>> TO MAINTAIN VACANCIES AS THEY
HAD BECOME AVAILABLE TO US, AS
FOLKS HAD SEPARATED THROUGH
RETIREMENT OR SOME OTHER REASON.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THAT
STRATEGY.
IT DOES REQUIRE SOME
FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF --
EXCUSE ME.
REALIGNING ROLES AND
THE LIKE.
BUT I THINK IT'S A
GOOD WAY TO GET THE CITY'S
WORKFORCE AND --
>> I'M SO SORRY.
I JUST WANT TO
PAUSE FOR A SECOND.
I JUST GOT
NOTIFICATION THAT SEATTLE
CHANNEL IS NOT GETTING SOUND
FROM THE PRESENTATION.
AND I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE CHANCE TO
WATCH IT.
I.T., COULD YOU
LET US KNOW IF IT IS FIXED?
>> WE'RE GONNA CHECK ON THAT.
WE
JUST GOT NOTIFIED ON THAT TOO.
>> SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTIONS,
MR. NOBLE.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME
THAT WE WERE ON 522.
>>> I'M GETTING NOTIFICATION
HERE THAT IT IS FIXED.
I JUST
WANT TO GET CONFIRMATION BEFORE
WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> IF THEY'D IT WAS FIXED, WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROCEED.
>> WONDERFUL.
WE JUST WANTED TO
CONFIRM THAT THE FOLKS WATCHING
VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL DID HAVE THE
AUDIOCONNECTED.
ANYBODY TUNING
IN, WE ARE JUST STARTING OUR
PRESENTATION.
THE MEETING
STARTED AT 2:03 PM.
AND WE ARE
ON SLIDE 22 AS A CONTINUATION
FROM OUR MORNING SESSION.
SO YOU
úHAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING.
WE'RE
STILL ON SLIDE 22, JUST
BEGINNING THAT PRESENTATION
AGAIN.
DIRECTOR NOBLE, THANK YOU
FOR WAITING.
>> OF COURSE.
ONCE AGAIN, I WILL
REPEAT.
THESE ARE STRATEGIES
HERE THAT WE'RE USING TO CONTROL
EXPENDITURES AND HELP BALANCE
THE BUDGET.
THEY ARE LARGELY THE
SAME STRATEGIES THAT WE FOLLOWED
THIS YEAR.
THEY HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN THE CONTEXT.
SO
HOLDING VACANCIES AS THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE A HEARING
FREEZE.
EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAD A
WAIVER PROCESS.
DEPARTMENTS WHO
NEED ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL BROUGHT
IN.
WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT
ALLOWS THAT.
WE PROPOSED A PAY
FREEZE FOR APEX SAM BROA
EMPLOYEES.
OTHERWISE THERE'S A
GROUP, THE AL-KAYING FOR THOSE
SALARIES WOULD HAVE INCREASED BY
2.9% FOR OUR NEXT YEAR,
CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT.
REGULARLY WE SEE WAIVERS FOR
CONSULTANTS AND OTHER PROSPECTS.
DEPARTMENTS ARE DEFERRING
ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES.
AND I'LL
TALK MORE ABOUT LARGE CAPITAL
PROJECTS.
BUT EVEN SMALLER
THINGS LIKE PURCHASING
EQUIPMENT, UPGRADING CERTAIN
I.T.
SYSTEMS.
VEHICLES.
WE'VE
DISCOVERED MUCH OF THE CITY'S
FLEET IS NOT BEING USED IN THE
WAY IT HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
THAT SAID, OTHER PARTS OF THE
PLEA, USED MORE.
SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS IN SOME CASES
INVOLVES SINGLE-OCCUPANCY
VEHICLES, RATHER THAN MULTIPLE
PEOPLE IN A VEHICLE.
ANYWAY, WE
HAD THESE VACANCIES, AND WE TRY
TO MINIMIZE THE WAY THEY IMPACT
THE COMMUNITY.
OFTEN THESE ARE
NOT DIRECT SERVICE FUNCTIONS
WHERE WE'RE TAKING LOSSES.
AND
USING LEVY RESOURCES, PARKS, THE
PARK DISTRICT WHICH IS A
PROPERTY TAX.
NOT TECHNICALLY A
LEVY.
BUT ALSO THE LIBRARY AS
WELL TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING FOR
OUR BASIC CITY FUNCTIONS.
THOSE
LEVIES HAD INTENDED TO BE ADDED
TO A BASE.
AND THE CHALLENGES
THAT THE GENERAL FUNDING WHERE
IT IS WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ABLE
TO ACHIEVE AND FUND ALL OF THAT
BASE.
IT'S A SURPRISING
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
BUT IT
DOES COME AT SOME SACRIFICE.
AND
AS FOR THE NEXT TWO SLIDES,
DIGGING DEEPER.
THEY CAN GIVE
YOU A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE.
I'M HAPPY TO
FIELD QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF WORDS
HERE.
AND A HIGH-LEVEL PARKS AND
RECREATIONS FACING SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING HITS OF THE GENERAL
FUND.
ALSO BECAUSE THAT'S A
SOURCE THAT IS PRIMARILY ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY FOR CAPITAL.
AND
WITH THOSE LIMITED RESOURCES --
ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL SHARE
THOSE NOW LIMITED RESOURCES.
THERE'S MORE FUNDING FOR THE
PARKS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR
THE CITY DEPARTMENT BUDGETS,
BUDGETS AND OPERATIONS IS THE
UNCERTAINTY AROUND COVID.
FOR A
DEPARTMENT LIKE PARKS.
I DON'T
EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE
ENVIRONMENT IS GONNA BE LIKE FOR
ALL OF 21.
THE ASSUMPTION WE'VE
GONE IN IS THAT THE FACILITIES
WON'T OPEN UNTIL THE END OF THE
YEAR IN TERMS OF SERVICE.
IN
TERM OF MANAGING ITS COST, THE
DEPARTMENT IS REDUCING ITS USE
OF SEASONAL WORKERS.
BUT AGAIN
WE HAVE DONE THIS HERE.
WE ARE
LOOKING ULTIMATELY TO BE
OPERATING FEWER FACILITIES.
THEY
PLAN TO OPERATE FOUR OF TEN.
AND
EVEN IF THE COVID RESTRICTIONS
ARE LIFTED.
THAT MAY NOT
INCREASE.
UNLESS THEY'RE
EXPENSIVE FACILITIES.
AND WE ARE
MANAGING LIMITED RESOURCES.
AND
AS I DESCRIBE IN A PREVIOUS
SLIDE, OTHER FACILITIES LIKE THE
COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE BEING
REDEPLOYED TO LESS TRADITIONAL
PURPOSES.
AND I DO WANT TO -- --
THE DIRECTOR WILL GIVE YOU MORE
DETAIL.
THERE ARE FIVE COMMUNITY
CENTERS THAT WILL BE CLOSED THIS
YEAR, BUT FURTHER PLANNED
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND FOR
THAT, WE HAVEN'T ELIMINATED ALL
THE CAPITAL WORK.
IN SOME WAYS,
IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE LIMIT, THE
OPERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
BRING FACILITIES UP, IF YOU
WILL, AND DEAL WITH SOME
LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
WITHOUT NECESSARILY NAMING
PRIVATE X, AND ALL THAT
INFORMATION, AMONG THE THINGS
THAT AREN'T HAPPENING, MAJOR
SPENDING TO BE REDUCED.
THINGS
LIKE RECREATIONAL FIELD
CONVERSIONS.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE
TAKE A GRASS FIELD AND MAKE IT A
TURF FIELD.
I'M ALSO UPGRADING
OR REPLACING THE TURF FIELDS FOR
THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS.
DEFERRED.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT
HOLDS A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES
THAT WILL MEET AND DEVELOP INTO
PARKS OVER TIME.
THEY HAVE A
LAND BANKING TERM OF ARTS, IF
YOU WILL.
THEY HAD A SCHEDULE
FOR THAT.
THAT WILL WILL SLOW.
AND THERE'S LESS RESOURCE
TO ACQUIRE NEW LAND.
AND THEY
HAD INTENDED -- HAD TO MAKE A
CHALLENGE OF MAJOR PROJECTS,
CHALLENGED AS PART OF THE MPV.
THE REALITY IS THAT THEY'RE NOT
FINDING PARTNERS WITH WHOM TO
CHALLENGE, IF YOU WILL.
GIVEN
THE OVERALL COMMUNITY ECO
IMPACTS.
LOOKING AHEAD, JUST
FLAGGING IN THIS LAST BULLET,
THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO
PROVIDE SOME RESOURCE TO GET
BACK TO MANY OF THESE CAPITAL
PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING REFERRED
AND TO RECOMMIT AND GET ON THE
GROUND AGAIN DOING THIS WORK.
IN
PARTICULAR, THE PARKS DISTRICT
THAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED HAD
A SIX-YEAR SPENDING PLAN.
THE
GOAL WAS TO DO WORK THIS YEAR TO
RENEW THAT PLAN.
DESCRIBED
THROUGH THE PROPOSAL FOR A SIX
TO 12 YEAR SPENDING PLAN.
GIVEN
THAT WE CAN'T REALLY ENGAGE THE
PUBLIC AT THE MOMENT AS WE WOULD
LIKE AND GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES
WE'RE FACING, WE DECIDED TO
POSTPONE THAT PLANNING UNTIL
UPCOMING.
AS WE CONDUCT UPON AND
DEVELOP A PROPOSAL, THERE IS A
ROOM WITHIN THE LEGAL TAXING
CAPACITY OF THE PARKS DISTRICT
TO INCREASE.
THE REVENUES.
TO
THE MPV, AND THUS POTENTIALLY TO
INCREASE FUNDING FOR CAPITAL
POTENTIALLY AS WELL.
THAT
HAPPENED IMPLY A PROPERTY TAX
INCREASE.
THAT WOULD IMPLY A
PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.
AND THAT
IS ONE THAT WILL BE BEFORE THE
COUNCIL IN COMING MONTHS IF NOT
YEAR.
SO QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS?
AND AGAIN, DIRECTOR GARY
WILL BE WITH YOU LATER THIS
WEEK.
>> BRIEFLY IF I MAY, MADAME
CHAIR.
>> OF COURSE, COUNCIL MEMBER,
PLEASE.
>> AS YOU KNOW, I CHAIR PARKS
AND COMMUNITY CENTERS.
AND I
THINK BEN DID AN EXCELLENT JOB
OF THE OVERVIEW.
AND WE CAN
PROVIDE MORE DETAIL.
DID YOU
WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT WHERE
THE REVENUES ARE DOWN WITH THE
GOLF COURSES?
>> YEAH, SO I DON'T -- I'M
INVOLVED IN INFORMATION I
SHOULD, PERHAPS.
GOLF COURSES
HAVE REOPENED.
THEY ARE IN SOME
WAYS -- I'M NOT A GOLF PERSON.
NATURALLY SOCIALLY DISTANCED, IF
YOU WILL.
BUT THERE ARE
RESTRICTIONS TO ENSURE THAT
SOCIAL DISTANCING, WHICH HAS
DECREASED THE VOLUME OR
FREQUENCY OR NUMBER OR WHATEVER.
SO THERE'S LESS REVENUE.
BECAUSE
THE PARTIES ARE KEPT AT SOME
DISTANCE.
AND THE PARTIES --
GOLFING PARTIES ARE SMALLER.
PARTICULARLY AS THEY'RE NOT
RELATED, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
THAT'S A CHALLENGE.
THE GOAL IN
REOPENING IS TO RESTORE SOME
REVENUE STREAM THERE.
AND THAT
HAS PROVED SUCCESSFUL.
BUT
THAT'S -- AT THE SAME TIME, IT
IS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE
NOT FEES BEING COLLECTED FOR USE
IN THE SWIMMING POOLS.
THEY'RE
NOT -- YOU KNOW, THE FEES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF
ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND I COULD GO
ON AND ON.
I HELD A WEDDING NOT
MANY YEARS AGO, AND WE WENT TO
THE PARK TO DO THAT.
THOSE KINDS
OF PAYMENTS ARE ALSO NOT
HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT EITHER.
SO A SIGNIFICANT LOSS.
>> OKAY.
AND JUST BRIEFLY, I'LL
BE VERY, VERY BRIEF, MADAME
CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT
PARKS WITH THE COMMUNITY
CENTERS, THE GOLF COURSES, THE
WATERFRONT.
AND WHEN BEN TALKED
ABOUT STAFF BEING REDEPLOYED FOR
OTHER THINGS, SUCH AS MANAGING
IT SO OUR UNSHELTERED FOLKS CAN
SHOWER AND WE CAN DO COVID
TESTING AND PROVIDE CHILDCARE.
OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD IS UPSIDE
DOWN WITH COVID AND HOW WE'RE
USING THESE PUBLIC ASSET ASSETS.
SO I
JUST WANT TO THANK THE LIBRARY
FOLK.
THE PARKS OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THE METROPOLITAN PARKS BOARD
OVERSIGHT, AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
AND PARTICULARLY SINCE WE JUST
PASSED THE LIBRARY LEVY.
ALL OF
THOSE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS,
ALL OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
COMMISSION, WORKED SO WELL WITH
US AND THE EXECUTIVES OF SAYING
WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER.
AND WE
ARE READY TO GIVE UP, QUITE
FRANKLY, A LOT OF MONEY TO
BACKFILL A LOT OF THESE OTHER
PROGRAMS AND TAKE OUR CUT ACROSS
THE BOARD.
AND I JUST WANTED TO
THANK YOU.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE
SOME LONG, DIFFICULT
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH
THIS PARTICULAR COMMISSIONS
BOARD.
BUT EVERYBODY CAME
THROUGH FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
SO
THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, BEN,
FOR YOUR OVERVIEW.
>> PLEASURE.
WHAT I WANT TO SAY
CONSISTENT WITH THAT, THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT IS NOT PROPOSING
LAYOFFENSE.
THE PERSONNEL ARE
BEING REDEPLOYED.
THEY HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES NOT TO SEASONAL
HIRE AS A WAY TO HELP CONTROL
LABOR COSTS.
I THINK LOTS OF
DEPARTMENTS ARE ON THE FRONTLINE
WITH COVID WORK FOR SURE, BUT
PARKS IS DEFINITELY AMONG THEM.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU,
COUNSEL MEMBER JUAREZ FOR YOUR
STEWARDSHIP OVER THAT COMMITTEE.
REALLY IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP THE
PIECES THAT YOU DID, AND THE WAY
THE DEPARTMENTS ARE STEPPING IN.
ALSO OUR APPRECIATION FOR TO
TECH 17, AND STEPPING UP AND
CARING FOR OTHERS IN THOSE
FACILITIES.
WE APPRECIATE THAT
WORK AS WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I CAN MOVE ONTO
THE LAST SLIDE.
TALKING
ABOUT SDOT, AND SO SDOT IS
MANAGING A VERY LARGE FUNDING
GAP.
AND WE HAVE A TWOFOLD
PROPOSAL HERE TO ADDRESS IT.
ONE, THERE'S $60 MILLION IN
REDUCED SPENDING.
AND THEY WILL
BE OPEN TO DOCUMENT MUCH OF THAT
FOR YOU.
WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A
SHORT-TERM LOAN TO HELP MINIMIZE
THE IMMEDIATE CUTS.
SO SOME OF
IT TO BE REPAID, THE PLAN IS TO
REPAY IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO JUST SHORT-TERM.
GIVEN THE
CLIFF THAT SDOT IS FACING.
THIS
IS A FEDERAL -- A GOOD WAY TO
MANAGE THE TRANSITION TO LOWER
REFB NEWS.
IDEALLY ONLY A SHORT
PERIOD OF LOWER REVENUES.
BUT
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN THIS
SPACE IN SDOT'S BUDGET.
INTO
NEXT YEAR, EXCUSE ME, 2022 AND
BEYOND.
SO SDOT APPROACHED
THIS WITH, AGAIN, A VERY
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.
SOME OF
OUR OVERLYING PRIORITIES
THEMSELVES.
SO MAINTAINING
ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN TERMS
OF THE MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
STREET LIGHTS, BRIDGE OPENINGS.
ALL THOSE THINGS NEED TO
FUNCTION EVERY DAY AS WELL.
AND
REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT STAFFING.
AND SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE
RESOURCES.
MAINTENANCE OF CRITICAL
FACILITIES IS KEY.
SO AS WE
PRIORITIZE THE AVAILABLE CAPITAL
DOLLARS.
MAKING SURE THEY'RE
GOING TO THE RIGHT PLACES.
NOT
NECESSARILY ELIMINATE, TO BE
CLEAR.
IMPACTS UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
AND WE'VE ALREADY
DISCUSSED THE ROLE THAT ADOT HAS
HAD IN HELPING ADDRESS COVID.
SO
THEY HAVE TRIED TO MAINTAIN CITY
PERSONNEL THERE.
THERE ARE TRUE
LAYOFFS PROPOSED AT SDOT.
BUT
OVERALL THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO
MAINTAIN THE TALENT AND THE
STAFF THAT THEY HAVE.
AND AS
I'VE HIGHLIGHTED.
LARGE IMPACT
ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.
NEEDING
SOME CAPITAL RESOURCES FROM
SEATTLE AND ELSEWHERE TO
BACKFILL FOR THAT.
SOME MAJOR
PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DELAYED.
THE RETAINING WALL, HEAVY HALL
NETWORK, ELEMENTS OF THAT.
AN
OVERALL REDUCTION IN
SMALLER-SCALE PROJECTS.
SOS
FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION ARRIVES
IN EXTENDED.
THERE IS
MAINTENANCE, OBVIOUSLY, AN ISSUE
OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.
GENERALLY, NEVER MIND WEST
SEATTLE SPECIFICALLY.
SO THE
BUDGET WORKS HARD TO MANE TAIN
FUNDING IN THAT SPACE.
DON'T SEE
AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR
SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION.
AND ABOUT
MAINTENANCE, PLAN FOR
MAINTAINING CRITICAL ASPECTS
WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK.
BRIDGES CLEARLY AMONG
THEM GIVEN OUR GEOGRAPHY.
I
DO WANT TO JUST NOTE SOME
SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN
THE BUDGET.
NOT JUST THOSE THAT
ARE NOT IN THE BUDGET.
SO THERE
IS A $100 MILLION IN PROPOSED
DEBT TO BE ISSUED NEXT YEAR FOR
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
THE
REPAYMENT PLAN THAT WE PROPOSED
USES THE REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX
REVENUE.
AND THAT'S TRUE EVEN
THOUGH THAT REVENUE STREAM HAS
DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE
EXCISE TAX IS DESIGNED FOR
CAPITAL PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY
FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
THAT'S
ONE WAY TO VIEW THE WORK OF
REPLACING THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY FOR THE USE OF THOSE
REVENUES, GIVEN THE FUNDAMENTAL
NATURE OF THAT ASSET.
IT DOES
CROWD OUT OTHER SPENDING THAT WE
WOULD MAKE FROM THAT RESOURCE.
SO-SO THE REVENUE DROPPED.
AND
THEN THIS ALLOCATION TO THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE IS JUST ENTIRELY
UNANTICIPATED.
SQUEEZED OUT
OTHER PRIORITIES AS WELL.
BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY SUCH A
HIGH PRIORITY.
AND THEN I DID
JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT
BECAUSE AGAIN, THE LONGER-TERM
SUCH AN IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION
ASSET FOR THE CITY IN TERMS OF
EXPANDING CAPACITY.
AND FINDING
NEW WAYS TO MOVE PEOPLE IN AND
OUT.
THAT SDOT IS CONTINUING ITS
ONGOING PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUND
TRANSIT.
SOUND TRANSIT ITSELF
HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN IMPACTED
FINANCIALLY BY COVID.
AND
DEVELOPING A NEW SCHEDULE FOR
ITS OWN WORK.
BUT THAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUND TRANSIT
CONTINUES.
SO THAT INVOLVES THE
PLANNING, DESIGN, OUTREACH
AROUND NOT JUST LIGHT RAIL BUT
ALSO SOME OF THE RAPID LIVE
LINES AS WELL.
SO THIS IS AGAIN
A FIRST RATE LOOK AT SDOT.
I'LL
GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT
YOU'LL SEE NEXT WEEK.
AND TAKE
QUESTIONS ON THAT AS WELL.
>> GREAT, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR NOBLE FOR
WALKING THROUGH THIS SLIDE ON
THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
AS CHAIR OF THAT
COMMITTEE, I'M HONESTLY VERY
INTERESTED IN TALKING FURTHER
ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE THE
SDOT SCHEDULED TO COME ON
FRIDAY.
SO MORE QUESTIONS THAN
JUST BIG PICTURE.
WHAT I
MENTIONED BEFORE IS THAT I
APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT THE BRIDGE AUDIT REPORT
THAT WE DID ABOUT CITY BRIDGES
AND TRY TO MINIMIZE IMPACT TO
YOUR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
BUDGET.
WHICH I NOTED BOTH IN THE
OPERATING BUDGET AND THE CAPITAL
BUDGET.
KEEPING IT WEARING IT
FOR IT WAS LAST YEAR.
I'D LIKE
TO SEE MORE MONEY GO INTO BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE.
SO THE SLIDES, TWO
SLIDES BACK, WE SORT OF HAVE AN
OVERVIEW.
THEY PICTURE GOING
THINGS -- THING GUESSING ON WITH
THE BUDGET.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT
OUT THERE ON THE TABLE, JUST SO
FOLKS ARE AWARE.
SO THE PAY
INCREASES THAT WERE GOING TO GO
INTO EFFECT FOR NONREPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES.
I SEE YOUR FREEZE --
ELIMINATING THAT PAY INCREASE.
FOR THE NINE REPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES.
PAY FREEZE.
CAN YOU
TALK ABOUT THE REPRESENTED
EMPLOYEES?
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND
THAT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES ARE
ALSO GOING TO GET AN AUTOMATIC
2.9% INCREASE IN THEIR PAY NEXT
YEAR.
AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT
$30 MILLION.
SO JUST WANT
EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THERE'S
THIS TRADEOFF BEING MADE TO
GRANT THAT PAY INCREASE OF $30
MILLION.
WHILE WE HAVE THESE
OTHER UNMET NEEDS.
SO I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN OR
QUANTIFY OR TALK TO THAT.
OR
MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER POINT
IN THE BUDGET PROCESS WHERE WE
CAN EXPLORE THAT FURTHER.
>> LET ME TAKE NUMBER TWO.
LET
ME COVER TWO THINGS AND I WILL
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
ONE THING,
I HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY AND
WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAD
NOT PROGRAMMED THE
VOTER-APPROVED BLF REVENUES FROM
2020.
THAT ARE CURRENTLY SUBJECT
OF LAWSUITS IN FRONT OF THE
SUPREME COURT.
AND I MENTIONED
THAT WE HAD A PLAN IF WE WERE TO
WIN THAT CASE, IF YOU WILL,
ABOUT ALLOCATING THOSE
RESOURCES.
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE IS
ONE OF THE PLACES, ONE OF THE
TOP PRIORITIES.
ONE OF THE FIRST
PLACES THAT WE WOULD SUGGEST
THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BE
DIRECTED SHOULD WE BE SUCCESSFUL
IN THAT CASE.
THAT'S ONE POINT.
WITH RESPECT TO LABOR COSTS, A
POINT OF CLARITY THAT I WANT TO
MAKE FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO
MIGHT BE LISTENING.
THE PAY
FREEZE IS NOT FOR ALL
NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.
IT IS
FOR THOSE IN THE APEX AND
BROADBAND CATEGORY.
STEP
EMPLOYEES ARE THOSE NOT IN THE
BROADBAND, AND IN THE AD
EXECUTIVES.
THEY ARE STILL
SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE THE PAY
INCREASE.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND.
I DON'T WANT TO BE
CONFUSING, THAT'S ALL, ON THAT
FRONT.
THE BUDGET DOES CONTAIN
THE RESOURCES TO MEET OUR
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.
IT
REPRESENTS A GOOD -- A LARGE
NUMBER OF THE NONUNIFORM STAFF,
REPRESENTED STAFF.
OUR SCHEDULE
RECEIVED A PAY INCREASE FOR
2021.
THAT IS A NEGOTIATED PAY
INCREASE.
IT'S THE THIRD YEAR OF
THE THREE-YEAR CONTRACT, IF I
COMFORTABLE.
AN INFLATIONARY
INCREASE, PLUS 1%.
PROBABLY MORE
DETAIL THAN ANYONE NEEDS.
BUT I
JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR
ABOUT THIS.
SO TO CHANGE THAT.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE A NEGOTIATION
WITH THE UNIONS.
WE'VE BEEN IN
REGULAR DIALOGUE WITH THEM ABOUT
THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION.
DESCRIBE TO YOU -- I MET WITH
THEM ACTUALLY THIS WEEK TO GIVE
THEM A COMPARABLE OVERVIEW OF
THE BUDGET SO THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
AS MENTIONED, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF HUMANS THAT
WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING, OR ARE
GOING TO BE OPEN AS THE
BEGINNING OF 2021.
FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS THAT WERE
A RESULT FROM THOSE AS WELL.
AND
AGAIN THOSE -- FROM A BUDGETARY
PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE MEETING THE
LEGAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
LIKELY THE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE
WILL FACE ON THAT FRONT.
WAS
THERE TO BE ANY DIFFERENT, IT
WOULD HAVE TO BE THROUGH A
NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
WE HAVE THE
COMMUNICATION SET UP TO DO THAT
AS APPROPRIATE.
MORE THAN I
WOULD SUGGEST IS PROBABLY
APPROPRIATE FOR THE POLICY
COMMITTEE.
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> FOLLOW-UP, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR NOBLE.
I DON'T SEE ANY
SHOWN HANDS AT THIS POINT.
OKAY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
DID YOU HAVE ONE MORE
SLIDE TO GO THROUGH?
>> NOPE.
>> OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
THIS MORNING.
AND FOR CARRYING
OVER THOSE LAST THREE SLIDES TO
THIS AFTERNOON.
WE KNOW THAT WE
WILL SEE YOU FREQUENTLY.
THANKS
IN ADVANCE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE TEAMING UP
FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND
YOUR TEAM AND GETTING SOME
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS THAT
WERE ASKED TODAY.
AND ANYTHING
THAT COMES IN THE INTERIM.
I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
MANAGING THE FLOW OF QUESTIONS
TO YOUR TEAM, SO THAT THERE IS A
POINT OF CONTACT TO YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST ANOTHER -- I
HOPE THIS WAS HEARD THE RIGHT
WAY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY
HARD, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORK VERY LONG HARD WITH YOU.
THE LINE OF QUESTIONS IS ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE.
IT IS
MEANT AS A CONSTRUCTIVE
SUGGESTION TO YOU THAT THE --
ASK THE QUESTIONS YOU REALLY
NEED TO KNOW ANSWERS TO SO WE
CAN SPEND THE TIME ON THINGS WE
REALLY MOST CARE ABOUT.
AND I
DON'T MEAN THAT IN ANY KIND OF
SARCASTIC WAY, BUT KNOW THAT THE
MORE FOCUS WE CAN, THE BETTER
HELP WE CAN BE TO YOU.
WHICH IS
IN FACT OUR GOAL.
>> MESSAGE RECEIVED.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
AND THANKS TO YOUR
TEAM AT CDL.
OKAY.
WITHOUT
FURTHER DELAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH
TO OUR FRIENDS FROM DEAL.
WE
WILL GO ONTO ITEM NUMBER THREE.
MADAME CLERK?
>> DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
WE
ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE WAYNE
CHAPELLE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY LEARNING
WITH US.
AND MONICA FROM DL AS
WELL AS DIRECTOR NOBLE STILL ON
THE LINE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT
WE HAVE TO WATCH OVER DL HERE
TODAY.
AND I KNOW THAT THE
SUMMER HAS PRESENTED INCREDIBLE
CHALLENGES AND YOU ALL HAVE
STRETCHED UP TO IMPLEMENT
SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS FOR THOSE
FAMILIES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE
AT SCHOOL.
AND REALLY PROVIDING
WE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL OPERATIONS
AND CHILDCARE.
THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO ON
A DAILY BASIS.
ESPECIALLY FOR
OUR FAMILIES.
OUR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IS CHAIR OF THE COMMIT
THAT HE OVERSEES DEAL.
AND I
WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO HER FOR
ANY OPENING REMARKS SHE MAY
HAVE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YOU TOOK ABOUT 95% OF WHAT I
INTENDED TO SAY AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR
OVERSIGHT OF EDUCATION.
I WILL
JUST ECHO SOME OF THOSE POINTS
BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE WORTH
REPEATING, WHICH IS THAT I'M
EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE WORK
THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM DO
EVERY DAY.
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF DIRECTOR CHAPELLE, WHO WE HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REAPPOINT JUST
A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND REALLY AM
HEARTENED TO SEE THAT THE
MAYOR'S UDGET AS PROPOSED BASED
ON INITIAL REVIEW APPEARS TO
REALLY LEAVE IN TACT MANY OF THE
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED.
THERE
ARE PROGRAMS THAT FUND THE
SERVICES THAT WE DELIVER TO OUR
MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND
RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
THROUGH DEAL.
AND I THINK IT'S A
TESTAMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO HAVE SORT OF THOSE
READILY IDENTIFIABLE AND
RELIABLE REVENUE SOURCES.
SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE
WORK, AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO
YOU.
MY BABY'S CRYING NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
AS YOU
MENTIONED, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA, THEY AM JOINED HERE
WITH MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
OUR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, TIFFANY
WASHINGTON, AND OUR FINANCE
MANAGER, MONICA WISTANI.
AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU
THROUGH OUR 2020 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
SO MONICA IS GONNA START
US OFF WITH A SUMMARY OF THE
2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND THEN
I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN
DETAILS WHEN SHE'S DONE.
AND
THEN AT SOME POINT, I ANTICIPATE
THAT MY DEPUTY DIRECTOR, TIFFANY
WASHINGTON IS GONNA ASSIST WITH
ANY PROGRAM OR POLICY QUESTIONS
WE MIGHT HAVE.
SO I'LL TAKE IT
OVER TO YOU, MONICA.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
>> THANKS, DWAYNE.
SO GOOD
AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU HERE IS
A SUMMARY OF DEAL'S BUDGET.
THE
PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
WE ALSO
RECEIVED GENERAL FUND AND SWEET
AND BEVERAGE TAX APPROPRIATIONS.
DEALS PROPOSED IS APPROXIMATELY
THE SAME AMOUNT AS OUR 2020
ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND ONE THING I
WANTED TO POINT OUT, YOU MIGHT
NOTICE THAT THE 2020 REVISED
BUDGET IS HIGHER THAN THE
ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND THE MAIN
REASON FOR THAT IS DEAL OPERATES
ON A SCHOOL YEAR BASIS.
SO WE
HAVE TO CARE FOR CONTRACTS
BETWEEN FISCAL YEARS TO CAPTURE
THE FULL SCHOOL YEAR.
SO ON THE
GENERAL FUND SIDE OF THINGS,
WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT
COMPARED TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET,
DEAL'S PROPOSED BUDGET DECLINED
BY $2.7 MILLION.
UNDER SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX, OUR APPROPRIATION
DECLINED BY $1.4 MILLION.
OUR
SET LEVY APPROPRIATION INCREASED
BY 1.7.
AND WHAT THIS TABLE IS
REALLY SHOWING IS THE STORY THAT
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
IS THAT
DEAL'S ABLE TO RELY ON ITS LEVY
RESOURCES TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON
THE GENERAL FUND AND SWEETENED
BEVERAGE TAX.
NEXT SHIED.
>> YES, THANK YOU, MONICA.
SO THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED
ADDITIONS TO THE BUDGET FOR
2021.
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
REVENUE AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD TO
ESTABLISH A PRE-GRANT PROGRAM
FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS.
DEEL WILL WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD AND
START WITH THE TEAM TO DEVELOP
THIS.
AND THE SECOND ADD IS A
PROGRAM CURRENTLY FUNDED IN HSB
THAT IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO
DEEL.
THIS PROGRAM FUNDS A
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, SERVING
FAMILIES.
EXPERIENCING POVERTY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> OKAY.
SO ON THIS SLIDE,
YOU'LL SEE DEEL'S FOUR PROPOSED
BUDGET REDUCTINS.
BECAUSE OF
THE ACTIVITIES I'M CONFIDENT
THESE REDUCTIONS ARE NOT
RESULTING IN SERVICE IMPACT
IMPACTS.
DEEL HAS MOVED TOWARD AN
INTEGRATED COACHING AND TRAINING
MODEL, WHICH ULTIMATELY MEANS
THAT OUR EARLY LEARNING
PROVIDERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE
SAME TRAININGS.
SO THIS ALONG
WITH THE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT GOING VIRM IN
RESPONSE TO COVID HAS ACHIEVED
COST EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT
SERVICE IMPACT.
TUAL IN
RESPONSE TO COVID HAS ACHIEVED
COST EFFICIENCIES WITHOUT
SERVICE IMPACT.
LASTLY FUND
BALANCE TO SHIFT FUNDING FOR 12
TO BIRTH PERSONNEL TO THE PARENT
HOME CHILD PROGRAM FOR THE
FAMILIES AND EDUCATION LEVY FOR
2021.
AND THIS SHIFTS PRESERVED
GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR OTHER
NECESSARY PURPOSES WITHIN THE
CITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> SORRY, DIRECTOR CHAPELLE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ON THIS
PARTICULAR SLIDE, NUMBER SIX, I
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS
HERE IN TERMS OF THE MAYOR'S
TRANSMITTED BUDGET.
SO THAT
APPEARS TO BE SHIFTING COST
RELATED TO THE PARENT/CHILD HOME
PROGRAM.
DPR GENERAL FUND WHICH
IS HOW IT USED TO BE SUPPORTED.
BEFORE.
TO BEING FUNDED NOW BY
THE FAMILIES AND EDUCATION LEVY
PROGRAM.
SO IS IT ONE -- IS THAT
AN ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THAT NUMBER SIX LINE THERE
IS COMMUNICATING?
AND SECONDLY,
THIS IS FUNDING FROM THE -- JUST
UTILIZING FIND BALANCE.
SO THIS
IS AN UNDERSPEND?
FROM WHICH
LEVY?
THE 2011 FELL LEVY?
OR
FROM THE FEP LEVY?
AND THE LAST
THING IS, IF IT'S FROM THE FELL,
THE FAMILIES AND EDUCATION LEVY
THAT IS EXPIRING, DOES THAT MEAN
THAT THE PCHP PROGRAM IS BEING
FUNDED ONE TIME?
AND IF THAT'S
THE CASE, SORT OF WHAT'S THE
INTENT OR GOAL IN TERMS OF
ONGOING FUNDING?
IN TERMS OF THE
PCHP PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
MONICA, DO YOU MIND ANSWERING?
>> NO, I CAN, NO PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, SO THE SHORT ANSWER TO
THE FIRST QUESTION IS, YES,
THAT'S THE PCH PARENT/CHILD HOME
PROGRAM.
AND THIS ACTUALLY
SHIFTS IT TO THE 2011 FAMILIES
AND EDUCATION LEVY.
SO THAT'S
TRUE.
THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR 2021
ONLY.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE
JUST GONNA HAVE TO EXPLORE
BEYOND 2021.
I DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT AT THE MOMENT.
BUT IT IS FOR 2021, SHIFTING
THOSE FUNDS OVER.
>> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO BE
REALLY CLEAR THAT I CONTINUE TO
BE A REALLY STRONG SUPPORTER OF
PCHP.
WHEN WE HAD ORIGINALLY
CONSIDERED THE FEP LEVY, I HAD
ADVOCATED FOR AND WANTED TO SEE
PCHP PROGRAM BE INCLUDED I SORT
OF AGREED TO NOT BRING AN
AMENDMENT AT THE TIME TO
SPECIFICALLY COLLECT THAT
PROGRAM.
BASED ON THE GENERAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN ME AND
DURKAN THAT THE LANGUAGE IN THE
LEVY WAS BROAD ENOUGH TO ALLOW
FOR PCHP PROGRAM TO RECEIVE ON
THE SUSTAINABLE FUNDING THROUGH
THE, IF EP LEVY IF THE GENERAL
FUND WAS NO LONGER GOING TO BE
PRIORITIZED FOR FUNDING THIS
PROGRAM.
AND SO I'M HERE WITH A
VERY LONG AND STRONG MEMORY
AROUND THOSE DEALS AND
CONVERSATIONS.
AND I JUST WANT
TO REIT A LOT THAT THIS IS A
SHIFT REITERATE THAT THIS IS A
SHIFT IN FUNDING.
IT IS ONE-TIME
FUNDING FOR AN ONGOING PROGRAM.
AND I HAVE A CONTINUED AND
STRONG INTEREST IN MAKING SURE
THAT WE PROTECT THESE PROGRAMS
AS SORT OF A KEY STRATEGY IF HOW
WE INVEST IN CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES IN OUR CITY TO PREPARE
THEM FOR SUCCESS THROUGHOUT THE
SPECTRUM OF EDUCATION, AND OF
COURSE WE KNOW THAT BEGINS WITH
THIS PRENATAL CARE.
PRENATAL
THROUGH COLLEGE IS WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO GET HERE.
AND I JUST
WANT -- I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND
THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND IF WE
ADOPT THIS PROPOSAL.
AND IT HAS
NOT YET BEEN A CLEAR COMMITMENT
ABOUT HOW WE WILL SUSTAIN THE
PCHP PROGRAM.
IF WE ARE NO
LONGER USING GENERAL FUNDS AND
THEN SIGNALLING MY INTEREST AND
WANTING TO PRESERVE THAT
PROGRAM.
THROUGH FEP LEVY
DOLLARS.
IF THIS IS GONNA BE AN
ONGOING FUNDING POLICY SHIFT.
>> AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT
THERE'S A CORE, I THINK THE CORE
VALUE ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE
BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT
THIS PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT
THEY -- THE EXECUTIVE DEAL YOU
WOULD LIKE TO KEEP.
I THINK YOUR
QUESTION IS A GOOD ONE.
AND WE
NEED TO GO INTO CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT KIND OF THE LONG-TERM
FUNDING STRATEGY.
AND SO I DON'T
THINK ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN
SEEING IT GO AWAY.
BUT YOUR
QUESTION IS NOTED.
>> AND I WOULD JUST EMPHASIZE
THE SAME.
THIS DOES NOT
REPRESENT A DEPRIORITIZATION, IF
YOU WILL, OF THE GENERAL FUND
OVERALL UPPORT FOR PCHP.
IT IS
RATHER A TACTICAL MOVE.
TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF SOME ONE-TIME
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
FULLY
EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE
PROGRAM THIS 2021.
I HOPE IT IS
WITH A GENERAL FUND THAT THE --
EXCUSE ME, IN 22.
SORRY.
THAT
RESIDENTS RECOVER IN A WAY THAT
WE ARE PROJECTING.
IT'S NOT --
IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING
SOURCE THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT
AT THIS STAGE.
SO TO EMPHASIZE
IT IS REALLY A TACTICAL LANGUAGE
DESCRIBED IN TERMS TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES THAT
WE HAVE.
IT'S THE KIND OF THING
IN THE DIAMETERS AS WELL WHERE
WE HAVE THIS RESOURCE ZEESHGS
THIS FUND BALANCE.
NOW IS THE
TIME TO DEPLOY IT TO ENSURE THAT
WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE MORE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS, IF YOU
WILL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
NOTED THE INTEREST IN THAT.
AND
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT MY INTEREST IN SOMETHING IN
THAT EFFORT AS WELL.
WHO'S
KNOT -- OH, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I
CERTAINLY CONCUR WITH THE CHAIR
PRESIDENT ON THE CHILDCARE
PROGRAM.
IT'S AN EVIDENCE-BASED
PROGRAM.
IT'S BEEN STUDIED OVER
A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'VE
SEEN THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR
KIDS WHO EXPERIENCE THAT
PROGRAM.
AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S
FOR TWO AND THREE YEAR-OLDS,
PRIMARILY.
AND THERE ARE OTHER
FANTASTIC EVIDENCE-BASED
PROGRAMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.
INCLUDING NURSE
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, THE NEW
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
THESE
ALL HAVE BEEN STUDIED AND ARE
BASED ON EVIDENCE.
SO I'M
CURIOUS ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM.
BASED ON THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM
PROPOSED.
I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED
IN KNOWING THIS IS THE RIGHT
INVESTMENT, HOW DO WE KNOW IT'S
GONNA BE EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY
IF INTERVENTION IS WITH
CHILDREN.
THERE'S SO MANY
PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT HAVE
BEEN STUDIED OVER LONG PERIODS
OF TIME.
JUST CURIOUS WHETHER
YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT THROUGH THAT
LENS OF THIS IS BUILT UPON
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES?
ALSO
THE NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP HAS
BEEN STUDIED FOR 30 YEARS.
LON
OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL
JUSTICE PROGRAMS EVER.
SO IT
SOUNDS LIKE THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO
FOR A SIMILAR AGE DEMOGRAPHIC.
AS THE NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
AND THE PARENT/CHILD HOME
PROGRAM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT SORT OF LENS
YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO MAKE SURE
IT'S GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.
>> CAN YOU CLARIFY WHEN YOU SAY
NEW PROGRAM, WHICH ONE YOU'RE
REFERRING TO?
THE SUGARY
BEVERAGE TAX?
>> YES.
>> ADVISORY BOARD?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, DWAYNE?
YOU WANT ME TO
ANSWER THIS?
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS A
GOOD ONE.
LET ME REPEAT IT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD IT RIGHT.
WHICH IS YOU'RE SAYING HOW ARE
WE GONNA USE THAT FUNDING AND
LFRJ IT IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT
DUPLICATE SERVICES UNNECESSARILY
BUT BUILDS OFF OF STRENGTHS OF A
CURRENT EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES.
>> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE
RECEIVED THAT RECOMMENDATION
ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO.
AND WE WERE
KNEE-DEEP IN PREPARING FOR
SCHOOL TO START AND ALL THE
REMOTE LEARNING.
SO IN ALL
HONESTY, WE ARE JUST NOW
STARTING THAT PLANNING PROCESS.
SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE
WOULD LOVE TO START THE PLANNING
PROCESS, AND THEN MAYBE SCHEDULE
TIME WITH YOUR OFFICE TO WALK
YOU THROUGH KIND OF WHERE WE'RE
AT.
BUT WE WILL TAKE YOUR
QUESTION WITH US TO THE PLANNING
TABLE.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
I THINK I ALSO WANT
JUST -- FOR THE RECORD STATE
THAT DEEL HAS BEEN VERY STRONGLY
COMMITTED IN ALL OF ITS
PROGRAMATIC WORK TO DATA-DRIVEN,
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES.
THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS
BAKED INTO THE CULTURE OF THE
WORK OF DEEL.
AND I'M FAMILIAR
WITH THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE
OVERSEEING DEEL'S WORK FOR THREE
YEARS NOW.
AND I'VE BEEN SITTING
ON THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
FOR ALMOST SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF MY TERM AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO JUST ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW.
SO
I THINK MY -- MY BELIEF IS THAT
THE -- IS THAT YOU ALL WILL
CENTER THOSE DATA-DRIVEN,
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES AND
THEORIES IN WHATEVER NEW
PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED, AND
PERHAPS THIS WOULD BE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO JUST HAVE ONE OF
EITHER TIFFANY OR DWAYNE
REITERATE THAT PHILOSOPHY AND
THAT CULTURE.
AT DEEL FOR THE
BENEFIT OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK THE
QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN, IS A GOOD ONE.
WHICH
IS WE'RE SEEING THIS CONVERSION
OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
SO WE
WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE TO KIND OF
LOOK AT ALL OF THEM NOW AND SAY
WE HAVE THIS AD, WE HAVE THESE
CURRENT PROGRAMS.
HOW DO WE WORK
TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT SERVES
THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BUT
ALSO ENSURES THAT THERE'S
DEMONSTRATED IMPACT.
VIA YOUR
EVIDENCE-BASED COMMENT.
SO
GENERALLY, YES.
I JUST DON'T
WANT TO GIVE YOU PREMATURE
INFORMATION BEFORE WE ACTUALLY
START PLANNING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ALL.
THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OKAY,
SO AS I SAID WITH YOU ALL LAST
WEEK, DEEL'S WORK IS ROOTED IN
CLOSING OPPORTUNITY GAPS,
ESPECIALLY OFF OF STUDENTS FOR
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE.
AND YOU CAN
SEE THIS COMMITMENT REFLECTED IN
OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT I
HAVE -- THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE
ON THE SCREEN.
AND IN DEEL'S
CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ATTRACT AND
RETAIN DIVERSE STAFF, WHICH I'M
PROUD TO SAY -- AND I THINK YOU
NOTED IT BEFORE.
THAT OUR
DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST
DIVERSE CITY DEPARTMENTS HERE IN
THE CITY.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
>> SO COVID HAS REALLY PUSHED US
TO TRY NEW THINGS.
DEEL HAS
MODIFIED AND WE'VE ADAPTED OUR
INVESTMENTS AND PROGRAMS TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN, YOUTH
AND FAMILIES AND PROVIDERS THIS
YEAR.
AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN
SOMETHING THAT'S PERSONAL FOR
ME.
AND WITH OUR TEAM, IT'S
DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR VALUES.
PRIORITIZING FAMILIE
STUDENT NEEDS IS ONE OF THE
CENTERS, ONE OF OUR NORTH STARS.
WE ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY
PROVIDERS, AND WE'VE ADAPTED OUR
-- TO OFFER EMERGENCY CHILDCARE
PROGRAM THIS SPRING.
AND I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE
USE OF OF THE FEP FUNDS FOR
THIS.
WE ALSO MODIFIED THE
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM TO BE
PARENTS AND OUR PROVIDERS
FLEXIBILITY THIS YEAR.
SO NOW
CHILDREN CAN PARTICIPATE IN
PRESCHOOL IN THREE WAYS.
WE HAVE
IN-PERSON, REMOTE, AND WE ALSO
HAVE A HYBRID MODEL.
AND WE ALSO
REDUCE OR WAIVE TUITION FOR
FAMILIES, BASED ON THEIR CHOSEN
SERVICE MODEL.
AND OUR CCAP
PROGRAM, WE MADE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE TO PAY
PROVIDERS BASED ON CHILD
ENROLLMENT RATHER THAN
ATTENDANCE.
WITHOUT HAVING
TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING THEIR
SPOT.
AND PROVIDERS CAN ALSO
COUNT ON A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
INCOME.
TO FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS
THAT YOU SEE RIGHT THERE AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
OUR SCHOOL
BASED INVESTMENTS ARE PARTNERING
WITH COMMUNITY-
ORGANIZATIONS.
IN INNOVATIVE
WAYS TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACCESS
TO THE REMOTE CLASSES.
AND OUR
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER
INVESTMENTS WILL SUPPORT
STUDENTS' SOCIAL/MSHL HEALTH AND
ALSO BASIC NEEDS TROUGH
IN-PERSON AND TELEHEALTH
SERVICES.
>> CAN I ADD SOMETHING REALLY
QUICK?
>> YEAH.
>> TO THE MODIFIED SEATTLE
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM OPTIONS, I
JUST WANT TO HONE IN ON THAT
ONE.
THAT IS REALLY BIG.
IT TOOK
MONICA AND HER TEAM A LONG TIME
WITH PROVIDERS TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
AND I
THINK THAT IT'S WE HAVE SOME
DETAILED NUMBERS AROUND WHAT
MODE EACH PARENT HAS CHOSEN.
IF
FOLKS ARE INTERESTED.
WE CAN GET
THAT TO YOU.
WE REPORT THAT TO
THE MAYOR EVERY WEEK.
BUT I
THINK PROVIDING A HYBRID AND
100% REMOTE.
AND PROVIDING
IN-PERSON WAS ABLE TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF PARENTS AND FAMILIES.
SOME PARENTS STILL DON'T WANT
THEIR KIDS TO GO.
SO THE REMOTE
WAS A GOOD OPTION.
AND THEN FOR
THE CCAT PROGRAM, AND I SAY THIS
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NEAR AND
DEAR TO SOME OF YOUR HEARTS,
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE COME
OUT OF COVID, THEY'RE STILL
STANDING.
>> UH-HUH.
>> SO WE HAD TO SWITCH FROM
PAYING THEM BASED ON ATTENDANCE.
BECAUSE SOME PARENTS, AGAIN,
AREN'T COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR
KIDS AND PAYING THEM ON
ENROLLMENT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL KNOW THAT
THAT'S A REALLY KEY SWITCH THAT
SUPPORTS PROVIDERS IN A WAY THAT
I KNOW THAT THEY APPRECIATE.
AND
IT WAS A REALLY HARD LIFT FOR
THE EARLY LEARNING TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
SLIDE.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO OFFER ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
OR AREAS
OF INTEREST BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP
TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS?
>> JUST AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS
ONE OF THE FEW DEPARTMENTS THAT
WILL WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT
WAS IN LARGE PART HELD HARMLESS.
FROM THE REALITIES OF OUR BUDGET
DEFICITS.
AND SO THIS ONE IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE EASIER ONES.
AND I'LL ALSO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK
AT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED
TO US.
AND BRIAN MCKNIGHT IS
DOING THE DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE
SURE THAT ANY ISSUES THAT NEED
TO BE FLAGGED AND ANSWERED BY
DEEL ARE FLAGGED ACCORDINGLY.
SO
THANKS AGAIN TO TIFFANY AND TO
DWAYNE AND TO MONICA FOR BEING
WITH US TODAY AND FOR ALL OF THE
GOOD WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO
DO IN THESE RAPIDLY-EVOLVING
TIMES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL SAID.
APPRECIATE
COMMENTS.
AND ALSO RECOGNIZE WE
JUST GOT THE MATERIALS
YESTERDAY.
SO THERE MAY BE MORE
QUESTIONS.
AND ITEMS TO FLAG AS
THE CONVERSATION INVOLVE
INVOLVES.
>> VITWE QUESTIONS.
IT SEEMS THE
FOCUS FOR 2021 INVESTMENTS ARE
FOCUSED ON THE PRENATAL AGE
GROUP.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHY
THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I'M
ALSO INTERESTED THOUGH TO
UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S ANY
PLANNED INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL
AGE GROUP GROUPS.
WITH FUTURE
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS.
WE KNOW
THE IMPACTS OF COVID ON
EDUCATION HAVE REGIMED ANOTHER
LAYER OF DEEP INEQUITIES FOR
STUDENTS TO ACCESS EQUITABLE
EDUCATION.
I'M INTERESTED TO
KNOW HOW WE'RE ENSURING THAT
TRADITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS WHO
HAVE STOOD THESE GROUPS,
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, ADVISORY
CLASSES, CAREER PLANNING.
MORE
FUNDED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THESE TOUCH POINTS SO THEY CAN
ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF
THE GOAL OF SCHOOL STRUCTURE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, LET
ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE BASICALLY ASKING AS FAR
AS THE K12, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
SIDE.
YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE
PROVIDED FOR OUR STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES THAT ARE IN K-12.
THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
MIDDLE
SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL?
>> YES.
YEAH.
I KNOW
THERE'S -- YOU KNOW, THAT IS HOW
WE INVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT
STUDENTS IN OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
OR WITH OTHER PROGRAMMING EVEN
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.
SO I'D
JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS FOR
THAT AGE GROUP.
>> WE JUST ANNOUNCED $100
MILLION IN INVESTMENTS THROUGH
OUR SCHOOL-BASED INVESTMENTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WHAT I CAN DO
IS SEND THAT INFORMATION TO YOU
IN YOUR OFFICE.
THAT'LL PROVIDE
AN OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S
BEING THAT'S BEING OFFERED.
>> AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
ACCESS, COUNCIL MEMBER, IS THE
COMMUNITY-BASED SIDE THAT
SUPPORTS STUDENTS.
AND THE
SCHOOL-BASED INVESTMENTS ARE THE
SCHOOL-BASED SIDES THAT SUPPORT
STUDENTS.
AND SO WE CAN SEND YOU
KIND OF THE AWARDS FOR BOTH.
BECAUSE IT TAKES BOTH, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
THANK
YOU.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT
THEY'D LIKE TO SEE MORE
PROGRAMMING AND FUNDING DIRECTED
FOR INVESTMENTS IN BLACK GIRLS
AND WOMEN.
I FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND TARGETED
UNIVERSALISM.
AND WHY WE HAVE
FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON BLACK
WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS.
WE KNOW
THEY EXPERIENCE
DISPROPORTIONATELY POOR HEALTH
AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES.
SO WE'RE
INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW
DEEL PROGRAMMING, THEY'RE
CURRENTLY INVESTING IN BLACK
GIRLS OR WILL PLAN IN 2021.
I
KNOW THERE ARE LOTS OF -- AS I
MENTIONED BEFORE, DOCTOR
CHAPELLE KNEW FOR US.
THERE ARE
SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE
MENTORSHIP, LEADERSHIP, SKILLS
TRAINING.
SO THAT YOUNG WOMEN
CAN BEGIN A PATH OF
ENTREPRENEURSHIP OR
UNDERSTANDING HOW TO START A
BUSINESS.
SO BE INTERESTED IN
KNOWING IF THERE'S ANY PLAN TO
INCLUDE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.
>> SO TIFFANY, I KNOW WE JUST
KINDA HAD A LITTLE DISCUSSION,
DO YOU MIND STALKING A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THIS?
>> JUST REALLY QUICK ON
TARGETING UNIVERSALISM.
THE
NOTION THERE ANOTHERS I'M JUST
GIVING YOU THE NOTION, WHETHER
FOLKS AGREE WITH IT OR NOT.
THIS
IS JUST THE METHODOLOGY.
IS THAT
IF YOU FOCUS ON THOSE FURTHEST,
AND IN THIS CASE IN THIS CITY,
IT'S BLACK MALES, MEN, BOYS.
THAT IF YOU FOCUS ON THEM,
EVERYBODY ELSE WILL BENEFIT.
SO
IN THAT CASE -- AND THERE'S BEEN
A DEEP DISCUSSION ABOUT
SUPPORTING BLACK GIRLS.
AND I
AGREE WITH YOU.
AND SO IN THAT
CASE, THAT INCLUDES BLACK WOMEN,
AND BECAUSE STATISTICALLY BLACK
MALES ARE DOING WORSE THAN BLACK
WOMEN.
AND AGAIN, I THINK WOCH
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE SAID LET'S
NOT GET INTO THE OPPRESSION
OLYMPICS, RIGHT?
THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T DOING WELL.
AND AS PEOPLE OF COLOR, WE DON'T
NEED TO SAY I'M WORSE OFF THAN
YOU ARE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO
EXPLAIN THAT ONE PIECE.
AND THEN
INFORM YOU THAT OUR ENTIRE
PORTFOLIO IS TARGETED TOWARD
STUDENTS FURTHEST FROM
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE.
WHICH DOES
INCLUDE BLACK GIRLS AND
STUDENTS.
WE DON'T HAVE A
SPECIFIC PROGRAM LIKE KING
MAKERS THAT WE FUND, BUT WE CAN
LOOK INTO OUR NUMBERS AND SEE
KIND OF IN FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASED
INVESTMENTS.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT
THAT.
THEY'RE BEING TARGETED AS
WELL.
THERE'S JUST A DEEPER
FOCUS ON BLACK BOYS.
LIKE KING
MAKERS.
>> YEP, AND WHEN WE SEND THE
INFORMATION OVER TO YOU, WE CAN
ELEVATE THOSE THAT DO FOCUS ON
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TOO.
>> EXCELLENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES?
>> WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU
HAVE.
WHERE THE INVESTMENTS ARE
GOING.
AND JUST KNOW THAT I WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE INVESTING MORE.
IN
OUR YOUNG WOMEN AS WELL.
>> AS THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NOTED, WE ARE ALL FOLLOWING
THROUGH WITH INFORMATION STILL.
AS DIRECTOR NOBLE ASKED US TO,
BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE
QUESTIONS WE SEND YOUR WAY.
BUT
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE.
AND
I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM FOR
ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU PUT
INTO THIS PRESENTATION.
AND THE
HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENT SNGS OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANTED -- I'M SORRY,
REALLY QUICKLY.
I JUST WANTED TO
SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY
>> IT'S DESIGNED TO COMMUNICATE
TO US THE THINGS THAT ARE
CHANGING.
AND SO IS IT FAIR TO
ASSUME THAT ALL OTHER AREAS OF
INVESTMENT BY DEEL ARE REMAINING
THE SAME?
>> AN OPPORTUNITY FUNDS, ALL OF
THE PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY
FUND THROUGH THE FEP LEVY.
AND
THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
BUT
IS IT REALLY THROUGH THE FEP
LEVY IN THE K-12 SPACE, AND IN
THE EARLY LEARNING SPACE, AND IN
THE SEATTLE PROMISE SPACE, THOSE
INVESTMENTS ARE ALL -- STAY THE
SAME.
AND ANY CHANGES THAT ARE
DESIRED RELATES TO FEP LEVY
INVESTMENTS WILL NEED TO GO
THROUGH THE ORDINARY PROCESS OF
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REVIEW.
PLUS, YOU KNOW, MOSHL
IDENTIFICATIONS TO THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN.
AT A MINIMUM,Y.ING TO MAKE
SURE THAT PROPOSALS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE TAXPAYER
APPROVED LEVY.
AM I -- THERE'S A
LOT OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE
ABOUT HOW THESE DOLLARS ARE
DEPLOYED AND HOW DECISIONS ARE
MADE.
>> YES.
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT.
THE SHORT
ANSWER THAT WE EXPECT FULL FEP
EXPANSION.
AND OUR BUDGET
REFLECTS WHAT THE SPENDING PLAN
THAT'S IN THE FEP IMPLEMENTATION
AND EVALUATION PLAN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>>EL AND EBT.
THANK YOU ALL ONCE
AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION ON
THE DEEL EDUCATION AND EARLY
LEARNING INVESTMENTS.
AND
CHANGES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS HERE TO FINALIZE THE
2021 BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BYE, THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE
IT.
>> MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM NUMBER
FOUR.
>> OUR FOURTH ITEM OF TODAY
INCLUDES JESSICA KOEBIN, THE
DIRECTOR FROM OSE, AND ALSO
DIRECTOR BEN NOAH HERE WITH US
AS WELL.
I AM GOING TO JUST
BRIEFLY NOTE THAT WE ARE HAVING
THIS CONVERSATION UNDER CLOUDY
SKIES AGAIN.
AND IT'S NOT
CLOUDS.
IT'S SMOKE.
WE ARE
SEEING SMOKE ROLLING IN.
WEEK
AFTER WEEK DUE TO THE WILDFIRE,
QUOTE, "SEASON".
AND THIS IS NOT
JUST UNIQUE TO US IN THE STATE.
BUT GLOBALLY WE'RE FEELING THE
EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE UP
AND DOWN THE WEST COAST.
AND WE
KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A PATTERN
THAT LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE
LESSENING.
IT'S GOING TO
ACTUALLY BE WORSENING.
I THINK
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER THIS
MORNING, IT'S NOT JUST A GLOBAL
OR NATIONAL ISSUE.
THIS IS
INCUMBENT ON US TO TAKE ON THESE
LARGE CHALLENGES RIGHT HERE IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AND THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN
OUR CONTROL.
SUCH AS ADDRESSING
CO2 EMISSIONS.
GAS AND FUEL FROM
CARS IS THE NUMBER ONE EMITTER
OF CO2 EMISSIONS.
SO THERE'S A
LOT THAT WE CAN DO.
COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT, AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE THAT HAS OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
IN THE COMMITTEE, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO.
OF COURSE I COMPLETELY ECHO THE
CONTEXT IN WHICH WE ARE HAVING
THIS DISCUSSION.
IT IS
ABSOLUTELY DIRE.
THERE ARE
REPORTS JUST RELEASED TODAY,
SHOWS THAT AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE
LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WEST
COAST WILDFIRES.
AND OF COURSE
IT'S JUST BEYOND ANY COUNT.
I
THINK THE COST DUE TO THE
NATURAL RESOURCES.
BUT THE
PERSONAL COST THAT PEOPLE HAVE
SUFFERED IN LOSING THEIR ENTIRE
HOMES, THEIR BELONGINGS.
NOT TO
MENTION THE COST BY ANIMALS,
WILD AND DOMESTIC.
WHICH IS -- I
DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY
GOING TO BE GETTING BETTER IN
ANY WAY.
AND THE LOSS FINALLY
THEY HAVE SUFFERED BECAUSE
THEY'VE LOST THEIR PETS AND THE
FAUNA, THE LOSS OF THE WILD
ANIMALS IS, AGAIN, PRICELESS.
I
WANT TO STRESS THAT THE OFFICER
OF ENVIRONMENT HAS DONE
ESSENTIAL ACCESS WORK.
PARTICULARLY DEALING WITH THE
COVID EMERGENCY.
AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN
THE MAJORITY OF THE OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENT'S WORK OVER THE LAST
YEAR.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING,
HELPING FAMILIES.
SENIORS.
HAVE
ACCESS TO FOOD.
WHICH OF COURSE
THIS NEED IS ONLY MAGNIFIED IN
THE CONDITION FIXTURE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
I DID WANT TO COMMENT
ON ONE THING THAT THE MAYOR HAS,
UNFORTUNATELY, LEFT OUT FROM THE
OSE'S BUDGET.
AND I WOULD LIKE
TO HEAR THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF
COMMENT ON THAT.
AS WELL.
THERE
ARE SEVERAL STRIKES IN THIS
PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED THE
MAYOR HAS YET AGAIN CUT FUNDING
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD IN 2021.
WHICH IS
CONCERNING FOR ALL THE REASONS
THAT WE'VE JUST STATED.
THE
CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS IS ONLY
ACCELERATING.
AND THE PUBLIC
INVESTMENTS AND GROWING
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SOCIETY, YOU
KNOW IS NECESSARY TO STOP
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD WAS
ESTABLISHED TO BE A PLACE WHERE
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS,
ORGANIZATIONS, SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS AND AFFECTED COMMUNES TO
ORGANIZE TO PUSH FOR THE GREEN
NEW DEAL IN SEATTLE.
THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS WHO FOUGHT
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD EXPLICITLY SAID THAT THE
BOARD SHOULD BE IN PLACE IN TIME
TO IMPACT THE 2021 BUDGET.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAS OPPOSED OBSTACLES IN
THE WAY OF ESTABLISHING THIS OR
ORGANIZING THE BODY LAST WINTER.
INSTEAD ESTABLISHING HER OWN
CLIMATE COUNCIL.
AND AFTER
SEVERAL, SHE APPOINTED YOUNG
PEOPLE TO A YOUTH CLIMATE
COUNCIL LAST WINTERLY AND
PROMPTLY FORGOT ABOUT IT.
AS
FAR AS I KNOW, THE YOUTH CLIMATE
COUNCIL HAS YET TO MEET.
IN THE
NEW BUDGET SHE AGAIN CUT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL FUNDING.
THE
MAYOR HAS YET TO RELEASE THAT
FUNDING, OUR BEING THE COUNCIL
BUDGET AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE
FUNDING.
NOW WE SEE THE MAYOR
IS APPARENTLY FOR ANOTHER YEAR
TO START THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
SO
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE FOOD
ACCESS THAT THE OSE DOES IS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WORK.
BUT WE
ALSO NEED THE GREEN NEW DEAL
WORK TO MOVE FORWARD.
I LOOK
FORWARD TO SHARING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND I ALSO JUST
WANTED TO REFLECT THE HOPE THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL VOTE TO
RESTORE FUNDING.
IN EARLY 2021.
AND I HOPE THAT THE MAYOR WILL
RELEASE THOSE FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR KOEBIN.
THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME.
AND THANKS TO BOTH COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT AND COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THOSE OPENING
FRAMING COMMENTS.
REALLY ROOTING
US IN THE CRISIS OF CLIMATE
CHANGE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING
RIGHT NOW.
I HOPE THAT MY
PRESENTATION WILL ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS.
IF IT DOESN'T, I'M
SURE THAT YOU WILL LET ME KNOW
THAT IT DOESN'T, AND OF COURSE
HAPPY TO BE INSTRUMENTED ANY
TIME.
I'M ALSO JOIN BY JAMIE
BOWEN, OUR FINANCE AND
OPERATIONS MANAGER.
THANKS SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
THIS REPORT SHOWS
THE ROUGH OVERVIEW OF THE
CHANGES BETWEEN THE 2020 AND
2021 BUDGET.
I'M REALLY GONNA
DIG INTO THE DETAILS IN MY
PRESENTATION.
SO WON'T SPEND TOO
MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS
RIGHT NOW.
I WILL JUST NOTE
BRIEFLY, YOU'LL SEE A FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE BETWEEN THE
2020 ADOPTED AND THE 2020
REVISED BUDGET.
THIS IS
PRIMARILY REFLECTING ADDITIONAL
FUNDING IN OSE'S EMERGENCY FOOD
ASSISTANCE WORK.
IN
RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS.
SO I'LL GET INTO SOME MORE
DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN
2020.
AND WHAT WE'LL BE
EXPANDING INTO 2021.
BUT JUST A
BRIEF NOTE THAT THAT'S THE
FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE ADOPTED AND REVISED
FOR 2020.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL
GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT 2021.
NEXT
SLIDE.
>> SO QUICKLY, TO GROUND US IN
THE COVID-19 RESPONSE TO DATE,
THE --
>> JUST TO BRING UP SOMETHING ON
THIS, I WONDER IF IT MIGHT BE
HELPFUL IF WE COULD SCROLL IN
JUST ON THE TWO COLUMNS IN BLUE
AND LIGHT BLUE.
THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND SORRY FOR
THESE VERY SMALL WORDS.
I
PROMISE THAT -- I'M NOT GONNA GO
THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE.
BUT
THIS IS JUST KIND OF A QUICK
SNAPSHOT.
I THINK I'LL START, IF
COUNCIL WILL GRANT ME 15 SECONDS
JUST TO GIVE A DEEP THANKS TO
THE OSE STAFF.
FOR ALL THEY DID
IN THIS PAST YEAR.
TO REALLY
HELP OUR RESIDENTS WITH WHAT
THEY HAVE BEEN FACING DURING
THIS YEAR OF HARDSHIP.
WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY
FOOD ASSISTANCE.
BUT JUST A
QUICK NOTE.
BECAUSE COUNCIL
MEMBERS, YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO
HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK AT
CITY STAFF.
WE HAVE STAFF WHO
HAVE BEEN REDEPLOYED TO OUR
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TO PROVIDE SPANISH SPEAKING
LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE, TO HELP
GRANT ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'VE HELPED OUR POLICY VAERLZS
AND OTHERS WHO ACTUALLY BEEN
DOING WYKELY GROCERY SHOPPING
FOR RECIPIENTS OF OUR EMERGENCY
VOUCHERS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO
ACCESS ANY OTHER GROCERY
DELIVERIES.
OUR RESOURCE
CONSERVATION MANAGER.
WHO
TYPICALLY IMPROVES ENERGY
EFFICIENCY IN CITY BUILDINGS.
WENT OUT EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC.
AND IMPROVED REFRIGERATION, AND
WALK-IN STORAGE OF OUR FOOD
BANKS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOOD
BANK MANAGERS DIDN'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT APPLIANCES.
JUST TO
SAY THAT THE FOLKS AT OSE IN THE
ENTIRE CITY WORKFORCE HAVE
REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THEY'RE DOING GOOD WORK.
AND
THEY ARE TRULY JUST THE BEST
PUBLIC SERVANTS THAT I HAVE
GOTTEN TO WORK WITH.
SOME OF THE
SPECIFIC THINGS TO LIFT UP OUR
COVID-19 RESPONSE TO DATE,
AGAIN, AS IT WILL CONTINUE INTO
2021.
A QUICK NOTE THAT BUILDING
ON OUR DUAMMISH VALLEY PROGRAM,
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH A
NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
PROVIDE DIRECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE
TO FAMILIES.
THE 2020 BUDGET.
AND I THINK KIND OF SHOWS HOW WE
HAVE APPROACHES USING EVERY
DOLLAR WE HAVE AT OSE TO HELP
OUR RESIDENTS IN THE WAY THEY
MOST NEED NOW, EVEN THOUGH WE
DON'T HAVE A HUGE BUDGET AT OSE.
SO THAT WORK HAS BEEN GREAT.
I'LL OF COURSE GET INTO MORE
DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY GROCERY
VOUCHER PROGRAM IN JUST A
MINUTE.
BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU WERE AWARE THAT EARLY
IN THE PANDEMIC, OSE AND OUR
PARTNERS AT THE HUMAN SERVICE
DEPARTMENT WORKED TO JOINTLY
ESTABLISH A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL
EMERGENCY FEEDING TASK FORCE TO
QUICKLY IDENTIFY NEEDS AND GAPS
ACROSS MANY PROGRAM AREAS.
AND
TO FILL THOSE GAPS.
SO WE'VE
TRIED TO BE VERY DELIBERATE IN
SUPPORTING A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES
TO MEET THE FOOD NEEDS OF
DIVERSE POPULATIONS.
SO LOOKING
AT STRATEGIES, RANGING FROM HOME
DELIVERED MEALS FOR SENIORS.
TO
PROVIDING GRANTS FOR FOOD BANKS
WHO HAVE SEEN INCREASED DEMANDS.
TO GRANTS BY PAC-LED FOOD
SECURITY EFFORTS AND THE GROCERY
VOUCHER PROGRAM.
WE'VE TRIED TO
STRUCTURE OUR EFFORTS IN WAYS
THAT ACCOUNT FOR DIFFERENCES IN
DIETARY NEEDS AND DIFFERENCES IN
ABILITIES TO ACCESS FOOD.
MANY
OF THE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
LISTED HERE ARE IN THE HUMAN
SERVICES BUDGET.
SO YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO DIG IN IN MORE DETAIL
WITH THEM.
BUT I REALLY JUST
WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF
HOW WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT
EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS
HOLISTICALLY IN THE CITY.
AND WE
HAVE MOVED TO QUICKLY BREAK DOWN
DEPARTMENTAL SILOS IN THE V-1
TEAM WHO CAN SERVE OUR RESIDENTS
WHEN THEY NEED IT SO MUCH.
NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE EMERGENCY
GROCERY VOUCHER PROGRAM HAS
REALLY BEEN THE CORE OF OSE'S
FACILITATED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
DURING 2020.
AND BY THE
QTWENTY 20/21, WE'LL HAVE SERVED
7,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH NINE
MONTHS OF GROCERY ASSISTANCE.
WE
HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT OUR
RESIDENTS REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
TYPE OF FLEXIBLE BENEFIT THAT
INCREASES THEIR OWN PURCHASING
POWER TO BUY THE SUPPLIES THEY
NEED FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND
WE'VE ALSO NOTED SINCE THE
INCEPTION OF THIS PROGRAM THAT
THE NEED IS MUCH GREATER THAN
THE ABILITY.
YOU FIRST ASKED US
TO PRIORITIZE THE FOLLOWING
POPULATION.
IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES, REGARDS OF IMMIGRATION
STATUS.
INDIVIDUALS AGED SIX
YEARS OR OLDER.
INDIVIDUALS WITH
DISABILITIES.
WORKERS DISLOCATED
DUE TO COVID-19.
AND INDIVIDUALS
ENROLLED IN CITY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.
AND TO DO THAT,
WE'VE EMPLOYED TWO
STRATEGIES.
THE FIRST ONE IS
THAT WE PARTNERED WITH THE 27
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU
SEE HERE.
THAT WE FELT COULD
BEST REACH THOSE RESIDENTS MOST
IMPACTED BY THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS
OF THE COVID.
I'M SURE MANY OF
YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
BUT
THEY REALLY ARE GROUPS THAT
FOCUS ON SERVING DISPLACED
WORKERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS
OTHER FORMS OF GOVERNMENT AID
DUE TO SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS LIKE
LANGUAGE BARRIERS.
FEAR OF
DEPORTATION.
OR FOLKS WHO HAVE
EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE ALSO MADE SURE TO PARTNER
WITH ORGANIZATIONS LED BY AND
SERVING COMMUNITIES.
THE SECOND
MAJOR STRATEGY WE EMPLOYED TO
DISTRIBUTE GROCERY VOUCHERS WERE
LOOKING AT FAMILIES
PARTICIPATING IN CITY-MA
PROGRAMS.
AND THE CITY PROGRAMS
WE LOOKED AT WERE PRIORITIZED
USING CRITERIA OF ENSURING THE
PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED WITH
EXTENSIVE PLACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE ANALYSIS.
AND HAS CLOSE
TIES WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
ENSURING PROGRAMS HAD INCOME
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT
REFLECTED THE CITY'S GOAL IN
DISTRIBUTING GROCERY VOUCHERS TO
THOSE MOST IN NEED.
I REALIZE
THAT'S ALSO A LOT OF WORDS FROM
THE SLIDE.
BUT THESE ARE THE
PROGRAMS IN THE WAYS THAT WE
TRIED TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL TO
MEET THOSE -- A PRIORI COMMUNES
THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY COUNCIL.
AND THEY DID A REALLY STRONG JOB
GETTING THESE VOUCHERS IN THE
HAND WAS PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.
AGAIN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
NEED IS --
>> I WANT TO PAUSE FOR JUST A
SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
AND GREAT TO SEE YOU, DIRECTOR.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY GROCERY
AND FRESH LIST.
COULD YOU GIVE
ME A BRIEF 30-SECOND OVERVIEW OF
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR FRESH
BOX PROGRAM AND THESE EMERGENCY
GROCERY VOUCHERS?
>> YES, OF COURSE.
THANK YOU.
SO
FRESH BOX IS AN ONGOING PROGRAM.
IT HAS BEEN HOUSED AT OSE FOR A
NUMBER OF YEARS AND WAS EXPANDED
THANKS TO THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE
TAX.
AND THAT PROVIDES FOLKS $40
A MONTH TO USE FOR FRESH
PRODUCE.
OR FRESH, CANNED,
FROZEN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
SO
IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO INCREASE
PEOPLE'S PURCHASING POWER FOR
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
THOSE CAN
BE UTILIZED AT A NUMBER OF
NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERIES, SAFEWAY
STORES OR FARMER'S MARKETS
THROUGH THE SEATTLE.
THE
EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHER
PROGRAM IS REALLY A UNIQUE
PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED ONLY
TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19
CRISIS.
IT WILL NOT BE AN
ONGOING PROGRAM.
AND THAT
PROGRAM PROVIDES EACH RECIPIENT
WITH -- I HOPE I'M GETTING MY
MONTHS RIGHT.
WITH THREE MONTHS
OF $400 IN VOUCHERSY.
AND THEN
FOUR MONTHS OF $180 IN VOUCHERS.
SO IT TAPERS OFF OVER TIME.
THAT
CAN BE USED AT ANY SAFEWAY
STORE.
TO PURCHASE ANY GROCERY
OR HOUSEHOLD ITEM AT THE STORE
WITH A SMALL LIST OF EXCEPTIONS
AROUND ALCOHOL, FUEL, LOTTERY,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT IS LESS
FOCUSED ON JUST INCREASING
PURCHASING POWER FOR FRUIT AND
VEGETABLE.
AND IT REALLY IS
FOCUSED ON PUTTING MONEY IN
PEOPLE'S POCKETS THEY CAN USE
FOR THE THINGS THEY NEED
IMMEDIATELY DUE TO COVID-19.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> IT DOES.
YOU EVEN ANSWERED MY
NEXT QUESTION.
WHICH WAS THAT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHERS COULD
ONLY BE USED AT SAFEWAY.
LEADING
TO MY THIRD AND FINAL QUESTION.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE OUR
EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHERS BE
ABLE TO BE USED AT SOME OF THESE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORES THAT
FRESH BOX IS ALREADY EMPLOYING?
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, IS IT
POSSIBLE TO HAVE THE EMERGENCY
GROCERY VOUCHERS CONTINUED TO BE
USED AT OUR FARMERS MARKETS?
>> GREAT QUESTIONS AND QUESTIONS
THAT WE HAVE ASKED OURSELVES SO
MANY TIMES AT OSE.
AND ARE
ALWAYS OPEN TO CONTINUING THE
CONVERSATION.
WHAT I'LL SAY IS
THE REASON THAT WE PARTNERED
WITH SAFEWAY FOR THIS PROGRAM
WAS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO
BUILD UPON THE PARTNERSHIP
ALREADY BUILT FROM FRESH BOX.
SO
WHEN WE HAD THIS IDEA, AND THIS
REALLY WAS BACK IN MARCH WHERE
WE SAID, OH, MY GOODNESS.
WE CAN
TELL SOMETHING IS COMING.
AND
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED
ASSISTANCE VERY QUICKLY.
WE
THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN
EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM, WHICH I
GUESS SHOWS OUR NAIVETY.
THAT WE
DIDN'T REALIZE WE'D BE QUITE
HERE.
AND WE CALLED SAFEWAY
BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THIS
PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEY SAID YEAH,
WE CAN SCALE THIS QUICKLY.
WE
CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
AND I
COMMEND THEM FOR BEING ABLE AND
WILLING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
QUICKLY.
THE REASON WE HAVE NOT
BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THIS BEYOND
SAFEWAY TO DATE IS LARGELY
BECAUSE OF THE ADMINISTRATION
THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO
THAT.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT
THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF BACKEND
PROCESSES ON THE STORE SIDES.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF
SUPPORT NEEDED FROM THE CITY
SIDE WHICH INCLUDES BOTH STAFF
SUPPORT.
BUT ALSO BUT ALSO
THINGS LIKE TECHNICAL
DATABASES.
WE HAVE MANAGED TO
RUN THIS EMERGENCY GROCERY
VOUCHER PROGRAM WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL STAFF.
WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL I.T.
RESOURCES.
WE'VE PAID FOR STAMPS AND
PRINTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE HAS
REALLY GONE 100% TO GETTING THE
BENEFIT OUT.
WHICH IS WHERE WE
THOUGHT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
WAS.
I AGREE THAT WE WOULD ALSO
LOVE THIS TO BE AN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT FOR STORES
WHO NEED IT.
BUFF WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT
SUPPORT.
YET.
AND THIS PROGRAM
RIGHT NOW IS SCHEDULED TO PHASE
OUT IN Q1, 2021.
TO JUMP AHEAD,
AND I'LL GET TO THIS WHEN I TALK
ABOUT FRESH BOX.
WE ARE LOOKING
TO EXPAND FRESH BOX TO EVEN MORE
RETAIL PARTNERS THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND
CLEAR THAT THERE ARE STORES WHO
WANT TO BE PART OF THE NETWORK.
SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO ADD THEM IN THAT WAY.
I
REALIZE THAT'S A BIT OF A LONG
ANSWER.
I'M QUITE HAPPY TO TALK
ABOUT IT MORE IN TIME IF YOU'D
LIKE.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
THAT IS
AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE.
I WILL
SAVE MY COMPLEMENTS ON FRESH BOX
FOR THOSE SLIDES UPCOMING.
AND I
JUST ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU
ON USING YOUR EXISTING STAFF TO
EXPAND THE ECONOMY TO SCALE TO
BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE
RESOURCES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
BACK END COVES.
COSTS.
AND THAT
JUST DEMONSTRATES THE CITY USING
OUR EXISTING RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE MORE SERVICES.
SO WE
CAN'T DO IT ANY BETTER THAN
THAT.
I WILL ALSO PUT IN THIS,
IF THERE IS ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL
PLACE TO USE THESE VOUCHERS, I
WILL VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE
FARMERS MARKETS.
AND PLEASE
NEVER HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW
HOW I CAN HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, THANK
YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, DID
YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION?
>> IT WAS GONNA BE ABOUT THE
SAFEWAY ISSUE.
AND WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
SO WE'LL
LEAVE IT FOR LATER.
>>> THANK YOU BOTH.
AS WE LOOK
TO MAKE SURE THAT AFFORDABLE AND
ACCESSIBLE FOOD IS MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE GROCERY
VOUCHERS AND FRESH BOX PROGRAM,
I APPRECIATE YOU FLAGGING THAT,
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
ALSO THE
IMPORTANCE OF UNITED STATES
SUPPORTING LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS.
IT'S REAL IMPORTANT.
ALSO
CULTURALLY AND ETHNICALLY
APPROPRIATE FOOD FOR DIFFERENT
COMMUNITIES IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
DIRECTOR COVIN, I JUST WANT TO
PRACTICE BY SAYING THIS COMMENT
OF MINE THAT I'M ABOUT TO MAKE
IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU OR
ANYBODY WITHIN YOUR TEAM, BUT I
THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PAUSE VERY
BRIEFLY AND TALK ABOUT THE
DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FROM
THE GENERAL COVID RELIEF FUND.
I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT
IS DONE AND GIVE CREDIT TO FOLKS
WHO WERE PART OF DEVELOPING THE
FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND I
MENTIONED IN THE COUNCIL
BRIEFING EARLIER THIS WEEK, MY
FRUSTRATION THAT THE PRESS THAT
CAME FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
NOTED $9 MILLION THAT SHE WAS
ANNOUNCING.
MONEY THAT SHE WAS
SENDING OUT.
WHEN IN FACT ALL $9
MILLION OF THAT CAME FROM THE
JUMP START COVID RELIEF FUND.
I
JUST WANT TO NOTE THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE WORK THAT COUNCIL DID TO
MAKE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE.
ORIGINALLY WE HAD PUT $13.79
MILLION IN FOR EMERGENCY
VOUCHERS FOR THIS YEAR, BASED ON
THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS THAT
WE'VE ALREADY ALLUDED TO TODAY.
REGARDING THE COMPROMISED
REDUCTION THAT WE ENDED UP WITH
FOR COVID RELIEF AFTER THE VETO
OF THE COVID RELIEF SPEND PLAN
BY THE MAYOR.
IT WAS $3.6
MILLION THAT WAS TO GO OUT IN
2020.
AND $5.4 MILLION TO GO OUT
NEXT YEAR.
TOTALING $9 MILLION.
SO VERY HAPPY THAT THAT DOLLAR
AMOUNT GOT OUT.
VERY HAPPY ABOUT
IT AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
AND -- UNDERSCORING THE
IMPORTANCE OF ALL OF YOUR WORK,
ESPECIALLY WITH DIVERSE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
AND JUST
WANTED TO NOTE AS WELL THAT
WHILE IT WASN'T IN THE PRESS
RELEASE, WE KNOW IT WAS AN
IMPORTANT STEP THAT THE COUNCIL
MADE.
OBVIOUSLY NOT AS MU
WE ORIGINALLY WANTED.
BUT IT'S
SUCH A CRITICAL PIECE.
AND I
THINK I BRING IT UP ONLY TO, A,
RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT
COMMUNITY HAS DONE AND THE
COUNCIL DID TO HELP GET THAT $9
MILLION OUT THE DOOR.
BUT ALSO
TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT
ENOUGH.
AND I THINK THAT'S PART
OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOK AT.
AS WE OF COURSE OF UNMET NEED IN
THE COMMUNITY.
AND LOOK FORWARD
TO HEARING MORE, IF NOT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY AND
WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE TO STEP
THIS UP.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I APPRECIATE
THAT FEEDBACK.
AND NOW WE'LL
MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UNLESS
THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS
ONE.
GREAT, THANK YOU.
BUILDING OFF OF WHAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZCEZ MENTIONED IN
THE DEEL PRESENTATION, THAT WHEN
WE JUST SHOW WHAT'S CHANGED IN
THE BUDGET, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T
LAYOUT A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT
OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT
WE'LL BE DOING.
I WANTED TO
OFFER JUST A BRIEF SLIDE IN A
COUPLE OF MINUTES ON WHAT OSE'S
PRIORITIES ARE IN 2021 BEFORE I
START TALKING ABOUT OUR BUDGET
CHANGES.
FIRST I WANT TO NOTE
THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
FUND IS FUNDED IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS PROVIDES
FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-D
PROJECTS.
IN 2019 WE FUNNELEDED
SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR 2020.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
DO DOUBLE FUNDING IN 2020.
IT
USED TO BE $250,000 A YEAR.
IT'S
NOW $500,000 A YEAR.
AT LEAST
FOR 2020.
THANKS TO A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
ALSO NOTE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE
IN 2021.
AND AS A REMINDER FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT NOT BE
FAMILIAR, THE EJC IS MADE UP OF
13 PEOPLE.
ALL DEEPLY CONNECTED
TO COMMUNITY WAS COLOR,
IMMIGRANT, REFUGEES, AND PEOPLE
WITH INDOOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO
WORK CLOSELY WITH THESE
COMMUNITIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE ISSUES.
THIS YEAR IN
2020, THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
DEEPLY FOCUSED ON COVID RECOVERY
WORK.
FOCUS GROUPS IN THE
COMMUNITY SURVEY TO IDENTIFY AND
ANALYZE THE PRIORITIES OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
COMMITTEE.
THEIR WORK IS JUST
PHENOMENAL.
AND REALLY HELPS TO
CENTER OSE'S WORK.
MANY OF YOU
ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR DUWAMISH
VALLEY PROGRAM.
NEXT YEAR THE
PRIORITIES WILL BE MULTIFOLD.
BUT WE'LL INCLUDE ENGAGING AND
SUPPORTING CAREER AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT FOR LOCAL YOUTH
THROUGH RESIDENT SCIENCE
PROJECTS AND SERVICE PROJECTS
WITH GROUPS LIKE THE DUWAMISH
VALLEY YOUTH CORPS.
WE'LL DO
WORK TO FOCUS ON ASTHMA
PREVENTION AND INDOOR AIR
QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS
VILLARAIGOSA TROFITS AND MAKING
TOXINS FOUND ONSITE.
AND WE'LL
FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION WHILE CENTERING
ANTIDISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES IN
OUR DESIGN AND PLANNING AND
IMPLEMENTATION.
OSC HAS ALSO
STARTED WORKING ON A CLIMATE
JUSTICE CENTERED COVID ECONOMIC
RECOVERY PLAN.
AND OUR APPROACH
REALLY HAS BEEN IN STARTING THIS
WORK TO GET THE MANY REPORTS
THAT HIGHLIGHT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PRIORITIES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US WHAT THEY
WANT TO SEE.
I'LL GIVE A
SHOUTOUT TO PUGET SOUND SAGE,
FOR THEIR POWER IN THE
TRANSITION REPORT.
WHICH IS
REALLY PHENOMENAL IT HAS JUST
BEEN INAVAILABLE.
SO FROM THERE,
CITY STAFF ARE WORKING ON
IDENTIFYING RESPONSIVE ACTIONS
TO THOS PRIORITIES.
FUNDING
NEEDS AND POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN WE'LL
TAKE THESE BACK TO GUIDING
COMMITTEES LIKE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
FOR FEEDBACK.
SO THAT'S KIND OF
STEP ONE OF OUR APPROACH TO BE
GENERATING SOME IDEAS IN THIS
SPACE.
AND THEN MOVING TO
FRESH BOX OF COURSE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A PRIORITY IN
2021.
OUR PLAN IS TO SERVE 9,000
RESIDENTS IN 2021.
AND TO HAVE
TWO ADDITIONAL FOCUS AREAS.
FIRST WE WILL -- WE'RE MOVING TO
AN E-BENEFIT RATHER THAN PAPER
VOUCHERS.
WE'VE USED PAPER
VOUCHERS THE WHOLE TIME.
WE'VE
HEARD FROM OUR CUSTOMERS THAT
E-BENEFITS WILL PROVIDE MORE
EASE OF USE AND WILL BE MORE IN
LINE WITH HOW CUSTOMERS ACCESS
OTHER BENEFITS LIKE EBT.
AND
WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON ADDING
MORE DETAIL PARTNERS INFORM
2020, WE ADDED THE DELL RIDGE
CO-OP AS ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
PARTNERS, WHICH WAS REALLY
EXCITING FOR US.
WE WANT TO
SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
GROCERY, EXPAND TO MORE AND
OTHER LARGE RETAILERS.
AND FINAL
NET.
NOTE.
BASED ON WHAT I SAID
ABOUT OUR COVID EMERGENCY FOOD
ASSISTANCE, THIS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A PRIORITY IN 2021.
WE
KNOW THAT THE NEED WILL STILL BE
THERE IN OSE AND ALL OF OUR
STAFF WILL DO EVERYTHING WE NEED
TO DO TO PRIORITIZE EMERGENCY
FOOD ASSISTANCE INTO 2021.
NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU.
>> ONE QUICK QUESTION.
>> YES.
>> THE FUND APPLICATION IS
ACTUALLY CLOSED ON FRIDAY.
AND
WE GOT 46 APPLICATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, JANEY.
IT'S
EXCITING THAT EVERY YEAR WE'VE
GOTTEN MORE APPLICATIONS.
THEN
OF COURSE MORE APPLICATIONS THAN
WE NEED.
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FILL
THEM ALL.
IT'S BOTH THOSE
THINGS, EXCITING, AND WE'RE
ALWAYS SAD WHEN WE CAN'T FILL
THEM OUT.
THIS LOOK AT OUR
CHANGES BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021.
THE FIRST YOU'LL SEE IS THE
ADDITION TO COVER EMERGENCY
GROCERY VOUCHERS FOR Q1 OF THE
YEAR.
AFTER THIS, SADLY
EVERYTHING IS IN RED.
BUT THAT'S
THE YEAR WE'RE HAVING.
QUICKLY
TO EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THESE
CUTS ARE, FIRST IN OUR
BENCHMARKING AND TUNE-UP
PROGRAM.
JUST AS A QUICK
REMINDER, SEATTLE'S ENERGY
BENCHMARKING PROGRAM REQUIRES
ABOUT 3,400 LARGER MULTIFAMILY
AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO
ANNUALLY TRACK AND REPORT ON
THEIR ENERGY USE.
AND OUR
BUILDING TUNE-UP PROGRAM
REQUIRES OUR 900 LARGEST
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO DO
PERIODIC TUNE-UPS EVERY FIVE
YEARS.
WHERE THEY IDENTIFY AND
CORRECT OPERATIONAL AND
MAINTENANCE DEFICIENCIES.
WE
HAVE TO DATE PROVIDED IN-HOUSE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THIS
WORK.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT WE HAVE HAD A 95%
COMPLIANCE RATE ACROSS ALL THOSE
BUILDINGS, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY
IMPRESSIVE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO CUT THAT IN-HOUSE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO
MITIGATE THIS BY CONTRACTING
WITH SOME THIRD PARTY HELP.
WE
WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A LOWER
COMPLIANCE RATE.
BUT WE THINK
AND HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
MIDDLIGATE THAT AND STILL
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO GO WITH
OWNERS WHO HAVE A COMPLIANCE
NEGOTIATION.
>> VERY BRIEF ON THAT, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND THEN COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU
DIRECTOR FOR BEING WITH US THIS
AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR ALL THE
WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.
AT
OSC.
QUICKLY ON NUMBER TWO
THERE, I AM RECALLING IN THE
RECESSES OF MY BRAIN THAT I SAW
SOMEWHERE THAT COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY A VERY
LARGE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CARBON
FOOTPRINT IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AND FIRECALL CORRECTLY,
THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT
THAT SAID THAT THAT IS THE
SECOND LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR OF
EMISSIONS WHICH IS P
REASONS WHY WE HAVE THE TUNE-UP
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
SO I -- I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT THIS REDUCTION.
AND I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT
THOSE CONCERNS ARE COMING FROM
THIS PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT
SECOND TO CARS, THIS IS WHERE
WE'RE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT, NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR
CLIMATE GOALS.
AND ON OUR
EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE AND I'M
CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS
IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA OF CUTS
AND JUST WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE
BIT MORE FROM YOU ABOUT HOW TO
RECONCILE THIS OR NOT.
WITH
THOSE BROADER CLIMATE CHANGE
GOALS, AND THE REALITIES AROUND
HOW LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTORS TO POOR AIR QUALITY
THROUGH THE OUR CITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND I'M INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED
THAT YOU COULD ROLL OFF OUR
LARGEST POLLUTION SOURCES WHEN
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY.
>> IT IS NOW, ODDLY ENOUGH.
IT
IS NOW.
SO WE ARE ALL IN THE
SAME -- IN THE SAME BOAT HERE,
AS THEY SAY.
>> AND YOU'RE CORRECT.
>> WHY WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE
ENERGY BENCHMARKING IN & A
BUILDING TUNE-UP PROGRAM.
I
GUESS I WILL OFFER TWO THOUGHTS
ABOUT THIS CUT.
ONE, THERE ARE
NO EASY CUTS.
I THINK THIS IS
PROBABLY TRUE IN ALL DIAMETERS.
BY LARGER DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES
WILL PROBABLY GET MAD AT ME FOR
SAYING THIS.
BUT I THINK
ESPECIALLY IN SMALL DIAMETERS.
WE ALL DO EVERYTHING WITH THIS
VERY LIMITED FUNDING.
AND THERE
WERE EASY CUTS, I WAS PROBABLY
DOING SOMETHING WRONG BEFORE.
WE
UTILIZED EVERY DOLLAR TO THE
ABSOLUTE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
THAT'S JUST TO SAY THERE'S
NOTHING ON HERE THAT I CAN SAY
OH, THIS WAS EASY, WE SHOULDN'T
BE DOING IT ANYWAY.
WHAT I'LL
SAY ABOUT THIS BODY OF WORK IS
THAT WE FEEL THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE THE PROGRAM AND MAYBE
NOT HAVE 95% COMPLIANCE RATE.
BUT COULD STILL HAVE HIGH
COMPLIANCE RATES BASED ON THE
WORK WE'VE ALREADY DONE AND IT
CONTINUE TO GET THE ENERGY
SAVINGS FROM THESE PROGRAMS.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> IT DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION.
SO I -- I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING FROM YOU EITHER
NOW OR LATER AND A FOLLOW-UP IS
SORT OF WHAT -- IF IT'S NOT A
95% COMPLIANCE RATE.
THEN WHAT'S
THE DESIRED --
>> SURE.
>> AND AGAIN, IF WE ARE MAKING A
POLICY DECISION THROUGH BUDGET
ACTIONS, TO HAVE SOMETHING LESS
THAN A 95% COMPLIANCE RATE GIVEN
SORT OF THE EMISSIONS REALITY
THAT ARE DISCUSSING HERE, WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF
IMPACT TO OUR BROADER CLIMATE
CHANGE GOALS?
AND OUR -- WHAT I
THINK IS A UNIVERSAL COMMITMENT
TO ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND
TO REGULATE EMISSIONS THAT WE
HAVE THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO
IMPACT.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE
TO GET A BETTER SENSE FROM YOU
ALL ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT IS OF
A SOUTH OF 95% COMPLIANCE RATE
AS IT RELATES TO OUR ENERGY
BENCHMARKING AND TUNE-UP
ENFORCEMENT.
PROGRAMS FOR THE
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS, RECOGNIZING THAT
THOSE ARE THE SECOND -- THAT
THAT AREA OF WORK, BUILDINGS, IS
THE SECOND LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR
TO EMISSIONS IN OUR CITY.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
AND
I WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT BACK
TO OUR TEAM.
WHO ARE THE EXPERTS
ON THIS.
TO GET YOU A BETTER
ANSWER THAN I WOULD RATTLE OFF
RIGHT NOW.
WHICH WOULDN'T BE AS
ROOTED IN THE DATA AS THEY WILL
HAVE.
SO LET ME FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> FINE, THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE
IT.
>> IF I MIGHT ADD ANOTHER
COMMENT, JUST BRIEFLY.
THIS IS
NOT A REDUCTION THAT THEY SEE AS
ONE WE WOULD CONTINUE OVER TIME.
IT IS A RECOGNITION OF THE
SHORT-TERM REALITY GIVEN OUR
FINANCIAL SITUATION.
BUT ALSO IN
PART GIVEN THE DISRUPTION IN THE
COMMERCIAL BUILDING SPACE,
RIGHT?
COMMERCIAL BUILDING RATE,
THE ATTENDANCE IN THE BUILDING
THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE GIVEN
TO THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
RECOGNITION FIRST OF ALL THAT
THIS IS NOT IDEAL.
THE BUDGET A
REFLECTION OF A GOOD MANY
DIFFICULT CHOICES.
THIS BEING
ONE OF THEM.
WE HAVE HAD A GOOD
DEAL OF DEBATE ABOUT THIS VERY
SPECIFIC REDUCTION.
BUT ALSO TO
EMPHASIZE ONE OF THE
RECOGNITIONS OF THE DESTRUCTION
BY COVID-19.
THIS NOT SEEN AS A
LONG-TERM, BUT RATHER ONLY A
SHORT-TERM PROPOSAL.
>> YEAH, AND I JUST -- I
APPRECIATE THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE
OF INFORMATION.
THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
PROPOSING CONSIDER FOR 2021.
BUT
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN
WE'RE DEALING WITH ISSUES
RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, TIME
IS LITERALLY OF THE ESSENCE.
WE
ARE BEHIND IN TERMS OF MUCH OF
THIS WORK, AS EVIDENCED BY THE
MODERATE AIR QUALITY THAT WE
HAVE TODAY.
RIGHT?
SO EVERY DAY
WE CHOOSE TO NOT CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN THIS AREA IS YET
ANOTHER LOST OPPORTUNITY.
TO
TURN THE CORNER AROUND CLIMATE
CHANGE GOALS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE IDENTIFIED BY MAYOR DURKAN
AND MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND BY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
I'M JUST FLAGGING A
CONCERN AND A NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
IMPACT IS OF THIS REDUCTION.
SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL ENFORCE
THE PROPOSED REDUCTION.
OR IF
THERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY FOR US
TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS.
THAT MIGHT
BE A CREATIVE WAY TO RISE TO THE
CHALLENGE OF THE FACT THAT THOSE
BUILDINGS ARE A VERY LARGE
EMITTER.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE
SITTING EMPTY, MY UNDERSTANDING
IS THAT THAT'S PART OF THE
PROBLEM.
WHEN THEY'RE STAYING
EMPTY AND RUNNING HVACS AND
PRODUCING MORE EMISSIONS, THAT'S
PART OF WHY WE HAVE THIS
PROGRAM.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE
TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION AROUND THIS KIND OF
WONKY BUT REALLY SUPER IMPORTANT
BODY OF WORK.
>> I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
AND LIKE I SAID WE DOLL SOME
WORK.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU
DIRECTOR COVIN.
ON THE LAST
SLIDE, I FAILED TO GET MY CAMERA
TURNED ON IN TIME AND DID NOT
WANT TO INTERRUPT THIS SLIDE.
HUGE COMPLIMENTS AND KUDOS
REGARDING FRESH BOX.
IT'S A
GREAT PROGRAM THAT EXPANDS
SOMEBODY'S BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO
GET THE FRESH PRODUCE THAT THEY
NEED TO GET FOOD ASSISTANCE AS
NEEDED.
MY ONE QUESTION WAS
MOVING TO AN ENTIRELY ELECTRONIC
SOURCE OF BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE
WHO EITHER ARE NOT
TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY OR DON'T
HAVE CONSISTENT OR GOOD ACCESS
TO THE INTERNET.
IS THERE STILL
A PROGRAM AVAILABLE THAT WILL
ALLOW THEM TO GET THE FRESH BOX
THAT THEY NEED?
>> YES.
I'LL SAY TWO THINGS.
ONE, WE'RE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING
A RACIAL EQUITIY TOOLKIT ON THIS
VERY MOVE TO E-BENEFITS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE DON'T OVERLOOK
UNINTENTIONALLY SOMETHING THAT
WE MAY NOT THINK ABOUT.
SO I
WILL MAKE SURE AS WE CONTINUE TO
WORK THROUGH THAT, EACH YEAR WE
PRESENT OUR TOOLKITS TO COUNCIL.
BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO COME AND
TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY THE OUTCOME OF THAT
ONE.
IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED.
ALSO I WILL SAY THERE IS A
NONE--- THE NON-E WAY TO ACCESS
IS VIA CARD.
WHERE WE COULD DO
LOADING THE BENEFITS ON A
BACKEND.
SO THE PAPER
VOUCHERS, IF YOU LOSE YOUR CARD,
THEN YOU WE CAN TURN IT OFF AND
GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE BUT THAT
WOULD BE KIND OF THE
NONTECHNOLOGICAL WAY TO ACCESS
THE BENEFITS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SURE.
>> AND THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE SAME ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO
CONTINUE, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE
SOME AT THE END.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
SO IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND
GOING FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I THINK THIS STARTED ON THE
PREVIOUS SLIDE.
BUT IT'S OKAY TO
STAY HERE.
POSITIONS THAT WE
HAVE OPEN DURING THE 2020 HIRING
FREEZE.
OF THE THREE, WE DECIDED
THAT OUR PRIORITY WAS TO HIRE
THE EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE.
THAT'S BEEN OPEN
SINCE AYALA WAS PROMOTED TO THE
CLIMATE JUSTICE DIRECTOR.
AND WE
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REFILL THAT
POSITION, WHICH FEELS CRITICAL
IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
IT DOES FUND THAT A PROGRAM
MANAGER POSITION, WHICH WE ARE
EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT LEADS TO
VERY OTHER IMPORTANT POSITIONS,
VACANT FOR 2021.
THE FIRST IS AN
OPEN CLIMATE ADVISOR POSITION ON
OUR BUILDINGS AND ENERGY TEAM.
THIS POSITION FOCUSES LARGELY ON
OUR CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
TOOLKITS, LOOKING AT REDUCING
EMISSIONS FROM CITY PROGRAMS AND
INVESTMENTS.
AND ON THE NEXT
SLIDE, THE SECOND VACANT
POSITION IS WE PROPOSED TO OPEN
FOR 2021 TO MEET THE TARGET
BUDGETS, IS THE GREEN NEW DEAL
COORDINATOR POSITION.
I'LL NOTE
THAT OF COURSE USING THE GREEN
NEW DEAL AS A FRAMEWORK FOR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS ESSENTIAL.
SO HOW WE PLAN TO MITIGATE THIS
IS TO WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS
IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD ORDINANCE THAT ARE NOT
REPRESENTED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
WORKING FOR
CLOSELY WITH YOUTH AND LABOR AND
OTHERS TO CRAFT OUR CLIMATE
JUSTICE INITIATIVES.
AND AT THE
SAME TIME, WE PLAN TO SPEND 2021
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
TO HAVE A THOUGHTFUL APPROACH
FOR 2022.
ON HOW TO DISTINGUISH
THE WORK OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
AND THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
SO THAT BY 2022, WE CAN HAVE
BOTH COMMITTEES UP AND RUNNING,
WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER.
AND IN
2021, WE CAN CONDITION OUR
CLIMATE JUSTICE WORK WITH THE
GREEN NEW DEAL FRAME AND BROAD
STAKE HOLDER OUTREACH.
I AM
HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE.
MAYBE JUST VERY BRIEFLY -- FIVE
IS MY VERY LAST ONE.
WE LUMPED A
FEW THINGS IN HERE JUST TO SHOW
THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SMALL
CUTS TO PROGRAMS THAT ARE STILL
IMPACTFUL.
BUT THEY'RE
RELATIVELY SMALL SO WE PUT THEM
HERE TOGETHER.
A SLIGHT CUT TO
OUR SEATTLE PROGRAM.
WEVILLE TO
CANCEL OUR ANNUAL EARTH DAY
GATHERING.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW
THAT PEOPLE WILL BE GATHERING IN
APRIL SO MUCH WE CAN BE HOPEFUL.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO PAUSE
SPONSORING COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR
2021.
WE CURRENTLY SPONSOR A
SMALL HANDFUL OF COMMUNITY
EVENTS BUT WE HAVE DONE IT.
AND
THEN REDUCE THINGS LIKE STAFF
TRAINING, TRAVEL PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT.
SO WANTED TO NOTE
THOSE.
AND HAPPY TO GO FORWARD
OR HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR.
IF YOU JUST
GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE,
ITEM NUMBER THREE.
THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE THERE.
ITEM THREE, DELAY
HIRING CLIMATE ADVISORS.
THANK
YOU FOR NOTING ON THIS TABLE THE
COUNCIL PRIORITY THAT'S HELPFUL
FOR US TO NOTE.
AND THAT MAYOR'S
RESOLUTION 31933 WHICH WAS THE
CARBON NOTE, THE CLIMATE NOTE.
SO WE JUST WANT TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE PLAN FOR MEETING
THE DEADLINE OF THAT.
WHICH IS
TO VIEW ALL LEGISLATION THROUGH
A CLIMATE LENS STARTING JANUARY
1. ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT WITH
XOOIFG STAFF OR OTHERWISE SHOULD
I START FILLING OUT MY FORM B?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, IF
I'M REMEMBERING CRITICAL -- AND
PLEASE TELL ME IF I'M NOT.
BUT
THE OWNUS OF THAT RESOLUTION IS
REALLY ON THE DIAMETERS WHO ARE
FILLING OUT THE FISCAL NOTE.
THAT IS GIVES THEM SOME GUIDANCE
OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING
AT.
AND OSC TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY
OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THAT
WORK.
DID I CAPTURE THAT
CRITICAL?
>> THAT IS TRUE INFORM REALITY,
I WOULD SUSPECT THAT SOME
DIAMETERS MAY CALL OSC FOR SOME
INITIAL GUIDANCE.
ASSESSMENT
TOOLKIT AND WHAT WE'D BE MISS
BIG NOT IMPLEMENTING THAT SOONER
WITH THIS POSITION.
>> WHAT I'D WANT HERE TO NOTE BY
SHOWING THIS THESE THINGS THAT
ARE PRIORITIES ARE CONNECTED.
SO
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CLIMATE
IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOLKITS DO --
DO CONNECT TO THIS BROADER
SCHOOL NOTE WORK THAT COUNCIL
PASSED RECENTLY.
WE DO FEEL THAT
WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH WHAT'S ASKED OF US IN THAT
RESOLUTION.
FIRST I'LL SAY WHEN
DEPARTMENTS CALL US, FOR
SUSTAINABILITY HELP, IT'S VERY
RARE FOR US TO REFUSE TO TAKE
THEIR CALL.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO
HELP THEM AND PUSH WHAT THE
SPIRIT OF THE DEPARTMENT WAS.
WHICH IS THAT DEPARTMENTS NEED
TO GET SCALED UP AND INVESTING
TO DO THIS WORK THEMSELVES.
DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THEY MIGHT
MAKE CHOICES THAT COULD MITIGATE
POLLUTION AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING
CAPITAL PROJECTS OR NEW POLICY
DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS WILL HELP
THEM.
MEET THE INTENTION, I
BELIEVE OF RESOLUTION 31933.
SO
I'M SURE THEY WILL BENEFIT WHEN
WE HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING.
WE
INTEND TO HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING
IN 2022.
BUT I WANT TO BE
HONEST AND TRANSPARENT WITH
EVERYONE THAT AS WE DELAY HIRING
THIS POSITION, WE WON'T BE ABLE
TO GET THOSE TOOLKITS UP AND
RUNNING IN 2021.
BUT I DO THINK
THE FISCAL NOTE RESOLUTION COULD
HAVE -- I'M SORRY, YOU PROBABLY
HAVE A BETTER NAME FOR IT THAN
THE FISCAL NOTE RESOLUTION WHICH
IS WHAT I'M CALLING IT.
BUT THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO REALLY GET THE
SPIRIT OF THIS WORK UNDERWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I'M
INTERESTED IN ADVANCING THE
CLIMATE ASSESSMENT IMPACT
TOOLKIT.
SO WE'LL BE SPEAKING
MORE ABOUT THAT DURING THE
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
OTHER
QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU, YES.
COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ASK
ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
COORDINATOR.
AND YOU KNOW WE
HAVE -- WELL, THE PREVIOUS
COUNCIL PASSED THE RESOLUTION IN
2019.
WHICH INCLUDED THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
SO IT'S -- IT
IS CONCERNING THAT TWO YEARS
LATER, THERE'S STILL A DELAY
HERE.
HUDECISIONS WOULD BE MADE,
SINCE THE INTENTION THERE WAS
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
FWOERD HELP MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
HOW THAT WOULD GET ALLOCATED.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION.
WE SEE THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ORGANIZED
FOR IT AS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
IN SHAPING OUR WORK AND HOW
WE'RE APPROACHING CLIMATE
JUSTICE AND OUR CLIMATE WORK
NOW.
AND MOVING FORWARD.
YOU'RE
RIGHT OF COURSE THAT WE HAVEN'T
FUNDED -- WE HAVEN'T HIRED THE
POSITION OR SEATED THE BOARD.
WE
WERE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING
FOR THAT.
WHEN THE HIRING FREEZE
HAPPENED.
AND AND I WILL TAKE
FULL RESPONSIBILITY THAT THIS
POSITION WILL REPORT TO THE
EQUITIY AND PROGRAM MANAGER.
I
DO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
SAYING WE SHOULD HIRE THAT
POSITION FIRST.
IF NOT, I FELT
THAT WE WERE SETTING UP THE
MANAGER OF ALL THAT WORK TO NOT
BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORK
WITHOUT SETTING UP THE RIGHT
STRUCTURE.
SO I DO WANT TO OWN
THAT AND BE TRANSPARENT AND
ACCOUNTABLE WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE'VE HELD THE WORK BECAUSE OF
THE HIRING FREEZE WE'VE ALL BEEN
UNDER IN 2020 BECAUSE AGAIN
FOCUSING MORE ON OUR EMERGENCY
FOOD RESPONSE, AT LEAST AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN
AN ALLOCATION FOR THAT POSITION
IN 2020.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
OUR PREPARING THE HIRING
MATERIALS SO THAT WE COULD MOVE
FORWARD WITH IT, BASED ON AN --
AND I'LL INVITE DIRECTOR NOBLE
TO ADD ANYTHING IF YOU WANT.
BASED ON SEEING WHAT HAPPENS
WITH 2021 FUNDING.
WE DON'T WANT
TO HIRE FOR A POSITION IN 2020
THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE FUNDING IN
2021.
SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD
WITH THAT, AND THAT BODY OF WORK
IF FUNDING ALLOWS IN 2021 IN
TERM OF HOW MONEY WOULD BE
DISTRIBUTED FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL IN THE ABSENCE OF THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD.
TO BE TOTALLY
HONEST, I DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO
PUT IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE
AMAZING COMMITTEES LIKE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.
THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITIY WORK
GROUP, THE EEDI ADVISORY
COUNCIL.
AND I KNOW THEY HAVE
ALL THEIR OWN WORK PLANS.
SO I'M
NOT VOLUNTEERING THEM UP TO DO
THIS.
I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN
AMAZING GROUP OF ADVISOR
ADVISORS.
SO I
HOPE WE CAN WORK WITH EVERYBODY
AT COUNCIL TO MAYBE BRING SOME
OF THAT WORK TOGETHER.
I WOULD
REALLY WANT TO WELCOME THAT
CONVERSATION ALL OF YOU.
AND
THEN DIRECTOR NOBLE, WE'LL
INVITE YOU IN IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD.
>> IN FACT I WANTED TO TAKE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IMPACT OF
THE HIRING FREEZE.
THESE EVOLVED
IN VERY DIFFICULT POSITIONS.
THIS AGAIN WAS AMONG THEM, THE
HARDEST.
AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE
AND BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
DIRECTOR COVIN IS DESCRIBING.
BASED ON COUNCIL'S ACTIONS
RECENTLY, AND THE DIRECTOR I
ADDRESSED THIS VERY
SPECIFICALLY, SHE IS GOING TO
MOVE FORWARD TO BEGIN THE HIRING
PROCESS.
OUR BUDGET AS
HIGHLIGHTED HERE DOES INCLUDE
FUNDING FOR GREEN NEW DEAL
COORDINATOR FOR 2021.
IT DOES
MAKE SENSE FOR US TO DID THE
PROCESS AND MOVE FORWARD BEFORE
COUNCIL'S OKAYS.
WE'RE GONNA
MOVE FORWARD THE FINAL DECISION
TO HIRE OR NOT, DEPENDING ON
WHETHER COUNCIL DECIDES TO
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE DECISION
IN 2021.
AND THAT'S A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY WHICH IS WHY IN GOOD
FAITH, THE DIRECTOR WILL MOVE
FORWARD.
THE HIRING DECISION
WON'T ACTUALLY GET MADE UNTIL
YOU CHOOSE THE BUDGET DIRECTOR
IN NUMBER.
AND I TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT.
BUT I
THINK AT THIS POINT, IT'S VERY
CLEAR TO PASS FORWARD.
THE
ULTIMATE DECISION WILL BE
DEPENDENT AS IT NEEDS TO BE.
YOU
ARE THE APPROPRIATORS.
AND OF IT
A DIFFICULT DECISION IN TERMS OF
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR 2021.
ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE HAD
EXTENDED THIS QUESTION WITH THE
DIRECTOR ABOUT DIFFERENT
APPROACHES ALONG THE LINES AS
SHE DESCRIBED AS VARIOUS OTHER
BODIES THAT COULD TAKE A ROLE.
BUT RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL MAY
HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CLARITY
AND THE DECISION THAT WE'LL
PROVIDE AS YOU ADOPT THE BUDGET
IN NOVEMBER.
>> THANK YOU BOTH DIRECTOR NOBLE
AND DIRECTOR COVIN.
COLLEAGUES
ARE THERE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS?
I
KNOW -- I BELIEVE DIRECTOR
FIN-COVIN YOU HAVE A SLIDE
YOU'RE RUNNING.
WHICH I BELIEVE
THAT WAS MORE FOR BACKGROUND AND
REFERENCE.
>> IT IS.
AND I KNOW WE'RE
RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
OF ALL
SLIDES THIS IS ONE I REALLY
DON'T WANT TO JUMP OVER.
>> OKAY.
>> AND JUST SAY THAT IN A
BUDGET, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
PROPOSED CUTS, I THINK NAMING
YOUR PRIORITIES IS EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
SO WE DO
FEEL PROUD THAT OUR 2021 BUDGET
DOES CENTER RACIAL EQUIT IN A
NUMBER OF WAYS.
EQUITY IN A
NUMBER OF WAYS.
I WON'T GO INTO
DETAIL.
I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT
CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
CONTINUI
LOOK AT COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS AS
THE FOLKS WHO BEST KNOW HOW TO
REDUCE POLLUTION IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
UNDERSTANDING
THAT THERE ARE IMPACTS,
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE GREEN
NEW DEAL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND THEN FINALLY JUST NOTING IN
OUR OWN WORK IN CHANGING THE
CULTURE AT OSE TO BE AN
18-RACIST ORGANIZATION, THAT WE
WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS THERE.
WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE AN
ENGAGED AND EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE
TEAM.
AND WE HAVE HELD FUNDS TO
CONTINUE THE PROGRAMATIC WORK.
THE TRAININGS, THE PARTNERSHIPS
THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR CHANGE
TEAMS.
AND WITH OUR OWN --
DEEPENING OUR RACIAL EQUITY
PRACTICES.
SO I DIDN'T WANT THAT
TO GO UNSAID.
THAT'S INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT TO OSC.
AND WE'LL END
IT THERE.
AND THAT'S OUR LAST
SLIDE.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT, ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
GIVEN THIS IS
YOUR COMMITTEE?
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
FROM THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT --
AS I SAID BEFORE, WE APPRECIATE
THE FOOD ACCESS WORK THAT IS
BEING DONE AND THE INFORMATION
THAT HAS BEEN SHARED ON THESE
THINGS.
I WILL CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT MY CONCERN THAT THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET CUTS HAVE BEEN IN
MY VIEW CLEARLY DEPRIORITIZED TO
COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND I
WILL ALSO ADD IT'S NOT JUST MY
VIEW.
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS A LOT.
I
THINK IT'S OUR DUTY TO REFLECT
THAT.
AS A CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF
YOU AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT HAVE SAID THAT ALL OF
THIS IS INCREDIBLY PERSON.
SO I
APPRECIATE.
THAT WE ALSO WANT
THE ACTIONS FROM THE MAYOR'S
ACTIONS ALSO TO REFLECT THAT.
SO
I HOPE THAT -- SORRY.
WE'RE
GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND I
HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
WORK TO AMEND THE BUDGET SO THAT
WE MAKE SURE ALL OF THIS GOING
FORWARD WITH THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
I'M NOT SEEING
ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS.
I WANT TO
THANK AGAIN DIRECTOR FIN-COVIN,
THANK YOU AS WELL, GENIE.
THANKS
FOR YOUR ENTIRE TEAM.
I KNOW YOU
COMMENTED ON THEIR HARD WORK AT
THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
AND PEOPLE COME TO THIS WORK
WITH INCREDIBLE DEDICATION TO
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
SO THIS
CONVERSATION HAS PROBABLY BEEN
CHALLENGE FIGURE ARE YOUR TEAM
AS WELL TO ENGAGE IN A
CONVERSATION ABOUT REDUCTIONS.
I
APPRECIATE ALSO THE WORDS OF
DIRECTOR NOBLE.
GIVEN THE
RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, TO PASS AND
MAKE IT FINAL.
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU AND THE
POTENTIAL CHANGES TODAY.
AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.
ESPECIALLY ON FOOD ACCESS.
>> THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY
MUCH.
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THIS CONVERSATION.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE 30 MORE
MINUTES.
WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT
4:30.
AND WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH
TIME FOR OUR LAST PRESENTATION.
FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
MADAME CLERK, WOULD
YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD
ITEM NUMBER FIVE?
>> AGENDA ITEM FIVE, OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR
POLICING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND
TODAY FOR THIS PRESENTATION,
WE'RE JOINED BY BOBBY LEE, THE
DIRECTOR.
AMANDA ALLEN, THERESA
GOMEZ FROM OED.
AND DIRECTOR
NOBLE STILL WITH US TODAY.
I
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
WEAVERED
A CHANCE TO GO ON SOME TOURS
WITH DIRECTOR LEE AS WE'VE
LOOKED AT WAYS TO PROMOTE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
SMALL BUSINESSES.
ESPECIALLY
WOMEN AND MINORITY-OWNED
BUSINESSES.
APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU DID HERE IN SEATTLE.
AND THE
PAST WORK IN PORTLAND.
THAT WAS
VERY EXCITING TO LEARN FROM ALL
OF THE -- WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH.
I
KNOW THIS YEAR PRESENTED A
NUMBER OF CHALLENGES AS IT
RELATES TO COVID.
ESPECIALLY FOR
OUR SMALLEST BUSINESSES AND
COMPOUNDING ECONOMIC GRACES FOR
ESPECIALLY THOSE SMALL
BUSINESSES WHO ARE OWNED BY
WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES OF
REFUGEES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT'S
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, AND WAYS
YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE SOME RUCKS AT
LEAST IN THIS PROPOSAL AND THE
WAY WE CAN SUPPORT ONGOING
SHARED VALUES FOR THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT THSHTIVE.
I'M GONNA
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES
YOU'RE LOOKING HIGHLIGHT IN THIS
PRESENTATION, IT IS YOURS TO
INTRODUCE.
DIRECTOR LEE.
THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WE'LL WELCOME
DIRECTOR LEE.
OF AND THE OED
FOLKS PARTICIPATING HERE.
FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I KNOW YOU
HAVEN'T BEEN IN SEATTLE LONG.
BUT IN THE TIME WE'VE GOTTEN TO
KNOW EACH OTHER, WE HAVE HAD
SOME REALLY IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS FOR YOUR VISION
FOR THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
INCLUDING HOW WE
BUILT COMMUNITY VALUE, AND
SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
AND INCREASES OUR
NEIGHBORS' SELF-SUFFICIENCIES.
SO WE CAN INCREASE ACCESS TO
EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENTS.
I ALSO KNOW THAT
COVID HAS WREAKED HAVOC ON YOUR
DIAMETER, AS IT HAS WITH ALL OF
OUR CITY DIAMETERS.
YOUR STAFF
HAS BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS
OWNERS, DISLOCATED WORKERS.
SO I
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
HARD WORK OF YOUR TEAM.
IN THE
COMMUNITY, IN THE WORK
COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THEY HAVE
SUFFERED AIM OF THE KIND OF
SECONDARY TRAUMA OF HAVING TO
WATCH SMALL BUSINESSES CLOSE
OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS OR
SO.
WHICH HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR
THEM.
SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF
YOU FOR THAT WORK.
WE LOOK
FORWARD TO 2021 AND BEYOND.
WE
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE
GONNA BE BILLED IN AN EQUITABLE
WAY.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR SMALL
BUSINESSES IN PLACE SO WE CAN
AVOID DISASTER GENTRIFICATION.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
OVERVIEW AND THE QUESTIONS THAT
I AND MY COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.
OR WHAT
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION SHOULD
LOOK LIKE AS WE MOVE INTO OR OUT
OF THE PANDEMIC RECESSION.
SO
I'LL HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND
HOLD THEM TILL AFTER YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CAN YOU
HEAR ME OKAY?
OKAY.
THANK
YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
THAT
WAS A GREAT SETUP.
THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR.
THE
BUDGET.
JUST TO TAKE A STEP
BACK.
YOU ALL DO RECALL, AND
GENERALLY DO, IT'S JANUARY 21st
THE FIRST DAY WHEN WE REALIZED
THAT SEATTLE REGION WAS FIRST
EXPOSED TO THE PANDEMIC.
WE WERE
THE FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND SO WE WERE ON OUR OWN.
IN
THE BEGINNING.
AND CONGRESS ON
MARCH, 27th, FINALLY PASSED THE
CARES ACT.
IT TOOK SOME TIME TO
IMPLEMENT IT.
THE SBA, AND
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS.
SEATTLEITES WERE STRUGGLING
ALREADY.
AND BY THE TIME THE
CARES ACT WAS UP AND RUNNING,
ALREADY IN SEATTLE THE CONSUMER
SPENDING DROPPED BY 30%.
WHICH
RESULTED IN SMALL BUSINESSES
FORCED TO -- MANY OF THEM WERE
FORCED TO CLOSE OR LAY OFF
EMPLOYEES.
AND THIS OF COURSE
RESULTED IN SKYROCKETING DEMAND
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
3,500% ON THE MONTH OF MARCH.
AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS
ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROCESS MAY
TAKE YEARS.
AND AS THE NATION
CONTINUES TO NAVIGATE THIS
GLOBAL PANDEMIC WAVE THAT WE'RE
ALL EXPERIENCING.
AND THE
PANDEMIC, OF COURSE, IS HAVING A
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON
BIPOCK COMMUNITIES.
THE
CORONAVIRUS HAS NOT
DISCRIMINATED BASED ON RACE,
WITHOUT OUR IMMEDIATE ACTION,
IT'S ECONOMIC FALLOUT WELL
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING
SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES.
OUR
COMMUNITY IS FACING
UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS.
AS A
RESULT, OED HAS EXPERIENCED
HISTORIC DEMAND FOR OUR
SERVICES.
OED IS A MODEST
DEPARTMENT WITH 33 EMPLOYEES.
AND TO MEET SOME OF THE GROWING
DEMAND WE HAVE TO BORROW OVER 50
EMPLOYEES FROM OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
INCLUDING IN
LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE.
AND A
SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO MY
DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE
BEEN VERY GENEROUS IN LENDING
THEIR STAFF.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO
RECOGNIZE MY TEAM WHO HAS
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES POINTED
OUT HAS BEEN REALLY WORKING
AROUND THE CLOCK TO SET UP A
PROGRAM, TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
THEY'VE WORKED MANY NIGHTS AND
WEEKENDS.
WE HAVE TO INNOVATE
AND STRETCH.
AND AT THE SAME
TIME PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICE TO
DISTRESSED AND TRAUMATIZED
COMMUNITIES.
AND ALL THIS WHILE
THEY'RE ALL -- EMPLOYEES ARE ALL
EXPERIENCING THE CRISIS IN THEIR
OWN LIVES.
SO THANK YOU FOR
RECOGNIZING THIS INCREDIBLE
STRUGGLE THAT WE'RE ALL DEALING
WITH.
WE HAVE ALLOCATED 469
GRANT, SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR
SUPPORT, AND PROVIDING US WITH
THOSE RESOURCE RESOURCES.
THE PANDEMIC
AFFECTED EVERYONE.
SO WE WANTED
TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A WAY TO
PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORT, FOR
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND USING
TEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO
SUPPORT OUR UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
BEING ABLE TO
ACCESS THE GRANT PRODUCTS
THROUGH SBA.
WE PROVIDED OVER
2,000 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
SMALL BUSINESS, INCLUDING
MITIGATION, REOPENING AND
RECOVERY TOOLKITS.
AND ALSO
LEGAL SERVICES TOOLKITS.
WE'VE
ALSO PROMOTED DELIVERY FOR
RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL STORES.
WE'VE DEVELOPED NEW WORKFORCE
STRATEGIES TO HELP DISPLACED
WORKERS FOR THE EMERGING
ECONOMY.
AND WE'VE ALSO
CENTRALIZED MANY DIFFERENT
RESOURCE GUIDES ON OUR WEBSITE,
AND HELD BIWEEKLY SEMINARS.
TO
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS USING
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES.
THE BUDGET
THAT IS BEFORE YOU, DOES HAVE
STAFF REDUCTIONS.
THERE'LL BE
THREE POSITIONS THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED TO REDUCE.
WE ALSO BE
REDUCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.
AND THE LAST PART IS THAT WE DO
HAVE CUTS AND WORKFORCE
CONTRACTS IN THE ENFORCEMENT
SIDE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BOBBY, AND
THANK YOU, COUNSEL MEMBERS FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE BUT A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DETAILS
ON OED'S 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET.
I GUESS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND IS THAT WHEN WE WERE
LOOK AT MAKING BUDGET REDUCTIONS
IN 21, WE REALLY LOOKED ACROSS
ALL THE PROGRAMS.
THERE WAS NO
ONE PROGRAM AREA WHERE WE FELT
LIKE WE NEEDED TO ELIMINATE THE
ENTIRE PROGRAM.
AND SO WE REALLY
TRIED TO MITIGATE EFFECTS OF
CUTS BY SPREADING THEM ACROSS
ALL PROGRAMS.
BOTH CONTRACTING
AND STAFFING AS BOBBY MENTIONED.
I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE BUDGET
SUMMARY SLIDES AND THE
INCREMENTAL CHANGES.
AS YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY AND
COMPARING THE 2020 ADOPTED TO
REVISED IN THE PROPOSED --
OBVIOUSLY WHAT STICKS OUT IS THE
INCREASE IN FUNDING THAT WE'VE
SEEN.
THIS IS DUE TO THE
EQUIPMENT THE CITY HAS MADE IN
SMALL BUSINESS STABILIZATION
FUNDS, WHICH HAS PROVIDED
$10,000 GRANTS TO SMALL
BUSINESSES STRUGGLING FROM THE
IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC.
WHAT'S
NOT INCLUDED IN THIS 2020
REVISED NUMBER IS THE SPENDING
PLAN TO BE MADE LATER IN 2020 AS
A RESULT OF THE COVID RELIEF
COMPROMISE.
SO THAT NUMBER -- I
GUESS LEGISLATION ACCOMPANIED
THE BUDGET TO FINALIZE WHAT THAT
SPENDING PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE
ANTICIPATING ANOTHER $2.7
MILLION IN SPENDING IN THE
CURRENT YEAR.
AND LET'S SEE.
I
GUESS MOVING DOWN TO THE SLIDE,
AGAIN AS BOBBY MENTIONED, WE'RE
SEEING THAT DECREASE IN FTE'S,
AND I'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT.
THAT
IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
KNOW IS THAT OED'S WORKFORCE IS
DIVERSE.
WE HAVE OF THE
CURRENTLY -- WE HAVE 37
POSITIONS.
33 OF THOSE PACKETS
ARE CURRENTLY FILLED.
50% OF OUR
STAFF IN THESE FIELD POSITIONS
IDENTIFY AS BLACK, INDIGENOUS OR
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
BI-POC.
60% OF
OUR STAFF IDENTIFY AS FEMALE.
SO
WE DO HAVE A VERY DIVERSE STAFF.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND
PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN
THAT EVEN WITH STA
REDUCTIONS.
SO IF WE CAN GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST
STARTING OFF.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
AN INCREASE.
IN FUNDING FOR THE
SMALL BUSINESS STABILIZATION
FUND, AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION.
AS BOBBY MENTIONED, IT'S ALL
HANDS ON DECK EFFORT.
AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE
ANTICIPATING FOR A TEMPORARY
STAFF BOTH TO HELP US AT THE
TAIL END OF THIS YEAR.
WITH
ROLLING OUT THE ROUND 5 OF
FENDING FOR THE STABLE ZAG FUND
AND ALSO IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF
2021.
THE SECOND ITEM HERE
HIGHLIGHTS A CHANGE TO OUR KEY
INDUSTRIES PROGRAM.
WHERE WE ARE
PROPOSING ACTUALLY THE
ELIMINATION OF THE KEY
INDUSTRIES DIRECTOR.
THIS TEAM
HAS YET TO LEVERAGE OUR LOCAL
COMPETITIVE BID.
SO
MANUFACTURING, MARITIME,
TECHNOLOGY, BIOTECH, GREEN
BUSINESS.
THE STAFF WHO FILL
THOSE ROLES WILL BE REALLOCATED
WITHIN A REUSED EXISTING TEAM
STRUCTURE.
LARGELY REPORTING UP
THROUGH THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
BUT ALSO WITH
SOME REPORTING INTO THE SMALL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
SO
WE'RE HOPING TO MITIGATE THAT
THAT MANAGEMENT LEVEL POSITION
REDUCTION THROUGH THIS RESTEPHEN
STRASBURG.
SO IF WE COULD GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
YOU'LL SEE HERE IN ITEM 3,
A REDUCTION TO THE OFFICE OF
FILM AND MUSIC.
THIS IS A
PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF A LEVY'S
NIGHTLIFE BUSINESS EDUCATION
POSITION.
AGAIN WE WERE FACED
WITH HARD CHOICES IN TRYING TO
SPREAD CUTS ACROSS THE WHOLE
DEPARTMENT.
AND HAVING TO MAKE
THIS CHOICE WAS MITIGATED BY THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THIS WORK
OUT ACROSS THE STAFF.
THIS BEING
SAID, YOU'LL SEE A REDUCTION OF
AT LEAST $100,000.
WHICH DOES
NOT REP THE IF YOU MEAN COST OF
THIS FTE.
WE'RE ALSO AT THE SAME
TIMEFULL COST OF THIS
FTE.
WE'RE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME
DOING COUNCIL ADDED A SPECIAL
EVENT PETITION THROUGH THE 2020
ADOPTION BUDGET.
AND THIS WAS
FUNDED BY ARTS ADMISSION TAX.
ARTS IS ALSO OBVIOUSLY IN A
DIFFICULT POSITION WITH REDUCED
REVENUE COMING IN.
AND SO THEY
ARE CUTTING THEIR FUNDING IN
HALF.
AND WE WILL MITIGATE THAT
CUT BY REALLOCATING SOME OF THIS
NIGHTLIFE POSITION BUDGET TOWARD
BACKFILLING FOR THAT CUT.
AND
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, YOU'LL SEE
REDUCTIONS IN THE LEADERSHIP
BUDGET.
THIS IS ANOTHER
REDUCTION TO STAFFING.
WE'RE
LOOKING AT CUTTING OUR STAFFING
AND PERFORM AN ADVISOR.
THIS
POKZS WORK, AGAIN, HARD
DECISIONS.
BECAUSE WE DO FIND
THIS WORK TO BE CRITICAL IN
SUPPORTING OUR ABILITY TO
MEASURE THE IMPACT OF OUR WORK.
THE POSITION HELPS US TO COLLECT
DATA, INFORM HOW WE ARE MAKING
OUR INVESTMENTS.
IT HELPS TO
BRING TRANSPARENCY TO OED'S
WORK.
BOTH TO THE PUBLIC AND
INTERNALLY.
AND INCREASE OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY BY BEING ABLE TO
REPORT OUT ON OUR PERFORMANCE.
BY AGAIN, GIVEN RESOURCES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THAT IS THE
DECISION THAT WE HAD TO MAKE.
ADDITIONALLY IN THE
LEADERSHIP BUDGET, WE'RE LOOKING
AT REDUCING CONTRACT SPENDING
WHICH TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN
USED TO PULL IN SPECIALIZED
CONTRACT RESEARCH SUPPORT TO
HELP US IN SPECIAL PROJECTS.
WE
ARE NOT LOOKING TO CUT THAT
FUNDING, EXACTLY.
WE'RE LOOKING
TO REALLOCATE IT WITHIN A
REDUCED BUDGET TO HELP SUPPORT
SOME UNMET NEEDS.
WHICH I'LL GET
INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER.
ITEM --
WHICH WILL BE ITEM SEVEN IN OUR
-- IN THIS SLIDE.
IF YOU COULD
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
PERFECT.
AS BOBBY MENTIONED,
WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING
REDUCTIONS IN OUR WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
TWO
CONTRACT RUCKS.
ONE IS ACTUALLY
THE ELIMINATION OF OUR CONTRACT
WITH PORT JOBS WHICH IS $50,000.
PORT JOBS IS -- OUR FUNDING GOES
TO HELP SUPPORT GENERAL
OPERATIONS OF THIS PROGRAM.
THE
PORT JOBS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON
PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT
AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
LOW-INCOME WORKERS.
THIS CUT
FELT POSSIBLE DUE TO THE FACT
THAT OUR $50,000 CONTRIBUTION IS
RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO THE
OVERALL BUDGET.
PORTS BUDGET.
ALTHOUGH PORTS JOBS ON A WHOLE
DOES PLACE ABOUT 1,000
LOW-INCOME WORKERS.
THE OTHER
CUT IS FELT WITHIN SJI, SEATTLE
JOBS INITIATIVE BUDGET.
WHICH IS
A LONG-TERM CONTRACT THAT THE
CITY HAS HAD TO HELP SUPPORT
LOW-INCOME WORKERS AS WELL.
WE
ARE LOOKING AT MAKING A
REDUCTION THERE.
WHICH WOULD
LEAVE THEIR CONTRACT WITH $1.4
MILLION.
SO THAT THEY COULD
CONTINUE THE WORK.
THE INTENTION
THERE IS TO PULL BACK ON FUNDING
THAT TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN
ALLOCATED TO SJI TO SUPPORT
RESEARCH.
IF YOU READ THE BUDGET
BOOK NARRATIVE, YOU'LL SEE A
REDUCTION TO OUR APPROPRIATIONS
OF ONLY $123,000 AS IT RELATES
TO THIS CHANGE.
$123 WILL GO
TOWARD HELPING.
THE REMAINING
$290,000 IS ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT
CURRENT STAFF SALARIES AND STAFF
CAPACITY.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT
THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND ITEM
NUMBER SIX --
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
I'M SORRY,
CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THIS
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT?
>> YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I UNDERSTAND
THAT NONE OF THESE ARE
DECISIONS.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I AM CONCERNED.
I THINK IN
AUGUST, ESD REPORTED THAT OUR
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 7.2%.
WE
KNOW THAT AN UNEMPLOYMENT FOR
BLACK COMMUNITIES IS USUALLY
TWICE THE GENERAL AVERAGE.
I'M
JUST WORRIED THAT -- I
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO
REDUCTIONS.
CUTTING THE
PROGRAMS, CUTTING THE WORK THAT
SUPPORTS OBTAINING LIVING WAGE
JOBS.
WE'RE IN THE CRISIS THAT
WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
IT JUST
SEEMS THE VERY DEFINITION OF AN
AUSTERITY BUDGET MEASURE.
TO
ELIMINATE CONTRACTS, MEANT TO
SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FOLKS FOR
WORK THAT INCREASES ACCESS TO
EMPLOYMENT.
I'M HAVING A HARD
TIME WITH THIS ONE.
>> SURE.
NO, THAT'S RIGHT.
WE
ARE VERY CONCERNED AS WELL.
ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
LOOKING INTO IS TO MINIMIZE THE
IMPACT OF THIS CUT TOWARD DIRECT
SERVICE.
BUT INSTEAD LOOK AT
OVERHEAD AND RESEARCH CAPACITY.
SIDE OF THE PROGRAM.
WE KNOW
WHENEVER COMMUNITIES ARE
DISTRESSED, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THROUGH WHAT IS CALLED WORKFORCE
INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT SERVE
AS ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO OUR
REGION.
WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, NOT THROUGH
OUR CITY ORGANIZATION BUT
WORKFORCE DISABILITY COUNCIL.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THERE
IS 10050,000 PEOPLE SINCE MARCH
THAT HAS FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE.
WE FOR THIS A CRISIS.
EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.
SO WE ARE
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AS
WELL.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT HONEST
ASSESSMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE
QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
ALL RIGHT.
>> SO THEN LOOKING AT ITEM 6,
YOU'LL SEE NO CHANGE IN ALEVI'S
APPROPRIATION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT
REALLOCATING MONEY FROM THEIR
ADMINISTRATION UNIT.
FINANCE AND
OPERATIONS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING
TO REALLOCATE $36,000 OF THEIR
BUDGET TO HELP FUND ONGOING
OPERATION
>> SO ALL OF THE REALLOCATIONS
TOTAL $56,000.
THAT'S A 7%
INCREASE THAT WE'RE REALLOCATING
TO THE STAFFING BUDGET.
WE HAVE
THREE MAIN REASONS FOR THIS
CHANGE.
THE FIRST IS THAT IN
LATE 2018, EARLY 2019, I HAD
STAFF, THE CITY PUBLISHED SALARY
DATA.
AND MADE THAT DATA MUCH
MORE AVAILABLE.
SOME STAFF
TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AND I
HAD INDIVIDUAL STAFF COMING TO
ME, ASKING THAT ANOTHER LOOK BE
TAKEN AT THEIR SALARY SALARIES.
BECAUSE
I WAS RECEIVING A COUPLE
INDIVIDUAL REQUEST, GIVEN THE
DOMINO APPLICATIONS OF CHANGING
FOLKS' SALARY, IT DIDN'T FEEL
RIGHT TO JUST TAKE THESE AS
ONE-OFF.
SO WE ENGAGED WITH
SDHR, SEATTLE'S FAMOUS HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO DO A FULL
REVIEW OF OED STAFF SALARIES.
WE
LOOKED AT OTHER DIAMETERS.
WE
LOOKED AT FOLKS WITH OTHER
SIMILAR CLASSIFICATIONS.
AND WE
COMPARED STAFF WITHIN OED.
AND
THROUGH THAT WORK IN 2018, CAME
TO A CONCLUSION OF MAKING
JAMENTS TO STAFF SALARIES.
IN
THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET.
OED
INCLUDED A CHANGE ITEM TO
ADDRESS THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE
MADE IN 2019.
AND PART OF
THAT CHANGE WAS FUNDED, BUT NOT
THE FULL AMOUNT.
THE FACT
OF THE MATTER IS THAT THOSE
CHANGES, THOSE SALARY CHANGES
WERE MADE IN 2019.
AND SO WE
NEED TO FIND A WAY TO RECOGNIZE
THOSE ONGOING SALARY IMPACTS.
AND THIS APPROPRIATION CHANGE
ACCOMMODATES THAT.
>> WE HAVE, LIKE, SIX MINUTES
LEFT, I THINK.
>> OKAY.
AND THE COUNSELOR HAD A
HARD STOP.
>> CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION?
>> YOU BET, OF COURSE.
>> I'M SORRY.
I THINK THE BIG
THING THAT I DON'T SEE IN HERE,
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THERE IS A NEW POSITION OUT FOR
RECOVERY CZAR.
>> OH, YES.
>> IS THAT INTENDED TO SIT IN
OED?
OR CAN YOU GIVE US AN
UPDATE ON WHAT THAT POSITION IS
SUPPOSED TO BE AND WHERE IT WILL
SIT?
>> DIRECTOR NOBLE, COULD YOU
TAKE THIS ONE?
>> YES.
AND I'LL TALK TO THE
COMMISSION ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE IN OED
IN.
TWENTY 15, THE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRODUCED A
REPORT HELPING FOR RECOVERY.
IT
WAS WRITTEN MORE IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE BIG ONE, IF YOU WILL.
OR
SOME OTHER MAJOR NATURAL EVENT,
IF YOU WILL.
BUT IT CALLED OUT
AN ENTIRE FRAMEWORK ABOUT HOW
THE CITY COULD TAKE STEPS TO
RECOVER FROM SUCH A DRAMATIC
EVENT, IF YOU WILL.
INFORMED IN
PART BY EVENS LIKE CHRISTCHURCH
AS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THE ENTIRE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY,
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE
CITY WAS REALLY DISRUPTED.
AND
WHAT WAS NEEDED WAS NOT AN
EMERGENCY PLAN BUT REALLY A
RECOVERY PLAN.
SO IN THE
CURRENT CONTEXT, IT'S OBVIOUSLY
VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF EVENT.
BUT ONE THAT HAS BEEN ARGUABLY
EQUALLY DISRUPTIVE.
AND WE'RE
NOT DONE BY ANY MEANS.
AND THE
REASON IT'S NOT JUST ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES.
IT'S NOT
JUST THE ECONOMY WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT OVERALL.
SOCIAL
DESTRUCTION.
DESTRUCTION OF THE
ENTIRE EDUCATION SYSTEM FROM
CHILDCARE.
I KNOW AS WELL TO
COLLEGE.
AND ALSO ON THE
NONPROFIT, AND CULTURAL FRONT.
SO CULTURAL AGENCIES THAT HAVE
BEEN -- WHOSE FINANCES THE WORK,
THE ABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO
COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN
DISRUPTED AND STAND TO REMAIN
DISRUPTED.
BY THE TIME WE RUN
THIS FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS AND
POTENTIALLY GET LONGER AGAIN.
SO
THAT FRAMEWORK CALLS FOR THERE
TO BE A RECOVERY DIRECTOR.
IF WE
WORK ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN
THE CITY, FOR OUR OWN INTERNAL
RECOVERY, BUT ALSO ACROSS
ELEMENTS OF THE CITY.
SO THE
BUSINESS SECTOR, THE NONPROFIT
SECTOR, THE CULTURAL SECTOR.
SO
THE IDEA IS TO BRING IN SOMEONE
TO REDEEM THAT WORK.
AND TO
IDENTIFY WHAT'S THE ROLE OF THE
CITY, OR THE MUNICIPALITY IN
RECOVERY FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A
WHOLE?
AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY
WOULD BE -- THIS IS
METAPHORICAL, VOTE TO THE
COMMUNITIES I JUST DESCRIBED.
NONPROFIT COMMUNITIES AS WELL
FOR RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE
THAT.
AND I WILL ADMIT, I HAVE
NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH
ALL 751 PAGES.
I'M VALUING
THAT IS IN THERE SOMEWHERE AS
WELL AS THE STREET CZAR POSITION
AND AN EXPLAINING OF WHAT THAT
IS.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING
YOUR TIME, DIRECTOR LEE.
>> YOU BET.
THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION.
AND WHY DON'T I, IF
YOU DON'T MIND, WHY DON'T WE
STOP OUR PRESENTATION AND OPEN
IT UP FOR QUESTIONS?
BECAUSE I
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR
FROM YOU.
THIS PRESENTATION IS
FOR ALL OF YOU TO GIVE US
FEEDBACK.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR LEE.
THANK YOU, AMANDA.
AND I'LL NOTE
THE NEXT -- THE LAST THREE
SLIDES HERE THAT FOLKS HAVE IN
FRONT OF THEM ARE REALLY
DETAILED.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
THERE'S TWO ON THE COVID
PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
AND RACIAL
EQUITIY ACTIVITIES YOU'RE DOING.
I'M ALWAYS AS WELL WILLING TO
SCHEDULE YOU BACK IN IF WE NEED
TO HAVE SOME MORE TIME.
BUT I
WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR
TIME TOO.
YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ON
THE CALL HERE SO MUCH COLLEAGUES
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GONNA
MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK.
I'M NOT
GONNA ASK A QUESTION.
I'M JUST
GONNA SIGNAL THAT I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT -- DOCTOR NOBLE I TALKED
TO ABOUT THIS.
I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT THE EARMARKING OF A
POSITION IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
FOR PURPOSES OF SHEPHERDING
ECONOMIC RECOVERY FORWARD.
IT
RINGS TO ME VERY SIMILAR TO THE
GENERAL.
WHICH WE ALL REMEMBER.
WAS HIRED AT THE MAYORS -- IN
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ALLEGEDLY
OVERSEE TRANSPORTATION FLOW
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THIS SMACKS
ME OF THE SAME COLOR.
AND
TEXTURE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR
DIAMETERS ARE CAPABLE OF
DELIVERING THE WORK THAT WAS
JUST DESCRIED BY DR. NOBLE IN
HIS DESCRIPTION AND IN HIS
RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
I AM VERY INTERESTED IN
LOOK AT HOW WE CAN GET BETTER
ALIGNMENT THERE.
BUT IF I WERE
THE MAYOR, I MIGHT SLOW DOWN ON
A INTERVIEW HIRING PROCESS AS IT
RELATES TO THAT PARTICULAR
POSITION.
GIVEN THE ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO HIRING
FREEZE.
AND OF COURSE TO THE
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS THAT THE
COUNCIL IS UNDERTAKING NOW.
SO I
KNOW IT'S 4:30 PM.
I'M GONNA END
MY REMARKS THERE.
>> NOTED AND APPRECIATED.
I CAN
SEE NODS FROM OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS WELL.
AND I BELIEVE
THAT THAT FITS IN LINE WITH WHAT
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES HAS ALSO
ALLUDED TO.
COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN, DID YOU HAVE A
QUESTION OR COMMENT THAT YOU'D
LIKE TO MAKE?
OKAY.
APPRECIATE
YOU.
TO SEE FOLKS AND GET
REACTIONS IN TIME.
COUNCIL
COLLEAGUE, I DO WANT TO NOTE OUR
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD HAS A
TOWN HALL THAT SHE HAS BEEN
EXCUSED FOR.
AND THAT'S PART OF
THE REASON WE WANTED TO GIVE
FOLKS FROM I.T.
TIME TO SWITCH
OVER THAT.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO
CUT THIS CONVERSATION TOO SHORT.
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S OTHER
THINGS THAT IF WE NEED TO ADD TO
OUR CONVERSATIONS TOMORROW OR
FRIDAY, HAPPY TO DO SO.
AND WANT
TO RESPECT AMANDA, YOUR TIME AND
YOUR PRESENTATION.
DID NOT MEAN
TO CUT YOU SHORT ON THAT.
AND
DIRECTOR LEE, REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.
YOU
CAN TELL THIS IS AN AREA OF
INTEREST THAT WE'LL LEAD IN AND
OUT OF OTHER PRESENTATIONS AS
WELL.
WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT
ECONOMIC RECOVERY WITHOUT
TALKING ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH
OED TOUCHES ON THE WORK OF OTHER
DIAMETERS.
I'M SURE IT WILL COME
UP IN THE FUTURE.
COUNCIL
MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS,
HERBOLD, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT?
OKAY.
COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ, ANYTHING FROM
YOU?
OKAY.
>> I'M GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DIRECTOR LEE,
BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES FOR ANY
FINAL COMMENT, IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT YOU, AMANDA, WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE WITH US?
>> AS THE PANDEMIC IS NOT A
LINEAR PROCESS, IT IS A WAVE.
SO
WE HAVE TO HAVE MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT TOOLS TO GET THROUGH
THIS.
AND IT'S A LONGER RIDE
THAN WE MIGHT EXPECT.
WE JUST
HAVE TO HAVE DIFFERENT TOOLS,
DEPENDING ON REEL TIME
CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING.
THANK YOU.
>>> VERY WELL SAID.
ESPECIALLY
AS WE'VE SEEN THE CONSEQUENCES
OF OPENING UP TOO FAST.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> AND HAVING TO RESPOND IN
OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY AND
THE WORLD.
>> RIGHT.
>> VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M GONNA BRING MY EMPLOYEES
BACK UP FOR SOME MORE QUESTIONS
AS THIS CONVERSATION PROGRESSES.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING US THROUGH
THESE SLIDES.
COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY QUICKLY,
SOMETHING WE DIDN'T GET TO, SO I
WOULD APPRECIATE ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY.
IS THE
STABILIZATION PROGRAM THAT WE
FUNDED SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE
SOME EMERGENCY GRANTS TO SMALL
BUSINESSES.
I KNOW THAT BOBBY
REALLY HAD TO HAVE MOST OF HIS
TEAM PIVOT TO BE ABLE TO GET
THAT MONEY OUT THE DOOR AND TO
SUPPORT WITH TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE THE SMALL BUSINESSES
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AS I'VE
SAID BEFORE, I THINK WE NEED TO
REALLY THINK ABOUT IF THE
ECONOMIC FORECAST IS GOING TO
REQUIRE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO
THAT, FOR OUR COMMUNE, WE HAVE
THE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE
SOMETHING IF THERE'S MORE
FEDERAL FUNDING COMING.
WHAT IS
THE BEST PATH FORWARD FOR
CONTINUING THE SUPPORT.
SO THAT
THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING OTHER
KINDS OF PROGRAMMING AT OED
DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER THERE AND
CAN JUST CONTINUE WITH THE
SERVES THEY'RE DOING.
WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME.
BUT THAT
IS THE QUESTION I'D STILL LIKE
TO HAVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND
THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR LEE AND
ALL THE OED STAFF FOR ALL YOU'RE
DOING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> COUNCIL WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU ABOUT THE SPECIFIC EMERGENCY
GRANTS THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS
CHARGED WITH.
AND WE'LL SEE IF
THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD
YOU BACK IN HERE AT ANOTHER
POINT.
AND WE'LL ALSO LOOK
FORWARD TO OUR WRITTEN
COMMUNICATION AND MAKING HOURS
AVAILABLE.
APPRECIATE THAT.
THOUGH WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE
NEED TO GO THROUGH THE
APPROPRIATE CHANNELS AND DON'T
WANT TO BOMBARD YOU.
SO WE WILL
TRY TO DO THAT WITH DIRECTOR
NOBLE AS WELL TO STREAMLINE
THOSE QUESTIONS.
DIRECTOR NOBLE,
THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US
ALL DAY.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE
ADJOURN THE NONE?
>> NO, NONE.
PLEASURE TO BE
HERE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT'S BEEN
VERY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO HEAR
YOU ALL IN OUR DELIBERATIONS.
>> SAME, WE APPRECIATE.
YOU
THANKS TO YOUR TEAM.
THANKS FOR
THESE PRESENTATIONSES.
PRESENTATIONS.
I LIKE THAT YOU
HAVE ADDED TO THE SLIDE WHAT WAS
A PRIORITY.
THAT'S VERY HELP..
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE REACHED THE
END OF OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THE
NEXT MEETING IS TOMORROW,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER FIRST AT 9:30
AM.
TOMORROW WE'LL HEAR FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING
SESSION 1. AND ON SESSION 2, ONE
OTHER PRESENTATION ON COMMUNITY
SAFETY FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
THANK YOU AGAIN ALL.
FOR BEING
WITH US.
AND THANKS TO OED FOR
STAYING WITH US.
WE WILL FOLLOW
UP WITH YOU ESPECIALLY.
AND WITH
THAT, TODAY'S MEETING IS
ADJOURNED.