>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
TODAY IS OCTOBER 16, 2020.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
I'M MOSQUEDA CHAIR OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL?
[ROLL BEING CALLED]
11 PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAME
CLERK.
I ALSO WANT TO WISH OUR COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WELL.
I KNOW SHE IS FEELING UNDER THE
WEATHER AND EXCUSED
FROM TODAY'S MEETING AS WELL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S SELECT BUDGET
HEARING MEETING AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
THANKS AGAIN.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE, DAY TWO
OF THE FOUR DAY PERIOD WHERE WE
ARE LOOKING INTO ST.
LOUIS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO SIGNAL
VARIOUS ISSUES WE MAY
BE BRINGING FORWARD, AREAS FOR
CONCERN OR AREAS FOR
ADDITION.
TODAY WE'LL HEAR FROM THE
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
IN THE ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS,
LIBRARY, THIS AFTERNOON OF OUR
2:00 P.M.
SESSION,
WE'LL GO TO MISCELLANEOUS
SECTIONS AND OVERVIEW OF
THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'LL INCORPORATE A NUMBER OF
DEPARTMENTS THAT DO
NOT HAVE SEPARATE
PRESENTATIONS.
THE CENTRAL STAFF WILL PRESENT
THE MUSCLE OPTIONS
THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED
THROUGH THEIR OWN
INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS FIRST.
IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO READ
THROUGH THE VARIOUS
MEMOS, YOU'LL SEE THE ISSUES
STAFF IS IDENTIFYING AS
POSSIBLE AREAS FOR US TO TAKE
ACTION ON AND/OR
CONCERNS FIRST.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO INTO
VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL
MEMBERS PROPOSALS FROM THEIR
FORM As SUBMITTED.
THANKS AGAIN FOR AWE OF YOUR
WORK TO SUBMIT FORM
A'S.
APPRECIATE ALL THOSE THAT GOT
THE CHANCE TO SUBMIT
THOSE ON TIME.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FORM A'S
THIS YEAR.
158 FORM A AMENDMENT NOT A LOT
OF TYPE.
I'M ASKING YOU TO BE BRIEF IN
YOUR REMARKS.
I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SAY
ONE OR TWO SENTENCES
ON THOSE ISSUES AFTER CENTRAL
STAFF HAS GIVEN A
BRIEF OVERVIEW ONCE WE GET TO
THAT PORTION OF THE
AGENDA.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW
WE HAVE AMPLE TIME
FOR DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ON
FORM B'S.
WE'LL THEN SIGNAL INTEREST AND
SIGNING ON AS CO
SPONSORS FOR VARIOUS ISSUES
BROUGHT FORWARD.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
KNOW THE CONVERSATION
THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY ABOUT
FORM A AMENDMENT THESE
IDEAS DO NOT HAVE TO BE SELF-
BALANCING.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO PUT
IDEAS OUT THERE YOU WANT
TO SIGNAL FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE
DISCUSSION.
THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE SELF-
BALANCING WHICH IS
DIFFERENT FROM FUTURE FORMS.
THEY WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION
ON THAT.
TODAY, I LOOK FORWARD TO
I KNOW MANY OF OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES ARE IN LISTEN
MODE AND LEARNING MODE.
THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK HERE.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO
SHARE ANY INITIAL IDEAS THAT
YOU HAVE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHARE YOUR
IDEAS AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO POINT TO WHERE
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS MAY LEAD
AND REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR ENGAGEMENT ON THESE TOUGH
DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE
FORTH COMING AND HELP SET UP
THOSE ON THE HORIZON.
>>> IMMATERIAL TO THANK
EVERYONE AGAIN FOR YOUR
PATIENCE AS WE TRY TO HAVE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT THE
BEGINNING OF EACH OF THE
MEETINGS TO INSURE THOSE
NOT ABLE TO JOIN US FOR PULL
LARGE PUBLIC HEARING
TUESDAY, 27th AT 5:30 P.M.
HOPE FOLKS JOIN US THERE AS
WELL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PUBLIC
COMMENT IS AVAILABLE FOR
ALL DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOME,
WORK, COMMUNITY
RESPONSIBLES.
WE OFFER 30 MINUTES AT THE
BEGINNING OF OUR SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARING.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
HERE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO
THROUGHOUT THE TIME FOR THE
COMMITTEE MEETING THROUGH OUR
FALL 2020 SEARCH IT'S GOING TO
BE OUR EFFORT TO STRAY TO
IMPROVE
ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM.
IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE,
PLEASE DO EMAIL
TERESA.MOSQUEDA.GOV OR THE LINK
YOU RECEIVED.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD,
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TWO
MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT
THIS IS MORNING.
WE DO NOT HAVE A UPON OF FOLKS,
AROUND A DOZEN
SIGNED UP.
I'M GOING TO CALL THREE AT A
TIME AND THE ORDER YOU
HAVE REGISTERED ON THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP BUT
WOULD LIKE TO, GO TO
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL AND SIGN
UP.
THE LINK IS ALSO ON TODAY'S
COMMITTEE AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU'LL
BE UNCOMMUTE BY THE
SYSTEM.
YOU NEED TO HIT STAR 6 ON YOUR
PHONE TO MAKE SURE
YOUR END IS UNMUTED AND ALSO
YOU HAVE HIT THE UNMUTE
AS SOMETIMES I THINK WE HIT
STAR 6 BUT WE'RE STILL
MUTED ON OUR END.
MAKE SURE YOU DOUBLE CHECK.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR 10 SECOND
AT THE END OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
THAT'S YOUR INDICATION TO WRAP
UP YOUR COMMENTS SO
THAT WE DON'T HAVE YOUR
COMMENTS ACCIDENTALLY CUT
OFF.
AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T GET THROUGH
YOUR FULL COMMENTS,
EMAIL US COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED PUBLIC
COMMENT, PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE IF
YOU'D LIKE THE CONTINUE
LISTENING TO TODAY'S MEETING
THE DO SO ON TODAY'S
COUNCIL AGENDA INCLUDING THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN.
THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS ARE
DERRICK BONAFILIA,
DENISE HARMLY AND RICH VOGAT.
GOOD MORNING DEREK.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS DEREK.
I'M RENTER IN THE DISTRICT.
I'M CALLING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
WE'RE STANDING TOGETHER TO
DISMANTLE ANTI BLACK
RACISM IS IN THE CITY TO BUILD
A LIVABLE FUTURE FOR
ALL OF US THROUGH AN ANTI
RACISM GREEN DEAL IN THE
CITY THAT TAKES CARE OF
EVERYONE.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THIS
PANDEMIC ECONOMIC
CRISIS AND CRISES THERE IS TO
COME.
AND IN THIS, WE'RE CALLING ON
YOU TO PASS A BUDGET
THAT DEFUNDS SPD BY AT LEAST
50% USING THIS MONEY TO
FULFILL JENNY DURKAN'S PROMISE
OF $100 MILLION TO
THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND ALL
THESE FUNDS FOR BLACK
COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY LED
HEALTH AND SAFETY CITIES
THROUGH FISCAL BUDGETING AND
REVERSES ALL PROPOSED
CUTS TO TRANSPORTATION, PARKS,
COVID RELIEF, OTHER
VITAL SERVICE.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS IN
ADDITION TO CONCRETE
DEMANDS FOR THIS BUDGET, I FEEL
IT'S IMPORTANT THIS
BUDGETING CYCLE USED TO BUILD A
GOVERNMENT THAT
EVERYONE HERE IN SEATTLE CAN
START TO TRUST.
I FEEL LIKE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN,
IT'S IMPORTANT THE
COMMITMENT THAT HAS BEEN MADE
IN RECENT MONTHS OF
PROTESTS GET KEPT.
WHETHER THAT'S THE $100 MILLION
IN NEW MONEY TO
BLACK COMMUNITIES FROM THE
MAYOR OR THE SUPER
MAJORITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
COMMITTING THEMSELVES TO
DEFUND SPD BY 50%.
I HOPE WE FOLLOW THROUGH ON
THOSE COMMITMENTS AND
CREWS THE BUDGET PSYCH TOLL
START BUILDING A CITY
AND GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR
ALL PEOPLE OF SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
THIS MORNING.
THE NEXT PERSON IS DENISE.
GOOD MORNING, DENISE.
>> HELLO.
I'M DENISE HINDLY, CHAIR OF THE
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUP BOARD.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TESTIFY TODAY ON BEHALF OF
THE SOUGHT PARK CRIME
PREVENTION COORDINATOR
POSITION.
THE COMMUNITY BASED SOUTH PARK
SAFETY COORDINATOR
POSITION IS EXACTLY THE MODEL
OF A REIMAGINED PUBLIC
SAFETY POLICY IN ACTION.
CONCRETE EXAMPLES ARE TO
REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY
POLICY ARE THE THINGS THE
COORDINATOR HAS BEEN DOING
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO
INVOLVE RESIDENTS AND
BUILD COMMUNITY.
HE HAS WORKED WITH NEIGHBORHOOD
YOUTH IN CREATING
VIBRANT ROLES IN THE HEART OF
SOUTH PARK.
HE'S COORDINATED CLEAN UPS AND
HELPED TO CREATE
SIGNS TO ALERT DRIVERS TO SLOW
DOWN ON THE
RESIDENTIAL HEAVILY IMPACTED
BY THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE CLOSURE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, HE WORKS
AS A LIAISON AS THE
CITY TRANSPORTATION STAFF.
DURING THESE LONG MONTHS OF THE
PANDEMIC, THE
COORDINATOR PROVIDED SUPPORT TO
RESIDENTS BY
CONNECTING THEM WITH
APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND
ASSISTING WITH FOOD
DISTRIBUTION.
CENTRAL SOUTH PARK ROOTS IS AN
EXCITING NEWSLETTER
IN SPANISH, VIETNAMESE, ENGLISH
THAT TELLS NEIGHBORS
WHAT IS HAPPENING AS WELL AS
PROVIDING SAFETY AND
RESOURCE INFORMATION.
HE PROVIDES A FORM FOR SOUTH
PARK RESIDENTS TO SPEAK
UP AND OPENLY TALK ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES AROUND
POLICING AND WHAT THEY SEE AS
ALTERNATIVES TO
TRADITIONAL POLICING.
THE COORDINATOR IS GIVING
RESIDENTS A PLATFORM AND
VOICE IN THE CRITICAL ISSUE.
I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN THE SOUTH PARK
CRIME PREVENTION COORDINATOR
POSITION.
THIS IS AN INVESTMENT THAT
WORKS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
THE NEXT PERSON IS RICH VOGAT.
GOOD MORNING, RICH.
>> MY NAME 1 RICH VOGAT, AND
SUPPORTERS OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET SAY THAT SOME
OF THE FUNDS
DIVERTED FROM DEFENDING
FUNDING THE POLICE GO TO
THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY DEAL.
SO LET'S GET SPECIFIC.
FIRST, FUND THE OVERSIGHT BOARD
COMPOSED OF LOW
INCOME MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
NOW I'LL READ PORTIONS OF THE
FLIER WRITTEN ON
IMPLEMENTING A SEATTLE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
THEY CALL FOR FAIR GREEN JOBS
FOR ALL.
WE CAN UTILIZE PRIORITY HIRE,
PROJECT LABOR
AGREEMENTS AND BE SURE JOBS
HAVE ACCESSIBLE TO
UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS AND FOLKS
WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.
THOSE JOBS CAN BE IN
WEATHERIZING AND RETRO FITTING
CURRENT HOUSING STOCK TO BE
ENERGY EFFICIENT
EMPOWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT SERVES
THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE
FACING HOUSING INSECURITY AND
DOESN'T DISPLACE THEM.
TRANSIT FOR ALL, EQUITABLE
EXPANSION POWERED BY
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
THIS INCLUDES THE END TO FAIR
AND FAIR ENFFORCEMENT
IN CITY LIMITS.
THIS MEANS CLEAR AIR AND WATER
FOR ALL.
THE FLIER ADVOCATES PAYING FOR
SOME OF THIS BY
CONGESTION PRICING.
MAYOR DURKAN IN 2018 CLIMATE
PLAN CALLED FOR A
CONGESTION PRICING.
IT'S TIME PUT THAT INTO ACTION.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
THOMAS SCHMITT, CARLY
GRAY, NEIL ANDERSON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS THOMAS SCHMITT.
I'M A LOCAL NONPROFIT DEDICATED
TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
CONTINUED FUNDING IN THE
2021 BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY-
BASED PUBLIC
COORDINATOR POSITION IN THE
SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS POSITION WAS THE TOP PARTY
RECOMMENDATION IN
THE 2017 SOUTH PARK PUBLIC
SAFETY TASK FORCE REPORT
WHICH WAS FUNDED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL.
OUR CITY IS IN A UNIQUE TIME
WITH COMMUNITY
DEMANDING CHANGES WITH POLICING
AND REIMAGINED
APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY THE
ROLE OF A COMMUNITY
BASED PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATOR
AS A MOVING IN THIS
DIRECTION.
THIS IS A FULL TIME POSITION
WITH A COORDINATOR WHO
LIVES IN THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD WELL KNOWN IN
THE COMMUNITY.
HIS CURRENT PRIORITIES ARE
COMMUNITY SAFETY DIALOGUE
AROUND SOUTH PARK EXPERIENCE
WITH POLICING AND
ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING IN
SOUTH PARK, STREET AND
SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO THE
WESTFIELD BRIDGE CLOSURE,
BUSINESS CONCERNS AND
ENGAGEMENT.
HE COORDINATED COMMUNITY
SUPPORT DURING COVID AND
ORGANIZED COMMUNITY CLEANUPS,
YOUTH MURAL,
NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS.
WE KNOW THIS BUDGET CYCLE IS
TOUGH AND HARD
DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
REINSTATING FUNDING FOR THE
SOUTH PARK COORDINATOR
POSITION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION
I YIELD THE REST OF
MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS
MORNING.
CARLY, GOOD MORNING.
THANKS CALLING IN.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS CARLY GRAY.
NAME DISTRICT 7, MEMBER OF
SUNRISE MOVEMENT SEATTLE
AND UAW 4121.
I'M SPEAK TODAY TO ASK YOU TO
AMEND MAYOR DURKAN'S
PROPOSED TOWN REFLECT DEMAND
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
DEMANDING FOR
SIX MONTHS RATHER THAN MOVING
FORWARD WITH HER
BUCKET.
I'MIC KEGGING AND ASKING THAT
THE BUDGET MUST DEFUND
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BY AT LEAST 50% AND
REINVEST THESE IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES AND IS SAFETY
SYSTEMS.
THE $100 MILLION PROMISED BY
MAYOR DURKAN IS STEP
ONE.
WE MUST CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR
CITY TOWARD ABOLITION
OF POLICING AND SYSTEMS AND
MONEY MUST REFLECT THOSE
PRIORITIES.
THE MUNDY VESTED FROM POLICE
AND PROMISE BY CONSIDER
CAN MUST BE ALLOCATE THROUGH
BUDGETING NOT A TASK
FORCE HAND PICKED BY THE MAYOR.
THIRD AND FINALLY, THE REVENUE
SHOULD REMAIN
DEDICATED TO COVID RELEASE,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS.
THE MILLION DOLLARS SHOULD COME
FROM DIVERSEMENT
NOT JUMP START FUNDS.
OUR 60 PLUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SIGNED ON TO THE
BUDGET . WE GO OVER BUDGET
THAT PRIORITIZES PUBLIC SAFETY
NOT
REACTIVE POLICING THAT SHOWS
VIOLENCE TO OUR
COMMUNITIES AND IS WHITE
REMEMBER SIMILARITY THESE
PROBLEMS ARE OFTEN CLOSE TO THE
SOLUTION.
IT'S TIME TO UPLIFT AND FUND
SOLUTIONS FROM
SEATTLE'S PARK LEADERS.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME
TRUE FOR CALLING.
NEIL, GOOD MORNING.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS NEIL ANDERSON.
I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY NUT THE CONVERSATION
AROUND DEFUNDING THE POLICE, A
LOT
OF TALK ABOUT WHETHER THEY
SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONES
RESPONDING TO CALLS ESPECIALLY
WHEN THEY INVOLVE
PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR
DRUG ADDICTION.
THE THIS ISN'T A NEW IDEA.
OREGON MADE THIS CHANGE 30
YEARS AGO.
IT START AS A SMALL GROUP OF
VOLUNTEER MEDICS AND
SOCIAL WORKER WHO IS PROVIDED
COUNCIL TO PEOPLE IN
CRISIS THEY WERE SO AFFECTED
THE CITY'S EMERGENCY SERVICES
DEPARTMENT STARTED ROUTEING 911
CALLS TO THEM
INSTEAD OF POLICE.
NO THEY HAPPENEDLE 20% OF THOSE
CALLS AND EVEN THE
POLICE CHIEF HAS SAID WHEN THEY
SHOW UP, THEY HAVE
BETTER SUCCESS THAN POLICE
OFFICER DO WHICH MAKES
SENSE IN US INTOS WHERE
MOTORCYCLES ARE RUNNING
HIGH.
SENDING SOMEONE TRAINED IN
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN
SOMEONE ARMED.
25% OF PEOPLE KILLED BY POLICE
SHOW SIGNS IS OF
MENTAL ACTION.
A LOT OF INTERACTIONS THAT GO
WRONG START WITH
SITUATION LIKE THESE.
SOME PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
RESPONDERS GOING TO
DANGEROUS AREAS AND GETTING
HURT N. EUGENE, THAT
DOESN'T HAPPENED.
HALF A PERCENT NEEDED POLICE
BACKUP LAST YEAR.
SINCE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP
ARE BETTER TRAINED FOR
THE SITUATION THEY'RE GOING
INTO IT ENDS BEING SAFER
FOR EVERYONE.
THIS WOULDN'T SHIFT RESOURC
FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO
ANOTHER.
THIS WOULD COST LESS OVERALL.
IN EUGENE, THEY HANDLED 20% OF
THE 911 CALL AT SAY
COST OF $2 MILLION COMPARED TO
$91 MILLION FOR THE
CITY OF POLICE BUDGET.
BY HELPING PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE
MENTAL HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES SYSTEMS, THEY
SAVED IN THE LONG RUN
PREVENTING FUTURE CRISES.
WE FOUND OUT YESTERDAY WE HAVE
FIRE OFFICERS TO
RESPOND.
LET'S DON'T SEND THEM TO
SITUATION THEY DON'T NEED
TO BE THERE FOR.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
THE NEXT PERSON IS EMILY.
GOOD MORNING, EM EMILY.
>> HELLO?
HI EMILY.
THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
GO A.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS EMILY GRAHAM.
I'M A REMEMBERER IN DISTRICT 3
AND ALSO A MEMBER OF
SUNRISE SEATTLE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET PRINCIPLES,
I'M CALLING TO ASK YOU TO
DIVERSE S ISPD 50% THIS
BUDGET CYCLE AND SUPPORT THOSE
FUNDS DIVESTED
THROUGH A PAR TIS BUDGET.
SAFETY COMES FROM FUNDS NOT
JUMP START SEATTLE FUND
OR OTHER CITY FUNDS.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS
MADE POSSIBLE BY
JUMP START SEATTLE FUNDING ARE
CRUCIAL TO OUR LONG
TERM HEALTH AND ABOUT TO SHIFT
FROM FOSSIL FUEL
POLLUTION IN THE YEARS TO COME.
IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO WITHDRAW
$100 MILLION FROM
THE JUMP START AS DURKAN
PROSUPPOSE THIS MEASURE
CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO PASS
THROUGH THE BUDGET CYCLE.
POLICE DO NOT GENERATE PUBLIC
SAFETY, COMMUNITY
DOES.
WHEN OUR COMMUNITIES FEEL
HARASSED, THEY'RE UNABLE
TO THREE CONTINUALLY FUND
SUCCESS DEPARTMENTS INSTEAD
CITY
SERVICES WHILE OUR PEOPLE ARE
STRUGGLING TO PAY
RENT, HOMELESSNESS AND ILLNESS
A SLAP IN THE FACE TO
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING
TO SURVIVE.
PLEASE PROVIDE NECESSARY
COMMUNITY SERVICES RATHER
THAN CONTINUING TO POUR MONEY
INTO A HARMFUL POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
OVER 60 ORGANIZATION AROUND
SEATTLE HAVE ENDORSED
THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET I'VE
OUTLINED.
THIS IS A POSITION THAT THE
COMMUNITY IS EMBRACING.
I ASK CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THE
COURAGE TO BE
NATIONAL LEADERS IN DREAMING A
BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR
SEATTLE BY DEFUNDING POLICE TO
FUND THE COMMUNITY
AND BY CONTINUING TO FUND JUMP
START SEATTLE
THROUGHOUT ALL OF.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR CALLING
IN TODAY.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS, I'LL
READ THE LAST FOUR.
THE LAST FOUR SPEAKERS I HAVE
SIGNED UP ARE HOWARD
BAIL, JUNE BLUES, AND ELLEN LA
BOOTS, OUR LAST SPEAK
JIM STREET.
GOOD MORNING, HOWARD.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS HOWARD GAIL ADDRESSING
PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET.
RATHER THAN DEFUNDING AND
REIMAGINING OUR POLICING
SYSTEM, THIS AFTERNOON YOU WILL
BE DISCUSSION GIVES
IT ACTUALLY MORE FUNDING.
YOU'LL BE DISCUSSION PROVIDING
THE OFFICE OF
INVESTOR GENERAL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY, OIG, ADDITIONAL
FUNDING THROUGH TODAY
INVESTIGATE THE POLICE ABUSE
IT SO FAR FAILED TO
INVESTIGATE.
ACTUALLY IT'S WORSE THAN.
ON AUGUST 13th, THE OIG HELD A
PUBLIC FORM TO HEAR
FROM PEOPLE ABUSED BY POLICE.
NOT ONLY WAS IT POORLY
PUBLICIZED AND EXTRA
ORDINARILY BRIEFED, 90 MINUTES,
OIG ALOUD FOLKS THAT
WORK FOR OIG TO DISRESPECT,
DISTRACT FROM PEOPLE
THAT SERIOUS HARMS FROM POLICE
VIOLENCE OIB
PROCEEDED TO HIDE THAT VIDEO OF
THIS DISASTER FROM
THE PUBLIC.
CONSIDER THAT AFTER FOUR DAYS
OF POLICE ABUSE DURING
THE 1999 WTO, THE CITY COUNCIL
HELD 18 HOURS OF
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
NOW DURING FOUR MONTHS OF
CONTINUING POLICE ABUSE,
THE CITY THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY
BODIES, SPENDING
9 MILLION IN FUNDS HAS HELD ONE
AND A HALF HOURS OF
TESTIMONY AND MANAGED TO SCREW
THAT UP.
SINCE THE DIRECTOR OF THE OIG
LISA JUDGE WAS HIRED
IN 2018, THE SPD HAS KILLED ALL
NONE NECESSARY
MURDERS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN
INVESTIGATE PROPERLY
AND NEVER QUESTIONED BY OIG.
I COULD GO ON.
THE OIG FAILED TO INVESTIGATE
HIGHLY BIASED POLICING
DURING THE SUMMER, FALL WINTER
2018.
IF YOU'RE GOING GIVE MONEY TO
ANYONE, GIVE IT TO THE
COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY HAVE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND DO
PUBLIC INVESTIGATIONS.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO FUND
AN ACCOUNTABILITY
SYSTEM THAT IS NOT WORKING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
HOWARD.
JUNE, THANKS FOR CALLING IN.
YOU'RE UP NEXT.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS JUNE.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2. I'M
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN'S
PROPOSED STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO
CONSOLIDATE URBAN FORESTRY
FUNCTIONS IN OFC THIS.
2009 THE CITY AUDITOR
RECOMMENDED THE STEP IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF CITY TREES
REPORT.
11 YEARS LATER, AUTHORITY OVER
MANAGEMENT AND
PRESERVATION OF TREES IS STILL
DISPERSED AMONG NINE
DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS
IS FDCI WHICH HAS A
LARGE PROPORTION OF ITS BUDGET
COMING FROM BUILDING
PERMIT FEES.
THEY HAVE AN INHERIT CONFLICT
OF INTEREST.
THEY OVERSEE THE URBAN FORESTRY
COMMISSION AND INNER
DEPARTMENTAL TEAM IN THE MOST
APPROPRIATE HOME FOR
THIS CRITICAL WORK TO LIFT AS
THE REPORT SAID, CLEAR
LINES OF AUTHORITY AND
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP WILL
HELP SOLVE CONFLICTS AND MAKE
SURE DEPARTMENTS ARE
UNIFIED BEHIND A SINGLE
MISSION.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN'S BUDGET TO INSURE
ADEQUATE FD SECTION
DEVELOPED FOR FREE PROTECTION
ORDINANCE.
AS THE COUNCIL SUBMITTED LAST
FALL IN 319012, THIS
ORDNANCE IS NEEDED MORE THAN
EVER.
WE'RE IN TOUGH BUDGET TIMES.
YOU HAVE HARD CHOICES IN FRONT
OF YOU.
TREES ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF
SEATTLE'S
INFRASTRUCTURE AND AS WE LOSE
TRY TREES, IT HAS
FINANCIAL AS WELL AS IS HEALTH
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING.
ELLEN, GOOD MORNING.
YOU'RE SECOND TO LAST.
THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM JIM.
THANKS FOR DIALING IN.
>> HELLO I'M ELLEN, A RENTER IN
DAN STRAUSS' DISTRICT 6. I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET AND
LIKE TO ECHO PREVIOUS CALLERS
IN CALLING YOU TO
AMEND THE THREE KEY AMENDMENTS
UNDER THE BUDGET.
BASICALLY THIS MORNING I WAS
THINKING ABOUT MY
FAMILY'S BUDGET.
IT'S RENT, HEALTH CARE PREMIUM
AND FOOD.
THAT'S A LOT OF OUR INCOME.
WE'RE GRATEFUL SEATTLE PROVIDES
COVID TESTING SITES,
PARKS, LIBRARY.
WHY DO SO MANY EXPERIENCE ARMED
OFFICERS THAT
CRIMINALIZE FOLKS THAT PROTEST,
THOSE WITHOUT HOME
OR GOING THROUGH A CRISIS.
IN REFLECT ALL THESE VARIOUS
NEEDS IN SEAT, I URGE
YOU TO REJECT THE BUDGET AND
REDUCE THE HARMS
INFLECTED BY POLICE.
PLEASE DEFUND SPD BY AT LEAST
50%, INVEST IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSES, SOCIAL
SERVICES, GREEN NEW DEAL
AND OTHER ITEMS IDENTIFIED BY
THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT
SIGNED ONTO THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET.
THIS IS HOW WE'LL GET THROUGH
THE PANDEMIC TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR LAST SPEAKER JIM STREET.
THANKS FOR WAITING.
YOU ARE UP NOW.
I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.
DO WE HAVE JIM STREET WITH US.
>> JIM IS ON THE LINE.
>> HEY JIM.
IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, HIT STAR 6
ONE MORE TIME ON YOUR
END.
I SEE YOU LISTED AS ON MUTE ON
MY END.
IF YOU COULD HIT STAR 6 ONE
MORE TIME.
WE'LL WAIT ONE MORE MINUTE.
THAT'S THE LAST PERSON I HAVE
SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY.
JIM, STAR 6 ON YOUR END.
IF WE DON'T GET THE CHANCE TO
HEAR FROM YOU, I'LL
MAKE SURE THAT IF WE GET
WRITTEN TESTIMONY FROM YOU
WE SEND IT AROUND.
IT APPEARS YOU ARE COMMUTE ON
MY END.
STAR 6. OKAY FOLKS.
JIM, I APOLOGIZE.
LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE MUTED.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING
ANY WRITTEN
TESTIMONY FROM YOU.
WE'LL SEND IT AROUND.
THAT'S FRUSTRATING IF YOU'VE BP
IT WATCHING ON THE
LINE.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN TODAY.
I DON'T SEE YOU COMING OFF MUTE
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR
CALL N. WE'LL LOOK FOR YOUR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN
WRITE AS GOOD.
FOLK, THAT SENDS TODAY'S PUBLIC
TESTIMONY.
THANKS ALL FOR DIALING IN.
APOLOGIES TO JIM THAT WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO GET YOU
UNMUTED.
WE WILL LOOK FOR THAT WRITTEN
TESTIMONY.
THAT THE TIME, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND MOVE ON INTO THE
FIRST ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
1 BOO IS RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 1. OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
WE HAVE WITH US YOLANDA AND
ALLEY FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THANKS FOR THE MEMOS AND POWER
POINT PRESENTATIONS
SENT BY HATTY EARLIER.
WE APPRECIATE THOSE DOCUMENTS
AND I'M SURE FOLKS
HAVED THAT CHANCE TO READ
THROUGH THEM.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
PRESENTATION AND ANSWERING
AND HAVING CENTRAL STAFF ANSWER
QUESTIONS WE HAVE.
AS A REMINDER, I'M GOING TO ASK
FOLKS WHO HAVE
PRESENT FORM A'S IN THE
DEPARTMENT CAT CHOIR TO KEEP
THEIR COMMENTS VERY BREECH
WE'LL DO THAT AT THE END
OF THE PRESENTATION ONCE WE GET
TO THOSE.
YOLANDA, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
GOOD MORNING ALLEY AGAIN.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
I'LL TURN OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF.
>> YOLANDA, WANT TO CONFIRM YOU
CAN HEAR ME OKAY?
GREAT.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING PAY
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
2021 PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE
DIVING INTO THE ISSUES
AND DISCUSSING COUNCIL MEMBER
PROPOSALS AS MENTIONED
BY THE CHAIR.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO TOO IN-
DEPTH ABOUT OSC.
THEY PRESENTED TO THIS
COMMITTEE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AS A REMINDER, OIC FOCUSES ON
ISSUES RELATED TO
ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY, BUILDING
ENERGY, FOOD POLICY
AND ELECTRIFICATION AND
COORDINATES IMPLEMENTATION
OF SEATTLE'S CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN N. 2020, IN
COVID-19 CRISIS, EFFORTS ON
PROVIDING FOOD
ASSISTANCE TO SEAT RESIDENTS
INCLUDING LAUNCHING THE
EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHER
PROGRAM IN MARCH OF THIS
YEAR WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS IS A QUICK SUMMARY OF OIC
2021 PROPOSED BUDGET
AS PREPARED BY THE ADOPTED
BUDGET.
YOU'LL NOTE A 17% INCREASE IN
APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN
2020 AND 2021.
ALSO NOTE THAT OSC RECEIVES
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT AS
WELL AS SUPPORT FROM THE
SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX.
THIS INCREASE IN ENTIRELY DUE
TO THE PROPOSED
ADDITION OF 3.4 MILLION IN
GENERAL FUND TO EXTEND
THE EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHER
PROGRAM UNTIL
APRIL 2021 AS PART OF THE COVID-
19 RELIEF PLAN.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 5.6
MILLION THAT IS
EXPENDED IN THE REMAINDER OF
2020 FOR VOUCHERS AS
PART OF THE SAME PLAN.
THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE
NUMBER OF FTEs PROPOSED
OR OSC.
EXCLUDING THE ADDITION OF THE
EMERGENCY GROCERY
VOUCHERS, THE BUDGET COULD BE
CUT BY 1.3 MILLION OR
ROUGHLY 10%.
THE NOTABLE REDUCTIONS ARE
CUTTING 2,272,000 IN
GENERAL FUND BY CONTINUING TO
HOLD VACANT THE GREEN
DEAL ADVISER AND CLIMATE
ADVISER POLICY POSITIONS
UNTIL 2022.
THE POSITIONS REMAIN.
FUNDING WOULD BE ELIMINATED.
CUTTING $150,000 OF GENERAL
FUND FOR ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES FOR
EMERGENCY BENCHMARK
BUILDING TUNE UP PROGRAMS.
CUTTING $25,000 IN GENERAL FUND
FROM THE DRIVE CLEAN
SEATTLE PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBER COMPENSATION
AND CONSULTANT SERVICES.
CUTTING 35,500 GENERAL FUND FOR
TRAVEL, TRAINING,
COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS.
THE REDUCTIONS IN THE BENCH TAX
ARE ONE TIME ADS
THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED IN A
2020 BUDGET FOR
CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR THE
SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, FRESH
BUCKS, WATER BOLT
FILLING STATIONS AND SCRATCH
COOKING CONSUL IS
ASSISTANT FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
THESE WERE INTENDED ONE TIME
ONLY AND NOT EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE IN 2021.
COULD ALSO NOTE THAT MONEY WAS
REPURPOSED FOR THE
EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHERS
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
NO SERVICE REDUCTIONS TO SPD
FUNDED PROGRAMS ARE
PROPOSED.
ONTO ISSUE I.D.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> YOLANDA, REAL QUICK.
I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS AT THE
BEGINNING.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE
RECORD COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS IS WITH US AND WAS WITH
US EARLY ONSET FROM
THE PUBLIC S. WE CAN'T SEE EACH
OTHER.
THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS FOR
BEING WITH US.
>> NO PROBLEM.
ON TO ISSUE IDENTIFICATION.
THE FIRST ISSUE IS REDUCTIONS
TO EASTBOUND FORCEMENT
OF ENERGY BENCHMARK AND TUNE UP
PROGRAMS.
THESE TWO ARE TARGET COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS OF A
CERTAIN SIZE, SPECIFICALLY THE
ENERGY BENCHMARKING
PROGRAM REQUIRES BUILDING
OWNERS TO TRACK MISSIONS
OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS 20,000
SQUARE FEET OR LARGER
ANNUALLY AND REPORT ON THEIR
BUILDING ENERGY
PERFORMANCE.
TO IDENTIFY CORRECT
EFFICIENCIES AND OPERATIONS
MAINTENANCE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
THESE MEASURES CAN REDUCE
ENERGY USE BY 10 TO 15%.
IN RESPONSE TO THE REVENUE
SHORTFALLS, OSC PROPOSED
REDUCING IS THE FUNDING AND
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
FOR THESE PROGRAMS.
THAT WOULD BE $150,000 OF
GENERAL FUND CUTS.
THIS IS ANTICIPATED COMPLIANCE
RATES 95% TO POSSIBLY
AROUND 70% AND RESULTS IN FEWER
GREEN HOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, AS A RESULT OF
SUSPENDING ENFORCEMENT
ACTIVITIES, OSC WOULD NOT BE
COLLECTING ESTIMATED
$140,000 IN FINES FROM THE
BUILDING TUNE UPS PROGRAM
WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY BE USED
-- MONEY FROM
PENALTIES WOULD BE USED TO FUND
PROLE APOLOGETICS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROAPOLOGY
IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT INCLUDES $50,200 THAT WOULD
FUND CONSULTANT
CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT PROMENT
ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT TO
PROMOTE COMPLIANCE.
AS A RESULT, IT WOULD SHIFT.
USE $45,000 FOR A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES CONTRACT TO
PROVIDE MORE LIMITED TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
SO THE OPTIONS HERE WOULD BE TO
RESTORE THE $150,000
OF GENERAL FUND FOR ENFORCEMENT
AND COMPLIANCE
ACTIVITIES AND ALSO ADD
POSITION AUTHORITY FOR A
SENIOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SPECIAL TOAST
PROVIDE THE IN HOUSE TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE.
I NOTE THIS OPTION IS PROPOSED
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS AND THE NO
ACTION OPTION.
>> ANY QUESTIONS?
I WILL NOTE TWO PIECES, ONE TO
-- . I THINK IT WOULD BE NOT AS
MUCH OF A DECREASE AS WE
WOULD ANTICIPATE.
OSC PROVIDED THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT INQUIRED ABOUT
THIS AT COMMITTEE.
OSC ESTIMATED THAT THERE WOULD
BE 350 TO 400 METRIC
TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
EQUIVALENT THAT WOULD STILL
BE PRODUCED IF THEY DON'T TAKE
THE MEASRES TO
COMPLY WITH COMPLYING.
IT'S NOT AS MUCH A DECREASE
WE'D ANTICIPATE IF
COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT WERE
TO MOVE FORWARD AS
PLANNED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK YOU SUM IS RISED WELL
ON THE SECOND
PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 3. IT'S SORT
OF IMPORTANT FOR US TO
UNDERSCORE.
IT'S NOT THAT THERE WOULD BE
-- IT WOULD RESULT IN
FEWER GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
FINES ARE PROJECTED TO RESULT
IN 140,000 FEWER
FINES.
IS THAT CORRECT?
I BELIEVE COMMUNICATED TO ME,
THIS IS THE FIRST
YEAR.
THERE'S A RAMP UP OF
BENCHMARKING FIRST TUNE-UPS
AFTERWARDS.
IT WAS TO PROMOTE COMPLIANCE.
THEY -- THESE PROGRAMS HAD
KIND OF GEARED TOWARD
COMPLIANCE, EDUCATION,
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
PROGRAM NOW, THIS WILL BE
THE FIRST YEAR THAT FINES WOULD
BE INSTITUTED AS
THEY HAVE SPENT YEARS ENGAGING
WITH BUILDING OWNERS
AND BUILDING UP THAT KNOWLEDGE,
TIME FOR STERNER
ACTION WE WOULD SAY BY THE
CITY.
THEY'RE ESTIMATING.
FOR THE BUILD UP TUNING
PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY.
BENCHMARKING HAS FINES.
THOSE GO TO THE GENERAL FUND
NOT SPECIFICALLY
EARMARKED FOR ANYTHING.
BUILDING TUNE UPS SPECIFICALLY
THE FINES WERE
IDENTIFIED TO GO TO PROMOTING
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
VULNERABILITY BUILDINGS.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING NEW FOR
2021 BUT THEN WITH
THIS CUT WOULD BE SHIFTED TO
2022.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU AND
GONZALEZ DO YOU HAVE
ANOTHER FEW SENTENCES TO ADD TO
THIS?
YES.
>> WE DID NOT REALIZE WE WERE
BOTH SUBMITTING A FORM
A FOR.
BRIEFLY THIS WOULD RESTORE THE
$150,000 TO FULLY
FUND THE BUILDING TUNE UP
PROGRAM THROUGH PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOR
ENFORCEMENT AND
COMPLIANCE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WANTED THE
RECORD.
THIS IS A RELATIVELY LOW COST
IMPACT WAY TO CONTINUE
WORKING TOWARD OUR CLIMATE
GOALS.
COMMENT I PREPARED ARE MAKING
THE VOTE BUILDINGS ARE
ONE OF THE LARGEST
CONTRIBUTORS.
IT'S A MODEST ITEM TO KEEP US
ON TRACK.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TO YOU AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
IT'S VERY HELPFUL.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS, THANKS SO
MUCH.
LET'S GO TO NUMBER TWO.
>> NEXT SLIDE MS . THIS IS THE
PROPOSAL WAY FOR THE GREEN DEAL
ADVISER.
THIS WOULD DELAY AND EXTEND THE
HIRING DELAY FOR
THIS POSITION 2022.
THIS POSITION IS INTENDED TO
SCORE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD ESTABLISHED BY
THE COUNCIL IN 2019
AND WOULD COORDINATE CITY
ACTIONS FOR THE NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE.
DELAYING HIRE OF THIS POSITION
HAS ALSO DELAYED A
APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD.
THE BOARD IS -- THE ROLE IS
PROVIDE THE COUNCIL
MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO
IMPLEMENT THE
ACTIONS IDENTIFIED IN
RESOLUTION 31815 WHICH
ACCOMPLISHED GOALS FOR GREEN
DEAL FOR SEAT AND WILL
IDENTIFIED PRIORITY ACTIONS
NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE
THESE GOALS.
ADDITIONALLY THE BOARD IS
EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON 2022 BUDGET
WHICH WOULD HAVE
DEDICATED ONGOING FUNDING FOR
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THE GREEN DEAL PRIORITIES WHICH
IS FROM THE NEW
PAYROLL TAX REVENUES WHICH IS
ABOUT 9% OF THE
PROCEEDS OR POSSIBLY AROUND 20
MILLION THAT WE
ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW.
FUNDING FOR THE POSITION AND
FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS
STIPENDS WAS ADDED IN THE 2020
ADOPTED BUDGET.
DUE TO THE HIRING FREEZE THAT
WAS IMPLEMENTEDDERRER
THIS YEAR, THE POSITION WAS NOT
IF I WOULD.
THE ADDED FOR THIS POSITION IN
2020 DURING THE
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS BUT HAS
NOT BEEN FILLED BECAUSE
OF THE UNCERTAIN FUNDING
SITUATION.
SHOULD THE COUNCIL WANT TO ADD
FUNDING FOR THIS
POSITION, OFC IS PREPARED TO
INITIATE THE
RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PROCESS
SOON AFTER THE
ADOPTION OF THE 2021 BUDGET.
THE OPTION HERE IS TO ADD
$132,000 OF GENERAL FUND
TO FUND THE POSITION AND THIS
IS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT OR NO ACTION.
>> THANK YOU V. COUNCIL MEMBER
SAY WANT, COULD YOU
LIKE TO ADD TO THAT
DESCRIPTION?
THANK YOU.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT AS
YOLANDA SAID WOULD RESTORE
THE FUNDING CUT YET AGAIN BY
THE MAYOR FOR THE GREEN
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THE GOOD NEWS AS WAS JUST
STATED IS WE'VE HEARD FROM
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMENT THAT AT THIS
TIME, THEY'RE AUTHORIZED TO
ACTUALLY HIRE SOMEONE
FOR THIS POSITION.
IF THE COUNCIL VOTES TO RESTORE
THE FUNDING.
THE DISTRICT WOULD REMIND
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE
BACKGROUND N. FALL 2019,
CLIMATE ACTIVISTS AND
ORGANIZATIONS DEMANDED SEATTLE
SUPPORT IS THE GREEN
NEW DEAL AND AS A RESULT OF
THAT, THE COUNCIL PASSED
A GREEN DEAL RESOLUTION STATING
SUPPORT FOR MANY OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL PROJECTS AND
COMMITTING TO END
GREEN HOUSE EMISSIONS BY 2030.
THEN THE COUNCIL PASSED
ORDNANCE ESTABLISHING THE
GREEN DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
WHICH WAS TO BE COMPOSED
OF LABOR REPRESENTATIVES,
TECHNICAL EXPERTS.
IT WAS INTENDED TO HOLD ELECTED
OFFICIALS
ACCOUNTABLE FOR FOLLOWING
THROUGH.
AS WE'VE SEEN, MAYOR DURKAN HAS
GOT THE OVERSIGHT
BOARD AS PART OF THE HIRING
FREEZE IN 2020.
THE COUNCIL VOTED TO RESTORE
FUNDING IN THE REVISED
BUDGET PASSED EARLIER THIS
SUMMER.
THE OSC WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY
THE MAYOR TO ♪ MONEY UNTIL
THEY SEE COUNCIL RESTORED THE
FUNDING
FOR 2021 WHICH IS WHAT THIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
DO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
YOLANDA, GO AHEAD.
>> NEXT SLIDE, MS .
>> FINALLY WE HAVE THE PROPOSED
BUDGET THAT WOULD
EXTEND THE HIRING DELAY OF THE
POLICY ADVISER VACANT
SINCE 1 EARLY THIS YEAR LATE
LAST YEAR.
THIS OVERSEES IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE CLIMATE ACTION
PLAN AND OTHER CITY LED
EVIDENTLIES TO REDUCE GREEN
HOUSE GAS EMISSION INCLUDING
THE DEVELOPMENT
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOOL KIT
TO REQUIRE CITY
DEPARTMENTS TO EVALUATE GREEN
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AS
MAJOR PROJECTS AND PRECUREMENT
DECISIONS.
OSC WORKED ON DEVELOPING THIS
TOOL KIT TO EARLY 2019
WHEN STAFF TURN OVER STALLED
FURTHER PROGRESS
INCLUDING THE PLANNED PILOT
ROLL OUT TO SELECT
DEPARTMENTS.
FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL'S
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 31933
LAST NO, THE STAYS SUMMARY AND
FISCAL NOTE THAT A
COMPANY'S ALL LEGISLATION WILL
ACQUIRE ASSESSMENT ON
JANUARY 1st LAST YEAR THIS.
WAS INTENDED TO BE INFORMED BY
THE QUALITATIVE GREEN
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY THE
IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL
KIT.
WITH THIS PROPOSED HIRING, THE
TOOL KIT WILL LIKELY
NOT COMPLETED UNTIL 2022.
SO OPTIONS HERE WOULD BE TO ADD
$140,000 OF GENERAL
FUND FOR THE CLIMATE POLICY
ADVISER POSITION.
THIS IS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS OR NO
ACTION.
AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE LESS THAN
TEN YEARS TO TAKE
ACTION BEFORE THIS WORLD IS
UNINHABITABLE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOLANDA, LET'S GO TO OTHER
PROPOSALS.
>> YES.
THESE ARE THE BUDGET ACTIONS
PROPOSED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS OF THE DEADLINE LAST
WEEK.
THE FIRST IS A CARBON EXERCISE
TAX PROPOSED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT WOULD REQUEST THAT OSC,
CITY BUDGET OFFICE,
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
COLLABORATE WITH OFFICE OF
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS TO
DEVELOP LEGISLATION TO IMPOSE A
CARBON TAX ON
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
>>> COUNCIL MEMBER, ANYTHING TO
ADD TO THAT?
YES, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU YOLANDA FOR QUEUING
THAT UP.
THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THIS YEAR,
I'VE BEEN HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
SOME OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE DEALT
ARE POLICY TO SEE
HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIGHT
BE STRUCTURED.
I'M CONFIDENT AN APPROACH COULD
BE CRAFTED AND
DEVELOPED THAT WOULD WITHSTAND
A LEGAL CHALLENGE.
I'M HAPPY TO PUT THIS IDEA
FORWARD.
IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME
CONCEPT AS THE GUN AND
AMMO TAX AND SODA IS TAX.
IT'S SAY TAX FOR EMITTING
CARBON IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
AS WE KNOW FROM VARIOUS ITEMS
WE DISCUSSED,
BUILDINGS ARE A BIG PORTION OF
OUR EMISSIONS ABOUT A
THIRD OF OUR EMISSIONS COME
FROM BUILDINGS WHICH CAN
BE INEFFICIENTLY HEAT ORDER
OVER RELY ON BUILDINGS.
IN THAT CATEGORY OF BUILDINGS,
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
MAKE UP HALF THE TOTAL
EMISSIONS ECLIPSING THE
EMISSIONS OF MULTI FAMILY
BUILDINGS.
AS EXCISE ACTION AT THATS ARE
TYPICALLY ON
BUSINESSES, THAT'S THE REASON
AT LEAST IN THIS
INITIAL PROFFERING OF THIS, I
LIMITED TO COMMERCIAL
BUILDINGS SINCE THAT FITS MORE
WITHIN THE CONFINES
OF OUR EXCISE TAXING AUTHORITY.
THERE'S THE OLD SAYING WE'RE
FREQUENTLY REMINDED OF
BY A LOT OF FOLKS, PARTICULARLY
IN THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE LESS OF
SOMETHING, TAX IT.
WE WANT TO SEE LESS EMISSIONS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
BUILDINGS TO MAKE IT MORE
ENERGY DIFFERENT WHILE A TAX IS
NOT A REGULATION, IT'S DESIGNED
TO
RAISE REVENUE.
WE KNOW THERE CAN BE AN EFFECT
IN CREATING A SENSE
OF URGENCY TO ADOPT SOME OF
THESE MECHANISMS TO
REDUCE YOUR TAX LIABILITY BY
RETRO FITTING YOUR
ABOUT MORE PROACTIVELY.
THIS COULD RAISE REVENUE THAT
COULD HAVE A FEEDBACK
LOOP WHERE MONEY RAISED FROM A
TAX LIKE THIS COULD
GO TOWARD UNDERWRITING SOME OF
THOSE EFFORTS AND S
SUBSIDIZING EVIDENTLIES TO
INCREASE THE RATE AT
WHICH BUILDINGS ARE RETRO
FITTED TO REDUCE EMISSION,
HAVE MORE EFFICIENT METHODS OF
BURNING NATURAL GAS
THAT PRODUCE MORE ELECTRICITY
FOR LESS EMISSIONS.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT COULD
BE FUNDED WITH
POTENTIAL REVENUE.
IN TERMS OF BUILDING SOMETHING
LIKE THIS, I THINK
THE LEGAL CONCEPT IS FAIRLY
SOUND.
IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD WANT TO
RELY ON THE EXPERTISE
OF THE COMMUNITY,S OF OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TERMS OF SETTING WHAT RATES
SHOULD BE, WHAT THE --
IF THERE SHOULD BE STAGGERED
PROGRESSIVE STEPS AS
FAR AS DIFFERENT RATES FOR
EMISSIONS OF DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF CO2 WITH EXCISE TAX
WE CAN PUT IN
PROGRESSIVE STEPS.
THE SPECIFICS OF THE POLICY
WILL NEED TO BE
DEVELOPED INTENTIONALLY GIVEN
IT IS NOVEL.
THERE'S NO OTHER JURISDICTION
THAT HAS A TAX LIKE.
I DO THINK THE CONCEPT IS
SOUND.
WE COULD FILL OUT THE DETAILS
AND COLLABORATION WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK
OVER.
I'M CERTAINLY EXCITED TO TRY TO
WORK ON THIS WITH
THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND
HAVE DISCUSSED THIS IDEA
WITH THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY.
I THINK THERE COULD BE WAYS TO
INCORPORATE IT INTO
THE WORK PLAN.
WE CAN DISCUSS THAT THROUGHOUT
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS ON
THAT ONE.
I WILL NOTE FOR COLLEAGUES IN
AN EFFORT TO TRY TO
KEEP US APPRECIATION I DID NOT
MENTION THIS AT THE
BEGINNING.
I'VE BEEN DOING TWO MINUTE
TIMER ON MY END OVER
HERE.
I'LL TAKE MYSELF OFF MUTE SO
YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE
HAVE GONE ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL KEEP US
MOVING ALONG IN CASE
OTHER FOLKS DO HAVE QUESTION ON
PIECES TOO.
WE WANT TO BUILD IN TIME FOR
THOSE QUESTIONS.
THAT'S THE PROCESS I'M USING ON
MY END.
WHEN YOU SEE ME COME OFF MUTE,
THAT MEANS TWO
MINUTES HAS BEEN HIT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT EACH PROPOSAL.
ITEM 2 YOLANDA.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE COVERED THIS
ON ISSUE NUMBER 1 IN
YOUR SUMMARY.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT?
NOPE.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS ON ISSUE
NUMBER 3 AS WELL, WE
COVERED THAT WITH ISSUE 3 IN
THE PRESENTATION.
ASSUMING WE'RE GOOD TO MOVE
FORWARD ON THOSE TWO
PIECE THEN?
THANK YOU CHAIR ST . THANK YOU
VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
YOU'RE UP FOR THE NEXT ONE AS
WELL AS.
YOLANDA, YOU WANT A SUMMARY OF
ITEM.
>> YEAH.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD FUNDING
FOR FRESH BUCKS.
TO BE DETERMINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU YOLANDA AND CHAIR.
COVID-19 HAS EXACERBATED FOOD
INSECURITY IN MANY
COMMUNITIES INCREASING FUNDING
FOR FRESH BUCKS WILL
PROMOTE ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
AND SAFE
OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THE FOOD
LIKE AT FARMERS
MARKETS.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS PROGRAM BE
EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL IN
GROCERY STORES AND FARMERS
MARKETS FOR THE PAST FEW
YEARS.
IT IS ONE OF MY TOP -- IT HAS
BEEN ONE OF MY TOP
PRIORITIES SINCE BEFORE COVID
TO INCREASE AND EXPAND
THE FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU YOLANDA.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS?
QUICK QUESTION WOULD BE COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS, DO
YOU HAVE INDICATION OF A
GENERAL AMOUNT OR ARE YOU
STILL DOING RESEARCH ON WHAT
THE GAP IS?
I BELIEVE THE GAP IS LARGER
THAN WE CAN FILL DURING
THIS RECESSION.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO
UNDERSTAND IN CONTEXT
AS PRO COMMENTS YESTERDAY,
POLICY MUST POLITICS MUST
DRIVE OUR DECISION MAKING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT TYPES OF
OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE
AS WE MOVE THROUGH FORM B'S AND
C'S.
>> APPRECIATE.
THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, WE
DISCUSSED ITEM 5 AND ISSUE
2. YOLANDA'S SUMMARY.
ANYTHING ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
ITEM 6, ALSO ITEM FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
YOLANDA WANT TO SUMMARIZE?
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD FUNDING
FOR EMERGENCY
GROCERY VOUCHER PROGRAM TO
EXTEND IT FROM JUNE
THROUGH DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR
. I WOULD NOTE THE 19 MILLION
GENERAL FUND PROPOSED
WAS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT THAT
WOULD TAKE TO EXTEND
THE PROGRAM AND ALSO REQUIRE
-- THE SPONSOR IS
ALSO INDICATED THEY WOULD WANT
VOUCHERS TO BE
ACCEPTED IN ASIAN GROCERY
STORES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT,
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO
THAT?
YES, WE DISCUSSED THE
DEPARTMENTFUL PRESENTATION
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT HAS DONE
IMPORTANT WORK THIS YEAR
RUNNING THE VOUCHER
PROGRAM.
THIS PROVIDES SAFEWAY VOUCHER
CARDS AS PART OF COVID
RELIEF.
THOUSANDS HAVE DEPENDED ON
EMERGENCY GROCERY
VOUCHERS TO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES
FED THROUGH THE
YEAR.
WE DISCUSSED IT'S UNFORTUNATE
THESE CAN BE USED AT
SAFEWAY AND NOT CHERYL GROCERY
STORE OPTIONS
DECISION BASED ON LOGISTICAL
EXPEDIENCY AND NOT WHAT
MAKES SENSE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
HAVING AT ALL STORES IS MOST
IMPORTANT THING.
HOWEVER, IN MY OFFICE'S
DISCUSSION IS WITH
VIETNAMESE SENIOR ASSOCIATION
AND ACRS, THE UMBRELLA
ORGANIZATION THEY ARE A PART
OF, IT IS CLEAR THE
FACT THE VOUCHERS CAN ONLY BE
USED AT SAFEWAY IS A
REAL BARRIER TO THE SENIORS
THAT THE ACRS WORKS
WITH.
THIS IS REALLY ESSENTIAL THIS
VOUCHER PROGRAM BE
EXPAND SOD THEY CAN BE REDEEME
IN THE ASIAN GROCERY
SMORES THE INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT AND DOWN RAINIER
AVENUE IN ADDITION TO OTHER
STORES.
OUTRAGEOUSLY THE VOUCHER
PROGRAM THAT SO MANY PEOPLE
DEPEND ON IS CURRENTLY BUDGETED
TO EXPIRE IN APRIL.
IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THE COVID
EMERGENCY WILL BE OVER
BY THEN AND.
SO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT DOES
TWO THINGS, FUNDS THE
ACTION TENDING OF THE VOUCHER
PROGRAM THROUGH THE
END OF 2021 AND STATES THE
INTENTION OF THE VOUCHER
PROGRAM BE EXPANDED TO BE
REDEEMABLE AT SEATTLE'S
ASIAN GROCERY STORES.
THERE'S A SEPARATE BUDGET
LEGISLATION THAT ASKED THE
EXECUTIVE TO EXPAND TO SMALLER
GROCERS PARTICULARLY
GROCERS THAT ACCEPT FRESH BUCKS
IN MY OFFICE.
WE'LL PREPARE A RELATED AMEND
TO ADD TO ASIAN
GROCERY STORES NOT PART OF THE
FRESH BUCKS PROGRAM.
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I DIDN'T MENTION.
>> YOU HAD SEVEN SECONDS LEFT.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHT THAT.
WE'LL DO THAT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO FLAG THAT DURING
OUR DISCUSSIONS AROUND
THE EMERGENCY GROCERY VOUCHERS,
WE DID AT SIGNAL OUR
INTENT THAT THE PROGRAM BE
EXPANDED TO ETHNIC
GROCERY STORES.
WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT --
WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT'S
PROPOSAL.
WE MAY WANT TO LOOK TO SEE
WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE
OTHER WAYS TO UNDERSCORE OUR
INTENT BECAUSE WE HAVE
EXPRESSED THIS POLICY
PREFERENCE IN THE PAST AND THE
EXPANSION HAS NOT HAPPENED.
SO I JUST THINK THAT MAYBE WE
SHOULD SEE IF THERE
ARE OTHER TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE
TO PROMPT THE
EXPANSION.
GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT.
NOT SEEING ANOTHER MOVE
YOLANDA, NUMBER 7. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
>> THE FINAL BUDGET PROPOSAL
WOULD BE A PROPOSED
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT WOULD REQUEST
OSC DEVELOP A PLAN TO TRANSFER
STAFF AND DECISION
MAKING AUTHORITY OVER TREE
REMOVAL AND MANAGE TO THE
OSC.
THIS IS SPONSOR BY COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANKS FOR SUMMARIZING.
IS SHADE FOR COOLING DURING A
WARMER MONTH, PROVEN
HEALTH BENEFITS THE BIGGER THE
TREE THE BETTER.
AS LONG AS WE'RE TAKING AN
OVERDUE SERIOUS LOOK AT
RACIAL INJUSTICE ISSUES, WE
KNOW SOME COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR HAVE FEWER LARGE TREES
AND HAVING THEM REMOVED
MORE OFTEN.
AS FAR BACK AS 2009 OUR CITY
AUDITOR DETERMINED THAT
FRACTIONAL XIZED MANAGEMENT OF
TREES AND URBAN
FORPEST ARE YOU ISSUES WAS A
MAJOR PROBLEM FOR CITY
OF SEATTLE AND RECOMMENDED
CONSOLIDATION.
THE CITY FOR 11 YEARS CONTINUED
TO TRY TO MAKE A
MULTI APPROACH TO TREE
MANAGEMENT WORK.
DURING THAT TIME, WE'RE SEEING
A DECLINING TREE
CANMY, LOSS OF NUMEROUS LARGE
TRUES.
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE WORK.
THIS SLIDE JUST ASKS THE
EXECUTIVE TO PRODUCE A PLAN
WHICH WE DON'T HAVE TO ACT ON.
AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE A PLAN FOR
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
TO RATIONALIZE AND CONSOLIDATE
MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
OVER SEATTLE'S FREES WITH A
PREFERENCE FOR AN AGENCY
PREFERENCED ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
THAT IS OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSEN ANY
QUESTIONS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN, I DO
HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THIS IS THE SLIDE.
IT BUILDING OFF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND FROM 11
YEARS AGO, CORRECT?
IT CAN BE DEPENDING ON
RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE NOT SEEING GREAT RESULTS
WITH THE CURRENT
DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
IS THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING THAT.
AN 11-YEAR-OLD PLAN IS NOT
WORKING AND NEED TO
RELOOK AT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
IS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO COLLABORATE
WITH YOU REGARD TREE
WORK.
WHAT I'LL NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT SDCI HAS TAKEN A
NUMBER OF STEPS ON TREE
PROTECTION THIS YEAR.
WE'RE AWAITING THE DIRECTOR'S
RULE ON TREE
PROTECTION TO EXTEND A LOT OF
PROTECTIONS.
IN FACT, IF THE DIRECTOR'S RULE
WERE IN PLACE TODAY,
THERE WOULD BE A TREE IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD
BE PROTECTED.
HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE CONCERNS.
THIS IS THE DAY I APPRECIATE
AND LOVE THE INTEND
YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH S. ANY
FINAL QUESTION OR
COMMENTS?
I'M SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU ALL MUCH FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS ON THESE
PIECES AND FOR YOUR SUMMARY.
SUMMARIES ON ALL ITEMS, WE
REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY
COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS SPOKEN.
YOLANDA, THANK YOU FOR WALKING
US THROUGH THE
PROPOSAL AND THE MEMO AND THE
POWER POINT
PRESENTATION.
GREAT WORK.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANKS
FOR BEING WITH US
HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
IN THAT SECTION,
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
GOOD MORNING CENTRAL STAFF.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION
UP IN JUST A SECOND.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANKS.
LET ME DOUBLE COLLEGE I THINK
WE'LL NEED TO READ
ITEM 2 INTO THE RECORD.
MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU READ
ITEM TWO INTO THE
RECORD.
>> ITEM TWO, DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LISH, THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING
YOURSELF.
WE HAVE LISH AND ALLI TO WALK
US THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION THAT CORRESPONDS
WITH THE MEMO YOU
RECEIVED YESTERDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
OVERSEES OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT, SUPPORTS
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND HAS
COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAMS.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE?
THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET IS CUT
BY 10% COMPARED TO
THE 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET.
THE SHIFTS YOU'RE SEEKING ARE
GENERALLY DRIVEN BY
SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY
BUILDING TO THE OTHER
TWO BUDGET SUMMARY LEVELS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEALTHY
FOOD FUND, A NEW
COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDED
WITH $1.5 MILLION
WITH SWEET AND BEVERAGE TAX
PROCEEDS WOULD BE MOVING
FROM THE COMMUNITY BUILDING BS
ISL TO THE COMMUNITY
GRANTS BSL WHICH REPRESENTS A
LARGE SHIFT AND OFF
SETS $830,000 REDUCTION IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING
FUND BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SMALL
CHANGES.
I WASN'T GOING TO GO INTO THEM.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SOME.
>> NOT SEEING QUESTIONS.
I'M WONDERING FROM THE MACRO
PERSPECTIVE, I DIDN'T
HAVE THE CHANCE TO ASK THIS
EARLIER.
IF YOU KNOW OFFHAND, COULD YOU
GIVE US THE GENERAL
SENSE ON HOW EACH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS ON THE AVERAGE
AMOUNT OF REDUCTIONS TO
DEPARTMENTS OVERALL, OVER
10S FOR SEEMS ON THE HIGHER
END.
CAN YOU REMIND US HOW THIS
COMPARES TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS AND LISH, IF YOU
HAVE ANSWERS TOO,
THAT'S GREAT.
>> I DON'T HAVE IT OVERALL.
FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON,
THEY WERE GIVEN A TODAY 10%
REDUCTION TARGET.
IF THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THAT, THE EXECUTIVE DID
INCLUDE THOSE IN THEIR BUDGET.
>> MOSQUEDA, I DON'T HAVE THAT
IN FRONT OF BUT CAN
WORK ON GETTING IT AND CIRCLE
BACK AT THE END OF THE
SESSION IS THIS MORNING OR
AFTERNOON FOR THE
MISCELLANEOUS I.D.
PAPER.
THAT WHICH YOU SAY THE PERCENT
CHANGE IN EACH
DEPARTMENT.
I CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
IT WILL TAKE ME MORE THAN A
MINUTE.
>> NO WORRIES.
MISCELLANEOUS SECTION SOUNDS
GREAT.
IF FOLKS WERE FOLLOWING ALONG
AND SAW THE 16.9%
INCREASE, THEY MIGHT WONDER HOW
EACH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS COMPARE.
THANK YOU LISH FOR THE REMINDER
TO FOLKS THE
DIRECTIVE TO EACH DEPARTMENT
WAS TO HIT AROUND 10%
OR HIGHER REDUCTION AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO THAT
INFORMATION LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS WELL ALLI.
THANKS.
OKAY LISH.
SORRY.
LET'S GO A.
>> I HAVE IDENTIFIED THREE
ISSUES AND THERE ARE
THREE CUNCIL MEMBER PROPOSALS.
LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> SO, IN THE 2019-20 BUDGET,
THE BUDGET INCLUDED A
POSSESSION TO SUPPORT OUTREACH
AND ENGAGEMENT
RELATED TO THE 2020 CENSUS.
THAT POSITION IS DUE TO SUNSET
AT END OF THIS YEAR.
THE EXECUTIVE BUDGET PROPOSAL
INCLUDES MAKING THAT
POSITION PERMANENT.
IT'S ROLE WILL SHIFT FROM
SUPPORTING PARTICIPATE IN
THE CENSUS TO WORK WITH
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION
AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON
UNDERSTANDING THE
CENSUS AS IT'S PUBLISHED THIS
COMING SPRING.
THAT WORK IS CLOSELY RELATED TO
WORK THAT THE
DEMOGRAPHER DOES AND REPORTING
ON CENSUS RESULTS AND
HELPING TO INTERPRET THEM FOR
BOTH CITY GOVERNMENT
AND THE PUBLIC.
I'VE PREPARED THREE OPTIONS.
ONE IS TO NOT FUND THIS
POSITION TO SUNSET AT THE
END OF THE YEAR.
THE SECOND IS MOVE THE POSITION
TO OPCD TO WORK WITH
THE DEMOGRAPHER AND THIRD IS
TAKE NO ACTION.
>> THANK YOU LISH.
OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THE
OVERLAP THIS
POTENTIALLY HAS WITH THE
DEMOGRAPHER.
APPRECIATE THAT ANALYSIS.
>> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
>> THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
BOTH THIRD QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL AND 2021 BUDGET
INCLUDES FUNDING TO
LEASE SPACE FOR A COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION.
THE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATION WOULD RESPOND TO
THE DECEMBER PROPORTIONATE
IMPACTS OF 2019 ON BLACK
LGBTQIA NOT BINARY YOUTH AND
OTHER ADULTS, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, LGBTQIA AND NONBINARY
YOUNG ADULTS.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO
FUNDING SERVICES WE
NORMALLY SEE.
THE CITY NORMALLY PUTS OUT A
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
AND FUNDS THE BEST PROPOSAL AND
THEN THE COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION IS PROVIDING
SERVICES BASED ON
THAT RFP RESPONSE.
DETERMINES HOW TO BEST FUND THE
AS MUCH ASS SO
THEY'RE PROVIDING.
THIS WOULD INSTEAD HAVE THE
CITY ACT AS AN
INTERMEDIARY AND LEASE SPACE
FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
ONE IS HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT TO CONTACT SERVICES
OR TO ALLOW FOR THE
LEASE TO GO FORWARD AND JUST TO
NOTE THE COUNCIL
PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO APPROVE
THAT LEASE.
SO IT'S A TWO TO THREE MONTH
PROCESS BEFORE ANY
LEASE SPACE COULD BE OCCUPIED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
GO AHEAD.
>> A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT.
ONE, DO WE KNOW THE RATIONAL OR
LOGIC BEHIND THIS
DIFFERENT MODEL THAT THE
EXECUTIVE PROPOSES TO USE?
DOES THIS DIFFERING MODEL COST
MORE OR LESS THAN
WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO?
I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE
SECOND QUESTION.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PROVIDED
WHICH IS $120,000 IN
THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND 160,000 IN
2021 IS BASED ON HOW
MUCH FAS ASSUMES THAT 5000
SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE
SPACE WOULD COST ON CAPITOL
HILL WHICH IS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THEY'RE TARGETING
FOR THESE FUNDS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS
APPROACH CAME OUT OF A
DISCUSSION WITH THE
ORGANIZATION THAT IDENTIFIED
THE
NEED AND HOW BEST TO SUPPORT
THIS OUTREACH AND
SERVICES.
THANK YOU.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE OLD
PROPOSAL FOLKS HAVE BEEN
ADVOCATING FOR FOR A LONG TIME
IN THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY CENTER?
IT'S DISTINCT FROM THAT.
>> IT IS, OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION
COMMUNITY MEMBER HERBOLD.
I HAVE A QUESTION AROUND
PROCESS.
WE'VE HEARD FOR A WHILE THE
DESIRE.
SPACE WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE.
SPECIFIC TO THIS BUILDING, THE
LATEST THING I HAD
HEARD WAS THAT THERE WAS OFFERS
OF SPACE TO
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HAD
BEEN DECLINED.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT
OFFERS ALREADY GOING
OUT THE DOOR TO COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS?
NO, I DO NOT.
MY UNDERSTANDING AS OF LAST
WEEK WAS SPACE HAD NOT
BEEN IDENTIFIED YET.
>> OKAY.
>> APPRECIATE IT.
I'LL LOOK INTO THAT FORWARD.
NOT HEARING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, LET'S MOVE ON.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE THIRD ITEM RELATES TO THE
DISCUSSION OFC.
>> IN 2020, IN THE 2020 ADOPTED
BUDGET, THERE WAS
$2.5 MILLION FROM THE SWEET AND
BEVERAGE TAX FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT WAS TO FUND A
NEW HEALTHY FOOD FUND GRANT
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY HAVE IDEAS TO CREATE OR
BRING FOOD TO
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
THAT FUNDING WAS CUT DURING
SUMMER PROCESSES AND WAS
REDIRECTED TO THE GROCERY
VOUCHER PROGRAM.
IT'S ADDED BACK TO THE DOM
BUDGET IN 2021 AT
$1.5 MILLION AND QUESTION FOR
COUNCIL MEMBERS IS
SHOULD THE GROCERY VOUCHER
PROGRAM BE EXTENDED
PROBABLY BY A MONTH OR SO BY
KEEPING THESE FUNDS FOR
GROCERY VOUCHERS RATHER THAN
THE HEALTHY FOOD FUND.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOLKS?
OKAY.
THANKS LISH FOR IDENTIFYING
THAT.
I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
COMMENT OR QUESTIONS ON
THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'M MOVING ON TO NEXT SLIDE
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
PROPOSALS.
THERE ARE THREE.
THE FIRST IS DURING PUBLIC
COMMENT TO FUND THE SOUTH
PARK SAFETY COORDINATOR FOR
ANOTHER YEAR.
IT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2020
BUDGET.
THIS WOULD EXTEND THE FUNDS FOR
2021 AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD IS THE PROPOSAL
PROPONENT.
>> THANK YOU LISH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THIS ITEM FOR THE
SOUTH PARK PUBLIC SAFETY
COORDINATOR?
YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.
AS A REMINDER TO COUNCIL, THIS
PROGRAM AND THIS
FUNDING FOR THIS WORK DERIVED
FROM A COMMUNITY
REQUEST AND COUNCIL GENERATED
STUDY FROM A COUPLE
YEARS AGO.
IT COMBINE INNOVATIVE
APPROACHES TO PUBLIC SAFETY,
TRADITION APPROACHES.
COUNCIL PROVIDED FUNDING FOR IT
SEVERAL YEARS.
A MULTI LINGUAL APPROACH IS
CRITICAL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES IN SOUTH PARK.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO
THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
HAVE COME OUT TO VOCALLY AND
STRONGLY SUPPORT
FUNDING THIS POSITION.
THE SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION, THE RIVER
CLEAN UP COALITION CULTIVATE
SOUTH PARK, CONCORD
ELEMENTARY PTA, THE DOOMOMISH
VALLEY SAFE STREETS.
WANT TO THANK PEOPLE FOR GIVING
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
THIS WERE MONTHING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD OR LISH,
A QUICK POINT OF
VERIFICATION.
IT'S $75,000 FOR 2021 TO
CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE
COORDINATOR.
SO THIS WAS 2020 FUNDING THAT
IS NOT SLATED TO GO
FORWARD AFTER THIS YEAR.
YOU'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND IT.
IS THAT AN ACCURATE SUMMARY?
CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
GREAT.
THEN DIDN'T HAVE -- THEY
BEING SOUTH PARK, THEY
DIDN'T HAVE THAT FUNDING HELD
BACK FOR ANY REASON
RELATED TO COVID THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
I UNDERSCORE YOUR APPRECIATION.
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
COUNCIL MEMBER LIS HILLARY
CLINTON.
>> IT'S 2000 TO SUPPORT
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY
EVENTS THIS.
WOULD REQUIRE FUNDING GO TO
RECENT EXPERIENCE IS IN
ORGANIZATIONS HOSTING THOSE
EVENTS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SEATTLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY
CELEBRATION IS A
POWERFUL COMMUNITY EVENT EVERY
YEAR N. THE ABSENCE
OF SOCIAL DISTANCING
RESTRICTIONS, THERE'S A RALLY
IN CITY HALL WITH SPEAKERS AND
EXCITING MARSH THAT
ARRIVES AT CITY HAUL AND
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AT
DAY BREAK SENT.
I'VE BEEN AT THAT CELEBRATION.
IT'S A TRULY WONDERFUL EVENING
WELCOMING OF ALL
FAMILIES REGARDLESS OF INCOME
OR HOUSING S STAT THANK
YOU IT'S A DAY FOR ORGANIZERS
TO CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR
RESOLUTION ON INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE'S DAY.
IT WAS THE SAME GROUP OF
ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS
WHO ALSO PUSHED FOR THE WELLS
FARGO DIVERSEMENT.
ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS A
POWERFUL EVENT ON THIS
DAY EVERY YEAR, IT'S ORGANIZED
BY DEDICATED AND
GENERALLY GRASS ROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS AND GRASS ROOTS
ACTIVISTS, IT HAS BEEN QUITE
ESSENTIAL.
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THE
FUNDING HAS BEEN MOVED
FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
WHERE IT HAS ALWAYS
BEEN IN THE PAST TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
MANY OF THE ORGANIZERS
DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE
CELEBRATIONS EVERY YEAR HAVE
REACHED TOUT MY OFFICE
WORRIED THE FISCAL CHANGE MIGHT
SIGNAL TO THE MAYOR
THAT THE MAYOR INTENDS TO TAKE
ORGANIZATIONS,
ORGANIZING OUT OF COMMUNITY
HANDS.
TO BE CLEAR, ACTIVIST HAVE
HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY DO
NOT INTEND TO MAKE
CHANGE AND INTEND TO CONTRACT
THE FUNDING.
HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZERS ARE STILL
CONCERNED AND WANT MORE
ASSURANCES.
THEY DO NOT WANT A CALL FROM
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT
SAYS ACCEPT THIS KEYNOTE
SPEAKER OR THREATS OF THIS
FUNDING.
MAKE NO CHANGE OF THE MAYOR
FOLLOWS THROUGH ON THE
PROMISES.
OTHERWISE, IT WOULD PROVIDE
SECURITY TO THE PLANNING
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ON THIS ITEM?
ALL RIGHT.
JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, THERE'S
NOT ADDITION OF
FUNDING.
IT'S ALREADY APPROPRIATED FUNDS
IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET?
EXACT HIM.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
>> THE LAST ITEM FOR DEPARTMENT
AND NEIGHBORHOODS
AND PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES TO FUND
IMPROVEMENTS TO CREATE
DETECTIVE COOKIE CHESS PARK
IN RAINIER BEACH.
THIS WOULD ADD $200,000 TO DON
TO CONTRACT COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO OCCUPY
UNDERUTILIZED RIGHT OF
WAY WHERE RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH
HEADS DOWN INTO
RENTON.
>> THANKS LISH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
OF DETECTIVE COOKIE,
DENISE WOULD DON IS SINCE 2006
HAS BEEN -- HAS
CREATED A CHESS CLUB IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOING A
LOT OF WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.
THERE'S NOW A SMALL PARK AS
LISH SAID ON SDOT LAND.
THERE'S A PLAN TO CREATE AN
OUTDOOR SPACE.
THERE'S ALREADY PUBLIC PARK
THERE IS IF YOU'VE BEEN
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE
STREET FROM KING
DOUGHNUTS.
YOU'VE SEEN A GIANT KING AND
QUEEN CHESS PIECE.
THIS FUND AS GOOD TO HELP
COMPLETE THE PARK.
THE IDEA HAVE OUTDOOR CHESS
PLAY SPACE AND PUT A
GIANT CHESS BOARD ON THE GROUND
SO THEY CAN MARK THE
SPACE AND HAVE GIANT CHESS
TOURNAMENTS.
SO THE PROPOSAL HERE WOULD ADD
$200,000 TO DON TO
COMPLETE THAT PART OF THE PARK
DESIGN AND FINISH AND
CREATE A SPACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY CHESS OF
COURSE.
>>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM?
OKAY.
I AM SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LISH, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES
THIS PRESENTATION IF
THAT'S CORRECT.
>> CORRECT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY AND FOR
THE MEMO AND PRESENTATION
APPRECIATE YOUR WORK I KNOW
WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SOON MADAME
CLERK, WILL YOU READ INTO THE
ITEM TIME SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ON ITEM 3, WE HAVE THE CHANCE
TO BE JOINED BY ASHA
AND ALLI AGAIN WITH US.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
PLEASE DO STATE YOUR FULL NAME
FOR THE RECORD.
WE'LL TURN OVER TO YOU.
>> THANKS BUDGET CHAIR IS.
ASHA.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE PLY BAY AREA
CONSISTS OF THE
CENTRAL LIBRARY DOWNTOWN AS
WELL AS 26 BRANCHES AND
A MOBILE SERVICES DECISION IT'S
A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM MANY
DEPARTMENTS IN
THAT IT IS GOVERNED BY A FIVE
MEMBER BOARD OF
TRUSTEE WHO HAVE EXCLUSIVE
CONTROL OVER OPERATIONS.
THEY USUALLY ADOPTED ANNUAL
OPERATIONS PLAN AFTER
THE COUNCIL ADOPTS IT'S BUDGET
EACH YEAR. %
RECENTLY, IN 2019, THE COUNCIL
AS WELL AS VOTERS
PASSED A $2,019,000,000 LEVY.
THIS EXTENDED THE SERVICES THAT
WERE PROVIDED IN THE
2012 LEVY AND PROPROSED TO
EXPAND SOME OF THOSE
SERVICES.
IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS SUMMARY
IS THAT THE LIBRARY
HAS AN OPERATING AND CAPITAL
BUDGET.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS $78
MILLION.
WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE TOTAL
BUDGET FOR THE LIBRARY IS
ABOUT $87 MILLION.
THAT IS A 1% INCREASE BUT MOST
OF THAT INCREASE
COMES FROM BASELINE AND
TECHNICAL CHANGES RATHER
THAN INCREASES IN THE
OPERATIONAL BUDGET WHICH I'LL
GET INTO A LITTLE LATER.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE
LIBRARY IS PRIMARILY
SUPPORTED BY GENERAL FUND AND
LEVY FUNDS.
THE LIBRARY FUND IS PRIMARILY
CONSISTENT WITH
GENERAL FUNDS WOULD SUPPORT THE
BUDGET BY
$55 MILLION.
THE 2019 LEVY FUND WOULD
SUPPORT THE BUDGET BY
$31 MILLION.
SO THAT'S THE TOTAL WE'LL GET
TO, ABOUT $87 MILLION.
NOW WHAT THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET DOES IS PROPOSES
TO CUT $5.8 MILLION OF GENERAL
FUND FROM THE
OPERATIONS BUDGET.
WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS ITS
DIVIDE INTO THREE SEPARATE
BUCKETS.
THAT 5 MILLION IS GUIDE A CUT
OF $3.1 MILLION FOR
OPERATING HOURS AND ASSOCIATED
PERSONNEL.
$1.4 MILLION FOR PHYSICAL AND
DIGITAL COLLECTION AS
WELL AS CIRCULATION STAFF
ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PHYSICAL COLLECTION.
$1.36 MILLION IN OTHER
EXPERIENCES SUCH AS EVENT
STAFFING, TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING
BUDGET TO TOTAL
$5.8 MILLION.
IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE SPENDING
REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX
THAT SUPPORTS THE CAPITAL
BUDGET BY $360,000.
AS I MENTIONED, THE REMAINDER
CHANGES ARE PRIMARILY
TECHNICAL AND BASELINE CHANGES.
WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS REDUCE
THE PERCENTAGE OF
GENERAL FUNDS SUPPORT THAT
CURRENTLY MAKES UP BUDGET
AS OF 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET.
GENERAL FUND SUPPORTED 68% OF
THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET
AND LEVY SUPPORTED 30% OF THE
LIBRARY'S BUDGET.
THE CHANGE IN GENERAL FUNDS
WOULD MEAN THAT THE
GENERAL FUND WOULD NOW SUPPORT
THE LIBRARY BY 63%
RATHER THAN 68%.
THE LEVY WOULD SUPPORT
OPERATION BY 36% INSTEAD OF
30%.
IF WE COULD GO TO -- THERE
ARE NO QUESTIONS ON
THIS PIECE.
I CAN MOVE INTO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
OKAY.
IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE FIRST ISSUE I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT IS CUT AND
OPERATING HOURS THAT COMES FROM
THE $3.1 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUND REDUCTION.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE LIBRARY
ESTIMATES IT WILL
REOPEN IN JULY 2021.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S DEPENDENT ON
PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDELINES AND HOW THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC DEVELOPS
THAT.
THE CURRENT ESTIMATE.
WITH THE $3.1 MILLION GENERAL
FUND REDUCTION,
WITHOUT ANY LEVY OFF SET, IT
WOULD RESULT IN THE
LIBRARY OPENING AND ALL
BRANCHES OPENING AT REDUCED
HOURS.
HOURS FEWER THAN WHAT WAS OPEN
IN 2020 BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC HIT.
THE LIBRARY BOARD VOTED TO USE
THE 1.6 MILLION TO
MITIGATE IMPACTS.
FOR THE MOST PART, WE RESTORE
HOURS WHAT THEY WERE
AT BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR
BEFORE LIBRARIES CLOSED IN
MARCH.
>> FOR CONTEXT N 2019,
LIBRARIES WERE OPEN WEEKLY
FOR 1377 HOURS.
AT BEGINNING OF 2020, THEY WERE
OPEN FOR 1403 HOURS.
ATTACHMENT A LAYS OUT WHAT
WEEKLY HOURS HAVE BEEN IN
2006 THROUGH THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
YOU CAN SEE WHEN HOURS
INCREASE, WHAT PROPOSED
BUDGET LOOKS LIKE.
WEEKLY HOURS IS A BIT -- IT'S
HARD TO CONTEXT CON TEX
CONTEXT.
>>> THE DEAL WAS TO GET PUSHED
TO JANUARY 2021.
IN THE 20-21 PROPOSED BUDGET BY
USING THIS
3.6 MILLION TO OFF SET THE
GENERAL FUND CUT, THAT
HOURS EXPANSION GETS PUSHED TO
2022.
IN ADDITION, THE $1.36 MILLION
COMES FROM A BUCKET
OF $1.6 MILLION INTENDED FOR
EXPANDED HOURS AND ALSO
PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH AND
CHILDREN.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER DURING THE
2019 LEVY DISCUSSION,
NOT ONLY FOR EXPANDED HOURS BUT
PLAN AND LEARN
PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS
COMMUNITY RESOURCE
SPECIALISTS THAT WOULD HELP
YOUTH AT RISK.
SO THOSE PARTS OF THE
PROGRAMMING WOULD NOW BE
DELAYED UNTIL JULY 2021 WHEN
THE LIBRARY ANTICIPATES
REOPENING.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1.36
MILLION AND
$1.6 MILLION, THE FUNDING
THAT'S LEFT OVER THERE
SUPPORTING A POSITION HIRED
THIS YEAR THAT IS
INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS K-5
PROGRAMMING.
THERE WOULD BE FUNDING LEFT TO
SUPPORT THAT POSITION
IN 2021.
BASED ON ALL OF THAT, THERE ARE
A COUPLE OPTION LAID
OUT FOR YOU HERE.
SORRY, BEFORE I GET TO OPTIONS,
IMPACTS THAT HOURS
CUTS.
EVEN IF THERE WERE NO CUTS AT
ALL OR ALL GENERAL
FUND WAS RESTORED, AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, SO MUCH
OF WHAT THE LIBRARY CAN DO
DEPENDS ON PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDELINES AND DEPENDS ON WHAT
HAPPENS WITH
COVID-19.
SO THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INFORM
WHAT THE EMPATHS
ROUGH IN TERMS OF SERVICE.
IN GENERAL, DURING RECESSIONS,
PEOPLE USE THE
LIBRARY MORE THAN THEY DID
BEFORE AND INCREASED
HOURS WAS HIGH PRIORITY FOR
RESIDENTS THAT
PARTICIPATED IN SURVEYS THAT
TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE
LEVY WAS VOTED ON.
IT'S SO WIDE FROM HOMEWORK HELP
TO AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMMING, YOUTH AND TEEN
OUTREACH, SMALL BUSINESS
SUPPORT.
THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE
EXAMPLES.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF
PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD GO,
WOULD RETURN DEPENDING ON
PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES
BUT COULD BE LIMITED DEPENDING
ON OBVIOUSLY AFTER
SCHOOL PROGRAMMING REQUIRES THE
LIBRARY TO BE OPEN
AFTER SCHOOL UP UNTIL 6:00 P.M.
OR 8:00 P.M.
WITHOUT THE LEVY OFF SET, THAT
WOULD BE A PROBLEM.
IN ADDITION, THE LIBRARY
PROVIDES ACCESS TO
POPULATIONS HISTORICALLY
UNDERSERVED, THOSE IMPACTED
BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT
CAN'T ACCESS INTERNET OR
WI-FI OR HAVE COMMUTERS AT
HOME.
THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE
THING AT THE LIBRARY
ITSELF.
AS WELL AS PEOPLE THAT CAN'T
ACCESS E-BOOKS THROUGH
THE DIGITAL COLLECTION AND
WOULD PREFER TO READ IN
LIBRARY LOCATION OR PHYSICAL
COLLEGE ALL THAT SO
AIR, THERE'S AID VARIETY OF
IMPACTS CUTTING HOURS
WITH THE LIBRARY REOPENING IN
JULY.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OPTIONS FOR
YOU ALL.
THIS IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE LIST
OF OPTIONS BY ANY
STRETCH.
THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE TO
ADD BACK $3.1 MILLION
OF GENERAL FUND INTO THE BUDGET
O RESTORE THE
PROPOSEDCUT.
THAT WOULD BE THE NEED TO USE
ANY LEVY FUNDS TO GET
OPERATING HOURS BACK TO THEIR
2020 PREPANDEMIC
LEVELS.
OPTION B WOULD ADD LESSER
AMOUNT UNDER $3.1 MILLION.
THE LIBRARY COULD DECIDE HOW
THAT IMPACTED USING THE
1.36 MILLION IN LEVY FUNDS.
OPTION C WOULD BE TO TAKE NO
ACTION AND ADOPT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AS IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, YOU CAN
GO FIRST.
>> A QUESTION RAISED BY LIBRARY
FOUNDATION MEMBERS.
THE PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE FUNDS
TO OPEN IN JULY, DOES
THAT INCLUDE FUNDING FOR
FUNDING PRECAUTIONS, PPE
FOR STAFF, HAND SANITATION
STATIONS, ET CETERA OR
DOES IT ASSUME THAT THESE
PRECAUTIONS COULD NOT BE
NEED WHEN LIBRARIES REOPEN?
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.
I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT'S
ALREADY BAKED INTO
REOPENING IN JULY 2021.
I'LL CHECK IN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU ASHA FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
JUST WANTED TO -- IF YOU
COULD REITERATE FOR ME
THE RECONCILE THE FACT THAT THE
TOTAL SPENDING SEEMS
TO BE NET NEUTRAL WHEN YOU
COMBINE OPERATING AND THE
LEVY AMOUNT.
SO IS IT REALLY A CUT?
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE NET RESULT
IS.
>> SO, BASICALLY WHAT THE
OPERATING
I GUESS MY CONCERN WAS THAT IS
NOT EXACTLY APPLES TO
APPLES GIVEN THE PANDEMIC IS
AIR BORN.
SO, I GUESS PART OF MY QUESTION
IS, IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO
WITH EXISTING
DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT LEVY
DOLLARS TO DIAL UP DIGITAL
ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
ALSO ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR
EXAMPLE, THE
RESOURCE SPECIALIST FOR YOUTH
ILE FOUGHT REALLY HARD
FOR A FEW YEARS AGO THAT
SERVICES LIKE THAT.
THERE'S CERTAINLY DISCUSSIONS
THAT CAN BE HAD WITH
THE LIBRARY AND BOARD ABOUT HOW
TO MOVE FUNDS AROUND
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE
SORTS OF RESOURCES.
WE'LL GET INTO THIS IN THE NEXT
ISSUE IN MATERIALS
OF CUT TO THE PHYSICAL AND
DIGITAL COLLECTION.
I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT IN
USING THOSE FUNDS, USING
THOSE FUNDS PRIORITIZES OPEN
HOURS AND WOULD PUSH
THE PROGRAMMING PROPOSED TO
LATER.
IF THE PRIORITY IS TO PROVIDE
DIGITAL SERVICES IN
LIEU OF OPEN HOURS, THAT SAY
DECISION TO USE THOSE
FUNDS FOR THOSE SERVICE RATHER
THAN FOR THE PHYSICAL
REOPENING.
IT'S A BIT OF A PRIORITY IN
TERMS OF WHETHER THE
PRIORITY IS PHYSICAL REOPENING
AT THE SAME LEVEL OF
HOURS OR WANTED THE FUNDS TO GO
TOWARDS SHIFTING
TOWARDS THE DIGITAL SERVICES
PIECE.
>> MADAME CHAIR, IF I MAY?
PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU.
>> IS WE'RE HAVING THIS DILEMMA
WITH LIBRARIES
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN PARKS
WHERE A LIBRARIES
WE'RE DEPLOYING EMPLOYEES IN
SOME ELDERLY WHO COULD
BE SENSITIVE TO COVID.
HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE SOMEWHERE
TO GO.
WE'RE IN THIS DIFFICULT SPOT
WHERE WHAT I LEARNED
THAT THE DIGITAL PRINT
COLLECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T WANT ANY
CUTS AT DETRIMENT OF
EITHER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT IF WE UP THE
DIGITAL ACCESS THEN
WE'RE LOOKING AT TAKE AGO WAY
FROM THE PHYSICAL
ASPECT.
SO WHILE THE DIGITAL IS VERY
EXPENSIVE, THE DEMAND
IS THERE.
PEOPLE ARE AT HOME.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE
OLDER PATRONS WHO LOVE
THE PRINT COLLECTION.
WE'RE IN A DIFFICULT SPOT AS WE
ALL ARE WITH THE
DEFICIT HERE ABOUT MAKING TOUGH
CHOICES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS.
I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR.
TURNER AND THE BOARD
AND SHIFTING WHEN WE USE LEVY
DOLLARS TO BACK FILL
OTHER SERVICE AT THE LIBRARY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, DID YOU
HAVE SOMETHING?
THIS IS THE -- THIS IS WHERE
WE ARE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DILEMMA
COUNCIL MEMBER WHAT
THIS ILLUSTRATES.
AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE
KNOWING THAT
ESPECIALLY IN OUR LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS, THE
LIBRARIES ARE A CRUCIAL ACCESS
POINT FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE, TO GET ACCESS TO
TECHNOLOGY SO THEY CAN DO
THEIR HOMEWORK FOR PEOPLE
APPLYING FOR JOB, PEOPLE
TRYING TO MAKE APPOINTS WITH
DOCTORS AND JUST BEING
ABLE TO GO GET A PHYSICAL BOOK.
TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS TO THE
INTERNET IS NOT WHAT IT
SHOULD BE IN THE CITY.
WE'LL SEE FURTHER DOWN THE AXES
I'VE PROPOSED.
THIS IS THE THEM MA.
EVEN IN COVID, A LOT OF
DILEMMA.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ASKING WHY
WE CAN'T QUARANTIE
BOOKS FOR TWO WEEKS IF WE'RE
WORRIED ABOUT SPREADING
SOMETHING THAT WAY, TRYING TO
FIND WAYS TO CONTINUE
SOME SORT OF OPERATIONS, SOME
SORT OF ACCESS TO THE
COLLECTIONS.
WE'VE GOT A GIANT HOLE TO FILL.
SO YEAH, JUST NOODLING ON HOW
DIFFICULT THESE
CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO BE.
IF I MAY RESPOND, COUNCIL
MEMBERS, THANK YOU.
OBVIOUSLY I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND
IT.
THANK YOU.
I THINK EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS
TRUE.
WE ALL AGREE.
WE HAVE TO START WITH THE FACT
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A
DEFICIT.
WE DO KNOW AND I CAN GET THAT
INFORMATION TO YOU.
THE LIBRARY DOES HAND OUT FOR
FREE THE WI-FI HOT
SPOTS.
WE ARE WORKING TO DO WI-FI FOR
ALL CITY WIDE FOR
FREE.
WE'RE TRYING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
COST MORE THAN THE PHYSICAL
COLLECTION OF READING
MATERIALS.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF
FOLKS THAT USE THEM.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN IS
US IN THE
CONVERSATIONS THOUSAND DO THAT
WITH ALL THE
LIBRARIES.
OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE IN EVERY
DISTRICT THAT IS
SOMETHING WE'RE STILL
STRUGGLING WITH.
WE HAVE THREE LIBRARIES AND ONE
IS OPEN NOW.
EVERYONE HAS HAD TO TAKE ON
DIFFERENT RULES THAT
DON'T OFFEND THEIR JOB
DESCRIPTIONS AS FAR AS YUANS
GO.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
I APPRECIATE THE A FORM YOU
SUBMITTED.
THANK YOU ALL.
ONE LAST POINT OF CLARIFICATION
ON.
ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE ON SLIDE
2, I'M LOOKING AT MEMO
OF THE SLIDE.
THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT.
YOU MENTIONED THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET.
YOU HAVE $1.36 MILLION OF THAT
IN ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY
RELATED PERSONNEL AND
TRAINING.
I WANT TO DOUBLE COLLEGE IS IT
ACCURATE THERE ARE
NO FTE REDUCTIONS TO SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET?
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I HAD
HEARD.
>> POSITIONS THEMSELVES ARE --
THIS IS ONE OF THE
QUIRKS OF THE LIBRARY.
THEY USUALLY DON'T COME IN
BECAUSE THE BOARD IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE.
I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT THOSE
LOOK LIKE.
WE DON'T HAVE IS THE SAME LEVEL
AS WE DO WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO
OTHER POSITIONS.
>> I'LL FOLLOW UP ON MY END AS
WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION ON THIS
ITEM?
I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON.
LET'S MOVE TO NUMBER 2.
>> OKAY.
SOUNDS GOOD.
IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE CUT.
OF THAT $1.4277000 MILLION
SUPPORTS THE DIGITAL
COLLECTION.
THAT'S ACCESS TO DATABASES,
PERIOD KALES, E POOLE
BOOKS, STREAMING MEDIA.
THE LIBRARY PROPOSES $138,000
TO LEFT OVER FUNDING
FROM THE 2012 LEVY TO MITIGATE
THAT IMPACT AND
RESTORE THE FUNDS FOR STREAMING
MEDIA THAT WOULD
LEAVE $130,000 CUT TO THE
DIGITAL COLLECTION.
SEAT COLLECTIONS, PRINTS AND
AUDIO.
LASTLY IT COULD CUT THE
CIRCUMSTANCE IS . IF YOU DON'T
HAVE AS MANY FISCAL MATERIALS,
YOU
DON'T NEED AS MANY PERSONNEL TO
DEAL WITH PHYSICAL
MATERIALS.
SO IN TERMS OF IMPACT, BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC AND WAS
DISCUSSED WHEN YOU WERE
DISCUSSING THE 2019 LIBRARY
LEVY, THE DEMAND FOR DIGITAL
MATERIALS AS WELL AS
THE LEVEL OF EXPENSE FOR E
MATERIALS IS SOMETHING
THAT THE LEVY ADDRESS IN TERMS
OF INCREASING SUPPORT
TO THE DIGITAL COLLECTION.
BETWEEN 2015 AND 2019, THERE
WAS 112% INCREASE IN
DEMAND.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN INCREASE
SINCE THE LIBRARIES HAVE
BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
THESE CUTS WILL IMPACT THE E
MATERIALS COLLECTION
DIGITAL MATERIALS COLLECTION IN
THAT IT WOULD
INCREASE WAIT TIMES, DECREASE
THE LEVEL OF
AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS THE
RANGE OF SELECTION OF
THOSE MATERIALS.
IT'S IN SOME WAYS INCREASED
DEMAND.
THE RATE OF USE PHYSICAL
MATERIALS DEPENDS ON THE
TYPE OF MATERIAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, CHILDREN'S BOOKS
EVEN THOUGH THE
GENERAL FUND IS DECREASE IN
MATERIALS, CHILDREN'S
BOOKS ARE ALWAYS IN CONSTANT
DEMAND.
THINGS, PHYSICAL MATERIALS SUCH
AS CDs AND DVDs
HAVE LORE RATES OF DEMAND THAN
PHYSICAL BOOKS FOR
EXAMPLE.
THIS IS SHIFTED IN TERMS OF
PEOPLE DO LIKE PHYSICAL
MATERIALS WHICH IS WHY CURB
SIDE PICK UP AND RETURN
HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL.
WITH THE RECESSION, THINGS LIKE
WHEN PEOPLE CANCEL
STREAMING SERVICES FOR EXAMPLE.
THEY'LL TURN TO THE LIBRARY DVD
COLLECTION FOR THAT
úRESOURCE INSTEAD.
IT'S NOT QUITE AS CLEAR CUT AS
THERE'S A GENERAL
DECLINE IN PHYSICAL MATERIALS.
IT DEPENDS ON THE MATERIAL
ITSELF.
AN ADDITIONAL PIECE OF THAT IS
MANY PEOPLE PREFER
PHYSICAL MATERIALS AND WANT TO
COME INTO THE LIBRARY
TO READ A NEWSPAPER OR WOULD
PREFER OR DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO THE E MATERIALS
COLLECTION.
SHARE ONLY ACCESS TO BOOKS IS
PHYSICAL BOOKS.
THERE ARE IMPACTS FROM CUTTING
THE DEPTH OF THE
BREATH OF THE PHYSICAL
COLLECTION IN TERMS OF
ACCESS.
THE ASSOCIATED CUT OF PERSONNEL
WITH THE
CIRCUMSTANCE IS HAITIAN BUDGET
BASICALLY REFLECTS AS
I SAID EARLIER, IF THERE ARE
FEWER PHYSICAL
MATERIALS, THERE ARE FEWER
PERSONNEL REQUIRED TO
CIRCULATE THOSE MATERIALS.
THE ONLY PIECE THAT THE DOESN'T
ACCOUNT FOR IS THE
FACT THAT THERE HAS AN
INCREASED NEED IN TERMS OF
HANDLING PHYSICAL MATERIALS
BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
IN TERMS OF SANITATION AND THE
INCREASED STAFFING
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE MATERIALS
ARE SAFE.
THE CUT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR
WHAT THAT INCREASED
NEED IS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LIBRARY
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THAT INCREASED NEED LOOKSLIKE.
WITH THAT, SAY THERE ARE A FEW
OPTIONS HERE FOR
COUNCIL.
OPTION A WOULD BE TO ADD BACK
IN $139,000 TO PROVIDE
CUTS TO THE DIGITAL COLLECTION.
THAT IS IN FORM A WHICH WE'LL
GOAT IN A MOMENT.
OPTION B WOULD BE ADD $1.1
MILLION.
THAT COMBINES THE PHYSICAL
MATERIALS AS WELL AS THE
CIRCULATION PERSONNEL.
THIS WOULD BE DO ALLOW THE
LIBRARY TO RETAIN STAFF
TO MANAGE THE MISS KAL
COLLECTION UNDER PANDEMIC
CONDITIONS AND THEN D WOULD BE
TO TAKE NO ACTION AND
ADOPT THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, GO
AHEAD.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
ARE WE INCLUDING THE HOT SPOT
PROGRAM?
IT DOESN'T HAVE IMPACTS ON THE
WI-FI PROGRAM.
I CAN SEND YOU FURTHER
INFORMATION ON THAT THAT THE
LIBRARY PROVIDED IN THE
PREBUDGET QUESTIONS.
THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE
IMPACT ON THAT PROGRAM.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
WE KNOW THE HOT SPOT CHECK OUT
WAS USED 92% BY
PEOPLE OF COLOR PER THE
FOUNDATION AND FRIENDS OF
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S VERY,
VERY LONG WAIT LISTS
FOR HOT SPOTS.
I KNOW IN PAST YEARS, THE
COUNCIL HAS INCREASED
FUNDING FOR MORE HOT SPOTS.
GLAD TO HEAR THERE ARE NO
IMPACTS IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE
FIRST AUCTION A IN
THE SUMMARY OF COUNCIL MEMBER'S
PROPOSALS IN A
SECOND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
CONTEXT 2345 ASHA
PROVIDED?
ANYTHING ELSE?
? NOPE.
? LET'S GO INTO THE COUNCIL
MEMBER'S FORM A
DISCUSSIONS AND THERE MAY BE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
YOU SHARED.
>> THE FIRST IS ADD FUNDING FOR
A PICK UP SERVICE AT
ALL BRANCHES, PROPOSED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
I'LL TUSH OVER TO HIM EXCEPT TO
SAY CURRENTLY THE
CENTRAL LIBRARY AND SIX
BRANCHES OFFER LOADED CURB
SIDE PICK UP SERVICE THREE DAYS
A WEEK FROM 12 TO 6
P.M.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I KNOW YOU ARE IN ROUTE IF YOU
DON'T HAVE THE ABOUT
TO CHAT NOW.
HAPPY TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON
THIS LATER.
I WAS MUTED MADAME CHAIRMAN CAN
YOU CHAIR.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
QUEUE UP THIS FORM A. A NUMBER
OF US HAVE LIBRARIES IN OUR
DISTRICTS IN
PARTICULAR WHERE THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE GOOD EVEN IF
IT'S EVEN A SINGLE DAY A WEEK
OR EVEN A SICKLE
WINDOW WITHIN A SINGLE DAY IN A
WEEK.
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE
LOCALIZED PICK UP.
THE LIBRARY LOCATIONS PEOPLE
CAN WALK TO THAT ARE
EASILY ACCESSED AND THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY CASE.
WITH ALL CURRENT BRANCHES WHERE
THIS SURGE CAN BE
PROVIDED.
I'M GRATEFUL TO THE LIBRARY FOR
STANDING UP TO
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE
IN THE ON SIGHT PICK
UP.
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
EXPLORING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE TO
ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO
EXPAND THE ACCESS TO THAT, MAKE
SURE THAT -- WE
TALK A LOT ABOUT BEING IN THE
15 MINUTE CITY FOR
EXAMPLE TO MAKE SURE THIS
SERVICE OF BEING AID AND
ABET TO ACCESS LIBRARY
ELECTIONS CAN BE DONE IN A
WAY WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK IN
AND EASILY ACCESS THE
PICK UP AT THE LOCAL BRANCH.
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PURR
SUEING THAT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
IS IT -- CAN YOU CLARIFY AS
WELL WHEN YOU SAY
EXPLORING THAT.
IS THIS INTENDED TO BE A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, DO TODAY DO THAT
ANALYSIS OR WOULD YOU LIKE
TO ALLOCATE FUNDING AT THIS
JUNCTURE?
I'D LIKE TO SEEK FROM THE
LIBRARY WHAT THEY THINK
EXPANDING THIS KIND OF SERVICE
TO MORE LOCATIONS.
IT IS BASICALLY EXPANDING AN
EXISTING PRACTICE.
WE HAVE ON SIGHT PICK UP AT
SOME LOCATIONS.
CENTRAL STAFF PREVIOUSLY
INDICATED.
I WOULD THINK WE COULD GET A
DECENT IDEA FROM THE
LIBRARY ON WHAT IT WOULD COST,
PRESUMABLY THERE
WOULD BE A COST ASSOCIATED
WITH.
I THINK THAT THIS COULD BE THE
TIME WE'RE ALLOCATING
THE 2021 PRIORITIES TO EXPAND
THE SERVICE BEYOND THE
BRANCHES IT'S CURRENTLY BEING
DONE AT.
YOU KNOW, THE TIME THAT I
TALKED TO MARCELLESS
TURNER ABOUT THIS, I DON'T
BELIEVE THERE WERE PLANS
TO EXTEND TO OTHER BRANCHES
THAT TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROCESS THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE
LIBRARY PRESENT WHAT THAT WOULD
COST IN TERMS OF A
BUDGET APPROPRIATION TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE IT.
I THINK A LITTLE MORE THAN A
SLIDE DEPENDING ON WHAT
WE CAN GATHER FROM TALKING TO
THE LIBRARY AND
CENTRAL STAFF ABOUT STAFFING
LEVELS OR WHATEVER
WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS TO
HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
CENTRAL STAFF, DID YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO
THAT?
I JUST NOTE WE ARE WORKING ON
THAT NOW WITH CBO AND
THE LIBRARY.
SHOULD HAVE AN ESTIMATE SOON.
>> THANK YOU ASHA.
>> DON'T SEE OR HEAR ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU
FOR OFFERING THAT
EXPLANATION.
LET'S GO TO NUMBER 2.
>> OKAY.
THIS COULD AS -- AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER ONE OF THE
OPTIONS IN THE SECOND ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION.
THIS WOULD ADD $139,000 TO
SUPPORT THE DIGITAL
COLLECTION AS PROPOSED TO
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE TO SAY A LOT ABOUT
THIS EXCEPT THAT WE
KNOW THERE'S INDEGREES IN THE
UTILIZATION.
SO THE COLLECTION PROVIDES
ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES, DIGITAL MATERIALS, TO
THOSE THAT HAVE IS
LIMITED ACCESS TO THE PHYSICAL
COLLECTION DUE TO
COVID-19.
WE ARE INTERESTED BETWEEN THIS
AND THE PHYSICAL
COLLECTION WHICH WE'LL GOAT IN
A MOMENT.
WE'RE MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE
ACCESS TO THEIR
LIBRARIES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS OR
QUESTIONS THON NOW.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUMMARY.
>> GO AHEAD ASHA.
WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE THIRD ALSO SUPPORT SPONSOR
BY MORALES WOULD BE
TO ADD $531,000 TO SUPPORT THE
PHYSICAL COLLECTION.
RESTORE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE
GENERAL FUND CUT
THAT'S PROPOSED.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, PLEASE
GO A.
>> THANK YOU.
WE KNOW THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD MENTIONED,
THE HOT SPOT PROGRAM IS GREAT.
THERE'S LONG LISTS.
AS SOMEBODY WHO REGULARLY GETS
CUT OFF OF OUR
MEETINGS HERE, YOU ALL PROBABLY
CAN GUESS WE DON'T
HAVE GREAT INTERNET CONNECTIONS
IN THE SOUTH END.
SO THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS
BLACK, BROWN, SENIOR
COMMUNITIES.
SO THE PHYSICAL COLLECTION
REALLY IS IMPORTANT TO
PROVIDING ACCESS FOR THOSE THAT
CAN'T GET THEIR
LIBRARY ACCESS THROUGH DIGITAL
OPTIONS.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
ESPECIALLY ALSO FOR FOLKS
WITH DISABILITIES.
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE
PHYSICAL COLLECTION IS
IMPORTANT.
THE DIGITAL OPTION IS AN
ADDITIONAL BARRIER FOR
FOLKS THAT HAVE DISABILITIES.
REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT, THAT ACCESS TO
THESE IS RESTORED.
>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP
QUESTION ON THAT.
ASHA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD?
OKAY.
A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON
THAT.
YOUR INTENT HERE TO ALSO
POTENTIALLY REDUCE IS THE
$531,000 ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT
THERE'S BEEN A
REDUCTION IN USE OF CDs AND
DVDs FOR EXAMPLE?
NO.
I MIGHT ACTUALLY NEED ASHA'S
HELP.
I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK IT IS IN GENERAL.
THE ACCESS TO ALL ENTIRE
PHYSICAL COLLECTION WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
>> I GUESS THE REASON I WAS
ASKING IS IT SEEMS LIKE
OPTION C FROM ABOVE IN THE MEMO
AND IN THE POWER
POINT YOU PROVIDED, EXCUSE ME,
NEAR AS MUCH OR WHAT
IS IN NUMBER THREE HERE.
IT'S OFF BY $50,000.
IS THERE SIMILARITIES THERE
ASHA IN WHAT YOU
PRESENTED?
IS THAT OPTION C AND WHAT IS
LISTED AS NUMBER THREE?
SIT 580,000 THAT PERTAINS TO
CIRCULATION PERSONNEL,
NOT THE PHYSICAL COLLEGE THOSE
TWO THINGS ARE
RELATED.
SO WE CAN TALK FURTHER ABOUT
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO
JUST DO THE 500, PORTION OF
531,000 THAT DOESN'T
ACCOUNT FOR CDs AND DVDs.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS
THAT IF THERE IS A
DESIRE TO INCREASE THE PHYSICAL
COLLECTION OR
RESTORE THE PHYSICAL COLLECTION
IT MIGHT ALSO
NECESSITATE SOME BALANCE OF
RESTORING THE PERSONNEL
THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO USE
THE PHYSICAL
COLLECTION.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO
DISCUSS FURTHER AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
LET'S MOVE ONTO THE LAST FORM
A. SO THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD
$5.8 MILLION TO MAINTAIN
LIBRARY OPERATIONS.
IT WOULD RESTORE THE FULL
AMOUNT OF THE GENERAL FUND
K. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S
PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY THIS IS
THE FIRST OF SEVERAL MY OFFICE
SUBMITTED AS
FORMULAS TO STOP THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET CUTS.
IN GENERAL, UNLESS WE INCREASE
REVENUES, WE'LL SEE
LIBRARIES FACING MASSIVE BUDGET
CUTS.
THE COUNCIL WILL END UP PASSING
A BUDGET.
VOTERS AGREED TO TAX THEMSELVES
TO EXPAND LIBRARY
HOURS, LIBRARY AND SERVICE.
WE'VE SEEN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
FROM THE MAYOR IS
CUTTING NEW HOURS AND
PROGRAMMING IN 2021.
THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD
REPLACE ALL OF THAT
FUNDING AND STOP ALL THE CUTS.
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS FACED LARGE
BUDGET CUTS IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
THOSE WILL COME UP.
ADD IT UP, MY OFFICE FINE-TUNES
THE CALCULATIONS.
SO FAR, MY OFFICE IDENTIFIED
$219 MILLION IN BUDGET
CUTS TO HOUSING, PARKS,
LIBRARIES, TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION.
THE PEOPLE'S DIGIT MOVEMENT IS
DEMANDING THE CITY
COUNCIL INCREASE THE BIG
BUSINESS TAX RATE IN THE
AMAZON TAX PASS EVERYDAY THE
SUMMER.
TECHNICALLY THIS WOULD BE A
SIMPLE ONE PAGE BILL TO
CHANGE THOSE OR INCREASE THOSE
TAX RATES.
IN MY VIEW, ULTIMATELY WILL BE
A QUESTION OF
POLITICAL WILL.
IT'S A MATHEMATICAL ISSUE.
IT'S RECESSIONS, REGRESSIVE
TAXES, REVENUES WE'LL
PASS THE AUSTERITY BUDGET AS
COUNCIL OR SHOW UP THE
BUDGET BY INCREASING REVENUES.
THIS AFTERNOON, WE'LL HAVE
ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT
FROM MY OFFICE TO INCREASE THE
TAX RATE TO PREVENT
THE CUTS TO LIBRARIES AND ALSO
OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
QUESTIONS ON.
OKAY.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
ASHA, COULD YOU REMIND US, WERE
THERE COST SAVINGS
AT ALL IN THIS 2020 OPERATION
FOR LIBRARIES?
COUNCIL MEMBER TODAY AND IN THE
PAST REMINDED US
WAYS IN WHICH LIBRARIES HAVE
ADAPTED AND ALSO
ALLOCATED PERSONNEL TO VARIOUS
SERVICES TO CARE FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE VULNERABLE UNDER
THE COVID CRISIS.
IS THERE ANY COST SAVINGS IN
OPERATIONS THIS YEAR
THAT WE COULD CARRY FORWARD TO
NEXT YEAR AND ASSUME
IS A REDUCTION.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S
A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE
OR ACCOUNT FOR THOSE REDUCTIONS
IN SERVICES DUE TO
COVID.
>> SO I'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE
LIBRARY ABOUT THAT
SPECIFIC PIECE.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE LIBRARY
HAD ALREADY TAKEN A
$2.9 MILLION GENERAL FUND CUT
DURING THE REBALANCING
THIS SUMMER.
THAT WAS MITIGATED USING 1.69
IN FUNDS AND
OPERATIONAL SAVINGS FROM
HOLDING POSITIONS VACANT
AND REDUCING OPERATING
EXPENSES.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE
MORE SAVINGS THAN THAT.
I BELIEVE MOST WERE USED OVER
THE SUMMER IS TO OFF
SET THAT GENERAL FUND CUT.
I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I AM NOT SEEING OR HEARING
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
ON.
WILL ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THE
LIBRARIES PRESENTATION OVERALL
COLLEAGUES OR ANY
COMMENTS THAT FOLKS WANT TO
MAKE?
OKAY.
ASHA, THANK YOU FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THIS
PRESENTATION AND HELPING US
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW
THE FUNDING SOURCES GET RATED
TO PROVIDE CRITICAL
SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITIES FOR
THE LIBRARIES.
APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE ONE OVERALL QUESTION
ASHA THAT I'M WONDERING
IF YOU MIGHT GET BACK TO ME ON
LATER OR IF YOU HAVE
THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S GREAT AS WELL.
DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THIS
MIGHT REQUIRE A
LITTLE ADDITIONAL DIG.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ANALYSIS ON HOW
THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER
TO ALLOW LIBRARIES TO OPEN TO
25% CAPACITY IN PHASE
2 WOULD AFFECT STAFFING CUT OR
NEEDS?
ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO
RETAIN THE MOBILE
LIBRARY SERVICES FOR THOSE MOST
VULNERABLE IN THE
COMMUNITY GIVEN THAT MANY
PEOPLE WITH THE 25%
OPENING ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE
COMPROMISED IMMUNE
SYSTEMS AND NOT ABLE TO COME IN
PERSON?
ANY KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THAT ORDER
AFFECTS WHAT WE ARE
SLATED TO OFFER FOR 2021?
I DO NOT AT THE MOMENT.
I THINK THAT ORDER CAME OUT
LAST WEEK AND SO I'M
HAPPY TO TALK TO THE LIBRARY
ABOUT HOW THEY PLAN TO
INCORPORATE THAT GUIDANCE INTO
THEIR PLANS AND GET
BACK TO YOU.
>> APPRECIATE THAT.
HAPPY TO SEND THAT QUESTION
THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE
CHANNELS.
THAT'S HELPFUL IN TERMS OF OUR
TRACKING.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
OKAY.
COLLEAGUES, I'M NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU COUNCIL JUAREZ.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE
AREA AS WE CONSIDER POSSIBLE
ADD BACKS AND THE
IMPACTS THE LIBRARY
SPECIFICALLY HAS ON THOSE THAT
ARE TRYING TO TEACH AT HOME,
KEEP ENGAGED AND
SOCIALLY INTERIS ACTING WITH
FOLKS WHILE WE'RE IN
THIS REMOTE PERIOD OFFERING
CRITICAL SERVICES.
HUGE THANK YOU TO MT AND TO ALL
OUR FOLKS WHO ARE ON
THE FRONT LINES OFFERING
SERVICES THROUGH THE
LIBRARY TRADITIONAL SERVICES
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ NOTED TO THOSE OUT THERE
PROVIDING PEACE
SERVICES IN COMMUNITY AND IN
MANY CASES IN DANGEROUS
POSITIONS GIVEN THE SPREAD OF
COVID.
WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR WORK
IN OUR COMMUNITY TO
MAKE SURE THEY'RE CARED FOR.
WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND TAKE A BREAK
FOLKS.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE
WILL GO INTO RECESS
UNTIL 2:00 P.M.
YOU HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME
TODAY.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT WITH THE HOPES TO
KEEP TO OUR SCHEDULE AND HAVE
YOU JOIN US AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AT 2:00 P.M.
FOR THE MISCELLANEOUS
SECTIONS.
I KNOW MANY OF US PROBABLY SEE
THAT AS A LONG BREAK
FOR LUNCH.
I DO HOPE THIS GIVES YOU EXTRA
TIME TO GET THROUGH
THE ADDITIONAL E-MAILS.
I KNOW MANY ARE RECEIVING TONS
OF E-MAILS, CALLS,
CONSTITENT MEETINGS REGARDING
THE BUDGET ENJOY THIS
EXTRA TIME.
WE'LL SEE YOU AT 2:00 P.M.
UNTIL, THEN WE ARE ON RECESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.