>>> IS JUDI ON?
>> YES, HERE I AM.
>> OKAY.
I'M WAITING FOR YOUR CUE TO
TELL ME WHEN WE'RE READY TO GO.
>> I BELIEVE WE'RE READY TO GO,
AND YOU DO HAVE A QUORUM, THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THE SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 MEETING
OF THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT MEETING WILL COME
TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:01 P.M.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> YOU HAVE FOUR PRESENT.
>> TERRIFIC.
THANK YOU.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
I ASK EVERYONE PLEASE BE
PATIENT.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEARN HOW
TO OPERATE THIS SYSTEM IN REAL
TIME AND NAVIGATE THROUGH THE
INEVITABLE GROWING PAINS.
WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO FINE TUNE THIS REMOTE
PROCESS AND ADDING NEW FEATURES
THAT ALLOW ADDITIONAL MEANS OF
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN OUR
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
IT REMAINS A STRONG INTENT OF
THE COUNCIL TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED ON
MEETING AGENDAS, HOWEVER, THE
CITY COUNCIL DOES RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO END OR ELIMINATE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS AT ANY
POINT IF WE DEEM THIS SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR IS UNSUITABLE
FOR ALLOWING OUR MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY IN A
MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO
CONDUCT OUR NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING IS 20 MINUTES AND
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'LL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET REGISTERED
TO SPEAK, BUT WOULD LIKE TO,
YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END
OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BY
GOING TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE
AT SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THE LINK IS ALSO LISTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL THE SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND AN
AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF YOU BEING
UNMUTED WILL BE THE SPEAKER'S
CUE THAT IT IS THEIR TURN TO
SPEAK AND THE SPEAKER MUST
PRESS STAR SIX TO BEGIN
SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY
STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM
YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
AS A REMINDER PUBLIC COMMENT
SHOULD RELATE TO AN ITEM ON
TODAY'S AGENDA.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF YOUR
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME WE ASK
YOU BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT END YOUR COMMENTS
AT THE END OF THE ALLOTTED
TIME, THE SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE
WILL BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO
CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE
AND PLAN TO CONTINUE FOLLOWING
THIS MEETING, IF YOU PLAN TO
CONTINUE FOLLOWING THIS MEETING
THAT YOU DO SO BY THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR THE LISTENING
OPTIONS LISTED ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL BEGIN
WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE
LIST.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRESS STAR
SIX BEFORE SPEAKING.
AND HOLD PLEASE.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GERALD
DAVIS FOLD BY JULIA.
JARRELL, IT IS YOUR TURN TO
SPEAK.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JARRELL
DAVIS.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE
PERMANENT EI BOARD STRUCTURE.
I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE RACE AND
EQUITY TASK FORCE DECISION
AROUND HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE
COMING FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE COMING
FROM THE COUNCIL, AND HOW MANY
MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SINCE 2016 THE RACE AND EQUITY
TASK FORCE HAVE BEEN THE
EXPERTISE ON THE RACE AND
EQUITY STANDARD RELATED TO
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT.
BY DEVELOPING THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN BY DEVELOPING THE GROSS
STRATEGY AS WELL AS THE EDI
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, RACE AND
EQUITY TASK FORCE HAVE LED
THIS.
THE MAYOR'S IDEA OF
COLLABORATION OR PARTNERSHIP
WITH COMMUNITIES IS OBVIOUSLY
SKEWED AND DISPERSED IF THE
MAYOR THINKS IT IS APPROPRIATE
FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO APPOINT
THE MAJORITY OF SEATS ON A
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN BOARD.
SINCE 2018 OUR BOARD HAS
DEMANDED A PERMANENT BOARD FOR
THE EDI AND HAVE BEEN MET WITH
NOTHING, BUT OPPOSITION.
IT WOULD COMPLETELY UNDERMINE
THE FACT THAT THIS IS SUPPOSE
TO BE A COMMUNITY DRIVEN BOARD
IF THE MAYOR IS ABLE TO HAVE
THE MAJORITY OF SEATS.
OUR MAYOR WILL RECEIVE THE MAX
AND THAT IS QUITE GENEROUS.
THE COUNCIL WILL GET THREE AND
THEN THE BOARD WILL IDENTIFY
SEVEN FOLKS UP TO 13 PERSONS
PROPOSED SEATS.
IT WILL COMPLETELY UNDERMINE
THE FACT THAT OVER THE LAST
FIVE AND FOUR YEARS THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY THAT
THEY ARE REPRESENTING, THERE
HAS BEEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF
BLACK, BROWN, AND LOW INCOME
FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
THE FACT WE CAN TRY TO
EMPHASIZE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
AND THESE NEIGHBORHOODS YET IT
CONTINUES TO GET PUSHED TO THE
BACK BURNER.
I THINK CONTRIBUTES TO THE FACT
THE ISSUES HAVE CONTINUED IN
THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SO I
URGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE
RACE AND EQUITY TASK FORCE
SUGGESTION OF THE BREAKDOWN OF
HOW THE SEATS ARE ALLOWED FOR A
PERMANENT EDI STRUCTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JARRELL.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIA
BROSCIUTTO.
JULIA, YOU NEED TO PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> HELLO, I'M HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
JULIA.
THE RECENT SOCIAL EQUITY TASK
FORCE AND ALSO A BOARD MEMBER
FOR THE INTERIM BOARD.
I'M SPEAKING ON COUNCIL BILL
119887.
AS JARRELL SAID SINCE 2018 THE
EDI ADVISORY BOARD AND THE TASK
FORCE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
A PERMANENT EDI ADVISORY BOARD
THAT RETAINS THE COMMUNITY SELF-
DETERMINATION, PRINCIPLES,
OUTLINED IN THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
THAT THE CITY ADOPTED IN 2016.
THE INTERIM BOARD HAS PLAYED A
CRITICAL ROLE IN THE ROLLOUT OF
THE MOST ACCLAIMED ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY, THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE DEVELOPED COMMUNITY
ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND HAS RESULTED IN OVER $21
MILLION AWARDED TO BLACK
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE CALL ON YOU, THE COUNCIL, TO
AMEND THE EDI ADVISORY BOARD
LEGISLATION.
WE NEED AN ADVISORY BOARD THAT
IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
COMMUNITY SEEKING DISPLACEMENT
AND HAVE USED EXPERTISE IN WHAT
THEIR COMMUNITIES NEED.
WE CALL FOR A BOARD, A 13-
PERSON BOARD MEMBER, THREE OF
WHOM WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL.
THREE OF WHOM WOULD BE
APPOINTED BY COUNCIL, AND SEVEN
WOULD BE APPOINTED BY THE
ADVISORY BOARD ITSELF.
AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, ALL ABOUT SELF-
DETERMINATION AND THE
COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY
DISPLACEMENT NEEDS TO BE AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THE DECISION
MAKING AND YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JULIA.
THE LAST SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE
ON THE LIST RIGHT NOW IS EVELYN
ALLEN.
EVELYN, IT IS YOUR TURN.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PRESS STAR
SIX.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS EVELYN ALLEN AND I'M
CO-FOUNDER OF THE BLACK
COMMUNITY IMPACT ALLIANCE
SPEAKING ON THE PERMANENT EDI
ADVISORY BOARD.
I AM SPEAKING TO YOU ON SUCH A
HISTORIC DAY, A DAY THAT HAS
BROUGHT HONOR TO THE NAME
OFBREONNA TAYLOR.
I'M THE MEMBER OF THE RACIAL
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EQUITY TASK
FORCE.
A COALITION OF THE LEADERS TASK
TO REPRESENT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HISTORIC
RED LINING AND RISK OF
REPLACEMENT DUE TO
GENTRIFICATION.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE HISTORIC
DISTRICT, THE HISTORIC BLACK
COMMUNITY.
THE PURPOSE OF OUR BOARD IS TO
VIEW IDENTIFIED PROJECTS,
RESOURCES, AND VOICE FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED.
WE JOIN WITH OTHERS AND ALL OF
THE COMMENTS HAVE GONE ON
BEFORE US.
THE PERMANENT EDI BOARD SHOULD
REFLECT ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE TO
BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE AS
OUTLINED IN SEPTEMBER 11, 2020
LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S
COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE FROM THE
ORGANIZATION.
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE MAYOR
AND THE CITY COUNCIL UPHOLD
THEIR STATED COMMITMENT TO
HONOR THE VOICE OF THOSE ETHNIC
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN TARGETED TO
BE KEPT SILENT.
WE CALL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE PERMANENT EDI BOARD WITH
THE MAJORITY MEMBERSHIP FROM
THE COMMUNITY FROM WHICH IT IS
DISTURBED, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS
ALLEN.
I DO NOT SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
SPEAKERS, SO I WILL CONCLUDE
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE 17
ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THE FIRST 15 ARE COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS, COMMISSION
APPOINTMENTS TO VARIOUS
COMMISSIONS.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ALL OF
THESE ARE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
AS I SEE IT NONE OF THEM ARE
REAPPOINTMENTS.
WITH THAT SAID WE DO HAVE
SEVERAL FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ABLE
TO BE HERE TODAY.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES INDULGENCE TO TRUST
THE WORK OF OUR CITY'S STAFF
AND OUR COMMISSIONS WHO HAVE
VETTED THESE CANDIDATES, WHO
HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
THEM.
AND IF THERE IS A CANDIDATE WHO
IS NOT HERE THAT WE CONSIDER
ALLOWING THEIR APPOINTMENT TO
BE MADE.
MANY OF THESE HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ALREADY TO
BE APPOINTED.
SO I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND
PROCEED, BUT BEGIN THE
CONVERSATION WITH THAT AND
HAPPY TO HEAR FROM COLLEAGUES
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR
THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE AND FOR
THE CITY STAFF WHO ARE HERE AS
WELL.
SO AS I SAID WE HAVE 17 ITEMS
ON THE AGENDA.
CAN I PLEASE ASK THE CLERK TO
READ ITEMS 1-7 INTO THE RECORD.
>> MADAM CHAIR, THE LEGAL
EXCESS MAY BE MUTED.
>> OH DEAR.
ALEXIS, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE
YOURSELF?
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, I WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ IS PRESENT.
>> TERRIFIC, THANK YOU.
WELCOME, COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 1-7
APPOINTMENTS 1518, 1619, 1630,
1629, 1620, 1632, AND 1631.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF YADIRA
SISQUEIROS, HARMONY LEANNA
EICHSTEADT.
MARCIA WRIGHT-SOIKA, AND
JENNIFER GORDON AS MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
FOR TERMS OF JULY 1, 2021.
THE APPOINTMENT OF SANGYOON
SOPHIA LEE AS MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR
A TERM TO JULY 1, 2022.
AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF ZOE
TRUE AND RHONDA CARTER AS
MEMBERS OF SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION FOR TERMS TO JULY 1,
2021.
FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> TERRIFIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE DO HAVE MARTA IDOWU HERE
FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
TO PRESENT THESE CANDIDATES.
SO MARTA, I'M GOING TO HAND IT
OFF TO YOU.
>> OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE COMMISSION.
THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
IS APPOINTED ADVISORY BODY FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHO COME
TOGETHER AS VOLUNTEERS, EXCUSE
ME, WHO COME TOGETHER AS
VOLUNTEERS TO RESEARCH,
ANALYZE, AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MAYOR,
CITY COUNCIL, AND CITY
DEPARTMENTS ON ISSUES FACING
WOMEN IN SEATTLE.
SO THE FOUR APPOINTEES ARE
MARCIA WRIGHT-SOIKA, SOPHIA
LEE, REBECCA BRYANT, AND THE
OTHER PERSON'S NAME, I DON'T
REMEMBER IF YOU CALLED IT OR
NOT, I HAVE TWO OTHERS, RHONDA
CARTER AND ALSO ZOE TRUE, WHICH
ARE REAPPOINTMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOLKS, SO
THOSE FOLKS AREN'T HERE, THEY
ARE REAPPOINTMENTS, SO I WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
BUT AS FAR AS THE FOUR
APPOINTEES THAT ARE HERE AND I
HOPE THEY ARE ONLINE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE ONLINE
OR NOT.
>> WHY DON'T WE GO DOWN THE
LIST, SO WE WILL START WITH
YADIRA SISQUEIROS.
IS YADIRA ON THE LINE?
>> SHE SHOULD NOT BE ON THERE
BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE THAT I
REACHED OUT TO AND SHE WAS THE
ONE THAT WAS GOING TO BE
CALLING ME BACK.
>> OKAY, LEANNA EICHSTEADT?
>> NOW THAT IS NOT SOMEONE FROM
MY COMMISSION.
>> THAT'S HARMONY LEANNA
EICHSTEADT?
>> OKAY, YEAH, HARMONY.
I DIDN'T GET IT WHEN YOU CALLED
HER BY THE MIDDLE NAME.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT
WAS SUPPOSE TO BE GETTING IN
CONTACT WITH ME BACK AND I
HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER YET.
>> IS HARMONY ON?
>> HARMONY SHOULD NOT BE ON
BECAUSE SHE DID NOT CONTACT ME.
>> OKAY.
>> MARCIA?
>> YES, MARCIA SHOULD BE THERE.
AND WHAT I USUALLY DO IS I JUST
KIND OF SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THE PERSON AND THEN I ASK THAT
PERSON TO SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT
THEMSELVES AND THEN YOU ALL ASK
THEM SOME QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY.
MARCIA IS ON, GO AHEAD, MARTA,
THEN WE'LL ASK MARCIA TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU.
I'M INTRODUCING MARCIA WRIGHT-
SOIKA WHO HAS WAITED A LONG
TIME TO GET THIS, FOR THIS DAY
TO HAPPEN, AND WE ARE PLEASED
SHE WAS ABLE TO COME TODAY.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON
THE COMMISSION, AND COMING TO
MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, BEING ON
THE CALLS AND STUFF SINCE WE
HAVE STARTED TO MEET VIRTUALLY.
THEY REALLY HUNG IN THERE WITH
US DOING THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS
AND STUFF.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT
OVER TO HER, SO SHE COULD GIVE
YOU A LITTLE MORE OF A
BACKGROUND ABOUT HERSELF AND
WHY SHE WANTS TO BE A
COMMISSIONER AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
GO RIGHT AHEAD, MARCIA.
>> HI, EVERYONE, I KNOW MY LAST
NAME IS KIND OF A DOOZY, I
MARRIED INTO IT.
IT'S UKRAINIAN, IT IS MARCIA
WRIGHT-SOIKA FOR THE RECORD.
I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
COMMISSION NOW FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS UNOFFICIALLY.
BUT I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE CALIBER OF THE
COMMISSIONERS THAT I HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH.
JUST REALLY, REALLY PLEASED TO
BE NOMINATED.
>> MARCIA, CAN YOU TELL US, I
WAS, I AM A FORMER HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSIONER MYSELF AS IS
COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS.
HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS,
I KNOW IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME.
I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL
VACANCIES, ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS
LIKE THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION IS
MORE -- IS FULL COMPARED TO
SOME OF THE OTHERS, BUT CAN YOU
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF
THE PRIORITIES FOR THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION AND WHAT YOUR
PARTICULAR INTEREST IS?
>> SURE.
SO I MOVED HERE A FEW YEARS AGO
FROM THE EAST COAST.
WHEN I WAS JOINING THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY, I REALLY WANTED TO
FIND A WAY TO UTILIZE MY
BACKGROUND TO GIVE BACK.
AND SO I HAVE A HISTORY OF
WORKING WITH WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND
WOMEN'S EQUALITY ORGANIZATIONS
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO I WAS VERY EXCITED TO HEAR
ABOUT THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
AND THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR
MEMBERS.
PART OF THE REASON WHY I WAS
INTERESTED IN THE COMMISSION
WAS BECAUSE OF THE RECENT
EVICTION REPORT THAT THEY HAD
RELEASED.
UP UNTIL RECENTLY I WAS WORKING
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
SEATTLE.
WE DESPERATELY NEED VOICES ON
THE COMMISSION THAT CAN FOCUS A
GENERAL LENS ON THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ISSUE, AND THAT HAS
BEEN A CRITICAL PART OF OUR
WORK AND OUR PRIORITIES.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS
WE HAVE REALLY BEEN TAKING A
LOOK AT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
AS A WHOLE.
IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITY FOCUS
AREAS.
WITHIN THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
EVERYTHING FROM THE
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF FAIR
ENFORCEMENT ON THE PEOPLE THAT
TRANSIT AND SO CLOSE TO SERVE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HOUSING
POLICIES AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO IDENTIFY
AS WOMEN WHO ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP HERE IN OUR
CITY.
AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD SAY
IS THAT THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC HAS GIVEN SORT OF NEW
URGENCY TO OUR COMMITTEE
BECAUSE AS WE START TO SEEK THE
RECOVERY THAT IS DESPERATELY
NEEDED BY THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS
WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES
THROUGHOUT THIS CITY, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A VOICE
OF COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE
LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT RECOVERY
PERIOD IS EQUITABLE AND GOES TO
THOSE WHO HAVE FACED THE MOST
HARM ECONOMIC AND HEALTH WISE
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SO I THINK IT HAS GIVEN US A
NEW URGENCY AND RENEWED ENERGY.
>> TERRIFIC.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS FOR MARCIA?
OKAY.
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MARCIA.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO SOPHIA
LEE.
>> MARTA, DID YOU WANT TO SAY
ANYTHING?
>> OH NO, I THINK THEY CAN JUST
DO A SEGWAY INTO EACH ONE OF
THEM AS THEY MOVE DOWN THE LINE
THERE, YEAH.
THANK YOU.
>> SOPHIA, HOW ARE YOU?
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> I AM DOING WELL, NICE TO SEE
YOU TOO, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
AND ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS SOPHIA LEE, AND I AM
A SIX-YEAR RESIDENT OF SEATTLE
SO FAR, AND COUNTING, HOPEFULLY
MANY, MANY MORE.
I HAVE BEEN HIGHLY INVOLVED IN
LOCAL SEATTLE ACTIVISM AND
POLITICS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS PRIMARILY THROUGH A
TRANSGENDER CIVIL RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION CALLED GENDER
JUSTICE LEAGUE.
I AM A TRANSGENDER WOMAN, AND I
HAVE BEEN THE BOARD CHAIR OF
THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE PAST
SEVERAL YEARS, AND I HAVE
RECENTLY STEPPED DOWN, SO THAT
I COULD MAKE SPACE AND TIME TO
JOIN THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION.
WITHIN THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION I
HAVE BEEN PROVISIONALLY BEEN
PARTICIPATEING THROUGHOUT SINCE
JANUARY.
I HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVISIONALLY
VOTED IN AS A CO-CHAIR NOT TOO
LONG AGO.
AND SO YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS?
>> THAT'S GREAT.
I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE
WORK YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT
YOU HAVE BEEN VOTED CO-CHAIR
BEFORE YOUR OFFICIAL
APPOINTMENT, SO
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
FOR SOPHIA?
TERRIFIC.
YES, COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR MORALES, NO
QUESTIONS, BUT JUST WANTED TO
ALSO OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS
TO SOPHIA AND JUST OFFER MY OWN
TESTIMONIAL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
EXTREMELY ACTIVE AND REALLY
INCREDIBLY CONTRIBUTED MEMBER
OF SEATTLE'S ACTIVISM
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> VERY GOOD.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT
PERSON I HAVE, WHICH IS
JENNIFER GORDON.
JENNIFER, WELCOME.
>> YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU, I GUESS
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY BACKGROUND
AND SOME OF THE LIVED
EXPERIENCES I BRING TO THE
COMMISSION.
I AM A REGISTERED NURSE BY
TRADE.
I CONSIDER MYSELF A PAINT
COLLAR WORKER.
NURSING IS STILL A 90% FEMALE
PROFESSION IN WASHINGTON STATE
AND DOES CONTINUE DESPITE THAT
TO HAVE A GENDER WAGE GAP.
I'M ALSO THIRD GENERATION
UNITED STATES NAVY VETERAN.
THE FIRST FEMALE IN MY FAMILY
TO SERVE AND THE FIRST OFFICER
úAS WELL.
THOUGH I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT I CAN BRING THAT VETERAN
VOICE TO THE COMMISSION, I'M
ALSO FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE
STUDENT AND CURRENTLY FINISHING
A MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND
A MASTERS IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SO I
CAN BRING THAT IDENTITY OF THE
HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT AS
WELL.
AS FAR AS THE WORK THAT I HAVE
BEEN DOING WITH THE COMMISSION
SO FAR IN MY UNOFFICIAL
CAPACITY, I'M A MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS
SUBCOMMITTEE.
OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A GOOD FIT FOR
ME AS A FRONT LINE HEALTHCARE
WORKER ESPECIALLY NOW WE'RE
ENTERING THIS PANDEMIC RESPONSE
OR HAVE BEEN IN THIS PANDEMIC
RESPONSE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS
NOW.
I AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LEND
A VOICE TO HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR
FRONT LINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS,
WHICH ARE MAJORITY FEMALE.
AS WELL AS HOW IT IS AFFECTING
WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE
ALREADY SEEING DATA WOMEN ARE
DROPPING OUT OF THE WORK FORCE
AT A GREATER RATE THAN MEN DUE
TO THE PANDEMIC.
I KNOW MYSELF AND MY OWN
EXPERIENCE HAVE HAD ISSUES
BALANCING THE EXPECTATIONS OF
MY GRADUATE PROGRAM, THESIS
COMMITTEE WITH MY DESIRE TO
TAKE MY SKILLS TO THE FRONT
LINES OF THIS PANDEMIC.
I HAVE RETURNED TO WORK FULL
TIME FIRST IN THE COVID UNIT AT
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON EPIC
CENTER AND NOW WITH THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT AND HEALTH INFECTION
PREVENTION TEAM UNDER THE
INCIDENT COMMAND RESPONSE FOR
THE PANDEMIC.
AND SEEING THE WAYS IN WHICH
WOMEN ARE PULLED IN THESE
MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS VIA FRONT
LINES, ESSENTIAL WORKERS,
VERSES THESE OTHER
RESPONSIBILITIES OR PARENTAL
LOAD, TRYING TO TEACH CHILDREN
AT HOME VERSES
WORKLOAD.
I'M EXCITED AT THE OPPORTUNITY
OF BRINGING ALL THESE DIFFERENT
IDENTITIES, THESE INTERSECTIONS
TO THE COMMISSION AND HELPING
TO RAISE AWARENESS AND BRING
THE VOICE OF THE WOMEN OF THE
CITY TO THE COUNCIL AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SO THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR HAVING
ME TODAY.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THERE'S DEFINITELY A CASCADE OF
ISSUES, COMPOUNDING ISSUES FOR
US TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW AND
WOMEN ARE CERTAINLY AT THE
FRONT LINE OF HAVING TO MANAGE
A LOT OF THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR
WHAT YOU DO IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS.
I AM GOING -- SO ZOE TRUE AND
RHONDA CARTER ARE NOT HERE, IS
THAT RIGHT?
>> ZOE TRUE AND RHONDA CARTER
ARE REAPPOINTMENTS, AND WE
USUALLY SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT
THEM AND ASK THEM TO BE
REAPPOINTED.
>> OKAY.
SO OF THE FIRST SEVEN THAT WE
HAVE, THE TWO WHO, I'M SORRY,
I'M GETTING MYSELF A LITTLE
CONFUSED HERE.
YADIRA AND HARMONY ARE NOT
HERE.
MARTA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM?
>> YEAH, I DO, BUT YOU DON'T
HAVE REBECCA BRYANT ON THE
CALL?
>> WELL, I SEE REBECCA, BUT I
DON'T HAVE HER APPOINTMENT
PACKET.
>> SHE WAS ON THE LIST TO BE
APPOINTED TODAY.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.
>> OKAY, SHE'S NOT ON THE
AGENDA.
I MIGHT NEED SOME GUIDANCE
HERE.
>> CHAIR MORALES, IT IS
POSSIBLE WE WERE MISSING SOME
ITEMS IN THE APPOINTMENT PACKET
AND THAT IS WHY SHE'S NOT ON
THE AGENDA.
SO WE WILL BE SURE SHE GETS
ADDED TO A FUTURE AGENDA.
YOU CAN STILL CALL HER UP AND
SPEAK WITH HER, BUT SHE WON'T
BE ABLE TO BE VOTED ON TODAY.
BUT AS LONG AS SHE IS ON THE
LINE, IT IS FINE IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO TALK TO HER NOW.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
REBECCA, MY APOLOGIES.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON
THE NEXT AGENDA, SO WE CAN MAKE
THE APPOINTMENT OFFICIAL.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES?
I KNOW EARLIER, OKAY, GREAT.
AND AS A FORMER STAFFER AND A
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE, I KNOW
THINGS GET SHIFTED AROUND AND
ARE TRICKY, SO I APPRECIATE ALL
OF YOUR WORK DURING THIS
PANDEMIC TIME.
HONESTLY I THINK AFTER HEARING
FROM MY, I CALL THEM MY PSEUDO
COMMISSIONERS SINCE WE ARE NOT
OFFICIALLY APPOINTED.
I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU
WHY I WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS
COMMISSION.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE DIVERSE
EXCITING GROUP OF WOMEN WHO
WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
COMMUNITY.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON ME, I'M
NOT A LOCAL OR NOT A NATIVE
WASHINGTONIAN, I WENT TO SCHOOL
OUT HERE IN TACOMA, AND THEN
AFTER THAT JUST STAYED.
I ENDED UP WORKING FOR ONE OF
OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR
ABOUT NINE YEARS HERE, AND THEN
LAST JUNE DECIDED TO COME HOME
TO WORK FOR FRED HUTCH.
SO I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE
COMMUNITY RELATIONS MANAGER AT
THE FRED HUTCH CANCER RESEARCH
CENTER.
WITH THAT I'M SORT OF A CIVIC
AMBASSADOR TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHY I WANTED TO COME HOME
AND WORK AT FRED HUTCH AND ALSO
GET INVOLVED WITH AN
ORGANIZATION LIKE THE WOMEN'S
COMMISSION.
I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND IN MY
CAREER THAT PUBLIC POLICY CAN
CHANGE LIVES, AND I WANT TO
HELP THAT HAPPEN IN WHATEVER
WAY I CAN.
SO I THINK YOU WANTED ME TO
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT I
HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE
COMMISSION SO FAR.
I'M AN UNOFFICIAL CO-CHAIR OF
THE ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE.
WHAT I HAVE BEEN BRINGING TO
THAT AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO
BRING IS A FOCUS ON ACCESS TO
S.T.E.M.
EDUCATION FOR WOMEN AND FOCUS
ON RETENTION ISSUES.
THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE I CAN
LEARN A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO.
>> THAT'S TERRIFIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GO AHEAD
AND READ THE BACKGROUND FOR THE
TWO APPOINTMENTS WHO ARE NOT
HERE, JUST SO WE HAVE THAT IN
THE RECORD AS WELL.
SO FIRST WE HAVE YADIRA
SISQUEIROS WHO IS AN ORGANIZER,
SHE IS AN IMMIGRANT FROM
MEXICO, DEDICATED TO HELPING
AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF
UNDER REPRESENTED MINORITIES.
SHE'S WORKED WITH MARGINALIZED
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE
ACCESS TO NATURAL DISASTER
TRAINING, AND FIGHTING FOR
HEALTHCARE ACCESS.
SHE'S A STAFF UNIT OFFICER AND
A PART OF THE LOCALS EFFORT TO
BECOME AN ANTI-RACIST
ORGANIZATION.
AND BECAUSE OF HER PREVIOUS
úWORK HER INTEREST IN APPLYING
TO THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION
ARISES FROM THE FACT SHE HAS
THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH
AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO
RACIAL JUSTICE AND UNDERSTANDS
HOW IT DIFFERS FROM SUPERFICIAL
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
RHETORIC.
YADIRA HAS A B.A.
IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH A
MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY WITH OUR
LADY OF THE LAKES ANTONIO.
THAT IS WHERE I LIVED AND GREW
UP AND INTELLIGENCE IN NATIONAL
SECURITY STUDIES FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, EL PASO,
AND LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THE COMMISSION.
YAY SAN ANTONIO.
WE ALSO HAVE HARMONY LEANNA
EICHSTEADT.
I HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING THAT
CORRECTLY.
HARMONY GRADUATED FROM UT, ALL
THE TEXANS, WHO KNEW, WITH A
DEGREE IN WOMEN AND GENDER
STUDIES.
WHILE THERE SHE HELPED CREATE
THE FIRST WOMEN'S STUDY
CURRICULUM TO BE APPROVED FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY THE
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU GETTING
ANYTHING PROGRESSIVE PASSED BY
THE TEXAS AGENCY IS NO SMALL
TASK.
SHE ALSO WORKED FOR LULU
FLORES, TO AMEND THE BYLAWS TO
INCLUDE A COLLEGE CAUCUS OPTION
FOR STUDENTS AND CO-FOUNDED THE
FEMINIST ACTION PROJECT
CONFERENCE IN THE CLOTHING
SWAP, WHICH RAISED MONEY IN
CLOTHES FOR WOMEN'S
ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A CY
CLOTHING SWAP.
AFTER GRADUATING SHE WORKED FOR
THE CENTER FOR WOMEN STUDIES TO
BRING THE NEW LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM TO TEXAS WHERE THEY
RECRUITED STUDENTS FROM AROUND
THE STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
SIX-DAY CAMP WHERE THEY MET
WITH WOMEN LEADERS.
PROFESSIONALLY HARMONY RUNS AN
AGENCY THAT SUPPORTS MISSION
DRIVEN ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH
BUSINESS COACHING EVENTS,
DIGITAL ASSETS, WITH A FOCUS ON
SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING
UNDERREPRESENTED BUSINESS
OWNERS.
OKAY.
SO COLLEAGUES, THOSE ARE THE
FIRST SEVEN ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA
TODAY, APPOINTMENTS ON OUR
AGENDA TODAY.
AND AS I SAID, WHAT I AM GOING
TO ASK IS IF, BEFORE I ACTUALLY
OPEN IT UP AND MOVE TO VOTE, I
DO WANT TO ASK COLLEAGUES FOR
THE FOLKS WHO AREN'T HERE, BUT
FOR WHOM THEIR COMMISSIONS AND
THE STAFF HAVE BEEN PUTTING
FORWARD THEIR NAMES, IF THERE
IS OBJECTION TO MOVING AHEAD
WITH THESE CANDIDATES.
OKAY, IN THAT CASE COUNCIL
MEMBERS, I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENTS 1518, 1619, 1630,
1620, 1632, AND 1631.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE MAKES THE
RECOMMENDATION THE APPOINTMENTS
BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 21
COUNCIL MEETING.
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ EIGHT AND
NINE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM EIGHT AND NINE
APPOINTMENTS 1625 AND 1626.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF RYAN
BALDWIN AS MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
FOR A TERM TO JANUARY 22, 2021,
AND THE APPOINTMENT OF STAR
FARNAZ DORMANESH AS MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION FOR A TERM OF JULY
22, 2021 FOR BRIEF DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, DO WE KNOW IF STAR AND
RYAN ARE HERE?
I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM YET.
>> THEY SHOULD NOT BE ON THE
CALL BECAUSE THOSE WERE -- NO,
THEY WEREN'T REAPPOINTMENTS,
THEY ARE NEW APPOINTMENTS, BUT
NOT TO BE SCHEDULED ON THE
APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE
NOT CONFIRMED TO BE ON THE CALL
TODAY.
>> OKAY.
SO IF NEITHER OF THEM ARE HERE
THEN I'M GOING TO, WELL SHOOT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ
THESE TWO AS WE DID WITH THE
TWO WHO ARE NOT ON THE CALL
FROM THE PREVIOUS SECTION.
RYAN BALDWIN AFTER MILITARY
CAREER IN THE ARMY, RYAN
GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY
OF SEATTLE IN SEATTLE WHERE HE
SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME
STUDYING ISSUES ON SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND FOCUSING ON THE
CHALLENGES FACED BY LGBTQ
INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL
LIVES AND RELATIONSHIPS.
AS A MEMBER OF THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY MARRIED TO AN
IMMIGRANT SPOUSE, RYAN FEELS A
REAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CHALLENGES FACED BY POPULATIONS
THAT ARE MARGINALIZED AND HAS A
DESIRE TO SERVE IN A CAPACITY
TO ADVOCATE FOR JUSTICE AND
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
AND RYAN'S APPOINTMENT WOULD BE
TO THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
STAR WOULD ALSO BE APPOINTED TO
THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION.
STAR IS INTERESTED IN BEING ON
THE WOMEN'S OR HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION AND COMES FROM THE
VALUES INSTILLED BY FAMILY IN
EDUCATION.
AS A CHILD OF IRANIAN REFUGEES
AND THE FIRST IN THE FAMILY TO
BE BORN IN THE U.S., THE CROSS
SECTIONAL NATURE OF THE
IDENTITY HAS AWARDED HER
PRIVILEGES AS A VERY YOUNG AT A
VERY YOUNG AGE STAR FELT THE
RESULTS OF IGNORANCE AND WAS
PERSONALLY AFFECTED BY THE
RACIST BEHAVIORS OF OTHERS.
SEATTLE HAS BECOME HOME AND SHE
WANTS TO VOLUNTEER IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY.
AS AN ENTERPRISE PROJECT
MANAGER AT SEATTLE CANCER CARE
ALLIANCE, STAR NAVIGATES
DIFFICULT TOPICS AND PROJECTS
THAT BETTER SERVE PATIENTS.
STAR HAS A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION FROM SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY AND DELIVERED A
CAPSTONE ON INTERORGANIZATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS.
SO THESE ARE, AGAIN, NEW
APPOINTMENTS, BUT NEITHER WAS
ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES BECAUSE
WE'VE HAD SUCH A BACKLOG OF
APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE OF
EVERYTHING, WE ARE TRYING TO
GET THROUGH AS MANY
APPOINTMENTS AS POSSIBLE, AND I
KNOW FOR MANY OF OUR CANDIDATES
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD
AND MOVE THESE APPOINTMENTS, SO
THEY CAN CONTINUE THE WORK
THEY'RE DOING.
I KNOW THE HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION ESPECIALLY HAS
SEVERAL VACANCIES, SO AS A
FORMER HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSIONER, I KNOW IT MAKES
IT REALLY HARD TO DO YOUR WORK
IF THERE ARE SEVERAL VACANCIES
ON THE COMMISSION.
SO MARTA, WAS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD?
>> NO, NO.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M
GOING TO MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF
APPOINTMENT 1625 AND 1626.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
PEDERSEN.
MOVED AND SECONDED, RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS.
ANY COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
APPOINTMENTS TO BE CONFIRMED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED WILL
BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 21
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS 10 AND 11 INTO THE
RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 10 AND 11
APPOINTMENTS 1616 AND 1615.
THE APPOINTMENT OF KAITLIN
SKILTON AS A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE COMMISSION FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES FOR A TERM TO
OCTOBER 31, 2020.
AND THE APPOINTMENT OF DEAUNTE
DAMPER AS A MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION FOR A
TERM TO APRIL 30, 2021 FOR
BRIEF DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF KAITLIN IS ON?
OKAY, I DO BELIEVE I SAW
DEAUNTE DAMPER.
HELLO, WELCOME.
>> HI EVERYONE.
I AM DEAUNTE DAMPER FOR YOUR
APPROVAL I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON
THE COMMISSION BOARD FOR THE
LGBTQ COMMISSION SPACE.
I'M FROM SEATTLE.
GROWING UP IN THIS SPACE I
LIVED SOUTH SEATTLE, I WAS
TEASED ABOUT BEING QUEER.
I HAD MY BEAUTIFUL CULTURE
HERE.
OF COURSE, I WOULD GO TO
CAPITOL HILL, AND I WAS IN A
SPACE WHERE I WAS THERE, BUT MY
CULTURE WASN'T.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO I
FIT?
BEING ADDED ON TO THE SPACE OF
THE COMMISSION BOARD, I WOULD
LOVE TO PUSH IT OFF A LITTLE
BIT AND SHOW VISIBILITY AND
INCLUSION FOR ALL PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
I THINK SOMETIMES IN OUR SPACE
WE MISS THE MARK.
WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE SPACES
AND ACTUALLY OFFER BIGGER
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US IN THE
STATES WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR
LGBTQ COMMISSIONS, ESPECIALLY
FOR THOSE OF COLOR.
I'M HAPPY TO BE IN THE SPACE
BECAUSE I SEE A LIST OF LEADERS
HERE AND YOU DEMANDED
VISIBILITY.
WITH YOUR APPROVAL, I WOULD
LOVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE
SAME, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEAUNTE,
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR DEAUNTE
FROM ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS?
OKAY.
JANET STAFFORD, DO YOU KNOW IF
KAITLIN WAS GOING TO BE JOINING
US?
>> SHE IS ACTUALLY HAVING SOME
COMPUTER GLITCHES ON HER SIDE,
SO SHE SHOULD BE JOINING US I'M
HOPING BEFORE, SHORTLY.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON HER
BEHALF AT ALL?
>> SURE.
I CAN SAY A LITTLE BIT ON
BEHALF OF KAITLIN AND JUST A
LITTLE BACKGROUND REGARDING THE
DISABILITY COMMISSION, WHICH
ALREADY SERVES AS AN ADVISORY
COMMISSION FOR CITY COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SPECIFICALLY
IN REGARDS TO THE CONCERNS OF
THE DISABILITY COMMISSION.
I THINK SOME OF THEIR WORK HAS
INCLUDED THEIR ANNUAL JUBILEE
EVENT THAT COLLABORATES FOLKS
SPECIFICALLY IN THE DISABILITY
COMMISSION AS WELL AS ONE OF
THEIR MOST RECENT POLICY
CHANGE, WHICH HAS INCLUDED THE
CLOSED CAPTIONING IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
IN SPECIFIC TO KAITLIN,
KAITLIN'S BACKGROUND HAS
INCLUDED WORKING WITH THE
SEATTLE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
PROGRAM.
SHE'S ALSO BEEN A FREELANCE
PHOTOGRAPHER.
SHE WAS CROWNED FOR THE CURRENT
TITLE HOLDER FOR MS
WHEELCHAIR WASHINGTON AMERICA.
AND SHE HAS BEEN REALLY ACTIVE
IN THE MONTHLY COMMISSION
MEETINGS FOR I WOULD SAY ALMOST
FOR THE LAST, FOR THE LAST
YEAR.
SO WE REALLY ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING HER BE
APPOINTED AND PARTICIPATE AS AN
APPOINTED COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU.
I'M SURE WE'VE GOT LOTS OF
FOLKS HAVING TROUBLE WITH
TECHNOLOGY, SO APPRECIATE YOU
SPEAKING ON HER BEHALF.
DEAUNTE, I DO ALSO WANT TO LET
YOU KNOW I SEE HERE YOU HAVE
BEEN WORKING AS A MEMBER OF THE
VIDEOS PROJECT, SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THAT WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE
THAT STAYS, THAT BIT OF FUNDING
STAYS IN THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO
THE RAINIER BEACH FAMILY.
APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER
OF THESE, REGARDING ANY OF
THESE CANDIDATES COUNCIL
MEMBERS?
OKAY IN THAT CASE I'M GOING TO
MOVE APPOINTMENTS, MOVE THAT
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
1616 AND 1615.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE O
APPOINTMENTS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
COMMITTEE BE CONFIRMED WILL BE
SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 21
MEETING.
OKAY, WE HAVE ERIKA LINDSAY
HERE I BELIEVE TO SPEAK FROM
THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
ON BEHALF OF APPOINTMENTS 12-
15.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEMS 12-15 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 12-15.
APPOINTMENTS 1621, 1622, 1624,
AND 1623, THE APPOINTMENT OF
HOLLY MORRIS JACOBSON, PAULA
OLIVIA NAVA MADRIGAL, TERRY D.
MORGAN, AND JUDI RAFAELA
MARTINEZ AS MEMBERS OF THE
SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION FOR
TERMS TO AUGUST 31, 2021 FOR
BRIEF DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
>> I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO START
US OFF ON THIS, ERIKA IS AT A
DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT WITH HER
DAUGHTER.
>> OKAY, HELLO, RANDY, NICE TO
SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU COUNCILMEN
NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU EVEN
VIRTUALLY.
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE, IT IS
MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE HOLLY
JACOBSON FOR HER APPOINTMENT TO
THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION,
AND THEN I'M GOING TO PASS THE
MIC TO MY COLLEAGUE CHRIS
SWANSON, THE OFFICE DIRECTOR
WHO WILL LEAD THE NOMINATION OF
THE THREE MUSIC COMMISSIONERS,
PAULA, TERRY, AND JUDI
MARTINEZ.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME FOR
THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T
FAMILIAR OF THE SEATTLE ARTS
COMMISSION WAS CHARTED IN 1971.
SUPPORTS THE CULTURAL VITALITY
OF OUR CITY WITH A DEEP
COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY.
THEY DO THEIR WORK AS A
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
THEY ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC ART
COMMITTEE AND EDI COMMITMENT
COMING UP LATER ON THE AGENDA
TODAY.
HOLLY CAME TO US AS THE
COMMISSION, AS A NOMINEE.
THEY WENT THROUGH A PRETTY
RIGOROUS PROCESS OF ANALYZING
HOW THEY COULD BE BOTH
REPRESENTATIONALLY AND IN TERMS
OF SKILLS AND ABILITIES AS
BALANCED AS THEY COULD BE.
AND HOLLY REALLY FULFILLED A
NUMBER OF NEEDS FOR THE
COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY.
SHE'S A REALLY TALENTED ARTS
ADMINISTRATOR, AN ADVOCATE.
YOU MAY KNOW HER THROUGH THE
WORK AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF PATH THROUGH ART.
SHE'S ALSO A VERY POWERFUL
ADVOCATE FOR THE SECTOR AS WELL
AS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR,
HOLLY'S ADVOCACY FOR
UNSHELTERED COMMUNITIES AND THE
WORK PATH THAT THEY DO WITH
THEM IS WHAT DREW THE
COMMISSION TO PUT HER NAME
FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY
TO LET HOLLY TAKE THE FLOOR AND
SHARE A FEW WORDS.
>> THANK YOU.
HOLLY, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
>> THANKS, RANDY, AND THANKS
CHAIR MORALES.
IT'S A REAL HONOR TO SERVE OR I
HAVE BEEN SERVING ALL YEAR.
IF I'M OFFICIALLY APPROVED, IT
WOULD BE MY HONOR TO CONTINUE
TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION.
I HAVE -- AS RANDY MENTIONED, I
THINK THE WORK I DO WITH THE
ORGANIZATION THAT I RUN PATH OF
ART IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL
BECAUSE WE REPRESENT, WE
REPRESENT THE NEXT OF SOCIAL
IMPACT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND
THE ARTS REPRESENTING VERY
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WHO
TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
THE ARTS, BUT HAVE A LOT TO
GAIN.
WE BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY HAS A
LOT TO GAIN FROM LIFTING UP THE
VOICES AS WELL.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PATH OF
ART.
PATH OF ART IS AN ARTS
ORGANIZATION, IT STARTED IN
2008.
AND I CAME ON BOARD AS THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEVEN YEARS
AGO IN 2013.
AND WE PROVIDE ARTS ENGAGEMENT
TO MOSTLY LOW INCOME
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WITH
TRAUMA.
AND SO AS A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE
HEAL FROM THAT TRAUMA AND ALSO
GIVE THEM SOME AGENCY AND VOICE
AND DIGNITY.
AND LESS IN VISIBILITY.
AND OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE COME
TO US FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,
BUT IN ADDITION TO HELPING
INDIVIDUALS HEAL THROUGH THE
ARTS, WE ALSO BELIEVE WHAT WE
FOUND IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS
IS WE HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN
HELPING OUR COMMUNITY HEAL
THROUGH THE ARTS.
WE'RE EXTREMELY FRACTURED AS A
COMMUNITY.
I BELIEVE STRONGLY AND A PART
OF THE RULE IS IN HEALING THE
DIVIDES AND FOSTERING MORE
EMPATHY, WHICH I THINK WE COULD
PROBABLY ALL AGREE IS NEEDED
NOW MORE THAN EVER.
SO THAT'S THE WORK.
WE WORK WITH A VETERANS COHORT,
SO SHOUT OUT TO THE VETERANS ON
THE CALL.
WE WORK WITH, LIKE I SAID, JUST
MOSTLY PEOPLE FROM ABOUT 45
SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES WHO
EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR
COMMUNITIES LIKE THEATRIC
AGENCIES, AND PROVIDE ARTS
ENGAGEMENT FOR THOSE FOLKS
DOING WORKSHOPS LIKE WE DO AT
THE KING COUNTY DIVERSION
COURT, ETC.
SO I BELIEVE MY ROLE ON THE
COMMISSION IS TO MAKE SURE
THOSE VOICES ARE REPRESENTED
NUMBER ONE, AND AS RANDY ALSO
MENTIONED I'M VERY PASSIONATE
-- I HAVE AN AGENDA IN THE ARTS
AND COMMUNITY RECOVERY IN
GENERAL OUTSIDE PATH OF ART
BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THE ARTS
ARE NOT A NICE TO HAVE, BUT
ESSENTIAL TO A COMMUNITY'S WELL
BEING.
MY BACKGROUND ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
AND DEMOCRACY WORK AND EXPOSURE
TO ART HAS LED ME TO BELIEVE
ART IS REALLY A GREAT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO ADD.
>> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU, I
APPRECIATE THAT, HOLLY.
OKAY.
LET'S SEE, COLLEAGUES, ARE
THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HOLLY?
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
I DO THINK ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW
IN THIS TIME WHEN THERE'S SO
MUCH, AS I SAID SO MANY
COMPOUNDING CRISIS HAPPENING,
MAKING SURE WE ARE LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO SHARE STORIES, TO SHARE
THE HUMANITY OF OUR NEIGHBORS
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND IF I COULD MENTION ONE
OTHER THING.
IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO SERVE
ON THIS ARTS COMMISSION BECAUSE
THIS ARTS COMMISSION IS WHERE I
SEE THE PATH OF ART IS ON THE
FRONT OF THE INTERNATIONAL
MOVEMENT.
USING ART TO REPRESENT
UNDERSERVED VOICES OF THOSE WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS,
OF WHICH I AM ONE.
THIS ARTS COMMISSION, SEATTLE
OFFICE ARTS AND CULTURE IS AN
AMAZING ARTS AND CULTURE OFFICE
COMPARED TO ANY OTHER IN THE
COUNTRY.
SO IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM CHRIS SWINGSON NOW ABOUT
THE THREE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE
MUSIC COMMISSION?
>> YES, THREE APPOINTMENTS.
HI, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MORALES.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION
AS WELL, RANDY.
I WILL START BY SAYING THANK
YOU FOR ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER,
THE INTRODUCTION OF THESE
COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN DOING.
THIS IS A SUPER DAY FOR ME AND
I KNOW FOR THEM AS WELL.
I WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION, AND
WHAT IT DOES AND WHERE IT IS.
IN 2008 A COMMITTEE OF MUSIC
ADVISERS AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE LAUNCHED A VISION FOR
THE FUTURE OF MUSIC IN SEATTLE
CALLED THE CITY OF MUSIC
INITIATIVE.
THIS VISION AND ITS
RECOMMENDATION IS TO ENHANCE
THE CLIMATE FOR MUSIC AND
REWARD OUR CITY WITH AN EVEN
STRONGER ECONOMY AND CULTURAL
ENVIRONMENT.
IT'S CARRIED OUT BY THE SEATTLE
MUSIC COMMISSION, A 21-MEMBER
BODY, REPRESENTING THE
COMMUNITY SECTOR.
THE SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION
WAS ORIGINALLY FORMED BY
RESOLUTION IN 2010 AND THEN
ORDAINED IN 2014.
THE COMMISSION IS HALF
APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND HALF
BY CITY COUNCIL, AND OPERATES
UNDER AN ANNUAL WORK PLAN.
THE COMMISSION LIVES WITHIN THE
OFFICE OF FILM AND MUSIC AND
CURRENTLY SUPPORTED IN THE
INDUSTRY BY THE OFFICE OF FILM
AND MUSIC, THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
I FELT IT IS IMPORTANT TO
PRESENT IT IN THAT FASHION
BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A NEW
OPPORTUNITY FOR REALLY GREAT
WORK IN CROSS COLLABORATION
BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT
THE COMMISSION AND THE
COMMISSION'S WORK, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT
THREE APPOINTEES TO THE SEATTLE
MUSIC COMMISSION, PAULA
MADRIGAL, TERRY MORGAN, AND
JUDI MARTINEZ.
HI.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE
ALEX ROSE WHO IS THE KEY
LIAISON FOR THE SEATTLE
COMMISSION MUSICIAN TO
REPRESENT PAULA.
ALEX, CAN I HAND IT OVER TO
YOU?
>> YES, THANKS, CHRIS, THANK
YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM SO PLEASED TO PRESENT
PAULA OLIVIA NAVA MADRIGAL.
SHE IS A CELLIST AND ONE OF A
SMALL PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE
CONDUCTORS IN THE U.S. IN
ADDITION TO CONDUCTING
ORCHESTRAS, SHE TEACHES
CLASSICAL MUSIC TO IMMIGRANT
YOUTH, PROVIDING FREE LESSONS,
AND INSTRUMENTS.
SHE'S ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO.
WHEN SHE MOVED TO THE U.S. WITH
HER HUSBAND WHO IS A SEATTLE
MUSICIAN, THE TWO TEAMED UP TO
PROVIDE FREE MUSICAL TRAINING
TO LATINO AND IMMIGRANT YOUTHS
AND THEY NOW RUN ORCHESTRA
NORTHWEST.
PAULA LIVES OUT HER BELIEF THAT
ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO RECEIVE
MUSICAL EDUCATION NO MATTER
THEIR SOCIAL, RACIAL, OR
ECONOMIC SITUATION.
PAULA, IF YOU ARE HERE, THERE
YOU ARE.
>> PAULA, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
FOR ME IT'S AN HONOR TO BE
HERE.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SERVE AND
WORK.
I WANT TO IMPROVE THE MUSIC IN
SEATTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- I WANT
TO WORK FOR THAT.
I THINK SEATTLE DESERVES
BETTER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PAULA.
SO I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING
THERE, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT
YOU'RE DOING AS PART OF THE
COMMISSION?
E
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH WE
ARE HAVING MEETINGS AND TALKING
HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE KIDS,
AND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM TO
BRING MORE COMPUTERS.
BEEN DOING. OF THE WORK WE HAVE
WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE MEETINGS
ABOUT HOW -- [ LAUGHTER ]
>> I WILL JUST CHIME IN TO SAY
PAULA HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE DIGITAL INTEGRAL WORK
GROUP THAT THE COMMISSION HAS
FORMED.
AND SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE
MAYOR AND ALL OF THE YOU
COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE CC'D ON
THAT.
JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR
YOU AGAIN.
SO YEAH SHE HAS BEEN DOING REAL
WONDERFUL WORK AROUND DIGITAL
EQUITY.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY.
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR
PAULA?
OKAY.
TERRY MORGAN, I THINK I SAW
TERRY HERE.
>> YES, TERRY MORGAN IS SOMEONE
WHO DOES NOT NEED AN
INTRODUCTION BECAUSE HIS
REPUTATION PROCEEDS HIM.
I'M GOING TO, TERRY, IF IT IS
OKAY WITH YOU TO LET YOU TALK
ABOUT YOUR HISTORY AND LONG
EXPERIENCE WITH THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY IN
SEATTLE AND LET YOU LEAD THAT
AND THANK YOU AGAIN, TERRY.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
>> THANKS, CHRIS.
MY NAME IS TERRY MORGAN.
I ALSO OVERSEE THE SEEKING
MEDIA GROUP.
WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED OR I HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED WITH SEATTLE
MARKETS SINCE 1971 WHEN I CAME
HERE TO GO TO SCHOOL AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
ENDED UP TAKING A DEGREE IN
AFRICAN AMERICAN ART.
I WENT ON TO WORK ON MY
MASTERS, AT THE SAME TIME
TEACHING HISTORY AND JAZZ IN
THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
I GOT TIRED OF BEING AN
ACADEMIC, I BECAME A PROMOTER
AND WE FOUNDED MODERN
PRODUCTION AND STARTED THE
THEATER BACK IN 1979, PRODUCING
ALL KINDS OF INTERNATIONAL NEW
WAVE POP AND PUNK ROCK ARTISTS
ALONG WITH BRINGING IN CLASSIC
AMERICAN ARTISTS LIKE SONNY
TERRY, WILLIE DIXON, MUDDY
WATERS, JAMES BROWN, AND SONNY
RAW.
AT THE SAME TIME I STARTED
PRODUCING THE CONCERTS FOR THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION.
I DID THAT FOR AROUND 30 YEARS.
I GOT INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF
ACTIVISTS WITH THE DSA,
ACTUALLY CONCEIVED THE IDEA OF
A HOLIDAY CAROUSEL FOR DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER 30
YEARS NOW.
I ALSO CREATED FESTIVAL, WHICH
IS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
CULURAL ARTS FESTIVAL AT THE
SEATTLE CENTER, PRODUCED THAT
FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS
BRINGING IN PEOPLE LIKE GILL
SCOTT H ARON, MIGHTY SPARROW,
BURNING SPEAR, AND LOTS OF
OTHERS.
ALL OF THEM IN THE MODE OF
ENCOURAGING A REAL POSITIVE
OPPORTUNITY, A SHOWCASE FOR
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AMERICAN
ARTISTS ALONG WITH OTHERS.
I'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN
PRODUCING ARTISTS OVER THE
YEARS, MAKING SURE I HAD
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND ALL OF
THE PROJECTS THAT I PRODUCE.
AND CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME
KIND OF WORK.
NOW I HAVE MOVED INTO LIGHT.
I PRODUCE BOREALIS, THE
INTERNATIONAL LIGHT FESTIVAL WE
DEBUTED IN 2018.
IT'S SOUTH LAKE UNION.
WE HOPE TO COME BACK IN 2021.
AND I THINK WE HAD OVER 120,000
PEOPLE ATTEND OUR FIRST YEAR.
I'M JUST HONORED TO BE A PART
OF THE CULTURAL SCENE AND A
PART OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION,
AND I'M PROBABLY THE OLDEST GUY
ON THE COMMISSION AND I WILL
JUST KIND OF BE A VETERAN AND
THROW IN MY TWO CENTS WHENEVER
I CAN, TO TRY TO CREATE A NEW
FUTURE FOR SEATTLE TO HELP WITH
THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY HERE.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TERRY, FOR
ALL YOU HAVE DONE AND ALL YOU
WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR THE
CITY.
I DO WANT TO SAY I THINK IT'S,
AS I SAID, REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CENTRAL
ROLE THAT MUSIC AND THE ARTS
PLAY IN THE VIBRANCY OF OUR
COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO JUST IN THE
ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION THAT IT
MAKES TO OUR ECONOMY AND TO THE
ABILITY OF US TO ATTRACT FOLKS
TO COME VISIT AND OF OUR LOCAL
ARTISTS TO BE ABLE TO FIND AN
AUDIENCE AND TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING
THAT WORK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM
OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES?
YES, COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM
CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY TO TERRY, I
HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION EARLY
IN THE TERM IN PERSON.
THAT'S HOW LONG AGO IT WAS JUST
TO UNDERSCORE IT.
TO TALK ABOUT BOREALIS AND WHAT
THAT COULD MEAN FOR BRINGING IT
BACK IN THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
COMMUNITY AND REALLY HAVING
THAT CULTURAL EVENT.
AS ONE OF THE OTHER
DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2020,
UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR, BUT TERRY,
I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU ON
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021, AND
REALLY MAINTAINING THAT AS A
NEW TRADITION HERE IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SERVICE ON THE COMMISSION AND
EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE THIS
A VIBRANT ARTS COMMUNITY AND
THANK YOU FOR THAT CONVERSATION
WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR AND
CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY
IN TOUCH WITH MY OFFICE, SO
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
LEWIS.
YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM ME.
>> ANYONE ELSE?
ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES?
OKAY, WELL THANK YOU ALL VERY
MUCH FOR WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE TO
OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR BEING
WILLING TO SERVE, CONTINUE TO
SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO
MOVE TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE IF WE CAN.
>> WE HAD ONE MORE.
>> OH DID WE?
>> ONE MORE APPOINTEE, YES.
IN YOUR PACKET JUDI MARTINEZ,
BUT TO THE REST OF THE WORLD AS
KITTY WU.
>> YES, OKAY.
>> THE ENGINE OF 206 ZULU,
WASHINGTON HALL, FORMER BOARD
MEMBER OF THE FARRAH PROJECT.
ANOTHER PERSON WHO NEEDS NO
INTRODUCTION FOR JUST A
REMARKABLE HUMAN BEING.
I WOULD LOVE TO CLOSE OUT THIS
LONG AWAITED AND VERY EXCITING
SET OF NOMINATIONS BY HANDING
THE FLOOR TO MS
KITTY WU.
ARE YOU ON?
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY APOLOGIES.
>> NO WORRIES, NO WORRIES.
IT'S A LOT ON YOUR GUYS PLATES.
I WAS ASKED TO THINK OF A FEW
WORDS AND MY MIND IS REELING
BECAUSE MUSIC AND ART HAS BEEN
JUST A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE
HERE IN SEATTLE.
WE MOVED HERE IN '74, AND MY
FATHER IS IN THE SCIENCE
INDUSTRY WOULD DRAG ME ALL
AROUND.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE.
I WENT TO BUMPER SHOOT AND FOLK
LIFE AND FESTIVAL, AND ALL
THESE REALLY GREAT FESTIVALS
THAT JUST GOT ME GEEKED ABOUT
MUSIC AS A REALLY YOUNG PERSON.
YOU KNOW LIVING ON LIFE, I FELL
INTO MUSIC AS A PASSION, AND IT
BECAME MY WORK.
I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT
YOUNG PEOPLE, MAKING SURE WE
HAVE YOUTH IN ALL PROGRAMMING.
THE DIGITAL EQUITY STUFF IS
REALLY WEIGHING HEAVILY ON MY
MINDS WITH ALL OF OUR YOUTH
HERE AT 206 ZULU, SOME OF WHICH
WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME
REACHING OUT TO DURING ALL OF
THIS COVID STUFF, AND PEOPLE
JUST REALLY NOT HAVING ACCESS
TO THE EQUIPMENT AND THE TOOLS
THAT THEY NEED.
SO THAT IS WHERE MY HEAD IS AT
RIGHT NOW.
IF I'M APPOINTED, I WANT TO
CONTINUE DOING THE WORK WE ARE
DOING WITH DIGITAL EQUITY AND
THE YOUTH COMMISSION, AND JUST
REALLY EXCITED TO SERVE WITH
ALL THESE AMAZING PEOPLE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD CALL
YOU JUDI OR KITTY WU, BUT THANK
YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND FOR
YOUR WORK AND YOUR PASSION.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
PARTICULARLY AS WE HAVE SO MANY
YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DEALING
WITH A LOT WITH COMMUNITY
CENTERS BEING CLOSED AND
LIBRARIES BEING CLOSED AND, YOU
KNOW, TRYING TO FIND WAYS FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN THEIR
COMMUNITY AND STAY CONNECTED TO
THEIR COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT THIS WORK IS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
OKAY, I THINK NOW WE ARE READY
TO MOVE ON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO
MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT
1621, 1622, 1624, AND 1623.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, IT'S BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL THAT THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES?
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE APPOINTMENTS BE
CONFIRMED WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEPTEMBER 21 COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COLLEAGUES.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT
AGENDA ITEM, I DO SEE KAITLIN
SKILTON HAS JOINED US.
KAITLIN, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU
HAVE BEEN APPOINTED, BUT I DO
WANT TO GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS
BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT
AGENDA ITEM.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS KAITLIN SKILTON.
I AM THE 2020 TITLE HOLDER OF
MS
WHEELCHAIR WASHINGTON.
I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING SEATTLE
DISABILITY COMMISSION FOR A
LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
HERE AND BE INVOLVED IN THIS
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, KAITLIN.
FORGIVE ME.
AND I GUESS I SHOULD CORRECT
MYSELF AND SAY THIS COMMITTEE
HAS APPROVED, THAT WE MOVE YOUR
APPOINTMENTS FORWARD.
SO ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN
APPROVED BY COMMITTEE, AND WE
WILL MOVE IT FORWARD TO FULL
COUNCIL FOR FINAL ADOPTION.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE OUR
COMMUNITY.
OKAY, WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 16 INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 16, COUNCIL BILL
119887.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THE
OVERSIGHT OF THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE,
ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE ADVISORY BOARD, AND
ADDING SECTIONS 3.14.994,
3.14.995, 3.14.996, 3.14.997,
AND 3.14.998 TO THE MUNICIPAL,
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE GET
STARTED, I DO WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK
THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD FOR
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE FOR SERVING THE
COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS.
WE HAVE LISH WHITSON HERE FROM
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF, UBAX
GARDHEERE IS HERE FROM THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND AB
JUANER FROM PUGET SOUND STAGE,
YORDANOS TEFERI FROM
MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY
COALITION, AND CESAR GARCIA
FROM LAKE CITY COLLECTIVE.
WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OTHER
FOLKS.
I THINK MR. DAVIS IS HERE AS
WELL.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM
REALLY EXCITED THAT WE ARE HERE
TO DISCUSS THIS, AND IDEALLY
VOTE ON CREATING A PERMANENT
EDI ADVISORY BOARD, YOU KNOW.
WE JUST HAD THE JUMP START
LEGISLATION CONFIRMATION IN MY
OFFICE, ADVOCATING FOR AN
INCLUSION OF $20 MILLION FOR
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE.
SO WITH THE PASSAGE OF JUMP
START, THIS ADVISORY BOARD WILL
SOON HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY MAKE DRAMATIC
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND HELP SELECT PROJECTS
THAT BENEFIT FROM THIS
INVESTMENT.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS
CONVERSATION TODAY.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
LISH TO GET US STARTED AND THEN
WE WILL HEAR FROM THE REST OF
OUR PRESENTERS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
SO THIS AS YOU HAVE HEARD THIS
LEGISLATION CREATES A PERMANENT
ADVISORY BOARD TO ADVISE THE
CITY ON THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.
IT WOULD HAVE 13 MEMBERS AS
PROPOSED EIGHT OF THOSE WOULD
BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND
FIVE BY THE BOARD ITSELF.
TERMS WOULD BE THREE YEARS FOR
MEMBERS.
I'M GOING TO -- THERE'S AN
AMENDMENT THAT I WILL READ AT
THE END, BUT I'M GOING TO PASS
IT OVER TO UBAX AND SAM TO TALK
ABOUT THE LEGISLATION, AND THEN
LET YOU HEAR FROM COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, THANKS.
>> GREAT, THANKS, LISH, I'M THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU CHAIR,
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES.
NOT ONLY FOR HAVING US HERE,
BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
ALSO I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON THIS ISSUE FOR QUITE SOME
TIME.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE AT THIS
SPACE IN THIS PROCESS TO GET A
PERMANENT ADVISORY BOARD FOR
THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN
OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION, THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR
ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS PERMANENT
ADVISORY BOARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE EDI ADVISORY
BOARD IS TO GUIDE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDI
PROGRAM AND ALSO TO ENSURE THE
PROGRAM FOR THE CITY'S JUSTICE
INITIATIVE, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
SOME OF THE KEY WORK OF THE
BOARD INCLUDES IMPLEMENTING THE
ACCOUNTABILITY GOALS OF THE EDI
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT
BRIEFLY.
DEVELOP THE FUNDING CRITERIA
FOR THE FUND WORKING WITH CITY
STAFF AND COUNCIL.
AND ALSO DEVELOPS
RECOMMENDATIONS, EACH YEAR WHEN
WE HAVE REQUESTED PROPOSALS FOR
THE EDI FUND.
TO DATE AS YOU SAW THE ADVISORY
BOARD, THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY
EFFECTIVE AND HELPFUL AND
LITERALLY GETTING THIS PROGRAM
OFF THE GROUND IN SUPPORTING
AND GUIDING THAT PROGRAM AS A
NEW INITIATIVE IN THE CITY
SINCE 2016.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEIR
TIRELESS WORK.
IT'S MANY, MANY HOURS EACH
MONTH AND THEN ESPECIALLY
DURING FUNDING REVIEWS.
THEY REVIEW HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS AND PAGES
TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR THEIR WORK.
NOW I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE
SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T NEED ANY
INTRODUCTION.
THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AND MY
BOSS UBAX GARDHEERE, TO GIVE
YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE EDI
PROGRAM IN GENERAL JUST TO GIVE
YOU A BACKGROUND ON WHAT SET
THIS DECISION YOU ARE MAKING
TODAY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
LARGE VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM
THAT THE CITY HAS.
SO WITH THAT UBAX, CAN YOU GIVE
A QUICK OVERVIEW?
>> THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON AN
OVERVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE AND
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET A LITTLE
BIT MORE OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE
EDI AND THE FUND LATER ON IF WE
HAVE TIME.
AND AS LISH STATED, THE
ORDINANCE, EXCUSE ME.
I'M NORMALLY NOT LIKE THIS.
SO IN THE END OF 2017 COUNCIL
ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE WHICH
REQUIRED OPCD TO SUBMIT A
RESOLUTION TO FORMALLY CREATE
EDI STRUCTURE.
WORKING WITH THE INTERIM
ADVISORY BOARD AND LAW, IT
BECAME CLEAR A RESOLUTION WOULD
NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE
CALLED OBJECTIVES, SO WE ENDED
UP WITH AN ORDINANCE.
THE MEMBERSHIP LIKE LISH
MENTIONED FOR THE ORDINANCE WE
ARE PRESENTING RIGHT NOW
CREATES 13 MEMBERS, EIGHT
APPOINTED BY EXECUTIVE, FIVE
APPOINTED BY THE BOARD, AND ALL
APPOINTMENTS CO-FOUNDED BY CITY
COUNCIL.
AND WE HAVE WORKED EXCESSIVELY
WITH THE LAW TO ADVANCE
POTENTIAL LEGAL BARRIERS TO
AVOID APPOINTMENT PROCESS.
AND THE DEMONSTRATION REQUIRES
THE BOARD TO ADOPT BYLAWS THAT
WILL PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE SELECTION
PROCESS AND TO ENSURE THE NEEDS
OF THE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES
REPRESENTED.
THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD HAVE
ALSO RECOMMENDED THE EXACT
PROCESS FOR SELECTING THE
APPOINTMENT SEATS BE KEPT
FLEXIBLE TO ALLOW THE EDI TO
DEVELOP THE BEST PRACTICES THAT
WILL BE USEFUL FOR INCREASING
THE REPRESENTATION ON THE
BOARD.
THE LEGISLATION WILL ALSO
PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE
MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA AND
INTENDED TO ENSURE THE
PRESENTATION FROM THE
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND
DISPLACEMENT AS WELL AS
ACKNOWLEDGE THE MULTIPLE
IDENTITIES AND PERSPECTIVES
THAT ARE CRITICAL TO A
SUCCESSFUL FUNCTIONING ADVISORY
BOARD.
AS FAR AS CONVERSATIONS, THE
BOARD ALSO REPRESENTS INCLUDING
STRUCTURE FOR PARTICIPANTS
MAKING SURE WE ARE MEETING
FOLKS FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND
THEIR TIME.
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS HAVE
BEEN CONSISTENT OVER ASKING US
THE CITY NEEDS TO COMPENSATE
FOLKS FOR FURTHER EXPERTISE.
AND THE NUMBER THAT REPRESENTS
A BALANCED APPROACH BETWEEN
THESE OPTIONS AND MEETS THE
NEEDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
A SECTION THEY CALL FOR,
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ALSO
CONVERSATION THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HEY'RE ENGAGING.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
ALSO A CONSISTENT THERE.
AS FAR AS APPROVAL, AN APPROVAL
PROCESS.
SORRY, I'M NOT FEELING WELL
TODAY.
AGAIN, 13 MEMBERS POSITION 1-8
WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR
AND CONFOUND BY CITY COUNCIL.
POSITIONS 9-13, APPOINTED BY
THE BOARD AND CONFIRMED BY CITY
COUNCIL.
AND THEN ALSO INITIAL MEMBERS
FOR THREE, NINE, SIX, 12, 13
SHOULD BE MEMBERS OF THE
EQUITABLE INITIATIVE INTERIM
ADVISORY BOARD, SO WE HAVE
CONSISTENCY AND HISTORY THERE.
SO YEAH AGAIN, THE CRITERIA IS
A USEFUL CRITERIA.
KIND OF CALLS OUT
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
GRAPHIC LOCATIONS AMONG
OPPORTUNITIES AND EVEN WITH --
EVEN RECOMMENDATIONS ENSURING
THEY ALIGN WITH THIS MEMBERSHIP
CRITERIA AND LOOKING AT
GEOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT
DISPLACEMENT AS WELL AS
HISTORIES OF DISCRIMINATE
POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A MEMBERSHIP
CRITERIA THAT WILL HAVE THE
LEAD EXPERIENCE BEING TARGETED
BY THE POLICIES AND THE
PRACTICES.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT
AND TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEIR
COMPOSITION AND THE APPOINTMENT
PROCESS, AND THE MEMBERSHIP.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> VERY GOOD.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT AND LISH.
I THINK COLLEAGUES, WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS GO AHEAD
AND ASK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK AND THEN
OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS FOR
THE ENTIRE PANEL.
AND SHALL I BEGIN WITH YOU?
>> YES.
I'M GOING TO START AND DO YOU
WANT ME TO INTRODUCE THE REST?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
YES, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES,
GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS AB
JUANER.
I'M THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER AT PUGET SOUND SAGE.
YOU HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE
EARLIER, WHO SITS IN THE
INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD AND
RECENT SOCIAL EQUITY TASK
FORCE.
PUGET SOUND SAGE HAS BEEN
FIGHTING FOR COMMUNITY CONTROL
DEVELOPMENT IN SEATTLE AND KING
COUNTY.
WE DO THIS COALITION OF WORK
WITH SOUTH BOARD AND THE RACE
AND SOCIAL EQUITY TASK FORCE.
WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
OWNERSHIP OF DEVELOPMENT IN
ORDER TO BUILD RESILIENCY IN
OUR COMMITTEES.
WE SEE AGAIN THE ADVISORY BOARD
AS ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN
SUPPORT THE LEADERSHIP AND
BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE BLACK
INITIATIVE.
PEOPLE OF COLORS AND LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
THESE HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY
EXCLUDED IN DECISIONS ABOUT HOW
THEIR COMMUNITIES DEVELOP.
SO THE ADVISORY BOARD IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO LET THE
COMMUNITY PRIORITIES ENGAGED IN
THESEDECISIONS THAT HAVE LONG-
TERM SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS IN
THEIR LIVES.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT
COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION
AND OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPED
AREAS.
WE SEE THE MODEL IS SUPPOSE TO
BE SELF-SERVING COMMUNITY REACH
PROJECT.
THIS WORK IS BRINGING AN
EXCEPTION TO MAKE THE CITY MORE
EQUITABLE IN ITS ALLOCATION OF
RESOURCES.
SO WE CANNOT TAKE OUT THE
COMMUNITY DIG MAKING SEASES.
THAT'S WHAT MADE IT IMPORTANT
AS WE NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT
PEOPLE ON THE BOARD.
I AM JOINED HERE TODAY BY
COMMITTEE PETERS WHO SERVED IN
THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD.
MEMBERS OF RACE AND SOCIAL
EQUITY TASK FORCE, AND
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, WHO CAN SPEAK MORE
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
PEOPLE SERVE IN THE PERMANENT
EDI ADVISORY BOARD.
SO WE HAVE YORDANOS TEFERI,
CESAR GARCIA, AND DAVIS.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
YOUR OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN, SORRY.
YEAH, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I WANT
TO MAKE SURE FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO MIGHT BE USING A HEADSET OR
MICROPHONE, PLEASE MAKE SURE
YOU'RE SPEAKING INTO THE
MICROPHONE, BECAUSE IT'S A
LITTLE HARD TO HEAR IF THINGS
ARE SHIFTING AROUND, THANK YOU,
PLEASE CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU CANNOT
HEAR ME.
AS I WAS SAYING I'M WITH THE
MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY
COALITION.
IN ADDITION TO MCING, BEING IN
THE EDI MISSION, I ALSO SERVE
ON THE INTERMISSION ADVISORY
BOARD AS WELL AS BEING RECENT
EQUITY TASK FORCE MEMBER.
AS YOU HEARD FROM MANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES, THIS REALLY DOES
COME DOWN TO COMMUNITY SELF-
DETERMINATION AS YOU'VE HEARD.
THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD HAS
BEEN LEADING THIS WORK SINCE
2016 QUITE EFFECTIVELY I MIGHT
ADD.
AND NOW TO THE POINT WHERE WE
ARE ASKING FOR THIS TO BECOME A
PERMANENT ADVISORY BOARD.
WE CANNOT HAVE THAT COMMUNITY
CONTROL TAKEN AWAY.
THAT'S JUST ESSENTIAL TO THIS
WORK AND THAT IS JUST ESSENTIAL
TO THE COMMUNITY DETERMINING
THE PRIORITIES WITHIN THESE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
AND ACTIVITIES.
THE ONE THING I WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THE FACT THAT
DURING THIS TIME OF COVID AND
THE RESULTING RECESSION, WE
HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT ON
UNDERSERVED AND MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
SO WE RECOMMEND THAT WITH THE
PERMANENT EDI BOARD.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED TO
DEEPEN THOSE RESOURCES AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THAT BOARD TO
ATTEND TO THESE IMPACTS.
AND SO THAT IS, AGAIN, WHERE
THE COMMUNITY WILL NEED TO COME
IN TO MAKE CERTAIN THOSE WORDS
GO APPROPRIATELY TO THE
COMMUNITY BASED PROJECT AND
ACTIVITIES.
I WILL PAUSE THERE AND ALLOW
ONE OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES TO
WEIGH IN.
>> ALL RIGHT, HI YOU GUYS.
I'M A COMMITTEE ORGANIZER WITH
AFRICA TOWN COMMITTEE LAND
TRUST.
KEY CONTRIBUTOR FOR KING COUNTY
EQUITY NOW, AND ALSO A PRODUCER
FOR CONVERGE MEDIA.
AND IN A LOT OF MY ROLES AS I
JUST LAID OUT THERE, WE
UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR
COMMUNITY VOICE IS SUPER SUPER
NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
IT'S SOME OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL
WAYS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN
BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND CLEARLY EDI IS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT PROCESS.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AS THEY BOTH POINTED
OUT NOW THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS
BE A PART OF THE DECISION
MAKING THAT HAPPENS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES SPECIFICALLY WITH
REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT AS WE
KNOW HISTORICALLY GROUPS OF
OLOR IN PARTICULAR BLACK
PEOPLE AND BROWN FOLKS HAVE
REALLY BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE
DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS THAT
IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIS SO
HEAVILY THAT WE SEE LARGE,
LARGE NUMBERS OF DISPLAITMENTS
HAPPENING.
IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE
WASN'T A PROCESS TO COME INTO
THE COMMUNITIES UNCHECKED,
UNCHALLENGED, UNEQUIVOCALLY AS
THEY CAME IN WITH THEIR POWER,
THEIR MONEY, AND WE WOULD SEE
HOW IT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS
COMMUNITIES.
AND THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS IN
TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF AREAS
AND SPACE AND AS THE DIVESTMENT
KIND OF HAPPENED.
NOW WE SEE THIS REINVESTMENT.
BUT WE NEED EDI TO STAY STRONG
FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE
BEEN LEFT OUT OF THIS PROCESS.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE
CRUCIALLY IMPERATIVE THAT THE
EDI BOARD REALLY BE REPRESENTED
OF COMMUNITY AND BE A VOICE, AN
EXTENDED VOICE OF THESE PEOPLE
POWER THAT FOLKS ARE CONNECTED
TO IN COMMUNITY-BASED WORK.
SO WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT ON
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE CESAR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR
AND COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES, AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING.
WE ARE A GROUP ON THE EDI
GRANTEE AND WE ARE ACTUALLY THE
FIRST GROUP THAT HAVE BEEN
FUNDED BY THE EDI IN NORTH
SEATTLE, IN THE ENTIRE NORTH
SEATTLE.
AND WE ARE A SMALL GROUP, BUT
VERY ACTIVE AND POWERFUL IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE ARE A MULTI-CULTURAL GROUP
WITH EIGHT CORE MEMBERS,
REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITIES
LIKE THE NATIVE AMERICANS,
MIDDLE EASTERN, SOUTH ASIAN,
ASIAN, AND LATINO COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE SERVED, WE ARE SERVING
AROUND 800 PEOPLE.
AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
SERVE ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THIS
AREA IF NOT BEEN BY THE EDI
GRANT.
IN FACT I'M RIGHT HERE AT THIS
LOCATION THAT HAS BEEN FUNDED
AND PAID BY THE EDI.
THIS IS THE GATHERING SPACE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, YOU CAN SEE
OW WE HAVE A MASK WE ARE
DISTRIBUTING BEFORE COVID-19.
WE HAD MANY MEETINGS HERE, FOR
EXAMPLE, FOR THE INNER VOICE
YOUR CHOICE PROGRAM.
AND YOU CAN SEE HORSES IN THE
MIDDLE BECAUSE WE ARE RUNNING A
YOUTH PROGRAM RIGHT NOW FOR
KIDS IN OUR AREA.
AND ALSO THANKS TO THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY BECAUSE A
COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THE
LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN CLOSED.
SO WE HAVE BEEN A REPLACEMENT
OF THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY
COULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDING, BUT
WE ARE PROVIDING AND
DISTRIBUTING BOOKS FOR THE
COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE HOW
A SMALL GROUP IN THE VERY
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY
WILL HELP WITH THIS ADVISORY
BOARD.
OF COURSE, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
A PERMANENT ADVISORY BOARD
BECAUSE NOT ONLY WILL THAT
BRING A MORE DIVERSITY BOARD,
BUT IT WILL ALSO INCREASE
REPRESENTATION, BUT ALSO
UNDERSTANDING OF AREA CORNER OF
OUR CITY.
DISPLACEMENT IS HAPPENING VERY
BADLY IN THE DOWNTOWN,
CHINATOWN, AND THE SOUTH AND
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, BUT IT IS
MOVING TO OTHER AREAS.
AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST LOOK
AT THE EDI IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
AND EVEN THE DOCUMENT CALLED
SEATTLE 2035, YOU WILL SEE HOW
THE DISPLACEMENT RISK IS
AFFECTING OTHER AREAS.
SO THE PERMANENT BOARD WILL
ACTUALLY HELP WITH THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, VERY GREAT.
MR. DAVIS?
ARE YOU ON DECK?
>> YES, I'M TAIL AT THE PLATE
RIGHT NOW.
RESPECT TO YOU. BODY, MUCH
MY NAME IS GREGORY DAVIS.
I'M AT MANAGING STRATEGIST FOR
RAINIER BEACH ACTIVE COALITION.
WE STORE THE RAINIER BEACH
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH
ESSENTIALLY HAS US IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, THE
CITY DEPARTMENT AS THEY TAKE
THEIR GAZE AT WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH RAINIER BEACH.
WE ARE ALSO A PART OF
EDUCATION, THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INTERIM ADVISORY
BOARD, EDI MEMBER, AND ALSO
WORK WITH KING COUNTY ON THIS
COMMUNITY ON OPPORTUNITIES.
I DO WANT TO SAY TO EACH OF YOU
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I JUST WOULD
REALLY LIKE TO ASK YOU TO GIVE
YOUR STAFF OUR WARMEST REGARDS.
WE KNOW YOUR STAFF WORKS HARD.
THEY PUSH LOTS OF PAPER, GET
LOTS OF CALLS, SO WE REALLY
WANT YOU TO EXTEND OUR
APPRECIATION TO THEM FOR THE
WORK THEY DO ON YOUR BEHALF AND
ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY.
SO NATURALLY HERE TO SUPPORT
THE PERMANENT EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT
I WANT TO SHARE, YOU KNOW, JUST
BASED ON SOME THINKING ABOUT
THIS AND SOME EXPERIENCE.
IN FACT SUPPORTING THE
PERMANENT ADVISORY BOARD, WE
ARE ACTUALLY IN LOCK STEP WITH
OUR SET AND THE LETTER THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN WHERE YOU
WOULD HAVE RECEIVED WHERE WE
ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT WANTING
TO FLIP USING THE ASSIGNMENT
AUTHORITY FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAVING FIVE AND THE
COMMUNITY HAVING FIVE.
WE SEE IT GIVEN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THREE GIVEN CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS THREE, AND LET THE
EXISTING ADVISORY BOARD HAVE
SEVEN.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
ARE SEEING IN CURRENT EVENTS,
WHERE YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ARE
LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT
THE FACT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS,
OKAY.
WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THIS SINCE 2018.
WE HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT
FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THAT THOUGHT HAS BROUGHT US
TO THIS POINT OF MAKING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
JUST KIND OF CAME UP IN THIS
MOVEMENT, THIS TIME OF SOCIAL
UNREST OF COVID AND ALL OF
THAT, IT'S BEEN ON OUR MINDS
FOR A LONG TIME, SO WE WANT
SOME CONSIDERATION GIVEN FOR
THAT.
SPEAKING OF CONSIDERATION, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE INTERESTING
THINGS WE OFTEN HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE AS A COMMUNITY IS,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONSIDERED
REPUTABLE WHEN IT SUITS PEOPLE.
IF WE ARE REPUTABLE IN ANY
INSTANCE, WE SHOULD BE
REPUTABLE UNTIL PROVEN
OTHERWISE AS A BASELINE, SO WE
WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THIS
POSITION, OUR POSITION AS AN
IDEA OF WHERE THE
CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE IT IS
COMING FROM REPUTABLE
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND ON GROUPS LIKE THIS IN THE
PAST SPECIFICALLY THE PRIORITY
HIRE ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE.
I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHEN WE HAVE
FEWER COMMUNITIES THE TABLE IS
NOT SET RIGHT.
THE EXECUTIVE APPOINTEES SEEM
TO BY VIRTUE OF THAT
APPOINTMENT FEEL LIKE THEIR
VOICE CARRIES MORE WEIGHT.
A GOOD IDEA OR NOT.
WE JUST NEED TO COUNTERACT THE
POSSIBILITY OF THAT OR I WILL
SAY IT IN MY CASE THE ACTUAL
EXPERIENCE OF THAT BY THE
POSITIONS THAT WERE TAKEN.
WE HAVE GOOD IDEAS.
OUR IDEAS ARE ROOTED AND
EXPERIENCED, WITH JUST MY
RECENT SERVING ON THAT ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH
AND GENERALLY THE IDEA THAT WE
SET FOR NOT ONLY GOING TO HAVE
AN IMPACT ON THE PARTICULAR
BODY WE ARE SERVING ON FOR A
CITY WIDE IMPACT.
SO THE IDEA THE SITTING
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER HAVE
THE MOST SLOTS WE COULD
IDENTIFY PEOPLE FOR REALLY
INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD FOR
REPRESENTATION, AND THAT THIS
WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO
SELECTIVE CIRCLES, WHICH TENDS
TO HAPPEN WHEN WE SEE EXECUTIVE
APPOINTMENTS OR APPOINTMENTS
FROM OTHER GROUPS.
SO THAT IS HOW WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT IT.
THAT'S HOW I'M THINKING ABOUT
IT.
JUST APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
IN THIS FORUM TO SHARE WITH
YOU.
I WILL TURN IT BACK.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU, I WANT TO APPRECIATE
ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
I WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR OUR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ASK
QUESTIONS.
I WILL TAKE THE PREROGATIVE OF
ASKING THE FIRST QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE
MECHANICS OF HOW THE ADVISORY
BOARD WORKS.
SO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBER OF,
WELL, YOU HAVE A PROCESS FOR
SOLICITING APPLICATIONS.
YOU HAVE A PROCESS FOR GOING
THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS, AND I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT
WORKS, WHAT THE DYNAMICS ARE,
AND HOW YOU WORK THROUGH THOSE
DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO
MAKE.
I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE AS I
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT
AT LEAST A $20 MILLION
INVESTMENT COMING IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO IDEALLY YOU WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HAVING SOME
REALLY MEATY CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS,
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT
PROCESS WORKS FOR YOU.
>> I WAS WAITING FOR MY BOSS TO
ANSWER THAT, BUT I WILL GO
AHEAD.
>> I WAS WAITING FOR THAT
BUZZER BOARD MEMBERS TO ANSWER
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CHIME
IN.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING, I
JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE
MOST FOUNDATIONAL WORK IS ALSO
THE GROUP, REALLY DEVELOPING
THE PROGRAM ITSELF AND THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALL THE
OTHERS.
THEY DO A LOT MORE WORK AND THE
FUNDING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND
THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS THAT
WILL ALSO CHIME IN ON THIS.
WHETHER YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH
THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT IS
SPECIFIC FOR THE FUNDING
PROCESS.
AND THE MEMBERSHIP FOR THAT
ADVISORY BOARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN YOU CLARIFY
THAT FOR US?
>> I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE
ADVISORY BOARD WILL WORK?
AND SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT
PROCESS, AND WHICH WE WILL TALK
IN A MOMENT AND WE WOULD LIKE
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW
THAT STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS WHEN
IT WILL COME TO MAKING THOSE
DECISIONS ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS
THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATED
THE RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD
HAVE AVAILABLE?
>> YES.
AND LIKE SOME SAY THE INTERIM
ADVISORY BOARD IS WITH ADVISING
AND RECOMMENDING EVERYTHING
EDI, THE PROGRAM INVESTMENTS.
WE HAVE FACILITATED THAT WE
WORK WITH.
I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 15
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS TO
BEGIN.
AND NOW WE PROBABLY HAVE 11
THAT ARE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS OF 90
MINUTES A MONTH, WHERE WE, THE
FACILITATOR WILL CREATE THE
AGENDA AND SOMETIMES WITH THE
ADVISORY BOARD, AND THEN THE
FIRST YEAR AND A HALF WE SPENT
A LOT OF TIME CREATING THE
GUIDELINES, THE CRITERIA, USING
THE FIRST INITIAL DEM STRAYTIVE
PROJECT WITH $6.5 MILLION TO IF
YOU GET OUT HOW TO SET UP THE
NEXT $95 MILLION.
THEN THE FIRST YEAR WE WOULD
HAVE A PROCESS IN 2018 WE
ACTUALLY HAD ALL THE INTERIM
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
PARTICIPATE IN THEIR REVIEW
COMMITTEE AND WITH 37
APPLICATIONS THAT WE WOULD WANT
TO PUT TOGETHER THE INTERESTS
POLICY IN PLACE.
THE DECISIONS WERE MADE OUT OF
ALL THE GROUPS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN A PART OF THE ADVISORY
GROUP AND ONE GROUP BEING
FUNDED.
OBVIOUSLY AS WE ALL KNOW MONEY
IS DISORGANIZING.
WE DID HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY
THAT HAVING PEOPLE WHO HEARD OF
THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT GOT A
PROPOSAL, WOULD BE A PART OF
THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS A
LITTLE PROBLEMATIC AND NOT
ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T
HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING
YEAR TO HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE THE
APPLICATIONS COULD BE IMPROVED
TO PUT TOGETHER THE MEETING OF
PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE A
CONFLICT.
AND IT WILL INCLUDE THE FUNDING
AND THE OTHER LEADERSHIP
EXPERTS WHO WILL WORK WITH THE
MEETING LIKE ENTERPRISE AND THE
LEAST GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES.
AND THEN JUST CONTINUE EVERY
FALL, WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER A
CONVENIENCE AND WHERE WE WOULD
PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE
MEETING THAT WILL INCLUDE THE
INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD TO
REALLY FIRST OF ALL LOOK AND
ASSESS WHAT EDI HAS
ACCOMPLISHED THAT PARTICULAR
YEAR.
AND THEN ALSO CO-CREATE THE
PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD
WILL HELP US WORK WITH, BUT
DAYS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE
AND I WOULD CHALLENGE THEM TO
CHIME IN AND JUST ENSURE I'M
NOT LOOKING UP STUFF HERE.
>> NO, I'M NOT MAKING UP STUFF.
THE FACT IT DOES GIVE ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOME
CONGRATULATIONS TO SAM AND YOUR
LEADERSHIP TEAM IN SELECTING
THE FOLKS YOU'VE GOT ON THIS
EDI TEAM.
IT'S SMART PEOPLE.
AND SO NATURALLY THEY COME FROM
THE COMMUNITY WITH HALF THE
TALENT AS WE LEND THEM TO YOU
TO DO THAT WORK DOWNTOWN.
AS A GROUP LIKE WE ARE GETTING
EVERYTHING RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT ISSUES WITHIN AND
AMONG OURSELVES, BUT THAT IS
NOT DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER
BODY THAT WE HAVE AND WE THINK
SOMETIMES IN THAT DIVISION WHEN
THEY WOULD COME TO LOOKING AT
MATTERS LIKE THIS, WE DO COME
TOGETHER, BOND IT, TO MAKE THE
DECISION THAT WE HAVE KNOWN
THAT WILL HAVE A BROADER IMPACT
IN JUST THE DECISION ITSELF.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WILL BE A SUB TEXT TO A
LOT OF THIS AND SO THOSE ARE A
COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO
KIND OF ADD TO BUILD OUT WHAT
UBAX HAS SHARED.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES ARE THERE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR ISSUES YOU
WOULD LIKE TO RAISE BEFORE WE
MOVE ON?
I'M NOT SEEING OR HEARING
ANYTHING.
I GUESS I WOULD ASK JUST ONE
MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE
CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT.
WHICH IS BASED ON CONVERSATIONS
THAT WE HAVE HAD, THAT I HAVE
HAD WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HERE.
THERE'S AN INTEREST IN AMENDING
THE LEGISLATION TO HAVE MORE OF
THE APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE
ADVISORY BOARD ITSELF AND ONLY
THREE MADE BY THE MAYOR AND
THREE MADE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
HEARING WHAT BENEFIT YOU THINK
A CHANGE LIKE THAT WOULD BRING
TO THE OPERATIONS OR THE WAY
THE PERMANENT ADVISORY BOARD
FUNCTIONS.
>> I WILL JUMP IN HERE AND I
THINK IT GOES BACK TO JUST
MAKING CERTAIN THERE IS A
REPRESENTATION THAT WE THINK
SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS AND AS
I MENTIONED THE BOARD HAS BEEN
FUNCTIONING VERY, VERY
EFFECTIVELY AND HAS MANAGED TO
AWARD $21 MILLION AND IN
CAPITAL CAPACITY BUILDING.
AND WITH THE ACTIVITIES, AND SO
THIS IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS
THAT HAVE ALLOTTED ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS.
AND ONE OF THE PERMANENT
STRUCTURES, I WOULD THINK IT
WOULD BODE THE CITY WELL TO
RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF THE
ADVISORY BOARD IN ALLOWING THE
ADVISORY BOARD TO HAVE THEM.
AND WE WOULD ALSO ACHIEVE
QUORUM WITH THE NUMBER OF SEATS
AND NOT HAVE TO JUST YEAH,
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, THERE
WOULD BE THAT AND I THINK FOR
ME IT WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION
THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE CENTERED
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE KNOW
BEST FOR DETERMINING PRIORITIES
AND HOW THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE
ALLOCATED TO THE VARIOUS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT YOU
HAVE HEARD OF.
>> AND I WILL JUST ADD TO, I'M
NOT ON THE INTERIM BOARD, BUT I
WANT TO ADHERE AND KIND OF ECHO
YOUR STATEMENTS ABOUT CENTERING
COMMUNITY.
WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER JUST FROM
UBAX IN HER INTRODUCTION WAS
THAT WHEN YOU ASK FOR
INTRODUCING THIS THAT THEY GO
THROUGH HUNDREDS, SOME WERE
SAYING HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS
AND IT IS A LOT OF WORK.
I THINK GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE
TIED TO THE COMMUNITIES WHERE
THIS WORK IS BEING CENTERED IS
ESSENTIAL IN TERMS OF MAKING
SURE THAT IT IS A MORE
COMMUNITY GUIDED PROCESS, BUT
ALSO ONCE AGAIN, BEING VERY
INCLUSIVE.
AND IN TERMS OF MITIGATING SOME
OF THE DAMAGES THAT HAVEN'T
DONE WITH HISTORY, RIGHT?
AND LITERALLY EXCLUDING THESE
GROUPS AND HAVING SUCH A TOP-
DOWN APPROACH.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THIS WOULDN'T BE SO NEUTRAL,
BUT THIS WOULD BE MORE HEAVILY
FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY IN AN
EFFORT TO MITIGATE PAST DAMAGES
THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO THESE
COMMUNITIES, SO I WANTED TO ADD
THAT AS WELL.
>> OKAY.
I WANT TO MOVE US ALONG, SO I'M
GOING TO ASK YOU, I DON'T
BELIEVE WE HAVE, WE HAVEN'T
MOVED TO PASS THE BILL YET.
AM I SUPPOSE TO MOVE IT FIRST,
SO LISH CAN TALK ABOUT IT?
>> YES, SINCE YOU ALREADY
DISCUSSED IT, YOU COULD MOVE TO
AMEND THE COUNCIL BILL WITH THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT ONE LISH HAS
PROVIDED.
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE IS AN
AMENDMENT LISH HAS PROVIDED.
>> AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS,
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MINOR
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE
VERSION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO MY
MEMO.
IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN AND I
WILL SHOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHERE
THOSE SLIDE.
>> I DID E-MAIL THIS TO FOLKS
EARLY ON IN THE DAY, BUT FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC, LET'S GO
AHEAD AND PUT THAT UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND FOR THE CATCH MEMO.
AND ON THE FOURTH RIGHT HERE,
IT CLARIFIES THREE OF THE
INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE
INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD.
TWO OTHER MEMBERS WOULD BE
COMING FROM THE INTERIM
ADVISORY BOARD AS MAYORAL AND
COUNCIL APPOINTEES.
THAT WILL ENSURE US WE HAVE AT
LEAST NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE BOARD, SO
THEY HAVE A QUORUM AND CAN
APPOINT THE REMAINING BOARD
MEMBERS.
AND THE OTHER CHANGE, I DON'T
THINK THIS WAS IN MY MEMO, BUT
THE LEGISLATION WILL INCLUDE A
REPORTING REQUIREMENT FROM THE
BOARD TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF PENDING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT AND THIS AMENDMENT
WOULD ASK THEY ALSO SEND THAT
TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU, LISH.
OKAY.
SORRY, JUDY, ARE WE SUPPOSE TO
DISCUSS THIS?
OR DID WE MOVE TO AMENDMENT
FIRST?
>> I WOULD MOVE TO AMENDMENT.
I SEE SOMETHING AND MOVE TO
AMENDMENT COUNCIL BILL 119887
AND SEE IF ANYONE HAS A COMMENT
ON THAT AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS ONLY MY THIRD COMMITTEE
MEETING BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE IS AN
AMENDMENT.
I MOVE TO AMENDMENT COUNCIL
BILL 119887 AS PRESENTED ON
AMENDMENT ONE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 119887.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> YES.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ HAS ASKED
TO BE EXCUSED.
>> OKAY.
>> WELL, YES.
>> NOT UNTIL AFTER?
>> YES.
THANK YOU MEMBER JUAREZ, AT
4:00.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AMENDMENT PASSES.
OKAY, I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 119887 AS AMENDED.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL AS AMENDED.
ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT,
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
BILL AS AMENDED?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> AYE.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OKAY, VERY GOOD.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS AS AMENDED WILL
BE SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 21
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE, I
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT
YOU'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY,
AND WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE
21st.
WE DO HAVE ONE FINAL AGENDA
ITEM, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE
ARE GOING TO HEAR AN UPDATE
FROM OPCD ABOUT THE RFP
PROCESS.
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
ITEM 17 INTO THE AGENDA?
>> AGENDA ITEM 17, EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE RFP
UPDATE FOR A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UBAX, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US
AN UPDATE?
>> YEAH, I WILL MAKE IT BRIEF.
I KNOW THE WHOLE PRESENTATION,
BUT WE HAVE TEN MINUTES LEFT.
AS YOU MAY KNOW YOU HAVE AN RFP
OUT ON AUGUST 31 OF $5.8
MILLION.
AND FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED
BOTH TO EXIST IN EDI PROJECTS
AS WELL AS NEW ORGANIZATIONS,
FOLLOWING THE ALLOCATIONS,
EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS WILL GET
$3.6 MILLION.
THE SECOND YEAR CAPACITY
BUILDING, AND SOME CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE GOING
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS
LIKE THAT, THAT MIGHT NEED
IMPROVEMENT WILL BE IN FINDING
THOSE GROUPS.
AND WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
OF $1.7 MILLION FOR NEW
PARTNERSHIPS.
THAT WILL BE RESPONSIVE FOR THE
FOLLOWING MOMENT OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
AND THEN ALSO WE ARE PARTNERING
WITH THE ENVIRONMENT OF JUSTICE
PROBLEM, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE
THEIR RFP PROJECT OUT AND
INSTEAD OF THE $250,000 THAT
THEY NORMALLY DO, WE WILL ADD
THAT, ANOTHER BRILLIANT IDEA
FROM THAT INTERIM ADVISORY
BOARD INSTEAD OF INVENTING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE IN
PLACE AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE
PARTNERING WITH A NEW TEAM FOR
SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP AND RANDY
FROM THE OFFICE CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT AND FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER
$475,000.
AND TO $5.8 MILLION.
AND IN THE NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT
WILL BE EXEMPLOYEESTIVITY
CURRENT MOMENTS THAT IT WILL BE
UP TO $50,000.
WE HAVE A BUCKET ON THE PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND SO INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENTS, WE WILL HAVE A
BUCKET ON THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY
AND GENTRIFICATION AND RECOVERY
AND AS IT WILL RELATE TO COVID-
19.
GROUPS CAN APPLY TO ALL THREE
BUCKETS OR ONE OF THE BUCKETS
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT NOW
INCLUDING THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
WE HAVE THE LAST WORKSHOP THAT
ARE HAPPENING, NO, ON THURSDAY.
AND WE HAVE DONE THREE OTHER
OUTREACH WEBINARS ON OUR
WEBSITE AND THEN ON THE 17th AT
3:00, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER
WEBINAR FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
JUMPING IN, ASKING ANY
QUESTIONS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
AND CLOSING ON THE 23rd OF THIS
MONTH AND BETWEEN OCTOBER 7
THROUGH THE 19th, WE WILL BE
DOING THE REVIEWS OF ALL THE
DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS OF WHAT
THE INTERNAL EXISTING PROJECTS
AS WELL AS THE NEW PROJECTS,
WHERE WE ARE HOPING TO FINALIZE
FINAL DECISIONS RIGHT BEFORE
THANKSGIVING WITH CONTRACT AND
PROCESS BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER,
DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
THE CONTRACTING PROCESS, BUT IT
IS GENERALLY FROM DECEMBER 2020
TO 2021.
>> YEAH.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, UBAX.
THAT IS GOOD NEWS, GOOD TO
HEAR.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THERE'S
PARTNERSHIP HAPPENING AS WELL
AND MIGHT AS WELL LEVERAGE ALL
OF THE INFRASTRUCTURES YOU SAID
AND PROCESSES THAT WE ALREADY
HAVE IN PLACE.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE
RFP PROCESS THAT UBAX IS
DISCUSSING?
OKAY.
WELL, IF THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, THANK YOU UBAX, AND
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING
HERE.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE
AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
CONTINUE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS CONCLUDES THIS SEPTEMBER
15, 2020 COMMITTEE MEETING OF
THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.