I AM COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ,
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PETERSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA IS
EXCUSED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CHAIR'S
REPORT.
WE HAVE FOUR PRESENTATIONS FOR
THE COMMITTEE.
THERE'S NO VOTE TODAY ON ANY OF
THESE THINGS.
WE HAVE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TEAM WITH US.
SEATTLE CENTER TEAM WITH US.
AND SEATTLE PARKS AND REC.
THREE OF MY FAVORITE TEAMS.
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FIRST.
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION,
ALL OF THEM DOING THEIR RSJI
REPORTS.
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN
ADDITION HAS A REPORT FROM
THEIR LEVY.
SO THIS IS EXCITING.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL HAVE
PUBLIC COMMENT REGULARLY
INCLUDED ON MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO
END OR ELIMINATE THIS PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD AT ANY POINT IF
WE DEEM THAT THIS SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR IS UNSUITABLE
FOR ALLOWING OUR MEETINGS TO BE
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND IN A
MANNER IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO
CONDUCT OUR NECESSARY BUSINESS.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN
FOR THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK TO
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
I WILL MODERATE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
EIGHT MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO
MINUTES.
WE CAN GO FURTHER.
I NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE SIGNED UP.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, NO ONE IS
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> OKAY, BUT WE NEED TO GO
THROUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS, JUST
IN CASE, CORRECT?
>> I DON'T -- LINDA?
CAN YOU WEIGH IN ON THIS?
DO WE NEED TO --
>> CORRECT.
YES.
>> WE SHOULD.
OKAY.
SO AT THIS TIME, CAN YOU GIVE
THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS
AND AFTER THAT I'LL CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NO -- WE
STILL HAVE TO DO IT.
>> GOT IT.
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
>> SO I WILL CALL ONE SPEAKER
AT A TIME IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
REGISTERED ON THE ONLINE SIGN
UP LIST.
IF YOU'VE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF THIS PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS
LISTED ON THE DAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE CALLED, STAFF WILL UNMUTE
THE APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND
AN AUTOMATIC PROMPT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED WILL BE THE
SPEAKER'S CUE THAT IT'S THEIR
TURN.
THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS STAR SIX
TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES AFTER
THEIR NAME IS CALLED.
THEN STATE YOUR NAME AND THE
ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
ONCE YOU HEAR THE CHIME, PLEASE
WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, IF
SPEAKER DOS NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED THE
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL IN
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU COMPLETE PUBLIC
COMMENT, DISCONNECT FROM THE
LINE.
IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, DUE SO
VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL FOR THE
LISTED OPTIONS ON THE AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTERS
SIGNED UP TODAY.
>> AND NOBODY SIGNED UP WHILE
YOU WERE SPEAKING AS WELL.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE CALL
IN LATER OR AS WE'RE DOING THE
INSTRUCTIONS.
OKAY, GOOD, SO WE OPEN THE
PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED
UP.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
OFFICIALLY NOW CLOSED.
MOVING ON TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS.
NAGINE CAN YOU READ ITEM ONE IN
THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY 2020 LEVY
REPORT.
>> GREAT.
SO WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
LET'S HAVE YOU GUYS DO YOUR
INTRODUCTIONS FOR THE RECORD.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A
PRESENTATION FOR US.
AND I'LL JUST LET YOU TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR
JUAREZ AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M TOM FAY THE INTERIM CHIEF
LIBRARIAN.
>> JAY RICH, PRESIDENT OF THE
LIBRARY BOARD.
>> CARMEN, VICE CHAIR OF THE
LIBRARY BOARD.
>> ANNE, LIBRARY LEVY
ADMINISTRATOR.
GREAT.
AND IF WE COULD BOTH JAY AND
CARMEN HAVE A FEW INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS
>> THANK YOU, TOM, AND THANK
YOU COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS TODAY.
AS YOU KNOW T LIBRARY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES PROVIDES OVER SITE TO
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
ENSURING THAT IT EFFECTIVELY
SERVES OUR CITY AND
APPROPRIATELY USES ITS FUNDING
RESOURCES.
LAST YEAR ALL SEATLITES
WITNESSED A GLOBAL PANDEMIC,
ECONOMIC CRISIS, WIDESPREAD
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNREST IN
THE CLOSURE OF ALL SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDINGS
STARTING IN MARCH.
THANKS IN PART TO THE ONE-TIME
USE OF SOME LEVY RESOURCES THE
LIBRARY RESPONDED TO THE
PANDEMIC BY OFFERING A WIDE
RANGE OF VIRTUAL SERVICES,
EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS
CIRCULATING THE RECORD NUMBER
OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, AND
PROVIDING CURB SIDE ACCESS TO
OUR PHYSICAL COLLECTION.
ALTHOUGH UNABLE TO EXPAND OPEN
HOURS WITHIN ITS BRANCH IS
CLOSED THE LIBRARY FOCUSED ON
MEETING THE LEVY'S GOALS, UHM
PROVING ACCESS, ENHANCING
COLLECTIONS, INVESTING IN
TECHNOLOGY, PROVIDING
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING, AND
MAINTAINING FACILITIES.
I WANT TO STOP JUST TO THANK
THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THE
$1.1 MILLION IN SEATTLE RESCUE
FUNDS DEDICATED TO HIRING STAFF
BACK.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REACH OUR
GOAL OF RETURNING TO PRE-
PANDEMIC HOURS OF OPERATION.
THE PRESENTATION YOU WILL SEE
SHORTLY WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT
INTO THE IMPORTANT WORK
PERFORMED ACROSS THESE
CATEGORIES OF LEVY PURPOSES IN
2020.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS MY
PERSONAL APPRECIATION TO THE
LIBRARY STAFF WHO WORK
DILIGENTLY UNDER TRYING
CIRCUMSTANCES TO DELIVER THESE
SERVICES.
AND ALSO OFFER MY THANKS TO THE
VOTERS FOR PROVIDING THE
CRITICAL LEVY RESOURCES THAT
SUPPORTED OUR PANDEMIC
RESPONSE.
LET ME NOW TURN IT OVER TO
CARMEN.
>> THANKS, JAY.
AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, I'D
LIKE TO ECHO JAY'S REMARKS
ABOUT THE CRITICAL NATURE OF
LEVY FUNDING.
AND THE IMPACT IT MADE LAST
YEAR FOR SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
SO IN APPROVING THE LIBRARY
LEVY, VOTERS PLACED THEIR TRUST
IN SEATTLE'S LIBRARY SYSTEM.
THE STAFF AND THE BOARD.
AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE
DELIVER ON THE LEVY'S PROMISES.
SO AS THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEWS
THE CITY'S 2022 BUDGET, PLEASE
KNOW THAT RESTORING THE $5.8
MILLION CUT FROM THE LIBRARY'S
BUDGET IS THE MOST PRESSING
PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES, AS IT'S CRITICAL IN
MEETING OUR LEVY COMMITMENTS.
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, A KEY
COMPONENT OF THE LEVY PACKAGE
WAS THE ADDITION OF 10,000
HOURS OF LIBRARY SERVICE.
THE EQUITY FOCUS OF THIS MEANS
MORE OPEN HOURS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED THE
LIBRARY THE MOST.
SO AS YOU CONSIDER TODAY'S
PRESENTATION, AND THE IMPACT OF
LEVY FUNDS, PLEASE KNOW THAT
CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT IS
CRITICAL FOR MEETING OUR SHARED
LEVY COMMITMENT TO VOTERS.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE
MIC BACK OVER TO TOM FOR THE
PRESENTATION, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU BOTH.
NAGINE, NEXT, PLEASE.
AS YOU ALL MIGHT RECALL IN
AUGUST 2019, SEATTLE VOTERS
OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED A SEVEN-
YEAR, 219 MILLION-DOLLAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY.
BEYOND RENEWING THE 2012
COMMITMENTS, THE 2019 LEVY
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL LIBRARY
HOURS AS CARMEN MENTIONED,
ELIMINATION OF OVER DUE FINES,
IMPROVED COLLECTIONS AND
TECHNOLOGY.
SAFER, CLEANER BUILDINGS,
SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING AND
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND
DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAN FOR THE
FUTURE OF LIBRARY SERVICE.
IN 2020, WE SPENT NEARLY 20
MILLION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY
PROCEEDS.
AT THE START OF 2020, WE MADE
GOOD PROGRESS ON ACCOMPLISHMENT
LEVY PRIORITIES.
BY MARCH HOWEVER, IN RESPONSE
TO COVID-19, LIBRARY SERVICES
WERE DRASTICALLY ALTERED.
I'LL BRIEFLY REVIEW A FEW OF
THE ITEMS DURING THE COURSE OF
THIS YEAR AS I GET TO SOME OF
THE OTHER LEVY COMMITMENTS
MADE.
IN JANUARY -- ON JANUARY 2nd,
WE STOPPED CHARGING FINES AND
WAVED ALL FINE BALANCES,
RESTORING BORROWING PRIVILEGES
TO THOUSANDS OF LIBRARY USERS.
ONE OF THE KEY EQUITY
COMPONENTS OF THIS LEVY.
JANUARY 5th, WE OPENED AN
ADDITIONAL HOUR AT NOON ON
SUNDAYS.
THIS WAS THE FIRST OF OUR
PHASES OF THE ADDITIONAL 10,000
HOURS WE HOPE TO BRING TO
SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, MARCH
13th , THAT SPECIAL FRIDAY THE
13th WAS THE LAST DAY THAT WE
WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN
2020.
THAT WAS A RECORD SETTING DAY
FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
WE SAW 11,822 PATRONS.
AND NEARLY 104,000 ITEMS
CHECKED OUT IN A SINGLE EIGHT-
HOUR PERIOD.
AND INTERESTINGLY, MORE THAN
500 PATRONS WENT TO MULTIPLE
BRANCHES TO STOCK UP DURING
THAT TIME.
NEXT, PLEASE.
IN JULY, PUBLIC SERVICES STAFF
BEGAN TO REENTER BUILDINGS AND
TO WORK ON THE BACKLOG,
SHELVING AND PROCESSING
MATERIALS.
BUT FIRST, WE NEEDED TO ALSO
DEVELOP GUIDELINES AROUND
HEALTH SCREENINGS, PPE, AND
PHYSICAL DISTANCING, AS WELL AS
DEVELOPING NEW SCHEDULING
MODELS TO HAVE OUR STAFF WORK
IN BUILDINGS IN A HEALTHY AND
SAFE WAY.
CURB SIDE LAUNCHED ON AUGUST
24th.
BUT THEN SADLY, THREE WEEKS
LATER, CURB SIDE, AN OUTDOOR
SERVICE WAS INTERRUPTED FOR A
FULL WEEK DUE TO WILDFIRES.
NEXT, PLEASE.
IN OCTOBER, WE ADDED MORE CURB
SIDE LIBRARIES AND ONLINE
TUTORING PROGRAMS, TUTOR.COM,
TO AGAIN ASSIST WITH THOSE AT
HOME, FAMILIES, PARENTS,
NEEDING TO ASSIST THEIR
CHILDREN WITH THE SCHOOL WORK.
WITHIN ALL VIRTUAL STUDY
SESSIONS.
IN NOVEMBER, WE REINSTATED DUE
DATES AND WE EXPANDED OUR CURB
SIDE SERVICES TO MORE
LOCATIONS.
AND IN DECEMBER, WE BEGAN
OFFERING UP TO 10 PAGES A DAY
OF FREE PRINTING AT SELECT
LIBRARY LOCATIONS.
SO FAR IN 2021, WE ARE HAPPY TO
SAY THAT WE HAVE REOPENED 22 OF
27 LIBRARIES.
THE REMAINING LOCATIONS WILL BE
REOPENING AS WE MOVE THROUGH
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
NEXT, PLEASE.
LIKE EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT, WE
EXPERIENCE BUDGET CUTS IN 2020
WITH A TOTAL REDUCTION OF 2.8
MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
THE LIBRARY REBALANCED ITS
BUDGET BY NOT FILLING
VACANCIES, CUTTING DISCRETION
PURCHASES, AND REDIRECTING
FUNDS FROM THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY FOUNDATION.
DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND LIBRARY
CLOSURES IN 2020, THE BOARD
REDIRECTED 1.58 MILLION IN LEVY
PROCEEDS PLANNED FOR EXPANDED
HOURS AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING
AND REDIRECTED THEM TO OFFSET
GENERAL FUND SUPPORT.
DUE TO A MORE SIGNIFICANT
GENERAL FUND BUDGET REDUCTION
IN 2021, LEVY FUNDS FOR
EXPANDED HOURS WERE ONCE AGAIN
TEMPORARILY REDIRECTED BY THE
LIBRARY BOARD.
THE LIBRARY CANNOT CONTINUE
REDIRECTING THESE LEVY FUNDS
AND WE WILL BE UNABLE TO
ACHIEVE OUR LEVY PROMISES OF
EXPANDED HOURS UNLESS GENERAL
FUND RESOURCES ARE RESTORED IN
2022.
NEXT, PLEASE.
DESPITE THE EXTENDED CLOSURE
AND THE MANY CHALLENGES
MENTIONED, WE WERE ABLE TO
DELIVER ON SEVERAL LEVY
PROMISES WITHIN THE LEVY
CATEGORIES AS HIGHLIGHTED IN
THE NEXT FIVE SLIDES.
IN HOURS AND ACCESS, WE PROMISE
TO REDUCE THE BARRIERS TO
LIBRARY SERVICES, OVER DUE
FINES WERE ELIMINATED AND
OUTSTANDING FINES CLEARED.
SUNDAY HOURS WERE EXPANDED AND
DURING THE YEAR OF COVID, WE
WERE ABLE TO STILL HAVE CURB
SIDE SERVICES, WE WERE ABLE TO
RELAUNCH OUR MOBILE SERVICES
AND MEET THE COMMUNITY WHERE
THEY WERE AT AND TO BETTER HELP
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO INITIATE A
NEW INSTANT LIBRARY CARD SYSTEM
THAT SAW 25,000 NEW USERS
DURING THE COVID PERIOD.
NEXT, PLEASE.
IN COLLECTIONS, WE PROMISE TO
PURCHASE MORE E BOOKS AND
POPULAR MATERIALS.
AND WE ADDED 34,000 TITLES AND
108 THANK 108,000 COPIES TO
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS.
WE INCLUDED 13,000 COPIES OF
THE MOST POPULAR TITLES.
NEXT, PLEASE.
TECHNOLOGY AND ONLINE SERVICES,
WE HAVE PROMISED TO UPGRADE
TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPORT DIGITAL
ACCESS.
WE LEVERAGED LEVY RESOURCES TO
EXPAND OUR HOT SPOT PROGRAM TO
-- BY USING SOME OF THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION FUNDS
AND WE LOANED 1135 HOT SPOTS IN
THE COMMUNITY.
WE EXPANDED VIDEO CONFERENCES
CAPABILITIES AND IMPROVED WIFI
CONNECTIVITY AT THE CENTRAL
LIBRARY AND ALL BRANCHES.
NEXT, PLEASE.
IN CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING, WE
PROMISE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT FOR LIBRARY EARLY
LEARNING PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
AGES 0 THROUGH 5. WE OFFERED 43
VIDEOS ON THE SPL KIDS YouTube
CHANNEL INCLUDING VIRTUAL STORY
TIMES, EARLY LEARNING, PLAY AND
LEARN.
WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE
FOUNDATION, WE DISTRIBUTED 6800
BOOKS TO EIGHT COMMUNITY
PARTNERS SO THEY IN TURN COULD
DISTRIBUTE THEM TO FAMILIES
THEY WERE SUPPORTING, NEXT,
PLEASE?
IN MAINTENANCE WE PROMISE TO
MAINTAIN LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND
PRESERVE THEM FOR THE FUTURE.
OUR DESIGN WORK FOR THE GREEN
LIGHT BRANCH, FOR THE
EARTHQUAKE RETROFIT WAS
COMPLETED IN 2020 AND WE'RE
MOVING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION
DOCUMENTS NOW.
WE ADAPTED FACILITIES TO
SUPPORT CURB SIDE SERVICES AND
OTHER PANDEMIC RELATED CHANGES
WHICH TOOK AN ENORMOUS TOLL ON
OUR FACILITY'S TEAMS AND OUR
FACILITY'S BUDGETS AS WELL AS
OUR FACILITIES IN GENERAL.
NEXT, PLEASE.
IN 2020, 29% OF OUR CHECK OUTS
WERE PHYSICAL.
AND 71% WERE DIGITAL.
THIS IS IN COMPARISON TO 2019,
IN WHICH 62% OF OUR CHECK OUTS
WERE PHYSICAL AND 38% WERE
DIGITAL.
IN 2020 WE SAW A 26% INCREASE
IN DIGITAL CIRCULATION OVER
ALL.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE
HOW THIS MAY CHANGE OR EFFECT
THE LIBRARY IN 2021 AND 2022 AS
WE REOPEN OUR BUILDINGS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL STOP AND
PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MIGHT HAVE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
YOU DID THAT IN RECORD TIME.
VERY SUCCINCT, VERY CLEAR.
I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE BACK
PAGE.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN
THERE.
THE LEVY PROCEEDS, HOW THEY
WERE SPENT.
I THINK IT'S SELF-EXPLANATORY.
>> THIS IS GREAT WORK OF JAN
WHO CRAFTED MOST OF THIS.
>> THANKS, JAN,
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES ? SEEING NO
QUESTIONS, IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOUR
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT
INTO YOUR NEXT REPORT.
>> FOR THE RECORD I'M TIME FAY,
INTERIM CHIEF LIBRARIAN FOR THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
>> ALEX JUNE, DIRECTOR OF
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AT THE
LIBRARY.
>> NAGINE, I JUMPED THE GUN ON
THAT, CAN YOU READ THIS ITEM OF
BUSINESS INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2, SEATTLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY RSJI REPORT
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU, GO AHEAD,
TOM.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT, THANK YOU
AGAIN.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON
JUST HIGHLIGHTS.
AND JUST ONE RACIAL EQUITY TOOL
KIT.
BECAUSE WE ARE TIME LIMITED
HERE TO TEN MINUTES.
WE'VE INCLUDED A LOT OF
INFORMATION THAT IN THIS
PARTICULAR DECK THAT HOPEFULLY
COUNCIL CAN REVIEW AT THEIR
LEISURE LATER AND MOST
CERTAINLY ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF
US AT ANY TIME HERE OR AFTER
WORDS.
>> WELL, IT'S 30 PAGES LONG.
AND IT'S ALL READY -- IT'S ON
OUR WEBSITE.
SO THE VIEWING PUBLIC WANTS TO
GO THROUGH.
SO THERE'S A LOT THERE.
IT'S REALLY GOOD STUFF.
SO THANK YOU.
IS IT ALEX THAT'S UP?
>> IT IS ME FIRST.
>> AND WE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE
THROUGH SOME SLIDES AND NOT SEE
EVERY SLIDE IN THIS PARTICULAR
SESSION.
>> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
IT'S A GREAT POWER POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY IS ON INDIGENOUS LAND.
SPECIFICALLY THE DUWAMISH
PEOPLE.
NEXT, PLEASE.
AND NEXT AGAIN, PLEASE.
SO AS WE APPROACH OUR EQUITY
WORK, THESE ARE THE STEPS OR
THE FOCUS OF OUR WORK.
LEAD WITH RACE.
FOCUS ON CONTINUOUS LEARNING
AND LISTENING AT ALL LEVELS.
STRIKE FOR EQUITY AND ACCESS
SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING.
REPRESENT AND INVEST IN PEOPLE
OF COLOR AND OTHER PRIORITIZED
AUDIENCES AND COMMUNITIES.
AND CLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY GAP
FOR CHILDREN OF COLOR, NEXT,
PLEASE.
AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, AND JUST
ILLUSTRATED IN THE LAST
PRESENTATION, 2020 WAS AN
EXTREMELY CHALLENGING YEAR.
THE LIBRARY RESPONDED WELL
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WAS
CREATIVE IN ITS APPROACHES TO
SERVING PATRONS, HOWEVER, WE
ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WERE MANY
WHO WERE NOT SERVED DUE TO THE
LIMITATIONS PRESENTED BY THE
PANDEMIC.
THERE'S MUCH WORK TO DO AS WE
REENGAGE WITH PATRONS AND
COMMUNITIES HERE IN 2021 AND
2022.
OUR 2020 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
THE YEAR APPLICATION FOCUSED ON
THE WORK OF CENTERING EQUITY
AND COMMUNITY.
NEXT, PLEASE.
>> SOME OF THESE TOM COVERED.
BUT WE PROVIDED PROGRAMMING FOR
LOTS OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES AND
TRYING TO CENTER THOSE MOST
IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
WE TALKED ABOUT VIRTUAL LIBRARY
CARDS AND INCREASED DIGITAL
COLLECTIONS.
WE CREATED A DIGITAL RESOURCES
WEB PAGE SO IT WAS VERY EASY
FOR PATRONS TO FIND DIGITAL
RESOURCES FOR ADULTS AND
DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR KIDS.
WE CREATED A COVID RESOURCES
PAGE THAT INCLUDED VACCINATION
INFORMATION AS IT BECAME
AVAILABLE.
WE CREATED A YOUR NEXT JOB
PROGRAM WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH
IN A MOMENT AND IT'S SUPPORTED
IN ELEVEN LANGUAGES.
WE CREATED A LOT OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE PROGRAMMING.
INCLUDING LOVE IN THE TIME OF
COVID, REFLECTIONS IN BLOOM.
SO IT'S ARTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
PROGRAMMING.
WE ALSO CREATED A RANGE OF
VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH.
MULTILINGUAL EARLY LEARNING,
VIRTUAL TUTORING, EXPANDED
LIBRARY LINK, OUR LIBRARY CARD
PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.
AND VIRTUAL YOUTH TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMS.
WE DO RECOGNIZE THIS APPROACH
OF VIRTUAL DOESN'T ALWAYS REACH
INTENDED AUDIENCES.
WITH THE ISSUE OF DIGITAL
EQUITY.
WE IMPLEMENTED OTHER
APPROACHES, IF YOU GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE ALSO EMPLOYED THESE
STRATEGIES TO REACH OUR
PRIORITIZED AUDIENCES.
AND SPECIFICALLY WE WORKED WITH
MANY OF OUR PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY SUPPORT
THOSE COMMUNITIES AND GET TO
THEM.
WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED OUR MOBILE
SERVICES SERVICES TO ACTUALLY
MOVE TO WHERE OUR AUDIENCES
WERE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED
TO CALL OUT HERE OBVIOUSLY WITH
THE VIRTUAL PROGRAM WE HAD TO
CREATE AND EXPAND OUR
CAPTIONING AND ASL SERVICES FOR
PATRONS, EVERY PROGRAM WE DID
WAS CAPTIONED AND PUT ON OUR
YouTube CHANNEL.
WE RETOOLED OUR SUMMER OF
LEARNING PROGRAM, WHICH IS OVER
100 YEARS OLD AND WE REALLY
WORKED WITH GETTING BOOK
DISTRIBUTION INTO COMMUNITIES
IN RESPONSE FOR PRINT READING
MATERIALS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE CONTINUED WITH OUR WIFI HOT
SPOT PROGRAM AND DELIVERED TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL PORTS,
AND SHELTER LOCATIONS, OUR ROAD
TO REOPENING WORK, WE HAVE 22
LOCATIONS OPEN.
WE HAD RESTROOM SERVICES FROM
THE START THE SUPPORT OUR
INSECURITY HOUSED POPULATIONS,
CURB SIDE SERVICES AND MOBILE
SERVICES.
WE ALSO CREATED A FULL-TIME
EQUITY FOCUSED POSITION ON OUR
LEADERSHIP TEAM.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO WITH THAT, DEFINITELY THERE
HAS BEEN SOME CHALLENGES WITHIN
OUR 2020, CAN YOU MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
DEFINITELY JUST LIKE THE REST
OF THE CITY.
WE WERE FACED WITH OPERATING
DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC
CLOSURE AS WELL AS A HUGE
NATIONWIDE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.
A COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT.
OUR STAFF OF COLOR BEARING
BURDEN ON THE EQUITY WORK HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC
CLOSURE AS WELL AS CIVIL RIGHTS
THROUGHOUT THESE TIMES.
AND OUR STAFF HAD BEEN REALLY
LEARNING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
ROLES.
AS MENTIONED WE ALSO HAD TO
PROVIDE AND DELIVER SERVICES
DIFFERENTLY.
LIKE CURB SIDE AND ALSO
RESTROOM SERVICES.
SO OUR FOLKS REALLY HAD TO
LEARN DIFFERENT TOOLS AND
DIFFERENT TASKS THAT THEY HAVE
TO LEARN TO DELIVER THESE WORK.
>> ONE OF THE KEY CHALLENGES,
PARTICULARLY AROUND TECHNOLOGY,
IS THAT MANY OF OUR FOLKS ARE
NOT REALLY EQUIPPED WITH
LAPTOPS FOR THEM TO WORK FROM
HOME.
SO ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WE WERE
CLOSED DOWN, MANY OF OUR FOLKS
REALLY DID NOT HAVE THAT KIND
OF VENUE AS WELL AS THE ROLES,
MOST OF THEIR JOBS WERE
PERFORMED IN BUILDINGS RATHER
THAN IN HOME.
WE DID A LOT OF ACCOMMODATING
AND BEING CREATIVE IN TERMS OF
ALLOWING STAFF TO WORK FROM
HOME.
SO MANY CHALLENGES.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE KEY
THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE ALSO
IS REALLY TO REPURPOSE OUR
LAPTOPS THAT ARE BEING USED BY
PATRONS SO THAT OUR STAFF CAN
USE THEM TEMPORARILY SO MANY
CHALLENGES AND JUST AS THE REST
OF THE CITY.
>> YES, AND I WANTED TO POINT
OUT AGAIN THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL
OTHER TOOL KITS MENTIONED.
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KITS IN THIS
DESK.
WE USE THESE TO INFORM OUR
PROCESS, OUR PROGRAMMING, OUR
SERVICES THAT WE'RE
CONSIDERING.
AND THIS YEAR, OBVIOUSLY THERE
WERE SOME NEW REQUIREMENTS OF
DOCUMENTING THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOL KITS.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT HEAR
ABOUT SOME OF THOSE UNTIL THE
REPORT FORMAT WAS ANNOUNCED.
SO THAT MADE IT A LITTLE BIT
CHALLENGING AND MOST CERTAINLY
NEXT YEAR WE'LL DO BETTER ON
THAT AND BE ABLE TO WORK
THROUGH ALL OF THAT FORMAT AND
ALL OF THOSE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.
NEXT, PLEASE.
I'M JUST GOING TO WALK THROUGH
YOUR NEXT JOB.
A VIRTUAL JOB ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
AND WE DO IT IN ELEVEN
LANGUAGES.
WHICH ARE ARABIC, CHINESE,
ENGLISH, KOREAN, OROMOU,
RUSSIAN, SOMALI, SPANISH, AND
VIETNAMESE.
WE MANAGE TO DO THOSE LANGUAGES
BECAUSE OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH
REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEMS AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
INCREASE OUR REACH SOME WE'RE
WORKING WITH KCLS AND
PARTNERING WITH THEM AND OTHER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
SEATTLE JOB INITIATIVES.
PUGET SOUND WELCOME BACK
CENTER.
AND THE KOREAN SERVICE CENTER.
AND WE REALLY LAUNCHED THIS IN
RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC JOB
LOSS.
TRYING TO REACH THOSE AGAIN
MOST IMPACTED.
WE DID A LOT OF ADVERTISING
WORKING WITH PARTNERS.
WE COMBINED FORCES TO INCREASE
OUR REACH AND DID ADVERTISING
AND SERVICE IN PRINT, ONLINE,
AND ON THE RADIO.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT 300
PATRONS CONTACTED US TO USE
THERE SERVICE, AND IT'S A VERY
HIGH TOUCH SERVICE.
THEY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, THEY
HAVE A ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW AND
THEY DO FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENTS.
SO THAT WAS THROUGH THE END OF
LAST YEAR.
SO LATE JUNE THROUGH DECEMBER.
OVER 300 PATRONS CONTACTED.
úAND 70% OF PATRONS RECEIVED JO
SEARCH ASSISTANCE.
AND OF ALL THE PATRONS WHO
CONTACTED, ABOUT 50% OF THE
PATRONS ALSO RECEIVED
ASSISTANCE WITH DEVELOPING JOB
SKILLS.
IT WASN'T JUST FINDING A JOB,
IT WAS ASSISTANCE WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT AND ALSO DIGITAL
LITERACY SKILLS.
EASY FOR ME TO SAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THE EQUITY GOAL AND OUTCOME,
AGAIN, WE REALLY WANTED TO
PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ASSISTANCE,
REALLY NAVIGATING THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE.
AND AGAIN CENTERING THOSE MOST
LIKELY TO BILL PACTED BY THE
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE
PANDEMIC.
SO WE REALLY DID CENTER
RESIDENTS FROM MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, OFFERING RELIEF
SERVICES, REFERRALS, IMPROVED
DIGITAL LITERACY.
AND REALLY LOOKED AT SEATTLE'S
TOP TIER LANGUAGES TO MAP BACK
TO COMMUNITIES AND LANGUAGES
THEY SPOKE.
THAT PROGRAM IS STILL
CONTINUING NOW.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADD
LANGUAGES AND SUPPORT TO IT.
NEXT SLIDE ALTHOUGH I THINK IT
MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THAT WE NEED
TO JUMP AHEAD NOW, TOM, IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT, SLIDE 28, PLEASE,
NAGINE.
>> SO AS YOU HAVE SEEN, IN THE
EARLIER SLIDES, THRIVE
TOGETHER, THIS BECAME OUR
RALLYING POINT FOR STAFF DURING
THIS PANDEMIC.
AND ONE OF THE COUPLE THINGS
THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
úHERE IS THAT OUR RSGI CHANGE
TEAM REALLY CONTINUED TO MEET
VIRTUALLY ON A REGULAR BASIS
AND BRING REALLY OUR MEETINGS
TO FOCUS ON SELF-CARE FOR NOT
ONLY THE CHANGE TEAM ITSELF BUT
ALSO THROUGHOUT THE LIBRARY.
WE ALSO CREATED THIS CROSS
FUNCTIONAL REOPENING COMMITTEE
WITH A REPRESENTATION ACROSS
OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND BE ABLE TO REALLY PROVIDE A
LOT OF VENUE TO SOLICIT INPUT,
PARTICULARLY FROM STAFF, IN
TERMS OF OUR PATH TO REOPENING
THE COMMITTEE.
ALSO OUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
COMMITTEE WORKED WITH OUR
LEADERSHIP TO RECOGNIZE OUR
STAFF WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF
STAFF THAT WERE WORKING IN
PERSON, IN BUILDING THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC.
AND WE REALLY WANTED TO
RECOGNIZE THEM.
SO THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF
COMING UP WITH STAFF
RECOGNITION AS WELL AS, WE HAD
A VIRTUAL STAFF WEEK, REALLY
PROVIDING AND CENTERED AROUND
THAT THRIVE TOGETHER.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, NEXT,
PLEASE.
>> SO LOOKING AHEAD TO 2021, WE
KNOW WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT
WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING
AND SOME ADDITIONAL WORK WE
WANT TO FOCUS ON.
OUR RSGA CHANGE TEAM IS REALLY
LOOKING AT NEW PROGRAMMING FOR
STAFF, INCLUDING DIFFERENT WAYS
TO ENGAGE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT
CAUCUSING AND HOW WE MAY BE
ABLE TO INTRODUCE THAT INTO THE
LIBRARY SYSTEM.
EQUITY TRAINING -- EQUITY
PROGRAMMING TRAINING IS
OCCURRING FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF
OUR STAFF AND WE ARE ALSO GOING
TO BE DOING RACIAL EQUITY
TRAINING FOR THE LEADERSHIP
TEAM AND THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT
TEAM.
BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR MANAGERS
AND SUPERVISORS THROUGH THE
SYSTEM TO BETTER ALIGN ALL OF
OUR WORK BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY AS WE LOOK TO
IMPROVE OUR EQUITY PORTFOLIO.
REVIEWING POSITIONS TO
DETERMINE IF THEY CAN BE
REPURPOSED TO FOCUS ON
PROGRAMMING THAT'S ROOTED IN
EQUITY AND WORKING WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND WE ARE INCREASING OUR
LANGUAGE ACCESS.
WE ARE WORKING ON OUR LANGUAGE
ACCESS PLAN NOW.
AND REALLY HAVE A GREAT OUTLOOK
ON HOW WE CAN DO BETTER IN ALL
THAT WE DO AND PRODUCE WITH
VARIOUS LANGUAGES.
AND A CONTINUED FOCUS ON OUR
ROAD TO REOPENING.
WHICH WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO
ALL THOSE IN THE SEATTLE AREA.
I'LL END HERE AND ASK IF THERE
ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> JUST BRIEFLY, TOM, HOW MANY
EMPLOYEES ARE AT THE LIBRARIES
NOW?
>> THERE'S APPROXIMATELY --
WHEN WE'RE FULLY STAFFED,
APPROXIMATELY 700.
>> AND SO I KNOW THIS, BUT I
THINK THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW
THIS, HOW MANY LIBRARIES DO WE
HAVE?
AND HOW MANY ARE OPEN RIGHT
NOW?
>> WE HAVE 27 LOCATIONS RIGHT
NOW.
22 ARE OPEN.
AND WE WILL HAVE OUR 23rd
OPENING ON AUGUST 4th.
>> WHAT LIBRARY IS THAT ON
AUGUST 4th?
>> THAT WILL BE FREMONT.
>> OKAY GOOD, GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN GIVING ME
UPDATES ONLINE, OR STAFF HAS
WHEN I DO MONDAY MORNING
REPORTING WITH PARKS AND
SEATTLE CENTER ET CETERA.
SO GOOD, SO THE 23rd WILL BE
OPEN, FREMONT, NEXT WEEK, SO I
THINK WE'RE ON TRACK, CORRECT.
>> WE ARE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF HIRING 40 TO 50 STAFF BACK.
AND THAT WILL GET US HERE OVER
THE SUMMER WE'LL BE ABLE TO
BRING THOSE ON AND GET THE REST
OF THE BUILDINGS OPEN.
>> TOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, ALEX.
THANK YOU, HELEN, JAY, AND
CARMEN.
I AM SORRY THAT WE KIND OF
PUSHED THIS A LITTLE QUICKER
THAN WE NORMALLY DO.
BUT YOU DID PROVIDE US THE
POWER POINT.
WHICH IS 30 PAGES LONG.
WHICH IS ONLINE, PEOPLE CAN
LOOK AT IT.
IF WE NEED TO DO A FOLLOW UP,
WE CAN DO THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO TURNING TO OUR AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER THREE FROM THE
SEATTLE CENTER, THEY HAVE THEIR
2020 RSJI REPORT, CAN YOU READ
THAT INTO THE RECORD.
>> SEATTLE CENTER 2020 RSJI
REPORT, BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> MR. NELLUMS YOU WANT TO
INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR
TEAM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE CENTER.
AND I HAVE NATONIA AND VIVIAN
FROM OUR TEAM WHO ARE OUR
CHANGE TEAM COLEADS.
WE WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU
TODAY.
I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN.
AS NAHIME LOADS UP OUR
PRESENTATION, I'LL START OFF.
>> GREAT.
LET ME START BY STATING THE
OBVIOUS, COVID-19 PROFOUNDLY
AFFECTED OPERATIONS AT SEATTLE
CENTER.
IT WAS LIKE THE GROUND WAS
SUDDENLY PULLED FROM UNDER OUR
FEET.
THE DEPARTMENT PIVOTED FROM ITS
PRIMARY FUNCTION AS A
COMMUNITY, EVENTS PRODUCER AND
PROMOTER AND PARTNER TO OUR
LONG-TERM LEASE TENANTS TO ITS
PRIMARY CITY ATTORNEY FUNCTION
TO SHELTER PEOPLE IN NEED.
MOST STAFF WENT TO WORK AT
HOME.
EXCEPT FOR THOSE NEEDED TO
CARRY OUT ON SITE DEPARTMENTAL
OPERATIONS.
SEATTLE CENTER HAS LONG SEEN
THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTRIBUTION
TO THE CITY'S SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVE AND WHAT WE CAN
OFFER THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.
AND OUR RSJI PROGRAM NEEDED TO
SHIFT WITH THE PANDEMIC AS
WELL.
NO MORE IN-PERSON CULTURAL
EVENTS.
NO MORE LUNCH AND LEARNS.
NO MORE STAFF GATHERINGS.
AND NO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO
INCLUDE RESIDENT ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
AND IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS
AROUND DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
INCLUSION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
AT THE SAME TIME, OUR STAFF WAS
DEEPLY AFFECTED BY EVENTS IN
THE WORLD IN THE MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD AND OTHERS.
THESE EVENTS BROUGHT RACISM TO
THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYONE'S
CONSCIOUSNESS PROMPTING PEOPLE
TO ORGANIZE AND SPEAK OUT
AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE IN OUR
COUNTRY.
CONCURRENTLY, THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE CHANGE TEAM
FACED MAJOR CHANGES AS LONG
TIME LEADERSHIP RETIRED OR
STEPPED ASIDE IN 2020.
I WANT TO COMMENT OUR CURRENT
CHANGE TEAM COLEADS, NATONIA
AND VIVIAN WHO ARE HERE WITH ME
TODAY FOR STEPPING UP TO FILL
THOSE ROLES ON THE CHANGE TEAM.
THEY HAVE SPENT MUCH OF THEIR
TIME BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR
THE CHANGE TEAM TO ACT IN
MEANINGFUL, PRODUCTIVE, AND
IMPORTANT WAYS AS YOU WILL HEAR
LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.
NOW, AS YOU KNOW, I WILL NOT
READ THE SLIDES TO YOU.
BUT I WILL COMMENT ON THEM AS
WE GO THROUGH.
SO NAHIME, LET'S MOVE ON.
THE TEAM PROVIDED AN INVALUABLE
OUTLET FOR SEATTLE CENTER
STAFF.
ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING
REMOTELY AND FEELING ISOLATED
DURING AN EMOTIONAL INTENSE
PERIOD.
EARLY ON THE TEAM EMBRACED
REMOTE MEETINGS TO HOLD SPACE
FOR STAFF TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER
THROUGH THE ISOLATION, THE
PANDEMIC CAUSE, THEY ALSO
PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO GAUGE
WITH STAFF ON THE SUBJECT OF
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE WHICH
YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT A
LITTLE LATER.
OUR PREMIER PUBLIC PROGRAM,
SEATTLE CENTER ALSO EMBRACED
REMOTE TECHNOLOGY TO QUICKLY
PIVOT TO ONLINE DIGITAL
FESTIVALS WITH PRODUCTION
ASSISTANCE FROM THE NEWLY
CREATED SEATTLE CENTER STUDIOS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OUR
YORK TO PRODUCE AND PRESENT
EVENTS OUR ABILITY TO UNDER
TAKE SOCIAL EQUITY TOOL KITS
WAS SEVERELY IMPACTED BY COVID
PUBLIC GATHERING BANS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
A RESULT OF NO EVENTS OR
VISITORS LED TO THE REDUCED
NEED FOR SUPPLIES AND OTHER
PURCHASES.
AND EARLY CONSTRUCTION AND
PROGRAM BANS IN ADDITION TO
CITY MANDATES CURTAILED OUR USE
OF CONSULTANTS AND SO YOU WILL
SEE THESE REDUCTIONS IN OUR
PURCHASING AND CONSULTING
NUMBERS FOR 2020.
IF THERE IS ANY GOOD NEWS IN
THE NUMBERS, IT'S THAT ALTHOUGH
WE SPENT LESS MONEY, WE WERE
ABLE TO JUST ABOUT MAINTAIN OUR
LEVELS FROM 2019.
SO IN SHORT, 2019 AND 2020
RESULTS ARE BOTH ATYPICAL BOTH
BY DESIGN.
2019 REGARDING THE ARENA
CONSTRUCTION.
AND BY CHANCE BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
WE LOOK FORWARD WITH GREAT
ANTICIPATION TO 2022 WHEN WE
CAN GET BACK TO BEING SEATTLE
CENTER.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAND
OFF TO NATONI AND VIVIAN.
>> BEFORE YOU DO THAT, REAL
QUICKLY, YOU ANTICIPATE THE
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA OPENING IN
OCTOBER, CORRECT?
2021?
>> YES, WE DO.
>> GREAT.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> IT'S ROBERT, THANK YOU TO
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR RSGI
REPORT WITH THE BROADER PUBLIC
TO OUR DIRECTOR ROBERT FOR THE
INTRODUCTION AND INCLUDING US
IN THIS PRESENTATION, NATONI
AND I ARE HONORED TO BE HERE,
AND FOR THE RECORD, I'M VIVIAN
HONG ONE OF THE CHANGE TEAM
COLEADS, NEXT SLIDE.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PANDEMIC, SEATTLE CENTER
QUICKLY PIVOTED TO VIRTUAL
PROGRAMMING.
OUR SOUND STAGE AND PRODUCTION
CREW, CREATED VIRTUAL STUDIOS
AT MARION OLIVER MACKALL HALL
WITH INTENTION TO SUPPORT
PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND RESIDENT
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE WERE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH
SOCR TO PRODUCE THE 2020 AND
2021 RSGI SUMMITS AND THE
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. UNITY
DAY THAT USUALLY TAKE PLACE IN
PERSON.
THE IMAGES ON THE SLIDE ARE
FROM SEATTLE CENTER'S VIRTUAL
STUDIOS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> HI, EVERYONE, FOR THE
RECORD, I'M NATONIA, ONE OF THE
COLEADS AT SEATTLE CENTER
CHANGE TEAM.
AND AS ROBERT MENTIONED, OUR
CHANGE TEAM FOCUSED ON CAPACITY
BUILDING WHICH RESULTED IN A
MORE DIRECT AND HIGHLY
FUNCTIONING TEAM OVER ALL.
WE FOCUSED ON CAPACITY BUILDING
TO STEP INTO OUR PURPOSE OF
SUPPORTING SEATTLE CENTERS RSGI
ACTIVITIES AND BUILD THE
DEPARTMENT'S CAPACITY TO
ACHIEVE RSJ GOALS.
SOME TASKS ARE LISTED ON THE
SLIDE BEFORE US.
AND WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE
WITH THE COUNCIL OUR FOUR
VALUES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES
WHICH WE DEVELOPED FOR OUR TEAM
THIS LAST YEAR, AND THEY ARE
LEADING WITH A RACIAL EQUITY
LENSE.
OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE
COMMUNICATION.
AUTHENTIC TRUST BASED
RELATIONSHIPS AND SELF-WORK.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH
YOU SOME OF THE CITY WIDE RSJI
AND COMMUNITY WORK CHANGE
MEMBERS ARE ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATING IN.
WE'RE ABLE TO BRING SOME OF THE
WORK TO THE DEPARTMENT'S TEAM
AND VICE VERSA.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.
WHERE HE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
SOME OF THE WORK THE TEAM IS
DOING OUTSIDE OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE A SMALL BUT MIGHTY
CHANGE TEAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> SO PROJECTS, THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC, THE SEATTLE CENTER
CHANGE TEAM ACTED QUICKLY TO
RESPOND TO PROJECTS AND
INITIATIVES IMPACTING RACE,
EQUITY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICES
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND ON
THE GROUNDS THE PROGRAMS
PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF OUR EFFORTS
AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020.
THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU ON THE
SLIDES AS WELL.
WE WERE ENGAGED TO PROVIDE A
FILTER AND LENSE ON KEY
DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES SUCH AS
OUR RETURN TO WORK AND RRT
PLANNING TO MAKE CERTAIN OUR
ACTIONS DID NOT HAVE UNINTENDED
EQUITY OUTCOMES FOR OUR STAFF.
CONCURRENTLY, WE WORKED TO
RESPOND TO AND ENGAGE WITH
STAFF ON IMPORTANT RSJ RELATED
TOPICS, VIA LUNCH AND LEARNS
AND LISTENING SESSIONS.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> THE PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE ON
THE SLIDE IS THE CULTURE CHANGE
PROGRAM.
AND THE PROGRAM INTRODUCED THE
CONCEPT OF WHITE SUPREMACY
CULTURE AND CHALLENGED STAFF TO
LEARN ABOUT WAYS WE UPHOLD
SUPREMACY CULTURE AT SEATTLE
CENTER.
EACH MONTH OFFERED AN ANTIDOTE
THROUGH READING MATERIALS,
VIDEOS, AND CONCLUDING LUNCH
AND LEARNS, WE STARTED THE
CULTURE CHANGE PROGRAM IN 2020
AND WAS MET WITH SUCCESS BUT
PAUSED PROGRAMMING TO ASSESS
AND EVALUATE PROGRESS AS WELL
AS THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE OUR NEXT
STEPS IN THE FUTURE OF THIS
PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> IN RESPONSE TO THE MAJOR
EVENTS OF 2020, WE WANTED TO
OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF
TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS OF
RACE, EQUITY, AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE, AND TO BE IN COMMUNITY
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
ON THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU, YOU
CAN SEE THE FLIERS THAT WE PUT
OUT FOR DIFFERENT SESSIONS WE
PUT OUT.
ALL THE ITEMS WERE DESIGNED
WITH STAFF IN MIND AND TO CRY
GRATE SPACE FOR THEM TO SHARE
REFLECTIONS, ANGER, FEAR, AND
JOY, SOME OF THE TOPICS
INCLUDED COVID-19, GEORGE
FLOYD, AS WELL AS STOP AAPI
HATE.
WITH THAT, I WILL ACTUALLY TURN
IT BACK TO ROBERT WHO WE ALSO
WANT TO THANK FOR HIS SUPPORT
OF THE SEATTLE CENTER CHANGE
TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO I WILL CONCLUDE BY
THANING THE SEATTLE CENTER
RSJI CHANGE TEAM FOR THEIR
ENTHUSIASTIC FOCUSED AND
IMPACTFUL WORK IN 2020 AT
SEATTLE CENTER.
WE SAY OUR PURPOSE IS TO
DELIGHT AND INSPIRE THE HUMAN
SPIRIT.
IN 2020 THE CHANGE TEAM OFFERED
MUCH NEEDED SPIRIT FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES TO HELP US THROUGH
THIS CHALLENGING PERIOD.
AND THEY PROVIDED LOTS OF FOOD
FOR THOUGHT TO CHALLENGE OUR
THINKING IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF
RSJI.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU NATONIA AND VIVIAN.
AND I SHOULD ADD THAT SINCE
I'VE BEEN SHARING THIS
COMMITTEE SINCE 2016, ROBERT,
YOU'VE ALWAYS DELIVERED A
LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE WITH RSJI.
I KNOW THAT 2020 REALLY
HAMPERED US.
IT HAMPERED EVERYBODY.
BUT DESPITE EVERYTHING THAT'S
BEEN GOING ON, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
CLIMATE CHANGE.
YOU'VE BEEN HITTING YOUR
TARGETS ON YOUR WMBE AND IN
YOUR CONTRACTS.
AND YOU'VE BEEN SHARING THE
NUMBERS WITH US.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HOPE THE VIEWING PUBLIC TAKES
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO LOOK AT
YOUR -- THE POWER POINT THAT
YOU PROVIDED AND THE NUMBERS
THAT YOU PROVIDED.
AND I'M NOT -- NOT TO SAY THAT
PARKS AND OTHER FOLKS DON'T
COME THROUGH AND LIBRARIES ON
THEIR RSJI BUT THERE'S A
PARTICULAR SENSIBILITY THAT YOU
BRING TO THAT AND YOU'VE ALWAYS
DONE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE
THAT.
SO YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID A
GOOD JOB AS USUAL.
AND I OFTEN USE YOUR
PRESENTATION AS A TEMPLATE IN
DELIVERING WHAT THE RSJI IS AND
HITTING THOSE TIMELINES AND YOU
KNOW THOSE HALLMARKS.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEGACY OF DOING A GREAT JOB.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S VERY KIND.
>> WELL, I'M A KIND PERSON, SO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> SO WITH THAT -- SO WITH
THAT, ARE WE GOING TO WRAP UP
THEN AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT ITEM?
NAGINE?
>> YES, AGENDA ITEM 4, SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION, 2020 RSJI
REPORT, BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> SO TODAY, LET'S SEE, NOW WE
HAVE PARKS FOLKS HERE.
WE HAVE V HILL -- I'LL LET THE
TEAM GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
SINCE YOU'RE HERE, NICE OF YOU
TO SHOW UP JESUS,
SUPERINTENDENT.
>> I'VE BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE
TIME.
NO, THANK YOU, I'M GLAD TO BE
HERE, JESUS, SUPERINTENDENT
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> BEE HILL, EQUITY ENGAGEMENT
ADVISER WITH SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION.
>> ANGELA SMITH SEATTLE PARKS
CHANGE TEAM COLEAD AND LIFELONG
RECREATION SPECIALIST, PROGRAMS
FOR PEOPLE AGE 50 AND BETTER.
>> BELINDA CHEN, RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE CHANGE TEAM
COLEAD WITH PARKS.
AND WHEN I'M NOT DOING THAT, I
AM DOING A SAFETY TEAM IN THE
RECREATION DIVISION.
THANK YOU.
>> YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD.
I KNOW YOU HAD A POWER POINT
FOR US JESUS?
I THINK ONLY TEN PAGES.
>> WELL, I'LL KICK US OFF AND
THEN I WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO
DO THE BULK OF THE TALKING
HERE.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE COLLEAGUES AT
LIBRARIES, I THINK YOU DID A
GREAT PRESENTATION AND WE
CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM YOU ALL
EVERY TIME WE WATCH YOUR
PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
AND NOT TO BE REPETITIVE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, 2020 WAS A
CHALLENGING YEAR FOR ALL OF US.
AND THE YEAR AND A HALF OR SO
HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY
CHALLENGING FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES, THE PEOPLE WE
SERVE, AND ALSO CHALLENGING FOR
TEAM MEMBERS AND OUR
ORGANIZATION.
AT SEATTLE PARKS AND
RECREATION, PRIOR TO THE CRISIS
OF 2020 AND INTO 2021, WE HAD
ALL READY BEEN ON A JOURNEY
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE TO
UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE IN BOTH
CREATING AS WELL AS UNDOING THE
TRADITIONAL HARM OF RACIST
PRACTICES, POLICIES, PROCEDURAL
STRUCTURES, COVID, RACIAL
RECONNING, THE ECONOMIC
IMPLOSION, AND IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED
FOR US THE GREAT DISPARITIES IN
OUR COMMUNITIES AND REALLY
DEEPENED OUR COMMITMENT AT SPR
ACROSS THE BOARD EMERGING IN
ANTI RACISM AND BEING EQUITY
CENTERED.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT IN
ADDITION TO OUR WORK AND
SERVING COMMUNITY JUST LIKE THE
LIBRARIES AND SEATTLE CENTER
AND OTHER AGENCIES, WE
RESPONDED TO A WHOLE NEW LINE
OF BUSINESSES, IT WAS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR
ROBUST AND COMMITTED TEAM OF
OVER 900 PEOPLE, AS THEY WERE
HELPING COMMUNITIES RESPOND,
THEY WERE ALSO DEALING WITH THE
PANDEMIC AND THE RACIAL
RECONNING AND THE CLIMATE
CRISIS ET CETERA.
SO THAT ADDED A WHOLE OTHER
LAYER OF CHALLENGE FOR US AS A
TEAM.
AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO
EXTEND MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION
TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PARKS
AND RECREATION TEAM FOR ALL
THEY'VE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO
TO WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY AND EACH OTHER.
SO WITH THAT, OUR HOPE TODAY IS
TO GIVE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AN
UPDATE ON AN OVERVIEW OF THE
CHALLENGES, SOME OF THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THIS WORK OF
RSGI AND THEN AN OVERVIEW OF
SOME OF OUR RACIAL EQUITY TOOL
KIT WORK.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
INFORMATION ON THE SLIDE.
WE'LL GO OVER IT QUICKLY, AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
AT THE END.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
BEE HILL WHO SERVES AS OUR
EQUITY ADVISER FOR THE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, JESUS.
AS MENTIONED AND AS EXPRESSED,
YOU KNOW, IN 2020 WE
EXPERIENCED PARALLEL AND
INTERSECTING CRISIS WHICH
PRESENTED A SHIFTING CONTEXT IN
HOW WE OFFER PARKS AND
RECREATION SERVICES IF TIMES OF
CRISIS.
THE EVER PRESENT URGENT NEED
FOR EQUITY AND SOLIDARITY THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE,
EXPERIENCING A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS AND ECONOMIC CRISIS.
SO THE SHIFT IN CONTEXT
ELEVATED THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF
SPR IN OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE TO
PROVIDE MISSION ESSENTIAL
SERVICES WITH COMMUNITY SHOWERS
AND SHELTERS, CHILD CARE FOR
THOSE FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE AND TEEN HUB SUPPORT.
ENHANCED CLEANING OF FACILITIES
AND RESTROOMS, HAVING A FOCUS
ON KEEPING PARKS OPEN WHILE
SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY.
OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING AIMED
AT THE MOST ISOLATED AND
OUTDOOR PROGRAMMING AND
ACTIVATION.
AND I FEEL IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
TO NOTE THAT IN 2020, OPERATING
FROM A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND
CRISIS MODE TO PLANNING AND
RECOVERY AND BEING TRANSPARENT.
WE KNOW THAT MEANT THERE WERE
TIMES OF DECISION MAKING THAT
HAD TO BE MADE QUICKLY.
AND WITH THOSE OVER ARCHING
EQUITY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS, WE
CONSCIOUSLY CONSIDER WHO WILL
BE IMPACTED?
BENEFIT BURDEN, MITIGATION
STRATEGIES FOR UNINTENTIONAL
HARM AND ALSO TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION PUBLIC HEALTH
GUIDELINES.
OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE WHO
WOULD BE MOST IMPACTED BY OUR
DECISION MAKING AND SERVICE
OFFERINGS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE FELT IT ALSO IMPORTANT TO
JUST PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ON
SPR'S PATHWAY TO EQUITY.
ALTHOUGH PATHWAY TO EQUITY WAS
ADOPTED AS A FRAME WORK IN
2019.
THIS FRAME WORK IS ONE GUIDING
APPROACH TO LEND TO SUPPORTING
SPR'S COMMITMENT TO THE
ADVANCEMENT OF THE RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
OUR NORTH STAR IS TO BUILD SPR
AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL ANTI
RACIST AND EQUITY CENTERED
DEPARTMENT.
UTILIZING THE ANTI-RACIST
ORGANIZING APPROACH.
AT THIS STAGE OF PATHWAY TO
EQUITY AND THE FRAME WORK THAT
IT PROVIDES, IT UTILIZES THE
FOLLOWING PILLARS OF ORGANIZING
AND ADVOCACY, BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAINING AND
APPLIED LEARNING,
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND EMBEDDED
PRACTICE, AND THAT EMBEDDED
PRACTICE BEING NORMALIZING AND
OPERATIONALLIZING ANTI RACISM
AND EQUITY CENTERED OPERATIONS
IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR DAILY
PRACTICE, AND WE CAN THANK
PATHWAY TO EQUITY FOR PROVIDING
FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS TO
SUPPORT OUR ANTI RACIST AND
EQUITY CENTERED INFRASTRUCTURE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I'M NOT SURE IF MY COLLEAGUES
ARE MUTED.
>> I CAN START.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>> SO THE 2020 RSJ
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WE ALL READY COVERED PATHWAY TO
EQUITY.
SO I WILL DEFER TO ANGELA TO
COVER THE EQUITY INNOVATION
LABS.
>> YEAH, THE EQUITY INNOVATION
LABS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF
IT, IT'S A NEW INNOVATION TOOL
THAT WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED BY
BEE HILL AND SHANANIKA MCILROY
WHO ARE OUR COLLEAGUES, AND
IT'S AN ENGAGEMENT TOOL THAT
ASSISTS OUR STAFF WITH
PARTICIPATORY DECISION MAKING
PROCESSES.
AND WE USE THAT TOOL TO ENGAGE
THE STAFF TO HELP US DETERMINE
WHAT OUR INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT
POLICIES SHOULD LOOK LIKE,
WHICH INCLUDE STRATEGIES,
ACTIONS, GOALS, ENGAGEMENT,
PRINCIPLES, AND HOW TO SHARE
POWER AND PLANNING INCLUDING
DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.
AND SO WE -- WE'RE USING THAT
TO, YOU KNOW, FOCUS WITH THE
DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND TEAMS
TO ABSTRACT THOSE DIRECT IDEAS
AND THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES.
>> OF THE ANTI-RACIST ACTIONS,
COMMITMENT IS A MULTI-PRONG
APPROACH INFORMED BY STAFF
ENGAGEMENT, A RESEARCH STUDY
DONE BY UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON EVANS SCHOOL IN
2018.
THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
STRATEGIC PLANNING AND
GUIDANCE.
THE DOCUMENT IDENTIFIES
DEDICATING MORE RESOURCES AND
POSITIONS, REMOVING BARRIERS TO
COMMUNICATIONS, DEVELOPING ANTI-
RACIST WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING AND
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO
INCREASE CAPACITY FOR SYSTEMS
AND CULTURAL CHANGE.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES SEVERAL
TOOLS.
AN ANALYSIS TOOL, ASSESSMENT
MANAGEMENT EQUITY CRITERIA, AND
EQUITY ZONE MAPPING.
>> THE FOUNDATION OF CHANGE IN
LEAP, FOUNDATION OF CHANGE
BEGAN IN 2018.
CENTERED WITH SPR AS AN ANTI-
RACIST PRINCIPLES.
IN 2019, WE INTRODUCED THE CITY
LEAP PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED BY
HR AND SEATTLE PARKS IS EARLY
ADOPTERS OF THAT PROGRAM AND
THE PATHWAYS TO EQUITY.
THE TEAM -- WE'RE ALSO
INCORPORATING THE FOUNDATIONS
OF ANTI RACIST PRINCIPLES
WITHIN OUR E 3 PERFORMANCE
EXPECTATIONS.
AND IN 2020, WE TOOK THE
OPPORTUNITY TO INTENTIONALLY
PLAN TO DEVELOP OUR RSJ APPLIED
LEARNING AND GROWTH
OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2021 AND
BEYOND.
OUR CURRENT TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT MODEL HAS SHIFTED
TO WEEKLY RSG TRAINING'S AND
KNOWLEDGE BUILDING WITH MONTHLY
FACILITATION DESIGNED BY STAFF.
TO LEAD FOR THE FOUNDATION OF
CHANGE.
AND LEAP.
>> THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUITY
ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY ANALYSIS
TOOLS WILL BE COVERED BY BEE.
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SO BACK TO ANGELA TO CONTINUE.
>> YEAH, AND TO GIVE YOU MORE
ABOUT THE CHANGE TEAM COLEADS,
THE DEPARTMENT APPROVED MORE
DEDICATED TIME FOR COLEADS TO
PUBLISH INTERNAL WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT
WITH THE RISE OF THE RACIAL
UNREST WITHIN THE NATION AND
THE CITY, THERE WAS A LOT OF
WORK THAT WE COULD SEE THAT WAS
GOING TO BE NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND SO WITH THOSE HOURS, WE HAD
IT FORMALIZED AND HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO ASSIST OUR GROWING
INFINITY GROUPS WITH SPECIFIC
TRAINING WE ADOPTED FROM THE
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
WE'VE GIVEN THEM A NUMBER OF
TRAINING'S WHICH HAVE LED TO A
NUMBER OF Q&A SESSIONS.
AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LEADERS
THAT HAVE JUST STEPPED UP.
AND THE GROWTH OF OUR INFINITY
GROUP FROM 2007 WAS TWO.
AND NOW WE'RE AT I BELIEVE TEN.
>> THANK YOU ANGELA AND
BELINDA.
AS YOU SEE ALSO IN AN IMAGE, IT
HIGHLIGHTS THE WIMBY
UTILIZATION FOR 2020.
OUR GOAL WAS 21% FOR
PURCHASING.
OUR ACTUAL WAS 24%.
WITH CONSULTING THE GOAL WAS
26%.
AND OUR ACTUAL WAS 52%.
AND IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS OUR
PROMPT PAY OF 93% IN WHICH
WE'RE INCREASING THAT GOAL TO
95%.
AS WELL AS OUR CONSULTING GOAL
FOR 2021.
I KNOW IN THE INTEREST OF TIME
WE HAVE TO KEEP MOVING, HOWEVER
WE JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION
AS WE CONTINUE TO GO.
AND WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO JESUS WITH
THE SERVICING PROGRAM EQUITY.
>> THERE'S NOT A TON OF
INFORMATION ON HERE, BUT I WILL
SAY AT A HIGH LEVEL LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE IN AN ERA WHEN WE
HAD TO RESPOND WITH MISSION
CENTRAL FUNCTIONS TO REALLY
SUPPORT COMMUNITY WITH REDUCED
RESOURCES AND WITH INCREASED
RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF THE
COVID PANDEMIC, WE REALLY HAD
TO FOCUS OUR SERVICE DELIVERY.
AND THAT FOCUS WAS REALLY
DRIVEN BY AN EQUITY LENSE.
AND A COUPLE EXAMPLES I'LL
HIGHLIGHT HERE FOR EXAMPLE ARE
CONTINUATION OF PROVIDING CHILD
CARE PROGRAMMING.
FIRST FOCUSED ON OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS BUT THEN REALLY
FOCUSING ON ENSURING THAT WE
WERE SURVEYING THE NEEDS OF THE
CHILDREN WHO WERE FURTHEST FROM
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE AND AS AN
EXAMPLE, 60% OF THE CHILDREN
WHO PARTICIPATE IN CHILD CARE
IN 2020 WERE FROM FAMILIES THAT
IDENTIFIED AS BIPOC.
SO WE CONTINUED LIKE THE OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS IN ADDITION TO
OUR BIPOC COMMUNITIES WE SAW A
NEED IN OUR SPECIAL NEEDS
POPULATION AND FOLKS LIKE
ANGELA AND OTHERS CONTINUED
WORK ON VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING TO
ENSURE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
CONTINUE THOSE OFFERINGS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS.
ANOTHER KEY HIGHLIGHT OF THE
EQUITY FOCUSED ON OUR LIMITED
PROGRAMMING DURING 2020 WAS AS
WE MOVED AWAY FROM BUILDINGS
AND OUTSIDE AND TRYING TO BRING
OUR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
THROUGH MOBILE REC AND A
PROGRAM CALLED REC IN THE
STREETS GOING INTO PARKS, WE
REALLY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITIES
AGAIN THAT WERE PRIMARILY BIPOC
AND REALLY WE COULD IDENTIFY AS
IN GREATER NEED.
SO THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THE
CRISIS REALLY FORCED US TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT I THINK REALLY
ALLOWED US TO FOCUS GREATLY
WITH AN EQUITY LENSE.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> IN HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE
RSJ CHALLENGES IN 2020 ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT EQUITY
CHALLENGES PRESENTED WAS THE
FACT THAT ANY COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT FOR MOST OF 2020 HAD
TO BE CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY.
AND GIVEN THE DIGITAL GAP AMONG
SEATTLE COMMUNITIES AND MANY
COMMUNITIES, THIS MEANT WE
UNDOUBTEDLY MISSED A PORTION OF
THE POPULATION WHO WERE UNABLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL
MEETINGS.
SO WE MUST CONTINUOUSLY BE
INTENTIONAL, CONTINUOUSLY BUILD
ON ROBUST WAYS IN PROVIDING A
VARIETY OF WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH
COMMUNITY.
AND OUR POSITION IS SEEKING TO
HEAR FROM COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED BY THE CRISIS THAT WE
HAVE FACED.
AND HOW THEIR NEEDS HAVE
SHIFTED.
AS WELL AS OUR INTERNAL STAFF
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE IMPACT
WE MUST EQUALLY BUILD UPON OUR
RESOURCES AND INVESTMENTS TO
BUILD AN INTERNAL
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS
EMPLOYEE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELL
BEING IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP AS
OUR EMPLOYEES, AND PARTICULARLY
FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES PROVIDE
ESSENTIAL SERVICES WHILE ALSO
PERSONALLY EXPERIENCING THE
IMPACTS OF INTERSECTIONAL AND
PARALLEL CRISIS.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD,
THE DEDICATED TIME FOR FRONT
LINE STAFF FOR RSJ TRAINING,
ANGELA AND BELINDA MENTIONED IN
THE PREVIOUS SLIDES ABOUT OUR
FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE TRAINING
AND WE TOOK 2020 TO BE
INTENTIONAL IN OUR PLANNING TO
DEVELOP OUT OUR APPLIED
LEARNING AND GROWTH
OPPORTUNITIES.
CENTERED IN RSJI.
DURING 2020 SO THAT WE HAVE NOW
MOVED INTO CONSISTENT, WEEKLY
TRAINING WITH OUR FOUNDATIONS
OF CHANGE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO 2020 EQUITY ANALYSIS TOOL
UTILIZATION.
I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE TWO
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KITS THAT
WERE UTILIZED.
HOWEVER, I ALSO WANTED TO
MENTION THAT WE FOCUSED ON
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND
REFINEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT'S
EQUITY ANALYSIS TOOLS AND THOSE
TOOLS BEING THE EQUITY IMPACT
FILTER, RECREATION PROGRAMMING
TOOL, BUDGET ANALYSIS TOOL, OUR
GIS EQUITY MAPPING TOOL AND
EQUITY CONSIDERATION PLANNING
IN OUR PLANNING DEVELOPMENT AND
MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
THE GIS ANNUAL MAPPING TOOL FOR
EXAMPLE UTILIZES THE RACE AND
SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX TO INFORM
THAT IN DIRECT EQUITABLE
SERVICE DELIVERY THIS ALLOWS
FOR EXAMPLE OUR MAINTENANCE
TEAMS AND PARKS AND ENVIRONMENT
TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE
PROACTIVE VERSES REACTIVE AND
PRIORITIZING SERVICE DELIVERY
DAILY AND IN IDENTIFIED EQUITY
ZONES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> I HATE TO -- I'M GOING TO
HAVE TO HAVE YOU WRAP IT UP
PRETTY SOON.
WE HAVE A HARD STOP AT 3:00 OR
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE QUORUM.
>> OUR EQUITY IMPACT FILTER WAS
APPLIED TO, THE RANCH AND THIS
WAS OUR NORTH STAR TO BUILD
WEALTH AND POWER IN BIPOC
COMMUNITIES, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
AND THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT
WAS ALSO APPLIED WITH OUR CAL
ANDERSON VISIONING PROJECT.
AND THIS WAS AN OUTREACH
PROCESS TO RECEIVE INPUT AND
ADDRESS POTENTIAL DESIGN AND
PROGRAMMING INTERVENTIONS AT
CAL ANDERSON.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> WE'LL JUST WRAP UP HERE.
HERE IS THE LIST OF ALL OF OUR
-- THE SPIRIT OF SBR, YES US IS
HAS BEEN HAVING MONTHLY
MEETINGS.
JESUS HAS BEEN HAVING MONTHLY
MEETINGS.
OUR HR TEAM IS DOING OUTREACH
USING THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE.
YOU'VE HEARD MORE ABOUT OUR
AFFINITY AND CHANGE TEAM
GROUPS.
AND THE INNOVATION CHALLENGE
THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED HAS HELPED
PROPEL SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT
ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD
FOR 2021.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
WE'RE WRAPPING THIS UP THEN,
JESUS?
WE'RE GOOD.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
YEP.
>> THANK YOU, JESUS, AND
BELINDA, AND BEE, AND ANGELA SO
MUCH.
AGAIN, YOUR POWER POINT IS ON
THE WEBSITE.
AND WE'LL HAVE, IF WE NEED TO
DO FOLLOW UP, WE CAN.
AND VERY BRIEFLY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR STAFF, JESUS,
EVERY MONDAY MORNING AS YOU
KNOW, WE SHARE ON SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL STAFF WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES THE CHILD CHAIR, THE
COMMUNITY CENTERS, THE PARKS
SHOWER PROGRAM, THE SUMMER
LUNCH PROGRAM, THE CLEAN CITY
INITIATIVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK
SEATTLE PARKS.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO MEET WITH
YOUR GROUP NEXT WEEK, CORRECT?
MEETING WITH EVERYBODY NEXT
WEEK.
I HAVE TO SAY, YOU GUYS REALLY
CAME THROUGH IN THIS PANDEMIC.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMUNITY
CENTERS AND ALL YOUR STAFF
DOING THINGS YOU NORMALLY
WOULDN'T DO.
PLUS THE RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE ISSUE AND DEALING WITH
ALL THE OTHER ISSUES, I WANT TO
THANK YOU.
YOU'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
I SEE YOUR TRUCKS AND YOUR
CREWS ALL OVER NORTH SEATTLE
AND DOWNTOWN.
UP AT THE PARKS, SO THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE
I LOSE COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
OKAY.
SO WITH THAT, BEFORE WE MOVE TO
ADJOURNMENT, LET ME JUST ADD
THAT THE NEXT PUBLIC ASSETS AND
NATIVE COMMUNITIES MEETING IS
SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST
3rd AT 2:00.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU PARKS.
YOU'RE MY FAVORITE.
NOW THAT MR. NELMS IS GONE.
>> THANK YOU.