>> HELLO, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU
YOU FOR JOINING US ON OCTOBER
12, 2022. THE TIME IS 2:17 P.M.
SORRY FOR THE DELAY HERE. WANTED
WANTED TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO
THE SELECT BUDGET MEETING OF THE
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. PLEASE
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT. CHAIR SEVEN
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> WE KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER JZ
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WILL BE
HERE MOMENTARILY. SORRY TO KEEP
YOU WAITING. I WANTED TO WELCOMK
CENTRAL STAFF MEMBERS AND A
DIRECTOR McINTYRE FROM THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE ON THE SECOND PORTION OF
THE SECOND ITEM ON THE SECOND
DAY OF OUR LENGTHY BUDGET DELIBN
BUDGET DELIBERATION DISCUSSIONS.
DISCUSSIONS. WE ARE ON THE
CENTRAL STAFF PORTION OF THE
PRESENTATION FOR OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHERE
CENTRAL STAFF WILL WALK THROUGHR
THROUGH THEIR IDENTIFICATION
PAPER. WE WILL PAUSE AT EACH OF
THE ISSUES IF FOLKS HAVE
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. AGAIN,
THE DEPARTMENT IS HERE FOR ANY L
ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS YOU
MIGHT HAVE OR IF THERE IS
CLARIFICATION NEEDED. I REALLY
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO FEEL FREE TO
USE THIS AS A DISCUSSION
OPPORTUNITY AND TO GET YOUR
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AIRED.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER O
OVER TO JASMINE MARWAHA. THANKS
FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR CRAFTG
FOR CRAFTING THIS ANALYSIS. I
WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ IS WITH
WITH US. THANKS. JASMINE, YOU
ARE UP.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. MY
MY NAME IS JASMINE MARWAHA. I
THINK WE WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO
THE FIRST TWO, PERMANENT
POSITIONS FOR ONE-TIME INVESTME.
ONE-TIME INVESTMENTS. THE
2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDES THREE TO SUPPORT ECONOC
SUPPORT ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION
AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES CURRENTLY PROPOSED AS
ONE-TIME INVESTMENTS. THESE POS
THESE POSITIONS ARE COMMERCIAL Y
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY
ADVISOR, A STRATEGIC ADVISOR
POSITION AND STRATEGIC ADVISOR
ONE POSITION AND AN EXPORT
ACCELERATOR POSITION FOR SMALL
BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTAN.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. IF COUNCIL
COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE LIKELY TO BECOMD
BECOME OED'S LONG-TERM
STRATEGIES, IT MAY BE
APPROPRIATE TO PERMANENTLY STAFF
STAFF THEM AT THESE EARLY
STAGES. HOWEVER CREATING
PERMANENT POSITIONS BEFORE THE
STRATEGY IS FINALIZED MIGHT
PROVIDE LESS FLEXIBILITY TO
APPROACHES IF IT BECOMES CLEAR
THERE ARE OTHER PRIORITIES FOR
THESE FUNDS ONCE THE STAKEHOLDER
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AND STRATEGT
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT IS
COMPLETE. THIS PROCESS I BELIEVE
BELIEVE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY
EARLY 2023. SO THE OPTIONS ARE
TO REJECT THESE PERMANENT POSITS
PERMANENT POSITIONS OR ENTITIES
POSITIONS. OED WOULD BE ABLE TO
HIRE TEMPORARY STAFF TO SUPPORT
THE WORK IF THE POSITIONS WERE
REJECTED OR IF THERE IS NO CHAN.
NO CHANGE.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
JASMINE. ANY QUESTIONS ON ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ONE HERE?
OKAY. I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD
AND CONTINUE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE SECOND ISSUE
IS ALREADY DISCUSSED IN THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION. THIS IS
IS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENTATION.
AND SO FUNDING WAS DISCUSSED FOR
FOR GENDER NONCONFORMING INDIVIS
NONCONFORMING INDIVIDUALS WHICH
INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO
SEATTLE COLLEGES TO EMPLOYER AND
AND EMPLOYEE NEEDS, INDUSTRY
SPECIFIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS FOR TRANSGENDER AND
NONCONFORMING INDIVIDUALS. THIS
MONEY WILL BE NOW PROPOSED AS
PART OF THE JUMPSTART ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION FUND. AND SO THE
OPTIONS HERE ARE TO REJECT THE
PROPOSED JUMPSTART FUND AND FIND
FIND AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE FOR
FUNDS FOR THE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATIONS, REDUCE OR
ELIMINATE THE POST
APPROPRIATIONS OR AMEND THE
JUMPSTART FUND POLICIES TO ALLOW
ALLOW JUMPSTART FUNDS TO REPLACE
REPLACE THE USE OF OTHER FUNDS
IF THERE IS NO CHANGE.
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS O?
OR COMMENTS? I APPRECIATE THIS
IS CALLED OUT HERE ON THIS PAGE.
PAGE.
>> YET. OKAY, GREAT. THE NEXT IS
IS THE PERMIT REVIEW. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ADDS $150,000
JUMPSTART FUNDS IN ONGOING EXPES
ONGOING EXPENDITURES TO COVER US
COVER US.'S COST OF ALL SPECIAL
EVENT PERM REQUESTS. CURRENTLY
OED STAFF HAVE MULTIPLE
DEPARTMENTS AND ASKED THAT IS
THE ONLY SEEKING FULL COST
RECOVERY FOR PERMITTING REVIEW.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS A
LONG-STANDING ISSUE RELATED TO
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SDOT 'S
BUDGET AND NOT NECESSARIY A MODL
COPIED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS. FOR
FOR NOW, IT IS A STOPGAP MEASURE
MEASURE THAT ANTICIPATES MANY
CHANGING DYNAMICS AS EVENTS GO
BACK TO PRE-COVID NUMBERS, WHICH
WHICH HAVE BOLSTERED REVENUES.
OED LOOK THAT OVERALL PROCESS
IMPROVEMENTS AND EFFICIENCIES IN
IN THEIR PROCESSES AND POTENTIAY
AND POTENTIALLY AS SDOT ISSUES
GET RESOLVED, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT
ABOUT THE DETAILS ON THAT BUT
WITH THIS ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION, THERE MAY BE -- OED
-- OED MAY BE PREPARED TO OFFER
A MORE LONG-TERM SOLUTION IN THE
THE COMING YEARS. THE QUESTION
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW
IS WHETHER TO USE JUMPSTART
FUNDS FOR THIS STOPGAP MEASURE
AROUND PERMIT REVIEWS. SO THE
OPTIONS ARE TO REJECT THE PROPOD
USE OF FUNDS AND FIND
ALTERNATIVE FUNDS TO COVER THE
COST FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND
PERMIT REVIEW, OR NO CHANGE.
>> THANKS, JASMINE. I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S AND.
>> IS THE ISSUE IN THIS
PARTICULAR FLAG, IT IS NOT A
SUPPLEMENTING ISSUE. THESE ARE S
ARE COSTS THAT WEREN'T BEING
COVERED AT ALL?
>> YEAH. I HAD SOME TROUBLE
UNPACKING WHAT IT WAS. I THINK
SDOT IN THE PAST HAS USED
GENERAL FUNDS TO ABSORB OR COVER
COVER THE COST OF THEIR
PERMITTING REVIEW, BUT
TECHNICALLY AS OF -- TECHNICALLY
TECHNICALLY IT IS NOT A DIRECT
SUPPLEMENTATION, IF THAT IS
CORRECT.
>> OKAY. I NOTICED THAT THE
OPTIONS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE DON'T HAVE A SUGGESTED -- IFE
WERE TO ALLOW THIS, A NEED TO
AMEND THE JUMPSTART LEGISLATION
DEFINING APPROPRIATE USES OF FU.
OF FUNDS. I DON'T SEE THAT
INCLUDED AS AN OPTION BECAUSE IT
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU I THINK IT
WOULD BE IN DIRECT CONFLICT.
>> YES. EXACTLY. IT LOOKS LIKE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCI HAS
SOMETHING TO ADD.
>> THANK YOU, JASMINE. IT GETS
COMPLICATED BECAUSE THERE ARE
TWO ISSUES WITH THE POLICIES.
ONE IS THE PLANT QUESTION AND
ONE COMMENT WHEN IS IT
CONSISTENT WITH THE USE? IN THIS
THIS CASE, THE SUPPLEMENTATION
QUESTIONED ARE COMPLICATED
BECAUSE MY ASSUMPTION HERE --
AND MAYBE THE DIRECTOR WILL BE
ABLE TO CLARIFY -- SDOT HAS BEEN
BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB SOME OF
THESE COSTS AND THEY HAVE NOT
HAD A DIRECT ALLOCATION OF
GENERAL FUND WITH ALL OF THE
REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD IN
GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. SDOT
CAN NO LONGER ABSORB THE COST
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE FUNDING SOE
TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK
WITHOUT SEEKING FULL COST
RECOVERY AND SO IT IS NOT REALLG
REALLY SUPPLANTING. WE ARE
MANAGING IT WITHOUT FUNDS WHICH
IS WHY WE HAVE ADDED THIS TO THT
AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK IT
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ECONOMICN
CATEGORY IS UP TO YOU.
>> IS A THIRD OPTION HERE TO TRO
TRY TO -- TO TRY TO GET MORE
COST RECOVERY FROM THE PERMIT H?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS
AN OVERARCHING REVIEW PROCESS TT
OED IS DOING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
AND PERMIT REVIEW THAT MAY
INFORM THAT. I THINK THERE IS A
CONCERN THAT THIS COULD INCREASE
INCREASE THE PERMITTING FEES AND
BE INEQUITABLE FOR A LOT OF FOS
OF FOLKS. THE DEPARTMENT MAY
HAVE MORE TO ADD AS WELL.
>> DR. McINTYRE, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> YES. I MEAN, THE SPECIAL EVES
SPECIAL EVENTS GOT HAMMERED BY
THE PANDEMIC. EVERYTHING GOT
SHUT DOWN. THEY ARE DIGGING OUT
OF A DEEP HOLE. JASMINE NAILED T
NAILED IT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT
PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
THROUGHPUT FOR THOSE PERMITS IN
COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER
OFFICES AND ALSO LOOK AT COST
RECOVERY AND MAKE SURE WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THE CITY
CITY SUBSIDIZES OR DOESN'T THOSE
THOSE ACTIVITIES NOW AND FOR HOG
HOW LONG. WE'VE GOT SIGNIFICANT
WORK TO DO ON BOTH OF THOSE
QUESTIONS, SO WE CAN COME BACK
TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION BUT
BUT THE INTENT HERE, AS JASMINE
MENTIONED, IS A STOPGAP BAND-AID
BAND-AID SOLUTION CONSIDERING
THE NEED FOR SDOT TO PROCESS
THESE PERMITS AND THE INABILITY
TO GET THE FUNDS ANY LONGER.
>> I TOTALLY, TOTALLY APPRECIATT
APPRECIATE THAT. I UNDERSTAND
THIS IS WORK THAT HAS BEEN
PENDING FOR A WHILE. I THINK IT
WAS PROBABLY 2016, 2017 AUDIT AD
AUDIT AROUND THIS EXACT ISSUE AD
ISSUE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
HOW TO MORE FULLY RECOVER COSTSD
COSTS AND -- BUT ALSO RECOGNIZIG
ALSO RECOGNIZING, AS JASMINE AND
AND DR. McINTYRE, YOU BOTH
MENTIONED, THEY ARE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF SPECIAL EVENTS. SOME OF
OF THEM ARE FREE-SPEECH EVENTS D
BURDENING THE SPONSORS OF
FREE-SPEECH EVENTS WITH A LOT OS
OF COSTS OR OTHER FESTIVALS THAT
ARE PROPOSED BY SPONSORS WHO
MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES.
YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE NEED TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY, T
CAREFULLY, BUT THIS
IDENTIFICATION OF THIS APPROACH
TOWARD A STOPGAP -- I JUST -- I
DON'T WANT TO KEEP KICKING THE
BALL DOWN THE ROAD ON THIS, I
GUESS IS WHAT I AM TRYING TO
SAY.
>> YES, I UNDERSTAND. POINT WEL.
WELL TAKEN. ICU COUNCIL PRESIDET
COUNCIL PRESIDENT -- COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ'S AND IS UP. I
DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? OKA.
ELSE? OKAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT JZ
PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
>> I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION
THAN TO JUST AGREE AND I WANTED
TO HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBER NELSN
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ON THIS. SO
SO BASICALLY SDOT WANTS TO BE
REIMBURSED FOR THE PERMIT REVIW
PERMIT REVIEW. IT IS A STOPGAP E
STOPGAP MEASURE. YOU DON'T
ANTICIPATE OTHER DEPARTMENTS
WOULD BE FOLLOWING SUIT. AND SO,
, I AM KIND OF CONFUSED AS TO
MAYBE THERE IS A THIRD OPTION IN
IN LIGHT OF COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON'S EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE
THE FILM INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE. I
DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO GO
AWAY. I DON'T THINK STOPGAP IS
GOING TO WORK. I'M NOT TRYING TO
TO THROW SHADE ON SDOT, BUT ARE
WE REIMBURSING THEM FOR DOING
THEIR JOB? JUST ASKING FOR A FRD
A FRIEND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. CENTRAL STAFF, ANY
THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> I THINK, AS IT WAS MENTIONED
BEFORE, IT IS A LONG-STANDING IE
LONG-STANDING ISSUE TO DO THIS .
THIS WORK. I THINK PENDING A
BROADER MORE COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW, IT IS UNCLEAR IF THERE
IS ANYTHING TO DO AT THIS STAGE.
I WOULDN'T IMPACT SOME OF THE S
THE EVENTS THAT ARE EITHER FREEH
EITHER FREE-SPEECH, FESTIVALS.
THIS IS SORT OF A SHORT-TERM SON
SHORT-TERM SOLUTION TO KEEP
THINGS GOING. THAT IS MY UNDERS.
MY UNDERSTANDING.
>> ANY CLARIFICATION?
>> I WANTED TO CLARIFY AND TO
LIFT UP WHAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PENNUCI AND WHAT YOU HEARD FROM
FROM JASMINE AROUND SDOT WAS
ABSORBING THESE COSTS . WE HAVE
A LOT OF FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY THAT WE COST RECOVERY
FOR. YOU KNOW, WE DO SERVICE FOR
A FEE, RIGHT? THAT IS WHAT THIK
THIS WORK IN SDOT DOES. THEY
HAVE NOT EVER DEDICATED BUDGET
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. LIKE,
WHERE THE COST RECOVERY DOESN'T
NEED IT FOR THOSE OTHER TYPES O.
THIS WILL RIGHT SIZE IT FOR NOW
AND KEEP EVERYTHING MOVING. YOU
KNOW, THERE ARE MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS WORK. IT IS MULTIFACETED,
SO MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN GET AT
THIS PROBLEM OVERALL. I JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, THIS
THIS IS NOT PREVIOUSLY BUDGETED.
. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY ABSORBED.
>> OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THIS ITEM?
>> WELL, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND WHAT SDOT WAS DOING.
DOING. I UNDERSTAND WITH THE
FOUR EVENTS, WAS SDOT'S PRODUCT
PRODUCT A STREET USE PERMIT FOR
FOR FILM SHOOTING OR, YOU KNOW,
A BLOCK PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE?
LIKE THAT? I MEAN, I KNOW WE RED
COSTS FOR TRAFFIC, BUT THEN THAT
USED TO BE DONE.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SDOT
SDOT WOULD REVIEW ANY POTENTIAL
USE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY . IF IT
IS A FESTIVAL, SOMETHING THAT
NEEDS TO USE THE ROADS OR
SIDEWALKS, THEY WOULD NEED TO
REVIEW IT FOR POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
THAT HAD STAFFING COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT. I DON'T KNOW
KNOW IF THERE IS FURTHER DETAIL
THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, T
ADD, BUT THAT IS MY BASIC
UNDERSTANDING.
>> DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCI ?
>> I WOULD ADD THAT WE CANNOT --
-- YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS
COMPLICATED AND WE NEED TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT MAYBE
SDOT COULDN'T DO IF THEY HAVE
TO CONTINUE TO ABSORB THIS COST
AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE.
SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING AND
FILM PERMIT CONVERSATIONS ARE
COMPLICATED. IT HAS BEEN AN
ONGOING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE NOT E
NOT QUITE TACKLED FULLY OVER
MANY, MANY YEARS. I LOOK FORWARD
FORWARD TO CONTINUING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS, BUT LET US WORK
MORE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL OPTS
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR COUNCILMS
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO CONSIDER
WITH A LITTLE MORE TIME.
>> OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON.
>> THE NEXT ISSUE IS THE SEATTLE
SEATTLE SUPPORT COMMISSION. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ADDS $200,000 OF
OF JUMPSTART ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION FUNDS TO SUPPORT
AN ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE
SEATTLE SPORTS COMMISSION TO ADE
TO ADVANCE DEVELOPMENT FOR
SPORTS TOURISM, WITH A FOCUS ON
SORT OF MAJOR EVENTS COMING UP.
IT IS UNCLEAR -- I KNOW WE
DISCUSSED THIS ALREADY IN THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION. I BRING
BRING IT UP AS AN ISSUE BECAUSE
IT IS STILL UNCLEAR EXACTLY HOW
THIS FUNDING WOULD BE PROGRAMMED
PROGRAMMED OR SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
FROM THIS FUNDING. AND SO,
DEPENDING ON COUNCIL 'S -- WE CD
WE COULD REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE
THE PROPOSED APPROPRIATION OR N.
NO CHANGE.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
FOR MY PERSPECTIVE TO GET
ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ON WHAT
WHAT THE ACTIVITIES ARE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION OUT TO THE
DEPARTMENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF
THEY WANT TO RESPOND RIGHT NOW.
>> GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR.
>> WE ARE STILL FIGURING THIS
OUT WITH MLB, THE MARINERS, AND
ALL CONSTITUENT PARTIES FOR THE
ALL-STAR GAME. THEY HAVE NOT
SELECTED LOCATIONS FOR THEIR ACS
THEIR ACTIVATIONS. THERE HAVE
BEEN A LOT OF DECISIONS MADE ON
HOW THE ALL-STAR GAME WILL
ROLLOUT, SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP
KEEP THIS MONEY FLEXIBLE SO THAT
THAT WE CAN -- AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER -- HAVE A CLEAR
NARRATIVE AND TRY TO MAKE SURE
WE SPREAD ECONOMIC BENEFIT
AROUND THE CITY, NOT JUST AROUND
AROUND WHERE THE GAMES ARE
HAPPENING.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS
WELL, IF I AM REMEMBERING THIS
PRESENTATION CLEARLY, THIS IS
NOT ACTUALLY A JUMPSTART. THAT
WAS AN ERROR IN THE SLIDE FROM
THE DEPARTMENT. DIRECTOR?
>> SORRY, THAT WAS AN INCORRECT
NOD.
>> THE VENUE SERVICES CREATOR
WAS GENERAL FUND.
>> JASMINE, WE ABOUT TO SAY SOM?
>> IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING
BECAUSE THE COORDINATOR WORKS
WITH SPORTS TEAMS, BUT THAT IS
MORE OF AN ONGOING COORDINATION
OF THEIR ACTIVITIES AND
CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY, WHEREAS
WHEREAS THIS IS A ONE-TIME
PROPOSED FUNDING USING JUMPSTARS
JUMPSTART FUNDS FOR THE SEATTLE
SPORTS COMMISSION FOR THESE
UPCOMING EVENTS. DOES THAT HELP?
?
>> ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE SHOULD
MOVE ON. I THINK I WILL HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, AND
NOT THE QUESTION OF THE VALUE OF
OF THE SPORTS COMMISSION WHICH,
BY THE WAY, I THINK IS WORKING S
WORKING TOWARDS GREATER
INDEPENDENCE, IF I UNDERSTAND
THE STRUCTURE FROM BEFORE, AND
THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO
WITH CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY PROME
REALLY PROMOTE THE EXCITING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT JUST
FAMILIES HERE, BUT TORRES THAT
ARE COMING AND ALL OF THE SPORTS
, SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HE,
ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS A TIE TO
THE ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION.
OKAY, LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THIS NEXT ISSUE, NUMBER FIVE,
, WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED I
BELIEVE IN THE DEPARTMENT PRESEN
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AT $350,000 OF T
OF JUMPSTART GREEN NEW DEAL
FUNDS TO SCOPE AND EVALUATE THE
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
DOWNTOWN MOBILITY PROJECTS.
THESE INCLUDE THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR, 3rd AVENUE, AND SOUNT
SOUND TRANSIT BALLER LINK
EXTENSION. THERE MAY BE SOME RAE
SOME RATIONALE IN OED AS THEY
ARE ALREADY IN BEIJING AND
DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, BUT AS WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER, SDOT MAY
LEAD OUTREACH ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. IN
ADDITION TO WEAR THIS WORK SHOUD
BE HOUSED, THERE ARE QUESTIONS
ON WHETHER JUMPSTART FUNDS
SHOULD FIND THE WORK. IF THE
COMMITTEE AGREES THAT JUMPSTART
FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR THIS PE
THIS PURPOSE, CENTRAL STAFF
QUESTIONS WHETHER IT WILL TRULY
FIT IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL BUCKET
BUCKET VERSUS ECONOMIC REVITALIN
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. I THINK
THINK SOME OF THE OPTIONS RELATO
THAT, BUT REALLY THE FUNDAMENTAL
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION IS WHETHER
IT IS AN ALLY ABUSE OF JUMPSTART
JUMPSTART FUNDS TO BEGIN WITH,
WHATEVER CATEGORY YOU PUT IT IN.
IN. THE OPTIONS TRY TO REFLECT
THOSE VARIABLES OF JUMPSTART OR
NOT JUMPSTART. YOU KNOW, WHICH
SPECIFIC BUCKET WITHIN JUMPSTART
JUMPSTART AND WHICH DEPARTMENT
SHOULD LEAVE THE WORK, WHETHER
IT SHOULD BE OED OR SDOT . I'M
NOT SURE IF ALL OF THE OPTIONS
DESCRIBE ALL OF THE
PERMUTATIONS, BUT GENERALLY
THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS BEFORE
THE COUNCIL.
>> OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH. EXCUSEE
EXCUSE ME, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON HAS A QUESTION ON THIS .
THIS SLIDE.
>> DIRECTOR McINTYRE, YOUR HAND
IS UP. I THINK TO THE EXTENT
THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS IN PART
DOES TALK ABOUT MOBILITY IN 3rd
AVENUE AND WE ALL SEEM TO HAVE
CONSENSUS OVER THE NEED TO
REIMAGINE THAT CORRIDOR. JUST A
NOTE, THE NEXUS BETWEEN DOWNTOWN
DOWNTOWN MOBILITY AND OED IS THT
IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DON
ABOUT DOWNTOWN IN THE ECONOMIC
ENGINE OF OUR REGION, WHICH IS
ALSO THE TAX BASE OF JUMPSTART.
CLEARLY THERE IS A LOT OF WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE. I
AM AGNOSTIC ON WHERE HE LIVES,
WHETHER IT BE GREEN NEW DEAL
CATEGORY, ET CETERA, BUT
TRANSPORTATION HAPPENS ACROSS
MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING PCD THIS MORNING. WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT AREA PLANNING
PLANNING WHICH AND FORMS TRENDIG
FORMS TRENDING OF
TRANSPORTATION. I JUST WANTED TO
TO PUT MY TWO CENTS IN.
>> OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH. ALL RIT
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ONTO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
>> HOMESTRETCH. THE JOB CENTER
WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN THE
DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION, SO JUST
JUST TO REVIEW, THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ADDS $250,000 IN 2023 AND
AND $750,000 IN 2024 OF
JUMPSTART ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION FUNDS. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO HELP
SEATTLEITES ACCESS EMPLOYMENT
INFORMATION, RESOURCES, FIND
JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS, AND
TRAINING PATHWAYS FOR CAREER DET
CAREER DEVELOPMENT. AS MENTIONED
MENTIONED EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON, THE DESIGN AND
CONTENT OF THESE RESOURCES WILL
BE DEVELOPED IN THE COMING
MONTHS, FOLLOWING STAKEHOLDER IT
STAKEHOLDER INPUT. THE ISSUE
HERE, WITHOUT FURTHER DETAIL, IT
IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE
SEATTLE JOB CENTER WILL REQUIRE
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AS PROPOS.
AS PROPOSED. AND SO -- OH, SORR.
OH, SORRY. THE OPTIONS ARE TO
REDUCE OR REJECT THE PROPOSED
APPROPRIATION, OR NO CHANGE.
>> THANKS. I THINK I ALREADY AID
ALREADY AIRED MY QUESTIONS ON
THIS EARLIER. ANYONE ELSE? I'M
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS, SO LET'S
KEEP GOING.
>> LAST ISSUE IN THE
PRESENTATION, THE AFFORDABLE
SEATTLE EXPANSION, WHICH WAS
DISCUSSED IN THE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATION. THE PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES MONEY FOR 2.0
FTE DESIGNED TO REDUCE BARRIERS
FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND
ACCESS PLATFORMS -- ACCESS
PROGRAMS, SUCH AS UTILITIES,
CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION, AND
FOOD THROUGH AN ONLINE PLATFORM.
PLATFORM. IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE I.T. T
I.T. DEPARTMENT. WE GOT MORE
CLARIFICATION A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER AND WE ARE STILL GETTING
GETTING CLARIFICATION ON EXACTLY
WHAT WILL BE THE FUNCTIONS OF
EACH POSITION IN EACH DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT AND WHETHER OED WILL
BE OVERSEEING OR CBO. I BELIEVE
THERE IS SOME VERIFICATION THAT
IS FURTHER NEEDED AND WHETHER OD
WHETHER OED IS SORT OF THE BEST
PLACE TO PLACE THESE TWO
POSITIONS AS THE PROGRAM
EXPANDS, OR IF THERE IS ANOTHER
DEPARTMENT, SUCH AS HSD. THE
OPTIONS ARE TO TRANSFER THE
AFFORDABLE SEATTLE POSITIONS TO
A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, SUCH ASD
AS HSD, POTENTIALLY FIND
ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR
THESE PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS.
IF THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED
JUMPSTART FUNDS. OR NO CHANGE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> I'LL JUST ASK A QUICK
QUESTION, UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE
HAS THEIR HAND UP. TOTAL
FUNDING, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABT
TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF TOTAL
FUNDING BETWEEN I.T., OED, CBO?
>> I BELIEVE ALY MAY HAVE AN
ANSWER TO THIS. THERE ARE 2.0
ADDED TO OED AND AN ADDITIONAL
TO CBO, PLUS $100,000. THERE ARE
ARE THREE POSITIONS IN THE I.T.T
I.T. DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE
DEFINITELY A NUMBER OF POSITIONS
POSITIONS EXPANDING. I'M NOT
SURE HOW MUCH THAT ADDS UP TO IN
TO IN TERMS OF DOLLAR FIGURES.
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT
NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, ALTHOUGH
I CAN GET A PRETTY QUICKLY. IT
IS AS JASMINE DESCRIBED, THAT
NUMBER. IT IS ONE CBO PLUS
$100,000. I THINK WE HAVE FOLLOP
WORK TO DO TO UNDERSTAND THE
FULL SCOPE OF THAT WORK AS WELLS
WELL AS THE PLACEMENT OF THE
POSITIONS IN OED.
>> THANKS. DIRECTOR?
>> I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE
EVERYONE KNOW THERE ARE ALREADYS
ALREADY EMAILS FLYING AROUND. MY
MY TEAM WILL PULL TOGETHER A
SUMMARY FOR EVERYONE THAT WILL
OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE A TOTAL, BUT
ALSO INCLUDE SORT OF AN IMPACT
STATEMENT, IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT
WE HAVE CHANGED IF THESE
POSITIONS WERE MOVED, AS
SUGGESTED IN JASMINE'S OPTION
HERE FOR ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN. WE
WILL HAVE A FULL SUMMARY
TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL WITH THOSE
DESCRIPTIONS IN THE NEXT DAY OR.
OR SO.
>> JASMINE?
>> THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE,
YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE
BE HOUSING OED, IT IS UNCLEAR
THE EXACT NEXUS TO WORKFORCE DET
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND IF
THERE COULD BE MORE OF A DIRECT
INTEGRATION WITH WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT. IS THERE AN
INTENTION FOR FOLKS WHO USE THE
CITY FORM TO THEN BE CONNECTED O
CONNECTED TO JOB TRAINING OPPORS
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES? IS THERE
THERE GOING TO BE A PLANNED
INTEGRATION ON THAT? THAT IS A
QUESTION I HAD AS WELL.
>> I AM STRUGGLING TO SEE THE
CONNECTION TO ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE AS DEFINED IN THE
PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY TIED TO
WORKFORCE TRAINING AND IC
DIRECTOR McINTYRE'S HAND IS UP.
DID YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFICATION?
>> THE POSITIONS ARE NOT SITTING
SITTING IN OED. JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY THAT.
>> WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
DEPUTY DIRECTOR, IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT. NO?
OKAY. I THINK WE WILL LOOK
FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND CLARIFICATION
ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND TOTAL
AMOUNTS. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION.
WHAT IS -- WHAT PART OF THIS
ISN'T OED, IF IT IS NOT THE POS?
THE POSITIONS?
>> THE POSITIONS THEMSELVES ARE
BUDGETED IN OED. WHAT DIRECTOR
McINTYRE IS REFERRING TO, THEY
WILL REPORT -- FUNCTIONALLY,
THEY WOULD REPORT TO THE
PERFORMANCE TEAM WITHIN CBO.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. THANKS SO MUCH. CAN I K
I ASK JUST A QUESTION FOR
CENTRAL STAFF, JUST FOR MY UNDE?
MY UNDERSTANDING? DURING THE PAC
THE PANDEMIC, WE DID A LOT OF
WORK TO CREATE ONE PORTAL FOR
ALL OF THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS
PEOPLE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR. THERE
WAS A CALL TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
ONE POINT OF REFERENCE TO HAVE
EVERYONE GET SCANNED. EXCUSE ME,
ME, THAT IS THE WRONG TERM. TO
GET SCREENED TO SEE IF THEY WERE
WERE ELIGIBLE FOR MULTIPLE
PROGRAMS, IF THEY WERE APPLYING
FOR ONE. IS THAT THIS? OR WHAT
IS THIS?
>> YES, SO THE CIVIC FORM IS THE
THE ONLINE PLATFORM THAT THE
COUNCIL HAD BEEN ASKING FOR FOR
SEVERAL YEARS TO HAVE THAT ONE
CENTRAL POINT. WE WERE ABLE TO
LAUNCH THAT THROUGH ONE TIME FUG
TIME FUNDING TO REALLY ADVANCE
THAT WORK. I THINK THIS IS AN
EXPANSION OF THAT WORK. TO BE
REALLY HONEST, IT IS VERY
CONFUSING ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY
ACTUALLY BEING PROPOSED AND WHO
IS DOING WHAT WORK. WE WILL GETY
GET CLARITY AS THE DIRECTOR JUST
JUST SAID AND PUT TOGETHER A ONR
ONE PAGER. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHATE
WHAT MORE IS GETTING ADDED TO
THAT WORK THROUGH THESE INVESTMS
THESE INVESTMENTS.
>> YEAH. OKAY. I THINK WE SHOULD
SHOULD WRAP THIS UP. DID YOU
WANT TO AT ANY CLARIFICATION?
>> I AM HAPPY WITH THE ANSWER T.
ANSWER THERE.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. WE WILL WORK
TOWARD THE STRUCTURE AND THE
TOTAL AMOUNTS AND MAYBE SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT IS BEING FUNDED OR EXPANDE.
OR EXPANDED. WITH THAT, I
BELIEVE WE WILL START WITH
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FOR THIS S?
THIS SECTION?
>> NO.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU TO THE DEPARS
THE DEPARTMENTS, THE MEMBERS
THAT HAVE BEEN HERE WITH US,
ESPECIALLY DIRECTOR McINTYRE.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US HOLD
YOU OVER THE EXTENDED LUNCH
BREAK. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE. I DON'T THINK I'VE
HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE YOU IN
COMMITTEE YET, SO WELCOME TO THE
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN
THIS ROLE. I LOOK FORWARD TO
FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AROUND
THESE ITEMS. MADAM CLERK, WOULD
YOU MOVE US INTO ITEM NUMBER 4,
4, PLEASE?
>> OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WOOHOO! HOUSING!
>> WOOHOO!
>> IF WE HAVE TIME, WE WILL GET
INTO MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
AFTERWARDS.
>> YEAH!
>> JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTS WE
WILL COVER THIS AFTERNOON, BUT
WE WILL HAVE TIME AS WELL ON
FRIDAY IN CASE WE NEED TO CARRY
ANYTHING OVER INTO FRIDAY, BUT I
I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH ALL OF THIS. WE HAVE
FLEXIBILITY. I WOULD LIKE TO WEE
TO WELCOME DIRECTOR MAIKO
WINKLER-CHIN AS WELL AS REBECCA
REBECCA GUERRA FROM OFFICE OF
HOUSING, AS WELL AS TRACI
RATZLIF AND ALY PENNUCI FROM
FROM CENTRAL STAFF. I HAVE THE
PLEASURE OF GETTING TO CHAIR THE
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE, SO I WILL MAKE A FEW
COMMENTS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TE.
MIND, TEAM. I AM REALLY, REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
PRESENTATION. IT IS AN
UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT
CORDELL RECOVERED FROM THE
PANDEMIC IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE
HAVE A PLACE TO STAY HOUSED. I
DON'T THINK THERE HAS BEEN A
TIME WHERE HOUSING HAS BEEN SO
EVIDENT AS WHEN COVID HIT US.
FOLKS DECIDED TO STAY HOME TO
STAY HEALTHY AND IF YOU DIDN'T
HAVE A HOME, YOU COULDN'T STAY
HEALTHY. IF YOU ARE UNSTABLE HE
HOUSED, YOU CANNOT STAY HEALTHY.
HEALTHY. GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
SEEN WITH A NUMBER OF FOLKS
LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE
HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY UPON
US AS A CITY AND AS A REGION TO
BUILD THE HOUSING NECESSARY TO
HELP FOLKS OUTSIDE HAVE A PLACE
TO COME INSIDE, TO HELP THOSE
CURRENTLY LIVING UNSTABLE HE
HOUSED AND IN PRECARIOUS
FINANCIAL SITUATIONS TO HAVE
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND
QUITE FRANKLY, ACROSS THE ENTIRE
ENTIRE INCOME SPECTRUM, AS
YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT, WE
NEED MORE HOUSING OF ALL TYPES.
THE HOUSE -- OFFICE OF HOUSING
HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE
PRIOR TO COVID AND ESPECIALLY IN
IN THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS DURING
COVID TO SCALE UP AFFORDABLE
HOUSING OPTIONS ACROSS THE
REGION, TO BRING MORE AFFORDABLE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONLINE
QUICKLY. IT HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY LINES TO
MAKE SURE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
WHO ARE DIRECTLY WORKING WITHIN
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN
HARDEST HIT BY DISPLACEMENT AND
HAVE SEEN HISTORIC INVESTMENT
THAT THEY ARE AT THE TABLE TO TK
ABOUT HOW WE CANNOT ONLY MOVE
FUNDING INTO CREATING AFFORDABLE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT HOW WE
CAN REDUCE BARRIERS SO MORE
PEOPLE CAN GET INSIDE AND MORE
ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE AT THE HELM
HELM FOR GREATER
SELF-DETERMINATION TO BUILD
THEIR HOUSING. I AM EXCITED
ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON
ON SOME IMPORTANT POLICY WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS. I'M EXCITED WE
ARE NOT DOING THIS ALONE, RIGHT?
RIGHT? WE HAVE REGIONAL, STATE,
AND FEDERAL PARTNERS. EVEN WITH
THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, WE'VE SEEN
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY CURRENTLY
GOING INTO HOUSING RIGHT HERE IN
IN SEATTLE IS STILL NOT ENOUGH.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET DOEN
DOES MAINTAIN I THINK THE AMOUNT
THAT WAS REQUIRED UNDER JUMPSTT
UNDER JUMPSTART TO GO INTO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. EVEN
BRINGING US UP OVER $250 MILLION
. WE ALL KNOW THAT IS NOT ENOUGH
ENOUGH FOR THE REGIONAL NEED AND
THE SEATTLE-BASED NEED, GIVEN
HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS NEED
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEED
HOUSING IN GENERAL IN OUR
REGION. BUT I AM REALLY THRILLED
THRILLED ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AND I
JUST WANTED TO THANK THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING FOR THEIR WORK WITH
US. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET
FUNDING DIRECTLY TO THE
SELF-DETERMINATION FUND UNDER JT
UNDER JUMPSTART TO MAKE SURE
MORE OF THESE SMALL,
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
HAVE A CHANCE TO BUILD HOUSING
FOR THEIR OWN LANDS AND HAVE THE
THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AS WELL
FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO
BRAVE FUNDING AND TO BRING MORE
PROJECTS ONLINE FASTER. REALLY
EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK WE HAVE
YET TO DO ON THE UPCOMING LEVY,
WHICH WILL BE SO CRITICAL FOR US
US NEXT YEAR. I AM THRILLED AS
WELL THAT WE HAVE MAINTAINED A
FOCUS ON HOMEOWNERSHIP, MAKING
HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN HOMEOWNP
IN HOMEOWNERSHIP -- FIRST TIME
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ESPECIALLY BLACK, BROWN, AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO BE
ABLE TO GET OUT OF GENERATIONALY
GENERATIONAL POVERTY BY BEING
ABLE TO ACCESS NEW HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN PREVENTED FROM
FROM BEING ABLE TO ACCESS,
WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE OF
LENDING, ZONING RESTRICTIONS. WE
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THATP
THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP IS CENTRAL TO
TO OUR INVESTMENTS FROM JUMPSTAT
FROM JUMPSTART. IN MOVING
FORWARD, I THINK THAT WE HAVE SN
HAVE SEEN OFFICE OF HOUSING BE
VERY FLEXIBLE, AGAIN, LEVERAGING
LEVERAGING COVID RELIEF DOLLARS,
DOLLARS, MAKING SURE IF THERE IY
IS PROPERTY OR MULTIFAMILY
STRUCTURES ON THE MARKET, THAT
WE QUICKLY ACT WITH URGENCY TO
TRY TO MAKE MORE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR NONPROFIT
HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO PUT THOSES
THOSE DOLLARS TO CREATE MORE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE R.
THE REGION. SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
INVESTED $20 MILLION AND PAIRED
WITH THE STATE DOLLARS, WE HAVE
FIVE PROJECTS ONLINE WITH MORE
IN THE PIPELINE. MAYBE SEVEN OR?
OR MORE? YOU CAN CORRECT ME
THERE. WE ARE REALLY THRILLED
THAT UNDER MICHAEL'S LEADERSHIP,
, WE HAVE HAD REALLY FORWARD
THINKING STAFF WITHIN THE OFFICE
OFFICE OF HOUSING. WE HAVE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE COMMIT
EXISTING FUNDING TO ACT NOW WHEN
WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY COMES UP SO
WE DON'T MISS THE CHANCE TO
EITHER GET PROPERTY, LAND,
BUILDINGS, UNITS IN OUR HANDS AS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN
GET MORE PEOPLE HOUSED. WE KNOW
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS NOT ENOUGH.
IS AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT, BUT
BUT WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN IN PARTNERSHIP
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR REGION, OUR
OUR STATE, OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS
TO BRING OUR HOUSING UP TO
SCALE. THANK YOU, OFFICE OF
HOUSING, FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
AND YOUR FORWARD THINKING ON
POLICY AND INVITING COMMUNITY TO
TO THE TABLE. I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO DIRECTOR WINKLER-CHIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT REP
OF WHAT THE PAST TWO AND HALF
YEARS HAVE BEEN LIKE. BEFORE WE
LOOK TOWARD A 2023 AND 2024, I
THINK IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO
REFLECT WHAT THE PAST EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN. HERE AT THE
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WHERE I
HAVE BEEN FOR SEVEN MONTHS NOW,
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT BUILDINGS,
UNITS, LEVERAGE, GETTING INTO
THE VERY INTERESTING LANGUAGE
THAT WE DO BUT I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT WE
ARE BUILDING OUR HOMES FOR, FOR
OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THOSE WHO
WANT TO LIVE IN SEATTLE. THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING DATES BACK TO
THE PAST 2, 2 1/2 YEARS HAVE
BEEN. WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE
KNOW WORKS AND WHAT WORKS IS
COMMITTING TO MAKING SEATTLE A
PLACE WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN
AFFORD A HOME, INCLUDING OUR ON
HOUSED NEIGHBORS, SENIORS AND
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE DISABLED AND
AND LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES,
CHILDREN AND PARENTS WORKING
LOW-WAGE JOBS. WE KNOW WHAT
WORKS IS INVESTING IN OUR
PARTNERS FOR THE CREATION OF
HOMES THROUGH CAPITAL INVESTMENS
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND
LONG-TERM OPERATING MAINTENANCE
AND SERVICES SUPPORTS. WE HAVE
SHORTENED US DOWN TO OMS. TO
GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LOOK LIKE,
WE HAVE JUST POSED ON OUR FALL
NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY D
AVAILABILITY AROUND, WE HAD $44N
$44 MILLION IN THIS ROUND AND WE
WE RECEIVED $180 MILLION DURING
THAT TIME. THE THIRD THING WE
DO, WE ENSURE EXISTING BUILDINGS
BUILDINGS WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO
ARE OPERATING SUSTAINABLY AND
SERVING LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AS
BEST AS THEY CAN. THE FOURTH
THING, WHICH GETS INTO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TALK,
LEVERAGE. WE LEVERAGE RESOURCES
TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN HOMES
WHERE PEOPLE CAN STAY CONNECTED
TO COMMUNITY, FEEL SAFE, GAIN
STRENGTH AND ARE SUPPORTIVE
WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH WHETHER
THAT IS IN PROXIMITY TO PARKS I.
IN TRANSIT. THE NEED IS GREATER
THAN EVER BEFORE AND ALSO
BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE
AND WORK IN SEATTLE FROM OUR
ELECTED LEADERS, CITY COUNCIL
AND MAYOR HARRELL. THANK YOU,
ALL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORE
WORK HERE AND FOR THE RESOURCES
YOU HAVE PROVIDED THE DEPARTMEN.
DEPARTMENT TODAY. NEXT SLIDE?
HAVE A RECORD $252 MILLION.
AND SOME OF WHAT WE WANTED TO
COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK YOU
ALREADY HAVE, WITH OUR PARTNERS
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
BUILD NINE BUILDINGS FOR
MARKET-RATE HOUSING AND LOOKING
TO ACQUIRE 556 HOMES.
WE SUPPORT THEM NOT JUST WITH
THE CAPITOL BUT THROUGH WHAT I
MENTIONED EARLIER, AND JUST TOE
CLEAR, THE PROPERTIES DON'T
GENERATE ENOUGH REVENUE FOR RENT
RENT WITH THE COST OF STAFFING,
RENT, UTILITIES TO MAKE THESE
UNITS A HOME AND JUST TO BE CLER
WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS AND
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE NEED TO BE READY TO DO
THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PSH
PILOT TO FOCUS ON EFFICIENT DEVT
THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT MODELS.
THE PILOTS ARE NOT QUITE
COMPLETE YET AND WE NEED ANALYZE
ANALYZE THEM FOR THE POTENTIAL
INTEGRATION IN OUR WORK.
WHAT REALLY WORKS AND WHAT
SHOULD WE FINISH DOING?
AND COUNCILMEMBER, YOU MENTIONED
MENTIONED THE SELF-DETERMINATIOD
TO BUILD HOUSING FOR THE COMMUNY
WITH THE COMMUNITY LENS THAT THY
HAVE. WE HAVE
POTENTIAL NEW PRACTICES WORKINGH
OUR PARTNERS IN EVERY
DEPARTMENT, AND YOU HEARD FROM
DIRECTOR DINGLEY EARLIER AND HOW
HOW DO WE MAKE THIS ONE BIG
INVESTMENT BENEFIT THE GREATER ?
AND ANALYZE THE POLICIES WITH
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL.
AND THIS WILL BE A STRONGER,
MORE ROBUST POLICY. WE
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE
ADDITIONAL SPE PROVIDED EARLIER
THIS YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO WG
WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR WORK,
WORK, AND WITH THAT, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO FINANCE.
>
>> OKAY. WE CAN GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE BUDGET.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT
MIGHT SEEM ODD, BUT IN THE
GENERAL FUND 2022 REVISED, THE
SEVEN MILLION, THAT IS THE CARRY
CARRY FORWARD OF RENTAL ASSISTAE
THAT WAS ADDED TO THE BUDGET
LATE IN 2021, THE MID-YEAR CHAN.
THE GENERAL FUND YOU SEE IN
2023- '24, THAT IS A PORTION OF
PAYROLL TAX THAT IS FOR OH ADMIN
OH ADMIN NEEDS CITY WIDE.
THE CHANGES IN THE OTHER
APPROPRIATION SECTION IS WHAT WL
FOCUS ON IN THE NEXT SLIDE BUT
THAT'S PRIMARILY AN INCREASE IN
PAYROLL TAX. AS YOU
SEE THE FTE IN THE BOTTOM
SECTION, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE MID YEAR ORDINANCE CHANGE
ORDINANCE CHANGE THIS YEAR IN 2.
IN ADDITION TO THE TOTAL HERE,
WE HAVE FOUR TEMPORARY STAFF,
TWO OF THEM WORKING ON THE RENTL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND TWO ARE
WORKING ON THE HOUSING REVENUE.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO HERE ARE THE SPECIFIC CHANGES
CHANGES IN OUR BUDGET.
IN OUR BUDGET. THE
FIRST IS AN ADDITION OF $46
MILLION OF PAYROLL TAX PAY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAPITAL TO BD
AS DESCRIBED BY THE PAYROLL TAX
FUNDING CATEGORY, 18% FOR FUNDI,
AND THE 5% FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP.
AND SO THIS COMBINED WITH OUR
BASELINE AMOUNT RESULTS IN A
TOTAL PAYROLL TAX INVESTMENT OF6
MILLION. THE SECOND
ITEM HERE IS AN INCREASE IN ONGG
FUNDING FOR THE PAYROLL TAX FOR
THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND
SERVICES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
THIS, COMBINED WITH THE BASELINE
BASELINE BRINGS THE TOTAL
SUPPORT FOR THIS EFFORT TO ABOU0
MILLION. THE THIRD
ITEM IS ONGOING PAYROLL TAX FUNG
FOR THE ENERGY CONVERSION
PROGRAM WHICH SUPPORTS THE
CONVERSION OF LOW INCOME HOMES
WITH OIL TO MORE SUSTAINABLE
ELECTRIC HEATING. THIS
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 350,000
OVER THE 2022 BUDGETED AMOUNT TO
AMOUNT TO $185 MILLION.
N SLIDE, PLEASE
>> ON NUMBER THREE IS THAT FROME
JUMPSTART PORTION?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THAT'S A GOOD COMPANY OF THE
GREEN OVERSIGHT BOARD.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
JUST ON THIS SLIDE IF MY NUMBERS
NUMBERS ARE WRONG, CORRECT ME
BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE INVESTMENN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE BUDGE,
$253 MILLION, I THINK IT'S A
GOOD EXAMPLE FOR WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT TO BE WITH THE PLAN.
WE ARE REALLY THRILLED THAT WE
ARE SEEING THIS INCREASE BUT
LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT $200 MILN
AND YEAR, $250 MILLION AND NEARY
ALL OF IT COMING FROM THE
JUMPSTART PROCEEDINGS.
SO WE ARE ALL THRILLED ABOUT THE
THE INCREASE AND I DON'T THINK
THERE IS ANY QUESTION ABOUT THA.
IT'S SHOWING HOW SIGNIFICANT
THAT DEDICATED REVENUE STREAM IS
IS FOR HOUSING, AND I SEE THE
DEPARTMENT NODDING. SO
SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME
SHARE THAT. THAT'S A D
EXAMPLE.
>> OKAY.
THE NEXT SLIDE NOT TREMENDOUSLY
EXCITING COMPARED TO THE FIRST .
THIS ITEM FOUR, FUNDING FOR
PREDEVELOPMENT EXPENSES FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, $100,000 IN
GENERAL FUNDS, THIS IS ACTUALLY
THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
PRESENTATION, IT'S LOOKING LIKE
THIS IS MORE SUITABLE AS A
SHELTER PROJECT THAN AN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.
WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS.
AND THEN ITEM FIVE IS THE REALLY
REALLY BORING STUFF, ALL THE
REMAINING BUDGET CHANGES,
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS WHICH IS A
A NET CHANGE OF THE CITYWIDE COT
CHANGERS, THE WAGE ADJUSTMENTS,
AND THE ONE-TIME ADDS FROM LAST
YEAR AND CONTINUATION OF OUR MID
MID YEAR 2022 FTE.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE.
>> OKAY.
WOW. WELL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY
ANY QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS ON THI,
THIS -- THESE INVESTMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I SEE
YOUR HAND UP.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION FROM
FROM THE BUDGET, AND THIS IS
EXCITING BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED N
THIS ARENA FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE
BEFORE THIS POSITION.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED
INTERESTED IN IS MAXIMIZING,
OPTIMIZING THE USE OF THE
EXISTING PORTFOLIO THAT WE HAVE
IN ADDITION TO ADDING MANY LOW-E
HOUSING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CI.
SO THE QUESTION HERE IS ABOUT --
-- THE BUDGET LAYS OUT CHANGES
IN INVESTMENTS IN 2022 AND WHAT
IS PROPOSED IN 2023. I
I AM NOT SEEING MUCH OR IT MAY
NOT BE OBVIOUS WHERE THERE ARE
ADDS TO ASSET MANAGEMENT BECAUSE
MANAGEMENT BECAUSE THE LAST TIME
TIME WE CHECKED THE OFFICE OF HG
PORTFOLIO OF APPROXIMATELY
14,000 UNITS, I BELIEVE THE
AVAILABILITY RATE OR VACANCY
RATE WAS 5% WHICH IS RELATIVELY
-- SOME ARGUE REEL STIFFLY HIGHR
A HIGH-COST MARKET LIKE SEATTLE
WITH ABOUT 600 UNITS.
THAT'S AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
ACCOUNT NEWLY CONSTRUCTED UNITS
LEASING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WILL THERE BE -- IS THERE
SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET TO DRIVE
DRIVE DOWN THE VACANCY RATE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, THANK
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I KNOW THE VACANCY RATE HAS BEEN
BEEN VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR Y.
I KNOW WE HAVE STARTED TALKING
WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND I THINK
RECENTLY STAFF HAS DONE RESEARCH
DONE RESEARCH LOOKING AT THE 2%
VACANCY RATE CURRENTLY.
BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE END OF LAST
YEAR'S DATA IN THE MIDDLE OF SU.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME OF
THOSE AND HOW TO STRENGTHEN AND
DECREASE THE VACANCY RATE TO MAE
SURE THAT IT MEETS YOUR
STANDARDS AND THAT WOULD INVOLVE
INVOLVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR
PARTNERS AS TO WHAT THAT SHOULDK
LIKE. I KNOW THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO YOU. WE
WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
IT REALLY SHOULDN'T COST THAT
MUCH, REALLY, AT THIS POINT THAT
THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT
THERE IS A COST FACTOR, FOR
THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE STAFF
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE
STARTING POINT IS.
>> TO ADD ON, I BELIEVE WITH THE
THE TK-GSZ ADDITIONS THAT WE DID
DID WITH THE ASSET MANAGEMENT
TEAM AS WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE
RELATING TO THIS, SO I THINK WE
ADDED STAFFING CAPACITY TO
ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
>> THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, ANY W
UP?
>> THANK YOU.
>> DID YOU SEE COUNCILMEMBER MOS
HAND?
>> I AM WAFFLING IF THIS IS A
QUESTION FOR THE STAFF.
I WILL JUST ASK IT.
THE MEMO WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MOREN
PROJECTED. I WONDERED
IF THERE WAS AN EXPLANATION OR T
YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT WHY THIS S
SO MUCH MORE THAN WE EXPECTED.
>> IT IS SO ECONOMY DRIVEN.
IT'S TOUGH TO PINPOINT THE CAUSE
CAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES OR DECREASES, FRANKLY.
AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT, YOU WILL
WILL BE THE FIRST TO KNOW.
IT WAS JUST SIMPLY COMING IN AND
AND HOW MUCH MUCH COMES IN WE PT
OUT. I HAVE BEEN WITH
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR A LON.
AND IN 2012, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN
THE ECONOMY WAS NOT AT THE BEST,
BEST, WE HAD EXACTLY ZERO
DOLLARS AT THE TIME SO IT REALL.
>> JUST TO ADD TO THAT.
SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER, I DIDN'T N
TO CUT YOU OFF. I
THINK WE ARE SEEING THE BENEFIT
THE CITY WIDE MHA BEING
IMPLEMENTED AND THE REVENUES ARD
FROM THAT FULL PROGRAM AND IT'S
TAKEN A COUPLE OF YEARS TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK E
ESPECIALLY IN A ROBUST ECONOMY,
YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WILL CHANGE
SHOULD THINGS SLOW DOWN IN TERMS
TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY IT. HAS YET
TO BE KNOWN, I THINK.
>> I ASK BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IN
A CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS YEAR
YEAR WITH FOLKS, I WAS UNDER THE
THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PROGRAM
WAS JUST TO SORT OF RUNS IT COU.
PERHAPS THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY AS
AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPACT OF
THE TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS.
SO I WAS JUST SURPRISED TO HEAR
THAT IT GENERATED MORE REVENUE N
PROJECTED.
>> IT'S NOT INSIGNIFICANT, AND
IT VARIES IN THAT PROGRAM THAT,
AND THE PAYROLL TAX THAT ACCOUNS
FOR OVER 80% OF THE REVENUE AND.
SO IT'S FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT
OR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S RS
IT COURSE? I WAS UNDER
UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'S
JUST BEGINNING TO RAMP UP.
I SEE NODS. GO AHEAD.
>> THIS IS A GREAT OH-MHA
IMPLEMENTATION REPORT THAT CAME
OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT
I THINK IS VERY INSTRUCTIVE TO
THIS CONVERSATION AND THE
REVENUE BEING GENERATED.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK
YOU FOR THE REMINDER, AND YOURD
SUN. YOU ARE RECOGNIZ.
YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I DO. SHIFTING THE
TOPIC JUST A LITTLE BIT, I WORKD
TO GET FUNDING AS ADVOCATES IN
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORLD
IDENTIFIED AS A GREAT NEED FOR T
SERVICES IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THAT IS NOT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THERE
IS $2 MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR
THIS PURPOSE. THE
FUNDS WERE USED FOR 14
NON-PROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS
EACH WITH A SENIOR CONTRACT.
WE'RE IN THE STARTUP IN THAT,
AND I THINK ONLY 8% OF THE FUNDS
FUNDS HAVE BEEN INVOICED.
SO IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THERE IS
-- THERE IS SUFFICIENT FUNDING
THROUGH 2023 WHICH I THINK THE T
GOES THROUGH 2023, AND I THINK
THERE IS ADDITIONAL FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE.
BUT I AM JUST WANTING FLAGGED
THAT I MIGHT -- I KNOW WE'RE
TRYING TO LIMIT THE REPORTS THAT
REPORTS THAT WE DO THIS YEAR AND
AND MY RESPONSE IS -- IT WAS INY
BEFORE THE -- BEFORE ANY
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF DOLLARS HE
GONE OUT THE DOOR. I
THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO
COUNCIL TO GET THE INFORMATION T
YEAR.
>> SO WE HAD BACK AND FORTH WITH
WITH THE EXECUTIVES WITH THIS.
I THINK THEIR INTENT IS TO DO
SOME FURTHER WORK THAT ACTUALLY
MIGHT INFORM WHAT COULD BE INCLD
INTO THE HOUSING RENEWAL PACKAGE
PACKAGE ON NEXT YEAR.
SO I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE
INFORMATION BROUGHT FORWARD.
I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY, C,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, BECAUSE I
THINK WE WILL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION THAT MAY INFORM THEC
ASPECT IN THE NEXT LEVY MEASURE.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, TO
TO BE CLEAR, THE STAFF WILL BE
COMING BACK WITH THAT NEXT WEEKE
WE ARE VERY INTERESTED.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FORE
DEPARTMENT? I HAD A
QUESTION GOING BACK TO SLIDE TH.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SENSE OR A
GENERAL NUMBER ON WHAT YOU ARE
SEEING IN TERMS OF PROJECT APPL?
WHAT'S THE CURRENT AMOUNT?
HOW MANY PROJECTS HAVE APPLIED,
THE LEVEL OF FUNDING?
OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION WE CAN TAKE IT LATER
LATER IF YOU PREFER NOT AIR T
AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER, CAN I TELL
THAT YOU WE HAD $44 MILLION TO
GIVE OUT IN THE FALL, AND AS OE
CLOSE SEPTEMBER 13, WE HAVE $180
$180 MILLION WORTH OF REQUESTS.
>> WOW.
>> THOSE ARE JUST THE FEW
NUMBERS I HAVE, AND IT WOULD TAE
ME -- LET ME GET BACK TO YOU
WITH THAT INFORMATION.
>> I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL, AND
THE TAKE AWAY IS THE SHEER NEED
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE
ARE EXCITED TO SEE THE INCREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND THAT INFORMATION AND
AND THE AVAILABLE FUNDS
UNDERSCORE WHY WE ARE PUSHING
THE ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DOLLAR MAINTENANCE IN TO
IN TO JUMPSTART THIS, AND I --
I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT
THE REASON I THINK THIS IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND
THE SCOPE AND NUMBER OF APPLICAS
AND THE NUMBER OF DOLLAR AMOUNTE
FOR DEVELOPERS IS THIS IS ABOUT
THE ENTIRE INCOME SPECTRUM.
THE MORE WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT
HOUSING AT THE LOWEST INCOME
MEANS THERE IS ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT THAT CAN BE SPREAD OUT
TO THOSE CREATING THE -- ASK
THAT WAS THE WRONG WAY TO USE
THAT TERM, MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING
HOUSING AND TO UNDERSCORE HOW IT
IT IS TO GET MORE HOUSING IN THE
THE 0 TO 30% AMI SCORE WITH
HIGHER TO MODERATE INCOMES OF 30
30 TO 50 AND 50 TO 80.
TO 80. SO I THINK THAT
THAT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THEE
ANALYSIS SAYS, WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
CANNOT ONLY GET MORE FUNDING ANE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT WE LOOK
FOR CREATING HOUSING ACROSS THE
NEXT SPECTRUM AND GREAT TO SEE E
INCREASED FUNDING COMING FROM
MHA AND OUR COMMUNITY STEPPING
UP TO WANT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE G
AND HOUSING OF ALL KINDS ACROSSE
SPECTRUM. I THINK THIS
THIS ISSUE TRANSLATES TO OUR COS
ON LAND USE AND OUR
CONVERSATIONS ON PERMITTING, SO
THIS IS EXCITING BUT MAYBE THE
TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
LET'S GO ON. WE WILL
WELCOME OUR FOLKS FROM THE DEPAT
TO, YOU KNOW, STAY ON.
STAY ON. TURN YOUR
CAMERA OFF. LEAVE IF
YOU WANT TO, NO PROBLEM.
NO OFFENSE TAKEN. BUT
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO, OF COURSE,
COURSE, JUST HAVE SOME TECHNICAL
TECHNICAL ANSWERS IF YOU HAD ANS
NEEDED AS WE GO FORWARD, BUT
THIS IS A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT
ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT THEY
THAT THEY ARE SEEING FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION AS WE CONSIDER THE
CONSIDER THE AMENDMENTS AND
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE TEAMT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR THEIR
INCREDIBLE WORK AND THIS WOULD
NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT
YOU AND THE CENTRAL STAFF WORK
OVER THE YEARS. THANKS
THANKS FOR HELPING BRING POLICY.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE SHORT AN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES TO
IDENTIFY WITH THE CHANGES THAT
THEY HAVE TO THE BUDGET THAT ARE
LIMITED THIS YEAR. THE
THE ONE TECHNICAL CHANGE IS
THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE
APPROPRIATION THAT THE DONE BY
THE EXECUTIVE WHEN THEY PUT THET
TOGETHER. THERE SHOULD
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DISTRIBUTION
OF THE PAYROLL TAX, MORE
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING TO THE P
PROGRAM SO WE WILL DO A
TECHNICAL CDA TO CORRECT THAT.
IT WAS AN UNINTENTIONAL ERROR.
THAT HAPPENS IN THESE PROCESSES,
AND THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE TO CO.
SO I HAVE NO ISSUES TODAY.
>> I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY
PAPERS THINKING MAYBE I DIDN'T
PRINTOUT THE PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR
THE CENTRAL STAFF IF YOU DON'T .
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME AN.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH YOR
PRESENTATION. I
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR
THE CENTRAL STAFF TO BE HERE AND
AND IF YOU WANTED TO PULL UP
SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, SINCE WE HAVE
HAVE MORE TIME I WILL ASK A FEW
MORE QUESTIONS AND CENTRAL STAFF
STAFF AS WELL. ON
SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, IF THERE IS
$100,000 FOR FREE DEVELOPMENT
FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELT
S THIS A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR A
REASON THAT ONLY ONE PROJECT AS
MUCH LISTING FUNDING?
DO WE HAVE A BROADER SENSE WHAT
THE PREDEVELOPMENT FUNDING NEEDS
NEEDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAE
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR
ABOUT A LOT.
>> OFFICE OF HOUSING, DO YOU
WANT TO RESPOND OR WOULD YOU
LIKE ME TO?
>> I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
LOOKING AT YOU. I WAS
WAITING TO BE UNMUTED.
BE UNMUTED.
>> BECKY, I WILL LET YOU GO IN.
IF I NEED TO ADD ANYTHING --
>> THE INTENT A SPECIFIC PURPOS.
>> IS THERE A BROADER
CONVERSATION HAPPENING ABOUT
PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS THAT WE SHD
BE -- OKAY. YES?
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, NOT TO MY
MY KNOWLEDGE BUT THAT DOESN'T
MEAN THERE ISN'T CONVERSATION AD
THE NEXT HOUSING LEVY RENEWAL
AND MORE NEED THAN WHAT IS ADDR.
I THINK I CAN HAVE THE DIRECTOR
CHIN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT.
>> I THINK THERE ARE PREDEVELOPT
ARE PREDEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT
ARE FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOCATED AND
AND FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND
ALL THAT. AND THE
PRE-DEVELOPMENT WORTH IS
SOMETHING THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS FUND THEMSELVES
AND THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THE SELFN
FUND IS HELPFUL. MOST
ORGANIZATIONS DO IT WITH THEIR
OWN FUNDS OR THEY GO TO THE
ORGANIZATION CAPITAL.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING AND
THE FACT THAT WE ARE AN
INVESTOR, WE COME IN AT PROJECT.
THAT IS HOW WE ARE INVESTING.
>> AND IT'S 32 OF THE 62%.
SO WE DID BRING THIS UP IN
CONVERSATION A FEW TIMES.
WE RECEIVED FUNDING BUT WE
NEEDED IT ON THE FRONT END WITH
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPE,
SO IF THERE WAS AN INVESTMENT
THAT WAS ALREADY DONE, THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL TO IDENTIFY ANS
IN COMBINATION WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, LIKE
WHERE ARE WE SEEING THE BIG
EVALUATE EMERGING NEEDS IN AFFOE
HOUSING? DO WE NEED TO
TO DO MORE INVESTING UNTIL THE
UNITS BUT THE SERVICES.
>> AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
BROUGHT THIS UP IN A CONVERSATI.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE THAT
ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOOKING FOR.
HOW DO WE ALIGN THOSE BETTER?
AND THEY HAVE SECTION FOUR
DOLLARS GIVEN OUT BY ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THE PUGED
OFFICE, AND THEY ARE THE
NATIONAL INTERMEDIARIES WITH THN
FOUR DOLLARS, AND A LOT OF THOSE
THOSE GO TO CAPACITY BUILDING.
SO HOW TO WE TRY AND THINK ABOUT
ABOUT ALL OF THESE DOLLARS AND
MAKE SURE THAT THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THAT'S COMING UP AS WE
ARE HEARING THE GRANT RECIPIENTS
RECIPIENTS FROM EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT DOING MORE IN THE
HOUSING AND THEY NEED SUPPORT
FOR THE FUNDING, SO BEYOND THE N
FUND.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, LIKE THE
BRADEN, THE VARIOUS SOURCES COMG
TOGETHER?
>> BRADEN, YES, OKAY.
GREAT, AND THEN THE FORWARD
COMMITTING FUNDING FOR 2023,
POLICY WISE, THE DEPARTMENT ALRY
HAS THE ABILITY TO FORWARD
COMMIT FUNDING LIKE WE HAVE DONE
DONE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS THER.
IS NOTHING THAT YOU NEED US TO
DO TO EXPEDITE OR AUTHORIZE
FORWARD COMMITTING CAPACITY?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'LL COME TO THE COUNCIL WITH L
IF THAT FORWARD COMMITMENT HAS
RESULTED IN US NEEDING MORE AUT.
THAT WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD COME
COME TO NEEDA NEEDAS WE LOOK A.
>> OKAY, GREAT AND ONE QUESTION
ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, SLIDE
NUMBER FOUR. OKAY.
THANK YOU. JUST IN
TERMS OF THE BROADER INVESTMENTN
CAPITAL, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT
ANYBODY TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS E
THERE IS ONLY $50 MILLION GOING
IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS
SO 253 IS THE TOTAL.
YOU CAN SHARE FOR US WITH HOW TS
-- WE'VE DONE A LOT WITHIN THE
POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST
FEW YEARS TO REALLY PRIORITIZE
THE COMMUNITIES THAT EXPERIENCEL
RATES OF HOMELESSNESS AND DONE A
A LOT TO ENSURE FOLKS CAN STAY
IN PLACE WITH THE COMMUNITY PREE
AND MARKETING AND INTENTIONAL
POLICIES TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS
FOLKS AT THE GREATEST HARM OR DN
ARE THE FIRST IN LINE TO GET HO.
YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE MORE FOR
THE GENERAL PUBLIC SO WHEN THEYD
WHEN THEY SEE $253 MILLION HOW
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IS PRIORIG
THE PROJECT AND SO MUCH NEED AND
AND SO MANY THAT WANT TO ACCEPTN
AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR PRI?
>> SO WHEN AN APPLICANT COME TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WE HAVE A
A SET OF PRIORITYS THAT WE LOOK.
WE LOOK AT THE HIGH OPPORTUNITY
AREAS, AND WHAT ARE HIGH
DISPLACEMENT RATE AREAS AND WE Y
LOOK AT LEVERAGE AND TIMING,
AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT TALKING
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WE ARE SEEING THAT MORE THANKS
TO THE COUNCIL WITH LEGISLATIVE
INTENT ON HOW WE CAN WORK BETTER
WORK BETTER TOGETHER AND HOW TO
GET THE FUNDS TOGETHER AND WORK
WITH EACH OTHER WITH THE
MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
CREATED ON SITE. ALSO,
ALSO, OUTSIDE OF THE REGULAR NOF
NOF AROUNDS, WE HAVE THE U-DUB E
AND -- THERE IS THE U-DUB SITE
AND THE SOUTH PARK SITE AND
THERE IS THE LAKE CITY COMMUNIT,
AND WE REALLY LISTEN TO THE COY
AND TRY TO MAKE THE TRANSPARENCS
ON HOW WE DO OUR LENDING BECAUSS
T SEEMS CLOUDY, AND WE ARE
LOOKING AT SPECIFIC EQUITY
INVESTMENTS IN THE COMING YEARSD
ON OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER.
SO WHAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO IS HOW ON DOES THE
FULL LAUNCH FIT INTO WHAT THIS K
IS LOOKING FORWARD? SO
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THATT
FUNDING. WE HAVE THE s
COMING UP AND THE PROJECTS THAT
WE HAVE TO ROBUSTLY LOOK AT AND
THAT WAS A VERY INCOMPLETE AND
MESSING ANSWER, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> NO. IT WAS ALL
ENCOMPASSING.
>> AND VERY INTERESTED IN WHAT
COMES OUT OF THE PLANNING
EFFORTS NEXT YEAR AND HOW DO WEE
WITH THAT AND THE KING COUNTY
GROSS MANAGEMENT ACT AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ALL OF TT
COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING
TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THEIR
NUMBERS AND HOW DO YOU MAKE DATN
DECISIONS?
>> OKAY. THAT'S ALL
VERY HELPFUL. LAST
CLARIFYING QUESTION, BECKY, IN
OUR OVERVIEW THE CATEGORIES OF
JUMPSTART, THE 62% AND 82% OF
THAT GOES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
HOUSING, 13 GOES TO SELF-DETERMN
FUND KNOW, AND 5 GOES TO HOMEO.
I THINK WE HAD INITIAL
QUESTIONS, AND I THINK THEY WERE
WERE ANSWERED BECAUSE TRACY
DOESN'T HAVE ANY IDENTIFICATION
HERE AND THE IF THAT RESOLVED
IT, THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW BUT
MAYBE FOR CLARIFICATION, WE REAY
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
MAINTAINING OUR COMMITMENT TO
THE HOMEOWNERSHIP CATEGORY.
I HEARD YOU MENTION 5%
HOMEOWNERSHIP IN YOUR ANSWER BUT
BUT YOU CAN CLARIFY BECAUSE IT
DID NOT APPEAR AT FIRST THAT THE
THE HOMEOWNERSHIP FUNDS WERE IN.
OCCUR WE TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL
AMOUNT GOING IN THERE AND IF
THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PN
THAT WE ASSUME FROM JUMPSTART
WOULD BE ALLOCATED IN 2023.
>> YES. THANK YOU.
THIS IS THE AREA THAT TRACY
MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A
TECHNICAL ERROR, THIS 5% WITH
THE HOMEOWNER CAPITOL, AND THE
NARRATIVE AROUND THIS HAS ALWAYS
ALWAYS BEEN THE 5% FOR
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND WE HAVE SUPPOT
ON THE EXECUTIVE SIDE FOR THE H.
ERICA MALONE IN OUR OFFICE WILL
TELL THAT YOU THERE IS FULL
SUPPORT FOR THAT, AND YES, WE
ARE DEFINITELY COMMITTED TO THA%
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
>> I CAN JUST AFFIRM WE WILL
MAKE SURE THAT THE ALLOCATIONS
ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE JUMPSTAT
PROGRAM.
>> GREAT AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
THERE IS NOT A POLICY CHANGE
THAT IS ACTUALLY PROPOSED FOR JT
THAT IS IN KEEPING AND
MAINTAINING THE COMMITMENT FROM
0 TO 30% AMI FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP
-- EXCUSE ME -- AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND THE 82% IS THE TOTAL
TOTAL THAT YOU ARE COMMITTED TO,
0 TO 30, AND THERE WAS SOME FLY
BUILT IN THERE, AND IT DOESN'T
SOUND LIKE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
IS TRYING TO CHANGE THAT, SO MAE
THAT COULD APPEAR THAT WAY IN
FIRST BLUSH WITH READING THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT WERE THE THANKS FOR TE
CLARIFICATION. THANKS
FOR THE WORK. THANK
YOU ALL FOR HELPING TO HOUSE SA.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST
PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET AS WE
LOOK TO CREATE THE INITIAL
PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE
MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED
AND HAVING THE SERVICE TO STAY
HOUSED IS THE CORNERSTONE THAT
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT.
LOOKING AT. SO REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR SUMMARY TODAY.
>> REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR OH STAFF
FOR THEIR HARD WORK OVER THE
PAST COUPLE YEARS.
>> ABSOLUTELY, AND THANK YOU S.
PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION.
OKAY. WE ARE MOVING O.
I BELIEVE WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER.
THIS -- ALY, WHAT ARE WE AT?
18 CATEGORIES WITHIN
MISCELLANEOUS, AND LET'S HAVE
ITEM NUMBER FIVE READ INTO THE
RECORD. >
>> WE HAVE NO ACTUAL DEPARTMENT
COMING TO PRESENT IN THIS SECTI.
WE HAVE A TEAM FROM CENTRAL
STAFF THAT WILL BE WITH US, AND
AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ,
AND THANKS FOR EVERYBODY
STICKING WITH US. WE
HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF I.
>
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THE CHAIR DESCRIBED THAT WE HAVE
HAVE 18 ISSUES IDENTIFIED ACROSS
ACROSS NINE DEPARTMENTS, AND
WITH LIMITED TIME IN COMMITTEE,
WE TRIED TO BALANCE.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
AND WE ARE INVITED TO COMMITTEE
FOR A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION D
SOME DEPARTMENTS WHERE THERE IS
NOT AS MUCH GOING ON BUT STAFF
HAS IDENTIFIED ONE OR TWO
ISSUES, AND IT'S NOT IDENTIFYING
IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING THAT CAN
BE DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK, AND IF
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE DISCUSSIONS
ON OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WE COULD
TAKE QUESTIONS AND OTHER ANALYSS
ARE ONLINE BUT WE CAN ANSWER
QUESTIONS OFFLINE AND WITH THAT,
THAT, I'LL TURN OVER TO JASMINE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I
AM JASMINE MARWAHA, AND I'LL BG
THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE STARTING OFF WITH THE BUDT
SUMMARY. THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING IS RESPONSIBILITY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING THE
PROGRAMS IN THREE BROAD AREAS
AND THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERS E
LEVIES WHICH GO TO THE TEAM AND
WILL FUND EDUCATION SERVICES
THROUGH THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YE.
THE OVERALL BUDGET YOU SEE ON
THE SIDE ROUGHLY TRACKS THE
ANTICIPATED SPENDING PLAN AND
THE ALLOCATION OF $9.7 MILLION
AND UNDER SPEND FROM PREVIOUS
YEARS WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED IN
IN FURTHER DETAIL LATER IN THE .
WITH THAT WE CAN GO RIGHT INTO
THE ISSUE. SO BEFORE
WE DISCUSS THE UNDER SPEND, THEE
IS THE ISSUE OF A LONG-TERM
STRATEGY FOR CHILD CARE WORKERS
FROM THE 2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDT
INCLUDES $5.3 MILLION AND
ONE-TIME HIRING BONUSES USING
THE JUMPSTART FUND AND THIS
ALLOCATION HAS THE $2.4 MILLION
ALLOCATED LAST YEAR AND
ADDRESSING STAFF VACANCIES
THROUGH HIRING BONUSES.
AND DEEL ANTICIPATES THAT
CURRENT NEW WORKERS WOULD
RECEIVE BETWEEN $500 AND $1,000
FOR THE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS IS A ONE-TIME
EXPENDITURE WITH THE PARALLEL
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING
HAPPENING ON THE CHILD CARE
LABOR SHORTAGE. SO,
FOR EXAMPLE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
IS THAT DEEL IS IN CONVERSATION
WITH OED ABOUT THE LONGER TERM
INVESTMENT AND RECOVERY PLAN AND
AND DEEL IS PART OF A STATE WIDE
WIDE TASK FORCE TO HELP TO
UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY IS
NEEDED FOR HIGH-QUALITY CHILD
CARE IN THE STATE AND KING
COUNTY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A PT
PROJECT THAT WILL PROVIDE 1400
CHILD CARE WORKERS ACROSS THE
COUNTY WITH $2 AN HOUR INCREASER
FOUR YEARS AND THERE IS A LOT OF
OF EFFORTS HAPPENING IN THIS IN
HOW TO SUPPORT CHILD CARE WORKE.
SO WITH ALL OF THE EFFORTS IN
THE MIX, COUNCIL MAY WANT TO
CONSIDER CREATING A LEGISLATIVET
WITH DEEL AND OED TO SUPPORT
CHILD CARE WORKERS AND HELP
ADDRESS THE CHILD CARE LABOR SH.
OR THERE MAY BE MORE WE CAN ADD
TO THE SLIDE BUT IT'S A
LONG-TERM STRATEGY OR A MISSION.
>> I FORGOT TO NOTE THE CHAIR OF
OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THESE
DEPARTMENTS REPORT TO, BUT IS TE
ANYTHING ON DEEL, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO
SAY BEFORE WE GET GOING?
>> NO. I'LL LET
JASMINE WALK THROUGH AND THEN AE
OF COMMENTS MYSELF.
>> GREAT.
THANKS. SORRY FOR THE
OMISSION ON THAT. AND
JASMINE, I'M NOT SEE ANYTHING QS
FROM -- I AM NOT SEE ANYTHING
QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY. MOVING ON.
AND THE SECOND ISSUE IS RELATED
TO THE LEVY UNDER 10.
THERE -- DEEL IS PROPOSING $2
MILLION EACH YEAR IN 2023 AND
2024 TO GO TOWARDS SPECIFIC ANDE
PROGRAMS. THESE
PROGRAMS COULD INCLUDE THOSE
FUNDED IN PAST COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTIONS THAT FIT WITHIN THIS CFR
THIS CFR FRAME AND CENTRAL STAFF
CENTRAL STAFF UNDERSTANDS THAT
ALL OF THE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS IN THIS E
CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED AT THE
SAME LEVEL AS 2022 FROM THE
GENERAL FUND BUT THIS ADDITIONAD
COULD ADD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND
AND THE FUNDING COULD ALLOW FOR
THE FUNDING FOR THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES TASK FORCE THAT
DON'T HAVE ONGOING OR ADDITIONAL
ADDITIONAL FUNDS ATTACHED TO
THEM BEYOND THE 2022 PERIOD,
AND DEEL WILL GO THROUGH THE EVN
PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHICH
PROJECT AND IS THERE
OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE A MORE
INTEGRATE THE STRATEGY IN A MORE
SPACE. NOTWITHSTANDING
NOTWITHSTANDING AN ATTEMPT AT A
MORE COMPREHENSIVE OR INTEGRATED
OR INTEGRATED APPROACH, COUNCIL
HAS THE OPTION OF ALLOCATING $2
MILLION IN THE UNDERSPEND EACH
YEAR TOWARDS SPECIFIC PROGRAMS
OR INTENDED PROGRAMS THAT FIT
WITHIN THE PRIM. SO
COUNCIL HAS THE OPTION OF
SPECIFICALLY PROGRAMMING THE
FUNDS AS LONG AS IT GOES TOWARDL
SPECIFIC RESPONSIVE PROGRAMS,
AND FEPP PROVIDES THOUGH, A
METHOD OF DOING THAT.
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS.
IS ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE ITEMS,
CBA THAT WAS HELD THIS YEAR?
>> A CBA? I'M SORRY.
>> OH, AN AMENDMENT -- AN
ADDITION THAT COUNCIL ADDED LAS.
IT'S 001 -- B 001 FOR THE
350,000 FOR PROGRAMMING FOR
BLACK GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN ANDK
QUE, R AND TRANSGENDER YOUTH.
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
COULD BE ONE OF THE USES FOR THE
THE FUND AND THAT IT IS FUNDED
-- THE CURRENTLY FUNDED UNTIL
THE GENERAL FUND IN THE PROPOSED
PROPOSED BUDGET AT $350,000 BUT
COUNCIL COULD ADD TO IT.
THERE IS A NUANCE THAT I THINK
ALY MAY WANT TO CHIME IN ON.
>> ALY?
>> THANK YOU, JASMINE AND CHAIR.
THE FUNDING FOR THAT SPECIFIC
AMENDMENT LAST YEAR WAS ON THE
FULL LIST TO PRESERVE GENERAL FS
TO BALANCE THROUGH THE MID-YEAR.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT
THERE WAS A FUND THAT I BELIEVE
WAS SUPPORTED BY THE LEVY SO THT
THE 2022 FUNDING DID MOVE
FORWARD AND WAS A DIFFERENT
SOURCE OF FUNDS, BUT THE GENERAL
GENERAL FUND ALLOWS THAT AND THE
THE PROPOSED BUDGET DID INCLUDE
THAT ONGOING WITH GENERAL FUND .
WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE
EXECUTIVES THAT THAT WAS CARRIED
CARRIED ONGOING IN ERROR BUT OUG
IS THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
COUNCIL MAY WANT TO KEEP IN BUT
WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE MORE DISS
WITH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.
>> GREAT. OKAY.
OKAY.
>> MOVING ON THEN TO THE THIRD
ISSUE THIS IS ALSO A LEVY
UNDERSPEND A DEAL PROPOSING $5.7
PROPOSING $5.7 MILLION OVER THE
NEXT TWO YEARS, $2 MILLION IN 2,
AND $3.7 MILLION IN 2024 TO COE
MANY OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT
BEGAN LAST YEAR IN THE PROMISEDM
INCLUDING MORE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
ELIGIBLE YOUTH, WRAP-AROUND
SERVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE, AND ALLOWINGLY STUDENTS
STUDENTS TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
YEAR OF PROGRAM SUPPORT GIVEN
THE PANDEMIC, AND INCREASING THE
THE AMOUNT OF TUITION FOR THE
HIGHER THAN PROJECTED PROGRAM E.
DEEL SEES THE PROJECTED
ENROLLMENT BY 388 STUDENTS AND
THE FOLLOWING YEARS BY
APPROXIMATELY 500 STUDENTS EACH.
DEEL REQUESTS A POLICY CHOICE TO
TO REQUEST MORE RESOURCES TO
PRESERVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO THM
REGARDLESS OF INCOME AS THE
DEMAND INCREASES PRODUCTION.
THIS POLICY CHOICE IS DIFFERENT
FROM THE LEVEE IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN AND POLICY DIRECTION.
THAT PLAN MET THE ONE DEMAND FOR
FOR TUITION, SUPPORT, SUPPLY
THAT ADDRESSED THE PRIOR FUNDS
FOR DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STUDENTS
STUDENTS INCLUDING LOW-INCOME SS
AND STUDENTS OF COLOR,IMMIGRANT
STUDENTS, HOMELESS STUDENTS,
AND LGBTQ+. AT THE
SAME TIME, THEY ALSO RECOGNIZE G
FUNDS AMONG ALL THOSE GROUPS,
FIRST GENERATION, PERSONS OF
COLOR, IT'S NOT A SIMPLE TASK.
FOR EXAMPLE, HOW TO EQUITABLY P?
SO THE PLAN ALSO ASKS DEEL TO
WORK WITH COLLEGES ON AN
EVALUATION AND USE AN ANALYSIS
TO INFORM THE FURTHER ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT OF A STUDENT PRIORITN
MECHANISM. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THEY GO TO
ENGAGE IN THE EVALUATIONS OF THE
THE PROGRAM AND THEY WOULD
LIKELY INFORM A SHIFT IN THE
CITIZEN SUPPORT. ONE
LAST THING TO MENTION BEFORE I
GET TO OBJECTIONS IS THE COUNCIL
COUNCIL 31821 WOULD BE
PRIORITIZED TO GO TO THE
PROGRAM AND ANY UNDERSPEND MIGHT
MIGHT BE RECOGNIZED BY THE
COMMITEE AND LOC THAT DOES RECOD
THE PROPOSED USE OF THE
UNDERSPEND BUT COUNCIL MUST
SUCCEED THE PROPOSAL AND REJECT
THE PROPOSAL IN FAVORITE OF
OTHER LEVERY INVESTMENT PRIORIT,
AND WHERE ELSE TO PUT IT THE
FUNDING, AND FURTHER ACTION MAY
BE NEEDED TO GET APPROVAL.
ANOTHER OPTION IS TO APPROVE THD
UNDERSPEND $2 MILLION FOR 2023 T
REJECT THE 2024 AND ASK THAT
DEEL BEGIN WORKING ON A PROPOSAL
PROPOSAL FOR THE PRIORITIZATION
IN THE SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM.
AND THEN YOU CAN APPROVE THE
PROPOSED UNDERSPEND FOR 2023 AND
AND 2024 AND STILL REQUIRE THATE
BE A PROPOSAL FOR PRIORITIZATION
PRIORITIZATION UNDERSTANDING THT
THERE MAY BE ALLOCATED AND A
NEED IN THE DIRECTION FROM
INVESTMENTING IN THE PROMISE PR.
AND THEN FINALLY, NO CHANGE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU. AND
THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH T,
JASMINE. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN WE
HAD THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THIS
THIS SUMMER, WE HAD A LOT OF
DISCUSSION, AND IT WAS ROBUST D
LENGTHY, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF
DATA PRESENTED ABOUT THE PROGRA,
UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAUSE OF
COVID, EVERYTHING IS SORT OF OUT
OUT OF WHACK RIGHT NOW IN TERMS
OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAMS
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. THAT
THAT SAID, WHAT BECAME CLEAR
ABOUT THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM IS THAT THE BULK OF THE,
ALMOST $16 MILLION IN SEATTLE
PROMISE AVAILABILITY ALMOST HALF
HALF OF THE PROMISE DOLLARS GOEO
WHITE STUDENTS. ONLY
12 IS% GOES TO BLACK STUDENTS,
19 TO LATINO STUDENTS, AND PART
PART OF THE CHALLENGE HERE ESPEY
BECAUSE OF THE POLICY CHOICE TO
OFFER UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO THESE
DOLLARS IS THAT THE PROMISE
SCHOOL IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER
THAN THE EQUITY SCHOLARSHIP
FUND, SCHOOL WHERE MOST STUDENTF
COLOR GET THEIR FUNDING.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE POLICY
DISCUSSION THAT I THINK THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THE
COUNCIL SHOULD BE HAVING ABOUT
WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME
TO EXPAND RESOURCES THROUGH A
PROGRAM THAT IS REALLY HAVING AN
AN INEQUITABLE IMPACT IN TERMS
OF SERVICE TO OPPORTUNITIES.
THE PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP IS SIGNY
LARGER, 16 MILLION VERSUS 3.5 OR
OR SO, SO WHITE STUDENTS ARE
GETTING MORE ACCESS TO MORE
DOLLARS AND WE LEARNINGED THIS
SUMMER THEY ARE HAVING BETTER OE
THAN STUDENTS OF COLOR.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
THE KEY TAKE AWAYS WAS AROUND
THIS DISPARITY HAVING DO REDUCES
TO THE FUNDING. SO I K
IT'S -- NO ONE IS DISPUTING THEE
OF THE SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM
AND THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED
ISN'T EQUITABLE. BUT I
I THINK THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEM
IS WE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE EXPANG
IT. IT'S A
CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD DURINGS
SUMMER, AND AT THAT TIME, THE
DISCUSSION WAS THE POLICY CHANGE
CHANGE AND THE LEVY.
RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE STRUCTURE
THAT IT HAS RIGHT NOW.
IT HAS RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOR.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
I THINK WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH YOU TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT MAYBE WHERE THE RECOMMENDS
FROM THE OVERSIGHT BOARD COULD
ALIGN BETTER WITH THE DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION THAT THEY HAD, THAT
YOU ALL HAD. THANK YOU
YOU FOR BRINING UP THOSE CONCER.
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>>
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS
A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCESS POS
AROUND AND ISSUE IDENTIFICATION,
IDENTIFICATION, THE ONE ON THE N
NOW. YOU REFERENCED
YOU NEED TO GET APPROVAL FROM
THE LOC FOR SPENDING THOSE
UNDERSPEND DOLLARS. I
DON'T SEE THAT FLAG UNDER ISSUE
ID NUMBER TWO AND I AM JUST
WONDERING ARE WE -- IS THERE A
DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA THAT
WE NEED TO FOLLOW DEPENDING ON
SOMETING ABOUT THE UNDERSPEND TT
I'M MISSING HERE?
>> NO, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I CAD
CONFUSION. THE ISSUE
FOR NUMBER TWO WAS NOT -- THE OE
I IDENTIFIED WAS NOT NECESSARILY
NECESSARILY WHETHER OR NOT TO
SPEND ON THE CSR PROGRAMMING.
THE LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
APPROVED $2 MILLION EACH YEAR IN
IN SPENDING FOR THOSE FUNDS, FOR
FUNDS, FOR CSR FUNDS.
THE ISSUE IS SPECIFY WITHIN CSR
WHAT IT CAN BE SPENT ON BUT NOT
WHETHER OR NOT TO SPEND ON CSR.
BUT THIS IS WHAT TO SPEND IT ON.
>> ALL RIGHT. YOU WERE
WERE COMPLETELY CLEAR.
COMPLETELY CLEAR.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE.
>> OKAY. THANKS SO MU.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO NUMBE.
>> NUMBER FOUR IS SUBSTANTIVELY
A SIMILAR ISSUE THAT INVOLVES
REVENUE THAT IS NOT UNDERSPENT T
IF YOU WANTED TO REPROGRAM THIS
FUNDING, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY
NECESSARILY REQUIRE THE APPROVA.
IT'S THE STANDARD $1,000 EACH
YEAR TO GO TO THE PROMISE PROGR.
MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
2023 AND 2024 ALLOCATION.
>> OKAY. I DON'T SEE
ANYBODY RAISING THEIR HANDS RIGT
NOW. THANK YOU FOR
FLAGGING IT FOR US, AND THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, FOR
LOOKING UP THE STATISTICS.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
INTEREST IN THE LOSS OF CONCERN
OF NOT HAVING TARGETED
UNIVERSALISM AND LOOKING FORWARD
LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING
WHERE WE CAN BE IMPACTFUL ON TH.
JASMINE, PLEASE HELP.
>> AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT
THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER CITY
MEASURES AND INDICATORS TO
SUPPORT THE EQUITABLE USE OF
PROMISE FUNDS WHICH I CAN ALSO E
IF THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAV.
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY. LISE KAYE IS IN
CUE, AND THANK YOU, JASMINE.
IT'S THE POINT IN THE DAY WHERE
I START SAYING LOOPY THINGS.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> YES.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
>> WELCOME, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I AM LISE KAYE FROM CENTRAL
STAFF AND THIS IS ASHA
VENKATARAMAN WHO WILL BE
SPEAKING TO THE, AND THIS IS A
LARGE DEPARTMENT PROVIDING THE S
IN THE DEPARTMENT AND HAS THEIR
OWN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, SO
WHEN LOOKING AT THE OVERVIEW IN
YOUR SPARE TIME, YOU WILL SEE
THE EXTENT OF THE TABLE ONE
SUMMARY THAT PROVIDES ALL OF THS
BY BUDGET SUMMARY LEVEL BUT I AM
AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND STICK
TO SLIDE FOUR. THANK ,
PATTY. AND JUST NOTE
THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS 10%
HIGHER THAN THE 2022 ADOPTED BUT
AND THE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
WOULD BE ABOUT 3% HIGHER THAN
THE 2023 BUDGET AND SOME OF THE
LARGER INCREASES IS THE START
FUNDS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND $13 MILLION
FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR
WATER FOR THE TRIBAL AND
VISITOR CENTER AND THE FIRE
STATION AND TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
THE BUDGET IDENTIFIED ONE PROPOD
CHANGE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I
WILL HAND THIS OFF TO ASHA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. AS
LISE MENTIONED, THERE IS ONE AND
AND THAT IS THE INCREASE IN
COSTS FOR CONTRACTED JAIL SERVI.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD INCREE
IT BY $2.9 MILLION FOR THE JAIL
CONTRACT BRINGING THE TOTAL
AMOUNT YOU WERE TO $21.4 MILLIO.
THE REASON FOR THAT INCREASE IS
SURCHARGES AS WELL AS INFLATION
INFLATION THAT ARE INCLUDED IN
THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT
ITSELF BUT THE REASON I BRING
THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THERE
MAY BE POTENTIAL FOR ABSORBING
THOSE COSTS AT THE COUNTY DEPENG
ON THE POTENTIAL DISAGREEMENT ON
ON HOW TO HAVE REINVEST THE SAV.
IN 2021 AND 2022, THE CITY HAD
COME TO THE AGREEMENT THAT THE
AVERAGE JAIL POPULATION WAS LOWE
TO 80 INDIVIDUALS AND SEATTLE
CONTRACTED BED FLOOR IS 188 IND.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, SEATTLE HAS
TO PAY 188 INDIVIDUALS AT A
MINIMUM BEING IN THE JAIL REGARS
OF WHETHER WE HAVE THAT MANY
INDIVIDUALS IN THE JAIL.
SO FOR 2021 AND '22, BECAUSE IT
WAS LOWER, WE WERE ABLE TO
NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY.
THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD
APPROPRIATE AND PAY THE FULL
AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT IN BOTH
OF THOSE YEARS BUT THE COUNTY
WOULD REALLOCATE $15 MILLION IN,
SO $8 MILLION IN 2021 AND $7
MILLION IN 2022 AND REINVEST IN
HEALTH AND HOUSING FOR COMMUNITS
THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED
AFFECTED BY INCARCERATION AND TE
IDEA WAS TO AMELORITE THE HARM,
THE HARM, AND SO THAT $15
MILLION WAS SLATED FOR 2021 AND.
BUT THE REASON IT WAS EASIER FOR
FOR THE COUNTY TO KEEP ADP AT 80
80 PEOPLE IS BECAUSE OF THE BOOG
RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE AT THE
JAIL AND THOSE BOOKING
RESTRICTIONS COME FROM THE
COUNTY'S AUTHORITY UNDER THE
COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY.
ONCE THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY
ENDS AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THE
BOOKING RESTRICTIONS ARE UNLIKEY
TO LAST, AND THAT MEANS AS MANY
PEOPLE THAT ARE BOOKED INTO THE
JAIL CAN BE BOOKED IN WITHOUT LG
AT ANY OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS
WHICH MEANS IT WILL BE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT GOES BACK
BACK TO DRIVING HOW MANY PEOPLE
SHOW UP AT THE JAILS TO BE BOOK.
WHILE THE EXECUTIVE HAS HAD SOMS
ABOUT WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO Y
REINVEST THE SAVINGS, IT DOESN'T
DOESN'T END UNTIL 2030.
SO THE CONVERSATIONS ONGOING ARE
ARE ABOUT HOW TO YOU COME TO
POTENTIALLY ANOTHER AGREEMENT
BECAUSE THE EXECUTIVE HAS NOT
FINISHED THOSE CONVERSATIONS YE.
SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY
CITY AND THE COUNTY TO AGREE TO
KEEP ADP LOWER THAN THE CONTRACD
BED FLOOR, NOT NECESSARILY AT 80
80 BUT BELOW THE 188 BED FLOOR
AMOUNT, THERE HAS BEEN SAVINGS
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR
JAIL CONTRACT. THAT
MEANS IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE
CONTRACT COST INCREASE THAT IS D
FOR '23 AND '24 OUT OF THE 2.9
MILLION MAY BE ABSORBED INTO
WHATEVER SAVINGS COMING INTO
KEEPING THE ADP LOW, AND SO OBY
UNTIL THE COUNTY AND CITY ARE
FINISHED FIGURING OUT IF AN
AGREEMENT IS POSSIBLE AND WHAT E
SCOPE OF THAT AGREEMENT IS WE
WON'T KNOW FOR SURE BUT IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT THAT KIND OF REINT
OF SAVINGS COULD COVER THE COST
AND THE REMAINDER COULD GO FOR
SUPPORT FOR INCARCERATION LIKE
THE KING COUNTY VITAL PROGRAM
THAT PROVIDES HOUSING ON A
LIMITED BASIS OR ANY NUMBER OF
POSSIBLE SOURCES OF REINVESTMENT
REINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITIES
MOST IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEM. SO THERE
A COUPLE OF OPTIONSOID OUT FOR
YOU, AND THE FIRST IS KEEP THE ,
AND OPTION B IS REDUCE THE PROPD
INCREASE AND CONSIDER ADDING IT
BACK IN 2023 AND THAT DEPENDS OE
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT.
AND OPTION C IS NO CHANGE AT AL.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON
THOSE THINGS FROM COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SAW A FEW HAND BUS ONLY SEE O.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE G.
>> THANKS. AS IT
RELATES TO THIS AGREEMENT, MY RN
IS THAT -- I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOE
SAYING, ASHA, ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF ADP NOW INFLUENCED BY
COVID-ERA BOOKING RESTRICTIONS
THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO GO AWAY,
BUT THE DECISION TO BASE AN
AGREEMENT ON 100 FEWER PEOPLE IN
IN ADP THAN WHAT WE'RE
CONTRACTED FOR WITH THE RESULT
OF POLICY DECISIONS THAT -- AND
GOALS TO REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON
THE JAIL THAT PREDATED COVID AND
AND WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE
LOCAL TREND. IT WAS
NOT LIKE WE JUST DECIDED ONE DAT
WE ARE GONNA NOT BOOK 100 PEOPLE
PEOPLE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO
BOOK IN THE JAIL BUT THAT WE HAD
HAD ADJUSTED OUR PRACTICES THROT
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND
THE RESULT WAS A MUCH LOWER ADP.
SO THE AGREEMENT ITS WAS BASED
ON THE HISTORICAL USE WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE THIS
CONTRACT THAT WE ARE BOUND TO UL
-- I THINK IT'S -- IS IT 2030?
AND WE HAD AGREEMENT WITH THE
COUNTY HOW WE SHOULD BE
REINVESTING THE DOLLARS AND WE
HAVE TO KEEP PAYING THEM.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT YOU DO A
DILIGENT JOB OF REPORTING TO US
EVERY WEEK ON WHAT THE ADP IS.
IT HAS HOVERED AROUND 80 OR 90
SINCE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IN
THE LAW DEPARTMENT WHICH IS A --
-- YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHANGES
CHANGES AND PRACTICES AROUND
MAKING DECISIONS AROUND WHETHER
OR NOT TO PURSUE PROSECUTION
WITHIN FIVE DAYS AND THE REPEATS
PROGRAM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALSO
DRIVES IN THE AREAS IN WHICH --
BUT LOOPING BACK AROUND, SOMETHG
THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UN.
DO WE -- WHEN WE GO OVER ADP, AE
-- ARE WE -- BECAUSE THAT'S THE
AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENT IN THE
CONTRACT IS BASED ON SEATTLE
HAVING AN 80 PERSON ADP.
WHEN WE GO OVER IS THERE LIKE A?
>> THERE IS NOT A PENALTY IN WE
GO OVER 80. IT'S JUST
THE ESTIMATED SAVINGS THAT UNDEE
THE COMMITMENT TO REINVEST THAT.
SO WE COULD GO OVER 80.
FOR 2021 AND '22 T DOESN'T
MATTER BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS
AGREED TO REINVEST THE SAVINGS.
>> SO THE CALCULATION IS LIKE A.
THE ESTIMATE IS 60 MILLION.
SO THERE IS NOT A PENALTY BUT AN
AN AGREEMENT TO REINVEST THE DO.
DO WE HAVE -- I AM SURE THAT THE
THE NUMBER IS GREAT FOR 2021 BUT
BUT HOW DOES THE 2022
REINVESTMENT COMPARE TO, I THINK
THINK THE EIGHT MILLION THAT WED
IT WOULD BE?
IT WOULD
>> SO THE 60 MILLION THAT THEY
CURRENTLY COMMITTED THEY DIDN'T
DO IT LIKE EIGHT MILLION ONE YER
AND AND -- LET ME CHECK.
THE $11 MILLION WAS TO COMBINE
THROUGH THE COUNTY'S HOUSING
FUND TO PURCHASE HOUSING FOR
GENDER DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS AND
THE REMAKING FIVE MILLION --
IT'S PROBABLY COMMITTED BY NOW.
BUT THAT WAS FROM MAY AND IT WAS
WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO
COMMUNITY-BASED HOUSING TO
DIVERT YOUTH THAT WOULD BE
OTHERWISE INCARCERATED SO THEY
PLANNED TO INVEST THAT $18 -- 6
$18 -- $16 MILLION AS A WHOLE.
>> THERE ARE NO FURTHER
CONVERSATIONS FOR THE CITY AND
COUNTY FOR 2023. IS TT
CORRECT?
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THEY
HAVE GOTTEN OR THE CONTENT OF
THEM BUT NO AGREEMENT FOR 2022.
NO. THEY HAVE NOT COME
COME TO AGREEMENT YET.
TO AGREEMENT YET.
>> SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT
NOT ONLY MIGHT THE SAVINGS YOU
REALIZE FROM A LOWER ADP THAN WT
IS CONTRACTED MIGHT CONTINUE TO
BE USED FOR THE TYPES OF
INVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED IN 2022
2022 AND 2023 BUT IT MIGHT
ALWAYS BE POSSIBLE TO ABSORB
THIS $2.9 MILLION INCREASE THAT
WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED O
PAY?
>> IT'S POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE EXECUTIVES
EXECUTIVES HAVE HAD THAT
SPECIFIC CONVERSATION.
I AM JUST RAISING THE
POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD ADD TO
TO THE CONVERSATION WITH THE
COUNTY AS TO WHETHER THEY ARE
WILLING TO REINVEST IT ALTOGET.
>> I REALIZE THIS IS A CONTRACTL
OBLIGATION. I RAISE
THAT WE ARE NOT RENEGOTIATING
THE JAIL CONTRACT IT.
STILL HAS EIGHT MORE YEARS ON IT
IT BUT A $2.9 MILLION INCREASE
IS AN INCREASE THAT WILL TAKE AY
FROM OTHER PRIORITIES THAT
COUNCIL HAS. SO I AM
REALLY INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYINR
WAYS TO ABSORB THIS OBLIGATION
AND WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND
MORE HOW WE CAN ELEVATE OUR
NEEDS TO NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT CUTO
THESE -- THE $3 MILLION OF FUNDS
FUNDS THAT I THINK WE WOULD ALL
LIKE TO SPEND IN A DIFFERENT WA.
>> FOR THE -- FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC THERE, IS A LOT OF NODS
FROM COUNCILMEMBERS ON THAT CON.
I WILL ECHO THAT AND CALL ON COR
NELSON. I, TOO, AM
INTERESTED IN THIS. I
THINK IF THERE IS A POLICY
APPROACH TO CONTINUE WITH THE
PATH THAT ALLOWS FOR US, TO, YES
YES V A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION
BUT ON THIS THREE MILLION IF NOT
NOT MORE TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDO
PREVENT CRIME IN THE FIRST PLACE
PLACE AS WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND
I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED FROM
THAT, AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
THE DELIBERATIONS OR DISCUSSES
HAPPENING BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND
KING COUNTY WHAT ELSE WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO DO IF ANYTHING TO
ADDRESS THE HEALTH CONCERNS CROG
UP IN THE JAILS AND I FIRST WANT
WANT TO NOTE THAT THE FOLKS WHO
ARE BEING HELD IN THE JAIL ARE L
ARE LARGELY -- BY AND LARGE,
MOST ARE PRETRIAL, AND THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF A CR.
THE REASON THEY ARE HELD IS
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO PA.
NOT TO SAY THAT THESE CONSCIOUS
ARE OKAY FOR ANYONE BUT THIS IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A
A HOLDING PLACE UNTIL THAT CAN
HAPPEN FOR MANY PEOPLE, AND THE
REPORT THAT WE HAVE SEEN FROM
OTHERS IS THERE IS LACK OF
POTABLE WATER AND 23-HOUR-A-DAYN
DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGE AND
CONCERNS OF HEALTH, PREVENTING
INJURIES AND DENTAL CARE AND NOG
ACCESS TO MEDICATION.
FROM THE ATTORNEY SIDE, A LOT OF
OF CONCERNS OF ATTORNEYS NOT
HAVING ADEQUATE ACCESS, AND TE
SUICIDE RATE. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTRAY
CONTINUING AND ESPECIALLY ON
THIS TIME WHEN WE HAVE LIMITED
FUNDS AND HEALTH CONCERNS ARE SO
ARE SO GRAVE IN THE CURRENT JAI.
I WOULD LOVE TO DO WHAT WE CAN
TO REALLOCATE THE FUNDS AS
IDENTIFIED IN OPTION B AND SEE
WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE HEALTH CO.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I THINK
THAT'S A CARRY-OVER STAND IN OK.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU ARE U.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ARE WE OFTEN UNDER 80 PEOPLE IN
THE JAIL FOR THE CONTRACT?
>> SO IN RECENT YEARS,
PRE-PANDEMIC, WE WERE DROPPING
FROM A COUPLE HUNDRED DOWN, BACK
BACK DOWN TO I THINK MAKE THE 1.
I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
BUT THE 80 I DON'T THINK WE
DROPPED TO UNTIL 2019.
TO UNTIL 2019. I WOULD
WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THE S
FOR YOU.
>> SO WE ARE NOT USING UP ALL OR
SPACE.
>> NO.
>> DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT -- WE ARE
ARE EVEN NOW. IS IT --
-- MY UNDERSTANDING IS -- AND IN
THE THIS IN BRIEFING, THE JAIL
IS NOT ACCEPTING BOOKINGS FOR
ANYTHING BUT FELONY OFFENSES AND
OFFENSES AND MISDEMEANOR DUI AN.
SO THERE IS A WHOLE SWATH THAT
WE GET EMAILS ABOUT FREQUENTLY
FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT NOT .
SO THAT IS THE LIMITING FACTOR.
I UNDERSTAND WITH COVID AND OVER
OVER CROWD OFFING BUT I AM
TRYING TO UNDERSTANDING THAT --
OVER CROWDING IS NOT CURRENTLY
THE ISSUE. IT'S MORE
OF A POLICY ISSUE ON WHAT OR ITL
BE ONCE THE EMERGENCY IS OVER.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.
BEAR WITH ME. THE
INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A SE
COST OF 1.53% AND 3.4% INCREASER
INFLATION. THAT LABOR?
>> SO THE SURCHARGE COST AND THE
THE INFLATION COST MAY BE LABOR.
I WOULD HAVE TO REVIEW THE
CONTRACT ITS AS TO WHETHER THEY
ARE RELATED TO SOMETHING DIFFER.
>> OKAY. I AM JUST
WONDERING IF THAT'S A USUAL SORF
ANNUAL INFLATION ADJUSTMENT OR
WHATEVER LIKE WE HAD WITH THE C.
>> OH, I'M SORRY. I
DIDN'T MEAN TO DISRUPT YOU.
THE CALCULATION ABOUT THE
INCREASE IN THOSE COSTS IS PART.
PART. OF THE CONTRACT ITS AND
DOES INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.
>> SO WE ARE NOT INCREASING ANY.
WE ARE JUST BASICALLY FOLLOWING
THE CONTRACT WITH THE ANNUAL IN.
I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS A POLICY
CALL BECAUSE IF WE CHOOSE
PROVISO OR NOT INVEST ANY TERMSF
THE CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER, I
DON'T KNOW, EIGHT YEARS OR SO,
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
DOES MERIT SOME DISCUSSION GIVEN
GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW IS, YOU KNOW,
YOU KNOW, HAPPENING OUT THERE
AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT
OF CRIME AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> SORRY FOR HAVING A HOT MIC.
THE CONTRACT IS 187.
THE ADP IN THE AGREEMENT IS 80.
WE -- THE -- THE MONEY THAT IS
GOING OUT FOR THE THINGS THAT --
-- THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AGRED
WERE PRIORITY IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE 187 AND THE ACTUAL .
SO IF THERE IS INCREASED NUMBERS
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IN THE JAIL,
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO
THE AGREEMENT ALTHOUGH THE
AGREEMENT EXPIRES THIS YEAR TO T
THAT. WE ARE -- WE ARE
WE ARE -- WE ARE ALWAYS PAYING R
THE NUMBER OF BEDS, 187.
>> RIGHT.
>> YOU AND I CAN HAVE A
DISAGREEMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT E
SHOULD BE 80 PEOPLE IN THE JAILR
BASED ON THE SITE AGREEMENT OR,
YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT?
KNOW, A DIFFERENT?
WITH DIFFERENT FILING
RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE ARE STILL
GOING TO BE PAYING FOR 187.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND IT'S -- THE DIFFERENCE IS
IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT GOES OUT
THE DOOR BETWEEN WHAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY USING AND WHAT WE ARE .
SO I -- I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU
SAY THAT THE CONTRACT WAS 80.
THE CONTRACT IS NOT.
AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE PAYI.
>> I THINK I MEANT TO SAY AGREE.
I'M SORRY. I AM TRYING
TRYING TO TRACK THIS WHOLE THING
THING AND I HAVE LESS EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE AT THIS --
>> VERY COMPLICATED.
>> BUT THE BOTTOM LINE --
>> THE ONE LAST THING I WANT TO
SAY IS YOU ARE RIGHT,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
THE ISSUE IS AROUND NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE THAT THE PHYSICAL SPACE
CAN HOLD ARE NOT AS DRIVING THE
-- THE FINAL DECISIONS SO MUCH
BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING THE SAME
TYPES OF COVID CHALLENGES BUT
THERE IS STILL VERY MUCH A
CAPACITY ISSUE MAYBE NOT AS IT S
TO PHYSICAL SPACE BUT AS IT
RELATES TO STAFF. THE
JAIL IS VERY, VERY, VERY UNDER ,
AND IT'S CREATING UNSAFE
CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEING HELD IN THE JAIL AS COUNCR
-- MADAM CHAIR MOSQUEDA POINTED
OUT TO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROVEN
GUILTY OF ANYTHING YET, CREATING
YET, CREATING UNSAFE CONDITIONS
FOR THEM AND THE PEOPLE WORKING
TO STAFF THE JAIL. SO
THAT IS STILL VERY MUCH, I
THINK, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD
BE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE POLICY
DECISIONS THAT OTHER PARTS OF
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, THE
POLICY DECISIONS THAT THEY ARE
MAKING THAT DRIVE THE JAIL CAPA.
>> OKAY. GOT IT.
I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT, AND TO
TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE A CONTRACT
LIKE WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS,
SERVICE PROVIDERS, YOU KNOW, WE
GIVE OUR, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OVER EVERY YEAR FOR ANNUL
INFLATION. IT SEEMS
LIKE ALL OF THAT OTHER CONVERSAN
AROUND POLICY AND EVERYTHING
THIS, THE WORKERS AT THE JAIL
NEED TO HAVE A COSTE OF COST OG
INCREASE.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU TO YOU BOTH AND THANK YOU
FOR THE ISSUE OEUFBGDZ
IDENTIFICATION HERE AND WE ARE D
TO MOVE ON. I THINK
THIS IS A HANGOVER HAND?
BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AS.
I REMEMBER IN JANUARY IT WAS THE
THE PLEA FROM THE JAIL GUARDS
CALLING FOR REDUCING THE JAIL PN
BECAUSE OF THE SHORT STAFFING
LEADING TO INHUMANE CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
HOW DOUGH WE ADDRESS THOSE
CONDITIONS AND LOOK UP THE
POLICY SOLUTIONS TO STEM THE
FLOW OF PEOPLE INTO THE JAIL.
WE DID MAKE THE POLICY CHOICES I
I HAVE AT BUDGET IN 2019.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION
CONVERSATION FOR US TO CONTINUE
TO HAVE ABOUT THIS TOPIC
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT
THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET.
SO WE WILL HAVE MORE ON COME ON.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I
WILL ASK FOR US TO GO SLIGHTLY
OUT OF ORDER. I THINK
WE ARE GOING TO SKIP OVER TO OFE
OF LABOR IF THAT'S OKAY.
OKAY. GREAT.
GREAT. LET'S SKIP TO
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS.
I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER ON HAND
BUT WE WILL COME BACK TO LAW
LATER TODAY OR FRIDAY FOR THE AN
OF SCHEDULES HERE.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ, I KNOW
KNOW YOU HAVE LABOR STANDARDS IR
COMMITTEE.
>> I DO.
>> ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO
SAY IN GENERAL?
>> NOPE. I'M GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
LET'S JUMP ON IN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CENTRAL
STAFF FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON T.
>> HI, THERE.
>> HI.
>> MAKING SURE THAT MY MIC WAS
TURNED ON. I AM KARINA
KARINA BULL, AND I WILL BE
PRESENTING THE LABOR STANDARDS.
THE COMMISSION IS TO CREATE A
CULTURE OF COMPLIANCE.
IN 2023, WE WILL IMPLEMENT 17
LABOR STANDARDS AND MANAGE TWO
OUTREACH FUNDS AND PROVIDE ADMIE
SUPPORT OF TO THE ADVISORY
COMMISSION AND THE DOMESTIC
WORKERS STANDARD BOARD.
THIS BODY OF WORK HAS THE
ADDITION OF TWO LABOR STANDARDS,
STANDARDS, THE CANNABIS EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE JOB RETENTION ORDINANCE
RETENTION ORDINANCE AND AT-BASE
WORKERS' ORDINANCE AND ATTRITION
AND ATTRITION OF TWO LABOR
STANDARDS THAT WILL BASICALLY GO
BASICALLY GO AWAY DUE TO THE
STATE'S PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 26
WHICH WOULD PUT AN EXCEPTION TO
PREEXEMPT THE FIELD FOR DRIVERS
IN NEXT YEAR. FUNDING
FOR OLS WOULD DECREASE ABOUT 35.
MOST OF THE DECREASE, 86% WOULD
BE UNDER HOUSE BILL 2076.
INCLUDING THE DISALLY LOSING OF
THE DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER,
ELIMINATION OF ONE POSITION ANDE
DATA STRATEGIST IN THE
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.
BOTH ITEMS ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED
BY THE TAX REVENUE STREAM AND TL
$3.6 MILLION. OTHER
DECREASES ARE CHANGES TO THE
BUDGET REDUCTIONS SUCH AS
REDUCED FUNDING FOR OPERATING E,
OUTREACH RELATED TO THE
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
PROTECTION ORDINANCE THAT
ACTUALLY WOULD BE DIVERTED IN
THE BUDGET TO CONDITION THE
SENIOR INVESTIGATOR POSITION
THAT IS FUNDED BY THE TAX REVEN,
AND THEN REMOVAL OF THE
AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING FOR
DOMESTIC WORKER RECOMMENDATION S
AND OUTREACH. A QUICK
COMMENT THAT THE OFFICE OF LABOS
HAS A UNIQUE SOURCE OF REVENUE
OWN AS THE OLS FUND AND CODIFIED
CODIFIED UNDER CHAPTER 2 AND
REQUIRES THE BUSINESS LICENSE
TAX REVENUE AND GENERAL FUND AS.
EVERY YEAR, THE OLS DIRECTOR IS
REQUIRED TO CERTIFY TO MAYOR AND
AND COUNCIL THE MINIMUM ANNUAL N
NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE OFFICER'.
IT IS IN THE CODE THAT THE
POLICY OF THE CITY IS TO
APPROPRIATE THIS AMOUNT TO OLS
IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
THE ADOPTED BUDGET. IN
IN SEPTEMBER, OLS DIRECTOR CASEY
CASEY ISSUED A CERTIFICATION FOR
FOR THE 2023 BUDGET, AND IT IS Y
$1.3 MILLION MORE THAN THE
FUNDING FOR OLS IN THE MAYOR'S
2023 PROPOSED BUDGET.
SO ON THAT NOTE, TWO OF THE
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
IDENTIFIED FOR COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION OF OLS' BUDGET IS
LESS THIS DISCREPANCY.
THIS DISCREPANCY. THE
FIRST ISSUE IS SOMEWHAT SEPARAT.
THE FIRST ISSUE INVOLVES THE
CANNABIS EMPLOYEE JOB RETENTION.
IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, COUNCIL
PASSED LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING
THIS ORDINANCE. IT
WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN JUNE OF
2023 FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
ORDINANCE, OLS ESTIMATES $21,000
ESTIMATES $21,000 TO SET UP
COSTS AND CLOSE TO $5,000 FOR OG
ANNUAL COSTS. THE OLS
CERTIFICATION DOES NOT INCLUDE .
AND OBJECTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER INCLUDE ADDING THE FULL
FULL AMOUNT TO THE BUDGET IN
2023 AND 2024, OR JUST 21,000 I3
AND 5000 IN 2024 OR NO CHANGE.
OKAY. LET'S BEGIN.
>>
>> THE SECOND ISSUE INVOLVES THE
THE WORKER MINIMUM COMPENSATION.
IN MAY THIS YEAR COUNCIL PASSEDN
ESTABLISHING THIS ORDINANCE.
IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY
OF 2024. THE OLS ANNUL
CERTIFICATION ESTIMATES THAT
$950,000 IN 2023 IS NEEDED TO
IMPLEMENT THIS ORDINANCE FOR
SETUP COSTS, FIVE SPD ADDITIONAL
ADDITIONAL STAFF AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP, FURTHER DIALOGUE
WITH OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
DEATH THE NEED FOR $1.2 MILLION
IN 2024 FOR ONGOING ANNUAL COST.
THE 2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
DOES NOT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATEIATION FOR IMPLEMENTG
THIS ORDINANCE.
OBJECTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO
CONSIDER INCLUDE ADDING ALL THE
RESOURCES, 949,000 IN 2023 AND 2
MILLION ONGOING IN 2024 OR
AUTHORIZING A SETUP OF STAFF AND
STAFF AND PARTNERSHIP AND ADDING
ADDING ALL OF THOSE IN 2023 AND
2024 OR NO CHANGE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, GO AHEAD.
>> APPRECIATE, KARINA, YOU HAVE
GIVEN US A LOT OF OPTIONS.
HOW DO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
EMPLOYEES UNDER THE DIRECTORS' E
COMPARE TO THE OTHER TIME THAT S
THE -- FIVE FTE -- I RECOGNIZE
IT'S A COMPLEX REGULATION BUT
FIVE FTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE RULES SEEMS A LOT TO ME.
>> THE FIVE FTEs WOULD NOT ONLY
BE FOCUSED ON THE DIRECTOR OF R.
IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO
IMPLEMENTING THE ORDINANCE WITH
A POLICY ANALYST, AN ADDITIONALN
SPECIALIST, AND A DATA STRATEGY
STRATEGY THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATD
IN THE BUDGET, A LABOR STANDARDT
SPECIALIST, AND A LABOR
STANDARDS INVESTIGATOR AS WELL.
IT'S A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
IT'S MORE THAN JUST DEVELOPING
RULES, AND THE OFFICE WOULD
ITEMIZE WHAT THE POSITIONS ARE ,
AND IT'S MORE THAN THEY RECEIVED
RECEIVED IN THE PAST FOR OTHER
LABOR STANDARDS WHICH SOMETIMES
NO ADDITIONAL FTE AND SOMETIMES
CAN BE AS MUCH AS TWO.
AS TWO. OLS IS
ESTIMATING THAT THIS LABOR
STANDARD WILL SUPPLY MORE WORK.
IT'S A DIFFERENT SET OF WORKERS
THAN THEY ARE REACHING RIGHT NOW
NOW THROUGH THE SYSTEM PROTECTIS
AND IT REPRESENTS A TIPPING
POINT OF NOT RECEIVING AN
ADDITIONAL STAFF OF THE LABOR
STANDARDS THAT WERE PASSED IN RT
YEARS.
>> GOT IT. SO AGAIN, I
I SEE SOME OPTIONS HERE, AND WT
TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE OLS
DOESN'T HAVE THE ADEQUATE STAFF
TO DEVELOP DIRECTORS' RULES IN E
YEAR OF TIME BEFORE THE
ORDINANCE GOES INTO EFFECT.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO
TALKING TO YOU MORE ABOUT SOME
OF THESE OPTIONS. I DO
DO WANT TO FLAG FOR MY
COLLEAGUES SOMETHING THAT I
THINK YOU CAUGHT, KARINA.
THAT THE LEGISLATION STATES THAT
THAT THE NUMBER OF WORKERS IS
40,000 AT-BASE WORKERS, AND I K
-- THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THAT,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT -- I
JUST WANT IT RESULT IN A DIFFERT
ANALYSIS.
>> WELL, KUDOS TO YOUR
LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR CATCHING T.
IT WAS THE OVERVIEW OF THE
PAPER, AND INITIALLY, THE CITY
HAD HEARD IT WAS ABOUT 40,000 WS
COVERED BY THIS WHEN IT WAS
INITIALLY PROPOSED AND IT WAS TO
TO BE WORKERS IN THE ON-DEMAND ,
AND THEY COULD SET THEIR OWN
RATES, AND ET CETERA.
SO I THINK ULTIMATELY THE AMOUNT
AMOUNT OF WORKERS IS UNKNOWN.
IT WAS THE AMOUNT OF WORKERS,
AND THE HIRING ENTITIES AND I
DON'T THINK AN X NUMBER OF WORKS
WOULD MAKE A DINNERS. DIFFERENC.
REGARDLESS, THERE WAS GOING TO
BE OUTREACH AND QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS AND POSTERS AND INFORMAN
MATERIAL AND CONTRACTING WITH
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION TO DO TH.
IT MIGHT A LITTLE BUT I DON'T
THINK IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFER.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND TO NUMR
THREE.
>> THE LAST ISSUE ADDRESSES
COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS OUTREACH.
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION FUND, REFERRED TO
AS THE COEF, AND THE BLF, OLS
CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE LABOR
STANDARD OUTREACH TO WORKERS ANS
THAT WOULD NOT BE REACHED
THROUGH TRADITIONAL METHODS OF .
COEF HAS FUNDING AT 1.5 MILLION
AND HAS NOT INCREASED SINCE
2017, AND FORMALLY, THERE WAS E
IN 2019 TO MEET THE BUDGET REDU.
THE OLS CERTIFICATION ESTIMATES
THAT ADDITIONAL ONGOING
APPROPRIATIONS OF 4 THERE00,000R
THE COEF AND $200,000 FOR THE
BOEF WERE NEEDED FOR THE FUNDS
THAT WERE ESTABLISHED MANY YEARS
YEARS AGO BEFORE THE ADVENT OF
13 ADDITIONAL LABOR STANDARDS AD
DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION.
SO THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE
ASKED TO BE DOING A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF OF WORK AND REACH A LE
NUMBER OF WORKERS FOR THE SAME
AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT THEY HAD
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
OF YEARS. THE OPTIONS
COULD BE TO FUND ALL OF THEM OR
NONE OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
FOR THE OUTREACH FUNDS.
>> THANK YOU, KARINA.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN
FOLKS FROM THE HARVARD SCHOOL
ECONOMICS POLICY EARLIER TODAY
TO TALK ABOUT LABOR STANDARDS
HERE IN SEATTLE AND REALLY HAVE
THE CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD
GOOD WORK THAT THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS DOES, AND THE RE
THEY HAVE WITH NOT JUST PASSING
POLICY BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE
CAN ENFORCE IT AND MAKE SURE
IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE LETTER
OF THE LAW THAT IS IN EFFECT.
AND KARINA BULL DID A GREAT JOB
WITH REVIEWING SOME OF THE
ADDITIONAL DATA THAT THE FOLKS T
HARVARD AND ECONOMIC POLICY
INSTITUTE WERE LOOKING AT SO
THAT WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE
ROLE IS THAT SEATTLE HAD IN
SETTING THE NATIONAL LABOR POLI,
SO THANK YOU, KARINA, FOR YOUR
WORK ON THAT AND THE WORK AT
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE PREVIOUS
WORK AT LABOR STANDARDS, SO
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT, AND YET
I THINK WE HAVE A REAL
CONUNDRUM WHEN WE ARE ON THE
CUTTING EDGE BUT OUR OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS DOESN'T SEE
PARALLEL INVESTMENTS IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET EVERY YEAR.
I KNOW WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME TRYING TO ADD FUNDING TO
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
OVER THE YEARS. I KNOW
KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
SUPPORTED THAT AND WE WILL BE
INTERESTED IN SEALING THE
FUNDING BUT WHAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN, OUTREACH WITH THE
THE BUSINESS OWNERS IS NOT
KEEPING UP WITH THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS AS KARINA NOTED.
I AM HOPING, KARINA, WHAT WE CAN
CAN DO IS BETTER RELY ON
INVESTMENTS ORIGINALLY AND RELY
OFF THE OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS AND INVESTMENTS MORE G
THE LINE THAT THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS OUTLINES AS
NEEDED IN NEEDED IN THE
CERTIFICATION REPORT.
THIS IS UNIQUE. THEY
SEND US THEIR NEED, AND I AM
NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE TITLE BUT
BUT THEY OUTLINE WHAT THEIR NEES
ARE. NO OTHER
DEPARTMENT HAS THAT STATUTE.
YOU CAN REMIND US HOW OLS IS
RECEIVING COMPARED WITH WHAT THE
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS RS
THAT THEY NEED EARLIER THIS FAL?
>> SO THE ANNUAL CERTIFICATION
AS SUPPLEMENTED BY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION FOR 2024 JUST ADDRES
THE FOLLOWING YEAR, A NEED FOR 3
MILLION IN 2023 AND $1.8 MILLION
MILLION IN 2024. SO
THESE AMOUNTS AREN'T REFLECTED
IN THE 2023- '24 PROPOSED BUDGE.
PROPOSED BILLION HAS SIGNIFICAN.
BUT THAT'S NOT -- MOST OF THOSE
ARE DUE TO THE STATE PREEXEMPTI.
AND ONE OF THOSE ADDED TO THE LR
STANDARD. SO TRULY
WHAT THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE LOOG
AT IS THE ABSENCE OF THE $1.3
MILLION IN 2023 AND THE $1.8
MILLION IN 2024 AND THEIR STAR
IS 34 POSITIONS AND NEXT YEAR TO
TO 31. WE HAVE 34
POSITIONS, AND SO IF NO POSITIS
WERE REMOVED, THEN THEY WOULD BE
BE GETTING FOUR POSITIONS.
BUT THE CERTIFICATION ASKS FOR .
>> OKAY. GOT IT.
GOT IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, KARINA. ANYTHING
ELSE ON OLS? ALL RIGH.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK THERE, AND I AM
VERY EXCITED TO SEE YOUR WORK HD
IN THE LOCAL PROGRESS REPORT.
THUMBS UP FROM OUR GOOD CHAIR,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, COLLEAG.
IT'S 4:38 AT THE END OF DAY TWO
WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TWO
DAYS GIVEN THE PUBLIC PROGRESS .
I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE GO
GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE WITH THE
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ON FRIDAY AD
ADJOURN. IT'S AN EXTRA
EXTRA 20 MINUTES OF TIME BACK TY
AND THAT WOULD MEAN WE HAVE IN
TERMS OF THE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
ITEMS ON FRIDAY AND STAFF
ASSURES US THAT WE WILL HAVE
TIME FOR AND FOCUS ON LAW AND OE
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT AND THE SEATTLE DEPT
OF INSPECTION AND THE SEATTLE FE
DEPARTMENT. AND THOSE
ARE THE REMAINING DEPARTMENTS TT
WE HAVE YET TO WALK THROUGH.
I THINK WE SHOULD CUT THIS
PRESENTATION IN HALF AND LUMP IT
IT OFF AND HAVE THAT SESSION ON.
I AM SEEING SOME NODS AND SMILES
SMILES FROM THE VICE CHAIR AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND OKAY, COL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WALK
THROUGH OF THE QUESTIONS FOR
IDENTIFYING THE INITIAL ISSUE TE
DEPARTMENT AND CENTRAL STAFF FOR
FOR FIELDING OUR NUMEROUS
QUESTIONS AND FOR YOUR ENGAGEME,
COLLEAGUES. I AM GOING
GOING TO THANK THE NEWLY NAMED
WIZARD BEHIND ALL OF THE SCREEN.
THANK YOU, PATTY, FOR KEEPING UP
UP WITH OUR DISCUSSIONS AND
MOVING US FORWARD, AND I LOOK D
TO MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU AGAI.
TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:30,
OCTOBER 13th IS DAY NUMBER
THREE. WE WILL START
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORN
AND MOVE ON TO THE TRAFFIC ENFOT
OFFICER DISCUSSION WITH SDOT AND
AND SPD AND CONCLUDE WITH THE CN
WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNE
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS CENTER
CENTER WITH THE GOAL OF ENDING Y
5:00. AND THAT IS OUR
FULL AGENDA TOMORROW.
A REMINDER THAT THE AMENDMENTS
ARE DUE BY 2:00 P.M. ON OCTOBER.
CONTINUE THE IDEAS AND SHARE
THEM EARLY WITH THE CENTRAL STA.
AND THERE IS NO OTHER -- OH,
EXCUSE ME.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, VICE CHA?
>> I WANTED TO FLAG. I
I THINK AS YOU KNOW I AM NOT
AVAILABLE AFTER 11:00 ON FRIDAY.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY OF THE
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES WITH FALL
INTO MY CATEGORY THAT WE ARE
TAKING UP FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUSG
-- AND IT'S OKAY. I AM
AM NOT COMPLAINING OR PROTESTING
PROTESTING THAT I WILL NOT BE
HERE FOR THEM.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
WANT US TO WALK THROUGH, COUNCI?
>> IF THERE IS A WAY TO FIT THEM
THEM IN WHILE I'M PRESENT, GREA.
IF NOT, IT'S OKAY.
STILL WORKING ON THE ISSUES.
>> THAT WILL NOT BE SEEN AS AN .
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ASSUME
THERE IS NO OBJECTION TO
ADJOURNMENT AND NO FURTHER BUSI.
WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT 9:3.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
TOWNHALL FOR ALL OF THIS BUDGET
WORK.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CO.
COLLEAGUES, HAVE A GREAT
EVENING, AND SEE YOU TOMORROW A.
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