>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE DECEMBER 8, 2020 GOVERNANCE
AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IS 20 3 PM.
WILL THE CLERK'S CALL ROLL?
>> GONZALEZ.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT.
THAT IS FOUR PRESENT AND ONE
ABSENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, THE CITY COUNCIL RULES
ARE SILENT TO ALLOW THE
COMMITTEE TO BE CONDUCTED
REMOTELY THE COUNCIL RULES WILL
NEED TO BE SUSPENDED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW TODAY'S MEETING TO
MEET REMOTELY AND PARTICIPATE
IN ELECTRONICALLY.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE
COUNCIL RULE IS SUSPENDED AND
THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE
WITH THE REMOTE MEETING.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECT IN THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
FOLKS, WE USUALLY DO PUBLIC
COMMENT NOW.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DON'T
HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AND I AM LOOKING
TO OUR COMMITTEE CLERK TO
CONFIRM WE HAVE NOT YET HAD
ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT?
BUT THAT IS ACCURATE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
OPEN UP THE COMMENT ENCLOSED
PUBLIC COMMENT SINCE WE DON'T
HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO GIVE
US PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY AND
GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO ITEMS OF
BUSINESS.
THE FIRST ITEM, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> COUNCIL BILL 119967 AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE 2018
FAMILIES, EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL,
AND PROMISE LEVY; AMENDING THE
LEVY IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN ADOPTED BY
ORDINANCE 125807 TO GRANT THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING TEMPORARY
AUTHORITY TO MODIFY THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-
19 PANDEMIC; AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS
FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
BEFORE I HAND THIS OVER TO
DEEL, I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE WE
WOULD NORMALL HAVE CENTRAL
STAFF AT THE TABLE , BRIAN IS
THE POLICY ANALYST ASSIGNED TO
THIS ISSUE BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE
IS AWAY FROM THE OFFICE
ATTENDING TO A PERSONAL MATTER
AND WILL BE BACK UNTIL I
BELIEVE 10 DECEMBER.
HE DID HOWEVER LET MY OFFICE
KNW HE WORKED WITH DEEL IN THE
BACKGROUND TO ADDRESS TECHNICAL
ISSUES AHEAD OF TRANSMITTAL OF
THIS LEGISLATION THAT WE ARE
ABOUT TO BE BRIEFED ON AND
DISCUSS.
AND HE AND HIS DUE DILIGENCE
DID EVALUATE THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION AFTER THE TECHNICAL
ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED AND
IDENTIFIED NO OTHER POLICY
ISSUES.
FROM CENTRAL STAFF'S
PERSPECTIVE RELATED TO THIS.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND HANDED OVER TO
DIRECTOR DWANE CHAPPELLE TO
KICKOFF THE CONVERSATION.
DIRECTOR CHAPELLE HAS A
PRESENTATION AND HE'S GOING TO
QUEUE IT UP.
IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF,
AND MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM WHO
ARE WITH US IN COMMITTEE, THAT
WOULD BE GREAT.
THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND KICK
IT OFF,
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I HAVE HERE WITH ME TODAY,
MONICA LIANG-AGUIRRE EARLY
LEARNING DIRECTOR AND OUR
SECONDARY DIVISION DIRECTOR AND
MARISSA ROUSSELLE OUR INTERNAL
, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF COMMENTED
POLICY.
THEY WILL BE PRESENTING WITH ME
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
SO ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND ALL COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S
PRESENTATION IS TO WALK YOU
THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL,
OR SHOULD I SAY PROPOSED
LEGISLATION AMENDING THE FEPP
EVALUATION PLAN IN RESPONSE TO
BID.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE REASON WE ARE BRINGING THIS
BEFORE YOU IS BECAUSE THERE IS
EXISTING LEGISLATION THAT
GOVERNS HOW THE FEPP PROCEEDS
MAY BE SPENT.
THESE INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL
ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY
VOTERS IN NOVEMBER 2018, AND
THE FEPP IMPLEMENTATION
EVALUATES THE PLAN WHICH WAS
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN APRIL
2019.
THE ORDINANCE THAT CREATED THE
FEPP SPECIFIES STRATEGIES THAT
FUNDS CAN BE SPENT ON,
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLANS ALSO SPECIFY SOME KEY
PROGRAM DETAILS AND CHANGES
THAT REQUIRE COUNCIL
ENGAGEMENT.
NEITHER OF THE ORDINANCES
CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC WOULD OCCUR
WITHIN OUR SEVEN YEARS OF THIS
LEVY.
THEREFORE, WE ARE DOING, IS
PROPOSING LEGISLATION FOR THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT RESPOND TO
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THEY ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE ORDINANCE.
WE HAVE ENGAGED OUR FEPP LEVY
ON-SITE COMMITTEE ON THE
PROPOSED LEGISLATION HERE
BEFORE YOU.
AND WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A
LETTER THAT INCLUDES THEIR
SUPPORT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, DEEL AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE
DONE A LOT OF WORK IN RESPONSE
TO THE PANDEMIC, FROM LANSING
LAUNCHING EMERGENCY CHILDCARE
PROGRAMS TO MODIFYING ALL OF
OUR DEPARTMENT INVESTMENTS TO
MEET THE PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDANCE.
AND, WE HAVE KEPT CHILDREN,
YOUTH AND FAMILY AT THE CENTER
OF ALL OF IT.
SO THIS LEGISLATION, IT
ACKNOWLEDGES PRIOR ACTIONS THAT
WERE TAKEN BY DEEL IN RESPONSE
TO THE PANDEMIC, AND ALSO IT
ADDRESSES EMERGENT COMMUNITY
NEEDS.
SO I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS TURN
THIS OVER TO OUR INTERIM
DIRECTOR, MARISSA ROUSSELLE,
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND
COMMUNICATIONS AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER.
TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS WITH YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
GREAT, SO THE ADDENDUM FOR
CONSIDERATION TODAY, AS
MENTIONED HAS BEEN CONSIDERED
BY OUR LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
GOING TO WAIT FOR THIS NEXT
SLIDE TO COME UP.
GREAT.
AND SO, WE JUST WANT TO STATE
AS AN OVERARCHING DESCRIPTION
OF THE PROPOSAL THAT THE
ACTIONS TAKEN ARE CONSISTENT
WITH THE GOALS OF THE FEPP LEVY
IS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL AND
APPROVED BY VOTERS.
ALL OF OUR ACTIONS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE LATEST
PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE AND
STATE MANDATES.
AND, IN BRINGING FORTH THESE
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, DEEL
WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT
BALANCING STUDENTS, FAMILY
AND'S SERVICE PROVIDER NEEDS
AND ALL MODIFICATIONS WE HAVE
MADE IN RESPONSE TO COVID,
THOSE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN AT THE
FOREFRONT OF OUR THINKING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, IN THE ATTACHED ADDENDUM,
ADDENDUM NUMBER THREE, WE HAVE
INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT
SPECIFIES THE TIMEFRAME THAT
THIS POLICY WILL BE IN EFFECT.
AND SO WE ARE PROPOSING FOR
THESE MEASURES TO APPLY ONLY TO
THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR OF FEPP
INVESTMENT, FEPP YEAR TWO, THE
FLEXIBILITY GRANTED WOULD AND
AUGUST 31 2021.
UNLESS, WE CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE
WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC.
AND SO WE HAVE INCLUDED
LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATION
THAT SAYS IF KING COUNTY
REMAINS IN PHASES ONE, TWO,
THREE ON JULY 1 THEN THE
FLEXIBILITY IN THIS LEGISLATION
TO EXTEND THROUGH YOUR THREE.
RATIONALE BEHIND THIS IS THAT
DEEL BEGINS WORKING ON HER
CONTRACTS WITH PARTNERS IN THE
SPRING.
FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
HER PARTNER'S NEEDS AND TO GET
FAMILIES ENOUGH NOTICE OF ANY
POLICY CHANGES THAT WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL
YEAR.
FOR ANY CHANGES MADE AS A
RESULT OF THIS LEGISLATION, WE
WILL NOTIFY THE CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE WITHIN 30 DAYS AND WE
WILL ALSO INCLUDE A LIST OF ANY
MODIFICATIONS AS A RESULT OF
THE LEGISLATION IN OUR FEPP
YEAR TWO ANNUAL REPORT.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
LEGISLATION INCLUDES A RATIFY
AND CONFIRM CLAUSE EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020.
THIS IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE
MODIFICATIONS REQUESTED ARE
ALREADY IN PLACE AS THE SCHOOL
YEAR IS ALMOST HALFWAY DONE.
SO, WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
THOSE CHANGES WE HAD TO MAKE
EXPEDITIOUSLY AS WE BUILT A
RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY, AND SO HERE IS A SUMMARY
OF THE BULLET POINTS AND
ADDENDUM NUMBER THREE, WE HAVE
JUST GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED
THE FULL TEXT FROM THAT
ATTACHMENT HERE FOR YOU.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT
RECALL, THE FEPP LEVY HAS FOUR
INVESTMENT AREAS, EARLY
LEARNING, K-12, SCHOOL HEALTH,
AND SEATTLE PROMISED.
THESE FIRST TWO BULLET POINTS
ARE INTENDED TO BE EXPENSIVE TO
COVER ALL THE INVESTMENTS IN
THE FEPP LEVY, TO GIVE DEEL
ABILITY TO ADAPT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH MANDATES
ACROSS ALL FOUR AREAS AND TO
EXPAND THE FEPP STRATEGIES WE
ARE ALLOWED TO INVEST IN TO
MEET EMERGING COMMUNITY NEEDS.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF DEALS IN
THE PRESENTATION TODAY YOU WILL
HEAR FROM EARLY LEARNING
DIRECTOR AND OUR SECONDARY
DIRECTOR WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS PERTAINING
TO SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
AND SEATTLE PROMISED PROGRAM.
I WILL LEAVE IT AND TURN OVER
TO MONACO TO TALK ABOUT THE
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM.
>> GREAT.
>> SO AS YOU KNOW EARLY
LEARNING HAS BEEN AT THE
FOREFRONT OF THE FIGHT IN THIS
PANDEMIC, REALLY RESPONDING
VERY QUICKLY TO THE EMERGENT
NEEDS OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AS
YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL
TO OUR LEARNING PROVIDERS WHO
HAVE PIVOTED EVERYTHING THEY DO,
WHO KNEW THAT REMOTE PRESCHOOL
WAS A THING UNTIL 2020?
INDEED IT IS.
AND SO, ARE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM PROVIDERS HAD TO PIVOT
QUICKLY AND THEY WORKED THAT WE
WORKED WITH THEM OVER THE
SUMMER TO ADJUST OUR PROGRAMMING
IN CONTRACTING TO BEST MEET THE
NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, THE
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THEY
SERVE.
PROVIDERS WERE ABLE TO CHOOSE
THE MODEL THAT BEST FIT THEIR
INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
INCLUDING STAFFING CAPACITY,
THE SIZE OF THEIR FACILITIES
AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, PROVIDERS CHOSE ONE OF
THREE OF THESE MODELS.
THEY EITHER CONTINUE TO DELIVER
SERVICES 100% IN PERSON.
WE DO HAVE SOME PROVIDERS WHO
DO THAT.
WE HAVE PROVIDERS WHO ARE DOING
100% FAMILY DIRECTED OR REMOTE
INSTRUCTION.
AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER
PROVIDERS WHO ARE DOING A
COMBINATION, SORT OF A HYBRID
MODEL.
I WANT TO JUST PUBLICLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FLEXIBILITY AND
CREATIVITY AND STICK WITH IT OF
OUR PROVIDERS TO PIVOT THE
PROGRAMMING LIKE THIS IN THE
SHORT TURNAROUND.
IT HAS BEEN TRULY INSPIRATIONAL
TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO DO FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE
THESE CHANGES, DEEL MADE
CHANGES TO THE PROVIDER PAYMENT
AND FAMILY TUITION MODELS IN
RESPONSE TO THESE CHANGES.
AND THEY AFFECT BOTH OUR
EXPENSES AND REVENUE, WHICH
OBVIOUSLY ULTIMATELY IMPACTS
THE BOTTOM LINE FOR SPP.
FIRSTLY WE REDUCED THE SLOT
PAYMENT FOR OUR PROVIDERS THAT
WERE OFFERING 100% REMOTE,
REDUCED BY 50%.
ALTHOUGH THE PROVIDERS WERE NOT
OFFERING IN PERSON SERVICES, WE
KNOW THAT STAFFING COSTS ARE
STILL THE SAME, TEACHERS ARE
WORKING VERY HARD TO PREPARE
AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL
INSTRUCTION, THEY HAVE TO
SUPPORT FAMILIES IN MORE
INTENSE WAYS THAN EVER, HAVING
TO ADAPT TO A WHOLE NEW WAY OF
OPERATING AND OF COURSE THEY
HAVE FACILITIES COSTS, ETC.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
KEEPING PROVIDERS AS WHOLE AS
POSSIBLE.
RECOGNIZING THEY DO HAVE SOME
REDUCE COST BY ONLY BEING 100%
REMOTE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE DECISIONS
WE MADE WAS TO REDUCE THE SLOT
PAYMENT FOR 100% REMOTE
PROGRAMS.
THEN WE ALSO FOUGHT ON THE
FAMILY SIDE, WE GAVE
CONSIDERATION TO THE IMMENSE
PRESSURE FAMILIES ARE FACING
RIGHT NOW IN RECOGNIZING THAT
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRESCHOOL,
THREE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS WE ARE
ALSO TALKING ABOUT CHILDCARE
AND THAT MANY FAMILIES NOW HAD
TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF NOT ONLY PROVIDING PRESCHOOL
INSTRUCTION BUT ALSO STILL
PERHAPS LOOKING FOR CHILD CARE
ON THE SIDE.
SO, WE MADE THE CHANGE TO HAVE
TUITION WAIVED COMPLETELY FOR
FAMILIES WHO ARE GETTING 100%
REMOTE.
IF YOUR CHILD IS NOT ATTENDING
IN PERSON, AND IS DOING IT AT
HOME WITH ADULT SUPPORT FROM
HOME, THEN THE TUITION WAS
WAIVED.
AND FOR FAMILIES THAT WERE IN
HYBRID PROGRAMS OR IN PERSON
PROGRAMS, WE DECIDED TO REDUCE
THE TUITION BY 50%.
THE THINKING BEHIND THAT WAS,
AND IS GOING THROUGH
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE WANTED TO GET FAMILIES,
SUPPORT FAMILIES AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S
NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME TYPE
OF PROGRAMMING AS WE HAD BEEN
ABLE TO PROVIDE IN PREVIOUS
YEARS.
AND ALSO JUST TO GET FAMILIES
IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND PREDICT
ABILITY AND WHAT THEY WERE
GOING TO BE SPENDING THEIR
MONEY ON.
SO, THOSE WERE THE BIG CHANGES,
THE CHANGES WE MADE WE'RE HERE
TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
A COUPLE THINGS THAT DIDN'T
CHANGE, THE FACT THAT WE DID
NOT CHANGE THE SLOT PAYMENTS
FOR PROVIDERS DELIVERING 100%
IN PERSON HYBRID PROGRAMMING.
THERE RECEIVING 100% OF THEIR
ORIGINAL CONTRACT SLOT PAYMENT.
WE ALSO DID NOT ACTUALLY CHANGE
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TUITION,
SO ALL FAMILIES ABOVE 350%
FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL ACCORDING
TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
EVALUATION PLAN OR LEGIBLE FOR
FREE TUITION.
AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED.
AND THAT TUITION CALCULATED IS
STILL ON A SLIDING SCALE.
THOSE HAVE STAYED CONSISTENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS SLIDE SAYS A LOT.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO -- THERE
ARE TWO PURPOSES, ONE IS TO
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE OVERALL
ENROLLMENT AND THE
PROPORTIONALITY BETWEEN THE TWO
TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE ARE
OFFERING.
AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE GROUP OF FAMILIES
THAT ARE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY
IMPACTED BY THIS POLICY TUITION
CHANGE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE
ON WHERE WE ARE IN OVERALL
ENROLLMENT, YOU WILL SEE THAT
OUR FULL CAPACITY IS ABOUT 80%
ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR WHICH IS
ACTUALLY NOT VERY DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER YEARS, BUT,
UNDERSTANDABLY LOWER BECAUSE OF
COVID.
ABOUT 80% OF HER CHILDREN ARE
IDENTIFIED AS CHILDREN COMING
FROM -- YOU WILL SEE IN TERMS
OF THE CAPACITY, THEY ARE
ROUGHLY ONE THIRD AND ONE THIRD
AND ONE THIRD.
OUR PROGRAMS ARE PRETTY EVENLY
DISTRIBUTED AS OUR OUR SEATS.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THAT
CAREFULLY TO MAKE SURE AND SEE
IF THERE IS DISPROPORTIONALITY
AND WHO IS ATTENDING WHAT TYPE
OF PROGRAM.
YOU WILL SEE THE CHILDREN ARE
ATTENDING SLIGHTLY HIGHER 100%
FAMILY DIRECTED VERSUS IN
PERSON.
WHICH IS THE SAME PROPORTION AS
THE OVERALL SEATS AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT
CLOSELY AND ALSO DOING -- WE
CONDUCTED A SURVEY WITH
FAMILIES TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THE EXPERIENCE OF FAMILY
DIRECTED AND HYBRID LEARNING.
AND THEN, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS
YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST
COLUMN WHICH IS THE FAMILIES
ENROLLED AT 350% OR ABOVE
FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE FAMILIES
TO QUALIFY FOR TUITION AND WHO
ARE IMPACTED BY OUR CHANGE IN
TUITION POLICY.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, A TOTAL OF
382 CHILDREN ARE ELIGIBLE AND
25%, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 25%
OF THE TOTAL, SO OF THOSE, IF
YOU LOOK AT IT, THE ONES THAT
ARE IN THE TOP ROW, 160 KIDS
FAMILY DIRECTED, THOSE ARE THE
ONES WHO GOT THEIR TUITION
WAIVED.
160 CHILDREN.
THEY HAD TUITION WAIVED
COMPLETELY.
THE OTHER TWO, HUNDRED NINE AND
113 ARE THE ONES WHO HAD 50% OF
THEIR TUITION WAIVED.
NOW WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT SHOWS YOU THE BUDGET IMPACT.
THIS IS REALLY JUST THE
RELEVANT SLIVER OF WHAT ARE
REVENUE EXPENSES ARE IN TERMS
OF THE CONTRACTS AND TUITION.
THIS TABLE SHOWS THE CHANGES WE
MADE AT THE TUITION AND
PROVIDER CONTRACTS MOSTLY
BALANCE OUT.
THERE'S ONLY ABOUT EIGHT
$95,000 PROJECTED GAP BETWEEN
úWHAT WE ARE EXPECTING AND WHAT
WE ARE ANTICIPATING NOW.
WE WERE EXPECTING PRE-COVID AND
WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING NOW, EVEN
THOUGH THOSE CHANGES.
IT JUST HAPPENED THAT THE LOSS
IN TUITION REVENUE AND THE
DECREASED PROVIDER CONTRACTS
PRETTY MUCH EVENED OUT. AND WE
STILL HAVE $2.4 MILLION IN
RESERVES IN CASE THE
PROGRAMMING CHANGES.
THE BIGGEST PROVIDER WHO DOES
REMOTE INSTRUCTION, IF THEY
DECIDE TO GO BACK IN PERSON AS
THERE IS TALK RIGHT NOW IN
MARCH, WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY TO INCREASE THE CONTRACTS
AGAIN TO 100%.
SO WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR
THAT.
THAT WRAPS UP THE CHANGES IN
SPP POLICY.
I WILL PASS IT OFF TO MY
COLLEAGUE DANA.
>> THANK YOU, AND THEN FOR
COLLEAGUES, WHAT I WAS HOPING
TO DO IS BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH
THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION JUST TO
MAKE SURE THAT DEEL HAS AMPLE
TIME TO GET THROUGH IT .
THERE'S A LOT OF RICH DATA IN
HERE.
AND THEN WE WILL CIRCLE BACK
AND OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS ABOUT THE ENTIRE
PRESENTATION, ONCE WE ARE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
INTERRUPT.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS
AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
BEFORE I DIVE IN I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM AND ITS RECENT
GROWTH, COUNCIL HASN'T YET HAD
A FORMAL BRIEFING ON TRENDS,
I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO SOME OF
THE FALL ENROLLMENT DATA WHICH
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT LAST
WEEK.
THIS IS A BIT OF A MILESTONE IN
AND OF ITSELF FOR US, AS FIRST-
YEAR STUDENTS ARE THE FIRST
COHORT OF GRADUATES COMING FROM
ALL SPS HIGH SCHOOLS.
IN THE FIRST TWO EXPENSE ALL
THE FULLY SKILLED LEVY
SUPPORTS.
MORE ON THAT.
BUT WE ARE HERE SEEKING
APPROVAL TO AND IMPLEMENT OF
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT
WOULD ALLOW CURRENT SEATTLE
PROMISE STUDENTS TO ACCESS THE
BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM BEYOND
THE TWO YEAR LIMIT.
CURRENTLY PROMISE PROGRAM
SUPPORTS WHICH INCLUDE TUITION
SUPPORT, EQUITY SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR LIVING STUDENTS, AND THE
SUPPORT OF OUTREACH AND
RETENTION SPECIALISTS THROUGH
THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE WILL
ONLY COVER 90 ATTEMPTED CREDITS
FOR TWO YEARS OF ENROLLMENT,
WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
SO OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE
COLLEGES AND THOSE OF US HERE
AT DEEL ARE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF OFFERING STUDENTS EXPANDED
FLEXIBILITY IN THE IMPACTS OF
THE COVID-19.
SUSPENDING THE TWO YEAR LIMIT
AND ALLOWING STUDENTS TO ENROLL
PART-TIME OR DIFFERENT
ENROLLMENT TO A LATER DATE AS A
RESPONSIVE ACTION TO TAKE GIVEN
THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE
20/20 HAS BROUGHT US.
IT'S ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE
REQUEST WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM
STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND OUR
COLLEGE PARTNERS THEMSELVES.
WE HOPE YOU WILL COME TO THE
SAME CONCLUSION AND THAT THIS
IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR
STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU.
SHARING WITH YOU HERE, A QUICK
UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW,
RIGHT NOW STUDENTS ARE
PARTICIPATING IN AN ENTIRELY
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT.
THE SUMMER BRIDGE EVENT WAS
ALSO CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY.
THAT HELP TO PREPARE STUDENTS
IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE START OF
VIRTUAL CLASSES AT THE END OF
SEPTEMBER.
THE FALL QUARTER BEGAN, THE
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM OPENED
ITS LARGEST COHORT OF SCHOLARS
TODAY, 846 ENROLLED THIS FALL
WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING GIVEN
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SPEAKS TO
THE TREMENDOUS ADAPTABILITY AND
RESILIENCE OF THE STUDENTS AND
MANY STAFF MEMBERS WHO CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH THIS.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS
AND MULTIPLE OUTLETS OVER THE
LAST MONTH OR SO, THERE HAS
BEEN A DROP EXPERIENCED BY A
LOT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
OTHER FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION
ENROLLMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO BE
ABLE TO SAY WE ACTUALLY HAD
GROWTH.
NEXT SLIDE.
HERE YOU SEE A LITTLE MORE
SPECIFIC OF A BREAKDOWN OF FALL
ENROLLMENT.
INCLUDING FULL-TIME AND PART-
TIME ENROLLMENT, AS WELL AS THE
REQUEST TO DEFER BY CLASS.
IN FALL OF 2020 SEATTLE
COLLEGES HAVE ENROLLED 699
FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AND 147
SECOND-TIER STUDENTS.
SO FAR TOTAL WE HAVE 18 REQUEST
TO DEFER ENROLLMENT AS A RESULT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE LEGISLATION UNDER
CONSIDERATION WOULD SUSPEND THE
TWO YEAR LIMIT ON ENROLLMENT
FOR CURRENT PROMISE SCHOLAR AS
I SHARED, AND ALLOW THEM TO
FULLY BENEFIT FROM DEFERRED
ENROLLMENT AS A RESULT OF
COVID.
UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN RESTRICTS
PROMISE STUDENTS SUPPORTS 290
ATTEMPTED CREDITS OR TWO YEARS,
WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.
IN MID-SEPTEMBER THE COLLEGES
REPORTED TO DEEL AND WE WERE
HEARING FROM STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES AS WELL THAT THEY WERE
SEEING A LOT OF , A LARGE
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS REQUESTING TO DEFER OR
ENROLL PART-TIME.
AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS TYPE
OF REQUEST TO GO PART-TIME AND
NOT BE FULL-TIME, WHICH IS PART
OF THE PROMISE PROGRAM, IS
PERMITTED AS IT NOW STANDS FOR
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT THIS FALL PRESENTED A
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER VOLUME.
AND WHAT ISN'T PART OF THE
PROVISION NOW IS THE TWO YEAR
LIMIT.
BY ALLOWING STUDENTS IN THE
FIRST AND SECOND YEAR THIS YEAR
TO EXTEND BEYOND THAT, WE ARE
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CRITICAL
SEATTLE PROMISE SUPPORTS THAT
ARE HELPING THEM COMPLETE THEIR
DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE ARE STILL
IN PLACE ALL THE WAY THROUGH
THEIR PROGRAM.
SO THIS CHANGE NOT ONLY HELPS
THE COLLEGES ACCOMMODATE THE
HIGHER THAN NORMAL NUMBER OF
EXCEPTIONAL REQUESTS BUT ALSO
EXTENDS THE DURATION OF THE
PROMISE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.
AS WE SAW PREVIOUSLY, CURRENTLY
THERE ARE ABOUT 217 STUDENTS
WHO WOULD BENEFIT DIRECTLY FROM
THIS POLICY CHANGE.
WHAT IS UNCHANGED IS THE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE PROGRAM.
MEETING MILESTONES ALONG THE
WAY.
THEY HAVE BEEN ADAPTED SO IT
WOULD MATCH WHETHER OR NOT THEY
ARE PART-TIME OR DEFERRED, BUT
THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO MEET
THE MILESTONES.
THE MAXIMUM CREDITS ATTEMPTED
REMAINS THE SAME.
AS DOES THE NEED TO STAY IN
GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING WHICH IS
THE SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC
PROGRESS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE ESTIMATES I AM SHARING HERE
ARE BASED ON THE BEST AVAILABLE
DATA WE HAVE TO DATE.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE
EXPECT SOME VARIABILITY BECAUSE
FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION IS
FLUID AND WILL FLEX PORTER BY
QUARTER DEPENDING ON THE
STUDENTS PARTICIPATING.
FOR NOW, EXTRA TUITION COSTS
FOR PART-TIME STUDENTS IS
ROUGHLY $300 PER QUARTER BEYOND
THE TWO-YEAR PROMISE EXPERIENCE.
SO TO EXTEND THE PROMISE FOR
ONE ADDITIONAL QUARTER, WHICH
IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE
COLUMN, WE ESTIMATE THAT TO
COME AT A COST OF $6300 AND TO
EXTEND FOR A FULL YEAR OR THREE
QUARTERS WE ESTIMATE A COST OF
$18,800.
FOR STUDENTS WITH A
DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED,
EQUITY SCHOLARSHIPS, PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
SO THEY CAN PAY FOR THINGS LIKE
FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION AND
HOUSING, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO
HELP THEM PURSUE THEIR
EDUCATION, BASED ON THE NUMBER
OF PART-TIME STUDENTS CURRENTLY
RECEIVING THIS BENEFIT, WE
ESTIMATE A COST OF $49,000 FOR
ONE QUARTER EXTENSION, $147,000
FOR A THREE-QUARTER ONE YEAR
EXTENSION.
AND THEN, FINALLY, RETENTION
SPECIALISTS, THEY MAY BE NEEDED
TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL
CASELOAD.
AS STUDENTS ENROLL PART-TIME OR
DEFER TO THE FOLLOWING QUARTER,
IT MIGHT SHIFT OUR NUMBERS A
LITTLE BIT AND WE WANT TO BE
RESPONSIVE AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
STILL PROVIDING THE NECESSARY
SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS.
IF THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL
STAFF FOR ONE QUARTER, THE COST
REFLECTED THERE, AND THEN THE
THREE-QUARTER COLUMN REPRESENTS
THE NEED FOR TWO RETENTION
SPECIALISTS.
THIS IS REALLY ACCOUNTING FOR
UNKNOWNS AROUND DEFERRED
STUDENTS.
AND IF MORE STUDENTS WILL
REQUEST PART-TIME BEYOND JUST
THIS FIRST FULL QUARTER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, DANA.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY IN
CONCLUSION FOR OUR PRESENTATION.
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME
FORTHCOMING COUNCIL ENGAGEMENTS
IN 2021.
WE DO PLAN ON COMING BACK FOR
OUR 2019 EXCUSE ME, 2019/2020
ANNUAL REPORT, WE WILL COME
BACK AND SHARE ABOUT INFANT AND
CHILD CARE STUDIES HAVE BEEN
CONDUCTED.
WE HAVE PRESENTATION RSJI
CHANGE TEAM AND AS NEEDED WE
WILL COME BACK FOR FEPP
AMENDMENTS.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION
FOR TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DWANE
CHAPPELLE FOR THAT.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED
FLEXIBILITY LEGISLATION AS
DESCRIBED BY STAFF FROM DEEL.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> YES, MADAM PRESIDENT.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS HAVING TECHNICAL
ISSUES.
>> I DIDN'T SEE THAT I COULDN'T
SEE YOUR VIDEO, SO I'M SORRY IF
I MISSED YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK
YOU EVERYBODY FROM THE DEEL
TEAM, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE
ALL OF YOU.
I DID WANT TO JUST RAISE
SOMETHING I KNOW YOU'RE WELL
AWARE OF, BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT
WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT FOLKS WHO
NEED CHILDCARE AND ASSISTANCE
FOR FAMILIES OR TEACHERS,
KIDDOS, WE KNOW YOUR WORK HAS
BEEN ESSENTIAL IN HELPING TO
PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED SUPPORT
DURING THIS COVID CRISIS.
AND APPRECIATE WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE NEED FOR FLEXIBILITY
IS CLEAR, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO HELP KEEP CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS OPEN.
AIR CHILDCARE PROVIDER HAD A
SCARE LAST WEEK, AND I KNOW IT
WAS REALLY A HARDSHIP FOR ALL
OF THE FAMILIES WHO WERE
WORKING FROM HOME, BUT WAS MORE
OF A HARDSHIP FOR THE WORKERS
AND THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO
REGARDING THE LONG WAIT LIST
PRE-COVID, RESULTING IN
DISPROPORTIONAL HARDSHIP FOR
WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR,
FAMILIES CONTINUE TO WORRY
ABOUT NEW CLOSURES AND HOW IT
WILL RESULT IN EVEN GREATER
DISPARITIES.
I KNOW DEEL, ESPECIALLY WITH
DIRECTOR DWANE CHAPPELLE IN
YOUR LEADERSHIP, THESE ARE
CONCERNS YOU HAVE RAISED TODAY
AND IN THE PAST, I WANT TO LIFT
UP THE IMPORTANT WORK AND THE
LENS YOU APPLY TO THIS TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE
RACIAL EQUITY ISSUES AND HOW IT
AFFECTS OUR LOWEST WAGE WORKERS
AND SMALL BUSINESSES INCLUDING
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE PUBLIC
FORUM ABOUT THE WAYS IN WHICH
YOUR GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO
HELP OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS
STAY OPEN, I KNOW THAT
INFORMATION HAS BEEN WELL
RECEIVED AND APPRECIATED.
I JUST WANT TO CUE THAT UP FOR
YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING.
YOU WANT TO SHARE OR UPLIFT
ANYTHING BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT?
YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOURSELF OFF
OF MUTE.
>> I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR
NINE MONTHS AND I STILL MAKE
THIS MISTAKE.
I THINK I KNOW DWANE CHAPPELLE
SHARED WITH YOU OUR RECENT CO-
PAY RELEASE THAT WE DID FOR OUR
FAMILIES.
WAVING CO-PAY FOR NOVEMBER AND
DECEMBER AS IMMEDIATE RELIEF
FOR FAMILIES.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR
PROVIDERS TO SUPPORT BOTH THEM
AND FAMILIES.
IT'S A CONSTANT BALANCING ACT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH
YOU A LOT OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL COME
FORTH IN THE NEW YEAR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I WOULD SAY ON THAT POINT,
PART OF WHAT WE DID TO THE LAST
BUDGET PROCESS, NOT THIS ONE
BUT 2019, IS ADVANCE A SET OF
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
AND ACTUAL BUDGET ACTIONS TO
PROVIDE DEAL WITH ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES IN ORDER TO WORK WITH
CONSULTANTS AND OTHER FOLKS
AROUND IDENTIFYING SOLUTIONS,
HOLISTIC SYSTEM SOLUTIONS TO
SOME OF THE ISSUES YOU ARE JUST
HIGHLIGHTING COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WORK IS ON
TRACK TO BE COMPLETED.
AND THEN SEND OVER TO THE CITY
COUNCIL THIS MONTH.
I AM HOPING THAT IS STILL GOING
TO BE THE CASE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE
WORK PRODUCT WE HAVE DONE THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF
THE COMMUNITY'S WORK IN THE
FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR,
DIGGING INTO SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANALYSIS,
THERE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
BE A NEED.
THERE WAS A NEED BEFORE COVID
AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A NEED
NOW.
AND I THINK DEEL IS TO BE
COMMENDED FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AND HARD
WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING TO
PARTNER WITH OUR SERVICE
PROVIDER, CHILDCARE PROVIDER
NETWORK INCLUDING SPS TO TRY TO
MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF CLOSURES
DURING THIS PERIOD OF COVID.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WORK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU, THIS IS BEEN A
VERY HELPFUL PRESENTATION.
I FIRST GOT TO WORK ON THE 13th
AND 14th YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAM
IN 2015 AND I WAS STAFF FOR THE
SENATOR IN WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH NOW YOU A
PRESENT OF DIPOLE.
I HAVE BEEN LONG EXCITED FOR
THIS COURT TO COME THROUGH.
I WANT TO CALL OUT AND
APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON
FLEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND
DEFERMENT, BEING ABLE TO PLAN
FOR DEFERMENT AND WHAT MAY COME
IN A YEAR OR TWO, TO STILL BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS PROMISE TO
STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT BE
GOING TO SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO OVERALL THANK YOU AND
FOCUS ON THE FLEXIBILITY AND
THANK YOU FOR FOCUSING IN ON
THE DEFERMENT ASPECT.
THANK YOU, ALL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES?
>> YES, MADAM CHAIR.
>> PLEASE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU,
MONICA.
ANYWAY, JUST QUICKLY, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR THIS WORK.
AS YOU KNOW SOME OF US WERE
AROUND WHEN WE WERE UNVEILING
THE PROMISE PROGRAM IN INGRAM.
IN OUR WORK WITH NATHAN HALE.
THIS CONTINUES TO BE A VERY
POPULAR PROGRAM.
IT GETS TALKED ABOUT, WHEN I
TALKED TO TWO PRINCIPALS AT A
HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE WORK WE ARE DOING AND UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ FOR THE DEAL, THE IDEA
OF HAVING THIS FLEXIBILITY
LEGISLATION SPEAKS TO US TRYING
TO STAND TOP OF EVERYTHING IN
THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC
FUELED RECESSION.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS
COME WITH IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
AND THANK YOU TO DWANE
CHAPPELLE AS ALWAYS FOR
BRINGING IT.
AGAIN, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE
MONICA.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE
DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
DIG INTO THAT I DO THINK IS
WORTH LIFTING UP IS THE
ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE
ARE SEEING AS IT RELATES TO THE
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM.
THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, ADMINISTERED
BY DEEL . AND WHEN WE FIRST
SUPPORTED IT WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THERE WAS A HUGE ATTENTION
AND FOCUS ON RSJI TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE WASN'T ANY
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS TO
STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO MIGHT
OTHERWISE BE ACCESSING WHAT WAS
FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE 13th YEAR
PROGRAM.
AND SO I AM REALLY PLEASED TO
SEE SOME OF THE NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
COMING OUT ABOUT WHO IS
CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN TERMS OF
THE COHORT OF 2020.
WE DIDN'T SEE [INDISCERNIBLE]
ENROLLMENT NUMBERS IN THIS
PRESENTATION BUT WE DO HAVE
DISAGGREGATED NUMBERS WITH
REGARD TO A DIFFERENT
DEMOGRAPHIC, RACE AND
ETHNICITY, ON THAT -- AND I
THINK DIRECTOR DWANE CHAPPELLE,
IF I CAN ASK YOU AND YOUR STAFF
TO SHARE THAT MEMO WITH THE
WHOLE COMMITTEE, I THINK THAT
WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO MAKE
SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE
DISAGGREGATED NUMBERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY IS
THAT THE NUMBERS RELATED TO THE
ASIAN CATEGORY OR DEMOGRAPHIC
ARE STILL NOT DESEGREGATED.
THEY ARE ALTOGETHER IN ONE LUMP
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO CROSS TABS TO
FURTHER SEGREGATE THE CATEGORY
OF ASIAN STUDENTS WHO ARE PART
OF THE COHORT.
IF THERE IS I WOULD ASK FOR
THAT MODIFICATION TO BE MADE.
IF THERE ISN'T, I THINK WE NEED
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT TO DESEGREGATE
NUMBERS WITHIN THE API CATEGORY
SO WE GET A BETTER INDICATOR OF
WHO IS ACCESSING THE PROGRAM
AND WHO IS NOT WITHIN THE 2020
PROMISE COHORT AND BEYOND.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEMO,
COLLEAGUES, IN TERMS OF FURTHER
DESEGREGATION OF THE NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF WHO IS ACCESSING THE
PROGRAM, IS REALLY GREAT.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE
TO SEE HOW THAT EXPANDS.
I WILL ALSO SAY I'M REALLY
PLEASED WE ARE MOVING IN A
DIRECTION IN THIS LEGISLATION
TO ALLOW FOR PART-TIME
ATTENDANCE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING I REALLY
WANTED TO SEE OCCUR IN THE
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, BUT WE
DECIDED TO TAKE A SLOW AND
STEADY APPROACH INSTEAD.
THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS FOR US
TO BE A LITTLE MORE INTENTIONAL
FOR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
AND AGAIN, THE NUMBERS OF THOSE
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ENROLLING
AND PARTICIPATING INDICATE
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER
OF FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN
THE PART-TIME OPTION AND WHO
ARE STILL ACADEMICALLY
SUCCEEDING IN PERFORMING.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS GOING TO
BE AN IMPORTANT DATA PIECE FOR
US TO COLLECT TO SEE IF WE CAN
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE
STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACADEMIC
INTERESTS AND AMBITIONS BUT WHO
ONLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO
PART-TIME FOR OTHER REASONS IN
THEIR LIFE.
I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP THOSE
THINGS AS IT RELATES TO SEATTLE
PROMISE AND APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUES AROUND
EARLY LEARNING IN PARTICULAR.
LOTS OF WORK TO BE DONE THERE.
AND, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
YOU ALL BACK IN COMMITTEE NEXT
WEEK TO TALK ABOUT, NOT NEXT
WEEK, NEXT YEAR, TO GO THROUGH
THE LIST OF ALL OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT I KNOW WE HAVE FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE
FEPP LEVY.
LET'S GO AHEAD, IF THERE IS NO
OTHER QUESTIONS OR ISSUES,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
>> YOU SO MUCH.
TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE
DESEGREGATION ISSUE YOU FLAGGED,
ONE OF THE THINGS I AM HEARING
FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND I
WANT TO SEE IF THIS IS TRUE IN
DEEL, ARE WE DISAGGREGATING
HOW MANY LATINO COMMUNITY
FAMILY MEMBERS WE ARE SERVING?
BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT TRYING
TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT LATINO
COMMUNITY SERVICES ACROSS
VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS HAS
BEEN CHALLENGING SOME OF OUR
COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I WANTED TO USE THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY IF SEE IF THAT IS
TRUE AS WELL.
>> LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH MY
DATA TEAM TO SEE.
WHEN WE FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU I
WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT
QUESTION SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU.
DANA, I AM LOOKING AT YOU
SPECIFICALLY, AND LET YOU KNOW
THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> MAYBE THIS GOES BOTH TO YOUR
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND ALSO THE QUESTION
ABOUT THE ASIAN DESEGREGATION.
IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN
PURSUING WITH OUR PARTNERS.
WE DO HAVE TO DO THAT IN
CONCERT WITH THEM IN TERMS OF
HOW THE DATA GETS COLLECTED IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
THE CONVERSATION STARTED WITH
THEM THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO
PURSUE, AT THE MOMENT WE DON'T
HAVE IT WE HOPE IN OUR FUTURE
WORK WITH THEM WE START TO PUT
IN PLACE SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW US
TO COLLECT THAT AND ENSURE THAT
INFORMATION.
>> CURRENTLY WE DO CAPTURE, IF
PEOPLE IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC OR
LATINO, THAT DATA IS CAPTURED.
WHAT IS NOT CAPTURED IS ANY
SORT OF SUB CATEGORIZATION OR
SUB DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE
HISPANIC/LATINO CATEGORY.
SIMILAR FOR ASIAN POPULATIONS,
IT JUST SAYS ASIAN AS A BROAD
CATEGORY BUT DOESN'T FURTHER
IDENTIFY KOREAN, CHINESE,
FILIPINO, ETC.
AND SO I THINK, THERE IS
INTEREST, IF THERE IS ONGOING
INTEREST IN FURTHER REFINING
THE DATA, THEN THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH DEEL.
OF COURSE AS DANA MENTIONED,
OUR DATA IS ONLY AS GOOD AS
THAT OF WHICH ARE PARTNERS ARE
ACTIVELY AND PROACTIVELY
COLLECTING.
AND OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE
CATEGORIES OF MULTIRACIAL AND
OTHER RACE.
AND MISSING OR NOT REPORTED
INFORMATION.
SO THERE IS -- THE INFORMATION
IS AS ACCURATE AS IT CAN BE ON
THE REALITY THAT WE ARE RELYING
ON PEOPLE TO SELF-REPORT. I
THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF
DEEL SHARED THIS MEMO WITH
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IF THERE IS
ONGOING CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE
ARE CAPTURING THE DATA, THERE
IS AN OPPORTUNITY I THINK TO
ENGAGE THE DEPARTMENT ON IDEAS
ON HOW TO REFINE THE PROCESS.
OKAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
CONCLUDED OUR CONVERSATION ON
THIS BILL.
I DO WANT TO CALL THIS BILL UP
FOR A VOTE.
I THINK DEEL IS LOOKING FOR US
TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THIS BILL
TODAY.
SO THAT THEY HAVE SOME
CERTAINTY IN MOVING FORWARD
OPERATIONALLY ON THE
FLEXIBILITY THEY ARE REQUESTING
AND THE FEPP LEVY INVESTMENT.
I'M GOING TO CALL THIS FOR A
VOTE.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
119967.
IS 30 SECOND?
>> 2nd PERIOD
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ . IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THE BILL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
LEE'S CALL ROLE OF THE
COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASSED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> YES.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
>> YES.
CHAIRT GONZALEZ,
>> YES.
FOUR IN FAVOR AN UNOPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND TO
FULL COUNCIL THAT THE BILL
PASS.
WE WILL CONSIDER THIS AT OUR
DECEMBER 14 CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AT 2:00 OR THEREABOUTS.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE LEADERS
WITHIN DEEL, WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION TO THIS AND YOUR
HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF
SEATTLE'S FAMILIES.
>> THANKS, DANA.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> SEE YOU LATER.
>> GOODBYE.
>> AUDIOS.
>> HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS CAN
WE SAY GOODBYE?
>> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO
ITEM 2. WE ONLY HAVE TWO ITEMS
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL MOVE QUICKLY
TO THE SECOND ITEM AS WELL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO,
119968, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO LOBBYING REGULATIONS;
EXPANDING LOBBYING REGULATIONS
TO COVER GRASSROOTS LOBBYING
CAMPAIGNS; CORRECTING
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS,
CORRECTING SECTION REFERENCES,
CLARIFYING REGULATIONS, AND
MAKING MINOR AMENDMENTS; AND
AMENDING CHAPTER 2.06 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE.
FOR A BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE SOME
GUESTS IN OUR VIRTUAL MEETING
TODAY, WE HAVE WAYNE BARNETT
WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS
COMMISSION.
AND NICHOLAS BROWN WHO IS THE
CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
AND WE HAVE COUNSELED CENTRAL
STAFF WHO PREPARED A VERY
THOROUGH AND HIGH QUALITY BRIEF
FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET UP
TO SPEED ON THIS PROPOSED
LEGISLATION.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
HANDED OVER TO LISH WHO IS
GOING TO WALK US THROUGH HIS
MEMO AND MAKE HIMSELF
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND
THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM DIRECTOR
BARNETT AND CHAIR BROWN ON THE
PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
THE SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION IN THIS
BILL.
>> TAKE IT AWAY.
>> THIS IS ETHICS REGULATIONS
2008.
THEY ARE FOCUSED ON MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC TO INFLUENCE CITY
LEGISLATION, CURRENTLY THEY
REQUIRE THAT LOBBYISTS WHO
PERFORM DIRECT LOBBYING, WHICH
MEANS TALKING TO ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE
STAFF OR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEGISLATE, OR
CHANGE OR INFLUENCE LEGISLATION
NEED TO REGISTER WITH THE
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS COMMISSION
AND THEY NEED TO THEN SUBMIT
QUARTERLY REPORTS AS DO ANY
PEOPLE WHO ARE HIRING THEM TO
PERFORM THOSE LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES.
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS THE
FIRST MAJOR UPDATE TO THOSE
REGULATIONS SINCE THEY WERE
ADOPTED IN 2008.
THEY INCORPORATE A CONCEPT
CALLED GRASSROOTS LOBBYING
WHICH HAS BEEN IN STATE LAW
SINCE 1973.
THEY REQUIRE THAT LOBBYING OF
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THOSE
DIRECTORS, DIRECT REPORTS, BE
INCLUDED IN LOBBYING REPORTS
AND QUALIFY AS LOBBYING
ACTIVITY.
AND THEY REQUIRE THAT IF A
LOBBYIST WORKS ON A POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN FOR A CITY ELECTED
OFFICE, THEY DISCLOSE THAT
ACTIVITY AND THE IN-KIND OR
PAID WORK AS PART OF THEIR
LOBBYING REPORTING.
TO DIVE DOWN A LITTLE DEEPER
INTO THE DEFINITION OF
GRASSROOTS LOBBYING, IT IS AN
EFFORT BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION, NOT
BY DIRECTLY TALKING TO ELECTED
OFFICIALS, BUT INSTEAD BY
ENCOURAGING MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC TO LOBBY THEIR ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
THE DEFINITION OF GRASSROOTS
LOBBYING SPONSOR INCLUDES GROUPS
THAT SPEND AT LEAST $750 IN A
MONTH TO CARRY OUT A CAMPAIGN
OR $1500 IN A THREE-MONTH
PERIOD.
AND, WITH THAT, I THINK I WILL
HANDED OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, UNLESS COUNCIL
MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY
QUESTIONS FOR LISH BEFORE WE
HEAR FROM DIRECTOR BARNETT?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS BEING
RAISED.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM ARE
GUESSED FROM THE SEATTLE
ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
>> AT THIS POINT I'D LOVE TO
TURN OVER TO THE CHAIR,
NICHOLAS BROWN, I SHOULD POINT
OUT NICK IS FINISHING HIS ONE
AND ONLY TERM AS CHAIR OF THE
ETHICS COMMISSION, HE IS
ROTATING AT THE END OF THIS
MONTH.
HE IS BEEN A WONDERFUL CHAIR
AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS
SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
THIS IS LIKELY TO BE HIS LAST
OFFICIAL ACTION AS CHAIR.
I'M GOING TO LET HIM SAY SOME
WORDS FIRST.
>> THANK YOU WAYNE AND
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
IT'S GOING TO BE BACK BEFORE
THE COUNCIL AGAIN, I THINK THE
LAST TIME I WAS PRESIDENT
BEFORE YOU WAS WHEN I WAS BEING
APPOINTED.
THIS IS A NICE CIRCULAR AND TO
MY TERM ON THE COMMISSION, IT'S
A PLEASURE TO SERVE.
I WANT TO PROVIDE HIGH-LEVEL
CONTEXT FOR HOW THIS CAME TO
THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION,
I THINK LISH WHITSON PROVIDED A
NICE OVERVIEW.
THE LEGISLATION AROUND CHANGING
THE SEATTLE ETHICS CODE FIRST
AROSE BACK IN 2017 BUT WAS
BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION'S
ATTENTION IN EARLY 2019,
ORIGINALLY WHAT THE COMMISSION
FIRST STARTED REVIEWING AND
CONSIDERING CHANGES TO WERE THE
LOBBYING PROVISIONS AROUND
PEOPLE WHO WEAR TWO HATS AND
WORK ON LEGAL CAMPAIGNS AND TRY
TO BRING ADDITIONAL
TRANSPARENCY AND AWARENESS TO
THE PUBLIC OF THOSE RULES.
WE INITIALLY CONSIDERED
TESTIMONY CHANGES REGARDING
THAT ISSUE AND THEN AS WE
STARTED TO DIVE DOWN DEEPER,
INTO THE CODE, WHICH WAS AS
POINTED OUT HAD NOT BEEN
AMENDED SINCE ADOPTED IN 2008,
WE STARTED TO TRY TO FIND WAYS
TO BRING THE CITY ETHICS CODE
MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
STATE EX SIX ETHICS LAW, SO WE
IMPORTED ALMOST WORD FOR WORD
THE PROVISIONS BETTER KNOWN AS
GRASSROOTS LOBBYING AND
RECOMMENDED THOSE BE PUT INTO
THE SEATTLE CODE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, THIS FOR MANY YEARS
HAS NOT BEEN REGULATED.
THERE ARE NUMBER OF WAYS THAT
LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY GETS
SPENT TO LOBBY TO INFLUENCE
LEGISLATION, NOT JUST DIRECTLY
TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT TO
THE PUBLIC, TO HAVE THE PUBLIC
LOBBY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AS WE CONSIDER THIS BILL OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE
THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ALIGNMENT
TO THE STATE LAW AND ALSO MORE
TRANSPARENCY AWARENESS OF HOW
THE LEGISLATION WAS MADE.
SO THOSE WERE MADE INTO THE
COUNCIL BILL BEFORE YOU.
I WILL TURN IT BACK TO YOU IF
YOU HAVE ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD ONE OTHER
FACET OF THE REVIEW TO THE
CHAIR SYNOPSIS, WE ALSO LOOK AT
OUR PEER CITIES FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY TO MAKE SURE THE
LOBBYING LINE 2019 WAS AS GOOD
AS ERIC COMPATRIOT CITIES
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I THINK THAT WAS LARGELY BEHIND
THE MOVE TO REGULATE LOBBYING
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AS
WELL.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE
LEARNED FROM A REVIEW OF SAN
FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES AND
NEW YORK AND OTHER CITIES, AS
YOU ALL KNOW, LEGISLATION
LARGELY BEGINS AT THE
DEPARTMENT LEVEL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
WAS CAPTURED AS WELL AS LOBBYING
OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE
EXECUTIVE.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSCORE
HERE IS TIMING OF THIS IS VERY
INTERESTING.
DID SEND THIS OVER, I THINK IT
WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION
LAST DECEMBER, WE WAITED UNTIL
THE COUNCIL HAD ORGANIZED
ITSELF FOR 2020, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ WAS NOMINATED
TO LEAD THE COUNCIL TO SEND IT
OVER.
SO IT CAME OVER IN JANUARY AND
WITH THE PANDEMIC, STRANGELY
ENOUGH, HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER
2020 WHERE IT'S GETTING IT'S
HEARING.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT.
>> THE SMALL OTHER POINT I
WOULD ADD ONTO THAT IS LOOKING
AT OUR PEER CITIES, THERE
OBVIOUSLY A WIDE VARIETY OF
APPROACHES ADOPTED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AROUND CHANGING ETHICS
CODE.
MANY CITIES OUTRIGHT PROHIBIT
ORBAN THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT
ARE CONTEMPLATED IN THIS
LEGISLATION.
RATHER THAN PROHIBIT LOBBYISTS
FROM SERVING THE RULES, WE
DECIDED THE BEST WAS TO BRING
MORE TRANSPARENCY TO THE ISSUES
RATHER THAN PROHIBIT THE TYPE
OF WORK. BUT THERE ARE
DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT OTHER
CITIES HAVE TAKEN.
BUT WE DECIDED PROHIBITION WAS
A STEP TWO FAR FOR A
RECOMMENDATION.
THAT JUST GETS THE CODE INTO
ALIGNMENT OF THE ORIGINAL
INTENT OF THE 2008 LEGISLATION
TO PROMOTE FULL DISCLOSURE AND
PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
THAT WAS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE
OF THE WORK WE DID.
>> REALLY HELPFUL CONTEXT FOR
CONVERSATIONS TODAY, SO I DO
WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AGAIN,
COLLEAGUES, IT'S MY HOPE THAT
WE CAN VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION
TODAY. I THINK THE LEGISLATION
IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR
THE LONG DELAY IN GETTING THIS
BILL HEARD.
I KNOW THE COMMISSION HAS HAD A
LONG-STANDING INTEREST IN
ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE
LOBBYING ISSUES, AND, BUT FOR
MY MATERNITY LEAVE AND OF COURSE
PART OF 2020 THEN FOLLOWED BY
THE PANDEMIC IMMEDIATELY
THEREAFTER, WE WOULD HAVE
ADDRESSED THIS IN PROBABLY THE
FIRST QUARTER OF 2020.
BE THAT AS IT MAY, HERE WE ARE.
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER
THIS LEGISLATION AND AS CHAIR
BROWN MENTIONED, WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN OURSELVES
WITH BETTER PRACTICES AND
STANDARDS AS IT RELATES TO
LOBBYING REQUIREMENTS IN OUR
CODE, BOTH IN TERMS OF OTHER
SISTER CITIES BUT ALSO IN TERMS
OF WHAT THE REGULATORY
FRAMEWORK IS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION HERE AND CONSIDER
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> JUST QUICKLY, I WAS LOOKING
AT THE FISCAL NOTE, SUMMARY
FISCAL NOTE AND I WANTED TO ASK
A QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF
THAT GOES TO THE -- TO MR.
BROWN OR TO LISH OR OUR OTHER
FRIEND, I ALREADY FORGOT HIS
NAME.
WAYNE.
AND AGAIN, ABOUT THE BUDGET
PIECE, YOU TALKING ABOUT IT,
DOES THIS MEAN WE ARE LOOKING
AT THIRD-QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
REQUESTS? YOU HAVE A STRATEGIC
ADVISOR TO INVESTIGATE OR
PROVIDE SUFFICIENT STAFF.
SO WE NEED FULLY LOADED COST
FOR THESE POSITIONS?
CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF
TO IMPLEMENT THIS?
>> NO NO, WE DO NOT.
AS YOU KNOW ELECTIONS IN THE
LAST 10 YEARS HAVE GROWN FAR
MORE COMPETITIVE AND FAR MORE
CONTESTANT AND PREVIOUSLY THE
STRATEGIC ADVISOR WHO WAS
MAINLY IN CHARGE OF OUR
ELECTION CODE COMPLIANCE WAS
ABLE TO DO BOTH AT AND LOBBYIST
COMPLIANCE, BUT IN 2021 THAT IS
JUST NOT FEASIBLE.
>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
I GUESS WHEN WE NORMALLY PASS
THE LEGISLATION WE TRY TO BE
EQUITABLE AND ALSO ALLOCATE
COMMENSURATE RESOURCES TO THE
AGENCIES.
A LOT OF THESE REGULATIONS, AS
WE ALL KNOW, ARE AS GOOD AS THE
ENFORCEMENT ARM IS.
SO I DO FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADDRESS
THE RESOURCE ISSUES THAT ARE A
REALITY FOR THE SEATTLE
ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
THE NOW HAVE THE VOUCHER
PROGRAM, THEY HAVE THE LOBBYING
REGULATIONS, AND A WHOLE HOST
OF OTHER THINGS TO COME ALONG
WITH SOME TRANSPARENCY.
THERE'S ALSO THE CAMPAIGN ACT
PORTION OF THE LEGISLATION WE
PASSED IN JANUARY AND ALSO PASS,
SO I THINK THERE IS AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAT
NEEDS TO BE HAD EITHER IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL OR
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021,
TO ADVANCE WHAT I THINK IS A
MODEST BUDGET REQUEST FOR
ANOTHER STRATEGIC ADVISOR FOR
THE SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION TO COME UP
WITH THE REGULATORY WORK THEY
ARE CHARGED WITH PERFORMING.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I BRING THAT UP
JUST AS A SIDE NOTE BECAUSE
WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA PIECE AND
THE AG SUING FACEBOOK AND
EVERYBODY POSTING A POLITICAL
ADS AND TRYING TO ENFORCE THAT
PIECE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DO IT WITH JUST JUST
ONE, AND I WOULD SUPPORT YOU
AND THAT, IN LIGHT OF ALL THE
OTHER, EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE
ON IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, IN
LIGHT OF THAT AND THE
CHALLENGING OF THAT AND HOW
YOU'RE GOING TO ENFORCE SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR VIOLATING
AND POSTING POLITICAL ADS AND
HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENFORCE
THAT WHEN YOU ARE JUST LOOKING
AT WHAT THE AG HAD FILED
AGAINST IS IT FACEBOOK AND
TWITTER?
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO RAMP UP THERE,
WAYNE.
I WILL SUPPORT YOU IN THAT.
I KNOW THE CHAIR IS LISTING.
OR MAYBE SHE IS NOT.
>> I DO WANT TO SORT OF, IN
FULL TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC
AND IN FAIRNESS TO THE SEATTLE
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS
COMMISSION, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
NEEDED AND WE ARE RESOURCE THIN
AT THE CITY GIVEN THE COVID
RELATED ECONOMIC CRISIS WE ARE
CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING.
I THINK THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY
FOR THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
ELECTIONS.
AND FOR THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES.
I THINK IT IS A NOMINAL AMOUNT
OF MONEY RELATIVE TO THE WHOLE
BUDGET.
AND IF WE SHOULD BE MAKING
EFFORTS TO PRIVATIZE THIS.
EITHER CHAIR BROWN HAVE LOBBIED
OR ASKED ME TO MAKE THESE
REQUESTS MAKE THEY HAVE POINTED
OUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE
RESOURCES BUT THEY HAVE NOT
LOBBIED ME OR ASKED ME TO
CHAMPION THOSE ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO
THAT EITHER IN FOURTH-QUARTER
OR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021.
>> LISH GOT IN THERE.
>> THANK YOU, LISH.
>> GOOD JOB, LISH.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
AC COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
THEN AND 14.
>> QUICKLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEND TIME WITH LISH TO
REVIEW THE MEMO, I WANT TO LET
CHAIR BROWN AND MR. BARNETT
KNOW THIS IS GOOD GOVERNANCE
LEGISLATION.
VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING IT AND SUPPORTING
THE CHAIR AND BUDGET CHAIRS AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ SUPPORT.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE BUDGET
CHAIR.
I WOULD SUPPORT MOVING
RESOURCES TO HELP YOU ENFORCE
AND PROMOTE THE PROGRAMS WITHIN
THE SEATTLE ELECTIONS AND
ETHICS COMMISSION.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS
GREAT GOVERNANCE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO, WAYNE, GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
SORRY FOR THE BACK-AND-FORTH, I
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE
DOING ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING
YOU THAT NATIONAL ATTENTION ON
YOU.
AGAIN, I WANT TO LIFT UP THE
AWESOME WORK YOU AND YOUR
ENTIRE TEAM HAVE DONE TO REALLY
LEAD THE WAY WITH DEMOCRACY
VOUCHERS, BUT ALSO HOW AND
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS OFFICE CAN
FUNCTION AND HAVE A MEANINGFUL
IMPACT.
I WANT TO SAY HELLO, GOOD TO
SEE YOU AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOUR
OFFICE HAS DONE AND I'M GOING
TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND I
APOLOGIZE IF HE'S BEEN
ANSWERED.
I HAVE A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY.
THE DEFINITION OF LOBBYING, IT
SEEMS A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN "OFFICERS
OR EMPLOYEES LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT OR WORKING IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE" WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF THE WORKING AND
MODIFIER?
>>
>> THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF
SOUND IN THE BACKGROUND.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> THERE WE GO.
GO AHEAD.
>> I BELIEVE THE PURPOSE OF
THAT WAS BECAUSE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, THERE IS SOME PEOPLE
WHO INTERPRET THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO INCLUDE THE OFFICE OF
CIVIL RIGHTS AND INTO
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND
OTHER OFFICES.
I THINK THE WORKING IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS REALLY
INTENDED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE
LEGISLATION WAS INTENDED TO
REACH THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON
THE SEVENTH FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
THAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR THAT
MODIFIER IN RELATION TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S HELPFUL.
TO QUESTIONS.
THE SECOND ONE IS, IN THE
SUMMARY FISCAL NOTE IT SAYS THE
ADDITION OF GRASSROOTS LOBBYING
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS WILL
ALSO INCREASE THE RISK THAT AD
HOC GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND
ORGANIZATIONS MAY INADVERTENTLY
RUN AFOUL TO LOBBYING
REGULATIONS AND GET COMPLIANCE
-- PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT WHO
THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE
ARE THE WILL NOW BE INCLUDED
AND WHAT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
SUPPORT ARE WE INCLUDING FOR
THE ORGANIZATIONS?
THIS GETS AT SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS I WAS THINKING ABOUT
REGARDING THE STATE INVOLVED IN
THIS PROCESS WE CAN SEE HOW IT
CAN BE APPLIED.
>> I BELIEVE THAT FISCAL NOTE
WAS WRITTEN IN LIGHT OF 2020
AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN 2020.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS OUR
OFFICE IS KNOWN FOR IS, WE ARE
NOT A GOT YOU OFFICE.
WE ARE NOT OUT THERE TRYING TO
PENALIZE PEOPLE, WE ARE NOT
LOOKING TO IMPOSE PENALTIES.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THE
PUBLIC GETS THE INFORMATION
THAT THE LAW ENTITLES THEM TO
AND WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE BEST
WAY TO DO THAT IS BY EDUCATING
AND HOLDING HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE SUBJECT TO OUR LAWS AND
MAKING SURE THEY GET THE
ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO COMPLY.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
ONE LAST QUESTION, IN TERMS OF
TIMING, IS THIS SOMETHING,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU WOULD
LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS AND
CONSIDER FOR TODAY AND THEN WE
WILL BE VOTING AT THE NEXT
COMMITTEE MEETING?
IS YOUR HOPE?
>> I LIKE TO VOTE THIS OUT OF
COMMITTEE TODAY AND HAVE A GO
TO FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY THE
14th.
>>, I THOUGHT PERHAPS THERE WAS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A DELAY TO
THE NEXT MEETING, I APOLOGIZE
FOR THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WIRES
MAY HAVE GOTTEN CROSSED WITH MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMELINE.
I THINK THE QUESTIONS I HAVE
ABOUT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
AND HOW FOLKS WHO ARE ADVOCATES
BT ALSO LOBBYISTS, HOW THEY
ARE ABLE TO DIGEST THIS
INFORMATION AND THEN PROVIDE US
WITH FEEDBACK, I HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO GET THAT YET DIRECTLY
FROM THE FOLKS I HAVE BEEN
REACHING OUT TO.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WERE
HOPING, DIRECTOR BURNETT, WOULD
BE ON THE BOOKS FOR 2021 TO
AFFECT THE 2021 ELECTION CYCLE?
>> ACTUALLY, LIKE I SAID, WE
INITIALLY SENT THIS OVER LAST
JANUARY WITH THE HOPE'S WE
COULD HAVE 2020 WHICH IS AN OFF
ELECTION YEAR TO RAMP THIS UP.
2021 AS WE LEARNED YESTERDAY IS
GOING TO BE ANOTHER HOTLY
CONTESTED ELECTION YEAR.
THIS IS NOT LANDING AT THE BEST
TIME FOR US, I'M GOING TO BE
FRANK ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
ENERGY THIS YEAR GOING TOWARDS
2021 ELECTIONS.
I THINK, THIS DOES HAVE A SIX
MONTH EFFECTIVE DATE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD TO BE
EFFECTIVE FOR SIX MONTHS, IS TO
GIVE US THE TIME WE NEED TO GET
ALL OUR DUCKS IN A ROW.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
I HOPE SO.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
YEAH, I THINK THAT HELPED
ANSWER MY QUESTION.
IF THIS WERE TO PASS, COMMITTEE
TODAY, FULL COUNCIL ON MONDAY,
THEN YOU HAVE A SIX MONTH RAMP
IN TO MAKE THIS EFFECTIVE AND
YOU PLAN TO DO OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND
AFFECTED PARTIES OVER THE NEXT
SIX MONTHS.
>> YES.
TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.
TO THE EXTENT WE ARE NOT
OVERWHELMED WITH ELECTIONS
WORK.
THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE PUZZLE,
A PERSON ON BOARD DEVOTED TO
THE LOBBYING.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO ADD THAT I
KNOW THE COMMISSION IS ALSO
CONSIDERING AND ANTICIPATING
CHANGES TO THE DEMOCRACY
PROGRAM AS WELL, IT WILL
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE AND
EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC AND
CAMPAIGNS TO WORK ON THOSE
ISSUES.
IS GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF
ISSUES THAT ARE SUBSTANTIVE AND
THE CHANGES NEXT YEAR
RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION,
I WOULD JUST ECHO THE DIRECTORS
PRIORITY IN TERMS OF GETTING AS
EARLY OF A START AS POSSIBLE
BECAUSE I DO THINK THE
EDUCATION PERIOD HAS PROVEN TO
BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THOSE
AFFECTED BY THE CHANGES WE
RECOMMEND.
>> THE COMMISSION'S GOAL WAS TO
HAVE THIS IN PLACE FOR 2020.
WE ARE NOW ONE YEAR BEHIND.
THAT IS JUST THE REALITY OF
WHAT OUR SITUATION IS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAYNE
AND NICK, WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY, BUT
THERE IS A LOT OF -- THE
COUNCIL IN PARTICULAR, AND I
THINK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND
DEPARTMENTS DO THIS, THERE IS A
LOT OF WHAT WE CALL STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT OR SOMETHING WE
REFER TO AS STAKEHOLDER, I
DISLIKE THAT WORD BUT I WILL
USE IT FOR THIS COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY
THAT IN THOSE STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT PROPHECIES THERE IS
A MIXTURE OF PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN THE
STAKEHOLDER ENVIRONMENTS WHO
ARE ACTUALLY LOBBYISTS.
SOME ARE REGISTERED, SOME ARE
NOT.
BUT THEY ARE LOBBYISTS WHO ARE
ENGAGING IN A STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS OF OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT.
THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE IN
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES
THAT ARE JUST ADVOCATES OR
VOLUNTEERS OR ACTIVISTS WITHIN
THEIR COMMUNITY WHO ARE
ENGAGING WITH COUNCILMEMBERS AT
OUR REQUEST BECAUSE WE WANT TO
GET THEIR INPUT. MY
UNDERSTANDING AROUND GRASSROOTS
LOBBYING REGULATIONS IS THAT
THAT CHANGES NOTHING AS IT
RELATES TO DIRECTED ACTION
BETWEEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND
COUNCILMEMBERS BECAUSE THE
GRASSROOTS LOBBYING REGULATION
WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY ARE
ABOUT HOW LOBBYISTS, WHO SPEND
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY IN A
PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME, ARE
LOBBYING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
TO MOBILIZE THOSE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC TO INFLUENCE
LEGISLATION.
SO CAN YOU JUST HELP US
UNDERSTAND THAT DISTINCTION
RIGHT THERE?
THERE IS THE DIRECT CONTACT?
ELECTED OFFICIAL.
AND INTERESTED PEOPLE.
AND THEN THERE IS WHAT LOBBYING
GROUPS DO TO MOBILIZE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC AND INFLUENCE
PUBLIC OPINION TO CONTACT US
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FOR
PURPOSES OF INFLUENCING THE
OUTCOME OF LEGISLATION.
>> YES, I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT,
ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE
REALITIES IS WHEN THE STATE
WITHOUT THE THIS LAW IN THE
1970S, IT WAS CALLED GRASSROOTS
LOBBYING, I THINK A MORE
APPROPRIATE TERM IS IN DIRECT.
IT IS A CONTRAST TO DIRECT
LOBBYING.
DIRECT LOBBYING IS SOMEONE PAID
BY SOMEONE, NOT SAYING HEY WE
WOULD LOVE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
BUT IS LACING.
IN DIRECT LOBBYING IS A PROGRAM
OF EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC
SAYING, PLEASE CALL THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND TELL HER YOU
DON'T LIKE CONSTABLE -- COUNCIL
BUILT X OR THIS TAX PROPOSAL OR
ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
GRASSROOTS, IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE
NAME BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL
HAVE POSITIVE ANNOTATIONS WHEN
WE THINK OF GRASSROOTS.
BUT IT IS JUST IN DIRECT
LOBBYING.
IT'S NOT THEM CONTACTING YOU
DIRECTLY, IT'S ENCOURAGING
OTHERS TO DO SO.
AND SPENDING MONEY TO DO THAT.
>> YEAH, AND THE INDIRECT
LOBBYING THAT IS BEING
ENCOURAGED, THE PERSON WHO
ACTUALLY CLICKS ON THE LINK AND
SENDS US THAT EMAIL OR MAKE
THAT PHONE CALL, IT DOESN'T
HAVE TO REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST,
IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO PAY FOR THE
CAMPAIGN, INDIRECT LOBBYING
CAMPAIGN WHO UNDER THIS
LEGISLATION, REQUIRED TO
REGISTER AND DISCLOSE
EXPENDITURES AND WHERE THEY ARE
GETTING THE MONEY FROM SO THERE
IS INCREASED TRANSPARENCY.
WE ALL KNOW WHO IS FOOTING THE
BILL.
>> YES, EXACTLY.
I WONDER AND HOW MUCH THAT BILL
IS.
>> AND HOW MUCH THAT BILL IS.
CURRENTLY THAT'S NOT WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
RIGHT NOW INDIRECT LOBBYING
HAPPENS WITH NO DISCLOSURES, OR
HO IS RESPONSIBLE F
EXPENDITURE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
AND THEN LISH, CAN YOU QUICKLY
DESCRIBE FOR US AGAIN WHAT THE
TRIGGERS ARE FOR WHO WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO MAKE THE DISCLOSURE
UNDER THE DIRECT LOBBYING
PROPOSAL?
>> SO IT APPLIES TO ANY PERSON,
WHICH UNDER ELECTION LAW AND
OTHER LAWS MEANS COMPANIES,
NONPROFITS, ORGANIZATIONS, WHO
SPEND AT LEAST $750 AND UP OR
$1500 OVER THE COURSE OF THREE
MONTHS.
ON LOBBYING CAMPAIGNS.
THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH A BASE
THRESHOLD.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN DOING INDIRECT
LOBBYING BUT ARE PAYING FOR THE
INDIRECT LOBBYING, NOTHING IS
CHANGING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SOMEONE WILL CALL TO GIVE US
PUBLIC TESTIMONY, THEY DON'T
REALLY HAVE TO REGISTER AS A
LOBBYIST OR SOMEONE DOING
INTERACTIVE LOBBYING.
>> IF YOU POST SOMETHING ON
YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE ENCOURAGING
YOUR FRIENDS TO HELP CITY
COUNCIL ITEM, YOU ARE NOT GOING
TO BE COVERED BY THIS THRESHOLD.
>> I THINK, THE POLICY CONCERN
IS ARE WE CREATING THAT DOES
THIS LEGISLATION, WOULD IT
CREATE A CHILLING EFFECT TO
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
EXERCISE THE FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS TO GIVE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY, GET PUBLIC COMMENT
OR OTHERWISE INFLUENCE
LEGISLATION, RIGHT?
SO IF IT'S JUST WHOEVER,
WHOEVER HAS 20 OF THE CLOSEST
FRIENDS AND THEY DID A PHONE
TREE AND CALLED EVERYONE TO
LOBBY US, I THINK THE CONCERN
IS WITH THERE BE A CHILLING
EFFECT OF SORT OF A NATURAL
ORGANIZING OF COMMUNITY TO
ADVOCATE FOR A PARTICULAR THING?
>> I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED IT
CORRECTLY.
THE PIECE THAT BOTH WAYNE AND
LISH HAVE ADDED IS THE
EXPENDITURE PIECE.
IT'S GETTING AT THE MONEY AND
TRANSPARENCY AROUND ORGANIZING
EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE
LEGISLATION.
IF A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS OR
ORGANIZING A PHONE TREE AS YOU
INDICATED, TO SIMPLY REACH OUT
TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, THAT IS
NOT GOING TO FALL WITHIN THIS
LAW.
IT'S REALLY JUST GETTING IT
ORGANIZING EFFORTS AND WHERE
MONEY IS SPENT BY THOSE EFFORTS
TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTED
OFFICIALS AND LEGISLATION THEY
ARE CONSIDERING.
>> GREAT.
I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL
CLARIFICATIONS.
I DO THINK YOU CAN GET
CONFUSING WHEN YOU'RE READING
THIS BECAUSE OF THE WORD
GRASSROOTS LOBBYING, IT MAKES
IT SEEM LIKE IT'S ABOUT THE
PERSON WHO TAKES UP THE REQUEST
TO LOBBY, AND REALLY IT'S ABOUT
THE PEOPLE PAYING FOR THE
CAMPAIGN THAT WE ARE ASKING TO
BE DISCLOSED.
TO ME, THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF
THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION THIS
COUNCIL HAS TAKEN AROUND
INCREASING TRANSPARENCY,
PARTICULARLY AROUND LEGAL
CAMPAIGNS.
AND OTHER EDITORIAL ISSUES.
I REALLY DO SEE THIS AS AN
IMPORTANT PIECE AND THEY
RECOGNIZE IN SOME INSTANCES
THIS WILL IMPACT PEOPLE WHO MAY
HAVE FAVORABLE OF WHAT WE ARE
DOING BUT JUST BECAUSE THE
POSITION IS FAVORABLE DOESN'T
MITIGATE THE NEED FOR PUBLIC,
FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THE
RIGHT TO THAT TRANSPARENCY, WHO
IS EFFECTIVELY THE FISCAL
SPONSOR OF THAT INDIRECT
LOBBYING TO MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR US TO ADVANCE THIS IS A
FURTHER TOOL TO MAXIMIZE
INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS AND
GOVERNANCE SYSTEM.
AT THE CITY, AND OF COURSE FROM
THE CITY COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE,
WE ARE CERTAINLY SUBJECTED TO A
LOT OF INDIRECT LOBBYING FROM A
LOT OF FOLKS AND SOMETIMES IT'S
UNCLEAR WHERE THAT IS COMING
FROM.
I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION AND TO BE LISTED AS
A PRIME SPONSOR AND I FEEL VERY
PREPARED AND READY TO SUPPORT
IT TODAY AND ASK THE FULL
COUNCIL TO DO THE SAME ON
MONDAY THE 14th.
SO BARRING A MOTION TO HOLD
THIS, I'M GOING TO MAKE A
MOTION FOR US TO CONSIDER IT.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ?
>> I DO SUPPORT WHAT YOU SHARED
, THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH
STATE LAW AND I THINK THE OTHER
ISSUE ON THE POLICY PIECE IS
WASHINGTON HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
BLUE SKIES STATE, FOR THE STATE
AND CERTAINLY FOR THE CITY AND
TRANSPARENCY.
LOBBYING DIRECT AND INDIRECT
HAS BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE
KNOW WHO GETS PAID WHEN THEY
COME TO CITY HALL.
YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S AN
UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE
GRASSROOTS AND THEY THINK WE
ARE DOING A CHILLING EFFECT OF
PEOPLE COMING FOR ISSUES THAT
ARE IMPORTANT IN ACTUAL
GRASSROOTS, BUT IT'S THE
INDIRECT LOBBYING PEACE AND WHO
IS GETTING PAID THAT I THINK WE
NEED TO ADDRESS.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> SORRY, YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I WANT TO
APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THE DIRECTIVE FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD.
I ALSO AGREE IS IN LINE WITH
WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE AND
PROTECTIONS.
I, UNFORTUNATELY THAT WE HAD
EXTRA TIME.
SO I HAD SOUGHT ADDITIONAL
FEEDBACK.
AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIRECTION.
I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN TODAY WITH
THE INTENT OF GETTING THE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY MONDAY.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT DIRECTION
WE ARE HEADED IN TO CREATE
DAYLIGHTING OF WHERE SOME OF
HIS INFORMATION IS COMI
WHILE ALSO NOT IMPEDING
ANYONE'S ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN
INDIRECT LOBBYING.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT
BACKGROUND FOR MY VOTE TODAY.
>> THAT IS FINE.
LISH'S MEMO, FOR WHAT IT'S
WORTH, AT THE VERY BOTTOM DID
SAY WE ARE GOING TO VOTE THIS
OUT OF COMMITTEE TODAY FOR
CONSIDERATION ON 14 DECEMBER.
I THINK THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON
FRIDAY WITH THE AGENDA.
I APOLOGIZE IF THERE WAS SOME
OTHER MESSAGE BEING SENT
BESIDES THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU IN THE
BACKGROUND.
AS YOU GET INFORMATION, AND IS
ANY OTHER ISSUES MAY ARISE.
FOR NOW I'M GOING TO CALL THIS
UP FOR A VOTE.
SINCE I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE WE
HAVE CONCLUDED DEBATE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 119968 , IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ . IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASSED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA .
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
CHAIR GONZALEZ,
>> YES.
>> THREE IN FAVOR AND ONE
ABSTENTION.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND TO THE
FULL COUNCIL THAT THE BILL
PASSED.
THIS WILL BE TAKEN UP AS I
MENTIONED DECEMBER 14 AT OUR
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT
2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR BURNETT
AND CHAIR BROWN FOR BEING WITH
US AND FOR MAKING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IF ANY ISSUES COME UP WILL MAKE
SURE TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU.
IN THE INTERIM, AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DOWN THE
ROAD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, THAT IS THE LAST
ITEM OF BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE
GOOD OF THE ORDER?
HEARING NONE, I REALLY WANT TO
THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN
THERE.
IT IS ONLY 3:00 BUT IT FEELS
LIKE IT'S ALMOST 8:00, THE LACK
OF SUNSHINE.
THANKS TO VY FOR WORKING AND TO
OUR ID FOLKS, THERE IS NO
FURTHER BUSINESS, THE COMMITTEE
WILL BE ADJOURNED.
>> WE ARE ADJOURNED.
BY.
GOODBYE.