A.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA.
WOULD THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLL?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> HERE!
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> HERE.
>> AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HERE.
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM
CLERK.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
TIME TODAY.
WE HAVE HOPEFULLY THREE HOURS
TO GET THROUGH NEXT 30 ITEMS,
SO I'LL ASK FOLKS TO BE BRIEF
IN THEIR COMMENTS, AND I'M
GOING TO BE TIMING SO WE CAN
KEEP AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME
FOR EACH ITEM.
I KNOW NOT EVERYTHING WILL
TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TOWN,
BUT TO KEEP US MOVING, I'D
LOVE TO DO THAT.
WE'LL GET THROUGH THE HSD
SECTION AND THEN THE OIG
BEFORE THE SPD SECTION.
WE WILL ACCOMMODATE COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S REQUEST TO
HAVE HER ITEM GO FIRST BEFORE
WE BEGIN WITH THE SPD RELATED
ITEMS.
I BELIEVE THAT WILL ALL BE
ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN
THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT NEEDS TO DEPART.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
THE TIME YOU'VE TAKEN TODAY TO
WALK THROUGH THE OVER 20 ITEMS
SO FAR.
WE ARE ON HOM013A001.
JEFF, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
SCREEN SHARING UP, SO THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU, WE'RE AN ITEM
NUMBER 21 ON THE AGENDA WHICH
IS HOM13A1.
IT PROVIDES MONEY FOR THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR
PROPERTIES OF SHELTER AND
HOUSING.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THE FUNDS
PROVIDED HERE ARE DIFFERENT
FROM THE FUNDS DISCUSSED FOR
PROVISOS JUST A MOMENT AGO.
EARLIER TODAY WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT EMERGENCY SOLUTION,
GRANT FUNDS AND PROVISOS
THERE.
IN ADDITION, THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET USES $10 MILLION FROM
THE JOINT COVID COMPROMISE
AGREEMENT TO INCREASE
SERVICES.
8 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.
THIS PROVISO APPLIES TO THOSE
FUNDS, AND CLARIFIES THAT
FUNDS CAN'T ONLY BE USED FOR
PRIVATE SERVICES BUT ALSO THE
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES.
EITHER FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER OR
NON-CONGREGATE SHELTERS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA IS THE SPONSOR.
>> YES, SIMILAR TO THE
COMMENTS MADE FROM THE OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE KNOW THAT
ACQUIRING HOTELS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT TO STRATEGICALLY USE
IT TO FURTHER PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SHELTER OPTIONS,
AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT
LONGER TERM HOUSING STRATEGIES
FOR THOSE THAT NEED STABLE
HOUSING.
THERE IS, AS WE KNOW,
$8 MILLION IN RENTAL
ASSISTANCE AND HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION INCLUDED IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET.
THIS REFLECTS THE AGREED UPON
DISCUSSION WE HAD WITH THE
EXECUTIVE IN THE SUMMER AS IT
RELATED TO THE RELIEF THAT WE
WERE OFFERING.
THIS PROVISO HERE USES THE
PROVISO AS A PLACE HOLDER TO
EXPAND THE ELIGIBLE USES OF
THE $8 MILLION FOR
ACQUISITION.
I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A
STARTING POINT.
OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW THAT WE
NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT
WHEN HOTELS BECOME AVAILABLE
OR VACANT BUILDINGS BECOME
AVAILABLE THAT ARE SUITABLE
FOR A NONCONGREGATE SHELTER,
IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO RELY ON,
ESPECIALLY WITH WINTER AROUND
THE CORNER MAKING THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EVEN
MORE VULNERABLE TO COVID AND
THE ELEMENTS, THE ABILITY TO
GET INDIVIDUALS INTO
INDIVIDUAL ROOMS HAS BEEN
SHOWN TO BE A SUCCESSFUL MODEL
FOR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO COME IN
WHEN THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A
HOTEL ROOM OR INDIVIDUAL ROOM
THAT'S AN OPTION VERSUS
CONGREGATE SETTINGS OR OTHER
TYPES OF SHELTER OPTIONS.
WE PUT THIS FORWARD IN A
PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL STAFF
AND SOME OF THE GOOD IDEAS
THEY HAD TO REALLY IDENTIFY A
PLACE HOLDER.
THROUGH VERY MUCH JEFF FOR
YOUR WORK WITH OUR OFFICE, TO
LEAVE OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF
INCREASING FUNDS FOR NOT JUST
RENTAL ASSIST , BUT ADDING
ACQUISITION INTO THE MIX FOR
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
JUST A PLACE HOLDER FOR NOW.
BUT LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE CONTINUE
TO EXPAND THE TYPE OF HOUSING
AND SHELTER OPTIONS THAT WE
KNOW ARE EVIDENCE-BASED AND
REALLY DO FURTHER OUR GOALS
TOWARDS GETTING MORE FOLKS OFF
THE STREETS INTO STABLE
HOUSING.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS LEWIS AND MORALES FOR
COSPONSORSHIP, AND I'LL ALSO
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
AND STRAUSS FOR ADDING THEIR
NAMES HERE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT
THIS POINT?
OKAY, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND
JEFF.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
>> NEXT ITEM NUMBER 22 ON THE
AGENDA IS HOM14A1.
THIS ADDS $750,000 IN GENERAL
FUND ONE TIME FUNDING TO HSD
TO INCREASE FUNDING TO
MAINTAIN RAPID REHOUSING CASE
LOADS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD ALLUDED
TO THIS IN PREVIOUS COMMENTS.
IT'S SAID IT'S TAKING LONGER
FOR FAMILIES ALREADY ENROLLED
TO TRANSITION INTO
SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND NOT
RECEIVE THE RAPID REHOUSING
SUPPORT, SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS SO THAT
SERVICES COULD LAST FOR A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS IS A DISTINCT APPROACH
FROM THE 2020-2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE THE RAPID
REHOUSING PROGRAMS LIKE IS
DISCUSED HERE, BUT THE 2021
BUDGET ALSO HAS A SEPARATE POT
OF FUNDS FOR A ONE TIME
EXPANSION OF RAPID REHOUSING.
LOOKING AT THE BASIC NUMBERS
BECAUSE THIS IS JUST BASED ON
AVERAGES OF HOW MUCH SUPPORT
AND DOLLAR WISE AND ALSO HOW
LONG, WE'D PROBABLY BE TALKING
ABOUT ANOTHER 256 MONTHS OF
SUPPORT ALLOTTED ACROSS A LOT
OF DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLDS, SO
SOME HOUSEHOLDS MIGHT NEED
ANOTHER TWO MONTHS, SOME MIGHT
NEED TEN.
BUT THIS IS ROUGHLY HOW YOU
CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF
INCREASE YOU'RE PURCHASING
WITH THIS KIND OF CHANGE.
SPONGE SO
SPONSOR IS COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> AND COSPONSORS GONZALEZ AND
LEWIS.
OUR PRIME SPONSOR HAS BEEN
DROPPED FROM THE ZOOM, SO IF
OUR TEAM FROM TECH CAN SEE IF
SHE'S TRYING TO BE ADMITTED,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS IS
INTERESTED IN SIGNING AS A
COSPONSOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS JEFF COULD ADDRESS?
OKAY, SO I'M SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL
QUESTIONS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADD COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS AS A COSPONSOR
JUST FOR VISUAL PURPOSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WE WILL, UM, COME BACK TO
THIS WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD HAS JOINED US AGAIN SO
WE CAN MAKE SURE TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS AND GIVE HER A
CHANCE TO EXPLAIN THE DOCK
DOCUMENT.
THAT SOUND GOOD, JEFF?
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
>> GREAT.
ONE SECOND, JEFF.
OKAY.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE
NEXT ONE AND COME BACK TO THIS
ITEM.
>> NEXT ITEM, 23, IS
CBAHOM15A1 THAT PROPOSES A
PROVISO FOR GENERAL FUND ONE
TIME RESOURCES FOR HSD
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND
RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO BE USED
FOR FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL-AGED
CHILDREN --
>> HOLD ON JUST A SECOND, JEFF
IF I COULD INTERRUPT YOU JUST
BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY ON THE
FIRST SENTENCE.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE LAST
SLIDE?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
WELCOME BACK.
YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW IN THE
MEANTIME YOU GAINED A
COSPONSOR.
JUST FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC,
WE'RE ON HOM14A001.
PLEASE GO AHEAD WITH ANY
DESCRIPTION YOU'D LIKE TO ADD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'M
SO SORRY.
APPRECIATE YOU ROLLING WITH
THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON
MY END.
SO MY OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY
RAPID REHOUSING PROVIDERS WHO
SPECIALIZE IN FAMILIES DUE TO
THE UNIQUE IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
ON THE FAMILIES THAT THEY'RE
CURRENTLY SERVING AND THE COST
PER HOUSEHOLD TO HELP FAMILIES
EXIT TO PERMANENT HOUSING IS
SKYROCKETING.
IT'S COSTING ALMOST DOUBLE PER
FAMILY.
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC, RAPID
REHOUSING HELPS THOSE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FIND
AND KEEP A HOME.
OVER A PERIOD OF MONTHS, IT
PROVIDES A RENT SUBSIDY PACK
PACKAGED WITH CASE MANAGEMENT
ALLOWING A FAMILY TO MOVE INTO
A STABLE HOME EARLIER INSTEAD
OF LANGUISHING IN A SHELTER OR
CAR, AND GIVING TIME AND
SUPPORT TO HELP THEM FIND A
JOB AND BUILD RESOURCES BEFORE
TAKING ON THE FULL COST OF A
LEASE.
FAMILIES ARE VULNERABLE TO THE
PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN, AND UNIQUE WAYS
THEY'RE TAKING PARENTS TO FIND
JOBS AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME
UNTIL THEY CAN FULLY AFFORD
THEIR OWN RENT.
FAMILIES TEND TO NEED
APARTMENTS WITH MORE BEDROOMS,
WHICH ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, AND
MANY FAMILIES ARE RELUCTANT TO
ACCEPT POSITIONS THAT EXPOSE
THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN TO
CORONAVIRUS EVERY DAY.
PARENTS ARE FINDING IT
DIFFICULT TO FIND AND AFFORD
CHILD CARE FOR SCHOOL AGED
CHILDREN WHO ARE REMOTE
LEARNING, AND SO THEY CAN
LEAVE THE HOUSE FOR A JOB, AND
OF COURSE LIKE MANY SEATTLE
RESIDENTS, PARENTS WHO HAD A
JOB, LOST THEIR JOB, WHEN THE
PANDEMIC HIT, THERE ARE FEWER
JOB OPENINGS NOW, AND IT'S
TAKING PARENTS LONGER TO FIND
EMPLOYMENT.
BECAUSE OF THESE UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES, RAPID REHOUSING
PROVIDERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF
FUNDS TO SERVE THE FAMILIES
THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN
RAPID REHOUSING.
WITHOUT SUPPORT, EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF THESE FAMILIES IS AT
RISK OF LOSING THEIR HOUSING
AND FALLING BACK INTO
HOMELESSNESS.
SO MY OFFICE SPOKE WITH RAPID
REHOUSING PROVIDERS AT EACH
WELL SPRING, SOLID GROUND,
INTERIM, SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD, AND THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB.
SOME OF THOSE PROVIDERS HAVE
ALREADY PRESPENT 2021 FUNDS IN
ORDER TO KEEP SUPPORTING
FAMILIES.
THOSE ABLE TO RAPIDLY
CALCULATE THEIR COSTS
INDICATED THAT'S COSTING 1.75
TO 2 TIMES THE USUAL AMOUNT
FOR FAMILIES TO HOUSING RIGHT
NOW.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE NUMBERS
WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
INTERESTED.
ALL HAVE EXPRESSED DESIRE TO
KEEP SUPPORTING THESE FAMILIES
AND THEIR BELIEF THAT WITH
EXTRA TIME THE FAMILIES WILL
BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY EXIT
PERMANENT HOUSING.
THIS IS A ONE TIME FUNDING
REQUEST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
UNIQUE BURDENS ON THIS MOMENT
ON FAMILIES WHO HAVE ONLY
RECENTLY ESCAPED HOMELESSNESS
AND MAY FALL INTO IT AGAIN
WITHOUT ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE,
AND THANK YOU TO ORIGINAL
COSPONSORS LEWIS AND GONZALEZ
AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS STRAUSS AND PEDERSON
WHO HAVE SIGNED ON.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT SUMMARY.
YOU ALSO GAINED A COSPONSOR IN
YOUR EXPLANATION, SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
NO QUESTIONS BEFORE, ANY
QUESTIONS NOW?
WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JEFF, LET'S CONTINUE WITH YOUR
EXPLANATION OF THIS ITEM.
>> SURE, WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER
23.
CBAHOM15A1.
THIS IMPOSES A PROVISO ON THE
JUMP START COVID FUNDS THAT
ARE PROPOSED IN THE 2021
BUDGET SO THAT $400,000 IN
THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS WOULD BE
USED FOR SERVING FAMILIES THAT
HAVE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN OR
CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE WITH
THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION OR
RAPID REHOUSING FUNDS.
AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
CRISP AND CLEAR ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCES IN FUNDING, THIS
MORNING WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
ESG.
THE ONE WE JUST WENT OVER IS
JOINT COVID FUNDS, AND THIS
ONE IS AS WELL.
THE PRIMARY SPONSOR IS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS THAT
THIS IS A PROVISO, SO IT'S NOT
ADDITIONAL REVENUE.
IT'S JUST A REQUEST TO USE THE
DOLLARS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST
FOR DIRECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE
TO HAVE SOME TARGETED AND
FOCUSED INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO
ENSURING THAT FAMILIES WITH
SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN HAVE
ACCESS TO SECURE HOUSING AS WE
KNOW THAT HOUSING INSTABILITY
CAN HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
A STUDENT'S ABILITY TO LEARN
WHETHER IT'S IN EARLY LEARNING
OR THE K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM.
THIS ITEM IS DESIGNED TO
ENSURE THAT EXISTING RENTAL
DOLLARS WILL BE DEPLOYED IN
THE MANNER THAT JEFF JUST
DESCRIBED.
THIS PANDEMIC, OF COURSE, HAS
MAGNIFIED THE INEQUITIES THAT
PURVEY IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
INCLUDING HOUSING SECURITY,
WHEN IN SEATTLE ALL LEARNING
IS DONE REMOTELY, AND WITH OUR
ONGOING INABILITY TO FULLY
MEET THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES
WITH CHILD CARE AND EARLY
LEARNING NEEDS.
THROUGH THE FAMILY EDUCATION
FUNDING, WE SECURED FUNDING
FOR THE CITY'S FIRST TIME
INVESTMENT IN STUDENT
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
STABILITY FOR CHILDREN IN OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXPERIENCING
HOUSING INSECURITY INCLUDING
AN ONGOING CONTRIBUTION TO
CHILD CARE RESOURCES TO
PROVIDE ONGOING CHILD CARE
SERVICES FOR FAMILIES
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT WE LEARN THROUGH THAT
PROCESS AND OUR PARTNERSHIP
WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL,
THE DATA SHOWS THAT STUDENTS
IMPACTED BY HOUSING AND
SECURITY ARE DISPROPORTIONALLY
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND LATIN
X.
IT CAN LEAD TO LOWER
GRADUATION RATES, AND
GRADUATION IS OFTEN CITED AS A
PROTECTER AGAINST ADULT AND
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS.
WE HOPE TO BUILD UPON THE
STABILITY WORK CURRENTLY
UNDERGOING THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION
AND LEARNING, AND THESE
INVESTMENTS RECOGNIZE THAT
STUDENTS RELY ON STABLE
HOUSING DURING THE PANDEMIC
FOR THE ONLINE SCHOOLING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL.
BY HELPING FAMILIES STAY
HOUSED, WE'RE TRYING TO
MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTIONS TO
EDUCATION AND LONG TERM
SUCCESS OF OUR YOUNGEST
LEARNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT
OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE
POPPED UP AS I'M MAKING MY
COMMENTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND
KNOW THE FAMILIES OF SEATTLE
DO AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
AS YOU NOTED, UM, ALL
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
LISTED.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD,
MORALES, SAWANT, PEDERSON,
JUAREZ, STRAUSS, AND LEWIS
SIGNED ON AS COSPONSORS.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT IN
YOUR COMMENTS, AND JUST TO
REMIND FOLKS AGAIN PRE-COVID
HOW MANY KIDS DID WE HAVE IN
THE SCHOOL S█YSTEM ALREADY
FACING HOMELESSNESS?
WASN'T IT 1 IN 10, SOMETHING
LIKE THAT?
>> I DON'T WANT THE STATISTIC
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT
WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, SO
THERE'S ALSO WITHIN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM, UM, A SEGMENT
OF STUDENTS, CHILDREN, WHO
AREN'T EVEN COUNTED AS
HOUSING, AS HOMELESS BECAUSE
THEY'RE DOUBLED UP, SO THEY'RE
LIVING WITH AUNTS AND UNCLES
OR IN OTHER COHABITATION
SETTINGS.
SO THEY'RE HOUSING UNSTABLE,
BUT NOT NECESSARILY HOMELESS.
SO I THINK THAT, UM, OUR DEAL
REALLY FOCUSES ON THAT
POPULATION WHERE THERE'S A
LARGE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS IN THAT DOUBLED UP
CATEGORY IN ADDITION TO THOSE
EXPERIENCING ACTUAL
HOMELESSNESS.
AND AGAIN, THIS SORT OF
TARGETED STRATEGY TO ENCUMBER
$400,000 OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE
MONEY WILL LAYER ON TOP OF THE
PRIOR CITY INVESTMENTS TO
HOPEFULLY GET TO ALL THE
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF
CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES
WHO EXPERIENCE EITHER
HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING
INSECURITY AND INSTABILITY.
>> VERY WELL SAID.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> NEXT ITEM IS HOM16A1 ADDING
MONEY TO FULLY FUND THE
LANDLORD LIAISON PROGRAM.
MOST TYPICALLY WE THINK OF
HOUSING CONNECTOR PROGRAM.
FOR CONTEXT FOR THE COUNCIL,
THE HOUSING CONNECTOR PROGRAM
HAS A BASE CONTRACT THAT
PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE GONE
THROUGH ALL HOME.
AS WE TRANSITION TO HAVING A
REGIONAL AUTHORITY THAT
TRANSITIONS OUT OF BEING A
SEPARATE ENTITY, HSD
ANTICIPATES NEEDING TO
INITIALLY TAKE ON THE CONTRACT
TRACK DIRECTLY.
THAT DIRECT CONTRACT, BASE
AMOUNT IS $470,000, SOMEWHERE
IN THAT RANGE.
THAT IS WHAT WAS INITIALLY
DISCUSSED.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT
ACTUALLY PROVIDED IS A LITTLE
LOWER THAN THAT.
$34,000 LESS.
AND SO THIS ACTION WOULD FILL
IN THAT BASE AMOUNT.
IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER THE
BASE AMOUNT WOULD END UP
BEING, BECAUSE OF THE
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT
FUNDS FROM THIS MORNING, THAT
WOULD SUPPORT NONCONGREGATE
SHELTER AND HOTELS EXPANDING
SO MUCH WITH RAPID REHOUSING.
THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL
INVESTMENT AND ALSO $250,000
PROVIDED TO THE HOUSING
CONNECTOR TO ADD TWO MORE FTE
AND ASSIST WITH SOME OF THE
CAPACITY AND PLACEMENT OF
FAMILIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE
THROUGH THE RAPID REHOUSING.
SO THERE'S THE BASE CONTRACT
THAT WOULD FILL IN WHAT THEY
PLANNED FOR INITIALLY WITH THE
BASE CONTRACT, AND THEN THE
ADDITIONAL EXPANSION THAT THE
BUDGET ALREADY PROVIDES.
PRIMARY SPONSOR HERE IS
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROGRESS THIS PROGRAM HAS
MADE.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IT
IS A LANDLORD LIAISON PROGRAM
THAT'S NOW CALLED HOUSING
CONNECTOR.
THANK YOU TO COSPONSORS
STRAUSS AND LEWIS.
THIS IS A MODEST REQUEST TO
FULLY FUND A PROGRAM THAT'S
NOT ONLY DOING INCREDIBLE
WORK, BUT IT FILLS AN
IMPORTANT GAP IN PREVENTING
EVICTIONS AND HELPING MORE
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS FIND HOUSING.
THE HOUSING CONNECTOR MAKES
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN LANDLORDS
AND HOUSEHOLDS WITH RENTAL
BARRIERS.
IT PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT
AND RISK MITIGATION FOR
LANDLORDS SO TAKE AN TENANTS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
PROVIDES ONGOING SUPPORT TO
LANDLORDS, TENANTS, AND
PROVIDERS OVER THE COURSE OF
THEIR TENANCY.
THEY'RE IN THEIR SECOND YEAR
OF SERVICE AS BEING KNOWN AS
THE HOUSING CONNECTOR PROGRAM
AFTER REVAMPING THE OLD
PROGRAM.
IN THE FIRST FULL YEAR, THEY
HOUSED 1,170 PEOPLE WITH 96%
OF THE PEOPLE STILL HOUSED,
ONLY ONE EVICTION, AND 70% OF
THOSE HOUSED ARE PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
THEY ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP
WITH 470 PROPERTIES, OFFERING
MORE THAN 26,000 UNITS.
ABOUT 40% ARE OWNED BY SMALL
LANDLORDS, AND THEY'RE WORKING
WITH 58 DIFFERENT NONPROFITS
WITH 550 CASE MANAGERS WITH
ACCESS TO THIS RENTAL
PLATFORM.
THIS IS INTENDED TO PLAY A KEY
ROLE IN SERVING UP TO 231
HOUSEHOLDS MOVING INTO
TEMPORARY HOTELS IN 2021 AS
PART OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
HOUSING SURGE.
THE HOUSING CONNECTOR WILL
SUPPORT HOUSEHOLDS ENROLLED IN
RAPID REHOUSING AS WE SEEK TO
LEAVE THE HOTEL SHELTER BEHIND
AND SUPPORT THEMSELVES IN
THEIR OWN PERMANENT HOMES.
IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY
ABOUT THAT EXPANSION AND THE
SPECIFIC ROLE, HOUSING
CONNECTOR'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
UNDERSTOOD THEY'D GET $470,000
A YEAR, BUT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET IS 34,000 SHORT OF THAT
AMOUNT.
WHILE THE GAP IS A SMALL
AMOUNT, THEY'RE ALSO FIGHTING
FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING FROM THE
COUNTY IN 2021.
THE CITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NEED
HOUSING CONNECTOR TO FUNCTION
AT FULL CAPACITY IN 2021, A
YEAR WE EXPECT TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN
EVICTIONS WHEN THE HOUSING
MORATORUM ENDS.
IT WILL BE A CRITICAL PLAYER
IN ENSURING INDIVIDUALS
MAINTAIN HOUSING STABILITY AND
FOR FAMILIES THAT LOSE
HOUSING, IT WILL PROVIDE
HOUSING OPTIONS THAT REDUCE
AND WAIVED SCREENING CRITERIA
SUCH AS A CREDIT SCORE OR PAST
EVICTION BARRIERS.
SO FAMILIES CAN QUICKLY ACCESS
A HOME AND NOT FALL INTO
EXTENDED PERIODS OF
HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S A SMALL, BUT VITAL
INVESTMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> AND I HAVE RECEIVED
NOTIFICATION THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ WOULD LIKE TO
SIGN ON.
I SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND MEMBER PEDERSON
ALSO SIGNING ON.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
WONDERFUL.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, YOU
HAVE PEDERSON, JUAREZ,
STRAUSS, LEWIS, AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AS
COSPONSORS.
LET'S GO ON.
>> NEXT ITEM IS CBAHOM17A1.
THIS WOULD ADD 1.6, ALMOST
$1.7 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND
ONE TIME FUNDING TO HSD TO
HELP AGENCIES THAT SPECIALIZE
IN SERVING AMERICAN INDIAN AND
NATIVE ALASKAN POPULATIONS.
THERE'S TWO ITEMS TO CLARIFY.
FIRST IS THAT THE CBA
DESCRIBES THE BREAKDOWN HERE
WITH $703,000 GOING TO RAPID
REHOUSING SERVICES, BUT THAT'S
ACTUALLY INCORRECT.
IT'S FOR A DAY CENTER PROGRAM.
AND I'M REMISS IN NOT NOTING
THAT WE HAVE A NEW
HOMELESSNESS COUNT RELEASED
OVER THE SUMMER THAT FOUND
THAT AMERICAN INDIANS AND
ALASKAN NATIVES ARE EVEN MORE
DIS PROPORTIONATETY
REPRESENTED, AT 15%, NOT 10%.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD
FURTHER CONTEXT.
IN 2020, THE COUNCIL MADE AN
ADD OF APPROXIMATELY
$1 MILLION FOR TWO AGENCIES
THAT SERVE AMERICAN INDIANS
AND ALASKA NATIVES.
THE MONEY WAS PROVIDED TO TWO
ORGANIZATIONS IN 2020, THE
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
AND THEN THE ALL TRIBES
FOUNDATION.
THIS CBA WOULD CONTINUE TO
EXPAND ABOVE THAT LEVEL FOR
MORE SERVICES IN 2021.
PRIMARY SPONSOR FOR THIS
PROPOSAL IS COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> THANK YOU.
JUST A QUICK SHOUT OUT,
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ITEM 24
BEFOREHAND.
I JUST WANT TO SAY OBVIOUSLY A
LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL WITH THE HOUSING
CONNECTOR, AND I WANTED TO
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
JEFF, THANK YOU FOR
COORDINATING THE DIFFERENT
PIECES OF THIS REQUEST.
I KNOW YOU'LL BE WORKING TO
CORRECT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
700,000 FROM RAPID REHOUSING
TO DAY CENTER.
I KNOW IT'S A TECHNICAL FIX,
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS ONE TIME FUNDING, AND
AS YOU KNOW AND WE'VE SHARED
WITH YOU BEFORE, OUR AMERICAN
INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE
POPULATION IS HIT THE HARDEST
BY HOMELESSNESS.
WE MAKEUP 10% OF THE HOMELESS
POPULATION, WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME WE MAKEUP LESS THAN 1% OF
THE OVERALL POPULATION OF KING
COUNTY.
NOT A GOOD STATISTIC, A
STARTLING FACT, BUT HOPEFULLY
WE'RE CHANGING THAT WITH THE
PROGRAMS WE'RE FUNDING.
THANKFULLY WE HAVE NONPROFITS
LIKE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, WHO
ARE QUITE FRANKLY HEROES FOR
THEIR SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMMING
TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND
HOUSING INSTABILITY FOR OUR
URBAN NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
THEY TRULY EMBODY WHAT WE
BELIEVE IN INDIAN COUNTRY OR
AS NATIVE PEOPLE, AND THIS IS
KINSHIP.
THIS BUDGET REQUEST OF 1.61
WILL GO TOWARDS THE FOLLOWING
PROGRAMS AS JEFF OUTLINED
BRIEFLY.
THE DAY CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE HOMELESS PREVENTION, THE
OUTREACH, THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND
THE REENTRY PROGRAM WHICH HAS
BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON
THIS BUDGET ACTION.
NOW, HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.
THE CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB HAS
DEMONSTRATED A CONSISTENT
TRACK RECORD IN SERVING THE
NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE WITH AN
86% RATE, 86% SUCCESS RATE OF
HOUSEHOLDS EXITING TO
PERMANENT HOUSING AND PROGRAMS
LIKE RAPID REHOUSING, WITH
ONLY 3% OF PARTICIPANTS
RETURNING TO HOMELESSNESS.
A LOT OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH
MOMS AND KIDS.
SO, UM, I JUST THINK THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
TYPES OF UNSHELTERED PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN WE CAN
GET THEM IN HOMES, THEY STAY
THERE.
THE PROGRAMS ARE TARGETED TO
STABLING INDIGENOUS AND NATIVE
PEOPLE BY CREATING A PATHWAY
TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE CHIEF SEATTLE DAY CLUB
CENTER SERVES AS THE FRONT
DOOR TO WELCOME IN CLIENTS.
IT'S WHERE THE CLUB BUILDS
TRUST WITH MEMBERS SERVING
BASIC NEEDS AND STABILIZING
CLIENTS WITH ON SITE SERVICES
THAT WOULD BE HEALTH CARE,
MENTAL HEALTH, AND TRADITIONAL
WELLNESS.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
SPOKE TO THIS THIS MORNING AS
WELL ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
WHEN YOU HAVE COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS ON THE GROUND
AND KNOW THE COMMUNITY AND
THEIR CLIENT BASE WITH WHICH
WE WORK WITH AND WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE.
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB WORKS WITH
THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT
UNITED INDIANS, THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, MOTHER
NATION, AND OTHER SURROUNDING
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
I WON'T LIST ALL THE TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS, BUT THERE ARE SIX
IN KING COUNTY OUT OF THE
SEVEN.
THEY DO EXTENSIVE OUTREACH
WITH THEM.
AND ALSO RECONNECTING PEOPLE
WITH THEIR TRIBES IF THEY'RE
PART OF THE 29 TRIBES IN
WASHINGTON STATE AS WELL AS
OUT OF STATE.
AND, UM, FURTHER MORE COMBINED
WITH PREVENTION, OUTREACH, AND
REENTRY SERVICES, CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB HAS BEEN SHARED
WITH US, AND AS WE HAVE SEEN,
AS THE POWER TO CHANGE LIVES
AND MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY AND OUR
NATIVE POPULATION.
AND THEIR SUCCESS RATE PROVES
THAT THEIR MODEL OF KINSHIP,
EMPATHY, AND GRACE WORKS SO.
VERY QUICKLY I SHARED THIS
EARLIER, I THINK I COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO, BUT I WANTED TO
SHARE IT ONE MORE TIME TO TALK
ABOUT HOW WELL YOUR INVESTMENT
HAS GROWN WITH CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB.
IN THE HOUSING PIPELINE WE
HAVE THE EAGLE VILLAGE ONLINE
WITH 24 UNITS, WE HAVE 80
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY.
WE HAVE THE SACRED MEDICINE
HOUSE WITH 600 UNITS OF
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
WILL BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT 5.
WITH THAT, I HOPE SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN
SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET REQUEST
OF THE SUCCESSES AND HOPEFULLY
THE CONTINUED SUCCESSES OF
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
AND SAWANT JOINING.
WE ARE NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, SO
COUNCIL MEMBERS SAWANT AND
STRAUSS JOINING COUNCIL
MEMBERS LEWIS AND HERBOLD.
GREAT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM.
>> NEXT ITEM, HOM18A1 ADDS
$100,000 TO HSD TO SUPPORT THE
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
ACADEMY.
AS WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THE
THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER
ACADEMY IS A PROGRAM AT THE
SEATTLE CENTER COLLEGE THAT
SUPPORT A POSITION AT SEATTLE
VALUE COLLEGE, A NAVIGATOR
POSITION.
ABOUT $80,000 OF IT WOULD
SUPPORT THAT POSITION, AND
ANOTHER $20,000 WOULD BE
FLEXIBLE SUPPORTS FOR THE
STUDENTS THAT ARE ENROLLED IN
THE PROGRAM.
WHICH THE PROGRAM SERVES IN
PARTICULAR.
THE PRIMARY SPONSOR IS COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S SEE HERE.
AGAIN, MANY THANKS TO MY
SPONSORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS
SAWANT, LEWIS, AND GONZALEZ.
THE PROGRAM WILL ALLOW
STUDENTS TO COMPLETE 24
COLLEGE CREDITS TO EARN
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
SERVICE PROVIDER ONE AND TWO
CERTIFICATES.
EACH CERTIFICATE CAN BE EARNED
IN ONE OF TWO EVENING COURSE
QUARTERS.
OVERALL THE PROGRAM COSTS
$330,000 A YEAR.
THIS BUDGET REQUEST IS FOR
100,000 TO FUND THE NAVIGATOR
TO DISPERSE THE DIRECT STUDENT
SUPPORT, AND THE DIRECT
STUDENT SUPPORT IS ALSO
INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING.
THIS CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING
TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS FROM
PAYING LATE UTILITY BILLS TO
CHILD CARE TO BUS PASSES.
THE PROGRAM ITSELF STARTED
THIS YEAR IN SEPTEMBER.
I ACTUALLY PROPOSED FUNDING
FOR IT LAST YEAR.
IT CURRENTLY HAS 21 STUDENTS
ENROLLED.
STUDENTS WERE RECRUITED AND
REFERRED FROM PLYMOUTH
HOUSING, CATHOLIC COMMUNITY
SERVICES, THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB, MARY'S PLACE, REACH, AND
DESC.
THE STUDENT RACIAL IDENTITY IS
DIVERSE WITH IN THE FIRST
COHORT, UM, 13 BEING BLACK OR
AFRICAN AMERICAN, 1 PERSON
BEING NATIVE AMERICAN, AND 7
INDIVIDUALS BEING WHITE.
THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS HAVE
A LIVED EXPERIENCE OF
HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING
INSTABILITY.
CREDITS FROM THE PROGRAM ARE
TRANSFERABLE TO SEATTLE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TWO AND
FOUR YEAR DEGREES.
WE HEARD A TESTIFIER TALK
ABOUT HOW THIS PARTICULAR
PROGRAM FOR THEM AS AN
INDIVIDUAL WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS HAS
ALLOWED THEM TO MOVE FROM A
FRONT LINE JOB AT A HOMELESS
SHELTER TO ACTUALLY HAVE A
CAREER IN SOCIAL SERVICES.
MUCH LIKE WE FUND
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS FOR
PHYSICAL LABOR JOBS, THIS IS A
LOT LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S FOR THE HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED TO
SUPPORT OUR SOCIAL SERVICE
NETANYAHUWORK HERE IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND A
LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT THE
NAVIGATOR POSITION DOES?
>> I COULD TRY, YEAH.
THE NAVIGATOR POSITION IS, I
THINK IT'S A LITTLE LIKE A
CASE MANAGER, BUT FOR A CASE
MANAGER IN A, UM, IN A PROGRAM
THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON
EDUCATION.
THERE ARE NAVIGATOR POSITIONS
THAT ARE PART OF THE SEATTLE
POMISE, UM, PROGRAM FOR OUR,
AND THAT'S THE PIECE THAT THE
CITY FUNDS, OR ONE OF THE
PIECES THAT THE CITY FUNDS FOR
SEATTLE PROMISE.
AND THAT IS THE POSITION THAT,
AGAIN, HELPS ASSESS WHAT THE
NEEDS ARE OF THE STUDENT.
AND HELPS THEM PROVIDE THOSE
NEEDS AND ENSURE THEY'RE MET
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY PART OF
BEING ABLE TO MEET THESE
NEEDS.
IT'S REALLY PART OF BEING
SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ACADEMIC
ATMOSPHERE.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
úI SEE YOU'RE JOINED NOW BY
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES AS WELL
JOINING IN WITH COUNCIL
MEMBERS SAWANT, LEWIS, AND
GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
MOVING ON.
>> NEXT ITEM, THE LAST
HOMELESSNESS ITEM IS
CBAHOM19A01.
IT ADDS $100,000 AND A
TEMPORARY POCKET TO HSD FOR A
GRANT AND CONTRACT
ADMINISTRATION POSITION AND
ALSO IMPOSES A PROVISO
RESTRICTING THE USE OF THESE
FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
IT'S PROPOSED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME DESCRIBE
THIS BEFORE WHEN TALKING AT
FORM AS AND ALSO IN YOUR
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CURRENT
CONTEXT OF WHAT MANY OF OUR
FRONT LINE WORKERS WITHIN HSD
ARE DEALING WITH.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND NOT
ENOUGH FOLKS TO DO THE WORK.
AS THE CITY CONTINUES THE
RESPOND TO THE HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS BUT ENSURING THEY HAVE
CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNERS WHO HAVE THE TRUSTED
RELATIONSHIPS, WE ALSO NEED TO
ENSURE THAT WE'RE ENSURING
THERE'S RESOURCES WITHIN THE
CITY TO EXPEDITE THOSE
CONTRACTS AND DO IT IN A WAY
THAT DOESN'T PUT AT RISK THE
CONTRACTS WE'RE COLLECTIVELY
WORKING ON TO GET OUT OF THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE
THE HUMAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT
WITH ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND
ALSO SUPPORTS THE HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE
TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO HELP
HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO
MOVE THE CONTRACTS THROUGH.
THIS ADDITION IS FOR ONE
VACANT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
POSITION AND ALLOWS THE FUNDS
TO BE USED TO EXPEDITE THE
CONTRACTS.
AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT ONCE
THE REGIONAL ENTITY GETS UP
AND RUNNING, THIS POSITION
WOULD IDEALLY BE TRANSFERRED
TO THE NEW ENTITY.
WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNEW
THAT AS WELL.
QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM?
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, I SAW
YOU ADD YOUR NAME AS WELL.
APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT IN
ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS
STRAUSS AND LEWIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS?
GREAT.
SO DOES THAT CONCLUDE
EVERYTHING IN THE HOMELESSNESS
CATEGORY?
>> YES, IT DOES.
>> OKAY, NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE
RAISING THEIR HAND TO ADD
THEIR NAMES TO OTHER ITEMS IN
THIS CATEGORY.
WANT TO THANK YOU JEFF AND
TEAM FOR WALKING US THROUGH
THAT LIST OF ITEMS IN
HOMELESSNESS TODAY.
HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD REST OF
YOUR DAY.
HELLO, GREG!
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I'LL ASK FOR
THE CLERK TO READ IN THE REST
OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
TODAY.
>> ITEMS 3 AND 4, OFFICE OF
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREG, GLAD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
LET US KNOW THE ITEM WE'RE
LOOKING AT HERE FROM OIG.
>> THIS IS COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION 001A001 WHICH WOULD ADD
65,000 TO THE OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY TO SUPPORT ITS SENTINEL
EVENT REVIEW OF THE GEORGE
FLOYD AND BLACK LIVES MATTER
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT OCCURRED
LAST SUMMER.
THE CBA WOULD PROVIDE
COMPENSATION FOR COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT AS THE OIG
ANALYZES THE ROOT CONFERENCES
FOR THE USE OF FORCE IN THE
SUMMER DEMONSTRATIONS.
FUNDING WOULD ALSO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EXPENSES
RELATED TO CONDUCTING THE
OUTREACH.
THE PRIMARY SPONSOR IS COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND GREG FOR THAT DESCRIPTION.
AS DESCRIBED BY GREG, THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS
UNDERTAKING A SENTINEL WERE
EVENT REVIEW TO THE GEORGE
FLOYD AND BLACK LIVES MATTER
DEMONSTRATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE
OVER THE SUMMER AND CONTINUE
THROUGH TODAY.
MOST NOTEFULLY, THE ADDITIONAL
FUNDS, WHICH ARE SMALL IN
NATURE, $65,000, WILL SUPPORT
STIPENDS AND CONTRACTING FEES
WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
LIVED EXPERIENCE EXPERTS WHO
ARE GOING TO ADVISE IN THE
INTENTIONIVE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT CRITICAL TO THE
SUCCESS OF THE SENTINEL EVENT
REVIEW THAT'S CURRENTLY
PLANNED BY THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL.
THE OIG EXPECTS TO INCUR
ADDITIONAL COSTS WITH THIS
WORK THAT THEY HAD NOT
BUDGETED FOR OR ANTICIPATED IN
ADVANCE AS NO ONE KNEW WHAT
THIS YEAR WOULD BRING TO ALL
OF US.
WHILE THE EXPECTED COSTS ARE
WELL OVER $100,000, THE OIG
EXPECTS TO COVER SOME OF THE
COSTS BY REALLOCATING EXISTING
RESOURCES.
THIS $65,000 INVESTMENT WOULD
BE A SUPPLEMENT TO THEIR
BUDGET TO ALLOW THE IG TO
DEVOTE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY
TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THIS
CRITICAL PROJECT BY MAKING
SURE IT'S INFORMED BY
COMMUNITY AND LIVED EXPERIENCE
PERSPECTIVES.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON
THIS ITEM?
I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
IN SUMMARIZING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERBOLD AND STRAUSS AS
COSPONSORS.
I BELIEVE THAT MOVES US INTO
THE SPD RELATED CATEGORY,
CORRECT, GREG?
>> YES.
>> WONDERFUL.
WITH THE COUNCIL'S PERMISSION,
WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR ITEM
NUMBER 51 TO BE CONSIDERED
FIRST AMONG THE SPD RELATED
ITEMS.
ANY CONCERN OR OBJECTION?
HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, THIS
WOULD BE YOUR ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW
YOU HAVE AN EARLY DEPARTURE
TODAY.
LET'S START THERE --
>> SORRY TO INTERRUPT CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH CDA OR
SLIDE NUMBER THAT WOULD BE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
LOOK THROUGH THE AGENDA WITH
THE SCREENS UP.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE AN ALPHABET
SUIT AND HODGEPODGE OF
NUMBERS.
LET ME READ IT FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC AS WELL.
ITEM NUMBER 51 IS COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT'S PROPOSAL
SPD-600-A-001.
IT'S THE LAST ITEM IN THE
OFFICIAL SLIDE DECK FOR THE
DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED ON TIME.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
GREG, THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THIS ITEM FIRST AND WE'LL TURN
IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> OKAY, SO THIS ITEM WOULD
CUT 2.5 MILLION FROM SPD AND
ADD 2.5 MILLION TO A NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT IS IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, AND
TRANSFER 18 COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS FROM SPD TO THE NEW
CENTER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK
BOTH YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
ALLOWING THIS ITEM TO BE HEARD
EARLIER.
ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLDS
AND LEWIS' OFFICES THAT WORKED
ON THIS TOGETHER AND THEIR
RELATED AMENDMENTS COMING FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD'S
PRIMARY SPONSORSHIP LATER.
I WANT TO LET ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS KNOW THAT MY STAFF
HAVE INDICATED TO CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE CHAIR THE OTHER
AMENDMENTS I WON'T BE PRESENT
FOR THAT I'M COSPONSORING SO
THAT INFORMATION CAN BE
RELAYED DURING THE MEETING.
THIS MOVES THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROGRAM OUT OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INTO THE
NEW PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL
MEMBERS, COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS ARE NOT POLICE
OFFICERS.
THEY DON'T CARRY ARMS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY
SITUATIONS WHERE POLICE ARE
SENT THAT A SOCIAL WORKER
WOULD BE FAR MORE HELPFUL AND
LESS HARMFUL.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
THEMSELVES, MANY OF THEM THAT
MY STAFF AND I HAVE TALKED THE
A NUMBER OF TIMES ARE
DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY WHO DO EXTREMELY GO
WORK, HOWEVER THE OFFICERS
HAVE DETERMINED THAT OPERATING
UNDER THE COMMAND STRUCTURE OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS MADE
IT FAR MORE DIFFICULT TO SERVE
THEIR COMMUNITIES GIVEN THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE DIFFERENT
APPROACH, AND THEY HAVE GOT
ORGANIZED AND ARE REQUESTING
TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHICH IS WHAT THIS
BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD DO.
>> I THINK, UM, WE MAY HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD?
>> YEAH, NOT A QUESTION, I
JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT FOR BEING
FLEXIBLE IN THIS ITEM.
I THINK WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED, THE PROPOSAL, UM,
WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I THINK MYSELF AND OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE IN
CONTACT WITH THE CSOS AND
THEIR UNION TEAMSTERS TO FIND
OUT WHAT THEIR INTERESTS WERE,
AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED BY
THE IDEA OF MOVING TO THE NEW
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
SO THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT FOR BEING FLEXIBLE ON
THIS PROPOSAL AND INCLUDING
OUR INPUT.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
>> ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEN
SAWANT, THANK
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT, THANK
YOU FOR WALKING THAT THROUGH
IT.
WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE TO
DROP OFF, AND I KNOW YOU AND
YOUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE
WATCHING OFF LINE.
THANKS FOR SHARING THE OTHER
AMENDMENTS YOU'RE COSPONSORING
AS WELL.
WE'LL BE SURE TO NOTE THOSE.
GREG, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER
TO YOU, AND WE'LL GO BACK TO
THE TOP, I BELIEVE WE'RE ON
SPD001A001.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 16 OF THESE TO
GET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST SEVERAL WILL BE
SLIDES, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE
INTO BUDGET ACTIONS.
THE FIRST ONE YOU JUST GAVE
THE NUMBER FOR WOULD REQUEST
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDE THE REPORTS INCLUDED
AND REQUESTED IN ORDINANCE
126148 AND RESOLUTION 31962.
THAT'S THE ORDINANCE AND
RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL
PASSED LAST SUMMER.
THE REPORTS INCLUDE FINANCIAL
AND COMPENSATION REPORTS
BASICALLY EVERY TWO WEEKS
STARTING ON JANUARY 1st, AND
THEN A ONE-TIME REPORT ON
POTENTIAL CIVILIANIZATIONS OF
THE SWORN FUNCTIONS IN SPD, A
REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THE
REDUCTIONS MADE IN THE SUMMER
BUDGET, ORDINANCE 126148, AND
TO REPORT ON METHODS FOR
PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR EARLY
RETIREMENT.
ALL THOSE THREE ONE-TIME
REPORTS WOULD ALSO BE DUE ON
JANUARY 1st.
THIS ONE IS SPONSORED
PRIMARILY BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> >. YES, AGAIN, THIS PICKS
UP OFF OF THE MANY REPORTS WE
REQUESTED DURING THE SUMMER
BUDGET PROCESS.
THE FORM B WAS SUBMITTED AS
THE REPORTS REQUESTED BY THE
COUNCIL IN ORDINANCE 126148
AND RESOLUTION 31962 HAVE NOT
YET BEEN RECEIVED.
THESE ARE REPORTS THAT WE WERE
INTENDING TO HAVE FOR PURPOSES
OF MAKING BUDGET DECISIONS FOR
2021.
EARLIER THE SEATTLE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE RESPONDED TO A
COUNCIL QUESTION ABOUT THE
STATUS OF THESE REPORTS
INDICATING THAT SOME OF THESE
ITEMS WILL RECEIVE RESPONSES
OR INITIAL RESPONSES NEXT
WEEK.
SO THE SCOPE MAY BE ADJUSTED
DEPENDING ON THOSE REPLIES.
PER THE CIVILIANIZATION
REPORT, UM, THE REPLY WE'VE
RECEIVED REFERS TO THE IDT AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY WORK GROUP,
BUT DOESN'T LIST THE DATE.
I COULD GIVE MORE DETAILS
ABOUT EACH OF THE FOUR REPORTS
IF DESIRED, BUT I THINK FOR
PURPOSES OF SAVING OUR TIME, I
WOULD SAY I'D LIKE TO WORK
WITH THE SPONSORS IN UPDATING
THE LANGUAGE IN THE SLIDE TO
REFLECT WHAT WE KNOW FROM CBO
ABOUT WHICH REPORTS WE'LL
RECEIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS AND WHICH WILL STILL BE
OUTSTANDING.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
ARE YOU ABLE TO HAVE SIDE THAT
UPDATE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
HERE?
>> ABSOLUTELY, I HAVE THE
INFORMATION AS DOES I BELIEVE
GREG NOW.
SO WE'LL HAVE USE THE
INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO
MODIFY THE THE REQUEST.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
I SEE ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS SIGNED ON TO THIS, SO
NO QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
YOU'RE CHANGED BY SAWANT,
PEDERSON, JUAREZ, MORALES,
STRAUSS, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
>> NEXT SLIDE IS A001, WHICH
REQUIRES A MONTHLY REPORT ON
USEOVER OVERTIME.
THIS PARTICULARLY SLIDE
REQUESTS A LOT OF DATA, SO I'M
JUST GOING TO SUMMARIZE IT.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS REINSTITUTE THE
OVERTIME REPORTS THAT CENTRAL
STAFF HAD BEEN RECEIVIG
MONTHLY OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS, BUT HAVE FALLEN OFF TO
A MORE PERIODIC BASIS.
TE SLIDE WOULD REQUEST A
NUMBER OF REPORTS DESIGNED TO
ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT IS
IMPLEMENTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON OVERTIME
REFORM.
WITH THAT AS A HIGH LEVEL
SUMMARY, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD SPONSORED IT, AND I'LL
LEAVE IT TO HERE IF SHE'D LIKE
TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> JUST LOOKING AT MY NOTES TO
SEE WHAT GREG DIDN'T COVER.
WE KNOW OVERTIME SPENDING IN
SPD HAS BEEN OF HIGH INTO TO
THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY
GENERALLY.
MY OFFICE ASKED THE CITY
AUDITOR FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON
REPORTING.
THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
CONTAINED HERE IN THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT.
SPD IMPLEMENTED SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, SEVEN OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVEN'T YET
BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
SOME RELATE SPECIFICALY TO A
TECH SOLUTION, BUT THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WHILE
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE TECH
SOLUTION TO BE DELIVERED, THAT
SPD COULD BE DOING AND MAY BE
DOING TO TRACK OVERTIME TO
MAKE SURE, NOT JUST OVERTIME,
SORRY.
THE ISSUE IS BROADER THAN
OVERTIME.
IT'S OVERTIME AND OFF DUTY
WORK.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR
OFFICERS ARE NOT WORKING MORE
HOURS THAN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO
WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> I HAVE ONE.
>> GO AHEAD COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD FOR
RESURRECTING THIS PARTICULAR
ACTION AFTER WE HAD GOTTEN THE
REPORT, I THINK IT WAS IN
2016, RELATED TO THE OVERTIME
USAGE ISSUES FROM THE CITY
AUDITOR.
I HAD ORIGINALLY PASSED A
RESOLUTION REQUIRING THESE
OVERTIME REPORTS TO BE
PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL,
WHICH, UM, IF MY RECOLLECTION
SERVES ME, HADN'T BEEN DONE
REGULARLY IN THE PAST, SO I
THINK THIS IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE
MEMORIALIZING THAT MUSCLE
MEMORY AROUND REQUIRING THIS
LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY, AND
THESE REPORTS CERTAINLY
ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT.
IT WILL GIVE US A HEADS UP AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE RELATED TO
THE TRENDS.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD CONTINUING THIS
EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE
CONTINUE TO GET THIS
INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I SEE STRAUSS, LEWIS, AND
PEDERSON ADDING THEIR NAMES AS
WELL.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS
MORALES AND SAWANT ALSO LISTED
ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
EVERYBODY.
ON TO THE NEXT SLI.
>> SPD003A001 CONTINUES ON THE
SAME THEME.
IT WOULD REQUIRE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE MONTHLY
STAFFING REPORTS THAT WERE
SUBMITTED OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS, AND MOST RECENTLY
REQUESTED IN SPD SLI13A2 FROM
2020.
I WOULD SAY THESE REINSTITUTE
THE REPORTS THAT CENTRAL STAFF
REGULARLY GETS, BUT THEY ARE
NOW GOING TO ADD UNDER THIS
SLI SOME REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ON DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA ON HIRES AND SEPARATIONS,
AND THESE WOULD BE PROVIDED
MONTHLY.
THIS IS BROUGHT BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> EXCELLENT, PLEASE GO AHEAD
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS IS AGAIN SOMETHING, A
REPORTING CADENCE THAT COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ STARTED
WHEN SHE WAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAIR.
IT'S BEEN IN PRACTICE TWO
YEARS UP UNTIL THE BEGINNING
OF THIS YEAR THE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION WE'RE ASKING IN
THE STAFFING REPORT IS TO
INCLUDE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
REGARDING HIRES AND
SEPARATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST THAT
THE COUNCIL HAS IN THE
DIVERSITY OF NEW HIRES AND THE
CONCERN ABOUT OUT OF ORDER LAY
OFFS NECESSARILY IMPACTING
THOSE NEW HIRES, UM, AND JUST
WANT TO AGAIN STATE FOR THE
RECORD THAT WE DID RECEIVE TWO
OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MONTHLY REPORTS THIS YEAR.
I RECEIVED A THIRD WHEN THE
COUNCIL REQUESTED IT OVER THE
SUMMER.
I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO A MORE
REGULAR REPORTING SCHEDULE AND
THIS ITEM ALLOWS US TO DO SO.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR LEAGUES?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> YES, JUST REALLY QUICKLY,
CAN EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD OR GREG REMIND ME IF,
UM, THE, IF THIS PARTICULAR
SLI GETS DOWN TO THE GRANULAR
LEVEL OF PRECINCT?
I KNOW THE ORIGINAL STAFFING
REPORT THAT I HAD REQUESTED
FROM SPD DIDN'T GET TO THAT
LEVEL.
AND THEN WE ASKED THEM TO
MODIFY THAT.
I WANT TO REMEMBER IF WE'RE
GETTING TO THE GRANULAR LEVEL
OF PRECINCT, WATCH, ET CETERA.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, IT GOES
DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF PRECINCT,
AND GOES DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF
THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PATROL
RESOURCES PUT OUT THERE.
IT DOESN'T GO TO WATCH, BUT
THAT'S THE ONLY THING MISSING.
WE'D HAVE TO ADD THAT.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
IT MAY NOT BE USEFUL TO HAVE
THE STAFFING AS IT RELATES TO
WATCH, FIRST WATCH, SECOND
WATCH, THIRD WATCH, THE
SHIFTS, BUT I WOULD JUST SORT
OF PUT THAT OUT THERE IF YOU
AND YOUR AFOLLOW ANALYSIS AND
CONSULTATION WITH CENTRAL
STAFF THINK THAT WOULD BE
ADDITIONAL HELPFUL INFORMATION
TO ASK SPD TO REPORT.
I'D OFFER THAT AS A SUGGESTION
TO CONSIDER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD IS
JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
JUAREZ, GONZALEZ, AND
PEDERSON, STRAUSS, AND LEWIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS SPD004A001.
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO
PROVIDE ON MARCH 31 A REPORT
ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS COLLECTED
FOR TRAFFIC STOPS, AND THAT
WOULD INCLUDE STOPS MADE FOR
CRIMINAL AND NON-CRIMINAL
PURPOSES, AND IT WOULD ALSO
SPECIFY RACIAL DISPARITIES AS
REQUESTED IN ORDINANCE 125358.
THIS ALSO REQUESTS THAT SPD
PROVIDE A SEPARATE AND
ADDITIONAL REPORT ON
SEPTEMBER 1st THAT MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON TRAINING
AND POLICY CHANGES CONSISTENT
WITH THE CONSENT DECREE,
CONSISTENT WITH THE FIRST
REPORT, AND TO ADDRESS BIAS
AND RACIAL DISPARITIES FOUND
IN THE DATA.
AND SO THIS WAS BROUGHT TO YOU
BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT
TO MY ATTENTION AFTER, UM,
AFTER SOME REPORTING DONE ON
THE, ON A CONSULTING CONTRACT
THAT LOOKED AT THE IMPACT OF
FEES AND FINES ON COMMUNITY,
LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THIS IS A REPORT GIVEN TO MY
COMMITTEE BY DR. ALEXIS
HARRIS.
AND THE REPORT SHOWED THAT A
LOT OF GREAT WORK IS BEING
DONE BY OUR COURTS IN REDUCING
FEES AND FINES TO THE LOWEST
LEVELS PERMITTED, A VERY LARGE
NUMBER OF CASES.
BUT THE REPORT FOUND THAT
THERE ARE PRACTICES IN THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT STILL
NEED TO BE CHANGED IN ORDER
TO, UM, TO ADDRESS WHAT
CONTINUES TO BE RACIAL
DISPARITY IN, IN POLICING.
AND, SO INVEST SOME REPORTING
DONE ON THIS REPORT IN MY
COMMITTEE, AND THE REPORTER
MADE NOTE THAT THE DATA WASN'T
BEING REPORTED BY SPD ON THE
DEMOGRAPHIC, THE GRAPHIC
INFORMATION WASN'T BEING
REPORTED ON THESE TRAFFIC
STOPS.
AND THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME
BECAUSE I REMEMBERED THAT WE
HAD PASSED ORDINANCE 125358
THAT REQUIRED THAT THIS
INFORMATION BE REPORTED.
SO THANKS TO FOLKS WORKING
HARD IN OUR PRESS CORE AND
IDENTIFYING, UM, IF IMPORTANCE
OF TRANSPARENCY IN THIS AREA
IN ORDER TO WORK WITH OUR
DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH
BETTER POLICIES THAT CONTINUE
TO ADDRESS THESE DISPARITIES.
SO REALLY HAPPY TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
I SEE ALL THE OTHERS SIGNING
ON.
SAWANT, PEDERSON, JUAREZ,
STRAUSS, MORALES, AND
GONZALEZ.
NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
NEXT SLI.
>> ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT ONE IS
SPD005A001.
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUIRE SPD PROVIDE A REPORT
THAT ANALYZES THE COSTS OF
USING PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS AND OTHER NON-SPD
OFFICERS TO BE THE SOLE
ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL
DURING SPECIAL EVENTS OR
CONTRACTED SPORTS EVENTS.
IT WOULD BE DUE ON
MARCH 30th, 2021.
JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND,
RIGHT NOW IT'S A MIX OF SWORN
OFFICERS PROVIDING TRAFFIC
CONTROL AND PEOS PROVIDING
SOME TRAFFIC DIRECTION, AND
THIS PARTICULAR SLI WOULD LOOK
AT THE ACTUAL SAVINGS PROVIDED
IF ALL THAT WORK WERE
TRANSITIONED TO PEOS.
AND IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON.
>> HELLO COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND GREG FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR MORE
COST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO DELIVER
THE SAME OR BETTER SAFETY AND
SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
THIS INCLUDES HAVING UNARMED
LESS EXPENSIVE PROFESSIONALS
ENFORCING CERTAIN LAWS LIKE
PARKING AND TRAFFIC DURING BIG
SPORTING EVENTS.
RATHER THAN PAYING THE HIGH
COST, PENSIVE OVERTIME FOR
FULLY EQUIPPED HIGHLY
QUALIFIED POLICE OFFICERS,
LET'S SAVE MONEY BY DEPLOYING
OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO DO THE
SAME JOB.
THEN WE CAN REDEPLOY THE
SAVINGS TO OTHER COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
THIS SLI HELPS US TO QUANTIFY
THOSE SAVINGS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
PERHAPS THIS IS FOR GREG AS
WELL.
MAYBE THIS IS A SITUATION
WHERE GOOD MINDS ARE THINKING
THE EXACT SAME THING.
I DON'T KNOW THE SAYING RIGHT
NOW.
GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.
IS THIS A COMPONENT OF WHAT WE
SAW IN ITEM NUMBER 30,
SPD002A001 SUB 5.
A LIST OF SPECIAL EVENTS?
IS THIS DIFFERENT?
>> YEAH, I THINK THE REFERENCE
THAT YOU'RE MAKING, MADAM
CHAIR, IS MORE OF AN
ADMINISTRATIVE OR ACCOUNTING
CHECK.
WHEN PERSONNEL FROM SPD
PERFORM OVERTIME WORK WHETHER
IT'S A PEO OR POLICE OFFICER,
THEY FILL OUT PAPER FORMS THAT
RECORD THEIR HOURS.
SOMETIMES THEY PUT THEIR HOURS
INTO A TIME KEEPING SYSTEM
ONLINE, AND THE ITEM YOU READ
IS ABOUT RECONCILING THOSE
THINGS TO ENSURE NO ONE IS
PAID TWICE.
SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON
IS PROPOSING HERE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, ANYTHING
ELSE TO ADD COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
COULD
COUNCIL MEMBERS STRAUSS AND
LEWIS ARE COSPONSORS.
>> NOW WE'RE AN THE SLI THAT
REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDE QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT
IDENTIFY THE RESPONSE TIME
IMPACTS ON SPD'S ABILITY TO
ANSWER 911 CALLS.
SPECIFICALLY THE EFFECT OF
PATRICIAN OF POLICE OFFICERS
IN THE 2020 PERIOD AND CHANGES
MADE AROUND THE DEPLOYMENT OF
OFFICERS.
YOU'LL RECALL IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS, CHIEF DIAZ
MOVED SOME INTO PATROL TO
MAINTAIN BETTER 911 RESPONSE
TIMES.
THE SLI WOULD ASK FOR REPORTS
THAT MEASURE THAT AND ALSO ASK
FOR REPORTS THAT MEASURE
PATRICIAN OF POLICE OFFICERS
AND BEAR THAT EFFECT ON 911
RESPONSE TIMES AND ANY OTHER
ADDITIONS MADE TO THE PROPOSED
STAFFING PLAN.
AND FINALLY CHANGES THAT ARE
MADE IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF
OFFICERS TO PATROL SIMILAR TO
THE ONES MADE THIS YEAR.
THE REPORT WOULD BE DUE ON
JANUARY 1st OF 2020.
AND IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON T
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
THANK YOU, GREG, AND THANKS TO
THE COSPONSORS AS WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD,
JUAREZ, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER LEWIS FOR SIGNING ON.
THIS REPORT IS CONSISTENT WITH
INFORMATION WE'VE ASKED FOR
PREVIOUSLY, AND TO MAKE SURE
WE GET IT IN 2021.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF
MOVING PIECES HERE.
THERE ARE 20 DIFFERENT
PROPOSALS TO AMEND THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET REGARDING THE SEATTLE
M.D.
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO
KEEP TRACK OF THESE IMPORTANT
METRICS.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING
IN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TO
GET THIS INFORMATION TO MAKE
SURE AS WE MAKE CHANGES, SEE
STAFFING CHANGES HAPPENING
WITH ATTRITION OR WHATEVER
OTHER POLICY CHANGES WE MAKE,
WE'RE GETTING CONSISTENT
REPORTING ON 911 RESPONSE
TIMES.
AND THIS IS NARROWED DOWN JUST
TO THE PRIORITY ONE CALLS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
THEN COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK AS WE ARE, UM, BEING
ASKED TO, UM, REPLACE 911
RESPONSE WITH OTHER CRISIS
RESPONSE OUTSIDE OF SPD,
HAVING THIS INFORMATION WILL
BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO
GUIDING OUR EFFORTS.
SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON BRINGING THIS
FORWARD.
I DO ALSO WANT TO MENTION,
SORRY, I INTENDED TO INDICATE
MY ENTIRE TO SPONSOR THE
PREVIOUS REPORT YES, THANK
YOU, ON USING PEOS FOR SPECIAL
EVENTS.
THIS IS ANOTHER BODY OF WORK
THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL BE
DOING A LOT OF WORK ON IN THE
UPCOMING YEAR, AND THIS
INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, AND THANKS TO
PATTY FOR CAPTURING THAT
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORSHIP.
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSON FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
I'M HAPPY TO COSPONSOR THIS.
I DID WANT TO ASK, I DON'T
KNOW IF IT'S A GOOD QUESTION
FOR YOU OR GREG, BUT AS FAR AS
THE SCOPE OF MEASURING THE
IMPACT ON 911 RESPONSE TIMES
WHETHER THE REPORT WOULD
INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF THE
EXPANDED DUTIES ASSUMING THE
COUNCIL IS SUCCESSFUL AND THE
BARGAINING IS SUCCESSFUL ON
EXPANDING THE DUTIES OF THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
THAT CALLED IN THIS MORNING
AND WERE WELL REPRESENTED IN
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR THEM.
BUT A NUMBER OF THE DUTIES
ENUMERATED FROM THEIR UNION IN
THE LETTER TO US INCLUDED
THINGS THAT COULD BE THE
RESPONSE TO A 911 CALL.
SOME EXAMPLES WOULD BE, UM,
YOU KNOW, DOING AN IN PERSON
REPORT OF A VEHICLE PROWL OR
MINOR THEFT.
MAYBE A LOW PRIORITY 911 CALL,
BUT COULD BE A RESPONSE.
OR A MINOR COLLISION ARE SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT JUST STAND
OUT TO ME.
COULD BE A, A 911 CALL WHERE
THEY COULD BE THE FIRST PEOPLE
ON THE SCENE.
AND I WONDER IF IT'S CURRENTLY
ENVISIONED THAT EXAMINING, UM,
THAT ROLE WOULD BE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD BE IN THE SCOPE TO
BE CONSIDERED IN ASSESSING THE
OVERALL IMPACT.
IF IT ISN'T YET, IF THE
SPONSOR AND CENTRAL STAFF
THINK IT COULD BE INCLUDED AS
ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT'S
ASSESSED AS THAT WORKLOAD, AS
SOME OF THE 911 RESPONSE
WORKLOAD COULD GO TO THE PEOS
IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
I'LL TRY AND ANSWER THAT.
I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO
CONCERNS RAISED EARLIER DURING
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION THAT
RESPONSE TIMES MAY NOT BE THE
BEST METRIC WHEN WE'RE DEALING
WITH LOWER PRIORITY CALLS TO
JUST FOCUS IN ON RESPONSE
TIMES FOR PRIORITY ONE CALLS.
THAT SAID, IT'S PROBABLY
SOMETHING WE COULD REQUEST,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CHANGING
THE ROLES OF CERTAIN
PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING
SERVICES TO JUST HAVE THE
METRICS AND MEASURE THEM.
BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM,
IT WAS JUST, I WAS BEING
SENSITIVE TO OTHER CONCERNS
SORT OF ON THE, FROM A
DIFFERENT ANGLE, LIKE DO WE
REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON
RESPONSE TIMES FOR LIKE A
FENDER BENDER, FOR EXAMPLE.
>> WELL, TO CLARIFY, SORRY,
MAYBE I, UM, SORRY IF YOU
MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT I WAS MORE
GETTING AT THE IMPACT IT COULD
HAVE TO THE BENEFIT OF 911
RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY
ONE CALLS IF SOME OF THE CASE
LOAD IS BEING REDIRECTED.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO
RESPOND TO THE PRIORITY CALLS
ANYMORE, AND IF THAT HAS A
POSITIVE IMPACT FREEING UP
CAPACITY FOR PATROL TO RESPOND
TO THE CALLS.
>> YES, I THINK THE SCOPE OF
THIS SHOULD BE PROVIDING
REASONS WHY THINGS HAVE
CHANGED AND GOTTEN BETTER OR
WORSE.
IF THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER, THAT
COULD BE A REASON THAT SHOULD
BE NOTED BY THIS, WITHIN THIS
SCOPE, THAT SHOULD BE NOTED
THAT THIS IS WHY THE CHANGE
WAS MADE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
GREAT QUESTION.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
SO WE CURRENTLY GET REPORTS ON
ATTRITION, WE CURRENTLY GET
REPORTS ON RESPONSE TIME.
THIS IS REALLY FORWARD LOOKING
THOUGH IN TERMS OF HOW THOSE,
UM, RESPONSE TIMES HAVE
POTENTIALLY CHANGED OR HOW
ATTRITION HAS CHANGED AND ALSO
LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S A CAUSE AND EFFECT.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD,
JUAREZ, LEWIS, AND PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ SIGNED ONTO THIS
ITEM.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSON.
I THINK THAT SUMS UP OUR FIRST
FEW SLIS HERE, AND WE'RE ON TO
OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS.
I'M GOING TO ASK, UM, FOR THE
COMMITTEE'S WILLINGNESS TO
WORK WITH ME HERE, AND I'D
LIKE TO WITH THE AGREEMENT OF
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE
SPONSORING THESE ITEMS, I
BELIEVE WE'D LIKE TO DO ITEM
36 BEFORE ITEM 35 IF I
UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY.
OKAY.
THANK YOU, GREG.
WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT SPD
009A001 FIRST.
THAT'S JUST THE NEXT SLIDE.
OH,ER PERFECT, WE GOT IT.
THANKS FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SWITCH THESE AROUND FOR THE
ORDER OF DISCUSSION HERE
TODAY.
GO AHEAD, GREG.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, THIS
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD
CUT 6.1 MILLION IN SALARY
SAVINGS FOR 43 POSITIONS THAT
THE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO FILL IN 2021.
THE FUNDING WOULD BE
TRANSFERRED TO FINANCE GENERAL
AND THE CBA WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO THAT WOULD DEDICATE
THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED BY A
PAR
BUDGET PROCESS.
DUE TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL
ATTRITION THAT I THINK YOU'RE
ALL AWARE OF AND I TALKED
ABOUT IN MY OTHER
PRESENTATIONS, SPD STAFFING
PLAN PROJECTS THE DEPARTMENT
CANNOT FILL ABOVE 1357 FTE IN
2021, SO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHAT THEY'RE FUNDED FOR, 1500,
ND WHAT THEY CAN FILL, 1357,
IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT'S
BEING, UM, CUT HERE AND MOVED
TO FINANCE GENERAL FOR
PARTICIPATING BUDGETING.
IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GREG,
FOR THAT DESCRIPTION AND FOR
YOUR ONGOING WORK IN THIS
AREA.
SO COLLEAGUES, FOR THOSE OF
YOU NEW TO THE COUNCIL, JUST
FOR CONTEXT HERE, EVERY YEAR
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES
US WITH AN ESTIMATE ON THEIR
STAFFING FORECASTING MODEL,
WHAT THEY THINK THEY'LL BE
ABLE TO HIRE THE NEXT YEAR,
AND THEN BUDGET ACCORDING TO
WHATEVER THAT STAFFING MODEL
PROVIDES THEM.
SINCE GREG HAS JOINED US ON
CITY COUNCIL, HE'S DONE A VERY
GOOD JOB OF EVALUATING THE
PROJECTIONS MADE BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE
AS IT RELATES TO THE STAFFING
MODEL.
AND JUST ABOUT EVERY YEAR THAT
WE'VE DONE THIS EXERCISE SINCE
GREG HAS BEEN HERE, WE'VE
ACTUALLY ENDED UP REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF, UM, PROJECTED SWORN
OFFICER POSITIONS THAT SPD HAS
FORECASTED THAT THEY'D BE ABLE
TO HIRE.
AND I WOULD SAY EVERY YEAR,
UM, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT, UM,
THE NUMBER WE RIGHT SIZED IT
TO IS STILL TOO BIG, THEREFORE
LEADING TO AN EVENTUAL
UNDERSPEND BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT THEN IS USED
EITHER BY THE DEPARTMENT OR BY
THE MAYOR FOR OTHER PRIORITIES
UNRELATED TO, MANY TIMES
UNRELATED TO HIGHER ADDITIONAL
SWORN OFFICERS.
SO REALLY THIS IS A, UM, I
WOULD SAY A THREE OR FOUR
YEARLONG TRADITION THAT I HAVE
CARRIED THROUGH IN THE
COUNCIL'S PROCESS TO ENSURE
WE'RE BEING CRITICAL OF THE
STAFFING MODEL AND TO BE FAIR
TO THE EXECUTIVE, THE STAFFING
MODEL PROJECTIONS THEY SEND
DOWN WITH THEIR BUDGET ARE
INHERENTLY IMPACTED BY THE
UPDATES IN THE NUMBER OF
ATTRITIONS THEY GET AFTER THEY
TRANSMIT THE BUDGET, UM, AND
IN JUST ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS
THAT COME TO US THAT BETTER,
THAT SORT OF GIVE US BETTER
DATA TO PUT INTO THE STAFFING
MODEL TO PRODUCE A MORE
REALISTIC NUMBER OF SWORN
OFFICER S THAT SPD WILL BE ABLE
TO HIRE.
SO THEY BUDGETED FOR MORE
POSITIONS BY THE STAFFING
MODEL.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR COLLEAGUES TO
UNDERSTAND.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET FUNDS 43
MORE SWORN OFFICER POSITIONS
THAN WHAT SPD'S OWN UPDATED
STAFFING MODEL FORECASTS AS
POSSIBLE.
SO HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT
THIS MODEL OFTEN OVERESTIMATES
THE REALITY OF SPD'S ABILITY
TO FILL THE CURRENT, VACANT,
AND FUNDED POSITIONS.
SO THESE VACANCIES RESULT,
THESE 43 VACANCIES I'M
TARGETING HERE RESULT IN
ROUGHLY ABOUT $6.1 MILLION IN
ANTICIPATED SAVINGS IF THIS
PROPOSAL IS ADOPTED BY THE
CHAIR.
AND THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION
PROPOSES TO CUT THOSE FUNDS
FROM SPD'S BUDGET AND REDIRECT
THEM TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS STEMMING FROM
THE BUDGET PROCESS.
SO THE GOAL IS TAKING THE
$6.
1 MILLION THAT WE KNOW ARE
SAVINGS BECAUSE IT'S
REASONABLE TO BELIEVE SPD
WON'T BE ABLE TO HIRE IN 2021
43 OFFICERS BASED ON THE TREND
OF INFORMATION WE'RE SEEING
CURRENTLY, AND TO CAPTURE
THOSE $6.1 MILLION AND FUNNEL
THEM INTO COUNCIL'S ALREADY
FUNDED BUDGET PROCESS.
SO THIS PROPOSAL IS RESPONSIVE
TO THE CALLS FROM THE BIPOC
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REINVEST
IN TRUE COMMUNITY SAFETY
SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BROAD
SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY AND
ENSURE THE TRUE SAFETY AND
WELL BEING OF ALL COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, WHILE ALSO BEING
CAREFUL ABOUT NOT ELIMINATING
POSITIONS CURRENTLY FULL.
THESE 43 POSITIONS, JUST TO BE
CLEAR, ARE CURRENTLY VACANT.
THEY'RE FUNDED, AND BASED ON
GREG'S GOOD ANALYSIS, WE'VE
COME TO THE DETERMINATION THAT
THESE 43 POSITIONS WILL NOT
REALISTICALLY BE FILLED BY SPD
GIVEN THE DATA TRENDS AND
INFORMATION CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE TO US, WHICH
INDICATE THAT THEY WILL, UM,
BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY HIRE
SOME IN 21, BUT CERTAINLY
NOWHERE NEAR WHAT THEY HAVE
PROJECTED.
SO THIS IS CAPTURING THE
SAVINGS NOW ON THE FRONT END
FOR PURPOSES OF THE COUNCIL'S
PRIORITIES TO FUND ADDITIONAL,
TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
TO THE BUDGETING PROCESS, AND
I'D REQUEST SUPPORT FROM MY
COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY
ORIGINAL SPONSORS WHO THE
SCREEN HAS POPULATED AT THIS
POINT, SO I LOST TRACK OF WHO
IT WAS, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD AND
LEWIS, I THINK.
OR MAYBE MORALES.
I CAN'T REMEMBER, I'M SO
SORRY.
>> SO MUCH SUPPORT, IT'S HARD
TO KNOW.
IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD
AND MORALES, YES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, WE'RE ON ITEM NUMBER
AND WILL GO BACK TO 35 FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC.
ON THIS ITEM, OOPS, SORRY, LET
ME QUICKLY SUMMARIZE THE LAST
ONE.
ONE MORE.
>> I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY IN
THE HOMELESSNESS SECTION RIGHT
NOW.
>> TOO FORWARD, I THINK.
MY APOLOGIES.
I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING WHEN
WE'RE SKIPPING AROUND.
APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ IS
JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
HERBOLD, MORALES, SAWANT,
JUAREZ, STRAUSS, AND LEWIS.
NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO ITEM
NUMBER 35, SPD088A001.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATTY.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, GREG.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THIS COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION WOULD IMPOSE A
PROVISO THAT WOULD RESTRICT
SPD FROM SPENDING 2.5 MILLION
AND WOULD REQUEST THAT SPD
COMPLETE 35 OFFICER LAY OFFS
BY JULY 1st OF 2021.
THE LAY OFFS MUST BE MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE OUT OF
ORDER LAY OFF PROVISIONS OF
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
RULE 15B AND MUST FOLLOW THE
GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES
ESTABLISHED IN COUNCIL'S
RESOLUTION 31962.
THE LAY OFFS MAY NOT BE MADE
IN ANY OTHER MANNER.
THIS CBA HAS RELATIVELY
COMPLEX TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS,
SO I'LL SUMMARIZE IT AT A HIGH
LEVEL.
LAST SUMMER WE PASSED 126148
WHICH INTENDED TO REDUCE THE
SIZE OF SPD'S SWORN FORCE BY
100 OFFICERS.
THE 100 OFFICER REDUCTION WAS
MADE THROUGH A COMBINATION OF
BOTH LAY OFFS AND AN
ASSUMPTION THAT ATTRITION
WOULD BE HIGHER THAN SPD WAS
PROJECTING, CONSISTENT WITH
THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ JUST A COUPLE
MINUTES OR SECONDS AGO.
BREAKING IT OUT IN THE SUMMER
BUDGET, THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO
BE ABOUT 70 LAY OFFS AND AN
ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE
ABOUT 30 UNPLANNED
SEPARATIONS, AND THAT ADDED UP
TO THE 100 OFFICER REDUCTIONS.
I THINK AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS,
THE LAY OFFS DID NOT OCCUR DUE
TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
ISSUES, AND I'LL ADDRESS THE
ATTRITION MOMENTARILY A LITTLE
FURTHER.
AS THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, THE
ORDINANCE EXPIRES AT THE END
OF THIS YEAR, AND THIS CBA
WOULD CONTINUE IN 2021, A 100
OFFICER REDUCTION.
THIS REDUCTION WOULD AGAIN BE
MADE BY ATTRITION AND LAY
OFFS, BUT THIS TIME AROUND THE
MIX OF LAY OFFS AND ATTRITION
WOULD CHANGE.
BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD
SO MUCH ATTRITION LATELY AND
SO MANY UNPLANNED SEPARATIONS
LATELY, IT'S NOW NECESSARY TO
LAY OFF ONLY 35 OFFICERS TO
REACH THE SAME TARGETED
REDUCTION LEVEL OF 100
OFFICERS, AND HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT THAT THE COUNCIL WAS
INTENDING TO EFFECT OR
INTENDING TO HAVE LAST SUMMER.
LAKE THE SUMMER BUDGET
CHANGES, THE MONEY FOR THE LAY
OFFS IS NOT CUT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET, BUT RATHER
RESTRICTED BY PROVISOS SO THE
SPD CAN'T ACCESS THE FUNDING.
THE ACTION ASSUMES THE LAY OFF
OF 35 OFFICERS, AS I SAID,
WOULD OCCUR ON JULY 1st.
FOR THIS REASON, THE
$2.5 MILLION PROVISO
REPRESENTS ABOUT A HALF A
YEAR'S WORTH OF SALARY FOR THE
OFFICERS.
IF THE LAY OFFS DO NOT OCCUR,
WE HAVE THE OPTION TO RELEASE
THE PROVISO AND RESTORE
FUNDING TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THE JULY 1st LAY OFF
ASSUMPTION IS A RELATIVELY
OPTIMISTIC PROJECTION.
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE LAY
OFFS WOULD TAKE MORE THAN A
YEAR TO IMPLEMENT DUE TO
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
PARTICULARLY AROUND DECISION
BARGAINING.
AND IF THE LAY OFFS DON'T
OCCUR, THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED
TO RELEASE THE PROVISO SO SPD
HAS THE ABILITY TO PAY THE 35
OFFICERS.
THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND I
CAN EITHER TALK ABOUT RULE 15B
OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO, I KNOW
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE WELL
VERSED IN, SO I DEFER TO YOU.
>> PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE
COORDINATED WITH YOU ON MY
SPEAKING POINTS BEFORE TODAY,
BUT JUST BIG PICTURE, THIS
BUDGET ACTION COMBINED WITH
THE BUDGET ACTION WE JUST
HEARD FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, THOSE TWO ACTIONS
TAKEN TOGETHER WILL BASICALLY
CONTINUE THE COMMITMENT THE
COUNCIL MADE DURING THE SUMMER
2020 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
SO, AGAIN, HIGH LEVEL WHAT THE
NUMBERS ARE.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED, UM,
BUDGET DURING THE, UM, IN THE
SUMMER, UM, INCLUDED FUNDING
FOR 1,422 OFFICERS.
THE COUNCIL'S ACTION REDUCED
THAT NUMBER TO 1,322.
IF WE ONLY ACTED ON COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ'S ACTION,
THE REDUCTION WOULD BE FROM
1,422 TO 1,357.
SO IN ORDER TO REPLICATE THE
ACTION TAKEN OVER THE SUMMER,
WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL 35 LAY
OFFS.
AGAIN, THE SAVINGS REALIZED
THROUGH THIS EFFORT WOULD BE
USED FOR PARTICIPATING
BUDGETING, AND THE RULE
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO OUR
EFFORTS TO PURSUE OUT OF ORDER
LAY OFFS.
AS OF THE SUMMER, WE WERE
LOOKING AT OUT OF ORDER LAY
OFFS FOR 70 OFFICERS.
NOW WE'D ONLY BE SEEKING OUT
OF ORDER LAY OFFS FOR 35
OFFICERS.
MY INTEREST CONTINUES TO BE ON
FOCUSING ON THOSE OFFICERS WHO
CAN'T COMPLETE THEIR DUTIES AS
A POLICE OFFICERS DUE TO THEIR
PRESENCE ON THE BRADY LIST.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING WITHIN THE
CITY COUNCIL'S SELECT LABOR
COMMITTEE AND ON TALKING ABOUT
HOW WE'LL PROMOTE EFFORTS TO
PURSUE OUT OF ORDER LAY OFFS
WITH THE EXECUTIVE AS WELL ON
WHAT OUR STRATEGIES IS TO MOVE
THOSE FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, AS WELL FOR HELPING
US UNDERSTAND THE SEQUENCING
OF HOW IT FITS WITH THE ITEM
JUST DISCUSSED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON
COMMENTS ON THIS?
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS.
I DO WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT
WE HAVE EVERYBODY THAT PUT
THEIR HAND UP SO FAR ON THE
SCREEN, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COUNCIL MEMBERS SIGNING ON AS
COSPONSORS.
IT INCLUDES MORALES, SAWANT,
STRAUSS, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS SPD010A001,
AND THIS PARTICULAR ACTION
WOULD CUT 3.7 MILLION FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
OVERTIME FUNDING THAT'S
POTENTIALLY UNNECESSARY N2021
DUE TO COVID RELATED CHANGES
AND SERVICE DEMANDS.
THIS WOULD ADD THE 3.7 MILLION
TO FINANCE GENERAL AND IMPOSE
A PROVISO THAT WOULD, AGAIN,
DEDICATE THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT
COMMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE BUDGET
PROCESS.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE CUT
WOULD REDUCE SPD'S 2021
OVERTIME BUDGET FROM
24.9 MILLION DOWN TO
21.2 MILLION.
AND THAT 21.2 MILLION IS THE
EXACT SAME LEVEL THAT SPD IS
BUDGETED AT THIS YEAR AFTER
THEY MADE THE COVID RELATED
REDUCTIONS LAST SUMMER.
SO YOU'LL RECALL THAT SPD AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REDUCED
THEIR OVERTIME BUDGET BECAUSE
THEY HAD LESS DEMANDS AROUND
SPECIAL EVENTS, TRAFFIC
CONTROL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY REDUCED THE BUDGET TO
20.2 MILLION, AND THIS BUDGET
ACTION WOULD THEN REDUCE IT TO
21.2 MILLION WITH THE ASUNG
THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE THE
SAME, THAT THE LACK OF DEMAND
FOR EMAND FOR SERVICE WOULD
CONTINUE.
THAT'S BROUGHT BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK GREG COVERED IT VERY
THOROUGHLY.
THIS CUT IN OVERTIME SIMPLY
ESTABLISHES THE 2021 OVERTIME
BUDGET TO BE THE SAME AS THE
REVISED LEVEL OR 2020 AS
PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR AND
ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL DURING
THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
PROCESS.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> YES, I THINK THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT ADDITION THAT
CAN'T, UM, BE UNDEREMPHASIZED
HERE.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD FOR ADVANCING
THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION.
I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS
BUDGETING EXERCISE WE DO,
EVERY YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL
ESTABLISHES AN OVERTIME
ALLOCATION TO THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND EVERY
YEAR THEY BLOW RIGHT THROUGH
THAT BUDGET AS THOUGH THE CITY
COUNCIL DIDN'T EVEN SET A
BUDGET IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR
OVERTIME.
IT IS MADDENING, IT'S
FRUSTRATING, AND I THINK IT'S
IN MANY WAYS A DISREGARD OF
THIS COUNCIL, WHO'S THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AND
BRANCH FOR THE CITY
GOVERNMENT.
IT'S A DISREGARD FOR OUR
BUDGET APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE
CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH
OVERTIME CAN'T BE AVOIDED.
BUT I THINK THE DELTA WE'VE
CONTINUOUSLY SEEN BETWEEN WHAT
WE APPROPRIATE AND WHAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ULTIMATELY
SPENDS IS RATHER SIGNIFICANT
AND SENSE I'VE BEEN ON THE
COUNCIL AND I WAS THE BUDGET
SAFETY CHAIR FOR FOUR YEARS,
EVERY SINGLE YEAR THIS HAS
BEEN A REAL FRUSTRATION FOR
ME, AND I THINK THE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC DESERVE TO
UNDERSTAND HOW SPD IS
UTILIZING THESE GENERAL FUND
DOLLARS TO CONTINUE TO PAY
OVERTIME TO SWORN PERSONNEL.
IN SOME INSTANCES PAYING THEM
FOR MORE HOURS THAN EXIST IN A
DAY, AND OTHERS IT'S PAYING
THEM FOR MORE HOURS THAT EXIST
IN A WEEK.
SO I THINK FOR US IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REIN IN ON THIS.
IT STILL ALLOWS FOR SOME
OVERTIME, BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THE
CURRENT BURNING THROUGH TIME
AT SPD IS NOT SUSTAINABLE OR
REASONABLE.
WE SHOULD ALL BE SUPPORTING
THIS PROPOSAL AS GOOD
GOVERNING TO SAY WE'RE SERIOUS
WHEN WE SAY YOU HAVE X NUMBER
OF DOLLARS FOR OVERTIME, AND
THAT'S IT.
AND IF YOU NEED MORE, IT'S UP
TO YOU, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, TO COME TO US IN
ADVANCE TO ASK US FOR
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OVERTIME,
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CONSIDER
THE REQUESTS, BUT I THINK IT'S
NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE,
PARTICULARLY IN THIS RECESSION
TIME WE'RE IN, TO GIVE THEM A
BLANK CHECK AND HAVE THEM HAVE
THE CULTURE OF KNOWING WE'LL
PAY FOR THEIR OVERTIME NO
MATTER WHAT.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD FOR ADVANCING
THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A
COSPONSOR ON IT.
>> THANK YOU.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
GREG, TO THE POINT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUST MADE, I WANT TO
DOUBLE CHECK ONE COMMENT FROM
THE OVERVIEW.
IT WAS SAID THERE WAS LESS
NEED DUE TO COVID AND EVENTS
IN THE CITY, BUT I THOUGHT
THERE WAS ACTUALLY A
SIGNIFICANT OVERUSE OF
OVERTIME BY THE TIME THE
BUDGET WAS PRESENTED BECAUSE
SO MUCH OVERTIME WAS ALREADY
SPENT AS WELL WITH THE
MULTIPLE DAY IN A ROW PROTESTS
AND POLICE RESPONSE IN THE
STREETS FOR 10 PLUS DAYS.
IF YOU REMIND ME HOW THOSE
ACTIVITIES FACTORED INTO THE
OVERTIME USAGE AND WHAT THE
MAYOR ULTIMATELY SENT DOWN?
>> SURE.
THOSE TWO THINGS ARE
DIFFERENT.
I WANT TO ADDRESS THEM
SEPARATELY.
THE MAYOR SENT DOWN IN JULY A
BUDGET THAT ADJUSTED OVERTIME
FOR COVID, AND IT WAS THAT
BDGET THAT REDUCED THE, IT
WAS THAT PROPOSAL THAT REDUCED
THE OVERTIME BUDGET TO I
BELIEVE I SAID 21.2.
I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY NOTES.
YES, 21.2.
SO THE MAYOR SENT DOWN A
PROPOSAL IN JULY THAT CUT THE
BUDGET TO 21.2, AND THAT WAS
SOLELY TO REFLECT THE, UM,
LESSENING DEMAND BECAUSE OF
COVID.
THAT WAS THE LESSENING OF NEED
FOR PATROLS OR SPORTS,
TRAFFIC, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ALL THE THINGS NOT HAPPENING
BECAUSE OF COVID.
THAT'S WHAT THE MAYOR REDUCED
IN JULY.
THEN, SEPARATELY, THE ACTIONS
OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS CREATED
A RATHER SIGNIFICANT OVERTIME
EXPENSE, AND SPD HAD TO DEAL
WITH THAT EXPENSE BY MAKING
OTHER REDUCTIONS IN THEIR
BUDGET.
ONE OF THE WAYS THEY DID THAT
WAS IMPLEMENTING A HIRING
FREEZE FOR THE REST OF 2020,
AND THEY MADE OTHER REDUCTIONS
IN 2020 TO ADDRESS THE
OVERTIME OVERSPENDING.
SO KIND OF TWO SEPARATE THINGS
IF YOU TAKE IT OUT OF THE
PICTURE, IT'S JUST THE COVID
PIECE CAPTURED HERE IN THIS
REDUCTION.
IT'S JUST ASSUMING THAT COVID
WOULD GO ON, THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE A LACK OF DEMAND
FOR SERVICES NEXT YEAR.
IF THE, UM, SPD WERE TO GO
PAST THE 21.2 BECAUSE OF LET'S
SAY DEMONSTRATION COSTS IN THE
FUTURE, THEY'D HAVE TO FIND
ANOTHER WAY TO PAY FOR THAT
JUST AS THEY ARE THIS YEAR.
HOPEFULLY THAT'S MAKING SOME
SENSE.
>> YES.
AND TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
OVERALL POINT, GOOD GOVERNING
POLICY EMBEDDED INTO THE
PIECE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS MORALES,
SAWANT, PEDERSON, STRAUSS,
LEWIS, AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
SIGNED ON TO THIS ITEM.
LET'S MOVE ON.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT ONE
IS SPD011A-011 IMPOSING A
$5 MILLION PROVISO FOR SPD FOR
ATTRITION SAVINGS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT
ATTRITION AND HOW THE STAFFING
MODEL THAT'S PUT OUT EVERY
YEAR DOES THE BEST IT CAN TO
PREDICT ATTRITION, BUT, UM, IT
HAS ON OCCASION, FREQUENTLY
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UM,
BEEN A LITTLE OFF AND THE
ATTRITION, OR A LOT OFF, AND
THE ATTRITION HAS BEEN MORE
SIGNIFICANT THAN WHAT SPD
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
AND SO IF I WERE TO SUM UP
THIS ACTION, WHAT I WOULD SAY
IS THAT THE COUNCIL IS
PROACTIVITY HOLDING ASIDE
$5 MILLION FROM THE ASSUMPTION
THAT ATTRITION WILL AGAIN BE
LOWER THAN THE DEPARTMENT
PREDICTS.
THEY'RE TAKING THE $5 MILLION,
AND YOU'D TAKE THAT $5 MILLION
AND LOOKING IT UP UNDER A
PROVISO AND HOLDING IT TO SEE
HOW ATTRITION TURNS OUT, AND
IF ATTRITION DIDN'T HAPPEN IN
EXCESS OF PLANNED PROJECTIONS,
THEN YOU COULD RELEASE THE
PROVISO AND RETURN THE FUNDING
TO SPD.
IF ATTRITIN DID HAPPEN IN
EXCESS, MORE PEOPLE LEFT THE
DEPARTMENT THAN ORIGINALLY
THOUGHT, THAN THE $5 MILLION
WOULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH A
FUTURE ORDINANCE TO AGAIN PUT
IN FINANCE GENERAL AND DEDICATE
TO RECOMMENDATIONS
AROUND PAR TEST PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS
THEY HAVEN'T MET THEIR
STAFFING CHARGES AND ENDED UP
WITH A SIGNIFICANT UNDERSPEND.
I MENTIONED THIS WITH REGARD
TO A FEW ITEMS AGO.
THIS PROVISO WOULD ASSURE THAT
IF AND WHEN ATTRITION OCCURS
IN 2021, ANY ADDITIONAL
SAVINGS WOULDN'T BE, EXCUSE
ME, WOULD BE RETAINED AND NOT
SPENT BY SPD.
WITH THIS PROVISO, THE COUNCIL
WILL CAPTURE THESE SAVINGS AND
REAPPROPRIATE THEM THROUGH A
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ACTION TO
SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH
A PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
ACTIONS PRESENTED IN THE TWO
PREVIOUS CITY BUDGET ACTIONS
AND COLLECTIVELY HELP ENSURE
WE REDUCE THE SIZE AND SCOPE
OF THE SPD BY FOCUSING OUR
EFFORTS ON POSITIONS THAT ARE
VACANT AND REVERSE,
ACCORDINGLY REVERSE DECADES OF
OVERINVESTMENT.
THIS IS JUST A RECOGNITION
THAT, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO ONE OF
MY PREVIOUS, UM, COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS RELATED TO
VACANCY SAVINGS, THAT EVERY
YEAR WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE
BUDGETING EXERCISE, WE REALIZE
SIX MONTHS LATER OR THREE
MONTHS LATER, FOR EXAMPLE,
THAT THE FORECASTING MODEL
RELATED TO PROJECTING
ATTRITION WAS A LITTLE, WAS
INACCURATE OR OVERESTIMATED
THE AMOUNT OF ATTRITION THAT
WOULD OCCUR.
SO THIS IS THE MECHANISM THE
COUNCIL HAS AVAILABLE TO
PREVENT THE UNDERSPENDS FROM
BEING SPENT BY SPD BEFORE WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH
IN AS TO HOW THE UNDERSPENT
DOLLARS WOULD BE SPENT.
IN THIS INSTANCE THE PROVISO
INDICATES IF THERE'S AN
OVERSPEND, IT WOULD GO TOWARDS
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS.
SO THIS IS A PROACTIVE STEP
TOWARDS POTENTIALLY CAPTURING
ANY UNDERSPEND IN THE HIRING
AREA OF SPD'S BUDGET SHOULD
THE FUTURE ATTRITION BE MORE
SIGNIFICANT THAN ANTICIPATED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I WILL ALSO NOTE I RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ THAT SHE'D LIKE
TO SIGN ONTO THIS ITEM.
ALSO THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
THANK YU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ.
WE'LL BE SURE TO NOTE THAT AS
WELL.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
QUESTIONS ON SPD011A001?
OKAY.
GREAT.
I AM NOT SEEING IT AT THIS
TIME.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE
COSPONSOR ON THIS ITEM.
AND GREAT, LET ME JUST
SUMMARIZE FOR FOLKS.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS JOINED BY
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD,
MORALES, SAWANT, JUAREZ,
STRAUSS, AND LEWIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE NEXT COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION WOULD AGGREGATE 70
UNFILLED POSITIONS IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO BY WAY OF BACKGROUND IN THE
2021 PROPOSED BUDGET, THE
MAYOR REDUCED FUNDING, TOOK
FUNDING OUT FOR 97 POSITIONS
IN SPD, BUT ONLY ELIMINATED 47
OF THE POSITIONS.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS LEFT 50
UNFUNDED, UNFILLED POSITIONS
SITTING ON THE BOOKS.
AND WHAT THIS CBA WOULD DO IS
REMOVE THE 50 UNFUNDED,
UNFILLED POSITIONS.
AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT,
THE STAFFING PLAN INDICATES
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO FILL ALL OF THE POSITIONS
THAT THEY ARE FUNDED FOR THIS
YEAR.
SO THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT
ARE FUNDED BUT WON'T BE ABLE
TO BE FILLED AND WOULD REDUCE
A TOTAL OF 70 POSITIONS.
THE FUNDING THAT'S ASSOCIATED
WITH THE 20 I JUST MENTIONED
IS CAPTURED ALREADY IN ONE OF
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ'S
PROPOSALS, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL
THAT AS DISCUSSED CAPTURES ALL
THE VACANCY SAVINGS, AND SO
ONCE THAT'S CAPTURED, THE 20
POSITIONS BECOME UNFUNDED AND
NOW YOU HAVE 70 POSITIONS
UNFUNDED AND UNFILLED.
CAN'T BE FILLED, AND COULD BE
REDUCED FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET.
AND THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU, AS
I MENTIONED, BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR AND GREG
FOR THAT DESCRIPTION.
ALSO THANKS TO MY ORIGINAL
COSPONSORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS
HERBOLD AND MORALES.
AS CENTRAL STAFF JUST
DESCRIBED, SPD HAS POSITION
AUTHORITY FOR 1,450 SWORN
OFFICER POSITIONS.
DOZENS MORE THAN THE STAFFING
MODEL PREDICTS TO HAVE ON THE
FORCE AT ANY POINT IN 2021.
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET ACTION
WOULD ELIMINATE 70 EXCESS
POSITION POCKETS AS WE LIKE TO
REFER TO THEM AT THE CITY,
ALLOWING 1,380 POSITIONS TO
REMAIN.
THIS IS SUFFICIENT TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
SWORN OFFICERS THAT SPD
ANTICIPATES EMPLOYING DURING
2021.
BY AGGREGATING THESE 70
POSITIONS, WE EFFECTIVELY
REMOVE THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S LEGAL AUTHORITY
TO REHIRE FOR THOSE POSITIONS
IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT EXPLICIT
LEGISLATIVE OTHER APPROVAL, SO
SPD MAY WANT TO HAVE
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN THE
FUTURE AND SHOULD THEY WANT
THAT, THERE'S NOTHING THAT
PROHIBITS THEM FROM SEEKING
APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
IN ORDER TO TO CREATE
ADDITIONAL POSITIONS BEYOND
THOSE WHICH THEY CURRENTLY
HAVE SHOULD THESE VARIOUS
ACTIONS BE ADOPTED BY THE
CHAIR AND FULL COUNCIL.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO ADVANCE
THIS.
THERE IS, AS GREG MENTIONED,
NO FISCAL IMPACT AS THE
POSITIONS ARE LARGELY VACANT
AND UNFUNDED, SO THIS IS JUST,
AGAIN, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
BECAUSE THEY'RE VACANT AND
UNFUNDED, THAT THERE'S A RISK
THEY COULD SOME DAY BE
PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED AND
FILLED, AND I BELIEVE IT'S
APPROPRIATE FOR US TO WAIT FOR
THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE TO
FINISH ITS INTERDISCIPLINARY
DEPARTMENT TASK FORCE WORK
RELATED TO EVALUATION OF THE
FUNCTION ANALYSIS AT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
SO THIS IS A, I THINK, A
REASONABLE APPROACH TO MAKING
SURE THAT, UM, THESE POSITIONS
AREN'T ULTIMATELY FUNDED FOR
AND HIRED BEFORE THE WORK
COMES TO A CONCLUSION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
AND WANT TO ALSO NOTE WE
RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO SIGN ON TO THIS
ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, DID
YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS
ONE?
>> YES, I ACTUALLY HAVE A
QUESTION FOR GREG.
I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF
CLARIFICATION IF YOU DON'T
MIND.
I'M TRYING TO DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN THE AGGREGATION AND
HIRING FREEZE.
YOU SAID WE COULD ACHIEVE A
SAVINGS OF ABOUT 15 MILLION,
THAT IF THE MAYOR EXTENDED THE
HIRING FREEZE INTO 2021, IS
THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
15.7.
>> OKAY.
SO I'M SORRY, ABOUT HOW MANY
POSITIONS WOULD THAT BE?
>> I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY
NOTES.
I DON'T KNOW RIGHT OFF.
>> SORRY, I DO HAVE THAT.
WELL.
ABOUT 130 MAYBE, BUT MORE OR
LESS.
BUT A FREEZE, FIRST OF ALL, A
FREEZE MEANS THOSE POSITIONS
COULD BE HIRED BACK LATER.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND THAT WE COULD
POTENTIALLY HAVE, AT LEAST FOR
2021, HAVE ANOTHER $15 MILLION
TO INVEST IN BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS,
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL
DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE
AUTHORITY THROUGH A PROVISO OR
BUDGET PROCESS TO IMPOSE A
HIRING FREEZE?
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S
TECHNICALLY TRUE.
I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE
AWAY THE MONEY THAT THE
DEPARTMENT WOULD USE TO HIRE
OFFICERS.
GOING TO THE LEVEL OF
PROHIBITING THE CHIEF FROM
HIRING OFFICERS MAY CONFLICT
WITH THE CHIEF CONTROLLING
PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES IN THE
CITY.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT
HAD TO BE LOOKED AT.
BUT I COULD TELL YOU THAT FROM
A FISCAL STANDPOINT IF THE
DEPARTMENT WAS 15.7 MILLION,
IF IT HAD 15.7 MILLION LESS BY
WAY OF FUNDING AUTHORITY,
THAT'S THE LEVER THEY'D HAVE
TO PULL THEY'D HAVE TO EITHER
GREATLY REDUCE OVERTIME, BUT
BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF
OTHER LEVERS TO PULL, THEY'D
PROBABLY HAVE TO FREEZE
HIRING.
AS YOU KNOW FROM THE
PRESENTATIONS WE'VE HAD THE
LAST FEW MONTHS, MOST OF THEIR
BUDGET IS SALARY AND BENEFITS
FOR THEIR EXISTING PEOPLE.
SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE
CASE.
WE WOULD, STAFF COULD DO MORE
RESEARCH TO FIND OUT IF FOR
SURE BY PROVISO THE DEPARTMENT
COULD BE PREVENTED FROM
HIRING.
BUT I THINK PROBABLY IT'S THE
CASE THAT THEY COULD NOTMENT.
>> IT IS THE MY UNDERSTANDING,
AND IF THERE'S MORE, UM, YOU
KNOW, IF WE COULD UNCOVER THAT
A LITTLE BIT, IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO KNOW.
BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE
FUNCTION OF THE EXECUTIVE, SO
THE ABROGATION WOULD ALLOW US
TO, YOU KNOW, AS THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SAID, ELIMINATE THE
FUNDS AND POSITIONS ALL
TOGETHER.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND THE TWO DIFFERENT,
UM, OPTIONS AND WHY WE MIGHT
CHOOSE ONE OR THE OTHER, AND
IF BOTH MIGHT BE AVAILABLE,
THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW
TOO.
I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
ON THAT.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE, UM, THE ABROGATION OF THE
POSITIONS UNDER COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZLEZ'S PROPOSAL
DOESN'T EFFECT HIRING FOR THIS
YEAR.
IT'S SIMPLY FOR POSITIONS THAT
CAN'T BE FILLED BECAUSE
THERE'S JUST NOT, THEY CAN'T
GET RECRUITS IN THE DOOR FAST
ENOUGH TO FILL THOSE, AND THEY
KNOW IT.
SO THOSE ABROGATIONS WOULDN'T
EFFECT THE DEPARTMENT'S
HIRING.
IF YOU WERE TO FREEZE HIRING
AS OFFICERS LEFT THE FORCE AND
THE FORCE GOT SMALLER, YOU
COULD ABROGATE POSITIONS, AND
PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM
FILLING THOSE LATER.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
ARTICULATING.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
ALL THE COSPONSORS.
I THINK WE HAVE THEM ALL
LISTED THERE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ,
YOU'RE JOINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERBOLD, SAWANT,
STRAUSS, MORALES AND LEWIS.
>> THE NEXT IS SPD010001, AND
THIS WOULD CUT $175,000 FROM
SPD'S TRAVEL AND TRAINING
úBUDGET.
ADD THAT $175 TO FINANCE
GENERAL AND PROVISO IT.
RESTRICTED FOR FUTURE SPENDING
RESULTING FROM THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS.
THE 2021 TRAINING BUDGET IS
ABOUT 1.1 MILLION AND USED TO
FUND CIVILIAN TRAINING,
CONTINUING EDUCATION, SOME
REQUIRED UNDER THE CONSENT
DECREE.
JUST BY WAY OF PROVIDING MORE
CONTEXT, THIS PARTICULAR
ACTION WOULD REDUCE FROM THE
BUDGET OF 1.1 MILLION, 175,000
AND WOULD LEAVE ABOUT 925,000
FOR SPD TO CONTINUE TO USE FOR
TRAVEL AND TRAINING, AND IT'S
THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL BY
PASSING THIS ACTION, IT WOULD
NOT IMPEDE THE DEPARTMENT'S,
UM, FROM FILLING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONSENT
DECREE.
AND THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS ITEM, THE ONE FOLLOWING
IT, AS WELL AS THE OVERTIME
AND OUT OF ORDER LAY OFF
DISCUSSION IS REALLY JUST
MAKING SURE THAT THE DECISIONS
WE MADE FOR THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS OF 2020 ARE DECISIONS
THAT WE, UM, RESTARBUCKSES
REDUCTIONS IN THE AREA ARE
WHAT WE CARRY FORWARD FOR THE
2021 BUDGET AS WELL.
AS GREG EXPLAINED, THE
PROPOSED CUT IS BASED ON THE
REDUCTIN AND SIZE OF FORCE,
AND LESS TRAVEL DUE TO
COVID-19.
AND FOR CONTEXT, THE 2020
BUDGET FOR TRAVEL AND TRAINING
WAS $1.1 MILLION, AND OF THAT,
ONLY 178,000 WAS SPENT IN
2020.
AGAIN, THIS IS A SIMILAR SIZED
REDUCTION BASED ON OUR
EXPERIENCES IN 2020, BUT ALSO
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WILL BE
A SMALLER SIZE FORCE IN 2021
AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
I'M NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE JOINED BY SAWANT,
STRAUSS, MORALES, AND
GONZALEZ.
LET'S GO ON.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS SPD014A001.
THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTION WOULD CUT 300,000 FROM
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
DISCRETIONARY PURCHASE BUDGET.
AGAIN, TAKE THAT 300,000 AND
MOVE IT TO FINANCE GENERAL AND
RESTRICT IT SO IT'S USED LATER
FOR THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS.
THE DISCRETIONARY PURCHASE
BUDGET IN 2021 IS 4.4 MILLION.
IT'S USED TO FUND OFFICE
SUPPLIES, SOFTWARE, EQUIPMENT
PURCHASES, WIRELESS CHARGES,
ADVERTISING, A WHOLE RANGE OF
DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL ITEMS.
THIS CVA AFTER THE $300,000
REDUCTION WOULD LEAVE
4.1 MILLION IN THE
DISCRETIONARY PURCHASE BUDGET.
IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU AGAIN BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> SORRY.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WHOLE
BUNCH TO ADHERE ON THIS ONE.
GREG COVERED IT WELL.
IT'S A MODEST SIZE REDUCTION
IN THE DISCRETIONARY BUDGET
LINE ITEM.
$300,000 FROM A $4.4 MILLION
LINE ITEM.
THANK YOU.
I'D WELCOME
ADDITIONAL SPONSORS SO WE
COULD CONTINUE TO ADDITIONAL
FUNDS TO OUR PARTICIPATORY
BUDGET PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I'LL COME BACK TO THIS
QUESTION BECAUSE I CAN'T READ
MY HAND WRITING.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON,
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THE CON TEXT
EVERYBODY IS PROVIDING WITH
THESE DIFFERENT BUDGET ACTIONS
IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW,
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE
INFORMATION GATHERING, THE
STATEMETS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, AND APPRECIATE HOW
SOME OF THESE ARE FRAMED AS
PROVISOS SO THERE'S SOME
FLEXIBILITY LATER.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE SOME MORE
TIME TO ASSESS ALL THESE
BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE WERE
POSTED 24 HOURS AGO AND THERE
ARE DIFFERENT PIECEMEAL
THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, FOLKS
HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK IN
WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE YET
ABOUT ANY OF THESE ITEMS.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE MONEY
THAT WE HAD ALREADY PROVIDED
FOR THIS?
FOR THAT PROCESS?
I THOUGHT THAT THE COUNCIL HAD
ULTIMATELY GOTTEN MORE MONEY
FROM THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT TO DO THE PROCESS
AND THE MAYOR ALSO HAS A
PROCESS FOR SOLICITING INPUT?
>> WHAT I KNOW IS THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH HAS
$3 MILLION FOR THE PROCESS AND
I SAW AN E-MAIL THAT THEY'RE
GETTING READY TO GET A
CONTRACT.
IF DAN OR ALY ON THE LINE,
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO JUMP IN
AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION
ON THAT.
>> THANKS GREG.
OH, IF DAN IS HERE.
OKAY, I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK
OVER HIM.
THERE HE IS.
INTERIM DIRECTOR, TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> SORRY, I WAS STRUGGLING TO
FIND THE RIGHT TOGGLES TO GET
ONTO THE VIDEO.
UM, THE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED A
CONTRACT FOR THE $3 MILLION.
THE AUDITOR OF THE PROJECT
MANAGER, AND I DON'T HAVE THE
SCOPE BEFORE ME, BUT THAT
CONTRACT WAS JUST LET AND WORK
IS NOW UNDERWAY.
BUT I CAN IT'S BEEN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS SINCE THE CONTRACT WAS
OFFICIALLY SIGNED.
>> AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE
DISTINCTION HERE IS THIS MONEY
AND THE OTHER MONEY DESCRIBED
IN THE PROPOSALS TODAY ARE TO
HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE THAT
WOULD BE GIVEN TO COMMUNITY OR
DIRECTED THROUGH A
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET IN
PROCESS, AND THE FIRST
$3 MILLION INVESTMENT IS IN
PART SETTING UP THE PROCESS
AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HOW
THAT DISPERSEMENT PROCESS
WOULD WORK.
SO THE $3 MILLION IS AN
INITIAL INVESTMENT TO GET THE
SORT OF INSTRUCTION FOR LACK
OF A BETTER WORD IN PLACE FOR
A LARGER PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS.
>> WELL SAID.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON.
THAT GAVE ME TIME TO READ MY
NOTES FROM LATE LAST NIGHT.
I WONDERED WHEN WE LOOK AT
THIS ITEM RELATED TO THE
SUPPLIES, UM, MAKING SURE I'M
ON THE RIGHT ONE.
OKAY.
ON THE SECOND PAGE HERE ON THE
DOCUMENT CENTRAL STAFF
PROVIDED, WE TALK ABOUT THE
LARGEST TWO CATEGORIES OF THE
YEAR TO DATE SPENDING IN THIS
BUDGET AREA ARE SUPPLIES
OPERATING AND SUPPLIES OTHER
AT $1.5 MILLION APIECE.
STAFF IS WORKING WITH SPD TO
OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE EXPENSES.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK HOW THIS
AMOUNT OF SUPPLIES SPENDING
COMPARES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
IS THERE ANYTHING, IS THIS AN
OUTLIER OR WHAT YOU EXPECT?
>> I'M NOT SURE.
YOU KNOW, AT THE LEVEL OF
STAFF THAT SPD HAS AND AT THE
COST OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT
THEY NEED REPLACED, EVERYTHING
FROM BATTERIES TO THEIR RADIOS
OR RIGHT UP TO RIFLES OR HAND
GUNS, THAT WOULD BE A
DIFFICULT COMPARISON.
THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD LOOK
AT DOING TO SEE IF IT'S
PROPORTIONATELY MORE.
I WOULD ASSUME IT IS, BUT I'M
NOT SURE.
THE BEST WAY WOULD BE A PER
OFFICER KIND OF LOOK ACROSS
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, MULTIPLE
POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
DEPARTMENTS IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
DIFFICULT TO DO QUICKLY.
>> AND YOU ANSWERED PART OF
THE QUESTION EMBEDDED IN THAT.
ARE WEAPONS INCLUDED IN THE
SUPPLY CATEGORY, AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE THAT'S ACCURATE.
>> YES, THEY ARE.
IN FACT, EVEN AS BALLISTIC
HELMETS WERE SOMETHING SPD HAD
TO REPLACE ALL THE BALLISTIC
HELMETS THIS YEAR DUE TO AN
OSHA UPDATE IN REQUIREMENTS.
I BELIEVE THEY SPENT 81,000
THIS YEAR OUT OF THIS
CATEGORY.
SO IT REALLY RUNS THE GAMBIT.
EVEN RIGHT DOWN TO OFFICE
FURNITURE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD IS
JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS
MORALES, SAWANT, STRAUSS, AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM.
>> THE NEXT ITEM IS
SPD015A001, AND THIS COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION WOULD CUT A
$450,000 FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
A $450,000 CONTRACT
SPECIFICALLY THAT'S CURRENTLY
REPRESENTING OR PAYING FOR
FIVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS THAT WORK ON THE
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT.
JUST TO BACK UP A BIT, THE
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT IS WHERE
A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
IS PAIRED WITH A POLICE
OFFICER, AND THE TWO TOGETHER
ANSWER A 911 CALL, USUALLY
WHEN A PERSON IS IN CRISIS.
AND SO THE CITY CURRENTLY
EMPLOYS FIVE OF THE MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS, PAIRS THEM
WITH FIVE OFFICERS, AND THE
COST FOR THOSE FIVE MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS CONTRACTED
WITH DESC IS $450,000.
THAT $450,000 WOULD BE CUT
FROM THE DEPARTMENT, AND
INSTEAD OF CONTRACTED OUT OF
SPD, THEY WOULD CONTRACT OUT
OF HSD.
FROM AN OPERATIONAL
STANDPOINT, NOTHING WOULD
CHANGE.
YOU'D STILL HAVE FIVE MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS PAIRED UP
WITH FIVE OFFICERS, IT'S JUST
THE CONTRACT WOULD BE MOVED
OUT OF SPD AND INTO HSD.
THE SECOND PART OF THIS ACTION
IS TO ADD ABOUT 11 MORE MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS TO THE TEAM,
COSTING A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THIS WOULD ADD TO THE HSD
COMMUNITY SAFETY DIVISION A
MILLION DOLLARS TO HIRE 11
MORE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.
JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE
BACKGROUND, THOSE TEAMS
RESPOND TO 911 CALLS FOR
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING
CHRONIC AND ACUTE BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ISSUES.
MOST OF THOSE CALLS COME IN
UNDER A BROAD CATEGORY CALLED
DISTURBANCES, AND WHEN A
CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT ROLLS UP
ON A DISTURBANCE, WHICH IS A
PERSON IN CRISIS A LOT OF
TIMES, THAT'S WHEN THE MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDER WILL BE THE
ONE THAT INITIALLY ENGAGES
WITH THE PERSON IN CRISIS, AND
THE OFFICER WILL STAND BACK
AND ENSURE WHAT THEY CALL
SCENE SAFETY.
SO SPD HAS INDICATED THAT
THERE ARE MANY 911 RESPONSE
CALLS THAT COME IN IN THIS
CATEGORY THAT COULD BENEFIT
FROM A TEAM RESPONSE RATHER
THAN JUST A POLICE OFFICER,
BUT THEY NEED MORE MEDICAL
RESPONDERS TO DO THAT, AND
THIS WOULD INCREASE THAT BY
11.
AND THIS ACTION IS BROUGHT BY
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> SORRY, I WAS ON MUTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> MY PROTOCOL, MY DEFERENCE
TO PROTOCOL IS DEEP WITHIN MY
BONES.
THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU
GREG.
AS GREG MENTIONED, SPD'S
CRISIS RESPONSE UNITS CONTRACT
WITH DESC TO ASSIGN MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO
RESPOND TO CALLS FOR PEOPLE IN
CRISIS.
IT ALLOWS FOR THEM TO HANDLE
VERBAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE
INDIVIDUAL IN CRISIS AS
THEY'RE BETTER TRAINED TO DEAL
WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES
IN CRISIS SITUATIONS IN A
DEESCALATING MANNER AND
PROVIDES THEM THE SECURITY
THEY NEED TO ENSURE THEY'RE
SAFETY.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD REMOVE THE
EXISTING $450,000 OF FUNDING
FOR THE CRY SUCCESS RESPONSE
UNIT FROM THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND SHIFT IT TO
HSD.
IT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE
FUNDING TO HSD TO ADD AN
ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO
HIRE MORE MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS FOR THIS WORK.
THE UNIT CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF
FIVE PER PRECINCT.
IT'S MY BELIEF WE NEED MANY,
MANY MORE PER PRECINCT.
FOR INSTANCE, THE NORTH
PRECINCT COVERS THREE COUNCIL
DISTRICT COMPARED TO OTHER
PRECINCT.
THERE ARE MANY MORE 911 CALLS
THAT MERIT A MENTAL HEALTH
RESPONSE THAN THEY HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO MEET, SO THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD ALLOW
HSD TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL 11
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
FOR A TOTAL OF 16.
AGAIN, I THINK THIS NUMBER IS
STILL TOO LOW, AND I
UNDERSTAND WITH OUR OVERALL
BUDGET DEFICIT THAT THIS IS,
UM, A GOOD STEP FORWARD.
I AGAIN THINK WE NEED MORE
THAN 16.
THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR 2 MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PER
PRECINCT, AND 5 WHO WOULD FORM
THE DECENTRALIZED THIRD WATCH.
THE CITY COULD DEPLOY THEM TO
RESPOND TO A GREATER PORTION
OF 911 CALLS RATHER THAN
RELYING ONLY ON AN ARMED
RESPONSE.
IN ALL HONESTY, AS I SAID, I
BELIEVE WE NEED TO DOUBLE OR
TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING
FOR MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, AND THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT ACTION BECAUSE IT'S
A BRIDGE DURING THIS HISTORIC
TRANSITION UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO
STAND UP THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
AND ORGANIZATIONS TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO 911 CALLS, WE
NEED MORE MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS TIED WITH SPD
OFFICERS.
LASTLY, GREG, DID WE HEAR ALSO
THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT NEW
YORK CITY IS MOVING AS A
BRIDGE IN TRANSITION AS WELL?
>> I HEARD THE COUNCIL MEMBER
FROM NEW YORK CITY SAY THAT
DURING MEETINGS LAST JULY,
THAT THEY WERE GREATLY
INCREASING THEIR CRISIS
RESPONSE UNIT, MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS.
BUT I HAVE NOT FOLLOWED UP TO
SEE HOW THEIR BUDGET
ULTIMATELY WOUND UP.
>> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> JUST SAYING THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER STRAUSS.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I'M HAPPY TO COSPONSOR
THIS ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
I DID A RIDE ALONG WITH THE
CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM OVER
THE SUMMER, AND IT WAS A
REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE TO
SEE, UM, THIS TEAM UP CLOSE
THAT PROVIDES A VITAL FUNCTION
OF THE SWORN PERSONNEL AND
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON THE
TEAM.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG GOING
FORWARD, I APPRECIATE THAT
WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD AN
ADDITIONAL 11 MHPS TO THIS
TEAM.
THERE WERE BROAD CATEGORIES OF
THE CALLS WHERE THE DESC
WORKERS COULD RESPOND WITHOUT
THE PRESENCE AND ASSISTANCE
OF, UM, A POLICE OFFICER,
THOUGH THERE WERE CERTAINLY
STILL SOME CALLS THAT
POTENTIALLY POSE A HIGHER, UM,
SAFETY RISK TO THE DESC WORKER
OR THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD STILL
REQUIRE THE PRESENCE OF AN
OFFICER.
BUT AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD OF
SCALING UP TYPES OF RESPONSE,
I'M JUST FLAGGING FOR CENTRAL
STAFF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF
WE'D INCORPORATE IT INTO THIS,
BUT TO REITERATE A COMMENT
FROM LAST WEEK, I'D BE
INTERESTED IN SORT OF THE VENN
DIAGRAM OF THE OVERLAP OF THE
DIFFERENT RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND
REALLY ASSESSING, YOU KNOW,
CIT HAS A REALLY GOOD PLATFORM
AND HUB FOR THIS RESPONSE THE
WAY IT'S BUILT RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING DOWN A PATH
WHERE, UM, THEY'RE DOING
SOLELY CIVILIAN DISPATCHES AS
PART OF THE TEAM, I WONDER IF
THAT WOULD BE BETTER HANDLED
BY A CONTINUED EXPANSION OF
HEALTH ONE AND FOR THE FUTURE
OF CIT TO BE MORE FOCUSED
TOWARD RESPONDING TO INCIDENTS
WHERE AN ARMED OFFICER BY THE
ADMISSION OF THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS WOULD BE A GOOD
COMPANION FOR A WORKER TO GO.
SO REALLY JUST ASSESSING HOW
THIS MOVES FORWARD WITH
PROVIDER-BASED DISPATCH LIKE
CAHOOTS OR STAR MODEL, AND
ALSO HEALTH ONE, THE
FIREFIGHTER BEHAVIORAL MENTAL
HEALTH WORKER PARTNERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
IT'S, UM, I THINK AS THE
COMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED, THE
EXECUTIVE IS UNDERTAKING AN
EXERCISE WITH AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM THAT'S
LOOKING AT FIGURING OUT HOW TO
CHANGE DEPLOYMENT ALONG THE
LINES OF WHAT YOU'RE
SUGGESTING WHERE A CAHOOTS
STYLE MENTAL HEALTH EMPLOYEE
COULD BE DEPLOYED.
AND THIS PARTICULAR ACTION
COULD WORK IN, UM, IN CONCERT
WITH THAT EFFORT IN THE SENSE
THAT THESE FOLKS ARE ON
CONTRACT.
THEY'RE NOT PERMANENT CITY
EMPLOYEES, AND SO I WOULD
ASSUME, IT SEEMS LIKE MORE OF
A STOP GAP MEASURE THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS IS
INTRODUCING, AND THAT'S WHAT I
THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
OKAY, NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS
HERBOLD, SAWANT, PEDERSON, AND
LEWIS SIGNING ONTO THIS ONE.
>> THIS IS THE LAST ITEM FOR
SPD ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS A PROVISO ON SPD
REGARDING HARBOR PATROL
FUNCTIONS.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, THERE WAS A
RESOLUTION REQUIREMENT PROVIDE
A REPORT ON THE FUNCTIONS THAT
MIGHT BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE
HARBOR PATROL INTO THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THIS
PARTICULAR PROVISO WOULD
RESTRICT $150,000 UNTIL THAT
REPORT IS PROVIDED AND REQUEST
THAT THE REPORT BE PROVIDED NO
LATER THAN MAY 24th.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH -- OH, SO
SORRY GREG.
>> I'M SORRY.
IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU
GREG.
THANK YOU COSPONSORS, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND
MOSQUEDA.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS GREG
MENTIONED, COUNCIL PASSED THE
RESOLUTION ASKING SPD TO
REPORT ON A NUMBER OF ITEMS,
INCLUDING AN ANALYSIS OF
HARBOR PATROL FUNCTIONS THAT
COULD BE TRANSFERRED OR
CIVILIANIZED.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE I THINK
THIS REPORT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT FUNCTIONS
COULD BE TRANSFERRED INTO A
NEWLY FORMED COMMUNITY SAFETY
DEPARTMENT FOR, UM, A LIKE OR
SIMILAR DEPARTMENT.
WHILE THE RESOLUTION, AS GREG
MENTIONED, SET THE DEADLINE
FOR THE REPORT IN OCTOBER, SPD
INDICATED IT WOULDN'T RESPOND
IN TIME AND INSTEAD WOULD
INCLUDE THIS AS PART OF THE
DEPARTMENTAL PROCESS.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE PROVISO
WHICH IS ABOUT A MONTH'S WORTH
OF FUNDING FOR HARBOR PATROL
OF THEIR 2021 BUDGET, PENDING
THE RECEIVING OF THAT REPORT
BY MAY 24th.
THIS WOULD ENSURE WE DON'T
DELAY IN RECEIVING THE
INFORMATION THAT WILL BE
VALUABLE IN INFORMING FUTURE
POLICY DECISIONS ABOUT THE
HARBOR PATROL BECAUSE WE NEED
TO ENSURE WE HAVE PROACTIVE
PATROLS IN THE FRESH WATERS
AND AT LEAST THE LEVEL OF
SERVICE WE'RE RECEIVING TODAY
AT THE TERMINATION OF ANY
TRANSFERS THAT OCCUR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THIS AND
KNOW THAT, UM, THIS TYPE OF
INFORMATION IS GOING TO REALLY
HELP US FROM A TECHNICAL
PERSPECTIVE FOR BUDGETING
PURPOSES.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
WE SEE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ, JOINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS HERBOLD, MORALES,
SAWANT, AND MYSELF.
LET'S GO ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, THE
NEXT FEW COME FROM YOU, AND,
UM, WITH YOUR INDULGENCE AND
DIRECTION, I'M WONDERING IF WE
MIGHT WANT TO BRIEF THE BODY
ON A HANDFUL OF THESE TOGETHER
AND THEN BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM
IN INDIVIDUAL ORDER TO SEE IF
THERE'S ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
DESIRED.
WOULD THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD?
>> IT WOULD.
THEY'RE ALL PART OF A PACKAGE,
AND I UNDERSTAND FOR
PROCEDURAL REASONS WE MIGHT
NEED TO ASK FOR SPONSORS FOR
EACH, BUT JUST AS YOU SEE, I
BELIEVE THE SPONSORS FOR THE
SAME FOR ALL OF THEM.
THAT'S AN INDICATION WHEN
ADDING SPONSORS HOPEFULLY
PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND AGAIN
THESE WORK TOGETHER AS A
PACKAGE.
>> GREAT, GREG, DOES THAT WORK
FOR YOU?
>> ACTUALLY, THANK YOU,
COUNCIL MEMBER.
LISA WILL BE STAFFING THIS, SO
I'LL SAY GOOD BYE.
>> WE'LL SEE THANK YOU AND
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS
WEEK.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR WEEK
IF WE DON'T SEE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO, LISA!
>> HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
BUDGET CHAIR.
I'LL TRY AND KEEP THIS AS
CRISP AND CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S THE END OF THE DAY ON
FRIDAY OF A VERY LONG WEEK FOR
YOU.
TO GIVE YOU THIS LARGE
OVERVIEW OF THE PACKAGE, I'LL
FIRST DESCRIBE THE PROPOSAL TO
CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
THEN I'LL BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE
AXES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SHIFT
THOSE CONSISTENT WITH THAT
PROPOSAL.
LASTLY THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO
COLOCATES OR EMERGENCYING THE
911 CALL CENTERS.
ITEMS 44 THROUGH 50 ARE
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
I'LL START WITH THE
OVERARCING PROPOSAL FIRST.
ITEM 44 ON YOUR AGENDA IS
SPD500A001 SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
COSPONSORED BY MORALES AND
LEWIS.
THIS ACTION WOULD CREATE A NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
CONSISTING OF THE PRIMARY 911
CRAWL CENTER, PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS UNIT, AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
UNIT, EACH OF WHICH IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
RECOGNIZING THE COMPLEXITY OF
STANDING UP THIS NEW CENTER,
THE PROPOSED ACTION WOULD
ESTABLISH A TARGET ACTION DATE
OF NO LATER THAN JUNE 1st,
2021, AND WOULD PROVIDE A
PROVISO GIVING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
TO CONTINUE THE ACTIONS
THROUGH THE THE JUNE 1st
DATE.
>> LISA, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK
UP A LITTLE BIT AS YOU'RE
GOING.
>> I'M SO SORRY, YES.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> I WILL WORK ON PROJECTING.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON A COST
ESTIMATE FOR THE NEW CENTER.
OUR NUMBERS AT THIS POINT MUST
BE CONSIDERED VERY
PRELIMINARY.
WE ESTIMATE THE NEW CENTER
WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT, COSTING ABOUT
$600,000 FOR THE MONTHS JUNE
THROUGH DECEMBER.
ACTUAL COST WILL DEPARTMENT OF
COURSE ON THE FINAL
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.
THERE COULD ALSO BE ADDITIONAL
MOVING COSTS TO RELOCATE THE
OFFICERS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN
SPD.
DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION AND
THE CONFIGURATION OF THE NEW
FACILITIES, IT COULD RANGE UP
TO 750,000.
I WILL NOW DESCRIBE THE FOUR
TECHNICAL PROPOSED COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS THAT SHIFT THE
RESOURCES AND FTES CONSISTENT
WITH THE PROPOSAL.
IN THE FUTURE WE'RE HOPING
WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE
THIS SO YOU WON'T HAVE QUITE
SO MANY MOVING PARTS, BUT AT
THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, WE
THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO KEEP
THESE SEPARATE.
VERY BRIEFLY, ITEMS 45 AND 49
TOGETHER WITH ITEM 51 THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
PRESENTED EARLIER THIS YEAR
WOULD TRANSFER THE FTES,
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS
FROM SPD TO THE NEW CENTER.
I WILL CORRECT THE
TRANSACTIONS SHOWN ON ITEM 49
WITH SPD501A001.
THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY MISTAKE.
IT WAS A TEST, PILOT PROJECT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SYSTEM
TO WORK, SO SORRY ABOUT
INCLUDING THAT.
>> NO PROBLEM, LISA.
HEY, DO YOU MIND JUST FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC ONE MORE TIME,
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE THREE
THAT GO TOGETHER AGAIN?
>> YES, SO WOULD IT BE EASIER
FOR ME, YES, ITEM 45 IS ONE OF
THEM, THAT'S SPD200-A-001.
ITEM 49 IS SPD502-A-001.
AND ITEM 51, THAT'S
SPD600-A-001.
SO THOSE ARE JUST THE MOVING
PARTS THAT TRANSFER THE
RESOURCES AND FTES TO SUPPORT
THE SETTING UP OF THE NEW
CENTER.
THERE'S ONE MORE TECHNICAL
ITEM I'D GROUP TOGETHER WITH
THIS, AND THAT'S ITEM 45 ON
THE AGENDA WHICH ACTUALLY IS
THE SECOND ITEM 45 ON YOUR
AGENDA.
IT SHOULD BE 46.
IT'S SPD201-A-001, AND
TRANSFER THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OVERTIME TO THE
NEW CENTER SO MAKE SURE THE
RESOURCES LINE UP IN THE RIGHT
PLACE.
THAT'S ALSO SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
COSPONSORED BY MORALES AND
LEWIS.
NEXT I'LL DESCRIBE THE THE
PROPOSED ACTIONS THAT WOULD
ADDRESS THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT ACTION SCOPE OF
AUTHORITY.
THESE ARE ITEMS 47 AND 48
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND LEWIS AND MORALES.
ITEM 47 IS SPD202A001 AND
WOULD RECOGNIZE THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS INTEREST
IN HAVING EXPANDED
RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH COULD
INCLUDE MANAGING TRAFFIC AT
LIGHTED INTERSECTIONS, RED
LIGHT CAMERA AND SCHOOL ZONE
ENFORCEMENT, RESPONSE TO
NON-INJURY COLLISIONS,
RESPONSE TO AND REPORTING ON
MINOR THEFTS AND CAR BREAK INS
AND TRAFFIC CONTROL.
ITEM 48, SPD203-A-001 REQUESTS
A REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE ON
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FTES
REQUIRED IF THEIR PARKING
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
WERE EXPANDED.
WE NOTE THAT EXPANSION OF THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
AUTHORITY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
BARGAINING AND TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT GRANTING SPECIAL
COMMISSION TO THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT
ALINE WITH THAT AUTHORITY.
FINALLY, AND THIS IS THE LAST
ONE, ITEM 50, SPD503A-001
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD AND COSPONSORED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ AND
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT REQUIRING A REPORT BY
MARCH 31st 2021 ON POTENTIAL
ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND
BENEFITS OF COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH COLOCATING OR MERGING THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 911
CALL CENTERS.
THAT COMPLETES MY OVERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU, LISA.
I APPRECIATE YOU PACKAGING
THAT TOGETHER.
I'LL ADMIT IN REVIEWING THESE
LAST NIGHT I WAS WONDERING IF
THERE WERE DUPLICATIONS.
IT WAS A REALLY HELPFUL IDEA
FROM THE PRIME SPONSOR TO BE
ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE
ON HOW THE ELEMENTS COME
TOGETHER.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE THE
CHAIR'S WILLINGNESS TO
ORGANIZE THIS IN A WAY THAT
REALLY DOES A GREAT JOB OF
SHOWING HOW ALL THESE ACTIONS
WORK TOGETHER TO, UM, TO TURN
WHAT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED TO
BE, UM, A, THE, THE PROPOSAL
FOR A NEW DEPARTMENT TO BE A
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER THAT,
UM, WITH THAT NAME, IT ALLOWS
IT TO REALLY BE A HOME FOR
MORE DIVISIONS BEYOND 911.
I THINK THE TITLE IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL WAS REALLY
UNNECESSARILY, AND I DON'T
THINK IT WAS THE EXECUTIVE'S
INTENT, BUT BY HAVING THE
FOCUS ON AN EMERGENCY CENTER,
I THINK IT REALLY LIMITED THE
ABILITY TO MOVE OTHER
FUNCTIONS, OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY
FUNCTIONS INTO THE DEPARTMENT.
SO NAMING IT COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER I
THINK LINES UP WITH THE
COUNCIL AND WITH THE EXECUTIVE
AND THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR
A NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY
DEPARTMENT.
AND ALSO LINED UP WITH THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
DESIRE TO MOVE INTO THAT
DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICER PROGRAMS.
BUT ALSO, REALLY IMPORTANTLY,
AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THE
INTEREST OF THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO TAKE
ON NEW RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL OF
THE WORK THAT LISA HAS DONE ON
THIS ITEM.
I THINK IT'S REALLY A CRITICAL
ANCHOR TO REIMAGINING PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, AND SHE HAS
APPROPRIATELY TAKEN WHAT WAS
ONE BUDGET ACTION AND PARSED
OUT HOW THERE'S A NEED, A
TECHNICAL NEED TO TAKE SEVERAL
SEPARATE ACTIONS IN ORDER TO
ACCOMPLISH THE FULL VISION.
SO THANKS AGAIN, LISA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS
WE'RE GOING TO GO ITEM BY
ITEM.
I'LL FIRST ASK IF THERE'S
QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM, AND
LISA, IF YOU'LL DO US THE
BENEFIT OF A QUICK LIKE ONE
SENTENCE SUMMARY OF WHAT THE
ITEM IS AGAIN.
PEOPLE CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS
AND SIGN ON FOR COSPONSORSHIP.
WE START WITH ITEM 44.
>> AND SAY THE NAME OF THE
SLIDE.
>> YES, AND WE'LL GO IN ORDER
HERE ON OUT.
WE'LL START WITH SPD500-A-001,
WHICH ON OUR AGENDA AS WELL
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC IS ITEM
NUMBER 44.
PERFECT, THANK YOU, PATTY AND
LISA.
>> SURE.
THIS ITEM WOULD CREATE THE NEW
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
IT'S OVERARCHING LEGISLATION.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY ANYTHING
YOU WANT, BUT NO PRESSURE TO
REPEAT ANYTHING YOU ALREADY
SAID.
OKAY.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
WOULD LIKE TO SIGN ONTO THIS
ITEM, NUMBER 44.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR
SIGNING ON.
WE HAVE HERBOLD JOINED BY
MEMBERS MORALES, SAWANT,
JUAREZ, LEWIS, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, AND
PEDERSON.
I SAW YOUR HAND GO UP.
THANKS SO MUCH.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S
RECORDED FOR THE RECORD.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, JUST
PAUSING SO PEOPLE IN THE
VIEWING AUDIENCE CAN SEE AS
WELL.
I THINK I GOT EVERYONE.
NEXT ITEM, NUMBER 45.
SPD200A001.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS ITEM WOULD CUT
$15 MILLION GENERAL FUND FROM
SEATTLE POLICE AND ADD
$15 MILLION GENERAL FUND TO
THE NEW COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND
TRANSFER 120 PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FULL
TIME EMPLOYEES, FROM SPD TO THE
NEW CENTER.
>> NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THAT ONE.
OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I'LL JUST MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS RELEVANT TO THIS ITEM
AND OTHERS BROUGHT FORWARD BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH HER ON
THIS ISSUE.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHUT OUT TO
THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS THAT CALLED IN AND
PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT THIS
MORNING IN STRONG NUMBERS.
I REALLY THINK THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL HAVE
A VERY BIG ROLE TO PLAY IN OUR
EFFORTS TO HAVE A MORE
COMMUNITY-FOCUSED EFFORT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY.
50% BIPOC WORK FORCE, 50%
WOMEN, FLUENT IN DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES IS EXACTLY THE KIND
OF UNIT WE NEED OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW DOING THIS
KIND OF WORK.
I WOULD JUST GIVE A PLUG, BUT
PHILADELPHIA LAST YEAR, AS
I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE PASSED A
CHARTER AMENDMENT CREATING A
PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER WHICH
HAS DUTIES IN LINE WITH THOSE
DUTIES ARTICULATED IN THE
LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
UNION.
AS WE GO FORWARD, IT MIGHT BE
INTERESTING TO CONSIDER
CHANGING THE NAME OF PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IF WE'RE
SUCCESSFUL IN BROADENING THEIR
ROLE AND BROADENING WHAT WE
EXPECT THEM TO DO.
THIS IS A REALLY PROMISING WAY
FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S ALSO A WAY FOR US
TO HAVE MORE CITY EMPLOYEES
OUT THERE IN THE FIELD
ACTUALLY RESPONDING AND TAKING
REPORTS WHEN THERE'S MINOR
THEFTS AND CRIMES FROM THE
PUBLIC DIRECTLY INTERFACING
WITH THE PUBLIC ON LONG
STANDING COMMUNITY ISSUES.
IT WILL BE A BIG IMPACT AND
EFFECT FELT BEYOND, EVEN MORE
IMPACTFUL THAN THEIR CURRENT
ROLE.
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS, THANKS
TO COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND
DEVELOPING IT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND.
WE GOT A LETTER FROM PROTECT
17 ABOUT THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, SO I'M
JUST TRYING TO RECONCILE IT
WITH THIS PROPOSED ACTION
TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS
LETTER SAYING THEY OPPOSE,
THAT THEY WANT TO GO TO SDOT
WHICH IS WHAT THE MAYOR
PROPOSED.
JUST TRYING TO RECONCILE THOSE
TWO THINGS.
>> PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> YES, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH PROTECT 17 AND HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH SEAN.
THERE'S, I BELIEVE, EIGHT
SUPERVISORS IN THE UNIT, SO
THERE'S A DIFFERENT OF OPINION
AMONG THE SUPERVISORS AMONG
THE HUNDRED SOME ODD PEOS
UNDER THOSE SUPERVISORS, AND
THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE'LL
HAVE TO WORK OUT.
>> ANYTHING ELSE?
>> NONE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR FLAGGING
THAT, AS WELL.
I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH SOME
QUESTIONS AS WELL, TOO.
I WANT TO LIFT UP AS WELL THE
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY.
IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR
FROM MEMBERS OF THE UNION AND
FRONT LINE FOLKS AS WELL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW IT DOVE
TELLS WITH OTHER ITEMS TO
COME.
IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE TO
HEAR THEM ON THE LINE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTION ON THIS
ITEM?
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD IS
JOINED HERE TODAY BY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, COUNCIL
MEMBERS LEWIS, STRAUSS,
SAWANT, AND MORALES.
NEXT ITEM.
>> NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 47.
NO, I'M SORRY.
IT'S THE SECOND NUMBER 45
WHICH IS THE TRANSFER OF
SPECIAL EVENT OVERTIME FOR
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
SPD201-A-001.
>> GO AHEAD, LISA.
>> THIS IS JUST PUTTING ALL
THE RESOURCES INTO THE SAME
LOCATION.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> NOTHING TO ADD.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON
THIS ONE?
SEEING NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
SHE'S JOINED BY COUNCIL
MEMBERS MORALES, STRAUSS, AND
LEWIS.
NOW WE'RE ON TO THE OFFICIAL
NUMBER 47.
SPD202A001.
>> THIS RECOGNIZES THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS UNIT
INTEREST IN EXPANDING THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES.
>> THIS IS WHAT I WAS
REFERRING TO BEING GREAT
TESTIMONY THIS MORNING.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THIS?
>> I'LL SAY A FEW QUICK WORDS.
JUST WANTING TO FLESH OUT
WHERE THAT INTEREST LIES.
THE PEOS ARE INTERESTED IN, UM
MANAGING TRAFFIC AT LIGHTED
INTERSECTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT
WE'RE TALKING AT BOTH LIGHTED
AND UNLIGHTED INTERSECTIONS
WHEN TALKING ABOUT MANAGING
SPECIAL EVENTS OR, UM, ALSO
FLAGGING RELATED TO SPECIAL
EVENTS, FLAGGING RELATED TO
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES,
ADDITION THERE'S A REQUIREMENT
IN STATE LAW, THAT, UM, THE
RED LIGHT CAMERA AND SCHOOL
ZONE CAMERA AND TRANSIT LANE
AND BLOCK THE BOX CAMERA
ENFORCEMENT, THAT THOSE
FUNCTIONS BE CARRIED OUT BY A
POLICE OFFICER.
BUT THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE FOR
WHAT'S CALLED A SPECIAL
COMMISSION.
THEMORE OF THESE DUTIES THAT
DON'T REQUIRE AN ARMED POLICE
OFFICER TO FULFILL, THAT THE
PEOS CAN TAKE ON, THE MORE
POLICE OFFICERS CAN FOCUS ON
THEIR CORE LAW ENFORCEMENT
MISSION AND THE MORE WE CAN
WORK TO ASSIST THE CHIEF IN
IMPROVING PRIORITY 911 CALL
RESPONSE.
IN ADDITION, THEY'VE
IDENTIFIED INTEREST IN
RESPONDING TO NON-INJURY
COLLISIONS, BECAUSE IN THOSE
CASES IT'S LARGELY REPORT
TAKING THAT'S NECESSARY,
RESPONDING TO AND REPORTING ON
MINOR THEFTS AND CAR BREAK
INS, AND WE RECOGNIZE THESE
EXPANDED RESPONSIBILITIES
WOULD BE SUBJECT TO BARGAINING
AND AS I MENTIONED, UM, THIS
IS A CBA THAT RECOGNIZES THAT
INTEREST AND IDENTIFIES THAT
THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN
WORKING WITH THE UNIONS AND
DEPARTMENT ON CHANGING THOSE
ROLES.
>> THANK YOU.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, GO
AHEAD.
>> JUST TO ADD TO MY EARLIER
COMMENTS ABOUT THE ISSUE
AROUND RECEIVING A SPECIAL
CONDITION.
I WOULD JUST MENTION, AND YOU
KNOW, CENTRAL STAFF COULD JUMP
IN TOO ON THIS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CIVILIAN
DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, IN
PARTICULAR FINANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WITH A
SIGNIFICANT DENSITY OF
EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE SUCH
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS THAT ARE
CIVILIANS AND CONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS.
THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE WOULD BE
FOR HIRE VEHICLE VIOLATION
INVESTIGATIONS ARE DONE BY,
UM, SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS IN
FAS THAT HAVE SUCH
COMMISSIONS, BUT ARE NOT
THEMSELVES PEACE OFFICERS OR
POLICE.
SO THERE'S PRECEDENT IN HOW
THE CITY COUNTLY DOES ITS
BUSINESS, AND HOPEFULLY THAT
CAN BE REPLICATED IN EXPANDING
THE ROLE OF PEOS AND GETTING A
SIMILAR ARRANGEMENT FOR THEM.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
OKAY, SEEING NONE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MORALES,
PEDERSON, STRAUSS, AND LEWIS
SIGNED ON TO THIS ITEM.
>> THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 49,
SPD502A-00.
NO, SORRY, NUMBER 48.
THIS IS SPD203-A-001.
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASKING
FOR A REPORT ON BASICALLY HOW
MANY RESOURCES WOULD BE
REQUIRED INCLUDING FTES AND
BUDGET IF THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE
EXPANDED.
>> QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
>> YEAH, JUST A RECOGNITION
THAT IF THE DUTIES OF PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE TO
BE EXPANDED IN ORDER FOR THEM
TO FULFILL THOSE OBLIGATIONS,
WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT A
FUTURE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER
OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
SO THIS IS JUST ASKING FOR A
REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE ON
WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES MIGHT BE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
I'M JUST GOING TO WAIT FOR A
QUICK SECOND.
I SEE FOLKS INTERESTED IN
SIGNING ONTO THAT ONE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION
OF THAT ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD IS
JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, PEDERSON, STRAUSS,
AND LEWIS.
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EXCELLENT.
>> NOW WE'RE ON ITEM 49.
GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
THIS IS SPD502-A-001 AND MAKE
THE TRANSFER OF THE CALL
CENTER TO THE NEW
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND
TRANSFER $18.5 MILLION GENERAL
FUND FROM SPD TO THE NEW
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS CENT
EFFORT AND TRANSFER BASICALLY
140 EXISTING EMPLOYEES AND 2
NEW POSITION FOR A TOTAL OF
142 TO THE NEW COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS
CENTER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> I THINK THAT WHEREAS THE
FIRST ITEM PRESENTED WAS, UM,
CONSIDERED THE SORT OF, THE
OVERARCHING PROPOSAL, THIS IS
THE BOW THAT SORT OF TIES IT
ALL UP, AND, UM, JUST, AGAIN,
IT IS, UM, PART OF THE
NECESSARY PACKAGE TO FULFILL
ALL OF THE, UM, ALL OF THE
ACTIONS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED
INCLUDES THE TRANSFERS OF FTES
AND FUNDS, A DATE FOR THE WORK
TO BE DONE, AND COMBINES THE
DEPARTMENT NAME WITH THE NAME
INCLUDED IN THE 2021 2021
BUDGET TO
REFLECT THE FUNCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND A BREAKDOWN ON THE FTES,
HOW MANY OF THE FTES
TRANSFERRED OVER ARE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS?
>> THAT'S 120 PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, 142 FROM
911, AND 18 COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND SEE IF
THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL SIGN
ONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I SEE ONE PERSON SIGNING ON.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES,
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS, AND
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS 50
SEPARATELY.
LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
>> ITEM 50 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPT, 503-5-01.
THIS REQUESTS A REPORT BY
MARCH 31st OF NEXT YEAR ON
POTENTIAL ECONOMIES OF SCALE
AND OTHER BENEFITS AND COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH COLOCATING OR
EMERGENCYING THE SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND SEATTLE POLICE
911 CALL CENTERS.
THE SEATTLE POLICE CALL CENTER
IS CONSIDERED THE PRIMARY CALL
CENTER, SO ALL THE CALLS
ORIGINATING WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE GO TO THAT CALL
CENTER, AND IF THERE'S A FIRE
OR HEALTH EMERGENCY, THAT GETS
TRANSFERRED TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CALL CENTER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADHERE.
THE EXPLANATION THAT LISA
PROVIDED IS SPOT ON.
JUST WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
MAKING THESE CHANGES, WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN FINDING
SAFE PHYSICAL SPACE FOR THESE
FUNCTIONS, WE'RE DOING IT IN A
WAY THAT MAKES SENSE
FINANCIALLY, AND WHETHER OR
NOT IT MAKES SENSE TO COLOCATE
SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON
THIS ITEM?
COMMENTS?
OKAY.
WE HAVE COSPONSORS COUNCIL
MEMBERS PEDERSON, STRAUSS, AND
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
ONE MORE LEFT TO GO.
>> I THINK YOU, DID YOU WANT
TO COVER THIS ONE AGAIN?
THIS WAS THE ONE THAT COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT PRESENTED AT THE
BEGINNING --
>> I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THAT.
LET'S GO TO THE WALK ON
AMENDMENT.
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE
COME UP SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT'S ITEM CAME UP?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS
ON THAT, LISA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS
AFTERNOON AND ALL YOUR WORK ON
THE BUDGET.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, HAVE A GOOD
WEEKEND.
>> WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS
BLG31B001 AS WELL?
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD
QUESTION, PADDY.
>> I BELIEVE LISA IS STAFFING
THAT AS WELL.
I WANTED TO FLAG IT.
>> I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE
ONES YOU ADDED TO THE END OF
THE AGENDA EARLIER THIS
MORNING.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE HAD TWO.
ONE THAT WAS MISSING ON THE
AGENDA.
I APOLOGIZE.
BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES' WALK ON, DOES IT MAKE
SENSE TO KEEP YOU ON HERE,
LISA?
>> THAT'S FINE.
>> OKAY.
THE ITEM THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED
TO US, WE HAVE THIS AS A, UM,
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT RECEIVED ON
TIME, BUT IT WAS JUST
INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF.
I CAN IMAGINE HOW THAT CAN
HAPPEN GIVEN THE HUNDREDS OF
AMENDMENTS WE HAVE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING
ACCOMMODATIONS SO WE COULD
HEAR IT TODAY.
úBLG031B01.
>> YES.
SO THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD AND
WOULD MAKE A SLIGHT
MODIFICATION TO THE ORDINANCE
THAT WOULD CREATE THE STAND UP
OF SEPARATE OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LINES
UP THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
LANGUAGE TO REFLECT OEM'S
CURRENT AUTHORITIES AND
WOULDN'T CODIFY ANY INTERNAL
POLICIES IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP
THE MUNICIPAL CODE A LITTLE
CLEANER.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL IT
DOES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT?
>> TECHNICAL, BUT VERY
IMPORTANT.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE?
SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
AND AT THIS POINT, THE COUNCIL
SPONSORS ARE THE SAME.
COUNCIL MEMBERS STRAUSS AND
GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, APPRECIATE IT,
LISA.
OKAY, OUR LAST ITEM, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES FOR CIRCULATING THIS
ITEM BEFORE 5:00 P.M.
YESTERDAY.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, YOU
AMENDED THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE
THIS ITEM, AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE CENTRAL STAFF EXPLAIN IT
AND HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES WALK US THROUGH IT AS
WELL.
>> SO THIS IS SPD WALK ON ITEM
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2.
THE FIRST AND ONLY SPD WALK ON
AMENDMENT.
IT WOULD, UM, IT'S RELATED TO
MANY OF THE ITEMS YOU'VE SEEN
BEFORE TODAY.
IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS THAT'S INTENDED TO
OCCUR NEXT YEAR WILL REQUIRE
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES BOTH ON
THE COMMUNITY SIDE AND ON THE
CITY SIDE TO GET MONEY OUT THE
DOOR.
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
WILL BE IN THE LEAD IN TERMS
OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY
TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS.
THE CITY AND COMMUNITY WILL
NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO VET
THOSE PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE
THEY'RE THINGS THE CITY CAN
SPEND MONEY ON.
AND THEN, THE COMMUNITY WILL
AGAIN BE IN A VOTING PROCESS
TO IDENTIFY THE TOP PRIORITY
ITEMS THAT COME OUT OF THE
IDEA GENERATION PROCESS, AND
THEN, UM, FINALLY THE CITY
WILL NEED TO CONTRACT WITH THE
ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS THAT
END UP HAVING PROPOSALS FUNDED
THROUGH THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO THIS BUDGET ACTION
RECOGNIZES THAT FUNDS BEING
CUT FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IN 2021
WILL FEED INTO THAT COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS, BUT ALSO REALIZES
THERE WILL BE FUNDING NEEDED
FOR THE PROCESS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANKS AGAIN, PADDY FOR
SHARING THIS SCREEN FOR FOLKS
WATCHING.
HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE EFFECT
GIVEN THAT THIS WAS A LATE
AMENDMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE IT AS AN
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT TO SHOW
COSPONSORS AT THIS POINT.
BUT COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES DID
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
CIRCULATING BEFORE 5:00 P.M.,
AND IT HAS BEEN AMENDED TO BE
PART OF OUR AGENDA AND
CONSIDERATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO WALK US THROUGH
THE PROPOSAL AS YOU HAVE
OUTLINED IN THE DRAFT
DOCUMENT?
>> SURE.
THANKS FOR YOUR INDULGENCE,
EVERYONE.
AS LISH SAID, THIS IS A
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION THAT
WOULD ALLOCATE SAVINGS FOR
CUTS FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SOURCES
TO FUND THIS PROCESS.
UM, THIS SUMMER WE HEARD FROM
OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY
WANT TO SEE A MEANINGFUL
DISINVESTMENT IN SPD AND A
MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT IN BLACK
AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THROUGH
A PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS.
SO WE BEGAN THAT WORK BY
ALLOCATING THE $3 MILLION TO
BEGIN PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
NEEDED THAT COULD HELP GUIDE
THE CREATION OF THIS PROJECT.
WE ALL RECEIVED LAST WEEK THE
PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM SOME
OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY
BEGUN.
THE INTEND OF THIS BUDGET
ACTION IS TO ESTABLISH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PROCESS
IT IS SIMILAR TO THE YOUR
VOICE, YOUR CHOICE PARKS AND
STREETS PROGRAM THAT WE
ALREADY HAVE.
SIMILAR TO THAT, THIS IS
INTENDED TO BE A REGULAR
OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORS TO
WEIGH IN ON COMMUNITY SAFETY
IDEAS, AND IN ORDER FOR THAT
PROCESS TO HAPPEN, THAT
REQUIRES STAFFING FOR
CONTRACTING WITH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, UM, FOR THE
COMMUNITY-LED ENGAGEMENT
THAT'S A PART OF THIS PROCESS
FOR CONVENING AND SUPPORTING A
STEERING COMMITTEE TO HELP
GUIDE THE PROCESS, MARKETING
OF THE INITIATIVE.
SO ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED.
IT'S SORT OF HOW WE ENSURE
THAT THIS PROCESS RUNS
SMOOTHLY BY OFFERING THAT KIND
OF BACK OFFICE SUPPORT TO THE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OUT
DOING THE WORK.
AND THE MEMO THAT WAS
CIRCULATED THIS MORNING
INDICATED THAT WE HAD NOT YET
TALKED TO ANY OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT BE
INVOLVED.
WE WILL, OF COURSE, DO THAT AS
WE CONTINUE THESE
CONVERSATIONS.
BUT I'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE
CONVERSATION WITH 2 DIRECTOR
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE YOUR
VOICE, YOUR CHOICE PROGRAM IS
WORK, AND HE REALLY HELPED US
FLUSH OUT THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE
PIECES THAT NEED TO BE A PART
OF THIS.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AS
THE DIVESTMENT CONVERSATIONS
INDICATED EARLIER THROUGH THE
THE DAY, THIS IS PART OF A
PROCESS, SO MUCH OF THE
SAVINGS THAT WE HOPE TO ACCRUE
THROUGH THE REDUCTIONS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE HOUSED
IN GENERAL FINANCE, AND THIS
IS THE OTHER END OF THAT WORK,
SO I AM ASKING FOR YOU'RE
SUPPORT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON
THE COMMITMENTS, AND REALLY
THE INTENTION HERE IS TO PUT
IN PLACE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
SIZE OF THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION
THERE.
THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IN
READING THIS DOCUMENT IS THAT
MANY OF THE OTHER AMENDMENTS
WERE SUGGESTING THAT FUNDING
GOES TO PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING.
THIS PIECE HERE AS THE OTHER
COUNCIL MEMBER SAID PUTS A
NICE BOW ON IT RECOGNIZING
THAT WE NEED PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING AND ADMINISTRATIVE
DOLLARS UP TO, BUT NOT
MANDATING A MILLION.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT THIS CREATES THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SO THE IDEA WOULD BE THE SAVES
WE COULD ACCRUE NEEDS TO BE
SET ASIDE FOR THE
ORGANIZATION, BUT THE BULK
WOULD GO TO THE ACTUAL
INVESTMENTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH
THE PROCESS TO FUND THE THINGS
THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE IN
TERMS OF COMMUNITY SAFETY
IDEAS.
>> WONDERFUL.
QUESTIONSOR COMMENTS ON THIS
ITEM?
OKAY.
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ALREADY
SAID THIS COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES, BUT AT LEAST TWO FTES
TO MANAGE IT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> HI, I'M JUST TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS INTERPLAYS
WITH THE $3 MILLION THAT WE
HAD ALREADY APPROVED TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT?
>> SO THE INTENTION WITH THAT
WAS TO BEGIN THE PROCESS, AND
WE SHOULD ALL RECEIVED A
PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE
WORK, SO DURING THE EARLIER
BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE NEED TO
IDENTIFY IT IN THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE
LANGUAGE BARRIERS, WHAT ARE
THE CHILD CARE OR ATTENDANCE
BARRIERS.
IF, IN COVID, THIS IS GOING TO
MEAN THAT A LOT OF THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR
PARTICIPATORY, FOR THE
PROCESS, NEEDS TO HAPPEN
ONLINE, WHAT ARE THE
TECHNOLOGY NEEDS THAT OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE TO
ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THE BULK OF THE WORK
HAPPENING NOW IS TO GET A
REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE AND
BEGIN TO SUPPORT REDUCING
THOSE BARRIERS SO WHEN THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGET PROCESS
ITSELF IS READY TO ROLL, WE
KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE, UM, A
HIGH LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT
BECAUSE THOSE BARRIERS WILL
HAVE ALL, WELL, I CAN'T COMMIT
TO ALL, BUT SO MANY OF THOSE
BARRIERS WILL HAVE BEEN
REDUCED AND WE HAVE A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
TRANSLATION, THE TECHNOLOGY
NEEDS, AND ALL THE OTHER
PIECES THAT GO INTO THAT.
>> GOOD QUESTION, COUNCIL
MEMBER PEDERSON.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ?
>> JUST A COMMENT.
THE WAY I, UM, HAVE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT THIS BODY OF
WORK IS THAT THE PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS FUNDING THAT
WE, UM, COMMITTED TO OVER THE
SUMMER, UM, I THINK IT'S
MISLABELED A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL MONEY FOR,
UM, INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY.
IT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO, UM,
PROVIDE DEEP MEANINGFUL
SUBSTANTIVE, AND, YOU KNOW
REALLY IN DEPTH SCOPING OF A
PROJECT OF THIS SIZE.
SO TALKING ABOUT PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING IN THE TRUE SENSE OF
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN THE
SCALE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I
THINK IT'S ACCURATE TO SAY
THAT THE CITY HAS NOT ENGAGED
IN THAT KIND OF PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS.
YES, WE HAVE YOUR VOTE, YOUR
CHOICE, BUT I WOULD SAY THE
SCALE OF THAT PROGRAM AND THE
SCALE OF POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS
THAT ARE PRODUCED FROM THAT
PROGRAM ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN
WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING IN THIS
SPACE, SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO
MOVE IT TO THE SCALE WE'RE
DESCRIBING IS SOMETHING THAT
REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT SCOPING
AND DESIGN OF THAT PROGRAM TO
FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A
LEGITIMATE PROCESS THAT'S
COMMUNITY-LED,
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN, AND WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE IN TERMS OF
HELPING US AS DECISION MAKERS
LEAD SOME OF THE INVESTMENT
DECISIONS OF COMMUNITY
TAXPAYER DOLLARS TOWARDS
INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY
SAFETY PROGRAMS.
AND SO THE $3 MILLION WE
INVESTED IN THIS SUMMER, IN MY
MIND ARE REALLY DESIGNED FOR
THAT SCOPING PIECE OF
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING THAT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN A DEEP,
MEANINGFUL WAY THROUGH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
RESEARCH BEFORE WE CAN GET TO
THE PART OF WHAT ARE THE
DOLLARS, HOW WILL THE
DECISIONS BE IMPLEMENTED, AND
WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENTS GOING
TO BE, AND WHAT DOES THAT
PROCESS, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY
UNFOLD THE PROCESS THAT WAS
SCOPED OVER THE SUMMER THROUGH
THE SUMMER FUNDING.
I SEE THESE DOLLARS AS THAT,
THAT IMPLEMENTATION PIECE OF
NOW WE HAVE THE SCOPE OF THE
PROJECT AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS WILL BE, AND NOW WE
NEED TO ADMINISTER IT.
THESE IN MY MIND ARE
INVESTMENTS TO ADMINISTER THE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS AND SOME OF THE OTHER
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS WE
PROPOSED ARE THE ACTUAL
DOLLARS THUS FAR GOING TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR POTENTIAL
INVEST.
I THINK I HAVE CAPTURED, SORT
OF THREADED THE NEEDLE IN THE
BEST WAY THAT I CAN IN TERMS
OF HOW I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT IF
I MISSTATED ANYTHING, YOU'RE
WELCOME TO CORRECT ME.
BUT THAT'S SORT OF MY BEST
ATTEMPT ON SORT OF DESCRIBING
THE ARC OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING
TO ACCOMPLISH HERE THROUGH
THESE VARIOUS INVESTMENTS.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> WELL SAID.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> JUST TO ADD A LITTLE
TEXTURE TO COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ'S FANTASTI
EXPLANATION, JUST SO YOU CAN
IMAGINE WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE,
AND THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF
IT.
THIS IS LIKE THE, AGAIN, THE
HUMAN INVESTMENT, THERE ARE
SEVEN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
AND 100 RESEARCHERS WHO ARE
WORKING TO ENGAGE IN LOCAL AND
DIGITAL COMMUNITY EVENTS RIGHT
NOW TO INFORM THE FINDINGS OF
WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED AS THE
INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
RESEARCHERS ARE PRIMARILY
PEOPLE, PRIMARILY PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND FOCUSING ON
SURVEYING PEOPLE FROM MANY
RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND LINGUISTIC
COMMUNITIES USING A VARIETY OF
METHODOLOGY INCLUDING, UM, ART
SPACE METHODOLOGY LIKE PHOTO
VOICE, DIGITAL STORY TELLING,
STORY MAPPING, MESSAGE
TESTING, ARCHIVE RESEARCH, AND
MORE.
THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE HUMAN LABOR INVOLVED IN
THIS PROJECT.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, THE
INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE IN PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH
THE RESEARCH PROJECT.
THOSE ARE BARRIERS THAT IMPACT
PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO SPEND
THEIR TIME, AND THIS IS
SOMETHING I THINK WE REALLY
TAKE FOR GRANTED I THINK AS
PROFESSIONAL MEETING GOERS
LIKE WE ARE.
IT IS DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO
OFTEN SPEND THE TIME NECESSARY
TO DO THIS SORT OF ENGAGEMENT,
AND SO PART OF THIS EFFORT IS
ABOUT REMOVING THE BARRIERS
THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DO
THE ENGAGEMENT.
>> JUST, IF I MIGHT, CHAIR.
THANK YOU BOTH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
I THINK THIS IS, UM, A FAIRLY
NEW PROCESS FOR US.
AS A CITY, WE'RE NOT USED TO
TRUSTING OUR COMMUNITY TO DO
THIS KIND OF WORK, AND I THINK
IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ALLOW
FOR THIS MUCH MORE ROBUST, UM,
RESEARCH AND DATA GATHERING
PROCESS, AND TO ALLOW FOR THE
CREATIVITY OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO KNOW, UM, WERE
DIFFERENT WAYS TO GATHER THE
KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WE
NEED IN ORDER TO TO BE GOOD
POLICY MAKERS.
YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY SPEAKS
TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION
THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK WHEN WE
WERE DISCUSSING THAT MEMO
ABOUT RACIAL EQUITY.
AND THE WAYS IN WHICH, AS A
MUNICIPALITY, WE NEED TO ALLOW
FOR, PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR, TO ENGAGE IN
PROCESSES THAT, UM, THAT
REDUCE BARRIERS AND ALLOW THEM
TO PARTICIPATE IN WAYS THAT
ARE MEANINGFUL AND SORT OF GET
OUT OF THE WAY OF OUR
COMMUNITY TELLING US THE WAY
THEY WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE
AND WANT THEIR TAX DOLLARS
SPENT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT SCALE HAN
THAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE.
AND WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY FOR
OUR NEIGHBORS TO HELP MAKE
DECISIONS AND GUIDE, UM, AFTER
THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS
AND IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS THEY
WANT TO SEE.
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS
PART OF THE REASON THAT THE
CITY GETS INVOLVED, AND WHEN I
SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR, THEY
HAVE A RELATIVELY SMALL
PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE ONE FTE WHO IS
SOMETHING WHO COORDINATES
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT
ALSO DOES COORDINATION ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS, AND IT'S CITY
STAFF WHO ONCE THE COMMUNITY
HAS IDENTIFIED THE KIND OF
THINGS THEY WANT TO SEE, IT'S
THE CITY STAFF WHO COME IN AND
HELP PUT SOME MEET ON THE
BONES, IF YOU WILL.
HELP IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, HOW MUCH
WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS
COST, WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES
THIS COULD HAVE FOR THE
COMMUNITY, SO THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
GIVE OVER ON AUTONOMY,
FRANKLY, TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND
LET THEM HAVE THE RESOURCES
THEY NEED.
I FEEL LIKE I TALK ABOUT THIS
ALL THE TIME, BUT WE NEED TO
DEMOCRATIZING, GIVING OUR
COMMUNITY THE RESOURCES THEY
NEED TO DO THE WORK THEY WANT
TO SEE AND THEN LISTEN, FOR US
TO LISTEN TO THE CHOICES
THEY'VE MADE AND GIVE SOME OF
THE POWER THEY NEED BACK TO
THEM.
SO I'M HOPING TO HAVE YOUR
SUPPORT, AND I'M EAGER FOR US
TO BEGIN THIS PROCESS.
>> OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
YOU DO HAVE SOME COSPONSORS ON
THIS.
I'LL SUMMARIZE SO WE CAN
RECORD THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERBOLD,
STRAUSS, AND PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ ARE OUR COSPONSORS ON
THE ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR WALKING THIS ON
AND MEETING THE DEADLINES.
WE ARE DONE.
I BELIEVE.
AM I RIGHT?
>> I'M DONE.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, EXCELLENT.
ALY, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FROM
YOUR PERSPECTIVE?
>> NO, I THINK WE'RE DONE.
>> ALL RIGHT!
SO COLLEAGUES, WE'VE REACHED
THE END OF THE AGENDA.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE
NOVEMBER 10th AT 9:30.
WE'LL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT
AGAIN.
SIGN UPSTARTS TWO HOURS
BEFOREHAND.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL
SUMMARIZE ALL THE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HEARD BOTH
FROM PUBLIC TESTIMONY, THE
DISCUSSIONS IN OPEN WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES HERE ABOUT THE
VARIOUS PROPOSALS.
WE'LL SYNTHESIZE THE
INFORMATION YOU HAVE.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
GETTING THE REVENUE FORECAST
INFORMATION, AND WE'LL BE
PRESENTING THAT IN THE, IN
FULL COUNCIL AS WELL, AND THAT
WILL HELP INFORM WHAT THE
COUNCIL IS ABLE TO PUT
TOGETHER AS THE DRAFT BUDGET
PACKAGE.
THEN YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER
CHANCE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
ABOUT POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO
THAT DRAFT PACKAGE THROUGH
FORM CS.
WE'LL RECONVENE TO HAVE THAT
FORM C CONVERSATION ON
NOVEMBER 12th.
I'M SORRY, FORM CS ARE DUE ON
NOVEMBER 12th AT 5:00 P.M.
SO PLEASE DO NOTE THAT FOR
YOUR INTERNAL DEADLINE.
NOVEMBER 12th AT 5:00 P.M.
THEN THE COMMITTEE WILL
RECONVENE AS A WHOLE ON
NOVEMBER 18th AT 9:30.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT WOULD
START AT 7:30 A.M.
IT'S BEEN A LONG THREE DAYS,
FOLKS.
BUT REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF
YOUR WORK.
WE'RE RELATIVELY ONLINE.
ABOUT 10 MINUTES OVER.
AND I KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE A
LOT OF GREAT PLAN, SAFE PLANS,
WEARING ALL YOUR MASKS AND
PRACTICING ALL THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING THIS WEEKEND AS YOU
ENGAGE AND HAL HALLOWEEN OR
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ACTIVITIES.
THANKS TO PADDY FOR MANAGING
EVERYTHING BEHIND THE SCREEN.
CENTRAL STAFF HAS BEEN
AMAZING, ALONG WITH THE
CLERK'S OFFICE, IT, AND
COMMUNICATIONS STAFF.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING
HERE, AND WE HOPE YOU HAVE A
GREAT WEEKEND.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.