGATE, AND LAKE CITY.
AND OF COURSE THE ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD ABOUT
MHA.
ARE YOU LOOKING DOWN AT
LEGISLATION FROM THE AMENDMENT?
>> ON THE TWO BEDROOM AND THREE
BEDROOM -- I DON'T WANT TO PUT
YOU OUT THERE AGAIN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING
WITH YOU ALL FOR THIS UPCOMING
TWO OR THREE WEEKS AS WE TALK
ABOUT MHA AND WHAT INCENTIVES
BE POSSIBLE FOR TWO BEDROOMS
AND THREE BEDROOMS.
AND WHAT INCENTIVES MIGHT BE
POSSIBLE FOR THOSE DEVELOPERS
WHO COULD BUILD IN CHILDCARE
FACILITIES.
>> THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
PUSHING AS WELL.
IT'S NO LONGER AN AMENITY.
IT'S A SWEETENER.
IF YOU PROVIDE PRE-K CHILDCARE,
WE REALLY HAVE FRANK TO THANK
FOR THAT.
HE HAS BEEN BIG IN HELPING ME
DO THAT WITH THE DEVELOPERS.
THAT SHOULD JUST BE PART OF IT.
EVERYONE FIGHTS ABOUT PARKING,
WAS A REAL ISSUE IS CHILDCARE
AND SPACE FOR THAT.
WHETHER IT'S CHILDCARE OR PRE-K.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH
THAT.
THAT HAS BEEN OUR BIG PUSH AT
THE NORTH END.
>> WE KNOW GOING ONTO
PRESENTING OUR INVESTMENTS
THROUGH A SOMATIC LENS, I
SHOULD SAY THAT MANY OF THESE
INVESTMENTS COULD FALL UNDER
MANY THEMES.
THEY ARE PROVIDING MANY
MULTIPLE PUBLIC AND IF IT'S.
HERE'S ONE WAY OF TALKING ABOUT
THEM.
WE KNOW OUR INVESTMENTS REALLY
ARE THERE TO HELP ADDRESS
DISPLACEMENT.
IN A TIME OF POPULATION GROWTH
AND HOUSING STORAGE,
DISPLACEMENT IS OCCURRING AND
THAT IS DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFFECTING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THIS YEAR, LIKE IN OTHER YEARS,
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS
IN PRIVATELY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IN HIGH RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
COMMUNITIES.
THE FIRST TO HIGHLIGHT IS BRANDT
MANOR IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THERE ARE 55 UNITS IN PLACE.
DATING BACK TO URBAN RENEWAL.
THEY ARE ENVISIONING A PHASING
OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD
INITIALLY CREATE WHAT WE
INVESTED IN WAS 95 UNITS,
MOSTLY FAMILY SIZED.
ULTIMATELY 240 UNITS.
DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO PRATT PARK
AND WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT ENVISIONS CHILDCARE CENTER
ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND RETAIL.
WHAT IS SIGNIFICANT ABOUT THIS
PROJECT IS THAT IT IS COMMUNITY
OWNED BY A HISTORICALLY ROOTED
ORGANIZATION.
FIRST AME HOUSING.
WE KNOW IT'S THE PHYSICAL
BUILDING, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
THERE AND THE OWNERSHIP THAT
HELPS TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT.
>> ONE THING, BECAUSE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT FAMILY SIZE
HOUSING, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
THREE BEDROOM AND FOUR BEDROOM
UNITS AND THAT IS WHAT IS PART
OF BEING PRESERVED AND CREATED
HERE.
>> JUST A COMMENT ON EMILY'S
LAST COMMENT ON WHO HAS SITE
CONTROL.
THAT WAS A CRITICAL PIECE YOU
ALL HELP THIS GET IN THE
DISPOSITION POLICY THAT WE
AMENDED LAST YEAR TO MAKE SURE
AS MORE LAND IS AVAILABLE
THROUGH OUR DISPOSITION POLICY
THAT WE ARE REALLY HELPING TO
CENTER FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS ON
THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES IN
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN AT RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
OF THE TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP THAT
CAN COME FROM THAT TYPE OF
POLICY CHANGE.
>> IN MOUNT ACRE WE MADE AN
INVESTMENT INTO 166 UNITS FOR
WORKING PEOPLE.
THIS IS AN EXCITING INVESTMENT
RIGHT AT THE MOUNT BAKER
TRANSIT STATION.
WHAT IS PARTICULARLY EXCITING
HERE IS THAT THIS IS A PILOT
PROJECT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
ECOLOGY TO SUPPORT A NEW MODEL
TO ADDRESS URBAN BROWNFIELD
DEVELOPMENT FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THIS WAS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
CONTAMINATED AREA.
CITY COUNCIL HELP TO SUPPORT
THE ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION --
MEDIATION.
AND BY DOUBLING DOWN AT THAT
CRITICAL INTERSECTION OF MLK
AND McCLELLAN, THE PROJECT WILL
ENSURE THAT AS YOU HAVE THE
CLEAN DIRT, IT MAKES IT MORE
DESIRABLE AND COSTLY WE DON'T
LET IT GO OFF FOR TOP DOLLAR
BUT IT'S REINVESTED TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE ALSO ADDRESSING
DISPLACEMENT.
>> WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING
COMMITMENT TO SERVING DIVERSE
POPULATIONS.
SENIORS, PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES, WORKING FAMILIES,
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
AS YOU ALL JUST MENTIONED IN
YOUR DISCUSSION, THAT IS
PARTIALLY ABOUT THE UNIT SIZE
AND TYPE.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SPONSOR THE
DEVELOPMENT AND THE KIND OF, I
SHOULDN'T CALL IT AMENITIES,
BUT COMMUNITY SERVING ESSENTIAL
FUNCTIONS INCORPORATED INTO THE
BUILDING, SOME OF WHICH YOU
WILL SEE HERE.
ONE OF THIS YEAR'S REALLY
SPECIAL PROJECTS IS LOCATED IN
PIONEER SQUARE ADJACENT TO THE
EXISTING CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
THIS IS A CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
PROJECT, I KNOW MANY PEOPLE AT
THIS TABLE HAD A HAND IN A LONG-
STANDING SUPPORT FOR THIS
PROJECT.
WE KNOW THAT FOR A LONG TIME
SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE DENNY
PARTY, NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE
EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AT A
HIGH RATE.
FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS WHITE
PEOPLE TAKING LAND.
>> WE SHOULD'VE BUILT THAT WALL.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> THIS IS A MODEST EFFORT TO
REALLY ADDRESS THOSE
DISPROPORTIONATE HOMELESSNESS
AND HOUSING NEEDS THAT IS LED
BY COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT IS EXCITING HERE IS
NOT ONLY THE UNITS BUT ALSO THE
GROUND FLOOR THAT WILL INCLUDE
A PRIMARY CARE CLINIC OPERATED
BY THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD AND A GALLERY AND CAFC
OPERATED BY CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP, IT HAD
MONEY FROM OTHER PARTS OF OUR
CITY.
AND A WONDERFUL PROJECT.
>>> MAYBE WITH FAIR START, OR
SOME GROUP LIKE FAIR START, BUT
ALSO, SELLING NATIVE MADE
JEWELRY, WHICH MAKES IT
SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT, IN
PIONEER SQUARE.
I WANT YOU KNOW THAT IN MY
OFFICE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
NOT JUST WITH COLLEEN, BUT ALSO
WITH S D.O.T., WHICH OWNS THE
SQUARE AND WITH LISA HOWARD
FROM THE PIONEER SQUARE
ALLIANCE, AND THATCHER BAILEY.
THE NEXT STEP ON ALL OF THIS
REALLY IS THE HOUSING IS GREAT
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK BACK AT
WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE
SQUARE AND WE ARE WORKING WITH
ART AND CULTURE BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO CIRCLE BACK AFTER THIS
MEETING WITH YOU, BECAUSE WHAT
COLLEEN IS GOING IS GREAT AND
GOES FROM HERMC STRAIGHT OUT
TO THE SIDEWALK AND 2nd AVENUE.
JONES AND JONES, S D.O.T.,
PARTICULARLY, ARE LOOKING AT
THE FORTSON SQUARE.
HOUSING, I KNOW YOUR MONEY DOES
NOT GO INTO THACKING OF THING,
IT IS HOWEVER, AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO REALLY PARTNER AND
MAKE IT A GATHERING SPACE FOR,
THIS IS WHERE COLLEEN'S VISION
IS TO HAVE NATIVE TREES AND
PLANTS IN A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
FEEL WELCOME.
THAT CORNER RIGHT NOW IS NOT
WELCOME TO ANYMORE EXCEPT THE
RATS THAT LIVE IN THE TREES.
SO WE WILL COME BACK WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CHRONIC MENTAL ILLNESS IS A
CONTRIBUTOR TO HOMELESSNESS.
AND WE SUPPORT A PROJECT TO
CREATE 44 APARTMENTS FOR ADULTS
THAT LIVE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
AND THIS, THESE APARTMENTS,
AGAIN, NOT JUST THE UNITS, THE
AGENCY WILL OFFER COMPREHENSIVE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES VISES TO PEOPLE WHO
REALLY MAY OTHER WISE BE ON THE
STREET.
HUMAN GOOD, THIS IS THE
PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE 85
AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOMES, BEING
ADDED TO NORTH HAVEN EAST
EXISTING CAMPUS IN NORTH GATE.
THEY HAVE OWNED AN OPEN RATED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT
COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND
THIS IS DESIGNED TO KEEP
SENIORS INDEPENDENT AND ENGAGED
IN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING
ON SIGHT SERVICES, ANOTHER
EXCITING FEATURE HERE, THE
GROUND FLOOR WILL FEATURE
PROVIDENCE ELDER PLACE,
PROVIDING HEALTH CARE AND
SOCIAL SERVICES.
>> AND HOPEFULLY, LIKE WE
TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, IF WE
HAVE THAT UPZONE, THE FOOTPRINT
TO EXPAND IT, HOPEFULLY THAT, I
AM MAKING A PLUG FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN, WE HAVE BEEN THERE
MANY, MANY TIMES THERE I
SECONDS ON THAT PLUG BY THE
WAY.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD.
>> AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
IS AN INNOVATION FOR US NOW IS
THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE CONTINUE
TO OFFER CITY SUPPORTED RFPs,
YOU MAY BE FLIPPING AROUND, I
DID CHANGE THE ORDER OF THIS
SLIDE.
SORRY SORRY.
>> YOU DID, BUT AT LEAST YOU
HAVE NUMBERS.
>> SORRY FOR THAT CHANGE.
HERE WE ARE OFFERING CITY
SUPPORTED OR DIRECTED RFPs FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON PUBLICLY
OWNED LAND.
WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER NOT ONLY
HOUSING BUT MULTIPLE PUBLIC
BENEFITS.
WE KNOW THAT IT OFFERS A
DISCOUNT, OR FREE LAND, WHICH
IS GOOD FOR COST.
OR SECOND, IT CAN CREATE
LOCATIONAL ACCESS, GIVING US
AVAILABLE SITES ADJACENT TO
TRANSIT, PARKS, OR OTHER KEY
AMENITIES OR LOCATIONS.
ONE OF OUR REALLY EXCITING
PROJECTS THAT WE INVESTED IN
LAST YEAR WAS AT THE K SITE,
THIS WAS A SEATTLE CENTER
OPENED PROPERTY.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR THE
ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY.
PLYMOUTH HOUSING IS GOING TO
CREATE 91 HOMES FOR HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS.
THIS IS A FROM PROJECT THAT THE
GROUND FLOOR IS SUPPORTED TO
CREATE ARTS AND CULTURAL SPACE
AND IT IS A PILOTING THE USE OF
OUR COMMUNITY WORK FORCE
AGREEMENT.
SO AGAIN, DELIVERING MULTIPLE
PUBLIC BENEFITS.
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING WERE
AWARDED FUNDS.
THIS IS PART OF OUR ONGOING
COMMITMENT, THE OFFICE OF
HOUSINGS ONGOING COMMITMENT TO
THE TRANSFORMATION AT THE
TERRACE.
THIS IS 158 NEW UTAHS THAT WILL
BRING FAMILY HOUSING TO THE
REDEVELOPMENTS BORDER WITH THE
CENTRAL AREA CLOSE TO BAILEY,
THE DEVELOPMENT HERE, AGAIN,
WILL INCLUDE A CHILD CARE EARLY
LEARNING CENTER, TO BE OPERATED
BY DENISE LOUIS EDUCATION
CENTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND
THERE ARE COMMON AREAS FOR
RESIDENT ACTIVITIES, EXTERIOR
COURTYARDS TO SUPPORT THE
FAMILIES.
COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU, OFFICE OF HOUSING, YOU
WORKED, ESPECIALLY ON THE CASE.
ALL OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE
AROUND THE ARENA AND SEATTLE
CENTER, BUT BRINGING THAT K
SITE INTO UPTOWN, UPTOWN WAS
BEGGING US FOR THIS KIND OF
HOUSING AND AS WE ARE GOING
THROUGH AND COLLECTING MONEY,
EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS WE WANT
THAT MONEY USED IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU ALSO WANT
TO GO SHOVEL READY.
THIS ONE WAS READY, BUT YOU
REALLY HEARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
TOO.
SO THANKS TO YOU AND THANKS TO
OUR UPTOWN COMMUNITY GROUP AND
ROBERT AT SEATTLE CENTER.
THIS IS, OH, A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SHOW WHAT
CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE PUT OUR
BRAINS TOGETHER TO SOLVE A
PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ON THIS
SLIDE, BUT YOU DON'T SEE TODAY
IS LAST YEAR, WE COMMITTED $10
MILLION AND JOINT PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COUNTY, TO SUPPORT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INGATE.
>> OH, LET'S NOT BRING THAT UP.
>> THAT AWARD WILL BE MADE
SOON.
>> SO THE RFP WENT OUT, IT
DISAPPEARED AND NOW IT IS BACK
AND WE ARE ALL OKAY AGAIN IN.
>> WE ARE OKAY.
>> THEY ARE IN TALKS.
AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> GOOD SMILE.
I LIKE THAT.
>> THE OTHER PIECE THAT YOU
DON'T SEE HERE, PUBLIC LAND IS
CRITICAL FOR OUR INVESTMENT IN
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNER SHIP.
WE WILL TALL ABOUT HOMEOWNER
SHIP, HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT
AT ANOTHER TIME.
THIS FOCUSES ON OUR RENTAL
INVESTMENTS.
>> AND JUST TO PICK UP ON THAT,
INNOVATIONS IF IT WAS NOT
APPARENT.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE ARE
INNOVATNG AND IT CREATES GREAT
OPPORTUNITY IS WHEN WE DO RFPs
ON A SPECIAL POSE OF PROPERTY.
SO EMILY JUST LISTED A FEW OF
THOSE, BUT DENT THAN THE
COMPETITION THAT PRODUCES GREAT
OUTCOMES AS WELL.
WHEN WE HAVE A PIECE OF
PROPERTY TO FOCUS ON, WE CAN
LOOK TO PARTNER WITH ARTS,
HEALTH, TO LOOK TO PARTNER WITH
A VARIETY OF PARKS.
SO, DOING RF Ps IS ONE OF THE
WAYS THAT WE HAVE SORT OF, IT
IT HAS BEEN A BIT OF A GAME
CHANGER FOR US.
>> SO ONE OF THE THING WES
TALKED ABOUT IN PARKS OVER THE
YEARS, AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD
WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS,
IS SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY
CENTERS ARE GOING THROUGH
SIGNIFICANCE RANT RESTORATION,
WHETHER IT IS IN LAKE CITY, OR
QUEEN ANNE, JUST AS EXAMPLES.
BUT PARKS HAS BEEN OPEN TO THE
IDEA OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, OR WHETHER IT IS LIKE
WORKER KIND OF, WHETHER IT IS
60 TO 80, WHEREVER IT IS.
BUT I AM WONDERING, HAVE WE
DONE ANY EXPLORATION AROUND THE
COMMUNITY CENTER?
>> WE ARE AN ACTIVE
CONVERSATION.
IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF WANT ON
EITHER SIDE.
SO WE HOPE TO BE BRINGING
SOMETHING EXCITING FOR WARD AT
SOME POINT.
>> WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP.
IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED
YET IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOUSING
AT COMMUNITY CENTERS AN IT IS
REAL POSITIVE, IT JUST HAS NOT
BEEN ELITED YET.
SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT
FOR THE FIRS TIME.
I REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO
TALKING TO PARKS AND THEN THEM
SAYING WE DON'T DO THAT.
AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING, I AM
REALLY EXCITED.
>> WHAT WE LIKE TO SAW EVERY
HOUSE PROGRESS CORRECT HAS A
GROUND NEAR.
SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO
INFLUENCER AS TO ACTIVATE THAT
GROUND FLOOR.
>> THE DANGER IS ANY PIECE OF
BUILDING THAT GOES UP, THE
SPEAKER WANTS TO SLAP 100
YOUNTS ON TOP.
>> I THINK THE EXCITING WAY,
AND WE HAVE HAD A GREAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS, CHIP AT
PARKS HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT, AT
NOT ONLY THINKING ABOUT OUR
EXISTING ASSETS, BUT HOW DO WE
DO ACQUISITION IN A WAY THAT
HELP COLLOCATE THE PROPERTIES
AND THAT HELPS DEAL WITH ISSUES
THAT ARISE WITH THE RE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXISTING
SITE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT FORT
LAWSUITEN, WHERE WE WOULD
ACQUIRE PROPERTY TOGETHER AND
HAVE A PARKS RECREATION PIECE
ADJACENT TO AN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PIECE.
>> I AM ALMOST THINKING OF
PROPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WE
RE-EXAMINE I42, WHICH PEOPLE
KEEP SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW,
THAT IS HOW IT STOPS FROM
PUTTING HOUSING ON TOP OF
COMMUNITY CENTERS AND OTHER
CENTERS THAT PARKS TAKES CARE
OF.
YOU KNOW, 42 HAS PASSED, SO YOU
CAN IN THE TAKE ANY LAND BASED
FROM THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE AND
MY ARGUMENT HAS BEEN LEGALLY,
AND I BELIEVE I AM RIGHT, IS
THAT WE ARE BUILDING UP.
SO WE ARE NOT TAKING AWAY FROM
THAT FOOTPRINT.
IN FACT, WE ARE ENHANCING IT
AND IF ANYTHING IT IS A REVENUE
SOURCE AN A NEEDED GOVERNMENT
SERVICE AND FUNCTION.
SO AT SOME POINT,--PASSED I42?
>> YES, 30 CAREERS AGO.
>> YES, IT IS TIME TO REVISIT
THAT LAW.
ANTE UP SOME STUFF.
>> I LIKE IT.
>> I LIKE THAT YOU ARE NOT
SAYING THAT WE WANT TO TAKE
PARKS PROPERTY FOR OTHER USES.
YOU ARE SAYING THIS IS EX-
PANNING AN USE.
I LOOK AT DENNY PARK AS AN
EXAMPLE, THAT IF THEY ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO RESTORE OR REBUILD
PARK US AS THERE, PUTTING IN AT
LEAST SOME HOUSING IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN JUST THINK ABOUT THE
VALUE OF THAT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
THERE, PUTTING THE COMMUNITY
CENTER ON TOP OF THE PARK
PROPERTY AND BUILDING HOUSING
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU
KNOW, LOOKING AT AS A WHOLE
SYSTEM, IT IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> RIGHT, IT WAS ABOUT BEING
CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T TAKE AWAY
LAND FROM THE PUBLICMENT I AM
GOOD ON THE LAW ON THIS ONE.
WE ARE COOL.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
INNOVATION AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE CERTAINLY
SEE INNOVATION AS CORE TO BOTH
OUR MISSION AND OUR CHARGE AT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, AND THAT
OUR SUCCESS OVER THE YORES IS
DUE IN PART TO MAKING IS THAT
YOUR WE ARE CHANGING WITH THE
TIMES.
THE MAYOR, TOO, HAS BEEN A
VOICE FOR INNOVATION AND
FINANCING, DESIGN, AND
úCONSTRUCTION.
AND SOME OF THAT IS REFLECTED
HERE IN THE 2018 INVESTMENTS.
THEY ARE LISTED HERE, THE
LEHIGH AFELLOW APARTMENTS, IT
IS SORT OF BORROWING A
CONSTRUCTION METHOD THAT WAS,
THAT CAUGHT OUR COLLECTIVE
ATTENTION IN PORTLAND, SO
STARTING WITH ARCHITECTURE AND
CARRYING THROUGH TO CON DOES
CREATE SOME EFFICIENCY IS.
AND SO THAT IS ONE NEW
INNOVATION IN THIS ROUND.
LOOKING AT SCALE, WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS NOW, OBVIOUSLY BUILDING
MORE OF THE SAME, ON THE SAME
SITE, CREATE BUILT IN
EFFICIENCIES AND SO WITH THE
PROJECT, WHERE WE ARE DOING 330
UNITS, ONE OF THE LARGEST
PROJECTS, NECESSARILY
INVESTMENTS, WE ARE ACHIEVING
GREAT ECONOMIES OF SCALE..
>> CITY AM SORRY, WHAT ARE THE
CROSS STREETS?
IS.
>> I CAN GET THE EXACT ADDRESS
FOR YOU.
I DON'T HAVE IT OFF OF THE TOP
OF MY HEAD.
AND OUR MAPS ARE ZOOMED OUT TOO
FAR.
IT IS RIGHT NEAR THE LIGHT
RAIL.
>> OH, OKAY.
>> I MEAN IT IS A GOOD T OD
INVESTMENT.
IT IS A GREAT T OD INVESTMENT.
>> NICE.
>> AND THEN THE THIRD ONE THAT
WE LISTED HERE, WE COULD HAVE
LISTED A LOT, BUT IT IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF ANOTHER
INNOVATION, WHERE WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO QUICKLY TAKE OFF
THE SPECK OF THE MARKET A FOR
SALE, FULLY ENTITLED PROJECT IN
BELLTOWN.
SO THIS WAS A DEVELOPER THAT
TOOK THE, YOU KNOW, TOOK THE
DEAL ALL THE WAY THROUGH DESIGN
AND THEN DECIDED TO SELL IT.
SO IT IS FULLY ENTITLED.
WE STEPPED IN, ABLE TO PURCHASE
IT WITH THE DEVELOPER WHO IS
GOING BUILD IT TO THAT DESIGN
AND THAT MEANS THE UNITS WILL
HIT THE STREET THAT MUCH
FASTER.
>> WOW.
>> ND ANOTHER UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY, BUT YOU KNOW, AN
EXAMPLE OF AN INNOVATION THAT
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
TALK ABOUT.
>> AND BY WAY OF REMINDER, THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE
DIRECTOR CAME TO US LAST YEAR,
AND ASKED US FOR GREATER
FLEXIBILITY SO WHEN
OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT CAME UP
THAT THEY COULD ACT QUICK THROW
TAKE A PROPERTY THAT WILL OTHER
WISE BE SOLD ON THE MARKET AND
ALLOW THEM TO ACT QUICKLY AND
THEN BRING THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO
US AFTER THEY THAT HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A PURR
WHICH IS, WHICH I THINK,
ESPECIALLY IN THIS MARKET, THAT
IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE HELP
FREE THEM UP AND THEN BRING IT
TO US.
>> YES, APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I FORGET THE NUMBER OF THE
BILL, BUT I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN
IT WRONG ANY WAYS, GIVEN TODAY.
>> YOU KNOW, AS IN PAST YEARS,
SOME OF OUR INVESTMENTS ARE US
GOING IN AND DOING SOME OF THE
NECESSARY UPKEEP ON THE
BUILDING, WHETHER IT IS SYSTEMS
OR ROOFS, OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT IT IS HELPING TO MAINTAIN
THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FOLKS
WHO LINCOLNTON THERE.
AND WE ARE RESETTING A 50 YEAR
CLOCK, SO IT IS ENSURING
AFFORDABILITY WELL INTO THE
FUTURE.
>> AND WHY ARE SOME DOTS RED
AND YELLOW?
OR DID YOU TELL THAWS EARLIER?
>> OH, IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU, I
CAN TELL YOU.
THE RED DOTS ARE THE NEW
INVESTMENTS.
THE YELLOW DOTS ARE THE HANDFUL
OF RE-INVESTMENTS, WHICH I AM
TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
SO THE RED AND YELLOW DOTS
TOGETHER ARE OUR WHOLE
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS IN
2018.
THE RED DOTS ARE BRAND NEW
UNITS.
THE YELLOW DOTS ARE US COMING
IN AND DOING NEW WORK.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHAT IS
LISTED HERE, THE FIRST ONE IS
FOUR BUILDINGS IN THE CAPITOL
HILL HOUSING PORT FOAL YEAH
THAT WE HELPED CONSTRUCT MANY
YEARS AGO AND WE ARE COMING
BACK IN.
THE THIRD BULLET THERE IS BOOTH
GARDENS H IS 16 HOMES.
SO THAT IS WHY THERE ARE SO
MANY DOTS THAT ARE YELLOW.
THOSE ARE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.
BUT THOSE ARE US COPPING IN
DOING SOME RE-INVESTMENT TO
ADDRESS SOME CAPITOL NEEDS OF
THE BUILDING.
>> I AM SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>> GO AHA HEAD.
>> WHEN I LOOK UP IN THE NORTH
END AND I SEE ALL OF THE YELLOW
DOTS FOR RE-INVESTMENTS WHICH
IS GREAT, BUT I ONLY SEE ONE
RED DOT THAT OBVIOUSLY,
CONCERNS ME, FOR THE WHOLE
NORTH END, NOT JUST DISTRICT
FIVE.
>> PART OF THAT IS A COLOR
SCHEME.
SO YOU ARE SEEING YELLOW DOTS
IN THE BACKGROUND AND BRIGHTER
YELLOW DOTS.
THE YELLOW DOTS THAT DO NOT
HAVE THE BRIGHT CIRCLES AROUND
THEM ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR
PORTFOLIO, OUR 1400 UNITS
SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY
AND SO BEINGS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT
IN THE BACKGROUND WHERE OUR
INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN OVER LAST
30 YEARS IS A WAY FOR US TO
TELL OUR STORY.
IT IS JUST HOW WE ARE INVESTED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO POP WITH
THE YELLOW DOTS WITH THE BLACK
CIRCUMSTANCE IS THES AND THE
RED DOTS ARE OUR 2018
INVESTMENTS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> YES.
>> A LOT OF PROPERTIES UP HERE
IN THE NORTH END.
>> AND UNFORTUNATE I WILL
PECKED NOT PUT THAT NICE, RED
DOT AT THE NORTH GATE
INVESTMENT.
>> THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED A
YEAR AGO, BUT I AM GOING LET
THAT GO.
I AM NOT OVER THAT, YET.
>> ALSO LISTED IN THIS SORT OF
SECOND TO THE FINAL TWO BULLETS
ON THIS SLIDE, ARE A COUPLE OF
NOTEWORTHY ACQUISITIONS AND
THIS GOES BACK TO, OH, A
COMMENT MADE EARLIER ABOUT OUR,
THE NEW PROGRAM WE HAVE IN OUR
NEW LEVY, OR ACQUISITION
PROGRAM.
THE FIRST ONE LINKS STUDIOS,
WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM FRANKLIN HIGH
SCHOOL.
IT WAS A BUILD TAG WAS BUILT
JUST A HANDFUL OF YEARS AGO,
WENT ON THE MARKET, AND WE WERE
ABLE TO ACQUIRE THAT BUILDING
AND PUTTING IT IN WITH A 50
YEAR AGREEMENT.
SO IS BEING VERY UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY, BUT HAVING THE
ABILITY TO USE SOME OF THE
RESOURCES TO MOVE QUICKLY LIKE
THAT, HAS PRUNE TO BE
INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
THE SECOND ONE LISTED THERE IS
MOUNT BAKER HOUSING, WHICH IS
JUST RIGHT UP THE STREET, OR
EXCUSE ME, THE MADISON, I SAID
MOUNT BAKER.
THE MADISON WHICH IS JUST RIGHT
UP THE STREET FROM WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW.
IT IS HOUSES VETOES AN UPSTAIRS
WE ARE DOING SOME RENOVATIONS
ON THAT BUILDING.
THAT BUILDING WAS ACTUALLY
FINANCED MANY YEARS AGO WITH
NON CITY FINANCING, BUT IT WAS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS AT
RISK.
AND BECAUSE OF THE TERM FOR
THAT ORIGINAL FINANCING, SO US
GOING IN AND HELPING TO SECURE
THAT BUILDING PUTS IT INTO THE
AFFORDABLE PORTFOLIO FOR THE
NEXT FIVE PLUS DECADINGS.
SO THAT IS ANOTHER GREAT, THAT
IS A TRUE PRESERVATION
OPPORTUNITY.
>> AND THEN CONTINUING UP THE
ROAD, MADISON WHERE YOU GET TO
MADISON BOYER AND THAT IS WHERE
I THINK PLYMOUTH HOUSING IS
WORKING WITH CAPITOL HILL,
BELLWETHER.
WHAT IS THE TIME LINE ON THAT
NOW?
>> THEY STILL LINING UP ALL OF
THEY FINANCING.
>> OKAY.
>> AND WE HAVE SHOWN SUPPORT
FOR THAT PROJECT.
IT IS CONTINUING TO RIPEN IN
TERMS OF LINING UP ALL OF OUT
NECESSARY FINANCING.
BUT THAT ONE WILL BE COMING
FORWARD BEFORE TOO LONG.
OKAY.
>> AND HAPPY TO SHARE MORE.
>> THANKS.
IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING, OKAY,
THAT I WORKED WITH PAUL ON
AROUND THE EDGES FOR YEARS, I
AM JUST GLAD TO KNOW IT IS
HAPPENING.
>> YES, IT IS.
>> SO THIS IS OUR FINAL SLIDE.
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE,
AGAIN, IS SORT OF GATHERING
TOGETHER BOTH OUR 2018
INVESTMENTS WITH THE BACKDROP
OF OUR INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
AND WE THINK IT TELLS A GOOD
STORY.
AND A COMPELLING STORY THAT
REALLY, AT THE THRUST OF WHAT
WE DO IS PROMOTING FAIR HOUSING
AND FAIR HOUSING IS ABOUT
CHOICE.
AND FOR US, THAT MEANS THAT,
JUST THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO
WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHICH IS
INVESTING THROUGHOUT THE TOWN
AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE
HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE IN A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY.
>> AND ONE THING THAT I WOULD
BE RE-MISTO LET A PRESENTATION
GO FORWARD WITHOUT MENTIONING,
IS THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
PORTIONS OF THIS HAPPEN WHERE
YOU SEE NO INVESTMENT AND
USUALLY, ALL THOUGH NOT ALWAYS,
THOSE ARE AREAS THAT ARE NOT
ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY USES:
AND SO THE SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS
IN PARTS OF WEST SEATTLE, OR IN
MAGNOLIA, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU JUST
CANNOT INVEST IN APARTMENTS.
SO OBVIOUSLY, LAND CREWS GOES
IN HAND WITH THE INVESTMENTS
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE.
BUT, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN
MAKE INVESTMENTS, WE ARE
LOOKING TO DO SO IN ALL PARTS
OF THE CITY TO ALLOW PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNITIES FOR A
LONG TIME TO STAY?
COMMUNITIES, OR ACTIVITY SAYS
OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT PRESENT
OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
CLOSED OFF.
>> AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE
COULD MAKE THIS MAP VERY
COMPLICATED WITH A LOT OF
OVERLAYS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT
TRANSPORTATION, IT IS WHERE
TRANSPORTATION IS MOST RICH.
AND IF IT IS FAMILIES, WE WANT
TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE SCHOOLS
ARE.
IF IT IS SENIORS, WE NEED TO
KNOW THAT THE SERVICES ARE, TO
THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE NOT ON
SITE.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER
VARIABLES THAT GO INTO WHAT
MAKE AGUED FINANCING
OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH,
BY AND LARGE, EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING.
>> VERY GOOD POINT.
THANK YOU.
AND WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER
NOW OF THE INVENTORY?
14,000 OVER THE YEARS?
>> YES, WHEN YOU INCLUDE OUR
MULTIFAMILY TAX EXCEPTION, WE
ARE CLOSING IN ON, WELL, I
THINK WE ARE NOW OVER 20,000.
>> SO THE ONE OTHER OVERLAY
THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ON
THE LAST SLIDE IS WHERE WE HAD
REQUESTS FOR INVESTMENTS AND
WHERE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SERVE
THIS YEAR.
I THINK WE HAD AROUND $280
MILLION WORTH OF REQUESTS,
WHICH DOES MEAN THAT THERE IS
LAND OUT THERE THAT FOLKS ARE
REATY TO BUILD ON, HAD THEY AND
THE FUNDING AND WHERE WE HAVE
BEEN RE-TRICKED BECAUSE WE HAD
75 MILLION.
AGAIN, THE BREAK DOWN AS WE
UNDERSTAND IT IS $25 MILLION
FROM THE LEVY.
$30MILLION FROM THE WORK THAT
YOU HAVE WORKED WITH US ONTO
SPEED UP THE FUNDING FROM THE
CONVENTION CENTER.
AND $16 MILLION FROM THE INSEN
ISTIVE ZONING AND MHA AND SOME
FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO I THINK IF YOU CAN HOLD ON
REALLY QUICK, WE CAN TAKE
QUESTIONS IN A MINUTE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED
MICHAEL TOO PUT ON THE END OF
THE PRESENTATION IS WHAT DOES
THE $500 MILLION FROM MICROSOFT
MEANS.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE CANNOT
DO THIS ALONE.
AND THAT THIS IS A REGIONAL CRY
SUSS, WE CONTINUE TO BRING THIS
UP, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT WHAT THE DOLLARS
MEAN, BECAUSE I THINK THEY WORK
TOGETHER WITH WHAT YOU JUST
OUTLINED.
THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO
SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING AS DONE WHEN YOU LOOK
AT WHERE SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS ARE GOING.
SO MICHAEL HAS PREPARED A MEMO
FOR US AND WE WILL TAKE IT
AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THE
VIEWING AUDIENCE AS WELL.
BUT MICHAEL, GO AHEAD AND WALK
US THROUGH.
YOU HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR
MINUTES.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
PER YOUR REQUEST, I TOOK A LOOK
AT THE INFORMATION THAT WAS
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE REGARDING
MICROSOFT'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF
$500 MILLION IN COMMITMENT FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WORK FORCE
HOUSING, AND HOMELESSNESS
RESPONSE.
GENERALLY, I THINK IT KIND OF
FALLING INTO THREE BUCKETS.
THE FIRST IS ABOUT $225 MILLION
IN IMPACT INVESTING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS,
SPECIFICALLY, THEY ARE TAKING
RESERVES TO PROVIDE LOANS.
THIS IS ANTICIPATED TO BE
FOCUSED ON THE EAST SIDE AND
REALLY TRY TO GET AT THE TARGET
RANGE OF 60 TO 2-0% OF THE
MEDIAN AREA INCOME.
AND THIS ACTUALLY FALLS IN LINE
WITH ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE HOLA COMMITTEE.
65 RECOMMENDATIONS AN ONE OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS, R10, WAS
TO REALLY, OH, ENCOURAGE MORE
IMPACT INVESTING THROUGHOUT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND I THINK
THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN
AND SHOULD SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE REGION.
AND I THINK IT WAS BELLWETHER
HOUSING, THEY HAVE HAD GOOD
SUCCESSES WITH THIS TYPE OF
INVESTMENT.
IT HELPS FREE UP RESOURCES TO
GO TOWARDS HOUSEHOLDS THAT
CANNOT BE SERVED WITH THIS TYPE
OF INVESTMENT, PARTICULARLY AT
0% TO 30% OF AMI.
$50,250,000,000 IN MARKET RATE
LOANS FOR A HOLD OF UP TO 60%
MEDIAN AREA INCOME.
AND THIS MOSTLY EAST AND
SOUTHEAST KING COUNTY AND SOUTH
SHOWHOMISH COUNTY.
AND IT IS PINNELL PONZI
UNDERSTANDING.
I AM LOOKING OVER TO THE
EXPERTS ON MY LEFT HERE, THAT
THIS REALLY A KEY PIECE OF WHAT
GOES INTO FINANCING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING TO GET THINGS MOVING
QUICKER WILL.
AND THEN THE FINAL $25 MILLION
IS GRANTS FOR HOMELESS
RESPONSE.
$5MILLION TO THE KING COUNTY
BA ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN ANOTHER $5 MILLION TO
SUPPORT EFFORTS BETWEEN KING
COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
FOR THE PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION
OF HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
SERVICES THAT WE ALL HEARD
ABOUT THIS MONDAY IN THE
REPORT.
IT IS NOT CLEAR, AT THIS POINT,
WHETHER ANOTHER $15 MILLION IS
ANTICIPATED TO GO.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE
INVESTMENT FROM THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY FROM
ONE OF OUR LARGE LOCAL
EMPLOYERS AND A REGIONAL
APPROACH TO ADDRESSING THE
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, THAT IS
NOT JUST IN SEATTLE, IT IS ALL
ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON AND
FROM TALKS THAT WE HAVE HAD
WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, IN
ELLENS BERG AND WALHALLA, IT IS
ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS A LETTER RELEASED BY
MULTIPLE MAYORS WHERE THEY ARE
COMMITTING TO CONTINUE SOME
WORK THAT THEY THINK WILL BE
VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.
STREAMLINE AND INSURE THAT THE
INVESTMENTS WILL HAVE THE MOST
IMPACT,INCLUDING MAKING IT
AVAILABLE AT NO COST OR DEEP
DISCOUNTS, PUBLIC LANDS THAT
ARE NO LONGER UTILIZED FOR
THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE,
SOMETHING SYSTEM TO WHAT
COUNCIL DID LAST YEAR WITH THE
POLICIES, UPDATING ZONING AND
LAND USE REGULATIONS TO
INCREASE DENSITY NEAR CURRENT
AND FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSIT
INVESTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF
PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND COMMUNITY
ASSETS, IS UP AS PARKS,
TRANSIT, AND SCHOOLS, AND
ENSURING THAT ALL HOUSEHOLD
HAVE ACCESS TO THIS AS PART OF
THIS PLAN OF SEVEN
RECOMMENDATIONS, REDUCING AND
WAIVING PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO
MAKE MORE UNITS.
REDUCING OR WAIVING IMPACT FEES
OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT FEES.
WE HAVE THIS FROM THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY,
IT IS HARDER TO PRODUCE HOMES
IN SOME AREAS, IS VERY HIGH
IMPACT FEES.
STREAMLINING PERMITTING
PROCESSES, PROVIDING TAX
INCOMES AND CREDITS AN UPDATING
BUILDING CODES FOR
DEVELOPMENTS.
BLOCKABLES, NEW WAYS TO DO
THINGS MORE EFFICIENTLY.
AND THEN IS ANOTHER PIECE,
WHICH IS EFFORTS TO HAVE
STATEWIDE INVESTMENT IN
AFFORDABLE HOMES, INCLUDING
DOUBLING THE HOUSING TRUST
FUND, REFORMING THE LIABILITY
ACT, ALLOWING CITIES TO EXTEND
THE MULTIFAMILY TAX EXCEPTION
BEYOND THE 12 YEAR LIMIT AND
REDUCING ZONING AND PERMITTING
HURDLES TO EXPAND ACCESS TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO IT IS NOT
ALL IN ONE AREA.
BROADLY SPEAKING, I THINK THIS
IS, AGAIN, AN EXCELLENT, THIS
EXCELLENT NEWS AND REALLY
CONTINUES A LOT OF THE REALLY
POSITIVE EFFORTS, NOT JUST FOR
PUBLIC INVESTMENT, BUT PRIVATE
INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND CREATING BARRIERS
OUTIS SIDE OF SEATTLE AND
WITHIN SEATTLE.
WE HAVE SEEN GOOD PARTNERSHIPS
LABOR, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY,
AND MORE.
THIS EXTENDS THE APPROACH OUT.
WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING ON
THAT.
>> MICHAEL, THIS IS AN
EXCELLENT REPORT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH FOR DOING
THIS.
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN SOME OF
THE LARGER CORPORATIONS HAVE
STEPPED FORWARD WITH MONEY THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED AS
NOT DOING ENOUGH, BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO
MICROSOFT, TO BRAD SMITH, TO
HIS TEAM FOR DOING THIS AND
RECOGNIZING IT IS JUST ONE
PIECE, OF THE PUZZLE OR A PIE,
IT IS ONE PIECE, BUT IT IS AN
IMPORTANT ONE AND IT
DEMONSTRATES TO OUR REGION THAT
WE ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER AND
I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT EFFORT
LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN MUCH
MORE OF THESE KINDS OF
CONVERSATIONS, THAT WE KNOW
THAT WHAT IS GOING TO SOLVE
HOMELESSNESS ARE MORE HOMES.
AND THEY ARE HELPING.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
AND LOOK AT THE GOOD WORK AND
THANK YOU MORE MEMO.
>> YES, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT
FROM YOUR READ ON THE
INVESTMENT THAT WAS ANNOUNCED
LAST NIGHT?
ANYTHING FROM MICHAEL'S MEMO?
>> NO, I APPRECIATE THE BREAK
OUT THAT MICHAEL JUST MADE.
I THINK WE ARE ALL ACTIVELY
UNPACKING THIS AND
UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN UM,
TURN THIS INTO FANTASTIC
OUCOMES.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND THE 6200, 120% AMI, THAT
THE INVESTMENT LOOKS LIKE IT IS
TARGETED FOR IN THE REGION IS
REALLY AN AREA WHERE IT SOUNDS
LIKE SOME OF THE NON PROFIT OR
SMALLER DEVELOPERS HAVE
STRUGGLED TODAY GET THE CAPITAL
THEY NEED FOR COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT.
DO YOU THINK THAT THAT THIS IS
A GOOD KIND OF SUBSTITUTE FOR
US NOT HAVING ENOUGH REVENUE,
PER SE, GENERALLY, TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE SOME QUICK INVESTMENTS
INTO THAT PORTION?
>> YES, I THINK THAT BY AND
LARGE, THE SUBSIDY THAT THE
PUBLIC SECTOR IS USUALLY
PROVIDING IS AT THAT 60 AND
BELOW, THE TAX CREDIT IS BEING
A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT.
AND SO, WHILE WE KNOW WE HAVE
GREAT NEED BETWEEN 60 AND 100,
HAVING SOME LOWER COST CAPITOL
COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE MAKER.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, TRAVELS
DIFFERENTLY IN CURRENT MARKETS.
BY AROUND LARGE N OUR HIGH COST
HOUSING ENVIRONMENT, THAT COULD
JUST BE THE DIFFERENCE MAKE,
TOWN LOCK SORT OF THE FINANCING
PUZZLE FOR PROVIDING
AFFORDABILITY AT THAT INCOME
LEVEL.
>> SO THESE MEANT TO BE LOANS,
NOT GRANTS.
DO YOU SEE THAT A LOAN LOWER
THAN PRIME LOAN WILL HELP
NCOURAGE DEVELOPERS THAT MIGHT
NOT OTHER WISE BE ABLE OR
WILLING TO CREATE SOME OF THIS
NEW DEVELOPMENT?
>> I THINK THERE IS A VERY UM,
STRONG STABLE OF DEVELOPERS
THAT WOULD LOOK AT A CHANCE
LIKE THIS AND SAY I CAN BUILD
FOR THAT.
AND I WILL BUILD FOR THAT.
AND SO, BY GOING TO A BANK AND
GETTING THIS RATE, AND GOING TO
HAVING ACCESS TO CAPITAL THAT
IS AT A LOWER RATE, IT IS
BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF THE
CAPITAL AND THAT ALLOWS FOR
SERVING SOMETHING THAN WHAT THE
MARKET IS PROVIDING RIGHT NOW.
SO I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT
OF DEVELOPERS.
>> I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT
UP.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, ROWE
BUST IGNITION, RESTARTER,
BECAUSE RATES ARE AROUND 6%
NOW.
SO IF YOU CAN BORROW MONEY,
ANYTHING UNDER PRIME, WELL
BELOW PRIME, I MEAN AND
HOPEFULLY INTEREST RATES WILL
NOT GO UP, BUT RIGHT NOW A 30
YEAR FIXED, I AM JUST, BECAUSE
I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT
STILL READS THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL, FROM MY OLD DAYS ON
WALL STREET.
BUT IF I WERE A DEVELOPER, I
WOULD JUMP ON THIS.
YOU CAN BORROW MONEY SO MUCH
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW.
AND TWO POINTS MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
>> AND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
TALKING ABOUT UN-RE-ENFORCED
MAY SIN RICHARDSON.
AND IF WE CAN ACCESS SOME OF
THE MONEY AS WELL, FOR THAT, IT
MAY HELP US MOVE FORWARD AND
MANY OF THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL
HOUSING FOLKS.
BUT, NOT IN A WAY THAT WILLIAMS
FEEL, IN LONG TERM S GOING TO
BE GOOD FOR THEM.
SO, TO ANYBODIES HEALTH, EITHER
INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
>> SO WE LIKE, LIKE YOU AND
MANY OTHERS, ARE ANXIOUS TO GET
MORE DETAIL.
AND INVITE OURSELVES INTO AS
MANY ROOMS TO DISCUSS THIS AS
POSSIBLE.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> AND IT IS A BIG DEAL.
YOU KNOW IN THE LAST YEAR WE
HAVE HAD THREE MAJOR REPORTS
THAT SAID WHETHER PEOPLE LOVE
THE NUMBER OR WANT TO CHALLENGE
THE NUMBER WITH THE REPORT, IT
WAS THAT WE NEEDED ROUGHLY $400
MILLION ANNUALLY TO CATCH UP
ECO NORTH WEST STUDY.
IT WAS THAT UNDER DE-ROLLENNED
ACROSS THREE COUNTIES FOR THE
LAST 20 YORES AND THE WORK THAT
CLAUDIA, YOU KNOW, THE STAKE IN
THE GROUND SHE PUT WAS THAT WE
NEED 8800 UNITS ANNUALLY ACROSS
THE REGION TO BE ABLE TO CATCH
UP.
THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP.
>> AND IT ALSO TAKES THE
PRESSURE OFF OF SEATTLE, I WAS
LISTENING TO BRAD, HE WAS ON
KOUW THIS MORNING, THAT PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO LOOK AT OTHER
PLACES TO LIVE BECAUSE IT TAKES
THE PRESSURE OFF OF, I KNOW
75%, I THINK, UNSHELTER ARE IN
SEATTLE PROPER AND THEN THE
NUMBER IN KING COUNTY.
I THINK HE GOT A FACT WRONG ON
THE RADIO, BUT MY POINT IS
TAKING THE PRESSURE OFF OF
THAT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY LIVE ON
THE EAST SIDE AND AFFORD IT.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS, THAT IS
HELPFUL BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS
AND UNDER SCORE WHAT IS WE HAVE
BEEN SAYING, AT LEAST SINCE I
IS V BEEN HERE ON THE CITY 2nd
DOWN SILL FOR THREE YEARS, IS
THAT IT IS NOT SEATTLE'S
PROBLEM, IT IS THE COUNTIES
ISSUE.
>> AND WITH SOUND TRANSIT,
HOPEFULLY FOLKS CAN GET IN
WITHOUT HAVING TO BE IN TRAFFIC
AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT
MORE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
THANK YOU TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
AND FOR GETTING BACK TO US ON
THE MAP NO THAT SHOWS US WHERE
THE OTHER INVESTMENTS WERE.
THAT IS HELPFUL.
MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR THIS
MEMO.
THIS WAS DRAFTED IN ABOUT HALF
AN HOUR THIS MORNING, TO BE
ABLE TO BRINGING?
FORWORD TO OUR HOUSING
COMMITTEE.
AND PART OF THIS PRESENTATION,
I THINK IT IS A CRITICAL PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE, WHERE AS YOU
JUST HEARD, A LAYER IN THE
LASAGNA.
>> WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN ON
FEBRUARY 7th AT 9:30 A.M.
WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION
FROM THE LABOR HISTORY ARCHIVES
GROUP RECOGNIZE THE # HUNDRED
YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEATTLE
GENERAL STRIKE.
AND DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARDS
BOARDS APPOINTMENTS AND THE
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT REVIEW PANEL
THAT WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER
TODAY.
>> IS IT 92:30 A.M., 9:30 A.M.?
I THINK WE ARE STILL AT 9:30
A.M.
FINGERS CROSSED, BUT WE WILL
TOUCH BASE WITH YOU THIS F
THINGS ARE NOT RUNNING INTO THE
I WILL.
SO 9:30 A.M.
ON THE 7th AND THANK YOU FOR
CLERKING FOR US TODAY.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.