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>>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, PRESENT.
>> MADAME CHAIR, CAN YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ALTERNATE CAST MEMBER
>> CAST MEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING, MISS MORALES.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE.
IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
COLLEAGUES JOINING US TODAY TO
HEAR UPDATES ON BUDGET-RELATED
ITEMS SUCH AS THE REVENUE
FORECAST, WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
ANNOUNCE THEM AS THEY JOIN.
COLLEAGUE, WE DO HAVE A FULL
AGENDA TODAY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SPD GRANT
LEGISLATION BILL.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
INCLUDING THIS SPECIFIC FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN
TODAY'S DELIBERATIONS TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE WE GAVE IT ADDITIONAL
TIME.
WE ARE STILL GOING TO GIVE THIS
ADDITIONAL TIME, BUT WE ARE
GOING TO DO THAT DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS.
OUR TEAM WAS NOT ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH THE ITEM WITHIN THE
24-HOUR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT LISTED UNDER RCW-
42.30.OLD 0 AS THIS RELATES
.080.
THE TIMES HAS STRICTER
REQUIREMENTS FOR WHEN ITEMS CAN
BE PUBLISHED WITH THE AGENDA,
SO MY SINCERE APOLOGIES.
I KNOW THIS IS A ITEM PEOPLE
HAD BEEN YEAGLEY DISCUSSING SO
WE CAN GET TO THE HEART OF SOME
OF THE QUESTIONS.
ON MONDAY I TALKED ABOUT IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE
GRANT, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
THOSE.
WE WILL STILL DO THAT.
GREG DOSS FROM CENTRAL STAFF,
THANK YOU, FOR SENDING OUT THE
QUESTIONS.
THERE WAS A LOT.
IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THERE WOULD
BE ENOUGH TIME TODAY TO GET
THROUGH THE QUESTIONS AND VOTE
OUT THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE BUT WE WILL INCLUDE
IT FOR 2021 IN THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS AND GREG AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF CENTRAL STAFF
WILL BE THERE.
IF YOU HAVE SENT QUESTION, AND
I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE, THE
QUESTIONS ARE BEING PROCESSED
AND WE WILL HAVE A FULL
PRESENTATION BY CENTRAL STAFF
AND THE OPPORTUNITY, OF COURSE,
TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT
PERSONNEL, AS WELL, TO REPORT
ON ANY QUESTIONS, SO I WANT TO
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
AS A REMINDER, THIS WAS 2021
GRANT ACCEPTANCE DOLLAR, MANY
OF THIS ARE BEING REIMBURSED
AND TYPICALLY IT IS INCLUDED IN
THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE
ANNUALLY.
THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT DOING THE
TYPICAL QUARTER FOUR.
BECAUSE OF THAT THE EXECUTIVE
ASKED FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
THE SPD ITEMS SEPARATELY FROM
THE CITYWIDE GRANTS ORDINANCE
THAT WE JUST VOTED OUT IN
AUGUST.
SINCE TODAY IS OUR LAST HOUSING
AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
WE WILL BE TAKING UP THE ITEM
AGAIN WITH THE SPECIAL BUDGET
COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE REST
OF THE YEAR'S GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCES AND THE REST OF THE
BUDGET LEGISLATION.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBERS HAD OTHER
QUESTIONS, THEY WILL BE QUEUED
UP AND HAVE THE TIME TO ANSWER
THEM WITH AMPLE TIME.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> QUICK QUESTION, MOSTLY
RELATED TO PROCESS THAT YOU
HIGHLIGHTED FOR THE GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE, IF IT IS
GOING TO THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE PROCESS, ARE YOU
ANTICIPATING WE WILL VOTE ON
THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE
A IT IS END OF THE BUDGET
PROCESS, OR ARE YOU EXPECTING
AND ANTICIPATING THAT THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
CONSIDER THAT ORDINANCE EARLY
ON IN OUR PROCESS AND THEN VOTE
OUT OF COMMITTEE AND SEND IT TO
FULL COUNCIL?
I AM TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
THE TIMING AND WHETHER YOU HAVE
HEARD FROM CVO OR THE
DEPARTMENT, ANY INPUT RELATED
TO THE TIMING OF WHEN WE DO THE
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, AND, AGAIN, THANKS
FOR YOUR GRACE.
I KNOW WE NEED TO WORK WITH THE
OFFICE TO RE-REFER THE
LEGISLATION, AS WELL.
I BELIEVE IN TALKING TO MEMBERS
OF CENTRAL STAFF THAT WE WOULD
BE TAKING IT UP WITH EVERYTHING
DURING BUDGET.
I WILL HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH
THEM IF THAT MEANS AT THE END
OF PROCESSING THE 2022 BUDGET,
OR IF THAT IS SIMULTANEOUS, AND
IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE, WE
WILL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU,
AS WELL.
>> I DON'T THINK I HAVE A
PREFERENCE DEVELOPED NOW BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT
OF WAITING UNTIL THE END OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS ACCEPT AND
CONSIDER THE GRANT ORDINANCE,
BECAUSE THERE IS A BUNCH OF
BUDGET RELATED LEGISLATION THAT
WE USUALLY VOTE ON AT THE VERY,
VERY END, WHICH PUTS US INTO
MID TO END OF NOVEMBER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER THERE
ARE ANY SORT OF OPERATIONAL
IMPACTS AS A RESULT OF WAITING
UNTIL THE EDGED OF NOVEMBER,
PARTICULARLY SINCE I THINK AT
OUR LAST FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING WE TALKED
ABOUT SORT OF AN UNDERSTANDING
WE WOULD CONSIDER IT SOON ARE
THAN THEN.
I WANT TO GET AN IDEA OF THE
OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AS A RESULT
OF WAITING FOR THE GRANT
ORDINANCE TOGETHER WITH THE
2022 BUDGET-RELATED LEGISLATION
AND WHETHER THERE IS
A CHANCE TO GET IT OFF THE
PLATE BY OCTOBER?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
PART OF THE GOAL FOR HAVING IT
ON TODAY'S AGENDA WAS TO DEAL
WITH THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE FOR
2021 PRIOR TO HAVING TO TAKE
SOMETHING UP IN A TYPICAL
QUARTER 4, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL
WELL AWARE OF OUR EFFORT TO TRY
TO MOVE TO A MID-YEAR
SUPPLEMENTAL AND A REGULAR
BUDGET DELIBERATION SESSION SO
WE ARE NOT IN THE POSITION WE
ARE IN EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY
LAST YEAR WHERE WE PASSED A
ROBUST BUDGET FOR THE UP COMING
CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN HAVE TO
PROCESS THE 4th QUARTER.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
SUGGESTION KIM PRESIDENT.
YOUR GOAL IS THE SAME AS MINE,
TO HAVE HAD THIS PROCESSED
BEFORE WE DELIBERATE ON THE
2022 BUDGET.
CHOICE CHAIR, I KNOW THIS WAS
OF INTEREST TO YOU AND I
APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I KNOW YOU
HAD A NUMBER OF AREAS YOU WERE
INTERESTED IN DIVING IN, SO
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO FLAG IN.
IT IS RELATED BUT A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT ISSUE I AM RAISING
THAN THE
PERSPECTIVE, THE GRANTS HAVE
NOT BEEN RECEIVED.
TO THE EXTENT THE COUNCIL IS
INTERESTED IN INFLUENCING THE
PERSPECTIVE GRANTS AND WHETHER
OR NOT THEY ARE PURSUED WILL BE
LOSING THAT OPPORTUNITY IF WE
-- THE LONGER --WE COULD BE
LOSING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME
OF THOSE THE LONGER WE WAIT, SO
JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT IT WAS
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
COUNCIL FELT VERY, VERY
STRONGLY LAST YEAR THAT WE
DIDN'T WANT TO JUST BE RUBBER-
STAMPING THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
AFTER THE FACT AND CENTRAL
STAFF WENT TO GREAT PAINS TO
MAKE A DETERMINATION OF THE
ITEMS IN THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE,
WHICH ONES HAD ALREADY -- THE
WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN COMMITTED
TO, AND WHICH ONES STILL WERE
AT QUESTION.
I THINK THAT THERE IS, LIKE,
AGAIN, A LIKELIHOOD THAT THE
LONGER WE WAIT FOR THAT SECOND
BUNCH, WE WILL HAVE LESS
INFLUENCE OVER THOSE AREAS IF,
IN FACT, THOSE ARE AREAS WE
WANT INFLUENCE OVER.
>> I AGREE.
I AGREE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND BOTH WHAT YOU HAVE SAID,
VICE CHAIR, AND WHAT THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAVE SAID
UNDERSCORE THE URGENCY OF
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION PRIOR
TO BUDGET.
AGAIN, THAT WAS THE HOPE AND
EXPECTATION FOR TODAY.
I AM GOING TO ASK COLLEAGUES
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK
TO YOU IF THERE IS A CHANCE FOR
US TO EITHER TAKE THIS UP VERY
EARLY IN THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS, WHICH, AGAIN,
BEGIN IN A WEEK-AND-A-HALF
HERE, OR IF THERE IS A CHANCE
FOR US TO WORK WITH YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ON A
TIMELINE THAT MAKES SENSE GIVEN
THE UP COMING BUDGET WITH FULL
COUNCIL, WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO
SO.
BOTH OF YOU HAVE UNDERSCORED
THE SAME GOAL I HAVE TO GET
THIS OUT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
NOT OUT.
EXCUSE ME.
LET ME REPHRASE THAT --
DELIBERATED AND FULLY
UNDERSTOOD SO WE CAN HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
ALLOCATION OF THESE GRANT
DOLLARS AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE
MONEY.
BUT I DO WANT TO REITERATE FOR
FOLKS REASONING, THESE ARE 2021-
DOLLARS, BOTH WHAT THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND VICE-CHAIR HAVE
SAID ARE IMPORTANT IN TERM OF
THE TIMING, SO COLLEAGUES AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IF WE
CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THE
EXACT TIMING OF WHEN TO TAKE
THIS UP, THAT WOULD BE
APPRECIATED.
A THUMBS UP FROM THE PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY
THERE AND WE WILL GET BACK TO
YOU WITH THE TIMING AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
LET'S BEGIN WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE ABOUT 20
PEOPLE SIGNED UP WITH PUBLIC
COMMENT.
WE WILL ASK THE COMMENTERS TO
TRY TO SCALE THEIR REMARKS TO
ABOUT ONE MINUTE.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE OFFERING PUBLIC
COMMENT IN THIS REMOTE PERIOD,
SO WE ASKED YOU TO SIGN UP TWO
HOURS IN ADVANCE.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS
STILL LIVE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE
CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD, YOU ARE WELCOME TO
STILL SIGN UP.
YOU WILL HEAR A TEN SECOND TIME
AT THE END OF YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT A LOTTED TIME AND WE
ASK YOU TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTS.
YOU WILL NOT BE CUT OFF RIGHT
AWAY BUT WE HOPE YOU USE THAT
AS A CHANCE TO SUMMARIZE YOUR
THOUGHTS AND FEEL FREE TO
LISTEN IN ON THE LISTEN-IN LINE
AND OUR FRIEND AS IT IS SEATTLE
CHANNEL ARE, AS ALWAYS,
BROADCASTING THIS LIVE.
THE PUBLIC CHAPEL IS NOW OPEN.
SPEAKERS, PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU
WILL HEAR A VOICE THAT SAYS YOU
HAVE BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION TO HIT
STAR 6 ON YOUR LINE TO UNMUTE
YOUR OWN PHONE, BOTH ACTIONS
NEED TO HAPPEN.
GOOD MORNING, DANIELLE.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH YOU.
WAIT JUST A MINUTE.
IF WE CAN GET DANIELLE IN THE
QUEUE HERE.
THE NEXT PERSON IN MY LIST IS
JUSTIN SMITH
>> THAT IS AN OLD LIST.
WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTERS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, IN THAT CASE I WANT TO
THANK DANIELLE AND JUSTIN FOR
SPEAKING BEFORE AND CALLING,
BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY
ON THE LIST TO SIGN UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT APPARENTLY.
IF YOU WANT TO EMAIL US ABOUT
ANYTHING ON TODAY'S AGENDA,
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND EMAIL US.
>> IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ
ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD
[ READING ITEM NUMBER ONE INTO
THE RECORD ]
>> IT IS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF
THE PRESENTERS HERE TODAY.
PLEASE GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW
IF YOU HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS TO
HOW I PRONOUNCED YOUR NAME, I
APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF
YOU.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING
FOR A WHILE TO PRESENT THIS
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORT
TO THE COMMITTEE.
I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW WE ARE
LOOKING BACK IN TIME TO THE
GREAT WORK THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS AND WE KNOW MUCH HAS
CHANGED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
WE WANT TO BE THERE FOR YOUR
TEAM AND THE FUTURE WORK YOU
ARE DOING AS YOU SEEK TO
RESPOND TO COMPOUNDING CRISIS
THAT WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS ACROSS THE CITY ARE
FACING IN THE WAKE OF COVID, SO
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP YOU
GET A GOOD BASELINE OF WHERE WE
CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND IMPROVE
UPON SERVICES AS WE LOOK TO
CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE SEATTLE
IN THE WEEK OF COVID.
WELCOME, DIRECTOR MARASY.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YO .
I AM STEVE MARCHESE.
SO MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT SINCE I STARTED IN THE
OFFICE SINCE FEBRUARY IS
EFFORTS THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO
MY ARRIVAL, BUT I AM REALLY
EXCITED TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEM WITH
YOU.
I BROUGHT A TEAM THAT I THINK
WILL GIVE YOU AN INFORMATIVE
AND PRODUCTIVE OVERVIEW OF THE
WORK WE ARE DOING.
THIS IS INTEGRAL AND IMPORTANT
TO OUR WORK AND THE PEOPLE WE
WORK ON ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITIES WE TOUCH AND THE
REASONS WE ARE HERE.
WE FOCUS ON COMMUNITY, THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY,
PARTICULARLY THE SMALL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY THAT ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO RIGHT BY
THEIR WORKERS AND ALSO KEEP THE
BALANCE SHEET GOING.
AND WE INFUSE RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE IN ALL WE DO.
OUR MISSION IS TO ADVANCE
RACIAL STANDARDS IN ALL WE DO,
INTEGRATIVE POLICY DEVELOPMENT
WITH A COMMITMENT TO RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE.
I AM EXCITED FOR YOU TO HEAR
WHAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN UP TO
AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF OUR
STAFF.
I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO JENEE
JAHN THAT WILL TALK A LITTLE
ABOUT COVID-19.
IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, JENEE
HELPED LEAD THE OFFICE DURING
THE EARLY COVID-19 RESPONSE.
IF YOU COULD STEP ON, WE WILL
GET GOING.
>> THANK YOU, STEVE.
APPRECIATE IT.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM THE CURRENT POLICY MANAGER
FOR OLS.
I USE SHE OR HER PRONOUNCE.
THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD AND
CONTINUES TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT AND UNIQUE IMPACT ON OUR
WORKPLACES.
IT HIGHLIGHTED PRE-EXISTING
RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITIES IN
WORKING AND SOCIAL BENEFITS AND
THESE ISSUES ARE AT THE HEART
OF OLS'S MISSION.
WE HAVE LABOR STANDARDS,
CRITICAL SUPPORTS FOR DIGNITY
AND LOW WAGE WORKS, PEOPLE OF
COLOR, IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES,
WOMEN OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
AND THOSE THAT LIVE AT THE
INTERSECTIONS OF THOSE
IDENTITIES.
THESE WORKERS ARE OFTEN
OVERREPRESENTED IN LOW WAGE
POSITIONS AND ARE SUBJECT TO
AND AT HIGHER RISK OF LABOR
STANDARDS VIOLATIONS.
DURING THE PANDEMIC WE TOOK
VERY SERIOUSLY OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO CENTER RACE
EQUITY IN OUR WORK.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT
RACIAL JUSTICE SHOWED UP IN OUR
RESPONSE.
IT SHOWED UP IN THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW LAWS TO
PROTECT ESSENTIAL WORKERS LI%E
GIG WORKER, IMPLEMENTATION OF
EXISTING LAWS LIKE PSST AND
AMENDMENTS TO THAT LAW TO
INSURE THAT WORKS COULD GAIN
ACCESS TO THAT BENEFIT DURING
THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAD ALSO SHOWED UP IN HOW WE
SHARED INFORMATION OUT WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO BOTH WORKERS AND
SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE SIMPLIFIED MESSAGING,
MULTIPLE LANGUAGE, AND
DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WERE
DESIGNED TO REACH AS MANY
WORKERS AT POSSIBLE.
IT SHOWED UP IN OUR INTRODUCED
SUPPORT FOR OUR CONTRACT
PARTNERS, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY
LED, ORNAMENTED OR SERVED BY
P.O.T.
COMMUNITIES SO WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE WE COULD INSURE THE
SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES
WHILE ADJUSTING TO THE PANDEMIC
CONDITIONS.
IT SHOWED UP IN ADJUSTING
PRIORITIES TO INSURE QUICK
RESOLUTION OF LABOR STANDARD,
LIKE THOSE PROMULGATE FOR THE
GIG WORKERS AND THIS YEAR
GROCERY EMPLOYEES.
THOSE HAD DEEP IMPACTS IN POT
WORKERS, AS WELL.
IT SHOWED UP IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL TO MAKE
SURE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
REACHED THE COMMUNITIES MOST IN
NEED, CAPTURING LOW WAGED,
DISPLACED AND IMPLEMENT WORKERS
THAT WOULD NOT EASILY GAIN
ACCESS TO FOOD VOUCHERS, FACE
COVERINGS, INFORMATION ABOUT
UNEMPLOYMENT, ETC.
OLS WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST OUR
EFFORTS
IN UNDOING AND PREVENTING
RACIAL INEQUITY AS WE CONTINUE
TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC AND
OUR WORK.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND
IT OVER TO JASMINE MARWAHA, ONE
OF OUR POLICY ANALYSTS TO TALK
ABOUT THE CHANGE TEAM'S
EFFORTS.
>> YES.
THANK YOU, MY NAME IS JASMINE
AND I AM A POLICY ANALYST WITH
OLS AND THE CHANGE TEAM AT OLS.
THE CHANGE TEAM'S MISSION IS TO
IRERADICATE INSTITUTIONED
IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT RACISM
WITHIN THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS INCLUDING INTERNAL
PRACTICES AND POLICIES AND
EXTERNAL POLICY ENFORCEMENT.
IN 2019 WE FOCUSED ON GETTING
STAFF TRAINED UP, INCLUDING
ARRANGING FOR ALL OLS STAFF TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PEOPLE'S
INSTITUTE NORTHWEST ANTIRACISM
TRAINING.
WE ALSO ADVOCATED FOR BETTER
ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OUR ADMIN AND STAFF IN THE
DEPARTMENT AND WE LOVE THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF OLS'S RACIAL
EQUITY TOOL KIT, MANY OF WHICH
YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT LATER IN
THE PRESENTATION.
FOR OUR 2020, OUR MAIN
HIGHLIGHT IS WE ARE STILL HERE!
WE SPENT SOME TIME REIMAGINING
CHANGE GIVEN OUR LACK OF
CAPACITY AND GIVEN THE FACT
THAT MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENT
STAFF WERE FORMER CHANGE TEAM
MEMBERS OR STEEPED IN RJI WORK
IN OTHER WAYS THROUGH THE COVID
RESPONSE, MOSTLY, OR THROUGH
ONGOING WORK THAT THEY WERE
DOING ON RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKITS.
SO THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO
CELEBRATE.
WITH THE GOAL OF TRYING THESE
ON WITH THE 2021 YEAR AND THE
COMMITMENT OF COMING BACK
TOGETHER TO KIND OF EVALUATE
HOW THAT ALL WORKED AND HOW TO
IMPROVE THAT PROCESS.
SO, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO
SEE HOW THIS YEAR PANS OUT AND
COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND
REEVALUATE.
WITH THAT IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
HAND IT OVER TO KATIE JO
KEPPINGER.
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS KATIE JO.
I AM THE CURRENT ENFORCEMENT
MANAGER AT OLS.
I USE SHE/HER PRONOUNCE.
THE COEF STARTED IN 2015 AND
THE 2021-IS FOR $3 MILLION
WHICH FUNDS 15 ORGANIZATIONS
OVER 24 MONTHS.
C ORGANIZATION A PARTNERSHIP IS
KEY BECAUSE OUR COF WORKS
EXPERIENCE LABOR ISSUES AND
WILL MOST LIKELY NOT RAISE
THOSE CONCERNS.
THEY HAVE SEEN KEY CHALLENGES.
YOU WILL SEE THOSE CHALLENGES
ON THE LEFT COLUMN OF THE
CHART.
THE 2022 CREWS ARE THE
CULMINATION OF TWO YEARS OF THE
ENFORCEMENT'S COLLABORATION
WITH THE COEF PARTNERS TO
ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES,
INCLUDING CREATION OF A
COMMUNITY INTAKE REFERRAL FORM
WHICH IS A TOOL FOR COEF
PARTNERS TO USE WHEN MAKING
REFERRALS TO THE OFFICE THAT IS
LESS BURDENSOME FOR WORKERS,
CREATING A MORE ACCESSIBLE
HANDOUT WHICH MAKES OUR
INFORMATION PROCESS MORE AC
SETTABLE FOR WORKERS TO
UNDERSTAND AND DEEPENING
RELATIONSHIP WHERE IS
CONSISTENT ONE-ON-ONE QUARTERLY
TRAINS THAT ALLOW FOR
CUSTOMIZED CONTENT AND
QUESTIONS.
THE KEY SUCCESS WAS GETTING THE
FEEDBACK FROM PARTNERS AND BUY-
IN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
COVID-19 INCREASED STANDARDS ON
LABOR VIOLATIONS AND MOST
FEARED LOSING THEIR JOBS IF
THEY REPORTED VIOLATIONS.
ONE WAY TO REDUCE THIS WAS
WORKER RELIEF FUNDS THAT THEY
COULD IMMEDIATELY HAVE ACCESS
TO IF THEY WITH ARE FIRE FROM
THE THEIR JOBS.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO DISCUSS
RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KITS, THIS
BLOCK PRINT WAS CREATED BY
ARTIST AND LONG-TIME OLS SENIOR
INVESTIGATOR SARAH LARE THAT
PASSED AWAY LAST AUGUST.
SHE WAS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO
RACIAL EQUITY WORK AND IT WAS
VERY IMPORTANT TO HER.
SHE MADE SUCH A HUGE
CONTRIBUTION TO US.
SHE WAS A RARE GEM AND WE FEEL
HER LOSS EVERYDAY.
NOW TO MY COLLEAGUE MEGHAN
JACKSON TALKING ABOUT THE
ACCESSIBILITY GUIDE.
>> THANK YOU, KATIE JO.
THAT IS A GREAT PICTURE.
GOOD MORNING, I AM MEGHAN
JACKSON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
AND OUT OF CLASS ENGAGEMENT
SPECIAL AT OLS AND I USE
SHE/HER PRONOUNS.
IT IS IMPORTANT OUR OUTWARD
FACING MATERIALS ARE
UNDERSTANDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
TO ALL.
IN 2019OLS TEAMS COLLABORATED
TO CREATE A GUIDE CALLED
CREATING EASY TO UNDERSTAND
MATERIALS THIS GUIDE INCLUDES
TOOLS AND MATERIALS TO ADDRESS
CULTURE RELEVANCE, COMPETENCE,
LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE ACCESS,
VISUAL LEARNING AND DISABILITY
ACCESS.
OUR STAFF VIA SURVEYS AND
INTERVIEWS AND FEEDBACK REGARD
THENISHCY OF THE GUIDE AND THE
RACIAL IMPACTS THAT MIGHT BE
EXPERIENCED IN USING IT.
AT OLS WE ARE VERY PROUD TO
HAVE A DIVERSE STAFF OF
DIFFERENT LIVED EXPERIENCES SO
WE FELT IT APPROPRIATE TO FIND
THE CONVERSATION IN-HOUSE.
FEEDBACK RECEIVED DIDN'T REVEAL
ANY RACIALIZED IMPACTS BUT OUR
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT DID
INFORM THESE RELATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FIST TO CREATE A TRAINING AND
IMPLEMENT TAGUE PLAN.
INSTRUCTION IS NOW A FORMAL
PART OF OUR ON BOARDING
PROCESS.
SECONDLY TO TRACK COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK, A LINK TO THE SPREAD
SHEET IS LOCATED WITHIN THE
GUIDE TO TRACK COMMUNITY
FEEDBACK ON DOCUMENTS FOR
FUTURE REFERENCE AND LEARNING
AND FINALLY TO SHARE THE GUIDE
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO FAR THE GUIDE HAS BEEN
SHARED WITH THE COS LANGUAGE
ACCESS LIAISONS SPECIFICALLY TO
PROMOTE PLAIN LANGUAGE AND
ENGLISH MATERIALS FOR QUALITY
TRANSLATIONS BUT WE HOPE ALL
INFORMATION WILL BE BENEFICIAL
AS IT IS SHARED OUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER THE RD
OVER TO CARMIE TO PRESENT THE
REG.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM CARMIE.
I GO BY THE SHE/HER PRONOUNCE.
THE GROUP WAS PUT TOGETHER IN
2020.
THIS SURVEY IS PART OF THE
DESIGN FOR THE WORKERS THAT
REGULARLY CONTACT OUR OFFICE,
WORKERS THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS
TALK TO AND WHO HAVE RECEIVED
MONETARY SETTLEMENTS OR CASE
CLOSURE.
OUR GOAL IS TO BETTER ASSESS
AND IDENTIFY GAPS IN THE
COMMUNITY WE SERVE THROUGH DATA
COLLECTION ANALYSIS.
CHALLENGES OF PREJUDICE AND
DISCOMFORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS OF
POLITICAL SENSITIVE IN NATURE.
IN JANUARY OF 2021 WE LAUNCHED
A UNIVERSAL DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY.
NEXT SLIDE --
>> CAN I HAVE YOU PAUSE
BRIEFLY, IF IT IS OKAY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT MEGHAN
YOU MENTIONED POT OF THE
OUTREACH AND THE THINGS YOU ARE
CONSIDERING IS MAKE SURE THOSE
WITH DISABILITIES ARE ALSO ABLE
TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION.
I AM TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
THE OBLIGATIONS FOR BUSINESS
AND FOR ANY EMPLOYER, REALLY,
AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSIBILITY
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND.
SO, DO WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN
PLACE FOR PROVIDING THINGS IN
BRAILLE OR CAN YOU -- I DON'T
WANT TO GET US TOO FAR OFF
TRACK BUT A CONCERN ON HOW
FOLKS WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS
ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THE CITY
PROCESSES AND IN SMALL BUSINESS
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
EMPLOYER'S OBLIGATIONS FOR
PEOPLE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENTS
ARE MET.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION.
SO, OUR GUIDE DEALS WITH OUR
EXTERNAL MATERIALS FROM WITHIN
OLS.
I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO
THE EMPLOYER LEVEL, WHAT THOSE
OBLIGATIONS ARE IN TERMS OF
DISABILITY ACCESS.
BUT I AM HAPPY TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
>> FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAVE
IMPROVED OUR RESPONSE RATE, OUR
CF PARTNERS CONDUCT SURVEYS ONE
AND ONE WITH WORKERS.
THE ENFORCEMENT TEAM INCLUDED
AN IMPLEMENT PROCESS THAT
INCLUDED THE PUBLIC SURVEY.
THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION,
REDUCING RESPONDENTS, FROM 16
TO 11 AND THE SURVEY NOW TAKES
LESS THAN THREE MINUTES TO
COMPLETE AND NO REQUIRED
QUESTIONS.
WE IMPROVED THE DESIGN SURVEY.
WE ORGANIZED AN ORDER OF
QUESTIONS.
WE CREATED CATCHY TAGLINES AND
EMAIL SUBJECT LINES WHEN WE
SENT OUT THE SURVEY.
ACCESSIBILITY RCF PARTNERS
CONDUCT SURVEYS IN OTHER
LANGUAGES, INCLUDING SPANISH
AND CHINESE.
WE PLAN ON UP COMING OUR SURVEY
TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION
OPTIONS.
THE LAST RECOMMENDATION IS
USING EXTERNAL RESOURCES.
FOR OUR ANALYSIS WE WILL BE
USING EXTERNAL DATA SETS FOR
CROSS INFORMATION AND FILLING
IN GAPS.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE
CITY DISPATCH TEAM TO IMPROVE
OUR DATA COLLECTION AND DATA
ANALYSIS EFFORTS.
THANK YOU.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KATIE
JO.
>> THANK YOU.
IN 2019 WE WANTED
TO INSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH AND EDUCATION FUND
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
AND THE COMPANY PROCESS WERE
EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND
ACCESSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS, IN PARTICULAR
THOSE LED BY STAFF OR SERVING B
IPO C COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
OUR TEAM FOR THE TOOL KIT
CONSISTED OF OLS OUTREACH
STAFF, INVESTIGATORS AND OUR
FINANCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGER.
OUR STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
INCLUDED ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS
WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
THAT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO THE
RFP AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD
NOT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED BY
SERVED LOW WAGE ONE COMMUNITY
COMMENTED THAT IT WAS
REFRESHING TO AN GAUGE
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ON WAYS
TO MAKE THE APPLICATION PROCESS
BETTER AND WISHED MORE FUNDERS
WOULD DO THIS PROCESS.
THREE KEY ISSUES WERE REPETTY
AND CON SORROW ROUTED RFP
LANGUAGE.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS FAVORED
SEASONED GRANT WRITING SKILLED
AND THERE WAS INEQUITABLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR APPLICANTS WITH
STRONGER ORAL COMMUNICATION AND
IN-LANGUAGE SKILLS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO OUR THREE RECOMMENDATIONS
WERE TO DECLUTTER AND SIMPLIFY
THE RFP LANGUAGE.
WE TOOK INSPIRATION FROM MARI.
WE ELIMINATED LEGAL AND COMPLEX
SENTENCES AND CREATE AN
ACCESSIBLE APPLICATION PROCESS
BY REPLACING THE BROAD 20 PAGE
NARRATIVE WITH A QUESTION-AND-
ANSWER APPLICATION TEMPLATE.
THE WRITTEN APPLICATION WAS
MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL LEVELS
OF GRANT-WRITING SKILLS, AND
ACCOMMODATING ORAL
COMMUNICATION AND IN-LANGUAGE
SKILLS, APPLICANT IT IS THE
OPTION TO REQUEST AN ORAL
PRESENTATION TO ANSWER
APPLICATION QUESTIONS INSTEAD
OF SUBMITTING A WRITTEN FORM.
APPLICANTS COULD ALSO REQUEST
AN INTERPRETER IF NEEDED.
WE COVERED EVEN THOUGH THERE
WAS A PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS TO
ANSWER APPLICATION QUESTIONS
THROUGH AN ORAL PRESENTATION,
NONE OF THE APPLICANTS TOOK
THIS OPTION BECAUSE THEY FELT
LIKE IT WAS SAFEER TO APLOW
WITH A WRITTEN APPLICATION.
THIS SHOWED US HOW DEEPLY
INTERNALLED WRITTEN
APPLICATIONS ARE IN FUNDING
CULTURE.
ORGANIZATIONS DIDN'T FEEL THEY
COULD TRUST IF THEY CHOOSE AN
ORAL APPLICATION, THE
APPLICATION WOULD BE AS STRONG
AS OTHER WRITTEN APPLICATIONS.
FOR THERE TO BE A SHIFT ON
WRITTEN APPLICATION EMPHASIS
THE CITIES WOULD SORROW CHANGE.
NOW I WILL PASS THIS ON TO MY
COLLEAGUE AHMED ABDI.
>> MY NAME IS AHMED ABDI, AND
AN ENGAGE MANY SPECIALIST AND
OVERSEE THE BUSINESS AND
EDUCATION FUND WHICH IS KNOWN
AS BEF, DESIGNED TO INCREASE
COMPLIANCE BY BUILDING
PARTNERSHIP WITH TRUSTED
COMMITTED ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ENGAGE SMALL BUSINESS, OWNED BY
LOW INCOME FRANCHISED
COMPANIES.
IN 2020 THE BEF TEAM DECIDED
TO REVIEW THE 2017 TO 2020BEF
REQUEST OF PROPOSAL, RFP TO
EVALUATE WHETHER THE PROCESS
WAS CREATING BARRIERS TO HAVE
SUCCESS IN THE APPLICATION.
WE WERE ALL LOOKING AT THE SAME
WAY TO IMPROVE HOW THE
APPLICATION WAS DESIGNED,
PREVIOUSLY FOR COEF AND BOEF.
THE TEAM USED THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOL KIT TO STREAMLINE THE
PROCESS OF RFP.
RFP PROCESS BY NARROWING THE
SCOPE WHICH INCLUDED AND
SIMPLIFYING THIS WORK OUTCOME
WITH AN RSGI LENS, MEANING WHAT
WORK WE WANT TO INVEST TO
PERFORM THEN NUMBER,
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE
PERFORMANCE AND NUMBER THREE,
EXAMINING THE USE OF PROFESSION
SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT CAN
PROMOTE COMPLIANCE AND CONSIDER
MULTIPLE RFP WITH DIFFERENT
SCOPE AND EXAMPLE OF CONTRACT
ONLY WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
OR CONTRACT FOR ONLY FOR DOOR-
TO-DOOR OUTREACH.
THE BOEF TEAM ENGAGED INCLUDES
ETHNIC DISCUSSIONS TO IDENTIFY
ISSUES
REGARDING THE RFP PROCESS.
THERE WERE TWO MAIN ISSUES THAT
THE BOEF TEAM IDENTIFIED.
NUMBER ONE, THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS HAD FEWER -- TO
COMPLY WITH THE RFP APPLICATION
INCLUDING STAFFING, LANGUAGE
BARRIERS AND LESS KNOWLEDGE OF
THE GRANT PROCESS AS THREW
ALREADY HAD.
THE BO EDUCATION F RFP WAS TOO
TECHNICAL AND IT WAS IMPERATIVE
TO SIMPLIFY THAT TO MAKE THE
PROCESS MORE EQUITABLE TO
EVERYBODY.
AND AFTER ENGAGING THE
STAKEHOLDERS AND THE
RECOMMENDATION WE RECEIVED WAS
NUMBER ONE, SIMPLIFYING THE
APPLICATION SCOPE AND PROCESS
TO INCLUDE PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES SUCH AS ACCOUNTANTS,
LAWYERS AND ATC, THREE,
CONSIDER MULTIPLE
RECONCILIATION FP WITH
DIFFERENT SCOPES.
WE HAVE TRANSLATION AND
ALSO CONSIDERING OTHER
FEEDBACKS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN
FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY FEATURE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
BACK TO STEVE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT
OF A PREVIEW OF SOME OF THE
THINGS WE ARE THINKING ACT,
CERTAINLY WORKING ON FOR 2021.
THIS CAME THROUGH OUR OWN
PROCESS INTERNALLY AT LOOKING
AT THE WORK WE ARE DOING,
TRYING TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS IN
PLACE WHERE IS OUR RSGI WORK
CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SOME IS FOCUSED INTERNALLY AND
SOME IS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A PREVIEW FOR WHAT WE
WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO REPORT
TO YOU NEXT YEAR SO YOU ARE
AWARE.
WE HAVE AN INTERNAL GROUP TO
START WITH, TO BUILD OUR OWN
CAPACITY AROUND RSJI THAT WE
ARE DISCUSSING, ISSUES AROUND
RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE.
WE STARTED
WITH THE T OF SO YOU WANT TO
TALK ABOUT RACE AND REALLY USE
THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
INTERNAL STAFF CONVERSATIONS
AND AWARENESS.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH OCR TO
INCORPORATE THESE PRINCIPLES IN
OUR WORK.
WE ARE WORKING, CONTINUING THE
WORK WE ARE DOING ON THE DATA
DEMOGRAPHIC RET THAT YOU HEARD
ABOUT FROM CARMIE TO REALLY USE
THAT INFORMATION IN WEIGHINGS
THAT TARGET OUR ENFORCEMENT
EFFORTS AND HELP US LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHO WE ARE IMPACTING AND
THINKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN
USE THAT TO TARGET OUR OUTREACH
EFFORT, AS WELL.
THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR WORK
CONNECTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY,
PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES AND THE WAYS THAT
WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT WORKING
WITH IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS AND STRENGTHENING
THOSE CONNECTIONS SO WE CAN
WORK MORE CLOSELY, PARTICULARLY
WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EFFECTED
SPECIFICALLY BY SOME OF OUR
ORDINANCES LIKE THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS ORDINANCES, HOTEL
WORKERS AND OTHERS WHERE WE
HAVE LARGE GROUP OF IMMIGRANT
WORKER, IMMIGRANT WORKERS ARE
FACING A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PRESSURES, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE CAN INCREASE OUR WAYS OF
CONNECTING WITH ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WORK ON IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES
THAT COME UP, WE CAN DO THINGS
LIKE HELP THEM GET NEW VISAS
AND CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN THE
COUNTRY AND CHANGE STATUS IF
THAT IS NECESSARY BASED UPON
WHAT THE WORKER WANTS TO DO, SO
THIS GROUP IS REALLY LOOKING AT
A SPECTRUM OF ISSUES.
THEN WE ALSO IDENTIFIED ISSUES
RELATED TO HOW WE DISTRIBUTE
SETTLEMENT CHECKS.
DO WE DO THEM IN WAYS
PARTICULARLY NOW WITH COVID AND
HAVING LIMITED TIME TO ACCESS
THE OFFICE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE
THAT WORKERS GET THE MONEY THEY
ARE ENTITLED TO, THAT THEY GET
IN WAYS THEY WITH USE.
OBVIOUSLY WORKERS DON'T ALWAYS
HAVE BANKS EASILY ACCESSIBLE
AND ABLE TO COME TO THE OFFICE.
HOW DO WE CHANGE THE PROCESS TO
MAKE THEM MORE EQUITABLE AND
CENTER THE EXPERIENCE OF
WORKERS RECEIVING CHECKS AS A
BASIS FOR OUR DISCUSSION.
THIS IS AN RET WE ARE WORKING
ON RIGHT NOW AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO LEARNING MORE, THINKING OF
HOW TO CHANGE UP OUR PROCESSES
AND USE THAT TO BE MORE
RESPONSE I HAVE TO THE
COMMUNITY.
LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME
WITH YOU HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THIS
WORK.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF
THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE
CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER
AND BEING BACK IN FRONT OF NEW
2021/2022 TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE
HAVE DONE IN 2021.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
YOU DO.
WE ARE PROUD OF THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS NEAR SEATTLE,
PROUD OF ITS HISTORY AND
CREATION, PROUD THAT IT
CONTINUES TO BE LOOKED AT AT A
NATIONAL MODEL.
I THINK THAT THIS WORK IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY WE ARE
PROUD OF OLS FOR BEING A
LEADING MODEL NOT JUST ACROSS
THE NATION FOR LABOR STANDARDS
BUT WITHIN DEPARTMENTS FOR THE
RSJ WORK.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS
WORK AND I WANT TO ALSO NOTE MY
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR ENTIRE
TEAM, INCLUDING SARAH LAIR, WHO
WE KNOW WAS A BIG CHAMPION OF
WORKPLACE STANDARDS AND MAKING
SURE SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE THE
INFORMATION THEY NEED AND IS
DEEPLY MISSED.
WE KNOW THAT HER WORK CONTINUES
TO LIVE ON IN THE WORK THAT YOU
DO HERE.
I AM GLAD TO SEE HER ART WORK
MERLSED.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL HOLD MY COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS UNTIL AFTER OUR
COLLEAGUES.
VICE CHAIR LISA HERBOLD, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> THE CHALLENGE ON THE SLIDE
THAT RELATED TO THE ENFORCEMENT
PARTNERSHIP, THERE IS A
REFERENCE TO THE LANGUAGE ON
THE WEBSITE BEING DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND AND INCLUDING A LOT
OF LEGAL LANGUAGE AND SOLUTION,
GREAT, IS IDENTIFIED AS A
GRAPHIC HANDOUT.
AND I THINK HAVING PHYSICAL
MATERIALS TO GIVE TO PEOPLE IS
GREAT, BUT IT IS NOT CLEAR THAT
THE WEBSITE WAS ALSO UPDATED.
MAYBE IT WITH US UPDATED WITH
A PDF OF THE HANDOUT.
I AM NOT SURE BUT I WANTED TO
CHECK TO SEE THAT THE WEBSITE
IS ALSO UPDATED.
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT IS MY
RECOLLECTION IS YES, IT WAS.
WE REPLACED THE LENGTHY PDF
WITH A SHORTER, MORE EASY,
FRIENDLY ONE AND REMOVED A LOT
OF THE LANGUAGE FROM THAT
WEBSITE PAGE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
NOT SEEING ANOTHER NEW HAND, I
WHAT WANT TO BRING US BACK TO,
I KNOW YOU WERE NOT THERE YET.
YOU HAD THE PLEASURE OF
STARTING A NEW JOB IN THE MIDST
OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO PRE-PANDEMIC WITH THE
PREVIOUS COUNCIL THERE WAS A
LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THEN
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAROLD HAD
ASKED ABOUT THE WAY BUSINESSES
WERE BEING LEFT OUT OR
INAPPROPRIATELY INVESTIGATED.
IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT KEPT
COMING UP IN THE COMMITTEE
MEETING BUT I THINK THE REPORT
HERE CLEARLY REBUKES THOSE
COMMENTS AND CONCERNS.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE IS A
LOT OF ANALYSIS OF HOW SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THE
INVESTIGATION WORK THAT OLS
DOES IS REALLY ROOTED IN RSJ
PRINCIPLES AND ROOTED IN
EQUITY.
I WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP IN
CASE ANYONE IS REMEMBERS SOME
OF THOSE QUESTIONS FROM 2019.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD, WELL
RESEARCHED RESPONSE TO THOSE
CONCERNS AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO
RAISE THE CONCERNS WHEN WE HEAR
THEM, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
WHEN WE HAVE ANSWERS TO THOSE
CONCERNS THAT THEY ALSO GET THE
AIR TIME NEEDED.
SO, I WANT TO DO LIFT THAT UP.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENT, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO CHIME IN ON THEM,
SPECIFIC TO THE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT AND INVESTIGATION
ASPECT WITH SMALL BUSINESSES,
BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN
IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO REMIND US
OF WHY THAT INFORMATION IS SO
IMPORTANT.
GREAT.
I AM SEEING SOME NODS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
OBSERVATION, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE
IMPACT ON THE SMALL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO ASSIST BUSINESSES TO
DO THE THINGS THEY WANT TO DO
AND SHOULD BE DOING TO HELP
THEIR WORKERS AND HELPING THEIR
WORKERS IS ALSO GOOD FOR
BUSINESS AND WITH MANY OF OUR
COMMUNITIES THOSE CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN BUSINESS OWNERS AND
WORKERS ARE VERY CLOSE.
O, WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING FROM
OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE UNIVERSE,
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO WE THINK THAT IS SMART FOR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
WE THINK THAT IS SMART FOR
COMMUNITY WELL BEING, AND THE
WORK WE ARE DOING WITH OUR BOF
PARTNERS AND THAT THEY ARE
DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, NUMBER
ONE, TO REMEMBER THEY ARE
GROUNDED IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT
HAVE DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS WITH
SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE COMING
TO THEM FOR A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADVICE AND
THE TYPES OF ADVICE THEY GET
FROM OUR PARTNERS AND THE
INFORMATION THEY ARE PASSING IS
PART OF A PORTFOLIO THEY GET.
I THINK THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT
WE ARE DOING, I AM VERY PLEASED
THAT SOME OF THE RECENT
COVERAGE THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR
SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE,
COULD BELIEVE A LOT OF THAT
TENDS TO RELATE TO SOME OF THE
BIGGER INITIATIVES WITH LARGER
BUSINESSES WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO
THOSE WORKERS ARE, THE BIG
WORKER INDUSTRY TALKING ABOUT
UBER AND LIFT DRIVERS WE ARE
HAPPY TO SEE THE IMPACTS FROM
INVESTIGATIONS BUT OUR
ENFORCEMENT TEAM LOOKS AT WHO
COMES IN AND REALLY LOOKS AT
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT
BUSINESSES CONTACTS UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON.
A LARGE PORTION OF THE
COMPANIES END UP IN SETTLEMENT
WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
THE BUSINESS UNDERSTANDS
THE NEED AND THE WORKERS GET
THE COMPENSATION AND WE DO THAT
AS OFTEN AND WHEN WE CAN SO I
AM HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THE RECOGNITION.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> WONDERFUL ANSWER.
I WANT TO BOTTLE THAT UP AND
TAKE IT WITH ME AS WE TALK
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LABOR
STANDARD, COORDINATION, NOT
JUST THE WORKER SIDE BY THE
EMPLOYER SIDE.
ALSO NOT JUST THE SETTLEMENTS
YOU RECEIVE THAT HAVE BEEN
MEANINGFUL TO WORKERS RIGHTING
WRONGS SO OUR EMPLOYERS CAN GET
ON THE RIGHT TRACK, BUT WITH
THE CASES THAT YOU HAVE WON, I
THINK IT SEND AS REALLY
IMPORTANT MESSAGE OUT TO THE
BROADER PUBLIC, AS WELL.
I AM THANKFUL FOR YOUR WORK ON
HELPING TO EDUCATE FOLK,
IDENTIFY SETTLEMENTS AND
HELPING TO IDENTIFY WAYS IN
WHICH WE PUSH THE INFORMATION
OUT SO MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE
AND KEEP IT HERE IN OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL
HANDS.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG 18 MONTHS,
TWO YEARS, AND, AGAIN, DURING
THIS PANDEMIC, WE KNOW YOU ALL
HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES
WITH HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY MACKED
BY COVID.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU
DO IN THIS TOUGH TIME AND THE
WORK YOU WILL DO IN THE UP
COMING BUDGET TO MAKE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS AND TO
KEEP COMMUNITIES MORE RESILIENT
AND EQUITABLE IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> SEE YOU BACK HERE SOON.
THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM
AND PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> ITEM NUMBER TWO --
[ READING ITEM NUMBER 2 --
CB 120178 ]
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE BACK WITH
US UBAX, AND WE HAVE GI
YOURSELF ILIA AND THEN RICCO,
THE INTERIM DIRECTOR, ALL WITH
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BACK HERE
WITH US AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT
THIS ITEM FOR POSSIBLE VOTE
TODAY.
WE ALSO HAVE WITH UTILIZATION
OUR ESTEEMED COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF TRACI AND LISH.
THIS IS A ITEM WE DISCUSSED
LAST WEEK.
WE DISCUSSED THE STRATEGIC
INFORM FUND THAT FOLLOWS
THROUGH THE YEARS OF LONG
PROCESS AND ADVOCACY BY
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO
INSURE THE CITY MADE GOOD ON
THE PROMISE THAT DURING THE
SALE OF THE LARGE PIECE OF
PUBLIC PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
MERCER MEGABLOCK WE INVESTED
MONEY BACK IN THE COMMUNITY TO
CREATE INVESTMENTS BACK INTO
THE COMMUNITIES.
THIS FOLLOWED UP WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 2019 WHEN, IN
ADDITION TO ALLOCATING A
PORTION OF THE MERCER SALES TO
THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS AND
HOUSING, THE CITY COUNCIL
PASSED A $30 MILLION NEED TO
COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION INCLUDING AN
ADVISORY BOARD TO WORK WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, MAKE
REPRESENTATIONS ON HOW WE SPEND
THE MONEY AND MAKING SURE IT
WITH US GOING TO EQUITABLE
PROJECTS, WITH COMMUNITIES WITH
DISPLACEMENT AND LOW ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO
CONSIDER, AS WELL.
THE WILLING WILL MOVE FORWARD
TO GET THE FUNDING OUT THE DOOR
TO COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PROBLEMS
WORKING ON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
AND ACQUIRING PROPERTIES TO
SUPPORT THINGS LIKE HOUSE,
CHILD CARE, SMALL BUSINESSES
AND COMMUNITY SPACE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR
GUESTS HERE TODAY.
WELCOME DIRECTOR.
I WILL CHECK WITH CENTRAL
STAFF.
DID YOU HAVE OPENING COMMENT,
CENTRAL STAFF?
>> NO, YOU COVERED IT ALL,
COUNCILMEMBER.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU FOR THE INSTRUCTION
AND AUDIENCE TODAY.
I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
SORRY I WAS NOT ABLE TO BE
PRESENT LAST WEEK.
GIUILIA, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE
THE SLIDE DECK.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS BOTH
FOR YOUR SERVICE AND BEING HERE
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PROJECT AND
OPPORTUNITY TO GET $30 MILLION
INTO THE COMMUNITY TO FUND AND
SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED PROBLEMS
WHICH, FOR OPCD AND EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
THIS IS THE WORK THAT GETS US
OUT OF BED EVERY MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THE
PRESENTATION TODAY IS IN
CONSIDERATION OF DOING A
PROVICE SEW LIFT FOR THE $ 30
MILLION.
AS THE COUNCILMEMBER STATED,
THE $30 MILLION FUND COMES FROM
THE SALE OF THE CITY-OWNED
PROPERTY AND THE 2021 BUDGET
ALLOCATION.
NEXT SLIDE.
OUTCOMES FOR THE FUND
RESPONDING TO IMMEDIATE
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES CREATE
LONG TERM IMPACT BY
STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY
RELATIONSHIPS AND GROWING
COMMUNITY WEALTH IN
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES, CO-LOCATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH OTHER
COMMUNITY BENEFITS SUCH AS
AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE,
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, CULTURE
SPACE AND CHILD CARE FACILITIES
AN FILL GAPS IN THE EXISTING IF
YOU FINDING FOR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
THESE ALL -- ALL OF THESE
OBJECTIVES INFORMED CRITERIA
FOR THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE
RECEIVED AND REVIEWED FOR
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND
AWARDS.
NEXT SLIDE.
UBAX, I THINK AT THIS POINT I
WILL TURN THE SLIDE BACK OVER
TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, RICCO.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
BACKGROUND, WE ARE HERE TO
DELIVER A VERY SHORT
PRESENTATION SINCE WE WERE HERE
LAST WEEK AND WE WILL BE DOING
AN EXECUTIVE SESSION NEXT WEEK
SO I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
GIUILIA SINCE SHE IS MORE
VERSED IN THE PROJECTS WE ARE
ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU.
THROUGH A CONSENSUS PROCESS
WITH OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY
GROUP REPRESENTING B IPO C
COMMUNITIES, 13 RECIPIENTS WERE
RECOMMENDED FOR AWARD.
SINCE WE WERE UNABLE TO SHARE
THE DETAILS OF THE AWARD DUE TO
THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS BUT WE
WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW AN COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ON
SEPTEMBER 20 AN EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
THE TAG WAS PROUD TO FUND
ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING
A RANGE OF GEOGRAPHIES AND
COMMUNITIES WITH PUBLIC BENEFIT
SUCH AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
COMMUNITY SPACE, SMALL
BUSINESS, PRESERVATION, OPEN
SPACE AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION.
YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A STRONG
GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD AND WE WILL
ALSO BE FUNDING BLOCK-LED,
INDIGENOUS-LED AND MIXED B IPO
C-LED ORGANIZATIONS.
THESE ARE THE DETAILS ABOUT THE
PROVISO LIFT ORGANIZATION IN
FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
THERE IS A PROVISO IN THE 2021
ADOPTED BUDGET.
THIS PROVISO MOVES THE $30
MILLION ALLOCATE FROM THE
FINANCE GENERAL TO OPCD AND
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
BETWEEN LAST WEEK AND THIS
WEEK, IT BECAME CLEAR THEY WERE
BEST SUITED TO MANAGE SEVERAL
OF THE CONTRACTS GIVEN THE
EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS THEY
HAVE WITH THE AWARD'S.
ONCE THE PROVISO IS LIFTED, O
WITH, CD AND ARTS WILL BEGIN
THE CONTRACTING PROCESS AND WE
WILL NOT BE ANNOUNCING THE
AWARD PUBLICLY UNTIL THE
TRANSACTIONS ARE FINALIZED.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO MOVE
THIS FORWARD SO THE COMMUNITY
CAN RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
I AM SURE THERE ARE A FEW
QUESTIONS, BUT, FIRST, THANK
YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR
WORK, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
BOARD FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL WORK
WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN
IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AND THE
SELECTION APPLICATION AND
SELECTION PROCESS AND PROJECT
APPLICATION.
WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
PROBLEM, AS WELL, THAT WERE
REQUESTED WITH THESE FUNDS AND
NOT EVERY PROJECT THAT MADE THE
CRITERIA IS NECESSARILY GETTING
THE FUNDING TODAY.
WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THOSE PROCTORS OUT THERE AND
WORKING WITH YOU AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS AND AS WE LOOK AT
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVENUE
TO BE AVAILABLE SUCH AS JUMP
START, IT IS MY INTENTION THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF
THOSE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE MET
CRITERIA BUT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
FUNDING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
IN THE UP COMING BUDGET SO I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ALL ON THAT PROBLEM
PROCESS.
A FEW QUICK NOTES.
WE ARE SUBSTITUTE IN FRONT OF
US TODAY.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP
AND TALK MORE ABOUT IT WITH
CENTRAL STAFF HERE.
IT WOULD BE A ADMINISTRATIVE
CHANGE SHIFTING THE
APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE $5.6
MILLION OF THE $30 MILLION
FUNDS TO OFFICE OF ARTS APPLE
CULTURE, AND THE REMAINING
AMOUNT WOULD SAY AT OPCD.
THE REASON FOR THE SHIFT, IT
WITH US DISCOVERED THERE WERE
AT LEAST TWO CONTRACTS WITH THE
OFFICE OF ARTS & CULTURE THAT
HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED
CONTRACTS WITH SOME OF THE
GRANT AWARDEES AND IT MAKES IT
EASIER FOR US TO HAVE MORE
STREAMLINED ADMINISTRATION OF
THE GRANTS IF WE HAVE THOSE
HOUSED WITHIN THE SAME
DEPARTMENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON
THE PROJECTS OR THE SELECTED
AMOUNTS FOR AWARD, IT IS SIMPLY
AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE THAT
WOULD BE IN-PROCESS TO LEVERAGE
THE EXISTING CONTRACTS.
BEFORE WE CONSIDER THAT
AMENDMENT, THOUGH, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
ON THE UNDERLYING BILL.
I MOVE TO AMEANT THE COUNCIL
BILL
SUBSTITUTING VERSION 2 FOR
VERSION 1B.
IS IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENT ON THIS SUBSTITUTE?
>> I GUESS I WILL JUST ASK ONE
QUESTION.
IMMIGRANT GLAD WE HAVE
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES HERE
TODAY, OFTEN PART OF OUR
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS AN
ALTERNATE AND OF BE A CHAIR OF
ARTS, SO IT IS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE CONNECTING THE DOTS AND
ASK THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL.
IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE IS
QUITE A BIT OF OVERLAY WITH THE
PRIORITIES YOU ARE LOOKING AT
AND ARTS AND CULTURE.
IS IS THERE MORE THAT YOU MIGHT
BE ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT WHY IT
IS JUST THE 5.6, OR IS THERE AN
OPPORTUNITY AT SOME POINT IN
THE FUTURE TO IDENTIFY MORE OF
THE POTENTIAL GRANTS ONCE THEY
BECOME KNOWN TO SEE WHAT
SYNERGY MIXES WITH THE
ALTERNATES & CULTURE AND COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES IS PART
OF THIS.
FEEL FREE TO CHIME.
>> IN THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THE QUESTION.
TO YOUR POINT, I THINK WITH THE
PRO VIE SEW LIFT, THAT ONE OF
THE THINGS ON MY -- I MEAN,
FINGERS CROSSED -- TO LOOK AT
HOW WE MOVE INTO IMPLEMENT
PHASE.
SO WITH ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS
THAT WE WILL BE AWARDED FUNDS
AND ENTERING CONTRACT WITH, ONE
OF THE THING IS COMMUNITY NEEDS
TO BE BEST SUPPORTED IN THE
WORK.
SO, YOU KNOW, AS EARLY
IDENTIFICATIONS WE HAVE TWO
AWARDEES THAT WE KNOW ALREADY
HAVE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS
WITH ARTS IN PLACE TODAY SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE TO JUST MAKE
SURE THOSE DOLLARS GET
ALLOCATED TO ARTS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THERE ARE OTHERS WE
WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND HAVE
AFRICAN EXTENDED CONVERSATION
WITH ARTS AND WITH OUR OWN
STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
BEST CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP,
WHO SHOULD BE IN THE LEAD, WHO
ARE THE PARTNERS THAT SUPPORT
THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
GETTING FUNDING AND THAT IS A
PROCESS I WANT TO JUMP INTO AS
SOON AS WE HAVE A PROVISO LIFT
AND CAN TAKE THAT NEXT STEP
FORWARD.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE
QUESTION.
AND COUNCILMEMBER, MORALES,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONTEXT
HERE.
THE ARTS DEPARTMENT, THE
DIVISION HERE HAS BEEN MEETING
FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR SEVERAL
YEARS TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE
INTERSECTION OF THESE THREE
DEPARTMENTS AS IT RELATES TO
OUR ARTIST SECTOR, OUR CREATIVE
INDUSTRIES, AND HOW TO SUPPORT
AND ADVANCE THE SECTOR, BECAUSE
WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS INDUSTRY,
THE CREATIVE ECONOMY,
CONTRIBUTES TO ABOUT 20% OF
SEATTLE'S GDP WHICH IS, I
THINK, FOUR TIMES AS MUCH IN
THE COUNTRY, SO IT IS REALLY AN
IMPORTANT SECTOR.
I THINK THE FACT THAT THERE IS
A RELATIONSHIP, A CONNECTION TO
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, TO
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO LAND
USE, IS A RESULT OF THAT YEARS
OF COLLABORATION THAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING WITH COMMUNITY, WITH
OUR ARTISTS AND ARTS INDUSTRY
FOLKS.
THIS YEAR WE CREATED THE --
MAYBE IT WAS LAST YEAR, CREATED
THE CULTURAL SPACE AGENCY PDA.
THAT IS ONE PIECE, REALLY
CRITICAL PIECE, OR THE WORK
THESE THREE DEPARTMENTS
HAVE BEEN DOING TOGETHER IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY.
BUT IT IS JUST ONE PIECE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT
STILL HAS TO HAPPEN THAT
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DEEPLY
INVOLVED IN.
AN THESE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALL PART OF
THAT WORK AND REALLY NEED TO BE
INTEGRATED WELL.
I AM A EXCITED TO SEE THAT
APPARENTLY THERE IS AT LEAST
SOME OF THAT FUNDING THAT IS
PART OF THE ARTS CONVERSATION
THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD,
BUT THE WORK IS REALLY JUST
BEGINNING AND THE RELATIONSHIP
AND THE CONNECTIONS COMMUNITY
NEEDS TO REMAIN VERY STRONG SO
THAT ALL OF THE WORK AND TIME
THAT THEY HAVE PUT INTO THIS IN
THE LAST FEW YEARS IS HONORED,
AND THAT WE ACTUALLY GET TO
SEE, YOU KNOW -- IT COMES TO
FRUITION AND REALLY SERVES
THE COMMUNITY THAT WAY.
I AM EAGER TO GET MOVING ON
THESE PIECES THAT WE ARE
GETTING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO
COME IN OCTOBER AND BEYOND
ABOUT HOW THAT ALIGNMENT WITH
THE ARTS DEPARTMENT -- AND I
WOULD ALSO CALL THE ARTS
COMMISSION IN THEIR IMPORTANT
ROLE HERE, HOW THEY WILL
INTERACT WITH THE GRANTS GOING
FORWARD AND THE GRANTEES.
OKAY, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES NOT ONLY
FOR BEING HERE BUT THE
COMMENTS.
I AM REALLY HAPPY WE ARE ABLE
TO INTEGRATE THAT LINE OF
QUESTIONING AS IT RELATES TO
THESE CONTRACTS.
I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WHO HAS
JOINED US.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AS WE CALL ROLE YOU WILL STILL
HERE THE FIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
CALLED BUT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, WE ARE HAPPY YOU ARE
HERE AND HOPE YOU WILL STAY
WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO
AGENDA, AS WELL.
MADAME CLERK, I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTION OR SO
COMMENTS SO LET'S CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PACKAGE OF AMENDMENT TO
CB120178 BY SUB CITY TUESDAYING
VERSION TWO FOR VERSION 1B.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> i.
>> A MADAME THAT IS THE FIVE
FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MOTION CHRIS AND THE
SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED.
THE BILL AS AMENDMENTED IS NOW
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENT ON THE BILL?
ORGANIZATION, VICE CHAIR
HERBOLD?
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO INSURE EVERYBODY
FOR INSURING THE FATALITY OF
THE OR MORE INTENT OF THE
FUNDING AND THANK YOU TO
EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED IN
THE RATING PROCESS.
IT IS REALLY A FANTASTIC
PROCESS AND I AM SO EXCITED FOR
THE DOLLARS TO GET OUT FOR SO
MANY WONDERFUL PROJECTS AND
THANK YOU TO OPCD FOR SPENDING
A LITTLE EXTRA TIME WITH ME ON
SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT
STEPS ON THIS AND I AM SO
GRATEFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL SAID, VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE
FOLKS WITHIN OPCD AND THE BROAD
COMMUNITY AND THE HARD WORK AND
THE VOCAL WORK THAT IT TOOK TO
MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS
REMAINED ON TRACK.
A LOT OF CAN YOU REMEMBER WENT
INTO MAKING SURE THESE
COMMITMENTS WERE KEPT, SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I WANT TO THANK ERIN IN MY
OFFICE WHO ALSO WORKED ON THIS
LEGISLATION TO MAKE SURE IT GOT
IN FRONT OF US.
DISTRICT COURTER, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND
A HUGE THANKS TO UBAX AND
GIUILIA ON STAFF FOR LEADING
RICH CONVERSATIONS AND
OPPORTUNITIES WITH PRODUCTS TO
LIFT UP, AND OUR COMMUNITY
ADVISORY GROUP WHO WENT THROUGH
A HUGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS,
OVER A HUNDRED OF THEM, WE HAD
A HUGE RESPONSE FROM THE
COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT
THE DOLLARS WE ARE PUTTING OUT
TO THE COMMUNITY IS LARGE, BUT
THE NEED IS MUCH, MUCH LARGER
SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT WHAT OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE
LOOKING FORWARD BUT THIS IS A
HUGE STEP TODAY AND RIGHT NOW.
SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TAKE THIS STEP THEN,
MADAME CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PACKAGE
BILL AS AMENDED.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> MADAME CHAIR.
>> Ei.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK
ON THIS.
THE MOTION HAS CARRIED AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEDATIONS AND
THE BILL PASSES AND WILL BE
SENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 27
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR A
FINAL VOTE.
>> OKAY, NOW TO 278 NUMBER 3.
FORT LAWTON LEASE AGREEMENT
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
JESSICA, DID I MENTION YOU?
JESSICA?
WELCOME.
>> WE WERE ALERTED TO THE FACT
THE ARMY WANTS TO EXTEND OUR
LEASE.
IT ENDS IF FEBRUARY AND THEY
WANT TO GET THAT EXTENDED AN
ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.
WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU
IS A DESCRIPTION THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION OF THE LEASE
AGREEMENT.
IT REALLY IS AN ALMOST A EXACT
RENEWAL OF OUR CURRENT LEASING
AGREEMENT AND WE ARE WAITING
FOR ONE ADDITIONAL PIECE OF
INFORMATION FROM THE ARMY FOR
THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
THEY ARE HAVING HURDLES
THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF GETTING
US THE FINAL PIECE, SO WE DON'T
HAVE THE LEGISLATION READY FOR
YOU TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON TODAY,
BUT WE WANTED TO BRIEF THE
COMMITTEE.
AS SOON AS WE GET THE LANGUAGE
FROM THE ARMY FOR THE LEASE
AGREEMENT WE WOULD ACTUALLY
RECOMMEND THAT LEGISLATION GET
REFERRED DIRECTLY TO FULL
COUNCIL AND TAKE IT UP IN FULL
COUNCIL SINCE IT IS REALLY A
RENEWAL OF OUR EXISTING LEASE.
THAT IS SOMEWHAT YOU WILL HEAR
TODAY, A DISCRIMINATION OF THAT
LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THIS
BEFORE FOR OUR FIVE LEASE
AGREEMENT DEAL SO YOU CAN GET
THE WHOLE DEAL ON WHAT THIS IS
ABOUT BUT THAT IS THE SUMMARY
OF WHAT YOU WILL HEAR TODAY AND
WHY WE ARE DOING IT THE WAY WE
ARE DOING IT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, ROBIN.
>> GRANDMOTHER, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
I THINK I WILL LET THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE PANEL INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES.
I WILL FOR THE RECORD SAY I AM
ROBIN KOSKEY, THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DIRECTOR.
>> I AM JESSICA GOMEZ FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
STRATEGIC POLICY AND EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING.
>> WELL IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
HELLO, KAREN.
>> HELLO, GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY.
I AM THE INTERIM CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER AT FAS.
I AM KAREN GRUEN AND I AM HAPPY
TO TALK TO THE COMMITTEE THIS
MORNING.
>> I WILL BE SHARING MY SCREEN.
ARE WE READY TO DO THAT?
>> I THINK SO.
>> GREAT.
>> WHILE JESSICA IS SHARING HER
SCREEN AND GETTING THE
PRESENTATION READY, AT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA SAID,
THE CITY'S VISION FOR FORT
LAWTON THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH IS TO CREATE AN
AFFORDABLE, LIVABLE COMMUNITY
WHICH INCLUDES AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN THE MAGNOLIA
NEIGHBORHOOD AND RECREATIONAL
AND OPEN SPACE FOR SEATTLE.
A LITTLE BROWN, FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO WERE NOT MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.
IN 2019 THE FORT LAWTON
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS
APPROVEED BY CITY COUNCIL.
ON JUNE 10, 2019, VIA
RESOLUTION.
THEN THE CITY SUB KNITTED A
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO HUD IN
THE OFFICE IN 2019.
THAT SOMEWHERE WE ARE ARE
PRESCHOOLLY IN THE PROCESS.
BUT AS TRACY SAID, WE ARE HERE
TO REALLY DISCUSS A IF HE CAN
CAL MATTER OF THE LEASE RENEWAL
WHILE WE ARE WORKING WITH HUD
ON APPROVAL OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A FIVE YEAR
LEASE.
I THINK JESSICA YOU COULD
PROBABLY GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THAT LEASE EXFIRES AT THE END
FIRE FIRES AT THE END OF THIS
-- EXPIRES A THE THE END OF
THIS YEAR.
IT IS ALMOST A 34-ACRE SITE
WHICH IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I
BELIEVE.
AND THAT IS THE LOCATION OF THE
SITE A REMINDER TO EVERYONE.
WE RECOGNIZE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
LEASE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW
BUT IT IS IS SUBSTANTIALLY
SIMILAR TO ONE IN PLACE RIGHT
NOW.
FIRST AS SERVES AS THE
CUSTODIAL MANAGER FOR THE
PROPERTY AND THE COSTS ARE
SHARED BY THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND THE SEATTLE PARKS &
REACTION.
OAR IS JUST A PARTNER IN THIS
PROJECT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MOVINGS THIS FORWARD WITH OUR
EXTERNAL PARTNERS.
I THINK THAT BRIEF INSTRUCTION
IS ALL I REALLY HAVE MORE
TODAY.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO KAREN SO
SHE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
PARTICULARS OF THE LEASE AND
THE ONE YEAR LEASE EXTENSIONS
BEFORE YOU
>> AS ROBIN MENTIONED, THE CITY
IS ON ITS FIFTH YEAR OF A FIVE-
YEAR LEASE FOR THE FORT LAWTON
PROPERTY.
THIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME
AS THE EXISTING LEASE.
WE ARE JUST COMING OFF OF THE
FIVE YEAR LEASE AT THE END OF
THIS YEAR.
THE RENEWAL IS FOR A FOUR YEAR
AND ONE YEAR TERM RENEWALS EACH
UP TO A LIMIT OF FIVE YEARS.
THE TERMS OF THE EXISTING LEASE
AND THE NEW LEASE CALL FOR THE
CITY TO BE THE SOLE CARETAKER
OF THE PROPERTY.
IT IS A VAST PROPERTY, NEARLY
34-ACRES.
THE CITY MAINTAINS IT, OPERATES
IT AND LOOKS AFTER THE SECURITY
AND THAT IS SPLIT.
THE DOCUMENTS ARE CURRENTLY IN
PROCESS WITH THE U.S. ARMY AS
TRACY TALKED ABOUT.
AND THE U.S. ARMY IN JUNE OF
THIS YEAR TOURED THE PROPERTY
WITH FAS TO CONDUCT A SITE TOUR
AND PROPERTY CONDITIONS REVIEW
SO IT CAN ISSUE AN
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT.
THAT IS THE LAST THING PENDING
WITH THE ARMY.
THEY INTEND TO FINISH THEIR
REPORT LATER THIS FALL, SO WHAT
WE WANTED TO DO OVERALL IN THE
TIMING OF THIS IS BRIEF THE
COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER AND THEN
MOVE INTO A FULL TUNNEL PROCESS
FOR RENEWING THE LEASE LATER
THIS FALL.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT WILL
ONLY EFFECT SECTIONS 9C AND 9D
OF THE LEASE.
THAT HAS TO DO WITH BRINGING
THE PARTIES CURRENT ON THE
PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE
PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, WE THINK THAT WILL ISSUE
VERY SOON FROM THE U.S. ARMY.
THE NEXT SLIDE GETS INTO THE --
THE FINAL SLIDE, BUT WHAT WE
ANTICIPATE IS FAS BEING ABLE TO
SIGN THE LEASE ON OR BEFORE
DECEMBER 1. THAT WAS A REQUEST
TO THE CITY BY THE U.S. ARMY
WITH A COMMENCEMENT DATE OF THE
NEW LEASE ON JANUARY 1, 2022.
WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS
FROM THE COMMITTEE AND WITH
THAT I THINK THAT IS OUR SLIDE
PRESENTATION, SO WE WILL MOVE
INTO QUESTIONS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THE UPDATE.
I KNOW THE FORT LAWTON ISSUE
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
PROVIDING THE OVERVIEW.
I WILL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE FOR
THOSE THAT ARE WONDERING WHAT
IS HAPPENING TODAY.
AS A REMINDER WE ARE ARE
COMMITTED TO THE FORT LAWTON
VISION TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY
CURRENTLY OWN BY THE ARMY.
THERE IS A PROCESS IN THE WORKS
TO CREATE NEEDED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, FOR RENTAL
OPPORTUNITIES, FOR EXISTING
WILDLIFE HABITAT TO BE EXPANDED
AND CARED FOR.
WE ARE ALSO OPENING UP SPACE ON
THE PROPERTY FOR THERE TO BE
PLAIN AREA FOR COMMUNITY, SO
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT WAY TO
COUPLE EXISTING DISCOVERY PARK
ASSETS NEXT TO A MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE ARE
CREATING USE OF UNDERUTILIZED
LAND, ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA
LIKE MAGNOLIA THAT HAS ACCESS
TO HIGH OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE
EFFORTS ON THAT LAND.
SO THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS THE
LEASE FROM THE ARMY.
WHILE WE ARE WAIT ARE FOR
APPROVAL FOR OUR PLANS ON THE
SITE, WE ARE HOPING WE CAN MOVE
FORWARD WITH THIS LEASE TODAY
BECAUSE I WE DON'T MOVE
FORWARD BY EXTENDING OUR LEASE
IT WILL EXIN DECEMBER SO THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US
ESSENTIALLY EXTENDS THE LEASE
AGREEMENT WE CURRENTLY HAVE
WHERE THE ARMY FOR THE FORT
LAWTON PROPERTY AT DISCOVERY
PORK AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK TO GET THE APPROVAL FOR
REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR FORT
LAWTON IN WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING
URBAN AND DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL.
I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING FOR THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE ON THE LEGISLATION IS
YOU CAN HAVE A LEASE AGREEMENT
SIGNED BEFORE THE LEASE EXPIRES
AND THE COLLEAGUES WILL AGAIN
HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE THE
ACTUAL LEGISLATION WITH US IN
FULL COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
FOR ALLOWS FOR THAT TO BE
DIRECTLY REFERRED TO FULL
COUNCIL.
LIKELY ON SEPTEMBER 27 AND THE
-- ONCE WE RECEIVE THE LAST
ATTACHMENT TO THE FINALIZED
LEGISLATION WE WILL MAKE SURE
IT ALL GETS SUBMITTED.
TRACY, DO YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING IN TERMS OF PROCESS SO
FOLKS KNOW WHAT IS COMING UP.
THIS IS A BRIEFING SO WE CAN
ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND WE WILL
HAVE A POSSIBLE VOTE ON
SEPTEMBER 27 AND FULL COUNCIL.
ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, TRACE
SUNNY.
>> THANK YOU.
WE
>> YOU WILL NOT SEE THIS PUT ON
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR AND IN
FRONT OF YOU IN FULL COUNCIL
UNTIL WE GET THE LAST PIECE,
AND AS I REFERRED TO, THAT IS
UNCERTAIN AS TO WHEN THE ARMY
CAN CUT LOOSE THAT INFORMATION
AND WE CAN COMPLETE THE
AGREEMENT, SO I DON'T
ANTICIPATE THAT BY 27 SEPTEMBER
AT ALL.
WHAT I HEAR FROM OUR EXECUTIVE
COUNTERPARTS, IT MAY BE A FEW
WEEKS.
WE WILL LET ALL OF YOU KNOW
WHEN THAT IS COMING THROUGH FOR
YOU ALL AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE
COVERED IN BRIEFINGS WHEN IT IS
COMING TO THE FULL COUNCIL, BUT
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO
BRIEF COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT
THAT.
ONE OTHER THING, WE ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THE
COSTS OF MAINTAINING THE
PROPERTY OUT THERE, SO IT DOES
MATTER TO US.
THERE IS ABOUT $700,000 PER
YEAR BETWEEN PARKS AND THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING THAT HAS TO
DO WITH COVERING SECURITY,
DRAINAGE, MAINTENANCE OF THE
BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH.
SO THERE IS A COST TO THE CITY
OF CONTINUING TO BE IN THIS
HOLDING PATTERN AND WE ARE
HOPEFUL HUD WILL MOVE ON
APPROVAL, SO WE CAN GET OUT OF
THIS HOLDING SITUATION AND MOVE
TOWARD REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT I WANT TO DISCLOSE TO ALL
OF YOU THAT THERE IS A COST WE
ARE EXPERIENCING AS A RESULT OF
HAVING TO MAINTAIN THIS
PROPERTY, WITH SLIGHT INCREASES
BECAUSE OF SECURITY COST AND
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND SO
FORTH, SO THOSE WILL BE COVERED
IN THE BUDGET.
>> ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THE
TIMING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE
TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE LAST
ATTACHMENT WE ARE WAITING FOR
FOR THE LEGISLATION TO BE
INTRODUCED AND THEN WE WILL
MAKE SURE IT IS PUBLICLY
ANNOUNCED WHEN THAT WILL BE
CONSIDERED AT FULL COUNCIL.
IF THERE ARE NOT ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, SEEING NONE, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING
TODAY AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
HELP EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS, WE
ARE ALL IN, AS YOU KNOW.
THANKS, COLLEAGUES.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> WONDERFUL.
LET'S MOVE INTO THE FOURTH ITEM
ON THE AGENDA.
>> ITEM NUMBER FOUR, REVENUE
FORECAST UPDATE, BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> I SEE WITH US, BEN NOBLE.
FROM THE OFFICE OF CITY BUDGET.
I ALSO SEE DAVE HENNES, GOOD
MORNING, DAVE.
I DO NOT SEE ANYONE ELSE
POPPING UP.
OH, GOOD MORNING.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR COMING.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD A
CHANCE TO HAVE THE REVENUE
FORECAST PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF
COMMITTEE IN AUGUST, SO I
APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK.
IN THAT DISCUSSION WE DID HERE
PROJECTED REVENUE AT THE TIME.
WE DID ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER
MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE, SO
WE CAN SEE IF THERE WAS
ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO LOOK AT AS WE
ANTICIPATE THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET.
GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES OF
COVID AND ALL THE DATA WE
CONTINUE TO TRACK, WE
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO
PRESENT ANY UPDATES ON THE
REVENUE FORECAST IN OUR
COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF APPRECIATION
FOR YOU GIVING YOUR TIME, GIVEN
THAT IT IS JUST OVER A WEEK
UNTIL THAT BUDGET, SO WE KNOW
YOU ARE BUSY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING AVAILABLE
TODAY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR
BEN NOBLE.
>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY.
WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND
I WILL RUN THROUGH A FEW
SLIDES, WITH JAN AND DAVE
AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE.
AT A HIGH LEVEL, WE DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING LARGE TO REPORT TO
YOU.
ON A QUANTITATIVE BASIS, SOME
SMALL CHANGES.
QUALITATIVELY, CONCERNS AROUND
DELTA REMAIN, BUT ESSENTIALLY
IT HAS BEEN A MONTH AND THE
OVERALL TENOR AND PERSPECTIVE
ON THE FORECAST IS UNCHANGED.
WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF
THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE
HAVE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE RISKS,
POTENTIAL RISKS TO THE FORECAST
HAVE PLAYED OUT FROM THAT TIME
AND WHAT WE SEE LOOKING
FORWARD.
I AM GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN
AND PUT UP SOME SLIDES HERE.
ONE SECOND WHILE I EXECUTE THAT.
I AM GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS
TO FULL SCREEN.
ONE MORE TRY AT THAT.
THERE WE GO.
SO AGAIN, ONE THING WE CAN
REPORT ON IS ADDITIONAL MONTHS
OF SALES TAX AND ON THE NEXT
SLIDE, BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION
TAX AND SHOW YOU HOW THOSE
COMPARED TO THE AUGUST FORECAST.
WE HAVE A BASELINE FOR THAT.
OVERALL AS INDICATED FOR THE
FIRST TWO QUARTERS, WE
COLLECTED JUST UNDER $130
MILLION POST SALES TAX AND THAT
IS RELATIVE TO THE AUGUST
FORECAST, JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW.
$200,000, $0.2 MILLION.
A SLIGHT VARIATION FROM
FORECAST.
MONTH-TO-MONTH, NOT AT ALL
UNUSUAL.
I WOULD NOTE THAT RELATIVE TO
2019, IN NOMINAL TERMS, WE ARE
GETTING CLOSE TO THAT SAME
LEVEL.
SALES TAX RETURNING TO PRE-
PANDEMIC LEVELS.
WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A
COUPLE YEARS OF INFLATION SINCE
THEN AND RELATIVELY HIGH
INFLATION, BUT THE PURCHASING
POWER OF THE REVENUE IS NOT
QUITE WHAT THEY WERE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY GOOD NEWS.
YOU CAN SEE IN DETAIL ON THE
RIGHT, DIFFERENCES IN KEY
SECTORS IN TERMS OF 2019 VERSUS
2021.
I AM NOT GOING TO COMMENT
EXCEPT TO NOTE, NO SURPRISE,
THE BIGGEST NEGATIVE IMPACT IN
COMPARING 2019 AND 2021 ARE IN
LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY.
SO THAT IS THE SALES TAX SIDE.
SO RELATIVE TO FORECAST, PRETTY
SOLID.
BUSINESS OCCUPATION TAX, THE
FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THE YEAR.
PAYMENTS JUST OVER $134 MILLION
AND IN THIS CASE WE ARE
SLIGHTLY ABOVE FORECAST, ABOUT
$1 MILLION ABOVE FORECAST.
THESE DATA COME IN QUARTERLY.
I'M REPORTING MONTHLY, BUT THE
BULK OF OUR QUARTERLY.
SMALL VARIATIONS, NOT A
SURPRISE.
NOTE THAT WE ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW
2019 REVENUE, BUT NOT
DRAMATICALLY SO.
AGAIN, LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY
ARE WHERE WE ARE SEEING A LOSS
OF REVENUE.
THE INFORMATION SECTOR AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES, WE ARE
ACTUALLY AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE
IN 2021 IN NOMINAL TERMS AND
PROBABLY ADJUSTING FOR
INFLATION AS WELL.
AGAIN, ACTUAL RECEIVED REVENUE
SINCE WE LAST SAW YOU, DIRECT
TO THE FORECAST, WHICH IS GOOD
NEWS.
THAT SAID, DELTA REMAINS THE
OBVIOUS RISK.
YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE CASE
COUNTS.
YOU CAN INTERPRET THEM.
WE ARE NOT IN THE MEDICAL
PROFESSION.
PROBABLY THE KEY CONCERNS NOW
ARE ABOUT ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE IMPOSED.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST
A SECOND, IN TERMS OF LIMITING
PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO GO OUT AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMY,
PARTICULARLY AROUND TRAVEL AND
RECREATION AND THE LIKE.
ALSO SUPPLY-CHAIN INTERRUPTIONS.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR AND THERE
ARE DOCUMENTED INSTANCES OF
MANUFACTURING BEING IMPACTED BY
THE LACK OF KEY INPUTS.
IN THAT CASE, COMPUTER CHIPS.
THE OTHER THING IS SORT OF THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF THIS AND
CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THE
ECONOMY MAY BE HEADED, MAY LEAD
PEOPLE TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS.
THAT SAID, OVERALL, THE ECONOMY
AND THOSE OF US PARTICIPATING
IN IT SEEM TO HAVE ADAPTED TO
THOSE KINDS OF RISKS AND THERE
IS A SENSE THAT COVID IS REALLY
HAVING AN IMPACT, BUT PERHAPS
NOT AS LARGE AS INITIALLY
FEARED BY MANY.
ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR, NOT AS
DRAMATICALLY IMPACTING AS WE
MIGHT'VE THOUGHT.
AGAIN, I WILL SHOW YOU
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
TRAVEL AND DINING IN JUST A
SECOND.
ANOTHER POINT, ON THE GOOD NEWS
FRONT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE
EMPLOYMENT RECOVER.
A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE, BUT
THE TOP TWO BARS, THE BLUE AND
RED, SHOW THE CHANGE IN
EMPLOYMENT, FIRST IN JUNE AND
THEN IN AUGUST.
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, THESE ARE
NEGATIVE NUMBERS, BECAUSE WE
LOST SO MANY JOBS.
BUT YOU SEE WE HAVE ADDED JOBS
SINCE JUNE.
10,004 THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT.
METROPOLITAN AREA.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD
EMPLOYMENT.
AGAIN, CONCERNS REMAIN, BUT
THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
IT WAS A SLIGHT DOWNWARD
REVISION AND OVERALL EMPLOYMENT
FOR JUNE.
NOT IDEAL, BUT NOT NECESSARILY
THAT SIGNIFICANT.
AGAIN, CONTINUING TO SEE THE
RECOVERY THAT WE ANTICIPATE
GOING FORWARD AND IT IS ASSUMED
IN THE FORECAST.
I DID MENTION WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT
TRAVEL AND DINING, WHICH DOES
SUGGEST SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF
DELTA.
THESE ARE TRENDLINES, ON THE
LEFT IN RED, HOTEL OCCUPANCY.
THE OTHER IS ESSENTIALLY
AIRPLANE LANDINGS FOR TRAVELERS
THROUGH SEATAC.
AND ON THE RIGHT, RESTAURANTS.
ATTENDANCE, IF YOU WILL.
THE GREEN IS SEATTLE.
THE BLUE IS THE U.S. AS A WHOLE
AND WHAT YOU SEE IS A PATTERN
OF RECOVERY FOR MUCH OF 2020,
BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE
RECOVERY HAS PLATEAUED OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, JULY AND
AUGUST.
THE TRENDLINES HAVE MOVED UP.
AGAIN, THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CONCERNS
AROUND DELTA AND THE LIKE.
THAT SUGGESTS SOME OF THE RISKS
WE ARE FACING, BUT WE ARE NOT
SEEING THESE AS NECESSARILY
DRAMATIC OR OVERLY CONCERNING.
IT IS INTERESTING ON THE
RESTAURANT SIDE.
SALES AS A WHOLE, WE SOUGHT A
BIGGER DROP AND A SLOWER
RECOVERY, WHICH I THINK SPEAKS
TO WHAT I REGARD TO IS THE
APPROPRIATE CAUTIOUS REGARD WE
ARE TAKING AROUND SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND THE LIKE.
THAT IS WHERE THE LEVEL OF
THOSE LINES ARE DIFFERENT, EVEN
THOUGH THE TRENDS ARE SIMILAR.
I DO SEE A QUESTION.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND THEN VICE
CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT
QUESTION THAT DIRECTOR BEN
NOBLE ENDED WITH.
SEATED DINERS AT RESTAURANTS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL DID NOT
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IN CREATING
THIS CHART, SORT OF THE
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES.
THE VERY HYPER LOCAL DIFFERENCES
IN INDOOR DINING RESTRICTIONS
THAT PLAY OUT IN OUR
JURISDICTION, VERSUS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
WHICH AS WE KNOW, THERE WAS A
LOT OF VARIETY THERE.
THIS IS SORT OF JUST LIKE
TAKING THE DATA AS IS WITHOUT
RESTRICTIONS?
>> IT IS MEASURED IN PERCENTAGE
TERMS, SO WE ALL DROPPED OFF
VERY DRAMATICALLY IN MARCH AND
THEN THE U.S., TRACKING THE BLUE
LINE, THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE,
DINING HAS RETURNED AT A MORE
RAPID RATE THAN HERE.
SO PERCENTAGE IS RELATIVE TO
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
WE ARE SEEING LESS RESTAURANT
USE.
I WILL BE RIGHT BACK TO YOU.
SORRY.
THE WORLD CONTINUES.
>> IT SURE DOES.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR
FORBEARANCE.
>> NO EXCUSES NECESSARY WITH
THIS AUDIENCE.
>> UNDERSTOOD AND DEEPLY
APPRECIATED.
>> RECORDING STOPPED.
>> HOLD ON, PLEASE.
EVERYONE HEARD THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> FOR THOSE WATCHING US ON
SEATTLE CHANNEL, WHICH I ASSUME
IS STILL BROADCASTING --
>> RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
>> WONDERFUL.
WE JUST PAUSED.
IF THERE WAS A GLITCH IN THE
MATRIX -- IF THERE WAS A GLITCH
IN THE REPORTING, PLEASE NOTE
THAT WE DID NOT CONTINUE THE
MEETING WHILE THE RECORDING WAS
PAUSED, SO WE DID HAVE A CHANCE
TO HAVE THE QUESTION AND
DIRECTOR NOBLE, YOU WERE
STARTING TO ANSWER.
YOU ALSO WERE INTERRUPTED, SO
LET'S GO BACK TO YOU.
>> JUST AGAIN, IN THE U.S. IS
ALL THERE IS MORE ACTIVITY,
REFLECTIVE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN
APPROACHES TAKEN TOWARD SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND COVID
RESTRICTIONS GENERALLY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> THANKS.
I AM JUST CURIOUS.
OBVIOUSLY TRAVEL RECOVERY AND
THE SEGMENT OF THE ECONOMY
RELATED TO RESTAURANTS AND
HOSPITALITY, IS SUPER IMPORTANT
TO OUR OVERALL RECOVERY.
CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHY THESE TWO INDICATORS
-- NOT THESE TWO INDICATORS.
INDICATORS FOR THESE TWO
SECTORS ARE THE ONES WE ARE
FOCUSING ON, AS OPPOSED TO THE
OTHER SECTORS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO SEATTLE'S ECONOMY
AND OUR RECOVERY?
>> BECAUSE WITH THESE WE ARE
CONCERNED IN PARTICULAR THAT
THE RISING DELTA ISSUES WILL
PLAY OUT AND THEY ARE THE ONES
CONTINUING TO LAG.
THIS FEELS LIKE THE CORE OF THE
RISK, BECAUSE MUCH OF THE REST
OF THE ECONOMY HAS ADAPTED, IF
YOU WILL.
>> I WILL MAKE A PLUG FOR ARTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT.
MEASURING THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE
I FEEL THAT IS HUGE.
WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW
MUCH OF A DRIVER THAT IS,
SPECIFICALLY FOR SEATTLE'S
ECONOMY, AS COMPARED TO OTHER
CITIES.
IT IS A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE
OF OUR GDP THAN OTHER CITIES.
>> A VERY GOOD POINT.
THESE ARE METRICS THAT ARE
EASILY AVAILABLE.
WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AND DAVE MAY
KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE METRICS
FOR THOSE SORTS OF ACTIVITIES.
ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND,
SEASONAL SPORTS ARE ABOUT TO
GEAR UP AND FROM AN ECONOMIC
PERSPECTIVE, AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT.
SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK FOR THOSE
KINDS OF METRICS AND SEE WHAT
WE ARE SEEING THERE AND CHECK
THOSE AS WELL, THAT IS A GOOD
POINT.
I HAVE ONE LAST SLIDE THAT
HIGHLIGHTS CHANGES AT THE
NATIONAL LEVEL AND THERE ARE
LOTS OF NUMBERS.
AGAIN, REMINDING YOU THAT THE
WAY WE BUILD OUR MODEL IS TO
TAKE FORECASTING FROM THE
NATIONAL LEVEL AND USE IT TO
INPUT IN OUR REGIONAL MODEL.
WHAT I HAVE WITH THESE NUMBERS
ARE SHOWING YOU THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE INPUTS WE USED IN
JULY AND THE SAME FORECAST FOR
SEPTEMBER.
WHAT YOU SEE, CONSISTENT WITH
CONCERNS AROUND DELTA AND THE
LIKE, THE NATIONAL FORECAST IS
DOWN SLIGHTLY.
THEY ARE PREDICTING SLIGHTLY
LESS EMPLOYMENT FOR 2021 AND
2022.
RETAIL SALES ARE EXPECTED MORE
IN 2021 THAN THEY WERE IN JULY.
I THINK THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE DESCRIBED IN AUGUST.
THE FEDERAL STIMULUS LANDED
MORE EFFECTIVELY AND
DRAMATICALLY IN 2021 THAN HAD
BEEN ANTICIPATED.
THESE DIFFERENCES ARE VERY
SMALL, LESS THAN 1%.
AGAIN, CONFIRMING THE MOOD OF
THE ECONOMY AND THE FORECAST
HAS BEEN TEMPERED SOMEWHAT IN
THE PAST MONTH, BUT WE DON'T
THINK SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WE WILL HAVE YET AGAIN
ANOTHER MONTH OF ADDITIONAL DATA
BEFORE WE PROVIDE THE UPDATE IN
LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER,
DEPENDING ON THE PRECISE TIMING.
THE FORMAL UPDATE WILL INCLUDE
A QUANTITATIVE FORECAST THAT
WILL UNDERLIE YOUR DECISIONS.
IT SUGGESTS THAT THE FORECAST
WILL NOT BE GOING UP.
IT MIGHT BE A SMALL DOWNWARD
REVISION.
I WOULD NOTE ON THAT FRONT, WE
HAVE CONSTRUCTED THE BUDGET AND
AS WE ARE DOTTING I'S AND
CROSSING TEASE, THERE WAS A
RECOGNITION THAT THERE MAY BE
SOFTNESS IN THE REVENUE AND THE
PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE
DISCRETIONARY ITEMS THAT COULD
BE DEFERRED AND THESE WILL BE
YOUR CHOICES, CLEARLY.
IF THERE IS LESS REVENUE, YOU
COULD MAKE DECISIONS TO DEFER
DISCRETIONARY ITEMS AND IN
DOING SO THERE WOULD NOT BE A
CUT TO CITY SERVICES, THINGS WE
ARE PROVIDING TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE WOULD NOT BE A REDUCTION
IN CITY EMPLOYMENT.
I THINK THERE IS ROOM TO ABSORB
SOME REDUCTION IN THE REVENUE
FORECAST THAT SHOULD COME
WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT POLICY
IMPLICATIONS AT LEAST IN THE
NEAR TERM.
SO WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AND
ALSO CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE BACK IN
JUST OVER A MONTH FROM NOW WITH
THE FORMAL UPDATE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
I DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS
AND I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME OUR
BUDGET LEAD TO THE LINE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO
JUMP IN AND TAKE YOURSELF OFF
MUTE ANY TIME.
ALSO AVAILABLE FOR US, THE
LEGISLATIVE BODY, TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT.
IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY KEEP THAT
UP FOR ONE MORE SECOND.
SO, A FEW QUESTIONS.
FIRST, IN SLIDE FOUR, YOU
LISTED THE FACTORS THAT HAVE
GONE INTO CREATING THE DATA,
LOOKING AT SEATTLE-BASED DATA,
BUT IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES YOU
COMPARED TO TRENDS IN THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY.
DO YOU HAVE SIMILAR DATA OR
FACTORS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT
COMPARE US TO THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY?
AND IF YOU COULD PULL THAT
BACKUP FOR US.
>> BY SLIDE FOUR, YOU MEAN THIS
ONE?
OH, I AM NOT SHARING.
SORRY, I THOUGHT I WAS.
I WAS DOING REALLY WELL.
>> YOU ARE DOING REALLY WELL.
>> HANG ON, LET ME GET THERE
AGAIN.
I'M SORRY.
I WILL GET THERE.
I HAVE TOO MANY WINDOWS OPEN.
>> YES, THAT IS THE ONE.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE OKAY.
>> SO, WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL
THAT TOGETHER.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
THE NATIONAL TRENDS AROUND
CASELOADS AND THE LIKE.
IT IS COMPARABLE, THOUGH MORE
ALARMING IN SOME COMMUNITIES
AND WE ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT
RISE IN CASE COUNTS AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
AGAIN, I AM NOT A DOCTOR.
WELL, I AM A DOCTOR, BUT NOT
THAT KIND OF DOCTOR.
IN MORTALITY AND MOST RECENTLY,
INCREASING CASES AMONG CHILDREN
AS THEY RETURN TO THE
CLASSROOM.
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US TO SEE THOSE TRENDS ACROSS
THE NATION AND I APPRECIATE YOU
INCLUDING THE U.S. COMPARISON
TO SEATTLE'S DATA AND THE
SUBSEQUENT SLIDES, BECAUSE
WHILE SEATTLE IS CONCERNED AND
PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY HAS BEEN REACTING
PROACTIVELY ALONG WITH THE
GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON STATE TO
THE CRISES THAT WE ARE SEEING
IN OUR LOCAL REGION, WE ALSO
KNOW THAT OUR ECONOMY IS
AFFECTED BY THESE FACTORS AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND IN MANY
CASES WE ARE SEEING GROWING
RATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF
COVID CASES AND REALLY
CONCERNED WITH THE
HOSPITALIZATION RATES.
I AM WORRIED THAT WE ARE GOING
USES BASELINE REVENUE UDGET
PROTECTIONS, PROJECTIONS, WHEN
WE COULD BE POTENTIALLY
BUILDING A MORE CONSERVATIVE
BUDGET AROUND THE PESSIMISTIC
FORECAST.
SO IS THERE ANY ECONOMIC DATA
OR IS THERE A POTENTIAL FUTURE
UPSIDE THAT WE SHOULD BE
THINKING ABOUT TO AVOID HAVING
TO NOT JUST LOOK AT WHERE THERE
IS -- WHAT WAS THE WORD THAT
YOU USED?
DISCRETIONARY FUND.
ALL OF THIS IS STILL, FRANKLY,
AS YOU NOTED, UP TO THE
DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO
HAVE TO REARRANGE THE BUDGET TO
ADDRESS POTENTIAL DOWNSIDES IN
THE MIDST OF RECEIVING ANOTHER
ECONOMIC FORECAST IN NOVEMBER
AND I AM WORRIED THAT THE
TRENDS WE ARE SEEING ON THIS
SLIDE SHOWCASES OF COVID AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT ARE
RIVALING THE MOST CONCERNING
PEAK AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
HOW WE RECONCILE DRAFTING A
BUDGET PRIOR TO RECEIVING THAT
INFORMATION IN NOVEMBER, WITH
THE ANTICIPATION FOR THESE
CASES TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
FORWARDS?
>> I RECOGNIZE THE CONCERN.
FROM A FORECAST PERSPECTIVE,
THE QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION WE
HAVE AVAILABLE AND THE
UNDERLYING ECONOMIC FORECAST,
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AS THE DELTA
VARIANCE AND CASE COUNTS HAVE
INCREASED IN THE PAST MONTHS,
WE HAVE NOT SEEN A DRAMATIC
SLOWDOWN.
THE ECONOMY SEEMS TO BE MOVING
FORWARD NONETHELESS, IF YOU
WILL.
I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW THAT
THAT WOULD BE THE CASE GOING
FORWARD, BUT I TRY TO BE AS
SUBJECTIVE AS WE CAN, GIVEN THE
INFORMATION WE ARE PROVIDED AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OVER THE
PAST MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL
YOU.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, AS
WILL YOU.
AGAIN, THESE WILL BE YOUR
CHOICES AS THE BUDGET PROCESS
PROCEEDS.
IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
DOWNTURN IN REVENUES, KNOW THAT
WE WILL BE PARTNERS IN HELPING
YOU MANAGE THAT REALITY, IF YOU
WILL, AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT
WOULD NEED TO BE MADE.
>> OKAY, THANKS SO MUCH,
DIRECTOR NOBLE.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
AND AGAIN, DAVE AND JAN, I
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
WITH A FINAL CREATION OF THE
BUDGET AND ALL THAT CBO IS
DOING CURRENTLY.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU
WOULD ADD?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, CAN I JUMP
IN?
>> OF COURSE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD REITERATE OR SAY A
DIFFERENT WAY.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, YOU ARE JUST
POINTING AT AND DIRECTOR NOBLE
WAS HIGHLIGHTING THERE IS A LOT
OF UNCERTAINTY.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS WE GO
INTO THE FALL BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS, GIVEN THE
DOWNWARD VARIABLES, THE
INCREASED PROBABILITY OF THE
PESSIMISTIC SCENARIO AND A LOT
OF UNKNOWNS ABOUT RECENT
ANNOUNCEMENTS ON RESPONSE LIKE
MANDATES AND INCREASED
CASELOADS WILL AFFECT THINGS.
I THINK THERE IS A GOOD
POSSIBILITY THAT THE NOVEMBER
FORECAST MAY REDUCE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE FOR THE 2022 BUDGET
OR MAY HOLD STEADY AND IT IS
HARD TO PREDICT, AS DIRECTOR
NOBLE POINTED OUT, BUT I WILL
HIGHLIGHT MORE BROADLY, SOME
DISCRETIONARY DECISIONS I THINK
YOU WILL BE FACING, IN 2020
BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF COVID,
THE CITY HAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY
TAP ITS EMERGENCY RESERVES TO
SUPPORT ONGOING SERVICES AND
THE COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO
REPLENISH SOME OF THOSE
EMERGENCY RESERVES LAST YEAR,
BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT IF THERE
IS A DOWNWARD TURN FOR THE
NOVEMBER FORECAST, WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT HAVING TO REDUCE
WHATEVER IS IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET IN TERMS OF
THOSE RESERVES, WHICH INCREASES
RISKS NEXT YEAR IF TRENDS
CONTINUE.
WE WILL HAVE LESS RESOURCES
AVAILABLE IF TRENDS CONTINUE TO
GO DOWN.
I AM POINTING OUT AS WE GO INTO
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, THE
COUNCIL WILL BE FACED
POTENTIALLY WITH HARD CHOICES.
HOW TO PLAN FOR FUTURE
POTENTIAL EMERGENCY ISSUES, AS
WELL AS ADDRESSING COUNCIL
PRIORITIES THAT MAY NOT BE
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET.
SO THIS IS JUST GROUND SETTING
FOR DISCUSSIONS OF THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND I WORK WITH DIRECTOR
NOBLE AND HIS TEAM TO CONSIDER
WHEN AND HOW FREQUENTLY WE ARE
UPDATING SOME OF THIS
INFORMATION TO INFORM THOSE
DECISIONS AND IT WILL BE
PARTICULARLY CRITICAL AS
COUNCILMEMBERS CONSIDER WHAT
CHANGES THEY WANT TO PROPOSE TO
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, AS
WELL AS WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING
THE PACKAGE TOGETHER AND THE
CHOICES BEING MADE ABOUT
RESOURCE AVAILABILITY.
>> THANKS.
JUST TO STATE IT A DIFFERENT
WAY.
I THINK YOU ARE SAYING A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT ONE OF
THE THINGS I THOUGHT I HEARD
AND CORRECT ME IF I AM NOT
HEARING YOU CORRECTLY.
WHAT I AM THINKING I AM HEARING
IS THE EXECUTIVE SHARES THE
GOAL OF THE COUNCIL, OF
PRESERVING OUR EMERGENCY FUNDS
FOR FUTURE USE AND CREATING
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AROUND
OUR EMERGENCY FUNDS.
IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO BE
BUDGETING USING THE PESSIMISTIC
FORECAST.
FRAMEWORK.
IN ORDER TO MEET THE GOAL OF
CREATING SUSTAINABILITY, LONG-
TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE
EMERGENCY FUNDS.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR SAYING
THAT MORE SUCCINCTLY, BUT I
WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THERE IS A
PRACTICAL REALITY OF WHEN THIS
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AND
THE CITY AND THE MAYOR PUTTING
THE PROPOSED BUDGET TOGETHER,
SO I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT REALITY.
BUT YES, WE WILL HAVE TO BE
LOOKING AT THOSE CHOICES OF
SORT OF LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND REDUCING CERTAIN
SERVICES OR PROPOSED NEW
SPENDING RATHER THAN ANY
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SERVICE FOR
THAT LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.
DID YOU HAVE ANY SUBSEQUENT
QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, THOSE
COMMENTS, AS WELL.
I THINK THIS IS GOOD GROUNDING
FOR US TO HAVE.
I THINK IT IS CONCERNING, AS
WELL AS WE KNOW WE ARE ALL
LOOKING FORWARD TO A RETURN TO
NORMAL, BOTH IN TERMS OF
REVENUE AND A NEW NORMAL IN
TERMS OF ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR
WORKING FAMILIES.
SINCE THE BASELINE SCENARIO HAS
BEEN CHOSEN BY THE MAYOR AND
THERE IS LESS CERTAINTY AROUND
THAT PROJECTION AT THIS POINT,
I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE AS HAS
BEEN NOTED BY THE VICE CHAIR AND
ALLIE AND DIRECTOR NOBLE, THAT
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY FOR FUTURE
FORECASTS AND THAT WILL NOT
OCCUR UNTIL NOVEMBER.
COLLEAGUES, OUR CHALLENGE WILL
BE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
RECEIVING THIS BUDGET AS
TRANSMITTED.
PROTECTING AGAINST FUTURE
DOWNFALLS AND HELPING RESTORE
RSERVES, ALL AT THE SAME TIME
WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR
PRIORITIES AS A COUNCIL.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A
CHALLENGE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO WORK WITH YOU, MEMBERS OF
THE CBO AND FUTURE FORECAST
COUNCIL TO HELP IDENTIFY THE
MOST RECENT INFORMATION WE CAN
DRAW UPON AS WE DRAW UP THIS
BUDGET AND AGAIN, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BUDGET
THAT IS ABLE TO INVEST IN OUR
VALUES AND IS ACCURATE IN ITS
USE OF FUTURE PROJECTED
REVENUE.
SO, MUCH MORE TO COME.
AND PERHAPS WE CAN ALSO SEE IF
THERE IS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, PERIODICALLY,
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, SO WE
ARE NOT JUST ANTICIPATING THE
NOVEMBER FORECAST.
BUT I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH YOU AS YOU RECEIVE
UPDATED INFORMATION, LOCALLY
AND NATIONALLY.
>> AS INFORMATION BOTH
UNREALIZED REVENUES ARE
REPORTED TO US AND ALSO
FORECAST INFORMATION, WE HAVE A
DISTRIBUTION LIST THAT INCLUDES
CENTRAL STAFF.
WE ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE IN
DIALOGUE OVER THE NEXT MONTH
AND A HALF AS WE CONTINUE OUR
WORK.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
ANYTHING ELSE?
WONDERFUL.
WE KNOW WE WILL SEE MUCH MORE
OF ALL OF YOU SOON.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE REACHED THE
END OF OUR AGENDA.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE
TIME TODAY AND THE
PRESENTATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY LAST COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR THE GOOD OF THE
ORDER?
HEARING NONE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND VICE CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM
REMOVED FROM TODAY'S AGENDA.
WE WILL MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW-UP
WITH YOU ON THE BEST TIMING IN
PLACE TO CONTINUE THAT
DISCUSSION ON RECEIVING AND
DISCUSSING THAT.
WITH THAT, THIS WILL BE OUR
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE
THE FALL BUDGET SESSION.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING,
FINANCE AND HOUSING, IS
DECEMBER 7, AFTER BUDGET.
WE WILL SEE YOU ON DECEMBER 7
AT 9:30 A.M.
AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
IN THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THIS
YEAR AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE
BUDGET MEETING.
BYE-BYE.