>>> WE ARE RECORDING.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE
MEETING, IT IS 9:45 A.M., SORRY
FOR THE 15 MINUTE DELAY.
COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE,
MADAME CLERK?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN ?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMAN LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ?
MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT .
>> FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT, ONE
ABSENT, NOT EXCUSED.
>> I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS ON HER WAY.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS RELATED TO
OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A
PRESENTATION OF THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ANNUAL MONEY REPORT AND
THE INVESTMENT REPORT AND WE
WILL HAVE A BRIEFING AND
POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE STAFFING
PROPOSAL WHICH HAS BEEN
ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA FROM THE
PREVIOUS MEETING AND IS
INCLUDED TODAY.
WE WILL MOVE INTO A BRIEFING
AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON THE 2021
BUDGET EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE AND
THE 2022 CARRY IT FORWARD
LEGISLATION.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED AND LET'S
BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS AS
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS
SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND WE WILL TRY TO GET
THROUGH EVERYBODY ON THE LIST,
YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO
PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT, MAKE
SURE YOU DIAL IN WITH THE
NUMBER YOU RECEIVED WHEN YOU
SIGNED UP.
YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME, AT THE
END OF YOUR TIME, THAT IS YOUR
INDICATION TO WRAP UP YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS SO YOU DO NOT
GET CUT OFF.
THE FIRST THREE SPEAKERS ARE
RYAN, JOE, KATHLEEN.
AFTER YOU HAVE CONCLUDED THE
PUBLIC COMMENTS, TO HANG UP AND
CONTINUE LISTENING IN ON EITHER
SEATTLE CHANNEL FOR THE OTHER
OPTIONS.
GOOD MORNING, RYAN, PLEASE TAKE
IT AWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
>> HELLO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH,
I AM THE ADVOCACY AND POLICY
DIRECTOR AT THE HABITAT FOR
HUMANITY.
I AM HERE TODAY TO MAKE STRONG
SUPPORT FOR THE SEATTLE HOUSING
LEVY THAT URGED HIM ONLY FOR
ITS RENEWAL BUT FOR ITS
EXPANSION, THANKS TO THE
CORRUPT OF THE HOUSING MONEY,
WE HAD HABITAT HAVE OR ARE
BUILDING ABOUT 85 PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS
ACROSS THE CITY, ALMOST 40% OF
OUR CURRENT PIPELINE.
IT IS EASIER FOR US AT HABITAT
TO BUILD IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ACROSS KING
COUNTY.
ADDITIONALLY, THANKS TO BE
SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY, HABITAT
IN THE CITY HAVE MADE DRASTIC
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LIVES OF
CITIZENS IN THE CITY.
WHETHER AURORA, A SINGLE
MOTHER, EDUCATOR AND HABITAT
HOMEOWNER WAS ABLE TO MOVE BACK
TO THE SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
OF SEATTLE, OR A FAMILY WHO
MOVED TO LAKE CITY FROM
ETHIOPIA BY WAY OF THE OTHER
WASHINGTON.
THE LEVY HAS MADE A LIFE-
CHANGING DIFFERENT FOR
THOUSANDS ACROSS THE CITY AND
AS YOU LOOK TO THE FUTURE, I
URGE YOU TO STAND FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EXPAND
THE HOUSING LEVY BY MORE THAN
THREEFOLD, THIS IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE LEVY A
TRANSFORMATIVE EXPRESSION OF
WHO WE ARE, NOT JUST AS A CITY,
BUT MOVE US TOWARDS BECOMING A
MORE EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE
CITY.
WE NEED TO DO THIS FOR AURORA
AND THE FAMILY I SPOKE OF, BUT
FOR EVERYBODY WHO CALLS SEATTLE
HOME, BOTH NOW AND INTO THE
FUTURE.
TAKE YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION AND FEEL FREE TO
REACH OUT TO US AT HABITAT IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORK WE
ARE DOING TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> TAKE YOU, EXCITED TO
CELEBRATE THOSE NEW PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPTIONS.
JOE THOMPSON, THEN KATHLEEN.
GOOD MORNING, JOE.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM JOE
THOMPSON, THE PRESIDENT OF
MURPHY HOUSING NORTHWEST AND
HERSHEY -- WE CREATE FAMILY
SIZED AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES
AND ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
I AM HERE BECAUSE I STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE THREEFOLD RENEWAL
AND AGREES TO THE HOUSING LEVY.
THIS IS CRITICAL TO MATCH ITS
LEVEL OF FUNDING, SCALE OF THE
CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS IN
SEATTLE.
WHICH IS AT EPIDEMIC
PROPORTIONS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE AND
OTHER NONPROFITS MAKE GOOD USE
OF PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, IN 2016,
THE HOUSING LEVY HAS EXCEEDED
MOST SCHOOLS I HAD A SCHEDULE.
DELIVERING ON 146% OF PROMISED
RENTAL UNITS AND 112% OF
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
WITH TWO YEARS LEFT TO GO.
WITH THE MOST RECENT HOUSING
LEVY, WE PRODUCED 350
AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR FAMILIES.
WHILE THE LEVY HAS BEEN A LIFE-
CHANGING THING FOR THESE 350
FAMILIES, THE NEED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE
IS GREATER THAN EVER.
WE MUST DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF
AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THE CITY,
THE LIVABILITY OF OUR CITY AND
THE CITIZENS LITERALLY DEPENDS
ON IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOURS AND THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN HELPING TRIPLE
THE HOUSING LEVY TO MATCH THE
NEEDS OF SEATTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
KATHLEEN AND THEN MICHAEL.
GOOD MORNING, KATHLEEN.
>> STAR 6 WILL UNMUTE.
I SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
PRESS STAR 6 AND I SHOULD PUT
YOU OFF MUTE.
I WILL KEEP YOU ON THE SCREEN
AND WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME,
THAT IS YOUR INDICATION TO HIT
START 6. LET'S MOVE TO MICHAEL.
FOLLOWED BY JESSE SIMPSON.
GOOD MORNING, MICHAEL.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST
EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT, A
NONPROFIT WHICH PROVIDES
AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS TO
FAMILIES AND SENIORS IN
SOUTHEAST SEATTLE.
COUNCILMEMBERS, I AM HERE TO
VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN
A THREEFOLD RENEWAL TO THE
SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY.
THE NEED FOR CAPITAL FUNDS IS
HUGE AND THE LEVY MUST MATCH
THE SCALE OF NEED.
WE HAVE 100% OF AFFORDABLE
PRODUCTS IN OUR PIPELINE AND
THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT SAID --
CITY FUNDS IS A GREAT
IMPEDIMENT TO CREATING MORE
AFFORDABLE HOMES.
WE ARE JUST ONE PROVIDER.
WE ALONE ARE HELPING OVER 2000
LOW INCOME NEIGHBORS AND MANY
NONPROFIT COLLEAGUES ARE DOING
SIMILAR WORK.
WHILE WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY DONE
THIS WORK AND EXCEEDED OUR
GOALS, THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN SEATTLE IS GREATER
THAN EVER.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR
THE PAST AMENDMENT AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
HELPING TO INCREASE THE HOUSING
LEVY MORE THAN THREEFOLD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE JESSE SIMPSON UP NEXT.
KATHLEEN, I WILL GO TO YOU WHEN
YOU HIT STAR 6. JESSE?
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS, I WORK AS AN
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN A
BELLWETHER HOUSING AND SERVE AS
THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING
DEVELOPING CONSORTIUM POLICY
ADVISORY GROUP AND I WANT TO
VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE
RENEWAL AND THREEFOLD EXPANSION
OF THE SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY.
THE CURRENT LEVY HAS PRODUCED
AND PRESERVED OVER 2700
AFFORDABLE HOMES.
IT INCLUDES OVER 500 HOMES IN
TWO BELLWETHER ELEMENTS
>> THE LEVY IS ON TRACK TO MEET
OR EXCEED ALL OF HIS GOALS BUT,
WHILE THE HOUSING CRISIS HAS
WORSENED SINCE 2015.
JOBLESS GROWTH IS OUTPACING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS
CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE
INCREASED.
AT THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR OUR
BEST INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE
HOMES, THE HOUSING LEVY IS A
PROVEN TOOL WITH SOUND
GOVERNANCE AND IF THE CURRENT
LEVEL APPROACHES EXPIRATION IN
2023, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO MATCH THE LEVEL FUNDING TO
THE SCOPE OF THE HOUSING.
I ASK YOU TO RENEW THE LEVY
WITH A $1 BILLION INVESTMENT
TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
MAKING THE LEVY A
TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPRESSION OF
WHO WE ARE AND THE WELCOMING
AFFORDABLE CITY WE MUST BECOME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
>> THE NEXT PERSON I SEE IS
CHRISTOPHER PEARSON, FOLLOWED
BY SUSAN BOYD.
GOOD MORNING, CHRISTOPHER.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
, I AM CHRIS AND I WORK WITH A
CITYWIDE DEVELOPERS OF
AFFORDABLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WE HAVE
BEEN AROUND SINCE 1976 AND ARE
A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
EVERYONE CAN AGREE THAT WE NEED
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IS GREATER THEN WE HAVE
RESOURCES TO BUILD IT.
I AM HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG
SUPPORT FOR A MUCH LARGER LEVY,
ONE WHERE THE FINANCIAL
ASSESSMENT ACTUALLY MEETS THE
NEEDS FOR HOUSING.
WE OWN AND OPERATE OVER 1500
UNITS SERVING 2200 PEOPLE, AND
HAS OVER 1000 UNITS IN ITS
DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE.
THAT NUMBER IS ONLY LIMITED BY
ITS RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
YEAR AFTER YEAR THE COMMUNITY
OF NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPERS WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING EXCEEDS OUR GOAL WITH
LIMITED RESOURCES.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY, CITY
LEADERS, TO THE LEVY
TRANSFORMATIVE.
BE ON BUILDING SAFE AND HIGH-
QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOMES, WE
HELP BUILD FIBER COMMUNITIES.
LIBERTY BANK BUILDING, AND
OTHERS ARE EXAMPLES OF
DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WITH COMMUNITY AND FOUR
COMMUNITY GOES BEYOND HOUSING
AND BUILDS GREAT COMMUNITIES.
WE NEED TO GO BIG, PLEASE GO
FORWARD WITH THE LEVY, WE NEED
TO MEET THE NEED.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS.
SUSAN, GOOD MORNING, SUSAN
BOYD, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS , THIS IS
SUSAN BOYD, CEO OF BELLWETHER
HOUSING.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO
HAVE PROVIDED POWERFUL
LEADERSHIP IN BUILDING THE
RESOURCES IN THE CITY FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE ARE A NATIONAL LEADER WHEN
IT COMES TO THIS AND,
FORTUNATELY, AMONG THE LEADERS
IN HOUSING COSTS AND RISING
HOMELESSNESS AND I ASK THAT YOU
NOT ONLY WORK TOWARDS RENEWING
THE LEVY, AND WE ARE ON POINT,
MORE THAN TRIPLING THE LEVY.
THAT LEVY HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL TO MY ORGANIZATION AND
OUR ABILITY TO BRING NEARLY 900
NEW HOMES ONLINE IN THE NEXT
YEAR, BY THE END OF THE NEXT
YEAR.
BUT I WANT TO ONE POINT IN THE
NEED FOR GREATER EXPANSION,
WHICH IS, IN ADDITION TO THINGS
YOU WILL HEAR FROM OTHERS, OUR
CURRENT LEVY HAS A BUILT-IN
ASSUMPTION THAT EACH DOLLAR
WILL BE LEVERAGED SEVERAL TIMES
OVER BY OTHER RESOURCES, IN
PARTICULAR THE FEDERAL HOUSING
TAX CREDIT, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT
RESOURCE HAS BECOME AN IS
LIKELY TO REMAIN GROSSLY
INADEQUATE TO MEET OUR GROWING
NEEDS.
IF WE ARE TO BUILD THE AMOUNT
OF HOUSING THIS COMMUNITY
NEEDS, WE MUST EXPECT THAT OUR
CITY RESOURCES WILL HAVE TO
FIND A MUCH BIGGER PORTION OR,
IN SOME CASES, ALL OF THE
HOUSING COSTS OF OUR NEW HOMES.
THIS WILL REQUIRE FAR GREATER
RESOURCES THAN WE CURRENTLY
HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUSAN.
KATHLEEN IS OFF OF THE MUTE, WE
WILL GO TO HER AND THEN DENNIS.
GOOD MORNING, KATHLEEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
HOMESTEAD COMMUNITY LAND TRUST,
WE CREATE STABILITY, EQUITY,
AND OPPORTUNITY BY DEVELOPING
LAND AND HOUSING, GIVING LOWER
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A HOME THAT
IS AFFORDABLE TO THEM AND
REMAINS AFFORDABLE TO FUTURE
OWNERS.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT A
MULTIPLIER INCREASE IN THE
HOUSING LEVY TO ACHIEVE THE
SCALE OF HOUSING NEED IN
SEATTLE SO THAT MORE OF THE
PEOPLE WHO MAKE SEATTLE GREAT
CAN LIVE HERE.
SINCE THE LEVY WAS ESTABLISHED,
ALL OF HOMESTEAD SEATTLE HOMES
HAVE BEEN A MADE AFFORDABLE
THROUGH LEVY DOLLARS, NOTABLY
OUR RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT
OF TOWNHOMES WHICH ARE
ADDRESSING DISPLACEMENT IN THE
CENTRAL DISTRICT IN SEATTLE.
AS WE ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED
FUNDING FOR ALL TYPES OF
HOUSING, I NOTE THAT AFFORDABLE
HOMEOWNERSHIP MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE LEVY IS ONE OF THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAYS TO CREATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
IN THE 50% TO 80% MEDIAN INCOME
AND ADDRESSES THE LEGACY OF
REDLINING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
AND DISCRIMINATION THAT HAS
SUPPRESSED HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES
AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE
RUNAWAY HOUSING COSTS
WITHHOLDING THE AMERICAN DREAM
OF HOMEOWNERSHIP.
COLLECTIVELY, WE HAVE LEVERAGED
THE USE OF LEVY FUNDS TO SEE
PAST SCHOOLS BUT THE NEED FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS ONLY
INCREASED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
IN RENEWING AND INCREASING THE
HOUSING LEVY SO THAT WE CAN DO
MORE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, KATHLEEN,
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, A
RECIPIENT OF THE HOUSING
CONSORTIUM LAST WEEK AND FOR
ALL THAT YOU DID TO OPEN UP NEW
HOUSING IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
ON LAND PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY
CITY LIFE, THEY ARE EXCITED TO
CELEBRATE THAT WITH YOU AS
WELL.
DENNIS, AND THEN LAUREN, AND
THEN LISA.
GOOD MORNING, DENNIS.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS, GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I SPEAK
IN SUPPORT OF AN INCREASE TO
THE SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY ON
BEHALF OF HOMELESS HOUSING AS
WE PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING TO
ABOUT 1000 PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS
ADULTS IN SEATTLE AND WE ARE IN
THE PROCESS OF OPENING FOUR NEW
APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND HOUSING
AN ADDITIONAL 400 PEOPLE IN THE
MIDDLE OF 2023.
WE WILL EXPAND THE COMMUNITIES
WE SERVE WHEN WE OPEN A PLACE
IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT NEXT
MONTH IN OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT
HERE.
WITHOUT THE HOUSING LEVY, MANY
RESIDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE PLACES
TO GO HOME.
THE HOUSING NEED IN SEATTLE IS
STAGGERING, 40,000 INDIVIDUALS
FACE HOMELESSNESS IN 2020,
THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF 26,000
RENTAL UNITS AND 1.1 BILLION
DOLLARS IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS
THIS CHALLENGE, THIS LEVY IS
NOT JUST ABOUT PROJECTS, IT IS
ABOUT MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR
OUR RESIDENTS.
ONE PLYMOUTH RESIDENT WAS
HOMELESS FOR 20 YEARS AND THEY
FINALLY RECEIVED HOUSING.
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE SHOULD NOT
HAVE TO WAIT YEARS AND DECADES
TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOMES.
PLYMOUTH URGES THE COUNCIL TO
INCREASE THE LEVY TO MEET THE
CHALLENGES OF OUR CITY AND WE
ASKED THE COUNCIL INCREASE THE
PROPORTION OF FUNDING FOR
OPERATING MAINTENANCE AND STAFF
WHO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES
EACH DAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LAUREN WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
LISA.
GOOD MORNING.
JUST START 6. PERFECT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE
CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE , I AM HERE ON
BEHALF OF THE DOWNTOWN
EMERGENCY SERVICE CENTER.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT SOCIAL
SERVICE ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS
TO STOP HOMELESSNESS BY
BUILDING AND OPERATING
PERMANENT HOUSING FOR ADULTS
WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND
PHYSICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
WE PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF SUPPORT
SERVICES THAT PROMOTE THE
HEALTH AND STABILITY AND SAFETY
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN
SEATTLE EACH YEAR AND WANT TO
VOICE OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR
THE SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY AND
HIS UPCOMING RENEWAL AND
EXPANSION.
IN ITS 40+ YEARS, THE LEVY HAS
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ENDING THE
HOMELESSNESS SO MANY OF OUR
MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS HAVE AND WE HAVE SEEN
PROVEN SUCCESS AS NEW AND
AFFORDABLE UNITS, MY, IN THE
CASE OF US, OVER 800 UNITS OF
PERMANENT HOUSING THAT HAVE
PERMANENTLY ENDED THE
HOMELESSNESS OF ADULTS LIVING
WITH DISABILITIES AND EXTREMELY
LIMITED INCOME.
WE ARE AT AN IMPORTANT MOMENT
IN TIME WHEN WE MEET GREATER
INVESTMENTS TO PUT THE
STRATEGIES TO WORK.
SO MANY MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS
-- AS THIS PROCESS BEGINS BUT
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP ALL
CURRENT INVESTMENTS AND
SIGNIFICANTLY GROW THE LEVY TO
MATCH THE SCALE OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS IN NEED AND TO
RECOGNIZE THE INCREASED COST OF
OPERATING AND MAINTAINING
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WITH YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP
ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE WE CAN
MAKE DEEPER COMMITMENTS TO OUR
NEIGHBORS WHO ARE STILL LIKING
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOMES AND
DO MORE TO SUPPORT THE WORKERS
WHO MAKE PERMANENT HOUSING A
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL MODEL SO THEY
CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY
THEY ARE SERVING EVERYDAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THESE CONVERSATIONS AS THE LEVY
RENEWAL CONTINUES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VERY EXCITING.
NEXT, WE HAVE LISA.
GOOD MORNING.
LISA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BRIAN
LLOYD.
BRIAN, YOU ARE LISTED AS NOT
PRESENT.
GOOD MORNING, LISA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS
AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, AND
THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS AT THE SEATTLE
HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WE ARE
THE LARGEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROVIDER IN SEATTLE AND A
MEMBER OF THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM.
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
PROVIDES LONG-TERM LOW INCOME
RENTAL HOUSING AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE TO OVER 30,000 --
EXCUSE ME, 37,000 PEOPLE
REPRESENTING OVER 18,000
HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND ALSO ACTIVE IN
PROVIDING HOUSING FOR HOMELESS
IS TO OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING
VOUCHER PROGRAM BUT WE KNOW
THAT THE NEED IS GREAT TO HOUSE
OUR COMMUNITY AND FAR GREATER
THAN THE RESOURCES WE HAVE
AVAILABLE.
AT SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY,
THE AVERAGE WEIGHT FOR
APPLICANTS IS TWO TO FOUR YEARS
DEPENDING WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO
LIVE AND IN ANY PERCENT OF
THOSE WE SERVE OUR CHILDREN,
ELDERLY, DISABLED, 67% ARE
ELDERLY OR DISABLED AND ONE IN
10 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITH SHA
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THE RESIDENCE OF SEATTLE CARE
ABOUT HOUSING, THEY HAVE SHOWN
THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY
APPROVING PAST LEVIES AND THEY
CARE ABOUT THOSE MOST IN NEED
AND THE HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS
HAVE LED TO SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES
THAT ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
EXAMPLES OF EFFECTIVE
COLLABORATION.
I AM HERE TODAY TO VOICE OUR
SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN A
THREEFOLD RENEWAL TO THE
HOUSING LEVY TO MATCH ITS LEVEL
OF FUNDING TO THE SCALE OF
CURRENT HOUSING NEEDS IN
SEATTLE.
SHA IS GRATEFUL FOR CHAIRWOMAN,
YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL AND
COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THE PASSAGE OF JUMPSTART IN
2020, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
YOUR LEADERSHIP IN TRIPLING THE
HOUSING LEVY TO MATCH THE SCALE
OF NEED IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
BRIAN LLOYD, YOU ARE LISTED AS
NOT PRESENT AND WE WILL GO TO
EMILY AND THEN ESTELLA.
GOOD MORNING, EMILY.
JUST STAR 6 AND THAT WILL GET
YOU OFF MUTE.
I WANT TO READ THROUGH THE LAST
FOLKS LISTED TO SPEAK, THE LAST
PERSON IS NAOMI C. EMILY, GOOD
MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM A PROJECT ARCHITECT AND
DESIGNER.
WE PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL
INTERIOR AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN
SERVICES FOR A BROAD RANGE OF
PROJECT TYPES IN SEATTLE AND
THE SURROUNDING REGION.
WE ARE AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND MY
PERSONAL AREAS OF A T ARE
DESIGNING AND BUILDING
MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND MEANINGFUL SUSTAINABLE
DESIGNS.
AS OTHERS, I AM HERE TO TO GET
MY SUPPORT FOR RENEWABLE --
RENEWED AND SIZABLE INCREASE IN
THE HOUSING LEVY TO MATCH THE
SCALE OF THE CURRENT HOUSING
NEED IN SEATTLE.
THIS NEXT-GENERATION OF THE
HOUSING LEVY NEEDS TO CREATE AN
ADDRESS NOT ONLY TODAY'S WHAT
OUR FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
NEEDS.
WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE ALL COSTS
ARE GOING UP, IT IS NO SURPRISE
THAT THERE HAS BEEN A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN 2016.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITIES TO ADDRESS THE
QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
THROUGH OUR HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ALSO ADDS
COST BUT SOMETHING WE CANNOT
IGNORE.
IN ORDER TO CREATE THE VOLUME
AND THE QUALITY OF EQUITABLE
HOUSING WE SO DESPERATELY NEED,
WE MUST ADDRESS THESE COST
INCREASES HEAD ON BY INVESTING
EVEN MORE ROBUST IN OUR FUTURE
THROUGH THE LEVY AND THAT IS
WHY WE ASKED FOR A THREEFOLD
INCREASE IN THE LEVY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO
THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE THROUGH
THIS ROBUST INCREASE IN OUR
UPCOMING HOUSING LEVY RENEWAL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE SUSTAINABILITY OR THE
CONSTRUCTION COSTS PIECE OF
THIS PUZZLE, PLEASE FEEL TO
REACH OUT TO ME.
AGAIN, I AM EMILY.
>> THANK YOU, EMILY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY
TODAY.
WE HAVE PATIENTS, STELLA, AND
NAOMI.
>> GOOD MORNING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> WEEKEND, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING, I AM PATIENCE,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM
AND MEMBERSHIP ASSOCIATION OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
I AM HERE TODAY TO REITERATE A
LOT OF WHAT THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM MEMBERS
HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT, SPEAKING IN
SUPPORT OF RENEWING AND
EXPANDING THE HOUSING LEVY AND
MORE THAN TRIPLING THE NEXT
ITERATION OF THE HOUSING LEVY
TO THE LEVEL OF FUNDING NEEDED
BY THE SCALE OF THE CURRENT
EXACERBATED HOUSING NEEDS IN
SEATTLE.
AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING'S REPORT THAT WILL
BE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY, THE
SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY IS A GREAT
INVESTMENT IN CREATING A
THRIVING AND AFFORDABLE
COMMUNITY.
OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GREAT
PARTNERS TO THE CITY AND
DELIVER AND CREATE HOMES AND
PROVIDE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> I BELIEVE I LOST THE LAST
HALF OF HER TESTIMONY.
IF YOU ARE STILL THERE, YOU ARE
WELCOME TO DIAL IN AND WE WILL
GIVE YOU THE 41 SECONDS BACK ON
THE CLOCK.
ARE YOU STILL WITH US?
I SEE YOU ON MUTE.
WE WILL PUT ANOTHER 41 SECONDS
BACK ON THE CLOCK.
>> THANK YOU, WITH TWO YEARS
LEFT IN THE CURRENT LEVY, WE
ARE ALREADY MEETING AND
EXCEEDING MANY OF OUR GOALS.
WHILE WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY DONE
GREAT WORK AND EXCEEDED OUR
GOALS, THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN SEATTLE IS GREATER
THAN EVER.
THE COST TO DEVELOP HOUSING HAS
INCREASED AT LEAST BY 24% OVER
THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
INTEREST RATES ARE ALSO
INCREASING AT ALL OF THIS IS
THAT THE -- WE MUST DO
EVERYTHING TO INCREASE THE
SUPPLY OF HOMES.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND FORTY-YEAR
TRADITION OF RENEWING THE
HOUSING LEVY AND TRIPLING THE
INVESTMENT IN THAT FUNDING
SOURCE.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR WORK
IN INCREASING FUNDING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH
JUMPSTART IN 2020, WHICH WE
KNOW IS A VEHICLE FOR
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE WHICH IS
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS TO
ADDRESS THE HOUSING NEEDS.
WE NEED EVERY TOOL IN OUR
TOOLBOX AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS
INVESTMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL
AFFORDABLE HOUSING WEEK LAST
WEEK.
GOOD MORNING, ESTELLA, FOLLOWED
BY NAOMI.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS, ESTELLA.
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.
GOOD MORNING, NAOMI.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME
ONLINE, WE WILL GET BACK TO
ESTELLA.
STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.
>> I AM A STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND
CALLING ON BEHALF OF A
GENERATION OF STUDENTS WHOSE
CLASSMATES HOW TO LIVE IN THEIR
CARS, WHOSE PARENTS STRUGGLE TO
LIVE IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY
RAISE THEIR CHILDREN AND HIS
GRANDPARENTS ARE BEING PRICED
OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND FORCED
ONTO THE STREETS.
I AM CALLING TO EXPRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR THE RENEWAL AND
EXPANSION OF THE LEVY, AND BOTH
MY ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND
PERSONAL CAPACITY, I HAVE SEEN
THE RESOURCES, INVESTMENT IN
HOUSING IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR
COLLECTIVE FUTURES, SO OFTEN
HOUSING PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATES
IN OUR FIELD HAS PROVEN THEIR
ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY STEWARD
THESE RESOURCES TO MEET THE
INCREASING DEMAND FOR SUPPORT
ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND
COMMUNITIES.
AS THE BALANCE PRIORITIES AND
THE GROWING SCARCITY OF
HOUSING, WE MUST GIVE THEM THE
TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED
TO CONTINUE THIS WORK.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO
THIS WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER
THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
OUR LAST BUT NOT LEAST SPEAKER,
GRAND FINALE IS ESTELLA ORTEGA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA . I WAS THERE
YESTERDAY, A DAY EARLY, AND
PRESSING THE WRONG BUTTON AND I
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
A CENTER FOR PEOPLE OF ALL
RACES, AS LATINOS, AND OTHERS,
WE ARE IN OUR 50th YEAR
PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES
AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EARLY
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I AM HERE TODAY TO AT OUR
SUPPORT TO A THREEFOLD RENEWAL
OF THE HOUSING LEVY.
THE SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY IS AN
ESSENTIAL NEED FOR INCREASING
AND REINFORCING EQUITY IN OUR
CITY.
WE COULD NOT HAVE BUILT 112
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WITHOUT THE LEVY.
NOW, WE ARE WORKING ON A NEW
DEVELOPMENT WITH 87 UNITS OF
HOUSING.
HOUSING IS A HOME, CREATING THE
CONDITIONS FOR A BETTER FUTURE,
STABILITY, SAFETY, HEALTH,
GRADUATION, COLLEGE, AND
ULTIMATELY A PLACE TO THRIVE
WITH HAPPINESS, ALL FAMILIES
DESERVE THIS.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND FOR YOUR WORK IN
INCREASING OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FUNDING WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSAGE OF JUMPSTART IN
2020.
THE TIMES WE LIVE IN CALL FOR
US TO TRIPLE THE HOUSING LEVY,
CONTINUE TO BUILD AN INCLUSIVE
BELOVED COMMUNITY FOR ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL YOU HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED AND SETTING THE
PATH ON WHAT BUILDING, NOT JUST
WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOOKS
LIKE, BUT TRUE COMMUNITY AND A
PLACE TO GO HOME.
VERY THANKFUL FOR YOU DIALING
IN.
THAT CONCLUDES US -- GO AHEAD.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU
FOR EVERYONE WHO DIALED IN.
MADAME CLERK, LET'S GO INTO
ITEM NUMBER 1.
>> OFFICE OF HOUSING AND WILL
LET YOU REPORT AN INVESTMENT
REPORT, DEBRIEFING DISCUSSION
AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, WE ARE EXCITED TO
HAVE OUR PARTNERS WITH US IN
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WE HAVE
ACTING DIRECTOR FROM THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING, MICHAEL, WE HAVE
KELLY AND STEPHANIE, AND LORI
OLSON.
WE HAVE TRACI RATZLIFF , OUR
LEAD ON ALL THINGS HOUSING, AND
I'M EXCITED FOR THIS
PRESENTATION, WE WILL WALK
THROUGH A POWERPOINT TODAY.
THIS ITEM, WITH AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 2 ARE OUR TWO COMPONENTS
THAT GIVE US A CHANCE TO BRAND
OURSELVES IN ALL THINGS THAT
OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS BEEN
DOING AS WE THINK ABOUT THE
SECOND ITEM, HOW WE MAKE IT
POSSIBLE.
AS YOU HEARD FROM PUBLIC
PRESENTATION TODAY -- PUBLIC
TESTIMONY, THERE IS A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT HOW
WE SCALE UP OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING INVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE.
ECHOING THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS,
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
LIFTING UP THE OPPORTUNITY THAT
THE HOUSING LEVY RENEWAL HAS IN
FRONT OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE
PIECES FOR A SUCCESSFUL PACKAGE
THAT WILL PASS FROM THE VOTERS
AND CONTINUE THE SUCCESSFUL
INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE.
I WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING FOR THE WORK THEY HAVE
DONE, THEIR EXCELLENT
STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC DOLLARS,
PUTTING PUBLIC DOLLARS INTO
BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS
LEADING THE WAY ACROSS THE
NATION.
WE ARE BUILDING MORE COMMUNITY
DRIVEN PROJECTS, STEALING UP
EFFORTS TO RESPOND TO COMMUNITY
NEEDS AND MAKING SURE THOSE WHO
ARE MOST AFFECTED BY
DISPLACEMENT ARE AT THE HELM AT
ARE AT THE DECISION-MAKING
TABLES AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE
TO RECEIVE IMPORTANT HOUSING
DOLLARS.
ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC,
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A MORE
IMPORTANT CALL FOR BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAKING
SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS
TO A PLACE TO GO HOME, THAT
INCLUDES STAYING HOME AND
STAYING SAFE DURING THE
PANDEMIC, THIS IS A CORNERSTONE
OF WHAT CREATES HEALTHY
COMMUNITIES AND POPULATION
HEALTH.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU
HAVE DONE.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING IN TERMS OF
THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE TO
BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH
THE HOUSING LEVY THAT HAS
ALREADY BEEN IN PLACE AND WE
WILL TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF
THE WORK TO COME.
I WANT TO PREFACE ONE POINT,
ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT
GOOD STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC
DOLLARS, THE 2016 LEVY HAS
EXCEEDED MOST OF HIS GOALS
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
DELIVERING 126% OF THE PROMISED
RENTAL UNITS AND 115% OF THE
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
WITH TWO YEARS LEFT TO GO.
YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS PIECE WAS LIFTED UP AND
HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT THIS
WORK HAS BEEN.
WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO MORE BUT
ALREADY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IS SO
MUCH APPRECIATED AND SO MUCH
NEEDED AND GIVES US EXCITEMENT
FOR THE WORK YET TO COME.
TRACI, ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> I DID NOT, GO AHEAD AND
CARRY ON.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE
THERE AT OFFICE OF HOUSING,
HAVING HAD THE LIVE EXPERIENCE
OF BEING ON THE RECEIVING END
OF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
DOLLARS AND KNOWING THE
IMPORTANT WAYS WE CAN
STREAMLINE OUR EFFORTS TO GET
THE DOLLARS TO PEOPLE WHO WERE
TRYING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING RAPIDLY TO COMMUNITIES
MOST AFFECTED.
WELCOME AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP AT THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
THIS IS MY FIRST PRESENTATION
SO THIS COULD BE AWKWARD
BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER DONE IT ON
THE SITE BEFORE.
I THINK THE REPORT SHOWS THE
TESTAMENT OF THE DEDICATION OF
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING STAFF TO
THE WORK AND THAT THEY REALLY
DO BELIEVE IN IT.
WE WILL JUST START OFF WITH
THAT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO
DISCUSS, THE FIRST IS THE
HOUSING LEVY REPORT, THE ANNUAL
HOUSING LEVY REPORT.
THE HOUSING LEVY IS
FOUNDATIONAL, THE MOST RELIABLE
SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
2021 WAS THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE
CURRENT HOUSING LEVY WHICH WAS
APPROVED BY SEATTLE VOTERS IN
2016 AND THE FULL 2021 HOUSING
LEVY REPORT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR
WEBSITE ALONG WITH THE OTHER
ANNUAL REPORTS, THE 2021
HOUSING INVESTMENTS REPORT,
WHICH YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT NEXT,
AND REPORTS ON THE MANDATORY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY INCIDENT
ZONING AND MULTIFAMILY
EXTENSION PROGRAM.
THEY ARE ALL ON THE WEBSITE.
I WILL START OFF AND GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
MANAGER AND I WILL START WITH
THIS OVERVIEW OF THE PRIMARY
PROGRAMS FUNDED BY THE 2016
SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY.
FIRST, WE HAVE THE RENTAL
PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM WHICH FUNDS THE
DEVELOPMENT AND REHABILITATION
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NEXT, WE HAD THE ACQUISITION OF
PRESERVATION PROGRAM WHICH
PURCHASES LAND AND EXISTING
BUILDINGS TO EXPAND OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTFOLIO.
WE RELY ON OUR CRITICAL
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
OF OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING PROJECTS AND OTHER
AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDINGS IN
OUR PORTFOLIO.
WE INVEST IN CRIMINALLY
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP AND
HOME REPAIR SERVICES.
AND WE FIND HOMELESSNESS
PREVENTION AND HOUSING
STABILITY SERVICES.
NEXT I WILL WALK THROUGH THE
INCREDIBLE OUTCOMES OF THE 2016
HOUSING LEVY AS OF THE END OF
2021.
CHAIR MOSQUEDA SHARE THE
HEADLINE BUT I WILL WALK YOU
THROUGH THE DETAILS.
THREE OF OUR HOUSING PRODUCTION
PROGRAMS HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED
THEIR GOALS.
THE RENTAL PRODUCTION, RENTAL
PRESERVATION, AND HOMEOWNERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS HAVE
PRODUCED BEYOND THE GOALS
ESTABLISHED BY THE 2016 LEVY,
OUR TEAM AND PROVIDERS WILL
SOON MEET THE GOALS OF THE
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
PROGRAMS WE ARE CURRENTLY
SERVING 481 HOMES WITH THIS
PROGRAM, JUST 30 MORE TO GO AND
THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND
HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES
PROGRAM IS ON TRACK TO MEET HIS
GOALS AS IT TRANSITIONS TO THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE ONE MORE CHART THAT
REPRESENTS THE OUTCOMES OF THE
HOUSING LEVY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT
SIDE OF THIS CHART THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY
OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPERS AND OPERATORS, SOME
OF WHOM YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER.
IN FIVE YEARS OF THE LEVY, WE
HAVE BUILT 2700 HOMES AND THE
GOAL SET WAS 2150, THE SECOND
ONE WAS PRESERVING 445 HOMES,
EXCEEDING THE GOAL OF 350.
WE HAVE ADDED OR MAINTAINED 314
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
WHICH EXCEEDS THE GOAL OF 280.
AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THE
ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM, WE HAVE ADDED OR
PRESERVED 1800 HOMES THROUGH
ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM, LENDING $77 MILLION TO
EXPAND OUR HOUSING
AND WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
>> AS YOU TRANSITION OVER, I
WANT TO ALSO WELCOME
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD WHO HAS
BEEN WITH US FOR THE LAST 25
MINUTES, JOINED US EARLY IN
PUBLIC COMMENTS, SORRY I DID
NOT ANNOUNCE YOU AT THE
BEGINNING.
>> THANK YOU.
THESE BUILDINGS REPRESET THREE
OF THE SEVEN BUILDINGS THAT
OPENED IN 2021, AS YOU KNOW,
2021 WAS IN THE SMACK MIDDLE OF
THE PANDEMIC, TO HAVE THESE
BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
DURING THE PANDEMIC TOOK
EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS ON BEHALF
OF THE CONTRACTORS AND
DEVELOPERS SUPPLYING EXTRA PPE,
MAKING SURE CONTRACTORS WERE
SAFE WHEN THEY WENT ON SITE AND
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS
IS QUITE THE FEET TO HAVE THESE
REPRESENTED TODAY.
THESE THREE BUILDINGS IN
PARTICULAR ARE FUNDED AND
SUPPORTED BY THE LEVY, AMAZING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOMES IN WEST
SEATTLE SERVING CHRONICALLY
MENTAL ILL.
91 GRADUATION AND HOMELESS
HOUSING UNITS AT QUEEN AND IN
UPTOWN FOR PLYMOUTH HOUSING,
AND THE INCREDIBLE ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT WORK OF FILIPINO
COMMUNITY VILLAGE WITH 94 HOMES
FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR
THAT EACH OF THESE REPRESENT A
CRITICAL POPULATION THAT WOULD
NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN SEATTLE
BUT FOR THIS HOUSING AND
RECOGNIZE THAT ONE OF THESE
BUILDINGS IS NAMED AFTER
KRISTIN BENSON, A CASE MANAGER
AT PLYMOUTH WHO LOST HER LIFE
SERVING THE RESIDENTS AND THE
PEOPLE, IT IS A CHALLENGE TO
DO.
THE NAMING OF THIS BUILDING
REPRESENTS THAT THESE ARE
PRETTY PICTURES OF BUILDINGS
BUT THE WORK ON THE GROUND IS
SO CRITICAL AND THE PEOPLE
SERVING COMMUNITIES AND
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
STRUGGLING IS ABSOLUTELY
PARAMOUNT TO THIS ONGOING
EFFORT.
THANK YOU TO PLYMOUTH AND
HONORING HER WITH THE NAMING OF
THIS BUILDING.
I WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE RENTAL
PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION.
WE ARE TALKING LEVY ONLY.
YOUR INCREDIBLE EFFORTS AND
CONTRIBUTIONS, CITY COUNCIL,
ALLOWS US TO AWARD 13 NEW
PROJECTS, HERE IS TWO SUPPORTED
BY THE LEVY IN PARTICULAR,
$14.2 MILLION IN THE CREATION
OF THE PROJECT WHICH IS NOW IN
DESIGN AND PERMITTING AND THE
CONTINUATION OF THE TERRACE
DEVELOPMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE THE CRITICAL AND
IMPORTANT WORK OF PRESERVING
WHAT WE HAVE.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPLACE
THESE AFFORDABLE HOMES ONCE
THEY ARE BUILT.
IT IS VERY CHALLENGING TO
PURCHASE ON THE OPEN MARKET AND
YOUR ALLOWANCE OF US TO
PRESERVE EXISTING HOUSING LIKE
THE APARTMENTS YOU SEE HERE,
THIS BUILDING IN PARTICULAR IS
CURRENTLY WHAT THEY CALL AN
SRO, THEY DO NOT HAVE BATHROOMS
IN THE UNITS, PEOPLE HAVE TO GO
DOWN THE HALL, THE ALLOWANCE OF
THE SUPPORT WE DID WITH THIS
AWARD LAST YEAR ALLOWS THEM TO
CHANGE THESE TWO STUDIO
APARTMENTS AND ONE-BEDROOM
APARTMENTS SO DURING THE NEXT
PANDEMIC THEY DO NOT HAVE TO
WALK DOWN THE HALL AND USE THE
RESTROOM AND POTENTIALLY GET
COVID OR WHATEVER THE NEXT
PANDEMIC IS . WE ARE EXCEEDING
OUR GOALS FOR THE RENTAL
PROGRAM AND THE PRESERVATION
PROGRAM.
IT IS WITH GREAT GRATITUDE WE
ARE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO, WE ALSO HAVE TO PLAN FOR
THE FUTURE.
RIGHT?
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HIT THE
GAS PEDAL AND YOUR SUPPORT OF
THIS EFFORT ALLOWED US TO DO
SOME INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE
THINGS.
AURORA HEIGHTS HOUSING WAS IN
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY THAT
WILL CREATE 450 APARTMENTS AT
SOME POINT.
WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE
RAPID ACQUISITION PROGRAM,
WHICH YOU CAN SEE WAS, BUT FOR
MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT WAS
COMING ONLINE IN JANUARY OF
2021, WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY
MOVE, PURCHASE THAT BUILDING
BEFORE ANYONE DIDN'T AND ALLOW
IT TO CONVERT TO HOMELESS
HOUSING.
THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY THAT TRANSLATED
INTO AN ADDITIONAL $210 MILLION
AVAILABLE AT THE STATE FOR
ADDITIONAL RAPID ACQUISITION
RESOURCES.
IT WAS TALKED ABOUT NATIONWIDE
AND YOUR ALLOWANCE FOR US TO DO
THIS INCREDIBLE WORK ALLOWS
MORE PEOPLE TO MOVE OFF THE
STREET MORE QUICKLY.
FINALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO
ACQUIRE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT SITE OPPORTUNITY AT
THE THUNDERBIRD AND MAYNARD
BEACH WHICH WILL ALLOW AT LEAST
250 UNITS IN A CRITICAL
NEIGHBORHOOD FIGHTING
DISPLACEMENT AT A LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
ALL OF THOSE ALLOW US TO DO
MORE IN THE FUTURE.
FINALLY, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE --
SO, WE AWARD THE CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS OF THE PROJECT BUT
THEN THE PROJECT HAS TO BE
BUILT BEFORE WE CAN AWARD THE
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE
CONTRACT.
THIS IS A CRITICAL RESOURCE
THAT OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS NEED
IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AND
OPERATE THE BUILDINGS ONCE THEY
ARE OPEN.
WE HAVE A JOKE IN THE OFFICE
THAT WE CAN BUILD BUILDINGS BUT
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE
OPERATING SUPPORT TO KEEP THE
LIGHTS ON, KEEP THE ROOF
REPLACED, WE CANNOT OPEN THE
DOORS AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO MOVE
IN.
THIS RESOURCE ALLOWS US TO KEEP
PROJECTS, SPECIALLY
PRIORITIZING HOMELESSNESS
INDIVIDUALS OPENING AND
OPERATING FOR 20 YEARS.
THAT IS WHY THERE IS A LAG ON
THE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE SEVEN-
YEAR GOALS BECAUSE THE FIRST
LEVY TAKES A COUPLE OF YEARS TO
BUILD AND, ONCE THE BUILDING IS
OPEN, WE COMMIT TO THE
OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE.
WE ARE WELL ON TRACK AND VERY
GRATEFUL TO SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY WHO COMMITTED 300
VOUCHERS TO SUPPORT THE
OPERATION SUPPORTING PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WE HAVE CONSUMED ALL OF THOSE
VOUCHERS AND THEY ARE ACTIVELY
IN OPERATION IN BUILDINGS TODAY.
I WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE
HOMEOWNERSHIP INVESTMENTS.
IN 2021, WE INVESTED $3.4
MILLION TO CREATE 33 NEW HOMES
ACROSS THREE DEVELOPMENTS.
WE LISTED NINE NEW HOME BUYERS
TO PURCHASE HOMES IN -- THROUGH
HOME REPAIR GRANTS FOR
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION LOANS.
THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT.
THIS PICTURE FROM COMMUNITY
LAND TRUST AND COME ON THE NEXT
PAGE, YOU CAN SEE TWO OTHER
HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS THAT
OPENED LAST YEAR WERE 21
FAMILIES ARE PERMANENTLY OWNING
THEIR OWN HOMES.
EXCITED TO SEE THESE NEW
PROJECTS COME TO LIFE.
THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED 350
HOUSEHOLDS IN IMMINENT RISK OF
HOMELESSNESS AND THE RAPID
REHOUSING PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED
500,000 TO SUPPORT 120
HOUSEHOLDS TO MOVE INTO STABLE
HOUSING FROM HOMELESSNESS.
WE LOVE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING
LEVY ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE MORE WORK AHEAD OF US
AS OUR TEAM WORKS TO DEVELOP
THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 2023
HOUSING LEVY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED WITH
OUR HOUSING STAKEHOLDERS AND
TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO EXPLORE
POLICY AND FUNDING OPTIONS FOR
THE 2023 LEVY.
WE HAVE MET WITH LEVY
LEADERSHIP GROUP, OUR KEY
PROVIDERS, COALITIONS, FUNDING
PARTNERS AND TO MEETING FOCUS
GROUPS TO DEEPLY EXPLORE THE
PROGRAMS OF RENTAL HOUSING,
HOMEOWNERSHIP, AND EQUITY.
WE ARE REGULARLY MEETING WITH
OUR HOUSING LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
LATER THIS YEAR WE WILL CONVENE
A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
THAT WILL FURTHER REFINE THE
HOUSING LEVY PROPOSAL AND, IN
THE SUMMER, WE CONTINUE TO
SHARE THE STORY OF THE 2016
LEVY AND REFINING OUR PROPOSAL.
IN EARLY 2023, THE MAYOR
SUBMITS THE LEVY RENEWAL
LEGISLATION TO COUNCIL AND
THEY TAKE THE NEXT FOR
INCLUSION ON THE BALLOT.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION
ON THE LEVY ANNUAL REPORT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM EXCITED WE HAVE THIS
PRESENTATION IN HAND AND WILL
CONTINUE TO LIFT UP WHAT HAS
BEEN DONE AND WHAT ELSE THERE
IS STILL TO DO LAST WEEK, WE
SHARED A NUMBER OF
INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS ON OUR
SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR
NEWSLETTER, EXCUSE ME,
YESTERDAY, WE HIGHLIGHTED ALL
OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE IN THE COMPLEMENTARY
POLICIES THAT WENT ALONG WITH
THE HOUSING LEVY FUNDS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU
HAVE LIFTED THAT UP AND
HIGHLIGHTED HOW THIS WORK ALONE
IS BEING COMPLEMENTED WITH
OFFICE OF HOUSING POLICIES THAT
WE PASSED WITH OUR COMMUNITY
HOUSING ROUNDTABLE PARTNERS
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, SUCH
AS MAKING SURE WE ARE NO LONGER
SELLING SURPLUS CITY PROPERTY
ON THE PRIVATE MARKET AND
HOLDING THAT PUBLIC PROPERTY IN
PUBLIC HANDS, AND BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON IT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LED BY
THOSE MOST AFFECTED BY
DISPLACEMENT, THAT WE HAVE
REAFFIRMED AND ADVANCED OUR
POLICY TO COMMUNITY PREFERENCE
AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING, THAT WE
ARE COMPLEMENTING AFFORDABLE
HOUSING INVESTMENTS WITH
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIES SO THAT WE CAN CO-
LOCATE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE
CHILDCARE AND SMALL BUSINESS
AND COMMUNITY SPACE ON THE
FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS.
EL CENTRO, AS DESCRIBED EARLIER
TODAY, IT IS HOUSING
COMPLEMENTED BY SMALL BUSINESS
AND CHILDCARE, AND COMMUNITY
STAKES, IT CREATES OPPORTUNITY
FOR A SENSE OF PLACE AND FOR
MORE THAN JUST A HOUSE BUT
TRULY AT HOME.
EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION
IN FRONT OF US.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO
LIFT UP HIS HOW WE HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED OUR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVESTMENTS
GOING FROM ROUGHLY $52 MILLION
IN 2016 TO LAST YEAR $200
MILLION IN THE 2022 BUDGET,
INCREASE MADE POSSIBLE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH FUNDING FROM
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEVY
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY.
ALSO, BY ADDING IN THE
JUMPSTART DOLLARS THAT WAS
DESCRIBED, $97 MILLION, NEARLY
HALF OF OUR INVESTMENT IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
BUDGET LAST YEAR COMING FROM
JUMPSTART PROGRESSIVE SEATTLE
AND THE RANGE IS GOING TO
INCREASE AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT
THROUGHPUT, PEOPLE NEEDING TO
GET OUT OF SHELTERS AND INTO
SOMEWHERE THEY CAN PERMANENTLY
CALL HOME.
WE ARE ON THE CONTINUUM FOR HOW
WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS
INCREDIBLE CRISIS OF
HOMELESSNESS AND AT THE END OF
THE CONTINUUM IS A PLACE TO
CALL HOME.
THIS IS PART OF THAT SOLUTION.
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
INVESTMENTS, THE NEWS FROM
EARLIER THIS WEEK SHOWED US
THAT THE FUNDING HAS CONTINUED
TO INCREASE COMING IN FROM MHA,
THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED IN 2019
WHICH BROUGHT IN ABOUT $76
MILLION IN 2001, AGAIN,
ENABLING THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
TO FORWARD COMMIT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DOLLARS WHICH IS
SOMETHING THAT WE PASSED IN
2021 OR 2020, I AM NOT
REMEMBERING RIGHT NOW, TRACI,
AND THIS FOR COMMITMENT IS
ALLOWING FOR US TO MAKE SURE
THERE IS MORE FUNDING READY FOR
SHOVEL READY PROJECTS.
MUCH OF THIS SOUNDS LIKE
ALPHABET SOUP AND CAN GET LOST,
BUT ALL OF THESE POLICIES
CORRESPONDING TO ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS THAT THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING LEVY IS MAKING POSSIBLE
IS LEAVING TO THOUSANDS OF
AFFORDABLE UNITS.
5400 AFFORDABLE HOMES UNDER
DEVELOPMENT NOW WITH 4000 OF
THOSE COMING ONLINE.
I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN LIFT
UP THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE
BY THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS
ENOUGH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THEIR STEWARDSHIP OVER THOSE
PUBLIC DOLLARS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION, I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING QUESTIONS FROM
COLLEAGUES AND WOULD BE REMISS
IF I DID NOT SAY THAT THIS TYPE
OF WORK THAT WE HAVE INVESTED
IN, THE POLICY CHANGES WE HAVE
MADE, MUCH NEEDS TO BE
COMPLEMENTED BY ADDITIONAL
CHANGES TO THE ZONING
STRATEGIES THAT OUR CITY
CURRENTLY USES AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES WHICH ARE HAPPENING
NOW THAT COUNCIL ADDED FUNDING
FOR SO WE CAN MAKE IT TRULY
ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PROCESS POSSIBLE TO OUR
PARTNERS.
THESE ALL ARE THE YEARS THAT
IT'S GOING -- WE NEED MORE
FUNDING AND WE NEED IT FAST.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD , GREAT
TO SEE YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
QUESTION, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, I
WILL TRY TO GET SOME OF THEM
OUT BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME
YOU MAY WANT ME TO FOLLOW-UP
OFF-LINE.
JUST LET ME KNOW.
IN THE AREA AROUND
PRESERVATION, THE LEVY HAS TWO
SEPARATE PROGRAMS, THERE IS THE
RENTAL HOUSING PRESERVATION
PROGRAM, AND THE ACQUISITION OF
PRESERVATION PROGRAM, AND I
JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.
I KNOW I PROBABLY ASK THIS
EVERY TIME YOU TALK ABOUT THE
LEVY.
I AM INTERESTED IN -- I
UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THOSE
PROGRAMS IS FOCUSED ON THE
CITY'S EXISTING PORTFOLIO OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MONEY
USED TO REPAIR, DO MAINTENANCE,
REHAB PROPERTIES IN THE
EXISTING PORTFOLIO.
I AM INTERESTED IN WHICH OF
THESE FUNDS IS USED TO ACQUIRE
EXISTING HOUSING TO PUT INTO
THE PORTFOLIO OF THE CITY
WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFIT
PROVIDERS TO PRESERVE IT FROM
BEING SUBJECT TO THE
SPECULATIVE MARKET.
I AM INTERESTED IN, WHICH OF
THESE TWO FUNDS FUNCTIONS THAT
WAY, AND HOW MANY UNITS HAVE WE
BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE?
AND, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WILL
SPEAK ABOUT PROBABLY AT ANOTHER
TIME, AS IT RELATES TO A
PRESERVATION PROGRAM USING
JUMPSTART FUNDS, ALSO HAS THE
FOCUS AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS
DIFFERENT AND WHAT IS BEING
NEWLY PROPOSED, AND WHETHER OR
NOT THAT WILL IMPACT THE
EXISTING LEVY PROGRAM.
AND, ON THE OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE SIDE, I AM
WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
HOUSING LEVY DOLLARS GO TO
SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE NOT
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IN THAT SAME CATEGORY, AROUND
THE INVESTMENTS, I AM
WONDERING, THE RESOLUTION WE
PASSED THAT ALLOWED THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING TO PRE-COMMIT 22 --
20 $22 IN 2021, CAN YOU LET US
KNOW IF THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
DID TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
FLEXIBILITY AND COMMIT ANY
DOLLARS?
AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT NEW INVESTMENTS IN USING
OUR COMMUNITY PREFERENCE
POLICIES THAT MADAM CHAIR
WORKED ON QUITE A BIT.
WHEN I CHAIRED THE CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMITTEE, I ALSO DID SOME WORK
ON GETTING SOME OF THOSE
POLICIES ROLLING AND I WOULD
LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
THANK YOU.
>> I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK
YOU DID AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL,
WE COULD BUILD ON THAT AS WELL,
BUILDING PLAN INTENDED.
MADAM CHAIR, I AM WONDERING IF
YOU COULD SHARE THOSE QUESTIONS
WITH US?
I ALSO REALIZED I MAY HAVE
PREMATURE INTERRUPTED THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING, YOU HAVE
ANOTHER HALF OF YOUR
PRESENTATION THAT MIGHT ANSWER
SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS FROM
THE VICE CHAIR.
IF WE CAN HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED EITHER AS PART OF THE
SECOND PART OF THE
PRESENTATION, AND IF THERE IS
ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP, THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL.
IF THAT NEEDS TO BE TODAY OR IN
WRITING, THAT IS OKAY, BUT THE
VICE CHAIR HAS ASKED GOOD
QUESTIONS FOR THE SECOND PART
OF THE PRESENTATION THAT I
PREEMPTED OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT.
IF IT IS OKAY, MADAM VICE
CHAIR, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH
THE PRESENTATION AND SEE IF THE
QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM STARTING NOW THE SECOND
PART OF THE PRESENTATION, WHICH
IS THE 2021 INVESTMENTS REPORT.
THE ANNUAL HOUSING INVESTMENT
REPORT REFLECTS ALL INVESTMENTS
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OH PROGRAMS
INCLUDING INVESTMENT IN RENTAL
HOUSING, THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CRIMINALLY AFFORDABLE FOR-SALE
HOMES, AND THE SUPPORT OF LOW
INCOME HOMEOWNERS TO OUR HOME
REPAIR AND HOME WISE
WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMS.
THE ANNUAL INVESTMENTS REPORT
INCLUDES MAPS, INCLUDING THE
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF
INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT SEATTLE
AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
THROUGH THESE INVESTMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
OKAY, THIS IS THE CITY FUNDED
AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING CHART
AND IT GETS CONFUSING.
BEAR WITH ME.
LOOKING FIRST AT INVESTMENTS TO
CREATE NO AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOUSING IT IS IMPORTANT TO STEP
BACK AND LOOK AT HOW
INVESTMENTS MADE EACH YEAR
BUILD ON EACH OTHER TO CREATE
THOUSANDS OF AFFORDABLE HOMES.
THROUGH INVESTMENTS MADE OVER
THE PAST 40 YEARS, AT THE END
OF THE 2021 YEAR, SEATTLE HAD
OVER 50,600 CITY FUNDED RENTAL
HOUSING UNITS IN OPERATION
ACROSS 328 BUILDINGS.
MORE BUILDINGS HAVE ALREADY
OPENED.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE OUTCOME OF
OH INVESTMENTS AND AFFORDABLE
RENTAL HOUSING OVER FIVE YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH YEAR,
HUNDREDS OF NEW HOMES OPEN UP
THEY SAID PRIOR YEARS FUNDING
AND IN EACH YEAR WE MAKE NEW
FUNDING AWARDS, WE ARE BUILDING
THE PIPELINE OF NEW HOMES UNDER
CONSTRUCTION PERMITTING OUR
OTHERWISE -- OKAY, --
>> THESE ARE THREE ADDITIONAL
BUILDINGS THAT OPENED IN 2021.
WE TALKED ABOUT THREE LEVY
FUNDED PROJECTS AND THESE ARE
FUNDED THROUGH JUMPSTART, MHA,
-- NOT JUMPSTART BECAUSE THESE
WERE FUNDED IN 2021, BUT THE
FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT CAME IN
LAST YEAR.
THESE THREE PROJECTS WERE ABLE
TO BE OPENED IN 2021, AGAIN,
DURING THE PANDEMIC, ONE WAS
DONE BY GMD, 60 HOMES FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES, THAT
WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO
AFFORD TO LIVE IN BELLTOWN.
GEORGE FLEMING PLACE, THE LONG
BELOVED STATE LEGISLATOR WHO IS
KNOWN FOR LAUNCHING THE STATE
HOUSING TRUST FUND, A UW STAR
FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS NAMED FOR
THIS LEHIGH PROJECT AT THE RAIL
LINE STATION.
106 LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO
MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING HERE IN
THIS CRITICAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
IS FACING DISPLACEMENT.
AGAIN, THE WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RAPID
ACQUISITION.
BROADWAY HALL IS A
REPRESENTATION OF ONE OF THE
RAPID ACQUISITIONS WE DID LAST
YEAR WHICH WILL SERVE 36
HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS.
SUPPORTED IN PART BY LOW INCOME
HOUSING AND YOUTH CARE.
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE
FEDERAL DOLLARS, 16 OF THE
CLIFFORD DOLLARS THAT CAME IN
THROUGH THE TREASURY LAST YEAR
IS WHAT ALLOWED US TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES IN
THE MARKET THAT WOULD NOT HAVE
OTHERWISE BEEN AVAILABLE.
GOING ON -- WE TRIED TO FIND
PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT
DEPENDS ON WHO IS BRINGING IN
PROJECTS AT WHAT TIME.
WE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE
APPLICANT IN BRINGING IN THE
PROJECT AS TO WHERE THE PROJECT
IS CITED BUT WE HAVE WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAME INTO
PLAY IN 2021 WHERE WE WERE ABLE
TO AWARD 1500 UNITS, NINE NEW
CONSTRUCTION, FIVE RAPID
ACQUISITIONS, AND A SITE FOR
NEW DEVELOPMENT.
THIS SPEAKS A LITTLE BIT TO THE
QUESTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD , WE DO HAVE THE RENTAL
HOUSING PROGRAM WHICH ACTUALLY
CAN SUPPORT PRESERVATION -- BUT
FOR NATURALLY AFFORDABLE, I
THINK IS THE WORD YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR, BUILDINGS ON THE
OPEN MARKET.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT PROGRAM
COMING INTO A PERMANENT AWARD
IS THE TIMING.
A LOT OF TIMES MARKET RATE
SELLERS DO NOT WANT TO WAIT FOR
THE PURCHASE OF THEIR BUILDING
AND THAT IS WHERE WE USE THE
ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM TO SUPPORT PURCHASES OF
EXISTING BUILDINGS WITH PEOPLE
LIVING IN THEM.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
LIVING IN THEM HAVE TO MEET OUR
AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS
DISPLACE FURTHER OR HARM
FURTHER HOUSEHOLD THAT HAVE
BEEN LIVING IN THESE BUILDINGS
FOR GENERATIONS.
THAT IS A NUANCE WE HAVE TO PAY
ATTENTION TO.
WE HAVE DONE QUITE A FEW
ACQUISITIONS OF EXISTING
BUILDINGS TO PRESERVE THEM FROM
THE OPEN MARKET, THE MADISON
APARTMENTS ON FIRST HILL IS AN
EXAMPLE, AND SOME WORK WE DID
WITH SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY
TWO YEARS AGO, WHERE WE
PRESERVE THE THREE BUILDINGS
THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AVAILABLE ON THE OPEN MARKET.
MOVING ON, THE PRESERVATION --
I AM SORRY, GO BACK, STEPHANIE,
THE PRESERVATION PROGRAM OF OUR
PORTFOLIO, THIS IS THE RENTAL
HOUSING AND PRESERVATION
PROGRAM, THE PRESERVATION CAN
GO TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT DO NOT
EXIST IN THE O.H.
PORTFOLIO BUT IT IS CRITICAL TO
MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS WE DO
HAVE THAT ARE REGULATED IN OUR
PORTFOLIO.
WE ARE OFFERING SERVING
POPULATIONS THAT CANNOT AFFORD
ANY SIGNIFICANT RENT PAYMENTS
AND LACK OF INCOME TO SUPPORT
THE BUILDINGS MEANS WE NEED TO
STEP IN DEEPER AND FURTHER TO
MAKE SURE THE ROOF IS REPLACED,
THE COMMUNITY SPACES ARE SAFE,
AND EXCITING IS THERE TO
PROTECT THE WATER INTRUSION OF
THE BUILDINGS, AND WE DO INVEST
HEAVILY INTO OUR EXISTING
PORTFOLIO TO MAINTAIN THOSE
INDEFINITELY.
HOPING THAT THAT PROVIDES SOME
CLARITY.
BOTH THE RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAM
CAN DO PRESERVATION OF EXISTING
PORTFOLIOS AND NEW PRODUCT
COMING INTO OUR PORTFOLIO.
IN ADDITION, THE ACQUISITION
PRESERVATION PROGRAM CAN MOVE
MORE QUICKLY TO ACQUIRE
BUILDINGS ON THE OPEN MARKET
THAT ARE AT RISK, ESPECIALLY
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK.
>> THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS IN
ACQUISITION PRESERVATION?
>> YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PROGRAM
AT THIS TIME, I BELIEVE WE DID
THREE, BUT WE CAN GET BACK TO
YOU ON SPECIFICS ON THE
ACQUISITION PRESERVATION
PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
>> OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE
PROGRAM THERE HAS BEEN MANY
BUILDINGS ACQUIRED.
AND PIECES OF LAND.
MOVING ON, THESE ARE THE FUNDS
THAT YOU ALL ALLOWED.
BY ALLOWING THE JUMPSTART 2022
AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN WHICH WE
WERE ALLOCATED $71 MILLION, WE
PUT THAT TO GOOD USE AS WE
ANNOUNCED IN THE SUMMER OF LAST
YEAR, ONLY $35 MILLION
AVAILABLE FOR THE FALL ROUND.
YOUR ABILITY AND YOUR EXECUTION
OF THE BUDGET LAST YEAR ALLOWED
US TO EXPAND THOSE RESOURCES
SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE AWARDED
$86 MILLION IN THE FALL ROUND,
IN ADDITION TO THE WORK WE DID
WITH RAPID ACQUISITION PROGRAM,
WHICH TOTALS $153 MILLION.
YOU WILL SEE THE LETTER
CONTRIBUTED $50.2 MILLION, THIS
IS MODEST COMPARED TO THE
PILOT, IF YOU REMEMBER TWO
YEARS AGO WHERE WE ARE
COMMITTED MONEY, THIS IS THE
REMAINDER FOR THAT OPTION AND
THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABLE OPTIONS WERE MADE
AVAILABLE, MODEST AMOUNT OF
INCENTIVE BONUS PAYMENTS AS
THAT PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY DOES
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
THANK YOU TO THE $71 MILLION
FROM JUMPSTART THAT ALLOWED THE
13 PROJECTS THAT WERE APPLIED
IN THE FALL RENTAL PROGRAM
ROUND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
SUPPORT AND FUND.
FINALLY, $16 MILLION WERE
AVAILABLE AT A MODEST AMOUNT OF
HOME DOLLARS WERE AVAILABLE IN
THE FALL ROUND AND IN ADDITION
WE USE THAT IN THE RAPID
ACQUISITION ROUND.
TOTAL ALLOCATION IS $153
MILLION.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE
DID IN 2021 UNDER THE FALL
ROUND, THE RAPID ACQUISITION
PROGRAM WITH THE BEACON HILL
APARTMENTS, A COMMUNITY HEALTH
IS SUPPORTING A PROGRAM OF 39
HOMELESS UNITS FOR WOMEN AND
COUPLES, AND MEN THAT NEED
HOUSING IMMEDIATELY AND WE WERE
ABLE TO PURCHASE THE BUILDING
OFF THE OPEN MARKET, IT DID NOT
HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN IT AND WE
MOVED QUICKLY TO MADE IT
PROGRAMMATICALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR
THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING.
THE RELIGIOUS LANDS LEGISLATION
IS ALLOWING ST. LUKE'S, THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN BALLARD,
THEY ARE NOW SUPPORTING THE
BRIDGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BRING
ONLINE 85 HOMES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, CRITICAL
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE OFTEN
CANNOT GET INTO BECAUSE OF THE
HIGH MARKET COMPETITION THAT WE
FACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
FINALLY, LONG-STANDING HISTORIC
BUILDING ON CAPITOL HILL AT
BROADWAY AND PINE IS SUPPORTED
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
YOUTH HOMELESS PROGRAMS WITH
YOUTH CARE, 84 UNITS AT THAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY RICH
HOUSING AND YOUTH CARE TO DO A
NUMBER OF THINGS INCLUDING
SUPPORT WORKFORCE HOUSING AND
PROVIDE A PLACE AND WORK
ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG ADULT
TRYING TO GET OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH LEHIGH, CHIEF
SEATTLE CLUB, IN SUPPORTING
THEIR SACRED MEDICINE HOUSE
PROJECT, AND COMMUNITY LAND
TRUST, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS
WE LOVE TO SUPPORT TO FIGHT THE
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, A PROJECT IN
COLUMBIA CITY CONTINUES THE
CHALLENGING WORK OF DOING BY
AND FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS AND
GROWING AGENCIES TO BE A
POWERHOUSE FOR US IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THEY
CAN BE THE GO TO AGENCIES TO
SUPPORT THIS ONGOING EFFORT
THAT WE HAVE.
>> I WILL BE TAKING OVER.
STEPHANIE FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT RENTAL
HOUSING PROJECTS THAT WERE
INVESTED IN 2021 USING LEVY
DOLLARS AND THE OTHER FUNDING
SOURCES THAT WERE MENTIONED.
NOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT
HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED IN
2021.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PURPLE DOTS
REPRESENT FOUR DIFFERENT
DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL CREATE A
TOTAL OF 50 NEW PARMALEE
AFFORDABLE FOR SALE HOMES WHICH
MEANS THE HOMES WILL BE SOLD TO
LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND, UPON
RESALE, AT WHATEVER POINT THE
HOUSEHOLD DECIDES TO SELL, THEY
WILL BE SOLD TO ANOTHER LOW
INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD.
ACROSS ALL OF THESE FOUR
DEVELOPMENTS, YOU WILL SEE 36
CONDO UNITS, TWO LIMITED EQUITY
CO-OP HOMES, AND 12 COTTAGES.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY
ON THE NEXT SLIDE TO SEE A
RENDERING OF ONE OF THOSE
PROJECTS.
THIS IS -- WE WILL GET THE
PICTURE AND LOOK AT THE CHART,
THIS PICTURE OF HIGHLAND
TERRACE, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL BE
DEVELOPING IN DELL RIDGE.
THIS WILL HAVE 12 RESALE
RESTRICTED PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE TWO BEDROOM COTTAGES
FOR LOW INCOME FIRST-TIME HOME
BUYERS.
SHIFTING TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
OF THE SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT
WE HAVE $4.08 MILLION DEDICATED
FROM THE SEATTLE HOUSING LEVY
TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERSHIP AND WE
HAVE PAYMENTS THAT WILL SUPPORT
HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, A PORTION OF
MHA CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED ARE
SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY TO
SUPPORT HOMEOWNERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT AND THIS IS THE
FIRST YEAR THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
SUPPORT A DEVELOPMENT, AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP THE MOMENT USING
MHA DOLLAR, OLYMPIC RIDGE, A
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROJECT,
AND THAT WILL HAVE 17 ONE AND
TWO BEDROOM CONDO UNITS.
THINKING ABOUT ALL OF THE
HOUSING INVESTMENT ACROSS THE
BOARD, BOTH RENTAL AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP, I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE LOCATING THOSE.
WE STRIVE, AS WE HAVE SAID, TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE DISTRIBUTING
OUR INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE
CITY, NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE
CITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR
INVESTMENTS IN THOSE BUILDINGS
WERE PEOPLE WILL BE CALLING
HOME ARE ACCESSIBLE TO RELIABLE
PUBLIC TRANSIT, TO JOBS,
SCHOOLS, AND OTHER AMENITIES
YOU WOULD NEED TO LIFE AND
THRIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
INVESTING IN AREAS OF THE CITY
THAT HAVE HIGH ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS AREAS
THAT HOUSEHOLDS MAY BE AT HIGH
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
YOUWILL SEE IN A MOMENT WHERE
I WILL SHOW YOU MAPS THAT
ILLUSTRATE THAT.
TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK AT THE
RENDERING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE SCREEN, IT IS ANOTHER
HOUSING -- RENTAL HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT THAT RECEIVED
FUNDING IN 2021.
AGAIN, AS WE TALK ABOUT ACCESS
TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, THIS WILL BE
A MIXED INCOME, MIXED-USE
DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL INCLUDE
THE AFFORDABLE UNITS WE ARE
FUNDING, 200 AFFORDABLE RENTAL
HOMES.
THIS WILL BE TWO BLOCKS AWAY
FROM THE FUTURE LIGHT RAIL
STATION.
HERE ARE THE TWO MAPS.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, THAT MAP
SHOWING ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY.
THE RIGHT SIDE IS SHOWING
DISPLACEMENT RISK.
WE HAVE ALL OF THE HOUSING
INVESTMENTS, SO, ORANGE DOTS
ARE RENTAL HOUSING, YELLOW DOTS
ARE THE RENTAL HOUSING
DEVELOPERS THAT ARE RECEIVING
REINVESTMENT OR PRESERVATION.
THE PURPLE DOTS, AGAIN, ARE THE
AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP
PROJECTS.
WE HAVE THOSE INVESTMENTS
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN
AREAS WITH HIGH ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY, AS WELL AS IN
AREAS THAT HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE
LIVING THERE MAY BE AT HIGH
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
MOVING TO SPEAK -- WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDINGS AND
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THE BUILDINGS THAT
ARE FUNDED THANKS TO CITY
FUNDS.
SO, ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL
SEE THE INCOMES OF RENTER
HOUSEHOLDS WHO WERE SERVED IN
CITY FUNDED APARTMENTS IN 2020,
THE LATEST YEAR WE HAVE
AVAILABLE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
YOU CAN SEE THAT 72% OF THOSE
RENTER HOUSEHOLDS WERE MAKING
0% TO 30%, AS AN EXAMPLE, ON
THE TABLE BELOW, FOR A THREE-
PERSON HOUSEHOLD, 30% EMI IN
2021, WAS $31,250, THE 0% TO
30% RENTER HOUSEHOLDS ARE
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO
ARE EITHER GOING TO BE VERY
SEVERELY COST BURDEN THE IN
HOUSING OR FACING HOUSING
INSTABILITY IF LOOKING FOR
HOUSING ON THE PRIVATE MARKET.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
SCREEN, OF THOSE RENTER
HOUSEHOLDS WE HAVE, ABOUT 42%
OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS SERVED ARE
CONSIDERED SPECIAL NEEDS
HOUSEHOLDS.
THAT INCLUDES OLDER ADULTS,
PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHRONIC MENTAL
ILLNESS, PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT
PHYSICAL ABILITIES, THOSE WHO
ARE FACING ADDICTION AND OTHER
ISSUES.
REALLY, AGAIN, TRYING TO GIVE
YOU A PICTURE OF THE PEOPLE,
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
ARE SERVED BY HOUSING THAT IS
RECEIVING FUNDING FROM THE
CITY.
FROM RENTER HOUSEHOLDS, WE WILL
TALK ABOUT HOMEBUYERS, OR
HOMEOWNERS.
SO, THE CHART ON THE LEFT IS
HOMEBUYERS ASSISTANT, THAT IS
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS -- SORRY,
FIRST-TIME LOW INCOME
HOMEBUYERS, AND THE INCOME
LEVELS OF THOSE PEOPLE.
31 PERCENT TO 61% IS THE ORANGE.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE,
60% EMI FOR A THREE-PERSON
HOUSEHOLD IS $62,480 , AGAIN,
HOUSEHOLDS WHO, ON THE PRIVATE
MARKET, WOULD REALLY BE
PURCHASING A HOUSE WOULD BE OUT
OF REACH FOR THESE HOUSEHOLDS.
THANKS TO CITY FUNDS AND
ASSISTANCE COMING FROM THE
CITY, THESE ARE FIRST-TIME
HOMEBUYERS WHO ARE ABLE TO
PURCHASE A HOME.
ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU HAVE OUR
HOME REPAIR AND WEATHERIZATION
PROGRAM, WE HAVE YET MENTIONED
THESE PROGRAMS BUT THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING'S WORK.
WE SERVE LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS
AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO
AFFORDABLY AND SAFELY LIVE AND
STAY IN THE HOMES THEY ALREADY
OWN.
AS WE ALL KNOW, IT IS BECOMING
MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE TO LIVE
IN SEATTLE AND IF YOU ARE A
HOMEOWNER, THE COST OF LIVING
ARE STACKING UP, ESPECIALLY FOR
LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS, THAT IS
CERTAINLY TRUE AND THESE
PROGRAMS SUPPORT LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS TO MAKE REPAIRS,
HEALTH AND SAFETY REPAIRS TO
THEIR HOMES, AND WEATHERIZE
THEM WHICH CAN MAKE THE HOMES
MORE COMFORTABLE DURING THE
WINTER AND SUMMER MONTHS.
AS WE KNOW, THE SUMMERS ARE
GETTING MUCH HOTTER AND THE
WINTERS CAN BE COLD, MAKING
SURE THE HOMES ARE HEALTHY FOR
THEM TO STAY IN.
YOU CAN SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF
THE HOUSEHOLDS ARE MAKING 0% --
EARNINGS YOUR PRESENT TO 30%
EMI, A LOT ARE OLDER ADULTS
LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES.
YOU CAN SEE THE SPREAD OF THE
REST OF
>>> I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS
VERY QUICKLY BEFORE WE GET OUR
ANNUAL PRESENTATION FROM THE
CHANGE TEAM.
WE WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT
THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE
HOUSEHOLD SERVED.
HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGH-
LEVEL POINTS, 57% OF THE RENTER
HOUSEHOLDS AND 46% OF HOMEBUYERS
WERE LED BY A PERSON OF COLOR.
THAT IS COMPARED TO 37% OF
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE WHO IDENTIFY
AS PEOPLE OF COLOR OR HISPANIC
IN OUR LATEST FIVE-YEAR
ESTIMATES.
TO ANSWER OR BRIEFLY TOUCH ON
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S QUESTION
ON COMMUNITY PREFERENCE, WE
WILL ALSO TALK MORE ABOUT THE
OUTCOMES OF THAT POLICY IN OUR
PRESENTATION ON JUNE 1st. JUST
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A
TEASER, THE JUNCTION IS ONE OF
THE RENTER -- SORRY, RENTAL
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS USING
VILLAGE GARDENS, THE HOMESTEAD
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
DEVELOPMENT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA JOINED FOR THE OPENING
IN A QUIET MANNER, WHICH IS A
RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT
HAS NOT YET STARTED. THERE ARE
OTHERS THAT YOU WILL GET AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT ON
JUNE 1st.
SO, I WILL PAUSE THERE.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR
PRESENTATIONS ON THE REPORT, THE
HOUSING LEVEE REPORT AND ANNUAL
INVESTMENTS REPORT.
>> I WANT TO ANSWER
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S QUESTION
ON THE MAINTENANCE FUNDS.
THE MAINTENANCE FUNDS IS 2500
PER UNIT, WHICH HAS TYPICALLY
BEEN PAIRED WITH THE McKINNEY
MATCH REQUIRED FOR HOMELESS
PROGRAMS AND TO ACHIEVE NEW
FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. AS WE KNOW,
McKINNEY HAS NOT SUPPORTED NEW
PROJECTS IN SOME TIME AND
PRIMARILY THE 2500 PER UNIT
GOES TOWARD HOMELESS PROJECTS.
THERE IS A WAY THAT WE SUPPORT
NON-HOMELESS PROJECTS AND IT IS
USING ADDITIONAL CAPITAL DOLLARS
TO DO WHAT WE CALL PIE DOWN THE
LOAN SO THIS IS TYPICALLY IN
SENIOR PROJECTS THAT HAVE A MIX
OF INCOMES WHERE THEY HAVE 30%
AMI, 50% AMI, AND SOME 60% AMI.
WHEN THAT OCCURS, THE 30% STILL
NEEDS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, SO
WHAT WE DO IS REDUCE THE AMOUNT
OF MORTGAGE FROM A PRIVATE BANK
SO THE BUILDING AND ORGANIZATION
DOESN'T HAVE TO SUPPORT A
LARGER LOAN THAT THEY OTHERWISE
COULD AFFORD AND THAT SUPPORTS
THE 30% A.M.I.
UNITS WE DO IT IN A DIFFERENT
WAY, JUST NOT FOR THE OPERATING
AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
>> ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
>> JUST TO RESPOND TO ONE MORE
OF COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
QUESTIONS, SHE WAS REFERRING TO
A RESOLUTION AND I BELIEVE IT
WAS THE RESCUE PLAN ORDINANCE
THAT YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBER WE
SPENT $60 MILLION KNOWING THAT
WE COULDN'T GIVE THEM ALL OF
THE MONEY THEY NEEDED TO DO
ACCUSATION AND TO DO INVESTMENT
AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, BUT I
THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION WOULD BE YES, THEY DID
AND YES, THEY ARE.
>> OKAY.
I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
HAPPY TO TAKE A FEW ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS BUT WE ARE RUNNING
OVER PURE COLLEAGUES, YOU
SHOULD RECEIVE A CALENDAR UNTIL
12:30 BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE
OTHER ITEMS, BUT I WANTED TO
TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FEW
MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
THANKS TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
FOR BEING INTERESTED AND ABLE
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN WRITING
AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANKS.
I JUST WANTED TO GET A LITTLE
BIT LOCAL AS FAR AS THE
DISTRICT INVESTMENTS. I
APPRECIATE SEEING SOME OF THE
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS IN
DISTRICT 1, BUT AS A DISTRICT
PRESENTED HAVE, I WANT TO ASK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION
OF RENTAL HOUSING INVESTMENTS IN
DISTRICT 1. IT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE A LOT IS HAPPENING EVEN
WITH THE LEVY DOLLARS.
I SAW THE BONUS REPORT THAT
RECENTLY CAME OUT AS WELL
DOLLARS THAT ARE COMING FROM
THE DISTRICT OR DON'T SEEM TO BE
GOING BACK INTO THE DISTRICT. I
HAVE A SPECIFIC NETWORK OF
CONSTITUENTS.
DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY NETWORK,
THEY REPRESENT COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS ALL THROUGHOUT
DISTRICT 1 WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING
AND TRYING TO ORGANIZE FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO PROBABLY
BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT, THEY
PROVIDED TO COME OUT -- SORRY,
THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT TO COME
OUT AND TALK TO THEM TO FIND
OUT WHAT THEY CAN BE DOING TO
GET MORE RENTAL HOUSING
INVESTMENT FOR THE NEEDS OF
FAMILIES WHO NEED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING IN A DISTRICT AND JUST
WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER
OR NOT OH WOULD BE ASSISTED BY
POLICIES OR APPROACHES THAT
WOULD RESULT IN A MORE
EQUITABLE SPREAD OF INVESTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THANKS.
>> LAURIE, DO YOU MIND TAKING
ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS UPCOMING.
>> WE HAVE A PIPELINE,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, FOR
PROJECTS WE ANTICIPATE IN YOUR
DISTRICT.
THERE ARE TWO SITES IN
SOUTHPARK WE ARE WORKING ON.
ONE OF COURSE THE HOUSING
OFFICE PURCHASED THEMSELVES
SOON, ACTUALLY.
THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS
I KNOW OF IN THE PIPELINE
COMING OUR WAY AND APPLYING AS
SOON AS THIS FALL, SO WE DO
ANTICIPATE CHANGING THAT IN
ADDITION OF A COUPLE SITES IN
WEST SEATTLE THAT WE ARE KEENLY
INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING.
THE OWNER OF THOSE SITES WOULD
BE OPEN TO SELLING TO THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY
BUT IT IS A JOURNEY, RIGHT?
YOU ARE IN A VERY POPULAR
NEIGHBORHOOD IN SOME OF YOUR
JURISDICTIONS. IT IS A
CHALLENGE TO COMPETE AGAINST
THE MARKET, RIGHT?
I KNOW OF AT LEAST FOUR
PROJECTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE
THIS YEAR AND NEXT.
>> I AM AWARE OF THE SOUTHPARK
PROJECTS.
YES, THANK YOU.
I AM FOCUSING ON THE WEST
SEATTLE SIDE OF THE DISTRICT
AND AWARE OF THE ASPIRATIONAL
HOPE AS IT RELATES TO ONE
PROJECT, BUT I REALLY THINK WE
NEED TO BE DOING MORE TO
GENERATE MORE INTEREST AMONG
OUR PARTNERS IN DEVELOPING WEST
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> ONE THING THAT WILL ACTUALLY
HELP QUITE A BIT, THE STATE
LEGISLATOR PASSED A TAX
EXEMPTION SO THAT GIVES US A
LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE.
YOU GET A REAL ESTATE TAX THAT
KICKS IN IN JANUARY OF 2023. WE
ARE HOPEFUL THAT WILL GIVE US A
LITTLE BIT OF AN EDGE FOR
COMPETING AGAINST THE MARKET,
BUT I KNOW OF ONE PROJECT IN
WEST SEATTLE COMING THIS FALL.
YOU KNOW OF THE SECOND WE ARE
WORKING ON, BUT I ABSOLUTELY
AGREE WITH YOU.
IT IS A TARGET AREA FOR OUR
OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEIGHBOR. OU VERY MUCH,
I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
HOW MUCH IS THE HOUSING LEVEE
RIGHT NOW?
I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF
WHAT THE INCREASE OR EXPANSION
WOULD BE.
>> 300 MILLION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST
THE BEGINNING OF A DISCUSSION
IN THE HOUSING LEVY SLATED FOR
CONSIDERATION IN THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION NEXT YEAR, SO WE HAVE
A LOT OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT GOES INTO THAT HOUSING
LEVY AND GREAT QUESTIONS TEED
UP BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT SORT OF THE BASELINE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED IN TERMS OF WHERE WE
ARE AT AND SOME OF THE OTHER
ITEMS ON THE HORIZON, FEEL FREE
TO EMAIL THOSE AND SEND THOSE
OFF AND TO BE COPIED ON THEM IF
YOU ARE ALREADY INITIATING
EMAILS.
THAT IS FINE AS WELL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD ON THIS
ITEM OR PREVIEW ON
CONVERSATIONS TO COME WITH THE
HOUSING LEVY ?
>> WE HAVE A FEW THINGS COMING
UP, LIKE THE ACQUISITION OF
PRESERVATION AND FUNDING COMING
UP SHORTLY.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE
COMMUNITY PREFERENCE THAT WE
CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON EMAIL ON
THAT.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS COMING
UP, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO
TALKING WITH YOU ALL.
>> GREAT.
TRACI, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ADD REGARDING THE LEVY?
>> NOT ON THESE TWO REPORTS.
THESE WILL SEGUE NICELY INTO
THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT
IS UP IN FRONT OF YOU NEXT.
>> GREAT.
I WILL MOVE US THAT WAY.
GREAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT.
THANKS FOR THIS OVERVIEW.
IT IS VERY HELPFUL GROUNDING. I
KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS FOR A WHILE, SO IT'S
WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU AND THE
COMMITTEE.
MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE
READ AGENDA ITEM 2 INTO THE
RECORD?
>>COUNCIL BILL 120318, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT; AMENDING
ORDINANCE 126490, WHICH ADOPTED
THE 2022 BUDGET; CHANGING
APPROPRIATIONS AND CREATING NEW
HOUSING; ALL BY A 3/4 VOTE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> I CAN SEE BECKY GUERRA ON
THE LINE. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, STEPHANIE.
COULD YOU MOVE THE SLIDE
FORWARD ONE, PLEASE?
THIS BUDGET ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES
12.5 IN THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
FUNDED BY A JUMP START.
FUNDING WAS AUTHORIZED DURING
THE 2022 BUDGET AND 08
CONDUCTED A DETAILED ANALYSIS
TO DETERMINE ONGOING STAFFING
NEEDS AND THIS LEGISLATION
ASSIGNS APPROPRIATION TO THE
CURRENT.
THIS WORK STARTED WAY BEFORE I
SHOWED UP IN HIS OFFICE.
IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED LAST YEAR
BY THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR AND
PREVIOUS INTERIM DIRECTOR AS
WORK THAT REALLY, REALLY NEEDED
TO BE DONE AND THERE WAS A LOT
OF WORK INVOLVED BY THE
PREVIOUS DEPUTY DIRECTOR AS
WELL AS EMILY AND ROBIN TO FIND
OUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN
THIS OFFICE. HAVING BEEN HERE
EIGHT WEEKS, I CAN TELL YOU
THIS OFFICE RUNS REALLY, REALLY
LEAN AND WITH THE NEW PROJECTS
COMING ON AND A LOT OF THE WORK
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AROUND
THE ARE SJI WORK, WE NEEDED TO
ADD SOME STAFF IN ORDER TO
SUSTAINABLY GROW THE DEPARTMENT.
SO, OUR WORKLOAD HERE IN THIS
OFFICE IS INCREASING.
THE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY
RESPONSE ASSOCIATED WITH NEW
INVESTMENTS FROM JUMPSTART AND
JUST TO BE CLEAR, JUMPSTART
EDIT $100 MILLION TO THE O.H.
BUDGET IN 2022 AND IS AN
ONGOING FUNDING SOURCE.
AND BECKY, I AM NOT PULLING
THIS UP CORRECTLY.
BECKY, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN
HERE.
>> TRACI WAS LOOKING AT THE
WORKLOAD IMPACTS.
WE HAVE LOANS FOR NEW
DEVELOPMENTS. WE HAVE FOR RENTAL
AND HOMEOWNERSHIP, COMPLIANCE
MONITORING MANAGEMENT NEEDS FOR
OUR COMPLETED PROJECTS AS THAT
PORTFOLIO GROWS THE MONITORING
AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROJECT
GROWS AS WELL.
WE HAVE AN INCREASED
TRANSACTIONAL WORK APPROVAL AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PROJECTS
BEING THE PRIMARY PIECE OF THAT.
AND THEN THERE IS THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT SIDE, INCREASING THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT.
OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR
ORGANIZATIONS AND DEVELOPERS
WHO ARE EXPLORING AND GETTING
INTO THIS LINE OF WORK AND
EXPLORING BEING PARTNERS WITH
US.
THEN WE HAVE OUR EQUITY BE WORK
IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND AS
YOU ALL KNOW, THAT ALL TAKES
STAFF TIME.
ON THE POLICY AND PROGRAM SIDE,
WE HAVE THE PERFORMANCE
MEASUREMENT AND METRICS.
WE HAVE RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS
AND MONITORING. WE ARE LOOKING
AT CLIMATE RESILIENCY,
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND KIA
TARGETED POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT
AREAS.
IN ADDITION TO THE 12 STAFF
THAT WE ARE REQUESTING AS PART
OF THIS, WE ARE REQUESTING
FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE WOULD GIVE
TO ADD FOR WAGE MONITORING AND
SIMILARLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT
THAT WE WOULD THEN GIVE IT FOR
PROBABLY A PARALEGAL STAFF
MEMBER.
THE PURPOSE BEING ADDITIONAL
SUPPORT WITH LOAN DOCUMENT
PREPARATION.
SO, IT SAYS HERE FAS ARE NOT
CURRENTLY REQUESTING ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY, MEANING THROUGH THIS
COUNCIL BILL , THEY ARE NOT.
NOT NOW.
SORRY, I HAVE A SICK KID AT
HOME.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ARE
REQUESTING THAT AUTHORITY
THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL, SO I THINK YOU
WILL SEE THAT SEPARATELY BUT IT
IS NOT THROUGH THIS COUNCIL
BILL . SO, THE TOTAL COST FOR
THIS IS $2.1 MILLION, WHICH AS
YOU KNOW OF JUMPSTART --
JUMPSTART ALLOWS UP TO 5% FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
THIS WOULD REPRESENT 2.3%, SO
NOT EVEN HALF OF THE THRESHOLD.
AND THEN ANYTHING UNUSED AS FAR
AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS,
ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT MAKE UP
THAT 5% WILL GO BACK INTO
CAPITAL AND THE DEPLOYED FOR
RENTAL HOUSING AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROJECTS.
THE OTHER THING THIS
LEGISLATION DOES, EVERYTHING WE
TALKED ABOUT IS JUMPSTART
RELATED. MOVING FORWARD, WE
NEED A MODEST AMOUNT TO START
THE 2023 HOUSING LEVY PROPOSAL
. THIS LEGISLATION PROPOSES TO
USE EXISTING HOUSING LEVY
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS IN ORDER
TO DO THE FOLLOWING TO PREPARE
US FOR THE 2023 HOUSING LEVY .
EVALUATING CURRENT LEVY
OUTCOMES, DEVELOPING THE
LEGISLATION FOR THE NEXT LEVY,
STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY
CONVERSATIONS , DEVELOPING
COMMUNICATION TOOLS ABOUT THE
LEVY IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES.
ALL OF THAT NOT BEING PAID FOR
WITH PAYROLL TAX, BUT BEING
PAID FOR WITH ADMINISTRATIVE
BALANCE FROM THE CURRENT
HOUSING LEVY . THERE IS -- THIS
LEGISLATION INCLUDES THE 2022
PORTION AND OUR 2023 BUDGET
WILL INCLUDE A SIMILAR AMOUNT
FOR THE 23 PORTION OF THAT.
THAT IT.
>> RATE.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL FOLLOWING
THE FIRST PRESENTATION.
JUST TO REITERATE, JUMPSTART --
O.H., TRACI, WAS THERE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
JUST TO REITERATE, I CAN SEE
THE POINTS MADE IN THE
PRESENTATION.
JUMP START SPENDING PLAN WAS
UNANIMOUSLY PASSED BY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
ALREADY AUTHORIZES 5% FOR
VARIOUS STRATEGIES ACROSS
JUMPSTART AND THAT INCLUDES THE
SPEND PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE
HOUSING PORTION. INSTEAD OF 5%,
THIS WOULD DRAW 2.3% OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS
AUTHORIZED, SO JUST LESS THAN
HALF AND THE REMAINING WOULD GO
TO RENTAL AND HOMEOWNERSHIP
PROGRAMS.
THIS COUNCIL VERY MUCH
APPRECIATES THAT. WE ARE TRYING
TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH THE
AMOUNT IN THE ADMINISTRATION
AND REDIRECTING THE REST TO
STRATEGIES ALREADY AUTHORIZED
AS COMPONENTS OF THE JUMPSTART
SPENDING PLAN IN RELATION TO
HOUSING.
COLLEAGUES, THIS WOULD MEAN THAT
FUNDING IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE
AS THE OFFICE OF HOUSING HAS
SAID FOR IT NEEDED STAFF
CAPACITY TO DEPLOY THE HOUSING
RESOURCE DOLLARS TO THINGS
ALREADY SPECIFIED IN THE SPEND
PLAN, INCLUDING THE VAST
MAJORITY FOR RENTAL HOUSING
SERVICES AT OR BELOW 30% A.M.I.
TWO COMMUNITY FOCUSED
ACQUISITION AND OPACITY
BUILDING, AND PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP
SERVING SEATTLEITES. I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE KEPT
THIS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE
PLAN IN STATUTE AND THAT THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING STAFF WOULD
GO TO THOSE ITEMS ALREADY
AUTHORIZED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
OR CLARIFICATION NEEDED?
OKAY.
THANKS, COLLEAGUES. I AM NOT
SEEING ANY.
YOU HAVE BEEN GENEROUS WITH
YOUR TIME HERE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD?
NO?
OKAY.
SEEING SHAKING OF THE HEADS.
AGAIN, THANKS TO THE TEAM AT
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR YOUR
EXISTING STEWARDSHIP OF PUBLIC
RESOURCES AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL ON HOW
TO DEPLOY THE REMAINING DOLLARS
WITH JUMPSTART.
WITH THAT, I WILL PUT THE BILL
IN FRONT OF US.
I MOVED THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120318.
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON . ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
COUNCIL BILL 120318 ?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NOT OPPOSED.
>> WONDERFUL. IT IS UNANIMOUS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE BILL PASSED WILL BE
SENT TO THE MAY 24th SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR A
FINAL VOTE.
I APPRECIATE IT AND WE WILL SEE
YOU VERY SOON TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE HOUSING LEVY AND ALL
OF THE THINGS COMING OUT OF THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK AND TAKE
CARE.
>>> LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEMS
THREE AND FOUR. WE HAVE TWO
ELEMENTARY PIECES OF
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US.
I WILL ASK MADAME CLERK TO READ
ITEM 3 AND FOUR INTO THE RECORD
TOGETHER.
>> COUNCIL BILL 120317 WHICH
ADOPTED THE 2021 BUDGET
INCLUDING THE 2021 TO 2026
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
FOR POSSIBLE VOTE.
ANDCOUNCIL BILL 120316, AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
126490, WHICH ADOPTED THE 2022
BUDGET, INCLUDING THE 2022-2027
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
(CIP); CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS
TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND
BUDGET CONTROL LEVELS, AND FROM
VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE BUDGET;
AND RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS; ALL BY A
3/4 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
>> WE ARE JOINED BY ALLY
PENNUCCI . WE HAVE THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE. IT HAS
BECOME PART OF OUR ROUTINE
COURSE OF BUSINESS TO
RETROACTIVELY APPROVE SPEND AGES
IN THE NEXT YEARS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN COMPLETED, HOWEVER I WANT
TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSCORE THAT
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A
PROCESS THAT WE INITIATED TWO
YEARS AGO TO REALLY EXAMINE
PROCESSES THAT HAD BEEN ROUTINE
AND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
CREATING GREATER TRANSPARENCY
AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE
BUDGETING OVERALL. I MENTIONED
IN OUR MAY 4th MEETING THAT WE
DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO HAVE IT
BE ROUTINE TO HAVE AN
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE BY ITS
VERY NAME IN NATURE.
IT SHOULD BE EXCEPTIONAL.
THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS
THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BUT I
DO LOOK FORWARD TO OUR ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS IN THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND
IN THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON HOW WE
CAN CONTINUE TO CREATE BUDGETS
THAT MORE ACCURATELY ALIGN WITH
EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS NEEDS
FOR THE BUDGET IN FRONT OF THEM
FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
IDEALLY AS WE MOVE TOWARD A
BIANNUAL BUDGETING AS WELL. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT
TOM MIKESELL HAS DONE.
AS YOU SAW IN THE MEMO ATTACHED
TO THIS AGENDA AND A CIRCULATED
TO THE CITY COUNCIL, CENTRAL
STAFF HAS DONE GREAT RESEARCH
ON OPTIONS TO HELP US ELIMINATE
OR REDUCE THE NEED FOR
EXCEPTIONS TO OUR BUDGETING
PRACTICE. IN FRONT OF US WE
HAVE THE EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE,
WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS THE
GENERAL BALLPARK OF EXCEPTIONS
WE HAVE ALLOWED IN PREVIOUS
YEARS AS WELL AS THE ORDINANCE.
I WILL LET TOM MIKESELL AND
ALLY PENNUCCI SPEAK TO WHAT'S
IN FRONT OF US AND WE CAN TALK
MORE ON HOW WE ARE TRYING TO
GET A BETTER SENSE OF MORE
ACCURATE BUDGETING IN THE
PROCESS OF PASSING EXCEPTIONS
ORDINANCE ROUTINELY.
THAT IS WORK TO BE DONE IN THE
FUTURE, BUT IN TERMS OF THIS
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US, THE
TWO DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF US,
THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE
SIMILAR PRACTICES OF THE PAST.
I WILL LET TOM MIKESELL AND
ALLY PENNUCCI WALK THROUGH THE
DETAILS THE YOU KNOW WHAT IS
COMING FORWARD IN THE ORDINANCE
BEFORE YOU SO WE CAN CONSIDER
THEM.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I AM ALLY PENNUCCI FROM A
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO TOM AND I
WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.
>> THANK YOU, ALLY. THANK YOU,
CHAIR.
HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THIS MORNINGS VISITATION WILL
COVER THE 2021 CARRYFORWARD AND
2021 EXCEPTIONS BILLS. IF YOU
COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, WHAT
I PLAN TO DO IS TO PROVIDE AN
OVERVIEW ON HOW THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BUDGETS ARE ADJUSTED
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR STARTING
FROM THE ADOPTED BUDGET
INCLUDING AUTOMATIC
CARRYFORWARDS, WHICH I WILL
EXPLAIN MORE WHAT THAT MEANS
AND ALSO SUPPLEMENTALS THAT ARE
BEFORE THE COUNCIL DURING THE
YEAR AND FINALLY THE EXCEPTIONS
BILL THAT GETS SUBMITTED AFTER
THE FISCAL YEAR HAS BEEN
COMPLETE.
AND WE WILL GO INTO THE DETAILS
OF SIGNIFICANT HIGHLIGHTS OF
THE 2021 CARRYFORWARD AND
EXCEPTIONS BILLS.
SO, BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, STATE
LAW ON THE CITATION NOTED HERE
REQUIRES THAT BY NOVEMBER OF
EACH YEAR CITY COUNCIL PASSES
AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
THAT BUDGET AUTHORITY COVERS
OPERATIONS FROM JANUARY 1st
THROUGH DECEMBER 31st OF THE
YEAR.
BUDGET DISCUSSION AND DOCUMENT
INCLUDES REFERENCE TO A
MULTIPLE YEAR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. THE
ACTUAL BUDGET ADOPTION ITSELF
ONLY ADOPTS ONE YEAR OF CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS FOR THE UPCOMING
BUDGET YEAR.
AND INTO A SPECIFIC TERMS, IT
WAS PASSED BY THE CANCEL ON
NOVEMBER 23rd LAST YEAR.
IT IS THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET
AND INCLUDES APPROPRIATIONS
TOTALING $7.1 BILLION FROM ALL
SOURCES.
SO, MOVING INTO THE KIND OF
OPERATING PHASE OF THE 2022
BUDGET YEAR, THERE IS A
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT THAT TAKES
PLACE AND THAT IS THE
ACCOUNTING FOR AUTOMATIC CARRY.
STATE LAW ALLOWS FOR CERTAIN
SIZE CITIES, SO SEATTLE BEING
ONE OF THOSE CITIES, IN FACT,
THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE NON-LAPSING
CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS.
THAT MEANS MONIES THAT ARE
DEDICATED FOR CAPITAL PROJECT
IMPROVEMENTS AUTOMATICALLY CARRY
INTO FUTURE YEARS UNTIL THEY
ARE EITHER FULLY SPENT OR THE
CITY COUNCIL ELECTS TO AVERAGE
IT OR REDUCE THOSE
APPROPRIATIONS DUE TO LAW.
ALL OTHER APPROPRIATIONS ABSENT
ANY OTHER MEASURE ARE ASSUMED
TO BE NON-LAPSING. THAT MEANS
WHEN THE FISCAL YEAR IS
COMPLETE AT DECEMBER 31st, THE
AUTHORITY TO SPEND THAT MONEY
GOES AWAY.
THE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT ARE
GRANTS. IN THE EVENT THAT THE
COUNCIL ACCEPTS MONEY FROM
EXTERNAL SOURCES, SO GRANT
REVENUE IS A KEY TYPE BUT THERE
ARE SERVICE CONTRACT TYPE
REVENUES, THERE WILL BE A
PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE TO
SPEND THAT MONEY TO PROVIDE FOR
NON-LAPSING, SO SIMILAR TO THE
CAPITAL MONEY AND THE ABILITY
FOR THAT MONEY TO BE FULLY
SPENT AND A LARGE PART OF THAT
IS DUE TO THE GRANT MONEY IS
IRREGULAR AND TIED TO PERFORMING
A SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT TO WHY
THE MONEY WAS PROVIDED IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
IT DOES NOT ALWAYS ALIGN WITH A
FISCAL YEAR, SO THE COUNCIL
PROVIDES THAT NON-LAPSING
AUTHORITY.
ALSO THERE ARE OTHER CASES THE
COUNCIL MADE AN ORDINANCE AND
MAY PROVIDE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE
AUTHORITY TO SOME SELECT
APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN THE BUDGET
. THOSE ARE ALL DONE WITHIN THE
BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT PROVIDES
THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS.
AND FINALLY, ENCUMBRANCES .
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY AN
ACCOUNTING TERM WHICH IS
PROVIDING SHIPPING THE BUDGET
AUTHORITY TO PROCEED COMPLETE
CONTRACTS OR AGREEMENTS THE
CITY HAS ALREADY ENTERED INTO
THE PRIOR-YEAR AND PROVIDING
THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND MONEY
FROM THE CITY TREASURY WHEN WE
RECEIVE THOSE INVOICES, WHICH
CAN SOMETIMES COME AFTER THE
YEAR IS COMPLETE.
THAT IS AN ACCOUNTING LEVEL
WHERE WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE WE
HAVE MONEY TO PAY INVOICES WHEN
WE RECEIVE THEM.
BY WAY OF A HIGH-LEVEL
PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS A DETAIL
ON THIS ON PAGE -- I BELIEVE IT
IS PAGE THREE OF THE MEMO. $1.9
MILLION AUTOMATICALLY CARRIED
FORWARD ACROSS CITY FUNDS.
THINKING OF LAST YEAR'S
ANALYSIS, APPROXIMATELY THE
SAME AMOUNT THAT WAS CARRIED
FORWARD INTO THE 2021 BUDGET.
IT WAS ABOUT 27% INCREASE IN
THE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AND
THAT IS ACROSS ALL FUNDS. IT IS
AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTED INTO THE
REVISED BUDGET AND YOU WILL SEE
AT A LATER TABLE HOW THAT
AFFECTS THE FULL CONTEXT OF THE
CITY BUDGET.
NEXT SLIDE?
SO, THAT COVERS THE AUTOMATIC
AUTHORITY.
THE NEXT PIECE IN THE
DISCUSSION TODAY IS
SUPPLEMENTAL.
STATE LAW PROVIDES FOUR
SUPPLEMENTALS AND I REFERENCED
IN THE MEMO SPECIFIC WORDING
BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING TO KNOW
THAT IT ALLOWS THE COUNCIL TO
APPROPRIATE AN EMERGENCY FUND
OR OTHER DESIGNATED FUNDS AN
AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE
EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY WHERE
APPROPRIATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
DUE TO CAUSES WHICH COULD NOT
HAVE REASONABLY AT THE TIME OF
MAKING THE BUDGET. THAT IS THE
PROVISION AND A STATE LAW THAT
ALLOWS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
ADJUSTMENTS TO TAKE PLACE.
AS NOTED IN THE DEFINITION THAT
THERE IS A THRESHOLD THAT
APPLIES, WHEN THERE IS AN ACTUAL
SPECIFICALLY STATED EMERGENCY
SIMILAR TO THE COVID EMERGENCY
THAT IS STILL IN PLACE, THE
THRESHOLD FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
ADJUSTMENTS TO PAY FOR THINGS
RELATED TO EMERGENCIES BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OTHERWISE IT IS AT
A THREE-QUARTERS APPROVAL
THRESHOLD.
HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN CASES
THERE ARE GRANT MONIES BEING
RECEIVED IN THE LEGISLATION
THAT ARE COMPLETELY FUNDING THE
SUPPLEMENTAL INCREASE TO THE
BUDGET. IT IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY
VOTE. SOME OF THE LEGISLATION
THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED SO FAR
THIS YEAR HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO
THAT BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIALLY
ACCEPTING NEW GRANT REVENUE.
AND FINALLY, JUST IN TERMS OF
THE NATURE OF THE SUPPLEMENTALS,
THERE ARE STANDALONE OR
COMPREHENSIVE BILLS.
STANDALONE BILLS ARE A SINGLE
SUBJECT AND MORE SPECIFIC, THE
GRANT ACCEPTANCE ORDINANCES
HAVE BEEN PASSED ARE OF THAT
TYPE AND THEN THERE ARE MORE
COMPREHENSIVE ONES, WHICH ARE
THE ONES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY WHERE IT IS MORE OF A
PROCESS BY WHICH THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE SOLICITS FEEDBACK
OR INPUT FROM THE DEPARTMENTS
ON WHAT THEIR VARIOUS NEEDS ARE
AND COLLECTS THAT ASSESSMENT
ACROSS THE CITY OF WHAT THE
PROPOSED INCREASES SHOULD BE
AND SUBMITS KIND OF A PACKAGE
OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT AFFECT
MULTIPLE FUNDS AND MULTIPLE
CITY BUDGETS. AGAIN, THOSE ARE
THE ONES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY.
>> THANKS, TOM.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
DIRECTION OF CHAIR MOSQUEDA TO
TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ACTIONS
THAT THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO
TAKE UP DURING THE YEAR. THE
NUMBER OF BUDGET CHANGES MAKE
IT DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC AND
THE COUNCIL TO TRACK WHAT WAS
APPROVED AND HOW FUNDS ARE
BEING EXPENDED AND THAT KIND OF
THING.
WE WILL HIGHLIGHT WE WILL MOVED
FROM A QUARTERLY SUPPLEMENTAL
PROCESS TO WE'RE HOPING TO GET
EVEN MORE CLEARLY TWICE A YEAR
PROJECTS OR PROCESS AND MAYBE
SUPPLEMENTAL THAT GETS
TRANSMITTED IN SEPTEMBER WITH
THE NEXT YEARS PROPOSED BUDGET
AND HOPE OVER TIME TO
STREAMLINE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL
ORDINANCES INTO JUST THOSE
COMPREHENSIVE MIDYEAR PACKAGES
EXCEPT WHEN THERE ARE EMERGENT
SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL -- AND THANK YOU FOR
ADDING THAT, ALLY.
ADDITIONAL DETAIL IS COVERED ON
PAGE THREE OF THE MEMO.
THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR STANDALONE
SUPPLEMENTAL BILLS PASSED BY
CITY COUNCIL THUS FAR TOTALING
$26 MILLION.
THESE INCLUDE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
EXCEPT A COUPLE OF ACCEPTANCES
OF GRANTS AND FINALLY
ASKED.GRANT ACCEPTANCE.
THAT IS THE ACTIVITY THUS FAR.
THE COMPREHENSIVE BILLS ARE
CARRIED FORWARD AND AS ALLY
POINTED OUT, THE MIDYEAR AND
YEAR-END SUPPLEMENTAL BILLS.
FINALLY, THE EXCEPTIONS WHICH IS
INSTANCES WHERE DEPARTMENT
SPENDING HAS EXCEEDED THE
APPROPRIATION FOR THE YEAR AND
THERE IS A REQUEST AFTER THE
FISCAL YEAR.
THIS TIES IT ALL TOGETHER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STARTED WITH
2022 ADOPTED BUDGET OF $7.1
MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUND
AND OTHER FUNDS SPLIT.
$96.7 MILLION AUTOMATICALLY
CARRIES OVER INTO THE GENERAL
FUND AND $1.8 MILLION IN OTHER
FUNDS, BRINGING THE TOTAL
ADJUSTMENT TO $1.9 BILLION.
STANDALONE BILLS, THE BILLS I
JUST MENTIONED ADD ANOTHER
$26.8 MILLION BUDGET AUTHORITY,
BRINGING THE TOTAL REVISED
BUDGET TO SHY OF $9.1 BILLION,
WHICH IS ROUGHLY A 27% INCREASE
TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO, WITH THAT KIND OF CONTEXT
WITHOUT BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IN
GENERAL, I WILL DIVE INTO SOME
OF THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE
BILLS BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.
COUNCIL BILL 120316 WOULD
INCREASE THE CITY BUDGET ACROSS
ALL FUNDS BY $127.7 MILLION.
THE SUMMARY ATTACHMENT
SUBMITTED WITH THE LEGISLATION
SHOWS THE DETAIL FOR ALL OF
THESE PROPOSED CHANGES AS
SUBMITTED BY THE EXECUTIVE.
CENTRAL STAFF HAS REVIEWED
THOSE TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR
NOT THEY MEET THE CHARACTER AND
NATURE OF A CARRYFORWARD, SO
ESSENTIALLY CONTINUING WORK
THAT WAS FORGONE IN 2021 THAT
IS ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE INTO
2022 AND RESOURCES SHIFT ACROSS
THE FISCAL YEARS TO CONTINUE
THAT WORK.
WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE MEMO
AND IN THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST
PULLED OUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE
OF THE COUNCIL'S INTEREST TO
KIND OF SHOW THE BULK OF WHERE
THE FUNDS ARE GOING.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THE MEMO
, THE APPENDIX ON PAGE NINE
INCLUDES A VERY DETAILED TABLE
SHOWING THE INFORMATION I HAVE
COVERED SO FAR.
THE STARTING POINTS,
CARRYFORWARD ADJUSTMENTS, QUICK
STAFF REVISED BUDGET.
YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE
INCREASES TO EACH DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE OF THIS BILL.
THESE ARE THE PRESENTS I SHOW
ON THE SLIDES.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WOULD
INCREASE BY 95% BASED ON THE
APPROPRIATION BILL. THE
OVERWHELMING CHUNK OF THAT IS
IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT IS
TO CONTINUE THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT. IT IS BASICALLY FOR
AWARDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN
CONTRACTED. IT IS ENSURING THAT
THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO
DELIVER THOSE MONIES. SIMILARLY
, THERE IS $5.7 MILLION, 14% OF
THE CULTURE BUDGET.
THAT IS A GENERAL FUND INCREASE
TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS. THE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FOR A
LITTLE BACK STORY WAS FUNDED
ORIGINALLY IN THE 2020 BUDGET
FROM SALES PROCEEDS FOR A
VARIETY OF PURPOSES. $30 MILLION
. THE COUNCIL CONTINUED THAT IN
2021.
THIS REQUEST WOULD CONTINUE
THIS MONEY TO BE AVAILABLE TO
COMPLETE THE PROJECTS WE WERE
AWARDED LAST YEAR.
ALSO THERE IS AN INCREASE TO THE
GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF
THAT IS FOR THE PARTICIPATORY
TO CONTINUE IN 2022.
ROUNDING OUT THERE IS $7.6
MILLION OR 4% INCREASE GENERAL
FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING.
$5.4 MILLION IS TO BASICALLY
HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO HONOR
THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR
CONTRACTS.
THOSE ARE THE LARGEST ON A
PERCENTAGE BASIS.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHER
NOTEWORTHY ITEMS ON THE NEXT
SLIDE THAT I PULLED OUT.
ONE IS $7.8 MILLION GENERAL
FUND INCREASING FOR THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING.
THIS IS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THEY WILL ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM
, HOWEVER THE CONTRACT HAD NOT
BEEN COMPLETED AT THE END OF
2021.
THEY NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TO
PAY THOSE AMOUNTS.
AND FINALLY THERE IS $4.4
MILLION GENERAL FUND INCREASE
TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS FOR THE
SAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING.
THEY WERE APPROPRIATING MONIES
FOR CAPACITY BUILDING TO
CONTINUE THROUGH 2022, HOWEVER
THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE
ENSURING THE AMOUNTS EXIST IN
2022 TO DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
SIDE OF THE WORK.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CARRY IT
FORWARD BILL.
BEFORE I CONTINUE, I WILL PAUSE
TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD, GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO RESTATE WHAT
I THINK THIS PRESENTATION
SHOWS.
THE CARRY IT FORWARD -- THERE
IS NO NEW PROPOSED USES FOR
THOSE DOLLARS. IT IS A
CARRYFORWARD FROM THE ORIGINAL
PURPOSE AS BUDGETED.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD, THAT IS
EXACTLY CORRECT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT
CENTRAL STAFF LOOKS AT.
OTHERWISE IT COULD BE FOR
SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY, NOW I WILL MOVE TO THE
EXCEPTIONS. SO, THE TOTAL
REQUESTED INCREASE OF THE 2021
EXCEPTIONS BILL IS $13.3
MILLION.
THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY NOTABLE
ITEMS IN THIS BILL AND AGAIN,
THIS IS AN EXCEPTION FROM THE
$6 BILLION, $7 BILLION BUDGET
BUT IT IS INDICATIVE OF MONIES
WE ARE SPENDING HIGHER THAN THE
BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
THIS IS THE HEALTHCARE FUND.
$6.45 MILLION OVERAGE BASED ON
UNANTICIPATED CLAIM ACTIVITY AT
THE END OF THE YEAR.
THOSE CLAIMS WERE PAID BECAUSE
THEY WERE DUE TO BE ELIGIBLE
AND VALID BY THE DEPARTMENT,
HOWEVER THE AUTHORITY DID NOT
HAVE THE TIME TO FULLY MAKE
THEM.
NEXT WITHIN THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
THERE IS A TOTAL OF $6.8
MILLION, $5.1 MILLION OR $5.2
MILLION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
FUND AND 5.6 FROM THE LEVY FUND
DUE TO AN ASSORTMENT OF
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND
OPERATION SUPPORT. AGAIN,
SIMILAR TO THE UNANTICIPATED
CLAIMS ACTIVITY, THESE WERE
ITEMS THAT WERE NOT EXPECTED
ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT AND
THEREFORE WERE IN EXCESS OF THE
2021 BUDGET.
AND SO BUILDING OFF THE CHAIRS
-- I CAN SEE YOUR QUESTION AND
I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS.
>> MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THE EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE, WE
ARE NOT PROVIDING NEW MONEY. WE
ARE PROVIDING THE AUTHORITY FOR
MONEY THEY HAVE ALREADY SPENT,
CORRECT?
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> GO AHEAD, TOM.
>> IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE NEXT
SLIDE, THIS IS SOME ONGOING
WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AT
A STAFF LEVEL BASED ON AS THE
CHAIR MENTIONED THE ORDINANCES
HAVE BECOME A SORT OF REGULAR
PRACTICE AND PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND THEREFORE WE
HAVE DONE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.
ONE PIECE OF THAT IS COVERED IN
THE MEMO ON PAGE -- LET'S SEE.
PAGE SEVEN. IT IS A DETAILED
TABLE SHOWING THE DEPARTMENT
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PAST
FIVE YEARS OF THE ORDINANCE.
I DIDN'T GO FURTHER THAN THAT.
I SET A POINT IN TIME AND WENT
FORWARD JUST TO SHOW THE SIZE
AND NATURE OF THE BILLS THAT
HAVE BEEN ACCRUED IN THE PAST
YEARS AND REALLY IT IS SORT OF
SPORADIC IN TERMS OF THE
DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HAVING
EXCEPTIONS TO THE BUDGET
AUTHORITY.
AS EXPLAINED IN THE MEMO, THE
TOTAL SIZE OF THE BILL RANGES
FROM $5 MILLION IN 2017 TO A
HIGH POINT OF $30 MILLION LAST
YEAR.
IT IS SORT OF A REGULAR TREND.
$13 MILLION IN 2018 AND 2019,
SIMILAR TO THE BILL THAT IS
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
A KEY TAKE AWAY, THE EXCEPTIONS
ORDINANCE HAS BECOME AND
RECENTLY IS A REGULAR PRACTICE
AND AS SUCH, IT POSED A
QUESTION OF IS THIS A REGULAR
PRACTICE?
WHAT I DID IS JUST AGAIN PICKED
A UNIVERSE TO SAMPLE AND LOOKED
AT THE LARGEST FIRST-CLASS
CITIES AND CONTACTED THEIR
FINANCE OFFICIALS TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY SIMILARLY HAVE THIS
TYPE OF LEGISLATION AS THEIR
BUDGET ADJUSTMENT PRACTICE. I
DID NOT GET ANY RESPONSE BUT
THAT IS A REGULAR PRACTICE FOR
THOSE OTHER CITIES.
I WOULD POINT OUT CITY OF
SEATTLE IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER
THAN THEIR NEXT FIRST-CLASS.
AND FURTHERMORE, OUR LEVEL OF
BUDGET CONTROL IS AT THE VCL
LEVEL, WHICH IS A PROGRAM PLUS
FUND LEVEL OF RESTRAINT WERE AS
OTHER CITIES NOTABLY TACOMA
CONTROL AT THE FUND LEVEL,
MEANING IT IS EASIER FOR LACK
OF A BETTER WORD TO STAY WITHIN
BUDGET WHEN THE LEVEL OF
CONTROL IS MORE BROAD.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE
MANAGEMENT CAPACITIES BETWEEN
SEATTLE AND THE OTHER PEERS ARE
MOST LIKELY DIFFERENT, MEANING
THERE ARE MORE STAFF AVAILABLE
TO MANAGE BUDGETS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AND OTHER CITIES.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST A BIT OF
CONTEXT TO SHOW WHAT THE LAY OF
THE LAND IS IN THIS STATE.
SO, BY WAY OF ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION, I WILL CONTINUE
WITH THE LINE OF THOUGHT ON HOW
TO ADDRESS IT IF THERE IS A
DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE AS A
REGULAR PRACTICE IN SEATTLE.
ONE OPTION, AND THIS KIND OF
BUILDS ON COMMENTS FROM THE
DIRECTOR AT THE MAY 4th
PRESENTATION, WHICH IS REGULAR
MONITORING.
THIS IS A WAY TO SHOW BUDGET --
SPENDING AGAINST BUDGET TRENDS
IN A MORE CONSISTENT AND PUBLIC
WAY AND TO GIVE ADVANCED NOTICE
THAT WE MAY EXCEED BUDGET AND
CORRECTIVE ACTION MAY BE
NECESSARY.
THAT ACTION COULD BE TAKEN FOR
EXAMPLE IN THE YEAR AND
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL THAT COUNCIL
RECEIVES. KIND OF ANOTHER OPTION
IS CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS.
THIS IS THING IDENTIFY THOSE
PLACES AND AREAS WHERE IT IS
MORE LIKELY FOR THERE TO BE A
NEED TO SPEND OVER BUDGET,
THOUGH IT IS NOT 100% CERTAIN.
AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, IT
PROVIDES SOME LEVEL OF
CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTIONS.
THERE IS CONTINGENT AUTHORITY
TO SPEND IT THE REVENUE IS
HIGHER THAN THE ANTICIPATED
BECAUSE IT IS ASSUMED THE
REVENUE WILL SUPPORT WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED IN THAT
YEAR.
SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE COULD
BE AN OPTION.
I WOULD NOTE THAT WOULD REDUCE
THE LEVEL OF FISCAL CONTROL.
YOU HAVE A CONTINGENT
APPROPRIATION AND YOU HAVE A
LITTLE LESS BUDGET CONSTRAINT.
ALONG A SIMILAR LINE, THE CITY
HAS A TRANSFER POLICY IN PLACE
THAT ALLOWS THE BUDGET DIRECTOR
TO TRANSFER $500,000 BETWEEN BCL
S IN THE DEPARTMENT TO CORRECT
THIS SORT OF THING AND IN SOME
CASES, THAT IS CLEARLY ALREADY
OCCURRING WHEN THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY TO DO SO.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT SO FAR TODAY, $500,000 IS
INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THIS LEVEL
, SO THERE COULD BE SOME
THOUGHT AND WE HAVEN'T HAD
DETAILED CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT
THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT
SOMETHING THAT WOULD REVISE THE
TRANSFER POLICY SO THAT THESE
BUDGET EXCEPTIONS COULD BE
HANDLED AT A MORE
ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL. AGAIN,
SIMILAR TO OPTION B, THE TRADE-
OFF WOULD BE REDUCED FISCAL
CONTROL. ONE OF THE REASONS
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS IS BECAUSE
THERE IS A FISCAL CONTROL IN
PLACE THAT SAYS THIS IS THE
LEVEL AUTHORITY THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY SORT OF CHANGE THAT WOULD
RELEASE THE PRESSURE VALVE A BIT
IS JUST LOGICALLY REDUCING
FISCAL CONTROL. AND FINALLY, NO
ACTION, OF COURSE, IS AN
OPTION.
>> I WOULD ADD HERE WE ARE IN
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE ON SOME OF THESE
OPTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO BACK --
IT IS IN THE MEMO, NOT THE
PRESENTATION.
IF WE LOOK AT THE MEMO, THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS
BUDGET EXCEPTIONS AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
IN THREE OF THE FIVE YEARS.
PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS
REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE
DEPARTMENTS IN PARTICULAR AND
MAKING SURE THEIR APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY FOR THE ANNUAL IS SET
APPROPRIATELY AS WELL AS
LOOKING AT THESE OTHER OPTIONS
AND CAN TRAILERING CONSIDERING
THE POINTS AS TOM POINTED OUT
THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY ON
THE ONE HAND AS WELL AS TRYING
TO AVOID HAVING TO TAKE UP THIS
EXCEPTIONS BILL ON A REGULAR
ROUTINE BASIS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY
MUCH AND THANKS FOR THE
COMPREHENSIVE MEMO. IF FOLKS
HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT
YET, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
DO SO.
THERE IS NO PRESSING QUESTION
THE COUNCIL OR COMMITTEE IS
POISED TO ASK TODAY REGARDING
THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED FROM ESSENTIAL
STAFF, SO WE WANTED TO FLAG
THAT THERE WILL BE ONGOING
POLICY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
TO HELP CREATE A REMEDY FOR THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE ARE TRULY
EXCEPTIONAL.
ON PAGE SEVEN, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
WILL SEE IN 2020, WE SAW THE
2020 CALENDAR YEAR BE
EXCEPTIONAL IN THAT IT WAS OVER
TWICE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AS WE
HADN'T SEEN COMPARED TO THE
OTHER FOUR YEARS AND PERHAPS
THAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED BECAUSE
2020 WAS EXCEPTIONAL.
IT WAS THE YEAR COVID FIRST HIT
THE CITY.
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS
IN THE NATION TO BE IMPACTED BY
COVID.
IN MANY ASPECTS, WE DID SEE THE
DEPARTMENTS STEPPING UP TO TRY
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES
IN NEW WAYS AND THAT REQUIRED
ADDITIONAL SPENDING.
YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THERE MAY
BE TIMES WE MAY NEED SOMETHING
THAT LOOKS LIKE AN EXCEPTIONS
ORDINANCE IS A GOOD GOVERNING
PRACTICE IT IS GOOD BUDGETING
TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE ON A
ROUTINE BASIS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR TEEING UP
THIS CONVERSATION, TOM, AND FOR
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE
ESPECIALLY IN VANCOUVER,
SPOKANE, AND TACOMA TO SEE WHAT
THEIR PRACTICES ARE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BROUGHT
EXPERIENCE FROM OTHER
THOSE PRACTICES USED IN THOSE
JURISDICTIONS HAS HELPED
IMPROVE THE CONVERSATIONS WE
ARE HAVING, SO I WANT TO THANK
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND
JULIE SPECIFICALLY IN HER
INTEREST IN WORKING WITH US TO
FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS A
REMEDIATION STRATEGY OR
DIFFERENT PATH WE SHOULD BE
TAKING AS IT RELATES TO
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE IS.
AGAIN, JUST TEEING THIS UP FOR
AN EARLY AND TRANSPARENT
DISCUSSION IN THE CONTEXT OF
CONSIDERING THE EXCEPTIONS
ORDINANCE.
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TWO COUNCIL
BILLS IN FRONT OF US AND NEED
ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION OF ANY
SORT AS WE CONSIDER THIS
LEGISLATION TODAY?
OKAY.
I AM SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
ALLY OR TOM, DO YOU HAVE
ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER
IN CLOSING?
>> MADAM CHAIR, ENCLOSING I
WOULD JUST TALK ABOUT THE REST
OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF KNOWN
SUPPLEMENTALS.
THERE IS LIKELY IF NOT ALREADY
TRANSMITTED SOON TO BE
TRANSMITTED SUPPLEMENTAL WHICH
WOULD PROVIDE A 2022 ANNUAL
WAGE INCREASES AND HOLIDAY
APPROPRIATIONS FOR JUNETEENTH
INSTITUTED AS PEOPLE STAY.
THAT BILL WILL GO TO FULL
COUNCIL BECAUSE IT IS
ESSENTIALLY GIVING
APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY FOR
HIRE COUNCIL ACTIONS , YOU KNOW,
COINCIDENT WITH THOSE PRIOR
AUTHORIZATIONS AND FINALLY, WE
ANTICIPATE SOON TO RECEIVE A
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WILL
INCLUDE A GRANT ACCEPTANCE BILL
AND FINALLY A YEAR AND
SUPPLEMENTAL SUBMITTED WITH THE
BUDGET PROCESS THIS FALL, WHICH
WOULD BE THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
>> DOES THE LEGISLATOR USUALLY
DO ONE SUPPLEMENTAL?
>> MADAM CHAIR, THAT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING.
IT IS DETERMINED BASED ON
SESSION.
>> YEAH, STILL LOOKING FORWARD
TO MOVING US TOWARD A ONE TIME
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL.
I APPRECIATE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE END OF
YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL.
IT IS NOT IDEAL TO CONCLUDE OUR
BUDGETING AT THE LAST WEEK OF
NOVEMBER TO RECEIVE A
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST THAT FIRST
WEEK OF DECEMBER.
EVERYONE IS EXHAUSTED AT THAT
POINT.
GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN
THIS ARENA.
THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW CITY
BUDGET OFFICE DIRECTOR AND
THEIR INTEREST IN WORKING WITH
US, BUT REALLY IN LARGE PART TO
THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF ESSENTIAL
STAFF. THANK YOU AGAIN TO TOM
MIKESELL AND ALLY PENNUCCI .
AND WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF
HERE BEFORE NOON.
WE HAVE TWO BILLS IN FRONT OF
US.
THE FIRST RELATES TO THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE.
COUNCIL BILL 120317 , I WILL
TDOT UP AND I MOVED THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120317
. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> MADAM CHAIR, FIVE IN FAVOR,
NONE OF POST.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AT THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE BILL PASSED
WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY 24th
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
FOR FINAL VOTE HERE AND THE
SECOND ITEM IN THE LAST HALF OF
OUR AGENDA IS THE CARRYFORWARD
ORDINANCE.
I MOVED THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND
THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL
120316 .
>> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED.
THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.
ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE -- O.H., I AM
SORRY.
YOU WERE COVERED BY MY NOTES.
>> I WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE FOLKS
THAT WERE INVOLVED IN BRINGING
TO REALITY A COMMITMENT MADE IN
2017 FOR THE LAMBERT HOUSE.
THERE WAS $600,000 IN THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO FULFILL
THAT 2017 COMMITMENT AND I KNOW
A LOT OF PEOPLE, FORMER BUDGET
DIRECTOR NOBLE, CURRENT BUDGET
DIRECTOR AND A LOT OF OTHER
FOLKS WORKED REALLY HARD TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CLOSE OUT
THAT PROMISE, SO THANK YOU.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LIFTING
THAT UP.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS, MADAM CLERK, WILL
YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CARRYFORWARD ORDINANCE 120316?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OF POST.
>> THE BILL WILL HEAD TO THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON
THE 24th FOR FINAL VOTE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONGOING
WORK TO DO WITH YOU ALL AND
CENTRAL STAFF AND CBO ON SOME
OF THE BIGGER ISSUES RAISED IN
THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO. AGAIN,
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
READ THAT MEMO, PLEASE DO.
WE HAVE A FUTURE WORK ON THE
MACRO LEVEL.
ALL RIGHT, IT IS JUST BEFORE
NOON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING ON JUNE 1st AT 9:30 A.M.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON
FINALIZING OUR AGENDA BUT SOME
OF THE ITEMS INCLUDE TWO
PRESENTATIONS ON SOCIAL JUSTICE
INITIATIVES FROM THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING.
WE WILL HAVE THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING APPOINTMENT FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
THAT WILL ALSO BE WITH THE
INTERIM DIRECTOR.
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
-- HOW DO I SAY THAT?
GO AHEAD.
[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY.
>> ROYAL BRAHM?
>> THOSE ARE THE TWO REAL
ESTATE LEASES. THE TIME IS
11:58 A.M.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
HEARING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR
AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR YOUR
PATIENCE AS WE GOT THE MEETING
STARTED TODAY.
TAKE CARE, EVERYONE.
BYE-BYE.