>>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, APRIL 18,
2019.
THE HOUSING, HEALTH, ENERGY,
AND WORKERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT'S 9:32 AND I AM TERESA
MOSQUEDA, THE CHAIR THE
COMMITTEE.
WE WILL BE JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
WE DO HAVE SOME MESSAGE TO
SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL BE
JOINING US AS WELL AS OUR
ALTERNATE.
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING 2018 ANNUAL REPORT
WHICH IS THIS VERY LARGE
DOCUMENT AND ATTACHMENT.
THANK YOU OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR
YOUR WORK ON THAT.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE
EXPANSION OF THE HOME REPAIR
PROGRAM, COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
MAY BE JOINING US FOR THAT AS
WELL AS HIS WAS A LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT HE PRIME SPONSORED
AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COSPONSOR WITH COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW
OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AS
WELL AS THE DISCUSSION OF
POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE SAVE TIME
ORDINANCE THAT WE WILL CONSIDER
TODAY.
FINALLY, A RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE
PLACE IN THE CITY LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT OR LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH.
I THINK I ACCIDENTALLY SAID
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND WHAT I
MEANT TO SAY WAS STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT FROM OUR
FOLKS BUT ALSO WITH THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING.
SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION.
THOSE FIVE ITEMS ARE ON OUR
AGENDA.
HELSING AND THE RESPONSE THAT
WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AROUND
SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE WORKPLACES.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND OPEN UP FOR ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
SONDRA TAYLOR, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO COME TO THE MICROPHONE,
YOU ARE WELCOME TO TESTIFY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK RIGHT
TO THE MICROPHONE.
>> MY NAME IS SANDRA TAYLOR.
I AND THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM COORDINATOR WITH
CHILDCARE RESOURCES.
ON BEHALF OF THE SIX FAMILY
CHILDCARE PROGRAMS IN CHILDCARE
RESOURCES WITH SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
OUR PROGRAM TO YOU AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY FOR INCLUDING IN-
HOME FAMILY CHILDCARE PROGRAMS
IN THIS SPC PILOT OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS.
FAMILY CHILD CARE ACCOUNTS FOR
25% OF ALL PRESCHOOL SLOTS IN
SEATTLE.
IT OFFERS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
RICH EXPERIENCES AND WE ARE SO
GRATEFUL TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS
PROGRAM.
I AM EXCITED TO TOUCH ON A
COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR
WORK OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AS
WELL AS THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE WE
WOULD GO FROM HERE.
FIRST, IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT
OUT THE UNIQUENESS OF THE
FAMILY CHILDCARE MODEL.
FCC PROVIDERS CULTIVATE AND
MAINTAIN MUCH DEEPER
RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH THE
CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE AND
THEIR FAMILIES LARGELY DUE TO
THE INTIMACY OF AN IN HOME
ENVIRONMENT WITH FEWER CHILDREN.
THIS DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF
CHILDREN'S NEEDS AND FAMILY
SITUATIONS COMBINED WITH THE
NIMBLENESS OF A SMALL PROGRAM
IMPACTS HOW A PROVIDER
CUSTOMIZES HER TEACHING AND
CAREGIVING AND PARENT
INVOLVEMENT.
THESE UNIQUE STRENGTHS
CONTRIBUTE TO THE POSITIVE
OUTCOMES THAT PARTICIPANTS
EXPERIENCED.
IT WAS EASY FOR ALL SIX OF THE
FCC PROVIDERS IN MY PILOT HUB
TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENCES IN
THEIR PROGRAMS PRE-SP THREE
PILOT COMPARED TO THE PROGRAMS
TODAY.
FOUR CERTIFICATE IMPROVEMENTS
TO ALL THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE
EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM TO
GUIDE DAILY ACTIVITIES,
ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO BETTER
TRACK CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT
AND PROGRESS TOWARDS MILESTONES
, ACCESS TO FREE THIRD-PARTY
HEALTH SCREENINGS THAT IDENTIFY
LEARNING BARRIERS SUCH AS
VISION IMPAIRMENTS OR DEVELOP
MENTAL DELAYS THAT NEED MEDICAL
INTERVENTION AND BIANNUAL
OBSERVATION FROM A YOU DOUBLE
ASSESSMENT TEAM TO TRACK THE
OUTCOMES OF THE TOOLS.
ONE SUCH ASSESSMENT RECENTLY
REPORTED THAT THE VOCABULAY
LEVEL OF CHILDREN IN PROGRAMS
WERE EQUAL TO OR HIGHER THAN
THAT OF CHILDREN WITH CENTERED
BASE SPC PROGRAMS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS HELP
INCREASE PROVIDERS CONFIDENCE
GOING INTO UPCOMING ROUNDS OF
EARLY ACHIEVERS RE-RATING
CYCLES.
WHERE SOME OR ALL OF THESE
PROGRAMS WILL LIKELY LEARN A
LEVEL IV RATING.
ANOTHER RECENT HIGHLIGHT WAS
OUR EXPERIENCE PARTICIPATING IN
THE SPC CASE STUDY COORDINATED
BY SEATTLE READINESS CONSULTING.
THE MODEL IS VERY DIFFERENT
FROM A CENTER-BASED CHILD CARE
MODEL. PARTICULARLY, AROUND
STAFFING AND CAPACITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN SUCH ACTIVITIES
WITHOUT DISRUPTION IN THEIR
PROGRAM.
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE
FLEXIBILITY SHOWN IN THE
CONSULTING FIRM AND
ACCOMMODATING THE UNIQUE
SCHEDULES AND AVAILABILITY OF
THE FCC PARTICIPANTS.
EVEN HOSTING AN EVENING FOCUS
GROUP THAT BEGAN AT 10 PM EAST
COAST TIME.
THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE
SCHEDULING CHALLENGES MEANT
THAT ALL SIX PROGRAMS WERE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN RICH
CONVERSATION TOGETHER.
LOOKING FORWARD WITH THESE NEW
RESOURCES IN PLACE AT THE
STRONGER PROGRAMS, THERE IS A
CLEAR DESIRE IN NATURAL
PROGRESSION TO FOCUS ON QUALITY
AND REFLECTIVE PROGRESS TO
FOSTER FURTHER GROWTH.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS WILL INCLUDE
SUPPORT IN GETTING CERTIFIED
FOR THE ASSESSMENT TOOL AND THE
MEANS TO HIRE AMPLE STAFF TO
PERFORM REGULAR ASSESSMENTS
WITHOUT LEARNING DISRUPTION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SANDRA.
WE WOULD LOVE TO ALSO HAVE YOU,
IF YOU PLAN ON COMING TO THE 2
PM GENDER EQUITY AND YOU
AMERICANS IN EDUCATION
COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT THIS LITTLE BIT MORE THIS
AFTERNOON AS WELL.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE.
I GET TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE
AS WELL AND WE KNOW EVERYTHING
RELATED TO CHILDCARE AND
CHILDCARE ACCESS HAS BETTER
HOUSING STABILITY SO IT
DEFINITELY TIES INTO OUR PLAN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHARE YOU MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
AFTERNOON.
ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO TESTIFY?
SEEING NONE, THAT WILL CLOSE
TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT AND
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST ITEM
ON OUR AGENDA.
IF YOU COULD READ INTO THE
RECORD ITEM NUMBER ONE AND
WHILE SHE IS DOING THAT, IT
WILL BE JOINED BY STEVE WALKER,
THE OFFICER OF HOUSING AND
MIRIAM ROSKIN AND EMILY
ALVARADO.
AARON, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US AS
WELL FROM THE OFFICE.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1 ANNUAL
INVESTMENTS REPORT FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION .
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE AND LET'S GO DOWN THE LINE
AND DO INTRODUCTIONS.
>> STEVE WALKER, OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
>> MIRIAM ROSKIN, OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
>> EMILY ALVARADO , OFFICER OF
HOUSING.
>> JENNIFER LABRECQUE, OFFICE
OF HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS
CONVERSATION.
WE SEE THIS AS THE FIRST OF MANY
CONVERSATIONS.
YOU ARE TEEING UP FOR US THE
FRAMEWORK FOR OUR FUTURE
DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE
INITIATION AND FINANCE PLAN AS
WELL AS A DISCUSSION THAT WE
HEARD A LOT ABOUT FROM SOME OF
THE CANDIDATES INTERESTED IN
SERVING IN DISTRICT 4. THERE IS
A NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE MULTI
FAMILY TAX PROGRAM AND I THINK
WHAT YOU WILL DISCUSS TODAY
WILL ALSO HELP US THINK ABOUT
HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT
FUTURE INVESTMENTS BASED ON
SUCCESSES AND TAKEAWAYS IN
THESE INVESTMENTS.
WE ALL KNOW THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION
IN THIS AREA WITH THE
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT
SEATTLE IS FACING.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THIS
IS AN ISSUE THAT CITIES ACROSS
THE NATION ARE GRAPPLING WITH.
WE HAD A LOT OF CITIES COME AND
LEARN FROM US WHICH I AM REALLY
PROUD OF AND IN THIS DAY AND
AGE, WE ARE LEARNING FROM OTHER
CITIES AND NOW THEY HAVE SCALED
MANY OF THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE
PILOTED WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE ARE MAKING
INVESTMENTS, I'M ESPECIALLY
INTERESTED IN HOW WE ARE
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY PROJECTS
THAT SERVE THOSE THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY HOUSING
DISPLACEMENT.
BY COST OF HOUSING AND HOMES IS
CRISIS AND PARTICULARLY HOW WE
ARE BETTER SERVING COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR WHO DEFINITELY ARE
SHOWING A GROWING INTEREST IN
BOTH SITE CONTROL AND GETTING
INTO DEVELOPMENT AND OWNERSHIP
AND SELF DIRECTION OF PROJECTS
WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE ONLY CREATE HOUSING BUT
CULTURAL RACES AS WELL.
WE TALKED ABOUT PAUSES AND
CHILDCARE'S AND SMALL BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY
CENTERS AS WELL SENIOR PROGRAMS
THAT CAN BE OPERATED OUT OF
BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING
GENERATED TO CREATE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AS WE BEGIN TO GET MORE INTO
THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE
PAYMENTS COMING IN THROUGH MHA
AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THOSE DIVVY UP, I AM INTERESTED
IN HOW WE ARE IDENTIFYING OTHER
RESOURCES FOR MORE ROBUST
INVESTMENTS SUCH AS BONDING
AGAINST EXISTING REVENUE
SOURCES WHICH I KNOW IS
SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST
YEAR AND WE ALSO WANT TO GET
INTO CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT
OTHER REVENUES WE SHOULD BE
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT HAVE A
HIGH RETURN THAT WE HAVE NOT
YET TAKEN FULL ADVANTAGE OF.
I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN YOUR
TAKEAWAYS ON HOW WE CAN BRAVE
FUNDS.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT
THERE ARE OFTEN SILOS WITHIN
GOVERNMENT AND THAT IS NOTHING
NEW.
WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT
PROGRAMS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND IT
MIRRORS SOME OF THE WORK THAT
YOU WERE TRYING TO DO IN THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING WHICH IS
MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT
ONLY INVESTING IN THE HOUSING
UNITS BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT,
THOSE CONTROLLED SPACES.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ON
WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD TO
CONTINUE TO BRAID EDI PHONES
FUNDS AND TO REALIZE THAT
PROJECT WITH THE CULTURAL SPACE
AND IT REALLY DOES CREATE
COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT EXAMPLES OF
THAT IN G-FIVE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> TRAFFIC IS REALLY BAD.
SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT.
>> I LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU
ARE BATTLING YOUR WAY DOWN BUT
WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT
THESE NEW SITES BEING GENERATED
ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDCARE
FACILITIES WHICH IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEARN
FROM WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THIS YEAR
TO BRING MORE OF THOSE
COMMUNITY DESIRES AND MAKE THEM
ACTIONABLE IN YOUR PLAN.
WITH THAT, WE WILL TURN IT OVER.
WE WANT TO RUN TO THIS AS FAST
AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR FOR THE
THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.
>> IN GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THE
INTRO.
I WILL KICK US OFF AND WE WILL
GO ACROSS THE TABLE HERE.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY
TO SHARE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR
ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT WHICH
IS A WRAP UP OF THE IMPACTS OF
ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS DURING THE
2010 CALENDAR YEAR FROM RENTAL
HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP TO THE
TO HOME REPAIR AND RENOVATION
ACTIVITIES.
WE HAVE A LOT TO SHARE.
BEFORE GETTING STARTED ON WHAT
WILL BE REPRESENTED HERE AND
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS, I WANT TO
MAKE AN IMPORTANT NOTE THAT WE
HAVE SUBMITTED ALL OF OUR
ANNUAL REPORTS TO YOU.
THEY ARE ALL ON OUR WEBSITE AND
THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUS THE
COMMITMENT TO BOTH STEWARDSHIP
AND TRANSPARENCY.
WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL TURN
IT TO EMILY.
>> SO, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND
US BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO ABOUT
40 MINUTES OF PRESENTATION
ABOUT DOLLARS AND BUILDINGS AND
SITES AND ACQUISITION, THAT WE
ARE REALLY ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HOUSING AND SO I WANTED TO
TOUCH REALLY BRIEFLY WITH A
REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE BUILDING
HOUSING FOR. HOUSING IS ABOUT
THE PEOPLE AND IT'S ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO
ARE LIVING ON THE STREET OR IN
SHELTER.
VETERANS OF WORKING PEOPLE AND
MANY OF WHOM WERE BORN AND
RAISED IN OUR REGION WHO ARE
EXITING HOMELESSNESS TO LIVE IN
AFFORDABLE HOMES.
THIS IS ABOUT THE FAMILIES THAT
HAVE LIVED IN SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR GENERATIONS
WHO ARE WATCHING THEIR
NEIGHBORS PRICED OUT WITH
INVESTMENTS THAT ALLOW THEM TO
STAY.
THIS IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO
MAKE UP THE BACKBONE OF OUR
ECONOMY, BEING ABLE TO LIVE
NEAR WHERE THEY WORK LIKE THE
15,000 CERTIFIED MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE AND THE COUNTYWIDE
AND THEY ARE MAKING AT OR BELOW
60% OF INCOME.
THIS IS ABOUT GWEN ANDERSON ON
THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF
NORTH HAVEN WHICH IS A SENIOR
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT
5. WHO WAS ABLE TO LIVE WITH
DIGNITY AND BUILD STRONG
COMMUNITY WITH OTHER RESIDENTS
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
>> WE JUST GOT AN EXTRA 10,000
SQUARE FEET SO THANK YOU EMMA J.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL BYPRODUCT
THAT WE DID NOT SEE COMING.
>> GREAT.
>> AS MUCH AS HOUSING IS ABOUT
PEOPLE, IT'S ALSO ABOUT PLACE.
IT IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT
CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF
EQUITY FOR OUR CITY.
IT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
ENSURES LOW INCOME PEOPLE ARE
INCLUDED IN THE FABRIC OF OUR
CITY.
I THINK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AS ESSENTIAL URBAN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHEN WE
INVEST, WE INVEST TO YOUR POINT
. NOT ONLY IN HOUSING UNITS THAT
COME ABOVE BUT IN THE DELIVERY
THAT COMES ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
THAT INCLUDES PLACES LIKE
CHILDCARE CENTERS AND
HEALTHCARE CENTERS AND
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES.
WE HAVE EXAMPLES FROM LAST
YEAR'S INVESTMENT OF COMMUNITY
FOCUSED UNITS WITH CHILDCARE ON
THE GROUND FLOOR OR IN
COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS LIKE
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB WHICH IS
PROVIDING BOTH HOUSING AND
HEALTHCARE FACILITY AND
COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
IT'S ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
ALIGNS WITH OUR SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT AND TRANSIT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SOMETHING WE CLEARLY THINK ABOUT
AS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHEN WE DO
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE
NOT ONLY MAKING THE BEST OF
BOTH OF THOSE INVEST BUT ALSO
ENSURING THAT LOW INCOME PEOPLE
ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR TRANSIT
SYSTEM.
TODAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR
INVESTMENTS THAT SUM UP A LOT
OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
THESE ARE RESOURCES THAT COME
FROM A VARIETY OF PLACES
INCLUDING THE HOUSING LEVY AND
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS AND OTHER
SOURCES THAT WE WILL TALK MORE
ABOUT.
A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE THAT WE
HAVE IS THE SEATTLE HOUSING
LEVY.
ON THAT SPECIFICALLY, WE WANTED
TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE
REPORTS THAT WE SUBMITTED TO
YOU ALL AND THAT IS AVAILABLE
DEMONSTRATES OUR SUCCESS AT
DELIVERING THE PROMISE.
WE ARE TWO YEARS INTO THE SEVEN
YEAR HOUSING LEVY AND IN ALL OF
OUR PROGRAMS, WE ARE EITHER
MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE GOALS
THAT WE HAVE PROMISED TO VOTERS.
>> AT THIS POINT , AS WE MOVE
FROM TALKING ABOUT THAT FUND
SOURCE TO THE PROBLEMATIC
INVESTMENTS, WE WILL START OFF
WITH THE 2018 AWARDS FOR RENTAL
HOUSING FUNDING.
THIS WAS A HIGH WATERMARK BY
ANY MEASURE FOR PRODUCTION.
WE MADE AWARDS TO 10 BUILDINGS
COMPRISING A TOTAL OF 1197
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
ONE REASON FOR SUCH A HIGH
PRODUCTION NUMBER IN 2018 WAS
AN EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF
LEVERAGE.
IN THIS CONTEXT, THAT IS FANCY
FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
THE PURCHASING POWER OF EACH
CITY DOLLAR WAS AMPLIFIED OF
OVER $5000 OF OTHER PEOPLE'S
MONEY AND THAT MEANS 1200 UNITS
ARE BEING DELIVERED FOR A CITY
INVESTMENT OF ONLY $60 MILLION.
THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $56,000
A UNIT WHICH IS A VERY GOOD
DEAL.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT
THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS,
REMEMBER THAT EACH OF THESE
UNITS IS INCOME AND RENT
RESTRICTED FOR A MINIMUM OF 50
YEARS.
SO, THAT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THE $68 MILLION
ANNUALIZED OVER THAT TERM, YOU
ARE BUYING ABOUT 60,000
APARTMENT YEARS OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
IT'S A SMOKING DEAL.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS LEVEL OF
LEVERAGE FROM THIS YEAR MAY NOT
ALWAYS BE REPARABLE. THERE WAS
A CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS THIS YEAR
THAT BOTH WE AND OUR
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS RECOGNIZED
AND POUNCED ON.
NORMALLY, WE ARE IN THE 3 1/2
TO 4 DOLLAR LEVERAGE RATIO BUT
IT IS CERTAINLY A MOMENT TO
CELEBRATE RIGHT NOW.
>> WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
GO AHEAD.
>> HOW DID YOU DO THAT ? MY
EXPECTATION OF YOU ALL IS THAT
AS WE EXPAND OUR HOUSING
INVESTMENTS, WE WILL RUN OUT OF
THE LEVERAGE DOLLARS.
WE SHOULD EXPECT TO GO FROM THE
THREE DOLLARS DOWN TO THE TWO
DOLLARS.
SO, WHAT IS THE MAGIC? IS
EVERYONE ELSE STEPPING UP THEIR
GAME?
>> THE MAGIC IS A VERY
TECHNICAL POINT.
THE TAX CREDIT WHICH IS THE
BIGGEST SOURCE OF LEVERAGE THAT
MATCHES TO OUR DOLLARS, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DESIGNATED
NEW AREAS IN SEATTLE NORTH OF
YES LETTER AND YOU GET A BOOST
ON THE VALUE OF EACH TAX
CREDIT.
IT ENDS UP THE AMOUNT OF
PRIVATE EQUITY COMING INTO
THESE PROJECTS ONE DOES NOT
KNOW WHETHER YEAR TO YEAR IF
THAT WILL SUSTAIN.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT DOES AND
IN THAT CASE YOU WOULD SEE A
NEW PATTERN IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENT.
IT WAS ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF THAT
FEDERAL DESIGNATION
GEOGRAPHICALLY.
>> THE POINT YOU MADE IS TRUE
THAT THERE IS A POINT WHERE AS
WE SCALE UP LOCALLY, THERE WILL
BE A DIMINISHED RETURN ON THE
ABILITY TO LEVERAGE.
WE ARE NOT THERE.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU
IS TRUE.
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM BUT I HOPE
FOR BUT WE STILL HAVE GREAT
LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES IF WE
CAN SCALE LOCALLY.
>> THE BIG POOLS THAT I'M
AWARE OF OUR HUD, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY VOUCHERS GET ASSIGNED
TO PROJECTS. THE STATE HOUSING
TRUST FUND AND THEN THE FEDERAL.
IT FEELS LIKE YEAR-TO-YEAR, THE
WINDS ARE BLOWING ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER AND THOSE CAN BE
ROBUST OR NOT.
SO, THERE IS A BIT OF BRACING
FOR THE FACT THAT AT ANY
MOMENT, ONE OR TWO OTHER
SOURCES COULD SIGNIFICANTLY GO
AWAY OR DIMINISHED.
AND SEVEN THAT IS WHY WE ALWAYS
AND PARTICULARLY TO EMILY'S
POINT ABOUT DELIVERING ON
PROMISES, WE FORECAST FOR NOT A
BEST CASE SCENARIO BUT A MIDDLE
TO CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO.
AGAIN, THIS IS A MOMENT TO
CELEBRATE BUT WE ALSO DON'T
WANT TO SET A FALSE
EXPECTATION.
>> THE TWO SOURCES SHOWN ON
THE RIGHT THAT HAVE SOME ON TOP
POTENTIAL ARE THE TWO GRAY
FRAMES.
THE TAX CREDIT THAT GETS COUPLED
WITH THE BONDS.
THAT IS THE SPACE WHERE WE CAN
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADDITIONAL
LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITY IF WE HAVE
THE LOCAL RESOURCES TO INITIATE
THAT.
>> I DID WANT TO MARCH QUICKLY
THROUGH WITHOUT FALLING BECAUSE
WE ARE PRESSED FOR TIME.
WE DID MAKE REINVESTMENTS THIS
YEAR. $7 MILLION FOR 231 UNITS.
THESE ARE USUALLY FOR OLDER AND
OFTEN HISTORIC CHARACTER
BUILDINGS WHERE SYSTEMS OR
STRUCTURAL UPGRADES EXTEND TO
THE LIFE OF THE BUILDING AND
ALSO EXTENDS THE AFFORDABILITY
TERM WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT
PAIRING.
I WILL SAY THAT THE LEVY STANDS
OUT AS THE FOUNDATIONAL SOURCE
OF OUR FUNDS.
IT IS BLUE SLICED ON THAT PIE
AND IT WAS ALSO TRUE -- OH, OR
ORANGE.
THE REVERSE.
BUT, ABOUT A SIMILAR SLICE OF
PIE WAS A ONE-TIME INFUSION OF
$30 MILLION FROM THE WASHINGTON
STATE CONVENTION CENTER
EXPANSION.
THAT WAS OF COURSE ONE TIME BUT
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO
CAPITALIZE ON IT THIS YEAR AND
IT WILL BE QUICKLY GOING OUT
THE DOOR. WE HAVE ARTIE TALKED
ABOUT THE LEVERAGING SOURCES
AND ONE THING TO STRESS IS THAT
THE TAX CREDIT EQUITIES ARE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
THE BANK BOND FINANCING IS TAX
EXEMPT DEBT THROUGH PRIVATE
ACTIVITY BONDS.
THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT IS
NOT LOCAL PUBLIC MONIES THAT IS
COMING INTO THESE PROJECTS.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, ONE
OTHER THING THAT YOU THROUGHOUT
THE THINK IS IMPORTANT IS YOU
SAID IT IS ABOUT $56,000 PER
UNIT. TELL US WHAT THE
DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE WE OFTEN
THINK THAT A FORMAL HOUSING
CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT $350,000
PER UNIT.
HOW DID WE GET TO 56?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING
THAT.
THE 56 IS A MATTER OF LEVERAGE.
WHEN YOU HAVE FIVE DOLLARS OF
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY MATCHING
UP TO EVERYONE DOLLAR YOU HAVE,
YOU CAN DELIVER A UNIT FOR
$56,000 OF CITY RESOURCES.
I WILL SAY THAT WE MODELED ABOUT
80,000 SO, AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS
TO THAT CONSERVATISM BUT AGAIN,
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN UNDER THE
MOST CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO,
CITY DOLLARS ARE AMPLIFIED MANY
TIMES OVER WITH OTHER RESOURCES
FOR EACH UNIT.
WE WILL MOVE TO THIS AND IT IS
A SERIES WITH THE WORK THAT WE
DO AT THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IS
SUFFUSED IN VALUES BUT
EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION IS
ALSO ONE OF OUR CALLING CARDS.
EACH EXERCISE IN PUBLIC FUNDING
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IS A
MATTER OF BALANCING PRIORITIES.
THAT IS WHAT PARTICULARLY THE
LEFT EYE ON THIS CHART STARTS
TO CAPTURE.
YOU SEE A PIE OF 10 BUILDINGS.
THESE ARE THE BUILDINGS FUNDED
IN 2018 AND TWO ARE HOMELESS
PROJECTS.
TWO ARE FOR SPECIAL SECTORS
INCLUDING SENIORS AND PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES AND IN THIS
CASE CHRONIC MENTAL ILLNESS AND
THE ORANGE SLICE IS OF LOW-WAGE
WORKING INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE AND
STEVE WILL TOUCH ON THIS IN A
MOMENT THAT EVEN WITHIN THE
ORANGE SLICE OF THE SIX GENERAL
POPULATION BUILDINGS, THERE IS
A GREAT DEAL OF VARIETY OF
PROJECT TYPES AND PARTICULARLY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, TO YOUR
POINT ABOUT GROUND FLOOR USES
AND COMMUNITY-BASED
PARTNERSHIPS.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
PROPERTIES THAT FALL WITHIN THE
ORANGE SLICE.
THE MIDDLE PIE, A QUARTER OF
THE UNITS ARE FOR PEOPLE WITH
EXTREMELY LOW INCOMES.
30% OF MEDIAN OR BELOW.
THAT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT IN
THE ORANGE SLICE, YOU ARE
SEEING BLENDING OF INCOME
LEVELS.
THESE ARE NOT ALL GENERIC 60%
MEDIAN INCOME BUILDINGS BUT
THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE
OVERALL PICTURE AND ALSO
IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO BLEND
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
AFFORDABILITY.
AND THEN, THE FINAL PIE, LET'S
JUST PAUSE HERE FOR A MOMENT
AND LOOK AT THE SLICES OF THE
23, AND EVEN FOUR BEDROOM UNITS.
THAT IS 36% OF THE TOTAL
PRODUCTION.
PEOPLE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE FAMILY
SIZED RENTALS IN THE CITY. THIS
IS THE ONE SECTOR I CAN THINK OF
WHERE THAT IS BEEN DELIVERED ON
A CONSTANT BASIS.
THOSE ARE LOCATED IN THE SIX
BUILDINGS.
YESTERDAY, A COUPLE OF US
WALKED THROUGH A BUILDING THAT
WE FUNDED A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO.
IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH A VISIT
AND IT IS FINISHING UP RIGHT
NOW.
IT HAS 44 TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND
THEY ARE ALREADY POLICED UP.
THERE IS CLEARLY AN ACTIVE
DEMAND AND GREAT BENEFIT BEING
DELIVERED BY THIS KIND OF UNIT.
>> I CAN'T DO THE MATH AS FAST
AS I WOULD LIKE TO.
IF WE WERE TO JUST LOOK AT THE
THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS,WHAT
IS THAT ABOUT?
10%?
>> YES.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US
TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT
ARE OUR GOALS. I APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING HERE AND A
LOT OF FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO
BENEFIT FROM HAVING AT LEAST A
TWO BEDROOM AND AS WE THINK
ABOUT THE FAMILY BEING LARGER
FOR SOME OF THE REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES AND WANTING MORE
PEOPLE AS WE SAW FROM THE
SEATTLE TIMES WORD JUST A FEW
DAYS AGO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A
PLACE TO KEEP THEIR KIDDOS IN
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HERE IN
SEATTLE AND TO BE ABLE TO STAY
IN SEATTLE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE
TO SCALE UP OUR NUMBER.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE AS WE
GO FORWARD OF WHAT WOULD BE A
GOAL OF OURS AND DO OTHER
CITIES HAVE GOALS THAT THEY ARE
ASPIRING TO THAT ARE LARGER
THAN 10%?
>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT AND A
FRUITFUL CONVERSATION TO HAVE.
AGAIN, THAT GETS TO THE POINT
OF ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF
BALANCING PRIORITIES WHEN YOU
ARE WORKING IN THE SPACE OF
SINGLE ADULT HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THOSE WILL CLEARLY WORK AGAINST
ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF HAVING
DOMINANCE OF THREE-BEDROOM
UNITS.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT AND
WORKING THAT BALANCE AND
EXERCISE IS HOW WE SPEND I
WOULD SAY MUCH OF OUR TIME IN
THE HOUSING OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
RATE UNITS THAT ARE BEING
PRODUCED, TWO BEDROOMS AND
ABOVE THE SINGLE DIGITS AND SO,
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE BEING VERY
INTENTIONAL IN DEALING WITH
SUBSIDIES HERE BUT IT'S AMAZING
TO SEE THIS MANY TWO AND THREE
AND FOUR BEDROOMS BEEN PRODUCED.
THE PERCENTAGE IS GREAT BUT THE
ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF UNITS AND WE
ARE PRODUCING 1200 UNITS AND
GETTING 30%, IT IS ONE THING
WHERE WE DID 300 UNITS BUT WE
QUADRUPLED THAT FROM JUST A FEW
YEARS AGO.
>> I CANNOT DO MATH OFF THE
TOP I HAVE A THINK IT'S ABOUT
430 UNITS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
. IS THAT 24 BEDROOMS? IT TIMES
OUT BY ABOUT 2 1/2 OR THREE
INDIVIDUALS BEING ABLE TO LIVE
THERE.
THAT IS GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER.
>> WHAT IS CONCERNING ME , THIS
CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR A WHILE AT LEAST SINCE I
HAVE BEEN HERE AND BALANCING
THAT WITH SHELTERING INDIVIDUALS
OR COUPLES I CAN LIVE IN ONE.
WE KNOW THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
COURSE HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY
AS WELL AS THE PUBLISHING
CONTINUING TO GO UP.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ONE
BEDROOM.
THERE JUST ISN'T.
EVERYTHING IS BUILT BECAUSE OF
FAMILIES SO WE HAVE A WESTERN
ATTITUDE AND CONCEPT WITH A
MOMENT AND A KID BUT YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT.
YOU HAVE TAKEN A NICE AND YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I'M TRYING TO CALIBRATE THE CITY
TO START THINKING THAT WAY
WHICH IS RECOGNIZED UNDER
FEDERAL AND STATE LAW FOR MANY
THINGS.
AT SOME POINT, I'M HOPING WE
CAN MEMORIALIZE THAT THAT WE
DON'T JUST FOCUS ON EVERYTHING
AS A ONE OR TWO BEDROOM AND
PARTICULARLY IN OUR DISTRICT
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
GOING ON, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH PROPERTIES WITH THE
WALLACE AND THORTON POLICE
PEOPLE.
THEY KEEP HAMMERING AWAY, I
DON'T WANT TO SEE ONE OF
BEDROOM OR TWO BEDROOM CONDOS.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WILL BE
SEEING.
TICKLY WITH TWO BRAND-NEW
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ONLINE.
SO, I AM HOPING THAT WE ARE
PLANNING NOT FOR THE 1980S BUT
IN THE NEXT -- I THINK THE
CENSUS WILL BEAR THIS OUT.
THAT IS WHERE MY HEAD IS OUT AS
FAR AS PLANNING CITYWIDE.
I'M HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT
WE CAN CODIFY AND IT'S NOT JUST
ANECDOTAL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL TRANSITION TO TALKING
ABOUT THE SAME 10 PROJECTS BUT
IN A MORE THEMATIC WAY.
THIS IS A LIST OF PROJECT THAT
WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
WE ARE HERE WITH YOU IN JANUARY
WHEN WE PUT BEFORE YOU OUR 2018
AWARDS AND BROUGHT THESE
PROJECTS DOWN.
I THINK IT IS WORTH TOUCHING ON
AGAIN WITH BEING ORGANIZED
DRAMATICALLY.
THE FIRST THING BEING
HOMELESSNESS.
WE KNOW HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS.
>> YOU WOULD THINK THAT WE
DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT BUT WE
DO.
>> WHAT I WILL POINT OUT ON
EACH OF THESE TWO PROJECTS IS
A FEW UNIQUE CHARACTERS.
THE SECOND ONE IS TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO YOUR
POINT EARLIER, THIS IS WHERE WE
ARE AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL
WITH EDI AS THEY ARE
PARTICIPATING ON THE GROUND
FLOOR.
>> MADAME VICE CHAIR.
>> THERE'S A DECREASE IN
NATIVE AMERICAN HOMELESSNESS.
THAT IS THE POWER OF A
COMMUNITY THAT KNOWS A
COMMUNITY AND TALKS TO PEOPLE
TO GET THEM THE SERVICES THEY
NEED. I AM REALLY PROUD OF
THAT.
>> WHEN YOU REALLY FOCUS AN
EFFORT.
>> YEAH, WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE
THAT IT IS THEIR JOB TO REALLY
USE IT ON THE GROUND WITH THE
SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SAFETY
NETS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THOSE
COMMUNITIES. THEY KNOW HOW TO
HOUSE THEM AND WHO THEY ARE.
SO, WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, MANY
POPULATIONS WITH MANY DIFFERENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS.
THE TWO EXAMPLES FROM THIS
YEAR'S FUNDING WHERE WE ARE
SUPPORTING SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
AND THEIR NEEDS.
THE FIRST BEING SENIOR PROJECT
IN NORTH HAVEN WHERE WE ARE
SUPPORTING SENIORS AS THEY AGE
WITH DIGNITY AND AFFORDABLE
HOMES.
THE SECOND ONE IS SUPPORTING
INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS.
>> I'M LOOKING AT THE STREET
NUMBERS AND THE LEVERAGE, I
WILL NOT DO THE MATH BUT 1.5
MILLION, IS THERE A LOT OF
PRIVATE FUNDING IN THAT OR ARE
THERE OTHER SOURCES FOR MENTAL
ILLNESS?
>> WHAT I KNOW AND CONTRASTING
THOSE , ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
FANS OUT IS THAT WE ARE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE 9% HOUSING TAX
CREDIT AS OPPOSED TO THE BONDS
SO THE FINANCING IS DIFFERENT
AND WHAT WE CAN TOP THAT CREDIT
, THE IS THE LARGEST DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITY.
THERE COULD BE MORE AND I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
>> THAT IS JUST THE CITY'S
PORTION.
>> CORRECT.
>> I WAS JUST PULLING OUT MY
CACKLING THROUGH THE SAME
THING.
THAT IS ABOUT 34 OR 35,000 PER
UNIT.
THAT IS A GREAT DEAL.
>> I IMAGINE THESE ARE
OPERATIONAL.
>> I CAN SEE THIS WILL BE LIKE
A MAP THING GOING ON SO I WILL
HAVE TO CHECK OUT . I WILL PAY
ATTENTION BUT THEY HAVE A
CALCULATORS GOING BUT I'M NOT.
>> I THINK ONE THING THAT IS
ALSO IN PLAY BEHIND THE SCENES
IS WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE OTHER PUBLIC FUNDERS.
THE COUNTY BEING A BIG ONE.
SOMETIMES, WE ARE NEGOTIATING
WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT GOING
DEEPER IN THE PROJECT.
SOMETIMES THAT IS ALSO WHAT IS
AT PLAY.
MIRIAM REFERENCED THIS.
THIS IS THE BALANCE OF THE SIX
PROJECTS WITH CALLING THEM LOW-
WAGE IS NOT FAIR BECAUSE EACH
ONE OF THESE IS UNIQUE.
BALANCING MULTIPLE PRIORITIES
WITH LIMITED RESOURCES THAT ARE
HEAVILY OVERSUBSCRIBED IS A
VERY CHALLENGING ENDEAVOR.
IT REQUIRES EFFECTIVE
ADMINISTRATION AND I WISH TO
CALL OUT THE STAFF AT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING THAT DO AN
INCREDIBLE JOB OF BALANCING ALL
THESE COMPETING PRIORITIES WITH
THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
AGAIN, EACH OF THESE SIX ARE
UNIQUE AND I WILL POINT OUT A
FEW OF THE UNIQUE POINTS.
THEY REPRESENT DEVELOPER TYPES
MENTIONED A FEW TIMES TODAY
WITH THE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS BUT ALSO
REPRESENTED HERE IS THE WORK
WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPERS THAT GET TO SCALE.
THE PROJECTS ARE SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH AN
IMPORTANT CORNERSTONE OVER THE
LAST 30 YEARS OF INVESTING.
THESE PRODUCTS ALSO INCLUDE
INNOVATION AND BUILDING
TECHNOLOGY AND SPECIFICALLY THE
FELLOW APARTMENTS.
THEN, I MENTIONED EFFICIENCY TO
SCALE.
YOU CAN SEE IT WAS REFERENCED
EARLIER WITH WHAT WE MENTIONED
YESTERDAY WITH THE PROJECT THAT
IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IF NOT
THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
THAT WE HAVE TAKEN ON.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I WILL ALSO MENTION WHERE A FEW
YEARS BACK WE SUPPORTED THE
STATE-FUNDED MASSIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP.
THIS IS TURNING IT INTO
EVENTUAL AFFORDABLE HOMES AND
AS REFERENCED, THERE IS A
DIVERSITY OF UNIT TYPES BUT
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE 3M FOUR
BEDROOM UNITS.
>> I'M LOOKING AT THE NAMES
WHICH I ASSUME IS THE DEVELOPER
AND ABOUT HALF THE NAMES I
RECOGNIZE WITH FOLKS THAT SHOW
UP ON A REGULAR BASIS.
MOST OF THE NAMES, I'M NOT
FAMILIAR WITH.
ARE WE SEEING NEW PLAYERS ENTER
THE MARKET OR COME TO THE REGION
? ARE THESE MORE PRIVATE
DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GETTING
INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
>> I THINK THE FIRST TWO
CATEGORIES, THESE ARE NEW
DEVELOPERS THAT ARE GETTING
INTO THE REGION MAYBE AND THERE
IS A COUPLE OF THOSE WITH GMD
ON THIS LIST. IS ANYONE IN ON
THIS LIST?
THOSE ARE TWO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE
FOUND A WAY OF PARTICIPATING IN
SEATTLE WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
WE ALSO SEE THESE NEW COMMUNITY-
BSED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
TOP.
THIS IS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY
AN ORGANIZATION WHICH IS TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF HOUSING THAT WAS
BUILT IN THE CENTRAL AREA IN
THE 70s.
IT HAS BEEN REALIZED THAT THEY
CAN ADD DENSITY TO THIS GARDEN
STYLE DEVELOPED COMMUNITY. VERY
VALUABLE LAND AND CENTRALLY
LOCATED.
THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF TWO
PHASES WERE WE WILL BE ADDING
SIGNIFICANT DENSITY AND SO THE
NUMBER OF THREE AND FOUR
BEDROOM UNITS.
REALLY EXCITING.
THAT IS A SMALL COMMUNITY THAT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY DO HOUSING.
THEY HAVE HOUSING AND THEY WILL
DENSIFY THAT HOUSING.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THE CHALLENGE FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS AND YOU ALL DO
THIS EVERY DAY.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE CALL WENT OUT
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THAT WE
NEED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE
AND IT SEEMS LIKE -- I'M NOT
SURE WHAT THE RIGHT TERM IS BUT
PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING IN WAYS
AND STEPPING UP.
GMD WAS BEFORE THE
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO BECAUSE THEY
HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS LOOKING
FOR A STREET VACATION THAT WILL
NEVER SHOW UP ON THIS.
MAYBE IT WILL ON A DIFFERENT
LIST BECAUSE THEY WILL BUILD
211 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AT 60% OF AMI I BELIEVE.
THERE WERE SOME ACQUISITION
FUNDS AND SO, GREAT TO SEE
OTHER TOOLS COMING IN IN
ADDITION TO THE 1200 UNITS OF
THE CITY IS SUBSIDIZING AND
PEOPLE ARE FIGURING OUT WAYS TO
DO IT EVEN WITHOUT SUBSIDIES.
>> A GREAT POINT.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT
OUT.
>> WE WILL ADD 10 MORE MINUTES
TO THE CLOCK FOR THIS ITEM.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW MORE
SLIDES AND BEFORE WE GO INTO
THE SECOND ITEM, WE WILL ALSO
HAVE TO READ THAT INTO THE
RECORD.
WE WILL PAUSE AT THE END OF THIS
.
>> THIS SITE IS LOOKING AT THE
REINVESTMENTS THAT WERE MADE
AND I WILL JUST NOTE THAT AS WE
TALKED TO YOU BEFORE,
STEWARDSHIP DOES NOT END AT
FUNDING AND CREATING THE UNIT
BUT IT IS LIVING AND WALKING
ALONGSIDE THAT BUILDING AND
UNIT FOR 50 YEARS.
SOMETIMES THAT MEANS COMING
BACK AND REINVESTING IN SOME OF
THE SYSTEMS AND REPAIRS THAT
ARE NEEDED.
THAT IS WHAT IS REFLECTED HERE
WITH THESE SPONSORS THAT
REPRESENT NINE BUILDINGS.
YOU CAN SEE 231 UNITS ARE AGING
BUILDINGS WITHIN OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PORTFOLIO.
WE WANT TO KEEP THEM FRESH AND
UP TO CODE.
>> EXCELLENT.
COUNSEL AMBER O'BRIEN JUST HEAT
UP A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A $30 MILLION PROGRAM
OF FUNDS THAT USES SHORT-TERM
LENDING OF THE LONG-TERM CAPITAL
OPERATING MAINTENANCE FUNDS.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION ALSO
TEEING UP AS COUNSELOR A RETURN
TO MENTIONED WILL BE COMING IN
FRONT OF YOU ALL WITH OUR
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL
AND HOUSING FUNDING POLICIES.
THIS IS ONE OF THE PROPOSED
CHANGES WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES AS PART OF THE
REVOLVING FUND TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF ACQUISITION
OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE.
AS YOU SEE ON THIS, SOME OF THE
LOANS WERE USED FOR LAND AND
SOME WERE USED FOR MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS THAT ARE EXISTING.
IN SOME CASES, WE ARE LIKELY TO
BE THE PERMANENT FUNDER OF THAT
PROJECT TO HAVE OUR LONG-TERM
MONEY THAT REGULATED AS
AFFORDABLE.
IN SOME CASES LIKE AT WILLOW
CROSSING THAT WAS JUST REFERENCE
, WE ARE THE ACQUISITION FUNDER
AND SO WE IMPOSE A REGULAR
TRADE AGREEMENT BY VIRTUE OF
THE ACQUISITION LOAN BUT WE
WILL NOT PUT LONG-TERM FUNDING
IN THE PROJECT.
A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
WE SEE MORE CHANCES TO USE OUR
ACQUISITION LENDING IN THAT WAY
FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND CARTER
SHIP WITH OTHER FOLKS
ESPECIALLY AS WE SEE CHANGES IN
THE MARKET TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE BUILDINGS
AND HOLD THEM AS AFFORDABLE.
AT THIS POINT THOUGH, WE HAVE
EXPENDED 20 MILLION OF THE $30
MILLION OF AUTHORITY THAT WE
HAVE SO WE WILL BE SEEKING THE
AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO REVOLVE
THIS FUN.
>> WE WILL DEFINITELY BE
INTERESTED IN HELPING YOU.
THIS IS A GREAT INVESTMENT.
I THINK THIS IS PART OF OUR
MORE EXCITING BODY OF WORK AT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IN PART
BECAUSE OF GENERAL BRAXTON
LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASING
COMMITMENT TO HOMEOWNERSHIP.
IT USED TO BE THAT WE FIND A
DOWN PAYMENT SYSTEMS THAT
SUPPORTED FIRST-TIME HOME OWNERS
BUT IN THIS CASE WE HAVE MADE
AN INVESTMENT OF 68 UNITS AT
OUR FIRST CITY FUNDED LIMITED
EQUITY CO-OP AS PART OF THE
FELLOW SQUARE CAMPUS.
THESE ARE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE
READ LIVING AS PART OF A
COOPERATIVE MODEL.
THIS IS ANOTHER PLACE IN WHICH
WE ARE GRADING EDI FUNDS AND WE
PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THESE
BUILDINGS BUT THE OTHERS HAVE
SUPPORT FROM THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT TO DELIVER ON THAT
MULTI-COLLABORATIVE SPACE. THIS
IS A SIGNIFICANT THAT FOR THE
CITY OF SEE ALSO SEATTLE.
IT IS ALSO A MULTIFAMILY
BUILDING.
IT'S HOMEOWNERSHIP CAPITALIZING
ON BOTH DENSITY AND STABILITY
THAT IS ACHIEVED.
>> THAT IS WONDERFUL.
>> WITH THEM A MORE MODEST
INVESTMENT TO TAKE HOMES THAT
WERE SUPPORTED THROUGH DOWN
PAYMENT AND CONVERT THEM TO BE
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE.
>> I JUST WANT TO PAUSE
BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA THAT IS
OF INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE
AND FOR THE WORK PLANK GOING
FORWARD.
I ALSO SEE THIS IS NOT JUST A
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY BUT
ALSO ECONOMIC STABILITY ISSUE
FOR OUR CITY AND WORKERS AT
LARGE.
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF
RETIREMENT IN THIS COUNTRY,
OFTEN, HOMEOWNERSHIP IS ONE OF
THE ONLY WAYS TO HAVE A
GUARANTEED POTENTIAL REVENUE
SOURCE OR ACT REBUILT AND WHEN
WE GO TO PLACES LIKE WHEN I
WENT TO BERLIN IN GERMANY, THEY
WERE SAYING THAT 80% OF THE
CITY ARE RENTERS BUT WE HAVE
52% AS RENTERS AND WE ALL WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNITS
HAVE STABILITY AS WELL.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HERE AND
GERMANY IS THAT THEY HAVE MORE
RETIREMENT SECURITY AND PENSION
THROUGH THE WORK.
WITHOUT THAT TYPE OF BACKSTOCK,
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CREATE
THIS EQUITY OPTION. MY HUSBAND
AND I WERE REALLY LUCKY.
WE JUST GOT THE KEYS TO HER
FIRST TOWNHOUSE AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IS SAY
THAT WAS EASY.
WE HAD TO DIP INTO OUR
RETIREMENT AND THAT IS VERY
SCARY.
WE ARE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE
OF PRIVILEGE THAT IS NOT THE
REALITY FOR SO MANY OF OUR
FAMILIES IN SEATTLE.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP AMPLIFY
THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING
ESPECIALLY AROUND HOMEOWNERSHIP
AND RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A
WORKER'S ABILITY ISSUE AS MUCH
AS IT IS ABOUT CREATING ACCESS
TO HOUSING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT THIS
IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PLACE
AND THIS IS A BODY OF WORK
AROUND A RACIAL WEALTH GAP IN
OUR COUNTRY.
IN PART, FOR MANY REASONS BUT
IN PART BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN
WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBSIDIZED HOMEOWNERSHIP LARGELY
FOR WHITE MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE
AT THE EXPENSE OF COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR.
THIS IS A MODEST WAY TO TARGET
OUR PROGRAMS TO LOW INCOME
PEOPLE AND TO HELP CLOSE THAT
GAP.
AT A VERY MODEST RATE.
>> THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.
>> I KNOW IT HAS TAKEN A REAL
DEDICATED FOCUS WITH THE TOOLS
AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE A PROJECT
THAT IS READY FOR THAT.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL SEE MORE
OPPORTUNITIES GOING FORWARD.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU
CAN LOOK FORWARD TO IS SOME
WORK THAT WE HAVE AROUND
ACCESSING PUBLICLY OWNED LAND
IN DOING HOMEOWNER DEVELOPMENT
TO GROW A CONTINUED PIPELINE TO
SUPPORT THIS WORK.
THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERPINNING OF
EVERYTHING WE DO IS ABOUT
FURTHERING THEIR HOUSING.
FURTHERING FOR HOUSING IS ABOUT
A FEW THINGS.
FIRST, ABOUT SERVING DIVERSE
APPELLATIONS INCLUDING
PROTECTED CLASSES AND SENIORS
AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
SECOND, ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION PROVIDING HOUSING
CHOICE ACROSS THE CITY AND WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS OUR 2018
INVESTMENTS AND RENTAL AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP MAPPED ON OUR TWO
MAPS I COME FROM THE GROWTH
WITH EQUITY ANALYSIS AROUND
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND
DISPLACEMENT RISK.
IN EITHER WAY THAT YOU CUT IT,
WE ARE BOTH ADDRESSING
DISPLACEMENT AND ADVANCING
OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES.
THE FIRST WAY IS THE WAY IN
WHICH WE LEASE UP AND SELL
THOSE UNITS.
SO, SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU
WILL SEE IN OUR MINISTRY TO AND
FINANCIAL PLAN IS THE EXTENT TO
WHICH WE HONE OUR INVESTMENTS
TO DELIVER ON ADDITIONAL ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT SOLUTIONS AROUND
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE AND
AFFIRMATIVE MARKING.
>> WE HAVE TALKED A LOT AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT
NUMBERS AND MATH.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BRING THE
CONVERSATION BACK AROUND TO THE
PEOPLE.
FULLY ONE THIRD OF THE STAFF AT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING ACTUALLY
DOES DIRECT SERVICE WORK
THROUGHOUT HOME REPAIR AND
WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMS.
THIS IS PART OF THE SOUL OF OUR
OFFICE AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS
VERY MOVING TO SEE THE THANK
YOU NOTES THAT COME IN TO
JENNIFER'S STAFF FOR GOING INTO
PEOPLE'S HOMES AND HELPING THEM
PROJECT MANAGE.
VERY COMPLICATED PROJECTS.
ACTUALLY, LET'S FLIP TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
OUR WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM,
LOTS OF NUMBERS HERE.
26 MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS
ADDRESSED THIS YEAR AND
UPGRADES TO UNDER ONE SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES AND HOME REPAIR.
WE HAVE 44 LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS WHO RECEIVED THAT
TYPE OF ASSISTANCE AND I WILL
SAY BECAUSE I CAN'T COME TO THE
TABLE WITHOUT SAYING IT,
REMEMBER $15,000 TO ADDRESS A
LEAKING ROOF OR BROKEN SIDE
SEWER AND A LOW INCOME PERSON
IS AT RISK.
HE IS LOSING HIS OR HER MOST
IMPORTANT ASSET.
NOT ONLY FOR HIS OR HERSELF BUT
ALSO TO PASS ON GENERATIONALLY.
THESE ARE EXTREMELY POWERFUL
TOOLS IN THE SPACE OF ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT. OH HAS OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS REALLY
ENDED UP WITH A REVITALIZED
REJUVENATED SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE CHANGE TEAM.
THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT GOT
INTENSIVE SCRUTINY UNDER A
TOOLKIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE úW
AND ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS DIRECT SERVICE WAS
ADDRESSING EXACTLY THOSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
AT THIS POINT AND HOME REPAIR
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE CURRENTLY
AT 52% PEOPLE OF COLOR.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THESE
PROGRAMS ARE VERY HEAVILY
DOMINATED BY SENIORS WHICH IS
AGAIN ANOTHER REASON WHY THE
PERSONAL TOUCH AND THE IN
PERSON PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SUPPORT IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> HOMEOWNERSHIP AS YOU KNOW
IS THE GREATEST TRANSFER OF
WEALTH.
WE KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY WE
TALK ABOUT GAPS, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE DELIBERATE
IN CREATING THOSE GAPS WHETHER
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HOMEOWNERSHIP, EDUCATION,
HEALTH, BOATING, ACROSS THE
BOARD.
THIS GIVES ME HOPE SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> A FEW UPCOMING CHALLENGES
AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR TAKEAWAYS
FROM OUR INVESTMENT IN 2018.
THERE ARE SEVERAL.
FIRST, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN,
YOU MENTIONED OPERATING AND
MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE DOLLARS
THAT GOES INTO OUR PROJECT TO
SUPPORT POPULATIONS WHO HAVE
SERVICE NEEDS.
THAT IS A KEY PIECE OF WHAT WE
DO.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FRONTLOAD
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT PERMITS
AS PART OF OUR LEVY RESOURCES
THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT OUR
ABILITY TO CONTINUE AT A
SUSTAINED RATE OF PRODUCTION OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
REQUIRES ADDITIONAL OPERATING
AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS.
IT ONCE WAS A TIME THAT YOU CAN
COUNT ON THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOR OTHER SOURCES AND THAT IS
NOT THE CASE ANYMORE.
OUR ABILITY TO SCALE UP WILL
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OPERATING
AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS.
>> TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE ABOUT
ONE PAGE PROCESS A YEAR AND
WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL APPEAR
TO BE A TWO YEAR.
THAT MEANS AT THE END OF 10
YEARS THAT THERE ARE 20
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT NEED
ONGOING.
THE CAPITAL DEAL IS ONE DEAL
AND THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
AND THE OPERATIONS OF THESE IS
A LIFETIME OF OPERATIONS.
THAT IS A CUMULATIVE IMPACT.
>> IT'S A LIFETIME OF OPERATING
SUPPORT AND SERVICE DELIVERY .
>> I THINK YOUR QUESTION
EARLIER ABOUT THE USE OF
VOUCHERS, WE HAD A GENEROUS
COMMITMENT FOR THIS LEVY TO
PRODUCE 300 VOUCHERS THAT WE
THEN PROJECT-BASED TO PROVIDE
MAINTENANCE SUPPORT IN OUR
BUILDINGS PRIMARILY AND AT THIS
POINT WE HAVE UTILIZED THE 300
VOUCHERS.
IN ORDER TO KEEP GOING FORWARD,
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE WILL
NEED SOME ATTENTION.
PUBLICLY OWNED LAND, WE
CONTINUE TO BE EXCITED ABOUT
DELIVERING THE SITES.
WE ARE WORKING WITH PARTNERS ON
THEIR HOME AND HOPE INITIATIVE.
WE CONTINUE TO FIND SITES THAT
WE ARE EXCITED TO DELIVER VERY
QUICKLY ON THE CASE I IN TERMS
OF PRODUCING AN OUTCOME ON THAT.
WHAT WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE
IS THAT THEY CAN DO LOW-COST
PLANS AND THEY CAN PROVIDE
ACCESS LOCATION TO COMMUNITIES
THAT OTHERWISE WE WOULD NOT
HAVE HAD ACCESS TO.
WE WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
BOTH OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND
HAVE SOME THAT WE WILL BRING TO
YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS THAT
WE HAVE.
WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO DO
STRATEGIC SITE ACQUISITION AND
I WON'T DWELL ON THIS.
THIS WILL REQUIRE A CHANGE TO
THE ADMINISTRATOR OF PLAN TO
BUILD UPON THE WORK WITH EITHER
DIRECT ACQUISITION OF SITES OR
BUILDINGS OR DOING SO THROUGH
THE PARTNERS.
FINALLY, WE WILL HAVE THE
ONGOING BODY OF WORK WITH
PRODUCING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES
THROUGH COMMUNITY WORK BOTH
THROUGH THE CHANGES TO THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL
PLAN WHICH EMPOWERS THE BODY OF
WORK AND ALSO THROUGH A PROCESS
OF WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE
COMMUNITY TO BUILD GUIDELINES
ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THOSE
POLICIES.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES WERE ABOUT
INVESTMENTS ON THE INCENTIVE
ZONING AND THE MANDATORY
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
I CAN TOUCH BRIEFLY OR WE CAN
VISIT YOU AT DIFFERENT TIME TO
TALK ABOUT THINGS.
ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS
COVERED IN THOROUGH REPORTS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE.
THESE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE
IN PLACE THAT HELP US DELIVER
UNITS ON SITE IN MARKET RATE
DEVELOPMENTS AND ALSO TO HAVE
THE OPTION TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO
OUR OFFICE THAT WE CAN INVEST
IN WAYS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
DISCUSSED THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION.
THESE SLIDES SHOW THE UNITS I
HAVE BEEN PLACED IN SERVICE
THEIR PERFORMANCE OR THE
DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN
COLLECTED AND EXPENDED BY BOTH
THE INCENTIVE ZONING AND
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM.
ONE THING I WILL SAY QUICKLY IS
THAT A BIG QUESTION OF MHA AND
THE PROGRAMS IS WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE TO PRODUCE UNITS ON SITE
VERSUS PRODUCING THEM THROUGH
THE INVESTMENT. ON THIS SLIDE,
YOU SEE A BUILDING THAT HAS
UNITS ON SITE WITH PERFORMANCE
UNITS INCLUDED IN A MARKET RATE
DEVELOPMENT AND ON THIS LINE
YOU SEE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN
INVESTED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THROUGH OUR INVESTMENT. I THINK
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE ARE
HIGH-QUALITY BUILDINGS.
>> X LIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A MOMENT TO CELEBRATE.
TO CELEBRATE ALL THAT YOU AND
YOUR TEAM HAS DONE.
SPECIFICALLY, THANK YOU FOR
SHEPHERDING AS THE LAST TWO
YEARS, FIVE YEARS, RIGHT?
THIS TYPE OF HOUSING DOES NOT
HAPPEN OVERNIGHT SO THIS REPORT
IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR ENTIRE
TENURE WITH THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE
BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK AND I
DON'T WANT THAT TO GO UNSAID.
WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN VERY MUCH
HELP TO BE DRIVEN BY YOUR
DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP.
THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE
TEAM FOR GETTING US TO THIS
POINT.
IT'S HARD TO SEE SOME OF THE
TANGIBLE INVESTMENTS
IMMEDIATELY BUT I THINK THIS
YEAR'S REPORT REALLY SHOWS THE
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS OVER THE
YEARS.
ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS?
WE WILL HAVE YOU GUYS BACK
TIMES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS
HERE.
>> A QUICK QUESTION, THE 1200
UNITS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT TODAY, WHEN WILL THOSE
DOORS OPEN?
IS IT TWO YEARS?
THREE YEARS?
>> THE TYPICAL TIME CYCLE IS 2
TO 3 YEARS.
THE DEVELOPMENT CYCLE IS
EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT YOU
WOULD SEE IN THE PRIVATE
MARKET.
OBVIOUSLY, WE MAKE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT ONE BEFORE A
PRIVATE MARKET PERSON WOULD
EVEN SURFACE IN TERMS OF
GETTING PERMITS SO THERE IS A
PERIOD OF TIME WITH PERMITS AND
THE CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK THE BUILDING WE WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS
JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT
WAS AWARDED AT THE END OF 2016.
SO, IT IS A STANDARD RUN FOR A
MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
>> I WILL KEEP A COUPLE POINTS
HERE.
KIND OF ECHOING WHAT CHAIR
MOSQUEDA SAID.
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF CRITICISM
FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO RESPOND
AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE AND I
THINK THAT CRITICISM IN MANY
PLACES IS FAIR AND LEGITIMATE
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO UP
IT.
AS YOU SAID STEVE, THE SOLUTION
IS BUILDING HOUSING AND
BUILDING HOUSING TAKES YEARS.
2 TO 3 BUT PROBABLY EVEN A YEAR
OR TWO OF WORK FOR IT COMES TO
US WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WHEN WE SEE THE WORK THAT YOU
ALL ARE DOING AND ALL THE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE
PART OF THIS, THE CHALLENGES
WILL WE SAY WE NEED TO BUILD A
BUNCH OF MORE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THE REALITY IS IF
EVERYONE COMES TO THE MEALY, IT
WILL BE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS
UNTIL WE SEE THAT.
WHEN I LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS
AND WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM,
THAT IS STARTING TO MATERIALIZE
NOW.
THE REALITY IS THAT THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO WAIT AND
THAT IS REAL AND THERE IS HARM
BEING DONE THERE BUT TWO YEARS
AGO WE OPEN ABOUT 250 UNITS OF
HOUSING AND WE ARE NOW AT A PACE
WHERE WE ARE FUNDING OVER 1000
UNITS A YEAR.
IT IS UNCLEAR IF IT IS
SUSTAINABLE BUT WE HAD A SERIES
OF ONE-TIME HEADS AND THERE
COULD BE A FEW MORE IN THE NEXT
YEAR OR TWO THAT COULD HELP
THAT.
MAYBE IT IS SUSTAINABLE WITH A
CONSERVATIVE EFFORT.
I DON'T KNOW.
YOU GUYS HAVE RESPONDED IN AN
AMAZING WAY.
YOUR TEAM AND THE TEAM HERE AND
THE TEAM THAT IS NOT HERE AND
THE FOLKS THAT HAVE ALL UPPED
THEIR GAME, IT'S REALLY AMAZING
TO SEE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
AND HOW THIS WILL MATERIALIZE
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THOUSANDS OF
MORE PEOPLE WILL FIND SHELTER
IF WE DON'T STOP THE INFLOW OF
HOMELESSNESS, WE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE OVERWHELMED BUT WE HAVE
QUADRUPLED THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING
AND IF WE CAN SUSTAIN THAT FOR
A FEW MORE YEARS, THAT WILL
MAKE A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY
IS THE TRANSPARENCY WITH WHICH
YOU ALL DO YOUR WORK, THESE ARE
BIG REPORTS AND THERE IS SO
MUCH INFORMATION IN HERE AND
IT'S SO AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO
LOOK AT ANY PROJECT AND SEE WHO
THE UNITS ARE DEDICATED TO AND
WHAT IS THE MIX OF FUNDING AND
WHAT ADDRESS IS IT AT AND WHAT
NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S IN.
WE RECEIVED A LOT OF CRITICISM
FROM FOLKS THAT ARE CRITICA OF
GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL AND THAT
IS FAIR TO DO THAT.
SOMETIMES I GET FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE THE WORK THAT YOU DO
GET SLUMPED IN AND WHERE DOES
THAT MONEY GO AND I LIKE WHAT
DO YOU MEAN?
I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE
THAT MONEY WENT ON ANY GIVEN
YEAR AND WHO IS LIVING IN THE
UNIT TODAY.
THE CHALLENGES YOU ALL FACE IS
DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS BUT I HAVE REALLY
BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE
TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING THAT
YOU DO TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
AND DEMONSTRATE TO THE FOLKS
AND HONESTY.
WHEN YOU STRUGGLE WITH THINGS,
YOU ARE CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND
WHEN THERE ARE GOOD THINGS THAT
HAPPENED, YOU ARE CLEAR ABOUT
THAT.
I AM PROUD FOR THE CITY OF WHAT
YOU ALL ARE DOING AND I THINK
IT'S SOME OF THE BEST WORK SO
THANK YOU.
>> YOU SHARED A LOT OF WHAT I
WAS GOING TO -- FOR USE OF THIS
LOT MORE ELOQUENTLY BECAUSE YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LOT
LONGER SO THANK YOU BUT THERE
IS A LOT OF WORK AND
INFORMATION WITH THE 2018
REPORT.
SO, IF THIS IS WHAT THE FUTURE
LOOKS LIKE, I AM EXCITED TO SEE
THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WHEN WE SIT
DOWN AND THE TREND IS GOING UP.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T MAKE THE NEWS
ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THAT IS
NOT WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO FOCUS
ON.
THEY WILL NOT TAKE THE TIME TO
SE THAT WE STARTED HERE AND WE
ARE MOVING UP AND ADDRESSING
HOW WE SHELTER THE UN-
SHELTERED.
I WAS JUST AT THE OPENING AS
YOU KNOW AND THAT WAS AMAZING.
100 BRAND-NEW UNITS AND THROUGH
BEFORE MOVING AND IN THE VERY
NEXT DAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE AT
CAPACITY YET BUT IT'S JUST
AMAZING.
WE ALSO DID THE TONY LEE HOUSE
WITH PRE-K AT THE BOTTOM.
I COULD GO ON AND ON WITH NORTH
HAVEN AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IN
NORTHGATE.
WHAT WE DO CITYWIDE SO, I FIRST
OF ALL WANT TO THANK YOU
BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD YOU
GUYS WORK AND WE MEET WITH YOU
ALL THE TIME AND YOU'RE ALWAYS
TALKING TO US ABOUT NOT ONLY
THE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM BUT
THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM AND
MAKING SURE ELDERS CAN AGE IN
PLACE AND THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP IS
ONE OF THE BIGGEST WAYS TO GAIN
WEALTH AND TO PASS IT ON TO
YOUR CHILDREN AND MAINTAIN IT.
THE OTHER ISSUE THAT CAME UP,
IF WE COULD JUST BRIEFLY, I
THINK YOU WERE THERE, STEVE.
I THINK YOU INVITED ME.
HAVE WE EVER PUT TOGETHER -- IS
THERE A PRIVATE OR PUBLIC
CAMPAIGN?
REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE SEEING
HOUSING IN THE ALLEN FOUNDATION
AND THEY GAVE $30 MILLION FOR
THAT?
HOW DO WE HELP YOU GO OUT TO
THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO SAY YOU
WERE UNHAPPY ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT WE DID.
YOU WANT TO HELP?
THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP.
DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT?
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
LIKE WE DID WITH THE APOLLO ALSO
FOUNDATION?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT
WE HAVE A PLAN BUT IT NEEDS
SCALING.
IT'S A PLAN THAT NEEDS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OUR TRACK RECORD
AND TO YOUR EXAMPLE, THAT IS AN
EXAMPLE WHERE PRIVATE
INVESTMENT IS FOCUSED ON A
PROJECT.
WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO SCALE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND PLAN FOR
THREE AND A SKILL AGAINST THE
MISSION TO ADDRESS OUR
AFFORDABILITY NEEDS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
>> WHAT YOU MEAN BY SKILL ? I'M
SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
>> WHEN THAT BEST IT WAS
FOCUSED ON THE PROJECT , WE
NEED TO FOCUS INVESTMENT AND
SCALE IT AGAINST THE ENTIRE
ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY AND NOT
AT THE PROJECT LEVEL.
I THINK THE KEY IS TO USE OUR
TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT.
>> ONE EXAMPLE , JUST TO EXPAND
ON THAT AND THE TOTAL LEVERAGE
RESOURCES PIE, YOU SEE THE
PORTION ON OWNER CONTRIBUTION
AND FUNDRAISING AND IN MANY
CASES, A LOT OF OUR NONPROFITS
ARE WORKING HARD TO GET THEIR
OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT
THEIR OWN BUILDINGS.
IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS FOR
EXAMPLE LIKE IN SILICON VALLEY,
THEY DEVELOPED A TRUST FUND IN
WHICH PRIVATE FUNDERS CAN
PROVIDE FUNDING INTO THAT TRUST
FUND THAT IS THEN ADMINISTERED
BY A PUBLIC ENTITY TO PUT INTO
A RANGE OF PRODUCTS.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS
AFTER SKIING ABOUT.
>> THE PRESENT SYSTEM IS MORE
THAT THE PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT
COMES AT A ORGANIZATIONAL OR
BUILDING LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO
OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE DONE IT
TO THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL.
>> I WILL BE QUICK AS I KNOW
THE CHAIRPERSON HERE IS GOING
TO -- THAT IS THE MODEL THAT I
HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FROM
CHEERING MY COMMITTEE WHEN WE
HAVE FRIENDS AT THE WATERFRONT
BETTER RAISING HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WHEN I HAVE FRIENDS OF THE
LIBRARY. I CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT
THESE GROUPS DO.
WE NEED A FISCAL AGENT BUT THE
POINT IS IS WHAT I HEAR FROM A
LOT OF PEOPLE IS THAT WE WANT
TO HELP BUT WE DON'T WANT TO
GIVE THE MONEY TO THE CITY
BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK YOU KNOW
HOW TO SPEND IT CORRECT.
I'M LIKE, OKAY, WHAT
ORGANIZATION WOULD YOU GIVE IT
TO?
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING OR HST AND AGAIN, I
AM A LITTLE BIT OUT OF MY DEPTH
HERE BUT I WILL SAY IT ANYWAY,
MY UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS THAT
WE START THINKING ABOUT THE
MODEL THAT YOU JUST SPOKE OF
AND THE TRUST FUND AND IF IT IS
OH THAT DOES THAT, PLEASE COUNT
US IN ON DOING THAT BECAUSE WE
HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO GIVE MONEY TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS.
RIGHTFULLY SO, PEOPLE ARE ANGRY
ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE.
THEY ARE UPSET ABOUT PEOPLE
MARKETING SERVICES WITH MEDICAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND
ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
DEALING WITH AND YOU ARE RIGHT,
WE CAN'T JUST BUILD 100,000
HOMES IN A YEAR.
SOME PEOPLE GET ANGRY AND CALL
OUR OFFICE BUT THE WORLD
DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO START
SOME KIND OF INITIATIVE AND I
DON'T KNOW HOW WE HAVE PANNED
THAT OUT BUT IF YOU GET THAT TO
ME, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH
CHAIRPERSON MOSQUEDA ON HOW WE
LOOK AT THAT.
IF THAT IS A STATE MATCHING
ISSUER COUNTY THING, IF WE ARE
LOOKING INTO THE COUNTY
RESPONSE, I THINK I WOULD EVEN
CALL IT INNOVATIVE.
THAT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE
BECAUSE WE DO IT IN EVERY OTHER
FIELD WHERE WE WANT PRIVATE
MONEY BUT THE PEOPLE WANT TO
GIVE THE MONEY TO A FISCAL
AGENT OR PDA OR ANOTHER VEHICLE.
WHICH IS FINE BUT IT WORKS FOR
THE CITY OR STATE ORGANIZATIONS
AND APARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT GETS OUT QUICKLY. THAT
IS THE NICE THING ABOUT THE
PRIVATE SECTOR, HE GETS OUT
QUICKLY AND WE ARE NOT CAUGHT
UP IN 1900 COMMITTEES AND FOR
200 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
NOT THAT I'M AGAINST PUBLIC
HEARINGS AND COMMITTEES BUT I
KIND OF MISS THE PRIVATE SECTOR
FOR THAT REASON.
JUST GETTING STUFF DONE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK THE MATERIALS THAT YOU
PROVIDED TODAY HELP US COUNTER
THAT INACCURATE NARRATIVE.
THAT SOMEHOW THERE IS CONFUSION
ON WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE GOING.
ONE THING I THINK YOU HAVE DONE
REALLY WELL IS IDENTIFIED WHERE
THE DOLLARS ARE GOING WITH THE
TYPE OF HOUSING THAT IS CREATED
AND THE WORKERS AND RETIREES
THAT ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THOSE
HOMES AND WHERE THEY ARE AT
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
I THINK WE HAVE BEEN ASKING OUR
DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO HELP
WITH THIS TYPE OF DATA SO THAT
WE HAVE SOMETHING TO POINT TO
AND IN THE IDEAL WORLD, WE
WOULD HAVE A DASHBOARD OF KEY
INDICATORS THAT SHOW NOT ONLY
HOW WE ARE HELPING FOLKS GET
INTO SHELTER BUT HOW WE ARE
HELPING THEM GET INTO HOUSING
AND WITHOUT SCALING UP THE
AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT ARE
GOING INTO HOUSING, THERE IS NO
EXIT FROM THE SHELTERS.
THEY REMAIN AT CAPACITY.
YOU ARE PROVIDING AN EXIT FROM
INSTABILITY AND HOMELESSNESS
AND SHELTERS ONCE WE CAN SCALE
UP YOUR DOLLARS.
I THINK IT'S ALSO A CALL TO
ACTION ON OUR PART.
WE SEE A GO FOR $94 MILLION IN
2017 TO 96 -- SORRY, $76
BILLION IN 2018 AND AT BEST IT
LOOKS LIKE THIS YEAR WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY BEING
ABLE TO ANTICIPATE $60 MILLION.
THAT IS NOT THE TREND THAT IS
REFLECTIVE OF THE NEED IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE WILL DOUBLE DOWN OUR EFFORTS
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE BOTH
THE CAPITAL DOLLARS THAT YOU
NEED AND TO THE EARLIER POINT,
THE ONGOING OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE DOLLARS TO MAKE THE
HOUSING EFFORT SUCCESSFUL.
WITH THAT, I HAVE A SUGGESTION
FOR OUR AGENDA MOVING FORWARD.
I TALKED TO COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN WHO HAD TO LEAVE FOR
ANOTHER MEETING AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST
IS THAT WE BUILD IN THE
STATEMENT OF A STATE OF INTENT
REPORT BACK IN OUR MEETING ON
THE DEMONSTRATION OF FINANCE
BECAUSE PERHAPS WE CAN GO TO
ITEM 3 ON OUR AGENDA TO WRAP UP
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING REPORT TO
US WHERE WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO INVITE TO
THE TABLE, KITTLE FREEMAN WHO
WILL BE WITH US AND IF YOU
COULD READ ITEM 3 INTO THE
AGENDA REGARDING THE FORT
LAWTON DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE
PROCESS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE YOU TAKING OFF?
YOU WILL STAY HERE?
YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
PRESENTATION AND WITH THE BOARD
TO HAVE YOU GUYS BACK AT THE
MAY 16 MEETING, CORRECT?
THAT IS WHERE WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THE PLAN AND THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT.
>> AGENDA ITEM 4, I'M SORRY,
AGENDA ITEM 3 FORT LAWTON
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WELCOME.
HI, EMILY ALVARADO, SHE WOULD
LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF A
TIME FOR THE RECORD .
>> DEAR BORIS, GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING FLEXIBLE
WITH US.
GIVEN THE EXCITEMENT AROUND THE
ANNUAL INVESTMENT REPORT FROM
THE OFFICE OF HOUSE, WE WANTED
TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME TALKING
ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK THROUGH
ANY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT
HAVE BEEN CREATED?
>> SURE.
I WILL BE IN FOR TRACY WHO IS
ILL TODAY.
YOU DO HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS, A
MEMO FROM US THAT PRIMARILY
HIGHLIGHTS THE PROCESS GOING
FORWARD.
TODAY IS AN UNUSUAL BRIEFING ON
THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. A LOT
OF BACKGROUND HERE BUT WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE 10,
2019 WITH THE FULL COUNCIL VOTE
AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE A
FULLER BRIEFING ON MAY 2 WITH A
DISCUSSION OF ISSUES ON MAY 16
PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT IS THE EVENING PUBLIC
HEARING AND DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON JUNE 6. IN
ANTICIPATION OF A FULL COUNCIL
VOTE.
>> GREAT, JUST TO REITERATE,
TODAY IS INTENDED TO BE A VERY
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT TO
EXPECT IN THE NEXT COMING
MEETINGS.
WE DO HOPE THAT THE VIEWING
PUBLIC AND OUR COUNSEL GET A
CHANCE TO JOIN US AT THE
UPCOMING BRIEFINGS THAT WILL BE
ON MAY 2 AND THE PUBLIC
DISCUSSION ON MAY 21.
IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING AS
WELL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO WALK US
THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION?
>> I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE
HERE TO KICK OFF THE
INTRODUCTION OF OUR 2018
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY
THAT HAS TAKEN OVER 14 YEARS TO
GET TO THIS POINT.
WHAT I WILL DO REALLY BRIEFLY
IN MY FEW MINUTES IS TO WALK US
THROUGH THOSE 14 YEARS AND THEN
END WITH A TEASER ABOUT THE
VISION AT FORT LAWTON THAT
BRINGS BOTH SIGNIFICANT PARKS
AND RECREATION SPACE AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS
PEOPLE AND LOW-WAGE WORKING
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
>> YOU WILL REALLY DO 14 YEARS?
>> 14 YEARS, WE WILL DO IT IN
TWO SLIDES , THOUGH.
GET COMFORTABLE.
>> SO, JUST FOR ORIENTATION, I
WANT TO REMIND US THAT FORT
LAWTON IS A 34 ACRE SITE AND IT
IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE U. S.
ARMY.
THERE IS A LEASE AGREEMENT.
IT IS LEASED BY THE CITY AND IT
IS LOCATED IN MAGNOLIA.
YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE ABOVE.
IT'S AT OR CLOSE TO THE
DISCOVERY PARK.
IT IS ADJACENT TO THE DISCOVERY
PARK.
IT IS MOSTLY PARKING LOTS.
IN 2005 WHEN THE JOURNEY BEGAN,
THE BRACK COMMISSION LISTED
THIS PROPERTY AS SURPLUS.
THEN, IN 2006, THE CITY WAS
OFFICIALLY NAMED THE LOCAL
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND
THAT REALLY MEANT THAT WE WERE
RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH CREATING
DEVELOPING THE REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN WITH CLOSE CORONATION WITH
THE PUBLIC AND ALSO SOLICITING
AND EVALUATING NOTICES OF
INTEREST.
ON THIS POINT, I WANTED TO FIND
THAT THE FEDERAL REGULATION
REALLY EMPHASIZES THE EXTENT TO
WHICH WE DO OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT WITH HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A NOTICE OF
INTEREST FOR OTHER PUBLIC
BENEFITS BUT IS HEAVILY
EMPHASIZING OUR WORK AROUND
SUPPORTING HOMELESS PEOPLE AND
THE INITIAL NOTICE OF INTEREST
PROCESS WAS HELPFUL TO IDENTIFY
PROVIDERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
BEING A PART OF THE PARTNERSHIP
AT FORT LAWTON.
BETWEEN 2006 AND 2008, THERE IS
A CERTIFICATE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THE
INCLUSIVE AND THOROUGH PROCESS.
THERE WERE OVER 15 PUBLIC
MEETINGS AND A TOUR OF THE SITE
AND A WORKSHOP THAT INCLUDED
BOTH THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
PROVIDERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT
LARGE INCLUDING MAGNOLIA
RESIDENT.
BASED ON THAT ENGAGEMENT IN
2008, WE DRAFTED AND ADOPTED
THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AT THAT
TIME AND THERE WAS A RESOLUTION
APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL WITH
THE APPLICATION AND AS YOU SEE
IN THE RIGHT-HAND PICTURE, THE
PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED WAS IN
FACT APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AT THAT TIME.
THERE WAS THEN A LAWSUIT IN THE
SUPERIOR COURT OF APPEALS WHICH
UPHELD THE DETERMINATION THAT
THE CITY HAD FAILED TO FOLLOW
ITS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AS
UNDER SEPA PRIOR TO COUNSEL
ADOPTION OF THE PLAN.
THAT REALLY PAUSED AND STALLED
THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT WOULD
REQUIRE US TO GO AHEAD WITH
SEPA AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT
THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
BY VIRTUE OF THE RECESSION AND
IT REALLY CAUSED US TO REASSESS
AND REIMAGINE THE PLAN THAT HAD
BEEN ADOPTED AND PRIMARILY THE
RELIANCE ON THE MARKET RATE
HOUSING COMPONENT WHICH WAS THE
UNDERPINNING OF THAT PLAN.
AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE
REFRESHED OR UPDATED PLAN, ALL
OF THE CARRYOVER PIECES REMAIN
THE SAME ABOUT SERVING
HOUSEHOLDS AND OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
SERVICES AND UNITED INDIANS OF
ALL TRIBES AND HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY AND PARKS AND
RECREATION SPACE BUT IT CHANGES
THE CONCEPT OF THE MARKET RATE
HOUSING TO PRODUCE MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN MORE
PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
IT WAS IN 2017, DURING THIS
LONG PROCESS THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WAS GETTING ANTSY
ABOUT HOW LONG IT WAS TAKING
OUR CITY TO MOVE AND MAKE
PROGRESS ON THIS.
BY VIRTUE OF THAT, WE ENTERED
INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WHICH
SETS SOME TERMS AND CONDITIONS
AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN A
TIMELINE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD
AND TAKE ACTION AND NOTABLY,
THERE WAS A DEADLINE BY JANUARY
1 OF 2020 WHICH IS NOW NOT FAR
AWAY FOR THE CITY TO HAVE BEEN
A SERIES OF THINGS INCLUDING
HAVING A PLAN APPROVED BY
COUNCIL SUBMITTING THE UPDATED
PLAN TO HUD FOR APPROVAL AND
SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR
ACQUISITIONS OF THE PROPERTY.
WHEN WE BEGAN THE REFRESHED
PROCESS IN 2017, REALLY
BUILDING UPON ALL THE
FUNDAMENTAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND UNDERPINNINGS OF THE PLAN
THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008,
WE DID MORE WORK AND IN 2017 WE
DID A COMPLETE SEPA SCOPING
PROCESS AND EIS AND FINALLY
PUBLISHED THAT WHICH INCLUDED
PUBLIC MEETINGS AND COMMENT
PERIOD AND UPDATES TO THE PLAN
SEVERAL TIMES BASED ON ALL THAT
ENGAGEMENT.
THEN, THERE WAS AN APPEAL TO
THE ADEQUACY FOR THE HEARING
EXAMINER AND AFTER SEVERAL
MONTHS IN NOVEMBER 2018, THE
HEARING EXAMINER DETERMINED OUR
F EIS TO BE ADEQUATE.
IT WAS AFTER THAT THAT WE THEN
DRAFTED THE PLAN AND IT IS
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO WHAT
WAS INCLUDED IN THE F EIS IS
REQUIRED AND CARRYING FORWARD
MUCH OF THE COMPONENTS FROM THE
ORIGINAL 2008 PLAN WHILE
ADOPTING IT FOR UPDATED
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
THAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE ARE
EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU ON IN
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
>> EMILY, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE
OF HOW MANY MEETINGS IN TOTAL
INCLUDING FOCUS GROUPS THAT YOU
HAVE ENGAGED IN?
>> I WOULD IMAGINE IT IS AROUND
20.
>> APPROXIMATELY 16 TO 18 FOR
THE 2008 PROCESS AND THEN AT
LEAST ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE OF
THIS PROCESS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> JUST ENDING WITH THE VISION
AT FORT LAWTON, WE ARE REALLY
EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD.
THIS IS PUBLICLY OWNED LAND TO
REIMAGINE IT AS AFFORDABLE AND
A LIVABLE COMMUNITY THAT
CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES TO LIVE
IN THIS COMMUNITY IN WHICH
THERE IS VERY LITTLE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PRESENTLY.
THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN
, JUST REMINDING FOLKS THAT
OVER 60% OF THE ACREAGE WOULD
BE DEDICATED TO PARKS AND PARK
RELATED USES.
ALTHOUGH I'M FROM THE HOUSING OF
OFFICE, THIS IS ABOUT
DELIVERING PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
>> SO, UNLIKE MAGNUSON, WE
DON'T OWN THE LAND. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO OWN IT.
>> UNDER THE PROCESS , WHAT WE
WILL BE DOING, WE WILL BE
ASKING FOR CONVEYANCES.
FOR SENIORS, THEY GET 100%
DISCOUNT.
SOME THE OTHER HOUSING GET
PERCENTAGE DISCOUNT FOR OPEN
SPACE WITH 100% DISCOUNTS.
WE WILL BE APPLYING TO THE
DEPARTMENT INTERIOR HAD AND
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES TO GET
DISCOUNT OR LAND FOR FREE.
>> IS THE ENDGAME TO OWN IT?
>> YES, IT WILL BE OWNED BY THE
CITY.
ON THE SEWER COUNSELING WITH
OUR PARTNERS FOR CATHOLIC
HOUSING SERVANTS, WE CAN
TRANSFER THE LAND TO THEM.
>> I THINK IT IS LIKELY FOR THE
HOUSING THAT IT WOULD BE CITY-
OWNED WITH THE LEASE TO THE
ENTITY FOR THE WORKFORCE HOUSING
WITH HOW GETS TRANSFERRED AND
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, IT WOULD
HAVE TO BE DREADFULLY
TRANSFERRED TO THE ENTITY
BECAUSE THERE WILL BE OWNERSHIP
OF THE LAND.
>> JUST AGAIN, EXCUSE ME FOR
BEING SO SIMPLISTIC.
I HAVE ACTUALLY READ THE DEED
WITH WHAT IT USES AND HOW IT
GETS CHANGED AND GO THROUGH
INTERIOR AND ALL THAT.
WHAT POINT IN TIME WOULD WE SAY
THAT THEY WILL ONLY 34 ACRES?
>> THEY WILL BE CONVEYED TO US
. IT WILL BE CONVEYED TO THE
CITY WHEN WE SUBMIT THE
APPLICATION.
NOT THE REDEVELOPMENT BUT
SEPARATE APPLICATIONS AND THEN
THEY HAVE USED REQUIREMENTS FOR
A 30 YEAR PERIOD WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE PARKING OF
SPACES.
THE MINUTE THEY TRANSFER THE
DEED, ONCE WE SUBMIT THE PUBLIC
APPLICATION OR DO THE
NEGOTIATED SALE, IT IS OUR
PROPERTY.
>> THAT IS IN 2020.
>> OKAY, GOOD.
>> 2020 WITH THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS AND CONVEYANCE PEACE.
THAT IS WHEN HOPEFULLY THE CITY
WILL OPEN IT.
>> SO, THE 60% IS FOR PARKS
AND PARTIALLY USES AND INCLUDES
A RANGE OF AFFORDABLE TYPES AND
HOUSES WITH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
FOR HOMELESS SENIORS THAT
INCLUDES ON-SITE SERVICES.
A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR
AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING FOR
LOW-WAGE WORKING FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS AT 60% OF AREA
MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW, THAT
IS ROUGHLY $60,000 FOR
HOUSEHOLDS AND AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS TO
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY'S MODEL
WHICH IS AFFORDABLE TO
HOUSEHOLDS UP TO 80% OF AREA
MEETING INCOME FOR A FAMILY OF
FOUR.
AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, WE ARE
EXCITED TO TALK WITH YOU AND
OUR PARTNERS THAT WILL REALLY
HELP TO BRING THIS PLAN INTO
IMPLEMENTATION AND TO DISCUSS
MORE THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN IN
THE FUTURE.
>> GREAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, THIS WAS TO TEE UP
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE
IN THIS COMMITTEE GOING
FORWARD, FOLLOWING THE YEARS,
14 YEARS OF PROCESS AND
ENGAGEMENT AND THE MORE RECENT
20 MEETINGS THAT YOU HAD
INCLUDING LAST YEAR AND THE
YEAR PRIOR.
I AM VERY EXCITED THAT THE
LEGISLATION HAS BEEN
TRANSMITTED TO OUR COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A COURTESY THAT
INCLUDES ALL THE MATERIALS WE
RECEIVED FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING AND WE WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS
GOING FORWARD ABOUT THE
CREATION OF VARIETY FOR VETS
AND SENIORS AND FOR SOME
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTIONS AND
AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS AND I
WANT TO REITERATE THE
PRESERVATION OF 60% OF THE LAND
FOR OPEN SPACE.
WE WILL HAVE A DEEPER DIVE INTO
THIS CONVERSATION ON MAY 2 AND
WE WILL BE JOINED AT THE TABLE
BY THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IN THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT AND UNITED
INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES AND
CATHOLIC HOUSES SERVICES AND
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND WE
WILL GET AN OVERVIEW OF REALLY
WHAT IS IN THE DETAIL PROPOSAL.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO
ADD A FEW THINGS AND SEE WHAT
ALL WE CAN DO WITHIN THE
LIMITATIONS OF THE EXISTING EIS.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION AT
THE MAY 16 AND JUNE 16 HOUSING
HEALTH ENERGY AND RIGHTS
COMMITTEE WITH THE INTENT TO
HAVE A POSSIBLE VOTE.
I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING
RIGHT HERE THAT WILL BE
INVITING FOLKS TO COME IN AND
HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH US THEN.
>> MAY 21st, SORRY TO
INTERRUPT YOU.
>> OKAY, MAY 21 . SORRY ABOUT
THAT.
I WANT TO ALSO LET FOLKS KNOW
THAT THERE WILL BE A CHILDCARE
PROVIDED AT THE HEARING SO I
WANT TO MAKE THIS ACCESSIBLE TO
ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE AND FEEL FREE TO REACH
OUT TO OUR OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING THE POINT
OF CONTACT.
YOU CAN REACH HIM DIRECTLY TO ME
AND YOU CAN FIND US ON OUR
WEBSITE AND LET US KNOW IF YOU
NEED THAT ACCOMMODATION.
ALSO, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE
CREATE AN ACCESSIBLE COMMITTEE
HEARING.
GO AHEAD COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION . I
ALWAYS REQUIRE PAGE NUMBERS ON
MY SLIDES.
IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.
BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS WHY IT GOT
PAST ME.
ON THE LAST PAGE WHEN YOU HAVE
VISION FOR REDEVELOP AND YOU
LIST THE CORE COMPONENTS, WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS? WHAT ARE WE
DOING WITH THEM, QUICKLY? I
KIND OF KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE
INVOLVED IN IT AND SOME DEGREE
AND BECAUSE OF THE PARKS AND
ATHLETIC PLAY FIELDS BUT HOW
MUCH SPACE DOES A SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP AND
WHAT IS THE USE AND THAT AND AS
I GO INTO THE PUBLIC BENEFIT
PEACE?
>> WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MY HOPE
IS THAT THE INTENT IS THAT
THERE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO ACCESS THE SITE. THEY WILL
BE MOVING FORWARD LIKELY UNDER
A CONVEYANCE TO HAVE THAT
PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THEM FOR
THE PURPOSE OF THE ATHLETIC
FIELDS IN THE EVENT THAT THEY
CHOOSE NOT TO GO AHEAD WITH
THAT CONVEYANCE AND IT WILL BE
TAKEN OVER BY THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT.
>> YOU CAN FIND ALL THESE
MATERIALS INCLUDING THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE
COMPANION ZONING LEGISLATION
POSTING TO THE ENERGY AND
WORKERS RIGHTS COMMITTEE
WEBSITE.
YOU CAN ACCESS ALL THE
MATERIALS PRIOR TO THE UPCOMING
COMMITTEE MEETING.
WITH THAT, WE KNOW THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING IS HAVING A STAFF
APPRECIATION DAY COMING UP AND
WE WANT TO CONVEY OUR
APPRECIATION FOR ALL THAT YOU
DO.
PLEASE PASS THAT ON IN YOUR
MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
FOUR AND AS WE DO THAT, IF WE
CAN BE JOINED BY OUR FRIENDS,
STEVE ESPER, MIKE D, DAN ATER
AS WELL, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO
JOIN US AT THE TABLE AS WE READ
INTO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
119419 IN ORDINANCE RELATED TO
EXTENDING SAVE TIME TO
EMPLOYEES FOR THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WELCOME AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US AT THE
TABLE.
WE ARE EXCITED THAT YOU COULD
BE HERE.
THANK YOU 2609 FRIENDS AND DAN,
IF YOU WANT TO START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS, WE WILL GO DOWN
THE ROAD FOR READING PUBLIC.
>> VERA McMILLAN, NUTRITION
SERVICES.
>> DAVID WESTBROOK, RETIREE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU CAN MOVIES ALL AROUND AND
MAKE SURE THE GREEN BUTTON IS
ON.
WE WANT TO GET INTO THIS
LEGISLATION.
WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO HEAR FROM
FOLKS 609 TWO WEEKS AGO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND REALLY,
YOU HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS
CONVERSATION FOR OVER A YEAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FELT
WAS A LONG-OVERDUE CONVERSATION
ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT
ONLY WE ARE FOCUSED ON GETTING
ACCESS TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW
WHICH IS ACCESS TO PAID, SICK,
AND TIME, SO THAT NOBODY GETS
RETALIATED ONCE THEY USE THEIR
SICK AND SAVE TIME SO THAT
PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY THAT THEY
HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS HOPING TO
MONITOR THE BENEFITS THAT WE
WORKED SO HARD BOTH AT THE
STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL TO
IMPLEMENT IN LAW ENTER BENEFIT
AGREEMENT.
DAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE A MEMO TO
CREATE FOR US.
DO YOU WANT TO WALK US THROUGH
THAT?
>> I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT . AS
YOU MENTIONED, THE CENTRAL
STAFF MEMO IS LINKED TO TODAY'S
AGENDA AND I WILL BRIEFLY WALK
THROUGH THE CONTENT.
THE TIMELINE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT
FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
MORE RECENTLY, STATE VOTERS
APPROVED AN INITIATIVE FOR 1433
CREATINGSTATEWIDE PAID SICK
LEAVE BENEFITS FOR QUALIFYING
EMPLOYEES.
THE CITY UPDATED ITS PAID SICK
AND SAVE TIME TO BE FULLY
CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE WITH
THE LAW'S REQUIREMENTS.
THE STATE LAW ALLOWS
PRINCIPALITIES TO ADOPT
REGULATIONS THAT EXCEED THE
STATE'S REQUIREMENTS AND THE
PAID SICK TIME DOES HAVE HIGHER-
LEVEL REQUIREMENTS.
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SICK LEAVE
BENEFITS THAT ARE COMPLIANT
WITH STATE LAW.
HOWEVER, PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
CURRENTLY EXEMPT FROM THAT SICK
TIME LAW BECAUSE IT EXPRESSLY
EXEMPTS ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
BESIDES THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
IN BRIEF, THE CURRENT BILL
WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF
CHANGING THE CITIES PAID TIME
LOT SUCH THAT IT AFFIRMATIVELY
APPLIES TO THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. THE STAFF MEMO NOTES
THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL
AMENDMENT CLARIFYING THE INTENT
OF THE BILL AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE SPONSOR WILL SPEAK TO
THE AMENDMENT WHEN THE TIME IS
RIGHT.
>> WE WANT TO OPEN THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY. REALLY, WE ARE
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU AT THE
TABLE AND HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE
TO SEE YOU IN PERSON YET SO
THANK YOU.
THANKS TO DAVE AND MIKE FOR
COMING BACK AS WELL.
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOUR
TEAM TO TEE UP THE CONVERSATION
AND THEN WE CAN TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS VERA McMILLAN AND
THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT IS A YEAR AGO, I WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE IV CANCER.
I AM A SURVIVOR, HOWEVER.
I HAVE HIM WITH THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 18 YEARS.
I LOVE IT.
AFTER RUNNING OUT OF MY SICK
LEAVE, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL
THAT TOLD ME THAT I NO LONGER
HELD MY POSITION AT MY JOB.
THAT I COULD COME BACK AS A SUB
AND REAPPLY FOR ANOTHER OPEN
POSITION IF ONE WAS AVAILABLE.
AT THIS TIME, I AM TRULY
FIGHTING TO HAVE A MORE DAY.
ONE MORE DAY WITH MY FAMILY.
THE BUS DRIVERS ARE NO CARRIER
AND OTHERS THAT DO THEIR
SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR, THEY ARE
COVERED BY THIS MOMENT, WHY NOT
US.
WE NEED TO BE PRODUCTIVE.
I HOPE MY STORY IS ONE OF MANY.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU INVITED
ME TO COME DOWN SO I CAN SHARE
MY STORY WITH YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
SHARING YOUR STORY.
>> THIS IS AN ISSUE OF EQUAL
JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW . BEFORE
ELEMENTS OF THE CHAIR LAID OUT
REALLY QUICKLY, WE INCLUDED OUR
EMAILS AN INDICATION WITH ONE'S
THAT WERE GENERATED FOR US BY
THE ATTORNEYS. WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE?
THE QUESTION WAS IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1333 WITH
THE STATE PROGRAM AND THE CITY
IMPLEMENTED PROGRAM THAT TOOK
PLACE LAST JUNE OR SO? THAT IS
WHEN OUR ATTORNEY CAME UP WITH
THESE FOUR IMPORTANT ELEMENTS
THAT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO
BREAK THE BANK WORKS WITH YOU
TO CALL UPON THE CITY TO SOLVE
VERY MANY PROBLEMS.
WE TALKED ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE
THAT I CAN THINK OF AND THERE
IS ONE OTHER PERSON BUT THAT IS
ABOUT 1% OF OUR MEMBERS.
IT'S RELATIVELY IN FREAK BUT
WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, PEOPLE
LIKE VERA NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE
TO CALL UPON SO THAT SHE
DOESN'T ANGUISH AND IF YOU WERE
AT THE OTHER END OF THAT PHONE
CALL THAT VERA MADE AT THE END
OF OCTOBER, HAVING TO REAPPLY
FOR HER POSITION WITH THE
NEEDLE IN YOUR ARM, I BELIEVE
IN THE REPORT.
>> I HAD JUST LAST
CHEMOTHERAPY.
>> THEY WERE ANGUISHED AND
THIS IS NOT JUST ON THE PHONE
WITH ME.
THIS IS WHEN YOU TURN THE
LIGHTS OFF AT NIGHT AND WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING, THIS IS A
CONSTANT CONCERN AND VERA PUT
IT REALLY WELL.
SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR ONE MORE
DAY.
THIS IS ABOUT SUPPORTING
WORKING FAMILIES AND HAVING
SOME EMPATHY AND SYMPATHY WITH
PRIMARILY IMMIGRANT PRIMARILY
WOMEN, LOW INCOME, LOW WAGE
EMPLOYEES THAT ALL WORK WITHIN
THE CITY LIMITS OF SEATTLE.
FOR ANYONE TO SUGGEST THAT THEY
MAY OPPOSE IT SEEMS SOMEWHAT
COUNTERINTUITIVE TO THOSE IDEALS
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC
DETECTION.
>> THANK YOU, DAVE.
APPRECIATE THAT.
MIKE, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.
I THINK THEY HAVE SUMMED UP OUR
POSITION PRETTY WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU THREE FOR BEING HERE
AGAIN AND FOR WORKING WITH US
FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO TRY TO
BRING THIS FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLD, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOU HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE
FOLKS AT 609.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER, YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS BEFORE TALK ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATION?
>> OF QUESTIONS.
I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND
SHARING YOUR STORY . I AM SORRY
THAT YOU HAD THOSE EXPERIENCES
FOR ASSERTING YOUR RIGHTS AS A
WORKER.
>> I KNOW THAT IS A PERSONAL
STORY.
I HAD CANCER THREE TIMES IN THE
FIRST TWO TIMES WAS THE WHOLE
CHEMO THING SO I UNDERSTAND AND
I KNOW WHAT THAT IS LIKE.
I EMPATHIZE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
MS. GAETA AND EVERYONE FOR
COMING. WE GOT SOME BRIEFING TO
TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE LAW
BEHIND THIS.
WHAT IS A CERTIFIED WORKER AND
NONCERTIFIED WORKER.
SO, PLEASE DON'T CONSTRUE ANY
MY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR
CONCERNS I DON'T UNDERSTAND OR
DON'T CARE.
IT'S THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE
WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT
WE ALSO WANT IT TO LEGALLY BE
UPHELD.
WE WANTED TO BE NOT JUST A
RESOLUTION OR PAST THINKING YOU
WILL BE THE RIGHT THING AND
KNOWING WE WILL LOSE.
WE TRY TO HAVE REALLY GOOD LAWS
THAT DO THE RIGHT THING THAT
WITHSTAND JUDICIAL SCRUTINY AND
WE WANT TO DO THEM RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ME,
I'M A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE DO IT
RIGHT.
I DON'T LIKE TO FLY BY THE SEAT
OF MY PANTS.
I LIKE TO DO RESEARCH AND LOOK
AT EVIDENCE AND LOOK AT FACTS
AND THE LAW AND THEN I WANT TO
PUT MY LEGISLATIVE HAT AND SAY
HOW DO I GET THERE?
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AND
WHAT DO I NEED?
HOW DO I REWRITE SOMETHING OR
CHALLENGE SOMETHING OR WORK ON
HOW TO GET THERE?
WE HAVE DONE THAT AND SOME
THINGS WE WIN AND SOME THINGS
WE LOSE BUT THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU
SHARED, THIS COMES DOWN TO
HEALTHCARE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IT COMES DOWN TO PEOPLE'S
LIVES AND THAT IS SOMETHING
THE LAW DOES NOT ALWAYS REFLECT.
YOU CAN HAVE A FIGHT ABOUT WHO
IS A CERTIFIED EMPLOYEE AND WHO
IS NOT.
THAT IS WHAT THIS WILL COME
DOWN TO TO SOME DEGREE.
FOR ME, I'M STILL IN THE
LEARNING PHASE.
WE NEED THE INFORMATION AND
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA HAS BEEN GREAT.
SHE HAS BEEN EDUCATING ALL OF
US AND THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS
AS WELL AS WELL AS DAN GIVING US
THAT MEMO.
THERE MAY BE MORE QUESTIONS AND
AGAIN, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
SINCE WE HAVE DELVED IN A
LITTLE BIT INTO SOME OF THE
LEGAL CHALLENGES THAT THIS
PROPOSAL MAY RESULT IN, I THINK
IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THERE ARE NON-LEGISLATIVE
OPTIONS THAT WE COULD PURSUE AS
WELL.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THOSE OPTIONS, DAN?
>> SURE.
I THINK ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT
HAS BEEN FLOATED WOULD BE AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO LEGISLATIVE
ACTION CHANGING THE PAID SICK
AND SAVED LEAVE AND IT WOULD BE
AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE AKIN
TO ONE THAT THE CITY HAS
PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO WITH
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
BOTH PARTIES TO AGREE ON TERMS
FOR THE CITY TO ENFORCE SOME
PROVISIONS THAT GUARANTEE
EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO GET ACCESS TO THE
SICK LEAVE BENEFITS TO WHICH
THEY ARE EITHER LEGALLY ENTITLED
OR ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER THEIR
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
>> WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME IN
LAW.
SOMETIMES THE FACTS DON'T FIT
THE LAW AND INTENT SO WE ENGAGE
IN WHAT WE CALL INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENTS WHERE I USE THIS
ANALOGY A LOT WHEN I REPRESENT
TRIBES.
THEY WILL BE FIGHTING WITH
COUNTIES AND CITIES ABOUT WHO
HAS JURISDICTION AND I USE THE
LINE, WHEN WE GET SICK, DOESN'T
REALLY MATTER WHO HAS
JURISDICTION, IT JUST HAS TO
GET FIXED.
ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE USE IN
OLYMPIA AND STATEWIDE AND
EVERYWHERE ARE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENTS WHERE WE AGREE THAT
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BUT WE
AGREE THAT THE GOAL IS FOR THE
GREATER GOOD.
IF YOU CAN GET THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO AGREE TO SOME
AGREEMENT TO COVER NONCERTIFIED
EMPLOYEES, FOR ME AS A LAWYER,
THIS IS STILL PRELIMINARY AND
THAT IS ALWAYS A SAFER ROUTE
BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE
DISCUSSION AND YOU DON'T GET
INTO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND
OTHER ISSUES RATHER THAN
PASSING AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL
NOT BE UPHELD. THE WAY WE LOOK
AT THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE NOW.
THAT IS WHAT MY CONCERN IS.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR
COMMENTS AND YOUR ANSWER, DAN.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
YOU SAID COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
IS THAT WE NEED TO FIX AND AT
THIS POINT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING
TO IDENTIFY A FIX FOR OVER A
YEAR.
I KNOW THE FOLKS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS FOR LONGER THAN
THAT AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS
WORKED ON DEVELOPING PUBLIC
POLICY FOR 15+ YEARS IN THE
HALLS OF OLYMPIA, I AM ACTUALLY
OPEN TO CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY
VARIOUS PATHS TO GET TO THE END
GOAL.
TODAY, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO
CONSIDER THE AMENDED
LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE IN
FRONT OF US AND ALWAYS WILLING
TO CONTINUE, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS
OPEN TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS
BUT FOR ME, THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION OFFERS US A FIX AND
ESPECIALLY AS AMENDED, ONE OF
THE ISSUES YOU HAVE HEARD SO
ELOQUENTLY FROM THE FOLKS AT 609
IS THAT THEY HAVE AS THE LAW
ALLOWS AT THE STATE LEVEL,
ALLOWED FOR US TO OFFER
BENEFITS GREATER THAN THE STATE
FLOOR.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THOUGH IS
AS WE HAVE DONE THAT AND YOU
HAVE MIRRORED WHAT THE CITY HAS
DONE, YOU HAVE DONE BETTER IN
SOME PLACES AND YOU STILL ARE
BEING CHALLENGED IN YOUR
ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE AREAS
THAT YOU ALREADY NEGOTIATED.
IF YOU ARE WORKING ANYWHERE
ELSE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
YOU WOULD HAVE THE GUARANTEED
RIGHT TO ACCESS AND HAVE YOUR
SICK AND SAFE LEAVE PROTECTIVE.
FREE FROM RETALIATION AND
INTIMIDATION AND IT GUARANTEES
YOUR JOB BACK.
THAT IS CRITICAL AND THAT IS
COMING FROM THE HELP
PERSPECTIVE.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR
RECOVERY AS WELL.
FOR ME, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD
THE AMENDMENT THAT WE WILL TALK
ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND.
ALWAYS CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN
CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL AND I
APPRECIATE THE CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO AND THE CREATIVE THINKING
HERE AND IF I MIGHT TRANSITION
INTO THE AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK
IT HELPS US REALLY IDENTIFY THE
WORKERS THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT.
>> IF I CAN, THE WORKERS THAT
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE
AMENDED VERSION OF THIS
ORDINANCE OF WHO IT WOULD APPLY
TO, ARE THOSE THAT WOULD HAVE
TO WORK SEVERAL JOBS IN ORDER
TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN SEATTLE
AND WE ARE GLAD THAT MANY OF
OUR MEMBERS REMAIN IN SEATTLE
AND WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE
ABLE TO SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS AS WELL.
>> EXCELLENT.
I WILL HAND OUT THE DRAFT SO
THAT EVERYBODY HAS IT. IT LOOKS
LIKE EVERYONE HAS ON THE SLIDE.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT HAS
COME UP IN OUR CONVERSATIONS
SINCE THE LEGISLATION WAS
INTRODUCED IS THE INTENT.
THE INTENT AS DAVE SAID, THANK
YOU FOR PUTTING BOTH A FACE ON
THIS ISSUE BOTH IN TERMS OF
YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY
BUT ALSO THERE, THANK YOU FOR
COMING AND HELPING US REMEMBER
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN
TERMS OF THE MEAT OF THIS
POLICY.
THESE ARE WORKERS WHO ARE
CLEANING THE YARD TO THE SCHOOL
GROUNDS AND SERVING FOOD AT THE
SCHOOL GROUNDS AND ARE THE
NONCERTIFIED STAFF.
WE WANT TO PUT THIS LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF YOU TO
CLARIFY THAT IT WAS THE INTENT
TO FOCUS THIS LEGISLATION ON
OUR NONCERTIFIED STAFF.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT?
OKAY, BEFORE WE CONSIDER THE
ACTUAL LEGISLATION, I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND COUNSEL
BILL 119499.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
AMENDMENT?
OKAY, GOOD.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT TO COUNSEL BILL
119499 SAY I.
>> I.
>> OPPOSED?
EXTENSIONS?
NONE?
OKAY GREAT, THE BILL IS NOW IN
FRONT OF US.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
ABOUT THE BILL BEFORE WE MOVED
TO CONSIDER THE BILL AS AMENDED?
OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF AMENDED COUNSEL BILL 119499.
>> SECOND .
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I.
>> I.
>> OPPOSED?
NONE . EXTENSIONS?
ONE.
OKAY, THE BILL HAS THE APPROVED
VOTES TO MOVE OUT OF THE
COMMITTEE WITH 2I'S AND ONE
EXTENSION.
THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT THIS
HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING
WITH YOU.
THERE ARE, THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH FOR COMING FORWARD AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH
WITH YOU.
AS WE TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS
BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS NOT GOING
AWAY AND AS YOU SAID, YOU WANT
TO BE THE LAST STORY, NOT JUST
A STORY IN THE LONG HISTORY OF
THIS ISSUE NEEDED TO BE
ADDRESSED.
ENQUEUE MIKE AND DARA AND
DAVID.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M SORRY, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON OUR
AGENDA AND WE HAVE ABOUT 15
MINUTES I THINK WE ARE DOING
GOOD ON TIME.
IF YOU COULD READ INTO AGENDA
THE FIFTH ITEM OF BUSINESS AND
WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE
TABLE, LISA.
>> AND IN A FIVE RESOLUTION
SUPPORTING A SAFE AND
RESPONSIBLE PROGRAM FOR WORK
PLACED IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> ENQUEUE COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOR BEING HERE FOR THE
LAST ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
DO YOU WANT TO READ YOUR NAME
IN THE RECORD FOR FORMALITY
PURPOSES?
>> 119499, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, WE ARE ON THE
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ, YOU AND
I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK
ABOUT THE ISSUE OF SAFE
WORKPLACES AND PREVENTION FROM
HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION LET
ALONE ASSAULT.
OUR DEEP NEED AND DESIRE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM EVER
BEING IN THAT SITUATION BUT ALSO
CHANGING WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE
APPROPRIATE OR INAPPROPRIATE
BEHAVIOR IN THE WORK PLACE.
WE HAVE HEARD STORIES TIME AND
TIME AGAIN FROM FRONTLINE STAFF
AND ALSO ACROSS THE CITY ABOUT
HOW THEY HAVE BEEN IN DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS WHERE INAPPROPRIATE
COMMENTS WERE MADE AND
SOMETIMES THOSE COMMENTS DON'T
RISE TO THE LEVEL OF BEING
ILLEGAL AND THAT IS OFTEN MEANT
THAT IN ACTION HAS HAPPENED.
AS OUR CULTURE CONTINUES TO
EVOLVE AND OUR UNDERSTANDING
AND INTOLERANCE OF
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR BECOMES
NEW IN TERMS OF NORMS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND IN THE CITY, WE
WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE.
I HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO BE A
PART OF THE TASK FORCE ACROSS
THE CITY THAT HAS LOOKED AT
CITYWIDE POLICY CHANGES THAT
ARE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT SAFER
WORK BASIS.
AS WE CREATE THE OFFICE AND THE
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION UNIT,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS
REALLY STOOD OUT IS A NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT
ARE WORKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH SEPARATE FROM THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT WE ALSO
HAVE THE CHANCE TO LOOK INTERNAL
FOR THE POLICIES TO MAKE SURE
THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY HELPING
TO PREVENT RETALIATION AND
HARASSMENT BUT THAT WE ARE
DOING A BETTER JOB OF DEFINING
WHAT TYPE OF BEHAVIORS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IN TODAY'S DAY
AND AGE AND THAT THE PERSONNEL
POLICIES ARE TRULY REFLECTIVE
OF OUR EXPECTATIONS AND NORMS
OF THE CITY. THIS IS ALSO A
TOUGH SUBJECT SO I UNDERSTAND
WITH THE NEWS THAT CAME OUT
YESTERDAY, THIS MAY BE A
TRIGGERING TOPIC FOR SOME OF
OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I
THINK COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ AND
THE ENTIRE COUNSEL HAS
EXPRESSED THAT WE ARE STANDING
WITH THOSE WHO ARE SURVIVORS
AND FOLKS THAT HAVE ME TOO
EXPERIENCES AND I WANT TO SAY
FOR ANYONE WHO IS TRIGGERED BY
BOTH THIS CONVERSATION OR THE
NEWS YESTERDAY OF UNSAFE OR
TOXIC WORKPLACES, WE STAND WITH
YOU.
WE ALSO ARE CONTINUING TO WORK
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY AND
ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WORK FOR
OUR CITY, EVERYONE HAS A
RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE AND NOT
ONLY WILL WE DO THAT FOR CITY
WORKERS BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO
DO THAT FOR OUR PARTNERS ACROSS
THE CITY SO THAT THIS IS A
GREAT PLACE TO WORK AND TO BE
ABLE TO START YOUR CAREER AND
HAVE KIDS HERE OR RETIRE HERE.
WE WANT THIS TO BE A GREAT
PLACE TO BE AND SPECIFICALLY IN
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
I WANTED TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
MIRRORS SOME PROCESSES THAT WE
WENT THROUGH WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS WITH
RECORDATION TO CHANGE THE
POLICIES AND NORMS AND
DOCUMENTS OF THE STATE
LEGISLATOR.
I BELIEVE IT WAS NICOLE
MacQUARIE THROUGH THE HOUSE
BILL OF 4401 THAT WAS ABLE TO
CELEBRATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS THIS YEAR
AFTER A YEARS LONG WERE THE
PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH.
YOU KNOW, HAVE WE HAD THE
FORESIGHT TO DO THAT IN THE
IDT, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DONE
AT THE SAME TIME BUT I THINK IT
WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE DID THE
IDT FIRST AND THEN CAN PULL
FROM SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS AS
WE LOOK AT THE INTERNAL
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
I WILL STOP THERE BECAUSE I AM
PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO LISA,
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE
FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE FRONTLINE.
WE SENT OUT A DRAFT OF THE
LEGISLATION OVER TWO WEEKS AGO
AND ASKED FOLKS FROM THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO GIVE US
FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY SAW AND A
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AND
FRONTLINE STAFF AND MANAGERS
CAME BACK TO US AND SAID WE
WOULD LOVE TO SEE X, Y, AND Z
REFLECTED IN THE LEGISLATION.
WITH AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO
REFLECT THAT AND THIS IS
ALREADY A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
THAT WE PUT TOGETHER TO GIVE US
THE FOUNDATION FOR COMING
TOGETHER AND CREATING A TASK
FORCE TO CHANGE OUR PERSONNEL
POLICIES IN THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO
WALK TO THE LEGISLATION.
>> I WILL TRY TO KEEP THIS
RELATIVELY BRIEF GIVEN THAT
TIME CONSIDERATIONS.
>> EVEN THOUGH I TOOK YOUR
TIME, I'M SORRY.
>> THIS RESOLUTION TO 1879 HAS
THREE SECTIONS IN IT.
SECTION 1 WILL DESCRIBE THE
CITY COUNCILS EXPECTATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO THE BEHAVIOR OF EACH
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT INCLUDING EMPLOYEES
ELECTED WITH APPOINTED
OFFICIALS AND CONTRACTORS.
SECTION 2 GOES ON TO STATE THAT
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE TREATED
WITH RESPECT AND IS ADDICTED TO
INAPPROPRIATE OR OFFENSIVE
LANGUAGE AND EXPRESSES A
COUNSEL'S COMMITMENT FROM
UNLAWFUL HARASSMENT AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC.
FINALLY, SECTION 3 CREATES AN
INTERNAL GROUP THAT WILL BE
FACILITATED BY A NEUTRAL THIRD
POLY TO REVIEW EXISTING POLICIES
WITH EXPECTATIONS AND HAVE THAT
EVIEW DONE BY SEPTEMBER1 OF
2019.
THE WORKING GROUP WOULD BE
BALANCED BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND
STAFF.
YOU WOULD HAVE REPRESENTATIVES
FROM BOTH GROUPS AND A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
PRESIDENTS OFFICE AND LAW
DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICES OF
THE HEARING EXAMINER. THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL IS INVITED TO
JOIN AND THEY WOULD BE GIVING
LEGAL REVIEW TO ANY ELEMENTS
THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED TO THE
POLICIES AND THEN THE WORKING
GROUP WOULD INVITE THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE TO
REVIEW ANY PROPOSED REVISIONS
TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A
FULL PERSPECTIVE ON THAT.
THAT IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE
RESOLUTION.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM YOU?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING A LOT HERE IN THE
LAST FEW WEEKS HAS BEEN THE
SITUATION WITH MANY OF OUR STAFF
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING THREATS OF
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE.
THIS IS A LEGISLATION INTENDED
TO CREATE A SAFER WORKPLACE AND
SET EXPECTATIONS FOR THOSE WHO
ARE ENGAGING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT AND STAFF.
OUR COLLEAGUES AND STAFF SHOULD
BE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT
TYPE OF VIOLENCE.
THAT IS NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF
EXCITATIONS OF ELECTED BECAUSE
WE ALSO HEARD REPEATED STORIES
FROM THE STATE TO THE NATIONAL
LEVEL OF INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
THAT WE WANT TO PREVENT AND
ADDRESS IN TERMS OF ELECTED'S
BUT ALSO FOR PROTECTING OUR
STAFF AND PROTECTING ELECTED'S
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE NEVER IN THAT SITUATION
WITH PERMITTED BEHAVIOR.
>> THE REASON WHY I FIRST-IN,
THE FOCUS OF THE LEGISLATION
THROUGHOUT IS THE SEATTLE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AND ON
PAGE TWO ONLY TALK ABOUT THE
RESOLVE OF CITY COUNCIL, WE
CONDUCT OURSELVES AND THEN WHAT
TRIGGERED FOR ME IS WHEN YOU
TALKED ABOUT NOT ONLY HOW WE
BEHAVIOR ON THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND
PEOPLE WE WORK WITH BUT WHEN
THE PUBLIC COMES IN AND THEN
YOU BROUGHT UP THE EXTERNAL
FORCES THAT WE DEAL WITH AND OF
COURSE EVERYONE HAS SEEN SOME
OF THINGS WE HAVE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO.
IN THE OVER THREE YEARS AND I
HAVE BEEN HERE, I HAVE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO SOME OF THE MOST
VILE AND SEXIST AND RACIST
NAMES.
I HAVE HAD DEATH THREATS.
I HAVE HAD PEOPLE PUT STUFF IN
MY YARD.
I HAVE HAD PEOPLE COME HERE AND
CALL US HORRIBLE NAMES AND DO
HORRIBLE THINGS. SO, WE REALLY
ARE TALKING HARASSMENT AND
DISCOLORATION AND BULLYING.
THAT IS NOT A FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR
THAT GETTING BACK TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WAS
SAYING AND WHAT WE ALL HOPE IS
THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC SPACE
AND IT SHOULD BE SAFE.
EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL SAFE
COMING HERE.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE AND
I WANT TO THANK OUR SECURITY
FOLKS.
FOR THE CAMERAS COME ON, THERE
ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT
HARASS OUR CLERKS ON A
CONTINUAL BASIS.
WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE OFF, THEY
SOMETIMES CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I AM SADDENED THAT WE HAVE TO
PASS A RESOLUTION TO TELL
PEOPLE HOW TO BEHAVE AND HOW TO
BE KIND JUST HAVE SO THIS COURSE
. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE.
I HAVE AN IDEA, ACTUALLY BUT
THAT IS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.
THE RESOLUTION I HOPE IS A STEP
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND NOT
JUST A PAPER TIGER THAT WE
REALLY ARE RESOLVED BECAUSE WE
ARE NOW ADMITTING THAT THERE IS
A PROBLEM.
IT HAS ESCALATED BEYOND PEOPLE
JUST DISAGREEING WITH US.
IT HAS ESCALATED WHERE WE HAVE
HAD TO HAVE SPD COME TO OUR
HOMES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
SAFE.
QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK
THAT CAN CONTINUE AND MY FEAR
IS THAT I WILL ESCALATE. I HOPE
THE PUBLIC SEES THAT I'M HOPING
THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SET AN
EXAMPLE WHERE WE WANT TO HEAR
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY BUT
THERE ARE RULES IN A PUBLIC
SPACE AND I DON'T THINK YOU
SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE A RULE THAT
SAYS BE KIND AND RESPECTFUL AND
DON'T BULLY OR HARASS OR
THREATEN OR GIVE DEATH THREATS.
IT'S JUST COMMON DECENCY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE NOW WE
ARE HAVING AN HONEST
CONVERSATION THAT THESE ISSUES
ARE HAPPENING AND NOW WE HAVE
SOMETHING TO WORK FROM.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS CHAIRPERSON
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVING JUST HAD THE PRINCIPAL
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE LEVIED AGAINST US
WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEK AND
HAVING SEEN OUR STAFF WHO ARE
ON THE RECEIVING END OF MANY OF
THE CALLS AND EMAILS AND ALSO
RECOGNIZING THAT INTERNAL TO
OUR DEPARTMENT, WE ALSO WANT TO
SET A LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS
THAT WHILE WE WON'T TOLERATE
THAT FROM OUTSIDE, WE ALSO
WON'T TOLERATE IT FROM INSIDE.
THIS IS A GOOD HOLISTIC
APPROACH TO UPDATING OUR
POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
PROTECTED AND SAFE IN OUR
WORKPLACES AND THE PEOPLE KNOW
THAT WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEY
WILL BE PROTECTED AND SAFE AND
THAT INCLUDES FOLKS THAT WANT
TO TESTIFY OR WORK HERE.
I AM VERY HONORED TO WORK WITH
THIS ON YOU AND IF THERE ARE
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, PERHAPS WE
SHOULD CONSIDER THIS GOING
FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION 31879. A
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A SAFE
AND RESPONSIBLE PLACE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
>> SECOND .
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY I.
>> I.
>> NO OPPOSED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
RESOLUTION TRANSITING HAS
PASSED BY A VOTE OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
WE WILL BRING THIS RESOLUTION
TO FULL COUNCIL ON APRIL 22 FOR
A FULL COMMITTEE VOTE.
THANK YOU TO THE FRONTLINE STAFF
AND TO LISA FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS AND TO THE STATE
LEGISLATOR AS WELL FOR ISSUING
THE PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN
FOLLOW IN DUE ORDER.
>> ONE THING WE SHOULD ADD IS
THAT WHEN ALL THIS IS GOING ON,
IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG
TIME, WELL OVER THREE YEARS FOR
CERTAIN FOLKS.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND
THE POLITICAL CAUCUS AND ALL
THE WOMEN ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE COME FORWARD WITH THEIR
OWN RESOLUTIONS AND LETTERS OF
SUPPORT TO SAY THAT THIS IS NOT
OKAY.
YOU CANNOT TARGET PEOPLE
BECAUSE OF GENDER AND RACE.
THAT IS NOT OKAY.
IF THEY ARE LISTENING, I WANT
TO THANK THEM.
THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE THAT HAVE
REACHED OUT TO US AND HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTIVE.
>> THANK YOU TO THE INDIVIDUALS
THAT HAVE SENT KIND MESSAGES
AND CAME TO TESTIFY.
I AM REITERATING THAT POINT.
WE DID NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS FOR
AN EASY WALK IN THE PARK.
THIS IS TOUGH WORK THAT WE DO
AND WE EXPECT TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE BUT WE DON'T EXPECT
TO BE PUT IN DANGER OR TO BE
ASSAULTED AND NEITHER DO OUR
STAFF AND NEITHER SHOULD ANYONE
THAT WORKS IN THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
>> A PARTICULAR SHOUT OUT TO
OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY FEEL
BETWEEN TWO AND 300 PHONE CALLS
AND WE HEARD AND SAW AND READ
AND HAD TO TURN OVER TO SPD
SOME OF THE MOST VIOLENT AND
SEXIST AND MISOGYNISTIC AND
RACIST THINGS YOU HAVE EVER
SEEN.
I THINK IT'S SAD THAT NEWS
OUTLETS ASKED FOR THE
INFORMATION AND ONLY ONE PERSON
WROTE ABOUT AND I WAS ERICA
BARNETT.
THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT THE
SAME MATERIAL BUT APPARENTLY
THAT IS NOT NEWS.
>> WE ARE NO LONGER SWEEPING
THAT TYPE OF NEWS UNDER THE
RUG.
WE ARE EXPOSING WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN LISA, WE WOULD NOT
BE HERE WITHOUT YOUR HARD WORK
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
RESEARCH AND FOR WORKING WITH
OUR OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR THE CHIEF OF
STAFF FOR THE ONGOING WORK ON
THIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ONGOING WORK WITH THE
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TASK FORCE
AND HELPED TO SET UP THE OFFICE
OF EMPLOYEES.
ALL THESE ISSUES WILL MAKE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE SO THANKS FOR
THE WORK THAT YOU DO AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU TO OUR SECURITY
FOLKS.
>> THANK YOU SECURITY FOLKS,
YES.
>> YOU ARE ALWAYS SO GOOD TO US
AND CHECK IN WITH US AND ASK
HOW WE ARE DOING.
YOU HAVE ESCORTED ME TO MY CAR
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU
GUYS HAVE BEEN GOOD TO US AND I
APPRECIATE IT.
>> ABSOLUTE, THANK YOU.
PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR
COLLEAGUES.
OKAY, WITH BACK, I THINK WE ARE
AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER?
SEEING NONE, THE NEXT COMMITTEE
WILL BE MAY 2 AT 9:30.
WE WILL DO THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS AND THE
OFFICE OF THE LEO CONFIRMATION.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE SENT OUT
AND ASKED FOLKS TO GIVE US DROP
QUESTIONS BY 10 AM TOMORROW.
WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE
WILL BE SENDING AROUND AND IF
YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT
WE HAVE SO FAR, ABOUT A HALF
DOZEN.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US FEEDBACK
BY 10 AM, WE WILL SEND THAT OFF
TO DOCTOR KOHN AND SHE WILL GET
BACK TO US WITH HER ANSWERS
THAT WE WILL CIRCULATE BACK TO
YOU ALL BEFORE MAY 2. WE WILL
ALSO HAVE THE HOTEL WORKERS
INDUSTRY FOLKS WHO WILL BE
COMING FORWARD TO SHARE THEIR
PERSPECTIVES TO CREATE WORKER
SAFETY AND LASTLY WE WILL HAVE
THE WHEN USEFUL PLAN BRIEFING.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR
TIME.
WE ARE ON TIME LEAVING TODAY.
YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK AND FOR BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THE MOVEMENT THE MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.