>> AND THE SESSION 1 OF THOSE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
IS GONNA CONTINUE.
WE'RE
GONNA TAKE A SHORT RECESS.
THE
COMMITTEE IS NOW BACK IN ORDER
AND WILL PROCEED WITH ITS
BUSINESS.
AGAIN I'M THE MOST
SENIOR SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER AND CHAIR OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> SUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT.
>> HERE.
>> STRAWS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ.
>> HERE.
HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I AM HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
AND
THANKS AGAIN TO OUR FOLKS FROM
INCN COMMUNICATIONS WHO HELP
MAKE ALL THESE REMEET MOTIONS
POSSIBLE AND FOLKS FOR BEARING
WITH US.
WE ARE ON AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 2, WITH A FINAL VOTE ON
AMENDMENT 6-A.
WE DO HAVE A FEW
AMENDMENTS STILL TO COME.
PERHAPS YOU COULD PROVIDE US
WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE
ARE WITH AMENDMENT SEVEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MASKWEDA.
AMENDMENT SEVEN WAS THE
AMENDMENT I REFERENCED SEVERAL
HOURS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT THE COVID RELIEF BILL THAT
WOULD HAVE GOT ASSOCIATED WITH
THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS HAD PROPOSED TO
919812.
AMENDMENT SEVEN IS NO
LONGER NEEDED BECAUSE THAT DID
NOT PASS.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO
AMENDMENT EIGHT.
>> OKAY, COUNCIL, I SEE YOU
NODDING.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THAT?
>> NO, THANK YOU.
THIS WAS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE EARLIER
AMENDMENT THAT DID NOT PASS.
JUST NOTING FOR MY COLLEAGUES I
WILL LIKELY BRING AN AMENDMENT
ON MONDAY ALLOCATING $FIVE MY 2
MILLION TO THE $5.2 MILLION TO
THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FUND
ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN WOULD BE
NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO
REPLENISH THOSE FUNDS.
THANK YOU
CHAIR.
>> LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ONTO
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT THEN.
>> THANK YOU.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT, WE
INITIALLY PLANNED TO TALK ABOUT
THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY WERE
SORT OF WORKING TOGETHER AND
THERE WAS SOME OVERLAP.
BUT NOW
THIS MORNING A NEW VERSION OF
AMENDMENT NINE WAS DISTRIBUTED.
AND IT ELIMINATED ANY CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE PROPOSALS.
SO
INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS TABLE IN
41 OF YOU, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND MOVE TO THE EFFECT STATEMENT
RELATED TO AMENDMENT EIGHT.
THIS
AMENDMENT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD AND
MOSQUEDA.
THIS ALLOCATES 5% OF
THE FUNDS UNDER THE HOUSING AND
SERVICES SPENDING CATEGORY TO
INVESTMENTS IN PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP
PROGRAMS SERVING HOUSEHOLDS WITH
INCOMES UP TO 80% OF AREA MEDIAN
INCOME, AND DECREASES BY 5% THE
FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR THE
AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING
INVESTMENT.
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE PRIORITIZED
TO AFFIRM TIFL FURTHER HOUSING
AND PROGRESS PAST DISCRIMINATOR
PRACTICES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALLEY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, THIS IS
YOUR AMENDMENT.
>> I MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION
31957 AS PRESENTED ON NUMBER
EIGHT ON THE AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO ADOPT AMENDMENT EIGHT AS
PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA AND
DESCRIBED BY CENTRAL STAFF.
HOUSE MEMBER HERB OLDOLD, I WILL
TURN IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU AGAINISM APPRECIATE
HAVING THE SUPPORT AND
COSPONSORSHIP OF CHAIR MOSQUEDA
ON THIS AMENDMENT AND HER
OFFICE'S PARTNERSHIP WHILE
ADOPTING IT.
IT WOULD SET ASIDE
A MODEST AMOUNT OF RELIABLE
FUNDING FOR PERMANENT HOUSEHOLD
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSEHOLDS
MAKING UP TO 80% AMI.
AND THE
FUNDS WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE
RESERVED FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK
OF DISPLACEMENT FROM THEIR
COMMUNITIES OR HAVE FACED
BARRIERS TO HOME OWNERSHIP.
DUE
TO PAST DISCRIMINATOR POLICIES
AND PRACTICES.
DEADLINING AND
RESTRICTIVE RACIAL COVENANTS.
AND THE AMENDMENT MAKES IT
POSSIBLE TO USE FUNDS FOR
DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM OR
OPERATING COSTS, MAKING IT
POSSIBLE TO INVEST IN THE HEALTH
AND CAPACITY OF COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LEADING
IN THIS WORK.
AS WE KNOW, HOME
OWNERSHIP IS KEY TO BUILDING
INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH AND A
KEY DRIVER OF THE RACIAL WEALTH
GAP.
WHILE THE FINISHEDS
APPROPRIATED HERE WOULD NOT
ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM AT SCALE.
IT WOULD GIVE MORE HOUSEHOLDS
EVERY YEAR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
BRIDGE THAT GAP FOR THEIR OWN
FAMILIES AFTER BEING SHUT OUT
FROM THIS OPPORTUNITY BY
SEATTLE'S OWN PAST DISCRIMINATOR
POLICIES.
THIS FUNDING COULD
RESULT FROM ANYWHERE TO 35 TO
100 NEW PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE
HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES PER
YEAR.
THIS IS, I THINK, PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT OF AN
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
BOTH AT THE HIGH
END AND THE LOW END OF THE
SCALE.
IN SEATTLE'S HOUSING
MARKET.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
ON THIS, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
YOUR COLLABORATION ON THIS
AMENDMENT AND YOUR FOCUS ON
MAKING SURE THERE'S INVESTMENTS
GOING INTO PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY
DENIED HOME OWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAST DUE TO
A HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATOR
PRACTICES SUCH AS REDLINING AND
RACIST COV INNOCENTS IN SEATTLE
IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
I THINK
PER YOUR LONG HISTORY OF YOUR
ADVOCACY ON THIS AND FOR YOUR
DEDICATION ON THIS AMENDMENT
HERE.
WE HAVE HEARD A CALL FOR
INVESTMENTS IN HOME OWNERSHIP
FOR COMMUNITIES WHO FOR
GENERATIONS HAVE BEEN HARMED BY
DISCRIMINATOR PRACTICES,
PARTICULARLY AMONG BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS AMENDMENT
REALLY WORKS TOWARD A BROADER
STRATEG OF INVESTING IN THESE
COMMUNITIES.
AND IMPORTANTLY
THIS FUNDING WILL ALSO BE
AVAILABLE FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT
AND CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR
COMMUNE-LED ORGANIZATIONS WHO
ARE LOOKING TO BUILD OUT HOME
OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS
TAILORED TO THOSE COMMUNES THEY
SERVE.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF THANKS
TO YOU AND TO YOUR STAFF AS
WELL.
APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK
ON THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING IT.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBER COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 8?
SEEING NONE, MADAME CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE RECORD ON
AMENDMENT 8?
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>>A, YE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ.
>>A, YE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
WORK.
LET US MOVE ONTO THE NEXT
AMENDMENT FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
ALLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
WALK US THROUGH AMENDMENT 9 AND
THE CONSIDERATIONS IN FRONT OF
US BEFORE WE DO THAT?
THE
CHANGES THAT ARE ON.
>> I HAVE PUT THE EFFECT
DESCRIPTION ON THE SCREEN.
THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD INCREASE THE
ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER THE
HOUSING AND SERVICES CATEGORY BY
2%.
FROM 60% TO 63% AND
DECREASES THE ALLOCATION OF
FUNDS UNDER THE ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION CATEGORY FROM 17%
TO 15%.
IN ADDITION, IT
INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
WITHIN THE HOUSE HUMAN SERVICES
CATEGORY DIRECTED TO THE
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN FUND.
SO THE
TABLE BELOW THE BULLET POINTS
HERE JUST HIGHLIGHT HOW IT
DIFFERS FROM THE RESOLUTION AS
INTRODUCED.
AND IT ASSUMES --
LET'S SEE.
THERE IS ANOTHER
VERSION THAT ASSUMES PASSAGE OF
AMENDMENT 8. SO THEY ARE NOT IN
CONFLICT.
AND I'LL JUST GET THAT
PULLED UP FOR YOU.
WHILE YOU ALL
TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES.
>> SAWANT, THE ORIGINAL SPONSOR
OF AMENDMENT 9, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO MOVE AMENDMENT NOOIB 9-B?
ú>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO AMEND
RESOLUTION 21957 AS PRESENTED ON
VERSION 2 OF AMENDMENT 90.
>> WONDERFUL.
THE MOVEMENT HAS
BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AMENDMENT 9-B IS IN FRONT OF US.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
ADOPT THIS VERSION 2 OF
AMENDMENT 9-B AS DESCRIBED BY
STAFF.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT,
YOU CAN GO FIRST IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS AMENDMENT
IN FRONT OF US.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM PROUD TO BE
BRINGING FORWARD THIS AMENDMENT
9-B WHICH WILL DEDICATION A
PORTION RAISED BY AMAZON AND
OTHER BIG BUSINESSES TO MOVE
INTO -- A NEW DECADE, AND
CURRENTLY ONGOING ECONOMIC -- OF
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
WE'VE HEARD OFFICIALS
DECLARE THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER.
THE VOTE ON THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM THIS, THIS COMES STRAIGHT
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE
JUSTICE MOVEMENT.
ONE WAY IN
WHICH THOSE WORDS CAN BE
CONCRETIZED BY PASSING THE VERY
PROGRESSIVE AMAZON TAX.
AND THE
ACTIVISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO ARE WATCHING WILL REMEMBER
THIS DISCUSSION TODAY AS A
DIRECT RESULT OF THE HISTORIC
AMAZON TAX THE MOVEMENT WOULD
ABLE TO PASS.
THIS IS NOT THE
AMENDMENT THAT I ORIGINALLY
INTRODUCED WHICH WOULD HAVE
INVESTED A FULL $50 MILLION PER
YEAR IN HOUSING FOR WORKING
PEOPLE.
WITH RESPECT TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR BLACK AND
BROWN POORER COMMUNITIES.
I DO
THINK IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE NOT
JOINED ME IN SUPPORTING THAT
DEMAND FROM THE COMMUNITY.
SPECIFICALLY SOME LEADING CLERGY
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND FAITH
LEADERS.
BUT THIS AMENDMENT IS
ALSO MORE THAN WHAT THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT PERHAPS
WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED OUR DEDICATED HOUSING
FOR OUR BLACK COMMUNE, WHICH WAS
ORIGINALLY NOTHING.
ZERO.
SO WE
NOW HAVE -- WHEN WE PASS THIS
AMENDMENT, WE WILL HAVE A
COMMITMENT OF AT LEAST $18
MILLION.
AND I WANTED TO REALLY
THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS PROVIDED
THE ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP FROM
HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BUT ESPECIALLY LED BY REVEREND
ROBERT JEFFREY AND MANY OTHER
BLACK CLERGY, OTHER CLERGY OF
COLOR, AND FAITH COMMUNITY AS A
WHOLE.
IT'S A VERY DIVERSE FAITH
COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO THANK
ALL THE YOUNG ADVOCATES IN
JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD
MOVEMENT IN SEATTLE ON WHOSE
COURAGEOUS RECOGNIZE AND
PROGRESS MOVEMENT ANY OF THE
DECREES THAT WE'RE WINNING IN
THIS CONTEXT, YES.
AND SO I
WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO
HAS BEEN PART OF THAT.
AND
EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN PART OF
THE TAX AMAZON MOVEMENT, WITHOUT
WHOM AGAIN WE WOULDN'T HAVE WON
THAT HISTORIC AMAZON TAX LAST
YEAR.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL ENSURE
THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME FUNDS
WILL BE SET ASIDE BEGINNING IN
2020 AND EVERY YEAR FOLLOWING TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR BLACK AND POOR
FAMILIES.
IT'S ABOUT $18 MILLION
A YEAR.
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY
THE INVESTMENTS ARE NOT A
CEILING.
BECAUSE OTHER HOUSING
FUNDS IN THE AMAZON TAX, WHAT WE
CALL SPENDING RESOLUTION, THIS
AMENDMENT IS A PART OF.
THE
HOUSING RALLY AND OTHER SOURCES
CAN AND SHOULD BE ACCESSED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
IN THESE VERY IMPORTANT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT WE NEED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
OF COURSE.
AND I THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS MOSQUEDA AND MORALES FOR
THE COSPONSORSHIP OF THIS
AMENDMENT.
I HOPE THAT OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL ALSO
SUPPORT IT.
I WANTED TO JUST
QUICKLY PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT HAS COME
TO LIGHT BECAUSE OF THE
GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY AND
ORGANIZING IN COMMUNITY.
IN JUNE
IN THE MIDST OF THE JUSTICE FOR
GEORGE FLOYD MOVEMENT, SEVERAL
LEADING BLACK CLERGY ISSUED A
CHALLENGE TO THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT.
REVEREND
JEFFRIES, THE NEW HOPE
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH,
FLORENCE VILLAS, OF TRUE
HOLINESS BAPTIST CHURCH, AND ALL
WROTE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND
THE CITY COUNCIL STATING, QUOTE,
"AS CITY LEADER, WE MUST
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PERSISTENCE OF
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM THAT HAS
DECIMATED SEATTLE'S
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION.
COMPARED TO OTHER RACIAL GROUPS,
AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE THE
HIGHEST ARREST RATE IN KING
COUNTY AND THE HIGHEST
CONVICTION RATE IN THE STATE.
THIS IS WHY THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT IS SO IMPORTANT
AND WHY SO MANY OF US HAVE TAKEN
TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST RACIAL
INJUSTICE, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY,
POLICE BRUTALITY AND MASS
INCARCERATION.
THE DISPLACEMENT
OF LONGTIME AFRICAN-AMERICAN
RESIDENTS IS A RESULT OF RACIST
POLICIES THAT INITIATED IN
SEGREGATION, RACIAL GOVERNMENTS,
REDLINING, AND NEW
GENTRIIFICATION.
" LET ME TAKE
THOSE ON THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THIS
CENTRAL HOUSING PLAN.
THE CORE
OF THIS PLAN ALSO INCLUDED
BUILDING TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND
DEFUNDING THE PLACE WAS THE CALL
FOR THE CITY TO BUILD 1,000 NEW
AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THE CENTRAL
STRICT TO RE-- TO BEGIN TO
REVERSE THE FATE OF
GENTRIFICATION.
AND MY CITY
COUNCIL OFFICE SEES BLACK CLERGY
AND OTHER FAITH LEADERS ON JUNE
18th OUTSIDE NEW HOPE CHURCH, WE
HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE WE
COMMITTED TO FUND TO BUILD THESE
1,000 HOMES.
THE FAITH LEADERS
HAVE POINTED OUT THAT WHILE THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT USED TO BE
OVERWHELMINGLY BLACK, A
STRUGGLING BUT CULTURALLY
VIBRANT COMMUNITY, TODAY IT IS
LESS THAN 18% BLACK.
THIS IS
DRAMATIC AND STUNNING.
SOARING
RENTS AND HOME PRICES HAVE
SYSTEMATICALLY DRIVEN OUR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES OVER
THE YEARS.
THEY SPOKE ELOQUENTLY
ABOUT THEIR VISION OF BRINGING
BACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
ECONOMICALLY EXITED FROM THE
COMMUNITY TO REBUILD THE
NEIGHBORHOOD'S PAST VIBRANCY AND
DIVERSITY.
BUT THEY WERE ALSO
VERY CLEAR THAT THIS WILL TAKE
MONEY.
WE CAN'T DO THIS WITH
WORDS.
WE NEED DOLLARS.
AND THE
CITY MUST PROVIDE THOSE DOLLARS.
AS REVEREND TERRY ANDERSON SAID,
QUOTE, "SIMPLY PUT, BLACK LIVES
MATTER, THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FOR BLACK FAMILIES IN THE
SEATTLE AREA SHOULD MATTER,
QUOTE,".
." ." ." THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT HAS ALSO BEEN
COMPLICIST.
I WANT TO SHARE A
SPECIFICALLY EXAMPLE TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS SO THEY AND THE PUBLIC
UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S ROLE.
PERHAPS YOU MAY HAVE READ IT IN
THE OPED BY REVEREND WILLIS AND
JANE THAT WAS JUST PUBLISHED
YESTERDAY.
IN 1969, THE MINISTER
AT NEW HOPE CHURCH IN THE HEART
OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WAS
APPROACHED BY CITY OF SEATTLE
OFFICIALS SELLING THE PARKING
LOT TO THE CITY FOR $34,000.
IF
THE CHURCH DIDN'T AGREE, THE
CITY THREATENED TO TAKE THE LAND
BY EMINENT DOMAIN.
IT WASN'T A
WILLING SALE, IT WAS COERCED.
AT
THAT TIME HIS APPEAL FELL ON
DEAF EARS AND THE CHURCH WAS
FORCED TO TELL.
TODAY WE ARE
TOLD THAT PROPERTY IS WORTH $2
MILLION, MORE THAN EIGHT TIMES
THE INFLATION ADJUSTED PRICE OF
THE 1969 PROPERTY SALE.
TODAY'S
MINISTER AT NEW HOPE, REVEREND
JEFFREY, WANTS THE CITY TO GIVE
THAT LAND BACK TO THE CHURCH.
THE LAND THAT WAS COERCIVELY
TAKEN FROM THE CHURCH SO HIS
COMMUNITY CAN BEGIN TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON IT FOR
OTHERS, FAMILIES, VETERANS AND
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
REVEREND JEFFREY
WANTS REPARATIONS, AND HE IS
RIGHT.
FOLLOWING THE PRESS
CONFERENCE ON JUNE 18th OUTSIDE
THE CHURCH, A NUMBER OF STATE
ACTIVISTS WILL BUILD GREATER
SUPPORT.
SO LET'S HELP
THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT AND TO OUR
OFFICE, AN ORGANIZING OFFICE.
WE
WERE ABLE TO DO IN JUST THREE
DAY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET MORE
THAN 220 -- AND I BELIEVE N
230 NOW FAITH LEADERS AND
ACTIVISTS TO A WIDE VARIETY OF
TRADITIONS TO ADOPT THE BLACK
CLERGY'S DEMAND.
THE LETTERS ARE
TOO NUMEROUS FOR ME TO MENTION
HERE.
BUT I DO WANT TO READ ONE
EXCERPT FROM THE LETTER FROM THE
CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER
SEATTLE.
MICHAEL RAMOS WHO SAYS,
QUOTE, "JUSTICE DEMAND ACTION TO
PAVE THE WAY FOR THE BUILDING OF
1,000 NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES
ORIENTED TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THE
BLACK LIVES OF SEATTLE MATTER.
TARGETING FUNDING FOR THE BASIC
HUMAN RIGHT OF HOUSING MOVES THE
NEEDLE TO ACHIEVE THE RELIGIOUS
PRINCIPLE OF EFFICIENT,
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD FOR ALL."
THEN HE CONCLUDED BY SAYING,
QUOTE, "IN TIME WE WILL BE
JUDGED BY HOW OUR FRONTLINE
WORKERS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM
ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE TREATED.
WE WILL BE JUDGED BY HOW WE OPEN
OUR DOORS TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS IN ONE OF THE
RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE RICHEST
NATION IN THE WORLD.
WE WILL BE
JUDGED BY HOW WE RESPECTED AND
PRIORITIZED BLACK LIVES BY
SAYING THEIR HAVING AN
AFFORDABLE HOME MATTERS IN
SEATTLE SXFLT FINALLY WE WILL BE
JUDGED BY OUR COURAGE AND OUR
HUMILITY.
TO OUR ELECTED
LEADERS, TO THEY BEND TO THE
CORPORATE INTERESTS OR CITY
DWELLERS?
OR BEND THE ODDS TO
JUSTICE EVER MORE SLIGHTLY IN
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND RESTORE
THE INTEGRITY OF THE CITY?"
SO
THAT IS THE CHOICE.
WHETHER THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT WILL
BEND TO POWERFUL CORPORATE
INTERESTS OR STAND WITH WORKING
PEOPLE.
AGAIN, I THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS MOSQUEDA AND MORALES FOR
JOINING WITH ME.
AND I HOPE ALL
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS JOIN WITH
THE 228 FAITH LEADERS AND
ACTIVISTS AND THOUSANDS IN
COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE'S
JUSTICE MOVEMENT WHO ARE SAYING
WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE AND
ACTUALLY FUND DOLLARS TO
PRIORITIZE BLACK WORKING
HOUSEHOLDS TO MOVE INTO THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AFFORDABLY.
AND
TODAY'S AMENDMENT, IF IT PASSES,
WILL BE A BIG VICTORY FOR THE
COMMUNITY DEMANDING THIS.
IT
WILL NOT BE THE END BUT IT WILL
CERTAINLY BE A STEP FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES,
AS THE LEAD SPONSOR OF AMENDMENT
10, WHICH WAS IN THE STAFF MEMO,
AND COSPONSOR ON AMENDMENT 9,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS
AMENDMENT?
>> SURE, THANK YOU.
I DO START
BY THANKING COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON
THIS.
I AM WITHDRAWING AMENDMENT
10.
THAT AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE
REDUCED ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION
LINE ITEM BY 1% TO INCREASE THE
PDI BY 1%.
THE 2% THAT'S BEEN
PULLED OUT HAS MOVED INTO THE
COMMUNITY FUND UNDER HOUSING
SERVICES.
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE PASSED
EARLIER.
THAT THAT WOULD BE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH PDI.
WHICH IS A
VERY COMPLICATED WAY OF SAYING
THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING THE SAME
GOAL HERE.
POPOWER AND
RESOURCES OF THIS INSTITUTION
THIS PARTICULAR IS A PRIORITY
FOR ME.
THE NEIGHBORS WHO WE
HEARD FROM ARE WORRIED.
AS ONE
CALLER MENTIONED THIS MORNING
ABOUT WHITE SUPREMACY WITHIN
THESE INSTITUTIONS.
THEY'RE
TIRED OF FIGHTING OVER STRESS
AND BE PITTED AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER.
AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE IS IMPORTANT IN
PARTICULAR BECAUSE THERE ARE
LIMITED RESIDENTIAL RESOURCES,
ACTUALLY, THAT HINDER THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS.
AND THAT CAN REALLY
AFFECT HOW THESE PROJECTS
PROCEDURE.
OR WHETHER THEY'RE
ABLE TO PROCEED IF THEY DON'T
HAVE SUFFICIENT PATHS.
THAT'S
WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FOOD
INNOVATION CENTER THAT WE JUST
HEARD ABOUT LATE LAST WEEK TOOK
SO LONG.
BECAUSE THERE WASN'T
SUFFICIENT CAPITAL FOR A SIDE
ACQUISITION.
IT'S WHY AT THE
ETHIOPIAN COMMUNITY CENTER,
CHILDCARE GOT ELIMINATED.
IT'S
WHY THE RAINIER VALLEY FOOD BANK
WAS IN JEOPARDY.
BECAUSE THERE
WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE
THEIR GROUNDFLOOR PART OF A
HOUSING PROJECT POSSIBLE.
THIS
GIVES KAES TO THE CAPITALED MEED
TO DRIVE DECISIONS AND IT'S WHY
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING SO HARD TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE INCREASD
FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR EDI.
MANY
OF THESE PROJECTS DON'T HAVE A
HOUSING COMPONENT AT ALL.
BUT
THEY'RE PROVIDING IMPORTANT
SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNES.
CHILDCARE, FOOD SECURITY,
HEALTHCARE LIKE THE RAINIER
VALLEY MIDWIVE COMES IS ONE OF
THE PROJECTS THAT'S IN,
MIDWIVES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE
PROJECTS THAT'S IN LINE NEXT.
I
DO WANT TO SAY THAT ACCORDING TO
DECOLONIZING WEALTH, ONLY ABOUT
8% OF PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS GO
TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THE
CURRENT FUNDING ENVIRONMENT
RELIES ON PHILANTHROPY TO BRIDGE
THE GAPS THAT PUBLIC FUNDERS
LEAVE.
FOR EDI PROJECTS, THIS
MEANS A MUCH LONGER PROCESS TO
COMPLETE THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.
BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO RAISE MONEY
FROM OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP THAT
WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT
MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RAISE
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY
FROM WITHIN OUR TARGETED
COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT IS WHITE
SUPREMACY.
THAT IS STRUCTURAL
RACISM AT PLAY.
AND THAT'S WHY I
THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
IN
LIGHT OF THE RECENT CALLS TO
INVEST IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN LOUD IN
COMMITTING TO -- IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE TAKE ACTION IN AS MANY
WAYS AS POSSIBLE.
AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT
CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING
ABOUT REBALANCING.
BUTTAD I SAID
BEFORE, WE OWE THE BLACK AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ABOUT 500
YEAR WORTH OF INVESTMENT.
AND
AMENDING THIS BILL TO ADD
ANOTHER 2% FOR EDI AND HOUSING
PROJECTS CAN HELP REVERSE THE
DES PLACEMENT.
AND IT'S A SMALL
PRICE TO PAY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO
THIS AMENDMENT.
AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ADD
FUNDS TO EDI THROUGOUT THE REST
OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
>> COLLEAGUES, I'LL SPEAK TO
THIS AMEND.
AMENDMENT.
I WAS
REALLY PLEASED TO BRING THIS
FORWARD TOGETHER TO COMBINE
MULTIPLE EFFORTS HERE.
IT
INCLUDES $20 MILLION FOR THE EDI
PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE $18
MILLION THAT WILL GO TO CREATING
LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS FOR
HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS
THE IMPACTS OF SEATTLE'S LEGACY
OF DISCRIMINATOR POLICIES.
THIS
IS INTENDED TO BE THE HOUSING
SPECIFIC LONG-TERM FUND THAT CAN
BE USED FOR ACQUISITION,
CONSTRUCTION, AND PROGRAM
SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
AND OPERATIONS OF
COMMUNITY-BASED HOUSING.
AND
SPECIFICALLY, THIS AMENDMENT
ADDS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AND
LABOR FUNDING SOURCE TO FURTHER
ENHANCE COMMUNITY-PHOBESED
FUNDS.
WE HAVE DEFINED THE
LANGUAGE IN THIS AMENDMENT IN
TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE LEGACY
OF DISCRIMINATOR POLICIES,
SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE CAN
FOCUS ON INVESTMENTS IN LONGTIME
BLACK AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN HARMED BY THESE POLICIES OF
REDLINING AND DISCRIMINATOR
HOUSING POLICIES WHILE ALSO
COMPLYING WITH THEIR HOUSING
LAWS.
AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
LEAVING MORE IN COMMUNITY, MORE
FUNDING IN COMMUNITY, MORE
HOUSING IN COMMUNITIES, MORE
OPPORTUNITY IN COMMUNITIES WHO
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY HARMED BY
PAST DISCRIMINATOR POLICIES.
AND
THIS FUNDING SOURCE WILL COMPLY
WITH EDI AS YOU ALREADY HEARD
FROM THE INTO SPONSORS.
IT
ALLOWS US TO BROADEN OUR HOUSING
FUND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EDI.
AND THE INTENT IS TO REALLY MAKE
SURE THAT WE GET PROJECTS OUT OF
THIS FUNDING THAT ARE LED BY
BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR ORGANIZATIONS.
SERVING
THESE COMMUNITIES BOTH THROUGH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND
THROUGH DIRECT HOUSING
ASSISTANCE.
IN ADDITION TO THE
COMMUNITY FUNDS, WE HAVE
INCLUDED INVESTMENTS IN DEEPLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH A STRONG
HOUSING THAT ADDRESSES REDLINING
AND PAST DISCRIMINATOR
PRACTICES.
AS WELL AS
PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY-BASED
PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
I'M REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
HERE.
BACK OF THE ENVELOPE, WE
ARE ESTIMATING THAT WE CAN NOW
CREATE BETWEEN 2,500 TO 2,300
OPINION THE FIRST FIVE YEARS AND
MAKING SURE WE'RE USING THOSE
INVESTMENTS TO INVEST IN THE
LOW-INCOME HOUSING, PARTICULARLY
TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS WITH
HOMELESSNESS AND SGLAMENT WHICH
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS
LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.
I WANT
TO THANK EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON
THIS AMENDMENT.
AND ANNA HOUSE
WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND OTHERS
AS WE'VE CREATED THIS HYBRID
AMENDMENT.
SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT, AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS MORALES FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK ON YOUR AMENDMENT AND YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THIS AMENDMENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, MADAME CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
AMENDMENT 9-B?
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> GONZCEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY, WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES.
THE MOTION CARRIES
AND AMENDMENT 9-B IS ADOPTED.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT 10.
WITHOUT ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, THAT
APPEARS TO BE ALL OF THE
AMENDMENTS FOR TODAY'S PLAN
RESOLUTION.
OKAY.
NOT HEARING
CAN ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, THIS
BRINGS US TO THE AMENDED
RESOLUTION.
THE UNDERLYING BILL
HAS ALL OF YOUR TREMENDOUS
FEEDBACK, HARD WORK, AND WE
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK
THAT'S GONE INTO THIS DETAILED
SPEND PLAN.
THERE ARE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO
FINAL PASSAGE?
I'M SURE THERE
WILL BE MANY MORE COMMENTS ON
MONDAY.
THANK YOU, ALLEY AND
TRACY, FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
I
KNOW WE ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE YOU
IN PERSON.
I HOPE YOU CAN FEEL
THE APPRECIATION THAT ALL OF
COUNCIL IS SENDING YOUR WAY VIA
THIS ZOOM PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE
REALLY BEEN WORKING DAY AND
NIGHT.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME, THE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
COMING UP WITH AMENDMENTS.
AND
TO SEE THAT REFLECTED IN TODAY'S
AMENDMENT LIST.
ALL OF THESE
AMENDMENTS ARE VERY WELL
CRAFTED.
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM
THE FINAL BILL AND RESOLUTION
THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US,
THEY WERE NICELY WOVEN TOGETHER.
A TREMENDOUS WAY TO PUT ALL OF
THESE IDEAS INTO ONE DOCUMENT.
THANK YOU.
YOU WORKED SOME
MAGIC, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU.
AND THE WORK WILL REALLY
LIFT UP THE LIVES OF COMMUNITY
ACROSS SEATTLE, AND IMPROVE THE
RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE TO COVID
AND THE OUT YEARS.
HOW WE CREATE
A MORE EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT
SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL
COLLEAGUES IN THIS.
WE ARE ONE
STEP CLOSER TO HAVING THE SPEND
PLAN DONE.
A QUICK LIST OF THANK
YOUS FROM ME IN ADDITION TO
CENTRAL STAFF, IT,
COMMUNICATIONS.
I WANT TO THANK
MY STAFF.
WE DID A LOT OF WORK
ON THE ECONOMIC -- SORRY, THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
AND THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECES.
SPECIFICALLY TO THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION AND LABOR.
350
SEATTLE.
MODESTA TALKS, FRONT
AND CENTER, EQUITY AND
EDUCATION, AND THE HONOR.
1199.
BUILDING TRADE, CARPENTERS,
NEIGHBORS, LOCAL 242.
VENTURES.
UNITE LOCAL 8. EXPEDIA.
TEAMSTERS 154.
AND WASHINGTON
LOW-INCOME HOUSING ALLIANCE.
SEATTLE KING COUNTY COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS.
DEFD.
AND EMREAD
CITY'S COLLABORATIVE.
JUST A
HANDFUL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH ON
VARIOUS AMENDMNTS THAT YOU ALL
CONSIDERED TODAY.
AND I GREATLY
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR VOTES AND
ALL OF THE COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WITH THAT, SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLLON THE
RECOMMENDED ROLL ON THE
RECOMMENDED RESOLUTION AS
ADOPTED?
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS.
>> AYE.
>> MORALES.
AYE.
>> PEDERSEN.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> STRAUSS.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE
ABSTAINED.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU ALL.
THIS MOTION DOES CARRY.
AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.
AND SINCE THE JULY 20th
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL
CONSIDERATION.
THY ALL.
THAT REALLY DOES CONCLUDE OUR
FIRST SESSION.
WE ARE NOW GOING
TO MOVE INTO OUR SECOND SESSION.
AGAIN, OUR HOPE IS TO GET
EVERYBODY OFF OF THIS NO LATER
THAN 6:00.
I BELIEVE WE CAN BE
DONE BY 5:30.
AND WE HAVE A
PRESENTATION THAT CENTRAL STAFF
HAS BEEN WORKING ON HERE.
WE
HAVE SOME GUESTS FOR US WITH
ITEM 3 WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO FIRST ALLOW FOR FOLKS
TO TEE UP THEIR COMPUTERS AND
GET STARTED HERE.
JUST FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, WEER ITEM NUMBER
3. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ ITEM NUMBER 3 INTO THE
RECORD?
AGENDA ITEM 3,
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION 2020
PROPOSED BALANCED PACKAGE FOR
DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU TO LISA,
DIRECTOR ERSTAD.
I SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
AS WE HAVE TEED UP THIS 2020
REBALANCING PACKAGE
PRESENTATION.
THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF SESSION 2. WE
USUALLY TRY TO DO AS MUCH PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AS POSSIBLE.
WE
EXTENDED THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
THIS MORNING.
I APOLOGIZE FOR
FOLKS FOR ANY CONFUSION.
THE
AGENDA IS PUBLISHED ON MONDAY.
AND THE REMARKS ON MONDAY IT
WOULD JUST NEED PUBLIC COMMENT
IN THE MORNING.
WE WILL MAKE
SURE THERE IS ROBUST OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND NEXT THURSDAY
MORNING IF YOU HAVE A MEETING
THERE.
IS STILL AMPLE TIME TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
BUDGET.
AS WELL AS SPD'S
PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL.
THAT
AGENDA WAS SENT OUT ON MONDAY.
APOLOGIES FOR ANY OF THE
CONFUSION ON MY END.
WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW IT'S OUR
COMMITMENT TO GET AS MUCH PUBLIC
COMMENT AS POSSIBLE.
WE TRY TO
RESPECT THE TIME OF FOLKS WHO
ARE CALLING IN.
BUT WE DIDN'T
WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY HANGING ON
THE LINE BECAUSE WE KNEW WE
MIGHT RUN A LITTLE BIT OVER.
WITH THAT, DIRECTOR ERSTAD,
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK FOR
TEEING UP THIS 2020 REBALANCING
PACKAGE IN FRONT OF US.
AND I
DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY VOTES
TODAY.
IT IS JUST A
PRESENTATION.
AND I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO THE DIRECTOR.
OH, YOU ARE ON MUTE.
AND FOR OUR
GUESTS, THAT ARE GOING TO BE
JOINING US, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
TRY TO GET TO THAT ABOUT 3:30 AT
THE LATEST, 3:45.
THANK YOU
AGAIN.
BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
I AM KIRSTEN ERSTAD,
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF.
AND I'M JOINED BY, I THINK, MOST
OF THE CENTRAL STAFF TEAM.
IF
NOT ALL.
MY COPRESENTERS, AND I
WILL WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE
PIECES OF THE POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION.
SEPARAT
QUESTIONS.
AND IF TIME ALLOWS,
WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HOLD
QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH
SEGMENT.
BUT IF TIME IS RUNNING
SHORT, WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR
QUESTIONS OFFLINE OR LEAVE IT TO
THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO
PERSONALLY THANK THE ENTIRE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM.
I KNOW THAT
WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME
THANKING EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
BUT THEIR
DEDERATION AND THEIR TIRELESS
WORK THESE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE
JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL.
AND I JUST
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK
TWO INDIVIDUALS IN PARTICULAR.
LISA KAYE AND PATTY MEBLUM.
LISA
HAS ALMOST SINGLE HANDEDLY
DEVELOPED A SUMMER BUDGET
PROCESS FOR COUNCIL TO BALANCE
THE 2020 BUDGET.
THIS IS IN THE
HISTORY, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE,
THE FIRST IN OUR HISTORY.
I
WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
PATTY WIGGIN WHOSE WORK IS
MOSTLY BEHIND THE SCENES BUT IS
EXTREMELY CRITICAL TO THE
SUCCESS OF OUR TEAM.
AS THE
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, SHE IS
FIERCELY PROTECTIVE OF MEETING
AGENDA DEADLINES ALONG WITH THE
DEPUTY CLERK.
AND I JUST WANT TO
SAY THAT THE POWERPOINT THAT HE
SENT OUT TO US, THE DELAY HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
IT HAD
TO DO WITH THE WORKLOAD AND JUST
TRYING TO FINISH UP ALL OF THE
OTHER MATERIALS LAST NIGHT BY
THE DEADLINE.
SO WITH THAT,
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN TO MY
INTRODUCTORY AND CONTEXT SETTING
PIECE.
THE CITY AS YOU KNOW IS
FACING MAJOR CHALLENGES BOTH IN
TERMS OF A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET
DEFICIT.
AND THE NEED TO RESPOND
SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY TO THE
COVID CRISIS.
IN SOME WAYS, MANY
CITIES INCLUDING SEATTLE ARE
BALANCING THEIR BUDGETS TO A
MOVING TARGET.
THIS MOVING
TARGET REALLY MAKES THINGS
DIFFICULT.
NEVERTHELESS IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS, THIS COUNCIL
WILL EVALUATE THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED 2020 REBALANCING
PACKAGE.
AND WE'LL BE FACED WITH
MAKING NUMEROUS DECISIONS.
YOUR
EVALUATION AND DECISIONS WILL BE
INFORMED BY THE PUBLIC
TESTIMONIES AND HEARING THAT YOU
HELD ON JULY 8th AS WELL AS
TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND MORE
THAN 20 CENTRAL STAFF ISSUED
PAPERS WHICH HAVE BEEN ATTACHED
TO THE AGENDA.
NEXT SLIDE.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
THE JUNE
FORECAST UPDATE SHOWS A $311
MILLION REVENUE SHORTFALL FOR
ALL FUNDS.
ON THE EXPENDITURE
SIDE, THE CITY HAS INCURRED
ADDED COSTS TO ADDRESS THE COVID
EMERGENCY, SPECIFICALLY THE
EXECUTIVE IS CURRENTLY SPENDING
ABOUT $233 MILLION IN 2020 FROM
A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES.
SLIDE 3, PAGE 3 REFLECTS THE
GENERAL FUND COVID FISCAL
CHALLENGE RESULTING IN A DEF
SILT OF $378 MILLION AS NOTED ON
THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE.
THE
GENERAL FUND WAS THE PRIMARY
FOCUS OF THE EXECUTIVE'S
REBALANCING EFFORT.
AS WE KNOW,
THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS THE
LION'S SHARE OF THE CITY'S
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE CITY
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH GREG
WILL SPEAK TO HERE SHORTLY, AND
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
OF THIS AMOUNT, THE $378
MILLION, $210 MILLION COMES JUST
FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND THE
REVENUE CHANGES THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEATTLE
CENTER AND THE PARKS AND
RECREATION DEPARTMENT DUE TO
EVENT CANCELLATIONS AND VENDOR
AND COMMUNITY CENTER CLOSURS.
THIS $210 AMOUNT ALSO REFLECTS
THE MAUMENTS TO THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL TAX AND THE STATE AND
BEVERAGE TAX.
THAT AMOUNT IS
MADE UP WITH CAPITAL AND
OPERATING RUCKS, MOST OF IT
COMING FROM
TRANSPORTATION-RELATED
ADJUSTMENTS TO -- OR IN STBD.
THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX.
THE
SCHOOL ZONE FUND AND THE REAL
ESTATE EXCISE TAX.
'M THROWING
OUT AIL OF NUMBERS.
AND I HAVE
BEEN HEARING FROM YOU THAT
SOMETIMES FOLLOWING THESE
NUMBERS IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
AND
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I AM
CUTTING SHORT THE EXPLANATIONS.
BUT I AM HAPPY, AS ARE THE
BUDGET COORDINATOR, TOM REXEL,
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OFFLINE.
SO LET'S MOVE TO PAGE 4. IF
SWITCHING FROM THE GENERAL FUND
TO ALL FUNDS CALCULATION,
SWITCHING FROM REVENUES TO
EXPENDITURES.
MAKES THINGS
DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW, THERE IS AN
ADDED LAYER OF COMPLEXITY IN THE
COUNCIL'S REBALANCING EFFORT.
THIS IS DUE TO THE NEWLY-ADDED
CHALLENGES CREATED BY THE
CURRENT CRISIS.
AMONG THESE ARE
TIME OR THE LACK OF TIME.
FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.
THE
ONGOING RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THE
ANTICIPATED SLOW ECONOMIC
RECOVERY.
IN FACT THE 2021
GENERAL FUND BUDGET DEFICIT IS,
I THINK, CURRENTLY ESTIMATED TO
BE ABOUT $290 MILLION.
WE'RE
ALSO HEARING -- SORRY, SLIDE 5.
WE'RE ALSO HEARING DEMANDS FROM
THE PUBLIC TO ELIMINATE
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND
REIMAGINE THE CITY'S POLICING.
FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT, WE
ALSO LACK THE TOOLS TO EASILY
TRACK THESE SIGNIFICANT MID-YEAR
ADJUSTMENTS IN A REMOTE WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
AS SOME OF YOU HAVE
NOTED, THE PROPOSED REBALANCING
PACKAGE DIDN'T COME WITH A
COMPREHENSIVE BALANCE SHEET FOR
WHAT AS I MENTIONED IN MY
OPENING COMMENTS IS A MOVING
TARGET.
CENTRAL STAFF WILL
ENDEAVOR TO CREATE A BALANCING
SHEET FOR THE BUDGET CHAIR
AND/OR THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TO
OBSERVE SO WE CAN LAY BARE THE
NUMBERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE
TRANSPARENCY AND UNDERSTANDING.
AND THE FINAL CAUTION IS THAT
ANY ONE-TIME SAVINGS THAT IS
USED OR BEING PROPOSED TO BE
USED IN ADJUSTING THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET SHORTFALL WILL NOT BE
AVAILABLE TO REDUCE NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET SHORTFALL.
AND AS WE ALL
KNOW, FUTURE BUDGET
SUSTAINABILITY QUESTIONS HAVE
BEEN RAISED BY CEO AND OTHERS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO PAGE 6. THIS
SLIDE IS ASKING THE QUESTION,
WHAT WILL THIS COUNCIL EVALUATE
IN SUSPENSE TO THE GOVERNOR'S
BALANCE PACKAGE?
A PACKAGE THAT
IS COMPLIEZED OF EIGHT
ORDINANCES AND FOUR RESOLUTIONS
FOR EXAMPLE WHERE I SIT, I
BELIEVE THE KUNL WILL WANT TO
LOOK CLOSELY AT A NUMBER OF
OPTIONS WHICH I HAVE LISTED
HERE.
THAT INCLUDES EVALUATING
THE PROPOSED FROM LEVIES TO
FUNDS FOR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.
WHICH WILL CONCLUDE HOW MUCH THE
CITY SHOULD DRAW FOR THE FISCAL
RETURN FUNDS FOR THIS EMERGENCY.
AND THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING TO
TAP $29 MILLION IN 2020 TO HELP
BALANCE THE BUDGET.
THE OTHER
OPTION IS ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE
THE $131.5 MILLION CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF FUND THAT YOU SEE FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AS WELL
AS WHETHER THE COUNCIL WANTS TO
MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE LIST OF
SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS.
THESE OTHER ONE-TIME SAVINGS TO
DECREASE THE BUDGET DEFICIT.
I'D
ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE
CENTRAL STAFF'S ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION PAPERS INCLUDE
ISSUES THAT WILL WARRANT A CLOSE
LOOK BY THE COUNCIL.
THESE
INCLUDE A DISCUSSION WARRANTED
ON ISSUES RELATED TO RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE RAMIFICATIONS.
AND FINALLY WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE A
RESOLUTION.
INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE.
ONE
OF THE FOUR RESOLUTIONS.
THAT
WILL HAVE THE CITY CRAFTING OR
THE MAYOR CRAFTING A PROPOSED
ONE-YEAR BUDGET RATHER THAN A
TWO-YEAR BUDGET THIS COMING
FALL.
AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW,
IN THE ODD YEARS, THE CITY LIKES
A ONE-YEAR BUDGET.
IN THE EVEN
YEARS, AS IN THE CURRENT 2020
YEAR, THE CITY LIKES A TWO-YEAR
BUDGET.
SO ON MY FINAL SLIDE, I
JUST WANT TO CHECK -- CHAIR
MOSQUEDA SENT A MEMO ON MONDAY.
IN THE AS WELLS OF TIME, I WOULD
REMIND YOU THAT THERE IS AN
IMMINENT DEADLINE WORTH NOTING.
THAT IS TO SUBMIT AMENDMENT
PROPOSALS TO CENTRAL STAFF BY
THIS FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM.
IF
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, I
CAN HAND THE MIC OVER TO TOM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL
ECHO MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR
ENTIRE TEAM.
THERE WILL BE TIME
AT THE END FOR PEOPLE TO TEE UP
POSSIBLE MA'AMS THEY'RE
INTERESTED IN.
YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
IF
YOU'RE STILL EXPLORING IDEAS OR
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THING, THIS
IS A GREAT TIME TO THROW THOSE
OUT TO YOUR COLLEAGUES SO THEY
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE POTENTIALLY
THINKING ABOUT.
BUT THERE WILL
BE AMPLE TIME TO TALK ABOUT
AMENDMENTS NEXT WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
THIS IS ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION TO LET FOLKS KNOW
WHAT POSSIBLE ISSUES YOU WOULD
BE BRINGING TO COUNCIL, BUT IT
IS NOT NECESSARILY
ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF THE
AMENDMENTS PERCOLATING.
WE DO
HAVE SOME TIME AT THE END FOR
SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE
IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC ISSUE AREAS.
HAPPY TO
NSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS THAT
ALSO SIGNALS.
TOM, WITHOUT
FURTHER ADO.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND, GO
AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN THE
POWERPOINT, WHERE WE'RE
IDENTIFYING CURRENT CHALLENGES,
THAT THERE IS A CURRENT
CHALLENGE THAT IS NOT
RECOGNIZED.
AND OBVIOUSLY IT HAS
GREAT IMPACTS ON DISTRICT 1, BUT
IT HAS IMPACTS ON OTHER
DISTRICTS IN THE REGION AS A
WHOLE.
AND THAT IS THE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
AND AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT
ONLY JUST GLOBAL ECONOMIC
IMPACTS ABOUT THAT CITYWIDE, BUT
THERE'S ALSO IMPACTS TO OUR
CITY'S BUDGET FOR 2020.
THERE IS
SIGNIFICANT UNANTICIPATED
SPENDING ASSOCIATED WITH
PREPARING FOR THE DECISION TO
EITHER REBUILD OR REPLACE THE
EXISTING BRIDGE.
AS WELL AS
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING DEMANDS
ASSOCIATED WITH REPAIRS THAT
HAVE TO BE MADE TO THE
LOWER-LEVEL BRIDGE.
ANOTHER $10
MILLION NECESSARY FOR JUST THE
LOWER LEVEL BRIDGE.
AND THIS IS
ON TOP OF THE NEARLY $4 MILLION
OF UNANTICIPATED SPENDING THAT
HAS BEEN DONE THIS YEAR.
THANK
YOU.
>> WELL-SAID.
AND THANK YOU FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
IF THIS WERE
ANY OTHER YEAR, THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE WOULD CONSTANTLY BE THE
HEADLINE.
ABOVE THE FOLD.
BUT
FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT
ARE HAPPENING, IT IS ONE OF MANY
ISSUES THAT IS COMPOUNDING THE
CRISIS IN FRONT OF US TO ADDRESS
THE BUDGET.
SO THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD FOR
RAISING THAT.
TOM, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I AM
GOING TO COVER AN OVERVIEW OF
THE CITY'S GENERAL PURPOSE
FISCAL RESERVE.
PROPOSED
AMENDMENT THAT IS A FUNDING
CONFLICT THAT IS IDENTIFIED.
>> BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE.
AUDIO HAS BEEN AN
ISSUE IN THE PAST.
I CAN HEAR
YOU WELL.
THE VIDEO IS DELAYED.
BUT I CAN HEAR YOU WELL.
I
WANTED TO GIVE A THUMBS-UP FROM
OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER FIST THEY
CAN HEAR HIM, MEMBERS IF THEY
CAN HEAR HIM AS WELL.
OKAY,
PLEASE CONTINUE, TOM.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IF I CAN
DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
FIRST TABLE ON THIS SLIDE BEFORE
YOU, THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF
OUR KEY RESERVE.
THE EMERGENCY
FUND AND THE REVENUE
COMPENSATION FUND.
EMERGENCY
FUND IS ESTABLISHED BY RESOURCES
FOR UNANTICIPATED EMERGENCY
SPENDING FOR THINGS LIKE
UNANTICIPATED NATURAL HUMAN
DISASTERS.
PRESERVING THE PUBLIC
ORDER AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
INJURY
OR PROPERTY DAMAGE CLAIMS.
OR
MANDATORY SPENDING REQUIREMENTS
THAT WERE INCURRED AFTER THE
BUDGET YEAR ADOPTED.
THE CURRENT
POLICY FOR THE EMERGENCY FUNDS,
THE BALANCE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO
FALL BELOW $60 MILLION AS
ADJUSTED BY INFRAGZ, AS YOUING A
2016 YEAR AS THE BASIS.
BASED ON
THAT POLICY, THE RECORD LAST
FALL FUNDED THE RESERVE AT A
LEVEL OF $66.9 MILLION.
WHICH AS
YOU SEE ON THE TABLE IS 4.5% OF
THE 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET
EXPENDITURES.
MOVING TO THE
GOVERNOR'S REV MY FUND, THE NEXT
ON THE TOP TABLE, THIS IS A FUND
THAT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ALSO
PRESERVE THE RULE OF THESE
FORCES.
FOR ACTIVITIES THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE BE REDUCED IN
SCOPE, SUSPENDED OR ELIMINATED
DUE TO UNANTICIPATED SHORTFALLS
IN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE LIMITS
THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL DOLLAR TO 5%
OF CERTAIN FORECASTED GENERAL
FUND TAX REVENUES.
THE 2020
ADOPTED BUDGET FUNDED THAT
RESERVE AT A FULL LEVEL OF $60.8
MILLION.
OR 4% OF GENERAL FUND
EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR.
TOTAL
AMOUNT OF BUSINESS COMBINE SIDE
8.5%.
MOVING TO THE NEXT TABLE
ON THIS SLIDE, COUNCIL MEMBER
119825 IS THE BUDGET REVISION
ORDINANCE.
THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY
THE EXECUTIVES AS PART OF THE
REBALANCING PACKAGE.
THAT
PROPOSAL AS KIRSTER MENTIONED IN
HER OPENING REMARKS USING $29
MILLION FROM THE COMBINED
RESERVE AS PART OF THE
REBALANCING PROPOSAL FOR 2020.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THIS USES
THE EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR REVENUE
BACKING.
THOUGH THE FUND AS I
STATED PREVIOUSLY IS TECHNICALLY
FOR ADDED EMERGENCY EXPENSES.
IF
WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
I'LL DISCUSS THE EVENT TAX ON
THE BALANCES.
BOTH WITH THE
MAYOR'S PROPSAL AND THE
JUMP-STARSPENDING PROPOSAL FOR
TWEB 20.
FOR 2020.
WE HAVE
THE 2020, THE DIFFERENCE AND THE
CONCEPT.
STARTING FROM A
BUDGETED BALANCE.
WORKING
THROUGH THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
USES.
AND ESTABLISHING A
BALANCED LEVEL AFTER THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL.
AND THEN ADDING THE
JUMP-START PROPOSAL.
SO WE
START WITH A COMBINED BALANCE OF
$127.7 MILLION.
THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL USES APPROXIMATELY HALF
OF EACH FUND TO COME UP WITH A
$29 MILLION FOR BALANCING AND
THAT RESULTS IN THE TOTAL
COMBINED BALANCE OF $98.7
MILLION.
THEN WE JUMP-START
TO USAGE, COME IN WITH
EFFECTIVELY $66.9 FROM THE FUND,
AND $18.9 FROM THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION FUND.
A COMBINED
USE OF APPROXIMATELY $86
MILLION.
AS YOU'LL SEE THE
COMBINED EFFECT OF THESE TWO
PROPOSALS -- OH, THERE IS A
FOOTNOTE HERE.
A VERY IMPORTANT
FOOTNOTE.
WHICH NOTES THAT THE
PROPOSAL USES, THOUGH THEY ARE
USED IN BETWEEN 20 OF THESE
FUNDS, THE SECOND PLAN WHICH IS
ALSO CONSIDERED IN COUNCIL BILL
119811.
WOULD AS A FIRST ORDER
OF BUSINESS ON THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX FIRST USED IN 2021
WOULD REPLENISH THESE USES AS
SHOWN ON THIS TABLE.
THE BALANCE
AFTER THE PROPOSED USAGE WOULD
BE NEGATIVE-29 MILLION IN BOTH
FUNDS.
SO IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE AN OPTION
FOR ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD BE A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO RESOLVE
THIS CONFLICT.
SO SIMILAR
CONSTRUCTION STARTING WITH A
BALANCE OF $127.7 MILLION.
WITH
AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL BILL 119825 IS PUT
FORWARD TO TAKE THE ENTIRE
AMOUNT OF THE $29 MILLION
PROPOSED FOR 2020 FROM THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND.
AND
THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY RESOLVE
THE CONFLICT.
THE ENDING BALANCE
OF THE COMBINED FUNDS WOULD BE
THE SAME.
THE FIRST ORDER OF
BUSINESS IN 2021, TO REPLENISH
HE USES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR
THIS YEAR.
SORT OF THE MIDDLE OF
THE TABLE.
OF THE PROPOSAL.
AND
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE EXTENT OF
MINE.
SO I CAN TURN THIS OVER TO
JEFF SIMS.
NOTORIOUS
>> WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
TOM?
>> SO JEFF GONNA COVER THE
COVID-RELATED AREAS.
RADIO
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
QUESTION
FOR TOM.
>> THANK YOU.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE
ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE.
I'M
JUST HAVING A HARD TIME
UNDERSTANDING THAT FOOTNOTE ON
SLIDE 10.
WHERE WE SAY THAT WE
ARE GOING TO BE REFURBISHING THE
EMERGENCY FUNDS IN 2021 WITH THE
JUMP-START FUNDS.
IF THE
JUMP-START FUNDS ARE NOT GONNA
BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FEBRUARY OF
2022, HOW ARE WE GOING TO USE
FUNDS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE
RECEIVING UNTIL 2022 TO
REPLENISH EMERGENCY SORRIES THE
TWO EMERGENCY FUNDS IN 2021?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ACCOUNTING EXPLANATION.
TECHNICALLY WHEN TAX PROCEEDS
THAT ARE EARNED IN A YEAR, SO IN
THIS CASE THE CASH SUPPLY WILL
BE THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX,
BEGINS IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
ALL
OF THOSE LIABILITIES ARE THEN
DUE WITH THE FINAL PAYMENT OF
2021.
CH IS TECHNICALLY ONE
MONTH AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR AS
THE LEGISLATION IS WRITTEN.
WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT WHEN THE
ACCOUNTING SECTION OF THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN FAS LOOKS
AT THE COLLECTIONS THAT COME IN
IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THEY WILL
THEN ACCRUE THOSE MONEYS BACK
INTO USE FOR THE 2021 BUDGET.
SO
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A MODIFIED
ACRUEL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING THAT
MAKES THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE
EARNED IN 2021 AVAILABLE FOR USE
IN 2021.
>> THANK YOU.
AND AS YOU PROVIDE
YOUR EXPLANATION AGAIN IT,
OCCURS TO ME THAT I HAVE INDEED
ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE.
AND
YOU'VE ANSWERED IT.
CAN I SPEAK
TO ANY SORT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT
THIS ACCOUNTING EXERCISE?
IF WE
ARE PLANNING SPEND MONEY IN 20
21 OR PLANNING IN THIS CASE ON
REPLENISHING THE EMERGENCY FUND
AND REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND
WITH THIS LEVEL OF FUNDS FROM
THE PAYROLL TAX, IS WHAT WE
DECIDE TO SPEND IN THE BEGINNING
OF 2021 AND WHAT FAS IS
ANTICIPATING FILLING STLSHGS A
GOOD CERTAINTY THAT THERE WILL
BE, IS THERE A GOOD CERTAINTY
THAT THERE WILL BE A MATCH
BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE BILLING FOR
AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY
RECEIVING IN 2022?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY A MATTER OF --
IT'S SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO WITH
OUR CURRENT D, IN O TACKS.
IT'S
THE CURRENT STRUCTURE THAT IF
THERE'S CAPITAL ACTIVITY THAT IS
HAPPENING AND A PAYMENT THAT IS
MADE WITHIN A CERTAIN ACCOUNTING
WINDOW, THEN THOSE MONEYS CAN BE
ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CURRENT
YEAR'S BUDGET.
TO THE EXTENT
THAT MONEY FROM THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX ARE BUDGETED IN 2010
STWON.
WOULD BE THE GUIDELINE TO
DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THE -- HOW
MUCH CAN, ESSENTIALLY, BE
DEPLOYED FROM THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX WITH THE FIRST GOING
TOWARD THE REINSTITUTION FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR
TOM?
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO JEFF.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'RE AWARE
OF THE $233 MILLION IN
COVID-RELATED SPENDING IN THE
REBALANCING BUDGET.
REBALANCING
PACKAGE.
IT'S RAN UNDERSTANDABLY
COMPLICATED PACKAGE TO DIGEST.
THOUGH IT DOES HAVE THE ELEGANCE
OF COVERING EVERYTHING THAT IS
INCLUDED IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE AND RELATED TO COVID
SPENDING.
IT IS POSSIBLE ALSO TO
THINK ABOUT OUR COVID SPENDING
DIFFERENTLY.
IT COVERS THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE MONEY.
THERE ARE
SEVERAL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE
ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.
FIRST
FIRST RESPONDERS SUPPORTS OUT OF
$40 MILLION.
FOOD ACCESS
PROGRAMS.
AN ARRAY OF DELIVERY,
A FOOD BANK OR VOUCHER.
ADDING
UP TO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN $34 MILLION.
HOUSING
SUPPORTS MORE THAN $16 MILLION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
RENTAL
ASSISTANCE, JUST OVER $14
MILLION.
BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT
SUPPORT FOR $5 MILLION.
STAFFING
FOR THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
ONLINE WHICH IS $66.
WHICH IS
SHOWN ON LINE G ARE COSTS THAT
ARE SUPPORTING THE DISTRIBUTED
ITEMS ABOVE IT.
YOU HAVE STAFF
IN SEATTLE -- IN SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITY, THE LIBRARIES AND
PARKS, ALL OF WHOM ARE
SUPPORTING OUR HEDGING SERVICES
THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
THE STAFF
REPURPOSED FOR NECESSARY COVID
ACTIVITIES IS SHOWN IN G.
TOGETHER THAT ADDS UP $171
MILLION.
MAJORITY OF THE $233
MILLION THAT THE -- IS PRESENTED
AS THE CITY SPENDING ON COVID SO
FAR.
WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE REMAINING
AMOUNT, ALMOST DOLL 62 MILLION
I'VE LABELED AS OTHER
ACTIVITIES.
THESE ARE NECESSARY
EXPENSES RELATED TO COVID.
THOSE
ALL ADD UP TO $50 MILLIO EXCEPT
FOR THE OTHER USES AT THE
BOTTOM.
QUICKLY WE RUN THROUGH
ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT IS IN
THIS $233 MILLION PACKAGE.
BUT I
THINK IT'S AN EASIER APPROACH TO
THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE SDROOET
ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN THE
AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL
EXPRESSED AT VARIETY TIMES
ALREADY.
AND THERE'S ALSO SOME
UNDERLYING SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
THAT ARE NECESSARY.
I WANT TO
POINT ALSO, EMPHASIZE, THAT THE
OTHER USES, THE $11.818 MILLION,
THAT'S NOT A BUCKET OF UNSPENT
FUNDS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY DISCREET
THINGS.
THINGS THAT WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH STREET CLOSURES.
A LOT OF SMALLER AMOUNTS.
AND
THEY DON'T ADD UP TO THE TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LEVEL.
OVERALL THAT'S OUR SEVEN AREAS.
LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT NOT ONLY THAT
THERE'S $233 MILLION IF THE
BALANCING PACKAGE, BUT ALSO
AWARE THAT THERE ARE SOME
FUNDING AMOUNTS THAT HAVE NOT
YET ARRIVED TO THE CITY THAT
WILL BE COMING.
THEY AREN'T ALL
FOR USE IN 2020.
THEY ALL EXTEND
INTO FUTURE YEARS.
THAT'S GOING
TO BE MORE THAN $37 MILLION.
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT
ALLOCATES THEY'LL BE GETTING
SOMETIME SOON.
IT ALLOWS TO US
GO ESTIMATED AROUND SEPTEMBER
30th OF 2022.
THE USAGE THERE,
MOSTLY RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS
SERVICES.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE
ESTIMATED ALL FOR THAT YET, BUT
WE DO HAVE AN ESTIMATED
TIMEFRAME THAT THOSE FUNDS CAN
BE USED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE
VARIOUS USES.
THE COUNCIL HAS
ACTUALLY ALREADY ACTED ON OUR
CGE AND THAT IS AVAILABLE
ALREADY.
WE'LL ALSO BE RECEIVING
ANOTHER GRANT FROM THE
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE.
LIKELY TO BE SPECIFIC
TO SHELTER FUNDS ALLOCATED BY
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
THE FINAL
DETAILS ARE NOT HIGHLIGHTED.
THERE WILL BE SOME FUNDING
STREAMS COMING DOWN THE LINE.
AND A LOT OF THESE WILL BE
RELATED TO UNNECESSARY EXPENSES
RELATED TO COVID.
IN THE LAST
LINE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, AND
I'LL OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS, ONE
POLICY ISSUE THAT WE WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
THE PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE
HAS SOME FUNDS ALLOCATED WITHIN
IT THAT ARE FOR POTENTIAL
EXPENSES.
YOU CAN SEE EACH OF
THESE LINES IN THE TABLE HERE.
THE LARGE EVALUATE OF WHICH IS A
LITTLE MORE THAN $15 MILLION FOR
FEMA AND UN
>> I WANTED COSTS.
UNANTICIPATED
COSTS.
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A
LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HALF OF
WHAT IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR
POTENTIAL REIMBURSEMENT BY FEMA.
AS WELL AS THINKING ABOUT
UNANTICIPATED COVES.
SO IT'S
THINKING THROUGH IF WE SUBMITTED
AN EXPENSE TO FEMA THAT WAS
FOUND NOT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR
SOME REASON, THAT WILL COVER THE
EXPENSES.
AND ALSO AS YOU ALL
KNOW, THE COVID EMERGENCY
PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO EVOLVE IN
OUR COUNTRY.
AND THERE'S A LOT
OF UNFORESEEN EXPENSES THAT WE
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ANTICIPATE
AT THIS TIME.
THERE'S ALSO $10
MILLION THAT ARE FOR REOPENING
CITY SERVICES.
THE MAJORITY OF
THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED AS
PURCHASES THAT WILL BE RELATED
TO HAND SAN TIRE, SANITIZER,
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE
NECESSARY IN RESPONSE TO THE
COVID CRISIS.
AND THINGS THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO REOPEN THE
CITY.
AND THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE
THINGS APPROPRIATED BY THE
COUNCIL THAT ARE PART OF THE
PACKAGE.
PRESUMING THAT THE
HUMAN EMERGENCY WILL NOT BE
EXTENDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE
END OF 2020.
SO WE'LL NEED FUNDS
TO SUPPORT THE DEINTENSIFICATION
OF OUR SHELTERS AND THE HYGIENE
SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
AVAILABLE.
THOSE ARE ALL
EXPENSES THAT HAVE VARYING
DEGREES OF PROBABILITY PLANNING
FOR THINGS WE THINK ARE LIKELY.
BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE
CIRCUMSTANCES COULD CHANGE.
BASED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FEMA
EMERGENCY EXTENDED THROUGH THE
END OF THE YEAR.
THAT WILL
REFLECT THOSE LAST TWO LINES ON
HOW MUCH WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER
TO MAINTAIN OUR SHELTERS AND
HYGIENE SERVICES.
SO THERE'S A
POLICY THERE FOR THE COUNCIL TO
THINK ABOUT, THINKING ABOUT THE
NEEDS THAT ARE PRESENT IGHT
NOW, COMPARED TO THE NEEDS YOU
THINK MIGHT BE NEEDED IN THE
COMING MINUTES.
AND THAT'S
ACTUALLY ALL OF MY SUMMARY FOR
THE COVID-RELATED SPENDING BUT I
WILL FOSTER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> WONDERFUL.
COUNCIL, ANY
QUESTIONS FOR JEFF ON THIS
PORTION OF THE AGENDA?
I AM
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS THAT FOLKS HAVE BEGUN
TO TEE UP FOR THE 2020
REBALANCING PACKAGE.
PERHAPS
THERE'LL BE QUESTIONS LATER.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE $11
MILLION THAT WE HAVE NOT YET
RECEIVED, IN THE JOINT
APPLICATION WITH KING COUNTY,
THIS IS $11 MILLION THE ALL THE
CITY IS APPLYING FOR SET TO
RECEIVE?
OR IS THE $11 MILLION
ANTICIPATED TO BE SPLIT WITH
KING COUNTY?
AND IF IT IS,
WHAT'S THE PREDICTION FOR HOW
MUCH WOULD COME TO THE COUNTY?
>> I BELIEVE THE $11 MILLION IS
THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD ARRIVE TO
SEATTLE.
BUT AS YOU NOTED, IT'S
A JOIN APPLICATION.
IN ORDER TO
RECEIVE THAT $11 MILLION, A
CONDITION IS THAT WE HAVE A
JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE
COUNTY THAT DISCUSSES VARIOUS
USES AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE
CAN GO FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
OKAY, JEFF.
HANKS AGAIN
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
AND WE'RE MOVING
UNDERSTOOD THE SPD BUDGET.
THANKS AGAIN TO GREG GROFF FOR
ALL OF HIS WORK AND CENTRAL
STAFF FOR LEADING THE DETAILED
QUESTIONS AND ANALYSIS FOR US.
WE DO HAVE A COMMUNITY
PRESENTATION AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME.
CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M
HERE TODAY TO TALK WITH YOU
ABOUT THE REDUCTIONS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE IS PROPOSING TO MAKE
IN THE 2020 REBALANCE BUDGET.
I
DON'T ANTICIPATE A VERY LONG
PRESENTATION TODAY MANY OF YOU
ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPOSED
REDUCTIONS, AND I KNOW THERE IS
INTEREST IN MOVING BEYOND T
REDUCTIONS.
THE REBALANCING
BUDGET WOULD DECREASE OR REDUCE
THE EXPENDITURES BY $20.3
MILLION.
AND THAT EQUATES TO A
5% ANNUAL REDUCTION OR 10%
REDUCTION IF YOU'RE CALCULATING
FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF 2020.
THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSES TO MAKE
THESE REDUCTIONS
ADMINISTRATIVELY.
SO THAT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THE COUNCIL
WANTS TO ENSURE THESE RUCKS ARE
MADE LEGALLY, THEY WOULD NEED TO
INCLUDE THEM IN THE
APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR THE
REBALANCED BUDGET.
OTHERWISE THE
EXEC WILL JUST MAKE THE RUCKS
THEMSELVES WONDERFUL, THAT I'M
JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE
THESE VARIOUS CATEGORIES AT A
HIGH CLIP.
REDUCING TRAVEL AND
TRAINING EXPENSES.
SPD AS
QUALIFIED FOR ITS OWN LEVEL OF
DURATION AND TRAINING FOR THE
DURATION OF THE COVID EMERGENCY.
ALL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
IN-PERSON TRAINING HAS BEEN
RESTRICTED TO THOSE THAT ARE
REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATIONS OR
FOR BUILDING SKILLS TO PERFORM
BASIC JOB FUNCTIONS.
THE 597,000
THAT YOU SEE THAT'S BEING
REDUCED HERE IS A LITTLE BIT
MORE THAN HALF OF THE ENTIRE
TRAVEL AND TRAINING BUDGET FOR
THE DEPARTMENT.
THE ASKED THE
DEPARTMENT TO GIVE ME UPDATED
FIGURES ON WHAT IS LEFT IN
TRAVELS AND TRAINING.
AND I
SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT FOR
YOU SOMETIME SOON.
MOVING TO THE
NEXT CATEGORY, CIVILIAN HIRING.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CITYWIDE
HIRING FREEZE.
JUST A COUPLE
THINGS TO NOTE HERE.
BECAUSE OF
RECENT DEPARTURES, THERE IS ONE
VICTIM ADVOCATE POSITION THAT IS
VACANT.
ONE CRIME PREVENTION
COORDINATOR POSITION THAT IS
VACANT.
AND TWO COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER POSITIONS THAT
HAVE YET TO BE HIRED.
BOTH THOSE
HAVE RECEIVED WAIVERS.
AND I
BRING THOSE TO YOUR ATTENTION
BECAUSE THOSE ARE TYPICALLY
PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS THA
COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN HEARING
ABOUT.
THE NEXT ENEMY I'LL TALK
ABOUT IS OVERTIME EXPENSES.
AS
YOU CAN SEE, THE REDUCTION HERE
IS ABOUT $8.6 MILLION.
THIS IS
COMING AS A RESULT OF SPD
REDUCING ITS PATROL
EXPENDITURES.
ITS STAFFING OF
SPECIAL EVENTS AND SPORTS.
ITS
REDUCED OVERTIME EXPENDITURES ON
TRAPPING AND PARK ENFORCEMENT.
HUMAN ENGAGEMENT.
ALL THE
VARIOUS KINDS OF ACTIVITIES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY SUFFERING FROM A
LACK OF DEMAND RELATED TO COVID.
SO SPD INDICATES THAT IT PLANS
TO WRAP UP THE FORCE AS THE
PLANS FOR THE SERVES RENEWED.
ONE OF THE ISSUES I WANTED TO
POINT OUT TO YOU TODAY, IT WOULD
BE DIFFICULT FOR THE DEPARTMENT
TO DO THIS AS THEY HAVE RECENTLY
INDICATED TO ME THAT THEIR
ENTIRE OVERTIME BUDGET IS NOW
DEPLETED.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW,
THE DEPARTMENT HAD A $30 MILLION
OVERTIME BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR.
THE PROPOSED
REDUCTION OF $8.6 MILLION ALONG
WITH A NEED TO FUND THE
DEMONSTRATION COSTS OF -- I'M
SORRY, THE REDUCTION OF $8.6,
ALONG WITH THE NEED TO FUND THE
DEMONSTRATION COSTS OF $6.3 HAVE
ELIMINATED JUST ABOUT HALF OF
THE OVERTIME BUDGET.
AND SPD HAS
RESPECTED THAT THE OTHER HALF
HAS BEEN SENT TO ACTIVITIES SUCH
AS TRAINING, SHIFT EXTENSIONS
AND OTHER INTERNAL FUNCTIONS.
FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, SPD IS
GOING TO NEED TO FIND OVERTIME
BY REDUCING OTHER AREAS OF THEIR
BUDGET.
THEY HAVE INDICATED THEY
ARE WORKING ON POTENTIAL
SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM BUT
HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED ANY
STRATEGIES THAT THEY CAN SHARE
WITH US.
GIVEN THE SITUATION,
IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT SPD IS
NO LONGER ABLE TO CONDUCT THE
$848,000 EMPHASIS PATROLS THAT
THE CITY ADDED TO THE BUDGET IN
THE 2020 CYCLE.
SINCE OVERTIME
BUDGET IS NOT GOING TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE PATROELS.
MOVING ALONG, EQUIPMENT SAVINGS.
EQUIPMENT SAVINGS IS ABOUT $2
MILLION.
SPD HAS RESTRICTED ALL
PURCHASES TO ONLY THOSE ITEMS
THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE COVID
RESPONSE.
AS LONG AS THE
REDUCTIONS ARE TEMPORARY AND
ASSUMED ONLY FOR 2020, THEN
THOSE PURCHASES CAN LIKELY BE
PUSHED INTO 2021.
AND THERE
SHOULDN'T BE SIGNIFICANT
OPERATIONAL IMPACTS.
ONE THING
THAT IS NOTABLE IS THAT THERE IS
A PROPOSED ONE-YEAR DELAY OF THE
COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH PROJECT
THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2020
BUDGET.
THE SAVINGS ASSOCIATED
WITH THAT PROJECT AND ITS DELAY
ARE NOT CAPTURED IN THE $2
MILLION BUT, RATHER, ARE
REPURPOSED IN THE BUDGET.
REENVISIONING POLICE SERVICES
WORK THAT THE MAYOR HAS
INDICATED IS GOING TO BE
UNDERWAY SOON ABOUT.
$800,000 IS
GOING TO BE USED TO EXTEND THE
LIFE OF THE CURRENT CAB SYSTEM.
AND $1.4 MILLION IS GOING TO BE
USED TO HIRE POLICE DISPATCHERS
DURING THE CITY HIRING FREEZE.
THE NEXT ITEM IS REALLY MORE OF
A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
IT IS
REDUCING SWORN WAGES TO REFLECT
SPIU ACTUALS.
THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS GUILD CONTRACT REQUIRED
A WAGE INCREASE IN 2020 THAT WAS
BASED ON THE CPI AT THE TIME
THAT THE BUDGET WAS WRITTEN.
THE
CPI WAS 4.1%.
IT IS NOW 2.7%.
THAT IS GOING TO SAVE THE CITY
$3.1 MILLION.
THE PLANNING FOR
THE NORTH PRECINCT HAS BEEN PUT
ON HOLD.
AND THAT IS ALSO PART
OF THE $20 MILLION ABOUT.
YOU
THAT SAVINGS IS ACTUALLY IN,
IFFA, S. TO FUND $7,500 HIRING
BONE US FOR NEW RECRUITS AND
$15,000 HIRING BONUSES FOR
LATERAL TRANSFER HIRES.
WHEN
RECEIVING THE HIRING BONUS, A
NEW RECRUIT OR OFFICER RECEIVES
HALF OF THE BONUS UPON HIRE AND
THE REMAINING HALF A YEAR LATER.
SPD HAS INDICATED THAT IT HAS
SENT $614,000 OF ORIGINAL AD.
THEIR PLAN IS TO -- THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE PLANS TO LET THAT
AMOUNT LAPSE AND REAPPROPRIATE
IT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO
COVER THE REMAINING OBLIGATIONS
FOR THE RECRUITS WHO HAVE YET TO
RECEIVE THE SECOND HALF OF THEIR
BONUS.
AND FINALLY COUNCIL ADDED
$1.2 MILLION TO THE 2020 ADOPTED
BUDGET TO FUND RECOMMENDATIONS
OUTLINED IN THE MAYOR'S
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
REPORT.
SPD HAS PUT THAT PROJECT
ON HOLD.
AND THE QUARTERS THAT
WERE FUNDED BY THAT INITIATIVE
ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON
COVID-RELATED ACTIVITIES.
THE
DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT IT HAS
SPENT ABOUT HALF OF THE $1.2
MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.
AND
THAT'S GOING TO SUMMARIZE MY
PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT SLIDE WAS
SIMPLY THE APPROXIMATELY ISSUES
THAT I JUST BROUGHT TO YOUR
ATTENTION AS I WAS RUNNING
THROUGH THE REDUCTIONS.
OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS, STRAUSS, AND
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
CHAIR.
GREG.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
WORK ON THESE ISSUES SURROUNDING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE
PAST COUPLE WEEKS.
DOES OF THIS
$20 MILLION REQUIRE SOME FORM OF
BARGAINING BEFORE THIS SAVINGS
COULD BE LOCKED IN OR COULD
WHERE THESE THINGS ARE BEING
DRAWN FROM BE IMMEDIATELY
APPLIED TO FILLING IN OUR BUDGET
SHOREFALL?
>>> I THINK THAT THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE IS PLANNING ON USING THIS
$20 MILLION DURING THE BUDGET
SHORTFALL.
BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A LACK OF WORK IN THESE
AREAS, I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF
THEM ARE GOING TO REQUIRE
BARGAINING.
>> GRAY.
JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
THATCH THAT'S IT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU, GREG FOR ALL OF YOUR
ANALYSIS INFORM RESPONSE TO THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSALS THIS WEEK OF
THE ITEMS WE HAD IN COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK, HOW MUCH OF THE
PREPSAL FROM MONDAY IS INCLUDED
IN THIS 2020 REBALANCING?
>> NOTHING.
>> OKAY.
>> THE 2020 REBALANCE PROPOSAL
THEY JUST PRESENTED TO YOU IS A
PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE
COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MAYOR
DEVELOPING THE PROPOSAL THAT SHE
TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESS REY
LEASE.
>> IS THAT ALL FOR 2021?
>> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THE MAYOR IS GOING TO WORK ON
PROPOSING SOME OF THOSE REORDERS
IN THE 2021 BUDGET.
I DO NOT
EXPECT SHE IS GOING TO PROPOSE
THOSE FOR THE 2020 REBALANCE IN
THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT TO SAY
THAT THE COUNCILING NOT CHOOSE
TO DO THAT.
THEMSELVES.
>> GREAT.
AND JUST -- NOW THAT
WE'RE ON THIS LINE, WHAT WOULD
THE IMPLICATION OF USING THE
9-1-1 CALL CENTER OUT OF SPD IN
THE 2020 REBALANCE, WHAT WOULD
THE IMPLICATION OF THAT BE?
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK
I' WANT CENTRAL STAFF TO GIVE
SOME THOUGHT TO AND TALK WITH
YOU ABOUT.
THERE IS, OF COURSE
THE LOGISTICS OF HOW THAT WOULD
HAPPEN IN LEGISLATION.
THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY
TAKE SOME PLANNING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL.
I SEE COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD, AND COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YOU ARE ON MUTE STILL.
>> YES, I AM, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY FIRST QUESTION I SINGLE
RELATED TO THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS WAS MAKING.
ARE YOU
SAYING NONE OF IT HAS BEEN
PROGRAMMED FOR 2020 SPENDING AT
THIS POINT?
>> IT HAS BEEN IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGES THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT
FROM DIRECTOR NOBLE, THE $20.3
MILLION THAT IS REDUCED BY SPD
IS ASSOCIATED AS PART OF HIS
GENERAL FUND BALANCING SCENARIO.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BILL.
IT'S JUST CHANGES FLAT
DEPARTMENT PLANS TO MAKE IN THE
GENERAL FUND TO MATCH
EXPENDITURES.
>> IF WE WANTED TO PROGRAM THAT
$23 MILLION INTO VIOLENCE
PREVENTION, INVESTMENT IN BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITY, WE WOULD
HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER $23
MILLION?
>> I THINK THAT'S A FAIR
ASSESSMENT.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE
DETAIL ABOUT HOW IT IS THAT
SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, SPD
HAS USED ALL OF THE 2020
OVERTIME BUDGET OF $30 MILLION.
AND THE $6 MILLION IN EXPENSES
ASSOCIATED WITH OVERTIME.
BUT WE
KNEW VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR THAT
SPD BECAUSE OF A REDUCTION IN
CRIME, SPD HAD STOPPED DOING
EMPHASIS PATROL PATROLS.
IN THE AREAS
THAT WERE INITIALLY REFERRED TO
AS EMPHASIS AREAS.
FOCUSED ON
USE OF OVERTIME.
NOT THE FOCUS
ON AN AREA.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THE
USE OF OVERTIME.
EARLY IN THE
YEAR, THEY'RE LIKE OH, WE DON'T
NEED TO USE OVERTIME.
SO WE CAN
JUST USE OUR REGULAR PATROL
INSTEAD OF USING OVERTIME.
ANOTHER HUGE PART OF THE
OVERTIME BUDGET IS EVENTS.
EVENTS THAT AREN'T HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M JUST REALLY AT
A LOSS.
HOW $30 MILLION OF
OVERTIME FOR THE WHOLE YEAR,
WE'RE IN JUNE, AND $22 MILLION
OR $14 MILLION.
HAS BEEN USED IN
OVERTIME.
I'D LIKE TO GET MORE
DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
AND LASTLY, I
JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE ARE
CATEGORIES IN THE BUDGET THAT WE
ARE ABLE AS A COUNCIL TO CUT OR
ADD TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
SO
SOME CATEGORIES THAT WERE
FORMERLY A SEPARATE LINE ITEM
ARE NOW PART OF A BROADER
FUNDING POOL.
SO NOW THERE'S A
BROAD FUNDING POOL CALLED
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT
INCLUDES SEVERAL SEPARATE LINE
ITEMS, FOR INSTANCE NARCOTICS
AND SPECIAL ITEMS.
SPECIAL
VICTIMS.
AND I THINK IT MIGHT
MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE
COUNCIL TO CUT WITHIN THAT
BROADER BUDGET ITEM.
VICTIM
ADVOCACY.
INTR ARE INTERESTED IN US
HELPING THEM MOVING THOSE
FUNCTIONS OUT OF SPD, AND INTO
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDING THOSE SAME KIND OF
SERVICES.
AND I'M JUST CONCERNED
THAT IT'S PART OF A BROADER
FUNDING POOL, IT MIGHT MAKE THAT
MORE DIFFICULT.
AND I DON'T KNOW
IF WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE
PREVIOUS LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE
HAD HAD IN PRIOR YEARS.
OR IF
THERE'S A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT
I'M DESCRIBING THROUGH B
PROVIDERS.
THANK YOU.
>>> COUNCIL MEMBER, FIRST OF
ALL, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
EVENTS AND EMPHASIS PATRELS ARE
TWO VERY LARGE CATEGORIES.
ABOUT
$6.8 MILLION WERE BUDGETED FOR
EVENTS AND ABOUT $2.2 MILLION
ARE BUDGETED FOR EMPHASIS
PATROELS.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER
AREAS THAT HAVE LARGE
ALLOCATIONS.
PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO
TRAINING IS JUST UNDER $4
MILLION.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
IS ABOUT $3.4 MILLION IN THE
BUDGET.
STIRL THOUGH YOU HAVE A
POINT STILL THOUGH YOU HAVE A
POINT THAT EXTEND TOURS IN AREA
OUTSIDE OF EVENTS AND OUTSIDE OF
EMPHASIS PATROELS OBVIOUSLY WERE
SIGNIFICANT IF WE GOT TO A POINT
AS A CITY WHERE THE OVERTIME
BUDGET IS REALLY EXTENDED.
SO I
WILL GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW THAT HAPPENED.
AND
REGARDING YOUR SECOND POINT, I
THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE IS APPROPRIATION.
WHAT WE
CALL BSO.
OR THE APPROPRIATION
LEVEL THAT IS IN THE BUDGET.
AND
IT IS TRUE THAT LAST YEAR SPD
AND THE EXECUTIVE AGGREGATED
SOME OF THOSE APPROPRIATIONS
INTO LARGER APPROPRIATIONS.
FOR
INSTANCE, EACH PRECINCT USED TO
HAVE ITS OWN APPROPRIATION.
ALL
FIVE OF THEM DID.
AND ALL THOSE
WERE AGCOMBATED UNDER A CONTROL
OPS APPROPRIATION.
THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PURSUE IF
IT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNCIL A
GREATER LEVEL OF CONTROL IF
THOSE APPROPRIATIONS WERE BROKEN
OUT AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER SAWAN.
AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE SURE I HEARD CRITICAL THAT
THE SEATTLE POLICE HAVE SPENT
HALF THEIR ALLOCATED HIRING
BONUSES.
AND ASSUMING THAT'S
CORRECT, I JUST WANTED TO POINT
OUT, THIS IS HAPPENING AT THE
SAME TIME THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS
HAVE BEEN GIVEN A HIRING FREEZE.
AND JUST TO POINT OUT AS I
POINTED OUT BEFORE, THE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS DO EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT WORK THAT HAVE THE
OPPOSITE EFFECT, WHICH IS A
PRTHIVESQUE, ON THE MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FACING A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON POLICING AND
EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE.
THAT'S
HAD A POSITIVE KNACK FOR OUR
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND
THE STAFF ARE DOING EXCELLENT
WORK IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND
LABOR STANDARDS OFFICERS ARE
FACING HIRING FREEZES.
BUT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY
SPENT HALF THEIR HIRING BONUSES.
SO IN OTHER WORDS NOT ONLY DID
THEY CONTINUE HIRING, THEY
CONTINUED QUOTE UNQUOTE
ATTRACTING APPLICANTS WITH
ADDITIONAL HIRING BONUSES.
AND I
SHOULD MENTION THAT THE KIND OF
MOVEMENT AND UPRISING THAT WE'RE
SEEING AND WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE
LAST MONTH OR SO IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE MANY OF THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOW
TALKING ABOUT DEFUNDING SPD,
WHICH IS VERY PERSON, BUT THIS
IS COMING FROM THE PRESSURE FROM
THE MOVEMENT.
BECAUSE JUST LAST
YEAR, THERE WAS A VOTE ON THE
HIRING BONUSES.
AND
UNFORTUNATELY MY OFFICE OF THE
ONLY NO-VOTE ON THE HIRING
BONUSES.
BOTH THE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE CHAMPIONED
THOSE HIRING BONUSES.
WHICH IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AT THAT
TIME.
AND I STILL SAY IN HIRING
BONUSES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND
EDUCATORS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE
DOING IMPORTANT WORK IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS HAVING
MADE OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS OF
OVERTIME.
AND AS ANYBODY SAID,
IT CORRELATES THE OFFICERS WHO
HAVE HAD THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
MONEY TO OVERTIME AND SO ON.
AND
ALSO THEY'RE COLLATING A TRACK
RECORD OF VIOLENCE AND LACK OF
ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO OVERALL ALSO
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CHALLENGE THE MAYOR HERE.
BECAUSE SHE HAS CLAIMED THAT SHE
PUT $70 MILLION IN SEATTLE
POLICE.
THAT IS WITHOUT PUT
ANYTHING WRITING IN HER BUDGET
BECAUSE IT IS TOLD THAT IT WILL
BE DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY.
NOW
THEY HAVE USED ALL OF THEIR
OVERTIME BUDGET IN THE FIRST
HALF OF THE YEAR.
BUT WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT USE
ANYMORE OVERTIME, ANYMORE OF
THAT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE
HAVE THE REPORT FROM NOBLE FROM
THE WEEKS AGO.
THE OUTRAGEOUS,
UNBELIEVABLE NUMBER, ACTUALLY,
OF HAVING SPENT OVER $6 MILLION
ON JUST POLICING THE GEORGE
FLOYD PROTESTS.
JUST ONE MONTH?
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT WE'RE --
WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU DO WITH OVER
$6 MILLION?
I JUST WANTED TO SAY
-- I WILL COME BACK ON THIS
LATER IN THE DISCUSSION TODAY.
AND ALSO IN THE UPCOMING
DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL BE MOVING
THE AMENDMENT.
BUT JUST TO SAY
THAT MY OFFICE ALONGSIDE THE
PEOPLE WILL BE, OF COURSE,
BRINGING A PROVISO ON THE -- TO
PROHIBIT THE POLICE ORDERS FROM
USING ANY FUNDS TO PROSECUTE THE
BLM PROTESTORS.
WE ALSO WANT TO
TAP SEATTLE POLICE AND CITY
EXECUTIVE SALARIES AT NO MORE
THAN $150,000 A YEAR.
I'M JUST
SHARING NUMBERS WITH THE PUBLIC,
THEY HAVE BROUGHT THIS MA'AM.
EVERY YEAR.
AND UNFORTUNATELY
THE COUNCIL HAS NOT SUPPORTED
IT.
BUT WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY WANT
TO FULFILL WHAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN DEMANDING WHICH IS
IMMEDIATELY CUTTING THE
REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR'S SEATTLE
POLICE BUDGET BY 50%.
WHICH
WOULD BE AN ESTIMATED $85
MILLION.
AND ALSO ENDING THEIR
DOMESTICALLY NAMED TEAM AND STOP
THE INHUMANE INEFFECTIVE POLICE
OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS
HAMPION AGAIN HOMELESSNESS, WE
ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY REPRESENTED.
SO MANY OF THESE CHANGES AND
ADDITIONAL CHANGES I SUPPORT
FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
BRINGING THEM FORWARD.
BUT I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE STARK
CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BUDGET CUTS
THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
DOING VITAL WORK FOR OUR
COMMUNITY ARE FACING COMPARED TO
THE QUITE OUTRAGEOUS PRACTICES
THAT WE'RE OBSERVING FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE.
>> I PROBABLY SHOULD CLARIFY AT
LEAST ONE THING, COUNCIL MEMBER.
SPD CURRENTLY IS UNDER A HIRING
FREEZE FOR SWORN AND HAS BEEN
FOR A WHILE.
THEY HIRED EARLIER
THIS YEAR QUITE A FEW RECRUITS.
AND JUST ABOUT HALF OF THEIR
QUOTA THEY HIRED IN THE EARLY
PART OF THIS YEAR BEFORE THE
HIRING FREEZE WENT INTO EFFECT.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THE
SPENDING ON THE RECRUIT BONUSES.
THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY HANDING
OUT RECRUIT BONUSES.
THEY'RE NOT
CURRENTLY HIRING.
AS IT TURNS
OUT, THEY'RE OUT OF MONEY AND
THEY CANNOT HIRE ANY SWORN AT
THIS POINT.
AND I SHOULD ALSO
POINT THAT THE HIRING BONUSES GO
BACK LAST YEAR.
SO THEY HAVE
BEEN -- THE HIRING BONUSES HAVE
BEEN HANDED OUT LAST YEAR AND
THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THIS
YEAR.
SO SORRY IF I --
INFORMATION I PROBABLY SHOULD
HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT,
THANK YOU.
I WASN'T COMPLETE
ABOUT ANY OF THAT.
BUT I
APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING ALL OF
THAT.
I WILL NOTE AS YOU HAVE
ALSO NOTED, THAT YES, I WAS
REFERRING TO THE VOTE ON THE
EARLY BONUSES FROM LAST YEAR.
AND I'M NOT IMPLYING THAT THEY
DID IT -- USED THE HIRING
BONUSES JUST NOW AFTER THE
PANDEMIC HIT, BUT MY POINT THAT
IS, AS I HAVE SAID, AT THAT
TIME, I WAS THE ONLY NO-VOTE ON
IT.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYORS,
MAYOR'S OFFICE -- WE SHOULDN'T
NEED THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTORS
TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND IT
WAS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO HAVE
HIRING BONUSE POLICE
OFFICERS.
AT THE SAME TIME
ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE WHO ARE
DOING IMPORTANT WORK IN OUR
COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY SOCIAL
WORKERS ARE SO GROSSLY
UNDERPAID.
THEY'RE CHRONICALLY
UNDERPAID.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY,
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MY STAFF
IS THAT THEY CONTINUED HIRING
AFTER THE HIRING FREEZE WENT
INTO EFFECT.
AND THEY JUST
STOPPED INITIATING RECRUITMENT
CLASSES.
CAN YOU CLARIFY ON
THAT?
THANK YOU, GREG.
IN
ADVANCE.
>> I THINK WHEN THE HIRING
FREEZE INITIALLY TOOK HOLD, IT
PROBABLY EXEMPTED FIRST
RESPONDERS.
SO I THINK THAT
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOMETIME
THERE WHERE SPD WAS STILL
HIRING.
AND THEN IT'S THE FISCAL
REALITY OF THE COVID CRISIS, AND
THE FISCAL REALITY THAT SPD HIT,
THAT WAS THE POINT THAT THEY
STOPPED HIRING.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE
HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, THEN
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE WITH THE
SAFETY CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
THEN I'M GONNA ASK
FOLKS IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THE SPD BUDGET THAT
THEY HOLD THEM FOR THE END OF
OUR COMMUNITY PANEL PRESENTATION
WHICH IS IN PART A RESPONSE TO
THE ISSUE IDENTIFICATION WAITING
FOR US TO IDENIFY POSSIBLE
STRATEGIES MOVING FORWARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
YOU ARE
NEXT.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY REAL QUICK, I THINK YOU
MENTIONED DURING YOUR
PRESENTATION.
BUT I JUST WANT TO
NAIL THIS DOWN.
IN ADDITION TO
THE $20 MILLION IN THE
ADMINISTRATIVE SAVINGS, THERE
ARE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN
DEFERRING THE CABIN LIMITATION.
AND THAT THAT IS GOING TOWARD
THE REVISIONING PROCESS.
I
WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE
THAT BREAKDOWN AGAIN REAL QUICK.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT IS
IN ADDITION TO THE $20 MILLION,
YES?
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
>> YEAH, THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE
$20 MILLION.
THIS IS MONEY THAT
SPD HAS IDENTIFIED AND
REPURPOSED IN THEIR OWN BUDGET.
AND SO THAT MAUMENT IS HALF A
MILLION DOLLARS OCCUPANT IS HALF
A MILLION DOLLARS THAT IS GOING
TO BE REPROGRAMMED FOR THE
POLICE REENVISIONING PROCESS.
$1.4 MILLION THAT WILL FUND THE
HIRING OF POLICE DISPATCHERS
DURING THE HYDRATION FREEZE.
>> OKAY.
THUMBS-UP FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
THANK YOU FOR
ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, DID I SEE YOU
WAVE?
OKAY.
YOU'RE GONNA HOLD
YOUR QUESTION FOR LATER?
>> NO, I HAVE A QUESTION.
>> OH, GOOD.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> IT'LL BE QUICK.
FIRST IS I
WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO
SET ASIDE MONEY TO HIRE DURING A
HIRING FREEZE FOR THESE POLICE
INSPECTORS.
BUT MY ASK IS IF WE
CAN SEE THAT TIMELINE OF WHEN
THE CONTINUED HIRING AND HIRING
BONUSES WENT OUT.
AND WHEN THE
OVERTIME WAS SPENT.
BECAUSE I AM
DOING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW OPERATIONS CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN WHEN THE REST OF OUR CITY
STAFF, CITY WORKERS WERE ASKED
TO IMPLEMENT A HIRING FREEZE AND
TO START REDUCING COSTS.
I'LL
STOP THERE.
AND LET US PROCEED
TO THE NEXT SEGMENT.
>>> SHOULD BE PRETTY EASY FOR
ME TO GET TO YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER.
THEY TRIED TO ASK FOR
THOSE DETAILS.
THOSE THINGS.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
OH, SORRY,
COUNCIL MEMBER, HERBOLD.
THE
MUTE BUTTON.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE SPD
HIRING FREEZE AS OPPOSED TO THE
CITY-WIDE HIRING FREEZE THAT,
FIRST RESPONDERS WERE EXEMPT
FROM, I REMEMBER FROM THE LAST
JUNE STAFFING REPORT WE SAW THAT
THERE WERE ABOUT 40 OFFICERS
THAT WERE STILL IN TRAINING.
ARE
THEY CONSIDERED HIRED WHEN THEY
ARE IN TRAINING?
THAT'S MY FIRST
QUESTION.
AND MY SECOND
QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE
HIRING BENNUS.
DO YOU VIEW
HIRING BONUSES AS AN EMPLOYMENT
BENEFIT?
AND I'M WONDERING, JUST
LIKE MANY EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
WHEN YOU AGREE TO TAKE A JOB IN
EXCHANGE FOR A CERTAIN MENU OF
BENEFITS, THERE'S A REASONABLE
EXPECTATION THAT YOU ARE GOING
TO BE RECEIVING ALL THE
BENEFITS.
BUT SOMETIMES
CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE AFTER
YOU'RE HIRED, SIMILAR TO THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AWI'S THAT
WERE NESHTED IN THE CONTRACTS OF
NEGOTIATED IN THE CONTRACTS OF
OTHER CITY LABOR YIENS IN THE
CITY THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE
RECONSIDERING.
IS THERE A WAY TO
CONSIDER THE HIRING PONUSES OF
THESE OFFICERS?
I KNOW THAT
MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD
HAVE TO BE BARGAIN.
BUT BEYOND
IT BEING A BENEFIT OF
EMPLOYMENT, WHAT ARE OUR
OBLIGATIONS TO FULFILL THAT
XHIMENT TO PAY THAT SECOND HALF
OF THE BONUS?
>> THE FIRST ONE REALLY, YES.
WHEN THEY'RE IN TRAINING,
THEY'RE HIRED.
THEY HIRE THEM
BEFORE THEY START TRAINING.
AND
THEN PUT THEM IN SORT OF
PRETRAINING.
SO YES.
AND I'LL
HAVE TO GET TO LAW ON YOUR
SECOND QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREG, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THIS OVERVIEW.
I KNOW YOU ALONG
WITH JEFF AND TOM WILL BE ON THE
LINES.
IN THE SAME VEIN OF THE
QUESTIONS JUST BEING ASKED, GREG
FROM THE SPD'S INQUEST OR BUDGET
OVERVIEW.
WE DO HAVE FOUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE WITH US.
AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THEIR TIME.
I KNOW THEY ARE ON THE LINE
HERE.
SO MANY ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY.
I WANT TO WELCOME
ANGELICA TESAIL, DOMINIC OLIVER,
SEAN GRAVE AND ISAAC JOY FROM
EQUITY NOW.
WE HAVE A
PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF US THAT
I WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK.
SDWLOOIS MAP FOR
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG CHANGE.
WELL,IT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED TOFT COMMUNITY PARTNERS
WITH US (TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.
AND A ROADMAP FOR
US IN 20 21.
MANY OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
PRESENTING TO US TODAY AND IN
THE PAST, AND THE FOLKS CALLING
IN AND ASKING FOR THE CHANGES
REQUESTED IN THE DOCUMENT WE'LL
REVIEW TODAY HAVE BEEN DOING SO
IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YEAR.
I
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR
TIME, AND THE WAY THAT THEY
CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY THESE
CHANGES THAT WE NEED.
NOT JUST
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR CHANGES BUT
TRUE SYSTEMS CHANGE.
AND
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES THAT WE
NEED TO REALIZE THE PUBLIC
SAFETY THAT SO MANY IN OUR
COMMUNITY ARE ASKED TO CHANGE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION, MOST IMPORTANT WE
WANT TO CENTER IT ON THE FACT
THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT
THEY DON'T CURRENTLY FEEL SAFE.
IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT EVERY
COMMUNITY MEMBER FEEL SAFE.
WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
HAVE IN THEIR TOOLBOX ALL OF THE
TOOLS.
THIS IS ABOUT BROADENING
THE NUMBER OF TOOLS THAT WE
OFFER TO COMMUNITY AND INVESTING
THOSE TOOLS IN UPSTREAM WAYS SO
WE CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS INVESTING IN THEIR
HEALTH.
SO THANK YOU TO
EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE WITH US
TODAY.
YOU REPRESENT HUNDREDS IF
NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHIN
THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH.
YOU HAVE PROVIDED
US WITH A FOUR-POINT PLAN AS OF
LAST WEEK THAT WAS ROOTED IN THE
COMMUNITY CRIES FOR ACTION.
THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN
TAKE THESE FOUR PILLARS AND USE
THESE FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE BOTH IN THE SUMMER BUDGET
AND THE UPCOMING BUDGET FOR
21/22.
WHY DON'T I TURN IT OVER
TO ANGELICA FOR AN INTRODUCTION
OF THE PANELISTS.
AND SINCE YOU
ALL HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET,
IF YOU COULD JUST START.
AND WE
COULD HAVE ALL THE PANELISTS
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND THEN WE
CAN WALK THROUGH THE DOCUMENT
HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TO VISIT IN PRO-COMMUNITY
INITIATIVES.
WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR
PARTNERS.
THEY ARE A COALITION
OF ACCOUNTABLE BLACK-LED
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
FIGHTING TO ACHIEVE MEANINGFUL
METRICKS.
INCLUDING LAND
OWNERSHIP, WEALTH, BETTER
MORTALITY RATE, ETC.
AGAIN WE
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO GO INTO
GREATER DETAIL ON THE FOUR-POINT
PROPOSAL WE PRESENT LAST WEEK
FOR IMMEDIATE 2020 DEVELOPMENTS.
FOR POLICING.
WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT
EACH OF THESE.
AND INCREASING
ACCESS TO HOUSING.
AS COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA MENTIONED, WHILE
THE UPRISINGS THAT LED TO THIS
POLITICAL OPENING TO DIVEST SPD
MAY BE UNPRECEDENTED, BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES FOR YEARS HAVE
BEEN HOLDING DOWN THE ANALYSIS,
THE RESEARCH, THE SKILLS AND THE
LIVED EXPERIENCE TO KNOW THAT
POLICING AND IMPRISONMENT FAIL
US.
THE CITY'S PREVIOUS
COMMITMENT TO GROWING AND
EXPANDING POLICE BUDGETS AND
EXPANDING SYSTEMS OF
INCARCERATION HAVE FORCED US TO
BECOME EXPERTS IN THESE MATTERS.
AND THIS PROPOSAL REFLECTS THAT
EXPERTISE.
THE FIRST PHASE WILL
BE FOLLOWED BY DEEPER CUTS TO
THE 2021 BUDGET CYCLE.
COUPLED
WITH THE 2021 BUDGETING PROCESS
THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT LAST WEEK.
THIS WILL ALLOW COMMUNITY TO
DETERMINE THE DIRECTION OF
DEEPER INVESTMENTS TO GENERATE
TRUE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
IN TERMS OF THE SPD CUTS, WE'RE
ASKING FOR IMMEDIATE CUTS IN
2020 BEYOND THE $20 MILLION
IDENTIFIED BY THE EXECUTIVE.
THE
YOU CANS NEED TO BEGIN THIS
YEAR.
THE CITY HAS TO COMMIT TO
THE REORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO BOTH REDUCE ITS
SIZE, REALLOCATE ITS FUNDS AND
POSITIONS TO CITY DEPARTMENTS
AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE BETTER SUITED TO CREATING
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
I WANT
TO CLARIFY JUST A FEW POINTS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR 50% CUTS TO
SPD'S BUDGET.
AND WE KNOW THOSE
CUTS WILL COME FROM THE MONEY
REMAINING IN THEIR 2020 BUDGET.
WHICH AS WE'VE JUST HEARD, MUCH
OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT.
AND WE KNOW THOSE CUTS WILL BE
PHASED IN DURING THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
AS DETAILED
IN THIS DOCUMENT WE PRESENT TO
YOU TODAY, SOME OF THESE CUTS
WOULD COME FROM FULLY
ELIMINATING SPD FUNKS.
SOME
WOULD COME FROM TRANSITIONING
FUNKS OUT OF SPD THAT SHOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN UNDER POLICE
CONTROL TO BEGIN WITH.
AND
OTHERS WILL COME FROM HYPERING
FREEZES AND RUCKS IN STAFFING.
WE WELCOME ANY OTHER CUTS THAT
YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HELP US
IDENTIFY.
IT IS ONLY RECENTLY
BECAUSE OF THE BUDGETING REQUEST
PROCESS THAT WE ARE GETTING THE
LEVEL OF DETAIL TO THE POLICE
BUDGET THAT ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE
BEEN PUBLIC, QUESTIONED BEFORE
SIGNING OFF ON THE BUDGET
INCREASES IN THE LAST TEN, 20
YEARS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA
MOVE ON AND HAND THIS OVER TO
SEAN GLAZE WHO WILL TALK TO US
ABOUT THE FIRST BUCKET.
>> THANK YOU.
IF YOU COULD MAKE
THE VIEW OF THE DOCUMENT A
LITTLE LARGER.
>> HI, EVERYONE I'M SHAWN.
AND
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
INVESTMENT
COMMUNITY SEARCH PROCESS TO
GENERATE TRUE SAFETY INFORMED BY
COMMUNITY NEED.
WHAT WE KNOW IS
THAT THESE INITIAL INVESTMENTS
WHICH WILL BE FUNDED BY
DIVESTMENTS FROM THE SPD BUDGET
SHOULD GO TO FUNDING A 2020
SUMMER AND FALL RESEARCH
PROCESS.
THAT COULD BE CRUCIAL
TO REIMAGINING THE WORLD IN A
COMMUNITY VISION FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HEALTH.
WE HAVE A
LONG HISTORY IN SEATTLE.
HAVING
DIVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THESE
LONGSTANDING DISINVESTMENTS HAS
CREATED LESS COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND MORE THOORM BLACK RESIDENTS.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITYWIDE
DIALOGUE, WHEN IT'S CENTERED ON
COMMUNIY NEEDS CAN CREATE THE
WORLD WE WANT TO SEE.
A WORLD
WHERE PEOPLE CAN, WHERE YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF JUST
LIVING THEIR LIVES.
WE ALSO KNOW
THAT THIS WILL HELP SUPPORT
PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST DIRECTLY --
CONTACT AND SURVEILLANCE TO
SYSTEMATICALLY PRODUCE OUR OWN
SOLUTIONS TO GUIDE THE CITY'S
NEXT STEP.
WITHOUT COMMUNITY
VOICE AND LEADERSHIP, ANY
PROPOSED SOLUTIONS ARE LIKELY TO
BE SHORTSIGHTED, INCOMPLETE, AND
ACTIVELY HARMFUL.
THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT KEY.
THAT THERE
IS COMMUNITY VOICE AND COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP.
IN THIS REPORT HERE,
YOU CAN SEE THAT A PORTION WILL
BE EXPLICITLY FOCUSED ON
COMMUNITY SAFETY.
AND OFFERING
SPECIFICALLY ORIGINATIONS AND
SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY FAIL IN
THOSE CAPACITIES.
THAT WOULD
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE ANALYSES AND
PROJECTIONS TO HELP INFORM
STAFFING, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS,
AND REALLY SUPPORT, AGAIN, THESE
OTHER BUCKETS OF THE WORK.
THE
RESEARCH WILL ALSO BE EXPLORING
TESTING AND EVALUATING DIFFERENT
STRATEGIES TO MAKE SAFER
COMMUNITIES.
COVID IS A BIG
CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNES.
OUR
PLAN INCLUDES A DEEP EXPLORATION
OF HOW EFFECTIVE RESEARCH AND
OUTREACH CAN BE DONE IN THIS
CHALLENGING CONTEXT.
IT INCLUDES
RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVALUATIONS
THAT WILL BECOME THE ANTICIPATED
OUTCOMES FOR THE SUMMER AND FALL
OUTAGE.
AND ALL OF THAT INFORMS
THE TWEP 21 BUDGETING PROCESS.
IT'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS.
THE
RESEARCH WILL GO TOWARD DEFINING
WHAT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HEALTH
IS FOR.
IT WILL ALSO GO TOWARD
UNDERSTANDING HOW TO MAKE
ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE MOVING
FORWARD.
THE PROCESS MUST BE
COMMUNITY-69ED AND CONTROLLED.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS TROUGH.
IT'S ESSENTIAL TO HAVE TRUST
WHEN YOU'RE CHECKING THE DATA.
AND THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS A LONG
TRACK RECORD OF MISUSING THIS
TRUST.
IN PART BECAUSE THE CITY
HAS A LONG TRACK RECORD OF
SUPPORTING HARMFUL POLICIES AND
OR MAYBE NOT
LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT
THE OTHER PATTERN SHARES
COLLECTING DATA AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOT
FOLLOWING THROUGH.
AND THAT'S A
BIG PIECE OF WHY THE SPD -- AND
THAT'S A BIG REASON WHY WE'VE
BEEN REALLY THOUGHTFUL AROUND
HOW TO CONNECT WITH 2020 ALL
SUMMER COMMUNITY PROCESS WITH
THEIR 2021, 2022 PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS IS TO REALLY
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING --
ABLE TO TAKE ACTION BASED ON THE
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
IT IS
CRUCIAL IN THIS TYPE OF PROCESS
THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE
INVOLVED IN THE DIALOGUE.
THEY'RE SUPPORTED IN TERMS OF
THEIR -- COMPENSATED FOR THEIR
RESEARCH, FOR THE LABOR THEY
OFFER.
AS WELL AS THEIR GIVING
THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE
SUCCESSFUL AND PARTICIPATE
FULLY.
PART OF WHAT THAT MEANS
FOR US IS THAT THE URGENCY OF
WHY WE'RE FACING COMMUNITY
RESEARCH FIRST IS SO THAT WE CAN
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT
DURING THIS TIME OF COVID.
SO WE
KNOW THAT THE SCALE CANNOT BE
MET WITH LABOR ALONE.
AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE PRIORITIZING
SHELTER.
DURING A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
YOU BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL HOW TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT.
I WANTED TO
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
RESEARCH ACTIVITY.
WHAT DOES IT
LOOK LIKE?
THE PROPOSAL IS THAT
12% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS THAT WE
WOULD RECEIVE WOULD BE USEFUL
FOR RESEARCH.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A
SMALLER SUM BE RELEASED
IMMEDIATELY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE
FIVE MILLION COMPONENTS OF
RESEARCH.
AND SOME OF THEM HAVE
ALREADY STARTED.
THE FIRST PHASE
THAT WILL NEED FUNDING INCLUDES
STAFFING, TRAINING, TECHNICAL
SUPPORT AND MATERIAL.
BECAUSE OF
OUR DEEP CONNECTIONS WITH
COMMUNITIES, WE DON'T HAVE TO
SPEND A LOT OF TIME JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE PLAYERS
ARE.
BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE
CAN BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED AND
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
THE
SECOND RESEARCH ACTIVITY I WANT
TO HIGHLIGHT IS SUPPORT LIKE
PPE, CERTAIN TOMORROWS THAT
WE'LL NEED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AND IN THAT
CONNECTIVITY, THAT PEOPLE CAN
ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IF N THESE.
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
A BARRIER TO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
THE STHIRD
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS.
PROBLEMS
WITH TRANSLATION,
TRANSPORTATION.
DATA COLLECTION
AND ANALYSIS.
I THINK THAT IS
PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD.
BUT
IT'LL INCLUDE A MIX OF
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE.
AND OTHER KINDS OF DATA
COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
FOCUS
GROUPS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES THAT YOU'LL SEE
MENTIONED IN THE APPENDIX.
AND
THE LAST IS ABOUT DATA REPORTING
AND PRESENTATION.
THAT MIGHT
SCLD THINGS LIKE A TRADITIONAL
RESEARCH REPORT.
BUT MOST OF
WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IS
BEING TRANSPARENT WITH COMMUNITY
AND WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THAT.
AS
WELL AS DECISIONS THAT ARE
HAPPENING AT THE APPROXIMATELY
LEVEL SO THAT EVERYTHING --
WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DID WANT
TO SAY WE DO HAVE SOME CRITERIA
FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS TO REVIEW
FINDING IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE
SENT.
AS WELL AS THE TIMELINE
THAT INCLUDES FROM JULY, WHICH
IS NOW, THROUGH DECEMBER.
WHAT
ARE THE KEY PIECES THAT WILL BE
HAPPENING EACH TIME?
RIGHT NOW
OUR ONGOING PHASE IS TALKING
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
FORMING PRELIMINARY RESEARCH TO
PASS ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE AND
REPORT FOR THE SUMMER/FALL
RESEARCH.
I THINK I WILL HAND IT
OFF TO THE NEXT PERSON.
THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I'M HAPPY
TO FOLLOW UP ON QUESTIONS.
>> WOULD THE PANELISTS PREFER
FOR US TO TAKE QUESTIONS IN EACH
SEGMENT?
I THINK THIS WAS A
REALLY GREAT AND DENSE AND
DETAILED DOCUMENT.
IF IT'S OKAY,
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A NOD OF
APPROVAL HERE.
OKAY.
WE ARE
LOCKING AT PHASE 1 INVESTMENT
NUMBER ONE.
WHICH IS THE
COMMUNITY-LED RESEARCH PROCESS
TO GENERATE PUBLIC SAFETY
INFORMED BY COMMUNITY MEETING
SESSIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE
A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO
CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU FOR
PUTTING THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER.
SO QUICKLY.
I KNOW THIS IS WORK
YOU'VE ALL BEEN DOING ANYWAY.
BUT THE SPEED WITH WHICH YOU DO
YOUR RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, YOUR
PLANNING TOGETHER, TO BE ABLE TO
PRESENT THIS TO US IS REALLY
INSPIRING.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY
-- FIRST I JUST WANT TO PREFACE
THIS BY SAYING I'M NOT SURE
WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
TALKING ABOUT AMENDMENTS.
BUT I
HAVE SIGNALLED TO OUR CENTRAL
STAFF ONE OF THE ISSUES, IDEAS
THAT WE HAVE IS TO SHIFT THE $5
HUNDRED,000 THAT GREG HAD JUST
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, I BELIEVE
THAT IS THE FUNDING THAT SPD IS
SHIFTING TO DON.
AND THAT IS THE
FUNDING THAT WE ARE INTENDING TO
USE TO AMEND, TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE RESOURCE WITH THIS.
WE
HAVE LOTS OF ISSUES FOR CUTTING
BUDGETS.
BUT THAT IS ONE OF
THINGS THAT WE GOT IN.
AND WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THAT MORE LATER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS HERE?
I AM NOT SEEING
A HAND.
I WILL NOTE MY
APPRECIATION FOR THIS DETAILED
FIRST COMPONENT.
MY SORT OF
READING OF WHAT YOU HAVE
OUTLINED IN THIS EXTREMELY
PERSON DOCUMENT IS A PROCESS FOR
WHICH THINGS THAT WILL CONTINUE
TO EVOLVE WILL COME FROM.
AND
THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CREATING
COMMUNITY SAFETY STRATEGIES TO
BE REALLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITY
NEEDS AND THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED
EXPERIENCE WHO HAVE DONE THE
RESEARCH.
WHO HAVE AMPLE
OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK ARE ABSOLUTELY AT THE
TABLE MAKING THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THIS IS
PUTTING INTO ACTION THAT
CONCRETE PLAN.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU,
CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I DID HAVE A
QUESTION RELATED TO THE CUT
RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMENDATIONS.
HOLD THEM TILL
THE END OF THE PRESENTATION?
>> SURE, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> THAT WORKS, THANK YOU.
>> WITH THAT I THANK YOU AGAIN,
SHAWN, FOR THE OVERVIEW THERE.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE
PANEL FOR ITEM NUMBER 2.
>> THAT WILL BE NEKITTA OLIVER.
>> I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
AND
APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY IN THE
PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD A
STUDENT DOING WORK.
A LOT OF
NOISE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
IN
ORDER FOR US TO MAKE THIS
TRANSITION EFFECTIVE, A KEY PART
OF THIS IS GOING TO BE
PRIORITIZING OUR INVESTMENTS IN
SCALING UP COMMUNIT
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND REALLY
BOLSTERING THE ABILITY TO DO
THEIR WORK AND TO MAKE THEIR
EXPERTISE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF
SEATTLE.
IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE
AN IMMENSE RAUMENT OF TECHNICAL
SUPPORT AND CAPACITY-BUILDING.
AND ULTIMATELY, THIS IS GOING TO
LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY.
WE KNOW THAT THE FOCUS OF
DIVERTING RESOURCES FROM THE
POLICE AND ARMED RESPONSES MEANS
THAT WE NEED AN INCREASE IN
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IN
PARTICULAR TYPES OF RESPONSES
THAT COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DEVELOP THROUGH DIRECT SOCIAL
SERVICES.
AND THESE PARTICULAR
RESPONSES ADDRESS THE ROOT
CAUSES OF POVERTY AND VIOLENCE
IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
THEY DO A
LOT MORE THAN SIMPLY INTERVENE.
IN MANY CASES, THESE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EFFECTIVE
STRATEGIES THAT PREVENT HARM AND
VIOLENCE.
COMMUNITY-LED
SOLUTIONS ALSO PREVENT
OVERPOLICING AND POLICE
BRUTALITY, ESPECIALLY IN
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES BY
LIMITING OUR ELIMINATING THE
PRESENCE OF AN ARMED POLICE
FORCE.
SPD HAS HAD OVER A
CENTURY TO PRODUCE PUBLIC SAFETY
FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY AND HAS
FAILED.
AND KNOWING THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE NOT SAFER,
ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK AND NATIVE
COMMUNITY, NEED A AND INNOVATION
APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND
THIS INNOVATION APPROACH COULD
ENSURE THAT ALL SEATTLEITES GET
THE INVESTMENT IN OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM.
BUT ESPECIALLY
SEATTLEITES WHO ARE BLACK,
NATIVE, QUERY AND TRANS, PEOPLE
OF COLOR, PEOPLE WITH DISABLES
AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
ECONOMICALLY MARGINALIZED WHO
ARE OFTEN THE VICTIMS OF
OVERPOLICING AND POLICE
BRUTALITY.
COMMUNITY-LED AND
COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES
ENSURE THAT PEOPLE'S STRUGGLES
ARE NOT CRIMINALIZED.
AND IT
INSTEAD ENSURES THAT PEOPLE CAN
GET THE HOPE THEY NEED BY
PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE
ENVIRONMENTS TO HELP COMMUNITY
MEMBERS TACKLE CHALLENGES WE
FACE.
SUCH AS HOUSING
INSTABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH, DRUG
ADDICTION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
EDUCATION, ECONOMIC LACK OF
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
AND
ULTIMATELY IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SAFETY FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY.
WHAT DOES SCALING UP LOOK LIKE?
IN THIS FIRST PHASE, SCALING UP
LOOKS LIKE INCREASING SOCIAL
SUPPORT, HOUSING.
PROVIDING
MENTAL HEALTH AND DRUG ADDICTION
SERVES, DOMENTS SUPPORT,
EMERGENCY RESPONSES, CRISIS
INTERVENTION AND VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTION TEAMS RATHER THAN
ARMED POLICE.
AND WHILE MANY OF
THESE ORGANIZES ALREADY EXIST,
YOU HEARD ABOUT THE CENTER
RESOURCE PROCESS, WHICH ALLOWS
TO HAVE DEEPER WORK TO IDENTIFY
AND WHAT EXACTLY WE NEED TO
SUPPORT OUR CITY.
DEFUNDED FROM
SPD AND GROUPS THAT ARE ALREADY
IMPLEMENTING AND DEVELOPING THIS
COMMUNITY-LED ALTERNATIVE TO
POLICING AND INNOVATION.
SEATTLE
ALREADY HAS GROUPS INVOLVED IN
NONARMED CRISIS RESPONSE.
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION AND
PREVENTION.
HARM REDUCTION AND
RESTORATIVE AND TRANSFORM TIV
JUSTICE APPROACHES TO HARM.
SOME
OF WHOM MAY RECEIVE VERY SMALL
AMOUNTS OF FUNDING NOW FROM THE
CITY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT MUST
HAVE COMMENSURATE TO BE ABLE TO
MEET THE SCALE OF SERVES WE NEED
TO PROVIDE.
AND CERTAINLY NOT
COMPARABLE TO WHAT THE ARMED
POLICE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FOR
NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS.
FOR
DECADES, SEATTLE ORGANIZATIONS
úHAVE BEEN UNDERTAKING SAFETY
BUILDING ACTIVITIES, WHICH
INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SELF-DEFENSE
CLASSES.
HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIP
SKILLS CLASSES.
COMMUNITY
COURSES.
PREVENTING SEXUAL
VIOLENCE AND ASSAULT.
PROGRAMS
WORKING WITH PERPETRATORS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO HELP THEM
STOP THE BEHAVIOR.
STANDARD
TRAINING FOR DISRUPTING
VIOLENCE.
PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT
PARENTS AND DEESCALATING
CONFLICT IN THEIR HOMES WITHOUT
VIOLENCE.
MEDIATION PROGRAMS.
PROGRAMS AIMED AT REDUCING THE
HARM OF DRUG ADDICTION IN
COMMUNITIES.
PROGRAMS TO
INCREASE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
BETWEEN NEIGHBORS, WHICH
RELATIONSHIP WE KNOW IS ONE OF
THE STRONGEST THINGS TO REDUCE
CRIME.
AND THESE EFFORTS HAVE
DEVELOPED AND SURVIVED DESPITE
OVERINVESTMENTS IN THE CURRENT
POLICING AND CRIMINALIZATION
PARADIGM.
WE WANT IT TO BE
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE KNOW WE
WOULD LIKE A QUICK TRANSITION
INTO COMMUNITY-LED, XUN-BASED
PUBLIC SAFETY.
HOWEVER,
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD
NOT END IN ONE FUNDING CYCLE BE
EXPECTED TO END ALL VIOLENCE IN
SEATTLE.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNE-LED
INITIATIVES NOW AND RESPONSES SO
THEY CAN BE SCALED UP IN
MID-2021 WILL DRASTICALLY
INCREASE THE ODDS OF GENERATING
TRUE PUBLIC HEALTH, TRUE PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES.
ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BORNE
BRUNT OF POLICE PRESENCE
SURVEILLANCE AND VIOLENCE.
PROJECTS ALL GO TOWARD
INCUBATING NEW ORGANIZATIONS AND
POLICE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.
AND
THESE INVESTMENTS MUST HAPPEN IN
2020.
WE NEED TO BUILD UP THESE
ORGANIZATIONS' CAPACITY IN ORDER
TO BE READY FOR THE TRANSITION
TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE POLICE
FOOTPRINT.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO
BE STARTING FROM SCRATCH IN
2021.
THE TIME FOR THESE
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE SEPTEMBER
2020 THROUGH DECEMBER 2020.
AND
THE WORK THAT IT ENTAILS IN
ORDER FOR US TO GET TO THE PLACE
WHERE IN 2021 WE'RE READY TO
HAVE ENHANCED SERVES WOULD BE
FOR ESTABLISHING CRITERIA AND
GRANT-MAKING PROCESSES THAT ARE
NOT BURDENSOME TO COMMUNE-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROTECT THE
FIDELITY OF THE WORK AND ALLOW
THEM TO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON
SCALING UP.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE
CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOPS
OFFERED BY THE CITY FOR
ORGANIZES APPLYING FOR FUNDS.
AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT
MONTHLY SDURMENT OF FUNDS
HAPPENS SO ORGANIZES DO NOT
EXPECT TO FLOAT THE AMOUNT
THEY'RE EXPECTING FROM THE CITY.
SUCH A SETUP WOULD BE
PROHIBITIVE FOR MANY EFFECTIVE
GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY-LED
INITIATIVES AND WILL PREVENT
THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO SCALE UP
TO THE LEVEL NECESSARY.
THE SAME
WAY THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY
INVESTED IN THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND GIVEN THEM ACCESS
TO A BUDGET UPFRONT, WE NEED TO
BE TREATING COMMUNITY-LED
ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY-LED
INITIATIVES WITH THE SAME VALUE
OF ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE ACCESS
TO THOSE FUNDS ON THE FRONT END.
THIS WILL ALLOW ORGANIZES TO
CREATE PLANS FOR SCALING UP
RESPONSES AS WELL AS TO COMPLETE
RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PLANS.
LASTLY WE NEED TO ESTABLISH WHAT
THE REGRANTING PROCESS LOOKS
HIKE IN 2021.
WE WANT TO ALREADY
HAVE THIS PLAN READY TO GO SO
WE'RE NOT SCRAMBLING AT THE
POINT WHEN WE'RE READY FOR THE
ENHANCED SERVES TO TAKE PLACE.
AND BY ESTABLISHING THAT NOW IN
2020, WE'LL ALREADY HAVE OUR
EYES SET ON WHAT KIND OF
CAPACITY AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
WE NEED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZES IN ACCESSING
GRANTS AND FUNS.
LASTLY, TO
ALLOW COMMUNITY ORGS THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY TO SCALE UP, WE NEED
TO CREATE SPACE FOR THEM TO
FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT.
AND THOSE
GRANTS, THE GRANTS THAT ARE
GIVEN, NEED TO BE FOR GENERAL
OPERATING FUNS.
HISTORICALLY,
THE CITY HAS GRANTED ORGANIZE
FUNDS THAT ARE OFTEN HEAVILY
RESTRICTED.
AND THOSE
RESTRICTIONS MAKE IT HARD TO DO
THE WORK EFFECTIVELY.
AND IT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH MINIMAL
BUREAUCRATIC REQUIREMENTS.
THE
FUNDING SHOULD SUPPORT
CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT FOR
ORGS.
AND THAT SUPPORT SHOULD
LOOK LIKE AN INCREASED ABILITY
TO CREATE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH
WOULD INCLUDE SPACE, CURRICULA,
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS,
TRAINING PROGRAMS AND MORE.
AND
ALL OF THIS ULTIMATELY WOULD
LEND ITSELF TO HAVING A MORE
ROBUST PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
STRUCTURE FOR EVERYONE IN
SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN
THE LOCATION FOR PRESENTING
THIS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE
MOVE ONTO ITEM NUMBER 3, ARE
THERE QUESTIONS FOR THE
PRESENTERS?
>> I HAD ONE COMMENT THEY WILL
MAKE.
THANK YOU YOUR NOTING THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A
STREAMLINED APPLICATION PROCESS.
ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT
MORE DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS
PARTICIPATING WITH THE CITY.
I
KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WE HAD ENDEAVORED TO TRY TO DO
IN PAST EFFORTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZCEZ PROBABLY HAD SOME GREAT
EXAMPLES AS WELL.
WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SPEAK TO THAT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SHOWER
THAT WE GET THAT PROCESS OF
GRANT-MAKING RIGHT.
SO MANY
ORGANIZES, PARTICULARLY SMALLER
ONES, PARTICULARLY ONES THAT ARE
LED GENT HAVE THE ORGANIZATIONAL
CAPACITY THAT OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS TYPICALLY HAVE.
TO
SUPPORT THAT INTENSITY OF THOSE
PROCESS
PROCESSES.
THERE IS HISTORY IN
THE CITY OF TRYING TO REDUCE THE
BARRIERS IN THOSE PROCESSES TO
FACILITATE BEING ABLE TO GET
MONEY OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO
ARE BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY.
SO
REALLY EXCITED THAT THAT IS PART
OF THIS PLAN.
I THINK IT'S
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET THAT PROCESS RIGHT.
BECAUSE I REALLY SEE THAT THAT'S
WHERE A LOT OF THINGS CAN GO
WRONG AND GO ASTRAY IN TERM OF
THE INTENT OF PROPERLY FUNDING
CAPACITY BUILDING AND PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALLER
ORGANIZATIONS TO SCALE UP IN THE
WAY THAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED B
PANELISTS.
SO EXCITED TO SEE
THAT PART.
AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING HOW WE CAN USE MODELS
THAT WE USED IN THE LEVY AND THE
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOOD
VOICE YOUR CHOICE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU TO
THE LITTLE COUNCIL MEMBER AS
WELL.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
COMMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO
TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK
ALL THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.
WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY.
THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK TO SAY
THAT THIS IS I REALLY APPRECIATE
ALL THE CONCRETE POINTS.
AND
ALSO JUST TO REITERATE THE POINT
MADE BY THE PRESENTERS THAT THE
FUNDS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE
UPFRONT.
AND THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR ANYBODY
ELSE TO SET COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS UP FOR FAILURE BUT
NOT MAKING THE FUNDS THAT THEY
WOULD NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE
THESE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM
PROGRAMS, AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR
POLICE COMMUNE SAFETY AND POLICE
VIOLENCE.
HAVING THE FUNDS
AVAILABLE UPFRONT IS EXTREMELY
CRUCIAL.
AND CERTAINLY
THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT AND MY
OFFICE, OF COURSE AS I'VE SAID
MANY TIMESES, ARE STRONGLY
COMMITTED TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO HEAR THE
ORGANIZERS ALSO SAY THAT WORK
WITH THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING
FOR, AND THIS SOMETHING WE
EMPHASIZE OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
THAT WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO
BEGIN THE DEFUNDING.
WE WANT TO
DO THE DEFUNDING BY 20% STARTING
THIS YEAR.
AND IT'S A QUESTION
OF MAKING THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
BUT NOT SAYING THAT ALL THE
PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN READY TO GO.
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO
HAPPEN.
BECAUSE THE
ORGANIZATIONS NEED THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEM UP, UP
TO THE CAPACITY THAT WE WILL
NEED IN ORDER TO BE PLACED AMONG
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POLICE
WHICH HAVE BEEN QUITE HARMFUL.
SO IN 9-1-1 RESPONSE, BEING ONE
OF THE POINTS.
THEN ALSO AS ONE
OF THE WAYS WE CAN RELEASE THE
FUNDS ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE AND
CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRAMS ARE BEING
FUNDED.
ALSO TO POINT OUT THAT A
LOT OF THINGS THE POLICE DO
WHICH ARE EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC
WHICH IS HARASSING POOR PEOPLE,
HARASSING HOMELESS NEIGHBORS,
OVERPOLICING PROTEST MOVEMENTS.
WE JUST SAW IN THE PREVIOUS
PRESENTATIONS WITH STAFF, AND
YOU'VE SEEN THIS FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WEEKS AGO THAT
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SPENT OVER $6 MILLION ON JUST
POLICING THE GEORGE FLOYD
PROTEST MOVEMENT.
SO THERE ARE
MANY THINGS THAT CAN BE
ELIMINATED THAT ARE COSTING
TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND ARE NOT
HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND ARE
ESPECIALLY HARMFUL TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND THAT
THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE INVESTED
NOT ONLY IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO
POLICING BUT ALSO IN OTHER
THINGS THAT THE SAME COMMUNITIES
NEED LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSIN,
LIKE OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES.
SXIVENG TO THAT END, IN ADDITION
TO THE DEFUNDING, THE OTHER
DEMAND BEING BROUGHT FORWARD BY
THE MOVEMENT AND BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT WHICH IS HAVING
AN INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED
COMMUNITY-OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT
HAS POWERS, INCLUDING HIRING AND
FIRING OVER THE POLICE.
AND
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES SO THAT
THE COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY HOLD
ELECTED LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE ON
WHAT THE POLICE ARE DOING.
NOT
ONLY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE,
BUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING WITH
THAT MONEY?
ARE THEY HARASSING
HOMELESS PEOPLE?
ARE THEY STILL
HAVING HOMELESS NEIGHBORS AND
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS?
OR ARE THE
FUNDS USED BY THE POLICE
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL
TO THE COMMUNITY?
>> THANK YOU.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, I SAW YA.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO
ALSO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT AND
EARLIER, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
IN THANKING THE PRESENTERS FOR
IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS FOR A
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESEARCH
PROJECT.
I TOO HAVE INCLUDED
THAT IN MY PROPOSAL THAT WE'LL
TALK ABOUT LATER THAT INCLUDES
POSSIBLE CUTS AND POSSIBLE AD
ADS.
I WANT TO ALSO THANK MS. OLIVER
FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITY
THAT THE NEED TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN A
RAMP-UP IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
IS THAT THIS VEY COMMUNITY
REQUEST FOR US TO TAKE A VOLT IN
THIS BUDGET SESSION TO BEGIN
THAT PROCESS.
THAT DOES INVOLVE
SOME CUTS TO THE SPD'S BUDGET.
AND I THINK THAT WILL ALLOW US
TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
NOT
JUST CONVERSATIONS WITH
COMMUNITY ABOUT THE REPLAC
FUNCTIONS.
FOR SOME OF THE SPD
FUNKS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
MOVING INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY GOVERNMENT.
AS WELL AS INTO
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTION
SOLUTIONS.
IT
ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE THE
NECESSARY CONVERSATION AS IT
RELATES TO THE BUDGET CUTS THAT
WE MIGHT IMPLEMENT IN THIS
BUDGET SESSION THAT HAVE LABOR
IMPLICATION
IMPLICATIONS.
THOSE CUTS THAT
MIGHT HAVE LABOR IMPLICATIONS
WILL NEED TO BE BARGAINED.
AND I
THINK OUR APPROACH THAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY ALLOWS US TO
BEGIN THOSE CONFERRINGS ABOUT
BARGAINING THOSE NOW.
RATHER
THAN WAITING TILL PASSING A
BUDGET IN NOVEMBER.
AND I THINK
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO
THAT.
AND A NUMBER OF US HAVE
REQUESTED THAT LABOR RELATIONS
GET GETIN TOUCH WITH SAAG AND
SPMA TO INDICATE OUR INTERESTS
IN HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS
AFTER AUGUST 3rd AFTER THE
COUNCIL PASSES A BUDGET.
AND WE
HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHICH MIGHT
HAVE IMPACTS ON LABOR.
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR VERY THOUGHTFUL
APPROACH ABOUT HOW SCALE UP
INVESTMENTS IN THE 40 BUT HOW WE
MIGHT SCALE CUTS IN THE LAST
FOUR MONTHS OF 2020.
AND WE HAVE
A REQUEST INTO CENTRAL STAFF TO
TALK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD
OPERATIONALIZE A SKILLED CUT.
NORMALLY WHEN THE COUNCIL PASSES
A BUDGET, WHETHER OR NOT IT
AD-As OR CUTS THESE ACTIONS ARE
IMPLEMENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE BUDGET YEAR.
OR IN THIS CASE
BE IMPLEMENTED ALL IN SEPTEMBER.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO
THAT.
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
TRYING TO SCALE THEM MONTH BY
MONTH IN A WAY THAT CORRESPONDS
WITH OUR SPENDING PLAN FOR 2020.
SO AGAIN I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL
APPROACH IN LAYING OUT YOUR
FOUR-POINT PLAN.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M
NOT SEEING OR HEARING ADDITIONAL
QUESTION
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING
THROUGH THIS PIECE.
I THINK ONE
OF THE KEY PIECES YOU MENTIONED
WAS SOMETHING SAID IN THE
PREVIOUS BALANCE.
WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT INVESTING IN THE CRITERIA
THAT YOU HAVE OUTLINED.
THE
ORGANIZATION THAT YOU HAVE
LISTED HERE.
AND THE TYPE OF
QUALIFICATIONS ALREADY HIGHLIGHT
THAT THERE'S MANY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE SKILLED IN PUBLIC
SAFETY.
AND COMMUNITY PUBLIC
HEALTH STRATEGIES.
SO IT IS NOT
STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
AS YOUR
PROPOSAL OUTLINED, IT IS SCALING
IN.
THERE IS MUCH EXPERTISE AND
EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS ON HOW WE
BRING THEM TO SCALE.
IT REALLY
RELIES ON US INVESTING IN THEM
AND RAMPING UP.
ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE
NEXT PERSON?
OKAY.
IF WE
CAPTURED ANY OF THAT
INCORRECTLY, FEEL FREE TO LET US
KNOW.
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER
THREE.
>> I WILL TAKE THIS ONE.
THIS IS
TO BE A SHORTER ONE.
WE BELIEVE
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WITH
IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO TRIANGLE
9-1-1 CALL DISPATCH UNDER
CIVILIAN CONTROL.
WE DENT NEED
TO WAIT UNTIL 2021 TO CREATE A
NEW INDEPENDENT EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS SYSTEM.
RESPONSIBLE
FOR COORDINATING RESPONDERS AND
MOVING 9-1-1 DISPATCH AGAIN OUT
OF POLICE CONTROL.
THE MLTSDZ WE
HAVE NOW OFTEN RESULTS IN POOR
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CRISIS
RECEIVING AN ARMED POLICE
RESPONSE AND BEING FUNNELED INTO
THE LEGAL SYSTEM WHILE WHITE
PEOPLE IN CRISIS ARE OFFERED
SUPPORTIVE SERVES.
THIS IS NOT
GOING TO WORK.
I ALSO WANTED TO
TOUCH ON ANOTHER PIECE HERE.
WE
NEED TO BE COMBINING 9-1-1 WITH
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION WHO CAN RESPOND TO
CRISIS CALMS.
AND ALSO
INVESTMENTS IN FULLY FUNDING THE
SERVICES OF THE HOUSING SO THAT
CRISIS WORKERS, WHEN THEY DO
RESPOND TO A CALL CAN ACTUALLY
OFFER AN APPROPRIATE REFERRAL.
ALL THESE PIECES ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
I WANT TO
TAKE A SECOND TO TALK ABOUT THE
WORK THAT ALSO BELONGS IN THAT
BUCKET.
THIS MAY NOT HAPPEN IN
THIS IMMEDIATE VOTE.
IT IS KEY
FOR SETTING US UP FOR SUCCESSFUL
WE NEED TO DECRIMINALIZE.
WE
KNOW THAT THE BLACK AND BROWN
AND NATIVE FOLKS SEEM TO BECOME
A CRIMINAL MATTER MUCH MORE
QUICKLY, WHEREAS WHITE FOLKS
MIGHT BE SENT TO SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING OR MENTAL HEALTH.
WE
NEED TO BE DECRIMINALIZING THE
CHARGES THAT CURRENTLY REALLY
CRIMINALIZE POVERTY.
AND WE KNOW
THAT PEOPLE IN SEATTLE OR PEOPLE
OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY
CRIMINALIZED RIGHT NOW FOR ALL
OF THESE LOW-LEVEL OFFENSES.
WE
KNOW THAT RESULTS IN ENORMOUS
EXPENDITURES NOT JUST IN POLICE
BUT IN COURT OFFICES AND KING
COUNTY JAIL.
AND WE KNOW
DECRIMINAL EASING THESE
PROCEDURES WILL FREE UP HUMAN
NEEDS AND BE
I'LL
PAUSE THERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTION ON
THAT PRESENTATION?
OKAY.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
CONVERSATION LATELY ABOUT THIS
CONSEP REPLACING THE CURRENT
9-1-1 OPERATIONS AND
REALLOCATING SOME OF THOSE CALLS
TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS OR
HAVING A DIFFERENT RESPONSE.
I
SEE COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSKWEDA.
I
REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
CONVERSATION AROUND REPLACING
THE CURRENT 9-1-1 OPERATIONS
OUTSIDE OF SPD.
AND I THINK THE
NEXT LEVEL OF THE CONVERSATION
ALSO NEEDS TO BE ABOUT THE
POLICIES DIRECTING 9-1-1 CALLS.
BECAUSE TO HAVE OFFICER PATROL
TIME TAKEN UP TO ARRIVE AND
ASSESS A SCENE THAT IS THEN
DEEMED TO HAVE EITHER COMMUNITY
INTERVENTION OR ONE OF OUR
EXISTING PROGRAMS -- I LOVE HOW
CAHOOTS IS REALLY JUST BECOMING
THIS NAMED IDEA THAT WE ALL CAN
UNDERSTAND IN A CLEAR WAY.
BUT
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LOW ACUITY
PROGRAMS ALREADY IN THE CITY
THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR, ALL THAT
TO SAY AN OFFICER HAS TO REFER
TO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS.
SO I
DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I GUESS
I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT THAT
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE ALSO NEED TO BE LOOKING AT
THE PROCESS OF OF THE POLICIES
THAT NAVIGATE THOSE 9-1-1 CALLS
AND NOW WE CODE THEM.
THANK
YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZCEZ?
OKAY.
AFTER THAT,
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I
JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SAY THAT
THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PUT
FORWARD FOR DECRIMINALIZING, I
THINK THAT'S A VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT POINT THAT HAS BEEN
MADE.
AND I WOULD REALLY URGE
THE CITY COUNCIL TO GO TOWARD
THAT AND REALLY LOOK INTO WHAT
KIND OF POLICY YOU WOULD NEED TO
MAKE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
BECAUSE AS MR. REHMER HAS
CORRECTLY STATED, IT IS A FACE
WHERE WE SEE MASSIVE RACISM AND
AFFECTING PEOPLE OF COLOR, BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
AS YOU CURRENTLY
STATED, IT IS TARGETING PEOPLE
FOR THE CRIME OF POVERTY.
AND
IT'S REALLY WHERE PEOPLE GET
CAUGHT UP IN A BIG, BIG WAY.
AND
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY ONE
THING IS GOING TO CHANGE THIS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A SHIFT IN
POLICING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS
BEEN MENTIONED IS IMPORTANT.
I
JUST WANTED TO IMPORTANT THAT
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT POINTS THAT HAS BEEN
BROUGHT UP TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD
AND THEN LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL JUST LIKE
TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD
MEAN TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE TO
TRANSITION 9-1-1 CALL AND
DISPATCH.
UNDER CIVILIAN
CONTROL.
AND I THINK IT -- THE
INTENTION IS NOT JUST PUTTING IT
UNDER CIVILIAN CONTROL WHEREAS
CURRENTLY THERE ARE SWORN VERY
TWO SWORN OFFICERS WHO ACT AS
SUPERVISORS TO 9-1-1.
BUT WHAT
IT MEANS TO MOVE IT OUT OF SPD.
AND I'D LIKE TO JUST GET A
LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF
LODGESTICALLY WHAT WOULD BE
NECESSARY.
I'M IMAGINING WE'RE
NOT SUGGESTING A DIFFERENT
NUMBER.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE
MANY OF THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN
PLACE WOULD STILL STAY IN PLACE.
BUT IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF
MOVING THAT UNIT OUT OF SPD AND
INTO, FOR INSTANCE, OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
OR SOME
OTHER CENTRAL DEPARTMENT.
I
WOULD LIKE STAFF TO RESEARCH
THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT
IT WOULD TAKE AND HOW QUICKLY.
I
DON'T BELIEVE THERE WILL BE
LABOR IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH
ALL OF THE SAME CIVILIAN
DISPATCHERS DOING THE SAME WORK,
JUST DOING IT IN A DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO JUST MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE LABOR
IMPACTS ARE AS WELL.
>> OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
I KNOW THAT
CENTRAL STAFF IS ON THE LINE
TAKING NOTE OF THAT.
AN
IMMEDIATE SPONTO THAT.
WE WILL
FOLLOW UP WITH WHAT WE LEARNED
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL.
AND
THIS MIGHT BE IN LINE WITH WHAT
YOUR QUESTION WAS, COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS, IN TERMS OF HOW
QUICKLY YOU CAN STAND SOMETHING
UP.
>> I GUESS THIS IS ALSO
SIGNALLING FOR CENTRAL STAFF TO
LOOK INTO THIS.
I THINK ONE OF
THE KEY COMPONENTS IS NOT ONLY
THE MOVING OUT OF 9-1-1 DISPATCH
FROM SPD'S CHAIN OF COMMAND BUT
ALSO MAKING SURE THOSE DISPATCH
VERSUS SOME OTHER THINGS THAT
AREN'T ON POLICE THAT CAN BE
SENT OUT WHEN THERE ARE 9-1-1
CALL
CALLS.
I'VE TALKED EXTENSIVELY
PUBLICLY ABOUT WANTING TO ENGAGE
IN A PUBLIC PROCESS WITH THE
COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPING
SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE A
COMMUNITY-BASED FIRST RESPONSE
BASED ON THE CAHOOTS MODEL, THE
CRISIS ASSISTANCE HELPING OUT ON
THE STREETS.
I DO SHARE THE
URGENCY OF WANTING TO MOVE THE
9-1-1 DISPATCH OUT OF SPD AND
SORT OF CHANGE THE ETHOS.
AND I
WONDER IF THERE MIGHT BE SCOPE
TO EXPAND IN THE INTERIM, LIKE,
THE HEALTH 1 PILOT, IN ORDER TO
BE AN ADDITIONAL TOOL THAT 9-1-1
DISPATCH CAN SEND.
WHICH SEEMS
TO ME LIKE IT COULD BE A
SHORT-TERM ALTERNATIVE DISPATCH.
BECAUSE IT IS GONNA TAKE -- IT'S
GONNA TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO
DEVELOP A CAHOOTS STYLE OPTION.
BUT I COULD DEFINITELY SEE A LOT
OF MERIT TO HAVING LIKE A
SHORT-TERM MODEL LIKE THAT.
THAT
COULD EVOLVE INTO EXPANDING THE
CORNUCOPIA OF FIRST RESPONSE
OPTIONS AS WE KIND OF GET ALONG
IN RIGHT-SIZING FIRST RESPONSE
MORE BROADLY.
I THINK THE
RELATIONSHIP OF A HEALTH 1 SKAIL
UP TO MOVING THE 9-1-1 DISPATCH
I THINK MAKES IT A MORE EXIDGENT
THING WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING OF
AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
STARTING THE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND MOVING THE 9-1-1 DISPATCH
IN THE SUMMER RIGHT NOW.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.
I SEE A
HAND.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
GREAT QUESTION.
IR THINK I'LL
ADD TO KWOUNL MEMBER LEWIS'S
QUESTION.
WE HEAR GREAT THINGS
ABOUT THE HEALTH 1 MODEL.
WHICH
IS A FIRST RESPONDER, NOT A
POLICE OFFICER.
BUT AN EMT, A
FIREFIGHTER, AND A COUNSELOR.
WE
KNOW THAT THERE IS THE CRISIS
RESPONSE UNIT, WHICH NOT PART OF
SPD THERE UNDERNEATH THE SC,
ACTUALLY, AND THEIR CONCERNS
ABOUT BEING LUMPED IN AS PART OF
THE SPD BUDGET OVERALL.
THEY
REALLY ARE MENTAL H
PROVIDERS.
I'M WONDERIN ABOUT
HOW WE PULL THEM OUT.
AND
COLEAD.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF
REPORTS LATELY ABOUT HOW THE
COLEAD MODEL, UNFORTUNATELY AT
THIS POINT, HAD BEEN RELYING ON
REFERRALS FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
SO ALL THREE OF
THOSE INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM
HAVE TO HAVE A DISPATCH FROM SPD
SPECIFICALLY.
ARE THOSE SORT OF
IMMEDIATE STRATEGIES.
>> WE FULLY SUPPORT ENDING
POLICE GATEKEEPING FOR COLEAD.
THAT'S ONE.
IN TERMS OF STANDING
UP HEALTH 1 AND BOLSTERING
HEALTH 1, IT ONLY GETS DEPLOYED
WITNESS A 9-1-1 CALL HAS BEEN
SENT FROM SPD DISPATCH TO FIRE
DISPATCH.
AND FIRE DISPATCH
DECIDES IT'S A LOW-PRIORITY
CALL.
SOME OF THAT WOULD BE
REMEDIED BY THE IMMEDIATE MOVING
OF 9-1-1 OUT OF SPD.
SO THE
DECISION-MAKERS WOULDN'T HAVE AN
SPD PROVIDER, SOMEONE LOOKING
OVER THEIR SHOULDER.
EVEN SO, I
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
GATEKEEPING AND BIAS THAT
HAPPENS IN THE NAME OF TRIAGE
THAT CONTRIBUTES TO BLACK AND
BROWN PEOPLE CONTINUALLY GETTING
THE CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
RESPONSE.
WHEREAS OTHERS, MAINLY
WHITE GROUP, MIGHT GET THE SORT
OF HEALTH 1 RESPONSE.
SO WE NEED
TO BUILD INTO THAT THE TRAINING
AND TRIAGE THAT WOULD AVOID THAT
OUTCOME.
WHERE HEALTH 1 SO SO HEALTH 1
NEEDS TO BE
STAFFED AND LED BY BLACK AND
BROWN PEOPLE, BY PEOPLE WITH
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LIVED
THROUGH HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL
HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ETC..
THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE
SEEING.
AND IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO
EXPAND ON.
IT COULD DEFINITELY
BE ONE LEG OF A STOOL THAT MAKES
UP OUR CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
BUT IT'S NOT GONNA REPLACE THE
NEED FOR COMMUNE-LED SOLUTIONS
THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT OVER THE
LONG-TERM IN TACKLING THE
TRAUMA, EXPERIENCED BY BLACK AND
BROWN AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS CAVEATS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> I JUST WANT TO RESPOND AND
SAY THEY TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT
ENTIRE ASSESSMENT.
AND IN A LOT
OF MY PUBLIC REMARKS, I'VE BEEN
REALLY CAREFUL TO TRY TO
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN FOLKS THAT
TRY TO HITCH ON COMMUNITY-BASED
MODELS LIKE CAHOOTS TO HEALTH 1
AS BEING AN ANALOGOUS RESPONSE.
AND CLEARLY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE -- I THINK AS THE
PROFESSOR ABLY PUT, LIKE
MULTIPLE LEGS OF THE STOOL AS
WE'RE GOING FORWARD ON THIS.
>> GREAT.
I'M SEEING NO OTHER
COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
AND WE DO
HAVE ANOTHER FINAL BUCKET.
SO
THANK YOU.
>> NOW WE WILL HAVE ISAAC JOY
PRESENTING ON THE FOURTH BUCKET.
>> WELCOME, ISAAC.
>> HELLO, HELLO.
AND APOLOGIES
IF I'M YAWNING.
I FEEL LIKE A
COMBINATION OF A CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AT 4:30 AND THIS HEAT IS
JUST --
>> I AGREE.
>> AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE
BEEN DOING.
ALL THE WORK THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING.
SO APOLOGIES
IF I YAWN.
BUT MY NAME IS ISAAC
JOE, I'M A BOARD MEMBER WITH THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN U INTEREST
WHICH IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION
SPEARHEADING A LOT OF IMPACT
EDUCATION EFFORTS.
PARTICULARLY
AROUND ACQUIRING DEVELOPING LAND
FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AND
FOR EQUITABLE SOLUTION, I'LL
SAY.
SO THAT ABSOLUTELY FORMS MY
PERSPECTIVE.
AND I'M ALSO HERE
WITH KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
AND
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW, WE'RE
KIND OF A COALITION TO HELP
FOLKS HOW BLACK LIVES COMM
ORGANIZATIONS.
REALLY WITH THE
FOCUS TO EMPOWER THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ON THE
GROUND DOING THE WORK.
WE KNOW
THAT PARTICULARLY IN THIS
PARTICULAR WE'RE REALLY
EMPHASIZING FOLLOWING COMMUNITY
LEAD.
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE
FOLKS THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN REALLY OPRESSED BY
THESE SYSTEMS AND HAVE THESE
SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
COMMUNITY LEAD IS AUTHENTIC.
SO
THE GOAL WAS TO KIND OF EMPOWER
ORGANIZES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND
BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO
COMMUNITIES.
CREATES A DIFFERENT
LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO I
THINK THIS IS -- I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT.
AND I THINK THAT
RESONATES KIND OF WITH THIS
TOPIC.
HERE I FIND THE PUBLIC
DEBATE, THIS DEBATE ABOUT HOW
BEST TO MATCH PUBLIC RESOURCES,
THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, IN
WAYS THAT MATCH PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE'S REALLY BEEN OVEREMPHASIS
ON CRIME AND CRIME PREVENTION
AND THE IMPLICATIONS TO CRIME IN
THE CITY.
REGARDLESS OF
SENSATIONALIST MEDIA NARRATIVES,
SEATTLE DOES NOT IN FACT FACE A
CRISIS OF RISING CRIME RATES.
SEATTLE FACES A HOUSING CRISIS.
AND HOUSING IS AN ESSENTIAL
HUMAN NEED.
AND THIS CITY REALLY
HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE ALL ITS
RESIDENTS WITH ACCESS TO THIS
BASIC HUMAN NEED.
THAT IS A
SAFE, SECURE, CLEAN, HUMANE
SPACE THAT PROVIDES THE BARE
MINIMUM FOR HUMAN FLOURISHING.
THERE ARE REALLY FEW THINGS MORE
CENTRAL TO REAL PUBLIC SAFETY
THAN A HOME.
A HOME PROVIDE THE
CRITICAL STABILITY, PRIVACY,
SAFETY, AND SECURITY NECESSARY
FOR INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND
COMMUNAL PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND IF
WE AS A COMMUNITY WANT TO
MAXIMIZE THE NEAR AND LONG-TERM
PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE GREATER
SEATTLE REGION, WE REALLY MUST
PRIORITIZE AND MAXIMIZE HOUSING
ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY.
SO WHAT
WE PRESENT TO YOU TODAY ARE
TANGIBLE STEPS THAT THE CITY CAN
TAKE TO MAXIMIZE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH REGION.
WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THIS TWO-WEEK REBALANCING
WON'T RESOLVE ALL OF THE
HOUSING-RELATED GOALS PRESENTED
TODAY.
BUT WE DO THINK IT'S
CRITICAL TO RESHIFT THIS PUBLIC
SAFETY DEBATE BACK TO THE
NECESSARY -- THE REALLY
NECESSARY INVESTMENTS THAT WILL
MAKE THE MOST IMPACT TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S HOUSING,
PARTICULARLY THE HOUSING
PROPOSAL PRESENTED TODAY.
SOME
OF THOSE PROPOSALS REALLY KIND
OF LOW-HANGING FRUIT.
AND THESE
ARE FERMED BY ORGANIZES ON
GROUND DOING THIS WORK THAT
IDENTIFY NEARTERM WAYS THAT WE
COULD REALLY MAXIMIZE PUBLIC
SAFETY.
SO SUPPORT, MEDIA
TRANSFERRED UNREALIZED PUBLIC
PLANS, UPFRONT TRANSACTION
COSTS.
TRANSACTION COSTS, FOR
EXAMPLE, HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
LEVERAGE ALL OF THE BRILLIANCE
TO CREATE THESE GREAT DOCUMENTS
THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
ANY ASSISTANCE, INCOME, CRIMINAL
RERDS, RECORD OF ADDICTION.
FUND
EXISTING BLACK AND YOUTH-LED
COMMUNITY-BASED HOUSING SE
ORGANIZES.
TO ALLOW FOR
INCREASED CAPACITY AND SERVICES.
INCLUDING THE FACILITATION OF
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS RELATED TO COVID.
WE
KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE A GROWING
NEED PARTICULARLY AS COVID
CONTINUES TO, YOU KNOW, COME TO
BEAR.
AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF
COVID AND THE ECONOMIC FALLOUT
SHOWS.
SO WE KNOW THAT RENTAL
ASSISTANCE IS HAVING A WAY TO
PROVIDE FOLKS, GET THE FOLKS
THAT NEED IT WILL BE CRUCIAL.
SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR
ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE
FUNDING, PROVIDE SERVICES TO
PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY AND
FORMALLY INCARCERATED.
THAT IS
CRUCIAL.
COMMITMENT TO OFFERING
TRAINING, INFRASTRUCTURE,
HOMELESS SERVICES TO BLACK AND
BROWN FOLK.
WE ALSO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY
OFFICIALS REMOVE CURRENT
BARRIERS TO ACCESSING EXISTENT
SERVICES.
ENSURING THAT
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE
DIRECT ACCESS TO HARM REDUCTION
WITHOUT REQUIRING A REFERRAL
FROM THE CITY NAVIGATION TEAM.
DIRECT ACCESS TO CRISIS
SOLUTIONS CENTER WITHOUT
REQUIRING A REFERRAL FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND HAVING ACCESS TO PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND
INDEPENDENT HOUSING VOUCHERS.
AGAIN IF WE AS A COMMUNITY
REALLY WANT TO MAXIMIZE NEAR
LONG-TERM PUBLIC SAFETY IN
GREATER SEATTLE, WE REALLY HAVE
POWER TO MAXIMIZE HOUSING ACCESS
AND AVAILABILITY.
SOMETHING
ABOUT A 1-2 PUNCH OVER HERE FOR
DECRIM IN KING COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU, ISAAC.
I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I
ALSO -- WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE
ABOUT THIS OVERVIEW ON ITEM
NUMBER 4 HERE IS YOU HAVE
IDENTIFIED NOT JUST BUDGET
SOLUTIONS BUT THE FUNDING -- I'M
SORRY, THE POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT
WE CAN ENACT.
IN THE NEAR-TERM
AS WELL.
ANY OF THE COMMENTS
THAT WERE MADE EARLIER ABOUT HOW
WE SCALE DOWN IN DEFERENCE AND
SCALE DOWN IN DEFERENCE TO THE
COMMUNE.
AT THE SAME TIME
THERE'S ANOTHER PARALLEL.
WHAT
ARE THE POLICY CHANGES WE COULD
BE PUTTING INTO PLACE NOW TO
REDUCE THESE BARRIERS THAT YOU
JUST OUTLINED?
THAT POSSIBLY
DON'T COST THE CITY A DIME RIGHT
NOW.
AND PROBABLY ACTUALLY
REDUCE THE COST ON THE CITY
OVERALL.
AND IMPROVE THE LIFE
AND SAFETY EVER COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
IN THIS FOURTH ITEM, I
REALLY SEE A LOT OF POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS THAT POTENTIALLY
COULD GO ALONG WITH THE FUNDING
AND DEFUNDING STRATEGIES THAT
HAVE BEEN OUTLINED TODAY.
AND I
APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING
THOSE FOR US.
COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, THERE ARE COMBEFGS
OR COMMENTS ON THIS LAST ITEM?
OKAY.
I WILL ASK A QUESTION
OF THE PANELISTS.
I KNOW ALL OF
THESE ITEMS ARE IMPERATIVE.
I
BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE
UNDERSCORED THE URGENCY OF
ACTING NOW.
I JUST WANT TO ASK
IT DOES FEEL LIKE THE OUTLINE IN
THE PRESENTATION, YOU HAVE
PRIORITIZED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE
ITEMS THAT YOU THINK EACH ITEM
COULD BUILD ON THE OTHER.
IS
THAT AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT?
>> SO WE'VE LISTED THEM IN ORDER
OF BASICALLY THE FIGURE OF WE
HAVE BUCKETS, RIGHT?
YOU HAVE
YOUR FOUR BUCKETS.
AND SO IN THE
FULL PROPOSAL, OR THE FULL
BLUEPRINT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT
OF YOU, YOU'LL SEE THAT FIRST
BUCKET.
AND THAT WOULD NOT GO TO
FULLY FUND THE RESEARCH AND MOVE
ONTO STEP 2, BUT RATHER FUND THE
RESEARCH UP TO $3 MILLION, AND
THEN START FUNDING THE SECOND
BUCKET WHICH IS THE
CAPACITY-BUILDING.
AND THE IDEA
THERE IS THAT BECAUSE MUCH OF
THE RESEARCH COSTS PARTICULARLY
UPFRONT LIKE STAFFING, TECH
ASSISTANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT.
ALL OF THAT STUFF
STARTS IN THE SUMMER, WE NEED
THAT SOONER.
SO WE'VE ORDERED
THESE IN TERMS OF YOU FILL IT
OUT, THEN FILL A CERTAIN ALL,
THEN START GOING INTO THE NEXT
BUCKET.
ETC, ETC, UNTIL YOU GET
TO THE LAST BUCK.
THEN YOU GO
BACK TO THE FIRST ONE.
WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS IS 12% OF
THAT FOR RESEARCH.
AT THE
BEGINNING WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE
$3 MILLION.
SO THAT WILL BE AN
ISSUE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
AND BE ABLE TO SET OUR WORK.
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> SURE.
I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I
THINK THE OTHER THING I'D SAY IS
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA POINTED
OUT, SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE
FOURTH BUCKET CAN BE DONE
IMMEDIATELY.
PARTICULARLY THE
DISASTER PERFORMANCE ITEMS CAN
HAPPEN NOW.
IF WE GET RID OF THE
NAVIGATION TEAM, THEY WILL NO
LONGER HAVE A MONOPOLY OF ACCESS
TO THE SHELTER BEDS.
SO THAT
WILL BE A SOLUTION.
AND WE
REALIZE THAT INVESTMENTS IN
HOUSING ARE NOT GONNA BE
RESOLVED IN THIS TWO-WEEK BUDGET
REBALANCING PROCESS.
BUT WE WILL
BE BACK BEFORE YOU IN 2021 AND
BEYOND TO MAKE SURE THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE MADE.
>> IN MANY WAYS IT'S BOTH
SETTING THE STAGE FOR FUTURE
POLICY CHANGES, BUT IT SOUNDS
LIKE THAT IDEA IS SORT OF THE
CASCADING BUCKETS, SHAWN.
THAT
FIRST BUCKET REALLY NEEDS TO BE
FILLED SO YOU CAN HAVE THE
COMMUNE-ORIENTED PROCESS OF
SPENDING THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
GO
AHEAD.
THERE YOU GO.
GO AHEAD.
>> I WILL JUST ADD THE SCALING
UP SECTION IS SUPER IMPORTANT IN
2020.
IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT
JUST GONNA BE ABLE TO TOMORROW
HAVE A FULLY COMMUNITY BASED
INITIATIVE.
BUT IF WE DON'T TAKE
SERIOUSLY THE INVESTMENTS AND
PRIORITIZING THE CAPACITY
BUILDING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO EXPECT TO TAKE ON THAT
WORK, THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN 2021.
I JUST WANT REALLY WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THE SUPPORT AND
CAPACITY BUILDING IS REALLY
ESSENTIAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE THIS COMMUNITY-LED,
COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC SAFETY
INITIATIVE AND MAKE IT ROBUST IN
THE NEXT BUDGET.
WHICH YOU'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT VERY
NEAR.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THOSE DOLLARS ARE INVESTED AND
WE SEE IT AS AN INVESTMENT IN
GROWING OUR CAPACITY TO HAVE A
PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR THAT SERVES
EVERYBODY.
AND DOES THAT THROUGH
PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS
THAT REPRESENT THE MOST EFFECTS
OF POLICE BRUTALITY.
AND MANY OF
THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO PUBLIC
SAFETY WORK WELL HAVE NEVER HAD
THE FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD INFRASTRUCTURES THAT MAKE
IT SO WE COULD START THE WHOLE
CITY.
OFTEN WE'RE SERVING AT
CAPACITY, DOING VERY GREAT WORK.
BUT THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR US TO GO TO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE SHOESTRING
BUDGET THAT GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TRADITIONALLY
BEEN EXPECTED TO FUNCTION ON.
FULLY INVESTING THAT ASPECT OF
THE STRATEGY IS KEY TO ENSURING
THAT WE DON'T SET ORGANIZES UP
TO FAIL.
WHICH TOO OFTEN
GRANT-MAKING PROCESSES DUE.
ORGANIZATIONS ARE ACTUALLY IN A
POSITION TO SCALE UP IN A WAY
THAT MAKES THIS NEW INITIATIVE
AND APPROACH FULLY SUCCESSFUL
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
I SEE THAT
YOU HAVE THE CONCLUSION SCREEN
PULLED UP HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS BEFORE WE GET TO
CONCLUSION.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY AFTER
THE CONCLUSION.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
WE'LL HAVE YOU
FIRST IN THE QUEUE.
PROFESSOR?
GO AHEAD.
>> I BRIEFLY JUST WANT TO
REITERATE THAT THESE INFLUENTIAL
INVESTMENTS THIS IS ABOUT A
PROCESS, NOT JUST ABOUT
DEFUNDING THE POLICE BUT
CREATING AN ENTIRE NEW PARADIGM
FOR HOW THE CITY DISTRIBUTES
FUNDING AND INVESTMENTS IN
COMMUNES.
THE PREVIOUS PARADIGM
IS WHAT ALLOWED TO US GET TO THE
BLOATED QUESTIONED POLICE BUDGET
OVER MANY, MANY YEARS.
WE ARE
INTERESTED IN DEFUNDING THE
POLICE AS WE ARE IN CREATING A
NEW PROCESS.
SO WE CAN CLOSE THE
DOOR ON THE ERA.
WE HOPE YOU
ACCEPT THIS INVASION FROM US TO
TURN OVER A WHOLE NEW LEAF.
WE'LL STOP THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, A FEW CLOSING
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ARE
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO ALL
OF THE PRESENTERS.
I WANT TO
CLARIFY FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC
WHERE WE ARE IN OUR BUDGET
PROCESS.
AND MAYBE CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, I HOPE I'M NOT
STEALING YOUR WORDS HERE, BUT WE
ARE CURRENTLY AT THE ISSUE I.D.
SECTION OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
WHICH MEANS THAT VERY
HIGH-LEVEL, USUALLY ONE-LINE, IS
PROVIDED REGARDING WHAT BUDGET
CHANGES WE'RE MAKING.
WE'RE
CURRENTLY AT A HISTORIC POINT IN
OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S HISTORY.
AND
WE ARE LOOKING TO ENDEAVOR AND
TO MAKE CHANGES IN HOW WE
PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHILE
THESE CHANGES ARE, WHICH IS A
ONE-LINE SENTENCE ABOUT BUDGET
CHANGES.
SO WE HAVE JUST
RECEIVED A 13-PAGE DOCUMENT
ABOUT THESE PAGES, ABOUT THESE
CHANGES.
SO THERE ARE MANY MORE
DISCUSSIONS TO COME AS THIS
BUDGET CONVERSATION CONTINUES.
I
JUST WANTED TO ROOT AND FOCUS US
WHERE WE ARE.
ALMOST EVERY OTHER
BUDGET CHANGE THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE 2020 REBALANCE HAS
ONE LINE.
AND THIS CHANGE HAS 13
PAGES.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> POINT VERY WELL TAKEN.
AND
THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE PROVIDED
THIS DETAIL ON THIS ONE ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO GO BACK
TO THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THIS
PRESENTATION FROM ANGELICA,
SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO
THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE
PATROL STAFFING WITH
CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFING.
I WOULD
LIKE TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT -- A
LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT
IT IS YOU'RE PROPOSING.
IN MY
PROPOSAL THAT WE'LL DISCUSS
LATER, HAVE A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT POTENTIAL -- THEY'RE
NOT PREPSED CUTS YET, BUT THEY
ARE POTENTIAL CUTS.
MY GOAL IS
TO PUT A MENU OF POSSIBILITIES
OUT THERE.
AND TWO ITEMS THAT
HAVE PATROL STAFFING
IMPLICATIONS ARE THE REDUCTION
OF OF OFFICERS WHO WORK ON THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
THERE WOULD
HAVE TO BE SOME CORRESPONDING
CONTROL OF OFFICERS TO THE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS OF SPD
CONTRIBUTION TO THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
SIMILARLY FOR THE SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICERS.
THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY
DO NOT WANT SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICERS IN THE SCHOOLS ANYMORE
IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO CAPTURE
THOSE SAVINGS, WE WOULD HAVE TO
REDUCE THE PATROL STAFFING ITEM
IN THE BUDGET BY A COMMENSURATE
NUMBER OF DOLLARS.
AND SO I JUST
WANT TO -- GET A LITTLE BIT OF
AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOUR
VISION IS FOR REDUCING PATROL
STAFFING IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE.
IN THIS REBALANCING PACKAGE.
AGAIN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT THESE REDUCTIONS ARE --
HAVE LABORED IMPACTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S
THESE DFRNL CATEGORIES.
THERE'S,
LIKE, PARTS OF THE SPD BUDGET OR
THE SPD STRUCTURE THAT WE WANT
TRANSFERRED OUT OF SPD.
LIKE
THINGS LIKE 9-1-1 AND POSSIBLY
SOME OF THE CRISIS COUNSELORS,
SERVICE OFFICERS WHO MIGHT
THEMSELVES WELCOME NOT BEING
UNDER SPD CONTROL.
SO WE REALIZE
THAT WON'T ACTUALLY FREE UP
MONEY FOR US, BUT IT DOES REDUCE
THE POLICE BUDGET AND THIS
EMPHASIS ON POLICE THING.
WE'RE
ALL JUST HEARING TODAY FOR THE
FIRST TIME HOW MUCH MONEY IS
LEFT IN SPD'S BUDGET, WHICH
BUCKETS ARE FULLY SPENT DOWN AND
WHICH ONES AREN'T.
I THINK FOR
US TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION FULLY, WE NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS LEFT.
WE NEED TO KNOW
HOW MUCH MONEY FROM THESE KITS
IS SHORT OF JUST BEGINNING TO
CUT LINE OFFICERS' JOBS OR JUST
PATROL OFFICER JOBS, HOW MUCH
MONEY THEY WILL ACTUALLY DO.
I
THINK HAVING THAT CLARITY FROM
THE CITY WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO
POINT TO WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE.
>> THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WAS
ADJUSTED THAT I ASK FROM THE
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
THEY'RE
INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT
ANY AMENDMENTS THAT THEY PROPOSE
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MIGHT
REQUEST THEM IS REFLECTIVE OF
YOUR GOAL.
AND I THINK THAT THE
HOPE IS THAT THE GOAL FOR PATROL
OFFICER STAFFING REDUCTION IS
NOT SIMPLY TIED TO A NUMBER OF
DOLLARS BUT THAT IT IS TIED TO
SORT OF AN OVERALL SORT OF
POLICY OBJECTIVE, RIGHT?
AND IT
IS REALLY TIED TO OUR
REORGANIZATION GOALS.
AND SO
THAT'S WHY THE POTENTIAL CUTS
THAT I HAVE ARE -- THAT AFFECT
PATROL, I THINK, ARE VERY TIED
TO NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE
WANT TO REALIZE BUT ARE TIED TO
OUR DESIRE TO NOT HAVE POLICE
OFFICERS ON THE NAVIGATION TEAM
ANYMORE.
AND OUR DESIRE TO NOT
HAVE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN
THE SCHOOL ANYMORE.
I'M NOT
ASKING FOR AN ANSWER RIGHT NOW,
BUT IF YOU COULD THINK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT HOW TO MAKE ANY
POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS IN PATROL
STAFFING THAT YOU MIGHT TEACH IN
THIS MOMENT IN THIS 2020
REBALANCING IN SUCH A WAY THAT
IS NOT -- IS FOCUSED LESS ON A
SIDE CUT THAT WE WANT TO
ACCOMPLISH IN ORDER TO FUND
OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED
PRIORITIES.
BUT THAT IS FOCUSED
ON A REORGANIZATION OR A POLICY
SHIFT THAT WE'RE THINKING.
I
THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND
I THINK IT'S BOTH.
IT'S
INVESTING IN THESE FOUR BUCKS
I'VE IDENTIFIED AND SHRINKING
THE SIZE OF SPD BECAUSE WE DON'T
BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT SIZE OF
SPD IS ACTUALLY GENERATING
PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE
OTHER THING I WANTED TO FLAG
RELATED TO THAT, AND I BELIEVE
THIS GOES TO A PART OF YOUR
PRESENTATION, IN THE LAST BULLET
ON BUCKET TWO, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IS SPECIFIC
TO I THINK THE ANSWER THAT YOU
JUST GAVE.
THERE IS A DESIRE TO
GET FUNDING INTO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZES NOW.
THERE'S
RECOGNITION THAT THERE'S
COMMUNITY EXPERTISE, AND THERE'S
ORGANIZATIONS WHO NEED TO BE
GIVEN RESOURCES TO SCALE UP.
THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THEY
NEED THE RESOURCES TO SCALE UP.
AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING
THAT TO THE DEGREE THAT THERE IS
FUNDING THAT CAN BE REALIZED
AVAILABLE NOW, BASED ON THESE
CUTS WE WANT TO QUICKLY AND
SWIFTLY WORK TO GET THAT MONEY
INTO THOSE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
BUT THAT LAST
ITEM ALSO SAYS BECAUSE THIS IS
THE SCALING UP TO REALIZE
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THEN WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY
MID-2021.
SO IT ALSO RECOGNIZES
THAT THERE IS, I BELIEVE, THE
POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL
BARGAINING.
>> YEAH, THAT'S ACCURATE.
TWO
THINGS THEY WANT TO TOUCH ON IN
REGARDS TO COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD'S THOUGHTS IS, YES,
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PLACES WE
SIGNIFICANTLY WANT TO DECREASE
POLICE OFFICER INVOLVEMENT.
AND
THAT NEEDS TO INTERSECT THOUGH
WITH GETTING THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF
FUNDING OUT OF SPD.
THE NEED TO
FULLY FUND THIS STRATEGY TO BE
ABLE TO SCALE UP
COMMUNITY-BASED, COMMUNITY-LED
PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES IS
HUGE.
IF YOU DON'T TAKE THAT
ASPECT OF THINGS SERIOUSLY,
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT OURSELVES
IN A HOLE COME MID-2021 WHEN WE
WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE
NEW ENHANCED SERVES AND HAVE ALL
OF THE DATA COLLECTED ACTUALLY
INFORM A SIGNIFICANT ROBUST
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PUBLIC
SAFETY PROCESS.
SO YES AND.
UNDERSTANDING THAT FULLY FUNDING
RIGHT NOW IS INCREDIBLY
SIGNIFICANT TO US BEING ABLE TO
TAKE STEPS FORWARD IN THE
FUTURE.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY
THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE PROBLEMS
WE HAVE HAD IN SEATTLE.
WE WILL
OVERFUND AN INSTITUTION LIKE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT IS NOT
EFFECTIVE AT PRODUCING PUBLIC
SAFETY.
AND THEN UNDERFUND THOSE
COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGIES THAT
WE SAY ARE BEING EFFECTIVE.
AND
A PART OF THAT IS ON LIKE
ANGELICA WAS SAYING.
WE REALLY
HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS PARADIGM
OF BELIEVING CRIMINALIZATION OR
RESPONSE TO HARM WITH ARMED
OFFICERS IS THE APPROPRIATE
RESPONSE.
WE KNOW IT'S NOT.
AND
WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE BEST
RESPONSE.
SO WE JUST REALLY PUSH
TO BE THINKING ABOUT FINDING
THOSE INTERSECTIONS WHERE BEING
ABLE TO MOVE OFFICERS FROM
INEFFECTIVE POSITIONS AS WELL AS
DIVESTING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
THAT GIVES US THE BEST
OPPORTUNITIES TO SCALE UP IS
JUST REALLY KEY TO US MOVING
INTO THIS NEW APPROACH.
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
FINAL COMMENT.
MUTE BUTTON
>> SORRY.
I COMPLETELY AGREE
WITH EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE
SAYING.
I JUP -- I DO WANT TO --
AS I HAVE BEEN DOING IN MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE, I WANT TO REALLY MANAGE
EXPECTATION
EXPECTATIONS.
I WANT TO BE
LASER-FOCUSED ON WHAT WE NEED TO
DO NOW TO GET THE FUNDING
NECESSARY FOR WHAT OUR 2021
SPENDING OBJECTIVES ARE WHILE
RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF OUR
LONGER-TERM OBJECTIVES THAT
MIGHT ALSO REALIZE SAVINGS THAT
WILL BENEFIT COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
SOLUTIONS ARE -- MAY NOT BE
REALIZED IN THE NEXT FOUR
MONTHS.
>> COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD.
YES,
THANK YOU.
>> I SAW ONE MORE HAND.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO
ME.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
MY APOLOGIES THERE FOR THE LAST
ROUND OF CONVERSATIONS.
IT IS
ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
NEED TO BE LOOKING AT OUR P
OBJECTIVES.
AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
HELPFUL TO SEE WHERE WE NEED TO
TRANSITION FUNDING OUT OF SPD.
HOW THAT IS DEFINED.
BECAUSE
FROM WHAT I'VE ALREADY SEEN FROM
THE ABOUT BLUNT CUT, IF WE JUST
TAKE A NUMBER AND LET THEM --
LET SPD MAKE THE DECISION, THE
POLICY DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THAT
FUNDING IS OR IS NOT USED, WE
WILL SEE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE
EXISTING WITHIN SPD THAT WE WANT
TO SEE OCCURRING STOP OCCURRING.
FOR INSTANCE WE WERE LOOKING AT
THE PRECINCT THAT SERVES WEST
SEATTLE.
I WAS ON A CALL
YESTERDAY WHERE FOLKS WERE VERY
WORRIED THAT THAT WAS GONNA
DISAPPEAR.
THAT WE WERE JUST
GONNA TAKE -- NOT DEFINE
CUTS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD, YOUR STAFF REPRESENTS
COMMUNITIES, SPEAKING TO THOSE
CONCERNS.
AND IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE MAKE
SURE THAT OUR POLICY OBJECTIVES
WITH THESE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS
ARE CLEARLY DEFINED.
SO THERE'S
NO WHERE SPK CAN MAKE OTHER
POLICY DECISIONS BASED ON OUR
BEHALF.
>> WELL-SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND
I THINK THAT THIS DOCUMENT THAT
YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED FOR US,
THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO
IT, THE PRESENTATION, THE
DETAILED ANALYSIS, THE
WELL-RESEARCHED POLICY
STRATEGIES, AND FUNDING
STRATEGIES THAT YOU HAVE
IDENTIFIED ANSWER PART OF
CONVERSATIONS.
I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT ANYBODY ON THIS PANEL,
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENT,
YOU'RE GONNA WRAP UP HERE, AND
YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE LAST
WORD.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY.
A HUGE AMOUNT OF
THANKS AND APPRECIATION.
I DON'T
SEE ANY ADDITIONAL COLLIN
MEMBERS RAISING THEIR HANDS TO
ASK QUESTIONS.
I KNOW EVERYBODY
IS VERY PREEFSHIVE OF THIS
DETAILED PROPOSAL.
AND THIS IS
GIST THE BEGINNING OF THE
CONVERSATION.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH
YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> SORRY.
I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE
WONDERING IF I SHOULD SAY WHAT
I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
AND I THINK
I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT.
I JUST
WANT TO SAY IN CLOSING TO OUR
FRIENDS ON THE PANEL THAT ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY, I JUST WANT
TO APOLOGIZE FOR SOME OF THE
RECENT RHETORIC THAT WE HAVE
BEEN HEARING AROUND YOUR
LONGSTANDING AND HARD-FOUGHT
EFFORTS TO GET US TO THIS POINT
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
TODAY TO DEFUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND TO INVEST IN
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS THAT
WE KNOW WORK.
AND I JUST FOUND
THE COMMENTS TO BE VERY
PATRONIZING OF THE EXPERTISE
THAT THE IMPACTED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND LEADERS IN THE --
THE EXPERTISE THEY HAVE IN
COMMUNES TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS
AND TO DO SO THANKFULLY.
AND IN
A TRULY DEMOCRATIC WAY THAT
ENGAGES COMMUNITY AT THE
COMMUNITY LEVEL.
AS OPPOSED TO A
TOP-DOWN APPROACH.
SO THERE'S
BEEN A LOT OF CRITICISM ABOUT
HOW THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING
CAVALIER AS IT RELATES TO THIS
CONVERSATION.
AND THE REALITY IS
THAT WE'RE NOT BEING CAVALIER.
WE ARE TRULY RESPONDING TO THE
CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY, TO
LISTEN TO COMMUNITY.
NOT JUST TO
HEAR YOU.
BUT TO ACTUALLY LISTEN
AND TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD.
AND
THAT MEANS GIVING GIVING YOU THE
SPACE AND THE TIME THAT YOU ALL
NEED TO COALESCE AROUND WHAT A
FULL DETAILED PLAN COULD AND
SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION.
WE SHOULD ALL ON
THIS COUNCIL TAKE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF LISTENING TO
OUR CONSTITUENT CONSTITUENTS.
AND ALLOWING
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO FORMULATE
PLANS.
WE, TAKE THAT
RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY.
AND I
THINK THIS CITY COUNCIL DOES.
AND AGAIN, IS IT WASN'T MY
RHETORIC AND IT WASN'T MY WORD,
BUT I DO REPRESENT AN AGENCY
THAT -- AND A CITY AND
INSTITUTION THAT CONTINUES TO
PERPETUATE HARM.
AND FOR THAT, I
JUST WANT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
RECOGNIZE THAT THAT KIND OF
DIVICIVE RHETORIC IS NOT HELPFUL
OVERALL.
WE NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER AND TO DO THAT IN A WAY
THAT IS ACTUALLY FEELS
AUTHENTIC.
SO I AM GRATEFUL THAT
YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN TIME TO PULL
TOGETHER THESE DETAILED COUPLES.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE ALL
SPENDING TIME EDUCATING AND
TALKING TO COMMUNITIES.
úAND I AM
GRATEFUL THAUFR ALLOWED US MORE
OF YOUR PERSONAL TIME.
IN A
COMMITTEE HEARING FOR THE SECOND
TIME.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
ONGOING WORK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THUR, MADAME PRESIDENT.
I
BELIEVE YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
LL OF US ON COUNCIL EXPRESSING
OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
ANGELICA, ISAAC, SHAWN,
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO ARETHA
BATU WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A
NUMBER YOU HAVE AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS.
APPRECIATE ALL OF
YOUR TIME AND THE DETAILED
PRESENTATION TODAY.
MORE TO
COME.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE ONE MORE
FOLLOW-UP ITEM.
IF I CAN TURN IT
BACK OVER TO LISA AND DIRECTOR
ERSTAD, WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE
BULL POINTS.
THE COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF HAS PROVIDED SOME SLIDES
FOR US.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
IF FOLKS WANT TO FLAG SOMETHING
AS COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS SAID.
ONE SENTENCE IS USUALLY ALL
THAT'S ALLOCATED TO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
AND A NUMBER OF
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY
SENT IN A FEW THINGS.
IF YOU AS
A COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE FLAGGED
SOMETHING FOR CENTRAL STAFF AND
YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE NEXT
FEW MINUTES TO IDENTIFY OR SPEAK
TO AN ITEM OR TWO, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO.
MY INTENT WAS TO
HAVE US ADJOURN.
NO LATER THAN
6:00 PM.
BUT I DO WANT TO LEAVE
BY 5:30 IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
LISA,IL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
ALSO COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, IF THEY
WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT CE
ITEMS.
THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME
TO.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD, LISA?
>> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
CHAIR.
I AM LISA KAYE, WITH THE
CENTRAL STRAF.
CENTRAL
STAFF.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A FEW
SLIDES THAT REPRESENT SOME OF
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' INITIAL
THINKING ABOUT POTE
AMENDMENTS.
THESE AMENDMENTS ARE
STILL VERY MUCH IN PLAY.
AND ARE
NEW IN OUR PRELIMINARY CONCEPT.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WORKING
ON MORE DETAILS.
SOME OF THEM
ARE PRELIMINARY IDEAS.
SO JUST
BE AWARE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT HERE.
ADDITIONAL
INFO, WE ARE -- THE SLIDE WILL
HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE
POTENTIAL AMENDMENT.
ADDITIONAL
DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN THE
RELEVANT FIGURE FIGURES.
APPENDIX A IN
THE MEMO THAT YOU HAVE.
IF YOU
WANT TO READ MORE ABOUT WHAT IS
REPRESENTED BY THAT ONE SENTENCE
YOU, WILL BE ABLE TO FIND THAT
IN THE PAPERS AND MATERIALS.
LATER THIS WEEK, I THINK AS THE
DIRECTOR MENTIONED, THE COUNCIL
WILL BE SUBMITTING TO CENTRAL
STAFF A MORE FORMAL AMENDMENT
THAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS NEXT
WEEK ON THE JULY 22nd AND 23rd
MEETING.
THOSE MA'AMS WILL NEED
TO BE SELF-BALANCING.
AND THOSE
WILL BE MORE FORMALLY ADDRESSED.
THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING WEEKS.
SO PATTY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND
START WITH THESE LISTED BACKWARD
FROM D-7 TO D-1.
PATTY, YOU CAN
GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THUR.
I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPEAK,
SHOULD THEY WISH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LISA.
I'M
GONNA BE SUPER BRIEF.
DEFINITELY
INTERESTED IN SOME KIND OF
PROCESS TO DEVELOPMENT A
COMMUNITY-BASED 9-1-1 RESPONSE
SYSTEM.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY DISCUSSION.
THAT HAS SORT
OF COME OUT OF SOME DISCUSSIONS
WITH GREG.
AND LOOKING AT A
COUPLE OF OTHER EXAMPLES AROUND
THE COUNTRY OF INITIATIVES THAT
TEND TO INVOLVE CHATTER CHANGES
THAT SOME CITIES ARE PURSUING OR
HAVE PURSUED.
PARTICULAR BE A
POTENTIAL WAY TO HOUSE A LOT OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY-RELATED
FUNCTIONS THAT WE WANT TO
PROTECT AND EXPAND.
BUT NOT KEEP
WITHIN THE SPD CHAIN OF COMMAND.
9-1-1 DISPATCH COULD POTENTIALLY
BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
IF
SERVICE OFFICERS, FOLKS THAT
HAVE THE POWER TO DO CITATIONS,
BUT NOT THE POWER OF ARREST.
OR
THAT'SMED PERSONNEL.
ESSENTIALLY THE IDEA OF KNOWING
AROUND HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
MANY
OF THE FORCES PURSUING A CHATTER
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY
CREATE A CIVILIAN DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT WOULD HAVE
BASICALLY A ARMED DEPARTMENT
WITHIN IT.
THAT WOULD BE HEADED
BY, LIKE, A CHIEF OF POLICE.
BITHEY WOULD BE SUBORDINATE TO A
CIVILIAN DIRECTOR.
AND THERE
WOULD BE MULTIPLE OTHER SERVES.
THAT'S A POTENTIAL MODEL.
I
THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A LONGER
CONFERRING THAN THE SUMMER
SESSION.
AND SOMETHING THAT
WOULD PROBABLY INVOLVE PUTTING
TOGETHER POTENTIAL CHATTER
AMENDMENTS.
PROBABLY FOR THE
GENERAL ELECTION IN NEXT YEAR'S
-- THE 2021 GENERAL ELECTION.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INITIAL
THINGS RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M HAPPY
TO HAVE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
THEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
NO QUESTIONS.
PLEASE
CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU, PATTY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL TURN THIS
OVER TO YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
WHEN I WAS
LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET, I LOOKED
SPECIFICALLY AT THE DEPARTMENTS
THAT ARE UNDER THE PURVIEW OF MY
COMMITTEE.
WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT
THIS, THERE WERE THREE ITEMS
THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME.
RESTORING
THE FUNDING FOR THE ONE-TIME
FUNDING FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
MAJOR UPDATES.
THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.
I'M NOT
SURE I WILL BRING AMENDMENTS FOR
ALL THREE OF THESE ISSUES.
TAKING ONE STEP BACK.
THIS FIRST
ONE IS IN OPC'S BUDGET TO FUND
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
STATEMENT WORK FOR THE 2023
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAJOR UPDATE,
AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT WORK.
THE
LEGISLATURE PUSHED OUR DEADLINE
FOR THE COMP PLAN UPDATE TO
2024.
COUNCIL HAS TAKEN STEPS IN
RECENT BUDGETS THANKS TO THE
COUNCIL MEMBER'S ENGAGEMENT IN
THE COMMUNITY AROUND THIS
UPDATE.
AND GIVEN THE STATE OF
EXTENSION, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
REMOVING THIS FUNDING MAY BE
APPROPRIATE NOW.
BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE RECEIVE
SHAURNS FROM THE EXECUTIVE THAT
THIS FUNDING WOULD BE RESTORED
NEXT YEAR.
THE SECOND ONE IS
RESTORE THE ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR
TRANSITION AND PERPETRATION OF
EDU MATERIALS.
THIS IS ONLY A
$15,000 BUDGET LINE ITEM.
AND IT
WOULD HAVE A LARGE ALL OF KNACK
BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING
ENGLISH-ONLY INFORMATION INTO
MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
SO NOT
JUST PRIMARILY ENGLISH SPEAKERS
ARE UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU CAN
BUILD AN ADU AT YOUR HOUSE.
AND
BECAUSE LAWS CHANGED RECENTLY,
THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
AND IT'S A LOW-COST ITEM WITH A
HIGH IMPACT.
THE LAST ONE IS
RETAINING A POSITION IN
APPROPRIATION FOR TERM LIMITED
ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR.
LAST YEAR
AT THE REQUEST OF IDUW, COUNCIL
ALLOCATED FUNDING TO SBCI FOR AN
ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR THIS
POSITION IS NO LONGER FUNDED IN
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED REBALANCED
BUDGET.
AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN
HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH
EVERYONE WHO PUSH FOR THIS LAST
YEAR TO SEE IF THIS IS AN
APPROPRIATE CUT OR NOT.
I'M SURE
THEY WILL HAVE MANY OTHER IDEAS
ONE I LOOK AT THE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS FOR FLAGGING THESE
ISSUES.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE.
I SHOULD ALSO NOTE -- GO
AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
FOR FOLKS, FEEL FREE TO SAY ANY
OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ALSO NOT
LISTED THERE.
BUT THIS IS NOT --
DOES NOT HAVE TO BE
ALL-INCLUSIVE.
JUST SORT OF AN
INITIAL HIGH-LEVEL HEADS-UP TO
COLLEAGUES.
COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, THAT FIRST LOOK AT THE
REBALANCING PACKAGE FROM THE
úMAYOR WAS THROUGH THE LENS OF
THE COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR.
THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF
IMPORTANT MATTERS WE'RE DEALING
WITH IN PUBLIC SAFETY THAT THIS
FIRST WAVE WAS JUST A LOOK AT
THE ITEMS IMPACTING MY
COMMITTEE.
I MAY HAVE MORE ITEMS
FROM MY COMMITTEE OR CHANGES
THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE.
ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT POPPED OUT WHEN
REVIEWING THE REBALANCING
PACKAGE FROM THE MAYOR, MY
DESIRE TO AMEND IT TO REJECT THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO PAUSE VITAL
WORK ON THE SORELY NEEDED
SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS TO
SAFELY CONNECT 1,000 LAMBEAU
FIELDING RESIDENTS OF MAG NUSZEN
PARK ALONG THE SOS NORTHEAST.
I
WAS SURPRISED AND SDOINTED TO
SEE THIS PROPOSAL FROM SDOT TO
PAUSE THIS.
THESE SIDEWALKS AND
CROSSWALKS ARE NEEDED NOW TO
MEET VISION ZERO SAFETY GOALS.
AS WELL AS OUR SAFE ROUTES TO
SCHOOL PROGRAM.
HELPING TO
CONNECT DOZENS OF CHILDREN TO
SAND POINT WAY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
IT WILL ALSO HELP
CONNECT THE SCORES OF CYCLISTS
BIKING FROM THE TRAIL TO THE
PARK.
FUNDS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE BETWEEN
THE SCHOOL'S SAFETY TRAFFIC
INVESTMENT IMPROVEMENT FUND.
THIS AMENDMENT TO THE
REBALANCING PACKAGE IS ABOUT
SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS, SAFETY
FOR CYCLISTS.
CONNECTING 1,000
RESIDENTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.
SAFELY ENHANCING ACCESS TO THIS
REGIONAL ASPECT THAT THE PARK.
THESE ARE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY ALL THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, THERE AS WELL AS
THE PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THESE DIVERSE COLLABORATIVE
GROUPS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
THEE COMBRUMS FOR YEARS.
I HAD
FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THESE
PROJECTS YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A
LEGISLATIVE AIDE.
SO THE PAUSE
IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME,
AND WE'LL BE PUTTING FORWARD AN
AMENDMENT TO REVERSE THAT.
THANK
YOU.
>> THUR, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK
YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
I
KNOW THIS IS ONE OF TWO LIDES.
IF YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR
US, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> YES.
THE FIRST I'M HAPPY
STOBRING THAT FORWARD.
BUT AS I
SAID THIS MORNING, WITH THE
AMENDMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT
FORWARD THIS MORNING WAS TO
PASS, THEN IT WOULD BE AN
IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD.
AND
MAYBE THIS WOULD NOT BE
NECESSARY.
SO WE'LL SEE WHAT TO
DO ABOUT THIS ONE.
THIS BUDGET
AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE THAT NO
FUNS SHOULD BE USED TO REMOVE
THE NORTHWEST.
PERHAPS FOR THE
FOURTH TIME THIS YEAR, AND
PUBLIC SUPPORT DESPITE THE
DANGERS AND ABSURDITIES OF
ELIMINATING THE TINY HOUSE
DURING THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC
AND HOMELESS EMERGENCIES.
THERE
IS ONLY A COMPLETE EXTENSION OF
A COUPLE MONTHS AT A TIME.
AND
THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING IMAGINE
SPENDING YEARS BEING TOLD THAT
YOU'LL BE EVICTED FROM YOUR
RENTAL HOME IN A MONTH OR TWO.
SO THEIR LATEST EVICTION DATE IS
AUGUST FIRST.
AND IT IS TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE TO ME.
AND I HOPE
THE COUNCIL -- ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS WILL SUPPORT IT.
IN A
SIMILAR VEIN, CUTTING THE MONEY
FROM THE NUMBERIGATION TEAM, AS
PART OF STOPPING THIS INFEFKTIVE
AND INHUMANE POLICING OF
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, WE DIRECT
THOSE FOLKS TO PROGRAMS THAT
ACTUALLY WORK.
THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE FUNDS ARE DIRECTED TOWARD
SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
FOR OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
WE'RE STARTING OFF
FUNDING FOR GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD ALSO EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
THIS IS AGAIN --
HITTING THE OVERSIGHT BOARD LAST
FALL.
AND THE MAYOR HAS DONE
EVERYTHING IN HER POWER,
UNFORTUNATELY, TO PREVENT IT
FROM BEING CREATED.
THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD IS A BODY TO
FIGHT THE CITY IN THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
REPRESENT ENVIRONMENTAL
ACTIVISTS, COMMUNITIES, AND HAS
A MANDATE TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY
BUDGET.
UNFORTUNATELY THE MAYOR
REFUSED TO ADVERTISE FOR OPEN
POSITIONS DESPITE REPEATED
INQUIRIES.
AND REFUSED TO
APPOINT PEOPLE UNTIL A STAFF
FOCUS TO BE HIRED.
I THINK THIS
IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND ALSO
KEEPING IN MIND THAT IT IS A
SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE
FUNDING TO REMOVE ANY BARRIERS
TO NOT APPOINTING THE PEOPLE TO
ALLOW THE BOARD TO BEGIN ITS
WORK.
I THINK THE NEXT ONE,
EXTREMELY CRUCIAL.
THIS WOULD
INCREASE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZES
LIKE THE CITY-FUNNED ATTORNEYS
THAT PROVIDE THE EVICTION
DEFENSE FOR RENTERS FACINGY,
VIKZS.
IT'S A DO-OR-DIE
DIFFERENCE.
YOU HAVE TRAINED
ATTORNEYS DEFENDING THEM.
AND WE
HAVE SEEN HOW IT HAS ACTUALLY
HAD AN IMPACT.
THREE YEARS AGO,
THE CITY FUNDED THE FIRST
ATTORNEY.
AND THEN INCREASE
TODAY TO TWO ATTORNEYS LAST
YEAR.
WE KNOW IT IS WORKING.
WE
HAVE MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS
ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT IS GOING TO
BE AN AVALANCHE OR A TSUNA
EVICTIONS.
IT'S COMING.
IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE ENOUGH, BUT THIS
WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
FUNDING, THE PREVENTION OF
EVICTION.
AND ALSO WE HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE TAKEOUT $100,000 WITH
THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO PAY THE
CITY EXECUTIVES, DIRECTORS OF
THE DEPARTMENTS.
POSITIONS LIKE
THAT AT NO MORE THAN 115K PER
YEAR.
WE BROUGHT THIS AMENDMENT
FORWARD.
YEAR AFTER YEAR THE
COUNCIL HAS NOT SUPPORTED IT.
IT
IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THIS
YEAR AS THE CITY'S PRESENT
LAYOFFS AND FOR YOU LOWS, AND WE
DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ONCE ONLINE
FOR EXECUTIVES TO BE MAKING
VERY, VERY HIGH SALARIES WHEN
WE'RE TELLING OUR RANK AND FILE
WORKERS TO TAKE MAND TAER
FURLOUGHS OR TO BE LAID OFF.
AND
LASTLY, I MENTIONED THIS IN THE
MORNING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE IS A PROVISO TO
PROHIBIT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FROM
USING THESE FUNDS TO PROSECUTE
BWELL, M PROTESTORS.
AND THERE'S
A LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BUT
THAT'S A START.
>> AND YES.
SO WE HAD AN
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE.
CONTACT
MY OFFICE WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT
IS BEING PUT FORWARD HERE TO
EXPLAIN THAT THE WORK IS KECKED
FOR HOMELESS SERVICE WORKERS
DURING THE COVID EMERGENCY,
ESPECIALLY.
AND WHY PARKING
ENFORCEMENT WAS SUSPENDED, IT
ALLOWS PEOPLE WORKING WITH
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO BE
MUCH MORE EFFICIENT BECAUSE THEY
DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
TWO-HOUR PARKING RESTRICTS.
NOW
THAT THOSE FLEXIBILITIES WERE
REMOVED, IT IS CAUSING MASSIVE
PROBLEMS FOR THE WORKERS WHOSE
SERVICE IS ACTUALLY CRITICAL FOR
THE MOST VUBL COMMUNITIES DURING
THE COVID PANDEMIC.
SO THIS
ALLOWS OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORKING ON THIS TO CONTINUE TO
DISREGARD PARKING RESTRICTIONS.
THEN THE HIRING FREEZE IN THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARD, I'VE
TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES.
WORKERS FACING VIOLATION OF
THEIR PAY ARE SOMETIMES WAITING
OVER A YEAR TO HAVE THE CITY TO
EVEN LOOK AT THEIR C
EFFECT ON THEIR WAGES.
UNREMEDIED.
AND THAT'S JUST ONE
OF THE LAWS THAT THE DEPARTMENT
LOOKS INTO.
AND THEN OF COURSE
THE CITY-RELATED AMENDMENT AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE MAKING SURE
THAT THE DEPARTMENTS, THIS
YEAR'S BUDGET IS CUT BACK
APPROXIMATELY 20%.
AND IF
THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY, IT'S UP
TO THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO FUNCTION IN THE
CONTEXT OF A 50% CUT BECAUSE
THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR
US TO DO.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE
TO ABSOLUTELY STOP THE -- AGAIN
THE COUNCIL HAS REFUSED TO DO
THIS.
WE NEED TO STOP THIS THIS
YEAR.
THERE'S A MOVEMENT
DEMANDING IT.
AND WE NEED TO
STOP THE PRESENTERS TOLD US JUST
NOW THAT WE ALSO WANT TO STOP
THE TREATMENT OF HOMELESS
INDIVIDUAL AND OUR HOM
NEIGHBORS.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER,
WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC.
SO THAT
ALONGSIDE, REMEMBER, SALARIES
AND OVERTIME OF THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES?
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
ONE OF FOUR SLIDES HERE.
IF
THERE IS A HANDFUL THAT YOU'D
LIKE TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO,
PLEASE DO.
OTHERWISE WE ARE ALL
EARS FOR YOUR PRIORITY.
LET US
KNOW WHAT YOU'D LIKE US TO LOOK
AT.
>> THIS IS LONG BECAUSE I WILL
SAY THERE IS A LONG LIST OF
PROPOSED CUTS THAT WE GOT
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE.
I
SUBMITTED EACH ONE SEPARATELY AS
AN IDEA.
THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT
MOST OF THIS LIST IS.
AND I'M
HAPPY TO TALK WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS IF Y'ALL WANT TO WORK
TOGETHER ON SOMETHING.
OR -- ONE
OF THEM IS THE 9-1-1 ISSUE.
SO
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, IF YOU
WANT TO DIVIDE THINGS UP, THAT'S
FINE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE AS
ISSUES FOR US TO CONSIDER.
WE
HAVE SEVERAL AROUND THE
NAVIGATION TEAM REMOVING THE
POLICE FROM PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT
THERE.
AND REALLY JUST CUTTING
THE NAVIGATION TEAM ENTIRELY AND
GETTING THOSE SERVES OUT TO THE
COMMUNE.
THAT'S WHAT MOST OF
THESE ARE GOING TO BE ABOUT.
AND
THEN WE DO HAVE A COUPLE THAT I
DO WANT TO CALL OUT.
ONE IS TO
RESTORE FUNDING TO THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS FOR A MEDIATOR
POSITION AS WE TALK ABOUT THE
NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT AND
INVESTIGATIONS AND FOR THAT
DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR IN THIS
MOMENT IN TIME TO BE FULLY
RESOURCED.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME
TO BE CUTTING ANYTHING FROM THAT
DEPARTMENT.
THEN I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS
WITH CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS AND THE PLAN TO
INCREASE CAPACITY THERE.
ANDS
EVERYBODY CAN LOOK THROUGH THEM.
MOST OF THESE ARE ABOUT SPD AND
HOW WE START MOVING TOWARD
SHIFTING THIS FUNDING OUT INTO
THE COMMUNITY.
>>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
I KNOW THAT WAS A
TRUNCATED SUMMARY OF A LONG LIST
OF PRIORITIES.
WE REALLY
APPRECIATE HAVING YOU FOLKS
HERE.
PAUSING TO SEE IF THERE'S
ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M SURE THAT
FOLKS WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS
YOU OFFERED TO WORK TOGETHER ON
A NUMBER OF THESE PIECES.
THANK
YOU FOR LISTING ALL OF THESE IN
THE CENTRAL STAFF FOR THEIR WORK
ON THOSE IN ADVANCE.
OKAY.
I
THINK WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD LAST.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I HAD A COUPLE
PAGES HERE.
SOME OF THEM RELATED
TO THE DECRIMINALIZE SE
REQUESTS.
THE FIRST IS A REQUEST
FOR FUNDING TO ACTUALIZE A
RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND THE CITY
COUNCIL LAST YEAR REQUESTED THIS
REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
LED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZCEZ.
WITH A SLIDE
REQUESTING THAT THE CITY
ATTORNEY REPORT TO THE COUNCIL
REGARDING RECOMMENDATION.
THE
REENTRY WORKGROUP SPECIFICALLY
TO EXPAND THE PREFILING
DIVERSION PROGRAM TO THOSE WHO
ARE AGE 25 OR OLDER.
AS PART OF
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REPLY TO THE
REQUEST OF FUNDING TO CONDUCT A
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT.
FUNDING
WOULD BE USED TO KOCH SATE
STAKEHOLDERS THEY ENGAGE WITH
AND PROVIDE RESOURCES LIKE FOOD,
DAYCARE, AND POSSIBLE FEES FOR
ENGAGEMENT SITE SITES.
1 OF THE
BULLETS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE IS
ACTUALLY FROM THE DECRIMINALIZE
SEATTLE'S REPUTATIONS FOR
SPENDING.
TO ADD ADDITIONAL
RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE'VE
GOT A PROVISO THAT I'M WORKING
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES ON
TO LIMIT SPENDING OF
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEAD
PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOR REFERRALS
WITHOUT REQUIRING LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRIOR APPROVAL.
WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON TWO
POSSIBLE APPROACHES.
THE CHANGE
RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED SET OF
SISHGDZS IN WHICH LEAD AND
COLEAD IS CURRENTLY OPERATING.
AND BY ALLOWING FOR A THIRD
PATHWAY TO REFERRALS TO LEAD.
FROM NONLAW ENFORCEMENT
RESOURCES WITHOUT ACTUALLY
REQUIRING SPD TO SIGN OFF ON
THOSE.
WE CAN ACTUALLY ACT ON
THOSE REFERRALS DUE TO ONGOING
CAPACITY ISSUES.
THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO
FULL THIS FUNCTION FOR MANY,
MANY WEEKS.
AND THE RESULT IS
THAT LEAD'S RARE RESOURCES LIKE
SPECIALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT,
INDIVIDUAL HOTEL/MOTEL ROOMS,
THEY'RE GOING UNUSED EVEN WHILE
THERE'S A GROWING NEED AND
URGENT DEMAND.
WE UNDERSTAND
THAT CHIEF CARMEN BEST IS
ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING
THIS THIRD PATHWAY OF REFERRALS
BY REMOVING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT FROM THE GATEKEEPING
FUNCTION.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING
TO WORK ON THE EXACT LANGUAGE.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE SPD RELATED AMENDMENTS, AS
THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO NOTES,
THE CUTS BELOW AS WELL AS THE
ADS ARE KIND OF REPRESENTING THE
POTENTIAL UNIVERSE OF CUTS THAT
I'VE SEEN THAT COULD BE MADE TO
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE
NOT SPECIFIC PROPOSALS AT THIS
POINT.
I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH
MY COLLEAGUES IN GETTING A SENSE
OF WHAT CUTS THERE IS SUPPORT
FOR ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE
DEVELOPING AMENDMENTS TO
REPRESENT THESE CUTS.
THE
PROPOSAL INCLUDES, OF COURSE,
THE CUTS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR
FOR 2020.
THAT $20 MILLION.
IT
INCLUDES CUTS PROPOSED BY
DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
SOME OF THE
CUTS COULD INCLUDE SHIFTING WORK
TO OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF SPD.
COULD INCLUDE AS HAS BEEN
PROPOSED BY OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBER, REPLACING 9-1-1 WITH A
CIVILIAN-LED SYSTEM.
THE MAYOR
IS PROPOSING TO DO THE SAME FOR
2021.
I THINK THE COUNCIL ACTION
NOW INDICATING OUR SUPPORT FOR
THAT AND ALLOCATING RESOURCES
NECESSARY TO BEGIN THAT WORK IS
DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE.
I HAVE
IDENTIFIED A DESIRED TARGET OF
$68 MILLION IN CUTS PHASED FROM
SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER.
THIS
WOULD BE AN APPROACH WHERE NOT
ALL THE CUTS WOULD COME OUT OF
THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER BUT
WOULD BE PHASED IN A WAY THAT IS
SEQUENTIAL TO BOTH WHEN WE COULD
REALIZE THE CUTS.
AND ALSO
SEQUENTIAL TO WHEN THE NEED FOR
THE CORRESPONDING SPENDING
OCCURS OVER THE NEXT FOUR
MONTHS.
AND WE'VE GOT CENTRAL
STAFF LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR
NOT WE CAN ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY
AND LOGISTICALLY DO A PHASED CUT
APPROACH.
THE PROPOSALS SUGGEST
THAT WE FUND COMMUNITY-LED
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING, SOME
OF WHICH SEATTLE IS ALREADY
DOING, LIKE PREARREST DIVE.
FOCUSED SPD OFFICE ACTIVITY ON
THEIR AREAS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
EXPERTISE.
I OFTEN REFER TO THE
QUOTE FROM THE DALLAS POLICE
CHIEF.
CHIEF BROWN.
WHERE HE
LAMENTS THE FACT THAT OFFICERS
ARE BEING ASKED TO ADDRESS SORT
OF EVERY SOCIETAL FAILURE.
AND
PUTTING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES
ON POLICE OFFICERS TO SOLVE.
AND
I DON'T THINK THAT ACTUALLY IS
RESULTING IN IMPROVED PUBLIC
SAFETY OUTCOMECOMES.
SO THE CUTS DO
INCLUDE A POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN
-- TOO CERTAIN FUNCTIONS THAT
WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.
I
THINK AS FUNCTIONS THAT MAEVEN
US DO NOT WANT SPD TO BE
CONTINUING.
INCLUDING THEIR
PARTICIPATION ON THE NAVIGATION
TEAM.
INCLUDING THEIR ACTIVITIES
AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
SO
THOSE ARE POTENTIAL CUTS THAT
MIGHT HAVE LABOR IMPLICATIONS.
AND THAT, I THINK, IS -- WHAT I
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT
I'VE DONE HERE, I DO WANT TO --
BEFORE I GIVE UP THE MIC HERE,
IMPRESS A LITTLE BIT OF
CONSTERNATION THAT WE ARE GONNA
BE ABLE TO GO FROM THIS MOMENT
AROUND ISSUE I.D.
ON PARTICULAR
-- PARTICULARLY ON THE P
ITEMS.
AND TURN AROUND MAECHLDS.
CENTRAL STAFF GREG DOSS HAS
ASKED TO RECEIVE OUR AMENDMENTS
TODAY.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW.
AND IN HIS DEFENSE, HE
NEEDS THAT INFORMATION SO THAT
HE CAN DEVELOP IT FOR NEXT WEEK.
AND I'M VERY AWARE OF WHAT THE
GOALS ARE.
AND WHAT WE'RE ALL
TRYING TO DO TOGETHER.
BUT I AM
CONCERNED THAT I DON'T HAVE A
GOOD SENSE OF WHICH CUTS I WANT
TO RECOMMEND AT THIS POINT TO
GIVE CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTION.
AND I'M WONDERING OUT LOUD HERE
AS I RECOGNIZE WHAT'S BEFORE US
WHAT OUR OPTIONS MIGHT BE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
BOTH FOR GOING OVER
YOUR SLIDES AND ALSO FOR ASKING
THAT QUESTION.
I AM INTERESTED
IN FOLLOWING UP WITH GREG AS
WELL.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME
INITIAL ON THE BACK OF THE
ENVELOPE NUMBERS TO POTENTIALLY
GO ALONG WITH THE PRESENTATION
TODAY.
BOTH INTERESTED IN THAT
ANALYSIS BASED ON SOME OF THE
INITIAL NUMBERS.
AND I BELIEVE
ONE THING THAT WE SHOULD
CONSIDER DOING IS PAUSING JUST
THAT SORT OF BACKBONE OF THE
VARIOUS SPD-LEVEL REDUCTIONS
THAT FOLKS WERE INTERESTED IN
SEEING.
HAVING JUST IS THAT ONE
DOCUMENT IDENTIFIED AS A WAY FOR
US TO HAVE POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS.
AND THEN POSSIBLY HAVING VARIOUS
COUNCIL MEMBERS TAKE ON SOINLTS
FOR CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THOSE.
SO MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS
INCLUDING YOURSELF HAVE ALREADY
SHOWN LEADERSHIP AND INTEREST IN
CERTAIN AREAS.
AND I KNOW THAT
THERE IS A POSSIBLY FOR US TO
SORT OF DIVIDE UP THE POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
AND HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDER LEAVING
THOSE SECTIONS OF THE PROPOSAL
THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.
WHAT
CAN BE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL
FOLLOW UP WITH GREG DOSS
OFFLINE.
AND ALSO THE
PRESENTERS, INCLUDING
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS WHO HAVE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT REACHING OUT
TO FOLKS.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN ON THE LINE.
WE HAVE
HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
ALTERNATIVES TO 9-1-1 AS WELL.
SO MAYBE THERE'S BITS AND PIECES
THAT VARIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
ALREADY THINKING OF THAT
CORRESPOND NICELY WITH SOME OF
THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND WITH THAT, WE ALSO
STILL HAVE A HAND FROM SHAWN
LISTENING IN.
LOOKING FORWARD TO
FOLLOWING OCCUPY THAT
PRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE THOSE
PIECES ARE ANALYZED.
AND TO THE
EXTENT WE CAN GET COUNCIL
MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO VARIOUS
PIECES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN
THESE.
OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE
REALLY ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY ON
THE NEXT SLIDE EXCEPT FOR I
THINK IT WOULD BE NO SURPRISE
THAT I CONTINUE TO SAY WE NEED
TO GET FOLKS OUT OF CONGR
SHELTERS.
WHO ARE CONTRACTING
COVID BECAUSE OF HEIGHTENED
HEALTH COMPENSATIONS ALREADY ARE
DYING.
AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR
THEIR HEALTH, THE FOLKS' HEALTH
IN CONGREGATE SHELTER, AND THE
OVERALL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY
AS WE THINK ABOUT THE NEED FOR
OVERALL POPULATION HEALTH.
MORE
TO COME ON THAT.
I BELIEVE
THAT'S THE END OF THE
PRESENTATION.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
WE HAVE EIGHT MINUTES
BEFORE OUR HARD STOP OF 6:00 PM.
AND A HANDFUL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
WHO I KNOW ARE THINKING OF OTHER
AMENDMENTS.
YOU DID NOT HAVE TO
FLAG THOSE TODAY.
YOU ARE
WELCOME TO.
WE APPRECIATE ALL
THOSE FOLKS WHO DESCRIBED
SOMETHING ALREADY.
IF THERE ARE
ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER OR THINGS THAT
DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO BE SAID,
NOW IS THE TIME.
SEEING NO
HANDS GOING UP, ONLY THUMBS-UP
AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO SAY HOW
MUCH WE APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF
FOR WALKING THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION WITH US.
COMMUNICATIONS, CLERK'S OFFICE,
AND EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL
OFFICES.
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUST SENT A VERY NICE NOTE OUT
TO THE ENTIRE STAFF.
I JIPTED TO
THANK HER FOR THOSE WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT AS WELL.
WE KNOW
THESE ARE VERY STRESSFUL TIMES
AND YOU ARE DOING INCREDIBLE
WORK TO MAKE SURE WE CAN LIFT UP
THE PRIORITIES OF COUNCIL AND
PUT THOSE INTO ACTION IN THE
NEXT TWO WEEKS.
BECAUSE WE HAD
SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PANEL, I JUST
WANT TO SAY ONE MORE TIME, THANK
YOU.
MUCH MORE TO COME BETWEEN
NOW AND THE NEXT MEETING.
THE
NEXT MEETING FOR US FOR THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE IS
WEDNESDAY, AT 2:00 PM.
BECAUSE
WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT LAND
USE MEETING IN THE MORNING.
AND
WE WILL HAVE ROBUST PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO
PUBLICLY COMMENT.
WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT
OPPORTUNITY.
SIGN-UP WILL BEGIN
AT 12:00 NOON.
THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, ALL.
HAVE
A GREAT REST OF YOUR NIGHT.
ADJOURN ADJOURN
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