>>> GOOD MORNING, TODAY IS
SEPTEMBER 7TH.
I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA CHAIR OF THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
MADAME CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
>> LISA HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON
PRESENT.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J.
LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> MADAME CHAIR TERESA MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>>> THAT IS FIVE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COLLEAGUES THANKS FOR JOINING US
TODAY THCHLT IS OUR REGULARLY
SCHEDULED FIRST MEETING OF
SEPTEMBER.
OUR NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER
WILL BE ON THE 3RD WEEK CHT
TODAY WE DO HAVE AN AGENDA THAT
INCLUDES THE QUARTERLY SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN SPENDING UPDATE.
THE YESLER TERRACE MEMORANDUM
MODIFICATION AND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL JUMP START RECOMMENDATION
AS DEDICATED IN THE SPEND PLAN
FROM THE JUMP START PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX.
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
IN ADVANCE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
VICE CHAIR LISA HERBOLD.
IF WE GO PAST 11:35 A.M.
I WILL
HAND OVER THE GA VERY WELL BUT I
DO THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH ALL ITEMS TODAY AS WE DO
NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANYBODY
SIGNED UP FOR REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENT.
MADAME CLERK CONFIRM WE ALSO DO
NOT HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP IN
PERSON?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE
ANYBODY SIGNED UP IN PERSON.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
OKAY FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER,
I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING THERE WAS NO ONE SIGNED
UP TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT,
WE'LL CLOSE OUT PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR TODAY.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT MANY OF
THE FOLKS WHO ARE EXCITED ABOUT
TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
SPEND PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS WILL
BE JOINING US VIRTUAL FOR
PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AND YOU
MAY BE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL
PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY ON ANY ITEM FROM
OUR AGENDA.
>>> MADAME CLERK LET'S MOVE INTO
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
>> ITEM NUMBER ONE QUARRELLY
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN SPENDING
UPDATE FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WE HAVE
OUR PRESENTERS HERE WITH US.
FROM THE CITY BUDGETS OFFICE AND
IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE, I'M
HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND READ IN
ITEM NUMBER TWO.
AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND COME
BACK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE.
DOES THAT SOUND GOOD IF WE DON'T
HAVE OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR?
DO WE HAVE WILLIAM CHEN FROM THE
BUDGET OFFICE AS WELL?
OKAY.
THEY MAY BE PLANNING TO COME
LATER.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD MADAME CLERK
AND LEAVE ITEM NUMBER ONE OPEN.
COULD YOU READ AGENDA IE
TESTIMONY NUMBER TWO?
.
>> AGENDA AITEM NUMBER TWO
COUNCIL BILL 120414.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
REDEVELOPMENT OF YES LA TERRACE
BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> WONDERFUL.
I WOULD VERY MUCH WANT TO THANK
THE PRESENTERS WE HAVE WITH US
HERE TODAY ON THIS ITEM.
THIS ITEM WILL INCLUDE ANDREA
AKITA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING
JARED JOHNSON, CHRIS PERSONS THE
CEO OF COMMUNITY HOUSING ALONG
WITH THEA MUNCHE WILL FROM
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING AND WE
ALSO HAVE TERRY GALLINEY AND
TRACY FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PANEL
WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AND I
HOPE WE ARE NOT CATCHING FOLKS
OFF GUARD WITH THE EARLIER THAN
USUAL START TIME SINCE THERE WAS
NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL SEND THE MESSAGE TO
PRESENTERS NOT HERE.
I DO SEE WILLIAM CHEN, TERRY
GALI SHGS NEXTY, JARED JOHNSON
TRACY WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE
MORE PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT THIS
ITEM AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO FIRST TURN IT OVER
I BELIEVE TO TRACY RADCLIFF WHO
IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US.
WE HAVE COUNCIL BILL 120414.
A PIECE OF LEGISLATION I'M
EXCITED ABOUT.
IT ALLOWS FOR US TO CONTINUE THE
FULFILLMENT OF THE VISION FOR
REDEVELOPMENT AT YES LA TERRACE
THAT PROVIDES NEW FAMILY-SIZED
UNITS FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES
DEVELOPED BY COMMUNITY BASED
HOUSING PARTNERS.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A NEW EARLY
EDUCATION CENTER RUN BY DENISE
LOUIS EDUCATION CENTER AND WE'LL
HAVE OUR PARTNERS AT THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS NOTED IN THE
INTRODUCTIONS PROVIDE A SUMMARY
OF THEIR INTEREST IN THE
LEGISLATION AS WELL.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD
AND TURN IT OVER TO TRACY
RADCLIFF TO WALK US THROUGH
DETAILS.
>> SO I'LL BRIEFLY TAKE THE
TERMS OF DESCRIBING THE OUTLINES
OF THE LEGISLATION.
YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AN
ORDINANCE THAT WOULD IN FACT
MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY AND INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH, SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY AS IT RELATES TO THE
YESLER TERRACE REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT.
IN THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT,
THE CITY MADE COMMITMENTS TO
PROVIDE FUNDING FOR HOUSING
DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE YESLER
TERRACE.
IT INVOLVES COMMUNITY HOUSING
DEVELOPER PARTNERS SUCH AS
SCIPTA WITH AND COMMUNITY ROOTS
WHO ARE DOING REPLACEMENT
HOUSING INCLUDED AT YESLER
TERRACE.
THAT INITIAL ALLOCATION MADE FOR
WHAT IS CALLED NOW THE FACE
THREE OF YESLER TERRACE WAS
$13 MILLION.
FOR ALL THE HOUSING THAT WOULD
TAKE PLACE THERE.
THERE IS THE ONE PROJECT THAT IS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION I BELIEVE BY
SCIDPA AND BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC AND RISING CONSTRUCTION
COST IT'S BEEN SHORT.
SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD
AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING
TO PROVIDE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL
$3.3 MILLION THAT WOULD BE USED
TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED FUNDING TO
COMPLETE THAT PROJECT THAT'S
BEING DONE BY SCIPDA AND
COMMUNITY HOUSING.
.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU TRACY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE
WE OPEN IT UP TO COMMUNITY
PARTNERS?
>> NO.
>> OKAY I DO SEE COUNCILMEMBER
ALEX PEDERSEN OFF MUTE AND
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD AND WE'LL GO TO
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND MIGHT GET
A BIGGER PICTURE OF THE
COMPONENTS ONCE THE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS SPEAK.
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER ALEX
PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR TERESA
MOSQUEDA.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, SINCE
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING AND THE
REQUESTERS FOR THE FUNDING, I
CAN HOLD MY QUESTIONS TO SEE IF
IT'S ANSWERED.
>> EXCELLENT.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU FIRST
AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO SEE IF
THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
VICE CHAIR LISA HERBOLD, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST DIDN'T HEAR IN THE SET UP
AND MAYBE LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
ALEX PEDERSEN, I SHOULD BE
ANTICIPATING IT'S GOING TO BE
COVERED BUT AS PART OF THE
BACKGROUND, I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO HAVE FRESH IN OUR
MINDS WHAT THE ORIGINAL
AGREEMENT WAS.
FOR AMENDING IT TO ALLOW FOR THE
USE OF MORE RESOURCES.
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT?
>> SO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT FOR
PHASE THREE OF THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT WAS TO PROVIDE UP TO
$13 MILLION TO FUND THOSE
ANTICIPATED HOUSING UNITS THAT
WOULD BE DONE IN PHASE THREE.
TO REMIND YOU, WE HAVE PHASE
ONE, PHASE TWO WHERE WE MADE
COMMITMENTS FOR FUNDING AND
THOSE HOUSING UNITS WERE
COMPLETED AND THEN WE HAD THE
FINAL PHASE OF PHASE THREE WHERE
WE ALLOCATED $13 MILLION AND
IT'S THAT PHASE THREE WHERE WE
ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING
POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THERE
TO BE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO GO
TO THIS HOUSING PROJECT
AND IF YOU DID INCLUDE THAT
NUMBER IN OPENING REMARKS, I
APOLOGIZE.
>> NO WORRIES.
GOOD TO PAINT THE PICTURE.
THERE ARE NEW PEOPLE HERE THAT
DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY OF ALL
THIS LIKE YOU DO.
NO PROBLEM.
>> VERY GOOD MEMORY, I'M
IMPRESSED.
I WILL JUST PAUSE BRIEFLY AND I
DON'T SEE OUR OFFICE OF HOUSING
FOLKS ON THE LINE YET.
I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET THEM
ON HERE.
WE ARE A LITTLE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE SINCE THERE WAS NO
PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING.
NO ONE SIGNED UP SO I'M EXCITED
WE HAVE WITH US A COMMUNITY
PANEL INCLUDING CHRIS PERSONS
FROM COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING,
GOOD MORNING CHRIS.
GOOD MORNING THEA FROM COMMUNITY
HOUSING AND TERRY, I SEE YOU
FROM THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE JARED
JOHNSON, HI JARED.
WONDERFUL SO, I'M HAPPY TO DEFER
TO YOU ALL IF YOU WOULD LAKE TO
JUMP IN.
I'M NOT SURE OF ANY PARTICULAR
ORDER BUT FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD
AND WALK US THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION AND THE INTEREST IN
THIS PHASE THREE.
>> CHRIS, GO AHEAD AND GET US
KICKED OFF.
>> WELL, I WAS JUST GOING SAY,
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY WE'RE
HAPPY TO BE HERE TO SEE YOU ON
THIS SUNNY MORNING AND JARED
JOHNSON IS GOING TO START WITH
YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT.
IS SOMEBODY RUNNING THAT ON OUR
BEHALF?
AND IF SOMEONE ELSE
HAS IT ON THEIR COMPUTER, YOU'RE
WELCOME TO GET THAT AS WELL
SHARED.
.
>> WE CAN SEE THAT, WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MY NAME IS JARED JOHNSON, I'M
THE DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY
OPERATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY ALSO KNOWN AS SCIPDA.
I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A BRIEF
INTRO TO THE PROJECT AND OUR
PARTNERS AT CRH WILL TAKE IT
FROM THERE.
FOR THAT DON'T KNOW, WE ARE A
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION AND WE APPROACH
REAL ESTATE VERY DIFFERENTLY.
ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PEOPLE WE
SERVE WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH
PROFICIENT AND AMONG THE LOWEST
INCOME RESIDENTS OF SEATTLE.
THIS PROJECT WAS PART OF A
LARGER YESLER REDEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE TO THANK COMMUNITY ROOTS
FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND THEIR
YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN
DEVELOPMENT AND THE CAPACITY TO
GROW GROW AS A DEVELOPER OF
HOUSING.
THIS IS OUR FIRST GROUND UP
DEVELOPMENT IN CLOSE TO
20 YEARS.
OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
SHARED GOALS OF HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY, HOUSING STABILITY
AND FIGHTING THE PRESSURES OF
DISPLACEMENT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THE TWO,
THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS ON
THE WAY INCLUDING ALSO THE CHILD
CARE CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE
RUN BY LEE AND WE HAVE
2500 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL
SPACE.
HOPEFULLY BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR
WE'RE BE ON OUR WAY TO FULLY
LEASING THE BUILDING SO I WANT
TO THANK EVERYONE FOR OUR TIME
AND PARTNERS AT COMMUNITY ROOTS.
THEA, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> JARED, YOUR AUDIO IS A LITTLE
MUFFLED SO IF WE COME BACK FOR
QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO YELL IT
INTO THE MICROPHONE.
>> THEA GOOD MORNING,.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU.
YESLER FAMILY HOUSING IS A
PROJECT THAT INCLUDES 156 NEW
HOUSING UNITS AND IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS OF LITTLE SAY
GONE, YESLER AND THE CENTRAL
STRICT.
WHAT IS GREAT AND UNIQUE IS THE
NUMBER OF FAMILY SIZED UNITS
INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT
INCLUDING 25, THREE-BEDROOM
UNITS AND 7, FOUR-BEDROOM UNITS.
AND THIS IS SUPPORTED WITH THE
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER
AS YOU MENTIONED RUN BY DENISE
LOUIS AS WELL AS SOME OUTDOOR
AREAS THAT WOULD BE SHARED
BETWEEN THE DAYCARE AND EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER AND
THE RESIDENTS.
ALL OF THE HOUSING WILL SERVE
RESIDENTS AT 30 OR 60% AMI.
IN ADDITION TO THE NEARLY 8,000
SQUARE FOOT EDUCATION CENTER
OVER 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND
FLOOR COMMERCIAL FOR
COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESSES AND I
THINK IT'S A REALLY EXCITING
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITY
HOUSING.
.
>> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD
SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
WHERE WE ARE IN THE
CONSTRUCTION.
>> WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN
MAY OF 2021.
DUE TO UNFORSEEN LABOR ISSUES WE
ARE BEHIND SCHEDULE WHICH IS ONE
OF THE ISSUES THAT'S DRIVING THE
INCREASE COSTS TO THE PROJECT AT
THIS TIME.
SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A COMPLETED PROJECT IN MAY
OF 2023.
>> AND THE BUILDING IS FULLY
TOPPED OFF SO ITS CONSTRUCTION
IS QUITE DOWN.
WITH THE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT
THEA REFERENCED, WE WORKED VERY
HARD WITH OUR GENERAL CONTRACTOR
TO REDUCE COSTS AS MUCH AS WE
COULD AND GOT THE INCREASES DOWN
TO A LEVEL THAT WE JUST COULDN'T
GET IT DOWN ANY FURTHER SO THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS REALLY
JUST FILLING THE GAP CAUSED BY
THE LABOR DISPUTE LAST YEAR.
.
>> EXCELLENT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS
SLIDE?
OKAY, I SEE ANDREA AKITA FROM
OFFICE OF HOUSING.
GOOD MORNING.
ARE WE TURNING IT OVER YOU FOR
THIS SLIDE?
>> YES, GOOD MORNING.
I'M SORRY A TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTY, AND APOLOGIES TO MY
PARTNERS FROM SCIPDA AND
COMMUNITY ROOTS HOUSING.
THANK YOU CHAIR, TERESA
MOSQUEDA.
WE ARE HERE TO PROPOSE THAT THE
COUNCIL ADOPT THE ORDINANCE
WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY
TO AMEND THE COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
THIS SPECIFIC AMENDMENT ALLOWS
FOR ADDITIONAL CITY CONTRIBUTION
IN ADDITION TO ANY PREVIOUSLY
AUTHORIZED IN THE COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY MAY
CONTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL
$3,348,429 TO THE 13TH FAMILY
PROJECT AND THAT INCLUDES
$2 MILLION ADDITIONAL CITY FOUND
FUNDING AND PASS THROUGH GRANTS
THAT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN
AWARDED THROUGH THE STATE
BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
PROJECT AND THEIR ABILITY TO
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP AND CREATE
THESE UNITS.
SO THAT'S THE PROPOSAL BEFORE
YOU ALL TODAY.
THANK YOU.
.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND TERRY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> JUST SHA'S DEEP APPRECIATION
FOR THE COUNCIL SUPPORT AND
OFFICE OF HOUSING SUPPORT AND
THEN FOR OBVIOUSLY FOR THE
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY ROOTS
AND SCIPDA.
THE PEOPLE ON THIS CALL MAY
REMEMBER THAT WE WENT THROUGH A
COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR
SELECTING A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
FOR THIS SITE AND WE'RE THRILLED
TO HAVE COMMUNITY ROOTS AND
SCIPDA BE OUR PARTNER HERE IN
PROVIDING REPLACEMENT HOUSING
FOR THE ORIGINAL 561 UNITS AT
YESLER TERRACE.
THE PROJECT IS GOING TO PROVIDE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR 92 OF
THOSE ORIGNAL RESIDENTS AT
YESLER SO JUST SHA'S DEEP
APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR THE
PROJECT AND FOR THE ACTION
PROPOSED TODAY.
SO THANK YOU.
>>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS I THINK CONCLUDES ALL THE
FOLKS WHO WE HAVE AS PART OF THE
PANEL.
DID ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ANYTHING
ELSE BEFORE WE GET TO QUESTIONS?
YOU CAN LEAVE THIS
SUMMARY FOR NOW, ALEX PEDERSEN
YOU'RE UP FIRST
THANK YOU CHAIR TERESA MOSQUEDA
AND EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTNERS ON
THIS PROJECT.
SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING
TOGETHER ON THIS.
SO JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, THIS
WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 25%
INCREASE GOING FROM $13 MILLION
TO $16 MILLION.
SO FOR ME SO MUCH OF THE
DECISION IS ABOUT HOW TO BEST
DEPLOY THE PUBLIC TAX DOLLAR AND
ITS ASSESSMENT OF TRADE OFFS.
PEOPLE BLI WE COULD USE THE 2-3
MILLION TO PROVIDE TO OTHER NEW
PROJECTS SO THEY CAN GENERATE
ADDITIONAL UNITS WHEREAS WE'RE
NOT GETTING ADDITIONAL UNITS
HERE.
JUST FIN SHING THE ONES WE'RE
COMMITTED TO SO JUST WANT TO ASK
A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
SO ONE QUESTION, REALLY GLAD TO
SEE ONE MILLION OF THE 3 MILLION
COMING FROM THE STATE.
JUST WONDERING WHY THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY OR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT BE
CONTRIBUTING TO THE OF RAJ HERE.
COULD I JUST CHAIR, SHOULD I GET
MY QUESTIONS ALL OUT?
>> THAT SOUNDS FINE.
>> SO ONE QUESTION WHY NO
CONTRIBUTION FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
IF THEY COULD WALK US THROUGH
THE DUE DILIGENCE THEY DO TO SAY
YES TO ADDITIONAL GRANT REQUESTS
AND DID YOU COMPARE THE BEFORE
AND AFTER SOURCES AND USE OF
FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT?
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW EXACTLY
THE PANDEMIC INCREASES COSTS FOR
HOUSING PROJECT UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
I'M SURE IT DOES, JUST TRYING TO
DRILL DOWN INTO THAT A LITTLE
BIT.
THE CONCRETE STRIKE MAKES SENSE
BUT THE PANDEMIC IS A LITTLE BIT
VAGUE SO IF YOU GET MORE
SPECIFIC THERE.
AND THEN HOW WOULD THIS NOT BE
SETTING A FINANCIAL PRECEDENT
FOR OTHER NONPROFITS WHO ARE
ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF BUILDING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SEATTLE
BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC AND THE CONCRETE STRIKE
AND I GUESS THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING BUDGET IS LIMITED SO ARE
THERE ANY OTHER PENDING
REQUESTS?
ARE WE GOING TO GET A DOZEN
OTHER REQUESTS LIKE THIS?
JUST TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE OF
WHAT'S GOING ON.
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, FOR NOW,
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANKS SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER
ALEX PEDERSEN.
SO A SERIES OF QUESTIONS THERE.
ANDREA, DO YOU HAVE ANSWERS
SPECIFIC TO THE FUNDING AND OF
COURSE TERRY, FEEL FREE TO CHIME
IN AS WELL ON ANY IDEAS OR
LIMITATIONS.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I'LL LEAVE THE FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION AND MAYBE THE
HOUSING AUTHORITIES CONTRIBUTION
TO LAST.
BUT IN GENERAL, I GUESS I'LL
START WITH PRECEDENCE.
ACROSS THE BOARD OH IS
PARTICIPATING IN AND PROVIDING
INVESTMENT IN, WE ACT WHAT WE
CALL THE GAP FUNDER.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS AT THE
TIME WE ARE AWARDING FUNDING,
WE'RE WORKING WITH A PROJECT
THAT WE AWARD FUNDING TO TO THE
COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT.
SO THROW THAT PROJECT AS THINGS
TWIST AND TURN, AS LEVERAGES
RECEIVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THEN
WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN EVALUATION
WITH THE PROJECT DEVELOPER AND
SPONSORS ON INSURING WE CAN KEEP
COSTS WITHIN A BUDGET THAT WE'RE
SETTING AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
IT AS COST-EFFECTIVE AS
POSSIBLE.
THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY SETTING
UP ANY PRECEDENCE FOR OTHER
PROJECTS WE'RE WORKING WITH.
ALL THE OUR SAME PROJECTS
WORKING TO FILL THE GAPS RELATED
TO UNFORESEEN THERE CONSTANTLY
LOOKING AT DUE DILIGENCE AND
WAYS TO VALUE ENGINEER PROJECTS
IN WAYS TO ENSURE THEY CAN
DEVELOP THE PRODUCT THAT THEY'RE
SET OUT TO DEVELOP.
THE REASON WHY THIS IS COMING TO
COUNCIL IN THIS WAY IS
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE
RELATIONSHIP AND THE LOCATION OF
THIS PROJECT WITHIN THE YESLER
TERRACE REDEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
AND THE COMMITMENTS THE CITY HAS
MADE OVERALL TO THE PROJECTS
THAT ARE DEVELOPED BY NONPROFITS
THAT REQUIRE CITY AND PUBLIC
FINANCING IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT
PROMISE HAPPEN.
FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT THE DUE
DILIGENCE IS APPLIED AT MULTIPLE
STEP AS LONG OUR FINANCING
PROCESS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT
THE BUDGETS ALONG EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY.
TERRY, I MIGHT ASK YOU TO SPEAK
TO THE DIFFERENT FINANCING THAT
THEY HAVE WITHIN THIS PROJECT.
>> YEAH, I THINK THE IN TERMS OF
THE -- YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO
THE SPECIFIC FINANCING ELEMENTS?
I THINK PROBABLY THE SCIPDA AND
COMMUNITY ROOTS TEAM MIGHT BE
BETTER ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT IT.
I CAN SPEAK ABOUT THE SHA AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE.
THEA DO YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH
THE SOURCES SIDE?
I CAN JUST SAY THAT WHEN THE GAP
STARTED TO BECOME CLEAR AND
EVERY DAY THAT -- I KNOW THIS IS
BEING RECORDED BUT IT WAS THE
CONSTRUCTION.
IT WAS THE CONCRETE STRIKE THAT
REALLY DROVE THE COST, THE
DELAY.
WE WERE TRACKING THEN A DAILY
AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PROJECTS
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO VALUE
ENGINEERS OUT TO COVER COSTS BUT
THERE ARE GAPS CAUSED BY THE
CONCRETE STRIKE AND IT HIT THIS
PROJECT AT THE WORST POSSIBLE
TIME BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF POURINGS AND HAD TO
JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
ACTIVITY.
WE COULDN'T DO ANY OF THE WORK
ON THE PROJECT SO THE PROJECT
CAME TO AN IMMEDIATE STAND STILL
AND THE COSTS JUST SKYROCKETED
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME
INTENSE CONVERSATIONS
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN, AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE ABOUT WHO WOULD
PAY FOR THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, IT COULD COME FROM
COMMUNITY HOUSING, IT COULD COME
FROM SHA AND IT WOULD DIMINISH
OUR ABILITY TO CREATE MORE
HOUSING SO WHOEVER IS PAYING FOR
IT, IT'S TAKING WAY FROM OUR
COLLECTIVE ABILITY TO CREATE
MORE HOUSING BUT THE AGREEMENT
THAT WE REACHED IN CONVERSATION
WAS WE GOT THE MONEY FROM THE
STATE AND INCREASE THE
COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY.
THE CITY ALREADY MADE A
SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO THIS
AND AS YOU HEARD FROM DEPUTY
DIRECTOR AKITA THAT WHEN THE
CITY COMES INTO THE PROJECTS
THEY'RE IN FOR THE LONG HAUL.
I KNOW YOU ASKED FOR A BUDGET
AND THEA IS GOING TO SEND THAT
TO COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN
BUT DO YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH
WHAT THE CAPITAL STACK IS?
CAN YOU SHARE YOUR SCREEN TOO
AND PULL IT UP TO SHOW US?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN.
I PRUNTED OUT
MATERIALS
WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO SEE
THE SOURCES AND FUNDING TODAY.
I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY
OF THE TWO MILLION OR THREE
MILLION, WHY DOESN'T THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OR HOUSING AUTHORITY
ALSO CONTRIBUTE?
>> MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD
TRANSITION, TERRY?
>> SURE, THANKS FOR THAT
QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN AS
YOU KNOW, YESLER RECEIVED CHOICE
NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT FOR THE
REDEVELOPMENT FROM HUUD,
$30 MILLION INCLUDING PLANNING
AND A LOT MORE THAN JUST HOUSING
BUT A TOTAL OF $30 MILLION AND
ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED
TO VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN
YESLER.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE OF THAT
LEFT.
I WILL ASK CHRIS REALLY QUICKLY,
I THINK THE $1.3 MILLION MAY BE
FROM THE STATE BUT IT MAY BE
FEDERAL FUNDS.
NOT 100% SURE.
WHICH WILL OFF SET THAT.
TO THE QUESTION ABOUT SHA
PROVIDING CAPITAL, SO SHA IS
PROVIDING $4 MILLION IN CAPITAL
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
PROJECT AND WE ARE ALSO
PROVIDING 92 VOUCHERS FOR THE
UNITS THERE.
ONE THING THAT CHRIS AND TEAM
DID NOT TALK ABOUT IS THE WORK
THAT WENT INTO GETTING THIS DOWN
TO 3.3.
WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERS WITH THOSE
GROUPS AND BRINGING THAT NUMBER
DOWN THROUGH VALUE ENGINEERING,
PRESSURING THE OTHER PARTNERS,
THE CONTRACTORS AND THE LENDERS
AND INVESTORS TO EACH HAVE A
LITTLE BUT OF SKIN IN THE GAME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT
WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH
THEM ON THAT.
I HOPE THAT'S RESPONSIVE.
>> THANK YOU, VERY HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU ALL.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
PLEASE GO AHEAD
.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THE PRAISE FOR MY
MEMORY BUT I DID HAVE TO
ACTUALLY GO BACK AND CHECK MY
MEMORY.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT I MAY HAVE
NOT ASKED THE QUESTION AS I
INTENDED.
I INTENDED TO BE ASKING WHAT THE
ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS.
AND I THINK THE ANSWER I GOT IS
WHAT IS THE -- I MAY HAVE ASKED
IT THAT WAY -- WHAT IS THE
CHANGE THAT WE'RE SEEKING IN
THIS PARTICULAR NEW AGREEMENT.
AND SO WHEREAS THAT MIGHT BE
FROM A $13 MILLION COMMITMENT TO
INCLUDE THIS ADDITIONAL FUND, I
WENT BACK AND I CHECKED THE
ORIGINAL 2012 AGREEMENT AND THAT
AGREEMENT I BELIEVE WAS ABOUT
$11 MILLION SO I AM GUESSING
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE HAVE MADE
SOME OTHER CHANGES ALONG THE WAY
SINCE 2012 THAT I'M NOT
REMEMBERING.
BUT I THINK THE ORIGINAL
AGREEMENT WAS THAT THE CITY'S
COMMITMENT WOULD BE $11 MILLION
AND THAT WAS AFTER THERE HAD
BEEN A $7.5 MILLION COMMITMENT.
SO IT'S BEEN INCHING UP A LITTLE
BIT.
THE QUESTION I WANT TO REALLY --
THERE'S TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO
DELVE INTO.
ONE QUESTION IS THE POINT
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN WAS
MAKING.
THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT AND WE
MAY HAVE STRIPPED THIS
OBLIGATION OUT OF THE AGREEMENT
BUT THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT
REQUIRED THAT IF THEY WERE
COMING BACK, IF SHA WAS COMING
BACK FOR MORE CITY FUNDS IT
NEEDED TO BE A COMPETITIVE
PROCESS.
SO I'M WANTING TO CHECK ON
WHETHER OR NOT THAT OBLIGATION
STILL EXISTS AND THEN SECONDLY,
AS IT RELATES TO THE ISSUE OF
SHA'S COMMITMENTS TO THIS
PROJECT JUST I THINK AN
IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE ORIGINAL
PLAN WAS THE RECOGNITION THAT
THE PLAN IDENTIFIED AN INTENTION
TO SELL 40% OF THE PUBLIC LAND
IN ORDER TO FUND THE PROJECT.
BUT WHILE RECOMMEND NEWSING THAT
THAT WAS NECESSARY TO FUND THE
PROJECT, THERE WAS AN OBLIGATION
INCLUDED THAT IF THE REVENUES
FROM SELLING THE PUBLIC LAND
WERE IN EXCESS OF WHAT WAS
INTENDED, THAT THE FUNDS NEEDED
TO GO BACK INTO THE YESLER
TERRACE REDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
SO I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
FULFILLMENT OF THAT OBLIGATION
AS WELL.
>>.
>> I SEE TRACY OFF MUTE.
MAYBE OUR STAFF HAS A TECHNICAL
ANSWER.
IF YOU NEED A FEW MORE MINUTES
TO PULL UP THE NUMBERS, THAT'S
NO PROBLEM.
E CAN COME BACK TO .
>> SO I'M GOING TO NEED TO A
LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH BUT I
THINK COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD, THERE WAS THE OVERALL
COMMITMENT THAT THE COUNCIL MADE
TO THE REDEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE
$30 MILLION AND THEN WE HAD
MONEY PROVIDED IN PHASE ONE AND
PHASE TWO OF THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS DONE WHICH
I DO THINK TOTAL IS JUST A
LITTLE BIT OVER $11 MILLION.
I DON'T REMEMBER THAT WE MADE
ANY AMENDMENT THAT PROVIDED
ANYMORE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS OTHER
THAN WHEN WE TOOK THE ACTION ON
THE PHASE THREE TO PROVIDE THE
$13 MILLION SO I NEED TO GO BACK
AND CHECK MY HISTORY AND MAKE
SURE I'M NOT WRONG ABOUT THAT.
THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST CHANGE
THAT IS MADE TO THE OVERALL
AMOUNT THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING
BEING MADE FOR THE HOUSING
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD
ALREADY APPROVED FOR IN TERMS OF
PHASE ONE FUNDING AND PHASE TWO
FOR THE HOUSING.
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK
BUT THE OVERALL AMOUNT WE
COMMITTED TO AND TERRY YOU CAN
CON IF YOU REMEMBER THAT AS WELL
WAS $30 MILLION BUT THAT MAY
HAVE ALSO INCLUDED THE MONEY.
AS IT RELATES TO THE SELL OF
PROPERTY, I'M GOING TO LETTER RI
ANSWER THE QUESTION.
WE HAD REQUESTED SHA TO COME
BACK TO US ON THE ISSUE OF LAND
SALES.
IT WAS EITHER A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT OR A SEPARATE
REQUEST FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO
US TO TELL US HAD THEY GOTTEN
ANY DOLLARS ABOVE WHAT THEY WERE
ANTICIPATING TO REDEVELOPMENT
THE PROJECT AND I BELIEVE THEY
SUBMITTED THAT REPORT TO
INDICATE THEY DID NOT GET
PROCEEDS IN EXCESS OF WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO DO OR PLAN TO DO FOR
THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
I'LL LETTER RI CONFIRM THAT.
>> ALSO JUST DON'T WANT TO
FORGET THE COMPETITIVE APP LU
OCCASION QUESTIONS.
>> THAT I CAN ANSWER.
THANK YOU.
.
>> I JUST CHIMED IN,
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD AND
TRACY AND OTHERS DID A LITTLE
BIT MORE RESEARCH THAN I DID BUT
WHAT YOU MAY BE REFERRING TO IS
THAT THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT SAYS
THAT IF ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR
SHA PARTNERS IF THERE'S A
REQUEST OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE
WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO
COUNCIL AND TRACY WILL CORRECT
ME IF THERE'S A COMPETITIVE
COMPONENT TO IT BUT I DON'T
RECALL THAT IN THE LEAD UP TO
THESE DISCUSSIONS.
IN TERMS OF LAND SALES AT
YESLER, I REFERRED TO THE
$4 MILLION IN CAPITAL FUNDS THAT
WE ARE PROVIDING TO THIS PROJECT
AND THE SOURCE OF THOSE FUNDS
ARE CAPITAL DOLLARS.
THE THING I DIDN'T MENTION IS
THAT WE ALSO PURCHASED THIS LAND
FROM THE COUNTY FOR $7 MILLION.
AND CONTRIBUTED THAT SO WE DOE
ASSASSINATED THAT TO THE PROJECT
SO IN ADDITION TO THE 4 MILLION
IN CAPITAL, WE HAVE $7 MILLION
IN ACQUISITION COSTS AND THAT'S
FROM OTHER LAND SALES WITHIN
YESLER SO A TOTAL OF $11 MILLION
IS GOING IN YESLER.
>> MAYBE THE ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION ABOUT THE COMPETITIVE
PROCESS IS ANSWERED BY THE
SOURCE OF THE MONEY.
I'M READING A SUMMARY OF THE
ORIGINAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AND IT DOES SPECIFY LEVY DOLLARS
IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR LEVY
DOLLARS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS SO
PERHAPS THIS IS NOT HOUSING
DOLLARS THE CITY IS
CONTRIBUTING.
THE PROPOSED
ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF FUNDS FROM
THE CITY?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO LET OFFICE OF
HOUSING SPEAK TO THAT.
>> I'M NOT SEEING -- THIS IS
ANDREA.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL LEVY
FUNDS IN THIS BUT I CAN'T SAY
ALL THE DOLLARS WOULD BE LEVY.
OF THAT UP TO $2 MILLION SO.
>> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE?
>> I DID ON THE NONPROFIT
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AS IT RELATES TO REPLACEMENT
HOUSING AND THE REPLACEMENT
HOUSING SAYS THE SELECTION OF
NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO
PRODUCE REPLACEMENT HOUSING
SHALL BE THROUGH AN SHA PROCESS
AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION.
SO IT ALLOWED.
>> OOUL SEND YOU THE TEXT I HAVE
AS WELL AND WE CAN COMPARE AND
CONTRAST LATER.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, OKAY THERE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS?
I SAW YOU COME OFF MUTE.
>> WELL, I WAS JUST COMMENTING
THAT WE DID APPLY THROUGH THE
LEVY ROUND FOR THE ORIGINAL
SOURCE OF FUNDING SO I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT SATISFIES THE
COMPETITION AS PEKT OF THIS.
.
>> OKAY.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS.
I'M WONDERING IF COLLEAGUES IF
YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I
HAD ANTICIPATED US VOTING ON
THIS TODAY.
AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN
A VOTE.
I APPRECIATE THAT'S SOME
QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATION
ALREADY PROVIDED TODAY AND
FOLLOW-UP MATERIAL.
THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON I SEE
YOUR HAND?
>> THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
PROJECT.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT
FLOUNDERED JUST BECAUSE WE'RE AT
THE VERY END MISSING SOME MONEY
BECAUSE OF DELAYS COSTS SO I
WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BUT I
WANTED TO ASK THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING TO JUST SORT OF RESTATE
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN'S
QUESTION ABOUT TRADE OFFS.
SO IS THIS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
ON ANOTHER PROJECT?
OR IS THERE ENOUGH CUSHION TO BE
ABLE TO AFFORD AN ADDITIONAL
CONTRIBUTION FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING ON THIS?
>> WE HAVE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES
TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
TO THE 13 HOUSING PROJECT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE
PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AWARDED
FUNDING TO TO INSURE ALL OF THEM
WILL GET TO THEIR FINISH LINE
WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE.
THIS IS NOT REMOVING OTHER
RESOURCES FROM EXISTING PROJECTS
IN OUR PIPELINE THAT HAVE BEEN
AWARDED FUNDING AT THIS TIME.
>> GREAT.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT
YES WE ARE TRYING TO MEET OUR
REPLACEMENT GOALS OF THE UNITS
BUT A LOT OF THESE PARTICULAR
UNITS ARE LARGER THAN THE
ORIGINAL UNITS SO THIS WILL BE
ACTUALLY HELPING MORE
INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE OF THE LARGE
FAMILY SIZE UNITS.
SO THANK YOU.
.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON AND A
GOOD REMINDER OF THE TYPE OF
THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
FAMILY SIZED UNITS WE REALLY
NEED IN OUR CITY AND AFFORDABLE
ONES AT THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS
ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP INFORMATION
GOING TO BE SENT TO THE
COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT COULD BE SENT TO
THE FULL COUNCIL AND THERE'S
OTHER INTERESTS AS WELL FROM
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS.
GREAT QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND I
APPRECIATE THE DETAILED ANSWERS
AND MEMORY FROM OUR COLLEAGUES
AS WELL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
LOOKING AT ISSUES.
I WOULD STILL AS COUNCILMEMBER
SARA NELSON NOTED, I WOULD STILL
LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY
AROUND IT BUT I RECOGNIZE
THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
THAT WILL BE SENT TO COLLEAGUES
BEFORE THE FINAL VOTE IN FULL
COUNCIL SO IF FOLKS ARE
COMFORTABLE, I'M SEEING SOME
NODS, AMEN GOING TO PUT THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US AND
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON IT.
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> JUST THAT I APPRECIATE THE
COMMENTS FROM YOU AND
COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON AND
THAT WE WILL BE GETTING
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE
FULL COUNCIL AND REALLY HAPPY TO
SEE THE MILLION DOLLARS COVERED
BY THE STATE.
OBVIOUSLY THE RECIPIENTS ARE
NON-PROFITS RATHER THAN FOR
PROFITS AND THEY HAVE SOLID
TRACK RECORDS, A LOT OF TRUST
WITH THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND
LOW INCOME HOUSING IS A TOP
PRIORITY FOR THE CITY SO I'M
COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.
I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE IN OUR OVERSIGHT ROLE WE'RE
ASKING THESE QUESTIONS TO MAKE
SURE DUE DILIGENCE WAS DONE AND
WE SEE THE BIGGER PICTURES AND
OTHER REQUESTS COMING.
SO I APPRECIATE THIS FORM AND I
THINK PART OF IT IS WE'RE COMING
OFF THE TWO-WEEK RECESS AND I
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN MY
QUESTIONS IN EARLIER SO THANK
YOU FOR THE ANSWERS YOU WERE
ABLE TO PROVIDE TODAY.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ALEX
PEDERSEN AND THANKS FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS AS WELL.
OKAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET THE
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US.
I MOVE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120414.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SARA
NELSON.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDS.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD
YOU WANT TO SAY FOR THE PUBLIC
RECORD I'M SURE I'M GOING TO BE
ABLE TO GET THERE FOR THE FULL
COUNCIL VOTE BUT I WILL BE
ABSTAINING UNTIL I LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE
ORIGINAL COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AND JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT
AFFIRMATION THAT WE ARE IN NO
WAY VIOLATING THE EXPECTATIONS
THAT WERE ORIGINALLY SET FOR THE
USE OF CITY DOLLARS.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE OFFICE OF HOUSING NODDING
AND TAKING NOTES SO I'M SURE
THAT INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO
US VERY SHORTLY HERE.
FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE
FULL COUNCIL.
OKAY SEEING NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, IT HAS
BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED IF
THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS MADAME CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
>> LISA HERBOLD.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J.
LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MADAME CHAIR TERESA MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> MADAME CHAIR THAT'S A FOUR IN
FAVOR ONE ABSTAIN.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, ONE ABSTAIN
THANK YOU SO MUCH THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BILL
PASS WILL BE SENT TO THE
SEPTEMBER 13TH SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL MEETING FOR A FINAL VOTE
RECOGNIZING INFORMATION WILL BE
SHARED WITH THE FULL COUNCIL TO
FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTIONS ASKED
TODAY.
EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE
WORK YOU DO.
ESPECIALLY IN THESE TOUGH TIMES
HOUSING IS THE KEY TO A HEALTHY
COMMUNITY SO WE GREATLY
APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO ON A
DAILY BASIS AND ESPECIALLY THE
WORK YOU PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT
COME TO FULL FRUITION.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT ON
THE 13TH BUT WE APPRECIATE ANY
FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION BEFORE
THAT.
THANKS ALL.
OKAY.
>>> ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> JUST SAYING THANK YOU.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>>> OKAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE
BACK TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE
IT'S BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD.
WE WANT TO WELCOME TO THE
COMMITTEE HERE DIRECTOR JULIE
DINGLEY DREK OF CITY BUDGET
OFFICE AND WILLIAM CHEN AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THIS OVER
FROM LAST TIME.
THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE
AN IN-PUBLIC COMMUNITY UPDATE ON
THESE SPENDING ASPECTS OF THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
I SHOULD SAY ACTS PLEURAL
BECAUSE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WE HAD MULTIPLE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLANS BUT THIS IS OUR WAY TO
PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT UPDATE TO
THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THAT SPEND
AS GOOD GOING AND I WILL ALSO
NOTE, A LOT OF APPRECIATION FROM
OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION FOR
THE WAY IN WHICH SEATTLE HAS
PROVIDED UPDATES ON A MONTHLY
BASIS IN WRITTEN FORMAT AND
WE'RE DOING THESE QUARTERLY
UPDATES IN A FORMAT AS WELL.
IT HELPS THEM TO SHOW THE
COUNTRY HOW THOSE FEDERAL
DOLLARS ARE BEING PUT TO USE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR
DINGLEY TO WALK US THROUGH THE
CONVERSATION.
THERE'S NO VOTE.
JUST BRIEFING AND WE HAVE A HARD
STOP ON THIS ITEM AT 11:00 SO WE
CAN USE THE LAST HOUR FOR THE
NEW DEAL UPDATES.
DIRECTOR DINGLEY, THANKS FOR
TAKING IT AWAY.
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH
CHAIR TERESA MOSQUEDA AND THANKS
EVERYBODY FOR HAVING US HERE
TODAY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO PROVIDE YOU
WITH ANOTHER UPDATE OF SEATTLE'S
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESCUE
PLAN.
WE HAVE DONE INCREDIBLE WORK
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND
JUST AS A NOTE AT THE TOP THIS
IS A POINT IN TIME PRESENTATION
SO SOME THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN
THE LAST 20 DAYS SINCE WE
PREPARED THIS ORIGINALLY FOR YOU
BUT WE'LL ATTEMPT TO GIVE YOU
THAT POINT IF TIME UPDATE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM
WILLIAM CHEN WHO IS THE LEAD FOR
THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN WITHIN
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
HE'S AN INCREDIBLE FORCE OF
NATURE ALONG WITH HIS TEAM
WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THIS.
WE HAVE REALLY EXCITING UPDATES
COMING YOUR WAY.
WE SUBMITTED OUR SECOND
PERFORMANCE PLAN WHICH IS
REQUIRED BY THE FEDS.
AND ALSO OPENED UP A BIG
TRANSPARENCY PORTAL SO THE
RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY DIG IN
AND SEE WHAT IMPACT ALL THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE HAVING IN THE
COMMUNITY S. REALLY EXCITED TO
SHARE THAT TODAY.
I'M GOING TO BE HERE IN SUPPORT
MODE SO YOU'LL HEAR PRIMARILY
FROM WILLIAM SO I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO HIM FOR THE
PRESENTATION, THANK YOU, ALL.
.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANKS FOR
HAVING US.
FIRST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE
PRESENTATION.
KEY TAKEAWAYS AND A LOOK ACROSS
OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES
BEFORE DIGGING INTO UPDATES ON
CITY'S FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN
RESCUE PLAN ACT, MAINLY SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN FUNDING.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE
THINGS ARE WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND INTRODUCE
THAT NEW WESTBOUND PORTAL FOR
SRP AND REDUCE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE
PERFORMANCE OF SRP PROGRAMS THAT
HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY.
SO THE FIRST CYCLE OF
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION HAS BEEN
COMPLETED NOW WITH THE SUBMIT
TALL OF THE REPORT TO YOU AND
TREASURY AND THE PUBLICATION AT
THE END OF THE JULY.
THAT WAS THE 2022 RECOVERY PLAN
PERFORMANCE REPORT AND WE
LAUNCHED A NEW PORTAL WHERE
PEOPLE CAN SEE THE CITY'S
PROGRESS AND SPENDING AND
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENT AND HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN TEAM WHO LED AND DID THE
WORK ON THE REPORT AND THE
PORTAL MADELINE BAR CH AND
JEANINE NEEDLES ON THE REPORT
AND PAULINE RAMIREZ ON THE
PORTAL WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ALONG WITH BIG
CONTRIBUTIONS AND HIGH OF MIND
LIKE COORDINATION WITH OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN TEAM, NICK TUCKER AS WELL
AS MANY PARTNERS AND DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS THE CITY WHO ARE
IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING
PROGRAMS.
IT'S A HUGE PACKAGE, A LOT OF
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CREATING THIS
REPORT AND EVALUATION THAT WE'RE
DOING.
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
PROGRAM CONTINUES.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
GATHER DATA AND STORIES ABOUT
WHAT THESE FUNDS HAVE DONE FOR
THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
SO THIS PRESENTATION
IS GOING TO BE MOSTLY ABOUT THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN FUNDING BUT
IN ADDITION FEMA REIMBURSEMENT
ACTIVITY IS ONGOING AND CITY
DEPARTMENTS ARE WATCHING FOR
INFORMATION TO BE RELEASED ABOUT
INFRASTRUCTURE PELL GRANTS OF
INTEREST AND APPLYING AND
FINANCIALLY THE INFLATION
REDUCTION ACT RECENTLY SIGNED
INTO LAW AND WILL BE WATCHING
FOR MORE INFORMATION TO COME OUT
DOWN THE ROAD.
APPLICATIONS FOR FEMA
REIMBURSEMENT CONTINUE TO WORK
THROUGH THE STEPS OF REVIEW.
THERE'S NOW BEEN 15.8 MILLION
REIMBURSEMENTS RECEIVED BY THE
CITY OR APPROVED BY FEMA TO BE
SENT TO THE CITY.
THAT'S AN INCREASE IN 3 MILLION
IN THE LAST QUARTER.
THERE'S ANOTHER 17 AND A HALF
MILLION IN THE PIPELINE FOR
REVIEW AND POTENTIAL
REIMBURSEMENT AND ALL THESE
ANTICIPATED REVENUES HAVE BEEN
FACTORED INTO REVENUE
PROJECTIONS AND BALANCING
ASSUMPTIONS.
WE ARE ESTABLISHING A
PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PELL
GRANTS AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE
ANALYZED THE BILL FOR
OPPORTUNITIES WATCHING FOR MORE
INFORMATION AND RULES RELEASED
ABOUT THOSE AND APPLYING AND
PREPARING TO APPLY TO COME UP
WITH GRANTS THE CITY RECEIVED
WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THE
NORMAL GRANT ACCEPTANCE
LEGISLATION.
NOW WE TURN TO THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT FIRST
CYCLE OF PERFORMANCE REPORTING
TO THE U.S. TREASURY THROUGH THE
ANNUAL RECOVERY PLAN PERFORMANCE
REPORT.
AND THE NEXT, THE CITY IS GOING
TO CONTINUE IMPLEMENTING
PROGRAMS AND SETTING UPPER FORMS
EVALUATION ON PROGRAMS NOT
INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S REPORT.
ALSO EVALUATING AND SHARING
RESULTS IN FUTURE ADDITIONS OF
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
WE ALSO DEVELOPED AND
LAUNCHED A NEW WEB PORTAL IN
TANDEM WITH THIS RELEASE.
THE SRP TRANSPARENCY PORTAL IS A
USER FRIENDLY WEBSITE WHERE YOU
CAN SEE THE PROGRESS IN SPENDING
AND HIGHLIGHTS OF DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS FROM THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN.
THE WEBSITE ALSO LINKS TO
PROGRAM SECTIONS IN THE REPORT
SO VIEWERS CAN DIVE DEEPER ON
SPECIFIC PROGRAMS IF THEY'RE
INTERESTED AND AT THE SAME TIME
THE REPORT REFRPSS A WEBSITE FOR
READERS TO GET RECENT UPDATES
THAT MIGHT BE ON THE WEBSITE
VERSES A STATIC PDF REPORT.
SO ON THAT SLIDE LINKED TO THE
PORTAL I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO
TAKE A LOOK.
SO THIS FAMILIAR SLIDE
AND THE NEXT ARE JUST REMINDERS
OF WHAT FUNDING WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDING
THAT HAS COME TO THE CITY FROM
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND
THE LARGEST OF THOSE GRANTS THE
CITY RECEIVED WAS THE
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY FUND WHICH WE CALL
CLIFFORD.
CLIFFORD IS ALSO THE GRANT THAT
REQUIRES THE LARGE PERFORMANCE
REPORT AND IT'S ON CLIFFORD
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHT TS THAT
THE BULK OF THIS PRESENTATION IS
ABOUT.
BETWEEN APRIL AND AUGUST THIS
YEAR THE CITY RECORDED
$9 MILLION IN CLIFFORD SPENDING
AND CONTINUED TO MAKE PROGRESS
IN SPENDING DOWN FUNDS.
THE NEXT TWO TABLES SIMPLY SHOW
THIS SAME SPENDING STAGE
INFORMATION IN TAB FORM.
NOW WE TURN TO SHARING THE
MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION WORK
THE TEAM AND CITY DEPARTMENTS
HAVE PULLED TOGETHER SO FAR.
THIS WORK LETS US TAKE STOCK OF
WHAT THE RELIEF AND RECOVERY
PROGRAMS HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY
AND WHERE POSSIBLE, THE TEAM
ANALYZED THE OUTPUT OF PROGRAMS
TO GIVE A SENSE OF HOW WELL
WE'RE DOING REACHING OUR TARGET
AUDIENCE AND ARE WE REACHING
PEOPLE WHO STUDIES SHOWED WERE
THE MOST HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THE
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE
PANDEMIC?
IS OUR FUNDING GOING TO THE
PARTS OF THE CITY THAT NEED IT
MOST WHERE PEOPLE ARE WITH
GREATER NEED ARE MORE
CONCENTRATED SO ON THIS SLIDE
YOU CAN SEE TWO MAPS.
IF WE LOOK ON THE LEFT, IT'S THE
RACIAL AND SOCIAL EQUITY
COMPOSITE INDEX MAP.
THE RSV INDEX COMBINED DATA ON
RACE, ETHNICITY, ENGLISH LEARNER
STATUS, SOCIOECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGES AND DISABILITY.
IT'S COMPELLED BY OCD AND
MAPPING THIS INDEX SHOWS US
WHICH PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE
HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF NEED.
THOSE ARE THE DARKER BLUE AREAS
ON THIS MAP.
LAST QUARTER WE SHARED
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA THAT SHOWED
THAT THE SEATTLE RELIEF FUND,
THE CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,
FUNDING WENT TO HOUSE-HOLDS AND
THOSE WHO LOST JOBS AND INCOME
OR WERE IN UNSTABLE HOUSING.
THE RED MAP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE SLIDE SHOWS WHERE RECIPIENTS
OF THE SEATTLE RELIEF FUND
PROGRAM WERE MOST CONCENTRATED
AND YOU CAN SEE IT MATCHES UP
AGREE GRAPHICALLY WITH THE
DISADVANTAGED PARTS OF THE CITY.
THIS SLIDE IS
DETAILING REPORTS PURCHASED.
THERE WERE 443 UNITS IN TOTAL
AND THIS UNIT DIVIDED AMONG
TOOERS OF AFFORDABILITY, SIX OF
THOSE ARE FOR PEOPLE UNDER 3% OF
THE TYPICAL INCOME FOR THE AREA.
OR THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
ANOTHER 170 OF THOSE WERE PEOPLE
UNDER 50% OF AMI AND 147 UNDER
60%.
AND THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE IN
CENTRAL SEATTLE WITH GOOD ACCESS
TO PUBLIC TRANSIT AND THERE'S A
HIGH DISPLACEMENT RISK.
THIS SLIDE PRESENTS
THE STATUS UPDATE ON
IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIFFORD FUNDS
GOING BY AND THE ENTIRE
$28 MILLION OF FUNDS UNDER
CONTRACT AND HAVE STARTED
SPENDING.
.
>> THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS WHO
ARE PUSHING TO GET THIS
INFORMATION.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING
ON OUR REGULAR MONTHLY REPORT
OUT THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN SENT
IN TERPS OF OUT OF THE CITY TO
REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY BUT
THE QUESTIONS WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE IS HOW HAS THE REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY GOTTEN THOSE
DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR?
SO THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL HAS BEEN
LONG DESIRED AND IS REALLY
APPRECIATED AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR
THAT THE ACTUALS ARE BEING
REPORTED OUT.
WE MAY HAVE HAD MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
ANDREW J. LEWIS AND THIS
COMMITTEE AND AS WE HEAD INTO
BUDGET, BUT APPRECIATE YOU
PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL
FOR US.
.
>> ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHERE A
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ARE
LOCATED.
THIS SHOWS THAT SUPPORT
GENERALLY WENT TO PARTS OF THE
CITY WITH THE GREATEST NEED.
59% OF THESE CHILD CARE PROVIDER
SITES WERE LOCATED IN
UNDERRESOURCED PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST SEATTLE.
AND 68% OF THE FUNDED STAFF.
ALSO ON THE SLIDE THE STATUS
UPDATE OF THE CHILD CARE
FACILITIES PROGRAM.
THEY RECEIVED THE PROPOSALS AND
EXPECT NET FY OCCASIONS OF
AWARDS TO GO OUT ON THE 8TH.
ON THIS SLIDE IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW MEASURING
AND EVALUATING PROGRAM DATA CAN
HELP US MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING
THE AFFECT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE
WITH THE PROGRAMS.
SEATTLE BRANCHES CLOSED IN MARCH
OF 2020 DOW TO COVID.
COVID FUNDING HELPED TO REOPEN
THE LIBRARY HOURS AND RESTORE
THEM TO PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.
THIS COMPARES OPEN HOURS IN 2019
VERSES OPEN HOURS IN 2021 AND
YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN THE FUNDS
KICKED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021,
OPEN HOURS JUMPED TO A HIGHER
LEVEL.
IMPLEMENTATION OF ECONOMIC
RECOVERY PROGRAMS, WE LOOK AT
DATA TO SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.
FOR THE TIME PERIODS WE HAVE
DATA TO REPORT ON, NEIGHBORHOOD
ECONOMIC RECOVERY GRANTS HAVE
GONE OUT TO BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND
ALSO WITH OUR KEY GRANTS BEING
FOCUSED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE.
MAJORITY OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE
EITHER BIPOC LED OR SERVED BY
COMMUNITIES.
DOWNTOWN WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM HAS A VIRTUAL HIRING
HALL AND 73% OF PARTICIPANTS ARE
IDENTIFIED WITH BIPOC LIVING
SOUTH OF SEATTLE.
SEATTLE RESTORED HAS ALLOWED 22
SMALL BUSINESS SOS FAR WHO HAVE
ESTABLISHED LOCATIONS IN
DOWNTOWN WITH 73% OF THOSE
BUSINESSES BEING BIPOC AND THEN
SHOT TO THE BEE PROGRAM HAS
LINKED UP MUSICIANS TO SMALL
BUSINESSES AND USED IN CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST SEATTLE AND 84% OF
MUSICIANS IDENTIFY AS BIPOC.
>> ALSO WE HAVE DATA TO LOOK
BACK AT HOW THE COMPLETED
OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
FUNDED BY CLIFFORD HAVE DONE.
LOOKING AT THAT MAP ON THE
SLIDE, WADING POOLS MARKED WITH
GREEN TRIANGLES ON THE MAP AND
THEY WERE REOPENED AROUND THE
CITY ALLOWING FAMILIES TO STAY
COOL CLOSER TO HOME, REV KNEW
FOR THE CITY AND THE RED SQUARES
ON THE MAP PROVIDING OUTDOOR
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
FAMILIES WITH LESS ACCESS SO YOU
CAN SEE ON THE MAP THOSE EVENTS
ARE HELD IN MORE DISADVANTAGED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEN THE STAY HEALTHY
STREETS PROGRAM CLOSED STREETS
DURING THE PANDEMIC TO GIVE
PEOPLE SAFE OUTDOOR SPACE TO
RECREATE
RECREATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH.
SO STREET CLOSURES COULD BE
PRESERVED IN UNDERSERVED AREAS
AND LOCATIONS MOST IMPACTED BY
THE PANDEMIC AND 75% OF THE
ROOTS TO THE HIGHEST AND SECOND
HIGHEST BLUE AREAS OF THE MAP
DISADVANTAGED AGREE GRAPHIC
AREAS FOR THE ROC INDEX.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE
PROGRAM ALLOWS PEOPLE TO APPLY
FOR MULTIPLE PROGRAMS WITHOUT
HAVING TO ENTER INFORMATION
BETWEEN ADVOCATION.
EVERY PROGRAM TO AS MUCH AS TWO
HOURS ALSO ON THE SLIDE IS A MAP
OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE APPLYING
FROM AROUND THE CITY AND ALSO
THIS MAP IS THE INDEX MAP OF
DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOODS AND
67% OF AFRICANS IDENTIFIED AS
BIPOC.
SO IF ANYONE IS
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE PROGRAMS WE REPORTED
ON, THE FULL REPORT CAN BE FOUND
LINKED ON THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN PAGE AND THESE PROGRAMS
CONTINUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING
WITH DEPARTMENTS TO GATHER DATA
AND OUR CAPACITY FOR THIS WORK
AND EVALUATE HOW WE'RE DOING AND
SHARING THE RESULTS.
QUESTIONS?
?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M THANKFUL THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE IS PROVIDING THIS
INFORMATION.
THE MAPS YOU PROVIDED TO OVERLAY
THE HIGH AREAS OF LOWER INCOME
COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY BIPOC
COMMUNITIES IS REALLY HELPFUL IN
VISUALLY SEEING HOW WE TARGETED
COVID RELIEF EFFORTS AND OUR
RECOVERY TOWARDS SAY MORE
EQUITABLE RECOVERY BY MAKING
SURE THE DISPORTION NATALIE
IMPACTED BY COVID WHICH ALIGNS
WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE MORE
FREQUENTLY BEEN WORKING ON FRONT
LINES AS THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
MORE LIKELY TO BE FOLKS WHO ARE
FROM BIPOC COMMUNITIES THAT THEY
ARE RECEIVING FUNDING DIRECTLY
AND WE NEED THE PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
AS WELL.
THAT ALSO OVERLAYS WITH MUCH OF
OUR SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
AND FOR BUSINESS RECOVERY AS
WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR
COLLEAGUES TO SEE WHAT QUESTIONS
YOU HAVE.
THEY MIGHT WANT TO GO BACK TO A
SLIDE SO YOU CAN LEAVE THAT UP.
VICE CHAIR LISA HERBOLD.
>> I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW TO READ ONE OF THE
EARLIER SLIDES.
I THINK SLIDE 4.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND
WILLIAM YOU MAY HAVE COVERED
THIS, I JUST NEED TO SLOW IT
DOWN FOR MY BRAIN TO CATCH UP.
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE
DEFINITIONS.
UNADJUSTED AMOUNT AND WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN?
AND WHY IS IT DIFFERENT FROM
APRIL TO AUGUST.
THE CATEGORY, THEY'RE BOTH
CALLED UNADJUSTED BUT THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE AND THEN FORECASTED
AMOUNT, IS THAT WHAT WE EXPECT
TO RECOUP?
AND THEN YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT SO
THE ADJUSTED AMOUNT IS THE TOTAL
NUMBER THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR
REIMBURSEMENT FOR.
DEPENDING ON HOW FAR IT'S GONE
THROUGH THE REVIEW, IF IT'S
EARLY IN THE PROCESS WE DON'T
EXPECT TO GET 100% OF THAT.
WE HAVE AN ASSUMPTION 60% OF
THAT HIGH AMOUNT FOR THE EARLY
AMOUNT AND THAT WORKS ITS WAY
THROUGH DIFFERENT ROWS IN THAT
TABLE AND DIFFERENT STAGES OF
REVIEW.
MORE AND MORE CERTAIN ABOUT HOW
MUCH WILL MAKE IT THROUGH SO WE
INCREASED THE PERCENTAGE.
SO THAT IS BETWEEN ADJUSTED AND
FORECASTING.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APRIL AND
AUGUST IS THAT THERE ARE
PROJECTS THAT ARE BECOMING
PROJECT WORKSHEETS DIFFERENT
EMERGENCY REIMBURSEMENT PROJECTS
THAT WE TRACK.
IF YOU'RE AWARE OF A PROGRAM
ALREADY BUT NECESSARILY HAVE
WORKED OUT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
APPLIED FOR SO THAT WILL POP UP
AS THOSE GET FILLED IN.
IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT AS THEY
LEARN MORE AND REALIZE MORE
REIMBURSEMENT THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT OR JUST NOT SO MUCH THIS
HAPPENED BETWEEN APRIL AND
AUGUST BUT THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT
HAVE BEEN SUBMITD TO OEM TO
START TRACKING.
WITH THAT SAID, AT THIS POINT IN
THE PROCESS, WE ARE LIKELY
VARYING A CHANCE IT WILL POP UP
ANYMORE IS SMALLER AMOUNT NOW
GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE
EMERGENCY.
>> I AM TRYING TO LOOK FOR A
PATTERN AND JUST TO SEE WHAT WE
MIGHT HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS
PROCESS.
AND SO THE FIRST ROW THAT SEEMS
LIKE THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD
PATTERN TO EXPECT IN THE
FOLLOWING ROWS BUT IT DOESN'T
PLAY OUT THAT WAY.
I CAN UNDERSTAND LIKE YOUR
UNADJUSTED AMOUNT YOU START
SMALL EARLY ON IN THE ESTIMATE
AND THEN IT'S LARGER LATER ON
AND THEN YOU GET SOMEWHERE IN
BETWEEN THE TWO NUMBERS, BUT
THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE
PATTERN FOR THESE DIFFERENT
PROJECTS AND SO I AM JUST
WONDERING IS THERE ANYTHING WE
HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS PROCESS
OF MAKING AN ESTIMATE?
MAKING ANOTHER ESTIMATE AND THEN
HAVING A FORECAST OF WHAT WE
ACTUALLY PLAN TO RECEIVE AND
AGAIN, THE FORECASTED AMOUNT IS
WHAT WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE,
CORRECT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
CERTAINLY OUR BEST ATTEMPT AT
WHAT WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE.
I WILL SAY THIS PANDEMIC HAS
BEEN YOU HAVE HEARD THIS WORD SO
MANY TIMES -- UNPRECEDENTED.
WHEN YOU CAN DRAW ON PAST
EXPERIENCE FROM OEM TO HELP
FORECAST THIS EXPERIENCE, SO YOU
KNOW WE'LL TAKE WHAT LESSONS WE
DO LEARN AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE
USED IN THE FUTURE BUT YOU KNOW,
ON THE OTHER HAND, ALSO WE DON'T
HAVE WANT ANOTHER PANDEMIC AND
FUTURE EMERGENCIES MAY NOT BE
SIMILAR TO HOW WE'RE DEALING NOW
SO JUST A MATTER OF BEING SUCH A
NEW UNPRECEDENTED PATTERN THAT
WE'RE TRYING TO FORECAST HERE.
>> OKAY AND THEN MY SECOND
QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT LOOKING
FORWARD ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE
BILL AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION
ACT.
JUST BROADLY, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT
PROJECTS THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE
FOR FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER THOSE
TWO POLICIES.
AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE
TIMING.
>> SO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MANY
MONTHS FOR THIS TO WORK OUT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CENTRAL
STAFF HOW WE WILL BE SHARING
INFORMATION AND SO FAR, WE HAVE
GOT A FEW THAT ARE JUST ABOUT
DUE AND THEN THE NUMBER OF
DEPARTMENTS ACT TUFLY WORKING ON
THAT MAY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT
HERE'S THE RULES OF THE GRANT
AND WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY HAS
PROJECTS THAT ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE
AND MAKES SENSE TO APPLY FOR.
AND THEN A MUCH LARGER BODY OF
GRANTS THAT WERE IN THE FEDERAL
BILL THEY HAVEN'T EVEN RELEASED
INFORMATION ABOUT YET SO STILL
ALL JUST TBD.
>> BUT DID I HEAR YOU SAY THERE
ARE SOME THAT WE ARE APPLYING
FOR NOW?
>> YES.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR THE
PANEL TO HAVE.
JUST LIKE I THINK UNDER CHAIR
TERESA MOSQUEDA'S LEADERSHIP, WE
PROVIDE OUR GUIDANCE ON THE WAY
WE WANT THESE FUNDS TO BE SPENT.
I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS PRIOR
TO APPLICATIONS GOING IN.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
IN DISCUSSION ABOUT CENTRAL
STAFF ABOUT, WHAT THAT PROCESS
MAY LOOK LIKE.
>> DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING
ELSE?
>> WILLIAM TOOK WHAT I WAS GOING
TO SAY.
WE'RE WORKING ON WHAT THAT WILL
LOOK LIKE COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD TO FIGURE OUT.
A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ARE REALLY
TARGETED SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY
QUITE LIMITED ON WHAT TYPE OF
PROJECTS TO FIND.
SOME REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH SO WE
HAVE TO COME AND TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THAT.
SO GIVING THE UNCERTAIN TIMING
OF WHEN ALL OF THIS HAS THINGS
ARE COMING DOWN WITH DETAILS AND
DUE DATES AND REQUIREMENTS,
WILLIAM HAS DONE INCREDIBLE WORK
STANDING UP THIS INTERNAL
STRUCTURE TO LOOK THROUGH
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE KEEP SAYING THIS MAKE SURE WE
ARE NOT LEAVING DOLLARS ON THE
TABLE AND MAKING SMART
INVESTMENTS FOR THE CITY BUT
WORKING WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT AND HOW TO BEST
ENGAGE WITH YOU ALL AND AT WHAT
CADENCE BUT THAT'S ALL IN THE
WORKS.
>> I'LL UNDERSCORE THE VICE
CHAIR'S COMMENTS ON THIS AS
WELL.
UTS A SHARED GOAL AND DESIRE
FROM CBO AS YOU HAVE HEARD AS
WELL BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL MAYBE AT THE NEXT
MEETING BEFORE WE HEAD INTO
BUDGET TO HAVE A SENSE OF HOW
SOME OF THE NEW GRANT DOLLARS
ARE GOING TO BE SHARED WITH
COUNCIL EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO CORRECT
FOR SOME PAST NOT WHERE YOU WERE
THERE BUT PAST EFFORTS WHERE WE
LEARN ABOUT THE APPLICATION
AFTER THE FACT AND
COUNCILMEMBERS WANT A MORE
PROACTIVE ROLE IN SEEKING
FEDERAL DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THE
PARTNERSHIP WE'RE SEEING UNDER
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NOW.
SO I APPRECIATE IT'S A WORK IN
PROGRESS AND THERE'S
CONVERSATIONS UNDERWAY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
FOR THE CENTRAL STAFF I DID NOT
ASK TO BE ON THE LINE FOR TODAY
BUT I WILL DO FOLLOW UP THERE
WITH DIRECTOR DINGLEY AND SEE IF
WE CAN DO AN UPDATE FOR COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE HEAD INTO
BUDGET FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING THAT INFORMATION
PROACTIVELY.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M
PRESENTING TO THE FULL COUNCIL
ON THIS.
IN ANY CASE SEPTEMBER IS COMING.
>> IT'S COMING.
OKAY GREAT.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
YES COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON.
>> YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHERE I'M
GOING WITH THIS BECAUSE I ALWAYS
ZERO IN ON SMALL BUSINESS
RECOVERY.
COULD YOU GO TO SLIDE 11?
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE
GETTING THE MONEY OUT, 55% NOW.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, DOES
THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S 45% MONEY
LEFT OVER FOR SOMETHING ELSE?
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
MAYOR LAUNCHED THE ACCESS
PROGRAM AND ALSO EXPANDED WITH
FEDERAL DOLLARS THE COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO I AM JUST ASSUMING THAT THE
BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE
RECEIVING THAT MONEY, THAT IS
INCLUDED IN THE ALREADY INCOUPLE
BERED CATEGORY.
SO AND ALSO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE
THE OED HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING
HARD TO PROCESS GRANTS AND GET
THIS MONEY UP FOR INTENDED USE
SO CAN YOU SHED MORE LIGHT ON
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REST OF
THE 45%?
>> YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT
QUESTION.
SO CERTAINLY PART OF THIS IS THE
NOMENCLATURE ABOUT WHAT'S IN
PROCESS AS FAR AS WHAT'S COVERED
AND WHAT'S NOT.
SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS LIKE THE
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM IS NOT
ACTUALLY INCLUDED.
THAT'S A LARGE CHUNK THAT
INTERNALLY HAS BEEN LAUCHED BUT
NOT KOUNED IN THE PROCESS YET.
SO THAT'S WHERE A LARGE CHUNK OF
THAT SITS AND SAME THING WITH
THESE OTHER PROGRAMS WHERE THEY
HAVE GOT HAVING DISCUSSION WITH
CONTRACTS SIGNED BUT HASN'T
ACTUALLY GOTTEN IN THE SYSTEM.
THAT MAY NOT SHOW UP THERE SO
IT'S PARTLY A MATTER OF WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS DETERMINING WHEN
THEIR TELLING US WE HAVE THIS IN
PROCESS OR NOT AND THEN WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY ASK THEM, IS THIS JUST
SITTING AND THEY SAY NO IT'S
DOCUMENT COMMUNITY VERBALLY
AGREED TO BUT NOT REALLY HAVEN'T
BEEN SAYING IT'S COUNTED HERE
RIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT YOUR COMMENTS
THIS PRESENTATION IS A COUPLE
WEEKS OUT OF DATE SO VERY
POSSIBLE THAT NUMBER IS NOW
DIFFERENT.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE
EXPLANATION.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU,
DIRECTOR.
>> NO, YOU SAID EXACTLY WHAT I
WAS GOING TO SAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> EXCELLENT.
OKAY SO WE'RE GOING SEE IF
THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON?
GREAT.
OKAY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TH WALK THROUGH HERE TODAY.
TO WILLIAM AND JULIE, COLLEAGUES
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE
COMMITTEE HAS HAD THE CHANCE TO
WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION
AND IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET AN
UPDATE I BELIEVE JEWELLY
PLANNING FOR A NOVEMBER TIME
FRAME AS WELL.
OKAY AND THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SEQUENCE
THIS WITH OUR QUARRELLY REVENUE
FORECAST UPDATES THAT FOLLOW THE
REVENUE COUNCIL COMMITTEE
MEETINGS SO AGAIN WE'LL GET A
CHANCE TO HAVE UPDATES IN
NOVEMBER.
I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM FOR
THE COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARIES THE
DEPARTMENT IS SENDING TO YOU SO
WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION
AVAILABLE AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
THIS IS AN EXCITING WAY FOR US
TO TRACK THE EFFECT OF THE
$3 MILLION IN FEDERAL RELIEF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE RECEIVED AND
SENT OUT TO COMMUNITIES FOR
LEGISLATION.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS
AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE IS AVAILABLE TO US
AND THE COMMUNITY SO WE'RE ABLE
TO RO VIADUCT GREATER
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
ON THESE DOLLARS AND WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FEDERAL
DELEGATION TO PROVIDE THIS
ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO US.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO PUT ON
A LITTLE LOCAL PROGRESS, SLASH
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES HAT
HERE.
IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO SHOW
TO CONGRESS WHEN CITIES RECEIVE
MONEY DIRECTLY, WE PUT THEM INTO
ACTION.
WE APPRECIATE PAST DOLLARS FOR
THE STATE ALWAYS BUT HAVING THE
MONEY COME DIRECTLY TO US MEANT
WE COULD ACT AND I THINK PROVIDE
SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE
APPROPRIATE THESE DOLLARS GIVEN
THAT WE'RE CLOSEST TO THE GROUND
AND FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN FEELING
THE IMPACT OF COVID AND I HOPE
WE CONTINUE TO SEE DOLLARS COME
DIRECTLY TO CITIES IN THE
FUTURE.
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
WORK.
ALL RIGHT, WE ARE JUST ON TIME
AND VICE CHAIR LISA HERBOLD WE
MAY GET OUT OF HERE ON TIME SO
NO NEED TO HAND OVER THE GA VERY
WELL AT 11:30 BUT WE ARE AT 1045
TIM TUM AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT GREEN NEW DEAL
RECOMMENDATIONS COULD YOU READ
ITEM NUMBER THREE INTO THE
RECORD.
.
>> ITEM NUMBER THREE COUNCIL
BILL 120413 AMENDING ORDINANCE
126490 CHANGING APPROPRIATE
UNITED NATIONS TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS AND CONTROL LEVELS
FROM VARIOUS FUNDS IN THE
BUDGET.
FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>>> THANK YOU MADAME CLERK.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PANEL
WE HAVE.
THIS IS THE DEBUT I BELIEVE OF
OUR DIRECTOR FROM SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT, JESSYN FARRELL.
WE ALSO HAVE JUSTICE DIRECTOR
AMAZING TITLE LILIANA AND WE
HAVE A COMMUNITY PANEL WITH US
THAT MAKES UP GREEN NEW DEAL
BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS THIS INCLUDES DELMINA
AND MARIO AND CRUS SO IT'S GOING
TO BE WONDERFUL TO HEAR FROM YOU
AND THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN
ANTICIPATED BY THE COMMUNITY AND
BY THE PANEL OF MEMBERS HERE
TODAY.
SO DESPERATELY NEEDED AS WE SEE
SKYROCKETING TEMPERATURES IN OUR
REGION, WILDFIRES AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND CRISIS LIKE THE
FLOODS OCCURRING ACROSS THE
GLOBE.
WE IN SEATTLE ARE WORKING TO PUT
JUMP START PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
DOLLARS TOWARDS THE GREEN NEW
DEAL SPEND PLAN AS CODIFIED IN
STATUTES.
IT WOULD RELEASE 6$6.5 MILLION
OF
JUMP START SEATTLE FUNDS FOR
GREEN NEW DEAL PRIORITIES BASED
ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS DIRECTLY
FROM COMMUNITY AND THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THIS IS A BOARD CALLED FROM THE
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS
DIRECT OVERSIGHT OVER A LARGE
PORTION OF THE FUNDS FROM JAFRP
START AND IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE
COUNCIL'S 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE, THE
BOARD AS ENGAGED WITH VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS AND CONDUCTED THIS
EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THESE
RECOMMEND MEN DAGSS FOR US AND
SUBMITTED THESE TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE 2022 RESERVE CAN BE
SPENT ACCORDING TO
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT THE
2023 BUDGET WE WILL SOON BE
RECEIVING FROM THE MAYOR AND THE
CITY COUNCIL CAN ACT UPON
INCLUDES THESE PRIORITIES AS
WELL.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR JESSYN FARRELL TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND
WELCOME THE PANEL.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
WORK AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN,
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAME
CHAIR.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THE
RECORD I'M GUY FIERI DIRECTOR OF
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT.
BEFORE WE JUMP IN WHY DON'T WE
HAVE EACH OF THE PANELISTS
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND
LILIANA, LET'S START WITH YOU.
-- -- JESSYN FARRELL.
>>> THANK YOU DIRECTOR JESSYN
FARRELL, NICE TO BE HERE.
I'M THE CLIMATE JUSTICE DIRECTOR
AT OC, GOOD MORNING.
.
>> GOOD MORNING, AND EXECUTIVE
MEMBERS OF THEOVER SIGHT BOARD,
GOOD MORNING, WELCOME HISTORIC
MOMENT MY NAME IS MARIE BARTIOLO
AND I SERVE AS COCHAIR.
CYRUS IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT.
I PASS IT ON TO LILANA.
>> GOOD MORNING, PLEASURE TO BE
HERE PRESENTING.
.
>> I FAILED TO NOTE CEO IS WITH
US WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> I'M CP ANALYST FOR OSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY
THANKING THE CHAIR FOR HER
LEADERSHIP ON THE JUMP START
PAYROLL TAX AND ON THE GREEN NEW
DEAL.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO GET TO
BE HERE AND I WANTED TO THANK
OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT
BOARD THAT HAVE PUT SO MANY
HOURS OF WORK INTO THIS AND OF
COURSE FABULOUS OSE STAFF WHO
HAS REALLY MET ON THIS AND OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH CBO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE EFFORT
THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THIS AND OF
COURSE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE FOR YOUR TIME TODAY IN
TAKING THIS UP.
SO MY REMARKS ARE VERY BRIEF.
ONLY TO SAY THAT WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED TO PRESENT THE 2022
BUDGET INVESTMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS, 2023 BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS COMING VERY
SOON.
AND WE REALLY SEE BOTH OF THESE
AS A PACKAGE THAT HAS BEEN
INFORMED BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND OUTREACH AND THE DIALOGUE
THAT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD HAS HAD WITH THE
COMMUNITY S. WHILE WE'RE ONLY
PRESENTING 2022 RECOMMENDATIONS
TODAY, WE REALLY DO SEE A LOT OF
COMPLIMENTARY WORK THAT'S COMING
IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS SOON ON
2023.
SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN
IT OVER TO LILIANA WHO WILL KICK
OFF THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S
BRIEFING IS TO UPDATE COUNCIL TO
SET ASIDE $6.5 MILLION FOR 2022
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR INCREDIBLE
MEMBERS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT BOARD EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE WHO WILL TALK THROUGH
THE BOARD'S APPROACH TO
DEVELOPING BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INFORM THE
INVEST MS IN THESE 2022
INVESTMENT PACKAGE HERE.
SO FIRST I'LL GET STARTED WITH
THE BOARD.
THIS BOARD IS A GROUP OF 19
PEOPLE, ONE I WANT TO THANK
COUNCIL FOR APPOINTING SUCH
INCREDIBLE FOLKS ALONG WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THESE 19 FOLKS REPRESENT LABOR
UNIONS, YOUTH, FRONT LINE
COMMUNITIES, TRIBAL
REPRESENTATIVES, PEOPLE WITH
EXPERTISE AND KNOWLEDGE IN WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN
HOUSE GAS REDUCTION AND CLIMATE
ADAMATION SO WE REALLY HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE CREW OF OVERSIGHT
BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE GET TO
PARTNER WITH ON DEVELOPING
ACTIONS TO ACCELERATE SEATTLE'S
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO MEET
THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
AND ALL OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
APPOINTED.
WHICH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND
I'M GOING TO ALSO, THIS ALLOWS
ME TO PASS IT ON TO MARIA WITH A
COUPLE SLIDES AND WILL GIVE US
GROUNDING AND CONTEXT TO THEIR
PROCESS AND GOPPING THEIR BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE WE GO
INTO THE SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS
THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.
I'LL PASS THIS TO MARIA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMMUNITY
AND COUNCIL AND SO WE HAVE A LOT
OF GUIDANCE FROM GREEN NEW DEAL
ORDINANCE.
WHEN WE FIRST GATHERED IN 2021
WE SPENT TIME BUILDING RELATIONS
AS A BOARD AND ESTABLISHED
CRITICAL FOUNDATION ELEMENTS FOR
OUR WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT OF
OE STAFF.
ONE OF THOSE IS ESTABLISHING
ADMISSION FOR THE BOARD IN OUR
WORK.
WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY CORE
VALUES THAT WE WILL HOLD
OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO AND WE
ACCOMPLISHED OUR MISSION BY
RECOMMENDING SYSTEMIC CHANGES TO
THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND
ADVISORY BOARDS.
BY SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION AND
COORDINATING OUR EVERIES WITH
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND RELATED
ADVISORY GROUPS THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE ORDINANCE.
NEXT SLIDE.
DURING THE THREE MONTH PROCESS
WE UNDERWENT IN DEVELOPING THE
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WERE
VERY CLEAR THAT WE WERE A LARGE
BOARD AND NEED TO BE UNITED IN A
SMALL GROUP THAT WAS
CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGING THE LARGER
GROUP SO BY THE TIME WE PROPOSED
THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, IT WAS
VERY CLEAR.
WE CREATED A COMMUNITY INPUT
SURVEY AND HOSTED WITH OSC A
COMMUNITY SESSION TO HELP INFORM
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR BUDGET
RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU FOR BOTH
THE 2022 INVESTMENTS AND AS WILL
BE DISCUSSED LATER IN THE 2023
BUDGET PROCESS.
WE WANT TO BUILD ON EACH OF
THESE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS.
THE STAFF FROM THE CITY
DEPARTMENT GAVE THIS
PRESENTATION TO GET US UP TO
SPEED ON WHAT THE CITY IS
NEEDING ON POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
OSC PROVIDED US WITH A PREZ
THAGS PUT TOGETHER INPUT FROM
VARIOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PROCESSES ANYWHERE FROM THE
EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA,
THE VALLEY ACTION PLAN AND STAFF
ALSO SUMMARIZED FINDINGS FROM
COMMUNITY REPORTS SUCH AS
PAIRING THE TRANSITION LED BY
PUGET SOUND STAGE AND THEN
FUNLLY AS BOARD MEMBERS WE ARE
APPOINTED TO BRING THE VOICES
AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR COMMUNITIES
TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD AS WELL
AS BRING IT BACK OUT TO OUR
RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AND
PROVUD A WEALTH OF TECHNICAL
KNOWLEDGE.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT TO
PAULINA SPEAKING ABOUT THE
CRITERIA DEVELOPED FOR
RECOMMENDATIONS.
.
>>.
>> THANK YOU, I TALK TALK ABOUT
THE CRITERIA THAT WE ASKED THE
BOARD TO CONSIDER ON
RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE BOARD AND THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE IN THE BOARD WILL
CENTER AROUND THE KEY PILLARS OF
THE GREEN NEW DEAL YOU SEE
BEFORE YOU ON THE SLIDE THAT
TALKS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE
CLIMATE CRISIS AND PROMOTION OF
COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS NEEDED TO ENSURE
BENEFITS AND INVESTMENTS
PRIORITIZED FOR LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES.
WE NEED TO UNSURE WE HAVE
ALIGNMENT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
OR ADAPT TO INCORPORATE THE
ASSETS AND PREFERENCES OF
COMMUNITIES.
THAT WAS KIND OF CAPTURED BY THE
EX-TENSE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
THAT WE DID AS TALKED ABOUT IN
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS NEED TO HAVE
IMPACT WITH EFFICACY BEING
TRACKED, MEASURED IN APPROPRIATE
COMMUNITY RESPONSE METHODS AND
DEMONSTRATED.
IT SHOULD BUILD CAPACITY FOR
COMMUNITY LEADERS, ORGANIZATIONS
AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL BOARD AND
CITY STAFF
SO ALL OF
THIS LED US TO THE 13
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SEE IN
JUNE AND IN THE SLIDE AS WELL.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL BOARD TOOK IT
UP AS OUR ROLE AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO CRACK THE
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS VERY
SERIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE
THROUGHOUT RECOMMENDATIONS WE
WORKED ON.
WE'RE PLEASED TO SEE MANY
PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN
INCORPORATED IN THE 2022 BUDGET
BEFORE YOU.
AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE
WILL SEE MORE OF THESE
PRIORITIES REFLECTED IN THE 2023
PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE'RE EAGER TO SEE THE NEW GREEN
DEAL INVESTMENT THAT IS CAN
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE TO
CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND
REDUCTION.
THERE'S AN INTEREST OF CARBON
COMMUNITY, SUPPORT CRITICAL
GREEN NEW DEAL PROGRAMS TO
OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT AND
EDUCATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND IN LANGUAGE SERVICES AND
RAISE CAPACITY FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL TO SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RESPONDING
TO ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE
PRESENTATION IS DONE.
>>> THANK YOU.
SO WITH THAT INCREDIBLE
GROUNDING AND CONTEXT OF DIGGING
HERE INTO THE SPECIFIC
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU
IN THE BUDGET LEGISLATION.
FOR THIS 2022 GREEN NEW DEAL
OPPORTUNITY FUND.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW SLIDE THAT
JUST WALKS YOU THROUGH THE
INVESTMENT BUCKET AREAS AND THE
AMOUNT WE HAVE MAPPED THEM TO
THE PRIORITY AREAS THAT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL HAS IDENTIFIED
FOR US AS WELL.
SO I WILL DIG INTO THE SPECIFICS
HERE.
OUR FIRST INVESTMENT AREA IS FOR
RESILIENCE HUBS AS COUNCILMEMBER
TERESA MOSQUEDA MENTIONED
EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION WITH
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
FRONT AND CENTER, WE ARE FOCUSED
ON STRATEGIES AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THAT CENTER COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE AS WELL AS CLIMATE
RESILIENCE.
THEY ARE COMMUNITY DRIVEN
INVESTMENT THAT IS ARE DESIGNED
TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND
CONNECTED TO CRITICAL RESOURCES
AND TO EACH OTHER DURING CLIMATE
EVENTS SUCH AS EXTREME HEAT OR
COLD WEATHER AND WHEN WE'RE
EXPERIENCING FOREST FIRES AND
THICK SMOG AIR AS WELL AS
FLOODING.
YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT IN TERMS OF
THE BREAK DOWN, WE HAVE
$1.78 MILLION TO SUPPORT
RESILIENCE HUBS AND 1.35 OF THAT
IS TO PILOT RESILIENCE HUBS AND
PROVIDE COOLING AIR FILTRATION
AND CRITICAL PROGRAMMING AND YOU
CAN SEE $430,000 TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A CITY WIDE
RESILIENCE HUB STRATEGY FOCUSING
ON COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED
FIRST AND WORST BY CLIMATE
CHANGE AND THAT IS TO SUPPORT
INCLUSIVE OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT AND TO SUPPORT
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AS WELL.
TO REALLY HELP US IDENTIFY WHERE
WE CAN BE SITING THESE
RESILIENCE HUBS.
THE NEXT INVESTMENT AREA IS TO
SUPPORT OUR MUNICIPAL BUILDING
ELECTRIC FY OCCASION STRATEGY.
THIS IS TO TRANSITION FOSSIL
FUEL GAS TO ELECTRIC AND SUPPORT
QUALITY HEATING AND COOLING
UPGRADES.
THIS INVESTMENT IS TO HELP US
ACT SET RAL THE TRANSITION OFF
FOSSIL FUELS IN CITY OWNED
BUILDINGS AND PRIORITIZING
BUILDINGS THAT ARE COMMUNITY
FACING.
OF THAT 2.3 MILLION DOLLARINGS,
$610,000 IS SET ASIDE FOR
MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS AND 1.7 TO
PROVIDE HEATING COOLING AND
CLEAN AIR THE THE NORTHEAST AND
SOUTHWEST LIBRARY BRANCHES.
THIS NEXT INVESTMENT
AREA IS TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
ELECTRICFICATION.
THIS IS ABOUT ADVANCING
SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT TO 100%
CLEAN BUILDINGS.
THE TRANSITION OFF FOSSIL FUELS
FOR RENTERS ENSURING WE BUILD
ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE SO
RENTERS AREN'T STUCK LIVING IN
APARTMENTS WITH FOSSIL FUELS
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POOR INDOOR
QUALITY AND CONTINUED TO WORSEN
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
THIS IS SUPPORTING NEW
CONSTRUCTION THAT HAS BEEN
VESTED TO 2015 ENERGY CODES AND
VERSES CURRENT BUILDINGS THAT
ARE NOW REQUIRED TO MEET
ELECTRIC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
NEXT INVESTMENT AREA
IS TO SUPPORT DATA GATHERING AND
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TO
DEVELOPMENT CLIMATE AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH INDICATORS AS
THE CITY CONTINUES TO MAKE
EXCITING INVESTMENTS ADDRESS
CLIMATE CHANGE, WE ARE
SIMULTANEOUSLY BUILDING DATA
DASH BOARDS AND MAPS TO HELP
INFORM EQUITABLE INVESTMENT
DECISION THAT IS PRIORITIZE
SEATTLE'S MOST OVERBURDENED
RESIDENTS.
IF YOU RECALL IN 2020 THERE WAS
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ASKING OSE TO
DEVELOP A PUBLIC BASH BOARD.
WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH THAT WORK
AND THIS INVESTMENT ITEM HELPS
US TO ADDITIONAL DATA TO INFORM
THE INVESTMENTS.
THIS IS GOING TO HELP US TRACK
OUR IMPACT ADVANCING CLIMATE
JUSTICE AND BE MORE UP TO DATE
GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSION DATA AS
WELL AS COMMUNITY HEALTH DATA.
THIS LAST INVESTMENT IS TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
INFORM THE CLIMATE ELEMENT OF
THE ONE SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
AND I FAILED TO MENTION THIS IN
THE INVESTMENT AREAS BUT WE ARE
PARTNERING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT
PARTNERS FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE
WE HAVE IN CONVERSATIONS AT OPCD
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
WORKING CLOSELY WITH OH AND
MUNICIPAL BUILDING ELECTRIC
STRATEGY AND WORKING CLOSELY
WITH SEATTLE PARKS AND LIBRARIES
AND FAS AND RESILIENCE HUBS
COORDINATING WITH OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION AND CITY
LIGHT AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT
BE ALL SHE WROTE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
TIME AND GLAD TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND FOR ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE
BEEN WATCHING THE PRESENTATION
ONLINE, I KNOW IT WAS PACKED.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS LINKED IN OUR
AGENDA AND ZOOM IN AND WE CAN
GET LINKED TO THE FULL
RECOMMENDATION PACKAGE.
VICE CHAIR LISA HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO SAY I'M
SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRIORITIES.
AND AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE
PROJECTS IN DISTRICT ONE, REALLY
EXCITED TO SEE FUNDING FOR
RESILIENCE SI PROJECTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTION PLAN
AS WELL AS ELECTRICFICATION
UPGRADES.
WE WORK TOGETHER ON THE BUDGET
PROCESS LAST YEAR TO FUND THIS
PRIORITY AND GLAD TO SEE THE
GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD
AGREES THIS SHOULD BE HIGH
PRIORITY.
CAN WE GO TO THE PAGE THAT
DESCRIBES THE INVESTMENT FOR THE
RESILIENCE HUBS?
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO YOU'RE
LOOKING AT 1.7 MILLION AND SOME
OF THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE
$430,000 IS FOR PLANNING WHEREAS
$1.3 MILLION IS FOR SPECIFICALLY
CAPITAL PROJECTS.
I'M WONDERING AND LOOKING AT
THIS PRESENTATION VERSES THE
ATTACHMENT WHICH IS THE
MATERIALS FROM THE OVERSIGHT
BOARD AND I'M SEEING A LITTLE
BIT OF A DIFFERENT TAKE.
YOU COULD BE SAYING THE SAME
THING AND SAYING IT DIFFERENTLY
BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
I SEE $2 MILLION IN 2022 AND
$4 MILLION IN 2023.
AND OF THE $2 MILLION IN 2022,
ABOUT $500,000 LOOKS LIKE IS TO
DO SOME PLANNING WORK AND TO
FIND OUT WHERE WE WOULD MAKE
THESE INVESTMENTS AND THEN
$1.5 MILLION WOULD BE AT THE
ACTUAL FUNDS TO DO SOME OF THE
WORK SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGN WITH
WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE
PRESENTATION AND IT DOESN'T SEEM
THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS
PRESENTATION THE 2023 NUMBERS,
ONLY THE 2022 AND JUST IN THIS
AREA AS WELL, I THINK THAT
PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S A GROUP
OF COALITION OF FOLKS WHO ARE
LOBBYING THE COUNCIL AS IT
RELATES TO THE METROPOLITAN
PARKS DISTRICT AND THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE PLANNING
TO MAKE THERE AND ASKING THAT WE
INCLUDE DOLLARS FOR CAPITAL
INVEST MS AND RESILIENCE HUBS IN
THAT REVENUE STREAM SO JUST
WANTING TO UNDERSTAND FOR US
MOVING FORWARD IF WE WERE TO DO
MORE IN THE METROPOLITAN PARKS
DESTRUCT AND CREATE A NEW
REVENUE STREAM FOR THE WORK, HOW
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO MARY THAT
WITH THE FUNDING HERE IN THE
OBJECTIVES?
>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.
LET'S START BY ANSWERING THE
QUESTION THAT THE MPD AND HOW
THAT RELATES TO THE GREEN NEW
DEAL FUNDING AND THEN YOU CAN
ACTUALLY JUMP IN AND HELP WITH
THE INTERPLAY OF THE 2022
FUNDING IF THAT WORKS.
WE WANT THESE TO BE
SAFE PLACES FOR PEOPLE IN AN
EMERGENCY.
THERE'S PROGRAMMING THAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
IS COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE.
WE KNOW THAT ELDERS AND PEOPLE
WITH CHILDREN AND PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND
OTHER VARYING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH
RESPECT TO PROGRAMMING SO WE
NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR STRATEGY
IS.
I CAN SAY WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH
PARKS AS THEY DEVELOPED THEIR
PROPOSAL FOR THE MPD AND IN THIS
PROPOSAL AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE
IN 2023 SO ALL THREE OF THESE
FUNDING PIECES ARE COMPLIMENTARY
WITH THE IDEA OF BUILDING A
COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY
RESPONSIVE STRATEGY AND IF YOU
WANT TO JUMP IN AND ADD ANY
ADDITION TO THAT, HAPPY FOR YOU
TO DO THAT BUT WE CAN ALSO TURN
IT OVER TO OKSHAY.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
SO LOOKING AT THE 2022
RECOMMENDATIONS AND 2023
REALISTICALLY, I THINK THERE'S
TIME TO COUNTER HERE.
MOST OF THE MONEY IS NOT GOING
TO BE SPENT UNTIL 2023 SO WE
HAVE LEGISLATION AUTHORIZATION
TO AUTO CARRY FORWARD.
WE LOOK AT EACH MARKET AS
COMPLIMENTARY SO YOU WILL SEE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
RESILIENCY HUBS IN 2023.
WE CAN SHARE WE HAVE 3 MULL YON
DOLLARS MORE IN COMING TO PARKS
ON TOP OF THE FUNDING FROM THIS
LEGISLATION AS WE AS THE MPD
FUNDING AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR LIBRARIES AND OTHER
BUILDINGS AS WELL.
AGAIN, TO SPEAK TO THE
DIFFERENCE IN WHAT'S IN THE
DEFINITION AND THIS LEGISLATION,
AGAIN WE TRY TO LOOK AT IT AND
LOOK AT WHAT ITEMS CAN BE FUNDED
IN A ONE TIME BASIS WITH THE
2022.
AND YOU WILL BE SEEING MORE FOR
ALL THESE PRIORITIES IN THE 2023
LEGISLATION.
>>> THANK YOU ANY FOLLOW UP
BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
ANDREW J. LEWIS.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J. LEWIS GO
AHEAD.
>>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER TERESA MOSQUEDA, I
WANTED TO JUMP IN ON THE SAME
THREAD HERE.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING ALL
THE INFORMATION YESTERDAY FROM
THE EXECUTIVE THAT DOES -- NO
ONE WAS OVER THERE TALKING ABOUT
THE 3.5 MILLION GOING TO PARKS
FOR THIS PURPOSE THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS GIVEN
TO US YESTERDAY.
BUT I DID WANT TO JUMP IN MORE
AND SEE DIRECTOR JESSYN FARRELL
WHETER OR NOT THERE'S ANY
INDICATION AT THIS POINT IF
THERE'S A LIST OF PARK ASSETS
THAT WOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR
THE RESILIENCE WORK AND ALSO IT
WOULD HELP FOR ME TO HEAR AT
THIS POINT WHAT THE SPECIFIC
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ARE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CAPITAL
COMPONENT OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE
SI VERSES THE PROGRAMMING, WHAT
THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE
TO MAKE COMMUNITY CENTER A
CANDIDATE TO BECOME A RESILIENCE
HUB AND BE ABLE TO ACCEPT AND
USE THAT PROGRAMMING TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT PART OF ITS
SUBMISSION.
SO THOSE TWO THINGS, LIKE ONE,
WHAT ARE THE CAPITAL PHYSICAL
IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO BECOME
A RESILIENCE HUB AND IS THERE A
LIST BEING PUT TOGETHER OF WHICH
PARK ASSETS IN PARTICULAR WOULD
BE THE FIRST PRIORITY WITH THE
INITIAL ROUND OF INVESTMENTS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
ANDREW J. LEWIS.
GREAT QUESTION.
AND I AM GOING TO DEFER TO
OCSHAY TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT
WHAT'S IN THE PARK DISTRICT.
SO SHE HAS THAT AND CAN ANSWER
IT NOW, THAT'S GREAT.
AND WHAT I WOULD SAY MORE
BROADLY AROUND THAT QUESTION OF
HOW A PROJECT MOVES FROM BEING A
CANDIDATE TO AN ACTUAL
RESILIENCE SI HUB THAT'S WHERE I
WOULD DIRECT YOUR INVESTMENT
INTOOS THE DUHAMISH COMMUNITY.
THERE'S COMMUNITY WORK THERE TO
IDENTIFY LOCATIONS AND PROGRAM
AND COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT WILL BE
BUILT OUT IN THE SOUTH PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
SO THOSE TWO ARE CALLED OUT
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S
ALREADY BEEN SO MUCH COMMUNITY
WORK SO THERE IS THAT DECOR
BONNIZATION, UPGRADING THE
FACILITY AND THEN THE PROGRAM
PIECE HAS TO BE A TWO WAY
CONVERSATION WITH COMMUNITY TO
MAKE SURE IT'S DEEPLY RESPONSIVE
TO NEEDS SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE
FOCUSING FIRST ON THE DUHAMISH
WHERE THERE'S TWO WAY
CONVERSATION AND WE EXPECT MORE
THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN ON THE
SPECIFIC FACILITIES, IF YOU'RE
ABLE TO, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO I DO NOT SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
WHICH PARK IS BEING PRIORITIZED.
I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FROM
MY COLLEAGUES.
AND HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
>> OKAY COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J.
LEWIS FOLLOW UP?
>> YEAH, I GUESS I'M STILL NOT
HEARING THE SPECIFICALLY WHAT
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MAKE IN A
CENT A RESILIENCE HUB.
AIR CONDITIONING?
HVAC?
WEATHERIZATION?
I WANTED TO GET REALLY SPECIFIC
AND MAYBE I WASN'T CLEAR IN THE
QUESTION.
ON WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE NEED
TO DO TO GO INTO A COMMUNITY
CENTER AND MAKE IT SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE A RESILIENCE HUB.
I IMAGINE WE WANT TO DO THOSE
THINGS NO MATTER WHAT.
WOER GOING TO WANT TO PROBABLY
MAKE THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
NO MATTER WHAT BUT THEN TO GET
IT THE REST OF THE WAY AND BE A
TRUE RESILIENCE HUB YOU WOULD
PUT IN PROGRAMMING WHICH WE
PROBABLY ANT GOING TO DO
IMMEDIATELY FOR THESE DIFFERENT
CENTERS BUT WE COULD MAKE A PLAN
TO MAKE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
TO MAKE THEM ALL CANDIDATES, IF
THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT I WANT TO GET A BETTER SENSE
OF JUST IN GENERAL, LIKE WHAT
WOULD MAKE A PUBLIC FACILITY A
RESILIENCE HUB AND WHAT ARE THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WE NEED TO
MAKE TO REALIZE THAT.
AND AT A HIGH LEVEL OF
SPECIFICITY.
>> SO I THINK YOU HIT ON
BASICALLY THE KEY POINTS TO THAT
QUESTION WHICH IS TO SAY THAT IT
CAN INCLUDE WEATHERIZATION AND
IT CAN INCLUDE HVAC AND THE
ELECTRICFICATION.
NEW ROOFS.
A LOT OF UPGRADES THAT ARE DPENT
NT ON THE FACILITY BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY, IT'S ABOUT
MAKING ATE PLACE DECOR BONN
NIZED AND HAS COOLING
CAPABILITIES, AND THERE MAY BE
OTHER THINGS IDENTIFIED AS WE GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT ARE
PART OF THE BUILDING UPGRADE.
SO YOU CHECKED ALL THE BOXES.
IT WILL DEPEND ON THE BUILDING
SPECIFICALLY AND WE DO HAVE THAT
LEVEL OF DETAIL FOR THE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE
SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE
THAT TO YOU AS FOLLOW UP AND
YOU'RE RIGHT, THE SECOND PART OF
THAT THEN IS WELL, TO WRAP THAT
UP, YES WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS
WITH ALL OF OUR MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS BUT REALLY FOCUSING ON
THESE CANDIDATES FIRST AND
BUILDING IN THE PIECES.
THAT'S EXACTLY THE STRATEGY AND
WAEL PROVIDE THE SPECIFIC
UPGRADES AS A FOLLOW UP.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR TERESA
MOSQUEDA.
NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE THIS
MORNING.
I WANT TO THANK THE GREEN NEW
DEAL OVERSIGHT BOARD AND
APPRECIATE THE WORK OF
COUNCILMEMBER SUWAN MIKE O BRIAN
WHO WORKED ON THESE ISSUES FOR A
WHILE AND I APPRECIATE THE
LEADERSHIP OF OUR BUDGET CHAIR
WHO GENERATED THE SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING HERE.
AND PLEASE JUST SEE DIRECTOR
JESSYN FARRELL IN ACTION AS
PERMANENT HEAD OF THE OFFICE.
WANTED TO ASK ABOUT ONE OF THE
LINE ITEMS IN THE 2023 SPEND
PLAN, KUS ME THE 2022 SPEND
PLAN.
SO TO INCREASE RESILIENCY IN THE
FACE OF HEAT WAVES, CLIMATE
CHANGE AND CORRECTING
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES, WE
NEED TO PLANT AND PROTECT MORE
TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
ESPECIALLY SOUTH SEATTLE AND
LOOKING BACK AT THE ORIGINAL
GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION 31895
ADOPTED IN 2019 IT HAD
STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING THE
WARMING CLIMATE INCLUDING
ENCOURAGING PRESERVATION OF
PLANTING OF TREES CITY WIDE TO
INCREASE THE CITY'S TREE CAN PI
COVER, PRIORITIZING LOW HISTORIC
LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS SO THIS
SPENDING PLAN I'M NOT SEEING
TREES AS PART OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL STRUCTURE EXCEPT
FOR THE $150,000 FOR STUDY OUT
OF THE ENTIRE 6 MILLION FOR 2022
AND WHILE WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY
APPROVING THE 2023 SPEND PLAN
TODAY, I DO APPRECIATE THE
OVERSIGHT BOARD PROVIDING THE
DRAFT AND MATERIALS OF WHAT THAT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR 2023 FOR
THAT $22 MILLION BUT I'M NOT
SEEING ANYTHING ABOUT TREES
THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING.
URBAN FOREST COMMISSION GOT A
PRESENTATION SHOWING SEATTLE
LOST 255 ACRES OF TREES SINCE
2016 AND THIS WAS JUST A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO.
BUT IT SHOWS THE DATA GOING IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION ON TREES.
TRYING TO GET OUR CAN PI
COVERAGE TO INCREASE TO 30% BUT
WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG
DIRECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEATTLE
PLANT A MILLION TREES OVER THE
NEXT 20 YEARS.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S NOT
FUNDING FOR TREES, THE QUESTION
IS FOR DIRECTOR JESSYN FARRELL,
IF WARE NOT SEEING MORE FOR
TREES IN THIS PARTICULAR
SPENDING PLAN, CAN WE EXPECT
FROM A SEPARATE LOCATION IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT
WILL BE GETTING IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS HERE?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ALEX
PEDERSEN.
THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION.
AND I WOULD JUST AFFIRM THAT THE
TREES REALLY ARE CLIMATE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND AS WE ARE
REALLY DELVING INTO THE DATA
FROM THE TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT
THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF, ONE
OF THE THINGS WE ARE REALLY
FINDING IS THAT TREES ARE BEING
MORE AND MORE UM PACTED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SO WE NEED TO
BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN PROTECTING
AND MAKING THE TREES THAT WE
HAVE BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GETTING IN
FRONT BY PLANTING MORE TREES SO
THAT'S RIGHT.
I WILL SAY THAT THERE WILL BE
INVESTMENTS IN THE 2023 BUDGET
THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA AND I
CAN JUST SAY OVERALL WE HAVE
SEEN THAT THERE'S BEEN A
DIMINISHMENT OF TREES AND
NATURAL AREAS AND THAT'S BECAUSE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
TREES ARE IMPACTED BY DROUGHT,
STRONGER WIND STORMS SO THAT'S A
PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO INVEST
AND AGAIN, AS CLIMATE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUITY OF
TREES WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A
LESS TREE CANOPY IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACTED BY OTHER
SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
ECONOMIC INJUSTICE SO BUILDING
OUT A CANOPY AND PLANTING PLAN
THAT REFLECTS THAT, I THINK
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART
OF OUR WORK GOING FORWARD.
SO THERE WILL BE MORE ON THIS IN
THE 2023 BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL OH
COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN?
NO, OKAY GREAT.
I I'M NOT SEEING ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR THE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OUTREACH.
THIS DEEP ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
AND ITS ONE OF THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO REALLY
MAKE SURE TA THE JUMP START
GREEN NEW DEAL SPENDING GOES AS
COMMUNITY IS INTENDING TO FRONT
LINE COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED
BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE
REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE HERE
FROM THE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND
FROM THE PARTICIPATION AND
LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT
PROVIDING AND WITH THAT, ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS I WOULD
LIKE TO ENTERTAIN MOVING FORWARD
WITH MOVING THIS BILL.
SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
FROM OUR PANELISTS?
EXCELLENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY EXCELLENT.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 12420.
>> SEBLGD.
>> GREAT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, MADAME CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE
PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 120413
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ALEX PEDERSEN.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SARA NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW J.
LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> MADAME CHAIR TERESA MOSQUEDA.
>> AYE.
>> MADAME CHAIR THAT'S FIVE IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE BILL PASS WILL BE SENT TO
THE SEPTEMBER 1ST SEATTLE
COUNCIL MEETING FOR A FULL VOTE.
IT'S UNANIMOUS YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE THERE TO SEE IT PASS BUT WE
WILL MAKE SURE TO SING YOUR
PRAISES AND APPRECIATE THE BOARD
AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK ON
THIS SO VERY EXCITING HISTORIC
DAY HERE WITH MANY MORE TO COME.
PLEASE PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION
TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL ON
THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
CONGRATS.
.
>>> WITH THAT, WE'RE AT THE END
OF THE AGENDA.
THANKS COLLEAGUES FOR HELPING TO
GET US DONE ON TIME.
ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING IN
SEPTEMBER OUR LAST MEETING
BEFORE WE HEAD INTO BUDGET.
SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 9:30 A.M.
STILL FINALIZING OUR AGENDA BUT
WE WILL HAVE SOME POTENTIAL
LEGISLATION RELATED TO -- LET ME
DOUBLE CHECK -- THE SEATTLE CITY
EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM
RAISE.
THERE'S POTENTIAL INFORMATION
COMING TO US FROM THE BOARD AND
AS WE WORK ON FINALIZING OUR
AGENDA, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP
THE COMMITTEE UPDATED ON THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF
THE ORDER?
ALL RIGHT.
HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT
BREAK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
TODAY.
SEE YOU ON THE 21ST.
TAKE CARE.