>>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, JUNE 13,
2019.
AND THE SPECIAL HOUSING HEALTH,
ENERGY AND WORKERS RIGHTS
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:33 AM AND I AM
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACT,
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS FOLLOWS A REALLY ROBUST
WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD ABOUT
TWO WEEKS AGO.
HOW MANY OF YOU ALL WERE HERE
AT THAT WORK SESSION?
THEN, SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE.
IF YOU WEREN'T HERE, I FEEL THE
MEDIA IS WATCHING ONLINE, IT
WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY.
WE HAD TWO HOURS OF TESTIMONY
ABOUT THE NEED FOR HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACTS.
TO HAVE AT LEAST AN
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR THE
INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS TAKING
CARE OF OUR SENIORS, USE, OUR
FAMILIES, FOLKS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO PREVENT
FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
THE WORK YOU DO ON A DAILY
BASIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE TODAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR FIRST
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
IT IS THE HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACT INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A PACKED
HOUSE AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE A BRIEFING AT
POSSIBLE VOTE ON HOUSING LEVY
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL
PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO REFER TO
AS THE MORAL COMPASS FOR THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING IN TERMS OF
HOW THEY USE THEIR DOLLARS.
WE WANT THESE DOLLARS TO BE
GOING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ACROSS THE CITY.
TO REALLY CREATE SITE CONTROL
IS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS AND
INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK DIRECTLY
WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING THIS PLACEMENT.
TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
CULTURAL CENTERS WITH
CHILDCARE, SMALL BUSINESSES FOR
WOMEN AND MINORITIES, THAT WILL
BE THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR
AGENDA.
THE THIRD ITEM IS A BRIEFING
AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST
DISCUSSION ON CB 119537.
IT MODIFIES THE INTENT TO SELL
LEGISLATION.
THIS IS FOR PROPERTIES WITH TWO
OR MORE UP APARTMENT UNITS.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR
THIS WERE RENTERS TO MAYBE
PURCHASE THOSE BUILDINGS IF
THEY GO UP FOR SALE BEFORE THEY
GO ON TO THE MARKET.
FOR THE NONPROFIT HOUSING
DEVELOPERS TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN OFFER
BEFORE IT GOES ONLINE TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER IN THE MARKET
OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS A REALLY, IT IS
ABOUT LEVELING THE PLAYING
FIELD.
SO TENTATIVE NONPROFIT HOUSING
DEVELOPERS HAVE A HEADS UP ON
WHEN THE PROPERTIES ARE GOING
UP.
THOSE ARE THREE ITEMS.
IS THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO
TODAY'S AGENDA, I WILL APPROVE
TODAY'S AGENDA AND MOVE TO
PUBLIC COMMENT EXACTLY ON TIME
AT 9:35 AM.
WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE
SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DAVID?
YOU ARE FIRST IN LINE TODAY.
I KNOW YOU GET HERE EARLY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> I HAVE NEVER SEEN 70
MOTIVATED HOMELESS SERVICE
PROVIDERS BEFORE.
THEY ONLY GET FIRED UP WHEN IT
COMES TO GETTING PAID LIKE ILL-
GOTTEN GAINS.
>> WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO
KEEP YOUR COMMENTS DIRECTED TO
US.
KEEP THE DIALOGUE RESPECTFUL
FOR OUR RULES.
>> WELL CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
STOP BUYING OFF THE SUBHUMAN
TREATMENT PROVIDERS.
THERE USING TAX DOLLARS TO BUY
OF POLITICAL ACTIVISTS,
ORGANIZERS AND OPERATIVES
HIDING BEHIND UNACCOUNTABLE
NONPROFITS WHOSE SIX FIGURE
SALARIES BY OF OUR POLITICIANS
AND TRADE REELECTION SUPPORT
FOR NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL
OF THE BANKERS HOURS,
HALFHEARTED EFFORTS AND A RACIST
AGENDA AND HYPOCRITICAL
PRIORITY THAT DISCRIMINATES
AGAINST INNOCENT, DREADFULLY
AND HOMELESS CITIZENS, JUDGED
HARSHLY AND DEEMED ON ENTITLED.
IT IS BY THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO ANOTHER
RACE.
>> THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'M
GOING TO ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR
COMMENTS DIRECTED AT US.
>> THE SAME PEOPLE WILL BE HERE
DEMANDING MORE MONEY.
EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOULD ALL BE
INVESTIGATED AND FIRED.
>> OKAY, DAVID.
>> PEOPLE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF
YOURSELVES.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM OF BUSINESS.
THE NEXT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP
TO TESTIFY JUST AS DSC AND
1199, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS
A GROUP WHO WANT TO SIGN UP?
GREAT.
THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE 1199.
WELCOME UP.
DSC.
IS THERE MORE THAN ONE PERSON
WHO WILL BE SPEAKING?
>> JUST ONE.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TODAY.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS NOAH FAY AND I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF HOUSING PROGRAMS
WITH THE ESC.
A VERY LARGE HUMAN SERVICE
ORGANIZATION IN SEATTLE.
WITH NEARLY 700 EMPLOYEES, WE
OPERATE OUT OF 19 LOCATIONS
ACROSS FIVE COUNCIL DISTRICT
HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
DAILY, WE SERVICE 3000 PEOPLE
LIVING WITH DISABLING
CONDITIONS.
OUR WORK HAS BEEN PROVEN TO
SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND HAS
BEEN SHOWN TO SHOW HEALTHIER
OUTCOMES FOR OUR CLIENTS.
STUDY AFTER STUDY HAS PROVEN
THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, AS COST OF BUSINESS
INCREASES OVER TIME, WE ARE
FACED WITH MAKING TOUGH
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO SUSTAIN
THIS VERY SUCCESS.
WHETHER IT BE THE COST OF
HEALTHCARE, UTILITIES, BASIC
REPAIR MAINTENANCE, THE COST OF
DOING BUSINESS INCREASES YOUR
OVER YOUR.
THE CONTRACT REVENUE DOES NOT.
THIS REALITY AFFECTS EVERY
ASPECT OF OUR WORK BUT NONE IS
GREATER THAN THE EFFECT IT HAS
ON OUR STAFF.
THE STAFF ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF
EVERYTHING WE DO AT THE ESC.
THE PASSION AND DEDICATION OF
OUR STAFF IS MATCHED ONLY BY
THEIR SKILL AND EXPERTISE.
LIKE ALL PROFESSIONALS, THE
STAFF DEVOTES YEARS OF
TRAINING, EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE
TO BECOME THE SKILL WORKFORCE
THEY ARE.
WE JUST CANNOT KEEP UP OF THE
COST OF LIVING, OUR STAFF WAS
FACED WITH A VERY REAL DECISION
OF NEEDING TO LEAVE THE WORK
THEY LOVE AND HAVE A DEEP
PASSION FOR SIMPLY IN ORDER TO
MAKE ENDS MEET.
WITHOUT RELIABLE, INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT TO OUR CONTRACT, WE
ARE UNABLE TO RETAIN THE
SKILLED STAFF WE NEED.
NOBODY PAYS A HIGHER PRICE THAN
THE THOUSANDS OF VULNERABLE
PEOPLE WE SERVE EACH DAY.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO ENSURE WE
DO NOT LOSE GROUND YEAR AFTER
YEAR.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR
THERE DECISION LAST YEAR TO
MAKE INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE IN THIS
EFFORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT IS OKAY TO APPLY.
WELCOME.
FALL BY THAT, IT WILL BE
ESTELLA ORTEGA.
WELCOME.
DO YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE
PERSON SPEAKING?
>> WE DO.
>> SO BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GROUP,
WE WILL GIVE YOU THE FIVE
MINUTES AND THEN IF YOU CAN USE
ALL THAT TIME TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> PERFECT.
>> OKAY.
MY NAME IS PATRICIA TOWERS.
WE ARE HERE REPRESENTING 1199
NORTHWEST IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICE CONTRACTS.
I WORK AT THE FRONT DESK ON THE
FRONT LINES, AT THE ESC FOR
OVER 13 YEARS.
CLIENTS COME IN OUR BUILDING
EXPRESSING TO ME THAT THEY
RECOGNIZE MY FACE MORE THAN
THEY DO THE CASE MANAGERS.
THEY CAN IN SOME CASES HAVE SIX
CASE MANAGERS IN A YEAR AND A
HALF BECAUSE OF THE TURNOVER.
THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS GETTING
OFF THE BUS, ME HERE, WHEN YOU
WALK OVER HUMAN BODIES SLIPPING
ON THE SIDEWALK, I THINK ABOUT
SEATTLE AND I THINK WE ARE SUCH
A RICH CITY THAT THIS SHOULDN'T
CONTINUE.
IT IS FIXABLE.
IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA'S PROPOSED PLACEMENT
ADJUSTMENT ON HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACTS.
ALSO, MY COWORKER AND FRIEND
SPOKE LAST WEEK.
SHE SAID, IMAGINE HAVING A NEW
TEACHER EVERY YEAR.
HOW YOU THINK THAT WILL SHAPE A
PERSON'S FOUNDATION?
AND LASTLY, THE AIDS, CANCER,
DIABETES, DRUGS, DISRESPECTING
HUMAN LIFE, IS THE HIGHEST
KILLER OF ALL OF THOSE
DISEASES.
I WAS STUNNED AT THAT PRESENT.
WE SUPPORT YOU AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO.
I, FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT BOTH
OF YOU HAVE DONE AND YOUR
CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO
ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE IN OUR
CITY.
YOU ARE WALKING THE WALK.
NOT JUST TALKING THE TALK.
WE APPRECIATE THAT A LOT.
MY NAME IS ANDREW AND I WORK AT
EVANS HOUSE.
I WANTED TO SHARE A SHORT
STORY, ILLUSTRATING WHITE NOT
ONLY DO WE NEED TO BE BUILDING
MORE HOUSING BUT TO SUSTAIN THE
HOUSING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
EVANS HOUSE IS A 75 UNIT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECT.
WE PRIMARILY HAVE PEOPLE WHO
ARE BEING DISCHARGED BY
PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION.
I STARTED SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS
AGO.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN I
STARTED, THE ELEVATOR BROKE
DOWN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE,
ALONG WITH PSYCHIATRIC
ILLNESSES, ALSO HAVE PHYSICAL
LIMITATIONS.
WALKERS, WHEELCHAIRS, LIMITED
MOBILITY.
HAVING THE ELEVATOR DOWN IS
VERY CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF
REASONS.
WE OFFER A LOT OF SERVICES,
INCLUDING MEDICATION
MANAGEMENT.
AND MEALS ON SITE.
WE DEFINITELY SEVERED IN TERMS
OF PEOPLE BEING STABLE ON THEIR
MEDICATIONS BECAUSE THEY WOULD
BE ABLE TO COME DOWNSTAIRS.
THAT TOOK JUST ABOUT SIX OR
SEVEN MONTHS TO FIXED.
BECAUSE MONEY WAS AN ISSUE.
AT OUR FACILITIES MANAGER, IF
THEY HAD A HUGE BUDGET, THEY
WOULD HAVE FIXED IT VERY
QUICKLY.
THAT IS JUST A SHORT STORY
ABOUT WHY THIS TYPE OF
INFLATIONARY INCREASE IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO US.
IT JUST HELP US BE ABLE TO DO
OUR JOBS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MY NAME IS JOHN AND I AM A
MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGER.
I SPECIFICALLY CHOSE THIS
POSITION WITH THIS ORGANIZATION
FOR THE WORK THEY DO, WHICH IS
SO VITAL TO THE HEALTH OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
I WORK WITH AN AMAZING AND
KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE.
THE MOST FESTERING PART OF MY
JOB IS THE CONSTANT DISRUPTION
OF THAT KNOWLEDGE DUE TO THE
HIGH TURNOVER RATES.
EVERY DAY, MY INBOX IS FILLED
WITH ADVERTISEMENTS FROM
POSITIONS THAT PAY MORE AND
EVERY DAY TO MAKE THE DECISION
WITH WORKING WITH SEATTLE'S
MOST FERNALD GIRL INDIVIDUALS
AND MY OWN FINANCIAL SECURITY.
CONSTANT TURNOVER RATES, WHICH
AFFECT MANY OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED HERE
TODAY HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACTS
ON OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE OFTEN
SHARING THE MOST INTIMATE
ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES WITH US
AS WE TRY TO HELP AND GET THEM
AT HOUSING.
IS A CITY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY
TO DO BETTER.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BRING UP THIS
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MY NAME IS GARY AND I WORK
FOR THAT MOBILE CRISIS TEAM,
ALTHOUGH IT IS A COUNTY FUNDED
PROGRAM, THEY DON'T WORK IF THE
PROGRAMS DON'T WORK.
WE ALLEVIATE FPD AND SFD
RESPONSE TIMES.
WE TAKE CLIENTS TODAY CENTERS,
SHELTERS, HYGIENE CENTERS, FOOD
BANKS, THAT YOUR LIBERAL
PROGRAMS.
INFLATION INCREASES HEALTH,
RETAINED STAFF AND SUPPORT THE
SOCIAL SAFETY NET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> MY NAME IS DAVID AND I AM A
HOUSING ASSISTANT CASE MANAGER
AT THE MAIN SHELTER.
THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TIME BUT
THERE IS AN ABSURD LEVEL OF
TURNOVER THERE.
PEOPLE JUST DON'T MAKE THE
MONEY THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO
LIVE IN THE CITY.
>> THAT SUMMARIZES IT WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ESTELLA ORTEGA FOLLOWED BY
JOHN ALLISON.
>> WILL COME.
>> EXCELLENT.
DO YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE
PERSON SPEAKING AS WELL?
>> I WILL BE THE ONLY ONE.
>> WILL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO
GET YOUR CREW TOGETHER.
BECAUSE WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU.
>> YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU OFFER BEING HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING TO MEMBERS.
I AM ESTELLA ORTEGA, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EL
CENTRO.
IT PROVIDES 43, PRESIDENT
CULTURALLY COMPETENT POGROMS
AND SERVICES TO OVER 14,000
CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS,
FAMILIES, SENIORS EACH YEAR
WITH A STAFF OF ABOUT 140
PEOPLE.
ON IT AVERAGE, WE UTILIZE
ANYWHERE FROM 800-1000
VOLUNTEERS PER YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STRETCH THE
DOLLAR VERY WELL.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE NEEDS ITS
HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO
BE STRONG.
TO HELP INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVE
THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
IT IS IN A WAY THAT IS VALUABLE
TO OUR CITY.
MANY HUMAN SERVICE ADVOCATES
HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO
HELPING BUILD THE
INFRASTRUCTURE, TO PROVIDE
SERVICES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR
COMMUNITIES, TO LIVE THEIR
LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
THIS WORK DATES BACK TO THE
SURVIVAL SERVICES COALITION
BACK IN THE 1970S.
AS PROVIDERS, WE WEAR MANY HATS
AND ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
WE ARE CRUCIAL TO MAINTAINING A
HEALTHY DEMOCRACY AND
REPRESENTING AND ENSURING
TIMIDITY NEEDS ARE HEARD.
IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDE SPACES
FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY TO
VOLUNTEER, PROVIDING AN
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC GOOD.
AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
TESTIFIED, WE ALSO CONTINUALLY
FACE TURNOVER BECAUSE OUR
SALARIES CANNOT COMPETE QUITE
FRANKLY WITH CITY COME A COUNTY
AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.
THIS IN TURN AFFECTS THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SERVICES
WE PROVIDE AND A LOSS OF STAFF
CAPACITY.
EVERY YEAR, WE SEE ANNUAL
RISING COSTS IN HEALTH
INSURANCE AND GENERAL OPERATING
EXPENSES THAT INCREASE OUR
FUNDRAISING GOALS.
AS WE KNOW, MOST FOUNDATIONS
WILL NOT PAY FOR GENERAL
OPERATING SUPPORT.
WE NEED STABILITY AND
CONTINUITY IN OUR SERVICE
DELIVERY SYSTEM TO ACHIEVE THE
OUTCOMES THAT LEAD TO IMPROVED
LIVES OF THOSE WHO NEED A
HELPING HAND.
WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AN
AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT FOR
INFLATION FOR ALL HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACTS.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, ESTELLA.
THANK YOU, EL CENTRO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE
NOW TO HEAR FROM JOHN ALLISON.
I AM SORRY IF I DIDN'T
PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY.
>> IT IS FUN.
SO I AM JOHN BARBEE AND THIS IS
TINA ALLISON AND WE ARE HERE ON
BEHALF OF COMPASS ALLIANCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS
WE PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES
AND SHELTERS AS WELL AS
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE CITY
OF SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE
ADULTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
NOTICING IS WE JUST A RECENT
STUDY ABOUT THE ANNUAL TURNOVER
RATE.
IT IS OVER 40%.
THE NUMBER ONE REASON DURING
THE EXIT INTERVIEW IS THE LACK
OF COMPENSATION.
AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR STAFF
HAVE TO COMMUTE A LONG WAY TO
LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO
LIVE HERE.
WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ARE ALSO
ASKING THE STAFF TO BE THE MOST
TRAUMA INFORMED.
WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO THE
MOST DARKEST AND CHALLENGING
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF MANY OF OUR
CLIENTS.
WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM.
WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING THE
GUESTS IN THE CLIENTS WE SERVE
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY BUT AS
EMPLOYERS, WE ALSO NEED TO
SUPPORT OUR STAFF.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE
THEM WITH THE GROUNDWORK TO BE
ABLE TO DO THE WORK AND SO I
WOULD LIKE TINA TO SHARE A FEW
WORDS.
>> I THOUGHT TINA ELLISON WAS
PART OF YOUR LAST NAME.
YOU DO HAVE MORE TIME.
GO AHEAD.
>> INC.
YOU.
JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT JOHN
IS SAYING, WE HAVE SEEN SUCH AN
INCREASE IN THE NEED OF OUR
CLIENTELE.
AS I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE HERE
HAS.
LIKE THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER
SAID, PEOPLE MOVING INTO OUR
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
ARE COMING STRAIGHT FROM
HOSPITALS.
BOTH PSYCHIATRICALLY FRAGILE,
MEDICALLY FRAGILE, AGING
POPULATIONS, SUBSTANCE USE
ISSUES.
THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PIECE,
THAT IS JUST NOT GOING TO GO
AWAY.
RIGHT?
SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THE STAFF THAT ARE QUALIFIED
AND CAPABLE OF DOING THAT WORK,
WE JUST CAN'T PAY THEM THE
SAME.
RIGHT?
BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS AND
THE SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN THAT
JOB BECAUSE WHAT IT IS GOOD FOR
IS THE CLIENTS THAT WE ARE
SERVING, WHICH IS THEN GOOD FOR
OUR CITY.
>> WE ARE ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE
WAGE INCREASE.
ONE NOTE.
80% OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED
THROUGH THE HS THE CONTRACT.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT FUNDING
SOURCE FOR US.
WE WANT TO CREATE STABILITY AND
GROWTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY WITH THE PROGRAMS WE
RUN WITH THE STAFF WE EMPLOY AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COMPASS HOUSING ALLIANCE.
FLYNN, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN
SIMPSON.
>> AND THEN AARON?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK?
BRIAN SIMPSON AND THEN MIA.
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS AARON COOMER.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF YOUTH
CARES OF WARD OF DIRECTORS IN
SUPPORT OF AN ANNUAL INFLATION
AND ADJUSTMENT.
THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
IN SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY, I
HAVE BEEN ON THE YOUTH CARES
BOARD FOR 6 YEARS.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A RECURRING
ISSUE.
THE TOPIC OF STAFF WAGES,
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION HAVE
COME UP ALL MOST EVERY BOARD
MEETING.
AS EVELYN, REA, OUR HUMAN
RESOURCES OFFICER SHARED LAST
WEEK, THE TURNOVER RATE IN 2018
WAS 38%.
THIS YEAR IT IS NOW 44%.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE KNOW THAT YOU SHARE YOUTH
CARES MISSION.
ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS HERE
IN SEATTLE.
IT IS VERY HARD TO FULFILL THAT
MISSION WHEN TURNOVERS ARE
CONSTANT.
IT IS THE INCREASE COST OF
MAINTAINING AND SUSTAINING
SERVICES.
THIS PUTS AS PROVIDERS IN A
POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO USE
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS.
WE KNOW THEY ARE LIMITED.
FUNDS THAT COULD OTHERWISE GO
TO OTHER STAFF AND PAYING THEM
A LITTLE LIVABLE WAGE AND TO
KEEP THE DOORS OPEN AT THE
LIGHTS ON.
AS A BOARD MEMBER, I AM VERY
PROUD OF OUR STAFF AND THE WORK
THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
I WANT THEM TO VIEW YOUTH CARE
AS A PLACE THEY CAN HAVE A
SUSTAINABLE CAREER, NOT TO
MENTION JOB SECURITY.
WE CANNOT PROVIDE A LIVABLE
WAGE.
YOUTH CARE BECOMES A
STEPPINGSTONE RATHER THAN A
DESTINATION.
OUR CITY IS A LEADER IN SO MANY
WAYS.
I BELIEVE WE CAN LEAD ON THIS
ISSUE AS WELL.
ENSURING THAT PROVIDERS KEEP
THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS
AN ESSENTIAL FIRST STEP IN
STABILIZING HUMAN SERVICE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY AND
BRING US CLOSER TO REALIZING
THE VISION OF BECOMING AN
INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> BYRON AND MIA?
WELCOME, BYRON.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I NAME IS BYRON SIMPSON AND I
THE TRAINING PROGRAM.
I TRAIN WORKERS ACROSS KING
COUNTY.
WE HAVE TRAINED ABOUT 400 STAFF
FROM 34 DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
THIS POSITION OFFERS ME A
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FIELD
BECAUSE I GET TO SEE THE
REGIONAL NEEDS AND I GET TO
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM YOUTH
WORKERS ABOUT THE DEMANDS AND
CHALLENGES OF THEIR JOBS.
WHEN WE HIRE USE WORKERS,
NURSES, MENTORS, TEACHERS, CARE
COORDINATORS, TRAUMA STEWARDS,
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND MUCH
MORE.
THE ENTIRE TIME THEY'RE
WORKING, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
SAFETY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN
THEIR CARE.
IT IS A LOT TO ASK OF ONE
PERSON WHO IS MAKING BARELY
MORE THAN MINIMUM WAGE.
SHE MENTIONED IN HER TESTIMONY
THAT THESE JOBS ARE SEEN AND
TREATED AS STEPPING STONES.
THAT MEANS WE LOSE TALENTED AND
PASSIONATE YOUTH WORKERS TO
HIGHER PAYING JOBS IN HIGHER
PAYING POSITIONS AND FIELDS.
BEING A YOUTH WORKER SHOULD BE
A CAREER IN AND OF ITSELF.
PEOPLE DO THIS WORK BECAUSE
THEY ARE GOOD AT IT.
THEY LOVE IT.
BECAUSE IT IS A VITAL SERVICE.
THE WAY OUR AGENCIES ARE
FUNDED, IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE
TO BUILD A CAREER AND LIFE IN
THOSE POSITIONS.
THE SYSTEM DIMINISHES THE
CAPACITY TO DO THIS WORK WELL
AND TO BE THE ONE CONSISTENT,
TRUSTED PERSON THAT TRISTAN
MENTIONED LAST WEEK.
WE TRAINED STAFF TO USE A
TRAUMA INFORMED LENS, WHICH
MEANS TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN
TO PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHAT IS
GOING ON UNDER THE SURFACE.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE SINGLE STAFFED
AND RESPONSIBLE TO EIGHT
ADOLESCENTS IN CRISIS, YOU HAVE
TO TRIAGE.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS INFLATION
DISPARITY IMPACT THE WAY WE ARE
ABLE TO PROVIDE EFFECTIVE CARE.
THE PEOPLE I INTERACT WITH
EVERY WEEK VALUE THE WORK THEY
ARE DOING.
I AM ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO
VALUE THAT WORK IN THE KIND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WELCOME, MIA.
YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
PATRICIA AND ANNA FROM THE
YWCA.
>> MORNING.
MY NAME IS MIA AND I AM THE
PROGRAM MANAGER AT YOUTH CARES
CENTER.
IT IS A 24/7 SHELTER FOR YOUTH
AGES 12-17.
OUR PROGRAM SERVES I NEED TO
USE.
YOUTH WERE INVOLVED IN THE SEX
TRADE, EXPERIENCE SUBSTANCE
ABUSE DISORDER, OR WHO HAVE
ACUTE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS IN A
TRAUMA INFORMED WAY.
OUR SHOULDER HAS 14 BEDS AND
UNDER STATE LAW, WE ARE
REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE STAFF
MEMBER FOR EVERY EIGHT YOUTH.
I HAVE WORKED AT THE HOPE
CENTER SINCE WE OPENED IN MAY
2017.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE NEVER
BEEN ABLE TO FILL ALL 14 OF OUR
BEDS.
NOW BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A NEED
BUT BECAUSE WE ARE SO
CHRONICALLY UNDERSTAFFED THAT
WE COULD NEVER MEET THE RACIAL
REQUIREMENTS TO SUPERVISE MORE
THAN EIGHT YOUTH AT A TIME.
THE HARDEST POSITIONS TO FILL
OUR THE STAFF.
THE STAFF WORKING FROM 12 AM TO
8 AM IN THE MORNING.
THERE REQUIRED TO STAY AWAKE
AND CHECK ON THE YOUTH AS THEY
SLEEP.
IT HAS BEEN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO KEEP THE POSITIONS FILLED
BECAUSE THE HOURS ARE SO
DIFFICULT AND THE PAY IS SO
LOW.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL STAFF AT
THE HOPE CENTER.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLY COMMITTED
AND DO AMAZING WORK TO HELP
YOUNG PEOPLE STABILIZE AND
BUILD TRUST.
I CANNOT GET MYSELF TO STATE OR
THAN 10 MONTHS, 12 AT THE MOST.
WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY ALL
GENERALLY SAY THE SAME THING.
THAT THEY LOVE THE TEAM, THEY
LOVE THE CLIENTS, THEY LOVE THE
WORK THEY DO, THEY JUST NEED TO
MAKE MORE MONEY.
IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE YOU
SLEEPING OUTSIDE BECAUSE THERE
ARE NO SHELTER BEDS, IT IS
ANOTHER TO HAVE YOUTH SLIPPING
OUTSIDE BECAUSE, NOT BECAUSE
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BEDS, BUT
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH STAFF
WILLING TO DO THE JOB.
THAT IS BY THIS LEGISLATION IS
SO IMPORTANT.
WHEN AGENCIES CANNOT KEEP UP
WITH THE COST OF DOING
BUSINESS, YOUTH IS IS 12 YEARS
OLD AND UP SLEEPING OUTSIDE ON
OUR STREETS.
I THINK I CAN SAFELY ASSUME
THAT NO ONE IN THIS ROOM
WHATEVER WANT A YOUNG PERSON TO
FACE THIS REALITY.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IF
YOU DON'T PASS THIS
LEGISLATION.
ON BEHALF OF OUR YOUTH AND
STAFF, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS PATRICIA HAYDEN AND
I'M THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER
FOR THE YWCA.
THE COCHAIR FOR THE SEATTLE
HUMAN SERVICES COALITION.
AND TODAY I AM SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE COALITION.
MEMBERS PROVIDE THE SERVICES
AND SUPPORT OF SEATTLE
RESIDENTS SO THEY CAN DRIVE
ACROSS THEIR LIFESPAN.
FROM YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, TWO
SENIOR CENTERS, GENDER-BASED
RESPONSE AND PREVENTION, TO
COMMUNITY CLINICS.
HUMAN SERVICES BUILD WELL-
BEING.
WE URGE YOU TO AUTOMATICALLY
ADJUST HUMAN SERVICE CONTRACTS
FOR INFLATION SO WE CAN
MAINTAIN THE HUMAN SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE
BUILT TOGETHER.
IF YOU BUILD A HOME FOR YOUR
FAMILY, YOU WOULD SECURE THAT
INVESTMENT BY REPAIRING A ROOF
AFTER A STORM DAMAGED IT.
NOT JUST LET IT FALL INTO
DISREPAIR.
IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN COST TO
PROVIDE SERVICES LIKE
TECHNOLOGY, RECRUITING,
TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION,
WAGES, HEALTHCARE, BENEFITS AND
FACILITIES INCREASE, WE MUST
PAY THOSE COSTS WE WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT
SERVICES.
SIBLEY PUT, YOU UNDERMINE OUR
CAPACITY TO REACH OUR GOALS
WHEN COSTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES
RISE.
BUT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT.
IN SOME YEARS, THE CITY HAS
MADE INFLATION AND ADJUSTMENTS
ON SOME CONTRACTS.
BUT EVEN THOSE SPORADIC
ADJUSTMENTS ARE LESS THAN
ACTUAL INFLATION.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SOLVE
THIS PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL.
WE URGE THAT YOU TAKE THIS
COMMON SENSE STEPS TO SECURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT BY ADJUSTING
ALL HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS
ANNUALLY FOR INFLATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WELCOME, ANNA.
FOLLOWED BY ANNA WILL BE LIZ.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ANNA.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
YWCA OF SEATTLE.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK CITY
COUNCIL TO AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS FOR
INFLATION.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT
INFLATION IS PART OF DAILY
ECONOMICS.
THAT IS WHY IN 1975, CONGRESS
RECOGNIZED THAT COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS WERE CRITICAL.
SPECIFICALLY IN SITUATIONS
WHERE INSTITUTIONS AND PEOPLE
ARE WORKING WITH A FIXED AMOUNT
OF INCOME.
OUR COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES
FOR SEATTLE RESIDENTS THROUGH
THE YWCA HAVE INCREASED WELL
BEYOND ADJUSTMENTS THE CITY HAS
PROVIDED FOR HEALTHCARE AND
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AS WELL
AS CRITICAL SERVICES LIKE
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT, STAFF
RECRUITMENT AND WAGES, TRAINING
AND CONTRACTS AND FACILITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY YEAR THE
COSTS OF CONTRACTING WITH THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
INCREASES.
THIS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP IS
CRITICAL TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND
SERVICES TO THOSE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
WHEN COSTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES
RISE, BUT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES
NOT, IT THREATENS OUR ABILITY
TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT
SERVICES THAT YOU HAVE ASKED US
TO PROVIDE ON YOUR BEHALF.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LIZ?
WELCOME.
FOLLOWED BY LIZ WILL BE ILIANA.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL AND THIS
COMMITTEE.
THE PROPOSED INCLUSION OF
ANNUAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.
AND ALL HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT
CONTRACTS, MY NAME IS LIZ AND
I'M HERE REPRESENTING
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH
SERVICES, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT
OF THE PROPOSED PLACEMENT
ADJUSTMENTS.
AS I WAS IN 1973, I SEE HS IS A
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH
CENTER THAT PROVIDES COMPOUNDS
OF AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS SERVICES THROUGHOUT
KING COUNTY.
WE OFFER CULTURALLY AND
LINGUISTICALLY APPROPRIATE
MENTAL AND DENTAL HEALTH CARE
FOR PATIENTS OF ALL AGES.
AS WELL AS TRADITIONAL CHINESE
MEDICINE, PHARMACY SERVICES,
NUTRITION, COMMUNITY-BASED
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, HEALTH
EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES.
WE OPERATE 11 SIZE.
FOR FULL-SERVICE CLINICS IN
SEATTLE, SHORELINE AND
BELLEVUE.
TO SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS,
A VISION CLINIC A MOBILE DENTAL
CLINIC, A MEDICAL CLINIC AND A
COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATION.
24 HOUR ASSISTED LIVING
FACILITY AND A CONGREGANT MEAL
PROGRAM.
AT ICH AS WE HELP THE COMMUNITY
TO BUILD FOUNDATIONS THEY NEED
TO BUILD HEALTHIER LIVES.
WE DO THIS AT FACILITIES WHERE
PATIENTS CAN ACCESS THE FULL
RANGE OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
WITH SKILLED PROVIDERS WHO HAVE
THE EXPERTISE TO ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM.
AND PROGRAMS THAT MEET THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS OF EVERY STAGE
OF LIFE.
IS CRITICAL TO SECURE THESE
INVESTMENTS BY ADJUSTING ALL
HUMAN SERVICE CONTRACTS
ANNUALLY FOR INFLATION.
IS NO SECRET THAT THE COST OF
PROVIDING HEALTHCARE INCREASES
WITH EACH YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE COST OF
OPERATING OUR FACILITIES
INCREASE BY OVER 10% FROM 2017-
2018.
TYPICAL HEALTHCARE FEES LIKE
MEDICAID AND REIMBURSEMENTS DO
NOT FULLY SUPPORT OUR COSTS.
WE PROVIDE FOR A WHOLE PERSON'S
CARE.
IT RIPPLES BACK TO THE FAMILIES
AND COMMUNITIES.
NOTHING ANNUAL INFLATION
INCREASES INTO HUMAN SERVICE
THE PERMIT CONTRACT SAYS THAT
THE CITY UNDERSTANDS HOW
IMPORTANT THE SERVICES ARE TO
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING.
THIS WILL ENSURE THAT
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS WILL BE
ABLE TO BETTER KEEP UP WITH THE
RISE IN COST OF LIVING IN ORDER
TO MEET OUR GOALS OF A JUST
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MY NAME IS ILONA AND I AM
NOT A PART OF ANY NONPROFIT GOT
AM GLAD I AM HERE TODAY TO PUSH
FORWARD WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
WE HAVE BEEN STAGNANT
THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY FOR
DECADES.
LOVE THE PRICE OF LIVING HAS
INCREASING TO GROW, THERE IS
ONLY AN OCCASIONAL INCREASE IN
THE MINIMUM WAGE.
THINK?
THIS HAPPENED FOR SEATTLE BUT
IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH.
AND WHILE THIS DOESN'T APPLY TO
ALL MINIMUM-WAGE WORKERS, I
FEEL LIKE IT IS A GREAT STATE
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT EVENTUALLY WILL HOPEFULLY
PUSH TO INCLUDE ALL MINIMUM-
WAGE.
AND I FEEL LIKE BECAUSE OF
THAT, I FEEL LIKE YOU WILL PASS
IT.
IF I COULD JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY
ON THE OTHER TOPICS.
I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ALSO
REALLY IMPORTANT TO HELP
HOUSING FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
THINK YOU FOR COMING BY.
I KNOW YOU WERE LAST 10.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE INSPIRED
TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
THOUGHTS.
RATE SEGUE.
SO THAT THE NEXT PEOPLE ARE
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING
PLAN.
WE COULD HAVE ERIC AND STEVE
JOIN US?
ERIC FIRST.
>> WELCOME, ERIC.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM ERIC KRAVITZ, THE DIRECTOR
OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR
HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
PASSAGE OF THE HOUSING PLAN.
SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO
CALL OUT AMENDMENT 13.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF SUBSIDY AVAILABLE TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THREE-BEDROOM
UNITS.
THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUE
IN SEATTLE IS OBVIOUSLY ONE
THAT EVERYBODY IS KEENLY AWARE
OF.
WE WORK SPECIFICALLY ON THE
HOMEOWNERSHIP END OF IT.
THERE IS REALLY THIS MISSING
FIRST WRONG IN THE CITY.
20 YEARS AGO, THE MEDIAN HOME
PRICE IN SEATTLE WAS ABOUT
$275,000.
THAT WAS AFFORDABLE TO SOMEBODY
EARNING A MEDIAN INCOME.
AFTER ABOUT 2006, THE, WE BEGAN
TO SEE A DIVERGENCE IN HOUSING
CRISIS INCREASING MUCH FASTER
THAN MEDIAN INCOME.
WE HAD A BRIEF LITTLE BREAK
AFTER THE SESSION.
BUT IT IS CONTINUED UP ON THAT
TRAJECTORY.
NOW WE HAVE MEDIAN HOUSE PRICES
AT AROUND $750,000.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT PEOPLE
HERE WHO ARE WORKING IN THESE
CRITICAL JOBS OF AFFORDING
THEIR FIRST HOME?
BEING ABLE TO STAY IN THE CITY?
THAT IS WHY WE ARE ENCOURAGING
COUNSEL TO REALLY LOOK AT ANY
KINDS OF TOOLS AND ADJUSTMENTS,
THE FUTURE HOUSING WILL BE TO
REALLY FOCUS AND START TO
ADDRESS MORE RESOURCES.
I AM FILLING THAT GAP SO THAT
WE CAN DIVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE TO PURCHASE THEM AT
FIRST HOME HERE IN SEATTLE AND
STAY HERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STEVE?
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> HELLO.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM STEVE WITH EMERALD CITY
SEATTLE.
WE ARE A COOPERATIVE OF UNIONS,
GOVERNMENT PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY
GROUPS, WORKFORCE TRAINING
PROVIDERS, WE WORK WITH THE
INNER SECTION OF EQUITY AND
BARMAN.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONTORTION AND
NONPROFIT BENEFITS TO BUILDING
UPGRADES AND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
WE BELIEVE IN A LEVERAGING
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS TO
ADVANCE EQUITY IN HIRING AND
PROCUREMENT AND INSTRUCTION.
WE HELP DEVELOP A BUILDING
TRADE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
THAT LED TO THE MODEL FOR THE
CWA.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT INCLUSIVE
PROCUREMENT FOR WOMEN AND
MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES IS A
KEY OPPORTUNITY FOR WEALTH
BUILDING AND CREATING A DIVERSE
WORKFORCE.
WE BELIEVE THAT PROVISIONS FOR
WILL BE CONTRACTING WOULD BE A
GREAT FIT FOR THE HOUSING
SECTOR COME ALONG FOR NEW
BUSINESSES TO START UP AND GROW
AND BECOME MIDSIZED FIRMS AND
GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF THE
FUTURE.
THAT IS WHY WE SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER STRATEGY FOR
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND
DETERMINING THE BEST PATH FOR
TO HELP ADVANCE EQUITY WHILE WE
STRIVE TO FIX HOMELESSNESS
ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE CRISES.
WE ARE SUPPORTED IN STRONG
MEASURES TO PROVIDE ANSWERS FOR
THESE VEXING CRISES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE STAKEHOLDERS TO DO SO.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEVE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> LENA?
FOLLOWED BY PATIENTS?
>> HELLO.
I AM LEO WITH THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
THE CITY'S ECOSYSTEM OF GROWTH
AND OPPORTUNITY DEPENDS ON THE
STRENGTH OF OUR HUMAN SERVICES
SECTOR.
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINICS TO
HOUSING AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
OUR 180 MEMBERS ARE WORKING AT
EVERY?
OF THE SUPPORT.
WE SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF
STRENGTHENING THE ENTIRE
INTEGRATED NETWORK OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES SECTOR.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN A
CITY WHERE OUR GOVERNMENT
VALLEYS AND PRIORITIZES
INVESTING IN OUR COLLECTIVE
EFFORTS TO FOSTER ECONOMIC,
PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL
WELL-BEING.
TO PROTECT THOSE INVESTMENTS,
AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
MAXIMIZING IMPACT.
I URGE YOU TO ADJUST ALL HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACTS TO ADJUST
WITH INFLATION.
AS SEATTLE'S ECONOMY BOOMS, WE
NEED TO ENSURE WE ARE ABLE TO
RETAIN A STRONG, DEDICATED
HUMAN SERVICES WORKFORCE.
LAST WEEK DURING THE LEARN AT
LUNCH, WE HEARD FROM HER SIN
FROM YOUTH CARE.
HE BENEFTED FROM A THREE-YEAR
RELATIONSHIP FROM HIS CASE
MANAGER, JOE.
WE ALSO HEARD THAT MANY
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE STAFF
TURNOVER RATES OF OVER 40%.
WE UNDERMINE OUR ABILITY TO
CREATE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES AND
MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY WHEN THE
COST TO PROVIDE SERVICES RISES.
BUT OUR INVESTMENT IN
INFRASTRUCTURE DOES NOT.
I URGE YOU TO THINK OF THE
BIGGER PICTURE OF OUR CITY.
IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO
CREATE A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION
TO THIS YEARLY PROBLEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN
THIS ROOM WHO DOES THIS WORK.
>> INC.
YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>> PATIENTS, WELCOME.
>> GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND CHAIR.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE.
AND UPDATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AND FINANCIAL PLAN.
AND ALSO UPDATING THE HOUSING
POLICIES.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA
ITEM AND SPECIFICALLY WE
STRONGLY SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND HER
AMENDMENT.
WE SEE THIS IS VERY INTENTIONAL
AND THINKING AHEAD OF
COLLECTING DATA TO ESTABLISH A
BASELINE TO MAKE QUICK
DECISIONS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE
WHEN WE APPROACHED THAT COULD
BE APPLICABLE ON THE GROUND.
AND OUR MEMBERS HAVE OFFERED.
WE HAVE 180 MEMBERS WITHIN OUR
ASSOCIATION THAT ARE WORKING ON
NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ELEMENT SERVICE PROVISION AND
FUNDING AS WELL.
THEY HAVE OFFERED TO BE AT THE
TABLE TO WORK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE IN DEVELOPING WHAT
THE DATA PARAMETERS WILL BE.
SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE
APPLICABLE ON THE GROUND AS
WELL.
WE ARE OFFERING THESE
CONVENIENT PLATFORMS AS THE
MONTHS GO BY.
I DID LEARN THAT YOU DID.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US BUILD
A CITY THAT IS A COMMUNITY FOR
EVERYONE AND ENSURES DIGNIFIED
LIVES WERE ALL PEOPLE.
I WILL TAKE MY LAST 30 SECONDS
TO LEND SUPPORT TO THE
INFLATION RATE INCREASE FOR ALL
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS.
WE REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS A
WAY TO GO.
WE SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THE NEXT PERSON WILL BE PETE
KURT'S.
COLORED BY MARTY.
>> HELLO.
I AM HAPPY TO SPEAK TO ALL
TODAY.
MY NAME IS PETE AND I'M A
PROGRAM MANAGER AT COMPASS
HOUSING ALLIANCE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR 5
YEARS NOW.
I STARTED OUT AS A FRONTLINE
STAFF AND SAW FIRSTHAND THE
IMPACT OF THE LOW WAGES THAT
ARE OFFERED TO A LOT OF SOCIAL
SERVICE WORKERS IN THE FIELD.
TO THAT END, I STRONGLY SUPPORT
INCREASING THE HUMAN SERVICES
CONTRACTS TO ACCOUNT FOR
INFLATION.
TO MAKE THAT WORK, WHEN I WAS
YOUNGER, I HAD TO LIVE WITH
ABOUT SIX ROOMMATES WORKING IN
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
NONPROFITS, INCLUDING DESC.
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
ALLIANCE AND HEPATITIS
EDUCATION PROJECT.
AT WORK, I REGULARLY SAW HIGHLY
QUALIFIED WORKERS LEAVE FOR
OTHER PROGRAMS.
SOMETIMES ONLY OFFERIN TWO
CENTS MORE PER HOUR THAN WHAT
THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BEING
PAID.
THE IMPACT ON THE CLIENT IS
OFTEN NEGATIVE.
THE EFFECT WAS SOMETIMES
DRAMATIC.
AS A MANAGER NOW, I KNOW THAT
LOW WAGES CONTINUE TO IMPACT
THE FRONTLINE STAFF WHERE NEW
POSITIONS OPEN.
THIS LEADS ME TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
EITHER HIRING A POTENTIALLY
UNDERQUALIFIED EMPLOYEE OR
WAITING FOR A BETTER APPLICANT
WHILE MY PROGRAM REMAINS
STRAINED AND SHORTSTAFFED.
WE LOVE DOING THIS WORK BUT IT
IS NOT EASY IN THE CITY AT THE
WAGES WE ARE BEING PAID.
I WAS MET SOMEONE FROM A MAJOR
SOFTWARE COMPANY IN SEATTLE WHO
HELD THE SAME TITLE AS I DO AND
HAD HALF THE DIRECT REPORTS AND
EARNED THREE TIMES THE SALARY.
I AM SIMPLY ASKING THAT YOU
INVEST IN US AND ALLOW US TO
CONTINUE THE WORK WE LOVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
>> MARTY FOLLOWED BY MARCY AND
ALLISON.
>> HELLO.
>> MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I WORKED FOR THAT HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM AND I
WILL BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW
YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
BUT I JUST WANT TO STATE,
RELATED TO THE PLAN WORK, I
WANT TO REITERATE THE
COMMITMENT TO THOSE WHO PUT
THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE,
PRODUCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY ARE COMMITTED.
FAR BEYOND WHAT I THINK PEOPLE
BELIEVE, TO THE DIVERSITY OF A
WORKFORCE THAT BENEFIT FROM THE
ECONOMIC WORK AND OPPORTUNITY
THAT COMES FROM THE PRODUCTION
AND MAINTENANCE OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
SO THEY WANT TO DEMONSTRATE AND
SHARE WITH YOU EVERYTHING THEY
ARE ALREADY DOING AS IT RELATES
TO THIS COMMITMENT.
TO BE PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
AS A COMMUNITY SEE EQUITY AS A
TOP ALREADY.
WE STAND READY FOR THAT AS HAS
BEEN ALREADY COMMUNICATED.
AS IT RELATES TO THE ISSUE OF
THE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT, I WAS
LISTENING AGAIN THIS MORNING TO
THE TESTIMONY AND IT HARKENS
BACK FOR ME MANY YEARS OF OUR
WORK AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
WE HAD SEVEN KEY PRINCIPLES
THAT BOUND TOGETHER WITH THE
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
ONE OF THE PRINTABLE'S WAS
CLEARLY THAT WE WERE ABOUT THE
UPLIFTING OF FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS.
NOT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION OF
HOUSES.
WE INTERPRET THAT ALWAYS TO
MEAN NOT JUST THOSE WHO BOUGHT
THE HOMES OR THE RESIDENTS
THEREOF, BUT ALL THOSE INVOLVED
IN THE PRODUCTION OF THOSE
HOUSES AS WELL AS PROVIDING
SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM TODAY.
AS YOU WELL KNOW.
IN TERMS OF HOW WELL WE RESPECT
OR DON'T RESPECT THE FRONTLINE
STAFF WHO ARE STANDING IN THE
GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY NEED TO DO THIS.
WE THANK YOU FOR LEADING ON IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A QUICK THANK YOU TO THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
WE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SENDING THIS
IN AND YOUR GENEROUS OFFER AS
YOU BOTH MENTIONED EMMA TO BE
PART OF THE TEAM TO DO THIS
EVALUATION PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER.
WE WILL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
WE WILL FALL YOU THROUGH.
WELCOME, MARCY.
VERY GOOD TO SEE.
>> I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE A TALL
MICROPHONE.
THIS IS AMAZING.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO COME AND TESTIFY IN SUPPORT
OF THE PLACEMENT ADJUSTMENTS
FOR AREA SERVICE PROVIDERS.
IN MY FORMAL ROLE AT WORK, I AM
THE ADVOCACY DIRECTOR AT SOLID
GROUND.
EVERY YEAR, THERE WERE 70,000
PEOPLE COME TO SOLID GROUND FOR
SUPPORT IN RESPONSE.
WE PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO
THOSE ACCESSING STATE BENEFITS,
TEACH COOKING, AND TEACHING
TENANTS ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITY'S.
PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HESITATION,
OFFER A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SHELTER, HOUSE OVER 400 PEOPLE,
INCLUDING 200 CHILDREN, SUPPORT
FAMILIES WITH BASIC ASSISTANCE,
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
WE PROVIDE A BROAD SPECTRUM OF
SERVICES TO MEET A BROAD
SPECTRUM OF NEEDS IN THE CITY.
OUR STAFF ARE SMART, SKILLED AND
DEDICATED.
MANY HAVE BEEN WAS SOLID GROUND
FOR YEARS.
MYSELF INCLUDED.
I'VE BEEN AN EMPLOYEE THERE FOR
14 YEARS.
SOME FOR DECADES.
THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE.
WE ASK A LOT OF THEM EVERYTHING
WILL DAY.
THEY TRAVEL AROUND THE REGION
TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THEY PROVIDE TRAUMA INFORMED
CARE.
EVERY YEAR, THE COST OF OUR,
THEY ALSO RIGHTLY RECEIVE
ANNUAL COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY HELPED MITIGATE THE COST
OF LIVING IN OUR CITY AND
REGION.
EVERY YEAR, THE COST OF WAGES,
TRAINING AND HEALTH BENEFITS
INCREASE.
MANY OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES
FAIL TO KEEP PACE.
THIS LEADS TO STAFF TURNOVER
WHICH IN TURN HAS A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON OUR PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS AND IT MAKES IT
DIFFICULT FOR US TO ADEQUATELY
ADDRESS CURRENT NEEDS, LET
ALONE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE A SMART INVESTMENT IN
OUR CITIES AND THE STRUCTURE.
INVESTING IN QUALITY SERVICES
AND SKILLED WORKERS HELPS US
ALL REACH OUR DESIRED OUTCOMES
OF A HEALTHIER, SAFER AND MORE
JUST CITY TO LIVE IN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALLISON?
AND THEN JEANNIE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
I UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW IS ON HER WAY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
COLLEAGUES GET TO SEE AND HEAR
THESE REMARKS.
I AM HERE OF COURSE ON BEHALF
OF THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS AND
OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IS A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN
SERVICES COALITION BECAUSE THIS
IS A SECTOR WIDE ISSUE.
WHAT I AM STRUCK BY AS WE
CONTEMPLATE YOUR PROPOSED
LEGISLATION TO ADJUST FOR
INFLATION, JUST TO KEEP UP WITH
INFLATION, FOR HUMAN SERVICES
FIGHTERS IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE IS TO CREATE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHOSE
WORK IS SO VITAL THAT IS OFTEN
BOTH UNSEEN AND DISCOUNTED.
TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PRIDE THAT
THEY HAVE IN THE WORK THEY DO.
THAT BEEN PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE
JANITORIAL STAFF, SENIOR
SERVICES CASE MANAGERS, YOU
WILL HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO
OPERATES AN IMPORTANT FOOD BAKE
AND SENIOR CENTER.
A SHELTER AND HOUSING PROVIDER.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.
PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK THAT
KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING.
AND IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE
INSPIRING BUT ALSO A LITTLE SAD
TO ME TO THINK THAT WE ARE
HAVING THIS VERY BASIC
CONVERSATION.
I SUDDENLY WANT TO NOTE IN THE
COURSE OF WORKING ON THIS
EFFORT, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT
MORE THAN I EVER KNEW BEFORE
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF
THE CPI.
IN FACT, THE WORK THAT YOU DID
LAST YEAR TO BUILD ON THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL TO CREATE A
MODEST AND NECESSARY 2% ACROSS
THE BOARD INFLATION ADJUSTMENT
WAS BELOW THE CPI FOR 2018,
WHICH WAS 3.4%.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT YOU ARE
PROPOSING IS COMMON SENSE.
IT IS NECESSARY.
AND IT WILL CHANGE IN A SUBTLE
BUT VITAL WAY THE CULTURE OF
THIS CITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE
VALUE THE WORK THAT WE SAY WE
VALUE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELCOME.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS JEANNIE AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PIKE
MARKET SENIOR CENTER AND FOOD
BANK.
WE ARE RIGHT IN THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET.
WE SERVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE HOMELESS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW
HEARTENING IT IS TO ME THAT YOU
ARE SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE.
IT IS, EXPERIENCE IS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN DEGREES AND
SERVING PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY
HIGH NEEDS.
IF YOU CAN'T RETAIN THE STAFF,
YOU CAN REALLY NOT DO THE WORK
WELL.
AND SO I CHEER YOU ON AND I AM
VERY SUPPORTIVE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE
FOLKS WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO
TESTIFY.
ANYONE ELSE INSPIRED TO TESTIFY
THAT WOULD STILL LIKE TO SAY
SOMETHING?
OKAY.
SEEING THEN, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND CLOSE TODAY'S A PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO
CAME.
WE HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WHO
TESTIFIED TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS
TIME.
AND FOR BEING WILLING TO BE
HERE AGAIN, WE HAVE HEARD THAT
THERE ARE FOLKS FROM CAIRO,
SEATTLE TIMES, CROSSCUT, AND
OTHERS WHO ARE FOLLOWING
ONLINE.
I THINK THAT YOU CONTINUING TO
SPEAK UP ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE FOR THIS CITY, WHAT YOU CAN
DO YOU TO DO AND THE CHALLENGE
THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY
NOT INVESTING IN THESE
CONTRACTS FULLY AND PROVIDING
AN INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT
HELPS TO UNDERSCORE EXACTLY HOW
WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO HELP
SOLVE THE CRISIS OF
HOMELESSNESS.
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM FALLING
INTO HOMELESSNESS.
TO TREAT OUR SENIORS AND YOUTH
AND DO SO, INVESTING AND YOU
ALL AS MUCH IS YOU HAVE
INVESTED IN THOSE VERY
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
WE ARE GLAD THAT THEY ARE
WATCHING FROM AFAR.
THIS WILL BE ONE OF TWO
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CONTINUE
TO HAVE IN THIS COMMITTEE THAT
AGAIN FOLLOWS ON THE HEELS OF
LAST YEAR'S DISCUSSION AND THE
VERY PACKED, STANDING ROOM ONLY
HOUSE THAT WE HAD TWO WEEKS AGO
DURING OUR WORK SESSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THANKS AS WELL TO THE FOLKS WHO
CAME TO TESTIFY ON THE HOUSING
PLAN.
THAT IS OUR MORAL COMPASS FOR
IF WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING THAT
IS STABLE FOR FOLKS THE YOU ARE
SERVING.
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THEM
AS MUCH IS IF YOU DON'T.
WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THEM HOUSE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS.
>> IF YOU COULD READ THE FIRST
ITEM OF BUSINESS AND IF WE
COULD BE JOINED BY AMY GORE.
>> CB 119542 AM AN ORDINANCE
RELATING TO CONTRACTING BY THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> WELCOME.
INC.
YOU, AMY.
DO WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> I AM AMY GORE FROM COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THIS THE FIRST TIME I
BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AT
THE TABLE WITH US.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ROLE
AT CENTRAL STAFF AND FOR ALL
YOU HAVE DONE PREVIOUSLY WITH
COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR
CURRENT WORK AND YOUR PAST
WORK.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WALK
TO THE LEGISLATION.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR BEING HERE AS AN
ALTERNATE TO OUR COMMITTEE.
IT IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU WERE
ABLE TO BE HERE FOR ALL OF THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY.
I KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE YOU
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A
WHILE AS WELL WITH
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE WILL TALK LATER ABOUT
HOUSING ISSUES YOU HAVE BEEN
TRACKING WITH US.
I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF I
MIGHT ABOUT THE IMPORTANT OF
THIS LEGISLATION WE ARE
BEGINNING TO CONSIDER.
HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO
COME AS I SAID, HEAR FROM THE
DIRECT HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS.
YOU WERE HERE LAST WEEK FROM
FRONT-LINE WORKERS TO THE CEOS.
LIKE ESTELLA, TERESA, MARK, WHO
WAS HERE LAST WEEK.
THE DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT,
FRONT-LINE STAFF, DIRECTLY FROM
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECEIVED
THE SERVICES.
OUR ALUMNI WHO HAVE BEEN
THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT
HELPS GET FOLKS STABILIZED.
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED
HUMAN SERVICES FROM OUR CITY
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
THE CASE MANAGERS BE ABLE TO
REMAIN CONSTANT AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THESE
ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED WITH
SOMETHING THEY UNDERSCORED
BETTER THAN ANYBODY CAN.
WE HEARD A FEW THINGS FROM LAST
WEEK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
OUT AND REMIND FOLKS OF.
FIRST, HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER
CONTRACTS AND THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO WORKED FOR THOSE CONTRACTS
PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS YOUTH
AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO
SENIOR CARE SERVICES, COMMUNITY
CLINIC SERVICES, TO DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT
PREVENTION RESPONSE.
FOOD BANKS AND MEAL PROGRAMS,
WE HEARD FROM THE FOLKS FOOD
BANK DOWN AT PHI, PIKE PLACE.
AND ALSO PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM
FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS.
IF MARCY IS STILL HERE, THE
ROLE THEY PROVIDE AN OPEN TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM EVER
GETTING INTO HOMELESSNESS IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
THAT REQUIRES FUNDING.
THE SECOND THING THAT WE HEARD
WAS THAT THE REASON WE CONTRACT
OUT THE WORK, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN
VERY VOCAL IN THIS.
WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
OUTSOURCING WORK, BUT IN THIS
CASE, THE REASON WE HAVE
CONTRACTS WITH THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS IS BECAUSE OF THEIR
EQUITIES AND THE STRONG
RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE WITH THE
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
THE DIRECT COMMUNITY
CONNECTIONS BOTH AS A NONPROFIT
TRUSTED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PROVIDING
SERVICES CANNOT BE REPLICATED.
THEY ARE EFFICIENT HAS OF THEIR
FOCUS AND THESE NONPROFITS HELP
US CREATE A TRUST AND NETWORK
DIRECTLY GET PEOPLE STABILIZED
AND GET THEM THE SERVICES THEY
NEED IN A WAY THAT THE CITY
CANNOT.
BECAUSE OF THE TRUST THEY
CREATED.
FROM WHAT WE HEARD, THE
NONPROFIT WORK HAS PROVIDED NOT
JUST A RELATIONSHIP WITH A
PROVEN TO BE EFFICIENT.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT.
IN THIS DAY AND AGE, SOMEBODY
WHO COMES FROM PUBLIC HEALTH
AND BELIEVES IN DATA-DRIVEN
SOLUTION, THESE ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF
HELPING TO STABILIZE FOLKS,
PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES, AND
HELP PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS AND
LOSING THE STABILITY THEY
CURRENTLY HAVE.
WE HEARD FROM TRISTAN, TONY,
SUSANNA, THEY SHARED THEIR
STORIES ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS
WITH FRONT-LINE SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND HOW THEY COULDN'T
HAVE DONE IT HAD THERE
CONTINUED TO BE HIGH TURNOVER
RATES.
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED THEM
GET STABILIZED.
WE ALSO HEARD AND I THINK IT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT IF I CAN
BORROW THIS DOCUMENT, WE HAVE
SOME SLIDES WE WILL SHOW LATER.
WE HEARD FROM ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE YOUTH CARE WHO PROVIDED
THIS CHART THAT TALKED ABOUT
THE HIGH COST OF DOING
OPERATIONS IN THIS CITY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE HIGH COST
OF DOING BUSINESS.
THESE FOLKS ARE NOT FOR PROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY ARE NONPROFIT.
EVEN ON THESE VERY SLIM
MARGINS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
INCREASES IN THE COST OF WATER
AND UTILITIES, ELECTRICITY,
INTERNET, GAS, RECYCLING,
RENTS, THESE ARE ISSUES ALONG
WITH HEALTHCARE AND WAGES THAT
WE KNOW CAUSE THE INABILITY TO
PROVIDE THE DIRECT SERVICES
THAT WE NEED IF WE ARE NOT
ACTUALLY ADJUSTING FOR
INFLATION.
THE CHARTS THAT WERE PROVIDED
BY YOUTH CARE SHOW THE
INFLATION OVERTIME.
WHAT HASN'T HAPPENED OVER TIME
IS THE CONTRAST TO KEEP UP WITH
THAT INFLATION.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM FOLKS ABOUT
THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST
TO THESE RISING COSTS.
WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING THE
ABILITY TO SEE AN INCREASE IN
CONTRACTS, THE ONLY THING THAT
MANY OF THESE PROVIDERS HAVE
ACTUAL CONTROL OVER HIS WAGES.
THAT IS WHERE WE SEE
COMPROMISES IN OUR SYSTEM WITH
40 AND 50% TURNOVER AS WE HEARD
WITH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE AS
YOU HEARD TODAY ARE STAYING ON
THE JOB BETWEEN 10-12 MONTHS.
THAT IS NOT HOW WE CREATE
STABILITY.
IT WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTABLE FOR
ANYONE IN OUR POSITIONS IN THE
CITY.
IF WE REALLY SAW THAT TYPE OF
TURNOVER AND HIGH VACANCY RATE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
RESPOND.
AND TO THRIVE AND TO CONTINUE
TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS.
BUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY DOING SO,
WE ARE HARMING OUR EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS THE CRISIS OF HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY.
I WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCILMEMBERS QUICKLY FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK LAST YEAR.
THIS IS BEEN AN EFFORT THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THE 2% INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT
FOR ALL CONTRACTS AND WHY THAT
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IS IT IS
NOT GENERAL CONTRACTS.
IT IS ALL CONTRACTS THE COME TO
THE CITY.
WILL BE HEARD FROM FOLKS AT THE
TIME, SOME OF THEM WERE IN THE
AUDIENCE TODAY, IS THAT YES, A
2% INCREASE ON YOUR PAYCHECK IS
HARDLY NOTICEABLE.
BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE
INCREASING CONTRACTS BY
HOPEFULLY AND INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT AS ALLISON SAID,
THEY ACTUALLY MEET THE
INFLATIONARY COST IN OUR CITY,
IT IS SO SIGNIFICANT.
IT IS MEANINGFUL FOR NOT JUST
THE ORGANIZATIONS BUT THE
WORKERS TO SEE THAT WORK
RESPECTED AND INVESTED IN SO
THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN GET IT
STABILIZED.
I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR
LAST YEAR'S COMMITMENT TO
FINDING THE 2% INCREASE THAT WE
APPLIED IN THE 2019-2020
BUDGET.
WITHOUT THE STABILITY, WE KNOW
THAT WE ARE NOT ON TRACK TO
MEET THE NEEDS IN OUR CITY WITH
STABILITY AND WITH THE WORK
THAT AMY HAS PROVIDED WITH
IDENTIFYING A WAY TO TIE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
JUST LIKE WE HAVE DONE AT THE
STATE AMONG WAGE SINCE 1998.
WEHAVE TIED INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS TO MINIMUM WAGE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THE $4.50 OF WE
WERE OFFERING AS MINIMUM WAGE
WAS NOT GOING TO KEEP UP.
WE TIED CPI W WITH THE MINIMUM
WAGE IN INITIATIVE 4033,
RECOGNIZING THAT EVEN AS WE
TOOK A STEP UP, WE NEEDED TO
CONTINUE THAT INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
COMING UP WITH ON YOUR OWN.
IT IS USED IN MANY OTHER WAYS,
WHICH WE WILL HEAR FROM AMY.
WHAT WE GO AHEAD AND TURN IT
OVER TO AMY TO TALK ABOUT THE
POLICY THAT IS A BIG PART OF
THE LEGISLATION.
HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE WILL
GET THERE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TODAY I AM HERE TO PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED
LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
IT WOULD AMEND THE SEATTLE
MUCINOUS PULL CORD TO INCLUDE
ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS ANNUAL INCREASE IS
INTENDED TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL
OPERATING COSTS FOR CONTRACT
GRANTEES, WHICH HAVE BEEN
ESCALATING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE
CURRENT PERIOD OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
IN THIS BRIEFING, I WILL
DISCUSS THE CURRENT CONTRACT
PRACTICES AND BUDGET ACTIONS
RELATED TO THIS TOPIC. THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION AND
POTENTIAL BUDGET IMPACTS OF THE
LEGISLATION.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE
FOUND ON THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO
ATTACHED TO TODAY'S COMMITTEE
AGENDA.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A
REVISED MEMO, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE ATTACHED
TO TODAY'S AGENDA.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE TABLE.
I WILL WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE
CLERK TO MAKE SURE AN
ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE REVISED
MEMO IS ADDED TO THE COUNCIL
BILL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
SO THAT IS AVAILABLE TO
EVERYONE.
>> MOMENTARILY, WE WILL MAKE
SURE THAT THE GET PROJECTED
ONTO THE SCREEN.
>> FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
CURRENT PRACTICE.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED THE MISSION
IN TWO WAYS BY PROVIDING DIRECT
SERVICES BY CITY EMPLOYEES AND
THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS.
SERVICES ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE
GENERAL FUND OR THROUGH FEDERAL
OR STATE GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE,
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOT GRANT
PROGRAMS.
AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PERSONS WITH AIDS.
IN 2019, HST CONTRACTED 118
MILLION AND SERVICES.
WITH 62% SUPPORTED BY GENERAL
FUNDS.
38% SUPPORTED BY NON-GENERAL
FUND SOURCES.
BECAUSE HST IS DESIGNATED AS
THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY, HST
CONTRACTS SOMETIMES COVER
SERVICES IN SEATTLE, AND KING
COUNTY, OR A COMBINATION OF
BOTH.
CURRENTLY, HST FUND SERVICES
THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BIDDING
PROCESS WHICH INCLUDES A FRONT
ORGANIZATIONS FOR MULTIPLE
YEARS.
USUALLY FOR 4 YEARS.
THAT THE AWARD IS FOR MULTIPLE
YEARS, FUNDS ARE DISBURSED
THROUGH SUCCESSIVE SINGLE YEAR
CONTRACTS AND EACH YEAR OF THE
AWARD, THE CONTRACT IS
RENEGOTIATED OR RENEWED.
INCREASES AND CONDUCT AMOUNTS
AND CHANGES TO SCOPE CAN BE
MADE THROUGH THE AWARDS PROCESS
OR TO CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION
BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED DURING
EITHER OF THE AWARD PROCESSES
OR CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS,
THE CITY HAS INCLUDED
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT IN THE
ADOPTED BUDGET TO APPLY TO HST
CONTRACTS.
FROM 2014-2018, THE BUDGET
INCLUDED INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT RANGING FROM .6% TO
2.3%.
IT IS TO BE APPLIED TO ONLY
GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS.
THE 2019 AND 2020 MAYOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDED A
2% INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR
GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS.
COUNSEL AMENDED THE BUDGET TO
APPLY A 2% INCREASE TO NON-
GENERAL FUND TRACKS.
IN 2019 AT A COST OF $903,000.
THE COUNCIL ADDED THE SAME
AMOUNT OF THE 2020 ENDORSED
BUDGET TO MAINTAIN THE 2019
INCREASE BUT DID NOT FUND AN
ADDITIONAL INCREASE FOR 2020
NON-GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS.
>> IT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ONLY
PRACTICE, IT ALIGNS WITH MY
QUESTION.
BUT THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN
IN PRIOR YEARS REFLECTED BY
THIS CHART, WE KNOW IT IS NOT A
RESULT OF COUNSEL ESTABLISHED
POLICY THROUGH LEGISLATION THAT
IS THERE A STANDING OR HAS A
WRITTEN A STANDING POLICY?
OR ARE THESE DECISIONS MADE
YEAR-BY-YEAR BASED ON A
CONSIDERATION OF OTHER OFTEN
COMPETING FACTORS?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
THESE ARE INCLUDED IN A BUDGET
WHEN EITHER THE MAYOR OR
COUNCIL FEEL LIKE THE FUNDS ARE
AVAILABLE TO COVER THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
>> OKAY.
SO MOVING ON TO THE PROPOSED CB
119542.
THIS COUNCIL BILL IS ANSWERED
BY COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
WOULD AMEND THE CODE TO
PROVIDE THAT CONTRACT, BOTH
THOSE FUNDED BY FUND AND NOT
FUND SOURCES, INCLUDE A
ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION WHEN
YOU SHOULD.
THOSE ISSUED UNDER THE
MUNICIPAL CODE UNDER THE
EXCEPTIONS.
ONE IS THAT THE CITY IS ONLY
ACTING AS A PASTOR AGENCY FOR
SERVICES THAT ARE NOT PROVIDED
IN THE CITY LIMITS.
THE SECOND EXCEPTION IS THAT
THE CONTRACT IS FULLY SUPPORTED
BY STATE MEDICAID FUNDS ARE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY TITLE 19
OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
THE THIRD IS THAT THE SERVICES
ARE PROVIDED I A CONSULTANT AS
DEFINEDIN THE SEATTLE VISIBLE
CODE OR THAT IT IS EXPLICITLY
PROHIBITED OR OTHERWISE
INCOMPATIBLE WITH REQUIREMENTS
OF THE FUNDING SOURCE.
THE PROPOSED BILL STATES THAT
THE ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE
BASED ON CHANGE IN THE SEATTLE-
TACOMA BELLEVUE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS
AND CLERICAL WORKERS.
WE REFER THESE TWO CPI W.
>> DO YOU MIND TELLING US WHERE
THE OTHER CPI W INDICATORS
USED?
>> THAT IS THE INDICATOR THAT
IS USED FOR THE MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASE FOR THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON AS WELL IS IF YOU
OTHER PLACES.
>> IT IS A COMMON PRACTICE TO
USE CPI W AS AN INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT.
>> THE PROPOSAL IS CURRENTLY
AGNOSTIC ABOUT HOW EXACTLY THE
CPI W IS USED TO CALCULATE THE
ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT.
THAT THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO
CALCULATE AN ANNUAL CHANGE.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF YOUR MEMO,
I HAVE LOOKED AT YEAR-OVER-YEAR
CHANGE IN THE DECEMBER CPI W.
WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT ANNUAL
AVERAGES AND YEAR-OVER-YEAR
CHANGE FOR A DIFFERENT MONTH OR
A ROLLING AVERAGE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN BEING MORE
SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT CALCULATION
IN THE BELL.
IF THE ANNUAL CHANGE FOR CPI W
IS NEGATIVE, THE ANNUAL
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT SHOULD BE
0%.
THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE
CONTRACTED AMOUNTS DO NOT GO
DOWN.
FOR CONTACTS, I PROVIDED YOU
THE ANNUAL CHANGE IN CPI W FORM
2001-2018 ON PAGE 3 OF TODAY'S
MEMO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT RANGED FROM
A LOW OF .4% FROM 2009-2010 TO
A HIGH OF 4.8% FROM 2006-2007.
AN AVERAGE OF 2.4% INCREASE
FROM 2001-2018.
>> IF YOU COULD FIND THE CHART
THAT SHOWS THE 2010-2020 CHART
SO THAT WE CAN ALL SEE THAT.
SO WHEN THE CPI W INCREASES --
>> SO DOES THE GENERAL FUND.
>> MOST YEARS WHEN THE CPI W
INCREASES OUR GENERAL FUND, IT
ALSO INCREASES.
PARTICULARLY DURING SIGNIFICANT
DOWNTURNS IN THE ECONOMY, AS WE
ARE USUALLY COMING OUT OF THOSE
DOWNTURNS, FOR EXAMPLE I
BELIEVE IN 2010 AND 2011, THERE
HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THE
CPI INCREASE IS MORE THAN THE
INCREASE IN OUR GENERAL FUND
REVENUES.
>> SO SINCE 2010, THERE HAS
BEEN ONE YEAR IN WHICH THE
INCREASE IN CPI W IS MORE THAN
THE INCREASE IN THE ADOPTED
GENERAL FUND RESOURCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE JUST LOOKED
AT THE LAST 10 YEARS, NINE
YEARS, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE
THINGS WE SEE IS THAT OUR
GENERAL FUND INCREASE WAS TWICE
THE RATE OF THE CPI W. IS THAT
A GOOD TAKE AWAY?
IF WE LOOK AT THE LAST 10 YEARS
HERE?
>> YES.
LET ME PULL UP THE TABLE.
IN THE PERIOD YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT, THE GENERAL FUND HAS
WENT FROM $905 MILLION TO $1.4
BILLION.
THAT REFLECTS IN SOME WAYS OUR
BIG CONSTRUCTION BOOM BECAUSE A
LOT OF THAT COMES FROM
CONSTRUCTION TAXES.
IT ALSO REFLECTS OUR VERY HIGH
POPULATION GROWTH.
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE PAYING
TAXES.
IT ALSO REFLECTS SOME NEW TAX
RESOURCES LIKE THE SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX.
BUT OVER THAT TIME, OUR ADOPTED
BUDGET GENERAL FUND RESOURCES
DID INCREASE ABOUT 40%.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME,
THE BUDGET INCREASE OF 20% FROM
2031.32 2059.47.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW IS
WATCHING AND ON HER WAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSCORE HERE
IS THAT IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE
LAST 10 YEARS FOR EXAMPLE,
FOLKS HAVE ASKED, HOW DO WE
NOTE THAT THE CPIW WILL NOT
CAUSE UNDUE HARM TO OUR BUDGET
HERE AT THE CITY.
THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE
IMPORTANT REASON WE HEARD FROM
COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHY WE WOULD
CONTINUE TO INVEST BECAUSE IT
IS A HIGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDERS HAVE
ADEQUATE CONTRACTS.
BUT ALSO WHEN WE SEE OVER THE
LAST 10 YEARS, THE GENERAL FUND
BUDGET INCREASED BY ABOUT 40%
AND THE CPI INCREASE 20%.
THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE
MATH WILL PENCIL OUT.
AT LEAST WE LOOK AT THE LAST 10
YEARS AND IT IS A MODEST
INCREASE.
THE SAME THING CAN BE SAID
ABOUT THE STATES.
REVENUE FORECAST, WHEN WE TIE
THE STATE MINIMUM WAGE TO CPI
AT THE STATE LEVEL, MANY OF THE
BUSINESSES THAT WE WORKED WITH
WHO WERE INTERESTED IN MAKING
SURE THE MINIMUM WAGE WAS
ADJUSTABLE IN A REASONABLE WAY
THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE UNDUE
HARM.
ONE OF THE THINGS SAW THAT WHEN
CPI DOES NOT INCREASE, NEITHER
DOES THE MINIMUM WAGE.
I GETTING BACK TO 2011 OR MAYBE
2012, THE MINIMUM WAGE HELD
STAGNANT FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AT
NINE DOLLARS AND 47 SAYS.
THAT IS ONE WAY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE NOT CREATING AN
INDICATOR THAT WOULD OUTPACE
THE ACTUAL COST OF TRUE
INFLATION.
HELLO, COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR EARS WERE
BURNING.
I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU.
>> I MIGHT REGRET ASKING THIS
QUESTION.
IT IS NOT INFORMATION I NEED TO
HAVE NOW.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MAYBE
A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE PROS AND
CONS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
CPI'S.
SO I CAN GET A SENSE OF HOW WE
ARE WEIGHING THE TRADE-OFFS
BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT
APPROACHES.
I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE
TRADE-OFFS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I
CAN DO.
ONE IS COMPARING CPI'S.
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING
AT CPI.
THERE ARE CPI USE.
WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT THE
METHODOLOGY WE USE WHEN
CONVERTING IT TO AN ANNUAL AND
PLACEMENT ADJUSTMENT.
I CAN PRODUCE BOTH OF THOSE FOR
THE COMMITTEE.
>> I AM HAPPY TO DO THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
I WAS SINGING YOUR PRAISES
EARLIER TODAY WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT THE WORK WE WERE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET.
WITH THE 2% INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AS A
BUDGET CHAIR, HELPING US MAKE
THAT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT
LAST YEAR AS A DOWN PAYMENT.
THEN AGAIN, WHEN WE WERE
WALKING THROUGH IT, LET THEM
TALK HERE IN A SECOND.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE
WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS INDICATOR
THAT WE HAVE USED FOR INFLATION
IN THIS BUDGET.
IT IS TIED TO CPIW.
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND
THE W CATEGORIES WHAT WE USE
WHEN WE USE MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASES.
OTHER STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE
THAT CONTRACTS KEEP UP OR WE
JUST KEEP UP WITH THE ACTUAL
COST OF INFLATION.
AND THEN I ASKED ABOUT HOW OUR
GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAS
COMPARED TO CPI AND THE
INCREASE OVER THE YEARS.
IF WE LOOK JUST AT THE LAST 10
YEARS SINCE 2010, THERE HAVE
BEEN ONE YEAR WHERE IT WAS MORE
THAN THE ADOPTED GENERAL FUND
RESOURCES.
BUT SINCE 2010, OUR GENERAL
FUND INCREASE HAS BEEN TWICE
THE RATE OF CPIW.
TO.
DOWN A LITTLE BIT, THE GENERAL
FUND BUDGET HAS INCREASED BY
ABOUT 40%.
CPIW ONLY INCREASED ABOUT 20%.
I'M HOPING TO FIND THAT CORRECT
BALANCE IN THIS LEGISLATION AS
PART OF WHAT AMY HELPED ME
ANSWER.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO
ATTEND.
MY OTHER READING, I CHAIRED THE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM BOARD AND I
JUST CAME FROM THERE AND JUST
TO COMPLICATE THINGS FOR OUR
2019 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION
RATE, IT IS GOING TO GO UP
SIGNIFICANTLY.
ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS WE ARE
LOOKING AT IN THE BUDGET,
INCLUDING NEGOTIATION AND
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE
TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT
WHEN I GET ALL OF THE NUMBERS.
BUT JUST ROUGH, ROUND NUMBERS.
THE EMPLOYER, THAT IS US.
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS YEAR
WILL BE $130.5 MILLION.
THIS TAKES PRECEDENT ALMOST
OVER ANYTHING ELSE.
AS WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AND
SMILING AT THE GOOD NEWS, I
JUST KEEP REMINDING ALL OF US
THAT I AM YOUR GRUMPY FINANCE
COMMITTEE CHAIR.
I AM GOING TO BE BRINGING ALL
OF THESE ISSUES TO US BECAUSE
THE VALUE STATEMENT OF MAKING
SURE THAT OUR PROVIDERS HAVE
THE MONEY THEY NEED TO DO OUR
GOOD WORK, IT REALLY CAUSES US
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WE WE ARE
SPENDING OUR MONEY IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I AM PUTTING PEOPLE ON ALERT
THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
DO.
BUT I AM TAKING THIS HOLISTIC
APPROACH TO HOW WE ARE SPENDING
OUR MONEY.
IN THE CITY, NOT JUST IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> I AM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
WHEN WE SEE UNDER SPENT YEAR
AFTER YEAR AND FROM CERTAIN
DEPARTMENT SOME PROJECTS THAT
WE HAVE ASKED, ANYWAY.
THERE IS MY GRUMPY MOMENT.
I AM ALL IN.
>> THINK YOU FOR UNDERSCORING
úTHAT.
SOMETHING I DIDN'T MENTION
EARLIER WAS THE GENERAL THEME
THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM ANY OF
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL
AS OUR COUNSEL COLLEAGUES.
WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THE FACT
THAT EVERY YEAR WE KNOW THAT
THERE WILL BE A INFLATIOARY
ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AT THE CITY.
WE APPLY IT TO THE CITY
WORKERS, TO THE FOLKS ON THE
FRONTLINE HERE.
AND TODAY'S LEGISLATION THAT WE
ARE CONSIDERING HELPS
CONTEMPLATE HOW WE TAKE THIS
ISSUE THAT WE ASSUME EVERY YEAR
TO REALLY APPLY IT TO THOSE WHO
ARE PROVIDING EQUALLY IMPORTANT
SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
SO THAT WE ARE NOT ENGAGED IN
THIS RACE TO THE BOTTOM
MENTALITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT
UP AND WE WILL TURN IT BACK
OVER TO AMY TO WALK US THROUGH
MORE.
>> I HAVE A FEW MORE POINTS
ABOUT THE ACTUAL POLICY AND
THAT WE WERE MOVE INTO BUDGET
PROJECTIONS.
>> COUNSEL BUILT 19542 REQUIRES
THAT NEW REWARDS CONSIDER
PREVIOUS CONTRACTS WHEN
DETERMINING WHAT WOULD BE AN
ACCURATE AND FAIR ASSESSMENT OF
THE COST TO FULFILL THE NEW
CONTRACT.
THIS LANGUAGE IS TRYING TO
BALANCE TWO GOALS.
FIRST, WE WANT THE CONTRACTS TO
BE FAIR AND DO KNOW WANT THE
BIDDING PROCESS TO RESULT IN
LESS FAIR CONTRACTS FOR OUR
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
HOWEVER, WE WANT TO ALLOW
ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND MORE
EFFICIENT WAYS TO PROVIDE
SERVICES, SUCH AS LEVERAGING,
PHILANTHROPY, REDUCING
OPERATING COSTS WHEN POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY, SECTION 2 OF THE
PROPOSED COUNSEL BILL X A
TECHNICAL CODE REQUIRE ACTION
REQUIRED BY LAW TO REQUIRE THAT
THEY ARE GOVERNED BY SECTION
3.20 OF THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL
CODE RATHER THAN SECTION 20.60
WHICH GOVERNS CONTRACT GRANTED
AND ADMINISTERED.
THE CURRENT CODE IS
CONTRADICTORY AND THIS CHANGE
WOULD CLARIFY THE CODE AND MAKE
SURE IT REFLECTS CURRENT
PRACTICE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE POLICIES BEFORE WE MOVE ON
TO DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL
BUDGETARY IMPACTS?
>> CAN I TAKE A QUICK MOMENT
HERE.
I JUST WANT TO SCAN THE LAST
SENTENCE YOU SAID.
WOULD YOU MIND GOING BACK TO
THAT LAST SENTENCE AND
UNPACKING IT A BIT?
>> RIGHT NOW IN OUR SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE, WE HAVE A
SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW
SAS SHOULD DO IT'S CONTRACTING.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT
SECTION OF THE CODE, IT SAYS
THAT ONLY THE FAS DIRECTOR IS
ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS NOT ACTUALLY
WHAT WE DO.
BUT IN THE HST SECTION OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, IT
ALLOWS THE HST DIRECTOR TO
ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.
SO WHAT SECTION 2 DOES IS IT
EXEMPTS HST CONTRACTS FROM THE
FAS SECTION OF THE CODE.
SO THAT THOSE TYPES OF
CONTRADICTIONS ARE CLEARED UP.
IT PUTS IT IN LINE WITH WHAT IS
ACTUALLY GOING ON IN THE DAY-TO-
DAY BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
>> WOULD YOU CLASSIFY THAT AS A
TECHNICAL CORRECTION THAT WAS
SUGGESTED?
>> IT WAS A REQUEST FROM THE
LAW DEPARTMENT.
>> I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT
BUDGETARY IMPACTS.
AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, THE 20/20
ENDORSED BUDGET INCLUDES AN
ADDITIONAL 2% CONTRACT INCREASE
FOR GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS AND
MAINTAINS THE 2019 2% INCREASE
FOR NON-GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS.
AN ADDITIONAL 2% INCREASE FOR
NON-GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS
WOULD COST AN ESTIMATED
$633,000.
IF THE CPI, THE INCREASE IN THE
CPIW IS MORE THAN 2%,
ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL BEEN
BUDGETED FOR THE ITEM IN 2020.
THERE ARE TWO UNDER SPENDS
WHICH COULD BE USED TO PROVIDE
AN INCREASE FOR CONTRACTS.
THERE'S AN UNDERSTAND OF ABOUT
$281,000 FROM THE 2019
ADJUSTMENT FOR NON-GENERAL FUND
CONTRACTS, WHICH COULD BE
APPLIED TO A 2020 CONTRACT
INCREASE.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS AN
ESTIMATED $200,000 UNDER SPENT
IN THE GENERAL FUND CONTRACT
INCREASE IN 2020.
IN, IF BOTH OF THESE WERE
APPLIED TO THAT NON-GENERAL
FUND CONTRACTS, ONLY AN
ADDITIONAL $150-$2000 WILL NEED
TO BE ALLOCATED TO COVER THAT.
>> I CAN PROVIDE A TABLE.
>> I CAN'T WRITE AS FAST AS YOU
ARE SPEAKING.
>> THAT AGAIN IS ABOUT THIS 2%
INCREASE FROM THE GREEN SHEET
THAT WAS ADOPTED IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET.
>> FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT YEAR.
BASED UPON UNDER SPENDS.
WE COULD DO THE 2% OVER AND
ABOVE THE 2% THAT WE BUDGETED
AND ARE ALLOCATED I HOPE IN
2018.
THAT WE WOULD HAVE MONEY TO
PROCEED BASED ON UNDER SPENDS
420 20.
>> YES.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MORE
BROADLY ABOUT THE BUDGETARY
PRICE OF THE PROPOSAL.
THE MEMBER HAS AN ATTACHMENT
THAT SHOWS THE BUDGET COST OF
2021 AND 2022 UNDER DIFFERENT
INFLATIONARY INCREASES.
2.0%, 2.4% AND 4.0%.
I CHOSE THIS PERCENTAGE IS
BECAUSE 2.0 HAS BEEN A
FREQUENTLY USED ADJUSTMENT.
2.4 WAS THE AVERAGE INCREASE IN
CPIW SINCE 2000.
AND I JUST 4.0% BECAUSE THAT
WAS THE HIGHEST CPIW ANNUAL
INCREASE DURING THIS ECONOMIC
CYCLE.
I THINK IT IS VERY UNLIKELY
THAT THAT TYPE OF INCREASE
WOULD BE SUSTAINED.
I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT FOR
ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.
AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A
REVISED MEMO, WHICH HAS
CORRECTED AMOUNTS FOR THIS.
IN THE TABLE YOU'RE LOOKING AT
SHOWS THE PREVIOUS NUMBERS YOU
HAVE MARKED UP.
A TABLE AND READ IS BELOW.
THOSE ARE THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
>> CAN YOU SCROLL TO THE LAST
PAGE AS WELL FOR THE AUDIENCE?
>> DO WE HAVE THE UPDATED MEMO
TO ADD?
>> OKAY.
AS WE ARE DOING UPDATED MEMO,
AMY, WE LOVE IT.
>> WE LOVE WHEN YOU SHOW AS A
REDUCTION IN COSTS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
WALKING US THROUGH THIS NUMBER.
ONE THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT
IS, AS COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
KNOWS, I AM INTERESTED IN
CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO
UNDERSCORE THE WAY IN WHICH WE
DO BUDGETS IN THE CITY VERSUS
THE DIFFERENCE WE DO AT THE
STATE LEVEL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY
DOES DIFFERENTLY IS THAT WE ADD
THE NUMBERS FOR THE BIANNUAL
BUDGETS TOGETHER FOR THE SECOND
YEAR.
EVEN THOUGH IN THE SECOND YEAR
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TWICE
THE COST ANNUALLY, THAT IS
ACTUALLY NOT THE CASE, RIGHT?
WHAT WE REFLECT IN THAT SECOND
YEAR IS THE COMBINED TOTAL.
SO AMY, DO YOU MIND BREAKING
DOWN FOR US THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YEARS ONE AND YEARS
TWO?
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO LOOK
AT A TWO-YEAR BUDGET AND THE
DIFFERENCE OVER TIME?
OR IF YOU WANT TO DO THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS THROUGH 2020.
I THINK YOUR MEMO SHOWS THAT.
>> OKAY.
SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THE
ATTACHED TABLE REFLECTS THE
COST IN THE BUDGET.
AS YOU EXPLAINED, IT MEANS THAT
EVERY YEAR WE ADOPT THE NEXT
YEARS BUDGET.
WE ENDORSE THE BUDGET FOR THE
YEAR AFTER THAT.
IN 2018, WE ADOPTED THE 2019
BUDGET.
WE ENDORSE THE 2020 BUDGET.
IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE
BUDGET, THE COST OF ANY BUDGET
ITEM MUST INCLUDE THE COST OF
THE FIRST YEAR AND THE SECOND
YEAR.
SO IN THIS CONTEXT, THE SECOND
YEAR OF THE BUDGET NEEDS TO
INCLUDE MONEY TO COVER THE
CONTRACT ADJUSTMENT FOR THE
FIRST YEAR AND THE SECOND YEAR.
SO THAT IS WHY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE REVISED ATTACHMENT ONE,
USUALLY THE 2022 NUMBER IS
APPROXIMATELY DOUBLE WHAT THE
2021 NUMBER IS.
WHICH REFLECTS THAT.
SO THE 2021 NUMBER, UNDER A 2%
INCREASE IS $2.362 MILLION.
THE NEXT YEAR, 2022, THE BUDGET
ADD WOULD NEED TO BE $4.771
MILLION.
THAT INCLUDES THE 2.0% INCREASE
IN 2021.
AS WELL AS THE 2% INCREASE IN
2022.
>> IF I BREAK THAT DOWN JUST
SLIGHTLY, I AM TRYING TO DO
MATH HERE ON THE FLY.
IF WE LOOK AT THE REVISED
NUMBERS IN YOUR CHART APPEAR,
JUST LOOKING FOR EXAMPLE AT THE
2.0% INCREASE, IS THAT THE
EXAMPLE YOU USED?
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL
INCREASE IN COST OVER A YEAR,
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2021 AND
2022 WOULD BE $47,000.
IT WOULD BE $47,247 EXACTLY.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
INCREASE THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT YEAR OVER YEAR.
BY WAY OF EXAMPLE BY USING 2%.
I THINK THAT IS A HELPFUL
NUMBER TO THINK OF VERSUS THE
MILLION DOLLAR FIGURE THAT
FOLKS USUALLY SEE.
>> I THINK WITH OUR FRIENDS IN
THE FINANCIAL BUDGET
DEPARTMENT, THAT MIGHT BE
ACCURATE.
BUT YOU WOULD BE PAYING $2.3
MILLION MORE FOR 2021.
AND THEN IN 2022, YOU'RE
ACTUALLY PAYING $4.7 MILLION
MORE THAN WHAT YOU WERE IN
2020.
THAT IS HOW THAT ADDS UP.
SO THE CONCERN IS, FIRST OF
ALL, LET ME UNDERSCORE, WE ARE
ALL COMPLETELY 100% IN
ALIGNMENT AROUND THE VALUE OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING AND TRYING TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR
THE HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS.
WHAT THEY WOULD SAY TO US IS
THAT AS THIS COMPOUNDS, WE NEED
TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT IT
IS GOING TO COST FOR THE
GENERAL FUND GOING FORWARD.
SO I AM BACK TO MY, LET'S LOOK
LIKE WE ARE HOLISTICALLY
LOOKING AT THIS.
WE ARE NOT PRETENDING IT DOES
NOT HAVE AN IMPACT.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY ONE THING,
THE DIFFERENCE YOU SEE HIM IF
YOU ARE LOOKING AT 2022-2021,
THE AMOUNT YOU GAVE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
IF YOU SUBTRACT OUT THE $2.6
MILLION, YOU SAY WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE?
THAT ADDITIONAL 40,000, I DON'T
OF A CALCULATOR.
BUT THAT IS THE INCREASE IN THE
INCREASE.
SO YOU HAVE THE 2% INCREASE,
WHICH IS $2.3 MILLION.
THE NEXT YEAR THAT INCREASE
WILL STILL BE $2.3 MILLION PLUS
THE $47,000.
BECAUSE THE WAY THAT WE TALK
ABOUT THIS IN THE BUDGET
CONTEXT CAN OBSCURE WHAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING YEAR OVER
YEAR, I DO HAVE A HANDOUT THAT
YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IS THE
LARGER PIECE OF PAPER.
>> THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL.
>> IT SHOWS THE YEARLY INCREASE
IN THE CONTRACT BUDGETS UNDER
THE THREE DIFFERENT
INFLATIONARY INCREASES.
2.0%.
AND ALSO IT GOES OUT THERE.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR QUICK
ADDITION THERE.
THE INCREASE IN THE INCREASE.
THAT IS WHERE THE 47,000 COMES
FROM.
IF YOU ARE ADDING THOSE TWO
NUMBERS TOGETHER, THAT IS WHERE
WE COME UP WITH THE INCREASE
OVER 2020.
THAT IS JUST FOR THE 2%.
IT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT
CONTRACTS.
WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
INCREASE THAT WE WOULD BE
ASKING FOR.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
I DO WANT TO SCORE THAT I DON'T
WANT TO FOLKS TO TAKE AWAY FROM
THIS CONVERSATION THAT IT WOULD
BE 2.5 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR.
THAT IS THE WAY WE DELINEATE IN
OUR BUDGET.
IT ALMOST MAKES IT LOOK LIKE
YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD THESE TWO
NUMBERS TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE
ALREADY ADDED THEM IN THE
SECOND YEAR.
WE WILL KEEP WORKING ON WAYS TO
DEMONSTRATE THESE CALCULATIONS.
I THINK IT IS VERY COMPLEX.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD THE
SCENARIO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS
PRETENDING THAT THIS WON'T COST
MONEY.
BUT IT IS THE SAME SCENARIO
THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN
OUR CITY LABOR CONTRACTS FOR
THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO DO
THAT WITH OUR OWN WORKFORCE.
WHEN WE, WE NEED TO ALSO FACTOR
THAT INTO THE COST OF DOING
BUSINESS.
>> I JUST WANT TO CIRCLE BACK.
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL
THESE CONTRACTS.
EVEN THE ONES INTERNALLY.
THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE DOING
THE WORK ON THE OUTSIDE ARE
GETTING THE FAIR WAGES THEY
NEED TO SUSTAIN THEIR PROGRAMS.
>> JUST TO UNDERSCORE THE VALUE
STATEMENT THAT I THINK WE ARE
ALL SEEING, WE WANT FOLKS WHO
ARE DOING THIS HARD WORK TO
HAVE AN INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT.
WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE DONE THE
INTERNAL FUNDS FOR THE COST OF
LIVING AND INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR OWN THE CITY
WORKERS.
WE HAVE NOT DONE IT FOR ALL OF
THE CONTRACTS ACROSS THE BOARD
FOR HSD.
AND TO UNDERSCORE THAT WITH
DATA, WHEN WE LOOK AT SEATTLE
GENERAL EMPLOYEES, THEY HAVE
RECEIVED AN INCREASE EVERY YEAR
SINCE 2003.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THE
AVERAGE OF THOSE INCREASES OVER
THAT TIME PERIOD.
THAT IS ALMOST THE EXACT SAME
INCREASE SINCE 2000.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT AS A
TOOL, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
RATIONALE FOR HOW THESE WORKERS
COMPARE TO OUR INTERNAL
EMPLOYEES, WE DO SEE THAT THE
DATA BACKS UP.
WE VIEWED THIS CALCULATION IN A
WAY TO INCREASE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR OWN WORKERS.
HOW EASILY WE CAN THEN
UNDERSCORE THE RATIONALE BEHIND
WHY WE WOULD DO IT FOR EXTERNAL
WORKERS.
I THINK THAT DATA POINT IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
AGAIN, THE 2.45% INCREASE FOR
OUR SEATTLE GENERAL EMPLOYEES
SINCE 2003 MEANS TO ME THAT WE
ARE ON A GOOD TRACK IN TERMS OF
POLICY RATIONALE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR NOT?
>> I THINK THAT THE CHARTS
SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT AS WE
DISCUSSED BEFORE, THE ANNUAL
VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WILL
THE HISTORICAL TRENDS WILL
CONTINUE AND IT WILL IS LIKELY
BE SIMILAR TO THE 2.4% INCREASE
ON THAT CHART.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE
INCREASES REFLECT ONLY THE COST
INCREASE FOR EXISTING SERVICES,
IF COUNSEL WANTS AN INCREASE IN
SERVICES PROVIDED, THAT WOULD
NOT BE REFLECTED IN THESE
ESTIMATES.
>> AGAIN, I THINK THE
LEGISLATION THAT YOU HAVE
WRITTEN HAS ALSO UNDERSCORED
THAT THIS DOES NOT TAKE AWAY
FROM ANY OF HSD AT THE AGENCY'S
ABILITY TO WRITE NEW CONTRACTS
AS NEEDS CHANGE OR SERVICES
CHANGE.
THOSE CONTRACTS WOULD NOT HAVE
TO BE APPLIED TO A PAST AMOUNT
FOR A CONTRACT IF THEY ARE
COMPLETELY NEW SERVICES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE NOT HAMSTRINGING THEM IN
ANY WAY.
>> ALSO, JUST FOR THE RECORD,
TO CLARIFY, I HAVE GOTTEN A
CRANKY EMAIL FROM SOMEONE WHO
SAID WE ARE DOING IT SO YOU CAN
RAISE YOUR OWN SALARIES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT GET IT.
NO MATTER WHAT WE DO HERE.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
COUNCILMEMBERS SALARIES.
>> I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO PUSH BACK ON THE NARRATIVE
THAT SOMEHOW THIS TYPE OF WORK
AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
SHOULDN'T BE FUNDED.
WE ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT EVEN IN SMALLER CITIES WHEN
WE DON'T PAY FOR THIS KIND OF
WORK.
FOLKS WILL BE INDEPENDENTLY
WEALTHY, NOT NECESSARILY FROM
THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE
REPRESENTING.
I AM PROUD OF MY CITY.
WE DO NOT GET COLAS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW
THAT.
BUT WE DO VALUE THE WORK OF THE
FRONT-LINE WORKERS.
WE HAVE INCLUDED A COST-OF-
LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THOSE
FRONT-LINE WORKERS.
WE DO NOT PROVIDE THOSE
SERVICES.
WE ON CITY COUNCIL ARE NOT
FRONT-LINE HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE
HARD WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY TO
CARRY OUT THE POLICIES THAT WE
ALL PASS.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION
TO MAKE.
THIS IS NOT APPLYING TO US.
AND IF SO, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE
ABLE TO VOTE ON IT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP ON THESE
TWO ITEMS.
IT IS TO DIG AND MORE TO THE
CPIW QUESTION.
AS WELL AS FINDING SOME
DIFFERENT WAYS OF EXPRESSING
THOSE BUDGETARY IMPACTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT,
LEAVING THIS CONVERSATION, YOU
WOULD LIKE ME TO WORK ON?
>> THANK YOU FOR UNDERSCORING
THAT.
REMIND US WHEN THIS IS COMING
BACK TO OUR COMMITTEE?
>> I BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE JULY
11.
>> SO THIS WILL BE ON OUR
HOUSING, HEALTH AND WORKERS
RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
THAT WILL GIVE US JUST ABOUT A
MONTH TO WORK THROUGH ANY
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS,
CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAVE.
OUR INTENT IS TO TRY TO WORK
WITH ALL OF YOU IN THE MEANTIME
BEFORE THAT COMMITTEE HEARING,
TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE PACKED
ROOM.
TO TALK TO SOME OF THE FOLKS
THAT WERE HERE AND TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON
JULY 11.
CANCEL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS?
I KNOW YOU BOTH HAVE UNDERSCORE
THE VALUE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> I AM GOOD.
I HIGHLIGHTED THE INFORMATION
I'M HOPING TO GET.
BUT HOPEFULLY, I APPRECIATE
YOUR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO
MOVE THIS POLICY FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE CREATED A BASELINE
FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE ARE NOT HAVING TO DO ONE
OFFS EVERY YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW?
>> I HAVE LOTS MORE QUESTIONS.
THE HOLISTIC APPROACH.
BUT I AM INTERESTED IN, IF THIS
PASSES, WHAT WILL THE
IMPLICATIONS BE DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS?
IF OUR FAVORITE FRIENDS IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES COALITION WILL
BE BACK ASKING FOR SOMETHING
ELSE?
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT UP
FRONT IF POSSIBLE.
>> SO THIS YEAR, I DO HAVE
ACTUALLY IF YOU REQUEST THAT I
DON'T KNOW ARE POSSIBLE.
THIS YEAR WE PROVIDED THE 2%
INCREASE TO GENERAL FUND AND
NON-GENERAL FUND CONTRACTS
ACROSS THE BOARD.
A TOTAL INCREASE OF $2.3
MILLION, WHICH WAS ABOUT 0.2%
OF THE 2000 IN 19 GENERAL FUND.
IT WAS AROUND $1.4 BILLION.
WHAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN IS IF
WE LOOKED FOR EXAMPLE AT THESE
THREE OPTIONS THAT YOU
PROVIDED.
WAS NOTABLY RECOGNIZING THE
2.4% INCREASE MIRRORS THE EXACT
AVERAGE INCREASE IN THE
CONTRACTS THAT THE SEATTLE
GENERAL EMPLOYEES RECEIVE.
IF WE DID A 2.4% INCREASE, WHAT
WOULD THAT BE IN TERMS OF OUR
PROJECTED OVERALL BUDGET FOR
THE UPCOMING BUDGET?
THAT COULD HELP US PUT IT IN
PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE ALONE,
THESE NUMBERS LOOK BIG.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT IN
COMPARISON TO SOME OF OUR OTHER
INVESTMENTS, IT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL FOR CONTACTS.
THE SECOND THING I WOULD LOVE
TO KNOW, AMY FEEL FREE TO PUSH
BACK NOW OR LATER.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR
US TO LOOK AT THAT RETURN ON
INVESTMENT.
IF THERE IS TURNOVER RATE IN
THE 40-50% RANGE, IF THERE IS
AN ESTIMATE FOR US ON WHAT THE
DOLLAR FIGURE COULD BE FOR BOTH
RETRAINING FOLKS, VACANCIES
GOING UNFILLED, APPOINTMENTS
GETTING UNSEEN BECAUSE THE CASE
MANAGERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, IF
WE COULD QUANTIFY WHAT THE
EXISTING CONSEQUENCE IS OF NOT
HAVING SOME OF THESE POSITIONS
FILLED, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE
POSITIONS.
LASTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHARE THIS
SLIDE WE RECEIVED LAST TIME
FROM THE FOLKS AT YOUTH CARE AS
ONE EXAMPLE.
BUT WE HAVE A GREAT CHART HERE
FROM THE YOUTH CARE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CHART THAT
THE INCREASE IN COSTS,
ESPECIALLY FOR UTILITIES,
RENTS, HEALTHCARE FOR EXAMPLE.
IF THERE IS ANYWAY EVEN FROM
THIS SAMPLE THAT IS PROVIDED TO
SHOW THE INCREASE IN THE COST
OF DOING OPERATIONS, THAT WOULD
BE HELPFUL.
BECAUSE MY ASSUMPTION IS, JUST
FROM LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE
INITIAL NUMBERS IS THAT THIS
FAR OUTPACES A 2% INCREASE WHEN
WE LOOK AT WATER AND UTILITIES
FOR EXAMPLE.
OR THE COST OF RENT.
IT WAS A NUMBER THAT I HAD IN
TERMS OF COST OF SQUARE
FOOTAGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOOK AT
SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, IT USED TO BE JUST
UNDER $20 PER SQUARE FOOT IN
2012.
ANOTHER COMMERCIAL RETAIL RENT
IS INCREASED TO OVER 26 DOLLARS
PER SQUARE FOOT IN 2018.
I CAN DO THAT MATH QUICKLY.
THAT IS ABOUT 12% INCREASE
SINCE 2010.
THAT TYPE OF DATA TO JUXTAPOSE
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN
TERMS OF COSTS FOR THESE
CONTRACTS VERSUS THE COSTS THAT
THE CONTRACTOR IS HAVE TO PAY.
THOSE ARE MY THREE BUCKETS.
THEY ARE NOT POSSIBLE IN THE
NEXT MONTH, WE UNDERSTAND.
>> I THINK IT IS VERY POSSIBLE
TO COME UP WITH SOME INDICATORS
RELATED TO THE COST OF DOING
BUSINESS.
IN SEATTLE, I THINK TRANSLATING
THAT TO EXACT SERVICE PROVIDERS
WILL BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
OBVIOUSLY, THE MENU PROVIDES
MEALS PROBABLY HAS A LOWER
WATER BILL THAN SOMEBODY WHO
ALLOWS SHOWERS.
SO I THINK MAKING THAT EXACT
CONNECTION WOULD HAVE TO RELY
ON THE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO
MAKE SURE WHAT THE COST
INCREASES ARE.
I CAN FIND SOME SORT OF WATER
INDICATORS OF THE INCREASED
COST OF DOING BUSINESS HERE IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT
UP.
THIS CHART FROM YOUTH CARE, WE
MET WITH MELINDA AND ALLISON.
A NUMBER OF OTHERS EARLIER IN
THE WEEK.
THIS IS, IT STRIKES ME AS BEING
INFORMATION THAT IS CRITICAL
FOR US TO PURSUE.
BECAUSE WHAT MELINDA WAS
SHOWING HERE WAS NOT ANYWHERE
CLOSE TO A 2% INCREASE.
IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER
FROM THE UTILITIES.
THEY DO OFFER SHOWERS.
WHEN THEY'RE MOVING TO A 24/7
MODEL AND GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE
INSIDE, THEY NEED SHOWERS, THE
FOOD PREP, ALL OF IT.
BUT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THAT
RENTAL, WHAT, FOR BUILDING,
PAYING FOR THE RENT, JUST FOR
THE BUILDING.
WHEN YOU ADD ON TO THAT
UTILITIES.
WE ARE TRYING TO RAISE WAGES
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT THE
MOST TO PROVIDE THIS BUT
ABILITY TO THE YOUTH.
TRISTAN WAS TALKING ABOUT
NEEDING THREE YEARS OF
STABILITY TO GET THAT KIND OF
STABILITY BACK IN HIS LIFE.
IT WILL COST US WAY MORE THAN
2%.
I WOULD LIKE US TO REALLY AS A
SIDEBAR BE EVALUATING WHAT IT
WOULD TAKE TO REALLY GET THE
SYSTEM INFORM TO DO WHAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY ASKING THEM TO DO.
I KNOW THAT IS NOT JUST 2%.
BUT AS YOU ARE DOING THIS
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, MAYBE
YOU CAN HELP US.
I KNOW THAT TRACY AND ALLIE ARE
HERE.
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN IT TOO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO UNDERSCORE AND
RESTATE MY SHARED INTEREST WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
REQUEST THAT WE ALSO LOOK AT
WHAT YOU REFER TO AS THE RETURN
ON INVESTMENT.
I THINK WE COULD DO A MUCH
BETTER JOB IN THE CITY.
SYSTEMWIDE.
ACROSS OUR INVESTMENTS, AND
SHOWING HOW THOSE INVESTMENTS
IF DONE WISELY ACTUALLY SAVE
DOLLARS.
I REMEMBER DURING THE
DISCUSSIONS AROUND 2012, WE
RELIED HEAVILY ON SOME STUDIES
FROM ECONOMISTS THAT LOOKED AT
HOW THE RATE OF TURNOVER IS
IMPACTED BY INVESTMENTS IN
WORKERS.
SO WHEN YOU IMPROVE TURNOVER
RATE, REDUCE IT, THERE ARE
COSTS TO THE COST SAVING TO THE
EMPLOYERS THEMSELVES.
AND THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
STORY TO TELL TO BE FISCALLY
RESPONSIBLE.
THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL IF
WE COULD GET FROM OUR PROVIDERS
INFORMATION ABOUT THE RATES OF
TURNOVER.
WE COULD MAKE SOME PROJECTIONS
ABOUT HOW ADDRESSING THIS MIGHT
REDUCE THOSE RATES.
>> WELL STATED.
ANOTHER THING, WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.
SO AN EXAMPLE, WITHIN THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHEN
WE FINALLY BUILD THE CRISIS
SOLUTIONS CENTER, SO THAT
PEOPLE HAD A PLACE TO GO THAT
WAS NEITHER THE JAIL NOR THE
FIFTH FLOOR, THE COST SAVINGS
FOR THE TAXPAYERS BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT
ON THE HUMAN BEING THAT WE ARE
TAKING SOME PLACE, WHERE THEY
CAN GET STABILITY AND GET
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO GET
STABILIZED IN THEIR PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL LIFE, THAT SAVES THE
SYSTEM A LOT.
IF THERE IS A WAY WE CAN
RECAPTURE THAT AND REINVEST IT
SOMEWHERE ELSE, WE ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT IT.
BUT THEN IT COMES TO THE END OF
THE YEAR IN THE BUDGET AND WE
ARE JUST SO UP AGAINST THE WALL
TO HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
I AM NOT SURE HOW WE MOVE IN
THAT DIRECTION.
BUT IF YOU GENIUSES CAN HELP
US, THAT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
AGAIN, JULY 11?
IS THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU
TALKED ABOUT?
>> THE MEMO SAYS JULY 13.
>> EXCELLENT.
SO WE WILL BRING THIS BACK
WITHIN THE MONTH.
AND WE WANT TO THINK AGAIN THE
FOLKS WHO CAME TO TESTIFY.
AMY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION IN THE COMMITTEE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK
IS IMPORTANT IS THE RETURN ON
INVESTMENT FOR THE DIRECT HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND THE CONCERT ABOUT THE
VACANCY RATE.
IT IS ALSO A RETURN ON OUR
INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE VERY FOLKS THAT ARE BEING
EMPLOYED BY THE CITY TO DO THIS
WORK, WE ARE APPLYING THEM TO
THE CONTRACTS.
MANY ARE WAITING IN THE FOOD
BANK LINES.
THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HOUSING
BECAUSE OF THE LOW WAGES.
IN SOME CASES, LIVING IN THEIR
OWN CARS.
AND WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS WHO WE
ARE FUNDING TO DO THIS WORK WHO
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SERVICES,
THEY MUST BE A CONSEQUENCE
WHICH WE CAN POTENTIALLY
CALCULATE AS WELL.
WE CAN POTENTIALLY SAVE ON THE
FRONT-END BY PAYING THESE
CONTRACTORS BETTER.
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO DO THAT
LEVEL OF ANALYSIS.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT
FORGET THOSE STORIES THAT WE
HAVE HEARD TWO.
AND THE COST CONSEQUENCES TO
THE CITY AND SOCIETY WHEN WE
HAVE NOT FULLY FUNDED THESE
CONTRACTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I
KNOW YOU ARE RUNNING SHORT.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE
MINISTRATION AND FINANCE PLAN.
IF YOU COULD READ INTO THE
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO GO
THROUGH THIS IN A LOT OF
DETAIL.
SO POTENTIALLY WE CAN GET TO
THESE AMENDMENTS TODAY.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, TO
15.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
HOUSING FOR LOW HOUSING AND LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
ADOPTING THE HOUSING LEVY
ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL
PLAN FOR PROGRAM YEARS 2018 AND
2020.
>> TRACI RATZLIFF AND EMILY
ALVARADO.
>> WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE IN
OUR COMMITTEE NOW FOR 3 TIMES.
THIS UPDATE HAPPENS EVERY TWO
YEARS.
THIS IS THE ADMINISTRATION AND
FINANCE PLAN FOR THE 2019-2020
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
YEARS.
DEALING WITH FUNDS LIKE THE
HOUSING LEVY, INCENTIVE ZONING
PAYMENTS, AFFORD ABILITY
PAYMENTS, AND OTHER FUND
SOURCES.
I WANT TO SAY THIS IS OUR MORAL
DOCUMENT.
OUR GUIDING COMPASS FOR HOW WE
USE THE FUNDS.
I WILL RESERVE OTHER COMMENTS
FOR LATER.
TRACY AND EMILY, IF YOU HAVE
ANY OPENING COMMENTS, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO DO SO.
WE WOULD LOVE TO WALK TO THE
VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT WE
HEARD LAST WEEK, MAYBE FOCUS ON
THE ONES, IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
>> COOL.
YOU SAID IT ALL.
WE DID HAVE QUITE AN EXTENSIVE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF
YOU TODAY.
I WILL HIGHLIGHT WHEN I GO
THROUGH THESE AMENDMENTS
QUICKLY, THE ONES THAT ARE NEW
TO THE CONVERSATION.
THERE AREN'T THAT MANY,
ACTUALLY.
THE MAJORITY YOU HAD A
CONVERSATION ABOUT AND IF I
MAY, SEEM TO BE SUPPORTED BY
THE MAJORITY OF YOU ALL.
WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO START
RUNNING TO THE AMENDMENTS.
>> IF YOU LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE ONES THAT ARE
NEW.
AND THE ONES THAT MIGHT BE IN
DISPUTE.
IS THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY
TO DO IT?
WE CAN THEN MOVE THROUGH THOSE
AMENDMENTS AND HELP YOU GET
ALONG WITH THE ADOPTION OF
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT A MEMO NUMBER
FOUR.
THIS WOULD BE A NEW SECTION
THAT WE WOULD ADD TO THE
COUNSEL BILL CB 119531.
IT WOULD REQUEST HOUSING
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO
EVALUATE STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE
LABOR EQUITY OUTCOMES.
INCLUDING ENCUMBRANCE OF
EVALUATION OF THE HOUSING
PROJECT.
JUST TO REMIND COUNSEL NUMBERS
AND THE PUBLIC, IT IS A HOUSING
PROJECT THAT THE CITY WILL BE
UNDERTAKING EMMA WHICH WE ARE
USING AS A PILOT TO TEST THE
IMPOSITION OF PRIORITY HIGHER
PROGRAMS.
IT IS ONE THAT REQUIRES IN THE
CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY WORKFORCE
AGREEMENT, IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE
OTHER REQUIREMENTS BUT THE CORE
OF THAT IS THE PRIORITY HIGHER
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
THAT PROJECT IS OUR PILOT
PROJECT.
IT IS WHAT WAS DECIDED WOULD BE
THE BEST APPROACH IN TERMS OF
RUSHING TO APPLY PRIORITY TO
HOUSING PROJECT.
WITHOUT THE COST OF DOING THAT.
THE CONCEPT HERE WAS TO TEST
REQUIREMENTS ON THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN TO SEE AT THE END OF
THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THAT
PROJECT, WHERE DO WE END UP IN
TERMS OF THE BENEFITS?
AND THE COST?
TO DETERMINE AT THAT POINT
WHETHER THE PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE IMPOSED
ON ALL FUNDING PROJECTS.
>> NOT TO NITPICK HERE, BUT
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
MINORITY BUSINESS WOMEN'S
ENTERPRISE, I SEPARATE THOSE
TWO THINGS.
>> THEY ARE SEPARATE.
>> THE PRIORITY HIGHER.
>> SO I WANT TO OFFER A LITTLE
BIT OF CONTEXT ON THIS ONE.
TO ALSO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT
I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY
CONTROVERSY ON THE VARIOUS
AMENDMENTS WE ARE CONSIDERING.
WE HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO WORK
TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS
COLLEAGUES OVER THE LAST WEEK.
THANKS TO TRACI RATZLIFF'S
QUICK WORK ON THIS.
WE ALSO WANT TO UNDERSCORE , ON
A MEMO NUMBER FOUR, WE DID
RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
I WILL SHARE WITH THIS YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
WE DID HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK
ABOUT IT.
SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE TWO
AMENDMENTS THERE THEY ARE
REFERENCING.
A MEMO NUMBER FOUR, WHICH
RELATES TO THE LABOR EQUITY
OUTCOMES.
THE RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WE
ARE BOTH JOINTLY OFFERING AT
THIS POINT, GIVEN THE JOINT
INTEREST IN THE EARLIER
CONVERSATION AND HAVING SOME
LANGUAGE THAT REFERENCED THE
LABOR STANDARD POLICY.
WHAT YOU WILL SEE FROM THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM,
IT MIRRORS THE SEATTLE BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
COUNCIL, WHICH HAVE UNDERSCORED
AN APPRECIATION FOR US TRYING
TO GATHER THIS INFORMATION.
SO ON THAT SECOND PAGE THERE IS
A MEMO, IT IS WHERE THEY
REFERENCE THE SUPPORT FOR THE
LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE NOW COME
TOGETHER TO PUT FORWARD TO
CREATE ENCUMBRANCE OF STRATEGY
TO ADVANCE LABOR EQUITY AND
HOUSING.
YOU HEARD FROM THE FOLKS FROM
NORTHWEST ENERGY.
THE HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT
CONSORTIUM EARLIER TODAY, THAT
THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
REVISED A MOMENT.
IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT WHEN WE
ARE CREATING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, WE ARE INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
WE WANT TO SEE THIS COMMITMENT
TO JUSTICE ALSO REFLECTED IN
THOSE GOOD LIVING WAGE JOBS.
AS WE HAVE HEARD, THEY HAVE 180
MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH US.
THE LABOR COMMUNITY AND THE
CITY AND THE EXECUTIVE
SPECIFICALLY TO HELP COME UP
WITH A STRATEGY THAT WILL BE
REPORTED BACK TO US IN
SEPTEMBER.
IT WILL LOOK AT ISSUES THAT WE
HAVE ALREADY INCLUDED IN
LEGISLATION IN THE PAST.
LIKE OUR LANGUAGE WE HAVE
INCLUDED IN THE PILOT THAT IS
NOT AWARDED TO PLYMOUTH
HOUSING.
IT WAS INTENDED TO CREATE
STRONGER LABOR PROTECTIONS AND
POLICIES AND HOW THE CITY IS
USING THOSE LABOR PROTECTIONS
THAT IN MANY CASES ARE ALREADY
BEING USED.
HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY SAYING THAT
IS REFLECTED IN THE PROJECTS
THAT GO FORWARD THAT THE CITY
IS FUNDING.
RECOGNIZING WITH CITY FUNDED
DOLLARS, WE WANT TO INVEST IN
THE PUBLIC'S GOOD AS WELL AS
BUILDING UNITS.
I THINK THAT WAS UNDERSCORED
THIS MORNING FROM FOLKS.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THE
LEGISLATION IN A MEMO NUMBER
FOUR IS THAT WE HAVE DRAWN FROM
THE LANGUAGE THAT WE WORKED ON
WITH THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
TRADES LAST YEAR.
THEY HELPED US COME UP WITH
LEGISLATION.
IT WAS ENERGY EFFICIENCY
STANDARDS THAT WE HAD SUPPLIED
TO THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
RETROFITTING LEGISLATION.
WE HAVE PULLED FROM LANGUAGE AS
WE MENTIONED, THE EVALUATION OF
THE CASE PROJECT THAT LOOKED AT
ISSUES LIKE PRIORITY HIGHER,
PARTNERSHIP UTILIZATION,
APPRENTICESHIP PREFERENCE,
PRIORITY FOR LOCAL WORKERS.
UTILIZATION OF WOMEN AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR.
IN BOTH CONTRACTING AND
DIRECTOR WORKERS.
MY ASSESSMENT COMES FROM THE
ABILITY TO PULL TOGETHER ALL OF
THESE EFFORTS AND LOOK AT
APPLES TO APPLES.
CONTAINED WITHIN THIS AMENDMENT
IS A PLAN FOR LABOR AND THE
CITY AND OUR PROVIDERS TO COME
UP WITH A DATA COLLECTION
STRATEGY.
TO LOOK AT ALL CITY FUNDED
CONTRACTS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE A DATE ON EXISTING
PRACTICES AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO
CREATE GREATER PILLARS OF OUR
COMMITMENT TO LABOR STANDARDS
ACROSS CITY FUNDED PROJECTS.
IT WILL COME TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ON SEPTEMBER 30 OF THIS
YEAR.
I WILL ALSO BE AROUND.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
WORK BROADLY WITH LABOR,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS AND
THE REST OF COUNSEL AS WE THINK
ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.
>> AND JUST TO ADD MY TWO CENTS
ON THIS, I AM REALLY EXCITED.
NOT JUST TO EVALUATE WHAT THE
PILOT HAS ACCOMPLSHED AS FAR
AS THESE GOALS FOR OUR
WORKFORCE BUT ALSO TO COLLECT
THE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER
HOUSING PROJECTS.
THAT IS REALLY HOW WE STARTED
TO CREATE ALREADY HIGHER IN
SEATTLE.
WE COLLECTED DATA AT THAT
POINT.
WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON
LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF
WORKERS THAT WERE FROM SEATTLE
THAT WERE ON THESE TAXPAYER-
FUNDED PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.
WE FOUND THAT ONLY 5% OF THE
WORKERS ON THOSE PROJECTS WERE
ACTUALLY RESIDENTS OF THE CITY
WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
I THINK THAT COLLECTING THIS
INFORMATION WILL CREATES SOME
FOCUS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT
STAKEHOLDERS ON THE GOAL IS.
ON THE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE USING CITY TAX DOLLARS,
NOT JUST TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BUT TO ALSO HELP CREATE
PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THE CITY TO HAVE LIVABLE WAGE
JOBS.
>> SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
OFFICER AND THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE ON THIS.
THE CASE SITE IS A BIG DEAL.
ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY, ADDING
NEW PARTNERS, I ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE OUR FRIENDS IN
UPTOWN.
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS.
REALLY DEMANDING THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING HAVE MORE LOW
INCOME AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
DO YOU WANT TO JUST ADDRESS
THIS?
THIS PARAGRAPH?
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
TELL US FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING STANDPOINT?
>> I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD
A LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO
LABOR EQUITY.
OVERTIME, YOU SEE MORE AND MORE
EXPLICIT POLICIES INCLUDED
WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND
FINANCIAL PLAN.
WE DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS ALREADY
FOR PREVAILING WAGES.
WE DO HAVE GOALS SET AROUND
UTILIZATION AND WE CONTINUE TO
SEE PROJECTS EXCEEDING THOSE
GOALS.
ARE HOUSING DEVELOPERS ARE
DOING A GOOD JOB AT
INTENTIONALLY IMPLEMENTING
THOSE STRATEGIES. WE HAVE TAKEN
A CURSORY LOOK AT SOME DATA
THAT WE KNOW WE DO HAVE.
WE SEE REALLY STRONG OUTCOMES
FOR PRIORITY HIGHER ZIP CODES.
WORKERS WITH THOSE ZIP CODES ON
OUR PROJECTS.
WE ARE EXCITED TO FOLLOW THIS
APPROACH.
THIS APPROACH WORKS WELL FOR
US.
TO ALL GET TOGETHER, CONTINUING
TO ADVANCE LABOR EQUITY BY
ANALYZING THE DATA AND ACTUALLY
REPORTING ON, IN SOME CASES,
HOW WELL THE PROJECTS ARE
PERFORMING.
>> EXCELLENT.
SO JUST TO UNDERSCORE THE
PROCESS HERE.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO IS TALK
ABOUT A FEW OF THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD.
WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF
THOSE AND AT THE VERY END, WE
WILL CONSIDER THE FULL
LEGISLATION AND VOTE ON EACH OF
THOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE
LEGISLATION AS AMENDED AS A
PACKAGE.
WE WILL NOT DISCUSS AFTER EACH
AMENDMENT.
WE WILL NOT THOUGH BUT WE WILL
DO THAT AT THE END.
>> IS A FORMER GRAMMARAN, MAY
I POINT OUT A CONSERVATION OF
PUNCTUATION ON SECTION 4?
>> WE HAVE TWO PERIODS AT THE
VERY END ONLINE SIX.
>> I WILL ACCEPT THAT AS A
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
>> ALL GOING TO BE WRAPPED INTO
THE AMENDMENTS.
>> OKAY.
LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT
AMENDMENT, WHICH WE ACTUALLY
DID DISCUSS.
THERE ISN'T ANY CONTROVERSY.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE
CAME TO A CONVERSATION WITH OH.
THIS IS ABOUT THE FORWARD
COMMITMENT POLICY WHERE THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING DIRECTOR HAS
THE ABILITY TO FORWARD COMMIT
SOME FUTURE FUNDS IN A CURRENT
POLICY.
IT ALLOWED UP TO 30%.
OR $8.6 MILLION.
THAT MEANT THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO FOR COMMIT THESE
OTHER FUNDS.
WE NOW HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE
THAT SAYS NO, THOSE OF THE
FUNDS THAT COUNT TOWARDS
COMMITMENT.
WE WANT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
FROM A .6 MILLION TO 50
MILLION.
WHICH IS FUN WITH THAT.
THAT SEEMS A REASONABLE
ALTERNATIVE BETWEEN.
THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THE
SUBSTITUTE.
THERE IS NO DISPUTE.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW.
WE CAME TO A RESOLUTION ON
THAT.
>> OKAY, LOOKING TO A MEMO
NUMBER 11, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
ISSUES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
LAST WEEK.
IT HAS TO DO WITH MUTUAL
TERMINATION AGREEMENTS.
THE HOUSING FUNDING POLICY DOES
HAVE A MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT HAS
CERTAIN ELEMENTS THAT ARE
REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED BY
HOUSING PROVIDERS WHEN THEY GET
READY TO OPEN A NEW PROJECT.
COUNCILMEMBER HAD SUGGESTED
THAT WE ADD SOME LANGUAGE.
AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING
PROVIDERS WHO USE MUTUAL
TERMINATION AGREEMENTS.
TO SAY THAT IF THEY ARE GOING
TO USE THOSE AGREEMENTS, THEY
HAVE TO HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY
THAT ALLOWS THE USE OF SUCH
AGREEMENTS AND WHEN CONDITIONS
MIGHT BE ACTED UPON.
THIS LAST PHRASE, PART OF THE
PHRASE, THAT IS THE THING THAT
WE HAVE NOW RAISED AS A CONCERN
BECAUSE IN THEIR EXPERIENCE,
WITH THEIR PROVIDERS, SOMETIMES
W SHOW A TERMINATION
AGREEMENT.
IT IS NOT USED IN SITUATIONS
WHERE THERE IS NOT AN EVICTION.
WHAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED AND
WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOW
RECOMMENDING, OMIT THAT LAST
PART OF THE PHRASE AND THEY
WILL HAVE A WRITTEN POLICY IF
THEY WILL USE MUTUAL
TERMINATION AGREEMENTS.
THAT THIS COUPLED WITH THE
LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE
ORDINANCE THAT HAS A WAY TO
TALK TO STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT WHEN
THE MUTUAL TERMINUS AGREEMENTS,
WHAT ARE SOME SAMPLE POLICIES
THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO
PROVIDERS?
>> I THINK THAT IS FINE.
THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF THIS
AMENDMENT, I ABSOLUTELY
CONSIDER IT FRONTALLY.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A WRITTEN
POLICY.
I WAS ONLY ASKING FOR A WRITTEN
POLICY IN THE TERMS, IN THE
INSTANCES WHERE THEY WERE USING
IT IN PLACE OF AN EVICTION.
I WASN'T ASKING FOR A WRITTEN
POLICY IN THE CASES WHERE THE
TENANT ACTUALLY WANTED TO
LEAVE.
SO IF THEY WANT TO GIVE A
BROADER POLICY FOR BOTH
SITUATIONS, I AM FINE WITH THAT
AS WELL.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
INTEREST IN ACCEPTING THIS
AMENDMENT AND THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST
WEEK.
ALSO, TO HTC FOR FLAGGING THIS
LATE YESTERDAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK
WE SAW IN THE LETTER THAT THE
CONCEPT OF LIMITING THE
AGREEMENTS TO SITUATIONS WHERE
A LEGAL OF ACTION IS LIKELY TO
OCCUR, IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE
DISADVANTAGEOUS TO THE TENANTS.
WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT
SOMETIMES THOSE TENANTS DO WANT
TO MOVE.
THEY HAVE LIVES CHANGE, THEY
HAVE A JOB CHANGE.
AND RECOGNIZING THAT SOMETIMES
THESE MUTUAL TERMINATION
AGREEMENTS ARE USED TO BE EVAN
TATIAN TO THE TENANT TO GET OUT
OF LEASE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE IS
THAT IT WILL HELP US GET THE
DATA WE NEED AS HDC SUGGESTED
IN THEIR LETTER.
THIS PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE A
GREAT TO AMEND HERE WOULD ALLOW
FOR THE CITY TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR CITY
FUNDING OWNERS ARE USING THESE
POLICIES OF GETTING A WRITTEN
POLICY SO THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR
TO THE TENANT VERY CLEAR TO OUR
DEPARTMENTS AS WELL ON HOW
THESE ARE BEING USED.
AND TO COLLECT THE POLICIES.
THAT IS A GREAT PRACTICE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY ASKING FOR
A BROAD THING.
>> THAT IS CLARIFICATION.
BECAUSE THAT WILL BE GREAT.
WE WILL HAVE A BASELINE
UNDERSTANDING.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE GETTING
WITH THE INITIAL LANGUAGE.
>> I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
CONCERNS ABOUT INSTANCES WHERE
MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENTS
ARE USED.
WHEN A TENANT WANTS TO LEAVE.
MY CONCERN, IT WAS ONLY WITH
MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENTS.
WHEN THEY WERE BEING USED AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO A CONVICTION.
FOLKS WANT TO PROVIDE US WITH A
BROADER POLICY, THAT IS FINE.
>> I LOVE IT.
I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
YOU ARE CLEAR IN YOUR
STATEMENT.
>> SO THE INTENT AGAIN, TO
UNDERSCORE FOR FOLKS IS THAT ON
PAGE 22, UNDER THE PLAN, WE
WOULD BASICALLY BE STRIKING IN
INSTANCES WHERE THE CONDITIONS
FOR EVICTION MIGHT NOT
OTHERWISE BE ACTED UPON.
IT HAS A GREAT IMPACT AND WE
WILL SHARE THAT.
>> CAN I JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE
WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING COOPERATIVE
AND COLLEGIAL.
IT IS REALLY MOVING THIS
FORWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
THANKS TO MARTY AND TO PATIENTS
FOR GETTING THIS LETTER TO US
SO QUICKLY.
WE OBVIOUSLY, YOUR OPINION
MATTERS.
THANKS FOR ALWAYS BEING RIGHT
THERE WHEN WE NEED HELP.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE
AMENDMENT FORWARD WHEN WE DO
VOTE.
>> CAN I SAY ONE THING?
AS THIS AMENDMENT RELATES TO
INCLUDING ITEMS IN OUR
MANAGEMENT PLAN, I JUST WANT TO
FLAG THAT OUR OFFICE OF HOUSING
MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS A DIFFICULT
TASK OF REVIEWING THOSE
MANAGEMENT PLANS SO REALLY FOR
US, THE MOST ESSENTIAL PIECE ON
THIS ISSUE IS DOING THAT
EXPLORATORY WORK TO IDENTIFY
WITH THE BEST ACTRESSES ARE SO
THAT THEN THE ASSET MANAGEMENT
TEAM IS IN A POSITION TO ASSESS
WHETHER OR NOT THE POLICIES
THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED ARE
USEFUL OR NOT.
OTHERWISE, FOLKS MIGHT INCLUDE
THEM IN A MANAGEMENT PLAN, BUT
WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO
SAY, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THIS
IS OR IS NOT BEST PRACTICE.
JUST FLAGGING HOW THOSE ARE PUT
TOGETHER.
>> I APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION
OF THE LANGUAGE IN SECTION 3 TO
HELP YOU DO THAT.
THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I
WAS THINKING OF.
BUT I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
DOVETAILS INTO THE LARGER
OBJECTIVE.
IT IS HELPFUL.
>> OKAY.
>> MOVING TO AMENDMENT 13,
WHICH IS ALSO INCLUDED.
THIS IS THE AMENDMENT OFFERED
BY TRANSECT AS IT RELATES TO
THE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM
PROBABLY.
IT WOULD INCREASE THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF OH FUNDING FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS FROM
$90,000 TO $100,000.
ONLY FOUR UNITS WITH THREE MORE
BEDROOMS.
I THINK YOU DID MENTION THIS AT
THE END OF COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
YOUR INTENTION TO BRING THAT.
BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN FRONT
OF US.
JUST LET YOU KNOW.
>> WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM
FOLKS AT THE COMMITTEE LAND
TRUST ABOUT THIS.
THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF SONS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE IS UP TO $90,000
PER YEAR.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT A FAMILY OF
FOUR HAS TO HAVE A HOUSEHOLD
INCOME OF 110% OF AMI IN ORDER
TO AFFORD A MORTGAGE ON A
$500,000 HOME.
OR WITH DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A
HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF 90% AMI.
OR $90,000 PER YEAR.
OUR FUNDING DOESN'T ALLOW FOR
FUNDING OF LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS.
THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED OWNERS
WHEN THERE 90% AMI.
THE FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE
FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OR
FOLKS WHO ARE IN THAT POSITION.
WHAT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO
IS IT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROVIDE
SUFFICIENT DOWN PAYMENT
ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE AT
OR BELOW 80% AMI.
BUT IT TAGS THAT FUNDING AMOUNT
ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF UNITS
WITH THREE OR MORE BEDROOMS.
AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THAT WE ARE
TYING THE SIZE OF THE HOUSEHOLD
IN THE AMI.
THE 80% AMI OF THAT HOUSEHOLD.
WHAT THE GAP IS FOR
AFFORDABILITY FOR THAT
HOUSEHOLD FOR THESE HOMES.
>> OKAY.
AND THE FINAL AMENDMENT IS
AMENDMENT NUMBER 18.
THIS IS ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY
NOT REFLECTED IN THE
SUBSTITUTE.
IT IS WITH COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
IT WAS NOT DISCUSSED LAST WEEK.
SO THIS AMENDMENTWOULD AMEND
THE HOUSING FUNDING POLICY FOR
THE RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAM TO
REQUIRE HOUSING PROJECTS
DEVELOPED BY SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY THAT RECEIVE $5
MILLION OR MORE OF CITY FUNDING
TO INCLUDE A GOAL OF HIRING AT
LEAST ONE APPRENTICE THAT IS A
GRADUATE OF A PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
RECOGNIZED OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
FOR EVERY FIVE APPRENTICESHIPS
THAT ARE HIRED FOR SUCH
PROJECTS.
>> NOT A WHOLE LOT TO ADD ON
THIS.
OTHER THAN THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, TRACI
RATZLIFF.
GETTING THEM TO AGREE TO THAT
HAVING THIS AS A REQUIREMENT
BUT AS A GOAL.
>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
FOLKS FROM THE SEATTLE AT
HOUSING AUTHORITY AS WELL.
AND THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN
THE PAST.
TO STEP UP ON MANY OF THE LABOR
PROTECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE
MENTIONED.
EMILY AS WELL.
IN THE INTERESTS.
THEIR INTERESTS IN STRONGLY
WORKING WITH US.
WE USE THE PLATFORM OF PUBLICLY
FUNDING PROJECTS AND AN ENTITY
LIKE THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY TO UNDERSCORE THE
JOINT PARTNERSHIP AND INTEREST
IN BOTH NOT JUST CREATING UNITS
BUT CREATING GOOD LIVING WAGE
JOBS AS WE BUILD THE HOUSING.
WE DON'T WANT FOLKS WHO ARE
BUILDING HOUSING TO THEN BE
QUALIFYING FOR THE VARYING
HOUSING WE ARE BUILDING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.
THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR ME TO
THANK TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM PAUL
PUBLICLY FOR STEPPING UP ON
THIS AMENDMENT.
>> WHAT IS OUR HOLDING TRAIT?
>> DID HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK
WITH SOME FOLKS?
AARON?
INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
>> I AM AARON HOUSE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA'S
OFFICE.
THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
BROADER LABOR STRATEGY IN
PARTICULAR.
THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON
THE CASE SITE TO COME UP WITH
WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE.
WITH THE DATA WE WANT TO
CONNECT.
WHEN WE GO BACK AND EVALUATE
THE PILOT, WE CAN TAKE ABOUT
BROADER POLICY DIRECTION.
SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE
GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE
DIRECTION ON THIS.
>> I HAVEN'T TALKED WITH MARTY
ANDERSON ABOUT THIS.
WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS
THAT THE APPRENTICES ARE
PREPARED.
THEY COME TO WORK PREPARED.
WHAT STRUCK ME IS THAT, BEING A
GRADUATE OF A PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
RECOGNIZED BY L AND I, DOES
THAT LIMIT OUR POOL FOR
QUALIFIED APPRENTICES?
>> THIS IS FOR THE PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
THIS IS NOT FOR AN ACTUAL
APPRENTICE PROGRAM.
IT IS BASELINE TRAINING PROGRAM
THAT WAS OFFERED TO PEOPLE WITH
NO EXPERIENCE IN THE TRADES.
GIVES THEM SOME REALLY BASIC
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
SKILLS ARE THE SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AND IT POSITIONS
THEM POTENTIALLY TO MOVE INTO
THE TRADES AND POTENTIALLY TO
THEN GET IN LINE WITH THE
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
>> YOUTH CARE HAS A PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
THE THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
I DIDN'T WANT US TO GET SO
TIGHT.
THIS IS ALSO WHAT THE PRIORITY
HIGHER PROGRAM REQUIRES IN
TERMS OF THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM.
>> AS FAR AS THE BACKGROUND AND
THINKING ON THIS, LOOKING AT
THE DIFFERENT COMPONENT OF
PRIORITY HIGHER, AS ZIP CODES,
PRIORITY ZIP CODES,
APPRENTICESHIP AND PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.
THE PROXY THAT AS AJ USES
BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF
FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT LOOKS A
LOT LEG THE PRIORITY ZIP CODES.
THAT SECTION 3. THEY ARE
PERFORMING VERY WELL.
THEY ARE EXCEEDING WHAT
REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE FOR
PRIORITY HIGHER FOR THE ZIP
CODES FOR INSTANCE.
SIMILARLY, AS AJ PROGRESS ARE
PERFORMING VERY WELL ON
APPRENTICESHIP PARTICIPATION.
GENERALLY.
AS COMPARED TO CITY PROJECTS.
THE USE PRIORITY HIGHER.
THE PIECE THAT WAS MISSING OF
THE COMPONENTS FOR PRIORITY
HIGHER, THAT IS PRE-
APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAY.
SO IN IDENTIFYING THIS AS A
GOAL FOR AS AJ, THAT ALLOWS US
TO ADD THAT MISSING PIECE OF
THE PRIORITY HIGHER PUZZLE.
>> DOES IT CAUSE OH ANY
PROBLEM?
>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
DOUBLE CHECKING, ESPECIALLY FOR
OUR FRIENDS IN THE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES.
MAYBE WE WILL DO FOLLOW-UP FOR
THAT AS WELL.
WE WANT UNDERSCORE FOLKS, THIS
WILL NOT BE COMING TO FULL
COUNCIL ON MONDAY.
COMING UP, IT WILL BE ON THE
FOLLOWING COUNSEL ON MONDAY,
JUNE 24.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
AND I THINK THAT INCLUDES YOUR
AMENDMENTS YOU WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> READY TO MOVE ON WITH ABOUT.
OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE
MOVE FORWARD?
>> A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO
THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS.
>> SO CARRYING ON OTHER THANK
YOU'S, THANK YOU TRACY FOR YOUR
WORK WITH US.
THIS IS NOT JUST A CONVERSATION
YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IN
THE OFFICES AT CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS ALSO OUR LARGER COMMUNITY
HOUSING ROUNDTABLE THAT WE HAVE
PULLED TOGETHER.
TO WALK TO THE VARIOUS
COMPONENTS OF THE ANF PLAN.
THANK YOU EMILY FOR YOUR TEAM.
WE HAVE WAY TO MUCH EXCITEMENT
FOR THIS.
IT IS A BUNCH OF ALPHABET SOUP.
YOU HELPED US UNDERSTAND THE
EXCITEMENT AND THE EXCITING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CHANNEL
THE POLICY IDEAS WE HAD INTO THE
ANF PLAN.
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS
WITH THAT.
YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT MANY
OF THOSE, ESPECIALLY THE
COMMITMENT THAT WE HAVE
PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THAT WE
TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME.
AS WE BUILD HOUSING, WANTING TO
BUILD CHILDCARE HEALTH CENTERS,
COMMITTEE CENTERS, AND TO DO SO
IN A WAY THAT IS REFLECTED THE
PLAN.
YOU WILL FIND LITTLE JEWELS
THROUGHOUT THIS DOCUMENT THAT
HAVE COME DIRECTLY FROM
COMMUNITY.
IT REALLY UNDERSCORES WELL THE
MOMENTS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST
TIME IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY
PREFERENCE, POLICY, AFFIRMATIVE
MARKETING POLICY, OPPORTUNITIES
FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS, TO
HAVE THE CHANCE TO NOW HAVE A
HOME.
I LOVE THAT WE HAVE DONE ON
EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF
BEDROOMS SO THAT FAMILIES CAN
AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS CITY AS
WE ELEVATE HOUSING.
WE ARE ALSO ELEVATING WORKER
PROTECTIONS IN THIS PIECE OF
POLICY.
SO JUST A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO
THIS.
THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, LED BY
EMILY AND DIRECTOR WALKER.
JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND AARON HOUSE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR ONGOING WORK ON
THIS.
FOR HELPING US GET THESE
AMENDMENTS IN.
AND ALSO WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
IT HAS BEEN REALLY A BADGE OF
HONOR TO HAVE YOU ON OUR TEAM.
I THINK THAT THE DOCUMENT HERE
IS MORE INFORMED BECAUSE OF
YOUR WORK AND WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>>> BEFORE RECALL TO VOTE, I
KNOW I ALWAYS DO THIS.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG AN
AMENDMENT RELATED TO A NEW
PIECE OF WORK WE ARE DOING.
>> COULD WE DO IT AFTER THE
VOTE?
>> IT IS IN THE PACKAGE.
>> WE JUST DIDN'T TALK ABOUT
IT.
THE AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE
ADDED PILOT.
I WANT TO THANK ALLIE WHO IS
NOT AT THE TABLE FOR
IDENTIFYING THAT WE DID NOT
INTEND TO HAVE THE PILOT BE
EXCLUSIVELY FOR ADS WITHIN THE
EXISTING STRUCTURE.
IT COULD ALSO BE USED FOR THE
ACCESSORY DETACHED UNITS AND
WITH THIS PILOT, WE CAN MAKE
THOSE SPACES MORE LIVABLE.
THAT IS REALLY TIED TO THE WORK
THAT WE ARE DOING AND THE
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT DIRECTLY TIES IN.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR
INPUT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND
FINANCE PLAN.
EMILY, IS IT IS?
>> WHAT WE WILL DO IS I WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE TO BRING THE
BILL FORWARD.
THEN I WILL HAVE TO MOVE TO
REMOVE AMENDMENT 11.
THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WILL
MOVE TO INCLUDE HER REVISED
MOMENT.
THEIR ABOUT ON THE WHOLE
PACKAGE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO PAST
CB 119531.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> ALL IN FAVOR OF MOVING
AMENDMET, ALL IN FAVOR OF
CONSIDERING REMOVING AMENDMENT
11, WHICH WAS EXHIBIT B, I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU SO
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE MENDING
COUNSEL BILL TO 15 BY
SUBSTITUTING BIRCH INTO FOUR
VERSION1 A, BY SUBSTITUTING
VIRGIN 44 VERSION 3. AND BY
SUBSTITUTING VERSION 34 VERSION
2 OF EXHIBIT B. EXCEPT FOR
AMENDMENT 11.
WHICH, UNDERSCORES AMENDMENT
11.
>> I SECOND THAT.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> ANY POST?
NONE.
IT IS UNANIMOUS.
WE HAVE REMOVED THE MOMENT A
FROM THE DOCUMENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER THE
REVISED AMENDMENT 11.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
REVISED PROPOSED AMENDMENT 11.
>> GREAT.
WE CAN FIND AN EXHIBIT B.
CHAPTER 4, SECTION A, 10, D, AS
PRESENTED BY COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD REFERS TO
REVISED AMENDMENT.
>> GREAT.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
NONE?
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE?
ANY POST?
NOT OPPOSED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THANK YOU
FOR MOVING THAT MOTION FORWARD.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 18?
>> OH BOY.
SURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT
18.
RELATED TO THE, WHAT IS THIS
RELATED TO?
THE APPRENTICESHIP GRAHAM.
MENDING COUNTABLE 11 9531.
BEFORE, SECTION E.
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS BY
ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH AS
PRESENTED IN MM AND 18.
>> EXCELLENT.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY POST?
NONE.
GREAT.
IT APPEARS THAT AMENDMENT 18
HAS CARRIED AND THE AMENDMENT
IS ADOPTED.
SO HERE WE ARE WITH OUR AMENDED
LEGISLATION.
THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
CB 119531 AS AMENDED.
>> ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
>> ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NOT OPPOSED.
GREAT.
IT IS UNANIMOUS.
WE WILL BRING FORWARD THE
VARIOUS PIECES OF LEGISLATION.
AND WE WILL RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF CB 119531 AS AMENDED.
ON THE JUNE 24 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU AS WE DO THE
IMPLEMENTATION.
>> I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS.
SERIOUSLY.
THIS HAS BEEN A TON OF WORK.
I'M GLAD YOU'RE PART OF THE
TEAM.
YOU HAVE BEEN A STAR THE NUMBER
OF TIMES YOU HAVE BEEN
EXPLAINING ALL THIS TO ME.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WE
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
IF ANYONE WONDERS, WE KEEP
CALLING IT THAT ANF PLAN.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN FOR OUR
SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY.
THIS IS A THING VOTERS VOTE ON.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
INC.
YOU.
>> GOOD POINT.
HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES LEFT.
WE HAVE EXTENDED THIS TO NOON,
HOPING YOU GUYS MIGHT BE ABLE
TO STAY FOR THE LAST 15.
WE DELAYED HAVING A
CONVERSATION OF THIS LAST ITEM
WHICH IS NOTICE OF INTENT TO
SELL.
JUST A BRIEFING TODAY.
WE WILL GET YOU OUT OF HERE ON
TIME.
THE YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING
US AARON.
IF YOU READ INTO THE RECORD
ITEM NUMBER THREE.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> AGENDA ITEM 3 CROP CB
119537. ,
REQUIRING THE OWNERS OF CERTAIN
MULTIFAMILY RENTAL HOUSING TO
NOTIFY THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, THEY SEATTLE HAS
AUTHORITY AND THE TENANTS OF
THE OWNERS PROPOSED SALE OF
THAT HOUSING.
FOR A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>>, YOU WANT TO REINTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
>> TRACI RATZLIFF AND EMILY
ALVARADO.
>> I WILL BE VERY BRIEF.
WE KNOW THE COST OF HOUSING
CONTINUES TO SKYROCKET IN THE
CITY.
YOU'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT EVERY
TOOL THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE
TOOLBOX.
THERE IS NO ONE TOLD YOU CAN
HELP US ADDRESS PORTABLE
HOUSING ACROSS THE BOARD.
AS WE SEE THE COST OF HOUSING
MEANS THAT UNIT GO UP FOR SALE
AND GETS OLD JUST LIKE THAT.
MANY OF THE FOLKS WERE LIVING
IN MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES THINK
OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES, EVEN TO
PLEXUS AND TRIPLEX IS, THOSE
UNITS GO UP SO FAST.
WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO DO IN
THIS LEGISLATION WITH YOUR HELP
IS TO CREATE THE ABILITY FOR
BOTH TENANTS AND EXISTING
STRUCTURES AND THE NONPROFIT
DEVELOPERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO
THESE MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES.
BEFORE THEY GO UP FOR SALE ON
THE OPEN MARKET.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN IN
OTHER CITIES IS THAT WHEN WE
CREATE THIS WINDOW FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TENANTS AND
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, TO HAVE
ACCESS TO MAKE AN INITIAL BID,
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE COST OF
THE SALE BUT IT DOES CREATE A
LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ESPECIALLY OUR NONPROFIT
DEVELOPERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO
HELP CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE
UNITS ACROSS THE BOARD.
VERY BRIEFLY, ARE YOU GOING TO
GO TO THE EXISTING LEGISLATION?
>> TRACY WILL DO THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR THE ONGOING CONVERSATION
THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH MANY OF
YOUR OFFICES AND FOR THE OTHER
CITIES WHO HAVE GIVEN US A
CHANCE TO LEARN FROM THEM.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE
CONVERSATION TODAY.
WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
OTHER FOLKS IN THE INDUSTRY TO
TALK ABOUT VARIOUS WAYS IN
WHICH THIS CAN BE MADE
IMPLEMENTABLE.
I LOVE THAT WORD.
IT IS NOT JUST THE VISION.
IT IS HOW WE MAKE IT WORK, SO I
WANT TO FLY FOR FOLKS THAT THIS
WOULD BE COMING BACK FOR
CONSIDERATION IN THIS COMMITTEE
AGAIN ON JULY 11.
IT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF THE
CONVERSATION.
>> TRACY, WHAT ARE YOU WALK US
THROUGH WHAT EXISTING LAW IS
AND HOW WE ARE PROPOSING TO
CHANGE THAT.
>> THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE
FIRST NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL.
THAT POLICY REQUIRES OWNERS OF
MULTI FAMILY UNITS WITH FIVE OR
MORE HOUSING UNITS WITH AT
LEAST ONE OF THOSE UNITS
RENTING AT A RATE AFFORDABLE AT
OR BELOW, WHICH TODAY WOULD BE
$1500 FOR STUDIO, $1500 FOR A
ONE-BEDROOM.
THE OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO
PROVIDE THE NOTICE TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THE OWNER MUST PROVIDE THE
NOTICE AT LEAST 60 DAYS PRIOR
TO LISTING PROPERTY WITH A REAL
ESTATE LISTING SERVICES OR
ADVERTISING IT ON THE INTERNET.
THE NOTICE MUST INCLUDE THE
OWNERS NAME, PHONE NUMBER AND
ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THESE
REQUIREMENTS.
THEY DO IT ON A COMPLAINT BASIS
ONLY.
THE SEATTLE DEFERMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS IS
AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE A PENALTY
OF UP TO $500 OR ANY PERSON WHO
FAILS TO PROVIDE EXISTING
REQUIRED NOTICE.
IN TERMS OF MOVING TO THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION, IT WOULD
MAKE A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THE
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL
POLICY.
THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING.
IT WOULD EXPAND NO NOTICE
REQUIREMENTS OF MULTIFAMILY
RENTAL HOUSING UNITS WITH TWO
OR MORE HOUSING UNITS, AGAIN
WITH ONE OF THOSE UNITS RENTING
AT A RATE AFFORDABLE TO A
HOUSEHOLD AT OR BELOW 80% OF
AMI.
THIS IS NOT APPLY TO SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES.
AND THAT IS BASICALLY BECAUSE
OF THE DEFINITION THAT WE USE
IN THE LEGISLATION.
IT EXCLUDES THOSE FROM THIS
POLICY.
IT DOES INCREASE THE PERIOD
FROM 60-90 DAYS PRIOR TO A
BUILDING BEING LISTED FOR SALE.
IT REQUIRES AN OWNER TO SUBMIT
A SIGNED DECLARATION UNDER
PENALTY OF PERJURY, AFFIRMING
THE OWNER HAS COMPLIED WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY SUBMIT
THE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE
OFFICE HOUSING.
IT ALSO REQUIRES IN ORDER TO
PROMINENTLY POST A NOTICE IN
THE BUILDING, NOTIFYING TENANTS
OF THE OWNER'S INTENT TO SELL
THE BUILDING SO THE TENANTS ARE
INFORMED OF THIS IMPENDING
ACTION.
THE NOTICE MUST BE POSTED NO
LATER THAN 90 DAYS PRIOR TO THE
BUILDING BEING LISTED OR
ADVERTISED FOR SALE.
THE NOTICE MUST INCLUDE
INFORMATION ON THE AVAILABILITY
OF HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTING FROM
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING.
AS WELL AS INFORMATION FROM THE
CITY ON PROGRAMS THAT CAN HELP
RENTERS WHO MIGHT HAVE SOME
NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT
OF A BUILDING SALE.
ALSO REQUIRES AN OWNER WHO IS
NOT ACTIVELY MARKETED, NOT
GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF BEING
ABLE TO LIST, BUT ACTUALLY HAS
GOTTEN AN UNSOLICITED OFFER,
REQUIRES THEM ALSO TO PROVIDE A
NOTICE TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND TO THE TENANTS WITHIN TWO
DAYS OF RECEIVING THE OFFER.
>> HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH COLD
CALLS?
>> I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT YOU ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT
SELLING YOUR PROPERTY.
IF SOMEONE GOES UP AND SAYS I
WOULD LOVE TO BUY THAT HOUSE,
HERE IS AN OFFER.
>> IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH.
THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR THAT HE
RECEIVE AN OFFER AND THEY
INTEND TO ACT ON THAT OFFER.
IT HAS TO NOT JUST BE THAT THEY
GOT A CALL OR A FLYER THAT SAYS
WE WANT TO BUY YOUR PLACE, IT
IS THAT THE OWNER IS INTENDING
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT
OFFER.
IT IS MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR
THAT THAT HAS TO BE PART OF THE
EQUATION.
>> I AM SO SORRY.
I CAUGHT THE TAIL END OF THAT
QUESTION.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE SOMETHING
I KNOW YOU HAVE ALREADY SAID.
THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO SINGLE-
FAMILY HOMES.
IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO ANY HOME
THAT HAS THOSE.
IT FOR THOSE WHO THINKING, WHAT
DOES THIS DO TO ME?
IT WOULDN'T APPLY THERE.
>> I WAS GOING TO HOLD THIS
QUESTION BUT SINCE YOU
UNDERSCORED THE FACT THAT IT
DOES NOT INCLUDE SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO ONE OF THE URBAN VILLAGES
WITHIN MY DISTRICT IS REALLY
INTERESTED IN PURSUING SOME
SORT OF AN OVERLAY WITH THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS
SOLD, THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST
FLIPPED.
THAT AN AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR YOUNG FAMILIES, FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP, THAT THEY ARE
WORRIED THAT IT WILL LOSE ITS
AFFORDABILITY.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN
CREATING SOME SORT OF OVERLAY
JUST IN THE MORGAN JUNCTION FOR
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
SO WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY ACCOMPANYING
RESOLUTION DIRECTED OUR OFFICE
TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
FROM MORGAN JUNCTION ON THESE
ISSUES.
WE HAVE MET WITH FOLKS SEVERAL
TIMES AND I THINK THAT PART OF
THAT CONVERSATION REVEALS IS
THAT IN THIS EXISTING ORDINANCE
THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN AND FROM
THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE
REAL INTEREST IS IN FINDING
WILLING SELLERS WHO WILL THEN
SELL TO AN ENTITY LIKE A LAND
TRUST OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN
AFFORDABILITY.
SO WE HAVE TALKED TO YOUR
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT HOW WE BOTH
EDUCATE OWNERS ABOUT
OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW WE INFORM
THEM ABOUT THE ABILITY TO
TRANSFER PROPERTIES TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
AND THAT CAN COME IN MANY WAYS.
IT IS PARTLY ABOUT BUILDING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH PROPERTY
OWNERS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT
WHAT IT SAYS.
SOMETIMES, IN THESE CASES,
CARROTS AND INFORMATION OR
EDUCATION SHARING IS REALLY
WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE
EXISTING LAW, THIS IS A LITTLE
BIT OF A PIVOT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
FOCUSED A LOT ON IN
IMPLEMENTING THE EXISTING LAW
IS HOW TO EDUCATE PROPERTY
OWNERS ON THE REQUIREMENTS ON
THIS LAW.
WE ARE UNLIKELY TO GET OWNERS
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
TRANSACTING PROPERTIES WITH
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS
IF THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.
CONFIDENCE IN THE ABILITY TO
SELL THE PROPERTY THAT WAY.
WE DID MAILERS TO ALL PROPERTY
OWNERS.
WE POSTED THE INFORMATION ON
OUR WEBSITE.
WE WORKED WITH THE RENTAL
HOUSING ASSOCIATION AND WORKED
WITH EDUCATIONALLY FOCUSED OF
LIMITATION OF THAT.
SIMILARLY, IN SOME
NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE IS AN
INTEREST IN MOVING PROPERTY
FROM PRIVATE TO NONPROFIT
OWNERSHIP EMMA THAT EDUCATION
PIECE IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL.
>> THAT KEEP GOING.
WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE
MINUTES.
THE LAST TWO PROVISIONS THAT
ARE WORTH NOTING.
ONE, THE ORDINANCE WOULD
PROHIBIT AN OWNER FROM
EXECUTING A PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT FOR THE BUILDING
UNTIL 90 DAYS AFTER ACQUIRED
NOTICE HAS BEEN ISSUED.
IN WHICH CASE THEY ARE GETTING
READY TO LIST THE PROPERTY.
90 DAYS BEFORE THE CAN ACTUALLY
MOVE FORWARD WITH EXECUTING A
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT.
FINALLY, THE PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION GOES FROM $500-$2000.
>> GREAT.
SO I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT WE
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED NOT
JUST IN PASSING LEGISLATION BUT
IN MAKING SURE THAT IT IS
WORKABLE AND THAT THERE IS
ENFORCEMENT.
WHEN WE SEE $500 PENALTIES
RIGHT NOW AND ALSO RECOGNIZE OF
THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT THERE
HAVE ONLY BEEN NINE INDIVIDUAL
SALES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR
NOTICE UNDER THE EXISTING
ORDINANCE, IT MADE US THINK
THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB
OF BOTH DOING EDUCATION AS
EMILY TALKED ABOUT AND ALSO
DOING A BETTER JOB OF
ENFORCEMENT.
I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND THAT
$2000 IS A HUGE PENALTY BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT IT WOULD
POTENTIALLY BE A DROP IN THE
BUCKET COMPARED TO THE UP
ACTUAL SALE.
WE HAVE SEEN OTHER INNOVATIVE
MORE ROBUST STRATEGIES USED IN
OTHER CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO
LEGISLATION LIKE THIS.
BUT I THINK RECOGNIZING THAT IT
IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE STAKE AS
EMILY TALKED ABOUT.
NOT JUST ABOUT THE PENALTY BUT
MORE ABOUT THE EDUCATION AND
BROADENING OUT WHO GETS
NOTICED.
WHEN WE DO THINGS LIKE NOT JUST
INCREASE THE FINE BUT DO A
BETTER JOB OF NOTIFYING THE
TENANTS, WHICH IS NOT A
úCOMPONENT OF THE EXISTING
ORDINANCE, AND WE BROADEN OUT
THE NUMBER FROM NOT JUST FIVE
AND MORE UNITS BUT TO TO AND
MORE UNITS.
THERE IS MORE OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I AM
EXCITED ABOUT IS POTENTIAL
FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE CHANGES
AT THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS US
TO THINK ABOUT THE CONDO
SITUATION AND MOST FAMILY
STRUCTURES.
THERE MIGHT BE MORE PEOPLE WHO
WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE UP THESE
FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERSHIP
OPTIONS AS TENANTS.
WHEN WE DO A GOOD JOB OF
POSTING INFORMATION AT THE
FRONT, PERHAPS MORE THESE
INDIVIDUALS WILL WANT TO WORK
WITH OUR NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS
TO POTENTIALLY INITIATE A
TRANSACTION.
AND AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM
OFFICE OF HOUSING IN SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY, ACQUISITION
IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE A
TOOL TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHICH
STRUCTURES WE CAN BRING ONLINE
TO KEEP AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT SAID, REGARDING THE 90 DAY
WINDOW, EXISTING POLICY AS YOU
KNOW IS 60 DAYS.
WE HAVE BROADENED THAT OUT
BECAUSE MANY OF THE FOLKS AT
OUR COMMITTEE HOUSING
ROUNDTABLES HAVE SAID WITHIN A
60 DAY PERIOD, IT IS REALLY
HARD TO INITIATE THAT
TRANSACTION, TO GET ALL THE
PAPERWORK TOGETHER.
90 DAYS WOULD BE MORE
REASONABLE.
AND WE ARE ENGAGING IN FOLKS
WHO ARE ON THE SELLER SIDE.
THEY SAY WE USUALLY GET A HEADS
UP WITHIN 30 DAY PERIODS.
WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING IS
ACTUALLY INTERESTED.
MAYBE THERE IS BOTH TIMEFRAME
THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
FIRST, IS THERE A NOTICE OF
INTEREST THAT WE CAN DEFINE IN
THE FUTURE DRAFT FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER?
AND IF THERE IS INTEREST, THEN
THE 90 DAY PERIOD KICKS IN.
I WANT A FLAG FOR YOU ALL IN
THE PUBLIC OR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT
BE LISTENING.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE
THAT OPTION.
AND OVER THE NEXT MONTH,
BECAUSE THIS WILL NOT COME BACK
UNTIL JULY 11.
WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE WITH
YOU THE POTENTIAL FOR THE
INTENT TIMEFRAME AND THEN THE
TRANSACTION FOR INITIATING A
TRANSACTION TIMEFRAME.
>> A COUPLE OF AREAS YOU
MENTIONED THAT I AM INTERESTED
IN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SAN FRANCISCO
MIGHT HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A
GATE THAT ALLOWS FOR SOMEBODY
TO RAISE THEIR HAND.
AND THE SECOND GATE IS I WILL
BRING FORWARD TO YOU A
STATEMENT FROM THE BANK THAT
SAYS I AM CAPABLE OF DOING
THIS.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS WE WILL
GIVE YOU SOME TIMELINES TO MAKE
THAT WORK.
WE WILL TELL YOU, I AM
INTERESTED IN THAT TIER BASED
ON THE SIZE OF THE UNIT FOR
EXAMPLE.
I AM, HAVING BEEN HERE, I KNOW
THAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WAS
HERE AS WELL AND A DIFFERENT
CAPACITY.
BUT WE WORKED ON THIS.
THE NOTION OF THE 60 DAYS PRIOR
TO LISTING A PROPERTY.
THAT WAS QUITE A DEBATE.
HOW LONG THAT WAS GOING TO BE.
AND THE OTHER WAS THE FIVE OR
MORE.
THAT LIKEWISE WAS A DEBATE.
THE REAL ESTATE GROUPS THAT I
HAVE HEARD FROM ARE SAYING THAT
THE FOR AND OTHER ARE NOT A BIG
DEAL BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF,
THERE ARE NOT DUPLEXES BUT QUAD
PLEXUS.
PEOPLE LIVE IN ONE AND THEY
HAVE THEIR MOTHER LAW AND ONE.
I WOULD LOVE AS TO CONSIDER
THAT FIVE UNITS OR MORE, I
WOULD LIKE TO RAISE IT AND TALK
TO OTHER FOLKS ABOUT WHY WE
CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER.
I ALSO THINK THAT 90 DAYS
FRANKLY IS A REALLY LONG PERIOD
OF TIME.
IF YOU ARE SELLING A HOME, DID
GEM IS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT.
OTHERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO GET
FINANCING TOGETHER.
LIKE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT,
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN QUEEN ANNE,
HAD YOU KNOWN, YOU COULD HAVE
HAD THE TIME WHEN THERE WERE
PEOPLE WITH THE WHEREWITHAL TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS.
THE TIERED TIMING.
THEY GATE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY
PART OF THAT.
I WILL GIVE YOU A CERTAIN
NUMBER OF DAYS NOTICE.
I THINK I UNDERSTAND SAN
FRANCISCO IS LIKE FIVE DAYS.
IT SEEMS REALLY SHORT BUT THE
IDEA IS RAISE YOUR HAND.
TELLING YOU ARE INTERESTED OR
NOT.
IT IS NOT FAIR IF NO ONE IS
HOME.
THE FIVE DAY STARTS TAKING.
I WOULD LOVE US TO EXPLORE
THAT.
I KNOW THE 60 DAYS WAS HARD-
FOUGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE TIMING
COULD BE.
LET'S HAVE AN ACTUAL GATE THAT
SAYS WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS.
FIVE DAYS, 10 DAYS, 15, I AM
INTERESTED.
THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO.
AND THEN HAVE WITHIN THE NEXT
CERTAIN NUMBER OF DATES, HERE
IS MY FINANCE PLAN.
AT LEAST A STATEMENT FROM THE
BANK SAYING THIS PERSON HAS THE
WHEREWITHAL TO DO THIS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY IN
RETROSPECT, I DO REMEMBER IN
2015 WHEN THIS WAS BEING
DISCUSSED.
IN RETROSPECT, I DON'T QUITE
UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS SO HARD-
FOUGHT.
THERE WERE NINE PROPERTY OWNERS
THAT COMPLIED WITH THE LAW.
WE KNOW THAT IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY.
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MORE
PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SOLD IN
THE CITY.
SO THAT IS A FUN THING TO
REFLECT UPON.
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
GET THIS RIGHT SO PEOPLE
COMPLY.
>> SO ON THAT ISSUE OF
ENFORCEMENT, JUST TO FINISH UP
MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT, ON THE
ISSUE OF ENFORCEMENT, I WOULD
LIKE TO EXPLORE WHETHER OR NOT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING MIGHT
CONSIDER A, SOMETHING LIKE WHAT
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
DOES. NOT JUST WAITING FOR A
COMPLAINT TO COME FORWARD, BUT
HAVING SORT OF AN AFFIRMATIVE
ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
AND PERHAPS WHAT THAT MIGHT
MEAN IS PERIODICALLY CHECKING
WITHTHE KING COUNTY ASSESSOR.
IT WOULD BE AFTER-THE-FACT,
RIGHT?
ON NOTICES OF VIOLATION.
MAYBE NOTICES OF SALE.
MAYBE DOING AND AGREEING TO
CHECK 5% OF SALES PER YEAR.
TO SEE AND COMPARING THE
ASSESSORS RECORDS WITH YOUR OWN
RECORDS.
TO SEE OF THE SAMPLING YOU HAVE
LOOKED AT HIM A WITH HER OR NOT
THOSE PROPERTY SALES REFLECTED
ADHERENCE TO THIS NEW
REQUIREMENT.
BECAUSE THESE AREN'T DOCUMENTS
THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE FILED
NORMALLY WITH THE CITY.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE FILED
WITH KING COUNTY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRING
THEM BUT YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT
YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE NOT
BEING FILED.
>> I WILL ENCOURAGE US TO THINK
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE ONE MONTH.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRING THAT
UP BECAUSE I KNOW THE WHEELS
ARE TURNING.
GIVES US A FEW WEEKS TO TO TURN
ON THOSE IDEAS.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT
JUST PUTTING THOSE ON PAPER BUT
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
MAKE IT WORK AND BE
ENFORCEABLE.
I WILL ASK YOU ALL TO THINK
ABOUT THAT AND WORK WITH US AS
WE THINK ABOUT THAT COMPONENT.
ANY OTHER COMPONENTS?
>> I HAD ONE OTHER SUGGESTION
FOR US TO CONSIDER IN THE NEXT
MONTH.
THAT IS TO CONVENE A GROUP OF
STAKEHOLDERS, TENANT ADVOCATES
AND PROVIDERS.
>> AND BROKERS.
>> TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN
BOTH CREATE A SYSTEM WHERE WE
ARE MONITORING AND IDENTIFYING
PROPERTIES THAT CAN GO UP FOR
SALE AND ADVANCE.
AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY MAKING
SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS IT
RELATES TO CREATING THE BUDGETS
AND'S CAPACITY BUILDING FOR
TENANT GROUPS TO WORK TOGETHER
WITH NONPROFITS TO PURCHASE THE
BUILDINGS.
DC HAD A MODEL FOR THAT
CAPACITY BUILDING MODEL.
SO PERHAPS A GROUP OF
STAKEHOLDERS COULD ALSO OPINE
ON THAT AS WELL.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO SAY YES AND.
STAKEHOLDERS. BUT LET'S BROADEN
THE STAKEHOLDERS IS A NO ONE
FEELS LEFT OUT.
>> I THINK THERE IS A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE
HAVING.
ONE IS WE WILL DEFTLY CONTINUE
TO CONVENE STAKEHOLDERS. THAT
IS A GREAT IDEA.
WHEN I SAY STAKEHOLDERS, IT IS
BROUGHT.
BELIEVE ME.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ENGAGE
IN BOTH THE SELLERS, TENANTS
AND NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS AS
WELL AS THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
TO GET FEEDBACK ON LEGISLATION.
THEN I THINK WHAT YOU ARE
SAYING.
ASSUMING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE IT IS NOT JUST MAKING
AVAILABLE THE INFORMATION BUT
THEN HOW DO YOU DO THE ASSET
BUILDING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
ACTUALLY ACCESS THOSE DOLLARS
AND MAKE A TRANSACTION
POSSIBLE, WHICH WOULD BE A
BROADER STICK ORDER PROCESS
GOING FORWARD.
I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THOSE
COMMENTS.
I HEARD A SLIGHT DECISION.
I WILL GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO RESPOND.
I THOUGHT YOU WANTED US TO DO
THAT BEFORE THE LEGISLATION WAS
ACTUALLY ADOPTED.
THAT WAS GOING TO BE A
PROBLEMATIC SITUATION.
I MIKE, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
HOURS IN THE DAY.
>> WE DISCUSSED IT AS AN
AMENDMENT.
>> WE WOULD DEVELOP SETTING OUT
WHAT OUR GOAL IS IN THE FUTURE.
>> WHAT I HEARD WAS FIVE, MAYBE
MORE, THINGS, STARTING
BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.
A MOMENT TO CONSIDER PULLING
TOGETHER A TABLE SO THERE IS AN
ASSET BUILDING CONVERSATION
THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY SUCH A
POLICY.
ALSO REAFFIRMING THAT WE ARE
INTERESTED IN CONTINUING
ENGAGEMENT WITH SELLERS AND
TENANT AND POTENTIAL BUYERS
FROM THE NONPROFIT WORLD,
INCLUDING POTENTIAL PARTNERS TO
GET THIS RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF THE POLICY IDEAS WE
HAVE HEARD, AFFIRMATIVE
ENFORCEMENT, LOOKING AT THE
SIZE OF THE UNITS, LOOKING AT A
TIERED TIMEFRAME, WHICH WAS
WHAT I DESCRIBED VERBALLY.
WE WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
OTHER EXAMPLES YOU MENTIONED.
THAT REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR AND INTENT.
AND A SALE.
YOU MENTIONED PROOF AND
CAPABILITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR POLICY
AREAS THAT WE WILL LOOK INTO IN
ADDITION TO THE STAKEHOLDER
COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE.
AD WITH THAT, WE WILL BRING IT
BACK ON JULY 11 AND THAT WILL BE
A 9:30 AM MEETING.
WE WANT TO FLOOD FOR FOLKS,
ESPECIALLY THE COUNCIL COLLECTS
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMITTEE
MEETING NEXT WEEK.
BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING ONE NEXT
WEEK.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A MEETING ON
THE 27th, TO MAKE UP AS WELL.
THAT IS GOING TO BE JUNE 27 AT
NOON.
IT WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING
TEST FOCUSED ON THE HOTEL
WORKER LEGISLATION.
REMEMBER THE HOTEL WORKER
LEGISLATION AND ADJUDICATIVE
PASSED BY 77%.
WE WANT TO DO THE LEGISLATIVE
APPROACH TO GETTING THE POLICY
INTO STATUTE.
AND TO MAKE A FEW TWEAKS HERE
AND THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
WORKERS AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE
TO COME TO YOU ALL WITH
LEGISLATION THAT I BELIEVE IS
GOING TO BE ONLINE AND
AVAILABLE FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A
LOOK AT.
IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
LEGISLATION FOR PIECES COMING
FOR OUR JUNE 27 MEETING.
ND WITH THAT, IF THERE IS
ANYONE INTERESTED IN CHILDCARE
FOR THAT MEETING, WE WILL
PROVIDE CHILD CARE.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN
EVENING MEETING WHERE CHILDCARE
WILL BE PROVIDED ON JULY 2. TWO
DAYS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY.
AND FOURTH OF JULY IS MY
BIRTHDAY.
JULY 2 AT 5:30 PM.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> 5:00.
>> 5 PM.
WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
TO BRING FOLKS IN TO TALK ABOUT
THE HOTEL WORKER LEGISLATION.
THERE WE WILL HAVE CHILDCARE.
IF YOU LIKE CHILDCARE, GIVE US
A HEADS UP AND LET US KNOW.
WE WILL HAVE DISCOUNTED PARKING
. LET US KNOW HOW ELSE WE CAN
ACCOMMODATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.
WE KNOW EVENING MEETINGS ARE
TOUGH.
BUT DAY MEETINGS ARE HARDER.
SO WITH THAT, HUGE APPRECIATION
FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE ON ANF.
CONGRATULATIONS ON TODAY.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE
WHO CAME OUT TO TESTIFY THIS
MORNING.
ON THE HSD INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT.
WITH THAT, TODAY'S MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.