.
>> JULY 29 MEETING.
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
COME BACK TO ORDER AND PROCEED
WITH BUSINESS.
THE TIME IS 2:02 P.M.
AGAIN I AM TERESA MOSQUEDA,
CHAIR OF THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SWAN.
>> HERE.
>> STRAUSS HIT.
>> 'S PRESENT.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> YOU DID NOT CALL MY NAME,
DEBORAH JUAREZ, REMEMBER ME?
>> I APOLOGIZE.
>> I AM HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
JOINING US WE HAVE A FULL
SELECT COMMITTEE TODAY.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE AND ALSO PARTICIPATING IN
THIS MORNING'S THREE OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT.
EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
RELATED TO THE REBALANCING
BUDGET.
I KNOW MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES
JOIN US IN THANKING DEPARTMENT
IT AND COMMUNICATIONS STAFF WHO
HELPED STUART US THROUGH THAT
EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
WE GOT TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THE INDIVIDUALS PRESENT FROM
THE 300 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP
THIS MORNING
THANK YOU TO THE IT FOLKS AND
COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS FOR
HELPING US GET DO THAT I KNOW A
LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES
TO GET FOLKS QUEUED UP AND
MANAGE THE LIST SO WE
APPRECIATED AND APPRECIATE ALL
THE FOLKS WHO CALL IN AND FOR
THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT
CONTINUES TO BE SENT IN.
WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
MEETING AS PUBLISHED ON THE
AGENDA.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER I'M GOING
TO ASK LISA
FROM CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK US
THROUGH A SHORT PRESENTATION,
AS A REMINDER, WHERE WE ARE AT
IN THE CURRENT SPD INQUEST
PROCESS.
WE STARTED THIS ON, IMMEDIATE
ON THE HILLS OF GEORGE FLOYD
HIS MURDER AND WANTED TO
PROVIDE FOLKS WITH A QUICK
ANALYSIS OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED OVER
THE NEXT WEEK AND A HALF.
LISA I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU
FOR FOLKS, AS A REMINDER
VIEWING PUBLIC AND COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES WHERE WE ARE AT AT
THE SPD INQUEST.
>> JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE
YOU CAN HEAR ME?
MY NAME IS LISA K- 1 THE
COUNCIL SPECIAL STAFF.
TODAY, AS BUDGET CHAIR
MENTIONED I WILL DESCRIBE FOR
YOU WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE
YOU ARE GOING WITH RESPECT TO
THE BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS SPD
INQUEST.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WE, THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
CONSIDERING 12 PIECES OF
LEGISLATION TRANSMITTED BY THE
MAYOR ON JUNE 23rd.
LEGISLATION WOULD SUPPORT THE
MAYOR'S EFFORTS TO REBALANCE
THE 2020 BUDGET IN LIGHT OF
REVENUE SHORTFALLS AND
UNANTICIPATED SPENDING REQUIRED
TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19
EMERGENCY.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
MEETING WEEKLY SINCE JUNE 10th.
THE COMMITTEE STARTED
DISCUSSING POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
REINFORCEMENTS.
THE COMMITTEE'S INITIAL
MEETINGS INCLUDED BRIEFINGS
FROM EXECUTIVE STAFF, THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ON JULY 15 COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF PROVIDED 20
IDENTIFICATION SUMMARIES
IMPACTS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGES AND LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE SPD
INQUEST IS INCLUDED DETAILED
PRESENTATIONS INVOLVING THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET, RESEARCH AND OTHER CITY
PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM LOCAL GROUPS INCLUDING
LOOKING AT COUNCIL ACTIONS
AROUND THE COUNTRY, RESEARCH ON
ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, ROADMAP TO DEFENDING
THE POLICE AND INVESTING IN THE
COMMUNITY AND PRESENTATIONS
FROM DECRIMINALIZE SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
FOR THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS I'M
GOING TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT.
NEXT STEPS FOR NON- SPD
AMENDMENTS.
TODAY WE ARE HEARING SICHEL
STAFF'S POINT IN TIME ANALYSIS
OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL
PRESENTING NEW NON- SPD
AMENDMENTS.
ON JULY 31 THE COMMUNITY WILL
VOTE ON ALL NON- SPD AMENDMENTS
AND HOLDING THOSE OVER TO
AUGUST 10 WHEN THE COMMITTEE
WILL APPROVE AND COUNCIL WILL
ADOPT THE LEGISLATION AS
AMENDED.
LOOKING TO THE SPD SPECIFIC
AMENDMENTS OVER THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS, THE COMMITTEE HAS
ESTABLISHED THREE MEETINGS TO
CONSIDER AND VOTE ON AMENDMENTS
TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
AUGUST 3rd AND AUGUST 5th,
JULY 31st, AUGUST 3rd,
CONTINUED REVIEW AND AUGUST 5th
TO VOTE.
I WANT TO NOTE THE AUGUST 10th
MEETING SHOWN HERE IS INTENDED
TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO
APPROVE TECHNICAL CHANGES
REQUIRED TO ENSURE BOTH SPD AND
NON- SPD AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN
PROPERLY INCORPORATED INTO THE
LEGISLATION.
FINALLY, I WANT TO GO OVER
DEADLINES FOR PROCESSING THESE
AMENDMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
THIS SHOWS DEADLINES BY WHICH
CENTRAL STAFF MUST HAVE
OBTAINED LEGAL REVIEW AND
SPONSORED APPROVAL OF A MINIMUM
IT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT
DAY'S AGENDA'S MATERIALS.
CRAIG DAWSON ON CENTRAL STAFF
LEADING A TEAM OF STAFFERS
DRAFTING THESE AMENDMENTS,
PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM.
OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER
YOUR AMENDMENT IS ANTICIPATED
TO BE READY FOR ONE OF THESE
MEETINGS.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
MADAM CHAIR I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS NOW OR OFF-LINE IF
THAT IS MORE TIMELY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
REALLY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
FOLKS HAVE THE INFORMATION IN
FRONT OF THEM IS A
DECONSTRUCTED PRESENTATION OF
THE MEMO AND CALENDAR I HAVE
SENT AS WELL TO COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES I WANT TO QUICKLY
THANK LISA AND CENTRAL STOP BY
YOUR WORK ON THE SPD INQUEST
AND AMENDMENTS WE HAVE
DISCUSSED SO FAR AND WILL BE
DISCUSSING FRIDAY RELATED TO
SPD AS WELL.
WE ARE AWARE OF HOW MUCH WORK
WE HAVE BEEN DOING WE WANT TO
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
SEPARATE.
I KNOW WE ARE CLOSE TO
FINISHING WITH AMENDMENTS FOR
DISCUSSION ON FRIDAY AND HIS
BUDGET PROCESS IS ALWAYS
INCREDIBLY BUSY AND WE
RECOGNIZE CENTRAL STOP AND
OFFICE TEAMS ARE GOING THROUGH
THIS TWICE THIS YEAR GIVEN THE
SUMMER REBALANCING PROCESS AND
THE FALL BUDGET.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
RELATED WHERE WE WERE AT IN THE
PROCESS OF PEOPLE HAVE
ORIENTATION.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR
LISA I'M GOING TO ASK MADAM
CLERK TO READ INTO THE RECORD
ITEM NUMBER 1. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH LISA ANN THANK YOU
TOGETHER PATTY WHO PUT TOGETHER
THE PRESENTATION AS WELL
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, PATTY.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE REVIEW A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 2020
PROPOSED REBALANCING PACKAGE
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION
ON THE AMENDMENTS RELATED TO
THE 2020 REBALANCING PACKAGE
THAT ARE NON- SPD RELATED AS A
CARRYOVER FROM OUR LAST
CONVERSATION, WE ARE GOING TO
TURN IT TO DIRECTOR FOR AN
ANALYSIS IN THE REBALANCING
2020 BUDGET BASED ON THE
OVERVIEW OF QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS RAISED DURING LAST
WEEK'S MEETING.
DIRECTOR ERISTADT I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU FOR THIS BRIEF
UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
FOR THE RECORD I AM KIRSTAN
ARESTAD, CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR
AS YOU MENTIONED IN FOLLOW-UP
TO LAST WEDNESDAY'S BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING I NOTED
COUNCIL RECEIVED, ON JUNE 23rd,
A SET OF REBALANCING MEASURES
FROM THE MAYOR AS PART OF HER
2020 PROPOSED REBALANCING
PACKAGE.
SOME, AS YOU KNOW HAVE
EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE
INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED IN
SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT
TO SEE THE FULL FINANCIAL
PICTURE.
TO RESPOND TO THESE CONCERNS,
CENTRAL STAFF HAVE CREATED A
COMPREHENSIVE BALANCING TOOL
THAT REFRAMES THE INFORMATION
BY CALIBRATING THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL TO A SPECIFIC POINT IN
TIME.
CENTRAL STAFF HAS ALSO CRAFTED
AN AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL BILL
119825, THAT IS THE 2020 BUDGET
REVISION ORDINANCE.
THIS AMENDMENT WHICH WE HAVE
TITLED AS AMENDMENT A IN THE
PACKAGE OF MATERIALS ATTACHED
TO THE AGENDA, WILL ALLOW THE
COUNCIL TO MODIFY THE MAYOR'S
ADMINISTRATIVE SPENDING
REDUCTIONS.
TOME MIKESELL WILL WALK THROUGH
THE TOOL, EXPLAIN THE BROAD
FUNCTIONS OF THE TOOL AND AFTER
HIS PRESENTATION I WILL COME
BACK WITH A SHORT CLOSURE.
THANK YOU.
TOM?
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ARESTAD
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR,
MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
WHAT WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN IS
THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO FOR THIS
AGENDA ITEM.
IT INCLUDES A NUMBER OF
EMBEDDED TABLES THAT ARE GOING
TO BE UNIQUE TO THIS TOPIC
BECAUSE THE BALANCING TOOL IS
STRUCTURED IN A WAY TO MAKE
MORE CLEAR THE SHORTFALLS WE
STARTED WITH IN THE PROCESS AND
MEASURES THAT ARE BEFORE YOU
FOR DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO
BALANCE THE SHORTFALLS.
THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE DATA
PRESENTED BY CBO CAN BE
RECONCILED WITH THE REVENUE
SHORTFALLS WE ARE AWARE OF AS
WELL AS THE EXPENDITURE
INFORMATION WE HAVE RECEIVED AS
OF THE JUNE 23rd TRANSMITTAL OF
THE DATA.
AS PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED THE
EXECUTIVE IS NOT YET FULLY WE
JUST REVENUE SHORTFALLS IN SOME
FUNDS WITH THE MEASURES AT HAND
CURRENTLY.
THOSE FUNDS WILL BE THE GENERAL
FUND, PARKS AND RECREATION
FUND, TRANSPORTATION AND
SCHOOLS ON CAMERA FUND.
THE NEXT FIVE TABLES WE WILL
START WITH THE REVENUE
SHORTFALLS AND WALK-THROUGH
VARIOUS MEASURES PROPOSED TO
ADDRESS THE SHORTFALLS.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ON THE
SCREEN IS THE FORECAST THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE PRESENTED IN
APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND LATER
UPDATED IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAND TOTAL
YOU WILL SEE IN APRIL THE
FORECAST IDENTIFIED AT $296
MILLION ACROSS ALL THESE FUNDS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE JUNE
FORECAST YOU WILL SEE,
SIMILARLY, IN THE CHANGE FROM
ADOPTED COLUMN A REVISED
FORECAST IN JUNE OF $311
MILLION ACROSS ALL THESE FUNDS.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE, THAT IS THE
CHANGE FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET
IN 2020.
YOU CAN THEN REFERENCE BACK
FROM APRIL TO WHERE WE ARE NOW
AND SEE THE CHANGES BY FUND.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND
TOTAL, THE FIRST TOTAL ON THIS
TABLE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT
TRANSPIRED BETWEEN APRIL AND
JUNE FORECASTS, PRESENTED TO
CITY COUNCIL.
BETWEEN THOSE FORECASTS POINTS
IN TIME, THE SHORTFALL FROM THE
ADOPTED BUDGET IS $184 MILLION
WHICH IN FACT WAS SLIGHTLY
BETTER THAN THE INFORMATION WE
RECEIVED IN APRIL FORECAST
UPDATE.
IN APRIL WHEN FORECAST
INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED, THE
SEATTLE CENTER FUND AND PARKS
AND RECREATION FUND WERE FACING
$9,000,000.23 MILLION
SHORTFALLS RESPECTIVELY.
YOU WILL SEE NOW IF YOU CHECK
THAT THE JUNE 2024 FORECAST,
THOSE NUMBERS DID NOT CHANGE.
THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY STILL,
UNFORTUNATELY BAD NUMBERS NO UP
OR DOWN.
MOST OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS
THAT LEAD TO THE GRAND TOTAL
SHIFTING FROM $296 MILLION IN
ALL FUNDS TO THREE AND $11
MILLION FIGURE WAS IN THE SHORT
TERM RENTAL TAX, ADMISSIONS
TAX, REAL ESTATE EXCISE TASK
AND THE CITY TRANSPORTATION
FUND.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE PERCENT
CHANGE APRIL TO JUNE, YOU CAN
SEE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DOUBLE-
DIGIT DECREASES FROM EVEN THE
POOR REVENUE PERFORMANCE
EXPECTED IN APRIL IN THOSE
CATEGORIES.
YOU HAVE SEEN THIS INFORMATION
BEFORE.
I THINK IT IS HELPFUL
PARTICULARLY FOR THIS EXERCISE,
TO CALIBRATE OURSELVES WITH THE
INFORMATION SO FAR BEFORE WE'VE
BEEN DIVE INTO THE NEXT SET OF
SLIDES THAT SHOW THE DIFFERENT
MEASURES THAT SEEK TO SOLVE
THIS CHALLENGE.
THIS IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE
BALANCING TOOL.
IT IS SET UP, AGAIN THERE WILL
BE SIMILAR TABLES FOR A SET OF
FUNDS.
ANY FUND IDENTIFIED AS IS
FACING A REVENUE CHALLENGE WE
ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
USING THIS TOOL.
TO CALIBRATE AND ORIENT YOU
WITH THIS TABLE, EACH ONE OF
THEE TABLES WHICH HAS A LARGE
SET OF NUMBERS, FAIRLY
DETAILED, LET YOU KNOW HOW IT
WORKS, WE START WITH THE
REVENUE FORECAST NUMBERS WE
JUST DISCUSSED OR JUST
PRESENTED.
WE THEN MOVED DOWN IN EACH
COLUMN FOR EACH ONE OF THESE
FUNDS THE DIFFERENT BILLS THAT
ARE CURRENTLY INTRODUCED.
THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND
BILL, COUNCIL BILL 119824, THE
ORDINANCE THAT WE CARE BRIEF
THE MAYOR'S REBALANCING
MEASURES, THE REVENUE PIECE AND
EXPENDITURE PIECE FOR BOTH OF
THOSE.
AND YOU MOVE DOWN TO AMENDMENT
A CHANGES THAT ARE ALSO PART OF
THIS AGENDA.
THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNDING PROPOSALS NOT PUT IN
THE BILL THAT WE HAVE BUILT
INTO AMENDMENT A TO COUNCIL
BILL 119825.
AND THEN, FOR ALL OF THESE
TABLES YOU GET TO A BOTTOM LINE
SHORTFALL THAT COMPARES THE
REVENUE SHORTFALL AT THE
BEGINNING, ALL THE MEASURES
CURRENTLY INTRODUCED OR
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE AMENDMENT
AND A BOTTOM LINE SHORTFALL.
THIS SET, THIS PAGE IS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE
OTHERS BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER
PLANNING CONCEPTS I WILL
DISCUSS IN A FEW MINUTES.
GENERALLY THAT IS HOW THESE
TABLES WORK.
ONE FINAL POINT IT MAY SEEM
INTUITIVE BUT NEGATIVE NUMBERS
ARE BAD AND POSITIVE NUMBERS
ARE GOOD IN EVERY SENSE.
THIS IS THE SET OF FUNDS THAT
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD REFERRED TO
AS GENERAL FUND AND GENERAL
FUND ADJACENT.
THE GENERAL FUND IS THE LARGEST
GENERAL PURPOSE OPERATING FUND.
IT COVERS A WIDE ARRAY OF
GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
MOVING LEFT TO RIGHT OTHER
FUNDS PROVIDE ALSO VITAL
SERVICES OF THE GENERAL NATURE
THAT MANY IN NORMAL TIMES ARE
MORE RELIANT ON THEIR OWN SET
OF RESOURCES TO FUND THE
SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
HOWEVER THEY DO HAVE
INTERSECTION ON SUPPORT FROM
THE GENERAL FUND.
THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL FOR
DEALING WITH THESE SHORTFALLS
THE SERVICES PROVIDED DUE TO
THE INTERSECTION WITH THE
GENERAL FUND ARE VITAL IN
NATURE AND IF THEY CAN'T MEET
THE SHORTFALL ON THEIR OWN THE
GENERAL FUND STEPS INTO HELP
WITH THE CHALLENGE.
YOU WILL SEE THAT LOWER ON THE
TABLE, LATER IN THE DISCUSSION.
WORKING FROM THE TOP, THE TOTAL
GENERAL FUND AND ADJACENT FUND
SHORTFALL WAS APPROXIMATELY
$241 MILLION IDENTIFIED TO JUNE
23rd.
THE SET OF BILLS CURRENTLY
INTRODUCED THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BILL AND BUDGET
REVISIONS ORDINANCE TO BOTH
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
CHANGES, ADDRESS APPROXIMATELY
$108 MILLION OF THAT STARTING
FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE AS I SAID
WITH AMENDMENT A IS BUILD IN
BUILT IN AND PUT INTO AN
AMENDMENT THE CHANGES THAT ARE
IN THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATIVE
CUTS SECTION WHICH RECOVERED IN
AN ATTACHMENT TO ISSUE ID MEMO
DELIVERED WHEN WE STARTED THE
PROCESS EARLIER IN JULY.
THAT WERE BUILT INTO SO THOSE
ARE CAPTURED IN THIS TABLE AND
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
EXPENDITURE ABOUT 61.$6 MILLION
ACROSS ALL OF THESE FUNDS OF
DIFFERENT CHANGES IN AMENDMENT
A. WHEN ALL OF THOSE MEASURES
ARE APPLIED LOOKING AT THE
TOTAL CRYSTAL 22.$6 MILLION
SHORTFALL FOR THIS SUITE OF
FUNDS BREAKING DOWN ON A FUND
BY FUND LEVEL TWO.$7 MILLION OF
THE GENERAL FUND YET
UNADDRESSED THINGS WE HAVE
RECEIVED SO FAR A MUCH MORE
SIGNIFICANT 26.$14 MILLION
SHORTFALL EXISTS GOOD NEWS AT
THIS POINT IN TIME ANALYSIS OF
THE FUND SHOW EITHER BALANCE OR
SLIGHT, BENEFICIAL AMOUNT
AGAINST THE SHORTFALL.
THAT IS THE POINT AS OF
LEGISLATION EITHER CURRENTLY
INTRODUCED OR AMENDMENT A
THAT'S DRAFTED AND ATTACHED TO
THE AGENDA BUT THE NEED TO ALSO
SPEAK TO THE ITEMS BELOW
PROPOSED FROM OTHER FUNDS.
IN THE GENERAL FUND ADJACENT
CATEGORY OF FUNDS THESE ARE
VIEWED AS FUNDS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT, THE GENERAL FUND CAN
COME IN AND BACKFILL IN THE
EVENT OF SIGNIFICANT
CHALLENGES.
THE NUMBERS YOU SEE THE FINANCE
GENERAL HOLD FOR CENTER AND
ARTS AND CULTURE THESE ARE
PLANNING NUMBERS PLANNING AND
BUDGET OFFICES USING TO
ESTABLISHED AN INTENTION TO
GENERATE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS
REVENUE SOLUTIONS TO ASSIST
SHORTFALLS THOSE ARE NOT
CURRENTLY PART OF THE AMENDMENT
NOR INTRODUCED LEGISLATION BUT
THOSE ARE SIGNALS OF INTENT.
IF THOSE MEASURES WERE INCLUDED
BUT WOULD ACTUALLY BRING THE
GENERAL FUND SHORTFALL TO BE
REMEDIED TO $12 MILLION.
I'M GOING TO PAUSE BEFORE
MOVING TO SEE IF THERE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE
ABOUT THIS VERY COMPLEX TABLE
EITHER ON HOW IT WORKS ON THE
SPECIFIC DETAILS OF AND COVERED
THUS FAR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS IF YOU
WANT TO CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THIS NEXT TABLE IS SIMILAR,
CAPTURING TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.
THEY ARE USED BY THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
FUND BOTH OPERATING AND CAPITAL
EXPENSES.
BASED ON THE FORECAST THROUGH
JUNE THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP AND
READ THIS SET OF FUNDS HAD A
TOTAL $41 MILLION SHORTFALL
THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED NO
EXPLICIT CHANGES YOU CAN SEE IN
THE LEGISLATIVE COLUMNS THOUGH
I WOULD NOTE THAT COUNCIL BILL
119825 INCLUDES IN THE NEW
SEATTLE LEVY FUND AND MUTUAL
SHIFT OF ABOUT $2 MILLION FROM
CAPITAL FUNDED FROM THE NEW
SEATTLE LEVY TO OPERATING
EXPENSES IN THE NEW SEATTLE
LEVY AND THAT ACTUALLY IS THEN
OFFSETTING A SIMILAR ROUTE
REDUCTION OPERATING EXPENSES
THAT SHOW UP IN THE GENERAL
FUND WE DISCUSSED IN THE PRIOR
SLIDE AGAIN THERE IS ACTIVITY
GOING WITHIN THAT LEVY FUND.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE TYPES OF
LEVY SWAPS DISCUSSED IN THE
PRESENTATION IN IN IN THE
PAST AND SHOWS ZERO BUT
IMPACTFUL AND BENEFICIAL TO THE
SOLUTION.
>> NOW TO THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT THERE ARE IN FACT
SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDED IN THE
MAYOR'S REBALANCE PACKAGE THAT
WORK THEY DON'T BUILD INTO
LEGISLATION IS A TOTAL OF $32
MILLION ACROSS THE PHONES OF
CAPITAL CHANGES THAT ARE IN
AMENDMENT A AND SIX.$4 MILLION
OPERATING BUDGET REDUCTIONS
TOTALING 38.$6 MILLION OF
REMEDIES AGAINST THE SHORTFALL.
THE BOTTOM LINE SHORTFALL IS
THREE.$5 MILLION.
YOU WILL SEE THAT IS ACTUALLY
THE RESULTS OF A MORE
SIGNIFICANT NINE.$6 MILLION
SHORTFALL IN THE TRANSPORTATION
FUND BUT ACTUALLY IN EXCESS
REVENUE RESULTS IN THE SEATTLE
LEVY FUND.
THE EXECUTIVES PROPOSAL ACTUAL
BUDGET SUBMITTED FOR 2020
IDENTIFIED ABOUT 32.$7 MILLION
IN TRANSPORTATION FUND BALANCE
AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT ON THIS
TABLE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT
IS NOT EXCLUSIVELY IDENTIFIED
PART OF THE EXECUTIVE FUNDING
SOLUTION.
MOVING INTO THE 3rd AND 4th
QUARTER, IT IS LIKELY THOSE
TYPES OF BALANCES WOULD BE
IDENTIFIED TO HELP SOLVE THESE
CHALLENGES.
SO THAT IS THE LOOK AT
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS AT A HIGH
LEVEL, GETTING CALIBRATED TO
WHAT THE SHORTFALL IS AT THIS
POINT IN TIME. IF THERE ARE ANY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO.
ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IS
ALSO ONLINE, AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR FOLKS FOLLOWING ALONG WE
ARE ON PAGE EIGHT OF 12 THOUGH
THE NUMBER OF THE SLIDES DOES
NOT SHOW ON THE PRESENTATION
YOU HAVE THE MEMO IN HAND.
ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU REALLY QUICKLY I
JUST WANT TO -- OVER SO WE
PASSED THE LEVY RELATED TO THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION
DISTRICT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT IS NOT
REFLECTED IN THIS CHART AS WE
SEE IT AND JUST WANT TO KNOW
FROM COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF'S
PERSPECTIVE WITH THE INTERPLAY
IS BETWEEN THE ORDINANCE
SUBJECT TO VOTER APPROVAL AND
WHAT WE SEE HERE ON TABLE 4
ATTACHMENT 2 TRANSPORTATION
FUNDS?
>> THIS IS CENTRAL STAFF.
THE REVENUES ARE COMPLETELY
SEPARATE FROM THESE FUNDS,
VOTER RESTRICTED ONLY USED FOR
TRANSIT SERVICE IN THE TRANSIT
PROGRAMS.
THEY HAVE NOT ENTERED THE
ANALYSIS WELL, THERE'S A
SEPARATE FOURTH COLUMN THE
HIGHLIGHTS THOSE PIECES, BUT
THOSE ARE NOT FUNGIBLE FOR
OTHER PROJECTS.
THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF
CAPITAL FUND MONEY THAT COULD
BE USED TO FUND TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENT SPECIFICALLY, THOSE
ARE REFLECTED IN SOME OF THE
CAPITAL SAVINGS YOU SEE THAT
SEVEN.$88 MILLION WE ARE
PROPOSING TO MEMORIALIZE
LEGISLATION.
BUT SHOULD HAVE NO BEARING ON
THE LEGISLATION JUST PASSED ON
MONDAY.
>> FOLLOW-UP.
>> NO.
THANK YOU.
>> OUT THAT'S HELPFUL OF
CLARIFICATION ANOTHER WAS A
COMMENT MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE
COUNCIL VOTING TO DECREASE
FUNDING FOR TRANSIT SERVICES I
THINK OF ANYTHING OR VOTE
EARLIER HIS WEEK WAS ABOUT TO
INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF
FUNDS FOR TRANSIT SUBJECT TO
VOTER APPROVAL OF COURSE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE LET'S CONTINUE.
>> THIS NEXT SLIDE ATTACHMENT
THREE ON PAGE 10 OF THE MEMO
BEFORE THE REAL ESTATE EXCISE
TAX THESE ARE THE TWO FUNDED AT
ONE QUARTER% TAX ON REAL ESTATE
CELLS IN THE CITY.
THEY ARE DEDICATED FOR CAPITAL
AND DEBT SERVICE PURPOSES.
BASED ON THE JUNE FORECAST
UPDATE THOSE WERE FACING A
40.$2 MILLION SHORTFALL BASED
ON BENEFICIAL ACTIVITY IN 2019.
REVENUE CAME IN HIGHER LAST
YEAR THAN THEY WERE EXPECTING.
THERE IS ABOUT 18.$2 MILLION
FUND BALANCE THAT CAN BE USED
TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM ALSO
IN THE BUDGET REVISIONS
ORDINANCE THIS IS AGAIN THE
NEGATIVE NUMBER GOING IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION ONE OF THE
SOLUTIONS TO HELP THE GENERAL
FUND WAS TO SHIFT DEBT SERVICE
EXPENSE FROM THE GENERAL FUND
TO THE REIT TO FUND AND THERE
IS ACTUALLY A POLICY CHANGE
THAT IS PART OF THE REBALANCE
LEGISLATION CURRENTLY BEFORE
YOU AND THE REBALANCING PACKAGE
THAT ALLOWS FOR THIS SHIFT.
BY VIRTUE OF SHIFTING THAT
SERVICE EXPENSE TO THE GENERAL
FUND IT ACTUALLY INCREASES BY
THREE.$4 MILLION.
AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED CHANGES
IN AMENDMENT A THERE ARE,
LARGELY CAPITAL IN NATURE,
20.$7 MILLION OF CAPITAL
PROJECT REDUCTIONS PROPOSED ON
AN ADMINISTRATIVE BASIS BY THE
EXECUTIVE NOW BUILT INTO THE
AMENDMENT AND $300,000 OF
OPERATING CHANGES FOR A TOTAL
LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IN AMENDMENT
$821 MILLION.
FINALLY, THERE ARE 2 RESERVES
THE RESERVE IN EACH ONE OF
THESE FUNDS $5 MILLION THEY ARE
THERE TO HELP FOR THE FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES AND ADDITIONAL
REVENUES AND THE EXECUTIVE
PROPOSAL AS WE UNDERSTAND IS
USED TO MILLION DOLLARS FROM
EACH ONE OF THOSE RESERVE FUNDS
TO HELP BALANCE THE REMAINING
SHORTFALL BRINGING ON THE FINAL
BALANCE AGAINST THE SHORTFALL
OF $0.
>> THANKS.
BEFORE MOVE ON COUNCILWOMAN
HERBOLD I BELIEVE I SAW YOUR
HAND.
>> THANK YOU HAVE A QUESTION
ABOUT THE AMENDMENT RELATED TO
REIT.
FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION IF
YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN
BRIEFED ON THIS, REIT, SDOT IS
LOOKING TO REIT AS A FUNDING
SOURCE FOR BONDS FOR THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE AND WILL BE
SENDING LEGISLATION TO THE
COUNCIL VERY SOON.
GIVEN THIS IS A FUTURE USE OF
REIT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH REGARDS TO THE PLAN THE
SHIFT THAT YOU SEE IN THE
LEGISLATIVE EXPENDITURE CHANGE
THE THREE.$4 MILLION OF GENERAL
FUND SORT OF SHIFTED TO REIT.
I DO NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION
OF THE TOTAL RESOURCE LEFT OVER
IN EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDS
ALTHOUGH WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU AFTERWARDS UNLESS THERE IS
SOMEONE ON THIS CALL WHO HAS
THAT INFORMATION AND CAN JUMP
IN AT THIS POINT.
>> FOLLOWING UP AFTER IS FINE.
THANK YOU.
>> BRIAN DID YOU HAVE A QUICK
ANSWER?
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN GOODNIGHT
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF MIGHT BE
SOMETHING WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP
ON AFTERWARDS ANYWAYS BECAUSE
ACTUALLY CASH LEAVING THE FUNDS
IS DIFFERENT AND THE REMAINING
BALANCE.
AFTER ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES
AND CHANGES TOM DISCUSSED, BOTH
OF THE REIT WOULD BE LEFT WITH
THE 3 MILLION-DOLLAR RESERVE
AND UNRESERVED BALANCE IS LESS
THAN $400,000 FOR EACH OF THE
FUNDS.
THAT IS KIND OF THE TOTAL
BALANCING ASSUMING ALL THE
PROGRAMMED MONEY IS SPENT BUT
THAT IS A LITTLE DISTINCT FROM
WHAT YOU ARE ASKING WHICH IS
HOW MUCH CASH THEY HAVE ON HAND
SO WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP
WITH THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS OUR FINAL TABLE THE
UTILITY FUNDS WHICH HAD A 32
MILLION-DOLLAR SHORTFALL
IDENTIFIED IN JUNE, A LARGE
PART OF THE SOLUTION IS USED
FUND BALANCES SET ASIDE FOR
THIS TYPE OF PURPOSE TO HELP
WITH FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.
TWELVE.$3 MILLION ACROSS ALL OF
THE UTILITY FUNDS ARE FOR
HELPING SOLVE THE 32 MILLION-
DOLLAR PROBLEM.
HERE IS CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
LEGISLATION INCLUDED $71,000 OF
MONIES INTO THE SPU FUNDS.
WATER AND SOLID WASTE.
THAT SAME ORDINANCE SPENDS
THOSE MONIES OUT FOR COVID
PURPOSES.
IT IS A NEUTRAL IMPACT ON THE
FUNDS.
AS FAR AS AMENDMENT A, THE
FINAL AT THE BOTTOM, THERE IS A
TOTAL OF $1,920,000,000 OF
OPERATING CHANGES ACROSS ALL OF
THESE FUNDS THAT HELP BRING THE
BALANCE TO 0. THAT IS THE
CONCLUSION OF THE DISCUSSION OF
HOW THE BALANCING TOOL WORKS.
I WOULD SAY AND POINT OUT THAT
THE DETAIL BEHIND ALL OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT A CHANGES
CAN BE SEEN AS AN ATTACHMENT TO
AMENDMENT A AND SIMILAR LEVEL
OF DETAIL SENT TO US BY CBO ON
JUNE 23rd.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE USED TO
BUILD THE AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT
A TOUCH TODAY.
>> SORRY.
>> THERE IS ONE WRAPUP SLIDE,
DIRECTOR ARESTAD AND I SHARE A
FINAL ROLE ON THE SLIDE IF YOU
HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. THIS IS
THE NEXT STEP.
I WILL HANDLE THE TECHNICAL
PIECE TRACKING TOOL AND HOW WE
INTEND FOR IT TO WORK FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS PROCESS.
WHAT WE HAVE TALKED SO FAR
ABOUT OUR THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE AS OF JUNE.
AS WE ALL HAVE LEARNED AND NO,
THE COVID SITUATION CONTINUES
TO DEVELOP.
IT IS AN EVER-CHANGING FORECAST
SITUATION.
WE EXPECT TO GET AN AUGUST
FORECAST AND ALSO A SECOND
FORECAST WITH THE BUDGET
SUBMITTED IN SEPTEMBER.
IF THOSE UPDATES COME IN A NEW
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE
WE WILL UPDATE THIS TOOL TO
TRACK PROGRESS AGAINST THE
SHORTFALLS.
ALSO, SIMILARLY WE WILL DO THAT
FOR TECHNICAL REVISIONS THAT
MAYBE NECESSARY AS WE WORK WITH
CBO AND THE DECISIONS THIS BODY
MAKES AN COUNCIL APPROVES TO
ADDRESS ADDITIONAL FALLS WE
KNOW WE HAVE IN PROGRESS WE
MAKE AGAINST THOSE.
NOW, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
KIRSTAN.
>> THANK YOU, TOM WE HEARD A
LOT OF TECHNICAL DETAIL, TOM
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS OFF-LINE, MEET
WITH FOLKS REMOTEL, GO THROUGH
THOSE BALANCING TOOLS TOM
REFERENCED.
IN CLOSING, IN THE CONTEXT OF
THESE DISCUSSIONS, I WANTED TO
RAISE THE POINT THAT COUNCIL,
MADAM CHAIR, WILL BE FACED WITH
AN OVERARCHING DECISION
CONCERNING REBALANCING THE 2020
BUDGET.
NOT THE INCREMENTAL WHAT TO
ADAM MOORE TO CUT, BUT THE
OVERARCHING DECISION CONCERNING
REBALANCING THE BUDGET.
CHOICES INCLUDE EITHER FULLY
BALANCING THE 2020 BUDGET FOR
THIS POINT IN TIME WE SELECTED
OF JULY 23rd, OR BALANCING THE
BULK OF THE 2020 BUDGET AS THE
MAYOR DID.
FOR THIS LATTER OPTION THE
COUNCIL WOULD WORK WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
IN THE 3rd AND 4th QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET SO THAT THE
BUDGET IS FULLY BALANCED BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
I RAISE THIS BECAUSE IT HAS
BEEN IMPORTANT TO SOME
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE RAISED
ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT THE
INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM CBO
WAS LESS THAN TRANSPARENT OR
MAYBE OBLIGATED TO UNDERSTAND.
ALSO WHEN THEY WERE ASKING FOR,
COUNCILMEMBERS REQUESTING
INFORMATION WITH REGARDS TO
SPECIFIC FUND BALANCES AND
DETAILS OF CUTS THEY DISCOVERED
THAT EVERYTHING WAS BALANCED AS
TOM MENTIONED.
SO, THESE TWO DECISIONS, MADAM
CHAIR, CENTRAL STAFF TEAM AND I
WILL BE TALKING ABOUT YOU WITH
THIS FURTHER, AND THAT PROS AND
CONS OF THESE CHOICES.
I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THIS
POINT HERE IN THE CONCLUDING
COMMENTS SO WE ARE BEING AS
TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN BE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THIS DEEP DIVE IN
THE TOOL YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO
US ALSO WANTS TO THANK DR.
NOBLE FROM CBO FOR PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WORKING
WITH US ON THE SUFFERED.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS, FOLKS?
SEEING -- COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
QUESTION FOR CENTRAL STAFF
THANK YOU FOR BREAKING DOWN THE
BUDGET, BUILDING A BACKUP
SHOWING THE JUNE COMPARISON
BREAKING IT OUT BY FUNDS.
I WANTED TO JUST GET THE NET
TAKE AWAY IN TERMS OF THE
REMAINING DEFICIT YOU ARE
SEEING.
YOUR MEMO MENTIONS SOME NUMBERS
BUT WHEN I ADD A COUPLE OF
CHARTS WITH NEGATIVE NUMBERS I
JUS WANT TO RECONCILE.
WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE
REMAINING DEFICIT YOU ARE
QUANTIFYING NOW?
THIS IS PRIOR TO AUGUST THE
GETTING AUGUST REVENUE NUMBERS.
WOULD WE JUST BE ADDING UP THE
TWO NEGATIVE NUMBERS 32.$9
MILLION PLUS THREE.$5 MILLION?
>> YES.
WE WOULD USE THE $23 MILLION IN
THE GENERAL FUND AND GENERAL
FUND ADJACENT THE FIRST
ATTACHMENT TABLE AND WE WOULD
ADD THE THREE.5 MILLION OF THE
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS TABLE.
BUT THEN THERE IS A BUNCH OF
COMPLEXITY ABOUT THE
AVAILABILITY OF ONE TO SUPPORT
ANOTHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IN TERMS OF THE UNMET SHORTFALL
THAT WOULD BE THE COMBINATION
OF THOSE TWO NUMBERS.
>> OKAY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
FOLLOW-UP.
>> NONE AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY.
I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE FOLLOW-
UP QUESTIONS AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATION
WITH FOLKS AS WE CONTINUE TO
GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN
ABOUT THE REVENUE FORECAST IN
FUTURE UPDATES WE WOULD
POTENTIALLY NEED TO MAKE. I
WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR ARESTAD
AND TOM MIKESVILLE APPRECIATE
YOU WALKING US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS BASED ON
QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED IN THE
LAST WEEK OR SO.
LET'S MOVE ON, AS WE ARE NOW AT
THE POINT IN THE AGENDA WHERE
WE WILL BE WALKING THROUGH
MEMBERS' NEW AMENDMENTS ON NON-
SPD RELATED ITEMS, CENTRAL
STAFF IS GOING TO READ EACH
AMENDMENT INTO THE RECORD AND
SUMMARIZE THE EFFECT OF THE
AMENDMENT, SPONSORS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IT TO THE
AMENDMENT AND WE WILL BE ABLE
TO ASK QUESTIONS AS A BODY AND
THEN GOING TO ASK IF THERE IS
ANY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WOULD
LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES AS
COSPONSORS AS WE DID LAST TIME
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY
YOUR NAME AND I WILL REPEAT IT
FOR THE CLERK'S RECORD.
WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THESE
AMENDMENTS ON FRIDAY, FRIDAY
MORNING, FRIDAY JULY 31.
IN TWO DAYS.
WE WILL ALSO BEGIN OUR
DISCUSSION ON THE SPD RELATED
AMENDMENTS.
AS YOU SAW FROM TODAY'S
CONVERSATION WE WERE TRYING TO
GET THROUGH ALL OF THE NON- SPD
AMENDMENTS BEFORE GOING TO SPD
AMENDMENTS GIVEN THERE IS EIGHT
ADDITIONAL NON- SPD AMENDMENTS.
WE DID NEED TO CONCLUDE THIS
CONVERSATION BEFORE WE FEATURE
ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS WE ARE
CONSIDERING FOR SPD.
THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT WE
PROVIDED THE UPDATED
PRESENTATION ON WHERE WE ARE AT
IN THE SPD PROCESS SO EVERYBODY
CAN ANTICIPATE THAT ROBUST
DISCUSSION ON FRIDAY.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK CENTRAL
STAFF TO WALK US THROUGH THE
AMENDMENTS.
BEFORE WE DO SO ARE THERE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE
PROCESS?
TURNING IT OVER TO LISA.
THANK YOU AGAIN, FOR YOU AND
YOUR TEAM IS CENTRAL STAFF OR
WALKING US THROUGH THIS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT NAMENDA 4
AND THE BILL WE ARE STARTING
WITH COUNCIL BILL 119818, ON
THE SCREEN YOU SEE THE
AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF US
RELATED TO THAT BILL.
LISA LET'S TAKE AWAY.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
WITH FIVE AMENDMENTS TO THIS
COUNCIL BILL, THE SUPPLEMENTAL
WE CALL IT SORRY SECOND ORDER
SUPPLEMENTAL YOU WILL SEE FIVE
AMENDMENTS.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THESE ARE IN
ADDITION TO AMENDMENTS WE
DISCUSSED ON THE 22nd AND 23rd
LAST WEEK.
THE WHOLE CONGLOMERATION OF ALL
OF THESE WILL BE BEFORE YOU.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JEFF.
>> BEFORE YOU DO I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THERE WAS NO QUESTION.
COUNCIL COLLINS WHATEVER GETS
VOTED SORRY WHATEVER GETS
DISCUSSED TODAY WILL BE LISTED
AS A FULL SLATE OF POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION
AND VOTE ON FRIDAY.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS, HAVE DISCUSSION CAN
HAVE PEOPLE AT THEIR NAMES AS
COSPONSORS.
YOU WILL SEE NON- SPD RELATED
AMENDMENT'S FROM THE FULL SLATE
FROM THE 22nd AND 23rd IN
ADDITION TO ANYTHING WE
DISCUSSED TODAY THAT WILL BE
LISTED AS A MENU OF POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS FOR NON- SPD FOR
VOTE MONDAY MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT YOU ARE
LOOKING AT REQUIRES A LITTLE
BACKGROUND AS COUNCILMEMBERS
ARE AWARE.
IN 2018 ADOPTED BUDGET THE
COUNCIL PROVIDED ONE.$3 MILLION
TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH
ENGAGEMENT LOCATION SOMETIMES
CALLED THE SAFE INJECTION SITE
AND AN ADDITIONAL $100,000
PROVIDED FOR THE SAME PURPOSE
IN THE 2019 ADOPTED BUDGET.
'S COUNCIL WAS PREPARING THE
2020 ADOPTED BUDGET I WAS
CONFIRMED IN COMMUNICATION WITH
THE EXECUTIVES THAT THE
INTENTION WAS TO CONTINUE
CARING ALL ONE.$4 MILLION IN
ALL LOCATIONS INTO THE
SUBSEQUENT YEAR.
AFTER GOING THROUGH SUBSEQUENT
LEGISLATION IN THE PACKAGE
BEFORE THE COUNCIL WAS
IDENTIFIED THAT WAS NOT DONE
FOR THE $100,000 IN HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE GOT NO INDICATION THIS
WAS AN INTENTIONAL ACTION,
EVERYTHING POINTS TO THE HAVING
BEEN AN OVERSIGHT OR ERROR THAT
OCCURRED IN THIS AMENDMENT
ADDRESSES THAT BY TAKING A
$100,000 OUT OF THE SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND PUTTING IN
FINANCE GENERAL WE ARE THE BULK
OF ONE.$3 MILLION ALREADY
LOCATED AT SO THIS WOULD NOT
OCCUR AGAIN IN THE FUTURE
TRACKING THOSE WOULD BE EASIER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS IS THE
PRIME SPONSOR?
>> SURE BRIEFLY AS JEFF
EXPLAINED THIS AMENDMENT WILL
PRESERVE THE RESOURCES COUNCIL
PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH ENGAGEMENT
LOCATIONS.
THIS INTERVENTION IS ONE OF THE
MANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY HER
WHEN AN OPIOID TASK FORCE.
COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED
A NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL
BRIEFINGS ON THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
NOT JUST TO BENEFIT INDIVIDUALS
SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE
DISORDER, BUT TO BENEFIT ALSO
THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY
AT THE CENTER OF THESE
DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
HAS PERFORMED AN ASSESSMENT OF
THE PROJECT INCLUDING A FULL
COST ESTIMATE SCOPE AND CITING
RECOMMENDATION AND ALSO
INCLUDING THE COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH NECESSARY CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
AND SEATTLE KING COUNTY WAS
GOING TO FORM A COMMUNITY
PLANNING GROUP THAT WILL
PROVIDE MORE OPERATIONAL
DETAILS, LOCATIONAL CRITERIA
AND PROPOSED TIMELINE OR THE
SITING OF TWO, ONE IN SEATTLE
AND ONE OUTSIDE SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY.
NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AT
THIS TIME.
I HAVE BEEN INQUIRING WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH AS TO THE STATUS
OF THIS WORKGROUP.
I REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH JEFF
AND MY STAFF, CHRISTINA,
IDENTIFYING WHAT LOOKS LIKE WAS
JUST AN ACCOUNTING MISTAKE.
THERE IS SUPPORT PUTTING THE
FULL FUNDING IN EXPECTED AND
SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL BACK
INTO THE BUDGET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD OTHER
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES?
SEE NO HANDS I WILL ASK ONE
QUICK QUESTION IS A LONGTIME
SUPPORTER OF THE SAFE
CONSUMPTION SITES OR OVERDOSE
PREVENTION SITES, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE ARE CONCERNED WITH IS
THE ONGOING NONSTANDARD DOLLARS
YEAR AFTER YEAR I APPRECIATE
YOU PUTTING THIS FORWARD.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU HAD
ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION?
I KNOW THERE WAS QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS
FLEXIBILITY GIVEN RESISTANCE TO
SPEND IT IN THE WAY THE COUNCIL
CONTINUES TO DIRECTED FROM THE
EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE AND WHETHER
OUR CONVERSATION ALL ABOUT
FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR METHADONE
OR MEDICATIONS?
>> AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE JUST RECENTLY CHECKED IN
WITH KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
ABOUT.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE
NEXT STEP WAS TO FORM THIS
COMMUNITY PLANNING GROUP, KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH WAS
LEADING ON AND IS PLANNING
GROUP WOULD PROVIDE THE
OPERATIONAL DETAILS AND
LOCATIONAL CRITERIA AND
PROPOSED TIMELINE.
I DID NOT ASK ABOUT THE
FLEXIBILITY FOR USE OF THESE
FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE BUT, WE ARE
INQUIRING AGAIN WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH I HAVE ALSO HEARD PART
OF THE PROBLEM RESIDES IN AN
ACTION WITH THE EXECUTIVE BUT
LIKE I SAID I AM CERTAIN WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH RIGHT NOW WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE INQUIRIES.
THE FOLKS LISTENING AND HAVE
OTHER INFORMATION I DON'T HAVE,
PLEASE DO REACH OUT AND SHARE
WITH ME.
>> EXCELLENT THANK YOU PUBLIC
HEALTH LOAD ANALYSIS I LIKE IT.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME AS
A COSPONSOR, ADD COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
ANY ADDITIONAL COSPONSOR,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AS
COSPONSORS TO COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD'S AMENDMENT NUMBER 4.
WONDERFUL.
MOVING ON COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
YOU ARE IN THE NEXT SUITE OF
AMENDMENTS HERE AMENDMENT
NUMBER 5 RETURNED BACK OVER TO
CENTRAL STAFF TO WALK US
THROUGH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MEMO NUMBER 5 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
HE WOULD RESTORE $400,000 OF
FUNDING FROM 14 SQUARE C.I.P.
PROJECT AND SDOT IN USE
TRANSPORTATION FUND BALANCE AS
WE DISCUSSED A WEEK OR SO AGO.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS
HERE ALL PROPOSIG TO DRAW DOWN
ON FUND BALANCE.
IT MIGHT AFFECT STATEMENT I
HIGHLIGHTED THE CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S
PROPOSALS IN ADDITION TO THE
MAYOR'S REBALANCING PACKAGE.
THIS WOULD RESULTS IN A TOTAL
USE OF FUND BALANCE FOR THE
TOTAL COUNCIL PROPOSALS OF
FOUR.$7 MILLION AND WOULD LEAVE
AN UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE OF
THE END OF 2020 OF
18.$3,000,000.1 MILLION IN
2021.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT TO
THE SPONSOR TO SPEAK TO THE
AMENDMENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU
CALVIN, YOUR WORK ON THIS HAS
BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE
ENTIRE SUITE OF THE NEXT FOUR
AMENDMENTS S THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT WE RETAIN THEM AS
LINE ITEMS IN OUR BUDGET EVEN
IF THOSE DOLLARS ARE NOT SPENT
THIS YEAR.
THE PROJECTS HAS A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS AMENDMENT RESTORES THE
$396,000 TO THE SQUARE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
WITH UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE.
IT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF --
THIS FUNDING IS A CONTRIBUTION
AND COLLABORATIVE WORK DONE
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WORKING
WITH KING COUNTY, SOUND TRANSIT
ON THE SEATTLE CLUB AS WELL AS
ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE.
WE NEED TO KEEP THIS BUDGET
ITEM TO DO OUR PART AND KEEP
OUR CONTRIBUTION IN
MULTIJURISDICTIONAL
PARTNERSHIP.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
TO REDEVELOP THIS BASED ON THE
WORK THAT CAME OUT OF A STUDY
CONDUCTED IN THE AREA.
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR
THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
IS COMPLEMENTARY TO
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJACENT
SITE WHICH WILL CREATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE
CLINIC AND AN ART GALLERY, AND
GALLERY SPACE.
IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMES
ONLINE AND A NEW GATHERING
SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY OPENS,
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY
MAINTAIN THESE INVESTMENTS HAS
COMMITTED TO IN MAKING THIS
WORK FOR EVERYONE.
THE CHANGES THIS BOTTOM BUDGET
ITEM FUNDS WILL TAKE US FROM
VERY DIFFICULT TO ACTIVELY
PUBLIC SPACE ON A SLANT
LITERALLY COBBLESTONES.
THE GREAT IS NOT CONSISTENT AND
NOT EASY TO GATHERS WE WILL
TAKE WHAT IS DIFFICULT TO
ACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACE AND TURN
INTO A PLACE WHERE THE
COMMUNITY CAN GATHER.
IN PARTICULAR THE HISTORICAL
EDGEWATER.
THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW US TO
REDEVELOP THE SITE INTO A
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE
INVESTMENT OF FIRST PEOPLE
GATHERING PLACE FOR THE
HONORING EDUCATION IS A
CONTINUED EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITY
INTO THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU CALVIN AND THANK YOU
CHAIR MOSQUITO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WAS
OFF THE BAT I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS
INTERESTED IN BEING A COSPONSOR
OF THIS AMENDMENT SO SHE WILL
BE ADDING HER NAME.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU.
>> WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
CHAIR.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
I HAD SIMILARLY INQUIRED ABOUT
THE PROJECTS IN THE SUITE AS
THEY ARE DISTRICT SEVEN
PROJECTS.
AND I'M TOLD YOU HAD AN
INTEREST IN PURSUING THESE
AMENDMENTS.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND
THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU BRING FROM YOUR
PREVIOUS WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF
DISTRICT SEVEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER BLACK SHOT'S
OFFICE AND REALLY EXCITED TODAY
TO ALSO AFFIX MYSELF AS A
COSPONSOR TO THESE ESSENTIAL
INVESTMENTS.
REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS.
IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED TO A
LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES IN
DISTRICT 7 WHO HAVE BEEN IN
FREQUENT CONTACT WITH MY OFFICE
ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE
SUITE.
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
PARTNERING WITH YOU ON THIS AND
SUPPORTING THESE MEASURES HERE
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS I NOTED YOUR
COSPONSORSHIP AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
SORRY I THINK YOU ARE ON MUTE.
THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS MORE ABOUT MY
QUESTION ABOUT SORT OF ALL OF
THESE NEW TRANSPORTATION
PROJECTS TAKEN AS A WHOLE.
I APPRECIATE HOW YOU PROVIDED
THE INFORMATION I REQUESTED AT
THE LAST MEETING ABOUT WHAT THE
SORT OF HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION
FUND BALANCE IS FROM YEAR TO
YEAR SO I COULD GET A SENSE OF
HOW BIG OF A DEAL DRAWING IT
DOWN WOULD BE THIS YEAR AS
COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND IF ALL OF THESE PROJECTS
ARE APPROVED, THE ENDING FUND
BALANCE I THINK IS AROUND 18
MILLION IN 2020.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SDOT IS
PLANNING ON COMING TO COUNCIL
FOR BOND ISSUANCE NEXT YEAR.
WITH THAT BEING REPAID BY REIT.
TO GET THROUGH TO NEXT YEAR ON
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE PROJECT
THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSING
TO COUNCIL AND INTERFUND LOAN
VERY SOON.
DON'T HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF
WHERE THE FUNDS FOR THAT ARE
GOING TO COME FROM TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHETHER OR NOT
VOTING ON THESE PROJECTS
REDUCES THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO
SDOT FOUR AND INTERFUND LOAN.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS SDOT AND
CBO ARE OTHER FUNDS OUTSIDE OF
TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE THOSE
BRIDGE FUNDS TO GET TO THE BOND
ISSUE SO THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE
AN IMPACT IN THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE FINANCING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND JUST SORT OF AGAIN
GLOBALLY, IF IT IS OKAY TO ASK
THE QUESTION ABOUT ALL FOUR
PROJECTS SAME QUESTION, I JUST
WANT TO ENSURE IF WE ARE TAKING
THIS ACTION TO RESTORE FUNDING
FOR THESE PROJECTS DO WE HAVE
CONFIRMATION SDOT WILL BE
SPENDING THE MONEY IN
PERFORMING THE WORK IN 2020?
AND IN YOUR MEMO YOU STATE THAT
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL DOESN'T
BALANCE THE SPECIFIC FUNDS AND
DOESN'T REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS.
SDOT WOULD HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE
ABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE
ELIGIBLE PROGRAM EXPENSES AND
BETWEEN FUNDS. HOW DOES THIS
PROPOSAL TIE INTO THAT
RECOGNITION IN THE MEMO THAT
YOU DRAFTED?
>> FOR SUMMIT TWO DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS ONE IS ABOUT HOW MUCH
MONEY IS AVAILABLE AND THE
OTHER QUESTION IS HOW MUCH
FLEXIBILITY DOES THE EXECUTIVE
HAVE TO MOVE THINGS WITHIN AND
MANAGE.
THEY REALLY ARE DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS.
THE 18.$3 MILLION IS WHAT WOULD
BE LEFT ON PAPER BASED ON WHAT
WE SAW IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET,
WHAT WE NOW KNOW TO BE THE
REVENUE ESTIMATE AND THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED SPENDING AND
NOW THIS PROPOSED FOUR.$7
MILLION OF ADDITIONAL
AUTHORIZATION FROM COUNCIL TO
SPEND.
THIS MONEY, WE DON'T KNOW
NECESSARILY CALL THAT WILL BE
USED IN THE BUDGET CONVERSATION
WE WILL HAVE IN THE FALL AND
THAT IS THE RESOURCE BACKSTOP
TO MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN WE GET
TO DISCUSSION FOR NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET I THINK THAT IS JUST IN
THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE HAVE
DONE HISTORICALLY AND RISKS WE
HAVE SINCE WE ARE NOT OUT OF
THE COVID RECOVERY YET.
THE ISSUE ABOUT SDOT'S
ADMINISTRATION FLEXIBILITY, IF
THEY DO NOT ABANDON THE
APPROPRIATIONS THEY WILL HAVE
SPENDING AUTHORITY WITHIN THOSE
FUNDS AND THEY COULD SORT OF
FIND PROGRAM EXPENSES THAT
COULD BE SPENT FOR LEGITIMATE
PURPOSE AND THIS AND SPEND
THOSE DOLLARS.
WITH THE PROPOSAL TO
MEMORIALIZE ALL THE SPENDING
THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED, THE
EXECUTIVE WILL HAVE TO PROPOSE
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL CHANGES
IN THE REST OF THE BUDGET YEAR
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY ARE DOING
OR POTENTIALLY THE END OF THE
YEAR TO MATCH UP WITH WHAT THE
ACCOUNTING SHOWS.
>> SORRY DID YOU ANSWER THE
QUESTION ABOUT WHETHEROR NOT
IF WE VOTE ON THESE WHETHER OR
NOT THAT MEANS SDOT, THE
EXECUTIVE INTENDS TO DO THIS
WORK IN 2020.
>> I DO NOT KNOW THAT THEY ARE
EXPLICIT ABOUT HOW THEY WILL
HANDLE CHANGES.
THEY HAVE MADE THESE PROPOSALS
TO PRESERVE AS MUCH FUNDING AS
POSSIBLE.
>>> I THINK THEY WILL TAKE IT
AS A SYMBOL OF THE COUNCIL'S
INTEREST IN SEEING THESE
PROJECTS GOING FORWARD BUT I
HAVE NOT HAD ANY INFORMATION AS
TO EXACTLY WHAT THEY WILL DO.
>> AT THE PROJECTS READY?
FOR THIS LEVEL SPENDING?
RATHER THAN ASK THE QUESTION.
>> THE PROJECTS WERE INTENDED.
>> HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THESE
PROPOSALS I GUESS I'M THINKING
MORE TECHNICALLY ARE THE
PROJECTS READY FOR THIS LEVEL
OF SPENDING IN 2020?
>> THE PROJECTS WERE PUT ON
HOLD IN THE SPRING AND SO THERE
MAYBE SOME DELAY GETTING
STARTED AGAIN BUT THEY WERE
SLATED TO MOVE FORWARD THIS
YEAR SO PROBABLY THEY WOULD
MOVE FORWARD AGAIN.
IT MAY MEAN THEY WOULD HAVE A
DELAY HOWEVER LONG MAYBE THREE
MONTHS NOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
TO JAVA?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK
YOU FOR THOSE EXCELLENT
QUESTIONS.
I WILL ADDRESS EACH PROJECT
INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJACENT
BUILDING CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO
ENSURE WE REMAIN ON SCHEDULE TO
DEVELOP IN COLLABORATION WITH
WITH THE FORMALLY KNOWN
BUILDING THEIR IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE DO YOU KEEP THESE FUNDS
TARGETED TOWARDS THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT THANK YOU.
AS SPONSOR OF THIS I WANT TO
LET YOU KNOW I WILL ALSO BE
ADDING MY NAME TO THIS.
THIS IS I THINK AN EXCELLENT
COMPLEMENT TO THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT IN PIONEER SQUARE
TO MAKE MUCH-NEEDED SAFETY AND
LIVABILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR
INDIVIDUALS LIVING THERE AND
FUTURE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
THESE ARE THE TYPE OF
COMPLEMENTARY INVESTMENTS WE
WANT TO SEE, ESPECIALLY AS WE
WRAPPED UP OUR CONVERSATION
AROUND JUMPSTART.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF
INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY IN
AREAS WHERE WE ENVISIONED
INVESTING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND MAKING SURE PUBLIC DOLLARS
STRETCH FURTHER BY SUPPORTING
GOOD JOBS CREATING HEALTHY,
WALKABLE, AFFORDABLE LIVING.
HAPPY TO ADD MY NAME THERE.
SO FAR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES OF
HEARD COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS AND MYSELF
ADDED TO THIS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AS WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OR
COMMENTS?
AGAIN JUST TALKING ABOUT
AMENDMENT FIVE.
TODAY CUT SOMEONE OFF?
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, THANK
YOU.
AND COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT 6
RELATED TO THE MARKET.
>> ON HIM 6 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
RESTORE $400,000 FOR THE MARKET
PROJECT.
A LOT OF THE SAME DISCUSSION WE
HAD AS WELL I WILL JUST TURN IT
TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN THIS AMENDMENT WILL
RESTORE $400,000 TO THE
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
WITH FUNDS CURRENTLY -- TO MAKE
IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE
PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR DOOR FROM
THE PUBLIC MARKET TO THE MUSEUM
OF HISTORY AND INDUSTRY.
THE WATERFRONT WITH SOUTH LAKE
UNION AND TURNING.
FROM EQUITY LANDS THE SCORES
THE LOWEST OF ALL 4. THE
POPULATION GROWTH IN AREAS
ADJACENT TO THIS MARKET TO MOHI
PATHWAY.
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED BETWEEN
THESE POPULATION CENTERS AND
THE TRANSIT THAT SERVES THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS ALSO A PROJECT I WORKED
ON WITH COUNCILMEMBER BLACK
SHOT IN THE LAST FUNDING NEEDED
TO CREATE THE MARKET TO MOHI
PROJECT MOSTLY FUNDED BY
PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS NEW SORT
OF SPOKE TO THE QUESTION OR
CONCERN I WANTED TO RAISE
REGARDING THE TOUGH CHOICES IN
FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW AND THE
SCORING THIS DIDN'T RECEIVE ON
THE EQUITY ANALYSIS WONDERING
IF YOU CAN COMMENT A LITTLE
FURTHER ABOUT WHY PARTICULARLY
THIS PROJECT?
GIVEN SOME OF THE OTHER
PROJECTS WE KNOW ARE SLATED
ACROSS THE CITY ESPECIALLY IN
THE SOUTH END?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THIS, ALONG WITH OTHER
AMENDMENTS IN THE SAME VEIN OF
THE PROJECT I PREVIOUSLY WORKED
ON IN THE LAST BIT OF FUNDING
AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH
STAKEHOLDERS.
THE REASON I WAS FORTHRIGHT
WITH YOU REGARDING THE EQUITY
LANDS IS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE
COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT IN WHAT
I AM BRINGING FORWARD TO US AS
A BODY.
>> THAT'S FAIR.
THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE THAN
THAT.
>> THAT'S FAIR THANK YOU.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE THAT LANDS
WE ARE BRINGING TOWARDS THE
WORK, TRYING TO SEE THINGS
WE'VE INVESTED IN PREVIOUSLY
NOT BE CUT OFF AT THE LAST
MINUTE THAT'S WHY WANT TO
SUPPORT THE THOMAS STREET
AMENDMENT AS WELL.
, THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER A
CALLING THAT OUT I APPRECIATE
THAT.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS?
>> COLLEAGUES ARE LOOKING AT
AMENDMENT 6 THE MOHI MARKET
SEE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ANY ADDITIONAL FOLKS
WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES
AS COSPONSORS?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS COSPONSORED
MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT NUMBERS
7.
>> AMENDMENT 7 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
RESTORE $697,000 FOR THE ROUTE
SEVEN CORRIDOR PROJECT.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS, ALONG WITH THE OTHER
PROJECTS AMENDMENTS WOULD
RESTORE, IN THIS CASE $670,000
FOR THE QUARTER PROJECT WILL
UPGRADE METRO ROUTE 7 TO
BECOME A RAPID RIDE LINE.
OF THE SUITE THIS IS A PROJECT
I DID NOT PREVIOUSLY WORK ON.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO BE
ABLE TO PROTECT ROUTE SEVEN
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT ROUTE
WITHIN OUR CITY.
SDOT IS CURRENTLY COORDINATING
WITH KING COUNTY METRO TO MAKE
STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON RAINIER
AVENUE SOUTH INCLUDING BUS
ONLY, SIGNAL UPGRADES,
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CROSSINGS
AND IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
HAVING RELIABLE, FREQUENT
TRANSIT, YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT
WILL TAKE ONCE YOU GET ON THE
BUS TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION
IS WHAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO TRULY
RELY ON TRANSIT WHICH IS WHY
SPOT IMPROVEMENTS AND CORRIDOR
IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THIS ARE
VERY IMPORTANT.
PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, ROUTE
SEVEN GREW MORE THAN 11,000
RIDERS EVERY DAY THIS MAKES ONE
OF THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP ROUTES
AND THE CITY.
AS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES NOTED
EARLIER THIS WEEK, ROUTE SEVEN
IS USED FOR SHORT AND LONG
TRIPS, TO GET TO AND FROM THE
GROCERY STORE AND OTHER AREAS.
ALSO USE TO GET TO AND FROM
HOMES TO DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS.
IT ALSO SERVES MANY DIVERSE
SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOODS,
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SEEMS
CONTRARY TO OUR GOALS TO CUT
FUNDING FOR THIS IMPORTANT
TRANSIT FOUR-DOOR PROJECT.
IS OFTENTIMES DELAYED BY STREET
CONDITIONS AND TRAFFIC.
THIS IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ME WE CREATE A NETWORK AND SET
UP RIGHT-OF-WAY SO WE ARE ABLE
TO MOVE PEOPLE USING TRANSIT
AND RELIABLE FASHION.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL MAKE
THE ROUTE MORE FREQUENT AND
RELIABLE.
FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS
PROPOSED TO BE CUT AND
REBALANCED AND UNDERNEATH IT IS
CRITICAL TO MAINTAIN IT IN THIS
REBALANCING EXERCISE.
THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT THANK YOU.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
AMENDMENT 7? COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
>> THANK YOU I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
I WILL HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS
AS THESE IMPROVEMENTS ACTUALLY
START TO GET IMPLEMENTED.
PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH WELL
NOT WITH THE SEVEN, BUT WITH
RAINIER AVENUE ITSELF IS IT IS
A SPEED HIGHWAY HIGHWAY.
SO THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS
THAT ARE SO CRITICAL HERE ARE
THINGS LIKE MORE CROSSWALKS
ACROSS THE AVENUE AS PEOPLE GET
FROM THE FOOD BANK FOR EXAMPLE
TO THEIR HOMES OR TRYING TO
CROSS THE STREET TO GO THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
THIS IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
AND IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE GOING
TO NEED.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF
WORK TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ESPECIALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO
PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT
SUPPORT PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO GET
TO THE BUS STOPS AND GET WHERE
THEY ARE GOING IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFELY.
I APPRECIATE THIS WORK AND WILL
BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT AS
WELL AS MAKING SURE WE HAVE
MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH METRO
AND SDOT ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
THAT KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND HELP
US MEET OUR VISION 0 GOALS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE I WILL ALSO ADD
THAT I THINK THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT ADD BACK I THINK THE
RAPID RIDE LINE, WE TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER THIS WEEK RELATED
TO TRYING TO PRESERVE AS MUCH
SERVICE IN FREQUENCY AS
POSSIBLE IMPORTANT TO NOTE
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME OF
COVID THE LINE IS ONE OF THE
MOST USED BY ESSENTIAL WORKERS
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
CONCERNS COMMUNITY OF COLOR
ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH END AND
HAS BEEN DELAYED BEFORE.
IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO NOT
REPEAT THAT PATTERN I THINK IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE
TO EMPHASIZE INVESTMENTS IN THE
SOUTH END ESPECIALLY FOR
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY TRANSIT
DEPENDENT TO AND MAKE SURE
THEIR SERVICES BEING
REINVESTED.
HAPPY TO BE ADDING MY NAME
ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
OTHER FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAMES?
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
OKAY SO TO SUMMARIZE, FOR
AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN RELATED
TO ROUTE SEVEN MULTIMODAL
CORRIDOR PROJECT WE HAVE
SZYMBORSKA MORALES, SAWANT,
MOSQUEDA, LEWIS AND HER BOLTUS
COSPONSORS MOVING ON.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOUR
FINAL AMENDMENT IS NUMBER 8.
>> AMENDMENT EIGHT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WOULD ADD
$777,000 BACK TO THE 2020
BUDGET FOR THE THOMAS STREET
RIDGE DESIGN PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN THIS IS
INTENDED TO ASSURE THAT THE
PROJECT IS NOT OUT OF OUR
BUDGET EVEN IF DOLLARS ARE NOT
SPENT THIS YEAR.
STATE ROUTE 99 TRANSITION FROM
THE BATTERY STREET TUNNEL,
THREE STREETS WERE IDENTIFIED,
RECONNECTED OVER WHAT EAST
AURORA HARRISON, JOHN AND
THOMAS.
HARRISON DESIGNATED FOR
TRANSIT, JOHN IS USED AS A
STANDARD STREETSCAPE AND
THOMAS, THE STREET DESIGNATED
AS A PEDESTRIAN PIKE STREET.
IN 2013, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT PEDESTRIAN FACES IS
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT
WE UNDERSTAND TODAY.
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS
A PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR OR.
SIDEWALKS WERE EXPANDED BARELY
A PROTECTED BIKE LANE WAS PUT
IN, NOT ADEQUATELY MEET THE
NEEDS WE HAVE TODAY. %
THOMAS STREET IS A CRUCIAL
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SEATTLE
CENTER IN SALT LAKE COMMUNITY.
IT LINKS WESTLAKE UNION CYCLE
TRUCK, DEXTER STREET ALL TO THE
SOUTHCENTER.
THIS REALLY CAN BE VIEWED AS AN
EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHCENTER
CAMPUS AS THE SKATE PARK WAS
TRANSFERRED OUT OF SEATTLE
CENTER ADJACENT TO THE ARENA TO
NOW BEING ON THOMAS STREET ON
THE OLD BROAD STREET RIGHT-OF-
WAY.
AND SO THE SEATTLE CENTER
CAMPUS IS NOW EXPANDING AND
THOMAS STREET IS AN IMPORTANT
ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF EXPANSION
OF THE SEATTLE CENTER.
THIS IS WHILE IT IS IN A HIGH
ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS A LAST
MILE CONNECTION TO TRANSIT THAT
CONNECTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY
WHILE SEATTLE CENTER IS VERY
SIMILAR TO OUR CENTRAL PARK,
THIS THOMAS STREET CONNECTION
NEXT TO THE C AND V LINES ALL
THE WAY UP TO SHORELINE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH WEST SEATTLE
CONNECTS ROUTES 40, ROUTE FIVE,
ROUTE 62, ROUTE 48, ROUTE 70,
ROUTE THREE, ROUTE 26 ROUTE 594
AND ROUTE 572 PUYALLUP.
THIS ONE STREET REALLY CREATES
ACCESS TO MANY, MANY
COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN
WASHINGTON.
WILL BE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN
THE COMING YEARS AS WE RELY ON
THOMAS STREET AS THE SEATTLE
CENTER BECOMES A MUCH MORE
ACTIVE LIVING SPACE.
LAST YEAR, AGAIN WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER BLACK SHAW, MOODY
ADVOCATES, SDOT, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND OTHERS TO INITIATE
THE PLANNING PROCESS,
REORGANIZE EFFORTS AS THEY
WEREN'T EFFECTIVE.
THERE WAS A COMPLETE STREET, IF
YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THE
TECHNICAL TERM FORMER STREET
PLANNING EFFORT NOW NO LONGER
USED BECAUSE WE HAVE STREETS
ILLUSTRATED AS OUR FRAMEWORK.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT
BECAUSE IT TAKES AN UPDATED
MODEL AND UPDATES IT TO THE
CURRENT UNDERSTANDING.
LAST YEAR COMMUNITY DESIGN
SHARE WAS POSTED AND OVER 50
PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
THAT LED TO THIS THOMAS STREET
REDEFINED PLAN.
HE PROPOSES INVESTMENTS IN THE
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CONNECTIONS
INCLUDING THE PUBLIC SHIFT AND
THOMAS NEXT TO THE FUTURE SKATE
PARK.
INCLUDES A 36-FOOT WIDE
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY AND
PROMENADE ON A PROTECTED
INTERSECTION AT DEXTER AND
THOMAS. THIS INVESTMENT IS THE
CITY'S GENERAL FUND
CONTRIBUTION TO A PARTNERSHIP
WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE
THE SUBSTATION.
WE HAVE ADJACENT DEVELOPERS
CONTRIBUTING, PRIVATE ENTITIES
IN THE LOCAL AREA AND
CONSERVATION PROGRAM DOLLARS.
THIS IS REALLY THE CITY'S
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION TO AGAIN A
MULTIJURISDICTIONAL EFFORT.
THIS PROJECT RELIES ON
PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT AND GRANT SOURCES
AS WELL.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FOR COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ON
AMENDMENT EIGHT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS
AMENDMENT, AS I ALLUDED TO
EARLIER.
I THINK, IF I REMEMBER
CORRECTLY MY FIRST YEAR ON
COUNCIL THIS IS AN AMENDMENT I
SPONSORED TO MAKE SURE THE
CORRIDOR WAS CONNECTED THROUGH
ON THOMAS STREET AND I
APPRECIATE YOU LIFTING OF THE
FACT THAT THE WORK STILL YET TO
BE DONE.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS
YOU WOULD CHIME IN ON REGARDING
THE TOOL THAT APPEARS TO BE
OUTDATED?
>> I THINK IT IS A FAIR
STATEMENT WHEN THE DECISION TO
PUT THE STATE ROUTE 99 AND
TUNNEL WHAT THE PLANNING WAS AT
THAT TIME THE DECISION WAS MADE
THEY DIDN'T SPEND NEARLY AS
MUCH TIME AS THE RECENT EFFORTS
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT
THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG THOMAS STREET.
>> ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ALLUDED
TO BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO
NEED TO CONNECT TO ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR BUS ROUTES IN
SEATTLE CONNECTING TO SEATTLE
CENTER IN THE NEW ARENA AND
HIGH IMPACT.
THIS IS A HIGH-IMPACT PROJECT
THAT WILL HELP WORKERS GET TO
THEIR JOB SAFELY AND MAKE SURE
THERE IS MOBILITY AROUND THE
CORNER.
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU FROM
EXCITED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
WORK WITH YOU BOTH IN THIS ROLE
AS A COUNCILMEMBER AND YOUR
PREVIOUS ROLE IN PARTNERSHIP OWN
WAS COUNCILMEMBER BLACK SHAW AS
WELL SO HAPPY TO COSPONSOR THIS
AMENDMENT.
ANY OTHER COSPONSORS OR
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> ANY ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS OR
COMMENTS?
CAUSE MONTE LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ADDING
TO AMENDMENT 8. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
LISA I BELIEVE THAT WRAPS US UP
WITH COUNCIL BILL 119818.
EVERYBODY TO MOVE TO COUNCIL
BILL 1925?
>> YES COUNCIL CHAIR.
THREE AMENDMENTS THEIR COUNCIL
BILL 119825 THE 2020 BUDGET
REVISION ORDINANCE.
.
>> THANK YOU LISA.
AMENDMENT 13 TO COUNCIL BILL
19825, SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WOULD
IMPOSE A PROVISO ON $10,000 IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 2020
BUDGET, LIFTED AFTER THE
DEPARTMENT COMPLETES ANALYSIS
AND SUBMITS REPORT TO COUNCIL
DESCRIBING HOW CHANGES TO THE
BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX
OBLIGATIONS FOR CERTAIN SMALL
BUSINESSES COULD BE IMPLEMENTED
AND HAVE SUCH CHANGES IMPACT
THE CITY'S BUDGET.
TO THE PROVISO THE CHAIR OF THE
HOUSING FINANCE COMMITTEE WOULD
SUBMIT CERTIFICATION TO THE
CITY CLERK CONFIRMING THE
REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE
SPONSOR COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU WE ARE MOVING
QUICKLY TODAY.
THANK YOU CHAIR, AS YOU HEARD
ME SAY BEFORE I'M INTERESTED IN
EXPLORING, PROVIDING TAX RELIEF
TO SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE
STRUGGLING WITH THE IMPACTS OF
THE PANDEMIC.
I HEARD FROM MANY RESTAURANTS,
BREWERIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES
IN THE DISTRICT THAT TAXES ARE
PARTICULARLY BURDENSOME RIGHT
NOW GIVEN THE LOSS OF PROFIT
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL IMPOSE A
PROVISO ON THE BUDGET UNTIL THE
COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF THE
FEASIBILITY FOR US TO PROVIDE
TAX RELIEF FOR 2021 FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
SINCE BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT
FORWARD I HAVE BEEN ASSURED OF
THESE QUESTIONS CAN BE EXPLORED
AND ADDRESSED BY THE CBO AND
CENTRAL STAFF WORKING TOGETHER
AS PART OF OUR BUDGET.
GIVEN THAT I DO NOT, AGAIN HAVE
BEEN ASSURED WE WILL HAVE THIS
INFORMATION IN THE BUDGETING
PROCESS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> JUST TO CONFIRM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU ARE
WITHDRAWING AMENDMENT NUMBER
13?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
YOU WILL KEEP US UPDATED ON THE
INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED BACK
ALONG ANY MESSAGES FROM CENTRAL
STAFF ON THIS ISSUE.
NO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
MYSELF ARE INTERESTED IN THIS
AS WELL.
>> IT HAS BEEN RELAYED TO ME
THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THE RESULTS
THIS AMENDMENT INTENDS TO FIND
WITHOUT PROVISO WE IMPORTANT
FTEs WITHIN THE CBO.
WANT TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND
BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH
COLLEAGUES AND THE DEPARTMENT
AND ABLE TO STILL RECEIVE THIS.
>> SOUNDS GOOD TO HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE TO RAISE THE QUESTION
ABOUT PROVISOS IN THE PROCESS
OF NECESSARY.
LET'S MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT 14.
AS OF THE NEXT WHEN YOU HAVE
THERE?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, AMENDMENT 14 SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WOULD
ADD ONE.$7 MILLION TO HST FOR
NON- CONGREGANTS SHELTER.
THAT WOULD COME FROM ONE.$7
MILLION IN POTENTIAL ESTIMATED
FORECASTED SAVINGS IF KING
COUNTY DECIDES TO GRANT A
WAIVER FOR THE KING COUNTY JAIL
CONTRACT.
THE PROVISO LIMITS SPENDING OF
THIS AMOUNT UNKNOWN CONGREGANTS
SHELTER, THAT CAN INCLUDE TINY
HOME VILLAGES, AND HAS SHELTER
OR HOTEL ROOMS AND THE PROVISO
DOESN'T PREVENT HST FROM
PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER
DEPARTMENT OR ORGANIZATION IF
THEY DECIDE THAT IS THE BEST
WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE
FUNDS.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS FOR FURTHER
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANKS
FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I THINK IT HAS BEEN A COMMON
THEME THROUGHOUT THE SPRING AND
SUMMER WITH THIS COUNCIL, ALL
OF US, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ADAMANT WE
WANT MORE NON- CONGREGANTS
SHELTER OPTIONS TO GET FOLKS
OFF THE STREET TO LIVE IN A
PLACE WITH DIGNITY, TO BE ABLE
TO LIVE IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE
SAFE AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED SO
THEY ARE NOT PUT AT RISK OF
CONTRACTING AND SPREADING
COVID.
THIS IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF
POTENTIAL RESOURCES TO
ACCOMPLISH THE.
ONE.$7 MILLION WOULD BE A
SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENT ON TOP OF THE
INVESTMENTS THE COUNCIL HAS
ALREADY MADE.
WE KNOW THAT THE DEMAND IS
OVERWHELMING DESPITE A LOT OF
THE MOVEMENTS WE'VE MADE UNDER
CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S LEADERSHIP ON
JUMPSTART AND OTHER PROJECTS,
WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LONG
WAY TO GO TO GET SUFFICIENT
RESOURCES OUT THERE TO DO YOU,
REALLY MAKE PROGRESS,
MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ON OUR
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE DURING
COVID AND EVEN BEFORE.
I THINK FLAGGING THIS MONEY NOW
IN ANTICIPATION OF HOPEFULLY
RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL WAIVER,
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE CITY HAS
ALREADY RECEIVED A WAIVER FOR
THE 1st HALF OF THE YEAR AS I
UNDERSTAND, I WILL DEFER THAT,
THAT MONEY WAS INCORPORATED
INTO THE EXECUTIVE'S BALANCING
STATEMENT.
THIS WOULD REALLY BE GOING
FORWARD FOR THE REST OF 2020 WE
DO ANTICIPATE THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WILL NOT BE UTILIZING
AS MUCH OF THE SPACE RELEASE IN
THE JAIL AS WE ALLUDED TO LAST
WEEK.
GOING FORWARD IN 2020 AS COVID
CONTINUES TO BE A MASSIVE
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS HERE THE
INTENSIFICATION OF THE KING
COUNTY JAIL REMAINS A PRIORITY
FOR KING COUNTY.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THIS
WAIVER EXTENSION AND REALIZE
THIS ONE.7 MILLION AND BE ABLE
TO DEFERRED THESE RESOURCES
INTO NON- CONGREGANTS SHELTER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD NOW BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND LET
CENTRAL STAFF CLARIFY TOO.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
CHAIR OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
EFFORT IS WELL OVER THE LAST
FIVE OR SIX MONTHS TO GET
ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO NON-
CONGREGANTS SHELTER OPTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU TO QUESTIONS.
ONE, LAST WEEK IN BUDGET
COMMITTEE WE DISCUSSED I
BELIEVE CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S
AMENDMENT FOR FUNDING FOR THIS
PURPOSE.
HOW DOES THIS AMENDMENT RELATE
TO THAT ONE?
THAT WE DID A SHOW OF HANDS ON
SUPPORT FOR.
THERE WAS SOME ISSUE ABOUT THE
FUNDING SOURCE AND A BUNCH OF
INTEREST IN THAT FUNDING
SOURCE.
IS THIS ADDITIVE TO THE MINUTE
WE ALREADY DISCUSSED WHICH THEN
IS ADDITIVE TO THE MONEY AND
JUMPSTART WHICH IS ADDITIVE TO
THE MONEY THAT WE APPROVED IN
THE COMMERCE BILL?
JUST WANT TO GET A SENSE OF HOW
MUCH MONEY WE ARE PUTTING ASIDE
TO SPEND IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS
FOR THESE PRESSING NEEDS, BUT
TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON OF
THESE PRESSING NEEDS HOW MUCH
MONEY CAN ACTUALLY BE SPENT IN
THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS TO ADDRESS
THEM.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS, THE
CHOOSE 180 EXPANSION TO INCLUDE
FOLKS OVER 25 YEARS OF AGE FOR
THE PROPOSED LAST WEEK ALSO A
MODEST AMOUNT $25,000 PROPOSED
USING THE FUNDS FROM THE JAIL
CONTRACT ASSUMING WE GET AN
EXTENSION OF THE WAIVER FOR
THAT PURPOSE AS WELL JUST
WONDERING HOW MUCH ARE WE
ANTICIPATING DRAWING DOWN FROM
THAT AND ARE RE-CREATING AGAIN
ANOTHER CONFLICT HERE WITH THE
PROPOSED FUND SOURCE MULTIPLE
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE INTEREST IN
USING?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THOSE IN
CENTRAL STAFF CAN ANSWER THE
REST. IN RESPONSE TO YOUR FIRST
QUESTIO ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS
INTENDED TO BE ADDITIVE THIS IS
DEFINITELY INTENDED TO BE
ADDITIVE.
MY QUEST DURING THIS ENTIRE
BALANCING EXERCISE GOING ON
INTO THE FALL HAS BEEN HOW CAN
WE FIND EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
CREATE MORE NON- CONGREGANTS
SHELTER OPTIONS.
ANOTHER ONE.$7 MILLION THIS
VERY APPEALING.
I'M LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY FOR
OPPORTUNITIES AND OPTIONS TO
MOVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
IT IS INTENDED TO BE ADDITIVE.
I THINK THERE IS SOME
ADVANTAGES TO THAT APPROACH.
ONE, I THINK IT INCREASES THE
LIKELIHOOD WE WILL ACTUALLY SEE
NEW, NONCOGNITIVE ASSETS STOOD
UP IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT SOURCES AND ENHANCE
OUR POWER AS COUNCIL TO WORK
OUT WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE
EXECUTIVE, ON ACTUALLY GETTING
SOME OF THIS MONEY SPENT IN
SOME OF THESE ADDED SERVICES
SET UP.
I THINK THE SECOND ADVANTAGE
HERE WITH THE SOURCE, I HAVE
INTENTIONALLY, SORT OF RELATED
TO YOUR CHOOSE 180 QUESTION
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I HAD AN
INKLING THIS MIGHT BE A POT OF
MONEY YOU WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR
FOR THAT.
I WHICH I AM SUPPORTIVE OF AS
CURRENTLY WRITTEN THIS IS OF
THE LOWER END OF OUR
ANTICIPATED SPREAD OF WHAT
MIGHT BE REALIZED FROM THE
WAIVER EXTENSION.
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GOES FROM
ONE.SEVEN TO TWO.ONE MILLION.
ALSO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT
THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE ON
FRIDAY, I WILL PROPOSE SOME
GRANT FUNDING FOR EXPLORING A
COUG STYLE FIRST RESPONSE
SYSTEM AS WELL.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM DRAWING DOWN
AND MAKING IT MORE CONSERVATIVE
TO ACCOMMODATE THE 180 PROVISO
IF WE WANT TO BE SAFER AND
MAYBE MAKE THIS AMENDMENT
ONE.65 INSTEAD OF ONE.SEVEN.
THAT IS SOMETHING I AM
COMPLETELY OKAY WITH BUT I WILL
LET CENTRAL STAFF JUMP IN ON
THE AS WELL BECAUSE I KNOW THIS
IS SOMETHING I HAVE SPOKEN
ABOUT BEFORE.
>> THANK YOU I WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON
THIS.
SPECIFICALLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS
ADDITIVE TO THE AMENDMENT CHAIR
MOSQUEDA MADE LAST WEEK, GIVEN
THAT WE HAVE PUT FUNDS ASIDE IN
THE JUMPSTART 2020 SPENDING
PLAN AND GIVEN WE HAVE
AUTHORIZED ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN
THE COMMERCE BILL FOR THIS
PURPOSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
HOW MUCH THAT TOTALS.
AGAIN I STILL NEED TO HEAR AND
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WHETHER
OR NOT THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE
SPENT IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS
OF 2020.
BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE
WAY OUR BUDGETING PROCESS WORKS
NOW IS WE DON'T JUST -- UNSPENT
FUNDS DON'T JUST CARRY OVER TO
THE NEXT YEAR FOR THE PURPOSE
OF WHICH WE ALLOCATED THEM FOR
IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
THEY GO BACK AND ARE AVAILABLE
FOR THE MAYOR, AS I UNDERSTAND
IT FOR THE MAYOR TO PROPOSE IN
THE 2021 BUDGET.
I AM JUST A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS
ABOUT PUTTING, FROM JUST MY
ROUGH RECOLLECTION, MAYBE $5
MILLION FOR THIS PURPOSE TO BE
SPENT IN JUST THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
WHEN THERE MAYBE OTHER NEEDS
THOSE DOLLARS CAN BE SPENT
IMMEDIATELY.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THESE
FUNDS, IF THEY ARE NOT SPENT,
TO SIT SOMEWHERE AND GO BACK IN
A POT TO BE REALLOCATED
ACCORDING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S
WISHES IN THE SEPTEMBER BUDGET
PROCESS.
>> FIRST OFF, JEFF SIMS ALSO ON
THE LINE MAYBE ABLE TO ANSWER
SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AROUND
THE TOTALS HERE.
I WOULD JUST ADD ADDITIONALLY
TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'
COMMENTS IS THE SPREAD OF
SAVINGS IS FROM ONE.SEVEN TO
TWO.$1 MILLION.
THIS ONE.SEVEN, PLUS THE 25 WE
JUST BE A LITTLE OVER
ONE.SEVEN.
I'M HAPPY TO ADJUST THAT IS
APPROPRIATE.
I WOULD KICK IT OVER TO JEFF.
>> FIRST, TO YOUR QUESTION
ABOUT HOW OUR ABILITY TO
IMPLEMENT THAT MANY INVESTMENTS
IN TINY HOME VILLAGES OR HOTEL
ROOMS OR OTHER NON- CONGREGANTS
SHELTER, WE JUST WERE
PREVIOUSLY BUT NOT GIVEN ON HOW
MANY LOCATIONS AVAILABLE THAT
WE COULD DEVELOP FOR A TINY
HOME VILLAGE.
START UP COSTS ARE ESTIMATED TO
BE AROUND $600,000 OR LESS FOR
THAT TYPE OF APPROACH AND OF
COURSE YOU HAVE ROOMS ALREADY
BEING UTILIZED TO SOME DEGREE
ESPECIALLY THROUGH COUNTY
RESOURCES BUT ALSO WITH
SUPPORT.
THESE FUNDS WOULD BE
PERMISSIBLE FOR THAT AS WELL.
BETWEEN LAST WEEK, YOU
REFERENCE THE DISCUSSION LAST
WEEK THE REVISED AMENDMENT
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL LIKELY BE
ONE.$1 MILLION BY THE TIME WE
STARTED OUT WITH A VARIETY OF
FUNDS AVAILABLE AND USES, THIS
AMOUNT PLUS THAT WOULD ADD UP
TO TWO.$8 MILLION NOT COUNTING
THE CORONAVIRUS -- NOT THE
PROPER NAME THE JUMPSTART
SEATTLE.
SO.
>> YOUR GOOD WE KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND
ASSOCIATED WITH JUMPSTART PLAN
FOR 2020.
>> THANK YOU SO I CAN'T SPEAK
TO EXACTLY HOW MANY, BUT
LOOKING AT THE MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT USES I THINK THAT
WOULD, THERE IS A VARIETY OF
WAYS I CAN ENVISION THE
EXECUTIVE CHOOSING TO IMPLEMENT
THE EXPENDITURES.
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THE
COMMERCE BILL PASSED BY COUNCIL
PREVIOUSLY DID NOT ACTUALLY
INCLUDE FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THE FUNDS PROVIDING SHELTER
SUPPORT IN THAT CONTEXT WERE
ONLY FOR CONGREGANTS SHELTER.
LIKE THE MILLER COMMUNITY
CENTER, REMOVE PEOPLE FROM
OTHER COMPARABLE FACILITIES TO
ORDER ALLOW MORE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND THOSE.
>> IF I MIGHT ADD ON TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
QUESTION, JUST SPECIFIC TO THE
MINUTE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
LAST WEEK IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE
1 MILLION FOR THE NON-
CONGREGANTS SHELTER PIECE
BUT.ONE GOING TO THE COMBINED
EFFORT COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL
IDENTIFIED, ALL WORKING
TOGETHER ON A JOINT REMEMBER IF
I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
AND YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO
THE FIRST VOTE WE TOOK HOLDING
BACK THE ONE.$4 MILLION BACK IN
MAY OF THIS YEAR IF NOT EARLIER
WHEN DOLLRS BECAME AVAILABLE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT, LET'S JUST
SAY WHEN DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS
CDBG FUNDS AT THIS POINT OR NOT
BUT WE REALLY WORKED HARD AS A
COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE ONE.$4
MILLION AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE
SAW FROM THE PROPOSAL THAT CAME
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE JUST
LET'S GO ! AROUND WAS THAT THEY
DECIDED TO NOT USE THE MONEY AS
COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED.
IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND US
ABOUT THAT?
>> YOUR CORRECT THE ONE.$4
MILLION YOU ARE REFERRING TO
ESSENTIALLY THREE BILLS WITH
CDBG FOR COMMERCE FUNDS IN THIS
CASE INITIALLY THERE IS A
VISION OF ONE.$4 MILLION
SUPPORTING SOME ABOUT NOT
CONGREGATIONAL THE EXECUTIVE
DID NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT
AND WHEN DOLLARS WERE ACCEPTED
THAT PROVIDED FUNDS FOR SERVICE
PROVIDERS TO ADDRESS COVID
RELATED NEEDS AND THE EXECUTIVE
THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
IS GOING IS THAT ONE.$4
MILLION FOR HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE SUPPORTS RATHER THAN
THE USE COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED
BACK IN MAY.
>> WOULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE
ADDED ATTITUDE HOW THE ONE.FOUR
BEEN SPENT AWAY COUNCIL HAD
DIRECTED.
>> FOR THE JUMPSTART COVERED
RELIEF BILL SPECIFICALLY FOR
JOHN CONGREGANTS SHELTER
INTENSIFICATION EFFORTS, AS I
UNDERSTAND IT THAT MIRRORS THIS
USE AS PROPOSED FOR THIS USE
AND THAT WAS 10.8 MILLION FOR
2020, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES.
IN THE COVERED RELIEF BILL 1198
1 2, THERE WAS 10.EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS INCLUDED IN
THAT BILL THAT AUTHORIZES
SPENDING IN 2024 SHELTERED THE
INTENSIFICATION ACTIVITIES AND
HOUSING OR SHELTER OPTIONS FOR
UNSHELTERED HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND
NON- CONGREGATE SETTINGS.
>> COULD SOMEBODY SPEAK TO MY
QUESTION, MUCH MORE THAN MY
BACK OF THE ENVELOPE 5 MILLION.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T SPEND
ALL OF THESE DOLLARS?
ABOUT $13 MILLION, $14 MILLION
IN THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS?
AM I CORRECT IN MY RECOLLECTION
THAT IT DOESN'T JUST CARRY OVER
FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR 2021 AND
THE MAYOR GETS TO SPEND THE
MONEY OR GETS TO PROPOSE HOW TO
MEND HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY
FIRST?
>> THAT WOULD BE CORRECT, THE
MAYOR COULD PROPOSE EITHER
CARRYING FORWARD OR
REALLOCATING THAT FUNDING FOR
OTHER USES, BUT THE COUNCIL
ULTIMATELY GETS TO DECIDE ON
WHETHER OR NOT YOU AGREE WITH
THAT PROPOSAL.
SPECIFIC TO THE COVID BILL THAT
WOULD BE MONEY THAT IS CURRENTLY
IN THE CITY'S EMERGENCY AND
RESERVE FUNDS AND WOULD REMAIN
THERE AND BE AVAILABLE FOR
CONTINUED EMERGENCY RESPONSE
AND OTHER NEEDS IN 2021.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FOLLOW-UP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ANY
COMMENTS ON THAT?
>> NOW, NOT AT THIS TIME. I
GUESS I WOULD REEMPHASIZE MY
UNDERSTANDING IS A LOT OF OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE IN A
POSITION WHERE THIS SUPPORT
THEY COULD USE AND THERE ARE
THINGS THEY COULD STAND UP,
INVESTMENTS THEY COULD MAKE IF
THIS MONEY CAN GET OUT THE
DOOR, I AGREE THAT IT IS
SOMETHING WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
MINDFUL OF HOW QUICKLY THE
DEPARTMENT COULD GET THIS MONEY
AND TURN AROUND AND GET IT IN
THE HANDS OF THOSE PROVIDERS TO
ACTUALLY USE IT.
I THINK THAT CERTAINLY A WORTHY
CONSIDERATION.
JUST THE SCOPE OF THE NEED AND
EAGERNESS OF SOME COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT AND TURN
IT AROUND AND USE IT TO PROVIDE
NON- CONGREGANTS SHELTER IS
SOMETHING I CONSTANTLY HEAR
FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
PROVIDERS BEING ABLE TO ALSO
GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO
AGITATE AND DEMAND AGILITY FROM
DEPARTMENTS KNOWING WE HAVE
APPROPRIATED THIS MONEY FOR
THIS PURPOSE, REALLY CREATING
PRESSURE TO GET IT OUT THE DOOR
AND GET PEOPLE INSIDE IS
SOMETHING I'M GOING TO CONTINUE
TO ADVOCATE FOR.
I THINK THAT THIS I ALSO LIKE
THE SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE OF
DIVESTING FROM A JAIL CONTRACT
CONTRACTOR PUT THAT MONEY INTO
NON- CONGREGANTS SHELTER AND
HOUSING ALTERNATIVES FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP
THAT ALSO MEETS THE CHALLENGE
OF THIS MOMENT AND FOR THOSE
REASONS I AM PROUD TO BRING
THIS FORWARD FOR THE
CONSIDERATION TO COUNCIL AND
LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSION
LATER ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS A GREAT EYE APPRECIATE
YOU SUMMARIZING THAT I WOULD
ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE HEARD
FROM FOLKS YOU NOTED ALREADY,
TO STAND UP AND USE THESE
DOLLARS IMMEDIATELY THEY ALSO
HAVE CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY SO
PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING WE
COULD LOOK INTO THEIR ABOUT
QUICK AMENDMENTS TO GET THESE
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR FOR FOLKS,
PARTNERS ALREADY WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE CITY.
PERHAPS BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY
WE CAN CONTINUE TO ASK THE
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL
LEVERS IF ANY ARE AVAILABLE TO
ENSURE THESE DOLLARS GET SPENT
IN THE WAY WHICH WE ARE
POSSIBLY POISED TO DIRECT ONCE
AGAIN.
I WILL BE ADDING MY NAME IS A
COSPONSOR TO THIS COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD ANY ADDITIONAL
FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO
AMENDMENT 14 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, MOSQUEDA
DID I MISS ANYBODY?
WONDERFUL.
LET'S MOVE ON AND MINUTE 15.
>> SORRY JUST BEFORE YOU BEGIN
WAS I WAS AT YOU LISA?
YOU SPOKE?
>> SORRY JUST JUMPING ON.
>> WANT TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T
MISS A COUNCILMEMBER PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> AMENDMENT 15 SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMAN MORALES WOULD
RESTORE $40,000 FOR THE SOTO
TRIAL PROJECT TO MAKE FUNDS
AVAILABLE CUT 30,000 OF GENERAL
FUND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND 10,000
GENERAL FUND FROM FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
THE 30,000 FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE USED FOR
BASICALLY DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING AND THERE FIND IT, FIX-
IT PROGRAM.
THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT DOING
NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS DUE TO THE
COVID EMERGENCY THIS YEAR SO
THAT MONEY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE
AND THE $10,000 EXPECTED TO
COME FROM ADDITIONAL SAVINGS
FROM FIS THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
REBALANCING PACKAGE ASSUMES
SALARY SAVINGS APPROVED IN
JUNE, SO ADDITIONAL SALARY
SAVINGS FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR.
I WILL TURN IT TO COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES TO SPEAK TO THE
AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON
THIS.
SO AS CALVIN MENTIONED THIS IS
FUNDING FOR THE SOTO TRIAL
TRYING TO RESTORE FUNDING WHICH
IS A FINE PLANNED BIKE NETWORK
YET TO BE COMPLETED AS WE KNOW
WE'VE BEEN HAVING CHALLENGES
FOR QUITE SOME TIME IN THE CITY
COMPLETING THE BIKE MASTER
PLAN.
IN AUSTRIA FACILITY FROM THE
STADIUM SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE
TRAIN YARDS DOWN THERE.
ESPECIALLY NOW AS I HAVE BEEN
TALKING WITH FOLKS IN
GEORGETOWN WHO ARE REALLY
IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE,
LOOKING AT THE DRAMATIC
INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING, I THINK EVERYBODY
IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MITIGATE
SOME OF THE TRAFFIC.
PRESERVING THIS TRAIL TRULY IS
ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE BIKE ROUTES
FROM GEORGETOWN, SOUTH PARK,
WEST SEATTLE AND LOCAL ACCESS
TO THE SOTO STATION, FOLKS ARE
LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT SAFELY
SEPARATE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE
TRAFFIC FROM TRUCK AND TRAIN
TRAFFIC THERE.
AS I SAID I THINK THEY ARE
ESTIMATING ABOUT 100,000 CARS
AND BUSES USING THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE DAILY, NOW
LOOKING FOR ALTERNATE ROUTES
AND PEOPLE ON BIKES CAN STILL
GET THROUGH.
SO, THIS IS, FOR MANY REASONS,
OCCLUDING TRYING TO MEET SOME
OF OUR VISION ZERO GOALS WE
REALLY NEED TO FINISH SOME OF
THESE CONNECTION POINTS.
MOST OF THE TRAIL IS THERE
THERE'S A SEGMENT THAT NEEDS TO
BE COMPLETED IN THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD DELIVER ON THE COMMITMENT
TO CONNECT THAT EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET BOTH
VISION 0 GOALS AND NEW GOAL
TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT
OF WEST SEATTLE.
I AM OFFERING THIS TO OUR
NEIGHBORS.
>> INTO WEST SEATTLE TO COME
VISIT AND SHOP AND SEE ALL OUR
AMAZING PARKS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROSE THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
ARE THERE COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT IS
SURPRISINGLY, ALWAYS FULL OF
COMMENTS ON WEST SEATTLE AND
BRIDGE RELATED ISSUES I WILL
JUST ADD YOU ARE SINGING MY
FAVORITE TUNE AS YOU TALK ABOUT
PROTECTING FOLKS BIKING IN THAT
AREA.
MANY OF US HAVE HAD THAT BIKE
ROUTE AS WE COMMUTE INTO THE
CITY AND KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING THAT CONNECTOR CONTINUE
ESPECIALLY TO TALK ABOUT SOTO
AND SOUTH PARK WITH MORE CARS
GOING THROUGH AND THE
CONGESTION CURRENTLY OCCURRING
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
PEDESTRIANS AND BIKERS ARE
SAFE.
HAPPY TO ADD MY NAME AS A
COSPONSOR.
ANY ADDITIONAL FOLKS WOULD LIKE
TO ADD THEIR NAME AS A
COSPONSOR?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
TO SUMMARIZE AMENDMENT 15 WE
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND MYSELF
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
THAT CONCLUDES THE NUMBERED
AMENDMENTS LET'S GO NOW TO
AMENDMENT LETTER A DESCRIBED IN
THE MEMO DIRECTOR ARESTAD AND
TOM SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF TO WALK US THROUGH.
>> I'M JUST CHECKING.
I THINK I WAS UNDER THE
IMPRESSION TOM COVERED THAT IN
THE EARLIER PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT A GIVEN
THE ROBUST PRESENTATION THIS
MORNING?
>> PRETTY HEAVY AND TECHNICAL
IN NATURE IF THERE ARE
COSPONSORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO
ADD THEIR NAME YOU ARE WELCOME
TO NOT SEEING FOLKS JUMP TO ADD
THEIR NAMES SO WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND MOVE FORWARD WITH MY NAME
AS SPONSOR ON AMENDMENT EIGHT,
SUMMARIZED IN DETAIL BY THE
PRESENTATION PROVIDED EARLIER
DIRECTOR ARESTAD AND TOM
MIKESELL.
THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF
OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
OTHER ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER?
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST WANTED TO, AND INCLUDES
THE DOLLAR CUT TO THE POLICE
ALSO SENT IN AS AN AMENDMENT?
HAD A QUESTION WE HEARD
PREVIOUSLY THAT SEATTLE POLICE
HAD SPENT SIX.$3 MILLION IN
OVERTIME IN POLICING I WOULD
SAY ATTACKING THE PROTEST
MOVEMENT IN THE FIRST 12 DAYS
BETWEEN MAY 29th AND JUNE 9th,
AND THE MAYOR CLAIMED SHE WAS
GOING TO SPEND NO MORE MONEY
THIS YEAR ON POLICE OVERTIME I
JUST WANTED TO FLAG BACK
QUESTION FOR FRIDAY, OUT OF
SEATTLE PLEASE PAY FOR THE
MILITARY'S RESPONSE TO
SATURDAY'S PROTEST THIS PAST
SATURDAY?
>> THANK YOU I'M NOT SURE WE
HAVE GREG ON THE LINE BUT I
WILL SEE IF DIRECTOR ARESTAD
HAS ANY COMMENTS OR WOULD LIKE
TO DIRECTED TO CENTRAL STAFF
YOUR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER FOR
THAT QUESTION.
AS COUNCILMEMBER JUST MENTIONED
WE WILL HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION ON FRIDAY WE WILL BE
PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT, A
BIG CONCERN ON BEHALF OF THIS
COUNCIL SO THANK YOU FOR
FLOGGING THAT.
A GOOD SEGUE INTO OUR
CONVERSATION WE WILL HAVE ON
FRIDAY.
WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF
APPRECIATION FOR ALL SENSUAL
STOP FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE
ON THE NON- SPD RELATED
AMENDMENTS.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WE'VE HAD A
CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
PROVIDE COMMENTS ON ALL THE NON-
SPD RELATED ITEMS WHICH WE WILL
START OUR COUNCIL MEETING WITH
ON FRIDAY MORNING.
I HOPE IS WE WILL GET TO THESE
RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE A NUMBER
OF AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION
THAT CENTRAL STAFF WILL BE
SUMMARIZING FOR US.
THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS FOR
ALL OF YOUR WORK AND SUPPORT SO
FAR AND TO THE EXTENT WE HAVE
ALREADY HAD SOME DEBATE AND
QUESTIONS I'M HOPING IT WILL BE
A RELATIVELY SMOOTH
CONVERSATION ON THE NON- SPD
RELATED AMENDMENTS SO WE CAN
REALLY DIVE INTO THE SPD
AMENDMENTS BEING DRAFTED AND
SUMMARIZED ON FRIDAY.
THAT IS THE PLAN.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR FRIDAY
MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
LONG I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE,
ALL OF US, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
US, INCLUDING COMMUNITY HAS
BEEN WORKING ROUND-THE-CLOCK.
IS NOT EASY TO ASK YOU TO WORK
ALL DAY ON FRIDAY AS WELL ON
THESE ZOOMs BECAUSE IT ADDS A
LEVEL OF ADDITIONAL WORK AND
STRESS SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING
YOUR FRIDAY AVAILABLE, AND TO
YOUR STAFF AS WELL.
SPEAKING OF TEAMS I WANT TO
THANK THE CENTRAL STAFF FOR
THIS PRESENTATION TODAY AND
COMING UP, FRIDAY AND IT TEAMS
AND CLERKS AND COMMUNICATION
TEAMS WHO MADE THIS ROBUST
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AVAILABLE
AT TODAY IS COMMITTING AN AFTER
ALL OF OUR MEETINGS IN IN THE
PAST.
WE WILL HAVE A SHORTER PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD ON FRIDAY AND IN
UPCOMING MEETINGS GIVEN THE
ROBUST NATURE OF TODAY'S PUBLIC
COMMENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE
PARTICIPATION ON THESE LONG
DAYS.
ARE GOING TO END THIS WITH THIS
NEXT MEETING FRIDAY, JULY 31 AT
10:00 A.M.
SHORT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BUT
THERE WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENT
SIGN UP STARTING AT 8:00 A.M.
WITH THAT, TODAY'S MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU