>> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING BACK
TO THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING. THE TIME IS 1:00 P.M.
ON NOVEMBER 14th, 2022. I AM
TERESA MOSQUEDA. WE HAVE BEEN
IN RECESS FOR THE LAST TWO
HOURS. I WOULD ASK THE CLERK T
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE SO WE CAN
BEGIN THE MEETING HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MIRELES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR MUST GET OUT?
>> I AM PRESENT.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT WILL BE JOINING US
MOMENTARILY. WE EXPECT TO HAVE
EVERYBODY AT THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY. SO WE
WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WILL NOTE WHEN THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JOINS US. COLLEAGUES,
THANKS AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING US TO TAKE A RECESS TO
JOIN THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS
WHO GATHERED AT THE PLAZA TODAY
TO CALL FOR GUN VIOLENCE
MEASURES, GUN SAFETY, AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, GETTING GUNS OUT O
SCHOOLS IN THE FIRST PLACE,
APPRECIATE THE ORGANIZERS FROM
INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDENTS
AROUND THE CITY AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AT LARGE INCLUDING
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE
SEATTLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT AS WELL FOR ALL OF TH
PARTICIPATION IN THE RALLY. I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABL
TO PARTICIPATE AND HEAR DIRECTL
FROM STUDENTS. AGAIN, THANKS TO
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR HER
WORK IN WELCOMING THE STUDENTS
AND ESPECIALLY OPENING UP CITY
HALL PLAZA FOR THE STUDENTS TO
BE THERE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
THANKS FOR BEING HERE. DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE,
MADAM CHAIR. I WAS CALLING THE
WRONG NUMBER. I DON'T KNOW,
EVERYTHING YOU SAID, I WILL SAY
A FEW THINGS QUICKLY. I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES FO
APPEARING AT THE RALLY FOR
STUDENTS AND GIVING THEM A
SPACE THAT THEY ARE WELCOME , W
HEAR THEIR VOICE, AND I DON'T
KNOW IF YOU SAID THIS, MADAM
CHAIR, BUT AS A PARENT, YOU
KNOW, I HEAR YOU SAYING KIDDOS.
STUDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE THE
TERM ACTIVE SHOOTER, SHELTER IN
PLACE, REUNIFICATION AREA, NONE
OF THESE SHOULD BE COMMON WORDS
THEY HAVE BECOME COMMON WORDS.
WE ALSO FOUND OUT AND SHARED IT
-- I SHARED THIS WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AS WELL,
THE 20 LIVES WE HAVE LOST SINC
WE MARCHED WITH THE INGRAM
STUDENTS IN MARCH TO RED SQUARE
AFTER THE PARKLAND SHOOTING, SO
I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES,
PARTICULARLY A HUGE SHOUT OUT T
OUR COMMUNICATIONS STAFF EMMA
FOLKS, JESSE AND JOSEPH WHO WER
THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
SPEAKERS WERE UP. PEOPLE WERE
WELCOMED. WE WORKED WITH THE
STUDENTS. WE ALSO HAD MEMBERS
OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
BOARD. WE ALSO HEARD FROM OUR
DEPUTY MAYOR AND OUR DIRECTOR.
SO THIS ISSUE WILL NOT GO AWAY.
IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. SO I AM
HOPING WE COULD HAVE MORE SPACE
AND MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
FROM THESE YOUNG FOLKS WHO, AS
YOU KNOW, WILL SOON BE VOTERS.
HOPEFULLY, WE CAN CHANGE THIS
HORRIFIC THING WHERE CHILDREN
GET GUNS AND GO TO SCHOOL AND
KILL OTHER CHILDREN. SO THANK
YOU. I'M SORRY I'M A LITTLE BIT
EMOTIONAL ABOUT THAT. THAT'S
KIND OF THE VIBE WE ARE ALL
FEELING DOWN HERE TODAY AT CITY
HALL. SO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FO
REPRESENTING THE FULL COUNCIL I
YOUR WELCOMING COMMENTS AND FOR
ALL THE STUDENTS AND THEIR
HEROIC EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE TO
DEMAND MORE THAN THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS, INCREDIBLE ORGANIZING
AND SHOW OF SUPPORT THEY
RECEIVED FOR TODAY. WE WILL GET
INTO THE OUTLINE OF THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE BALANCING
PACKAGE IN A MOMENT. BUT
ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST WEEK AS
STUDENTS HAVE BEGUN ORGANIZING
AND FORMULATING ITEMS THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENTS FROM CITY, COUNTY,
STATE , AND CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES, WE HAVE WORKED
VERY HARD OVER THE LAST 72 HOUR
TO MAKE SOME FINAL ADDITIONS TO
THE BUDGET. WE WANTED TO FLAG
FOR ALL OF YOU A PART OF THE
LIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WE
WILL HAVE TODAY, WE INCLUDE
HIGHLIGHTING WE ARE MAKING A NE
INVESTMENT, A NEW INVESTMENT OF
SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATING AN
ADDITIVE $3 MILLION ACROSS THE
BIENNIUM SPECIFICALLY FOR
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR USE
IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS WILL BE
PART OF THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CLINIC INVESTMENTS, AND WITH
THIS NEW AND ADDITIVE FUNDING W
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE FROM
UNDER PROGRAM FUNDING THAT I
PULLED OUT FROM JUMPSTART'S
ADMINISTRATIVE FUND, PUTTING
COMMITMENTS INTO ACTION,
RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A
CRITICAL INVESTMENT AREA, I
WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE W
HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE
COULD SQUEEZE OUT OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY FROM
JUMPSTART SO WE COULD KEEP OUR
PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE
BALANCED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS
BUT BUT ENSURED THERE WAS
ADDITIONAL FUNDING GOING
FORWARD FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SCHOOL-BASED CLINICS AND
SPECIFICALLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS IN SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CLINICS. THIS IS FUNDING THAT
GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING. I
GUESS -- GETS PASSED ON TO
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINICS.
AGAIN, THE TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINICS
WOULD BE A $.9 BILLION IN 2023
AND $9.1 MILLION IN 2024. I WIL
ACKNOWLEDGE AS WELL THIS IS NOT
ENOUGH. THIS IS A DOWN PAYMENT
THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMEN
IN THIS INITIAL BALANCING
PACKAGE BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WORK TO DO MORE AND ALSO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER LEVELS O
GOVERNMENT AS WE SEEK TO ADDRES
NOT JUST THESE STUDENT DEMANDS
BUT THE GROWING CALL FOR ACTION
ACROSS OUR COUNTRY AS WE
CONTINUE TO SEE GUN VIOLENCE BE
PERVASIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THANKS AGAIN, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
FOR YOUR WORDS THIS MORNING. AN
TO THE STUDENTS FOR ALL THE
ORGANIZING. ALL RIGHT,
COLLEAGUES, WE ARE HERE AT THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING
TO GO THROUGH THE BALANCING
PACKAGE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE I DIDN'T HEAR SOMEBODY
RAISING THEIR HAND. OKAY. WE AR
HERE TO GO THROUGH THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE BALANCING
PACKAGE. IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
THANK YOU TO PATTY. THE
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
AS OF THIS MORNING. WE DID HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH
THE PROPOSED BALANCING PACKAGE
WITH MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND
HAVE A TECHNICAL BRIEFING AS
WELL. THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF
THE AUDIENCE. FOR FOLKS WHO ARE
NOT MUTED, I WILL ASK YOU TO
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU ARE MUTED
IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
SPEAKING. AND AT THE TECHNICAL
BRIEFING, WE DID HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER A SET OF
QUESTIONS. BUT I LOOK FORWARD T
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS WORKIN
WITH CENTRAL STAFF TODAY TO
HELP UNPACK THE INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE WE PUT IN
FRONT OF US AND TO BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF CONSIDERING YOUR
FEEDBACK AS WELL AS POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS. I WANT TO START WIT
THIS. I WANT TO CENTER US ON TH
LIVING ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND
HEIGHTENED INFLATION, THE
INSTABILITY THAT WAS REALLY
UNDERSCORED IN THE NOVEMBER
REVENUE FORECAST. THAT WAS JUST
TWO WEEKS AGO. TWO WEEKS AGO,
THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED THIS
DIRE ECONOMIC FORECAST
PROJECTING A NET $64 MILLION
DECREASE , A NET $9.4 MILLION
DECREASE IN GENERAL FUND, $4.5
MILLION DECREASE IN SUGARY SWEE
BEVERAGE REVENUES. THAT WAS ON
TOP OF THE ALREADY EXISTING
OPERATING DEFICIT , 2023 ALONE
WAS $141 MILLION IN OPERATING
DEFICIT THAT WE HAD TO ACCOUNT
FOR IN A BALANCE PACKAGE. AND
TODAY WE ARE UNVEILING A PACKAG
THAT I BELIEVE CENTERS
ANTI-AUSTERITY MEASURES, FOCUSE
ON HISTORIC INVESTMENTS AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT ADDRESSIN
HOMELESSNESS, AND PRIORITIZES A
CITY OF THE FUTURE THROUGH
INVESTMENTS AND CLIMATE
RESILIENCE, SMALL BUSINESS, AND
SUPPORTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE.
OVER THE PAST SEVEN W█EEKS THE
COUNCIL HAS ENGAGED IN CREATING
DIALOGUE ABOUT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, CONVENED TO
PUBLIC HEARINGS, EIGHT PUBLIC
MEETINGS, LISTENED TO HUNDREDS
OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
COUNCIL MEMBERS THEMSELVES HAVE
PROPOSED 100 AMENDMENTS. THAT
CONSTANT DIALOGUE INFORMED THE
BUDGET THAT IS IN FRONT OF US
TODAY. WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO
FINALIZE IT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT
THIS FOUNDATION IN THE BALANCIN
PACKAGE SETS US UP TO HAVE A
BUDGET THAT INVESTS IN CORE AND
EMERGING NEEDS. I WANT TO THANK
YOU ALL FOR THE IDEAS THAT YOU
BROUGHT FORWARD, THE
BRAINSTORMING YOU HAVE DONE WIT
MY OFFICE AND CENTRAL STAFF, AN
FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR
FEEDBACK AND THEIR IDEAS. WE AR
REVEALING A BALANCING PACKAGE
THAT I BELIEVE REJECTS AUSTERIT
AND PRIORITIZES KEEPING OUR
COMMUNITY CARED FOR, HOUSED,
CONNECTED, RESILIENT, HEALTHY,
AND SAFE. I WOULD SAY THAT THER
ARE NO EASY ANSWERS BAKED INTO
HOW TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET CRISI
AND THE SHORTFALL THAT WE SEE.
THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF SERVICE
NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE GROWING
TRAUMA AND STRESS THAT OUR
COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE
WITH. WHILE THERE WERE NO EASY
ANSWERS, THERE WERE CORE VALUES
TO START FROM TO BUILD THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET IN FRONT OF US.
THAT INCLUDES ACCOUNTABILITY AN
TRANSPARENCY, INVESTING IN KEY
AND CORE CITY SERVICES FOR
WORKING FAMILIES AND SMALLEST
BUSINESSES, AND PREVENTING
CLIPS IN SERVICES AND AVOIDING
AUSTERITY MEASURES TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE RESILIENT IN THE
WAKE OF THIS SITUATION WE ARE
CURRENTLY FACING, THAT WE EMERG
MORE EQUITABLE AND MORE JUST.
MUCH OF THE 2023 AND 2024
BUDGET INVESTMENTS PROTECT
STAKEHOLDER POLICIES AND BALANC
WITH THE SUPPORT FROM HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM
THE HISTORIC JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX THAT WE
PASSED IN 2020. AND ALSO USES
SHORT-TERM USES OF THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX AND
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TAX TO
HELP BALANCE THIS BUDGET. AS
YOU WILL HEAR, COLLEAGUES, THIS
BALANCING PACKAGE IMMEDIATELY
ENDS THE USE OF THOSE REVENUE
STRATEGIES AFTER TWO YEARS. IT
IMMEDIATELY ENDS THE TEMPORARY
USE OF THESE FUNDS AT THE END O
THE BIENNIUM TO ALLOW FOR
INVESTMENTS TO GROW AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GREEN NEW
DEAL, TRANSIT INVESTMENT AND
EQUITABLE INITIATIVES AS
JUMPSTART AND TMC AND SHORT-TER
RENTAL TAXES HAD ORIGINALLY BEE
ENVISIONED. THIS IS WHY IT IS
SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE TH
ECONOMIC REVENUE STABILIZATION
TASK FORCE BE SUCCESSFUL IN
THEIR EFFORTS TO COME UP WITH
STRATEGIES FOR THE COUNCIL TO
COLLECTIVELY DEPLOY IN THE
UPCOMING YEAR. FOR THIS BUDGET
I WAS FOCUSED ON THREE PILLARS.
AS WE LOOKED AT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, I CONTINUED TO
TRY TO KEEP US FOCUSED ON THE
CATEGORIES I MENTIONED. CARED
FOR AND HOUSED, THIS MAKES SURE
WE ARE INVESTING IN HOMELESS
SERVICES, TENANT CONNECTIONS,
THEN CONNECTED AND RESILIENT,
THAT MEANS EQUITABLE GROWTH,
CLEAN, LIVABLE, CONNECTED
COMMUNITIES, AND SUSTAINABILITY
AND INVESTING IN GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS TO PROTECT OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY. AND FINALLY, HEALTH AN
SAFETY, INVESTINGIN COMMUNITY
HEALTH, COMMUNITY SAFETY,
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY AS
WELL AS ALTERNATIVES LIKE
INVESTMENTS UPSTREAM.
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE YOUTH
NEEDED, LIKE THE FOLKS WE SAW
TODAY, GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION,
HEALTH INVESTMENTS, EDUCATIONA
OPPORTUNITIES AND INVESTMENTS
FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN ART
AND CULTURE. WE HAD TO MAKE
TOUGH CHOICES IN THIS BUDGET T
BALANCE. I CANNOT UNDERSCORE
THAT MORE. WE HAD TO MAKE VERY
TOUGH CHOICES TO MAKE ABOUT
REVENUE SITUATION THAT YOU ALL
HEARD EARLIER THIS MONTH
BALANCE. BUT I DID SO BY BEING
THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATIVE. I
HOPE THAT YOU SEE IN THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT I HAVE
IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT COUL
HAVE HAD CLIFFS, REDUCTIONS OR
END WHEN ONGOING NEED IS STILL
PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. FOR
INVESTING IN NEW PILOTS OR NEW
PROGRAMS OR INITIATIVES THAT DI
NOT PROVIDE A DIRECT SERVICE OR
DIRECT CARE IN THIS MOMENT OF
INCREASED NEED, WE HAD TO PUT
SOME OF THOSE ON HOLD. REGARDIN
ADDRESSING THE REAL ESTATE TAX
SHORTFALL, WE SIMILARLY HAD TO
LOOK AT PROJECTS AND SPENDING
CATEGORIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE,
TRANSPORTATION, LARGE CAPITAL
PROJECTS. IF THEY DID NOT HAVE
DEDICATED PROJECTS IN
DEVELOPMENT, ALREADY INITIATED
OR FULLY PLANNED, SOME OF THOSE
DID HAVE TO GO ON HOLD. BUT IN
EVERY WAY I TRIED TO MOVE US
FORWARD. I WOULD MOVE US
FORWARD AND MOVE AWAY FROM MAJO
POLICY DECISIONS THAT DID NOT
NEED TO BE EMBEDDED IN THIS
BUDGET PROCESS. I BELIEVE THAT
THIS IS NOT THE YEAR FOR MAJOR
POLICY CHANGES OR POLICY
DISTINCTIONS THAT MOVE US AWAY
FROM ALREADY ESTABLISHED
STRATEGIES IN THE MIDST OF
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. THIS IS
THE YEAR FOR TAKING THE
TEMPERATURE DOWN, D POLITICIZIN
POLICY CHOICES, AND REALLY BEIN
INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR ACTIONS
TIED TO THE BUDGET SO WE CAN
COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS THE
SHORTFALL AND INVEST IN OUR
CITIES PRESSING NEEDS. SO
AGAIN, IF SOMETHING WAS NEW OR
NOT FULLY DEVELOPED, WE DID HAV
TO PUT A HOLD ON SOME OF THOSE
THINGS, BUT THAT'S NOT AN
INDICATION THAT THEY WERE NOT
GOOD IDEAS , AND SIMILAR TO
COUNCILMEMBER PRIORITIES, MANY
OF YOU HAD SUGGESTED STRATEGIES
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
INCORPORATED IN THE BUDGET, NOT
INCLUDING THEM IS NOT
NECESSARILY AN INDICATION OF NO
SUPPORTING. WE ABSOLUTELY HAD T
PRIORITIZE BASIC NECESSITIES
VERSUS NICE TO HAVES OR
SHIFTING TO PREDETERMINED
POLICY. I APPLIED THE SAME LENS
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS FOR
CONSISTENCY. SO IF IT WAS NOT
TIED TO THE EXISTING STATUTE,
THERE WAS A MAJOR SHIFT IN
POLICY, IF IT WOULD BENEFIT FRO
A LARGER DISCUSSION, IF IT
WASN'T FURTHERING SOMETHING THA
WAS ALREADY INDICATED AS A
POTENTIAL PATHWAY FORWARD THAT
HAD THE MAJORITY OF SUPPORT, I
TRIED TO HOLD BACK ON THOSE
ACTIONS FOR FUTURE THOUGHTFUL
DELIBERATION IN PARTNERSHIP WIT
YOU ALL, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
IMPACTED PARTIES, AND THE
COMMUNITY. THAT IS TRUE FROM
EVERYTHING FROM REVENUE TO
POLICY CHOICES. SO WE DID HAVE
TO SAY NO TO SOME THINGS. AND I
HOPE YOU WILL SEE IS THAT OVER
THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WITH THE
HELP OF CENTRAL STAFF AND ALL O
YOUR FEEDBACK, WE HOPE TO FIND
A COMMON GROUND. IN SOME WAYS,
THIS IS NOT A FEEL-GOOD BUDGET.
IT CANNOT BE IN THE MIDST OF
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. BUT OVERALL,
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE POLICY
DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN
THIS INITIAL BALANCING PACKAGE
AND HOW WE BALANCE BUDGET
INVESTMENTS AND POLICY
PRIORITIES. SO I WANT TO THANK
ALL THE FOLKS WHO MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR THIS TO COME
TOGETHER, THE COMMUNITY FOR
THEIR PATIENCE AS WE WORK WITH
AN ADDITIONAL WEEK TO TRY TO
ADJUST FOR THE DECLINE TO STAFF
IN MY OFFICE. WE SPENT HOURS IN
ROUNDTABLES AND MEETINGS WITH
MEMBERS, YOUR TEAMS, AND MEMBER
OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WERE PULLING F█ROM THE
LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY AND FOLKS
AFFECTED, SO THANKS TO CHIEF OF
STAFF, POLICY DIRECTOR,
OPERATIONS MANAGER, AND POLICY
ANALYST IN MY OFFICE FOR THEIR
INCREDIBLE WORK. AND I HOPE
FOLKS TUNED IN THIS MORNING TO
SEE SOME OF THE INITIAL COMMENT
THAT WERE MADE ABOUT THE
BALANCING PACKAGE IN MY RELEASE
COMMENTS. BUT THIS WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
INCREDIBLY BRILLIANT WORK OF TH
NONPARTISAN ANALYST FROM CENTRA
STAFF . UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
ESTHER HANDY AND THE BUDGET LEA
WHO WORKED WITH THE ENTIRE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM, CRUNCHED TH
NUMBERS, COMPOSED AMENDMENT WIT
ALL OF YOU, WORKED WITH THE
BUDGET OFFICE AND DEPARTMENTS
ALONG WITH ALL THE SPONSORS TO
INCLUDE AS MANY OF YOUR POLICY
DIRECTIVES AS POSSIBLE FOR THE
ITEMS THAT WE ARE INCLUDING IN
THE BUDGET IN FRONT OF US.
IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THERE IS A
NOTABLE CHANGE AND A CONTRAST I
RECENT YEARS. I WANT TO THANK
MAYOR HAROLD. I WANT TO THANK
HIM FOR THE COLLABORATION AND
PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS TEAM, WITH
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE, AND WIT
THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TEAMS WH
ARE DEDICATED TO LOOKING AT THE
BUDGET IN THESE TIMES. THAT
COLLABORATION WITH OUR OFFICE,
MY OFFICE, CENTRAL STAFF, AND
WITH CBO AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. I
IS IN THE MIDST OF THIS ONGOING
STRESS WE SEE A GROWING
COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL ECONOMY
THAT SEES GREATER INSTABILITY
THAT WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER,
SOLVE THESE TOUGH PROBLEMS, COM
UP WITH BETA SOLUTIONS, AND
RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT DOING SO
STILL APPRECIATES AND RESPECTS
THAT WE ARE DIFFERENT BRANCHES
OF GOVERNMENT, SEPARATE BUT
EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT,
BUT IN THESE TIMES, ON TOUGH
ISSUES, WE HAVE TRIED TO COME
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS POLICY AND
REVENUE NEEDS TO REDIRECT SOME
OF THOSE REVENUE NEEDS IN THESE
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES TO ENSURE
THAT OUR GROWING NEEDS IN THE
CITY ARE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE AN
OPEN, HONEST, TRANSPARENT
CONVERSATION AS WE ARE JOINTLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLOSEST
REVENUE GAP. I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU
COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE WE
PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE,
PROTECT FROM CLIFFS AND PROGRAM
SERVICES, LAYOFFS, AND
AUSTERITY. WE BUOY OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY BY INVESTING IN CORE
CITY SERVICES WHICH HELP US AS
THE PUBLIC SECTOR, SUSTAINS
HARDSHIP LETTER, AND HELP THE
PRIVATE SECTOR READ ON FASTER.
THAT IS PROVEN. THAT'S WHAT WE
LOOKED AT WHEN WE PASSED
JUMPSTART. IT IS STILL TRUE
TODAY. WE MUST CONTINUE TO
INVEST IN CORE CITY SERVICES IN
ORDER TO NOT ONLY PROTECT THE
MOST VULNERABLE BUT TO HELP OUR
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR
SUSTAIN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. THER
ARE DECISIONS IN THE BUDGET THA
HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED OPENLY WITH
MANY OF YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR
CONFIDENCE . FOR THOSE WHO WE
WORKED WITH AND MAINTAIN THE
CONFIDENCE TO HELP US FIGURE OU
A WAY TO WORK FORWARD, TO
ADDRESS ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, AN
I AM REALLY EXCITED WE WERE ABL
TO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL ITEM
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, THANK YOU AGAIN TO
DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON, THE
MAYOR HIMSELF, AND THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE FOR THEIR
COLLABORATION AS WE WORK TO
CRUNCH THESE LAST NUMBERS, BUT
IT TRULY IS A HEROIC EFFORT .
CENTRAL STAFF IS ABLE TO PUT
THIS ALL TOGETHER SO OUR VALUES
PRIORITIES, AND THE IMMINENCE W
HAVE AGREED TO SO FAR ARE
REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET. I AM
VERY EXCITED TO TURN IT OVER T
THE TEAM AT CENTRAL STAFF. THEY
ARE GOING TO WALK US THROUGH
EACH ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS, EAC
ONE OF THE SECTIONS, AND WE HAV
PREPARED A PACKET OF INFORMATIO
AS YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED THIS
MORNING AROUND 9:30. AGAIN, NO
THAT THE BALANCING PACKAGE HAS
BEEN RELEASED, BOTH U.S.
COUNCILMEMBERS AND MENTORS OF
THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE CHANCE
TO WEIGH IN. THERE IS A PUBLIC
HEARING TOMORROW AT 5:00 P.M.
THAT IS TUESDAY HERE AT CITY
HALL . BUT WE ARE STRONGLY
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE
TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY, VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT TWO
THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TESTIFIED IN THE LAST TWO
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND EIGHT
COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE WE HAV
ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT, THE
VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS HAVE BEE
ONLINE DOING SO. HELPS US
PREVENT TRANSMISSION OF COVID
AND OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
OUT THERE, AS NOTED, YOU HEARD
ME TALK ABOUT MY SISTER WHO HAS
MS, SHE GOT DIAGNOSED WITH COVI
YESTERDAY AND HER TWO KIDDOS AS
WELL. IF YOU HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEE
BOOSTED, GET THE BOOSTER. AND I
YOU ARE HESITATING FOR ANY
REASON, PLEASE THINK OF FOLKS
WERE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED LIKE MY
SISTER AND HER FAMILY WHO ARE
NOW IN ISOLATION AND HOPING FOR
A SPEEDY RECOVERY. BUT THIS IS
WHY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE REMOTE
AND HYBRID MEETINGS.
COUNCILMEMBERS, AS YOU ALSO KNO
THIS IS WHEN AMENDMENTS ARE DUE
THOSE AMENDMENTS WILL BE DUE
WEDNESDAY TO CENTRAL STAFF AT
NOON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16th.
THEN NEXT WEEK, THE COUNCIL WIL
VOTE ON AMENDMENTS STARTING AT
9:30 A.M. WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST
1.5 HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD PLEASE DO THE ENTIRE DAY
FOR US TO GO THROUGH THE
AMENDMENT THAT MAY BE COMING
FORWARD. IN THE PAST WE HAVE HA
TWO DAYS FOR AMENDMENTS. WE ARE
REALLY GOING TO TRY TO DO IS DO
IT IN ONE DAY. WE ARE GOING TO
BE EFFICIENT WITH OUR TIME, AND
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BEFORE WE
BEGIN THE LIBERATION ON
NOVEMBER 21st. FINAL VOTES WILL
BE THE FOLLOWING WEEK, MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 28th. WE WILL DO THE
TECHNICAL CLEANUP VOTE AND GET
THAT OUT OF COMMITTEE. TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 29th IS OUR FULL
COUNCIL WHERE OUR FEARLESS
LEADER AND CURRENT MAYOR WILL
GUIDE US THROUGH THE PROCESS AN
GET THIS BUDGET OVER THE FINISH
LINE. THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN TO
THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. THEY
HAVE PROVIDED LINKS TO THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE PAGES AND A
GUIDE ON THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET
PROCESS, AND THEY ARE MAKING IT
POSSIBLE FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC TO CLOSELY FOLLOW ALONG
WITH WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW TO TRAC
AMENDMENTS. AND WITH THAT, I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL
STAFF. COULD YOU PLEASE READ
ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, INITIAL
BALANCING PACKAGE FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
WELCOME, DIRECTOR HANDY. THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
DURING THIS BUDGET TIME, AND T
THE BUDGET LEAD AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR CANOOCHEE. AGAIN, I
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK WITH US FOR AN EXTRA WEEK
SO WE COULD CRUNCH THE NUMBERS.
IT WAS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE
SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS GOT
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
THAT DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE A WEE
AND A HALF AGO SO THANK YOU FOR
THE EXTRA TIME. PLEASE GO AHEAD
DIRECTOR HANDY, AND PLEASE PASS
ON OUR APPRECIATION TO YOUR
TEAM.
>> THANK YOU, BUDGET CHAIR MUST
GET UP. FOR THE RECORD, ESTHER
HANDY, THE DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF IS JOINED BY ALLI
CANOOCHEE FOR THE OPENING
PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE HAVE
OUR ENTIRE CENTRAL STAFF TEAM O
THE LINE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF
THIS COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE WE
WILL WALK THROUGH EACH AMENDMEN
INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE. NEXT
SLIDE, PATTY, THIS IS THE VISUA
THAT THE BUDGET CHAIR WAS JUST
REFERENCING ABOUT OUR BUDGET
PROCESS. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE
AT STEP FOUR OF THE PROCESS . O
SEPTEMBER 28, BUDGET OFFICE
DIRECTOR JULIE PROVIDED AN
OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET. THE
COUNCIL THEN HOSTED DEPARTMENT
HEARINGS IN OCTOBER FOLLOWED BY
A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE
AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND THE BALANCING PACKAG
WE WILL BRIEF ON TODAY. THERE I
A COMPILATION OF THOSE
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY ONLINE
COUNCILMEMBERS AND PUT TOGETHER
BY BUDGET CHAIR MOSQUITO. THERE
WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REVIEW THIS ON NOVEMBER OF 21.
NEXT SLIDE? THIS, AGAIN,
BUDGET CHAIR TWIN 22 COVERED IT
OFFICIALLY ON THE SCREEN, A
PUBLIC HEARING TOMORROW,
COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSALS ARE DUE
BY WEDNESDAY AT NOON. AND VOTE
ON AMENDMENTS NEXT WEDNESDAY.
NEXT SLIDE? AND HERE IS OUR
AGENDA FOR TODAY. SO WE ARE
GOING TO COVER INITIAL ISSUES
PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET , I WILL
PROVIDE THE BRIEFEST OVERVIEW O
THE REVENUE FORECAST. WE WILL
TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW TABLES ON
THE BALANCING PACKAGE BY
INVESTMENT AREA, THEN TALK ABOU
SOME OF THE RESOURCE SPECIFIC
SPENDS IN THIS PLAN. AND THEN,
WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR TEA
AND GO TO MY SECTION HOUSE AND
CARE FOR. WE WILL READ IN EACH
OF THE AMENDMENTS IN THAT
SECTION, COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL
HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT THOSE. GREAT. THE FIRST
WAS , RELATES TO HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACTS ISSUED BY THE CITY AS
WE HAD DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY IN
THIS COMMITTEE, CURRENT LAW
REQUIRES HSD TO INFLATE SERVICE
PROVIDER CONTRACTS ANNUALLY
BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE
INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE EARNERS AN
CLERICAL WORKERS, CALL THAT THE
CP IW. THAT IS THE INFLATIONARY
RATE FOR 2023, 7.6%, AND THE
FORECAST IS 24.7%. THE EXECUTIV
PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE LAW WOUL
INCREASE AT 4%. AND THIS
BALANCING PACKAGE FOLLOWS
CURRENT LAW AND PROVIDES THE
FULL INFLATIONARY INCREASE ON
THESE CONTRACTS. SECOND, THE
PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES TO
SEVERAL FUNDS, INCLUDING THE
SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX AND THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIE
FUND TO REFLECT CHANGES IN
STATE LAW, PROVIDED SO WE CAN
GET OPPORTUNITIES TO BALANCE TH
BUDGET. THOSE CHANGES ARE
LARGELY RETAINED IN THIS BUDGET
. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POLICY
CHANGES WERE TO THE JUMPSTART
FUND THAT WOULD CHANGE THE
CURRENT FORMULA FOR SPENDING
THE JUMPSTART FUND AND ALLOW
MORE REVENUE TO BE USED IN THE
GENERAL FUND TO ADDRESS THE
OPERATING DEFICIT IN PERPETUITY
WE WILL LOOK AT A TABLE ON
JUMPSTART FUNDS LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION. I WILL NOTE HERE
THE BALANCING PACKAGE RECOMMEND
PASSAGE OF AN ORDINANCE THAT
WOULD ALLOW THE JUMPSTART FUND
AND GENERAL FUND OF
APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION HIGHE
THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUES IN
2022. 71 MILLION OF 2023
PROJECTED REVENUES, AND 80
MILLION OF 2024 PROJECTED
REVENUES OVER IN 2024. AND THEN
FINALLY, THE OTHER BIG POLICY
CHANGE THAT CAME WITH THE BUDGE
WAS THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, TH
CITY'S 120 MEMBER PARKING
ENFORCEMENT UNIT WAS MOVED FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE EXECUTIVE PROPOSED TO
TRANSFER THEM BACK TO THE POLIC
DEPARTMENT, AND THIS BALANCING
PACKAGE RETAINS THE ENFORCEMENT
UNIT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION. IT MAKES AN
IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
SUCH AS FUNDING TO ALLOW FULL
USE OF OVERTIME , UNIFORMS, AND
SOME NONLABOR DIRECT COSTS, AND
ASKS THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM
THAT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES O
THE COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE AND
PARKING ENFORCEMENT UNIT TO MAK
A RECOMMENDATION BY APRIL 15th
ABOUT THE PERMANENT HOME. NEXT
SLIDE, AS WE WERE UNDERSTANDING
THE BUDGET AND THINKING ABOUT
THOSE ISSUES, THE CITY RECEIVED
AN UPDATED NOVEMBER REVENUE
FORECAST THAT REDUCED REVENUES
BY $80 MILLION OVER THE
BIENNIUM. I'M JUST GOING TO
BRIEFLY COVER TWO SLIDES FROM
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND
REVENUE FORECAST BOTH FOR THE
COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS
CHANGE IS ABOUT. AS INFLATION
HAS STAYED HIGH, THE FED HAS
RESPONDED BY CONTINUING TO
INCREASE INTEREST RATES WITH TH
INTENT TO COOL THE ECONOMY . TH
SHORT STORY IS, IT APPEARS TO B
HAVING AN IMPACT. THIS FIRST
SLIDE LOOKS NATIONALLY. THE
SUMMER FORECASTS RESUMED WE
WOULD BE AT A PLACE OF MODEST
ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 2023, 49%
GROWTH, AND THAT HAS CHANGED TO
FORECAST THAT WE ARE ENTERING A
MILD RECESSION, ASSUMING THE
ECONOMY WILL CONTRACT BY 0.5%
NEXT YEAR. THESE ARE EMPLOYMENT
NUMBERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE
REDLINE AT THE BEGINNING, THAT'
THE START OF A PANDEMIC. YOU CA
SEE A SHARP DROP IN EMPLOYMENT
IN 2020. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE
HAVE CLIMBED OUT OF THAT , AND
WE HAVE RETURNED TO PRE-PANDEMI
EMPLOYMENT LEVELS. THE PINK LIN
PROJECTED WHAT THE BUDGET WAS
BUILT UPON, EMPLOYMENT WOULD
SLOWLY GROW OVER 2023 AND 2024
THE BRIGHT RED LINE SHOWS
INSTEAD THE BEGINNING OF A DROP
OF IMPLEMENT IN 2023. THE NEXT
SLIDE LOOKS AT THAT REGIONALLY.
IT IS A SIMILAR SHAPE. WE SEE A
SIMILAR DROP IN EMPLOYMENT
DURING THE PANDEMIC, CLIMB OUT
OF THAT, THE LIGHT PINK LINE
SHOWS WHAT WAS PROJECTED AS
EMPLOYMENT, A SLOW AND STEADY
GROWTH IN 2023 AND 2024, AND TH
BRIGHT RED SHOWS THE CURRENT
FORECAST WHERE WE SEE EMPLOYMEN
DROP IN 2023. THE CONSTRUCTION
SECTOR IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF
THE LOCAL PROJECTED SLOWDOWN.
IT IS PART OF THE IMPACT ON OUR
REVENUES. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS
WHAT THE OVERALL IMPACT LOOKS
LIKE. THE FIRST IS A $9.4
MILLION REDUCTION IN THE GENERA
FUND OVER THE BIENNIUM. IT IS
DRIVEN BY DROPS IN PROPERTY TAX
DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION. SALES
AND BNO ARE THE OTHER TWO
SIGNIFICANT PLAYERS HERE . AS
YOU THINK ABOUT A LOSS OF
EMPLOYMENT AND APPEARED LOSS I
CONSUMER DEMAND , A NOTE FOR TH
COUNCIL, A $9.4 MILLION DECREAS
OVER THE BIENNIUM ON THE $1.6
BILLION BUDGET, IT'S NOT GREAT,
PARTICULARLY IN THE OPERATING
DEFICIT, BUT ON ITS OWN, IT'S
NOT A CRISIS. THAT PART OF THIS
FORECAST COULD'VE BEEN SOLVABLE
THE LARGER CHALLENGE IS THE REA
ESTATE EXERCISE TASK. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET WAS BUILT ON AN
ASSUMPTION OF 10 $6 MILLION IN
2022, AND 95 MILLION IN 2023 AN
2024, EACH YEAR. THOSE FORECAST
DROPPED BY 25% FOR A TOTAL LOSS
OF 64 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE
BIENNIUM. THIS WAS A TAX ON REA
ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, AND THE
CHANGES DRIVEN BOTH BY A
PROJECTED DROP IN PRICES AND
SEEING FEWER TRANSACTIONS IN TH
MARKET.
>> EXCUSE ME, CAN I ASK A QUICK
QUESTION? I AM SORRY.
>> YES. I APOLOGIZE AS WELL. I
CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY ON SCREEN
TODAY. RAZOR HAND OR JUMP IN.
COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, ESTHER. I WANT YO
TO BACK UP AGAIN. I KNOW THE 10
6 MILLION DROP AND THEN THE NEX
NUMBER WAS?
>> 95, 106 WAS THE 2022 NUMBER.
95 WAS WHAT WAS BUILT INTO THE
2023 BUDGET AND A SIMILAR NUMBE
IN 2024.
>> AND THE FORECAST DROPPED A
TOTAL OF?
>> BY ABOUT 25%, SO OVER THE
THREE YEARS, 2022, 2023, 2024,
64 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH. NO PROBLEM. SO AS A
REMINDER, WE FUND CAPITAL
PROJECTS, CAPITAL PARKS,
LIBRARIES, AND WE ARE GOING TO
SHOW A SLIDE THAT SHOWS HOW TH
BALANCING PACKAGE ADDRESSES THI
IN A MOMENT. BEFORE WE DO, I
WANT TO NOTE THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE
SUITE AND BEVERAGE TAX AND
COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX. SO WHEN
WE USE THE NUMBER OF A DECREASE
IN OVER $80 MILLION IN REVENUE
OVER THE BIENNIUM, IT IS A TOTA
FOR EACH OF THESE FUNDS. GREAT
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS A SNAPSHOT
OF THE COMPILATION OF ALL THE
CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED BUDGE
IN THE BALANCING PACKAGE. YOU
WILL SEE THE NUMBERS IN 23 AND
24 WERE THERE ARE ADS AND
REDUCTIONS BY EACH OF THE
CATEGORY AREAS. I'M NOT GOING
TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS
SLIDE HERE, BECAUSE WE WILL TAL
LINE ITEM BY LINE ITEM ABOUT
EACH OF THE CHANGES. WE WILL
ADD MORE TO THE PRESENTATION IF
IT IS HELPFUL. THE NEXT SLIDE,
I BELIEVE, IS JUMPSTART. GREAT.
SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF A
BALANCING PACKAGE RELEASED
TODAY. WE LOOK AT THE 2023 LIN
AT THE BOTTOM. THE TOTAL NUMBER
SHOWS THERE IS A $320 MILLION
JUMPSTART RESOURCE IN THE
BUDGET. THIS WAS A COMBINATION
OF REVENUES PROJECTED FROM 2023
AND CARRIED FORWARD AT HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUES IN
2022. OF THE 320 MILLION, 100
MILLION IS USED TO BALANCE THE
GENERAL FUND AND ADDRESS THE
OPERATING DEFICIT. THE REST IS
INVESTED PER CATEGORY PER
JUMPSTART POLICY. YOU CAN SEE O
THE RIGHT, 62% IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, 9% EACH IN THE GREEN
NEW DEAL AND DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, 15% FOR
REVITALIZATION, AND 5% INTO
ADMINISTRATION. I WILL NOTE
THAT THE PACKAGE MAKES SEVERAL
SWAPS BETWEEN JUMPSTART AND
GENERAL FUND TO ADDRESS ISSUES
AND EXPENDITURES THAT DID NOT
ALIGN WITH THE JUMPSTART DEFINE
CATEGORIES. AND IT ALLOWS IN
THIS BIENNIUM CERTAIN NUMBERS
THAT ARE NOT FULLY ALIGNED WITH
CATEGORIES TO USE JUMPSTART AS
FUNDING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE
JUMPSTART FUND IS USED TO
BACKFILL REVENUES FROM THE SUIT
AND BEVERAGE TAX. OVERALL, THE
PROPOSED PACKAGE MEETS SPENDING
CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL
CATEGORY WHILE SUPPORTING THE
GENERAL FUND TO AVOID REDUCTIO
ALL KEY PROGRAMS.
>> OKAY, GREAT. LET'S PAUSE FOR
A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MAYB
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MADAM
CHAIR. ESTHER, I RECALL
DISCUSSIONS IN THE SPRING THAT
IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION NUMBER ON OUR
ORIGINAL JUMPSTART SPEND PLAN
MIGHT BE HIGHER THAN OUR
ANTICIPATED ONGOING
ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO
ADMINISTER THE SPEND PLAN AT 5%
IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS
COME TO FRUITION? I SEE THE 5%
REFLECTED IN THIS CHART.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCIL MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD
I AM ALLIE CANOOCHEE OF CENTRAL
STAFF. I WOULD SAY THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ACTUALLY PROPOSED TO USE
LESS THAN 5% OF THE JUMPSTART
ADMINISTRATION FUND FOR
ADMINISTERING THE TAX. THE ONLY
REASON IT EVEN REACHED 5% IN TH
PROPOSAL IN THE BALANCING
PACKAGE IS BECAUSE JUST FOR THI
BIENNIUM, THE CHAIR HAS
ALLOCATED SOME FUNDS THAT WOUL
HAVE BEEN PART OF THE 5% TO
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES THAT ARE
NOT ALIGNED WITH THE JUMPSTART
SPENDING PLANS SUCH AS ADDING $
MILLION IN BOTH 2023 AND 2024 T
INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
FOR SCHOOLS. AND SO, I THINK
WHAT WE ARE SEEING SO FAR IS
THAT IT WILL NOT REQUIRE THE 5
TO ADMINISTER THE JUMPSTART
FUND. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS ARE
STILL FIGURING OUT HOW TO STAND
UP ALL OF THE NEW PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES FUNDED BY THIS MAJOR
REVENUE SOURCE AND I DON'T
EXPECT THAT NUMBER TWO DECLINE
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER TIME. BUT SO
FAR, IT HAS NOT SURPASSED 5%.
>> AND AS A REMINDER AS WELL, I
WAS UP TO 5% FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS. WE ALSO WENT THROUGH THA
AND TRIED TO SIMILAR TO OTHER
POLICY CATEGORIES ALIGNED TO SE
IF THERE WAS A DIRECT NEXUS TO
JUMPSTART ADMINISTRATION , AND
WAS BEING PROPOSED. WE WERE ABL
TO IDENTIFY SOME AREAS THAT DID
NOT HAVE A DIRECT TIE TO
JUMPSTART AND HAVE OFFERED, IN
MOST CASES, TO FUND THOSE
THROUGH A DIFFERENT REVENUE
SOURCE. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED A
THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING
HERE, FOLLOWING COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ABOUT THE
SCHOOL, STUDENTS, DEMANDS FOR
RESPONDING TO THE SHOOTING AT
INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL, WE DID WORK
WITHIN THE LAST 24 AND 48 HOURS
. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL RUNNIN
TOGETHER AT THIS POINT. WE
WORKED OVER THE WEEKEND TO TRY
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FINAL
BUDGET REFLECTED HIGHER
INVESTMENTS, ESPECIALLY INTO
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CLINICS. SO
RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAD
ADDITIONAL ROOM, IF YOU WILL,
FROM SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS
THAT ARE TAKEN FROM THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY ONLY
FROM JUMPSTART, THAT IS WHERE I
OFFERED SOME ADDITIONAL
FLEXIBILITY FOR INVESTMENTS INT
BRINGING THE TOTAL INVESTMENT
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
SCHOOLS TO 1.5 MILLION EACH
YEAR, THAT IS OVER THE
BIENNIUM. WE ALSO, AS YOU WILL
HEAR, USED SOME OF THE PORTION
FOR REINVESTING IN FOOD
SECURITY AND FOOD ACCESS BECAUS
OF THE REDUCTION THAT THOSE
PROGRAMS WOULD HAVE TAKEN DUE T
THE SUGARY SWEET AND BEVERAGE
TAX REDUCTION AND REVENUE HIT I
THE REVENUE FORECAST. AND
FINALLY, AS WELL, WE USED ABOUT
HALF 1 MILLION FOR EVICTION
PREVENTION STRATEGIES,
RECOGNIZING THESE THREE AREAS,
FOOD ASSISTANCE, MENTAL HEALTH
FOR KIDS IN SCHOOLS, I BELIEVE
WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CATEGORY IF THERE IS
UNPROGRAMMED FUNDING BECAUSE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WERE NOT
FULLY UP TO 5%, THE BROAD
COALITION OF FOLKS THAT HAVE
SUPPORTED THE TEMPORARY USE OF
JUMPSTART TO HELP PREVENT
AGAINST AUSTERITY, JUST LIKE WE
HAVE IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS,
INVESTING IN THESE COURT
CATEGORIES FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE IS SOMETHING THAT
ALIGNS WITH HOW WE ARE INVESTIN
IN USING JUMPSTART FUNDING IN
THIS TWO-YEAR PERIOD. ALL OF
THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL ARE NOT
INTENDED TO BE ONGOING. WE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE MADE
INITIAL INVESTMENS WHERE THERE
WAS AVAILABLE REVENUE AND I --
MADE THE DECISION TO FREE UP TH
ADMIN ESTATE OF CATEGORY FOR
THOSE THREE INVESTMENTS
SPECIFICALLY -- SO WE WILL TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT JUMP START AS WELL BUT
THOSE ARE THREE EXAMPLES!
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE WE AR
PROBABLY GOING TO TALK MORE
ABOUT JUMPSTART, BUT I WANTED T
TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE HAVE HAD
SOME DISCUSSIONS IN AUGUST ABOU
HOW WE SHOULD LOOK AT OUR
JUMPSTART POLICIES, THE
EXISTING CODIFIED SPEND PLAN
VERSUS THE STRATEGY THAT WE
USED LAST YEAR DURING BUDGET
PROCESS TO AVOID AUSTERITY
FUNDING, MAINTAIN CORE CITY
SERVICES, ADDRESSING INCREASIN
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY, AND
INCREASING NEEDS IN THE
COMMUNITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO
SAY HERE, NOW, THIS IS A GOOD
DEMONSTRATION OF THE FLEXIBILIT
THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THIS
CONVERSATION WHILE RECOGNIZING
THAT WE DO WANT TO STILL
MAINTAIN OUR INVESTMENTS IN
JUMPSTART ACCORDING TO THE SPEN
PLAN. SOMETHING NEEDED TO GIVE
WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ABOV
AND BEYOND THAT SPEND PLAN
ALLOCATION. SO I JUST REALLY
úWANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS
CONVERSATION WHILE STILL
STICKING TO THE VALUES , AND TH
POLICIES THAT ARE PART OF THE
PASSAGE OF JUMPSTART , AND THE
HUGE COALITION . YOU ARE SO GOO
TO ALWAYS REMIND US OF THIS HUG
COALITION OF FOLKS WHO GUIDED
US IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
VICE-CHAIR. AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU AS WELL FOR BEING A THOUGHT
PARTNER ON HOW TO ADDRESS THIS
EARLY ON IN OUR AUGUST MEETING.
WE DID TEE UP THE POSSIBILITY O
USING HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED
REVENUE TO STEM ANY PROGRAM
REDUCTIONS TO PREVENT AUSTERITY
PREVENT CUTS, AND APPRECIATE TH
COLLEAGUES GAVE US SOME
OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN DIALOGUE
WITH CD OH WITH WHAT THAT
SHOULD LOOK LIKE. OBVIOUSLY,
THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE
ARE TRYING TO BASICALLY REALIGN
WITH WHAT THE INITIAL OFFER WAS
AND STILL OFFER THE FLEXIBILITY
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE HER
AND THE CHAIR MENTIONED THE
SIGN-ON LETTER THAT HAS BEEN
CIRCULATING. AGAIN, I JUST WANT
TO CONFIRM IT SINCE IT HAS BEEN
PULLED UP AND REFERENCED HERE.
IN AUGUST, THIS LETTER WAS
CIRCULATED. IN PART, GIVEN THAT
JUMPSTART IS REJECTED TO RAISE
REVENUE, WAS ESTIMATED IN 2020,
WE SUPPORT THE REQUEST MADE BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA -- 2023
AND 2024 WITH ACCESS JUMP START
REVENUE ONLY TO CONTINUE
EQUITABLE CORE CITY SERVICES.
THEY GO ON TO SAY THAT THEY
RECOGNIZE HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED RETURNS , USING THE
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED RETURN
IS ONLY A SHORT-TERM MEASURE AN
WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
ONGOING PROGRESSIVE REVENUES AN
MAKE IT TRUE IN OUTGOING YEARS
NOT ONLY TO THE SPEND CATEGORIE
THAT WE HAVE HELPED TO PROTECT
IN THIS BUDGET BUT HOLDING BACK
THE FULL AMOUNT AS WELL SO
THANKS AGAIN TO 350 SEATTLE,
CIVIC VENTURES, DOWNTOWN
EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER,
DOWNTOWN -- EXCUSE ME, HOUSING
CONSORTIUM OF SEATTLE COUNTY,
LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE,
INAUDIBLE ] THE COALITION ON
HOMELESSNESS, 775, NINE 1199,
STATEWIDE PROPERTY ACTION
NETWORK, SOLID GROUND, 117, UAW
4121, [ INAUDIBLE ] WASHINGTON
STATE, POLICY CENTER, [
INAUDIBLE ] AND WORKING
WASHINGTON, JUST AS A REMINDER
OF THE FOLKS WHO, AT THE
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY
THAT WAS REALLY HELPING TO HEL
US STAY TRUE TO THE CATEGORIES
OF THE SPEND PLAN BUT ALSO
SIGNALING SUPPORT FOR USING THE
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE
AND THE EXAMPLE THAT I MENTIONE
WHERE THERE WAS UNPROGRAMMED
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS NOT TAKIN
FROM ANY OF THE OTHER CATEGORIE
BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE NEEDED
ADMINISTRATIVE COST APPLYING
THAT TO PREVENTING AUSTERITY
AND HARDSHIP -- THANK YOU FOR
RAISING THAT AGAIN -- LET'S TUR
IT BACK OVER TO THE DIRECTOR!
>> THE LAST THING I WILL SAY ON
THIS SLIDE IS, THE BUDGET DOES
THE BOUNCING PACKAGE DOES RETAI
A $15 MILLION JUMPSTART RESERVE
THAT IS HELD FOR A FLUCTUATION
IN FUTURE FORECASTS. THE NEXT
SLIDE BREAKS DOWN OTHER
RESOURCES THAT WERE USED TO
FUND THE PROGRAMS IN THIS
PACKAGE. SO, THERE IS $7
MILLION IN REDUCTIONS IN
CHANGES ASSUMED UNDER SPEND
FROM THE YEAR-END SUPPLEMENTAL
ORDINANCE. THERE IS ABOUT $8
MILLION IN SORT OF TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENTS AND FUND SWAPS.
THERE IS $7 MILLION IN 2023 IN
6 AND 24 THAT IS ABOUT LIMITING
THE EXPANSION OF NEW PROGRAMS
AND REALIGNING POLICY. AGAIN, W
WILL SEE THIS IN THE CBA'S THAT
WE MOVE TO NEXT. A COUPLE
EXAMPLES HERE IS, IT REDUCES NE
PROPOSED PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY
HEALTH WORKERS AND EQUITY ACTIO
PLANS. IT SCALES BACK THE
ACTION OF AFFORDABLE SEATTLE --
A CITY PROGRAM, AND IT RETAINS
INVESTMENT THERE, BUT FOCUSES O
BUILDING OUT THE TECHNOLOGY AND
GETTING MORE PROGRAMS ON THE
PLATFORM IN 2023 BEFORE A LARGE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORT.
THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES 2 1/
MILLION DOLLARS IN REDUCTION TO
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WHICH WE WILL BREAK DOWN IN A
FEW DAYS. AND THEN, WE DO SEE
NEW AND VACANT POSITIONS , ABOU
$1 MILLION THERE, MANY OF THESE
ARE INTERNAL. SO WE REDUCE THE
INITIATIVE TO STAFF AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES T
THE INNER-CITY BUDGET OFFICE,
ONE IS THE SERVICE COMMISSION,
AND THREE AT SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES FOR EXPANDED GRAFFIT
CLEANUP , RETAINING THE $2
MILLION IN EXISTING STAFF IN
THE BASE BUDGET FOR THAT
FUNCTION. AND THEN, FINALLY, YO
KNOW, THE BIGGEST NUMBER ON THI
TABLE IS ABOUT A REVISIT OF
RESERVE. THE PROPOSED BUDGET
INCLUDED A $10 MILLION A YEAR
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EMERGENCY
FUND WHICH IS BEING REBUILT OVE
A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. -- POST
PANDEMIC. THE BOUNCING PACKAGE
CONTRIBUTES $1.5 MILLION IN 202
TO THE EMERGENCY FUND . THAT IS
SUSPENDING 8 1/2 MILLION DOLLAR
OF THE CONTRIBUTION, AND IT
FULLY SUSPENDS THE $10 MILLION
CONTRIBUTION IN 2024. WE ALSO
USE THE $9 MILLION FROM CLEANIN
RESERVES, AT ABOUT $4 MILLION
OVER THE BIENNIUM FROM SDOT
EMERGENCY RESERVES. MY NEXT
SLIDE IS ABOUT BALANCING.
COUNSELORS, WE SHARED A MEMO
THIS MORNING THAT SPELLS THIS
OUT IN MORE DETAIL, AND OUR
STAFF IS, OF COURSE, HAPPY TO
FIELD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. SO
AS I MENTIONED, SORRY, THIS --
KEEP SKIPPING THIS SLIDE . OTHE
FUNDS USED TO BALANCE THE
GENERAL FUND, WE TALKED ABOUT
THE JUMPSTART FUND. ALSO, THIS
PACKAGE ACCEPTS THE PROPOSED
CHANGES TO SUSPEND THE
REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD DIRECT A
PORTION OF YOUR TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK COMPANY TAX REVENUES TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRANSIT AND
MODIFIES THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
FUND TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPING
INITIATIVE AT $4.4 MILLION,
ANNUALLY. GREAT. NOW WE CAN GO
TO THIS. SO AS WE MENTIONED, A
$64 MILLION DECREASE IN THE
FORECAST OVER THE BIENNIUM, THE
FIRST PLACE THAT RESOURCES WER
DRAWN FROM WORD RESERVES. SO
THIS PACKAGE REMOVES $15
MILLION FROM THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION RESERVE. IT
RETAINS $10 MILLION IN THAT
RESERVE PER FINANCIAL POLICY.
SECOND, IT LOOKS AT 2 MAJOR
CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE FIRST IS
MEMORIAL STADIUM. THE PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDED $20 MILLION IN
CASH FINANCING FOR THE STADIUM
AND DEBT SERVICE TO SUPPORT
ANOTHER $20 MILLION OF DEBT
FINANCING. THAT IS SCALED-BACK
IN THIS PACKAGE TO BE JUST $20
MILLION OF DEBT FINANCING IN
2023. THE SECOND CAPITAL
PROJECT IS THE WATERFRONT
OPERATIONS, INTERPRETIVE CENTER
PARTICIPATION OF THE BALKING
BUILDING ON THE WATERFRONT. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDED $13
MILLION OF CASH FINANCING FOR
THE PURPOSE -- FOR THE PURCHASE
OF THIS BUILDING. THE BALANCING
PACKAGE CHANGES THAT TO DEBT
SERVICE . SORRY, $13 MILLION IN
DEBT , FINANCING, AND INCLUDES
THE DEBT SERVICE STARTING IN
2023. AFTER THOSE MAJOR
PROJECTS, THERE WAS A SWATH OF
FUNDING FOR OTHER RESOURCES.
THERE IS SOME SWAPPING IN THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND, AND THEN
MORE SIGNIFICANT SWAP IN THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING. LET'S GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE. IN THE OFFICE
-- SORRY, A HAND.
>> I HAVE A HAND. SORRY. I KNO
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS, BUT
JUST WANT YOU TO SLOW DOWN JUST
A LITTLE BIT!
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I WILL COME BACK LATER ON
THAT MEMORIAL STADIUM ISSUE. I
HAVE QUESTIONS I CAN ASK YOU
OFF-LINE. SO ON THE WATERFRONT
OPERATIONS ISSUE, WHEN YOU HAVE
THE SENTENCE , REDUCE THE 13
MILLION, INCREASED DEBT SERVICE
PROVIDE 1 MILLION IN 2023, THEN
YOU SAY APPROXIMATELY 1.3
MILLION IN 2024 AND BEYOND, SO
DOES THAT MEAN, AND BEYOND, IS
THAT THE COMMITMENT LEVEL UNTIL
YOU HIT 13 MILLION? I'M
CONFUSED. I AM SORRY.
>> YEAH, NO PROBLEM. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ASSUMED WE SPEN
$13 MILLION IN CASH TO PURCHASE
THE BUILDING NEXT YEAR.
>> OKAY.
>> WE TOOK OUT THE $13 MILLION
IN CASH AND ASSUMED THAT THE
CITY WILL ISSUE DEBT TO ISSUE
$13 MILLION WORTH OF DEBT. SO
WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET IS THE
DEBT SERVICE TO PAY BACK THAT
$13 MILLION OF DEBT. THAT DEBT
SERVICE IN 2023 IS 930,000. WE
ASSUME IT WILL BE $1.3 MILLION,
ESSENTIALLY OUR DEBT PAYMENT IN
2024, THEN IT IS BUILT INTO THE
FINANCIAL PLAN AT THAT RATE.
>> AND THOSE ARE THE DEBT
FINANCING -- THAT SERVICES THAT
TAX-EXEMPT DEBT SERVICES THAT
IS BACKED BY THE CITY OF
SEATTLE? SO THOSE ARE MAJOR
DEBT FINANCING FOR GOVERNMENT -
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. WHAT I HAD
DONE WAS I PULLED FROM THE BIG
PAPER DOCUMENT THE MEMORIAL
STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT, THEN THE
WATERFRONT OPERATIONS, SO THANK
YOU FOR HELPING CLARIFY THE
LANGUAGE FOR ME ON THAT ON THE
FINANCING PIECE BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY THE COMMITMENT IS
STILL THERE, THAT WE CAN SEE
THE $64 MILLION WAVE COMING. SO
IF I AM NOT USING THE CORRECT
LANGUAGE, THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDS
LIKE TO ME.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAVE TWO
COMMENTS ON THIS. I WILL COME
BACK TO COMMENTS YOU MADE
BEFORE. AND I'M GOING TO TURN I
TO ALLIE QUICKLY TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WANT TO QUALIFY, THEY WOULDN'
BE TAX-EXEMPT BONDS . IT WOULD
BE THROUGH THE CITY'S LIMITED
BOND ORDINANCE. SO THE PACKAGE
INCLUDES A NUMBER OF CHANGES
BOTH TO ADD THIS DEBT SERVICE
AS WELL AS MODIFY THE POLICIES
AND AMEND THE BOND ISSUES
ORDINANCE TO SUPPORT THIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN AS
YOU NOTED, WE WILL HAVE MORE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT OVERALL.
SPECIFICALLY, THESE TWO
PROJECTS, I WANTED TO TAKE A
QUICK 2nd TO THANK THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT IN ANOTHER SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING. YOU
SPOKE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH
OF THESE. I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THESE
EFFORTS. WHEN WE SAW $64 MILLIO
RATE HIT IN EARLY NOVEMBER,
THESE ARE THE TWO LARGEST
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE USING RATE
CASH. AND I WANT TO THANK THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM FOR ALL THE
WORK THEY HAVE DONE BECAUSE IT
IS THROUGH THEIR DIFFICULT
TASKS IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR
DAYS.THIS IS LATEBREAKING
INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE T
BUILD BACK INTO A BUDGET BECAUS
WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WA
TO BUILD THIS BALANCE. WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE IT IS ABUNDANTLY
CLEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
, INCLUDING SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, UNION
LABORERS WHO ARE WORKING
TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT ITERATIO
OF MEMORIAL STADIUM, THAT WE
HAVE STRONG PARTNERS. SO THERE
SHOULD BE NO QUESTION WHEN THEY
SEE $20 MILLION BEING SET ASIDE
FOR DEBT FINANCING FOR THIS
PROJECT AND THE CONTINUATION OF
THIS AND THE CIP THAT THE CITY
IS COMMITTED TO MEMORIAL
STADIUM. SIMILARLY, WE WANT TO
KEEP OUR COMMITMENT TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC AND ESPECIALLY
THE MUCKLESHOOT TRIBE FOR THE
WATERFRONT OPERATIONS, 10,000
FEET, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH THE TRIBE TO ENSUR
THEY HAVE THE SPACE THEY ARE,
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
COMMITMENT AND PARTNERSHIP IS
SOLID AND STRONG. THAT'S WHY
BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ARE BUILT
INTO THE BUDGET. I WANT TO
REPEAT THAT. THEY ARE BUILT INT
THE BUDGET AND THEY ARE USING
DEBT FINANCING WITH THE PRECIOU
FEW DOLLARS TO ENSURE THOSE
COMMITMENTS REMAIN THERE AND
THAT OUR PARTNERSHIPS REMAIN
INTACT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO
BELABOR THE POINT, BUT I JUST
WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE NOTION
OR AT LEAST GET AWAY FROM SOME
NARRATIVE THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS BACKING AWAY. AS YOU
KNOW, THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE
NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. BUT
WE LISTENED TO SEATTLE VOTERS
WHEN THEY PASSED THE EDUCATION
LEVY, AND WHEN THE VOTERS
COMMITTED TO SAYING WE WANT
MEMORIAL STADIUM TO GET REDONE,
AND WE WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS
THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT HAS
BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2016 THAT I
HAVE BEEN PART OF. SO I CAN TEL
YOU, I AM COMFORTABLE. I AM
POSITIVE THAT THE COMMITMENT IS
THERE. WE HEARD THE VOTERS WITH
A PARTNERSHIP. I THINK WE SHOUL
US A LITTLE BIT OFF-LINE. IF I
CAN JUST TAKE A MOMENT, MADAM
CHAIR, IS THAT MEMORIAL STADIUM
FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE IS ALSO AN ECONOMIC
ENGINE THAT WILL GENERATE
REVENUE NOT ONLY FOR THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT BUT FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, AND IT'S ONLY A WIN-WI
SITUATION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR ARTICULATING THAT THE
COMMITMENT TO INTENT IS STILL
THERE. WE ARE NOT SURE WE ARE
READY. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY
COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THIS
VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, SO THAN
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT AND
EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THESE TW
ISSUES. WE CAN MOVE ON.
>> GREAT. LET'S LOOK AT THE NEX
SLIDE THAT SHOWS BY DEPARTMENT
WHAT THESE REDUCTIONS LOOK LIKE
A COUPLE THINGS I HAVEN'T YET
NAMED IN HOUSING, THERE IS A
SWAP OF RATE MONEY IN THE
OFFICE WITH MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY DOLLARS . THE
STATE DIVIDED LIMITED
FLEXIBILITY TO THE CITY DURING
THE PANDEMIC TO USE THE RATE FO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CITY
USED THAT FLEXIBILITY IN 2020,
BELIEVE, TO FINANCE $25 MILLION
WORTH OF PROJECTS BACKED BY
PAYMENTS OF $5 MILLION A YEAR
FOR 5 YEARS IN THIS BALANCING
PACKAGE OF THE REPAYMENTS IN
2022, 2023, AND 2024. THEY ARE
SWITCHED WITH MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY DOLLARS. IN BOTH
PARKS AND TRANSPORTATION, THERE
ARE REDUCTIONS IN LINE ITEMS I
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
WHICH ARE PRIORITIZED FOR AREA
WHERE THERE ARE NOT PROGRAMS
TIED TO THE DOLLAR. THERE WAS A
SIDEWALK, A PLAYFIELD, SOMETHIN
EXPLICITLY THAT HAD BEEN
PROMISED TO COMMUNITY IN THESE
LINE ITEMS AND IN ALL OF THESE
LINE ITEMS I BELIEVE THERE IS
FUNDING IN THE BASE OR IN THE
FUTURE BEYOND WHAT WAS REDUCED
HERE . SO IN TRANSPORTATION,
THOSE REDUCTIONS ARE IN CIP
LINES OF FOR BRIDGE PAINTING AN
SIDEWALK SAFETY. IN PARKS, THEY
ARE IN LINE ITEMS FOR ASSET
PRESERVATION, A.D.A. COMPLIANCE
AND FIELD RENOVATIONS, AND A
REDUCTION TO THE CONTRIBUTION
TO THE GREEN SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP. THE CITY HAS
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PUBLIC
DRIVE IT PARTNERSHIP OVER THE
YEARS. WE HAD PAUSED OUR
EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC,
AND THIS DELAYS THE
REINVESTMENT IN THAT
PARTNERSHIP.
>> IN LIBRARIES, THERE IS A
SMALL AMOUNT ALONGSIDE LEVY
INVESTMENT DOLLARS FOR A COUPLE
OF SEISMIC FITS AT LIBRARIES
THAT ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS O
BEING SCOPED AND FINANCED PLANS
>> [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> I THINK THAT COVERS
EVERYTHING --
>> WITH THE HOPE THAT CENTRAL
STAFF WILL CHIME IN, OR [
INAUDIBLE ] IS ON THE LINE, FEE
FREE TO ADD ANYTHING HERE. I
WANT TO ADD CONTEXT TO THE MHA
ISSUE. I KNOW WE ARE ALL VERY
PROTECTIVE OF THE MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY DOLLARS.
WANT TO GET A LITTLE CONTEXT --
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THIS ITEM
THAT CENTRAL STAFF HAS
EXPLAINED. SO IN 2021, THE STAT
AUTHORIZED CITIES TO USE A
PORTION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECTS BETWEEN 2021 AND 2026.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE MADE THE
DECISION TO FORWARD COMMIT $35
MILLION OF RATE FUNDS TO BE
AVAILABLE AND ABLE TO HELP
INVEST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. --
PROJECTS WITH THE COMMITMENT --
$5 MILLION A YEAR, USING --
CHANGED A LITTLE BIT [
INAUDIBLE ] DOWNTURN THAT WE
USE THIS MONTH SUGGESTING HERE
IS SHIFTING TO USE MHA FUNDS TO
BACKFILL THAT 5 MILLION A YEAR
COMMITMENT. WITH MHA COMING IN
WELL OVER PROJECTIONS OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS, OVER THE NEXT
FEW YEARS, AND THE PROJECTION
THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
ROBUST, WE ARE CHOOSING TO
IDENTIFY THIS SOURCE TO HELP PA
BACK THE COMMITMENT . IF IT
RECOVERS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO
SHIFT BACK TO THE $5 MILLION A
YEAR USING THE RATE. THIS IS A
KEY DECISION BUT ALSO THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REVISIT I
WE SEEK RECOVERY. EVEN THE
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED -- I
KEEP USING THAT TERM. GIVEN TH
ROBUST RETURNS FROM MHA THAT WE
HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS AND THE PROJECTION THERE
WILL CONTINUE TO BE INCREASE,
THAT'S WHY WE ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY BACK THIS
FORWARD COMMITMENT THAT WE HAD
ALREADY MADE. I WANT FOLKS TO
HAVE A GREATER CONTEXT ON THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. A
FAR AS THE LINE ITEMS, THERE AR
SIGNIFICANT RATE NUMBERS.
>> I will turn it over to the
director. Regarding City Hall
Park . The 300,000 that was
initially requested for 2023 is
protected for 2023. That is
immediate action to help keep
down the fence as it partners
with King County. I have
reached out to councilmember
Jane Nicole Wells who was
stewarding the effort to try to
make sure we were activating
the park and not keeping up the
fence and turning it into a
beautiful place for residents
downtown and visitors and the
community at large and they
are still being program for
2024. We had heard that there
was a lot of community
stakeholder processes that
still had to take place
throughout next year. Let's
activate it, let's take down
the fence, let's ensure that
there is people able to access
that line is we are in
partnership with King County
and building out a plan for
2024 and beyond to ensure that
there is ongoing programming
activation with facilities, et
cetera. We know that part of
the investments were things
like opening up and improving
and maintaining a bathroom,
perhaps, creating a stage . We
maintain $1 million with the
recognition we did not have
the funding to deploy anymore.
They wanted to signal to the
partners at King County that we
were here and have good
stewards on the land with them.
That is to make sure we can
create an activation plan that
allows for some of the money
to be there in 2024. A matter
of reducing the funding while
also maintaining $1 million
commitment given that the
planning still had to have
them. We can continue to add to
this if there is improvement
the additional revenue
available, but this is really
about sequencing this
conversations. I will stop
talking. I will let essential
staff to fill in the details.
That would be my response .
Feel free to correct that or
add anything.
>> Great job. For the record,
as it relates to the first
question about what the parks
would look at delaying the
reduction in the funding for
the major maintenance and asset
management CIP. They found
that basically today with the
proposal was in terms of the
rate reductions. I am sure
they would be happy to tell us
what they would ballpark the
kinds of projects they might
have to delay. We have looked
at this category. This is the
major funding category for
taking care of major
maintenance and asset
management with everything from
the roof to clear innovations
to doing bathroom renovations
and then there is a bunch of
things like asset management
planning . There's a number of
different categories that might
be the first thing they look at
in terms of reducing the
funding. They would be happy
to tell us what they would
think would be the things that
they would deal with in terms
of reduction for major
maintenance and assets. The
amount for major maintenance
with the 2.20 million and $3.5
million in 2024 . The green
Seattle partnership is only a
$500,000 reduction. One-year
reduction in 2024. As a
relates to differing funding or
delaying funding for the A.D.A.
compliance renovations. Both
of those would be a delay. That
is the funding that would be
proposed would be restored in
out years presuming that
funding recovers. The A.D.A.
compliance would have
additional budget remaining
after taking out the $1.5
million. About $1.5 billion in
2024. Additional funding would
be available for doing some
A.D.A. work and for play area
renovations after taking out
the $322,000 just about
$900,000 that would be in 2025.
Both of those would see
restorations of the funding
reduction in the out year
should the rate dollars
recovery. I think they did a
fine job with a swap of sorts.
The million dollars would be
JumpStart funding in 2024.
>> Thank you. I appreciate
that. This is another area
where we were trying to align
priorities of this counsel .
Sell partnership and commitment
to some of the items that no
longer had funding. We are
freeing of the use of the
money in 2024, for the
activation of City Hall Park .
This comes from the economic
resilience section , which
talks a lot about activation,
public spaces, et cetera. You
can see strong support for
trying to make sure this
actually comes to restoration.
Councilmember Morales.
>> Thank you. You answered
this already then forgive me. I
have two questions. About this
differing for A.D.A.
compliance . If that puts the
city at risk at all for not
being in compliance for A.D.A.
accommodations . But of those
accommodations . That is one
question. The second question
is in the transportation bucket
, if you have information about
the sidewalk safety
improvements . If there is
information about which
improvements will have to be
cut and where those are and
what is the impact of these
projects not being completed.
>> I'll answer the question
about the A.D.A. compliance.
We have millions of dollars
with A.D.A. compliance based
on the audit that we had done
by the department of justice.
We are doing our best to work
through those projects and
they are a myriad of different
types of improvements from
adding handrails, to ramps,
and all of the different kinds
of improvements, door openers,
things like that. I don't
think we are at further risk
for this one-time reduction any
more than we would be for where
we are currently in terms of a
number of projects that we need
to do.
>> Can you also remind me for
essential staff. Go ahead. Did
you have something to add?
S.T.E.M.
>> I know that when we were
looking at this. I talked about
it being a possible decision
with a hard trade-off with
funding that we do not have any
more . The question we had was
if there were any projects
that were tied to some of
these investments that would
be central stuff commenting on
councilmember Morales's last
question. Is it the case that
we have identified funding
that don't have specific
projects yet identified. He
puts on a category of
investments, but we really try
to move forward with a specific
items were identified.
>> I think for certain
categories for proposals you
can say not. I can't say that
for example. They didn't have
an idea that they would like
the fund with major maintenance
and asset funding. I can't say
that we have any for the
A.D.A. I haven't asked them for
that list. I have seen a draft
list of the major maintenance
and asset management. I think
you can't say for all of the
categories irritating for the
community center reduction I
think they are in a pause or a
moment of needing to advise and
revisit what kind of
improvements they would be
doing and that which community
centers. That is that they do
not have specific allocations.
The dependent on the category
and we can certainly ask them
on what they might intend with
these opposed reductions to
delay in terms of these
projects and for some of these
were just delaying the funding.
That is what we are talking
about. For others, it may be
cut from projects or those like
it pushed to a later date as
well.
>> When we ask specifically in
transportation. Did you have
anything else to add?
>> Do you want to address the
sidewalk issue? It would be
more precise in my response
would be.
>> It might be confusing on
this table because this is
showing the net total of all
of the re-transactions that are
affecting the balancing
package in transportation.
That is why it is showing a
positive number. The proposal
does make targeted cuts to
bridge painting and to the
sidewalk safety program for the
bridge painting program, I
believe the reduction is $3.2
million in 2023. That would
reduce the proposed $8.5
million for the program down
to $5.3 million for 2023. For
the sidewalk safety program,
this would reduce the proposed
budget at $7.4 million in 2023
and $9 million in 2024. This
proposal would reduce it by $2
million in each are down to
$5.4 million in 2023 and then
$7 million in 2024. Both of
these cases, these are programs
that have a number of small
projects that are funded by
these programs . I do not have
a specific list as to which
specific projects might be
impacted.
>> I want to add to that. The
key word is, "Reduced."
Because you are not seeing this
chart the funding that is still
there. That is really
important as well when it comes
to A.D.A. compliance and play
spaces . We did not pay the
full amount of reduction that
is there and we just try to
take some haircuts in various
places to make this balance.
>> I wanted to add that in
general and across the
departments with some
technical assistance from the
executive. The goal was to try
to look at how resources are
currently allocated across
departments . The number in
parks for example if you take
out the $13 million for the
building it looks larger
because they receive a larger
portion of resources as well
as, S.. SDOT. That is what
ultimately, it looks like net
positive number. Overall,
these projects were included
for reductions or delays to try
to minimize the impact of
project as much as possible.
Sidewalks, for example it
doesn't anticipate that it was
significantly impact the work
in 23 and 24. They also have
noted on the bridge that there
is a $2 million federal grant
for painting. That helps sort
of pushed the local investment
out into the future year.
They were trying to minimize
impacts on projects that were
sort of in the works right
now. With a $64 million
projected reduction over the
biennium. There is going to be
some impacts.
>> You very much. Before
going to councilmember
Pedersen. We are looking at
whether or not there were
staffing already on board to
complete the projects. I know
that came up as an issue for
maintenance upgrades and I
would suggest make a follow-up
on that there is not a central
stuff that wants to comment on
that right now. It was part of
the analysis that we always
looked at in terms of what
projects were ready to go and
had the staffing. We are going
to move forward. This is part
of why we asked for an extra
week . This chart is informed
with the city budgets office
and the departments because
absorbing a $4 million hit
rate before releasing a budget
as part of the analysis asking
the department where there is
some opportunity for us either
delay, reduce, reschedule ,
and again, I want to thank them
for helping identify a series
of possibilities so that we
could make some really tough
choices. All of them will
continue to invest in some of
these areas. We can add to this
chart perhaps to show what the
reduction was but also what is
in the base and where the
funding continues.
Councilmember Pedersen.
>> Thank you for your hard
work for rebalancing the
budget for this package. Have
other comments about public
safety items. I wanted to
address this transportation
item here. Thank you for
answering the question about
when the numbers are showing is
positive instead of negative. I
am concerned that the budget
goes in the wrong direction on
bridge maintenance when we
consider the four items that
the city auditor highlighted as
being necessary to maintain
our bridges. This is one of
them that prevents erosion and
rest and things that impact the
structure. It is one of the
most efficient ways to preserve
the exterior bridges . I want
to signal that I will be trying
to restore some money to
strengthen our bridges for
bridge safety. One of the
benefits of these capital items
is that they can be funded from
any source of funds. They are
typically one-time issues that
we can address . Even though
REET went for that in the past,
there are other sources of
funds that hope to find to
boost that as an amendment.
>> Thank you. I wish you luck
on finding that. There is
multiple revenues that went in
the right direction in
November. Looking forward to
working with you on that.
Councilmember Herbold.
>> On the, you just made with
the announcement that we would
be taking an extra week to deal
with this forecast update
particularly, the loss of REET
funds. I understood that you
were working closely with the
CBO and the individual
departments and hearing from
them what their recommendations
were. I wanted to understand
more about what central staff
said about parks. Did she seem
to say that they are just
getting this proposal and that
is my understanding of how
this was developed. I was
wondering if you tell us more
about that.
>> Go ahead.
>> I want to clarify that in
this process, we did receive
some technical assistance from
the budget office and
departments and on the very
quick turnaround timeline.
There was a generation of
options . The departments did
not make any recommendations
with a city budget office.
They helped us identify places
in the capital improvement
program in the base budget
aware there may be less
impacted than others and that
it was central staff and
budget chair needed to make
choices from that menu . In
that context, we did have some
conversations that specific
line items and the best of our
ability looking where they had
minimal impact. There has not
been that kind of robust
analysis about these that
would normally happen in the
development of the proposed
budget or amendments.
Definitely back and forth and
definitely information from the
departments, but not
recommendations with a depth
of analysis.
>> Thank you for the
clarification.
>> Thank you for sharing. I
was trying to scratch my head
too. I need more sleep, but I
definitely didn't want to use
the word, "Recommendation,"
either. I was trying to
reference the respect and
appreciation for that several
ranges of government. We did
try to identify options and
none of them are good options.
There is no recommendation from
a department, but in the two to
three day period, we were able
to identify ways in which this
could possibly be mitigated if
there is puzzle pieces that is
really all that was put out
there. My effort here was to
really not eliminating funding
completely where we could
spread the peanut butter and
key programs and projects
moving forward. We would want
to do that. If there were items
that were not specifically
programmed and ready for
going, that is where we try to
take some reductions. That is
the process. Lastly, they
definitely helped. There has
been recognition that they are
not in a recommendation period
, that is what the mayor
transmitted to us.
>> That was my word.
>> I'm so tired.
>> Okay. Let's keep going.
This shows a brief touch on two
other things that we discussed
earlier. They are producing
the reserves that are
specifically for the second
JumpStart fund to avoid is
reductions . As a reminder,
these are largely health and
equity programs with prenatal
and free grant programs, and
fresh books to help families
with fresh food at farmers
markets and community senior
meals programs. And then the
forecast reduction of 3 1/2
million dollars was addressed
through a combination of REET
in general fund swaps to
minimize the impact of that on
SDOT is operations.
>> The final couple of slides
that I want to address budgets
sustainability . This is an
issue that you want taken very
seriously this year and over
the last few years. The two
charts that I show are about
the general fund as a reminder,
that is the $1.6 million fund
where the city had the most
flexibility in revenues as a
part of our overall 7 1/2
billion dollar budget. On this
chart, the Blue Line's
projected expenditures , the
redline is projected revenue ,
this first fight is the
executive proposed budget . You
can see a projected, ongoing
average operating gap in our
$193 million. The balancing
package is currently
constructed . You will see the
sustainability issue is about
$57 million worse than the
proposed budget . Increasing
that average operating deficit
to $250 million. This is due to
a couple of factors. The first
counselor about half of the
increase sustainability issue
is straight to the revenue
forecast. The forecast
decreased general fund
projected revenues and that
means there is less each year
for our budget. The councils
action to proposed the package
to rescind the heating oil PACs
has impacted those revenues
that were assumed in 2023 and
out years. There is new,
ongoing spending of about $24
million and suspending the
emergency fund which were
one-time investments in those
emergency reserves. This last
slide reminds us that there
are couple of things. The
temporary provisions included
in the package that allowed the
general fund budget over the
biennium without significant
reductions to critical programs
and services . Those short-term
strategies include suspending
the repayment of emergency
reserves and higher reliance
on JumpStart funds. Giving it
some more time to look for
efficiencies in the city budget
and think about how to size
appropriations with our
revenues. In addition, there is
a statement of legislative
intent in this package that
asks the central staff in the
city budget office to work
together to update policies
around budget development in
this year's financial plan to
make sure we are using the very
best practices to budget and
give the very best information
for the Council and executive
when they are making decisions
about vacancies, about future
inflationary costs, have all of
these things. Finally,
providing the temporary
strategies and time for the
revenue stabilization workgroup
to make recommendations on
new, progressive revenues that
the city can implement to make
sure they keep pace with the
expenditure bill . That is the
end of our opening
presentation. At the chairs
direction, we will do a
walk-through of each of the
actions in this package.
>> Let's get into the details
of where it was included. I
will ask folks to show
restraint. We have 160 actions
walk-through. If you have a
clarifying question that you
need answered, please feel free
to go ahead and ask that. I am
going to remind folks that we
are having a full debate day
and discussion dialogue day on
amendments and what the
underlying proposal is on
Monday, next week, on the 21st
. This is really time to ask
clarifying questions at this .
It is amendment . Please try
to hold back on expressing why
you put forward at this point.
Let's have the debate on the
policy next Monday. Thank you
so much for letting me know if
you have clarifying questions
as we go through this. I think
I'll turn it back over to you.
>> One more word on how this is
going to go. A couple of
central staff members who are
going to have REET sections.
They are going to read the
first section of her questions
that come up in a list who is
working on a specific amendment
we will have those questions.
Anything else you want to add
before we go?
>> No.
>> We will turn it over to you.
Amy Gore.
>> My name is Amy Gore with
counsel central staff. We will
start off with HST which will
add 7.1 million general funds
in 2023 and 7.1 million
general funds in 2024. It is a
services department for
contract inflation and a
primary sponsor is Herbold,
Lewis, and councilmember
Juarez. The second CVA is
HSA2b2 . They have contract
inflation. The primary sponsor
is councilmember Herbold and
they are chair Mosqueda and
Lewis and Sawant. They would
add 3.9 million general fund in
2023 all the way to HST to
maintain homeless services. It
is sponsored by councilmember
Morales with councilmembers
Pedersen , Lewis, and Sawant
as cosponsors. The next one
with a 220,000 general funds in
2023 and 220,000 general funds
in 2024 to HST to provide
behavioral health outreach in
the Chinatown international
District neighborhood. The
primary responder is
councilmember Morales, and it
is cosponsored by councilmember
Herbold and Lewis. Next we
have HST 32b1 . They would
support existing tiny home
villages . Next, is HSD34b1
that would at the general fund
in 2020 feet agency for vehicle
residency at Wheaton parking
mitigation. That is the primary
sponsor for councilmember
Strauss and councilmember
Pedersen and Juarez. We have
HST 30 5B1 which would reduce
proposed position authority
by FTE for the expansion of the
unified care team in agency,
repurposed $812,000 in general
funds in 2024 and HST to
increase funding for the King
County regional homelessness
authority for homelessness
outreach. It would also add
$400,000 general funds in 2023
and $400,000 general funds in
2024 to HST and outreach to
data support and program
coordination. Opposed to
providing those. The primary
sponsor is Mosqueda, and it is
cosponsored Herbold and
Juarez. The next CBA is HST 36
B1 . He would add $60,000 of
general funds in 2023 to HST to
correct an area that had a
contract inflation. That would
add $101,000 general funding in
2023. 124,000 in general fund
in 2024 in human services
department to fund wage parity
across crisis responders. That
is from councilmember Strauss
and cosponsored councilmember
Herbold and Lewis.
>> Thank you, Amy. I think
your sound input is dropping in
and out. I wonder if I should
just read in the last couple in
your group to make sure. Just
to clarify, you just read HST
40. The next item in the group
is HSD 906 A1. This would
reduce proposed funding for the
Soto extension by 5.2 million
in general and in 2020.5 $.4
million in 2024 in HSD. This is
the budget committee and
proposed for an expansion that
is no longer moving forward.
The next item is 08 100 A1 .
This would reallocate $6.8
million of JumpStart funds in
23 and $7 million in 24. This
is from a multifamily rental
production to homeownership
development to correct the
error in the proposed budget
sponsored by the budget
committee. The next item OH
382 would request that OH
review options one review
options for non-permanent
housing supporting services
funding and predevelopment and
organizational capacity an
active element of the proposed
housing renewal package. This
is sponsored by councilmember
Herbold with chair member
Mosqueda, Strauss, and
Pedersen joining us. They
would add $1 million in 23 all
the way to the Seattle
Department of construction
inspections rental assistance
to be administered in
conjunction with the eviction
prevention. This is sponsored
by Chairman Mosqueda, who was
joined by councilmembe
Morales, Herbold, Sawant, and
Lewis. The final item in this
group is SDCI to be one which
would at $450,000 in general
fund into 23 and again, in 24
for eviction legal defense.
This is sponsored by
councilmember Sawant who was
joined by councilmember
Morales and Lewis. This is the
end of the house screw. I
will turn it over to my
colleague to comment for the
next group reading.
>> If you have questions, if
any technical answers I will
just pause here. I also want
to note that the third to last
item this is in the house
category. I want think the
office of housing is doing
really good work with resources
on emergency housing needs
and the ways in which we want
to build towards . They are
already in the process of
identifying on how to support
additional supportive services
. That is not part of the
budget line item you are
seeing. There is some great
work that is underway that will
take place later this year. I
am not seeing any additional
hands at this point. I think we
can go on to connected and
resilient . This is 2A.
>> In afternoon councilmembers.
I am speaking to 2A, economic
and equitable growth. CBO 901
A1 will reduce proposed funding
and addition authority for one
FTE for affordable Seattle
extension by $290,000 of
JumpStart funds in 2023 and
290,000 JumpStart fund in 2024
in CBO sponsored by the budget
committee. Next item. 901 A1.
Reduce proposed funding for
members who workforce
development program by $100,000
JumpStart fund in 2023.
$100,000 of JumpStart fund in
2024 and the Seattle Summit
sponsored by the committee. The
next item is 903 A1. They would
be reduced proposed funding
for the Memorial Stadium with
redevelopment projects by $4.3
million of REET 1 and $4
million in 2024 and add $10
million of LTGO bond funding in
2023 sponsored by the budget
committee.
>> Is always a challenge to
orient ourselves to the reduced
repose funding. That doesn't
mean there is a cut to the
existing funding. For example,
if there is an increase in
proposed budget and we are
reducing the proposed increase
there is still an increase over
previous years. We talked about
how there is funding still here
for the Memorial Stadium, but
is listed as it is reduce the
proposed increase. There is so
funding being allocated. I want
to make sure that is clear.
That is because we are trying
to make these maneuvers happen
to make sure everything fits.
In case you are wondering of
the reduced proposing means
cut or elimination, most of the
time that is not the case. We
are reducing the proposed
increase over the base
lending. We will work towards
one day, having a budget
document where you will be able
to see an actual budget bill.
You will be able to see a line
and then the actual amount in
the base budget. That will
happen one day. At this rate,
this is our process . It is
reduced proposed in those
places.
>> Thank you.
>> Reduced proposed funding
for economic opportunity
programs of implementation by
1.85 million JumpStart fund in
2023 and finance general and
then added $1.85 million of
JumpStart funds and 2.5 FTE to
Don for the generational well
initiative. Sponsored by
Mosqueda, and Lewis.
>> 903 A1 would reduce
proposed funding for technical
assistance by 300,000 in jump
start on their 2023. And
300,000 in JumpStart fund in
2024. Sponsored by the budget
committee. 905 A1 the source
for $250,000 in $2020.250
thousand in 2024. The one
Seattle day of service in FAS
from JumpStart to the general
fund sponsored by the budget
committee. FAS 907 A1, would
reduce $12 million for 2023
and $13 million of LTGO in
2023, and $1.4 million of REET
1 funding in 2024 with FAS.
This is sponsored by the budget
committee. A just a 27 A1 went
at a $100,000 in general
funding in 2023 to ages for tax
preparation assistance. This is
sponsored by Chairman
Mosqueda. Adding $200,000 in
funding in 2023 to a just and
equitable recovery and capacity
building sponsored by the
budget committee. A just a 29
A1 , what I $350,000 of
JumpStart fund in 2023 and
$350,000 JumpStart fund in 2024
two HST to support workforce
development for these
experiencing homeless miss. It
is sponsored by the budget
committee. Agency 382.
Requesting the agency provide a
report on contracting with
human services providers is
sponsored and cosponsored. 02
A1, Woodbridge reduce opposed
funding for the equity action
plan by $250,000 of general
fund in 2023 and $250,000 in
enrollment of 2024 in HSD.
Sponsored by the budget
committee. Three A1 would
change the funds was for
$126,000 in 2023 and $507,000
in 2024 for affordable Seattle
in ITD from the JumpStart fund
to multiple utility funds. This
is sponsored by the budget
committee. OED would add
$121,000 in the fund of 2023,
and a JumpStart fund in 2024,
for them okay laboring call.
Sponsored by Chairman Mosqueda
and councilmember Strauss and
Lewis. 301 A1, requesting
that OED provide a report on
the job center is sponsored by
Chairman Mosqueda. OED 901 A1
would reduce proposed funding
and position authority for one
FTE for the export Excelerator
initiative by $250,000 of
JumpStart fund in 2023 and
$250,000 of Gemstar funds in
2024 and OED sponsored by the
budget committee. Item OED item
2 A1 would reduce proposed
funding for Seattle job center
by $250,000 JumpStart fund in
2023 and $500,000 of JumpStart
funding in 2024 in OED.
Sponsored by the budget
committee. OED 903 A1 , reduce
proposed funding and position
authority for 2 FTE for
affordable expansion by 312,000
of JumpStart fund in 2023 and
312,000 JumpStart fund in 2024
in OED.
>> I have a question. These
reductions, some of these are
reducing JumpStart funding.
Should we assume that unless
it is said here that it is
just a reduction that is not
being paid for from a different
source because they remember
some items on the omnibus
suggested that there could be
reductions or alternate
sources.
>> Councilmember Nelson, that
is correct. If it is just
described as a reduction, it is
reducing the proposed. For
example, in that case, the
Seattle jobs Center I believe
there is $750,000 proposed in
24. And then 250 proposed in
23. Introducing funding .23
entirely reducing 500 of the
750,000 in 2024. And there is
somewhere in the package
asking for additional
information about what that
would be. It is simply just
swapping if it is a reduction
inside the reduction, the
proposed spending entirely or
partially in your packet there
is more details for each of the
reduction items that outlines
if there is any remaining
funding.
>> Thank you.
>> I think I was on 1 letter a
1. $78,000 of general funding
in 2023 and 78,000 general fund
in 2024 for the new citizen
program. That is sponsored by
Mosqueda and cosponsored by
Morales and Strauss. OLS one
A1 would at 552,000 of OLS
fund in 2023 and 527,000 of the
fund in 20 24 and three FTE to
OLS to implement the app based
worker minimum payment
ordinance and provide support
for all labor standards. This
is sponsored by councilmember
Mosqueda and cosponsored by
the members of Lewis and
Mosqueda. 2023, OCD,
investment trust sponsored by
councilmember Morales and
cosponsored by councilmembers
Lewis and Strauss. OPCD would
have $450,000 of short-term
rental tax . In 2023, and
$415,000 of short-term rental
tax in 2024. In 2024, OPCD
for the initiative grant
sponsored by the budget
committee. SDR, 901 A1 would
reduce proposed funding for
improvement at City Hall Park
by $2.5 million in REET 2 in
23 in SPR command that is
sponsored by the budget
committee.
>> Not a good opportunity to
say that it shows reductions in
the proposed investments .
There is still 300,000 in 2023
and 1 million set aside from
JumpStart in 2024 for City Hall
Park. Just a reminder.
>> A councilmembers . I will be
walking for the next series of
items for the connected and
resilient livable clinic
connected communities. Item
Center 501 A1 OnePass centers
2023, 2024 facilities fees
ordinance. The next item is
ITD one B1 which was add
225,000 in general fund in 23
and again in 24 to ITD for the
technology matching fund and
digital navigations grants.
This is sponsored by
councilmember Peterson with
cosponsored by councilmember
Juarez and Morales. Next item
is OED 904 A1. Reduce proposed
funding for the downtown
mobility study by 200 and
excuse me, a JumpStart fund in
OED. This is offered by the
budget committee. The next
item is a city life I will one
A1. This would pass the city
life bond ordinance. Offered by
the budget committee. The next
item is SDOT one A1. 500,000
of the transportation benefit
District fund in SDOT for
shuttle service . This is
offered by councilmember Lewis
and the cosponsorship from
councilmember Strauss and
Nelson. The next item is SDOT
2B 1. And the pedestrian
safety improvements in the
district. Councilmember
Strauss with support from
councilmember Lewis and
Nelson. The next item is SDOT
103 B1. This would add 1
million of school safety fund
to the SDOT master plan
school safety product and
adding 1 million school safety
fund and 1.7 million of school
safety fund in 2024 to the
police department to expand the
schools program. This is
offered by councilmember
Pedersen, Herbold, and
Morales. The next item is SDOT
302 A1. A slide requesting
that SDOT estimate the
street name signs . Offered by
councilmember Strauss with
support from Morales and
Trenton. 303 A1, requesting
that HSD six provide
recommendations on city and
the parking policies that is
offered by councilmember Lewis.
The next item is SDOT 34 A1.
They would have SDOT and have
an expansion of the school zone
camera program and other
programs as authorized by state
law. That is offered by
councilmember Mosqueda the
support from is a member
Pedersen. The next item is
SDOT 305 A1. A slide requesting
that SDOT addresses the
Seattle transportation plan.
This is offered by
councilmember Mosqueda. Next
item is SDOT 306 A1. A
request that SDOT record on the
downtown Seattle mobility
needs. Offered by
councilmember Mosqueda. The
next item is SDOT 502 B1. This
item would amend legislation
that was transmitted by the
mayor for this transmit
measure material scope change.
It would increase the amount
of funding that could be used
on transit capital products
from the proposed the 6 million
in the proposed legislation to
9.3 million. It would make
corresponding adjustments to
the SDOT capital projects.
Offer by councilmember Pedersen
and councilmember Herbold and
Herbold.
>> This item was passed
legislation to increase the
vehicle license fee by $10 to a
total of $50 per year. It would
create a new CIP project for
the Northeast 45th Bridge
Street crossing and they would
add funding 1.5 million of
funding for that project and
additional funding for 161,000
in 2020.2 million in 2024 to
the structures major
maintenance CIP project would
also add $2 million in 2024
four the vision zero CIP
project with SDOT . And then
from the support of Council
member Pedersen, Nelson, and
Lewis. SDOT 903 A1. Reduce
proposed funding for emergency
response in 26 reserve in 2
million in 2023 and 1 million
in 2024 of the fund of
transportation offered by the
budget committee. The next
item is SDOT 906 B1. This item
would reduce 2.6 million in 23
and 2.8 million in 24 of the
Seattle transportation District
budget fund for five different
SDOT CIP projects and then add
a corresponding amount of REET
funding in place of those
projects and then it would use
the vehicle license funding
to replace JumpStart funding
for the sound transit project.
This is offered by the budget
committee. The next item is
SDOT 907 A1. This item would
swap 2.9 million of
transportation fund or reduce
2.9 million and replace it
with 2.2 million of REET 1 at
700,000 of REET 2 for HSD six
major Minas project and reduce
685,000 of transportation fund
and at 635,000 of REET 1 for
the maintenance CIP project
essentially swapping REET to
make up for the commercial
parking tax shortfall is
offered by the budget
committee. Item 908 A1, they
would reduce 300,000 PDP fund
in 2023 and at 300,000 REET 1
for SDOT vision zero project.
It would reduce 300,000 of the
funds in SDOT major
maintenance which is
essentially swapping REET
general funds by the budget
committee. SDOT 909 A1 .
Reducing proposed funding by
3.2 million of REET 2 in the
bridge painting program and
reducing proposed funding by 2
million of REET 1 and 2
million in 2024 and the
sidewalk safety repair
projects. This leaves REET
offered by the budget
committee. That concludes my
section.
>> Thank you. MSR questions we
are handing it over to Tracy
for the next one.
>> Remember to the public.
Please know that these are the
short titles. Every one of
these amendments has at least
one page of NX planer document
that goes along with it. It's
really important to put into
context especially in the
budget year where it says
reduce proposed funding , that
there is no funding included
and that there is an entire
document that goes with each
one of these CBA counsel budget
amendment numbers. Please note
there is additional context to
go with each one of these and
don't just read into the short
title that you are hearing. For
example, when we look at the
proposed amendment for a
school zone camera . We are
putting this into the proposed
budget. A picture the revenue
of the public safety aspect of
helping to slow down traffic
around schools and also the way
in which its funding can help
invest in transportation,
mitigation projects around
schools. We have also added
in conversation with the
sponsor specific language to
address equity issues. We are
placed with school zones
cameras across the city. That
will no longer be the case in
communities of. We want them
equitably placed across the
cities and we have also
included language to direct the
department to have a grace
period. We don't want the
school zone cameras to
immediately begin ticketing
people. We understand the
impacts of the ticket costs .
In effort to do education
campaigns , once the school
zone cameras going to affect so
that people perhaps, get a
first warning , a grace period
before a ticket is actually
issued as part of what we
suggested so that there is a
window before this ticket
start. Some of those ideas came
directly from community to say
that we needed to help better
address some of the equity
issues and that is the type of
language that you would see
associated with that amendment
as an example. It was okay to
let that up. Making sure that
people know that there is more
context each point of these
short titles that are being
read into the record with
reduced proposed funding with
an increase over the base.
Councilmember Lewis.
>> Thank you . Going to the OED
904 A1 2023, the mobility
study. He says it is reduced
350,000 . What's the amount
that is anticipated to be left
under that item?
>> I believe that item is the
entire amount for the item that
was proposed. That one gets
zeroed out under that
amendment.
>> The language that directs
the department to look at the
two recent studies for mobility
especially in the downtown core
asks for a report to come back
to counsel so that we can have
action quicker. I want to know
what the responses from the
existing mobility studies out
there instead of
recommissioning yet another
mobility study. We want to know
what the takeaways now. Yes.
In this tough time, we haven't
put funding in yet another
study given that there is
multiple studies out there.
Some of those are recent. We do
not have revenue. Tell us what
you would like to do if there
is existing studies out there
and we will work with the
administration to help advance
some of those. This is the
trade-off we had to make with
the direct funding was being
weighed against investments in
another city when there is
reason that is on the book. We
are asking for feedback,
recommendations from his
existing studies. There is a
slide that corresponds if you
can note that side.
>> I believe it is best at 306
A1.
>> Moving on without delay.
SPR one A1, with a $3.7 million
of Seattle part district funds
in 2023 and $6.7 million of
our district funds in 2024 .
Two Seattle parts direct to
line the secure spending plan
that was adopted by the park
district board on September 27.
This is a budget committee
sponsored CBA. SPR 3B1 , this
would impose a reprisal of
$200,000 on Seattle part
district funding in 2023 in SPR
to support community planning
cost for the Garfield
superblock project. This is
sponsored by councilmembers
Sawant, Strauss, and Morales.
>> SPR 109B. Reducing spending
for the B Park activation for
a general fund in 23 and add
$300,000 of funding in 2023
and then without $1 million to
jump start funding in 2024 two
Seattle's for the City Park
Hall activation. This is
sponsored by the budget
committee. SPR 301 A1.
Requesting a slide reporting
of money for an afterschool
program for resettled in
immigrant children living in
subsidized housing . This is
sponsored by councilmember
Pedersen , Strauss, and Lewis.
SPR 50 A1. 120437 which is
the parks the ordinance. This
is sponsored by the budget
committee. SPR 902 A1 .
Reducing proposed funding for
nonlabor supplies and cost
related to the unified care
team by $70,000 of general
funds in 2023 and $70,000 in
general fund in 2024 in the
Seattle Parks . SPR 903 A1,
reducing proposed funding for
the major maintenance and asset
management CIP projects by 1.25
or one point two $5 million in
$2020.1 million in week two in
2020.2 $.6 in the REET 2 and
and $20,000 of REET 2 in 2024 .
SPR 904 A1, reducing proposed
funding for the Americans with
disabilities act compliance CIP
project by $1.5 million of REET
2 in 2024 in SPR. SPR 905 A 1
with reduced proposed funding
for the community center
rehabilitation and development
CIP project by $2.8 million of
REET 2 in 2024 in the Seattle
Parks and Recreation. This is
sponsored by the budget
committee. SPR 906 A1,
reducing proposed funding for
the play area of renovation CIP
project by 322,000 --
>> Somehow you went off.
>> SPR 906 A1, reducing
proposed funding for the play
area renovation CIP projects by
$322,000 and 22 in 2024 in SPR
and this is proposed by the
budget committee. Finally, STU
900 A1, would reduce proposed
funding in position authority
for enhanced graffiti abatement
by $1.2 million in general fund
and three FTEs in 2023 and $1.2
million of general fund in 2024
in STU, and what had solid
waste funding in 2023 and
254,000 in a waste on in 2024
two store overhead
appropriations and this is
sponsored by the budget
committee.
>> I will add contacts to this
one. This is an area where
there is not the proposed
increase, but I want to,
specifically to graffiti
abatement. There is $2 million
in the base budget we
allocated in previous years
that continues to be an
investment that is available
and included in the base
budget that we are offering
here. $2 million still
included in graffiti
abatement.
>> Remember when we did the
initiative and we set aside
9.3 million it was going to
December of this year, right?
In 2023. What form will that
take place going forward and
still keeping the intent and
the goal . [ Captioners
transitioning ]
>> I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT
HOW THE ABATEMENT AND WHETHER
IT IS PART OF THAT OR NOT, THE
ONLY PROPOSAL YOU HAVE SEEN
THAT HAS ANY IMPACT AS THESE
GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS IN
PARKS AND 23 AND 24. THAT IS
ON THE NONLABOR SUPPLIES THAT
INCLUDES DUMP FEES, SUPPLY
TRAININGS AND SO FORTH. IT IS
ONLY A 70,000 REDUCTION. THERE
STILL REMAINS $.3 MILLION OF
THOSE NONLABOR'S BY REVENUES
TO COVER THOSE COSTS. THIS IS
A $70,000 REDUCTION IN THAT
BUDGET ITEM.
>> GOING INTO 2023 , WILL WE
STILL SEE THE OPERATIONS WITH
SPU, AND DOING THE CLEANING?
IT IS JUST NOT CALLED CLEAN
CITY INITIATIVE?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. I DON'T
BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY OTHER
REDUCTIONS THAT IMPACT THE
CLEANING TEAMS THAT ARE BEING
PROPOSED IN THE CONCEPT OF THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM AS I
UNDERSTAND IT. YOU CAN LET ME
KNOW IF I AM MISCHARACTERIZING
THIS AND MAYBE I AM.
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDED MAKING
PERMANENT THE CLEAN CITYSEARCH
THAT THE COUNCIL HAD FUNDED IN
THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND
EXPANDS IT, SO THIS 70,000
REDUCTION IS A MINOR REDUCTION
TO THE TOTAL INCREASE. OVERALL,
IT IS MAINTAINED IN THE
PACKAGE AND IT IS AN EXPANSION
BEYOND THE SURGE LEVELS THAT
HAD BEEN FUNDED AND NOW WOULD
BE MADE PERMANENT. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS GETTING
REBRANDED AS PART OF THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM/ CLEAN
SEATTLE AND THAT GRAFFITI
ABATEMENT IS NOT CONSIDERED
PART OF THAT PROGRAM BASED ON
THE DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION
TO THE COMMITTEE. ALTHOUGH
OCCASIONALLY THE CLEAN SEATTLE
TEAM MAY CALL UPON THE
GRAFFITI REMOVAL TEAM TO
ADDRESS A SITUATION THEY ARE
WORKING ON WHEN THEY ARE
CLEANING UP THE AREA.
>> IF I MAY, THANK YOU ALLIE.
YOU ARTICULATED WHAT I WAS
TRYING TO GET AT THE
OPERATIONS ARE SO GOING
FORWARD. THERE IS NOT A BIG
REDUCTION. HE KNEW WE HAD THE
SURGE WE ARE FLATLINING ON THE
CLEANING , BUT WE WILL CONTINUE
TO GO FORWARD . IT IS STILL A
COMMITMENT. IT IS GOING TO BE
ABSORBED INTO THE UNIFIED CARE
TEAM AND THIS DISTRICT
REPRESENTATION THEY WANT TO DO,
NOT ACTUAL CITY COUNCIL, BUT
THEIR OWN DISTRICT WHICH LINES
UP WITH OUR SEVEN DISTRICTS.
THAT IS WHAT I NEEDED ANSWERED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. GREAT
CLARIFICATION. OKAY. GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY. I HAVE THE NEXT GROUP
, COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF. NEXT
IS OSC 3B1 . THIS WOULD AT
$455,000 OF JUMPSTART FUND IN
2023 TWO OSC FOR CLIMATE
RESILIENCE. THIS IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER MORELLA'S WITH
HER BELT , LEWIS AND SAVANT.
USC FIVE B1 WOULD ADD $147,000
OF JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023,
$190,000 OF JUMPSTART FUND IN
2024 AND ONE STRATEGIC
ADVISOR, FOR A CITY URBAN
FOREST OR POSITION. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
PEARSON WITH COSPONSORS OF
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLT,
STRAUSS, LEWIS, NELSON AND
SAVANT. OSC'S 61 BUT AT $3.5
MILLION OF JUMPSTART FUND IN
2023 TWO OSC TO HAVE THE
CLAIMANT HUB STUDY. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY CHAIR THE STATE
OF. USC 71 WOULD ADD $2
MILLION OF JUMPSTART FUND IN
2023 AND ONE POINT $2 MILLION
OF JUMPSTART FUND IN 2024 TWO
OSC FOR INDIGENOUS LEAD
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
USC 881 WOULD ADD 1.2 MILLION
OF JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023 AND
$1.2 MILLION OF JUMPSTART FUND
IN 2024 TO OSC FOR THE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY CHAIR
MUSKET. OSC 301 IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT WOULD REQUEST THAT
OSC BY REPORT CITYWIDE FUNDING
FOR TREEPLANTING, STEWARDSHIP
AND OTHER URBAN FORESTRY
RELATED ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS WITH
COSPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON AND LOUIS. OSC FIVE
108 TWO WOULD PASS COUNSEL
BILL 120453 WHICH WOULD REPEAL
THE HEATING OIL TAX AND REDUCE
REVENUES OF $1.4 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUNDS IN 2023 AND ONE
POINT 5 MILLION TO THE GENERAL
FUND IN 2024 . SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALE IS
SPONSORED BY SAVANT AND
PRESIDENT WERE AS AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. NEXT IS
30182 . A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST THAT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT REPORT ON NEW SOURCES OF
POWER. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
SAVANT WITH COUNCILMEMBERS
PETERSON , OR ALICE , HERBOLD
AND LOUIS. NEXT , FIVE D1
WOULD ADD $250,000 OF
JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023 TWO AS
NOT TO PLANT TREES IN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WITH COSPONSORS
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON,
MORALES AND LOUIS. 307 IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT WOULD REQUEST THAT AS
STOCK COLLABORATES WITH SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT TO COMPLETE THE
STREET FRONTAGE AND PREVENT
THE STREET REDESIGN PROJECT.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WITH
CONSOLES MEMBERS MORALE US IN
STRATUS. NEXT WE HAVE SPL 901
A1 . THIS WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED
CAPITAL DRIVEN PROGRAM FUNDING
FOR DECARBONIZATION AND
RESILIENT HUBS BY $3.5 MILLION
OF JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023 AND
SPL. THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE. SPR 900 A1
WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING
FOR DECARBONIZATION SEATTLE
PARKS AND REC FACILITIES BY 3.5
MILLION JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE. SPR 907 A1
WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING
FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY SEATTLE
PARTNERSHIP PROJECT BY
$500,000 IN 2024 AND SPR.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND FINALLY SPU 313
81 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD
REQUEST THAT SPU SUPPORT THE
SOCKEYE SALMON COMANAGERS AS
THEY ASSESS THE ONGOING
FEASIBILITY OF TRANSPORTING
SOCKEYE SALMON THROUGH THE LAKE
WASHINGTON SHIP NOW AND TO
PROVIDE A REPORT DESCRIBING
THOSE EFFORTS. SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ,
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS
HERBOLD AND STRAUSS. I
COMPLETED MY SECTION.
>> OKAY. I WANT TO OFFER SOME
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON SOME OF
THE OS THE ITEMS. IF YOU COULD
SCROLL UP A LITTLE BIT TO THE
TOP OF THE COLUMN. THANK YOU.
I NEED TO USE THIS AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY BECAUSE
I THINK THERE IS SOME
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT IS
BEING INVESTED . I FIRST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE GREEN
NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD. THE
BOARD, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE
HAVE HAD WITH THEM, THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OVER THE
LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE -- THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES AND
PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON SOME OF
THE ITERATIONS OF THE BUDGET
CONCEPTS WE WERE CONTEMPLATING
AND BECAUSE OF THEIR FEEDBACK
AND PRIORITIES, WE HAVE TRIED
TO ONLINE INVESTMENTS IN THE
JUMPSTART GREEN NEW DEAL FUNDS
TO ALIGN WITH WHAT THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD HAS
SPECIFICALLY CALLED FOR . A
LARGE PORTION OF THE AMENDMENTS
INCLUDED HERE COME DIRECTLY
FROM THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD
RECOMMENDATIONS. I HAVE IT
PRINTED RIGHT HERE . THERE IS
NOTES ALL OVER. IT IS WITHIN
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD'S
RECOMMENDATION AND IT IS FROM
THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED
FROM THEM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED
WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SHIFT
FUNDING THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED
FOR INVESTMENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE
A GREEN NEXUS, BUT DID NOT
ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THE GREEN
NEW DEAL SPEND PLAN AND
PRIORITIES THAT WERE CALLED FOR
AND PUSHED FORWARD BY THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD. I WANT TO CALL
OUT A FEW EXAMPLES. THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD INCLUDED ADDING A MERE $4
MILLION COMBINED EFFORT INTO
THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE HUB SO
THAT WE COULD INVEST IN HUBS
DESIGNED BY AND LED BY
COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED WORK
THAT IS OSC 00 6 AM 001. ABOUT
HALF 1 MILLION OF THAT GOES TO
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
HYATT IDENTIFIED FOR THE
RESILIENCE HUB, DESIGNED BY AND
LED BY COMMUNITIES MOST
IMPACTED AND DIRECTLY FROM THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD WE HEARD
INSTEAD OF GOING WITH WHAT THE
MAYOR HAD PROPOSED FOR 3.5
MILLION FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE
HUB , PLEASE ALIGN THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH WHAT OUR
REPORT AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
IDENTIFIED FOR RESILIENT HUBS.
WE WEAR REDIRECTED THE THREE
POINT FIVE TO BE IN ALIGNMENT
WITH WHAT THE OVERSIGHT BOARD
HUB PRIORITIES WERE WORKING
TOWARDS. WE HAVE ADDED A TOTAL
OF 1.8 MILLION TO INCREASE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND.
THAT IS OSC 008001 . AGAIN,
SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE
RECEIVED OVER THE LAST FEW
WEEKS WAS IF THERE IS ANY
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE
GREEN NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS, WE
NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO GO
TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
FUND TO DEPROGRAM LATER THAT
GIVES ADDITIONAL POSSIBILITY TO
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND THE
FOLKS STEWARDING THE JUSTICE
FUND TO HAVE GREATER
FLEXIBILITY, BUT THAT IS IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE RIVERSIDE
BOARD AND WHAT THEY WANTED US
TO DO. ADDITIONALLY AS YOU SEE
WE ARE ADDING $3.6 MILLION TO
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS LEAD
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS. OVER
THE BIENNIUM, OSC 0078, 001
IDENTIFIES UNPROGRAMMED
FUNDING TO SPECIFICALLY
SUPPORT INDIGENOUS LEAD
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS AS
DEFINED BY THE FOLKS AT THE
TABLE , FOLKS WHO ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY HARM CAUSED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE AND LED BY THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY LED
PROJECTS AND ORGANIZATIONS. WE
WERE ASKED TO PUT ADDITIONAL
FUNDING TOWARDS THE INVESTMENT
SO THAT MORE THINGS LIKE I AM
FORGETTING THE NAME OF THE
INVESTMENT THAT WAS RAISED BY
ONE OF THE COLLEAGUES AND
PARTNERS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD, BUT THEY
WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PULL FROM
THIS FUNDING FOR FUTURE
PROJECTS THAT HAD I THE
INDIGENOUS LEAD SUSTAINABILITY
PRODUCT, SO WE PUT A LARGE
PORTION OF THE FUNDING TOWARDS
THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE
PROGRAMMING. THIS IS PER THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AUGMENTATION,
THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WE
HAVE HAD WITH THEM, THE REPORT
THEY SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS
YEAR AND THE FUNDS THAT ARE
PROPOSED HERE FOR CLIMATE
RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS IN PARKS
AND SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES
WERE SHIFTED TO TO STILL CREATE
CLIMATE RESILIENCE HELPED , BUT
TO ALSO FOLLOW THE 2022 HUB
STUDY THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED
AND LED BY THE COMMUNITY
IDENTIFIED RESILIENCE HUBS. SO
TO REITERATE , WE ARE NOT
CUTTING RESILIENCE FUNDING . WE
ARE SHIFTING TO GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS
, THE COMMUNITY LED CLIMATE
RESILIENCE INVESTMENTS AS
DIRECTED FROM OUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD AND AS A
REMINDER THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD IS INTENDED TO
HELP DIRECT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
JUMPSTART FUNDING. THIS IS
ABOUT SELF-DIRECTION, SELF
DETERMINATION AND CONTROL AND
GIVING THE OVERSIGHT BOARD THE
ABILITY TO HELP US REDIRECT
WHERE SOME OF THE FUNDING WENT.
THEY ABSOLUTELY HELPED IMPROVE
WHERE SOME OF THE POSSIBLE
INVESTMENTS WERE GOING TO GO
AND WE SHIFTED TO REALIGN WITH
SOME OF THEIR INITIAL FEEDBACK
AND THANKS TO THAT FEEDBACK I
THINK THE GREEN NEW DEAL
INVESTMENTS HERE BETTER ALIGN
WITH WHAT WE SAW AND HEARD FROM
THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD. INVESTMENTS IN THE FRONT
LINE COMMUNITIES CREATE
GREATER CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND
FACILITATE A TRANSITION. I
CANNOT UNDERSCORE THAT ENOUGH.
THERE IS STILL INVESTMENTS IN
CLIMATE RESILIENCE FUNDING. WE
HAVE JUST SHIFTED IT TO BE MORE
IN LINE WITH WHAT THE BOARD'S
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE. I AM
HAPPY TO TAKE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AND JUST TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THE
EXAMPLE FOR THE 3.6 MILLION
INDIGENOUS LEAD SUSTAINABILITY
PROJECTS, ONE OF THOSE IS THE
LIFTING SPRINGS PROJECT THAT
WAS LIFTED UP TO US AS ONE OF
THE PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT
FROM THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT WORD MEMBERS. I HOPE
THAT OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION
ON THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
TALKING MORE WITH FOLKS WHO
HAVE A VERY SIMILAR GOAL IN
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
SHIFTING MORE FUNDING TO GREEN
NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS, BUT I
WENT TO CLARIFY THERE IS NOT A
REDUCTION. WE ARE TRYING TO
LIFT UP WHERE THE ADJUSTMENTS
WERE MADE TO ALIGN WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. LET'S
CONTINUE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WILL BE
READING THE NEXT SET OF
AMENDMENTS INTO THE RECORD. THE
FIRST OF THESE IS CBO 320 A1.
THIS IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTING
THAT CBO'S INNOVATION AND
PERFORMANCE TEAM PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A PERMANENT
HOME DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY'S
PARKING ENFORCEMENT UNIT. THIS
IS SPONSORED BY CHAIR TRENT.
CSE TO BE ONE WOULD ADD
717,000 GENERAL FUND AND 2024
TO THE CSC SEE TO IMPLEMENT A
DUAL DISPATCH PROGRAM AND
IMPOSE A PROVISO. THE PRIMARY
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBERT AND SHE IS JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND LOUIS
. NEXT CSC C-3 B1 IS ANOTHER
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
REQUESTING THAT THE CSC SEE
REPORT ON STAFFING AND CALL
ANSWERING IS SPONSORED BY THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE. DEAL TO
ANYONE WOULD ADD $1 MILLION
IN JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023 AND
THE SAME AMOUNT IN 2024 TO
EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
IN SCHOOLS. IT IS SPONSORED BY
CHAIR TRENT EIGHT. $100 IN
2023 , SAME AMOUNT FOR A
COMMUNITY AND SAFETY. IT IS
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON . FAS 382 WOULD
PROVIDE 2.5 MILLION GENERAL
FUND FAS FOR CONTRACTED JAIL
SERVICES THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES , LEWIS AND MOSQUEDA.
HST 38 B1 WOULD ADD $4
MILLION GENERAL FUND IN 2023
AND HST TWO CONTRACT WITH THE
PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR THE LET EVERYONE ADVANCE
WITH DIGNITY LEAD AND THE
CO-LEAD PROGRAMS. IT IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD COSPONSORS ARE
COUNCILMEMBERS LILES AND
MORALES. HST 39 B1 WOULD ADD
$300,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2023
AND HST TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF
A GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION
PROGRAM AND IMPOSE A PROVISO.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS A
SPONSOR JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBERS MORALES AND
LOUIS. HST 4181 , 41 A1 WOULD
ADD 167,000 GENERAL FUNDS IN
2023 AND THE SAME AMOUNT IN
2020 OR FOR ADDRESSING
ANTI-ASIAN HATE CRIME AND IT
WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING
FOR THE SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUP SAFE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
BY 167,000 GENERAL FUND IN
BOTH YEARS AND HST. IT IS
SPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA. 903 A1
--
>> CAN WE PAUSE? HERBOLD, DID
YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> I DO. THANK YOU. AS IT
RELATES TO THE ITEM DESCRIBED
AS HST 041-8001 , I JUST
WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS LEFT IN
SAFE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
FUNDING . THEY DID REACH OUT TO
ME EARLIER IN THE BUDGET
CYCLE ABOUT THE FACT THE
PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET INCLUDES
A CUT FOR THEM ALREADY AND SO
I JUST WANT TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS ITEM
AFFECTS THEIR FINDING OVERALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GET THAT
FOR YOU.
>> DO YOU HAVE THAT
INFORMATION TO MAKE
>> NOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. IF
YOU HAVE IT, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
>> AS MOSQUEDA REFERRED TO
ALONGSIDE THIS TABLE THERE ARE
ABOUT 487 PAGES OF
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL, SO I
CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE NOT
MADE IT THROUGH YET, BUT JUST
TEASING. THIS COUNSEL BUDGET
ACTION WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO
221,000. SO THAT IS WHAT WOULD
BE REMAINING FOR THIS IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. I
UNDERSTAND THE CUT IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
REDUCES THEIR FUNDS FROM
513,000 FOR 2022 TO 388
THOUSAND FOR THE NEXT TWO
YEARS AND SOME OF THAT FUNDING
INCLUDES , AS I UNDERSTAND IT
RAIN NEAR A BEACH IS A
BEAUTIFUL SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH
AND I AM JUST RAISING THESE
ISSUES WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF
MY ROLE AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE WITH OVERSIGHT OF
SAFETY AND I RECOGNIZE THAT ALL
OF THESE PUBLIC SAFETY
INVESTMENTS ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITIES AND
THESE ARE REALLY HARD
DECISIONS. I AM NOT AT ALL
TRYING TO QUESTION THEM, I JUST
WANT TO GET A LAY OF THE LAND
OF MER. THANK YOU.
>> I WILL CONTINUE. THE NEXT
ITEM IS HST 903 A1 . IT WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR
GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION
TECH CLOSEST AND BY $50,000
GENERAL FUND IN 2023 AND HST.
IT IS SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. HST 904 A1 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING AND
POSITION OF AUTHORITY FOR ONE
FTE FOR CASE CONFERENCING BY
176,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2023
AND SAME AMOUNT IN 2024 . IT
IS ALSO SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. FINALLY, LAW 301 A1
IS ANOTHER STATEMENT OF LETTERS
OF INTENT THAT REQUESTS WILL
CONDUCT A RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PROSECUTIONS AND REPORT TO THE
COUNCIL ON HOW IT CAN IMPLEMENT
THE MYSTIC VIOLENCE WORKER
RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT ONE IS
SPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA.
>> LET'S PAUSE . THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR , DID YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO ADD?
>> I WANTED TO RETURN TO THE
QUESTION ASKED RELATED TO THE
REDUCTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
GROUP SAFE COMMUNITIES. THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THESE
PROGRAMS ARE FUNDING AND MY
UNDERSTANDING FROM MY COLLEAGUE
IS THAT THE RAINIER BEACH
PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
IS NOT CUT IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, SO THIS IS A SEPARATE
POT OF MONEY WHICH MAY HAVE
ADDITIONAL DETAILS , BUT I JUST
WANT TO CLARIFY THAT SOMETIMES
THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY
THEN SEEMS THAT JUST THE TITLE
LEVEL OF THE PROPOSAL . I'M
HAPPY TO CLARIFY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. MADAM CHAIR, YOU
MAY CONTINUE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
OKAY. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH
OIG ONE A1 WHICH WOULD ADD A
232,020 23 AND 244,000 IN 2024
AND 1.5 FTE FOR SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW AUDIT
CAPACITY AND PUBLIC TO USHER AT
THE OIG. AS.GO TO WILL BE ONE
WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING
AND POSITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR
THE CITY'S PARKING ENFORCEMENT
UNIT BY 20 MILLION IN 2023 AND
20.5 MILLION IN 2024 AND 123
FTE AND SPD AND ADD TO S-TYPE
28 POINT 3 MILLION IN 2023 AND
20.8 MILLION IN 2024 AND THE
123 FTE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE
HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO
SEATTLE POLICE UNDER THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> THIS IS WHEN I NOTED THIS
MORNING AND IN OUR BRIEFING TO
RELEASE THE BUDGET. WE ARE
TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE
TEMPERATURE AND DEPOLITICIZE
SOME OF THESE WATER
DISCUSSIONS AND REALLY HAVE
APPRECIATED THE CONVERSATIONS
WE HAVE HAD WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND COMMUNITY AND THE
AFFECTED MEMBERS WHO WANT TO
SEE IMMEDIATE CHANGE WITHIN
THE WORK ENVIRONMENT AT S. XO
WHILE WE ARE ASKING FOLKS TO
STAY WITH US FOR THE NEXT FIVE
MONTHS TO DO THAT TASK FORCE
ANALYSIS TO COME UP WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THE
UNIT NEEDS AND WHERE THE BEST
PLACEMENT IS, I WANTED TO
IMMEDIATELY INVEST IN SERVICES
AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEM.
SOME OF THESE WERE NOTED BUT I
WANTED TO LIFT UP A FEW THE
DIRECTOR NOTED IN HER COMMENTS.
WE ARE INCREASING FUNDING FOR
THE MINISTRATION FOR OVERTIME
RECOGNIZING THERE HAS BEEN NOT
AS MANY INDIVIDUALS HIRED AS
WE ALL ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED,
NEW INFORMATION THAT WE
RECEIVED GIVEN THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS, SO WE ARE
BRINGING UP FTES 290. WE ARE
ADDING FUNDING FOR THE
INITIATIVE OVERHEAD, ADDING
FUNDING FOR SUPPLIES FOR THINGS
LIKE PAPER AND ENVELOPES SO
TICKETING CAN HAPPEN AND PEOPLE
CAN DO THEIR JOB WITHOUT
LIMITATIONS AND LASTLY, WE ARE
ADDING IN THE FUNDING FOR THE
NEW UNIFORMS, THE PATCHES ON
THE UNIFORMS THAT THE PEO UNIT
HAS THEMSELVES CRAFTED. THERE
WAS A MISSION THAT CAME UP WITH
THE IMAGE. WE WENT TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAVE THAT AS WELL A
MATTER WHAT DEPARTMENT THEY END
UP DECIDING TO GO TO. WE WENT
TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS. WE ALSO GO THROUGH
THIS PROCESS OF HAVING A TASK
FORCE. I HOPE I DID NOT STEP
ON SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS YOU
WERE GOING TO SHARE, BUT THIS
IS A COMPLEMENTARY PIECE TO
THIS ITEM AS WELL, SO IF FOLKS
HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK
AT THOSE DOCUMENTS, THEY DO GO
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU. I DID FORGET TO
MENTION THIS IS OF COURSE
SPONSORED BY YOU AND THE PRIOR
ONE A1 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
WHERE IS PLANNING ON.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOING ON, SFD TWO A1 WOULD
ADD 4.7 MILLION IN 2023 AND
5.6 MILLION IN 2024 TWO SFD TO
MAINTAIN CURRENT EMERGENCY
RESPONSE CAPACITY IN WEST
SEATTLE AND THAT IS BROUGHT AS
A PRIMARY BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND COSPONSORS BY
MORALES AND NELSON. SFD THREE
A1 WOULD BE A PROVISO THAT
WOULD PROVISO $200,000 IN SFD
FOR CONSULTANT REGISTERED NURSE
PRESCRIPTION OR SERVICES TO
HELP THE HELP ONE PROGRAM
BROUGHT TO THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. SFD 381 IS A SLIDE
THAT WOULD REQUEST THAT SFD
REPORT ON STAFFING OVERTIME
FINANCES AND PERFORMANCE
METRICS INTO THE PRIMARY
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WITH COSPONSORS BEING
PETERSON AND LEWIS. SPD 101 A1
WOULD ADD $50,000 IN 2023
AND THE SAME IN 2024 TWO SPD
FOR AFFECTED PERSONS PROGRAM
AND THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
>> I WOULD NOTE ON THAT ONE, I
KNOW HERBOLD WAS WORKING ON AN
AMENDMENT. WE TALKED TO
SIMILAR STAKEHOLDERS. THERE IS
AN INTEREST IN MOVING THIS
FORWARD. THIS IS AN ANALYSIS
OF WHAT WOULD BE DESIRED FROM
COMMUNITIES IF WE WERE TO
DEVELOP THE AFFECTED PERSONS
PROGRAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I
KNOW THIS IS CLOSE TO HER HEART
AS WELL, SO I WANTED'S NOTE
SHE WAS WORKING ON A SIMILAR
CONCEPT. MELANIE AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT WE APPRECIATE HER
WORK ON THIS ANALYSIS SHE HAS
PUT TOGETHER . THANKS FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. THERE WERE A
COUPLE UPDATES THAT DID NOT
MAKE IT LAST-MINUTE INTO THIS
PARTICULAR CBA. THERE WILL BE
A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT NEXT WEEK
THAT WILL BRING THIS UP TO
SPEED WITH A COUPLE MORE
REQUIREMENTS THAT YOUR OFFICE
ASKED FOR. NEXT IS SPD 102 A1
WHICH WOULD AGGREGATE 80 FTE
AND SPD AND MAKE ONE REDUCTION
ONGOING. NEXT IS XP 201 A1
WHICH WOULD PROVISO A SALARY
SAVINGS AND SPD . THE LAST ONE
AND THIS ONE ARE BROUGHT TO THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ONE
304 A1 , I'M SORRY 303 A1 WOULD
REQUEST SPD REPORT AN EMPHASIS
PATROL, A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT BROUGHT BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. SPD
304 A1 WOULD REQUEST THAT SPD
REPORT ON BACKGROUND SERVICES ,
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT BROUGHT BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE . SPD 902 A1 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR
RETENTION INITIATIVES BY
450,000 IN 2023 AND 400,000
IN 2024 BROUGHT BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. SPD 903 A1 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR
THE RECRUITMENT MEDIA PLAN BY
750,020 23 AND THE SAME AMOUNT
IN 2024 BUT BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. SPD 904 A1 WOULD
PRODUCE POST FUNDING FOR THE
GUNFIRE DETECTION SYSTEM BY 1
MILLION IN 2023 AND THE SAME IN
2024 AND THAT IS BROUGHT BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WITH
HERBOLD AND MOSQUEDA. SPD 906
A1 WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED
FUNDING FOR POLICE EQUIPMENT BY
450,000 IN 2023 AND THE SAME
AMOUNT IN 2024. THAT IS BROUGHT
BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND
THEN FINALLY SPD 907 A1 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR A
CITY ATTORNEY POSITIONS.
191,000 IN 2023 AND THE SAME
AMOUNT IN 2024 AND AGGREGATE
ONE SPD AND THAT IS BROUGHT BY
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU. DATA SPECIFIC TO
THE HR LEGAL SIDE. I WANTED
TO ADD , PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND
SAY JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL
PRIVILEGE TO ADD SOME CONTEXT
TO A FEW OF THESE. FEEL FREE
TO ADD ANYTHING OR CORRECT
ANYTHING. WHEN WE RECEIVE THE
BUDGET , ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I
ASKED WAS WHAT IS NECESSARY TO
IMPLEMENT THE ORDINANCE THAT
THE COUNCIL APPROVED EARLIER
THIS YEAR REGARDING
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A
BUDGET THAT ALIGNED THE
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE
SURE WE COULD IMPLEMENT THAT
INTO STATUTE AND IF THERE WAS
ANYTHING THAT WAS ABOVE AND
BEYOND, IT MAY BE NICE TO HAD
TO IT WAS TIED TO THE
ORDINANCE. I WOULD LIKE THAT TO
BE PART OF WHAT WE WERE
CONSIDERING FOR POSSIBLE
HAIRCUTS JUST LIKE WE DID WITH
OTHER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE
BUDGET THAT HAVE BEEN A
CHALLENGING DISCUSSION. IN
ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
FULLY ADHERING TO THE HIRING
PLAN AND RETENTION PLAN AS
PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR IN THIS
BUDGET ALSO AS PASSED BY THE
COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, I
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE NOT
MAKING REDUCTIONS TO THOSE
AREAS THAT COULD HELP FULFILL
THE INTENT. THAT IS WHY YOU
ARE NOT SEEING ANY PROPOSED
CHANGES TO THE ITEMS LIKE
BONUSES THAT WOULD DIRECTLY
IMPACT THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW
THROUGH ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE HIRING RECRUITMENT
PLAN. HOWEVER WHEN THERE WAS AN
ITEM THAT APPEARED TO BE
ADDITIVE AND BEYOND WHAT IS
NEEDED TO DIRECTLY IMPLEMENT
THAT ORDINANCE, WE HAD TO WAIT
THAT WITH JUST LIKE OTHER AREAS
IN THE BUDGET TO SEE IF IT
WAS AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT, THINGS
LIKE A PR FIRM FOR CONTRACT
OR REVAMPING A WEBSITE. WE HAD
TO PUT THOSE ON BALANCE WITH
SOME OF THE OTHER INVESTMENT
AREAS. AGAIN, NOT SPEAKING TO
THE VALUE OF THOSE INVESTMENTS
OR NOT, BUT JUST TRYING TO WAY
WHERE THERE IS INVESTMENTS WE
COULD GET BACK ON GIVEN THE
BUDGET THE DURATION , BUT FULLY
MAINTAIN THE HIRING AND
RETENTION PLAN. AGAIN THE SPD
DEPARTMENT HERE DOES MAINTAIN
IN ADDITION TO THE FULL HIRING
AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
PLAN, THEY ALSO MAINTAIN 120
FTES IN TERMS OF POSITIONS
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE
ARE NOT PROPOSING TO TOUCH.
OKAY. HERBOLD, PLEASE GO
AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO UPLIFT THERE WAS A
POTENTIAL CBA THAT WAS
PROPOSED EARLIER . I DON'T KNOW
IF IT WAS EVER PROPOSED, IT WAS
AN OPTION THAT CENTRAL STAFF
IDENTIFIED THAT WAS LOOKING AT
POTENTIALLY FEWER HIRES, A
GREATER NUMBER OF SEPARATIONS
IN 2022 AS WELL AS 2023, AND
AT THAT POINT THERE WAS A
POTENTIAL OF I THINK ABOUT ONE
POINT $3 MILLION IN SALARY
SAVINGS , BUT WE HAVE NOW,
THANKS TO CENTRAL STAFF, GONE
BACK AND TAKEN A LOOK AT
THOSE PROJECTIONS AND WE ARE
ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.
YOU KNOW. I DON'T THINK IT IS
ERRING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
SPD'S STAFFING PROJECTIONS AND
IN FAVOR OF THE GOALS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2023 AND
2024 HIRING PLAN. SO JUST
WANTED TO FLAG AND THANK YOU AS
WELL , MADAM CHAIR FOR MOVING
FORWARD IN THIS WAY AS WELL AS
CENTRAL STOPS ANALYSIS THAT
LED TO I THINK WHAT IS A GOOD
DECISION HERE.
>> THANK YOU . I APPRECIATE
THAT. COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE
DONE AS CHAIR HERE AND YOUR
TEAM AND CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF ON THESE ITEMS. UNDER THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE BUT A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF THOUGHT AND WORK INTO
THEIR ORIGINAL BUDGET OR PUZZLE
AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE
EFFORTS TO RESTORE SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS WE TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER , AND SAME TIME , I
WENT TO ADDRESS THESE PUBLIC
SAFETY ITEMS HERE. I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHANGES TO
THE MAYOR'S ORIGINAL BUDGET
CONCERNING PUBLIC SAFETY. WHAT
I AM SEEING IS THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED ADDITIVE INVESTMENTS,
THANKS FOR THE CONTEXT ABOUT
THE BASELINE, BUT I'M SEEING
THE ADDITIVE INVESTMENTS IN
GRAFFITI ABATEMENT REMOVED AND
THE GUNSHOT TECHNOLOGY REMOVED
. FEEL LIKE WE ARE REVISITING
THE DEBATE IN 2020 AND 2021 BY
DELETING OR AGGREGATING ANY
POSITION POCKETS FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH
PERSONALLY I BELIEVE GOES IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION AND WOULD
REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY TO
RESTORE THOSE POSITION POCKETS
IN THE FUTURE . I SEE THE
PROVISO THAT TAKES AWAY THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT FLEXIBILITY
TO USE SAVINGS TO ADDRESS
OVERTIME NEEDS DESPITE THE
FACT THAT THEY HAVE A SEVERE
STAFFING SHORTAGE. I AM SEEING
THE POLICE OFFICER RETENTION
MEASURE CUT BY 850,000 OVER A
TWO-YEAR PERIOD THAT IS THE
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY. ONE OF THE
BIG TICKET ITEMS WAS THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO RETURN
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
BACK TO STD. I THOUGHT THAT WAS
WHAT THE PART ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS WANTED. I AM SEEING
THIS REBALANCING NOT TO THAT .
SO I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION
FOR CENTRAL STAFF ABOUT HOW
THAT WORKS METHODICALLY BECAUSE
I THOUGHT THERE WERE SOME
SAVINGS ADHERENT IN MOVING THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,
RETURNING THEM TO SPD. I
THOUGHT THERE WAS AT LEAST $5
MILLION. SO I AM WONDERING HOW
THAT SAVINGS WAS FOUND AND IF
WE WERE TO MOVE THEM TO SPD,
WITH THAT GENERATE $5 MILLION
THAT WE CAN THEN TO DEPLOY TO
SOME OF THE ADS THAT DID NOT
MAKE IT INTO THE PACKAGE.
>> LET ME SEE IF I CAN TAKE A
CRACK AT THAT. FIRST OF ALL I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TERM
SAVINGS. IT IS NOT REALLY
SAVINGS . THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION CHARGES OVERHEAD
ON THEIR EXPENSES AND THAT
OVERHEAD IS ALLOCATED TO ALL
THE SOURCES THAT FUND THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVY IN THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND AND SO BY
KEEPING THE PEO'S IN SDOT,
THERE IS A GENERAL FUND
REQUIREMENT, GENERAL FUND HAS
TO COME IN AND FUND THE
OVERHEAD COSTS FOR THE VIDEOS
IN SDOT, AND WHAT THAT DOES IS
ALLEVIATE SOME STRESS FROM
THE OTHER FUNDS FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION FUND , FROM THE
LEVY. NOW IF THE PEO'S ARE
MOVED BACK TO SPD , WHAT IT
WILL DO IS FREE UP THE GENERAL
FUND SUPPORTING THE OVERHEAD
AND IN THE CHAIRS PACKAGE THAT
IS A $.3 MILLION, BUT IT IS NOT
SAVINGS PER SE. IT WOULD FREE
UP A .3 MILLION IN GENERAL
FUND, BUT THAT SAME AMOUNT OF
OVERHEAD AND SPD OR IN SDOT
WHICH IS BE REALLOCATED TO THE
OTHER FUNDS . SO THE EIGHT
POINT THREE WITH BECOME
AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO
USE , BUT THEN THE OTHER FUNDS,
THE TRANSPORTATION, THE LEVY
THAT SUPPORT SDOT WOULD HAVE
TO PICK THAT UP , SO IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY A SAVINGS AND I
LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES TO ADD
ANYTHING TO THAT THAT MIGHT
CLARIFY.
>> IF I COULD ADD TO GREG'S
EXPLANATION . THEIR COST
ALLOCATION , IT IS BUILT .
THEY COLLECT THEIR COST
ALLOCATION OFF OF THE LABOR
THAT INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES , BUT
THEY WORK ON. IF THEY WORK ON A
GENERAL FUND IT PROJECT, IF
THEY WERE, LEVY PRODUCT, THE
LEVY CARRIES THAT PORTION OF
OVERTIME AND IT IS ALL
OVERHEAD ALL ALLOCATED BY THE
HOURS WERE. SO REALLY IT COMES
DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THIS 123
DIVISION IS COMPLETELY GENERAL
FUND SUPPORTED AND SO IT SHIFTS
A NUMBER OF THOSE COSTS ONTO
THE GENERAL FUND IF THEY ARE IN
SDOT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.
I SEE A FEW HANDS.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> TO QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANY
FUNDING ? I AM NOT SEEING THE
BEFORE THE BADGE PROGRAM IN
HERE , THE TRAINING I DO SEE
ONE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS
BEING REDUCED, BUT I WANT TO
CONFIRM BEFORE THE BADGE IS NOT
MATERIALLY IMPACTED BY ANY OF
THESE CUTS. THE SECOND ONE , I
AM JUST NOW READING THE
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT, WHICH IS SPD 304 ABOUT
BACKGROUND SERVICES, AND
CLEARLY IT IS DESIGNED TO
FIND OUT WHAT EFFORTS ARE BEING
MADE TO DIVERSIFY THE FORCE AND
I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THE CUT
TO THE MARKETING LINE ITEM I
THINK COULD IMPACT THEIR
ABILITY TO DIVERSIFY THE FORCE
BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING
THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THE
WORD OUT AN ALTERNATIVE
COMMUNITIES THAT THERE ARE
POSITIONS AVAILABLE.
>> TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION
BEFORE THE BADGE IS FULLY
FUNDED AT THE LEVEL THAT THE
MAYOR PROPOSED IN THE 2023 2024
BUDGET. THERE IS A REDUCTION
MADE. I BELIEVE IT IS 464,000.
IN ADDITION THERE IS A GRANT
IN THE YEAR-END SUPPLEMENTAL OF
170,000 THAT WILL SUPPLEMENT
THAT FUNDING. SO THAT PROGRAM
IS FULLY FUNDED. THE
BACKGROUND PROVISO YOU
REFERENCED ACTUALLY IS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT. IT IS DESIGNED
TO MAKE SURE WHEN SPD IS
CONDUCTING BACKGROUND CHECKS ON
POTENTIAL OFFICERS THAT THEY
ARE LOOKING AT AFFILIATIONS
WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT ,
THAT HAVE HISTORY OF DOMESTIC
TERRORISM IN PARTICULAR . SO
IF AN OFFICER OF WAS , IF A
SOON-TO-BE OFFICER, FUTURE
OFFICER WAS ENGAGING INTO
STICK TERRORISM DEFINED BY THE
BIA , WITH THAT FLIGHT IS
ASKING FOR IS WHETHER THAT
BACKGROUND PROCESS WOULD LOOK
FOR THAT INFORMATION, IF THOSE
QUESTIONS WOULD BE ASKED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK WE CAN
MOVE ON. WE ARE MAKING GOOD
PROGRESS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM BRIAN AND
I HAVE THE NEXT SECTION. THE
FIRST ONE OF THOSE IS OUR 1B1 ,
WHICH WOULD ADD $250,000 OF
JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023 TO THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR
THE SPACE PROJECT . THE NEXT
ITEM IS ARTS TO BE ONE WHICH
WOULD ADD $50,000 OF MUNICIPAL
ARTS FUND IN 2023, TWO CARDS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AIDS
MEMORIAL PATHWAY AND THAT ONE
IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON AND COSPONSORED BY
SAWANT, PETERSON, LEWIS AND
STRAUSS. MY APOLOGIES . ONE
B1 IS SPONSORED BY MORALES
AND HERBOLD AND LEWIS. THE
NEXT ITEM IS ARTS THREE A1
WHICH WOULD ADD $250,000 OF
JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023 TWO
ARTS FOR THE CULTURAL SPACE
AGENCY PUBLIC TO FILAMENT
AUTHORITY AND THAT ONE IS
SPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA. THE
NEXT ITEM IS DEAL 30182 WHICH
IS A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT WOULD REQUEST THAT
THE DEPARTMENTOF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING PROVIDE
DRAFT LEGISLATION FOR COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION TO PRIORITIZE
ENROLLMENT IN THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM THAT IS
SPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA ,
MOSQUEDA AND HERBOLD . THE
NEXT ITEM IS DEAL 30283 . IT
IS A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT WOULD REQUEST THAT
THE PROPOSAL FOR THESE OF ALL
REMAINING FAMILY EDUCATION
PRIEST AND PROMISE LEVY
UNDERSTAND THROUGH 2022 TO GO
TOWARD EARLY LEARNING AND K-12
PROGRAMS. THE SITE IS
SPONSORED BY MORALES ,
MOSQUEDA AND HERBOLD. THE NEXT
ITEM IS FT TO A1 THAT WOULD
ADD $500,000 OF GENERAL FUND IN
2023 $500,000 OF GENERAL FUND
IN 24 TO FINANCE GENERAL
DENTAL OPERATING AND
MAINTENANCE COSTS OF THE
WATERFRONT OPERATIONS IN TRIBAL
INTERPRETIVE CENTERS SPONSORED
BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. THE
NEXT ITEM IS FG 903 A1 THAT
WOULD TRANSFER $1.2 MILLION OF
JUMPSTART FUND IN 2023 AND THE
SAME AMOUNT IN 2024 TO THE
SUITE AND BEVERAGE TAX FUND
FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT.
SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. THE NEXT ITEM IS
HST FOR THE ONE THAT WOULD ADD
$1.25 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND
IN 2023 TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FOR ABORTION ACCESS.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COSPONSORED BY
SAWANT AND MOSQUEDA. THE NEXT
ITEM IS HST 10 A1 WHICH WOULD
ADD $200,000 OF GENERAL FUND
IN 2023 AND SAME AMOUNT IN 2010
REPORT TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT FOR A REFRESH
PRODUCED PROGRAM IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT. SPONSORED BY SAWANT
AND COSPONSORED BY MORALES AND
PETERSON. NEXT ITEM IS HST 12
B1 WHICH WOULD ADD $650,000 OF
GENERAL FUND IN 2023 TWO HST
FOR EMERGENCY FOOD FUND . THIS
ITEM IS SPONSORED BY STRAUSS
AND COSPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA
AND SAWANT. THE NEXT ITEM IS
HST 28 TWO WHICH WOULD
$238,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2023
AND THE SAME AMOUNT IN 2024 TWO
HST FOR A DEDICATED PHONE LINE
FOR CRISIS PREVENTION AND
INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR FIRST
RESPONDERS. SPONSORED BY THE
MEMBERS STRAUSS AND HERBOLD AND
LEWIS. HST 2182 WOULD ADD
$200,000 OF GENERAL FUND IN
2023. FOR THERAPEUTIC SERVICES
FOR SURVIVORS OF COMMERCIAL
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, TO
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND
WITH IMPOSE A PROVISO. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY PRESIDENT BORIS
AND COSPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA ,
NELSON , HERBOLD AND LEWIS.
THE LAST ITEM IS HST 901 A1
WHICH WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED
FUNDING FOR HEALTHY SEATTLE
INITIATIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH
WORKERS BY $335,000 GENERAL
FUND IN 2023 IN THE SAME AMOUNT
IN 2024 HST AND THAT ITEM IS
SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU. THAT FINISHES
THAT SECTION. I MOVED TO THE
ADMINISTRATION SECTION IF YOU
WOULD LIKE. GREAT. OKAY. THIS
IS THE LAST GROUP OF AMENDMENTS
. THE FIRST ITEM IN THE
PENETRATION CATEGORY AS AUDITOR
182. THIS WOULD ADD $32,000 OF
GENERAL FUND IN 23 AND 24 TO
THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR FOR
ANTICIPATED STAFFING COSTS.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS WITH
COSPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, NELSON AND PETERSON .
THE NEXT ITEM CBO ONE A1 IS
CORRECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND CIP WITH A CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SPONSORED
BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND
THESE ARE TECHNICAL ERRORS THAT
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY
EXECUTIVE STAFF OR CENTRAL
STAFF THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE
BALANCING PACKAGE. CBO 500 A1
WOULD RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF
COUNSEL BUILT 12046 THREE.
THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
DEFY TEMPORARY FLEXIBILITY ON
THE USE OF CERTAIN CITIES FUNDS
TO BALANCE THE BUDGET OVER THE
2023 AND 2024 BIENNIUM. THIS
IS SPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA AND I
WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE SHORT-TERM AND
LIMITED FLEXIBILITY THAT HAS
BEEN DISCUSSED RELATED TO THE
JUMPSTART FUND, IT ALSO RELATES
TO FLEXIBILITY ON USE OF THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY
TAX PROCEEDS AND MODIFIES THE
FORMULA SLIGHTLY FOR THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES , THE CONTRIBUTION
FROM THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL TAX
FUND. I ONLY HIGHLIGHT THAT
BECAUSE THE GOOD NEWS PIECE OF
THE FORECAST THAT WAS
DELIVERED BY THE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NOVEMBER WAS RELATED
TO SOME INCREASED REVENUE FROM
THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL FUND THAT
ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL $400,000
IN 23 AND 24 TO BE ADDED TO
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT
PROGRAM. THE NEXT ITEM CBO
502 A1 WOULD AMEND AND
RECOMMEND PASSAGE AS AMENDED OF
COUNSEL BILL 12045 ZERO THE
2022 YEAR-END GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE SPONSORED BY THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE. CBO 503 A1
WOULD AMEND AND PASS AS
AMENDED COUNSEL BUILT 120451 ,
THE 2022 YEAR-END SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE FOR
THE 2022 BUDGET . THE NEXT
SEVERAL ITEMS ARE SPONSORED BY
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, SO I'M
NOT GOING TO READ THE SPONSORS
UNTIL I GET TO THE NEXT ONE
THAT IS SPONSORED BY AN
INDIVIDUAL MEMBER IF THAT IS
OKAY WITH THE CHAIR. GREAT.
THE NEXT ITEM CBO 504 A1 WOULD
PASS COUNSEL BILL 120452 THE
2023 RECURRING GRANT
ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCE . CBO 505
A1 WOULD PASS COUNSEL BUILT
120445 , THE LONG PROPERTY TAX
2023 ORDINANCE . CBO 506 A1
WOULD AMEND AND PASS AS AMENDED
THE CBO SHORT PROPERTY TAX
2023 ORDINANCE . CBO 900 A1
WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING
AND POSITION AUTHORITY FOR TWO
NEW FTE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
EVALUATIONS IN THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE. THIS WOULD BE A
REDUCTION OF 509,000 GENERAL
FUND IN BOTH 23 AND 24 THAT WAS
GENERAL FUND SUPPORTED BY
TRANSFER OF JUMPSTART FUNDS FOR
A PENETRATION. CE 904 A1 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED CIP FUNDING BY
$2 MILLION FROM THE SEATTLE
CENTER FOR MULTIPLE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS IN
SEATTLE CENTERS 2023 TO 28 CIP.
SIB 901 A1 WOULD REDUCE
PROPOSED FUNDING AND POSITION
AUTHORITY FOR ONE FTE FOR
STRATEGY AND POLICY WORK AND
$175,000 IN BOTH 23 AND FOUR
AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES
COMMISSION. FAS 303 A1 WOULD
REQUEST A PREBUDGET REPORT
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES IN
THE LAW DEPARTMENT ON THE USE
OF JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS EXPENSES
OR AN JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS
EXPENSES SPONSORED BY MOSQUEDA.
THEN WE WILL RETURN TO THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE. FAS 501 A1
WOULD PASS COUNSEL BUILT 120442
THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANY TAX RATE ORDINANCE .
FAS 502B1 WOULD AMEND AND PASS
AS AMENDED COUNSEL BUILT
120439 . THE MULTIPURPOSE
LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS ORDINANCE AND I WILL
JUST FLAG HERE THAT THE
AMENDMENT TO THIS BILL IS
NECESSARY TO INCLUDE DEBT
FINANCING FOR MEMORIAL STATE
TRIBAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER .
FAS 906 A1 WOULD REDUCE
PROPOSED FUNDING IN FAS
FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND
IMPROVEMENT FUNDING BY 950,000
OF THE ONE IN 23 AND 2.8
MILLION IN 2024 . FG ONE A1
WOULD ADD 500,000 OF GENERAL
FUND IN 20 TO BEING VERY AND
2024 TO FINANCE GENERAL
ELECTIONS POSTED CAUSED RESERVE
I WILL NOTE THIS FUNDING WAS
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WAS IT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
UNAPPROPRIATED PLANNING
RESERVES AND THIS IS PART OF
THE EFFORT TO MAKE MORE
TRANSPARENT SOME OF THE ITEMS
THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY NOT BEEN
APPROPRIATED THAT ARE IN THE
PLANNING RESERVES AND ARE NOT
SENSITIVE IN NATURE. FG THREE
A1 WOULD RECOGNIZE THE
NOVEMBER FORECAST UPDATE . FG
90 A1 CHANGES THE FUNDS WAS
FOR $490,000 AND 23 AND
490,000 IN 24 IN FINANCE
GENERAL FOR CITY HALL SECURITY
RESERVES FROM THE GENERAL FUND
TO THE FAS FUND . FG 901 A1
WOULD REDUCE BY $8.5 MILLION
AND 23 AND 10 MILLION AND 24,
THE PROPOSED EMERGENCY FUND
TRANSFER. FG 902 A1 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
COURT APPOINTED MONITOR
RESERVES BY 500,000 IN BOTH 23
AND 24 FROM FINANCE GENERAL.
FG 904 A1 WOULD TRANSFER $14.7
MILLION FROM THE JUMPSTART FUND
RESERVES FOR REVENUE
REPLACEMENT. THIS IS FUNDING
THAT IS HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED
2022 JUMPSTART REVENUES.
HXM901 A1 WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED
FUNDING FOR IT A CASE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPLACEMENT
BY $2 MILLION GENERAL FUND IN
23 AND 1 MILLION IN 24 FOR THE
HEARING EXAMINER AND AMEND THE
ASSOCIATED CIP PROJECT. ITD TO
BE ONE WITH AT $387,000 OF
I.T. FUNDS IN 23 AND 980,024
FOR THE RECORD POINTS RECORD
MANAGEMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT
PROJECT. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAREZ AND
COSPONSORED BY NELSON AND
STRAUSS. THE REMAINING ITEMS
ARE ALL SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. 322 A1 WOULD
EXPRESS COUNSEL'S INTENT TO
UPDATE POLICIES RELATED TO THE
CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS
AND TO APPLY THE 10 MILLION
UNDER SPLENDID ASSUMPTION
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR 23 AND 24 TWO
UNAPPROPRIATED PLANNING
RESERVES. LEDGE 503 A1 WOULD
ADOPT RESOLUTION AND I'M GOING
TO FILL IN A BLINK, 32075. THE
CRS POLICIES RESOLUTION. THIS
IS A RESOLUTION TO MODIFY THE
POLICIES TO ALLOW REIT FUNDS
TO BE USED FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR
NONPUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS . OH
900 A1 WOULD REDUCE
POST-FUNDING FOR MULTIFAMILY
RENTAL PRODUCTION BY 5 MILLION
RATE TO 23 AND 5 MILLION IN 24
AND OH AND USE MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FUNDS TO
BACKFILL THE REDUCTION. 501 A1
WOULD ADOPT RESOLUTION 32071
EVALUATION REQUIRED
CONTRIBUTION FOR 2023 . 502 A1
WOULD ADOPT RESOLUTION 32070,
THE CREDIT INTEREST RATE
RESOLUTION . STC 50181 WOULD
PASS 120434 , THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS FEE ORDINANCE. ST
HR FIVE 10 A1 WOULD PASS
COUNSEL BILL 120444 , THE HUMAN
RESOURCES CONSOLIDATION
ORDINANCE. ST HR 901 A1 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING IN A
POSITION AUTHORITY FOR TWO FTE
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND CITYWIDE
HUMAN RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS
BY 325,000 GENERAL FUND IN BOTH
23 AND 24. 501 A1 WOULD PASS
COUNSEL BUILT 120435 WITH A
RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE THE
INCREASE. SFD 500 A1 WOULD
PASS COUNSEL BILL 120436 , THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERMIT
AND FEE ORDINANCE . SPL 902 A1
WOULD REDUCE PROPOSED CIP
FUNDING FOR BUILDING UPGRADES
BY 320,000 EVERYONE IN 2024 IN
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES . SPU
510 A1 PAST COUNSEL BILL
120440 SPU 2023 DRAINAGE AND
WASTEWATER SYSTEM BOND
ORDINANCE AND THE FINAL ITEM
IN THE LIST , NUMBER 160 SPU
520 A1 WOULD PASS COUNSEL
BUILT 120441 SPU 2023 WATER
SYSTEM BOND ORDINANCE.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS? OKAY. HOW WE REACHED
THE END?
>> WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF
THE LIST.
>> DIRECTOR HANDY, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS? I WILL REMIND FOLKS
WHERE WE ARE AT AGAIN IN THE
PROCESS. YOU SAW THIS IN THE
SLIDE FROM DIRECTOR OF SYNERGY
AND HANDY. WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO READ
ALL WHAT DID YOU SAY, 500
PAGES?
>> 480 .
>> 480 PAGES. PLEASE DO READ
THESE DETAILS SO THAT YOU HAVE
A FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT THE
INDIVIDUAL SHORT TITLES
REALLY REFLECT IN THE
ATTACHMENTS AND THE ACTUAL
DOCUMENTS. FOR LACK OF A
SINGLE BUDGET BILL , THIS
COMPOSES THE BUDGET BILL
BECAUSE THESE ARE CHANGES TO
THE BASE AND THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKED IN PAINSTAKING DETAIL.
EVERY WORD WAS SPECIFICALLY
CHOSEN BY CENTRAL STAFF TO MAKE
SURE THEY WERE TRYING TO
COMMUNICATE THE SPECIFIC
PURPOSE OUTLINED IN THE CBA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
CENTRAL STAFF IS AVAILABLE. WE
WILL HAVE THE NEXT, THIS BUDGET
WAS RELEASED AT NINE 1:30 AM.
WE HAD OUR MEETING AT 11, SO WE
HAVE A 48 HOUR PERIOD TO CRAFT
AMENDMENTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY
COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS,
FOLLOW-UPS, STAFF IS AT THE
READY AS WELL AS MY TEAM. YOU
CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME
DIRECTLY AND WE ARE LEAVING
THE OFFICE ON ALL THINGS
BUDGET. THESE LET US KNOW HOW
WE CAN HELP AND WE CAN GET YOU
CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT FOLKS
WITHIN THE OFFICE AS WELL. OR
STAKEHOLDERS WE HAVE WORKED
WITH ON SOME OF THESE PIECES TO
PROVIDE A FULLER PICTURE AS
WELL. AMENDMENTS ARE GOING TO
BE DUE AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY.
THAT IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16.
IN THE MEANTIME, THERE WILL BE
A HEARING TOMORROW, AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT 5 PM.
WE ARE VERY LIKELY TO HAVE ONE
MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENTS GIVEN
THAT IT STARTS AT 5 PM AND WE
WILL WANT TO HEAR FROM
EVERYONE. LAST TIME WE HAD 140
PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT AND IT WAS ABOUT A FOUR
HOUR MEETING. WE WILL WANT TO
TRY TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY WHO
SIGNS UP. WE WILL HEAR FROM
EVERYBODY WHO SIGNS UP. SO WE
MAY
IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO GO TO
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THE SIGN-UP
SHEET WILL BE OUTSIDE OF
COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 4:30.
REALLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO DO
THE ONLINE PRESENTATION.
PLEASE DEAR, IF YOU ARE COMING
IN PERSON, PLEASE DO BRING YOUR
MASK . WE ENCOURAGE THE N95
MASK AS WELL AS AS MUCH SOCIAL
DISTANCING AS POSSIBLE. IS
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE? CAN YOU
PLEASE JOIN ME IN A HUGE ROUND
OF APPLAUSE FOR CENTRAL STAFF?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHERE ARE
YOU AT? I'M STILL THE ONLY ONE
ON AUDIO CHEERING. WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU.
>> THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. WE
KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LOT
OF WORK. AND, IT IS ALWAYS IN
A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR WHERE WE
ARE ONLY GIVEN EIGHT WEEKS TO
PROCESS THE BUDGET AND TURN IT
AROUND, ESPECIALLY HARD THIS
YEAR WITH THE REVENUE FORECAST.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE
PATIENCE AND SUPPORT YOU HAVE
OFFERED TO US AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON
THOSE AMENDMENTS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF
YOU OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO
WRAP UP THIS BUDGET. WE WILL
SEE YOU TOMORROW AT 5:00 P.M.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY'S
MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
>> THANK YOU.