>>> IT'S OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
EDUCATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS
CULTURE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL?
COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>>> HEARING NO OBJECTION TODAY
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WE'LL OPEN THE REMOTE GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I ASK EVERYONE TO BE PATIENT AS
WE OPERATE THIS ONLINE SYSTEM.
IT REMAINS A STRONG INTENT OF
THE COUNSEL TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULAR HOWEVER THE
COUNSEL DOES DESERVE THE RIGHT
TO MODIFY THESE PERIODS AT ANY
POINT IF WE DEEM THE SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR UNSUITABLE FOR
ALLOWING MANNERS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND ABLE TO CONDUCT
NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I'LL MODERATE THE PERIOD IN THE
FOLLOWING MANNER.
IT'S OPEN FOR 20 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER GIVEN TWO MINUTES
TO SPEAK.
I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS IN THE
ORDER THEY ARE REGISTERED.
YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE THE END
OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BY
GOING TO THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
THE COMMENT LINK IS INCLUDED IN
TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE A CALL THE SPEAKER, STAFF
WILL UNMUTE THE PROPER
MICROPHONE AND AN AUTOMATTED
PROMPT WILL BE CUED.
THE SPEAKER MUST PRESS STAR 6 TO
BEGIN SPEAKING.
PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO
ANY ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THEY WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN TEN
SECONDS ARE LEFT.
PLEASE BEGIN TO WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT WRAP UP YOUR
COMMENTS AT THE END THE SPEAKERS
MICROPHONE WILL BE MUTED SO WE
CAN ALLOW THE NEXT SPEAKER TO
HAVE THEIR TURN.
ONCE YOU COMPLETED YOUR COMMENT,
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE AND IF
YOU WOULD LIKE CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING YOU CAN
DO SO SEATTLE CHANNEL OR
LISTENING OPTIONS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
OPEN.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST
SPEAKER.
I HAVE TWO SPEAKERS LISTED.
CARLOS CHAVEZ SHOWN AS NOT
PRESENT.
MARIA MITCHELL NOW, YOU HAVE TWO
MINUTES.
>>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MARIA AND I'VE BEEN A
RESIDENT OF LA QUINN TA SINCE
AUGUST 2015.
I WAS PART OF THE NEIGHBORS AND
COMMUNITY EFFORT TO SECURE
PRESERVATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SENSOR MY
COMMENTS ON THIS ON MY VERY
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHICH I'M
SURE YOU WILL HEAR A LOT OF
REASONS WHY THIS BUILDING IS
ARCHITECTURALLY EXCEPTIONAL.
I'M A MOTHER ENTREPRENEUR AND I
LIVE HERE WITH MY SIX YEAR OLD
DAUGHTER.
I AM A CREATIVE PERSON AND I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN
EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTIFUL THESE
BUILDINGS ARE.
THEY ARE EXPRESSIONS OF PEOPLE
THAT CREATED THEM.
I LIVE IN A HISTORICAL HOUSE
WHERE A PO WET ONCE LIVED.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT THIS WAS A
PLACE, LIKE ONE OF THESE OBJECTS
OR BUILDING THAT HAVE A STORY OF
THEIR OWN.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I STARTED LIVING
HERE THAT I REALIZED IT WAS NOT
ONLY THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS
THE CHARMING GREEN COURTYARD OR
THE SPANISH STYLE FACADE WHICH
RESEMBLE SPANISH FROM ANOTHER
TIME, IT WAS ALSO THE ACTUAL
SOULS THAT LIVED HERE BEFORE US.
SO THIS BUILDING IS TRULY SO
MAGICAL THAT IT CREATES BONDS
WITHIN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
WHICH MAKES US CLOSER TO FAMILY
RATHER THAN JUST NEIGHBORS.
AND WE CELEBRATE, CHRISTMAS
BIRTHDAYS COOK OUTS HERE
TOGETHER.
IT IS REALLY A SPECIAL PLACE.
SO WE I REALLY HOPE YOU ARE
MOVING THE LANDMARK DESTINATION
FOR THIS BUILDING.
.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MARIA.
I DON'T SEE THE OTHER COMMENTOR
PRESENT.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> WE HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENT REGISTRANTS.
THAT PERSON MAY BE ON THE LISTEN
LINE.
>> OKAY SO I DO SHOW THAT CARLOS
IS NOW SIGNED UP AGAIN.
HE'S ON THE CALL READY.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAVING SOME
TROUBLE GETTING ON.
CAN YOU HEAR US CARLOS
AND PUSH STAR SIX AND GIVE YOUR
COMMENT?
.
>> THE LISTEN LINE CALLERS
CANNOT CALL IN.
THEY NEED TO USE THE NUMBER
PROVIDED ON THE EMAIL IN THE
REGISTRATION TO BE ABLE TO JOIN
THE MEETING.
>> WELL, I SHOW HIM AS A
DUPLICATE PUBLIC COMMENT SIGN
UP.
>> YES, HE'S A DUPLICATE COMMENT
SIGN UP BUT HE'S NOT CALLED INTO
THE ZOOM MEETING.
HE'S ON THE LISTEN LINE.
>> I SEE.
OKAY.
WELL, LET'S CARRY ON IF HE'S
ABLE TO CALL IN ON THE COMMENT
LINE, I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK TO
YOU AND REOPEN THIS COMMENT BUT
FOR NOW I'M GOING TO CLOSE
PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT WE CAN
MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA.
APOLOGIES FOR THAT.
PLEASE CARLOS IF YOU'RE
LISTENING, YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL
YOUR COMMENTS STO SEATTLE
COUNSEL MEMBERS AND HAPPY TO
TAKE YOUR COMMENTS THAT WAY AS
WELL.
OKAY, WELL IN THAT
CASE, LET'S CARRY ON WITH OUR
AGENDA.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
DEVON, WILL YOU READ ITEM ONE
INTO THE AGENDA.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE.
2022 OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE AFFAIRS PRIORITIES FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO HAVE OUR
INTERIM DIRECTOR HERE ALONG WITH
CATHERINE FROM OFFICE OF
EMIGRANT REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
WELCOME AND NICE TO SEE YOU.
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR
PRESENTATION AND I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO YOU TO BEGIN.
.
>> ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE ME AND
HEAR ME?
>> WE SEE YOUR SLIDES.
AND CAN ALSO HEAR YOU, THANK
YOU.
>> GREAT.
WELL, GOOD MORNING HON SHL
COUNSEL MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
COUNSEL MEMBER AND CHAIR
MORALES, COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSS
AND COUNSEL MEMBER SAWANT AND
NELSON, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO COME
TO YOU TODAY.
AS COUNSEL MEMBER AND CHAIR
MORALES HAS SHARED, I WILL BE
DISCUSSING OFFICE PRIORITIES FOR
2022 AND MY VISION FOR THE
OFFICE AND HOW WE WILL CONTINUE
TO ENSURE THE CITY OF SEATTLE
REMAINS A WELCOMING REGION FOR
OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
POPULATION.
I PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION
IN A SLIDE TODAY AND I KNOW WE
ARE SHORT WITH TIME SO I WANT TO
SAY I'M HAPPY TO SCHEDULE A
FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH ANY OF
YOU TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE ITEMS
THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED
FURTHER IN DISCUSSIONS.
ALSO YOU'RE WELCOME TO STOP ME
AT ANY POINT TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
.
>> SO JUST WANT TO QUICKLY SHARE
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND
AND MY WHY FOR JOINING THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
I WILL JUST START BY SAYING
TODAY I'M JOINING MILLIONS OF
MUSLIMS AROUND THE WORLD TO
OBSERVE THE FAST AND MONTH OF
RAM DA WHICH BASICALLY MEANS NO
FOOD AND WATER BETWEEN SUNRISE
AND SUNSET.
RAMADAN IS A SPECIAL TIME TO
SHOW COMPASSION FOR MANY OF THE
BLESSINGS WE SHARE AND REFLECT
ON OUR VALUES OF GRATITUDE,
CHARITY AND HUMILITY.
THESE VALUES HAVE HELPED SO MANY
OF US DURING THESE LAST FEW
YEARS AND I HOPE THAT THEY
CONTINUE TO CARRY US FORWARD AS
A CITY.
I CAME TO THE U.S. WHEN I WAS
THREE YEARS OLD WITH MY FAMILY
AFTER A CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT IN
SOMALIA AS A FORMER REFUGEE, A
BLACK MUSLIM WOMAN, I HAVE LIVED
AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF MANY
HEAVILY CRIMINALIZED AND
OPPRESSED IDENTITIES THAT ARE
OFTEN INVISIBLE IN DATA, POLICY
AND DISCUSSIONS.
AS A FORMER REFUGEE AND SOMEONE
WHO HAS WITNESSED THE
DEVASTATING I PACTS OF DECISIONS
MADE BY GOVERNMENT, I'VE GAINED
A STRONG PASSION FOR PURSUING A
CAREER IN PUBLIC POLICY,
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
TRULY DEDICATED MY LIFE TO
PUBLIC SERVICE.
BEFORE JOINING THE CITY OF
SEATTLE I SERVED AS A POLICY
ADVISOR FOR KING COUNTY WHERE I
MANAGED INITIATIVES THAT
DIRECTLY FUNDED AND SUPPORTED
OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND COVID-19
RESPONSE.
I HAVE ALSO WORKED FOR AND WITH
CARE INTERNATIONAL AND REFUGEE
WOMAN ALLIANCE IN ROLES
DEDICATED TO FIGHTING PROVRTY
AND EMPOWERING OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY.
I ALSO SERVED AS DEPUTY DISTRICT
DIRECTOR FOR U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN
PAUL WHO IS A IMMIGRATION POLICY
CHAMPION.
I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS THE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND
ADVOCATING FOR THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS I
WAS WORKING ALONG SIDE WITH HER
AND IT WAS A DECADE AGO AND
TRULY FEELS LUKE A FULL CIRCLE
TODAY TO BE IN THIS OFFICE AND
THIS ROLE.
I'VE JOINED THE CITY OF SEATTLE
BECAUSE I HAVE BOTH THE LIVED
AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO
INSURE OUR OFFICE'S MISSION TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEE ARE STREAMLINED THROUGH
PROGRAMS THAT IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES HAVE EQUITABLE
OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE AND I'VE
BEEN IN THIS ROLE FOR 60 DAYS
AND HAVE ALREADY MET WITH DOZENS
OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
DEPARTMENT LEADERS.
I AM WORKING ON A COMMUNITY
SURVEY AND HOPEFULLY WILL LAUNCH
A LISTENING SESSION IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS
TO HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THE
EMERGING NEEDS IN LIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE AN OFFICE
RETREAT ON APRIL 28TH TO REALLY
SET OUR COLLECTIVE VISION AS A
TEAM FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND I
HOPE THAT VISION TRULY ALIGNS
WITH OUR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AS
WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS MISSION IS
TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN THE
CITY AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE
PART OF THE CITY'S DECISION
MAKING PROCESS.
IT ADVOCATES FOR THE NEEDS OF
VARIOUS IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
AND REFUGEES ARE NOT A MON LIVIC
COMMUNITY SO WE ENSURE THAT WE
ARE CAPTURING THE VOICES OF ALL
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITIES
WITHIN THE CITY AREA AND ALSO
WORKING TO FOSTER A REGION WIDE
CULTURE THAT IS BUILT ON THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL
PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIETY CAN GAIN
FROM ENGAGEMENT OF IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE A VERY SMALL OFFICE WITH
CURRENTLY TEN STAFF MEMBERS AND
WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF
$5.7 MILLION, SOME OF THOSE
DOLLARS COME FROM THE GENERAL
FUND AND OTHERS COME FROM
GRANTS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>>> SO I HAVE IDENTIFIED SIX
PRIORITY AREAS HERE FOR MYSELF.
ONE OF THEM BEING REGIONAL AND
CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION
AND EQUITABLE HEALTHY SEATTLE
INITIATIVE ADVANCING AND
INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND
INSURING SEATTLE REMAINS A
WELCOMING REGION FOR REFUGEES,
SAFETY AND ACCESS FOR IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP AND LIAISON
PROJECTS.
REGIONAL AND CROSS DEPARTMENTAL
COLLABORATION IS MAKING SURE
THAT WE ARE BREAKING DOWN THE
SILOS AND WORKING TO MEET OUR
COMMUNITY NEEDS IS JUST SO
IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE NEEDS
IMPACTING OUR DEPARTMENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL
DEPARTMENTS TO PRIORITIZE
ENGAGING OUR IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE CONSTITUENTS SO WORKING
IN COLLABORATION IS A TOP
PRIORITY FOR ME.
SOME EXAMPLES ARE COLLABORATING
WITH OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE ENGAGE
AND REENGAGE IMMIGRANTS INTO THE
WORK FORCE AND INSURING WE'RE
PROVIDING THE SUPPORT THAT
IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES NEED.
THAT'S LIKE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
ACCESS TO GRANTS, ALSO SERVING
AS A SOUND BOARD AND A PARTNER
TO THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND ENVIRONMENT.
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN CALLING ON
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO WORK
TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE
THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND THAT
MEANS ENSURING THAT OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE UNLIMITED
I THINK LISH SPEAKERS WHO LIVE
IN SEATTLE WHO ARE EXPOSED TO
TOXIC INDUSTRIAL AIR ADMISSIONS
HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED AND
THAT THEY ARE FRONT AND CENTER
WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY BUDGET
PRIORITIES AT THE CITY LEVEL.
SO ENSURING THAT OUR OFFICE IS
REMAINING A STRONG PARTNER
ACROSS DEPARTMENTS IS IMPORTANT.
ALSO BEING A STRONG REGIONAL
PARTNER COLLABORATING WITH OTHER
AGENCIES THAT WORK ON IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS.
THERE'S STATE OFFICE ON REFUGEE
AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS THAT IS
LOCATED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES DHS
AND KING COUNTY HAS A PROGRAM
BUILDING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS.
THE SECOND AREA THAT I
IDENTIFIED IS THE EQUITABLE
HEALTHY SEATTLE INITIATIVE.
THE PANDEMIC HAS UNDERSCORED AND
MADE IT VERY CLEAR THE FACT THAT
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE
OF COLOR NEED BETTER ACCESS TO
HEALTHCARE COVERAGE AND
SERVICES.
TODAY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE UNENSURED IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE ARE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEES.
THE MAJORITY ARE IMMIGRANTS AND
REFUGEES AND ALSO SEATTLE KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DATA SHOWS
ACROSS THE COUNTY THE MAJORITY
ARE ALSO IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
AND WHILE THE STATE RECENTLY
PASSED THE CASCADE CARE PROGRAM
THAT'S DESIGNED TO HELP FILL THE
GAP IN THE CURRENT COVERAGE
NETWORK, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING
TO TAKE A FEW YEARS TO HELP
IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM AND
DESIGN IT.
SO THE HEALTHY SEATTLE
INITIATIVE IS ALSO MAYOR HARL'S
PRIORITY AREA WHICH FOCUSES ON
SEATTLE IETS HAVE QUALITY CARE
SO THEY ARE INCLUDING IN THE
DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
ADVANCING AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC
RECOVERY IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE,
WE HOLD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
POWER AND INFLUENCING THE
ECONOMY OF WASHINGTON STATE.
THIS REGION HAS BEEN BLESSED
WITH INCREDIBLE WEALTH AND STILL
EQUITY IS STILL AN ISSUE SO MY
GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
LEVERAGE THE FACT OF THE
PROSPERITIES INTO REAL PATH WAYS
INTO ECONOMIC SUCCESS FOR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES THAT'S PARTNERING
AGAIN WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS DISTRICTS, ADVANCING
LABOR STANDARDS, SUPPORTING OUR
WORK FORCE AND WORKERS.
TO ME THAT'S SUPPORTING OUR
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE RIDE SHARE
DRIVERS WHO HAVE BEEN REACHING
OUT TO ME IN THE NEW ROLE.
THAT MEANS WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP AGAIN WITH THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS TO
ADVANCE THE PRIORITIES OF
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
WE KNOW THAT WAGE THEFT AMONG
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEE WORKERS
IS WIDESPREAD AND LARGELY
UNREPORTED SO HOW CAN OUR OFFICE
BE A STRONG PARTNER TO OLS TO
OFFER FREE SERVICES TO PEOPLE
REGARDLESS OF THEIR IMMIGRATION
STATUS.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT
INFORMATION IS REACHING EVERYONE
IN OUR COMMUNITY?
ENSURING SEATTLE REMAINS A
WELCOMING REGION -- WE HAVE BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD WITH OUR
UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
SINCE 1975, WASHINGTON STATE HAS
BEEN WELCOMING NEARLY 150
REFUGEES FROM 70 DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES AND SEATTLE IS HOME TO
ONE OF THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE POPULATION AND TODAY
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE FLED
THEIR HOMES IN UKRAINE BECAUSE
OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION AND WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING
ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT.
OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO
TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT AND
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR
UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY.
WE HELD A WEBINAR ON IMMIGRATION
LEGAL OPTIONS FOR THOSE IMPACTED
BY THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE AND
THERE'S OVER 150 PARTICIPANTS
THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT
IMMIGRATION LEGAL OPTION WEBINAR
THAT WE HELD AND OUR GOAL WAS
FOR US TO PROVIDE ACCURATE
INFORMATION OUT TO OUR LEGAL
SERVICE PROVIDERS, ADVOCATES AND
MEMBERS OF THE UKRAINIAN
COMMUNITY AND THE DISCUSSION WAS
CENTERED AROUND TEMPORARY
PROTECTED STATUS, DIFFERENT
VISAS SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO
CENTER THE NEEDS OF OUR
UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY IN
PARTICULAR AS WELL AS AFGHAN
REFUGEES.
WE KNOW THERE'S THOUSANDS OF
AFGHAN REFUGEES WHO HAVE
RESETTLED IN SEATTLE AS WELL.
SO CONTINUING TO ENSURE WE ARE A
WELCOMING REGION IS ALWAYS TOP
OF MIND FOR ME.
SAFETY AND ACCESS FOR IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES.
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITIES
DESERVE WELLNESS AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
ENSURING THAT WE ARE HAVING
PROGRAMS THAT REALLY CENTER THE
NEEDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED BY OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM PROVIDING RESOURCES TO
ADDRESS THOSE WHO ARE GRIEVING
AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS
TOP PRIORITY.
WE NEED CULTURALLY RELEVANT
INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED THINGS LIKE
HOMICIDE AND GUN VIOLENCE THAT
WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN
SOUTH SEATTLE IN PARTICULAR.
WE NEED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
CULTURAL RELEVANT INFORMATION
AND RESOURCE GUIDES THAT REALLY
CENTER HOW TO NAVIGATE OUR
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES
I'VE HAD AN EAST AFRICAN MOM
CALL ME AT 11:00 P.M.
AT NIGHT
SAYING THAT HER CHILD IS AT
HARBOR VIEW AND SHE CAN'T GET
AHOLD OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S
OFFICE OR DOESN'T KNOW WHERE
THAT CHILD'S BODY WAS
TRANSFERRED SO ENSURING THAT WE
ARE ADDRESSING THESE REALLY
EMERGING CRISIS IS SO IMPORTANT
RIGHT NOW.
INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR
EXISTING PROGRAMS IS TOP OF MIND
FOR ME.
TODAY THE SECOND MOST ARRESTED
GROUP IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
KING COUNTY ARE EAST AFRICAN
YOUNG FOLKS AND AS A BLACK
MUSLIM WOMAN AND THE ONLY BLACK
MUSLIM DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR I
BRING A UNIQUE LIVED EXPERIENCE
TO SAFETY AND ACCESS FOR
IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AT THE CITY
OF SEATTLE SO I HOPE TO REALLY
FOCUS ON BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND
COLLECTIVE POWER IN THE
COMMUNITY AND PULLING IN A LOT
OF THOSE EAST AFRICAN MOMS WHO
REACH OUT TO US EVERY DAY SO
THEY CAN HELP INFLUENCE OUR
PUBLIC POLICIES AND DRIVE SOCIAL
CHANGE AS WELL.
LASTLY, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
AND LIAISON PROJECTS.
LIKE I SAID, I HOPE TO LAUNCH A
LISTENING TOUR TO BUILD
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND DO
THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARTNERSHIP
WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
MAYORS OFFICE TO AVOID THAT
DUPLY KA SI WE SEE HAPPENING IN
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
WE KNOW DIRECTLY WHAT OUR
COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND BUILDING
MORE OF THOSE COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS AND BUILDING ON
EXISTING LIAISON PROJECTS IS TOP
PRIORITY FOR ME.
LEVERAGING IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMISSIONS.
WE HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES AND
DIFFERENT TABLES AND COMMUNITY
GROUPS ALREADY WITHIN OUR
ORGANIZATION AS HOW WE LEVI'S
RANL THAT AND BRING THEM IN TO
HELP IDENTIFY OUR PRIORITY
AREAS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>>> BEFORE YOU GO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LOUIS JOINED
THE MEETING AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO HEARING ABOUT PROGRAMS NEXT.
>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH
US.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PRESENTING
TODAY.
SO THE NEXT AREA THAT I JUST
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS I HOPE TO
DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN IN 2022
THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON THE NEXT
FEW YEARS WHILE I'M HERE FOR THE
OFFICE.
I HOPE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC
PLAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
COMMUNITY ADDRESSING THE POST
COVID-19 ISSUES AND ALSO
LEARNINGS.
I WANT THAT PLAN TO REALLY FOCUS
ON EQUITY, HEALTH AND
INTEGRATION FOR IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AND THE
GENERAL GOAL IS TO EVALUATE CITY
POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND
INITIATIVES AND SET A PROEQUITY
POLICY AGENDA FOR OUR OFFICE
THAT ADDRESSES WHERE THE NEEDS
ARE GREATEST FOR THE IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE POPULATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
A LOT OF PRIORITY
AREAS ALIGN WITH EXISTING
PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW
IN OUR OFFICE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WILL TALK
ABOUT IN THIS NEXT AREA.
THERE'S CURRENTLY SIX PROGRAM
AREAS THAT ARE PRIORITY FOR OUR
OFFICE.
THAT'S LANGUAGE ACCESS, MEDIA,
READY TO WORK, LEGAL DEFENSE
NETWORK, IMMIGRANT FAMILY
INSTITUTION PROGRAM AND OUR NEW
CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN AND
PROGRAMS.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM,
THE GOAL FOR THIS PROGRAM IS TO
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CITY WIDE
LANGUAGE ACCESS TRAINING AND TO
CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR
DEPARTMENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO BUDGETING FOR LANGUAGE
ACCESS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING FOR A
LANGUAGE ACCESS SERVICE
COORDINATOR THAT WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR
DEPARTMENTS WITH THEIR CITY WIDE
TRANSLATION SERVICES.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR RFP TO SUPPORT
A CITY WIDE TRANSLATION AND
INTERPRETATION SYSTEM AND
BASICALLY THAT'S TESTING OUT A
CLOUD BASED TRANSLATION AND
LOCAL IEIZATION PLATFORM THAT
CONNECTS TRANSLATORS AND
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES IN A
SINGLE CONNECTED TRANSLATION
DELIVERY PLATFORM.
AND SO THERE WILL BE AN RFP
GOING OUT VERY SOON.
THE CITY HAS A GOAL OF BECOMING
A NATION LEADER IN IMMIGRANT
INTEGRATION AND A MODEL FOR
LANGUAGE ACCESS AND WE HAVE MADE
A LOT OF PROGRESS THERE ALREADY.
LANGUAGE ACCESS IS A NECESSARY
COMPONENT OF OUR CITY'S RSJI
INITIATIVE GOALS AND OUR WORK
HELPS THE CITY ADDRESS NEW
ACCESS AND EQUITY CHALLENGES
RESULTING FROM THE CITY OF
SEATTLE'S GROWTH AND THE CITY'S
INCREASED DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE
SEEN IN THE LAST DECADE AND SO
OUR PROGRAM WILL BE FOCUSING ON
THAT IN 2022.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>>> SO WE HAVE AN EXISTING
ETHNIC MEDIA AND EXTERNAL
AFFAIRS PROGRAM.
THAT ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS
DATA, THERE'S PROXIMATELY 20% OF
SEATTLE POPULATION ARE FOREIGN
BORN AND OF THIS POPULATION,
OVER 30% ARE IDENTIFIED AS LYNN
GISIC.
NO PERSON 14 OR OLDER SPEAKS A
LACK WAJ OTHER THAN ENGLISH VERY
WELL IS HOW THEY DEFINE IT SO
THIS PARTICULAR PORTFOLIO WILL
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON
PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR ETHNIC
MEDIA GROUPS HOSTING ETHNIC
MEDIA ROUND TABLES WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS, COLLABORATING
WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS ON
COMMUNICATIONS THAT COME OUT AT
THE SAME TIME AS THEY DO IN SENG
LISH ENSURING WE'RE PROVIDING
TRANSLATION SERVICES AND MAKING
SURE WE'RE LEVERAGING OUR ETHNIC
MEDIA GROUPS TO HELP US GET
INFORMATION OUT.
AND QUICKLY PROVIDING TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FOR A MINIMUM OF TEN
CITY DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS
AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS AMONG
THOSE PRIORITIES AND ENSURING
THAT WE'RE MONITORING AND
SHAPING THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO
LOCAL OR FEDERAL LEGISLATION AND
POLICY DEVELOPMENT ROADWAY LATED
TO IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
THROUGH THE PORTFOLIO WE MEET
WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND
SHARE WITH THEM CURRENT POLICIES
THAT EITHER WERE ADVOCATING FOR
OR IDENTIFYING AS A COMMUNITY
CONCERN SO CONTINUING TO ELEVATE
THAT THROUGH THE PORTFOLIO WILL
BE A PRIORITY IN 2022.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO OUR READY TO WORK
AND WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENTS ARE
TW PROGRAM IS A NO-COST CLASS
BASED PROGRAM FOR ADULTS,
IMMIGRANT AND LIMITED ENGLISH
SPEAKERS AND THE GOAL IS TO HELP
THEM IMPROVE ENGLISH AND HELP
THEM LAND A JOB.
RTW HAS HELPED ADULTS GAIN JOB
READINESS SKILLS AND TAKE THE
NEXT STEP TOWARDS BECOME
ECONOMICICLY SELF SUFFICIENT.
IN 2016 THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND NATIONAL SKILLS
COALITION HIGHLIGHTED THIS READY
TO WORK PROGRAM AS A NATION BEST
PRACTICE MODEL ON HOW TO
LEVERAGE WORK FORCE FUNDING TO
SUPPORT IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION IN
THE LABOR WORK FORCE.
SOME OF THE PRIORITIES
IN THIS PORTFOLIO WILL BE TO
CONDUCT AN RFP TO ALLOCATE 100K
TO ADDRESS THE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON LOW WAGE
AND LIMITED ENGLISH WORKERS AND
SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON DIGITAL
LITERACY AND ALSO BUILDING
STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR
WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION LIKE WBC AND OTHER
COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ADVOCATE
AND ADVANCE STRATEGIES AROUND
WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S ALSO INCLUDING OEDI
AROUND THIS AREA AND A LOT OF
THESE DOLLARS ARE THROUGH THE
READY TO WORK PROGRAM A
FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM AND SO
THAT'S WHERE THOSE DOLLARS COME
FROM.
NEXT SHREWD, PLEASE.
.
>> SO THE LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK
IS ANOTHER PRIORITY AREA FOR US.
THE 2015 SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
ESTABLISHED THE FIRST LEGAL
DEFENSE NETWORK.
A PARTNERSHIP TO RESPOND TO THE
ANTI IMMIGRANT RHETORIC WE WERE
SEEING UNDER THE PREVIOUS
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND AS A
RESULT, THE LEGAL DEFENSE
PARTNERS WILL WORKED ON ENSURING
WE WERE PROVIDING IMMIGRATION
LEGAL SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND IN 2021 SOME OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNERED
WITH THROUGH THE PROGRAM IS THE
NORTHWEST IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS
PROJECT, KIDS IN DEFENSE, KIDS
IN NEED OF DEFENSE THE WESTERN
AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE PARTNER WITH ALSO THE
FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF SEATTLE
AND IN 2021 THERE WAS OVER 159
ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
RECEIVED LEGAL SERVICES
INCLUDING IN DEPTH ASSESSMENTS,
CONSULTATIONS, LEGAL ASSISTANCE.
178 PEOPLE RECEIVED FULL DIRECT
REPRESENTATION IN LEGAL
IMMIGRATION CASES.
THAT'S INCLUDING CASES UNDER OUR
CONVENTION AGAINST FORCHUR,
SPECIAL JUVENILE STATUS, FOLKS
APPLYING UNDER THE U VISA WHICH
IS A VISA TYPESET ASIDE FOR
VICTIMS OF CERTAIN CRIMES WHO
HAVE SUFFERED PHYSICAL OR MENTAL
ABUSE AND ARE WORKING WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN OUR GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES IN THE INVESTIGATION
PROCESS AND THIS INCLUDES FOLKS
WHO ARE BASICALLY REPORTING
CRIMES AGAINST THEMSELVES AND
OTHERS WHICH IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT VISA TYPE.
THERE WERE OVER 35 PEOPLE WHO
HAVE OBTAINED WORK PERMITS UNDER
THIS PROGRAM.
21 PEOPLE OBTAINED PERMANENT OR
TEMPORARY IMMIGRATION STATUS.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON
THAT WORK.
IN 2022 WE'RE DEVELOPING AND
IMPLEMENTING A MODEL FOR A ONE
TIME EXPANSION OF SERVICES THIS
YEAR WHICH IS ABOUT 400,000 TO
ASSIST UNACCOMPANIED MINORS AND
IMMIGRANTS IN THE DEDICATED DACA
PROGRAM AND WE WORK WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE KIDS IN
DEFENSE THAT ARE ENSURING THAT
NO CHILD APPEARS IN IMMIGRATION
COURT WITHOUT HIGH QUALITY LEGAL
REPRESENTATION.
I'LL JUST SAY, OFTEN WE THINK
OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS A
CRIMINAL SYSTEM BUT REALLY IT IS
A CIVIL SYSTEM AND IT OPERATES
LIKE OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
OFTEN YOU WILL SEE DETAIN KNEES
TRANSFERRED FROM ONE FACILITY TO
THE NEXT AND THINGS LIKE
SHACKLES FROM THEIR FEET, WAIST
AND DOWN.
AND THERE'S CURRENTLY NO
CONSTITUTIONAL OR EVEN STATUTORY
RIGHT TO APPOINT COUNSEL IN OUR
IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS AND
úTHAT'S WHY A LOT OF THE TIMES
YOU WILL SEE A CHILD IN COURT
ALONE.
THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO
OBTAIN AN ATTORNEY THAT THEY
WILL APPEAR IN COURT BY
THEMSELVES AND THAT IT'S
INCLUDING ALSO CHILDREN.
SO THIS PROGRAM REALLY IS
FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SERVICES TO
SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE IFI PROGRAM IS
OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILY INSTITUTION
PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED O
BRINGING YOUTH FROM IMMIGRANT
FAMILIES AND THEIR PARENTS AND
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICERS TO
REALLY LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT HAS FOCUSED
ON IMMIGRANT FAMILIES THAT HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED BY THE JUVENILE
JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ALSO FRONT
LINE POLICE OFFICERS WHO
INTERACT REGULARLY WITH THE
PUBLIC AND THE PROGRAM HAS
PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES TO
BE ABLE TO ATTEND PROGRAM
SESSIONS TOGETHER AND IN 2020
AND 2021, THE PROGRAM WAS
TEMPORARILY ON PAUSE DUE TO THE
PANDEMIC.
NORMALLY THIS WAS A PROGRAM THAT
WOULD HAPPEN IN PERSON AND THIS
YEAR WE ARE INTENDING TO
RELAUNCH THE PROGRAM AND WE PLAN
TO INCORPORATE RECENT LOCAL AND
NATIONAL CONTEXT AROUND POLICE
AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND
ENGAGING WITH IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK AND
ENSURING THAT THE FUTURE OF THE
PROGRAM IS ALSO FOCUSED ON
RESOURCING OUR COMMUNITIES TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE VIOLENT AND
HARM IN A WAY THAT REALLY
FOCUSES ON WELLNESS AND AWAY
FROM VIOLENCE AND FOCUSES ON
RESTORING JUSTICE FRAME WORK SO
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING
THIS UP AND ALSO REPORTING BACK
TO THE COUNCIL ON IT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>>> SO OUR NEW CITIZENSHIP
PROGRAM.
IT'S A TWO PART PROGRAM.
THE NEW CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM NCP
IN PARTICULAR FOCUSES ON A
NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT
WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AND
IT PROVIDES FREE NATURALIZATION
SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'LL JUST SAY THE MAJORITY OF
THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH
THE STATE.
THE STATE'S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE DFS.
IT PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE
THROUGH LEGAL CLINICS INCLUDING
PREPARING IF FILLING OUT
IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS,
WAIVERS TO OUR LOW INCOME
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND AND
ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE
CITIZENSHIP INSTRUCTION,
TUTORING, INTERVIEW PREPARATION,
REFERRAL SERVICES AND THEY ARE
PROVIDED IN A WIDE RANGE OF
LANGUAGES.
CURRENTLY MOST OF NCP'S
ORGANIZATIONS ARE OFFERING THE
SERVICES VIA PHONE OR VIDEO AND
SOME ARE HAPPENING IN ADDITION
TO IN PERSON, THEY REALLY HAD TO
ADAPT TO THIS CURRENT PANDEMIC
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE IN.
SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
UNDER NCP ARE NEIGHBORHOOD
HOUSE, THE NORTHWEST IMMIGRANTS
RIGHTS PROJECT, SEMAR COMMUNITY
HEALTH AND THE UKRAINIAN
COMMUNITY CENTER OF WASHINGTON,
THE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ALL
CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE NCP
PROGRAM AND REALLY THIS
PORTFOLIO IS FOCUSED IN 2021
CONDUCTING AN RFP PROCESS FOR
GETTING OUT NEARLY A MILLION
DOLLARS IN CASE MANAGEMENT BASED
NATURALIZATION SERVICES.
AND SO THE HOPE IS TO FULLY
EXPAND THE STATE AND LOCAL GRANT
FUNDING AND SUPPORT ALSO THE NEW
CITIZENSHIP AGENCIES TO INCREASE
CERTAIN SERVICES THAT TARGET
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
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>> THE NEW CITIZENSHIP CAMPAIGN
WAS CREATED TO REALLY MAKE IT
EASIER FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONS TO
OBTAIN CITIZENSHIP.
THERE'S 100,000 IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEES LIVING IN KING COUNTY.
THEY COULD BE IN A CURRENT
STATUS UNDER A GREEN CARD AND SO
REALLY THIS PROGRAM IS ENSURING
THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FREE
SERVICES TO LOW INCOME IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES LIVING
IN SEATTLE TO HELP PROVIDE AND
PREPARE THEM FOR UPCOMING
CITIZENSHIP WORKSHOPS, CLINICS
AND FINDING LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS
PROVIDING SERVICES IN HELPING
PEOPLE FIND THOSE LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PROVIDING
IN LANGUAGE SERVICES AND
CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
TO ESL COURSES AND CIVIC CLASSES
AND ALSO CONNECTING THEM TO
PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE LOANS TO
PAY FOR THE CITIZENSHIP.
THE NEW PROGRAM OFFERS
CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION
ASSISTANCE THROUGH LEGAL
CLINICS, SIMILAR TO LEGAL CLINIC
WORKSHOPS AS WELL AS ONE-ON-ONE
SERVICES.
AND THIS PORTFOLIO FOR 2022 IS
REALLY PRIORITIZING COMPLETIG
THE GOAL.
COMPLETING NINE LEGAL CLINICS BY
OCTOBER WITH THE GOAL OF SERVING
250 APPLICANTS AND COMPLETING
160 APPLICATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP
INCLUDING EXPANDING IN PERSON
EVENTS AS WE ARE MOVING BACK TO
MORE OF THOSE IN PERSON EVENTS
ACROSS THE CITY.
AND EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES FOR
NEW CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM SERVICES
SUPPORT AND PIPELINES TO
CITIZENSHIP AND OTHER RAPID
RESPONSE NEEDS IN OUR OFFICE.
SO THIS BASICALLY
CONCLUDES THIS PROGRAM IN THE
OFFICE.
I'LL JUST SAY IN CLOSING THAT WE
ARE A COMMUNITY FOCUSED OFFICE
FOUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY
ADVOCACY AND IT'S BEEN JUST
ABOUT TEN YEARS WHEN ORO WAS
ESTABLISHED THROUGH AN ORDER
CINCINNATI NANS WITH 200
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE
GENERAL FUND.
THAT WAS APPROPRIATED FOR A TWO
POSITION AND THE OFFICE HAS
GROWN.
OUR PORTFOLIO AND PROGRAMS AND
POLICIES HAVE GROWN AND HAVE
BEEN ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
CHALLENGING ISSUES THAT OUR
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES ARE FACING.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM THAT
HAS BEEN SO RESPONSIVE TO
COMMUNITY THAT I FEEL HONORED TO
BE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW.
WHEN WE PARTNER WITH DOZENS OF
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THERE'S
OVER PROXIMATELY 30 CONTRACTS IN
OUR OFFICE ON ONGOING PROGRAMS
WITH OUR COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.
AND SO IN 2022 WE HOPE TO
CONTINUE THIS GOOD WORK AND DO
IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
ELECTED LEADERS, DEPARTMENT
AGENCIES AND OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS MAY
HAVE AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR
MUHAMMAD.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ONE THING
YOU SAID.
BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE
IMMIGRANT POPULATION HERE IN
SEATTLE, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE PROVIDE TRANSLATION
SERVICES NOT JUST FOR THE
PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT AROUND CITIZENSHIP BUT AS
YOU MENTIONED, THAT YOUR OFFICE
DOES CRITICAL WORK TO PARTNER
WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCE THAT
IS ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THE
CITY.
SUPPORT SERVICES AND ACCESS TO
PROGRAMMING AND IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF THAT BE
PROVIDED IN LANGUAGES THAT
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
AND SO THE FIRST THING YOU
TALKED ABOUT WAS YOUR LANGUAGE
ACCESS PROGRAM AND I KNOW HOW
HARD YOUR DEPARTMENT WORKS TO BE
ABLE TO PARTNER WITH OUR
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
OED AND ALL THE OTHERS.
I JUTS WANT TO STRESS THAT I DO
THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS
A CITY NOT TO RELEASE GRANT
OPPORTUNITIES OR OTHER
OPPORTUNITIES UNTIL THAT
INFORMATION IS TRANSLATED.
SO THAT OUR VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY
AND LATINO COMMUNITY HAVE EQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THOSE RESOURCES SO THAT'S A
CRITICAL PIECE OF THE WORK THAT
YOU DO IN THE CITY AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
I ALSO DO WANT TO SAY DIRECTOR
MUHAMMAD I KNOW YOU'RE FASTING
AND YOU JUST PROVIDED US WITH A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
LET'S SEE, COUNSEL MEMBER
NELSON, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS
BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.
AND ALSO DIRECTOR MUHAMMAD.
I LEARNED A LOT IN THIS
PRESENTATION, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION.
AND I WAS INTERESTED ESPECIALLY
IN IMMIGRANT FAMILY INSTITUTE.
I'LL FOLLOW UP OFF LINE WITH
MORE SPECIFICS BUT I DO HAVE TO
SAY THAT IS AN AREA BRINGING LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY
TOGETHER AND IT'S KEY TO
BUILDING MORE TRUST AND I HEAR
THAT BOTH FROM OFFICERS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE WHEN
OFFICERS COME TO THE PANTHERS
GAMES FOR EXAMPLE, JUST THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH EACH
OTHER AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
IMMIGRANTS COME FROM MANY TIMES
COUNTRIES WHERE THEY HAVE
SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF THE
MILITARY AND STATE POLICE, ETC.
SO I'M JUST SAYING GLAD TO HEAR
THIS IS BEING RELAUNCHED AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
SO THANK YOU AND THEN COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT TRANSLATION SERVICES AND
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE TRANSLATED
YOU'RE RIGHT.
I VISITED THE INTERNATIONAL
HOUSE INCID AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE INFORMATION WAS NEXT TO
THE ELEVATOR AND THEN
VOLUNTEERS, RESIDENTS AND
SENIORS TRANSLATED IT INTO THE
LANGUAGES SPOKEN THERE SO
DEFINITELY THOSE SERVICES CREATE
JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO IF THAT COMES UP, LET ME
KNOW.
THANKS.
.
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH AND I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY
IN RESPONSE TO THAT, I WOULD BE
HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH THE OFF
LINE COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON
ENSURING THAT OUR FAMILY
INSTITUTE PROGRAM IS RELAUNCHED.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT ENSURING WE
ARE ALSO ADDRESSING SOME OF THE
CURRENT ISSUES THAT WE ARE
SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND
THE HIGH GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS
SOUTH SEATTLE.
IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT AND I
THINK BUILDING STRONGER
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN ADDRESSING THAT IS
GOING TO BE CRITICAL AND
INCORPORATING LANGUAGE ACCESS
INTO THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE
INFORMATION FOR OUR IMMIGRANT
AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES WE'RE
SEEING PARENTS NOT KNOWING HOW
TO NAVIGATE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
AND NOT KNOWING WHEN HOMICIDES
HAPPEN WHERE TO GO TO GET
INFORMATION SO INCORPORATING
LANGUAGE ACCESS WILL BE TOP
PRIORITY FOR SURE AND I SEE
STRAUS.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOMETHING I'LL
RAISE UP AGAIN WHICH IS
INCREDIBLY CRITICAL FOR THIS
POSITION WHICH IS THE THAT YOU
HAVE BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS
WELL AS THE LIVED EXPERIENCE TO
KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THIS
ROLE.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A WHITE
JEWISH GERMAN REFUGEE HERE IN
THE COUNTRY AND HIS NEEDS WERE
VERY DIFFERENT THAN YOUR NEEDS
AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE SOLVE
FOR THE NEEDS YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY HAVE EXPERIENCED WE'RE
GOING TO SOLVE FOR THE MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY BECAUSE THE COUNTRY AS
WE KNOW IT TODAY WAS BUILT BY
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS.
I WILL CAVEAT TO SAY WE PROBABLY
NEED TO BE LOOKING TO OUR
COMMUNITIES MORE BUT NOT FOR
THIS CONVERSATION AND JUST TO
SAY THAT I'M INCREDIBLY IMPRESS
WINDOW THIS PRESENTATION AND
YOUR RESUME.
AND WHAT YOU ARE BRINGING TO
THIS DEPARTMENT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL MEMBER
STRAUSS AND JUST QUICKLY IN
RESPONSE TO THAT, I THINK A LOT
OF THE TIMES LIVED EXPERIENCE
GETS DISCOUNTED.
I HAVE A LOT OF DEGREES AND WORK
EXPERIENCE BUT I WILL SAY MY
GUIDING SCOPE HAS BEEN MY LIVED
EXPERIENCE.
WE SEE GOOD POLICIES THAT GET
WRITTEN AND WHEN THEY HIT THE
GROUND TO IMPLEMENT THEY'RE
MISSING DOLLARS AND THEY ARE
MISSING THAT COMMUNITY
CONNECTION.
VALUING THAT LIVED
EXPERIENCE NOT JUST MY OWN BUT
OTHERS WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
WORK AT THE CITY SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU,
THANK YOU.
>> WELL, DIRECTOR BARNS WE NEED
TO MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA BUT I
DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL ASK
YOU BACK.
I MYSELF AM INTERESTED IN
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORK
FORCE DEVELOPMENT WORK AND THE
LEGAL DEFENSE NETWORK ESPECIALLY
AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEED
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING
SUPPORT FOR KIDS WHO ARE COMING
THROUGH THE SYSTEM PARTICULARLY,
UNREPRESENTED THAT JUST CHILLS
ME TO KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING
ON.
SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM
FOR BEING HERE AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND
WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE
YOU GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE
AND I DO WISH YOU AN EASY FAST.
>> I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM WHO
HAVE BEEN MOVING THIS WORK
FORWARD AND JUST WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THAT AND SAY HATS OFF
TO ALL OF THEM WHO HAVE BEEN
MOVING THIS WORK FORWARD FOR
MANY YEARS NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> OKAY, DEVON, CAN I ASK YOU
TO READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE
RECORD PLEASE?
>> YES, AGENDA ITEM 2.
2022 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
COMMUNITY ACTION ROAD MAP FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
INTERIM DIRECTOR BARNS TO TALK
ABOUT THE 2022 PLAN FOR THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OFF
TO YOU, THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNSEL
MEMBER MORALES AND COUNSEL
MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING US TO TAKE
TIME TO SHARE IT WITH YOU THIS
MORNING.
AS MY COLLEAGUE DIRECTOR
MENTIONED THIS IS RAMADAN AND
WE'RE FASTING SO YOU NOTICE A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN VOICES
AND ALSO NOTICE THAT WE STOP AT
TIMES AND WE HAVE TO TAKE DEEP
BREATHS SO PLEASE GIVE US THAT
GRACIOUS SPACE.
JOINING ME THIS MORNING AS YOU
MENTIONED COUNSEL MEMBER MORALES
OUR CHIEF OFFICER FOR ARTS AND
JENNY CROOKS OUR NEW ARTS
RECOVERY MANAGER SO I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AS PART OF OUR TEAM
BEING HERE.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> OUR CITY IS SO DEFINED BY OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THESE CONTINUOUSLY GROW AND
REDEFINE NEEDS TO PAR NER SHIP
WITH PUBLIC SECTOR AND THEN WE
HAVE EDUCATION.
HERE HERE WE'RE ALWAYS INVESTING
IN OUR YOUTH, THE GROWTH OF
ARTISTS AND INNOVATIVE ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS.
CIVIL RIGHTS, THAT IN COMMON
WITH THIS ENTIRE CITY AND THIS
IS A CONTINUOUS FOCUS ON GROWTH
OF UNSERVED AND UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES AND INCREASING
ACCESS FOR BLACK BROWN
INDIGENOUS.
CULTURE THIS IS THE OFFICE OF A
TEAM THAT'S PRESENTING TODAY AND
THEIR COLLEAGUES AND REALLY FROM
1971 TO 2022 BECAUSE ART CREATES
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
AMY IS GOING TO TAKE
US THROUGH PUBLIC ART.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I GET THE HONOR OF PRESENTING ON
HOW WE SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS IN
MANY WAYS INCLUDING TEMPORARY
AND PERMANENT PUBLIC ART
INSULATIONS AND THE URGENT NEED
TO PROVIDE RECOVERY FUNDING FOR
ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS THAT
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
EMERGING ARTISTS TO GENERATE ART
WORKS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS
SEATTLE.
ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS IS OUR
PUBLIC ART BOOT CAMP.
IT'S A YEARLONG INTENSIVE
TRAINING PROGRAM THAT CULMINATES
IN THE COMMISSION OF A TEMPORARY
ART WORK FOR ARTISTS LOOKING TO
ENTER THE PUBLIC ART REALM.
LAST YEAR THIS PROGRAM RESULTED
IN 11 COMMISSIONS IN LAKE CITY
AND SEATTLE CENTER.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING TO
LAUNCH PUBLIC ART BOOT CAMP
2022.
THIS IS PART OF OUR GOALS BY
CREATING A PIPELINE FOR ARTISTS
TO ENTER THE FIELD OF PUBLIC
ART.
ANOTHER PROGRAM IS OUR ART
INTERRUPTIONS PROGRAM, AN ANNUAL
PROGRAM IN PERT NER SHIP WITH
SDOT FOR ART WORKS IN THE PUBLIC
RIGHT OF WAY.
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SELECTED BASED
OFF THE NEIGHBORHOOD EQUITY
ASSESSMENT AND TYPICALLY
INSTALLED ALONG NEIGHBORHOOD
GREEN WAYS.
IN 2022 WE'LL BE DOING ART
INTERRUPTIONS IN THE WEST
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIGHLAND
PARK.
LAST YEAR WE WERE IN LAKE CITY.
CREATIVE COMMENTS IS AN
INITIATIVE THAT TRANSFORMS
OUTDOOR SPACES THAT TAPS INTO
COMMUNITY BRILLIANCE.
WE COMMISSION ARTISTS THAT
ACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACE WITH
SPECTACULAR CONTEMPORARY ART AND
IN 2021 WE EMPLOYED OVER 200
ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS THROUGH
THE PROGRAM.
ONE OF OUR RSJI GOALS IS TO
CREATE A TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART
REPOSITORY REALLY TO INCREASE
EXPOSURE FOR OUR ARTISTS.
MANY OF OUR TEMPORARY ART WORKS
ARE COMMISSIONED BY PUBLIC ART.
NEXT SLIDE.
.
>> WE HAVE OVER 60 PUBLIC ART
PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE AS
VARIOUS STAGES OF COMPLETION.
SOME OF THE UPCOMING PERMANENT
ART INVESTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT UNDERSCORE COMMITMENT TO
ENGAGING COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDERS
IN ART CREATION IS LITTLE SAIGON
PARK AND BRUCE STREET MINI PARK.
THE LITTLE SAIGON PARK ARTISTS
WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CONDUCTING IN DEPTH COMMUNITY
OUTREACH TO INFORM HER ART WORK
DESIGN.
FOR SPRUCE STREET MINI PARK IN
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT, WE USE ADD
YOU PLANNING ARTIST MODEL TO
WORK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO
DEVELOP A SCOPE OF WORK BEFORE
ARTISTS DEVELOPED MURAL DESIGNS.
LASTLY, OUR E MUSEUM IS ONLINE
DATABASE FEATURING OUR WORK FROM
THE CIVIC COLLECTION.
USERS CAN VIEW ART WORK BASED ON
COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL
CURE RATED GALLERIES FEATURING
ARTISTS OF COLOR.
WE WILL BE UTILIZING THIS TO AS
ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH YOU
OVER TIME AND BEEN GRACIOUS
ENOUGH TO BE INVITED BACK
PERHAPS ENOUGH INFORMATION
AROUND EDUCATION AND ARTS HAS
BEEN GIVEN.
YOU HAD AN IN DEPTH REVAU OF
SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND WILL
BE COMING BACK OVER THE YEAR AS
WE ARE BALANCING THE CHALLENGING
AND SEEING WHAT OUR INSIDE IN
SCHOOL ACTUAL REALTIME PROGRAMS
ARE LOOKING LIKE AS THEY
TRANSITION FROM HAVING BEEN
HYBRID TO THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL
YEAR.
SO OUR GOAL HERE IS TO CONTINUE
THE FOCUS ON YOUTH K-12
SPECIFICALLY IN SCHOOL, AFTER
SCHOOL AND SUMMERTIME PROGRAMS.
SO AS YOUTH ARE ALSO RETURNING
TO PHYSICAL CAMPUS, WE'LL
EVALUATE HOW THESE PROGRAMS ARE
WORKING FOR THEM.
YOU CAN SEE THE
INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THESE
PROGRAMS IN ARTS THROUGH THE
ARROWS.
ARTS EDUCATION OUTCOMES
INTENTIONALLY AS WE ALL KNOW
FOSTERS CREATIVITY, GIVES
CRITICAL THINKING,
COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION AND
GOWTH MIND SET AND
PERSEVERANCE.
ALL SKILLS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE
TO THE MENTAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH
OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO THE PROGRAMS THAT WORK
TOWARDS THESE OUT COMES FOR THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN
COLLABORATION WITH OUR
COMMUNITIES INCLUDE THE CREATIVE
ADVANTAGE AND THIS PROGRAM SINCE
2013 HAS BEEN A CITY WIDE
INITIATIVE TO REALLY ESTABLISH
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO ARTS
EDUCATION FOR EACH AND EVERY
STUDENT IN SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S REACHING 55,000
STUDENTS.
WE DO THIS THROUGH A PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIP AND WE ALSO HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION AND OF COURSE OUR
HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY ARTS
PARTNERS AND ARTS SPECIALISTS.
WE ROLLED OUT CREATIVE ADVANTAGE
PRIORITIZING THE HIGHEST NEED
FIRST AND WE HAD TO PAUSE THE
EXPANSION ON THAT DURING
COVID-19.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN 81 OF 106
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WE'RE
EXPANDING THAT AS WE GO FORWARD
INTO THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.
DURING COVID ONE OF THE THINGS I
WANTED TO SHARE IS THE AMAZING
LEVEL OF RESILIENCY AND PIVOTING
THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ART
SPECIALISTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE DID
AS WELL AS TEACHERS AS WE
PIVOTED CREATIVE ADVANTAGE TO AN
ONLINE MODEL AND THIS WAS
EXCITING BECAUSE IT EMPLOYED
TEACHING ARTIST VIDEOS AND THESE
ARE STILL AVAILABLE TO
COMMUNITIES VIA SPSTV SPS
YOUTUBE CHANNELS SO IT'S REALLY
AMAZING TO CREATE THIS RESOURCE
AND IT WILL BE THERE FOR
TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS
GOING FORWARD.
SO AS OF 2020 AND 2021, THE
INITIATIVE CREATED ADVANTAGE I
SAID AN 81 SCHOOLS OUT OF 106 SO
THIS IS DONE THROUGH CURRENTLY
FIVE PATH WAYS MEANING ALL THE
SCHOOLS IN THE WHOLE
NEIGHBORHOOD PATH WAY IN OUR
AREAS THAT ARE LOW INCOME
CRITERIA.
SO THAT WOULD BE THROUGH
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWEST PATH
WAYS THROUGH DENNY, SOUTHEAST
THAT WOULD BE THROUGH MERCER.
FOR ESSENTIAL PATH WAY,
SOUTHWEST THAT WOULD BE MCCLURE
AND MADISON AND NORTHWEST THAT
WOULD BE THROUGH JANE ADAMS AND
ROBERT EAGLE STAFF.
AT THIS TIME THERE'S ONLY THREE
HIGH SCHOOL PATH WAYS THAT WE
HAVE LEFT AND THOSE ARE
ROOSEVELT, BALLARD AND LINCOLN
SO WE'LL RESUME OUR EXPANSION TO
ALL OF THOSE AS I SAID.
55 PLUS STUDENTS WILL BE
INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS.
NEXT SLIDE.
>>> EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO
SUPPORT TEACHERS AND TEACHING
ARTISTS INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WHO REALLY
ARE PROVIDING THE ARTS
EDUCATION.
BUT HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND AND
LIVE THEIR EXPERIENCES SO
LEARNING FOR OUR YOUTH IS A
CONTINUED HYBRID ENVIRONMENT AND
ONE THAT ALSO INTEGRATES
DIFFERENT PERSONS FROM DIFFERENT
EDUCATIONAL VIEWS INTO THE
CLASSROOM AND INTO THE GATHERING
PLACES WITH EACH OTHER.
HERE AS WE'RE INVESTING IN
ARTISTS AND EDUCATORS THROUGH
THE ONGOING PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING, WE REALLY ARE ABLE TO
DEEPEN THE QUALITIES OF PRACTICE
IN THE COMMUNITIES AND ALSO
FOSTER COMMUNITY WITHIN THE
FIELD LOCALLY.
SO WE PARTNER WITH SEATTLE ART
MUSEUM.
THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING IN
PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS AND
PARTNERS ON CULTURALLY SPONSORED
TEACHING, TRAUMA INFORMED
PRACTICE, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
LEARNING AND ARTS INTEGRATION
AND A 21ST CENTURY SKILLED
DEVELOPMENT.
FUNDING FROM THE CREATIVE
ADVANTAGE ALSO SUPPORTS PARTNER
LED TRAININGS FOR TEACHERS
INCLUDING INTEGRATING DANCE INTO
PHYSICAL EDUCATION, MEDIA ARTS
INTEGRATION AND THIS IS REALLY
LOOKING AT EMOTIONAL AND
PHYSICAL MENTAL INTEGRATION OF
ACTIVITIES BOTH OFFERED FOR
ADULTS TEACHING IT AS WELL AS
FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE RECEIVING
THE TEACHINGS.
COMMUNITY ARTS ROSTER THIS SAY
LIST OF TEACHING COMMUNITY ARTS
IN ORGANIZATIONS WHO REALLY
PROVIDE THE INTEGRATED AND
CULTURAL ARTS LEARNING FOR
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.
THE ARTIST OF THE MENTORLY
SCHOLARSHIP IS AN ONLINE
PLATFORM.
SO USING OUR TECHNOLOGY TO MOVE
TOWARDS INTEGRATING AND
CONNECTING PEOPLE IN REALTIME TO
THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERACTION IS A CONTINUED
PRIORITY SO FOR COMING OUT OF
THE PANDEMIC, WE REALLY ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT OUR 2021 SCHOOL
YEAR AND SEE HOW IN PERSON HAS
CHANGED THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE PREVIOUS THINGS THAT WERE
DONE DURING PANDEMIC AS A
HYBRID.
NEXT SLIDE.
CIVIL RIGHTS IS SIMPLY
NOT AN ISSUE OR A PROGRAM OR AN
ITEM.
IT IS OUR CIVIC SOCIETY AND IT'S
THE FABRIC WE NEED TO BE CERTAIN
WE'RE CARE TAKING SO WE CAN ALL
LIVE TOGETHER.
HERE WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON
INVESTING IN UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES.
THE GOAL IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE FOCUS ON THE
GROWTH IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND
INCREASE ACCESS FOR BLACK, BROWN
AND INDIGENOUS ASIAN COMMUNITIES
AS WE DO RETURN, AS WE DO RETURN
TO OUR CIVIC SOCIETY AND OPEN
CITY, WE ALSO WANT TO BE CERTAIN
THAT WE ARE COGNIZANT OF
RETAINING AND EDUCATING ALLIES
AND COMMUNITIES THAT ASCRIBE AS
WHITE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
EQUITY WORK SO WE CAN ALL LIVE
IN HARMONY IN THE CITY.
THE INFORMATION FROM 2021 IS AN
OVERVIEW WHERE YOU SEE THE 77%.
THE WORK THAT WE ARE DONE HERE
IN ARTS IN THE GRANT AREA.
77% OF THE 2.3 MILL HAS ACTUALLY
GONE OUT TO BIPOC INDIVIDUALS
THROUGH CITY ARTISTS AND OPEN
ART GRANT CALLS.
THROUGH OUR YOUTH ARTS PROGRAMS
AND ARTS AND PARTS AS WELL AS
CREATIVE ADVANTAGE.
SO IN DOING THIS, IT MEANS 77%
THAT AT $1.8 MILLION TO BIPOC
ARTISTS AND 43% OF OUR
ORGANIZATIONAL GRANTS AND AWARDS
THAT 43% OF THAT MEANS
1.9 MILLION WENT OUT TO BIPOC
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
TOTAL STAR.
THE EVALUATION ON THIS IS GOING
TO BE OUR ABILITY TO CREATE
REALTIME REPORTS ON INVESTMENTS.
ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN
FALL INTO THIS IS BY LOOKING AT
FLUX SYSTEM.
THIS SAY NEW GRANT SYSTEM THAT
REALLY STARTED AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR.
IT REALLY WILL BE A GAME CHANGER
FOR THE CITY.
IT WILL GIVE US BETTER DATA
COLLECTION ON INDIVIDUALS AND
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY
PURSUE THESE ARTS OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S GOING
TO REALLY ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS TO
BE ABLE TO HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP
BY PUTTING THE APPLICATION INTO
FLUX, AT LEAST FIVE OTHER
SITTING DEPARTMENTS WILL ALSO BE
ABLE TO UNDERSTND WHO THE
ADVOCATES ARE COMING INTO THE
CITY FOR NOT ONLY ART GRANTS BUT
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS LED BY SLT AND IT BRINGS
TOGETHER PARKS AS WELL AS HSD
AND CREATES A PLATFORM THAT WILL
ALIGN INVESTMENTS TO COMMUNITIES
THROUGH THESE DEPARTMENTS.
THIS ALSO WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE
A GREATER ALIGNMENT FOR
APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF
GRANTS PROGRAMS TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE ON IN
OUR COMMUNITY TO BE EQUITABLE.
IT'S THROUGH THESE BIG AND SMALL
CHANGES LIKE THE FLUX SYSTEM WE
CAN BEGIN TO HAVE THAT OPEN
ACCESS THAT DIRECTOR MUHAMMAD
AND OTHER FOLKS ARE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE CITY SO THAT
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE HERE.
ON AN RSJI BASIS IT'S QUITE
SIMPLE.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO ACCESS
OUR SELECTION PROCESSES THROUGH
THE LEVEL OF RIGOROUS TRACKING
OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET
THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE FLUX AND
BE CERTAIN WE'RE REPORTING OUT
TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
LISTENING TO WHAT THEIR CONCERNS
ARE AROUND EQUITY IN THESE
AREAS.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO WELCOME JAY
KRUMP OUR NEW RECOVERY MANAGER
BUT FIRST ONE COMMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS
SINCE 1971 AND THROUGH THE
PRESENT SO THE OFFICE OF ARTS
AND CULTURE IS GIVEN BY ACTIVE
LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND
CONTINUING TO EMPLOYEE ARTISTS
AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 21ST
CENTURY THINKING HAS TO BE IN
ORDER TO HAVE AN ARTS SECTOR
LANDSCAPE CHANGE AND RENEWAL FOR
RECOVERY.
>>> THANK YOU.
SO HERE IS A VERY BRIEF HISTORY
OF OUR OFFICE STARTING WITH
WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE WE
ARE NOW.
IN 1971, THE COUNSEL APPROVED
THE FORMATION OF THE SEATTLE
ARTS COMMISSION UNDER THE
FOLLOWING ORDINANCE REFERENCE ON
THIS SLIDE.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE GROWN FROM A
COMMISSION INTO A FULLY FLEDGED
DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY AND OUR
MISSION HAS BROADENED TO REFLECT
THE EXPANSION OF OUR WORK FROM
AN INTEREST OR AWARENESS OF IN
THE FINE ARTS AND TO EMBRACE A
MORE INCLUSIVE DEFINITION OF
DIVERSE ARTS AND CULTURAL
EXPERIENCES.
AS WELL AS COMMITMENTS TO RACIAL
EQUITY NOT ONLY WITHIN THE ARTS
PROGRAMS BUT ALSO WITHIN THE
ARTS USING ARTS AND CULTURE AS A
STRATEGY FOR MORE EQUITABLE
SEATTLE.
LOOKS LIKE MY COMPUTER
FROZE.
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
PART OF OUR WORK IS PROVIDING
DIRECT RESOURCES THROUGH THE
FUNDING PROGRAMS.
OUR PRIMARY BUDGET FOR THE
LEGACY PROGRAM SUCH AS CITY
ARTISTS, CIVIC PARTNERS AND
YOUTH ARTS PROGRAMS ARE THROUGH
EMISSIONS TAXES BUT OUR
PARTNERING PROGRAMS SUCH AS
ARTISTS AT THE CENTER, CULTURAL
EDUCATION FUND AND ARTS AND
PARKS ARE FROM OUR PARTNERSHIP
IN COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS WITH
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS,
COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND MORE
RECENTLY, FEDERAL RESOURCES.
THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS OUR
OFFICE SEEKS TO SUPPORT THE
SECTOR WHOLISTICALLY AND
ACCOUNTABLY WITH FUNDING TO
INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND
THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
OUR PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO EXAMINE
AND IMPLEMENT EQUITABLE
PRACTICES AT EACH STAGE OF THE
PROCESS INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF
THE PROGRAMS, HOW WE SELECT THE
AWARDS IN RELATION WITH
COMMUNITY AND OUR REPORTING AND
EVALUATION PRACTICES AS WELL AS
OUR ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES.
THESE PRACTICES ENABLED US TO BE
RESPONSIVE AND NIMBLE TO
COMMUNITY NEEDS AND MADE IT
POSSIBLE FOR OUR OFFICE TO BE
ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE NATION
TO PIVOT FUNDING AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC AND
SUPPORT ARTISTS ORGANIZATIONS
AND COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED
DURING THAT TIME.
OUR FOCUS ON ACCESSIBLE
INEQUITABLE GRANT MAKING
PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR
RECOVERY WORK.
THE ART SECTOR WAS ONE OF THE
HARDEST HIT DURING THE PANDEMIC
AND ONE OF THE LAST TO REOPEN.
ARTISTS AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN VITAL TO
PROVIDING INSPIRATION, SOCIAL
COHESION AS WELL AS ADDRESSING
CAUSES OF VIOLENCE DURING THESE
PAST TWO YEARS.
MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE
TO GUIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND
COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE
CONTINUED RESILIENCE OF OUR ART
SECTOR AND THE VITALITY OF
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES
DURING THIS TIME.
SOME PROGRAMS INCLUDE HOPE CORE
WHICH WILL PROVIDE LIVING WANLS
TO ARTISTS ADDRESSING COMMUNITY
NEEDS AND OTHERS WILL BE GRANTS
TO ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEM
IN REOPENING SAFELY E EQUITABLY
AND SUSTAINABLY AND FINALLY,
GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND
CULTURAL DISTRICT TS TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS.
IN OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS WE'LL
CONTINUE TO BUILD ON
COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE REGION.
THE EFFORTS OF OUR FUNDING
PRACTICES HAVE RESULTED IN THE
FOLLOWING OUTCOMES.
WITH INCREASED ALIGNMENT OF DATA
COLLECTION AND METRICS ACROSS
OUR PROGRAMS, FOR MORE ACCURATE
REPORTING EVALUATION AND
ASSESSMENT, 50% OF OUR FUNDING
INVESTMENTS AS DIRECTOR ALLEY
BARNS POINTED OUT GOING FROM
BIPOC ORGANIZATIONS AND 80% OF
OUR PANELISTS MAKING DECISIONS
ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY
YOUTH AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED
COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH
PROGRAMS BEING DESIGNED TO
LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE OF THE
GLOBAL MAJORITY.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
DIRECTOR ALLEY BARNS FOR ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS.
.
>>> THANK YOU.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS
RECOVERY WORK IS CRITICAL AND SO
I DO WANT TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE
TO THE COUNSEL JENNY CROOKS WHO
IS JUST COME ABOARD AS THE
RECOVERING MANAGER AND IN THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A DETAILED
PROGRAM, PROXIMATELY
$15.5 MILLION IN RECOVERY FUNDS
THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR
BUDGET FOR 2022.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK
TO THE COUNSEL TO TALK IN DETAIL
ABOUT THESE STRATEGIES WE'RE
GOING TO USE NOW TO GET THOSE
FUNDS OUT SO THERE'S FOOD ON THE
TABLE IN THE ARTS SECTOR SO IF
THAT COULD FIT INTO YOUR COUNSEL
AGENDA AND APPOINT LADY MAY WE
WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
THE OTHER PIECE I WANT TO SAY IS
THAT FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS
THIS IS A VERY HIGH LUTH LEVEL
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STAFF OF 49.
A GREAT DEAL OF WORK GOING ON
AND IT HAS BEEN GOING ON.
WE ALSO HAVE A FULL RETURN TO
OFFICE IN PLACE AND SO WE ARE
NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT ACTIVITY THAT HELPS GET THE
WORK DONE.
ALL THESE PROGRAMS ARE REVIEWED
UNDER QUARTERLY BASIS WITH GREAT
INTENTIONAL ALTY TO MOVE
PROGRAMS FORWARD AND TO BE ABLE
TO FUND OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
IN WAYS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
TO THE ART SECTORS AND BUILDS
THAT CIVIC SOCIETY WE TALK
ABOUT.
WE'RE OPEN TO
QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS GREAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE WHEN
MS. CROOKS HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH
HER BREATH AND GET SETTLED IN
HERE.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE
FUNDING COMPREHENSIVELY SO WE'RE
NOT JUST SUPPORTING ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS AND EDUCATION
PROGRAMMING WHICH IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT, BUT INDIVIDUAL
ARTISTS AS WELL.
AND I THINK THE WORK YOUR OFFICE
IS DO YOU THINK HAS REALLY
HELPED KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE
FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
A LOT OF WHOM LIVE IN MY
DISTRICT.
A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE SOUTH END
WHO SUPPORT THEMSELVES WITH ART
AND AS YOU SAID, THIS CRUSH, THE
ECONOMIC CRUSH THAT CAME WHEN WE
SHUT DOWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS HAS BEEN DEVASTATING SO
I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE
PROGRAMS ARE ABLE TO RAMP BACK
UP AND THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH
THAT YOUR OFFICE WAS ABLE TO DO
QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEMS
THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE
SO I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT WORKED
REALLY HARD IN 2020 TO START
RAMPING UP GRANTING AND FUNDING
PUBLIC ART SO THAT FOLKS HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO STAY AFLOAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.
I SEE COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSS HAS
A QUESTION.
I KNOW THIS NEW FLUX SYSTEM HAS
BEEN UNDERWAY FOR A WHILE NOW.
AND THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO TRY
TO STREAMLINE THE GRANT
APPLICATION PROCESS SO THAT
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO
DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
REALIGNING IMPACTS MEASUREMENT
FOR ALL ACROSS APPLICATIONS SO I
AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS
OF THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL
BE USED TO MEASURE THE OUTCOME
OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE
PUTTING OUT AS A CITY.
>> THANK YOU.
EXCELLENT QUESTION.
AND ONE THAT PROBABLY NEEDS MORE
DETAIL DISCUSSION BUT HIGH
LEVEL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
DOING IS LOOKING AT OUR
DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND HOW
WE WERE GATHERING AND THE
QUALITY AND QUANTITY THAT WE
WERE GATHERING PRY TO USING FLUX
BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHETHER OR
NOT IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE TELLING US
THAT THEY ARE EITHER SEEING OR
NOT SEEING COMING THROUGH THEIR
DOORS AND CHANNELS.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE
PLACE WE CAN GO AND BEGIN TO
GATHER COMPREHENSIVELY THE KIND
OF DATA THAT WILL TELL US WHAT
WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING AND WHO IS
BEING IMPACTED SO ON A HIGH
LEVEL, THAT'S THE HUGE
DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S THE CHANGE.
A CHANGER FOR THE CITY.
SO MOVING FROM THAT, AS WE'RE
DOING COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, THE CITY THEN WILL
BEGIN TO SEE IF WE ARE CYCLING
THROUGH ONE DEPARTMENT OR
CYCLING ONLY AT A LEVEL OF
GRANTS OR USING MYSELF AS AN
EXAMPLE, ROYAL IS ACTUALLY BEING
ABLE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
ACCESS THAT UNDERSTANDS THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE.
SO THIS IS A KUND OF GAME
CHANGER THAT WE'RE HOPING FLUX
WILL BRING US.
WE HAVE GREAT IT SUPPORT ON THIS
AS WELL SO I WENT INTO THAT.
THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSS
PLEASE.
>>
THANK YOU FOR SUCH
A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY IT
BEFORE ABOUT VIBRANT PUBLIC
SPACES AND MY DESIRE TO CREATE
THEM.
AMY I NEED TO TAKE THIS MOMENT
TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR WORK.
AS YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
YOUR WORK SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON YOUR VOICE, YOUR
CHOICE TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO
USE A BUDGETING TOOL TO MAKE
IMPACTS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
AND PUBLIC ART SECTION OF THIS
PRESENTATION IS EXACTLY WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN MAKING
THE PUBLIC SPACES MORE VIBRANT.
AS YOU SAID WHEN WE ARE
CONNECTING ART WITH PHYSICAL
MOVEMENT AND EDUCATION WE ARE
IMPROVING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF
OUR COMMUNITY AND WE'RE
IMPROVING THE CONNECTIVITY
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND SHARING
MESSAGES ABOUT WHAT REALLY MAKES
US US AND WHAT MAKES OUR
COMMUNITY UNIQUELY SPECIAL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR WORK
AND ESPECIALLY AMY, I'M JUST SO
IMPRESSED WITH THIS BODY OF WORK
SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT.
THANK YOU ALL.
.
>> AMY AND JENNY REPRESENT AN
AMAZING SET OF BRILLIANCE THAT
IS THE TEAMS IN ART ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM OF THE WORK WE DO SO I
WANT TO MENTION THAT.
WITHOUT THAT KIND OF
COLLABORATIVE AND COLLABORATION
AND COGNITIVE COGNITIVE THINKING
THIS TEAM BRINGS FOR THE CITY,
THE CITY WOULD NOT BE IN THE
PLACE IT'S CURRENTLY IN SO GREAT
APPRECIATION FOR THAT TEAM.
THAT IS CALLED THE OFFICE OF
ARTS AND CULTURE.
THANK YOU COUNSEL MEMBER.
.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
AND I'M JUST GETTING THE LAY OF
THE LAND ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU
DO.
SO MY QUESTION IS PRETTY BASIC
BUT HOW DOES IT WORK BETWEEN THE
OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE AND
OTHER ENTITIES LIKE ARTS FUND OR
CULTURE WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THEY
HAD A SPECIAL REVENUE STREAM.
BUT DO YOU HAVE OVERLAP IN YOUR
WORK?
DOES YOUR OFFICE PROVIDE FUNDS
TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR GO THE
OTHER WAY.
OR ARE THEY SEPARATE COMPLETELY.
HELP ME OUT HERE.
>> IT'S REALLY A BASELINE
QUESTION.
AS YOU MENTIONED THE OFFICE OF
COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON, BUT A
VERY IMPORTANT ONE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S NOT
SEPARATE.
>> OKAY.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS IT HAS TO BE
TOTALLY INTEGRATED.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT FOUR
BY FOUR IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT CITIZENS CAN
SEE WE'RE RUNNING THIS RACE FOR
THEM.
WE ACTUALLY PARTNERED
WITH WORK CULTURE AND HAVE 200
APPLICANTS THAT JENNY CROOKS
WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF GOING
THROUGH AND MAKING THOSE FINAL
AWARDS TO.
WITH ARTS FUND WE USE THEIR
INFORMATION IN OTHER
COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THEM AROUND CONVERSATIONS AND
LOOKING FORWARD IN HOW THESE
FUNDS CAN BE USED WITH ARTS FUND
AND ARTS WALL IN ALL OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
EVERY WAY WE CAN, WE REACH OUT
TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL AS
OUR ORGANIZATIONS.
.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY SO I
WILL THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE
FROM YOU JENNY WHEN YOU'RE READY
TO PRESENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET THAT INFORMATION ON THE
AGENDA TOO AS WE TALK ABOUT
RECOVERY AND START LEADING INTO
THE SUMMER.
I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS AS WELL.
SO OKAY WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING HERE.
APPRECIATE YOU AND WE WILL SEE
YOU SOON.
.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> DEVON, READ THE NEXT ITEM
INTO THE AGENDA PLEASE.
>> AGENDA ITEM LANDMARK
ORDINANCES PRESENTATION FOR
COUNSEL BILL 120-295.
COUNSEL BILL 220-296.
120-298.
7.
>> SO ERIN WILL TALK TO US FIRST
ABOUT WHAT THE LANDMARKS
PRESERVATION BOARD IS AND DOES.
AND THEN WE WILL WALK THROUGH
EACH OF THE THREE APPLICATIONS
INDIVIDUALLY AND VOTE ON THOSE
INDIVIDUALLY.
SO ERIN, I'M GOING TO HAND IT
OVER TO YOU TO GET US STARTED.
>> THANK YOU.
.
>> I AM JOINED TODAY BY THREE
REPRESENTATIVES, ONE FOR EACH OF
THE LANDMARK PROPERTIES.
WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THEM TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES NOW OR
WAIT?
>> YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO
THAT NOW AND WE'LL GET STARTED.
>> OKAY.
SO HERE FOR LA QUINN
TA, IAN.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL MEMBERS
IAN MORRIS SON ON BEHALF OF THE
OWNERS OF THE LA QUEEN TA
APARTMENTS EXCITED TO TALK
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> AND MICHAEL.
>> MICHAEL SMITH HERE PRESENTING
FOR THE UMV NATIONAL BANK IN THE
UW AREA AND AGAIN, VERY EXCITED
TO BE ABLE TO CHAT ABOUT THE
EXCITING PROJECT WE HAVE.
>> AND EMILY.
>> HI EVERYBODY, I'M EMILY
GRIFFIN BOARD PRESIDENT AND
OWNER OF ONE OF THE CONDOS OF EL
MONTEREY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO WE WOULD LOVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND
TALK ABOUT THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION PROGRAM THAT'S
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS IN MORE DETAIL AT
A FUTURE MEETING.
TODAY WE'RE TALKING JUST ABOUT
THE LANDMARKS BOARD.
AND THE LANDMARKS PROGRAM
THERE'S MORE THAN 400 LANDMARKS
IN THE CITY.
THEY CAN BE EITHER BUILDING,
SITE STRUCTURES OR OBJECTS AND
THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD
IS MADE UP OF 12 POSITIONS THAT
ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS AND THE
MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS TO LOOK
AT PROPOSED CHANGES TO EXISTING
LANDMARKS AND THEY ALSO EVALUATE
POTENTIAL NEW LANDMARKS FOR THE
CITY AND THERE'S MULTISTEPS IN
THE LANDMARKS PROCESS.
THERE'S NOMINATION, DESIGNATION
AND THEN WE ENDEAVOR TO
NEGOTIATE A CONTROLS AND
INCENTIVES AGREEMENT WITH A
PROPERTY OWNER AND THE
PROCEDURAL STEP WOER HERE TODAY
FOR IS TO TALK ABOUT THE
ORDINANCES FOR THESE THREE
LANDMARKS AND THOSE ORDINANCES
ARE TO CODIFY THE LANGUAGE
AGREEMENT.
SO I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS.
>>> BRIEFLY,
LET ME
TRY THAT AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE.
WHAT I'M SHOWING AT THIS MOMENT
ARE THE DESIGNATION STANDARDS
THAT THE LANDMARKS BOARD REVIEWS
WHEN THEY EVALUAT A POTENTIAL
NEW LANDMARK.
AND THERE ARE SIX OF THEM.
THE BOARD NEEDS TO CHOOSE ONE
BUT MANY TIMES THEY CHOOSE MORE
THAN ONE.
AND OCCASIONALLY THEY CHOOSE ALL
SIX.
ONLY ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN
PROPERTIES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE
THAT.
BUT THEY ONLY REALLY NEED TO
CHOOSE ONE.
HERE YOU SEE IN DETAIL WHERE IT
TALKS ABOUT SIGNIFICANCE OF AN
EVENT OR ASSOCIATION WITH THE
PERSON OR GROUP.
CULTURAL POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC
HERITAGE.
A LANDMARK MAY ALSO BE
RECOGNIZED FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL
STYLE.
AND THEN LASTLY,
PROMINENCE OF SPATIAL LOCATION
CONTRAST OF SITING AGE OR SKILL.
IN ADDITION TO MEETING AT LEAST
ONE OF THE STANDARDS THE
PROPERTY NEEDS TO HAVE THE
INTEGRITY OR ABILITY TO CONVEY
SIGNIFICANCE.
SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT THREE SEPARATE PROPERTIES
F. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME,
I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
.
>> GO AHEAD ERIN.
WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IS
THAT WE GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS
THEM AN WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A
VOTE, WE'LL BRING EACH
SUBSEQUENT AGENDA ITEM UP.
MADAME CLERK, IS THAT OKAY?
SORRY, THE TINY SQUARE
ON MY SCREEN MUTE BUTTON.
SO WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?
>> THREE SEPARATE AGENDA ITEMS
BUT IT'S OKAY FOR US TO DISCUSS
EVERYTHING FIRST AND THEN GO TO
THE INDIVIDUAL ONE FOR THE VOTE.
>> YES, TOTALLY FINE, THANK YOU.
>>> OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> SO THE FIRST PROPERTY IS LA
QUINN TA APARTMENTS TO CODIFY
THE CONTROLS AND INCENTIVE
AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE PROPERTY
OWNER AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
OFFICER.
THIS WAS MADE BY HISTORIC
SEATTLE, NORTHWEST VER KNACK LAR
A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND
NEIGHBORS AND YOU HEARD FROM
MARIA DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO LA QUINTA APARTMENTS IS
LOCATED AT 1710 EAST DENNY WAY.
THIS WAS DESIGNATED ON
MARCH 17TH, 2021.
UNDER STANDARDS B, D AND E.
THE LANDMARK FEATURES INCLUDE
THE SITE AND THE EX-TORE YOUR OF
THE APARTMENT BUILDING.
LA QUINTA WAS DESIGNED AND
BUILT-IN 1927 OF THE WESTERN AND
BUILDING LEASING COMPANY IN
COLLABORATION WITH ARCHITECT
WILLIAM WHITELY.
MR. AND HALL BUILT MANY
ELABORATE REVIVAL STYLE
APARTMENT BUILDING LOCATED IN
QUEEN ANN AND CAPITOL HILL.
LA QUINN TA IS A SPANISH REVIVAL
STYLE WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE
MANY APARTMENT BUILDINGS
CHARACTERIZED AS TUDOR REVIVAL.
THE BUILDING HAS A NUMBER OF
OWNERS OVER THE PAST 95 YEARS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TWO
CHAPTERS OF THAT HISTORY.
ANNA IMMIGRANTED TO U.S. IN 1903
TO ESCAPE THE POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL UPHEAVAL OF THE RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION.
SHE WAS A MOTHER OF TWO WHO
DIVORCED BY 1914 AND ENROLLED IN
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
ATTENDING FULL TIME WHILE
RAISING HER CHILDREN.
BY 1930 PLEASE FALL KOF MANAGED
APARTMENT PROPERTIES AND BY THE
MID 1950'S SHE OWNED AT LEAST
THREE.
MANY WOMEN PURCHASED AND MANAGED
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN THE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY SEATTLE WE
ARE ONLY NOW LRNING THESE
STORIES.
SHE SOLD THE ROPT TO RICHARD
NORMAN IN 1964.
MR. NORMAN WAS AN ENGINEER WHO
MET HIS WIFE A COMPUTER
PROGRAMMER WHILE THEY WERE BOTH
WORKING AT BOEING.
THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR
OWN COMPANY NORTHWEST COMPUTING
ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TECH
INDUSTRY.
FOR THE FIRST FOUR YEARS THEY
OPERATED THEIR BUSINESS OUT OF
THEIR HOME AT LA QUINN TA.
MR. NORMAN'S PURCHASE OF THE
PROPERTY ON CAPITOL HILL WAS
UNUSUAL IN 1964 DUE TO THE
PROLIFIC USE OF RACIAL DEED
RESTRICTIONS AND COVE NANTS IN
SEATTLE STARTING IN THE 1920S.
MR. NORMAN WAS BLACK AND IT WAS
COMMON FOR OWNERS TO DENY THE
PURCHASE OR RENTAL OF PROPERTY
TO PEOPLE WHO WERE BLACK, ASIAN
OR JEWISH.
UP TO AN EVEN AFTER THE PASSAGE
OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND FAIR
HOUSING ACT OF 1968 ACCORDING TO
MR. NORMAN'S SON LAWRENCE, HIS
FATHER BROKE THROUGH THIS
BARRIER WITH THE PURCHASE OF
THIS BUILDING AND OTHERS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN 1960S
BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF RED
LINE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO
QUESTIONS FOR EACH PROPERTY OR
SHALL I MOVE TO THE NEXT?
>> LET'S DO FOR EACH PROPERTY IF
THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, OR MAYBE WHAT I'LL ASK YOU
ERIN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
CONTROLS FOR EACH OF THESE
PROPERTIES AS YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THESE.
>> SO THE CONTROLLED FEATURED
ARE IDENTIFIED FOR THE BOARD AT
DESIGNATION IN THIS CASE THE
SITE AND EXTERIOR OF THE
APARTMENT BUILDING SO IF THERE
ARE PROPOSED PHYSICAL
ALTERATIONS OR CHANGES IN
APPEARANCE TO THE EXTERIOR OF
THE BUILDING OR SITE, IT GOES
THROUGH WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A
DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS WITH THE
LANDMARKS BOARD AND THE OWNER
WOULD SEEK A CERTIFICATE OF
APPROVAL WHICH IS AN APPLICATION
PROCESS.
THERE ARE THE CONTROLS AND
INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS WITH A
DETAILED LIST OF ITEM THAT IS
CAN BE REVIEWED BY THE STAFF
THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
THERE'S ALSO A DETAILED LIST OF
THINGS THAT ARE ACCEPTED FROM
REVIEW.
SO THAT THEY DON'T NEED ANY
REVIEW OTHER THAN FOR THE OWNER
OR THE MANAGEMENT TO SAY WE'RE
DOING THIS AND I SAY THAT'S
CONSISTENT WITH THE AGREEMENT.
SO MAIN NANS AND REPAIR FITS
INTO THAT CATEGORY.
THINGS THAT WILL BE DONE TO
ESSENTIALLY REPAIR IT TO LIKE IT
LOOKS TODAY AND ALSO A NUMBER OF
MINOR THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE
OUTLINED IN THE AGREEMENT.
AND THEN THINGS THAT DON'T FIT
ON EITHER OF THOSE LISTS DO
REQUIRE THE BOARD'S APPROVAL AND
WE DO THAT AT A PUBLIC MEETING.
BOTH AT THE LANDMARKS BOARD AND
TYPICALLY ALSO AT THE SUB
COMMITTEE WHICH IS THEIR
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS AT THIS POINT?
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK IF
SOMETHING COMES UP.
JUST GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY I'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND
LANDMARK.
SO THIS ORDINANCE IS TO CODIFY
THE CONTROLS AND INCENTIVE
AGREEMENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL BANK.
THIS NOMINATION WAS MADE BY
LOCAL HISTORIAN LARRY JOHNSON.
UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BANK IS
LOCATED AT 4500 UNIVERSITY WAY
NORTHEAST.
IT WAS DESIGNATED BY THE
LANDMARKS BOARD ON JULY 7TH,
2021.
THE BOARD ELECTED STANDARDS D, E
AND F.
AND THEY DESIGNATED THE EXTERIOR
OF THE BUILDING.
THE SUBJECT BUILD AS GOOD A
WHITE TERRA COT TA CLASSICAL
REVIVAL STYLE STRUCTURE LOCATED
AT THE INTERSECTION OF 45TH AND
AVENUE.
IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
HISTORIANS BELIEVE THE BUILDING
DESIGN WAS DEVELOPED BY SEATTLE
ARCHITECTS AND TWIN BROTHERS
LOUIS AND MICHAEL ALTHOUGH THE
DRAWINGS ARE SIGNED BY
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWS.
HIS CAREER WAS A CONTRACTOR SO
HIS EXACT ROLE IS NOT ENTIRELY
KNOWN AND WE CAN ONLY SPECULATE.
THE BROTHERS FIRM BEGAN IN
PENNSYLVANIA AND CAME TO SEATTLE
IN 190 P 6789 OVER THE NEXT
20 YEARS THEY DESIGNED A NUMBER
OF BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE
REGION INCLUDING MANY CHURCHES
AND BANKS.
BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT AND FIRST
HILL ARE PROMINENT LOCAL
EXAMPLES OF THE WORK.
UNIVERSITY STATE BANK WAS
CHARTERED AND RENAMED AS THE
UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BANK IN 1922
AND GRANTED THE RIGHT TO PRINT
U.S. BANK NOTES.
THEY UNDERTOOK A MAJOR EXPANSION
OF THE PUBLIC BANKING HALL
REMOING SEPARATE RETAIL SPACES
FOR OTHER TENANTS AND REDESIGNED
A MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING'S
INTERIOR INCLUDING PROVIDING A
NEW ENTRANCE AND MODIFYING THE
BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING TO
INCLUDE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES AND A
LARGE VAULT STILL THERE TODAY.
THE RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING
WAS COMPLETED IN 1927 BY
PORTLAND ARCHITECTS DOYLE AND
MARRY AND THE CURRENT PROPERTY
OWNER IN THE PROCESS OF
REHABILITATING THE PROPERTY.
.
>> THANK YOU.
AND ERIN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
INCENTIVES FOR THE PROPERTIES AS
WELL.
AND THEN I GUESS THE COUNSEL
MEMBER STRAUSS HAS A QUESTION.
>> SO THE LANDMARKS HAVE A
NUMBER OF INCENTIVES THAT COME
THROUGH CODE RELIEF BOTH
BUILDING CODE, ENERGY CODE AND
SOME ASPECTS OF THE ZONING AND
LAND USE CODE.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DETAIL
YOU WANT ME TO GET INTO BUT
THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE
NEGOTIATED THAT DON'T REQUIRE
UPGRADES AS PART OF
REHABILITATION IF THEY'RE
PRESERVING FEATURES OF THE
LANDMARK AND THERE'S RELIEF FROM
PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR
LANDMARKS AND THERE ARE ALSO
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
CONDITIONAL USE FOR A USE THAT'S
OTHERWISE NOT PERMITTED IN A
ZONE.
THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF
INCENTIVES THAT ARE FINANCIAL
AND COMPLETING THE ORDINANCE
THIS STEP IN THE PROCESS MAKES
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE.
ONE IS CALLED THE SPECIAL TAX
EVALUATION.
THIS IS A PROGRAM RELATED TO
PROPERTY TAX AND IT'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE
ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY
UP TO TEN YEARS WHEN THERE IS AN
INVESTMENT IN QUALIFIED
REHABILITATION EXPENDITURES.
SOME PARTS OF THE CITY ALSO HAVE
OTHER INCENTIVES RELATED TO
TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
OR TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT
POTENTIAL.
AND THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
TWO OF THE PROPERTIES HERE
BEFORE YOU TODAY THAT ARE IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT QUALIFY FOR
THE TDP PROGRAM.
SO THE BANK AND THEN THE NEXT
PROPERTY EL MONTEREY.
SO THAT'S A VERY BRIEF
SUMMARY.
>> SO COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSZ
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
I MISS HAVING YOU IN MY
COMMITTEE ERIN.
GLAD I STILL GET TO SEE YOUR
PRESENTATION.
IS THIS THE BUILDING THAT HAS A
VAULT OR A DOOR NEXT TO THE
VAULT THAT
.
>>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH E RIN AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
ON THE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BANK
SO EVERYONE CAN ENJOY WHAT I
THINK IS THE MOST PROMINENT
BUILDING ON THE AVENUE TODAY.
THANKS.
>>> THIS IS EMILY FROM EL
MONTEREY.
I WANT TO ALSO CHIME IN ON THE
PROCESS WITH ERIN AND THE CITY
HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL AND
EDUCATING.
I PERSONALLY GOT TO EXPERIENCE
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT TWO TIMES IN
MY LIFE, ONCE MEETING MY HUSBAND
AND THE SECOND TIME FINDING EL
MONTEREY.
THE COMMUNITY OF 20 OWNERS AND
RESIDENTS WE REALLY TAKE CARE OF
EACH OTHER.
THERE'S SOME ELDERS IN OUR
COMMUNITY, SOME STUDENTS, AND
COLLECTIVELY, WE JUST TOOK OUT
ALMOST A MILLION DOLLAR LOAN TO
HELP DO A REPIPE FOR OUR
BUILDING.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING
ABLE TO ACCESS THE TRANSFER OF
DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
PRESERVATION OF OUR
BUILDING INCLUDING ELECTRICAL,
ROOF AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENERGY AND
TIME IN THE PROCESS.
WE LOVE THE BUILDING AND WITH
26 STORY TOWER GOING UP WITHIN A
BLOCK AND A HALF OF EL MONTEREY
WE'RE EVEN MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT
PRESERVING THIS FOR GENERATIONS
TO COME.
.
>> COUNSEL MEMBERS I'LL BE BRIEF
AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO LA QUINN
TA OWNERSHIP EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROCESS.
WE WOULD REITERATE EVERYTHING
MICHAEL AND EMILY SAID AND I
WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL
SHOUT OUT TO ERIN AND STAFF FOR
CONTROLS AND INTEN SEN TIVES FOR
THIS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE HOW THE
PROCESS CAN WORK BETWEEN
PROPERTY OWNERS AND STAFF SO WE
APPRECIATE THE WORK LANDMARK'S
BOARD STAFF HAS DONE AND WOULD
ASK FOR YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU.
.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
APPRECIATE IT AND I KNOW IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO PRESERVE
THESE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC
BUILDINGS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
HAVE SUCH IMPORTANT STORIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND NOT
FORGET WHERE WE CAME FROM.
SO COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO A
VOTE?
>> OKAY IN THAT CASE, DEVIN READ
AGENDA ITEM 4 INTO THE RECORD.
.
>> AGENDA ITEM FOUR COUNSEL BILL
120-295 ORDINANCE RELATING TO
HISTORIC RESERVATION IMPOSING
CONTROL ON LA QUINN TA
APARTMENTS DESIGNATED BY THE
BOARD UNDER CHAPTER 25.12 OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
ADDING IT O THE TABLE OF
HISTORIC LANDMARKS CONTAINED IN
CHAPTER 25.32 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE FOR BRIEFING
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS ON THIS?
I THINK WE HAVE DONE
THE DEED.
OKAY, SO IN THAT CASE,
COLLEAGUES I MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF
COUNSEL BILL 120295 IS THERE A
SECOND.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER LOUIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU THE MOTION CARRIES
AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THE POINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT
LANGUAGE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN.
THAT THE RECOMMENDATION BE
CONFIRMED WILL BE SENT TO THE
APRIL 19TH CITY COUNSEL MEETING.
OKAY LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA
ITEM FIVE.
YOU CAN READ THE SHORT TITLE IF
THAT'S OKAY.
>>
>>> AGENDA ITEM SIX.
ORDINANCE RELATING
LANDMARK DESIGNATED BY THE
PRESERVATION BOARD
VOTE.
>> I MOVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND 296 IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER LOUIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES.
>> YES.
>> ALL IN FAVOR.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT
THE LEGISLATION BE APPROVED
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I WILL ALSO SAY QUICKLY THAT
LANDMARKS ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR
GRANTS.
THROUGH CULTURE AND THE
WASHINGTON STATE TRUST HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AS WELL AS OTHERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES ONE MORE AGENDA ITEM.
CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7 APPOINTMENT
2165 APPOINTMENT OF SOPHIA FANG
AS MEMBER SEATTLE ARTS
COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31ST, 2023, FOR
BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
VOTE.
.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DIRECTOR ALLEY BARNS IS HERE TO
MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT SOPHIA IS ALL.
>> THANK YOU COUNSEL MEMBER
MORALES.
SOPHIA FANG, GOOD MORNING AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AND SOPHIA IS THE NOMINEE THE
COMMISSION APPOINTEE HAS THE
OPTION UNDER THE CHARTER OF
APPOINTING ONE PERSON AND SOPHIA
FANG IS THAT PERSON AND WHEN I
TALKED TO YOU ABOUT HER, YOU'LL
SEE WHY.
SOPHIA FANG IS A START UP
MARKETEER BY TRADE, CREATIVE
ARTIST BY NATURE AND SOCIAL
IMPACT CREATOR BY PURPOSE.
THIS IS BIG STUFF, RIGHT?
ALL TOWARDS HER PERSONAL MISSION
OF BUILDING VIBRANT SI IN HER
COMMUNITY.
BLENDING VIBRANT COLOR AND
COMPLEX DETAILS HER WATER COLORS
COMBINE WHIMSY AND COMMUNITY AND
JUST JOY TO CELEBRATE SMALL
BUSINESSES AND IMMIGRANT PLACE
MAKING AND FOOD ALL THINGS WE
VALUE IN BUILDING A CIVIC
SOCIETY.
IF I MIGHT ALSO SHARE, SOPHIA IS
PASSIONATE ABOUT BEAUTIFYING
PUBLIC SPACE IN HER SEATTLE
HOMETOWN AND THE RUST BELT AS
WELL.
SHE'S AN EMERGING ARTIST
ACTUALLY SHE'S MUCH MORE THAN
EMERGING.
SHE'S ARRIVED IN MANY PLACES.
SHE COMMISSIONS IN 2021 FROM THE
CITY
HER ART WORK HAS BEEN
FEATURED EVERYWHERE.
SOPHIA WAS ALSO CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG HERE, BUT YOU WERE THE
ARTIST AND RESIDENT AT IN SCAPE
ALSO THE 2021 WINNER
FOR PROFESSIONAL YOUNG AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN MENTORING WOMEN
AND GIRLS MUCH IN HER
OWN CAREER AND HAS GRACIOUS
SPACES AND EMOTIONAL.
MAY I PRESENT SOPHIA
FANG.
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL
INTRODUCTION.
AS YOU MENTIONED, I AM A
SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST AND IN MY
SECOND YEAR OF DOING PUBLIC ART
AND NAVIGATING THAT PROCESS OF
FIGURING OUT LOCAL ART
ORGANIZATIONS RESOURCES AND
OPPORTUNITIES BY MYSELF.
ONES THAT AT TIMES ARE VERY
CHALLENGING AND A LOT OF
LEARNING THROUGH TRIAL AND
ERROR.
AND THAT'S WHY I AM SO EXCITED
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN
THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION
BECAUSE I TRULY WANT TO PAY IT
FORWARD AND HELP BUILD EQUITABLE
PATH WAYS TO SUPPORT ON BOTH
EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS
FROM ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN
THE AREA.
TO REALLY ALLOW THEM TO ACCESS
THE RESOURCES AND REALIZE THEIR
OWN CREATIVE DREAMS AND MORE
BROADLY SPEAKING I TRULY BELIEVE
THAT PUBLIC ART IS ART OF THE
PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE
PEOPLE AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED
IN UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN
CENTER COMMUNITY COLLABORATION
AND ENVISION HOW PUBLIC ART CAN
BE A CONDUIT FOR INFORMING THE
LIVABILITY, WALK BLT AND THE
QUALITY OF LIFE AND OVERALL
PLACE MAKING ACROSS SEATTLE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME HERE TODAY.
>>> THANK YOU.
WELL, I HAVE TO SAY SOFIA, AS A
FORMER FOOD SYSTEMS CONSULTANT,
SEEING THE WORK YOU DID AT SPICE
BRIDGE AND THE OTHER FOOD
JUSTICE INTERSECTION WITH ART
AND ENTREPRENEUR SHIP HAS BEEN
REALLY FUN TO SEE.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU
DO.
AND WELCOME.
COLLEAGUES ANY QUESTIONS FOR
SOPHIA?
>> OKAY.
YES, THANK YOU.
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU JOIN
THE ARTS COMMISSION.
OKAY IN THAT CASE, COLLEAGUES I
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT 02165.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECONDED
TO RECKON FIR MAGS OF THE
APPOINTMENT WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>>> COUNSEL MEMBER LOUIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNSEL MEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> VICE CHAIR SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> CHAIR MORALES.
>> YES.
>> FIVE IN FAVOR.
>> TERRIFIC THE MOTION CARRIES
AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
WILL BE SENT TO THE APRIL 19TH
COUNTY MEETING.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
ABILITY TO JOIN US HERE AND TO
HEAR FROM YOU DIRECTLY.
EXCITING TO HAVE YOU JOIN THE
COMMISSION.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>>> DIRECTOR ALLEY BARNS THANK
YOU FOR STAYING FOR THE ENTIRE
COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT US IN THIS
ROLE.
OKAY, BEFORE CONCLUDING, I DO
WANT TO GIVE COLLEAGUES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ALERT THIS
COMMITTEE OF ANY ANTICIPATED
ABSENCE FOR THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING.
WHICH IS GOING TO BE LET ME SEE,
APRIL 22ND.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE KNOW.
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
SO THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE
APRIL 8TH -- SORRY DID YOU RAISE
YOUR HAND?
>> YEAH, SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS REGRET
THAT I WILL NOT BE HERE TO VOTE
ON THESE FINAL PIECES OF
LEGISLATION WHEN THEY COME TO
FULL COUNSEL BECAUSE I AM
EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING NEXT
TUESDAY.
>> GOT IT, OKAY.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES CONCLUDE
THE APRIL 8 LTH, 2022 MEETING OF
THE NEIGHBORHOODS EDUCATION
CIVIL RIGHTS AND CULTURE
COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 22ND.
THANKS FOR ATTENDING EVERYBODY
AND IT IS 11:28 AND WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
BYE.