>>> WE READY?
OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE JANUARY 24th, 2020 MEETING
OF THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL'S
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:02:00 P.M.
I'M TAMMY MORALES, CHAIR OF THE
COMMUNITIENING NO, MA'AMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
JOINING ME ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS
LEWIS, PEDERSEN, AND JUAREZ.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WELL
THERE IS NO PRIOR AGENDA.
WE WILL NOT ADOPT A PRIOR
AGENDA.
RIGHT?
OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ON.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR
FIRST COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
I WANT TO SET THIS COMMITTEE UP
AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT
WE'LL DO THIS YEAR.
ANSWER THE QUESTION, WHAT IS
COMMUNITY WEALTH, AND HOW DO WE
BUILD IT?
WORKING PREVIOUSLY AS I DID IN
THE SOUTH END AS A COMMUNITY
ORGANIZER, I KNOW THERE'S A
NEED TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES
MORE VIBRANT.
AND THAT MEANS DEVELOPING
ASSETS IN SUCH A WAY THAT
WEALTH STAYS IN OUR
COMMUNITIES.
IT'S ABOUT FOCUSING ON WEALTH
AND RESOURCES SO WE CREATE
RESILIENT LOCAL ECONOMIES.
WE WANT TO ENSURE YOUNG AND
OLD, ARTISTS, CARE GIVERS, AND
WORKING CLASS FAMILIES GET TO
SHARE IN THE CITY'S PROSPERITY
TOO.
SO STRATEGICALLY WHAT I THINK
THAT MEANS IS THAT WE HAVE TO
BE LASER FOCUSED ON STOPPING
DISPLACEMENT, FINDING A PATHWAY
FOR WORST DEVELOPMENT FOR
UNDEREMPLOYED FOLKS, INCLUDING
OUR YOUNG FOLKS, AND SUPPORTING
MONEY OWNERSHIP OF ASSETS.
SEVERAL ISSUES COME UP AS I
THINK ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS I'D
LIKE TO HAVE IN THIS COMMITTEE.
HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE JOBS IN OUR
LOCAL ECONOMY THAT EXIST IN
LOCALLY OWNED, INDEPENDENT
BUSINESSES?
HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE THE
DIVERSITY OF OUR BUSINESSES SO
THAT OUR ECONOMY IS SELF-
RELIANT AND RESILIENT AND IT'S
NOT JUST SERVICE JOBS THAT WE
HAVE HERE?
HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE SPREADING
AND REPLICATING LOCAL BUSINESS
MODELS THAT HAVE OUTSTANDING
LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PRACTICES?
AND HOW DO WE IDENTIFY TOOLS
THAT SUPPORT COMMUNITY
STEWARDSHIP OF LAND AND THAT
CAN REALLY STOP THE
DISPLACEMENT THAT'S OCCURRING
IN OUR CITY?
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF
QUESTIONS I HOPE TO TALK ABOUT
IN THIS COMMITTEE THROUGHOH OUT
THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND MOVE
US TOWARD THE KIND OF
STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT CAN
REALLY START TO BUILD COMMUNITY
WEALTH.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS, AND FROM
CENTRAL STAFF OVER THE YEAR AS
WE DIVE DEEP INTO HOW WE CAN
ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT?
NOPE.
OKAY.
VERY WELL.
IN THAT CASE, UM, I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK OUR FIRST PRESENTERS TO
COME UP FROM THE OFFICE OF ARTS
AND CULTURE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
JUST SO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
KNOW, FOR THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON WHAT I WANT TO DO IS
HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR
FOUR DEPARTMENTS ABOUT THEIR
2020 WORK PLANS.
AND THEN I'VE ASKED EACH
DIRECTOR OR THE APPROPRIATE
STAFF MEMBER TO JOIN US FOR A
20-MINUTE DISCUSSION AFTER
THAT.
SO WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THEIR
PRIORITIES.
IF HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
DEPARTMENTAL THINGS, THAT WILL
BE THE TIME TO ASK AND A BRIEF
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BROADER
COMMUNITY WEALTH-BUILDING
ISSUE.
SO WILL YOU READ ITEM ONE?
>> OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF
THE 2020 WORK PLAN.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> HELLO, RANDY.
IF WE COULD ASK EVERYONE TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BEFORE WE
GET STARTED.
>> WE BROUGHT A LARGE
CONTINGENT TODAY.
MY NAME IS RAND RANDY ENGSTROM.
>> ERIKA LINDSAY.
>> SPEAK RIGHT INTO THE MIKE.
>> CALANDRA CHILDERS, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR.
>> TINA LaPADULA.
>> MATTHEW RICHTER, CULTURAL
SPACE LIASON.
>> DIANA FALCHUCK.
>> AND ALEX ROSE, SHARED
POSITION WITH THE OFFICE OF
FILM AND MUSIC.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE
THE VERY FIRST PRESENTATION AT
THE VERY FIRST MEETING OF THE
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE.
AND I HAVE TO SAY AS WE
GATHERED AS STAFF TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO
PRESENT, WE REALLY APPRECIATED
THE FRAME OF COMMUNITY WEALTH
BUILDING.
WE ENVISION MOST OF OUR WORK
BEING TOWARD THAT END.
I THINK WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT
WITH THE STAFF WHO ACTUALLY DO
THAT WORKDAY TODAY.
AND ALSO, I THINK WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED TO HAVE A LOT OF OUR
PARTNER DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE
ROOM.
WE HAVE SHARED PROJECTS OR
SHARED STAFF WITH EVERY OTHER
GROUP ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND I THINK WE SHARE OUR VALUES
AROUND DIVERSIFYING WHO
BENEFITS FROM OUR ECONOMY AND
PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT.
I THINK THOSE ARE SHARED
PRIORITIES ACROSS ALL OF OUR
AGENCIES.
SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES IN
THE ROOM.
I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND ABOUT THE OFFICE AND
THEN ERIKA AND I WILL TAG TEAM
AND INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK
PLAN, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH
AREA BY AREA WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'LL STAY WITHIN OUR ALLOCATED
TIME.
HERE'S A PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE
MAYOR'S ARTS AWARDS CIRCA 2018.
A BUNCH OF LOVELY PEOPLE
WORKING HARD FOR YOU TO FOSTER
ARTS AND CULTURE AND VIEW THAT
AS A WAY TO ACCOMPLISH LARGE
CIVIC PRIORITIES.
WE WERE CHARTERED AS A
DEPARTMENT IN 1971.
ON THE PRECIPICE OF THE LARGEST
LAY OFF IN BOEING'S HISTORY
WHEN THEY WENT FROM 100,000
EMPLOYEES TO 40,00 . WHY WOULD
YOU COMMISSION AN ARTS
COMMISSION?
WE HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE HOPE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE
STILL HOLD AS A NORTH STAR.
WE THINK THAT CREATIVITY, ART,
SELF-EXPRESSION, AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING IS A POWERFUL WAY TO
PURSUE SOLUTIONS TO THE
CHALLENGES THAT FACE US IN A
MYRIAD OF AREAS WHETHER IT'S
YOUNG PEOPLE, AFFORDABILITY, OR
LIVING WAGES.
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE?
WE DO THAT WORK TODAY, I'LL SAY
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT OUR
STATEMENT THROUGH A VARIETY OF
PROGRAMS.
WE FOCUS ON CULTURAL
INVESTMENTS, THROUGH A VARIETY
OF STRATEGIES.
WE FOCUS ON INVESTING IN OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE HAVE AN ENTIRE PROGRAM
AROUND SPACE AFFORDABILITY.
WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
GROWING AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY
FOR OUR REN JOHN.
AND WE'RE FOCUSED AS A
DEPARTMENT ON RACIAL EQUITY AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE AS A THROUGH
LINE AND A STAND ALONE PROGRAM
IF OUR DEPARTMENT.
>> AS RANDY MENTIONED, WE HAVE
A PRETTY BIG COMMITMENT TO
RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED AT THE
OFFICE IN 2015, WE HAD REACHED
A TIPPING POINT I WOULD SAY
WHERE IT WAS NOT JUST A HANDFUL
OF PEOPLE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE
WORK BUT IT WAS REALLY THE
ENTIRE OFFICE LOOKING AT HOW
THE INITIATIVE REALLY WAS PART
OF THEIR EVERYDAY WORK.
IN THAT, DIANA AND CATHY SHAY
WORKED WITH OUR INTERN PEYTON,
AND SHE INTERVIEWED EVERYONE
ABOUT THEIR WORK AND WHAT WAS
IMPORTANT TO THEM.
WHAT DID RACIAL EQUITY MEAN TO
THEM?
FROM THOSE INTERVIEWS, WE HAVE
OUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL
EQUITY.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT
PEYTON PUT TOGETHER.
I AS A COMMUNICATION PERSON
SAID IT HAS TO BE NOT JUST FOR
OUR OFFICE AND NOT JUST OUR
STAFF.
WE WENT IN 2016 AND PUBLISHED
IT ON THE AMERICAN FOR THE ARTS
AND ALSO IN GRANTMAKERS IN THE
ARTS.
THAT ACTUALLY, I WOULD SAY,
SPURRED A NATIONAL, REGIONAL,
AND LOCAL CONVERSATION THAT
HADN'T BEEN THE WAY IT HAD IN
THE PAST.
EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT RACIAL
EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS
SOMETHING NICE TO HAVE, BUT NO
ONE REALLY KNEW WHAT IT MEANT
AND NO ONE KNEW HOW TO JUDGE
WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE DOING A
GOOD JOB.
WITH THIS STATEMENT WE PUT OUT,
WE WERE PUTTING OURSELVES ON
THAT STAGE.
WE WERE PUTTING OURSELVES OUT
THERE SAYING THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT TO US.
WE ARE MAKING A COMMITTEE.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST WORDS, BUT
IT'S ALSO THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE
PROGRAM.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
AND FOR US, I THINK THROUGHOUT
THIS PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE
IT IS DEEP-SEEDED IN EVERYTHING
WE DO.
BUT WE'RE ALSO AT THAT POINT
WHERE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
ARE, WHICH IS WHAT ARE THE
METRICS?
WHAT ARE THE MEASURES?
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PIECES
WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON
RIGHT NOW.
>> AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THE FOR
THE RACIAL EQUITY, THIS WAS
SORT OF CO-SIGNED AND SUPPORTED
BY THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION
THAT'S BEEN WITH OUR OFFICE FOR
ALMOST 50 YEARS SINCE WE WERE
CHARTERED IN 71.
THE SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION
ALSO SUPPORTS US.
SO THOSE TWO CITIZEN ADVISORY
GROUPS WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS OF
THE COMMUNITY ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT AND IN VETTING THIS
WORK THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING?
2020?
FOR SOME OF YOU, THIS IS
PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME YOU'LL
WALK THROUGH THE WORK WE DO.
WE WANT TO DO THIS THROUGH THE
LENS OF COMMUNITY WEALTH
BUILDING.
AT A HIGH LEVEL, YOU'RE GOING
TO HEAR ABOUT OUR CULTURAL
INVESTMENTS.
THAT IS THE MULTIPLE GRANT
FUNDING PROGRAMS WE RUN THAT
INVEST DIRECTLY IN COMMUNITY.
THAT IS THE 1% FOR ART PROGRAM
IN 1973 WE STARTED THE PUBLIC
ART PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY AND
HAVE INCREASINGLY TRIED TO
BRING AN EQUITY FOCUS AND
COMMUNITY CENTERED INVESTMENT
STRATEGY.
AND CULTURAL FACILITIES, WE ARE
PROUD TO BE THE STEWARDS OF TWO
OF OUR CULTURAL VENUES WHERE WE
PRIORITIZE AND CENTER THE WORKS
OF ARTISTS OF COLOR.
WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING
COMMITMENT TO YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOUTH ARTS ARE THE BOTTOM.
THAT INCLUDES ARTS CREATION AND
CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING,
WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TODAY.
ONE WAY WE INVEST IN
OPPORTUNITY IS INVESTING IN OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE.
ANOTHER AREA OF OUR FOCUS IS
AROUND CULTURAL SPACE
AFFORDABILITY.
WE ARE THE ONLY LOCAL ARTS
AGENCY THAT HAS A AFFORDABILITY
PROGRAM.
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE CAP
REPORT THAT IS AIMED TO CREATE
LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY IN THE
CITY.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OED AND
OFM ARE ON THE INDUSTRY'S LIST.
HOW DO WE GROW OUR CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES WHILE REDUCING
DISPARITIES IN OUR CREATIVE
ECONOMY?
IT IS ALSO CAPTURED IN THIS
HANDY DANDY REPORT THAT WILL BE
OUT IN A WEEK.
THE THROUGH-LINE OF EVERYTHING
WE DO IS AROUND SOCIAL EQUITY
AND RACIAL JUSTICE.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT TO
LIFE, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THAT WORK THAT DIANA
AND OTHERS IN THE OFFICE ARE
LEADING, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE
QUESTIONS.
THERE'S OUR ROAD MAP FOR THE
NEXT 15 MINUTES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL GET STARTED TALKING
ABOUT HOW WE'RE BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH THROUGH OUR
CULTURAL INVESTMENTS.
SO AS RANDY SAID, WE DO THAT
THROUGH OUR GRANT-MAKING
PROGRAMS, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC
ART PROGRAM, AND WE ALSO HAVE
TWO FACILITIES.
THE LANGSTON HUGHES AND AT KING
STREET.
WITH OUR PROGRAMS, WE HAVE BEEN
INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR
NEARLY 50 YEARSFUL WE'LL BE
CELEBRATING OUR 50th
ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR.
WE'VE INVESTED OVER $50 MILLION
INTO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS,
CULTURAL GROUPS, AND COMMUNITY
GROUPS THAT ARE DOING CREATIVE
WORK OUT IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE
PUBLIC.
YOU MAY KNOW THIS, BUT THE WAY
WE SELECT WHO RECEIVES THOSE
GRANTS IS THROUGH A PEER-PANEL
REVIEW PROCESS.
IT'S NOT ACTUALLY US AS STAFF
MEMBERS WHO MAKE THE
SELECTIONS.
WE FACILITATE AND CONVENE THE
COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT MAKE THE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S KNOWING THAT IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT WHO'S AT THE DECISION-
MAKING TABLE, WE HAVE FOCUSED
ON THAT THROUGH OUR RACIAL
EQUITY LENS AND ENSURING THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE DECISION-
MAKING ROLE WHERE IS ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO CAN MOST BENEFIT
FROM THESE FUNDS.
I'M PROUD THAT TO SAY IN 2019,
92% OH OF OUR PANELISTS WERE
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
THAT'S BEEN A PRETTY DRAMATIC
SHIFT OVER THE LAST DECADE IN
WHO IS ACTUALLY AT THE DECISION-
MAKING TABLE.
SPECIFIC TO BUILDING COMMUNITY
WEALTH, I THOUGHT THAT THE
CULTURAL FACILITIES FUND WOULD
PROBABLY BE VERY MUCH OF
INTEREST TO THIS GROUP.
AND SHOUT OUT TO MATT RICHTER.
IT LED TO A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN
HOW WE GO ABOUT THE FUNDING
PROGRAM.
NOW THIS FUND SPECIFICALLY
CREATES GREATER ACCESS TO THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN INEQUITABLY
EXCLUDED FROM MANAGING AND
RENTING PROPERTY.
WE FOCUS ON HOW WE ARE
DISTRIBUTING FUNDS INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
WE'VE MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN
EARL'S CUTS, CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB, THE JAMES AND JANE
WASHINGTON CULTURAL CENTER
AMONG MANY OTHERS.
WE ALSO BUILD COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT THROUGH OUR PUBLIC
ART PROGRAM BY ENGAGING WITH
THE FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN
THE COMMUNITIES AND WHICH NEW
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS ARE BEING
CREATED THROUGH CAPITAL
PROJECTS.
THERE ARE LOTS OF PROJECTS
GOING ON AT ANY ONE TIME.
I THOUGHT THE SUITE OF PROJECTS
WE HAVE GOING ON WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES IN BALLARD
WOULD BE OF PARTICULAR
INTEREST.
IT'S WITH THEIR NEW, IT'S THE
SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY
PROJECT.
AND SO THIS IS A MASSIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT THAT'S
HAPPENING IN THAT AREA.
IT'S BUILDING A HUGE NEW WATER
TANK UNDERGROUND.
WE HAVE A WHOLE ART PLAN THAT'S
DEVELOPING ART AVAILABLE
ABOVEGROUND FOR PEOPLE TO
EXPERIENCE.
THERE'S TEMPORARY PROJECTS AND
PERMANENT PROJECTS.
WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING AMONG
MANY OF THESE PROJECTS IS THAT
WE HAVE A WHOLE SUITE OF
INDIGENOUS ARTISTS THAT HAVE
BEEN ENGAGED.
RYAN IS DOING REAL HI
INTERESTING TEMPORARY PROJECTS
RIGHT NOW THAT ARE THESE RAIN
MEDALLIONS.
SO YOU CAN'T SEE THEM ON THE
SIDEWALK UNTIL IT RAINS.
YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN ABLE TO
SEE THEM QUITE A BIT THE LAST
WEEK.
THEY SHOW UP WHEN IT RAINS, AND
THEY'RE THESE BEAUTIFUL MEDAL
DALEIONS AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE WORKING WITH JEFFREY AT
THE BALLARD PUMP STATION, AND
DAVID FRANKLIN AMONG OTHERS.
WE HAVE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MAJOR
INSTALLATIONS UNVEILED EARLIER
AT THE DENNEY SUBSTATION IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT.
I THINK YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO
SELECT ART WORK FOR YOUR
OFFICES FROM OUR PORTABLE WORKS
COLLECTION.
IF YOU HAVEN'T, LET US KNOW,
AND WE'LL HELP GET THAT OVER TO
YOU.
THE LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING
ART INSTITUTE HAS BEEN A
CENTERPIECE OF THE COMMUNITY
FOR SIX DECADES.
WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO HELP
STEWARD WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
THAT SPACE RIGHT NOW AND ENSURE
THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE A PLACE
WHERE THE BLACK AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY CAN GATHER.
THAT IS A CONTINUING WORK
THERE.
ARTS AT KING STREET STATION IS
OUR NEWEST SPACE.
IT IS ENVISIONED AS A PLACE
WHERE WE CAN PRESENT WORK BY
AND FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
GROUP THAT SELECTS ALL OF THE
WORK THAT HAPPENS THERE.
IT'S A AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
ANYBODY CAN COME IN AND SAY I
WANT TO PRESENT MY WORK.
THAT'S REVIEWED BY THE
COMMUNITY GROUP AND WE'RE ABLE
TO FACILITATE THAT HAPPENING
THERE.
>> SO TINA WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT OUR YOUTH INVESTMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHAT BETTER WAY TO INVEST IN
OUR COMMUNITIES THAN IN THE
YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES?
UM, OUR COUTH ARTS TEAM IS
OVERSEEN BY KSHAMA SAWANT.
A A CITY WIDE COLLECTIVE IMPACT
INITIATIVE WAS STARTED ABOUT 8
YEARS AGO.
WE'RE IN THE 7th YEAR OF
IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT IS AN INITIATIVE WHERE WE
DID A SURVEY OF WHAT IS GOING
ON IN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS
IT RELATES TO ARTS EDUCATION.
WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT RACE,
FAMILY INCOME, AND HOME
LANGUAGE ARE THE GREATEST
PREDICTORS OF WHETHER OR NOT
YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR STUDENT
WILL BE ABLE TO ATTAIN AN ARTS
EDUCATION IN OUR SYSTEM.
AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
THE INITIATIVE REALLY WORKS
HAND IN HAND WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ENSURES
EVERY SCHOOL PATHWAY BY PATHWAY
GETS MONEY TO SUPPORT ARTS
PARTNERSHIPS AND HELPS COOLS
PLAN.
WE LOOK AT DATA SCHOOL TO
SCHOOL AND TALK ABOUT WHERE
THERE'S GAPS AND HOW WE CAN FIX
THOSE GAPS.
WE TALK ABOUT WHERE THERE'S
GAPS IN THE SYSTEM AND HOW WE
CAN ADDRESS THOSE.
IT'S BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL.
BY NEXT YEAR, WE WILL BE IN
EVERY SINGLE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL.
WE'VE BEEN ROLLING OUT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE MOST
NEED FIRST.
BUT EVERY SCHOOL WILL BE A
CREATIVE ADVANTAGE SCHOOL NEXT
YEAR.
WE ALSO FOCUS ON OUT OF SCHOOL
TIME WORK, WHICH IS CREATIVE
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT MY
FRIEND OVERSEES.
THAT'S THROUGH OUR YOUTH ARTS
GRANT FOR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME
FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS AND FOR SUMMER AND
OTHER THINGSFUL WE ALSO ADDRESS
THE WORK OF MY COLLEAGUE ALEX
ROSE, WHICH IS ABOUT CAREER
CONNECTED LEARNING.
GOING FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO
COLLEGE AND CREATIVE CAREERS IN
THE ARTS.
AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS
EVERY ASPECT OF AN AGE OF YOUNG
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME,
WE GOT A MASSIVE GRANT FROM THE
FOUNDATION TO ATTEND TO WHAT
STUDENTS WERE ASKING FOR MOST,
WHICH IS WAYS TO CELEBRATE AND
SHOWCASE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN
THE ARTS.
SO WE'RE SPEARHEADING THREE
REGIONAL ARTS FESTIVALS.
THE FIRST IS KICKING OFF
FEBRUARY 6th.
IT WILL BE AT CHIEF SOUTH HIGH
SCHOOL.
IT'S OPEN TO ALL SCHOOLS,
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH
SCHOOLS IN THAT PATHWAY WILL BE
PERFORMING AND EXHIBITING THEIR
WORK WITH A HUGE FREE FAMILY
MEAL WITH A NEW SPS CHEF WHO'S
MAKING AMAZING LATIN AMERICAN
FOOD AND EAST AFRICAN FOOD.
AND WE'RE HIRING INTERNING FROM
A SET OF HIGH SCHOOLERS TO RUN
ALL THE SHOWS AND WE'RE PAYING
THEM TO DO IT.
THAT WILL BE THE FIRST ONE.
THE SECOND ONE IS AT RAINIER
BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND THE THIRD
ONE IS AT FRANKLIN.
WE'RE EXCITED TO TALK TO YOUNG
PEOPLE AND WORK WITH YOUNG
PEOPLE, EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE
GAPS IN THEIR OWN EDUCATION AND
ASK CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT
HOW THEY CAN ASK FOR MORE AND
THAT'S BEEN WORKING.
THANK YOU.
>> I MENTIONED MATTHEW RICHTER,
HE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH
WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR 2020
IN THE LAND OF CULTURAL SPACE.
>> THANKS.
RANDY MENTIONED WE'RE THE FIRST
CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO
INVEST IN A BODY OF WORK AROUND
DISPLACEMENT AND INVEST IN A
STAFF POSITION.
AS SUCH, THERE'S NOT A ROAD MAP
MOVING TO WORK FORWARD.
WE'VE SOUGHT TO SOURCE THESE
IDEAS FROM COMMUNITY, FROM THE
FOLKS ON THE FRONT LINES FACING
THESE PRESSURES.
BEING THE COUNTRY'S FASTEST
GROWING LARGE CITY HAS CREATED.
THE FOLKS WHO ARE FEELING THE
DISPROPORTIONATE PUSH OF THOSE
PRESSURES, WE KNOW THEY PUSH ON
MORE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, ON
LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES,
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND ARTS
COMMUNITIES HARDER THAN THE
WORLD AT LARGE.
ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS TO
ROLL OUT WAS LAUNCHED AT THE
END OF 2014, BEGINNING OF 2015.
WE HAVE ROLLED OUT ABOUT A
DISTRICT PER YEAR.
THERE ARE FOUR DISTRICTS IN THE
FIVE YEARS THE PROGRAM HAS
EXISTED.
THAT IS THE CAPITAL HILL ARTS
DISTRICT.
THE HISTORICAL CENTRAL ARTS AND
CULTURAL DISTRICT.
THE UPTOWN ARTS AND CULTURAL
COALITION, AND IN PROCESS NOW
AND THEY HAVE BEEN PUBLIC ABOUT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DOWN IN
GEORGETOWN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
GEORGETOWN FOR ALMOST THE LAST
YEAR.
IT IS ABOUT A YEAR-LONG PROCESS
TO ESTABLISH A DISTRICT.
THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT TWICE AS
MANY NEIGHBORHOODS INTERESTED
IN THE PROGRAM AS HAVE BEEN
DESIGNATED MANY THE END.
IT'S NOT RIGHT FOR EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S INTENTIONAL THAT WE SLOW
WALK THE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH
THE PROCESS.
WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON VERY
SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF CULTURAL
RETENTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE CAPITAL HILL ARTS DISTRICT
IS ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL
DISPLACEMENT IN THE PIPELINE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE HISTORIC CENTRAL AREA
DISTRICT IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING
AND RECONNECTING BLACK CULTURAL
HERITAGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE UPTOWN IS ABOUT SUPPORTING
ART WORK FORCE HOUSING.
COLUMBIA HELLMAN IS THE
CONNECTIVE TISSUE BETWEEN THOSE
TWO NEIGHBORHOODS USING TOO
MANIES FROM THE CAP REPORT AND
ELSEWHERE.
AND THE GEORGETOWN DISTRIBUTE
ARE RICKET IS FOCUSING ON WHERE
THINGS GET MADE.
IT'S THE GENERATIVE ARTS
DISTRICT WHERE THE WORK
HAPPENS.
THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS WORK IS
INTERESTING AS WELL.
WE'VE WORKED WITH VIVIAN
PHILLIPS TO DEVELOP A NEW IDEA
THAT WE'RE CALLING THE CHAMBER
OF CULTURE.
THE CHAMBER OF CULTURE IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN CITY WIDE THE
LEADERSHIP OF ALL THE DISTRICTS
SIT AT A TABLE AND ESTABLISH A
PLATFORM OF PRIORITIES THAT
IMPACT CULTURALLY RICH,
CULTURALLY DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WHAT IS SHARED BETWEEN
THOSE AND WHAT CAN THEY
ADVOCATE FOR AND MOVE FORWARD
WHEN WE AGGREGATE THAT ENERGY
AT ONE TABLE?
THAT'S A WORK IF PROGRESS RIGHT
NOW.
THEY'LL BE PUBLISHING WORK
LATER THIS QUARTER.
THE CAP REPORT IN 2017, CAP IS
THE 30 IDEAS FOR THE CREATION,
ACTIVATION, AND PRESERVATION
FOR CULTURAL SPACE.
WE BROUGT TOGETHER OUR 30 BEST
IDEAS AND TO DATE HAVE MOVED 14
OF THOSE IDEAS FORWARD.
WITHOUT GOING INTO THE WEEDS
TOO FAR ON THIS, A COUPLE OF
THE FAVORITES.
WE CHANGED HOW WE DESIGNATE ART
GALLERIES IN THE LAND USE CODE.
THEY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED
ASSEMBLY SPACES, WHICH MADE IT
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO
PUT ONE INTO AN OLDER BUILDING.
WE NOW DESIGNATE THEM AS
MERCANTILE SPACES.
IT'S MORE ANALOGOUS TO PUTTING
A SHOE STORE INTO A RETAIL
SPACE THAN A DANCE CLUB INTO A
RETAIL SPACE.
WE CREATED AN ARTS PERMANENT
LIASION WE CO-FUNDED AT SDCI.
THAT PERSON STEWARDS AND
SHEPHERDS PROJECTS THAT ARE
CULTURAL SPACE RELATED THROUGH
THAT DIFFICULT TO MANAGE
PROCESS.
THE HEIGHTENED DENSITY BONUSES
WE'VE CREATED BOTH AS PARTS OF
REZONES AND AS PARTS OF NEW
INCENTIVE ZONING PROGRAM SEEK
TO INSENT VISE THE CREATION OF
AFFORDABLE CULTURAL SPACE IN
NEW PROJECTS.
TWO OF THE LARGER PROJECTS TO
COME OUT OF THAT REPORT ARE
LISTED THERE AS WELL.
THE FIRST IS THE BUILD ART
SPACE EQUITABLY COHORT.
IT IS A COHORT LEARNING PROJECT
WHERE THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR
RUNNING IT.
IT SEEKS TO CREATE MORE
EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEATTLE.
IT'S A COHORT THAT IS MADE UP
OF HALF FOLKS FROM THE CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, FROM THE
ARTS AND CULTURAL WORLD.
AND HALF FOLKS FROM THE
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
IT'S EXCLUSIVELY PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE
RUN THE PROGRAM, AND IT'S
MONTHLY SESSIONS THAT EXPLORE
IDEAS AROUND BUILDING CAPITAL
STACKS FOR PROJECTS AND STORY
TELLING AROUND PROJECTS.
AND DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AND
SITE ACQUISITION AND CREATING
THOSE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE
CULTURAL WORLD AND THE REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WOULD.
IT CULMINATES IN SQUARE FEET
SEATTLE WE RUN ANNUALLY.
THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN
NOVEMBER OF 2020.
THAT WAS IDEA NUMBER TWO WITH
CERTIFIED PEOPLE IN THE CAP
REPORT.
IDEA NUMBER 23, I BELIEVE, WAS
CREATE A MISSION-DRIVEN
INDEPENDENT CULTURAL REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ENTITY.
THAT IDEA WAS SO RICH AND RAN
SO DEEP WE COMMISSIONED A WHOLE
OTHER REPORT ABOUT IT CALLED
THE STRUCTURAL FOR STABILITY.
IT RECOMMENDED THAT VERY
REPORT.
>> THAT I'VE THUMBED THROUGH
REPEATEDLY.
>> YOU FOUND ALL THE TYPOS.
THE ORGANIZATION THAT IT
RECOMMENDS WE'RE CALLING THE
CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY, WHICH IS
AN INTENTIONAL NAME.
WHO'S NOT A NASA NERD?
BUT ALSO, THE ORGANIZATION
SEEKS TO TRANSFER POWER TO
COMMUNITY IN A WAY THAT CREATES
AGENCY OVER THEIR FUTURE IN
REAL ESTATE.
AGENCY OVER THEIR CONTROL OF
AND THEIR PRESENCE IN THE
CURRENT DEVELOPMENT WAVE.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT EQUITABLE
EQUITY IN THIS WORK, ABOUT
CREATING OWNERSHIP STAKES IN A
WAY THAT IN REAL PROPERTY IN A
WAY THAT CENTERS THE NEEDS OF
VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES.
THE CREATION OF THE SPACE
AGENCY IS NOW A MAJOR PRIORITY
CULTURAL SPACE AND INVOLVES
INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK WITH THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE
HOUSING OFFICE, AND OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
IT GETS ITS OWN PRESENTATION AT
SOME POINT, AND I WON'T GO TOO
DEEP HERE.
THERE'S INCREMENTAL PROGRESS
BEING MADE ON THAT IDEA EACH
WEEK.
THIS PROJECT YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN NOW IS A NEW PROJECT
CALLED TINY CULTURAL SPACES.
THERE'S A TYPE OF PROPERTY
CALLED SNIPPITS.
THEY ARE TYPICALLY UNBUILDABLEY
SMALLED AND WEIRDLY SHAPED
PIECES OF PROPERTY.
WE HAVE FUNDED SAWHORSE
REVOLUTION.
THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS,
ESTELITA'S LIBRARY, WE ARE
BUILDING THEM THIS TINY
STRUCTURE.
THIS IS ABOUT 350 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS GOING TO SIT ON A SNIPIT
OF PROPERTY FAS HAS DEDICATED
TO THE PURPOSE.
WE ARE LEASING IT TO THEM FOR
$1 A YEAR.
WE ARE GRANTING THEM THE
STRUCTURE.
THEY WILL OWN THE STRUCTURE.
THEY WILL HAVE SITE CONTROL OF
THE PROPERTY FOR FIVE YEARS.
IN THE THIRD YEAR, SHOULD THE
PROJECT BE GOING WELL, WE'LL
EXPLORE THE SEEDING OF THAT
PROPERTY TO THE ORGANIZATION
ITSELF.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WEALTH
BUILDING IN COMMUNITY, THIS IS
A SIGNIFICANT ASSET.
IT'S A DRAG ON CITY RESOURCES.
WE MOW IT.
WE PULL THE GARBAGE OFF IT AS
PEOPLE LEAVE IT THERE.
AS I SAY, IT'S UNBUILDABLE.
TO A SMALL NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION, IT IS A
TRAJECTORY CHANGING IMPACT AND
ASSET.
>> RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> MUCH OF OUR LAST YEAR WAS
SPENT IN DEEP PARTNERSHIP AND
COMMUNITY LISTENING AROUND THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY AND THE NEEDS
OF OUR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.
ALEX ROSE HAS BEEN SHARED STAFF
WITH OFM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
AND CONTINUES TO LEAD OUR WORK.
>> I HATE TO BE THAT PERSON,
BUT WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT
BEHIND, SO...
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> PROCEED.
>> JUST NOTE TO SAY I'M VERY
EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS
COLLABORATIVE WORK AROUND THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY.
RANDY MENTIONED THE REPORT THAT
WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK,
WHICH WILL HAVE A LOT OF THE
DETAILS THAT I COULD GO INTO.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY WE HAVE
PRIORITIZED CENTERING THE
COMMUNITY VOICE IN HELPING US
TO ESTABLISH OUR WORK PLAN AND
ESTABLISH OUR ROAD MAP.
AND PARTICULARLY, CENTERING
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN OUR
OUTREACH.
WE SPOKE WITH NEARLY A THOUSAND
PEOPLE THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS,
INTERVIEWS, SURVEYS, AND MIXER
EVENTS, NETWORKING EVENTS LAST
YEAR TO REALLY SURFACE SOME OF
THE COMMON THEMES AROUND HOW
THE CITY CAN BETTER SUPPORT AN
EQUITABLE, CREATIVE ECONOMY.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT
TO TOUCH ON RELATED TO BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH HAVE TO DO
WITH BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL.
I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT
THE OTHER KINDS OF CAPITAL
BESIDES DOLLARS.
SO SOCIAL CAPITAL IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO US AS IT RELATES
TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO MENTORSHIP AND THINGS LIKE
THAT, AS WELL AS GETTING FOLKS
WITHIN THE CREATIVE ECONOMY
NETWORKED WITH EACH OTHER.
SO FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
WORK, FINDING WORK BY MEETING
OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF MAYBE
THE CIRCLES THAT THEY RUN WITH
ALREADY.
WE ALSO ARE COMMITTED TO
ALIGNING AND MAXIMIZING OUR
RESOURCES.
RANDY MENTIONED THE SEATTLE
ARTS COMMISSION AND THE SEATTLE
MUSIC COMMISSION AS TWO
ADVISORY BODIES WE WORK WITH.
AGAIN, SOCIAL CAPITAL.
WE WANT TO LEVERAGE THE
KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE,
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, AS A WAY
TO ADVANCE THIS WORK AND
CONTINUE THE COLLABORATION.
>> AND FINALLY, DIANA WILL TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR RACIAL
EQUITY WORK IN BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A
SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT'S PART OF
OUR CREATIVE STRATEGIES
INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ARTS AND
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS.
THAT'S NOW MANY YEARS GOING IN
THIS PARTICULAR ITERATION IS
ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD.
IT'S CALLED THE SHAPE OF TRUST
AND BRINGS IN SDHR AS AN
ADDITIONAL PARTNER ON THE
PROJECT.
IT LOOKS AT HOW WE CAN BUILD AN
INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE AT THE
CITY THAT'S ROOTED IN
RELATIONSHIPS AND HAS AN
AWARENESS OF HOW TO NAVIGATE
POWER DYNAMICS BASED ON
OPPRESSION AND HIERARCHY AND
HOW THAT INTERNAL CULTURE AND
THE PRACTICES RELATED TO IT
AFFECT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY AND THE KIND OF
DECISION MAKING WE DO WHEN IT
COMES TO BUILDING POLICIES AND
PROGRAMS AND ENGAGING
COMMUNITY.
I'M SPEEDING UP A LITTLE BIT
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.
BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
WHAT WE LEARN FROM THIS PROJECT
RELATED TO COMMUNITY WEALTH
BUILDING AND BUILDING RESILIENT
LOCAL ECONOMIES IS HOW WE DO
OUR WORK TOGETHER IS WHAT WE DO
WITH COMMUNITY.
IT GETS MODELED OUT IN HOW WE
RELATE TO COMMUNITY.
BUILDING A CULTURE ROOTED IN
RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST
INTERNALLY IS THE WAY WE BEHAVE
AND THE WAY WE PERCEIVE
COMMUNITY.
SO WE GET TO START HERE.
THIS WORK COMES OUT OF MANY
YEARS OF ORGANIZING FOR WORK
FORCE EQUITY AND IS IN DEEP
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEAM.
AND BY ORGANIZING BY PEOPLE OF
COLOR, PARTICULARLY WOMEN OF
COLOR AND TRANS-GENDER FOLKS,
FOLKS EXPERIENCING HETEROSEXISM
AND ABLEISM AS WELL WHO HAVE
ORGANIZED FOR CHANGES TO OUR
CULTURE AND PRACTICES.
PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT WAS
WORKING TO DEVELOP AND PERFORM
THREE TIMES LAST JUNE, A
PERFORMANCE BASED ON REAL
STORIES FROM OUR WORK FORCE
THAT TOLD THE STORIES OF
OPPRESSION AND RESILIENCE.
WE HAVE A VIDEO OF THAT AND
WE'RE USING IT AS ONE PART OF
AN IMMERSIVE COHORT THAT WILL
LAUNCH IN MARCH AND RUN THROUGH
JUNE FOR SUPERVISORS, MANAGERS,
AND PEOPLE WHO ADVISE ON HR
MATTERS SO WE CAN SHIFT CULTURE
IN THE CITY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SEVERAL
NATIONAL PARTNERS ON AN
ASSESSMENT AND WE'LL BE PUTTING
OUT A REPORT ON THAT AND
PUBLISHING THE VIDEO ALONG WITH
A CURRICULUM GUIDE SO OTHER
INSTITUTIONS LIKE US CAN HAVE
ACCESS TO THOSE SAME RESOURCES.
THANKS.
>> THAT SOUNDS AMAZING.
I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN
HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT AS YOU
LEARN MORE.
I THINK WITH WHAT 11-13,000
CITY EMPLOYEES, IT'S IMPORTANT
WE MAKE SURE OUR WORK FORCE
UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT A
RACIAL JUSTICE LENS IS SO THEY
CAN GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY
AND DO THAT WORK ON OUR BEHALF
IN A JUST WAY.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE PREPARED.
I KNOW WE RAN A LITTLE LONG.
WE'RE FIGURING OUT THE CONTOURS
OF THE NEW COMMITTEE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THAT'S
FINE.
IF YOU'D RATHER...
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIR.
DIRECTOR ENGSTROM, THANK YOU
FOR COMING DOWN HERE.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
I JUST WANT TO STATE BROADLY
THE GREAT APPRECIATION I HAVE
FOR YOUR OFFICE.
I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF
ATTENDING FIRST THURSDAY THIS
MONTH ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 9th
TO SEE THE LAST NIGHT OF THAT
GALLERY THAT WAS IN PLACE,
WHICH WAS A VERY POWERFUL
EXPERIENCE.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION
DURING THAT TIME AS WELL.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO MAKE IT TO
FIRST THURSDAY AND FOR MY
FELLOW MEMBERS ON THE
COMMITTEE, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO
THAT NEW SPACE AT KING STREET
STATION AND EXPERIENCE A FIRST
THURSDAY GALLERY THERE, IT WAS
A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO GO DOWN
THERE.
HAD THE PRIVILEGE IN MARCHING
WITH MY FRIEND WHO'S THE YOUTH
ARTS MANAGER IN OUR DEPARTMENT,
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU
DO AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS
COMMITTEE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> ANYONE ELSE?
WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
MORE CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
>> I'LL BE BACK WHENEVER YOU'RE
READY TO BRING US ALL BACK UP.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> I THINK THERE'S OTHER
PRESENTERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
SECOND ITEM.
WILL YOU READ THE NEXT ITEM
INTO THE RECORD?
>> DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, EDI,
OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF THE
2020 WORK PLAN.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WHO DO WE HAVE?
>> UBA WILL BE BACK IN A MINUTE
.
>> UBAX WILL BE BACK IN A
MINUTE?
ARE YOU ALL READY?
DO YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR UBAX?
>> A MINUTE, SHE'LL BE BACK IN
JUST A SECOND.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO START.
>> WE CAN START.
>> GO AHEAD.
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, PLEASE.
>> SAMUEL ASSEFA, DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
>> MICHAEL.
>> IS THE GREEN LIGHT ON,
MICHAEL?
>> YES.
>> ARE YOU SURE?
>> YES.
>> YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET A
LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC.
>> UNNATURALLY CLOSE.
>> AND WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY?
>> UBAX GARDHEERE.
>> OKAY.
>> GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US HERE FOR THIS
PRESENTATION AND A VERY
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
AND FOR THE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS,
WELCOME.
AGAIN, I'M SAMUEL ASSEFA,
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH
QUICKLY INITIALLY ABOUT WHAT
OPCD IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
NEW COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE
STRUCTURE AND THEN FOCUS ON OUR
KEY WORK PRIORITIES FOR 2020,
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
AND THEN THE LINK BETWEEN THAT
AND COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDINGS
WHICH IS THE TOPIC OF TODAY'S
DISCUSSION.
>> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT FROM
THE BEGINNING.
IF I COULD ASK YOU TO BREEZE
THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART AND SAVE US A LITTLE
TIME.
>> I'LL ACTUALLY JUMP TO THE
NEXT ONE.
OPCD IS STRUCTURED.
IT'S A NEW DEPARTMENT ABOUT
FOUR YEARS CURRENTY.
SO IT'S STRUCTURED AROUND
ADMINISTRATION.
AS YOU SEE, THE ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART HAS FIVE DIVISIONS.
OUT OF THE FIVE, THE FIRST TWO
YOU SEE ON THE LEFT ARE SORT OF
THE KEY FUNCTIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
PRIMARILY AROUND LONG-RANGE
PLANNING, COMMUNITY PLANNING,
URBAN DESIGN, ZONING, LAND USE
POLICIES, WHICH WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT,
AROUND COMMUNITY WEALTH
BUILDING.
AND A NEW DIVISION THAT WAS
CREATED AS PART OF THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE IS AN EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, WHICH THE
TEAM IS LED BY UBAX AND WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND DESIGN
COMMISSION THAT IS HOUSED IN
OPCD.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO IT'S DIVIDED INTO THREE
SECTIONS.
THE PLANNING SECTION IS THE
PRIMARY FUNCTION.
THE BUDGET THAT YOU SEE ON THE
SLIDE ALSO INCLUDES THIS YEAR
ONE TIME $50 MILLION FROM THE
MERCER MEGA-BLOCK THAT THE
MAYOR PUT IN HER BUDGET TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE TOPICAL
ISSUES WE'LL BE DISCUSSING
TODAY.
NEXT.
2020 WORK PLAN.
THIS IS, I'M NOT GOING TO GO
THROUGH THIS, THE LIST.
BUT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A
FEW OF THEM THAT ARE RELEVANT
TO OUR CONVERSATION AS WELL.
NEXT.
THIS YEAR WE'LL BE INITIATING
THE NEXT UPDATES TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
EVERY 5-8 YEARS WE ARE REQUIRED
TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
SO ANY POLICY ISSUES AROUND
RACE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY
ISSUES ARE DISCUSSED AS PART OF
THIS.
AND WE'LL LOOK TO WHAT POLICIES
WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE AT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LEVELS.
THAT DISCUSSION WILL TAKE PLACE
FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS
ACTUALLY.
THE MAYOR HAS INITIATED THE
INDUSTRIAL LAND DISCUSSION THIS
YEAR.
SO THAT IS A ROBUST PROCESS
THAT HAS BEEN INITIATED, AND
HER PRIMARY DIRECTIVE IN TERMS
OF THE PRINCIPLES WE NEED TO
ADDRESS AS WE LOOK AT THE
ENTIRETY OF OUR INDUSTRIALLY
ZONED LAND AND MARITIME IS TO
HAVE MIDDLE-WAGE, FAMILY-WAGE
JOBS AS THE PRIMARY FOCUS IN
ADVANCING THAT.
SO IF AND WHEN LAND USE
POLICIES COME INTO PLACE, IT
HAS TO BE THROUGH THAT FILTER.
HOW DO WE MAINTAIN EXISTING
WORK FORCE WE HAVE TODAY.
500,000 PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN
OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS.
THAT'S ALMOST 20% OF OUR JOBS.
BUT NOT ONLY MAINTAIN THAT, BUT
HOW DO WE PREPARE THE CITY FOR
THE CHANGE THAT IS COMING, THAT
IS HERE TODAY IN TERMS OF THE
ECONOMY?
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND WHAT THE FUTURE IS IN 5
YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS.
AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FROM
THE LEVERS WE HAVE, INCLUDING
POTENTIALLY THROUGH LAND USE,
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TARGET OUR
RESOURCES AND LEVERS OH TO
ADDRESS THE FUTURE OF
EMPLOYMENT FOCUSING ON THOSE
MIDDLE-WAGE AND FAMILY-WAGE
JOBS?
NEXT.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES, WE'LL TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
NEXT.
SO THIS EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE WAS INITIATED
BECAUSE OF THE LAST
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE IN
2016.
EQUITY, RACIAL JUSTICE, AND
LOOKING AT OUR CITY POLICIES
AROUND LAND AND HOW WE USE OUR
LAND THROUGH THAT LENS LED TO
THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE HAVE
AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW
AROUND RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
ISSUES FROM A LAND-USE
PERSPECTIVE?
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
IDENTIFIED THAT AS AN IMPORTANT
TOOL AND ISSUE THAT THEN LED US
TO PREPARE AN EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT PLAN INITIATIVE AND
FINANCIAL STRATEGY BRINGING
THAT 50,000 LEVEL POLICY THAT
WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN
DOWN TO THE GROUND AND ACTUALLY
START IMPLEMENTING IT.
NEXT.
SO, AND THAT WHOLE ANALYSIS WAS
GROUNDED ON THE HISTORY OF
DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE 40,
50, 60 YEARS AGO AROUND LAND
USE.
THE MAP YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN
IS A RED LINING MAP FOR
SEATTLE.
THIS IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM MANY
CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY,
METROPOLITAN AREAS.
THESE ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE
'20s, '30s, AND '40s NOT ONLY
BY PRIVATE ENTITIES AND BANKS
BUT ACTUALLY SUPPORTED BY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES AS
WELL AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT
POLICIES.
THE REASON I'M POINTING THAT
OUT IS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY AND
SPECIFIC TO COMMUNITY WEALTH IS
DIRECTLY LINKED FOR THE MOST
PART TO THAT.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE
GET TO THE ROUND TABLE.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT
FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE AND
FROM WHERE WE SIT.
AND THAT HELP INFORM OUR
POLICIES WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS.
NEXT.
AND ON THAT BASIS IN 2016, WE
ACTUALLY DID SORT OF
QUANTIFIABLE ANALYSIS OF WHERE
WE ARE TODAY IN TERMS OF ISSUES
OF DISPLACEMENT RISK AS WELL AS
LACK OF ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SEATTLE.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, SO THIS IS
KIND OF A HIT MAP.
THE MAP ON THE LEFT, THE
REDDISH COLORS OR YELLOW POINT
AREAS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT
DISPLACEMENT RISK IN THE CITY.
ON THE RIGHT, THE MAP SHOWS
WHERE LACK OF ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION, JOB
ACCESS, TRANSIT, AND THE
DARKER/BROWNER COLOR ACTUALLY
IMPLIES THERE'S LACK OF ACCESS
IN THOSE AREAS.
INCIDENTALLY BUT NOT
SURPRISINGLY, THESE MAPS MATCH
THE MAPS FROM THE '20s AND '30s
IN TERMS OF RED LINING.
THERE'S A LINK, AND THOSE ARE
THE BACKBONE THAT WE'RE DEALING
WITH TODAY AND THE ISSUES THAT
WE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SURE.
I THINK WE SHOULD POINT OUT
THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP
THAT YOU SHOWED US BEFORE, THE
FIRST ONE.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT WAS BEFORE THE NORTH
END WASSEN ANNEXED.
> THAT'S TRUE.
>> IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THE
LOW OPPORTUNITY, HIGH
DISPLACEMENT.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE WHOLE
NORTH END.
>> NO, IT DOESN'T.
>> BUT THIS MAP DOES.
>> AND THE ANAL SECURITY
ANALYSIS.
>> WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S
CLEAR FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC.
>> THE PROGRAM CAME OUT OF A
PLAN THAT WAS PRODUCED RIGHT AT
THE END OF THE LAST CONFERENCE
UPON UPDATES TO IDENTIFY KEY
PRIORITIES, HOW WE BECOME
INTENTIONAL IN ADDRESSING AND
MITIGATING DISPLACEMENT BUT
ALSO CREATING WEALTH IN AREAS
THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED THE
MOST.
AND HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THE
GROWTH THAT THE REGION IS
EXPERIENCING SO THAT IT IS
INCLUSIVE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND OTHERS WHO ARE LEFT BEHIND.
NEXT.
NOW, I'LL SORT OF, THIS HAS
BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR ALMOST
THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
THREE YEARS AGO WITHIN OPCD, IT
IS A MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT.
WE PUT TOGETHER A TEAM FROM
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ARTS, OFFICE OF HOUSING, WHO AM
I MISSING?
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD
AND CIVIL RIGHTS AS PART OF THE
TEAM THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING
THIS NEW INITIATIVE OVER THE
LAST THREE YEARS, AND WE'LL
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RESULTS
AND OUTCOMES AND WHAT THE WORK
PROGRAM IS MOVING FORWARD.
WITH THAT, I'LL ASK UBAX TO
WALK US THROUGH THE NUTS AND
BOLTS OF THIS PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE TO GET REAL CLOSE.
>> THANK YOU, SAM.
THE SIX EQUITY DRIVERS ARE
DESIGNED TO BE DEPLOYED
TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MAKE THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES.
OPCD BEING THE KIND OF LEADING
COLLABORATIVE PLANNING WITH ALL
THESE DEPARTMENTS PLUS THE
COMMUNITY.
MITIGATING DISPLACEMENT AND
INCREASING ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY, IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO BUILD THE LOCAL
CULTURAL ASSETS OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES.
IT WAS BORN OUT OF A STRONG
INSIDE, OUTSIDE STRATEGY AND
HAVING A VERY STRONG ORGANIZED
VOICE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT
WERE IMPACTED BY DISPLACEMENT
AND GROWTH.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT,
PEOPLE GO INTO THE
TRANSACTIONAL FUNDING PIECE,
BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
THE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND
THE COORDINATION BUT ALSO
MONETARY PROGRAM THAT IS
DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC WITH
THE INFORMATION ON HOW SEATTLE
IS DOING IN ACHIEVING THE
OUTCOMES, PLUS PROVIDING
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE
DATA THEY NEED TO ORGANIZE AND
MOVE THEIR PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS FORWARD.
AND THEN RECENTLY, ALSO USING
THAT DATA TO PROVIDE
INFORMATION FOR BOTH THE CITY
AND USING IT FOR THE EQUITY
TOOL KIT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS.
QUICK.
AND IT'S JUST TWO TYPES OF
INDICATORS.
AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY INDICATORS
SHOWING US IF WE'RE REALLY
MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD REDUCING
RACIAL DISPARITIES AND LOOKING
AT WHERE DISPLACEMENT IS
HAPPENING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
DEPLOY THOSE RESOURCES THAT
HAVE HIGH DISPLACEMENT RISK.
WE'RE DOING THIS IN TWO PHASES
BEING LED BY OUR DEMOGRAPHER
DIANA.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
FINALIZING PHASE ONE REPORT,
HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF MARCH.
STUDYING THE PHASE TWO REPORT,
WE HOPE WE HAVE SOMETHING IN
THE END OF JUNE, JULY.
QUICKLY.
>> AND THOSE, SORRY.
BUT THE INDICATORS FOR PHASE
ONE AND TWO, WILL THEY BE
AVAILABLE IN THE REPORT?
>> YES.
AND THEN WE CAN ALSO OPEN TO
EXPERTS WORKING ON THAT COMING
AND PRESENTING TO THIS
COMMITTEE ONCE IT'S READY.
OH, YEAH.
SO AND THEN THE FUND ITSELF,
WHICH IS TARGETING PLACE-BASED
COMMUNITY STRATEGIES STARTED
WITH THE FIRST INITIAL $16
MILLION.
THE SALE FINALIZED LAST MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ANNUAL $4
30,000 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
GRANT.
WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH
OUR PARTNERS AT THE DEPARTMENT
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THEY DID ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING,
THE WORK, AND THEY'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN THE $5 MILLION A YEAR
THAT STARTED LAST YEAR FROM THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
AND THEN THIS ONE-TIME $15
MILLION FOR THIS YEAR WE'RE
WORKING TOGETHER ON PUTTING
TOGETHER THE STRUCTURE OF HOW
WE DEPLOY IT.
THE MAPS, ONE FROM 1930s AND
ONE FROM FOUR YEARS AGO, WHICH
HASN'T CHANGED MUCH.
THE KEY PRINCIPLE OF THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT FUND IS
ADDRESSING HISTORIC AND MARKET
INEQUITIES THROUGH INVESTING IN
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROJECTS FROM
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN IMPACTED THE MOST.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES WE FOUND WHERE WE DO
COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
FOR GROUPS VISIONING PROJECTS
AND SUPPORTING THEM.
AND JUST USING THE EDI FUND AS
A CATALYST TO MOVE COMMUNITY
VISION FOR BRICK AND MORTAR
PROJECTS.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT THAT
INCLUDES ANYTHING FROM PRE-
DEVELOPMENT ALL THE WAY TO SITE
CONTROL.
BUT COPYING OUR INVESTMENT AT
$1 MILLION.
WE ARE REALIZING THE LAST TWO
AND A HALF YEARS AND CAPPING IT
AT $1 MILLION DOES NOT EVEN
BUY YOU A HOUSE IN SOME AREAS
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
THAT HAS ALSO BEEN A BARRIER
AND CHALLENGE FOR SOME OF THE
PROJECTS TO MOVE FORWARD IN
SITE CONTROL LEADS.
THE PROJECTS THAT RIGHT NOW WE
ARE SUPPORTING AS A TEAM, THE
INITIAL FIVE PROJECTS THAT WERE
THE CATALYST OF THE EDI FUND,
WE DID A PROCESS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES IN 2018,
AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING 10
PROJECTS INTO THE PIPELINE THAT
HAS MIXED, DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
WE HAD CHILD CARE PROJECTS TO
MIXED-USE PROJECTS, TO PROJECTS
THAT WERE JUST TRYING RIGHT NOW
AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE BEING
WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT IN THE IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES.
HOW CAN THE EDI FUND HELP US
WITH THAT?
IN 2019, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING
ANOTHER 12 PROJECTS INTO THE
PIPELINE.
WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT $21
MILLION.
>> SORRY, UBAX.
>> $21 MILLION DEPLOYED SO
FAR.
>> YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU.
SO THE THEME OF THE EDI
PROJECTS, IS IT TO, IS IT
ADDRESSING SOMETHING AFTER IT'S
HAPPENING?
OR PREVENTING OR PROHIBITING
DISPLACEMENT GENERALLY?
>> SO THE FOUNDATIONAL ASPECT
OF THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY IT'S
COMMUNITY INITIATED.
AND THERE'S SOME CRITERIAS
DEVELOPED.
FROM CAPACITY BUILDING TO
ACTUAL PROJECTS THAT ARE
PROPOSED BY COMMUNITY GROUPS
THAT COME FROM THOSE GEOGRAPHIC
AREAS, THE MAP THAT I SHOWED
THAT HAS A RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT.
AND THEY RANGE IN, YOU KNOW,
FROM BUILDING A COMMUNITY
CENTER, CHILDCARE, TO A GOOD
AMOUNT OF CAPACITY BUILDING TO
GET THEM READY TO BE ABLE TO
ACTUALLY DEVELOP OR OWN THEIR
OWN OH PROPERTIES.
WHATEVER THAT PROGRAM THEY
PROPOSE MIGHT BE.
THEY'RE ALMOST ALWAYS INITIATED
BY THE COMMUNITY.
>> IT'S MIXED, BUILDING
COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR SELF-
DETERMINATION.
THE ACTION COALITION IS A GROUP
IN RAINIER BEACH THAT
PARTICIPATED, FOR EXAMPLE, ON
THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
AND THEY HAD SOME GOALS AND
OUTCOMES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
PLAN WHERE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE
UTILIZING THE EDI FUND TO
ACTUALIZE THOSE PROGRAMS AROUND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR
EXAMPLE.
THESE PROJECTS I CALL HUNGRY
BECAUSE WE GO TO LET'S JUST
INVEST IN A BUILDING, THIS IS
THE EFFICIENT WAY TO GO, BUT
WHAT ABOUT GROUPS LIKE LAKE
CITY THAT'S JUST HUNGRY TO
START VISIONING A PROJECT THAT
BENEFITS THEIR COMMUNITY?
IT'S THAT SPECTRUM FROM, YOU
KNOW, BUILD CAPACITY FOR SELF-
DETERMINATION TO GROUPS THAT
ARE JUST ACTUALLY STARTING
CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW?
AND COMING IN FOR THE NON-
RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THAT AND
LEVERAGING OTHER DEPARTMENTS
LIKE OFFICE OF HOUSING, DOING
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LIKE
FOR EXAMPLE THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU GUYS.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST SOLD
THAT PROPERTY AND THEN HOW
THERE WAS ALL THESE PROJECTS
THAT CAME UP IN 18 AND 19 AND
HOW YOU WENT THROUGH THE SIX
EQUITY DRIVERS.
RIGHT.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, I WAS IN
COMMUNITY TWO NIGHTS AGO UP IN
THE NORTH END.
THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT THIS
FUND AGAIN.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
PRIORITIES.
A LOT OF COMMUNITIES DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE
EQUITY DRIVERS HERE.
BUT HOW THEY WERE WEIGHTED, CAN
YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHEN PEOPLE WERE APPLYING FOR
THIS MONEY?
SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T GET IT AND
THEY WERE NOT HAPPY.
WE SAID COME BACK FOR THAT
SECOND ROUND.
AND HOW EACH OF THESE
CATEGORIES WERE WEIGHTED FOR
THAT COMMUNITY PROJECT.
IT CAN JUST BE BRIEF.
>> SURE.
>> GO FOR IT.
>> SURE.
SO THE COMMUNITY DRIVERS ARE
ARE ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF
THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT WE
USE FOR DETERMINING THE
FUNDING.
PART OF THAT IS REALLY TO HELP
PROJECTS THINK ABOUT THE
MULTIPLE AVENUES IN WHICH
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS
AND TO AVOID GETTING STUCK IN A
SINGLE LANE OF KIND OF
FUNCTION.
SO YES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
IMPORTANT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
HOW DOES IT CONTRIBUTE TO
COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING?
REQUIRING THE MULTIPLE EQUITY
DRIVERS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE
TRY TO GET PROJECT PROPOSALS TO
REALLY LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY
THEY'RE SERVING AND THE
DIFFERENT NEEDS THERE AND SAY
HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY AS A COMPREHENSIVE
PEOPLE AND NOT JUST AS THE
FUNCTIONAL LANE THAT YOUR
ORGANIZATION IS USED TO WORKING
IN?
>> I THINK BY PUTTING THESE
ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE
PACES, THAT MADE THEM BETTER
ORGANIZATIONS.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL BYPRODUCT.
THE ONES WHO DIDN'T GET MONEY
UNDERSTOOD WHERE THEY WERE
VULNERABLE AND WHERE THEY HAD
TO BEEF UP.
CORRECT?
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
PART OF THE PROCESS IN THE
STRUCTURE IS TO ENGAGE THOSE
COMMUNITIES BEFORE THEY SUBMIT
THE RFP.
A LOT OF STUFF GOES OUT AND
WORKS WITH COMMUNITIES TO GET
THEM READY TO APPLY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, POST
APPLICATION AND AWARD WE GO
BACK TO THEM AND ACTUALLY WALK
THEM THROUGH WHAT WORKED, WHAT
DIDN'T WORK.
AND THAT IS PART OF THE, THE
BIG PART OF THE WORK IS REALLY
BUILDING THAT CAPACITY THROUGH
THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE WENT
THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
>> YEAH.
I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING
AROUND THE CRITERIA AND MAKING
SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MEET
AT LEAST THREE OF THE EQUITY
DRIVERS.
WE GOT ABOUT 37 APPLICATIONS IN
2018.
35 IN 2019.
AND WE HAD AROUND $5.5 MILLION.
THE DIRECTION THAT WE GAVE THE
REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS GIVE US A
BALANCE OF SHOVEL READY AND
SHOVEL HANDY PROJECTS.
GIVE US A BALANCE OF PROJECT
TYPES.
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A BALANCE
OF GEOGRAPHICAL, SO YOU DON'T
GIVE US A BUNCH OF PROJECTS IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, RIGHT?
SOMETIMES THESE PROJECTS HAVE
REALLY GOOD PROPOSALS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT JUST RECOGNIZING WE ALSO
HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES TO MOVE.
AND JUST CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THESE GROUPS AROUND REAL ESTATE
TRAINING PROGRAMS OR, YOU KNOW,
AND JUST GIVING THEM FEEDBACK
AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST
RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GET
FUNDED.
>> WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES
LEFT, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO
THE WORK PLAN YET.
HA, HA, HA.
>> SURE.
SO WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING A FEW OF
OUR PARTNERS' PROJECTS JUST AS
A WAY TO START HELPING FRAME
WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS.
BECAUSE REFRAMING THINGS AND
THINKING ABOUT THEM FROM
COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS ARE TRYING TO DO
HELPS CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK
ABOUT WHAT A PROJECT IS
SUPPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING
ONE OF OUR RECENT PROJECTS THAT
JUST CAME IN LAST YEAR.
IT WAS THE DUWAMISH LONG HOUSE.
HOW WE AND THEY IN THEIR
APPLICATION TALKED ABOUT
COMMUNITY WEALTH NOT JUST BEING
DOLLARS AND CENTS BUT A
CONVERSATION ABOUT HISTORY AND
CULTURE AND THE CULTURAL ASSETS
AND HOW WE'RE TRY TOGETHER DO
THAT.
THEY'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, THE DISPLACEMENT FOR
THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
GOES BACK WELL BEFORE RED
LINING.
IT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO THE HISTORY
OF THE SEATTLE.
SO YOU KNOW, HOW WE THINK ABOUT
WHAT ASSETS MEAN AS A COMMUNITY
IS A VERY DIFFERENT
CONVERSATION THAN JUST SOLELY
TALKING ABOUT THE RACIAL WEALTH
GAP.
AND UBAX TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE WORK IN RAINIER BEACH
AROUND THE FOOD CULTURES AND
THE ASSET THAT IS THE FOOD
CULTURES.
AND HOW DO WE USE THE ASSETS
AND THE CULTURES THAT ARE THERE
TO CREATE LIVING-WAGE JOBS THAT
CAN ACTUALLY START TO AFFECT
THE DISPARITY OF JOBS AND
INCOME THAT IS IN SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE COMPARED TO OTHER PARTS
OF THE CITY?
>> I TOOK THAT PICTURE OF THE
FARM STAND, BY THE WAY.
I'M JUST SAYING.
>> IT'S A GOOD ONE.
THE BLACK AND TAN HALL IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A NEW AND
EXTREMELY INTERESTING COMMUNITY-
LED PROJECT CENTERED AROUND
INVESTORS WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD
COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE AN
OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY THAT
ACTUALLY WILL GENERATE WEALTH.
IT'S ALSO AN AREA WHERE ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING
TO US IS I THINK WE LEARN WITH
OUR PARTNERS ABOUT HOW TO
STRUCTURE THEIR PROGRAM.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THEY
SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A FOR-
PROFIT.
CAN WE APPLY?
WE WERE LIKE, WE HAD NEVER
THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WE WERE FOCUSED ON 501C-3'S.
MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT
CHANGING OUR CRITERIA FOR FOR-
PROFITS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY
BUILDING IF THEY CAN
DEMONSTRATE AN EXTRAORDINARY
LEVEL OF COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
YES, THIS IS ABOUT CREATING
WEALTH FOR THE RESIDENTS FOR
THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING
DISPLACEMENT.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE
ABILITY TO CREATE WEALTH OFF
THE TABLE BY HAVING EVERYBODY
HAVE TO BE A NON-PROFIT.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SOMEHOW
FIND A WAY TO CREATIVELY WORK
WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHEN THEY HAVE CREATIVE
IDEAS, FIGURE OUT HOW OUR
PROGRAM CAN ADAPT TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THOSE WHEN THEY'RE
VALID.
THE MIDTOWN PLAZA, LIBERTY
BANK, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THIS
ONE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS CAN CONTROL THEIR
OWN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AFRICA
TOWN AND BLACK COMMUNITY AND
BLACK ALLIANCE USING THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS TO HELP
PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT
DEVELOPMENT MEANS, WHAT
GENTRIFICATION MEANS, WHAT
OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE IN LAND
TRUST.
NOT ONLY DO YOU GET A GREAT
BUILDING AND SOON TO BE TWO
GREAT BUILDINGS BUT YOU GET
THIS OTHER CONVERSATION AND
COMMUNITY AROUND THE ORGANIZING
THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THOSE
STRATEGIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
THE LONG TERM.
AND THEN THE LAST ONES WE HAVE
ARE BOTH WHAT UBAX REFERRED TO
AS SHOVEL HUNGRY.
ONE IS THE AFRICAN BUSINESS
ALLIANCE, WHICH IS STRATEGIES
AROUND HOW DO WE HELP AFRICAN,
BLACK, AND MUSLIM WOMEN CREATE
SMALL BUSINESSES AND EXPAND
THEM?
AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO
HAVE THE CAPACITY AND BACKBONE
SUPPORT TO EVEN START A
CONVERSATION WITH A GROUP THAT
DIVERSE AROUND WHAT A SHARED
GOAL WOULD BE?
AND SIMILARLY, THAT'S KIND OF
THE CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING
ON IN LAKE CITY COLLECTIVE OF
HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE VISIONING
TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A
PROJECT AND BE ABLE TO PARTNER
THROUGH THE LENGTH OF TIME IT
WOULD TAKE FOR A COMMUNITY TO
HAVE THAT?
AND HOW DO WE AS A PROGRAM
COMMIT TO BEING A PARTNER TO
MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE
STABILITY TO DO THAT WORK?
>> AND QUICKLY, THIS IS THE
2020 EDI WORK PLAN.
FIGURING OUT A CRITERIA TO
DEPLOY THE $15 MILLION FROM
THIS YEAR.
FINALIZING A PERMANENT ADVISORY
BOARD WITH RECRUITMENT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AN
INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD,
COORDINATING WITH THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND, WHICH IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE $15 MILLION
WITH OUR PARTNERS IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHEN
WE'RE GOING TO START A 2020 EDI
FUND.
THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEVER GOT
FUNDED OR PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW.
AND SOMETIMES WE JUST GET ALL
THOSE UNICORN PROJECTS.
FINALIZING THE EDI MONITORING,
AT LEAST THE PHASE ONE REPORT.
AND THEN WHILE WE'RE DOING ALL
THAT, PROVIDING CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FOR ALL THE 25
PROJECTS AND WORKING WITH THEM
TO COME UP WITH A
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND
SUPPORTING OUR COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN TEAM AROUND ANALYSIS FOR
THE NEXT MAJOR PLAN.
IT'S NOT A LOT.
WE'RE JUST SLACKING.
>> WOW.
AMAZING.
THANK YOU.
ANY FINAL QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS?
OKAY.
THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN A
MOMENT.
>>> WHERE ARE WE?
ITEM THREE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE THIRD
AGENDA ITEM.
>> SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS, OCR OVERVIEW AND
DISCUSSION OF THE 2020 WORK
PLAN.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> I'M THE POLICY MANAGER.
>> MARIKO LOCKHART, DIRECTOR OF
THE SEATTLE OFFICE FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS.
>> LATRICE YBARRA.
>> MIKE CHIN, CIVIL RIGHTS
ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
INVITING US TO PRESENT TO YOUR
COMMITTEE.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE AT
YOUR FIRST MEETING. WE'LL TALK
ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND
WHAT OUR ROLE IS BUILDING
COMMUNITY POWER, TRUST, AND
WEALTH.
LATRICE YBARRA WHO IS OUR
OPERATIONS MANAGER AND HOLDS A
LOT OF THE HISTORY OF OUR
ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS
HERE.
>> THE NEXT FEW DAY SLIDES IS
ABOUT OUR MISSION AND VISION
AND VALUES.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE OFFICE A
LITTLE UNDER 12 YEARS.
AND WE HAD A MISSION STATEMET
THAT ONLY SPOKE TO THE CIVIL
RIGHTS WORK IN OUR OFFICE.
AND WHAT WE DIDN'T HAVE WAS A
MISSION AND VISION AND VALUES
STATEMENT THAT SPOKE TO THE
ENTIRE WORK OF OUR OFFICE.
AND SO IN 2018, WE BEGAN A DEEP
PROCESS INTERNALLY IN OUR
OFFICE TO HELP US COME UP WITH
OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES
STATEMENTS.
IT TOOK US SEVERAL MONTHS, MANY
DISCUSSIONS, MANY TEARS, A LOT
FOR OUR OFFICE TO REALLY GET TO
WHAT THE HEART OF OUR WORK IS
AND WHAT OUR VALUES ARE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY
EXCITED WHEN WE FINALLY GOT
THROUGH THIS.
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN THERE
A LONG TIME, WE WERE EXCITED
THAT WE HAD THIS PRODUCT AND IT
WAS SOMETHING WE ALL DID
TOGETHER AND IT SPOKE TO THE
VALUES OF OUR ENTIRE OFFICE AND
NOT JUST THE CIVIL RIGHTS,
WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
BUT SO IS THE REST OF OUR WORK.
WITH THAT, WE HAD OUR VALUES
THAT WE CAME UP WITH, AND THEY
REALLY ARE NORTH STAR.
IT'S WHAT WE USE TO DEVELOP OUR
STRATEGIC PLAN THAT, OUR THREE-
YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THESE
VALUES IS WHAT WE CONTINUE TO
LOOK AT AS WE DEVELOP OUR WORK
PLAN FOR THE YEAR AND THE YEARS
TO COME FORTH.
AND WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS AND
TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW IS OUR
WORK MAKING US ACCOUNTABLE TO
THE VALUES WE HAVE?
IT'S REALLY, FOR ME, I CAN
SPEAK PERSONALLY FOR ME, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME WE HAVE
THESE VALUES AND THAT WE LOOK
FOR THESE.
>> OH, YEAH.
GO AHEAD.
>> YES, PLEASE.
>> I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO
MUCH BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY
SECOND ORGANIZATION I'VE SEEN
ON PAPER ON YOUR VISION
STATEMENT THAT ADD
COLONIZATION.
THE EFFECTS AND THE TRAUMA IT'S
CREATED, THE DISPLACEMENT, AND
TO RECOGNIZE IT IS A REAL PIECE
OF HOW WE PUT THE CITY BACK
TOGETHER.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
THERE'S ONLY TWO ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HAVE DONE THAT, AND YOU'RE
THE SECOND ONE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE WANTED
TO DISCUSS IN ALL OF OUR
SESSIONS THAT WE HAD.
THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
CALL THAT OUT.
BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
SO AS WE GO ON WITH OUR SLIDES
HERE, WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT
OUR VALUES AND HOW THEY'RE PART
OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
ú>> THANK YOU.
AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU
CAN REST ASSURED EVERY SINGLE
WORD IN OUR VALUES, OUR
MISSION, AND OUR VISION
RECEIVED A HUGE AMOUNT OF
DISCUSSION AND PROCESS.
SO IT WAS EXTREMELY
INTENTIONAL.
AND THANK YOU FOR NOTICING
THAT.
THANK YOU.
SO THESE ARE ARE THE
OVERARCHING GOALS FOR OUR THREE-
YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH
THEM FAIRLY QUICKLY.
WE KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME.
THE FIRST ONE, INSTITUTIONAL
CULTURE SHIFT.
THAT GOAL IS TO GUIDE AND
SUPPORT THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
CENTER RACE IN POLICYMAKING,
POWER SHARING, AND DEVELOPING
ACCOUNTABLE COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS AND RACIALLY JUST
PRACTICES.
TO DO THAT, OUR FOCUS REALLY ON
THIS ONE IS INTERNAL TO THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR
LEADERSHIP AND WE KNOW THAT WE
HAVE TO GET OUR OWN HOUSE IN
ORDER BEFORE WE CAN REALLY HAVE
THE CREDIBILITY AND THE
STANDING TO WORK AUTHENTICALLY
IN COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS PART OF
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS FOCUSED.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS
IN WHICH WE DO THAT.
DIRECTORS FORUM IS A PEER FORUM
FOR CABINET MEMBERS TO WORK ON
ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY IN
THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
WE HOLD AND HOST THE RSGI
SUMMIT FOR ORGANIZERS,
COMMUNITY FOLKS WITHIN OUR CITY
DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WORKING ON
RACIAL EQUITY.
SHAPE OF TRUST WAS BEAUTIFULLY
ARTICULATED IN THE OFFICE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE PRESENTATION.
ANOTHER THING I WOULD MENTION
HERE, BECAUSE IT'S FAIRLY
RECENT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO
THE PLAN AT THAT TIME, IS WE
WERE RECENTLY APPROVED TO HAVE
OUR RACIAL EQUITY LAB INCLUDED
IN THE INNOVATION ADD SIZERY
COUNCIL SET OF FIVE PROJECTS
THEY'LL BE WORKING ON THIS
YEAR.
AND THAT IS A MULTI-LAYERED
PLATFORM THAT WILL HELP FORTIFY
RACIAL EQUITY WORK AND
ORGANIZING IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
IT WILL PROVIDE MANY DIFFERENT
TYPES OF TOOLS FOR DECISION
MAKERS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND
POLICYMAKERS TO USE SO THAT
THEY CAN CENTER RACE AND ALL
OTHER FORMS OF OPPRESSION IN
MAKING THEIR DECISIONS.
AND ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THOSE
IS AN EQUITY INDEX.
SO THAT WILL BE A VERY
INTERACTIVE TOOL THAT WE'LL USE
ON MULTIPLE DATA SETS.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE AMONG THOSE
SELECTED TO WORK WITH SOME OF
OUR HIGH-POWERED TECH COMPANIES
IN THE COMING YEAR.
AND THEN WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE THROUGHOUT CITY
DEPARTMENTS, THROUGH RSGI
TRAINING.
THE RSGI TEAM ALSO SUPPORTS THE
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KITS THAT
ARE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT CITY
DEPARTMENTS.
THEY SUPPORT CAUCUSING AND
AFFINITY GROUPS, AND WE HOLD
THE GENDER JUSTICE WORK OF THE
CITY AND THE EXPERTISE FOR
THAT.
SO WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING,
COACHING AND SUPPORT TO
LEADERSHIP AND DEPARTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN THE THAT
AREA.
ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'RE FOCUSED
ON FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS
WORK FORCE EQUITY.
TO ENSURE THAT SOCR IS A
WORKPLACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN
THRIVE THAT ADDRESSES
STRUCTURAL ISSUES THROUGH
TRANSPARENT AND HONEST
COMMUNICATION AND WHERE WE ARE
AN ACCOUNTABLE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH EACH OTHER AND THE
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
STRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM.
AGAIN, THIS IS AN INTERNAL
FOCUS FOR US.
MOVING FORWARD, WE KNOW THAT IN
MANY WAYS, WE MUST, WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO MODEL THOSE
BEHAVIORS AND PRACTICES THAT WE
AIM TO SUPPORT OTHER
DEPARTMENTS IN AS FAR AS
CENTERING RACE AND LEADING WITH
RACIAL EQUITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE.
SO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND
GOING FORWARD, WE'VE USED
MULTIPLE STRATEGIES, INCLUDING
HEALING CIRCLES AND SUPPORTING
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A
WAY THAT IS MUCH MORE
INTENTIONAL THAN WE'VE HAD IN
THE PAST.
AND THEN AS FAR AS MAKING
INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND
LEADING WITH THAT, WE'RE
LOOKING AT WAYS IN OUR
DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS AND
CREATE CRITERIA FOR PROVIDING
MERIT PAY.
OUR CHANGE TEAM CHARTER IS THE
ONE THAT HAS SERVED AS THE
MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE CITY
AND ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF
UPDATING AND REVISING THAT.
THERE HAS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF
CULTURE CHANGE ALREADY IN OUR
CITY SINCE IT WAS FIRST
DEVELOPED.
WE'RE LOOKING TO AGAIN PUSH THE
NOPE AND ADJUST THAT AND HAVE A
NEW MODEL FOR THE CITY.
AND THEN INTERNAL
COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMITTING
OURSELVES TO EXAMINING
INTERNALIZED RACIAL OPPRESSION
AND HOW IT IMPACTS ALL OF OUR
WORK AND PRACTICES. OUR THIRD
MAJOR STRATEGIC GOAL IS
INCREASING HOUSING ACCESS AND
TO ENSURE ALL PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THOSE IMPACTED BY
RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION IN
HOUSING, WHICH MANIFESTS AS
DISPLACEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS
ARE SHELTERED SAFELY AND
AFFORDABLY IN A WAY THAT MEETS
THEIR NEEDS.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> SORRY.
>> AND THERE ARE THREE MAJOR
AREAS IN WHICH WE ADDRESS
HOUSING ACCESS.
AND WE REALLY TRY TO LOOK AT
THIS THROUGH A HOLISTIC LENS.
WHILE WE KNOW OUR CIVIL RIGHTS
ENFORCEMENT PROVIDES CRITICAL
RELEASE, IT IS ON AN INDIVIDUAL
LEVEL.
WHILE WE HAVE THAT STRATEGY TO
PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL RELIEF FOR
FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING
DISCRIMINATION ACCESSING
HOUSING, WE ALSO ENSURE WE'RE
LOOKING AT BIG-PICTURE STRATEGY
AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
THROUGH POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
A LOT OF WHICH WE PARTNER WITH
OTHER, ALL OF WHICH WE PARTNER
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AS YOU HEARD EARLIER FROM SAM
AND UBAX AND MICHAEL, WE ARE A
STRONG PARTNER IN THE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE AND
THEIR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK
GROUP WHICH I'LL GET INTO LATER
AND SUPPORTING THE OFFICE OF
HOUSIN AND DEVELOPING
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE
GUIDELINES.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF OUR RSGI
TEAM WITH HELPING OTHER
DEPARTMENTS ON RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKITS THAT ADDRESS HOUSING
ACCESS AND FURTHER HOUSING
ACCESS.
HOUR FOURTH GOAL IS RELATED TO
CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE HARMS
OF THE CURRENT CRIMINAL LEGAL
MODEL BY INCREASING
INSTITUTIONAL UNDERSTANDING,
ENSURING COMMUNITY SUPPORT
BEFORE PROPOSING NEW POLICIES,
AND INVESTING IN PRACTICES THAT
OFFER A PATH TOWARD REPLACING
THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
AND LIKE OUR OTHER GOALS, WE
HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS, A
FEW DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND
WAYS WE'RE TRYING TO REACH THIS
GOAL.
I'LL GO INTO MORE DEPTH IF WE
HAVE TIME LATER ON OUR
COLLABORATIVE BEGAN-MAKING
PROCESS THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING
IMPLEMENTED TO INVEST IN
ALTERNATIVES, COMMUNITY-BASED
ALTERNATIVES.
CURRENT CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
AND ADDRESS THE HARMS THE
CURRENT LEGAL SYSTEM HAS
CAUSED.
WE'RE STILL IMPLEMENTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE WORK
GROUP.
STILL WORKING TOWARD GETTING
THE CITY TO REACH ITS GOAL AND
SEE ZERO YOUTH INCARCERATION.
AND OUR BIG STRUGGLE AND OUR
VALUE ON OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL
TEAM IS TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW
WE CAN BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE
MOST IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM WHO ARE ALSO THOSE
MOST IMPACTED BY RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION.
HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH
THEM AROUND CURRENT POLICY
PROPOSALS THAT THE CITY MAY BE
PUTTING FORTH, BUILD THEIR ANAL
SECURITY INTEREST, AND BRING
THEM INTO PROCESSES AND TAKING
LEADERSHIP FROM THEM WHEN WE
NEED TO INTERRUPT SYSTEM
PATTERNS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
HARM.
>> GOAL FIVE IS ADVANCING CIVIL
RIGHTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
MADE THIS MAJOR SHIFT IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
ESPECIALLY UNDER MISSION,
VISION, AND VALUES IS HOW DO WE
SHIFT THE WAY WE DO OUR WORK
FROM SHIFTING FROM JUST WORKING
ON INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS COMING
INTO THE DOOR, FOCUSING ON MORE
PROACTIVE STRATEGIES, AND
SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT IMPACT
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES.
CENTERING RACE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LAWS AND
ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY THROUGH
THE EVERY HE MENTATION THROUGH
CURRENT CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS USING
PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
AND WE ALSO DO THIS TO WORK TO
REDUCE BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND
PROMOTE SELF-DETERMINATION.
WHAT ARE THOSE GOALS AND
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE
ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS?
AND IN TERMS OF POLICY
DEVELOPMENT, WE FOCUSED MORE ON
HOW DO WE ENGAGE COMMUNITY AS
BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION
MAKING?
HOW DO WE ENGAGE COMMUNITY IN
COMING UP WITH IDEAS TO ADVANCE
CIVIL RIGHTS NO ENSURE EVERYONE
IS PROTECTED WITH THE LEAST
HARM DONE?
IN TERMS OF CIVIL RIGHTS
IMPLEMENTATION, ONE OF THE
AREAS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND
HAS BEEN A JOURNEY FOR US IS
REALLY THINKING BEYOND THIS
TRADITIONAL NOTION OF
INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS TO BE
MORE PROACTIVE.
BEING MORE PROACTIVE IN TERMS
OF EDUCATING COMMUNITIES AROUND
CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS, WHICH
COUNCIL PROVIDED A POSITION
LAST YEAR FOR.
AND REALLY INTEGRATING
RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND
COUNCIL ALSO PROVIDED US THE
POSITION TO THINK ABOUT AND
EXPLORE HOW ARE WAYS WE CAN
EXPLORE ONE OPTION WHEN PEOPLE
COME TO OUR DOOR OR OUR OFFICE.
A MENU OF OPTIONS.
HOW DO WE ADDRESS CONFLICT IN
OUR COMMUNITIES WHETHER IT'S ON
AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL OR A
COMMUNITY BASIS?
AND HOW DO WE FACILITATE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS TO REALLY
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME FULLY
AND TRUTHFULLY TOGETHER?
IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY IMPACT,
HOW DO WE ACTUALLY SHIFT THE
NEEDLE?
HOW DO WE ACTUALLY SHIFT THE
WAY WE DO OUR WORK TO THINK
MORE STRATEGICALLY AND MORE
PROACTIVELY TO THINKING MORE
THAN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
PROTECTIONS BEING THE FLOOR.
BEYOND THAT.
REALLY BRINGING THE COMMUNITY
TO THE TABLE AND THINKING ABOUT
ENFORCEMENT AROUND OUR
COMMUNITY AND BEING MORE
COMMUNITY CENTERED.
>> SO OUR TEAM GAVE QUITE A BIT
OF THOUGHT.
WE APPRECIATED YOUR QUESTIONS
ON HOW OUR WORK IS LEADING TO
BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH.
AND BECAUSE OUR OFFICE IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR
EXAMPLE, OR JOB CREATION, WE
WANTED TO LOOK DEEPLY INTO THE
GOALS THAT WE HAVE AND OUR
APPROACH, WHICH I THINK IS
PROBABLY COMING THROUGH IN ALL
OF THE WAYS WE'VE DESCRIBED OUR
WORK.
AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THAT ALL
OF OUR VALUES AND OUR
PRINCIPLES GUIDE OUR WORK AND
LEAD TO THE BUILDING OF
COMMUNITY, POWER, AND WEALTH IN
MULTIPLE WAYS.
AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'VE
HEARD US TALK ABOUT SHARING
DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING
POWER WITH COMMUNITY.
AND SPECIFICALLY, WE LOOK TO DO
THAT WITH ORGANIZED ANTI-RACIST
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE BRINGING THAT
PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE AND
ESPECIALLY TO TABLES WHERE WE
ARE AT AND THEY ARE NOT.
ENSURE ENGAGEMENT WITH
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.
AND I WANTED TO NOTE HERE THAT
OUR OFFICE SUPPORTS AS PROBABLY
YOU ALL KNOW FOUR COMMISSIONS.
WE SUPPORT THE SEATTLE HUMAN
RIGHTS COMMISSION, THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION FOR
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND
THE LGBTQ COMMISSION.
THOSE COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE THE STAFF SUPPORT AND ALSO
POLICY SUPPORT FOR.
AND THEY ARE A CRITICAL PART OF
OUR ABILITY TO ESTABLISH THAT
BRIDGE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES
AND CONSTITUENCIES THAT THEY
REPRESENT AND OUR OFFICE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AND
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE
COMING YEARS IS REALLY LOOKING
TO SEE HOW DO WE STRENGTHEN
THOSE CONNECTIONS AND OUR
SUPPORT?
AND SO WE'RE ALSO VERY GRATEFUL
THAT IN THE 2020 BUDGET, WE
WERE PROVIDED A SECOND
COMMISSION LIASION POSITION
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE ONE
COMMISSION LIASION FOR EACH TWO
COMMISSIONS.
SO WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT
WILL HELP OUR LEVEL OF SUPPORT.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT 3 MINUTES
LEFT.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR
CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY, POWER,
AND WEALTH HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON
PRETTY MUCH THROUGHOUT OUR
PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO MOVE ON THESE
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.
YEAH.
IN ONE MINUTE.
THE COLLABORATIVE GRANT MAKING
GROUP WAS LAUNCHED IN JANUARY,
AND IT WAS TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS
THAT WERE THE RESULT OF
ORGANIZING BY JUSTICE COALITION
AND EPIC, AND THE MAIN GOAL OF
THAT FUNDING PROCESS IS TO
INVEST IN COMMUNITY-BASED
ALTERNATIVE TOSS THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM AND ADDRESS THE
HARMS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS A
UNIQUE MODEL, UNLIKE OTHER
DISTRIBUTING MODELS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, IS THAT THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHO ARE GATHERED
TOGETHER ARE IN A COLLECTIVE.
AND THEY'RE THERE FROM THE
START, AND THEY ARE THE ONES
THAT ARE DEVELOPING THE THEORY
OF CHANGE.
WHAT IS THE BIG IMPACT THIS
MONEY IS GOING TO MAKE?
IT'S A $1 MILLION INVESTMENT.
THEY WILL BE CREATING THE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND
MAKING THE FUNDING DECISIONS.
SO IT'S REALLY SHIFTING POWER
BACK TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
MAKING DECISION MAKING AMONGST
A COLLECTIVE.
AND THERE'S ONE THING I WANTED
TO SAY, THE BIG TENANTS THAT WE
LEARNED OR I LEARNED FROM THE
PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE IS THAT
PEOPLE ARE POOR NOT BECAUSE
THEY LACK PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
BUT BECAUSE THEY LACK POWER.
úIN ALL OF OUR KIND OF COMMUNIT
SHIFTING OR I GUESS CULTURE
SHIFTING PRACTICES OR REAL HI
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO
DISTRIBUTE POWER AND NOT JUST
INVESTING IN PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES BUT EVEN IN THE
CREATION OF DETERMINING WHICH
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES GET
FUNDED, HOW IS POWER BEING
SHIFTED?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> AND ALSO, IN TERMS OF
ALTERNATIVE ENFORCEMENT, ONE OF
THE THINGS WE HAVE FOCUSED ON.
PART OF IT CAME FROM LAST.
WHAT WAS IT THE COMMUNITY
NEEDED FROM US?
WHAT WAS IT THAT COMMUNITY
WANTED FROM US WHEN THEY HAD A
COMPLAINT OR FELT LIKE THEY
WERE BEING DISCRIMINATED?
THEY WANTED OPTIONS.
THEY WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY,
NOT JUST TO SAY I HAVE A
COMPLAINT AND I WANT TO KNOW
WHETHER THERE'S CAUSE OR NO
CAUSE.
BUT REALLY THAT PARTICIPATERY
PROCESS OF ADDRESSING HOW WE
CAN ADDRESS DISCRIMINATION
ISSUES.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE
ENFORCEMENT, I WANT TO CALL OUT
THAT IT'S EXPANDING FROM A
RESPONSIVE MODEL, WHICH PEOPLE
SEE AS INVESTIGATIONS AND
MEDIATION.
BUT BEING MORE PROACTIVE, MORE
ADVOCACY THROUGH OUR TESTING
PROGRAM, AND DEVELOPING A
RESTORATIVE MODEL.
TO BE ABLE TO BRING COMMUNITY
TO THE TABLE WHEN THESE
CONVERSATIONS ARE NECESSARY.
>> AND TO BE HONEST, A LOT OF
THESE HOUSING ACCESS STRATEGIES
WERE BEAUTIFULLY HIGHLIGHTED BY
OUR PARTNERS IN THE EDI
INITIATIVE.
SO I THINK YOU HEARD A LOT FROM
THEM.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS
THAT THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCE
POLICY WE'RE WORKING ON WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IS
ANOTHER INNOVATIVE STRATEGY TO
ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT AND
INCREASE HOUSING ACCESS FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF
THAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS
BEFORE WE?
>> I MIGHT JUST REALLY BRIEFLY,
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE
FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
AS SOMEONE WHO SERVED ON THE
SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
A WHILE AGO, I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SERVED
RECENTLY.
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT AND
ADMIRATION FOR THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU THROUGH
THIS COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN A
PARTICULAR KIND OF STRUCTURE
THAT IS, SOME MIGHT SAY A WHITE
SUPREMACIST STRUCTURE WHERE
THERE'S AN AGENDA AND TIME
KEEPING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
INDULGENCE AS WE TRY TO MOVE
THROUGH THIS AND ALSO TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE AT
THE TABLE.
BUT WANT THIS TO BE AN
OVERVIEW.
WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING
PLANNED, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT
AFTERWARD, WHERE WE WILL HAVE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE TABLE
TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT
HOW CITY IS IMPACTING THEIR
ABILITY TO DO THEIR WORK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> OH OKAY.
SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
THE FOURTH AGENDA ITEM.
>> OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, OED OVERVIEW AND
DISCUSSION OF THE 2020 WORK
PLAN.
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
AND SO WE HAVE THE PRESENTERS
FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMING.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
IF YOU WILL, ONCE YOU GET
SETTLED IN, INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE
SPEAKING PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO
THE MIC.
GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR
DEPARTMENT.
>> THIS IS ON, IS IT ON?
>> IF THE LIGHT IS GREEN.
>> BOBBY LEE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
>> THERESA BARRERAS.
>> I'M KARL STICKEL.
I MANAGE THE KEY INDUSTRY TEAM.
>> I'M NANCY YAMAMOTO.
>> I'M PEDRO GOMEZ AND I LEAD
THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
TEAM.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO EXCUSE
KARL BECAUSE OF THE RECENT
SHOOTING.
WE HAVE A PROJECT WE NEED TO
WORK ON, AND KARL HAS BEEN
CALLED IN TO DO A SPECIFIC
TASK.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU, KARL.
SO BEFORE WE START, WHAT I
WOULD DO IS HAVING BEEN A
FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL MYSELF,
I GO THROUGH A LOT OF
PRESENTATIONS, AND I REMEMBER
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GO
THROUGH A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS REALLY
HIGHLIGHT AND IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, WE CAN KIND OF DIVE
IN WITH MORE SPECIFICS.
I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OUT.
AND THIS KIND OF SUMMARIZES OUR
STRUCTURE AND OUR SORT OF
PROGRAMMING, CORE PROGRAMS.
AND ALSO THE AMOUNT IN TERMS OF
BUDGET INVESTMENTS THAT YOU'RE
MAKING ON VARIOUS CORE
SERVICES.
INSTEAD OF GOING INTO ALL THE
DETAILS, DO YOU MIND DRIVING A
LITTLE BIT?
ON EVERY SINGLE SLIDE, I'M
GOING TO SUMMARIZE.
IF YOU CATCH SOMETHING, JUST
CHIME IN, AND WE CAN DIVE IN AT
THAT POINT.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT THE ECONOMY HERE IN
SEATTLE IS WHAT I CALL A BINARY
ECONOMY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF LOW-WAGE JOBS,
MIDDLE-WAGE JOBS, AND A LOT OF
HIGH-WAGE JOBS.
IN GENERAL IF YOU WANT TO BUILD
AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY, WHAT YOU
WANT IS MORE OF A A BELL CURVE.
A LOT OF MIDDLE-WAGE JOBS AND A
LITTLE BIT AT BOTH ENDS.
WE HAVE A BINARY ECONOMY THAT'S
CREATING INEQUITIES IN THE
CITY.
AND SO THIS IS SORT OF THE
PROBLEM STATEMENT.
MY DEPARTMENT'S JOB IS TO
ILLUSTRATE THIS PROBLEM AND
INVEST IN PROGRAMS TO BUILD
MORE OF A BELL CURVE OVER TIME.
AND SO IF YOU WANT TO MOVE
FORWARD, IN GENERAL I'LL FLY
THROUGH THIS.
THE ECONOMY IS BOOMING ON
AVERAGE.
WE ARE GROWING AT TWICE THE
RATE IN TERMS OF JOB GROWTH IN
TERMS OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
SEATTLE HAS CERTAIN INDUSTRY
CHARACTERISTICS THAT HAS
BENEFITED FROM THE TRANSITION
FROM SERVICE ECONOMY TO
KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY.
IT HAS CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS
IN SEATTLE THAT ARE UNIQUE.
DURING THIS TRANSITION, SEATTLE
REALLY BENEFITED FROM THIS
TRANSITION.
AS A RESULT, IF YOU COULD GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE, SO THIS IS FROM
2011.
AND IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR EYES
ON THIS.
IN GENERAL ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE
LOW-WAGE JOBS.
THE HIGH-WAGE JOBS ARE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE.
>> 2001?
>> THIS IS 2001.
I'LL FLIP OVER TO 2019, AND YOU
CAN SEE THE CHANGE.
IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK JUST ONE
MORE TIME AND SHOW YOU THE
CHANGE.
WHAT YOU SEE THE A LOT OF
GROWTH IN LOW-WAGE JOBS AND A
LOT OF GROWTH IN HIGH-WAGE JOBS
BUT NOT THAT MUCH GROWTH IN THE
MIDDLE-WAGE JOBS.
THIS ILLUSTRATES THE PROBLEM
STATEMENT I'M PROPOSING HERE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M FLYING
THROUGH THIS HERE, IS YOU CAN
SEE FROM THE RETAIL JOBS THAT
GREW AT A RAPID RATE AND
SOFTWARE JOBS, YOU SEE THE
INEQUITY IN TERMS OF PAY.
BUT THESE ARE THE SECTORS THAT
ARE GROWING THE FASTEST IN
SEATTLE.
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ARE IN
THE SERVICE SECTOR ECONOMY.
THE OVERALL ECONOMY IS GROWING,
AND POVERTY IS GROWING AT THE
SAME TIME.
BY RACE, OF COURSE, YOU CAN SEE
THE DISTINCTION.
I KNOW ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS.
BUT BY RACE, YOU CAN SEE THE
GROWING INEQUITY.
WE'LL FLY THROUGH THIS HERE.
AND THE NEXT ONE, IN GENERAL
THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU THEN
REBUILD THE MIDDLE-WAGE JOBS?
AND SO WE HAVE A MODELING, WE
HAVE A STRATEGY IN PLACE.
WE CALL IT THE ECONOMIC
GARDENING MODEL.
WE WON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO
IT TODAY.
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OWN A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE SECTOR.
THESE ARE PART OF OUR CORE
STRATEGIES AND THEY'RE OUTLINED
IN A RAINBOW HERE.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTS THAT
PLAY A ROLE IN OUR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GARDENING
MODEL.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL, OUR
SMALL BUSINESS TEAM WHICH PEDRO
IS THE MANAGER OF THAT TEAM, WE
DO AN ARRAY OF SERVICES.
BUT FROM STABILIZING SMALL
BUSINESSES, STREAMLINING,
HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES GET
THROUGH THE BEAURACRACY, WE
HAVE A GROUP CALLED CBAT.
ANY PROBLEMS, LET US KNOW.
WE'LL PUT THEM THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
IT'S A MULTI-AGENCY PROBLEM-
SOLVING TEAM.
LIKE THE BALLARD FIRE THAT
RECENTLY HAPPENED.
WE CASE MANAGE THOSE
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE?
>> I'M SORRY.
BOBBY, CAN YOU DEFINE MICRO-
BUSINESS?
>> IT WOULD BE LESS THAN -- YOU
WANT TO TAKE THIS ONE?
>> SURE.
IT DEPENDS ON WHO'S ASKING,
RIGHT?
SO FOR THE SAKE.
>> I'M ASKING.
>> FOR THE STABILIZATION FUND,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WE USE CBDG
MONEY, SO IT HAS TO BE 5 OR
LESS EMPLOYEES.
>> INTERESTING.
>> BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S 1-50
EMPLOYEES.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SUPER CLEAR
DEFINITION.
>> OKAY.
>> IT DEPENDS ON THE MONEY THAT
DEFINES THIS THING.
>> AND I KNOW CHAIRMAN MORALES,
IT'S A PLACE-BASED ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, WHICH IS
IN OUR OPINION ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL WAYS OF BUILDING
WEALTH FOR OUR UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
WHEN WE BUILD CAPACITY AT A
LOCAL LEVEL TO MAKE
NEIGHBORHOODS DRIVE BY MAKING
COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THRIVE.
THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS ARE
TRULY AN ECONOMIC GARDEN IN
WHICH SMALL BUSINESSES GROW AND
SCALE.
AND OFTEN, THESE SMALL
BUSINESSES ARE FROM COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS ON OUR
PHOTO.
THESE ARE THE INVESTMENTS,
THESE ARE THE PROGRAM AREAS WE
INVEST IN.
THE YELLOW AREAS ARE WHAT WE
CALL EQUITY DISTRICTS.
>> OKAY.
>> AND I'M SORRY THE SLIDE
DOESN'T SHOW THE MAP VERY WELL.
BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE MONEY
IS DISTRIBUTED.
AND DOWN THE ROAD, WE PROBABLY
SHOULD DIG IN A LITTLE MORE.
THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM WE
THINK MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE
AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL
AROUND SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESSES.
AND THE KEY INDUSTRY TEAM,
RIGHT NOW A MAJOR PROJECT
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SOON TO GET
YOU READY IS THE INDUSTRIAL
LAND.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE
STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE ENGAGED
IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIAL LAND.
IN TERMS OF BUILDING MIDDLE-
WAGE JOBS FOR UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS, INDUSTRIAL LAND
CAN PLAY A KEY ROLE.
WE'RE GOING WITH MULTIPLE
STAKEHOLDERS IN DIFFERENT
NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU'LL GET AN UPDATE ON THIS
ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD.
WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF
RECRUITMENT ON THE EV, THE
ELECTRICAL VEHICLE.
WE VISITED A COMPANY INEN SAN
FRANCISCO CALLED PROTERA WITH
THE MAYOR AND LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO ELECTRIFY, GROW THAT
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CLUSTER WITHIN
SEATTLE.
AND THEN THERE'S MERCER
PROPERTY WE HELPED, THROUGH THE
MERCER PROPERTY NEGOTIATION,
WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THE BIO-
TECH INDUSTRY.
AND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT
TEAM, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WORK
FORCE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
TRAINING.
NANCY'S DEPARTMENT HANDLES
EXECUTION OF YOUR INVESTMENTS
AROUND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT.
FLYING THROUGH THIS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OFFICE FILM
AND MUSIC.
EVERY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT I MANAGED, I JUST
MOVED HERE LAST APRIL AND I WAS
THE DIRECTOR FOR PORTLAND.
THEY ALSO HAVE A FILM CONCIERGE
SERVICE LIKE HERE IN SEATTLE.
SEATTLE IS MUCH MORE ADVANCED.
NOT ONLY DO THEY PROVIDE A
CENTRAL PLACE FOR DEALING WITH
PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT THEY
HAVE PROGRAMS THAT COME ALONG
WITH IT.
THESE ARE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES
WHERE WE HAVE STAFF LIFE AROUND
NIGHT LIFE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
A HIGH LEVEL TO ANSWER SOME OF
THE QUESTIONS THEY POSED TO GET
READY FOR THIS PRESENTATION,
REALLY MOVING FORWARD I THINK
PLACE-BASED STRATEGY IS ONE OF
THE AREAS WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK
AT AND USE IT AS A MEDDLE TO
EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO DRIVE
THEIR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES.
ONLY IN SEATTLE HAS THE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT.
I THINK THERE'S MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP ADVANCE
THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PHILOSOPHY.
STABILIZATION FUND, A LOT OF
SMALL BUSINESSES, MICRO-
BUSINESSES THROUGH NO FAULT OF
THEIR OWN OFTEN HIT BARRIERS.
ONE HELP CAN GO A LONG WAYS FOR
GENERATIONAL WEALTH.
EXPANDING TECHNICAL BUSINESSES
OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED
IN SEATTLE IS WE DO THE CENSUS
TRACKING FOR INDIVIDUALS BUT WE
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA AROUND
MALL BUSINESSES.
PEDRO WANTS TO DO A CENSUS BUT
TARGETING SMALL BUSINESSES SO
WE HAVE GOOD DATA.
THE ONE LAST THING HERE I PUT
IN PLACE RECESSION PLANNING.
WE HAD A FULL ENGAGEMENT WITH
MY DEPARTMENT AROUND RECESSION
PLANNING.
IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING
AROUND THE SPACE DISLOCATED
WORKERS PROGRAM IS PROBABLY AN
AREA WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT.
I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND I THINK
THAT'S IT.
SO WE JUST FLEW THROUGH IT.
>> NICELY DONE.
VERY GOOD.
WERE YOU ALL GOING TO PRESENT?
YOU'RE HERE AS BACKUP?
>> IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THEN
WE'LL.
>> ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
GO FOR IT.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE THEME OF MY QUESTIONS
ARE REALLY TO, HOW DO WE
PREVENT ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT?
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS YOU'RE
PUTTING INTO PLACE ARE AFTER
THE FACT AND TRYING TO
COMPENSATE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S
ALREADY HAPPENED.
SOMETIMES IT'S CITY POLICY THAT
CAN CAUSE OR ADD FUEL TO THE
FIRE FOR THE DISPLACEMENT.
IS THERE, DOES YOUR
STABILIZATION FUND FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES HELP WHEN, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S A MAJOR SDOT PROJECT ON
A STREET FOR A YEAR AND PEOPLE
ARE HAVING TROUBLE ACCESSING
THE BUSINESS?
DO YOU HELP WITH THAT?
>> YOU WANT TO TRY THAT ONE?
>> THIS WAS OUR PILOT PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS A FIRST TIME WE WERE
TRYING IT OUT AND ABSOLUTELY
BUSINESSES THAT WERE GOING
THROUGH SOME TYPE OF
CONSTRUCTION IMPACT WERE ABLE
TO APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO IT DOES COVER THOSE AS WELL.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PILOT
PROGRAM.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS
WE LEARNED.
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS FIRST
ONE AND WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
FOR 20 20202 STABILIZATION
FUND.
ALLOW FOR SMALLER AMOUNTS.
SOME BUSINESSES, $5000 OR
$10,000 WILL GO A LONG FOR
THEM.
ABSOLUTELY, BUSINESSES THAT ARE
DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION
IMPACTS QUALIFY FOR THAT.
>> ONE POINT TO NOTE BECAUSE
THIS IS AN ISSUE HERE IN THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, NOT JUST
IN SEATTLE, IS THAT YOUR
CONSTITUTION PREVENTS THE
CITIES FROM MAKING DIRECT
INVESTMENTS.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, PEDRO
WHAT HE HAD TO DO IS USE
FEDERAL DOLLARS TO PROVIDE THIS
PROGRAM.
WE CAN'T USE GENERAL FUNDS.
BUT CDBG MONEY, THERE'S NOT A
WHOLE LOT TO WORK WITH.
WE'RE USING A SMALL AMOUNT OF
MONEY TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM
WORK.
>> ONE LAST THING WITH THE
STABILIZATION FUND, IN ADDITION
TO RECEIVING THE MONEY, WHAT
WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE ALSO DOING
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BUSINESS
TO DETERMINE THE OVERALL NEEDS
THE BUSINESS HAS IN ORDER TO
NOT GET TO THAT POINT AGAIN.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE PAIR THEM WITH
AN ACCOUNTANT TO MAKE SURE THE
BUSINESS HAS THE FINANCIAL
LITERACY THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW
TO INVEST THAT MONEY THEY GET.
WE PAIR THEM WITH A LEASE
SPECIALIST TO MAKE SURE THEIR
LEASE IS, BECAUSE THAT
SOMETIMES PUSHES BUSINESSES
OUT.
THEY SIGN A CONTRACT THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND, SO WE HAVE A LEASE
SPECIALIST THAT WILL SIT DOWN
WITH THEM AND LOOK AT THEIR
LEASE SO IN THE FUTURE THEY CAN
NEGOTIATE A BETTER LEASE.
WE TRY TO OFFER A WRAP-AROUND
SERVICE SO IT'S NOT JUST A ONE-
TOUCH.
>> I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE
LEASE SUPPORT.
ON THE AVE IN MY DISTRICT,
THERE'S A STUDY DONE BY PETER
STEINBERG SHOWING 65% OF THE
BUSINESSES OWNED BY WOMEN OR
PEOPLE OF COLOR, THEY'RE
SIGNING THESE LONG-TERM LEASES.
ALL OF THE BUSINESSES HAVE THIS
CHALLENGE OF SIGNING THESE LONG-
TERM LEASES AND THEY'RE TRIPLE-
NET LEASES AND THE TAXES AND
INSURANCE PASS STRAIGHT THROUGH
TO THEM.
SO THEY'RE GETTING THIS IMPACT.
THEY CAN'T JUST INCREASE PRICES
TO MAKE UP FOR THESE ADDITIONAL
COSTS.
SOME OF WHICH ARE COMING FROM
THE CITY.
>> RIGHT.
>> IN FACT, TODAY WE PROPOSED
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT WE
SHOULD CREATE A PROGRAM THAT
PROACTIVELY HELPS SOLVE
BUSINESS OWNERS BEFORE THEY
SIGN THE LEASE UNDERSTAND ALL
THE STEPS AND THE ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES AND COSTS THEY
WILL HAVE TO INCUR OVER TIME.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING
INTO A SITUATION THAT WILL
CAUSE HUGE NEGATIVE IMPACTS
ECONOMICALLY.
>> AND IT ALL NEEDS TO BE
TRANSLATED INTO LANGUAGES THAT
OUR SMALL BUSINESSES SPEAK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR OTHER
AGENCIES BACK UP SO WE CAN HAVE
A BRIEF CONVERSATION TOGETHER
ABOUT THE QUESTION OF BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOUR WAY
UP.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
DO YOU NEED SOMETHING?
>> MY STAFF IS GESTURING THEY
WANT TO TALK TO ME.
I'M WORRIED I'LL DENY A QUORUM
IF I WALK OUT OF THE ROOM.
>> SURE.
HERE.
I'LL LEAVE THIS AS INSURANCE
THAT I'LL BE BACK.
>>> WILL YOU READ THE FINAL
ITEM INTO THE RECORD?
>> OED ARTS, A CONVERSATION
AROUND BUILDING COMMUNITY
WEALTH.
BRIEFERRING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
TODAY AND SHARING WHAT YOUR
PRIOR THETIES ARE FOR THE YEAR
AND FOR STAYING A LITTLE EXTRA
TO HAVE THIS BROADER
CONVERSATION.
I WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE
IN THIS COMMITTEE TO HAVE A
CHANCE TO TALK TOGETHER ABOUT
WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH.
AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS CAN BENEFIT TOO FROM
HAVING THIS CROSS CONVERSATION
SO WE BEGIN THE YEAR ALL ON THE
SAME PAGE.
WE EXCUSED COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
SHE HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
LET'S BEGIN.
I'LL THROW A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS OUT AND LET YOU HAVE
A CONVERSATION.
WHAT ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN
COLLABORATE AS DEPARTMENTS TO
BUILD COMMUNITY WEALTH?
SORRY.
OH.
WE REORGANIZED THE QUESTIONS
AND NOW I'M CONFUSED.
DO YOU KNOW OF ANY SPECIFIC
TOOLS THAT COULD SUPPORT
BUILDING COMMUNITY WEALTH?
AND WHAT CAN GET IN THE WAY OR
WHAT DOES GET IN THE WAY OF YOU
DOING THE WORK THAT YOU THINK
YOU COULD DO OR IF YOU KNOW OF
SMALL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, FOLKS WHO ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE OR
TRYING TO WHO MAYBE WE WOULD
INVITE TO THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE
TO TALK ABOUT HOW POLICY
IMPACTS THEIR WORK.
ARE THERE THINGS THAT GET IN
THE WAY OF US REALLY BEING ABLE
TO DO THIS?
>> RIGHT.
THERE'S MULTIPLE ISSUES.
HOW ABOUT IF I START A LITTLE
BIT ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WEALTH
CREATION THROUGH YOUR PROGRAM
AND CREATIVE ECONOMY AREAS AND
COVER IT THAT WAY.
LET ME HIGHLIGHT A PROBLEM
STATEMENT AS TO WHY WE HAVE
THIS BIG CHALLENGE AROUND
DISPLACEMENT AND LACK OF
EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
SO THE POPULATION HAS GROWN 20%
IN THE LAST 8 YEARS.
JOB OCCUPATION GROWTH HAS GROWN
25% IN THE LAST 8 YEARS.
BUT THE FOLKS WHO BENEFITED
FROM THE JOB GROWTH ARE NOT
LOCAL PEOPLE.
IT'S PEOPLE, TALENT YOU HAVE TO
RECRUIT FROM OUTSIDE TO COME IN
THAT DROVE UP THE GROWTH CURVE,
THAT CREATED HOUSING VALUES TO
GO UP.
AND FRANKLY, JUST A REALLY
TOUGH PLACE TO BE AT IF YOU'RE
ONLY MAKING $40,000 A YEAR.
SO THE POPULATION GROWTH IS
CONTRIBUTING TO THE INEQUITY IN
SEATTLE.
THE REASON IT'S GROWING IS
BECAUSE LOCAL FOLKS ARE NOT
PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN
THOSE JOBS THAT ARE GROWING,
KNOWLEDGE JOBS.
SO THE NUMBER ONE THING WE CAN
DO TO PREVENT FUTURE GROWTH AS
THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE
IS INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND
WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR LOCAL
PEOPLE.
SO THEY CAN BENEFIT FROM THE
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND NOT BE LEFT
BEHIND.
FROM THAT STANDPOINT, ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT ARTS AND OTHER
DEPARTMENTS WERE WORKING ON IS
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE ECONOMY
IS EVOLVING.
WE WANT TO STAY AHEAD OF THE
CURVE THIS TIME INSTEAD OF
REACTING BECAUSE BY THAT TIME,
IT'S JUST TOO LATE.
CREATIVE ECONOMY HAS GROWN
SIGNIFICANTLY HERE IN SEATTLE.
THE JOB GROWTH HAS GONE UP 25%.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY HAS GROWN
TWICE AS FAST AS THE AVERAGE OF
THE OTHER OCCUPATIONS.
WAY WANT TO MAKE SURE LOCAL
FOLKS CAN OBTAIN THOSE JOBS AND
ESPECIALLY FROM UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
RANDY, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT?
>> CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF
THE CREATIVE JOBS WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HERE?
>> WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE STUDY
OED DID DURING 2018, EARLY 2019
IS THERE'S REALLY TWO AREAS OF
THOSE JOBS.
THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF
PERFORMING ARTS, NON-PROFIT,
GIG WORKER JOBS THAT AREN'T
COMPENSATED AT A VERY
COMPETITIVE RATE RELATIVE TO
THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
THEN THERE'S A NUMBER OF
CREATIVE JOBS IN THE TECH
SECTOR, STREAMING, PUBLISHING,
DIGITAL PRODUCTION, GAMING THAT
PAY REALLY WELL.
ACTUALLY, THE BEST JOBS IN THE
COUNTRY IN SEATTLE AND THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF THEM.
THEY'RE DRAMATICALLY OVER
REPRESENTED BY WHITE MEN.
HOW DO WE CREATE MORE PATHS TO
THOSE JOBS FOR MORE OF THE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY?
WE HAVE A ROBUST ECONOMY IN
SEATTLE TODAY THAT MOST OF THE
FOLKS WHO LIVED HERE WEREN'T
ABLE TO BENEFIT THE FROM.
FOLKS FROM OTHER PLACES HAD TO
MOVE HERE TO FILL THE JOBS IN
THE ECONOMY WE HAVE.
HOW DO WE PREPARE THE YOUNG
PEOPLE AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF
COLOR THAT LIVE HERE TO BENEFIT
FROM THE ECONOMY THAT'S
GROWING?
AND I THINK THERE'S AN
ADDITIONAL PART OF IT THAT WE
AND ARTS AND CULTURE FEEL A
RESPONSIBILITY TO IS
INDEPENDENT MUSICIANS AND
ACTORS AND PERFORMERS, HOW DO
WE CREATE REVERENCE AND BETTER
COMPENSATE THEM FOR THEIR TIME?
THE JOBS THAT AREN'T GOING TO
BE AUTOMATED, THAT AREN'T GOING
TO BE REPLACED BY ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE AND THE RISE OF 5G
TECHNOLOGY ARE CREATIVE,
EMPATHY DRIVEN STORY TELLING
JOB.
WE HAVE TO VALUE THEM AT A
LIVING WAGE.
WE HAVE TO PREPARE PEOPLE FOR
THE JOBS THAT ARE INCREASINGLY
ARE A LIVING WAGE AND FROM
CLOSING IN ON BOTH OF THOSE
ANGLES IS HOW WE CAN GROW
PROSPERITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
>> SURE.
>> SO THIS IS RELATED TO BOTH
RANDY AND BOBBY'S COMMENTS JUST
NOW.
TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE WORK AS AN
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
FOR THAT MATTER OFFICE OF ARTS
AND CULTURE, IN KIND OF
ALIGNING OUR PERCEPTIONS OF THE
FUTURE DEMAND AND LIKE THE
CREATIVE ECONOMY?
OR FOR THAT MATTER, ANY
ECONOMIC FIELD AND OUR LEVEL OF
INTERACTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON?
TO RANDY'S POINT, ONE OF THE
MOST PRESSING THINGS RANDY JUST
SAID IS WE PRODUCE A LOT OF
GREAT JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T
LIVE HERE.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOOD AT.
>> I AGREE, THE GAP IS HOW DO
WE DEVELOP AND GIVE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL
WORK FORCE TO G FILL THE DEMAND
FOR THE JOBS THAT COMPANIES AND
COMMUNITIES ARE CREATING HERE?
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON A
GREAT INCUBATOR, CREATED TO
DEVELOP AND TRAIN WORK FORCE.
I WONDER WHAT EXTENT OUR
EFFORTS ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE
PROGRAMS OFFERED AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
HOW MUCH COLLABORATION THERE
IS.
>> THE SIMPLEST WAY TO EXPLAIN
IS THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, WE
PROMOTE STEM.
AND THE NEXT ECONOMY WHAT WE
HAVE TO PROMOTE IS THE CREATIVE
SOMETIME, WHICH IS STEAM WHERE
YOU HAVE THE A, THE ART PART OF
IT.
IT'S NOT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS NOT
GOING TO GO AWAY.
TECHNOLOGY IS SIMPLY A TOOL FOR
THE CREATIVE MIND IN THE NEXT
ECONOMY BECAUSE OF AI AND OTHER
TOOLS COMING IN PLAY.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN OUR
WORLD, WE CALL IT A CLUSTER
STRATEGY.
A LOT OF MY FRIENDS DON'T LIKE
THAT WORD.
IT'S A CREATIVE CLUSTER
STRATEGY WHERE WE WORK NOT JUST
WITH GOVERNMENT PARTNERS BUT
WITH SCHOOLS, WITH EDUCATION,
AND ALSO INDUSTRIES AND
COLLECTIVELY BUILD ONE PLAN
AROUND HOW TO GET IT MORE
INCLUSIVE AND SCALED OVER TIME.
WE CAN'T BUILD THIS STRATEGY
WITHOUT HIGHER EDUCATION.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD AFTER OED
DID THEIR REPORT, WE PARTNERED
TO DO A FOLLOW-UP REPORT THAT
WAS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY
EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF
RACIAL INEQUITY AND THE
ECONOMY.
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS DISPARITY
WHERE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
ECONOMIES?
I THINK U-DUB HAS TO BE A
PARTNER IN THAT.
I THINK IT'S JUST THE SILOED
NATURE OF GOVERNMENT.
WHERE I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN
INTENTIONAL OR MALICIOUS.
WE ALL WORK REALLY HARD WITH
OUR HEAD DOWN IN THE LANE WE'RE
IN AND PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE
WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO
COLLABORATE.
LOOKING AT THE THE DEPARTMENTS
AROUND THIS TABLE, I THINK
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING
TO OPEN THAT APERTURE.
I'M THINKING ABOUT THE SUB
CABINET EVERYONE ON THIS TABLE
IS A PART OF WHERE WE'RE
TRIOLOGY TO LOOK TOGETHER HOW
TO HOLD UP EACH OTHER'S WORK.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE SIX
OTHER PROGRAMS AND THE FOSTER
SCHOOL?
I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I DO RESPECT THE CLUSTER
APPROACH BOBBY'S TAKEN.
THAT IT'S TRYING TO BRING
ATTENDANT PARTNERS TO THE TABLE
SO WE'RE COLLECTIVELY TRYING TO
SET A TARGET FOR OUR SUCCESS.
>> I WANTED TO ADD, I KNOW YOU
HAVE A QUESTION AROUND WHAT
TOOLS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
JUST TO SORT OF REITERATE THE
RACIAL EQUITY LAB THAT OUR
OFFICE WILL BE DEVELOPING, U-
DUB IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
PARTNERS WE WORK WITH.
WE DO SEE IT BECOMING A REALLY
CRITICAL TOOL FOR ALL KINDS OF
ANALYSIS FOR DECISIONER MAKERS
THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON
ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS.
>> I WANT TO ADD TO THE OTHER
CONVERSATION GOING ON AROUND
COMMUNITY WEALTH.
JOBS ARE IMPORTANT AND THE
RIGHT TYPES OF JOBS ARE
CRITICAL.
THERE'S A LAND USE COMPONENT AS
WELL.
THAT'S WHAT I ELUDED TO IN MY
EARLIER PRESENTATION AND WHY
SOME OF THE MAPS WE LOOKED AT,
ESPECIALLY THE HISTORIC MAPS,
HAVE RELEVANCE TODAY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE COLOR
OF LAW, I REALLY STRONGLY
ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THAT.
THE RESEARCH AROUND THE HISTORY
OF ZONING, VERY SPECIFICALLY
GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED BOTH
FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
POLICIES FROM THE '20s, '30s,
THE FHA, TO LOCAL POLICIES.
VERY DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO
ACTUALLY SEGREGATE PRIMARILY
AFRICAN AMERICANS.
THE FHA ASKED HIM TO DEVELOP
17,000 UNITS OF HOUSING WITH
VERY LOW TAX CREDIT FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S
REQUIREMENT AT THAT TIME WAS BY
COVENANT, NO AFRICAN AMERICANS
COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM.
THEY CAN'T BE RESIDENTS OR
OWNERS.
THIS IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN
THE '20s AND '30s.
COMBINE THAT WITH SOME OF THE
RED LINING MAP THAT I SHOWED
THAT WAS DONE, SOME OF IT BY
BANKS AND IN SOME CASES SEATTLE
AND OTHER CITIES LAND USE
ZONING FROM THE '20s AND '30s
HAD CREATED THAT SEGREGATION.
NOW IF YOU LOOK AT A NUMBER OF
OTHER RESEARCH, YOU'LL SEE
TODAY AFRICAN AMERICANS INCOME
IS AROUND 60% OF WHITE
AMERICANS ON AVERAGE.
THEIR WEALTH IS LESS THAN 10%
OF THOSE OF WHITES.
IF YOU ASSUME EVERYBODY WORKS
OF EQUAL INCOME, YOU'D ASSUME
THEY'RE 60% OF INCOME OF WHITE
AMERICANS.
THEIR WEALTH SHOULD BE CLOSE TO
60%, BUT IT'S NOT.
AND ROTHSTEIN MAKES A DIRECT
LINK BETWEEN HOW LACK OF
OWNERSHIP OF HOMES WAS A
CRITICAL CONTRIBUTOR IF NOT THE
MOST TO THAT CHANGE TODAY.
SO WHITE PEOPLE MOVED TO LEVY
TOWN, OWNED PROPERTS, AND OVER
TIME THOSE PROPERTIES WERE
BUILT BY VERY LOW TAX LOANS
APPRECIATED OVER TIME.
THEIR KIDS INHERITED THOSE.
LAND IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF
BUILDING WEALTH.
WHETHER YOU USE IT FOR
COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL.
SO HE MAKES THE LINK, THAT IS
AN IMPORTANT IMPEDIMENT.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED
TO LOOK AT GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT
IS REALLY TIED TO LAND USE
POLICIES.
AND PART OF THE SUCCESS SO FAR,
VERY INCREMENTAL OF THIS
INITIATIVE, SOME OF IT IS TIED
TO OWNERSHIP.
WHETHER IT'S LAND ACQUISITION
OR THE BUSINESSES THAT THESE
COMMUNITIES TRY TO HAVE
OWNERSHIP FOR IS A CRITICAL
STEP IN REAL HI ADDRESSING THAT
ISSUE.
AND UBAX CAN TALK ABOUT SOME
EXAMPLES OF REALLY REAL WORLD
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT
RELATE TO THAT KIND OF
OWNERSHIP.
>> I'M GLAD THAT SAM BROUGHT UP
THE ISSUE OF ONE OF THE ONLY
WAYS TO BUILD WEALTH HAS BEEN
THROUGH HOMEOWNERSHIP.
BUT THERE ARE ALSO BARRIERS WE
SEE IN COMMUNITIES, LIKE IN MY
COMMUNITY FOR EXAMPLE.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE WORKING
CLASS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW THAT
ARE PROFESSIONALS, THEY HAVE
OTHER BARRIERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, NEEDING A
COMPLIANT WAY OF GETTING
HOMEOWNERSHIP ACCESS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
AND THEN LIKE REDEFINING WHAT
THAT MEANS.
WE HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE
SUPPORTING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT
THEY ARE THE SPECTRUM OF WHERE
THEY WON'T EVEN TOUCH AN
INTEREST.
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH A
PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION CALLED
THE CHAM ORGANIZATION, SOMEBODY
EARLIER TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL
CAPITAL.
RAISE MONEY FROM THE COMMUNITY
BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GO TO THE
BANK AND WERE ABLE TO BUY FIVE
PROPERTIES JUST FROM 3000
FAMILIES THAT INCLUDED KIDS.
>> WOW.
>> AND EDI WAS JUST A LAST KIND
OF FUNDING LAST YEAR THAT WAS
ABLE TO, LIKE, FIRST OF ALL
LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT BALANCE
SHEET FROM HOW THE BANKS DEFINE
IT.
BUT DEFINING THAT AND LOOKING
AT OTHER VEHICLES OF COMMUNITY
OWNERSHIP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
BRING UP ABOUT THE BARRIERS IS
ALSO LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT
GOVERNMENT BEING SILOED.
BUT GOVERNMENT HAS SOME
STRENGTHS AND THINGS THAT WE
CAN REALLY MOVE.
WHAT ABOUT PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY?
WHAT ABOUT PARTNERSHIP WITH
PHILANTHROPY?
PARTNERING WITH SEATTLE
FOUNDATION AND THE COMMUNITIES
OF OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE CAN, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY AROUND
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY AND
HOW AS A GOVERNMENT WE'RE
LIMITED.
BUT A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTION CAN MAKE THAT
HAPPEN AND HOW DO WE REALLY
PARTNER WITH THOSE GROUPS?
WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH
GROUPS LIKE THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CAN SOLVE THAT ISSUE.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE I'VE
BEEN LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS
THE BOSTON PROJECT, WHICH IS A
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT VEHICLE
THAT IS SOLVING SOME OF THESE
ISSUES.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
HAVE HEARD ABOUT FOR YEARS NOW
IS THE ISSUE OF THE GROUND
FLOOR DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT?
SO WE HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS
THAT MIGHT HAVE OFFICE OF
HOUSING MONEY READY TO GO, BUT
WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO FINANCE
THE GROUND FLOOR.
BECAUSE OF THE PROHIBITION ON
GIFTING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR A
PARTICULAR BUSINESS OR ANY
COMMERCIAL ANYTHING, THESE
PROJECTS ARE SHOVEL READY BUT
CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DIG INTO
THIS QUESTION AND REALLY START
TO FIND THE TOOLS THAT WILL
ALLOW US AND MAYBE IT'S TRYING
TO PARTNER WITH PHILANTHROPY.
I KNOW THERE'S A FUNDER'S
COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION
HAPPENING ABOUT TRYING TO
ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIGURE THAT
PIECE OUT.
IF IT'S NOT THAT, IF THERE'S
SOME OTHER TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW
US TO START TO STEWARD OR ALLOW
COMMUNITY TO STEWARD THEIR OWN
LANDOWNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
THE CONVERSATION I'D LIKE FOR
US TO CONTINUE HAVING.
HOW DO WE START MOVING IN THE
DIRECTION OF IDENTIFYING SOME
OF THOSE TOOLS AND REALLY
FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE MAKE IT
HAPPEN?
>> YEAH.
IF I CAN INTERRUPT, I AGREE
WITH YOU.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
IN TERMS OF OUR STATE LAW OR
OTHER BARRIERS.
SOME OF THE SUCCESS WITH THIS
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENT OVER THE
EDI LESSON IS ACTUALLY ASKING
THAT QUESTION.
BECAUSE WE COMMUNICATE AND
COORDINATE OUR RESOURCES, WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO FUND AND TEE UP
PROJECTS LIKE THE ETHIOPIAN
COMMUNITY CENTER OR THE
FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER WHO
WE WORKED WITH IN TERMS OF
BUILDING CAPACITY SO THEY ARE
READY TO APPLY FOR OFFICE OF
HOUSING FUNDING.
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING CANNOT
PAY FOR THE GROUND FLOOR.
SO WE TEE THEM UP AND LINE UP
AND CONNECT THE DOTS WITH OUR
COORDINATION SO THAT THEY'RE
READY FOR OFFICE OF HOUSING.
AND OFFICE OF HOUSING IS AT THE
TABLE AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE KIND OF
SUCCESSFUL, YOU KNOW, TWO
PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS THAT.
THE MAYOR HAS BEEN EXPLORING
THIS AND ASKING US TO EXPLORE
THESE ISSUES.
WE MENTIONED THE STRATEGIC LAND
INVESTMENTS IDEA.
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO
ADDRESS THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.
CAN WE HAVE OFFICE OF HOUSING
FUND HOUSING ONLY?
EDI FUNDS THE GROUND FLOOR
ONLY?
CAN WE LOOK AT NEW TOOLS THAT
REALLY IS FLEXIBLE, AGILE SO
YOU HAVE AS A PILOT THAT THEN
YOU CAN ADDRESS MIXED INCOME
AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT
CAN ALSO LEVERAGE OTHER THINGS
IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR?
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE
REALLY EXCITING THIS YEAR AND
NEXT YEAR IN ADDITION TO OUR
FOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL LANDS TO
REALLY CONNECT A LOT OF THE
DOTS.
>> I WANT TO PUT BOBBY AND
RANDY ON THE SPOT AND SAY THE
TI PROGRAM THAT YOUR OFFICE
PILOTED IS INNOVATIVE.
MAYBE TALKING A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT AND THEN THE PDA.
>> WE'LL END IT UP WITH PDA.
BEFORE I MOVED TO SEATTLE, I
WAS A SPONSOR OF THE AFFORDABLE
COMMERCIAL SPACE IN PORTLAND.
WHAT WE DID IS WE PURCHASED
LAND, BUILD A BUILDING, SELL
THE BUILDING, MASTER LEASE BACK
THE FIRST FLOOR, AND THEN BUILD
OUT THE GRAY SHELL THE WARM
SHELL AND THE TI BASED ON THE
BUSINESSES THAT COULD BE MOVING
IN.
WE'RE TARGETING AFRICAN
AMERICAN BUSINESSES THAT WERE
DISPLACED.
IT'S IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST
PORTLAND.
GOVERNMENT PLAYED A ROLE IN
PLAYING FOR TI TO PROVIDE
OPERATING FUNDS, CAPITAL
WORKING DOLLARS.
10-YEAR LEASE WITH FIVE
ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR AN
ADDITIONAL LEASE BECAUSE WEALTH
CREATION TAKES TIME.
YOU CAN'T DO IT IN TWO YEARS.
IT TAKES 10 YEARS.
WE PROVIDE WORKING CAPITAL, 10-
YEAR LEASE, AND WE USE A
COMMUNITY PROCESS TO DETERMINE
WHO'S BEST QUALIFIED FOR THOSE
SPACES.
IT'S NOT JUST A RANDOM PROCESS.
IT'S A COMMUNITY PROCESS.
HERE WE'RE PREVENTED FROM DOING
THAT BECAUSE OF THE STATE LAW.
THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO USE
RANDY'S VISION AROUND PDA MODEL
TO MASTER LEASE SOME SPACES, SO
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RANDY.
>> I HEAR A THEME OF PERHAPS
TALKING TO OUR
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DEPARTMENTS.
>> AND I THINK THE CONTOURS OF
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES
ARE REALLY COMPLICATED, AND
WE'VE BEEN WITH OUR SHOULDER TO
THE WHEEL TO BUILD, REFINE, AND
CLARIFY THE IDEA.
AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE IDEA THAT
THERE CAN BE AN INTERMEDIARY, A
WELL CAPITALIZED MISSION-DRIVEN
INTERMEDIARY THAT CAN STAND
BETWEEN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
AND THE COMMUNITY IS CLEARLY A
NEED.
WE STARTED FROM A PLACE OF OUR
BIASED TOWARD CULTURAL SPACE
AND CULTURAL USE.
BEING ON THE EDI SUB CABINET,
WE LOOKED AT THESE COMMUNITY
CENTERED SMALL BUSINESSES.
THEY TALKED ABOUT COMMERCIAL
AFFORDABILITY AND WHETHER THE
MECHANISM FOR THAT
CAPITALIZATIONS BONDING OR
IMPACT INVESTING OR
PHILANTHROPY OR SOME
COMBINATION, IF WE CAN PULL A
CAPITAL STACK TOGETHER AND GO
TO OFFICE OF HOUSING AND SAY
WHAT BUILDING NEEDS A GROUND-
FLOOR TENANT?
WHO ARE THREE PARTNERS FROM THE
EDI POOL WHO FIT THAT
COMMUNITY'S CHARACTER AND
IDENTITY?
THAT'S WELL WITHIN OUR REACH.
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT LIMIT US?
I THINK AS GOVERNMENT, WE ARE A
RISK-AVERSE ENTITY.
AS WE SHOULD BE WITH TAXPAYER
DOLLARS.
I WORRY IF WE ONLY USE THE
TOOLS WE'VE BEEN USING TO GET
TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE ARE
ONLY GOING TO TWEAK THE STATUS
QUO OVER TIME.
WHAT I'VE SEEN IN SEVEN YEARS
IN THIS JOB IS THE
AFFORDABILITY CRISIS JUST
EXPLODE AND LEFT WITH A FEELING
LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE
TOOLS TO RESPOND.
WE CAN'T AS THE ARTS OFFICE
RESPOND ALONE.
WE NEED TO DO THAT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OTHER
FOLKS AROUND THIS TABLE.
WHETHER IT'S SEATTLE PROMISE OR
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY OR
TENANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, WE
NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT
BRINGING A NUMBER OF THOSE
THINGS TO BEAR AND ACTUALLY
PUTTING THEM INTO THE WORLD IN
SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM.
WE NEED TO RALLY AROUND A
COUPLE OF PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN
SAY WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE
PIECES TOGETHER AND SEE IF IT
WORKS.
IF IT DOES, MAYBE WE CAN SCALE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> MADAME CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> SO I HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO
BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER
COMMITMENT UNFORTUNATELY.
SINCE WE'RE NOT VOTING ON
ANYTHING, I DON'T THINK IT WILL
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> IT'S FINE.
>> BUT IN TERMS OF QUORUM OR
WHAT HAVE YOU, I WANT TO SAY
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT
DISCUSSION.
WHAT A GREAT FIRST MEETING OF
THIS COMMITTEE.
THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING
INDIVIDUALLY AND WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AS WE GO
ALONG AND DEVELOP A WORK PLAN
FOR THE YEAR AND JUST REALLY
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SEE YOU FOR FIRST THURSDAY.
>> SO YEAH, WE HAVE COME UP ON
OUR TIME.
I WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR A LAST COMMENT
OR QUESTION IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD?
>> LOOKING FORWARD -- AND THANK
YOU FOR THE PLATFORM.
>> THIS IS GREAT.
>> WE'RE HUNGRY FOR THIS.
THIS IS GREAT.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE
ALL OF YOU HERE TO HAVE YOUR
PASSION, COMMITMENT, AND DEEP
WORK IN THE COMMUNITY REFLECTED
IN THE THINGS YOU'VE IDENTIFIED
AS THE PRIORITIES AND THE
THINGS YOU'VE ALREADY
ACCOMPLISHED.
AS I SAID, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I
WANT TO SAY WE WILL BE HAVING A
SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY
6th AT 5:00 P.M.
WE'RE HAVING IT IN THE EVENING
SO WE CAN INVITE COMMUNITY TO
COME AND PARTICIPATE.
WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED EXACTLY
WHO THE PRESENTERS WILL BE.
IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS, PLEASE
GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR OFFICE.
AND THEN OUR REGULARLY
SCHEDULED MEETING FOR FEBRUARY
HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO
FEBRUARY 20th AT 9:30 BECAUSE
OF THE PRESIDENT'S DAY HOLIDAY.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING GOT
BUMPED.
AND BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS WILL
BE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
SO HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS,
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
>> THAT WAS GREAT.